The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF COMMONS. oc loc The SPEAKER took the Chair s hortly aLer Twelve SPEAKER THIRD READINGS. The North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of Time 'lr Purchase of Lands, &c.) Bill was read a third time and passed. The following Bills were further considered, agreed , and .0 „ ordered to be read a third time :—Bolton ii:i rtovenient Bill; York and North-Midland Railway Bill. SECOND READINGS. ..Cobbe's Divorce Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed. wward of PETITIONSSir JAMES DUKE presented . a petition from the Farringdon Without praying for an equalise et the land tax. Oil' C. BURRELL presented a pet i t i on f rom Bolton ,favour o f .the Ten Hours Factory Bill. „,2 11 R. INGLIS presented a pet i t i on f rom Antigua trade for the more effectual suppression of the slave . A , 1 8 1! t r • BROTHERTON presente d a p e tition from in on-under-L yne praying for a re d uct i on o f t h e te es the comity courts. Mr AD *l a i r • "a-WRIGHT presented a petition from Derby complaining of the operation of the poor-laws. ‘,„' C' BRUCE presented a petition from the provin -1010.711cu of Morayshire praying the House to adopt Scotland; measure to put down the vice of intemperance in parochial also, a petition against any alteration in the in spire. "stem of education in Scotland from Elgin theStrs. A INE s presented a petition from Hull against s.seargess Act Revision Bill. alr. place 10 HEATHCOTE presented a petition from a R utlandshire against the Highway Bill. m a . deal era presented a petition from the spirit 0 era in Ir e l an d i n favour of a d raw b ac k o f the duty n spirits in bond. f r The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition c‘oota th e Provincial L aw Association against the Land ‘-• `ace Bill. ailMz.nrs:t%:thAeLTEß presented a petition from Nottingham Highway Bill. e nd r ' • BANKES presented a petition from Ashton aer-Lyne in favour of the Ten Hours Bill. B ..A_ great number of petitions were presented against `7 4 d4 Y labour in the Post-office. I a • I* * HUME presented a petition from Cripplegate guest the timber duties. 01 1 ` 1 0 r ' HOPE presented a petition from the ladies of Cojoeater against the Marriage Bill. &r. AGLION BY presente d a pet i t i on i n f av our of the Mold Enfranchisement Bill. St o at :* L Y. O'CONNOR wished to ask the Secretary of hisle'or the Home Department, who he saw or place, whether the motion of the Hon. Member tor A o l th Essex was to be considered as a motion of want co nfidence i n th e G overnment , an d whether any cor 11815°ndence had passed upon the subject between the 80 le L ord at the 'head of the Government and the Ma nchester. Memb ers f or t h e W est Ridi ng o f Yorkshire and .eta nchester. p o Sir G. GREY said be had heard of no such corres thnaLence, and if it had taken place, the Noble Lord at lioncu of the Government had given him no intim. it. As to whether the motion of the Hon. Member , or p to clsex was to b e cons idered a vote of confidence or su e. 411 he could sa y was he had heard nothing on the of it. Ri In reply to a question from 3+lr. HUME, at 7 r W. SOMERVILLE said there had been a defal itn-11 on the part of a person named Matthews holding nna ° , — ,.,, e , ° in the Chief Secretary's office in Dublin, but he ti tt i;; ln '. o !d that defalcation did not amount to any mate- Fri hREAL , r PROPERTY TRANSFER BILL. e second reading of this Bill was postponed to IRISH FISHERIES BILL. ANSTEY moved the second reading of this %, Though the measure was not as effective stilt others which he had introduced formerly, o , i t WAS the best that under existing cir etances could be submitted to the House. Vi r i l i t iti Part, he would wish to see the Act of Henry icd with regard to this matter extended over Ireland, Which charged all mayors and sheriffs with the exe i the. °tl a stringent penalties against offenders; but o e Legisl a t ure h a d d ec id e i o therwise. The Hon. :1 1 , t i l er °.,. ao drew a glowing picture of the depressed s t a te ti Irish fisheries consequent upon the recent legisla reoild.°ll this subject. He concluded b eressing his in ess, if th• House allowed the Bill t o g linto corn it 'eat to listen to any suggestion for the amendment of juilts he Was only instigated by a sincere desir e to do i i ' e e to one portion of the labouring classes of Ireland. rinr. COOLLY moved that the Bill be rend a sec ond p -no this d a y s i x mo nths. He objected entirel y to the conferle the Bill; the powers which it pr o p osed to ty r uPon the Commission were unconstitut ional and t ulnicl. He did not deny there was gr eat call for :kisltive interference in these matters in Ireland, but I . b . did not think that the Hon. Member's Bill was calcu 4'red to i nterfere i n a pro p er manner. It was neoen we in this Bill to discrimate between what was and what was new in this Bill, but his objections kerl4; confined mainl to the new portion of this mea ° t e, %lad he thought y that it was very little calculated b e : a j r Y out the charitable views which the Ho n . Mem ' "ad professed in bringing forward this measure. (LEFT SPEAKING.) PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation 4 : lll _,Panys ship Euxine t Captain Evans, has just ar 26eu here with dates from Constantinople to April le Smyrna, April 22 ; Malta, April 26 ; Gibraltar, s ( y 2. to ,*he brings 80 passengers, and on freight 20 pack ro°eB sPecie, value 52,0001. sterling; 127 bales madder ea s" , 344 bales silk, 364 bales goats' wool, 61 it Bes opium, and a large cargo. Her Ma j esty's elitrier Terrible sailed from Gibraltar on the 26th wt 1 A for the Mediterranean. The French line-of- CC : 5° ship rOcean, in tow of the steam-frigate 27th, The Colombe, sailed from Gibraltar on the 2G t ,h k • The screw-steamer Bosphorus sailed on the tiv " - ' for Constantinople. The steamer Osmanli ar etre,cl on the 30th from Naples. The steamer New st_3tle arrived on the Ist instant. Her Majesty's e rer Janus was in the Bay of Gibraltar. 1111414zehange on London-90 days, 501 ; Spanish tired dollars, 11 per cent. premium. MAJESTYS THEATRE. — The Queen's box at th e t 7aiesty's Theatre was 'yesterday eveni n g occupied by and Countess of Jersey , Lady Clem entine Villiers, \'‘, and Lady Vernon, Sir William Fras er, and p art y . li n -- „v, a gat the visitors were—His Grace the Duke of Wel er, the Duke of Devonshire, his Serene Highness Caries Duke of Brunswick, the Duke and Duchess of o ve 'and and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duke and Duchess Leinster and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Duke and e e lj e . b ssa 01 L ee d s a nd Miss Elizabeth Lane Fo x, his Lx hitt ''' a cY the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow, cellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van der Weyer, his Excellency M. de Boucourt, M. de Berg, his tht te u lle ncY the Swedish Minister and Baroness Rehausen, pn v ,,,,,,rquis of Huntley, the Marchioness (Dowager) of lisdi" e ulre, the Marchioness (Dowager) of Sligo, and the the Browne, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Malmesbury, ei Countess de Flahault and Miss Flahault, the Earl of V llae nth, Viscount Enfield, the Viscount Dupplin, the %,..e° l lnt Clifden, Lord Sandys, Lord Macdonald, Lord ItoZg e Paget, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady L at reY, blr. and Lady Jane Repton, Lady Fremantle, 11 5 ,:l Abercrombie, Lady W. Wetherell , Lord Gard ner, Greek C onsu l and Madame Ralli, the Hon. Qle,:f i ta nhope, the Hon. C. R. Neville, the Hon. Iti r 7 e yon, Captain the Hon. A. Vivian, the Hon. Mrs. d e ` , , n, the Count de Barke, the Count de Civry, the Baron 'azes, Sir George Wombwell, Bart., General Sir Fred. fe r e d ae ßart h, BartLieut.-General Sir Alexander Wood , and Lad; Woodford, Sir Edw. Butler, Bart., &c. y the T\ CI -AL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Royal Highness It o .,„*",nchess of Cambridge honoured the performances at the Ife' Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Her 1 )), Y al the—.gbness occupied the Queen's box, and was attended L 13 ' A mdtfeldt, the Ladies Cadogan, Baron ttu r , Armless r tree n ail and Mr. St. John Mildmay, The theatre was in ai lded with fashionable company, amongst whom we_re ta,`ed General Count Cabrera, his Excellency Count Kiel rieitegge. the Marchioness of Westmeath and Lady Frede- Cktruentinck, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Countess of Mesburv, and Lady Suffield, the Earl of Gifford, Frances I.)n ;f,„" „ at esa Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P. , the Countess di agar of Essex and Miss Johnson, the Countess of Car and Lady Augusta Baring, the Earl and Countess of boja ll , the Ifarl of Belfast, the Earl and Countess of Bes t t`g , and L a dy Harriet Ponsenby, Viscount and Lady Manche Duppli n , Vi scou nt and Viscountess Ebrington and Vi a " Darner , Vi scoun t Mandeville, Viscount Cranbourne , Co u caa nt Sydney, Viscount Clifden, the Co unt and de Tesa de Jarnac and the Hon. Adelaide Foley, the Count Ca r i r a r k , Lord and Lady Carington and the Hon. Miss k o cgt 47oo .Lord and Lady Manners and party, Lord George 14. n 14 1 4-era ' .P., Lord Adolphus Vane, Lord Ernest Bruce,. a ,, Lord Clarence Paget, Mrs. and the Ladies Adelaide 4,ll ` c i Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady Cowley, Lady Wallscourt tliaartY, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Miss Ba ited!, Lad y Led;' - "Ath Oswild and party, Lady Wm. Powlett and p art y , Choi: • I 'avY and party, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, Lord b arn ge Gordon L ennox , M.P., Colonel .the Hon. G. L. /Itz e ' A LP., Hon. J. Talbot, M.P., Colonel the Hon. R. L a , gibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, end fairty, Sir George an . d eaCarroll and the Misses Carroll, Sir Henry Webb, .Sir Ladyl? Marshall, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Hon. George Mills, i Webster and party, Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Lord ee r nt ur 11 '1, Lady Rose Lovell and Mr. Lovell, Miss Burgett 1 , 11.1 8 / a nd Party, - Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. C. Culling Smith, PrY Baring, M.P. Mr. Mountjoy Martin and party, uoh, Fr ederick Leveson, ' Colonel Brownlow Knox, )LP., Mr. j uh. !le . tise and the Misses Holabouse, Mr. William Rose, Hon. col:nr,orteseue, M.P., Colonel Blane, Mr. Henry Greville, i el aß TYrwhitt, Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. Gerard Start, art;, , Charles Balfour, Mrs. Charles Lusbington and Holland, Colonel Wingfield, Sir John Lowther, Part; John Burgoyne, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart and C 4p r. Madame Li zar di an d party , Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P. , n ai,Clifford, Captain De Horsey, Major Littledale, Capt. EgertonXx n:c* .1.1 —ORDDIA Tt y PEDESTRIANISM. Yesterday, Walki„ the veteran pedestrian, accomplished the feat of SO/ g 1 08 miles in 24 hours. The stakes amounted to Vi n Vu the distance was from the Plough Tavern, Plough °lloreditch, to the terminus of the Eastern Counties : i l o3l ,: ge, a ti : , : n , ,, a e r a e ,.m e _brid ge , and back. He was started from the no at t u i. Mr. Jackson, the proprietor, on Monday after minutes past four o'clock, and he arrived at te r d a‘ , a tlen at a minute and a half past four o'clock yes werel ` e rnoen. The roads in many parts of the distance 40 04 a very bad state, and they were in many parts th e tive ... The rain came d own very heavily in the course of f; : n r tirauetsY-fonur hours, and Mountjoy had to change his dress as i ra e returned home in very good condition, but •11 mediate' th ennti oy Y at' ended to by Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. re e Proposes a bet of 3001. to 1004 501. to 101., or teeof isa to ne, lengt to h. go a distance of 120 miles on a road "t 4 miles in THE SINECURE REGISTRARSHIP. There is an old story well known, which tells us of a boy who was not only doing noth in g , but who had his brother to help him. There is, it ap pears, an ecclesiastical office, the duties of which amount to nothing, and to which the Archbishop of Canterbury may not only appoint an individual to execute that nothing, but also may name two successors in reversion to fill up the place when their predecessor, exhausted by his labours, is rendered in capable of enjoying the 12,0001. per annum attached to the proper performance of nothing. The first story is a joke, but the second is a terrible reality—a reality which should not have bad existence in these days, when it is doubly criminal and doubly damaging as it affects the Church. _ _ We refer to our Parliamentary report for the de tails of this, we bad almost said, inquitous case ; and if we find reason to blush that such a case could be discovered, we rejoice that, having been disco vered, it has been brought before Parliament. One most desirable step must necessarily follow — the gradual perhaps, but sure, abolition of all sinecures. Now that retrenchment has become necessary, Government can nowhere better com mence than by stopping the official incomes of all men, wherever such incomes have not been fairly earned. The labourer is worthy of his hire : he has a right to that for which he has toiled ; but he who does rothing deserves nothing, and when there is a man in England who, after eighteen hours' incessant toil, can scarcely win the current day's bread far his family, it is a crying sin—a sin that must be at once put down—that there should be any one privileged to go in haughty laziness to the public purse, and plunder it to an amount which would make ten German dukes ecstatic.—Church and State Gazette. CONTRACT FOR GOVERNMENT CANVASS...—We are glad to learn that Dundee manufacturers have been success ful in securing the greater portion of the Government con tract for canvass and ducks, as will be apparent from the following statement :—Of the 14,415 bolts, 7,010 of 24 and 1,045 of 18 inches have been taken by Messrs. Baxter, Bro thers, and Co. ; 4,360 of 24 inches by Messrs. William Fer gussons, manufacturers here. The remaining 2,000 of 24 inches have been given to Messrs. Witham and Son, manu facturers, Bridport. One of our power-loom manufacturers has contracted for from 100,000 to 200,000 yards ducks. The canvass contracted for this year is 7,000 bolts less than last year, but it must be matter of gratulation that our ma nufacturers have got almost the lion's share, as it is un derstood that prices will be remunerative. — .Dundee Ad vertiser. ---- - CHURCH PASTORAL AID ►SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held in Exeter Hall yesterday forenoon; Lord Ashley in the chair. After the meeting had been opened with prayer, the Noble Chairman addressed those present, and congratulated them upon the position of the society, the improved state of its finances, its extensive operations, and the joyful fruits which had resulted from those operations; but there never was a time when their efforts were more required than at the present, because there was a systematised combination, an organized effort, to advance and extend heresy and infidelity. The secretary then read the report, in which it was stated, that during the year the receipts of the society amounted altogether to 35,660/. 4s. l ld. ; in that sum was included the munificent legacy of 5,0001. made by Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, which had been invested in Long Annuities of the value of 4,800/. ; and the total expenditure, including the latter sum, was 33,8011. 16s. The society had made eighteen grants more than dnring the previous year, making in all 370. The so ciety had employed and paid 312 incumbents, with a popu lation of 7,102 souls to each, and their average stipend was 1951. a year, and of these incumbents 160 were without any residence. The total annual liabilities of the society were now 33,0001. The work-day schools, under the charge of the society, numbered 74,000 scholars, and in the Sunday-schools 100,000 scholars were instructed. Aid had been given to 144 churches and chapels, and additional services had been performed, through the instrumentality of the society, to the number of 528. The report then proceeded to detail the operations of the society's incumbents in various parts of the country, and concluded by calling upon the friends of the society for increased exertion and aid. The report was una nimously adopted, and several resolutions were passed in fur therance of the objects of the society. FOREIGN ACADEMIES OF ART.—III Germany, France, and Italy, we find academies established in all the principal towns. under the immediate control and support of Government. Prussia, in addition to the Academy at Ber lin, has that of Dusseldorf, the fame of which justly extends over all Europe, and which, besides other advantages, receives from the Crown the spacious accommodation which is afforded by the old palace. The Berlin Academy is not only provided with a suitable building, but is also maintained by Govern ment, the expenses being, however, partly defrayed by the profits of the annual exhibition, and by a slight charge made for the tuition given to the pupils. In Paris, the "Acadtimie des Beaux Arts" appears to be established on a still more liberal footing, the instructions being gratuitous, and delivered by the first professors in a handsome and appropriate build ing, whilst the most successful students in each of the four principal branches of art are rewarded by being maintained for a certain period, at the expense of Government, at Rome, where France can boast of another academy, organized for this purpose, under the direction of one of her most eminent artists. In Austria the establishment of academies of the fine arts, under the auspices of the imperial crown, extends even to the subordinate towns of Venice and Milan, in both of which, especially in the latter, a large number of pupils are gratuitously instructed in the various branches of art by the most skilled professors; all that is necessary for their perfect instruction being most liberally provided. Owing to latent causes, perhaps connected with the present political and social condition of Italy, the academies of painting in that country have not realised the fruits which might be ex pected to result from the possessions of such treasures of art That these failures are not the necessary consequence of a position dependent on Government, is sufficiently proved by the glorious results which have attended the foundation o academies, under royal patronage, at .oiisseldorf and Munich Builder. THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD.—REPEAL OP THE IMPERIAL DUTIES.