The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

3rortrbings Ut Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. On the motion of Lord BEAUMONT, the chairman and secretary of the North Wales Railway were called to the bar, and after receiving a reprimand from the Lord Chan cellor were ordered to be discharged, on payment of the usual fees. The Earl of HARROWBY moved for copies or extracts of all instructions sent to her Majesty's envoys in the River Plate for their guidance in the intervention of this coun try for the pacification of the affairs in that river. He re gretted that all these negotiations had failed, and that the trade between this country and Monte Video had been al together sacrificed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE objected to the motion, as the negotiations were not only still pending, but they had lately assumed a most promising aspect. HOUSE OF COMMONS, 'MONDAY • Mr. HUME expressed a hope that a statement of the expenses incurred in the unsuccessful prosecutions of Mr. Duffy, editor of the Nation, Dublin, would be laid before Parliament. (L ou d cheers.) The bill for the repeal of the Navigation-laws was read a third time and passed. Sir JAMES GRAHAM spoke in its favour. The numbers were—for the third reading, 275; for an amendment moved by Mr. Herries, that it be read a third time that day six months, 214; majority, 61. •••• The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the first reading of the Navigation Bill, and said he would move the second reading on Monday week. Lord STANLEY acquiesced in the arrangement, and the bill was theu read a first time. Their lordships then passed a vote of thanks (in similar terms to those moved in the House of Commons) to the Governor-General of India, the Commander-in-Chief, and officers and soldiers engaged in the recent campaign in India. Lord GALLOWAY suggested that while as British sub jects and peers they were expressing their obligations to the distinguished individuals who had exerted their. ower at the council board, and perilled their lives in the field in defence of British interests in India, it would be worthy of a Christian legislature not to pass by that Almighty Power who was the giver of all victory. -011 . dod ! thy arm was there, And not to us, but to thy arm alone, Ascribe we all" was the language of one of the gir British his test Sovereigns in were the words, too, of one of 'ter one of his most celebrated our greatest w v .uurieS. is a k,nristian man, addressing himself to a Christian legislature, he called upon their lordships, and particularly upon the right rev. bench, to second bim in the appeal which he now made to the government to take these things into consideration, and advise the sovereign to appoint a day of general thanksgiving for the mercies vouchsafed to this country, accompanied with a deep acknowledgment of the national unworthiness. HOUSE OF COMMONS.---TIIESDAY. Sir J. C. HOBROUSE moved the thanks of the house to the Governor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and the officers and soldiers engaged in the recent campaign in India. The Marquis of GRANBY seconded the motion Sir R. PEEL expressed his gratification at the glorious manner in which Lord Gough had finished the campaign. Sir J. W. HOGG said that the victory at Goojerat was so decisive that it was impossible the Sikhs could ever again rally in any numbers that could be deemed at all formidable to the power of Great Britain. The strongest proof of this was to be found in the resignation of Lord Gough, which he had forwarded to the Duke of Welling ton, and which it was very unlikely he would have sent in while any work remained to be done. Peace, he be lieved, was restored to India, and he hoped Lord Gough would long live to enjoy the honours he had won. Mr. M. GIBSON then called the attention of the house to the state of our relations with the empire of Brazil, and submitted a motion for the repeal of the Brazilian Act 8 and 9 Victoria, c. 122. After was neg long debate, the house divided, and the motion ived by a majority of 137 to 34. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—`WEDNESDAY. The house having resolved itself into committee on the Bribery at Elections Bill,_ _ Mr. V. SMITH moved that the whole of the first clause should be left out. Sir F. THESIGER, having been a member of the select committee to whom the bill had been enforced, thought there was much force in the objection raised against it, but still thought the measure ought to be tried as an ex periment. Sir G. GitEY still entertained the same objections to the bill which he had expressed on the second reading, and he would therefore vote against it. He believed the effect of the proposed declaration would be to deter honest and timid men from taking it, although they might be perfectly free from any act of bribery. Sir J. PAKINGTON defended the declaration proposed to be imposed on members by the bill, and was of opinion that it would be a great improvement on the existing law. After some further discussion the clause was lost by 54 to 92. Mr. LOCKE moved the second reading of the bill to compel railways in Scotland to attach passenger carriages to the mail trains which the companies are obliged to run on_the Sundays. Mr. COWAN said that a more obnoxious or tyrannical measure it would he impossible to introduce. More had been made of the Duchess of Sutherland's case than it de served ; and at all events, the case of railway servants should be taken into consideration, and they should not deprive them of the opportunity of attending Divine Ser vice on the Sabbath. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he wished to beamderstood as speaking only his own private sentiments, when he be lieved the public inconvenience attending the partial clos ing of railways on Sunday—that partial closing being con fined to a very few railways in Scotland—would be as no thing compared to the shock which the bill would give to the religious feeling of Scotland. He would therefore vote against the second reading of the bill. After some fur ther discussion the house divided, and the second reading was negatived by a majority of 9. The bill was conse quently lost. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave t o b r i ng in a bill to amend the acts for the more effectual relief of the destitute poor in Ireland. The noble lord said the chief object of the bill was to establish a maximum rate for the support of the poor in Ireland, with a view to give encouragement to the investment of capital in the cultivation of the land. He proposed that the maximum rate in each electoral di.. vision should, up to a certain point, be only ss. if any electoral division required a further rate, it should be le vied from the entire union ; but this additional rate should not exceed 25., so that the maximum rate could in no case exceed 7s. He concurred in opinion with those who thought that it would not be well to make a new division of unions unless they had a provision for the erection of additional workhouses. Power would be given to the commissioners to this effect; but it was a power which should be used gradually and with great caution. There was also a power given to the owner of land to deduct a portion of the rates for those who had jointures and rent charges upon it. He also proposed that the occupier should be entitled to deduct from the owner only one-half the rates which he actually paid upon the valuation of his occupation, and not, as at present, one-half upon the rent he paid to his landlord. There were other provisions of a minor character in the bill, which the noble lord shortly adverted to, and said that his bill was not founded on the report of any committee, but was brought forward entirely on the responsibility of the Government. Mr. STAFFORD thought the noble lord should not have asked the house to legislate piece -meal, and reminded the noble lord that if the 7s. maximum rate should prove to be insufficient, he had omitted to say from what fund they were then to draw resources for the maintenance of the poor. He hoped the noble lord would give this informa tion, and would also state whether the five-shilling rate was to be merely struck, or whether it was to be collected before any demand was to be made upon the union. After some observations from Mr. Fagan, Lord Bar nard, Mr. P. Scrape, Mr. H. Herbert, and Mr. Grattan, Sir R. PEEL said he felt it necessary to correct a misre presentation into which Mr. Grattan bad fallen, which he conceived to be of the utmost importance. The hon. gentleman attributed to him, in some observations which he had formerly addressed to the house, that in the pro position which he then suggested his object was prompted by a sectarian spirit to depress the Roman Catholics. This was the last thing that ever entered his mind. On the contrary, his object was to elevate the Roman Catho lics by giving them the opportunity of turning their capi tal and their labour to advantage. The fact was, that ho believed the greater portion of th e ev il s o f I re l an d was to be attributed to the want of means and embarrassments of the present possessors of the soil, to cultivate it properly, and their utter inability to sell to advantage, owing to the legal difficulties in the way of the transfer of encumbered estates in that country. This was what the house should direct its attention to, for if that were removed they might, with comparative facility, deal with the other evils of Ireland. Leave was given to bring in the bill. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then moved for leave to bring in a bill further to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland. The bill of last year, the hon. gentle man said, had proved wholly ineffectual, but its inefficacy was to be attributed to a variety of causes, not connected with the measure itself. It wa s proposed to appoint a commission, consisting of three paid commissioners and a secretary, which could proceed to take the necessary steps to give a Parliamentary title to the purchasers of estates, unfettered by the rules o f th e C ourt o f Ch ancery , an d make its inquiries without all those fees and the whole antiquated system, which could not be immediately re moved from that court. The commissioners should have power to sell those prope r ti es , i n l arge or small propor tions, as might be most advisable, and at no future period should it be necessary to go b eyon d t h e t i tle thus given by the commissioners. The produce of sales should be paid into the Bank of Ireland in the names of the com missioners, and as soon as possible di v id e d amongst the parties entitled to it. It was also proposed t o g i ve an ap peal from the commissioners to certain members of the Privy Council in Ireland, to be named by the Lord Lieu tenant, such appeal not to take place without the consent of the commissioners. He was aware that it was not enough to release the land from its present embarrass ments, but that care should be taken, by means of a pro per system of registration, to prevent its ever falling back into the same condition. Government had turned its at tention to the subject of an improved system of registra tion for Ireland, but they had not as yet matured any measure sufficiently to submit it to the house. Mr. J. STUART said the measure of last session failed because it consisted of complicated provisions upon a most difficult subject, which provisions were not understood by one in ten of the members who called upon the house to pass the bill. The present proposition was one which would also be found full of difficulty, as any question must be when the rights of numerous parties who were helpless had to be dealt with without their consent or ap probation, Sir R. PEEL expressed his cordial satisfaction with the course pursued by the Solicitor-General, and with the main provisions of his bill. The object to be attained was to give a clear Parliamentary title. which would be put against the whole world, for it was quite impossible that the existing state of things could be permitted to continue. Mr. BRIGHT warmly supported the measure, as a step in the right direction. After some observations from Sir J. Walsh, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Henley, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Bankes, and Sir H. W. Barron, leave was given to bring in the bill. _ The SOLICITOR GENERAL then moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable persons having perpetual and li mited interests in lands in Ireland to make grants in fees or demises for long terms of years. The object of the bill was to enable parties to grant building and improving leases. After a short conversation, in which Mr. Stuart and Mr. Sadlier took part, leave was given to bring in a bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. The house went into committee upon the Poor-laws (Ireland) Rate-in-Aid Bill. Amendments were proposed on the several clauses by several members, but they were all negatived, and the bill was ultimately reported. The house having resolved itself into a committee of supply, on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a sum of £52,173 was voted to replace the escheated property of the late John Turner, which had been placed into the consolidated fund, in default of heirs, who had since appeared and established their claim. The ecclesiastical commission bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. Reynolds for the nomination of the select com mittee on savings' banks, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, by way of amendment, moved the re-appointment of the committee of last session. After a discussion, in which Mr. R. Fox, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Keogh, Mr. Hume, Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. J. A. Smith, Lord C. Hamilton, and Mr. Reynolds shared, an attempt was made to amalgamate the lists, omitting certain names ; but a division took place upon the retention of Mr. Napier's name in Mr. Reynolds's list, which was nega tived by 111 to 74, whereupon Mr. Reynolds gave way. HOUSE OF COMMONS—SATURDAY The report on the Poor-laws (Ireland) Rat inn iNus urougnt up, ana tne Diii, as amended, was con sidered, and was ordered to be read a third time on Mon day, and to be printed. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the committee of snpply._ Th - e'eXchequer bills (X 17,786,700) bill went through committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he would, on Friday next, move that the house resolve itself into a committee of the whole house, to consider the advances to be made to Ireland. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA STEAM-SHIP, The North American Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Stone, arrived in tie river yesterday morning, soon after five o'clock. She has brought 120 passengers, a list of whom we subjoin. She left Boston on Wednes day, the 18th ult., and Halifax on the 20th, and has, therefore, made the passage from the former port in eleven and a half days. The steam-ship Europa arrived out at Halifax on the 17th ult., in nine days and a half. The American steamer Herrman, which left Southampton on the 26th of March, arrived at New York on the 13th ult. The West India steamer Trent arrived at New York, from Bermuda, on the 15th, and left again next day. It is now stated, in reference to the navigation question, that Mr. Bancroft has offered to the British Government scarcely anything more, on the score of reciprocal navi gation, than has been offered by the American Govern ment in time past, again and again, and sanctioned by Congress. This has been guarranteed by an extract from a letter of Mr. Buchanan, our late Secretary of State, to Mr. Crampton, British Minister at Washington, and from which it appears that no opening of the coasting trade has ever been contemplated. The mercantile letters from New York are interesting. The advices received hence depressed American stocks. After the departure of the Canada money had been easier, and more animation existed ; but lower quota tions subsequently ruled, and the pressure in monetary circles became severe. The closing rates of discount were eleven to twelve per cent. per annum ; and of money "on call " seven per cent. A million of dollars would probably be required for Europe. Arrangements had been made to anticipate the payment of another million dollars of Mexican indemnity ; this would ease the market. The transfers of American stock had become limited. The dividends on the Pennsylvania debt will hereafter be paid wholly in specie. _ . The demand for sterling exchange was active, and the supply reduced. Rates since the departure of the pre vious mail had ruled higher, and closed at 106 t 3 106 i, with an upward_ tendency. The mercantile writer of the New York Herald says, "We quote the best bills on London at 51 to 6 per cent. premium : bills not so well known, but perfectly good, sell at to 5+ per cent. premium. The steam-ship Crescent City leaves for Chagres with a good number of passengers. She takes out 150,000 dollars in silver, prin cipally in small coin." Business generally had been somewhat limited ; and in dry goods an unusually small business was doing. The opening of the New York canals would probably occur about the Ist of May. Valparaiso accounts of the 2nd of March announce the arrival of many vessels. The United States ship Lex ington had arrived with 360,000 dollars in gold, 180,000 dollars of which she left at Valparaiso to be coined and returned to the mines for trading purposes. Valparaiso was nearly deserted : clerks