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Dublin the highest Respectability. i, has much pleasure in laying , u '-• Ormond- having i as his lordship Leceptance of the same WILL thi Nritten o W. L. 171 11 Drdanc b t Acheson t Alford Lord Bentinck Lord Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord I Tericlc Gordon Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Lord Seymour Lord Hartland Lord western Lord §ydenham d Archbishop of Armagh lop of Durham Bishop of Chester of Bath and Wells of Norwich of Salisbury , p of Peterbor'ough [ numerous Families of COCKLE, SURGEON before his friends_ and the p u bli c, MR. .ABERNETH.-Y'S ESTIMATION of his Antibilious Pills, extracted from a Letter which that gentleman addressed to him in the year ve ordered the use of your Antibilious Pills in affec stomach, attended with considerable derangement that important organ, and connected with the liver and bowels, (for to this cause, tribute(' the various diseases of the body, 1 and constitutional,) and I have thus had frequent of witnessing their beneficial effects. They secretion of bile, and act with certainty ectual manner on the alimentary organs, sioning pain or irritation. I consider them a aperient medicine, which may be taken state of ,ence th with perfect safety." E.. prepared by James COCKLE, Surgeon Extraor ler Serene Highness the late LANDGRAVINE of ito, and may be had of all respectable Medi at ls. 1.&d., 25., 9d., and 4s. Lid. NOTICE. Ts, in , that those Pills only are ge _ " COCKLE, APOTSIE raved on the Government Stamp. ill protect the Public against any treet, Bedford-row, London. gned the high-stewardship of pter have appointed the Duke successor; and his grace has LIK E A. WIIALI la The Cumberland Pacquet of Publishes the following astounding wager and the wri ter We . recommend to the attention of Dr. i ,i 7 .e iter in the Pacquet, who, by the way, does 4 w t q n " IT e v;i 1 I bet any man, or body of men, any iss) that ha hund red will pounds and five thousand pounds, in, a dista nce o f Ziln from St. Bees' head to the Isle half, without being 30 and 40 miles, in ten hours t during his progress ac ross into a boat or other vessel cross the channel • and that his ce into the water s hall he made by a leap from one of imontories near the lig ht-hous e ab() of St. Bees, being an NI of at least 42 yards is ethe surface of the sea at iter." The challenge that he will row, single on lake, river, or the ocea n , for one thousand lot less), any man in her .I.rhaees!.y's dominions, any of the boats and of less tan four miles. if the oars, &c., to be made choice of of by the ac sboounncclue conclusion about twithstanding the appearance writer gravely observes at the oth ` offers are made in all A.8.C., Cumberland Pac incerit o n o t o h t e r re Y. and office," ttended to. To the communigeuaetio It is particularly requested that contemplate having recourse to either er the challenger is straightforward ric Oxeou,D.—A correspondent of the London - f o llowing letter :—" You have lent, ` A Plain Man, to authen ,,hich he told you, which I do, as )y enclosing my card, They rest on the . and repeating the same -^ gain heard them. ' ' - n'entleman connected with ,n) spoke of them✓ with entirewcoomnfiadne,nlciveining Oxford's mother was a very poor am. Unable to go to London tos is believed, appearasa er son's lunacy, she received aid, After his convic lament, to pay her expenses. iadies of condition called upon him, w holn h s er a e l i i re patronise his mother. She was set up n a small ,st's shop, at the corner of a street in Westas could minster,as a good d ea l f requen t e d by such persons ificd by the comp a ny of the mother of a would-be .:. Among the rest an elderly gentleman was so far it on as to wish to have her for his wife, and he ac . In a very short time, disgusted by some .saps the madness in the family began to show parted from his wife, to whom he allowed £lOO a some friends, however, of her worthy son found out ,e old gentleman did not make her an allowance pro aned to his income, and finally she obtained, and now ,ives, either £l5O or £2OO a-year, on which she is corn tably living in London. Such, sir, is the strange story `Ct gravely and deliberately told me under the full im `-• Piatire truth. The chief reason why I request give my name is, lest one of the tribe should come to my little parsonage and shoot me, iu consideration whereof, no doubt, he would be handsomely provided for diving the rest of his life." ;fished the respectabl less to you not to TuvitSa HOUSE OF Loam.. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY that the L► verpoool Improvement Bill be read a third time, The Duke of RICHMOND wished to have two clauses struck out, by which the public-houses iu the town were to lscd from twelve o'clock on Saturday night until be kept cl one o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The House Of Commons had refused to put similar clauses in a general bill, and he saw no reason why they should be inserted in a merely local measure. It was unfair to the houses on one side of the river that they should be shut to that hour of the day, when people who were resolved to have drink could easily get over to the Cheshire side and find all the public-houses open. He would, under these circumstances, move that these clauses be struck out. The Bishop of SALISBURY supported the clauses, which, be observed, had met the approbation of nearly all the parties in the town. It had been proved that one-fifth of the com mitments in Liverpool were of drunken persons, who were taken up at an early hour on Sundays. He had been re quested by his right rev. friend the Bishop of London to state the very good effects which had followed the closing up of the public-houses in the metropolis from midnight of Sa turday until one o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The Bishop of Norwich fully concurred in the observations of his right rev. friend who had just sat down, as to the evils which had arisen from allowing the public-hou to be open on Sunday mornings. Lord SKELMERSDALE said, he should vote for C clauses, which had been supported by the magistrates of Liverpool of all shades of political opinions. The house then divided, when there appeared in favour of the clauses-- Content.... Not content l5 Majority against the amendment. —33 On our return to the gallery, The Duke of RICHMOND was addressing the house against the clause prohibiting the sale of liquors to persons appa rently under the age of 16 ; which elause he moved be ex punged. Lord CAMPBELL supported the amendment. The Bishop of SALISBURY and the Earl of WICKLOW op posed it ; and Their lordships again divided, negativing the amendment — Content 3B Not content . Majority against the amendment —6 The bill was then read a third time and passed Upon the order of the day being read for going into com mittee upon the Customs Bill. Lord STANHOPE repeated most of the objections to the measure which he had urged with so little success upon its former stages. He was op posed to every clause in the proposed tariff except those reducing the duty upon coffee and rice. Lord RADNOR objected to those provisions of the bill which maintained, or increased the rate of, differential present government to support the measure, although he ac knowledged that if it had been brought forward'by the late, ministers, he should have opposed it. Lord FowrEscuE was of opinion that whatever alarm the clause admitting the importation of foreign cattle had at first excited had now subsided ; and the House then went into committee. The clauses were agreed to without opposition ; but upon Schedule No. 1 Lord STANHOPE. adopted the amendment which had been moved in the other house by Mr. Miles, and proposed that the duty upon live cattle should be taken by weight instead of per head. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM cordially concurred ; but upon a division, eight peers only for the alteration in the schedule. One or two other amendments were summarily negatived, and the bill, having passed through committee, was ordered to be read a third time on Friday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Mr. HOME moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the proceedings of the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, from the year 1836 to 1841, with reference to the amount of £5,395,569 Three per Cent. stock added to the debt without the previous sanction of parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. T. F. BARING opposed the motion as unnecessary. After a short discussion, the motion was negatived by a majority of 170 to 34. Mr. Serjeant MURPHY moved that the House should, on Wednesday, the 13th day of July, resolve itself into a com mittee of the whole House, to take into consideration the acts 17 and 18 Charles 11., c. 27, intituled " An Act for Provision of Ministers in Cities and Corporate Towns, and making the Church of St. Andrew's, in the Suburbs of the City of Dublin, Presentative for ever," with the view-to the repeal of so much thereof as relate to the provisions of ministers in cities and corporate towns in Ireland. The object of the motion was to abolish the payment of " minis ters' money" in Ireland. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON gave a decided negative to the motion. Mr. SREIL said, that the question before the House was but a portion of a larger and more important one which, though now dormant, would be revived with new vigour in the ensuing session of parliament. After some observations from Mr. SHAW and Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, Sir R. INGLIS said, he could not refrain from expressing the alarm he felt at the announcement of Mr. Sheil. Sir Wm. Somerville, Mr. Litton, and Mr. Callaghan, severally addressed the House, after which Lord ELIOT said, he was much surprised that this matter should now be complained of, for the first time as a grievance. He was willing to admit, however, that a less objectionable. mode of remunerating the clergy in Irish cities might be devised. On a division, the motion was rejected by a majority of 85 to 56. Mr. HARDY moved the appointment of a committee to consider of, and report upon, the working of the Anatomy Act with reference to Mr. Roberts' discovery of a fluid for preserving bodies from decomposition. Sir J. GRA.HAM said that great praise was due to Mr. War burton, to whose public-spirited exertions the passing of the Anatomy Act was to be attributed. Prior to the. passing of that act, the abuses which existed were, not only of a disgust ing character, but they were even alarming to the safety of life itself. These abuses had, however, been corrected by that act, the working of which was carefully watched at the Home-office. Sir B. Brodie and other high authorities con sidered Mr. Roberts' discovery as a failure. The motion was withdrawn.' Sir R. moved a resolution to the effect that in all proceedings of the committees specially appointed to investi gate the charges of all .ged corrupt compromises and bribery, in respect of the late elections at Nottingham, Reading, Har wich, &c., the parties implicated or accused shall at all times be entitled to be present at such committees, irrespective of their right as members of the House. He was aware that the present committees had nearly closed their labours, and that as regarded them his motion would be useless, but he wished to lay down the principle as a precedent in future cases. Mr. ROEBUCK opposed the motion, and hoped the House would not withdraw its confidence from the committee, un less they misused the powers entrusted to them. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved, as an amendment, the pre vious question. . . . Sir R. PEEL thought it better to meet the resolution with a direct negative. - - After considerable discussion the amendment was carried by a majority 01121 to 49. Mr. BA.NNERMA.N moved the following resolution : " That it is the opinion of this House that, considering the present state of the country, it would be highly expedient to vest in her present most gracious Majesty similar authority to that which was given to her predecessors, and this House, before the close of this session, will cheerfully acquiesce in granting such powers as may enable her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, to reduce or discontinue, should circumstances so require, the duties which now regulate the importation of foreign corn until the first day of January, 1813, or for six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament." The hon. gentleman cited several former precedents in support of his motion. Mr. WALLACE seconded the motion. Mr. GLAusToNioppo;ed the motion, as one which not only involved principles of a most dangerous character, but which would decidedly fail to effect the object for which it was intended. There were strong objections to giving such large discretionary powers to the government—it would be better to repeal the corn-laws. He trusted that the law recently passed, in conjunction with a favourable harvest, would afford a seasonable relief to the prevailing distress. Mr. WARD contended that the speech of Mr. Huskisson in 1826 was a full answer by anticipation to the arguments used by Mr. Gladstone. Lora WORSLEY was opposed to a motion which could confer upon any government a power so dangerous as this — a power, the existence of which would leave the agriculturists without any means of judging of the prices they would be likely to obtain, when at any moment the government could of its own authority throw open our ports to the admission of foreign grain. Mr. M. MILNES regretted that government had not at once assented to the motion, when he considered the scan dalous price of corn on the one hand, and the deep distress prevailing through the country on the other. As the government had passed a bill with the express view of reducing the price of grain, they should now at once take the responsibility of the power of opening the ports, should that bill fail of the effect which it mlc intended to produce. Mr. P. M. STEWART said ;;:w.i clear that the recently passed corn-law had not pros;!:: its intended effect. The speculators were as well satisfied as under the former law. They speculated, it was true, for a smaller stake, but the risk was far less and the certainty of success greater. There were now 1,500,000 quarters of corn in bond, and the holders were keeping it back in the hope of a further rise in price and abatement of duty. After some observations from Mr. WALLACE and Mr. PARKER in support of the motion, _ _ Sir R. PEEL said that in 1826, when the discretionary power was given to the government to admit foreign grain, the admission was to take place under certain conditions, one of which was that the corn so admitted should pay a duty of 12s. per quarter. One of the arguments used by Mr. Can ning when originally proposing the sliding scale was, that it would obviate the necessity of vesting such an order in the government. He hoped, however, that no government, should such a necessity arise, would hesitate to take the power which it was by the motion proposed to give them. He could understand a proposition for repealing the law just past, or for altering that law, but he could not understand a proeeeding the result of whichl would be to throw uncertainty into the whole of the transactions in corn. He would not admit that the few weeks since the recent corn law passed had been sufficient to give a fair trial to that measure. The power proposed to be given was one liable to great abuse, and considering that the motion, if agreed to, would have the effect of shaking all faith in foreign nations upon the sta bility of our commercial regulations, he should call upon the house to reject the proposition. Lord How rex supported the motion of Mr. Bannerman. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the continued speculations for a rise in corn, and the consequent increase of price, were a proof of the inherent evils cf the sliding scale. He thought, however, there was a g.-eat objection to the motion before the house, for it was placing in the hands of the executive government the distribution of the whole food of the country. He would prefer an alteration of the corn law lately passed ; hope that, sbou a l t d ment would not hesitate but as that was n e s ga o t m iv e eddhaussion took place present a hopeless, he could only express a the course suggested imperious necessity arise, the govern- Mr. HOME supportedy the motion. the motion. i zte to take the responsibility of adopting The house then a majoritydivide o c i and Mr. Bannerman's motion was e on Mr. Hume's motion for returns relating to the be prejudicial to the public servicteo grant the returns would Mr. S. HERBERT Stated Sir G. COCKBURN complained ihat the time of the clerks out returns the adjour nment of the debate on was taken up in making urns which were moved for majority o f 1) y D t i h v e i s h i o o n n s o u t r o a o b k l e p m l a e c ro e b o e n r . Mr. Humes motion, which was neg a ti ve d b y a 50; but it was ultimately agreed to. The adjourned debate on Mr. 'Wallace's motion was fixed for this day (Friday.) The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Bishop of Nonwicit presented a petition in favour of the Mines and Collieries Bill, which led to some discussion. The Earl of DEVON moved that the bill be referred to a select committee. The committee was then nominated. The Earl of RIPON moved the third read': ms Acts (New Tarifa Bill. )f the CUs- After a few words from the Earl of RADNOR, the house divided, and the third reading was carried by a majority of The bill was then read a third time and passed. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of the Rail ways Bill, which was agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be committed on Monday. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice,. that in committee he would move a clause to forbid the locking up of passengers in railway carriages. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY In reply to a Question from Mr. Forster respectinz our re lations with Brazil, Sir R. PEEL said that a difference of opinion had arisen between the Brazilian and British governments respecting the period when the existing treaty between the two countries would expire. The British government contended that, by the construction of the treaty, it would not expire until November, 1844—while the Brazilian government maintained that it would expire in November, 1842. In order to obviate the difficulty, the British government proposed to enter into a new treaty, which proposition was acceded to. A pro jected treaty was, in consequence, sent out, but, owing to the illness of the Secretary of State, and owing also to other matters, no reply had, as yet, been received to the pro position of the British government. Lord J. RUSSELL asked if the right hon. baronet had re ceived any communication to the effect that a project had been or was to be submitted to the Brazilian chambers, for the purpose of altering the existing duties on the import of British goods into that country. Sir R. PEEL said he bad received no intimation of the kind. The adjourned debate upon Mr. Wallace's motion for taking into consideration the distress of the country was again resumed. Mr. O'CowNELL expressed his surprise that such a state of things could exist as now presented themselves in a country foremost in the ranks of civilised notions, and said he had serious fears for our social security should no effective measures he taken to alleviate the distress which prevailed. He thought they ought to try the experiment of releasing the corn in bond ; but, of all things, the government should be ware of delay, lest such another alarming and insurrectionary state of things should arise as occurred in 1830. Lord ELIOT read an official report, to prove that attempts were making to exasperate as well as to exaggerate the state of distress in Ireland through the medium of the newspapers. Mr. ESCOTT thought that much of the existing distress was not to be cured by legislation. Mr. P. M. STENVART was of opinion that if government were better acquainted with the extent of the distress, they those already tried, and the inadequacy of which was gene rally admitted. Lord :CLEMENTS contended that no exaggeration had taken place in describing the extent and severity of the dis tress prevailing in Ireland. Mr. P. BORTHWICK lamented the distress, but could not support the motion. Mr. MARSLAND Si i id that the discussion would be