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Varliamentarp taroretbfilo. HOUSE OF COMMONS:-MONDAY. On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the House went into Committee on the Tobago Relief, &c., Bill, Mr. Bernal in the chair. The right hon. gentleman said the object of this bill was to authorise the Govern ment to advance the sum of £5OOO for the relief of the distress which existed in the island of Tobago. This vote was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved that the Government be authorised to advance the sum of £50,000 by way of loan to Tobago, and neighbouring -West India Islands. The colonies would he required to give sufficient and satisfactory security for the re-payment of the loan before the money was advanced: A desultory conversation ensued, in which Mr. Hume, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Barclay, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer took part. After which, the motion was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved that Government be authorised to advance the sum of X 200,000 to promote emigration to Trinidad and Guiana. Mr. BARCLAY said, if the House consented to this ad vance of £200,000 it would not have the effect of enabl ing free labour colonies to compete with colonies which were cultivated by slave labour. _ . Mr. HUME said the system of Government relating to the British Colonies required the most searching reform. At all events he should move that the bill be postponed until the West India Committee had made their report. Mr. HERRIES said, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would confine the vote to the expenses already incurred, and abandon the prospective portion of the grant, he would support his proposition ; but if he pressed for the whole of the £200,000 he thought there was no resisting the justice of the amendment moved by Mr. Hume. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assented to take the vote in the usual form as " not to exceed £200,000;" or he would pledge himself not to spend more than £166,000 until the House should have considered the matter, but some margin must be left to cover any unfor seen excess of expenditure. After some further discussion, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was prepared to take a vote for £170,000 on account. . , Mr. HUME was dissatisfied and divided the House, when his amendment was negatived by a majority of 76 to 21. The Irish Public Works Bill and the Alien Bill fol- Lqwed • the second reading of the latter was carried by a Sir W. SOMERVILLE moved for leave to bring in a out for regulating and defining the franchise in Ireland. After a short conversation, leave was given to bring in the bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Mr. HAMILTON inquired of Sir G. Grey, if the govern ment had received any official information of the truth of the report, which had that morning appeared in the newspapers, of a collision having taken place between the Old and Young Irelanders, and of the intervention of the military having been found necessary to save the latter from the fury of their assailants ? _ _ Sir G. GREY observed that the fact of such a collision having taken place had been communicated to the go vernment by the Lord-Lieutenant. It appeared that it was quite true that it was to the intervention of the mili tary and police that Messrs. O'Brien, Mitchell, and Meagher owed their safety. The Poor Removal Bill, introduced by Mr. BAINES, went shortly afterwards through committee. Mr. B. COCHRANE then moved the second reading of the Small Debts Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, after a few observations, moved an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months. . . . After a short discussion, the amendment was carried without a division. _ _ _ The house then went into committee on the Great Yarmouth Freemen Disfranchisement Bill. On the motion that the preamble be postponed, Mr. STAFFORD moved, as an amendment, that the chairman report progress. The committee divided, and the numbers were—For the amendment, 16 ; against it, 107 ; majority against, 91. The various clauses of the bill then went through com mittee, and it was reported, with some amendments, to the house. _ . The house then went into committee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill, in the discussion of the various clauses of which the remainder of the sitting was spent. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY After a prolonged conversation between Lord PALMER STON, Mr. URQUHART, and several other gentlemen, respecting the strange despatch lately sent by Lord Pal merston to Mr. Bulwer, Lord PALMERSTON explained that the Prussian and Danish Governments had accepted the mediation of this country on the Schleswig question. • Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the third reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill. Sir F. TB ESIGER made a stout speech in opposition to the bill, and concluded by moving that it be read a third time that day six months. Mr. Trelawny, Mr. Westhead, and Mr. C. Lewis sup ported, and Mr. W. F. Campbell, Mr. F. Scott, and Mr. A. Raphael opposed the bill. Mir. BROTHERToN supported the bill as an act of na tional justice, and because the people of England were in favour of it. He expressed his surprise thatMr.Raphael, rears azo was not himself entitled to sit in that house, should exercise the power Which he tiad so recently acquired to exclude his fellow-subjects from par liament. Mr. NAPIER stated, as he said, with elaborate simpli city the reasons which induced him to vote against the third reading of this bill. Hitherto England had always sanctioned a national religion, but if it admitted Jews into parliament, there was an end at once to our acknow ledgment of the true faith of Christians. Mr. R. PALMER gave his support to the bill on Chris tian as well as on political grounds, and replied in a very argumentative and eloquent manner to the speech of Mr. Napier. Lord MAHON obeyed his own conscientious conviction in voting against this measure. As a matter of principle Jews ought nol to be permitted to legislate for, a Chris tian community like our own ; for if they were,' it might become necessary to separate the Church from the State. Sir R. INGLIS observed, that as he had opposed the first introduction of this bill, he would avail himself of this, the last stage in it, to state that a further considera tion of the subject had only deepened his conviction of its inexpediency. He then attempted to refute the speech of Mr. Palmer, whom he accused of having propounded some latitudinarian theories, which greatly disappointed him. _ r. Mr. NEWDEGATE insisted that the passing of this bill would lead to a severance of the connexion between the Church and the State, and reminded Lord J. Russell that the severance of that connexion in France had led to the recent abolition of the French monarchy. -Lord J. RUSSELL, in a brief reply, answered the vari ous objections which had been made to his bill in the course of the present debate. He wished to disabuse the public mind of a false impression which had been created in the first debate on this subject, and which still appeared to exist in the minds of several members. It was no part of his argument that religion had nothing to do with poli tics, or that Christianity should be kept out of sight in the discussions of that house. His opinion was directly the reverse ; for he held that Christianity was the source of the most enlightened laws which modern legislation had produced. What he had maintained was, that yon could not by special declarations, or words introduced at the fag end of an oath, or by the formalities of a statute, obtain either a religious spirit or a general acknowledge ment of Christianity. He then, like all his predecessors in the debate, repeated his former arguments on this sub ject, contending that it was contrary not only to the spirit of the British Constitution, but also to that of Christi anity, to keep up religious exclusions, and to deprive men of political franchises on account of their religious opinions. The House then divided, when the numbers were—For the amendment, 173—Against it, 234—Majority against it, 61. The bill was then read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Jewish Disabilities Bill was read a first time, with notice of second reading on Monday, the 22d. A debate then ensued at the instance of Lord Stanley relative to the recent interference in the affairs of Spain and Italy. Lord LANSDOWNE defended the course pursued by the government as necessary and proper under existing cir cum stan ces. Lord BROUGHAM thought the debate eminently useful, inasmuch as it was now shown that the advice to Spain was only to be offered if an opportunity should arise for so doing. The motion for the production of the Spanish corres pondence was then agreed to, and laid on the table. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FIUDAY Sir J. C. HOBUOUSE, at the instance of Mr. Ricardo and Lord G. Bentinck, made an explanation as to the abolition of the customs' duties in India; and as to the omission in the act by which goods landed at Singapore, free port, might be re-shipped from thence, and con veyed free of duty to any port on the continent of India. He considered this latter to be an oversight, with respect to which he had written to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, but had not as yet received an answer. In committee, on the Removal of Aliens Bill, two divi sions took place, the first on an amendment proposed by Mr. Hume, to the effect that the copy of order for re moval should be accompanied by a copy of the information in writing, and the name of the informer, which was ne, gatived by a majority of 124, the numbers 34 to 158. The second on a proviso submitted by Mr. Grainger, that if the information should be false in any material point, the informer should le deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and, on conviction, be liable to three months' imprison ment, which, on the ground that as the previous division had negatived the propbsition for publishing the name of the %former, any enactments for his punishment would be useless, was negatived by a majority of 65—the num bers 98 to 33. Various other clauses and amendments were put by several hon. members, but were either with drawn or negatived without dividing. On the resumption of the house the order of the day for the committal of the Public Health Bill having been read, Mr. HUME said he would not object to the motion, but should take a division against the bill on bringing up the report. Mr. URQUHART moved that the bill be committed that day six months, which amendment was seconded by Mr. G. Bankes._ _ _ The speakers in opposition to the bill' altogether were Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Henley, Mr. Divett, and Mr. H. Drummond ; for going into committee, with a view' to its modification, Sir H. Verney and Mr. Fitzroy ;'for the measure in its integrity, Lords J. Russell, Ehrington; and Morpeth—LordLincoln explainin g that he had been responsible for omitting the city of London. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL WEST INDIES. The Forth steam-ship arrived at Southampton on Fri day with the West Indian Mails. By this arrival we are in possession of our usual cor respondence and files of West India papers, but they are singularly barren of news. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Daniel Hart, member of Assembly for St. Mary, and other gentlemen, waited on his Excellency the Governor of Jamaica on the sth of April, to present a petition, signed by 300 of the most respectable and wealthy inhabi tants, praying that his Excellency would convene the Colonial Legislature six months earlier than usual, to take into consideration the critical state of the West Indian interest. His Excellency declined to accede to the request of the petitioners, on the ground that the meeting of the House of Assembly would be ill-timed, and that the members would have to deliberate in the dark as to some of the most essential conditions of the questions which would arise. His Excellency, however, held out some hopes of an earlier meeting of the Legis lature than usual. _ . The intelligence of the French revolution reached Jamaica by the Severn, but did not produce any excite ment in that island. The particulars of the intentions of the Home Government respecting the West India Colonies, also conveyed by that packet, had rendered business still more languid than before, and transactions to any extent could not be effected without difficulty. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA On Wednesday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, the Hibernia arrived in the Mersey, from New York, bringing dates from that city to the 19th ultimo. The Hibernia has brought 102 passengers, and £95,000 in spe cie. _ _ Business had considerably improved since the arrival of the news by the Hibernia. Money was much easier; and though within a day or two the shipment of specie had made the market somewhat tight, still there was no doubt that financil matters generally would grow easier. The steam-boat Charter Oak was totally destroyed by fire at St. Louis, on the 12th inst. Five persons perished in the flames. Accounts from St. Louis state that the Chequence In dians had returned from a hostile expedition against the Snakes and Pawnees. They brought with them 25 scalps. All civil authority had been turned over to the Mex icans in the cities of Vera r--- ^" A „_. a passport to quit the country ; ne HAMA leaving in a short time for Jamaica, where he will take up his residence. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Enough has transpired to show that the number of legi timists who have found their way into the National As sembly is much larger than was previously supposed. Where there are so many new men, and where every can didate, even to the Marquis de la Rochejaquelin, announces himself a true, and pure, and honest adherent to the re public, it is exceedingly difficult to form anything like a guess at the respective strength of parties. The calcula tion a day or two ago was, that there would be about 600 moderate but sincere republicans, adherents of M. de La martine and his party, in the provisional government ; and that the remaining 300 would be composed of the violent republican party, with a few legitimists, and a considerable number of monarchists, or, in other words, the adherents of the Comte de Paris, with the Duchess of Orleans as regent. This division has now considerably changed. The violent republicans, or those who look to Ledru- Rollin and Louis Blanc as their leaders, will, it is sup posed, muster about 100 votes, the legitimists and con cealed monarchists from 250 to 300 votes, and the mode rate republicans not more than 500 votes. Whether this division be correct or not remains yet to be seen. In the first instance, no doubt, all parties will come out in the garb of republicans, and no one will venture to oppose the establishment of the republican form of government. The alarm of disturbances both in Paris and the pro vinces is considerably greater. The papers openly accuse M. Ledru-Rollin of being the instigator of the riots which have taken place at Marseilles, Limoges, and Rouen. The Commerce of Wednesday says:—" What is most serious at Limoges is the complicity of all the authorities in the plot of the communists. It was the colonel of the National Guard who betrayed his soldiers and placed them in the power of the disturbers. It is a substitute of the pmcurenr-general who serves as secretary to the insurrec tional comite formed by the ouvriers. Such defections are deplorable. Under the republic, to betray the govern ment is to betray the people, for the government is but the expression of the will of the people." The Constilutionnel of Thursday denies that there is any truth in the rumour of France having declared war against Austria. The government had borrowed 300,000,000 more from the Bank of France, one half of which was des tined to the army of the Alps. Charles Albert had put his troops in motion, with the view, according to one ac count, of renewing the attack on Peschiera, but according to another of attacking the Austrians in their entrenched camp at Verona, before which he was within a league and a half on the 28th. There was nothing further of much importance from the departments. Preparations were making for opening the National Assembly with great pomp. - - Two Romish prelates have been returned for the As sembly ; the Bishop of Orleans, for Lozerre; and the Bishop of Quimper for Furisterre. The Moniteur publishes a decree granting an extraor dinary credit for war purposes (believed to refer to an in tention of immediate interference in Tfoi,) of nun imo hundred thousand pounds