The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

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The Small Debts Amendment Bill and several others were forwarded a stage. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-3IoNDAr. The Sunday Trading Bill was withdrawn. The house then went into committee upon the Cruelty to Animals Bill, the enactments of which underwent great consi deration, a new clause, proposed by Mr. Henry, to put down steeple-chasing, being negatived by a small majority. The house then went into a committee (in progress) upon the Protection of Women Bill, which was likewise very fully con sidered, and in some parts amended. The Marriages Bill was withdrawn._ . A great man}, bills were advanced their respective stages. Mr. HORSMAN moved an address, praying her Majesty to take into consideration the unhappy state of Ireland, represent ing that a wise legislation might lay the foundation of prospe rity in that country, accusing, past legislation for Ireland, spe cial and permanent, of deficiency, and praying her Majesty to direct the attention of the Government to the evidence laid be fore Parliament, which furnished ample materials for a solid, profound, and remunerative legislation. After a reply by Sir Wm. 'Somerville, a few remarks from Mr. Stafford, and a caustic rejoinder from Mr. Shiel, the de bate was adjourned until Wednesday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Regimental Benefit Societies Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON ; and a great many other bills were also forwarded a stage, under a protest from Lord STANLEY against so rapid and slovenly a mode of HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. A great number of bills were forwarded a stage. Lord ASHLEY brought under the notice of the house the state of a portion of the juvenile population of the "metropolis, and moved that it be expedient that means be annually pro vided for the voluntary emigration to some of her Majesty's colonies, of a certain number of rersons of both sexes, who have been educated in the schools ordinarily called ragged schools, in and about the metropolis. The noble lord, at great length, endeavoured to skew that it would be of the smite:A advantage to society if some means were provided in the colo • vies for receiving as emigrants boys and girls brought up in the ragged schools. He distrusted prison discipline as a means of preventing crime, because when a prisoner was liberated he had no other mode of living but by resorting to his old practices ; and yet the Government spent many times as much to carry out various systems of that kind as would suffice to settle the same number of persons permanently in the colonies. If they were to expend £lOO,OOO per annum in promoting this species of emigration, they would save ten times that amount in criminal prosecutions. Sir GEORGE GREY was adverse to any exclusive grant to these schools for emigration purposes ; and, after a few remarks from Mr. P. Woo"), Lord ASHLEY withdrew his motion. Mr. HUME then moved the following resolutien :—" That it appears by the evidence taken before the select committee on British Guiana, that that Government has been carried on for the last ten years in opposition to the expressed views and opi nions of the elective members of the colonial legislature, and that the supplies are now stopped in the colony by cont►nued Opposition, to the great injury• of the colony. That this hotzse is of opinion that the time has arrived when the public expen diture of the colony should be reduced as desired by the colo nists, and also for the establishment of a responsible local.go vernment, which should have full power to decide on the ex tent -and nature of their establishments, and to provide the means of paying the same." Mr. BAILLIE recapitulated the circumstances that had oc curred in Guiana at the time that negro emancipation was passed, and attributed the evils that afflicted the colony to the conduct of Governor. Light, in encouraging the negroes in their disobedience to their employers. As to the disputes respecting the civil list, they had originated in the demand of Governor Light to have his salary increased to £6OOO a-year. •. Mr. HAWES defended, at considerable length, the course pursued by the. Government in Guiana. Mr. J. STUART moved the adjournment of the debate, which was negatived by a majority of 94 to 17. Mr. BROTHERTON then moved the adjournment of the house, which was agreed to. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY. A number of bills were forwarded a stage. Lord BROUGHAM bore testimony to the complete success o the County Courts. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The order of the day for the adjourned debate upon the state of Ireland was discharged, Mr. HORSMAN intimating that he should renew the motion next session. The Bankrupt and Insolvent Members Bill was withdrawn, and the Smoke Prohibition Bill experienced in effect the same fate. The Nuisances Removal and Diszases Prevention Bill, on the third reading, underwent some nmendnients. Amongst the bills read a third time and passed were the Clergy Relief Bill and tile Protection to Women Bill, the latter not without renewed opposition and a division. The house then went into committee upon the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill, Mr. STUART and Sir J. GRAHAM bearing testimony to the labour and attention which had been bestowed upon this important measure by the Attorney-General and the other members of the Select Committee. The consideration of the details of this bill occupied nearly all the remainder of the day. Mr. Mt LNES brought in a bill for the Reformation of Juve nile Offenders. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TfIIIRSDAY. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition agreed to at the ub 1i 0 mooting held nt the City- or LoLiauli Tavern, praying the Government to take steps for securing the recognition of the de-facto Government in Hungary. Earl GRANVILLE then moved the third reading of the Joint- Stock Companies Act Amendment Bill. Earl EGLINTON moved that the bill be read a third time that day six months. After a long discussion as to the expediency of passing the measure, Earl EGLINTON consented to withdraw his amend ment on the understanding that Government would state on Saturday whether they would proceed with the bill. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Pilotage Bill, which was opposed by the Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord STANLEY. The bill was, however, read a second time, on a division, by a majority of five. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. Upon the third reading of the Consolidated Fund (Appro priation) Bill, a question of Mr. }lmeE gave rise to a conversa tion of some length respecting tidal harbours, and the esta blishment of harbours of refuge. The second reading of the Compound Householders Bill was moved by Sir W. CLAY, who explained the grievance which it was intended to remedy, compound householders—or owners of houses compounding with the parish officers for rates—being, under the present construction of the law, virtually disfran chised. • Lord J. RUSSELL was prepared to rote for the second read. ing of the bill, because this was a case requiring a remedy but the bill would require alterations in the committee. Mr. ROEBUCK, Sir J. GRAHAM, and other members, ob jected to the further progress of the billin these circumstances ; and it was withdrawn.' _ Several bills were read a third time and passed, and others were forwarded a stage. The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill, as amended, under went a very foil consideration, but the discussion was of too miscellaneous a character to be presented in a concentrated form. The report was agreed to, and the bill was, after the other orders of the day, read a third time and passed. Mr. REYNOLDS moved for copies of correspondence between the Government of Ireland and the authorities of the county of Down, relating to processions and meetings on the 12th of July last, prefacing his motion with a speech full of excitable matter. Sir G. GREY said that it would be inexpedient to produce in formation that would be partial and perhaps incorrect, and de precated discussion upon this topic, repeating that the Lord lieutenant had directed a thorough and searching inquiry into all the circumstances of this lamentable occurrence. After a prolonged conversation, the motion was withdrawn. HOUSE OF LORDS-FIUDAY. • The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked to whom the jewels taken at Lahore belonged. , The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to state that no details respecting the subject had as yet been received from India. Lord BROUGHAM complained of certain alterations which had been introduced in the Lower House into the Bankruptcy Digest and Consolidation Bill, and proposed additional amend ments. After some discussion, it was agreed that a message should be sent to the House of Commons on the subject. The Pilotage Bill and the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill then passed through committee. Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and their lord slips adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY. The house met at twelve o'clock, when the Workhouses Loans (Ireland) Bill, the Drainage of Lands Bill, and the Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Colonies Bill were severally read a third time and passed. On the second reading of the Slave Trade (Persian Gulf) 13111, a long discussion took place upon a motion by Mr. ANSTRY, that the bill be read a third time that day three months, in which explanations of the nature of the Eastern African slave trade, and of the objects of the bill, were given by Lord PALMERSTON, who stated that this act established no new principle t it simply carried into effect previous agree ments with independent chiefs. The amendment was withdrawn, and the bill was read a third time and passed. " On the order of the day for taking into consideration the Lords' amendments to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL, after taking the opinion of the chair, whether any of these amendments affected the privileges of the Commons, and learning that the omission of the first two clauses, prescribing a maximum amount of rate, did, strictly speaking, infringe upon the privileges of the house, proceeded to say that, as these privileges had upon former occasions been waived, he did not think that the house was bound to insist - upon them on this occasion, the subject being one concerning which both houses of parliament should be entitled to give an opinion. sir J. GRAHAM, upon the constitutional question involving the privileges of the house, differed from Lord J. Russell, and contended that the interference of the Lords in this instance had gone far beyond any precedent, and that, if this interfe rence were allowed, it would be better and more consistent to abandon their privileges at once. Sir G. GREY pointed out a distinction between the decision of the Committee on Public Business, with respect to the waiver of their privileges on questions relating to local rates son the course now proposed, which did not bind the house for . the future. TRENCH, Mr. HENLEY, Mr. HUME, and other members objected to waiving. the privileges of the house. Mr. E. DENISON, on the other hand, doubted the expediency of in sisting upon their extreme right. Sir J. GRAHAM suggested the bringing in a new bill, and passing it through all its stages at once, as had been done Kith the Borough Relief Bill. Sir D. NORREYS moved that the amendments be taken into consideration that day three months. Lord J. RUSSELL said there were only two courses—to waive their privileges in this instance, or to forego all chance of on the subject of the poor law this session and even next session. oir J. uritAHAM reiterated his objection to the proposition, and to the multiplication of exceptional cases. • After some further debate, the house divided, when the pro . position of Lord J. Russell was carried by 111 against 62. The house suspended business at a quarter to five until a quarter past six o'clock. When the house re-assembled, on the conside ra ti on o f th e • Lords' amendments to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL moved to agree with the amendments, omitting the first two (maximum) clauses. The O'GORMAN MAHON took the opportunity to announce . a discovery of great importance in relation to the development of the resources of Ireland, and which would materially en , lance the value of landed property there—namely, that by a new process of distillation the millions of acres of peat might . be made to yield chymical and other principles of much value. • He produced a spermaceti-looking candle, which he warranted 'to he of renuine peat matter. and which burnt brilliantly upon the table during the evenir t. Lord ASHLEY had been assured by Mr. Owen, to whose cha racter he bore the highest testimony, that the result of has experiments upon thousands of tons of peat had proved that for an outlay of .t2O for cost and labour, 100 tons would afford carbonate of ammonia, soda, naptha, a substance adapted for candles, camphine oil, and other products, worth 491. This motion having been agreed to, the other amendments were considered, some of which were disagreed to, and the rest agreed to, after a discussion which embraced a large field of Irish poor law details. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. INDIA AND CHINA. An express in anticipation of the overland mail from India reached London on Tuesday. The news from India is not of much importance. Matters were understood to be gradually settling down. " The Board of Adminis tration for the affairs of the Punjaub" have promulgated general instructions for the government of the country. There had been much social festivity at Lahore since General Gilbert's arrival. All.was quiet at Peshawur on the 12th of May. The Maharanee had escaped into the Nepaulese territory. It is said the Sattara State has been annexed to the British possessions. Sir Charles Napier arrived at Calcutta on the 6th ult. At Canton to 25th May all was quiet. The Governor of Macao was at issue with the Chinese authorities. The shipments to Califor nia continued. CALCUTTA, JUNE 2.—Our export market has main tained the animation which has pervaded it for some time past, and, with one or two exceptions, all staple produc tions have continued to sell freely, and at full prices. The steady aspect which our import market presented at the date of our last report was not, we regret to say, of lona continuance, for the past fortnight has been a very dull one for almost all the branches of our import business. Most kinds of Manchester fabrics are difficult of sale, and lower in value. Scotch goods are also quiet, with little or n 9 demand. Mule twist has continued dull with li mited sales, and shows a further depreciation in value. CANTON MARKET.—Trade continues without improve ment. The transactions during the month have been very limitea, uvviu s , measure, no doubt, to the uneasiness still felt respecting the city question. money is abundant. AMERICA. The Hibernia, mail steamer, arrived in our river at a few minutes before 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, after a passage of a little over twelve days. She brought sixty-one passengers from New York and twelve from Halifax. The Niagara arrived at Halifax on the 12th, and was met by the Hibernia near to Ncw York. The cholera was rife over the whole of the American continent. At St. Louis. where it was most prevalent at the time of our last arrival, it is stated, under date July 10th :—" The partial daily reports for the week ending Sunday noon were 884—of which 678 were deaths by cholera. There are about 300 emigrants from below at quarantine, who are unable to come up, owing to the quarantine laws being in full force. It is impossible to picture the distress the epidemic has occasioned among our citizens and emigrants arriving at this port ; in a num ber of instances whole families have been swept out of existence by this awful disease, and hundreds of our mer chants have fled from the city, leaving their business very frequently in an unsettled condition." The disease was said to be increasing, the weather being wet, with a good deal of thunder and lightning. It was also very fatal at Cincinnati, Albany, Baltimore, and other parts of the union. In the south-west its ravages amongst the slaves are frightful, and the hitherto healthy regions of the Carolinas are beginning to experience its fatal ravages. In New York the cases are about 150 per day, of which a third are fatal. It has also made its ap pearance in the north and in Canada, but not in so de structive a form. The National Festival of Independence passed off the fourth of July without any event specially worthy of notice. The New York Tribune reports that :—" In Canada nothing of moment has happened, though our correspond ents advise us of coming difficulties. The Tories now boldly advocate separation from Great Britain and annexa tion to the United States. The Montreal Herald, the chief organ of that interest, has taken that ground in the m^st decided terms, and there is no reason to doubt that the whole party is of the same way of thinking. In Canada-West the Orangemen are organizing as if for a conflict to be decided by force of arms. They are to meet in large numbers on the 12th inst. (to-morrow) to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. The place of meeting is at Port Hope or at Cobourg, and the men are to be there under arms. The government has in that quarter no means of resisting them. The weapons they are to bring are those distributed among them in 1837 to put down the rebellion then existing, and may now serve to carry on another revolt, which will be less easily subdued. We trust, however, that the matter may be settled without bloodshed." We have nothing new from California. The reports of great disoreer there are now regarded as fabrications. Another and a richer gold country has, however, been found in the state of Sonora, in Mexico, which would pro duce an ample harvest to the Mexican people if