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*mptrial Varitaintnt: HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. This day several bills were advanced a stage, and the house immediately adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS -MONDAY The 12 o'clock sitting was occupied in Committee on the Health of Towns Bill. At the the 5 o'clock sitting, Lord J. RUSSELL declared his intention to withdraw, for the present session, the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, the Prisons Bill, and the Parliamentary Electors Bill. On the order of the day for the house resolving itself into a committee of supply, Mr. B. OSBORNE drew the attention of the house to the present posture of affairs in Portugal, and moved , a -resolution, by way of amendment, to the effect that the British Government having interfered in the late insur rection, were bound to see that the Portuguese people should be secured in the exercise of their just and legiti mate freedom. His chief reason for bringing the matter once more before the house was to give an opportunity to Lord Palmerston to make the speech which he had been unable to deliver, owing to the counting out of the house, when the subject was formerly under discussion. Lord PALMERSTON objected neither to the substance nor to the spirit of the hon. member's resolution, because he was resolved to obtain for the Portuguese peopl.e a faithful performance of the articles of the convention -which had been entered into. The object the Govern ment had in view from the commencement was to induce the Portuguese Crown to make of its own accord such con cessions as the people were justly entitled to. That course they pursued as long as possible, until, in fact, France and Spain had determined upon interfering. England had then no alternative but to unite with those coun tries, not to crush the liberties of the Ts^. - but t- had originally calculated. Of this sum £3,700,000 was on loan, £1,270,000 on the security of lands and works of utility, and £4,380,000 grants. The right hon. gen- After a lengthy conversation, in which Mr. P. Borth- tleman maintained that the operations were eminently wick, Mr. Flume, Lord J. Manners, Mr. B. Escott, Sir successful, and that the condition of Ireland was very Delacy Evans, Mr. Ewart, Lord J. Russell, and Lord G. materially improved. 13entinck took part, the motion was withdrawn. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. HUME then brought on his motion on the case of The CHANCELLOR of the Exert-Eau - En then proposed a the ex-Rajah of Sattara, and asked for the appointment resolution to exonorate certain counties in Ireland, liable of a Select Committee. As soon as he had resumed his for the cost of public works and drainage, from the pay seat the debate was adjourned. The orders of the day was ment of one-half the amount. then disposed of, and the house adjourned. After observations from Mr. S. O'Brien, r. P The house then resumed, and immediately afterwards borne, Mr. Callaghan, and Mr. Poulett Scroi the reso resolved itself again into _a committee of the whole house I lution was agreed to. the people, „o give tore to Portugal a consti- Wakley, and Mr. Hume made some suggestions for im proving the future measure. Mr. HENLEY could not avoid saying that, fora question introduced in the Queen's Speech, it had not received from the Government that consideration which it ought. Lord MORPETH would feel bound to bring the question forward early in the next session. Lord G. BENTINCK trusted the Minister would ex post facto exonerate the Opposition from any blame for having opposed such a bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said he brought no charge of factious opposition against any one ; therefore he did not think it necessary to exonerate any one. The bill was finally withdrawn. At the evening sitting, Sir J. HOBHOUSE stated, in reply to a question from Mr. EWART, that a despatch had been sent out to India containing a plan for changing the system of the civil servicoxfurloughs, which was pre paratory to a Change of the system of military furloughs. aswer to S. The right ho INGLIS, that a voluminous body of 'evidene( to idol worship in India was pr'epareci,Tiiiniiiiiidsai examined he was not prepared to discuss the question. To a question put by Mr. V. SMITH, Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the minutes of education relative to Roman Catholics were not yet sufficiently for ward to be placed on the table. There was no intention to ask for any money during the present session for the education of Roman Catholics. He had been in commu nication with the Catholic Institute ; the Government and the Institute had agreed on many points, but there were some on which they differed in opinion. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole house to consider a resolution for a further loan of £300,000 cn the security of rates for the purposes of Irish relief. The whole amount expended and to be ex pended up to the close of the proposed operations would amount to £9,350,000, being £650,000 under what he thern a parliament, and to res tutional government d for draina LOR of t ge to the Irish landlords, and to charge it on the consolidated fund HOUSE OF LORDS -TUESDAY The business was limited to the presentation of peti tions, and the house adjourned early. obli. Tay 'us jesty's had alp vided N when wr the false ii liament means to do - them justic tie peymer. bfeets, he would warn as might be indebted to them, HOUSE OF LORDS FRIDAY Mr. B. 0 The Royal assent was given to an immense number of A motion of the Earl of RODEN, complaining of the third report of the Irish Relief Commissioners, which imputed misconduct to certain chairmen of committees and justices of the peace, was withdrawn. Some other business was then disposed of, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY The house sat at three o'clock On moving the order of the day for going into com mittee of supply, Lord JOHN RUSSELL called the attention of the house to the notice of motion which Lord G. Bentinck had put on the paper, relative to the position of the statue of the Duke of Wellington on the top of the triumphal arch. He asked the noble lord to postpone that motion till Monday, in order that he might ascertain in the mean time the Duke of Wellington's feelings on the subject ; for her Majesty was most anxious that nothing should be done that could be considered disrespectful to the greatest and most celebrated of her subjects. He was authorised to state, that if the Duke was adverse to the removal of the statue to the pedestal proposed to be raised for it, jesty would rea ily consen remaining in I present position. . Lord G. BENTINCK was cognisant of the feelings of the Duke of Wellington on the subject, and rejoiced at the assurance that the statue was to remain where it now stood, with the free consent of her Majesty and the ap probation of her people. _ Lifter a few words between Sir F. TRENCH and Lord J SELL, the cons Lord G. BENTINCK was postponed till A considerable portion of the attention of the house was next devoted to a discussion of the complaint of Mr. Spooner against Mr. Hump at he had used intimidatory language t as the 1 - ber for Birmingham, on londay .owaras mem t of his conduct in dividin accoun' Mr. Hume's -Rajah of motion for a committee on the subject of the e _ Sattarah, in the course of which Lord John Russell ex- pressed himself ye gunge used by Mr. Hum( siderable laughter throu{ Sir D. NORREYS rene, majority of 80 over 19 voice ,tion excited Mr. PERRAND, after expressing his astonishment that Mr. Roebuck was not in his place that evening to hear the contradiction which he was about to give to his (Mr. Roebuck's language on a former occasion, asked Sir G. Grey whether the statement of Mr. Roebuck was correct, that " the medical officer of an union had the power of recovering the price of the drugs distributed by him among the poor of the union from the union itself." Sir G. GREY.believed the practice of the_lny:4,, medical officer for the medical attendance on the poor I.lpply of medicine therefore, the medicine required was of an exp inter t) D medical officer m In case of sudd pocket llness the magistrates had the power of ordering extra relief, and in case of such order he believed that the medicine was not chargeable on the medical officer, but on the poor-rates. After a few words from Mr. P. BORTHWICK, the house resolved itself into a committee of supply. _ In the committee the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the salary of the chief commissioner of the new poor law board would be £2,000 a-year. He would have two secretaries, who would each have a salary of £1,500 a-year. The whole expense of the board would therefore be £5,000 a-year, which was £2,000 a-year less than the expense of the Nor law commission. A discussion tlfen took place in the committee on the inefficiency of the present medical relief for the poor. In the course of it Mr. WARLEY expressed his reluctance to vote these salaries, because the house had not the New Poor-law Bill before it, and because he understood that that bill had been mutilated in the House of Lords of two of its most humane and important clauses, and that, too, without any effort having been made by government to retain them The vote for the Poor-law Board was then agreed to without division On the vote for granting £lO,OOO to defray the ex penses connected with the capture of slave-trading vessels, Mr. 