The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

imptrial Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. On the question of the third reading the Leith Harbour and - Docks Bill, the house divided, when the motion was carried by 26 to 20, and an amendment moved 'by Lord Redesdale was rejected by 21 to 16, when the bill passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. On the question of the re-committal of the Bishopric of Manchester Bill, Mr. Escorr moved as an amendment that the house should proceed to the other orders of the day. After a speech from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, explanatory of the course he had invariably taken with respect to ec clesiastical matters, and some discussion, the motion was -wandrawn,und the house went into committee. - Mr. M. PHILIPS moved as a further amendment to the preamble that the proviso for the establishment of the ~f 14fsin 4 ester forthwith, be struck-out of the bill. • - After some debate, the amendment was negatived by a majority of 18 to 14. Air, V. SMITH then moved that all the words relating to the creation hereafter of three new bishoprics be omitted the of taken by the right honourable --- - gentleman possessed sonic - - • weight, was disposed to t well be omitted, leaving th entirely open to a future parliament_ The words were then struck out, and the preamble at length agreed to. Altar some discussion on the first clause, moved its 'omission, but it was affirmed by a majority of 128 to 25. On clause two being put, which proposes to enact that the number of lords spiritual should not be increased, Ms J. S. WORTLEY moved that the Bishop of Mancheste !link the words migh proposition of new creation r. HuA - should not be deprived of a seat in Parliament. On a division, the amendment was lost by a majority of 111 to 57. The remaining clauses were then agreed to On the consideration of the Lords' amendment to toe Poor Laws Administration Bill, the clause struck out by the Lords, providing that man and wife should not be se parated in workhouses when above sixty years of age, was re-inserted ; but that of the admission of ratepayers to the meetings of the Board of Guardians, as al,o struck out by the Lords, was not persisted in, on a division of 81 to 19. HOUS OF LORD; the various pu ;e which had went during the present ice of the pain their la ships felt that tn, —, j ccts recommended for consideration by her Majesty, in her speech from the throne, at the commencement of the session, had not been so successfully dealt with as to produce legislative mea- hole of the SL yal assent could be given ; that it n sures to porta:nce the earn xbandoned, exp. gat the ;s without more being dc to improve the institutions of the cowl " ets, that it had been sty's subj found possible to accomplish in the present, which was r so near its close ; and that the house now, as always, i y and g care for her poop The Marquis of LA itions of the not snOWNE having rypliei I seriatim to the Oh rious n tion of the se we to the va- !nt, concluded n most valuable and important and therefore he felt bound to meet tl :lotion with a di- rect n The motion was ti OF CO .-TUESDAV in which our ch he said was y, inquired whether that country was to be hereafter assimilated with the other provinces of the East India Company, to be a Queen's colony, or to re - - Sir J. C. HOBHOI the conduct of all th stated that, after the return of General Napier, Scinde would be annexed to the Government of Bombay. Mr. BROTHERTON moved an address to the Crown as a preliminary to some expression of gratitude to the United States for their liberal contribution in aid of Ireland. Viscount PALMERSTON had great pleasure in seconding the motion. _ Viscount MORPETII joined in expressing his gratification at the token of good feeling and unity between the two nations, and the motion was agreed to. _ UME move aondence Sir J. C. Iloutiou;E had no objection to the publication of the letters. His opinion as to the transaction in ques tion was unchanged. _ The returns Were ordered referring to the state of the revenue, took occasion to re view at considerable length the financial policy of Sir Ro bert Peel, in the way of a reply to some portions of the address recently issued by the right hon. baronet to his constituents. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER followed briefly, not intending to oppose the returns for which the noble everything like decency and order ; it would be better to lose the bill than pass it with this clause. After some further discussion, .the Marquis of LANS DOWNE explained that he had objected to the amendment in order that the Commons might have an opportunity of reconsidering it ; and now that the Commons had done so, he had no longer any hesitation.in calling upon their lord ships to give it their assent. Their lordships then divided, when the numbers were — For the clause. 29; against it, 11; majority, 18. The Commons' amendments were then agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THITRSD AT The house met at one o'clock, Mr. T. Duncombe brought before the house the state of Millbank prison, and the hulks at Woolwich. Sir G. GREY admitted the existence of abuses, but stated that new rules had been framed to remedy them ; and promised that next session a measure would be passed to carry into effect all the recommendations of the Com- In reply to a question put by Sir D. L. EVANS, Lord PALMERSTON said all the prisoners taken during the recent contest in Portugal had now been released. There was an earnest disposition on the part of the Queen of Portugal to fulfil faithfully the engagements she had come under. ections The house was then summoned to the House of Peers to hear the royal assent given On th, ie speaker the house adjourned. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. On Friday, the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, proceeded in state from Buck ingham Palace to the House of Lords, amidst enthusias tic cheers. After the usual ceremonies, her M cended the throne, and delivered the following ciou s sl , sty as- most gra- such Qatisfaction in being able to release from the duties of a laborious and anxious session: I cannot take leave of you without expressing my grateful sense of the assiduity and zeal with which you have applied yourselves to the considerations of the public interest. " Your attention has been principally directed to the measures of immediate relief, which a great and unprece dented calamity rendered necesFary. " I have given my cheerful assent to those laws which, by allowing the free admission - of grain, and by affording luantity of human food, and to pro.: -e in no instance proposed s a mode of relieving distress aggravate the evils for the alleviation of .dopted. " I cordially approve of the acts of large and liberal bounty by which you have assuaged the sufferings of my Irish subjects. I have also readily given my sanction to a law to make better provision for the permanent relief of to various bills calculated to promote the agriculture and develope the industry of that portion of the United King do tn. My attention shall be directed to such further mea sures as may be conducive to those salutary purposes. " My relations with Foreign Powers continue to inspire me with confidence in the r ntenance of peace measures which, it the Qu •t with the Kim: of the and the Queen of Portugal, I have for the pacification of Portugal, have been attended success, and that the civil war which for many s had afflicted that country has at last been brought " I indulge the hope that future differences between political parties in that country- may be settled without an appeal to arms. _ _ I thank you for your willingness in granting me the supplies ; they shall be applied with due care tray to the public service. I am happy to inform you that high price of tbod, the revenue has, up to the pr notwithstanding the een more productive than I had reason to antici- The increased use of articles of general consump s chiefly contributed to this result. " The revenue derived from sugar, especially, has been really augMented by the removal of the prohibitory iotis grants which you have made for educa tion in the United Kingdom, will, I trust, be conducive to the religious and moral improvement of my people. " My Lords and Gentlemen, " I rely With confidence on the loyalty to the Throne, and attachment to the free institutions of this country, which animate the great body of my,ifeople. I join with them in supplications to Almighty ,God, that the dearth HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Lord M. HILL appeared at the bar, and presented her " I have received the address of my faithful Commons, and it is my anxious wish that no unnecessary delay should take place in the completion of the new House of Com mons, and I will give every facility for the accomplish- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TAME CROCODILES.