The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

\ i '~ .`1 , roreellings in parliament. HOUSE OF COZIONS.-MONDAY. On the third reading of the Transportation for Treason Bill, Mr. NAPIER moved its third reading that day three months. He deemed the bill utterly unconstitutional. If there was no doubt in the minds of the law officers of the Crown they should act upon their own responsibility, and not seek to de part one hair's breadth from the letter of the law by means of ex post facto legislation. After some oter speeches the bill passed by a majority of 150 to 27. The House then went for the second time into committ^ - the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. and was rest of the evens-- vconred during the I r itn tlitell§StOn Of th first (or maxi tta) gittlie., after diViding oN,o. an atnen ment ,posed by Mr: Stafford, which viei4 (l'estroi, tU vitality of the `clause, and which was negatived by I`7B against 51, the ~chairman, on the motion of Lord J. Russell, reported pro gress. Mr. HAWES withdrew the Australian Colonies Bill (which stood for second reading) on account of an informality, and obtained leave to introduce another. The Juvenile Offenders and Small Larcenies Rill was reari second time, after objections made by Mr Pearson and Mr. Henley, the consideration of which was deferred until the cortutattee. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The royal assent was given to a number of bil'4,:tticluding the Transportation for Treason Bill. The Earl of CARLISLE then moved the second reeding of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, declaring that the Jtws, though adtaitted to municipal privileges, were the only -religious com munity debarred of political rights; and there was not, as far he could see, a single valid reason upon whiCh 'they could be refused .a seat in the House of Commons. The Earl of F.ELINTOUN moved that the till be a second time that day three months. The Archbishop of ANTS:RW(7IY said - thee he was justified in taking into consideration the peculiar season when they were called 'on to sanction suds a measure.' England, at the present moment, stood in a peculiar position as contrasted with the rest Of Europe—a monument and - example of freedom and social ctrder—a column standing amongst others which had fallen,-but which, but. a short time since, seemed as firm as herself—a proof that her foundations were not the same. But this was not all. She had enjoyed peculiar privileges and re ceived many mercies. Their lordships could not have forgot 'mutt, 4.1 t far the fate of their fellow-countrymen in Intila during the interval winch min entir.,11..4-0.0 the news orthe first great battle and the intelligence of the overthrow and dispersion or submission of a dangerous and insidious enemy. It would he a poor return for the mercies vouchsafed lo.their nation if she regarded with the same eyes those to whom the Diviee favour had been granted and those from whom it had been judicially withdrawn, or to regard ihein eanally een.ble of tegislating on the affairs of a Christian country. He should he'content to atop here were it not that he felt compelled to advert in a few words to the argument that notwithstancKng their oath they had persons within the walls of parliament not less hostile to religion than the Jews. He hoped such was not the case ; but granting for argument's sake that such was the case ; thy were not accountable for it. It was one thing to admit within the city walls one who came as an enemy, but still under the name of a friend ; and-another thing, to open the gates wide to friend and foe without distinc tion. (aear, hear.) Let them not commit the solecism in legislation of lowering their principles to their practice instead of raising their practice to their principles. The Archbishop of Dublin, the Duke of Argyll, the Earls of Wicklow, and Shrewsbury, supported the bill ; the Earls Nel son, Desart, and Winchelsea, and the Bishops of Exeter and Oxford opposed it. The latter prelate said :—One of the argu ments used in favour of the bill was, that inasmuch as we had admitted Jews to social and political privileges, we were bound in consistency to admit them to parliament. There was a fun damental difference,not in degree s bat in kind, between these two steps. A Jew might be entrusted as a magistrate with the administration of the laws, but it did not follow that he was to be entrusted with the making of them. Precisely in the same way might they employ a man to measure out goods according to a certain weight or standard, and yet not allow him, he not being capable of making just weights and measures. If ad mitted into parliament, the Jew would he called on to make laws relating to the moral, political, and religions interests of the people; and it'was precisely in su;h a case that his reli gions principles would come in and influence him. It was no more a stigma on the Jews to be excluded from parliament, than it - was on the clergy that they were excluded from sitting as-members of the other house. He maintained that the bill was, dangerous on these grounds., There being no Jewish con stituencies in this country, there was great danger in opening the doors of parliament to a mere money power, apart from all other considerations. They should neither measure the inter est which Jews had in seeking admission to the Legislature, nor the means they had at command to obtain•seats in Parlia ment. If they destroyed the groundwork of Christianity upon which their legislation was based in order to gratify for a time a handful of ambitious men, they wou!d•lestroy Christian En gland, and ruin the asylum of the scattered Jews. After a protracted debate the bill was rejected by a majority of 20, the numbers being for, 75, against, 95. In the majority against the bill were the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Dukes of Wellington, Buckingham, Newcastle, Buscleuch, and Montrose. the Marquises of Salisbury, Down shire, and Exeter, Earls Powis, Roden, Lonsdale, Harewood, and Eglinton, the Bishops of Bath and Welts, Bangor, Carlisle, Chichester, Exeter, Gloucester, Oxford, Rochester, and Salis bury, and Lords Ahinger, Kenyon, Stanley, Delamere, and Skelmersdale. The Earl of Harrowby, the Dukeof Cambridge, and the Bishops of 'London and Lichfield, paired off against the bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. The House havingtnet at twelve o'clock. went again into committee upon the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, and was en gaged 'in •a discussion of the first clause until nearly four o'clock, the hour for suspending its sitting, when an amend ment proposed by Mr. Stafford to increase the maximum rate from ss. to 7s. was negatived on a division. A motion for an address to the Queen on the subject of Colonial Reform, brought forward by Sir W. Molesworth, caused a long debate, but was negatived on a division by majority of 74. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Mr. J. A. Smrrx moved for a new writ for the city of Lon don, in the room of Baron Lionel Rothschild, who has accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundred. The adjourned debate on prison discipline was resumed by Mr. Dnuall.IVIVN, nLo bald the whOlc ca-imc of tlkier oountry was to be traced to habits of drinking, for more money was spent in the consumption of wine, spirits, and beer, than the whole exports of the country amounted to. Sir H. HAI,FORD, after bearing testimony to the separate system as carriedout iii the county of Leicester, moved as an amendment that a select committee be appointed to inquire into•the prison discipline of England and Wales. Mr. E. DENISON said, that in the Yorkshire prisons the re sult of the separate system had been most satisfactory. He would vote against the original motion, and hoped the amend ment would be withdrawn, as it was nonsense to go into com mittee of inquiry in the month of July upon a subject so ex tensive. After some further discussion, Sir H. Halford withdrew his amendment; and Mr. C. Pearson, after explaining the views which had actuated him in bringing forward his motion, con sented to its withdrawal, and thus the matter ended. On the second reading of the Benefices in Pluralities Bill being moved by Mr. FREWEN, Sir G. GREY expressed his intention of opposing it, as the principle of the bill had never been explained to the house by the hon. gentleman.