The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-06 00:00:00

Vrortaings in partiamtnt. 1 THE OPENING. At a quarter before two o'clock on Thursday her Ma jesty left Buckingham Palace and proceeded in State to open Parliament in person. Her Majesty was much cheered in her progress to the House of Lords, where there was a full attendance of Peers. The Members of the Lower House were summoned in the usual form, and, with the Speaker at their bead, took their station at the bar of the House of Lords, when her Majesty delivered the following most gracious speech : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The period being arrived at which the business of Par liament is usually resumed, I have called you together for the discharge of your important duties. It is satisfactory to me to be able to state, that both in the North and in the South of Europe the contending parties have consented to a suspension of arms for the purpose of negotiating terms of peace. The hostilities carried on in the island of Sicily were attended with circumstances so revolting, that the British and French admirals were compelled, by motives of humanity, to interpose and stop the further effusion of blood. I have availed myself of the interval thus obtained to propose, in conjunction with France, to the King of Na ples, an arrangement calculated to produce a permanent settlement of affairs in Sicily. _ _ ratters is still pending. It _ Las been my anxious endeavour, in offering my good offices to the various contending powers, to prevent the extension of the calamities of war, and to lay the founda tions of lasting and honourable peace. It is my constant desire to maintain with all Foreign States the most friendly relations A, ation on t►h soon as the interests of the public service will per mit. I shall direct the papers connected with these trans actions to be laid before you. A rebellion of a formidable character has broken out in the Punjaub, and the Governor-General of India has been compelled, for the preservation of the peace of the coun try, to assemble a considerable force, which is now en gaged in military operations against the insurgents ; but the tranquillity of British India has not been affected by these unprovoked circumstances. I again commend to your attention the restrictions im- posed on commerce by the navigation laws. If you shall find out that these laws are, in whole or in part, unnecessary for the maintenance of our maritime power, while they fetter trade and industry, you will, no doubt deem it right to repeal or modify their provisions. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have directed the estimates for the service of the year to be laid before you. They will be framed with a most anxious attention to a v economy irs has enabled me to ma large reds My l of last year DRDS AND UENTL tisfaction that this portion of the United Kingdom has remained tranquil amidst the con vulsions which have disturbed so many parts of Europe. The insurrection in Ireland has not been renewed, but a spirit cf disaffection still exists, and I am compelled, to my great regret, to ask for a continuance. for a limited time, of those powers which, in the last session, you deemed necessary for the preservation of the public tran quillity. I have great satisfaction in stating that commerce is reviving from those shocks which, at the commencement of last session, I had to deplore. n of the manufacturing districts is like uraging than it has been fora considerable wise more e period - It is also gratifying to me to observe that the strte of the revenue is one of progressive improvement. _ I have to lam however, that another failure in the potato crop has caused very severe distress in some parts of Ireland. The operation of the laws for the relief of the poor in Ireland will properly be a. subject of your inquiry, and any measures by which those laws may be beneficially condition of the people may be im- amended, and ti proved, will receive my cordial assent It is with pride and thankfulness that I advert to the loyal spirit of my people, and that attachment to our in stitution-5 which has animated them during a period of commercial difficulties, deficient production of food, and political revolution. I look to the protection of Almighty God for favour in our continued progress, and I trust that you will assist me in upholding the fabric of the Constitution, founded, as it is, upon the principles of freedom and justice. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY, Their lordships resumed at five o'clock, when the Mar quis of Lansdowne laid on the table a bill for tha better regulation of select vestries. The LORD CHAIgCELLOR then read her Majesty's speech, which was afterwards read by the clerk at the table. Earl BRUCE, on rising to move the address, went over, briefly, the chief topics touched upon in the royal speech. In respect to reduction in the national estimates, he said that he was quite confident that the government would not propose any reductions incompatible with the safety of the state. It was impossible that any very great reduc tion could be made in the army unless some different system could be devised for the government of our colo nies. It was the duty of the government to provide such troops as were necessary for their protection. Whatever reduction might be considered advisable, he trusted that none would take place in our artillery force. Lord BATEMAN briefly seconded the address. Lord BROUGHAM said it gave him unfeigned satisfac tion to agree with the authors of the speech, and with the noble mover and seconder of the address, that a consider able improvement had taken place in the commercial and manufacturing condition of the country. (Hear.) _ . The Earl or WirccniLsEA thought that a reduction in our naval and military establishments would be fatal to the empire, and declared that the ministers must be quite infatuated who could think of proposing such absurd eco nomy. LOrd STANLEY could not I of judgment which +l-- ing on the want ayed in concoct ch scarce a singie paragraph was not :icism. In the first place, there was great exaggeration as to the increased prosperity of the country, which, after all, had shown as yet very slight symptoms of revival. Again, for the first time in his par liamentary experience, her Majesty was unable to say, " that she continued to receive from all foreign powers assurances of their friendly relations," what the speech was able to say was, that it was her Majesty's constant desire to maintain the most friendly relations with all foreign states. He was glad to hear that such was the desire of the govevnment, for he had hitherto thought that the constant desire of her Majesty's advisers had been to embroil us in the affairs of every foreign state. In Spain a British Envoy intermeddled, and was expelled with insult. Austria was so disgusted at the unfriendly attitude of England that she had not thought it worth while to signify by a special Envoy to the Court of St. James the accession of her new emperor. In Italy we had interfered, and the consequence had been aprolonged civil war between the King of Naples and his revolted subjects in Sicily, when, if we had not plagued that monarch with our advice and assistance, the quarrel would have been long since settled. In short, the state of our relations with almost every European power was unsatisfactory, if not unfriendly. There was, it was true, one great exception, and that was France, but the reason why we were on good terms with that country was simply because we had abstained from meddling with her internal affairs. As for the Punjaub, the state of our arms in that part of India was not such as to entitle us to look forward to being able to reduce our military establishment. The temper of Ireland was any thing but satisfactory, and a long course of colonial oppression had converted some of the most loyal into the most disaffected subjects of the British Crown. In the face of all these causes for alarm, he was astounded at the audacity with which the ministers had made her Majesty declare that the aspect of affairs was such as to enable them to effect large reductions in the estimates. If reduc tions could be accomplished, in God's name let them be made ; but he would never concur with those who, for the sake of economy, would largely diminish the strength of the country. The noble lord then proceeded to criticise other portions of the ministerial