'P. BORTHWICK called the attention of the house to the great evils and cruelties resulting from the system adopted under our treaties with foreign powers for sup pressing the slave trade. He showed that that system cost us more than a million a year—that it produced no advantage—and that it retarded the progress of civilization. Furthermore he contended that the loss of life among our seamen and officers employed on the coast of Africa was very large, and was perfectly useless ; and, lastly, he maintained that for every thousand negroes sold into sla very, seven times that number died in the most excruci ating agonies. He concluded by calling on Lord Palmer ston to consent to the repeal of the statutes enacted for carrying out our treaties with foreign powers in reference to the slave trade, to abrogate the treaties themselves, and thus to free humanity from the terrible curse which they had entailed upon it. Lord PALMERSTON supposed the object of Mr. Borth wick to be to legalize the slave-trade, and observed, that under the guise of great regard for humanity he had in sinuated that conclusion by every means in his power. He believed that the slave-trade could never be entirely and permanently stopped until the condition of slavery was itself abolished. He then took a review of the va rious measures which the government had taken for the suppression of this abominable traffic, recounted the va rious treaties by which we were bound to co-operate with fcreign powers, and showed that we could not suddenly abandon them without great loss of honour and national reputation Conside )le discussion afterwards took place on this subject, but the grant was at length agreed to without a division The rest of the evening other estimates. was taken up in discussing the RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The opening of the railway from Newcastle-upon-Tyne o Berwick will enable travellers to make a journey from London to Edinburgh in 13 or 14 hours. The bill for the amalgamation of the Chester and Bir kenhead, and the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railways, has passed through all its preliminary stages in both houses of parliament, without the intro duction of the restrictive clauses. The bill has therefore passed in its integrity, and is quite safe, LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OE A RAILWAY TUNNEL.—On Friday, the first stone of the tunnel, about to be made under a considerable extent of the north part of the town, for the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Railway, was laid at the corner of Great George-street, by George Corry, Esq., one of the directors, M the presence of the contractors and other friends LONDON AND YORK CALL. — The banking house of Smith, Payne, and Co. was so completely besieged on Wednesday, by parties coming to pay the call, that many of the shareholders were obliged to wait full an hour before they had an opportunity of paying their money and getti iOn the day n question no ;paid into this bank by the share- Northern Railway. g their receitits less than £lBO,OOO holders of the Grea CAUSES OF P EFECTIVE RAILWAY WORE Away engineers have become too speculative, too self-sufficient, and too careless: and railway directors are often toc exigent. The endeavour to keep within the estimate, and to keep within the time, has produced much bad work; sufficiency to have led and want of car to more. Premiums have been of and contractors to slight the work be wondered at that in many cas taken without objectiOn. 'There gyred both to engineers ; and it is scarcely to s the bribe has been , however, another igements Bull, v ill he i party v it is (ton The dui FOREIGN (5- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE THE WEST INDIA MAILS The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Med way, W. S. Andrews, commander, bringing the West India mails, and 120 passengers, arrived at Sonthampton on Wednesday morning. Her dates are Tampico, May 20 ; Chagres, 26th ; Carthagena, 28th ; Vera Cruz, June 2 ; Havanna, 10th ; Nassau, 12th ; Beamuda, 24th ; De merarah, sth ; Barbadoes, Bth ; Trinidad, 6th ; Grenada, 9th ; St. Thomas, 18th ; Jamaica, Bth. Her freight con sists of 252 serons 'of indigo, 84 tons of arrowroot, 219 cases of cigars. 47 live turtle, 149 serons of cochineal ; also 27,749 dollars, 73,619 in silver bullion, 1,794 ounces of gold, 64,348 ounces of gold for merchants' account, 351 b. of platina, 131 boxes of pines, and 110 sundry packages. The steamer experienced fine weather on her passage. By this arrival we learn that the islands generally were healthy, and the weather favourable. The agricultural news from the various islands by the Medway is very sa- tisfactory. A great increase in . the crops could be relied on, the best estimates giving a quarter more than usual, and much exceeding that at Jamaica and Demerara. The weather was extremely dry at Puerto Rico, and also at St. Thomas; indeed St. Thomas was suffering for water, and the crops on the south side.of Puerto Rico had generally failed. auction In Jamaica the crop was estimated at an increase ove last year, amomiting . to 15,000 hogsheads. The of prices, however, is so great, that the money „ less by £250,000. The following are the only interesting particulars received from Mexico : So sickly was Vera Cruz when the Medway left that all the hospitals were full, and 20 to 25 persons were dying daily. The town was under the command of Colonel Wilson, with about 400 men in the Castle of St. Jean de Ullot. Tampico was strongly fortified on all sides. Col. Gates had about 1,000 regular troops and a number of volunteers under his command in the latter place At both places a very efficient police was kept up by the inha:. bitants. It was stated at Vera Cruz thnt General Scott was at Puebla, 75 miles from Mexico, with 4,800 infantry, 200 cavalry, 15 pieces of. artillery, 3 mortars, and 200 waggons with provisions ; he left Colonel Childs and 200 men at Jalapa. General Taylor was at Monterey with 5,000 or 6,000 troops, mostly volunteers. General Taylor is ac knowledged by the Americans to be " in a fix "—much in want of provisions, ammunition, and money. General Scott's army had five months' pay due to them, were very discontented, wanted many necessaries, and as ) per day are said to be lost from sickness. His rmy was composed of Yankees, Irish, Germans, and a e few Spaniards and French. The rain had commenced in many as The valuables of the city of Mexico are all removed. Gold was fast disappearing, and 17 and 18 dollars were given for doubloons. The lower orders are burying what little wealth they possess. The foundation of the first German catholic church ever built in Prussia has been laid at Leignitz, in Silesia. In the year 1828, the quantity of caoutchouc exported from. Brazil, did not exceed 20,000115; but in the year 1845-6, it amounted to upwards of 800,0001 b, besides 415,953 pairs of shoes. _ _ The English workmen employed in some of the iron works in the state of Virginia have ceased labour, because their masters have refused to raise their wages, and have also employed slaves as "puddlers." The increase of banks in India during the last ten years has been seen so rapid, that while in 1837 the aggregste paid-up capital of all the banks was only £875,000, it now amounts to upwards of £5,000,000. The palace being built by the Viceroy of Egypt at Beycos, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, will have more than 400 feet of frontage. The construction will require three or four years, and the cost is estimated at 6,000,000 f. _ . - The last papers from Ceylon contain the official appoint ment of Sir J. E. Tennent, as Lieutenant Governor of that island during the period intervening between the de- parture of Sir Colin Campbell and the arriv appointed Governor, Viscount Torrington DREADFUI 3IPWILECH.