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Vrouttillgs In Varliamtnt. DOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY, After inn* telegraphic dispatch of last week lock't off, fewer tip seven other divisions took place, as Olen intimated, m order to zompel Lord John Russell to postpone the Parßa hYEW* Franchise (Ireland) Bill until after the Irish Assizes, and afier eight different divisions, and no little speaking on ,'each occasion, Lord John announced that, as it was then so Mt°, (half-past eleven), there was no chance of making any 15Mgress. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again en Friday. The Elections (Ireland) Bill was also :postponed to Friday. HOUSE OF COMMONS -TUESDAY Lord PATNIE7tfiTO;',ill. replying question pit by Mr. Al STEP, Stutcd that no blockade, prorerly so called, had been established in the Pirtari; that purely Greek vessels altrie were detained, and that the commerce of neutrals was not interfered with. _ _ _ _ _ . . . Lord R. GROSVEVOR moved Tot leave to bring in , a bill to repeat tt e attormys' and solicitors' annual certiltate duty. Thee bate on this subject was Ms. W. J. Fox moved for leave to bring in a biltto promote the secular education of the people in linglaral%and Wales. The main. features of the 'measure, as explained by Mr. Fox, were that the deficiency of the means of education in parishes should be ra . stertainetbby Cbwernment inspeCtors, and that the rreighbout?hood should be 'invited to supply it by electing an education commit tee,' to . be empowered to rate the inhabitants for th,e improvement of Cie old mid the establishment of new and fret, s.chools,Witlfatbetter siystem of efltscation, or rather of insiniction. Mr. Fox estimated the cost af the experiment, talc irigino credit for the diminution of exptaditure on account of crinie,s&c.. at a very insignificant pottr.dage.. Lord J. RussELL hoped no opposition would be offered to ;introduction of this bill. He thanked Mr. Fox for Hie , in which he had brought forward this subject, and 'whether his plan was, adopted or not,te hoped every plan of Irentral education would be discussed in a similar temper. Sir It. INotts stated his determination to oppose the bill, sind several members spoke highly of Mr. Fox's expositions. * leave was Ultimately given to bring in the bill. "Mr."Fi'rzitOv obtained leave to Laing in a bill to extesid the jurisdiction of the County Courts'to Mr. tiumE moved a resolution for allowing a drawback on bricks and timber employed- in the construction of cottages, 'With the view of increasing ,he means of affording house ac ,eommodation to the labouring re or, urging the strong'claims NOf this class. Mr. LABOUCIIERE repeated the objection with which the 'Motion of Lord It. Grosvenor - had been met, namely, that it was desirable to suspend questions of remission of taxes until the Chancellor of the Excheqt;er had made his financial-state ment; bnt, ineepi-ndently of this, he objected to the tesolu lion on its own merits. Mr. H LIME ultimately withdrew his motion. Mr. Rica Imo obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better regulation of railway traffic ; and Lord EMLYS a bill tcramend the laws relative to highways in South Wales. - Mr. LACY moved for leave to bring in a bill for promoting extramural interments, the object of which was to :authorize. railway compunies, under certain limitations, to hold cemete ries. 'the motion was ultimately withdrawn. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Mr. STUART WORTLEY moved the second reading of his bill for legalising' marriages between men and their wives' sisters. He explained the alterations which he bad made in the bill of last year: especially in omitting the clause which sanctioned a man's marrying his niece; the omission was, however, a concession to mere feeling, and Dot 'a matter of judgment. Sir F. Tut ESIGE a pronounced the bill to ho unnecessary and 'very undesirable, and be moved that the bill he read that day six months. He remarked on the inconsiE tent} , of the bill in providing that men might marry their wive's sister, but women were not to be allowed to marry their husband's brother, which was a perfectly analogous case. Colonel TuomPSON and Mr. II EA nnAm supported the bill. 31r: P- Wpm) opposed it, as fraught with mischief to the domestic relationship of life. The debate was adjourned until Wednesday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the shipowners of Dundee egainst the mercantile trading bill. Numerous petitions were presented for parliamentary and financial reform, against the marriage bill, for the repeal of the duty on paper, and on numerous other subjects. Lord ASH LEY gave notice that this day fortnight he would move for leave to bring in a declaratory bill on the subject of the Ten-hours Bill. Mr. EWA RT Zave notice that on an early dayte would move a resolution affirming the expediency of the total repeal of the punishment of death. Sir G. GREY appeared at the bar, and stated that Her Ma jesty had been pleased to order a commission, with power to examine witnesses, on the subject of the affairs of Ceylon. Mr.HumE then moved, in a lengthened speech, to bring in a bill to amend the national representation. Ile wished to extend the elective franchise to resident occupiers of houses, or lodgers, for a year, rated to the poor; and by enacting that votes shall be taken by ballot ; the duration of Parliaments limited to three years ; and the proportion of representatives made more consistent with the amount of population and pro perty. He also wished there to be no property qualification for members. _ _ _ Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY seconded the motion, which was opposed by Sr G. GREY and Lord J. RUSSELL. The motion has negatived by 242 to 96. Mr. AOLIONBY moved for leave to brim. , in a bill to effect the compulsory enfranchisement of lands of copyhold and cus tomarX tenure. . . Sir ri. GREY did not oppose the introduction of the bili. Sir R. INoLts opposed the motion on the ground that, as there was no hope that the bill would pass, it was a waste of time. The motion was carried by 97 to 32. Mr:' Fox AIAULE obtained leave to bring in a bill to simplify the titles by which religious societies in Scotland held real pro perty. _ _ HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY The bill for restraining paity processions in Ireland was read a second time. The report of the amendment •upon the ecclesiastical commission bill was brought up and agreed to. • Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from Port Philp, complaining of the restriction upon the political franchise in Australia, and praying for some remedy. The noble lord asked the colonial secretary whether he was in possession of any despatches from Australia showing the opinions of the people in that colony with reference to a double or single chamber, and whether the house would be in possession of such despatches. before the second sitting of the Australian govern ment bill. Earl GREY replied that the subject had been discussed in the colonies, and, though he had received no despatches offi cially, he believed the plan proposed by the ,government had been favourably received. Of course, all information received by the government would be laid before the.house. He appre hended that it should be considered upon the spot, and not in that house. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY, After the presentation of some petitions, Sir BENJAMIN HALL rose to present some petitiot,s respecting theland scheme rof Mr. O'Connor. A discussion took place, whetber the matter was one that came within the cognizance of the house. Mr. O'Connor defended himselfat some length, and denied lie had ever pocketed a penny by the speculation. On the con. •trary, the scheme owed him a large sum, seB,COO, and he was prpared to bringin a bill to wind up the concern. The house then went iuto committee on the Parliamentary Electors (Ireland) Bill, without any obstruction. This is the bill upon which there were so many divisions on Monday even- bn the first clause, Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, in a speech which the Attorney-General said had nothing to do with the question, moved a slight amendment, which was adopted. Another amendment, which Mr. HEN Ly, who moved it, de -scribed as intended to prevent wrongful occupants or squatters from acquiring votes, was negatived, after a long discussion, by 166 to 102. Mr. HAMILTON then movod that the county franchise in Ireland be .el 5 instead of &8, as provided by the bill. The motion was supported by Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Stafford, and Lord C. Hamilton ; and opposed by Mr. Grattan, Mr. Rey sOlds, Lord John Russell, Mr. W. Somerville, Mr. Shiel, Mr. Roebuck. Sir W. Vernor, and Lord John Manners. On a division there appeared—For the £8 franchise 213: for the £l5 franchise, 144; majority for the lower franchise, 69. Mucb discussion followed upon the remaining part of the &et clause, but eventually it was agreed to without any other verbal alteration. DOUSE OF LORDS.--FRIDAY. Lord PORTMAN, on the recommendation of the Lord Chan cellor, withdrew his bill for the appointment of umpires. A petition being presented by Lord Londonderry, from the North of Ireland, praying for tenant right, a discussion ensued, in which Lords Brougham, Devon, Roden, and other peers, look part. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. The house adjourned soon after six o'clock. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. •rge bed of anthracite coal has been discovered en the Sacramento River and Spitter's Creel )1e Indian government has offered a prize of 5000 rupees, and the Agri-Horticultural Society its gold medal, for an improved machine for cleaning cotton. The late governess in Dr. Pusey's family was publicly admitted into the Church of Rome, at Malta, on the 2nd _February. Two Of the French vessels destined for the expedition to La Plate have been disabled by their machinery break dng down. The Turkish fleet has been set in motion with a view to Int in a distress on the part of the Porte against the g Overnment, of Greece. Father Roothan, the general of the Jesuits, has joined the Pope at Portici. Throughout the kingdom of Naples the members of the Order are taking possession again of therm . houses and other property. The Kiag of Denmark is said to be dangerously ill. Should he die at the present time, the consequences might be serious, as the succession to the throne is not yet determined. It is rumoured that General Lamoriciere, who had given several symptoms of aberration of mind ever since the fatal day of the trees of liberty, has at length been pronounced in a state of raving madness. Preparations on the most splendid scale are making for the celebration of the marriage of the King of Sweden's son with the Princess of the Netherlands, one of the richest princesses in Europe. On the 19th ult. the 17th regiment of the French army eft the city of Rowe, and on the 24)th the I3th regiment was to follow, both on their return to France. It is Ipposed the whole of the French garrison at Rome will ,b e changed. , a 'he people, with their usual love of saying something sp i t ist the powers that be, have a joke that Napoleon built barracks, Charles X. churches, Louis Philippe , fort iA, ations, and Louis Napoleon prisons, —each ac cording to his disposition. ,Letter, 3 from Malta of the 22nd ultimo state that the Greek c pe ple begin to feel severely th e consequences of the blocks. le, and would seem disposed to hold the King .responsible ,for his acts, even though they pushed matters to the extent of dethroning him. _ The PaeVe News of the 31st December, published at San , Francisco, says, "We perceive that the immense iron , warehouse of Starkey, Janion, and Co., at the foot of California -street, has been rented by the collector, and will hereafter ,be ,used as a U n it e d St a t e s bo n d e d ware lionse." A few days ago ~as a young bride and bridegroom who bad just sworn ete'roneualefdelity at the foot of the altar in the Church of St. the female uttered to receive the bene diction of the priest, a piercing shriek, succeeded by a second one and e in a few moments gave birth to a bouncing boy.—,G,ali years of Messenger. ' A young woman, about 20 secondage, the day before yesterday, threw herself out of the°floor window of a house in the Rue des Barres St;Pa in consequence of a quarrel with her lover. She fell on the head of a pastier-by, who was killed on the spot, and she herself received such r injuries that Ae• , I li f e . 16 despaired of.;— Polignant, A letter from Rome states that the villain who threw a hand grenade into the carriage of the Prince de Musignano has been arrested. He was a student in the Hospital of St. James, on the Corso. Fortunato Gatti, who assas sinated the French soldier belonging to the 53d Regiment, was shot on the 17th, on the Piazzo del Popelo. He made a confession of his crime, and died expressing sorrow for his guilt. 10,000 individuals attended his execution. Paris is becoming more excited about the approaching election. The Socialists are making immense .exertions to obtain votes for their candidates ; and as the Moderate camp is split up into three divisions it is feared there is a possibility that the former may succeed. The President was on Friday riding about again distributing crosses and money, but his popularity is said to Nave diminished; the coldness between him and General Changarnier has not subsided, each apparently mistrusting the other. The late Mr.. Joseph Ilambro, a Danish Jew, but het et of an extensive London banking firm, bequeathed to his native city of•Coperthagen the ultimate interest, after his sen Charles's death-, in a sum of 300,000 rixdollars (about £22,8001, for theestablishment , of charitable institutions. Me. Charles Haaehro, the son 'to whom the legacy was oven fOrlife,.has given up his life interest, on condition that the•municipality of Copenhagen shall erect two pub lic baths and wash-houses for the poor, as in England. 'THE EttiirvroN OF Vrstzvxus.—Letters from Naples announce the cessation of the eruption of Vesuvius on the 12th , ult. 'The lava had found an issue on the southern side of the mountain towards Mauro d'Ottiano, and flowed down in three directions, the principal stream following the old bed. Notwithstanding this favourable circum stance, a good deal of damage had been done to property. Of three persons who had approached too near to witness the phenomenon more at their ease, one was killed, and • the two others severely wounded by red-hot stones. A letter has just been received from Natal, written by 'the wife of a respectable farmer who lately left Yorkshire for that settlement. She says—" I will write again, and tell you what I think of the country. At present I can not give an opinion, except that it comes up to my expec tations in many respects. I think with industry we shall he able to get a livelihood. Young unmarried ladies are in great request. They are the most inquired after of anything I hear of. If they can take situations, they can get from £25 to £3O a-year, besides they are in great request to make wives of." Mdlle. Jenny Lind appeared at Bremen on the 7th ult. Previously she gave two concerts at Gottingen, one of which was for the benefit of the poor of the town. The students got up a procession with torchlights in honour of the celebrated cantatrice, gave a concert at daybreak under the windows of her residence, and afterwards con ducted her as far as Nordheim.—The incomparable Jenny has recently given several most successful concerts in Ha nover, one of which was for the benefit of the poor of the city. His Majesty King Ernest, who was present at one of the concerts, has sent to the Swedish Nightingale the appropriate gift of a golden goblet filled with ants' eggs, the food of nightingales. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A SARDINIAN COURT. -- A tragic scene, of which the annals of justice offer few instances, occurred on the 22nd ultimo, in the Court of Appeal of Turin. The president was about to pass sen tence on a band of seventeen murderers, three of whom had been condemned to death, and the fourteen others to hard labour or imprisonment, when those convicts simul taneously rose at a signal given by their chief, and at tempted to disarm the carabineers seated by their side. A frightful tumult ensued. The judges and part of the auditory retired terror-struck, whilst the carabineers endeavoured to master the revolters. A sergeant, finding himself too closely pressed by one of them, named Vincenzo Artusio, shot him dead with a pistol. This put an end to the horrid struggle. Two other convicts were dangerously wounded, and one of them was not expected to survive.—Globe. A pinnace, with 19 hands, has been upset in a squall, between the Bay of ,Salamis and the Piraeus of Athens. Six of the crew were drowned, and the remainder, with the lieutenant, got on Pigeon Island, where eight, includ ing Lieut. Breen, were afterwards found frozen to death. The others were alive, and are now likely to recover. L'eut. Breen was the son of Dr. Breen, of Dublin, and but in his twentieth year. When his death became known, all the British, and even Greek ships on the station, had their flags lowered, and so held them until after his inter ment. The officers have subscribed for a monument to him at Malta. The following is an extract from Sir W. Parker's letter of the sth February :—" Tie body of the unfortunate lieutenant was found on the upper part of the island (Lypso), under a bush, without his coat, which he had nobly given to one of the surviving seamen, whose sufferings from the cold he considered greater than his own." DEATH BY SPONTANEOUS 'COMBUSTION. The fol lowing extraordinary occurrence is related in the Gazette des Tribunaux :—" A few days ago, in a tavern near the Barriers de l'Etoile, a journeyman painter, named Xavier C—, well known for his intemperate habits, while drink ing with some comrades, laid a wager that he would eat a lighted candle. His bet was taken, and scarcely had he introduced the flaming candle into his mouth when he ut tered a slight cry and fell powerless to the ground. A blueish flame was seen to flicker about his lips, and, on an attempt being made to offer him assistance, the bystan ders were horrorstruck to find that he was burning inter nally. At the end of half an hour his head and the upper part of his chest were reduced to charcoal. Two medical men were called in, and recognised that Xavier had fallen a victim to spontaneous combustion. The conflagration of the human frame is frightfully rapid in its progress ; bones, skin, and muscle, all are devoured, consumed, and reduced to ashes. A handfull of dust on the spot where the victim fell is all that remains." ATTACK ON ENGLISH TRADING ESTABLISHMENTS IN WESTERN AFRICA.—By accounts received from Angola, on the western coast of Africa, we learn that the factory of Messrs. Hatton and Cookson (of Liverpool), at Ambriz, was set on fire by the black natives on the 25th November last. The tire was got under, and the blacks driven off; but, nevertheless, property to the amount of about £2600 was destroyed. An attempt was likewise made upon the factory of Messrs. Horsfall, but it failed. Mr. Brand, the British vice-consul at Loando, on hearing of these occurrences, immediately applied to the commanding officer of the British naval division on that coast, the hon. Captain Hastings, who lost no time in despatching her Majesty's ship Firefly, Captain Tudor, to the spot. Some sort of arrangement was entered into between Captain Tudor on the one part, and his Excellency "Jim Thompson " on the other ; the illustrious personage lest named being the plenipotentiary of the king, who, it seems, by the laws of the country, is not allowed to come within sight of the ocean.—Lisbon Correspondent of the Morning Herald. A CONTRAST ENOUGH TO MAKE ONE'S TEETH WATER.--The Frontier Guardian of the 12th January has the following as the latest news from the Mormon settlement of Jowa :—" The people in the Salt Lake Valley are but scantily provided with goods, wares, and merchandise, notwithstanding the heavy stocks that were taken there last year. They have gold there to purchase with, and hundreds of men in the mines digging for more goods ; groceries, farming utensils, glass, nails, paints, oils, machinery, mill irons, bolting cloth, and about 20,000 good young cows, and 40,000 sheep, are wanted there. Chickens, pigs, cats, and dogs, plenty in that place already. They want turkeys and geese there still. We hope to see trains of goods and emigrants starting from this point to the Valley every week, from the Ist day of May till the 15th day of June. Goods? goods ! is the cry there, and gold! gold! is the response." Would that we were within a reasonable distance of these flou rishing fanatics. They would not have to cry out "goods, goods," for any long space, without having their long ings satisfied. CALIFORNIA AS IT IS.—The Manchester Guardian gives the following from a Scotchman, experienced in the " diggings —Now, with regard to your future move ments, I can only say that I would not have you here at this moment for all the gold I have the chance or expec tation of obtaining. It would be risking your life, and sacrificing everything that makes life desirable, for you to come here at present. I won't talk of privation, because you will laugh at it, not having undergone anything of the kind ; but men who have lived, and worked for a living, in all parts of the world, shrink from the life they have to lead in this barren region. C— is one instance, and I will give you another. On leaving San Francisco, we got two men to join our party for company's sake, one of whom had travelled over all the world—lndia, China, Spain, France. Germany, England, United States, South America, and Mexico. He was a surgeon, and exercised his calling as a means of livelihood during his travels. Well, after our visit to the head waters of the Sacramento, hp got cielc ; and one night, when about eighty miles above this place, he slipped from our camp, and drowned himself in the river, stating in a note left behind him that death was preferable to such a life. By the next time I write. I hope to have something decent laid up; and if there should then be any shelter, other than a tent, to be had in the country, you shall have the means to come out, or to go anywhere your inclination may lead ; but at present don't think of coming here." INTERESTING INCIDENT.—A letter, written on board the Rattlesnake, dated Cape York (Torres Straits), Oct. 16, 1849, gives an interesting account of a white woman coming alongside the ship. The woman had been wrecked three or four years ago in Torres Straits, when both her husband and all but herself were drowned. One of the blacks, who was out turtling, in a canoe, approached the wreck, and carried her out through the surf, supporting her with one arm and swimming with the other. The natives took her to one of the Prince of Wales group of islands, where she had since lived, being most kindly treated by the men, but not so by the women. On hear ing of "a large war canoe of the white men" being at Cape York, she prevailed on her friends to take her across the main, which, after some hesitation, they consented to do. She had forgotten much of her own language, and had frequent recourse to the blacks when wishing to ex plain herself. She is not more than nineteen or twenty years of age, and, though not pretty, has a soft feminine and very pleasing expression ; and though living with naked savages for several years, she had not lost the na tural feelings of womanly modesty, and appeared to feel her situation, dressed only in a shirt, in the midst of a crowd of her own countrymen. She stated that only upon one occasion had any impropriety been attempted with her by the natives, and then it was by an old man, who received a sound thrashing for his misconduct. The woman remained with her countrymen on board the Rat- I tlesnake, and proceeded to Sydney. INDIAN RAILWAY PATRONAGE.—The Guicowar, Mahratta prince, who governs in a protected capacity the important state of Guxerat, has extended his prompt and effectual patronage to the project of a railroad between his capital of Baroda and the Bunder or port of Tankaria, in the Gulf of Cambay. It is extremely desirable in many points of view that this scheme should be properly unjer stood. It is the first instance in which a native prince has volunteered the investment, in any useful work, of that capital which is hoarded in more than one royal treasury, and which, where distributed at all, has usually been devoted to the grossest purposes of sensuality or intrigue. There was wealth enough at Lucknow to have VRE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. completed, if proprA T ;c ern that tl‘,e applied, the long delayed irrigation of the north-we provinces, and it is rettsonably sus pectedstanding th‘ d the mean.:,Yate coffers of the Ninam, notwith c insolvency of his exchequer, contain et 'restoring something like prosperity to the desolrAe Rolds of the Deccan. The 'ancient connexions of trio Gtioowars with the government of India—con le.exions 'which, while they have been profitable to our selves, *have been in the highest degree beneficial to the pro'cinre of Guzerat—enabled the predecessors of the reigning prince to transmit to him the advantages of a well-stocked treasury. The length of the railway will be about 40 miles, of which 18 will lie in the British terri 'toty, and 22 in that of 'Guicowar. The district to be Wiaversed is a dead level, under high cultivation, but at present so wretchedly provided with roads that through certain seasons of the year the intercourse of the capital with the coast is confined to a single point; and the con tiguous military stations of Indore, Mahidpore, Neemuch, and others, though garrisoned partly with Bombay troops, are actually provided with European goods from Calcutta, which are brought by water to Agra, and thence for warded across the country to their destination. Yet the whole of this tract may rank with the most productive dis tricts of India. It is the heart of the cotton country. pertinent. I won't snow Lonergan :—lf you made - use of that expression -outside the walls of the court, I'd break your face.—Mayor 1 Language like this is quite intolerable.—Mr. Prendergast : You cannot wonder at it, coming from such a fellow- Mr. Lonergan : But what can I do with %fellow of this sort, who is below my most sovereign contempt, and my respect for you only prevents me—. Mr. Prendergast : Really it is too bad that a person like this blusterer— Mayor: The dig nity of this court has been violated most grossly, and the offender is subject to eight days' imprisonment.—Mr. Lonergan : 1 meant no disrespect, to the bench, and if they feel annoyed I apologise to them. I strictly confins my apology to the bench : no one else.—Mayor : So gross an insult cannot be compensated by any apology, and the very next time language of this kind is indulged in, I, in sustainment of the dignity of my office, will use the power vested in me by the law, and commit the gentleman so using it to prison. —Mr. Gough and Mr. Ryan fully con curred with his Worship. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The railway gates on the East Lincolnshire line, cross ing the highway at Sibsey High Ferry, were smashed through by the up express train on Sunday. The dividend of 3s. per share recommended by the di rectors of the Eastern Counties Railway was adopted at the meeting on Wednesday, and the report and accounts were carried in opposition to Mr. Wylie's amendment. RAILWAY CALLS.—The amount of calls falling due in the month of March is £1,315,527, against £2379,790 for the same period last year; £3,125,922 in March, 1848; and £3,508.065 in 1847. The gross amount of the rail way calls for the first quarter of the present year is £4,183,054, against £8,560,678 last year for the corre sponding three months. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the half yearly meeting, on Tuesday, the report, which recom mended a dividend at the rate of 3+ per cent. per annum, was adopted. The committee appointed to investigate the charges brought against the directors, unanimously acquits them of those charges. A discussion took place on the audit question. Mr. Muir, of Liverpool, moved that a committee be appointed to assist in carrying the audit bill prepared by the North-Western Railway Com pany through parliament, and the motion was agreed to. Mr. Chaplin was re-elected a director, and the meeting separated. YORK AND NORTH-MIDLAND RAILWAY MEETING— THURSDAY.-J. S. Thompson, Esq., in the chair. The Chairman reported that proceedings were being taken to recover from Mr. Hudson £16,000, which had been over drawn on account of land which he sold the company ; also, £66,000, the premium on shares he had taken for himself. Against the other directors proceedings were also taken. They had accepted £lOOO as a compromise from Mr. Jennings, and £5OO from Sir John Simpson. The dividend declared was at the rate of two per cent. per annum. The company are borrowing money at V i per cent. PANORAMIC EXHIBITION OF THE LONDON AND BIR MINGHAM, AND CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAYS. A highly interesting exhibition has just been opened to the public, in London. By a series of beautifully executed paintings, we are carried on from the tunnel at Primrose hill to the viaduct at Wolverton, and thence through the old town of Coventry to the great centre of modern metallurgical industry— Birmingham. Discussing the more interesting varieties of the way, we visit Chester — its gentle landscapes, ancient monuments, and antique architecture, softly presented to the vision by the pale light of the moon. Thence we proceed to Rangor, and ultimately arrive at the two most, prominent points of interest in the whole exhibition—the Conway and Bri tannia Bridges. These two last pictures are really beyond praise. The noble Britannia tube, resting on the sum mits of three huge towers, carried high above the surface of the waves, and stretching out its ponderous and mighty arms to the two opposite shores of Caernarvon and An glesea, is truthfully depicted. THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—This magnificent structure is now complete as regards one line of railway, and will be opened on Tuesday, the sth of March, by Mr. Robert Stephenson. The terrific gales of February, probably un precedented since 1839, when the Menai suspension bridge was severely damaged, have caused no obvious vi bration even on the Carnarvon tube, which was then not in a position for resisting the wind, as it was temporarily resting on a loose pile of planks in each tower, at an ele vation of upwards of 100 feet, and unconnected either with the neighbouring tubes or the masonry of the tower. The tube presented a full broadside to the wind, which impinging on the water below ploughed it up in furrows of spray. The greatest lateral deflection of the Anglesea tube, as determined by Mr, Edwin Clark, did not ex-Ted three-eighths of an inch. A train containing 200 tons of coal will first pass through the tube with two or three en gines; but no te-ting that can be practically adopted can bear any proportion to the strength of the structure, of which some idea may be formed from the fact that a frigate completely equipped might be safely suspended from the centre of each span without strain to its struc tural strength. THE DETHRONED RAILWAY MONARCH.—Who is that short, broad, dumpy man, who seems to have stolen, unnoticed, into the house? He has slipped down at the very outside of the remotest seat that could be found. He seems to cower as if to escape notice ; yet his restless manner and sudden side-looks indicate that he wishes in his heart some one would recognise and accost him. His hat is pressed over his forehead, his coat buttoned to the throat, his hands thrust (is it convulsively ?) to the bottom of his pockets. The members are absorbed in the debate; nobody, as yet, seems to have observed him. At length his next neighbour turns round, marks him, stiffly bows. then instantly bounds away to a different part of the house. Who can the new comer be ? He hangs his head for some time, with his eyes fixed, as it were, gloom ily on the ground. The intensity of the debate is flag ging : members are breaking up a little. But how is this ? He looks with anxiety at them, seeks to accost, to detain, some who, it seems, had been former acquaint. ances. No, it will not do A faint, hurried s'aake of the hand, a distant, hurried nod : no one can be prevailed upon to give more. Gracious heaven ! who is this ; en titled, too, it seems, to enter this august assembly ? who is shunned as the pestilence, or, if touched, is touched as if he were some slimy nauseous reptile, with an apparent loathing or tremor? Who is this ? It is George Hudson. —Dumfries Courier. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Lord Campbell has entered on his duties as Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. Mr. Kenealy, the barrister, has commenced proceedings against the Times, for its reports of the charges made against him at the police-court, London, of ill-treating a child. The judge of the County Court at York has decided—. with the approb a ti o n o f the Attorney and Solicitor- General—that barristers are not entitled to exclusive or pre-audience at those courts. The following gentlemen have been called within the bar by the Lord Chancellor :—Messrs. Prendergast, Bliss, Greaves, Townsend, Carpenter, Rowe, Grainger, O'Malley, E. James, Peacock, and Macaulay. The Bishop of Aberdeen has withdrawn his anpeal to the House of Lords, with the consent of Sir Wm. Dunbar, Bishop Skinner agreeing to pay all the costs of Sir Wm. Dunbar, and thus establishing the judgment of the Court below, and the verdict for damages. In the Common Pleas, on Tuesday last, the action Bold and another v. Claxton, of this town, to recover the sum of £Bl 16s. 3d. for a partial loss on a policy of insurance for £lOO on goods shipped on board the Penang, was de cided in favour of the defendant. The goods had been transhipped at Hong Kong into the James Laing, which, during a typhoon, was driven ashore and lost. REPUDIATION OF A RAILWAY PURCHASE.—In the Court of Exchequer, yesterday week, the case of the Bir kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Railway Comp a ny v. Pilcher came on before Mr. Baron Parke. The learned judge, in pronouncing his decision. stated that this was an action for calls, to which the defendant pleaded that he was an infant at the time the contract was made. Verdict for the defendant. In the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Saturday, Mr. William Russell, who carries on the business which for merly belonged to Mr. Warren, blacking-maker, of the Strand, London, procured an order to restrain Mr. John Collins, of Richmond-row, in this town, from selling any composition or blacking described as, or purporting to be, blacking manufactured by Robert Warren, in bottles having labels colourably differing from those of the plaintiff. At the Newcastle assizes a curious case of breach of promise was tried. A young lady met a gentleman, loved, and accepted him, A house was taken, a ring bought, the lady promising a waistcoat from her own hands for the wedding, when another gentleman called upon the anticipatory bridegroom, claimed the lady as his by an engagement before he went to sea, and subsequently effected his union. Now, however, the lady, although married, sued the deluded lover. She obtained one farthing damages. SPECULATION IN OPERA TICKETS:IR the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, M. Lefevre, of Boulogne, brought an action against Mr. Chappell, of the firm of Cramer, Beale, and Co., music -sellers, London, to recover damages for false representations in respect of the sale of certain boxes and stalls in the royal Italian Opera House, Covent-garden. A few days before Meyerbeer's "La Propheie" was brought out, the plaintiff, though an agent, had purchased the boxes and stalls for the night, by which speculation he lost £360, as he alleged, through the misrepesentations made by the defendant, viz., that he was the manager of the theatre; that he had the power to make the sale of tickets; that her Majesty was expected to visit the house ; that there was a great de mand for tickets and that the boxes, &c., which he sold were all that could be procured. A verdict was returned for the defendant. SUIT FOR DIVORCE.—On Friday, in the House of Lords, Mr. Talbot was heard in promotion of a bill for divorce, instituted by the Rev. Edward Q. Ashby, of Dunton, against his wife. It appeared that Mr. Ashby married Miss Palmer, daughter of the Rev. Henry Pal mer, in May, 1842. In November, 1848, sh e b e i ng i n ill-health, they went to Madeira, where they became ac quainted with Mr. Henry Edwin Chandos Scudamore Stanhope, between whom and Mrs Ashby, it appears, an improper intimacy sprung up almost immediately. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby returned to England in April, 1849, and Mr. Stanhope returned in the same ship. It was during this voyage that Mr. Ashby discovered, through a letter, that an illicit intercourse had taken place between his wife and Mr. Stanhope. From that time he ceased all communication with her, and, on her arrival, she eloped with Mr. Stanhope. The case has been postponed for six weeks to allow of further evidence being brought, Lord Brougham considering that Mr. Ashby did not show pro per carefulness about his wife to allow her to proceed in the same vessel with Mr. Stanhope, after 148 suspicious bad b een e x c it e d Were he Ift Madeira, IRELAND. There are eleven persons to be tried for murder at the Tullamore assizes. Ribbonism, in some parts of the county of Donegal, has latterly manifested its ferocious spirit to a most alarm- ing extent. The Limerick papers of Wednesday have reports of five more inquests on the bodies of persons who died of star- .vation COUNTY MEATH. — tharles Coyle has been convicted of the wilful murder of Catherine Gaffney, and sentenced to be executed. The prisoner confessed his guilt. Sixty-five cases of cholera have been reported in the Cahirciveen Union, thirty of these having proved fatal. The appearace of the epidemic in Valentia is also reported. It is said that New Par& House, the property of Mr. Pennefather, in the Cashel union, has been taken for an auxiliary workhouse. New Park , in its day, was one of the most aristocratic residences in the country. The tenantry of the Kilwarlin estate have testified their continued respect towards the Marquis of Downshire, their landlord, and their dieapproval of the slanderous at tacks lately made on his character at Banbridge. George Tuthill, Esq., Faha, was presented on Thursday by his gardener with a dish of new potatoes, very fine, and grown in the open air, never having been under glass. They are of the species called " Early Man's."—Limerick Chronicle. SLOW AND SITRE.—Tn transmitting the munificent sum of two pounds, from Wexford, in aid of the repeal fund, the repeal warden holds out the hope that a still larger sum will soon follow, because, " while Wexford is slow, Weaford is sure." The Limerick Examiner relates a visit to an infirmary at Kilrush, containing three hundred persons, all with the appearance of idiots, reduced to the utmost extremities for want of food. One half were said to b.! beyond reco very. and would in fact die from starvation. Can this be true ? At the Roscommon assizes, Bridget Mann was convicted of murdering her child by poison. The learned Judge, in passing sentence of death upon her, observed that the crime of which she had been found guilty was the most shocking he had ever met with. He would not hold out a gleam of inipe that her life should be spared. The Cork Constitution says that in many places in that county, and in Waterford and Tipperary, the farmers are turning up the meadow land for the purpose of taking a crop of oats out of it, with, it is suspected, the intention of decamping with the proceeds to America, leaving, of course, the landlord without his rent, and, if they can, the collector without his rates. The Belfast papers renort two more incendiary fires in the province of Ulster. One was perpetrated on the pro perty of Mr. Gordon, J.P., at Dundonald, in the county of Down ; the other on the farm of the Rev. Robert Parke, at Ballymoney, in the county of Antrim. Seve ral persons were present at the first-mentioned fire, and although solicited by the police to aid in their efforts to extinguish it, they refused with jests. Lord Clarendon has raised, by his parliamentary expla nation, neither his own character nor the character of his court. He held a levee on Wednesday. The list of attendants is the most meagre we have ever seen. Instead of the three or four columns which scarcely sufficed to • contain the names of the nobility and gentry who crowded to Dublin Castle before it had been dishonoured, one slim column has now more than room enough for all. TERRIBLE SCENE.—The town of Tipperary, on Satur day week, was in a most excited state, owing to a rescue, attended with loss of blood, rarely, if ever, seen in this country. Ryan, a farmer from Cappawhile, lent to Mr. Dillon, of Burgesland, money some time since, and ob tained an order for its recovery, and in the execution of the same was met by a hundred men armed with reaping hooks, bludgeons, and scythes. The bailiffs and helpers succeeded in driving the cattle to Tipperary pound, after a desperate conflict, the men covered with wounds and blood.—Limerick Chronicle. The Cork Reporter gives the following account of a dreadful accident on the railway works :—" A fearful accident occurred this morning, at six o'clock, at the tunnel at Gaggin's-hill, Bandon railroad works. As a party of three workmen were descending a shaft in a skip, the rope urfortunately gave way and precipitated them about ninety feet on five men below, who were preparing to ascend the shaft. Three of the latter were killed on the spot, and five others very badly injured. One English man, ;.amed Sleaton, had his thighs and leg fractured dangerously." CONTINUED AGITATION.—There was another meeting of tenant farmers held in Ulster, on Tuesday last. The place selected was the Presbyterian meeting-house at Killinchy, and the object " to consider the present de pressed condition of the farming interest." The speeches of the three Presbyterian clergymen on the occasion are not calculated to conciliate my Lord Londonderry and other free trade proprietors, nor does it appear they were delivered with any such intention. The language of their reverences is simply this—" You have brought ruin upon the landholders by your nefarious legislation. now you must participate in the results. You must make sweep ing reductions in your rents. My Lords, 'tis no com pulsion—but you must." ErarGßATlON—During the last two days'our quays have been quite alive with emigrants and their friends preparing to start for Liverpool, and from thence to America. Yes terday morning, at seven o'clock, upwards of 100 persons sailed, or rather steamed, on board the William Penn, and at twelve o'clock about four hundred on board the Foyle, Liverpool steamers. Should this expatriation continue for some months longer, from the various other ports of Ireland, in the same ratio as from this, our po pulation will not only be decimated but demiated before the end of the present year. Such is the extent of emi gration from this and the neighbouring counties, that we are credibly informed we shall shortly have American liners trading between Waterford and New York— Water ford paper. THE ASSIZE—STATE 01? THE COUNTRY.—As far as the Irish judges have proceeded upon their circuits, they have had to complain of the heavy calendars laid before them. Lord Chief Justice Blackburne thus addressed the grand jury of the county of Meath—" The calendar of your fine county presents a fearful aggregate of crime. The offences are most numerous, many of them of a very serious character, and bearing indisputable evidence of a most disorganised state of things in the county. The offence of Whiteboyism appears to prevail to an alarming extent, and exhibits itself in its accustomed form by the organization of conspiracies against life and property." Mr. Justice Perrin, in addressing the grand jury of the county of Louth, said " the cases for trial were consi derable : they were more than sixty, and the crimes with which some of the parties were charged were very serious. There were three cases of bcrcicide ;" and Mr. Justice Jackson told the grand juryt f^ I are that " the calendar, presented a formidable aspect. There were nine cases of of murder. There was an exceedingly large number of cases of arson, and other serious offences." FEARFUL DESTITUTION.—At an inquest held on the body of a labourer, named Patrick Cane, at the slate quarries in Tipperary, on Thursday last, it appeared that the poor man had been seeking for work to the last : that he was returning in the evening, when he fell from exhaustion and expired on the spot. His wife deposed that for several days their food consisted of a few turnips, gratuitously given by the neighbours, with a little Indian meal mixed in water. They had often only a meal a day of such food. it was with great reluctance she acknow ledged the destitute manner in which she and her husband lived, and she said she would not tell it but for being on her oath. Another inquest of the same kind is reported alone with the preceding one in the Nenagh Guardian. " The house in which the body lay," says that journal in describing the second case, " was almost roofless, one end of it being dilapidated. There was no appearance of fire, food, or covering in it. Although the deceased was only 23 years of age, from her pallid appearance, and the hue less and fleshless state of her body, she appeared to be as old as 60." PERSECUTION.-At Dingle Petty Sessions, on Friday, informations were allowed against several parties for as saulting the Rev. Mr. Lewis, an unobtrusive and estimable Protestant Minister. The following portion of the pro ceedings in court affords a curious specimen of the doings of Popery in Ireland :—One witness said Mr. Lewis was excited, but cool ; the people were all shouting at him as if he was a mad dog. Sub-Constable Marshall was sworn, and deposed to the arrest of Moriarty in the crowd. Mr. Supple to witness (after conferring with the priest, Father Owen O'Sullivan'—ls he dnmb ? Witness —He is not dumb foil shouting.—Father Owen here stalled up, and protested that Moriarty was an idiot, and quite dumb ! but, while he was in the act of making this statement, Moriarty first uttered some indistinct sounds, and then exclaimed, in very intelligible Irish, suiting the action to the word and the word to the action, " I was not doing anything but huzz-a-a-ing like the rest !" The scene that ensued in the court baffles description. It was heightened, too, by Mr. Hurly's exclaiming, " A miracle ! a miracle !" When the laughter had subsided Sub- Constable Lorimer was called, and proved that he knew Moriarty for the last two years ; that he believed him to be a labourer as good as any in the country, and that he considered him to be more knave than fool. This witness was cross-examined with a view to establish the idiotcy of Moriarty, but he firmly adhered to the opinion he had before expressed. A SCElVlC.—Magistrates Court, Waterford.—A num ber of persons named Dwyer were charged with taking forcible possession of Mr. Bagwell's land from Michael Barett. The bench decided on sending them for trial before the Assistant-barrister.—Mr. Lonergan said : Tak ing advantage of the delay in calling the next case, may I request your worship's attention to the law in the case of Barrett against Dwyer.—Mr. Prendergast : I object to t `bis matter being again gone into. The bench have de cit:ed, and this is only a waste of public time.—Mr. Lo nerg,..‘n lam about reading the law for the bench. Sit down, Mr, Prendergast : You had better not be im- loch 5 11 )& 1 5' I 114TRIOta, - 18 THE for tb/ I Qe d ----- lectures on subjects admirably selected.. o l . 4 ° titers ( hensive bearing ',ley have on the del ~,,j GB icr" e i •INll.. Est England. The, first of the course was a , a t „ IN EN, day night. The, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, 1 3 0,, . v 0 that o or the ',. - 4ospel ?" Sir R. H. Ingl is ' &lit , ' t e be held Y at presi':ient of the society, occupied to ..nsiti° :' of to kcturer, after alluding to the primarYr4 • i., elnoriali by the Church of England in society, 1 10 4 b throu g h w ,. the Church Pastoral Aid Society Ll, ltt op, 'tilt, am : secondary institutions, concentrated uf, i s te, °Vierit,fr. to Young Men's Society, which e e d • ~., eau g amelioration of the masses. He content, 0 re,The hove amelioration must be social and reer a _ et ete l . 'erin g , be , must be evangelical. For that end there ", :c i e le ' 'ni l , , i , in; which stood out in the foreground as aPP,; te ll f I‘43PreSet character distinctly contrasted, and wp, he ~°tafe wl etiPY 1 degrees of success. He then took ill? rog 7e fo rtc g e sYsas had been set before him, and contraste ,•' 4. ltop ati Vi• T Gospel," as agents in the reformation 0 1 _ 0 fetn e d y t 7 will cal force, or moral and evangelical e, , !,, 1) . 11 le u d e _Propt magistrate, or the minister of the to:rf e ge itle g i q l 3 re: the •.1 he Ye" D eti N:ir o - ature ' desire to disparage cm. power, u e 1..„, e o f • all its influence on the remote eons/ i dol, •rs, am You , had be e '', dtr . es while truth affected the heart of the in° In tl" u e latid ow w eilld society together by sympathy and love. the , '0,,,t0 cote ,n‘er. his eloquent illustration of these toP ie l: t ius ° I tl f ° f sal ar i` n eni! man vehemently deprecated the separ_sto wil th e . 4 an, from secular education in any national sY "t at 4, °°4 0 _......, 7 bee, s• be adopted. adopted. ••0 a MOu ab ando n C , p i es, f o p co o Ma --- Reform much longer cannot be delayed' ,., •, 1 ; N o Tap t q l , Reform in manners, politics, and trade' t • poll w hich in The mists of ancient error fade sway ~,,i , , t e tor n atke t Before the dawning of a better (10 4 beor, of %O ~,, Men learn to think'who never thottg,P o dol, , the iaL i co dl And scorn the chimeras which they '4 Ow , ' l l o f"Clote i i a t tntr No longer now the blind shalt lead t, p oli 0 111 , , epi ttil Or e); But all shall look abroad with eyes o f hie s ‘ f / of ~e'st p IN , Custom, with solemn, pompous, ali l a ce; Olt . p li ''tit 0 ; 1 114 Must now resign his easy, icing-filled bOt• tkalt, 4k4 tat e l l eh And Young Improvement in his etch t ' '1, 4 ,, ON Mein With piercing gaze, and tongue 0 e a d 9 lit'to lm ntly i,'"' And all the nation at its wise d ee, J , i th. - ' l O4. ,4 Go on rejoicing, prosperous, d free. , 0 00 1 s tick'' , li tt 4Opt Our course is onward,-ho ured I ?,e, ' or r . • Pess e ,. I '4 h th e Who take the van with co age, A t ' idet • '' bp ate r' l a ssos 'bosom t. t oe Who cast the trammels their c t o j„ n iop And make the nation's ,good their gre,1, 3 10 , - tactial e i r eood i , 1 Honour to thee, then am, -thou L,",, iip ate rti seito e: ; w tic Thyself the great reprmer of thy tra,l4o•l , Sta , W e r 4 1 t e stiff • And felt this truth,ere thou did'st f'l" It r e Reform, like charity, begins at honte„,. ell ( 1 0 :tlli e L e sa _ Thou long has laboured hard within 1 % 0 , . ..bi • per qoet ~.'.o, To make reform's which benefit the ii 9 ,ii s 9 ',with 1 , ( IllI tte " 11 1 Though many• Seek to cope with theN i is;„ ',etti n , oe e , /ill They cannot such unequal strife rnaly:, o ot , tp tio s op t t 'ZiSte t They know that Hyam's name t hroug_l o o, a ,,, 11 `-p r 'eir 4 The choice of every market can cOn e boff' ti ri Fq de With t Whate'er is lasting, new, and cheap, lie 0; /I, tOi rb ,".se And at the lowest rates his goods sur,P s Or The 41,.'. dhome- Content . with quick returns and We' s it Itet „ I tolt a •"" He makes his bargains-bargains unt ie •re which Pat; His promptitude and true artistic stY ds is/e oh giro, e few Gain approbation through all Enziso, w oo . t o t hy Qnsa o With skill unmatcli'd he clothes the 0 , t be d oors . And thus works out a National Reform' lk i 4 1' ele eld t h , cl as , ,_ ed i o• 'ITV .• °Y f HYAM, 41 e t ed acto ei ,! NATIONAL CLO n 'oy. On e ta f eo, t f LORD-STREET BP " , LIVE . 1 1t t i/ O 11 c al . t 't, t r u e Pep " C An unbounded assortment of BLACK CI , 0. t _ th e eta th rose / COATS, for Men and Boys, from e s ' 74 he 4 has b e etre ( O. l e i li tu a p o or a aia , tli ' el a Poor CORRESPONDENC E ' °co p , latter et 4._____- 0 , , len reef on c on OUR PAROCHIAL MEDICA L , s 4 Nil; I:befo r e ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOP of , &IN'. d epr „ e _ fri SIR.-In your paper of the 19th Febr e f , 7Dite . 4l ter est 7sin leading article calculated greatly to W e I 14 1 ,teei„lt h„,. 1 )1 medical staff in the eyes of the whop tote 04 , l 'oid h `oe ia r i b sense of justice will induce you to gran t t o t'. „ ° °4l„„ °l _, (l er,f a ll t i e insertion in your widely-circulated paPe r i ' 'Pley,'lle. T a li in which I hope to spew that the medic a l t ie 4 , ,dist eh :t li the poor is obtained at a very economi es ot heir ftir 9rre 'e a your strictures on the parish surgeons er e h e t l shi b llt i d mark t P hem yheal 1 In the first place, I would remar- 90 ,e2 le „ e annum cannot be considered a large ' te , ; ray to th ';Xt parish as Liverpool to pay for medical at h#l A thi s • the ir • n dt to gli insicr poor, especially when it is borne in nit 9 I , , ii etilt o for vaccination is included in that sure , o ie 2:of , tiler, q ty duty of very great importance to the wt, i 're p a • P lo . i; sc I am aware that it was ittempted ti' 'of. •; tt, i t , B to oati ` t t t ro el Courier some months since that nearly ° fl irt Il li i n n d who,' a were vaccinated by the parish as were b or , I , t i tty . th at " but the writer of that letter displayed hi- t i' . el lye N tist e ° , l 4 t l subject by not pointineout the cause, ''''' re ti°o 1 . by 'in tf, ` l3 importation of children requiring thatoP e t ot ii •,. the e i saiz a land and elsewhere. I will not stay toelet° l l l 'l 'tol,, which perhaps are not far from correct ; ; ,, 0 5.,„ 4 14°,4 1 sYs ta „, the apparently large number is most 0b!'",,241" 4 4 ' eOr ee g w iCtid e say anything about the expense in the . ' , • 4 1ei t 4 , 4 1/ 0 4 4e " T h n . , P c i i to e , was unavoidably large. a ge 01 4 'Ni taad e You state that the " parish doctors" t Oa 'let a ", It* 0 4 of Qd u P t o 9 c separate case." This is not exactly e° t o 4, 6 ee i t it e Bo, e• rate cases for which they are paid are e . ;;10 1 , 0 4 •' ,4l l2 l "ePi• e e'al as amputations and such like ; and it "fi,•tor , Pr oyitt e e iat ea how much more desirable it must bev t‘ete b. tit b i labouring under a complaint requiring It s Q,t1k. h ..43 , th e fi _ treated at his own residence, rather terje , ItiPN ettlij s e a ‘a' stitution, where he cannot be privileg & dr tititNll!iti. •an ance of his own friends. eV Of ' ll 4 te a ; 1 p ti The next separate cases, and they ar,4,0 1, . 4 , ti• N tt:t, t ° l; g r numerous, are midwifery cases, for wil'itie er e A te .e ta r ~ A 1 1 . h ,_ ~,, paid 10s. fid. in ordinary and two guineAer , it b e kftviCeo - ",7 ' cases, the latter being chiefly thoi A s ir. ' ol ', Y ' 1811'e41! tare 4 are used. lam prepared to grunt e t ' l o' d e ll 4 1 - t t°l4 probably used much more freque n tll' V bet leer # (ll . ot h e pri private practice, among a more respet e W Cr idl t2t,; d the ciety. The average in the former is ind t; A t• ta i thei t lelled . ue oi tlmes, I believe, even as high as 50 per„,le :, i shed. AV# 11' l ith l ons latter the average is perhaps from 5-to I ,° c iegeS h iell e ~ agel lower. This large average of diffiCu' t i ,j e lt i t ti k 0 1 Of : poem 'st Of poor depends on the circumstances in v i ' o l. °' ti fietty )I• lner nate creatures are placed-their insuffie le w , e „ . 41 , 1 , 4 ,t 0 ,,,,1ted # diseases to which they are consequentlY s el 1 0 „ . 011, - VarrPle ? to the desire, as you suggest, on the Pi t Vicelt the 's of ' ? ..t e ,,t t , Iv , doctor to gain an extra fee. v i es s io/ vi e. th e 0 uc Next as to the parish dispensaries.,„ 0 1 a ' k 0,, To 1 . °er a ments are most useful to the poor 'VP - , ' i. ili ee ot /41 e l inin There they get supplied with medicines 4 1 4 4 14,4 te h ave lity, in the shortest possible space of tire;,; $, 4 e „tl:l l ,,oh l i a 4 %1 some one ready to attend to their rectal. he 7 , 4 170(ii,' by ti g, ext of the paiish doctor is saved, so th at It s p t ! Or ti tiSt s e R , larger space to the wants of his pat i e nts. v ie Ity . th e _ I tr a ject of ." runners," I will not further e' 9 1 0 1 ',by Af t 'artle si mark that it is an unworthy insinils, tl° o l° . , of v ‘binh er refe against an honourable body of men such ,t o _ trl orie th e 11 b 1‘4,7 one medical staff confessedly is. e see l l ',44. is You say that thirteen gentlemen at Pr,,,e' :'l4 l :`cos ec i. lo the staff " have received from the porish t `• o f ' .• ‘tak pi IA in per annum, and are also in the enjoYeaSs o l t # l , l t I t , ed ir l tice." Can it be said that this is too ble' l j 5 4 4( 4 '4,1' ea ta neration for men of education, who blell' i tiLl'lebisota Anton ble offices ? The salaries paid at the hilt Iti,, b ur the Town-hall are proportionately tott. i el ' h plie 1 ,,1/t til ll' onie hl t B l l. i 'f i, the secretary of the Vestry receives, i w" ne A i ,- red o .• annum. Nt' B lt A at • ee c 5 0 ilet ; # in 1 'to Further, you say that on getting ig lA t t o en 016 ,i ~? 11 , 2 4 e a a more than one halos immediately set up A -eel 4 ge,,.. q Plc o irs $1 Dr et ‘ , ttti 21t ar suggesting, I suppe, that the parish - t to ,00 tide pal te is such, should walk. Now I beg to saY tbe a w,,, , ,q hi our impossible for many of them to perfotta. 9o ,‘ • 1 #: to 1) : th at u ; unless they enjoyed such an accornmodeti p 1i4 4 9 0ip 'ley te 8 12 'had for, not by the parish, but by their priva,, sit,. ~. att t he e a Before concluding, I would just cal l ! it i ) l 'iNl ,l th e eDee statement recently made in the Vestry w at :100 . ' t i ' t) il l li trlldZ e l immense saving in the article of win A e , il li t , l kilillbelLoot e r since the new arrangement was ra a- a l loi!e0 i te h t4•'Qtiled unprejudiced person must prove how a` 10,0° 119.4,, 'l44+. ,2 a , staff are in cutting down the expenses 0s of le‘ekoep a ,.. ° O ,OO and for which zeal I trust that the Ed" dit. o4 o le of eigtory to ' DARD will kindly give them some little er t O , A , t 1; e, gimp 1 ) Cy I am, sir, your very obedigs 41 4 1 1t o i ropl il ly, A FRIEND OF THE RATPARL'r ellOttlg I ° l l AND A tf t , t b ti c 'attic D ion , Liverpool, Feb. 27th, 1850. t e 'llt 41 b l e wash t , ot 4 ) . c. w e tali,, PE [As we have already stated, we ow '0... re -g n he Pi ' l' Vid ' told slightest charge against any one of t- e a 8 e ni t / - ' of 4 %I I ph% 'Wry personally. We know they are IW O t wit '4 l 'tl•l. o f *#' experience, and no doubt they discharg e . hst 1 1- 11 t1t 'ljoklr 1 It - ly tli " tin efficiently. We think, however, not' s ' ~,I D t i tI- ) ,, O, Tin" n i oc. ,:etw,, correspondent's remarks-and we wit the'‘.2 1 eolCwo a-` h u t h ie 01 tio bat aL l'ot , their good temper and propriety -t- a I lk licy d er Riti ' s Or a p 1 which those gentlemen are connected I Lill. alier amendment.] of hb l N.thp e a ti nti i ---...--- fiiif olZ Ntl it tt, fa 14 THE CASE OF DR. DICK, AV.1,41, 1 ' 14 4 I:4 t o t tl ill stf: t4e CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHP o y ' ' ,1.1 1 , Oteh e ti TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVER P t he f a to 0 les ti I. - 'slp old iN, ot'!ild SIR ,- T was much gratified to find j e ,„,. ill ' 8 0 1 ; Ire `4 - d your valuable journal an admirable Icrep h ilo s t4 e ela l It t i ts Dick, the author of " The Christian tAled col f.tt;t 4 V i l , tt , ! !! 1 a other excellent works. My diating uis oe 1 101 ' ti h k ...l t Nif l t, i r , tr - .7 1# t was explained by your corresponden ret s p li, 44 : . 4 e Mee t! p yond the ordinary limits of human 1i , , 0t, eV B ti t th e oei de e o l 3i saddening, and, I may add, humiliatiuiweetoht 1 11 tl t e 41 ,,, 1 Wood the evening of a well-spent life, the s o ht i 1 4 4 t: 1 / 4 0Zior 1 1 1 ! 8 The Rev. Dr. Todd has been admitted a senior fellow suffering. Some better provision °,4;bali ' i",:xi,Mjkili a :. of Trinity College. Dublin, in the room of Dr. Sinr. useful literary men, especially those wli n d to ~ . : 1 44)Z4Z.1,,ter e "" ei l The Bishop of London has declined to allow a sermon their powers to the service of virtue a n d if s " e glY PN 4 cf s h 425 to be preached for the London Mis • • in would the public treasury suffer reu e be ste e de ee> t te 4 ‘tr /4 Missionary Society any Ni 4l he t tcl ti 4 t4 of the churches of the Establishment this ear. - yond a poor £1,200 per annum were , 4 0 0 ,, ti e er r t e . , It is said that the Bishop of London has abandoned his pensions, in a country where men of 4 0 di e rt 7 1 . 04 e Ns , Ecclesiastical Court of Appeal as trenching on the Queen's roux, so useful, and often so poor- ; °or ~e Viii:lfuttiou:' prerogative. Dr. Dick, the professed friends ° i nene° id Led re 1 1, w eed The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has elutedthe app 111 th e a t ot Mb tit - % should, if gifted from above with be 4 1 9 1. t e et, -d f t 1 )' tt la • 41 1 Rev. Thomas George James, M.A , formerly incumbent consistency by aiding the advocate 0,, 0 , 0 0 fie A . 00 b y I , 4 0 t of Habergham Eaves, in this • .and • is theirs to love and to honour. I t tile e s o :l 1 1, 11 8d it heiTeos 11- ' „county, now Vicar of the r td li 'II 4 Bridgewater, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Bridge- th b 0 ocl and graceful were Dr. Dick left without ~, fit& t he , I._ it water, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. I. J. Too- during the few remaining years of N o ' d ing eo p_ it h 4t ,t ,tt f D a Z 4 tlt t good, to the Rectory of St. Andrew's, Holborn. effort has been made already, Inc] rd it' r t o , 4 i t ., t' I Y 11..1 1 6 nio- . To the zeal, honest, no doubt, but exceedingly overhot hundred dollars from America. ob t ,„ tre ritt' oo o!) * 'll k e ty IT' „Pr at ; and indiscreet, of Mr. Denison, the church and the public the generous exertions of Elilo •7 .id 0 r e,/ 't t e l t i tt e ,, l 2le t4 ,tl I lia. generally are indebted for the proposal so favourably scarcely think that all realised 11 1 °, u dau l fo r 5 0f es os tt 7, , le t o I : received by the House of Commons, on Tuesday, when subsistence of the venerable ind,v e ' re ore 01)9 1, - „7,4 ,to i t ! T wii Mr. Fox expounded his views on the intellectual condition the donations were intended. Tn 0,,,, cot' fe re l p ie of Loa irr ,. of the people, and the proper course to be adopted for its the who I believe would cheat ita tbe . ,lee 'e h ', 114 io 0 „-, improvement.-Church and State Gazette. the aid of Dr. Dick, and that thefe° sol e ,4 I , ►te, ~t)sys`), a s ' • hues cl f e, .4 . 4 t A memorial, signed by a considerable number of the with which genuine religion imbues ore t N 4 /tat . 4% 1 Tractarian party, has been presented to the Board of ples. I know no special party emP ° „nr co y, 1, .1 IN etet etl b it , y.., b o , , 96, t a t of p Heads of Houses at Oxford, in furtherance of the move- tributions for Dr. Dick, and, II n • ..., 0 ma ' iv 0 • it et th, ment of the Rev. Mr. Keble and the Rev. Mr. Denison, am unacquainted with that gentle ~ to p , 4 1 0 ti_vt4kit t l ,tili d _ in favour of an abolition of the royal supremacy, and or - L , !- that money might be safely set' s o, J O th,Qti li,ali t i,.‘ / w rite. ifi telio j , k t et I til et t eß all control on the part of government over the f unds rerry, Dundee, Scotland. nn eeP o te e f ,t o ktl t i granted to the Established Church for the promotion o fwill feel and, I doubt not, you e mp „b I Ni thi th itt trto t.„ so, education. case. It is painful, indeed, to ° e d of" 00 ' 1 101. r reel ; Not long ago, we were rather overdone with rumours of virtue and usefulness, burden so d fr,,t e i e l , of er r , o 11. ‘h 4 th ettt 1 about an imposing secession of evangelical clergymen and strength and youth can ill sustain , d , be' j o t) a kt e), tt, , i tin ro t r 1 4' 4 ° ' lt i others, if the Privy Council should confirm the judgment wicked persons have on trivial gr 9 i ii t ot jfj, t o ,.._to N I op t of Sir H. J. Fust. These all died away, when it oozed the public. Need I mention'? dford. beref i thit t t 4lti l ' news out that the decision was likely to be in favour of Mr position, the case of EnoilY, D an n iell'hoO mi t t o f u!, t)1. 0 , . s re __i , th lin Gorham ; and now the talk, especially amongst young blessed who from right motive tbilowcowei - - Plil -1 men who take their tone from coteries, is of and needy, a double blessing Mal e t he 'lite e w secession to • ds 0 ' • e° , ' Rome and the like follies. at the season of trial, the friends i r oe c o, 4, LONDON CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S amidst their poverty as such, atV, ee hara„ trq SOCIETY.-This society, formed for aiding missions , tresses in that high and honouraw _ ou r tu ns, at I have the ha' . home and abroad, in the prosecution of their noble , object, have made arrangetneuta fog § course of eight - - - gdinburgb, February 27th. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Mr. Disraeli is suffering from an attack of influenza. Col. Romilly, brother of the Solicitor-general, is the Liberal candidate for Canterbury. Mr. Hume has given notice that he will propose a draw back on bricks used in all cottages under the value of £5. Lord Albert Denison will be - raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Londesborough, the name of an estate he lately purchased from Mr. Hudson. The Morning Herald discusses at great length the im possibility of the Pope ever resuming the temporal sove reignty of the pontifical states. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is deriving a large income from unknown sources. On Monday, he acknow ledged, as " conscience money,".£loo ; onTuesday, £125, and on Thursday £5OO. Lord Ashley has given notice that, on next Thursday week, he will ask for leave to bring in a bill to declare the intentions of the legislature in respect of the hours and mode of working under the Factories Act. Mr. Reynolds, in giving his statement yesterday week, respecting the Dublin Election Petiticn, which cost up wards of £15,000, said, that the witnesses examined before a committee, manifested, he would not say perjury, but a considerable " economising of truth." The University of Cambridge has again petitioned against Mr. Wortley's Marriage Bill, on the ground that it will " be highly injurious to the public at large, and to the purity and happiness of some of the most intimate relationships of domestic life." Nineteen members of the Carlton Club voted against Mr. Disraeli's motion and against the principles of the society to which they had pledged themselves, in honor; fifteen of them are considered as deserters ; and who had it in their power to leave the minister in a minority of NATIONA L E F The National Reform Association have called a " Con ference" in London, in April next, to "complete the arrangements for realizing the fund of £lO,OOO required for the present year's operations." The friends of Sir Joshua and his allies seem rather backward with their subscriptions. Nine bishops voted against Government in favor of Lord Powys's amendment on the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill. No bishops voted with Government. The Arch bishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of Chester were present, but did not vote. In the minority of 26, in favor of the ministry, were 13 placemen. The Weekly Chronicle states that the government mea sure to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, providing compensation to tenants for improvements, proposes the appointment of three unpaid commissioners, whose principal duty will be—the appointment of eligible inspectors to make awards when called on by improving tenants. In 1849 the vote on Mr. Hume's motion for suffrage extension stood :—Ayes, 82 ; noes, 268 ; majority, 186. In 1850 it stands :—Ayes, 96 • noes, 242; majority, 146. The supporters of ref orm i n the House of Commons, as indicated by this vote, are mere numerous this year than they were last, its opponents fewer, and the majority against reform reduced by 40. TAXES IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—At the close of the war, the taxation of England had reached the enor mous amount of £4 4s. per head, and it has since been reduced to £1 17s. per head ; France has been going on in an opposite direction, and her taxation, which was then £1 Bs. per bead, had increased to £1 13s. per head up to 1847, and to £2 per head in the first year of the republic, it being at the same time necessary to take into account that the collective wealth of Great Britain may be fairly estimated at double that of France, so that a system of taxation which raises any given sum per head in the latter is doubly as severe as one which raises an equal sum per head in the former country. MR. HUME'S MoTIoN.—We find, on looking over the division list upon Mr. Hume's motion respecting the na tional representation, that the following members, con nected with Lancashire, voted in the minority :—Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Bright, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. W. J. Fox, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. C. P. Grenfell, Mr. Henry, Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Pilkington, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. M. Wilson, and Sir J. Walmsley. In the majority were Mr. Stephen Blair, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Greenall, Mr. Heald, Mr. Hornby, Colonel Lindsay. Mr. Wilson Patten, and Mr. Thicknesse. The remaining Lancashire members either paired or were absent from various causes. We may mention in addition that the following also voted in the minority :—R. Cobden, Sir J. Duke, W. Ewart, L. Heyworth, W. Jackson, S. M. Peto, and T. Thorneley ; Joseph Hume and Sir J. Walmsley were the tellers. A PETITION TO PARLIAMENTABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. —A report from the committee on Parliamentary petitions was brought up to the House of Commons, on Tuesday, by Mr. Thornely, and read amid breathless attention. It appeared that a petition was sent to Mr. Henley by his constituents against Mr. Fear g us O'C onnor ' s land scheme. It was missed from 'he table of the house, and on inquiry it was proved to have been taken therefrom without leave by the hon. member for Nottingham, Mr. Feargus O'Con nor, who returned it only on Friday last. Mr. O'Connor said he bad taken the petition in utter ignorance of the forms of the house ; a statement that called forth sundry " Ohs !" and laughter. He further said, that having heard that the petition contained great abuse of himself, he took it for the purpose of publishing it in his newspa per. In conclusion, Mr. O'Connor apologised to the house for the violation of its forms. WHAT HAS THE TEN-HOURS BILL DONE ?—An im mense meeting was held at Bradford on Monday, for the purpose of taking measures to obtain a bona fide Ten hours Bill. On all points the Ten-hours advocates proved their case, and the unanimous consent of the very nume rous and most respectable assemblage of operatives, who crowded the spacious room, shews that the principle con tended for is dear to them. The Ten-hours rule, in strict accordance with the spirit and intention of the law, has been fairly tried in Bradford and its vicinity, and its happy effects are tested on all hands. The clergy record that it has filled the schools with increasing numbers of pupils, whose desire for instruction and progress in learning have been sensibly and most cheeringly enhanced by the facili ties which their shortened hours of factory labour have afforded them. Another encouraging symptom is the great extension of the system of garden allotments, which are now eagerly sought, and sedulously and successfully culti vated by the operatives, among whom a greatly improved tone of morals and habits is observable. Indeed, the mere aspect and bearing of the multitude who thronged the hall, chiefly composed of that class of persons, were re remarkable evidences of their improved condition and moral character. The mill-owners who were present, with one accord, asserted the benefits of the system both to employers and workers. It was the best and most salu tary check to over-production, that bane and source of embarrassment and misery to both parties; it had the effect neither of p ara l ys i ng th e en t erpr i se of the former, nor of reducing the wages of the latter in any degree that they do not find amply compensated by its advantages. A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER..—On Monday night Lord John Russell said, in allusion to the opposition offered by Mr. Disraeli to a Government measure, that " The hon. member would recollect it having been said that the duty of a member of Parliament, not in office, was to resist the progress of Government business. The hon. member was acting upon the instructions given to him elsewhere." To this Mr. Disraeli replied, " We are told that one rea son why the present Government introduces measures, with out the intention of carrying them, is to give the house an opportunity next year of being masters of the subject. (A laugh.) NOW, that shows a confidence in the duration of Cabinets which a Whig ministry could alone entertain. (Much laughter.) The noble lord has also said that I have received my instructions elsewhere. Now, that is not very constitutional nor very courteous in the noble lord. I understand that the noble lord has received in structions how to conduct himself in Parliament from many persons and many places. But he cannot say, and he does not say, that we have received our inspirations how to conduct ourselves by consulting seditious clubs. (Great cheering.) The noble lord, in a mode quite un worthy of him, has charged us with obstructing the busi ness of this house in an unwarrantable manner, and he has insinuated that we are guilty of factious proceedings. Now, the noble lord is the last person in this house who ought to have made such a charge. I own I was sur prised to hear this charge from the noble lord when I re member that he was the person who brought forward a proposition in this house in which the fate of an Admin istration was involved—l mean the appropriation clause— and that when he had upset the administration upon that clause, and when he took office upon it, the noble lord had neither the conscience nor the courage to carry his policy into effect. (Loud and long-continued cheering from the Opposition.) CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. ORDINATION The Lord Bishop ofChesier intends to hold his next ordination at Chester on Trinity Sunday, May 26th. Candidates are required to transmit all their necessary papers, on or before the Ist May next, to " Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., Chester," his lordship's secretary.