they could get rid of their troublesome neighbours, the Apache In dians, who are committing many outrages and murders. From Mexico we hear that the rebels of Sierra Madre have taken possession of the city of San Luis Potosi, but that they soon found it necessary to evacuate it. The re volution to bring back Santa Anna is talked ot, but noth ing has yet been done. The Indians are reported to have beaten the Mexicans in Yucatan. "We have," says the New York Tribune, " advices from Buenos Ayres to Mry 23. There was at that time a better probability of the settlement of the difficulties be tween France and England than has existed at any time since its commencement. The decree of Rosas prohibit ing every kind of communication with the British and French ships-of-war, has been suspended, and the long delayed exequatur of the British Consul has been made out." The political news report a split amongst the opponents of the present administration, the Free-soil and South erners. The extension-of-slavery question is the point of difference. A riot had occurred at Boston, the contending parties being American and Irish. Two of the latter were killed. Mr. Wilson, the vocalist, died of cholera on the Bth instant, at Quebec. He was announced to sing in Mon treal on the following afternoon. The whole of the stock (1,000,000 dollars) for a railroad on the isthmus of Panama, from a navigable point on the Chagres river to the Pacific Ocean, has been taken in New York. The work will be commenced within a few weeks. COMMERCIAL. (From tle New York Tribune.) Since our last issue there has been no change in our Money market. The rate of interest is still low, and the supply of capital abundant. First-class paper goes at sto 6 per cent., and loans on best collaterals are negotiated at 4 to 5 per cent. The Banks are full of coin, and cannot employ all their means safely and profitably. The Exchange market has been dull and heavy for this steamer, and closes without activity. Good Sterling has been sold at 84 to Eq, although some leading drawers obtain 81 for small sums. Francs arc 535 to 5 30, and are dull. The sup plies of Sterling are large. Freights to Liverpool and Ireland are steady and rather ac tive—Corn, 64d. to 60. in bulk; Flour, Is. 6d. to Is. 7211 ; heavy goods, 20s. to 225. ed. ; Cotton, id. ; Naval Stores, 2s. to 3s. To Ireland—Corn, 7d. to Bd. To Havre—Cotton, ic. There are large quantities of Corn going forward to Liverpool and Ireland. Business generally is quite dull in all branches except pro duce. This condition of things, however, is to be expected at this season of the year. The dry-goods business is quiet, and prices are sustained with difficulty. Cloths, however, are doing better. In Breadstuffs there is a good demand, and for Flour the market is improving. Best Western Canal sells at 4 624 to 475 per brl ; sour, 350 to .Ft 4 ; fine, 4OGto 4 12. The sales for export are large, mainly of fine. Corn is in large demand for export, with sales of 8,000 to 10,000 qrs. per day, at 53 to 551 c. per bush. for mixed, 56 for flat yellow, 54 to 56c. for white, 58 to 58ic. for round yellow: Wheat is heavy and dull. Genesee is nominally 120 to 123 ; Western, 75 to 102—the latter for prime Ohio, and the former for Illinois and Wisconsin red. The Provision market has not been very active. but Pork has improved to 9 25 for Prime and 10 75 for Mess; the stock here is about 120,000 brls. Beef is scarce and firm ; Prime Mess sells at 16 50 to 817 per tierce. Lard is heavy at 63 to 61c. for good and prime ; Grease 5* to 53. Cut Meats are firm. Shoul ders,43 to 4# ; Hams, 53 to 6# ; Sides, 6 to 7 ; Grease Butter, 6# ; Cheese, 2 to 5c., according to quality. The late news from Europe has given an impulse to Cotton, and the qualities have advanced fully a ic. per lb. since the last steamer. The demand has been active, and the sales reach 2,000 to 4,000 bales per day, partly on speculation but mainly for export. The stock here is 65,000 bales, of which 10,000 bales are on the market. Holders are very firm. Uplands. N. Orleans 6-Mobile. Inferior Ordinary! 73 to 7i 72 to 83 MiddiinF B3 to 81 83 to 8# Good middling Middling fair Bl to 83 9 to 93 Fair BUFFALO, July 10.—The market for Flour is firmer, with a fair home and export demand. Freights unchanged. ALBANY, July 10.—In Flour there is a good business doing. Oats continue buoyant, the transactions reaching 10,000 bush. at 33ie. The MONTREAL advices are firm. DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH BY GARIBAIDI. At last some accounts have reached about Garibaldi. That daring chief has neither submitted nor gone to America as had been reported. He had taken post at Civita Castellana, not far from Ferni, His force consisted of 8,000 men, but was every day augmenting. An engage ment had taken place between a portion of his troops and the French division sent in pursuit of him, when the latter were defeated, having thirty killed and woundnd. The conduct of the French at Rome is a thorough specimen of bullyism and despotism. The prisons are now crammed, so that great danger has arisen to the public health. Great numbers are emigrating to America and England. At Civita Vecchia, and on the wa y, th ere were 3,000 refugees. Not a carriage is suffered to pass the gate of Rome without a Search for arms, and a general disarmament is rigorot sly enforced. The Agram Gazette announces another signal victory gained by Bem over the Austrian General Ottinger. Another Russian division, attempting to force the pas sage of Aidos, in Moldavia, had been driven back by the Hungarian F. Cunsous FACT.—The Baltimore Patriot learns from a gentleman who has recently returned from a visit to the eastern shore of Maryland, that both sides of Chester are lined with dead fish, from the smallest to the largest size. The same phenomenon was obseri e 1 during the existence of the cholera in 1832, and the causes which then existed have no doubt produced a like effect now. THE INDIAN COTTON CROP.—Extract of a letter from Bombay, dated 2nd June, 1849:—"There is not much doing in cotton for"the English markets, but to China the natives are shipping to some extent. Prices have Irtely advanced, and for Surat, Broach, and Dhollerah, Rs. 85 to 86 in the raw bale is asked ; for Compta, new, Rs. 80 ; the export to date as follows : London. L'pool. Clyde. Hull. G. Britain. China. Total. 1848 30220 50392 16915 1413 98940 48858 147798 1849 31974 53765 10275 7012 103026 70261 173287 LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL STEAMER CANADA. This splendid vessel arrived in our river a few minutes before three o'clock on Saturday, having made the passage from Boston, which port she left at 11h. 58m., a.m., on the 18th, in the unprecedentedly short period of ten days. Indeed, we may remind our readers that the difference in solar time being about four hours against the vessel, the voyage has in reality been made in a little less than ten days by the chronometer. The Canada passed the steam ship Caledonia, outward bound, off St. George's Island. The Niagara bad arrived at New York on the 14th. She encountered, during the voyage, several days of dense fog. There is nothing of political importance in the advices by this steamer, the papers being nearly filled up with reports of the cholera, which is ravaging nearly every por tion of the United States and Canada, and spreading con aternation on every side. In New York the number of cases had risen to 158 on the 16th instant, with 55 deaths and only 16 -recoveries. Contrary to the experience of 1832, it is most rife in the best parts of the city ; and amongst its victims are a large number of the middle and higher classes. The New York Herald says, "We have to enumerate the deaths of persons who were respectable and well-known citizens, both in the professional and in the business community of this metropolis. David B. Ogden, Esq., a distinguished practitioner at the bar; James Reyburn, Esq., a well-known cotton broker, in Wall-street ; Alexander Wykoff, Esq., Secretary of the Hudson Railroad Company, with some others of similar rank, have been quite suddenly swept away in the course of the last few days." Mr. Reyburn was an Irishman, born in Limerick, and his loss, it is said, will be deeply felt by his poor emigrant fellow-countrymen, to whose necessities he was ever a liberal contributor. There is a discrepancy in the number of cases given respectively by the city inspector and the board of health. The former gives the deaths in June and to the 14th instant at 1534, and the latter at 969. The former is considered the correct return. The telegraph from Montreal, under date of the 16th instant, states—" The cholera is returning with fear ful p.piclitv among us. The deaths in this city were, on Saturday, 45, and it is supposed that the number yesterday was greater. This terrible and sudden increase is partly to be attributed to the sudden change of weather. Since the thunder storm of Friday night last, the thermometer has stood seldom higher than 70, and often as low as 60. Prior to the storm, it stood as high as 90, and occasionally went up to 100. The board of health have now become so alarmed