policy, and, adverting to the total repeal of the duties on corn, expressed his unaltered opinion of the injustice of the measure, as well as his firm conviction that the country must return to a moderate import duty. He then concluded his speech by moving the insertion at the end of the paragraph in her Majesty's speech which says that " the state of the revenue is one of progressive im provement," of the following words :—" We regret, how ever; to be compelled humbly to represent to your Ma jesty that neither your Majesty's relations with foreign powers, nor the state of the revenue, nor the condition of the commercial and manufacturing interests, are such as to entitle us to address you in the language of congratu lation ; and that a large portion of the agricultural and colonial interests of the empire are labouring under a state of progressive depression calculated to excite serious apprehension and anxiety." Lielp rent ing a speech in w open to hostile c The Marquis of LANs j nowNE, in a speech of consider able length, defended the ministerial policy, which was again warmly attacked by the Duke of RICHMOND. Their lordships then divided on the amendment of Lord Stanley, when the numbers were—for the amend ment, 50; against it, 52: majority for ministers, 2. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY The house having returned from hearing the royal speech read, some new members were introduced, among them being Mr. Blair, the new member for Bolton. Several new writs were issued, including one for Bolton, in place of Dr. Bowring, appointed consul at Canton. The address to her Majesty was moved by Lord H. VANE, and seconded by Mr. BUNBURY. Mr. DISRAELI said that the speech from the throne did not present to the house a fair and candid statement of the condition of the country. He disputed the grounds upon which the Government assumed that our commerce was improving under the new system ; he contended that not only were our manufactures paralysed by its effects, but that it was working a change in the distribution of the precious metals, which must be pernicious to this country. After an appeal to figures, showin g th e un f avoura bl e in fluence of the new commercial system upon our revenue, Mr. Disraeli passed to that portion of the speech which touched upon the foreign policy of the Government, ob serving that this was the first time he had known a royal speech at the opening of the session omit to ac k now l e d ge the continuance of amity with foreign powers, The hon. member then entered upon a pungent criticism of the state of our external relations, from which ho p asse d to the subject of financial reform, ironically complimenting the Ministers on having become converts to this great principle, and expressed his surprise that the " large re ductions" promised in the speech should be the result of "the present aspect of affairs," which, in his opinion, held out little promise of means of reduction. Mr. Disraeli closed a speech distinguished by his usual brilli ancy by moving an amendment declaring that neither our 114 ak relations with foreign powers, nor the state of the revrsnue, manufactures, or commerce, were subjects of con gratu lation. Mr. H. GRATTAN proposed an amendment of t;he para graph relating to Ireland. He urged the necessity of re pealing the Irish Poor Law, stigmatized the proposition for continuing the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and denied that there had been any insurrection in Ire land. The purport of his amendment was to, pledge Par liament to remedy the distresses of the Irish people. This amendment was seconded by Mr. S. O'CoNmem, in a speech condemning the Irish policy of the Govern ment, but in a more mitigated tone than, customary. Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged the house to suspend its opinion until that subject should, as it would shortly, come on for specific discussion. The powers he proposed to ask were net against Ireland, but for the protection of th 3 well disposed_; and with respect to the Irish Poor Law, his intention was to propose that its operation should be inquired into by a committee. The noble lord replied very briefly to some of the observations of Mr. Disraeli res3ecting the state of our commerce and of our foreign relations, upon which be said the house was not yet in a condition to form an opinion. We had gone through what he mast call an insurrection in Ireland, which had been put down, not by arming class against class, but by a wiser course, dictated by the rare judgment, temperance, and moderation of Lord Clarendon. Europe, too, bad been convulsed, yet bad this country been even in danger of being involved in hostilities ? If such had been the results •of their measures, Government at laast deserved this—not to be condemned on the first night of the session Mr. H UME complained that nothing was said of the in equality of taxation, and of the burden of taxation. The hon. member then denounced what he termed the dis- graceful and arbitrary proceedings in our colonies, which he wondered had not driven them to desperation. The house then divided upon Mr. Grattan's amend ment, when the numbers were—For the motion, 200 ; for the amendment, 12 majority, 188 On the motion of Mr. STAFFORD, the debate upon the other amendment was adjourned until this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY, The adjourned debate on the address was resumed, and after many members had spoken, the house divided on a motion for the adjournment of the debate, which was negatived by a majority of 221 to 81. The address was then agreed to without a division, on the understanding that the house is to be at liberty to discuss every subject referred to in the address. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received, by extraordinary express, in antici- January 3, and Calcutta, December 23. We gave, in the last issue, intelligence from Moulton to the 3rd, and from the army of the Chenaub to the 6th of December. The only movements which have occurred since then, at the former of these places, are two recon noitres by the Engineers, one on the 6th and the other on the 13th, when no serious molestation was offered. On the 11th, the detachment of the Bombay troops under Major Hallett, consisting of the 3rd Native Infan try, Turnbull's Battery, and 500 of the Sinde Horse, ar rived in camp. On the 15th, the Ist Lancers joined. On the 16th, the party just named, with the exception of the Sinde Horse, were sent out to Shere Shah-ke-puttan, to escort in the Bombay battering train. The main co lumn had not commenced crossing on the 18th, but were all expected to camp before Christmas, when operations would immediately be re-commenced. From the Com mander-in-Chief's camp, we have news up to the 21st ultimo. So soon as it was discovered that the Sikhs, after their retirement on the night of the 3rd, had taken up a strong position on the Jhelum, two marches a-head of us, it ryes resolved to leave them alone till after the fall of Moulton. For the last fortnight, accordingly, the troops had rested on their arms; nor are they likely to have taken the field till New Year's-day, at all events. Lieutenant Robinson, the assistant j of the latter, had made his way to General Thackwell's camp. There had been no military movement of any note during the fort night. The present procrastination and delay was and is the subject of universal complaint. It is said that the Governor-General waits the instructions from home. FRANCE The Assembly on Wednesday rejected Ledru Rollin's motion for the impeachment of ministers, by 458 to 250 votes. Count Dalton Shee, ex-peer of France, was arres ted on Tuesday, as implicated in the conspiracy in Paris on Sunday night. The Minister of the Interior received the following tele graphic, despatch ou Wednesday from the Prefect of the Gate d'Or :—" The conspiracy which was to have explo ded in Paris was concerned with the secret societies of this department. They remained here en permanence during the night of the 29th. Some dragoons, led by two well-known Socialists, who assumed the uniform of the dragoons, endeavoured to disturb public tranquillity during the night. This small troop fractured the arm of a police agent. The two conspirators were arrested, as well as the dragoons." The National Assembly divided on the proposition of M. Billault, relative to the budget of 1849, when there appeared—for the proposition, 390 : against it. 397 ; majority against it, 7. The proposition was accordinsly rejecrcd. Thu editor of Di. Pauudltun's journal was convicted on Wednesday of a seditious libel, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 3000 f. Numerous arrests continue to be made. The Moniteur of Friday announces that the - telegraphic despatches received in Paris on Thursday from the de partments were perfectly satisfactory. They prove that the conspiracy which the government defeated in Paris had extensive ramifications, but the prefects had been in formed of the plans, and had defeated them. The authorities of Marseilles had disconcerted an attack in the night of the 27th ult. by doubling the mili tary posts. The malcontents in Lyons had been kept in check by the numerons garrisons. An uneasy activity, however, was observed by a certain number of the popu lation. The members of the clubs at Macca, and at Chalons sur-Saone had made a tumultuous demonstration; sedi tious speeches were delivered, and the commissary of police was insulted. At Strasburg the clubbists, joined by a very few oper atives, paraded the streets uttering seditious cries and demanding employment. They dispersed after they had been addressed by the Mayor's deputy, who promised to relieve the most needy. These rioters did not exceed 250 in number, At Limoges the attitude of the operatives created some alarm in the town, but the excellent spirit shown by the National Guard and the firmness of the garrison restored confi dence. The Prefect of Troyes seized 13 chests of mus kets which were being sent to Chalons. It has been as certained that a quantity of arms and ammunition were smuggled into France by the north-eastern and eastern frontiers. It was observed that numerous bands of able bodied men were seen in the roads in the neighbourhood of the capital directing their steps towards Paris, the rendezvous of insurrrction, while emissaries from Paris were organizing insurrection in the departments. The re port of an approaching insurrection was industriously cir culated. The ill-disposed citizens did not conceal their hopes. Every one believed that a conflict similar to that of June was about to take place. " Such," says the Moniteur, " was the movement which the government defeated by its vigilance, and which it was prepared to repress with energy." _ _ The National Assombly rejected on Thursday a propo sition for an amnesty in favour of the insurgents of Jitne by 531 to 167. The National Assembly rejected on Saturday night the order of the day on the proposition demanding an inquiry into the events of the 29th of January. The numbers were—for the order of the day, 387 ; against it. 407 ; ma jority against ministers, 20. Immediately after the sit ting the Moniteur announced that the ministry met in council at the Elysee Nationale, and came to the resolu tion of remaining at their posts and persevering in the mission confided to them. The Roman Catholics of New York are about to hold a public meeting, to request the Pope to take up his perma nent residence in America. The Saxon ministry resigned en masse on the 26th ult., declaring that the difficulties which encompassed it did not permit it to act effectually for the interests of the country. A prompter at the Pres - burg . Theatre has been shot, o j i: employing abusive language against the emperor, and ex citing his fellow-citizens to rebel against the government. HUNGARY.—The Austrian general has taken possession of the town of Schemnitz after a short conflict. The Imperialists captured 12 cannon, and took 500 prisoners. The loss on the Austrian side was trifling. The delegates assembled at Frankfort from all North Germany and other trading towns have recommended that the highest average duty for the Zollverein should not exceed ten per cent. on manufactured articles, and that all raw materials should be free. ROMAN STATES.—Advices from Rome of the 21st ult., announce that the elections for the Constituent Assembly had commenced, and were proceeding with perfect tran quillity. All classes took part in them. At Rome, a portion of the ecclesiastics voted, notwithstanding the interdict from Gaeta. None of the priests voted, however, at Civita Vecchia. GIGANTIC SCHEME. — The Rhenish Democrat states that a gi g antic project, the construction of a can a l between Kiel and the mouth of the Elbe, connecting the Baltic with the North Sea, is seriously contemplated. The reason assigned is the frustration of the monopoly of the passages of the Sound and the Two Belts, at present en joyed by the Scandinavian powers. Without some such independent communication the creation of a German fleet would be vain. NAPLES.—SERIOUS COLLISION.—Letters from Naples to the 21st ult., state that on the 18th a collision took place between two government steamers, running between Naples and Gaeta, one having on board the King of Naples and Count Trapani, and the other, M. Oustenhoff, Secretary to the Russian Legation, Count Caraffa, and four cardinals. Frightened at the shock, M. Oustenhoff, Count Caraffa, and some others threw themselves into the sea. M. Oustenhoff was unfortunately lost. RAPINE AND MURDER IN CALIFORNIA.—Private let ters received from the gold mines of California are rather discouraging to those about starting for that region. They confirm the former reports as to the abundance of gold, but, at the same time, state that those who are in possession of the precious ore are marked, and often dis appear. Even some that have attached themselves to trains leaving the mines have been robbed, and trains on their way there have been plundered.—Another letter states that the mate of a vessel lying on the coast, who had deserted a month or two previous, had returned to the vessel with_2o,ooo dollars worth of gold. AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.—A New „ York correspon dent of the Daily News says, " One thing rejoices us greatly, that we can send our newspapers and periodicals cheaply to your country. Our editors begin to talk of their English circulation. Look out for some " tall spe cimens of newspapers. We have heard that there is one published in the far west, where ink and paper are so scarce the types are blackened with bog mud and the journal is printed on a pocket handkerchief. After the subscriber has read the news, he washes the paper and sends it back in time for the next number. We do not, of course, anticipate the circulation of such newspapers in England—to any great extent?" A FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.—The Abeille, of Yvetot, states that a poor shepherd in that neighbourhood, the father of a numerous family, which he maintains with difficulty, purchased a second-hand bible last summer to occupy his evenings. On turning over the leaves last Sunday he found two of them pasted together, which he carefully separated, when to his amazement he discovered a 500 f. note (£2O), and upon the margin of one of the leaves was written,—" I collected this sum with much trouble, but having no natural heirs who want it, I make you my legatee, you who shall read this bible." The poor shepherd now considers himself more happy than a king. Ricx QUICKSILVER MINE.—Mr. Forbes, the British Consul at Tepsic, is the owner of, perhaps. the richest quicksilver mine in the world,' situated about 13 miles from this place (Rancho de la Purissima Conception, California). The mine has been worked . but a few months, but the ore is extremely rich and very abundant. The bed of ore is 42 feet thick and of extent unknown. The only apparatus at present used for extracting the metal consists of three or four old potash kettles, very imperfect, yet with these over a thousand pounds, or £2,000 worth, are obtained weekly. With suitable appa ratus it could clear easily half a million of dollars a year. Several other mines of quicksilver have been found in the neighbourhood, of more or less promise, but none of them apparently so rich as this. They are mostly, with the exception of that of Mr. Forbes, in the bands of Ameri cans. Mr. Forbes owns a tract pertaining to his mine of 14 square miles.—American Mining Journal. THE FANNY KEMBLE BUTLER CASE.