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THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET, Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. TO-MORROW EVENING. FEB. 10, Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of MASKS AND FACE; or, Before and Behind the Curtain —by Alegi:ars. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Parselle, and Lambert ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Vining,, and Miss Kosa Bennett. After which, the new and original Farce, called TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. TO-MORROW EVENING, Faa. 10, _ - - Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the successful new Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Dausense, Mdlle. Anriol ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. TO-MORROW EVENING, Fee. 10, WM be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID; or, Dorothy's Fortino (as played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac ters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled MARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR ; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Bilging Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Desborough. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.• Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions. LAST WEEK BUT FOUR of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, And positively the Last Week of the Grand Comic Pantomime. In consequence of the numerous applications for the reproduction of the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA, or THE WILD HOR-E, Mr. Batty has mach pleasure in terminating his professional career in acquiescing in the generally expressed desire of his patrons and the public, and will produce the above Spectacle with all its origi • nal splendour on the 14th February instant. This being Ash-Wednesday there will be no Performance. TO-MORROW EVENING, FEE. 10, And during the .Week the Curtain will rise at Seven o'clock, to the 68th Representation of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. After which, new and splendid Scenes in the Circle, by French and English Artistes. To conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-oftlee open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tma DAT —Morning 46 min. after 2 Evening 6 min.aft. 3 To-Moanow—Morning 26 min. after 3 f Evening 44 min.aft. 3 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS--S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE —S., fresh breeze —overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S., strong breeze—overcast. GREENWICH--S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. STRooD—S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHTox—S.S.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : BASINGSTOKE—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—S., gentle breeze—foggy. Wurrny—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S. by W., gentle breeze-- overcast light snow. SHAP—N., calm—overcast—snow on the ground. THE WEATHER.-SUN OPFICB, FEB. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 34—highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'Ct. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and fine, cold weather. es 4 • .••• b 4.. • w- fr 'lt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1853. It would almost appear as if the members of the Board of Management of the Anglo-India Empire had graduated in an university, the heads and tutors whereof were Irish landlords of the worst class. There is the same gross and palpable neglect of the improvements which would enable the occupier of the soil to pay his rent and enjoy the comforts suitable to his condition—the same desire to plead pecuniary inability to any demand, however reasonable, that may be preferred, and to cast the burden of the outlay for any ameliora lion- on thoie who had previously been pressed to the utmost extent by the exactions to which they had been subjected. If Ireland could complain with justice of the "middlemen" who, while exacting the last farthing from the unfortunate occupiers, were still themselves in arrears to the ground landlords, India could point with pride to her Zamindars, as being, like the Lords of the Pale, in the olden time, " more Irish even than the Irish themselves." The Irish "middlemen" pro bably hold for three lives in esse with clauses for perpetual renewal. The "Zamindar" holds, by hereditary succession which nothing can shake, so long as the " Peiscush," or permanent rent, be satisfied. This "Peiscush" may be considered as analogous to the "head rent," and if suffered to fall into arrear, a summary process of " eject ment" may be resorted to—the " Peiscush," or "Rent," being, in each case fixed at nearly equal rates—" the rose by any other name will smell as sweet "—in India at thirty-five per cent., and in Ireland at about one-third, or thirty-three and one-third per cent. of the gross produce. In like manner, no allowance will be made by the "agent" or the " revenue collector'' for any unavoidable misfortunes—no remission for bad seasons, or other causes leading to deficient payments by " Ryots" or tenants. There is thus, in both cases, an almost irresistible motive to grind the unfor tunate dependant to the very lowest point. And thus we find the Ryots of India, and the peasantry of Ireland, living on scanty allowances of the very coarsest fare—rice in one instance, potatoes in the other, the invariable and only ac companiment being " salt," for which the Hindoo, in that respect more scurvily treated than the Irishman, has to pay an exorbitant price. In like manner, the Indian " Village" may be assimilated to the Irish " Rundale" system, where the industrious are made responsible for the de ficiencies of the idle, and every man is compelled to become a guarantee for his neighbours. This objectionable practice is in force in both countries. In India the results are not quite so mischievous as in Ireland, simply because the oppression and malversation under the " Zaminda,ry " and " Ryot-war " systems are so great that no thing at all approaching to it in extent can be discovered at the other side of St. George's Channel—the " Mootalis," or tenants for life, being, if possible, worse than those who consider the property entailed upon-their heirs. Those who carefully peruse the petition of the Machias Association, to which we recently directed the public attention, will perceive that we have by no means over-stated the case, that the balance is very much against the " Hindoo" Ryot, and that the system in operation under the combined aus pices of the Honourable Board of Directors and the Board of Control, is even worse than that in Ireland under the rackrent or " rundale" principle. The " Moturph a ," or tax upon trades and oc eupations,is somethin g even worse th an t h e sys tem of " licences" in this country. If we have in this country a necessity for a licence before per sons can sell or dispose of malt or spirituous liquors, act as attormes, horse-dealers, cab-driv ers, &c., or even wear hair -powder, we find in India more exceptionable exactions in the shape of payments by " weavers, carpenters, all wor k ers i n metals, whether possessing shops--which, as in our own case, are also taxed separately or vending by the road side"—" some paying an Impost on tools, others for permission to sell, " extending " to the most trifling articles of trade and the cheapest tools the mechanics can employ." There are also in our Oriental Dominions further exactions, under the head of " small farms and licences," for the pur pose of raising what is called " extra revenue, consisting of the annual leasing out of certain privileges, such as the right of " measuring gram and other articles," the right to " the sweep ings of the goldsmiths' workshops," of "dyeing betel nut," "cutting jungle-wood," " grazing cattle," " gathering wild fruit and honey," " catching wild fowl"—an offshoot, probably, of our own Game Laws—" cutting grasses used in thatching, basket