that they are afraid to publish the true report, and the consequence is that the public hear of the deaths only. The cholera is also spreading to a great extent among the soldiery. Lord Elgin, it is said, has refused to allow the troops to leave the town, although requested by the medical men to do so. In Quebec, sad to relate, the disease has been far more frightful than even in Montreal, the deaths averaging from twelve to fifteen per day. The merchants refrain from attending at their counting-houses, and the consequence is that business is perfectly paralyzed. Many citizens of the first respectability have fallen a prey to this dire disease in Quebec." The scene of its most disastrous raw ges, however, continues to be the unfortu nate city of St.:Louis. The deaths there from the Ist of May to the Bth of July are reported at 4,454. A corres respondent of the Boston Transcript, writing from St. Louis, July sth, gives the following lamentable picture : "Death is every where. Cholera is dealing its blows to the right and left, and thousands of our people have been hurried to their graves. A man now well may be, an hour hence, a corpse. The sextons, the undertakers, and even the horses, are worn out with the dreaeful work of burial, Cartsand furnilure wagons have to supply the places of hearses, which, though nu merous, are insufficient to carry out the coffins, though piled one upon another. Many dead bodies lie, without a friend to execute the rites of interment, until a public officer or Sister of Charity comes to put them in the ground. Some persons, to save expenses which they are not able to bear, bury their friends in the woods, br on the sand bars of the river. Many is the house, lately full of inhabitants, that now has scarcely one left to tell the story of the departed. Husband and wife will take their tea together at evening, and, before the next morning, one or both is ready for the grave. Some of the sextons, overtasked. bury the dead at half the usual depth. The city government have abdicated their powers before an indignant populace, and the duties of the Board of Health are devolved upon a com mittee of the citizens. The . public school houses are turned into hospitals, and the chief business of the living is to take care of the sick and dying, and to bury the dead. Many members of the city government, and probably not less than ten thousand of the citizens, have lied. The stillness of the sabbath reigns, while death is doing its work. The newspapers do not, it is said, report half the cases, because all the forms of law are paralyzed, and officers do not discharge their duties. A dui ness, nervousness, and lack of energy are manifested by every one. The atmosphere is hot and humid. Flies swarm in:my riads. Vegetation grows with the rankest luxuriance, and animal life sinks proportionably. We have been hopinz for many days that the disease would soon begin to abate. But it onlyincreases. It is believed that not less than 1,400 die per week,. and about 200 per day." It is remarked here that those attacked are mostly in the middle of life, the period most exempt of all others from ordinary diseases. THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.—Father Matthew has been enthusiastically feted at New York, and admi nistered the pledge daily to thousands since his arrival. He was to proceed in a week to B stow. THE GOLD REGIONS.—We have dates from Chagres to the 28th of June, which report nothing new from California. The steam-ship California left Panama, on the 24th of June, for San Francisco, with full freight and many passengers, amongst whom were comprised most all those awaiting transportation at that place. There uro but fom now le.ft nn the. Teth mil, The. stastm. chip Teviot left Chagres on the 29th ult. for England, with 77,550 dollars worth of gold on board. From St. Louis we learn that many of the Mormons had gone in search of gold. Several serious quarrels and fights had occurred among the emigrants on the plains. Many were taking the back track for home. WEST INDIES.—The Herald says—" We have advices from Kingston, Jam., to the 2d instant, by which we learn that the Assembly met on the 28th ult. The Kingston Journal says the session will soon end, as the majority of the members had determined to transact no business." CANADA.—The question of annexation continues to be freely discussed by the Canadian press ; and much ill feeling exists between the British and the dominant French party. The question has been taken up in the United States by the ultra demoratic party, the weakest in the union.. They profess, however, no wish to inter fere in the matter. I t et Canada and Cuba, they say, become independent states, and then they will treat with them for their admission into the American union. SERIOUS .FIRES.—The Herald says—" A tremendous fire is now raging in Alleghany city, and already some twenty-five to thirty buildings arc in ashes, including Dr. Swift's church. It is impossible, at present, to tell where or when it will stop, as no water is thrown to stay its pro gress—in consequence of a disagreement between the firemen and the city councils, who refused the necessary appropriation for repairing the engines. A number of companies from Pittsburgh are on the spot to render assistance, but the mob will not aliow them to work. Thirty houses, at least, have been destroyed." A later account states that the military had been called in to assist the enginemen and to protect property. Another great fire had broken out at Maunch Crook, and de stroyed the largest portion of the town, including the court-house and gaol. LIST OF PASSENGERS. From Boston : Mrs. Grundy, Mrs. Eastman, Mr. N. Carruth, Mr. C. Carruth, Mr. W. L. Jackson, Mr. H. Hutton, Mr. A. Rodin, Mr. H. Napier, Mr. C. T. Judkins, Mr. I. Gibert, Mr. Ross, Mr. Gourdin and two nephews, Mr. H..Jevons, Mr. P. H. Rathbone, Mr. J. Jones, Mr. J.. C. B. Davis, Mr. T. W. Chiun and ser vant, Mr. A. Barrow, Mr. I. K. Elgee, Madame Josephine Weiss, Mr. F. Weiss, Mr. H. Reicke, forty Viennoise Children, four servants, Mr. J. B. Toulmin and lady, Mr. A. B. Woodeock, Mr. F. Moisseuet, Mr. E. Sweetland, Mr: F. Wood, Mr. R. P. Veuto, lady, four children and nurse, Baron A De . Rothschild and servant, Mr. James Lovatt, Mr. W. W. Campbell, Mr. J. W. Averell, Mr. F. De Ormachio, Mr. D. Y. Florencio, Mr. M. M. Collett, Mr. C. Inmann, Mr. Wm. Morton, Mr. Manuel. Cruz, Mr. Leon Acuna, Mr. P. M. Zinguez, Mr. H. De Goer, Mr. A. •Mathe, Mr. R. Weiss, Mr. W. A. Kani, Mr. Cibert, Mr. Paul Schmid, Mr. A. G. De Voir, Mr. S. D. Linton, Mr. Montluc, Mr. R. Lernonie, Mr. H. Bramwell, lady and child, Mr. Jeanrenand, Mr. A. Mahan, Mr. H. Hill, Mr. W. W. Brown. Mr. C. Patton, Mr. I. Magee, Mr. H. Bain, Mr. F. Meers, Mr. 1. Seiloz, Mr. A. Corteira, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. A. Mandell; Mr. Korff, Mr. Herrenkohl, and Mr. and Miss Duncan. Fr.m Halifax: Rev. Mr. M'CullOch, Mr. Luttrell, Mi. Norman, and a non-com missioned officer and wife Royal Sappers and Miners. • COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. We extract the following from the New York Courier and Enquirer : • NEW YORK, Monday Night, 16th instant. The news by the Niagara, which steamer reached this port on Saturday, has caused some animation and some rise in prices of public seeuritieo and of produce. Our money market remains abundantly supplied. Exchange on London is very heavy. The range of highest quotation is from si to 8Z though good bills have been seld.at 81. In cotton, which at our last date was advancing here in price, there has been a further advance and much activity, which is to be accounted for by the better rates prevailing in Europe, and by the increasing conviction that the growing crop 2mist be a late one, and, therefore, probably a moderate one. The following statement has been handed to us:— We have since last week's steamer had an active demand daily, speculators participating largely in the business doing, and prices have further improved ic. on all grades, more par ticularly on qualities rangin. , from "good middle" to "fully fair." The sales of the six days past amount to 16,000 bales, viz. : Florida and N. 0., Texas Uplands. and Mobile. 11,000 bales 5,000 bales Low ordinary 73 @ 71 7 @ Ordinary : ... Good ordinary Bl @ ii gi @ Middling Good Middling. Bi @ 84 9* @ 91 Middling fair 9* @ 93 9& @ Fair . _ .... 