—The decision in this case for divorce was pronounced at Philadelphia, by Judge King, President of the Common Pleas, on the 20th ult. The matter was before the court upon libel by the husband, for the cause of wilful and malicious deser tion on the part of the wife, and her answer, denying desertion, and setting up facts relied upon as sufficient to justify and authorise her withdrawal. She claimed a right of trial by jury, to determine whether her husband was entitled to a divorce. To this answer there were excep tions, objecting to the statements accompanying the answer, as irrelevant and impertinent. The judgment of this court is, that the parts of the answer beyond the denial of the libellant's allegations be stricken out, as surplusage • that the exceptions be dismissed, an d th e cause set down for trial by jury. This disposes of this matter, in which the public feel so much interest, for the present—perhaps for ever. Public opinion seems to be in favour of Mrs. Butler, but we must recollect that we have only heard one side. To the voluminous averments and allegations of his wife Mr. Butler has made no answer. We know not what he can complain of, if he chooses. Whether he will stand the trial or abandon the proceeding time will show. The trial cannot take place until March term.—New York Herald. THE LIVERPOOL STANTJARD. IRELAND. The topics connected with Ireland, alluded to in the speech from the throne, are— First,— The late insurrection, and the spirit of disaffec tion admitted to prevail sufficiently still to demand a "continuance for a limited time of those powers which, in the last session, were deemed necessary for the pre servation of the public tranquillity." Second,—The failure of the potato crop, which is la mented as having " caused very severe distress in some parts of Ireland." Third,—The operation of the poor-laws are commended to the inquiry of parliament, with a view to their benefi cial amendment, and to the improvement of the condition of the people. It is well that there is candour enough to admit that though the rebellion has been put down, the spirit which led to it is still rife and rampant as before. That, not withstanding the cost to this country of filling Ireland with troops, &c., &c., nothing has been done towards the pacification or amelioration of the country. The blun dering mismanagement of the law officers of the crown throughout the tedious state trials has only succeeded in making justice a mockery, and in stripping the law of all sanction and solemnity in the eyes of the populace. For this the government is wholly to blame for passing over men of talent and experience, in order to place their own creatures—members of the favoured Romish creed —in places of honour and emolument, with manifest injury to the entire legal profession in that country, and to the equally manifest detriment of the public ser vice. There is no hint, however, about the endowment of the Romish priesthood, as the grand panacea for the spirit of discontent. The public feeling of this country was manifested too palpably. England has pronounced (to borrow an expression suggested by the subject,) too decidedly at the recent elections against that. Every intelligence that has oozed out, from time to time, in the shape of either anecdote of the escape of the rebel leaders, or news about their safety or whereabout show, and has proved that the Romish priesthood, heartily in the secret of the rebellion, were only kept back from being overt rebels by the sagacity that at once foresaw the result. and that secured their own safety by that double perfidy, which, leaving them still traitors to their sovereign, ren dered them the betrayers of the wild enthusiasts who, trusting in their plighted fidelity, set their " lives upon a cast," and then fled from " the hazard of the die." The public mind of this country is coming to a more thorough knowledge of all this, and we have better hopes in conse quence that this fatal measure of endowing the priests of sedition and falsehood may be averted. The desire for an alteration in the poor law is as intense as ever, A meeting, with that intention, of the magis trates of the County Dublin, was held last week at Kil mainham, Lord Brabazon in the chair. Also, another meeting of the County Clare, at Ennis, for the same ob ject. The flax-mill of Mr. Ledlie, at Mullaglass, near Newry, was destroyed by fire last week. It was the work of an incendiary. The Clare Examiner says that at least twenty landed proprietors in that county are about to sell their estates, and seek a home in another clime. INCREASE OF PAUPERISM.—On Tuesday. the 30th of January, there were 6,262 paupers in the Cork Union Workhouse, being an increase of 3,108 within the past six months. On Monday, as the captain of a schooner lying in the roads at Galway, was putting off in a boat from that town, with two of his • men, to the vessel, the boat upset in a squall, and the whole three were drowned. Orders have reached Duslin from the Horse Guards, suspending all recruiting, the recruiting parties to be im mediately called in. It is supposed that in future the duties will be discharged by the enrolled pensioners. On. Friday evening, as Mr. M`Fadden, solicitor, Dublin, was leaving the court, in that city, in a car, a man rushed up and discharged a pistol at his head. He was severely but not dangerously wounded. The assassin has been taken into custody. On Tuesday evening there was a meeting at Kilmain ham, convened by Lord Brabazon, at which forty magis trates of the county of Dublin were present, for the purpose of considering the present poor law. With one exception the whole body condemned the system root and branch. The Anti-Poor Law movement is spreading far and wide. The High Sheriff of Meath has convened a meet. ing of that county for Monday next, to petition for such comprehensive changes in the details of the act as may convert it from a national evil into the great benefit it is susceptible of being made. INCAUTIOUS USE OF FIRE ARMS.—OR Friday three young men proceeded on a car from Tramore to the neighbourhood of Annstown, for the purpose of fowling. Having stopped for a few minutes on the road near the latter place, one of the young men, Mr. John O'Neil, of Tramore, whilst getting upon the car, incautiously held his gun pointed in the direction of the driver, when, me lancholy to relate, the gun exploded, and the contents, large swan shot, struck him in the head, and blew the upper part of the skull off, scattering his brains about the car. Instant death was the result.— Waterford Mail. MORALS IN MAYO.—The peasantry of Mayo consigned to the spiritual care of Archbishop M l Hale give very low ideas of the result of the teaching of their spiritual in structors. The judges and the bar have often spoken bit ter truths on this subject, and at the recent quarter sessions there a Roman Catholic barrister said it was melancholy to witness the deliberate perjury which oc curred there. Day by day they saw parties swearing to an opposite statement of facts which both parties actually saw. He did not believe there was a nation in the world, pagan, heathen, or infidel, which had so little regard for truth as the great bulk of the persons who frequented that court." A POTATO STEALER KILLED IN TIPPERARY.—On Wednesday night week an affray took place between some persons who had been stealing potatoes and those who were watching them, by which a man named Lalor lost his life. The unfortunate deceased and two or three others were detected stealing potatoes from a farmer re siding at Coolville, near Fethard. When detected, they immediately ran off; and Lalor, after running som e dis tance, was overtaken, and to prevent his being made a prisoner, offered a most vigorous resistance. During the scuffle one of the party hit him a blow on the head with either a spade or shovel, from the effects of which he im mediately expired.—Dublin Mail. MURDERS IN ROSCOMMON.—A woman, named Mar garet Kelly, was found murdered, on Saturday, in her house, in Rusky, four miles from Athlone. Some money belonging to the deceased, and also to her servant girl, was plundered. It is stated that the deceased was in the habit of lending out small sums of money at interest. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Pat and James Kelly, the brother-in-law and nephew of the de ceased.—On Sunday week an inquest was held, near Bal lyforan, on the body of James Kelly, who was murdered on the previous Friday, and a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned. It is stated that the cause of the murder was the posses sion of a small quantity of oatmeal. THE ALLEGED HEROINES OF ULSTER.