- of the newly 'CANDLE:, JUNE 8 •A Tur- small Island of Cufonem, and only 68 persons saved.- The pilgrims were all natives of Algiers. A normal school and a university are now being built at end naval schools of the Turkish government, it has been resolved to appoint a professor of the English language in w university , ummer is at hand, and what are the husbandman's spects ? The cattle everywhere dying in hundreds — farm horses too feeble, from starvation, to perform the my of nlnuehinc : and, lastly, more than three-fourths rs - in tiie country wholly destitute of potatoes n for seed. The condition.of the country is fright- of the fa: )ve picture over coloured or exaggera Of 200 cattle, we food in +1 re informed, have died from want of ,tlement of Middle River alone. Many far a other parts of the country have lost their live —Cope Breton Speculator. OTTON MANUFACTURES IN MEXICO. - The Gioriza/e del Lloyd Austriaco states, that the cotton trade of Mexico is increasing in importance every clay. There exist at present, in the province of Mexico, 12 spinning facto ries, with- 30.156 spindles' in full operation ; in that of Pueblo 21, with 35,672 spindles in operation, and 12,240 0, , 1.. of Ctuhclulwiarali J, with 11,312 in operation, and 6,500 in course of construction; in that of Queretaro 2, with 7,620; in that of Durango 4, with 6,520; in that of Guaninato 1, with 1200; and in that of Sonora, one with 1,000 ; in a 1153 spinning factories, with 135,280 spindles, of which 23,940 are in course of construction. The daily consumption of cotton (continues our Italian contemporary), is at present 39,7551 b., and it will increase to 48,6221 b. when all the projected spindles are constructed; the daily production of yarn now amounts to 35,780, of the value of 39,358 reals. The number of spinning establishments in operation amounts to 8,753, employing altogether 17,000 persons. The annual con sumption amounts to 14,585,6661 b., and as the indigenous production only amounts to 50,000 quintals, it follows that there is a defidiency of about 95,666 quintals. In order partly to cover this deficiency the importation of 60,000 quintals has been allowed at a duty of six reals per quin tal. The carriage from Vera Cruz to Mejico—a distance of about 94 leagues, which is traversed by muleteers (car rieros) in 18 to 20 days—is from 18 to 22 reals per load of four quintals and upwards. The importation of cotton yarn and cotton tissues of not more than 30 threads woof in a square of quarter of an inch is prohibited. Smuggling is carried on extensively, especially on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS The Cape of Good Hope is constituted a Bishop's see, to be called the Bishopric of Capetown, the Rev. Robert Gray, D.D., being appointed thereto. The Bishopric of Australia is subdivided into four epis copal sees, viz. :—Dr. Wilson, Bishop of Sydney, Dr. Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, Dr. Shortt, Bishop of Adelaide, and Dr. Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, which were all gazetted on Tuesday. RECTORY OF SPOFFORTH.—The Rev. James Tripp, rector of Kirkby-Overblow, near Leeds, has been ap pointed to the rectory of Spofforth, Yorkshire, vacant by the demise of the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, LL.D. late Dean of Manchester. Mr. Tripp is nephew of the late Dr. Tripp, who held the rectory previously to Dr. Her bert. MISSIONARY COLLEGE AT CANTERBURY.-The new College of St. Augustine, at Canterbury, founded by A. J. Beresford Hope, Elq., M.P., is to be opened in Octo ber, for the education of a colonial Clergy. At present the principal quadrangle only has been completed, in cluding the Chapel, hall, library, and apartments for 50 students, with the requisite accommodation for the officers and servants of the establishment. The Institution will be formed on our Collegiate models, and his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has consented to give statutes for the future government and regulation of the College. INSTALLATION OF PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRlDGE.—Yesterday morning week her Majesty and Prince Albert, with their suite, left London in three open carriages, by rail, to be present at the installation of his Royal Highness as Chancellor of Cambridge Univer sity. They reached Cambridge by one o'clock. Shortly afterwards her Majesty entered the hall of Trinity College. where about 300 persons of the first rank, among whom were Prince Waldemar, the Duke of Saxe Weimar, as well as learned doctors and beautiful ladies, were present. Then occurred a scene which, considering the position in which his Royal Highness stands to her Majesty, excited some amusement. Robed as Chancellor, Prince Albert advanced to the dais, or throne, on which the Queen sat, and in a distinct voice read to her a congratulatory ad dress on her arrival. This was very graciously received and replied to, after which the Prince and those around him retired, walking backwards until they had reached the door. In the Senate-house the Chancellor conferred se veral degrees, after which was delivered the Latin oration, which lasted a whole hour, and much exhausted the pa tience of the company. In the evening the Queen, his Royal Highness, and a portion of their suite, dined with the Vice-chancellor in Catherine-hall, and at night there were fire-works on Parker's Piece. On Tuesday morning the Prince Chancellor proceeded to the Senate-house, and was shortly afterwards joined by the Queen, to hear the Prize Poems—Latin, Greek, and English. The Installa tion Ode, by the Poet Laureate, Wordsworth, the music by Dr. Walmisley, was then performed in admirable style. The Royal Pair partook of luncheon at Trinity College, after which they proceeded to the Floral Fete at Downing College. The Royal Pair left the Gardens, and returned in state to Trinity, where a grand banquet was given by the Master and Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Green ascended in a new balloon from Parker's Piece at six in the even ing. On Wednesday morning the Prince Chancellor held a levee at Trinity Lodge, at which all the Heads of Houses, Fellows, and Masters of Arts were presented. His Royal Highness stood the whole time of the reception, a period of a couple of hours at least. When this cere mony was concluded, his Royal Highness proceeded in one of the state carriages to visit colleges which he was unable to take in his round on the previous_day. At f Trinity and St. John's were obtained tickets for the nub. thrown c mpany togethe variety of irds visited !e after- the to f the I which t e -chancellor returned by HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY A resolution was agreed to in committee authorising tht -Treasury to make advances for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Health of Towns Bill, after which the bill itself was committed, little progress, however, be ing effected, as, after a short discussion, and the passing 4af only one clause, the committee was adjourned to Thursday at twelve o'clock. Lord G. BENTINCK, in an explanatory speech, moved an address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to take steps to secure redress for the British bondholders of unpaid Spanish bonds from the Spanish Government. Lord PALMERSTON, in a powerful speecl, monetary condition of Spain and her colonies, contending 'that with one or two exceptions they could at least have paid off a portion of their debts thus contracted, but that they squandered away their resources on illegitimate ob jects, not connected with the interests of their country. The question was one of expediency, not of power, the noble lord added, and he cautioned other states