sterling. OPENING OF THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY - SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. The National Assembly opened on Thursday. The Provisional Government marched in procession from the Hall of the Ministry of Justice to the Chamber. M. Audry de Puyrevean, the senior Dcputy, took the chair as Provisional President. _ _ _ ,The President having declared the sitting opened, M. Dupont (de l'Eure), as President of the Provisional Go vernment, ascended the tribune, and in resigning the powers of that, body into the hands of the Assembly, delivered the following speech:— Citizen Representatives,—The Provisional Government bows before the nation, and renders homage to the su preme power. with which you are invested. Elected of the People,—Welcome to the great capital where your presence excites a sentiment of happiness and hope, which will not be disappointed. Depositories of the National Sovereiguty,—You are about to establish new institutions upon the large basis of democracy, and to confer on France the only constitution fitting for her—a republican constitution. Thus, having proclaimed the great political law which will definitively constitute the country, you will, citizens, like us, occupy yourselves in regulating. the peaceable and efficacious action of the government in the relation which the necessity of lalx,ur establishes among citizens, and which must have for its basis the sacred laws of justice and fraternity. In fine the moment has arrived for the Provisional Government to resign into your hands the unlimited power with which the revolution invested it. You know whether with us the dictatorship has been anything more than a moral power, exercised amidst the difficult circumstances in which we were placed. Faithful to our origin and to our formed convictions, we hesitated not to proclaim the nascent republic of February. To day we inaugurate the labours of the Nationa 1 Assembly to that cry at which we will always rally—" Vive la Re publique." (The applause which followed was continued for some time, and the cry of " Vive la Republique" was repeated over and over again.) PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY After the verification of the returns, M. Berger ascended the tribune, and proposed the solemn proclamation of the republic. (Thunders of applause.) Citizens of France, let the whole world know that the republic, solemnly pro claimed with enthusiasm, is and will remain the form of the government of this country. Cries of " Vive la republique !" from all parts of the chamber followed this proposal. General Courtais, in the name of the people of Paris, requested the members of the provisional government to come out on the peristyle of the building, and the repre sentatives of the people to follow them, in order to pro claim the republic. The whole assembly rose in the midst of the loudest acclamations of approval, and sallied out in compliance with the proposal. The republic was proclaimed and accepted unequivocally by the National Assembly, in the presence of 200,000 of the people of Paris. The general feeling is, " Woe to those, or any class, who shall occasion doubts of the sincerity of that acceptation. To retract is impossible. The slightest ap pearance of reaction will raise Paris in flames, and deluge its streets with blood." _ The following proclamation was posted up on the walls of Paris on Friday evening : " The National Assembly, the faithful interpreter of the sentiments of the people, by whom it has been elected, previous to commencing its labours,— " Declares, in the name of the French people, and in the face of the entire world, that the republic, proclaimed on the 24th February, 1848, is, and shall remain, the form of the government of France. " The Republic desired by France has adopted the motto, ' Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.' " In the name of the country, the National Assembly entreats Frenchmen of every political party to forget for mer feuds, and to form in future but one family. The day on which the representatives of the people met is for all the citizens the feast of concord and fraternity. ' Five la Republiquel' " ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY. The National Assembly met at noon on Friday, and, after the verification of powers, the ballot for the election of the President Of the Assembly commenced. It opened at four o'clock, and closed at six, when M. Buchez was declared President. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Rendsburgh, of April 30, says,—" The DaneS have entirely !pitted the continent as fa r as Alsen and North Schleswig: ' In the west, T on de r n has been besieged ; on the road thither the artillery of Count The entire Schakenberg was seized. O n th e 28th , 12 o ffi cers , 17 sub alters, 16 musicians, and 380 p r i va t es , were b roug ht i n prisoners. eastern coast of Holstein and Schleswig is blockaded by Danish ships-of-war. The merchants inte rested in the trade of the Baltic are more apprehensive than ever, and await with anxiety the interference of the English Government. PRUSSIA. The Prussische Slants Anzeigner publishes a report of the Chief President of Pomerania to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which it is stated that a Danish frigate arrived on the Ist instant of Swineinunde; and prevented two English vessels from entering that port. The Chief President adds :--, " I have also received authentic information of an ex tension of the Danish measures against the Prussian mer cantile navy to vessels 'of other German nations, anti that some Hanseatic and other ships .have been placed tinder au embargo. " The head-quarters of the Prussian army are most probably this day (the 3d instant) at Kolding, within the confines of Jutland. Our outposts will by this time have advanced to the small fortress of Frederica. The position of the troops is such as to prevent the communications from Funen with the continent. " The Federal troops will on Danish ground enforce the safety of the German and Prussian mercantile inter ests." _ . yJ A letter from Swinemunde of the 2nd instant, in the Ostsee Zeitung, states that twelve more English vessels were on that day lying off Swinemunde, their entrance into the harbour being prevented by the Danish frigate. Letters from Berlin of the 3rd of May, in the Cologne Gazette, are unanimous as to the quiet and orderly con duct of the people of all classes during the elections. Some party quarrels occurred, but they were of little or no importance. GRAND DUCHY OF POSEN MORE SLAUGHTER Letters from Po;;; - ;ftIe - i;iInsi. and the Cologne Gazelle bring information of some fresh butcheries of the insurgent Poles and the Prussian troops. The combat has been renewed with twofold fury, first at Gratz and next at Xiono. The Poles fought with a courage worthy of a better cause. They seemed resolved to die—not to be conquered. Whole ranks were mowed down by the Prussian artillery. It is said only 17 men of 1,700 stooped at last to flight. 500 were taken prisoners, and the others remained dead or wounded on the spot. A troop of Kujarians had formed a square, and were at last mowed down by grape-shot. Another Posen letter in the same paper contains accounts of a similar fight at Milos law, where the Prussians suffered much from the fire of the Polish sharp-shooters, who picked out the officers. Several hundred men of the 18th and 19th regiments de serted to the Poles. The general is much blamed for leading Polish regiments against the insurgents. The town of Miloslaw was twice taken by the Prussians, who were at last thrown back by the Poles, and forced to re tire in the direction of Schroda. Mieroslawski has issued a proclamation calling for a general insurrection. Men, women, and children are congregating at Miloslaw, Wres chen, and Pleschen. SOUTHERN GERMANY. Some riots took place at Munich on the Ist inst. The brewers and bakers had raised their prices. The people were indignant, and subjected them to outrages. A col nsion took 'place with the milit.ry in the Schrannenp latz. 3ffe ()Token, and several people The discomfited chiefs of the Republican party, M. Sturve, who is thought to be a Russian "agent provoca teur" and M. Heinzen have, from their quarters at the Hotel-zum-Rebstock, at Strasburg, issued a proclamation to the German people. After abusing the soldiers who had beaten them, they protest that they still mean to " liberate" Germany from the " hated yoke of Princes." They announce their intention of fomenting secret con spiracies, and obstructing the constitutional governments of Germany, calling upon all Germans to send them money for that purpose. ITALY. Letters from Rome to the 28th ult. state that Mon signor Morichini had resigned the Finance Department, which was confided by the Pope to "Prince Simonetti. The Provisional Governments of Milan, Sicily, and Venice had sent agents to Rome, who had not yet been recog nised by his holiness. A diet was to be held in that capital for the adjustment of certain affairs of a general interest for Italy, which would have already met, if the Neapolitan delegates had arrived. The Pope bad refused to concur in a military congress which the King of Sar dinia proposed to convoke at Turin. INSURRECTION AGAINST THE POPE. The Paris Moniteur of Sunday contains the following from Rome. dated the Ist instant : " The Pope having refused to declare war against Aus tria, an insurrection took place, the ministry resigned, and the Pope was allowed by the insurgents only 24 hours to decide. If he were to refuse, a Provisional Government would immediately be instituted." AUSTRIAN ITALY.