9l @ 103—scarce Fully fair Good fair lO @ none offered "Inferior" descriptions are scarce, and held at 74c.; "fully fair and " good fair" Gulf are still more scarce, and worth from laic. to 121 c. There is a strong feeling here in favour of a further material advance, which can be checked only by the receipt of very unfavourable foreign advices. The stocks in the United States are reduced to a low fig - ure, 168,001, of which 84,000, it is estimated, are held in New York. The growir b . crop is admitted to he four weeks later than last year, and the impression that it will prove a short, or at all events a very moderate one, will cause the planters to hold for higher prices. The wheat harvest is over in Virginia, and is in rapid progress in Pennsylvania and in this State under a mos tfayourable state of weather. Indeed, the long prevalence of hot, bright, dry weather, un favourable enough after 'so long continuance to other vegeta tion, has removed mostly all apprehension of rust, from the effects of which so much was feared. In Southern Ohio only do we find well founded complaint on this score, and notwith standing some falling off there, our wheat harvest will he ample. Our imports for the week ending 13th instant amounted to three millions and fifty-four - thousand dollars, exclusive of goods entered for warehousing, which were in value nearly three-quarters of a million, for the same period. The value of the exports for this port for the same period, only amounted to a little more than eight hundred thous and dollars, not much exceeding the valueof the goods warehoused. Under such circumstances a rise in the rate of Exchange on England would be inevitable, but for the amount of United States stocks abroad, recently purchased and remitted, either in payments or for sale. It is believed that Mr. Bates, of Ba ring Brothers and Co., before his departure from this country, invested something like one million of dollars in United States sixes, which sum lying here, would otherwise have gone into the Exchange market for the purchase of bills. We annex our usual quotations Ashes are in fair demand. Both Pots and Pearls may be quoted at doll. 6ff. The Flour market continues quite firm, and the better brands less plenty and in request. The city and Eastern trade has been rather active for some time past. The range for unin spected and fine is .84,124 to 34,31 f ' • common State and mixed Western, .84,814 to 84,94 ; straight State and good Western, .84,94 to 85,25; Ohio brands are scarce, and held at .85,12 f to 85,25. The export demand is principally for uninspected and fine. Southern is in light supply, and sells at .85 to .85,25 for Brandywine, Georgetown, and Baltimore. Rye Flour brings .82,94 to 85. Corn Meal is quiet at 82,94 to .83. GRAIN.-Wheat is dull, with but fevrtransactions. Genesee is held at 120 to 125 c.; Ohio, 100 to 105 c. •, and common Wis consin at 80 to 85c. Rye is held at 561 to 57c. Barley is out of season. Oats are lower, and sell at 32 to 34c. Indian Corn is less plenty, and prices are well supported; 'round yellow is scarce, and brings 58f to 59c. ; 54 to 553 c. for Western high mixed, and yellow white is scarce at 56 to 58c. for Northern. PROVISIONS.-Ohio Pork remains inactive Mess may be quoted at 310,62 f to 810,75; Prime, .89 to 39,121. Beef is steady at .812,50 to 12, 75 for river and city mess ; .813,25 for Chicago, and 310,50 to .811 for prime. Lard is dull at 6f to 63c. for bbls. and 73 to 73c. for kegs. FREIGHTS.-To Liverpool-Cotton, *d., Corn, 6d.. Flour, Is. 73d. to Is. 9d., heavy goods, 20s. to 225. 6d. To London- Tobacco, 275. 61, Naval Stores, 25., measurement and heavy goods, 305., Flour, ls. 9d., Provisions, ss. 6d. to 6s. in tierces, and 2s. in bbls. To Havre-Cotton, id, Ashes, Rice, &c., .88 to .810 per ton. To Glasgow-Flour, 25., Naval Stores, 2s. 6d. F. Ireland-Flour, Is. Id!, Corn, sfd. to 7d. Uron the prospects offered for the British manufac turer, the New York Courier remarks,- "The full importations are likely to be exceedingly large, and they must be paid for in some way. Whether there is a demand for foreign fabrics here or not, our markets will doubt less be flooded with them, and they will be forced off in the usual way, through our action rooms. The manufacturers of Great Britain must find markets for their goods ; and in the present state of Europe the prospect is more favourable as re gards cousiiinricin in this country than in any other part of the world. We may, therefore, expect a very hewn , importa tion ; and in the absence of any important demand for our breadstuffs, or advance in the prices of cotton, we must rapidly fall in arrears in our foreign trade." (From the New York Herald for Europe.) NEW ORLEANS, July 12, 1849. There was a fair demand for cotton yesterday, though the heavy rains somewhat restricted transactions. The sales were about 1400 bales. Prices taken in favour of the seller, though without any marked change; middling at 711 c. to 7ic. Freights continue steady, at Si 50 per bale for cotton to New York, and c. per lb. to Havre. Rates to Liverpool remain about the same, with moderate engagements. _ _ ALBANY July 16, 6, p.m. There has been a fair demand for flour to-day, and we notice sales of 1500 bbls., including common state and mixed Western at $4 50 to 4 62 3 / 4 ; straight brands ditto ditto, at $4 62 3 / 4 to $4 75, and pure Genessee at 85 122 to S 5 25. In wheat there were sales of 2500 bushels Genessee at Al 17. For corn there is a good demand, though the prices are a trifle lower. The sales are 6000 bushels round yellow at 54 3 / 4 c. Oats are in good demand and market firm ; about 12,000 bushels changed bands at 32 3 / 4 to 33c. _ _ BUFFALO, July 16, 1849. Receipts by canal since Saturday :—Flour 6500 bbls.; wheat, 7000 bushels; corn, 48,000 bushels In tour there is a good. business doing, and the sales are 3000 bbls. at $4 28 for common Michigan, and 84 37i to .84 44 for ditto Ohio. The operations in wheat are 2500 bushels Ohio, prime quality, at 90c. The demand for corn is active, and the transactions embrace 30,000 bushels, at 43c. to 44c. for mixed Western. Freights are, for flour, to Albany, 54c., and corn, 9ic. VESSELS LOADING FOR LIVERPOOL. NEW YORK, July 16.—Honor, Daniels ; Isaac Wright, Mar shall; Roscius, Eldridge; Cornelia, French; Columbus, Mac Cerren ; Enterprise, Funk; Shannon, Davis; Hottino ' ver, Burs ley ; Niagara (s), Bytie ; Yorkshire, Hackstaff; Liverpool, Eldridge ' Constellation, Luce ; M. Livingston, Barstow ; De Witt Clinton, Funk; Centuriln, Ricker; Gertrude, Shearman ; Ohio, Ciarke. CHARLESTON, July 12.—Gertrude, Campbell; Araminta, Hutchinson; Triton, Smith; North Star, Bishop; China, Pas coe; John Hunter, Whitby. SAVANNAH, July l2.—Bona Dea, Graham; Carnatic, Mac kenzie ; J. Lowden, Langford ; Springfield, Roy ; Chaos, Pax ton; Rockshire, Spencer. NEW ORLEANS. July 7.—Hope. Weston; Michael Angelo, Wilson ; Oxenbridge, Taylor; Haidee, Soule; Madowmak, Rich ; Clyde, Halcrow ; Robert, Beauchamp; Cato, Willmer ; Arkoway, Pescud ; Jane H. Glidden, Child. INTERESTING FROM LIBERIA.-WAR WITH THE SLAVE-DEALERS. The Boston Traveller, of the 6th instant, says, " We have received our files of the Liberia Herald to the 18th of May. " The expedition sent by Governor Roberts to New Cesters and Trade Town, for the destruction of the slave factories at those places, returned to Monrovia on the 28th of April. The troops, more than 400 in number, were con veyed to New Cesters by a French steamer, and three British vessels, one or more from the French squadron, and the U. S. ship Yorktown, accompanied the expedition. "The fullest success crowned the undertaking. The slavers were completely routed, and their establishments at both places destroyed. The slaver at New Cesters had raised the whole country in his defence, had supplied the natives liberally with munitions of war, and when the Liberian expedition attempted to land, led on in person Eho nativos by thoncancla to oppoco a landing. A fou7 bombs from the French steamer kept them at bay, and under cover of her fire the troops pushed boldly ashore and formed on the beach. The Spaniard did not show himself afterwards, but the natives, concealing themselves behind the rocks, trees, and bushes, kept up a continual and annoying fire for two days. As soon as the line of march was taken up for the barracon, the slaver hastened to the factory, and applied a torch. , When the Liberians arrived there, the house was a heap of ashes. It 4 kas built of mud, so thick and well dried that it would have resisted a six-pound shot. It was three feet thick, twelve feet high, and beautifully whitewashed, and, enclosing a per fectly level and well-cleaned area of about two-and-a-half acres of land, presented a beautiful sight in the deep green wilderness in the bosom of which it was situated. Six or seven men were killed of the natives, the rest taking to their heels. Not a man was killed or seriously wounded among the Liberians. No resistance was offered at Trade Town. The slaver there had heard of the fate of his com patriot below, and as the men marched up to his factory, he advanced to meet them, suing for mercy in the hum blest attitude. "The amount of property destroyed by this expedition was not known, but it is said to have been large. The troops brought back with them two Spaniards and thirty or forty slaves. Previous to setting out upon the expedi tion, the forces assembled in the Methodist Church, in Monrovia, and there united in prayer to God, that he would prosper their undertaking. " The schooner Lark, presented by the Queen of Eng land to the Republic of Liberia, arrived at Monrovia on the 16th of May. "The Herald speaks of the gratitude which is felt by the people of Liberia towards England, for the deep sym pathy and spontaneous kindness which have been mani fested for them : for the attention bestowed upon President Roberts, while in England recently ; and for the