to remem ber, who might be disposed to neglect their pecuniary ob- h, ie7iewed the ligatio or Pa le British nation or do this country wrong, that ti Liament would not nce, or that, when thu for ever remain in passive ac ernment was called upon :igland, it wou ' As to the -e amp Lion which rested upon the Spanish Government to e interest upon its debt, he regarded them as mere tional creditors, being bound in honour .es for the y the revenue I soon, and then, if ther justice first to ar the interest in qu, was a deficiency for the public service of the country, to make it good by fresh taxation. As to the defalcations of some of the fusion to which they had so long been a prey, that ther ne excuse 6ultinz states of southern rept Some of the Reiently tran- mrees ' and He trusted would not be thrown away upon the states of le them to economise their re b, to meet their obligatious. xown upon ti ,eir his- America' ors of Britist when the ruse Of that the time might corn( would no longer sit quietly under the wrongs and injustic inflicted upon the subjects of this country, and when the British nation would no longer witness with tranquillity the interest unpaid upon the £150,000,000 of money du( to private subjects, and that if they did i riot move propel Hi eir enzazenic verriment of s country might be. court public opinion, by the vote of Parliament einz done'to her gland had the power to do thi d, he t _ s would be, pro . 1 the means of obtaining redress for her people 1 by any or every country upon earth policy invoked a question of expediency, not of Let no foreign nation, therefore, deceive itself by n that the British Government and Par- ly acquiesce in such wrong, or that when Parliament might call upon the Government to enforce its subjects' rights, it would not be amply pro vided with the means of doing so." The latter part of the noble lord's speech was listened to with the pro foundest attention, and when the noble lord resumed his seat, it was amid a burst of prolonged and energetic cheering. After some further observations from several hon. mem- Lord GEORGE BENTINCK withdrew his motion. adjourned debate on Mr. Hume's motion for a committee to inquire into the case of the ex-Rajah of Sat tara was then resumed, Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE affording full explanation of all the circumstances which led to th deposition of the Rajah in question On a division, the motion for the was negatived by a majority of twenty-or •nmittee of inquiry HOUSE OF COMMONS ;he motion of Mr. PARKER -WEDNESDAY that the committee on the Argyll Canal Bill have leave to sit and report to-mor row, a disclosure took place, to the effect, that the bill had been introduced as a private bill, and yet it involves the expenditure of £140,000 of public money. Mr. CHRISTOPHER announced this fact to the house; abserving that a grant of public money ought not to be obtained under the pretext of carrying a private bill. The CHAN- CELLOR of the ExcnEctixEli, upon this objection being taken, proposed to discharge the motion of Mr. Parker and to refer the bill to a select committee. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE objected to that course, denounced the bill as a Scotch job, and said that it ought to be de ferred, at any rate, till next session. Sir J.GRAHAM, Lord G. BENTINCK, Mr. BAINES, Mr. HUME, and Mr. WILLIAMS, all denounced the suspicious appearance of the measure, which they treated as one for the benefit, not of the population, but of the lairds of the Highlands.__ _ _ _ Mr. S. WORTLEY and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER defended the bill, alleging that there were the strongest grounds, both public and private, for such a measure. The conversation lasted for some time, but terminated in the discharge of the order for committing the bill. On the ord( f the day for the house going into corn inittee on the Registration of Voters Bill, Mr. V. SMITH, the"lateness of the session, moved that it be committed that day three months long, but somewhat lively, discussion took place, which included the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2) and the Parliamentary Electors (No. 1) Bills, which end ed in the postponement of the two former, and the rejec tion of the latter by a majority of five votes. On the motion of Mr. BODKIN, the Poor Removal Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill was read a second time after a -desultory conversation, in which Mr. CHRISTOPHER, Sir W. JOLIPFE, Mr. FLOYER, Mr. BANKES, and Mr. P. 'BORTHWICK expressed themselves hostile, and Mr SPOONER, Sir G. GREY, Sir J. PAKINGTON. and Mr WAKLEY, favourable to the , measure. On the or( -of read fn* of the day the amendments of the Lords Bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON moved that two of their lordships amendments should be rejected, and that reasons for their rejection should be assigned to their lordships. ieing react for consideration of on the Juvenile Offenders This motion was agreed to. The other amendments of their lordships met the approbation of the House of Com- Mons. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. ._____ nii , ROUSE OF LORDS.,--THuRsDAT drew the attention of the go vernment to the claims of those seamen who had served i n ships of war, engaged with the enemy between 1793 and 1846, to a participation in the distinction conferred by the order of the Admiralty, dated the Ist of June. The Earl of AUCKLAND Promised that the question should be taken into co nside ration , After some observations from Earl GREY the subject dropped. The committee on the Poor Relief Supervision Bill was postponed The fl the Militia Ballots Sus 'pension Bill; were read a third ti ion to wit' said that he sa the pt would incc Mr. G. HUDSON I mind on this subject expian Aglionby, Lord 1 TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The county courts are to receive great extension of power. County insolvancy is to be placed within their scope, and the amount of debts allowed to be tried will be extended to £5O. The lawyers do not like this. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Scrope Ayrton, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq., Barrister at-Law, to be one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy to act in the prosecution of Fiats in Bank ruptcy in the country. ACTION AGAINST THE PROPRIETORS OF THE " DAILY NEWS."—In the Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, Mr. Powell, formerly one of the sub-editors of the Daily News, obtained £5OO damages from the proprietors of that paper, for dismissing him from his situation. Powell, it appeared, was engaged for two years certain, at £l5 a-week, but the proprietors had reason to suspect that he countenanced a garbled report of a case in the Bristol Bankruptcy Court, to gratify the spleen of ano ther gentleman in the office, and deemed it necessary, for the character of the paper, that he should be dis missed. The jury found that the report was not garbled, and granted the damages named. INSOLVENT CIRCUITS.—Home : H. R. Reynolds, Esq. —Dover, November 5 ; Canterbury 8 ; Maidstone, 9_; Lewes, 26 ; Hertford, December 3.—Midland : J. G. Harris, Esq.—Chelmsford, October 26 ; Colchester, 27 ; Ipswich, 28 ; Yarmouth, 30 ; Norwich, November 1 ; Lynn, 2 ; Bury, 4 ; Cambridge, 5 ; Huntingdon, 6 • Pe terborough, 8; Oakham, 9; Lincoln, 10 ; Nottingham, 12 ; Derby, 15 ; Lichfield, 16 ; Stafford, 17; Shrewsbury, 19 ; Warwick, 2; Coventry, 24 ; Leicester, 26 ; North ampton, 29 ; Bedford, 30 ; Aylesbury, December 2. Northern : W. J. Law, Esq.—Sheffield, October 16 ; Wakefield, 18 ; Hull, 25 ; York, 27 ; Richmond, 30 ; Durham, November 1 ; Newcastle, 3 ; Carlisle, 5 ; Ap pleby, 8; Kendal, 9 ; Lancaster, 10 ; Liverpool, 17 ; Chester, 20 ; Mold, 22; Ruthin, 23 ; Dolgelly,. 25 ; Car narvon, 29 ; Beaumaris, 30 ; Welshpool, December 3. THE COURT. THE QUEEN'S SUMMER CRUISE.—The R , yal yacht Victoria and Albert, and her tender, the Fairy, have been reported ready for the Royal service. We believe her Majesty and Prince Albert will proceed to Osborne to-day, and very shortly after will proceed on a cruise round the kingdom of Great Britain, visiting Land's End, west coasts of England and Scotland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, and the Hebrides, and eastward returning home. IRELAND. There are two missing vessels with emigrants from this port to America.