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prorrebings in Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Marquis of LA.NsnowNE gave notice that on Friday he should move for a select committee to inquire into the administration of the Poor-law in Ireland. The chairman and secretary of the North Wales Rail way Company appeared at the bar, in pursuance of an or der of last session, to produce certain documents con nected with the accounts of that company. After some discussi,ep, in which Lord MoNTEAGLE maintained thaf'thcise gentlemen had been guilty of a Preach of privilege in not prod:oeing the papers in ques tion before the recess; the doeuniew were ordered to be printed, gnfi the parties dire , :terl to attepti ;it the bar on } printed ] , d4l l w9ek. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved a series of resolutic the orders for regulating the business of the houie present and tin . p;ilqp, lipcal Which some discussion took place prst tiliTtF@p, which clinred only from *l-7,-, „ • prgyious Y 4110 t extra facilities for Govern- ...- • .or passing bills through committee with out a second discussion on the motion of the Speaker's leaving the chair, and for the introduction of pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, the fee clauses by the House of Lords, were adopted, with some verbal amendments. The four teenth and last resolution, which proposed to give prece dence to orders of the day over notices of motion after the Ist of May, Lord John Russell consented, at the sugges tion of Mr. Herries, to withdraw, with the intention of again proposing it at'a later period of the session, s state of public business .equireit M. 6IBSON interposed and adopting a suggest n thrown out by Mr:% moved a tion - of a' an amendinent a resolution the crown sneaking in reply. Some d to the putting of this amendment in y Mr. Gibson avoided by moving the of the original resolution excer the hiatus with the words of ' On a division' Mr. Gib iority of 95 to G 2. Lord H. VANE b-_ , , nAit answer to her M tunity to the as offered oiaitTrf form, which iission of the whole irst word, filling up Ati ,amendment ion was lost by a ma- _ p The report on the address in jesty's speech, which afforded an oppor- Marquis of GRAM with the, state of the country Otter members spoke on both sides of the house, but without any practical result. Sir W. SOMERVILLE, in moving the appointment of a select committee on the Irish Poor Law, expressed his adhesion to the principle of that law, but considered that many improvements might be introduced into it. His ob ject was speedy legislation, and he had no doubt that such would be the result of the enquiry. to open up que Eons connected The motion gave rise to a debate of'some length on the state of Inland, in which Mr. F. French, Mr. Fagan, Major Blackall, Mr. Bright, Col. Dunne, Mr. Sadleir, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Herbert, Sir L. O'Brien, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Grattan, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. St. George, and Mr. P. Scrope participated, and which ended in the appoint ment of the committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS -TUESDAY On the motion of Mr. TUFNEL, a new writ uas ordered for South Staffordshire. Lord J. RUSSELL informed Mr. Hume that he did not intend to propose a grant of money to provide better accommodation for the Vernon pictures, the present arrangements with regard to which, however, are but temporary. Mr. HORSMAN put a series of enquiries relative to Church reform. And Lord J. RUSSELL annnounced that in the course of the session he would introduce a bill, altering the con stitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission, and providing for a severance of the epiScopal and common funds. On the subject of cathedral establishments he intimated that he did not intend to legislate. Viscount PALMERSTON stated, in reply to Mr. Bright, that there had been recent alterations in the tariffs of Brazil, but that they would not take effect until the first of January, 1850, and they bad not been made in conse quence of any measure of ours. - Sir GEORGE GREY moved for leave to bring in a bill to continue the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. He acknowledged the gravity of the position, and stated how gladly Ministers would have arrived at the conclusion that it was unnecessary. But sometimes measures of precaution were the safest and mildest form of treating a disease. He admitted the same circumstan ces did not exist at the present time as existed when first he proposed this measure, but this was attributable to the great success of the bill itself. That measure had done much to stifle the rebellion, which he denied to be a " mock rebellion," except in so far as the unhappy dupes of it had been mocked by false hopes of success. He urged that, in asking for a continuance of the law, it was unnecessary to establish the same series of facts which it would be their duty to prove if they were requiring a new enactment. The question simply was, whether it was safe to take off all restraints upon agitation, and to run the risk of a repetition of last year's occurrences ? He 'referred to the humane, firm, and temperate spirit in which the powers given by the act had been exercised, and concluded by announcing that the Government were anxious to tskp thpn, for the shortest Feasible apace of time, and they therefore proposed their extension only for six months, which would give Parliament an opportunity of again reviewing the subject before the prorogation. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL proposed, as an amendment, that a committee of twenty-one members be chosen by ballot to examine such documents as might be laid before them, and to report whether, in their opinion, it was necessary to the tranquillity of Ireland that the Habeas Corpus Act should continue to be suspended. This was seconded by Mr. F. MEAGHER. Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. Roche, Mr. Fagan, Mr. H. Grattan, Mr. Anstey, Sir Winston Barron, Mr. Moore, Mr. Scully, and Mr. George Thompson opposed the in troduction of the bill, which was supported by Mr. Rourke and Lord John Russell. On a division, there appeared, for Mr. O'Connell's amendment, 18; against it, 221. Leave was then given to bring in the bill, and Mr. GRATTAN was understood to give notice that he should move the call of the House upon the second read- Mr. ANSTEY moved for leave to bring in a bill for the further repeal of enactments imposing pains and penalties upon Roman Catholics on account of their religious ob servances. Mr. MOORE seconded the motion, which was rejected by a majority of 43 to 41. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER rose to move a vote for the relief of the distress in certains unions in Ire land. He recalled to the recollection of the house that at the close of the last session, when a failure of the potato crop was apprehended, a similar grant had been made, over which the government was intrusted with a discre tionary power, and be explained the manner in which the power had been exercised with relation to that fund. He then proceeded to describe the condition of some of the unions in the west and south of Ireland, which was so de plorable that without pecuniary aid thousands would pe rish of absolute starvation. The Poor-Law had been ac cused, but unjustly, of creating these evils, which were mainly the result of the failure of food and the consequent extension of pauperism in such a degree that the rates in many parts could not be collected. He asked for a vote of £50,000 from the Consolidated Fund, not pledging himself that this would be all he should require ; but he was unwilling by requiring a large sum at once to excite extravagant expectations and eag e r demands. A debate of considerable length and interest followed, after which Mr. DISRAELI urged the government not to call upon the house for a vote this evening unless prepared to give a pledge that the suggestion of Sir James Graham was cor rect, that they were about to review the system of local taxation in Ireland, and that this was to be the last of the series of votes. Considering that the question was whe ther England should pay Irish poor -rates in addition to her own, that the proposition was new to the house, and that much of the information read by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in manuscript, he thought the house should not be called upon thus suddenly to vote. Lord JOHN RUSSELL declined to enter into a pledge that this should be the last grant, or to state that a com prehensive measure was prepared by which the necessity for a future grant should be made in the Poor-law, and their