were scarce. Half a million dollars of dust is said to have been received ; yielding, after paying the expenses of frieght, smelting, and as saying, about 18 dollars per ounce. Chagres accounts of the Ist instant state that the steamer California had not arrived at Panama up to the 30th March from San Francisco. There are, therefore, no late accounts. She was detained for fuel. The health of the passengers in the isthmus was generally good. The royal mail steamer Medway left Chagres on the 31st ultimo for England with the mails and a large amount of bullion and specie. Ten schooners were at Panama, taking in passengers for San Francisco. Lima advices of the 13th March state that a conspiracy for the assassination of the President and the overthrow of the Government had been discovered and prevented. Several leaders of note were concerned. St. Domingo accoUnt's — Wii; 20th March state that Solouque had but little ammunition. A revolution was expected at Aux Caves ; and the assassination of all foreigners was threatened. Havana advices of the Bth instant state, that business was interrupted by the holydays. Meanwhile supplies were accumulating : but it was thought that prices would not be injured when active operations were resumed : the European advices had imparted confidence. The news from Canada we give in another part of our paper, in a letter from our correspondent at Montreal. LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE NIAGARA.—Mr. John Munroe, lady, and female servant ; Capt. Schenley,' lady, three children, and male and female servants ; Mrs. and Miss Bell, Dr. Barton and lady, Miss Barton, Mr. Howe and lady, Miss Howe, Mr. P. Arklay and lady. Mr. Brue and lady, Mr. Blight and servant, Mrs. and Miss Blight, Master Blight, Rev. Dr. Frothingham, Miss Blackwell, Mrs. M. H. Harper, Mr. Rautenberg and lady, Rev. Mr. Macarius, Mr. Morgan, Mrs. and Miss Morgan, Major Whittaker, and Messrs. Fairman, A. Large, N. C. Platt, W. K. Pearce, Logan, H. Grosett, Cohen, Nicholson, H. Jager, T. W. Stansfield, F. A. Chace, H. Lippold, B. Shelden Ely, W. Benjamin, jun., Day, H. Woods, J. B. Francis, R. Bell, J. K. Blackwell, P. Saulle, G. Baker, C. Balmforth, J. C. Brown, G. F. Parkman, A. Baldwin, A. C. Baldwin (bearer of despatches), C. Anthony, M. Rosenbann, L. Rosenfeldt, Stevens, Nolan, T. Groom, T. Charlton, J. W. Denison, E. Cohen, M. De Osma, R. Marshall, G. R. Prince, A. Ogilvy, F. Wiechel, Geo. Brown, Wilkinson, Chige, T. Talma, De la Quintana, A. Schroeder, R. Kessel, A. Scheper, W. Burchard, J. Cameron, J. F. Fraser, Thompson, F. Morgue, C. Scott, P. L. Senatt,r_Granduange, H. Gretman, and Carruthers. • COMMERCIAL ADVICES. The Flour Market was depressed, to the extent, since the sailing of the Canada, of 374 to 50 cents per barrel on lower descriptions. The better kinds, being in more demand a n d less plenty, were less affected. Enhanced freights had also checked the little export demand existing. The quotation of pure Genessee was 43 50c. to 43' 75c. and 4.8' 564 c. For Wheat there was a better demand. The exports from the 27th March to 10th April, to Great Britain and Ireland, were 5702 barrels flour, 962 barrels corn meal, and 234,577 bushels Indian corn. Freights had advanced to 6d. to 6d. on corn, and 2s. per barrel on flour to Liverpool. _ _ In the Provisithi Market Pork was heavy, and the sales were but moderate, at 10$ 314 c. to 10$ 37ic. for mess, and 8$ 37ic. to 8$ 44c. for prime. In Beef there were sales of country mess at 11$ 37ip. ; prime was held at 8$ to B,B' 50c. Lard was with out material change, and the demand fair, at 6-ic. to 6ic. for fair to prime. Ashes continue firm at 7$ for Pots and Pearls. In Freights there were engagements of 25,000 bushels corn for Liverpool, at 5d., in bags ; heavy goods at 255. ; cotton at id, , • and 5000 barrels flour at 2s. to 2s. 3d. In Iron the market for most descriptions continued inactive. The Niagara's advices had rather an unfavourable effect, espe cially on English bars. Scotch pig had been less sensibly affected, and considerable sales were made at 248 to 258, ac cording to brand and quantity, but there appeared little dispo sition to buy at anything over the former price, and receivers of the favouritr brands preferred storing to meeting the market. There had been no further arrivals of Swedes. Besides the above there had been sales of 400 tons American pig, on private terms ; and 300 ditto English bars, 508 to 508 50c. six months. In Salt a sale had been made of 999 sacks Liverpool ground, 92k. Last sale Ashton s, 18 30c. four months. (From Mr. Stewart'spirculi;.) "The receipts of cotton at the southern shipping ports con tinue very large, and contain a greater comparative excess over those of the last year than appeared at the date of my last circular, without exhibiting any indications of a sudden abate ment, except that in the Atlantic interior depots the amount there awaiting transhipment is 40,000 bales less than it was at the same date last season. . . ---- `At APaTachlcola, however, the receipts are on the increase. At Mobile, also, the receipts have increased slightly. Th e prices current, of 3rd instant, contains the following in expla nation, ' As we anticipated ? the rise in the rivers has brought down a considerable quantity of cotton, and the receipts of this week amount to 15,516 bales.' The receipts of the week ending 7th instant only amount to 10,471 bales, against 16,046 the pre ceding week. At New Orleans the falling off, as compared with that of last year, is 32,700 bales. The receipts last week ending 7th instant being only 27,676 bales against 42,153 bales preceding week. The season has now so well advanced, that it is not probable, and barely possible, that the crop receipts can be kept under 2,600,000 bales, as, although the high stage of the Mississippi and its tributaries has undoubtedly hastened the shipment of the cotton deposited on the banks of those rivers, it must be considered also that the excessive rains have probably retarded to as great an extent the hauling of it to these depots from the interior plantations. "At the close of my last I stated that a tight money market here was materially affecting operations. So much so was this the case that the inside quotations of my circular were not at tainable to any extent on that day, the total sales only amount ing to 700 bales. On the 4th instant there was more disposi tion shown to buy, as it was possible to ship at 3-16 d. freight, and about 1,200 bales changed hands, prices still favouring the buyer. On the sth buyers asked such a concession that the sales did not exceed 900 bales. "On Friday, the 6th instant, at three, p.m., we received the telegraphic advices by the Niagara. The decline by this packet was not greater than was looked for; but, as it began to appear doubtful whether the peace of the Continent would be pre served, the business on that and the succeeding day was almost nominal. The letters which were received on Monday morn ing, the 9th inst., confirming this idea, had the effect of causing a decline of nearly a quarter of a cent., at which 1,600 bales were disposed of. " On Tuesday the sales were 1,500 bales, and on Wednesday 2,000 bales, prices each day slightly lower: id. was the current rate paid for freight to Liverpool to-day. On Thursday 1,000 bales ; Friday, 2,000 bales ; and Saturday, 1,500 bales, without any further change in prices, the market assuming a more regular character towards the close of the week. Nearly the whole of this business was for export, and the bulk of it for the Continent. Yesterday the sales were 1,000 bales, with a lan guid market, to which my quotations are adjusted. " LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. N. Orleans, Mobile, Uplands. Florida. Texas. Inferior Ordinary 6/ to 6f 6/ to 6f 6/ to 6* Middling •6fto 62 61 to 7 6/ tole Good Middling 7to 7 7to 7f 7i to 7/ Middling Fair 7f to 7/ 7/ to 7f 7/ to 74 Fair. 7f to 74 7/ to 7f 72 to 8 Fully Fair 71 to 72 none. 8/ to 82 Good Fair nominal. none. nominal. Fine nominal. none. nominal. "EXPORTS to Gt. Britain since Ist Sept. 1848..1,069,567 bales. IP ~ same time last year.. 643,718 „ „ year before 507,839 ~ .. _ " STOCK in ports of receipt ~ ~ same time last year 625,819 „ 11 „ „ year before 605,792 „ " RECEIPTS at ports since Ist Sept. 1848 2,263,965 „ same time last year 1,843,075 „ year before 1,529,337 ~ 1,498,716 „ same time last year 1,102,869 ~ " If 9, year before 774,581 ~ FRElGHTS.—Liverpool, Yd. ; Havre, ic. ; Hamburgh, 13-16 c. ; Holland and Belgium, ic. to ic. ; Bremen; lc. " Receipts since Ist instant, 32,000; exports, 15,000; taken by spinners. 