prompt recognition of the Republic by the British Government. We wait,' the Herald says, ' with no little anxiety to hear what the American people will do for us. That they have done much cannot be denied—seeing they conducted us from nothing to 'our present condition ; but we hope and believe they will do more.' " The treaty procured by President Roberts between England and the Republic of Liberia was formally ratified by the Senate of Liberia on the 26th of April. The treaty places Liberia on the footing of the most favoured nations. In accordance with the spirit of the treaty, a law was passed by the legislature of Liberia declaring slavery piracy, and punishable accordingly." In addition to the above we understand that the com mercial agents of the Liberian Government for England (Mcssrs. George Wright and Co., of this town,) have received highly satisfactory letters since the return of Pre sident Roberts. The energies of the people are directed to agricultural pursuits, with a view to the increase of their exports, while at the same time they are ready to exchange their products for everything that is serviceable for them• selves; and what is paramount to all is, the strong dis position in the people for learning in all its subsidiary branches. M. Theodore Lesseps left Paris on Friday, for London, on a Government mission. Letters from Berne announce that the Swiss Confeder ation have ordered a levy of 28,000 men to be placed under the command of Feneral Dufour, in consequence of the violation by a number of Hessian troops of the ter ritory near Schaffhausen, for which satisfaction was re fused, and in consequence of a considerable body of Prussian troops being assembled on the German line in the direction of Switzerland. DR. BIRD'S SULPHUR REMEDY.—An American medi cal practitioner, Dr. Terry, of Detroit, has written a letter in the New York papers to show that Dr. Bird's sulphur remedy for cholera is a humbug. He says he has made a chemical examination of the pills used by Dr. Bird. He found that they did not contain sulphur, but consisted almost entirely of morphine, to the effects of which he traces the sudden check of diarrhoea by these pills. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. -4- The Vice-Chancellor has given the requisite order for winding up the Irish West Coast Railway. CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We hear that the works on this line are going on very well, and that the calls are also being much better paid. An opinion is gaining ground that the line will eventually pay a fair dividend, and in respect of most railways a good one.— Herapath's Journal. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 22d July, 1849 : Coaching traffic, £1,827 12s. 51d. ; parcels, £6O 17s. Bd. ; goods and cattle, £162 65.7 d.; steamboats, £1932d.: t0ta1,X2243 165.10 Ad.; exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and Chester Company, and payment for the conveyance of mails. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—There was a rumour in Bir mingham on Monday that a fatal accident had occurred on the London and North-Western line, near Coventry, that morning. The facts were much exaggerated. The down morning train came in contact with an engine left on the line, by which it was detained nearly an hour. One or two passengers were slightly injured, but none fatally. A letter was posted on Monday at the Loudon Stock Exchange addressed to a broker's firm from the secretary of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, to the effect that he has orders to decline to register a certain transfer of stock from the name of Mr. George Hudson. It is presumed therefore that the stock has been attached either by the company or by some other parties having claims on Mr. Hudson.—The Times. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The number of new churches erected during the last 30 years is estimated at from 1,100 to 1,400. The Precenthrship of Gloucester Cathedral, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. Webb, has been filled up by the appointment of the Rev. E. K. Luscome. The minor canonry will be filled up on the 31st inst.—Church and State Gazette. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel is en gaged in raising a special fund for the purpose of securing the services of a clergyman or schoolmaster on board the emigrant ships which are now every week proceeding to Australia. A library of religious, educational, and enter taining books is provided for each ship by the Coloniza tion Commissioners, who also undertake to give a free cabin passage to each clergyman or teacher, of a superior class, who shall be approved of by them as schoolmaster to the emigrants. PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE INDIAN EPISCOPATE.— It is rumoured that as soon as circumstances will admit, the present diocese of Calcutta is to be subdivided,•by the erection of a Bishopric of Agra, stretching over the Pun jaub. A large number of additional Clergymen are to be sent out, and will be maintained by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Vene rable Thomas Dealtry, B.C.L, formerly Archdeacon of Calcutta, and at present Minister of St. John's Episcopal Chapel, Bedford-row, is mentioned as the first Bishop of the new diocese. A second new Bishopric is to be erected in Tinnevelly, in the present diocese of Madras, where there are about 14,000 native converts under instruction in the Propagation Society's Missions ; besides nearly 12,000 more in the new Missions in the diocese of Madras. The Bishopric of Tinnevelly will probably be conferred on the Venerable Archdeacon Shortland, 8.D., who, in addi tion to his Episcopal duties, will have the supervision of the Collegiate Grammar-schools at Vediarpooram and Sawyerpooram, with a view to train up a body of native Clergy and catechists. NEW BISHOPRICS IN INDIA.—It is intended, as soon as circumstances will admit, to subdivide the present enormous diocese of Calcutta, and to erect a bishopric of Agra, stretching over the conquered Punjaub. A large number of additional clergymen will be sent out, and will he maintained by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. It is stated that the first bishop of the new diocese will mini.t be the of Ven. st. T jo h h o n m ,s as E D pi e s a c l o t p ry al , 8.C.L., the officiating Chapel, Bedford-row. Mr. Dealtry held for many years the archdeaconry of Calcutta. A second new bishopric will be erected in Tinnivelly, which is at present under the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Madras. Within the last three years there have been built, in one single district of the Tinnivelly mission (Edeyencoody), four large and seven small churches, with accommodation for 2,940 worshippers, four central and ten village schools, calculated to hold 680 boys and girls. There are about 14,000 native converts under instruction in the Propaga tion Society's missions in the province of Tinniv,elly, and nearly 12,000 in the new missions in the province of-Tin nivelly will be conferred on the Ven. Archdeacon Short land, 8.D., who, in addition to his episcopal duties, will have the supervision of the collegiate grammar-schools at Vediarpooram and Sawyerpooram, with a view to train up a body of native clergy and - cate - chists. To these institu tions several foundation scholarships are attached. At Vediarpooram there are at present upwards of fifty native students, and at Sawyerpooram one hundred and forty boys and young men. CHURCH STATISTICS OF JAMAICA.—The following statements are taken from the bishop's reply to an address presented to him by the clergy of the diocese :—" Under the teaching of the several pastors throughout the diocese, not fewer than ten thousand persons have been presented to me in my second visitation to be confirmed ; sixteen new churches, and as many burial grounds, have been consecrated. Within the six years since my translation to the see of Jamaica, the clergy have been increased by nearly a fifth of their number, whilst the general popula tion has slightly decreased. The present ecclesiastical establishment cousists of four archdeacons, twenty-seven rectors, fifty island (or perpetual) curates, three colonial chaplains, and twenty-nine stipendiary curates or mis sionaries, all residing and ministering at their several stations in the diocese. Our schools are one hundred and ten in number, and afford instruction commonly on the national system, and everywhere under the vigilant super intendence of the clergy, to 7,500 pupils, principally the children of the poor. The want of a college or fsemin ary in this large and once opulent colony is universally admitted and deplored." INTERESTING PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT. We give in another column a short notice of five sermons re cently published by the Rev. C. J. Furlong, minister of Trinity Church, Boulogne-sur-Mer. The church in which Mr. Furlong is the highly-respected minister is connected with so many interesting associations that a short sketch cannot but be interesting to every Church man. The building, which now administers so efficiently to the