—A frightful event occurred last month at Damiet,a. ArdEffendi, governor of the town, had two-tame crocodiles in his garden. A negro having ill-treated one of them the natural ferocity of the animal returned, and he rushed on the governor's child, aged about 12 years, who was standing by the negro's side, and killed lim.—Galignani's Messenger. THE ELECTIONS, 'i5-c. The Earl of Lincoln has consented to-stand again for the Falkirk Burghs. LEICESTER.—Mr. Wynn Ellis has withdrawn. There will be no opposition to Sir Joshua Walmsley. Sir_James Graham has come forward as.a candidate for Ripon. The Oporto correspondent of the Times says, that an English merchant lately gave a dinner to the principal officers of the Queen of Portugal and her allies, while the members.of the insurgent junta were entertained in ano ther part of the house. As soon as the royalists had de parted, the rebels were introduced into the room which the former had quitted, and supped at the same table where their adversaries had dined. There are now three Jewish candidates for seats in the next Parliament—one at Hythe, one.at Maidstone, and one at London. _ _ _ James Macgregor, Esq., of this town, and chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company, .has come forward as a candidate for Banbury.' PREJUDICE IN EGYPT.—Mehemet Ali lately ordered that forty youths belonging to the best families of Alex andria should be sent to Europe at his expense, for the purpose of completing their education ; but the parents were -so unwilling to allow their children to _visit the The Gazette of Friday night contains the appointment of the right hon. Henry Labouchere as President of the Board of Trsde. We are informed that Mr. Charles Villiers is to be the new Chief Commissioner of Poor-laws ; or properly speak ing,the new Minister for the Poor-law department. country of the Franks, that many of them bribed poor persons to furnish them with boys, whom they deliVered to the authorities as their own children. Tow., WRECK OF A STEAMER, AND Loss OF 44 PER SONS, AT MORETON BAY, N.S.W.—After the Walmer Castle had got.under sail at Sydney for London, on the no question that he will be elected by an immense majc, 27th March,. an extra to the Sydney Morning Herald, rity. Col. Beckwith is said to be meditating a retreat. containing an account of the loss of the Sovereign steamer,. WEST RIDING ELECTION.—SO far as appearances at off Amity Point, Moreton Bay, was brought on board. present go there is no prospect of any -contest for the - ''rle 3d of W F Y-- - ' Mr. DenisOri and Lord Mr. Cobden has arrived at Vienna, where he has been presented by Lord Ponsonby, the English Ambassador, to the Prince Metternich. Lord Seaham has made an unprecedentedly successful canvass of the Northern Division of Durham There i: Sovereign left Brisbane for Sydney on t March, with 54 persons on board, crew and passengers, est Riding of orkshire. Morpeth, the present members, are again candidates. Mr. Roebuck has given notice in the newspapers that he will not accept any appointment that will require him to leave the House of Commons. It was said that he had been offered the Chief Justiceihip of Bombay in the event of Sir D. Pollock retiring. NORTH CHESIHRE. — The canvass in favour of Mr. Astley goes on very favourably. There seems reason to lv 10 of whom - were saved A FRENCH ARMY OF MUSICIANS.—The annual grand concert of the Orpbeonists has taken place, with nine hundred wind instruments and four hundred choristers Last year the effect was tried in the open air, and found to produce too little sound. Now it has just been tried in the Cirque Olympi Some fear was ex res . sed lest the roof of the building ar that he will be returned He addressed the electors should be blown Off. The singers were all chosen from ranks of the army, and it is generally believed that they are training thus to frighten the enemy in case of need. Certainly the singers at the Cirque could replace both arms and ammunition, and render victory certain. What enemy could withstand the attack of twenty thou sand such false notes as those with which our ears were at Runcorn on Thursday last, and evidently made a fa vourable impression. The supplement to the London Gazette, of Friday, con tains her Majesty's proclamation for dissolving the yarlia . ment. It also appoints the calling of a new Parliament for the 21st day of September, on which day the writs are greeted at this concert. The regiment employed upon the occasion is just about departing for Algiers. This is worthy of notice.—Paris correspondent of the Atlas. A MOCK EXECUTION.—A strange spectacle was wit nessed on the 9th at Arnhem, in Holland. A Catholic In West Somerset, Mr. Aeland has withdrawn, and Sir Alexander Hood and Mr. Moody come forward on the cousqrvative interest. Both these gentlemen are highly 'respected and steadfastly attached to our Protestant In stitutions in Church and State. Mr. Bouverie. is the priest, named Gepkens, having been condemned to death for assassination, the King commuted the sentence into perpetual imprisonment and the application of the punish .. . Liberal candidate A FEELER.—Mr. Conway, the editor of the Dublin Post, distinctly asserts that the time has arrived for the ruled e scaffold was that an outcry against, it win oe first, but that they will be fully arepared exactly as for an execution, and a Dared to acc coffin was on if to receive the bloody and mangled remains of the condemned. At twelve o'clock in the day, Gepkens was driven in a cart to the scaffold. His head and neck were bare, he wore no coat, his hair was cut very close, and his hands were tied behind his back. Two priests were with him, giving him religious consola tion, and two other carriages contained the officers of justice, and the executioner and his assistants, the latter when offered BLACKBURN.—Mr. llornby, the conservative member for this borough, announces himself for re-election. Sir W. Fielden retires, and there are two reform candidates, Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Hargreaves. The Blackburn Standard says there is not a doubt of Mr. Hornby's return. . carrying an axe. A strong detachment of soldiers accom panied the cart, and another surrounded the scaffold. Gepkens ascended to his appointed place with a tottering _ _ man from Liverpool,-bas just addressed the electors on Conservative principles, and commenced vass. The other candidates are Mr - an active can- Tanen, of ell, on the block. him by the hair One of the assistant-executioners seized to keep his head in the right position, Romilly, the member for Bridpori. A ballot was held, on Monday, between the three nev and two other assistants held him by the shoade;s. The chief executioner then took the axe, flourished it in the air, and let it descend on the prisoner's neck, so as to make him feel the cold steel. The man who held his head afterwards released it; and, for about five minutes, he exece '"-tied to brandio, Liberal candidates for Marylebone ; which resulted in the choice of Mr. D. W. Harvey as the second candidate, to be supported by the Liberals, in conjunction with Sir B Hall. The numbers were—Serjeant Shee, 410 ; Lord D Stuart, 1,250; Mr. D. W. Harvey, 1,952. NORTH LANCASHIRE.