rushes, cow-dung," &c. —all being practically charges upon the very poorest of the poor, or for the creation of a monopoly of dome articles essential to the comfort of those unfortu nate individuals. The " salt monopoly" is even worse, amounting to something nearly, if not quite, as bad as our own Corn Laws, and enhanc ing the cost of an article of almost primary ne cessity by many hundreds per cent. Under this infamous system the price has been raised from 70 rupees, or 71., to 120 rupees, or 121., the " garee"—the result being that the income realised by the Anglo-Indian Government is less than when the commodity was sold at little more than one half of the present price, and that the Hindu Ryot ig compelled to give about the wages of ten weeks' labour in order to provide his family with salt !!! It is almosi an act of supererogation to refer to other burdens---to the " Abkary," or distillation of arrask at the Government distilleries—a system which has given the greatest encouragement to intemperance to the abuses of the Post office and the " Maharatta Dater," under which all accounts must be translated from the Telugu, Canarese, Malayalum, and Tamil languages, in which they had been translated into the Maharatta, from which they must again be rendered into English—two operations in place of one being thus rendered necessary, occasion ing very considerable extra expense, increasing the amount of public business, and creating a large amount of official perplexity and confusion. We have thus touched upon some of the lead ing grievances relating to the revenue department, the injustice and impolicy whereof are clearly set forth in the petition of the Madras Association, above referred to. If " the Directors" are to be judged by their fruits, there is certainly no rea son for permitting them to continue the system of gross mismanagement and =administration any longer. The Proprietors having made so good a bar gain as securing 10-i per cent. dividend on their capital stock until 1874, and then a paying off, not at one, but 200 per cent., show that there is no necessity for taking care of their interests—that whatever amelioration may take place in the con dition of the Madras Ryots will not be at the ex pense of the East India Company, or lead to a reduction in the quotations of East India Stock or East India Bonds. It is no longer a surmise : We are invaded ! Three formidable battalions of French Ideas have gained footing on our shores. The Channel has been bridged without steamers, a traitor Englishman has imported them under our own flag, under a flag of peace rather. Up ! or in no little time you may awake some morning, and hear that every Englishman is to have an equal chance, that a common sailor may become an admiral, a soldier a general, a Commoner pay no taxes from which a Peer is exempt, and even an anti-episcopal be liever in the Thirty-nine Articles, actually share in the immense religious endowments of the coun try ! Yes, Englishmen, it is a fact, we can hardly believe ourselves while we state it, that RICHARD COBDEN, the member for the first constituency in England, has surreptitiously circulated throughout this country three notions, infinitely worse than three hundred thousand French soldiers on our coast. We shudder to tell the plain truth ; we are afraid while naming the conta minating suggestions, lest they should de file some hitherto untainted minds. We fear that even our own abuse of them may not render them altogether nauseous to every palate. However, here they are,—abolition of Primogeniture, equal taxation, especially in respect of Legacy and Probate duty, and equal endowment of all denominations. Surely the three witches in Macbeth, or the triumvirates of ancient Rome, never boded such mischief to so ciety as these three pestilent notions. French men, our militia and regulars might give a good account of. They could starve them to death by land, while our fleet consigned the French Com missariat to the depths of the Channel ; but these accursed ideas, who can make an end of them Y If we let them alone, they spread like a contagion ; if we meddle with them ourselves, we infect more than we cure. Sorrowfully we do it 2 • but we record our deliberate conviction, that RICIIARD COBDEN, with an olive branch in one hand, and I•loAn's dove perched on it also, has scattered with the other the seeds of English ruin. The fasci nations of French notions are infinitely more dreadful than the thunders of French artillery. Forty years ago and Paris was in our hands, but soon it will be recorded in its worst acceptation, "Gallia capta feram victorem cepit, et artes Intulit agresti Anglicz." Such, gentle reader, is a fair description, or inter pretation if you please, of the hubbub raised about a certain illustration most appositely employed by Mr. COBDEN in his third letter and his Manchester speeches, and which we, in our infantine guileless ness, suspecting no evil and no trickery, quoted the other day as calculated to persuade Englishmen that our neighbours across the Channel were not entirely fools, because they do not make an Alpha and an Omega of our chief political notions. It seemed to us to be perfectly in keeping for a writer, who was aiming to teach two nations to respect each other, and who wished to lessen that contempt which may so easily generate mutual hostility—to say, " You have both attained some important steps in social or political progress, neither of you have attained all; therefore, respect in each other all that each has achieved, and; bear with all in which you as yet differthe rest leave to time." All this, we say, appeared to us so entirely to the point, that the wonder would have been if a man of Mr. COBDEN'S confessed knowledge and ability had passed it by, not that he should illustrate it with his wonted " homely and unadorned eloquence." The truth is, it was soon perceived that peck ing and carping at Mr. COBDEN'S historical state ments availed nothing. It damaged his letters about as much as Mr. CROKER'S review injured MACALTLAY'S History of England. The fact was notorious, by the confession of the great Leader of the Anti-CounEarrrEs itself, that it was no new idea at all (though sadly forgotten by the present generation), that England and her arbi trary MONARCH were the real authors of the last French wars ; and, probably, few who have read more than some one-sided English history of those times, have any doubt that those wars, for which we are now paying in interest some 18,000,0004. per annum, were begun by the nation which is paying that sum, and that we pay it as a politi cal insurance, commenced by our forefathers, against Reform of all sorts, and specially against any Reform which should insure a real re presentation of the people. These are the views of the matter which will henceforth be prevalent ; but alas I to believe that we were the aggressors in 1793, and that Frenchmen are in some points more advanced than we are— these are pacific notions, they will pacify France, and they will indispose us to provoke her again ; hence the old herring must be trailed across the scent, and we must be bamboozled, if we will be, with the conceit that the peaceful and practical RICHARD COBDEN is really a Red Republican, and would rejoice in an immediate Frenchification of all our institutions and habits. But what an absurd libel. If there be ono man in the King dom who deliberately prefers doing every thing after full discussion, and when its merits are fully appreciated by the great body of the people, it is Mr. COBDEN. As to an hereditary House of Peers, Mr. COBDEN has never asked for more than a real House of Commons ; and even Lord DERBY himself, and the Times to back him, have of late been fain to make the best apology they could for what neither Mr. COBDEN, nor any Reformer that we know of, cares to trouble himself about. The law, or rather usage of entail, is confessed by the Times itself to be discouraged by our laws, and every possible facility afforded for its evasion. Surely, then, that which our grave Judges think , well to discourage as much