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Etnprrial Varliament. • HOUSE OF LORDS.—MormAx. The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill was rea time and passed ace notice that in committee The Earl of CLANCARTY g on the Poor ReEef (Ireland) Bill, move certain amendments relative to the administration of out-door relief The Marquis of WESTMEATH then low n. reFolution :- tenant in Ireland a/ That t al obligations ties in thos nstances, require imn • and that the imposition of increased sponsibilities on land render such re urgent and indispensable. The Marquis of LANSDOWNT would not agree to an abstra noble T without There propo condemned A lay down a rerr land, and if that bill sh there would be an opporti practically. The Marquis of NVEsTI motion. HOUSE 01 PATTEN Mr. IV F COAL LIONS. .111oND petition from C against the Health of . Towns Bill Lord PALMERSTON said that he regretted t no information had been received by with respect to the reported capture of Graham on the coast of Africa. The Earl of LINCOLN wished to ask the noble lord a the head of the administration when the Health of Town Bill would be proceeded with ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, in the absence of his nobl friend, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forest: who was making all possible inquiries on the subject, it would be impossible for him now to name a day when the bill would be proceeded with. _ - In answer to q Lord PALMER: that in th is of the C he Foreign Office covenan., and he thereto._ him on the subject Mr. FIELDEN moved the order Of the day for the thira reading of the-Factories Bill. Mr. TRELAWNY rose and moved, pursuant to notice, the insertion of the following clause :--" And be it enacted, that this act shall cease and determine at the expiration of a period of three years, from and after the day on which it J3hall have become law." The house divided, and the third reading of the bill was carried by a majority of 151 to 88. rs in S fruple Ti thnt nn ty were Pt ap-plicabl amidst considerable cheering Rs brought ti loving the cor diately agreed to. On the motion for the house resolving itself Into com mittee on the Punishment of Vagrants (Ireland) Bill, Mr. P. SCRAPE said that the bill should not be pro ceeded with after what had occurred in the House of Lords on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, or at all events that it aumid he made a temporary measure if the Poor Relief Bill was to be received as a temporary experiment. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it would be unwise to excite needless jealousies between the two Houses of Parliament, and it would be a great impediment to legislation if each house was to suffer its own proceedings with respect to bill to be governed by )ther house was doing to another. - I o far allied, th, idmitted that the two mea the Poor Relief Bill wa: to be limited to a c tion of the Vagrant hey knew, in an au- lo objection what- ever to entering upol one before them. Sh discussion of the it happen that tt details of the 3 Poor Relief n, or that it a their power to decline pas.sing bill under consideration. He felt called upon to say, vever, that from the information he was daily receiving 'ore and more convinced that the Poor Relief reland) Bill, in the state in which it passed through hat house, was absolutely was .m A. circumstance ut, however, at s of the partie's to whom it with six children, one of had been given for g veral to whom compensat A poor woman were found by t _ up their holdings, police, all of them dead, having died of starvation, relief having been applied for by them after they had spent the sum they had re ceived, and refused by those on whose land they had for I so many years resided The bill passed through Relief Supervision (Irelan The Poor Removal (En committee, as did also the Poor I) Bill. land and Scotland) Bill led to I some discussion, but it was eventu ly read a second tn. been said, he wis, of private securities much more than of securities belong- ....=..... ing to the Government. IRELAND. The Landed Property (Ireland) Bill went through Father Matthew is likely to be appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork. The Repeal proceedings, except as indicating the pro- HOUSE OF COMA.IONS. — TUi SDAY. tracted existence of the association, are wholly unworthy Mr. M. GIBsoN stated, in answer to a question from of notice. The rent last week was announced at Mr. Newdegate, that a bill to enable joint-stock compa- £27 7s. Id., but the attendance was miserable beyond all nies to wind up their affairs, as between partners, was al- precedent." ready in a state of preparation ; and it was the intention The Rev. Francis _ of the Government to bring in such a bill. The heads Kinvara, county Galway, ni. of the measure had been submitted to the Ld. Chancellor. Freeman's Journal, in which he as On the motion of Mr. WATsoN, a select committee was unfortunate state of that locality '' ihed to observe that it d been an excess COMIMI eirthur, Roman Catholic priest of ldressed a letter to the vibes the peculiarly of a resi appointed to inquire into and rep,— - dent Protestant clergyman.' - taxation of suitors in the courts of law and equity, try the By the death of Mr. Martin, late M.P. for the county collection of fees and the amount thereof, and the mode of of Galway, his daughter is the richest heiress in Ireland. collection ; and the appropriation of fees in the courts of He had just concluded a loan which would pay all his in law and equity, and in all inferior courts, and in the courts cumbrances, and leave him in possession of £lO,OOO a of special and general sessions in England and Wales. t to the House on th year. Mr. Fitzpatrick, a young barrister, who took a leading HOUSE OF COMMONS=WEnNEsDAY. part in the discussions of the Repeal Association, and op- The house went into committee on the Drainage of posed the Young Ireland party, has just been appointed Lands Bill. The bill was subsequently reported, and or- by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Solicitor dered to b 3 received on Friday. General at the Cape of Good Hope. The Nation calls After some discussion the Registration of Voters Bill this " the reward of treason." was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Lord Cloncurry has written to Mr. W. S. O'Brien, Sir H. HALFORD then moved the second reading of the strongly recommending the Young Irelanders and the Hosiery Manufacture Bill, on which a debate arose, Repeal ---s 0,......-.:14.:"... 1-Inll fn alai,. listnac and I which was ultimately adjourned to the following day. friends Mr. WAKLEY then moved the order of the day for the ciation second reading of the Medical Registration and Medical re Law Amendment Bill ; but after some cons )in it." tween Sir G. Grey, Mr. Hume, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. Wakley, the second reading of the bill was postponed till His Lordship promises himself to join the asso when O'Brien and the talented confederates Tuesdiy HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The house went into committee on the Irish Poor-law don convey very unfavourable intelligence respecting the health of Mr. O'Connell. He remains at Avignon in Bill, when Lord MoNTEAoLz moved an amendment, limiting the to rstit.arinv relief till operation or certain clauses reini,ins the Ist of August, 1848, and to the end of the then next session.—lt will be readily perceived that the intention of the amendment was to give a temporary instean or a per manent character to those parts of the bill to which it ap plied, and it was opposed by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Archbishop of Dublin, Earls Grey and Devon, and Lord Shrewsbury ; and supported by the Earls of Roden and ritzwilliam, Marquis of Westmeath, and Lords Stanley, Brougham, and Abinger. A d ivision was afterwards made, and the Government - was placed in a minority, the numbers being for the amendment 63, against it 50 ; majority 13. On the 4th Claiise being read, which gave t merit of relieving officers to boards of guardians Lord STANLEY moved an amendment that the appoint ments should be vested in the Poor law Commissioners, on the ground that a much more efficient class of officers would be secured thereby. The amendment, however, was lost, but o-ly by a small majority, 53 having voted for it, and 59 against it. he appoint- such isu CALLA tan mu I a Lc, ava dysentery, that his medical attendants have recommended an abandonment of the idea of proceeding on his journey HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. Sir WILLIAM VERNER brought under the notice of the house the extensive importation and sale of fire-arms go ing on in Ireland. Such importation and sale were calcu lated to excite much alarm. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the state of Ireland was most anxiously considered by the Government, and the prevalence of the sale of arms had not been overlooked ; but they had not deemed it necessary to resort to any ex traordinary measures to secure the public peace, such as an Arms Bill or Coercion Bill. The outrages now com mitted were rather the result of an insufficiency of food than any dissatisfaction arising out of agrarian differences —the fact being that agrarian outrages had diminished in stead of increased within the last year. There was no po litical excitement at present, and the existing laws were sufficient to preserve the peace of Ireland. Mr. SHAW thought the state of Ireland most unsatis factory, and that the Government had acted indiscreetly in giving up those powers which former Governments had possessed. A motion of a formal nature was agreed to. Mr. BRIGHT moved for a select committee to inquire into the progress of the cultivation of cotton in India. Sir J. HOEHOUSE made no opposition to the appoint ment of the committee. Lord G. BENTINCK quoted the opinion of Mr. Huskis eon, that if we gave due protection to the cotton culture of our East Indian empire we should have net only suffi cient for our own manufactures, but for the consumption of the whole world. Th e no bl e l or d a l s o impressed upon the house the important fact that every bale of cotton brought from India would come in British vessels. He suggested that the committee, if appointed, should consi der the question of railway communication in India, and inquire whether, by restoring the duty on American cot ton, and by reducing the land tax-in India, we might not obtain cotton from a country that would take from us our manufactured articles in payment instead of the gold, aye, the new sovereigns demanded by America. At this period of the discussion the house was counted out - HOUSE OF LORDS.—Fnmay. The committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was resumed. Lord CLaxciarry asked if, as a consequence of the s u ccess of the amendment of Lord Monteagle on the pre wious evening, the medical relief to the able-bodied out door poor was to be temporary or permanent ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could not pre sume to answer the question. The noble lord must ask bis noble friend who had moved the amendment. Lord MONTEAGLE said that the portion of the bill re lating to medical relief ought to be permanent. Earl GREY, in an animated tone, expressed his surprise that a noble lord so acute as his noble friend should have moved an amendment which it now appeared had thrown the whole bill into such confusion that he could not him self understand it. The public feeling, however, in fa vour of the hill was too strong, and would ultimately compel its adoption, however dexterous might be the ma noeuvres by which some noble lords might endeavour to effect its defeat. On the 11th clause, which provides that in all cases where the rates should exceed 2s. 6d. in the pound per The bill was then pas Lord J. MAN the cor,sideration of the house, and moved for a return of all moneys paid by Great Britain on account of the inte rest of the Greek loan up to the Ist of January, 1847. Lord PALMERSTON would not object to the production of the papers, and regretted that the benevolent feelings which had actuated the three powers in restoring the inde pendence of Greece had not produced the intended effects. Sir G. GREY then moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the administration of the lav for the relief of the poor in England Mr. FERRAN') announced 1 decided opposition to the bill intention of -----0------ HOUSE OF LO f of tt asked whether there had been England by the Gover beyond the usual 3, whether there correspondenc Lord Wu AnNcLiFFI any applications to the went f advances from the amount required u lic service, during down to the present pe would b action to producing or written communications connected therewitt The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could distinctly state that beyond the mere formal correspondence which at all times took place between the Government and the Bank of England, no correspondence had passed between them during the period referred to by the noble lord. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had had, during the last quarter, personal communications with the Bank upon that subject, but none of the communications had taken the shape of a written correspondence. In the course of these communications the Bank had been uniformly ap prised of the amount of the demandi which the Govern ment would have on them— those amounts not exceeding the amounts of ordinary years. _With respect to the ex: hoped their lordshii ion such s that of the of par rd and sidering t ;cfiately withdrew hi annum on the rental, they should be,lerHed on the whole union, Lord STANLEY moved the omission of the clause alto gether, which he said was calculated to.make the provident landholders pay for the improvidence of their neighbours. Earl GREY said it would be unjust to the electoral divi sions not to pass the clause, for the towns were of great advantage to the landholders, .and many of them would, notwithstanding, be broken down by the influx of the tenants who might be driven out by those landlords who were clearing ; their estates. 'id After some discussion, their loidships divided, and tb of 73 to 51 iiscussion of other clauses r up to 19, occupied tt mainder of the .evening, HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY tion from Captain HARRIS, In reply to a Toe Lord J. Russet not the intention of the L said, i event the ex- tom this country the intention of the nobl, :curred it ntion, without any to what had tal -ays (Ireland)_l in its du intil next Friday ,UER said be had been The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ waited upon by several deputations bankers, in reference to the difficulties in the money mar ket, the general tenor of whose arguments would go to induce him to propose the repeal of the act of 1844. This, however, the government were resolved not to agree to ; but they were, at the same time, desirous of affording every assistance to the Bank in meeting the emergency that they could legitimately offer; ,and although the an nouncement might be premature, yet under existing cir cumstances he felt it right to state -that on the 18th of May he should give the usual notice for the exchange of exchequer bills, and would thencefordi,allow on the new bills interest at the rate of 3d. per diem. He believed the severest portion of the pressure was already passed, for the Bank of England had felt itself in a position that very day to make advances upon exchequer bills, and notwith standing the pffpet..tlg3-whole de mand did not he would not I words t was in hopes that tilt bank for any aid to payment of the next dividends, Etnel in order to _ ip the balances in the exchequer he would move that Monday next the house should resolve itself into a committee for the purpose of passing a.resolution em powering him to offer a discount to those holders who might be disposed to pay promptly the instalments of the loan, which would fall due on the 18th of June, and fol lowing months. The right hon. gentleman concluded by ee?or :Monday, which was imm for some weeks AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF IMPERFECT SEPULTURE In the neighbourhood of Castle Island and Ballylongford d• victims of famine, troops of dogs "prey from day to day on the bodies. This is not all ; violent madness is the result, •• ••• another, but the cattle in the fields. The authorities and the gentlemen of the county should at once look to this. Tralee Chronicle. DREADFUL MURDER. — On Saturday, a dreadful murder was committed upon a man named Edmund Doogan, at Doon, near Broadford. He was fired at from behind a ditch by two men, and when he fell they fractured his skull in several places, and cut his throat, nearly severing the head from his body. The cause assigned for this savage murder is, that the deceased, two years since, purchased a revisionary lease of some land, the title to which expired this day.