The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-12 00:00:00

-11111111 1 3 6t stt e f fi n ; [ ober altblo ' CQ; high character of the Alinister who had for so many Years directed the measures of Austria, he need hardly site that h e a ll u d ed to Prince Mettern i c h , yet h e l oo k e d u P e n the Convention of Vienna as a guarantee for European security, and if one clause was to betaken out of the treaty of Vienna, why not take all out. That Powers, had been agreed upon by five of the great and he did not see why three of those Powers should act independently. The motion brought forward by the lion. Member for Montrose was merely an ab stract motion, and although no one was more anxious e °34 ePort th e independence of Cracow than he was, yet l ue felt bound t o support the Ministry on the first reso lution !which had b ee n proposed by him. It was true t hat the law officers of the Crown had given their ° Pinions in favour of this payment, but nevertheless he eu uti not assent to t h e pr i nc ipl e which they had ad ' , ftn eed. He did hope that the words that had been uttered i n that house would not be lost upon the three powers, ers, , but that they would convince them that the bad arrived when they must respect the rights and l ibertie s of their neighbours. R. H. INGLIS th oug ht that this country ought to fin ite with o th er powers i n restorit:g that State, which he re ,ll° Ped was not altogether ext i nct , but only suspended. w eer, Nobl e L or d at t h e h ea d o f t h e Government said ho as prepared to support any abstract resolution upon th e subject. Now, was not the resolution which had been placed in the hands of the Speaker sufficiently ab- F ra et• It was merely a respectful echo of the speech Treaty the throne upon this manifest violation of the tie eeaty of Vienna,and without troubling the House upon Pounds, shillings, and pence of the matter, it merely s ent to affirm that the extinction of Cracow, as a free p e tate, was an unjustifiable act. The House unanimously e e s sed th e speech from the throne, and he could not un tmeestand upon what ground a resolution, echoing a por , Grit in a substantive form was to be rejected. The n ele which justified the annexation of Cracow ti -u 'd equally justify the extinction of Frankfort,the ex rlet• ion of Hanaburgh, or any of the German States, o rse freedom had long been conceded and respected.— te s ea r.) Until a treaty should cease to be an oblige ten between two nations or a charter existing between ta n great Powers, and become simply a piece of parch went never te piece of sealing-wax dangling from it, he di 'ind never scruple to denounce acts of the kind under 3eu ss ion in the strongest possible language, or formally Place his opinion with regard to it on record.—(Hear, tie p sr ') Every individual from her Majesty on the t ,;„, c4t e, down to individual Members of that House con eG-o"eu in reprehending this act, and he trusted t h e 'ernment and the House would do themselves ee honour and Poland the justice, to pass these .es o i„.• , ft e l "oris unanimously without one dissentient voice, -- (i o ` e " e ar, hear.) The Noble Lord at the head of the 'erliment seemed to concur in its spirit, and as no r e e e pl ber of the" Government had moved any amend h et, he would sit down expressing a fervent hope that c e e r Majesty's advisers would still, for the sake of prin teirPrised justice, see the necessity ofallowing the House the first part of the 'resolution as a renewed ex j,,,,e4ssiell of their opinion upon this all-important sub of'? c onnected, as it was, with the rights and privileges i r l e lonl.—( Hear, hear.) tr G. BENTINCK said the Hon. Member for Mon rh e c) r - r ; • las good en . ough . to inform the House that he was Btieeß• e t Y ashamed of his Hon. Friend the Member for sbury for the course he had taken on the motion for atedaddress in answer to the speech from he t Crown t o h, e Was sorry to say that the course he was going. t i e 4 ee to-night would not enhance him in the estima ee'neof the Hon. blember for Montrose. He had list -rn with great attention to the speech of the Hon. v_ernber for Montrose. but it contained only three sen t7ters he agreed with. The first was, that they must t fo rget pounds, shillings, and pence ; the second was, na a t i Peace was the greatest blessing that could befal a rnr , ; and the third was, that they ought to have the c' ra l courage to be honest. Now, with regard to the ost,tr thought the Hon. Member took a strange ! , e In his endeavour to prove to the House that he a great desire to act honestly when he proposed that 11 : 1 1 the slight grounds he had stated they 10 11 d deny th e Emperor of Russia his d ue. Disraeli Hon. F r i en d t h e M em ber for Shrewsbury (Mr. eesr ae e in a speech unanswered, as well as other Hon. f le mbers who aereed with him, had entered their pro test the 'declaration that had been made from the rt ee• But, still further, the mover of the address, in the H Swer to the speech from the Throne, avoided pledging house to any opinion upon that section of the speech; Only went so far as to pledge them to thanks to her ejesty for the information which she had given them, na mely. that sh e h a d or d ere d a protest to be made to the E mperors of Russia and Austria, and the King of Prussia, egeinst that which appeared to her to be a manifest vio lation of the treaty o f Vienna; and her Majesty at the !lune time informed the House that papers woula be laid be ore the House which would elucidate the matter. They had not been called upon to pledge themselves either the one way or the other, to say that it was a mani fest violation of the treaty of Vienna. But he (Lord George Bentinck) after the most patient study of the papers which had been laid before the House, had come to the conclusion that there was no violation of the treaty of Vienna whatever. —(Hear, heat ) In treating of what he must call the minor question, the payment of the money, he concurred so entirely with the Hon. Member for Southwark (Sir Molesworth) that he should detain the House for a eery few minutes on that point. But he must be allowed to observe on one point which had not been noticed by I nY preceding speaker, viz., that it was admitted in the ?onvention of 1831, and it was also recited in the Act passed by the House, that it was in consideration of Russia having given her adhesion to the general provisions of the treaty 4 f Vienna, which were still in force, that the convention Gls F ilmed and the Act of Parliament passed. Now it tiuumtiurnal• be recollected that the 9th article of the treaty of w ar hich related to Cracow, recited that complete ti, no • '.`' t Y was guaranteed to Cracow, and that to b force, on any pretence whatever, was be y Permitted to enter the free state of Cracow. could infringeent of te rticle relating t Cracow ee taken as m a manifest violation of the o treaty of ti e it .ne, unl ess i t was c l ear t h a t a violation of the treaty the Vienna had been committed in the year 1831, for at se et ve rY time th a t th a t con vention was signed, and the r e i lit q Parliament passed by the House, Russia was in De c a rY occupation of Cracow. The military occupation Of t h r n se nw, though in contradiction to some of the articles tre e ," treaty of Vienna, was no violation of the general WO' of Vienna, which then continued in full force. le e n Honourable Gentlemen talked of treaties they tested to forget that there were two parties to a ▪ , and that treaties, like 'other contracts, must tr ti "Pt on both sides. Although it was quite v. that ono of the conditions of the treaty of th e nrl a Was that no military force should occupy treat free state of Cracow, it was also a condition of the e eo ,Y of Vienna that Cracow should observe a strict t eet "rality, and that she should give no asylum . or pro go lon to any refugees or other persons hostile to the es te l e rninent. If they were to believe the statements e upon this point, there was no State which was a k e ti ater delinquent in this respect than was the free abate of Cracow. In the year 1831, there were no less e le ; 2,0 00 refugees in that State. It had been said that se tt . -6 , ,was no just cause for interference on tho part of es e ,ns,:and the Noble Lord et the head of the Govern nad said, on a former occasion. that he thought the austurbances of Cracow might not have been altogether ise a e e i e ,ePtable to that country. Never was a charge so k a) ,Y without foundation as that. It Mr. Peenis were to be trusted, it would rip pow, , that Austria had done all in her te e ' e to maintain the peace of Cracow, and so soon as A u Senate of Cracow called upon the Emperor of aticist,ria for assistance, he sent a force of 800 strong, 't Was not till the Polish emigrants appeared in it free of 5,000 strong that General Collin thought p r udent t o ret i re . It a pp e ared that upon the 18th of t p br uary the Austrian troops advanced to Cracow, and l e 4 e tt ,the 224 Gen e ral Collin retired. Upon the same fee' th t ne manifesto of the Polish Government was put w e e", in which they stated that their brethren in Posen P ol e in arms, and prepared to avenge the wrongs of e ed s nd, and called upon the people of Poland to unite thetake an oath swearing fidelity to their country. hoped that Hon. Gentlemen who seemed to connect e , °u)4 'dem of the Polish Government with that of liberty, look a little closely at the constitution of the re em• u tionary Government of Poland. What were the te r l' el es of that Government? They first made the a,,: . "titnent so far as Poland was concerned, universal o ie absolute: The second article imposed the penalty th death upon any person who should refuse to occupy si Place under the Government, which might be as eneeTled to th em The third compelled every p erson ca . 