bearing upon the subject of local taxation. He had no objection to postpone the consideration of the re501u ..... HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Sir R. INGLIS, in moving for a copy of any communica tion from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to Earl Grey on the subject of the rank of Roman Catholic prelates in Ire land, adverted to by Lord Grey in his circular despatch to the colonies, called the attention of the house to the irre gularity and error of the whole proceedings of both those noble lords, and declared that it was an unwarranted as sumption of authority on the part of Lord Clarendon to suggest, and a most unwarranted assumption on the part of Lord Grey to give directions for, the recognition of a right in the See of Rome, so long repudiated in this coun try, to place in her Majesty's dominions a class of indi viduals, with certain titles, whom her Majesty was called upon to invest with precedence over other of her subjects. Lord J. RUSSELL said, there was no official despatch of the kind alluded to, and the return would therefore be "nil." What Lord Clarendon had done was this—in the Bequests Act there was so far an acknowledgment of Ro man Catholic prelates that they were called " Archbishops" and " Bishops," and as an Archbishop was addressed as " your Grace," and a Bishop as " your Lordship," Lord Clarendon thought it fit that the Roman Catholic prelates in Ireland should be so addressed, and in a private com munication to Lord Grey suggested that what was done in Ireland might very properly be done in the Colonies, and that the Roman Catholic prelates there would be much gratified thereby. Mr. GOLTLBURN thought it better that the old and or dinary practice should be adhered to ; and, after a few re marks from Mr. J. O'CONNELL and Mr. PLUMPTRE, the motion was agreed to. The motion of Sir NV. SOMERVILLE, for the nomination of the members of the select committee upon the Irish Poor-law, provoked a debate of some length respecting the constitution of the committee and the qualifications and pretensions of some of the members placed upon the list, in which Mr. GRACE, Mr. FRENCH, Sir GEo. GREY, Colonel DUNNE, Sir ROBERT PEEL, Mr. SADLEIR, Mr. J. O'CONNELL, Mr. O'FLAHERTY, and other members took a share. Sir W. SOMERVILLE consented to adopt the suggestion of Sir R. Peel and other members, to make hereafter an addition to the number of the committee, in order not to exclude members who would be useful in the inquiry. On the name of Mr. Poulett Scrope being put, Mr. GROGAN moved its omission ; upon which proposition the house divided, when the name was retained by 119 votes votes against 44. HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the operation of the Irish Poor-law. He had originally recommended the Irish Poor-law to their lordships as an experiment-full of difficulty and danger, and he was not surprised that diffi culties had arisen in its administration, which difficulties had been much increased by the famine which had pressed so hardly on the country. It was now necessary to in quire into the operation of the law, with a view to meet such defects as experience proved to them existed in the law. Lord STANLEY would abstain, in deference to the opi nions of others, from offering any onn,-..;+;-- " bn fp , . ••'-^ „ 14.1 AIM 1110. •- tion ; mt, [IC mn: •‘• taktppointed at find ing Ott overti tiled unprepared to say in, what particulars the law had ns,A unpre —.. ~...anea, anti equally remedies ; t hinking i t P . Aired ioslii - geW - ani; . _ ow. _ g more conveni-.nto throw the whole t re5p0n.....!!!1 upon committees r .,1 both houses of Parlia ment. All the facts connecte ' A with the case were plain, palpable, and notorious er ..ough, and there was nothing wanting but for the Gov,- Ailment to devise a legislative re medy. This the Gov , :cement had failed to do, and it was only for his side of would give the r the house to suggest principles th: a t the employir ,Ariprietors of the soil a direct inte.: eat i n (hit of labour. The noble lord Bested th• - ',,hen sug some d • .., Mopriety of borrowing from t ie surplus of otter . meets funds to supply the wan", of others, and e ~ 4 , enredies which he shortly re c .erred to. He con _armed the reference of the measure to a select commit tee without a rudder or compas. to guide them, and hoped 1 that at all events they would bring the inquiry to a speedy termination—that they would seek the co-operation of the landlords, or compel them to do their duty, and at the same time enable them to do it. After some observations from the Marquis of London derry, the Marquis of Ulanricarde, and Lord Monteagle, the committee was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY Lord J. RUSSELL moved the second reading of the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Bill, which, after a very long debate, was carried. THE COURT. Her Majesty gave a grand banquet on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace, in honour of the ninth anniversary of her marriage. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, FRANCE Five of the murderers of General Brea and Captain Mangin have been sentenced to death by the Council of War of Paris—namely, Daik, Vapreau, junior, Lohr, Chapael, and Nouvrit. Three others were sentenced to hard labour for life ; five to fifteen, ten, and five years, of the same penalty ; nine to various years of imprisonment, and three were acquitted. The five convicts are to die on the spot on which the murder was committed. In the National Assembly on Wednesday the house divided on the second clause of M. Lanjuinais's proposi tion, when there appeared—For the clause, 470; against it, 337 ; majority in favour of ministers, 133. A second division took place on an amendment of M. Pascal Du prat, proposing to add the words, " to discuss the budget," when there appeared—For the proposition 445 ; against it, 373'; majority in favour of discussing the budget, 72. The Journal des Debats calculates that by the adoption of the proposition of M. Lanjuinais the period of the termination of the labours of the Assembly will be fixed at from eighty to ninety days. The Legislative Assembly will, consequently. meet towards the beginning of the month of May. The Constitutionnel observes that the voting of the budget will not add a day to the existence of the National Assembly. The papers in general regard the vote on M. Lanjuinais's proposition as a happy result after so much anxiety. King Charles Albert opened the Sardinian Parliament on the Ist instant. The command of the forces in India is to be offered to Sir George Napier, who is now at Nice. An American paper gives an account of the discovery of a wonderful subterranean canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The National announces that, in consequence of distur bances at Florence, the Grand Duke has been compelled to fly from this capital, and to take refuge at Sienna. A late number of the Neu York Courier complains of frozen types, and says that the " standing news" defied distribution, but was as compact as adamant. Cape of Good Hope papers, to the 17th of December, are chiefly filled with news from England, Ireland, and France. The colony was quiet and flourishing, but great dissatisfaction was felt at the Militia Bill. At Pillau, on the 24th ult., three gentlemen and four sailors were out shooting in a boat, when unfor tunately the boat was upset in the surf, and all the par ties were drowned. La Presse states that a telegraphic despatch has been received at the Foreign.office, announcing the death of the celebrated Carlist chief Cabrera, in consequence of wounds received in a late engagement with the troops of the Queen of Spain. One of the American naners ninntinna n TiPta nagnfilty ;n railway travelling. One night the water in the engine of the afternoon train from Lawrence to Salem was frozen in Middleton Woods ; and the passengers, about fourteen in number, were obliged to occupy the cars all night. Letters from Jamaica mention that Santa Anna is still in that island. " What his movements are to be no one." it is said, " can positively affirm. He gives out that he is about to proceed to the Spanish Main, but some are strongly of opinion that his real intention is to take the field in Mexico." The Panama railway is to bring the East Indies and China 10,000 miles nearer to New York (exclusive of re ference to California); and the bill stipulates that iths of the stock shall be at all times owned by citizens of the United States, and that the principal office of the railway company shall be in some seaport town of the union. La Presse mentions that Sir Henry Ellis, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary by the Queen of Great Britain to the Congress of Brussels relative to the affairs of Italy, received orders on Saturday to proceed immediately to his post. M. de la Grenie, who has been appointed to represent the French Republic at the same Congress, has likewise received instructions to proceed to Brussels with out delay. APPALLING MURDERS.