—Mr. Frewen then withdrew the bill. Mr. SPOONER moved the second reading of the Protection to Women Bill, the object of which was to put an end to a noto rious evil, that of trafficking in seduction. Mr. ANSTEY opposed the bill, and moved that it be read a second time that day three months. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the bill was not so much a bill to prevent seduction as a bill to allow free trade in prosti tution, and he should therefore vote against it. . . Sir O. GREY opposed the bill, as confessedly inefficient for its object. If the object was only to say that some alteration of the law were requisite, he should support the second reading. Mr. SPOONER gave the assurance required, and the house divided, when the amendment was lost by a majority of 124. The debate was then continued, and at six o'clock the Speaker left the chair. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY, In reply to a question from the Earl of E 0 R OUGH, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that no communication had been received from the French Government with respect to the altered character of the expedition to Rome. Lord STANLEY asked if her Majesty's Government had ap plied for any explanation of the motives which actuated the Government of France in the hostile attack made upon the Roman territory? Nothing could be apparently more unjuSti hable than the siege anti bombardment of Rome itself, for no other reason than because they would not receive French troops within their walls. Tile Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that no formal applidation had been made to the French Government for an explanation. He would not say, however, that the changed proceedings of the French army in Italy did not furnish a legitimate ground of inquiry, nor that an inquiry had not been made. The Earl of ABERDEEN said the information .aid before them relative to these transactions was most imperfect; in fact, it was absurd to call it information. Some sharp passages were exchanged between Earl GREY and Lord BROUGHAM respecting the papers from Canada upon the table. After which, . _ _ The Encumbered &dates (Ireland) Bill, with amendments, was read a third time and passed. Some bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TIIURSDAT. The greater portion of the evening was occupied in the dis cussion in committee of the clauses of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. At half-past eleven o'clock Lord J. Russell proposed that the committee should be resumed next day at half-past four o'clock, which was agreed to, and the chairman reported pro gress. HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a bill to alter the oaths taken by all persons who are now required to take the oaths of supremacy, abjuration, and allegiance, which was read a first time. Earl GREY moved the second reading of the administration of justice (Vancouver's Island) bill, and stated that by the existing law all serious offences and civil causes arising on the north-west coast of America had to be tried in Canada, but as a grant of Vancouver's Island had been made to the Hudson's Bay Company, it was proposed to repeal so much of the law as would affect this island and to constitute courts for the admi nistration of justice there. The noble earl proceeded to detail the circumstances isnder which this new colony would be settled and governed, and concluded by stating that it has been thought advisable, as the island could only be colonised by private individuals or the Hudson's Bay Company, to end trust the colonisation to the latter, who had already a small settlement on the island, and had a greater interest in the success of the scheme than any other persons could have. Lord MONTEAGLE objected to grants of large tracts of land to parties who were irresponsible, and inasmuch as the charter granted by Charles 11. to the Hudson's Bay Company was, at least, questionable, he thought the subject ought to be dealt with carefully by parliament. The noble lord, among other objections to the project, stated that such was the power of the company, that if any merchant were to settle in the island, they might exclude him from any profitable trade, and refuse him any portion of their freights, if they *anted to oppose him or drive him out of the island. The Earl of ABERDEEN -oncurred in the proposition, that the Hudson's Bay Company could better colonise this island tban any one else. Durinz his official career it was the only question which gave him uneasiness as to preserving the peace of the country ; the question involved in the negotiations with America having been, as to whether the 49th degree of latitude should stop at the coast or be carried over the ocean ; and, if the latter proposition had been adopted, the southe r n portion of the island would have been lost to this country. He was happy to bear his testimony to the advantageous conditions on which the grant had been made, The bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. Lord PAW,XERSTON being asked by Lord MA H 0 N whether there was any prospect of a renewal of amicable rela tions with Spain, replied that the Spanish government had invoked the good offices of the King of the Belgians to bring about a reconciliation, and some communications had in con sequence token place, hitherto without any result. The tone of Lord Palmerston, though calm, evinced no desire to pur chase a return to amity by the slightest concession, and he remarked, with reference to the conduct of Spain towards British merchants, which Lord Mahon ascribed to a spirit of conciliation, that-if the Spanish government adopted a com mercial policy favourable to our merchants, but dictated by a regard-, to Spanish interests, it furnished no reason why the British g,overnment should manifest a less sense of what was due to the -honour and dignity of the country. • The house then, in committee, returned to the discussion of :A - ) , ;gr I>k t .)...s \. sc 'l,. . • ~j ~,ls `~ a„~' the details of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, and the amend ments (occupying nearly seven pages of the vote-paper) pro posed by various members, which was protracted until half past twelve o'clock. The committee had then reached the 10.' clause, which raised the consideration of the £4 rating threatening a long debate; whereupon it was move( ) .anise, 1 chairman report progress, which was agreed to. Mat the FOREIGN "- . AND COLONIAL, AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE MIITIOI'A. The rota mail steam-ship Europa, "Capt. Loft, arrived in the Mtetsey at hall-pait nine o' Lock on Sunday morn- Wqh. the usual North American mails and 107 pas smam's, together with the surviving passengers and crew , of The American barge Charles Bartlett, which was run sdown at sea on the 27th ultimo, particulars of which will be found in another column. The Europa kit Boston on the 20th and Halifax on the 22nd ultimo, and, including the deviation to and detention at Halifax, has made the ' run throughout in ten days and twelve hours. The steam ship Cambria, Captain Shannon, arr ived at New York on the 15th ultimo, in thirteen days, and the steam-ship America, Captain Harrison, at Boston on the 20th, in ten days and a half, from this port and Halifax. The Ameri can steam-ship 'Herrmann left New York for Southampton on tie 20th. The royal mail steam-ship Tay left Chagres on,the 10th of May. en route for the West Indies, &c. She had on board gold dust of the value of .8100,000, and .18 passengers. The demand for sterling exchange for the steamer was to a fait extent. The rates asked were 109 to 1092. The intelligence from California had the effect of carrying up the prices of United States Stocks very high, in some in stances three per cent. at once. A correspondence has been published between the Se cretary of State of the 'United States and the German minister relative to the American steamer United States, purchased on account ef Germany. The former gentleman notified to - the latter that the steamer could not be per mitted to leave until proper securities were given that the steamer would not be employed in warlike operations against any couutry -..hich the United States were at peace. The weather in the States was every thing that could be wished, and a very large wheat harvest was expected, and an increased supply of Indian corn. More potatoes than usual have been planted. The cholera lingers, but in New York its course was almost stayed, and the city felt no alarm. A duel between Mr. Cassins M. Clay and Mr. Turner, two United States senators, hac