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inperial Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-514mpAy. The Duke of WELLINGTON rose to move the second reading of the Maynooth Bill, and took a review of Irish affairs from the time of the reformation down to the year 1793, when the penal laws were repealed. The noble Duke had not proceeded far when — The Duke of NEWCASTLE rose to ask whether the . Duke of Wellington had obtained the Queen's consent to' make the speech he had done ? Lord BROUGHAM called upon the Duke of Wellington not to answer the question, and denied that the consent of the crown was reriuisite to enable that house to-discuss the bill upon the table. The Duke of NEWCASTLE again attempted to address , the house, amidst loud cries of "order," and eventually the Duke of 'Wellington was called upon to proceed. The' noble Duke then referred to the history of the establish ment of the College during the lord-lieutenancy of the late Marquis Camden. The necessity for educating the Roman Qatholics at house arose from the state of the con tinent at the time, over which the triumphant armies of the French republic were then marching; and now that a different aspect of affairs bad happily arisen, the govern ment considered it wise and proper to continue a system of domestic education to the Roman Catholic priests who were to administer to the great majority of the Irish peo ple the rites of the Roman Catholic church. He admitted that the expectations indulged in on the first establish ment of the institution had not been real-zed. but this he attributed to the scanty means placed at hie disposal. The bill before the house increased those means, and he hoped in future to see an improvement in the education, man ners. and habits of the students. They had supported the institution for half a century ; during twenty years of that time the country had been engaged in war. What ever might be the opinion as to the legal effect of the deci sion of their lordships on the writ of error in September last, he believed there was no man in his senses who now doubted that it was absolutely hopeless and impossible to carry any measure by violence or tumult in Ireland con trary to the wishes of the government and parliament of this coauttry. Standing thus intrenchei, and without any danger Whatever pressing on them—knowing as they did that the great body of persons engaged in tumultuous pro ceedings two Years ago were Roman Catholics, it would look somewhat like persecution if, having supported this institution so Tong, they now withdrew from it the pa tronage of the state. He trusted they would give the it unanimous.consent to the bill. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE looked upon this as a politi cal, nos a religious question ; and vs such, he contended it was in every sense one of the most conciliatory and wise measures that had been proposed for many years in par liament. Lord RoDEN then rose to move the amendment which he had given notice of, for a select committee to inquire into the character of the education given at Maynooth, with the avowed object of getting rid of the bill. If, as he thought, the annual grant had been inconsistent with the duty of a protestant government, much more was he opposed to this measure, which permanently endowed an institution over which the state could not exercise the re quisite control. He drew a broad distinction between to leration and endowment. The first ground laid for this measure was, that it would tend to conciliate the Roman Catholics. No one was more anxious than he was to con ciliate his Roman Catholic fellow subjects, but he could not consent to "do evil that good might come." In stead. however, of being reeeived as a boon, it had been bailed in Ireland as a measure extorted by fear ; and he quoted the letter of Dr. Higgins to show that no concilia. t iry effects could result from the measure. Nor did he think it would do anything to improve the sort of educe ' tion given at Maynooth. It would merely afford facilities for recruiting the priesthood from the lower classes of the people. By a reference to the text books and many de tails in the history and conduct of the institution, the noble lord maintained that the system of instruction given there had anti-social and disloyal tendencies. To ascer tains that fact he proposed a committee of inquiry, and the people of England, who had petitioned so largely against the bill, would not be satisfied if investigation were refused. Sir R. Peel himself had, in 1810, declared that he should vote for the grant with much more satisfaction if there was an inquiry, which the principals of the college should be the first to promote, " when so strong an impression prevailed that their system of edu cation stood in need of improvement." If inquiry were thutight necessary when the giant was annual, how much more now, when the endowment was to be permanent ? This bill was considered by the protestants of Ireland as a heavy blow to their interests. They felt that they had been betrayed by those whom they were taught to consi der their friends, and they might well be disgusted w:th the - line of policy that was pursued when they found that they were to be sacrificed to the bowl of a priesthood which had always been the great enemy of British con nexion. The Bishop of LONDON thought the noble earl had made out a case for inquiry with reference to the bill, itself. After the most careful and anxious consideration, be found himself under the painful necessity of refusing his assent to it, as involving a violation of one of the most funds ineetal principles of the constitution, while it held out no prospect of such advantage as might be thought to justify it on the grounds of expediency. The principles taught at Maynooth were calculated to make the priests democrats in politics, and in the church intolerant bigots. They were at of inconeistent with the faithful discharge of duty to the state, and utterly incompatible with the main tenance of peace in a commonwealth composed of persons healslg different opinions. Could they be justified, then, in endowing a college to carry out such a system without at least exacting from those to be intrusted with the work ing of it some distinct and definite pledge that the system itself should he improved, and its worst features removed ? This was the first link that had been forged to tie together the state and the Roman Catholic Church. He would of MaYricoth an integral iSe'rt or trie'con.titutime''ritt 1 e 5.g. e .e.e.......h pare and charitable motives of the go vernment in bringing forward this measure. He could well understand their embarrassment when they turned their eye to the man of Ireland ; but the right principle on whicb, in his opinion, that country should be governed was this—never for any consideration to do what was clearly wrong in principle; to do their best to discover what was right; to follow it out hoceetly and fearlessly trusting for the issue to the Supreme Disposer of events, who, in accordance with His written word, would deal fa vourably with that nat. on which upheld His own truth, or at least did nothing to impede its progress. The Bishop of CASHEL urged the necessity of inquiry. His own mind was indeed made up on the subject, but in quiry would be useful to those who had not so strong opi nions as he entertained, both with reference to the injuri ous system of separate education for ecclesiastics and the intrusion of Jesuits into the College of Maynooth. The main ground, however, on which he objected to this bill was, that he could not be a party to teach what he consci entiously believed to be erroneous. It was not Christian charity or morality that he should teach to others what was antagonist to his belief as a Protestant by conviction. ; and before the state could honestly and consistently en dow a Roman Catholic Coll« ge she must unproteatantize herself. He would infinitely prefer the voluntary system to the endowment of two rntagonist churches. One or two other peers having addressed the house, the debate was adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. The following railway bills were respectively read a tbird time and passed; the Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln ;) the Berks and Hants Railway ; the Midland Railway (Lyston to Peterborough;) the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and the Kendal and Windermere Railway. The debate on the Colleges (Ireland) Bill was resumed ; after speeches in favour of the second reading by Mr. M. Milnes, Lord J. Russell, Lord Mahon, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Osborne, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Wyse, Sir R. Peel, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Shaw, and Sir V. Blake (several of whom expressed the hope of amending it in committee); and against it by Mr. B. Hope and Mr: Acland, the house divided, when the se cond reading was carried by 311 against 46. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The debate on the Maynoolh College Bill was resumed. The Earl of WINCHILSEA reprobated the measure as the most deadly blow ever aimed at Protestantism—our national Christianity—the foundation of our long-che rished civil and religious liberties--the true source of England's greatness. If their lordships passed this mea sure in spite of the respectful remonstrances of between 1,200,01:10 and 1,500,000 people of this country, they would forfeit the confidence and respect of the nation. He protested against this bill as a national endowment of Popery, and in contravention of the oath taken by her Majesty at her coronation, and called special attention to the fact that in France they were making laws to exclude the Jesuits from all interference with education, while the parliament of England was insanely throwing it into their hands. The Marquis of NORMANDY reminded the house that they were now legislating for 7,000,000 Roman Catholics, whom they could not help continuing Catholic. Though Protestantism had done much for England, yet, after all the ingenuity of legislatures and the severity of execu tives could do in three centuries, nothing had been ac complished by Protestantism in Ireland, because it had not been in accordance with the sincere convictions of the vast majority of the people. It was said the Catholic priests had stimulated crime in Ireland ; on the contrary, he must bear his testimony that no body of men had ever exerted themselves with more energy in detecting and preventing crime. It was true they had often expressed themselves strongly, but what did their lordships say who heard last night the speech of the Bishop of Cashel with reference to vehement language ? The noble Marquis strongly condemned the spirit of that right rev, prelate's address, and read an extract from a charge said to have been delivered by the Bishop of Cashel, in which some very vituperative expressions occurred. The Bishop of CASHet declared the entire document to be a false and impudent fabrication. The charge had been printed and circulated at the time; he should send a copy of it to the noble Marquis to-morrow. The Marquis of NORMANav explained that the docu ment he had quoted purported only to be a report written by a gentleman who heard the chaNe. The Archbishop of Dosurs . bad often felt and expres sed that the system of education at Maynooth was im pertect. If they gave the Roman Catholic priests the best education they were prepareds to receive, one great evil would be cured. Ile avowed himself the advocate of expediency in this matter, and he denied that expediency and duty were at variance with each other. He believed the bill, though it might not satisfy agitators, would do much good in Ireland. The Bishop of EXETER insisted that the recluse mode of educ tion practised at Maytionth was wholly inconsist ent with the growth of manly character. They were mere slaves, and the only consolation that they bad was, that at the end of their servitude they were to go forth, not as the ministers, but as the representatives of their God. They were educated as spiritual despots, and they !became furious agitators, unfit to be the guides of ?the people. Instead of one great monastic establishment, 'he wished, in addition to the UK in another place for found ;hag three academical institutions in Ireland, there were a fourth, or rather one branch in connexion with each •of 'those institutions, in which a liberal education might the given to Roman Catholic priests. The present measure would perpetuate a curse in Breland. It would be may before a committee of inquiry to prove that intolerant and anti-social doctrines were taught at Maynooth, of which •he cited various instances, and concluded by saying that maless it could be shown that the instruction of May nooth was as conducive to truth, justice, and honesty, as he believed be had shown it to 'be in direct contradiction to them, heir trust that, whatever had been the previ .eus resolution of their lordships with regard to their votes, if he bad been the humble means of opening their , eyes to the iniquities of the system here pursued, a .majority of their lordships would act upon their cor►vic- Lion, and say " Not content" to the motion for the second reading of the bill. The debate was then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Mr. HUME rose to move an address to her Majesty, praying her to grant a suitable pension to Sir Henry Pot linger, in reward for his eminent public services. The hon. member reviewed these services, and complained that, xi leaving them unrewarded, the government was acting contrary to the wishes of a vast majority of the commercial men of the country. Lord SANDON, in seconding the motion, said it was not intended as a complaint against ministers, but was made with a view to induce them to take a course which he thought they must themselves be anxious to pursue. Sir R. PEEL said there was no disposition on the part of Ministers to underrate the services of Sir H. Pottin ger. in the present instance the crown was not to blame for not granting a pension, for, in point of fact, the crown had not the power of do'ng so for diplomatic services, un less there was a general service of fifteen years, or a bona fida service of ten years ; and this very restriction on the crown was imposed by the House of Commons at the in stance of the bon. member (Mr. flume) himself. The general rule he thought was a hood one, that where the party was in good health, and capable of continued ser vice, that he should be rewarded by employments rather than by a pension; and in the case of Sir H. Pottinger, he thought no man was entitled to receive such a mark of the royal confidence. Considering, however, his extraor dinary services, and se ing what was tl.e general feeling of the hou , e, he should be sorry any division of opinion on the subject should arise, and he would, therefore, take it upon himself to advise her Majesty to make some provi sion for Sir H. Pottinger. The motion was agreed to. Mr. WARD moved for a select committee to inquire whether there are any peculiar burdens specially affecting the landed interest of this country, or any peculiar exemp- tions enjoyed by thit interest, and to ascertain their na ture and extent. The hon. gentleman said it was neces sary to have an inquiry in order to clear the ground for the motion which would be subsequently brought forward by Mr. Villiers for the repeal of the corn law. Mr. S. HEILI4F.RT opposed the motion as unnecessary, contending that the extreme partisans of free trade were just as wrong as the extreme protectionists, and that the government was correct in keeping the middle course, affording considerable latitude to the manufacturers, while protecting agriculturis's from very sudden and great changes in the value of agricultural produce. After some observations from several members Mr. Ward's motion was negatived by a majority of 182 to 109. HOUSE OF LORDS.--WEDNESDAY. The Bishop of CASHEL alluded to ihe representations of Lord Normanby the previous evening as to his (the prelate's) charge and laid a copy of that charge on the table to prove that he bad not said what was attributed to him. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that about an hour before the right rev, prelate had done him the honour of sending him a copy of his Charge, and having read it he must say it did not contain one word to which the noble marquis had referred that evening, and which he had men tioned on a former evening. (Loud cheers.) It appeared to him to be a regular eccesiastical Charge, such as a per son in the situation of the right rev. prelate ought to deliver to his clergy. It did not contain one word that was injurious to anybody, and he was convinced that nobody could read it without receiving from it the high est satisfaction, and conceiving the greatest respect for the right rev. prelate. (Cheers.) Lord NORMANIIr refused to' withdraw what he had said. The adjourned debate on the Maynooth Bill was then resumed, and after the Duke of Cleveland, the Earls of Hardwicke, Spencer, and Charleville, Lerd Monteagle, and the Bishops of Norwich and Sr. Davids had spoken in favour of the Bill, and the Earl of Clancarty and Lord Colchester against it, Lord STANLEY, in a speech of some length, replied to the various objections that had been urged against the Bill. If students at Maynooth had been admitted to the society of the Jesuits they were amenable to the law ; and if the noble Earl who asserted this was cognisant of the fact, and desirous of proceeding against them, they were open to prosecution for misdemeanour, and liable to banishment. For this purpose ►nquiry was not necessary ; inquiry would be shop tiler useless ; but it would he more than useless—it would produce an incessant and daily in creasing acerbity