5,000; taken on speculation, 1,000; stock in city unsold, 88,000; amount on sale, 20,000 bales." " EXPORTS from U. States . Sir James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak, has written ime recommending to the government certain economi cal reforms, including a reduction of his own salary to the extent of £4OO per annum ! Prince Albert of Prussia lately sued to be divorced from his wife, the Princess Mary of the N e th er l an d s , on t h e ground of Insuperable aversion ; and the divorce was granted by the tribunal at Berlin on the 28th ult. Mauritius papers have been received to the 18th of January. Strong efforts are made there to reduce the public expenditure. They propose to reduce the salary of the Governor from £7OOO to £4OOO, with a propor tionate reduction in all the higher departments. The Marchioness of Londonderry was led off by the President of the French Republic at the grand ball given by him on Saturday evening last, at the Elysee Bourbon, on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of his birth-day. There we e nearly two thousand persons present all splend idly attired. THE DANISH BLOCKADE.—It is stated in recent ad vices from Hamburgh that much indignation has been ex cited in consequence of the non-efficiency of the Danish blockade ; prudent captains respecting it, while the daring ones break through with impunity. It is also said that the American, Dutch, and French steamers are excepted ; so that the severity of the Danish notification falls chiefly on the commerce of England. A cousin to the President of the French Republic, on Lis way to Madrid as Ambassador, made a speech at Bour deaux, in which he more than insinuated that the Presi dent was under duress, and was unable to "act freely upon his inspirations." The opportunity has been poun ced upon by the President or his Ministers to write a strictly confidential letter to the indiscreet cousin, which strictly confidential letter is paraded in every journal in the country, and in which the President affects to rap his relative over the knuckles, and affirms his own freedom f.om all moral restraint, and his resolution to act upon his own will. The whole thing is a very pretty and very French little trick. REPUBLICAN MASS AT ROME.—A solemn high mass was celebrated at Rome, by order, and in presence of the Triumvirs,on Easter-day, at the altar specially reserved to the Pope, in St. Peter's, The officiating Priest was Abbe Spola. The celebrated Father Ventura was one of the clergy who officiated with him. None of the clergy of the cathedral took any part in the ceremony. The Popish priests'are greatly:scandalised, not so much by the celebra tion of mass in hononr of the republic, as by the desecra tion of the exclusively pontifical altar. The Canons of St. Peters have been condemned, in consequence of their refu sal to officiate on this occasion, to a fine of 120 scudi each. The latest accounts from the seat of war in the north of Europe, state that the German troops had entered Jutland, and the Danes, after a series of reverses, are said to have demanded an armistice. It seems not improbable that Denmark will be stript of a portion of its possessions ; in the meantime, the mercantile interests in this country are suffering greatly from the suspension of trade which these hostile proceedings have involved. The victory of the Schleswig-Holstein troops under General Von Bonin over the Danish force, which ended in the occupation and:par tial destruction of the city of Kolding, appears to have been much more important than was at first supposed. The elite of the Danish army were defeated by 16,000 raw troops ; the battle lasted six hours, and the victors lost 1000 men. EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND. Letters from Wellington, New Zealand, of the 7th of November, fur nish us with detailed accounts of the series of earthquakes lately experienced at that settlement. They appear to have lasted, with intermissions, for nearly a fortnight, and to have resulted in the destruction or damage of almost every brick building in the place, while the wooden ones entirely escaped. There seems, however, to have been on!y the one instance of loss of life. During a shock which occurred at five o'clock in the morning of the 19th of October, the Wesleyan chapel and several stores were thrown down, and the walls of the Ordnance store, the gaol, and the Colonial hospital were also rent and par tially destroyed. The Government-house, the new church at Te Aro, and the Scotch church were opened as places of refuge for the houseless. On the 24th of Octo ber four severe shocks had occurred within three minutes, and throughout the next day slighter shocks continued on an average at an interval of every ten minutes. At Nel son by the last accounts the damage had been compara tively trifling, and at Wanganui also it had been slight. The only phenomenon observed in connexion with these visitations was a fiery glare in the sky towards the south, apparently the reflection of some stronger light, which was visible for about four hours on the night of the 18th of October. Several persons, apprehending less danger at sea, had fortunately embarked with their property on board a vessel called the Sabraon, which, sailing for Syd ney on the 26th, was wrecked leaving the harbour of Wellington, No lives were lost, but the ship and every thing in her were lost. WEST INDIES.—The Great Western arrived at South ampton on Tuesday, with the usual West Indian and Mexican mails. The weather in most of the localities was described as favourable to agricultural operations. The Jamaica accounts allude to the result of the half-yearly meeting of the Jamaica Bank having been satisfactory, a dividend of three per cent. for that period having been declared, and a surplus carried to the reserve fund, which altogether amounted to £4264. The directors, in order to render the operations of the establishment as stable as possible, had considerably reduced their advances, and had increased their purchases of bills of exchange. A report to the shareholders of the .Planters' Bank, which was in course of liquidation, had been circulated ; and this docu ment showed that the liabilities to the public were about £52,000, while the assets, including doubtful debts to the extent of about £4OOO, represented £142,000. By pru dent forbearance it was expected that less loss than was originally anticipated would be incurred on the collection of the assets, but the ultimate result was still highly pro blematical. Liabilities on notes had been brought below £15,000. The markets at Jamaica were in a better con dition. Sugar and coffee had improved under the influ ence of advices from this side, and stocks of provisions having decreased, this, with the temporary condition of the weather, had created a better demand in those branches more immediately connected with domestic trade. The issue of Island notes to the extent of £35,000 is alleged to have been productive of no practical benefit, and they were quoted at a discount of from three to five per cent. Re trenchment in expenditure had been urgently discussed in several of the islands. The advices from Mexico are fa vourable. The country is tranquil throughout, and general business, as well as mining enterprises, are stated to be in a prosperous condition. THE EXTREME OF POLITENESS.—The band of the second legion of the National Guards, upon the entrance of the English visitors into a ball-room, played not only " God save the Queen," but even followed this national anthem by the less innocent air of " Rule, Britannia." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. Mr. John Reynolds, M.P. for Dublin, has obtained for his son a situation in the Mint of £BOO per annum. Sir A. Blennerhassett died on Sunday of cholera, at Churchtown House, Killarney. THE TRACY PEERAGE.-Mr. Tracy, the claimant for this peerage, died on Monday, in Dublin. He had only arrived from England a few days before. On Tuesday the Countess of Durham sailed from Waterford with emigrants, who are reported to have car ried away upwards of £7OOO. How much of this money belongs of right to the landlords ? All the schooners hitherto employed in the trade be tween Limerick and London, known as the Limerick Liners, are now engaged in the emigration trade. Bishop M`Hale acknowledges to have received the princely donation of £5OO, from Mr. Errington, of Kings town, county of Dublin, towards the relief of the desti tute poor of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tuam. The widow of the celebrated Irishman, Theobald Wolfe Tone, died on the 18th ult. She breathed her last, in her 81st year, at Georgetown, in the district of Columbia, where she had her residence during the last years of her life. Miss Prendergast, a very aged lady lady, close upon her eightieth year, was found murdered at Portumna Castle on Saturday morning. She was a lady of eccen tric character and habits, and kept no servant. The de ceased was second cousin to the Marquis of Sligo. She was choked, and had three deeadful wounds in her head. IRISH CLERGY.—The Bishop of Derry has issued cir culars to his clergy, recommending that collections be made in their churches on some one Sunday in the present month in aid of their suffering brethren in the south and west. Before the depression caused by the potato failure an offer of £51,000 was made for the estates of the Duke of Buckingham in the county of Clare. This was refused by the vendors, who required £52,000. The same property was sold by auction, about six months ago, for £30,000 to the same party whose offer of £51,000 had been refused. SHOCKING OUTRAGE.—On the night of Thursday week a party of armed men attempted to break into the house of Nicholas Dunphy, a farmer, residing at Dree lands, Kilkenny. Not succeeding, they fired through the windows. Three or four slugs entered the breast of Dun phy's wife, and her life is despaired of. The cause of the outrage was a dispute about land. THE COLLECTION FOR THE POPE.—The sum of £42 was collected at Kilrush Chapel, on Sunday, for the Pope, and the sum of £l3 in Nenagh.—[Mark—that Kilrush and Nenagh are now reported to be the scenes of intense misery. Deaths and destitution have occurred in each to a fearful extent within a short period, and cholera has been dispatching multitudes whom famine had alreadystricken.] MURDER.—On Friday, a cowkeeper, named Jeremiah Donovan, who was charged on a warrant with the wilful murder of a man named Crowley, was lodged in the Bed minster police station, preparatory to his being conveyed to Cork, where the murder was committed. Cudmore, the constable, who executed the warrant, states that the prisoner having learnt that the deceased had been in the habit of milking his (the prisoner's) cows, watched for him, and at length detecting him in the act of doing so, shot him dead. GREAT DISTRESS.—In addition to the other calamities which have fallen upon the western provinces, is to be added the fearful spread of pestilence. The cholera is ra pidly thinning the peasantry in Ballinrobe, in the county of Mayo, and it has also broken out in great virulence in the workhouse of Ballinasloe, in the county of Galway. Extract of a letter dated Ballinasloe, 24th April :—" I re gret to have to tell you that the cholera has made its ap pearance here, and the town is in a frightful state this morning. There were upwards of twenty new cases of cholera this morning. I hear more since; there were several deaths last night through the town, and in the vi cinity persons are lying dead, and no one to bury them." bum CAPITALISTS, LARGE AND SMALL.—If there be any such, we beg leave to inform Sir James Graham that they are not likely to invest their money in land as he said they would. It appears that in the case of Keogh v. Keogh, a fee-simple estate in Roscommon has just been sold by public auction in Master Litton's office, to an English gentleman, for £1,500. The estate contains about 500 acres, is set to four tenants at rents amounting to £162 19s. Ild, a year, subject to a quit rent of .Z 1 12s. Id., and a chief rent of £l2, leaving a clear profit rent of £149 7s. 10d. The purchase money is a mere shade over ten years' purchase of an estate which would doubtless have freely brought from twenty to twenty-five a few years since. In Master Litton's office, yesterday, head rents of an extensive estate in the King's County, be longing to Count Magauley, were offered for sale ; of which, one divisicn of 68 Irish acres, under a lease of lives renewable for ever, paid a head rent of four pounds Irish. No person would bid for it. The whole, contain- ing a vast tract of land, producing at such rents £750 a year, could not obtain one bidding; £15,500 were offered for it last November, and it was withdrawn ; as many shillings would not have been obtained for it yesterday. In the meantime we could enumerate within our own knowledge six or seven traders, possessing capitals vary ing from five to ten thousand pounds, who have closed their establishments and sold their stocks, and, ere three months shall end, will enjoy that security for industry and property, under the star-spangled banner, which no longer exists under the union-jack.—Dublin Mail. ESCAPE FROM A BAILIFF.—A few days ago, a sheriff's bailiff. in the county of Sligo, arrested a man for debt, and directed his steps towards the county prison at Sligo- On the way they shortened the road by conversation, and occasionally a " blast of the pipe," entering a house now and then to obtain "a coal." One of the cabins they visited for the latter purpose happened to be a shebeen house, and after a glass or two, the prisoner remarked the poteen was so good, and the road so long, they might as well have a bottle of the stuff to keep their courage up, and the landlady securing the cork, the bailiff having a capacious coat pocket, he deposited it therein. Passing through the village of Skreen, they entered the revenue police-barrack to " light the pipe," and while engaged in this delightful occupation, the attention of one of the `revenue men" was caught by a very significant wink and nod from the prisoner which he read to be that contraband goods were at hand. Directing his attention to the pocket of the functionary of the law, he perceived an unusual projection, and, knocking against it accidentally, he de manded to see what it was. To this the bailiff demurred, alleging it was a sample of turf he was taking to Sligo, but the revenue's sense of smelling was too keen, he hunted up the game, pulled out the cork, and pronounced it unchristened poteen. To pass over such a breach of the law on the part of one of the executive was not to be thought of; he accordingly requested the bailiff's atten dance before a neighbouring magistrate, enforcing the invitation by the aid of a pair of handcuffs. It was in vain to say nay, the revenue was inexorable, and the bailiff was agreeable to go," if the prisoner would ac company him. To this, however, the revenue officer ob jected, he had no charge against him, and the debtor, with a peculiar application of his thumb to the tip of his nose, having wished the bailiff " the top of the morning," pro ceeded on his way home rejoicing.—Mayo Paper. COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty ret urne d t o t 41, own from Windsor on Wednesday afternoon. On Sunday, she attended divine service in the private chapel of the palace, and the Arch bishop of Canterbury preached. Wednesday was the birthday of the Princess Alice, on which occasion her Majesty gave a juvenile party, at which Robert Houdin had the honour of performing. Her Ma jesty and Prince Albert went in the evening to the Lyceum Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM.—The Queen held a drawing-room (the second this season) on Thursday, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert ar rived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock, attended by the royal suite, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards. The Queen wore a pink and silver watered train, trimmed with pink satin ribbons, silver cord, and bou que t s o f d a i s i es , pink and white, orna mented with diamonds. The petticoat was of white satin, trimmed with old lace. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath of daisies (to correspond with the dress), diamonds, and feathers. Both the train and the petticoat were of British manufacture. We may here ob serve that it was universally admired for its chaste and beautiful effect. The adoption of the " modest daisy" as the leading ornament was especially remarked, and may be quoted as an instance of her Majesty's refined and ex quisite taste. The Duchess of Gloucester entered upon her 74th year, on Wednesday. The whole story of the arrest of the Count de Monte molin, on the Spanish frontier, of his previous progress and subsequent transmission back to England, turns out to be a clever fabrication. The couut, it appears, has never been out of London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, at Newmarket, were won on Tuesday last, by Mr. A. Nicholl's br. c. Nunnykirk, beating Honeycomb, Varican, Garrick, Fire King, Indus, Do-the-boys, and Oquetos. The Queen's Plate was won by Lord Exeter's b. f. Tobhana, beating three others. On Thursday, the One Thousand Guineas Stakes were won by Mr. F. Clarke's The Flea, beating Clarissa, St. Rosalia, and Sister to Arkwright. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The appointment of Sir H. L. Bulwer as Envoy to the United States appeared in the Gazette, of Friday. In the Commons, on Tuesday, Sir R. H. Tnglis pre sented several petitions against Mr. Wortley's Marriage Bill. An address of confidence in Mr. Hudson, M.P., has been got up in Sunderland, and already bears the signa tures of a considerable majority of the constituent body. Mr. H. Drummond was the only member who, having voted and spoken against the second reading of the Navi gation-laws, voted in favour of the third reading on Monday. NAVIGATION LAWS.