—Clare Journal. The accounts received from Ireland, particularly from the western and southern counties, exhibit an alarming increase of pestilence in several districts ; but it is worthy of remark, that in all cases where efficient sanatory ar rangements are adopted, a decided decrease in the viru lence of the malady has been the consequence. In some parts of the northern province too, for instance, Ennis killen, Lurgan, and Belfast, fever is making fearful ravages. In the last-named town, on Saturday, a public meeting was held, to make arrangements for providing additional hospital accommodation, and to raise a general subscrip tion. On Tuesday the citizens of Dublin entertained at din ner Capt. Clarke, of the American ship Victor, arrived in that port with provisions. The occasion was not lost by the Young Irelanders, who introduced unceremoniously their favourite political. views. Mr. Meagher, in the course of his speech, thus delivered himself—" For the first time in her career, Ireland has reason to be grateful to a foreign power—(enthusiastic cheers.) Foreign power! Sir. Why should I designate that country a ' foreign power ?' which I hail from henceforth as our sister coun try—(loud and repeated cheers.) England, they sometimes say, is our sister country—(loud hisses.) We deny the relationship—we discard it—(loud cheers.) We claim America as our sister, and, claiming her as such, we have assembled here to-night." POLITICAL GOSSIP. The Morning Post states that there has been a good deal of talk, for the last few days, in political circles, on the subject of a coalition between the whigs and the party of Sir R. Peel. Sir J. Graham is, it is said, to go to India as governor-general, The Earl of Auckland is mentioned for the Irish vice-royalty ; and Mr. S. Herbert is spoken of either as his successor, or as President of the Board of Control, in the place of Sir J. C. Hobhouse, who is stated to be anxious to retire. Mr. Labouchere is said to be weary of the onerous post which he holds as Irish secre tary; and to be likely to give way to Lord Lincoln. The Post says it is doubtful when these changes will take place, and intimates that they will probably be postponed till the dissolution of parliament. E. D. Davenport, Esq., and J. Cheetham, Esq., of Stalybridge, are spoken of as the liberal candidates for North Cheshire. It is said that ministers have resolved on an immediate dissolution of Parliament, in consequence of their defeats in the House of Lords on the Irish Poor-law Bill. The Duke of Bedford, Lord Morpeth (with a seat in the upper house), Lord Auckland, and Lord Clarendon, are all mentioned for the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. Sir George Grey explained on Tuesday the measure so long expected for the amendment of the administration of the poor-law. The main feature, as it appears at pre sent, parliamentary responsibility. The feeling of the house was decidedly favourable. Mr. Hedworth Lambton has announced his intention to retire from the representation of North Durham, and Colonel Beckwith has come forward on the free trade in terest. The Hon. H. T. Liddell will again seek the electors' suffrages ; and Lord Seabam it is thought, will be a candidate. K NA RESBOROUGH.-Mr. Ferrand has appealed to his constituents for a renewal of their confidence at the ap proaching general election. The honourable gentleman in his address says, "I have no apostacy to answer for, no broken pledges to explain away," and he adds a decided expression of his unalterable hostility to Popery and to the new Poor Law, and claims credit for the ,part he has taken in supporting the Ten Hour s Factory B"). L THE LIVERPOOL 'STANDARD. FOREIGN .5- 'COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 THE OVERLAND MAIL An extraordinary express in anticipation of the over land mail has arrived, bringing papers from Calcutta to the 23d March, and from Bombay to the Ist of April. The only intelligence from the Punjaub is corrective of what has previously appeared in reference to the state.of Sikh affairs in .general. No attempt on the life of Tej Sing appears to have been anticipated, neither had the tlazarch people resisted the government of Goolab Singh. Goolab Singh does not seem a worse or more unpopular ruler than the bulk of the chiefs around him. Since our connection with him began we have had no fault whatever to find with him. He has at our suggestion cleared his dungeons of state prisoners, restored lands unjustly es cheated, and abolished suttee and female infanticide. No attempt to prevent the Durbar meeting on Sunday had been made, or to restrain the movements of the Queen Mother or her son. No commemoration of any of our victories had occurred in the Sikh capital. Everywhere the country was tranquil ; trade and cultivation were everywhere advancing as the public confidence increased-; and a stern system of inquiry into the state of the finances of the country had been entered on with a view to retrench ment We are sorry to say there is nothing cheering in the commercial intelligence from either of the Presiden- cies. Instead of an improvement in the demand for manufactured goods, as was expected, there had been a , . decided falling off in the sales, and also a decline in prices. The money markets of. Calcutta, as well as Bombay, were most unusually tight, a state of things for which we have seen no good reason assigned, as they were yet free from the influence of the,causes that are acting with such force At Calcutta it appears that the banks -..-.._ the rate of discount on private paper to cent., and on the government bills to 8 per cent. This is extravagantly high, even in India, although even these rates have been thrown into the shade by the unparallelled charges made on commercial paper in London within the last few days. The only favourable portion of the intelli gence is the declaration of the Treasury, that they will make advances on the hypothecation of goods to Europe to the extent of £1,255,040 within the financial year in stead of £800;000, the amount applied during the past had rail, CULTIVATION OF COTTON •IN INDIA.—The. Indian pa pers received by the present mail show that the question of a decrease of cotton cultivation, which is ascribed to the prevailing system of c ye land taxation, is likely to and it is be made the subject of serious investigation stated that a committee has been appointed by the vernment to conduCt the inquiry, The facts and figur brought forwar 'y the writers are .ing in the ex and clearly establish the case of the ZeMindars, or land proprietors, who, from the oppression exercised towards them, have been, in a measure, obliged to abandon the cultivation. The question of Transit, however, we doubt not, bears quite as deeply as that of taxation upon the in trinsic points of this important subject. —Times. AMERICA CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ AND S By the Prince Albert, Captain Sober, which arrived on Wednesday evening at Liverpool; the Arcolo, Captain Hodlas, which reached the river on Thursday morning, id the Yorkshire, which arrived on Friday night, have , eived New York papers to the 17th ultimo. The news is highly important. a The city. of Vera Cruz and the castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, were surrendered to the American army under Major-General Scott, after a destructive bombardment of three days and a half, in which the Mexican loss is esti mated at a thousand killed and wounded, and the loss of the Americans at only 15 killed and 50 wounded. On the 22nd of March, the town was summoned, and, in conse quence of the reply of the governor, at two o'clock that day the bombardment commenced, and was continued at intervals till the 26th, when overtures were made by Gen. Landert, on whom Gen. Morales had devolved the prin cipal command, which led to the surrender of the town and castle on the 20th of March. The following is from the New York Herald :—On the second day of the bombardment an offer was made to sur render the town, but General Scott would not accept the town without the castle, and two days more of bombard- ment ensued, when the soldiers of the garrison, listening to the entreaties of