terminated in the severe wounding of the former and the death of the latter. The ravages of cholera, especially amongst the Califor nian emigrants. had continued to extend. In New York the deaths from the 10th to the 16th, according to imper fect returns, were 100 out of 212 cases. President Polk, who was reported ill of diarrhoea, died of that disease at Nashville on the 16th ult. During a row between some rival firemen at Moyamens ing, one man was killed and a number seriously injured. The United States government are about to fit up two coasting vessels, of about 200 tons each, to be suitably equipped, to search for Sir John Franklin's noble crew. The report of the committee recommends the expedition to start at an early period in the ensuing year. The water at New Orleans was reccding slowly from the streets, and the river was failing. There was a fair prospect of stopping the crevasse. The weather was hot, but the city was healthy. The intelligence from Canada leaves every thing as to the future in that colony uncertain. The British League is announced to hold a convention on the 18th of July, when delegates from all the North American provinces, it is understood, are to assemble. The Governor-General was at Monklands, and it was said that he did not intend to return to Montreal. A strong guard was still kept at Government-house. Business at Montreal was quiet. Flour was quoted at 21s. 6d. to 225. Freights to London were, for flour, 3s. ; and for Liverpool, 4s. Ten thousand Mexican Indians are said to be within four leagues of Tampico, and it was expected that the city would be attacked on the 9th of June. The Kingston (Jamaica) Journal of the 24th of May contains an account of the wreck of the British brigantine Dane, from Liverpool, bound to Vera Cruz, on the Ca manas reef. Her cargo, consisting of dry goods, &c., was saved, and disposed of by auction, but the vessel was a total loss. President Monagas had been obliged to quit Venezuela, but where he had gone the accounts do not state. St Domingo accounts, of the 3rd ultimo, state that the city surrendered to the army under General Santa Anna on the 29th of May. President Hernanaes made his escape on board of an English vessel of war, bound to Ja maica. About forty of the leading men had been arrested by order of Santa Anna. The city was quiet and bnsiness improving. The Crescent City arrived at New Orleans on the 11th ultimo, with upwards of 1,000,000 dollars of Californian gold. 500,000 dollars of this are as freight, and the ba lance belonged to the passengers. The steamer Califor nia was to leave Panama on the 15th June. It is said that she had gold on board to the amount of 1,000,000 dollars. It was thought, in Wall-street (New York), that the specie on board the California was on English account, and would be forwarded to England by one of the mail steamers. The steamer Unicorn was to be added to the line of Pacific steamers, so that a steamer would leave Panama and San Francisco every fifteen days. The steam shin Panama arrived at Panama, from New York, on the 6th of May, having made the voyage in fifty days seven hours, running time. An accident which happened to the Panama threw upon the California all the passengers who had purchased tickets for both vessels. The steamer Oregon, Captain Pearson, arrived at Panama on the 7th of May, from San Francisco ; and on the 23d of May she sailed again for San Francisco, full of passengers. Cap tain Forbes, of the steamer California, states that the marvellous stories respecting the abundance of gold are not at all exaggerated, but, on the contrary, fall short of the reality. The limits of the region in which the preci ous metal abounds are more and more extended every day by new discoveries, reaching as far down the coast as Santa Barbara, near the line of Lower California. Pieces of gold weighing eighty ounces are not unfrequently seen in San Francisco : while specimens weighing from two to four ounces are quite common. So strong is the attraction towards the mines, that fifty vessels, of different nations, lying at San Francisco, had been deserted by their crews. Although 100 dollars per month was offered for seamen, none could be engaged, even at that high rate. San Francisco was crowded with emigrants, vast numbers of whom are continually pouring into the place. Accommo dations of any kind were scarcely to be obtained. The meanest hut or shed, such as would be considered unin habitable, commanded a most enormous rent. Good provisions were almost equally scarce. The coarsest kind of food must be used, as no other can be procured. No person stays any longer in San Francisco than he can help, but all who are lucky enough to procure transpor tation immediately take their departure for the mining districts. When they arrive there they find no difficulty in accumulating almost any amount of the precious metal. Three to four ounces of gold is considered a common day's work : less than that induces the digger to move to a richer spot. Much more is occasionally gained in a few hours, as the possessors of the large lumps may attest. There was a great deal of conversation in California res pecting the establishment of a provincial government, but as yet nothing had been done. General Pershor F. Smith's proclamation was, so far, utterly disregarded ; and it was feared that serious difficulties would occur should he at tempt to execute his orders by force. It is stated in the papers that there were probably 30,000 Mexicans en route for California. They travel in regularly organized and armed parties. Among the vessels which had sailed for San Francisco was an old ship called the Humboldt. She bad gone round Cape Horn originally as a coal vessel. and lay at Panama five months without employment. At last a speculative individual purchased her for 60,000 dol lars, and fitted her up for passengers, of whom she took 320, at 200 dollars each. The lucky original owner ar rived at New Orleans, in the Crescent City, with 60,000 dollars in his pocket. The British mail steamer Tay sailed from Chagres on the 10th of May, taking eighteen passengers, with 100,000 dollars in gold dust. When the Tay left there was only one American vessel in port. Colonel Hughes, passenger in the Crescent City, says, that, besides the gold dust in the Crescent City, 2,000,000 dollars more bad crossed the Isthmus during the month of May, a part of it only direct from California. It is reported that the bark Hecla arrived at Havana on the 31st ultimo, with two hundred thousand dollars in gold dust on board. This gold was probably brought down from California in the Oregon, and then shipped in the Hecla. Captain Forbes states that travelling over the Isthmus was now comparatively easy. The road from Cruses to Panama was the one generally travelled. ..".• "N . \ S " . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LIST OF PASSENGERS, Mrs. Ferguson, lifssefiieriusOV;iiirse;;nt, Miss Weston, Miss Munroe and maid, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rodgers, Mrs. Griffiths, Miss Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. Peabody, Miss Peabody, Mr. A. and Mrs A. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Shimmin and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Bates and servant, Mrs. and Miss David, Miss Erackson and servant, Captain Montholon and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Blake and servant, Lady A. Lambton, Mrs. Bennett, Commodore Daniels, Mrs. Hall and infant, Mr. M`Namara, two children, and nurse, and Messrs. A. Fench, D. Law, R. B. Forbes, H. Crangle, J. Easter, F. Corbin, P. C. Kani, F. Pea body, senior, Wood, A. Cavelier, F. C. Kerr, C. Griffiths, G. P. A. Healy, Jarar e , A. Garsen, S. Abally, J. A. Fennuto, L. R. Mulliar, J. W. Fenno, J. R. Caskill, W. S. Ballard, F. Rodgers, unior, J. V. Calver, Duky, H. Bayin, A. Thorndyke, C. Thorndyke, E. Nickson, T. F. Taylor, A. Dalcom, J. M'Con nell, F. Font, J. H. J. Fraser, E. Nilneke, Lockhart, G. Tait, G. W. Sanders, Albmolu, P. Cornissa, Robertgon, L. Delmuth, Livingston, F. le Pontillier, S. Alfonza, Belh ouse , D e ll a T orra, Arthur, Parker, Armant, Smith, Tyre, Mackay, Colson, Hall, M`Kead, Gunn, Mure, Foulds, Saunder, Davidson, H. B. Hertz, junior, S. Cameron, senior, D. M'Cormick, R. Wilson, J. Oli ver, Stewart, and G. Heron. New York, June 19th, 1849. Since the departure of the steamer Niagara, there has been a moderate business done in Flour, chiefly for the home trade, without any material change in prices. The export demand is confined mostly to the lower grades, of uninspected and fine, which sell at $4 to 34,121 per barrel. The common Western and State may be quoted at .8'4,50 to 34,56 1-4, and Strait and better brands at 34,62 i to 84,75 ; Southern kinds are scarce and held with sales at $4,9 to 85 for Baltimore, Georgetown, Brandywine, &c. Rye Flour is in demand at 83. Cornmeal sells at 32,87 1-2 to $3. There is a demand for the better samples of mixed selling at 102 to 108, and White Genessee 126 to 130, per 60 lbs. PROVISIONS.