as possilbe, is rather inconsistently flung in Mr. COBDEN'S teeth as a piece of ultra-Radicalism. And in re gard to the interference of NAPOLEON with the testamentary laws of the Convention, the result is 8,000,000 of landed proprietors in France ; that interference, therefore, left those laws substantially the same. It is not, however, the power of disposing of property by will, as we please, that Englishmen object to : it is the necessity to perpetuate it in one line, to the gross injury of the other branches of the family ; and practically to perpetuate it through all generations, to the consequent injury of the free market for land, and to the cultivation of the estates. Then the Legacy and Probate Duty, we should like to know who would now defend the exemption of real property. As to the difference of Stamp Duties in transferring 50,0001. in the funds, and conveying 1,000 acres of land, surely no one needs to be told that Stamp Duties on what may have to change hands many times in a year, and on what on the average does not change hands once in half a century, and in the case of entails never, ought to be very much lighter in the former case than in the latter. It would be worth while to ascertain how much more, if more it be, the average sales of landed property to any given amount pay in the shape of stamps yearly than the same amount frequently transferred in the funds, and to let them be equalised by all means. Mr. COBDEN'S special enmity to the Church of England and its " Protestantism," is information to . us. We always assumed that, like all other lay friends of that institution, he had no sympathy with its gross abuses, especially its pecuniary ones, and that, like many others, he thinks that the only hope of retaining national support for it, in Ireland particularly, is by the endowment of all other sects which will accept it. Whether he thinks such a project, which RUSSELL and PEEL equally wished to carry, practicable or not, we have no means of knowing just now. Certain we are that staunch Churchmen have been eager to endow Irish Popery, and Anti-State Churchmen furious at the thought of it; the latter regarded it merely as a buttress for the establishment they wished to overthrow. There is no policy they dread like the Church policy of France. We sin cerely hope that this Tory hurly-burly against Mr. COBDEN'S motives in employing such appro priate illustrations for so noble an object as inter national peace will meet with the contempt it so richly deserves ; and that this contempt will be in no degree diminished by the fact that those who make all this malicious pother, in the same breath rehearse their own praises for coaxing and caress ing the gaoler of Poerio, and the oppressor of Lombardy and Hungary. Messrs. SHIITTLEWORTH and SoNs, the auc tioneers, inform us that property of every kind is in great • demand, and add that "advowsons and Church property are sought with avidity, and maintain their value." We certainly had begun to fear that the latter kind of property was falling in value ; not through the labours of the Irish Equality-men, and the English and Scotch anti- State Churchmen, since the latter at any rate are strenuous advocates of full compensation to the holders of advowsons. No, our fears were that the Bishops were the " bears" of this market, and if they have not succeeded in depressing it, it is no fault whatever of theirs. Indeed, we are half inclined to think that sectarian zeal must have something to do with this brisk demand for the right of presentation, and that the two great Church parties are crusading vigorously on the late Mr. SrmEores plan of buying livings for their own side. A living in the market now may have something of the attrac tion of " freeholds for sale, and votes for the county ;" it may be looked upon, though scarcely decent to mention in an advertisement, as the sale of a " vote for Puseyism," or a " vote for Gorhamism." We are not versed enough in this department to be certain that this is the case ; we only know that if it be, there is no amount which religious party zeal would not spend for its ob jects, and no telling, therefore, what prices livings may fetch with such competitors in the auction-room. But for this, the Bishop the market. Theys ap to be endan geringare wagingpear the customers, lessening th e i r numbers, w oraart with the increasing the difficulty of a Clergyman's realising a. Bishop s pa patron's ne' of Peterborough, t o t d h o e w E h i a s t h •he es Dr. have will A Rh se ' H t e h n, the fruits of his professional education, and of being able own. Since the time of M content on the whole to ordain applicants who could agree to formularies of the Church, very great defects of charact er The requisite testimonial s were enough. Of late, h owever, HENRY of Exeter ha s ' • Peterborough inquisition , theor institute all articles and and against whom no could be alleged. and the subscription the renowned inaugurated afresh the and has ma de his arbi trary episcopal power the means of persecuting all who do not agree with him . in his semi -Popery, - opery, and his favourite baptismal dogma. This it seems, however, is a game which two can play at, and now C. THOMAS, of Ripon, has ri • sen up as Grand Inquisitor on the other side. The Rev. G. J. HAYWARD craved of his Lordship ordination for priest's orders (being already in deacon's orders) to qualify him for a curacy • offered him by the Rev. J OSEPH BIRCH, incumbent of Brighouse, near Halifax. Mr. HAYWARD was duly catechised by the Bishop's examining question of Baptismal Regeneration; was found wanting, or rather more over • -weight ' for he believed that baptism accomplished than the Bishop thought it did. A. more accurate testing was, therefore, resorted to, and four theses offered Ito Mr. HAYWARD for his acceptance • , as was to be expected, Mr. HAYWARD rejected them, and the Bishop rejected him. Some of Mr. H AYWARD'S friends talk of law, but law for Mr. HAYWARD is none—in the matter of ordination a Bishop is a law unto himself. Mr. BIRCH, secure in his living, writes to the Bishop a sort of defiance. He info rms him that he himself and Mr. HAYWARD are one in sentiment, and that he must be much more unfit to hold the higher ecclesiastical station in Brighouse if Mr. HAYWARD is unfit for the lower ; also that no incumbents in the diocese of Ripon, holding the same opinions as Mr. HAYWARD, will be able to engage Curates who could pass an examination by the Bishop ; and, finally, in the true PHILPOT style, he challenges the Bishop to indict him for heresy in the Ecclesiastical Court. All very fine bravado this, but all to no purpose. The Bishops hare plenary power to refuse ordination to whom they please ; no one can compel them to lay holy hands on those whom they deem unholy. The Bishop in this case readily gave Mr. HAYWARD a certificate that his belief in Baptismal Regene ration was the only ground of his rejection, no de fect in " manners or learning" were laid to his charge ; his only unfitness was that he believed in the Liturgy of his Church, and inter preted her Articles in a non-natural sense. The mischief is that Mr. HAYWARD has but to take the railway to Exeter, and he will find this very certificate procure him ordination, with scarcely a question asked, by an Episcopal brother of tae Bishop of Ripon. It m i g ht appear, perhaps, at first sight, that for this very reason there is no great hardship in the case ; if one will not ordain the man, another will. We do not think so. A man's whole interest and connection, as well as his preferences, may all lie in some particular diocese, and if there be nothing which disqualifies him properly for ordination, or admission into a diocese by some one of the Bishops, he ought to . be entitled to demand the same of any of them. With the peculiar s entiments in question we have just now nothing to do. O u r readers will probably pretty easily divine which side such abhorers of all sanctimoniousness and superstition, as we are, would take as a matter of course ; but what we think does claim the impar