The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN 6- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE AMERICA On Sunday morning, the packet-ship John IL Skiddy, Captain - Luce, arrived at this port from New York, whence she sailed on the 19th ult. She brings intelligence from Mexico of considerable importance—the latest dates being from Vera Cruz to the 2d ultimo, and from the city of Mexico to 29th June. It appears that the United States Government had in the spring resumed negotiations with the Mexicans for the re-establishment of peace, but the propositions were refused unless under certain stipulations to which the American Government would not accede, a they involved the relinquishment of all the advantag gained by the United State ever, for peace, the Pre thorizA to enter into a treaty, with that (meet, ana oy which the Mexican states might maintain an elevated po sition amongst the nations of the earth. This had been referred to a Sovereign Congress, , but up to 29th June no k, _ ,d asseml time allowed for decision had expired two months oetore that date, it was anticipated that the United States' troops would at once march upon the Mexican capital. The intelligence from Rio Grande, New Mexico, and California, relative to the war, is unimportant. The new tariff had worked well for the commerce of the United States, the receipts for the year being a million of dollars more than in the last year of the old system. In the general markets, increased business had been done, and tunny descriptions of merchandise had corn- Money continued plentiful; and manded'higher prices London was maintained a premium. On the torenoon vices by the Britannia were re tne tan tne . D urupv......,.- ived per telegraph, and had ets. Genessee flour, which 75, and subsequently that portion of tl O'Connell Circle 5 andsellei ceremi remains to t o'cloel Letter We understand t y or be removed to arrange time that the pro Cession was moving to the place of in terment. A temporary vault has been constructed in grmind which has been styled " the ' for the reception of the remains ross near it. and four Lilt candlestick: ights below it, which were used aurmg tne A large number of the members of the com 'l, including the Lord Mayor, followed the Ne sepulchre, arrayed in their civic costume, " them were present when the body was placed in the Vault. The clergy were preceded, as usual on such occasions, by boys attired in scarlet and white robes, bearing censors, crosses, and waxed tapers. Then followed four or six Roman Catholic bishops and clergy of lesser degree, together with the Revs. Mr. Pope, Mr Doyle. curates of Marlborough- Morgan O'Connell, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Daniel O'Connell. Dr. Miley, who attended the deceased as his chaplain in his last moments; Mr. Fitzsimon, Mr. Finn, Mr. Steele, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Patrick Costelloe, Mr. Ford, Mr. Dolan, Mr. J. D. Mullen, and numerous others entered the vault. The crowd of persons in the vault was so great that the entrance of the coffin was impeded for some time. The ceremony performed in the vault _comprised the Benedictus and :Miserere mei Deus, which were chanted by the bishops. The ceremony concluded at six and the crowds dispersed.—Saunders' News from which this account is condensed,) says : t has not yet been deCidedwhether )arrynane, and that it is in tended to erect a permanent and appropriate monument to his memory, the design of which has not as yet been CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE, DIOCESE OF CHESTER. ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTM ENTS The Rev. Thomas Eaton, canon of Chester, to the vi carage of Eastham, in the county and diocese of Chester, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Chester. hare be now declared, re xtensio' n . line to Liverpool ted at con to be derived from their extension lines when ri r ort Resolutions were passed adopting the the dividend of 30s. per share on the oh ference shares, in addition to the guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. secured to the latter, and also 15s. per share on the half shares. The retiring directors were re-elect e d, and a vote of thanks passed to the chairman and directors, before had sold at 6121, declined to 5 at the close of business there were buyers a was taken at 63 cents. In cotton, the receipt of the Bri tannia's intelligence enabled holders to realise an advance of cent per lb., and at that figure 500 bales were sold, though generally merchants were holding back - until the receipt of their letters. Ashes were firm at 612, Liverpool salt was wanted. Provisions dull. At Baltimore the stock of flour amounted to 30,000 brl. The exports from New York to Great Britain for the week ending 16th ultimo were :—Flour, 113,918 barrels 221,980 bushels ; wheat, 156,387 ditto ; meal, 4 cheese, 29,998 lbs. ; hams, 127,488 P for pearls corn, tr 2 brls.; barley, 44,ciu Ultzuria _ 6,572 ditto ; rice, 5,300 ditto ; peas, 469 bushels ; h SO bales. The receipts from the Hudson River, on 17th, had been :—Flour, 21,419 barrels ; wheat, 10,L bushels; corn meal, 313 barrels; corn, 20,693 bushel. The ship Sarah Sands arrived out at New York on the 19th The accounts from Canada are unimportant. had been issued at Havana, reducing the duty on rice im ported to one-half, and removing altogetherifrom pigs, or pork. An-order WEST INDIES The Royal Mail 1 stear arrived at S Ivon brings AND MEXICO. ship Avon,_ from the West outhampton on Wednesday 286,016 dollars on merchat gold, 1,603 ounces of silver, 2,648 ounces of gold-dust, 127 cases of cigars, 101 serons of cochineal, 69 cases of pines, 30 liveturtle,.&( luick passage home The ....-..--- She sighted the Experimental Squadron 14 miles off the Lizard, with two steamers ahead. The accounts from the islands are rather contradictory as to the weather ; on the whole, the rains appear to have generally visited the various ocalities, though far too scanty in some districts. Great complaints continued in consequence of the scarcity of shipping, and of course the colonists were suffering great losses from non-realiza tion of produce. The want of money was severely felt. On the departure of the Avon from the Gulf the fol the most recent intelligence : monitor v. James Matthias Woodmason, to the perpetual curacy of Wythrop, in the county of Cumberland. The Rev. William Whitworth, to the perpetual curacy of St. James's Church, Clitheroe, Lancashire The Rev. John Charles Wood, to the sti e army I of Accrington, in the county of Lancaste penthar curacy NEW CHURCHES.—In the 27th annual report of the commissioners for building new churches (just published) been completed, in which accommodation has been pro vided for 17,872 persons, including 13.292 free seats for the use of the poor. Thus, in the whole, 391 churches have now been completed, and provision has therein been made for 440,957 persons, including 251,388 free seats annrouriated to the use of the poor. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN Mr. Kay Shuttleworth has just published, in the name of the Committee of Council on Education, a long letter addressed to the Inspectors of Schools. The best way to judge of a scheme is to look at a bit of its working, in prospect, at least, if not in reality. Here is a bit, the bare imagination of which would once have been sufficient to drive all the clergy into open rebellion. When the in spector comes to a town or a populous neighbourhood, where schools lie thick together, in case of their applying for apprentices, i. e., for stipends on that accounf,lie Is not to conclude the examination of the candidates at once in each school, but he is to take them altogether, and sub ject Church schools, Dissenters' schools, and British and Foreign schools to a common and a public examination. He is to put down the names of the most eligible scholars, appoint a day, procure a large room in the town, or other public place, for example the Town-hall, or the Mecha nics' Institute, and examine them, all together, exclu- schools of the Dissenters, particularly th tained by the Society of Friends, than wt been usual in the schools of the Church. at has hitherto In the present attention entirely to intellectual attainments, leaving ques tions of moral and religious character to the local authori- The following are a few passages from this important document : It is important that the scholars and their parents should, from the mode in which the examination of the school is conducted, place implicit confidence in the impartiality are discriminated. Their lordships consider the local au thorities as the proper arbitrers of everything that relates to the moral and religious character of the apprentices, but that it is the province of the inspector to determine their comparative intellectual qualifications. With this view it will be your duty, after an examination of the whole school, to point out those scholars whom you con sider to be intellectually best qualified, and it will be the duty of the clergyman and managers, or of the managers, therefore practically concur in the recommendation of the candidate for the office of pupil teacher or stipendiary The explanations in the last paragraph do not apply to the class of schools which are admitted to the benefits of their lordship's grants by the supplementary minute of July 10, 1847. When you have determined which scholars are most eligible for apprenticeship, it will be necessary, when the parish is isolated, that you should complete the examina tion of the candidates before proceeding to another school ; but when several schools applying for apprentices lie within a moderate distance of a town my lords request you to pursue the following course. You will take down the lowing w The American army at Vera Cruz amounts to about 4,000 men of the 10 new regiments lately organized, and he remainder were expectec daily, when wow( of Jun( amount to 1,600 mules were taken by a Mexican guerrilla which was supposed to_amount to 200 men. Ge- are making preparations. defence. Santa Anna had been declared Dictator, on condition that he will not, under any circumstances, treat for peace ; and it is generally supposed by those who are best acquainted with the Mexican character that e whole country before ilmonte, the late Am- ere coulc be an em bassador to the United States, was in prison at Mexico. The fever was raging dreadfully at Vera Cruz, especially in the American army ; there were between 600 and 700 in the hospitals, or churches converted into hospitals. By the medical reports 20 died daily ; however, rumour said between 25 and 30 daily. It is generally supposed that when the rainy season sets in the mortality amongst the American troops will be fearfully great. There is no prospect of the Americans accepting the proposition lately made by the American Government for the termination of hostilities. At a place called Jago, about half way between Calauo and Parata, an affair took place between the Americans and Mexicans ; about 400 of the latter, with their commander, had been killed. Santa Anna was said to have 30,000 men organized in Mexico ; the priests are distribuling their money in a most lavish manner in aid of the war. FRANCE In the discussion on the estirnates'in the Chamber 'of Peers, yn Tuesday, M. de Flavigny asked M. Guizot if concentra of 25,000 men in Lombardy, and bad actual Ferrara ; anc government from the Cabinet of Vienna any explanation respectidg those armaments ? M. de Flavigny also enquired of M. Guizot what course France intended to pursue with respect to Switzerland ? M. Guizot replied that France never intended to meddle with the domestic affairs of Switzer land, no prevent the Swiss from introducing into their fedrral compact or into their internal organization the .reforms they might deem expedient. A CONJUGAL COUPLE.—SO violent are the dissensions between the Queen of Spain and her husband, that she gave express orders that he should not be allowed to occupy apartments in the palace during her absence from Madrid, and sentries were posted for the purpose of en forcing obedience. ATROCIOUS MURDER IN PARIS.—On Sunday week a murder was committed in the Hotel de Turin, Paris, un der remarkable circumstances. That day an elderly Pied montese gentleman, named Terre, had taken possession of a small apartment in the hotel, and being infirm in his limbs, was attended by a female 24 years of age as his nurse. In the evening a man came to the hotel with some provisions, and from his representations that they were for the invalid was allowed to go to the invalid's room. He remained some hours, when a struggle and cries were heard from the apartment. One of the servants, on going up stairs to learn the cause, met the man, who was coming down in great haste, and who told him Mademoiselle Boele (the nurse), had been taken ill, and that he was has tening for a physician. The servant went up and found the young nurse lying dead and streaming with blood from several wounds inflicted upon her with a table knife, in presence of her master, who could not rise to assist her. The police was called, and the murderer, a man named Gilbert was traced to a printing office in which he was a compositor. It appeared that he had been her paramour for some years, and that he suspected her fidelity to him. After the act he went to work at the printing office, and while hurrying the correction of a proof, —saying he was in haste to go and might not return, the police officers entered. He made no resistance, and the sleeves of his undercoat were found to be stained with blood. EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE ON BOARD THE FRENCH ROYAL YACHT.—A frightful accident occurred on Monday, on board the royal screw-propeller yacht " Comte d'Eu." She had left Havre in the morning for Cherbourg, where some of her fittings were to have been completed, and she was to proceed thence to Treport, to take on board his. Majesty Louis Philippe, and part of the royal family, for a pleasure excursion. The steamer was going at its usual speed, when about noon, the officers and a few passengers being assembled on deck, a mass of steam was seen to escape in thick volumes from all the outlets of the engine room. The first moment of panic being passed, gangs were speedily formed for the purpose of throwing cold water into the engine room. The heat of the steam even on c owever, so grew was almost impossible to move about on it; and it was known that twenty engineers and firemen were in the greatest danger near the furnaces. Three of them were soon seen to emerge from the hatches, and fall senseless on deck. Cries of help were heard, but the difficulty of sending any person to the assistance of the unfortunates below was so great that none ventured to come forward, until the captain himself, only taking counsel of his cou rage, fastened a rope round his body, got himself hoisted into the engine room, and, though, having but one arm, succeeded, with the assistance of some of the crew, in getting up the bodies of the remaining sufferers. The greatest care and tenderness were afforded to the victims, but many had lost almost human shape, and most of them gave hardly any signs of life. Before ten o'clock in the evening nine had expired. The steamer's head had meanwhile been turned towards Havre, she being then near Barfieur. When the steam had sufficiently escaped to allow the examination of the engine, it was discovered that the boiler had burst in the under part, corresponding with the furnaces ; and the boiling water, falling upon the fire, and running through the grates, had deluged with its burning waves the whole of the engine room. The effect upon the unfortunate men who were at that time in the engine room must have been immediate, and instant suffocation must have been the fate of the persons who were nearest the boilers. The " Comte d'Eu arrived in the roads of Havre at two o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, when the killed and wounded were placed in boats, and brought on shore. Of the immediate survi vors, eleven in number, who had been sent to the hospi tal, four expired on Tuesday, and there is little hope entertained of the ultimate recovery of the remainder. IRELAND, servant Two MORE MURDERS.—On Friday nig man named Connell was murdered and ro Limerick ; and on the same day a gentleman nanic White was shot dead at Greenhall, in the county of Tip perary. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECTION.—Mr. Smith O'Brien is sharing the fate of all Protestant professors of "liberal" principles. Soon or late, they are generally made to feel the folly of identifying themselves with a part which cannot lie true to them without being false to the faith it follows. There is no use, however, in telling them this. They may have a faint foreboding of what awaits them, but each clings to the hope that he will be an exception to the general doom. Mr. Smith O'Brien is beginning to have an inkling of what he has to expect, and expresses TIIE LIVERPOOL STANi3ARD. THE ELECTIONS, (Tc SIINDERLANIL—CIose of the poll Hudson ( c), 879 ; .Barclay (L), 642; Wilkinson (L), 568. Dr. Boyd was, on Thursday, elected for the borough of Coleraine, by a inajority. of 56, over *lir H. H. Bruce. CORK ELECTION.—Messrs. Fagan and Callaghan have been elected. The South Essex election closed on Saturday evening. Sir E. N. Buxton, a Liberal, and Mr. Braniston, a Con servative, were returned. At the Cambridge University Election, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel voted for Lord Fielding and Mr. Le fevre. Mr. W. Ewart, the Liberal representative of the Bum fries•Burghs, was re-elected on Monday without opposi- FALKIRK. — The polling took place on Tuesday. At the close the numbers stood as follows:—.Lincoln, 512 ; Boyd, 488 ; majority for Lord Lincoln, 34. At the Bristol election the first vote was a plumper for Berkeley, by Arthur Palmer, Esq., a veteran reformer, 93 years of age, who, in 1774, acted as poll clerk for the cele brated Edmund Burke. Mr. Sec -f F' - -;tt lettcr to t _Ley, o. _ leet-street, has wr. kn a letter to . Morning Herald, in which he produces evidence to shoe 'hat a notorious briber at Norwich had left that city to " the London election. lamed Jarrett has been committed at the Sus- THE PROTECTIONISTS LOOKING OUT.—At the Buck inghamshire election, on Wednesday, Mr. D'lsraeli, on returning thanks, said, that " though his opinions had not undergone any change, he hoped to be prepared at the right moment, if the country required remedial mea sures, to sropose such measures as might have a remedial effect." Again, in speaking of sanatory reform, he said that he could not support the bill of Lord Morpeth of last session, but, he added, " I promise that if in the turning of the wheel we should be called on to put popular prin ciples into practice, we shall bring forward a bill which shall not be ashamed to meet in comparison with the bill of Lord Morpeth." Norrn LANCASHIRE.=-The election took place on Tuesday, in the Shire-hall at Lancaster. The attendance was very large, including a considerable number of ladies, The candidates were Mr. J. W. Patten, the late member, and Mr. James Heywood (liberal) of Acres-field, near Manchester. In the early part of the day and during the previous night a report was circulated that the Hon: Mr. Stanley, son of Lord Stanley, would be brought forward in the Conservative interest. ; but this report turned out not to be true, and the two candidates were returned with out 'opposition. Mr. Patten was proposed by Col. Scar - Ind seconded by Mr. Garnett, of Quernmore Park. Fleywood was proposed by Mr. R. Fort, and seconded r. J. Armstrong. Mr. T. Parker, a defeated candi date on Conservative principles for Preston, then came forward, and expressed his disapprobation of the course which Mr. Patten took in voting for the repeal of the corn laws, and for the Maynooth grant. He regretted that there was not a Stanley before them, as there ought to have been, but this much he would say, that at the very next election a member of that family would be brought before them, and before whom Mr. Heywood would flee like chaff before the winds. He, therefore, advised Mr. Heywood to make the best use of his time, for assuredly at the very next election he would be turned out. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.--The nomination took place on Wednesday at Newton. There was a nu- merois attendance of gentlemen from Liverpool and Man chester. Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, the newly-elected member for Liverpool, proposed the re-election of their late representative, Mr. William Brown.—Mr. Bazley, of . . Manchester, seconded the nomination.—Mr. John Bright rose to propose a gentleman worthy to be the colleague of Mr. Brown—worthy to rank, for his past services, with the best benefactors of his country. He begged to pro pose the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers.—Mr. James Mellor, of Liverpbol, seconded the nomination. • No other candidate being nominated, Mr. Brown rose to address the electors, and was received Wan tumultuous api After thanking his friends for their kindness in nominat ing him, he said, it was particularly gratifying to him to think that the votes he had given had met the approba tion of a large proportion of his constituent Mr. Brown underwent - a loni chatechising from Mr. Livesey, a Chartist, of Rochdale, who, of course, did not elicit very satisfactory answers to his questions. The concluding formularies were then gone into. Mr. Brown and Mr. Villiers were declared duly elected, and a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff, proposed by Mr. Brown and se conded by Mr. Bright, was carried by acclamation. The High Sheriff briefly returned thanks. Three cheers were given for the new members, for Mr. Heywood, of North Lancashire, Mr. Cobden, and others, and the assembly dispersed. NORTH CHESHIRE.--Mr. Egerton and Mr. E. J. Stan ley have been returned. Mr. Duckinfield Astley was pro posed and seconded, but after a speech from Mr. Cornwall Legit, who was one of the representatives for the division in the last Parliament, in which he explained the reasons why he was not again before them as a candidate, Mr. Cheetham withdrew the name of Mr. Astley, alleging that from the addresses of the other candidates, it appeared that there was a misconception existing, or had been, which was now removed. He, however, assured the free holders, that though Mr. Astley was withdrawn then, he would appear before them at the next election, and would be carried to the poll. SOUTH CHESHIRE. — On Saturday, Sir Philip Egerton' and J. Tollemache, Esq., (the late members,) were re turned for the southern division of Cheshire without op position. Sir Philip was not present in consequence of the sudden decease of the Rev. Mr. Blackburn, vicar of Prestwich, and uncle to Lady Egerton. Mr. Tollemache, in the course of his address, said that he was prepared to vote against any schools participating in the government grant from which the authorised version of the Scriptures was excluded. He would strenuously oppose the endow ment of the' Roman Catholic clergy, because that church was founded on error. He was still of opinion that pro tection to native industry ought to be maintained, and that the recent corn-law measure of Sir Robert Peel was founded in error. He, therefore, honestly declared his opposition to any further extension of those principles by the repeal of the navigation laws, on which he believed the maritime and commercial supremacy of the country depended. (Cheers.) Much as he admired the ability and courage which Lord George Bentinck had displayed during some of the discussions of the recent session, his conduct, on the Roman Catholic question, did not point him out as his leader in the House of Commons, and, so far as confidence in public men went, he confessed that, comparing the conduct of the recent and present govern ments, he believed the institutions of the country were quite as safe in the keeping of Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey as of Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham. (Cheers.) Adderley (one of Lord G. Bentinck's party), in conjunction with whom his lordship stands. At the Glasgow election, Mr. M`Gregor, made the fol lowing extraordinary revel a ti on : —(W e quo t e t h e M orn i ng Chronicle's report).—"lf he were to refer to any one part of Sir Robert Peel's public conduct more than another, he could not he more proud of anything that he did publicly than the testimony that he gave for three consecutive days in June, 1840, before the committee of '1 '-h test:— the navigation laws, and whic.. Jstimony was frequently referred to by Sir Robert Peel, when he was carrying out his great free trade measure (hooting, and cries of hear, hear'). And he could obtain proof, that when Sir Robert came into office, Lord Ripon, who was then President of the Board of Trade, confided to him (Mr. M` Gregor) the arrangement of the whole, and the resolutions as they were presented to and carried by Parliament, (Cheers.) Now he had done with all personal allusions." Scarcely recognised by Hansard, Mr. 111`Gregor was the virtual prime minister from 1811 to 1846. It was he that taught' the ostensible Premier to 'prepare that commercial revolu tion, the early preparation of which, four years before the potato plague was dreamed of, is acknowledged in the Elbing letter. It was he that drew up Sir Robert Peel's resolutions; it was he that manufactured his acts of Parliament. It is worth the while to mark the date of Mr. M'Gregor's first boasted conquest of Sir. Ro bert Peel, viz., the spring of 1840. Sir Robert had then vowed himself secretly to free trade—one whole year be fore he helped to dismiss Whig ministers upon the ground of their free trade measures. This antedates the hypocrisy avowed in the Elbing letter by twelve months and more : but a man who could play the hypocrite for six years must have been a hypocrite all his life, and must be expected to remain a hypocrite to the end. How BARON ROTIISCFIILD IS TO BE ADMITTED.— We are not aware that the matter i s either so mysterious or so difficult as appears to be imagined in some quarters. There will not be any occasion, so far as we know, for Lord John Russell to tempt fortune and the bishops in the lottery of legislation. The well-known case 'of Mr. Pease (the first Quaker member of the House of Com mons), in the year 1833, supplie s a precedent , the prin ciple of which seems completely applicable to the case of Baron Rothschild. The honourable member for London will, we presume, on the usual oaths being tendered to him at the table of the hou se, decline, as did his Quaker predecessor, to swear in the usual form—intimating, at the same time, his perfect readiness to take the oaths in question according . to the form prescribed by his own creed, and recognised as legally valid and suffi c i en t i n ev ery court of justice in the kingdom. The Clerk will, o f course, refer the matter to the Speaker, and the speaker ' l l take the sense of the house. There cannot be a mo doubt as to what the sense of the house would be under such circumstances. The question would be simply and purely a judicial one; and no House of Commons, probably no individual member of the house, would dream of dealing with it in any other than a judicial tem per. In the case of the Quaker member for Durham, it will be remembered that Mr. C. W. Wynne's motion for accepting a " solemn affirmation and declaration," in lieu of the customary form, of oath, was carried without a word of contradiction " amidst loud cheers from all parts Morning Chronicli {The affirmation which Mr. Pease was permitted to make was, in su the same as the oath taken by the new members—viz., that he believed the Articles of .he Christian faith, and would sincerely maintain the same. 3 1 3 stance, Aug. 10, 1847. THE LANCASHIRE ELECTIONS.—The total Whig gain in this county amounts to four ; this is, however, brought about by many changes in the character of the represen tation of the various towns, as well as a decided alteration in that of the county, where, in place of three Conserva tives to one Whig, we have now three Whig§ to one Con servative. In South Lancashire, Mr. Entwisle (c) gives way to the Hon. C. P. Villiers (w) ; and in North Lan cashire, Mr. J. Talbot Clifton (c) to Mr. Jas. Heywood (w), without a contest in either division of the county. In Ashton, Bury, Rochdale and Salford, the former members have been re-elected without opposition. At Bolton, after a contest, the Conservatives gain one : Mx. Bolling (c ), at the head of the poll, has succeeded Mr. P. Ainsworth (w), who retired ; Dr. Bowring (w) being re-elected as' his colleague, and Mr. John Brooks (w) being the unsuccessful candidate. At Blackburn, the Conservatives lose one : one of - the two Conservative re presentatives has been re-elected, the other retiring ; and, in his room, Mr. James Pilkington (w) has been elected. - At Clithero, the Conservatives lose one, Mr. M. Wilson (w) succeeding, without opposition, Mr. E. Cardwell (c), who retired, and who has since been elected for the borough of Liverpool. At Lancaster, the Consdr vatives lose one, Mr. Gregson (w) being elected, after a contest, on the retirement of Mr. G. Marton (c); the other Conservaiive, Mr. T. Greene, being re-elected. At Liverpool, the Conservatives lose one, both the former Conservative members retiring, and; on a contest, Sir T. B. Birch (w) being elected with Mr. E. Cardwell (c). At Manchester, the representation remains the same, Mr. John Bright (w) being elected, without opposition, on the retirement of •Mr. M. Phillips (w) ; the other member, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, being re-elected. At Oldham, the Conservatives gain one : there was a contest on the retirement of Gen. Johnson (w), and in his place, and that of Mr. Fielden (w), the other former member, Mr. W. J. Fox (w) and Mr. Duncuft (c) have been re turned. Preston remains as before, Mr. P. Grenfel (w) succeeding, after a contest, Sir P. H. Fleetwood (w), who retired. Warrington remains as before ; on the re tirement of Mr. J. I. Blackburne (c), Mr. G. Greenall (c), after a contest, has been returned. Wigan remains as before : on the retirement of Mr. C. Standish (w), Mr. R. Thicknesse (w) having been returned without opposition. It will be gathered from these details, that the losses to the Conservatives have been—one in South Lancashire, one in North Lancashire, one at Blackburn , one at Clithero, one at L ancaster , and one at Li verpool; total, six. On the other hand, the Conservative gains have been one at Bolton and one at Oldham ; reducing use. tl . le Whig gain to four THE CROPS GENERALLY We rejoice to say that the anticipations of a fine and abundant harvest of most articles of field produce are already in progress of being realised in the north of Eng land, as they already have been in the south. The har vest has commenced in earnest in most of the counties. and the general result is an abundant yield both of grain of the best quality and of straw. Even so far north as Cumberland, barley has been cut ten days ago, and other crops have since followed with proportionate returns. The weather has .been. highly propitious ; and though heavy showers have been flying about, in some instances laying portions of the wheat and oat fields, any loss that may thereby arise will probably be comparatively small, and will be more than made up by the advantage accruing to. the turnips, aftergrass, and other green , crops, which for some time had wanted water. It were easy to quote, from the different provincial journals, a column or two in justification of these remarks : but this is superfluous, in asmuch as they all gratifyingly sing the same so ng , an d to the same joyful tune. There is certainly some slight ex ception here and there as to the potatoes, the truth of which time alone can solve. The general opinion is that the crops of the year will be considerably above the ave rage product, and of superior quality. In Scotland the prospects are equally cheering. In the more fertile districts , of that country—the Lothians, &c. — all the crops are reported as most promising ; and in the colder, though later lands, the oats (yet green) are thick and strong in stem, giving equal promise against the time of harvesting, which will be quite as early as usual. Some fine wheat has already been cut in Dumfriesshire, and the grain fields generally are approaching to maturity. As in. England all the writers on the subject express their de light at the continuance of the finest possible weather for vegetation. With respect to Ireland (by skimming over bundles of newspapers) we may, in mercantile parlance, say " ditto repeated." The reports are most encouraging from all parts ; and certainly convey an assurance that the asser tions some time ago put forth, (probably by interested corn-holders), that farmer and cottier had been alike ne glectful in sowing or planting, were, to say the least, much exaggerated. Prolific as is the general soil of Ireland, we have yet to learn that, even there, he who " sows" not.can " The p only drawback refers itself to the " potato." The " earlies," and especially the earliest of them, have been throughout the kingdom, abundant and good. The last of this crop (now being gradually gathered) have exhi bited here and there the presence of the disease, and this is certainly somewhat ominous as to the late, or main " field" crop. The rot has in these shown itself in some districts, but it is by no means very important as yet. Some writers report that they observe no appearance of it in the fields they have surveyed, and trust that it has hap pily fled. It is not well, however, to halloo before one ia out of the wood. The disease did not set in last year un til about this time, and it may yet exercise its baleful in fluence. But we see no ,cause for alarm, come what may in the ordinary course of nature's laws. Should one-half of the late potatoes be blighted, we shall still be—taking into account the fine crops of other produce, and the large importations of bread-stuffs from abroad now loading our warehouses—in a position far beyond the reach of want, or of exorbitant prices. Should the potatoes escape with but about the usual loss in amount of failure in ordinary years, we may venture to prognosticate that in a few months hence we shall have provisions of all kinds lower in price than we have known them for the last twenty years. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. - Mr. E. Buller resigned, on finding that it would be a very doubtful matter, with the powerful influence of the Duke of Sutherland in favour of his Grace's nephew Lord Brackley, for any one devoid of such support to enter the political arena as a competitor for senatorial honours. Lord Brackley is Earl Ellesmere's eldest son, and has taken refuge in Staffordshire, after having been driven from South Lancashire, and defeated at Newcastle-under-Lyne. After Mr. Buller announced his retirement, some of the leading Liberals induced him to withdraw his resignation, and on Tuesday Lord Anson also arrived, and resolved to allow himself to be put in nomination, not really with a view of going to the poll, he being already one of the members for Litchfield, but merely as a rallying point for the Liberals. On Wednes day, the Hon. and Rev. A. Talbot proposed, and Mr. Kinnersley seconded, the nomination of Mr. Ailderley ; Captain Mainwaring proposed, and Mr. Pye, of Clifton, seconded, the nomination of Mr. Edward Buller. Lord Sandon and Mr., Smith Child nominated and seconded .._ Lord Brackley ; and Mr. Bass, of Burton-on-Trent, pro- In accordance with a resolution passed at the meeting posed, and Captain Powys seconded, the nomination of of the Stratford Shaksperian Club, on the 22d ultimo, the Viscount Anson. A show of hands was then taken, and followinc , noblemen and gentlemen have formed themselves declared to be in favour of Lord Brackley and Mr. Adder into a committee for raising a fund for the purchase of the ley. The polling was fixed for Monday and' Tuesday, and house in which Shakspere was born :—His Royal Highness a sharp contest is anticipated. Prince Albert, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Warwick, Earl Den- LORD B s of young nobleman's address to bi h, Earl Howe, Viscount Villiers, Lord Lilford, Lord the electors of North Staffordshire is very different to that Redesdale, g Lord Leigh, Lord Brooke, Hon. C. B. Percy, which he issued when a candidate for South Lancashire. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P. Sir R. Throckmorton, Bart., In South Lancashire, he "has a confident expectation that the application of the principles of commercial policy Sir`G.Skp,w Esqorth, , Bart., Sir Charles Douglas, M.P., E. Shirley M.P., W. Collins, Esq., M.P., the will realize the advantages anticipated by their advocates." In North Staffordshire lie says, " Though not disposed to mayor of Stratford, Dr. Thomson, Stratford, &c. advocate the re-imposition of those restrictions on tom- On the 4th instant, a meeting of the committee was held merce which were removed by the' now expired parlia- at Stratford, Dr. Thompson presided, when the following meat, lam in favour of giving every encouragement to report of the proceedings of the committee was unani native industry, consistently with the general interest of mous ly agreed to : " That a committee of noblemen and gentlemen having, the community." In South Lancashire, again, Lord in the year 1835, at the instigation of the Royal Shak- Brackley expressed his wish to see the blessings of edur- spe purpose of obtaining donations for the purpose of erian Club, been formed at Stratford - upon-Avon, for cation "freely placed within the reac h of all classesof noble enabling them to preserve and renovate th e t om b an d th Majesty's subjects ;" but i n North Staffordshire the lord is desirous that Catholic children should " partake in monument of Shakspere, and the chancel in which the remains of the poet and his family are . interred ;. and, in the benefits of government aid," only `. if a measure .to that effect could be carried out without increasing the in the event of a sufficient amount being subscribed, the fluence of the Roman Catholic church." In South Lan cashire, Lord Brackley believed that the present minis- committee would gladly extend their care to the preserva ters would be entitled to his " best support ;" in North tion and restoration of the birthplace of Shakspere, and Staffordshire, his lordship finds that his opinions "en- to the house still remaining at Chottery, near Stratford, tire!) , coincide " with those of the former member, Mr. which wP- -‘ residence of Ann Hathaway, afterwards the SALE OF SHAKSPERE'S BIRTHPLACE wife of Shakspere, and even to the purchase of the site of New Place, the house in which Shakspere passed the,latter years of his life, and in which he died, a spot which being yet unencroached upon, they are most desirous of guarding from new erections, and consecrating to the memory of him whose name has rendered it, in their estimation, hal lowed ground. The means, however, placed at the dis posal of the committee (the subscription being limited to £1) sufficed only for the primary object then in view. " Since that time no opportunity offered for thepur- chase of the house in which Shakspere was born until the end of last year, when, in consequence of the death of the late proprietor, it became known that the property would be sold. . . . " At an early period an application was made for the purchase of the property by private treaty, when it was ascertained that legal difficulties existed, which rendered it incumbent upon the trustees to offer it for sale by public auction, and, therefore, not less so on the committee to moyg Jnatter . wall. the greatest .caution.and, cire.um spection, and hence the delay in announcing their inten tions. " The sale is fixed to take place on the 16th of Septem ber, and, after much deliberation, the committee have determined to abandon the plan which had been for some time entertained, of a private guarantee fund, for the pur chase of the house in the first instance, and to make a public appeal to the nation for the means of purchasing and preserving so precious a relic of England's greatest poet. " That portion cf the property which is to be sold con sists of the rooms which have always been exhibited as the house in which the poet was born, and of the Swan. and Maidenhead public-house, on the east side of it ; but there are likewise within the area of the property, on the western side, four tenements , _ three of which were con verted into habitations at the beginning of the last century,• and the fourth, which, from the continuation of the framed timber front, and the form of the old door-ways communicating internally, evidently forms part of the birthplace, but which, in 1771, was separated from it.' " The committee have within the last few days purchased. the four tenements above-mentioned for the sum of £B2or wLich, as it puts them in possession of part of the house' in which Shakspere was born, cannot but be regarded as a most important acquisition at the present time. The price which the committee have given for this part of the- property, and for the advantage of at once securing it, malt probably be referred to as some indication of the amount required for the purchase of the larger and more valuable portion of it, which they understand realises, from the rental of the house and the exhibition of the birthplace , from £BO to £lOO per annum. In the event of this por tion of the property being also secured, the commi"" LAW INTELLIGENCE. The judges arrived at Lancaster on Saturday. At the Radnorshire assizes there was not a prisoner for trial, and no cause whatever at Nisi Prius. Mr. Justice ,Cresswell was only detained about an hour. THE LIVERPOOL AsslzEs.—The judges will arrive here on Wednesday, and the trials will be proceeded with on Thursday. The following is a digest of the calendar: — Murder, 6; intent to murder, 1 ; manslaughter, 13 ; stabbing, wounding, &c., 9 : rape, &c., 9 ; burglary, 24; housebreaking, 2 ; robbery from the person, 19 ; arson, 3 ; sacrilege, 1 ; bigamy, 7 ; forgery, 5 ; perjury, 2 ; horse stealing, 3; mint offenders, 11—total, 115. LALTY COURT, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4.—THE —Dr. Robinson moved for a commission of sp in this case, under the RANGER, mariners for wage and a sentence obtained She wa: now lying in the Graving Dock at Liverpool, subject to claim for dock dues, amounting to £270, incurring ever; npan tidc. an arlditinmti exnense. Other claims, to th extent of X2OO, were made against the ship, which was daily deteriorating in value, and it_was now worth only £4OO. Sir J. DOdson (wh sidered that as the claim ;on) con- 10 sat for Dr. Lushing is already exceeded the value of could do injury to no on. and might do good, by , decree- AIRS RAILWAY AFF rains gc The Churnet Valley line, and a considerable portion of p North Staffords ton, are ex petted to he ready for opening in October, 1848. It is reported, on what is considered good authority Western Company, in rate of nine per cent. The Lancaster and Carlisle pay a dividend of £1 per whole and 2s. sd. per third share out of the profits on the half-year, being almost 4 per cent. on the frrst six months. he presen An excursion train, bringing upwards of WO persons on pleasure bent, from Edinburgh and Glasgow to the great metropolis, arrived at the Euston station on Wed nesday, when the passengers gave three hearty cheers for Mr. Muir, the manager of the excursion. The South Western Company's Report, presented to the meeting on Friday, is very satisfactory, in this respect especially—that it maintains the former dividend (viz., 275. 6d. on the half-year), and it is to 'be observed that the dividends on successive half-years are unequal. Four arches fell' on the new line of railway between Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, on Tuesday. Being in what may be termed the green state, and having no pack ing on the Tonge side, they gave way, and about seven men were at the top at the time. Two of them were killed. The freemen of Lincoln are likely to be much enriched by the approach of railways to their city. From the Great Northern Company they claim £BOO per acre as se verance ; the quantity required will be 28i acres, so that the compensation claimed amounts to £25,000; they likewise claim £l,OOO per acre for two acres taken by the Midland Company. _ From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic __r the last week, on upwards of 3,154 miles of railway, was £198,878, thus accounted for :—£116,219 for the con veyance of passengers only; £41,114 for the carriage of goods; and a remainder of £31,545 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £34,723 over the corresponding week of the last year, when the mileage was about 2,290. FIRST SPECIAL TRAIN FROM EDINBURGH TO LONDON. —On Tuesday, an immense concourse of people were as sembled on the North Bridge and Calton-hill, to view the the departure of the first special train to London. After the whole had fairly started, which consisted of twenty-six carriages, propelled by two locomotives, a loud cheer was got up by the spectators, who all seemed to be deeply in terested in the event, which may, indeed, be regarded as the beginning of a new era in our social and national pro gress.—Edinburgh paper. YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY e I the shareholders in this company, I At a meeting of 'erpoor on „ Monday week, to consider the terms proposed for amalga mation with the Newcastle and Berwick Company, and also to receive the report of a deputation to Mr. Hudson, on the subject, it was unanimously resolved that in conse quence of that report being unsatisfactory, and the pro posed terms likely to prove injurious to the interests of this company, every exertion be made to oppose the actop tion of those terms at the York meeting on the 9th inst. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOU CESTER RAILWAY. — On Friday evening, an accident at tended with loss of life, occurred on the above line. As the mail train which arrives in Birmingham shortly after eleven o'clock was travelling at a rapid pace in a cutting near Lifford, the engine ran off the rails, dragging the ten der and luggage-van after it. It continued its course for several yards. nlounlinff UD the earth until it fell over, and unfortunately, John 'Warburton, the engine-driver, was forced between the tender and the engine, and crushed to ----- LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JUNC TION RAILWAY.—We are happy to hear the affairs of this company have assumed a healthy and promising aspect. The dissensions which have so long existed in the direction have disappeared by the retirement of tne Neweaitle party. The Board is now united, and matters are progressing peaceably and rapidly. The falling through of the amal gamation with the. Northern Counties Union Railway may be considered in every respect a fortunate circumstance for LAverpoo lat never con have been of to their legitimate interests, and it has brought unity and peace into the direction. We need hardly add that the extraordinary resolution which was passed at the meeting in February last, giving to any two directors the power of a majority, is now a dead letter. We trust the affairs of the company will never again stand in need of a similar resolution. At the coming general meeting the share holders may expect to receive a satisfactory and encourag ing report.—Railway Maga ORMSKIRK RAILWAY zine. The following is an extract from the report of Messrs Locke and Errington, the en gineers to the East Lancashire Railway presented at a meeting of the company last week. "The Ormskirk con tract was not let until the end of January, 1847, when the whole of the land had to be obtained : the progress, there fore, has not been great in earth-work ; at several points the embankments cannot be carried on until the bridges over the canal are built. These bridges have all been pressed forward ; the masonry of three is finished, and the fourth is in course of construction. There has already a whole This rate of progress will ra pidly in- crease as y ollsnet are compietea, ana sixteen considerably advanced. No permanent way has yet been laid on this district. The whole of the contracts above enumerated expire at different periods between January, 1848, and June of the same year. It appears probable, on reviewing the present state of the works, and considering the preparation of material by the contractors, that the whole line may be finished and opened to the public next summer, and some portions of it at an earlier period." EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meet ing of this company was held at Bury on Friday ; Mr. J. Grundy in the chair. The report stated that the net balance applicable for dividends from the traffic to the 30th of June was £10,007 ; that the passenger traffic was in -easing, and the arrangements for the minera l and g oods names of the most eligible scholars, and appoint a day on traffic were becoming more complete; that the difficulties which they may be assembled with other candidates from arising from the incomplete and unconnected state of the neighbouring schools, in order that their comparative qua - line would shortly be overcome. It was pr o p osed to in lifications may be determined by an examination in ac- crease the rate of interest on calls from 44 to 5 per cent. cordance with their lordships' minutes. For this purpose Under the Preston Extension Act the company was em it is desirable to procure the use of some public room in powered to raise an additional capital of £217,000 scrip the town, or other central place, in which the candidates shares of the, nominal value of £55, which had been issued may be assembled for examination. and taken up to the amount of £216,800, which the direc- Your report on each school will of course be separately tors would consolidate into quarter-shares of £6 ss. each, made. This report, and the examination papers accom- making within £12,800 of that sum. As interest could panying it, will be considered in this department ; and if not be paid upon the new stock out of capital, these shares their lordships should confirm your recommendation, the receive a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. until January, indentures of apprenticeship will be filled ue here, and 1850. when they would receive dividends as other stock. transmitted to the managers of the school to Dc duly exe cuted by all the parties interested. Besides cases thus arising out of the explanations which you are requested to make during your visits to each school, applications for the apprenticeship of pupil teachers and After the payment of the next call, the directors expect that they will be enabled to borrow money and defer making calls for some time. Of five bills promoted by the company in the late session two had had been passed and three rejected. The engineer's report stated, that from of Council by the managers of other schools, many of which may not have previously been under inspection. When the preliminary inquiries are completed, my lords will, from time to time, transmit such applications to you, and will authorize you, if necessary, temporarily to with draw from the route of inspection which you would other wise have pursued. You will then make arrangements to visit each of these schools, and to report upon it in refer ence to the application for apprentices, and will afterwards resume your tour of inspection. . the advanced state of the'works on the Accrington, Burn ley, Haslingden Bacup, and Ormskirk contracts, it was probable that the whole line would be opened to the public next summer. The capital account showed that £1,447,792 had been received, and £1,207,490 expended, leaving a balance of £240,302 ; the revenue account that £18,506 had been received, and £13,406 expended ; leaVing a pro fit of £6,100. Resolutions were passed adopting the re port and authorizing the directors to create 34,720 quarter shares of £6 ss. each, to be apportioned to the holders of scrip shares ; £1 ss. to be considered as already paid, and to be entitled to a dividend of five per cent. until January, 1850. In the appropriation of grants for the erection of school buildings, attention has been paid to the tenure of the site and to the structure of the school deed, especially in every thing that could affect the permanency and good management of the trust. The majority of schools erected with and from the public funds are secured by valid conveyances, and in a great number of them clauses are inserted providing for the management of the school, and defining the powers and duties of those to whom it is confided. I/ • ST. HELENS CANAL AND RAILWAY. — The annual meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at Liver pool : Mr. W. Greenall in the chair. The report stated that their bills in the late session of parliament had been strenuously opposed by the North Western Company for making a line into Warrington, connecting the Garston Docks with the Cheshire Junction and the North Western Railways, with a view to extend the coal trade of the district, and to make Garston the great depot for the export of coal and salt from the Mersey. That the House of Commcns rejected the opposition projects pro moted by the London and North Western Company, and sanctioned in their integrity the schemes of this company. That contracts have been entered into for altering the inclined planes on the main line from 1 in 30, at present worked by fixed engines and a rope, to a gradient of 1 in 100, which can be worked by locomotive power. This alteration will be effected for £35,000 less , than the origi • The objects sought to be secured are-1. Permanency. —2. Efficient management. The Committee of Council will, in all such cases, re quire the following preliminary conditions :- 1. That the school-rooms be of sufficient size and height, well ventilated, warmed, and supplied with school furniture, apparatus, and books. 2. That the school-room be not liable to any uses likely to interfere with or disturb its occupation during the or dinary hours of school keeping, or to occasion a sudden termination of its employment for education. 3. That the proprietor, trustees, or managers of the school sign an agreement, that if the school-room cannot, nal estimates It is expected to dimin.ishlhe_expen idly one-. by reason of the nature of otherwise, continue to be ap propriated to the education teacher, the amour of the stipends of the gratuities to the teael currence of every such interru All schools aided with grants towards their erection nlargernent, or towards the supply of school furniture have, either_by a Claus; dorsement the'reon7jr — bya memorial under the provisions of 7 and 8 Victoria, chap. 37, secured to the Committee of Council the power of visiting and examining the school by means of their inspectors. W here senoois receive aid towards their annual expenses only, the trustees and managers will be required to sign an agreement that so long , as this aid is continued, or the apprenticeship of any pupil teacher or stipendiary monitor is unexpired, the school shall he opened to the visits of her Majesty's inspectors. himself in terms of mortified disappointment to his former " friends:" - the electors of Limerick, from whom he has separated as representative in parliament. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. O'CONNELL. —The mortal remains of the distinguished Daniel O'Connell were consigned to the tomb in the cemetery of Glasnevin, near Dublin, on Thursday. For some days the body had been lying in Marlborough-street chapel. At eleven o'clock the hearse, drawn by six horses, was admitted within the barrier, also a number of mourning coaches, in which were many of the intimate relatives and friends of sed. Many hundred persons had previously A short time was spent in devotion, the deco then removed to the hearse, (preceded ) amidst a manifePt demonstration of gained admission and the coffin -wa, The procession took the route previously marked , he hearse were Cathol' slates and minor clergy of that persuasion, and a large number of the merchants, traders, and citizens of Dublin. Never was there so great a concourse of per- hearse, on foot and by all means of convey;nce. The numbers in the town were swelled by the two elections. The -funeral emblems were numerous. The triumphal car, in which the deceased was borne home to his house ,ncholy and most impressive object in the It was vacant—a id vexation" of all human ambition, and the fleeting nature of all transitory things. The hearse reached the cemetery at Glasnevin soon after monitor of th " manage sex assizes, on a charge of having offered a bribe to an elector, in order to induce him to vote for Messrs. Bris coe and Robertson, at the late Hastings election. late election for the borough of Barnstaple, it was stated that one elector had recorded his vote in favour of the present pope, Pius IX. At the Cambridge University Election, Lord John Manners plurnped for Mr. Law ; whilst his elder brother, the Marquis of Granby, like a truer Protestant, voted for Mr. Law and Lord Fielding. The election for West Kent terminated on Saturday, in the return of Filmer and Hodges, the former a Conserva tive, and the latter a Liberal. This is another unexpected triumph for the Liberals. It was stated on the hustings at Darlington, on Thurs day. that John Bowes. Esq., the former member, had spent the large sum of £30,000 in two contests for South Durham. ELGIN 131.IRGHS. - The final state of the poll for this districct has not reached us; but it is understood that opponents - , Mr. Alexander Bannerman (Tory), and Sir A. L•. Hay (Whig-Radical). KINSALE. - Mr. W. H. Watson, the notorious pro moter of the pretended " Roman Catholic Relief Bill," has been ejected from the representation of this borough by Mr. Gurness, a Conservative. At the close the num bers were—Gurness 104, Wakon 86. ENNIS.-Mr. O'Gorman Mahon was, on Tuesday, elected for the borough of Ennis without opposition. The honourable gentleman is regarded as a Young Irelander and a sworn enemy to the O'Connells, whose recent at tacks upon him he will answer in the House of Commons. Now that Mr. D'lsraeli is safe for Buckinghamshire, he states that " he has not renounced the opinions he ex pressed in Parliament upon the subject. of Protection to native industry ; but he will not make them the subject of an electioneering howl. He will wait the course of events." In addressing the electors for Dublin University at the nomination, Mr. Shaw, one of the late and present mem bers, said that, • " in order to serve the University, he had refused the highest professional office under the crown which it was in its power to bestow—that of Attorney General—from which three men have since under the same government been made judges " ELECTION PURlTY.—During the Hull election, a man named Thos. Airy went to the Porter-street committee room, and tendered a vote for Mr. Clay. The usual oath was administered to him, and he stated his name as Bee croft, but one of the gentlemen in the room knew both Mr. Beecroft and the man himself. He was of course taken into custody. _ . Mr. D'lsraeli stated very emphatically at the Bucking hamshire election that he would offer " no factious oppo sition to the present government," and added that as long as he found them pursuing a constitutional course, "he would give the government not only an impartial hearing, but as far as he could judge of the tendency of their acts hitherto, an earnest support." _ CAMBRIDGE UNIVER;ITY. — CIOSe of the poll :—Law, 1486 ; Goulburn, 1189 ; Fielding, 1147 ; ' Lefevre, 860. The total number polled was 2491. The greatest number of votes for any member to serve in Parliament, or other icer, since the foundation of the University, (previous to the present election) was for Lord Lyndhurst, iversity 0: OXFORD UNIVERSITY. -- At the final close of the poll the numbers were :—lnglis, 1,700 ; Gladstone, 997 ; Round, 824. The total number polled was understood to be 1857, of whom 120 " plumped" for Mr. Gladstone, and about 25 for each of the other candidates. The num ber of pairs reported to the two committees was 154, adding 308 to the total number of voters, and making -ters 1,151. -ustone's support,_ SOUTH DURHAM ELECTION.—The nomination took place on Thursday. There was no contest, and Lord Harry Vane (Lib.), and Mr. Farrer, of Inglethorp (Tory), were declared duly elected. The noble lord was proposed by Joseph Pease, Esq., of Southend, and seconded by Geo. J; Scurfield, Esq., of Hurworth ; Mr. Ferrer was proposed by Marshall Fowler, Esq., of Preston Hall, and seconded by Captain Morritt, of Rokeby Park. This is the first time a Tory has been returned for this division. THE STIRLING BURGHS.—The contest in this district has resulted in the return of Mr. J. B. Smith, who, we a Christian constituency in scot- Mr. Smith professes Free Trade principles; but we regret to think that the electors of Stirling should have gone to Manchester for a candidate of such a persuasion. Mr. Smith polled 345 votes, Mr. C. A. Maitland 312, Mr. A. Alison 156. WINCHESTER.-Mr. Bonham Carter, 363; Sir J. B. East, 315 ; Mr. Escott, 243. Nothing could be more complete than the failure of Mr. Escott, his supporters comprising the very lowest Radicals, with a few of the Conservative party who supported him on private grounds. Mr. Bonham Carter is a gentleman universally respected for his personal worth, and many of the Conservative party gave him their second vote, as a vote against Mr. Escott. This accounts for his majority over Sir James East. DUBLIN. CITY.—The nomination of candidates to re present this city took place on Monday. After the former conservative members had been proposed and seconded, the Rev. T. D. Gregg and Mr. Charles Hyndman pro posed and seconded Mr. Ferrand, late of Knaresborough, and Mr. John Reynolds, a repealer, was also proposed and seconded. The numbers at the close of the poll ?,eynolds, (Repealer) 3,229 ; were— —Grogan, (C) 3,353; kr..Ferrnd was withdrawn DUBLIN dNIVERSITY.—For the representation of the University of Dublin there has been a sharp contest. Originally there were seven candidates in the field,—Mr. Shaw ; Mr. Hamilton ; Mr. Napier; Mr. M'Cullagh ; Dr. Giffard, the editor of the London Standard ; Mr. Butt, and Mr. Kyle; the three latter, however, after making their speeches retired from the contest. These gentlemen nrincipally directed their fire against Mr. Shaw, the late member, and certainly a more brilliant speech than that delivered by Dr. Giffard it has seldom been our good fortune to peruse ; though we do not intend it to be understood by this that we agree in the propriety and justice of all that the learned gentleman said of Mr. Shaw, N t v h h e o p i o s l o man n s a v t e u r r y d a much ynig numberstood. s A to t od th a e s close of —Hamilton, 675 ; Shaw, 514 ; Napier , 477 ; M'Culla g h, 324. I m it i , su th n e ders NARROW ESCAPE.—At the Peeblesshire election, on Friday, when the two candidates—Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and Mr. Carmichael—with their respective friends, and also the Sheriff, had taken their places on the hustings, the latter had scarcely finished the reading of the act against bribery, when the temporary wooden platform gave way, and upwards of 50 gentlemen were precipitated to the ground amidst falling beams and planks on all sides. Great confusion ensued; but it was ascertained that twenty one gentlemen had received serious injuries. Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, we understand, was hurt, but Mr. Car •michael was more fortunate, having escaped uninjured. Provost Kerr was much bruised, and Sheriff Burnet was also hurt, though not severely. ESSEX VOTERS.—In a contest in a borough in Essex, where it appeared there would probably be a close run, a seaman, a £lO voter, was found to be absent with his ves sel, and it was uncertain whether he was at Havre or Ant werp. A young girl, one of his daughters, of her own ac cord, and quite unknown to the liberal candidate or his committee, determined to fetch him. All she asked was to be driven over to the railway station, to meet the third class train. On reaching London, she went to the station of the Dover railway, where a clerk, with great civility, advised her to go by Southampton. So she went on to Nine Elms. On reaching Southampton, she found a packet just sailing. At Havre, having hired a guide who understood English, she searched the quay till she found her father and his ship, and brought him home. LONDON ELECTION. — It is worthy of notice, as a cu rious fact, that the results of the three last contested elec tions in the city, (the bye-election of October, 1843, ex cepted,) were not correctly ascertained before the official declaration. In 1837, Mr. Horsley Palmer's election by a majority of 13 over Mr. Grote, was decisively announced by his committee at the close of the poll. The next day, however, Mr. Grote was declared duly elected by a majo rity of six ! In 1841, each party gave up Lord John Rus sell for lost, and Mr. Wolverley Attwood was the success full candidate—until noon next day, when the sheriff turned the scale by declaring the return of Lord J. Rus sell, Mr. Attwood being left in a minority of nine. The present case is a third example of this uncertainty. No one dreamt, until the returning officer opened his lips, that Mr. Masterman was re-elected, and one-of the Libe ral candidates rejected. WEST RIDING —On Saturday, the nomination of Ridine of Yorkshire took place. ith about a members was exp9ctec Wednesday I movement was rn-law League Mr. E. Milner proposed, mded Lord Morpeth, and .ommend the electors to . E. Lascelles, and Mr. J. 'ford, proposed and seconded Mr. E. Deni- Mr. Win. Ir. Cobden. as did i _ne of Mr. DenisOnwasw l itl l : : n, his proposer stating that they.were taken by sur- T-nrri Mnrnath anti Air nntopn ATP._ therefore, the ;Cconded members for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and, we pre sume, the Isiter will resign the representation of Stock port, for which place he has also been elected. Lord Mor peth said, in the course of his address, that it was the tenth time lie had appeared before the electors. ntions q! it as may from time to time have been removed, would be placed under the protection of theme the Chief Commissioners of Woods and Forests having signified that that department ' would willingly tak e charge of Shakspere's house, as a just object of national The report concludes with announcing a d £250 from Prince Albert.. The Queen Dowage £lOO, and the Corporation of Stratford £lOO. George Jones, Esq. has offered the sum of the Shakspere house and property, provided th, posed of at private sale, and thereby prevent the natiot i disgrace of its being sold at public auction. I rr espectl of the name of Shakspere, the property is only valued at few hundred pounds,