the suffering inhabitants, compelled the general commanding to surrender both town and castle. General Morales refusing to act in the premises, resigned or retired, when General Landero succeeded to the command, and signed the convention for the sur- render The bombardment of four days placed the town in ins, under which great numbers of non-combatants Einar,. buried ThP htlmhard_ Ment is represented to have been terrific, and to its thunders succeeded the moans of the dying in every part of the town for several days afterwards. General Scott offered to the inhabitants, foreigners, retreat from the town prior to the commence ment or operations. &c., a s " Except a few shots from the gun-boats, not a shot was fired from the castle. The navy bore but little part in the attack ; a battery of navy guns, under the com mand of navy officers, did great execution in battering down a portion of the walls of the town and effeeting a breach. The army did little more than to bombard the town. The skirmishing at the landing of our troops tested the nerves of our untried troops, and Colonel Har ney, with some dragoons and a few pieces of light artil this ability at the late assizes, ,plentifully, over the jury, the bar, the witnesses, and the audience, with a .degree of impartiality which, however, many may smart under the application, leaves none of them reason to com plain that they had more or less than their share. Thus to one of the loudest of the learned counsel he defined oratory to be " making a great speech, to show that pick ing a pocket is a virtuous action." One of the witnesses, WHO presented the qnintescence -of " a very nice young man," he covered with confusion, by requesting him to "drop his ultra-gentility of tone and raise his voice." One of the special jury, too, having asked permission to question a witness, was politely permitted to do so " if he pleased, particularly as it would form an agreeable variety." COURT AND FASHION. The court remained in town until and on Tuesday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and other royal and illustrious personages, honoured her Majesty's Theatre for the purpose of witnessing the debut of that incomparable songstress, Madlle. Jenny Lind, as Alice in the opera of Robert le Diable. On Wednesday evening the queen gave a dinner at Buckingham Palace ; among the guests were the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, &c. After dinner, the Queen and Prince Albert (who was di rector for the evening), accompanied by their royal and illustrious guests, attended the Concert .of Ancient Music at the Hanover Square Rooms. Prince Albert honoured Sir Robert Peel with a visit on Wednesday, to inspect the right honourable baronet's collection of paintings, and view the new Indian staircase. A beautiful milk-white pony, which was introduced on the stage, at Drury-lane Theatre, and which was much admired by the Prince of Wales and the Royal Family, has been presented to the prince, by its owner. • UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, Mr. Robert Shorthouse, who took several prizes at our C6llegiate Institution, has obtained the first junior Greek priie at Edinburgh University. Mr. John Walker, of Birkenhead, at the session of Edinburgh University just closed, was in the senior divi sion of the moral philosophy class. of Battersea, has been appointed to the Bishopric of So and Man The approaching festival of Whitsuntide is likely to gnlomnitv of nn ordinary interest to Enelish venerable abbey.at Westminster, of four more bishops to the distant dependencies of the British crown. The anniversary of the Society for the Propag the Gospel was celebrated yesterday week, by divine se vice at St. Paul's Cathedral, the Bishop of Worcester _ ation of friends of. the society dined with the Lord M-ayor Strange as it may appear, Sowerby Church, near Halifax, although it has been erected 80 years, was not consecrated JEAN D'ULLOA until the 27th ult. The reason of the delay has been some difficulty in obtaining a valid title to the ground On which it was built. REFORMATION IN DUBLIN.—The Rev. Thomas Scott received six converts from Romanism in Saint ttudoen's Church on Sunday week. When they abjured the system, and partook of the holy communion, he presented to each of the converts a handsome Bible and a Book of Common Prayer. The first Sabbath in the --"- -" ily is fixed for receiving another class of persons from the error of that system. PARISI! OF SCIIULL, IRELAND.—The Rev. Tohn Trip hook, who acted as curate under the late Dr. Traill, has been appointed to the rectory of Schull, vacant by the d' mise of that amiable clergyman. The livin, ..-out £BOO a year ; but Dr. Trail!, who had a -te fortune, bestowed far more than this t. g is worth handsome relieving the distress of his Roman Catholic parishioners since the first appearance of the potato blight. DURHAM UNIVERSITY.—SeveraI cases of acknowlr fever having occurred in Durham, the warden and e. of the University have deemed it expedient to take a medical opinion upon the subject, wal 1 th a t ;4- rlirl tint sr After due inquiry it —eterminec.. -cal_ MU um. the members of the University ; but that, if the immedi ate friends of any student were desirous that he should be removed from the University for a time, leave would be given on due application, and every facility afforded to alleviate the inconveniences which.may arise. Some of the students have availed themselves of this permission ; but all the lectures, as well as the ordinary business of the town are proceeding in the regular CORI BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SO( The annual meeting of this society was held at Exeter-hall on Wed nesday. The Marquis of Chohnondeley presided, and there were present, the Bishops of Winchester, Chester, and Cashel ; the Bishop elect of Australia ; Lords Gle nelg and Teignmouth ; Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir T. D. Acland, and Sir C. E. Smith. From the report it appeared that the receipts for the year were £117,440 9s. 3d., being an increase of £16,134 14s. 3d. over 1845-6, and 'nearly £6OOO more than in any preceding year. The receipts for Bibles and Testaments during the year were £16,436 Is. 5d.. and the total sum apportionable to the general pur poses of 'the society was £36,004 7s. 10d., 'including . .£30,851 Ils. 11d. from auxiliary societies. The issues during the year were 1,419,283 volumes,—viz., 1,109,224 at home, and 310,059 from the depots abroad. The total issues of the society have been 19,741,710 volumes. The £26,749 more than the previous year, and, with one ex ception, the largest expenditure in any one year. The engagements exceed £43,000. CHESTER TRAINING COLLEGE.—At a meeting of the Chester Diocesan Board of Education, held at Newton on the Bth of April last. A letter was read from the Rev. Richard Wall, wishing for an investigation into the cir cumstances of his removal from the office of Vice-princi pal in the Training College at Chester. In compliance with this request, a resolution was moved by the Rev. Canon Thurlow, seconded by the Rev. W. Hornby, and unanimously carried,—" That this letter be referred to the Training School Committee, and that the honorary se cretary of the Training School be requested to convene a meeting at an early opportunity, to take the subject into consideration." In compliance with this resolution, a meeting assembled at the Training College at Chester, on Monday the 3d instant, the venerable Archdeacon Rush ton in the chair; which, after a full investigation of all the circumstances connected with Mr. Wall's dismissal, vindicated his character by showing that no charge what interrupted. By the terms of capitalation, the garrisons ever was laid against him, and presenting him with the were allowed to march out of the city with all the ho- following testimonial :—" That this committee having nours of war, and then to lay down their arms. They gone fully into the case at issue between the Principal and were provided with four days' provisions. The Mexican the late Vice-principal, desire at mite to record their deep officers were allowed to preserve their arms and private regret at an event which has deprived the college of an effects, and five days to retire to their respective homes. ofcer so able and so valuable as Mr. Wall. They are All the materiel of war, and all public property found in unwilling to allow of his retirement without expressing the city, the castle, and their depeniencies, to belong to the their high sense of the qualifications which he exhibited United States. The sick and wounded Mexicans were to during the three years of his residence within the institu be allowed to remain in the city, and no private property tion ; and they beg leave to state their conviction that he or building was to be taken possession of by the American Possesses, in no ordinary measure, the talents and habits forces. of mind which will contribute to his usefulness in any similar charge." Signed, J. Rushton, chairman. Miss Martineau has arrived at Jerusalem. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting On Monday week, the Royal Court of Paris ordered of this society took place on Tuesday, in Exeter Hall — Suisse, the valet of the late Marquis of Hertford, to refund the Earl of Chichester in the chair. At the csnclusion of -.- . ..L.. ,-,...:..,-.....9. —IA-- ,L_ ID_ 1\ T.. T1.,,,i a O\P cpore. iiture d dreds of Mexicans, and thus ended the demonstration. " Although the foreign consuls and their families did not accede to the offer of General Scott, and leave the town, yet, during the bombardment, they attempted to reach the ships of their respective nations, when they were arrested in their course and ordered back to the The following is from Vera Cruz, under date of the 29th of March :—At ten o'clock, the whole Mexican army marched out, and stacked their arms on the road near the cemetery. Our army then marched on each side of the Mexican lines into the town. All the best of the inha bitants had left the city before the attack. On our en tering it looked like a deserted city. The city is very much iniured by the shot and shell. Nine thousand Mex- lean troops were within twelve or fifteen miles of the city on the night of the 28th, and were driven back by Col. Harney, of the Dragoons. During the sixteen days that roop! and the opening of negotiations, there were five days of vio lent "northers," in which all landing of stores, &c., was 77,716 francs of his pickings to the present Marquis. the unairman s aaaress, tne tcev. IJEt%IS, uuc oc,u ALLEGED CIVIL WAR IN CHINA. — The Moniteur tary, read the report of the society, which entered at con- Beleze, of the 3d inst. states that a civil war had taken siderable length into the present state and future prospects place between two neighbouring departments in the pro- of the different missions in the southern hemisphere and vince of Gokien, in which 24,515 houses and 668 huts elsewhere. All these missions were in a most flourishing were pillaged and burned to the ground, and 130,638 per- state, and the demand for Bibles at some of them was so sons killed or wounded. The statement appears incredi- great that at one missionary station alone at British ble. Guiana no less than 1500 had been sold off in a single The Queen of Portugal, it is said, had decided upon fortnight; and the missionary stationed there had written making concessions in favour of the people, and back to England, to the British and Foreign Bible Society, n et AAA AAA . , everything was settled. These conditions had been sig- for a further remittance of between ZMuu and nified to Sada Bandeira, who was at Setubal, but he had which he had no doubt would be eagerly bought up refused to listen to them, stating that he was under the With respect to the financial state of the society, in spite orders of tne Junta of Oporto, and referring the overtures of the distres3 at home, the excess of this year's inemni to his superiors there. The Queen had changed her Mi- o ver that of last year was no less than £14,369 ; the total nistry, which was to be composed as follows :—Minister receipts being £116,827, a sum which considerably ex of Foreign Affairs, M. Bayard ; Minister of Justice, M. ceeded the income of any former year, and which, after all Leitao ; Minister of the Interior, M. Proense • Minister expenses had been paid, left a considerable balance in the of Finance and Marine, M. Tojal ; Minister of VV'ar, Baron hands of the treasurer to be added to the capital of the Ponte Barca. society. This state of things afforded a very remarkable The Chinese Repository gives an account, which contrast to the state of the society in 1842, when a heavy could hardly be credited were there not positive proofs debt and a comparatively small. income cramped their ()f a the density of the population of the Chinese Empire. forts. He (Mr. Davis) had to state the sorrowful intelli- According to the above journal, published by the Amefi- Bence, that two of the vice-presidents of the society had can missionaries, a civil war, or rather feud, took place recently died ; so recently, that it had been hoped they between the two neighbouring departments of Chang would have been present at this meeting : these were Lord Chao and Tseven Chao, in the province of Gokien, in Lurgan and the Bishop of Sodor and Man. At the con which 24,515 houses and 668 huts were pillaged and elusion of the general report, several detailed reports of burnt to the ground, and 130,638 persons killed or the, state of different missions were read. The meeting wounded. It appears that wars of this kind are of fre- was subsequently addressed by several gentlemen on the quent occurrence in the interior of this country, without platform—among whom were the Bishops of Winchester the government attempting or caring to interfere. and Chester, Lord Waldegrave, Lord Glenelg, Sir Robert Inglis, and several well-known clergymen of the Estab lished Church. ST. BEES COLLEGE, CUMUERLAND.—TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO THE REV. J. E. MIDDLETON, M.A., THE- The fiat issued against Messrs. Stockdale has been an- OLOGICAL LECTURER OF THE INSTITUTION.—The Easter nulled. term at this college terminated on Tuesday last. The An action has been commenced by Mr. Bunn, in the gentlemen who this term have completed their course of Court of Queen's Bench, against Jenny Lind, for an studies, and are now leaving for ordination, were desirous alleged breach of contract, and on Friday week an appear- of presenting their highly esteemed Theological Lecturer ance to the writ of summons issued a few days previously with some substantial expression of their regard, previ was entered by a solicitor on the part of the defendant. ously to leaving college for their various destinations. In The next proceeding will be the declaration, in which the consequence of this determination, a deputation from their plaintiff will estimate his damages. Sir F. Kelly and Mr. number waited on the rev. gentleman at his private resi- Cockburn, Q.C., have been retained for Mr. Bunn. The dence, for the purpose of begging, in their own names and cause cannot be tried until the sittings after Trinity Term, those of their fellow students, his acceptance of an elegant commencing the middle of July. piece of plate, accompanied by a memorial, drawn up and THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH.-- signed by his students, expressive of the high estimation It has been earnestly reported within the last ten days, in which their worthy lecturer is universally held by them, that Lord Denman has intimated his intention of resign- alike as a tutor and a friend. The followidg is the in ing the high office of Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's scription engraved on the plate. " Presented to the Rev. Bench, to which he was elevated in 1832. Fifteen years J. E. Middleton. M.A., Theological Lecturer of St. Bees service allows the occupant a judicial seat to retire on a College, by the members of the Fourth Term, as a token pension. It should be mentioned, that, though entitled respect and esteem, on the completion of their course of to a salary of £lO,OOO a year, Lord Denman has declined studies,—Easter Term, 1847." The deputation were re receiving more than four-fifths of the sum, or £BOOO a ceived by the rev. gentleman and his lady with the greatest year. In the natural and legitimate course of succession, kindness and courtesy. The memorial having been read, Sir John Jervis, the Attorney-General, should take Lord Mr. Middleton expressed in the warmest terms the high Denman'seat on the bench, if his lordship vacate it, but sense he entertained of the motives that had thus led to a there is a whisper that Lord Campbell has proposed him- result in every sense