pro ductive of one good e ect, for it enabled the minority in that house to convince the people that the lamentable apathy which was manifested by government, and by its supporters, respecting their severe sufferings, was not shared by those who supported the motion of Mr. Wallace. The country required justice at the hands of government, and not charity. Mr. CHILDERS contended that the distress was to be at tributed to successive deficient harvests, and the consequent high price of food. Mr. M. PHILIPS said that much of the distress in the manufacturing districts was to be attributed to the migration of labourers from the agricultural districts. He appealed to Sir R. Peel to abandon all party considerations, and take that position in the free-trade movement which would cause his name to be hereafter mentioned as one of the benefactors of his country. Mr. R. YORKE and General JOHNSON supported the motion Mr. GRIMSDITCR contended that the distress was to be mainly attributed to the increase and improvement in ma chinery, which caused a continuous depression in the rate of wages. This distress would, in his opinion, be aggravated, rather than mitigated, by the repeal of the corn law. Mr. LEADER supported the motion. . . Mr. C. Bunt.ssi denied that the distress could in any way be attributed to &he foreign policy pursued by the late go vernment. The trade in tea, so far from having been stopped by the Chinese Avar, had actually been increased. The quantity imported was greater, and the price lower, since the commencement of hostilities. The great cause of the distress was having a restricted trade in corn, for although some portion of the evils of the corn law had been done away with the monopoly itself remained as stringent as ever. The people had borne their sufferings patiently, and would con tinue to do so if they supposed that those sufferings were attributable to the inscrutable designs of Providence ; but such was not the case; they attributed them to dishonest legislation, and under such circumstances he would ask if it was safe to leave the country in its present condition? lie hoped the right hon. baronet would take a wise and bold course, for such a course alone could save the country. Mr. EWA RT urged the argument so often repeated, that by taking American corn we would open an extensive field to our manufactures. Mr. COBDEN denied that the distress was to be attributed to the increase and improvement of machinery. On the contrary, its direct tendency was to increase employment, as was proved by the cotton trade of this country. It was said that the distress was to be attributed to over-production — that, in fact, the people were too industrious ! What, then, must be the condition of a country where the people pro duced so much and where they possessed so little ? Did it not at once show that there was some inal-distribution of that enormous produce which resulted from their labour? As a proof that the distress could not be attributed to ma chinery, he contrasted the distress in Nottingham and Hinckley with Manchester, stating that deplorable as was the condition of the operatives in Manchester, the condition of the same classes in Nottingham and Hinckley was infinitely worse, although in these latter towns there had bees no im provements whatever in their ancient machinery. The country was, in his opinion, drifting on to ruin without rudder or compass, and its only hope of salvation was in a repeal of the corn laws. They were encouraging emigration as a remedy, but the emigrants were the best artisans — they left the worst at home. They were sowing seeds broad cast in the western world, which would spring up a bitter crop to this country one day yet. r. FERRAND contended that fair play should be iven to the measures of Sir R. P ee l, i ns t ea d of seeking- to defeat them by an opposition which he must term factious. To such an extent had the Anti-Corn-Law League gone in this factious course, that at a meeting held recently, a dissenting minister had stated that a respectable person had told him that he would be one of a hundred to draw lots as to which of them should take the life of Sir R. Peel. Mr. VILLIERS said the people were starving, and they were not such fools as to be persuaded that food was not a remedy. They were industrious, and had the means of earning food, but the landed interests stood between them and that food, and were driving them to starvation. Mr. ROEBUCK was decidedly opposed to a motion which went the length of pledging the government and the parlia ment to provide employment for the people. He regretted that Mr. Wallace should, by his motion, place his friends in difficulty, for while the country was plunged in such awful distress all those who were opposed to the motion would be exposed to imputations which they did not deserve. The hon. member then contended at great length that the repeal of the corn laws would do much towards remedying the dis tress, although he would not go the length of saying that all the distress of the country was to be attributed solely to the restrictions on the importation of corn. He should, before parliament separated, bring before the house some resolutions affirming the distress of the mass of the people, and that a portion of that distress was attributable to the corn laws, and then declaring the necessity of instituting an inquiry as to whether a remedy could be found for that dis tress. Mr. FIELDEN then moved the adjourn men t o f t h e d e b ate. Mr. WA.LLACE begged of Mr. Fielden to withdraw his motion. Sir R. PEEL opposed the adjournment. The public ser vice required that they should go into committee of supply ; the motion had been a week before the house, and now he appealed not to the country but to the justice of the house to bring the debate to a close that night. • . _ _ The house then divided, and the motion for adjournment was negatived by a majority of 255 to 21. Mr. HINDLEY then moved the adjournment of the hOuse which, on a division, was negatived by a majority of 213 to 18. While strangers were excluded the adjournment was again moved. Sir R. PEEL complained of the obstruction offered to public business by seeking again to adjourn the debate, and said the country would judge who were the parties by whom the business of the nation was obstructed. He would, how ever, do all that in him lay to prevent the present attempt becoming a precedent. The house again divided, and the motion was once more defeated by a majority of 209 to 19. The house then divided on Mr. 'Wallace's motion, which was negatived by a majority of 174 to 49. The house then went pro forma into committee of supply. The other orders of the day were subsequently disposed of, and the house adjourned. FASHIONS FOR JULY (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Illaga:ine of Fashion.") With the warm weather, some new bareges have appeared, termed bareges bayaderes ; they are equally light and pretty, of very soft texture, sprigged with flowers or covered in Arabic patterns ; next to glacee silks, they are the materials most in demand. In Paris, white seems to be quite confined this season to evening dress. Embroidered muslins. India muslins, organdys, lace pointed, muslins and jaconets are no longer visible by daylight; silks and worsted materials in a thousand different styles are the only articles in demand. Walking dresses are generally made high, to wear with the transparent mantelet or pelerine ; the skirts are of prodigi ous width, and the length as inconvenient as during the win ter; short sleeves are fashionable for the house ; in long ones, those a la Diane de Poitiers and the Amadis are much worn. The pointed corsages are almost exclusively reserved for dress toilettes ; the rounded point is worn en neglig6, and the ceinture with long ends. Dinner dresses are of foulards, satins princesses, pekins, pooh de sole, &c. A novelty in trimmings is a new style of flounce made quite plain at the top, but fallin g in flutes at th e e d ge ; th ey form elegant trimmings without loading the dress ; they are very pretty in striped pekins; very full and narrow niches chicoides are much in favour for redingotes and peignoirs. Scarfs of embroidered muslin are trimmed with Valenciennes lace, headed by a bouillonnd, through which a ribbon is passed, corresponding with the colour of the dress. Man telets are made of glacile silk trimmed with bouillons, with armholes, and forming very large round at the back. The round pelerines continue to be much worn. Camails of shot silk are also trimmed with ruches of the same colour, and black ones with gimp. There is at present little to say about bonnets : fancy straws and a new kind of paille de riz which cleans well, are the principal novelties. Crape foldsgiv gives them s b on nets and tulle bouillomul are very elegant a n d su i ta b le for the mourant. Capotes a coulisses are al ways f ashionable ; they are frequently b en e t o ir f el t y he co c v o e lo re u d r o w i it t h he tu d l r le es , s. which C- nes Josephine or Ceres, bunches of liliesof the uron ah 'o'eurlylaiglwhtayasppearance. Capotes composed of double valley, are c t hm r a e pe s d used for capotes of gau ze ; poppies, daisi es , came l lia, aloes, wild roses, for Leghorns. The London Times states, that Archdeacon Robert Wil berforce is likely to be the new Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. THE AUCHTERARDER CASE.—An appeal arising out of this celebrated case was heard in the House of Lords on Thursday. It will be remembered that it has been decided that th e G enera l A ssem bl y o f t h e Church of Scotland had no right A u ch o t e r , ra P dowrr, o havingpiss an act (called the Vet o Act) b y whic h Presbyte r i ans were empowered, if the male he ads of families in a parish dissented from the call of a presentee, to refuse to re e t put that presentee on his trial, and that the p resb y ter y of in oa a t h g a , t presentedm ann e r rteofu thatsed I t ) o a r iputsh by yn thehis trial the R ev . R o b ert y patron, the counsel were heard on Friday in the case, and the further arguments were adjourned until yesterday (Monday.) UNITNO STATES By the paellet-ship England, Captain Waite, we have re ceived New York 1. pegs to the 20th ult.; and by the transit ship Russell Glover to the 22d ult. No authentic particulars bad been allowed to transpire respecting the negotiations between Lord Ashburton and the United States' Executive. The Queen's messenger, carried to Halifax by the Rhadamanthus steamer, arrived at Boston on the 18th ult., in the Britannia, and proceeded express to Washington. The negotiations for a settlement of the dif ferences between Great Britain and the United States would be quickened on the arrival of the despatches of which he was the bearer, and terminate, it was hoped and believed, in the early and satisfactory adjustment of the boundary and other disputes. The bill extending the tariff laws till the Ist of August was before the Senate on the 18th ult. Mr. Preston on that day expressed a hope that the bill would be taken up on the 20th. The subject, he said, was pressing and important, and con nected with exciting questions, and the sooner it was disposed of the better. It was generally believed, that the President was determined to veto any bill providing for the collecting of the existing tariff after the Ist of July, or imposing any additional tariff, unless the same bill should provide for the repeal of the law distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the States. Two speeches had been delivered in support of the assump tion by the Federal Government of the debts of the insolvent States. The proposal had caused no little sensation among the citizens. The proceedings in Congress are reported to the 20th ult. inclusive. The House of Representatives, on the motion of Mr. Fillmore, resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and resumed the consideration of the bill " to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes." A debate arose, which turned on an amendment, that. instead of Mr. Fillmore's bill, the bill which had heretofore been reported from the minority of the committee on manufactures should be adopted. Several members spoke, but the usual time having elapsed, the committee rose and reported progress. The money market was easy. Not much business had been transacted in the stock market. Gold was finding its way from England, the imports of specie having been con siderable. _ A few bills on London had been neg,ociated for the Eng land at 1061 to 107. On France the rate was 5,40 to 5,37?, Buenos Ayres papers to the 2d of May had been received at Philadelphia. The British Packet, of the 30th of April, contained the official account of the complete defeat of the forces of Lopez of Santa Fe, on the 20th, at San Pedro, about nine leagues to the north of the capital of that province, and on the borders of the Chaco. Lopez, it appears, was drawn into the action by a stratagem of General Oribe, and disco vered his error when too late to avoid the encounter. The results of the affair are stated to be 2QO killed and 250 pri soners. There were also captured 15,00 Q horses, 30,000 head of cattle, 4 pieces of artillery; baggage, &c. Of the 2000 men carried into action' by' Lopez; some 1200 to 1300 almost at the first charge passed over to the ranks of the Federal army. Lopez himself, - accompanied by two adjutants, had effected his escape to an islandin the Parana. The head quarters of the army of the Confederation were at Coronda. The force consisted of more than 10,000 effective men of the three arms, under the orders of Generals Oribe, Pacheco, and Echague. A small body under Colonel Santa Coloma had occupied the city of Santa Fe. RAILWAY ADJUDICATIONS COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-JULY 7 PICKFORD V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY.—Mr. Baron PARKE gave judgment in this case as follows :—The two main questions raised in this case are first, whether the defendants were bound to carry a hamper containing several parcels, each less than 1121b5., directed to and intneded for different persons, for the sum offered to them by the plaintiffs ; and secondly, whether they were bound to carry a parcel from Manchester to Camden Town for the sum offered to them by the plaintiffs. There were two hampers, each containing several small parcels, tendered at different times to the defendants, but the same question arises out of both. The sum tendered in respect of each is found to be the fnll amount the defendants were entitled to receive for the receipt and carriage of the hamper and its contents, and for all other charges, unless the defendants were entitled to charge for each parcel contained in the ham per separately, or to charge a penny per pound qn the gross weight of the hamper and its contents. We are to determine, therefore, whether the defendants are entitled to make either charge—a mixed question of law and fact—the fact being submitted to us, by the consent of the parties, as to a jury. Under the Act of Parliament establishing the Grand Junction Railway Company, 3d Geo. IV, cap. 34, the company is au thorised, by sec. 156, to carry on that railway all such goods, &c., as shall be offered to them, and to make such reasonable charges for such carriage and conveyance as they may from time to time determine upon, in addition to the tonnage and toll, without any other restriction, in the case of goods, than that the charge should he reasonable. By 4th William IV, cap. 55, sec. 19, these powers are extended to the carriage of all goods that should be offered on other railways, but they are still to make reasonable charges for such carriage. By virtue of this clause, the com pany in their character of common carriers are bound to carry for/reasonable charges, if reasonable charges are ten dered. The true question, therefore, is resolved into this : whether for the hamper containing small parcels it is reason able to charge either for each parcel contained in the hamper separately, small parcels consigned to different persons, or one penny per pound on the gross weight of each hamper and its contents. The charge is no doubt to be varied according to the trouble, expense, and responsibility attending the receipt, carriage, and delivery of the different articles, and for small parcels more ought to be paid than a proportionate part, according to the weight and price of larger parcels of the same commodity, by reason of the great trouble in re ceiving, dispatching, and delivering, as they are exposed to a much greater risk of abstraction or loss. But if all the small parcels are united in one package, and delivered for carriage in that package, consigned to one person, the trouble and responsibility are apparently reduced precisely to the same degree as if all the articles contained in the package were the property of the same owner, and intend ed to be delivered to him. There would seem, there fore, to be no right to c harge for such package of distinct parcels belonging to different owners, more than if they be longed to the same; but then, it is urged on the part of the defendants, that there really is an increased responsibility, arising from the simple fact that each parcel is the property of a distinct owner, because it is said that in the event o f a misdelivery, the company would be liable to several actions of trover instead of one ; a nd even in case of loss or d amage by neglect, each separate owner might maintain an action, on the custom of England, with respect to his own goods. It is very doubtful at least whether on the custom of Eng land separate actions could be maintained, as the relation of employer and carrier would not have subsisted between them and the company, but between them and the plaintiffs. As the action of trover, however, could be maintained, it would not be unreasonable to allow some additional remu neration on account, not of the liability to pay greater damages, for they would be the same in both cases, but to pay the same damage by means of different suits. We are relieved, however, from the necessity of deciding what the precise amount of additional compensation should be (which at all events should be trifling), because it is admitted in the special case the sumi tendered is proper, unless the de fendants had a right to charge for separate parcels, which they certainly had not ; because, neither the trouble, ex pense, nor responsibility is the same as if the parcels had been separate, or unless the defendants had a right to charge one penny per pound. We have no difficulty in saying, that the last-mentioned remuneration is excessive, and unjustified by the increase of responsibility, from the circumstance of the properties being separate. It is impossible to support, on this ground, the charge £4 Is. Bd. for the first package, of which, if it had consisted of parcels, one property, £1 6s. 6d would have been the property charge, and a charge of £3 Is. 6d. instead of 9s. for the second. We are of opinion that the plaintiffs are entitled to our judgment on the first question raised between them, which is the subject of the two first counts. On the second ques tion the Court have already intimated their opinion that this Company cannot support a claim for the same sum for car riage to Camden Town, and for a carriage thither and deli very at any place in London. By the provision already re ferred to they are to carry for reasonable charges for carri age ; and by the 3d Victoria, cap. 49, sec. 26, such charges are to be made equally; and it is clearly unreasonable and unequal to charge the same sum to a consignee who is willing to receive the goods at Camden Town, and one who requests them to be delivered at the London Docks or elsewhere in London. _ The plaintiffs are bound to pay the balance of 655. per ton after deducting a reasonable charge for delivering in London and no more, and the defendants must carry to, and deliver at, Camden Town for that sum. The plaintiffs are there fore entitled to succeed on the second issue raised by the special case, and the verdict on all the issues is to be entered for the plaintiffs. AM..... , ... , .... 1 RAIN.