—A letter has been received by a respectable mercantile firm in the city, detailing a hor rible butchery already occasioned by Californian gold. A ship called the Amelia sailed from San Francisco with gold, to purchase a cargo of silks in China. In crossing the Pacific Ocean three miscreants of the crew, during a night watch, stole upon the mate, murdered, and threw him overboard, after which they successively assassinated the master, supercargo, and an English passenger named Cooke, whose wife was on board. The murderers then divided the Californian gold amongst themselves and the remaining portion of the crew, who it would seem were ignorant of the whole affair until called upon to receive their share of the plunder. Soon afterwards the mur derers got drunk and fell asleep, when the rest of the crew agreed to kill them, and restore the ship to her owners. Accordingly the ship's carpenter chopped off the heads of the three murderers with his axe, and their bo dies were thrown into the ocean. The ship was then taken to Honohulu, one of the Sandwich Islands, and given up to the British consul, being navigated thither entirely by a couple of apprentice lads, who alone pos sessed sufficient skill for the purpose. THE GOLDDN AGE.—This age has certainly again re visited the earth. It has come upon us, not in its poetical, but its matter-of-fact sense. The first and the richest fountain of modern times sprung up in California, but the brilliant bubbles are becoming visible in sundry other districts. The Californian establishment has found a rival in old Egypt, and ventures to Cairo and the Somat are likely to be as plentiful as those now in course to Francisco and the San Sacramento. The Russian engi neers employed by Mehemet Ali have discovered gold near Cassan, on the eastern side of the Somat, in infinitely greater abundance than it is to be met with in the richest of the Siberian mines. The yield in Siberia is not light, but that in Egypt averages double. Nor is this all : the banks of the Gamamil (eight hours from Cassan) have been found even richer than those of the Somat, but in durable yield it is expected that the banks of the Somat will bear any run upon them to which they may be subject. Loads of the glittering ore have likewise been discovered in Borneo, and our new acquisition of Sarawak is already exporting it in large quantities, which are likely to be 3('3lire'C l inZe"ell,"gi f egu a nigiA, (44cren " CiTe - rio s t i le - siis of the ancients) have long been worked by enterprising individuals; but there appears to be enough of the pre cious metal in the former island to repay its "exploration" by companies and costly machinery. EXTRAORDINARY MURDER. —On Saturday evening a murder, under the following extraordinary circumstances, was committed in the Rue de Paradis, au Marais. AM. Larbet, about 55 years of age, and a bachelor, lived alone in a small apartment at No. 5, but occasionally received the visit of a sempstress named Sophie Berri, who was to (.ine with him on that day, but as she did not come at the hour fixed he sat down to table alone. About half-past 7 Sophie arrived, and immediately after her an elderly wo man of the house, who had been on an errand for M. Larbet. While this person was present he severely repri manded Sophie for keeping him so long waiting, and she became so exasperated that she sprang upon him, threw him down on a bed which was in the room, and stabbed him at the back of the neck with the knife she had in her hand. The neighbour interposed, and took the fury off her victim. M. Larbet enjoined her not to say anything about what had passed, and she declared she would not if the two parties would promise that their quarrel should be at an end. This promise was given by both, and she went away. Scarcely, however, had five minutes elapsed before the porter of the house, who happened to be on the stairs, heard a renewed struggle in the room of M. Larbet, and on entering found that the virago had again attacked him, and had succeeded in strangling him, after having again wounded him several times with the knife. The Commissary of Police of the quarter was immediately called in, and with him came medical aid ; but M. Larbet was quite dead. He had received five wounds, but nei ther of them was mortal, and his death was caused by the strangulation. Sophie Berri, who is a powerful woman, whereas M. Larbet was feeble, was immediately after wards arrested, but she did not seem at all to comprehend the enormity of the crime she had committed ; for, when the officers of police took from her the key of her own room, before conducting her to the Guard-house, she said, " But you must give me back my key, or how shall Ibe able to get in when I return home ?" On Friday, however, when brought in presence of the dead body, she was seized with fits which lasted for three or four hours, and from which indeed she did not recover for some time after she had been carried back to prison.—Galiynani. IRELAND. UNIVERSITY The poor laws and the priests are still the exciting ,Th e Bi s h op r topics. The former please nobody, and nothing seems to English Clerr • satisfy the latt er . C ounty meetings are being held every The mu week, and the un i versa l cry from all parts of the country an the p • is in condemnation of the present law. Whether the in- I quiry, announced by government, into the working of the system may lead to any beneficial result is more t' can be foretold. Our faith in whiggery is not ver guine ; they generally succeed in making co-' confounded. Their policy towards Jr , ,ttais) 'worse , IS a 'lnfinite 441 , 8, 'with indolence and what had much better ang revery measure of practical THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ,_ _ _. ~- AND. CLERICAL NEWS. A London has laid on the table another Discipline Bill. AGent donation of £4OO has just been received 03 1 ftarnittee of the Additional Curates Fund, from .ionymous contributor. 'Ctre Gazette contains an order in Council ordering that £4OO a-year shall be allowed to the Bishop of Manches ter for a temporary residence till a permanent one shall be provided for the See of Manchester. CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.—The Rev. Joseph Shaw, 8.D., who recently succeeded the Bishop of Ches ter in the Mastership of this College, has resigned that office after three weeks' tenure. His successor will be elected to-day. It is generally thought that the Rev. James Cartmell, 8.D., Fellow and Tutor. will be elected. The Rev. Sir Cecil A. Bisshopp, Bart., died at Malta, on the 19th ult., in his 27th year, leaving a young wife far advanced in pregnancy. The rev. baronet had been for some time ill, but nothing could induce him to abandon his duties, even when suffering under ill health, and to such an extent was his enthusiasm carried, That he on one occasion, recently, fainted in the pulpit, and was carried away. The Ecclesiastical Commission has authorised the ex pend.ture, on episcopal residences, of the following sums : —Palace at Ripon, £13,689; purchase of land and house for the Bishop of Gloucester, £11,000; alteration of a house for him, £11,897 ; purchase of estate and house for the Bishop of Lincoln, £39,406 ; alteration of a house for him, .Z 13,302 ; purchase of estate and house for the Bishop of Rochester, £25,557 ; alteration of residence of the Bishop of Worcester, £7,000; alteration of residence of the Bishop of Oxford, £6,469. The congregation of St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, are petitioning the Queen, praying her Majesty, with the advice of the Privy Council, " to cause a revision to be made of the Canon Law, so as to adapt it to the altered circumstances of the nation, and an examination into those points in the discipline, formularies, and service of the Church, which, left defective or uncorrected at the Reformation, have ever since given rise to grave objec tions, and have often weakened the attachment of the friends of the Church, driven many from her communion, and afforded topics of attack to her enemies. DIVISION OF LARGER PARISHES.—On Tuesday, the following clergymen had an interview with the Bishop of Manchester, on the subject of sub-dividing large parishes, and other matters connected with a reform in the church; —The Rev. Robert Master, Incumbent of Burnley ; the Rev. Mr. Birchall, the Rev. Mr. Thursby, and the Rev. Mr. Henderson. -The gentlemen forming the deputation met with a kind reception from the Right Rev. Prelate. The interview lasted about two hours, and we may state that his lordship is favourable to some change in our ecclesiastical divisions, with a view of promoting the effi ciency and increasing the usefulness of the church .