so gratifying to his feelings. He was self for it., himself perfectly sure that the manner in which he had Mr. JUSTICE MAULE'S LAST. —During the trial of performed the duties of the important office intrusted to Hannah Thomas, for the murder of her child, at Mon- him merited no such mark of distinction as that which he mouth Assizes. a letter was banded to Mr. Justice Maule, now had the gratification of receiving at their hands ; but who demanded—" Who has had the impudence to send to it his best energies were sedulously and cheerfully de me a letter during a trial for murder ?" The trembling voted. He should ever highly prize these tokens of their javelin man replied, " A fema le g ave it me, m y lord, with g ood will and esteem to him and his family; they would directions to give it your lordship immediately." The be a perpetual memento of their regard. He offered them judge (throwing the letter contemptuously from him)— his sincerest thanks for their munificent gift, and assured "He calls himself Samuel Jordan, and says lie is a landed the& that, although now about to be widely separated from proprietor; be's a very impudent fellow to semi me a let- each other and the scenes of their preparation for the ter in the middle of a trial in such a case, and as to the ministry, he should still cherish for each and all of them female, she is an impudent—something — or other." A individually and collective l y , and continue to take, a lively Cheltenham paper observes—Mr. Justice Maule has a i interest in their future welfare. His prayer was, that they knack of concentrating much meaning in few words, into might be eminently useful in their respective spheres of svkieb he infuses a dash of vinegar; and he exercised ministration, and ornaments of the Church of God. THE BENCH AND THE BAR, RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The Manchester and Southampton Railway Bill has been thrown out on standing orders. The atmospheric system is to be abandoned on the Croydon line. - The Preston and Wyre half-yearly meeting confirmed the amalgamation with the Manchester and Leeds. The dividends for each half year prospectively until 1855 were fully detailed. The directors of the Eastern Counties Railway have taken proceedings against a director of the Royston and Hitchin Railway, for certain letters in the Cambridge In dependent, insinuating that the sum of £960,000 had ut terly disappeared from the former company, in a manner not to be accounted for on right principles. A meeting was held in Glasgow, a few days since, for the purpose of petitioning parliament to compel railway companies to afford accommodation on Sundays; but the friends of the Sabbath mustered so strong, that, though the meeting was prolonged until midnight, the chairman compelled to adjourn it without any motion being passed. THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—When this line is open, the trains from London will experience an average acceleration of an hour and a half. The express train will run in five hours, arriving in Liverpool at ten instead of eleven, as at present. The London papers will be here at two o'clock, and possibly, after a short time, by one. The line, it is expected, will open in June. MAGNITUDE OF THE GREAT WESTERN COMPANY. — The whole amount of the called-up capital of the Great Western Company is £5,751,150, and its present out standing debt amounts to £4,216,370. The company possesses a power of raising, by calls and new shares, a further sum of £3,958,850. By the bills of the present session, as far as an estimate can be made, a power will be conferred of raising an additional sum of more than £11,000,000, or about twice the amount of the present paid-up capital. . . SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.—At a recent half-yearly meeting of this company, a most satisfactory report was presented. It appears that during the five months a portion of the line, about fifteen miles in length, has been open ; upwards of 62,000 passengers have travel led upon it, more than . 18,000 during the past month, and though the mineral traffic is not yet developed, so satis factory have been the returns, that the chairman stated fter deducting the intere t of the mone y were allowe nt, not only to Pa borrowed, but also of y will be enable( ;ir Act.' open th ► of Ma mineral branch at the close of the present in flhirk to Rh rrawsh tryv _nineteen li ,e remainder of the line in August of the same year Otneral zaliszritanv. Five hundred houses are now to be let in Oxfon The tops of the mountains at Keswick were 1 completely capped with snow. Typhus fever is raging to an ur Dundee. The deaths in the Infirmary have amounted to !edented extent i the extraordinary average of forty in a day. BAD DEirrs.-,—Lord Ashburton stated in the Hause of Lords the other day, that upwards of £24,000,000 are an nually lost to the trade of this kingdom from bad debts. Two children died last week, in the workhouse of the Edmonton Union, near London, from the effects of poppy water, which their nurses had given them to make them steep. The brig Exmouth, from Londonderry to Quet totaly lost off the island of Islay, , one , of the .11, on Sunday week Two hundred and for MARRIAGE OF MR. BRIGHT lrriage of the Hon. M.P. for superintendent reg k man named Wilkinson h n gaol for trial, on a chargE strar of the Wakefield district Burgh in ti 7 miffing arsenic into the tea. The Rev. Dr. Alder has sail( rica, with a view to s tle the difference isted for seven years between the B Wesleyan Societk orth Ame- hich have ex- ritish and Cana( PuicE OF A COMMISSION.—CoIoneI Persse, of the 16th Lancers, who for fifty-two years served with such distinction in the Peninsula, America, and India, retired from the army last week, receiving eleven thousand le of his commission - The .Chinese junk Keying is daily expected to arrive at Woolwich, from Hong Kong. She is the first Chinese vessel ever brought to England, and is solely manned by Chinese sailors, and is to bring valuable pre Emperor to her Majesty and Prince Albert BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—The wife of a labouring man at Piddington, was delivered of a female child on the 25th ult. On the infant's right hand there are six fingers and a thumb ; on the left hand five fingers and a thumb ; on the right foot there are six toes.—Norlhamp. Herald. The Iron Trade is still at the former prices for cargoes of bar-iron in Wales, nor has the state of the Money Market yet been reported to have affected the business in that quarter ; but -a considerable fall . in. pig-iron...has taken place in the Clyde, where the quotation is not now higher 'cents from the Xll to say May ii, ISI7. The Emperor of Russia has made his second public ap pearance in the money market. Finding his stock of specie superflously large, he advertises himself as having a few millions to invest in eligible securities at home and abroad. In short, he is willing to afford to the populous trading nations of West Europe the accommodation which the Bank of England is compelled to withhold from mer cantile houses in the city. France has had her share, and the bulk of the remainder will, of course, find its way to us, either in cash, or by liquidation of the long scores he will have against us for hemp and tallow. NOVEL MODE OF QUELLING A RIOT.—A few days ago there were upwards of 100 Irish navies on board the Kirk aldy ferry steamer during one of her afternoon trips to Newhaven, and, about the time the fare was collecting,, conducted themselves in a very unruly manner, and re fused to pay their fare. On being remonstrated with by the captain, they became still more refractory and riotous.. Captain Barker, finding that further remonstrance and threatening of legal proceedings against them only made matters worse, attached a flexible tube to the escape-valve of the engine, scattered a quantity of steam amongst them, and threatened to continue it if they would not give up their disorderly conduct. This not being speedily com plied with, the captain, by the application of the tube,. gave them a copious cold shower bath, which soon had the effect of reducing them to a state of subordination, and they were allowed to land at Newhaven.—Edinburgh paper. _ _ . - MAINTENANCE OF A MOTHER.—At Guildhall police court on Saturday, Mr. Clark, printer and publisher in Warwick-lane, appeared before Aldermen Musgrove and Wood, to show cause why he refused to contribute to the maintenance of his mother, now chargeable to the parish of Horsmoden, iri Kent. The defendant asked Mr. Joy, the overseer, if his mother was not living with her second husband, which Mr. Joy said was so, and that husband and wife had three shillings per week out-door relief from the parish, but he only asked defendant to support his mother. Defendant said he had a wife and five children to bring up, and he did not feel justified in taking on himself such a burthen. He had added about half-a crown a week to her parochial allowance during the winter, to make his mother mo r e comfortable. Mr. Alderman Wood intimated his conviction that the second marriage released the son from his liability to keep his mother, and cast it on her husband ; and, in case of his inability, then on the parish. Mr. Alderman Musgrove concurred in that view, and the summons was dismissed. ALLEGED CHILD MURDER IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. —On Wednesday last, a man, named L. Cosgrove, was brought up at the Marylebone Police-station, London, 'urged with having occasioned the death of his female '4, aged three years. The prisoner had arrived the before by rail— - - d at Eusto ay from Liverpool. When the train ,-square, he was found seated on some with a dead child concealed under a cloak. He ,e policeman who apprehended him that he had fed from Liverpool at seven in the morning, and that . nen within seventeen miles from London he found that the child was dead, and that it was a great blessing for him that it was dead, as its mother had died a few days before, in Liverpool, of fever. He asserted that he was great distress, and had written to his sister in West 'ter, imploring that she would pay his expenses up to She promised to do so, he said, and on Sunday ~ht the child away, a woman belonging to .mving told him that it would not live long. Aion of the body of the child, there was found mark round the left side of the neck, and on the 1.1 was a quantity of blood. The prisoner was subse quently conveyed to the station-house, when upwards of - Ca was found upon him. The prisoner was remanded to wait the result of a coroner's inquest, which 1 , -^ • turned a verdict, to the effect, that the dece `ural death. luggag told tt evening lie br( the infirm/ On examii COUNT nt of OF MORNINGTON yesterday before Mr sed died a —The Earl of Mor- Bingham, at Marl to show cause why ntain his wife, Helena, Countess of iereby she had become chargeable to the orge, Hanover-square. From the state lordship's professional adviser, it appeared veek's ago, a sum of £BOO a year was of which she de- fered. to Lady dined ; possibly because she conceived that by certain in struments now under investigation in a superior court, she Was entitled to more. The professional adviser of his lordship also intimated that he was not permitted by Lord Mornington to show that the party on whose behalf the application was made, had been reduced to her present position by her own misconduct and extravagance, and he Id, that his lordship was prepared to submit to any order which the court under the circumstances might think proper to make. Mr. Bingham said he could only deal with this case as the case of a pauper receiving relief in the Workhouse, and he could make no distinction between this and any other in the workhouse. He had no power to sanction more than ordinary assistance, and if his lordship undertook to reimburse the parish of St. George for the outlay, it was all that he could require. With this understanding the parties left the court. The Countess has since written to say that, during the four teen years of separation from her husband, she has only received £1,300, and that the £BOO per year was offered on mer( had only to __ _ly the personal security of his lordship. ._MAN WITH Two WIVES.—AN EXTRA ORDINAR Y &FFAIR.—At the Rochdale petty sessions, on W r edn esd " ' ..„ o f ge last, Joh n St o t t , a f armer, f rom 40 to 30, Y e-- - a n e, re- siding at Caitleton M oor, a b out three miles from Roch dale, summoned his fath er , 7 0 years of age, hi s son , a young man 20 years old, and two b rot h ers , 30 years each, on a charge of assault and wilful damage. It appeared, by the evidence, that complainant has been married 23 years, and, on Sunday last, he took a young woman, about 22 years of age, to reside with him as his wife, al though he had a wife in the house. In the evening the defendants went to complainant's house to talk with him on the absurdity of his having two wives in one house, in consequence of which a regular row took place; fighting with pokers, axe, crow-bars, &c. During the row part of the furniture was broken, and complainant's clothes were torn off his back; the defendants received several wounds on the head, face, and other parts of their bodies. Both wives were in the court • the younger gave eviden c e o n behalf of complainant, an the elder wife on behalf of the defendants. The magistrates said it was a most disgrace ful affair, and they were sorry they had no charge against the complainant and his new wife. The defendants were discharged. When the case was over, complainant took his young spouse through the streets, towards his own h3me. She is a smart looking woman, and took a husband in a similar manner, from Heywood, near Bury, two years ago ; but after they had spent upwards of £3OO at Liver pool and London, she left him, and he has since died, leaving a wife, who now resides at Bury. THE CORN MARKETS.—Since our last monthly report we have had an advance in our wheat market ,of 10s. to 12s. per quarter, and such has been the continued de mand and high rates paid, not only in the principal con suming countries of France, Belgium, and Holland, but in others from whence we were accustomed to obtain sup plies, that the Baltic shipments which a short time ago were expected to come to this country, have, to a great extent, found a market on more advantageous terms else where, and the orders sent out on English account to the Mediterranean, Danube, Black Sea, America, &c , have in many cases been unexecuted in consequence of the competition from other European markets. In addition to these grounds for a rise in our markets, there has been no inconsiderable drain upon the wheats grown in this country, for the supply of the more immediate wants of our continental neighbours. Under these circumstances, ick of English wheat at the commencement a if the of the present year had been nearly sufficient to meet our wants up to the pried of as early an harvest as last sea son, we are, owing t) our subsequent exports, differ( situated now, and the lateness of spring alone would j is tify the apprehension that a very large importation would be needed before the new crop can generally be brought to market. We think, therefore, there is fully sufficient ground for the apprehension that the price of wheat may yet go considerably higlur; indeed, we should not be at all surprised to see it reach 110 s. to 120 s. per quarter, as there is little doubt bit the scarcity will be greatly in 1, and the price consequently enhanced during the t absurd attempts to depress it on the money market, for there and the course only greatly Messrs. Sturge's Corn Circu- continuanc by means of the pressu May 5, 1817. JENNY LIND The long-expected appearance of Jenny pn Tuesday - night, a night that will be! long memorable in the annals of the English musical stage. She appeared in the part of Alice in the Italian version of " Lobert la Diable." We can do little more than say that her performance far transcended the most highly-raised expectations, and'obtained, without excep tion, the greatest triumph we ever witnessed in a theatre. The house was crowded to overflowing, by an audience eager to see and hear the renowned stranger, whose name has been so long in every body's mouth. When she pre sented herself as the country girl, attired in her humble pilgrim's weeds, a loud burst of welcome greeted her from all parts of the house ; and she seemed almost in moment to gain every heart, even before she uttered* sound, by the ingenuous modesty of her looks, and th e g raceful simplicity of her mien. In the brief dialogue, carried on with Rob er t, i n rec it a ti ve , h er sweet music? tones and fine elocution, were at once apparent. Th o led to the romance, " Va, mi disse, (in the original, " 