- The Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury having been pleased to approve of the ar rangements necessary to be made in consequence of the re peal of the imperial duties of customs heretofore levied in the island of Trinidad, the requisite instructions have been issued by the Commissioners at Customs to the officers of the department in that colony for carrying their Lordships' directions into effect, and the Commissioners have further caused the same to be notified to the collectors and comp trollirs of the Customs, at the several outports in the United Kingdom, and in all the British colonies, and the proper officers in the port of London, for their information and future government in the matter. MANSION-HOUSE. — The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained last evening the Deputies and Common Council and their ladies of the respective wards of Cornhill, Cripplegate Within and Without, Dowgate, Farringdon Within and Without, Langbourn, Lime-street, Portsoken, Queenhithe, Tower, Yintry, and Walbrook, besides a large number of private friends. Covers were laid for 300. The evening was enlivened by a choice selection of glees, &.c., prepared by Miss Ransford, and who was assisted by Mrs. Bas sano, Mr. Luckey, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Genge, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Bodda. The party separated at a late hour. The possession of superior talent creates more wishes than it gratifies.—Eliza Cook's Journal. CHANGE OF CAVALRY QUARTERS.—The first divi sion of the 16th Lancers, consisting of three troops, marched into Hounslow barracks yesterday from Norwich. The re mainder of the corps, with the band and colonel, will arrive to-day to replace the 11th ( Prince Albert's) Hussars, ordered to Norwich and Ipswich. The 16th Lancers are commanded by Colonel Smith, brother to Lady Dynorben. The Bth Royal Irish Hussars will arrive at Brighton on the 15th inst. from Ireland. _ _ _ On his way to the House of Commons on Monday night Mr. W. J. Fox met with an accident which will pre vent him from attending to his Parliamentary duties for some days. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY JUNCTlON.—Yesterday the Master in Chancery Kindersley proceeded with the settle ment of this list of contributories liable to pay all the out standing claims of this concern, the assets in connexion with which are reported to be about 3001. THE WEATHER.—The daily mean reading of the barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was above 30 inches on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Fri day ; the mean of the past week was 30.040 deg. The mean temperature of the week was only 45.5 deg. Taking, for comparison, the ten corresponding weeks of 1840-9, there is no instance in which the mean temperature was equally low, for it ranged in these weeks from 47.4 deg. to 55.8 deg., the mean having been 52.6 deg. It was on every day of the week considerably less the average of the same in seven years. On Sunday it was less than the average by 6.7 deg.; on Thursday, by 3 deg.; and on Wednesday by 9.7 deg. Except on Friday and Saturday, the wind blew from the north and north-east. If your means suit not with your ends, pursue those ends which suit with your means.— Eliza Cooke Journal. SCOTTISH EVENING AT THE WALWORTH INSTI TIITION.—The popular Scotch vocalist, Mr. Sherer, gave one of his entertainments on the Songs of Scotland at the Walworth Literary Institution last evening. His songs were prefaced by numerous humorous historical anec dotes, which he narrated most effectively. Mr. Sherer is an excellent conteur. His execution of the beautiful Scotch melodies was admirable, and elicited enthusiastic ap plause from a numerous and respectable • audience. Mr. Sherer bids fair to be one of the most popular vocalists of the day. - THE BARROW MONUMENT.--The ceremony of laying the first stone of the testimonial to the late Sir John Barrow, Bart., is intended to take place at Ulverstone, on Wednesday, the 15th of May, on which occasion Sir George Barrow, Bart. (accompanied by his brother, Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty), is expected to attend, for the purpose. We are glad to find that the subscriptions to the testimonial already amount to upwards of 1,0001., and to notice, among the more recent subscribers, several additional names of the nobility and gentry : - the Duke of Beaufort, 51.; the Earl of Lonsdale, 5/. ; Sir James Graham, 10/. 10s. ; the Earl of Ripon, 5/. ; the Marquis Camden, W. •, Viscount Palmerston, 5/, &c. The design selected by the Committee is that of Mr. Andrew Trimen, architect, whose elaborate work upon Church and Chapel Architecture, together with an account of the Hebrew Church, may be known to some of our readers. The stone tower designed by him is to be 100 feet in height, by 40 feet in diameter at the base; and as this structure is to b‘3 erected on the Hill of Hoad, which rises immediately above the town of Ulverstone, to the height of 450 feet, the effect will be striking. The tower will serve as a sea mark for the navigation of the dangerous bay of Morecambe, and will also, in all probability, be the means of saving the lives of many persons in crossing the sands at Ulverstone. Pre parations, we understand, to a great, extent are in progress at Ulverstone, every one, from the highest to the lowest, being anxious to vie with his neighbour in showing their respect to the memory of their distinguished townsman. MONEY MARKET. —The premium on gold at Paris is 17} per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex. change of 25.59; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.571, it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17e. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchang e of 13.14; and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.11, it follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London than in ltstutourgh. LITERAT URE. 1 BALLADS, POEMS, and LYRICS, Original and Translated. By Denis Florence M'Carthy. With many of the spirited compositions contained in this neat little volume we are not unfamiliar, hav ing had the pleasure of perusing them in the pages of the Dublin University Magazine. Mr. M'Carthy exhibits poetical talent of no ordinary excellence, and many passages in these poems would stand a compari son with the best productions of modern poets. He possesses one great merit—the inspirations of his muse he lays on the altar of his country, some of the most stirring and vigorous of his effusions are dedi cated to the land of his birth, and breathe the highest tone of nationality and patriotism. Our readers will perhaps be better able to judge of the merits of this little collection from a few extracts, than from any lengthened criticism of ours. The opening poem, " The Bell• Founder," is full of touching sentiments ; the story is interesting, and worked out with great poetical skill. There is a beautiful vigour and freshness in these lines, in praise of healthful in dustry : "Ab : little they know of true happiness, they whom satiety fills, Who, flung on the rich breast of luxury, eat of the rankness that kills. Ab little they know of the blessedness toil-purchased slumber enjoys, Who, stretched on the hard rack of indolence, taste of the sleep that destroys; Nothing to hope for, or labour for; nothing to sigh for, or gain; Nothing to light in its vividness, lightning-like, bosom and brain; Nothing to break life's monotony, rippling it o'er with its breath; Nothing but dulness and lethargy, weariness, sorrow, and death! " But blessed that child of humanity, happiest man among men, Ab! with hammer, or chisel, or pencil, with rudder, or ploughshare, or pen, Laboureth ever and ever with hope through the morn ing of life, Winning home and its darling divinities—Love -worship ped children and wife. Round swings the hammer of industry, quickly the sharp chisel rings, And the heart of the toiler has throbbings that stir not the bosom of kings— He the true ruler and conqueror, he the true king of his race Who nerveth his arm for life's combat, and looks the strong world in the face. " And such was young Paolo! &c. . .'f The Foray of Con O'Donnell is vividly descriptive of one of those irruptions which the ancient chieftains of Ireland were frequently in the habit of making into each other's territories, for the purposes of war or pillage. The ballad " Kate of Kenmore" is full of grace and beauty. We shall treat our fair readers to a stanza or two from this sweet ballad; but we would strongly recommend them a perusal of the whole col lection ; and we have little doubt they will receive as much gratification as we have had : " Oh! many bright eyes full of goodness and gladness, Where the pure soul looks out, and the heart loves to shine, And many cheeks, pale with the soft hue of sadness, Have I worshipped in silence, and felt them divine! But hope in its gleanings, or love in its dreamings, Ne'er fashioned a being so faultless and fair As the lily-cheeked beauty, the rose of the Roughty, The fawn of the valley, sweet Kate of Kenmore! " To him who far travels how sad is the feeling, How the light of his mind is o'ershadowed and dim, When the scenes he most loves, like a river's soft stealing, All fade as a vision and vanish from him. Yet be bears from each far land a flower for that garland That memory weaves of the bright and the fair; While this sigh I am breathing my garland is wreathing, And the rose of that garland is Kate of Kenmare," &c- The little poem, entitled " Remonstrance," com mencing with the lines— _ _ _ " Bless the dear old verdant land; Brother, wert thou born of it ?" contains some sentiments of fervid nationality,— • Think that this dear old land is thine, Aad thou a traitor slave of it, — Think how the Switzer hada his kine, When pa'e the evening star Both shine— His song has home in every line, Freedom in every stave of itl Think how the German loves his Rhine, And worships every wave of it! " Our own dear land is bright as theirs, But oh! our hearts are cold for it; &c., Let us do all that honour dares— Be earnest, faithful, bold for it." The tribute to the memory of one of the greatest men of modern times, the late Mr. O'Connell, is alike creditable to the good taste, sound sense, and kindly