—The Belfast Chronicle states that there was a second investigation on Saturday, at Newtownbreda, for the purpose of hearing additional evidence respecting the alleged fabrication of the statement put forth by the MissesM Neigh ; and that another butcher, who alleged that he had sold blood to one of the girls, being asked to identify her amongst a number of young females, pitched upon another girl who resides in the neighbourhood. It is said to be a common thing for the country people to purchase blood to be used as food. "As a proof that the magistrates believe the story," says the Chronicle, "we can state that a guard of constabulary is still nightly kept upon Mr. M`Veigh's premises. In the entire history of falsification there never has been recorded a more base conspiracy than that con cocted to destroy the character of those two poor girls, and throw discredit upon their statements." The Belfast Northern Whig of Tuesday takes up the cudgels stoutly in defence of the genuineness of the heroines. It says— " Anything more extraordinary or disgraceful, in its way, than the indecent and fierce character of the attack upon those girls we have never heard of." And, again, he de clares the object of a lone article to be "to protect two girls from as heartless, base, and malicious a course of slanderous attack as ever was committed or endured." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHPORT COURSING MEETING.—The great &anis brick cup was won by Mr. Booth's Landseer. The Fleet wood Stakes were won by Mr. Graham's Anarchy. The Churchtown Stakes were won by Mr. Bake's General Chasse. The Crossen's Stakes were won by Mr. Hunt's Ric. And the Southport Stakes were divided between Mr. Hunt's Beauty and Mr. Bake's Cygnet. A TOUGH RUN.—On Friday last, one of the officers of the 39th Regiment rode a steeple chase for £25, with Dr. Armstrong, on Preston Moor. Both horses started to gether, and took the first leap together. Mr. Armstrong's horse then lost ground, and the other passed him. Before he had got half a mile, Mr. Armstrong's horse fell, and threw his rider, who, however, was not hurt. The other gentleman rode on; and, when within about two hundred yards of the winning-post, his horse fell, and rolled over him, breaking his collar bone. Notwithstanding the injury, however, he remounted his horse, and rode on in a winner. Dr. Norris, who was upon the ground at the time, then set the bone. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The Ormskirk Railway will be opened next month. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended 27th January, 1849 :—Coaching traffic, £758 17s. Bd. ; parcels, £25 16s. ld. ; goods and cattle, £22445. 9d. ; steam boats, £B7 17s. : total, £1,096 15s. 6d. PROGRESS OF RAILWAY LEGISLATION.—The sanction of parliament was first given to railways at the commence ment of the present century ; and the progress of legis lative railway enactments has since been as follows :—ln 1801, 1 ; in 1811, 2 ; in 1821, 1; in 1831, 9; in 1841, 15; in 1847, 296. Mr. Andrews, Q.C., to whose arbitration the questions of liability and amount of damage were referred, has awarded £l4B to be paid to one farmer, and £145 to ano ther, for damage done to their buildings and corn stacks adjoining the Eastern Counties Railway, at Needing worth, which were fired by the burning coke falling from the funnel of the engine of the mail train. In the Central Criminal Court. on Wednesday, Samuel Healy, engine -driver, and William Watkins, porter, were charged with the manslaughter of Richard Parry on the South-Western Railway, through their carelessness. The Jury acquitted the prisoners ; and though they cen sured their carelessness, refused to alter their verdict to manslaughter. ASSESSMENT OF RAILWAYS.—The 10 principal rail ways pay or the average the following sums per acre per annum for parochial taxes :—London and North-Western, £l3 6s. ; Great Western, £9 16s. ; Lancashire and York shire, £l4 10s. ; Midland, £7 6s. ; York and North Mid land, £5 14s. ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, £4 ; Eastern Counties, £4 12s. ; South-Western, £7 16s. ; Brighton, £lO 14s. ; Dover, £l4 6s. The amount of traffic for the last week, on 4,404 miles of railway, was £172,992, thus accounted f0r:—£76,806 for the conveyance of passengers only, £50,235 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £45,951 for passen gers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £27,015 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 3,342. The average earnings per mile were £39, whilst last year they were £43. At the half-yearly meeting of the North Staffordshire Railway Company the chairman had apparently a pleasant task in commenting on the report. According to that document there will be upwards of a million surplus over the original estimate for making the line—a rare instance of economical management. The canal tonnage has not fallen off, and the requirements of the mineral traffic for the line are at present too numerous to attend to. " Compared with the early prospects of even the London and Birmingham, those of the North Staffordshire," said the chairman, " were vastly superior." FLUCTUATIONS OF RAILWAY SHARES AND DIVI DENDS.—In the appendix to Mr. Smiles's pamphlet on " Railway Property," there is a list of railways—their average cost per mile. From this list some interesting facts may be gleaned. The lines are placed alphabetically, and comparing the total receipts for the last half of 1848 with those of the corresponding period of 1847, we find that in the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Rail way Company, the receipts in 1847 were £19,728 as against £21,607 in 1841; in Dublin and Drogheda, £22,928 against £19,693 ; Dublin and Kingstown, £26,859 and £25,449; Eastern Counties', £310,839 and £396,697 ; East Lancashire, £25,918 and 38,261 ; Eastern Union, £30,102 and £35,202; Edinburgh and Glasgow, £99,079 and £96,834 ; Glasgow and Ayr, £70,853 and £67,692; Great Western, £522,728 and £528,980 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £249,208 and £295,933: London and North Western, £1,119,923 and £1,130,892 ; London and Brighton, £254,801 and £252,946 ; London and South Western, £242,753 and £265,300; Midland, £571,257 and £591,715; South Eastern, £260,190 and £250,650; York and North Midland, £224,633 and £229,358 ; and York and Newcastle, £345,230 and £360,892. SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway was held on Tuesday, at the Clarendon-rooms ; W. Nicol, Esq., in the chair. The weekly wages, which were (exclusive of the salary of the secretary) £66 10s., have been re duced to £26 Ils. The greatest number of passengers conveyed in one week has been 5,242. The weekly ave rage in the month of December was 952. The receipts from traffic have been £3,604 7s. 9d., and the expenses £1,879 ss. 6d. ' leaving a surplus income of £1,725 2 s . 3d. from the 24th July to the 31st December. As the line had not been open for six months, the directors did not recommend any dividend. In consequence of the Lan cashire and Yorkshire holding 2,000 shares in the com pany, Mr. Crosthwaite and Mr. Stuart, directors of the former company, were elected to this board in the place of two of the present directors, who retired. The direc tors expressed themselves anxious to complete the line from Waterloo to its junction with the Lancashire and Yorkshire line, but they wished to avoid all additi ona l works until their present engagements were liquidated. The entire expenditure in capital and revenue was £84,444, and the total receipts were £86,652, leaving in the bank ers' hands a balance of £2,208. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The connecting link of this line, between Colne and Burnley, was opened on Thursday. By this line a direct railway communication is opened from Leeds to Blackburn, and all parts to the west and north of England and Scotland.