—Lord Stanley, on presenting several petitions against the Navigation Laws, on Friday, said, he wished to take the earliest opportunity of stating that it was his intention to give the most determined and uncompromising opposition to the measure when it came before their lordships' house. (Hear, hear.) He should omit no endeavour to throw out the bill ; and he trusted that no apprehended risk or difficulties which might arise from its rejection would deter their lordships from endea vouring to cause the rejection of a bill !so prejudicial to the best interests of the country. (Hear, hear.) PROTECTION.—Our readers will learn with satisfaction that " a public meeting of persons engaged in agricultural, colonial, commercial, manufacturing, and shipping pur suits, who are favourable to the principle of moderate, just, and equal protection to every interest in the state, will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopgate-street, on Tuesday, the Ist of May, his Grace the Duke of Richmond in the chair, to take into consideration the expediency of the immediate formation of an association for mutual de fence against the destructive application of the extreme principles of free-trade."—Morning Herald. Mr. C. HINDLEY, M.P., AND FREE TRADE.—Mr. Hindley's opinion of free-trade, and its effects upon the human character, was delivered at a meeting of over lookers and factory workers at Ashton, on Saturday the 14th inst., in the following terms :—" I HAVE FOUND FREE-TRADE TO BE DEVOID OF MORAL PRINCIPLE, NOR DOES IT ACKNOWLEDGE THE SANCTIONS OF MORAL RE STRAINT. ITS WHOLE DRIFT AND OBJECT IS THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS OF THE HUMBLE INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED IN AMASSING IT." This admission of an obvious truth by one of the foremost in the ranks of those who are called free-traders, but who at length by expe rience has proved how bitter are the fruits of that system, ought to go far in opening the eyes of every one. AI3.IIISTORICAL PARALLEL.—At a recent Protectionist Meeting, one of the speakers urged the meeting not to despair of getting back the duty on grain. In the Lords they had leaders like Richmond and Stanley ; and in the Commons there was a glorious band, not forgetting Mr. Stanley, the member for Lynn, who had promised to take Lord George Bentinck for his example. With Mar mion he said, `Let Stanley charge with spurs of fire.' Three hundred and fifty years ago the fortunes of the Red Rose of Lancaster were at a lower ebb than even the present agricultural interest. When Henry Tudor landed at Milford Haven he had no more than 2,000 followers ; but shortly after that, supported by the feeling of the country, he gained the battle of Bosworth Field, and the Lord Stanley of that day found the crown of Richard HI. and placed it on the head of Henry VII. May the Lord Stanley of this day shortly crown Britannia with the dia dem of protection." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. The University of Cambridge has petitioned against the bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister. At a meeting of the Heads of Houses, at Oxford, the Rev. E. M. Goulburn, M.A., Vicar of Holywell, Oxford, Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford, and late Fellow of Merton College, was elected preacher of the Bampton Lectures for 1850. Mr. Hawker has preached about fifteen years at Ply mouth, apart from the Bishop of Exeter's jurisdiction, without molestation.—Patriot. Mr. Shore has published a letter, in which he states that he would prefer remaining in prison to gaining his liberty through the altered clause (iv.) of Mr. Bouverie's bill. He instructs dissenters to oppose the bill. The Bishop of Capetown, the Rev. Dr. Gray, proceeded in February, in her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser, Com mander Brown, to the Island of St. Helena, his lordship's first visitation to that part of his diocese. After a stirring contest of two days, the Rev. J. Sisson, the late curate, has been elected by the freeholders vicar of Orton, near Kendal, by a majority of four over his com petitor, the Rev. G. Atkinson, curate of Arnold Notts. the numbers at the close of the poll being Sisson, 146; Atkinson, 142. Twenty-four of Mr. Sisson's votes are, however, disputed, as delivered by proxy. The elec tors were entertained at the public-houses at the expense of the candidates. METROPOLIS' CHURCHES FUND.—It appears from a report put forth by the committee that 22 churches have been built, and one provided for, wholly from the fund ; and 33 built and five building which have been assisted by it. These 61 churches accommodate 65,000 persons. The amount expended from the fund has been £227,000, in ad dition to which £203,378 has been expended from other sources, making the total cost of the 61 churches including small endowments in some of the poorer districts £410,977. This does not include churches built by the munificence of individuals or public bodies, but, only such as have been built or aided by the " Metropolis Churches Fund." The tenth of the Bethnal Green' churches has been com menced. The church, site, parsonage, and schools, are a free gift. All that now remains for completing the ori ginal plan are five parsonages and four school buildings for 2,000 children. Towards this a donation of £5OO has been received from Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co. REV. J. SHORE.—This individual's supporters seem determined not to bate one inch in their efforts to exalt him to the honours of " martyrdom." The recent docu mentary demolition of his whole case is regarded by the political dissenters as a nonentity ; and we hardly take up a liberal paper without seeing something about him—a list of subscriptions, a pathetic correspondence, an an nouncement of a meeting. In Devonshire, Earl Fortescue and Lord Ebrington have both swollen Mr. Shore's exche quer ; " martyrdom " appears to be the most profitable trade going. In Cheltenham, the dissenting pulpits have lately, it is stated, rung with " the persecution," and a Shore meeting is to be held there next week. Under cover of this pretence, the political dissenters vainly hope to injure the church, but they will damage themselves most seriously, if they persevere in a system of agitation which is absolutely fraudulent. CHURCH REFORM.—The parish of Wolverhampton contains 120,000 inhabitants,—a population larger than that of many English counties. Virtually, the spiritual interests of this large number of people were, as far as the church was concerned, consigned to the keeping of two curates. The Collegiate body consisted of a Dean, seven Prebendaries, and a Sacrist. But the Dean and the Prebendaries did not reside at Wolverhampton, and kept up no farther connection with it than by receiving the revenues, and occasionally acting as landlords of the church property which they held in virtue of their office. The Sacrist was the incumbent; but he, too, was content with the duties of a non-resident, leaving the labours of active service to the two curates before mentioned, who received, for undertaking the cure of 60,000 souls each— the surplice fees. In ordinary circumstances, it is consi dered that a population of 4.000 souls is quite as large a cure as ought to be entrusted to one clergyman ; and, according to the general calculations as to church accom modation, provision ought to be made for one-third of the inhabitants of the parish, —a system which, if it were followed in Wolverhampton, would provide accommoda tion for 40,000 persons. Perhaps, therefore, it will not be far from the truth to say, that, in these two most im portant items of pastoral superintendence and church accommodation, the efficient machinery in the parish of Wolverhampton was about a twentieth part of what it ought to have been, when computed at a low average . I n respect of other advantages which the church undertakes to provide, such as schools in connection with the esta blishment, we may fairly estimate the manner in which they were afforded, at the same ratio. Meanwhile, the large revenues of the Collegiate Church were being spent at Windsor, where the dean (who happened also to be the Dean of Windsor) preferred residing. There has, however, been an end put to all this ; and the manner and completeness of its being effected, will, it is to be hoped, throw a guiding light on many a similar process before the old system is forgotten. Some of the benevo lent and earnest among the parishioners, tired of waiting for reform in the church, began to do the work them selves. Two ladies gave each £lO,OOO for the erection and endowment of churches in different