11 . " bearin g arms, to assemble within twen t y -four 4; r a after th e manifesto of the national Government th e Put forth, an d pl a ce themselves at the disposal of And a uthorities of the place near which they resided, tr ey the event of their not doing so, they were to be er t i tl as deserters, and punished as such. The fourth th eth 'Ae , Punished with death all who did not submit Peall eir es to the revolutionary Government. The fifth loe ts — eled with death also every person who should be of ' t 7se' ci 5 0y committee or society, without the sanction e el ," Government. The sixth, punished with death trY u o P e raon who should destroy the signals of the coun- S r enterrupt any officer in the execution of that duty. eis od ° don. Member had spoken rather severely of the Gullet of the Austrian Government in encouraging the tr y e , j ans to murd e r the landed proprietors of the coun freol B ut how did that matter stand ? It appeared de- 4 t he state men t o f Mr. Magenis that upwards of _ !ante:me from the Gallician peasantry waited upon th e stria e re polish Government, praying for assistance against had 4 1 emigrants, and it was not until the landlords Joi n - i n et down some of the peasantry who had refused ,. to ro se ill the insurrection, that the peasantry of Gallicia deree s elf-defence against their persecutors and inur ket u Pwards of 600 of them. Well, did Prince dr ea d rni eh say that the peasantry of Gallicia te etit e d the restoration of the Polish Govern oppt: W hich only reminded them of their former serte e "i"e, and the time when they were nothing hut ustr•while, under th e f a vourable rule of the house o! th e 'a, they were nearly all propr i etors o f l a nd. Was ris e ti " , to be won d ere d at, t h at th e Gallicians should 4la o 3 One man against the Polish emigrants? It ha d ; iris br ea k i l"n said that Austria had no just ground for Cr ecu r i e g the t reaty w i th C racow . Th e P o les, or the Austri -ass and P o l es toget h er , were th e first to invade ate, t ; they crossed the Vistula with a force of 5,000 Part c n tand p rocee d ed - to the salt m i nes — t h e r i c h es t sta ed Austria —and he could not, therefore, under. Au Bt t t P° ll what argument it could be pretended that the oit.ti,a, had no right to carry the war into the heart of nat• i On ueeracow, and to treat her as a conquered lte, sift, With respect to the pretence that Austria, that ' Part °d Prussia, had no right to alter Prised vi a '" of the treaty of Vienna corn reeily re __ 2. the article relating to Cracow, he could ew,esrieirloy.e...:lo.tuh,eoartghuments used on a former occasion by e t t ott tilige:riend the Member for Shrewsbury, and re at the articles relating to Cracow de n, 8 not si gned in chief by Great Britain, France, Swe lioyee:til, or Portugal. The law of nations, " 140 4 amused treaties s far d ifferent light I"! t THE SUN, LONDON,_ FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1847. self, that she had great hope that this event would improve the amicable feelings between this country and Russia. To that he would only say, if the result of his visits was to be such acts as the suppression of Cracow, he hoped he would not put himself to any personal inconvenience in visiting this coun try, or in gracing them with his presence.—( Laughter and cheers.) He begged, however, to thank the Hon. Member for Montrose, in the name of his constituents, for bringing the question before the House, so that he had given the Noble Lord, who aspired to be the future Chancellor of the Exchequer, an opportunity of expressing . his sentiments on the subject. The money part of the question he ( Mr. Dun combe) thought the least important, but the opinion of the House ought to be expressed in the most decided terms, in order to strengthen the hands of the Government should it ever be required. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, if the views of the Hon. Member for Montrose, in proposing his resolutions, were just and right, he would at once admit the consistency of proposing a series of resolutions in relieving themselves from the obliga• tions which the Conventions of 1815 and 1831 imposed, in taking on themselves the payment of the debt contracted by Russia with the subjects of Holland. He thought the Hon. Gentleman has pursued a Parliamentary and consistent course in proposing the practical resolution by the circumstances on which that motion was based, and if they agreed to the 4th resolution there would be no great difficulty in affirming the resolutions, if not in their present form, at least in substance. But he had the greatest doubt as to the right of this country to relieve itself of the obligations of the Convention of 1815 and of 1831, and if there was any question as to the right, he doubted the policy of construing the convention in favour of such a course.—( Hear, hear.) By the convention of 1815, this country assumed the obligation of the debt on two grounds. The first was on account of the exertions made by the Po, ers who were party to the treaty of Chamount, inducing Belgium to part from France, and to annex herself to Holland ; and the second, which was one that affected the honour and character of England, was not because peace had been concluded, but because Holland had consented to give up to this country the valuable possessions of the Cape of Good Hope, Essequibo, and Berbice. He thought the letter of the Marquis of Londonderry, which had been recently published, decided this question. That Noble Lord said that the prin ciple of the convention was such as he had described, and that while it contained the obligation that the payment of the inte rest on the debt to Russia should be transferred to England, while the latter, as an equivale n t f or thi s p ecun i ar y payment, should take possession of the colonies in question. But what else did the treaty stipulate? It expressed the stipulation which had been recognised by an Act of Parliament, and this was a matter not before referred to in the debate. It expressed the stipulation that this obligation should endure—that the pay. ment of the half of the interest of the Russia-Dutch loan should continue even in the event of war between Russia and this country.—( Hear, hear.) Supposing, then, with th, Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Montrose, that the treaty had been violated in so flagrant a manner as he had described, and even were a war to arise, he ( Sir Robert Peel) con tended they were bound to continue the payment. While it was expressly stipulated that Russia should be bound to the arrangements in relation to Belgium, so would England be bound, in consideration of the colonies which had been ceded to her, even in the case of a war with Russia, to pay the in terest on the debt. Mr. HUNIE.—Was there not another condition—the an nexation of Holland to Belgium Sir ROBERT PEEL - said there was no such ob ligation, though against England, in the event of hostilities with Russia, there was a distinct and enduring ob ligation to continue the payment of the debt. It was because he doubted the right of England to relieve herself, that he op • posed the resolutions. Consistently and equitably he main tained that the spirit of the convention imposed on this country the payment of the debt, and they had no moral right to relieve themselves. Whatever pretext they might have at any other time to relieve themselves, at the present time such a course could only lead to suspect their motives, and it would be said that the object they had in view was to gain a pecuniary advantage. He was more anxious than ever that they should honourably and equitably fulfil their engagements, because of the different sentiments of the Minister of France in relation to this transaction. M. Guizot said in his protest, " No power could free itself from the obligation of treaties without freeing others that were also parties to it. France had not forgot the fearful sacrifices imposed on her by the treaty of 1815, and such a violation of a treaty as had now taken place would be made a precedent for the regulation of the conduct of other powers." He (Sir Robert Peel) protested against the language of the Prime Minister of France. He totally denied that the mis deeds of certain powers—if misdeeds they were to be considered —could sanction the violation of a treaty by those powers, because he believed the present state of Europe was such as to make such a proceeding dangerous. By adhering to trea ties, was the best mode of securing peace. If they stood alone they ought to furnish an honourable example in the face of the world of maintaining inviolate the obligations they entered into with other nations On these grounds—on grounds connected with the name and honour of England—he could not concur with the Hon. Gen tleman in taking the first step towards relieving themselves from this liability. He found that there were gentlemen who concurred with him in thinking that the obligations of the con vention were still binding, and although they dissented from some of the resolutions of the Hon. Gentleman, they con curred with him thus far in believing that the three Powers had violated the treaty. Now he (Sir R. Peel) thought the resolutions of the Hon. Gentleman consistent, if a practical conclusion could be arrived at; but if no conclusion was in tended to follow, the three first resolutions were without support or foundation. The Hon. Gentleman wished them to declare that they viewed the proceedings of the three Powers with alarm and indignation. On the part of the Hon. Gentleman, this resolution might be very proper, and with his opinions it comprised everything. After a solemn declaration in the face of Europe, were they to view the conduct of the three powers with alarm and indignation? What did the Hon. Gentleman propose that they should do ? He did not think that for a po pular assembly for the representation of England a proceeding like that recommended by the Hon. Gentleman would be a very dignified one, unless they were prepared to follow that proceeding up by some practical and determined step. He considered the Noble Lord was justified in the distinction which he drew between the executive Government and a popular as sembly. The Crown had entered its protest against the annihi lation of Cracow as a free and independent State. It was the duty of the Crown to make such a protest on the part of this great empire ; it was the duty of the Crown to make a repre sentation of that nature. The Crown was the channel through which the embodied opinions of this country should be made, but he confessed that as they were not prepared to take any practical step on these resolutions, he felt the difficulty of ac ceding to them, although they themselves abstractedly consi dered might appear fair and reasonable. He could not see the necessity of coming to any of the resolutions brought forward by the Hon. Member. He thought that the House should rather leave the matter in the hands of the Government ; he thought that they should rather leave it in the diicretion of Ministers, and refer it to the responsibility of the executive. On these grounds, he could not agree with the Hon. Gentle man in supposing that any practical conclusions could be founded on his resolutions, and therefore he was not prepared to accede to them. At the same time, although it was his opinion that to assent to these resolutions would lead to no practical result, at the same time that he deprecated any mere declaration of opinion on the subject, he felt it his duty to ac company these expressions of opinion with the distinct declar ation that he (Sir R. Peel) adhered to the opinion which he had expressed on the first day of the Session—that the Act of the three Powers, extinguishing the independence of Cracow— in annihilating its existence as a free state—was equally con trary to the stipulations of the treaty, as it was inimical to the confidence which ought to exist between the great Powers of Europe ; and, therefore, while he retained his opinion that, while it was of the utmost importance that they should main tain friendly relations with these three great Powers, he, for one viewed with the utmost satisfaction the amicable under standing that for some years past had existed with the neigh bouring country—an understanding only interrupted by what had taken place with respect to the Spanish marriages. lie perceived with satisfaction the cordial relations which exfsted between this country and France, because these relations were of the greatest importance to the cause of civili zation and the peace of the world, and it was with pain that he had seen that interruption ; but while he was strenuous for the cultivation of friendly relations with France, he never wished to cultivate these relations by any secret understanding with France that should give cause of suspicion or jealousy to the other Powers with whom it was expedient that they should maintain similar relations with those three Powers, as would be honorable to the parties concerned—serviceable to the cause of civilisation—to the general interests