—About the same time a deputation from the clergy at Stone, Staffordshire, had an interview with their diocesan for the purpose of presenting to him a memorial on the same subject. They met with a most gracious reception, and the bishop has undertaken to improve the bill proposed to be introduced to the legislature for the carrying out of the views of the memorialists. A very favourable letter hae been received from the Archbishop of Canterbury, and also one from Sir R. Peel. WHAT THE SCOTCH FREE-CHURCH MEN THINK OF MR. NOEL'S BOOK.—What we chiefly deplore, however, is the effect which this unhappy ultraism and indecision of tendency must have on the minds of his former bre thren. If not deterred from following his example by the length of the leap he has taken, they must be all the more content to linger with the abuses he has denounced, when it is seen that, in Mr. Noel's opinion at least, there is no intermediate ground, no sure footing, between an out rageous Erastianism, crushing under its iron heel every fibre of life and freedom in the church, on the one hand, and on the other, a nomadic unorganised dissenterism ; no alternative between the establishment as it now stands, with all its corruptions, and an ecclesiastical revolution which would not only dissolve the union of church and state, but dissolve the union of the church herself, and explode her into ten thousand fragmentary churches, as unlike as unallied to each other, and the prospective con stitution of which no men could fortel. The English mind seems hitherto unable to devise a middle path be tween the purest despotism and the rankest radicalism in ecclesiastical matters. We had hoped to find in Mr. Noel's book a more moderate scheme of reform projected, which would have reconciled the two extremes • but we are com pelled to say that we despair of him as a leader in any great movement of reformation, when we see him thus merg ing himself in the confused ranks of existing dissent — descending into the arena, single handed, as the champion not of the church but of a chapel—and pleading with all the ardour of a neophite, for a system of disunion and disorganization, the utter impotence of which for any' combined action, even its veteran supporters were be ginning to deplore.—North British Review. THE NEW BISHOPRIC OF VICTORIA, HONG KONG.— The new colonial Diocese of Victoria. of which the Rev. George Smith, M.A., of Magdalene Hall, Oxford, is to be the first Bishop, has received her Majesty's approval, and the Bishop elect will be consecrated in the course of a few weeks. The Bishop of Victoria will have jurisdic tion over the members of the Church of England in the five free ports, and wherever else on the Continent of China he may find an opening, The endowment of the Bishopric of Victoria has been provided for entirely by private subscription. Soon after the treaty with the Chi nese empire had been concluded, by which facilities for intercourse with the people never enjoyed were conceded. to European nations, the Bishop of London issued a pas toral letter inviting the Clergy of his Diocese to collect the offerings of their congregations in Church for a fund towards the endowment of a Bishopric in the Chinese seas. The total sum at present available towards the erection of the See may be stated at £lB,OOO, £6,000 of which were collected in consequence of the Bishop of I London's letter, £2,000 contributed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and £lO,OOO by "A Brother and Sister," who have also offered £2,000 towards the erection of a Missionary Col lege at Hong Kong, in connection with the Church. Of this College the Bishop will be the warden, a plan which, wherever practicable, has been adopted in the new Colo nial Sees. The warden's duty will consist in preparing a body of students, native and European, to be trained for missionary employment in China. As soon as possible after the erection of the Bishopric of Victoria, measure, will be taken for the formation of Dioceses in other colonies. !xcept in t POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Mr. Wyse is forthwith to be appointed British Minister at the Court of Athens. Petitions against the proposed alterations in the Naviga tion Laws havebeen laid forsignature, duringthe past week, at the Town-hall, South Shields, and at the different ship insurance offices in that town. THE SOURCE OF PERPETUAL MOTION.—This great principle has at length been discovered. A reference to the present and past debates in the Houses of Parliament will prove it to be neither more nor less than—lreland. Mr. M. T. Baines told his friends at Hull, the other day, that before he accepted office at the poor-law board, he was offered, by Sir George Grey, the office of Under Secretary for the Home Department, which he would not accept, because it would have involved his taking leave of the electors of Hull seven months after they had favoured him with their confidence. MR. MUNTZ AND FREE TRADE.—Mr. Muntz, M.P., having been invited to the Manchester free-trade festi val. wrote a note to the chairman, in which he said—" Al though I felt bound to vote for the repeal of the corn laws as being partial in their operation and unjust to wards other interests, I have not yet seen such benefit from free-trade, unaccompanied by other legislation, as to induce me to celebrate it." This note was not read at the festival : so Mr. Muntz has published it. Mr. Cobden's friends in the West Riding are going to try to revive his dying popularity among his constituents by a public dinner at Leeds. But it won't do. The people know what a grand mistake they made when they took this mere destroyer for a statesman ; and no doubt the error of 1847 will be amply remedied next election. The League made some thousands of votes in the West Riding, but even these will not save Mr. Cobden from being sent after Sir Culling. THE BOLTON ELECTION.—It Seems that the scale would, in all probability, have been turned against Sir Joshua Walmsley but for the following circumstance : For the last few weeks a tedious yet important suit has chained Mr. Bridson to a London law court so stringently, that it was only for hours—not days and weeks. as his true interests required—that he could run down to Bolton at all. The result, of course, has been that Mr. Briilsan ,ciiivass personally a single elector, The Protectionists were signally caught in a radical trap on Friday. They held a meeting at the York Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for promoting the repeal of the malt tax, as they have several times done before ; when they were overpowered by the knavish tricks of certain free traders, who carried a resolution, pledging the meet ing to join with the Radical Financial Reform Association not only to obtain a repeal of the tax in question, but to effect a reduction of the public expenditure. Mr. Frewen, the member for Sussex, who was present, appeared much annoyed at the result. A WHIG'S OPINION OF THE NAVIGATION LAWS. — In one of his recent speeches on his re-election for Hull, Mr. M. T. Baines, a Whig and Free-trader, denounced the attempt to repeal the N av i g ation L aws . He said : — Itis perfectly well-known that ministers introduced a measure with respect to that bill, against which 1 voted. Ithought it my duty to d o so , a nd a ltho ug h 1 know I differ from many of my constituents on this point,—gen tlemen of very great intelligence, who think , that the na vigation laws ought to be repealed, yet I must say that I am not satisfied that they ought to he repealed : on the contrary, I am of opinion that the principle of the naviga tion laws ought not to be repealed. This being so, I voted accordingly, and opposed ministers in every stage." RECIPROCITY V. ONE-SIDED FREE-TRADE.—We are glad to fi n d th a t th e commerc i a l m i n d i s rapidly recover ing, from the effect which to some extent had been pro duced upon it by the showy and plausible, but altogether baseless, theories propounded by the self-called " Free traders." A m os t i m p or t an t mo vement on this subject is taking place in the mercantile world, one example of which is to be found in the recent formation of the " Glasgow Reciprocity and Industrial Society," the objects of which are " to obtain free trade with foreign states on the basis of a true and equitable reciprocity, and to adopt all rea sonable and legitimate means to promote the interests of British and colonial industry." It is a fact that nearly 200 eminent firms (men of all shades of politics) in Glas gow have joined this association, and have sanctioned its objects by appending their signatures to a document pub licly promulgating the principles which it advocates. A HARD HIT.