—Limerick Chronicle. Five persons have renounced Popery in St. Andrew's church, Dublin. FEVER.-831 cases of fever are reported in the five hos pitals in the city of Cork. As yet, there appears no de crease in the epidemic. THE IRISH RELIEF WORKS.—The gross total daily average number of persons employed on the public works in Ireland in the week ending the 26th of June last was 45,63'9, and the total expense £23,257. From Cork 53 vessels, with 12,374 emigrants sailed to the North American colonies, and 38 vessels, with 3,778 emigrants, to the United States, during the quarter ending June 30th. A few days ago, a farmer, named Murphy, living at Carignavar, near Cork, whilst in conversation with his wife, leaned his arm on the muzzle of a fowling-piece ; and whilst in this position, his child touched the trigger, the gun went off and killed him on the spot, The Judges of Assize have adopted the advice of Dr. Kingsley for cleansing and fumigating their courts.—And they will adjourn one hour each day of the commission to admit of a purer atmosphere in their courts under the above process. Mr. Frederick Blood, pay-clerk under the Board of Works, at Burren, in Clare, recently dropped £2OO in sil ver from the well of his car. An honest peasant found the money, restored it, and refused a single penny reward; yet in the same county several pay-clerks have been this year attacked and plundered. The Lord Lieutenant has direr' _ ....tected such extracts from _ uur Relief Commissioners as impugned the conduct of certain magistrates and landlords to be forwarded to them with a request for explanations. The Commissioners reported that, in 1,700 committees, they had found instances of abuse. Lte just laid before parliament by the royal command -es £600,000 as the further sum that will be required m the national Treasury, in order to defray the ex- distress in "Ireland, during the year ending March 31, 1848, namely, £500,000 to be applied in donations in aid of rates by the Relief Commissioners, under the act of IRISH INDUSTRY.—The Dublin exhibition of native manufactures contains a great variety of products which fl artizan in a very of Limerick laces, exquisitely designed and wrought, tapestry from the once famous Liberty, tabourets and tabinets of remarkable beauty, woollen fabrics, gold and silver plate, jewellery, bijouterie, in Irish oak, and light fancy articles of all de scriptions. The exhibition, according to the opinion of competent judges, is superior in the number and excel lence of the articles to all previous exhibitions, and re flects great credit on Irish industry. ENCAMPIVIENTI AT KNOCKFIERNA. — Tradition saith, that once upon a time fairies revelled, and chieftains mar shalled their clansmen on Knockfierna's heights ; but alas " the light of other days is faded !" and deeds of violence and plunder have profaned the once sacred spot. At last, the tranquillity of the neighbourhood was so daring__ government aeterminea upa litary interference, and the Light Infantry of the ly outraged, t 1 under Captain Loader, has_ encamped on the mountain's side. A spectacle so novel has attracted gay parties of the county's aristocracy. We are happy to repeat, that since the arrival of "the men of valour," peace has re turned to the Liskennet hills.—Limerick Chronicle. EMIGRATION FROM THE PORT OF LONDONDERRY. — The emigration from this port to the United States and British America has been greater during the present sea son than in any previous year. We subjoin a return, for which we are indebted to Lieut. Ramsay, R.N., govern ment emigration-agent here, showing the number of emigrants during the quarter ended the 30th June : For United States, 30 ships, 9830 tons, 3727 passengers ; for Canada, 10 ships, 5431 tons, 3155 passengers ; for New Brunswick, 9 ships, 3948 tons, 2497 passengers. Total enrigrants during the quarter, 9379 ; total same quarter last year, 4510: increase for 1847, 4869.—Derry Sentinel. - _ FRACAS IN COURT.—On Friday week, at the quarter sessions in Kilrush, Clare co., while Mr. O'Connell was defending the persons charged with an outrage on Mr. Hill, the government inspector, Mr. Hill, who was on the bench, was observed to laugh, and in reply to a ques tion thereupon by Mr. O'C., said he was indeed laughing at his foolish observations. Mr. O'Connell said he would not suffer such language to pass with impunity elsewhere, and that he should notice it out of court. The presiding barrister required Mr. O'Connell to find sureties to keep the peace, and on his refusal he was committed to bride well, Where he was visited by his brother attorneys, and spent with them a pleasant evening. The subsequent proceedings have not yet transpired. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MITRDER.—A letter, dated Portumna, 3rd instant, states that on the previous Friday, as Mr. Hacket, and his lady, of that place, were ret in urning homeward from Redwood, Tipperary, incar, t fi h re evening, two men deliberately aimed at them atth w em wi,h arms, upon which he jumped out and struck his whip, but both barrels were discharged, the slugs from which dreadfully. wo unded him. Though faint from loss of blood, he regained his seat and got to Portumna, three miles of, where by the last accounts he lay dan gerously ill. The murderous attack is unaccountable, as Mr. Racket is acknowledged by all parties to be a most benevolent man, and his lady not less amiable,—giving employment to many poor persons ; food to the hungry at cost price, and charitably rendering their residence a dispensary to the sick poor of the neighbourhood. fRRL Al\'D The amoun lief of Treasury for the was, on warrants issued up to June 15th, £5,574,876. From the third monthly report of the Irish Relief Com missioners it appears that the whole number of rations daily distributed, gratuitously, in the 1677 divisions re . ceiVing re were sold. The average cost of a ration is about The daily cost of the food given away is therefore more tl4n £20,000. If the 512 yet tote included be added and the number of rations required for -them be assumed to be, on an average, the same as for the 1677 already re ceiving relief, the total number of rations to be daily dis tributed, without payment, will be about 2,388 . ,000, at a cost of about £24,000 per day, or £168,000 per week. The whole number of persons receiving relief, (allowing half-rations for children) will be upwards of 2,700,000. REFORMATION IN DUBLlN.—Yesterday, as we an nounced in our last publication, five persons renounced Popery in St. AudOen's Church. One of them is a Mr. John M`Shane, who has been employed for years as a literary teacher in different Romish seminaries. He long resisted the truth of the gospel, but at length yielded to its influence under the teaching of some of the reformed priests. The Rey. Thomas Scott received the converts ; and, after they had partaken of the Lord's supper, and had signed the roll, he presented each of them with a Bible and a copy of the Book of Common Prayer. The Rev. R. H. Maunsell Eyre preached from the Ist chapter of St. Paul's epistle to the Romans, 15th and 16th verses —" As much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to von that are at Rome also. For lam not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto sal vation to every one that believeth.—Dublin Evn. Herald. INCENDIARY FIRE IN CORK.—Last week the work- house of Cork was discovered to be on fire, the work of an incendiary, threatening the destruction of extensive public property, and great loss of life. It occurred after all the inmates had retired to bed in the range of wooden sheds, lately erected in addition to the workhouse, which are all connected together. Some one effected an entrance into a cellar, formed of the stone foundations, upon which the sheds are erected, where the coffins are kept, and his preparations for carrying out his design evinced the ex treme of cool and wicked ingenuity. He stuffed some of the coffins with shavings, and piled them on each other, so as to form a communication with the floor above, where a thousand paupers were sleeping. Fortunately, the women, who was sleeping immediately over tl was almost suffocated by the smoke, just after the ,commenced, jumped out of bed and threw herself [dow. The alarm was then given, and th A discharged pauper is supposed t( The fire was got out by active exert' ACCIDENTS TO THE SEA K AND THE ATHLONE.