-Dr. Dalton gives the following, as the results de rived from forty-seven years' observation and experience, in the last and recently published volume of the " Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Phi:osophical Society." It refers, of course, chiefly to the quantity of rain that has fallen at Manchester within that period :—" The rain in the first six months of the year is to that in the last six months almost exactly as two to three, on the general average, for the last 47 years ; and it cannot fail being remarked that the transi tion from the wet period of the year to the dry one, and vice versa, is very abrupt. December is nearly the wettest month of the year, and January nearly the driest; there is 1 2-10 inch of rain in difference. Again June is one of the dry periods, and July is eminently wet ; the difference orthe rain in these two successive months is one inch ; this is about twice as great as any other difference in two successive months months of the year. In my former essay I have advanced a reason, which, indeed is obvious to any one acquainted with the constitution of the atmosphere, why the first half of the year should be the dry season, and the last half the wet season. In January the portion of vapour in the atmos phere is small; the general temperature of the air is daily increasing till July, so as to enable it to support the quantity of vapour already in it, and to maintain the increasing portion of it also. But from July to January the extra quantity of vapour must fall in addition to the other causes of ra►n, which operate at all seasons of the year. This principle is general, and must operate on all parts of the ,earth. The dry seasons universally will be found to take place during the period the sun is approaching the zenith, and the wet seasons during that period the sun is retreating from the zenith. But the very abrupt transition from dry to wet in the months of June and July, and also, from wet to day in the months of December and January, is by no means so obvious. The maximum of temperature takes place in July, and even sometimes in August. IRON WILL SUPERSEDE WOOD FOR SHIP-BUILDING.— Iron ships are especially calculated for that vast revolution in the navigation of the world which is at hand, by steam vessels superseding every other navigation or mode of sail ing. Without iron ships this could never be, from the diffi culty of building very large ships of wood to draw little water, with a due regard to those principles of naval architecture which are indispensible in their structure. The consequence would be, that sailing vessels never would be superseded by steamers for the conveyance of general freights, but for iron ships. Hitherto, wood ships of an ordinary build have been as large as may have been deemed manageable under sails. There has been the limit. But where will be the limits of steam power ? The only limits to the size of iron vessels are the draft of water and extent of traffic. As far as relates to the strength, flotition, and control, there is no limit. Such, indeed, are the advantages of iron ships over those built of wood, that they only require to be known and understood to be universally adopted, to the exclusion of all others. N o wood ship s can compete w ith iron ships in profit or aecom tnodation ; an d, w h erever wo od ships are now employed, iron ships may s upe rse d e them, an d defy competiti on, even with old established trades. 1 fearlessly predict this to be the case, and that, after a few years, no large wood ship will be built in England, either for mercantile or naval purposes. I make these statements after a mature and deliberate con sideration. I feel that I may be saying more than can be at once admitted by your committee; but whether they may establish confidence or distrust in my opinion, I feel that I should be wanting in my duty, both to you and the commit tee in Ben ga l, were I to express less than I have d one, hav ing the full est conv i ct i on that , w ere you to build w oo d s hi ps you could no t wor k them l onger th a n you could r ep l ace them ' with iron ; consequently great loss would be the result.-- From Mr. Holmes's Report on Steam Navigation to India, quoted by Mr. Grantham in his recently published work on Iron, as a Materialfor )bserved ae num utgegr 14ANHOt whiskey duty in 1839 was £1,510,092; in 1840, 1,0 j„ ; and in 1141, £964,711. Last week a woman in the Old Guard Vennel, Perth, died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years and six months. She retained almost all her facultieseven to her latest breath. The election of treasurer to the Lancaster Lunatic Asylum took place on Tuesday last, when Mr. John Walker, of Lan caster, was elected. A woman,. aged 103, of Frejenwalde, near Berlin, has just contracted her fourth marriage with a man of 60 ! The youthful bride has a son SO years of age. The Courier newspaper, for many years the most flourish ing newspaper property in the metropolis, merged on Thurs day into the Globe evening paper. COLONEL Sim ALLAN NAPIER MACNAB.—The friends of British North America intend to give this gallant and disT tinguished officer a farewell dinner, at the Thatched House, next Friday, at which the Duke of Richmond is to preside. Mr. John Rees, manager of the National Provincial Bank at Devonport, destroyed himself on the 2d instant, by cut ting his throat with a razor in his bed-room at the banking house. Measures are in progress for the holding of an Eisteddfod in Carmarthen next summer. The Lord Bishop of St. David's (Dr. Connop Thirlwall) has consented to become the patron. The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of Middle sex, has established a rule that he will not put into the commission of the peace any gentleman who is engaged in business. REMOVAL OF FRANCIS.—On Wednesday morning, at half past seven o'clock, the above convict was removed from Newgate, in the custody of Newman, one of the chief turnkeys of the prison. Thirty-nine indictments for wilful murder have been framed by the crown in the police case for the Ennis Assizes, in which each man of the thirty-eight committed is severally charged us a principal, the rest aiding and abetting. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church for the whole United States have just decided, by a vote of 71 to 11, that a man who marries his deceased wife's sister is guilty of incest. The following is among the unclaimed letters at the Blackburn Post-office :—" Mester George Little, tailor, an Skotshman, next door toth Union Brig, not him ats next to Dokter Grimes, but him ats next to Brig." A fellow, named Ford, undertook for a wager to eat forty boiled eggs the other day at Morton, Lincolnshire,' and after performing his disgusting feat, offered to lay another wager that he could eat twenty more. Lord Lowther is making arrangements in the Post-office to despatch a morning mail by railroad to several places that now receive only the evening mail, and to some that receive a mail only once in two days. A Goon HAUL.— On Saturday evening last, a house, No. 9, Chatham-street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, was burglariously entered, and £O5 in bank-notes and a diamond pin stolen therefrom. A reward of twenty pounds is offered for the apprehension of the burglars. REDUCTION OF NI; AGES—TURN-OUT.—AII the mills be longing to Mr. Samuel Ashton, near Hyde, have this week turned out in consequence of an attempt to reduce their wages. The number employed has been near, if not alto gether, 2000 hands. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—This company have contracted for the supply of all their iron rails at £6 per ton. This is owing to the depression in the iron trade. Many other companies have had to pay as much as £ll per ton ! A movement is now making respecting the Chester Port Improvement by a ship canal ; and we have seen a list of names connected with the project, which, in all probability, will be soon so largely encreased as to afford hopes of com mencing. this grand and national work.—Chester Chronicle. A labourer, sixty years of age, at Down's Wharf, East Smithfield, killed himself the other day, by sucking strong whiskey, 30 degrees above proof, through a reed inserted in the bunghole of a barrel. He fell down insensible, and never recovered. CRICKET.—GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V. GENTLEMEN OF KENT.—This match, which was commenced at Lord's on Monday morning, terminated the following evening, when the gentlemen of England were declared to have won the game by a majority of forty-five runs. On Tuesday week there were exhibited in Salisbury mar ket a waggon-load of rats' tails, consisting of forty-three bushels ! They were the spoils of an individual rat-catcher, who had for several years preserved the tail of every rat he had destroyed, in proof of the veracity of his accounts of his. feats, which had not been till then impugned. THE MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD. —There is now every reason to be sanguine of the early restoration to perfect health of this amiable marchioness—an event that will be the source of unmixed pleasure to all classes of the com munity. The latest account from Curraghmore is to the effect that her ladyship had passed another good night, and was free from pain or fever. A day or two ago, Mr. William Footman, of Lutterwoqh, who had been annoyed for several nights by a strange buzzing under the floor of his bed-room, had the floor taken up, and found, to his astonishment, that a complete swarm of bees had colonised, and were hard at work there, having effected an entrance through a hole in the mortar between the bricks. This eccentric hive had already begun to form its ingenious cellarage, a large piece of honey-comb having been tormed. The swarm was secured and placed in the garden. REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—About eight days ago a swarm of young bees, from the stock of Mrs. Elizabeth Stephenson, of Dalton-in-Furness, left the parent hive in search of a new habitation ; and after flying about for some time alighted upon a small bird, which was perched upon the bough of a pear-tree, and which, strange as it may appear, allowed itself to be hived along with the bees, and after remaining with them a short time flew out of the hive, apparently quite delighted with its novel adventure.—Lan caster Guardian. A German journal gives the following account of the ex port and import trade of the port of Stockholm :—" In 1821, the exports of merchandise of every kind amounted in value to 12,161,000 rix dollars ; in 1840, the amount was 20,437,000 rix dollars. In 1821, the imports were 11,143,000 rix dol lars ; and in 1840, they were 18,308,000 rix dollars." The same article adds, " The finances of Sweden are in a most flourishing state. Paper is of equal value with silver, and is even preferred on 'Change. The King, however, not satis fied with even this prosperity, is said to be engaged new plans of finance for Norway." CHESTER STATION OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAIL WAYS.