—At a meeting in Bradford, a few days since, Col. Thompson, M.P. for the borough, was ad dressing the electors, and introducing the subject of free trade, contended that the people of Bradford were better off on that account. On hearing this, a workman in the gallery shouted "It's a lie; they'll give us nothing for working now that bread is cheaper ; the manufactur ers have reduced our wages more than makes the differ ence." Before the close of the meeting a number of queries were put to the Colonel, whose replies were re ceived by the chartists with yells, groans, and other marks of disapprobation. A question was asked if he would vote for a separation of Church and State, to which he replied that he considered the church was fast approach ing to popery, and as the dissenters were the principal means of sending him to Parliament, he thought it would be his duty to act as they required him. To the question of whether he would give up bis half-pay as a colonel, he stated that he had paid two or three times for it ; and without they could shew him sufficient reasons for relin quishing it, he would not give it up. ELECTIONS.-Sir Francis Baring, now First Lord of the Admiralty, was, on Monday, re-elected for Ports mouth without opposition. Mr, Frederick Peel, son of Sir Robert Peel, was elected member for Leominster, without opposition, on Wednesday, in the room of Mr. H. Barkly, appointed Governor of British Guinea. Mr. Matthew Talbot Baines, who has been appointed Chief Commissioner at the Poor-law Board, was re-elected for Hull, on Wednesday. Such, however, was the uproar and confusion, the hissings and the hootings, of the as sembled electors, that Mr. Baines did not deliver an ad dress at the place of election. The hon. member having accepted office under Government, appears to have given mighty-offence to the Chartists and Radicals. The election of a member for Bolton, in the place of Dr. Bowring, appointed to a Government situation in China, was fixed for Wednesday last. The candidates were Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. Thomas Ridgeway Bridson, bleacher, of Bolton. The show of hands was much in favour of Sir Joshua Walmsley, when a poll was demanded by the friends of Mr. Bridson. At the close of the poll on Thursday, Sir Joshua was found to be elected by a ma jority of 567 to 521 MEATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND BORNEO.—A copy of the treaty of friendship and commerce " concluded between her Majesty the Queen of England and the Sultan of Borneo (signed in the English and Malay languages, on the 27th of May, 1847), has just been laid before both houses of parliament. It consists of twelve articles. They provide-1. That peace, friendship, and good under standing shall for ever subsist between the two powers of Britain and Borneo. 2. That the subjects of her Majesty shall have full liberty to enter into, reside in, and trade with all parts of the dominions of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifadeen, and enjoy the privileges and advanges of the most favoured nation ; the subjects of the Sultan to enjoy the same privileges in this country. 3. That British sub jects may purchase and acquire all kinds of property +l .1 : c. 1.. t_• • ing that such British subjects shall, as far as lies in his power, enjoy full and complete protection and security. 4. That the trade between the two countries shall be per fectly free, subject only to the customs' duties which may be hereafter enforced. 5. That no duty exceeding per ton shall be levied on British vessels entering the ports of Borneo. British goods and British trade to be exempt from all internal duties, &c. 6. That no export duty shall be levied by the Sultan on any article the growth or produce of his own dominions. 7. That the ships of war of England and the East India Company shall be permitted to enter the ports, rivers, and creeks of his dominions, and to provide themseves with such supplies, stores, and pro visions as they may require. 8. That assistance shall be rendered to vessels wrecked on the coast of Borneo. 9. That every means shall be taken by both the high con tracting parties for the suppression of piracy within the seas, straits, and rivers subject to their respective control or influence, &c. Article 10 confirms the cession of the island of Labuan, situate on the north-west coast of Bor neo, together with the adjacent islets of Kuraman, Little Rusakan, Great Rusakan, Da-at, and Malankasan, and all the straits, islets, and seas situate half-way between the afore-mentioned islets and the mainland of Borneo ; likewise the distance of ten geographical miles from the island of Labuan to the westward and the northward, and from the nearest point half-way between the islet of Malankasan and the mainland of Borneo, in a line run ning north till it intersects a line extending from west to east, from a point ten miles northward at• the northern extremity of the island of Labuan, to be possessed in per petuity and full sovereignty by her Majesty and her suc cessors; and, to avoid disputes, the sultan engages not to make any similar cession of territory to any other nation without the consent of her Britannic Majesty. Every measure is to be taken by both parties for the suppression of the abominable traffic in slaves. The treaty, which was to be ratified on or before the 27th May, 1848, is signed by James Brooke, on the one part, and attested by the great seal of the Sultan of Borneo, on the other. series of omissions and commis activity equally misapplied, been let alon6, and negle, utility Dr. M`llale has had a gathering at Tuam of suffragan from RomP ~ coadjutors, Sze., to celebrate his return The chief features of the evening were the exultation in the fact that not a single protes t was present amongst them ; and Dr. 111 4 11 ale's avowal, in his speech, that they would not rest satisfied till they had regained possession of the church lands, rent ch&rges, &e., &c.,lVhich he, of course, alleged, before his enlightened audience, were originally in possession of the Church of Rome. chairm All this might he looked upon as too contemptible for serious notice, had it occurred in this country, but it be tokens there " a foregone conclusion," and shows what the ultimate aim is of that body, avowed only by few, but Acquiesced in by all the member sof that church. Here lies the real seat of Ireland's disease, and of England's danger. The judges have refused to quash the indictment found at the last commission against Mr. Duffy. On being called upon to plead on Thursday, his counsel handed in a plea in abatement which the prisoner had verified on oath, and which was similar in substance to that put in to the previous indictment. TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.—We this week noticed in the columns of a. contemporary a somewhat appropriate typographical error. In a paragraph respecting the Irish State Trials, they were referred to as the Irish STALE Trials. Whether the error was the production of some mischievous P.D. we are not prepared to say. but, if unin tentional it was not inappropriate. THE SKULL-CRACKING IN SLIGO.—We are gratified to learn that the gentlemen of Sligo, upon whom the skull-cracker of Priest O'Neill has inscribed such a me morial of his pastoral exertions in the promotion of morality and religion as—to use the words of our infor mant—they will retain "to the end of life," having me morialised the Lord Lieutenant to institute an inquiry into the entire transaction, and especially the scandalous participation of the two magistrates in the proceedings of the chapel.—Dublin Herald. REFORMATION IN DUBLIN.--A class, consisting of seven persons, publicly renounced the errors of Popery, yesterday, in St. Thomas's Church. That church, as is usual on such solemn occasions, was completely filled. The Rev. Thomas Scott administered the form of recant ation, and afterwards presented each of them with a copy of the Holy Scriptures, and the Book of Common Prayer. They subsequently partook of the Holy Communion, and signed the roll. Three of this class had been intended for the Romish priesthood. The Ven. Archdeacon Magee, as on the sth November last, whon a similar ceremony took place, occupied the pulpit with his wonted ability. After the reception, the Rey. T. Scott announced that another class of converts are preparing to renounce the errors of Romanism on the first Sunday in April next. — Dublin Herald. ANOTHER IRISH HEROINE.—OH Sunday night, a lady residing near Bandon, shortly after going to bed was aroused by a noise, as if some person was breaking into the house, and, while listening, three or four men quietly entered her bedroom, who supposing her to be asleep, deliberately took her purse and some other articles from her dressing table. They then retired down stairs, and broke open the larder, where they supplied themselves and carried off a leg of mutton. When all was quiet the lady got out of bed, dressed, and set out to the police station, when on her way, she observed a light in a house close to her residence, and on peeping through the chinks of the window shutters, she saw the robbers dividing the booty. She hastened to the police, who at once accom panied her, broke into the den, surprised and took the thieves into custody. None of the family were aware of the robbery until this heroic lady returned, after having secured the "lads."—Cork Constitution. The Earl of Clarendon has addressed a letter to Sir George Grey, in which he gives the reasons which have induced him to recommend the continuance, for a limited period, of the law for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. After pointing out the beneficial effects of the measure, which had succeeded in restoring order, in place of that which for a time was a reign of terror, he states that there is, on the part of those engaged in the late treasonable movement, no indication whatever of sor row or repentance for their misdeeds. " Their regret is confined to their failure, and their hopes are directed to a more successful issue on the first favourable opportunity." _Fast failure might damp exertion ; but the country had been too long trained to agitation to be at once weaned from it, and nothing but a continued enjoyment of that peace which the absence of all political excitement has created can save Ireland from wasting her energies in the strife of rival factions, instead of exerting them, by in dustry, for the improvement of the country. Lord Cla rendon says it is with extreme repugnance that he asks for the renewal of an act infringing the constitutional rights of any portion of her Majesty's subjects ; but he conscientiously believes the course necessary, and trusts that the manner in which the act has been carried into effect will be an earnest that its future administration will be marked by leniency. LAW INTELLIGENCE. In the Queen's Ben c h a * trial took place last week before four jurors only, with the consent of both parties. H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT V. STRANGE. — The Lord Chancellor delivered judgment confirming the decision of Vice-Chancellor Bruce, and continuing the injunction against the publication of the Royal etchings and engrav ings. - On Wednesday Baron Parke, in the Exchequer Court, gave judgment in the long-standing case of Baron de Bode's claim on the English Government. He confirmed the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench against the claim. THE SCENE IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—On Monday it was announced that an agreement had been made in the case which gave rise to the altercation be tween the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Sir F. Thesiger, and Mr. Martin, as reported in our last, and a verdict for the crown would be taken, subject to a special case, after which Sir F. Thesiger rose and left the court. In the next case, Mr. Martin commenced his address to the jury by an allusion to the painful position in which he was placed, but was checked by the learned judge, who recommended him to abstain from all comment on the occurrence. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. CHESTER AND AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended February 4th, 1849 :—Coaching traffic, £855 10s. Id. ; parcels, £4O 17s. 6d. ; goods and cattle, £196 13s. 11d. ; steam boats, £l3l 18 s . Bd. ; t o t a l, £ 1225 os. 2d. CALEDONIAN RA ILwAy.—The dissentient shareholders in this company are busily engaged in organising an op position to the measures of the directors for leasing the Scottish Central, the Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction, and the Scottish Midland Railway. BOLTON, BLACKBURN, CLITHEROE, AND WEST RIDING RAILWAY COMPANY.—At th e half-yearly meet ing on Friday, the directors intimated a oil of 45 on the A shares, and proposed that any shareholder who has paid £l5 a share; and who is willing to pay the remaining £lO, shall be allowed to retain 20 per cent. of the amount, as interest up to the 30th of June, 1853. The engineer's report stated, that if funds were adequately provided, the line to Clithero would be opened during 1849. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—An engineman and a fireman have both lost their lives by an accident on the Clarence Railway. Their names were Richard and John Holmes ; the former was 25, and the latter 22 years of age, They left Stockton-upon-Tees, with the fi rst pas nr,„,.„;„. OA L-te past P ea g n O'CCIOCt i . "I As the train approached Stiffington, seven or eight miles from Stockton, an accident happened to the engine ; a bolt gave way, by which the machinery was deranged, Richard Holmes, the engineman, was in stantaneously killed, being completely crushed between the engine and the tender ; his brother, at the same time, being most dreadfully scalded by the boiling water : he died on Sunday last. To increase the melancholy event we are detailing, the father of these two young men, two and half years since was killed by an engine on the Clarence Railway, and the mother has thus been bereaved of a husband and two dutiful sons by an acci dent of the same nature. The merchandize was attached to the passenger train, and was thus the means of keep ing the carriages on the line, otherwise more lives might have been los!. LAUNCH OF THE FLOATING RAILWAY.—The launch of this vessel for ferrying the trains over the Frith of Forth took place on Tuesday, at Messrs. Napier's ship building yard, near Glasgow. The operation excited considerable interest, more particularly as the vessel was built " broadside," and not in the usual manner with her bow or stern to the river, it being conceived that, owing to the elevation of the ground above the high water level of the Clyde, the launch of the vessel on the broadside system could be more safely and easily effected. The signal being given, the blocks were removed and the stopper ropes cut, when the vessel, 170 feet long on deck by 34 feet wide between the paddles, and 10 feet deep, strongly framed and plated to sustain the great weight of a train of loaded trucks, glided with a gently increasing velocity to the end of the ways, fell about n feet to the river, gave two or three heavy rolls, and then drifted into the centre of the stream, and was towed to the Brownie law, where she received her machinery. Her engine is 56-inch cylinder, and 3-feet 6-inch stroke, working each paddle. A chimney on each side allows a clear space in the centre for three trucks loaded abreast, and the cap tain stands above them, between the paddles, to steer either end foremost. The vessel is of iron, ribbed ; the plates on th e b o t tom b eing half an inch th i ck. On Thursday, at B r i s t o l, C. M . L. W es t (f ormer ly a confidential clerk i n th e fi rm of Mil es an d Ki ng t on , an d apprehended at Hamburg. The son of a col one l i n t h e army), was exam i ned on a c h arge of steali ng a ra il way loan note, for £5OO, the property of his employe rs . H e was note had been d e p os it e d , f or an advance o f £ 2 OO , w i th a 1 sharebroker. West was committed for trial. 1 Dr6trtrt 11035. INTIMIDATION.—On Friday five colliers were commit ted to prison for short periods by the Wigan magistrates for intimidating their fellow-workmen, for the purpose of preventing them going to work. HEALTH OF TOWNS ACT.—No fewer that eighty-nine towns in England have petitioned for the application to them of the provisions of this act. Amongst those in this neighbourhood are, Ormskirk, Wigan, Congleton, Mac clesfield, Altrincham, and Bangor. A labourer on the East Lancashire Railway, forming at Croston, named Adam Critchley had the misfortune to fall out of a ballast waggon, on Wednesday week, when one of the waggons was drawn over his leg, and so se verely crushed the limb as to render amputation necessary, and ultimately to canoe his, (loath on Friday week. CLOSING OF A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF BOAT MEN.—Some time since, the Earl of Ellesmere erected a school on the potato wharf, near Castle Field, for the ex press purpose of receiving and instructing daily the chil. dren of boatmen on the Bridgewater Canal. The school has been open about four months, under the superinten dence of a duly qualified schoolmaster, and in connexion with St. Matthew's Church ; but the greatest number of children that ever attended being not more than half-a dozen, the school was closed about a fortnight since. RAINFORD PLOUGHING MATCH.