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•K'. 1,73 N ‘‘ Imperial Varllama. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoNoAY. In reply to O , I , SCOn from Lord LILFORD, respecting the Rev. H. C. Marsh, 'll4e llishoo Of PETERBOROUGH said, no person could be more proper than the noble lord, from his well-known interest in the cause of religion in his diocese; to put to "him the painful question. It was true that in The Times ne*spaper cf that morning there had appeared some ob servations which went so far as to accuse him of conni ving at the violation of his duty by a rev. gentleman,— that, although a charge of immorality had been made against that clergyman, no notice of it had been taken by his bishop till just before the trial. Now, the first word he (the right rev. prelate) had heard of these grievances was in September last. The rev. gentleman had been ab sent nine months from Peterborough, and had just con cluded his residence as canon (for he was a canon of Pe terborough as well as rector of 13arnock), and as soon as be ,(the bishop) had heard of the matter, he communicated with his friends. The great difficulty was, not that he (toe tight rev. prelate) was unwilling to proceed, hut that now there was no remedy in the power of a bishop but by a proceeding under the Church Discipline Act, and that act was not applicable to offences committed longer ago than two years, and this crime had been committed four years ago; therefore his hands were tied. What he knew was this : of course criminal conduct had taken place, but it was said to have been at Paris; and there was another clause in the Church Discipline Bill which gave power to the bishop to take notice of crimes committed only in his own diocese. There again he (the bishop of Peterborough) was excluded. (Hear.) He could have no wish to screen the gentleman. If be had selfish objects in view, of course he should have taken advantage of the conduct of this rector, for the living was in his own patronage, and he could have found many excellent persons who would have been thankful for it, even it he had not put a friend into it, to serve his own interests. He was not to blame, but the law of the land. He had no authority to interfere; but he said to the friends of the person, " Do not allow him to take any duty in the diocese till he hears from me again." He (the right rev. prelate) said, " I cannot bear to think of his doing duty until this matter has been in vestigated ; until it is proved that he is innocent of these crimes." That had been the case. Mr. Marsh had kept a curate, and was frequently absent from his residence at Peterborough, unhappily in this great metropolis and in Paris. His curate had done duty regularly and properly since that time, at least as far as he (the Bishop of Peter borough) knew. The offender had not done any duty, and therefore it was not true that he had connived at his doing duty. HOUSE 'OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. The report of supply being brought up, and the resolu tion relating to the pension of officers' widows being put from the chair, Captain BERNAL moved for a copy of any correspond ence respecting the refusal of the War-office to allow a pension to Mrs. Fawcett, the widow of the officer who fell in the late duel. There had been a refusal some years ago to a widow whose husband had committed suicide ; bat between suicide and duelling there was no analogy. A law for giving damages to the relations of the deceased against the survivor might be of some use ; but not a stop page of the widow's pension. The articles of war con tained a prohibition against duelling or carrying hostile messages • but it was a dead letter. He read the chal lenge addressed from the Duke of Wellington to Lord Winchelsea, observing the writer of the letter was now at the head of the army, and the gentleman who conveyed it was the distinguished officer now filling the office of Se cretary-at-War. Captain Bernal then cited an instance in his own regiment of an officer who had been driven from it for having submitted to an insult without chal lenging the aggressor. If Colonel Fawcett had sold out one week before the duel, a sum of between 3,000 and 4,000 would have been at his widow's disposal. The se conds in this very affair had been acquitted, and were still in her Majesty's service, and he besought the house and the Secretary-at-War, whose courage was equalled only by his humanity, that this calamity might not be visited solely upon the unhappy widow. Sir 11. HARDINGE defended the refusal of the pension, not upon general grounds, but upon the special circum stances of the case, particularly the near relationship of the parties, the slightness of the affront, and the precipi tancy of the hostile meeting. Those circumstances con tinued to form in his mind a sufficient reason for the reso lution he had taken. The consideration of the widow's pension was the public service of the husband, and there were several kinds of misconduct by which the merit of that public service was considered to be so far obliterated that the pension was refused to the widow. The case of the Duke of Wellington was not that of challenge to another officer in the army. Her Majesty had now au thorized him, with a view of repressing the practice of duelling, to introduce an alteration in the next articles of war, which, he trusted, would effectually discourage them. The main scope of that alteration was, to enjoin that apo logies should be frankly made and frankly accepted, and that when the matter could not otherwise be accommo dated, it should ba referred to the commanding officer of the regiment. If this kind of arbitration were established in the army, he trusted that a like recourse would be adopted in private life, and that this crime and folly would be finally abolished. He must confess, however, that the remedy was not complete, for it would apply only to cases between officers being both on whole pay. It could not be made applicable to any officer on half-pay, nor to a dispute between an officer on whole pay and a person not an officer ; for it was obviously necessary that the control, if applicable to either, should be applicable to both. Lord PALMERSTON said, that tbe ground of the pension was the officer's service. It was in the nature of an aug mentation to his pay, as relieving him, pro tante, from the necessity of laying bp a provision for his widow. He was inclined, however, to think that in this case the pension might properly have been granted. Colonel Fawcett had not been the challenger; and the seconds seemed to have been very culpable in not having prevented the meeting. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE entered into the merits of the duel, showing that the duel had not been fought until after the opinions of several distinguished officers had been taken, all of whom deemed it impossible for Lieutenant Munro, as an officer on full pay, to avoid the unhappy extremity of a hostile meeting. Sir R. PEEL gave his cordial approbation to the course adopted by Sir 11. llardinze in respect of this pension. Colonel Fawcett had selected a very young person as his second. Had the second been a man of higher standing, his influence might have availed to stop a duel which ought never to have taken place. With respect to the hardship on Lieutenant Munro, that officer had been warned that it was necessary for him to return and take his trial. He had declined to do so, and the consequence was inevitable, that he must forfeit his commission in the army. Sir R. Peel declared his hope that the proposed alterations in the articles of war would be effectual. After some observations from other honourable mem bers, Captain BERNAL withdrew his motion, and remain ing resolutions of the committee of supply were reported and agreed to. Mr. O'CONNELL moved for leave to bring in a bill for amending the law respecting Roman Catholic charities and places of worship in Ireland. His objects were to ob viate the necessity of expensive applications to courts of equity, and to facilitate the establishment of residences for parish priests, and with these views to give a regular succession to the Roman Catholic hierarchy for the pur pose of taking grants of land. After a few words from Mr. SHAW, and on an under standing that no member, by his acquiescene at this stage of the measure, should be considered as committing him self to the approval of it, leave was given to bring in the bill Mr. HUME moved for a committee on the tobacco trade, to prevent smuggling. Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.--TUESDAY. The secona reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was fixed for Monday next. Lord MONTE A.GLE moved for certain returus relating to the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth. The mo tion was agreed to, and the house then adjourned until Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. After the transaction of some unimportant business, Mr. COBDEN, pursuant to notice, rose to bring forwar2 his motion for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the effects of protective duties upon imports on the interest of tenant farmers and farm labourers. The hon. member supported his motion in a long speech. Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the motion, and a protracted debate ensued, in which Mr. Hawes, Lord Pollington, Mr. Scott, Lord Worsley, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. Curteis, Mr. Brotherton, Colonel Wood, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Bright, Mr. Newdegate, and Dr. Bowring, took part ; and on a division there appeared For the motion • • Against it Majority • • • -91 Some further business was transacted, and the honse adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--WEDNESDAY. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY obtained leave to bring in a bill to make a railroad from Chester to Holyhead. The petition against the return of Mr. Bruges, for De vizes, was withdrawn. Mr. 11. ELPHINSTONE postponed his Ecclesiastical Courts Bill for a fortnight. After considerable discussion, the second reading of Lord Warsley's Inclosure Bill was read a second time, by a majority of 70 to 23. The 'asters' and Servants' Bill, the Gaming Transac tions Bill, the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Bill, and other Bills, were forwarded a stage. The house adjourned at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF CONINIONS.—THuRsnAv. _ _ Mr. COCHRANE moved for copies of any correspon dence with Sir E. Lyons, or with France and Russia, on the late events in Gre ec e . He adverted to the favourable reception which had been given to the constitution o pro_ posed there ; and, after an encomium n the character Ti il. and required the and ability of Sir E. Lyons , he inquired what a g overnment intended to take respecting thel course re specting that article of the constitution vi that the successor to the throne should be a le member of the Greek church , and which he re g ard ed as inconsistent e with the treaty of 1832. He considered him self o no imputation of incons i s tenc y for vindicating at to once legitimacy and constitutional government. and ,expressed his warm sympathy with the rising fortunes of Greece. Sir R. Peet, answered, that he purposed substantially to comply with this motion, reserving a large discretion as to certain passages ,vhich it might not he proper at present to publish. The general object had been to en courage the constitutional settlement of a limited monar chy ; but it would not be expedient to produce details at this moment; and it was clear that any attempt to coerce the deliberations of the authorities in Greece would en danger the permanence of the constitution which they might adopt. On the subject of the loan. he begged to excuse himself for the present from any statement 1.113011 that subject, considering the peculiar circumstances through which Greece was now passing. LORD PALMERSTON considered Sir R. Peel's -statement to be on the whole a satisfactory one. He stated his ge neral opinion that all countries were fit for free constitu tions ; and that the very best way to fit any .people for them, was to give them to that people. He agreed that England and France were bound to exercise great forbearance with respect to details in Greece, though he thought those Powers well justified in requiring that Greece should adopt a free constitution. He wished for some modification of that article of the Constitution which relates to the question of religious creed as a con dition of the succession to the Crown of Greece, and eulogised Sir E. Lyons as a soldier and as a diplomatist. SIR R. PEEL concurred in this paney yric. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS and SIR R. INGLIS said each a few words ; and MR. COCHRANE shortly replied. MR. M. MILVES called the attention of the house to the present state of criminal jurisdiction over British sub jects within the dominions of PORTE. The term British subjects included not only Englishmen, but Mattes and lonians. All these we had withdrawn by treaty from the criminal jurisdiction of the PORTE, and yet we had pro vided no triblinal or authority of our own in substitution. He moved an address to the Crown for the Establishment of some judicature for the protection of life and property in those countries. Sir ROBERT PEEL admitted the state of the law to be unsatisfactory, but insisted upon the difficulty of intrust ing a consul with a jurisdiction of life and death. Inqui ries had been addressed to Sir Stratford Canning, and when his reply arri red no time would be lost in devising some remedy. In consequence of this statement Mr. Milnes withdrew his motion. Mr. TURNER. moved a resolution in condemnation of duelling. H e treated the subject at vast length, on moral grounds ; and then recommended that capital punishment for killing in a duel should be abolished, except where the parties fought without seconds ; and that a man killing another in a duel should be liable for the debts of the de ceased. He read several passages from eminent authors condemning the practice, and many extracts from letters addressed to himself by various correspondents, suggest ing various remedies. Sir R. PEEL objected to deal with offences by way of resolution. To pass a resolution which could not be en forced would be but to lower the character of the house. He objected to Mr. Turner's idea of recognising seconds, as affording an indirect sanction to the practice; and he ridiculed the notion of the survivor's paying the debts of the deceased. He doubted the possibility of establishing a court of honour with good effect; he would rather, in the present state of society, trust to the operation of indi vidual good feeling to make reparation by a fitting apo logy. Nor did he think that the abolition of capital pu nishment would produce much effect; for it was not the greater or less probability of a conviction that operated to prevent duelling. There was now a flow of public opinion against it; an association comprehending great numbers of brave officers, naval and military, had been formed to discountenance it; and he would not willingly run the risk of checking this wholesome sentiment. _ _ _ After one or two other members had spoken, Mr. Turner consented to withdraw his motion. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The business of the house was the committee on the Factories' Bill. On the Bth clause of it, __ __ Lord ASHLEY addressed the committee. He dis claimed any hostility to the mill-owners ; he had not found that avarice and cruelty were confined to any one set of men ; all classes were more or less guilty of it ; witness the hardships of the dressmakers, who are oppressed by no manufacturer or landlord, but who suffer in order to meet the suddenly varying caprices of fashion—nay, the demands of the gentler sex. He would assert the right of the state to interpose for the protection of the labourer. He mentioned the general regulations on this subject which are established in several foreign countries; and showed the great increase which had taken place in the numbers of the persons employed in England upon the five principal branches of manufacture. In 1818 those branches occupied 57,000 persons ; in 1839 their numbers were 419,000. He explained the nature and severity of the labour required by machinery ; calculating the length of ground which in some sorts of work each spinner goes over per day of 12 hours in following the machines called mules—a length amounting often to more than 25, some times even to more than 35 miles in the day. He pointed out the ill effects of this excessive labour upon the health and eyesight of the operatives, and fortified his deductions by the opinions of several eminent physicians. The mis chief showed itself in the early superannuation of the peo ple, of whom not more than about 6 per cent. remained fit for full work after 45 years of age. Their habits were such, that a provision for later life was hardly ever made by them. The exhaustion from early labour was so great, that they could work at no other occupation when cast off from the factories ; and a large proportion of them were thus reduced, in the middle of life, to sub sist wholly upon the earnings of their children. He showed, from the statistics of other countries, as well as of our own, the disadvantageous effect of manufacturing, as compared with agricultural, labour upon the health of the labourers. He dwelt particularly on the extensive prevalence, in many factories, of the practice of employ ing women for continuous lengths of timo co great, ac to preclude, especially in the case of mothers, the possibility of their attending to their natural duties, and thus their children were drugged with laudanum until it became al most a necessary of existence. He adverted still more earnestly to the fearful effects produced upon morals through the promiscuous way in which males and females are intermingled in their working hours ; and through the insubordination produced by the consciousness of the women and children that their earnings are the chief de pendence of their husbands and fathers. These evils had at length produced an impression upon the minds of the mill-owners themselves, who were now found in great numbers desirous to co-operate towards such a limita tion of labour with regard to time and sex as should apply a remedy to the mischief, and restore the women to their conjugal and maternal duties. He asked, on behalf of the poor, a time to live and a time to die—a time for the duties of life, and a time for its comforts ; and he concluded by moving that the night, instead of being computed from eight o'clock in the evening, should be computed from six o'clock. Sir J. GRAHAM felt much pain in opposing the motion of the noble lord. The real point now raised was whether the working day for women and young persons should consist of 12 hours or of 10; and that was a question ra ther of degree than of principle. He questioned Lord Ashley's details of the spinner's mileage, which appeared to him to be impossible. Those details had been cal culated at a certain reasonable rate of velocity in the ma chinery ; but if the hours sh ould be shortened, the velocity was sure to be so accelerated as to compensate the de ficiency. He would not examine into the question of comparative salubrity as between agricultural and manu facturing industry • for both employments were essential to the prosperity of this great country. He denied that economy was unknown among the operatives, and adduced some striking examples of it which had come to his know ledge on that very day. The sympathies of all men must be with the noble lord's object; but he believed that the manufacturing labourers themselves would not be gainers by the concession of this particular proposal ; and the masters had acquiesced in the other limitations which the present bill contained, on the express understanding that the government would support that main clause which allows young persons and women to be employed for twelve hours. It was now proposed to abridge by one sixth the whole period allowed for the replacement of capital and the production of profit. But what would be the consequence of that abridgment? Why, that a pro portionate abridgment would immediately be made in the wages of the workpeople; and the workpeople themselves were all aware of that inevitable consequence. After several members had spoken, Lord SANDON felt that this measure was experimental, but thought there was good ground to expect its success. It had succeeded on a large scale in factories where it had been voluntarily adopted. Mr. BRIGHT saw no need for anew factory bill. There was hardly a complaint made by Lord Ashley against the manufacturing towns of the north which might not be equally well alleged against London or Birmingham. He then went into details, for the purpose of contradicting what Lord Ashley had said of the unhealthiness and other miseries of the manufacturing districts. The labour of the London milliners and dressmakers, during the season, was much worse than the severest toil in any of the fac tories. In the factory districts, though the population had generally multiplied, there had been a more than proportionate increase of schools and places of worship. He travelled into a variety of statistics, to show the high wages and general prosperity and comfort of the manufacturing population: and contrasted the rarity of parochial relief among them with its frequency in the county which Lord Ashley represents. Lord Ashley looked through a telescope at the manufacturing districts, and brought their evils magnified and approximated to his sight ; but when lie had to view the suffering state of his own neighbours in Dorsetshire he reversed the glass, and made the object smaller, and more distant than the reality. He admitted that the hours of work were longer than they ought to be; but the evils of the people arose, not from overwork, but mainly from excessive taxation and unjust monopoly. LORD ASHLEY rebutted, with a good deal of agitation, some personalities against himself which Mr. Bright had introduced into his speech. This brought or. some altercation, in the course of which the house marked its disapproval of Mr. Bright's tone and language. Mr. Bright at last disclaimed any intention to offend Lord Ashley, and the apology was accepted. The house adjourned. THE FACTORIES' BILL. The following peroration to the speech of Lord Ashley, in the House of Commons, on Friday night, in moving in committee on the factories' bill that " the night instead of being computed from eight o'clock in the evening should he computed from six o'clock," will well repay perusal. It is as eloquent in language as it is just and true in senti ment. " Let me remind the house of the mighty change which has taken place in public opinion on this question since the year 1833. (Cheers.) I then could scarcely number the support of a dozen masters of mills ; I can now count them by hundreds. (Loud cheers.) Already a petition has neen presented to the house, signed by no less th an 330 m ill owners, i n favour of a restr i ct i on o f la bour to 10 hours. (Cheers.) I I - ave in my possession letters from many millowners, in which my proposition is assented to, hut they for the present hesitate to pro claim publicly their adhesion to the proposed alteration in the hours of labour. I have also the advantage of nun;- bering among my supporters even some members of the Anti-Corn Law League. Many honourable gentlemen connected with'that League are among my most efficient supporters. No one could hesitate to say, in whatever as pect they viewed the subject, that the system must be abrogated. (Cheers.) The present system destroys the order of nature and the rights of the labouring man. By ejecting males from the workshop, and introducing females as their substitutes, they exposed these poor women to an almost distressing amount of suffering and toil. It had the effect, among other evils, of annihilating all the re quirements of d omest i c life, and rendered prudence and economy utterly impossible. If these poor creatures had twice the amount of wages they at present received it would not imp:ove their situation ; they would not be better off. It was impossible for them to take charge of their infant children—they had to be entrusted to other hands. All the woman's domestic duties must be paid for out of her scanty earnings, and, as a necessary result, everything was imperfectly performed. In fact, the poor woman had no time for acquiring a knowledge of her so cial and domestic duties in early youth, and everything went to ruin because of her utter incapacity to perform those duties which Providence has assigned to her. I wish hon. members to direct special attention to the de tails contained in the second report of the Children's Employment Committee. In that report the subject of physical deterioration of the human race is considered in connection with this subject. I ask the house will it turn a deaf ear to these appeals? Will you permit, without making an effort to remedy the great evil, this physical deterioration of the rising generation to go on ? Dr. B. Hawkins, an intelligent gentleman, well known for his statistical inquiries, has pointed out the highly injurious consequences which result from the system of factory labour upon the physical growth of the working people of Manchester. It was the opinion of competent persons that unless some alteration took place, those employed in the factories in Lancashire would soon become a race of pigmies. In those parts of the country where this system was exhibited in its worst forms, they imposed upon women burdens during the period of pregnancy which they would not be obliged to suffer in in the slaveholding states or among the wild Indians. of America. We are, by persevering in this system, viola ting the order of nature and providence; we are cutting up the root and branch of domestic life ; we are snapping asunder the mainstay of social existence. (Cheers.) There is a time to live, and a time to die; but is there not a time to live in the discharge of every conjugal and parental duty ? (Cheers.) But it is all in vain. There is no influence which can supersede that of parental ex ample. (Great cheering.) Who could doubt the benefi cial effect: of maternal influence ? Who could refrain from seeing the evils which followed when that influence was annihilated? (Cheers.) It mattered not whether the party was a prince or a peasant. (Cheers.) It operated alike in the cottage and in the palace. Every one must agree in the opinion that all that is best—all that is lasting in the character of man—is acquired at his mother's knee. (Loud cheers.) If not at his mother's knee, it will be found to be under the instructions of some pious woman, who has thrown around the child all those tender sympathies and influences which so peculi arly distinguish and adorn the sex. If you examine the records of all who have been distinguished for ability and virtue, you will find, with very few exceptions, that the early culture of the mind, but above all the first discipline of the heart was to be traced by the endearing affection of the mother. (Cheers.) It is your duty to strive your utmost to obviate this mischief to which I have referred —to promote the health of those employed—to establish congugal relations—the decency of families—the rights of the husband—the peace of society—and to maintain the laws of God. (Loud cheers.) I cannot believe, unless I hear it this night, which God forbid, that there can be found in this house any man who will openly ad vocate the imposition of such a burden upon the daugh ters of England. The course which I have taken on this question has been much misrepresented. I have been charged with a fixed desire to exalt the landed aristocracy by humiliating and depressing the manufacturing body. I know that my personal character can be of no impor tance whatever ; but it may be of consequence to those whose cause I am advocating that my motives should not be impugned, otherwise distrust and suspicion will be ex cited— " For zeal grows cold when judgment is severe." Such unworthy motives have been attributed to me,—l utterly deny the imputation. (Cheers.) They who bring such a charge must either be wicked men or fools for pur suing such a course. (Cheers.) Every man in his senses must admit, that the permanent prosperity of the manu facturing body is essential to the commercial greatness of the British empire. (Cheers.) I will say to the mem bers of that body, " Peace be within your walls, and plenteousness within your palaces." I only ask for a relaxation of toil—l ask for time to live, and time to die, and a time for the enjoyment of those comforts which sweeten life, and for the exercise of those virtues which adorn it. (Cheers.) And with the fervent prayer to Almighty God, that it will please him to turn the hearts of those who hear me to justice and mercy, I fully com mit the issue of this question to the justice and humanity of Parliament. (The noble lord sat down amidst great cheering from all sides of the house.) „ ~~, I' - ' \1 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD, MARCH 14.—This day the following degrees were conferred :—Masters of Arts : the Rev. William Panson, University ; the Rev. George Appleby Cuxson, Magdalen Hall; the Rev. Henry Wickens, Exeter ; the Rev. George Francis Turner, Trinity ; toe itev. Samuel Edward IVlaberly, Christ Church ; the Rev. John Grif fiths, Christ Church ; James Wickens, Christ Church. Bachelors of Arts : Edward Stokes, Student of Christ Church ; Edward William Newcome. Balliol. CORN LAWS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.— The subject of last Tuesday evening's discussion in the Union Debating Society was—" Thlt a repeal of the Corn Laws would be highly beneficial to society." After an animated discussion, the motion was negatived by a majority of 69 ; there being for it 9 ; against it, 78. DENUNCIATION OF PROTESTANTISM.—A declaration has recently been signed by six hundred of the clergy of the church setting forth in the very words of the articles and homilies the truths they would maintain. Of this declaration the Church Remernbrancer for March, the Tractarian organ, thus speaks :—" Protestantism in the Clergy criminal and treasonable. Can those who have signed it (the Protestant declaration), with any honour, decency, and consistency, remain where they are ? And yet more. Can our bishops pass ever, without censure, an irregular and uncanonical declaration, which is not exceeded in treason by the solemn league and covenant, the millenery petition, or the conspriacy of Archdeacon Blackburne ? If anything could make us despair of the Church of our baptism, it would be that the signers of this declaration should remain unrebuked by the bishops ; and it is with unfeigned sorrow that we learn from the prospectus of a society formed to encourage and dis seminate the principles embodied in this criminal docu ment, that six hundred of the clergy alone have signed it." There, we defy the world to match this piece of Trac ta rtan impudence—it is matchless. THE SCOTCH CHURCH. On Monday night a meeting of the friends of the Scotch Free Church was held in Exeter Hall, to receive a depu tation from Scotland. The meeting was one of the most numerous and respectable ever held in the hall. The number present must have been near 6000, and many hundreds went away who could not obtain admission. About 700 gentlemen, among whom were eighty or ninety ministers of various denominations, were on the platform. A number of speeches, explanatory of the principles, present petitions, and prospects of the Free Church, were delivered, and received with loud bursts of applause. Among the speakers was the Honourable and Reverend Baptist Noel.— Globe. LAW INTELLIGENCE. r• The following are the times for opening the commissions of assize in the North Wales circuit --At Carnarvon on the 16th ; Beaumaris, 20th ; Ruthin, 23d ; Mold, 28th ; and at Chester, 30th. THE DURHAM WILL CAUSE.—This cause, the trial of which we gave a succinct report in our last during the two first days, terminated on Saturday week, when a ver dict was returned for the plaintiffs. PARISH CLERKS.—At the Worcester Assizes last week the case of the Queen v. the Rev. W. Smith was tried. It involved the right of the defendant to remove his parish clerk. The case has been often before the public. Harris, the clerk, having been dismissed by Mr. Smith on the ground of intemperance and general bad conduct, ob tained a rule nisi grounded upon 12 affidavits as to his so briety and good conduct ; the vicar answered these by al most 50 affidavits setting forth drunkenness, &c. The rule was made absolute solely upon a technical ground. A mandamus was ordered to issue. Before this could be done, and the vicar be enabled to appeal against this de cision to the Exchequer Chamber by writ of error, it was necessary in point of law that the merits of the case, which formed the gist of the return to the mandamus, should be disposed of by a trial. The result of this trial is in favour of the Rev. W . Smith. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAYS TO SCOTLAND. — The Liverpool and Man chester, Grand Junction, and Newcastle and Carlisle Railways either have memorialized, or are about to me morialize, the Board of Trade for the purpose of having an inspection of the different projected lines of railway into Scotland. The object is to fix ou that line likely to be most conducive to the general interests of the public. At the meeting of the Glasgow and Greenock Railway held last week, a dividend of ss. per share on the £25 shares, and a dividend of 2s. 6d. on the £l2 10s. shares, were declared, the net profits divisible for the half-year, after deducting expenses, &c., being £6,168. The number of passengers carried on the line during the last six months was 424,779. The directors are exercising much economy to increase the revenue of the company, and the idea of an extension of traffic by steam-boats appears to meet gene ral concurrence. At the Manchester and Leeds meeting an increased dividend of 31 per cent. for the half-year was declared on the paid up capital o f th e £lOO an d the £5O shares, the dividend on the qua r t er s h ares rema i n i n g, as before, at 5 per cent. The wor ki ng o f t hi s ra il way is improving in a very satisfactory ma n n er , an d t h e tota l i nc ome for the last six months has reach e d £132,3-15. Th e r evival of trade is stated to have produced a desirable change in the traffic returns, which have weekly showed an increase since the last report, while the grow excess of receipts as compared with the last half-ye ar amoun t e d t o £13,231, of which £11,533 had accrued from a n i ncreas e in the carriage of merch.4ndi.i.e. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. The North American Royal Mail Steamer Hibernia, Captain Judkins, arrived at Liverpool, with her usual re gularity, on Wednesday evening, bringing intelligence fourteen days later from New York than the last packet ship. These advices announce the death of Mr. Biddle, of Pennsylvania, on the 27th ult., in his 58th year. He was late president of the United States. We mentioned last week that the first mate of the packet-ship Oxford, Mr. Gates, had been apprehended on a charge of smuggling woollen cloths. The advices by the Hibernia mention that Mr. Gates had confessed that the smuggled cloths seiz e d f rom on b oar d t h at s hi p, were con ceale and attempted to be smuggled with his consent ; that he had received 300 dollars at Liverpool from a per son, whose name he has communicated to the owners, for doing so ; and that he was to deliver the goods to the party who should apply in New York. Gates was com mitted to prison, in default of obtaining the required bail of 10,000 dollars. A. like occurrence has taken place with the Montezuma, of which also the mate was bribed in Liverpool. It is hardly necessary to add that the owners and commanders of both ships are above the slightest suspicion of conni ving at such transactions. Harris, the boatman, has been admitted State's evidence. The cotton trade remained much in the same state as at the last departure, and there had been no material change in other branches of commerce. We give particulars on this subject in another column. Congress is still engaged in discussing resolutions, bills, and motions respecting the tariff and the Oregon territory, without apparently making much progress one way or the other. On the subject of slavery there has been sundry debates in the House of Representatives;—after a great number of divisions, the disgraceful rule prohibiting the presentation or reception of petitions on s l aver y has been abolished, by a tn , jority of 106 to 86. The speeches on the Oregon question, both in the Senate and in the House of Reprentatives, were exceedingly warlike, and seemed likely, or, at least, intended to throw obstacles in the way of Mr. Packenham tnd his mission. As to the tariff, a bill, imposing duties of 30 per cent., and making discri minations for revenue, would, it was said, be recoNnmend ed to the committee of ways and means. The Whigs of Connecticut held their convention at Hartford on the 22nd ult. It is said to have been attend ed by ten thousands of the friends of Mr. Clay. The Hibernia brings the details of a most frightful ca lamity that occurred on board the new steam frigate Princeton, on Wednesday, the 28th of February. The following particulars are from a New York Paper :—Cap tain Stockton, of the steamer Princeton, invited some three or four hundred ladies and gentlemen, including the president and his family, the members of his cabinet, and foreign ministers, some senators and members of the house, and a large circle of his especial friends, to take an excursion with him down the Potomac this day, and wit ness the beauty and movement of his noble vessel, and the discharge of his immense gun. All the invitations were most eagerly accepted, and at about one o'clock the com pany were put on board the Princeton from a small steamer, which took them from the wharf. The day was clear and pleasant, and there were as many ladies on board as gentlemen, and everything promised a delightful excursion. After a salute of 21 guns from the small pieces, the big gun was put in readiness for the firing' of a ball, weighing 2301b5. The ladies were all " piped on deck," and obtained prominent places to see the discharge. The word " fire" was given, and all eyes immediately be held the motion of the ball upon the water, giving some half-dozen bounds, and going a distance of about two miles before it finally sank. The experiment was in every respect successful, and all were delighted. The party then adjourned to the cabin, and after the ladies had feasted fully from the abundance so liberally provided for them by the noble captain, the gentlemen took possession of the table, Captain Stockton being at the head—the President upon his right, the members of the cabinet with the single exception of Mr. Spencer, who was not (n board, arranged according to their official sta tion on the left. Senators Benton and Woodbury, Mr. Catlin, and other members of Congress, following on the right of the President. Toasts and Champagne spangled together, and all were as happy and merry as could be. In the midst of this, and as the vessel was nearing home, the captain concluded to have another fire with his big gun, and it was then that occurred the fatal event which I will now detail. The gun was ranged—and the gentlemen whom the captain most desired should see the operation were speedily invited up to witness it. The gun was fired—the breach exploded ! killing with it instantly Mr. Upsher, Secretary of State ; Mr. Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy ; Virgil Maxey, Esq., of New York City; Coco. Kennon, Chief of the Bureau of Conztruction ; and Mr. Gordiner, of New York—seriously injuring Captain Stockton, also one of the midshipmen, and three or four of the hands of the ship, and more or less injuring some half a dozen others of the ship's crew. Senator Benton was standing on the right of Captain Stockton, as were also Mr. Tyson, of Philadelphia, Colonel Strickland, of the same city, and others. Mr. Tyson had one of the pieces of the gun pass directly through his hat. The gentlemen killed were all standing upon the leeward side of the gun, nearly in a row, and when the gun burst the pieces went in their direction and killed them instantly —not a groan was heard to escape their lips. The President, but a moment previous to the discharge, fortunately left its vicinity. As the smoke cleared away, Captain Stockton was discovered with his hair and face scorched, and his dress covered with pow der; he jumped with one spring to the top of his gun, and exclaimed, " My God ! would that I were dead too." lie was immediately handed down and conveyed to the cabin, and a more heart-broken man I never saw. He is to be pitied for the calamity, though he is in no wise to blame, for it has resulted as I will now state, from causes over which he could have had no control. The public should bear in mind that the gun has been discharged several times, and especially three times dur ing the day. When the accident happened she was only charged as usual, but on examining the break and the pieces, the only fresh break that could be discovered was on one part, a place as big as two hands, and another part as big as one hand. The Secretary of War, Mr. Wilkins, had a narrow escape ; he was standing near to Judge Upsher just before the discharge, and remarked that " if he was sec retary of war, he did not like the noise, and would there fore move a little out of the way ; and just as he moved the gun exploded. One of Senator Woodney's daughters (the eldest I think), was standing so near to the persons, that her dress was completely spattered over with blood. Her escape was truly miraculous, as was also that of others in the immediate vicinity of the gun. [The gun which has caused this dreadful calamity was one of two of the same description invented by Captain Stockton, the commander of the Princeton, and of which a good deal was said in the American newspapers a few weeks ago. So far as we can understand the description of them, they were composed of wrought iron staves hooped together—a construction by no means new, but which never has answered, and probably never will an swer, on account of the difficulty of securely fastening the breach (which of course must be a separate piece) to the rest of the gun. Captain Stockton's guns were one 16 and the other 13 feet long, each having a 12-inch bore, and carrying a ball of about 2501 b. weight. They were the subject of much idle boasting in some of the Ameri can newspapers, and it was predicted that they would astonish the British. The astonishment, however, seems to have lighted a little nearer home.] MELANCHOLY DISASTER IN NEW ZEALAND. (From the Doncaster Gazette.) In our paper of the 22d Decemter, 1343, we had the melancholy duty of recording an account of a sanguinary conflict having taken place between a number of the na tives of that island and a company of English surveyors employed by the New Zealand Colonisation Society, in which the latter were sufferers to a somewhat serious ex tent. Amongst the killed and wounded were two brothers of the name of Bamforth, who, about a couple of years ago, emigrated from East Retford, and whose friends have been much distressed at the dreadful occurrence, not be ing altogether aware of the extent of the calamity which had befallen their unfortunate relatives. Within the last few days, however, a letter has been received by them from thence, from John Bamforth, the survivor, and from which we make the subjoined extract; premising that the writer is a mechanic, and that, consequently, his state ment is in plain language, but not the less true on that account. He says:—" My brother had sent home two letters since we have been at Port Nelson, in both of which he stated every particular relating to our circum stances and situation ; but, my dear brother, since then what wonderful changes have taken place amongst us! My very heart bleeds when I think: of the painful and fatal occurrence which took place at Wairoo, which happened in consequence of the interference of the Moories with the surveyors, when engaged in surveying the district called the Wairoo. The natives thought that the white men had no right to take possession of the district ; and the Moories, under the direction of two chiefs named lianparaka and Radghiata, determined to prevent the completion of the survey, and began to burn several of the surveyors' houses, which compelled them to leave the district. Having done so, the surveyors at once proceeded take legal steps against the two chiefs ; and to enforce these proceedings a party of our men, under the command of Captain Wakefield, Mr. Thompson (chief magistrate,) and several other gentlemen, proceeded to the Wairoo to apprehend the said two chiefs. This was on the 17th of June. On arriving there the chiefs refused to surrender, or submit to our laws, and the natives plainly told us they would rather fight than that their chiefs should be taken prisoners. Our authorities being determined upon the enforcement and execution of the warrant against Ranparaha and Ranghiatia, a most sanguinary battle took place. There were about forty men on our side, and as near as we can estimate, there were from 100 to 150 of the Moories; owing, however, to the unskilfulness and inexperience of our men in bush fighting (which the Moo ries practise from their childhood,) they soon succeeded in obtaining a victory. They fired upon our men and we upon theirs. Our fire, however, had but little effect upon them, and some of our men took to their heels. This be ing observed by the Moories, gave them great encourage ment, and they soon succeeded in taking several of our men prisoners, and afterwards put them to death in a most cruel manner; so that ultimately the number shot and killed amounted to 22. About 10 of the natives were killed in the affray. In the midst of the conflict my dear brother Henry was killed dead upon the spot, and I got a shot in my left arm, and was obliged shortly afterwards to have it taken off at the shoulder joint. I am, however, as well as can be expected. My p o or brother Henry's wife is near her confinement, an/ God only knows how we shall get on here, for we are still, in a great measure, t: .. ~ _~ unprovided for, having got no land, and there is but little probability that I shall get any now. This is a fair coun try, and Port Nelson is a healthy and a pretty place. Ve getables grow all the year round." SPAIN. Christina has entered Spain ; she reached Girona on the Ist, and left the next day for Mataro. She was expected to reach Albacete on the 10th. The government is likely to have a serious affair on hand, and it is reported that war will be declared against the Emperor of Morocco, on whose territory very lately the Spanish consul was mur dered. There were some trifling disturbances at Cadiz on the 22d. Some soldiers having been insulted by the in habitants, the garrison was called out, and three of the pertubators slightly wounded. Madrid journals and cor respondence of the 10th instant state that the marriage of Queen Isabella to her cousin Count Trapani is considered nearly certain. The last despatches from lioncali are dated the. 29th ult. Early that morning, the insurgents of Alicant had made a vigorous sortie, to destroy the bat teries in progress of construction, but had been repulsed with some loss. The siege artillery had not been landed. The general diet of Hungary had adopted, without any discussion, by a majority of 41 against 8, a motion for the emancipation of the Jews. Letters from Berne state that the Queen of Spain has remitted £l,OOO towards the establishment of a catholic school at that place. ALGIERS.—A camel-mounted regiment has just been formed by the French Governor of Algiers. The animals seem as capable of being taught military exercises as horses are. ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.—The American journals are full of their president's invitine a congress of commercial nations at Paris or London to form a national (not private) association for making a canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Viscount de Contades died a few days ago at Paris, from the following comparatively slight cause : Walking along the street only a few days before, he fell and broke his thumb. The pain brought on a fever which terminated his life. A letter in the Rhine Gazette says—" The divorce of Prince Wasa from the princess of Baden is definitely determined on. It is stated that the Princess will repair to Manheim to her mother, and her daughter will follow her. The olive crop in the north of Portugal has been ruined by the late frosts ; unhappily, too, it has been materially injured for years to come. The bulk of the branches have been broken off by the congealed weight upon them, and the fruit cannot be replaced for ages—torde crescentis olince. It is calculated that two thirds of this great source of the farmer's wealth is entirely destroyed. As the oil crop will thus be insufficient, it is proposed immediately to light the streets of Lisbon with gas. AN AMERICAN DUEL—A cold-blooded murder, under the name of a duel, has lately been committed at Wash ington, which caused the death of a young man 18 years old, respectably connected, named Cochran. The duel was fought with rifles—the distance 50 paces. Young Cochran received his opponent's ball in the forehead, and of course survived but a short time. The affair has created a great sensation, and it it is to be hoped some measures will be taken to put an effectual stop to this in famous and cowardly practice. Hobart-town papers of the 18th of October have come to hand, which notice the arrival of a vessel, called the Sisters, from New Zealand, having on board several fa milies who had left Nelson in consequence of the alarm created by the late massacre of the natives. The same ship brought a request from the local Government to Sir Eardley Wilmot for the assistance of troops, and the promptitude with which that request was met is alluded to by the papers in the highest terms of prai s e, th e Sis ters having arrived on the Friday, and 100 soldiers being on their way to New Zealand the following Sunday. There is nothing else worth notice. Wheat was 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel, flour of first quality £lO per ton, and potatoes £5 to £6 per ton. IRELAND. MURDER.-At the King's County Assizes last week, George Jubee was convicted of the murder of Adjutant Mackay of the sth Fusileers, and was sentenced to suffer death, but he was afterwards reprieved, and is to be trans. ported for life. A society has been formed in Dublin, called " The So. ciety for the Diffusion of Scriptural Knowledge, in Ire land." It is composed of professing protestants, who cir culate extracts from the Douay version of the Bible amongst the poor members of the Roman Catholic church. THE REV. T. MAGUIRE.—This notorious champion of the Papacy is now delivering lectures in Dublin on what he calls the " Protestant Corruptions of the Holy Scrip tures in their translations." He has been effectually an swered by a Protestant clergymen, and all his misrepre sentations refuted. THE REPEALERS.—The conspirators, who have been blowing cold for some time, appear to begin again to blow hot, as the soothing system does not seem to produce the repeal rent, which last week was announced only at £303 4s. 4d. Some very stout bluster speeches were de livered at the meeting on Monday, and Mr. John O'Con nell declared that his father would not betray the people, but " would so to prison.' CONVICTION OF Two MURDERERS.—At Limerick assizes on Thursday last, Edward ('onway, Patrick Lynch, and John Lynch, were indicted for the murder of the Rev. Mr. Dawon, the two former prisoners having been put on their trial twice before for the same offence, which was perpetrated nine years ago. A number of witnesses were examined, and the trial lasted nearly two days. The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty " against Thomas Conway and Patrick Lynch and a verdict of acquittal for John Lynch. The last named prisoner having been discharged, th e court then proceeded to pass sentence of death.— Dublin Evening Freeman THUNDER STORM.—On the Ist instant the village of Bona was visited by a terrific thunder storm. In one house a poor man named David Harrington, his wife, and two children (a boy aged 14, and a girl 11) were all struck senseless. The wife being the first to recover the shock, on looking about perceived her husband and two children lying apparently dead. She at once alarmed her neigh hours, who, on coming, found the house in a most shat tered state, the chimney and part of the sidewall taken away, the roof broken, together with nearly every article in the house more or less injured. The owner of the house had lost the sight of one eye altogether, and was severely burned in the face, hands, and feet—so much so, that his whiskers were burned to the skin. The little girl had two of her front teeth broken. The boy's face was se verely burned, also his legs and hands, to such an extent that he is so swollen and black that he would not be known to be the same person. This little fellow has got an in jury on the forehead which exposed the bone, and is in much danger.—Tralee Chronicle. MURDER IN IRELAND.—A correspondent of the Morning Post furnishes the following curious table of the progress of murder and conciliation in Ireland for fourteen years, ending 1837. It is to be remarked, that Lord 'Wellesley, the first " conciliator," arrived there about the Ist of January, 1823—50 this writer allows him a year to sow the seed, and A.D. Murders. 1824 1825 1826 1827 .............. 94 1828 1829* 143 1830 :ommences with 1824 : A.D. Murders. 1831 1832 - ...... 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 Seven years of the tories. Seven years of the whigs. Total . 652 Total.. . . 1366 Emancipation. t Reform. Three features are prominent here. The years of " eman cipation." and of " reform" exceed the average of the period. But the years 1835-6-7, which were Lord Nor manby's glorious days, are fearfully conspicuous —their sum of horror being seven hundred and thirteen murders. 'We shall merely add the closing remarks of the writer referred to, who furnishes this table :—" Now, when it is recollected that almost every one of these were perpe trated by papists, and the great majority on Protestants, clergymen, landlords, and others, 1 think it may be fairly be conceded that conciliation in Ireland is not good for any portion of her inhabitants, and its real signification is permission to one party . to perpetrate any amount of atrocity upon the other with impunity. Ma. SHIEL AND THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.—We gave in our last an article from the Dublin Evening Mail, showing the extension of the Irish Church, and the num berof converts it has effected. We wish we couldgive entire another article, from a recent number of that paper, in which it is demonstrably shown that the ancestors of Mr. Shiel were Protestants—the last conformed being an esquire of 1788—only fifty-five years ago. In this arti cle it is proved that the blessings of the Reformation were extended to the ancestors of the great Daniel him self. After showing that the prefix of "0" was usurped by an uncle of the " liberator", the Mail proceeds, " It is a common practice with Mr. O'Connell and his party, to designate, with a view of decrying, in many instances of holding up to scorn and contempt, in some to persecution and death, those who conscientiously conform to the Protestant faith, as " turn-coats," " apostates, " rene gades," " deserters of their God," and such like. Now let us see what these people have done themselves, and that within the last sixty years, and subsequent to the birth of the present leader, who rails against and vilifies s andthe tl yearshe of pe persons o n which whoi the} re canted that religion of which his direc t and immediate progeni tors, as the christian-names sufficiently prove—the mem bers of his own family — wer e, and still are, professors." O on a p n eg d rivy then goes on, " But a b ove a ll , f7t popery, and beyond all — an d of this Mr. O'Connell may well f ee l p r oud —the Rev. John Connell , a popish priest, who publicly read his recantation in the year 1 771. This took did u r s contemporary theddown w e n r ro tn r s o 7 they place at a period when few persons in his profession, no matter how they might have felt, possessed the moral courage thus openly to recede from a religion th e d oc t r i nes of which they did not believe, and to the discipline of which they could not conscientiously conform. Our foregoing notice of the Councils' inscribed on the recan tation roll has been entirely confined to the southern branches, resident in the counties of Kerry, Clare, Tippe rary, and Cork. The Connells of Cavan and Longford were the Tir-Connells from Donegal, who were, from the period of the Reformation, and still continue to be, stanch and conscientious Protestants. Of these was the late Colonel Connell, connected by marriage with the Edge worth (Kilshrewly) family, a n d hi s d escen d ants, a son of whom is now, as a christian minister, an honour and an ornament to the Established Church." March 19, 1841• THE COURT. lev n ee Eß for MAJESTY'S LEVEE.—Her nesday. t The morning e being rather fine,s held her thousand!s° of majesty's loyal subj e ct s h a d assem bl e d in the par k long n : e sen t s E a s E n E. n — a t H s e t r . j majesty placen d bet s t . before two o'clock, the time appointed for the levee . The space between the gates of St. James's palle e cta . Buckingham palace was thronged with most reeP e . n i.,. bly dressed persons, and the greatest interest was fested to obtain a view of her majesty and her illustm foreign ns consort. ambassadors Shortly aft e a r n d one i n o i ' s c t l e o r c s k , , t the carriagesofficersof toy he state and the hous e hold, an d th ose having the privilege of the entree, began to arrive in quick succession. l a f,, all came in full s t a t e ; th e s pl en d our o f t h e equipages' an' • gorgeous liveries of the s e rvan t s , created universal an'S' if. , ration and pre sen t e d a mos t b r illiant spectacle. The ta e+ ferent members of th e ro y a l f am il y came in fulls e n e shortly before two o'clock. Si r R. P ee l and most it - t the other cabinet mi n i s t ers a l so arr i ve d a t th e palacean ° . the same time. The s p ea k er o f th e h ouse o f common s t, arrived in state a fe w m i nu t es b e f ore two. Her mei eev accompanied by Prince Albe r t, and attended by the court, left Buckinghm palace a few minutes after two o'clock , : I f three of the royal carriages, escorted by a detachments. the Royal Horse Guards Blue. On arriving at ea James's Palace, the band stationed in the gardens P ,8 5,4 the national anthem. As th e ro y a l cortege procee through the park, her majest) and the prince consortoe7 loudly and enthusiastically cheered, which the sovere l g, and his royal highnes s garc io us ly ac k now l e d ge d by rePT h t e ed bows to the assem bl e d crow d. H er ma j es ty and d. prince appeared i n exce ll en t h ea lth an d s pi r it s .—,Stanea r RATHER AWKWARD. —At her Majesty's levee Or el Wednesday, several gentl emen were di sappo i n t e d in tb presentation to the Queen, in conse q ue nc e o f not hav in ,l borne in mind th a t th e cour t was i n mourn i ng for t7 e demise of Prince Albert's father. The difficulty was O s '? obviated by the officers of the army and navy, the 1 10 1; hold, deputy-lieutena n t s , & c ., by pl ac i ng crape r ound t,.. left arm • but not so with those who were dressek lu claret-coloured coats, with steel buttons, white silk stock" ings, &c. KEW PALACE.—It is understood that the Royal aPn ct :f ments in this ancient palace, once the favorite a bode::: Ki i n n g ces G s e e o s rg ß e oy l a l l L a , n a d re Al t i o ce b d f u o r r in th g w t i h th e sptareypoaf thered for CO ort h : Pr : temporary sojourn o f th e P r i nce o f W a l es, and tuet u r. in town, fo r th e a d vantage of the country air.—Standar d ' THE QUEEN'S NEW SUMMER HOUSE. Six Of ? frescoes, which have been some time in progress, to de corate the new summer t em pl e i n Buckingham' Pelt gardens, are completed. Th e poem ill ustrate d i s to" Masque of Cornus. The eight arti s t s c h arge d w ith their execution are, Messrs. Eastlake, Leslie, Stanfield, Et t i' Maclise, Uwins, and Sir William Ross. The building is a rustic octagon, standing on the top of an artificial bill. LIBERALITY OF HER MAJESTY.—It iS stated tbst " Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, sister of the Earl of Mon" ster, is to be united to Count Boude, a Swedish noble man of large fortune and very ancient family." The large family of the Fitzclarences (the pro en and de s " cendants of his late M a j es ty Willi am IV . by Mrs. Jordan) are now in the receipt o f £25,000 a year ( some sa y on!! £lO,OOO per annum,butwe think the sum we have named i j s . nearer the mark), which is lib era lly di v id e d a mongst them, to support their state and dignity, by Her Majesty the Queen. We may o b serve th a t th e Q ueen h as , in tS., most handsome and liberal m anner , con t r ib u t e d to b"" Fitzclarence family, ever since her accession to the throne! the same amount yearly which was allowed to the severe, members by her illustrious uncle.—Times. THE LATE DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG GOTHA.- -- t have to record, with feelings of deep regret, the result a careless accident which has deprived the world of a fine work of art, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert o f one of those solaces under his heavy parental loss which only mtheonste.can The apphruesctiantfe hiswl i lateoha l ve a s m uff en e t r e e d d a fa s t i h m e i r l , a c r orn ber p r et v e e s at Windsor Ca s tl e by M r . F ranc i s, un d er the i m mediat e superintendence of the Prince himself, has been utterly annihilated and dest r oy e d th roug h t h e neg li gence o f , person employed to convey the model to town, in o rder to its execution i n mar bl e . Th e carr i er who was to ha ve charge of this valuabl e p arce l was ca ll e d t o Wi n d sor Cast„' on Friday we e k, an d no t on l y s h own t h e nature o f b: trust, but infor me d o f th e great care t h at was requisite for its conveya nce t o th e stu di o o f t h e sculptor. J u dge that sculptor's surprise when, on being called up early o n Saturday mor n i ng t o rece i ve t h e results of his ans ious labours, to find them a heap of ruins. The case in sail the bust was cont a i ne d h a d been thrown from end to el._ and side to side till th e pl ast i c mo d e ll er ' s clay had los t to e living form it possessed at Windsor, and become a abliP e less mass of gray mould. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASE. THURSDAY, MARCH 14. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs each, with 150 0 05 added. 1 Mr Quartermaine's Discount, list 51b (Crickmere ) a Mr Greaves's Vanguard, 12st 51b Mr Smith's Lady Harkaway, lOst - Mr Powell's Roulette, lOst 101 b (Powell); Mr Mason's Gaylad, 12st 101 b (Goddard g, e. c c ui r v e e e r p t e h r o y p i es, M M r r A Page's s Regalia,Anderson's i n 0 11: 1.18:b list Mr Raworth's Rob:n Adair, list 71b lt i l o st st 1011, Mr Bretherton's Marencro, ... ('-'" 0 . ( F r isul, et. lvi ivi r r Tilbury's ßEki ' inrl u . (TO 0 Mr Scott named Cora, lOst Slb • _. Mr J. Griffiths nd For et-me- no t lOst 4I b Mr WeAey's Brilli an t, lO s t 41b 0 (Boots) _ Mr Vevers's Charity, lO s t 41b (Owner) 0 0 Mr A. Moore nd Josephine, lost (Holman) Won . by three lengths. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Judge : Mr. AP George The last " open" meeting of the present season cow' f menced, at Altcar, by the kind permission of the Earl Sefton, on Thursday last. The day was not very favo,_ll2:t be y order, and, the ground co urse d over not b e i ng o f the " order, the running was not so good as usual. The eut included many of the best dogs from the Lancashire en, Cheshire kennels, those esp ec i a ll y o f M essrs . Eden, Ga i , r e yin, and Ball being i n great f orce. There was n ot Su r. least cause for complaint e ith er i n t h e d ec i s i ons of 1 "• M`George or the slippi ng o f W arner. Th e following ° the return for the different stakes : TO Mr. G. Andrew's TllE Auld RobiN CU P.n beat Mr. Standish's. Smoker. Mr. Slater's S beat Mr. Deakin's Priam. Mr. Eden's Eau de Vie beat Mr. E. G. Hornbv's Herr ait ' Mr. Craven's Lavatette beat Mr. King's Maiton. Mr. Garven's Garland beat Mr. Ridgway's Redgauntlet. Mr. Swan's Stork beat Mr. A. Graham's Sir Edward. Mr. Robinson's Rocket beat Mr. Clark's Drainer. Mr. Swan's Rocket beat Mr. Peacock's Gipsy Qj i e e p ioet SECOND TIES.—S beat Auld Robin ; Eau de Rob Rocket Lavalette ; Garland beat Stork ; and Mr. Rocket beat Mr. Swan's Rocket. THIRD TIES.—Eau de Vie beat S ; Rocket beat Oar land. DECIDING COURSE.—Eau de Vie beat Rocket, and won. r bM i e e a l ::: beat Mr. Blundell's Lunardi. rave beat Mr. Swan's Legerete. L M Y r N . E E . U G X . I P ! oLrAnbTyE,s. Howqua. sn w hlß : T y srn ' ell s 'Besz ß EvAeg owen a beat Mr. Standish's Streamer' Andrew's Banquo beat Mr. King's Young Ma t ' I‘MM A MA i rrrr : Glengeath beat Mr. Clark's Harem. Mr. Eden's Exquisite beat Mr. Slater's Switch. Mr. Peacock's Lottery beat Mr. Reid's Regalia. SECOND T lES .—B reeze b eat Ar i el ; Rowena b e at BIZ grave ; Glengeath b ea t B anquo ; an d E xqu i s i te b e at Lo tery. THIRD T lES .—B reeze b ea t R owena ; Exquisite beat Glengeath. DECIDING COURSE.—Breeze beat Exquisite, and O°P. THE CROXTETH STAKES. Mr. King's Redcap beat Mr. Peacock's Alarm. Mr. Clark's Madam beat Mr. Deakin's Dodge. Mr. Craven's Canto beat Mr. Swan's Launcelot. Mr. Bell's Baronet beat Mr. Slater's Signora. Mr. Eden's Ecarte beat Mr. Craven's Castlewellap.„.". Mr. Ridgway's Rhodanthe beat Mr. Standish's Sir 'IP mas. Mr. A. Graham's Screw beat Mr. Wright's Butler. Mr. Garven's Glue beat Mr. Peacock's Duchess. uet it V , SECOND TlES.—Madam beat Redcap ; B aro net 1 ' Canto ; Ecart6 beat Rhodanthe ; Screw beat Glue. t THIRD Ties . — Baronet beat M a d am ; S cre w b es Ecarte. DECIDING COURSE.—Screw heat Baronet, and On' ALTCAR STAKES. Mr. Clarke's Drainer beat Mr. Peacock's Gipsy Qu e b y'S Mr. Ridgway's Redgau n tl e t b eat M r. E. G.-Hor° Hong. Mr. Standish's Smoker beat Mr. Deakin's Deacon. Mr. A. Graham's Syria beat Mr. King's Morpeth. b est SECOND TlES.—Drainer b eat R edgauntlet ; Syria Smoker. DECIDING COURSE. —Drainer beat Syria, and WO WEST DERBY STAKES. Mr. Eden's Eclair beat Mr. P. Taylor's Salute. Mr. ltobinson's Hector beat Mr. Swan's Stork. ~r , Mr. A. Graham' s Si r Ed ward b eat M r. Sl ater ' s Saliv Mr. Wright's Bygrave beat Mr. Deakin's Wing. bet SECOND TlES.—Eclair beat Hector ; Sir Edward Bygrave. a pd DECIDING COURSE.—Sir Edward beat Eclai r, won. ALT STAKES. Mr. Standish's Streamer beat Mr. Craven's Castlescello' Mr. Swan's Lauucelot beat Mr. Wright's Blagrove• Mr. King's Young Mat beat Mr. Slater's Signora. Mr. Garven's Gauger beat Mr. Peacock's Duchess' Olt SECOND TlES. — Streamer beat Launcelot ; Yowl; beat Guager. sfl d DECIDING COURSE. — Young Mat beat Strea mer, won. GRAND COURSING MATCH.—On Saturday weeolc:l, permission of the Right lion. the Earl of liarel s :%l o4/b match for 100 sovereigns, between Mr. Blacker bit aßnede, Bee's N h N iAe ng, dog ca mßea offttle i r n , tahned nei"hbourhoodAlr. I bbo tso s f . l a n u r e e; :r se ci a The contending parties reside at Ripon, whi ch -0 4. many persons from that city to be present at the r r. n e li bit/ The course terminated in favour of Rattler• l u , r . in no single course followed her game to ~°l`.,c on " course- il, two hares having got on together; ' Bee's Wing ; 3d and 4th won by Rattler. \VI th, so] MI gui the de lug bm: sul