of religious animosities among different c!a-ses of the Irish people. If he believed this measure likely to injure the Irish Protestant Church either in its temporalities or spiritual influence, he would not only have refused his assent to it, but have been the first to denounce and resit it to the uttermost. Ho did not thi - Inittr. -- Tre — utru hien asked whether the permanent endowment of Maynooth would lead to the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church. He said that was no necessary or even probable consequence of this measure. The permanent endowment of Maynooth would no more lead to the permanent endowment of the Roman Catholic Church than the annual endowment of Maynooth led to the annual endowment of that Church. lie saw serious obstacles to the endowment of the Romau Catholic Church in the opinions, the feelings, and the prejudices of the people of this country, and in the avowed opposi tion of the Roman Catholic clergy themselves ; hut reli gious scruples would not be a serious obstacle with him on such a question. He believed if this measure had any effect at all on the religion of the Roman Catholics, it would not be to make more, but better, Catholics. No new principle was involved in this Bill, and the sum they were called on to pay was inconsiderable in comparison with the magnitude of the objects to be gained. The government wished the measure to be received in Ireland, not as the harbinger of future measures, but as an indi cation of their determination to treat with kindness, con ciliation, and favour, the Roman Catholics, as they did all their other fellow-citizens in Ireland. He believed it would be so received ; he rejoiced to say it had been so received in that country. It might not produce the gratitude of those fanatical firebrands of the Church whom no justice can conciliate, or of those political agi tators who, from mercenary motives, preyed on the dis tresses of their country. but it would secure the gratitude of those through whom was our nearest road to the hearts and affections of the people. lie had too high a sense of the wisdom, justice, and patriotism of their Lordships to doubt the issue. Their Lordships then divided, when the second reading was carried by a majority of 226 to 69. We give the names of the peers who voted in another column. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TRVRSDAY. Lord COTTENIIAM moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. The Bishop of EXETER moved that it be read a second time that day six months. A. discussion ensued, which terminated in a reference of the bill to a select committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDA Y. The reports on the following railway bills were brought up :—The Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling June- Con), the Newcastle and Berwick, the Taw Railway and Dock, the North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway, the Preston and Wyre Railway, the Blackburn and Preston Railway, the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. The Ely and Huntingdon Railway Bill, the Kendall and Windermere Railway Bill, and the Guildford Junc tion Railway Bill, were read a third time and passed. Lord SANDON presented a petition with 36,000 signa tures in favor of the Liverpool and Bury Railway Bill. A discussion of some length took place on a resolution of Mr. Labouchere, that a select committee be appointed to consider whether the House could adopt, in the next session of Parliament, any measures for preventing the promoters of railway bills which it will be impossible for the House to pass into law during the present session, owing to their unusual number and other causes which he specified, from being subjected to any unnecessary ex pense and trouble. It was terminated, however, by Mr. ',Aston C HERE withdrawing his resolution, and by Sir G. CLERK proposing another, which the House subsequently adopted, that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the state and progress of the various railway bills then before the House, and to report to the House what measured it might be expedient to adopt in the next ses sion of Parliament to facilitate the reintroduction of such railway bills as it may be found impossible to carry through the two Houses of Parliament in the present session. On Sir R. PEEL moving that the House resolve itself into committee on the Scotch Banking Bill, Mr. P. STEWART observed that, though this bill was by no means so dangerous as had been originally antici pated, he could not refrain from expressing his regret that Sir R. Peel had attacked an institution which had hitherto been considered as one of the best in Scotland. He had no hope of being able to arrest the progress of the bill, and therefore %trusted that the energ i es o f S cotch mem bers would be irected towards the amendment of is details in committee. He believed that the ultimate aim of Sir R. Peel in bringing it forward was the suppression of all local issue, and the estahli‘hment of one national bank of issue in Scotland. If that were so, it would be very objectionable in a financial, but doubly objectionable in a political point of view. He pointed out the mischiefs which would arise from passing the present blighting bill into law, and on the part of Scotland deprecated the manner in which it interfered on very insufficient grounds with a system under which that country had flourished for a century and a half, and which had exalted it from a very poor into a rich community. Sir R. PEEL complained of Mr. P. Stewart's endea vour to create a prejudice against the bill by implying that it was his opinion that there ought to be only one national bank of issue in Scotland. He showed that the present measure was not too stringent towards Scotland, but eminently favourable to its best interests. It bad now been published for some weeks, and be had not re ceived a single remonstrance from any meeting in Scot land against it. He admitted that the banking system of Scotland bad been much superior to that which formerly prevailed in England ; but be saw no reason on that ac count from abstaining frown(' attempts to improve it. The House soon after resolved itself into committee, and the seven first clauses were agreed to. The Merchant Seamen' Fund Bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF .COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Edinburgh and Hawick Railway Bill, the Quin borowe Borough "Bill, the 'Great North of England and Richmond hallway Bill,-the Lowestoft Railway and Har bour Bill, the North British Railway Bill, and the Yar mouth and Norwich Railway Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. Lord ASHLEY moved for leave to bring in two bills for the regulation of the cure and treatment of insane per sons in England and Wales. Tile noble lord in an able speech enforced the necessity for affording greater protec tion than now existed to the lunatics in all paits of the country, those residing oat of as well as in lunatic asylums, and hoped that hie bills would meet with no op position in their progress through parliament. Sir J. GRAHAM, with great satisfaction, seconded the motion. The speech of the noble lord last session would not readily be forgotten by those who had heard it, and bad con►inced the government that it was a subject their attention to which should be no longer deferred ; and, accordingly, during the recess he had, in conjunction with the noble lord, considered the subject, and the result of their labours was then before the house. The bills of the noble lord were not exactly government bills, but they were brought in with the sanction of the government, which had resolved to support them. Leave was given to bring in the bill. TEE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FUKEIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. The packet ship, Yorkshire, reached Liverpool on Fri. day morning from New York, with papers to the 20th ult., five days later dates than were brought by the steam-ship Hibernia. There had been no alteration in the cotton market. • With reference to the Oregon question and the sugges tion to settle it by arbitration, the Washington. Union, supposed to be an organ of the President, says :—We un derstand that Mr. Calhoun declined this proposition when made by the British minister—and declined it, it is said, upon grounds of the strongest character.. We are content to wait for the publication of that document, with the general remark, that it is seldom, if ever, that the umpirage of a third power has been able "to settle satis factorily the controversy between two states in relation to territory." The Washington 0n on contradicts explicitly the ru mour that the President had it under consideration to ap point Mr. Calhoun minister to England, with power to settle the Oregon dispute. The St. Louis New Era, of the 7th, states, on the au thority of a gentleman from Fort Independence, that the Oregon emigrants were about to leave for Council Grove, at which place the entire companies are to rendezvous prior to starting on their long journey across the moun tains. A man by the name of Adams, an old Rocky Mountain hunter, has been elected captain, and is to lead and pilot the expt.dition to the place of their destination on the waters of the Pacific. The number of waggons that will constitute the train is set down at one hundred and fifty. The number of persons is variously estimated from.soo to 100. The Washington Union has an official account of the navy of the United States, from which it appears that it consists of ten ships of the line, one ranee, twelve frigates of the first class, two of the second class, 17 sloops of war of the first class, six of the second class, eight brigs, eight schooners, eight steamers, and four store ships. A serious riot had occurred among the labourers on the Moils Canal. in the vicinity of Dover. The papers announce the death of Judge Sutherland and Jared L. Ratbbone, both men of consequence in the states. A Mrs. Read, under sentence of death at Laurence vale, La., for the murder of her husband, after several in effectual attempts to hang herself, has confessed not only the poisoning of her husband, for which she was con demned, but two other persons before, as well as the murder of a nephew for his money ; and, as though those enormities were not enough, she has also confessed hay ing caused the death of two children by starvation! WEST INDIES.—The steam-ship Thames arrived at Southampton on Tue,day with the West Indian and Mexican mails, having made the passage in 13 days and 13 hours, being the quickest vet made. Independently of the large number of passengers (93) brcught home by the Thames, she has an excellent freight of goods and merchandise of various descriptions, amongst which is a large quantity of pines, and nearly 20 turtle in good con dition. The prospects formerly announced of increasing the crop of Jamaica sugar to at least 45,000 tons have every appearance of being fully realized. Throughout the country the greatest efforts are being made, wherever practicable, of superseding manual labour by machinery. The want oflabour is still generally felt, and the arrival of the Blundell, with coolies from Calcutta, is anxiously looked for and daily expected. MEXICO.—The Thames brings dates from Mexico to the 29th of April, and Vera Cruz to the Ist of May. The most important intelligence is the negociation in progress, under the auspices of the British and French governments, fcr the recognition of the independence of Texas by Mex ico. All letters agree in stating that the negociation has terminated favourably, and that the terms would be made public in a few days. The new tariff was to be published shortly, and was expected to differ little from that of 1842, which Santa Anna so in.indiciondy laid aside a few months __• Ele r fuacitoVia l z, incbor at rera ru . composed of • the Ire= towmae frigate, Falmouth corvette, and b r i gs S omers an d Lawrence. T heir arrival had created a general feeling of dissatisfaction, and no doubt had coctributed not a little in accelerating the negogiatious far acknowledging Texas. SWlTzsimaND.----The last accounts from Switzerland are of an unsatisfactory character. The Canton of Lu cerne has unfortunately been smitten with a desire to imitate the example of the free carps, against whose ex istence she has so long protested, on the score of illegality. The Zurich Gazette tells us that 2000 Lucernese are ready to move upnn an expedition. Part of the object of which we gather from other sources is to aid an insurrec tion in the Freimant, a Catholic district of the Canton of Argovia. The Council of Argovia has demanded expla nations from the Lucernese Government. Upon the other hand, the Augsburg Gazelle charges the Radical party with the design of attempting a revolution in favour of an united and independent Swiss Republic, to be car ried into effect by free corps. In consequence of which some Conservative courts have proposed a collective mani festation of the great powers in support of the federal compact. The troubles in Switzerland are said by this journal to have their ramifications in foreign countries, and demand, therefore, the most serious attention. It is said that the Sardinian government has undertaken to confine Dr. Steiger in a fortress. INDIA AND CHINA.--The Overland mail arrived in London on Wednesday. The intelligence has of late been decreasing each month in interest, and seems now near the zero of the scale. The events of the Punjaub alone continue to supply excitement. Goolaub Singh, had by the latest accounts swindled the troops out of the promised largess of A:50,000, by murdering their ambas sadors, and recovering the treasure. A stranger tale than even this has now been told. Goolaub Singh, hav ing secured the aid of the soldiers, approached the capital with 14.000 at his command. The government were panic-struck, and had no sufficient force to oppose him, when the hill chief voluntarily placed himself in their hands. In Scinde everything continues tranquil. The Portuguese government of Goa have secured all the Sawunt Waree rebels, who are thus in safe custody, though not in curs. The Southern Mahratta country and Concan are perfectly quiet, and the troops are mostly all removed from them. India is tranquil throughout. The Governor General continues at Calcutta. There is no news of importarce from Affg,banistan ; the chiefs seem watching the Seikh movements, with a view, doubtless, to recover boat terri tory should opportunity occur. Inteligence from China extends to the 6th of March; the government of Mr. Davis does not appear to be gaining ground in public es timation. BURNING BIBLES IN CANA NA.—The Rey. Mr. Wilkes of Canada, stated last week at th e mee ti ng o f t h e B i bl e Society, that they loan, not give, Bibles in Canada, be cause the Bibles given were destroyed; those loaned were returned.—New York Sun. The declaration of the Pope of Rome against the con struction of railways in the papal states, has been followed by a decree forbidding the introduction into his dominions of the dangerous and heretical process of gilding metals by means of galvsnism ! A branch of the Irish repeaters, at Baltimore, who love O'Connell much, but America still more. have dissolved their local " Repeal Association," because, as they aver, of the " brutal tirades of Daniel O'Connell against Ame rica and her institutions." SYRIA.—A correspondent of the Morning Herald, un der date of Smyrna, April 19, says, " By the latest intel ligence from Syria, it seems that the Druses have burned five or six villages belonging to the Marouites, and some two or three catholic priests were murdered by t h em. The Maronites in return have burned some fifteen villages be long ng to the Druses—no mercy was thought of, neither women nor children were spared. RATHER MARVELLOUS.—An army of baboons, about 200 strong, attacked Tankeewall, a small town on the river Gambia, a mon th or two ago. T hey assailed the natives with gre a t f eroc i ty, bi t i ng and pelting with sticks and stones in their daring attempt to carry off what pro visions they could find in the village. The inhabitants made a stout counter assault, with cutlasses and muskets, more deadly weapons than the monkeys could command. In a running contest nearly 100 were captured, and since sold. —New York Sun. The Church of Rome, when in want of money, does not seem to be quite so scrupulous as to the means by which she gets it as the Church of England would be in a similar case. A few months ago the organ of the Church of St. Eustace, one of the most ancient and venerable ec clesiastical difices in Paris, was destroyed by fire. To find funds for a new one, the clergy of the parish proposed, the Archbishop of Paris approved, and the authorities sanctioned a " public lottery,"—though lotteries are de clared by law to be immoral and dangerous ! This lot tery, besides its objectionable character, has given rise to as scandalous gambling as took place at the Bourse. TURKISH MARRIAGE.---The Courier of Constantino ple contains a long description of the ceremony of the betrothal of Mehemet Ali Pasha with the Sultana Adile, the youngest sister of the s•Ultan. The enumeration of the presents sent by the Pasha to his bride appears to have been borrowed from a chapter in the Arabian Nights. The procession escorted by a large body of troops. fol lowed by numerous officers and generals, amongst whom is to be noted the Grand Vizier, Riza Pacha, marched in the following order :-130 Caves bearing on their heads 130 baskets filled with sweetmeats. Two carriages, each drawn by four horses, bearing a chest ornamented with velvet and chiselled silver, containing the most valuable perfumes. Then. followed 20 Cavas bearing as many massive silver baskets containing the richest stuffs, to goiter with the utensils for a bath enriched with precious stones. A pair of sandals ornamented with large brilli ants of the purest water were particularly admired. Five Caves followed bearing in magnificent baskets of massive silver '500,000 pias'res in gold enclosed in bags of red satin. The procession arrived in the same order at the Palace of Tcheragan where all the presents were laid at the feet of the bride. IRELAND. Lord Edwin Hill has been returned member for the County Down. An inquest was held last week at the National educa tion school house, Newtown, county Carlow, upon the body of a man found dead in a field adjoining. There was not a copy of the bible or testament to be had in the school, whereon to swear the jury. THE LATE ALBERT B. ENERY, ESQ.—This young gentleman whose melancholy death, by a fall from his horse in the county Kilkenny, we related some time ago, was grandsone to the late Colonel Enery, of Ballyconnel, in the county Cavan. He was an only child and has left a widowed mother to depl,re his fate, whose anguish is only rendered more poignant by his unremitting attention, and dutiful tenderness towards her, combined with those other qualities of head and heart that endeared him white living, and now justify the regret that prevails, and the respect with which his memory is regarded throughout a numerous and influential circle of friends and acquaint ance. THE LORD MAYOR AND THE " LIBERATOR. "— The Lord Mayor (Mr. Arabin) had a dinner party, consisting of sixty persons, on Wednesday evening, at the Mansion house. The entertainment was strictly, private; judge, then, his lordship's surprise, when, at half-past five o.clock, Mr. O'Connell, with a staff of five aides-de camp, entered the room, arrayed in the full uniform of the 82 Club, and evidently bent on turning a private into a political banquet. Now, the Lord Mayor, who is an honest, convivial sort of gentleman, that only meddles in agitation when he cannot help it, had no notion of turn ing the festive board into a minor Conciliation-hall, and his lordship consequently looked daggers of beholding the military costumes assumed by a portion of his guests. Dinner passed off coldly ; - the host and Mr. O'Connell were both out of temper, and by way of marking the displea sure of the former, so as there could be " no mistake" of his feelings on the subject, he studiously avoided toasting any bealths, thus precluding the chance of all speechifi cation throughout a weary and monotonous evening. Mr. O'Connell and his suite of riflemen left at an early hour, somewhat disconcerted and chapfallen at the inex plicable conduct of the repeal chief magistrate. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the weekly meeting on Monday, the Lord Mayor of Dublin occupied the chair. Mr. O'Connell deeply regretted being obliged to state that Ribbonism and Molly Maguireism were fearfully on the increase in the counties of Leitrim, Cavan. and Fer managh. Murders of the most horrible nature were nightly committed in that district of Ireland. A motion to refer the matter to a committee was carried, though Mr. Steele declared his conviction, from personal experi ence, that it would be useless to send him again as head pacificator, and that tranquillity could only be restored by the clergy and the repeal wardens. Alluding to the probability of Orange processions on the Ist and 12th July, the act prohibiting them having expired, Mr. O'Connell exhorted Catholics not to interfere with them. The contributions included £2O from Sydney, New South Wales, the mayor of which place was soundly rebuked by Mr. O'Connell for refusing to calla repeal meeting. Mr. O'Mahony announced his withdrawal from the associa tion, and wished to enter into an explanation of his reason for so doing, which appeared to be his rejection by the 'B2 club ; but this course was strenuously opposed by Messrs. O'Connell, O'Brien, and others. Ultimately, Mr. 0' Mahony withdrew, observing as he retired, amidst a storm of disapprobation, that there were men on the Parliamentary Committee of the association, at whose councils be could not longer, as a man of honour, sit. The week's rent was announced to be £640 lls. Bd, UNIVERSITY 4 CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD, JUNE s.—The following degrees were con ferred to-day :—Doctor in Divinity.—Rev. J. Morris, Brasenose College. Doctor in Medicine.—E. Wells, University College (one of Dr. Radcliffe's Travelling Fellows). Bachelors in Divinity.—Rev. R. G. M'Mul len, Fellow of Corpus Christi College; Rev. J. Wilson, Fellow of Corpus Christi College; Rev. T. Pellev, Fellow of Corpus Christi College ; Rev. H. S. Slight, Fellow of Corpus Christi College ; Rev. W. Fletcher, Brasenose College. Bachelor in Civil Law by Commutation.—Rev. J. J Welldon, St. John's College. Masters of Arts.— N. Blard, Christ Church. Grand Compounder; E. P. Hathaway, Queen's College; Rev, H. Worsley, Michel Scholar of Queen's ; R. Garth, student of Christ Church ; Rev. H. Goodwin, Christ Church; A. H. Dendy, Ex eter; Rev. J. A. Morshead, Exeter; Rev. B. Burgess, Exeter; R. S. Fox, University ; Rev. D. Akenhead, University; Rev. A. Wigan, St. John's; Rev. J. M. Saudham. St. John's ; Rev. J. W. Deane. St. John's ; Rev. C. S. Holthouse, St. John's; Rev. H. F. Inman, Lincoln ; Rev. F. J. Manning, Lincoln; Rev. H. B. Burney, Rev. F. A. la Trobe F os t er , an d W. W. Kerr. Oriel ; Rev. F. Cooke, Baliol ; Rev. J. Williams, and Rev. G. Bucknill, Trinity. Bachelors of Arts.—C. H. WitErn, civoit'aara • Nv .GBPckDir,istSkir* ; Prentice, Trinity ; D. C. 0. Adams, St. John's. Ba chelor of Music. —B. Long. New College, PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS,—The Rev. J. S. Dolby, M.A., to the new district church of All Saints, Ste riway.— Rev. Wm. Hunt, late curate of Trinity Church, Hotwell, to the new district church at Coalpit Heath.— Rev. J. Borstal], incumbent of Drighiington, to be chief master of the grammar school at Drighiington, near Leeds.—Rev. J. Mockler, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Denby, Derb.—Rev.R.King,B.A „late curate of ti am p stead, to be private chaplain to the Bishop of Fredericton. —Rev. El. R. Fortescue. M.A. to be domestic chapl a i n to the Bishop o f Colombo.— Rev.2 J. Philips, M.A., to the incumbency of Cowley, Oxfordshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. A. Hackman.—Rev. C. R. Pe'tat, rectory of Ashe, Hampshire.—Rev. 'l'. Clarke, curate of Llanedy, to the vicarage of Llaudilo-Talybont. The Rev. Mr. Oakeley has declined to defend the suit instituted against him by the Bishop of London, and has resigned St. Margaret's Chapel. CHURCH BUILDING BY THE FREE CHURCH.—This body has raised since their secession from the Established Church, for the purpose of erecting new churches, £320,000; a sum that exceeds the estimate of probable funds given in last report by no less than £80,000; and that falls short by no more than £30,000 of the entire sum of £350,000, which has hitherto been estimated as the sum total required for the erection of the complete number of 700 churches. STATE OF FEELING IN OXFORD.—Last week on the occasion of conferring degrees on several distinguished personages the usual exhibition of popular feeling among the undergraduates took place on the mention of the various names that were called out. Where we stood the name of the Vice-Chancellor was followed by the most unequivocal expressions of applause ; others say it was attended with symptoms of a contrary feeling, but the cheering predominated. Mr. Ward had a divided por tion of applause and hisses, but the latter prevailed. His lady was enthusiastically cheered. Dr. Pusey's name was followed by enthusiastic cheering. Sir It. Peel met with divided applause and hisses ; not so his colleague Sir J. Graham, who was cordially hissed, very likely fur neglecting, among other things, to attend the university sermons for two years and a half. Mr. Gladst, ne was cheered, as also were the Bishop of Exe!er and the Earl of Fowls. The Qneen and Queen Dowager were received with the utmost enthusiasm.— Times. THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD. TIER MAJESTY'S BAL COSTUME. The Queen gave a hal costurneonFriday eveningat Buck ingham Palace, at which all the guests appeared in the cos tume of the period between 1740 and 1750. The company numbered about 1200, and included the diplomaticcorpsand the principal foreigners of distinction at present in the me tropolis, all of whom adopted the foreign costumes of their respective nations. The nobility and gentry present in numerous cases adopted the costumes of members of their families living at that period, the dresses being copied from family portraits with the greatest exactness. Every possible variety of colour, texture, and material, and the greatest magnificence of embroidery and jewelled decoration consistent with propriety were brought to bear on this quaint and antiquated costume, and the result was a harmony and unity of effect perfectly surprising. Most of the gentlemen appeared in velvet coats, crimson, black, or blue, most richly embroidered with gold or silver, or trimmed with gold lace ; powdered wigs were universal, and the style of coiffure was so complete as to render recognition, except among intimate friends, difficult. Gentlemen holding military commissions in her Majesty's service appeared as nearly as possible in the correspond ing uniforms of their respective services at the period selected for the fele. Thus the Duke of Wellington ap peared in the uniform of the Duke of Cumberland of that day, Earl of Cardigan in the uniform of the 11th Dragoons at the battle of Culloden, and Marquis of Londonderry in the dress of a Cavalry officer of the time. Lord Forester appeared in the dress of Captain of the Hon. Corps of , Gentlemen Pensioners. The Duke of Rutland was dressed in the full costume of a Knight of the Garter a century back. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in the dress of his preecessor in office, of the period. The Earl of Liverpool, t Earl Dela Warr, and Lord Ernest Bruce, the great Officers of the Household, appeared . in c dress o f th e i r respect i ve officers, and were distm- Olished by the eNtraordiaary magnificence of their ap parel. Many Scotzish gentlemen wore the Highland costume of the, time which, though retaining all its peculiarity, yet was sufficiently identified with the age in the coat and high heel'd shoes ns to harmonise com pletely with the rest. The officers who wore Infantry dresses displayed the long white gaiters which remained in vogue even up to the reign of George IV. The Ca valry all wore high military boots, and some of them the crimson sword-pelt fringed with gold, which gave them very much the appearance of a modern Grand Cross of the Bath. The Cavalry were also distinguished by the three -cornered hat, while the Infantry displayed the old fathioned high peaked grenadier cap. The dresses of the c._ -.. .. = ,t 5 t: ~' ladies did not display an equal variety with those of the gentlemen ; the style of all was the same, the only differ ence being in the costliness of the materials, the taste and choice of the colours, and the display of jewels in decora tion. A few appeared in little velvet hats, with one or two feathers, but they were exceptions. The general head-dress was the hair powdered, a ridge of curls round the forehead and face, and the hair falling back with curls on the shoulders ; or else wigs, which came still closer to the fashion of the day. Some of the ladies made a differ ence in the fashion of wearing their trains; instead of starting from the waist it fell at once from the shoulders not being confined at all at the waist, but descending at once to the bottom of the skirt. The materials of which these were composed were generally of old brocaded silks and satins, many of them embroidered in gold and silver, worked in needle work; the trains were looped up with golden clasps, bunches of flowers, and boquets of brilli ants and precious stones, displaying dresses of old point, Valenciennes, or guipure lace, not too long to conceal the high-heeled, sharp-pointed, and diamond ornamented white satin shoe. The tales wore hoops, which very much extended the dress on each side, adding to the ro tundity of the figure. The effect of powder rendered the complexions of the younger ladies much more brilliant, and added not a little to the effect of this magnificent fete. Among the dresses distinguished for their splendour were those of the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Douro, and Miss Burdett Coutts. Her Majesty and the Royal Family having taken their usual stations at their platform, the dancing commenced with a Polonaise, danced by the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, followed by their distinguished guests. The dance extended through all the state apartments, all the bands striking up the same tune. After the dance the assembled company passed slowly before the Queen. Her Majesty then left the ball room and proceeded to the throne-room. The first minuet was formed, consisting of the Queen, Prince George ' • Duchess de Necnours, Prince Albert ; Lady Douro. Prince Edward ; Lady Mont-Edgecumbe. Prince Leiningen ; Duchess of Roxburghe, Duke of Beaufort, Duchess of Buccleuch, Lord Levn ; Lady Waterford, Lord Exeter; Lady Syd ne y, Lord il Douro. After this minuet followed a quadrille. After a second minuet, in which Eler Majesty danced with Prince Albert. the Royal party returned to the ball-room, where the Marchioness of Breadalbane's Strathspey was danced. At twelve o'clock the Queen retired to supper, and the ball was con cluded by the old English country dance, known as Sir Roger de Coverley, in whi c h, b o th h er Majesty and the Prince took part. HER MAJESTY'S DRESS was composed of gold tissue, brocaded in coloured flowers, green leaves, and silver, trimmed round the top, bottom, and aides (the upper dress being open in front with point lace over red riband ; the dress looped up with red satin ribands and two large bows, in each of which was a diamond bow and tassel. The stomacher composed of two large diamonds bows and a diamond point. The sleeves, which were tight, finished with point lace ruffles, and trimmed with red riband; on the left arm the Garter, in diamonds, and on the right a diamond rosette. The blue riband and diamond George as usual. The under petticoate of white and silver tissue, trimmed with a dtep flounce of rich point lace, (which had belonged to Queen Charlotte,) headed by a quilling of red satin riband and bows. Above, a narrow flounce of point lace, trimmed like the other. In each riband bow a diamond rosette. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT.— White satin slip trimmed with handsome black lace and red riband. The front of the dress was decorated with elegant ornaments composed of diamonds and pearls.with a stomacher of diamonds. The train was very magnifi cent, being formed of the richest brocade, embroidered with gold, and having alternate stripes of red, white, and gold. The head dress was splendidly adorned with dia monds and emeralds. Thu necklace and ear-rings were composed of brilliants. THE MARCHIONESS OF WESTMINSTER.—A dress of red velvet ; the front of the skirt ornamented with sabots of point lace, worn by the Queen of George the Second ; a silver tissue petticoate, of English manufacture ; neck lace with the Nassuk diamond in the centre, and Arcot diamond ear-rings. LADY PEEL.—Body, juste au corps, and sack of damask Pompadour satin, rehausse with natural flowers; the sack looped up with cerise laurel roses; stomacher of cerise taffetas, covered with old point lace to correspond, and rattaches w th ribbon arbre de Judee; skirt of taffe tas, arbre de Judee, trimmed with a wide talbala a tete of Brussels point lace, fastened with plisses of ribbon arbre de Judee, and releve with bouquets of lgurier cerise panache. Head-dress, as a dame noble of the reign of Louis XV., with a profusion of diamonds, rubies, &c. H. R. HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.—Coat of very rich crimson velvet, edged with small gold braid, lined with rich white satin, and buttons worked in gold; on the left breast a splendid star, order of the Garter, shoulder strap and sword inlaid and studded with the richest diamonds, also the order of the Golden Fleece, very beautiful.— Waistcoat of extremely rich gold brocade on white satin, (manufactured at Spitalfields expressly for the occasion by his Royal Highness's command,) the buttons to match' with those of the coat. Breeches of crimson velvet, and gold buttons as on the coat, and button-holes underneath. Three -cornered hat, bound with gold lace, edged with very rich ostrich feather ; magnificent loop of brilliants ; black silk cockade. THE MARQUIS OF ABERCORN wore a dress of light blue velvet, laced with silver; the sleeves turned back with white satin, figured in gold and silver; breeches of light blue velvet, with diamond buckles at the knees ; diamond star and badge of the Garter, and diamond Garter ; a white satin waistcoast embroidered. THE EARL OF Wt LTON wore the dress of Prince Charles of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac, Grande Ectryer to Louis XV. The dress was of sky blue velvet, trimmed with silver lace, with gold buttons; the sleeves turned back with white velvet, embroidered with flowers and or namented with cohbgt , ..‘,. waistcoat of fizored ...,tsa r ernbroi er d _e with gold ; breeches of sky blue velvet, embrOidered at the knee with silver; diamond buckles. His lordship wore the insignia of the Hano verian Guelphic Order, the star set in brilliants. SIR ROBERT PEEL—A coat of rich black velvet, lined with white satin, the holes embroidered in gold, and but tons of gold to correspond ; vest of white satin, richly embroidered in gold coloured silk ; black velvet breeches •, white silk hose to garter above the knee, and a gold hilted sword of the period. It was one of the best dresses at the ball. The costume was that of an English gentleman. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours arrived at Buck ingham Palace on Wednesday. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden arrived on Thurs day at Dover, from Ostend. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is expected in London on the 17th instant; great preparations hare been made by the Russian embassy for his reception. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—MONDAY. ( Sittings in Banco.) DUNCAN V. BENSON.—This was a special action of assumpsit, founded on the f o ll ow i ng groun d s :—the plain tiff put a cargo worth £20,000 on board a ship of the defendant at Pernambuco, to be brought to Liverpool. The ship, after setting slit, was obliged to put back, and requiring repairs to the extent of £713, which was much more than the value of both ship and freight, the agents of the owner of the cirgo advanced that amount to the master on a hypothecation of the.ship and cargo. The ship was accordingly repaired, and in due time arrived safely in Liverpool; and this action was brought by the owner of the cargo against the owner of the ship for in demnity against the hypothecation of the cargo. The question of the liability of the latter was raised on de murrer to the defendant's plea. Sir T. Wilde contended that the master had no autho rity to bind the owner of the ship for repairs, when these would exceed the value of the ship. The court took time to consider. 'RIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—In the case of Howard a. Gossett, we understand there is some difficulty as to issuing the writ of fi. fa., in coesequence of the action having been brought in Middlesex and the Serjeant at Arms having no residence in the county : Sir Win. Gossett' s p r i va t e res id ence i s in Surrey . The diffi culty which exists is, as to whether the writ should be di rected to the sheriff of Middlesex or the sheriff of Surrey. It is expected an application to the Court of Queen's Bench will be made on the subject. THE CIRCUIT DIVISION COMMISSION.- It is under stood that the report of these commissioners is signed. The substance of it is, that there be two terms before Christmas, viz., Michaelmas Term, commencing on the 2d, and ending on the 25th day of November; and Hilary Term, commencing on the 2d, and endirg on the 23d of December; that the Spring Circuits begin on the 10th day of January ; that the sittings in Middlesex and Lon don fill up the term intervening between the circuits and Easter Term, the 15th of April; that . Yorkshire be a se... - parate circuit to be taken by the two judges who go on the Norfolk Circuit ; that the barristers now on the Nor folk Circuit may go to York, and meet such of the barris ters now on the Northern Circuit as may choose I ork in preference to Liverpool. IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS.--A case of some interest and importance was on Tuesday tried at the Admiralty Court, and will doubtless excite attention among ship owners and merchants. It has long been felt as a great hardship, that the private shipowner has no remedy against a Queen's ship for damage occasioned by the latter. in the event of collision ; as it has been held a question of privilege for some years that the Lords of the Admiralty cannot be brought into court. A case was brought before Dr. Lushington, and two of the Trinity Masters, (as usual where points of nautical skill are involved,) in which the Lords of the Admi ra l ty ma k e themselves the plain tiffs, and it is consequently inferred—justly or not remains to be seen—that, having brought themselves into court one way, they cannot plead their privileges in another. The case we allude to is that of the Black Eagle steamer, damaged to the extent of £1,300 by the East India mer chantman Sappho, when proceeding lately to Portsmouth to convey her Majesty to the Isle of Wight. It was de cided by the court that the Sappho had been to blame, and the Admiralty Commissioners received damages. DEBTOR AND CREDITOjI.—The new bill, with respect to debts not exceeding £2O, contains only four clauses. By the preamble it is declared to be expedient and just to give creditors a further remedy for the recovery of debts due to them. It is proposed, that if any person is indebted to any other in a sum not exceeding £2O, besides costs of suit,' for which sum any judgment shall have been ob tained, it shall be lawful for the creditor so obtaining judg ment to obtain a summons from any Commissioner of Bankrupts for the district in which such debtor shall re side, or shall have resided for one calendar month before the date of such judgment, or froni any Court of Requests, Ccurt of Commission, rs, or any other court for the reco ery of small debts. The debtor may be examined as well as the creditor, and an order made for payment of the debt June 10, 1815' , 5 r by instal men t s or ot h erw i se ; i n cases de b tor s hall, re f t bc, to disclose his property or his transactions respecting_ bo l same, or respe c ti ng th e contract i ng o f t h e d e bt, or not make answer thereof to the satisfaction of the cog o f sioner or court, or shall appear to have been gu l fraud in contracting the debt, or having wilfully co ntrs t, or it without reasona b le prospect of being a b le to paY ia of having concealed or made away with his proPer t f t be order to defeat his creditors, or if he appears to ba l ' o d means of paying the same by instalments or otherwi se ' be shall not pay th e same as ordered, then the debtor alas committed to the co mmon gao l o f the county. . 01° n. may be made for payment out of any salary, paY. or.P: 00 , sion, of more th an £5O per year. No order of imPrlit ment is to be for a longer period than forty days. „ o p' ol not requisite f o r a d e b tor or cred i tor to eDlor " or attorney in taking any proceedings under tbis RAILWAY INTALLIGENCE. D, 4h t 1,111 LABOUR PROVIDED BY 2, O OO RAILWAYS . — Were r:jfe ld of the projected railways to be constructed, it wow d rof tleyhean employmentextdoub l e four l i t yn o eea s or 00 8; . r o( aTi l O tt: ew l a o b u o l u d r e necessaryrr require q anduire build i ngs , 44o o , 0 O poshhOerdseia,r4to permanent way would cover 20,000 acres of land, a ° of tons iron , —Bristol Journal. o r f The Committee on t h e Caledonian, and the O s ' Dumfries, and C ar li s l e R a il ways. h ave agree d to the P r of w amble of the former bill, thus affirming the superiori"b/ Mr. Locke's central Scottish line over the coast lin g o , 't Dumfries. This decision is in conformity with th e commendation of the Board of Trade, and will cause r 'great saving of di s t ance b etween Li verpoo l and NW ter, and Glasgow and the north of Scotland. PROJECTED RAILWAYS BEFORE PARLIAM S S: of From apihpartrs haveliame parliamentary na e r e yr d e e tu p r o n sit weedwithlearn th the Board o attherailfraysna which o amou the n n g t t i h n o length, a fnodr itself erief l at Britain Th e foll owing ari ]refund, th less than 8,080 m il es, b e i ng t h us nearl y t wen ty-fool" - P rlY portions of the l ines propose d to b e made :— E ng land 0 as her shar e , 6,086 m il es • and a fraction ; S cot l a nd t t 4 , about on e -t ent h the quant i ty—the proposed lines in p er, I country only ext en di ng t o 595 m il es ; Ireland, bowie, is far a-head o f C a l e d on i a i n this ref: ect, having e ° ' - ret than 1,401 miles. Ti hS return applies merely to the „„,0 now before parli amen t, an d d oes not i nc l u d e an y of t" - pr-jected since November. , s leet THE BROAD AND N ARROW GAUGES.—The e' Committee of th e H ouse o f C ommons appo i nte d to 1.-e. d sider and report u p on th e F group of railways, d e ,, cl '„ • on Wednesday, th at t h e preambles of the Oxford, Ye cester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and the Oxfords! Rugby Railway Bills were proved • and that the pre,S',.; bles of the Londo n , Worcester, and South Staffer sn,." oi the Dudley an d S e d g l ey B ranch, and the Birming4rs and Gloucester (Worcester deviation) Railway Bills 'l'v e , not proved. The li nes i n f avour o f w hi c h th e Coolni t ' t decided were promoted by the Great Western gad to Company on the broad gauge princ;ple, and the reJ t he lines by the London and Birmingham Company 0° flop narrow gauge. Whilst the Committee was in defibera" tho the most intense interest was manifested, and , On of ' decision being announced, the rush towards the door A the lobby was such as t o sweep everything before it , an r , within a fe w m i nu t es , P a l ace - yar d , w hi c h b e fore I °7 thronged with cabs and saddl e -hor ses , was l e ft denud e Tug DIRECT INDEPENDENT L ONDON AND l ad y CHESTBR RAILWAY.—The project f o r f orm ing an ie pendent line of rail wa y f rom L on d on t o M an cheste r fs , again revived, and with so much spirit and under sor b o f favourable auspices, that th ere i s now ever y' pro babime,o its entire success. A deput a ti on f rom th e Proviso ) " Committee, at the head of which was J. Owens, Es 9 P' e s h ° o licitor, of Moorgate-street, Lo n d on , th e gen tleman ;' o f as taker, so distinguished a part in th e es t a blishmen t many of the principal railways in th e ki ng d o m, has i of week visited Ma nc h es t er , an d co ll ec t e d f rom s evere to our leading merchants and manufacturers informati cs favour of the projected line that promises well fer "te e prosperous career. A brief notice f rom the comic.,„ appears in our advertising columns ; but a detailed Pe-e, spectus, with the names of th e p rov i s i ona l coallnit t t e will appear in a few days ; an d a f ur th er d epu t a tion 7 e o . immediately visit Manchester, t o f ur th er thi s very I portant design.—Manchester Times. dor i An agreement has been concl u d e d b e t ween the I[o. n e and Birmingham Railroad Co m p an y, th e Bi rm i n gbale - ai Shrewsbury Railroad Compa n y, an d t h e Old Bi r mineti r Canal Company, for the fo rma ti on o f a ra il wa y 8t mutual expense between Birmingham and \Volvo hB I P d ton ; the two railway companies not to receive a till the Canal Company, from their own resources , "°' with the railway, declare a di v id en d o f £5 per Aare. h ' ree ter this provision , the profits to b e di v id e d among the te"iire companies; the line from Wolverhampton to Shre° B ' t he to be made by the Shrewsbury railway company. As ith Birmingham Canal Company now pay £4 per share , sc ,_ great promise of in crease w h en th e i r R us ba ' l bta°`P-i -open next summer, these terms may be a t present 004 dered as a guarantee of £1 per share to the canal comPaeo from the two railway companies —a lhtbility they Wil l 51) 0. be released from when the new cutting is in operatoionr This arrangement is a good one for the Shrewsbury C be , pany. leaving them in foil possession of the country est tween Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury, a third int e t r io e in the continuation to Birmingham, and the co-opera of two powerful feeders. ROO! REVENUES OF THE RAILWAYS IN 18. e.— ere , our official returns of railway traffic during the , five months of the present year, it appears that 11 sh ag creese of their aggregate revenue over the correspon,,,so period lasulter, is nearly half a million sterling- l e a increase at" per cent., represents an increase of "' eat s millions in the value of the railway property of the ° :',;ee try. The total receipts of above 1,700 mites, comer' g e e all the great lines, up to the end of May, have exeree £2,250,000. The weekly traffi' on the s e lines at pres'Zi. amounts to £120,000, of which only one-fifth part i s ' o f Wiese the re...eh:der for pazrae.igerS. Of this incre s ' e a d traffic, it appears th a t th e rece i pts on t h e L ou don a oti Birmin; , ham are £2,000 a wee k more th an l as t Year Lot the Grand Junction the same excess; on the M'''' a ths the excess is £3,000 per week over last year, and Oltoa Great Western there is a like exc-ss ; oa the BreeT i oei there is £1,000; on th e Y or k an d N ort h Midland 11 "ibe on the Manchester and Birmingham £a,ooo °A ter! , Manchester and L ee d s £1,000 ; on t h e Soutli-Ea s ,', o - £l,OOO. Som e o f th ese h ave no d ou b t rece i v ed ex t he sions and opened blanches during the year, bu t t of amount from that sou rce i s sma ll, an d t h e grea ter Pa t ' t ee the increase ari ses f rom th e exten di ng traffic etrate country, with its r e t urn i ng prosperity. —Railteol/ """ in bill° RAILWAY BILLS IN THE LORDS.—The follow ./ are before Select Committees of the Hou-e of 1 ,07° , ' e ' e d , • the Wilts, Somer se t, an d W eymout h , t h e BristTe:ici• Exeter branches, the York and North Midland twied lington branch), the Dunstable, and Birmingha i t n t e ; re London, the Bedford and London, the York an ° , - ; 6 0 1, borough Deviation, the Hull and Selby. ( arid 'tale branch), the Whitby and Pickering, the Scottish Cent'tor the Eastern Counties (Whittlesea Deviation), the O l e e to and Crediton, and the Midland Railway (Nottingl)m", Lincoln) hills. Yesterday the Chester and 1 1 °Y: f ief Railway Bill was to be submitted to the Standing "' Bo a Committee, and to-day, the Shrewsbury, Oswebt'Y'oel. Chester, the Manchester and Leeds line (Burnley, t he ham, and Heywood branches), will be subjected to same ordeal, as Well as the Southampton and Dorchestoeb the Midland Ra'lways (Syston to Peterborough) 13 „eet and the Berks and Hants Railway Bills. With ',III' , to the Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough ) a petition has been presented to the hous e from t" e t it; of Harborough, praying to be heard by counsel ags' n e",lar and a petition front the Earl of Wilton, with 8 s'''tef prayer against the Leeds, D ews b ur y, an d Manch e ape Railway Bill, has been also presented and laid uP °° co it• table. No day has been fixed yet for the select cod, tees to meet. cet iog NORTH UNION RAILWAY.--A special general 1,3 `. 00 of this company was held, in the Cotton Sales'-rn° rl " e 'cor Thursday, to decide upon the drafts of three bills er e. before parliament. By the first of these bills, it is, r o d posed to amalgamate the North Union with the " r e d Junction, the Liverpool and Manclester, the 801t0n.,5; m Leigh, and the Bolton and Keny o n R a il wa y CoP eni tee w ith by the second, to construct, in c on j unc tion t ons Ribble Navigation Company, a branch to the Vie frot° Quay, in Preston • and by the third, to lease a li" e i,To ion, Seuthport to the Euxten Station, of the North 'wen. Railway. Mr. T. W. Rathb one pres id e d, a nd e° b e d into a long explanation of the circumstances w hich r eel prevented the amalgam a ti on bill f rom being e e lebla: brought forward. Th e bill s f or ma ki ng the " t og' branch, and for leasing the Euston line, were, at th e tio ps , gestion of the chairman, rea d fir s t, an d the "'();l adopting and c on fi rm i ng th em , unanimously es - e • The question of amalga ma ti on s the n came forward, p ° ee e° motion that the bill be adopted. The Rev. Mr' t his ' moved an amendment, "That it is in the opinion e' s, to . meeting inexpedient, under existing circumstancetiset, assent to or confirm any contract, or supposed er''' y e itb for the amalgamation of the North Union Railee ee eon; the Liverpool and Manchester and the Grand-J"; or either of them, and that th e d i alt of the bill n ° ".o o ' be not confirmed." Mr. Butler se con ded the "' s uet, went. A discussion followed, in w hi c h a ll the sPeorien supported the amendment, and on a division it was %sick by a very decided majority. Th e bill f or amalea ° therefote, will not be proceeded with. "Of RAILWAY COMMITTEES DECISIONS.-0 0 J U- ittee . • the Londonderry and Coleraine Bill passed the coter. The preamble of the Caledonian Bill was aPPr ° ". 'chi' the exception of the " branch to Dumfries," on ai° l ' , „ of committee were to declare their opinion the followq ' On Wednesday, the Garnkirk was declared pro ve 0 14 the Caledonian bill ordered to be reported. The ° , : j j ,forn tee on group F decided that the preambles of the d ea " Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and the 011° Coln' Rugby bills, (both promoted by the Great Western e Duo: pulse) and those of the Dudley and Worcester. th dtb I B e i y ng an h d am Sle a d n g d ley dlo T u r c i e n s g te a r nd D S e o v u ia t t h io S n t , aff w o e rd re sli n ir ovo l i o o v e ,i 4 ei The chairman of the committee on group N -reawi that, on Thursday, the committee would pass the i wet tee of the Cornwall bill, and negative that of ' li e de Cornwall. The sub-committee on standing er mi dle Bided that, in the cases of the York and North he stile a (Goole branch.) and the Cambridge and Bury , t ing orders had been complied with ; and that, Wi t '' ) A 04 64 0,, to the Liverpool and Manchester, or Norther ° e in °;. relation, the notices in the Gazette were defectiv e s et " trivial 'point; On Friday the committee on groel, and thec G id o e h d le tta in t e th h e a p d r h ea ee m h b p le ro o v f ed, Brayton and Goole Line had not been proved. ton was drawn up and agreed to. On the same day i3rir o f mittee declared the preamble of the Hershe l ' L' e T e ari ,° , le ot I port of the London, Worcester, and Wolverharrtri'l colt ton railway bill proved ; on the same day the" - , 13 re. l o t the Wexford. Carlow, and Dublin line was ,l' e re°, o o proved, and the committee added, that in order Cat . complete, the harbour of the former place mug railway communication between Wexford O a t be 1° proved. and W atkheafit pProenatneitti li e ref ti.Pott: 4 ,k r: „? .6 14f, ;j 1 .„ 4 !I l y 4, i n 4et, -• s ) b ,G~ai n ~ 309, ; R.eat ~ ,; ,epa;Sh ~._ e 9