spiritual wants of the British residents at Boulogne sur-Mer was built in the early part of the 17th century, and formed a part of a considerable estate, consisting of a spacious convent, church, cloisters, gardens, grounds, and wood,—of which all that remains (with the exception of some traces still to be observed in the adjacent houses and gardens) is the church in question, denuded of its lofty square tower,—the base of which is still distinctly visible. It was built by Raoul, of the noble house of De Lannog, of Flanders origin. When perfected for its intendod purpooco, the proporty umq subsequently con signed to the uses of the mendicant Friars of the order or St. Francis, who were styled " Capucius," from the hood or capuchou affixed to their ample robes. On the intro duction of the Capucius and Ursaitno nuns into the dio cese of Boulogne, Jean Dolee, the second bishop thereof, dedicated 'the Chapel of Capuceu seminary to holy pur poses, by the name of his own cathedral in the upper town—" Notre Dame de Boulogne." It is somewhat re markable in connexion with the purposes for which the Chapel of" Notre Dame" is now serving under the name of "Trinity Church," that Pierre de l'Angle, who made his solemn entry into Boulogne as Bishop, in 1699, may be said to have been a Protestart,—indeed, his great uncle, Claude de l'Angle, was a Protestant minister. He certainly deprived the Capucius of many of their privi leges ; and it is recorded that on the door of the house where he lodged, at Calais, after a confirmation held there, was found written in the morning, "a l'lndel Geneve," — words evidently intended to denote his Protestant ten dencies. 120 years, however, elapsed since a bishop officiated within 'these walls. The revolutionary storm which burst over France in the latter years of the past century, both annihilated the noblesse of the Lannoy family and the Seminary of the Capacius ; their retreat was confiscated, and sold to those who built the streets and alleys now covering its site, and the church itself variously converted from time to time into a saltpetre manufactory ; a military hospital—an " atelier d'ouvriers militaires," and finally into a government repository for common salt. At length the light of Heaven was once more permitted to shine through its sacred casements. The admirable situation and proportions of the empty and abandoned edifice for the purposes of a British Pro testant Church had for some time attracted the attention of the English residents in Boulogne, and suggested many an application to the proprietor, whose terms precluded the possession of the wished-for prize. However, in the spring of 1847, Mr. Furlong, who had no thought of the undertaking, was induced by the importunity and promise of friends to comply with their wishes and renew the at tempt ; and after a very considerable expense had been incurred—rendered heavy in consequence of the action of the salt on the floor and walls—the task advancing rapidly and cheerfully. Tn August, 1847, the Church of the Holy Trinity was opened for divine worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, and the Rev. R. Burgess, rector of Chelsea, (who has very recently visited Liverpool,)preached a sermon on the auspicious occasion to a crowded and attentive congregation. On the left hand of the church at the entrance is a deep re cess, or transept, forming one arm of a cross, which has been named St. Mary's. Chapel, and beyond this, a door leads into the spacious vestry. At the far S. E. extremity, and facing the entrance-door, are the ample tables, with the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Commandments, in deep blue and gold, rising in elegant proportions nearly to the cornice, and extending, on either side, somewhat beyond the neatly railed-off space devoted to the services of the Holy Communion. On the right hand side of the Church, opposite to St. Mary's Chapel, and where the ancient once existed, are placed the reading desk' and pulpit, commanding every seat in the building. Over the entrance has been erected a spacious gallery, which, with the exception of the portion required for the organ and choir, is entirely devoted to free sittings. Shortly after the urch was opened, the Lord Bishop of London signified his intention of holding a confirmation at Bou logne, but indisposition preventing him, his lordship em powered the Right Rev. Bishop Coleridge to officiate in his stead, who, accompanied by the Chaplain of the Bishop of London, on the 19th of October, confirmed 174 young persons at Trinity Church,—exactly 127 years after Bishop De l'Angle had held a confirmation in the church. The solemn and interesting ceremony was attended by nearly all the resident clergy, the French and English authorities, and the principal French and English in the town and neighbourhood. The native population thronged the porch. the garden, and the street, and were much and favourably impressed by the sight of this solemn rite of our reformed and truly Catholic Church. We have heard it stated, on such authority as we can place implicit re liance, that so impressed are numbers of the French Re monists with the beauty and simplicity of our Liturgy, and the ceremonies of our church, that they have stated it as their conviction that if it were generally adopted numbers would embrace it ! And what would appear to substantiate this, is the fact, that when Bishop Coleridge was leaving Trinity Church, after the confirmation, some of the people knelt down and asked him to bless them ! We are induced to mention these facts as an encourage ment to missionary exertions everywhere, and not because we are at all surprised that the simplicity of our beautiful Liturgy should produce such an effect,—in contrast to the mummeries daily practised before their eyes. Trinity Church, from that period to the present, has progressed, under the Divine Blessing, beyond the speculations of its warmest supporters, being well attended by resident sub scribers, and greatly resorted to by strangers ; and even during the temporary confusion attendant on the recent changes from a monarchical to a republican form of go vernment, there were found 130 devout Communicants kneeling at the Table of the Lord. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. THE READING ELECTlON.—Appearances promise a contest for this seat. Besides Sir John Hare, Mr. John Frederick Standford, of Foley House, Portland-place, London, has announced himself a candidate upon " mode rate Liberal" principles. Mr. George Bowyer, of North court House, Abingdon, and a magistrate for the county, is also in the field upon the Liberal interest. CLOSE OF THE SESSION.—The end of the session may now at length be fixed with some degree of certainty. By force of sitting every night and almost all the days during the past week, the House of Commons has got July 31 b e# through the indispensable measures left ov er, ee/ of the session. The Lords will sit Tuesday 0 day. The Commons will not sit to-morrow, _lbest, quence of ,a court io be held at Osborne house , 1 4, h0 , presence of the ministers will be required: ttSt sit, however, on Tuesday to dispose of the bills weal await the final stage of the lower house, and o O 4 . RjU day it is confidently expected that Parlia men" prorogued for the session of 1849.-Observer. e fr : The Carlton and Conservative Clubs are ahe sst sejs; funds to prosecute the petition against Bardnl:peet • Mr. Mrangham, Mr. Hope, and Mr. Meres,,:lo.ls7s ' retained for the petition ; and Mr. Hill, Mr. o°" 0 t oy and Mr. Compton to defend the return of Bar ° child. 1) 1 ° ao IS REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON.-There- re - t w s ee) candidates in the field for the honour of ILP-C Boston in place of Sir James Duke. Th ey 'of v W. Wire and Capt. D. A. Pelham (the brother itlo Yarborough). REPRESENTATION OF READING. -- We t ind , fi Pc% Mr. C. Russell, chairman of the Great W este r - saS" and one of the late members for the borougue.rds?y invited to come forward as the Conservative eiSisa It is doubtful, however, whether the new . 4 issued this session. MR. COBDEN AND PEACE.-011t Or Pi 1 , 0,1, sniteeet CiF , Iff sd have been, this week, a few notable Peitati. l ,o among which, perhaps not the least, is iner e , l e speech from Mr. Cobden, delivered at a Piwn.The meeting in the city, got up by Mr. Osborne. loseefo, ing is a specimen of the pacific temper and kss sil the great leader of the movement for abolisbleusoseey, and substituting arbitration in its place-'` Yo u eep pie and army and navy of England) would in sor t Y crumple that empire up (the empire of Rut is s 'is sly) her into her own dreary fastnesses, as I erwr f ,,)' i yi paper now in my hand. (Tremendous cheero4l.o to make it evident what were the means by so o o 'o o crumpling was to be effected, Mr. Cobden Psf,sis compare the military and financial resouToss?so empire of Britain with the re su lts produce d c'o'p ` those of Russia, drawing inferences from "i'ilerg t ,"o by no means favourable to Russia. And a n° t hat amidst much cheering openly proclaimed t English people, are ready to go to war for the saser,'w• to-morrow. So much for arbitration, and ttf e ;etb%acll t these new apostles of peace. We really b e ' . oft' Cobden does not quite kno w w h a t he is abod.A.; adulation has turned his head.