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imperial Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. Viscount STRANGFoam rose and said he was anxious, before the order of the day was read, to call their lord ships attention to a bill which stood that night for the third reading—he meant the Manchester Bonding Bill. It bad gone through all the previous stages sub silentio, and awaited only the third reading. No explanation whatever bad been given of it to their lordships, nor did he know who had what was designated the charge of it. For his Own part, he was ignorant of its contents or its provisions, and should be glad to have a print of it. Had the bill the 'sanction of the government? _ . . The Earl of M INTO rose to speak to order. He thouv.ht it was a great waste of time to be going into a discussion so irretularly. It would be time enough for the noble 'viscount to subm't a motion on the subject when the third reading of the bill was proposed. (Hear.) After a short discussion, in which the Earl of Shaftes bury, Lord Monteagle, and the Earl of Wilton took part, the subject was dropped. After some discussion the bill to prevent the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor went through com mittee, and was reported without amendment. The Brothels Suppression Bill led to a repetition of the attack formerly made by the Earl of Fitzhardinge against the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and to an able reply from the Bishop of Gloucester; after which the bill went through committee, and was reported without any amendment. Some bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. Mr. DUNCOMBE again brought under consideration the recent opening of let era at the Post-office, and insisted that it was but the continuation of a practice which had been in active operation during the last .two years. He charged the Post-office authorities with keeping a letter opening machinery, with the connivance of the govern ment, for political purposes. He moved that a petition which he presented upon the subject might be referred to a select committee, with a view that an inquiry should be instituted into the system. Dr. BowaiNG seconded the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM commented on the want of courtesy betrayed by the hon. member, in not having made him previously acquainted with the circumstances of the case. If be had exceeded his power he was open to prosecution ; but denying that he had done aught that was in the slight est degree questionable, he objected to the proposition of the hon. member. Mr. MACATJLEY contended that the power was one which should no longer be suffered to exist, without very great modification. Captain BERNAL said, a rumour was afloat that Irish correspondence was habitually violated. Sir ROBERT PEEL defended the course pursued by Sir James Graham, who had acted on a law passed in the reign of Queen Anne, and which had been property re enacted by the late government, and although his right hon. friend had felt it his duty to refuse all explanation, yet he had in no way exceeded the practice under Mr. Fox and Lord Granville. Sir G. GREY said the gravamen of the charge was that the exercise of the power took place at the instance of a foreign government for its own purposes, and that by thus exercising it, the right hon. gentleman had compromised the faith and honour of this country. The motion was negatived by a majority of 206 to 162. On the motion for going into committee on the Bank Chatter Bill, several suggestions were made by Alderman Thompson, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Masterman, after which Mr. MUNTZ moved that the bill should be committed that day six months; an amendment which was seconded by Mr. WALLACE, and opposed by Sir R. PEEL. The amendment was negatived by a majority of 205 to 18. The house then went into committee on the clauses of the bill. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Earl of RADNOR brought under the consideration of their lordships the circumstances attending the recent opening of letters at the Post-office, a proceeding which he strongly condemned, and urged upon the house the ne cessity for an inquity, after what bad taken place the pre vious evening in the House of Commons. The noble earl concluded by moving for a copy of the warrant of the Se cretary of State under which the letters had been thus opened. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the law was an old one under which the procestaing took place. and the power which it gave was entirely exercised on the autho rity of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who did not think it advisable to state the grounds upon which he thought it necessary to act. Lord TAN KERVILLE referred to a minute signed by Mr. Vox, in the time of the Lord G. Gordon riots, authorising the opening of the letters of the foreign ministers. The Earl of H ADDINGTON said the power was a most odibus one to possess, and if there was not confidence in the minister to whose discretiou the power was entrusted, that power, however necessary, must cease to exist. He thought no grounds hail been shown for a parliamentary inquiry. Lord CAMPBELL said he would have been satisfied had any declaration been made on the authority of the govern ment that no abuse of this power had actually taken place ; but all their lordships could obtain was a declaration from the Secretary for the Horne Department that he would not tell them anything about the matter, and a declaration from the noble duke and the noble earl near him (Lord lisddington) that they actually knew nothing about it. The character of the country was compromised by what bad taken place, and therefore inquiry was, in his opinion, necessary. Lord DENMAN thought it imperative on parliament to inquire into the nature of a power which was so odious in its exercise that the people: would no longer endure its ex istence without modification. _ The Earl of RADNOR said he would, on a future occa sion, bring the motion forward in another shape. Several bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Mr. VILLIERS brought on his annual motion for a committee to inquire into the existing corn-laws. Mr. FERRAND moved, by way of amendment, for a committee to consider a set of counter resolutions, affirm ing the justice and utility of the corn law as protecting British capital and encouraging native industry. He stated that the Anti-Corn-Law League was held in hatred and contempt by the working classes. He read a letter from an operative who had been bustled and arrested for merely asking, at a meeting of the league, whether that meeting was a public one ? As to the employment of the agricultural labourers in the manufacturing districts, that experiment had been tried in 1838 and 1837, and followed by the most appalling distress. He read memorials from different classes of handicraftsmen, complaining of the in crease of machinery, and urging that it ought to be made at least to bear its share of taxation with the operatives whom it displaced ; but none of these memorialists attri buted their distress to the corn-law, nor petitioned for its repeal. He read from a pamphlet some extracts showing the distress inflicted on various classes of the working people by machinery. He reverted to and repeated a former charge of his—that Mr. Cobden had had dealings with his people on the truck system. Mr. Cobden and his fellow leaguers were now in such discredit with the work ing classes, that they could not face them in the north, but had been obliged to seek refuge in Covent-garden Theatre, and throw themselves on the aid of every low political Dissenter. Several other members then addressed the house, and the debate was adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Rochdale, signed by 6,000 persons, against the proposal to raise ano ther troop of yeomanry cavalry in Lancashire. Mr. M. MILES presented several petitions from places in Somersetshire, praying the house to take measures to prevent the agitation now carried on by the agents of the Anti-Corn-Law League, and praying for protection to British Agriculture. Lord INGESTRE, and other members, presented a great number of petitions from various parts of the country, against any alteration of the present corn-laws. A number of petitions were presented by different mem bers signinot the• TliacPritPro' ellstpele Rill The second reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill was postponed for a fortnight. The other orders of the day having been read, the ad journed debate on Mr. Villiers's motion relating CO the importation of corn was resemed. Mr. O'BRIEN, at considerable length, oppos?d th! mo tion and amendment. H e t rus t e d th e house would con tinue the existing protection to British agriculture. After a lengthened debate the house divided, when the motion was defeated by a majority of 328 against 124 ! ! ! HOUSE OF LORDS.--THURSDAY. At the request of the Duke of WELLINGTON the Earl of GALLOWAY postponed the third reading of the Brothels Suppression Bill to Thursday next. The Presbyterian Marriages Bill passed through coin mittee. A great - rinniber of petitions were presented against the .bissenters' Chapel Bill, and the Bishop of LONDON inti 'tnated MS intention of objecting,to it upon its return from tbe ll ( l'use 9f Commons. He -presented a petition from Manchester 'arid Salford: This petition had been accow peeped by a, communication from Mr. Bunting. who st.ated'that* similar petition, signed by fifty-two clergy- • -men, tiV,fgty-foug, diiienting ministers, and twenty-six in ag ist Wes bk*a ' •—• , ...fcrivarded to a member of the other houseovirti had taken ticinotice of it. The Right Rev. Prelate presented.simil ar pet i tions from Chester, Wigan, 'ina-stritritUother plies, • The Marquis of CiarinicAnnz reovedAr returns con nectcd with the Midi Poor•Law,.and 'entered into some statements condernisatorY of it. general working. The Duke of WzcLiNG-row. replied' that . s cnn , o f 'the evils complained of had . been gilt an end to, and tbat in the course of a short tithe a bill having reference to the whole question would be brought forward for their lord shies' consideration. After a few remarks from Lord MouNircmiagat., the , returns wereigreed to. . • . HOUSE 'OF COMMONS.—rn URSDAY, A • ttisens'aion, in continuation of A former one, took place relative to the ineligibility of Mr. E. Yorke to vote in the committee on the Middle Level Drainage Bill, counsel having suggested that the hon. member was in terested in the bill. . . A resolution to the effect that committees on private bills were competent to construe the resolution of the house and to decide on the validity of the vote of any one of its members, was, on the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, ultimately agreed to. Mr. COLQUIJOUN gave notice, on the motion for the third reading of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, to move its third reading that day six months. Sir W. JAMES asked the Home Secretary if it were true that the wages of the agricultural labourers in Nor folk and Suffolk were hut six shillings a week ; and that in some of the unions there it was not customary for the hoard of guardians to xefuse relief unless the applicant pro duced a sort of round robin, signed by the farmers of the parish, to the effect that they had refused to give him work. Sir J. GRAHAM replied that, as to the wages he was not prepared to answer ; but it was true that in the parish of Havering the hoard of guardians had laid down a rule, to require a certificate that the applicant had sought for work and had been refused. Until Sir W. James brought the matter before his notice, the Home Secretary said he had been unaware of the existence of such a practice. He had heard of it with extreme regret, for he considered it to be a restraint upon relief not recognised by law, and most unjust to the applicant. The poor-law commission ers, he added, had received no previous complaint on the subject, but the moment they had notice of it they gave directions to their assistant commissioner to interfere in the matter, and to communicate with the board of guard ians, so that such a practice should be at once put an end to. A long debate took place on the Sugar Duties Bill, in which i\l r. Hawes, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Mangles, Lord J. Russell, Lord Sandon, and others, took part. Sir H. DOUGLAS said that when he mentioned his in tention to vote against the amendment of the hon. mem ber for Bristol, he at the same time had declared that his opposition to the government measure was undiminished ; and if that night there had been any proposition made against the government in any other form, he should have shown his consistency by voting in favour of such a pro position. He objected to the measure of the government because he considered it unjust and injurious to the West India proprietors. He objected to that measure because he was desirous of protecting the colonial interests of this empire. He opposed the amendment of the hon.member for Bristol (Mr. Miles) because he thought the protection that hon. gentleman proposed to give colonial sugar was inadequate. He regarded the proposition of that hon. member as most injurious in principle to the West India interests ; and he maintained that it was more objection. able than that of the government, though he considered that both were bad. He thought that those connected with the West India interests had never made a greater mistake than in recognizing the principle that it was ne cessary to import foreign sugar into this country. For his own part, he did not think there was any necessity for the admission of foreign sugar; at least, he considered that an opportunity should be given for ascertaining the results of the employment of free labour in the colonies. After 1831, when the act for the abolition of slavery was passed, there had been a gradual decline in the amount of sugar produced in our colonies ; and now that there was a reaction, and the production was beginning to in crease, they were called upon to adopt, this measure. He considered that they ought to abide by the colonial prin ciple; and he believed that our own colonies were able to produce an ample supply of sugar to meet the consump tion of this country. It was true that our commerce had to contend against active rivalry ; but he believed that our colonial possessions constituted a league which might defy all rivalry, if they only maintained the colonial prin ciple. He had voted against the amendment of the hon. member for Bristol (Mr. Miles), because, had he sup ported it, he would have committed himself to figures the accuracy of which he disputed, and to principles which he abjured. After voting against the measure of the government, be might, on the other question, have walked out of the house; but that was a course he never had adopted, and never would adopt. He appealed to the right hon. gentleman in the chair whether there had not been two distinct questions, upon which separate divisions had been taken. The first question was whether or not the words of the ministerial measure should stand part of the bill. To that question he (Sir H. Douglas) said " No. Then came a separate question—whether the blank should be filled up with the words of the motion proposed by the hon. member for Bristol. To that question he also said " No ;" and he did not regret the course he had pursued in either case. He was glad that he had not shirked the qnestion—that he had not sneaked out of the house; and if he were asked for his opinion he would say that he considered the result of negativing both these propositions would have been to lead to the re-enact ment of the present duties for another year—unless, indeed, the government had been prepared to bring be fore the house a plan beneficial to all parties interested in the matter. (Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL said bethought his honourable and gallant friend (Sir H. Douglas) was fully justified in adopting the course he had pursued. The hon. and gallant member was decidedly opposed to the measure of the government, and he also objectei to the proposal of the hon. member for Bristol (Mr. Manes). The hon. and gallant officer was, therefore, acting quite consistently in taking the course he had pursued—namely, in giving his vote in op position to both propositions. He (Sir R. Peel) enter tained no doubt that if the noble lord opposite had to-night proposed that thq motion for the third reading of this bill should be rejected, he would have received the support of the hon. and gallant member for Liverpool (Sir H. Doug las). The noble lord opposite had asked why his hon. and gallant friend had not given notice of a motion in op position to the government scheme. Why, after the mo tion of the hon. member for Bristol was defeated, that hon. gentleman (Mr. Miles) said, " I will not now perse vere in opposing the proposal of the government; I will withdraw all opposition." That determination was re-' ceived apparently with unanimous concurrence in the house ; and when the bon. member for Bristol stated that he would not again take the sense of the house on the question, that declaration was cheered by hon. gentlemen opposite. •( Hear, hear.) Those hon. gentlemen thought, undoubtedly, that the hon. member for Bristol acted-in a becoming manner; and the motion for a duty of 245. was agreed to without a single objection. He conceived, there fore, that his hon. and gallant friend (Sir H. Douglas), and those hon. gentlemen who had opposed the proposal of the government, and who had also opposed the propo sition of the hon. member for Bristol (Mr. Miles), had acted with perfect consistency. He thought not only that his hon. end gallant friend was justified in pursuing the course lie had adopted, but that if he had acted in any other manner he would have been open to the charge of inconsistency. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The house then went into committee on the Bank Char ter Bill, and the remainder of the evening was taken up with the discussion of its clauses. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Irish Marriages Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be c )(omitted on Friday next. The Sugar Duties Bill was read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday (this day). A petition presented by Lord RADNOR, complaining of the opening of letters at the Post-office, led to some con versation, in which Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Denman, the Lord Chancellor, and; the Marquis of Clanricarde took part, and which for a short time was rather animated. The Earl of Radnor ultimately gave notice that on Thursday next be would move for a secret committee of inquiry on the subject. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he had no doubt but that the Secretary for the Home Department had only done exactly as had been done by every Secretary of State since the days of Queen Anne. The Earl of WINCHILSEA drew attention to the pro priety of establishing national granaries throughout the country, under management of the Government, with a view to keep the price of corn as nearly as possible equal, and to put an end to the agitation on the corn laws. Lord MoNTEAGLE considered the suggestion the most important that could be brought under the consideration of the house. The noble earl's speech was the best he had ever heard against the sliding scale. The Duke of RICHMOND thought the best mode of keeping the price of corn level was by maintaining the present corn laws unaltered. After a few alterations from the Earl of WINCHILSEA in reply, the matter dropped. The Charitable Bequests (Ireland) Bill was passed through committee. The other business on the paper was then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. In reply to a question from Dr. BOWRING, Sir R. PEEL said hcbclicved tha iuwuuc was concert as to the intention of the Zrillverein to increase the duty on British iron. The British gOvernment had remonstrated, and he hoped the intention would be given up. In answer to a question from Mr. B. COCHRANE:, Sir R. PEEL said that intelligence had been received from Dr. Wolff, and also from Colonel Sheil, but it conveyed nothing to sustain the hope that Colonel Stod dart and Captain Conolly were still living. The right hon. baronet intimated that he would take the discussion on the Irish Registration Bill on Monday, not with the view of paSsing it this session, but for the purpose of ascertaining the opinions of Irish memb rs respecting its provisions. lie would take an opportunity of stating, in the course of next week, what bills would be persevered in and what abandoned. On the third reading of the Dissenter's Chapels Bi 1, Mr. CoLiati Hour: moved that it be read a third time that day six months, which amendment was seconded by Sir R. INotas After some observations from Lord ELIOT, Sir. T. WunE, and Mr. SHAW, the house divided, and the third reading was carried by a majority .of 201 to 81. The bill was then passed. The house then resolve& itself into a committee on the Bank Charter Bill, and the several clauses were agreed to, the bill passing this stage amid'cleers from both sides of the house. ' The other orders of the'day 'Were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. , New York papers to the-18th•ult. have been received by the Caledonia, 'whose arrival we have • noticed elsewhere. Mr. Tyler had sent further •rnessages and documents on the subject of Texas. One is a letter from Mr. Eve rett, Americatl' Minister at London, acknowledging the reception of the treaty .with Texas and the documents accompanying it. - Mr. Everett had received no com munication from the British Government on the subject, though he'had Waited some time in the expectation cf doing so. He refers Mr. Calhoun to the conversation that had occurred in relation to the treaty between Lord Aberdeen and Lord 13rougham in the House of Lords. The discussion of the Texas question is still continued in the American papers, and the correspondence between the executive officers of the respective governments has been wrung from the President of the United States, by repeated r« quisitions of the Senate, and published at length. The treaty itself has been rejected by tic Senate 16 for, to 35 against it. 34 votes, or two thirds of all present and voting would have been necessary to pass it. No sooner had the Senate rejected the treaty than the President sends in a message to the House of Represen tatives, urging the Texas annexation project. Mr. Ben ton too, in the Senate, seems to think that he went too far for his political well-being in his hostility to the plan, and so brings in his bill for annexation upon a plan calculated to obv:ate the difficulties existing in the treaty. He brought it in on the 10th of June, and delivered his speech before the democratic nominations were made at Balti more. He calculated on the nomination of Van Buren, and he is the next succesor of that dynasty. But Van Buren was thrown over, and Mr. Annexation Folk was nominated. so Benten's opposition injured his prospects, so he wished to do away with its effects ; but in this he was not quite successful. He brought forward his motion on the 13th, and addressed the senate in a speech of two hours, on the subject, chiefly, of the rejected Texas treaty, and the more recent message of the President of the United States to the House of Representatives ap pealing from the Senate, which he handled with great se verity. When Mr. Benton concluded, a motion was made to lay the bill on the table; upon which the question was taken without debate, and decided in the affirmative. This decision (says the Nritional Intellagencer), we take it for granted, settles the Texas question definitively for the present session of Congress. The project of Sir Robert Peel for the new arrangement of the Bank of England had met with the approbation of all who are capable of judging of the matter. We have Canadian journals up to June 13, but find lit tle in them of interest. The Kingston Chro'sicle of May 29 says:-" If any progress is being made in the formation of a new administration, no part of it, so far as we know, has transpired. The delay is a subject of regret in what ever light it is viewed." The New York American of the 15th inst. says, " The tariff policy is now settled. The reciprocity treaties, although they will not be passed before the adjourn ment, will not, it may be confidently assumed, be re newed as they expire—nor will the treaty negociated with the Zollverein be ratified. Independently of any other' objection, the people of this country will not pet mit the tariff of duties to he modified or regulated by the treaty making power, in which the House of Representatives have no share. The wheat crop of this year promises to be most exu berant. Exchange on London stood at 1091 to 1091 ; on France 5. 25. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND AUSTRALIA. , From a document published in the Cape papers, it ap pears that the total exports for the year ending the 5t of January, 1844, were valued at £349,438, against £354,095 for the year 1843. Wine, flour, skins, and unenumerated articles show a decrease, while, on the other hand, wool, horns, and hides show an increase. The table of imports for the same period shows an excess of £45,477 against 1843, the gross value for each respective year being £807,270, and £71,793. The amount entered for con sumption in 1844 was • £730,220, and the amount ware housed £77,050. Of this amount £135,914 were entered at Port Elizabeth. With respect to exports? it appears that the increase in wool has been 178,6021 b., Table-bay having shipped 169,4951 b. less than in the former year, while the shipments from Port Elizabeth have increased to 268,4791 b. An extract of a letter from Icbaboe, dated the 9th of April, quoted in the Zuid Afrikaaen, states that there were 37 vessels at that island taking in cargoes of guano, and that some of the natives of the coast had at last made their appearance. It was thought they might be profitably employed in the new trade. The abundance of guano is alluded to, and now the pits have been worked some time there seems to be less difficulty experienced in procuring the necessary supplies. The schooner Ann had arrived at the Cape with advices from the Mauritius to the 27th of March. The " Price Current" of that date reported the sale of a bottomry bond for about 1,400 dollars, secured upon the French ship Bordeaux and her cargo, bound to Bourbon, where the said bond will be payable 15 days after the vessel's arrival, at the maritime interest of 14.4 per cent. upon the amount of capital advanced. The rate of discount for commercial bills in the money market continued to range from 9to 12 per cent. per annum. The premium on so vereigns was 10 to 12 per cent., and on British silver 2 per cent. Freight was 30s. to 40s. to London and Liver pool. The first of the Sydney mail packets (the Mary Sharp) arrived in Table-bay, on the 20th of April, having left the Downs on the 6th of February, being two months and 14 days on the'passage. Hobart-town and Launceston papers to the 24th of Fe bruary have also come to hand. Fine flour at the mills was £lO per ton, and wheat 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel. The grain markets altogether appear to be looking up. - I ,__ THE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND MOROCCO. The Messager contains the following telegraphic despatch : TUE GOVERNOR-GENERAL' OE. ALGERIA TO THE MINISTER .OF WAR. 1 " TOULON, JuNic , 23, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, LA LLA M AGRIN A, JUNE 16.—Yesterday, during a con, ference with the commander of the Morocco army, hig troops, to the number of 5,000 cavalry, fired upon ours * and wounded an officer and two soldiers, without our returning the fire. The conference was broken up, and Generals Lamoriciere and Bedeau were attacked by the troops of the Emperor of Morocco. "I arrived, and assumed the defensive, and killed of the enemy from three to four hundred, who remained on the field. I captured some horses, and from , three to four hundred stand of arms. Never was any chastisement better merited. We had six killed and twenty wounded." The Rev. Dr. Woolf had, by the last advices, arrived within 230 English miles of Bokhara, but almost despaired of finding Colonels Stoddart and Conolly alive, and evinced some apprehension that his own head would be forfeited if he should reach that place. The Russian government has ordered a superb steam vessel to be built to run between Constadt and Stettin. It is to be of 300 horse power, will be able to carry 450 tons of merchandise, and 100 passengers. A house at Liverpool has obtained the order for the construction of it, the cost of which is estimated at nearly £32,000. A WONDERFUL STORY.—We find the following in the Echo de la Nievre :—" In the night of the 11th instant, a diligence, proceeding from Paris to Clermont, being at a short distance from Maltaverne, was lifted off the road by the effect of a thunder storm, and carried over a large ditch into an adjoining field. Carriage, travellers, and horses were left there as if by enchantment. The carriage was not upset, but a strong smell of sulphur, and a large hole in the trunk of the carriage, demonstrated by the passage of the electric fluid the cause of the accident. The travellers could scarcely believe their eyes when they alighted." • TURKEY—According to the latest accounts received from Albania, the rebellion in that province, as far as re gards open resistance to the troops of the Sultan, has been completely suppressed. The last town which held out was Vrania, but the chief of the rebels, Messib Bey, alarmed at the progress of the imperial troops, and appre hensive of being surrounded and cut off, suddenly took flight, upon which his followers also dispersed. This speedy termination of the campaign proves the Albanians to be as cowardly in the field as they are cruel when they have only to deal with the defenceless Rayabs. It is pos sible, however, that, though the towns and fortresses which form the keys for the military occupation of this province have fallen into the hands of the Turks, the Albanians may yet give them much trouble in the moun tains, and inaccessible parts of the country. In the meanwhile, the Porte looks upon its triumph as complete. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE ON BOARD THE BEN • TINCK, STEAMER.—We learn, from the Ceylon Overland Observer, that a singular accident occurred on board the Bentinck, steamer, on the 6th of February last, while on her voyage from Aden to Galle, the particulars of which we have not seen mentioned in any of the English papers. It appears, that the builders of the Bentinck placed in her bottom, some distance below the water line, a large brass sea cock, through which, when requisite, a stream of sea water could. be admitted, which, mixing with the bilge water and pumped out by the engine-pump, would sweeten and cleanse the vessel. This operation had several times been performed with success during the voyage from Suez. On the morning of the 6th of February, a slight smell of bilge being perceived, the sea-cock was turned. and the unpleasant colour soon abated, upon which the carpenter was sent down to stop the influx of the water. The method of closing the pipe was by turning a screw which worked in a brass valve. Something having got displaced, the screw moved without turning the valve, and all the efforts of the carpenter to check the flow of the sea into the vessel was unavailing. The water gained in spite of the pumps, and soon completely flooded the lower part of the vessel, damaging some portions of her cargo. Endeavours were made to stop the flow of water by means of sheets and blankets, but without effect ; and at length, when the engines were stopped. the passengers became acquainted with the state of affairs, and much alarm prevailed. At length, after considerable labour, the water having in the mean time risen several feet, the carpenters and others contrived to force the end of a plank over the top of the valve, forcing it down with a lever. By this the influx of water was temporarily stayed. Bolts and nuts were subsequently prepared, and the valve was securely stopped. There were 250 persons on board the Bentinck when this accident occurred. The imprac ticability of acting on the valve was discovered at eight o'clock in the morning, and it was not till three in the afternoon that the vessel was reported to be water-tight. The following is from a Halifax paper :—Two of the prisoners, Carr and Galloway, turned Queen's evidence, and made a confes , ion to the following effect.—The Saladin sailed from Valparaiso about the Bth of February, with a complement of twelve persons, including; officers. Some of these were new men. A Captain Fielding, whose vessel had been seized for smuggling a cargo of guano, and his son, a lad about fifteen years of age, were taken on board as passengers. His plan, suggested by avarice, for he must have been aware of the valuable frieght.on board, was to kill the captain and officers, seize the ship, and proceed with her to the St. Lawrence, on the shores of which they were to land, divide the plunder. and then separate and enjoy their unhallowed gains. Unhappily he prevailed. The bloody drama opened on Sunday night, the 14th of April. The first mate, whose watch it was, had been unwell, and had lain down to sleep on the hen-coop or companion, and was the first victim of Field ing and those of the crew be had persuaded to join in his iniquity. 'I he second mate came on deck, was seized upon and thrown overboard. While in the water, he called out, " Murder 1" and Fielding, fearful, perhaps, that such an alarm might have put the captain on his guard, raised the cry, " A man overboard !" This awoke Capt. M'Kenzie, who rushed on deck, when the Swede, (Anderson,) one of the prisoners, struck at him as he was emerging from the companion. He was seized upon, and his existence terminated with out raising any alarm among those below. After the cap tain was &act, the rest of the crew who were not implicated in the conspiracy were de• ra ched in cold blood, as each made his appearance on the da .k, and their bodies thrown overboard. Fielding then as umed the command, and explained his designs with regard to their future deAina tion. It pleased the Almighty to crush this daring villain ere the exultation attendant upon his success had subsided, by the very instruments through whom his unhallowed designs had been executed. Dark hints of there being too many on board, led each one to consider his own safety involved, and to suspect the designs of their tyrant. To prevent, it is supposed, any fatal results which might ensue from the quarrelsome disposition of such a gang of desperadoes, all the fire-arms, and all weapons whatever, at his suggestion, were thrown overboard, with the excep tion of the captain's gun. Fielding, however, had concealed weapons for his own defence. These had been discovered in a berth—it is said a pair of loaded pistols and a knife were still in his 'possession. The men questioned his intentions, and not being satisfied with his replies, they seized upon and 'bound him one whole night in the cabin. After a serious consultation the next morning, (the Tuesday succeeding the murder of the captain,) they determined to throw him overboard, which was soon effected. The destruction of the father involved that of the son. The lad had taken no part in the horrible scenes, though a witness of them. He entreated them piteously to spare his life, but the shrieking victim met the same miserable fate as his parent. • Nothing extraordinary appears to have occurred be tween this time and the wreck of the vessel, save the scenes of riot and dissipation that might have been ex pected. The figure-head was disguised, and the name of the vessel covered with painted canvas—her guilty crew must also have carefully avoided speaking vessels on their voyage. One of their boats they sank, probably as a pre cautionary measure against any portion of the crew es= caning in her. The prisoners will be tried by the High Court of Com missioners, appointed to take cognizance of crimes of mutiny and piracy upon the high seas. The names of the prisoners are—Carr, Galloway, Johnson, Hezleton,Jones, and Anderson—the last a Swede. [Captain Fielding sailed out of this port in the Vitula, and was well known here.] IRELAND. Lord llaytesbury, late ambassador at St Petersburgh, has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the room of Earl de Grey. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The rent for the last week amounted to £3,178 Ils. ld., being a little less than the week previous. POPISH FANATICISM. - "It has 'Ten determined," says a Dublin repeal paper, " to appoint Sunday, the 28th7day of July next, as a day of general humiliation and prayer, when the whole body of the Catholic people of Ireland should offer up their entreaties to the Almighty tlyit He would mercifully regard this nation, and in His beneficence that he would favourably regard, and speedily accomplish the happiness and freedom of her people. " Daniel O'Connell, Junr., has addressed a letter to the repeaters of Ulster, to which before appending his name, he puts, " signed on behalf of my father." This, as the Dublin Mail justly says is either an open and contuma cious infraction of the terms on which Mr. O'Connell was indulged with many and valuable privileges by the In specting Committee of the Richmond Penitentiary —or else it is a mean and fraudulent evasion of them. THE O'CONNELL TRlBUTE.—According to the boast of the leading managers of the above named fund, the proceedings since the last '• round of the hat," in the month of November, 1843, have touched the agreeable figure of £28,000, and the " collection" in several districts has not yet closed ; so that if these enterprising financiers have not drawn more largely on their fancies than on the pockets of the peasantry, the grand total of the tribute for 1844 may be put down in round numbers at £30,000. We'l might the fortunate recipient scoff at the offer of the Chief Baronship or the Rolls ; both appointments combined would yield just one-third cf his present emolu ments. `EXTORTING THE REPEAL RENT.—The correspondent of the Morning Post says :—Among the screws put on the piiest bound people of this country to get in repeal rent, is that of exclusive dealing. A priest at Sligo thus harangues in his chapel-yard :—Father Caughlin—" We must show the anti.repealers whether they be Papists or Protestants, and the Catholic renegade is by far the more infamous character of the two, that we can do without them, and that we despise them for the want of love of country. The repealers are every day increasing in num bers and in strength, and they have only to know their own power, and wield it well, to accomplish their own objects. They must resort to all legal means to carry out their views. I will not tell any man what corirse he should pursue—but I will say what I intend to do myself—l will. purchase no articlefrom any man but a Repealer." FATAL ACCIDENT IN A MILL.—On the 21st ult., At Riverstown, near Carlingford, as a young man named Douloutihan, a miller, was cleaning the dust from the water mill inside, a heavy rain running down the chanEel, turned the wheel, which caught him by the arm. He called for assistance, and a person at hand, to save his life, threw him over the wheel, and he fell and-•r it. His sister, a fine young woman, sprung to his assistance, and, sad to relate, was also caught by the arm, and in an in stant became a mangled corpse. The brother was seri ously injured, the flesh being stripped from the bones of his leg and arm. He was still in danger. Another man, in attempting to save them, had his finger caught, and would have been dragged in also, but with great presence of mind, permitted the finger to be crushed off. Two others also narrowly escaped. On the following day an inquest was held on the body of the young woman ; and a verdict of " accidental death" was returned. THE AWFUL TRAGEDY AT GORT.—An inquest was held at Gort, near Limerick, on Saturday week, on the two children murdered by their father, under the appalling circumstances mentioned in our last. It appears that the infuriated wretch, after he had fatally wounded one of his children, attempted to cut the throat of his daughter, who, however, struggled with him, upon which he in flicted a frightful gash on one of her breasts, and then, drawing the razor round the other, nearly severed it from her bosom. He then, while she was running from him, cut the throat of his other boy horribly, after which he pursued his shrieking wife, who had rushed to the door with the boy first wounded dying in her arms. She and the daughter ran through the streets almost naked, the latter holding up her mangled creast with her hand, and marking her track with blood. It appears that the wretched man has lately exhibited symptoms of insanity. He did not deny his guilt, and expressed a desire to suffer death for his crime. A verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned. ORANGE PROCESSIONS.—Lord Farnham, the tried and faithful friend of the Protestants of Ireland, has addressed a letter, in which he strongly recommends the continued abstinence from processions on the approaching anniversa ries in July. His lordship says, "The advice which I would give you comes from a warm friend, and it is offered to those who, he trusts, will receive it as such. It is simply this : that you, the loyal Protestants and Orange men of the county of Cavan, will strictly obey what is still the law of the land, and that you will do so, not only to the letter, but in the spirit of it ; that you will, during the ensuing month of July, abstain from all processions and badges, from the hoisting and parading of flags, from the playing of party tunes, and from all irritating language and behaviour towards those who differ in religion from yourselves; and that, however much you may be provoked and aggravated by your opponents to pursue a different course, you will steadily adhere to the advice which I have given you. Be assured that, by practising this forbear ance, you will be acting up to your character as loyal Protestants ; and I am fully persuaded that you will never have reason to regret your havi g strictly followed the course which has been pointed out to you by one who has no interest in deceiving you ; but whose heartfelt desire it is that the Protestants of Cavan should retain unsullied that character for loyalty and obedience to the laws, which their uniform good conduct has so justly earned for them." THE COURT. MIITINY AND FRIGHTFUL MURDERS. THS• ROYAL FAMILY. - On Thursday forenoon , t h e Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal gardens of • . • Under the head'' Suspected Case of Piracy, ,, a state. Buckingham Palace: The royal 'lnfants were also take n meat has beep ,circulated respecting certain circumstances airin g s in the gardens of the Palace. In the afternoon hi s , which had. Royal 'Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham P alace at raised an impression in the public mind thatthe : half-Past two o'clock, in a landau and four, forWanatead, ship Saladin, which was lost on her voyage from Valparaiso to honour with his presence the anniversary of the Inf ant_ to London, on the 21st May lait, near Inland HarbOur, , Orphan Asylum.' On leaving Wanstead, the Pri i n o ce ß pro al Nova Scotia, had beep seized by the crew, and the com mander. Captain Mackenzie, and the - officera murdered. , .seeded Highness rmh d and inspected the interior of the ' a i te , The accounts received by the steamer which arrived from " Prince ai • i wed the equestrian statute to the new Royal Exchange, building. The .° v e Halifax on Saturday morning show that this impression • of the Duke of Wellington, and re turned F 'd the Q was bat too well founded. After the loss of the i'essel, half -prat six o'clock. On ri ay,Q ueen the authorities of /Jabot thought it necessary to detain Palace, at the and Prince Albert crew in custody, such was the susicious nature of . • nge":hteoreß•ulick'inghoaym'e the circumstances which had transpired, and the Admi- sculptures after two. In the evening the Prince Ingham Palace soon ralty Court then took possession of the cargo saved from honoured the Sacred Harmonic Society at Exeter Hall the wreck. The Saladin had on board, when she set sail, with his presence. at Westminster Hail. and returned to Buck. a cargo of 70 tons of copper, 8.500 dollars some bars of The Princess Alice, government steamer, is under silver, and a quantity of guano. The articl es ' saved "from the wreck consisted of 730 pieces of copper, seven bags order s to be at Calais, so as to take on board at that port containing abo u t 7,561 d o ll ars , 13 l arge an d one sma ll bar on the 3rd of July, her Royal Highness the P rincess Au of silver, two c h ronome t ers , one go ld an d one s il ver watch, gusts of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, who comes to England on with all the materials, &c. a visit to the Queen and Royal family. THE LIVERPOOL cITANDARD. UNIVERSITY 1' CLERICAL NETY.N. OXFORD, JUNE 26. Theological Prize, 1815.—" The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ." The above stated, as appointed by the judges, for an English essay, is proposed to members of the University on the following conditions, viz ,-1. The candidate must have passed his examinations for the degree of B.A. or B.C.L. 2. He must not on this day (June 26) have exceeded his twenty-eigth term. 3. He must have commenced his sixteenth term eight weeks previous to the day appointed for sending in his essay to the Registrar of the Univer sity. In every case the terms are to be computed for the matriculation inclusively. The essays are to be sent, under a sealed cover, to the Registrar of the University, on or before the Wednesday in Easter week next ensuing. None will be received after that day. The candidate is desired to conceal his name, and to distinguish his com position by what motto he pleases ; sending, at the same time, his name sealed up under another cover, with the motto inscribed upon it. The Essay, to which the Prize shall have been adjudged, will be read before the Univer sity in the Divinity School on some day in the seek next before the Commemoration : and it is expected, that no Essay will be sent in, which exceeds in length the ordi• nary limits of recitation. _ _ Mrs. Denoyer's Theo!ogical Prizes.—The subjects for the year 1845 are—On the Doctrine of Faith in the Holy Trinity. On the Duties of Christianity, incumbent on a National Community. Persons entitled to write for the above mentioned prizes must be in deacon's orders at least, and on the last day appointed for the delivery of the compositions to the registrar, have entered on the eighth and not exceeded the tenth year of their matriculation. The compositions are to be sent under a sealed cover to the registrar of the university on or before Saturday, the Ist day of March, 1845. None will be received after that day. The author is required to conceal his natce, and to distinguish his composition by what motto he pleases; sending at the same time his name, and the date of his matriculation, sealed up under another cover, with the motto inscribed upon it. • • PREFERMENTS.—ButIer Rev. W. J.. to the astriet Church of Ware s ide, i n th e parish of Ware; Carr, Rev. John Anbv, 8.A.. of New Inn Hall, to the curacy of Newborough, Northamptonshire; Churton, Rev. H. B. W., of Brasenose Ccllege to the vicarage of Icklesham. Sussex; Flowers, Rev. William Henry, 8.A., to the vicarage of Ulceby, Lincolnshire : patron, the Lord Chancellor; Forster, Rev. Charles John Pratt, 8.A., to the curacy of Harroden, Northamptonshire; Haliburton, Rev. Walter, 8.A., of Brasenose College, to the curacy of Dorton Bassett, Leicestershire; James, Rev. J. C., 8.A., Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Second Master of Oundle Grammar School, to the curacy of Middleton, in the county of Salop ; Neville, Rev. James Yalden, 8.A., of Oriel College, to the curacy of Whitwick, Leicestershire •, Noad, Rev. George Frederick, 8.C.L., of Worcester College, Second• Master of Derby Grammar School, to the vice-principalship of Kingston College, Hull; Roberts, Rev. George 8.A.. of Magdalene College, to the curacy of Whitwick, George, George, Leicester shire; Shute, Rev. W. A., curate of Sedgefield, to the inbumbency of the new district of Thornley ; Stanton, Rev. Richard, B. A., of Brasencse College, to the curacy of Guilsborough, Northamptonshire ; Thomas, Rev, Thomas Kearsey, of St. John's College, to the curacy of Worlington, near Midenhall, Suffolk ; Vincent, Rev. F., of Brasenose College, to the rectory of Sinfold, Sussex, vacant by the cession of the Rev. G. Bland ; Walker, Rev. John, 8.A., of Brasenose College, to the curacy of Benefield, Northarriptonshire. DURHAM UNIVERSITY.—The following Students in Arts have been admitted to the Degree of B.A. :—Arthur Beanlands, Richard John Shields, John Gilby, N a th an i e l Atkinson, Wharton Mason. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLlN.—Trinity College His torical Society have awarded, for oratory, a gold medal to Charles H. Hemphill, A. 8.; a silver medal to William Magee, A.B. For history, gold medal to John I. Robin son, A. 8.; silver medal to J. Gumley, A.B. THE SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.—In the course of a short discussion, which took place in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, relative to the bill introduced into peers, for preventing the union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, Sir Robert Peel said that—" If the speaker were to declare that the consent of the crown was necessary, he must say, that, as a member of the govern ment, be would not advise her Majesty to grant her consent." CHURCH SCHOOLS.—A great increase has taken place in the number of church schools throughout the kingdom. It is calculated that national schools alone have within the last four years increased from 6,778 to 10,087 ; and the number of scholars for whom accommodation is provided, from 587,911 to 875,194, or at the rate of 71,820 a-year. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF REVIEW.-LINCOLN'S -INN, JUNE 25. EX PARTE ZWILCHENBART, IN RE JOHN MARSHALL, AND IN RE WM. MARSHALL AND HENRY ROGERS. This was a question between two bankrupt estates as to the disposal of a certain fund, the produce of the Lion Foundry, at Liverpool. John Marshall and a relative took a conveyance of the property from Marshall and Rogers, covenanting to pay all the creditors of the latter firm 10s. in the pound on their debts. The counsel for the petitioner, an assignee, held that the transaction was a sale, and did not constitute an act of bankruptcy. For the respondents it was urged that the assignment was literally a disposition of all their property, thereby dis abling themselves effectually from carrying on their'busi ness, and must therefore be deemed an act of bankruptcy. Mr. Bacon supuorted the petition; Messrs. Swanston and Prior appeared for the respondents. The Chief Judge felt bound to treat it as a valid fiat as far as concerned the parties who had acted under it. There was a question whether the assignment was an act of bankruptcy as related to John Marshall; whether he and his father took it for their own benefit. If not, it was an act of bankruptcy. He was of opinion that it was not a sale so as to come within the principle of " Rose and Hay cock" and " Baxter and Pritchard," both in I Adol. and Ellis,) but an act of bankruptcy, substantially disposing of the whole of the estate of traders who had little separate property available to 'creditors. Mr. Vicars was entitled to treat it as an act of bankruptcy and had issued a fiat thereon. No case of order and disposition intervened. The fund must be treated as part of the property of the firm of Marshall and Rogers. Costs of both parties to be deducted out of the fund in dispute before paying over the residue to the assignees of the partnership fiat. BARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS.—The Dublin Court of Exchequer has permitted Mr. Sims to retire from the bar and become an attorney. the applicati , ,n was inef fectually resisted by the law club, Mr. Whiteside stating that the court might, with as great propri e ty, co nv e r t a half-pay officer into a solicitor, as make an attorney of a barrister. Lord Huntingtower was to have appeared on Thursday, in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, London, but he refused to attend, The court was crowded with creditors and others interested in the affair, and it appears from the schedule filed that the insolvent claims to be released from debts (principally " renewed': debts)to the amount of £87,720, while the assets comprise a little wearing ap parel and a few pictures. In the Court of Queen's Bench, the Baron de Bode's case, which has been so long litigated, was decided on Monday week by the jury returning a verdict for the Baron's claim on the government to the amount of £364,266, with interest. The Baron has been struggling with the English government for twenty years. Our government received from France money to pay all just claims to French emigrants, his claim to a share of which the Baron has now succeeded in establishing. It was alleged by the Solicitor-General that the government never received the money from France to liquidate the Baron's claim. RAILII'AY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAYS REGULATION BILL. We have received a copy of " A bill to attach certain conditions to the construction of future railways autho rised or to be authorised by any act of the present or succeeding sessions of parliament, and for other purposes in relation to railways ; " which was ordered to be printed on the 20th ult. The bill was introduced by Mr. Glad stone, and has therefore, we presume, the support of her Majesty's government. The first clause provides, " that if at any time after the end of fifteen years from and after the first day of January next, after the passing of any act of the present or of any future session of parliament, for the construc tion of any new line of railway," the clear annual divisa ble profits shall, on the average of the three preceding years, equal or exceed ten per cent. on the paid-up capi tal, it shall be lawful for the board of trade, on giving one month's notice in writing of their intention, to revise the scale of tolls, fares, &c., allo wed by the act for making the line, and to lower them so as to reduce the the the re a v n i l s o e u d nt 6 allowed !e of dividend to ten per cent.; but this revised scale is not to take effect until parliament has enabled the board of trade to guarantee the proprietors ten per cent., so long as it shall subsist. —The second clause exempts the board one month's notice, to raise the from liability, when the falling-off of the dividend can be shown to arise from bad management on the part of the charges is to be published in the Gazette, and then ac quires the validity of law.—The fourth enables the board c oc o t m a trrpgaaednsey: after .s—o longß y by the comPanY' giving as : vi t n l gt ie h y ir d d o n cl o a t u exceed e , a act ; but prohibits them from reducing them oftener than onc e in s even years, without the con sent of the company.—The fifth clause enacts that a com pany, while under revision, shall not inc rease its ' capital; and the sixth, that it shall be unde • the control of the board of trade with regard to its 1 regulations as to traffic. *--The seventh clause is an exceedingly' It gives the ; board of trade the important one. behalf of her Maj est y , power of purchasing, on any railway authorised by parlia enept ix the preamt or i n tcceeding sessions, at any time after the expiration of the before-mentioned term of fif teen years, on giving their intention, and paying a sum equal to twenty-five years' purchase of the annual divisible profits estimated on the average of the three preceding years, unless the dividend . g dividend shall exceed ten per cent., in which case it shall be taken at that amou n t only. No railway is to be pur chased while any revised scale of charges is in force. — The next seventeen clauses rebote merely to details in the conditions of purchase; the thirteenth obliging new com panies to keep accounts which shall be open to the in spection of the board of trade.—The twenty-fifth clause, which is also a very important one, and much more gene ral in its hearing, enacts that, " whereas it is expedient to secure to the poorer class of travellers the means of travelling by railway at moderate fares, and in carriages in which they may be protected f r om the weather," companies " which shall have been incorporated by any act of the present session, or which shall be hereafter in corporated, or which, by any act of the preient or any future spssion, have obtained or shall obtain directly. or indirectly any extension or amendment of the powers conferred on them respectively by their previous acts, or have been or sball be authorised to do any act unautho.. rised by the provisions of such previous acts," shall pro vide at least one train each way on every week-day , hy. which passengers shall be co nve yed i n c a r riages provided with seats, and effectually protected from the weather, at the rate of one penny per mile. These trains are to start at an hour approved of by the board of trade, to travel at a speed of at least twelve miles an hour, including stop pages, and to take up and set down passengers at evert station. Each passenger is to be allowed half a cwt. of luggage, not being merchandise carried for hirs.; ant:hall excess is to be charged for at the lowest rate for passen gers' luggage. Children under three years of age are to go free, and those under twelve at half.priee., These regulations are to come into force on the let of -October on all railways then open to which they will apply ; and on other lines on the day of their opening, or on the day after the close of the session in which they shall become subject to them, as the case may be.—The twenty-sixth clause gives the board of trade discretionary power in all, points of detail connected with these cheap trains, and subjects companies to a fine of £2O for every day during which they shall neglect to obey their instructions.-1 3 / the twenty-seventh clause, the board may dispense with any of the conditions before mentioned respecting these trains, except that with regard to the fares.—The twenty eighth provides, that the tax upon the receipts from pee' sengers by these cheap trains shall not exceed half ibe amount of the tax on the general receipts.—The twenty ninth clause fixes the rates at which the military are te' be conveyed along any line applying for fresh powersinie carriages with seats, and protected from the weather, at Id. per mile for each private, and 2d. for each officer, and the baggage at 2d. per ton per mile.—The thirtieth clause compels companies to carry the mails at any speed con sidered safe by the inspector-general of railways; and, if desired by the postmaster- genera l, t o convey th e gu ard with his bags, as an ordinary passenger, by other than. mail trains.—The thi r ty-fi rs t clause obliges companies, upon receiving reasonable remuneration, to allow the board of trade to lay down and use electrical telegraphs; and the thirty-second obliges them to allow the public, at an equiable rate of charge, to send and receive messages by them, those on her Majesty's service being firit at - tended to.—By the thirty-third clause, any coach or other carriage is to have access to the station, at all reasonable' times, " subject to the summary control of the company over their station-yards, and the bye-laws of the com pany, made or to be made, for keeping good order 'and furthering the public convenience, and the penalties, kn. posed or to be imposed, for the breech of such bye.:lawi." The thirty-fourth clause authorises the appointment of officers to carry out the provisions of the act.—The thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh clauses relate' to prosecutions for breaches of the regulations contained in the bill.—The thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth empoiver the company to enter into engagements with the boardof trade, and to give security for their performance.--The fortieth clause makes the issue of loan-notes illegal, pro viding that, after the passing of this act, " any railway company issuing any instrument purporting to be a secu rity for money advanced, otherwise than under the prO-- visions of some act of parliament, shall forfeit to tier Ma jesty the sum for which the instrument purports to be 1 1 security."--The forty-first clause enacts that all loan notes issued before the 24th ult. shall be paid when due. —By the forty-second, a register is to be kept of load notes, which is to be open to the inspection of parties in terested, and of the board of trade.—The forty-111kt' clause affords a more effectual remedy for the recovery Of, tithe-rent.—The remaining clauses are formal. The opening of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway it deferred till Monday next. MANCHESTER AND HUDDERSFIELD RAILWAY AND CANAL UNDERTAKING.—The Halifax Guardian states, that the provisional committee of this company met at Normanton, on Monday week, for the purpose of allot ting shares. There were between 50,000 and 60,000 ap plications, and only some 17,000 or 18,000 shares to be allotted. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—A report Of Mr. Rendel, C.E., to the Admiralty has recently ati peared, in which he has answered several questions pot to him on the railway and harbour. With regard to crossing the Dee at Chester, he considers it immateria which of the two proposed places is adopted if the bridge arches are sixty feet span, and have twenty feet headws/ above spring tides. He greatly prefers Captain BeecheY'll plan for Holyhead Harbour to Mr. Walker's, and reports that, if certain alterations are made in the line and works, to the extent of £50,000 above Mr. Walker's estimate, he should approve of the plan. CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY.—This railway, it is ill tended, shall commence at or about the terminus of the Macclesfield Branch of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, at Macclesfield, and proceed thence by, way of Leek, Cheadle, Rochester, and Uttoxeter, to a point the United Midland Railway, about two miles south or te npt De r by.at e Amongst dtraffic repre sented to be most favorable, and the railway, by which a saving of forty-nine miles is to be effected in the dist an Ce a. d o ?beer gradients collateral of advantages, tretalignees,are the COfl between Manchester and Derby, is expected to be com pleted between three years after obtaining the sanction of parliament. THE GRAND CONNECTION RAILWAY. —This l inty 49 by being connected on the north with the Grand June; tion Railway, and on the south with the Birmingham an d Gloucester Railway, would open a direct communicatio n with Manchester, Liverpool, and Ireland, on the one side , and with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the south and west of England on the other. The line is proposed to be formed from the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail' way, at Abbott's 'Wood, to be carried through Worces ter, Droitwich, (with a branch to Stoke Works,) Kidder minster, Stourbridge, Dudley, .and Wolverhampton+ into the . Grand Junction Railway, at or near Wolver hampton. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND GRAND JUNCTIO N RAILWAYS.—We are extremely happy to hear that the communication we alluded to last week, from the latter to the former of the companies, has been received and replied to, by the London and Birmingham board, insuch a spirit as we think and hope will lead to a speedy and satisfactory arrangement of the differences. According to our information, the northern companies are extremelt anxious for peace, and desire nothing but what is fair and equitable. As we have reason to believe the same i s the disposition of the London and Birmingham CornpanY , there can be few difficulties to overcome, and we think our readers may therefore consider matters as good 0 set t led.—Railway Magazine. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY.—OR Wednesday , a special meeting of the proprietors of this railway WO held in London, for the purpose of considering a bill to be applied for during the present session of parliament, for amending the acts relating to this company, and for an' thorising the laying of the necessary atmospheric apparatu s along the line ; and also to sanction an agreement made by the directors, to guarantee to the subscribers to the London and Chatham, and Chatham and Portsmouth Junction Railway, interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum on the capital to be advanced by them, and from the time of its advance, upon condition that the profits of the line, after payment of such interest, shall be equally divided between the two companies. The bill was agreed to. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Wednesday, $ special general court of the shareholders of the above railway was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed to take into consideration the propriety of extending the line from Hertford to Hitchen and Bedford, and to take measures to carry out that object. The meetine via s numerously attended ; Mr. Henry Bosanquet, in theehair• The report stated that the estimates had been careful'," prepared from actual survey, and the result was, that the calculation of income amounted to £38,155, from the el isting traffic, and from that source there would result, on the main line, an additional revenue of £15,731. making a total of £48,888. After a proper deduction for work ing expenses, that revenue would yield a return equal to GI per cent. on the cost of the works, computed by Mr• line not tm deemH e rt i : Robert Stephenson at £535,000 for a double line. The id report concluded by stating that the directors strongll recommended the proprietors to authorize them to adopt • leswade and Bedford ; and, i n or der iit t e o h create additional stock. A resolution to for►» adopted. all fo r necessary necessary t.the measures leinn:e uxwtiaeg was almost il f om o n r of extending s tthu,on unanimously irmeoot t uo b sr e ls y file l o t e july 2, IS FASHIONS FOR JULY. oe summer t merited with d r e r s n s c e h dresses, , o • al black eti ems lace three is (From the " London and P ar i s Ladies ' Magazine Cl Fashion.") Flounces are very g enera ll y worn, and on barege dresse. they are often m a d e very deep ; silk redingotes are e rn n.i n n manodre ed than u ce e lace nearly cover i ng the sk i rt. Corsages f or mornili: ' wear are usually hi g h, b u t o p en i n f ron t • some trimmed ro un d th e to p w ith a b ou ill on or ruche, or s fo u u s rflon ri o a revers. Scollops are much in fashion, and are juts, o, duced on everything,—not only on articles of lingerTi but also for the trimmings of silk or other m aterlat or flounces for silk or barege dresses are either scolloped,„ edged with a narrow fringe or gimp, forming a scoilt!!:, The half-long sleeves with tight under, ones continue f% fashionable; under ones of black lace are also worn; to upper ones are sometimes so hollowed out in front , 0 appear short, but droop behind. The Victoria sleel r g are formed of alternate bands of inlet of lace and i",, on the upper part of the sleeve from the wrist to the s_Tt, hole; the two edges of the inlet are trimmed with A P row lace, put on Tull. Open and fancy straw bonnets are very fashiolie, ornamented with bouquets of field flowers, wreaths 0c,, 1 7i wheat-ears intermixed with corn flowers, and triatwo, with paille ribbOn hair(' with the colour of the fie,teecis Lace also continues to be much used on bonnets- t" s r. is a very fashionable colour; marabouts and sattiei,l, shaded in this colour, and look very , well on pailleilde_Ar;i4 with gaze ribbon shaded and broche's. Capotes c.0 1 0"7,6- entirely of lace are lined with . blue or pink ge ne, are O w / merited with field daisies or ivy. Crape bonnets 0- much worn, and, as well as tulle, are made in every lour ; many white crape bonnets are lined with Mies/ blue crape, and trimmed with biais or lace. The scarf is much approved. made either of silk, lace, i s or embroidered muslin trimmed with lace ; the pord, Marquise is made of taffetas, with sleeves and peters:l'j Black lace shawls, China crapes richly embroidered, _P,a bareae shawls also embroidered, are fash ionable ; 410, scarfs of every variety, from gauze to cac hemire, latter are, in high favour in Paris at this moment.