districts, and soon found others to imitate their example. The eccle siastical commissioners adopted other expedients for sup plying the urgent wants of the parish, while waiting for the slow operation of the act which was passed in 1840, and the object of which was to make a more equitable distribution rnd efficient application of such misused re venues as these of Wolverhampton. Under the opera tion of that act, the deanery was to be abolished, and the whole sinecure collegiate endowments vested, as vacan cies occurred, in the commissioners, for alteration and re-distribution. But here, as in many other instances, it was found that the course of operations was far too slow for the urgent necessity of the case, it being requisite to wait for the death of each functionary, before his income reverted to the commissioners. In fact, the circumstances proved very strongly the want of such a commission as that which has been recently granted to Lord Ashley. At length, a separate act for the improvement of the church in Wolverhampton was procured last year, in pursuance of which a scheme was drawn up by the commissioners, and ratified by an order of council. The result is briefly this :—By the alteration and reform of this single parish, a rectory and fifteen distinct vicarages are created, and, with the other two districts above named, are endowed to an amount capable of supporting a clergyman in respecta bility and comfort, whilst no less a sum than £12,500 is appropriated for residences, sites, and contributions to churches. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The case of the Queen v. W. S. O'Brien has been set down for hearing on Thursday, the 10th instant. RICE V. GERARD.—A rule nisi in this case was granted in the Court of Exchequer yesterday week. The plaintiff is the schoolmaster who brought an action for false im prisonment against Sir John Gerard at the late Liverpool Assizes, and who, as he avers, was nonsuited through the misdirection of the learned judge. DR. HOOK ON MARRYING A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.—This reverend gentleman says, " The Church of England, in the table of kindred and affinity, (if that be part of the Prayer Book,) prohibits marriage between a man and the sister of his deceased wife. If a bill were brought into Parliament to compel me to solemnize such marriages, I should resist it as an act of tyranny. But Mr. Wortley does not propose to compel the Church to solemnize such marriages. Therefore, as a Churchman, I have no ground for complaint against his measure. He proposes that, regarding marriage as a civil contract, mar riage contracted by a man with his deceased wife's sister, before the registrar, shall be legal. As a citizen, I give him my support, and wish him success. People in ge neral do not consider such marriages improper. They cannot be proved to be improper by Scripture. The question is, therefore, one of expediency, and my experi ence as a parochial minister induces me to think the measure expedient." QUARREL OF COUNSEL.—There was a " scene" in the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday last. It was stated to Sir Frederick Thesiger that a habeas corpus case in which he was engaged had been postponed till the mor row, in consequence of the application made by the At torney-General to the judges in their private chambers.— Sir F. Thesiger : " It is a most extraordinary thing that the Attorney-General should make such an arrangement behind my back. He knew I was counsel in this case, and I cannot attend here to-morrow, as I am going into the Court of Chancery."—Mr. Baron Rolfe : " We had not the least idea that the arrangement to postpone the case until to-morrow would not suit your convenience." —Sir F. Thesiger said he was quite sure their lordships were not aware of the fact.—Mr. Baron Platt : " It was very wrong to have such an arrangement made without the consent of the other side."—Mr. Baron Parke said that the Attorney-General should be sent for, and the learned gentleman having, in a few minutes afterwards, entered the court, Sir F. Thesiger, addressing him, said : " I am complaining of your conduct in having gone before their lordships, behind my back, to have this case fixed for to-morrow."—The Attorney-General : " ' Behind your back !' I really don't understand you. I told you I was going to make the application."—Sir F. Thesiger : "No, no ; indeed you did not."—The Attorney-General : " I told you that I understood as Mr. Baron Alderson could not hear the case at chambers, he was coming down to court to hear it, and that I was going to see him about it. Sir F. Thesiger : " You did certainly tell me that, but you did not say a word about fixing the case for hear ing to-morrow."—Mr. Baron Platt : " The judges ought to have been informed that the other side had not con sented to the arrangement."—The Attorney-General: " I told my learned friend that I was coming down to speak to the judges upon the subject, in order that it might stand over for to-morrow." Sir F. Thesiger, sharply " No, no ; not a word of that."—The Attor ney General : " I am quite surprised at being addressed in this manner. I told you I was coming down to speak to thejudges." Sir F. Thesiger, abruptly : " 1 deny it." The Attorney -General : " I'll allow no one to speak to me in that manner."—Sir F. Pollock, C. 8., here inter posed, and the case was proceeded with. A Miss Barclay, it appeared, had stayed with her aunt, the Countess of Zetland, at the request of her mother, since dead, who had been pained by disclosures of adultery committed by Mr. Barclay, her husband. An application was now made for the young lady to return home. The Earl and Countess of Zetland, Mr. Barclay and son, and the learned judges, went into a private apartment to consult with her as to her wishes ; and, although the result was not publicly declared, it was generally understood in court that Miss Barclay, who is fourteen years of age, had chosen to continue with the countess. THE LAND SCHEME.—The Worcester Herald gives a lamentable account of the condition of Feargus O'Con nor's allottees, on the Lawband's estate, in* Redmarley, Worcestershire. Six families have left, and the rest are in a state approaching to destitution. The " settlement" was made in 1848. RAILWAY AFFAIRS• -- „f the , : It is said that th e eng i n e manufactorY_",loo Western Railway, at Crewe, turns out an " niffi and tender every M on d a y m orning. T clf A CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWA Y ';„ IFi week ending 21st April :—Coaching traffi c 7 111 4d. ; parcels, £35 7s. 2d.; goods and cattle' s• steamboats £l5O Os. 6d. ;—total, £1,360 1 ',:,.„401i sive of toll Shrewsbury and Chester Liu"' t (ii sl° payment for conveyance of mails. proved mos itl The storm on Thursday week ~i grsPA to the posts and wires of the electric l e stevio bee: 1 fiSaisollhueetndh especially,pEo s a tT s s t hh e aue r South-Eastern Thursday hh l w ii i t i ;m e se . das a.n yh in From er of Ashford tho te 1 e t g o r 8 ph sive,pany , n b o y t t t o h e mentionu ntwa r t dh the mailT accident,serious e tPrae i ic n n m u t ig' e u r io s a r t t r u le p h; l i t° o ; slisg i b t leee o d si ti l to the working of the telegraph. A i r . .1 351 ,r, O, CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. - -- - ; a ittevi croft, the chairman of the above line, has t .0 11 r) to Mr. Herapath, of the Railway Joura g : te 'sli t the provisions in the bills before parliament 4 , t t Herapath objected have been withdrawn,.af,o4 holders of £3l shares will not be affected cY `al. of the bill. He adds that the directors havetthel to pay interest to the holders of £3l sharehaerspsolt/04 £4 per cent. from Christmas last. M r ' h i e tile" hereupon, notified that he shall not trou. „,, r ii 0 1 with further opposition. It is stated that $_; 0 100 the London and Northwestern is sitting tu' lj i.,, oib for the running of the traffic of this CO line from Bourn to Manchester, which wi l d . A . iil struction of a line between Warrington an rep ort m EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. -- T he 4 . s oll" committee appointed to investigate the aua` wit]) y tern Counties Railway has been published• tiro s ,{ to past management the committee report 8 01 their observation goes, the conduct of tb, e he dsi s company, under Mr. Bosanquet, from 1 1 0, i formation in 1835 up to his retirement i .LJpe no ground for disapproval. The last diviri int: those circumstances was 3s. per share, wh'i n the nion of the committee was fairly earned. e . g e year of 1845 Mr. Hudson joined the directioti,, Do lated for the entire control ; subseece n 10 0 ,0 agreeing that Mr. Waddington should 11 5,1 0 iDe'• 1 ment of the traffic department. On the2 - 4. ns. pel4 1845, it was resolved to pay a dividend of ; ot hov e The half-year's accounts extended up to th e ',. th elv ary, and of course, therefore , at this tin e e f f; r :e not have been made up ; and tis not only ~Dy red, that the whole thing was arranged without "theli`j whatever to the accounts, but also that vardifitler g s were made up they did not show any such consejel been earned ; that the traffic accounts wer e altered to suit the circumstances ; that in ` sti o el ing year the same system has been purs ued lis a tri si now appears that out of £545,714 Ss. 4d. " 08 0 .' 1 i j di u v l i y d , e l n B d 4 s B, fr .z om ll s t , h 2 e 7B 4 B th s. s o d f . J w a a n s ua p r r y o , cll B r 4 e s d : Ab lt y_ be or, e 'ion xocn th9oial,ne6rsrgo o ee6i f cits ue t lt r me7u a ns ffi s.tu:a6 c ytpdo, a i.gt c oueh c ltuoahutveenrot been account,e, iexutnh and t h £ u 2 s o n3 s u 2 k 9 i 4 n 4 7 5 ; t l 7 :,.., i deeds s s. ; ;'. 15s. 10d., which was not applicable to u"'ditiJeSo' £225,141 was the amount that had been ear n , e 4ek,? mit tee, and the whole of w tP h bsa i u c r i ni:da l 4m a i s nea t enc a xtt c Pau c rlia o Yical c eib : tre i. : l :l ception of £2,000, Mr. Waddington su u t hroug,jl have stated were di s b urse d b y the company' 'hick Al for services re n d ere d , an d i n a manner !,:,,,ill' leave them at libe r ty t o g i ve particulars witl o - ) 11 01 ing other parties." The £2,000 was given sf! ding t o it n tot ofteohrah that veeervffebi effect. The ruTennhadebelreedtu resultt fi o no t df h a e tnh c ye e r eso ui p l a r x iii committee elusivelyt hecom p i a n n company, e i t handsis stated, mh Mr. Hudson been to andp aair.,:; ton, and the committee conclude by rem oe ' , regards the way i n w hi c h t h e power h as been 1,6', the former gentlemen, the statements they et , will relieve th em f rom t h e necessity t of chat s- o il') In connexion w ith th e present position of th e r the effect of a p a y men t o f di v id ends cu . of ca n tfr , reckless expenditure, m us t now b e looked 5 , : ' ' ever disproportioned to its value is the su er ,. perded, conside ra bl e a dditi ons to t h a t soul the extent of £soo,ooo—must be made b e fore t If, account is closed. The immediate point Of I ,: i t I V true state of the working account for the 1% 5 0 1 That account, as presented to a recent gen e exhibited £103,687 as nettrofit, but this w " I: placing £97,364 to capital account, which olig_4l been charged to current expenses, so that the,n was only £6,323—a sum too small for any i a the sum of £97,364 t h us improperly e harge cl i th account, 64,478 was for expenses connecte6:gf periods —so that the actual earnings o f the 5 4 j , still I e considered to show a dividend of 3s. ',,petv 0 . ing of future prospects the committee recc% l ol. diate steps to ascertain and settle all claht, 0 the capital account, also a reduction ( 4. 1'4 a directors to twelve, a provision for the eu`' e t accounts, the appointment of a law-clerk s t a stipend, the taxing of all law-bills at Pres ° , a diminution in the speed of the goods' traii;','„ of the passenger trains in the purely sgrico" t and the exerch,e of a gen era l, but IM i" economy throughout the establishment. ~,.0 . merely developes the existence in the Oi s c a ve Railway of a sy s t em , w hi c h i s known t°, -ta' pretty generally in railway" managenicuy,'7' enndemned by th e enmmitte;:, it will he P,;5 1 ' -'4l the infancy of rail way undertakings, mueu " iie slts D " - sf both sides, both i n f avour of and agains t t n 't oP e,, ell versal practice of ke e pi ng th e capital acc° ll " ities or: whole cost of con s t ruc ti on, an d t h e diffic u , in t , pense of brin g i ng suc h extensive un d e rtakiu,gocel profitable working order, have been accuratcl J BIRKENHEAD FAlR.—This fair was he ld „ O • 1111; There was a much l arger attendance t h a n ; 0 t ".. nessed for many previous f a i rs , an d the 1 0- If t/ ness done increased in proporti on . The 110.. and spring calves was also larger than usual' o f i not seem to meet 'ready sale. The she/ 0 good, and the demand brisk at r a ther 01 0 0 o f Altogether, this fair is the best that has ... t ',. al e Birkenhead for several y ears p as t. Mrs. Jermy has pr ogresse d f avo urablY% oo o f been enabled to le ave h er b e d f or a few mble Chestney had also impro ve d, an d h a d been $ 4 , 0 flp about a little on cruches. The last accou°,,' with state that they are s till s l ow l y i n wrevist6 s .°4 scription for Eliza Chestney amoun t s to r ° salri Duke of Cambridge has sen t £IQ. The su„ r ir Emily Sandford amounts t o £4Bl. The lat'' tt; emigrate, under the protection of her brotber' il dlyo, THE HOME OF JENNY LIND.—On the 1,47 holm lies another unp r et en di ng nes t, idert tl i t itil, tive genius, with one who bids fair to rev° b 1 world of song, one who was as the wild dale, I°, side, a " wee modest crimson-tipped fiower,' o o, ' in any moment have been driven by the 1:" ° d itl°, the stour" save for her self-cultivation a n ber e li perseverance. Pastoral as herself, simple a.,,,-, i r ii the abode of Jenny Li n d' s o ld pare nts, „a them in their old age, a fili a l tribute to t i. ° ,/ stowed no especial parent a l care upo n 'l e from the North. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER.—The extreme point of c i nc l ' u o -19 yarns have reached, espec i ally water twist,,, eso week, to an incre ase o f operations for the hur°,ool• but these purchas es h ave b een of an irregular pre, what could be got on lower terms than at arlanc: of the present year, quite as low, in many in al tober last. Ho wever, the pressure upon th i s de , e re market is in some degree diminished : the ba 3 pri a lay their hands u p on stoc k s at out-of-the-way t, were able to do a f ew d ays ago. T o t hi s O a fo r D o ment is perceived. I n qua li t i es f or India, aaorali. facture, there does not appear to b e an y fay goods, the transactions have b een exceedia.b .,r .11", confined mainly to 40-inch 60 to 64-reed to printing cloths, and some of the lower c l %' e olif d . mestics. No relief i s f e l t i n h i avy fabrics. ",„0"" are selling scarcely a nyt hi ng for home cons 1"4 0 0 4 tention of resorting t o s h ort t i me, as a relmoe , u circumstances, is still entertained, a n d not ua ried out. ROCHDALE.—There is no improvement t , ° ,01 ,1 '. flannel market, either in p r i ces or quan tit, e ' market also continues much depressed ; ta buy very sparingly, at prices a shade lower. eel!, LEEDS.—The woollen cloth markets has 10' this week. The cold weather which prevailq t of the present and the whole of the past We e ,, os tili t • sales for the home trade, and the renewal of '; a te the Danes and Germans, with the unsettled ! io nel fl e t 4 of Europe, has caused less business to be tp trade than usual at this season. As, howev e ..clir little speculation manifested either by man firs, chants, stocks are but small. Prices remain P es s BRADFORD. —There has been a good busi,a e issto. goods this week—better, indeed, than for ti! hut not so much in yarns or wools. There la prices. HALIFAX. —There has been but slender 11.n.itrii a b. ...,e CPA chants in our Piece Hall to-day ; and the sa ne ti,' ing in operation, there is no improvement ir l i v ocl ot i worsted goods. Yarns also remain prettY ~e cli / The wool market is exceedingly dull, and t , ' g a r, somewhat lower. ; p t le b i llii, d HUDDERSFIELD.—There has been a 3. ..__ oi - el re of f week, and not such a numerous atten an - 0 0 di have had for some weeks past. Prices are vr ,p , tion—firm ; and stocks very limited. J .,,tiOlif NOTTINGHAM.—Lace : Most of our prouv- a y general sale, if we except the article of plai n ice• 6 are dull of sale, even at unremnnerating ProtA , l are in very fair request. Hosiery : We d o a tb#lo _...... falling off in demand for a n y o f oar ar ticle flat A r London trade is reported to be unusuallY P:i trol , fortnight, in consequence of th e co ld ana ''' 'l e ri F vailed : nevertheless, most goods are selling ' f ly LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOI?' I' !Direct.' Indirect.' - I Australia .. J an . 10 Lima ...... I Bahia .. Feb. 21 Maranbara.• . a t Barbadoes March 29 Mauritius • • • Bombay .. 17 Mobile.... B. Ayres .. M on t e Vide* Calcutta .. C. G. Hope. .. Feb. 9 New York•••1310' Charleston . .. March 31 PernambuCo• le China .. Feb. 27 Rio Janeiro- fe P Demerara .. March 21 Savannah • • 00 , Havana .. 29 St. Helena • Jamaica .. .. 24 Valparaiso La Guavra %Vera Cruz TIDE TABLE May. h. m. h. m. ft. in. Tuesday.... 1 611 655 13 1 Wednesday. 2 734 8 9 13 3 Thursday.. 3 843 9 6 14 1 of Friday .... 4 929 952 15 4 Saturday .. 510 12 10 31 16 1 4WO Sunday.... 610 50 11 7 16 11 Monday.... 711 23 11 40 17 1 Hay t*.., y„ e:''"ll2pip ' 'll4 ' rl, 4e Yl o , iB . 4 ,9‘ l •PPr e ; flt, 41 ,t, 4 ir e 4 , 01 : ,_ .!, n, 3 . 1% I nti time nay l&