—A deputation f „toner continued to brandish the axe around the prisoner's head, so close that he could distinctly hear the whizzing. The emotion of Gepkens was so great that he fainted. When the ceremony was completed his hands 1170 TO nntind and nune . nonnns - nrat [IA fn 1,14 esr. ;•• 41.” rom the com mittee appointed by the electors of the northern division of this county, at a meeting held at Preston on Monday, has been sent to Mr. Charles Towneley, of Towneley, to rpoupqt him to allow himself to be put in nomination as a •• •-• utsat.a,,s, G . , C. Fl IJ,III I,IIC ,cl.l V. About 30,000 persons waited from daylight to witness this singular proceeding, the' like of which has not occurred within the memory of man. Previous to the prisoner's arrival the crowd was very merry and boisterous, and but, on the conclusion of the sed in silence, and apparently Galignani's Messenger. —.- candidate for the representation, in conjunction with Mr Wilson Patten. _ NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. — WeII informed parties count with great confidence on the return of Mr. Hodgson, with Mr. Ord, for this borough. Mr. Headlam has trimmed so much and changed his views so strangely as to .have shaken confidence in his sincerity, and he is losing ground. He will scarcely make a rally again so as to endanger Mr. Hodgson's election, and Mr. Ord cannot be beaten. " SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS,"—The Whig-radical roared forth several songs ; mock execution, it disp feeling strong emotion IRELAND Provision-laden vessels have of late been attacked by Eirates off the coast of Mayo. Last week the schooner mily Maria was attacked. Her crew resisted, when four of the marauders were killed and several wounded. The will of Mr. O'Connell has just been proved in the The injudicious conduct of the fag-end of the League, in repudiating Lord Brackley, has brought this about. Ne ver was the good advice of Mr. Cobden, more wanted, than by these meddling gentry at the present time." DORCHESTER. — In consequence of the Hon. Henry be under £25,000, and he has, among other bequests, left £l,OOO to Mr. Ray, the secretary to the Repeal Associa tion. Ashley, the third son of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and brother of Lord Ashley, having given offence to his father by refusing to afford his support, during the past session, to the liberal policy of the ex-Premier, he has retired from the representation of Dorchester, after having sat for that borough ever since 1831. STRANGE COMPANY.—The following members of the SHIP SWATARA.—This vessel sailed from Moville on e 20th instant, having on board 230 emigrants, all of turday, the lith instant, who pronounced them all to be in a good - state of health. House of Commons voted against the third reading of the ATROCIOUS MURDER en murdered at nom James Fitzgerald, Lek Boy turn- J. Brotherton, J. Collett, T. Dunconabe, B. Escott, Sir D. L. Evans, Sir J. Graham, C. Ilindley, W. Molesworth, R. Osborne, T. Thornely, T. Wakley, C. B. Wall, W. Williams. Tellers—J. Hume and W. Evart. Sir James Graham and Mr. B. Escott are truly in strange company. pike, on the principal road into Limerick. A party of men and women assailed him with stones as he was driv ing cattle into the city, and one of the men beat him over th head with a whip handle. A coroner's jury has de clared Pat Byan, his wife, and his daughter Bridget, prin , cipals in the homicide, and they are in prison. MORAL FORCE.—As rome of the principal members o By a tabular statement in the Globe, of Fi4day, we see the names of the various candidates who have announced their intention of standing for English constituencies. CITY OF DURHAM.—The split amongst the Conserva tives still,continues. Several of them have seceded from the ConserVative Association with the awowed intention of voting for Captain Wood, but the majority of them still adhere to their original resolution of refraining from voting; to which they have since added, that, if Captain Wood. cannot he defeated by that means, they will poll plumpers for Mr. Spearman, whose interest is considered the weakest of the two liberal candidates, and whose Liberalism approaches nearest the views of the Conserva tives. Lord Londonderry wishes to shake hands with the Conservatives, and let by-gones be by-gones; but the only terms upon which the Conservatives will yield are, that Capt. Wood be withdrawn, and a Conservative can didate brought forward with the sanction and approval of all parties. Not the slightest doubt can be entertained respecting the return of t he Liberal candidates, Messrs. ,Granger and Spearman. LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON RELIGIOUS DISQUA,LIFICA- TroNs.—At a meeting of the.electors of the City of .Lon don, held on Tuesday last, Lord John Russell, in the course of his address, made the following observations:— " From the beginning of my political life 1 have always followed that great doctrine of Mr. Fox, `That acts and not opinions are to be the subjects of punishment' (cheers), and that religious opinions form no ground for civil dis qualification (cheers). It was upon that ground—taking my stand upon that principle—that many years ago—l believe it is now nearly twenty years ago—l proposed to the House of Commons to abrogate those civil disqualifi cations which barred the way to office for Protestant Dis senters (cheers). It was upon the same principle—braving the obloquy which attended the expression of that opinion —that I always gave my vote for removing the disabilities which afflicted our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects tlemen, I know no limit to that prirci d I repeatedly have said in par- (cheers); and, gen ple (hear, hear). I say be no disqualification for civil office or for seats in ment on account of religious opinions (c RAILWAY AFFAIRS, George . Wilson, Esq., has been elected chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. The South Devon Railway from Newton to Totnes, 811 miles, was opened on Tuesday. The installation of Prince Albert at Cambridge is stated to have added to the week's receipts of the Eastern Conn ties.about £5OO. ports of a cargo of timber ends from to be used for railway sleepers. Norway, intended the High-level Bridge is re 'ateshead Observer to be now complete, and to have been exposed to a test of extravagant severity, doubly exceeding any trial to which it can by possibility be put by the ordinary traffic of the railway. A social feature in railways has been opened on the banks of the Tay. On the Perth and Dundee, and Dundee.and Arbroath lines, composition tickets may now be.had for one, three, six, or twelve months ; children attending school being carried at half the rates charged for adults. Intelligence is forwarded in cipher by the electric tele graph from Dover to the principal daily newspapers of London ; and as the keys of these cyphers are not com municated to the South-Eastern Railway Company, the men employed in working the telegraph are whollyigno rant of the despatches which they transmit. three Railway Bills received the Royal assent ; these, with the 136 previously sanctioned, make 189 Railway Bills which have, during the present session, received the Royal assent. These bills authorise the several companies to raise in the aggregate, by capital and loan, £34,692,880 for the construction of 1,394 miles of railway, being at the'rate of £24,187 per mile. . . SWING BRIDGE ON THE AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM In a country such as Holland, where hitherto RAILWAY stacles necessarily presented themselves to a complete development of a system of railways. The ground nearly everywhere is of such a treacherous nature, that the fact of getting good foundations for any solid and heavy super structure is a matter attended with great expense