of humanity—and con ducive to the peace of Europe. He must say, that in his ex perience the cordial relation which England had maintained with Prussia, Austria, and Russia, was justified by their ac tions towards Great Britain, and the just confidence they had placed in this country's policy. He thought that the maintenance of their friendly relations with France was per fectly consistent with their maintaining similar relations with the other powers. He thought, as he had already stated, that these three powers, during the five years of which he had had experience, had justified the confidence which had been placed in them, and therefore it was that from a feeling of this kind, that he was obliged to express his regret that he could not concur in the opinion which the Noble Lord had just expressed that these countries were entitled to a public acknowledgment on the part of England. He could not find in the elaborate argument of Prince Metternich a justification for the conduct of these Powers—for if he took the general treaty of the Congress of Vienna, he was told that the liberty which was given to Cracow was given by some separate and independent act to which England was not a party. He was told that the three Powers consented among themselves—consented to give Cracow her independence—and that France and England were merely passive and registering parties to the policy pursued by these three Powers. When he read that treaty, he found that the contracting parties had, on the 30th of May, 1814, in pursuance of the 32d article of that treaty, met at Paris for the purpose of embracing as one common transaction the various results of that negotiation. They united in one gene ral act the various treaties which had been signed by the different powers. If he were not to assume that these several acts were to form one treaty—if the language did not convey that these separate treaties were not to form portion of this one act—what, he asked, could be the meaning of the term that the separate treaties would have the same force as the general act, if they were not intended to be so ? Did it mean that a part of the treaty had a bearing on some of the states of Europe, and that other Parts of the treaty had not such a bearing ? The Ministers had met together for the purpose of confirming these treaties, and after they had been confirmed, was it pos sible to maintain that they had not the same force when united into one general treaty, as if the Ministers of every country had been at the framing of each separate treaty ? He found that the parties met at Vienna. He would not speak of the several conventions of Cracow and of Warsaw, but he would refer to the sixth article of the treaty of Vienna, and he did not see that any circumstances could ar i se t h at wou ld i n any way invalidate the substance of that article. that ßy the that sixth article, it was expressly guaranteed independence of Cracow should be supported, and he did not see that anything had occured to invalidate the terms of that treaty, or that the terms of the sixth article was in any way to effectuate the destruction of the terms of that sixth article. He did not wish to invalidate in any way the terms of the general treaty. Far from it. Ile could well consider hat events might well take place, which would render the continuance of its existence an intolerable grievance to the neighbouring powers, and prove injurious to thei r i n t eres t s. On this ground , h e felt that just complaint might be made of the interference with their interests. He did not say that just comdlaints might not be made upon this point, nor did he intend to deny that discussions might be raised on this subject. Far from him, to deny that'every Government had a right to he had never advocated, and on the same ground he regulate its own proce edin g s. That was a doctrine which distinctly denied, and totally denied that the geographical e position at all affected the q uestion b f the H would not speak of the positio n of the Government. But the y had to settle the matter on anot her account ; but there was one ore ouse. le question that was alike of import ance to this countr y as to all countries, and that was the princip le of defending the stron g against the weak. In this country, if a complaint was made by a pauper it was taken up by the parties, but much more_ . espe cially in proportion as the poor man was able to keep his posi tion in the State.— (Loud cheers.) He deeply regretted that this measure had been viewed as it had been by the Govern ments of Wirtemburg and Russia, for both were vitally inte rested in the preservation of the independence of Crecow surrounded as it was by powerful states. It was, therefor*, doubly unwise to take this question as it affected the geogra • phical position of Cracow....(Lond nor with le" gard to the position of this country, he could not but feel that the restitutions which this country was enabled to make, that the subsidies which she had granted, was a sufficient guarantee of the faith which they had professed to keep. When he looked to the noble post which this country assumed, sad which she had been enabled to maintain—when he recollseted that this country had acted as a sea-mark to the whop `A ix,;l, he felt assured that whatever position she might assurre, that her honour and her principle remained intact. Wiisn he looked back to the position which she had taken at the earlier period of the revolutionary war of France, and at the position which she had assumed afterwards, he felt this re proach to be utterly unmerited, and that her disinterestedness was entirely clear. In making this candid avowal he was perfectly frank in the declaration of his opinions, and in the firm belief that after a treaty of thirty years standing that no infraction ought to have been committed without a previous announcement to all the parties interested, and the three Powers who had been parties to this contract ought not to hare acted without notification to the other great Powers with whom they were engaged—( Hear, hear)—and he thought that this was a question amenable to the public opinion of Europe.—( Cheers.) Ile greatly questioned the policy which had been pursued, for he did not believe that it would be wise to act upon the wild declarations of demagogues rather than upon the assumptions and deductions of statesmen. But there did at the same time pervade the intelligence and feeling of a great part of the community, a sincere desire to witness the progress of sober and well considered national freedom, there had always been felt a strong objection to any thing like retrogressions, there was a strong feeling now in ex istence which sympathised with one power whose liberality was, perhaps, least to be expected. There was a strange desire in this country to assist the progress of those reforms which were being carried out by the spiritual power of another country. and with respect to Cracow it was felt that the three Powers had - violated every principle of intelligence and independence. The treaty of Vienna, in providing for the freedom of the town of Cracow, intended to give an example of a free Polish constitution, and independence. The Noble Lord opposite had stated that it was impossible that Poland could be restored to its previous ex istence, but he begged to remind the Noble Lord that he would find in the correspondence of Lord Castlereagh a dis tinct suggestion to the Emperor of Russia, that his moral du ties would compel him to ameliorate the condition of his poorest subjects. Now, there was one method by which the Emperor of Russia could have carried out that suggestion in a favourable manner, namely, by restoring the Poles to their rights as an independent community. Lord Castlereagh conveyed to the Emperor of Russia, on the part of Austria and Prussia, a dis tinct assurance that those Powers would readily acquiesce in the necessary accomplishment of that object. The Noble Lord would find that the correspondence contained a feeling, he would not say a condition, that the Emperor of Russia would give to Poland in a new form something of a national character. In the treaty of Vienna it was declared that Poles, who were the subjects of Austria and Prussia, should obtain representative and national institutions, to be regulated ac cording to the degree of political consideration each of the Governments to which they belonged should judge expedient and proper. Whether or not the conduct of the Poles in 1831 justified the withholding of these national institu tions was another matter ; but what he contended for was, that the treaty of Vienna intended that independence and free Government should be given to the Poles, who were the subjects of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. He must again say that he deeply regretted what had passed. He could not find any sufficient justification for this conduct with regard to Cra cow. He thought the arguments urged in support of the course were as serious as the course itself, and he heartily approved of the protest that was entered to it by the Noble Lord. He thought the Noble Lord acted wisely in deter mining the relations in which this country stood with regard to France to protest on behalf of this country, in a perfectly separate and independent character. He concurred in the tenor of the protest, and felt it to be his duty to give to the Government such support as might be found in the simple expression of his opinion in favour of the course they had, and were, pursuing. Sir J. WALSH moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord J. RUSSELL could not too strongly express his un willingness that this debate should be adjourned.—( Hear, hear.) Because it would b e exceedingly injurious to the tquestion, deeply affecting the carr ying on of the public business of the State. They had before welfar e themand safety meat a m of i one m p o r ta n portion of the U n it e d Ki ng dom, and the adjournment of the debate mi g ht interfere with its pro gress. He had repeated l y felt in the past session the greates t inconvenience from having Bills of great importance deferred till a late period of the session, when the number of Members attending the House of Commons was greatly diminished, while he had felt still more strongly the inconvenience arising from sending measures to the Upper House of Parliament when a sufficient number of Peers could not be found in Lon don to attend deliberately and properly to the necessary legis lation of the country. He therefore objected on p u blic grounds to this d ebate bein g ad j ourned till Tuesda y . He thought that the motion of the Hon. Member should not be allowed to interfere with those great subjects brought un der the consideration of the House by the Government with re spect to Ireland. He hoped the debate would be continued un til it was decided, and that the House would not come to an adjournment,— ( Hear, hear.) Mr.AV. S. O'BRIEN thought that justice would not be done to the subject by continuing it at the present time. He had wished to address the House himself upon the subject, and he bad also had aeommunica ' tion with his Hen. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury, and several other Hon. Members, who had not yet addressed the House, but wished to do so. He hoped that the debate would be adjourned, and if the Government were not disposed to concede that point, he was prepared to divide the House upon the question of adjournment. Mr. LABOUCHERE was surprised that any argument in favour of the adjournment of the debate should have come from the Hon. Member for Limerick.