tial attention of all honest friends of the Church, is the undue discretionary powers placed in the ' hands of the Bishops. The last and unquestioned legal decision is, that Baptismal Regeneration is the doctrine of the Church, but not to the exclu sion of the' opposite opinion. If, then, the Law pronounces both to be Church doctrine, by what right can either doctrine exclude a man from ordination or institution at Exeter or Ripon respectively ? It is monstrously hard upon one of her MAJESTY'S subjects that, hav ing qualified himself at no small cost, for office in the National Church, and having conducted himself as becomes an officer of that Church, he should be refused admission to any of her pulpits at the mere caprice of a Bishop. Where is such inquisitorial inter ference to end ? If one Bishop may refuse a man for interpreting the Articles non-naturally THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1853. and the Liturgy naturally, and another refuse a second, because he interprets the Articles natu rally and the Liturgy non-naturally, why, bless us, we may have all the prominent points of the Articles and Liturgy in turn converted into epis copal racks for conscience. The whole system is, we think, utterly erroneous and absurd. A Bishop, like every other officer of the State, ought to be able to assign legal reasons for all those acts by which another's position in the Church is affected. The law does shield in some measure the more fortunate incumbent ; Episcopal spite or crotchetiness can only lay hold of him when en tering on a new living ; though we think that no Bishop ought to be able to summons a clergyman of long standing, like Mr. GORHAM, to his bar, and riddle him like a target with his theological musketry. There ought to be some protection against that ; but it is amongst poor Curates that the Bishop is a literal despot. He can silence them at any time, without reason assigned ; can disqualify them by withholding testimonials from service any where ; can deprive them practically of their office and their bread, and there is no redress ! No ; neither in Courts Christian nor in Courts Secular ; neither with the CHANCELLOR nor the CROWN. The Curate is completely the slave of the Bishop. He can at any time withdraw his licence—as the Bishop of LONDON did Mr. GkausTorrE's—if he only thinks his personal dignity a little touched. Mr. GLADSTONE, indeed, turned " Free Episcopal Churchman ;" but he does so under the Bishop's heel, who at any time could silence out of the Church the man whom he will not allow to pieach in it ! The majority of the Bishops use their vast power moderately, and it is well for them selves they do so. Not, perhaps, so well for the public ; for if the EXETERS and RIPONS were somewhat more numerous, Lord JOHN, Mr. DISRA.ELI, Mr . NIT - ALPOLE, and Mr. GLADSTONE would alike combine to deprive them of anti quated and Papal powers which ought to have been long ago abolished. As servants of the CROWN, they ought to have no power to visit any of the subjects of the CROWN with serious disqua lifications or penalties, except for legally defined offences. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEE. 8. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Sir Henry and Lady St. John Mildmay, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the Castle, and played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following music : Overture, " Trophy " Selection, " Fra Diavolo " March, "Fidelio".... Melange, " Silvana " Marschner. Auber. Beethoven. Weber. The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage this afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget and Lieut.:Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon were in attendance on horseback. Viscount Hardinge and Sir James Graham have been invited, and are expected this afternoon. The Marquis of Lansdowne travelled from Bowood yesterday morning to attend the Cabinet Council. A deputation from Whitechapel had an interview with the General Board of Health yesterday, at their offices Whitehall, in relation to the Whitechapel Improvement Bill. The deputation consisted of Messrs. G. Offer, Francis, and Liddle, and were attend e d by M r . J. Smith, the vest r y- c l er k. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The Ministers pre sent were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. THE COURT.—On Monday next, according to the pre sent arrangement, the Court will take its departure from Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty will again visit Windsor on the 23d proximo for the Easter holidays, and afterwards return to Buckingham Palace. It is not expected the Court will go to the Isle of Wight until after the royal accouchment. On Thurs day there will be a grand concert at the Castle, when Schiller's "Lay of the Bell" will be performed. The Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party on Monday at his residence in Argyle-street. The company consisted of the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, Earl of Bess borough Viscount Sydney, Lord Ashburton. Lord Stan ley, of Alderley, Lord Wodehouse, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Ed ward Cardwell, the Right Hon. G. Hayter, the Hon. Henry Fitz-Roy, Mr. Frederick Peel, and Mr. Clinton Dawkins. Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Monday at his residence in Chesham-place. The company present were the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Russian Minister and B aroness d e B runnow, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, the Spanish Minister , the Greek Minister and M a d ame T r i coup i , the Sicilian,Min ister and Princess di Carni, the Danish Minister and Madame de Bille, the Austrian Minister and the Countess Colloredo, and the French Charge d'Affaires. CONVOCATION.---It is now understood that the Govern ment has assured both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the clergymen anxious for the revival of Convocation, of its determination to interfere if Convocation attempts to enter into business beyond that which has been al ready transacted in framing an address to the Crown— or if any factious attempt be made to resist the proroga tion by the Archbishop. This announcement may tend to allay the eagerness of the Bishop of Oxford to enter into a contest with the Archbishop. The address will be presented on the 16th, and the prorogation will im mediately follow. CLOSING OF ST. CLEMENT DANES' CHURCHYARD.....: Last night a crowded meeting was held in the vestry. room of St. Clement Danes —the Rev. W. Ellis, rector, in the chair—to determine whether a burial-ground should be provided for the parish, under the Metropolis Burial Act, 15 and 16 Vic., cap. 85. After much dis cussion it was resolved, by 50 to 11 votes, to request Lord Palmerston, as Rome Secretary of State, to obtain an order in Council for the immediate closing of the burial-ground. • THE MURDER IN CLAYHIDON, DEVONSHIRE.—An in quest was held on Monday, at the Half-Moon Tavern, Clayhidon, on the body of William Blackmore, collector of taxes for the district, who was murdered a fess days ; ago near that village. Ann Redwood, the landlady of the White Horse public-house, stated that between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday evening, the deceased came into her house and called for a pint of beer. The three prisoners and two other men were there, but the latter two left shortly afterwards. The three prisoners asked the deceased to treat them, and he contributed to ' wards a quart of cider, saying he had only half-a -' crown in the world. In the pockets of deceased two 51. notes were found, and it was known that he had other money, the produce of his tithe collection. The deceased had some further conversation with the pri soners, and about one o'clock on Sunday morning they all left together. Braddock, a constable, apprehended the prisoners the same night, just before daylight. He found George Sparks in bed, who at first denied all. knowledge of the crime. On his waistcoat were spots of blood. Several people came in and put questions to the prisoner. At last he exclaimed, " I would as soon tell the whole of it as not. I struck him back-handed, and I think I killed him the first blow, but I struck him twice after that." He fully exonerated the other pri soners. The only suspicious circumstances in respect to Hitchcock were, that on his great coat which he wore there were spots like blood, but there was som( differ ence of opinion as to whether it really was blood or not. Footmarks corresponding with his boots were also dis covered near to where the body was found. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against George Sparks and James Hitchcock." Edward Sparks was discharged. HORRIBLE MURDER IN ESBEL—A. most appalling murder was committed yesterday morning on the turn pike road between London and Romford. The unfortu nate victim was a very respectable man, named Toiler, a commission agent, who resided on Chadwell-heath, near Romford. Mr. Toiler was in the practice of visit ing London almost daily. He left his home yesterday ••• morning, at 8 o'clock, with the intention, it is believed, of walking to Ilford and taking the train for London. ) About fifteen l or twenty minutes before 9 o'clock he was met on the road by an ill-looking tramp, whose intention, no doubt, was to rob the unfortunate man. The fellow struck Mr. Toiler a violent blow on the head with a stick, which caused him to stagger. Mr. Toiler called out for assistance, and his cries attracted the attention of a man and his wife, at work in an adjoining field, who saw the murderer strike Mr. Toiler repeatedly with the stick. They called out to the ruffian to desist, and hastened towards the road • but before they could reach the place they saw him take a clasp knife from his pocket, with which he deliberately cut tho throat of his victim, and nearly severed his head from his body. The murderer immediately fled. The man and his wife in the field were so horrified and frightened at the fearful and bloody deed they had witnessed, that they made no effort to pursue the murderer, who fled towards London. They, however, gave immediate information to the first police constable they met with, and soon afterwards Mr. Howie, the superintendent of the IC division of police, rode into Ilford, and on being informed of the murder, gave directions to a number of mounted and other police officers to pursue the murderer, who, singularly enough, after the commission of the horrible act, lost his way, and being unacquainted with the road, made a detour, and came back to within three hundred yards of the spot where he committed the murder. He was immediately pointed out by the man Willis, and taken into custody. The prisoner, who gave his name Charles Saunders, was brought up before Mr. Octavius Mashiter, who remanded him until Saturday. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export and 1,000 on specu lation. The market was tame, and closed with more cotton offering. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 100 Pernam and Maranham at 6gd., 200 Egyptian at 64d. to 9d., 300 Surat at 30. to 41-1, and 40 Sea Island Is. Bd. to ls. 9d. per lb. Railway shares were very firm. The quarterly sales of Indigo commenced this day, consisting of 14,759 chests, including 6,779 chests of old goods, bought in at, or withdrawn from, former sales, and 2,166 chests in second hand. The qualities of Bengal are about one-third good and fine, and two-thirds middling and ordi nary ; the Madras, three-fourths good and fine, and oie-fourth middling and ordinary ; the Kur pah, one-fourth good and ordinary, and three fourths middling and ordinary ; the Bim lapatam, middling and ordinary ; the Oude one-third good and fine, two-thirds middling and ordinary. The sale opened with fair spirit (without the announcement of any par cels being withdrawn,) at an advance of 4d. to 6d. per lb. upon last October rates ; buyers seemed prepared to purchase freely, consequently but moderate support was required on the part of importers. For Bengal indigo, of imperfect and undesirable qualities, the advance is about 4d. per lb., but for the more perfect descriptions, fully 6d. advance was paid. For Kurpah the advance was also from 4d. to 6d. per lb., but stronger support was required, and a large proportion was bought in. The few Madras in to-day's sale were at about 2d. under last October rates. There was a very fair attendance of both home and foreign buyers. The rates for Bills of Exchange on the Conti nental cities rather tended upwards yesterday afternoon. Amsterdam and Trieite were excep tions, the former being at 11 18& for 90 days' paper, and the latter at 114 to 9; Paris was at 25 274 to 30, and Hamburgh at 13 6 to 13 64. The English Stock Market has been very fluctu ating this morning. At the commencement of business, prices were buoyant, Consols having been 991- 4, and since 994 . For next Account they were 994 , and are now 99i I. Bank Stock is steady at 228. South Sea Old Annuities have realised 994. Exchequer Bills are 50s. to 545. premium. The Foreign Stocks have been dull, neither real nor speculative business being brisk. Mexican Bonds have been 22k, Grenada Deferred 11 to and Equador have touched 5 to I. Spanish New Deferred are 22k, . Dutch Four per Cents. are 97k, I. The Railway share market has been very good upon the whole, and would probably have gone higher but for the reaction in Consols. There is evidently a struggle between the Bulls and the Bears, and prices are in conse quence kept fluctuating. Great Western, have been as high as 89, and North Western and York and North Midland in propor tion, but they are all at present rather flatter. A good deal has been done in Eastern Counties, and not much in the other small lines. French Shares have receded, and have scarcely anything doing in them. The Mining Shares have been in moderate de mand, and realised full prices. The Land Companies are very firmly maintained, and the British American Land have improved. In the Joint Stock Bank Shares of Australia there is less doing. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, (Hem the Official List.) - Bank Stock 228 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.......... ICn 100 3 per Cent. C onso l s Annuities 994 New 34 p er C en t. A nnuities India Bonds, £lOOO 65 t d 3 Long Annuities, Expi re sth J an., 1860 .. 6 a 60 65 Ditto, under £lO3O 65 60 65 South Sea Old Annuities 994 Consols for Account 10th February 99A Excheauer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO 50 £5OO 54 Small 5O 4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Equador Bonds 5ll if Grenada Bonds, Deferred, I Hi Mexican 3 per Cent 224 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 93t spanish Bonds, 2 per Cent ... 47 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22 i Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.. Consols Ditto March Account HALIi-PA.ST TWO. 99 THE SCHOOLS DESIGN.—It is said that the neces sity of completing, without further delay, the new build ings at Somerset-house, now erecting for the Inland Revenue Offices, and of consolidating the public offices on that site, has induced the Government to determine on the immediate removal of the School of Design from Somerset-house. The opportunity, we believe, will now be seized of effecting a public improvement - which will greatly increase the usefulness of the school. Instead of having but one central school of art for the whole of the metropolis, arrangements in concert with local au thorities will be made to carry out the wishes often ex pressed of establishing district schools in several parts of London. The improvement will not stop here, as facili ties will thus be created of teaching elementary drawing in any parochial schools where such instruction may be desired. The few students in the higher stages of instruc tion at Somerset-house will be removed to Marlborough house, where they will be enabled to participate more largely than at present in the means of eduCation afforded by the museum, library, and other features of the Department of Practical Art. BURGLARY AT BOWOOD.