- noruing, about two a.m., owing to the vei 'MI prevailed, -the steamer Sea Kim smallest of the Copeland Islands, from Liverpool to this port (Belfast). No On Sunds whatever is attributable to Captain Gowan, who was on deck at the time. The lead was kept going constantly, and the vessel at slow speed ; but the fog was so intense that no precaution was of avail—as a proof of which, we may state that, even after the ship struck, the land was invisible, though but fifteen or twenty yards distant. The passengers were all safely disembarked in the course of the morning, and came up to town by various convey ances. A number of steamers and lighters were yesterday forenoon despatched to the spot to secure her cargo, and assist in getting her off the rocks; but as yet she remains hard and fast.—About the same time as the Sea King, and not far from the same place, the Athlone steamer, on her voyage from Dublin to this port, went ashore on the Copeland Island. Everything that care and foresight could do to prevent the accident was done by Captain Williams ; but, as we said before, the fog was so intense that no skill or seamanship was of any avail. The Ath lone, however, was more fortunate than the Sea King, in that she got off at high tide, and arrived at the quay on Sunday night at six o'clock, not having sustained the slightest damage. Belfast Chronicle. CORRESPONDENCE. THE DUTY OF ELECTORS AT THE PRESENT IMPORTANT CRISIS TO THE N EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD DEAR Stu,--There was, perhaps. never a period in the his tory of our country when the motto of the immortal Nelson, " England expects every man will do his duty" was more ap plicable than at the present important crisis : seeing we shall shortly he called upon to exercise the political power with which we are intrusted by the constitution of this free coun try—the Elective Franchise. 'in this land of freedom, the feelings and . prevailing senti ments of the people, duly expressed by their representatives in Parliament, will never fail for any long period, to :act with a degree of power quite irresistable upon those in whose hands out beloved Sovereign may place the reins of Executive Go vernment. Hence the importance of the Electors forming a correct judgement upon those momentous subjects which are likely to occupy the future attention of the Legislature, and upon which the prosperity of the nation may greatly depend. It becomes then a sacred duty in the present crisis of our National condition, that we should seriously consider the rapid 'increase and 'threatening aspect of the Roman Catholic Church, both at home and in our colonial possessions. The growth of any system of religious opinions, however erroneous, or the zeal of those who may advocate them, are not in them selves matters to create political alarm ; they should rather stimulate the friends of truth to greater exertions, and call forth larger efforts of a counteractive character, but the'growth of Popery, being in reality the advance of a great political corporation, (the Romish Hierarchy) into power and influence, cannot be thus revived. The Church of Rome essentially in tolerant, she has ever warred against the liberties of the world, and h2r triumphs can only be secured by enslavingthe consci ences of men, and overthrowing the right of private judge ment. We are aware that by the passing of what is generally termed the Emancipation Act of 1829, the constitution of this country, as settled at the period of the Revolution of 1688, was, to use the words of an eminent, but by no means consistent, states man of our day; "broken in upon ; " and by that act persons bearing spiritual if not temporal alegiance to, a foreign prince and prelate, are admitted to the unrestrained exercise of politi cal power within these realms; succession to the throne, and one or two high offices of state only excepted. The principle upon which this admission was founded, was scarcely vindi cated even by the authors and supporters of that measure; they deemed it to have become expedient, and with their expe diency justified its enactment without even an appeal to the constituency of the country. Under this so far altered consti tution, our legislature no longer takes cognizance of truth or error in matters of religion—all are equal in the eyes of the law. But, as regards the aspiring Church of Rome, the evil does not stop here. Popery first tolerated, then enfranchised, has now become Popery favoured ; endowments have been granted from the national funds for its support; more exten sive concessions and measures of an alarming character are in contemplation, and that church will soon become a dominant establishment; unless God, in his mercy, awaken the people of these realms to a sense of their danger and their duty. As then we value the great principle of civil and religious liberty, the only real safeguard of our freedom; as we value the free circulation of the Word of God, we are called upon to take an immediate and determined stand of resistance against the further progress of these evils, and to refuse to vote for any man at the approaching election, be his party, his influence, or his pretensions what they may, who will not distinctly promise and pledge himself to oppose any further measure of endow ment or encouragement to the Church of Rome.* I trust then, sir, that the sound-hearted Protestant e l ec t ors of Liverpool will do their duty at this important crisis; that Churchmen and Wesleyans, Presbyterian and Baptist, Inde pendent and Seceder, will lay aside all their prejudices, and, unite in returning to Parliament our sound-hearted Protestant candidate, Sir Digby Mackworth, and any other staunch' Pro testant who may come forward as his colleague,—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A PROTESTANT ELECTOR. - - - July 10, 1847. - See an important address, lately issued by the Christian IntluenCe Society THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS The following is the suppressed letter ed to in our report of the proceedings of the Bir - lead Dock Com missioners' meeting on Wednesd week : London, ,Tuly 7, 1847. - - - "GENTLE/VIEN,—The extrarfnary resolution which you came to o n the 29th ult., and e extraordinary circumstances . _ . cer y - I was a concurring pail arid notwithstanding that your chair man disavowed , at the eeting of the committee on the 2d inst., that he bad sanctione any such belief. " When I accepte , with your chairman ? the appointment of prosecuting the d bills in parliament, it was with the dis tinct understand ng that we should endeavour to get them through as nearly as possible as they had passed the Commons, and*that we should not withdraw them. After the second read ing, it was suggested by your chairman that, as there were se veral petiti6ns against the bills, it should be endeavoured to have them withdrawn, and Mr. Lloyd was instructed to ascer tain if this object could be attained. " This proposal met a decided refusal, Mr. Loyd having ob. served that only two points were raised in the several petitions, opposition to those points, We should then pr - operly pre committee. . - "Mr. Lloyd very soon obtained the agreement required from the several opponents. Still your chairman declared his un- willingness to ask for a committee, but on my pressing it, gave a reluctant assent. At this time the session was so fast wearing to a close, that it became difficult to obtain committees; but in our case, with less delay than might have been apprehended, a committee was appointed for the 25th ult. The whole of that day was occupied with the question of title, which the commit tee settled by requiring the qualifying terms which had been inserted in the first act, and then adjourned till Monday, at 11 o'clock. " I saw your chairman on the Saturday, when he made no al lusion to any intention of going to Birkenhead; and I fully ex pected to have met him at the consultation, on Monday morn ing, before going into Committee. " You know the rest. " He appeared at your board, and obtained your consent to a resolutioii of a most injurious character to all other interests, and destructive of your own position, as I believe it willbe seen in the result. men exist of its havi "The resolution is so entirely in 'accordance