—The committee of the Rainford Agricultural Society, assisted by suLscrip tions from a few friends, have established a ploughing match in connection with their annual exhibition of live stock and agricultural produce. The first meeting was held on Tuesday, the 6th instant, on Mr. T. Sharples's farm. There were twenty-two competitors, all of whom deserve the highest commendation for the skill displayed on that occasion. The judges, (Mr. W. Longton, Whis ton ; Mr. R. Wright, Stand Farm, Croxteth ; and Mr. Musker, Bootle,) after a very careful and impartial exa mination of the various lots, gave in their decisions to the secretary, who announced them to a great crowd of anxi ous spectators. The first prize, a splendid iron plough, was awarded to Peter Holden, Knowsley, one of the Earl of Derby's ploughmen • the second, ano th er goo d i ron plough, was given to W. Lillie, Bickerstaff; the third, a scarifier, was given to James Agnew, Rainford ; the fourth, a set of swing trees, given by Mr. Sharpies in addition to his subscription, was taken by W. Sumner, Moss-bank. A WORD TO THE FACTORY WORKERS.—Factory workers be on your guard ! After a long struggle you have gained the Ten Hours' Act. The Lancashire mill owners (true to their hostility to that just measure), are now trying to rob you of your triumph. By an ingenious relay system they are seeking to deprive you of the ten hours limitation. And by the decision of a body of Man chester magistrates, the legal interpretation of the act (as explained by their own chairman, an able lawyer and sti pendiary magistrate) has been outraged. The crown law yers concur with Mr. Maude in designating this decision as a forced and unjust interpretation. And yet the relay system goes on. Never mind. If any factory masters violate the law it is their look out, and the look out of Parliament. Don't copy their mischievous example by any illegal strikes. Strikes do no good. Public opinion will be strong enough even for the factory masters of Lancashire. The Queen—(God bless her !)—can soon meet the difficulty. And there can be no doubt she will do so promptly ; it you find it necessary to memorialize her.—Halifax. Guardian. EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF £3lO. I On Friday week, a man named Mark Hough, ware houseman to Mr. Walwork, cotton-spinner, Chorley (who has been in his employment many years, and in whose honesty the utmost reliance was placed), was sent by his master to the Bank of Bolton, for £5lO, to pay the wages of his workpeople. He received at the Bank £2OO in silver, which was sealed up in a leather letter bag, and 300 sovereigns and 20 half-sovereigns, which were in a leather bag of smaller dimensions, so that the man could put it in his pocket. He arrived at the railway station about eleven o'clock. And asked if he might be allowed to leave the letter bag with the silver, as he wanted to follow two men who had robbed him. In about two hours from this time Hough went back to the bank, and stated that he had been knocked down near the railway station, by two navigators, and robbed of the £3lO in gold. He had then a black eye, and had been bleeding at the nose. He also stated that he followed the men as far as Halshaw Moor, but could not find them. Information was then given to the police, and Hough was taken to Manchester, but all search of the navigators was found in vain. He was brought back to Bolton by Brown the same night, and it having been ascertained that no alarm was given by him at the time he stated that h e was ro bb e d , he was locked up at the police-office on suspi c i on o f h av i ng stolen the money. The police were th oroug hl y sa ti s fi e d that the man's tale was a fabrication, yet there appe are d no probability of recovering the money except by stratagem. Sergeant Beech, an old and expe r i ence d o ffi cer, under took this duty, and by his dexterous and judicious man oeuvres, the money was fortunately recovere d . H e dres sed himselfin plain clothes, and was taken to the same cell as Hough, about twelve o'clock at night. He remon strated against being put with another prisoner, but he was unceremoniously turned in. The new corner ap peared much distressed a t hi s s i tuation, and in a short time Hough asked him what he was locked up for. Beech replied that he was a collector of rates, and had embezzled money belonging to the overseers, and that his case was so hopeless that he determined to escape from the lock-up. if possible. He invited Hough to assist, and tried various schemes to get out, but he lay still on his mattrass, and appeared jealous of his companion. To account for his anxiety to escape, Beech told him various robberies he had been concerned in, and at length Hough became communicative. He said that two navigators had knocked him down, and stolen £3lO frcm his pocket. He solemnly declared he was innocent, and said he would not attempt to e s ca p e . B eec h sa id he might please him self, but out he would be, if possible. He then commenced pulling off the flags from over the flue, but this appeared hopeless. After this, he put his head through the hole of the cell door, to listen what the officers were doing in the office, and d r e w b ac k w ith an exclamation of delight, say ing that the man who locked them in had left the key outside. The prisoner said, but there are two or three other doors, and you are sure to be stopped. Beech, however, unlocked the door, and went up the lobby to listen, but came back to tell Hough that there was only one police Man in, and he was fast asleep. Hough now appeared to think his companion in earnest, ' ' out of bed, he followed Beech out of the ofam,.,,T made the best of their way together into : s t , Beech took the prisoner to the summer -11° „d tbet i l Robin Hood bowling-green, Bolton-Maori fi "Tber, mained there in conversation about an how'. 1 0, ner wanted to go to Chorley, but a bell 03 0 `ii d , ringing, and Beech said it was to call out the P h t he,: they would be on all the roads directly. Houg - t i t giv that if he' could get word to his wife, s h e w ould money to go away with. Beech offered to fie);' tG where they could stop a d a y or two ; and Hon!! 0, assure himself that his companion was a true a number of questions to try ifdhe would statements. Sergeant Beech repeated all that bel e ; ‘ , him before, and then Hough said, " Well, 1 1 3 4 ,JY now ; but you were so like a policeman at could not open my mind. You are a de ce ,. , -). chap, and so let us g o o n t owar d s D ea n Cburen•„bff, took him over hedge and dit c h, an d through tusibet and when they got about two miles out of to ce: 0 0 1 soner said he was glad to fi nd that his comP se ! it tbi decent chap ; that he believed it to be God's // I ' d ; was locked up, to effect his (th e p r is o ner's) ° e ? he had been prayin g t o G o d a ll n i g ht, a nd that tbeo have many a laugh a b o ut th e i r esca p e when th e Y ni the briny ocean. He then pretended to open b is de, Becch, and told him that he had agreed last SO 0 1. two navigators, th a t th e y s h ou ld come to Bolton di t Y him ; that they did so ; and that they afterwar d l i er‘ the money, his share being hid in a wood fur.F fe .: When they got to a plantation near Lady Dr t i k prisoner wanted Beech to remain at the top ?' 0 14 till he went down i n t o th e p l an t a ti on for WO; This, however, Beech wou ld not do, and th e searched for two hours, and s a id h e could n°' , ts' place. They then agreed to return to Boltoni Place mentioned by Bee c h. Wh en th e y got ba'ert Robin Hood. the nri,nof , , -,rpten,i,,d to co to the, house ; and when 1d eau tu,•;:La roundtoige', him, he had jumped over a flag fence and a he d was off as hard as his heels could carry him. Beech instantly pursued the p r iso ne r, and O r d, sprang into a hedge together. Being again s ecu r io officer determined to run no further risk of the Po escape ; and, therefore, he told him he was a P 4 gi and that anything he m i g ht say wou ld b e brough t him. The priso ner was now utter l y con foanpil finding that he b a d so committed himself as no t acknowledge his guilt, b u t t o po i n t ou t the hicapl he had concealed the m one y, h e vo l un t ar ily t os with Sergeant Beech in the morning, and poin ple.ce where he had deposited the bag of soverelgt, officer accordingly sent for a cab ; and at day'-,0 pruceeuea to tee plantation war Lady brius-,: ac ip prisoner at once pointed out the pla ce w here be er e , the money. Sergeant Beech, the re fore, reco i c i £3lO by his own ingenuity and e x er ti on . 