—The half yearly meeting of the shareholders was held on Wednes day, at Bury—John Grundy, Esq., in the chair. The report, which was lengthy, en t ere d into various details, and stated there was no doubt that the Liverpool, Orm skirk, and Preston line would be finished in the month of March next. The balance of profit for the year, viz., £19,985, 7s. 7d., will, after deducting the amount re quired for the dividend on preference shares, say £7,537, be carried, as heretofore, to the reserved fund, which will then amount, as appears from the general revenue ac counts, to the sum of £46,465 13s. 2d. As the line will be substantially completed in the course of this half year, the directors propose to discontinue the payment of inte rest on calls from the 30th of June next. The report further stated that it was intended to apply to parliament for a bill for various purposes —one being to raise an addi tional share capital of £304,000. The report was adopted. On the motion of the chairman, a dividend at the rate of five per cent. per annum was declared on the quarter shares, and a dividend of eight par cent. upon the prefe rence quarter shares. Low]; LUGGAGE OFFICE AT THE EUSTON STATION. — It would be infinitely easier to say what there is not than what there is in the forty compartments, like great wine bins, in which all this lost property is arranged. One is choke-full of men's hats ; another of parasols, umbrellas, and sticks of every possible description. One would think that all the ladies' reticules on earth are deposited in a third. How many little smelling bottles—how many little embroidered pocket handkerchiefs—how many little musty eatables and comfortable drinkables—how many little bills, important little notes, and other very small secrets each may have contained, we felt that we would not for the world have ascertained ; but when we gazed at the enormous quantity of red cloaks, red shawls, red tartan plaids, and red scarfs piled up in one corner, it was, we own, impossible to help reflectin g th a t s ure ly English ladies of all ages, who wear red cloaks, &c., must in some mysterious way or other be powerfully affected by the whine of compressed air, by the sudden ringing of a bell, by the sight of their friends—in short, by the various conflicting emotions thrt disturb the human heart on arriving at the up terminus of the Euston sta tion ; for else, how, we gravely asked ourselves, could we possibly account for the extraordinary red heap before us ? Of course, in this Rolando-looking cave, there were plenty of carpet bags, gun-cases, portmanteaus, writing desks, books, bibles, cigar-cases, &c. ; but there were a few articles that certainly we were not prepared to meet with, and which but too clearly proved that the extraor dinary terminus excitement, which had suddenly caused so many virtuous ladies to elope from their red shawls — in short, to be all of a sudden not only in a " bustle" behind but all over—had equally affected men of all sorts and conditions. One gentleman had left behind him a pair of leathern hunting-breeches—another his bootjack. A soldier of the 22nd Regiment had left his knapsack, containing his kit. Another soldier of the 10th, poor fellow, had left his scarlet regimental coat. Some crjpre, probably overjoyed at the sight of his family, - had eft , behind him his crutches. But what astonished 1130pite all was that some honest Scotchman, probably, in the ecstacy of suddenly seeing amongr the crowd 'the face of his faithful Jeannie, had actually "left b,ehind'him the 'est . . portion of his bagpipes.. §oule,little time ,ago the sn er intpudent, on breaking, iippil,i'keyiou.6 t0n044 le ; i a locked leather hat-box, wluch,bati. lgirin•t4S 4301 oa tlio 51eiri,.found in. it, -Under , ithe-hat,.,£65 :in Mau g' Eilthaidoilotes, with (lila* / twtopiiwate' lettei icli j enabled him to restate ti li 4 aiOnik.td the'bwnOil will it turned out, had been so positive that he had left his I;at . box in an hotel at Birmingham, that he had made no in quiry for it at the railway-ofce.— Quarterly Review. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. -4--- Mr. Phillimore has again retired from Leomi ns t er , an d Mr. Peel will therefore be elected without opposition. A Meeting of the friends of Mr. Rothschild was held on Wednesday in London, when Resolutions to support a new Bill for the admission of Jews to Parliament was passed. The question of endowing the Irish Catholic clergy will certainly be brought before Parliament in the middle of the session by Mr. Keogh, the conservative and Roman Catholic M.P. for Athlone. KEEPING ALOOF.—It has been remarked that the Peel party had no dinner meeting, or other meeting, prepara tory to the opening of the session, and none of the more prominent members of that party took any part in the de bate in either house. From this it is inferred that the Peelites are waiting to join the ministry at the first con venient opportunity.—Standard. PUBLIC RETRENCHMENT.—When Sir John Osborne died, now some months since, it was generally reported by the Treasury officials that the post which the deceased baronet filled as one of the Commissioners of the Audit Board, stated to be a useless office, would not be filled up, and thereby £lOOO per annum would be saved in the public expenditure. It turns out, however, that this same office is not to be abolished, for the government has appointed a Mr. Ross, we believe, on the old salary. This is a precious specimen of Whig retrenchment. AN OPINION OF THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—In the House of Commons, on Friday, Colonel Sibthorp said, he had carefully considered the royal speech, and he desired to speak of it with all due respect as the speech of the sove reign, but, in fact, it was not the speech of the sovereign ; it was a mere make-up, an uranium gatherum pie of her Majesty's ministers—( laughter)—and any minister who dared to place such a speech in the hands of his sovereign ought to be impeached. If they sifted the good from the bad, ho ventured to say that they would find in the speech nothing favourable, nothing satisfactory, nothing con soling, but everything black, underhanded, and deceitful. ( Laughter.) It was a speech full of fraud and trickery. Lord Stanley, as leader of the opposition in the House of Lords, gave a grand political entertainment on Wed nesday, at his residence, in James's-square. The fol lowing nobleman constituted the party :—The Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Winchilsea, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Delawarr, the Earl of Enniskillen, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Kinnoull, the Earl of Stradbrooke, Viscount Com bermere, Viscount Strangford, Lord Redesdale, Lord De Ros, Lord Colchester, and Lord Southampton. WHIG JOBBERY.—We do not know a more flagrant act of jobbery than the forcing out Mr. Wyse from the secretaryship of the Board of Controul, in order to force in his place an Elliot ! Is Lord John Russell awake, or has he his ears open ? Had he no friend, kind or unkind, but sincere, to report to him the whisper of parliament, when the place of Sergeant-at-Arms last year was con ferred ? We are quite confident that if ever the smallest echo of the murmurs of the public reached the ear of the premier, no more Elliots or Russells would be added to the list of placemen. It is quite a monomania, damag ing to the government, to the party, and, in the face of the cry against aristocratic patronage and family influence, is really dangerous. When Teste's trial is known to have seriously damaged a dynasty, how can it be supposed that the small vitality of whiggism can resist the damaging instances of nepotism ? The Duke of Newcastle has addressed a letter to Lord John Russell, which has been printed in the Standard, urging the Premier to reconsider his determination con cerning the Navigation Laws ere it be too late and the nursery of English seamen destroyed, and the good, peaceful, and happy Englishman made the agitated puppet of experiment:—" Remove protection from the ship owner, the builder, the merchant seaman—throw open the traffic of the seas—let in a host of foreigners to swarm along our coasts, carry our goods, and eat the very bread out of the mouths of our honest sailors, and a wanton in jury is inflicted upon men whose livelihood depends upon their employment, whose labour is their capital, who must starve if an unnatural State forcibly robs them of their capital and confiscates their property for the benefit of the foreigner, as our landed properties have been con fiscated by act of Parliament, for the benefit of the foreigner and a one-sided and irreciprocal free-trade.' LORD GOUGH SUPERSEDED.