—Pork is firm with moderate sales; .8'10,50 is asked for mess, and .88,75 to 9 for prime. Beef is in good de mand, at 511,50 to 12 for mess, and .89,25 for prime. Lard is in fair request at 6R- to 71c. for common to prime. Western Butter, 10 to 15c. ; ("range County do., 15 to 17c. FRIEGIITS.—To Liverpool Cotton is taken at $1 per bale; Corn, 6d.; Flour, Is. 6d. to Is. Bd. Cotton maintains its previous value, though in the southern ports a slight decline is noticed. The following are the movements of the present and two pre ceding cotton crops:- 1849. 1848. 1847. Receipts 2,624,000 2,177,000 1,728,000 bales. Exports to Great l 1,444,000 1,072,000 668,000 „ Britain.. I Stocks 233,000 351,000 416,000 ~ OVERLAND MAlL.—Bombay, May 21st.—India mtketly tranquil, and the only facts of any political ('stance contained in the papers, is the surrender of Panee to the British authorities, by the court of Nepaul, and the final suppression of the insurrection in the Nizam dominions, together with the capture of their intended chief, Appa Sahaib, after a severe struggle with the Hin galee brigade, under Brigadier Hampton. The rebels refused to surrender, and fought with the utmost despe ration. The cavalry, headed by European officers, made a most brilliant charge, which was followed by a hand to hand encounter. The Nizam infantry, although worn out with fatigue behaved gallantly. The conflict was fierce, but soon over, when the insurgents were over thrown, and fled. They found protection in the bush wood, and carried away all their treasures to the amount of 15,000 rupees. Their chief was wounded and taken; the slaughter of his followers was severe. Brigadier Hampton received a severe sword cut through the ancle. In the engagement of the Bohillas, the Nizam's loss was reported to be four European officers, and seven or eight cavalry troops wounded. CALCUTTA, MAY B.—No political news from Scinde. Sir C. Napier arrived at Calcutta on the 6th of May, was sworn in on the 7th, and took his seat as member extra ordinary of the Council. His first levee on the 11th was fully attended. Lord Gough has not yet publicly retired. —The Times says no event of interest had transpired in the Punjaub, where, notwithstanding occasional reports of prevalence of disaffected feeling and alarms of small outbreaks, everything has as yet worn an aspect of exter nal peace and tranquillity, It is reported that Colonel Steinback, late of the Sikh service, was at the Lahore, and was sent thither by Ghoolab Singh, of Cashmere, on business, the nature of which had not transpired. There is, however, a very sorry account of the state of affairs for the shipping interest, for in anticipation of the repeal of our navigation laws vessels hadbeen pouring into the Indian ports from all quarters. From Bombay to London freights had dropped under £3 per ton, and were expected to go considerably lower. This change had occurred so rapidly that a vessel was lying at Bombay completing her cargo, which had been engaged for the Clyde at £5 ss. per ton. Tip. SIR C. NAPIER AND THE 96TH.—The Ca/cutta Star says, " Her Majesty's 96th were reviewed at Fort Wil liam, by the new commander-in-chief, at day-light, on the morning of the llth of May. Sir Charles Napier, punctual to a proverb, reached the parade, accompanied by the town-major, before a single officer of the regiment had made his appearance, and finding no other amuse ment, walked into the barracks. Sir Charles Napier addressed the men in a characteristic speech. After alluding to his former connexion with the regiment he said, lam very glad to meet the 96th again. We have both been a good deal about the world since we were last together, and I am very glad to hear such a good account of the regiment. Your colonel t ells me that you are not only in good health, but that you are good in conduct— that you have very few men in hospital. Now, this is all right, and I hope you will continue to bear a good cha racter. But let me give you a bit of advice—that is, don't drink. I know young men do not think much about advice from old men. They put their tongue in their cheek, and think they know a good deal better than the old cove that is giving them advice. But let me tell you, that you are come to a country where, if you drink, you're dead men. If you be sober and steady, you'll get on well ; but if you drink you're done for. You will be either invalided or die. I knew two regiments in this country—one drank, the other did'nt drink. The one that did'nt drink is one of the finest regiments, and has got on as well as any regiment in existence. The one that did drink has been all but destroyed. For any regi ment for which I have a respect (and there is not one of the British regiments whom I don't respect), I should always try and persuade them to keep from drinking. I know there are some men who will drink in spite of the devil and their officers ; but such men will soon be in hospital, and very few that go in, in this country, ever come out again.' FRANCE. The Moniteur publishes two decrees signed by the Pre sident of the Republic, the one disbanding the National Guard of Albi. in the department of the Tarn, and the second disbanding the National Guard of Moissac, in the Haute Garonne. M. Dalican, the editor of the Revolution Demoeratique et Sociale, arid M. Jules Gouache, the editor of the Re- Jorme, were arrested in Paris nn Thursday, on a charge of having been engaged in the conspiracy of June 13. A letter from Valenciennes of the 27th instant, states that an attempt was made on Tuesday night last to blow up the powder magazine in that town, but fortunately without success. A large placard has been posted up in Paris which ex cites some curiosity. It states that, on the 18th of July, the forest of Pacy, containing about 815 hectares, will be put up to auction, at the upset price of a million, by legal order of Louis Philippe , Count de Neuilly. TEMPORA MUTANT—A. Prefect of one of the French Departments, twelve months ago, received the following telegraphic dispatch :—" Monsieur Le Prefet,—Arrest by all possible means the citizen Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, should he present himself in your department.—(Signed) LEDRU RonLiN."—A year later the same Prefect re ceived another dispatch in the following terms :—" Arrest by all possible means the citizen Ledru Rollin, if he pre sent himself in your department.—(Signed) DUFAURE, Minister of Louis Napoleon." The documents afford a curious instance of the instability of human affairs. LATEST FROM ROME. The Moniteur publishes despatches from Gen. Oudinot dated Santucci, the 24th of June, from which it appears that he had made no advance, and was fortifying himself on the breach. These despatches narrate all that occurred to the 23rd inclusive, but add nothing to what has been already published. The loss on the side of the French in the operations of the 22nd and 23rd amount, according to those despatches, to about 20 killed and 60 wounded. Amongst the former were three captains, one of of Coquinnes and two of the line. A captain and lieutenant of the 36th Regiment were amongst the wounded. Another battery of siege pieces of the Ist Regiment of Artillcry left Grenoble on the 28th ult. for Toulon, where it was to be embarked for Civita Vecchia; and letters from Marseilles, referred to by the National, state that rein forcements to a considerable amount were embarked on the 26th for the same place. The same letters add that negotiations were still going on between the French and the Roman governments. A letter received by a gentleman in New York, states that it is Mdle. Jenny Lind's wish to appear in that city, previous to her final retirement from the stage. Count Zichy, the late governor of Venice, has been condemned to ten years' imprisonment, for having taken flight from that city last year, instead of defending his post. Zichy is the brother-in-law of Prince Metternich. The crops have entirely failed in South Russia. Num bers of the poor people have perished of famine, and the scurvy, which has broken out there with unexampled virulence, is making the most frightful ravages. A skirmish took place at Diippel on the 24th ult. The firing continued more than four hours, and ended with the retreat of the Danes. The Germans had 13 men kilted and 1 wounded, but the losses of the Danes are thought to be more considerable. Epicures about to emigrate to New Zealand will learn with pleasure, from a book lately publ;shed by Mr. Power, that a little fish closely resembling the Thames whitebait, and fully equal in flavour to that metropolitan delicacy, is found in great numbers in several of the New Zealand rivers during the spring months. Some persons employed in clearing out a cellar adjoin ing the cloisters of the cathedral at Cologne, where several Roman remains have recently been found, on the 21st, discovered a Roman apartment. The walls are covered with paintings, and the floor is of mosaic, of admirable workmanship, and in good preservation. The remains of a gigantic column were likewise found. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE BISHOP OF JAMAICA.—The Jamaica Despatch gives the particulars of an accident which befel the Bishop a few days previously. It appears he was proceeding from his mountain residence, when his horse fell down a precipice nearly 250 feet deep. His lordship had a narrow escape. His fall was arrested within a few feet of the surface of the road, by his clutch. ing and clinging to the branch of a tree. The port of Ancona has been effectually blockaded by ships of war of the Austrian navy. The Austrian Minister on notifying officially that measure to the French Charge d'Affaires at Vienna added, " that the sole object of the Austrian Government is to co-perate in the re-establish ment of the Pontifical authority (Ancona being occupied by the Austrian troops in the name of his Holiness), and that the blockade shall be raised when that object shall have been effected." A letter from Berne of the 23d inst. announces the conclusion of peace between Austria and Sardinia on the following conditions :—The evacuation of Allesandria ; payment to Austria of the expenses of the war; Modena and Parma to be ceded to Piedmont in lieu of Lombardy ; an offensive and defensive and alliance between Austria Piedmont, and the latter to furnish a contingent of 20,000 men. [This news seems t.) be a little premature, as the treaty is still in abeyance, owing to the pecuniary demands made by the Austrians.] A late number of an American paper, the Boston Times, says : " On Wednesday we shall issue a second edition, but no first edition." According to Mr. Macaulay, the vulgar proverb that the " grey mare is the better horse," originated in the preference generally given to the grey mares of Flanders over the finest coach horses of England. STRANGE STORY.—A letter from St. Jean Pied-de-Port of the 12th of June, in the Memorial de Pyrentres, gives the following curious story :—" Curiosity has been excited on our frontier for the last two months by the presence of a youthful and handsome couple, who established them selves in the village of Arneguy towards the commence ment of April. The lady was in what is called `an inte resting situation.' The inhabitants respected the incog nito of the strangers, whose generosity in the distribution of alms and presents excited public curiosity to a still greater degree. The truth, however, has at last trans pired. The case was nothing less than the establishment of the rights of the child to the crown of Spain by its birth at Valcarlos, in the Haute-Navarre. It is well known that the Princess Josepha Fernanda de Bourbon, daughter of Francisco de Paula, who was born at Aran juez in the month of May, 1827, was married about a year and a half ago to a M. Jose de Grielle y Rente, born at the Havannah (Cuba), in the month of September, 1818. This marriage was not sanctioned by the Queen ; and it was this state of things that induced the couple to visit our country for the purpose of securing a proper birth place for the infant, whose mother is cousin-german to the King of Spain. On the 29th the child was born. It was baptized the same day in the church of Valcarlos. It godfather was the maternal grandfather of the child, Don ,Francisco de Paula, who was represented by a M. Aguirre, ex-deputy of the Cortes, aad Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. The infant received the following interminable Christian name —Raimondo Roberto George Francisco de Paula Antonio Jose Lorenzo Bonaventura. If fortune should one day raise him to the throne of Spain he may make his choice." IRELAND. On Friday night, the Free Church, Great Charles-street, Dublin, was destroyed by fire. It is not known how the fire originated, or whether the property was insured. A committee of the Corporation of London has been formed for the purpose of deciding on arrangements for the purchase of some properties in Ireland, to be managed on Sir Robert Peel's plan. The potatoes throughout Ireland are generally looking well, but the Dublin Herald notices the appearance in some parts of the county of Cork of the peculiar black spots which infallibly indicate the existence of disease. ILLEGAL CLEARANCES.—Three men from Lettermullen have been committed to the county gaol, charged upon a coroner's warrant with having caused the death of Cathe rine Flaherty, by illegally levelling her house. We un derstand that instructions have been given by the law advisers of the crown not to admit to bail in this case.— Galway Vindicator. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, a father, his two sons and two daughters, with a relative, driven by hunger, went out on the rocks on the shore of Clare Island to collect sea-weed for food, when, melancholy to relate, a wave passed over them, and on its return carried these six poor creatures into the sea, and they were all drowned.—Mayo Constitution. EMIGRATION OF PAUPERS.—On Thursday last sixty two paupers left the Derry Workhouse for Quebec, via the Maiden City, for Liverpool. The party consisted of forty -ode females and twenty-one males, and the Guar dians, in addition to paying their passage, provided each of them with two suits of wearing apparel. On landing at Quebec they will receive ten shillings each. ANOTHER TRADE RUINED.—The Irish tanner; are now crying loudly against the operation of free trade which has brought into Ireland extensively the superior tanned lea ther of France and other countries. " Owing to the re duction of duty upon foreign leather," says the Cork Constitution, "French calf skins can now be imported into this city at a rate not exceeding that paid for Irish, whilst the article is exceedingly superior. MURDER IN CORK.—An `inquest was held on Tuesday on the body of a young child, who was barbarously mur dered by his brutal father, named Keeffe, in the following manner:—He deliberately took the child, a boy about nine weeks old, tied a stone round its neck, threw it into the river, and then coolly waited on the bridge till he saw the child drowned. He was fully committed for trial.— Cork Examiner. DEPRECIATION OF LAND IN THE WEST.—Five years since, a member of the Irish bar lent £lB,OOO upon mort gage of an estate in'the runty of Galway, then free from any other incumbrance. The owner possesscd a valuable estate in another county, and the mortgagee had ample reason to be satisfied with his security. However, the great depreciation in the value of land, and the impossi bility of obtaining rents, led to the stoppage of the pay ment of the stipulated interest of the mortgage. Some weeks since, with a view to some amicable arrangement, both parties appointed persons to value the estate in Gal way, which, at the time of mortgage, produced a rental of £lBOO a-year. The present value, however, was esti mated at only £12.000, being £6,000 less than the sum lent in 1844. The unfortunate landlord has offered to surrender the estate to satisfy the debt ; but, as he holds other property, the mortgagee has refused this offer, and intends to avail himself of the Encumbered Estates Act. A SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE SMOTHERED.—OD Saturday week, as a man was filling a cart with sand at the sandpit at Ulterville, on the Lisburn road he pulled up a portion of a woman's bonnet, and on digging further discovered the lifeless bodies of a soldier and a woman, which were extricated as speedily as possible. The name of the sol dier was Patrick Breen, of the 13th Light infantry, and that of the woman, his wife, Sarah Smith. They were married on the previous day, and in the evening were seen walking on the Lisburn road. It is supposed that, during the heavy shower of rain on that evening, they took shel ter in a sandpit, a short distance beyond the Deaf and and Dumb Institution, under an overhanging embank ment, and that, whilst sitting there, the bank gave way. When the sand was cleared away by the workmen, the ill-fated couple were found closely locked together—the young wife sitting on her dead husband's knee, with her arm round his neck, 'while his arm encircled her waist. In order to protect themselves from the rain, the cloak, turned outside in, was closely wapped round both ; and it is supposed that the girl would have forced her way trough the sand, had she not become entangled with it. COURT AND FASHION. _.__ ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.—Her Majesty and tse Court went to Osborne yesterday (Monday), and will remain there until the 3rd of August, when they start for Dublin for a four days' visit. The distress unfortunately still so prevalent in Ireland precludes her Majesty from visiting Dublin instate, as any large expenditure on mere ceremony would be ill:timed and inconvenient to her subjects. She proposes therefore to embark in the Royal yacht, to touch first at the Cove of Cork, and to proceed thence along the Irish Channel to Dublin, where she will remain fora Upon ra fewpodnnygth leaving p a etcki; Dublin nf thehi tyoaLl squadron n ord will proceed northwards along the Irish coast to Belfast, and thence cross to Scotland. The Queen of the Belgians left Buckingham Palace on Thursday. The Queen Dowager has returned from Tunbridge Wells to the metropolis. The Duchess of Orleans with the Comte de Paris and the Due de Nemours and suite, arrived at Blacksvall on Thursday from Rotterdam. Prince Albert intends visiting Winchester on the 12th of this month. His object is to see the interesting anti quities with which the capital of the ancient Saxon king dom abounds. The Queen held a privy council on Friday at Bucking ham Palace. It was attended by Prince Albert, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Departments, the Master of the Horse, and the Lord Chamberlain. The King of Muscat has presented six fine Arabian horses to the Queen. They were brought here by a ves sel manned by an Arab crew assisted by an English boat swain. Whilst at sea the provender of the animals was oil seed and dates. The Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand fete to the Queen on Friday, at Gloucester-house. The distinguished circle honoured with invitations to meet her Majesty, were invited at nine o'clock, and had nearly all arrived previous to the Queen. ROYAL VISIT TO GROSVENOR-ROUSE. —The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Queen of the Bel gians, and attended by a brilliant suite, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster with their com pany on Wednesday at Grosvenor-house. The noble Marquis's hospitalities commenced with a grand banquet, which was succeeded by a concert, in which all the leading Ttalian artistes took part. The guests invited to meet her Majesty at dinner were—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl Spencer, the Viscount Hardinge, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Hon. Beilby and Lady Elizabeth Lawley, the Hon. W. H. and Lady Caroline Leigh, and the Earl Grosvenor. A grand concert took place after wards, which was attended by all the leading nobility and gentry. At the banquet, the Queen sat in the centre of the table, having the Archbishop of Canterbury upon her right and the Marquis of Westminster upon her left hand. Prince Albert faced her Majesty, having the Queen of the Belgians and the Marchioness of Westminster respectively upon his right and left. The Duke and Duchess of Cim bridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Wel lington were present at the concert. After the first part of the concert, there was a short recess. At this period of the evening, the windows in the rear of the mansion being opened, discovered a brilliant illumination in the gardens, the greensward and trees being thickly studded with variegated lamps. The Queen expressed ber ex treme gratification at the beautiful effect. GREAT PROTECTION MEETING. A meeting of the friends of the National Association for the Protection of British Industry and capital was hald at Drury-lane Theatre, on Tuesday, at twelve o'clock. The meeting was presided over by the Duke of Rich mond ; and on the mention of the name of Lord Stanley as one of the committee of the new association, the 4,000 persons present rose as one man, and joined in three truly British cheers. Altogether, the meeting was the most extraordinary that ever took place in London, the enthusiasm being more genuine than any we ever saw in any assembly. Amongst those present on the platform were—The Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Camden, the Marquis of Downshire, Viscount Combermere, Vis count Camden, the Earl of Desart, the Earl of Eglin toun, the Earl of Maknesbury, Earl Stanhope, Viscount Strangford, Earl Talbot, Lord Charles Pelham Clinton, Lord Glengall, Lord Normanton, Lord Redesdale, Sir Allan M`Nab, Major Beresford, M.P., George Bankes, Esq., M.P., Captain Boldero, M.P., Lord Brooke, M.P., Sir Charles M. Burrell, M.P., &c., &c. The SECRETARY read the report, which was a lengthy document. It adverted to the address issued by the Pro visional Committee of the Association, explaining the principles on which it had been founded, and which had, it was stated, been extensively circulated, and read with general approbation; to the rules and regulations of the association, and to the division and general powers of its sub-committees; and:finally concluded with an enumera tion of the members who had joined it. The Earl of MALmEssoßy moved the first resolution — that the report be received and adopted—that his Grace the Duke of Richmond be president, and that the noble men and gentlemen named in the report, be vice-presi dents and trustees of the association. Three years ago (said the noble earl) protection was talked of as a thing dead and gone by for ever. That meeting was a reply to such jeers ; it was a proof of the practical consequences of the repeal of the corn-laws. No longer had they to deal in prophecy and foreboding, for all that had been foretold had come. or was fast coming, to pass. Such was the imminent distress of the agricultural interest, he could not find words to express his apprehensions as to the ultimate fate of all connected with it. Up to 1842 the average price of corn for many years had been 565. It was now 41s. ; or, in other words, the agricultural in terest had suffered a loss of 20 per cent. No reduction in the wages of the labourer of is., or even 2s. a week—an immense sum for a poor man to lose—would make up to the landlord the depreciation caused by a change in the corn laws. They had not yet, he feared, seen the end of that depreciation. Meantime the rates were increasing ; within this year they exceeded by C 00,001; the rates for 1848. In that year the rates were £5,400,000, or nearly the amount of the income-tax ; now they were £6,100,000. Mind, that was with cheap bread. With the old prices the increase would have amounted to £lOO,OOO. From every witness and from every district they heard the same tale; the wages of the agricultural labourers diminished —many of them dismissed by the farmers and landlords, who were obliged to cut their coats according to their cloth. It was vain for Lord Grey to tell him, as he had done the other night in the House of Lords, that farms were let more readily than ever; for he challenged the noble earl to say, whether in his own county —as well cul tivated as any in England—he had not had farms on his hands, which he had to let at much lower rents than for merly ? As things now stood, farmers were alike unable to enter into any arrangement for the occurntion of land, and the whole agricultural interest was paralysed. But the free traders were not content with that ; they next sacrificed one of the greatest and most glorious interests in the empire. If there was nne jewel in the cre, cvn brighter than another, it was that possession, our colony of Jamaica. But it was destroyed. He cruld not find words sufficiently strong to execrate the p'Zilicy which had destroyed it. At home their free trade policy had been equally disastrous. Take, for example, the single article of gloves. There had:been a steady increase in the im portation of foreien gloves since the duty had been dimi minished. In 1848, 382,000 pairs of gloves were im ported ; in 1849 not less than 686,000 pairs were im ported. Of how many a supperless night to the poor man did those figures speak ? But the capital was still wanting to the pillar of free trade. They commenced it with the Wreck of the navigation laws. That glorious piece of legislative architecture had just been finished, and the House of Peers had, he regretted to say, passed a measure, not only one of the most unjust, but one of the most dangerous to the country which ever h d received their sanction : for after it had destroyed our commer cial, it would prosprate our national marine. These theories would not snit a country like this. We are no infant republic just weaned from the lap of a new world. We had to feed and maintain in their gigantic strength the limbs of an ancient monarchy on sustenance far dif ferent from that administered by the set of modern quacks around us. If the present course was to be ad hered to they must have recourse to an increase of direct taxation, or if not, they must reduce public expenditure 40 per cent., or reduce it 20 per cent.. and the interest paid to the public creditor 20 per cent. also. Could any Englishman, at such times as the present, consent to a reduction of 40 per - cent. in the army and navy ? If they did, they would soon have Frencb spears and sabres jang ling on their pavement. What then became of the ho- now. of their country ? There was another course left— to retrace the steps so rashly made. It was not yet too late to adopt it. Greater than Rome—for we ruled the ocean where she governed" the continent—the birthplace of liberty—the palace of civilization—the emporium of wealth and commerce—the citadel of courage—all the great qualities ever created by God combined and united in one land—were ours. They had been gradually created and fostered under laws protective of native industry. They were told tbis was not a normal and natural policy. He could only say, he hoped to God the time would never come when that theory would be consummated—and con summated he believed it never would be till Englishmen had lost that coolness of head and warmth of heart which had characterised them over the world. Major BERESFORD seconded the resolution. He stood not there to hold up the interests of the landowners, but to say that the poor man h a d d ra i ne d th e cup offree trade to its bitter dregs. A friend of his had told him that he had, in consequence of free trade, reduced his ex penses by £2OO per annum : but he also acknowledged that his profits had been diminished by £l,OOO, and if that was applied to the productive powers of England they would find to what a pass free trade had reduced this great end once prosperous country. The effect would, and must be, that though the harvest might be uncom monly good, and though they might be blessed by God with the finest weather, yet the land would want the proper culture and the aids which the advancement of science had given in these days. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which was car ried with only one dissentient. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE moved the second reso lution—" That the agriculturalists of England, and the labourers they employ, are at tbis moment involved in the greatest difficulty and distress, while in Ireland the condition of the population is revolting to humanity ; that these evils have been caused in England by the indiscri minate admission of foreign produce, which has also greatly aggravated the miseries and distresses of Ireland ; and that unless just protection be afforded against the competition of countries comparatively untaxed, the ruin of the present race of English farmers and the destitution ' of the agricultural labourers are inevitable—nor will it be possible that Ireland can be recovered from her present deplorable condition." His lordship said he was no', one of the faction whom they had once trusted, nor had he partaken of that infernal mess of hell-broth which their late Prime Minister had once administered to them, and which, he was happy to say, he for one had never tasted. (Loud cheers.) They would excuse the strong expres sions which he had used ; but the subject was one which excited his strongest disgust, and he spoke the language whice filled his heart, and which, he believed, inflamed theirs also. (Cheers.) If there did come a general elec tion, let them look to the men whom they elected next time. (Cheers.) Mr. ELLMAN, a practical farmer, in seconding the re solution, drew a lamentable picture of the distress existing in the county of Sussex, from whence he came. The amount of that distress, he said, could hardly be be lieved. They had not only had a deficient crop, but de ficient prices; and the question was, how that evil had been occasioned. He believed that it had been caused by the introduction of foreign corn, not subject to the duties which the agricultural classes of the country paid for local and other taxation. (Cheers.) He quoted the language used by Mr. Huskisson, in 1814, in his celebrated letter to the electors of Chichester :—" Let the bread we eat be our own production, let our corn be grown among our selves, and, for one, I care not how cheap it is—the cheaper the better." To that opinion he (Mr. Elliman) subscribed, but the present low prices were caused in quite a different manner, being the result of the intro duction of foreign produce. Had the Government this year insisted on the immediate payment of the hop duty, a considerable portion of the farmers in Kent and Sussex would have been sold up. They had been obliged to enter into a bond that the duty would be paid, and these bonds were ss. each ; so that persons having a duty less than 205., paid more than 50 per cent. for a postponement of it for six months. He might state his own case in 1845 ; circumstances which it would be bad taste to mention were the cause of his leaving the farm which his father and grandfather had held for more than a century pr.vi ously. It was, at first, his intention to retire altogether from agricultural pursuits ; but a farm offered itself near him, and he did not like the idea of parting with a flock which it had taken a century to rear. Before, however, entering into terms for this new farm, he asked a friend of his, in whose judgment he placed confidence, if de pendence could be placed on Sir Robert Peel, and whe ther he would be safe in taking a farm on a long lease. The answer was, that it would be impossible, after what he had said in 1842, that he would attempt to alter the existing corn laws ; but that if he tried to do so, that it was more impossible that the Parliament, returned to support protection, and, above all, that the House of Peers would sanction such treachery. He took the farm, and what had been the consequences ? Within six months the corn laws had been altered ; protection had been en tirely withdrawn, and his property had depreciated up wards of one-third. The person who took £12,000 ca pital into a farm suddenly found it depreciated to £B,OOO. The resolution was supported by Mr. HEIGHAM, and on being put from the chair, like the former, was carried unanimously. _ Sir A. M ; NAB, in moving the next resolution, demon strated the serious effects of free-trade policy on the pro vince of Upper Canada, of which he was a native. It was originally settled by Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen, and their descendants, who having discharged their duty to their King and country in the United States, went to Upper Canada, settled there, faithful to their alle giance, desirous to live under the British flag. The offi cers and soldiers who had served their sovereign received grants of lands in Upper Canada, and in no country in Europe could there be found a more loyal and devoted people. No part of North America had flourished more than Upper Canada before the free trade system, which the mother country had pledged them to adopt there. It was capable of receiving the whole surplus population o England. In many parts of it two hundred acres could be bought for £lOO. There was no country in the earth superior in natural resources to that between Lakes Erie, Huron, and Ontario, and £3,000,000 had already been expended in making the communication to the Atlantic complete. What the inhabitants suffered from was the being frozen in for five or six months of the year ; and that though in summer corn might be taken to Quebec and Montreal at remunerative prices, yet, before crossing the Atlantic, the expense was so great that the Americans could sell at much better advantage in this country than our own colonists, who had no markets, and on whose wheat the Americans had placed a duty of from 20 to 30 per cent. ; that was the position in which the legislation of this country had placed our Canadian pos sessions. He concluded by moving—" That the applica tion of the principles of free trade to British colonial policy has produced the most disastrous effects on colonial inte rests, ruining in the West Indies the proprietors of estates, while it had stimulated the slave trade and aggravated its horrors ; and in the North American colonies causing dis content, which, ripened into disaffection, may endanger the connexion with the mother country." Mr. BOSANQUET seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. G. F. YOUNG then moved a resolution deprecatory of the recent alterations in the Navigation Laws, and ex pressing a conviction that British maritime commerce will be severely injured, and the national defences conse quently endangered, by the sweeping extension of the principles of navigation. The resolution, like the former, was carried unanimously. The following resolutions were then submitted to the meeting, and carried without a dissentient : " That the general adoption of the principles of free trade must lower wages and depress the labouring classes of this country to the level of the lowest class in compet ing countries." " That from the peculiar circumstances attending the last general election, and the strong reaction produced by dear-bought experience on the public mind, the present House of Commons does not, in supporting the ruinous policy of free trade, faithfully represent the sentiments of the people; and that, considering the urgent necessity for a change of system for the preservation of all the best interests of the state, it be strongly recommended to all constituencies immediately to address the Queen, praying that her Majesty will be pleased to dissolve the parlia ment, and appeal to her people." Three vigorous cheers were then given for the " Duke of Richmond, and Protection to British Industry ;" and the usual vote of thanks having been accorded to his Grace as Chairman, the meeting broke up. / SECOND EDITIOI,I Standard-office, Two o'clocke CITY OF LONDON ELEcrurs.-- OF THE POLL. C l'' THIS DAY—TWELVE O'CL- 357 1 Rothschild . Manners...... 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The rav ages' of th e ,ol - er3' o iil summers ago, were far more extensive than e" f 0 11°1,0 its greatest prevalence; and it is the opinion e.` th eat l V men now that it is perfectly manageable I ' l clO rl eil S i e v x ig is o t ro ; u t s he tr n e a at t m ur e e n o t ; ci l i n ole f ra act is , g i e ts ne m ra y ll s y te uti r rn i ci e ; s i the sga~ itsattacks adoption of be almost proper diet, un which at first perplexed practitioners, has A r 1te 641 4 ,511 vegetables, unripe fruit, and i a v n e d rsa th ll e y every tending to disorder the bowels. t It is most injurious to persons assailed by °fit! diT as is too generally done, that it is almost necesliciifol, We hear, it is true, of the numbers of deaths '„ f ei v bt; from it, and of the short time in which it P r- al' ic r Y but we have no record of the numbers of case s „ g thV, cured. The reports which are given in to th e "di51 ,e ,,'‘ ,1 ; are principally those of the parish doctors, tbe r4ir surgeons, &c. ; but the cases, which occur it' 01 .41 0 ' practice of our medical men, they are under Atoos to report at all, even should they result in deld' o ll • ie4 stance of this occurred during the past week , „ 11 ; f ig of our doctors reported one fatal case, exFo l— , l.r" t l e, t ` did so because it was a parish case • and will -s pf .- ,e" had any others, he stated that he had ha d thirty in his private practice, all of which, '" taken in time, had been readily cured. disuse,ega utbl i 'llllll EXAGGERATED IDEAS 0 CHOLE CLERICAL INTELLIGENC' e Or e . h e' BISHOPS IN THE REF ORMED BRA , ,- 0 r , e o• ( 4 t ia CHURCH.—Many of our readers are not sw . '„ o st ft ‘ eo , 47 o tent to which the Reformed Epi sco p a te ha 5 A - a k In Europe we have fifty-o ne bi s h ops , in 'la Africa one, Dr. Gray, Bishop of C a petown' thirty-seven, and in Australasia six. tr th e ve o g t Towards replenishing the treasury of i 3O, a tr h r Bishopric Fund, the following donations P - OPf3i'', ° F et ceived :—The Bishop of Canterbury £50 0 ;ftb`,, 5 3 4 Canterbury Cathedral, at the consecration ° ol 3 o ' of Victoria and Rupert's Land, £170; Ano il l cents., £2,000. • ov a .' o frOi l t THE CHURCH IN JAMAICA.—At the se c ,", , 0° of the Bishop of Jamaica 10,000 persons s' i -e Pior and sixteen new churches were consecrate d ' tbe i r r e';':, years the clergy have increased a fifth, w iws tbe te _i CO" tion has slightly diminished. In the dioces e tri al archdeacons, twenty-seven rectors, fifty Pe r Pll o and three colonial chaplains. There ar e oor , " 4if where 7,500 pupils, chiefly children of the P a°C o• r A' cated. Lon g t MEDICAL MISSIONS AT CANTON.—Th e 6.4 01 '0 4° 00" sionary Society has established a medical ilL o 'ol, e ro , tg ill ton, which seems to be m anage d v pith 00: 4 0' cess. With the help of Lean g - a -fa, an as t ,boo" ti rePt i other Chinese, a place has been engage u ts tO ri'r re- e 4 0e from the foreign factories. Of the assistan verts and one is a preacher. The SabbatltteceP po og i religious exercises. Between two and. Auer persons are prescribed for daily. The I :;rci s v such an institution as this is silently e - the Chinese is very great. •btri ete. f COLONIAL BISHOPRICS' FUND.— CO is dr ment has been urovided for the colonial s. ‘tict etThe i ;/ Fredericton, Capetown, Adelaide, and feoforid f fund, —New sm be T e a nin a p n a ia, rt en n e, e $ • dow t rer me ibol bt f castle ; and within the same period of eg $ O , additional bishoprics have been endow h e o, andain sources—viz., Antigua, Guiana, Coloo"' has • OW Land. There is still a demand for bl ur s Leone, Western Australia, and the 3 1 a 11'; ° tO li f s 0 pt provision has yet been made for the see r eg ,f 4. t , and Montreal, after the incumbency o f thej' ll 09 0 1 4 CONFIRMATIONS BY THE BISHOP of Ar to o . t . ,' .4t pep Bishop of Chester intends to hold con" e r• pol following places, in the course of the su tnw 9 , t ie fit e : o p °° dal, on Wednesday, Bth August, at 11 5 .70 0 ' o ot„ 1 , on Thursday, 9th August, at 11 a.m.; i d n elce r , r i,ii r ,pl Friday, 10th August, at 11 a.m. ;at wor 44 1 - . st . Saturday, 11th August. at 2 p.n. Monday, 13th August, at 11 a.m. ; a","Gosn, t b if oil nesday, 15th August, at 11 a.in.; 0 " fri05 , •,41 , , same day, at 3 p.m.; at Broughto, °l l atg y„lv t o s 7 3 ,,o l tai gust, at 11 a.rn. at Dalton, on Satu r oiet 31 1 ' 0. 1 at 11 a.m.,_. at elverston, on TuesdaY, at, 5. do ' I 11 a a.m. ; at Haverthwaite, on the same , f it 0 g t; Cartmel, on Wednesday, 22nd Angu s , ug ust' sOi t e. Kirkby Lansdale, on Thursday, 23rd i'-4,0•040h0P THE CRUSADE AGAINST THE RI GII ; r OW n ton —Dr. Knox, the new Whig BishoP o' v anca4o l 0.0 1 1846, was a subscriber to the Church of ' .14 0 04.0 has prohibited two other clergymen --°o nre aci ?;•?! his s n d o i u o r c e e d se than forth D a r t . ve O ry ' S us society. li f e ro the tt ; isto,f r p i r st el e l ei li! be acting directly opposite to the law /o n; r tg b , late Archbishop of Dublin acted for o ;iineLniN g s the episcopal right now at issue, yet in PrOeiti deference to high legal opinion, obtai n to o, de t n eldjr the following opinion of Dr. Lushiag egg an c0.:4 eminence of counsel and the ex his exposition should command resP c o e,, y eal e as anything short of a judicial decis!nnto_. pr'„ t el._`; foe prehend that a bishop has no autho,LtYitting of uumbent within his diocese from aan n ister i esr 10Iff of his Church any regular ordained °. reto the ' sfi t %s t e . il blished Church, whether he belong equally d e ar 4 0v .t 00, diocese ; and it appears to me y iy or IV las no authority to prevent any regni s ld e at ter of the Established Church, not r e i noo , loo from preaching an occasional sermo n • ° p Of '- his diocese, provided he has the We' of the Church for so doing." jaly 3 --------.....