and con siderable difficulty. Another obstacle that presented itself was the crossing of navigable canals, and the means to be adopted so as not to interfere with that traffic. This con sequently called forth the ingenuity of the engineer, the result of which we now place before our readers. The bridge is the design of the Chevalier Conrad, the engineer of file Amsterdam and Rotterdam Railway, to will - eh he gives the name of crane-bridge, "pont a grues," in oppo sition to that known in England as a swing-bridge. Li terally the name, is true, as the iron girders are nothing else than eight cranes, four on each side, corresponding to the four lines of rail, and so fastened together that by the application of wheel machinery to one side the whole frame-work falls back in a line parallel with the pier, leav ing a sufficient opening to allow a vessel fully rigged to pass easily between. The same machinery is used to bring the series of cranes together again, when a few bolts or catches suffice to retain them firmly in a position that trains may pass over in perfect safety. M. Conrsd states that bridges on this construction are attended with little or no vibration on the passing of a train, and that they are worked with ease and Precision. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY.— An adjourned special meeting of this company was held at Herbut's Hotel, London, on Saturday,—Mr. W. T. Matthews in the chair. The Chairman stated that the company had not succeeded in arranging their differences, and Mr. Mozley detailed the whole course Of the proceed ings and their present position. In pursuance of their rights, therefore, they must take steps to obtain possession July 27, 1847. her stomach the prisoner threw away, although cautioned bu a neighbour not to do so, but to save it, as it was im portant for the doctor to see it. On the day after the death of the deceased, the prisoner gave to the surgeon a , piece of pancake, which she said was of the same that the deceased had eaten of, and had been given to her child, but which, on analysis, afforded no traces whatever of poison. The stomach of the deceased was, on a post mortem examination, removed by Mr. Mexon, and Mr. Paterson, of Brigg, and was found to be very considerably inflamed. There were small yellowish white spots, vary ing from the size of a pin's head to that of a. small pea, which, on being subjected to the various chemical tests enumerated, gave every known evidence of the pre sence of arsenic. Besides these spots on the mem ' - brane the deposit at the llottom of the vessel in which the stomach was placed, was similarly analysed, and gave the like results. The ash-heap, where the prisoner had thrown the matter vomited by the deceased, was also carefully examined ; the appearance of partially digested farinaceous food, such as a pancake would fur nish, was found, and removed ; being subject to the same tests, the presence of arsenic was in like manner indispu tably proved.—After an ingenious speech from Mr. Mil— ner on the prisoner's behalf, in which he argued the absence of all motive and the want of sufficient evidence, his Lordship very minutely called the jury's attention to the various circumstances bearing upon the case as against the prisoner. After an hour's deliberation, they returned a verdict of Guilty.—Mr. Baron Rolfe said that it was impossible to have come to any other conclusion than that at which they had arrived ; how many murders the prisoner had been guilty of was only known to her- self and to Him in whose presence she would in a few. days appear. He had undoubted- evidence before him that this was not the only murder of which she had been guilty. He should not stop to enquire what motive could have inchiced her, but would exhort her to employ to the best, the short period of life which' yet remained to her on earth. His Lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form.—During the whole .of the trial the wretched woman • appeared perfectly unmoved by the awful situation in which she was placed, and when the sentence of death had been passed upon her she made a curtesy to the judge, and left the dock with a light and easy step. The execution is fixed for Friday next, bat it is believed the wretched criminal is enciente, in which case the execution will be postponed. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The money market in London has, during the week, exhibited symptoms of increasing tightness ; and consols left off at the close a shade lower, influenced in part by the unsatisfactory news brought by the Indian mail from China. Our cotton market has been less active than last week ; and we have to quote a decline in American descriptions of I,d. per lb. The sales have be - en-25,500 bales, of which 2,100 were on speculation, and 2,300 for export, leaving 21,000 for the trade. The imports for the week were 10,500 bales. The Manchester trade has relapsed into the same state of dulness which we noticed a few weeks ago ; and there has been a disposition to accept of lower prices for goods. The following we extract from the semi-monthly circular of Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co. : "Our last report was more fovourable than several which prt ceded it, and at its date we had the promise of gradual im provement. The weather was everything that could be de , ' sired—the position of the Bank of l'ngland much strengthened —large arrivals of foreign grain were taking place—provisions of every kind were rapidly cheapening, and generally we had the prospect of a return to comparative prosperity. Our mar ket felt the influence of the change which had taken place - orders to some extent were given out both for the home and foreign trade, at advanced prices, and in such - quantity as not merely to absorb our present production, but greatly to reduce the stocks which had been accumulat'ng under the depression of the previous months. This continued up to the middle of last week, when, under the influence of the bank return, show ing a decrease in the amount of bullion to the extent of half a million sterling, and a slight re-action in the corn markets, we experienced a very decided change. At the present time, our market is exceedingly dull ; and although the prospects for the harvests are most promising, we cannot, under the in creased rates of discount now demanded, look for any improve ment. So sensitive have we become, that the slightest adverse change in the exchanges, or in the weather, immediately affects the funds, and with them every description of property. Until, therefore, we have the harvest secured, and that an abundant one, we must not look for any permanent improvement in tract..." The condition of the operative classes is exhibited in the following statement : Date. Mills, &c Workpeople 1847. INo. 'Full !Short.,Stp.ls 72, 4 Total.l Full. !Short.lOut July 13..1 1751 1311 July 20.. 175 132' 40910 28943 I 3387 I 8580 409101 29238 2877 8795 From this table it would appear that although there are 200 more persons out of work, there are nearly 200 more working, full time than at the corresponding period a week previously; The great reduction is in the number of hands working short time, which is 400 less than last week. The market is materially affected by the complete stag nation in the demand for our goods in China, owing to apprehended disturbances amongst the population of Canton. The following are the accounts up to the 21st May : " We regret that we are unable to report any change for the better in the state of our import market, from the continued absence of confidence and scarcity of the money, and we can not hold out any prospeFt of activity so long as the mind is biased with a feelingof insecurity, anticapitalists re fuse to employ their funds in commercial channels. Trade is paralyzed, and the little business transacted has been for im mediate wants." lord moved. After a few words from sc returns were ordered The repert on the Bishopric of Manchester Bill was brought up, and received, the subject giving rise to a brief The third reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill, moved by Sir G. GREY, was opposed by M. STUART, and a division took place, when the numbers were—For the motion, 45 ; against it, 18. The bill was passed with some alterations, and the house adjourned ---..4..-- HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY. On the motion of the Earl of MINTo, the Poor Removal Act was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. On the motion of Sir G. GREY the Bishopric of Man.. chester Bill was, after a short discussion, and a division on an amendment of Mr. Hume's that the bill should be read that day six months, read a third time and passed. The report of the Insolvent Debtors Bill was brought up, and several other bills were forwarded a stage. HOUSE OF LORDS THURSDAY The Royal assent was given by commission to an im mense number of bills. Lord STANLEY put a question to the Marquis of downe respecting a supplementary minute of the Commit tee of Council on Education, dated the 10th inst., which exempted the managers of certain Dissenting schools receiving grants from the government from returning a report of the state of religious instruction among their pupils. He should be happy to hear the noble marquis . . explain what were the schools i n which the managers might fairly, on religious grounds, object to report con- such sc ate wou be given workliou The D Earl FORTESCUE said the o CallSe great in( would terati on hursday week, they were attacked by a mob of Conciliation-hall Repealers : some of them were knocked down, and all were mal treated. They escaped into a grocer's shop, and the mob immediately smashed the windows. A strong party of police rescued the beleaguered Young Irelanders. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The attendance at Conciliation Hall on Monday was extremely wretched, nor were the proceedings in any degree interesting. Mr. J: O'Connell talked about the elections, and handed in various sums of money collected by the priests. Mr. Leslie Foster, son of the late Baron Foster, and a prominent member of the Irish party, was present during the proceedings. The rent was announced to be £6O. IRISH RELIEF JOBBING.—The abuses in the relief system would appear to have suffered no abatement. The Galway Mercury reports, that at a recent meeting of the Ardfahan committee the ratepayers attended in a body with a list of persons drawing relief although they had ample means to support themselves and their faniilies. The government inspecting officer, Major Burns, at once entered on a scrutiny, which resulted in striking off a number of names. On the following day, at Kileenavra four members of the committee, two of them ratepayers, and two Poor law guardians, clamorously insisted on being relieved ! The Galway Mercury threatens to pub lish the names of these parties, who are holders of land to an extent of 80 or even 130 acres each. Another horrible murder has been perpetrated in Tip perary. The victim was an industrious young man named Hayes, who lived near the village of Toomavara, on the high road between Dublin and Limerick. A party of men, five or six in number, knocked at Hayes's house in the dead of night of Wednesday week. He declined to let them enter, and his sisters, who with his mother dwelt with him, told the marauders he was out. The party then burst in the door, dragged Hayes from the room in which he slept, and commenced beating him. One of his sisters endeavoured to protect him, but she was attacked herself, knocked down, and stunned by blows. Hayes was also knocked down, and, while in that position, one of the ruffians fired a blunderbuss, the contents of which entered his abdomen, and he expired in a few hours. Six men have been since arrested, three charged with being acces sories, and three with being the actual perpetrators of this murder. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, The new college of St. Augustine, at Canterbu founded opened in 0 The Manc ~opric-bit more bishoprics, passed its third readini evening by a majority of 73 to 14 The first stone of Miss Burc Coutts's r wary o. justice inflicted on the West India planters by ad- grown produce atareduced duty incompe- tition With the - prodUce of free labour. He would not at that period of the session move for a committee of inquiry the next session Mr. HAWES believed that if public attention were di rected to the subject, the result would be very different from that which the noble lord anticipated. _ Soon afterwards, the Speaker was summoned to the other house, where her Majesty prorogued the Parliament. FOREIGN 4 COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE WEST INDIAN MAIL The Royal Mail steam-packet Forth, C. M. Chapman commander, Lieutenant Strover, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, bringing with her 81 passengers and the following freight :-450 dollars, 1,078 ounces of silver, 104 ounces of gold, 93 tierces, 371 barrels, and 137 bags of coffee, 67 bales of sarsaparilla, 9 cases of succades, 1 case of toirtoiseshell, 1 cask, 31 bar rels of ginger, and sundry packages. _ We learn by this arrival that - at Jamaica the weather continued extremely fine, but that the Windward Islands were sadly in want of rain. The crops were generally extremely abundant. Freights nominal at ss. per cwt. for coffee, no ships being to be had at Jamaica, and doubtless higher rates would gladly be given. Gold was at a premium of 3 per cent., and hills on England 2 per cent. discount. The Coolies do not work so well here as in some of the other islands, fever having laid hold of some of them, and they are rather lazily inclined. St. Vincent was losing the Portuguese immigrants from Ma deira the moment their contracts expired, higher rates at Trinidad inducing them to prefer that island, where the richness of the soil placed planters in a better position Some valuable estates had been sold paying wages drainage, fetching £10,250. The educational plan was beini , carried out, tenders from parties willing to engage in it being received by the government board. A scheme for better irrigation, and also for establishing mail coaches, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that the managers of a great number of schools were so deeply impressed with the duty of avoiding, not only the reality, but even the very appearance of deriving any pecuniary support from the state for religious purposes, that they had ex pressed in the strongest terms their apprehensions that if THE INDIAN MAIL.—On Wednesday papers and let an inspector appointed by the state were to examine their ters were received in London by the Calcutta mail. The schools, and report upon the religious instruction afforded, accounts from China are to the 25th of May, and have they would be considered as in part receiving money from excited the most prominent degree of interest. It is the state towards that religious instruction. In order to quite obvious that considerable difficulty will be experi extend relief to this large class of schools it had been enced in carrying out the arrangements agreed upon by th oue ht necessary to make the exemption referred to, but G overnor D av i s a t th e t erm i na ti on o f the late ' .. . was in agitation he . c3uld assure noble friend that aid would be given attack ; and it is, therefore, not at all improbable that from the grant in no cases whatever where there was the another collision will take place, the ultimate conse -I..qt reason to believe that religious instruction was not auences of which at aresent cannot be foreseen. The given in the schools. merchants personally acquainted with China are the mos. The Bishop of LONDON could not understand the scru- apprehensive, front their more minute knowledge of the pies of the persons in question, whose objection to report Chinese character and prejudices, that a much larger after receiving the public money seemed a gross absurdity. military force than the garrison of Hong Kong will be He warned the government from infringing the minutes again required to give security to the persons and pro of Council which the Church had accepted and carried out. perty of the British residents at Canton. The commer- Lord BROUGHAM protested against people getting mo- cial accounts from China are rather of a mixed descrip ney on certain conditions and afterwards escaping compli- tion, the accounts from the northern ports, particularly ance by setting up their religious scruples. Shanghai, being rather more favourable as respects the Lord STANLEY expressed the disappointment which he market for manufactured goods, while those from Canton felt at the answer of the noble marquis, and complained are of a contrary character. From Calcutta the accounts that the government had started an entirely new principle respecting the prospect of the present year's indigo crop in encouraging secular, without religious, instruction. He are, upon the whole, favourable; but it is yet too early hoped, after what had been said, that these minutes would to come to any precise conclusion on the subject. Other not be finally adopted. wise the commercial intelligence cannot be considered After some further conversation, in which Earl GREY satisfactory, nor need we expect that it will be for some declared that he considered that the alterations made in time forward. The accounts received outwards from the rules adopted by the Privy Council were strictly just England were only to the 7th April, when the pressure and proper, the matter dropped. in the money market here had scarcely commenced ; and The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved that the we may therefore expect that the effects would be felt house should not insist on the amendment which they had severely in India for nearly three months in advance of introduced into the Poor-law Administration Bill respect- that period. The government stocks had immediately ing the separation of aged couples in unions. Believing, felt the influence; and the accounts also, as a matter of as he did, that the operation of the clause in question consequence, disposed the holders of manufactured goods would be limited, and that its insertion had originated in to force sales at whatever prices they could command. feelings of humanity, although he did not share in the D EATH OF S IR D AVID P OLLOCK --The death of Si' SP , " - I inserted ' -hmitted pprettension s of those who hat. he suL. to their lordships whether it was expedient at that moment to insist upon the amendment. The Earl of STRADBROKE thought that the house ought to insist on its amendment. David Pollock is the chief event at Bombay. The work thrown upon the hands of Sir Erskine Perry will, in con sequence, be very heavy, as crime has been greatly on the increase in that city. The character of Sir David Pollock was not unknown at Bombay on his arrival, and probably no Judge ever was received with greater respect from the legal profession, or with greater warmth by society at large. For years Sir David Pollock held a high place amongst the masonic fraternity, which brought him into close communication with the late Duke of Sussex, who Earl G Y certainly thought that the clause need not have been inserted, but considered its importance had been ex aggerated; as he was informed that the whole number of cases averaged something less than two for each union. i+ must be remembered that if the Al.. 'IP. 11.4 would be lost for the presen7session, and state of public feeling which existed on of doors, it could hardly be doubted that would be returned at the ensuing gene ld not be content with a less alteration highly prized and esteemed his worth and character; the charities of masonry were developed in his heart, and li berally dispensed by his hand. Sir David died in his 68th year. He was buried within the Cathedral at six p.m., on Saturday, the 22d of May. He su&red scarcely any ts would ' the members w ral eltetion wot lorning o a very lam Ice mace. , t to to discipline in tt nee; it would lead to a great in crease in the rates, and cause the utter destruction of ?pdily paid, was conscious until the day precedii ution, and expired without a struggl Society_of New York (says an American pa- not give v'= said to have demi.... slaves, even if they are able to read. The trial of the Poles, which was to have commenced at Berlin on the 26th instant, has been postponed till the middlee den of August, of tille in consequence . So nce of the want of lawyerf for th regularly do curiou s v i s it ors ascen d M oun t V esuv i u for the purpose of viewin g the crater and witnessing UK eruption of the lava, that the municipal authorities of Naples have fixed the charges for carriages and guide, in les 9 7. Ireland 13 • cotland 6; the Coonuy, 21 ana mauncr as the fares of hack ney coac h es are re- Wa 7 1 Church of England. It Cis l is as toitows: — .pn_gisrt at Jerusalem, 1; United thates, 29; T0ta1,...97, Colombo Newcastle Adelaide •t Gray, It may be interesting to give, in t the total number of Bishops with the the sam , gulatvd. ral candidates amount to 291 ; the Feehtes to 93 ; and the Protectionists to 222. These numbers will tend to show the activity of the several parties, and their probable im- portance in he new parliame PLEDGES.—W e need scarcely onserve mat as toe ex torting of a pledge is (on the part of the elector) a wrong to the community at large, so the giving of one includes the giver in the guilt. A member of the House of Com mons who enters it avowedly pledged to vote " aye" or " no," notwithstanding all that may be said by his com peers, under any possible circumstances, very plainly does that which is wholly irreconcileable alike to the duties of his position—to the respect he owes to the - assembly of which he has the honour of being a member—and to his own dignity. WHITEHAVEN Attwood has signified his inten- tion of retiring from public life, in consequence of decli ning health ; and Mr. Irton has also announced his in tention not to offer himself again as a candidate at the ensuing election for West Cumberland. Mr. Hildyard, of the Inner Temple, is coming forward for initehaven ; and Mr. Henry Lowther, son of the Hon. Col. Lowther, has issued an address to the electors of West Cumberland. As yet there is no appearance of a contest in this district, so that the candidates, both old and new, will be saved the necessity of going to a poll. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE CORN-LAW.—At a meeting of dissenting electors for the city of London, last week, a Mr. Travers spoke as follows :—" Mr. Pattison's election for London in 1843 was owing to Baron Rothschild, for but for his exertions, the Jews would not have voted, and it was his (Mr. Travers') opinion that they would not have had free trade (oh, and laughter). An express was sent down of Mr. Pattison's election, to the League, and if his election had not been carried the League would have broken up (no, no, and laughter). They owed the return of Mr. Pattison to Baron Rothschild and his family." PRESTON. - Mr. Robert Townley Parker, who sat for Preston from 1837 to 1841, has been brought forward by the Conservatives as a candidate for the borough. Mr. Parker's committee have published a letter from him to Mr. Charles Swainson intimating his readiness to stand, but giving no exposition of his political principles. When in Parliament before he was a Protectionist, and a steady supporter a o s f a t c h a e n d th id e a n te policy h a of S election ir R o o b f er l t Peel.B4 but Mr. was George Strickla - nd and Mr Charles Pascoe Grenfell, con taining the customary protestations of adherence to free Ur. Sturge is in Leeds, and has attended several public Meetings of his supporters. Neither Mr. Marshall nor Mr. Beckett have yet visited the electors, but their re spective committees are busily engaged on their behalf. The ultra-liberals boast of the many promises which Mr. -- - &urge has received, and they say - lie will receive more support on the day of election from the liberals than Mr. Marshall will. The latter, however, is sure to have the votes of many of the conservatives, who will divide - be t Ween him and Mr. Beckett. The general opinion is that Mr. Beckett and Mr. Marshall will be returned. _ POLICY OF THE ANTI-EDUCATIONISTS. — Leeds is not the only borough in which the course pursued by the op ponents of national education will entail the return of pa conservative. Mr. Protheroe, one of the present liberral members for Halifax, finding, from the defection of some of his liberal dissenting supporters, that his return is im possible, has withdrawn from the contest, and there is little doubt that Captain Edwards, a conservative, will be the colleague of Sir Charles Wood in the next parliament. In Wakefield, the disunion of the liberal party will pro bably tend to the return of Mr. Sandars, who is a very moderate conservative. So in the West Riding, the divi- son in the ranks of his opponents will secure Mr. Beckett Denison in the undisturbed possession of his seat. LORD J. RUSSELL AND THE ENDOWMENT OF POPERY. —At a meeting, on Tuesday, of electors for the city of London, Lord J. Russell said,—" I think pledges which have been required on the subject of Roman Catholic en dowment are peculiarly unnecessary—because, as far as I am acquainted, there is no intention in proposing a❑y measure for that purpose to Parl!ament, nor do I know that there is any probability of its being proposed. (Cheers an ct counter cneers. said, but I must say further ith reSpeet to all these sub- possess, and th;t a man's religious opinions should be no bar to his obtaining that to which he would otherwise fair and just claim." Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey has played might be ARYLEBON he has acted wis Leen elected, and th •ee wee ng cannot help expressing ti Le conduct of Mr. Harvey, ar that aft ,us display of con A a r y lebonc, ' both • " irds the promise of sum 3.1 i of returning him ft of expense, the exception of the hustings, 1 graceful conduct in withdrawing at this crisis will denuled by every elector in the United liingdom, horn of those parts of Dn Wednesday w church 'estm in er, was laid by the toundress on Tuesday, in the presence of the Bishops of London, Oxford, Adelaide, and Tasmania, and a very large assemblage. SECESSION FROM THE ESTABLISHEDCHURCH.—The Rev. Mr. New, late curate to Mr. Dodsworth, at Christ Church, St. Pancras, London, has been received into the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. New was of St. John's College, Oxford. THE HON. AND REV. G. SPENCER.—We regret to state that this gentleman lies ill, with scarcely any hope of recovery, from fever, caught amongst the poor Irish in the discharge of his duties as a Roman Catholic priest, at Aston, in Staffordshire. CHURCH EXTENSION INST. PANCRAS. — MUNIFICENCE OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD.—The population of this parish amounts to upwards of 160,000 persons, whilst the whole of the accommodation furnished by the existing churches is only sufficient for 23,000. There are also more than 8,000 children who are growing up without any instruction in the doctrines and precepts of the Gospel. To remedy this deficiency, the Rev. Mr. Dale, the vicar, has set on foot a public subscription for the erection of places of worship, and which amounts to upwards of £3,000. The Duke of Bedford made the munificent do nation, in addition to the funds already raised, of £5OO, together with a site of ground for the erection of a church. COLONIAL BISHOPRICS.—The following table exhibits the series of Colonial Bishoprics in the order of their foundation : Date of Erection Dioceses Mountain, D.D 1814 Daniel Wilson, D.D. .. 1832 1824 Aubrey G. Spencer. D.D. 1839 1824 Thomas Parry, D.D. .... 1842 1835 G. Trevor Spencer, D.D.. 1 83 7 1836 W. G. Broughton, D.D.. 1836 1837 Thomas Carr, D.D.1837 1839 John Strachan, D.D. .... 1839 1841 a A..Selinu 1842 Daniel G. Davis, 1842 W. PercEAw3.tin D. .D... 1845 John Me 1845 James Ct 1847 William '1 1847 Au 1847 1l ley, D.I Calcutta. Barbadoes, Madras ... Australia . Bombay... Newfoun Antigua Guiana 4 con- of their own property. He concluded by propOsing a re solution to the effect that the meeting do appoint Alexander Dobie as their solicitor, to take such proceedings in law or equity as might be ad ised ag ip Henry Muntz, _ and others (named), or the Directors of the Bir - mingham and Oxford Junction Railway, or all or any of them, to prevent the carrying ont of the agreement for the sale of the line to the Great Western Company, made on the 12th November, or any subsequent agreement or proceeding in any way to carry out the agreements, and for the purpose of having such agreements cancelled, as also for restrain ing the. above-mentioned parties from acting in any way as directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Com pany until it should be decided by due course of law whe ther they were lawful directors.—Mr. Jones seconded the resolution, but the chairman refused to put it - .—Mr. Mozley put it himself, and it was carried. He also moved that Mr. Dobie be appointed solicitor to the company to bring the action against the parties stated, &c.—Mr. Turner, of this town, seconded the resolution.—The Chair man put it, and it was carried.—Mr. Mozley then moved that the last call should not be paid, as the directors mis applied the funds.—This the Chairman refused to put, but the proposer put it, and it was carried. Several other reso lutions, impugning the proceedings of the present directors, were put and carried in a similar way, as were two others authorising the expense of opposing them to be paid from the funds of the company. Mr. Mozley next moved that a new seal, which he had brought should be that of the company, and that the former seal be cancelled. This was similarly carried, and it was agreed that Mr. Mozley should keep the seal. The meeting was then adjourned to the 27th instant, then to meet at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, at half-past two o'clock. In the course of the proceeding it was stated that Mr. Mentz had resigned the chairmanship and Mr. Matthews had been elected in his place. The meeting lasted nearly five hours. LAW INTELLIGENCE, Chief Justice Wilde was so ill on Tuesday last that he was unable to take his seat on the bench at the Dorchester Assizes. Mr. Rogers sat for him. The commissioners to inquire into the law of marriage have announced that all communications made to them parties commu- nicating express a desire to that effect. Mr. Justice Pattison, on Tuesday, condemned a man to six months' imprisonment for refusing to obey an order of two justices, issued to enforce the obligation of the pay - -ate which had been legally levied. 5 barristers usually follow the Oxford circuit, 175 the Home circuit, 63 the Midland, 44 the Norfolk, 120 the Western, 25 the Southern, 16 or 18 the Welsh, and 250 the Northern ;—a total of 821 ! The Lord Chancellor on Wednesday affirmed the decree of the Vice-Chancellor, which condemned Mr. Alderman Gibbs to pay the costs of the recent proceedings against him, respecting the parish of Walbrook. At the opening of the Worcester Assizes, Mr. Justice Coleridge remarked, in his charge to the Grand Jury, that education was the thing principally needed to prevent crime. In that county they now paid the greatest possi ble attention to the treatment of prisoners after trial, and it was right they should do so, but surely thosenot tried, and therefore possibly innocent, should not be neglected. A prisoner who had been confined in Pentonville often came out, lie might say, so adorned and accomplished as to be the object of envy to his poor but honest brother, who had committed no offence. He did not, indeed, think it strictly constitutional to wholesale the sentences when passed by the judges, and a repugnance would be felt to pass the sentence of transportation when it was known that it was not intended to be carried out. It was likely, therefore, that more sentences of imprisonment would be passed, and this was an additional reason why they should pay attention to the system of their gaols. He had seen with pleasure that a bill respecting the punishment of juvenile offenders had received the sanction of the legisla ture. He did not know that he should not desire its principle to be carried even further, and that it should be applied, as had been suggested in the House of Lords, rather to the nature of the offence than the age of the offender. Perhaps they should come to that by and bye. He could have wished, too, that the offences contemplated by the act had been declared by the legislature not to be felonies at all, and not liable to be treated as such. It was wrong to brand a man as felon for life, because in his nith he had committed a very trivial theft. to this_ hereafter, when ly, too, the country was more ripe ior it, just as tney naa now enabled to make an important alteration, which, some time ago, might have been improper. I LINCOLN ASSIZES •TUESDAY, JULY 20, ARNOLDBY POISONINC uesaay, in the Crown Court, at Lincoln Castle, before Mr. Baron Rolfe, was occupied with the trial of Mary Ann Miller, aged 27, charged with , iiree distinct cases of poisoning by the use of arsenic. he 'lrst case, that of the murder of Mary Milner, her lar 's mother, who died on the 6th of June, there a iict of Not Guilty. The Court then proceeded ie )nd charge, that of hay T poisoned Hannah 11 )rother r s Wife, on the 26th :of June. It ap from the facts. as proved in evidence that the on the morning in question invited the deceased ke of some pancake at her house, immediately Le same evening I Shortly after eating it, the do ceased said she was poisoned, And commenced vomiting i whit was t 1 u jected from The demand for India is less inactive, but prices are lower. We quote from the Calcutta overland Price Current of June 2 : " With respect to imports, we have no very decided improve ment to notice, although in most descriptions of manufactures and yarn the business done has exceeded that of the previous month, attributable, however, more to some parties having shown a disposition to meet the views of purchasers than to any inclination on the part of dealers to come forward freely, from which, .however, they are evidently prevented almost solely by the tightness in the money market. The demand for these fabrics has been far from brisk throughout the past month, but we have nevertheless rather heavy sales to report, some parties having been realising freely, although others have been showing more firmness; the latter being apparently in duced thereto, not only by the probability of a more animated inquiry ere long, but also by the uncertainty felt as to when present purchases will be cleared and paid for. The lower reeds of 39-inch gray skirtings continue to attract the most attention, and have been placed to a large extent ; whilst, although there is occasionally a better inquiry for the finer makes, no advance on the late low currency has as yet been obtainable ; bleached are in much the same position, but sales have not been so heavy: low gray madapollams have been realised at about rupees 2-2, but other descriptions continue neglected. In jaconets, some large sales are reported in the lower qualities, both of bleached and gray, whilst fine and medium continue comparatively neglected. White twills have been in more inquiry, but, although a moderate business has been done in them, prices are, if anything, rather lower." The corn markets are generally firmer throughout the country, reports of injury to the crops from blight being circulated very freely. Prices, however, have not mate rially altered. SEWAGE MANURE The importance of this subject, in a social and national, as well as an agricultural point of view, induces us to de vote a short space to an outline of the objects and plans of the " Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company," who are destined to work this important change in agricultural science in this country, for we feel assured, that at a time when masses of the community have suffered severely from a scarcity of the produce of the earth, the objects of such a company cannot fail to be viewed with deep and peculiar interest. Scarcely two years have elapsed since this company came first before the public. Its intentions and plans, although appreciated by a few who had tested the great value, from its highly fertilising, of sewage water, was then to the public at large a matter of strange import. In the short space of time that has intervened, however,. almost universal attention has been most surprisingly drawn to the subject, until public associations (stepping out of the ordinary routine of their procedure) have, on public grounds, lauded the scheme. Agriculturists have• prayed the senate for the authority to be given for its adop tion ; private individuals of wealth have, on a limited scale, carried it into effect on their estates ; government departments have, where opportuity offered, brought it into operation ; die surveying officers of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests have pronounced it to be a scheme of national importance, and the legislature itself has stamped it with .a more than ordinary approval. This company is incorporated for the purpose of con veying the contents of the sewers—the refuse of the me tropolis, organic and inorganic, blended into one homo geneous fluid, in which the individual constituents are no longer recognized—into the country, and by means of a system of pumping engines and pipes to distribute the fertilizing liquid, before it has had time to putrify, or give out offensive and injurious gases, over the land, in such manner and proportion as may be best adapted to the various kinds of field and garden cultivation ; to work the same wonders as it has done on the blowing sands of Edinburgh, or the barren wastes of Mansfield. The fa - cility and cheapness with which this manure may be applied to the land, will at once suggest itself to the most casual observer. The average quantity required for agriculture is estimated at SO tons per acre, which can be supplied at less than a quarter of the smallest cost of stable or farm-yard manure, containing the same propor tion of fertilizing matter, while the liquid, in its results, is far more efficient and productive, and can be distributed with far greater facility and convenience, at one-tenth of the expence. By means of hose, attached to a stand pipe, the liquid, under a pressure of some 156 feet; may be made to flow in a rapid and continuous jet, sufficient, at the end of half-a-mile of hose, to irrigate every portion of an area of two acres of land. All the manure necessary to produce, for a field of such extent, a very high state of fertility, may thus be applied in two hours time, at a cost in labour of perhaps two shillings ! The surprising effects of the use of the sewage water as manure can no longer be viewed, even by the most in credulous, as theoretical. Its astonishing results have long since been exemplified in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, where it has been the means of r - rental of sandy soil from 2s 6d. to 15 per land from £3 to, in one instance, the incredible yearly value of £57 ; and more recently, in our own immediate neighbourhood, showing more than a tenfold increase of crop. The well-known Isleworth strawberries, so noted for size and delicacy of flavour, are manured by sewer water, and it is probably not generally known that the luxuriance of the far-famed vine at Hampton Court is to be attributed to the fact that its roots have crept through the walls of an adjoining sewer, and taken the benefit of its waters; and several eminent horticulturists, in the vicinity of London, have practically demo nstrated the amazing value of this manure on their own ground. At Mr. Diet inson's farm at Willisden, near Harrow ; see also an account of the Duke 9f Portland's :cater Dna' 9wa, near Maueficld.