—TWO men, named William Townsend, alias chimney-sweeper, and Thomas Waite, labourer, have been committed to take their trial at the next assizes for a burglary committed as long back as the 20th of April, 1850. They were charged with having on that date "broken into and entered the dwelling house of the most Hon. Henry Petty, Marquis of Lans downe, and therefrom stolen 211. Bs. 6d." Mr. Henry Phelps, the Marquis of Lansdowne's under steward, de posed to having, on the 20th of April, locked the doors and windows of his office, and finding the next morning that a pane of glass had been broken in the centre win dow, by means of which the window was opened and the office entered. A drawer in which cash was kept had been ransacked, and 181. in gold and 3/ Bs. 6d. in silver carried away. Waite confessed the robbery to a man of the name of Nichollo, and the latter gave inforniation to the t police. Both pri soners were fully committed for We A BISHOP AT THE DlGGlNGS.—Yesterday, at the monthly meeting of the Christian Knowledge Society, a letter was read from the Bishop of Adelaide, in the course of which his lordship remarked, " I perciaive that the notion prevails in England that the gold diggings have poured wealth beyond bound into our laps. This is true of the labouring class, but the othe r c l asses were never so much pinched. The cost of subsistence has doubled. All labour and service wages are exorbitant. The clergy and gentry, therefore, not only find their in comes diminished, because the supply of labour is insuf ficient and wages high, but, besides much discomfort, find it difficult to live and educate their children as be fore. Bread is 4d. per pound, and unless the good feel ing of the working classes induces them to get in the harvest, instead of hunting after gold, even this rate will be exceeded next year." MORMONISM IS SOUTHAMPTON.--The Mormons have a number of disciples in Southampton. Their place of meeting is at the bottom of the High-street. The preach ing for intellectual incapacity and religious extravagance is on a level with that of the ranters. The Southampton Mormons have a sort of religious dance, during which The the dancelights uasroencis extinguishedutsdie like au thdetra mpstrangers f aresldiexcluded.oers. I t appears that this sect believe in the anabaptist doctrine of the necessity of baptising adult converts by immersion. The place where they (the no•phytes) are baptised are the private baths at West Quay, where, at this time of the year at least, the members of the Great Salt Lake fraternity are secure from impertinent curiosity and mo lestation. On Sunday night last the Mormon elder or priest baptised five poor women. The thermometer during the ceremony was nearly down to the freezing point. There is a belief amongst them that no bodily ill can result from the ceremony of baptism, no matter what is the state of the convert's health or the temperature of the weather when the ceremony is performed. LYME REGIS.—We are glad to hear that the commit tee appointed at this place to collect subscriptions on behalf of the emigrants and seamen shipwrecked there on the 27th of December last, and also for the relief of the widows and families of the brave men who Were drowned on that day, have already received a considera ble sum. The total receipts amount to 4311. 45. Bd, of which 3081. 2s. 6d. h as gone to the widows and families of those who lost their lives, and 1231. 2s. 2d. to the emigrants and seamen. Among the donations is included a sum of 1001. from members of the Stock Exchange, and the local sympathy excited is pleasingly marked by contributions at Lyme Regis of 1501., at Charmouth of 331. 6s. 6d., and at Axminster of 231. 12s. The letter published on the subject in the Times of the sth of Ja nuary has brought a total of 194/.lls. to the fund. INSURRECTION AT MILAN. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) ( From a Second Edition of the Morning Post.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Government has received, last night, a tele graph from Basle, transmitting one from Belling zona of yesterday. An insurrection took place in Milan on Sunday. The people rose suddenly in three parts of the town ; five men were killed. An Austrian pro clamation announces the re-establishment of order. But the Milan train had not arrived yesterday at the Swiss frontier. Milan is still closed, and it is believed that the fight has recommenced. Mazzini's incendiary pro clamation was everywhere posted up. LAW INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. DUNN V. COUTTS. This case stood first on the list of causes for trial at to-day's sittings, and a larger number of persons than usual attended the court in the expectation that it would be proceeded with. The action was brought at the in stance of Mr. Dunn, the barrister, against the Messrs. Coutts, the bankers, in respect, as we understood, of the alleged non-payment of a check said to be drawn by Miss Burdett Coutts on that firm for a large amount. The proceeding arose out of the same circumstances in regard to which Mr. Dunn was tried and sentenced to a term of imprisonment by Lord Denman. During the greater portion of yesterday, and, we be lieve also this morning, Miss Coutts, as well as the prin cipal members of the banking firm, were in attendance to give evidence in the event of the case coming to trial. Shortly, however, before Lord Campbell took his seat on the bench, it was announced by the officer of the court that the services of the special jurors who had been summoned to try the case would not be required, as the plaintiff had withdrawn the record. SECONDARIES C_ ._ OUR (THIS DAY ). ____URT„b_____ (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) NICHOLLS V. MARSHALL. The plaintiff in this case resides at Bishops Stortford, and defendant is a boiler maker at Whitechapel, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 7/. 11s., for goods sold. Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but did not appear to support the plea. The main point of the evidence was on a bill of ex change, which defendant had requested the plaintiff to draw upon him, and which was returned in due course, but defendant subsequently denied that the signature was in his handwriting, and it was clearly different from that of different letters sent by him. The learned Secondary said that if the jury were satisfied on the other points, it did not signify whether the defendant actually signed the bill if there were cir cumstances leading to the conclusion that he had given authority to any other person to sign for him. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for the amount claimed. SURREY SESSIONS. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a bench of Magis trates.) CONVICTION OF AN INCORRIGIBLE THIEF. Ann Gray, 34, pleaded guilty to stealing a basket and a quantity of linen, the property of Sarah May, at Lambeth. The prisoner is one of those class of persons who has lived from their infancy by thieving ; and Mr. Keene, the cryer of the court, informed the bench that she was in custody on the 26th of March, 1832, for steal ing a fowl. On the 11th of March, 1833, for steal ing a hat, on the 20th May and 29th of November for robbery from the person. At the September Sessions, 1839, she was sentenced to six months. At the September Sessions, 1845, she was sentenced to 12 months. On the Bth of May, 1847, she was in custody for stealing boots. She was tried at the Central Criminal Court in July, 1848, and acquitted. On the 4th of Oct. she was sentenced to 21 days. And, again, at the Central Criminal Court in November, 1848, and ac quitted. In custody on the 12th of February, 1849. Sentenced to six months in March following. Twelve months again at the Central Criminal Court in October, 1849, and 12 months again at the same court in January, 1851. The chairman said it would be useless to waste the time of the court in making any observations to such a person as the prisoner, who had been so many times in custody. He should, therefore, transport her for tei years. _Emily Russell,' 17, pleaded guilty to stealing a piece of muslin, the property of John Flaxman, linen-draper, Bermondsey-street. This prisoner had also been several times similarly convicted, and the Court sentenced her to seven years' transportation. BOW-STREET-( THIS DA T. ) A COATLZSS BA:MUSTER.