—The Grand Junction Railway Company are about to erect a station at the terminus of their line at Chester, in stead of the temporary one they at present occupy. It is in tended that it shall not only afford every convenience to the public, but that it shall be an ornament to the city. The site of the station is to be between the present offices and Flook ersbrook •, it will stand over the main line of rails • recessed about 100 feet from the old road, and the whole dale space thus left will be appropriated to the use of persons arriving and departing both in carriages and on foot. MEAL MOD AT DUMFRIES.—Rare as rioting is in Dum fries, a regular and formidable meal mob occurred on the night of Saturday last. Without foundation the story was bruited abroad that the grain dealers had entered into a combination for the purpose of raising the price of oatmeal, although we have heard it stated on good authority that most of them, from particular circumstances, have been selling of late at or under prime cost. At ten o'clock the mob paid a visit to the shop of Messrs. Kelly, Bridge-street, and commenced a regular assault on the premises with stones, smashing windows and the panels of the door, and exposing customers, as well as the inmates, to the greatest bodily fear and danger. After wreaking their vengeance at this point, the mob proceeded to the shop of Mr. Bell, Church-street, Maxwelltown, and literally, it may be said gutted his dwelling. A whole barrowful of stones were pitched against the doors and windows, and it was observed by Mr. Bell, jun., who was rudely assaulted, that some of the rioters were armed with heavy sticks and bludgeons. Some of the offenders are known to the authorities ; and we understand twelve persons have been apprehended, who are either in goal, or in the course of examination before the sheriff and procurator-fiscal. To-day, shortly after one o'clock, an effort was made to rescue a juvenile prisoner by a great .crowd assembled in Buccleuch-street, but the officers did their duty so well that the attempt proved abor tive. A report is current that similar outrages occurred, in the end of the week, in Annan and Thornhill, but as yet we have received no particulars, and are, therefore, unable, either to confirm or contradict the alleged fact.—Dnmfries Courier. DARING HOUSEBREAKING AND ROBBERY.—The house of Thomas Reyburn, the hermit, was entered last night by two fellows, who took away every farthing of money the re cluse had in his repositories. According to the account of Margaret Paterson, servant to the hermit, who came to town this morning to communicate information to the procurator fiscal and the police, about twelve o'clock last night, one of the windows of the habitation was violently driven in, and two men came in through the opening, each with a pistol in his hand. They immediately went to the hermit's bedside, who, when he heard the crash of the window, exclaimed to the servant, the only other inmate of his residence, " It is all over now." The thieves seized Thomas by the throat, presented their pistols at his head, and threatened to blow out his brains unless he rose and gave them money. VG bile the hermit was getting out of bed, the burglars coolly took out a box of inciter matches, and lighted a candle which they had with them. They confined their demand at first to one pound, and the hermit gave them thirty shillings ; but, on looking round the premises, and perceiving a large chest, they compelled the hermit to produce tha key that they might secure its contents. They then proceeded most deli berately to count over these stores of the hermit, which alto gether amounted to nearly thirty pounds, occasionally partak ing of a bottle of whisky which had also been an inhabitant of the chest ; all the while venting the most tremendous oaths at the hermit and at the servant-maid, threatening what they would do if ever they told any person of the rob bery. At length having counted the money to the smallest copper, they put it up in the bags, and, and, having spent fully two hours in the premises, they rose to depart. They compelled the hermit to open the door, and, to convince him that the pistols were loaded, had the audacity to fire one off in his presence in proof of the fact. These daring bur glars had the appearance of labourers, and were evidently Irish from their dialect.—Kilmarnock Journal of Thursday. , ASSAULT ON THE HIGH SEAS.-At the London Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, Michael Hanlon, 21, Robert I Longman, 25, and Robert Welsh, 20, were indicted, for that they, being mariners on board the ship Pioneer, did felo niously make a revolt in the said ship, upon the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. It ap peared that the Pioneer was bound from Liverpool to An cona, and on the 23d of February last, whilst in the Gulf of Venice, was brought to for the purpose of obtaining some water from an Italian brig; two kegs of water and two jars of wine were sent by the captain of the brig, with a request that some tobacco might be sent in exchange. The captain (.1. Dunning) ordered the prisoners to take the water down into the cabin, but Welsh interfered and said it should not be taken down, as it was wanted for the crew. Butler, the chief mate, insisted upon the captain's orders being executed, upon which a scuffle ensued, during which Hanlon knocked the mate down the companion-ladder. The captain then went on deck, and Hanlon threatened to stab him with a knife which he bad in his hand. The captain then ordered him Ito the wheel, but he refused to obey ; another scuffle then ensued, during which the captain was thrown down : on rising he went into the cabin, and, whilst consulting the mate, overheard a conversation on deck between the men, who were debating upon the propriety of taking possession of the vessel and killing all the hands on board. The cap tain immediately loaded his pistols, and went on deck accom panied by the mate, when one of the pistols accidentally went off and wounded the mate in one of his arms. The prisoner then wanted to hoist a signal of distress, but the captain refused to let them have the flag for that purpose. Upon the captain again going on the deck, Hanlon a second time threatened to stab him with a clasp knife; the captain, however, presented his pistol and drove him back to the fore castle, and obtained possession of the knife. The other pri soners were then called up to secure Hanlon, which they did. It was further proved that while the captain and mate were in the cabin, the captain's wife went on deck, wh en Hanlon assaulted her, and tore the gown from her back, a n d made use of violent threats. The jury found all the pri soners guilty of an assault, but recommended Longman and Welsh to mercy. Mr. Baron Gurney sentenced Hanlon to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months, Longman to four months, and Welslito three•months' hard labour. liorthom Cirdta aoitcs3 ttitre'Dtutwal, Qli gatufd pav, SOza Coy th, lared on the Oia. way. at the recent meeting of proprietor premium WTNYARD CASTLE, NEAR STOCTON-UPON-TEES.--The rebuilding of the Marquis and Marehione:;s of Londonderry's splendid chateau is in a state of great forwardness. The Paymaster-General has received, in an anonymous letter from Bath, the sum of 4;500 to be placed to the credit of the public. Frederick 11 unt, a General Postotlice letter-carrier, was convicted on Thursday of stealing two shilli ngs f rom a letter, was sentenced to be transported tor fifteen years. Mr. Joseph, who is the sculptor appointed to execute the Wilkie Testimonial, was recommended in 1823 to Lord Byron by Sir Walter Scott, to take his lordship's bust. Ten shopkeepers of Todmorden have been fined in various penalties, for having candles in their possession short of weight. Their defence was, they sold them to those who wanted light. Two ships of the line, one to be called the Prince of Wales, of 110 guns, and the other of 90 guns, to be named the Princess Royal, have been ordered to be built at Portsmouth by the Admiralty Board. At Cardiff assizes, on Friday, Richard Edwards, alias Tamar Dick, was found guilty of the murder of his mother in April last. Sentence of death was passed on the prisoner, without any hope of mercy. On the 20th ult. Marie Victoire Andre Jenaird, a maiden French lady, of independent fortune, aged 6-1, committed suicide, by tying a garter tightly round her neck, and stick ing a knife nearly up to the handle in the centre of her throat. THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER.—The Belgian specu lation of purchasing the British Queen, to run between Antwerp and New York, does not seem to have attained its object, the positive loss upon two voyages performed amount ing to £B,BOO sterling. PROGRESS OF EPISCOPACY. —There are at present no fewer than four places in Scotland, in which halls are used as temporary places of worship, by newly formed episcopal congregations, preparatory to the erection of permanent chapels—Annan, Hamilton, Blairgowrie, and Helensburgh. —Scotsman, It is said that the Parliamentary Commissioners for inves tigating the late exchequer bill frauds have now brought to a close the examination of wineise,s, and that it only remains for them to prepare their report, which may be presented to Parliament before the close of the stision. At the London Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Thomas William Neatheratreet, aged 19, was convicted upon very conclusive evidence of having committed a rape upon the person of Esther Maskell, a child only three years and a half old. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life. It is stated in one of the daily papers, that " on the 24th ult., an accident occurred on the Potsdam railway, which had nearly proved ar fatal as that on the road to Versailles. The sparks of fire from a locomotive set tire to one of the wag gons. The persons inside endeavoured to open the doors, but they were locked. At length the conductors succeeded in extinguishing the fire. A railway has been projected on the south side of the Thames, the object of which is stated to be to extend the ad vantages of railways which may exist in the south of Eng land, and to unite the government establishments at Dept ford, and ultimately those at Woolwich, Sheerness, and Chatham, with Portsmouth, by means of the South "Western Railway. It is at present in contemplation to form it upon the American plan of piling, in conjunction w ith an d up on the bank of the Surrey Canal, which will then be completed to Vauxhall, for the transportation of heavy goods.—Daily paper. MANCHESTER ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—EIRTH EXTRA.- ORDINARY.—On Sunday last, one of the Chinese monkeys, in the Zoological Gardens, Higher Broughton, gave birth to a young one, which was yesterday alive and well. This is rather an extraordinary event in this climate, which is gene rally found too severe for these little creatures.—Manchester Guardian. We have heard that it is the intention of the Bishop of London to introduce into the House of Lords on the 12th inst., a bill to do away with what are termed " Peculiars," by placing those hitherto exempted jurisdictions under the care and control of the bishops in whose dioceses they are respectively locally situate.—Devizes Gazette. THE CHARGE OF SWINDLING AT NORWICH. -On Thursday last, John Harvey, whose extraordinary case was noticed in the Standard, being sufficiently recovered from the effects of his attempt to cut his throat, was brought up to the Guildhall for examination, upon the charges preferred against him, and after the inquiry he was remanded. The prisoner was still very weak. NicoLns Suissa.—This person, valet to the late Marquis of Hertford, and who was acquitted the day before of a charge of embezzling £1,400, the property of his master, was again brought up at the Central Criminal Court on Thurs day, to take his trial for stealing a number of French in scriptions and eJupons for the payment of French reutes, to the amount of about £BO,OOO. The trial was postponed on account of the absence of a material witness. THE COINAGE.—As a great many questions have arisen as to whether a sovereign placed on the balance ought to turn it, it is important to know that the Bank decided, on Thurs day, that all sovereigns presented at their counters which shall be on the balance, shall be taken as of legal weight. The new silver coinage was issued to the public yesterday, and it is understood that the Bank vaults have already re ceived large supplies from the Mint. HANOVER, JULY 2.—Yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, we had a thunder storm, with torrents of rain, and such a hurricane, that not only were the roofs of many houses in the city much damaged, but the largest trees on the ram parts were broken, and a whole row of smaller trees were torn up by the roots; all the booths and tents created for a fete of the citizens to-morrow were levelled with the ground, and the boards carried to a great distance. FLOATING PIERS ON THE THAMES.—There are now thirty-tree floating steam-boat passengers. The revenue de rived from these floating and permanent piers is not less than £1,500 weekly, or £78,000 per annum, derived from a small toll on passengers, which is paid by the steam-boat compa nies. The largest revenue is obtained at the London Bridge wharf, and as much as 400 in one week has been taken there for landing and embarking passengers. On Friday, at the Hertford assizes, the agent for Lord Listowel at the late St. Alban's elections brought an action against that nobleman, which excited a good deal of interest in the county, and in which it was expected that some curi ous disclosures would be made in reference to the proceed ings connected with those elections. After the counsel for the plaintiff had addressed a few words to the jury, the mat ter was amicably compromised. DRESDEN. JUNE 27.—1 n consequence of the long-con tinued draughts the Elbe is so low that our steamers cannot move, but the Bohemia steamer, drawing much less water, still continues to ply between this and Jenhin. Many ships with cargoes are aground ; the Bohemian ships pass, but very lightly loaded, and our vessels, laden with freestone, which would meet with a good market at Hamburg, cannot come down the river. This gradual decrease in the water would have given a favourable opportunity to improve the navigation of the Elbe. The commissioners who are to meet may con vince themselves by personal inspection that it is high time to make every exertion to remove the obstruction to the no via.ation of this great German river, which is alone 700 miles in length. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. —M. Lafontaine gave another lecture on this subject on Friday forenoon. The young lady who accompanies him completely succeeded in magnetising a young girl, on whom M. Lafontaine had tried an experi ment on Wednesday evening, but without success. After wards another female, about 25 years of age, was introduced to M. Lafontaine, who put her to sleep in ten minutes; needles were put into her, but she remained perfectly in sensible, until restored by M. Lafontaine ; her arms were rendered quite stiff during the operation. A young lady about 16 years of age was mesmerised, and put to sleep in less than five minutes ; her arms were also stiff ; and on being brought to a state of sensibility, she informed the company that, at the commencement of the operation, she felt as if about to faint, but that the sensation was rather agreeable than otherwise.—Belfast Times. CAMBRIDGE INSTALLATION.—The entertainment at Tri nity, on Wednesday last, was on the largest scale consistent with the capabilities of the noble hall, the most spacious of any among the colleges. Upwards of 400 sat down to a feast worthy of the hospitality of this ancient and renowned insti tution. The Master was, of course, in the chair ; on his right his Grace the Chancellor, and on his left the Duke of Cambridge. The head table included all the noblemen and other distinguished guests, with the heads of ho uses , & c., and at five other tables were seated the members of the Uni versity, the whole company arrayed in full academical cos tume. A feeling of deep regret prevailed that the recent la mentable circumstances should have prevented the illustri ous Chancellor of Oxford and the High Steward of Cam bridge from being present. With only this alloy, however, the greatest gratification and delight were manifested in an assembly of men . animated, though in different positions, professions, and pursuits, by the same liberal spirit of attach ment to science, to learning, and to art. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF Fossms.—At the village of Crowdicote, in the parish of Hartington, Darbyshire, about six miles from Buxton, Mr. Daniel Harrison, a short time ago, commenced opening a quarry or pit to try the quality of the stone which it contained ; and, on cutting the rock down, it was found to he a most beautifully variegated shell crystal and strata marble, embodied with the prettiest crystallized shells that nature or art could form, as well as other mineral bodies. This wonderful curiosity of nature contains the fol lowing remarkable fossil bodies, encrusted all in one solid mass of stone, and capable of being got up by art to the most beautiful polish :—Of ornamental marble there is a variety of white and brown, cockle shells, muscles, also plain and fluted shells, the ammonite and nautilus shells, and peri winkle, snail horn. &c. The appearance of various kinds of fish, which none but able geologists could interpret ; also the antroco. The figure of this last remarkable stone, when got up to a polish, beatifully intersected with variegated colours of black, brown, white, and grey, and is a real curiosity.—Sheffield Iris. EDINBURGH •AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—An accident happened on this railway on Tuesday, the particulars of which are as follow :—The eleven o'clock train from Glasgow, and the nine o'clock train from Edinburgh, had both reached Cowlairs, and were slowly passing, each on its proper line, when owing to the negligence of the pointsman in leaving the points shut instead of open, the nine o'clock train passed over on to the other line. The engine, in consequence, came in contact with the second last carriage of the eleven o'clock train, the buffer-rod of which was driven into the last car riage, which was considerably injused by the blow, and we regret to state that a passenger inside had one of his legs much bruised or broken. A passenger in the second last carriage was also slightly hurt from being thrown forward against the opposite side of the carriage. One of the gu ar d s was thrown of the train, but was so slightly injured a s t o b e able to p rocee d on to idinburgh. The engine of the eleven o'clock train was almost immediately stopped, but not before one or two of the carriages had their wheels thrown off, and were thus carried along the ground for some yards, though without any injury to the passengers. ANOTHER MURDER IN TIPPERARY.—A, respectable young mon, named Samuel Hardy, who transacted business in this town for Mr. Brindley, was the victim. After the labour of the week, he went from here on Sunday morning, accompanied by another young man, to spend the Sabbath at Dolla, the residence of his father, which is about four miles distant. When within a few yards of The house, a child on the road apprised him that the parlour was full of men look ing for fire-arms. Upon hearing this lie ran forward. On entering, one of the party, who acted as sentinel, attempted to stab him with a pitchfork. Having parried the thrust, he grappled with the ruffian, and succeeded in wresting the weapon from him. Four men who were inside, alarmed by the noise of the conflict, now rushed out ; but young Hardy continued still to hold as prisoner the miscreant, from whom he wrenched the pitchfork. While thus engaged, a blood thirsty wretch approached him with a large stone, and struck him on the head with it. The blow was fatal ; for the brave young fellow died of it next morning , leaving a large and highly respectable family , with a wid circle of friends and acquaintances, to deplore his untimely end. Mr. Cornell, his companion from town, was also attacked by the gang, but escaped without serious injury. At th e i nques t th follow ing verdict was returned—'We find that the deceased, Samuel Hardy, came by his death in consequence of one mortal wound on the left side of the head, inflicted by one of the party who attacked the dwelling-house of his father, William Hardy, on the morning of Sunday, the 3d instant, of which mortal wound he languished until Monday, the 4th instant, and then died at Dolla."—Nenagh Guardian. rultAlltg:ll,oli AL, WILIJAMON4QUAIIE EVJ ti 12til instant, thi ALNNNERING GUY Julia Mannering Miss Grant After which Mr. C. Selby's Drama of JACQUES STROV Mr. C. Selby. Jacques Strop .... Mr. W. 3. Hammond. On WEDNESDAY,—ROSINA, BOOTS. AT THE \\'AN, and THE WHITE CAT. Robert Man ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. rrIIIIS popular and pre-eminently attractive Resort, is oven 1. Daily, from Seven A.m. till Dusk. The GRAND EVENING FETES • take place every Monday and Friday duridg, the Season, with , THE ROMAN PES'f , A At Dusk, ! TIIE GRAND ILLUMINATION OF ST. PETER'S. This inconceivably magnificent Spectacle is succeeded by the Pyrotechnic Wonders of the GIRANDOLA OF ST. ANGELO, with all its splendid incidents, terminating with the gorgeous Cascade of brilliant Fire, and tremendous Flight of Rockets. To enliven the Evening's Promenade, MR. STUBBS' ROYAL HARMONIC BAND will perform a favourite selection of Music. The Gardens are Illuminated with Gas Lamps. TO CORRESPONDENTS " A Teetotaller " may he perfectly right. It is very probable that he may personally not be advancing the interests of popery, hut we will not say so much of the body to which he has attached himself. We quite agree with our correspondent " Paddle," that a steam-boat excursion would be by far the most rational mode of the members of the various benefit societies en joying their anniversary days, and think it would be well if some large steamer could constantly be had for such pur pose. But then comes the question, where are they to go? In mentioning the Isle of Man, our correspondent forgets that it is very seldom that the beat can go anti return in the same day, and h e equally f orge t s th a t a t R uncorn it is not always high Water, so that a trip there would only ad mit-of a few hours stroll. Where are the many beautiful watering places mentioned by our correspondent? Etbrrpoot &tattbarb. 7'UESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1842. By the arrival of her Majesty's mail steamer, the Isis, we have received advices from Jamaica to the Bth June and from British Guiana to the Ist .June. The Isis sailed from Barbadoes on the 246, Santa Cruz the 26th, St. Thomas the 27th, and Turk's Island the 30th of May ; flavannah the 15th, Nassau the 18th, Bermuda the 24th June ; and Fayal the 2d of July. The steamer Forth arrived at Nassau, on her outward passage, on the 18th. The news brought by the Isis is not of material im portance. From British Guiana we learn that distress amongst the colonists continues, and that the combined courts have come to the unanimous determination that unless the assistance of an extensive measure of immi gration is afforded them by the home government, they must next year, of necessity, withhold the supplies or dinarily granted for the support of the civil list. The following are a portion of the resolutions in which this determination is conveyed :- 1. Resolved,—That the distress to which the proprietors of sugar plantations, the produce of such estates being the only exportable product from this colony of any magnitude, have been and are reduced, has been so clearly shown by the published statement of the working of sixty sugar estates in this colony as to demand an efficient and immediate remedy. 2. Resolved,—That the quantity of exported produce in the year 1841, contrasted with the exported produce of the previous year, shows a decrease of 6410 hogsheads sugar, 3900 puncheons of rum, 2,268,630 pounds of coffee, and 161 bales of cotton. 3. Resolved,--That it is apparent to this court, that the exports of the year 1841, contrasted with those of the year 1837, prove the following alarming decrease : Bhds. Puns. Puns. Llbs. Bales Sugar. Rum. Molasses. Coffee. Cotton. 1837-62,461.... 17,602.... 31,429.... 3,966,200.. 2510 1841-34,199.... 11,119.... 16,169.... 1,088,670.. 170 4. Resolved,—That this court, taking into consideration the depressed state of the colony, and referring to its repeated declarations that the civil list was only granted in perfect reliance upon a scheme of extensive immigration being pro moted by her Majesty's government; and that it would be impossible for the colony, without such relief, to bear the burden of taxation imposed upon it, finds that the result justifies those declarations, and that the country is now un able to bear the burden of the present civil list, as well as other heavy charges for religious and charitable purposes. 5. Resolved,—That notwithstanding the distressed state of the financial concerns of the colony, this court, in order to keep faith as far as possible, and to show its earnest desire to maintain the dignity of the officers of her Majesty's civil government here, and its anxiety to avoid any act tending to embarrass the Secretary of State for the Colonies, will pro ceed with the estimate for 1842; but that unless a large and comprehensive measure of relief be afforded to the colony in the course of the current year, by immigration, or otherwise, it will be utterly out of the power of this court, consistently with a due regard to the interests of the colony, thereafter to vote the civil list on its present scale. 6. Resolved,—That the remedies which appear to this court necessary to be applied, are :—First, a reduction in every department of the local government, which can be ef fected with propriety and justice to the claims of individuals, and a due regard to the efficiency of the public service ; Se condly, the encouragement of immigration on an extensive scale, under the immediate control of her Majesty's govern ment. With respect to the civil expenses of the colony we may state that whilst in 1837, a year of comparative prosperity, as may be seen from the resolutions above, they amounted to 505,000 dollars, the estimate for 1841, a year of unparalleled distress, was 1,145,870 dollars ; thus exhibiting the extraordinary and ruinous increase of 637,570 dollars, or about 125 per cent ! whilst the resources of the colony are diminished in an inverse ratio to the extent of upwards of 50 per cent ! The advices from Jamaica are scarcely of a more encouraging character. The internal affairs of the co lony continue in the same adverse condition as at the date of our last arrivals, with the addition, however, of some of the estates in Clarendon being abandoned for want of labourers to cultivate them. When services are offered, the high rate of wages demanded preclude the possibility of engaging them ; the consequence is, that not being able to obtain money by extortion, the negroes do so by theft; and, by the public advertise ments in the newspapers, we observe that scarcely a night passes without burglary and destruction of goods being committed. The season, however, is grateful; and there can be no doubt that if the idleness and dis order prevailing amongst the negro population could be repressed, something approaching to a prosperous year might be realized. The trade in British goods with South America had revived a little, and some remittances had been re ceived. The sales, however, appear to have been forced, to make room for the new goods, which would probably supplant entirely those in the warehouses, and have been made at long credits. Matters are quite quiet about the seat of govern ment. Mr. Panton, the Speaker of the House of As sembly, has been appointed "Vice-Chancellor, and taken his seat The troops, we learn, are healthy throughout the island; and we hear no more of the " scarletina." Produce is at a very low price in this market; busi ness dull ; and the banks very limited in their transac- The numerous failures in 1840 are still felt, as appears by frequent bankruptcies; nor will anything like confidence be restored for years. tions. We learn from the Jamaica Standard that, in addi tion to a war of plunder which is raging in the repub lic of Hayti, consequent upon the death of Mr. Chris topher, the late president, and the scramble for his pro perty, the distress occasioned by the calamity which had visited the island bad been aggravated by a fire which had consumed the whole of the remaining pro perty at the Cape. The condition of the people, we need hardly remark, is most desolate and wretched, unprovided as they are with shelter, and suffering all the privations of want, of food, and raiment. The iniquities of the late government are becoming every day more and more apparent. The following, which we copy from the Morning Herald, affords us a gross, though not an uncommon specimen, of that species of misrule which they for so long a period in. flitted upon this country. Colonel Torrens, long an able and zealous supporter of the late government, has allowed the high-minded spirit of the British soldier to soar above the grovelling attachment to party politics. He has thrown down the gauntlet ; and we feel as sured, when he takes his stand on the high and ho nourable ground which he has now assumed,—the de fence of " the high-minded soldier who led the storm ing party at Badajos, and commanded the flank com pany which charged the Imperial Guard at Water loo,"—when he takes his stand upon such a ground as this, he will not find himself, as he has too often been, in small minorities of the House of Commons ; but lie will find himself self-supported by the unanimous voice of the British nation. The laurels of Waterloo will not be soon forgotten. The brave heroes who there fought and bled are dear to the people of this country ; and it will be a dark day indeed for Eng land, when the base spirit of party politics or private interest is permitted, unexposed, to enkindle or spread abroad a principle of ingratitude towards those to whom, under God, the people of this country are in debted for the peace, the happiness, and the liberty they now enjoy. The Morning Herald well observes,—