—The Times intimates, with sufficient plainness, that Lord Gough is to be super seded in his command of the Indian army. The following passage leaves little doubt of this :—" We have reason to believe that the dissatisfaction so generally entertained respecting the conduct of the war in the Punjaub will at length find expression in quarters where respect for indi vidual bravery, however sincere, must give way to higher duties and more imperative considerations. It is impos sible to doubt that, for eight months past, we have been out-generalled. * * Lord Gough directs a forlorn hope as naturally as he would lead one, and confines his reliance to that physical valour which has so often stood him in stead. Such a temper is obviously ill-calculated for a conflict with an enemy like the Sikhs, whose fierce and sudden intrepidity is manifestly held under perfect command, and who have shown the promptitude with which they can sacrifice a chance of personal display to an opportunity of serious action. Against such a foe as this we cannot afford to lose the chief characteristic of military excellence—a cautious economy of life." PROTECTION TO A GRI C U LTURE.--SCVerlll im portant meetings have been held this week, for the purpose of furthering the interests of the British farmer by an imme diate appeal to the legislature. At the meeting of the Sussex Society on Friday. the Duke of Richmond pre sided, and took a warm and active interest in the proceed ings, and promised to do everything in his power to advo cate the cause of the home grower in parliament. At Chelmsford, on Friday, the Essex Agricultural Protection Society held a public meeting, " to take into consideration the best course to be adopted in the present alarming position of the cultivators of the British soil." The meet- ing was a densely crowded one, and composed of tenant farmers, gentry, and clergy. After much sensible speak ing to the question of agricultural protection, a stringent resolution was passed to the effect, that the meeting would abide the opening of parliament to ascertain if it really were intended to deprive the home cultivator of all pro tection, and in the event of such being the case, then the meeting pledged itself to use the most unremitting exer tions to relieve themselves from all imposts that press with unequal severity on their class. THE CHASE THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet— To-morrow (Wednesday), 7th instant.. ~ Norton Priory, Thursday, Bth ... Saturday, 10th Each day at half-past ten. SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet — To-morrow (Wednesday), 7th instant Oteley Park, Thursday, Bth Saturday, 10th .. Worthenbury. Each day at half-past ten. SIR THOMAS HESKETH'S HARRIERS will meet on— Thursday, Bth instant Devil's Wall. Saturday, 10th Each day at Eleven LAW INTELLIGENCE. —*— COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. —THURSDAY (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE CORPORATION OP LIVERPOOL In this case a certiorari had been obtained to bring up an order of Mr. Gilbert Henderson, the Recorder of Liver pool, made by him under the following circumstances : Some years ago, Mr. Snowball was appointed to an office connected with the affairs and management of Tox teth Park, and held this office until recently, when an act was passed, called the Sanitary Act, which embraced Toxteth Park within its provisions, and under which the separate management of Toxteth Park which had previ ously existed was vested in the Corporation of Liverpool. This occasioned the abolition of the office held by Mr. Snowball. He applied for compensation by way of an nuity, and after a sum of £6O had been awarded him, and he had declined accepting it, the matter was brought under the consideration of the Recorder, who, after ex amining into all the circumstances, awarded by his order the payment of a sum of £3,400 to Mr. Snowball. The order was now brought to this court by certiorari, and it was contended, on the part of the Corporation, that it was void on two grounds—first, tnat as toe ciaim mane ,oy Mr. Snowball for compensation was a claim for compen sation in the shape of an annuity, the Recorder had no jurisdiction to award him a sum in gross ; and secondly, that as a sum had been previously awarded to him by the Corporation, the Recorder, before whom the claim was afterwards brought, had no jurisdiction to do more than confirm or disallow such sum, but not to substitute ano ther for it. There was a great dispute about some of the facts occurring on the hearing before the Recorder. Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Paget appeared for the Corporation ; and Mr. John Henderson and Mr. Edward James for the applicant. Lord Denman, before the case had been thoroughly heard out, said that the Court wished all the parties to consider whether an annuity of £2OO ought not to be given to the applicant. The rule in this case was en larged, in order to enable them to consider this suggestion. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—(Before Justices Coleridge and Alderson.) North Lancashire—Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Lancaster. Westmoreland—Friday, Feb.l6, at Appleby. Cumberland—Monday, Feb. 19, at Carlisle. Northum berland—Thursday, Feb. 22, at Newcastle. Durham— Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Durham. Yorkshire—Saturday, March 3, at York. South Lancashire—Saturday, March 17, at Liverpool. PAROCHIAL CHARITIES.—Judgment wan given by the Vice-Chancellor, a few days ago, in the matter of the Kensington Charities. Four district churches having been separated from the parish of Kensington, they claimed their share of such charities as had been left to the parish. His honour decided that charities left for the town of Kensington were still confined to the original parish, but those left generally to the poor *ere ro be divided. Those left for educationgmposcs"were not ,sUfficiently before him to form ; • A...Qua)strtolsmv43,lollthimoi.7,-The recorder of Glou cester (George Chilton, Esq.) has resolved to disallow the enoenses'oftriclOrtithiu WIN litiving exposed their go o d s foi44oide etliefi;:pliiisCr 'Have found it necedlary to presee4e;parties for rotiNtig, them. Li I , 44/4/b,s 1 • I+ , ++ , l Trrii.:l4 o l o l ,--,---- +:111.+5111, it il I , - 1i / TH V . ,,W AND THI7 ',BENCH ..4-qeBNE,IiNir- :o.obitAtairtftifittl.XiC§lf i g-13,XP*1 r .14 T. it-r Pritii sittings:, before Sir. ,F:f Pollock. 13, 1 . ) a,*(efelif i ßitekettVe.lcianiet (Oh' by information at 104 B s tferaitia 'smick, ,, foro hk ait: penalties alleged to have been incurred by hinffhi ugh his breach of a regulation of the Customs' law—th all vessels arriving at any English port from foreign ports Feb. 61 I_l ' sh ou ld b e reported to the custom-house o. r Out Mr. Martin (who we believe is the Chief Bar° law)appearedforthedefendant, and calledisl e j„ Bl :o Amongst others, Mr. Howard (the owner IN ,t„' called by the learned counsel, who put to ail" g of questions, which were objected to from tit,,,p by Sir F. Thessige ,r late Attorney-General , for the Crown. He complained that the 1e5w .. ,4 (Pollock) gave the learned counsel a latitude inr o t) mination which was not granted to a counsel own witness under examination. Another ( P e ; by Mr. Marti n t o th e w it ness, was objectoi. Sir F. Thesiger, who begged his Lordship sanction persistence in such a line of exaraina t t l e k' this the following dialogue and disagreement r iel Sir F. Pollock.—l can on l y repeat, Si r Frede it I have before said. C ounse l must b e i n t r ustcd h ' fir , tain extent of discreti on i n th e con d uc t of , t y, whether it be a gen tl eman on l y called Yo`eo Queen's counsel of l ong s t an di ng an d elnin i t :_ a e judge, must allo w th em t o exerc i se t h e i r ow n Sir F. Thesiger (warmly.)—My lord, I nan r .a.; that my learned friend is allowed a discretion in et and in this court generally, which would not b.eoto to myself or other cou nse l i n thi s or any o ther ce. Sir F. Pollock.—l thi n k th a t i s a very impr°l - vation, Sir F. Thesiger. oO' Sir F. Thesige r .—l am sorry your lordship 5- so ; but I feel what I spoke. (4 Sir F. Po!lock (rising.)—l shall adjourn this the cause, with the t r i a l o f w hi c h I canno t P o l r t o t proceed. Gentlemen o f th e j ury , w h en a j u dge; insulted, he can ha ve no o th er a l ternat i ve than ;r the cause. I must, therefore, trouble you t° attendance here on Monday. A Juror.—My lord, it will be most inconven ieDl to attend again on Monday. bt: Sir F. Pollock.