feelings of the writer, entitled " The Dead Tribune,"— " The awful shadow of a great man's death Falls on this land, so sad and dark before,-- Dark with the famine and the fever breath, • And mad dissensions gnawing at its core. Oh! let us hush foul discord's maniac roar, And make a mournful truce, however brief, Like hostile armies when the day is o'er! — And thus devote the night-time of our grief To tears and prayers for him, the great departed Chief. "In Genoa the Superb' O'Connell dies— That city of Columbus by the sea, Beneath the canopy of azure skier, As high and cloudless as his fame must be. Is it mere chance or higher destiny That brings these names together? One the bold Wanderer in ways that none had trod but he— The other, too, exploring paths untold ; One a new world would seek, and one would serve the old ! • • • • • . . . • Brothers, who struggle yet in Freedom's van, W here'er your forces o'er the word are spread, The last great champion of the rights of man — The last great Tribune of the world is dead ! Join in our griefs, and let our tears be shed Without reserve or coldness on his bier ; Look on his life as on a map outspread — His fight for freedom—freedom far and near— Aud if a speck should rise, oh hide it with a tear I" This volume contains translations from the French, Italian, Spanish, and German, all admirable; and we have hopes to see the writer produce works more likely to last than these fugitive pieces, as we think he possesses qualities entitling him to a respectable place among living poets. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). FRASER. Fraser opens with an elaborate Shakesperian study by George Fletcher, the subject of the present paper is the Merchant of Venice. The quarterly Reviewer, who attacked the Queen's College and Pro fesror Maurice stigmatizing that gentleman and his friends as Pantheists and Latitudinarians, is merci lessly castigated by Fraser, and richly does he deserve it. We have a most delightful article on the fables of Babrius, which have been recently discovered in a monastry in Greece, and which have been care fully edited by Mr. G. C. Lewis.: Babrius was a Greek poet, who flourished it is supposed about the time of the Emperor Alexander Severus, and who. then 'wrote this series of fables in Greek verse, which for elegance, sim plicity, and poetry, are superior either to rhaidrus or La Fontaine. The " Story of the Requiem" is a strange tale, which, if true, would seem to show that Mozart died from poison, administered to him by a mercenary musician who had managed to possess himself of the latest works of that composer ; we, however, attach no credit to this narrative. Fraser promises a series of articles on Diplomacy, Diplomatists, and the Diplomatic Servants of England ; and in the opening paper, which appears in the present number, insists on the necessity of Englishmen receiving a regular diplomatic education before they are entrusted with the exercise of diplomatic functions as the only means of enabling them to compete with the masters in ambassador-craft of France, Germany, and Russia, There are several other papers of merit in this month's Fraser. TEE SPORTSMAN. In addition to the usual statistical information re lative to spurting matters afforded by this periodical, the present number contains some articles of a very entertaining nature. "A Few Thoughts on the Noble Science" shows the writer to be a man well acquainted with his subject. Sensibly doth he say of men striving to hunt cheap, "It is this false economy which causes a man to spend more money on a bone-setter's bill than would have mounted him properly and safely." And again, " This pink, by the way, is a great attrac tion ; banish it, and you would draft a third of every hunting field, especially at some fashionable watering places I could mention, where the great object seems to be, not to have a good day's sport, but to return in time to show the hunting costume on the evening promenade." Very fairly pitched into, the "Jack Brag" red-coats I There is "An Angling Adventure," wherein a gentlemen recounts how he fished out of a bed-room balcony, and landed some six pound trouts in his night-cap, tied to the end of a broomstick ; a dashing account of a twenty-mile run after a " dingo" in Australia Felix; and the well-sustained continuations of " Sporting Incidents at Home and Abroad," and of " Country Practice." To some illustrations of the calumniated idiosyncracy of the fox in the latter paper we would invite the attention of the reader. "Tales of the Road" are, however, to our mind, the best papers which have appeared in this serial, rich in jollity and the genuine smack of Irish fun. The author, indeed, bids fair to become a worthy partner in the glorious brotherhood of Carleton, Lever, and Lover. His carol of " Saint Patrick and the Heathens," surely by Father Phil, to the air of " The Nightbefore Larry was Stretched" would have rejoiced the soul of Poorkisgin• We have no hesitation in pronouncing him to be a right merry and indubitably clever fellow. Two ex cellent engravings add to the attractions of this month's Sportsman. " The Shady Side," wherein a patient and successful angler is depicted, seated by a shady stream, and "Here come the Hounds," en graved by Hacker, from a painting by Barraud, a perfect gem. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen was going on perfectly well towards convalescence yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday. His Royal Highness PrinCe Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieute nant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their accustomed Palace. exercise yesterday in the gar d en o f Buckingham Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, has issued invitations for a full •dreps dinner on Wednesday next, the 15th inst, at the Clarendon Hotel, in cel e b ra ti on o f h er Majesty's birth day. Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has issued invitations for a state dinner at his residence in Carlton-terrace, on "Wednesday next, the 15th init., to celebrate the Queen's birthday. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, issued invitations yesterday for a full-dress dinner on Wednesday next, in celebration of her Majesty's birth-day, at his official residence in Downing street. Lord John Russell was better yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, had an interview with , the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Dispatches were — sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Malta, Hong- Kong, and Ceylon, and also for the Lord High Com missioner of the lonian Islands. HEALTH of LONDON during the WEEK. (From the Return of the Registrar-General.) In the week ending last Saturday, the deaths re gistered in the metropolitan districts numbered only 829 ; a result which, if compared with the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous years (1840-9), is less than in any week, except those of 1841 and 1842. The average number of deaths in correspond ing weeks is 883, or raised in the ratio of increase of population 963 ; on which a decrease is apparent in the deaths of last week, amounting to 134. From diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class, the total deaths last week were 159, the corrected average being 181 ; and to take particular diseases, small pox was fatal to seven persons, or half the average; scarlatina and hooping-cough respectively to 17 and 36, also less than the average ; measles to 17, or about the usual amount. But croup des troyed 15 children, which is double the ordinary fa tality from this complaint. Also the wife of a butcher, aged 36 years, died in Halsey-terrace, Chelsea, of" spasmodic croup (18 hours)." Typhus was fatal in 28 cases —considerably less than usual ; erysipelas in 9; diarrhoea in 10; the two latter being near the average amount. Diarrhoea appears to de cline, the deaths from it in the last three weekshaving been 19, 11, 10 ; in the week corresponding to the last in 1848 and 1849, they were 19 and 20. The morta lity from diseases of the respiratory organs differs little from the amount that generally prevails at this season of the year; from bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma, there were respectively 44, 65, and 9 deaths, the last showing a slight decrease. It is sufficiently worthy of remark, that consump tion has recently carried off weekly much less than the usual number of its victims ; last week the deaths from it were only 102, though in the corresponding weeks of ten previous years they ranged from 121 to 168, and the corrected average is 157. A man of 44 years died of purpura htemorrhagica. A man and two children died of laryngitis ; and three children of laryngismus stridulus. Three children were accidentally suffocated in bed. The death of a child, aged 5 months, who was suffocated by impure air, occurred at 7, Hayward's-place, in St. James's, Clerkenwell ; he was found dead in bed. His father was a jewel-case maker. In Blue Anchor-alley, Finsbury, a bookbinder, aged 45 years, died of " drunkenness, vomiting, and atrophy. A pensioner, of 65 years, died in Greenwich hospital, from " apo plexia a potu (13 days), pneumonia (6 days)." Last week the deaths of 74 inmates of workhouses were recorded; 63 persons were registered in genegal hos pitals, 6 in military and naval, 8 in lunatic asylums, 3 in the Small-Pox Hospital Camden-town ; and 3 in the Fever Hospital, Islington. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CALUDONIAN. A. numerous and influential meeting of the 10i Preference shareholders of this company took place yesterday afternoon, at the London Tavern,Bishops gate-street, for the purpose of naming a deputation to the board of directors on the subject of reducing the preferential claims, and of considering the recommen dation to elect delegates representing the 101. Prefe rence shareholders, to confer with the directors and conclude an arrangement. Captain PLUNKET, R.N., having taken the chair, said that, considering the state of the affairs of the company, it was of the utmost importance that some thing should be immediately done to get those con cerned in it out of their present bad position. The amount of claims against the company was 570,0001., and of this sum 107,0001. were what were called land claims, and which, by the law of Scotland, were im mediately enforceable in the most summary manner, and which must consequently be met at ()ace. Sven supposing the greatest possible patience were exemplified by their creditors, it would require seven or eight years to place themselves in a satisfactory position. Another debt of a most serious character was the Clydesdale redemption money, which, added to the floating debt, would make it ten or fifteen years before matters were made straight. Yet this was taking the most favourable view of their situation—so favourable, indeed, that he would argue nothing from it, as in his opinion the only way of keeping the company on its legs would be by raising fresh capital. The guarantees, which had been so rashly sanctioned by Parliament, were of such enormous extent that they could be no longer paid by the company without mulcting all prior claimants; and as the idea of pay ing the guarantees " for the credit of the company," was a manifest exemplification of "robbing Peter to pay Paul," he did not suppose that such an argument would be used against the urgent demands of the directors for reduction. The statement put forth by the present board of directors said that the receipts that might be looked forward to ; but the exact average, weretaken6 from the aweek commencement of the year, was a weekly income of 5,831/. ; and their receipts might b e severely influenced by the opening in autumn of the Nt a committee such as whoseo v ing d u ties consider of the affairs of the ents, &c., as it would be at ihtandea and de appointment s uc hwou l d competing dbo ce ut line. He concluded by n mo Company, a reasonsmeeting; for the proposed to negotiate with the di rectors — to once inconvenient an d disagreeable to‘ publish to the world at a reduc tions, and to co nsider wheth er t he arran g ements were for the a dvanta g e of the shareholders. The principal benefit arisin g frdm the a pp ointment of such a committee woul d be, that it would give the first hearu bl i c their impulse to those arrangements which now engage the attention and energies of the directors, aid the example of a cheerful acquiescence in a necessary but disagreeable duty on the part of the shareholders, would greatly influence their operations, serve as the best weapon in the hands of the directors for the suc cessful prosecution of their objects.--(Cheers.) In answer to questions, The CHAIRMAN stated that negotiations had been entered into with all of the preference lines. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting on the subject of the resolution and the general affairs of the company ; After which the resolution, with one or two emen dations, was put and carried. It stood amended as follows :—" That a co mmittee be now appointed on behalf of preference stock (10/. shares) of the Caledo nian Railway Compaq, with power to confer with the directors of the company in - reference to a modification of the terms under which the preference shares were issued, and to negotiate an arrangement for such a modification of those terms a s they may think most advantageous—contingent on satisfactory , arrangements being concluded with the other guaran teed interests; such arrangements to be subject to the approval of an adjourned m eeting of the g enera l b o d y of preference shareholders . The committee appointed T was composed of the fol lowing'gentlemen :—Mr. hornton (Wakefield), Mr. Joseph Hough (Manchester), Mr. A. K. Baker, Mr. Deputy Corney, and Mr.l3alster. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned till that day week, when the committee would be able to report progress. The first sitting of the committee was held after the meeting had separated. ---- SOUTHAMPTON, jr AY I• —• The Penins u l ar an d Oriental Company's steam-ship Pacha,.Captain M ee h an, w i i comopfan to-morrow.y,from Constantino- The the mails for Spain, rortugal, and Gibraltar, l e ft t hi s d ay . She took a full general cargo, 'With specie to th e amount o f 13,400/., and several pass en g ers. The Euxine, Captain E pi v e, an a s c ,.lr is lo e n x g p in ec g te t d o itn thheabovecourse Ma drid, Captain Weeks, with the homeward Peninsular mails, is expected on the 14th inst. The Herrmann, from New York, is hourly looked for. The bark harvest has commenced in this county. Prices may be stated at from 31. 15s. to 41. ss. per t on , which is about ss. less than the prices of last yam'.— Salisbury Journal. EVENING, MAY 8, 1850. PARLIAMENTARY .DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Common.•.) TUESDAY, 3tAY 7. 'ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. Motion made, and Question put, " That it is expedient that the Advertisement Duty be repealed." The House divided : Adair, R. A. Berkeley, Grantley Blewitt, Reginald Bouverie, E. P. Bright, J•hn MINORITY-AYES, 39. Fitzroy, Henry Osborne, Rsll3b Greene, John Pechell, Sir G. Heyworth, Lawrence Pigott, Francis. Hodgson, W. N. Pilkington, James Hume, J. Scholefleld, W. Hutchins, E. J. Stanford, J. F. Keogh, William Thompson, Colonel Kershaw, James Thompson, George Lushington, Charles Wawn, J. T. ~:,,.,.,.: Meagher, Thomas Williams, John Mowatt, Francis Wyld, James Mullin - J. li. Broadwood, H. Bulkeley, Sir R. Cobden, Richaril Corbally, M. E. Cowan, Charles Crawford, W. S. Duff, James Duncan, George Ellis, John • lugs, J. u. Nugent, Lord O'Connor, Feargus Swart, William Gibson, T. M. MAJORITY—NOES, 20S. Fortescue, J. W. O'Brien, Sir Timothy Fox, Richard M. O'Connell, Maurice Freestun, Colonel Paget,, Lord A. French, F. Paget, Lord C. Frewen, C. IL Patten, W. Galway, Viscount Pennant, Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Plowden, W. H. Gore, W. R. 0. Power, Dr. Goulburn, Henry Prime, Richard Grace, v. D. Rawdon, Colonel Graham, Sir James Ricardo, Osman Greeuall, Gilbert. Rice, E. it. Greene Thomas Rich, Henry Grenfell, Charles W. Richards, Richard Grey, Sir G. Romilly, Colonel Grogan, Edward Romilly, Sir John Grosvenor, Lord R. Rumbold, C. E. Grosvenor, Earl Rushout, Captain Guest, Sir J. Russell, F. C. Gwyn, Howel Rutherford, A. Halford, Sir Henry Sandars, George Hall, Colonel - Sanders, Joseph Hatchell, John Seymour, Lord Hawes, Benj. Shell, it. L. Hayter, W. G. Sheridan, R. B. Headlam, T. E. Slaney, R. ♦. Heathcote, G. J. Smith, Vernon Heneage, G. H. Smith, J. A. Henley, J. W. Smith, M. Tucker Herbert, IL A. Smyth, J. G. Heywood, James Smollett, A. Hobhouse, Sir John Somerset, Captain Hobhouse, T. B. Somerville, Sir W. Hodges, T. L. Sotheron, T. H. Hogg, Sir J. W. Stafford, Augustus Hood, Sir A. Stanley, E. H. Hornby, John Stanfield, W. R. C. Howard, Lord E. Stanton, W. H. Moward, P. H. Stuart, Lord J. Hudson, G. Stuart, H. Jervis, Sir John Sutton, H. II Jocelyn, Viscount Tenison, K. K. Johnstone, Sir J. Thicknesse, Ralph Jones, Captain Thornely, Thomas Labouchere, Henry Tollemache, F. J. Lascelles, W. S. Tollomache, John Legh, G. C. Townshend. Captain Lennox, Lord A. Trelawny, J. S. Lennox, Lord HG. Trollope, Sir J. Lewis, George C. Tuthell. H. Lindsay, Colonel Turner, George Littleton, E. R. Vane, Lord H. Long, Walter Verney, Sir H. Lysol', General Villiers, Viscount Mackinnon, W. Villiers, Charles M'Gregor, John Vivian, J. H. M'Taggart, Sir J. Vyse, 11. Mahon, Viscount Waddington, H. S. Manners, Lord J. Wall, C. B. Martin,lJohn Watkins, Colonel Matheson, James Wellesley, Lord C. Maule, Fox Westhead, J. P. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Willoughby, Sir H. Mlles, Philip W. S. Wilson, James Mitchell, T.,.A. Wood, Sir CharleS Morgan, 0. Wrightson, W.B. Morison, Sir W. Wyvill, M. Morris, David Mulgrave, Earl Mundy, William Noel, Gerald J. Acland, Sir T. Anson, Colonel Arundel, Earl of Ashley, Lord Baillie, H. J. Baines, M. T. Baldock, E. 11. Baring, 11. B. Barrington, Lord Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, C. L. G. Birch, Sir T. Blackall, S. W. Blackstone, W. lilamdford, Marquis Boldero, Henry Boyle, Colonel Brockman, E. D. Brooke, Sir A.B. Brotherton, J. Bruce, C. L. C. Burrell, Sir C. Butler, P. S. Campbell, W. F. Carew, W. P. Carter, J. B. Castlereagh, Vis. Caulfeild, J. M. Cavendish. G. H. Chaplin, W. J. Charters, Francis Chatterton, Colonel Cholmeley, Sir M. Christy, Samuel Clay, Sir W. Cobbold, J. C. ... Cocks, Thomas S. Codrington, Sir W. Colebrooke, Sir T. Coles, H. U. eolvile, C. R. Cotton, W. H. Cowper, W. F. Cubits, William Dalrymple, Captain Damer, Colonel Davie, Sir H. Dawson, T. V. Denison, Edmund Divett, Edward Duncombe, 0. Duncuft, John Dundas, Sir David Dunne, Colonel Du Pre, C. G. Ebring ton, Lord Egerton, Sir P. Egerton, W. T. Ellice, Edward Elliot, John Emlyn, Viscount Evans, William Farrer, James Fellowes, E. Fergus, John Ferguson, Sir B. Fitzpatrick. J. W. Floyer, John Foley, J. H. Forbes, William Forester, G. C. TELLERS. Hill, Lord M. Bellew, R. M. JOURNEYMEN BAKERS. - - - - - Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Commis sion be appointed to inquire whether any measures can be taken to improve the sanitary condition of the Journeymen Bakers." the House divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 44. Beresford, William Floyer, John Sanders, George Best, John Granger, T. C. Sidney. Alderman Blackstone, W. S. Greens.li, Gilbert . Somerset, Captain Blandford, Marquis Greene, John Stanford. J. F. Broadwood, H. Herbert. H. A. Stuart, Lord Dudley Castlereagh, 'Vise. Jocelyn, Viscount Sullivan, Miehael Cobbold, J. C. Lushington, C. Thompson, Colonel Cowan, Charles Meagher, Thomas Thompson, George Crawford, W. S. Morris. David Vyse, R. H. B. H. D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Brien Bir Lucius Wawn, J. T. Disraeli, B. O'Connor, Feargus Williams, John Duncan, George Osborne, Ralph Wyld, James Dundas, George Pechell, Sir G. Dunne, Colonel Pigott, Franc!! Fagan, W. Power, Dr. Fellowes, E. Prime, Richard TELLS 110. Grosvenor, Lord B. Stafford, Augustug MAJORITY—NOES, 94. Armstrong, Sir A. Frewen, C. H. Peel, Sir Robert ?seines, M. T. Galway, ,Viscount Pilklngton, James Baring, 11. B. Gladstone, W. E. Ricardo, Osman Berkeley, Admiral Grace, 0. D. Rico, E. R. Berkeley, C. L. Greene, Thomas Rich, Henry Boldero, H. G. Grenfell, Charles W. Richards. Richard Bouverie, E. P. Grey, Sir George Romany, Sir John Boyle, Colonel Grey, R. W. Russell, F. C. H. Bright, John Hallyburton, Lord J. Rutherford, A. Brotherton, Joseph Hastle, Alexander Seymour,,Sir M. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Hatchell, John Seymour, Lord Carter, John B. Hawes, B. Shell, R. L. Cobden, R. Hayter, W. G. Smith, R. V. Codringtonair W. Herbert, Sidney Smith, J. A. Colebrooke, Sir T. Heywood, James Smith, John B. Corbally, M. E. Hodges, T. L. Smollett, A. Cowper, W. F. Howard, E. G. Somerville, Sir W. Davie, Sir Henry Hudson, George Stanton, W. S. Divett, Edward Jervis, Sir John Tenisos, E. Y. Dunc.embe, 0. Labouchere, Henry Thicknesse, R. A. Halides, Sir David Lascelles, W. S. Thornely, T. Ellis, John Lewis, G. C. Townshend, Captain Elliot, J. E. Mackinnon, W. A. Tuttle% Henry Evans, William Mangles, R. D. Villiers, Charles Fergus, John Matheson, J. Waddington H. S. 1 Ferguson, Colonel Maule, Fox Watkins, Colonel Ferguson, Sir K. Morgan, H. K. Wilson, James Fitzpatrick, J. W. Morison, SirX. Weod, Sir Charles Foley, John H. Mowatt, Francis Fordyce, A. D. Paget, Lord A. Fertescue. Chichester Paget, Lord C. Freestun, Colonel Palmerston, Vis. French, F. Patten, J. W. TALLESS. 11111, L•rd Marcum Bellew, B. 24 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORNi ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 6th, long debate on the question of recommitting the Australian Colonies Government Bill with the object of inserting addi tions depriving the Government at home of the power of a Veto on colonial legislation. It was admitted by the movers, that there were certain things which by the colonial legislatures must not be done ; and the weakness of their case lay, in the impossibility of effectually securing these by any attempted defini tion. There are things which must not be done, and nobody can tell what may be among them till it is seen. Such at least was probably the reasoning, which induced a majority of 165 to 42 against the motion. And in truth there appears no palpable reason, why a Veto on the part of the Crown under the advice of its Ministers, should not be continued in the Colonies as long as in the mother country. Useful lessons may be taken for practice in the one case, from the practice in the other. It is clearly policy that the exercise of such a Veto should be avoided by all sorts of precautionary prudences ; and if it cannot be so absolutely avoided in the smaller case as it has been for the last century or two in the greater, some diffe rence may fairly be set down to the different circum stances of the two. Without entering into details disparaging or flattering to any party, it is not diffi cult to see reasons in the necessary circumstances of colonies, why a last resort to a Teto under the con trol of the Imperial Government and Parliament, may usefully exist in their case, even though not exerted for the major part of two centuries at home. After this came a debate on numerous Clauses pro posed by Mr. ‘ladstone, connected with the position of the Church of England in the Australian Colonies. The supporters of them never got over the impres sion produced by their own exertions, that there was at this moment an equality among religious bodies in Australia, and these clauses were to overset it. If the restrictions imposed by law upon the Church of England are really such as to prevent its clergy from asking one another whether they think it best to sing a psalm before sermon or after, it is here and not in the colonies that alteration should be moved. But the truth is, that the compact made by the State with the Church which it established, and which the said Church is now doing all it can to call into hostile operation against itself, evinced a laudable conscious ness of, the necessity of controlling any Establishment which was to have the powers and revenues contem plated, with a bitt of no ordinary sharpness. It knew that it was mounting a rampant enlero, which no sane man would think of riding in a halter. And this with no reference to the peculiarities of the indi vidual, but of the genus ; opinions on the real pre sence had about as much to do with it, as whether there was a long tail or a short. For reasons of this kind, it may be that the Church finds itself under a sharper dispensation than is applied to the lower in flesh roadsters by its side. But the question of tak ing it off, must not be settled in the Colonies. In the course of the debate, a Member of the Cabinet, the Secretary for the Home Department, took occasion to express strong disapprobation of the course at this moment taken by a considerable por tion of the Church, in a direction which though not very pointedly expressed in words, nobody feels at a loss to comprehend. On the 7th motion was made for the Repeal of the Advertisement Duty. The circumstances were never promising, and as might be expected, nothing was accomplished. The whole subject is one which waits for coming events to make its interest confessed. After the Advertisement Duty, came the question of a Committee for the Bakers. it is a very doubtful point whether the interference of Government in such cases can be usefully applied or not ; but there appears no marked reason why, if the working classes wish it, their case should not be inquired into by a Com mittee. The proposal, however, was negatived by a large majority. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, Bth May, 1850. IRON SHIP-BUILDING IN CORK.—At the close of this month the largest vessel ever built in Ireland will be launched from the steam -factory' of the Cork Steam Ship Company, on the Glanmire-road. She is to be called the Pelican, and is to be propelled by the screw. She is over 800 tons burden, and is built on the lines of the Ajax, which is declared the best steam-ship afloat of her class. The boilers, steam-engines, screw, and fans intended for the Peli can, are nearly completed, and will be ready to be placed on board the day she is launched. This vessel is intended to trade between Liverpool and Rotterdam.—Cork Constitution. LIST Or SCOTTISH CODIPANIZS' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- - £ s. d. £ s. d sank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 • 100 0 0 Is 2 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. l• 0 0 10 0 0 1234 Clydesdale Bank -. •• Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 168% Eastern Bank.• •••• • • 6L per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9% Edinb.kGlaggow Stank 61. per cent. 5' 0 0 5 • 0 61. is Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 9% isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 634 per cent. SO 0 0 10 0 0 15 Northof Scotlandßank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 6 0 0 334 North British Bank : • • - - - - Royal Bank of Scotlaid SI. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132 Unionllank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90 Western Bamk.• •• -•• 71. per cent. 50 • 0 50 0 0 73 Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 • 0 2034 B. Accord. Lifeand Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per sent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 15.1 Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 II 0 10 0 0 23 Colonial Life ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 IL 3s, City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 I 0 2 0 0 121. 9, Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 106 0 0 16 0 • 20% East of Scotland Life.. - 10 a 0 015 0 - Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - ilerctileslnsurance Ce• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 • 0 - limn Co. of Seetlnd.. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 I 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 100 Mercantile Life .. •... 334 per ct. 10 0 0 010 0 15s. Id. National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 225. Ed North British Insur. •• 534 pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 247‘ North & West •f Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 5 0 011 0 , - Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 1 - Scottish Union Insriace. 63(1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 • 231.e1 Standard Life ..•..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 5% United Dep•Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 16. IIrIXSCHLLANZIOT IN. Dividend Amount I Name if Company. A nnum. Share. ......1••••• ............. ......"..'".' ............................ ...... X. a. 4. 2/. es. 5 0 00 I - 25 laetion Mart •• •••• •• 11. 100 0 0, 30 5 0 15 Austra li an Agriculturl lat.. 11 . 105. 10 2 0 0 0 21 10 2 10 0 AnDgiltot-031, halfezlca ti n h 3 31 r 0 . . --- ........ Cl. per cent . --- 69 cent. 100 0 •i 32 10 0 - Uppr Canad a Canada ... .. Bol ds hi. per My tillYlgatioll •• • • - - -- 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p.e.kbs,2llloo 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable neversieary 5/. pr cont. 100 • 0 100 0 • - GeN,Steamlia vi g ation 11.85. 15 0 0 l4 II 0 26 London Institution ..• - - 178 15 • - Hassell Ins tit u tion •..• - - 26 5 0 _ Pen i ns lr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 ItO Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91 ' Ro yal Mail Steara•• •• 6118. 4. p. C. 100 0 0 60 e 0 69 v south An D A i . Australian..... a t 7 , 1; an ... . . 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 19 Land.. - 100 0 0 29 • 0 - INGENIOUS SWINDLING.-011 Saturday the . police succeeded in apprehending a man, named Joseph Cash Gib son, who for Borne time past has been engaged, with others not yet in custody, in a very ingenious swindle. It appears that the parties have been in the habit of sending to auction rooms, for sale, cases of very handsome medals and coins, finely finished to represent gold. The matter was discovered by Mr. Thomas, the auctioneer in Leicester square, in the following way :—A few evenings ago Gibson called upon Mr. Thomas, and produced several cases of medals, which he re presented as gold, and asked MT. Thomas whether he would sell them for him? Mr. Thomas applied the usual tests to the rims, and, believing they were gold, ho agreed to sell them, and gave Gibson a deposit. From some circumstances which afterwards came to his knowledge, Mr. Thomas was induced to teat the coins on the obverse and reverse, and t b r e then discovered that they were only electrotyped. _ IA O • Thomas immediately waited upon the Commissioners detective lice, who sent Mr. Field, an expert officer.of the diteaed onei force, to investigate the matter. Mr. Field at once it the of the medals broken tip, and he then discovered o tiat been most ingeniously made. The inside wasf iron, next layer was of copper, then a thin coat of silver, td. top and bottom gold ; the rims were also them were much f langer than a crown Pluecceeeeded in appre scription given Gibson, Mr. Field. ha a re been pledged fur bending him. Many of the medals more ise Tn tiT institution,u than Tlo : s i . . as much as 1 01., although theyg°FroSaiohni etd'ieole-f Sunday I nper. the relief of decayed artists, ARTISTS' GENERAL Be which has been the means of NI a re Evo ; it ci this i Te worth xeie r il The thirty-fifth annual feslta4invdatbr a' s their a l l, i i e n i glwv‘i thed. a oNN' i sil families s a t i t d ucteh o di f l di i n f, e a ln u B 'y o n talentedu si al butat theseunfortunate festivals, h ere Saturday next, at the from ruin, will take place . Free masons' Tavern, w,mieldeons'ttoiganesiltuhiseenr influential ll and de d g i za r t i e l lo a t ti o n u g r olitv the Robert Peel has consented to preside on Sir will be congregated and a large gathering ill expected. the Occesien , patronsartists, aon.fdaratalathie PRICES OF SHARES BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM COM.PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FILIDAY EYEXI2iG. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 7. JOIN' '-fiTOCZ. BANN'S. Dividend Amount . . Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annual. Share. A s, d. A s. d. Australasia .......... 245. 40 0 0 40 0 0 .- BritahNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 42 Ceylon .............. 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial. . - Gloucestershire ...... 15Iper cent. - - - lonian ..• •• • • .... •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lendn and Westruinstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26% Ditto .....• - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17 4 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% Ditto, New. ••-. • • • 3/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of rreland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial et Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •. •••• - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia •• • • 61, per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 Union of Australia.• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 30% Ditto .............. 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London. •• .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12% Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- - A s. d. A 8. g. Albion ............• .• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 80 Alliance Brit. and For. 711466 d &be 100 0 0 11 0 0 21 Ditto Marine. ••- •• 61. per cunt. 100 0 0 5 0 0 bX Atlas .••.•••• British Commercial •• TB. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr et.& be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 County -•• .• • ....... 31. 100 0 0 10 0 • 62 Crown • • 14e. 50 0 0: +St . 0 11 .15 Eagle -- .. ..... ..... 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 6% European Life -•• • . 4% per cent. 20 0 0` Ali paid. 15 General ............ - - 5 0 11 4% Globe - 130 Guardian • ....... •. • • 51. 100 0 0 UlO 0 53% Imperial Fire -.•• • •• 121, per cent. 500 ' 0 0 50 0 11 228 Imperial Life • • •..... Us. 100 'o' 0 10 0 0 lb% Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & be. IGO S 0 20 0 5 87 Law Firo •••••• • • • • •• - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life- •. -••• • .. U. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 43 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 5 0 4% Licensed Victuallers.. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% London Ship •........ 101. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% Marine .• •-••. . .. -126. per share 100 0 0 15 11 0 10 Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0• 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life.• ....... 81. percent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2108. Pelican - ..... . - - Puoitilx . .•• 31. p. sh. SG bs. - -- - Pt °teeter Lifh.• • • • . - - - Provident Life•. •• -• • 11. be. &be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -26 Rock Life.. • ... - Royal Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock. - 207% Sun Fire - - 210 Ditto Life .......... 11. 61. - -1 48 United Kingdom, g.... 41. per cent. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4 Universal Life.... •... 10% pr cnt. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Vidoria Life .... - 4 12 6 4% DOCMII. Dividend per Amount of Share. Paid. Annum. A a. d. is 0 $ 50 0 0 61. pr cent. 20e. per eh. N. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 4141. pr cent. 21. per gent. ', BRIDG: Dividend per .&nnuna. '350. per cent. 11. 45. Od. 11. Is. Od. 'ATER, Dividend per Annum. 41. per cnt. 31. 10s. per cnt. 21. 10,. 51. per cat. 61.05. pr eat. AND CO Dividend per Annum. 11. $5. Z I. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 Amount •f Share. A. i. d. 100 • 0 50 0 100 0 0 70 10 8 '031.1c.5, ♦monit •f Blare. i. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ♦mount of Share. £. s. d. 40 0 0 20 • • 20 I • 100 0 I 75 0 0 50 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 25 0 • 60 100 • • 50 0 • 60 0 • 60 0 0 A. s. d. G 0 0 0 40 0 0 raid. Price. # a. d. Name of Company. East and West Ina'a... East Country •• London .. . • • Dltt• Bona.. • . • • • . el. Katharine ........ Ditto, Scrip ...... , . Ditto - Bonas•• .... •• Boathampton •• .. •• •• Name of Company. Charing -cross.• • • •. •• touthwrk • ......... Ditto Nw of 7% p .o. Waterloo ............ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .... ... Ay. Nam• of Company. East Lomion..• • • • • • •• Grand Janction Lambeth •• • • •• •• •• •• New Rivr Lndn Brdge West Middlesex . . . GAS-MIGHT Name of Company. British •• •• •• ...• .• •• Ditto Provincial.• Brighton •• •• ••• • • • City of London .. .• CentinentalConsolidat. If.quitable .• • • • • .. • • • . Imperial ...... •• .• • • Independent ....... • • London ...... • . Do., Parlareference Phoanix Batcliff ... ...... • • United General .... • • weidmiaater Chartered Ditto, New .• • • -• , ANZ A. s. d. 1$ 0 • 20 0 • 150 • • 31 b • b• • • 50 • • 40 • • 50 • 5 50 • • 2 1• • 49 • • 90 • 0 50 • • .... 10 0 • 1 ..; 1 I Annum. so CALNELLS. Names ,f per i IDividend Names of :,., 'Dividend Price . Companies. A 1 per Companies. 2, Ann ussv . Price. £ £I ABM's& Oldh 97 ' 71. 113 Macclesneld • 100' 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 180 Seek .. •• • • 100 161. 340 iirknk&Abrg 150 51. 65 Oxford.. •• • • 108 201. 165 Birmingham 46 41. 87 Peak Forest. 76 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.. - 100 251. 210 Regent's .... 33 11. Os. 183•,',, Derby ••. .. 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 26 41. 50% Elismre&Clis 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 160 71.103. 130 GrandJunctn 100 51. 85 1 , Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. - Grand Surrey 100 , 21.05. 30 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 410 Grand Union 100 11. 103. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grantham .. - - - Stourbridge- 145 201. 300 Kenut ik Avll 32, Is. 6d. 5 1 4 Severx andl Lancaster . 100 21. 32% Wye Pail. 326 21 . 01 ' - Leeds& Livrp 100 241. 320 Warwick& I Leicester.... 100 51. 66 1. 3 irming. lOO 41 . 63 Leicstr &Nth SS 41. 48% Warwick& ) 100 31. 42 Loughborlgh 142 , 701. 510 Napton.. Nfonmouthsh,loo 81. - Worcetr & 1 75 31. 42 sintgemrysklloo - - Blrming. MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brim -14 s. 11 AMERICAN NEWS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. The United States mail steamer, Hermann, Cap tain Crabtree, arrived off Cowes at 5 P.M. from New York, which city she left on the 20tb ult. The voy age of the Hermann has been protracted to 17 days by a succession of easterly winds. She' brings 145 passengers, 25 of whom landed at Southampton. After transferring the mails for England and France to a small steamer, the Hermann proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. The American Rews by telegraph from Halifax was published in New York on the 20th. The intelligence by this arrival is not of great interest. Our Washington advices mention that the Senate had rejected Colonel Benton's amendment, and deter mined to refer the subject of admitting California and forming a territorial government for New Mexico to a select committee of 13. The committee comprbed Senators Clay, Cass, Dickinson, Bright, Webster, Philps, Cooper, King, Mayor, Dori nee, Mag num, Bell, and Berrien. The action of such a committee would probably be a re commendation to admit California, and the establish ment of a Government in New Mexico, without restriction as to slavery ; the Senate would probably concur, but there were substantial grounds for believ ing that no such measure would become law. A disgraceful scene occurred in the Senate on the 17th ult., when, during the heat of an altercation in debate, General Foote drew a pistol from his pocket, cocked it, and coolly directed his aim at Mr. Benton. The friends of both parties interposed, and bloodshed was prevented, and a committee to investigate into the circumstances was appointed. The rumours of a modification in the Cabinet had somewhat died away. Accounts from St. Louis of the 19th ult. state that a band of Sioux Indians, headed by their chief, had recently attacked a family of Chippewa', num bering fourteen persons, at Falls Croix, and murdered them all. In the money-market sterling exchange was in re quest, and bills on London had an upward tendency, the quotations being 1091 to 1091 ; money easier, and a supply of money on call more plentiful. First-class paper was much sought after. United States stocks were very firm, notwithstanding the efforts made to depress prices. The cotton market continued firm, with fair sales in separate lots. Dealers were still disposed to wait for the receipt of later foreign news before entering the market to any considerable extent. The market for New York and Western flour con tinued firm, with a good Eastern demand, and a fair amount of sales. Canadian remained about the same with moderate sales. Southern was less active, and prices were somewhat easier. Wheat was in good demand. Corn continued scarce. Prices had an up ward tendency. Pork was firmer, and sales were freely made at im proving prices. Beef continued dull, but meats were steady. Lard was firmer, with moderate sales. Good butter was scarce, and firm. Cheese was in good demand, and firm. Coffee was steady, with fair sales. Sugar continued steady, with fair sales, including New Orleans and Porto Rico. Molasses:were with out change of moment. PHILADELPHIA, APRIV 19.—Cotton is quiet, but very firm, owing to the delayed arrival of the Liver pool steamer. Flour is without much demand for export. Corn meal and rye flour remained quiet. Wheat was scarce. NEW Oausams, APRIL 18.—Two weeks' later news from Europe being fully due has somewhat re stricted the operations in cottons, though prices con tinued firm, with an improving tendency. Middlings sold to-day at 11f. The total sales are '2,000 bales. There is more firmness in corn, and the market is buoyant. The feeling in flour is still downward. Coffee steady, with fair inquiry. The New York Herald states that negotiations are going forward for an annexation of the island of St. Domingo to the United States. The project is said have been favourably ♦iewed by the Cabinet for the purpose of gaining popularity. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7.—The value of steamers for the transport of troops or the munitions of war has been strikingly exhibited during the past week by the voyage between this and Devonport, of her Majesty's iron steam-frigate Birkenhead, Commander J. A. Stevens. On Saturday morning, at five o'clock, she arrived' at Devonport, landed the left wing of the 4th Foot (em barked here the previous afternoon), and all their bag gage, took in the left wing of the 28th, and sailed again at nine, being only four hours in making the transfer of 900 persons, and arrived with them here at five L. on Sunday. She proceeds next to Ireland on similar duty. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Ame. lius Beauclerck, is under orders to proceed to Scotland to navigate the Greenoch steam-ship to Devonport for commission. The Sealark, 8, Commander Moneypenny, is return ing her last stores alongside the jetty, and will be paid off on Thursday. The Comet steam-vessel was recommissioned here to day by Commander IL C. Otter for surveying service. ♦PPOINTMENTB. Commander—lhnry C. Otter (1844) to the Comet steam-vessel, commissioned this day at Portsmouth, for surveying the Tongue Lands near Margate, where tho Adelaide steamer was lost, and all the passengers and crew perished. Commander—Thomas Smith (d) (1846), additional, to the Comet. Master—James Jtffery (1941), to the Comet. Master—Henry 13. Yule (1843), additional, to the Comet. Assistant-Surgeon—L. J. Monteith (1343), to th. Comet. _ _ 7 Assistant-Surgeon—Horace H. Smith, M.D. (1848), acting in the Champion 14 sloop, in the Pacific, is con firmed in that rossel. Assistant-Surgeon—John W. Duncan (1849), from the Wellesley, and acting in the Alarm, 26, on the North America and West India station, is confirmed to the latter vessel. Clerk in Charge—George Hickman (1846), to the Comet. Second-class Engineer George Keynam, to the Comet. PROMOTIONS. Clerk—H. W. Hollingvrorth (1842), of the Indefatiga ble, 50, at Lisbon, to be Paymaster and Purser; Clerk, John Tweedie (1842), to be Paymaster and Purser. Second-Master—Richard W.Ward (1842),0f the Harpy steam-vessel, on the south-east coast of America station, to be Master. Second-Master—John G. Anderson (1843), recently paid off from the Atholl, at Woolwich, to be Master. Second-Master—John Thomas (s) (1843), from the Contest, 12, sloop, on the coast of Atrica, to be Master. Second-Master—Thomas Earl (1844), from the 40, to be Master. Second-Master—James Pyper (1844), to bo Master. WOOLWI4III, MAY 7.—The Archer, ate am-6loop, is at Devonport under orders fur the coast of Africa, and not at Lisbon as inadvertently stated yesterday. The Retribution and Inflexible, steam-frigates, both in the basin at Woolwich, are ordered to be made ready for sea by the lst of July next. THE TRACTARIAN MOVEMENT. Since our last publication, accounts have reached us from all parts of the country of the failures which have befallen the agitators. Mr. Goode's reply to the Bishop of Exeter is re garded, generally, as crushing in point of argument, although the great body of the Church clergy will probably dissent from the personal views of both the Bishop and his opponent. Mr. Madrell's testimony to the existence of many open questions in the Church of England, as coming from an unwilling witness, is also most valuable : we refer to his ;correspondence with the Archbishop, who is considered to have made rather too liberal allowance of what a man may hold, . U I regards absolution and confession, together with h his livings, to suit the general feeling of the C . h e ur r c e. as to the meaning of Scripture. It is only to n b_ ence, gretted that the publication of such cor . r c es t p i o ve ct of the with whatever advantage attended as ir,dia keeping alive gentle and conciliatory spirit of the Archbi sh op, incidentally assist the baffled party n l id decline. the agitation which is already in a rap s deprecate the The same consideration ra f te r s day, to discuss should meetings of Bishops, day e g alled jade wince :" to the Church." Let t he eace, if there were no en there would evidently baeupue. We see that some of means obviously impracticabale of restoring " peace rb scussing a " meeting held at our contemporaries are di couragement to subjects. 'W e repeat that Lambeth Palace" on these , distu i s a pocryphal • the meet ings proposed the meeting at Lambeth P a lace, we have reason to b e li eve, were , . suggestion of the Primate, not h e ld at L am b et h . at the m uugs t other indications of the failure of the efforts of the Romanizers tope more than scanda lize the religious laity, at t spirit exhibited' by their section of the clergy, may be noticed an a ddress of about one hundred and eighty clergymen only out of the large and important diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, which, probably, numbers from eight to nine hundred incumbents and curates: In the rural deanery of Mailing, archdiocese of Canterbury and archdeaconry of Maidstone, the Manning influence has failed in procuring any move ment. Some cl ergymen o f t h e d eaner y o f F rome , a rch• deaconry of Hereford, have also addressed their bishop, Dr. Hampden, who is, however, said to have discouraged the proceeding. Of the Episcopal Bencb, the Bishops of London, Exeter, and Oxford, are understood to be chiefly active in the movement; and to be in constant com munication with Mr. Badeley and the other Trae tarian counsel in the late trial. The Catholic Standard even intimates that: the , Bishop of Exeter has sought a communication with Father Newman ; but this we can hardly credit.-- Church and State Gazette. Price. 925. bOs. 041. 51. 7s. Gd. 31. 12s. Paid. Pali. Price 1115% Price: