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imperial Varliamint. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY Lord Brtotrthiani of sect comm law, more and treaty the appointment of a se the subject of the criminal pect to its operation upon Lord STAN', took advantage of this motion to call he Secretary of the Colonies again to the subject of such proposed alterations in our penal sys tem as - regarded criminals on whom sentence of transpor tation, should hereafter pass. He was, if possible, more strongly impressed than ever with the danger and incon venience of the scheme of punishment proposed by her Majesty's Government to supersede the former system of transportation. The commutation of punishment was a prerogative of the Crown, a prerogative proposed in this instance to a length which he could not but think was a great abuse of ii Earl GREY repeated what he had said on Friday, to the effect - that, under the system proposed to be superseded, entenced to transportation, when the time did not extend beyond seven years, were in a great many in stances retained in the country, at hard labour in the hulks, so that the change now meditated by the Govern ment was not so violent a one as it might at first sight be suppo . sed to be. convict HOUSE OF Co' .IMONS.-MONDAY On the order of the day being read for a Committee of the House on the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill, . , Mr: ROEBUCK proposed a resolution to the effect that loans to Irish landowners would be unjust and impolitic, unlen_propprty was subjected to the same taxation in Ireland as in England. _ _ _ _ _ _ A long disCussron followed, and the house was addressed by Mr. LABOUCAERE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir R, PEEL, and several other members ; after which Mr. Roebuck's amendment was ultimately defeated by a majority of 121 to 26, - and the bill then passed through committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Mr. EWART brought forward his motion for the aboli tion of the punishment of death, which was opposed by Sir G. GREY, who said that there was no species of punishment which excited such terror in the minds of those inclining to crime as did this, nor was he prepared to admit that public opinion was in favour of its entire • abolition. The motion was lost by 81 to 40. I for leave to bring in a bill for bicultural statistics in England and a was fully agreed as to the importance Mr: M:GIBSON him the collect Wales. TI Of obtaining agricultural statistics ; and the object of this bill was to create the machinery by which they could-be obtained. It was proposed to procure returns from every occupying tenant of not less than five acres, containing a description of every sort of crop, be it wheat, barley, oats, sown upon this land. The returns were to be annual ; but in case it should be found that annual returns were ry, and Ley could be more conveniently given; at longer periods the Board of Trade Nab. - England -6, a dispensing power was given to le to call for them at more distant inter ql Wales were to be divided into Super- and these [gain were to be , dividd into Registrars' The Registr; rised tc s would to wit appoint agricultural enumerators to corn the farmers. It was through this ma- chineiy that he proposed to collect these statistics. The enumerators would return their papers to the Registrar, and the Registrar would return them to his Superintend ent. By the Superintendent they would be tabularized, and forwarded to the Board of Trade, by whom they would be reduced into proper form, to be submitted to Parliament. It was proposed to obtain similar returns from Scotland and Ireland, but in a different way, which he briefly described to the House. Mr. Huuu contended that th useless enquiry, and that the ste be more easily obtained by calli every parish in the kingdom. a very wild and such returns from opinion on i to bring in the read a first tin On' th motion of from Mr. HENLEY, reserving his its of this plan, leave was given It was afterwards brought in and ordered of the number r. S. O'BRIEN parish in Ireland during wember„lB46, in so far a inform lary, Lion a return was mis who have died in each lonth since the Ist of No- rtiined by amber who have died from starva aent upon the insufficiency of food, te whole of Ireland. onversation of some duration took place on the of making this return, in which Sir G. GREY, Mr. J. RUSSELL, Mr. AGLIONBY, and Y. OCoNNELL, I °then members joir of the cony( O'Bu tion by a rash declaration of Mr that from 200,000 to Ireland islature if such a persons had would never tate of things -ry oppor ivilized world that his Country- II like vermin by the British cease,ta arr were lallowed to continue tunitt of publishing to th men were allowed to pel Government This excited the indignation of Mr. HUME, who re marked that as Mr. S. O'Brien had declared that not one individual should be allowed to perish from starvation in Ireland, he must call on that gentleman to declare ex plicitly how such a result was to be prevented. He would not allow such a charge to be brought rainst ti ards - Irefind had been ex- it, when its humanity tov led beyond all due bound - - - Mr. HENLEY joined in -;-- ns declaration, and cautioned 3rovernment - not to allow of which it could The motion was, It rely to lie made on this subject however, granted HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY Lord BROUGHAM withdrew his Bankruptcy and Insol ill. and laid on the table another Bill embodying restions made to him by the profession.—Read ZeVE a first The Prisons Bill and the Custody of Offenders Bill were read. a third The £B,o' nd passed. Loan Bill was read a first time HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Trttritsnia Lcird G. BENTINCK in moving for certain returns rela tive to the number of deaths in Ireland in the last six months, said, the Irish people ought not to be allowed to die like dogs, without any record of the amount of mor tality. - _ ' ' — Xfier some discussion, the motion was withdrawn. The adjourned debate on the annexation of Cracow was then resumed. Mr. MIL Es contended that the loan could be legally withheld from Russia. _ _ Sir W. MoLEswonTir said the loan was a debt from this country to Russia Lord MAINE agreed with the views taken by Lord John Russell. Sir R. Itqcrtis denied that the first resolution of Mr. Hume was either an abstract resolution or a telum imbelle eine Sictu. It would, at any rate, be a rebuke to the three powers, and would prevent them from considering the ex tinction of the nationality of Poland as a fact accom plished. Lord G. BENtuswic was of opinion that the three powers had not committed any violation of the treaty. He showed that Cracow had attacked Austria, and not Austria Cracow ; and such being the case he could not understand Why Austria had not a right to make war on Cracow, and to treat it as a conquered nation. ,d; this country had been ossly insulted and d, Si, R. PEEL had th I by the three poWe right of this country to relieve itself from the treaty of 1815 and the convention of 1831 ; and if there could be any ques tionlef such a right, he doubted the policy of attempting it. 'it was evident that we had'received the Cape of Good Hope, Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbi equiv leniYor and it v nir portion of the interest of the Dutch Loan, Ls an express stipulation that the payment of the interest shall continue even in the event of a war with Russia. Supposing then that the violation of the treaty of Vienna was so flagrant as that we should go to war ill, he contended, we should be bound to with Russiil continue the payment o: to vote for the previous this inter was prepared n the treaty of Vienna, and an - insult _to the as the 1 earty iefoimations Tile debate was adjourned to Tuesday HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from the Great Western Railway Company complaining of the conduct of the London and Birmingham Railway Company in collu sively purchasing shares of the Oxford and Birmingham - Railway Company. — Atte; some di . Scussion, Lord LYNDHURST Savo notice that on Tuesday . next he would move the appointment of a committee to inquire into the allegations of the petition. Lord BROUGHAM then presented a petition from Brad ford, in Wilts, complaining of the great influx of Irish paUpers into England ; and the noble lord also stated as a fact that 3,100 poor persons had arrived in one day at Liverpool from Ireland, many of whom said they had re ceived 2s. 6d. to bring them over. This statement brought down a reproof from Lord DEVON, who declared he did not believe a word of it. An altercation ensued, in which both noble lords grew warmer, and Lord BROUGHAM declared he • ready to call most reyectabl to the truth of his st ome discussion followed declared that his ( lords was to awaken the Irish 1 11 which Lord BROUGHAM se attacks on the Irish land- ject in t fives for land; gciven upon their for 113 of L. iuiy exertion a HOUSE OF COMMON Lord Jc for corn in Fran intended to pro. corn from chant had fdr consun of cc be likely to bi but if he wer as his pia xe-exported he would very likely to avoid I the Briti4h their attendance' on prosecutions, observed, .that it' was undoubtedly a practice liable to extremeabUse, and he bad given directions, as far as it was in his power, for its discontinuance. mittee houses at ports now in possession of the American forces, and levying moderate duties to meet all the expenses of holding the line proposed, which would be about 2,250,000 dollars per annum. One fort at the mouth of the river, another at Camarago, and a third at El Passo, would be all that would be necessary, and five regiments could main tain this line. He thought that such a course would induce Mexico to peace. Accounts from the seat of war are not of a very definite character. It is now certain that Vera Cruz and Sau Juan d'Uloa will be invested by a combined naval and military force, under the orders of General Scott, and General Worth, second in command. General Patterson arrived at Tampico on the 23d ult., with 4,500 men. The expe dition will assemble at that place, and probably muster about 10,000 strong. That General Scott will succeed in his enterprise is highly probable ; but whether his troops will be able to hold their : conquests during the sickly season- —which commences in March- is rather doubtful General Taylor will remain in command of the corps at Monterey. A report reached this city, a few days since, that in consequence of Santa Anna's refusal to inter with the Church property in Mexico, he had been shot by his soldiery. The rumour has not been confirmed, and is probably unfounded. It is also stated that Santa Anna had withdrawn 15,000 men from San Luis, and marched towards the city of Mexico. The New Orleans Bulletin contains the following para aph :—" We have seen letters of the 7th of January sources of information, which express - in decided te - rms, - a belief that the differences between the two nations will very speedily be amicably and honourably settled." Large amok Ireland have been immense am! enthu ,de in all parts of the Uliion. An Lstic meeting has been held in Wash er to the rising of subscriptions for this pur on a national scale. The result was highly satisfac tory. A Bill for granting half-a-million of dollars " for the relief of Ireland" has been brought into Congress, read twice, and will doubtless pass both Houses. PORTUGAL. Intelligence from Portugal to the 3rd inst. has arr Two sharp actions had been fought, one near Coimbra, and the other at Estramadura. In the first, 11 of the in surgents had fallen, and in the second, 12 were killed and 100 wounded. Both actions had gone in favour of the Queen's troops 0 0, and was expected to invest the town as soon as he could form a junction with Casal. Count Mensdorff, Sir H. Seymour, and Col. Wylde were pressing upon the go vernment the necessity of an accommodation, and Lord E ft I E market altogether. The noble lord, in answer to Sir R. where they were buried in one large grave. They were for PEEL, said, with respect to Capt. Warner's long range, the greater part so mutilated that they could not be re that the minutes of the officers who had tested the inven- cognised. - According to the information which we have tion, should be laid upon the table, if he found they could received, it may be regarded as certain that most of the be produced without inconvenience. victims were suffocated, and that they had not to undergo Mr. HAwEs, in reply to a question from Mr. Vesey, as death from the flames ; it is almost beyond. doubt that, to whether it was intended to afford government assistance overpowered by the gas, they lost all consciousness before to free emigrants to reach their destination after debarka- .the fire reached them._ A person who saved himself by tion, said, that under the advice of the emigration agents, getting out of one of the windows to the roof of an adjoin those who had been instrumental in sending out emigrants ing house, states that when the fire broke outeverybody usually had provided them with the means of sending the .rushed towards the doors ; but the effect of the gas was so parties on to the interior on their arrival in the _colony, strong that they began to lose their sight, and were this system had worked well, and he had reason to believe crowded together in a senseless state, unable to utter a cry. that the additional aid proposed by the government would A chimney-sweeper who saved a person in the third tier be found sufficient for the purpose. said, ' All who were then there were seated, without hav- Mr. &MIL, in answer to Mr. Hume, as to the extra ing been able to move a limb.'" payment made by the Mint authorities to policemen, for UNIVERSITY OXFORD, MARC AND CLERICAL NEWS. in a convocation held this day On the question of going into committee on the Poor the Rev. W. Jephson and the Rev. R. E. Roy, Masters Relief Ireland Bill, Lord JOHN RUSSELL proceeded, at of Arts of C. C. C Cambridge, were admitted ad eundem. great length, to state what had been the latest proceed- —ln a congregation held at the same time, the following ings of the government with respect to the lamentable degrees were conferred.—Master sof Arts : T. B. longe, state of affairs existing in Ireland, and to call the atten- Exeter ; F. Temple, Fellow of Balllol ; 11. Lambert, Bal. tion of the house to the principal provisions of the bill, liol ; E. Perceval, Brasenose; Rev. E. H. MachLachlan, on which it was about to be called upon to go into corn- Scholar of Pembroke; Rev. W. C. Jowett, Magdalen Hall ; Rev. T. Bearcroft, Queen's ; Rev. W. F. Stirling, A protracted discussion ensued, in which Mr. Stafford Trinity.—ljachelor of : Charles W. Corfe, Organist O'Brien, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. Gregory, Mr. D. Browne, of Christ , Church. Captain Bateson, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. Shaw, Mr. It is said that we are chiefly indebted for the appoint- Ellice, and Sir B. Hall took part, after which the debate ment of a day of fasting and humiliation, to the urgent was adjourned until Monday, entreaties of the Archbishop of Canterbury, backed as he The - Drainage of Land Bill was reported, some amend- has been by the solicitations of some influential laymen. ments made, the maximum of any one loan fixed at the The Church and State Gazette says, that " difficulties sum of £lO,OOO, as proposed by Sir James Graham. have arisen at Rome respecting the re-ordination of the „ . . Rev. J. H. Newman, and that they are_of such a nature FOREIGN 4. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. as are not likely to be overcome.” It has been decided in the case of the Rev. D. Sanders of Latimer's Chapel, Bow, who was summoned on a com- AMERICA. mon jury at the Central Criminal Court, that the exemp- By the packet-ship Virginian, we have advices from New tion under the Toleration Act does not apply to ministers York to the 13th ult., being four days later than those who carry on secular einployenents. brought by the Henry Clay. The church for the seamen of the port of London, the In the Senate, on the 9th, the Three Million Bill was first stone of which was laid by Prince Albert in May last, taken up. Mr. Calhoun spoke in explanation of his views is now completed. About £2,000 more will be required upon the war. lie was in favour of abandoning all offen- to be added to the endowment fund before the church can sive operations, and. establishing a line, commencing at be consecrated.. The Lord Mayor has consented to pre the mouth of the Rio Grande, thence up the river to El side at a public meeting on the subject. Passa, thence due west, striking the gulf of California near Various rumours,'more or less authentic, of plans of its head, and holding this line, acting altegether in the church extension, entertained by the Ecclesiastical Corn defensive. , In addition, be was for establishing custom- „,.,;„,;,,- b..,„ n.,+-n.. 1,-- 4-1.—„b;.,.4- of ~,,m-nrcotinn ir, circles understood io be well-infor - med on such subjects. * * The last rumour we have heard is that of a bill actually framed for a new and very extensive interference with church property.—Mcrning Post. THE BISHOP OF CHESTER'S TRENNIAL VISITATION.— We understand that the tardiness of the Government in proceeding to make the appointment of a Bishop of Man chester is causing considerable inconvenience at the pre sent time, and may occasion much greater to be felt here after throughout that portion of the present diocese of Manchester. Dr. Sumner now being quite unable to make any arrangements in connexion with his next trien nial visitation, which should commence in May or June, on the ground that he is yet ignorant whether he will have jurisdiction in a large portion of the diocese as at present constituted, wherein those arrangements may be reouired he conte in whic A. state of uncertainty like this , who a TUE LITERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. Within the last few days, a great number of vessels freighted with Indian cdrn and wheat from Vienna, Leg horn, &e,, have arrived at Cork. The very extensive corn mills at Askeaton, Limerick, were accidentally burned down on Thursday. The chapel next to the mills was also consumed; one man killed. The slgaths in the Dunmanway Poorhouse, for the week ending on Saturday last were 60. This was out of a house containing little more than 700, and there are over 100 in dysentery. Fever is spreading in the city of Cork. An assistant fever assylum has been prepared, but all is not sufficient ; a number of patients applying for admission have been sent back as the hospitals are full. A public meeting, - to be presided over by the Earl of Roden, will be held in Dublin to-day, Tuesday, for the purpose of giving expression to the feelings generally entertained towards the Rev. R. J. M`Ghee, prior to the reverend gentleman leaving Ireland. THE WHEAT CROP.—i ' Ve deeply regret to say, that the state'of the wheat crop in this county is most alarm ing. Indeed, in several cases it is a total failure. In others its appearance is most unhealthy. Of this we are assured, on the best authority.—Kilkenny Journal. Mr. O'Connell arrived at Hastings on Saturday week, and immediately sent for Dr. Duke. The doctor does not think him in the dangerous state which the papers represent, but reduced by influenza and very nervous and depressed. The Cork Examiner states that there are nearly 1,000 prisoners in the county gaol ; and of these about one tenth are in fever—the " famine fever." The extraordi nary number of prisoners is principally owing to the ex isting distress, the charges being generally for larceny and sheep stealing. The Kilkenny Moderator says, that a gentleman in travelling from Borris, in Ossory, to Kilkenny, about 24 miles, had the curiosity to count the farm labourers and instruments of agriculture to be seen at either side the road, and that he numbered only nine men and four ploughs so occupied. The repeal association, it is said, would be immediately dissolved were it not that the debts exceeded the assets by £2,000, and all hope of collecting this sum would vanish were the association formally dissolved. Circulars have .been issued, it is stated, to the clerical patrons of the so ciety, soliciting their aid in raising a subscription to dis charge the liabilities of the committee. . STATE OF THE CORK WORKHOUSE.—TcitaI admitted during the week ending the 7th inst., 393; births, 3; number at the end of last week, 5,305-5,681 ; discharged ; 323 ; died, 143: on pass, 11; deserted, 4-486 ;. total in mates remaining, 5,195 ; number in hospital, 707 ; ex terns, 478, The deaths for a single day, Sunday, were 31. r-- 'PP TF HROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.—For the week ending the 27th of February, there were 708,228 persons daily employed on the public works, that number, on an average of five to each family, representing not less than 3,500,000 human beings. In Leinster there are 129,258 persons employed ; in Munster 293,886 ; in Ulster, 87,745 ; in Connaught 197,339. Muannii.- 1 0n Sunday a boy of 14 years of age, who was left alone in a farm-house, in the neighbourhood of found in ou anty, was murdered by some per ,:rvant in the employment of a neigh- )een arre on suspicion, and fully A the Irish peo- y of looking to tliem- upon ti from the wild and 1 that t FRIDAY Ir. BAIL E, said Palmerston had offered the direct iut but hitherto without effect, Queen Donna - 7erence of Englani Maria flatly the wreck of its liest steamer of war Du( She left t sel, when site Mataziuhos, and immediately sunk; all her crew, eighteen in number, were drowned. le Douro to tow across the be ;he strnek nn the reeks nailed ue d'Oporto It is said that the Queen of Spain has taken already an insuperable aversion to her husband, and that she is about to seek for a divorce Cobden has been introduced by our Consul, Mr. Freeborn, to the Pope, with whom he had a long interview, and was most graciously received and listened to." The number• of Roman Catholic priests in the United States is 834, a number which shows an increase of 98 in one year ; and there are 812 churches, 72 of which were erected during the past year. The French courts have sentenced M. Alexandre Du mas to furnish two volumes a month to the editors of the Prene and Constitutionnel, in addition to his current en- gagements, which bind him.tn supply them with eighteen volumes a year. M. Dumas will consequently be com pelled to deliver three and a half volumes of novels in each month, or to forfeit 100 francs for each day's delay. Alexandre Dumas, the fettilletoniete, lately chal lenged M. de Melville, who had made some remarks re specting M. Dumas in the French house of peers, and in vited him to fix the most convenient hour for them to cut each other's throats. M. de Maleville replied that he the invitation, as was unable to accei honour to be a gentleman HUMAN SACRIFICES. — The attention of Lord Pal merston having been called to a statement of the sacrifice of nearly 100 human beings at Calabar on the occasion of the funeral of a son of the late King, his lordship has inctrurtpd the commander of the naval forces on the west coast of Africa, to take such steps as appear to him most expedient, with a view to inducing the chiefs on the coast to discontinue such practices. A STRANGE HAUL.—On the 21st ult. three persons of Bourges, while fishing with a net in the river, brought out a double-barrelled fowling piece ; the river has since been several times more carefully dragged, and four more guns :r, and were thro-wn into the . Cher to prevent detection been discovered in the river.—Galignani's A silly affront offered by King Otho to the Turkish En voy at a ball has occasioned the withdrawal of the latter, and riven great offence to his diplomatic brethren at Tothing more Athens. M. Coletti, who pulls the wires which regulate his Majesty's movements, probably relied upon being backed up by France in the event of a quarrel. But th - French government knows bet' rolling, even in that remote quarter of Europe The King p - ologised WEST INDIA MAIL.—The arrival of the Medway steamer at Southampton on Monday night has brought the West India and Mexican Mails. The accounts from the island colonies have no further interest than that the weather had generally continued favourable, and that the prospect of the sugar crop had undergone no change for the w;:Thise. The accounts received from the United States at Jamaica had caused an advance in the price offlour and barrel lower than it s now in the London market 8391,713 on merchants $130,000 in g 1,5 Q in Rearjs, -32 0,000 in old silver, 155 cases of cigars, 200 half barrels of arrow root, 94 se- 10 bales of tobaCeo The decline of the Bombay rons of indigo, and 68 passengers BOMBAY COTTON TBADI cotton trade within ti last three years has become of such a charac fiat, wi 11 a view pressing letters have been submitted to the Court of Di rectors of the East India Company ; and when it is stated that the export of cotton-wool in the first six months of 1846, as compared with the same period in 1844, has fallen off 150,000 bales (which would employ 75 ships, carrying an average cargo of 2000 bales), the importance of the subject cannot be doubted. One reason assigned for this decline is the tax assessed upon the cotton before the crops are taken from the field, and the Court have assured the committee that the subject has had and will continue to receive the attention its importance deserves. To add to the embarassment the China market is likely to be in- terfered with by the Americans having lately introduced the material largely into China, according to the- state ment of Mr. Willdnson (late commissioner, Bombay), in his letters on railway communication in Western India. LIFE IN THE SouTH.—The following representation of a grand jury in New Orleans exemplifies, in a remarkable the corrupting influence of_slavery upon public justice. The extract, with the remarks attached to it, are copied from the Boston Whiy:—" In this jail there is a negro, Charles, known to some members of this body as a 'lan of goo , ' who formerly belonged to the `ate of P -4. who was arrested and put No charge of -sented 'a character, ma, now d into prison by mist for another man crime or misconduct a ).rden as good—has been in confinement for tou 3 one aunearinE•to release him. S -tlnd that if in the power of this court reu to be sold for his jail fees- - 1 spectfully reco he be c -A---' of his state an nch a transaction pported now, at the expen .' Who would auppos place in a christian, c y infamous recommendatior CATASTROPHE AT CARLSRiiUE.—We read in the rue Gazette of the 3d—" We are beginning now to he extent of the calamity from the burning of the nd Ducal Theatre. The number of the victims ascer- d character, committed to prison b well; been punished four years f d now is to be sold for his jail fees, Carlsrl tained ur 3ied ou the to this moment is 62. For three days past th _ _ ins have been engaged in takini nveying them to the cemetery out the dead bodii )vern- 1 by ti to be carried into effect, is very mud to be regretted, more especially at this time, wnen episcopal supenntendence is more tnan cvcr reqmrea to be effectually carried out to promote the Church's THE LATE CONTEST FOR THE CHANCELLORSHIP. — Earl Powis has addressed the following circular to his supporters on the occasion of the lat; contest for the Chancellorship :—" Rev. Sir,—l hasten to acknowledge with my warmest thanks the exertions you have made in my behalf during the contest, now concluded, for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge. It will always be a source of pride and gratification to me that so . . pendent support, and have done me the honour to record their votes in my favour, many of them making great he num bers • po justify - would on most occasions ,have insured success. The election being over, I dismiss all feelings but those of the deepest gratitude for the kindness of my friends, and I beg to assure you that I shall be always ready to assist in the maintenance of the rights and privileges of the uni versity. I have the honour to be, Rev. Sir; your faithful and obliged servant, Powts.—Berkeley- square, March 1." PROTESTANTISM IN NOTTINGHAM.—It seems from a letter written by the Rev. P. P. Blakeney, incumbent of one of the churches in Nottingham, that the leading men of that town have made a determined effort to put down the meetings of the Protestant Reformation Society. They have been' prevented holding their meetings in the -National School, although offering to - contribute haiyl may be usually hired for any purpose, has been denied them. The society then turned their attention to the Exchange, thinking that surely the liberal (so .called) sion, would not refuse the room to a respectable society, composed of so many of their own townsmen. The mayor was applied to, and at once granted the room, but, lo ! next day, a note came from the mayor formity with their advice, he could not'accede to the ap- plication, as " many in the town were opposed to the so ciety." Strange that about seven or eight months lie fore, " tho Auti-State Church Association" had held a large meeting in the Exchange ! strange, that about four months after, that very room was dedicated to the recep tion of a Romish bishop !! ! Mr. Blakeney thinks it will appear that the refusal of the Exchange was part of a de- mainly to put down the Protestant meeti POLITICAL lIIISCELLANY. The Holyhead Harbour Bill was withdrawn on Wed nesday night. The withdrawal is to be attributed to the exertions of our borough and county members. • In the House of Commons, on Thursday, a new writ was ordered for Lewes, in the room of Sir H. Elphin stone. . . VOTES ON THE IRISH RELIES —Among the members inn airninst :Inv relief to Ireland, unless accompanied by the English taxation, were Mr. W. Brown, W. Entwisle, system of B. Escott, VOTES ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. — Among the mem bers who voted for Mr. Ewart's annual_motionfor . the Brown, T. Thorneley Itlereagh B. EscOtt, Sir F. Kelly, and W. Ewart. Among those who voted against it were Sir H. Douglas, Captain Glad stone, and J. W. Patten. On Monday last a meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at Leeds, for the purpose of expressing approval of the Government education scheme. The o^-rt-how ae uourt,-- was crowded, and a large proportion of the influential inhabitants was present, and among them were Dr. Hoole, the Rev. W. Sinclair, Rev. C. Wieksteed, (minister of the Unitarian Chapel), Mr. Hamer Stansfield, Mr. J. G Marshall, Mr. J. Gott, &c. On the followinz, day mee' ing of opponents of the measure was held m the F town, at which the Messrs . :Baines' were the chief solution will take place in July, and tl new parliament sober, in or measures for Ireland consequent upon the harvest, may be necessary. The ministerial plans do not extend be yond that period, and it appears that instead of a million a month, about £ 1,200,000 is now regularly spent I With reference to t' lissot- ion in July, instead of 1848, it us rumour of a ems to be borne out by the fact that during n on the Budget an early dissolution was se. aimipa to and received no contradiction, bu the strongest proof of such intention islound in the - fact of ministers abstaining from proposing new taxes at pre sent. As Lord George Bentinck well observed, "it would have been very inconvenient to propose an increase of the income• tax at the period of a general election." FORBEARANCE.—In the House of Lords last week, the following colloquy took place:—"l declare on my honour," said a noble earl, "that a certain statement (which the . . true ; and I ask ford 13rou ,m either to give up the Letter, or to make himself made by the noble earl, on his honour; yet, since Cap tain Wynne has successfully given the lie to two hpnour able members of the other house of parliament, it is hard to say what ought not .to be believed!" What an advance under doubts of his veracity, would have been unpolite enough to have pulled the nose of the doubter, even though it sprung from a head filled with the learning of half-a-dozen ex-chancellors. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCHEME. .The con troversy at Leeds, when one comes to consider it, is about the most extraordinary that could occur in a civilized land. Did not one know from actual experience the fatal tendency of some men to be always doing themselves a mischief, and cutting off their noses to be avenged of their teeth, one could hardly credit so suicidal a display. The question d - that every stateL s, one _ 3 enlightened man, and every good man, must answer in the affirmative from the bottom of his heart. We beg leave to say, that we do not think it 1- ' -en mute fairly put, or put in the most suitabl parties at Leeds. The question •ds, by either of the Shall the State ‘en- assist ed courag green - ble pur Is, has spent ein police, millions ts s —which year in the am of them, ax Dead comet y, nary ? and ) for miseel d above the shall it also hole, and id empty during the present centur our penal e in the milit , Pend a ,pation of ir&l tt only be acquittc 0." 'We will vc denied by court of a world, or gaud dinner and good company xuslue touring fame comma tea tor trial. some money was taken by tne murderer from a box in the room in which the unfortu nate boy was murdered.—Dublin Freeman. EMIGRATION.—Upon one estate in the colliery district, in the county Kilkenny, 400 families are preparing to de part in the present month, and purpose forming a colony the county of Tipperary, we have been informed that one landlord is purchasing, at £3 to £lO per acre, the hold ings of his tenants, who occupy under 20 acres, his object being to obtain possession of his property, and save it from being pauperised ; after which he will form hundred acre farms, to be let to tenants of capital, who will be able . to cultivate the l an d p r op er ly, an d make an independent livelihood.—Leitister Express. The news from Dublin brings some harrowing account s from Sligo, Cork, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and other counties. The deaths from starvation are increasing to a most frightful extent, and fever and dysentery are spread ing in all directions. There are some gratifying evidences of exertion on the part of landlords to secure the sowing of the spring crops, and upon estates in Chancery advan ces have been ordered by the Master of the Rolls, for the purchase of seed corn, in some cases, where the par ties having the management of the properties made the necessary applications. Altogether the accounts as re gards the preparation for the next harvest are much less discouraging; but still there are large tracts in almost every county totally waste and neglected, and apparently there is no likelihood that they will be cropped. HORRIBLE MURDER IN CORK.—A man named Do- ran, leaving a widow and three children. The poor widow had in a box a small piece of bread, and not more than half-a-stone of flour for them. On Thursday the mother and eldest child left the house, and the two other children in charge of it ; one seven, the other four years, old. She went to seek a basket of turf, and the child took a vessel to bring home soup. In their absence some person came 200 men are at work), and not Only took the small piece of bread and trifle of flour he found there, but, horrid to relate, (probably being known to the children; and fear ing they might, denounce him,) he not only cut their throats, but nearly severed their heads from their bodies. RuruAL- Asso A•rtoN .—At the weekly meeting of this body on Monday, a letter from Mr. J. O'Connell was read :—lt announced his father's departure for Hastings, and that his father would address the Association by letter J. A. O'Neill as the Repeal candidate for Galway at the next general election. The writer dilated on Lord J. Russell's proposed amendments in the Irish Poor Law and on that respecting (he ex officio guardians as " delu- sive and insulting." Mr. Steele expressed his measure- less indignation and execration of amendments !as they are called, of the Poor Law, by Lord J. Russell, as calculated (independently of their disastrous influence on the elective franchise) to re-infuse the baleful and ac cursed spirit of the penal code into the political system of Ireland ; as a very appropriate companion to the famine and slaughter-house mortality of our afflicted peo ple. They are mighty fine amendments ! forsooth ; they remind me of the bill sent into a gentleman by an Irish farrier, " for curing your honour's horse till he died, sixteen shillings." (Great laughter and cheering.) The rent for the week was announced to be £lB lls. sd. ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY.—In passing through the country from Cork to Dublin, the prospect is melancholy and depressing. In the counties of Cork, Tipperary, and, Kilkenny, the fields are desou, farming or agriculture. The only appearance of activity or employment is where the labourers are engaged in large numbers on the roads, which are in many cases in a dangerous state. The dead carcases of donkies and horses met at intervals along the road, and the wan and sickly appearance of the ill-clad and wretched multitudes who , throng the towns and villages, and congregate about the f coach to shriek their miseries into the ears of the passen- gers, too plainly testify of extreme want and suffering. There are not wanting, however, evidences of isolated and energetic attempts on the part of benevolent individuals Of Desert has numbers of the farming population employed on his estate, under the directions of ins stewaru, principally La ...w -ing, which his lordship is executing on a large scale. At Abbeyleix, Queen's county, the residence of lord De Vesci, not a beggar is to be seen in the streets, and the people appear comfortable and industrious. Many other resident landlords are following these examples. In Car low, Queen's county, and Kildare, preparations for the harvest appear to be generally in operation—the plough is to be seen at work in various directions, and hundreds of nACI labourers, who hac engag kinds ~.en at wor Ling operations of varion 111 _ Towards the south of Ireland the suffering from famine and sickness, and the physical and moral prostra tion of the people's energies, appear to increase in degree and intensity.— Cork Constitution. THE BENCH AND THE BAR. e commission for these Lrday, before Mr. Baron lvertising column Tlie following is a summary of the number of prisoners for trial : Rape, 4; cutting and wounding, 5; mint cases, 7 ; manslaughter, 5 ; felony, 4; assault and robbery, 6 ; forgery, 5; dama .4,-,.. nwmr,tv 9 mnkinc, n false declaration. 3; burglary, quitung a warn, uca..lcuawv.•9 .+, housebreaking. 2 ; horse stalini....l; akin into a war Louse, 3; arson, a charge against a man for poisoning his Witco z ; tom', i o. LOCAL COUILTS. - T he Ob server sa y s the followin g are the appointments of treasurers of local courts, under the Small Debts Act, in the northern district :—Anthony Lambert, Esq., Alnwich, Northumberland ; Robert Ben dle, Esq., of Carlisle ; John Atkinson Bushfield, Esq., of Bradford ; John Peele Clapham, Esq., of Burley, near Otley; George Croft, Esq., of Richmond ; George Park, Esq., of Liverpool, John Trcver, Esq., of Chester. Vicepa risho f Chancellor's StSepchoeunt:l4, The dispute between Mr. Alderman Gibbs and the onW Taltburrosodka,y.was His d H eci o d n e o d r that the parish was indebted to Mr. Gibbs in tl of £5OO, instead of Mr. Gibbs owing the pari i stated the sum as claimed. The money, however, has bees ie amount h a large in such a manner that the parish could not be compelled to pay. The Court also censured Mr. Gibbs for not having furnished his accounts for 20 years, and mulcted him in . he costs of suit. SFr , • --- ti paragraph has been 'EPOSITS IN SAVINGS' BANKS. going the round of the papers which was copied into tit. STANDARD lately, to the effect that one of the Barons of the Exchequer had given it as his opinion that the statute of limitations would disqualify , depositors from recovering their money if it were allowed to remain in the bank un disturbed for six years ; this statement has, we understand, created some alarm autongst those who have wisely beer in the habit of placing . th.ir • heir spare eanux e are now enabledentirely to set at of a letter from the Registrar of been addressed by Mr. Tidd ' Bank throughout of the Saving. rom this document it is plain tb ly and entirely es latute of limitations, and that Inks have been exr from the operation of t' sum of m placed in the Savings' Bank may re. d for the use of the depositor io better that ..ay length of time; and we cannot. nbus was conclude by calling the attention of the operative popula- J discovery tion of Liverpool to the peculiar advantages and great ), ) mope and: safety which has been afforded to them for their earnings fiance ; but we will fight ing him to al by the government of the country, in the establishment of Mr. Mozley then put th .these bankS. unanimously amid tremen you the auto( ad, the intere RAILWAY AFFAIRS. WHITEHAVEN RAlLwAv.—The portion of this line lying between Whitehaven and Harrington was opened yesterday. In Tuesday's Gazette, among the " declarations of dividends" is., the " Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway." ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—During the late election of Chancellor, no less a sum than £25 was received in one day for communications per telegraph between Cambridge and London. RAILWAY STATION.—The first stone of the central railway station at Carlisle, at the terminus of the Lancas ter and Carlisle line, one of the largest in the kingdom, was laid on Monday. The inhabitants Of Durham, at a meeting convened by the mayor, have resolved to petition parliament in favour of the direct line of railway from Leeds to Newcastle, through the city of Durham, which is proffered by the Leeds and Thirsk Company. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. ^At a special meeting on Monday, the draughts of bills now before Parliament were approved of, to make branch lines to Knottingly, Knaresborough, and Boroughbridge, to purchase the Market Leighton and another canal, and to make stations at Harrogate and Hull. YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY. Draughts of bills were approved of at a special meeting for the main line by a deviation passing through the Tean Valley to Durham, to make the Pelan branch and a central station at Alne, to enlarge the Wearrnouth Dock, to purchase the Hartlepool Dock and Railway, and to amalgamate with the Newcastle and Berwick Company. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—At a special meeting draughts of bills were approved of for the East Coast line and branches, the Cramlington and Percy Main branches, and for amalgamating the York and Newcastle with the above railway ; also authorising the creation of 62,000 shares of £25 each, deposit £5 per share. RAILWAYS.—By a parliamentary return of the proposed amount of capital and of the sum authorised to be bor rowed, in the railway bills deposited with the Commis sioners of Railways for the present session of parliament, it appears that the amount of capital is, £82,553,150; amount to be borrowed, £41,314,259—making a total of capital and loan of £123,867,409. LEEDS AND BRADFORD.—An experimental trip to Keighley has been made amidst much rejoicing. Num bers of the inhabitants of Bingley and the neighbourhood were present. On alighting at Keighley, the directors, engineers and contractors proceeded to view the works in the field above the road, where a stone station-house is being. erected. THE PROFITS ON RAILWAYS.—Mr. Henry Houlds worth, the chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way Company, at their half-yearly meeting, held on Wed nesday, expressed his belief that if the amount of capital invested in railways at the present day were compared with the interest received, the result would show that no more than 6 or 61 per cent. was received as a return for that capital. INTEREST ON LOANS.-It is stated, upon good autho rity, that the London and North-Western Company have obtained all the money which they are open to take at five per cent. The amount thus borrowed rather exceeds £600,000. The Great Western Railway Company have advertised their wish to receive tenders for loans, in sums of not less than £1;000, for a period of five years at five per cent., or for a period of seven or ten years, at fbur and a haft' per cent. It is also said that others of the es blishea 'Companies are now receiving loans at five per cent. for five years. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—At a special meet ing held at Bristol on Thursday, the draughts of two bills now before Parliament were approved of, to make a branch railway from Lyng, near Taunton, to join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, at Castlebury ; and also to make a branch line from Bleadon to Glastonbury. It was mentioned that an agreement had been made with the Exeter and Crediton Railway Company, which had been subsequently repudiated and rejected by the propri etors of the latter railway ; but it was thought that a par liamentary committee would set the matter to rights. The meeting, in the meantime, sanctioned that agree ment, in accordance with the wish of the directors. Mr. Crampton's engine, the "Namour," is now at work on the London and North-Western line, and working most satisfactorily—making much steam, and fulfilling expectations. The exclusive virtues, as they have been called, of the broad gauge are thus rapidly transferring themselves, it seems, to the narrow gauge. Mr. Crampton's 7-feet wheel narrow-gauge engine, with a low centre of gravity, has now been tried for several trips, and it is reported by those who travelled with it to be quite steady in its motion at speeds between 50 and 60 miles an hour, which it does easily and comfortably. On Thursday it took the regular train of nine carriages to Wnlvprtnn. 521- miles. in an llntur_nnd__nnnytpr'. ning ; but this includes the time in ascendhig the Euston incline, and in getting up and slackening speed four times for the stoppages—the travelling speed being often above a mile a minute. It was, we understood, to take the ex press last night.—Railway Chronicle. MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Derby on Wednesday, the Hon. G. 11. Cavendish, M.P., in the chair, when a report was pre sented which states that although unexpected difficulties have been encountered in obtaining possession of the land, the company have now obtained it, with trifling ex ceptions, from Ambergate to beyond the Matlock-bridge. All the works throughout the district are now under con tract, and it is expected that a considerable portion of the line will be opened in the course of the year. There is a balance of ‘120,325 in hand, which will render a call for the present unnecessary. Interest for a year and a half on the deposits at 4 per cent. will be forthwith paid pur suant to the company's act up to Midsummer next. The Chairman expressed every confidence in the ultimate prospects of the line, and condemned in strong terms the . provisions of Mr. Strutt's bill, who should have carried out the principle of non-interference he propounded with respect to factory labour as regards railways. The report was adopted, and the formal business having been trans acted, the meeting was declared special, and the deviation bill for improving he line approved. MANCHESTER. AND LEEDS RAILWAY. — The half yearly meeting of the company was held on Wednesday, at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, (Mr. Henry Eloulds. worth in the chair), when a report was read, from which it appeared that the receipts this half-year have been £187,524, as compared with £184,136 in the correspond inc, half year of 1845, during which period the opening of Ashton branch has tended to increase the receipts, and of the Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds and Brad ford to diminish them ; the receipts having been also ma terially affected by the reduction of the fares under the new. Parliamentary maximum clauses imposed upon the company last session. The directors recommend a divi dend of seven per cent., leaving a balance towards the next half year's account of £41,124. Looking to the amount of capital that will be required within the next two or three years, the directors think it right to allow interest at the rate of five per cent. for all calls paid in advance. The various extensions of the line are de ns nroceedinff most satisfacto!ily.,,anl.lit i s pro_ SCrllJett uts prouveun.E, --- posed, in consequence of the ex t en ded district belo n gi ng to the company, to change the tit le to the " Lancashire a n d Yorkshire Railway Company," and to hold the meetings --ularly on the first Wednesdays in March and September. -hairman, in the course of a few observations which .fie made, alluded to Mr. Strutt's bill, and expressed his opinion, that if the system of reducing tolls was carried much further, it would be impossible to get parties to make railways, as they had only paid six and a half per cent. on an average. The report was adopted, the divi dend declared, the directors re-elected, and the various bills promoted by the company approved. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—A series of meetings in connexion with the amalgamation of the Oxford and Bir mingham Junction Railway with the Wolverhampton, and the former to the Great Western. was hold nyi „.. Saturday afternoon, at Birmingham. Th ere was a very • • • - - It the first meeting the chairman, 111 ....untz, (chairman of the company) refused io 7 put a motion of Mr. Mozley, of this town, for increasing the directors. He said it was illegal, though Mr. 4. assured him that it had been drawn up by the most distinguished legal gentlemen. The chairman still re fused, and Mr. Mozley peremptorily required him to put the resolution. In the face of hisses and sarcasms the, number of uivvcu chairman persisted, and, at length, Mr. moziey the adjournment of the meeting till five o'clock.—At four o'clock, the meeting adjourned from February . 27th, was held. Mr. Mozlev said. addressing the chairman, the a _ poini on which the meeting was adjourned a rortuignt ago related to the retirement of four of the directors in their stead. You would not areeo- to this. I wish to know w hether you have changed your mind ? The chairman died in the negative.—Mr. Turner proposed the retire lirectors. The chairman re- Mr. Turner put the resolu- Tied amid loud cheers.--Mr. ment of iiozley informed the chairman candidly, that he was about to propose a resolution, as an amendment, on the motion for the adoption of the report : it was a vote of want of confidence in the directors. Fifty per cent. of the capital had been called in in five months, and the property had been sold below its value, and the shareholders were of opinion that the directors had had their own ends to I serve 1 The motion was seconded, and carried unani- illy.—At five o'clock the adjourned meeting from two o'clock was held. The chairman still persisted in his de termination not to put the resolution.—Sir J. Verny put the resolution himself, expressing his surprise that gentle men who had been declared not to possess the confidence of their constituents should so cling to office. The reso- lution was carried.—Captain Carnegie, M.P., proposed a resolution rejecting the amalgamation with the Wolver verhampton Company, and repudiating the sale of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction to the Great 'Western. • The chairman refused to put tne Carnegie put it himself, the chairman and directors hay in g to endure many emphatic remarks on their coudue —Mr. Mozley put a resolution that Sir .1. , nd five other shareholders be empowered to put their -nes to a petition to Perliamcnt in the name, of the 'ng, the chairman having strongly protested against Mozley proposed a resolution to the effect, that ' '-otructed to endeavour to bring about an -c the line to both companies " both, but e • Ninney conded the resolutio: the resolution.—M 3, proposal. If you NVII consent to withdi question of th^ 1 will libido l hp.—Th( [UHT oc lc ion of the court, whatever it may I have no authority to withdraw 1 3ut we, the shareholders, give m determined to set law and Le shareholders equally at de . (Tremendous cheering.)— resolution, which was ctumied us peals of applause. Mr. Mozl March 16, 1847. THE GOVERNMENT ON EDUCATION. By the Uovernment education scheme of 1839, all the money voted by Parliament for the purposes of education was ordered to be dispensed solely by means of two soci eties—the National Society and the British and Foreign School Society. This was so far well, and afforded a reasonable degree of satisfaction that the •education to be imparted, partially through the assistance of the State, would be materially scriptural and moral. But the Government now propose to do more, and that Wholly in a wrong dWection. They propose to unloose the hands of the Committee of Education, so that their. grants shall no longer be confined to those two Institu tions—in other words, that they shall be open to Roman Catholics, to Socinians, and to every sect which it may seem good to the Committee to patronize. That aid to Romish and " other " schools is contem plated, is made abundantly clear by the following letter, recently published in the Tablet, a Romish journal:— " THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE CATHOLIC INSTITUTE. " " Committee of Council on Educ a ti on , Privy Council Office, Downing-street, Feb. 5, 1847. " Sir,—The Lord President of the Council has had under his cons iderationyour letter of the 23d ult., representing the claims of Roman Catholic schools to participate in the Parliamentary grant for the promotion of education in Great Britain. " I am directed by his Lordship to say, that he will bring under the consideration of the Committee of Council on Edu cation any application (accompanied with all requisite particu lars) which may be made for assistance towards the erection of Roman Catholic, as well as any other, schools. - Their Lord ships may thus be enabled, upon a careful examination of the constitution of the school, to determine whether, under their present minutes, they can , grant such assistance. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " W. KAY SHUVPLEWORTH. " Charles Langdale, Esq., 10, Mansfield-street." That the Socinians expect to be included, is evident from the manner in which they are coming forward at Leeds and elsewhere, and in the journals conducted by them, in support of: the Government plan. ' Now the excitement created in 1839 by the first of Dr. Kay Shnttleworth's schemes was only calmed - by the final assurance of the Government of that day, that,the, sums voted by Parliament should be dispensed solely through the two Societies—the National Society and the British and Foreign School Society. The public had thus some assurance that none of the assistance granted by the State would be given to propagate either' idolatry or So cinianism. That assurance, however, is now about to be departed from. And it is a just and grievous ground of complaint, that so important a change is proposed to be made with out a single vote of either House of Parliament. In 1839, Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley in the Com mons, and the Archbishop of Canterbury-in- the Lords, most emphatically protested against leaving the whole decision of so great a question to a mere " Committee of the Privy Council." Lord Stanley moved an Address to the Crown, praying for the dissolution of that Committee as an unconstitutional body. That motion was defeated by the Government, but only by the narrow majority of 280 against 275. In the Lords, the Archbishop carried a similar motion by a majority of more than 100 votes. Now, hOwever, the existence of that same Committee is patiently submitted to. But why ? Merely because it is seen to confine itself to the simple and useful duty of aiding and inspecting the existing schools of the Charch and the British and Foreign School Society. But if it overpasses that line, and attempts once more to promote Popish and Socinian education, it can hardly be but that the jealousy and fear which was awakened in 1839 will revive in full force and intensity. To this point, then, we would draw the attention of our readers, and would beg of them to direct their influ ence on the Government. Limiting the grants for edu cation (as hitherto) to those two Societies, the' facilities offered to avail themselves of the national resources can scarcely be too many or too great. The education may not, in all respects, be what we wish ; still, how prefera ble to the ig norance it will disp e l ! B u t if t h e Govern ment insist on proceeding to teach Popery and Socinian ism by means of the NATIONAL funds, we trust an outcry will be raised against it adequate to the extinction of the unworthy and most Autichristian proceeding.—Record. A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE. During the drama of the " Battle of Sedgemoor" at the Adelphi Theatre, Glasgow, on Tuesday ev en i ng wee k , an occurrence took place which, for stirring interest and ro mantic story, far outdoes all such dramatic fictions as " The Wife of Two Husbands," " The Fatal Marriage," or those numerous misadventures and mishaps in con nection with love, marriage, and triumphant virtue, which are put upon the stage to " fill the pause and give the fancy play." The facts of the case, which have been communicated to us by an eye witness, and which can be authenticated on the best authority, are as follow : While on the above evening the business of the play was going forward, and while one of the favourite actresses of the Adelphi was performing her part—indeed we need not hesitate giving the name (Mrs. De Bourgh,) as the whole matter is now kept no seen t by the parties interested, — a tall handsome man, with a military air, in the pit, was observed to look very uneasy, for a few minutes, to gaze , earnestly at the stage as if the lady had engaged his fixed attention, rising several times from his seat during the • time, until he at length apparently satisfied him Self with his scrutiny, when, to the astonishment of all around, he' exclaimed at the pitch of a stern military voice, " My wife, by Heaven ! My Eliza!" Not knowing the cause of this sudden outburst, the spectators for a time appeared at a loss whether to treat the affair in joke or earnest. See ing, however, that the gentleman was perfectly sober, and ea quite lasyseen wayseedr to wonder s e in oiiit dhiswearsi andnn a o n t n ceu e d r rtiol o ,s, f titt address, their merriment curiosity which w lfai rh i w l aw e e c d at , sr t es a i n n s d nwo r ° e h :i v d e u g i r li hr ea d been thus poi n t e dl y addressed had e n to leave the stage. Th e play, howeve o r c , ) tb standing this, but the occurre nce exc i ted ta inoo„n arked attention. On - hearing of the matter, M r . Istin t ";r. the manager, at once proceeded to the place where the gentle man sat, in order to ascertain the cause of the unlooked for interruption that had been given to the evening's entertainment, and inquired his meaning for the ex pression he had made use of. " I tell you," said the gentleman, " that lady is my wife, whom I have not seen these nineteen years. I have been abroad, and during that time have not heard from her; I thought her dead ; and can you wonder I was astonished ? " But," said the stranger ' " who are you that inqui re ? " M r . Mill er re plied that he was lessee of the theatre—that he had a respect for this lady, who had now been in his corps dra matique for three years, during which time her reputed husband, Mr. De Bourgh, had died, and as he felt an interest in the reputation of this lady, as well as for the good name of all the members of the company, he hoped the gentleman would no t wan t on l y ma k e a state ment to injure her character. " Married ? " exclamied the stranger, "to another. My Eliza married! But I must see her immediately, she is still my wife." Mr. Miller asked the name of the gentleman, who said, "My name is Lewis, Lieutenant Lewis, sir. I've come direct from Li verpoo l , after having been on foreign service with my boy, her boy, sir. He is 22 years of age, six feet two inches high. You shall see him, sir." Somewhat doubt ful and yet surprised at this recital, Mr. Miller inquired, the maiden name of the lady. " Stanley," said the lieutenant, " Elizabeth Stanley." After these interro gatories, Mr. Miller proceeded behind the scene to satisfy hims e lf as t o th e t ru th of th e represen t a tion, when he - found it at once verified by the actress , who had by thi s ti me recovered from her faint. And n ow for the sequ e l. T he parties had a meeting, and such a meet ing! our fai r readers may form some idea. After loving embraces and hurried exp l anat i ons, d ur i n g which the lieut. seemed to have lived over again his first three years of marriage, the foll ow i ng statement was elucidated, which was highly satisfactory to Mr. Miller and the other parties who had the fortune to be present at the scene :—Thef had married when young in England—he, at the time, a private soldier, she a rising member of a theatrical com— pany in the town of —. The fruit of their union was a fine boy. The regiment was ordered abroad, and in vain the young soldier applied to have along with him his lov ing wife. The stipulated number of women to go iceir with the regiment had been made up, and, as a fa child, then three - years of age, was i permitted the mttedltagpusareCco of 19 laccom pany his father. They parted, a d during years, had not seen or need we each : wohd o e t r h a e t r. the remarkable nature the other dead , nature of their first encounter ?. He had risen in the army by steadiness and good conduct to the rank of a lieuten ant, and, consoled by the company of his boy, had not married. She, about eight years after the departure of the vessel with the regiment, had been positively informed that her husband had been killed in battle, and she was married again. The second husband died about eighteen months ago ; and thus ends our strange eventful story. But no, we are in error, the tale is not yet told. On Wednesday morning last,' the happy pair, accompanied by a respectable body of friends, the happy pair, both be ing of the Catholic perpasion, appeared before the Rev. Mr. Gordon, who, after hearing the particulars, again formally re-united two whom fortune and the chances of war had put asunder. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Mr. George Watts, p---1.78----"--horse, St. Leger, that ran second in the Liverpool Grand National Steeple Chase, has been purchased by Lord Strathmore for 1,000 guineas. A le A mous DAY'S SPORT. —S evera l gentlemen of the sporting cognoscenti from Whitby, attended a greyhound course at Harwood. Dale, on Wednesday, when they killed the extraordinary number of ten hares and twenty sheep. HOOTON.—On Saturday week, the sportsmen hunting w ith the hounds of John Massey Stanley, Esq. ' invited him to meet them on the grounds i n f ron t o f Hooton Hall, when Mr. Joseph Aspinall, in a feeling speech, pre sented to him, in the name of his brothe r foxhunters, a gold horn, very elegantly engraved over with two original designs of the most exciting scenes in the field,the cry, and the death, between which are emblems of the chase and on a ribband running spirally round the space between the mouthpiece and the lip of the horn was incised a suit able inscription. RABBIT Coup, day last, the amyl ING AT WISTSTANLEY Winstaliley. Ibbit Coursir seat of M —On Wednes ing was held at k Binkes, Es 9., bout ti On this occasion tho than in previous y re being nearly eighty dogs entered . 'fOr the vaiiong ,epstako, many of which came from Manchester ; and le, we believe, inferior to none in the kingdom. The Hsi of tr Billinge'Hill Sweepstakes of Watmough's Tip, Mr. Sherlol thl Wigan' S Occlestin'a 'Spring, Mr. Whitchead'hi cond; the Manchester Sweepstakes of by Mr. Holden's Skip, Mr. Keraha second; the Winstanley_ Par', .kes and 's Minigo running up ; each, wa being ef rtinnil!g . eepstakes of 10s. ea s Carel Was won by Mr. Coupe :" being second. The coursing was very good; and the ar -emants, on the whole, reflected considerable credit OIL ds. The winner of each stake received three — fourths-of the money, and the second dog one-fourth. the - stewar Do ton do( on tag On Ch sac v a t till 013 the so' ab pa Co thi pa asp fo] lki re: