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.f Justice of the Common Pleas would in ftitt7leb j e hile other appointments (except those of judges) jade suhiect to reduction by narliament. - Mr. P. SCROPE called the attention of the house state of the union at Kilrush. in the county of ( move tl the sarr amelior I into the means that may be adopted for its Ihe The mot by M Th SIBTHOF The motion Lord MELO and extend 3y all classes, as . .ne ex, mg of shops was concerned, gambling on that day being also prohibited. Crimes of violence or theft, in propor tion to the numbers of the population, were far less fre quent than in England. There were now three small steamers plying from the city, two to Sacramento and one to Stockholm, which were bringing large fortunes to their owners, the trip not occupying more than a day, and the charge to each passenger being about 20 dollars. Vast profits were also being realized by the various small sail ing vessels, of from 150 to 200 tons, trading with the Sandwich Islands and Oregon. Owing to occasional overshipment from Europe and the United States, many articles of consumption were frequently extremely low, and the general cost of living seems, in most instances, to have been exaggerated, except in the case of rent. The usual price of water, however, was about a shilling a ,bucket. As regards the amount of gold, it appears that the actual reliable average for each man is not more than five dollars a day ; but perhaps one in a hundred of the diggers is lucky enough to stumble upon a ' pocket,' which enriches them immediately. No one in the coun try, it is said, entertains a doubt, from the nature of the reports received from the most unexceptionable authori ties, that the supply, at its present rate of yield, is virtu ally inexhaustible, and the stream of population must, therefore, continue to be attracted until the result of a day's work in California shall be equalised with the result of a day's work, under similar conditions, in other parts , f the world. The statements, moreover, refr"--' the s uratng extensive vein of gold which had been discovered by Co. lonel Fremont in the neighbourhood of Monterey, are said to be fully confirmed. Colonel Fremont got posses sion of the district before divulging the secret, and he has now 200 ns at work. Machinery for crushing will greatly increase the produce, and the yield is represented to he in the extraordinary proportion of one ounce of gold to about 23 lbs. of rock. That there is an abundance of quicksilver, and also of silver, especi a lly i n L ower Cali fornia, is likewise held to be beyond doubt; but the gold has hitherto proved more attractive." COURT AND FASHION, Vrorettings in parliamtnt. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY SLANEY'S motion fora standing committeeortnpaid 'commission to consider and report on practical plans, not con ttected with political chance, for the social imprOvement of the working and poorer classes, was withdrawn after a short debate. Mr. MACKINNON obtained a -committee to ascertain the most 'expeditious and least expensive mode of postal communication between London and Paris, "and to the north of Europe," being added at the suggestion of the Government. A motion of Alderman SIDNEY'S for leave to bring in a bill 'to abolish the payment of fines and stamp duties on the admis sion of freemen into corporations cf cities and bo! oughs in England and Wales, was opposed by the ATTORNEY-GENERA L, and negatived without a division. _ _ Mr. MITCHELL then moved that the house resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration the duties on wood, with the view of remitting the dtity on all wood used in ship .. .... building, HEADLA.NI and Mr. CARDWELL supported the motion, which was opposed on behalf of the Government by Mr. L.A.- 130IICHERT Mr. MITCHELL was about to withdraw his motion, till his attention was called to the thin state of the Ministerial ben 'dies, and, persisting in going to a division, he carried it against +Government by a majority of 45 to 32. The house was almost immediately counted out on Mr. STANFORD rising to move for leave to bring in a Railway Audit mil. HOU The adjourr SE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Ted debate on the Marriages Bill was resumed -0- Mr. S. HERBERT said, that in su p porting 'say he did so from a consideration that the - would warrant him in that course. He had not been convinced from the arguments he had heard that such injury would re *mit to morality, that it was virong to entertain the question at all. He admitted that this view of the case applied with differ ent force to -the lower and higher classes, but nevertheless, viewing marriage as a civil contract which should be made co extensive with the happiness of the community, he would, mlthouglj with considerable reluctance, support the second Teading"of the bill. the bill lie must balance of evils Mr. 'ROEBUCK said one of the evils of this bill would be that 41:4 limiting that feeling of tenderness which was so pure and ioly between brother and sister, and which it should be the abject of wise legislators to extend to all the female connec /ions in one family. This bill would Ur( gs, T down the exist , only between a man and his wife's sister, but also between that wife and sister when she came to look upon her as a probable successor, and substitute in their room, instead .of peace and confidence, jealousy and suspicion. The bill Acould also do mischief in another way, for when after the wife's death the sister married the_ widower, she might have children, the result of which would be the conversion c.,f the Aaffectionate aunt into the jealous step-mother. - Under these 11E1E, said his objections to . the measure were entirely - character, founded upon the effects which the bill e wife, the husband, and ti prospectiv y to the was across her s band's undergo a o .31er fan( ishe wou Xusband v leelin but if this bill pa - ssed, her feelings would age alteration; trifles light as air would disturb whenever her husband and sister were together aunted by dark and distracting surmises. The I he taught to look on his wife's sister with other 'assert next to the wife's sister. She now regards mnimpassi infused ; t titude no unc are of tent she shall ha remainder (loud cheers) in the pillow_ on which her sister's cheek may soon be coldly and lifelessly laid—if she shall he a contingent, or rather a vested taught to - as3ociate her , iedding garment with he r sister's shroud—l am afraid that the spirit of conjugal enterprise will be awakened; she will have recourse to all the expedients-of captivation—all that she says„ . and looks, or does— a ll h er 'gestures, her attitudes, and her intonations will be sway e d i n ler intercourse with her sister's husband by that system of speculative endearment which women can so readily and almost instinctively assume. He +brit .• Jeneven . the feelirig of a of the people of this country was against it; that England were against it; that a large majority of of the Church of England were against it; that the land were against it, and he could take upon him rt that the people of Ireland were against it. tubers addressed the house, and after Mr. WORT. 'led, the house divided, when the second reading carried by a majority of 182 to 130. vast majority the women of the cler people of Scot' *elf to a: Other ZEY had sof the HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY, Lord OVEKSTONE was introduced by Lord Campbell and .Lord Portman. and took the oaths and his seat. Lord LONDES -330R0U011 was introduced by Lord Eddesbury and Lord Foley, nd took the oaths and his seat. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Ripon, complaining +of agricultural distress. The noble lord gave notice, on the Tart of Lord Redesdale, that it was his intention, on Tuesday, 20 present a petition and call the attention of their lordships to the present state of agriculture. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TnuRsoKy In answer to Col. SIBTHORP, Lord J. li.l;;;Lir.4;iici that the - new Lord Chief Justice. Lord Campbell, had accepted the same salary as Lord Denman on his succeeding Lord Tenderden) namely <t'B,ooo per annum ; and that a bill would be brought in to vary the act which granted £lO,OOO as the salary of the lord Chief Justice. Lord Join Russell added th a t th e sa l ary . _ .of the ( -7.000. , d deal of discussion, the motion was negatived by 76 to 63. lentary electors Lue influence by the use of nded by Lord D. STIYA RT, and supported 1. GIBSON, Mr. J. WILLIAMS, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. It was opposed by Sir G. GREY, Mr. HEALD, Colonel - and Mr. MASTERMAN SP. ,atived by 176 to 121. UND obtained leave to bring in a bill to reform e school establishment of Sentl.nd Mr. ADA IR obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide for the more equitable distribution of the charge for the relief of the pocr in certain cities and towns. Mr. BAINES obtained leave to bring in a bill to make better provision for the contributions of unions and parishes, in school districts, to the common funds of the respective districts. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the royal children, returned to Bucicingham Palace on Wednesday, stopping at Richmond, to visit the Count and Countess de Neuilly. The Queen held a Court, on Wednesday, at Bucking ham Palace. Lord Campbell had the honour to kiss hands on being appointed Lord Chief Justice of England. The Earl of Carlisle had an audience of the Queen to kiss hands on being appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. His Royal Highness Prince Albert (by the desire of the Queen) held a levee at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday. Lord Overstone, Rt. Hon. W. and Mrs. Gladstone, and Sir R. H. Inglis, were among the royal dinner party on Thursday. Prince Albert paid a visit to Osborne House on Friday, and returned to Buckingham Palace in the evening. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence on Friday evening. Her Majesty held a Privy Council on Saturday. The Hon. Matilda Paget and the Hon. Flora Macdonald have relieved the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. INDIA. Elizabeth Lennox in their duties as Maids of Honour in We have received by express from Marseilles our des- Waiting to the Queen. patches in anticipation of the overland mail, which left Her Majesty has declined to accept the celebrated Bombay on the 4th ult„ and Calcutta on the 22d Jan. The chief event of th e f or t n i g ht w hi c h h as elapsed since Indian diamond. our last intelligence has b een th e G overnor- G eneral ' s The Queen, and the D uc h ess o f K en t, h avo su b scr ib e d visit to Bombay. Having journeyed from Simla through for copies of the ten coloured vie w s o f th e A rc ti c reg i ons , the Punjab and Scinde, he arrived th ere on th e n i g h t o f drawn by Lieut. Browne, R.N. (late of her Majesty's the 26th of January, and left on the 2d of February, hay- ship Enterprise), lithographed by Haighe, and published ing during his stay won golden opinions from all sor t s o f by Messrs. A c k ermann . people. The preliminaries are arrange d f or a ma t r i mon i a l a l - The Chief of Baroda. his Highness the Guicowar—the liance bet ween th e E ar l o f S trathmore and Hon. Char!otte first Prince in Western India—was at Bombay on a vi s it : Barßarrington,thebeautiful daughter of Vis e . Barrineton. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. - The Party Processions (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passes. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. In reply to a question from Mr. Reynoles, with reference to the abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord J. RUSSELL said that a measure to that effect bad been under consideration for some time; but, as it was necessary to communicate with the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland previous to introducing such a measure, he had not been able to bring it tonvard. But, as soon as a bill for that purpase was in readi ness, he would give due notice thereof. Mr. CoßDENthen brought on his annual motion for the re duction of the expenditure of the country to that of 1835. After a long debate, the motion was rejected by a majority of 272 to 183. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. he was escorted by ab o ut a th ousan d h orse an d foot, with troops of elephants and camels. He had been most gra ciously received both by the Governor and Governor- General. brillian • ~au a - assembly qn Wed nesday evening, at the official residence of the Premier, in Downing -street. The company began to arrive at ten o'clock : the foreign Ambassadors and more distinguished guests alighted at the garden gate in St. James's-park, whence a 'covered corridor extended to the mansion. Amongst the visitors were :—His Grace the Duke of Wel lington, Sir Robert and Lady Peel and Miss Peel, and Lord and Lady Gough. There had been a slight disturbance at Lahore—some half-dozen of Sikhs, who have all been killed, having run a-muck. India was perfectly tranquil throughout. The Governor-General was on his way to Ceylon and the Straits. The Governors of Bombay and Madras were ,at their respective presidencies. Her Majesty has honoured the Orphan Working School, Haverstock-hill, by presenting to its funds the sum of two hundred and fifty guineas, for the purchase of a presenta tion to the institution during her Majesty's lifetime. The Bombay papers are filled with details of the cere monies at which Lord Dalhousie was welcomed on his ar rival, and with addresses and replies presented and deli vered upon every possible occasicn. These are all in the ordinary complimentary style, and contain nothing worth extracting. PEACE! PEACE!! PEACE!!! Peace to all the lands of earth, Peace wherever man is found, Peace to all of human birth, Let the world be holy ground, And let the sacred watchwords be Peace, virtue, love, and liberty. Do not let God's taintless air Kiss the banner's fluttering foil, .-'-- There are signs of slaughter there, , And the silk in gore seems rolled ; 7 -' Trample then your feet beneath wk., i j ~... ao C ,i MA, 4411.1 /LIU& A.1,-, to t t:74K - utta. Silence the shrill trumpet's bl as Dash the brazen brawler dow,n ; / Oh I think how often in the st, For miscall'd glory's bloo crown, Your sires have rush'd wit sword and shield, And slain or died in war' red field. Banish, then, the name foe From the language o each land: Meekly let the nation know • That in brotherho you stand, To bid all hate and iscord cease, And bless the earl with love and peace. , Rend the hoary i n chain Mad ambitio ong t bath twin'd, Prove to all th not in vain Yon have fe the god-like mind, That you hay won, with thrall and pain, The Eden of weet peace again. Peace and • stice unto all, Where . HYAM reigns, is found ; Men of e ry nation call, Gazin on the stores around, And ow all rivalry must cease Where tend his halls of grace and peace. Emily Sandford has succeeded in obtaining a good situ ation at Port Adelaide, as governess in a private family. It is said that a deaf and dumb child, six years old, has been expelled from the Swiss canton of Zurich, as a "dan gerous character" in a political sense. Louis Spohr has quite recovered from the effects of the accident he lately met with on the ice at Cassel; he is now enabled to follow his usual avocations. Accounts rrom serial or tne Ito announce, tnat at a 'Cabinet Council it bad been determined to recall the Prussian minister at the Court of Hanover, in conse. quence of the secession of that state from the Prussian League. In the French Assembly a Member who complained of isis letters having been opened and re-sealed at the Post cffice, received for answer, that under the Republic it is not competent for any one to question the integrity of any branch of the Administration, Dame Liberty being a lady who " assumes a virtue if she has it not." The Giornale Constiluzionale of Naples states that on the 16th ult. an enormous rock, which overhung the vil lage of Chiracoraporo suddenly detached itself from its base, and crushed nine houses to atoms. The inmates, however, had suspected the approaching danger, and had removed. GREECE.—Letters from Malta, of the 28th ult., state that the Queen's messenger, Captain Johnson, passed through on the 25th, en route to Athens, bearing de spatches to Mr. Wyse and Si r Willi am Parker, with in structions to discontinue all acts of hostility, as England had accepted the good offices of France. O n the 20th the J'rench fleet left their anchorage at Vourla for Athens. The Constantinople correspondent of th e M orn i ng Herald says that during the exces s i ve l y co ld weather lately experienced in the neighbourhood of Constantino ple, the tunny fish became so torpid that they floated on the surface of the water, and were easily taken with fish 'spears. He calculates, rightly or wrongly, that th e pro digious number of 6,000,000 tunnies, mostly weighing from 201 b. to 301 b. were taken. _ / H YAM, NATIONAL CLOTHIER, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. An extraordinary assortment of BUCKSKIN and DOESKIN TROUSERS, for Men and Boys, from Bs. 6d. a pair. DIVORCES IN Am ERICA.—The Baltimore correspondent iof the New York Herald states that the legislative houses of that city are overwhelmed with applications for divorces. " It has,' says he, '• become a business with members of the legislature to get those applications through, for which they receive pretty heavy fees. Each member, when he goes to Annapoli s , has a half-dozen cases of this kind in land, and a kind of log-rolling system is adopted among them, by which they agree to vote for each other's cases, let them be ba,•ad on ever so frivolous a cause." One of the members, a Mr. Causin, introduced a bill, said to be "a burlesque bill," for the purpose of enabling parties to belegally divorced on simply declaring to each other their wishes to that effect._ [From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.] (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.—The petition against the return of Baron Rothschild having been withdrawn, the limes believes Lord John Russell has only postponed the reintroduction of his measure for the admission of Jews into Parliament till this step was takett, and that the Bill of last session will be again brought forward. CANTERBURY ELECTION. --001. Romilly being the only candidate, was duly elected. The Cologne Gazette of the 3rd has Berlin advices of the 2nd. stating as follows :—" Since yesterday it has been supposed that there will be a successful resu lt to t h e ne gociations for the prolongation of the armistice between Denmark and Germany ; enough, at all events, has transpired to induce this hope. Lordestmoreland is doing all in his power to effect an amicable settl emen t. PARIS, MoNDAY.—It is stated with regard to Neuf chatel that the Prussian Cabinet, taking into considera tion the state of Europe, does not appear disposed (while reserving its alleged right) to maintain it by force of arms. A CALIFORNIAN ROMANCE.—The American Citizen , (thilhdelphia) states that a party from M a i ne, now it Califcnia, found, near the Sacramento, and almost thi r t y miles.from any other digging, two intelligent and beauti ful .young ladies, with no attendant except an old grey_ beaded negro, whom they had enticed to accompany them, The Rev. Richard Blakehurst has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Chester, to the perpetual curacy of Wood head, in the diocese of Chester, void by the death of the Rev. Christopher Howe ; patron, John Tollemache, Esq., of Tilston-lodge. Value, £9B, with residence. The Rev. Henry Charles Minchin has been licensed to the stipendiary curacy of St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead. The Rev. Joseph Eletherington has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of Clifton, Cumberland. void by the death of the Rev, Anthony Daizell ; the Rev. Henry Curwen, rector of Workington, patron. Value, £lOO. OxForm, MARCH 7.—ln a Congregation holden this day, the following degrees were conferred :-111asters of Arts: Rev. Henry Maister, New Inn Hall; Rev. George Harris Potter, Queen's ; Rev. Wm. Henry ThacKwell, Brasennose ; Rev. Henry Ralph Nevin, University ; Rev. John Young Seagrave, Rev. Mark Haggard, Students of Christchurch. —Bachelors of Arts : Frederick Eden, Merton ; William Henry Charsley, St. Mary's Hall.— In the same Congregation the Vice-Chancellor nominated the Rev. Samuel William Wayte, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, a Public Examiner in Disciplinis Mat hematicis et Physicis. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 6.—At a Congregation holden this day the following degrees were conferred :—Doctor of Divinity (by Royal Mandate) : J. A. Jereinie, Tri nity College (Regius Professor of Divinity).Honorary Master of Arts : Thomas Ch. Bruce, Jesus College (fourth son of the late Earl of Elgin).—Masters of Arts: J. S. Boucher, St. John's College ; E. C. Wilshere, St. John's. College ; G. S. Simcockes, Trinity College.— Bachelors of Arts: E. G. Kirkpatrick, Trinity College ; W. J. Richardson, Corpus Christi College. Earl Fitzwilliam has been unanimously elected High Steward of Cambridge, in the room of Lord Godolphin. The election of Lord Rector, Aberdeen, has been made in favour of Sheriff Gordon, who had a majority of 72 over his opponent, the author of the Latter Day Pamph lets—Thomas Carlyle. The Marquis of Blandford presided at the meeting of the Oxford auxiliary of the Jews' Society on Monday. Dr. 011ivant, the recently-appointed Bishop of Lian daff, has appointed the Venerable Archdeacon Williams to be his examining chaplain. The friends of the Prayer Book and Homily Society, especially those who are acquainted with its important work amongst emigrants, will be giatified to hear that a lady whose liberality is well known has most kindly remitted the sum of £5OO for the society's " Special Fund for Emigrants and Seamen." GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—The judicial committee of the privy council pronounced judgment on Friday in the above case. The Master of the Rolls (Lord Langdale) said the court was of opinion that the doctrine of baptismal regeneration had been so taught and laid down in the formularies of the Church of England, as to enable persons holding different views on the subject to officiate as ministers. The judgment of the court below was accordingly reversed, on the ground that the respon dent, the Bishop of Exeter, had not shewn sufficient cause for his refusal to induct Mr. Gorham to the living to which he had been presented. This judgment was con curred in by all the judges who heard the argument, ex cept Vice-chancellor Knight Bruce. Lord Langdale con cluded the judgment by saying that the court humbly ad vised her Majesty to remit the case back to the Arches Court, and direct that justice should be done to the par ties.—The concluding sentence of the judgment was hailed with loud cheers by a number of clergymen present, hick, however, were instantly checked by the authorities. The following are the votes :—Assenting : The Arch bishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of York, Lord Camp bell, Lord Langdale, Baron Parke, Sir S. Lushington, and Mr. Pemberton Leigh. Dissenting : The Bishop of London and Sir J. Knight Bruce. Surely a greater pre ponderance of character and legal authority never was seen in any case. A CHALLENGE TO DISSENTERS, OF WHATSOEVER DENOMINATION.--Can any single authority be produced for a departure from the rule of the Church—for a viola tion of its unity—for a choice of leaders by whose names the several portions of Christ's disciples should be dis tinguished ? This is my challenge to the dissenters of the present day. As Bishop Jewell openly declared to the Romanists, that he would subscribe to their creed if they could produce one single authority, from Scripture or antiquity, for any of the false doctrines which they held— so do I now say to the dissenters from the English Church, of whatsoever denomination, that if they can produce one scriptural proof, or one authority from the Fathers of the Church during the first three hundred years, for self-constituted teachers—for renunciation of episcopal rule and order—for falling into sects, each with its peculiar title and ite favourite leader,—l will cease to complain of them for disturbing the peace and harmony of Christ's Church ; I will admit that they are not diso beying the last dying injunction of their Saviour, when He prayed intensely for the u n ity o f Hi s Church. that they are not fulfilling His sad prophecy of the discord and strife, which, through the agency of Satan, would spring out of the very gospel of love; that they are not rudely trampling down His vineyard, and opening its fences to the inroad of the common enemy. But until this authority is produced, I must continue to raise my voice in my Master's service against all those who resist his word.—Bishop of Llandaff on False Liberality, Bre. - „ DR. ACHILLI AND THE ROMAN INQUISITION.—On Thursday a meeting of sympathy and welcome towards Dr. Achilli on his return to this country, after being con fined far conscience' sake in the prison of the Inquisition at Rome, was held in Exeter-hall, the great room of which was crowded on the occasion. Among those pre sent. were the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, the Rev. Mr. Binney, the Rev. John Granville, the Rev. John Burnet, the Rev. Bsptist Noel, &c. Dr. Achilli, on presenting himself to the meeting, was received with loud cheering, and the proceedings having been opened with prayer and praise, Mr. Bevan, who presided, addressed the assembly on the objects which had called them together. He said that those objects were, first to congratulate Dr. Achilli upon his escape from the jaws of the Inquisition ; and, secondly, to take steps for the advancement of Protestantism. It was a new sight to see one who had suffered from the ty ranny of the Roinish Inquisition, but it served the good purpose of convincing them that Popery was the same now that it had ever been. It was a disgrace to the 19th century that the accursed Inquisition still existed, and al though the trickery of Popery might attempt to set up the excuse that Dr. Achilli was imprisoned for a moral, and not a religious offence, yet there could be no doubt the Doctor's incarceration was attributable to his desire to promote religious truth. If such tyranny could be tole rated under a liberal and benevolent Pope, what would have been the case bad a Hyldebrand occupied the Papal chair? The Chairman was followed by Dr. Steven, who explained at some length the measures which had been taken for securing the release of Dr. Achilli. The next speaker was Dr. Achilli himself, who addressed the meet ing in Italian, and expressed his thankfulness to the Almighty for hie deliverance, and his zeal for the truth ae LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—The 27th half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Man chester on Wednesday. There were also three special meetings advertised, for the several purposes of confirm ing an arrangement with the Blackburn, Bolton, and Clitheroe Company; to confirm the draft of a bill to en large the powers of the company ; and to authorise the directors to make arrangements with the shareholders of the West Riding Union Stock. The meeting was very numerously attended. Henry Houldsworth, Esq., in the absence of a chairman of the board, consequent upon the resignation of Wickham Wickham, Esq., presided. Mr. John Deniston, jun., read the report of the directors, from which it appeared that the balance of revenue for past half-year, applicable to dividend and interest, amounted to £145,803 12s. 9d. The directors recom mended that a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum be declared, which would leave a balance of £2995 ss. 9d. to be carried forward to the next account. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Gill. After the proposition of several amendments fcr the reduction of the dividend, and for the postponement of the decision until a future meet ing, the report was adopted, and a dividend of 3 per cent. was declared. It was agreed at the next meeting that the electors should be reduced to eighteen. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held at Chester on the 28th ultimo. There was a very numerous attendance of shareholders. The report of the directors recom mended the meeting to incur an expenditure in promoting a bill, now before parliament, for supplanting the present _River Dee Company. On the solicitor to the• company advising that such expenditure was illegal, an amendment was moved that the clause relating to it should be ex punged, but it was lost in a show of hands. Messrs. Whalley and Girdwood, representing large mineral in terests of the district traversed by the railway, complained of obstruction being thrown in the way of their traffic by certain directors and officers of the company, who were also coal-owners. Mr. Low had examined the books, and required explanation as to several items, amongst others, of certain charges against revenue having been carried to capital through a suspense account during the past half-year, amounting to upwards of £20,000. , On no explanation deemed satisfactory being afforded, Mr. Munt moved that a committee of shareholders be appointed to receive the report and account, and examine into the various statements. This was carried by a show of hands, and the directors demanded a poll ; when the meeting adjourned. The result reported was against the amendment—Personal votes, 1529; proxies, 3335 ; total, 4864 ; in favour of, 331 ; majority against the amendment, 4533. A dividend of about 1 per cent. was declared, and the amount set apart for a depreciation fund. • OPENING OF THE TUBE.--The opening of the Britannia tubular bridge over the Menai Straits took place on Tuesday morning at dawn, when the tubes successfully bore the three several tests to which they were submitted. First, Mr. Stephenson and party passed-through with three locomotive engines, weighing ninety tens, at a slow stately pace, coming to a stand still at the centre of each of the three great spans, without causing the slightest de flection. Next a train of heavily laden wagons, of an aggregate weight of three hundred tons, were drawn deli beratelyfthrough at a rate of from eight to ten miles an hour. During the passage of this experimental train through the tube a breathless silence prevailed that was almost solemn, until the train rushed out exultingly, and with colours flying, on the other side of the tube, when loud acclamations arose, followed at intervals by the rattle of artillery down the Straits. An ordeal stronger still was then resorted to : a train of two hundred tons of coals was allowed to rest, with all its weight, for two hours in the centre of the Carmarthenshire tube, and at the end of the time, on the load being removed, it was found to have caused a deflection of only four-tenths of an inch. It is remarkable that this amount of deflection is not so much as one half-hour of sunshine would produce upon the structure, it being moreover calculated with confidence that the whole .bridge might with safety, and without injury to itself, be deflected to the extent of thirteen inches. These loads, it is material to remember, are immensely more than the bridge will ever be called on to bear in the ordinary run of traffic, though the engineers are of opinion that it would support with ease, and with out much show of deflection, a dead weight on its centre of a thousand tons: Twelve miles an hour is the limit of speed at which Mr. Stephenson intends that trains shall at flrs:, go through, more particularly as there are sharp curves at the termini of the tube. During the trial of the dead weights Mr. Stephenson drove home with successive strokes of a huge hammer the last rivet into the plates, making exactly the 2,000,000 th that has been used. This ceremony was followed by the waving of hats and the deafening acclamations of the work-people. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE LIVERPOOL RACE COURSE.—Mr. Topham, with his usual consideration for the press, intends to provide the reporters with a separate stand by the July meeting. STEEPLE CHASES.—The North of England steeple chase was won by Little Paul, Ace of Trumps second, and Heroine third. Eleven ran ; won in a canter.— The Northumberland Steeple-chase was won by Catch me-if-you-Can, Nanny Banks second, and Langley Lass third. Eight ran. It is said that the Earl of Chesterfield, after a career of upwards of twenty years, has sold the whole of his stud. The name of the purchaser has not transpired, but it is understood that the horses in training go into Smith's stables at Newmarket. The retirement of the Earl of Strathmore, who is about to turn benedict, and the sale of his horses are also spoken of as certain. A SPORTING CHALLENGE.—Mr. Clement Champeny, of Theale, has three geldings, rising five years old, which he offers to back to run two miles across country , with any other three of the same age, the same being bond fide the property of one owner for three months past, within 100 miles of Theale, for any sum from £5O to £2OO a-side ; and he also says he will trot one of them against any horse in England, under certain conditions. STROUD.—A pedestrian. J. E. Molloy, who is 51 years of age, undertook last week the task of walking 200 miles in three successive days, starting from the Red Lion, Stroud, and walking seven miles in and out, and we are informed that he accomplished his task with three hours to spare. The first and second days he walked 70 miles, and on the third 60. and who is the servant of the father of one of them. The eldest of these girls was not 20. It seems their imagina tion had become excited by the gold stories which they had heard, and they had determined at trying their hands at making a fortune. The old negro was past work, and was left in tEe camp during the day to look after the household affairs, and keep watch, while the girls pursued their miAng operations. When the party reached the camp the — old negro was alone in it, but the girls came in during the day, and received their visitors hospitably. They expressed no fear of being molested or robbed, and said they shoUld leave for home when they had accumu lated ten thousand dollars—they had already gathered seven thousand dollars. They were from Florida, and the youngest ran away from school to enter upon the ex pedition. - JENNY LIND.-Mr. Barnum has addressed a letter to the New York Tribune, in which he states that he has ratified his engagement with Madlle. Lind, and for a less sum than that lady has been in the habit of receiving. He says,—" My agent saw an offer to her of £6OOO or 30,000 dollars to sing twelve nights in England, which she declined; also an enormous offer for the grand concerts at the imperial concerts of Russia, an offer nearly double that of my own, which she, for reasons, also declined. She , vas offered £l2OO, or 6000 dollars, to sing in one concert to be given at the ' Great World's Convention of Arts and Manufactures' in Hyde-park, London, in 1851. It was further intimated to her from Queen Victoria, that her services would be required about the same period in a contemplated grand sacred festival, at Westminster Ab bey. where the tickets will be held from 25 to 100 dollars each. Both of these last offers she was induced to decline. in consequence of her desire to visit America. as proposed by my agent. In her engagement with me (which engage ment includes Havana as well as the United States), she expressly reserves the right to give charitable concerts whenever she may think proper. During the last eight months she has been singing entirely gratuitously for charitable purposes ; and she is now founding a benevo lent institution in Stockholm, her native city, at a cost of 350,000 dollars." CALIFORNIA.—The Times supplies the following in. formation from California, which has been furnished to that journal by an intelligent medical practitioner, who left San Francisco on the Ist of December last, after a six months' residortce :—" It appears that at San Fran cisco the common estimate of the present population in Upper California is beyond 200,000, although, as is usual in all such cases, this would most probably be found ex- cessive. The number in the city was at least 50,000, and the progress of the place was daily becoming more won derful. There was employment for all, and the wages of ordinary labouring men were from five dollars to ten dol lars a day, and for carpenters about sixteen dollars. A large number of Chinese were now included in the popu lation, and several excellent hotels were kept by them. They were mostly, however, employed in constructive la bour, and could earn, as carpenters, about seven dollars a day. Houses from China were constantly arriving, and were ornamental in their appearance, while the architec- would be imagined. Streets were rising up as if by magic, and a new building, just finished, called the Graham Hotel,' contains not less than two hundred rooms. The revenue to be derived from it may be conjectured from the fact that the charge for an ordinary apartment in a good part of the town, sufficient to answer the purposes of a small store, was still about three hundred dollars a month. No church had yet been built, and the services of religion continued to be performed in tents; but S+• day was strictly observed far as tl,- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. __—...*._. There is now no longer any doubt that the Lord-lieu tenancy of Ireland is to be abolished. Major-general the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, bro ther-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, died suddenly on Thursday evening, at Langford Lodge, Antrim. The Limerick Chronicle says that a man who was transported 26 years since, for the murder of a tailor in that city, now fills the office of an alderman of the city of Sydney. A female, in the last stage of consumption, lately en tered a railway carriage at the Athlone Station in the hope of reaching England ere she died ; but before the train started, she fainted and expired. The Irish Poor-law Commissioners recommend Buenos Ayres as a field for emigration from Ireland, the price of labour being excessive, and an especial demand f:r that work which the Irishman is peculiarly adapted to supply, such as hedging, ditching, and other agricultural work, cattle keeping, farming, and the driving of flocks from district to district. A SIGN OF TUE TIMES.—The keeper of a corporation pound recently memorialised for a reduction of rent.— Among other grounds for sustaining his application were the following, which are eminently Celtic:—" Gentlemen, it may be stated that, from the depression of the times, this is a beneficial year to the pound. No ; it's quite the contrary. The stock is not in the country ; and if it was, when it is seized it is rescued. But it isn't there to sieze ; and when the bailiffs seize it, it's rescued from them, and then there is no emolument for the pound keeper, &c. POTATOES.—The Cork markets continue to be well supplied with this esculent, for the most part whites, a considerable portion-of which are very good. The minions are scarce, and realize high prices. On Saturday there were on sale 93 butt loads; price, whites Bd. to 9i-d. ; minions Is. per weight of 211bs. Saturday, 3d March, 1849, the number of loads was 85 ; price, whites 12d. to 13d. • minions 19d. Saturday, 4th March. 1848, the num ber of loads was 105 ; price, whites 12d. to 14d. ; minions 16d. to 18d. Potatoes are fully one-third cheaper this year than at the corresponding period of former years. Mr. Kenealey, the barrister, who has been committed for trial at the Old Bailey, on a charge of cruelty to his child, has addressed a letter to th e Cork Examiner, in which he ascribes the interference of the law in the case to a conspiracy on the part of the Whigs ! He says, "My defence of the Irish Repealers in 1818 still rankles - in the hearts of those parties ; my recent exposures of Lord Clarendon and the Whigs in Cork have filled their cup of bitterness to the brim, and they are now spitting some of their venom upon me, taking advantage of an accident tri vial in itself, and which might have happened.to the best and wisest man. on earth." RAILWAP AFFAIRS. WAS IT A JUDGMENT ?—We cannot answer; but here are the circumstances as we heard them. A short time since a priest, then residing in the west of this couni y de. livered from the altar a furious philippic against a convert. The people were neither to eat nor drink nor hold com munication with him. All the customary prohibitions were pronounced, and with all the customary fervour. That night the priest died : apoplexy seized him, and in the morning his attendant found him in his bed a corpse. The event produced a solemn impression. It appalled the people. and for a while operated as a protection to the convert. But the most solemn impressions yield to time. Ten days after, the convert, on his way home from (we believe) Cork, passed a field where some men were har rowing. Forsaking the harrow, they gave him chase, yelling hideously as they ran. He, however, outstripped them, and. relinquishing the pursuit, they returned to their work. On reaching the field, the harrow was turned upward : the horse had fallen on it ; the pins had entered his side, and he was dead ! We state the fact :—we make no comment; but the ways of God are marvellous. Ever since, the convert has been allowed to dwell in peace. The people seem to regard him as in holy keeping.—Cork Constitution. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. DIOCESE OF CHESTER PREFERMRNTS, LAW INTELLIGENCE. it is revealed in the Holy Scriptures. He declared that every Christian was his brother, that his Church was the Church of all Christians, and that he did not like the lit- The Lord Chancellor has issued an order relative to tie differences that separated sects throughout the world. fees, &c., charged to suitors in the Court of Chancery, He felt that the Lord had destined him for a great work. by which a saving will be effected to the public of between The labour that had been committed to his hands would £2,000 and £3,000 a-year. be a difficult ministry, but he must continue to work in A post-office notice has just been issued to postmasters, his own ministry, and among his own countrymen. He directing that the order of any commissioner of a court did not know what he was to do for the future, but he of bankruptcy for the delivery of bankrupt's letters to the knew that he was in the hands of the Lord, and he was, official assignee, provided such order beat the seal of the therefore, willing to follow blindly what the Lord dictated Bankruptcy Court, must hereafter be acted upon at once. to him. He would seek to teach the truth to his bre- On Tuesday Lord Campbell was sworn in a sergeant thren, to show them the mercy of the Lord, and to point at-law and Lord Chief Justice of England in the Lord out to them that they might be partakers of that mercy. Chancellor's private room at the House of Lords. Mr. The Doctor's address was listened to with profound atten- Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Wightman were pre tion, and was frequently applauded. Several other gen- sent, and the noble lord, after the ceremony, received the tlemen addressed the meeting, and a liberal collection was congratulations of his friends. made. So great was the assemblage of persons that the A FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT.—In the matter of Edward large hall could not contain more than half the numbers Wolsey, a bankrupt, who was committed to the Queen's that presented themselves for admission, and in conse- Bench Prison by Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, on quence subsidiary meetings were held in smaller rooms Tuesday, the 19th ult., for refusing to state, in answer to within the premises, each of which was addressed by the questions put by Mr. Lawrance, where he had deposited Rev. Doctor. a sum of £4O, admitted by him to have been received shortly before his bankruptcy. Mr. Lawrence then stated that the object of the examination was not so much the payment over of this sum of £4O, as the discovery of other moneys supposed to have been secreted. The bankrupt The'Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line, will be ope n ed having lain in prison sin ce th e 19th o f F e b ruary, an d see throughout by October. ing no hope of his lib era ti on except b y t e lli ng t h e truth, On Monday last, a beautiful new steam-boat, intended sent for Mr. Stubbs, the m essenger o f t h e C ourt o f Bank to ply on Lochlomond in connexion with th e C a l e d on i an ruptcy, and told him that if h e wen t t o hi s p l ace o f b us i - Railway, was launched from the yard of Messrs. William ness at Wereham, he would fi n d some thi ng wort h l oo ki ng Denny and Brothers, iron ship-builders, Dumba r to n . for in an old pair of trousers ; an d th e messenger accor d - YORK,NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—Atthe ingly went, taking with hi m a l e tt er f rom th e b an k rupt to his wife, direc,ing her to give the messe nger a ll th e infor priatehalf-yearly meeting, on Thursday, it was resolved to app ro -. the £50,000 received from Mr. Hudson, t o th e mation in her power. The messe nger accor di ng l y f oun d in a closet, amongst a heap of old c l o th es , an o ld pa i r o f replacement of the permanent way, and a divide n d o f trousers, containing £lBO in new b an k- no t es , an d £320 n per cent. per annum was declared. It is understood that Mr. Hudson has paid £16,000 t o in gold, together £5OO, with w hi c h s p o il th e messenger returned to town. It is more than p r ob a bl e , th a t b u t f or the York and North Midland Railway Company, f or th e recovery of which legal proceedings had been comm ence d the power of committal g i ven by th e s t a t u t e , an d t h e against him. This sum had been taken by Mr. Hudson prompt application of that powe r by th e l earne d Commis for land which he had parted with at Lond e sb ro ', i n a ddi- sinner Fonblanque, this money would h ave b een w h o ll y Lion to the amount actually awarded to him for the same . lost to the creditors. The trial for the recovery of the money w a s fi xe d t o h ave The resignation of Lord Denman of th e Chi e f Justice taken place during the present assizes at Y or k. . ship of the Queen's Ben c h, t o ma k e room f or L or d Campbell, may at len g th b e c h ron i c l e d as a f act. I t took BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.— The half -yearly place on Friday, when th e Att orney -G enera l a dd ressed a meeting of this company was h e ld at Bristol on Tiles- letter s expressive of the regret of the bar that "illness" day. At seven o'clock, the proceedings, which were Of compelled his lordship to resign the high office he had so rather a stormy character, not being over, an adjournment long filled with " distinguished honour" to himself and took place to Wednesday, when the business was con- " eminent advantage" to his country : eluded. The dividend declared was at the rateof three " The learning, the impartiality, the high sense of honour, and a half per cent. per annum. A motion for a commit- the firmness and the dignity which marked and ennobled your tee to investigate certain charges against Mr. Browne, the administration of justice, have always commanded admiration deputy-chairman of the company, was carried, much to and respect; while every practitioner in your lordship's court the surprise of the directors, who demanded a poll, but it bears grateful testimony to the kindness and the courtesy that was not persevered in, and the committee was appointed. a enleaze t cl :yo . u o. to us all : ..:4 , 17 , e are se i nsibl i e , that failing health With respect to the election o f di rec t ors i n the room of n 1 'nnr." " -- those who retired, a compromise was agreed to, by which Messrs. W. D. Wills and W. Morgan were elected, and Messrs. M. Castle and W. F r ipp add e d t o th e board. I A meeting was held in London on Monday last, in reference to the charges by railways for the carriage of goods. One of the speakers said,—" On the South- Western, from London to Dorchester, 141 miles, the charges for 1121bs. was 2s. 6d. On the Great Western— London to Exeter, 195 miles for 1121b5., 6s. ld. London and North- Western—London to Manchester, 188+ miles, or Liverpool, 210+ miles, for 1121b5., 18s. 4d. Eastern Counties—London to Norwich, 126 miles, or Yarmouth, 146 miles, for 1121b5., 9s. 4d. Having mentioned the charges for large parcels, he would now allude to the rate at which small parcels were charged. The Great Western had no charge for any parcels under 12 lbs. ; the charge for 100 miles was Is. sd. Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon, 71bs., ls. 3d. and Is. 6d. South-Western, 281b5., IS. Eastern Counties, 151b5., Is. London and North- Western, 121b5., ls." An appeal is to be made to the legislature aruuous unties or the judge; but we pray that you may be blessed with vigour to enjoy the leisure you have justly earned, and to devote to the publ.c service the patriotism and the elo quence already so conspicuous in the annals of Parliament." In reply, Lord Denman wrote : "Fully aware of my many deficiencies in other respects, 1 yet will not disclaim the praise of a constant and earnest en deavour to discover truth and promote justice; and it is my pride to feel that, with the assistance of my excellent collea gues,' I .have not failed in my anxious wish to sustain, and even elevate, the character of the English bar. Amonz the many consolations which support me in taking this painful step, none will be more effectual than to witness the increasing prosperity and honour of the profession which you so worthily represent." HARTLEY'S DIVORCE CASE HOUSE OF LORDS - THURSDAY. ' On Thursday the house met by special appointment for the purpose of hearing counsel and evidence in supper:: of the second reading of " Hartley's Divorce Bill." The lords present were Lord Brougham, chairman, the Earl of Devon, and Lord Hawarden. Mr. Serjeant Wrangliamlnd Mr. Crompton appeared on behalf of Mr. Hartley, and Mr. M. James ropresented Mrs. Hartley and certain of her trustees under a deed of separation. Mr. WRANGRAM stated the case for the petitioner, Mr. John Bernard Hartley, engineer, of this town. It ap peared that the petitioner, at the age of 28, was married to a young lady of the name of Harriet Say Hall, then 20 years of age, on the 6th of beptember, 1842. since whe until the time of the alleged adultery-, they lived on the most happy terms. The defendant, Mr. James Thompson, is also an engineer, and was recently employed on the Liverpool and Bury Railway. In the course of business 111 r. Hartley and Mr. Thompson became acquainted, and the latter was a frequent guest at the house of the former. In 1846 the petitioner first began to notice coldness in the demeanour of his wife, and from subsequent reports of her impropriety, in November, 1848, he was induced to have a deed of separ ttion executed. By this deed be allowed Mrs. Hartley £4OO a-year. After the date of this deed Mr. Thompson and she lived together in furn;shed lodgings, in this town, and at Draper's Hotel, London, from which acts the adultery was clearly proved. In 1849 Mr. Hartley brought an action for trim. con. against Mr. Thompson, which terminated in a verdict for £4,000 being taken by consent ; the costs upon which were £965. Lord BROUGHAM.—What ! £4,000 damages ! It is monstrous to think of such damages between two engineers S sergeant WRANGHAAl.—Butyourlordshipmustretnem ber that they were railway engineers. Lord BROUGUAM.—I don't care, sergeant, if they were California engineers, they could not stand that. (Laughter.) Sergeant WRANGHAM then proved, by various wit nesses, that Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Hartley had occu pied lodgings together at Draper's Hotel, and also in Liverpool, atboth of which places they must have slept together as man and wife. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the bill, and declared his belief that the adultery Lad been satis factorily proved, The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday next. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The illness of Mr. Disraeli— anxiety among his friends —bronchitis—is causing some The" Sophisms of Free Trade" has already reached a fourth edition, and is also published in a cheap form. The premier has intimated that the Easter Holidays In the House of Commons will extend from Wednesday the 27th instant to Monday the Bth of April. Mr. Wood has brought a bill into the House of Com mons to allow of vestry meetings being held in other places than churches. On Friday evening, in the House of Commons, Mr Cobden presented a petition from Liverpool in support of his motion for the restriction of the national expenditure, signed by upwards of 3,000 persons. On Saturday an influential deputation, headed by the Duke of Richmond and Lord John Manners, waited on Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, to present memorials to her Majesty in favour of an application to Parliament to put an end to the working by " shifts" in factories. A great meeting was held in Greenock on Thursday, to originate a national testimonial to Robert Wallace, Esq., late 141. P. for the borough, for his services in obtaining the penny postage. Several hundred pounds were sub scribed. A disgraceful hoax has been played off upon the Mar quis of Londonderry and the House of Lords—the letter purporting to be written by the Rev. Mr. Rutherford, and which was read by his lordship.in the house, turning out to have been a forgery. In the Commons, On Thursday, Mr. Bright presented an enormous petition from Manchester, signed by more than 19,000 persons, including the Mayor and the two commercial associations, praying for an immediate and a considerable reduction in the duty upon tea. Lord Campbell is generally considered to have a tole rably high notion of his own attainments. He brought the Melbourne administration into great discredit, by wor rying it into making him a ten days' Chancellor of Ire land; and now he has• worried Lord Denman off the bench, and got himself made Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. In the House of Commons, last week, " an hon. mem ber," in the course of Mr. Drummond's speech, excited much laughter by crying out, in a very loud tone of voice, " Oh, oh !" The Speaker : " Order, order !" —Mr. Drummond said, " there was no use in the Speaker try ing to control hon. gentlemen with brilliant eyes and white waistcoats." (Loud laughter.) It is extraordinary that not one of the paid humanity mongers—not one of the roaring, ranting patriots— not one of the Cohdens, Brights, Humes, O'Connells, or O'Connors, was present, on Friday, at Exeter Hall, to hear the statements of Dr. Achilli—to welcome his return to England, or to sympathise with him in his victory, for such it was, over the hell-born Inquisition. ON DIT.—It is rumoured in private letters from Lon don that a nobleman nearly connected with the govern ment, and hitherto reputed to possess a clear income of a quarter of a million sterling, has found his affairs to be in so deranged a state as to necessitate a break up of his princely establishment. The affair, if rumour speaks truly, is likely to lead to a break up of the Cabinet as well.—Cheltenham Examiner. THE BALLOT.—In the majority of 176 against the ballot bill, on Friday, were Lord Ashley, E. Cardwell, J. W. Patten, and nearly all the Conservative members. Among the minority of 121 were J. Bright, J. Brotherton, R. Cobden, Sir J. Duke, W. Ewart. G. C. Glyn, A. Henry, J. Heywood, L. H e y wort h , J . Kershaw, J. Locke, G. F. Muntz, R. A. Thicknesse, T. Thorneley, Sir J. Walmsley, and Lord D' Stuart. Mr. W. Brown and Mr. W. Jackson paired off in favour of the measure. MARRIAGES' BILL. —In the majority of 182 in favour of the second reading of this bill we find M. T. Baines, Sir T. B. Birch, J, Bright, J. Brotherton, E. Cardwell (we regret to see the hon. member again in such company), It. Cobden, W. Ewart, T. M. Gibson, G. C. Glynn, C. P. Grenfell, Sir G. Grey, Earl Grosvenor, A. Henry, S. Herbert, J. Heywood, W. Jackson, J. Masterman, R. Spooner. R. Thicknesse, T. Thorneley, J. Tollemache, Sir J. Walmsley, and E. Denison. In the minority of 130, there were W. Gladstone, H. Goulburn, Sir J. Graham, J. Hornby, Sir R. Inglis, G. C. Legh, Colonel Lindsay, Lord Mahon, Lord J. Manners, P. Maule, J. W. Patten, Sir R. Peel, F. Peel, J. Plumptre, R. L. Shiel, Colonel Sibthorp, E. Stanley, Sir F. Thesiger, and J. Roebuck. CEYLON INQUIRY.—IMPORTANT EVIDENCE.-At the sitting of the committee, on Thursday, important evidence was given by Mr. Selby, judge - advocate-general of Ceylon. As law-adviser of the crown, Lord Torrington, the gover nor, consulted witness as to the power he possessed of proclaiming martial law, and witness responded with an opinion in the affirmative, if the necessity of the case required it, adding that his excellency was the best judge of that. Subsequent events showed that the disturbances were not of so serious a nature as was at first apprehended, and if judged by subsequent events, the declaration of martial law was injudicious, but the representations to the government were exaggerated. As the offences were not THE CHASE. The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-morrow (Wednes day), the 13th instant, at Dunham ; Thursday, 14th, Twemlow ; Saturday, 16th, Dutton Hall; Monday. 18th, Booth's Obelisk ; Wednesday, 20th, Brootnland ; Thurs day, 21st, Cholmondeley ; Saturday, 23d, Crewe Hall; each day at half _past ten. Sir W. Wynn's Hounds will meet this day (Tuesday), at Worthenbury ; Thursday, 14th, Chirk Castle; Satur day, 16th, ,Penley Hall ;at half-past ten each day. The North Staffordshire Hounds will meet to-morrow (Wednesday), the 13th, at Tunstall ; Friday, 15th, Persall ; each day at half-past ten. r c h " March IL iv labourers, power to ell: I____. to A military offences, it appeared to him it would IT; Li, n attemn, . better to have tried them in the civil courts, ret'eser l!riami. ' ' is n s(AobTecyne ahptceaosrtimriuioeorsntnitstssntmartial. eat: Hadbefore el nf nuarrregt urged adol one eanwnthe tughtoevt le: orialtan: ebb 4: eol; f\lovip.€ :::: did not coincide, and intimated his intentionof illrout 300 tunesdt martial law in force until the indemnity bill 09 4,„l4lPorted ton, of charged with holding correspondence with there ill Lady 1,,,, her Pii other matters.r ea ftemHra deg er wetaaots reluctance)—H's hesleencgttoeavnneccreend)oit.o:b yseetsnchethot,e'e;tll ,tailifi) hij4 °,stlee o4f ntaehrs :,1 quently strong impressions prevailed as to urge Ar or)able eSi innocence, and upon the score of humanitlmto . Docii4 Sliaw :kn —And what did the governor say to these repres.,4 I,oard a _lvas in , nim:e3sel. in haste, "By God ! if all the procters in the P ros A, a hi., chemisi tatcfh.shoosneinuadeswnrrmsbtsaeiespamostltininiitandeernenbdrts.oe—i),faccolaet:minwt:ehyte,oia.wpttnuhnrioirieeuesbscolssyodtnh:eacrasrlkaoliltldnbheteeiranrustbillioenongt:ritseoaididmtb_hyoolurglyt Alijot:orcjittl,.o 41114 efsetti wiintie tii ea ire,..:rvt. still ec: tcooluertt.youAkenoouwrtw-mhaatrtliahleard." To which 10"011° nty of March bri gentles) , 44:: Th,:rtrch dus taa2ttrhiasen3l ireprdnvdtl kihsceaaeohdtti fdai, lcai,ahrF—gat.enre mibwidctruyaAru.lsw. February agricultural not aware ociofsoft thehntthfeheeesjsufimesdi latter.tesitschseiessc°t aiurgoberuflutei li :it: in' s ' et ' 1); thebce: 14 ailliiiiti*lN -4 ills tta t :Pr e et ti le lel itt: i 1:als:i lirelEi dmineegtPee,:rimOnßTgii.oebCTeTtrlotlecrTlaeSleoyrluTahrawl;raaldAentifEETlNG.—A prerirninarY Itieeti: cuA tilli'44lle s:etthrlet aficifi-fte:' me if I dissent from pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting kevo 611 witted t,sna,(! mi Parker then suggested l4hrlimefcertiyrahta.uecenrsCheepraasoeanitaosrrt;nkikmldsgenaoaeretnnnni resolution hni Eooeasmffds,nhqfeoLu:::::gyodeyttinleodoisetenitirodi:iii ii;:tici:ii.leitoot 00e) e:er ftlpi. txt:4:o, e 3:::, i seel rttlstle,.:l ,_1;40;:: 1 benlt)::loll::uitoneiea__;:o ad ,;,.ictieprolliki aefid:::,::t , It, I% n 1 the committee to convene the meeting in ;Pled' tt,11.41, lik! 'and imtpahaneeradkasheugorrr;eidesel agricultural 01 lehfireartleirlibeneyetoecmrotehumsent et county might drimigmnhiggetrhb:t he thewhaeef elareaebtlniolnrugoe;prttno:Drttoobeto I:llftteato. rj::::44lta.eniivas fe, cautthieoumseehtoinwg thhaedy mpnrorec,eteldiee,_id, interest there od. tt'tilk, Rep,' iiiixadpr.essHinegptrloiepiorseodpinthioantsthaesfuroriiino- th.etmatttg,,,rt Ili" Ilizlia'''tiiqu'er,tl'aln i4.' cootutbbneatrty interests tmh eeetminagtt: rili iih:s:,:i ece,t:,,, 1:::::::::::Ii f:::::: ,:f e be adopted :—" That a commitotnewteeirnebgserefs°:leid'lio?.4/ '1411'14,;3"4;4431°5t5i.'1.P8:11 , sfiencromt nh des address, or addresses, to both ho'ulses of Parlisn'ieti'd,,r, pq tiieNi, the .1/:: the landholders, manufacturers, occupiers of ' iiefry te,kio 4r)C,NI bv"., the deep distress under_which thea eargricultn.r3,ol,!st.bp ii0,1411)41113 wa's-, interests are suffering."—Mr. Stewart, oi ,OP his N elle e, as, cutobbt:encotmymoomtfioitr. jntae,neps,:etn order to pr. 4 b 44 444 413 sr, agTeca [a44k he deck'nee's rising spirit of the resolution ; for if they c;lled 54,0 Ve,,nefocoti mn meeting, parties might attend from different t° Vlitt 'ooisinto al . " ti,,,,rinnsought for the 11g ,itilia it4av after e ~ 01,, IN ms, ..,0, will at 1c et); ect'lyPraYing rend"44'blf-4.' disc "44 11 t Pot, rat interest, and by that means defeat luu they had in view. He proved that the for., bring wheat here at a profit of 28s A tli I "th',l,ocke, In! rst t 'l l t ° t lhen i " the , t kdl "(1p°y 0 1 's:s "1 . 1 , ,,, f , i n h n'4 d ead °Pe row ° I §tcl. quarter , present prices of agricultural prods h qu ud es n ti o on re o n f t r a e t n a t il. fo - r m a r f . a s rm te e w r a c r o t, ul i d n n a oc ve P l a . ; B l;i i e v reviewed the p resen t s t a t e o f th e agr ieultuo i %, ngland,E and resumed his seat amidst.th!fero those present. Mr. Stewart proposed that . „ er to be formed of the gentlemen present, with Pc's ir O t their numbers, which was seconded. by M e i ilia Mr. Townley suggested that the petition 5 ; j ° e I I ) : I trusted to Mr. Wilson for presentation in t t aior , ,, j , Commons, and to Lord Stanley for pres en " - tecl House of Lords. This suggestion was ado meeting. „i Ni es °l l:l 9 Nd N a es r ; k r. tql% mi ssed ° n , fol Si the sr tif, t 7 Per so Yo q e krggd Po or ' ti t 4r ed 'tabl e .nan le 1 11'o he ' l4 P al 11 0 ,,N 4 4 48 take n 4 t l. atICI He , r% I le of A , q, N it Of Lis t)1 4 1 th atio r) ° , hurl tlo e c°lls ist °l !ti Ch ar P 2wller Of Wkh itch r'uan, h t , l o4ll d lr ab, r /14;gilhl Arad, ,dm Na tid, ergt,Y 0 1'04 3 . secr e t taNe. th. 84hleas MR. LABOUCHERE'S MERCHANT f BILL AND THE LIVERPOOL COMMERCE. From a correspondence which has taken plat' Mr. T. B. Horsfall, as president of the Live r P c bee of Commerce, and Mr. Labouchere, We l e a f present government is determined to ester centralization, and to provide places for need) at all hazards, notwithstanding the reo 9l those most interested in advancing the charac part'of the Chamber of Commerce, made c moderate request that a clause should be in the Merchant Seamen's Bill granting to I other large sea Paciteea Redon, 4, 1 tt tl 14 11 i it IN : 1 I tl ti 1 4 4 11 , It lib4:l.tle e : ,l‘,, eat 4.41 ) ,)i i i ? 1141'l'l * Y : i'let:l , t Y 1 . 411 : 10 1* 3te ' i e°l tt des 4 w Ll / 4 .ll°4 By il ee el l i ttP B,t l):l\ ,, ( l e. 4 4111: a f, „o rt o w°.t f, 3 1 ll' i eC t \ lo l 4l , :r f ei o , , ii;t ot l e ha ni ll l .9l: 1 ° atlZa „i t e4t a o tP t .. 11 1AN A p l liel of ! t ti e ur rel 4114e1,. tsiltt. tiet of tr_ th e coicni ,4,llltt,er, t'ha:le?l l lel„ rtktidal, thentsll i t'"44,1, Rht Roth' 01 ,IVe:kca4Ttit o; r. 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Ch, '`N tkli, o f p e S 3 rB. ‘tt i ' i M t l ' kiteti t , atri c k IN tk I N k at i lat f ro '4 ! i o t eh l'l4t io ' r l' lad ie C itl „, q t t i he la s in i of li4 I , ei., v essel tht ,1011,1_,t, an . A t? lit lN k '.41. The' 9 N Q ic•Ekthew tit t h; 4 Zkei "e n, s ' 14r)%14101 aeross°l k ro tta etS t,,i tti ld • 14,. . 4 1, tt, itld 1 , 4 : 1 1 2,libill,h4,kia an 1 1 ; 0 0 1 (ier,'‘kfeetl?4 l l y l li:t ti t) Pr sle'is;')ler, tki ' i! o e f ~ 4, 1 / 4 - f'r , a fe .et l , k Sh tl,l ti 'IN 1 1 34 t; ,. 1 , ! tvi,o 4) . the a h , erj J as:q ti !kb °. to ea e a rIY e . TI, 4, '. 4 41, YO2 1 'tti li , e elv, Y at e , !N b e e tew Elti v 4 4,11(11141 it lel o l . , it %t), ll, 1 , t t 7 0 i 11c, E!lh't . o 'll f is „1.41 orZe,ilti'f.j. t :t; t h,, ili 41141eati'l hoer:quoletrittei,lr It 'a t p li , t 7, 4 il l'e ot I'le re' 4 i!iikr.:Lti.da;l7ll,l,4 , t hti, 4 , , ,, ,, 2,04 v i ereett h coo tl ahe eh a, 1 , 1, tlev, ~,i l l t t, o, , I vill 4 e t 'l44 : l4 4l4 :4 l, t4 a . l: 4 4 : 4 l"l l,4: B': i h a l,:: h :: : 4 lP tc, :e t : o r:s i t. o t s he ftE to:f fr„, s 4 t to o a te fo r al a nd tdr et `er • I etc (t1i,(1,11,:tc4,4,1,i,e,yv.e, ail' l 2,llk ' Of I, t e Pttrt h Il 4 ig. kid re e r , Tievrt, (;,,i,,kitio,..sPoode t'o ll4 r l4 (h "Rs t th I'Lkst;(ii 1,-,, , n.1 1 carrying out the details o e 5, the appointment of shipping-master- 9, 6;0 1 ',II &c. Such local boards to make peri n 'oo°,o to,the Board of Trade, who should retain n rc e poyi appointment of such local boards. It was P s hiP ° ,,;o l a portion of the members should be elected by ctilie„? and a certain number by the magistrates. t n ., e ;;ll'7,lie being a member ex-officio. These a lteration;.; position of the measure w ou ld reconc ile tn Liverpool to its other objectionable points. t bec e ri Mr. Labouchere, howev er , d emurs altng:";y alteration, and insists that the whole mit"- the jo the bill to appoint some a gen t t o superinten i ,peolit t tion of the contra c t b e t ween th e sa i lor rnd rg,sll°,(el andtoresgoullealtye tothe u discipline oaord of Trade on board ofe.vespf?fie ; rdgy,#-fl d" confided ;11, miners are to be appointed by themselves 01 .iff'ltg,' ) ,, .Labouehere,prattles about uniformity ofifetw o ,O; p l ards of qualification, and other such will' , o.‘ a way ' S uite sufficient to convince ° coc ig h , C ,4 1 any pre, 41 an unbending system is about to be erecteo,o9s' r even exceed the new Poor-law Bill in its 11 10 f e° ,4 tune. The merchant and shipowner rnaY r o 50 t 1 ;0, operation of such a measure when they e ni ° ot, 0 . 1/ particularly excellent appointments goverP'llenol , 4 therto made in other departments; what e5 :.15 1 "014" servants, for example, are some of the offi' is i n "i e% e us in the shape of customs officers , and sc " - F erv ice c e . men they have employed in the emigration iste i 6, tronage, however, is as necessary to the firig , whig government as light and air. Ever( ' I ng st i s a V, opinion, ought to be regulated by an un err- s lien`l The captain of a Runcorn flat, we g resuale• n , o iag. l as much navigation as the captain of a sen' s lol°'ior i 1000 tons; the captain of a vessel in the P a jet ,tr ii has as much kid-glove politeness as a eo rn lyag es itty navy ; and the man experienced in tradingl o lt,', 4 ,44 ble of acting in 'emergencies of trial and dou ,ide er e o interests of his employers, will probably be se; 3 ; ne / ol) inferior in attainments to a martinet, who l es , 0 5 blue water, or learnt by hardly-earned 5 e r e ori govern a crew, but who has swallowed .a e , amount of navigation quietly by his own fire sl pso ° o4 feet of some nautical Gamaliel, appointed or io le or the board. That this bill w ill b e an intole r o ter°4 and defeat the profess e d o bj ec t s o f it s Pr°, 1 110:0: gard to be as cert a i n as th at summer will •,, - 00 0, 00 0 or Mr. Labouchere and hi s co lleagues will • 5 a s' door of the tr easur y f or t h e i r quarter's sainr'" they are due. LITERARY NOTICE. The Man of Sorrows. By the Rev. W ii • li v lit e 1 St. John's, B acu p. S ee l e y, L o ndon; "`"-° 0 1/ o' il Laughton, Liverpool. t tle d At the present penitential season, this h a i v iiii i i peculiarly appropriate and valuable. It i s f jeOi ie thirty-one ch a pt ers , an d compr i ses a series c c ' io th, t "4 practical meditations on th e su ff er inas unt° soi rl tlo Blessed Saviour. The author is eiidentlY, 9 ; 030 minded man—one who, whilst he sees and ,P r s" 00, e 7 ) mentable condition of this fallen world, is P`, o ll;try quainted with, and really interested in, the - P e io ril d for its effectual and permanent regeneratinn•ur o'6 each em step ; i a n n dthaefte won dwelling derful on n i s il t o i r s y or i g f i : e a r tl e a se 6 ; o 4 tending assumption of the nature of man, b e l ie 6 1 5 / 4 , fore his readers all the lovely features of t o e b e character—His willing subjection to 0%,r, - - „t i p years of obscurity —His baptism—temPta;',oso"Art i, rious incidents of His ministry—His mY!t er ""lfisail pi agonies —His deep and abiding tiuc -- PO, Sylli Pa -. s 0 jell but glorious death, &c. &c. The rellectinetiv cod offered on th ese su bli me trut h s , are emi.n en : l iaa' to solemnise the mi n d, engage the affentle n ' the heart of every Christian. _ NEW MUSIC. ~i J e d New e ll 2 a od Soho-square. s b y y tta lli re i . ssa ber thee yes, love, for ever!" Wr;-4101't1 posed by Mrs. Mackin' London tyletily A very pleasing composition, graceful in b , w hic to to very pretty words. It is set in a key y n oice of moderate compass, and will be 9 g re the concert-room and private circle Catherine 110,er-nt, ei Crotchet Polka. A. Gohstein. nitre 1111.(1 0CP O f f pool ; and Hime and Son, Manche fP hot This is one of the most charming pieces ° which has app eare d s i nce the introductiont s - : r ol J ATi popular dance to our ball-rooms. It is ligh ic , r if style, and, unlike most of this kind of cn°9l,ctlY° repetition of pieces well remembered, it is pe r 0' 11° A very pretty La Brunette Polka. By Ricardo Lin tj ( 0 0 within the reach of every performer. "i r ; c t octaves give it a very light and pleasing e' - mDe'lAodlmy,aivneeryansdiroCpoiy gni.Tiee,,,ro:s9je ne rrn i ";C", The Vale Royal Polka. Dedicated , bl .1 011' 19 Lady Delamere, by A. Saqui. Lodel° 11 '1: / 1 V bell, 53, New Bond-street. Liveref tbe Son, Church-street. And to be bad ° bia „ref) 5, Elizabeth-street. r 0 1 7 11 add t° oll ° e ° This production of Mr. Saqui will p reputation as a composer of quadrille 117,, becv It is pleasing throughout, and will no do u" vourite with the public. --- . Ch ss :te r ' The Musical Bouquet. Part 63. Londoe:terocP 192. High Holborn ; and Strange, Fs i o tif Manchester : Abel Heywood. ,iell'; l l.' The present number of this very chee.P rf '„ u t fe r 4 f , , cal gives us four pieces of great merit and Jett" The Ride, or Trab, Crab , trab, as sung a th e , o tr The Golden Waltz ,• The Violet Polka a n . ol' 0 Polka ; and Melodies from Le Prophete ;L i eb e for the pianoforte. The whole are ," ° , t yle• with illustrations, and got up in the first The celebrated Music in 'e 's frit" 1 4y 1 ' age i j d o 7 # t 1 jt s Shakspeaz bah, attributed to Matthew Lock ps° ' ceLlPie' r fdi with a complete Score; wi the Pianoforte, by E. oder, price 0 0 London : Daiwa' nd Co. • r 0 13 c oi l This edition, fr so eminent an ed' t° r e 1)1 14 as Mr. Loder Ibe regarded as a till' s ? biaS" r 15 of part . IP C. It is, moreover, 85-cin occuPY,,, 32 pages for a shilling. )----)