11.14 dit elle,") which at once exhibited her excellent qualitie s as a singer. These qualities must be perceived and felt' they cannot be described. Her voice is a perfect soprano, of the most enchanting purity and beauty ; soft, mellove' of great fulness and volume, and as delicate as the b r eath' ing of the .lEolian harp, producing such " dying falls': g e ' Shakspeare's descripti on h a s sometimes made us imagin e : Her manner, in the close of a pathetic strain, of prolong; ing an exquisite note, and attenuating it by figures, there is scarcely anything between it and silence, is au-, gether her own ; and its effect was often absolutely T e e vishing. During her whole performance the audiee t , seemed spell-bound, passing from a state of breathless lo tendon, when a pin might have been heard to fall i_ i n,`, e s dead silence, to the most rapturous enthusiasm. w!: she began the song, " Quando lasciai la Norinac4 l '4 (" Quand je quittaila Normandie,") there was sometlo.e, so enchanting in her utterance of the very first p l !F%le that the air was interrupted by a burst of uncont ro L le lll delight from every part of the house. She is ccl, ll ;:i c tl great as an actress. Her face possesses strong and '4;_;.'00,1 expression ; her every gesture is full of sentiment oey feeling ; and her movements and attitudes, thoug h eo ils have all the appearance of being perfectly spontafilGre,. and unstudied, have the grace of the finest piece* °nose cian art. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Quee n ' 1 " 111 0 ger, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leningf°' e %- the Prince of Saxe-Weimar, and a list of, nobility t t he tending half a column, are given as being preel i ß t , he debill. The whole London press have run ma , praise. The Times finishes a column of the moA!' s t he exordium by stating that "On the fall of the. curtain t he burst of applause showed that the . expectations audience had been more than realized. Three a a! , s ad times was Mademoiselle Lind called upon the it was a certain lic , rh , one cheer more' sort of which we have never sees so strongly manitestc than 635. per ton. Lord Ingestrie has written to Lord John Russ that " he cannot concur in the conch imittee relative _to Captain Warner that the trial proved a failure." His for many difficulties, none of which would occur in real sc ship says that vice, attended the operations before the committee. A steamer, plying on the river Wye, narrowly escaped destruction on Wednesday week, near Chepstow. Some miners employed on the works of the South Wales Rail way fired a blast while the steamer was passing, and a shower of heavy stones fell on all sides of the ve3sel. Fortunately, only one of the smaller stones fell on board, and the steamer and her passengers escaped unit jured. EFFECTS OF LIVING ON ONE KIND OF FOOD. — About sixty men, labourers on the railways in the course of formation in this county, arc at present lying in the Royal Infirmary, suffering from scurvy, which has been induced, we understand, by making coffee and buttered bread, of the best quality, their sole article of diet.—Edinburgh A dvertiser. Early and good news of the Greenland seal fishery has arrived by an Aberdeen vessel, which has 9,000 her own share. Five vessels are reported as having caught 31,000 seals. This will go far to make up for the loss of whales, who appear to have left the Greenland coast al together, and retreated to the upper parts of Davis' Straits, whither they cannot be pursued, except at the expense of a long voyag At a vestry meeting held at Bridgewater recently the following resolution was passed :—" That the practice of appropriating the pews to the wealthier classes has been productive of great evil to the mass of the population; thlt the churchwardens, therefore, be directed to take polsession of all the pews in this church as soon as the present possessors thereof die or leave the town, and that the word free be painted upon the door of each pew as soon as it falls into hand." KITTENS AND INFANTS.—A pretty child— little three-year-old—was, not long ago, presented wit the most tormented of pets, a nursery kitten, saved fl the noyade that awaited the birth of its brothers and sis ters. A short time afterwards the child's mamma added two m 2mbers to the family circle, in the shape of twins. On.being taken into the nursery to see them, she gazed on them for some time, looking from one to the ogle:. << i li much curiosity. Then, patting one of their plump little cheeks with her ri - keep this one, papa a charming aid, " I think we will THE INFANTICIDES AT CARMARTHEN.—A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against Mary Hughes, for the murder of her three children, as stated in our last. The mother fled, but has since been apprehended. She had wandered over the mountains to the neighbourhood of Llandewybreli, about ten miles off. No doubt is enter tained of her being quite insane. It appears she must have carried the children up herself one by one, as to go up to the loft she was obliged to go up a ladder, there being no staircase there, and to come down after the bodies were suspended, she must have been obliged to move oue of them to the side before she could get to 111:, ladder. At a meeting, held in Glasgow on Friday, of influential er-makers, and others affected by excise restrictions, they formed themselves into National Association for the Reform of Excise Abuses, the object of which will be to secure the return of mem hers to parliament who will pledge themselves to use their influence to obtain the removal of the abuses complained of—to have the various excise regulations clearly embo died in an act of parliament, no part of which the Trea sury will have power to alter without at least a month's previous notice—to obtain the removal of all frivolous and vexatious restrictions, unnecessary for the due collection of the revenue—and to procure the revision or repeal of those excise duties which were impolitic in their nature, or oppressive to the public. NOVEL PROJECT. - A prospectus has been issued of a new Joint Stock Company, to be called " The Silurian Chemical Works," and to be established at Newport and Cardiff, with a branch at each of those places, the object of which is to purchase and work up refuse and other small coal, to the extent of 2000 tons per day, or 600,000 tons per annum, into coke, tar, ammonical preparations, and gas ; and to convey the latter product from Cardiff to London, on a route via Gloucester, &c. ; and also to en able the directors of the Great Western and other railway ' companies to light the whole of their roads and branches with gas, so as to prevent, as far as possible, all the acci dents that may arise from want of light in the dark and dreary seasons of winter. It is proposed that the gas lamps on railways should be fixed at intervals not exceed ing forty-five yards, which would be about forty lamps per mile. The cost of supplying the gas is stated at 30s. per ' lamp, or £6O per mile. A MAD SHEEP.—About two months ago, a little terrier dog, at Cluny Castle, having been observed to be in a rabid state, it was found necessary co kill him ; but this was not done before he had done considerable damage, though, we are glad to learn to none of the human species. It appears he had gone into a park in which about forty wethers were being fed upon turnips, killed one, and bit other six—five of which were so severely injured, that they were immediately destroyed. As the sixth had only received a slight scratch on one of the hinder legs, it was allowed to take chance. In a very short time the wound was completely healed up, and, to all appearance, the animal was none the worse for it. A few days ago, how ever, the slieperd, on going into the park with some hay for his flock, was surprised to observe the wether referred to chasing the others most furiously, leaping on such as he could overtake, and exhibiting all the symptoms of rabidness. In the words of our informant, "he acted the dog as well as could possibly be done by any other animal not of the canine race." This the poor animal continued to do for about two hours aftep i. was first observed, and at last lay down from sheer exhaustion, foaming at the ' mouth, and even imitating the barking of a dog. It was then destroyed.—Dundee Adt'srtiser. Ei tot th( Su is Ti fee OUg hop Will the ins e Who lu -re9t