—(Cheers.) The Go vernment had been accused by that Hon. Member, and other Irish Members, of doing nothing for Ireland, and he certainly was not prepared to hear any proposition for putting off the measure proposed by the Government, emanate from the Irish Members. He thought that it would be most unfortunate, considering the present affairs of Ireland, if the present debate was adjourned. It was absolutely necessary that a speedy de cision should be come to by the House upon the subject of the measure proposed by the Government for Ireland, and he hoped that nu course would be pursued by the Home calculated to im pede the progress of those measures. He thought that for Irish members to propose the adjournment of a debate upon Poland, to the exclusion of questions relating to Ireland, was certainly most strange, especially after the charges which had been made by Irish Members against the Government. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN, who rose amidst cries of " Spoke," expressed a hope that the House would allow him a few words 1 in explanation, after the charge made against him by the Right lion. Secretary for Ireland. If he had thought that the ad journment of the debate would have interfered in the smallest degree with the progress of Irish business, nothing would have induced him to move it He had no' intention of moving the adjournment to that day ( Friday ), but thought that the re sumption of the debate on Tuesday could not possibly cause any Mr. M. O'CONNELL h a d h ear d with regret the languag e of the Right H on . M em b er t h e S ecre tary for Ireland to the effect, that Irish M em b ers ought not to take a p art in debates upon the condition o f P o l an d, he thought tha t there was no question so near t o I r i s h men , an d upon which they m i g ht so well claim the att en ti on o f t h e H ouse , as upon ques tions con nected with P o l an d, t h e eastern I re l an d of Europe. — ( Hear. ) Mr. LABOUCHERE d en i e d th a t he had said an y thin g which might b e construe d i nto an argument agai nst Irish Members joini ng i n a di scuss i on i n th a t House upon the affairs of Poland. Wh a t h e h a d sa id was , that be was surp rised that Irish Members sh ou ld, for the sake of Pol and, oppose any obstacles to the m easures propose d by her Majesty' s Govern ment for the relief o f th e great di s t r ess at present existin g in Ireland. Lord JOHN RUSSELL sa id th a t he did not dis tinctl y hear what the Hon. Me m b er sa id w h en he moved the ad j ournment of the debate. He th o u g h t h e a pp o inted this day for resumin g delay in those m easures. the debate, and it was u p on th a t underst a nding that he made the observations he did. He had no objection, however, that it should be adjourned till Tuesday the day the Hon. Member appointed. The debate was accordingly adjourned till Tuesday. HARBOURS, DOCKS, A ND PIERS 131 LL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the d a y f or the further consideration of the report on this Bill, The Earl of LINCOLN moved the amendment he proposed on Monday last with respect to corn mills. Mr. STAFFORD O'BMEN seconded t he motion. _ Es After a few words from Mr. Bentew and Mr • v 1 7 . , Sir D. NORREYS and Sir R. FERGUSON were in favour of making the clause as general as possible. nu mber of corn- Sir R. PEEL considered that a greater rivate interest mills would be constructed, if they were lef , t e a to b p the Bill. than if they were interfered with, as PrEQUI°P°' H R acceded to The CHANCELLOR of the EXC the proposition of the Noble Lord , and all the words after clause — thus " stones '' were accordingly omitte d from the leaving these mills and other build in g s to the interested p_ ill having been B Some further verbal alterations in the made, the report was agreed to. The House then adjourned at One o'clock. still extensively practised on the benevolent por i t l i i ,, I r,1.„,(1, community, by parties transmitting lettcrs . fro iorini.: the t detailing cases of touching distress, and wa C rn A t u h r e l p ° u N b . l — ic 17 0 -----------Vf e a fo h r a m v have f frequently imposition which ad aopepc,aasr,isootnf,, the ,o man in Keith recently received belonging to the humbler apparently written by a person froni a Mrs. Ann Mills classes, and purporting to come means of returning to their native iad been wrecked off Cape who, with three children, join her husband in Ame oc"tnthorsyllei:PdAocul'ineienltiltes, t a o s a colour-sergeant in the was accompanied by a printed signed by two justices of the certificate, pretending to be of and otherwise bearing marks authenticity; but on peace, Clear, r7i7etah, Rwehg while Regiment. we noatns. her representedT h e pa le s t s t a e g r e . a s of fictitious distress, the particulars of each being favouredthe with napsiedryieisnguftuotthheer documents, n Poli c d e e - t o a ffi n ra shesimilar was slightlycases varied. It is almost unnecessary to add, that these are all fabricated statements, and the chief difficulty in the way of , t h e conviction of these p ar t i es lies in the want of legal' proof. However, it is hoped that an exposure of their nefa rious schemes will have t he effect of p r eventing their realiza tion. —Aberdeen Herald. DARING OUTRAGE. —A few days ago, two ruffians unceremoniously entered a hou , e during the day at Bal s ron i e Castle, and seeing no o n e but a woman, they ver y rudely demanded mone y from her ; w hen, in order to get rid of such unwel come visitors as quickly h as the p other ac complice ossible, l consen ted to give each of them a few coppers, whi c h th ey scornfully rejected, and with threatening language at w 1 tempted to compel her to yield to their unjust de man d ; one of the villains at the same time p ro duced a pistol, and the apartment, when both gave vent t o fearful threats with the view of extort ing the above - nam ed sum. The wo man by this time was in sternly -de s m oi a z n e d d ed a a gun l l. wnoutienhfr wasotn tier, n while great terror. Her husband was absent, and there was no one within cry of her to lend assistance in such a perilous moment. She was just about to submit to their heartless demand, when a stratagem occurred to her of loudly calling with energetic impatience on some one she feigned to ad dress from the window of the room. The plunderers on seeing this fled, without waiting for their object, and scam pered off in full speed, nor have they been heard of since. Intimation was without delay conveyed to the police station at Markinch, and ever since a careful search has been making for the merciless depredators.—Edinburgh Advertiser. AN EXTENSIVE SLIP.—An extensive slip has oc curred at Shakspeare's Cliff, which seems to he gradually breaking up its establishment and leaving England in dis gust. This may be in consequence of the little hold Shak speare has lately had upon his native country; and the cliff, probably, is only crossing the Channel to seek a home in more congenial lands. Whither will it go to? Will it settle on the French coast, or sail direct for New York? It would be curious to find Shakspeare's Cliff at Calais with a board stuck up, " Removed from over the way." We are con fident that Shakspearo himself would be thought all the more of if lie had a firm footing in France, and that his drama and his cliff would rise much higher in the public estimation when pieces of it could be taken from the French. Punch. The Postmaster-General had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor o the Exchequer. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MA ncri 11. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : MONDAY, MARCH 15. Midland (Mangotsfield to Bath). Glasgow,;Paisley, and Greenock (Branches at Port Glasgow). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branch to the Caledonian Railway and Diversion of Canal). _ _ THURSDAY, MARCH 18. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment and Branches. South Devon Extension and Amendment). RAILWAYS. An Account of the proposed Amount of Capital, and of the Sums authorised to be Borrowed, in the Railway Bills de posited with the Commissioners of Railways, for the present Session of Parliament Amount of Capital Amount of Sums authorised to be Borrowed 41,314,259 Total Capital and Loan ...£123,867,409 FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Secretary. Office of Commissioners of Railways, March 10, 1847. CAPT. WARNER'S INVENTION. A Copy of Report of Officers appointed to make a Trial of Mr. Warner's Long Range, addressed to the Master- General of the Ordnance. (Confidential.) To Field-Marshal the Most Ilonourable the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., &c. &c. London, Dec. 9, 1846. My Lord Marquis,—We have the honour to forward to your Lordshp, for the information of her Majesty's Govern ment, the journal of our proceedings as a Committee ap pointed to inquire into Captain Warner's inventions. Our attention has as yet been directed only (agreeably to our instructions) to that denominated the " Long Range," the trial of which took place in your Lordship's presence on the evening of the 28th of November. From this document it will be observed that our earnest desire has been to bring this long-pending question to a fair practical proof, by giving Captain Warner every facility of exhibiting his invention, consistent with our public duty. The amount of Captain Warner's own estimate was fur nished to him by the Government, the place of operation was chosen by himself, and also the direction of the object to be operated against; finally, after Captain Warner had stated his preparations were complete, fire days elapsed before all circumstances suited his perfect convenience and were fa vourable for making his experiment. We have now the honour to report that this trial proved a failure; and having given the subject our most serious consideration, we are of opinion that the difficulties attend ing (and from the complicated nature of) the mode of opera tion, and the uncertainty of precision of aim, this invention of the " Long Range" - cannot be made available for the general purposes of war; and we beg further to remark that the principle of action will always be discovered upon the first exhibition. We await your Lordship's orders as to our future pro ceedings, Captain Warner having stated that he would not enter into the subject of his " explosive powers," or other inventions, until the long range is finally disposed of. We have, &c. (Signed) H. D. CHAOS, Captain, R.N. J. A. CIIALMER, Lieut.-Col., R.A. By order of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance.) It. BYIIAM, Secretary. Office of Ordnance, March 5, 1847. from treaties in chief. But if it were wrong for Austria, Russia, and Prussia to break the treaty of Vienna with respect to Cracow, on what ground could the Noble Lord at the head of the Government justify the conduct of Great Britain in her efforts which she made for the separation of Belgium from Holland ? for, by the 73d article of the treaty of Vienna the King, of the Netherlands was recognised as the head of the king dom of Belgium and the United Provinces.—(Hear.) What, then, was the course taken when Belgium rose in revolt against Holland? 