-The Guar d > s n O e:ss...a.s.asssesse.ssessseesers si s s .„ THE USES OF AN IRISH BOG. A sa a v leSl'' MORE VALUABLE THAN CAL or ol3l. ri io d The problem of the regeneration of Ire' 00'05' shortly to be solved, by one of the most e s „f 11 5 %ei modes which ever occurred in the historY 4 ",tbo lis s The bogs of Ireland have ever been regarde?,i,ins!se blots upon her fair face. We have bad erc rable for draining them, and converting a t ' s , profitable use. Yet, all along it would see, s' it sist ll #o very excrescences of the soil have contained :ieseloPoss selves mines of incalculable wealth, in the t h e 0111) of which the surplus labour, now leavieg t 0 1 might for years have been most profitably erP vs tee'l 0 which are capable, by the application of aaeg er atie ° tie and skill, of employing its people for geT tbe fore r ot come. So wonderful is the fact, first bro s ,di u s de e se o House of Commons on Friday night, by ""_ l l %,,edt ° 00 Mahon, that we should almost have been I, d ri"ss s ais tio ,lo ,, it as the effect of a hallucination which firo o 4 o' the honourable gentleman, but for its c°°_, Lord Ashley, in the following circumstantlaidieel which we shall new quote, premising that the pro' 0 a uses m o was de on of announcedconverting he the a b u o t g h s o or authority y l roefl r. (YeP era Englishman : spbes' " Lord Ashley, being so appealed to by t•ssea, amp ber, said, that as to the gentleman, Mr. dad of his full testimony that a more high- min _ s u e s - s e ° s e, religious man he never had the good fob 's- - oeie s ' i; (Hear.) He was one whose friendship be p a- a laylri many years, and a man more incapable of e exaggerated statement he did not knoW• i f:0 0 014 4 hon. gentleman had told him it was his int.r r ' l l9 o B s to him with respect to his knowledge of "i r s ' s ite s tip s he (Lord Ashley) in order that he might be s ' s b!w the facts, requested Mr. Owen to c all w, el"; ev;per morning, and he then took down in scr s ,",":7sts, t ., e A gentleman had to state on this subject. ii h- s stPir he admitted, was one which must appear l: 1 0 0 4 4r, tic' e ble. (Hear.) But what h e sa id, they alu st el' t "Of s was not a theory, but was th e resu lt of exP e , 3lr. as' s ally made. (Hear.) Th e thi ngs of wh' c ' t sso months.' been now in operation mor, e o OPIPtil This gentleman had invested 3 ith 'fr x them, and had obtained considerable retura s s oth it yt s, He here sought to obtain nothing from 01 0 '00 se his desire was that profitable investment of P . ' n elPhill be made in Ireland, and employment therebsgrof";,43. in e these hehcoo H uhasedethtsuna e sreet a elet + t hs,m2e (Cheers.) . (a)w e ET:ogn a rabi vd r it. ltsree. the hBe,ynowBoevci 34a 0 eanmolentsgto u l uoatmo t ser.trat,: o grattv f et:oki sxanetne e :c laxd2 v sul tapo e weiehb i boeix y wnosstfnhu.d3a t cpiehr o sht it6e n u rnwrdaaslero..tde o eas:rB f ; ucetodftol p vroetaf. isu e lrrc :t a et. heoh t wptggegi,i t aha .tr.. an shoe. hd e ascaer;rdi e t, et her o f P r i ! n to state were obtained ; and they were to re D e b 0 4 , tons but upon thousands of tons of peatieel labour was £B, were found to contain -a' ammonia, 2,602 lb., the value of which 1001 1 )s' o di; £7 10s. ; naptha, 30 gallons 'a" Ot d AOO it., re.lue ZI/ WS. • care pLi Z 00 ._1 i; 1 " V 1C0') and ashes, £1 sa s . ad . - mak i ng a total of his operations ; and he added that when, e Ea° a c taTh l gn e hor a iisc r wi e eutwy d el cat:sus a cnwrivnaenaore. cannot te , ;Nb t hyh h ueoo e tkoirni s tyd o ort i we; l hahe b btatr e uvhse l etua o et w tebh,hoeee w uee :s nedjsbe f uuu o neslp u tct nefinondaeof ju esPe stified sosnr ; ::;Abh ° l: iv, with ammonia as to be invaluable for tibilest tha t t no re r l results had been attained ; but taking that 0 4 4 of what was stated was true, it was rn s a ti ls ll a. greatest benefit must he conferred upon tre -9 0ed ! had been made." possibility of these results being ac hieved Wee', f , incredulity. Chemicalscienceoflate years be bo s 0 ders, which our fathe r s never d ream t of. f'' .4" s 004 the most loathsome gar b age t o th e uses eyesTria ° c);,`014 1 1 The refuse of the slau g ht er -h ous e and the dreP dyes the beautiful blue, which adorns the fel"; fair. The vinegar upon our tables is di l r y ° 0 1 4 of charcoalmakers' stove. Hundreds of the e l s e ss e§ e :siel4l , series of life are procured from chemical ,t - s oa'''o l 'oo nature of which we dream not ; and OP aq te ," the peat bogs of Ireland may be only anothcror ' pr e that knowlege which will enable us to aPP God has created, everything to man's us e ' at' is .r " Dennis, darlint, och, Dennis, what „ t d " Whisht, Biddy, I'se trying an ' experiale."-:tiP tber ! what is it ?" "What is it, did Y,„, )- ; O3P ' it's giving hot water to the chickens ark after laying boiled eggs !" • f At York, Miss Burland, daughter 0 f of South Cave, sued Mr. Briggs, an officer s ° ,. r istse l " goon Gusrds, for breach of promise of eer' t 5; the case was fully opened, the defendaruSs'' 5 ; l it r e mitted to a verdict for the plaintiff. Dan' e st; P l oo f ir YOUNG GUIZOT.-At the distribution (.'„ King's College, London, considerable pr°S,pes po t ,"„,. to the son of Mons. Guizot, who had, it 3 s ,rdie s 'fote're bited very great skill in the pursuit of bra s ' - as 'ass' standing the di ffi culties he had to overcotnesok The young man's father, the celebrated see present on the occasion. I 0/ 5. IMPORTATION OF PRESERVED 11, P - eS , Louis Charles has just arrived in the Tha m e s- al e ;seo s sfi ( o and has brought an entire cargo of preser' r o r,, prising 34,170 tins of the article. Th is 'bu t OA undergoes no preparation of manufacture:4s 5e 11 ;0 0 1 5„ boiled in tin canisters and then hermeticar'sve4ooll required for use. It is imported in consid e c hant t heV for the use of the royal as well as them e! b t ef s ert:, a contract for nearly a million pounds welgio•d e r 4 ,l is at present under supply to the Adroirereseata;l4 It was at first considered that the meats, Past)", or e manner mentioned were chargeable wit h oe 'f o re been determined that having undergens, be I tf manufacture, further than the presercatiy tioned, they are admissable free. otsi , MORE POISONING CASES.-The utm os t Wo o fs Os been produced in the usually quiet town s % s iod conshire, in consequence of the apere" e es, s ad;;, t l woman named Mitchell, and Ebenezer of pOlogrof whom she had cohabited, upon the chargebis sO too e son of the former. Arsenic was found i n an d is believed that the husband of Mitchell oa dt io r e ol': children have been poisoned in a like way i t .40 t 41 ./ are about to be exhumed. A verdict of I' lig a t s,i s o regard to the first case, has been return e 0 a r m ' b o ` ther.-It is now suspected that the w olll3 s silit' all' e tody at Devizes for the murder of herti s gi (e se%o. crimes to answer for. The prisoner b el jet, e sb eleven children, all of whom, except the W I/ 9 , in n d their po s i o n n fa d n i c s y co . ve T re w d o in of t t h h e e ir b s t i e;r i E rn jotto p t a o l i ot# l SAVINGS-BANK STATISTICS.-A re; ct th e siotte t e shows that on the 20th of November ul'aoralwoofoo43 ber of savings-banks in the United ICW,10 ; 584; the number of paid o ffi cers to 1 0 . se ctlr' s as° 4 l's unpaid o ffi cers, to 635; the amount of th4 o , tbe'os'iv e s officers, both paid and un paid, to £67 9 e ) ,54 ; tb i e o lg,ess allowances of the paid o ffi cers, to £7 s e' o f a l . ) t ot'e penses of the management, inclusive 4 0 1 0 0 8 ? £103,102; the number of accounts re'; d t e i l ie se st: £1,054,663 • the total amount cl ue d s cith_ t £28,046,129;' the total amount i nv este_ at isier ss t di t ; sinners for the reduction of the ' l O in b 427,777,367; the average rate of th e totw o ber'of depositors, 42 lls. Itd. per cent.; bos t e ed to I , the separate surplus fund on the 20tl! o a Ol to n t 3 h 5 e 9, 11 5 M 36 0n ; THE NATIONAL LAND SCHEME. ..„oden oo e qe munication, from an intelligent correfr u ire s 0 11 '0,4' of ample experience in rural affairs, rciotser,s4bstili, tory comment :-" Herringsgate i 5 31 ; o pt will shortly burst. The fact is that xi i vr e u P po po e re none I believe ever will be, paid'chs - o es' lll , ments-from two to four acres ea Ise; sss t e l e s the latter, including a dwelling - Wl', the ''' s el,'Jbc' , " been expended. Now, at 3i per c ell wee 'boo' 11 0 n t t h e thereof,n um b number of x iaonsn, 0u6120..e e r e 11, 1 5 ten guineas per annum. No rent a h n if it sc ,o s years-this is the fourth year : pigs , t i e r io 0.1 acted, the whole of the crops required to pay it, leaving the Pt' sos hr bs 0 0 . 0 gr 0 , 4 complete destitution. Several all ere h el ls and one or more of the allottnens s sss a sA - t estsist ; g oatsL r so , tle v sev r A i the weeds growing on the uncultivr - g eni i s th en cut and secured as a great prize- s a s ite° despairs of the scheme, and has not ban a year."-Daily News. ni 3