with require• ince made on behalf of the Woods, that no doubt can g been preconcerted. "These requirements are pretty nearly the same as were put forward at an earlier stage, and were then believed by your late chairman to be withdrawn. They are such as no honest board of commissioners can enter into; for they are beyond their power of fulfilment leave you with an illegal dc They, in effect, put a veto on your bills, , notwithstanding the agreement ze it, and make it auesti with me whether the only faii . . - course towards your bondholders is not to gather up the unexpended portion of their funds, and call for their instructions how further to apply them. " It must not be forgotten that the poifion of those funds most beyond your reach is that which your present chairman, then your law-clerk, sanctioned the first batch of commissioners in lending to the township on a postponed security of township property, and which I deeply lament I was not aware of before vonr commission. for no (minion of its ultimate security can justify the transaction. "This proceeding is the chief obstacle to the fulfilment of the only one of the re q uirements which it appears to me you ought to entertain, even if it had not been relinquished at an earlier stage, when the bills were under the charge of your late chair man. _ 77 1 believe the best course you can now pursue is to rescind the resolution passed on the 28th ult., on Insufficient informa tion, and to authorize your deputation to press the bills by every possible means. "I am, dear sir, your faithful servant, PER. "P.S.—Mr. Bryans an d I h ave j ust had an interview wit the Board of Woods, which he will detail the particulars of. "To the Dnek THE REGISTERED PALETOT,G-XSI TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVEI 9 VeL STANDARD. your repor t of the proce ngs before Vice _ ourselves as receiving the protectisof Of the Court in respect to From the great p . opularity/e have attained by the sale of the subject of the injunction a garment styled the Registered Paletot, of Llama Clotht may be assumed that the public will be somewhat interested4rith the precise facts of the case. It has already been described, that, when first introducing known in thid couptiy as, tracing the origin of the word pa « Ts. roc darixrall from flip arfoir_ arinntad thus, paletoqe . or rallescote, a coat viith sleeves. That we exercised due caution in acrectit?s an unusual name has, by the result of these recent proceedings in the Court of Chancery, been fully proved. For such, unfortunately, is the state of competition of trade, or the envy of individuals engaged in it, that, should eminent patronage and success attend any member in particular, he is immediately subjected to the like injury of which we have had cause to complain. Now, had we advertised our invention simply as a new overcoat, it is more than probable that, ere this, we should have been confounded with the many advertisers that since our appearance before the public have assumed a somewhat similar description to that which from the first has been employed by us. The defendant in this case, being perhaps more conspicuous than the rest, was first selected to be an example, as we are now determined to enforce our rightful claim to the originality (as far as regards the English language) of the title Registered Paletot of Llama Cloth ; but yet being unwilling to proceed against those who may have unguardedly used a similar title without first giving them notice. We would, therefore, respect fully beg permission, through the medium of your columns, now to notify this our intention with regard to all present or future copyists; for it would appear, from the affidavits made by Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, of Liverpool, Messrs. Waring and Son, of Birmingham, as, also, many of our other influential agents, that they have experienced equal inconvenience with ourselves through so many tradesmen in their neighbourhood assuming the same, or a similar unauthorized, title to that of the Registered Paletot of Llama Cloth., It may be judicious here to explain, that we believe that, had a continuance of these unfair proceedings been allowed, we should have been seriously injured should purchasers have been induced to believe that these piracies were articles of our manufacture, the moderate charge and excellence of which has induced patronage, extend ing from the Royal families, both here and on the continent, together with the principal members of the court and the pro fessions, as, also, general favour with the great middle classes of this country. _____ Being well aware of the interest taken by the press in discou , all grievous annoyances that may affect industrious energy or deter persons with capital from developing any new manufacture. we unhesitatingly present this matter to the notice of your readers, some of whom may, perham be on the point of introducing to the publi c some patent improve ment upon some other article of highly useful, yet ordinary, that they may be thus forewarned to select some title. Otherwise, so many merits as - -- o, itr, else of its kind in ` ^ , • , ite to use ions competitors will it `Tr, be they fair or unfair, to aowing tie), at the same time, that nilar only in name, and that they Reclad. H. .1 2, Cornhill, London July 13, 1547. POSITION OF THE AUTHORITIES IN BIRKENHEAD The affairs of Birkenhead have latterly excited so much attention, and yet their actual state is so little understood, that the following may perhaps not be uninteresting to some of our readers, The commissioners of Birkenhead consist of twenty-one persons, one-third of whom go out in rotation every three years, when others are elected by the ratepayers. They have the entire management of the parks, ferries, mar kets, streets, sewerage, lights, &c., their powers being much similar to those of municipal corporations. They are, also, ex officio commissioners for the management of the Birkenhead Harbour and Docks ; but all proceedings, accounts, and monies of this trust, are kept quite sepa— rate and distinct from those of the town. It would have' saved frequent mistakes had they been called Dock Trus- tees, as their affairs from the similarity of the style are frequently confounded. But, although they are the same individual persons, the two bodies are, in every point of view, distinct and independent of each other, so that, in fact, there are in Birkenhead two public corporations, or, more strictly speaking, two public companies. There is also a private body, frequently taken for the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners; but which is entirely independent of either of the public trusts, this is the Birkenhead Dock Company. It is a private company, having a nominal capital of one million, divided into 10,000 shares of £lOO each. This explanation is requisite for the clear understanding of the following statements. It was on the 19th of July, 1843, that the scheme of the docks was agreed upon at the house of Mr. John Laird. He, as every body knows, is an extensive iron shipbuilder, then holding land under the Corporation of Liverpool, occupied by him as a build ing yard at Wallasey Pool. By the Liverpool papers of this week, it appears to have been stated in the • Town Council, that an application was made for an increased quantity of land, and an extension of the term of his lease, two frigates having to be built there. However, such a lease was granted to him, and also to others, who, uniting their purchases or leases, came thus in possession of the requisite space for the dock-works, which were commenced by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners in October, 1844.. The estimated cost of the Docks and Harbour was stated between £300,000 and £400,000, and the plan of the then intended docks was given with the Standard of the 14th November. Though materially altered since that period, two large triangular pieces of land will yet be formed by the sea walls, which will enclose an area on each side of the pool, of about sixty or seventy acres. It was considered that the value of this land would defray the cost of constructing the Docks and Harbour. In the words of an official document iss ue d by th e Com missioners, " the entire cost of the Docks, it is believed, will not exceed £300,000, as an offset to which an immense quantity