'Were there not several poten tates' signatures in chief to that connexion, yet neither Sweden, nor Spain, nor Portugal, were invited to the conference by which the separate existence of Belgium was recognised. France was a party to this separation, but not by virtue of her having signed the treaty of Vienna, but in consequence of her troops having been then across the frontier. The Noble Lord (Pal merston) said that when the articles of a treaty were signed in chief, the various articles engrafted into that treaty were attested and ratified by that signature. Now, he should like to know whether Austria, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Portugal, or Spain, concurred in the arrangement with regard to the separation of these coun tries ? Instead of the Emperor of Russia concurring in the arrangement, he offered to send 60,000 men to Bel gium to drive the French over the frontier again. In the one case, then, there were three parties in chief concur ring, and in the case of the separation of Belgium and the Netherlands, there was no attempt made to obtain the assent of the parties to the original treaty, and they did not wait for the concurrence of three out of four of the parties, who had agreed in chief for the settlement of the low countries. If England wished to set the example of keeping the faith of treaties. She ought to have acted differently with respect to that management, and she had no pretence now for saying that Russia, Prussia, and Austria, had violated the treaty of Vienna. Anything more contrary to the truth had never been stated than that the spirit of the treaty of Vienna had been violated. They had the correspondence of Lord Castlereagh to show that no such thing was contemplated by the treaty of Vienna as the security of the independence of Poland —it was to secure what had now been effected—the an nexation of Poland to Austria. So earnest was the Emperor Alexander, with regard to this matter, and so great was the desire of Prussia, France, and England to prevent his designs, that a secret treaty was entered into between these powers on the 3d - of February to de feat the intentions of the Emperor of Russia, whilst Prus sia refusedito give up possession of any portion of the terri tory. It was said, however, that though Lord Castlereagh was not permitted to enter into the discussion with regard to the arrangement for the settlement, yet that England was a party to the treaty of Cracow. Now, for the satis faction of those who said that this treaty was for the maintenance of the nationality of Poland, he would read a few extracts from the correspondence of Lord Castle reagh and the Emperor Alexander. The Noble Lord having read these extracts, proceeded to ask where any anything was to be found in that correspondence to show any desire to secure the nationality of Poland. Cracow belonged to Austria from 1795 to 1809, and it was only in the latter year that it was wrested from Austria by Napoleon, and constituted into the Duchy of Warsaw by the treaty of Reighenbach. It was the object, there fore, of Castlereagh, in that correspondence, to restore things to what they were in 1809. So far as Cracow was concerned, Austria, Russia, and Prussia would not permit England and France to inter fere in the arrangement, and this he considered must be evident to any one, from the curt reply of the Emperor Alexander to Lord Castlereagh, on the 21st March, 1814. Now the Treaty of Cracow was not signed till the 3d of May following, and was ingrafted into the general treaty of Vienna in July afterwards. How came it then that the Noble Lord, when he received that communication from Sir Richard Gordon, did not remon strate ; but it was not until afterwards that he did so when he had ascertained that Cracow was to be absorbed in the power of Austria. having thus shown that in this settlemen the wishes of England had been consulted, he would inquire how far the wishes of the Cracovians themselves had been consulted. It would be remembered that the city of Cracow was not represented at all in the treaty of Vienna, although there were representatives from Ham burgh, and Lubeck, and Bremen, and even from the Jews of these places ; still Cracow was not repre sented, because she was considered in the light of a neutral party. The three great Powers, who were di vided as to which Power she should be annexed, were obliged to throw aside their petty squabbles, to meet the immense force of Napoleon, and they agreed to allow Cracow, for the time being, to hold the rank of a free city. The Hon. Member opposite, had seen fit to tax him (Lord George Bentinck) with misrep resent i n g facts, when he stated that the news of the annexation of Cracow had been received with acclamations and il lumination.—(Hear.) He would show the House that the Cracovians had reason to rejoice that they were freed from the reign o f terror which would have been, if Poland had succeeded ; and that they were glad to be placed under the gentler rule of Austria ; and he would, in the first place, read the declaration of the Emperor of Austria, to show that the Emperor did not threaten with courts martial and with executions the persons who had joined committees, or any societies whatever. (The Noble Lord read at length the declara tion of the Emperor of Austria.) Was that not a pleasing prospect to those persons who admired well regulated . Governments ? But he would inquire how these promises had been fulfilled, and he would quote authorities which might be received with more confi dence by Hon. Gentlemen opposite than some he had already quoted in the course of that evening. He would quote from the correspondent of the Times newspaper, and from the correspondent of the Republican paper of Hamburgh. The Noble Lord proceeded to read ex tracts from that correspondence to show that the social and political condition of the city and territory of Cra cow would be improved under the Austrian domination. The Noble Lord then read a letter from a gentl( man in Cracow, which stated that it was much for the advantage of Cracow that the annexation had taken place, as the expenditure of the republic exceeded their income, and that the people of Cracow would free themselves from 300,000 dollars of taxation annually, and also obtain the abolition of the import duties upon Austrian pro duce. The country would also be freed from the im mense military force which they were obliged to maintain gratis, and a number of Austrian capitalists would settle in the country, and render it prosperous. Prosperity would therefore be the lot of the Cracoviennes; and he would not consent to brand the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia with having broken the faith of the treaty of Vienna. He regretted that the First Lord of the Treasury should have charged three crowned heads with such paltry motives, upon such slight foundation, and he thanked the mild paternal Government of the King of Prussia, and of the Emperor of Russia; ho was glad that they had given way to the mercy of decision, and that they had smothered this den of revolutionists, which threatened to keep the whole of Europe in hot water. From all these considerations, he was prepared to move a direct negative to these resolutions. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he was not aware whether the feelings of the three crowned heads would be as warm towards the Noble Lord as his were towards them.—( Hear, hear.) The opinions of the Noble Lord ought to be met by a direct vote of the House of Commons. He had a letter from a gen tleman, not written from Vienna, but from Cracow itself. He had seen a gentleman who was there at the time itself, and had remained there for three days after the revolution, and his opinions were very different from those which they had just heard uttered.—(Hear, hear.) That gentleman had informed him, when the declaration was made public it was done amidst the tears of the women, the mursners of the men, and the thunder of the Austrian artillery. He had heard of illuminations, and he knew of people who would have preferred illuminations to having their windows broken, and Cracoviennes preferred illuminations to having their throats cut. The inhabitants of Cracow had sworn allegiance to the Austrian Government, and he would say that that dissatisfaction existed with regard to the Austrian Govern ment, when it was known. He would give an instance of the sort of education which the Austrian Government gave to the youth of Austria, and, of course, they would in future extend it to the youth of Cracow. The following was the catechism read in the schools:—Q. How ought subjects to conduct themselves towards their sovereign ? A. Subjects ought to behave towards their sovereign like faithful slaves before their master. Q.—Why ought they to behave like slaves? A.—Because the sovereign is our master, and his power extends over our property as over our persons. We feel the blessing God bestows on us in giving us a good and christian king and superior.—(Laughter and cheers.) Yes, it is one of the greatest blessings he can be stow upon us when he gives us a good and Christian king— such as him under whom we have the happiness to live, and we ought to pray to God to give a long life and reign to our be loved sovereign. The Polish Government, as it was to be esta blished, was to be absolutely answerable to the nation. He should like to know whether the Governments of the three Powers who had seized Cracow were answerable to the nation. —( Hear, hear.) In the address to the Poles, it was urged, that if the twenty millions of Poles were to unite, no Power could subdue them. Every Pole under the new system of Government should be made to provide for his wife and family, and the crippled and sick should be sup ported by the community. It p ra y ed the Divine bless ing on their arms, and concluded with a recommendation that their arms should not b e sullied or stained by plunder or murder. An oath was also to be administered, by which each Pole swore to devote himself, life, and property, to the . cause. He ( Mr. Duncombe) wished that they had succeeded instead of btheir the Noble o ppr e s o s. Lord Hetha tdid eveningnot wouldthat at the all opinion heth e e expressed p resse oppress ing powers. Under such a s y s tem as the one adop ted Aus tria, what guarantee could be given that Saxony sor waxer land would preserve their liberties for six months longer, or that they would not be taken by these benefactors of mankind? In the present case, the ambassadors of this country must have been duped by the s e powers, and that greatly aggravated the insult to the hon our o f this country. The ambassador at Berlin, the E ar l o f W es t more la n d, in a letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, dated the 22d of February, had stated that the oc cupation of Cracow was merely of a temporary nature, and only destined to last so long as the security of the Govern ment required it. How would the Noble Lord explain that? A letter from Mr. Bloomfield, at St. Peters burgh, to the Earl of Aberdeen, stated, that in consequence of a rumour having reached him that it was in contemplation to make some changes affecting the independence of Cracow he made inquiries, and was answered that no idea of any mo dification was as yet entertained. A letter from Mr. Magennis, dated Vienna, March 17, s t a t e d th at P r i nce M ettern i c h h a d informed him that no mention had been made of any specific points which were to be discussed in an approaching confer ence with referenne to Poland. but he had no reason to be lieve that any permanent military occupation of Cracow was contemplated by that Cabinet, and he had further said that that which had been consecrated by a solemn treaty, forbade any such such supposition.