—l am extreme l y sorry, s i r ; not adopt any othe r course . Id o not f ee l t!'', now, or at any oth er p er i o d o f my l i fe. so 53‘ myself as to justify the public insult which I ha v ' l r , ' received, and I sh a ll no t procee d w i th th i s ens" .n - j i to-day. Mr. Martin here interposed, and in a ton!, A 0 denced deep feeling, said to the jury, " Genu7il don't underst an d w h a t h as occurred. There i?, behind th e scenes w hi c h you do not at all and :40 believe I shall put an en d t o it b y never acce pt brief in this court." One of the Jury here observed, that it did means appear to the jury that Mr. Martin bill:0 improper questions, and b e was con fid en t P r il Thesiger did not mean t o i nsu l t h i s lordshil,• his lordship would not, under such eircumstan o ' jury to the trouble of coming again ? Sir F. Pollock.—Unless some concession is O t a , not proceed with the t r i a l o f thi s cause. I car?"° o o to do so unless Si r F re d er i c k Th es i ger ma ke'' cession, and I do not hear that he offers any. Sir F. Thesiger.—My Lord, what T meant t° that I considered a latitude was conceded to l e friend, Mr. Martin, i n thi s cour t w hi c h was n° to other counsel practising here. _A? Sir F. Ponoel you to have said. —Exactly—that is what I oil Mr. Martin.—And so did I—and I w i s h to obef e f my own defence that I do not know that I sha ll (1( pear in this court aga i n . I am, however, reos",et not to be conside r ed t o h ave wasted the time of t.'l,,t) as I think your lord s hip sa id I di d, by putting4i questions to the witness. I must say t h a t I rt one question which I did no t b e li eve to be P material to the interests of my client. Sir F. Pollock.—l did not sayanything of th e do not impute any such charge to you. to Sir F. Thesiger here said that he had unde r :i lordship's observatio ns j us t as M r. Martin 11 2 t t namely, that the ex am i na ti on was i rrelevan t, b° ti not stop it. ad • Der Sir F. Pollock.—Th en y ou h ave both WO 0 what I said, Gentlem en o f th e j ury, this case adjourned to a future day, w h en I h ope that w.e.:j to try it with better t em p er an d a greater chsio) treat the presidin g j u d ge w ith t h at respect to sci; t o lam entitled. The cause must stand a djourno day next. The jury finding that such must be the presetcd nation of their labours abandoned the box to the jury, who were f or th w i t h empanelled to try w hat proved to be an ordinary cause. _ UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL ,11 The Duke of Buccleuch is now granting sit e churches. The Rev. John Eddowes Gladstone, Perpet' of St. Mark, Lakenham, Norwich, has been.r with a purse of £6O by his parishioners. According to an opinion just obtained from 0 c l lawyer, it appears that neither vicar, rector, 01. war - den, have power to sell pews in churches.! Dr. Pusey has been in London, an d h a s visiTd influential Churchmen. He preached at MargsTof on Sunday, and there was a great crowd toms Archdeacon Manning was also th ere , an d otfiei with Dr. Pusey in the Communion Service. 1 . 0, BISHOP OF VICTORIA, H ONG KONG. ---- , has been graciously pleased to approve of the ou n il of the Rev. George Smith (f ormer l y incumbeetZt) and resident at Ad w i c k-h a ll) as first bishop °` see of Victoria, in Hon_g Kong. e s° On Wednesday the Bishop of Chester eon= An• new district parish church of St. James, Cong',',V, church, which consists of nave, aisles, an d built of stone, and has accommodation for 7 0 " the whole of which is entirely free. BRISTOL—THE CATHEDRAL SERVICE.- 11 1 ) 0 Eccles Carter, Minor Canon of the Cathedral , served with a monition under the seal of the having persevered in chaunting the Litany a fte . r ... .o to the contrary. This is preparatory to ultimo' 1 ceedings. A The Vicar of West Teignmouth havi ng refuse-r,r a grandfather to act as sponsor for his i n fant 13 the Bishop of Exeter has intimated that, as t n c," the church do not warrant such a refus a l, the gri:iti must be admitted as sponsor ; of course, suPP ° ' to be a communicant, as required by the carion.,li' EXCOMMUNICATION BY A SCOTCH BISHOP' # f serted in th e Ch urc h an d Sl a t e G azet t e , tha t Trower, a Scot-h Episcopal Tractarian BishoP,d' communicated the Duke of Argyle and Lord!? Blantyre, for attending the ministrations, at Ot, the Rev. Miles, an E ng li s h or d a i ne d cle7gYn'ti The Bishop of the U n it e d Ch urc h of Engitter Ireland at Jerusalem has is sue d hi s annua l le /I Re e ' states that the Greek Patriarch and his clergy AO from him as they possibly can ; that with the Pi on a footing of polite reserve ; and that w ith t nian, the United Greek Patriarch, and the Syria n a friendly intercourse has been continued. 08 states that he has now fourteen inquirers, who the Jews, most of whom are receiving regular i, ll preparatory to their being baptized; and merle' which he has laid down, that no adult person' , joyment of health, is to be baptized, until he V / least a part of his daily bread. In accordance , rule, the Bishop refused baptism to two ca ndie,„ had been prepared for it, in consequence of the' to learn any trade practicable at Jerusalem. ECCLESIASTICAL REFORM.—In th e H ous e of " on Friday, Mr. Horsman as k e d w h at measure s c'' 1 astical reform were to be introduced this session V ol t, ment ? If any, what was th e i r propose d c hart° y when the proposed period of their introduction 0 1 1. . Russell replied that he had considered it exped' e e vise the crown to appoint a com m i ss i on , t o inquir e o , the leasehold property of the church could be P ,4 ' available for the spiritual instruction of membe'o: church, without infringing on what might be d e P reasonable claims of the lessees, so that some o t , C might be formed of the income that might h,e i it towards the extension of this great object. it 1 mittee having only been lately app o i n ted. '4"; impossible to enter into any st a t emen t o f the " of the government on the subject until the co had made some progress in its labours. O f CURIOUS RUMOURS. There are strange fe l about certain impending exposures of parties t°, the recent perversions to the church of Rome; V scandal is reported as attaching to the case of e g e, vert of some note. The details are kept 0 s secret at present ; but a threatened action / 0 I x, courts of law will expose it all, and throw e,e 4 il, light, it is said, on the article against Mr. Fae:ifi' Illitleb magaztue, w Ilia' a zlitn t time aim= eau` e ' 411, surprise, and which the edito r was co nstral' o e humbly to apologise for, an d even serv ilely ti The party implicated, h owever , i s not a .',.; ', Meanwhile more perversions are taking 1 ,15 i i , more are stated to have j us t occurre d , one o f the„?, a widow inheriting large property, for some tilv`o I in Naples. Another sy m pt om o f " perver siolV purchase of the T a bl e t b y a Protestant sPecOt newspaper concerns, and w h o h as l a t e l y t ur ned I V tion closely to the acquisition of Romish literaa r —Oxford Herald Correspondent. RESULTS OF TRACTARIANIO' to At the recent meeting at Plymouth, to recei° e of the Primate to the memorialists who praYeA from the action of the Bishop and his PuseY l e rg statement of the effects produced in various f f the diocese of Exeter was made by Mr. J. >VI and he pledged his veracity for its accuracy 1e 5 4. 4 some of the cases for the information of our revi names of the parishes were withheld from delicacy. 2d Case. The morning congregation at prese, ll o o, 80 individuals ; formerly it amoun t e d t o o, ,.itc Communicants are about 18 ; they used to u`' to 200. •.0 3d Case. Befor the introduction of Tractarii' M was scarcely a Diss en t er i n th e parish. A larke i d Meeting-house has been recently built, ' while the church is nearly deserted. j4th Case. Here Puseyism has e m ptied t li t Oi Before its advent there was a congregation of t now it consists of 30 or 40. . heycation Case. A large church nearly emptied , zation hiving found refuge in the Wesleyan „ 41 9th Case. A capacious church in anairictillso It used to be attended by a congregation of , dreds ; now it has dwindled away to about Ai," 15th Case. Church deserted. Population , tendants, 15 to 20 individuals. It is difficult to see how the church in tb.`„,6 Exeter can bear up against such proceed!Vit Bishop is emptying the churches and filling taioy bases. The walls and the steeples may rem a dd i nfAc t l g); but the church, the living colpv 3 ol,i avliam-Nshops and presbyters exist, are leavo l ! thir.deleprated walls. And in many ca se ;elY scarcely be blamed ; for these Tractarian teac feeding the flock with the pure doctrine of O r Church, but with the garbage of Popery. Feb, 1 t!!Mes!, OUR