—Letters from Vienna of the 27th and 28th April, state that the Piedmontese had encoun tered the Austrian troops at Monzambano, and after a hot engagement had been driven back beyond Lenato. The loss of the enemy is reported to have been 1,000 killed, and twice as many wounded, besides 600 made prisoners. A letter from the banks of the Mincio, dated 30th April„ says " A smart affair took place yesterday on the left bank of the Lake Garda, a short distance above Pescheira. It being the object of the King to establish the left of the line of blockade of that fortress at Piacenza, on the lake, 400 men were despatched to drive the Aus trians from it. They found the Austrians in force there and at Sandra—some say as many as 2000 men—and after some hours' firing the enemy was driven back with the loss of 17 men killed, and he was compelled to retire to Pontone. A large Austrian force holds the communica tion open between Trent, Roveredo, and Verona; but I hear the Piedmontese expect to break the line by getting possession of Pontone, on the Adige, I am told the Royal head-quarters are now near to Villafranca, which is the very centre of the quadrangle formed by Peschiera, Vero na, Mantua, and Legnano." Some of the enthusiastically national Germans have lately proposed to lay aside the present costume, and to adopt a dress resembling that worn in Germany at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and depicted in the paintings and engravings of that age. surtment to the Over land Bombay Courier, of the Ist o April, contains an account of an accident by fire to the Benares steamer, off Calcutta. Ffteen persons, trying to save themselves, were drowned. When the fire reached the engine-room, it was extinguished. The operations recently carried on against the city of St. John of Nicaragua by Her Majesty's forces, under the command of Captain Granville Loch, have been attended with complete success. After a severe service of 35 days, during which the officers and seamen of the party' never slept out of their boats, and maintained with considerable difficulty their position in the country, a treaty of amity was at length concluded by the senior officer, Captain Loch, accompanied by Captains Ryder and Peel, with the State of Nicaragua, by which all the points in dispute were satisfactorily adjusted. We understand that the gallant commander of this little expedition has been de- - signated as a Companion of the Bath, and that the junior officers, of the Alarm and the Daring will receive imme diate promotion.—Times. How THE CASE MAY BE ALTERED.—A few days ago a wag meeting a peasant, who was on his way to Bor deaux on business, said to him, " What are you doing here ? They are about to divide all the lands of the rich, and you had better go to the mayor and put down your name for your share." The peasant set off at full gallop ; and, on arriving at the mayor's, said, " Monsieur le maitre, as there is to be a division of the land, I wish to have that meadow of M , which joins my garden. Put down my name at the head of the list." The mayor turned over some papers, and then said, " You are not the first ; I have an applicant who demands the meadow,- and also your garden with it." "My garden! my gar. den ! my garden !" said the peasant in a fury, " I will go and get my musket ;" and he set to watching his garden day and night. There is a host of persons like this pea sant—they wish to share the property of others, and keep their own.—Gazette de France. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, completing the communication (by that company's line) between Manchester and Bury, was opened with all due eclat yesterday week. The new line forms the link of communication between Manchester and the Liverpool and Bury line, the works of which are under contract to be ready by July. The railway calls amount to £2,605,868, being within £263,000 of the total for the corresponding month of 1847. The monthly average this year has hitherto almost kept pace with that of 1847, the amount per month having then been £3,506,000, while during the five months of 1848 it has reached £3,127,000. Of the calls for this month £38,500 is on account of foreign lines. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.—At the Lincoln County Court, a tradesman recently applied for leave to summon to the court, at Lincoln, the secretary of the Midland Railway Company for the value of one cwt. of goods lost in the transmission of a package to Lincoln by rail. He stated that he had been charged the carriage of the full weight, though one cwt. was lost, and that, upon applying for recompense, he was referred to the secretary. The judge decided that, as the domicile of a company, or of its representative, was wherever the company carried on trade, the summons might be issued. TAE ULSTER. RAILWAY HANDBOOK, Published by George Phillips.—This is an excellent little publication, and one which has been much desiderated. It gives a very lucid description of the various objects of interest on the route between Belfast and Armagh, and is written with great care, and in a pleasant narrative style. It also contains a map of the railway, and the circumjacent coun try, and is embellished with a well executed engraving of the façade of the splendid new terminus here now fast approaching to completion.—Belfast Commercial Chro nicle. ACCIDENTS ON THE CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—Two serious accidents last week hap pened on the above line. On Wednesday evening a por ter named John• Dodd, who was acting as a supernumer ary guard, was thrown on the line by coming in contact with the door of one of the carriages, several of whieli passed over one of his legs. which was dreadfully mangled. On the following evening Mr. Henderson, assistant super. ' imtendent at the Monks Ferry station, imprudently at tempting to get out of a carnage while it was in motion, was thrown down and had his right foot nearly severed from his leg,. Both patients are doing well. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—This li ne , as . we announced last week, was duly opened for public traffic to Bangor on Monday. Early in the morning, Rear-Ad miral the Hon. J. W. Dundas, C. B. and M. P. (the First • Lord of the Admiralty), with Mr. Ward, M. P. (Chief Secretary to the Board of Admiralty), and several other gentlemen, arrived at Holyhead from Dublin, in her Ma jesty's mail steamer Banshee, and in3pected the arrange ments for the new naval station at Holyhead, preparatory to the removal of the Irish mail steamers from Liverpool. The alteration is not likely to take place for some time, although the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company are fully prepared to run the Irish mails on the lit of June, as originally determined on, every arrangement being completed. Whether Government considers the non-completion of the Britannia-bridge across the Menai Straits ( which, probably, will require a period of two years) sufficient „ground for extending the time, or from other circumstance's, we are unable to learn. At the close of the' inspection, which was highly satisfactory to the company, •a special train conveyed the government representatives across Anglesey - to the Menai Straits. They-there alighted, and crossing the suspension bridge, took their departure by tbe .-afternomi express train from Bangor for Euston-square, reaching the latter station at eleven o'clock. They are the first passengers who have made a journey from Holyhead to London in fourteen hours. The Conway tube has been visited in the course of the week by an immense number of persons. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JUNC TION RAILWAY.—On Thursday, the adjourned special meeting of the company, was held at the London Tavern, London, Mr. Wilson France, in the chair. Mr. Matthey moved a resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Ashlin, " That it is expedient to dissolve the company, and wind up its affairs as soon as possible." Mr. Marriott in moving an amendment stated that it was his opinion, and that of the minority represented by the 9,700 shares, that it would be better to wait for two years and hold the under taking in abeyance rather than to abandon it after having expended one hundred thousand pounds in obtaining the act. Mr. Fisher seconded the amendment, which claimed for the minority to be heard against the bill in committee. The amendment was then put and lost, only three hands being held up in favour of it. The original motion was then put and carried. The Chairman stated, that of the 70,000 shares issued by the company, answers to the cir cular had only been received from the holders of 49,456 shares ; 39,708 shares were for immediate dissolution, and 9,748 shares were for postponing the dissolution and holding the concern in abeyance. There was consequently a majority in favour of immediate dissolution of 29.960 shares. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. . - There are now ten regiments of cavalry in Ireland, while there is but one in Scotland. Mr. Mitchel and his friend Mr. Devin Reilly, have both retired from the Irish Confederation, which seems to con sider them as dangerously violent. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe has suspended the Revs. Mr. Kenyon and Bermingham till they une quivocally recant their recent treasonable speeches and letters. An attempt was made on Monday, within a mile of Limerick, in the county of Clare, to assassinate Mr. Banytine. Six balls were lodged in his gig, but for tunately none took effect on the gentleman's person. At Youghal, on Thursday, twelve young men, respect ably attired, were charged with assembling in numbers and practising themselves to the use of arms. On pro mising not to offend so again, they were discharged. In the old oak door of the Chart.- 'louse of St- Patrick's Church, Dublin, may be seen to this day an in +ho year 1564, for the Earls of Desmond and Ormonde to shake hands through ; each gentleman fearing much to be poignarded by the other, during the opportunity. They had quarrelled and fought, but Queen Elizabeth commanded them to be reconciled. At a Privy Council, held in Dublin on Monday, it was determined to proclaim the county of the city of Lime rick under the Crime and Outrage Act, and the procla mation was accordingly issued. By the provisions of this law, all persons not duly qualified must deliver up their arms within nine days. Another proclamation was also issued, warning the people against taking part in the proposed Convention of 300 delegates, and also against the formation of a National Guard. MAYNOOTH.—Among the loyal addresses to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, we look with anxiety for one from the College of Maynooth, and the neighbourhood. It is true that the master-elect of the future Roman Catholic College at Galway now receives his salary, though now there is neither college or student. This favoured master was appointed, or recommended, by Sir Robert Peel. Lord Anglesea , when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, used to boast that he had put down the Orangemen : what does he think of them now ? UNABATED SEDITION.—There was a large and excited meeting of the Irish Confederation in Dublin on Wednes day. The members arrived in well-arranged columns, having previously organized their movements in their re spective clubs. The speeches of Messrs. Gavin, Duffy, and Meagher, were fully as violent as any ever delivered by themselves previous to the recent Act. A proclamation read by the latter gentleman, and which is to be posted throughout the country, is a bold and daring attempt to bring the proclamations of the Castle into contempt. An attempt was made last week to murder the governor of Cork gaol, by a fellow named Connor, who had been liberated after an imprisonment of two years, for serving threatening notices on the Dean of Cork. As Mr. Mur phy, the governor, and Mr. Perry, the local inspector, were proceeding from bridewell to the bank, Connor rushed from behind a corner, and struck Mr. Murphy a blow with a sharp stone on the ear, which divided one of the principal arteries and knocked him down. He then made a rush on Mr. Perry and felled him to the ground, and was in the act of choking him, when assistance came, and the fellow was taken into custody. TRAINING TO ARMS.—At the Head Police-office, Dublin, on Thursday, two young men, Andrew English, of 14, Anglesea-street, and Michael Keane, of 71, Peter street, were brought before the Bench on the information of Sergeant Scott, of the County Dublin Constabulary. It appeared :that on Sunday`week, in a field in the neigh bourhood of Dundrum, a number of young men and lads, to the number of about 40, assembled for target practice. Sergeant Scott, at the time, arrested English and brought him before two neighbouring magistrates who discharged him. On Wednesday Sergeant Scott swore informations against English and others for training to arms, on which English and Keane were arrested. They were fully iden tified, English as the person in command and supplying them with percussion caps; Keane, as firing himself-and also loading the arms of others. They had about 20 guns. They were committed, under the 60th of George 111., to take their trial at tho ensuing county Commission. It may he recollected that, about a month since, English was the person sent for trial for training people to military evolutions in Ship-street. SMITH O'BRIEN AND HIS THREE COPATRIOTS MOBBED. —On Saturday, Messrs. O'Brien Meagher and Mitchell were entertained at a soiree in Limerick. The Old Ire landers were determined to oppose them, and, in conse quence, a dreadful riot took place. The' windows and doors of the building where they were assembled were de molished, stones and missiles were hurled in through the broken window sashes, shots were fired by; the confederates, who in self-defence, were obliged to tear up the seats and forms to protect themselves—an. effigy of Mr. Mitchell was burned outside the doors. The scene was frightful. Smith O'Brien received a cut on the head, and a severe contusion on his side, one of his ribs being said to be broken. The rioters were at last dis persed by the police and military. After the troops had withdrawn, the mob broke all the cups, saucers, plate, benches, and ornamental festoonings. The mob would have murdered Meagher and Mitchell but for the police. When Mr. O'Brien appeared at the Queen's Bench on Monday, his head was bound up with straps and plasters. Mitchell and Meagher were protected home by the Mayor, the latter having a drawn dagger in his hand to protect himself ;• they were hooted and hissed, and pelted the whole way to the hotel. Mr. Meagher was smuggled out of Limerick on Sunday. Mr, O'Brien resigned the representation of the county of Limerick in consequence of the treatment he experienced, but has since consented to withdraw his resignation. The row was got up by a rev. father, who reverenced the name Of O'Connell, and instigated the Old Irelanders to the attack, in consequence of a libellous charge brought by Mitchell against the " Liberator." In a meeting of Young Irelanders at Cork, on Monday, Mr. Meagher gave a description of the scene at Limerick, tallying in all the main points with the pre vious account. He added that, while he was entering his inn, a stone was hurled at him by one of the mob, who missed his aim, and struck the landlord with such violence as to deluge his face with blood. Mr. Mitchell was forced to conceal himself in a blacksmith's shop, where he re mained for several hours, until at length he ventured to his inn. THE STATE PROSECUTIONS COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN,-MONDAY The Court was much crowded, as Mr. O'Brien had to appear in person, when charged with the informations filed against him by the Attorney-General ; and it was understood 'Mr. Mitchell meant to apply that he might appear by attorney. Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. O'Brien appeared. On Mr. O'Brien being charged with the indictment filed against him be pleaded not guilty. Sir C. O'Loghlen, on the part of Mr. Mitchell, applied that he might be at liberty to appear by attorney, but on failing to make out any case, the application was refused, and Mr. Mitchell has again put in a dilatory plea in abatement, on the ground that an indictment has been found against him for the same offence as that for which the Attorney-General has proceeded by ex of f icio infor mation, and has been quashed. The plea is, that the indictments should have been quashed, instead of having notie prosequi entered upon them, as has' been done by the law officers. The trials of O'Brien and Meagher, will come on about the 15th inst. Mr. Mitchell will have a slight respite. On Tuesday, the attorney general having joined issue on the plea in abatement, sought to . force Mr. Mitchell to join issue at once, instead of in four days, according to the established practice. The Court refused to deviate from its usual course. The result of this is, that Mr. Mitchell cannot be tried this term. Add to this, there is a tolerably general opinion at the bar that the plea is a good one. • COURT AND FASHION. On Tuesday, Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and Royal Family, returned from Osborne House to Buck ingham Palace. The Christening of the infant Princess is to take place on Saturday the 13th May. The Queen and Prince Albert visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Wednesday. On Thursday, her majesty held a Chapter of the Garter, when the Duke of Norfolk was invested, according to the customary ceremonies, the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert assisting the Queen in buckling, on the garter. In the evening, the Queen honoured the Italian Opera with her presence, to witness the re-appearance of Jenny Lind. Her Majesty was speedily recognised' in the royal box, and was received with the most enthusiastic tokens of loyal attachment. Monday was the birthday of the Duke of Wellington, on which day his grace completed his 79th year. It is rumoured that the Marquis of Lansdowne is to be created Duke of Wiltshire. The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Anglesea were among the crowd of equestrians in the Park, on Thursday.- Both looked aged, but rode like Young Rapid. The Count and Countess.of Neuilly visited the QUeen Dowager on Tuesday. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambiidge alsowisited her Majesty on Tues day at Marlborough House. • The young Earl of Stamford and Warrington last week paid his first •visit to Dunham-park since the attainment of his majority. Mr: , Lowndes, a barrister, hat been ap pointed the new agent .for the 'Winch= and Bowdon eatateas UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, -.- The Rev. John Thomas, rector of Wyke Regis, has been appointed chaplain to his father-in-law, the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel spoke at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, in Exeter Hall, yesterday week. The enthronization of the present Archbishop of Can terbury was the first that has taken place in person for a very long period ; enthronement by proxy having been the rule for the last century or two, The Rev. Philip Bliss, D.C.L., late Fellow of St. John's College, and Registrar of the University of Oxford, has been appointed to succeed the Bishop of Hereford as Principal of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford. The Rev. B. T. Hazlewood, Vicar of Ribchester, has had presented to him, by his parishioners, a handsome silver tea service, a silver pocket communion service, and a purse of gold. Dr. Graham, the new Bishop of Chester, will be con secrated at Lambeth on Saturday, the 13th instant ; but it is not probable that he will finally leave Cambridge un til about Michaelmas. _ _ _ COLONIAL CHURCH SOCIETY.—On Friday the annual general meeting of the members of this society was held at Freemasons' Hall, J. P. Plumptre, Esq., M.P., pre sided. The report stated that the society sustained up wards of 400 missionaries and agents in the colonies and dependencies of the British Crown. The income of the year had reached £4500, but a much larger sum was re quired to meet the present engagements and the prospect ive operation of the society. The report was adopted. The Bishop of Hereford has been requested to preach the Radcliffe Infirmary sermon before the University of Oxford, at the ensuing commemoration ; and the Vice- Chancellor has appointed the Rev. Thomas Vores, M.A., late secretary of the Church Missionary Society, to preach the sermon appointed for Trinity Sunday, in pursuance of a recent endowment on the subject of Church Exten sion over the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Empire." In the report of the enthronement of the Bishop of Hereford, the Herefordshire Times remarks on the sin gular appropriateness of various passages of the second lesson for the day (Acts sxiv.) as having struck all present:: —" For instance, the speech of Turtullus, the orator em ployed by the Jews to accuse Paul, who spoke of him as a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition, among all the Jews throughout he ..corid, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes ;' the reply of Paul, Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. For after the way in which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers.. Who ought to have been here before thee, and object if they had ought against me.' It renders the co incidence still more remarkable, that the right rev. prelate had, in one of his published letters, quoted and applied to himself the:former part of the apostles' reply, as here given. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—On Friday, the annual meeting of the members of this society was held at Exeter Hall. Thomas Farmer, Esq., presided, and in opening the proceedings remarked that during the past year the society had issued 22 millions of tracts and books. The general grants made during the year for soldiers, sailors, railway labourers, mechanics, schools, &c., amounted to 2,516,000, being of the value of £2664. Grants of libra ries for sch ools, 649 ;of the value of £1094. The total number of libraries granted since 1832 was 4994 ; of the value of £14,483. During the past year 235 new works had been printed, of which 17,543,509 copies had been issued. The total issue of the society amounted to 46 millions of copies of books and tracts, printed in 100 dif ferent languages and dialects. The total sums received in subscriptions and donations during the year had been £5846 14s. showing that the receipts for the benevolent portion of the society were only £282 18s. less than last year. The total grants made during the year amounted to £BlBB, being £2llB beyond the gratuitous receipts for the year, which sum had been defrayed out of the business operations of the society after paying all the expenses of that department. The sales during the year amounted to £45,897, making the total receipts £55,736.—0n the mo tion of the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, M.A., seconded by the Rev. Dr. Henderson, the report was adopted. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting of this society took place on Tuesday at Exeter Hall. The chair was taken at ten o'clock by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The business of the meeting was opened by prayer, after which the Archbishop of Canter bury said the reasons why he had been induced to occupy the chair that day, at:the request of the noble lord who had hitherto so ably filled that chair, were not because he con ceived the office more appropriate to a clergyman than a layman. His motive for doing so had been, that he might give this public assurance of what he believed to be the duty and privilege of the office it had pleased God to call him to. Ho believed this society to be one of the most useful engines God had set in motion for the great purpose of diffusing His Gospel through the world. Without troubling the meeting with any further remarks, he would call upon the secretary to read the report. The report stated that the present was the 50th year of this society's existence. With respect to the present time, the Bishops of Manchester, Melbourne, and Cape Town, and Lord Henry Cholmondeley, had consented to act as vice-pre sidents for the present year. The accounts for the year ending March 31, 1848, stated that the general and special funds paid into the society's hands amounted to £91,980. Besides this, the local funds received and expended amounted to £9312, making a total of £101,292. This total, however, was less than that of last year by £15,534. Of this deficiency, however. £9,165 were under the head of legacies. This was to be accounted for by the very munificent legacy of Mr. Scott, last year. There were also several other accidental sources of revenue last year, and the deficiency in the regular revenue this year amounted only to £3,788, which, considering the general commercial difficulties, &c., was not of an amount to be in any way discouraging. The expenditure of the past year, however, apart from local receipts and expenses, ex ceeded the general receipts by £6,426, as they amounted altogether to £98,408. The report then proceeded to give an account of the general progress of the respective mis sions, for the details of which we are unable to find room. In the African and north-west American missions, the ac counts from the missionaries stationed there are highly encouraging to the members of the society. In the Bom bay and North Indian missions, with few exceptions, the progress of conversion had also been highly satisfactory. The same remarks apply to the Madras and South Indian, the China, and New Zealand missions ; in the last, the progress had been particularly satisfactory, and the ground lost in the previous year had been in a great measure re covered. In conclusion, the report stated that in every mission, not only had there been an advance and consoli dation of Christianity, but an increase, particularly in the number of baptized persons and communicants. At pre sent 138 missionaries are in the field, including 14 native clergymen, a number greater than at any earlier period. The committee were, however, compelled once more to advert to the pecuniary deficiency alluded to at the com mencement of the report. The committee felt that, how ever much they might desire to widen the sphere of the society's usefulness, it was a point of duty not to contract engagements they could not fulfil ; and while they would not be discouraged by the falling off in the funds, thav would not, until the capital account had been made up again, be able to send out fresh missionaries, except in some special and pressing cases. The Earl of Chichester moved the adoption of the report, which was carried. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Bishops of St. Asaph and Madras, and several clergymen and gentlemen. THE BIBLE SOCIETY.—The 44th annual meeting of this valuable society was held on Wednesday, at Exeter hall, which on the occasion was densely crowded. Among those present on the platform we observed the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Norwich, Winchester, St. Asaph, and Cashel, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Earls of Chichester and Harrowby, Lords Glenelg, Mor peth, Teignmouth, and Bexley, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir T. D. Ackland, Sir J. Bathurst, and Sir D. Mackworth, Archdeacon Hoare, the Hon. and Rev. M. Villiers, the Rev. Stowell, &c. Lord Bexley filled the chair, but his age and infirmities prevented his speaking, and in conse quence Mr. Brandram, the secretary, read, on his Lord. ship's behalf, the speech he would otherwise have delive red. The secretary then read the report of the society's proceedings during the past year. From that document it appesred that the entire receipts of the year ending March, 1848, were £90,146. The total sum applicable to the purposes of the society was £43,956. The receipts for bibles and testaments amounted to £46,189., the issues of the society for the year amounting to 1,124,067, viz., from depositories at home, 837,361; from depilts abroad, 286,706. The total issues of the society now amount to 20,865,837. The expenditure during the past year has been £105,042, being £14,896 beyond the receipts. The liabilities of the society now extend to £41,800. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who' was received with loud cheers, said be was glad to be regarded with favour by so many Christian• friends, but he should be exceedingly sorry if any persons present thought that he had a greater claim to that favour than formerly. 'I he Bible Society, might confer honour on its members, but it could not receive honour from them. (Hear, hear.) He had moved the adoption of the report, and wished it was as easy to have the report extensively read as it was to have it printed and circulated, for he felt sure that nothing else was necessary than that reports of the society 'should be read, and that the world should know what God was doing by their means, so that it might beeome a universal society instead of a society formed from a portion only of their fellow-Christians. As the sun wherever it shone not only enlivened; warmed,-and nourished all , creation, so far more true was it of the Bible, which was given to be the light of the world, which enlightened, warmed, and nourished whoever received it properly. (Cheers.) With' such views of the Bible Society it could not be expected that he should change his . opinions or practice. He had no doubt that the society would • maintain its principles ; and he hayed himself to maintain his. It had maintained its principles' from infancy, and he might say that he bad done the same from.his youth also; for the society was not more,than two or three years old when he • first be came a subscriber to its funds. It might happen there after 'that he might be less able than he had been to tske an active part in' its proceedings, for he had been long enough in 'lris new Situation to discover that', although' he had always'been among the working clergy, and would be so still (loud cheers), yet he found that he should have occasionally to husband his strength, or he should not be competent triwork, at all. If, therefore, he was not so frequently with them in presence, he hoped they would believe that 'he would ever be with them in spirit, and that it would be his latest prayer that God might give wisdom to the society, and discretion to all who were en gaged in carrying out such important operations. (Cheers.) The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Morpeth, Sir Digby Nlackworth, Rev. H. Stowell, &c. LAW uT,ELLIGENCE. On Friday 177 gentlemen were admitted to practice as attorneys. During the last four or five years the number of attor neys on the rolls is stated to have .increased.at,the.rate of one handled a year. May 9,18415• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES cou T l h d is p THE CUP DAY.-WEDNESDAY. sons from all sides of the country, very many o f tbens obsesiinbglythhea have e u p b e d e a n y d , e a s i n r d e d o , n t e e n o s f o t f h t e h fi o n u e sa s t n d d s ay o s f tphearti from London, Liverpool, Manchester, and North Wales ' poured into Chester from an early hour in the mornieP The numbers on the course have been variously estimate but all parties agree in opinion that, at least, 50,0 V; of human beings, of all ages and ranks, were present ; and this was, by many thousands, a greater number than were ever at any former of the cup-races at Chester. of t The CORINTHIAN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. villa h- sovs. added, for bona fide hunters. i Mr.W. H. Johnstone's br g Spectator (h. b.) aged.. 1 Sir J. Gerard's b h Pantasa, 5 yrs. The TRADESMENS' PLATE Of 200 sovs. in specie, a . ciciedir a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., 5 ou'fr if declared. &c. 1 Mr. Hagarty's Peep-o'-day Boy 2 Mr. G. Hill's War Eagle Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Montpensier t;11 464 This was a splendid race. Thirty-four horses s They were placed in three groups, and Peep-o'-day B o yle the favourite, was in the last group. He kept in the bac, ground until nearing the winning-post the second and la !' round, when his jockey seemed to let the reins lie looseit upon his neck, and he shot ahead, with the rapidity 1;; 6 I , lightning, beating War Eagle by about half a leag t Montpensier was close behind, and all the rest of tb horses, who were in a ruck the whole way twice villa. d were in a nick almost to the close, when two only of t oe number fell in the rear. Immense sums of money ha changed hands upon the result of this race, for altheue Peep-o'-day-Boy was the favourite within the last wee" , large odds were taken against him, four, five, and 61 " / weeks ago. 3 HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 guineas, for all age' times round Mr. Pedley's Cockerrnouth (A. Day) Mr. Dawson's The Magnet 2 . Two others started. 5 to 4 on Cockermouth. w" by a length, Surly GUINEAS, (clear), the gift of the members for tbir „ city. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Woffenden's liaistborpe, 4 yrs. Mr. Palmer's Ferry Hill, 3 yrs 1 0 3 Mr. Dawson's Activity, 3 yrs.. - 0 0 2, Three others started. The first was one by half a n om ' the second in a canter, and the third cleverly. THURSDAY. The settling was comparatively harmless. We under stand that the Danebury party do not win much. T. ll l Manchester division cut in the best. Mr. Hagerty v"; £5000; M r. G. Hill £2OOO, and there are some min winners. Mr. Tattersall had a large sale of blood N stoF° at the Albion Hotel, consisting of the stud of Mr. e l o son, and the stud of the Hon. Mr. Mostyn.—Coßingw° won the Dee Stand Cup, in:specie, by subscription of i;" • r ( 2) sovs each, with 50 sovs added, beating the Spaniard t ,' and the North Star.—Wanota won the Marquis of Wee minster's Plate, value 100 sovs in specie, added Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, by a head, „,, • 1: ing Lady Wildair (2), Patriot (3), and Chemisette.-- -- r7m . catcher won the Dee Stakes, of 25 sovs each, with AS sovs added, by a head, beating Shylock (2), and fly others.—No go won the Chester Welter Cup, value ' I A sovs, by two lengths, beating Godfrey (2), Conne° , s Ranger and three others.—Abigail won the Seal e ' Stakes, of five sovs each, with 20 sovs added, by a b are head, beating Spectator (2), and three others. each, Ga FRIDAY. ff w er ith Gr s e o en ad w de a d a , 10 g 0 nibal walked over for the Cestrian Stakes, of 10 sovs 0 1: theb bea ti ng a tFreen Span i a r d Handicapd i cap and Stakes, Ba r o o n f —lnheritress won the Cheshire Stakes, of 25 sovs esc;', with 50 added, beating Pyrrhus the First and T.9 h Tough.—Jovial won the Eaton Stakes, of 10 sovs etc , with 30 added, beating Capsicum and Spaniard.- -- .', ;er mance won the Grand Stand Cup, of 100 sovs in sPe' t , added to a Handicap Sweepstakes, of 10 sovs each, 1?e lt ing Athelston and Sharston. RAILWAY RECEIPTS The following are the receipts of railways for the past that is to say, up to the date t• which the respective are made : RA I LWA YS. Week 1848. I ending Amount Aberdeen Amiens and Boulogne Arbroath and Forfar Birkenhead, Lan. and Cheshire. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cockermouth and Workington Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen East Anglian Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Northern Eastern Counties and N. Eastern East Lancashire Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Ctbrg Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr. Glasgow and Greenock Great Southern and Western Great Western Kendal and Windermere Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle ...... Leeds and Thirsk Londonderry and Enniskillen London and North-Western London and Blackwall London & Brighton, South Coast London and South-Western M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birming- 1 -847. Amt• £ B. d. Apr. 0 0 0 30 1147 0 0 0 0 0 30 878 0 0 29 3674 0 0 0 0 0 29 91 0 0 27 799 0 0 2 1901 0 0 29 825 0 0 30 483 0 0 —29 3421 0 0 —2O 1444 0 0 —3O 13162 0 0 —29 1118 0 0 -- 23 1020 0 0 0 0 0 --- 29 1903 0 0 -- 29 991 0 0 -- 29 2760 0 0 --- 29 192 1532 s 0 0 __ 29 9161 00. -- 28 1789 0 0 0 0 C 1 - 22 187 0 0 - " 41926 0 0 --30 907 GI --29 970 6 0 - __ 30 932 1 0 0 0 -- 29 2630 --30 481 0. 0 -- 29 20414 a 0 030 G 42 0 0 0 0 -- - 29 214 8 0 0 -- 30 1859 0 0 -- 29 2009 I 0 -- 15 2438 0 0 -- 15 1097 0 0 0 0 -- - 30 797 0 0 -- 29 8873 * 0 0 0 0 -- 29 1404 0 0 -- 30 974 0 0 __ 30 187 0 0 0 0 0 -- 29 10597 G 0 -- 29 7603 0 0 2i 5 ? 03, 1919' 4s h i s l' 68 16 72 0 20 54 55 4 ' 19066 ham Midland Great Western (Ireland) Newmarket Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester South-Eastern and Branches South Devon Taff Vale Ulster Whitehaven Junction Wishaw and Coltness York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland, &c STATIONS OF THE ON THE IST . BRITISH !ARMY► MAY, 1848. 2 .4 i 3/ 11 1 61, 826° 7 14 11 90 3 166 (From Colburn's United Service M a gazine.) 8 ,,,a Or [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named i ' which the depOt of the regiment is stationed.] Ist Life Guards—Regent's Prk l 36th—(lst batt.) Corfu* t o 2d Ditto—Hyde Park (2d batt.) Cep Royal H. Guards—Windsor 37th—Ceylon, Chathaul Ist Drag.Guards—Birmingham 38th—Jamaica, Boyle 2d—Newbridge 39th—Hull 3d—Piershill 40th—Galway 4th—Nottinghara 41st—Buttevant ht sth—York 42d—Bermuda, Isle 0f_ ... .,(11 , 6th—Dundalk Reserve batt., I3c''"" 7th—C. Good Hope, Maidstone 43d—Templemore Ist Dragoons—Cahir 44th—Cork _.,.... 1331 2d—Athlone 45th—Cape G.Hope, l.° G f" . ;101 0 3d—Bengal, Maidstone Res. batt., Cape 4th—Newbridge 46th—Halifax, Guernsey sth 47th—Clonmel ' 6th—Dublin 48th—Dublin 7th Hussars—Dublin 49th—Dublin Bth—Baliincollig 50th—Bengal, Walma r 9th Lancers—Bengal, Maidstn.'slst—Madras, Chat/ma i 10th Hussars—Bombay, Maid- 52d—Preston stone 53d—Bengal, Chathan l 11th Hussars—Coventry 54th—Barbadoes, JerseY I2th Lancers—Hounslow 55th—Dublin _ l to 13th Lt. Dragoons—Longford 56th—(1st batt.) Gibn 14th—Bengal, Maidstone 57th—Enniskillen ~,,.tbinss 15th Hussars—Madras, Maid- 58th—N. S. Wales, u o '• stone 59th—Templemore 16th Lancers—Norwich 60th—(lst bt.) Bombay 17th—Dublin (26 bt.) Chatham Grenadier Guards— 61st—Bengal, Chathalo (Ist batt.) Wellington Bar. 62d—Winchester (26 batt.) Winchester 63d—Manchester (3(1 batt.) St. John's Wood 64th—Limerick (1, istb °l Coldstream Guards— 65th—N. S. Wales, ;:, go ie ~4 0 ost batt.) The Tower 66th—Barbadoes, bi n f YIN (2d batt.) Windsor 67th—Gibraltar — Scotch Fusileer Guards— 68th—Mullingar (Ist batt.) St. George's Bar. 69th—Malta (2d batt.) Portman-st. Bar. 70th—Cork Ist Foot— 71st —Edinburgh cisse (Ist batt.) N. Scotia,.Stirling Reserve bet., IA so' • (2d batt.)—Barr 72d—West Indies , N s 2d—Athlone 73d—Cape G. Hope' 3d—Belfast 74th—Dublin • ..e.e• 11. 4th—Madras, Chatham 75th—Dublin f r .., sth—Mauritius 76th—Corfu—Isle o a 6th—Cape G. Hope 77th—Canada—F,,tti slil, f 7th—Halifax, N.S., Dublin 78th—Bombay, M,,0 Bth—Bombay, Chatham 79th—Gibraltar, ILI.II 9th—Portsmouth 80th—Bengal, ChSti'' - • Ioth—Bengal, Chatham 81st—Devonport a iirec ° W 11th—N. S. ales, Chatham 82d—Halifax, N. • 12th—Weedon 83d—Kilkenny Reserve batt., Mauritius 84th—Madras, C ba 13th—Newry 85th—Dublin chathAl° 14th—Newport, South Wales 86th—Bombay, 15th—Ceylon, Chester 87th—Weeden „ j e 16th—Corfu, Youghal 88th—Trinidad-- /, •;:I,lo° 17th—Portsmouth 89th—Ashton-un ue ` ' 60r 1/3th—Bengal, Chatham 90th—ChathaM A floP e ' A 19th—St. Vincent, Castlebar 91st—Cape of GO - el' 20th--Canada, Isle of Wight; port CO 3 . Reserve batt., Canada Reserve haft., 21st—Calcutta, Canterbury Hope 226—Bombay, Chatham 92d—Limenck „rdeen 23d—Halifax, Isle of Wight ; 93d--Canada, Au` oaf" _Reserve batt., Canada 94th—Madras,C10.1 ~.10. 24th—Bengal, Chatham 95th—China,I N a a ' chstpit 25th—Madras, Chatham 96th—N. S.Wall' e of %•,fc , ' 26th=Cork 97th—Jamaica,ls.,, 00 27th—Edinburgh Reserve ~ht.ool_ Chi 01 28th—Bombay,* Chatham 98th—Bengab ""; Ow _.ir 29th-13engal, Chatham th—N. S. Wale' ,Ou .30th—Newcastle-on -Tyne Rifle Brigade - :2 of "• of 31st—Manchester (Ist batt.) 1 -' l4 ' s 7 WI 1010 13r 32d—Bengal, Chatham ,-. pads , 33d—N. Brunswick, Stirling C. (2d batt.) Ig t ebee• 34th—Corfu, Nenagh 1 35th—Plymouth Reserve batt.• COLONIAL CORPS. Ist West India Regiment—Jamaica 2d Ditto—Windward and Leeward Islands. 3d Ditto—Demerara, Sierra Leone, &C. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ceylon and Ch ina Roya Mounted Rifle Regiment—Canaci a lloPe TOO ° Cape Riflemen—Cape of Good eOOO Royal Newfoundland Veteran Company' Royal Malta Fencibles--Malta St. Helena Regiment—St. Helena • * On passage home 04° I i) __The J A CHANCR FOR PHONOGRAPHER S. _ExaMtner; by way of bothering the rePor'l t he DS' sing the Gagging Bill, suggests that orators ru j thall deliva haransuel ZS