—(Loud cheers.) A dispatch from Warsaw, from a Colonel —, stated that it had been in con templation to occupy Cracow for the n.xt two years, and that that idea was raised before the present disturbances in Gallicia, or before the revolutionary manifesto at Cracow was published. Here would show, and, indeed, here would prove, that the dis turbances had been got up by the Emperor of Austria and Prince Metternich. He should like to ask why, when nearly 2,000 persons were murdered, the peasantry who committed this murder had not in any single instance been apprehended, while all the political insurgents had been taken, and now awaited their tai lat Berlin? The real culprits had escaped, and those who were comparatively innocent were taken. Two years ago the Emperor of Russia visited her Majesty, and subsequent to that event, her Majesty, in an address from the throne, stated that as the Emperor of Russia had undertaken to journey to thin country at . counderable to ASSOCIATION FOR THE REVIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC. EDINBURGH, MAncti 9. Public meetings were held this morning and this evening, in the Music •hall, of the classes of this association, which is patronised by the Queen, the Queen Dowager, Prince Al. bert, and a number of the Scottish nobility. The society was instituted in November, 1844, principally with th• view of improving Church psalmody, of instructing teachers, precentors, and the children of schools of all denominations, in the principles of vocal music, and to prepare and fit young persons to impart these principles; and although unsup ported by the community in au adequate manner as a na tional institution, capable of exercising a benign influence over those sections of society for whose benefit it was de signed, it has nevertheless demonstrated its efficiency and its value. Hundreds of children have acquired the principles of an art, calculated to afford rational amusement and enjoy ment, as a substitute for the gross and demoralising gratifies- tions which the want of purer and more_elevated — ones too frequently induce. Dr. Mainzer, the musical director of the association, who has gratuitously taught its classes since their formation, not only teaches his pupils to cultivate the eye and voice in reading and singing, but also the ear, in listening to melodies, so that on hearing a tune, they are en abled to translate and to write it down in musical notation. Every one acquainted with the science will admit that teach • ing capable of effecting this must be of the most thorough and masterly description ; the appearance made by the classes to day, however, fully established the fact, for on some notes and airs from Mozart being handed, from the auditory, to Dr. Mainzer, and he having played them on the pianoforte, the advanced pupils very readily and successfully announced the notes, although they had never heard the airs before. The principle of mutual instruction has been beautifully carried on in these classes. Dr. Mainzer teaches the children to read all the exercises to a certain page in the elementary manual, which many of them then communicate to other children, numbers of the boys and girls having ten, twenty, sixty, or eighty pupils; one girl, of Mr. Dunn's school, has taught more than two hundred children, and on examination it has been found that children taught by these children are as well instructed as the elementary classes taught by Dr. Mainzer himself. Having adverted to the principal steps by which a great national movement for harmonizing the humbler classes has been began, we shall now allude more particularly to the proceedings which carne under our notice in the Music-hall. With the exception of Dr. Mainzer, who presided at the pianoforte, the spacious orchestra was occupied by 700 children, whose happy count e minces and neat appearance formed a most interesting sight. The children were first examined in their elementary exer cises, the advanced classes singing counterpoint and fugue ; the notes of different intervals, and musical phrases being mentioned, they then struck the musical sounds; or on melo dies from Hayden, Handel and other masters being played by Dr. Mainzer, the superior classes, even when they had not heard them before, announced the notes of vf hich they were composed. These pupil*, on sounding a tuning fork, can strike any note and chord of any key of the scale of six or seven sharps or flats, and sing, with little trouble in tuition, the compositions of Marcella Handel. Arnold, Kent, Mozart, and other great composers. Where all was pleasing and well performed, it is almost invidious to particularise. The modulations and cadences were observed by the children in a manner that would have done credit to senior artists, but it was when the full chorus of 700 voices was heard that the effect became truly grand and imposing. " There is nee luck about the house" had a most powerful influence upon the auditory. whose plaudits where spontaneous and universal ; the " Rowan Tree ' was also a favourite ; as were also Che rubini's " March of the Night Patrol," and Luther's Chorale. To educate not only adults but children in the pleasing art of music is an advance in civilisation, the practicability of which has been amply demonstrated in the experience of this society, which it will be the honour of Scotland to per petuate among her most efficient and invaluable institutions. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, walked in the plantations of Os borne House on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. G. E. Anson arrived at Osborne House on Wednesday. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and Mr. Anson joined the Royal circle at dinner. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort, ac companied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, took their ac customed early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked out on Wednesday afternoon. Yesterday morning the Royal children walked and rode on ponies on the beach. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, left Osborne House yesterday morning, crossed in the Fairy to Gosport, and proceeded to Winchester. Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, Maid of Honour in Waiting, left Osborne House yesterday for town. On Wednesday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, a sad accident occurred at the new building at Osborne. It appears that some workmen were removing a centre under one of the arched passages of a very consider able portion of the building now in progress, and it is sup posed that owing to something slipping, one end of the centre or framework on which the arch was formed acted as a lever under the arch, and raising it, caused the displacement of the materials of which it was composed, and the weight of which falling on a scaffold below it, precipitated the whole to the ground, together with some of the workmen who were engaged upon it. The principal foreman of bricklayers, who was on the arch at the time giving directions to his men, for tunately escaped; but we regret to l earn that three of the labourers are injured —one man named Blake very severely on the head, a second named Gale has his leg broken, and the third named Morris has two of his ribs fractured. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on the alarm being given, hastened to the spot, and gave immediate direc tions that the best surgical assistance should be sent for, and everything possible to alleviate their sufferings should be provided for them. Mr. Weedon, of East Cowes, and Mr. Cass, of 'West Cowes, quickly arrived, and did all they thought the cases admitted of. We regret that the report of the medical men yesterday morning was, that they con sidered Blake is in considerable danger, but that the :other two men are doing well. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy- Governor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Mr. Robert Gordon had an interview with the Earl of Cla rendon, yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Bagshawe had an interview with the Right Honoura able Edward Strutt, yesterday, at the Office of the Commis sioners of Railways, in Great George-street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a gene ral meeting, yesterday, at their Office in Whitehall-place. A CHEAP DINNER FOR THREE BISHOPS.--In a book kept by the bailiffs of Oxford, at the time when Cran mer, Latimer, and Ridley were in custody there, the follow ing entry occurs of the bill of fare and expenses of the dinner for the three prisoners on the Ist October, 1554 :—Bread and ale, 2d.; oysters, Id.; butter, 2d.; eggs, 2d. ; lyng, Bd. ; a piece of fresh salmon, I.od. ; wine, 3d. ; cheese and pears, 2d.; the whole three dinners, 2s. 6d. What would some of our modern Right Rev. Fathers in God say to such fare as this ? DEATH FROM AN EXPLOSION OF PORTABLE GAS. —The following melancholy accident, by which a highly scientific and much esteemed French gentleman, Baron d'Ancet, lost his life, is related in the newspapers of Rio de Janeiro recently received. The Baron, it appears, was about to establish at Rio a laboratory on a grand scale, but on the 18th of December last, after entertaining a few friends, he went to bed, and placing a portable gas-lamp on a table, he drew it to his bedside and took a book to read. About mid night, the lamp not giving sufficient light, he ordered his ser vant boy to bring him some more gas. At this moment, the boy began to execute the order, and a current of air from a in door left open carrie d the gas contact with the burning lamp; an explosion of the gas in the tin took place, the greater part of which fell on the unfortunate baron, setting the bed sheets on fire. with the curtains and pillow-cases. his he re wound herema h i i n m e s d el f f; or a it q h ua wr cotton,ter of an directly would tulyr, into n Baron d'Ancet was scalded from head to foot, and plunged oatecooindsebrneatstshti have any medical assistance called dressed and then in until the next mor nin g , confident nothin g could be done to s ave him. Under this impression, and in excruciating pain, surroun ded by his physician and friends, who tried every m eans to alleviate his sufferings , he exp ir ed in a few hours after. His attention was directed more to his servant than d an to himself; the boy was seriously burnt, but hopes were en tertained of 1113 recovery, without the use of one arin. _ - • . HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -- - Last night was the first " long Thursday" of the season— the first of those extra performances which are always so de lightful, and always so crowded. The performances last night were Lucia de Lammermoor, in which Fraschini, as Egardo, more than sustained the high reputation which his performance on Tuesday had acquired for him. A diver tissement, in which a new pas, entitled La Slavonian, was produced, for Mademoiselle' Rosati and M. Pain Taglioni, and which bids fair to rival the Cracovienne in popularity; the last act of La Fa..orita, with Gardoni and Sanchioli ; and the superb ballet of Cora/ia. The house was crowded to excess in every part. Among the elite of the beau monde present we observed Ii.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Hammerstein, Mrs. de Burgh, and Baron Knesebeck ; Baroness Brunow and Madlle. Olga de Lechna, his Excellency the Baron Hugel, the Baron and Baroness de Linden, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Munster, the Count de Courcy, the Earl Grenville, Lady Brougham, the Viscount Duncannon, Lord A. Fitzclarence, M. de Coulter, Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Sir W. Ball, Mr. and Miss Brereton Trelawny, Captain Gre ville, Captain and Mrs. Townley, Major Baring, &c. &c. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new three act melodrama from the pen of Mr. Buck stone, entitled Flowers of the Forest, a Gipsy Story, was pro duced here last night, with the most complete success. The scene opens in a wood near the Cumberland hills, and we find Lemuel (Miss Woolgar) a poaching gipsy, gun in hand, looking out for game. He is met by Captain Lavrock (Mr. C. J. Smith) the Lord of the Manor, and horsewhipped by him. However Lemuel manages to kill his hare and sells it. The next scene is the boudoir of the Lady Agnes (Miss Emma Harding), the sister of Lavrock. She is engaged to be married to Alfred (Mr. Boyce), and this is the eve of her wedding day. Alfred arrives accompanied by Lavrock, but Alfred is out of spirits. He relates to Lavrock a romantic adventure which had occurred to him in Italy. He had been attacked and wounded by brigands, had been found by a gipsy tribe, and had been tended and carefully watched by the daughter of the gipsy chief. The remembrance of this was still fresh in his recollection, and that remembrance made him unhappy. We are next introduced to the gypsy camp near the Lakes, and we find Starlight Bess ( Mrs. Fitzwilliam) a warm-hearted basket-maker, ballad-singer, and fortune-teller, who has so long told fortunes, which have so strangely come true, that she more than half believes in her supernatural powers, Kinchin (Paul Bedford) a rejected lover of Starlight Bess, and Lemuel the Poacher, her accepted suitor. In this scene these three sing a gipsy trio, full of spirit and humour (the composition of Mr. Ed ward Fitzwilliam) which was deservedly encored. Then comes the scene of the wedding. The scene represents the ex- ' terior of a country church; groups of rustics are scattered around, awaiting the approach of the marriage pro cession of Alfred and Agnes. As the procession is about to enter the church, Cynthia, the Zingana (Madame Celeste) rises from behind a tombstone and confronts Alfred. It is the Italian gipsy who has saved his life. It is in vain that her father, Ishmael (Mr. 0. Smith) reproaches her with his treason to her race ; it is in vain that Lavrock orders her to be removed; she will approach Alfred ; not that she has any claim on him—not that she wishes to interrupt the marriage ceremony—not that she desires that he should love her—but she adores him as a superior being, and she rushes towards him, falls at his feet, and worships him. Lavrock, in indignation, orders the marriage ceremony to bestayed, and challenges Alfred to meet on the morrow morn. The two meet alone at the foot of Skiddaw. It is in vain for Alfred to urge any excuses, Lavrock insists on fighting hiss at ten paces, produces pistols, and as Alfred discharges his pistol in the air, Lavrock falls dead from a shot from the gun of Lemuel, who had watched the whole scene, and who shoots him out of revenge for the horsewhipping of the day before. The report of fire arms brings around them the peasants from the neighbourhood. Lavrock, with his dying breath, declares he has been killed by Alfred, who is arrested on the charge of murder. Ishmael, who has seen the whole transaction, comes forward and praises Lemuel for his daring, and solemnly swears that he saw Alfred murder Lavrock. The scene then changes to a country wake, where we find Cheap John (Wright) an itinerant auctioneer, selling goods by Dutch auction, and unheard-of low prices, which he is enabled to do by being in league with Kinchin, who steals the goods which Cheap John sells. Bess arrives at the fair with Cynthia, and induces Cheap John and Kinchin to navigate a boat on the lake under the walls of Lavrock Hall, to aid in the escape of Alfred, of whose inno• cence Cynthia is convinced; in fact, she suspects her father to be the murderer. The escape is effected, and Alfred is in the gipsy encampment, from which, however, he is retaken. The opening scene of the third act is in Bess's tent. Lemuel is sleeping, but his sleep is disturbed. Bess wakes him, and at length, unable to bear the tortures of conscience, he con fesses that he has committed the murder for which Alfred is to be tried. That confession is overheard by Cynthia, who rushes from her concealment, seizes Lemuel by the throat, and, with superhuman strength, drags him to the assize, court, and delivers him up to justice just in time to save Alfred, who is acquitted, while Lemuel is condemned. On her return she is cast out by her tribe. her father uttering imprecations OR her head. Bess, who has returned heart-broken from the assizes, finds her exposed to the pelting of the storm, takes pity on her and leads her back to her tribe. They agree to receive her on one condition, that she shall stab a Gentile who has taken refuge in their tent. That Gentile is Alfred, who, on being released, has sought the gipsy tents to rescue Cynthia from the vengeance of her kindred. She accepts the conditions, takes the fatal knife, and with it stabs herself. At this moment Alfred's friends, who have traced him oat, arrives, and the curtain falls upon the tableau. Nothing could exceed the intensity of the acting of Madame Celeste as Cynthia; and Mrs. Fitzwilliam, as Bess, sung her snatches of ballads, and acted with that mixture of naivete, humour, and pathos, which no actress saveherselfcau infuse into a part. She can compel tears and smiles at pleasure. In fact, Buck stone has admirably fitted every member of the Adelphi company in this new melodrama, which bids fair to rival in popularity even The Green Bushes. The principal artists were called for at the conclusion, and there was a loud call for Buckstone, who appeared and bowed his thanks. The piece, which is admirably mountel in every respect, was an nounced by Madame Celeste for repetition every evening, amidst the unanimous applause of a house crowded to the ceiling. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—TifunsnA Y. "Very few horses were backed yesterday for anything like "sums, still, bad as the bininess was, it led to some changes in the Spring Handicaps. Doleful became first favourite tor the Northampton Handicap, and Lynceus and Vanish first and second for the Newmarket; the Euclid colt, although not backed, was also in higher favour. The Liberator was in demand for the 2,000 Guineas, and all the money that could be got on Antler for the Chester Cup at 20 to 1 was invested ; the final offers diet net exceed 17 to 1 ; there was no other alteration of any consequence in the betting on the last-mentioned race. The Derby bets were 6 to 1, in ponies, agst the favourite, 11 to 1 in fifties, and 10 to 1 to 200/. agst Planet; 600 to 50 agst Epirote, 28 to 1 to 2001. agst Horn of Chase, 2,000 to 40 agst Old Port, 1,000 to 15 agst Oxonian, 50 to 1, in ponies, agst War Eagle, and 1,000 to 10 agst Philosopher. Closing prices— LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASE. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Ouseley Higgins's Pioneer—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Preston's Brunette—taken NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful—t. and aftds. ofd. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 9 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus— taken 10 to 1 agst Sir C. Aonck's Vanish—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt—take 14 to 1 14 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 15 to 1 25 to 1 agst Crozier—taken THE PORT. 100 to 40 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes laid 90 to 30 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting in one 90 to 30 agst Colonel Anson's lago et METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—take 9 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Pink Bonnet—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Devil-me-care—taken TWA THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyagham—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken 10 to 1. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. S. Conway's Christopher—taken CHESTER CUP. 17 to 1 agst iNlr. Herbert's Antler—taken 20 to 1 freely 26 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 45 to 1 agst Captain Pettatt's Newcourt—taken to 50!. 50 to 1 agst W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress—taken 2000 to 30 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Payne's Queen Mab—taken Offers to take 30 to 1 about Punch. DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken and aft. off. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—take 40 to 1 40 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken 2000 to 40 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken 1250 to 25 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—t. and aft. off. 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—taken and aft. off. 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Fox's Philosopher—taken. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1847. FRIDAY.—Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will-o'-the-Wisp, both three years old, Bst. 71b. each, A.F. 200 h. ft. CAPTURE OF A GHOST.—For some weeks com plaints have been made to the police that several persons had been sadly frightened at the awful appearance of some supernatural monster in the neighbourhood of Bloxwich, having a huge pair of horns, and enveloped in white. In structions were given to the police to use all diligence to effect his capture, but somehow or other his ghostship became aware of the attention paid to him by the " men in blue," and " started like a guilty thing upon a fearful sum mons." Nothing more was heard of him until the night of Monday, the 22d ultimo, when he was seen traversing, with "martial stalk," the neighbourhood of Bloxwich-green, ex hibiting, as on former occasions, a huge pair of horns. After frightening one or two persons, who fled at the top of their speed, he came in contact with a "field carpenter," a young man, named Wm. Adams. Adams, it appears, was return ing from his work, having his tools on his back, and not liking the ways of his ghostly acquaintance (who, by the way, became more pressing than pleasant), sought to free himself by means of a bradawl which he had in his hand, and with which he dealt a severe blow at the left thigh of the ghost, who immediately fell upon his knees, roaring piteously. Adams then proceeded to dismantle him of his masquerade dress, when the unfortunate hero of the night's adventure turned out to be a young man named John Perry, a stirrup-filer, of Bloxwich, well known to Adams. Several persons were promptly on the spot, and conveyed the ghost to his home, where he was put to bed, and a surgeon sent for to dress his wound, which, fortu nately for him, though a severe one, was not considered dangerous, but he has been confined to his bed in conse quence nearly ever since. As soon as he was sufficiently re covered Perry procured a warrant against Adams for stabbing him, and had him apprehended. The accused was brought before the magistrates at the Guildhall on Wednesday last, but the complainant did not appear, and Adams was dis charged.