— Mr. Francis Hewett, a gentlemanly-looking man, who was described on tho charge-sheet as a barrister, was brought before Mr. Jar dine, under the following circumstances : Police-constable 154 G stated that on the previous night he saw the defendant in New Oxford-street, with out coat or waistcoat on, and apparently in a state of in toxication. He went up to him and questioned him as to the reason of his appearing in the street in that state in such an inclement night, but his answers were so un intelligible that, for his own safety, witness deemed it his duty to convey him to the station. Witness added that he had no doubt the prisoner had been inveigled into some of the dens of infamy that abound in that locality, where, after being drugged and robbed, he was thrust into the street. The defendant, who appeared to be still labouring under the effects of some narcotic, expressed his sorrow at being placed in such a degrading position, and said he had not the slightest recollection of the manner in whioh he was deprived of his coat and vest. Mr. Jardine thought defendant had already been punished enough by a night's incarceration, and dis charged him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET -(THIS DAY.) - - SHOCKING CRUELTY TO t HORSE. --John Smith, a carman in the employ of a green -grocer, was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with cruelly ill-treating a horse by beating it with a hammer. It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous afternoon the prisoner was sent by his master with a horse and cart to Notting-hill, accompanied by a man named Rice, a blacksmith, who had a hammer and other tools in the cart, On their way, the horse not going so fast as prisoner hked, the latter, in order to urge him on to greater speed, and having no whip, seized hold of the blacksmith's hammer, and severely belaboured the poor animal on the top of its tail, the skin from which was torn into shreds, and from the wound blood flowed freely. Rice, the blacksmith, disgusted with prisoner's cruel and wanton conduct, got out of the cart and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in defence, said he had no whip, nor could he afford to buy one, and as the horse was stub born and would not go, he took the hammer and gave it a slight tap. Mr. Bingham said prisoner was not fit to have the care of a horse, and committed him to the House of Correction for a month. COLONIAL AND INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE. —The asso ciation which has lately been formed under the presi . dency of Lord Granville for the promotion of a cheap and uniform system of colonial and international postage is pushing forward rapidly towards the attainment of its object. The preliminary steps which have been taken so far have been completely successful. Assurances of sympathy and support have been received from all the • representatives of all the foreign powers, and corres pondence hav e b een established in all the principl a towns in Eur 2 p e an d America. Almost all the connner cial bodies in this country have promised their assist ance, and those gentlemen in the provinces who acted as local secretaries to the Great Exhibition, have con sented to act as local secretaries to the association. A meeting of the Society of Arts was held last night, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposals of the association, and after the reading of an able paper by the correspondi ng secretary, the society give in its ad herence to the movement. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. ----Mr. Thomas Bond Sprague, 8.A., the senior wrangler, and first Smith's prize-man of the present year, is, we understand, the grandson of a late o re and respected member of the Corporation of London, whose name he bears We o g le that he was educated for college at Dr. Brindley's Collegiate Institu tion, near Chester. Ile was fo r a short period a pupil in the City of London School, but ded from Dr. Brindl e y' s t o St. John ' s College, after s nearly seven years' tuition in that gentleman's institution, having re ceived his preparatory education from Miss Lamb, of Reading. INCORPORATION OF THE LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA. --The petition of the London Bank of Australia and India, upon the shares of which the full deposits have been paid, was p resen t e d to her Majesty at the Privy Council yesterday, praying letters of incorporation . for the transaction of business in our Australian colonies. STRIKE STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOUR ERS.—The exam ple of th e ag ricultural l a b ourers i n Wiltshire is being followed i n var ibus part s o f th e co un t r y. The agricul tural labourers of Essex and other counties have struck for an increase of wages, and their demands seem likely to be complied with. PARL.IA3IENTA I? T SESSION. CLASSIFICATION OF MOTIONS WHICH STAND ON THE ORDER-BOOK. PARLIAMENTARY. Mr. Henry Berkeley —Bill to cause votes to be take n by ballot. Mr. George Butt—Bill to shorten the time between the proclamation and clay of election in counties, and the receipt of the writ or precept and the election in boroughs. Sir William Clay—Select committee to consider the, expediency o f t a ki ng votes for members of Parliament at the residences of the electors. Mr. Thomas Duncombe—The present state of the re presentation d eman d s the immediate attention of the Legislature with a view t o an en l argemen t o f the else'toral franchise, and a correction of proved abuses. Lord Hotham—Bill to preclude the judges of th e su perior courts o f l aw and equity, and the judges of th e ecclesiastical c our t s , f rom sitting and voting in t'he House of Commons. • Sir Robert Inglis—Select committee to consider thl best means of providing for the execution of the office Speaker in the event of Mr. Speaker's unavoidable sly sence. Mr. Locke King—Bill to make the franchise in couni ties the same as in b oroug h s, b y giving the right, °0 voting to all occupiers o f t enements of the annua l / 0411 of 101. Lord Dudley Stuart—Dill to repeal the Septenni4 Act and shorten the duration of Parliaments. ' ECCLESIASTICAL. Mr. Spooner—That this house do resolve itself into: 4 committee to consid er th e A ct 8 and 9 Via./ C . 9 1 ,'' being an act to amend t wo ac t s passed in Ireland for:: better education of p ersons pro f ess i ng the Roman lie religion, and for the better government of the Collev established at Maynooth for the education of such Pfu r e sons, and also an act p asse d i n th e P arl i amen t of United Kingdom for amending the said two acts, °sr; money called the last M a y noo th A ct, w i th a v i ew to I.la/ repeal of those clauses of the said act which pro money grants in any way to the said college. Mr. Scholefield—an amendment—To leave out all t a l words after the wo r d " cons id er, " and to substitu t e `- enactments now in forc e w h ere b y t h e revenue of tu g state is charged in a id o f any ecc l es i astical or religi°lh ' a purposes w h a t soever , w i t h a v i ew to the repeal o f s enactments." - - Marquis of Bl an df or d—Bill to make better provita° for the management of Church property. Sir Wm. Clay—Resolution for the abolition of Chi rates. Mr. Collier—Ecclesiastic a l Courts. Mr. Fagan—Ministers' money. Sir Benjamin Hall--Bill to regulate episcopal incotol, Mr. G. H. Moore—H ouse reso l ve itself into a comilli tee on the Established Church in Ireland. FINANCIAL. Mr. Ewalt—Repeal of duties on butter, cheese, egg' poultry, hams, &c. Lord R. Grosvenor—R e p ea l o f attorney and Oli6' tor's tax. ---- Mr. - Hume—Modification and extension of the W° °ll3B tax. Mr. John Macgregor—Repeal of shipping restrietiorifid Mr. Oliveira—Wine duties reduction. Mr. William Williams —All taxes to be paid into t he Exchequer. MISCELLANBOI7S. Mr. Humphreys Brown—Railway accidents. Mr. Charteris —National Gallery. Mr. H. Drummond—Bill to facilitate transfer of lola Mr. Ewart—Abolition of the punishment of death• Lord Jocelyn—Railway communication in India• Mr. Locke King—Bill to amend the law of succesol3 Mr. M‘Mahon—lrish fisheries. Colonel Sibthorp—Fire insurances, &c. &c. STATE OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS. HOUSE OF LORDS. ure Lord B roug h am—Law of Evidence and Proc.,— J Bill; County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Bill; C„° 11/4 y.. Courts f ur th er E xtension Bill ; District Courts of -P°, ruptcy Abolition Bill (read a first time). Lord H utchinson—Metropolitan Building Act fe- - Extension Bill (read a first time). HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Napier (ex - Attorney-General for Ireland)- -- --• Improvement (Irel an d) Bill ; Tenants ' C ompe usatil (Ireland) Bill ; Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill ; lord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill (read a second time, referred to a select committee). Mr. Se rgeant S hee—Tenant Right (Ireland) -;er'O; (read a sec on d ti me and referred, along with Mr. Nell Bills, to a select committee). Mr. Whiteside (ex-Solicitor-Generrl for Irelowl);1 Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill ; (read a s ee° time.) , Lot Mr. Hamilton—G eneral Board of Health Bill; ); Tax Commission ers ' N ames Bill (read a secon d tinle ol Designs Act Extension Bill; New Forest Deer Re na° Act Amendment Bill (read a first time). 801 Lord R. Grosve nor —C ounty Elections p o lls (waits a reading). Mr. M. Gibson--Gounty Rates and Expenditur e (read a first time). fire 6 Mr. Deedes—Parish Constables Bill (read a time). DIS SOLUTION OP THE NATIONAL igs TION FOR PROTECTION. A special meeting of the general committee of ille ts i'l tr a ; tonal Associatio n for the Prot. tie . 4.111 AA 11 ' and Capital was held at the SocuthiSecalotse 011 e day, " for it might of con s id er i ng and deciding ° , ll course which might be ex p e di ent for the associat'°- „ t ho pursue" under ex i s ti ng circumstances. Ris Grace Duke of Richmond presided, and the following r es°- tions were adopted after considerable discussion Ist. " That the principle of protecting native 4, 0 colonial produci ng i n t erests from foreign comPetl'o. having been ab an d one d b y Parliament, and the pall, of unrestrict e d compet i t i on having been forF IP affirmed as the basis of the future commercial pohcl this country, no rational expectation can be enterta lli o , of inducing the present Parliament to return to AP tective system." • the 2d. " That, und er ex i s ti ng c i rcumstances, it 1 1. t he opinion of the com m itt ee th at the continuance ° ter, association would be inconsistent with its ch3r3ccl and with the i mportant position it has oirtiis throughout the s t rugg l e i n which the advocates o opposing prin c ipl es o f protection and free trade 113/0 t be long been en gage d , and that, the contest having f°r(is. present termi na t e d , the association ought to b e solved ; leavi ng t o t i me and experience the final and 001 l 0 sure decision of the prudence or imprudence of they. b" experiment in which the nation has, through its rep sentatives, deliberately embarked." nd; This once-f orm id a bl e society is, therefore, at an - A CHEAP SOAP.—A company h as b een forme d for the purpose of supplying soaps to all classes, at a cons s to ably reduced rate. Several very respectable nam e s , to attached to the prospectus. The directors prope_ a to raise a capital of 50,000/., in shares of 1/:,. each, fl " rico 's conduct their affairs on the same principles as t heir Patent Candle Company." The leading feature t he business is, to provide a good and cheap article for, public, and at lower prices, together with the adv s %o ; of their manuf ac t or i es causing no unpleasant eff i gy' and being equally eligible for sea or fresh water. i ., 00 ,0 ALARMING INCREASE OF SMALL PO3C.,—It 3 Pr e oo, 1 that this fri g htf u l malady is greatly on the in? t () which arises prin c i pa ll y from the apathy and neglecoo ot' parents in h av i ng their children timely vaccinate'' 0, 'withstanding th e operation of the Vaccination Act, eo; came in forc e i n 1 840. The abstracts have been madoho the mortality from small pox since 1848, trut those e do find it necessary to inspect the Regis:trar-Gelifeoe report will be forcibly struck with the frequent refe[ yr o. by most of the district registrars to the increase' The valence of small pox in their respective l oca lities. f t he following extract from the last quarterly report ° o pt Registrar-G enera l shows the inefficiency tof the PI v ery legislative enactment :—" Small pox has yrevaileu 3t ioo extensively, and the provision of gratuitom s va ecin- 00 - for the people by the Legislature appears -to be ' , P ot° cient to stem its terrible progress." The tqlovii ll, 6, v ier° the last returns among the causes of mortality whif„-1841/ made :—ln 1842 there died of the disease 2,.•71 5 ; 4,227 ; and in 1848, 6,903 persons. B ch f FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY..----- - , e fo r bishop of Canterbury has fixed Wednesday, 1 ";;;;;11°; for the celebration of the 199th anniversary fe s : 0 0 " the Sons of the Clergy. During the past year, tir t are , granted from the funds of the Corporation, who.cito°ll,.' applied in apprenticing children of poor e ler r ia th e : placing them out in the world, or assisting then' education at schools or colleges, were as fob:llo s °i 05o." Prentice f ees , t o sc h ools, sons 5, daughters 27) 11401 To other p ro f ess i ons an d trades, sons 18, 41auguatioll 6201., maki ng t oge th er, 1 ,6751. Outfits, tt o 5901 , at home or in the colonies, sons 30, daughtie rs Educational grants at schools or college* daughters 6, 7471. making togeth er 1,837/..., an d a total of 3,0121. disbursed during the year j1852' e ve ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN HYDE-PAWL-3 61°r , s cia t weeks past a young man o f s h ort stature, thin e''''yotic`.ii looks, and rath er s h a bb y appearance, has 1) eel: i es by the police as a daily frequenter of th e , bench be s'P" Hyde-park. About th ree o ' c l ock on Monilaf ts f 0,. ;, observed sitting by him se lf on one of the iron. sea ts e the clump of trees opp os it e H yde-park-gard r as/ 1 01 e . "' Victoria-gate, appare n tl y i n a state of grepit 01e „bsli a eitement, and alm os t immediately after t 1 1 e ; bear d passed him, the sha r p crack of a pistol-sho t wA t he si t and on turning round he was seen to fall 'o' baric,t, into the footway, bleeding profusely from ith l e the right ear. He was forthwith conveg'eu . ,_ 0 11 ' 3 George's Hospital, where Mr. Symmons, o , e a tiooL surgeon, at once attended to him. Upon ex alo in d ire,t'i was found that the whole of the scalp and fte sh d; under the ear had been torn and blown aw kft l jbay, i ,% Symmons stated that the skull was safe, the :bt'"der 4 - 0 closely grazed it, and passed away apparentlo; back of the head, without doing any further h a rm ineß' i ~ had continued up to last evening in a static °lto L e ic sibility. There was no mark or clue of any h il hv hrgs to his identification. His clothes were shi3;l7boo'' - cloth, very much worn, and he seems to Ix • c li years of age. HYDE -PARK IM PROVEMENTS.—The alteratio 0 o .po t r h e were commenced during the past au t u mn in El on 0 for the purpose of widening the carriage &it 1 ?,. 0 fro 0. north side of the Serpentine, the entire disti T og 0. e ,, Hyde -park-corner to the turn of the road adjoii 1 :1 $ sington-gardens, have now been completed- , i o portant point in the improvements effect's fo otp. 9 .A , tb locality is the formation of an entirely new the r? .. 7; .( along the whole distance on the park side of rer;os for the purpose of relieving the throng of ti promenade on th e water side, and which 111""blic absolutely necessary, and will prove a great VenieiCe.