of valuable land will be reclaimed, which may amount to more than the whole outlay." Upon these statements, aided by the easy state of the money market, the Dock Commissioners were enabled to borrow large sums of money ; and they proceeded with their works, hav ing, according to a parliamentary document, expended, on the 31st Dec. last, £263,967 on the works. In addition to this outlay, the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners have lent to the Warehouse Company the sum of £50,000, and to the Birkenhead Town Commissioners a similar sum. A deviation from the plans originally submitted to Parlia ment, has been made, whereby £78,000 has been spent upon the present Morpeth Dock, opened recently by his lordship, and named so in compliment to him. With a view to legalise this expenditure, and to obtain powers to make further alterations from the original scheme, bills are now before the Lords ; but although they passed the Commons without opposition, and even the committee of. the upper house, they are now most violently opposed.. The crown appears to have claimed possession of the strand of the Mersey, which is now claimed by the owners of several frontages on Wallasey Pool ; by Mr. Price, of Bryn-y-pys, a descendant of the Clevelands, formerly of Liverpool ; and by the Corporation of Liverpool, who bought a portion of Mr. Price's property therein. These parties are all movers against the right of the crown, in which, incredible as it may appear, they are joined by the Birkenhead Warehouse Company ; and they have been so far successful as to induce the Lords to insert a few little words, which entirely open the question of the crown—and instead of the broad assertion, " Whereas, the crown is possessed, &c.," the paragraph stands thus, " is, or claims to be, possessed. In this position, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests refuse their con sent ti ' bill. 'louse - added. -d the unless c. _Je , and security given for the outer dock works being completed in three years, and for suspending the works until the re funding of the money improperly loaned by the commis sioners. With these conditions, Mr. Mallaby and Mr. Potter both agree, that it is impossible any " honest com missioner" can comply ; and at all the public places in Birkenhead, petitions arc now in course of signature, praying the Woods and Forests to consent to the bill's s proceedings at the Dock-office on Wednesday last ; the works are now all but entirely suspended, with, apparently from the want of pecuniary means, but little prospect of their early resumption. Before glancing at the actual condition of the affairs of the other bodies, it may be as well to state that the reclaimed land has not been given to the Dock Commis sioners, as asserted ; and that even Mr. Price contended, in 1844, against their taking his right of shore, and such claim was referred to arbitration. The condition of the township commissioners' funds is ch —as to prevent the refunding of any portion of the ;o them by the Dock Commls'sioners at pre-, sent. Their revenue is entirely absorbed in current ex penses and interest - on their loans; loans which they can hardly expect to increase, as they owe already nearly is, however, very different with the Birkenhead Dock Company, who also owe the Dock Commissioners £50,000. It has been remarked that they are a private trading com pany, incorported by an act of parliament, dated 30th June, 1845. The third section declares that certain share holders, among whom are named Sir Isaac Lyon Gold smid, Bart., Joseph Bailey, senior, Joseph Bailey. junior, George Carr Glyn, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Marcus F. Brownrigg, Robert Garnett, John Laird, William Potter, William Jackson, Joseph Travis Clay, James Gandy, and John Laird, Esqrs., shall form a company under the pro visions of the Companies' Clauses Act ; and those gentle- Barbour; John MlTiccar, and James B. Boothby, shall be the first directors of the company. By a subsequent cir cular of the commissioners, it appears that alterations have taken place in the direction—Mr. Jackson, who has sold out, and Mr. Boothby having withdrawn, and their places supplied by Mr. Am prose Lace and Mr. William Laird. The capital is comprised of shares of £lOO each, on which, however, only £35 has been paid up. It is remarked upon by some as strange that a rich and. powerful company, containing shareholders of such un 'e doubted weal, 'd r b" --- the Dock shoult. nave borrower. rom Commissioners at all, or that the loan should not be repaid at a moment when it is so much wanted • that the Dock Company have absolutely dismissed nearly all their work men, and the great public works of the town are suspended for the want of funds ; especially as to do SO it would only be necessary to call up a small portion of the £65 per share remaining to be called personally, although as members of another trust, and thus relieve the Do,d f —veiC Company froM , about £l3O to £150,000 the outer works. Above , nt difficulty --- ..., incomprehensible to most ,, people why partit. so anxious to have the bills passed, should at the very last stage have been using every exertion to. get clauses inserted, endangering the rights of the crown ; and with which, they must well know, the - Woods and Forests would not acquiesce. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, EMBEZZLEMENT.—A clerk in the service of Mr. Frazer, merchant, Chapel Walks, was on Tuesday last committed for trial on a charge of having embezzled upwards of £6O belonging to his employer. ASSAULTING A FEMALE. - Yohn Wednesday, Whetstone, marine-store dealer, was fined 50s. an d costs, Cronin, who, according to the shameless confession of the defendant, had been living in his house, and there lost her character ROBBERY —Two lads, John Patterson and Matthew 'or trial e le_sessions,_ on a charge of stealing a quantity. Mr. Graham, Peel-street, The articles were found ,rk, on the previous day them, and on the person of one o viously been goon together SAVAGE ASSAULT ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP.— George Douglas, mate of the ship Columbia, was on Tues day last, at the police court, committed for trial, for a brutal assault on the previous day on a seaman on board, named Taseley, during which the prisoner forced his fin gers into the eyes of the complainant, and bit off a large portion of his nose. STRATAGEM TO OBTAIN RELIEF.—A gentleman from the parish office charged two men, on Friday, at the police court, with breaking a window in that establishment. It appeared that they knocked at the door of the office, at half past six o'clock on the previous evening, and demanded relief ; their application was rejected in consequence of being made after hours. Immediately afterwards a crash was heard, and it was found they had hurled a stone at the window ; they were taken into custody and conveyed to Bridewell. Both the men urged their extreme poverty and inability to procure relief as the causes of the misde meanour. One of the men said he had been forty-eight hours without food. They were each fined ten shillings and costs, or to be committed to prison for ten days. OCCUPATION OF CELLARS NOT DULY CONSTRUCTED AND VENTILATED AS DWELLINGS.—No fewer than fifty six of the occupiers of houses in Laces-street, Midghall street, and other streets in that neighbourhood, were brought by summons before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Bolton on Friday, for having let off their wretched cellars to the tenants then inhabiting them. It appeared the cellar!, were for the most part only about six feet in height, and that the ceilings of them were only about a foot or a foot and a half above the level of the street. It also appeared that the lodgers consisted of Irish immigrants, and that iv nearly every one of the cellars fever had been, and still 1 ! raging. In every case Mr. Rushton imposed a fine of 2c 15 and costs, and said it was his firm determination to inflic t a similar -hould theregte,_ fine for every day the cellars continue to be occupied. He observed full of fever, and occupier vr war N, the ovv rota ing writhed people disease Throughou t ever , nent, he added, has b 3 ee f sick, would be ada litte 1, into the Workhou ro tay, and the f o rd L. The Se,rl of inds to clear the ,uredly go or I that, in defiance of ti