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. INTRA-MURAL BURIALS.—We learn on good authority that Government have prepared a Bill to prohibit the farther interment of corpses in the churchyard s o f l arge towns and popular districts. The greatest and most T is he th h erefore, disgust ing national nuisance of modern times likely to be sooner abated than was expected. in cemeteries will not look grave at this ol i d n e t r e s lli o g f e s nhcaer._es Sunday Times. DUTCH VEGETABLES.—We observe, on reference to the list of arrivals of cattle and provisions from the con tinent of Europe on Mondayla d st all that a steam-ship from Harlingen brought 385 bags an an unusually large quan ti ty from Holland, ketso fani)°danother tatoes, being vessel from Rotterdam brought twenty-Ivo packages of sacataibers. 4. • FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH 9.—The Chamber yesterday eon. tinned the general discussion on the project of law, rem.. tive to the new arrangement of representatives and senators. Messrs. Nayer de Decker and de Sinet b turns defended the interests of Alost and Termond e each in endeavouring to prove from the returns of mea n : bers, that none of these towns had the principal right to nominate a representative. M. Delfosse declared that hg could not support the proposition of an electoral reforms announced by M. Castian, because he did not find it op portune, and also because he did not agree with several of the views of his honourable friend upon the subjerl,„ The main interest of the sitting to-day, was the speech of M. Castian, in reply to the observations of M. Del fosse, since it brought to light a disagreement, which hack not been foreseen by any one. M. Castian is the para. san of electoral reform ; M. Delfosse is so no longer. M. Castian concluded by a proposition, that to the list of electors should be added those citizens on the jury bit who paid in direct contributions 20 florins in Luxemburg and 30 florins in the other provinces. In the opinion of the honourable member, this condition would save out; country from the evils of imposture and falsehood. M. de Norode, Deerat, Rogier, and th e Minister of am Interior next addressed the Chamber. M. de Norcde supported the project. M. Deerat supported the interest of Alost. M. Rogier second the propostion of M. (Gas tian, and M. de Theaux in enumerating the laws v oted The measures taken, justified the Government, and de fended it against the attacks made upon it by M. Castian.. The Chamber defered till to day the decision whether M. Castian's prOposition could be admitted as an amend mentto the project of law under discussion, or ba referred to the session as a special project. At the opening of the sitting, the Minister of Finance proposed two important measures, both of which had re ference to the dearness of provisions ; the first to take off all right of tonnage from all vessels laden with grain till September next ; the second prohibiting the employ ment of potatoes in distilleries, till the same peri o d, under penalty of 500 to to 1,000 francs, to be doubled in case of repetition of the offence. In reference to the first question it was proposed that the Government should purchase in England fifty car. goes of wheat, to dispatch them by steamer in order to facilitate their arrival as much as possible. In reference to the second question, it was proposed to engage the clergy in the country to use their influence with the farmers, to induce them to thrash their grain ands send it to market. They were to enforce the duty of being contented with the present prices, and to asstrre them that by thus aiding their distressed countrymen they_ would merit heaven. We are happy to state that the aspect of things in Liege is again quite calm. Very little importance attached to the disturbances of the day before yesterday, and they are looked upon as the result of momentary excitement, which was immediately put down by the prompt measures of our Communal Administration. The Government has addressed a circular to the inhabi tants, giving them encouraging prospects respecting the present dearness and scarcity of provisions, and the pros pect of a more favourable state of things. At Verviers some disturbances took place on the sth, in consequence of the announcement of the tax on bread. Although there has been no fresh outbreak, there is still considerable agitatio n BRUSSELS, MARCH 10.--at half-past twelve to-day, the hour at which we are writing, disturbances har e arisen in consequence of the rise of bread in those guar. ters of the city inhabited by the labouring classes. The police guards are endeavouring to disperse the multitudes who surround the bakers shops, and advise the bakers to keep all their bread out of sight. IRELAND. It will be seen by the subjoined official return that, for the week ending the 27th ult., there were 708,228 per sons daily employed on the public works—that number, on an average of five to each family, representing not , less than three and a half millions of human beingr h The new relief measures, now about to commenx e generally throughout the country, will enable the cedn., mittees to diminish considerably the multitudes on, th e works, and turn the labourers upon the cultivation of the soil:— Return showing the daily average number of 13ersona employed on Public Works in Ireland, for the week ending 27th February, 1847: 3,174 130 1,465 LEINSTER. Carlow Drogheda, Town of Dublin -- City of Kildare Kilkenny -- City of King's County Longford Louth Meath Queen's County Westmeath Wexford Wicklow 8,337 17,507 563 13,377 14,220 8,313 14,647 9,849 9,693 19,470 8,513 129,258 3IUNSTER. Clare 60,050 Cork, E. R. W• R. 39,168 City of Kerry Limerick City of 1,067 Tipperary, S. 11 --- N. R. Waterford Ciiy o 416 293,886 ULSTER. Antrim Armagh Belfast, Town Carrickfergus Cavan Donegal Down .. Fermanagh Londonderry Monaghan Tyrone 2,302 5,545 25,508 21,209 1,148 8,547 3,991 11,440 8,05 CONNAUGHT. 87,745 Galway, E. R WI. R... Town of Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo 31,240 33,502 3,335 19,820 58,209 26,319 24,911 197,339 Total 708,228 SCOTCH CHURCH INTELLIGENCE.—TO be freely presented to a free kirk congregation in the Isle of Sk3 e, the use of a free church, situated in a remarkable tine, deep, dry, commodious gravel-pit, capable of holding two hundred persons. The proprietor of the pit, in his Christian tender ness towards the spiritual wants of his fellow-men, of his own will grants the above site for a place of wor ship ; a place is no manner disfigured by the Popish mummeries that, to the shame of the age, have latterly been creep ing in upon the land ; but a church of the true primitive beauty of the churches of the early fathers, inasmuch as it has the sky for a roof, the earth for seats, and all the winds of heaven for visitors.— Apply to Lord Macdonald, proprietor. In Canobie, Dam friesibire, a remarkably fine piece of heath, commodiously situated on the south side of a hill, capable of containing a congregation of five hundred persons on their legs and with out umbrellas. The proprietor believing in the primitive meaning of the word " church "—that it signifies not a building, but a congregation, does, in such sense, graciously permit the erection (that is, the congregation on their legs as aforesaid) of any number of churches on his Scotch estates; testifying thereby his gratitude to Providence that has endowed him with the same.—Apply to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch. N.B. All letters prepaid. —Punch. FOREIGN PRODUCE.—The following arrivals of cattle and provisions took place at the port of London, from the continental states of Europe, on Monday last :—The Har lequin steamer, from Boulogne, brought 17 cases ef eggs and several of poultry ; the Rainbow, from Rotterdam, brought 268 packages of butter,l,7oo of cheese, 301 baskets of yeast, 366 baskets of fish, 2 baskets of potatoes, several of pickles and poultry, and 95 packages of garden and other seeds; the City of London, from Rotterdam, 248 packages of butter, 6,523 of cheese, 11 baskets of poultry, 65 baskets of fish, 25 packages of cucumbers, and 36 oxen and cows ; the Attwood, from Rotterdam, 686 bags of barley, 3 calves, 51 oxen and cows, and 31 sheep ; the Matilda, from Svendborg, 525 quarters of oats, and 50 quarters of tares ; the Thelma, from Rotterdam, 308 quarters of oats, and 371 quarters of beans ; the Margaretta, from Amsterdam, 789 quarters of barley ; the Columbine, from Havre, 548 otherpack a ages ruc o le f s lo t v h er e annadpidlreormseNeidest: Deipe,ls cas 53 co 8s of eggs, 2 gs 7 and horses, 6 calves, 123 sheep, and 16,575 cheeses ; the Marchiena, from Rotterdam, 480 quarters of oats; the Olive Cecilia, from Assens (Denmark), 950 quarters of barley and 70 quarters of oats ; the Belfast, from Calais, 24 cases of eggs, and some of poultry ; the Soho, from Antwerp, 199 packages of seeds, 80 baskets)! smelts, and 19 cases of butter; the Union, from Emden, 62 lasts of oats, 1 of barley, and 5 quarters of beans ; the Vrunw Aiske, from Harlingen, 123 quarters of oats and 260 quarters of barley ,• the Magnet, from Harlingen, 385 baskets and bags of potatoes, 625 of cheese, 7 baskets o f poultry, 1 bull, 17 oxen, 104 cows, 1 calf, 100 sheep, 1,970 casks of butter, 21 lasts of oats, and 212 bags of beans; the Lord John Russell, from Harlingen, 664 casks of butter, 100 quarters of oats, 240 cheeses, 13 sheep, 94 cows, 2 oxen, 284 bags of peas, 41 bags of beans, and a variety of other pro ductions; and the Ondernuming, from the same port, 540 quarters of barley, and 700 quarters of oats. It wlsiwliloebnreedaotyl)-h,es ich the co s m u p p r p i l s i es es arrivals,s ob served, edon h o r e w fe r l e a n r c g e e t a o p t r h o i p s list, or tio a w h o f produce of Holland. COLLISION ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAID. WAY.—On Wednesday evening, as the five o'clock passenger train from Manchester to Leeds was passing near the Blue Pits station, between Manchester and Rochdale, a pilot engine came up behind the train, which was a very heaiy one, conveying a large number of gentlemen who had been attending the half-yearly meeting of the Manchester and Leeds Company, held the same day at Manchester. The engine, which was behind its time, approached the train at great speed, and a violent collision was the consequence. The shock was felt throughout the whole train. The two last carriages, both first-class, were considerably smashed, the majority of the passengers were more or less stunned, w an eh d and several of them had their faces cut with glass, w w hi ch flew The flew in all directions. One of' the carr ed iages - a ll round and Tourist" pleasure carriage, which was l afelrseodamt most t e s t e o v p e , re s l o y that the th th e e pa b s r s o e k ng en ers g i l n az ss: that T ca he rr p ia an ge el a s uf o i chain of one of them was broken, the carriages were driven outwardN g the next carriage. the b aa u n ff a er t s he be c i o n n g ne gr t ett train was enabled to After a delay of about ten upwards and through themhimndoteps proceed. The first train conveying pas. TROON RAILWAY. — ar th t e of sengers along was run on Monday last. The route from this line is azd accomplished in about thirty-five ulluu Ayr ... to liilm marnoco a l .. or , a 1i 2