The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

Froreebings in Varitainnit. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Lord STANLEY, amongst a number of petitions from various seaports in tne United Kingdom, presented one from Liverpool, signed by more than 47,000 persons, praying that their lordships would not assent to the repeal of the Navigation-laws. The petition was signed by nine-tenths of the electors of the borough, and by more than 1000 of the leading mercantile firms in that great seaport. He hoped the petition, which affirmed the prin- Ciple of protection to British commerce, would have due weight with their lordships. The noble lord then pre sented a petition from 1,485 masters, mates, and seamen of the port of Hull ; from 2,871 merchants, shipowners, and other inhabitants of the town of Leith ; from Wis beach, from Dunfermline, Alloa, Gainsborough, Bideford, Belfast, Orkney, Sligo, Cork, and other places. Some bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY On the motion that the Rate-in-Aid Bill be read a third time, Captain JONES moved that the bill be read a third time that day six months. Lord J. RUSSELL said, in consequence of the distressing accounts which he bad received from Ireland, he felt it necessary to say that the sum of £50,000 granted by the house was nnw exhausted ; and a larger sum than he at first contemplated would be necessary to be advanced before the Rate-in-Aid Bill would have passed through Parliament. Mr. BANKES said the distress in Ireland was most fear ful, and they must all deplore and endeavour to relieve it ; but the English and Scottish members had a right to ask for some security for the monies to be advanced. He felt convinced that a much larger sum than was at all con ceived at the present moment would be required to extri cate Ireland from its present position. The relief of that country should, however, be attempted, not by a rate in aid, like the present, but by the reestablishment of pro tection to agriculture, and thus levying a rate in aid on foreign countries. After some discussion, in which Mr. B. Cochrane. Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. Grattan, Mr. J. O'Con nell, and Colonel Dunne took part, The house divided, and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 129 to 55. HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY The Bishop of EXETER presented several petitions praying that the Bill for the Consolidation of the Criminal Law might not he passed, and also that the penalty of prcetnunire, which was extremely vague and almost un• intelligible, might be exchanged for something distinct and practical. Lord BROUGHAM explained that his bill left the penalty in question exactly as it found it. It would be expedient, however, before his bill passed, that Parliament should apply itself to the consideration of the law of prmmunire, and that it should not leave it in a state which was an opprobrium to the country. The Bishop of EXETER agreed with Lord Brougham in thinking the penalty, as it now stood, a disgrace to the statute-book, and hoped that the house would take the opinions of the Judges before it came to any decision on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM moved for certain returns on the sub ject of the management of railways, which were agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Mr. J. O'CONNELL brought forward a question of pri vilege, which, after amusing the house for a short time, he withdrew. Mr. EWART then reproduced his sessional motion for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the punishment of death. He urged that capital punishment was an uncertain one; that it was unequal relatively to the crime; that the spec tacle was demoralizing ; that the punishment of death produced a reactionary feeling in the mind of the public, and even of the criminal himself; it was the only punish ment which imitated the crime it was intended to repress ; and, lastly, it was an irremediable penalty. Sir G. GREY opposed the motion, feeling the strongest conviction that the time was far distant when the inflic tion of the extreme penalty of the law, in cases of extreme guilt, could be dispensed with. Many of Mr. Ewart's arguments, he remarked, applied to a period antecedent to 1841, since which time no criminal had suffered the punishment of death but for wilful and deliberate mur der. He maintained the necessity, although it might not be capable of actual demonstration, for the protection of human life, of throwing around it that terror which was entertained of the punishment of death, and which being entertained had a deterring effect. He denied that the crime of murder had increased, as Mr. Ewart had as sumed ; on the contrary, taking a series of years, murder was the only crime which had not materially increased. Sir George then examined the statistical arguments of Mr. Ewart, drawing very different conclusions from the official returns, to which, however, he did not attach much value, preferring to take a common-sense view of the question ; and he asked the house whether it could be affirmed that the time had arrived when capital punish ment could be abolished for murder and for high treason, no substitute being suggested which would afford an equal protection to society. He admitted the evils arising from public executions, which furnished a strong objection to capital punishment ; but whilst it was retained public executions were unavoidable. Several other members addressed the house, when the motion was negatived by a majority of 51 to 25. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Amongst other business, the Clergy Relief Bill went into committee. The clauses, up to the fifth, were agreed to, as was part of the sixth clause ; but the latter part, which allowed clergymen to refuse the rights of the Church to seceding clergymen, was negatived, on a divi sion, by a majority of 118 to 57. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice of a motion rela tive to the agricultural distress, for Friday, 11th May. The Bishop of CASHEL presented petitions from 40,000 Protestants in Ireland, and 16,600 of the clergy, in favour of scriptural education in Ireland. The Cruelty to Animals Prevention Bill was, after some debate, read the third time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY A large number of petitions were presented in favour of and against the New Marriage Bill ; in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill ; and several in favour of compelling Railway Companies to run passenger trains on a Sunday. The second reading of the Marriages Bill was moved by Mr. Wortley. Mr. GOITLBURN rose to move that it be read a second time that day six months. He premised that this was a question which, involving the construction of Holy Writ and the meaning of the Divine command, was difficult to deal with in a popular assembly. He then spoke at some length against the bill, and concluded by pointing out the position in which the clergy would be placed by this mea sure, and by the awkward attempt to evade the difficulty by leaving it optional with a clergyman to celebrate such marriages or not. _ _ A discussion then followed, in which Mr. Mikes, Mr. Seymer, the Earl of Arundell, Mr. J. O'Connell, and others took part, after which the debate was adjourned to the following day. The nomination of the select committee on Savings' Banks led to a smart debate and two divisions. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY A vast number of petitions were presented against the repeal of the navigation laws. Lord STANLEY put the same questions to the govern ment respecting the bill for granting compensation for the losses sustained in the late Canadian rebellion as had been asked by Mr. Herries in the House of Commons on Wed nesday, and condemned in strong terms the practice of private communication between the governors of colonies and the Colonial Secretary, as tending to oust the consti tutional control of Parliament, and relieve ministers of all responsibility. Earl GREY said that Lord Elgin had intimated that the responsibility rested with him as to whether he shonld accept or reject the bill passed by the Legislative Assem bly, or as to whether he should reserve the measure for the consideration of the government at home. The go vernment had every confidence in the discretion of Lord Elgin, and would accord to him the fullest support in the exercise of his discretion. After some observations from Lord BROUGHAM, the subject dropped. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in a committee of the whole house, moved an advance of the sum of £300,000 to the loan commissioners for the improvement of land in Ireland, to enable them to give additional em ployment to the people by lending money to the landed proprietors for the purpose of improving their lands, upon the security of those lands. He also moved the advance of a sum of £200,000, in addition to the balance now in hand, for the promotion of arterial drainage in that country, which sum would be sufficient for the present year, as government would only advance half the money required to be expended in the works. After some observations from Mr. 0. GORE, deprecia tory of the advantages supposed to be conferred by the loan commissioners upon Irish proprietors. Mr. FRENCH said he could not approve of the proposed measure, which, in his opinion, would only throw addi tional burdens on Ireland, which she was wholly inca pable of supporting. This measure was a corollery to all the former measures df the government, which were wholly inadequate to the crisis in which the country was placed, and which, like its predecessors would signally fail. . . _ After some observations from Lord Barnard, Mr. Gro gan, Mr. Trelawny, Mr. A. Stafford, Mr. J, O'Connell, and Mr. Reynolds, the votes were agreed to. The adjourned debate on the Marriages Bill was then resumed. Sir G. GREY, without at all entering into the theolo gical views of the subject,. for such a question was no t likely to receive a satisfactory solution by any decision of that house, should vote for the second reading of the bill. Believing there was great doubt in the minds of many as to whether such marriages were prohibited by the law of God, and feeling satisfied in his own mind that no such prohibition existed, he would upon social grounds support the measure. The great preponderance of fact and of ar gument he thought was in favour of an alteration of the existing law, more particularly as the act of 1835 had not had the effect of putting a stop to such marriages as the present bill proposed to sanction hereafter. Sir R. INGLis, feeling the delicacy and sacredness of the subject, regretted that it had ever become a matter of discussion in that house. The question was altogether a scriptural and theological one, and looking at the bill of his right hon. friend (Mr. Wortley) in this point of view, he felt compelled to vote against it. The question was emphatically a woman's Question, and they were legislat ing according to their own feelings, without at all con -1 suiting the feelings of the women of England, whom he believed to be opposed, by an enormous majority, to the 1 measure before the house. The debate was then adjourned until Tuesday. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL 4 AMERICA. The Hermann arrived at Southampton on Saturday from New York with dates to the 20th ult. The Europa had arrived at New York on the 19. Nothing had occur red since the Niagara left. A good deal of political feeling existed in New York as to the appointments of collector. A steamer from California had arrived. There was severe suffering amongst the diggers. All accounts con firm the richness of the deposits. Gold had risen in value to 141 to 15 dots. All kinds of provisions continue high. The Mexican government has voted the Pope 25,000 dollars, and also authorised a loan of one and a half million. The American-Californian expedition had quarrelled with the Mexican troops, and a collision had taken place. The tariff in Canada was completely changed in detail and principal in passing through the house. From a free trade measure it had become a protection tariff. Great excitement has been caused by Earl Grey's despatches to Lord Elgin concerning the Halfax and Quebec railroads. Hundreds bad joined the British American League, and they were to issue a manifesto. The Canadian revenue diture by 10,000 dollars. The weather exceeds the ex in New York was cold. The canals were to open on the Ist of May. The money market was easier. Half a mil lion of specie by the Niagara had produced a good effect. Exchange on London. 107. Cotton had kept up in spite of the fall in Liverpool, as announced by the Europa. Fair Mobile Th; fully fair B*. Florida 7-1- to 71. Flour in de mand. Ohio and Genessee straight brands 4 75-100, 4 871.100. Pure Genessee 5. 3 / 4 to 1. Corn meal 2 674-100. Jersey wheat 120 for Genessee. INDIA By extraordinrry express, letters and papers by the overland mail from Bombay, of the 4th of April, were re ceived. The intelligence is most important and satisfac tory. The insurgent chiefs, Chuttur Singh, Shere Singh, and thirteen others of minor importance, have surren dered at discretion to the force under General Gilbert, and the remnant of the Sikh force, amounting to 16,000 men, guns were given up to the British authorities. After per forming this service, General Gilbert pushed on for the Indus, and had, by the latest advices, reached Attock, driving the Affghans in confusion before him. Mrs. Law rence and all the other prisoners had arrived in safety at Lord Gough's camp. The following are extracts from a letter dated Bombay, April 3 :--•' The intelligence forwarded by the mail of the 17th March will have produced an agreeable revulsion of feeling, and people will be prepared for the gratifying news of further successes since the glorious battle of Goojerat. Subsequent to that event, General Gilbert's movements have been rapid and decisive, and productive of important results, terminating in the unconditional surrender of Shere Singh, Chuttur Singh, and the principal Sikh Sir dars and Chiefs, to General Gilbert ; at the same time, forty-one pieces of cannon were given up, and about 16,000 men (some say 20,000) laid down their arms in presence of the British troops." _ • " The war is virtually concluded, nor is there likely to be much resistance from the enemy, although reports are rife that the Dost intended opposing General Gilbert's force in the passage of the Indus. " The latest intelligence from General Gilbert's camp is to the 18th of March ; from a rapid movement made by the General over some thirty miles of ground in a short space of time, he reached Attock in time to prevent the entire destruction of the bridge of boats, of which imme diate advantage was taken, and at the period of the tidings leaving camp three regiments were encamped on the Peshawar side of the river, and in the course of the next day the whole army was expected to be across. The Aff ghans, considering caution the better part of valour, had retreated, and if the Khyberries give them a hint not to pass, the Dost and his followers will find themselves in rather an awkward predicament. The ill-disciplined troops of the Ameer cannot offer any opposition of ccnse quence to the force under General Gilbert, which is com posed of the best materials, to say nothing of the head which directs the whole—a host in itself. Another thing in our favour is, that the people of the country are much more likely to side with a victorious army than with a re treating enemy, so that the Dost can have little to com fort him in this state of difficulties." Lord Dalhousie has contributed £5OO, and Lord Gough £4OO, for the widow and orphans of those who fell at Chillianwallah and Ramnuggur. The King of Prussia has refused the Imperial Crown of Germany. This determination of his Majesty has been communicated by his ministers to the Prussian plenipo tentiary at Frankfort, in a long note. The losses which have been incurred in the south of France by the sudden return of frost, are stated to be far more serious than had been anticipated, and by every post from that quarter additional destruction is reported to have occurred. The Algiers papers state that the discovery has been recently made that the forests in the neighbourhood of Bona, Phillippeville, &c., produce large quantities of fine bark adapted for the purposes of tanning, and that samples have been forwarded to Paris with the view of bringing the various qualities into use. According to a letter from Stockholm, there has been discovered, it is asserted, in an old mansion formerly belonging to the family of the Count de Fersen, who was attached to Louis XVI., but which is now under repair, a large collection of diamonds, valued at between 8,000,000 and 9,000,000 francs. IMPORTANT FROM CANADA.—The steamer Hermann has brought intelligence of the most interesting character on Canadian affairs : among others a series of resolutions agreed to by the British party at Montreal, protesting against the system pursued under the influence of the French Canadians, and forming a " British American Association " for the Anglifying of Canada. The tone and spirit of the resolutions render it evident that the English Canadians are not to be trifled with. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.—It appears by the 36th army bulletin, that the Hungarians, early on the morning of the 26th, made a sortie from Comorn, and commenced firing on the Imperial troops besieging that fortress. The latter, after an obstinate and sanguinary contest, suc ceeded (it is said in the bulletin), in repelling the insur gents, and in cutting to pieces two divisions of hussars, and two battalions of honveds. The Hungarians made good their retreat to the fortress. RELEASE OF LADY HORATIA WEBTON.—This lady, who had been shut up in the fortress cf Karlsbourg for some months, has just been released. Her Ladyship reached Bucharest in safety on the 15th ult., having, it is said, met with every attention from General Bern (the General-in-Chief of the Hungarian army in Transyl vania), who had forwarded a letter to Lord Dudley Stuart. through Mr. Colquhoun, her Majesty's Consul- General in Wallachia. PEACE CONCLUDED BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA. —The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald says, that all difficulties had been put an end to by an offer of Marshal Radetzky, and Count de Bruck, to accept 80,000,000 f, in lieu of 213,000,000. The offer has been accepted, and peace is now concluded. The French army at Civita Vecchia occupy the same positions ; and it is understood, that the conditions upon which France will consent to the restoration of the Pope are, first a general amnesty ; and, secondly, the grant of a more liberal con stitution than that accorded by the Pepal status. Until these conditions are granted, the French will not march to Rome as friends of the Pope. ROME.—The French government, on Wednesday, re ceived intelligence, by electric telegraph, that General Oudinot had marched, at the head of 6000 men, to Rome. The remainder of the expeditionary troops still remained at Civita Vecchia, and were daily expecting reinforce ments. ROME " GOING TO THE DOGS."—A private letter from Rome says :—" This poor dear place is going fast to the dogs. Nothing will be saved, not even those magnificent remains that belong to the entire world, and not alone to those dreadful Romans who allow such pillage. You know the beautiful spot between the Colosseum and the Campidoglio, where there was a fine alley of trees. I have just passed over it, and the trees have been dug up. All the ground is torn up, and cartloads of it are being taken away in order to level it for a reviewing ground. Imagine their making away with the remains of the Pa lace of the Caesars and the Colonnas ; perhaps even the arches ! They have taken the chalices from St. Peter's, and melted them. All the bells, with one exception, have been taken from the churches. The beautiful gold rose, used once a year by the Pope in a religious ceremony, was walled up to preserve it ; but a spy informed the Go vernment, and it has been destroyed ; and all the plate belonging to the Pope, some of which dated from Sextus V., has been melted, and the treasures of the two chapels have undergone the same operation. They insist upon all the statues, tombs, and balustrades in bronze being melted also : and when rich and even poor individuals of fered 25,000 f. to save some bells at St. Philip's, and at Jesu and Maria, they said it was not the money, but the destruction of the bells they wanted. The holy offices of Easter are only to take place in one or two churches, and that in the simplest manner possible. The chefs- d' wuvre of art are being taken from the museums by the chiefs of the Government. The church of St. John Lateran has not been touched yet. They set fire the other night to a number of carriages in the Via Babuine, belonging to a nobleman, out of vengeance. Water is kept ready in case they should set fire to St. Peter's or the other churches." COURT AND FASHION, On Wednesday afternoon her Majesty held a levee at St. James's Palace, which was numerously and most bril liantly attended. In the evening the Queen and Prince Albiert honoured with their presence the performance of the French plays, on which occasion, by the desire of her Majesty, Herold's celebrated opera Le Prs aux Clem, was given. On Thursday her Majesty and the Prince visited the Royal Academy in Trafalgar-square. THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND THE SLAVE TRADE.— At the Court on Tuesday, a deputation from the Society of Friends had an audience of the Queen, to present an address on the subject of the African slave trade and sla very. The deputation consisted of Samuel Gurney, W m . Forster, George Stacey, and Peter Bedford. Her Ma jesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The deputation was introduced by Sir George Grey, and presented their address, to which her Majesty replied, in effect, that she had received the address with much satisfaction, and fully appreciated the benevolent efforts of the Society of Friends in behalf of the suffering and oppressed. She said that she was deeply sensible of the wrongs and evils inflicted by the slave trade, and her best endeavours would continue to be directed towards its extinction. LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. EMIGRATION.—We remarked on Saturday that our towns, as well as our rural districts, are becoming deser ted by men who once contributed to their wealth, but whose trade, destroyed by " liberal" legislation, now returns less than will pay the Poor Rate. In the Mail since received we find a passage which shews that in Dub lin that twin-affliction is acting with the same expulsive power as in Cork :—We could enumerate within our own knowledge six or seven traders, possessing capitals varying 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. No wonder the Americans should praise our Russells and our Peels, and that democrats, envious of England, should wish her a long lease of the " statesmanship" which is sending her " bone and sinew" to strengthen the power, extend the commerce and man the fleets of her most formidable rival.— Cork Constitution. THE FAMINE IN IRELAND.—GREAT MORTALITY. — The letters and newspapers received from the south and west of Ireland are filled with accounts of deplorable deaths by starvation, with all their accompanying horrors. The paupers in the western workhouse are dying by hun dreds. They do not go into these houses until debilitated by hunger and consequent disease, and the food they re ceive is not well calculated to assist in rallying decaying vitality. In the Balinrobe workhouse, the deaths for the week before last were 146, and upwards of 400 paupers fled from it, " preferring," it is said to die by the way side. At Westport workhouse the deaths in the same week were 66, and the mortality is equally great in other similar receptacles in Mayo. The Mayo Constitution re ports three inquests, on two men:and a female, all of whom died from starvation, or exhaustion, arising from want. Six deaths from the same causes were reported to the Castlebar guardians in the same week. The following is an extract :--" Yesterday (April 26), as Constable O'Hara, of Molranny station, was returning from Achill petty sessions, he found a man lying dead on the road side at Owenduff, and not being able to procure his ad mittance into any house in the locality, the constable was forced to have him buried in a field, to prevent his being devoured by dogs, until such time as a coroner's inquest can be held on the body." A family named Harley, father, mother, and two children, perished at Milltown, same week, from cold and want of food. A man was also found dead in the neighbourhood ; and another in the road between Rathkeale and Askeaton. Otherdeaths are also noticed. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 28th April :—coaching traffic, £B3B 1 ls. 10d, ; Parcels, £34 3s. Id.; goods and cattle, £3OO 9s. 7d.; steam boats, £143 16s. 6d. ; total, £1,317 ls. (exclusive of tolls from Shrewsbury and Chester Company, and pay ment for conveyance of mails. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY STOCK. — A special meeting of the proprietors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was held on Wednesday, at which it was unanimously resolved—" That the guaranteed 6 per cent. preference shares of the company be converted and consolidated into a general capital stock, to be called ' The Lancashire and Yorkshire consolidated 6 per cent. preference stock,' as to such of the said shares as shall be paid up on the 30th day of May next, from that date ; and so much of the said shares as shall not then be paid up, from time to time when and so soon as the same res pectively shall be paid up." YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY. — An extraordinary meeting took place on Friday, at York, Mr. Davies in the chair. The chairman read a letter from Mr. Hudson, tendering his resignation. The pre sent directors were required to hold office until the com mittee had made a report of their investigation, for which purpose every facility was to be afforded them. It was also ordered that all bills at present before parliament be suspended for a month. A committee of investigation, was then appointed, consisting of gentlemen from Edin burgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Liverpool. The meet ing closed at two o'clock. A RAILWAY DIRECTOR.—John Alexander, a " Provi sional Director" of the Madras and Harcourt Railway, was discharged from the Insolvent Court, on Friday, after a remand of six months. He was a cheesemonger, of Norfolk, but figured in the prospectus as an "Esquire," a title greatly abused and perpetually misapplied. He was also a director of the Australian Railway and Dock Com pany, Part of his debts had been incurred for new spapers, office fixtures, and stationery, on account of these schemes. He said the parties connected with the companies were a bad lot. Commissioner Phillips told him he was a good authority, and a pretty sample of the lot. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—It has been deter mined that the affairs of this company are to be brought before the select committee of the House of Lords, when the accounts and proceedings of the directors are likely co undergo a more searching inquiry than even that made by the Committee of Investigation. An answer of the directors to the report of the committee was issued on Tuesday, in which the directors attempt a defence of their management, based upon a review of most of the charges adverted to in the report. On questions touching indi vidual conduct, the directors abstain from comment; " these (they say) will be best dealt with at the public meeting,: where such personal explanations as may be required will e given." THE FLOATING RAILWAY BRIDGE FOR THE FRITH OF TAY.—This novel specimen of naval architecture steamed down to Greenock and back on Saturday, on an experimental trip. The peculiar build of the vessel, her large size, and comparatively small power, do not adapt her for quick sailing ; still she went about eight knots an hour, although the paddles were not sufficiently immersed to obtain the full power of the engines. Her unusual appearance, as she steamed along, created some curiosity among those on the river banks and in the passing steam ers ; and she was loudly cheered in passing by the nume rous workmen in the various shipbuilding yards. In about two months, it is expected, the floating bridge will be ready to ply on the Tay ferry ; and no doubt it will be found a great convenience for the traffic to and from the North by that route. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CHESTER SPRING MEETING.-TUESDAY, MAY 1 The GROSVENOR STAKES were won by Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher, beating Sponge. The PALATINE STAKES were won by the Duke of Richmond's Jelly Fish, beating Mysticle, Cigarette, Cin gari, and Priestess. . The MOSTYN STAKES were won by Mr. B. Green's Countess of Albemarle, beating Harriott and eight others. The CHESTERFIELD STA,KES (Handicap) were won by Mr. Wcffenden's Post-tempore beating Miss Bunney and several others. The MAIDEN STAKES were won by Miss Bunney, beat ing Rowland and two others. WEDNESDAY. The first year of the ROODEE PRODUCE STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 forfeit.—Won cleverly by a length by Con certina, beating Lily and Priestess. CORINTHIAN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. Subduer walked over. _ _ _ TRADF'MEN'S PLATE of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a llandicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 forfeit — Won by Malton, beating Cossack, Loup-garou, and 25 others. Soon after the time appointed a very fair start was affected, Sponge leading at a good pace, Bingham 2d, Lady Wildair 3d, the cracks all lying handy. In going along the opposite side of the course some slight change took place between the leading horses, Chanticleer and Malton both getting towards the front. Sponge continued to lead at a merry pace, closely followed by Chanticleer, Halo, Lady Wildair, Mahon, and the whole well up, with the exception of two or three who were beaten off by the severity of the pace. At the Workhouse turn, second time round, Malton took the first place, the grey second, Halo third, and Lady Wildair fourth, the others lying well. At the half-mile post, Fernhill made an effort to reach the front, but failed ; Halo and Lady Wildair now also tried, but could not reach the front. At the Castle-pole, Loup garou mended his position. About eighteen horses came all of a cluster to the distance, Malton still leading, the gallant grey pulling double. "The grey wins ! the grey wins !" was shouted from all parts of the course ; but from that point his weight began to tell, and though he struggled nobly and gallantly, he could not catch Malton. Within the distance Cossack came out from his horses like a shot, challenged Malton, and, after a splendid con test, in which Cossack displayed great game, Malton won by half a neck only, never having been caught from the time he took the lead. Loup-parou, came at the last, and defeated the grey by half a length for third place. Joc-o' Scot was close up with Chanticleer, Melody, Halo, Lady Wildair, Inheritress, Ada Mary, Executor, and a number of others next. Cheapside pulled up after the first time round. Rathmines and Cast-off were amongst the first beaten. Run in 4 minutes 16 seconds ; 5 seconds quicker than last year. Value of the Stakes, clear of all deduc tions, £2430. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 Guineas.—Won by a length by Flatcatcher, beating the Carthaginian and Clat terbox. SIXTY GUINEAS.—Won, in two heats, by Ada Mary, beating The Alp, Capsicum, L.H., and The Provost. THURSDAY The settling for the Cup took place this morning, at the Subscription-room, and passed off very quietly. We did not hear of any very large winners, with the exception of Mr. Stibbings's party, who, it is stated, won about £20,000. Captain Higgins also threw in for £2OOO. The number who witnessed the cup race has been differently estimated at from 60,000 to 100,000. The day was again fine, and the attendance excellent. The following is the result of the sport : DEE STAND CUP, in specie, by subscription of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by the Dee Stand Proprietors.—Won in a canter by Athelstane, beating Cingari and the Car thaginian. MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 sovs., in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, half forfeit.—Won in a canter by two lengths by Maid-of-my-Soul, beating Pyrland and Licentio. DEE STAKES, of 25 sovs. each, with 200 added.—Won in a canter in two lengths by Elthiron, beating Concer tina, Abbot of Meaux, and Garrick. CHESHIRE WELTER CUP, value 100 sovs., the rest in specie, by subscription of 20 sovs. each, 10 forfeit.—Won in a canter by Sylvan, beating Teresa and five others. FRIDAY The WIRRAL STAKES, of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 added.—Won by Lady Barbara, beating Wilmot. The CESTRIAN STAKES, of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added. —Won by Concertina colt, beatini the Fellow Commoner, The CHESHIRE STAKES, of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., with 50 added.—Wen byMaid -of-my-Soul, beating Inheritress. A FREE HANDICAP STAKES, Of 10 SOVS. each , h. ft., with 50 addel—Won by Post-tempore, b eating Sharston. The GRAND STAND COP, of 100 sovs., in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each.—Won by Gaffer Green, beating Romance. The EATON STAKES, of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 added.—Won by Cigarette, beating Aldgate. The LADIES' PURSE, value £so.—Won by Licentio. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Bishop of Oxford, on representations made to him of the injurious effect of his connexion with the Sterling Club, in consequence of the sceptical opinions enter tained by its founder, the late Rev. John Sterling, has withdrawn his name from the society. TRINITY CHURCH, PENN, BIICKINGHAMSHIRE.—This beautiful church, which has been built and endowed at the sole cost of Earl Howe, was consecrated on Tuesday by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. The living has been pre sented by the noble founder to the Rev. Edward Bicker steth, M.A., formerly curate of Holy Cross and St. Giles's, Shrewsbury. NEW SEE OF HONG KONG.—Dr. Smith, the Bishop designate of Victoria, has issued a prospectus of his plans for the benefit of the Chinese. He proposes to avail him self of the aid of native Evangelists, and to employ the press for Christian purposes. His present object is chiefly to collect £5OOO, in order to complete a college which is already begun at Hong Kong, and to set it in operation. Mr. Maskell, who was lately examining chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter, and who it would seem is determined to run over every obstacle to his favourite doctrine, that there is no salvation without baptism, in speaking on the sub ject the other day, in connexion with the crucifixion, said, that " when the thief was on the cross, when our Lord's side was pierced, and the water came out from the Redeemer's side, it was thrown over the penitent thief, and therefore he was baptised and redeemed from his sins !" SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS.—The usual annual meeting of this society took place on Friday, at Exeter-hall, and was remarkably well attended, the large room being crowded in every part. Lord Ashley presided, and among those present on the platform were the Marquis of Blandford, Lord Claude Hamilton, the Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey, the Rev. Dr. March, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, Lieutenant-General Lutter, Major Satheby, Captain Layard, Dr. Macgowan, and an immense number of the clergy. The children be longing to the society's schools were also arranged on the platform, and sang a hymn, in which the meeting joined. THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE WESLEYAN MIS SIONARY SOCIETY.—The Rev. Mr. Jordan, Vicar of En stone, was engaged by the Wesleyans to preach a mis sionary sermon on Thursday evening for the society at the Rev. T. Mortimer's chapel, Gray's-inn-lane. A few days since, however, the Rev. Mr. Mortimer received a letter from the Bishop of London, forbidding the use of his chapel for such a purpose. Mr. Mortimer wrote a letter in reply, urging the claims of the Wesleyans, their attachment to the Church, their many missions in heathen lands, where no Church missionary had set his foot, and begged his lordship to reconsider his decision. The reply, however, was peremptory, and the sermon was not preached. THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.—One circumstance invi ting remark, at this particular season, is, the remarkable increase of pecuniary means, in the aggregate, with which God has been pleased to aid and bless the efforts of the various societies which are labouring to support his glory. The Church Missionary Society, after raising a Jubilee Fund of £53,000, finds its ordinary income—not dimini shed, which might reasonably have been expected,—but actually increased by a further £2,000. The Jews' Society, we believe, reports about an equal advance. The Church Pastoral-Aid Society about £6OOO more than last year; the City Mission about £3,000; the Scripture readers' Society, and the Ragged School Union, both, a considerable increase. And to all these must be added the large contributions to Mr. Close's new Training Schools, and the £9,000 raised for the London Society having a similar object. Bringing all these into one view, we may calculate that very nearly £lOO,OOO was raised last year over and above the ususal sums raised year by year for such purposes.—Record. THE BISHOP'S LEAD MINES IN WEARDALE.—When Bishop Barrington was promoted to the see of Durham, the agent for the Beaumont family waited upon him, as is usual under those circumstances, to agree for the sum to be paid in lieu of the ninth bin of the ore to which he was entitled under the lease for three lives on which the lead mine was held. The bishop told the agent that he was ignorant of the value of the lot ore," but was ready to agree to whatever price he said it was worth. The agent estimated the value at £BOO a year, which was about the sum paid to the former bishop ; but he afterwards v , lued it at £9OO, which sum was agreed upon as the rent to be paid during the bishop's incumbency. lf, however, turned out that the " lot ore " was worth £4OOO a year ; and the bishop having been advised by his friend, Sir Samuel Romilly, to file a bill in Chancery, he obtained a decree for a rent of £4OOO a year, and for all the arrears (£70.000.) He laid out about 10,000 of the arrears in building and endowing a school at Bishop Auckland. Other portions of the money were applied to increasing the living at St. Andrew's, Auckland (which was very small), and to various charitable purposes. The rent for the mine continued at £4OOO a year during the late bishop's incumbency, but it is now increased £3750; and the rector receives £3750 for his tenth bin.—Church Leases. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS.—The Committee of the National Society for Establishing Schools in connexion with the Church of England, have, in their present monthly paper, made an appeal for increased support, and have brought out some important statistics on popu lar education. The result of an inquiry instituted by the society is, that in the Church of England schools there are 1,422,659 children, 955,865 of whom are under daily instruction. The rooms in use are 21,904, of which 16,715 are regular school-rooms. A fact regarding these rooms is mentioned, to which the parties concerned would do well to pay instant attention, namely, that one-third of these regular endowed rooms "are neither virtually nor legally secured for the purposes of education." A remedy should be devised for this defect. The salaries of the teachers, of whom 9853 are males, and 10,352 females, appear far from satisfactory, the whole sum being but £621,362 yearly. Awarding, as the usual proportion, two-thirds of this to the males, and one-third to the fe males, the sums will only average £4O yearly to the masters, and £2O to the mistresses, or less the 16s. weekly for the former, and less than Bs. for the latter. Suppose a residence to be added, this sum is not the price of properly prepared teachers. At the end of 1847, the daily schools in connexion with the society were 17,015, and the pupils are now considerably above one million in number. THE SCENE AT BRISTOL.-Our readers are aware that at a recent meeting in Bristol, to hear from the Rev. F. Close a statement relative to the Training College at Cheltenham, the proceedings were unwarrantably inter rupted by Archdeacon Thorp. Every effort has been used by the Tractarians to justify this dignitary's pi-weed ings, but we incline to the opinion that the opposition from that quarter acquires an additional sting from its being directed personally at Mr. Close, as well as in prin ciple against the Training Schools. It will be in the re collection of our readers that about four years ago no little sensation was excited in religious circles by the con duct of Archdeacon Thorp, in reference to the repairs of the Round Church at Cambridge, against the wish and in opposition to the protest of the Rev. R. R. Faulkner, the incumbent. Dr. Thorp and the Camden Society decor ated the sacred edifice in all the idolatrous glitter of a Romanist Cathedral. They erected a stone altar, and committed several other Anti-Protestant extravagancies. Against these innovations the Rev. F. Close publicly pro tested, and warmly espoused the cause of the injured in cumbent. The stone altar was removed—the decorations left incomplete or also removed—and the Cambridge Camden Society, with its venerable president, was beaten out of the field. This little circumstance may probably furnish some key to the extraordinary—and we may add outrageous—proceedings of last Thursday.—Cheltenham Journal. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the friends of this society was held last week at Exeter Hall. The Marquis of Uholmondeley was in the chair. Among those on the platform were the Marquis of Blandford, Lord Teignmouth, Mr. Plump tre, M.P., Mr. Heald, M.P., the Rev. Hugh Stowell, &c. The chairman said that he occupied the chair on the behalf of his noble and much respected friend Lord Bex ley, the president of the institution, who he regretted to say, owing to his advanced age and delicate state of health, was unable to be present to-day, but he (the chairman) could confidently state that he (Lord Bexley) was present with them in spirit, for his lordship was never more warmly attached than now to the cause of this society. He (the chairman) sincerely felt the honour of his present position. He considered it an honour to any man to he called on to preside over such an assembly, though whilst he felt that honour, he unfeignedly also felt humbled by a sense of his own inability to perform the duty of chairman in the way he would wish. The British and Foreign Bible Society had now, under the blessing of God, proceeded in its good work for 45 years, I and during that period there had never been a time when the exertion of its energies was so imperatively required as at this moment, when owing to the extraordinary political events that had taken place, the barriers which had so long existed to the circulation of God's Word had become suddenly and unexpectedly broken down. En gland had been most mercifully excepted from the troubles that had fallen on other nations, and for what purpose had such tranquillity been permitted but that we might, by our influence, extend the knowledge of the Word, and thereby promote the welfare of mankind.—The report of the society's proceedings for the past year was then read. It detailed the successful exertions of the society in cir culating the Scriptures in France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Italy, and various other parts of the world. The receipts for the year amounted to nearly £lOO,OOO. The report was adopted, and several eloquent appeals having been made in behalf of the society, a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business of the day. TRACTARIAN DENIERS OF INSPIRATION.-Mr. J. H. Newman's denial took this form—that if we would not believe the most monstrous fictions of the Breviary, we had no right to believe the miracles of the Bible ! That, logically, Ne had no better ground for crediting the re surrection of Lazarus, than for believing in the discovery of the true Cross ! And Mr. Froude has since informed us, that Mr. N.'s instructions to his pupils were, that Campbell and Paley were annihilated in argument by David Hume. Mr. - Fronde himself took the shorter and plainer course of common, vulgar infidelity, upon the common, vulgar grounds. He could not and would not believe that there could be such a place as Hell, or that the Son of God could or would descend upon earth, be come incarnate, and die. The hero of the Sterling Club never distinctly declared his creed ; all that we know of him is, that he rejected Christianity, and became an ad herent of Strauss and the German neology. Mr. F. W, Newman is a mild and seductive follower of Froude. He does not shock the reader by such bold declarations of unbelief. He is more of the cast of thought of the Ster ling Club; of which we have some recollection of hearing that he is or was a member. He thus speaks :—" There is no book in all the world which I love and esteem so much as the New Testament, with the devotional parts of the Old," &c. " Yet I protest against the attempt to make it a law to men's understanding,.conscience, or soul ; and am assuredly convinced that the deepest spiritual mischief has occurred to the Churches, from taking the Bible (or New Testament) instead of God himself, as our ' source of inspiration." " The interpretations of the Old Testament given in the New are very frequently fanciful and mistaken ; and the exp ec t a ti on o f Christ's speedy return in the clouds of Heaven, to bring about the gene ral judgment, is a manifest error which pervades the whole New Testament." Here, then, is a fresh ally in the cru sade against the Bible. From Exeter College comes Mr- Froude, from Baliol Mr. Francis Newman, and in London a club is formed of which the very symbol and designa tion is the name of one of like opinions. We said, three months since, that Infidelity seemed likely to be the next foe that would try the Church's strength and constancy ; and assuredly the signs are daily growing plainer, that a struggle of this kind is very near at hand.—Herald. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The fiftieth annua meeting of the society was held on Tuesday, in Exeter hall. The Earl of Chichester in the chair. The veport ' stated that the ordinary income of the society had not , fallen below that of last year, notwithstanding the extra ordinary efforts which had been made to raise the jubilee fund. The following was the statement :—General fund paid to the parent society, £89,767 7s. sd. ; special funds, £1826 Os. 10d. ; local funds raised and expended on the missions, £9410 Os. 2d. ; total, £101,003 Bs. sd. The first head of income, out of which the general establish ments of the missions were supported, exhibited a small advance upon last year. The expenditure out of the general mission fund had amounted during the year to £87,441 Bs. 2d., which exhibited a surplus of income over expenditure to the amount of £2325 19s. 3d. That amount would be carried to the credit of the capital fund. The precise amount of the jubilee fund was not yet known, as it was still open, and additions to it continued to be made. When the accounts were made up, it amounted to £53,127 10s. The report proceeded to speak of the state of the society's missions in North-west America, China, Western Africa, North India, South India, Ceylon, East Africa, New Zealand, and other places. In many of these the successes of the missionaries had been great, but in others they had failed in making way amongst the native population. The committee had deliberated with much seriousness as to the manner in which the jubilee fund should be disposed of. It was intended that £20,000 should be added to the fund for the relief of dis abled missionaries, and for the education of their children. H therto the amount required for that purpose had been £5OOO a-year, which was taken from the general fund. For the future, this expense would be defrayed out of the £20,000, and the annual subscriptions and donations towards the fund. In the second place, a sum would be devoted to providing a home for the missionary children. where they might be educated. Thirdly, £lO,OOO would be devoted to the endowment of native Christian churches in Tinnevelly, Kishnagar, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, and other places. The surplus would be devoted to minor objects. The society would be enabled to send out during the present year ten missionaries. The institution at Islington, however, could not supply more than the cur rent wants of the society, so that an appeal must be made to the universities and to the church at large for men im bued with sound Evangelical and Protestant principles. To such men they could offer posts of importance, where the highest intellectual attainments might be exercised. In 1847 the committee placed before the society some alarming facts with reference to the appearance of Popery amongst some of the congregations at their various sta tions. Such appearances had not wholly passed away, but there had been no fresh eruptions. At Kishnagar it had been entirely withdrawn. In New Zealand it was wan ing ; and if they looked to Europe, they found that the College of the Propaganda was prostrate and inactive. Still there might be a tremendous recoil, and now, therefore, was the time for increased energy. in order that the ground might be pre-occupied. The report was unanimously adopted. The meeting was addressed by the Bishops of Norwich, Winchester, Cashel, and Hong Kong, and by the Earl of Waldegrave, the Rev. H. Stowell, the Rev. W. Smith, Mr. Gurney Hoare, and the Rev. Mr. Towns end. At six o'clock there was another large meeting of the society in the same ball, the Marquis of Cholmondeley presiding. LAW INTELLIGEYCE, COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—WEDNESDAY. ( Sittings in Banco.) DEMURRERS.-NORRIS V. SEED. - PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS This was an action of trespass on the case against the keeper of a private lunatic asylum in Lancashire for taking the plaintiff's wife from him by force, and imprisoning her and depriving him of her company, &c. The defen dant pleaded that Elizabeth Dewry was committed to his custody and confined in his asylum as a lunatic, in con formity with the statutes in that case made and provided ; that she, while still a lunatic, escaped from the asylum, and that lie re-took her within 14 days, as he lawfully might. The plea set out the various warrants and docu ments under which the defendant acted, and identified the Elizabeth Dewry, the lunatic, with the plaintiff's wife Elizabeth Norris. The plaintiff demurred to this plea— and the main question on demurrer was, whether the warrants against her in her maiden name justified the defendant in retaking her from the plaintiff after the mar riage. It was assumed throughout the argument that she married the plaintiff during her escape. The Lord Chief Baron said they were all unanimous that the plea was good in form and substance, and that no matter whether the alleged lunatic were married be fore or after her committal, the husband could not rnsin,_ tain this action against the defendant. Judgment for the defendant. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—FRIDAY (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. This was a proceeding by way of quare impedit, brought by the Crown against the Bishop of Exeter, for refusing to induct the Rev. Mr. Gorham into the living of Speke, to which he had been presented by the Crown. The bishop had pleaded pleas setting up for his defence that Mr. Gorham held doctrines inconsistent with those of the Church of England. The Attorney-General had filed five several replications to these pleas, in which he tendered several issues, some of them only capable of being tried by the certificate of the archbishop, and others triable as matters of fact before a jury. The defendant had applied for and obtained a rule calling on the Attorney-General to shew cause why he should not select one of these re plications as that by which he would abide. The Attorney-General, Mr. Greenwood, and Mr. Cow ling shewed cause, and contended that the Crown had, by prerogative, the right to put on the record several repli cations. The Court would not decide this case on mo tion, but would leave the other side to demur. Mr. A. J. Stephens, Mr. Baddeley. and Mr. Kerslake, in support of the rule. insisted that this rule in favour of prerogative only applied to cases where the Crown was proceeding in its public capacity, but where, as in the case of quare impedit, the Crown was proceeding in re spect of its private rights, it had no privilege of the sort here contended for. The Court took time to consider the question Capt. Charitie, who, with some other parties was lately found guilty of conspiring to sell a cadetship in the East India Company's service, was on Thursday brought up in the Court of Queen's Bench, and sentenced to be im prisoned in the Queen's Prison for one year, to be treated as a first-class misdemeanant; and further, that he pay a penalty of £BOO, and to be imprisoned until the fine was paid. Turn LIBELS ON LORD LEIGH.—THE QUEEN V. ROBERT AXTILL.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, the defendant was called upon to receive judg ment. He had printed a libel on Lord Leigh, imputing the commission of murder to him upwards of thirty years ago, and had suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff said that he did not indite the bill, he was merely the printer; he was a poor man with a wife and six children, and having apologised to Lord Leigh he trusted the court would be lenient with him. He was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months in Warwick gaol as a first-class misdemeanant. CANALS.—A most important case is now under discus sion in the itolls Court before Lord Langdale. The case is that of the Grand Junction Canal Company v. Dimes. The subject matter of the suit related to the ownership of about a half mile of the land along and in the Grand Junction Canal main line : and the question at issue was in effect whether the right to the possession and the bene ficial ownership was in the company or in the defendant. Lord Cottenham decided in favour of the company, though it is stated six or seven of the judges at Nisi Prius, &c., had previously given their opinion in favour of Dimes. It was shortly after discovered that Lord Cottenham was a large holder of the canal shares, and hence was one of the plaintiffs. Mr. Dimes appealed, and the matter was re ferred to Lord Langdale, who will shortly give judgment in the case ;—it being contended that the judge being inte rested, is a fatal objection to any decision he may come to. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, Judges Patteson, Coleridge, and Erle, gave judgment in a case of a person named John Crawford, who had been committed to prison by the Hon. Charles Hope, the Lieutenant-Go vernor of the Isle of Man, for a contempt of the Court of Chancery in that island, of which the Lieutenant-Gover nor was the judge. It appeared that an article had been published in the Mona's Herald and Fargher's Isle of Man Advertiser, headed " Court of Chancery," the pub lication of which that court had decided to be a contempt. In the first instance, the publisher of the newspaper had been committed to prison for a contempt in publishing the article ; but Mr. Crawford, who was a Scotch solicitor travelling in the island, being at the time in court, ad mitted that he was the author of it, and upon making this avowal, was committed to prison, where he had been de tained nearly three months. An application to have the warrant quashed was opposed, and the Judges declared they could not interfere, as every court was the proper judge of what constituted a contempt, and had power to vindicate its authority. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. . Mr. Roebuck has been returned without opposition for Sheffield. THE NAVIGATION LAW REPEAL BILL.—It appears from a parliamentary paper issued on Monday, that of the petitions presented on this subject, 132 petitions, signed by 123,123 persons, have been presented against the Na vigation Repeal Bill, 16 petitions, signed by 4,003, per sons, in favour of that bill. TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL.—A gentle man lately residing in a neighbouring county has just purchased an estate in Poland of 5000 acres. The land is of first-rate quality, and the price was £7OOO, or rather less than 30s. per acre. He is engaging a few skilled agricultural laboureri to accompany him, to train and improve the awkward and clumsy native husbandmen, and he offers them 20s. per week wages. From the capa bilities of the soil, and the locality, he anticipates a good profit on his outlay, and that he shall be able to afford to deliver his wheat, free of charge, in the port of London, at 255. per quarter. Facts like these need no comment : they are daily occurring to confirm the predictions of the protectionists, and to silence the free-traders. Nay 8, ISA M: FATE OF TH E NAV IGATION L AW BILL:" Avers Fri rous meeting of Conservative peers took place °" .sq uare. at the residence of Lord Stanley, in St. Jam es s t and Sixty members of the House of Lords were ere sen to ' sti• it was unanimously resolved by them to use er e l t h e n Ns' tutional means whereby the bill for the repeal I' i n os; vitiation Laws may be defeated. This great fact is o a ill tbeg of important results ; but let it be borne in mind th ding results have yet to be reached. The address rent of to the speech f rom th e th rone a t th e commenTf r e asbi the present session was carr i e d i n the House of sulit a majority of only fifty-two against fifty VOteS• tbe peers pledged themselves at Lord Stanley'.s to oPP: pois, Navigation Bill—a great, but, let us again r e P es •ye, conclusive fact. In order that it shall be conclusi 00 1 the voice of the nation, by means of petitions, s . O OO loudly and with reiterated force in the House of r e ` Monday next !—Herald. er osof ADDRESS TO MR. HUDSON FROM THE EiL;no { tali o" SUNDERLAND.—OR Tuesday evening, a depu — 94 , the town of Sunderla n d wa it e d u p on G e orge Hud a°l3 2Adre o M.P. for that borough, at Newby-park, with enr o io signed by 800 electors, exp ress i ve o f their confi a l e 31t , the private and publi c c h arac t er o f th a t individu B n d st d Hudson received the address with thankfulness , %eV° —" Amidst the unjust aspersions that have been T he , against my charact er , t o k now th a t I s till possess t he shaken confidence and th e ki n d f ee li ngs o f my e el ' s vet (01/ imparts a consolation to my m i n d for which I n e w heS be sufficiently grateful. You do me only just ice _ a cts' you express your conviction that I have never beei4eo to ated in any conduct I have pursued, in the 1 , , 0 which you refer, by any intention to do wreng,; a ° ooce . the contrary, I have ever had in view the genet's, 8 A seo 66 ment of the great concerns confided to my care' e seit e ; of rectitude, however, sustains me, and when the et 8 , 0 0 ment has passed away, I f ear no t th e ca lm iedgmilga4 the indulgent consideration of an intelligent,rig ht British community." fh FREE TRADE AND THE SABBA TH —We find DO," ing in a leading arti c l e o f th e Standard;—'` Let ever, beware—above all, let the industrious lobly working beware—how we a ll ow th e rig hts of the the e to be tampered with. The attempt will be m ad , b l e ssing u of ti a lit ß ar r i i a ti n sh fr s ee ab t b ra a d th er . s t D o i r d ob we us sa o y f the glory sne," lt bi ° been made already, and we grieve to w cess to a melancholy extent. The Spitalfield wetik fors now regularly working the seven days of the eon" sin pittance of 4s. 6d. We blame not the poor se B— g sin is not theirs. ' Their poverty and not their sc h to t''" sents.' The sin of the desecration must attac h , souls of those who place the Spitalfields men, °,, t he wes' far more heavily burthened, in competition with "„," do?, vers of Lyons, who have always wrought during 0 '1;0 Re of the week. This is a difference—Heaven forbid t n fore* should call it a disadvantage—between British en - f a d, il s l ay be m en ad ac e le v . i w iers ok; labour that has not been enough considered ; th e i n gl l9 labourer works seven days of the week, th e la bour' labourer but six ; e ver y p ro d uc ti on o f B r itish 4 .0 0 i. therefore, costs, cceteris paribus, upwards of 14 p e ,' or' more than the c orres p on di ng pro d uce o f f o reign!' o bee But things are not equal in other respects over an d by ti;' ; the more than 14 p er cen t., c h eer f u ll y rendered,. ob! • Englishman to his C r e a to r ; h e i s b urt h ene d t h e • bly twice as great a tribute to his earthly severe's: kl ei• state. How then can he con t en d w i t h the foreigoo Before he can hope to maintain such a c ontest he, e atie first, like the Spitalfi e ld s weaver , w ithh o ld the tribilitibol to the Almighty, and not less to his own bas est asi strength ; next, must he, by descending to thel oW fus ' -0 scantiest food with which life can be sustained, re tribute to the malt tax, tea tax, and sugar tax. 51 0 f u ee nc l itoe t L h do e Nstl l aA a t b eL o s.;: labourer's reduction to the condition "0 f the starving serfs of the o ld wor ld an d th e n egroes U COLONIAL ° be lj d , FOREIGN TRADE.—We son3eh —s isly shallow people - say that w e wou ld d o more busine ss t the colonies if they were independent than we d° 1 111 0 ,i sent. Well let us wat c h w h a t progress we make, .„ k , 0" nada, as it has been sho wn t o b e i n a trans ition sneer' e ' now rapidly verging to a s t a t e o f prac ti ca l indepen the Possessions' Act having conferred that indeP e . l n p ots in commercial matters. Let us watch whether then, Y of British goods to Canada are increasing or declitr ° , o °. the dogma quoted be correct, our exports ougir' n do", crease; if the exports have diminished, we runs' sin the reason. It is not true that colonies take less A m in than independent states. Our exports to the i t States have been as high as £12,000,000 ; they b rage between £6,000,000 and £7,000,000, althong o e have been greatly increasing our imports from th k !,,, bread stuffs and cotton. The Americans are wea lt '''lt4, take only about ss. Bd. per head from us. Fran i e e ' o tic; whom we import £250,000 of merinoes alone, besie es ., bee larger amounts of silks and wines, takes is. 6d. Pe' l kbir Prussia, to whom we conceded great privilege s e vo ie ping, takes sixpence per head ! Our northern ceindie the poorest of all, take 355. per head ; the li r e a L be t £2 17s. 6d. ; the Cape of Good Hope, £3 2s. ; ee n tralian settlements, £7 10s. Th ese fi gure s hare, b h ;P' ten repeated ; we merely t ranscr ib e th em from oe; tish Banner of 18th October l a st, which adds tR'" third of our total exports goes to the colon ies : Ay er large proportion of trade with our colonies i 5 es Ces t ; plained. The duties charged are from 2to 4 P,10.0' with the exception of Canada, where, under the. P d experiment, the duties have a d vance d to 8i a on o cent., the average being 121 per cent., with errt i e o l , 4 on many articles , as se t f or th i n th e Gl asgo w Tin 3 r,,f the Colonial Unice. 'rue average colonial duty °, e gltl cent. contrasts: favourably with those o f our , 40 3 1 8 / 0 neighbours. France p r ohibit s our stap l es o f 0 7 1 0 woollen goods ; Belgium p ro hibit s th e stap l e s f hll" a t certain things at from 8 to 15 per cent. rce The United States levy 30 to 40 Caracc as , 25 to 33 0 per cent. Cuba, 37 to 4 5 5 , do , Brazil levies 30 to 40 per cent. Mexico, 70 to tbar i 'd We call 30, 40, and 70 per cent. penalties, rather Do tri ties. Political quacks " haver about those The 13 1 , e , punishing themsel v es i n t ax i ng th e consu mer. tish manufacturer knows too well that these pee k a a t, vent his consignments from paying cost ; in „, 1 ,,%/, such enormous penalties put a stop to trade.- - "Sogg GREAT PROTECTION MEETING.—A public on; held on Tuesday, in the Hall of Commerce, Thret o es' i tt street, for the purpose of protesting against — A t the navigation laws, and of uniting into one toto association, with the view of obtaining " a fair an . , el ari rate protection for British industry," all those r c k t i6 of the agricultural, colonial, commercial, manue i v ica`k , and shipping interests, who might share in the co sable that a return to Protectionist policy was indisP e , 0 Pj our national prosperity, The Duke of Buckine ° eo sided, and the following noblemen and gentlen, 4 also present :—The Marquis of Downshire, l ‘ r _t a t'r esb il ti Winchilsea, Earl of Eglinton, E a rl of g 55 0 14 Marquis of Granby, Lord Charles Manners, Le r ",o, Lord John Manners, Lord Talbot, Lord Nell- the Newdegate, M.P., the Hon. Mr. Law, 111. 1 ;; , Cor4; corder of London,) Major Beresford, M. 1 ";'00i 7 . ( 14 Sibthorp, M.P., G. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P., k Y O O of Lloyd's,) G. F. Young, Esq., Sir C. Burr e ildet, A. Bosanquet, Esq., P. Miles, Esq., M.P., `:"pg Sidney, M.P., P. Foskett, Esq. The follow; opI:1,4 other resolutions were passed : That it is W oe f ° `lf of this meeting, that the adoption of a fre-tr a d i e teV has failed to produce the national benefits pr e its promoters ; that it has been followed by dee,P,,k P os many of the great interests of this country ; t P ;ste;iori tion in public opinion is widely diffused, and is p in, favour of just and moderate protection to the jo tig o il tions of the land, the manufactures, and the i 0 a• the United Kingdom and British possessions ; of t f, it is of the utmost importance to the restoratie a oi`ior parity to the nation that the influence of the eg';oB'r. 4 colonial, mercantile, manufacturing, and shiP}4l• os ,P, rests should be united i n resistance to the furth e ' ci e7 o l l of experimental legislation." " That with th ia Soa k f, association be now formed, to be called `1 11 1„ 5 e Association for the Protection of B r itish Capital,' and that all individuals through o ut tr, Kingdom, connected with a gr i c ult ure , colen: o t ti, l #; o 'eP commerce, manufactures, and shipping, whose' t he are in accordance with the p r i nc ipl es on w hich 'the ~, is proposed to be founded, be invited to becon e k bet l ' o t ht ` hers thereof." " That thi s mee ti ng v i ews wit 8;"; oi e "A;,' anxiety and alarm the bill introduced into Pa r ": 3 4p , her Majesty's ministers, i n tit u l e d ' A bill to a , s e 6 laws relating to British shipping and navigst; ° ' i 7 I,f l eating the measure as pregnant w ith consequid v structive to the mercantile marine, uncalled c i tk ee: l 6 people, and repugnant to their feelings, intr o ss ie most inauspicious period, and dangerous to tbe, far, pY, the State." A committee was also appoin tea, 0 1 purpose of framing rules for the managon association, and issuing an address explans_c u rcrif principles on which it is established. The FIV i have evidently taken alarm at this movement' bei n g in its money article on Wednesday, says, after VA' sent at the meeting, "We deem it advisable, her much politics should be eschewed under thi B ,, state that the free-traders must not be apethetw. 113 istrirt ReivO. A i 0'69 THREE YOUNG MEN DROWNED.-01 1 -, --(:) ba •t. ing, three young men named George Booth, J°o4t e and Edward Jones, left Manchester in a light il i 0, , d to proceed from Manchester by the river Irwl i os 4 l; i i i ,l at the Pomona Gardens, about two miles Ile Fo r on arriving at a bend of the river called Thre s ,:belf 4 4 boat was upset. The unfortunate youths 0 13 70°4 aid could be rendered from the shore, and Pe r ' o l l ,41 ` On Sunday week a fire broke out on the ft, r l3o rfi of Mr. Swift, at Lathom, near Ormskirk• "416 4 4 shippon were burnt down, and 15 head of 03 " O. stroyed. There was a considerable quantitLAA t 4 straw, and agricultural implements on the,Piirtry these were consumed. The loss is estimate' ° t o' 'o i there was no insurance. There is no doubt 00 was occasioned by an incendiary, as there I° light on the premises for many days. ~ rid oyl FIRES IN MINES.—In the extensive cnbl e be e", 1 10. by Lord Bradford, at Bolton, the mine 10 13 iv,/ nearly two years. When the fire happeneL - 0 0 i/ up for some months • but, on opening it, t `',jia"! 4 l l/ 4 found burning. The pits were again in: o3 "nel, t r,, up, and left to remain for twice the former r u t r iltr, opening the mine at this time the fire burst r c id. c c sr, It was again closed and so remains to this, /, 0;10F collieries of the Earl of Ellesmere, at W° ll , e tre 9 e o ' 4 mines took fire about the same time; it v! - 0 01 j, P i same way ; it is still on fire ; and, at th is 04 1 ;t 41 : 0; lordship is about to turn in the Bridgevra te e r bfinr r o te ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES.—AIthoug h 4 , - we n - be„4 temperature are more prevalent in the :7, 0 0" k Pr ) than in other latitudes, there is scarcelY? Thret r e,e ) where such great differences exist as 111 o r Orb '6 varying in a few hours some 20 degree s bes4 o lll o o, effect of such rapid changes on the bodily sp ec 0 1 ,t 4 , afflicting to many thousands of persons , e i We'd V in the middle or more advanced ages 13 00 t, 13 01 1 t i ) attacks of those painful disorders, s ciatica' I 1 matism. Happily for those who are a P ' O JOCVilll' painful diseases, chemical science has P r oic cellent medicine, Blair's Gout and Rhetll/3 '~ A Th e eri Th e behalf