08 0 , Boner escaped he might have fallen u n der serion, s ,d sibility ; and we are ve r y g l a d t o h ear th a t it ist' e o tion of the party int eres t e d t o rewar d hi m for tlefol worthy conduct.—The p r is oner was brought be magistrates on Sal urday, and c o mm itt e d for trial STATE OF THE PUBLIC - HEALTH IN 410 QUARTER OF 1848. The quarterly returns of the mortality ill tricts of England have been published, and l e o in'eresting a n d, on th e w h o l e , sat i s f ac t or y c o il' 36 districts are in the metropolis, and the ret ° , 4 lo comprise, with some agricultur a l dist r i c ts, the 0 towns and cities of England. Th e pepula t il, e l 6,612,958 in 1841. It is gratifying to find that tality of the quarter has been below the averag e ; 46,124 deaths have been registered. The deat' o o corresponding quarters of 1846 an d 1847 w ere 53 14 ? 57,925 ; so that not w ithst an di ng some i ncr ease"o lation, the decrease of deaths on 1847 is 11,80 1 ; i • 0 1 1846, 6,931. Taking the i ncrease o f popu l a tion o i count, the deaths are 2,571 below the ave r loo deaths in nine p r e ce di ng years . Th e gene ral d ot of the country was comparatively low in the fi'i e 1841-5 ; in the middle of 1846 epidemics sets 4, proved fatal throu g h th e res t o f 1846, th rou gh 1 0 the winter of 1848. A manifest improvement t o o in the spring of the year 1848 ; the summer vi f average degree of health ; and although cases! ) r in; have occurred in London and several districts da b i 4 • has b quarter, the returns prove that the epidemic produced no sensible effect on the mortality. t bel On a comparative view of the mortality in 4! towns, as contrasted with the rural districts P o i towns of England, during the nine last quartet t o of the last nine y ears , it appears f rom the retuo after every allow- -‘ has he- a s 1000 _ ,een mane e p have taken place which must be chiefly referrals, want of pure air and water, house room, and,, which good laws and institutions might supplY• reference to cholera the Registrar-General ref° when it appeared in England in 1831 it was at the ts 'it the year, and that it caused n e ar ly a ll the n'w r o t; 1832. Its advances were slow, but sanitary Pr e 4 , advanced still more sl ow ly. " A H ea lth of Tov or , however," he observes, " exists • a map of Lon I>t progress, on which the fatality epidemics rnig o 'l ced, and which w ill f ac ilit a t e t h e d ra i nage; a mission of Sewers has been issued ; a Board of lI been constituted ; innumerable reports have bee° PO and if no time is lost much may yet be done be t ? great epidemic is in a condition to put forth itsid in summer. The est.blishoi en t a t how cholera is made fatal ; it is still easier to 9 4 1. it may be made comparatively innoxious. And t". 01 will probably not be so soon forgott en as it wasbiO The mortality of Stockport and Ma cc l es field p Liverpool, and West Derby ; Blackburn, P r estoad dale, Bury, Bolton, Wigan, and Pr e scot ; Chorlto ty chester, Salford, Ashton, and Oldham, was low er oe the autumn quarter of 1846 ; in some districts r ei duction in the mortality was 50 per cent. In o cll, 968, 636, and 424 ; in Manchester, 2.318, 2,210 , deaths were registered in the autumn quarters I cr i ,l . in the same quarters the total de a th s reg istered 1 4., cashire and Cheshire were 20,302, 18,696, a nd d, The births were 21,245 and 19,425 i n th e auturn i n , ',ref of 1846 and 1848. The bi r th s an d d ea ths de The decrease of mortality is ascribed to improv e trade ; and by some to the removal of the PlrA The commercial depression began in 1846; the ni,, ; stopped and were only p a rti a lly ope ne d in 1 84 'ig l persons therefore removed to towns where wilco," nufactures offered employment, and have not boa' to return now that trade has been restored, e The deaths in Liverpool in the quarter 'O r a against 3,725 in the corresponding quarter of t, 0 1; ding year, 2,735 in the quarter of 1846, and I,9 B ` re ' The deaths in West Derby during the quarter n'e„, against 1,122 in the corresponding quarter of the year, 1,111 in 1846, and 673 in 1845. A PLEASANT GUEST.—" Lady Janet and Sir ;;{r M'Farlane—" " Strange style—the ladyfirlii posed Miss Leicester. " She always is so," sal 11 11 .0 continuing the perusal, " will reach Tulibermore eri p day, and have only to request that their apart° of not have a north aspect, as Lady J. has still a h c o d, hanging over her. Sir A.'s man Flint will ar , r.o,' rooms himself, and, with Mr. Cashel's permis-1 directions about double doors, it there be none• t isi o has taken the liberty of mentioning to Gordo o sherry is far too hot and acrid, an d h opes M r . , pardon his having ordered some dozens of An' c ' c iti°' 4 l for trial. Lady J. asks, as a favour, that plants on, • may be banished from the house during her W e i Dr. Grimes positively forbidding all herbaceou s and if the cook would make the ' cuisine' partiew B „",,)o ple, it would also oblige her, as Dr. G. says she 0. "'?'„ , to be exposed to the irritation of tempting t r t see them at table. Lady J. hopes that the soel e _i' e bs cheerful with ou t di ss i pat i on, an d gay w i t h ou t u to ji i above all, she stipulates f or ear ly b oars , and tr,to by eleven, at latest, th e h ouse w ill h ave r etire Lady Janet h as no o bj ec ti on t o meet i ng any Cashel may honour with his invitation, but lei 4 s oe t . Mr. C.'s discretion not to abuse this liberality. to particularise she wou ld mere l y su g gest that the nyfecks, except perhaps th e e ld er gig, a re odiou' oe lf, White, a perfect horror —th e Meeks, something t o ll ! ) , cious—and that rather than meet the Kilgoffs, 6 y U set, Lady J. would almost prefer to relinquis h much-anticipated pleasure. Mr. Linton can be, V I( often is, gentlemanlike and amusing, but' Lint°, l3 petj occasionally practised, is intolerable. Lady J ll c oli ventured on these remarks, far less for her ovl , e s" , ence, than in the discharge of what she feels to 1 . 7 5/li * to a very young and inexperienced man, whose It% ing nature will inevitably expose him to the verl, l 4 ol attacks of selfishness, cunning, and to that speed tation, that goober or later end in d e b as i ng and ufetr him who peznaits himself to be its su bj ec t. Jan e "' lane."—Roland Cashel. THE CIRCASSIAN SLAVE TRADE.—III a M OTai view, all slave traffi c i s o f course o di ous an d rePre,e ii but that of Cir cass i a diff ere d f rom ot h er commeryd kind, in so far that all parties were benefited by, r" ) , 0 seating to, the contract. Th e T ur k s o bt a i n ed in b casus handsomer and wealthier wives than thol e b the harem •, and the Circassian beauties were de'lO exchange the po v e r ty an d t o il o f th e i r father's „, huts for the luxurious farniente of the seraglio, ° 0 wonders and delights their ears were regaled, fr ° 0 , hood upwards, with the most glowing descriptilo trade, although greatly impeded an d ver y bazar fi t, goes on. Small Turkish craft creep up t o the ce e ,'")o, tiously evading the Russian cruisers, enter e t r f og inlets, and are dragged by the Circassians hiP•ot upon the beach, there to remain until the negott their live cargo is con.pleted, an operation that gA ) , takes a few weeks. The women sold are the clau?dl serfs and freedmen : rarely d o e s a work consent t ', o of his sister or daughter, although the case does s °,l l : occur. But, whilst the s a l e goes on , t h e s l a ve% e anything but secure. It is a small matter to hav e ‘ the Russian frigates and steamers. Each of the le d possesses a little sq ua d ron o f row-boats, Te3ll,' Cossacks, who pull a l ong th e coast i n searc h 0 ;0 ,0 vessels. If they detect one, they land in the endeavour to set fire to it, before the mountOwlf come to the assistance of the crew. The Turk,s' re" in profound t error o f t h ese C ossac k coast -guar os .'; j every possible expedi en t t o escape th e i r o b ser vat , , 0 covering their vessels with d r y l eaves an d botteL l ;si ing fir bra nc h es t o t h e masts, that the scouts , h e them for trees. If th e y are captured at sea bY l o sers, the crew are sent to hard labour in Siberii i lio Circassian girls a r e marr i e d t o C ossac k s , or u . handmaidens among the Russian staff office"; e 1 thirty to forty slaves compose the usual cargo e ' l es these vessels, which are so small th a t th e poor t o e! are packed almost like herrings i n a band. Bu t ,t tiently endure the misery of th e voyage , i n 8010' the honeyed existence of the h arem . It i s calcu o jit one vessel out of six is take n or l os t. I n the, o f 1843-4, eight and-twe n ty s hip s l e ft th e coa s t e t:' Minor for that of Caucasia. T wen ty-th ree safelYAo three were burned by the R uss i ans , an d t w o the waves.—Blaekwood's Magazine. II Feb, Feb. 13,