The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

•• 1 N , ' • Irottettings in Varliatntnt. HOUSE OF COMI4IONS.—MONDAY. After the despatch which we received by electric telegraph last week, and which announced the moving of an amendment in the Committee of Supply, by Mr. FORBES that the salaries of the Ministers of the Crown and members of the Privy Council, be reduced by ten per cent., a discussion followed, in which Col. Thompson, Col. Sibthorp, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Hume, Mr. Cobden, Mr. V. Smith, and Mr. Newdegate engaged; after which the amend ment was withdrawn, and the original vote agreed to. The rote for the expenses of the Foreign Office being proposed, a short debate upon passports was commenced by Lord MAHON, which elicited from Lord PALMERSTON an announcement that the intention at one time manifested by the French Govern ment to abolish the passport system, had not been carried out, nor was there any present prospect either in that or in other continental countries of the embarrassments thus caused to travellers being removed. (Hear, hear.) An amendment was moved by Mr. ARKWRIGHT to the vote for the expenses of the Poor-Law Commissioners staff, with the object of reducing the number of Inspectors in England and 'Wales from thirteen to eight. This subject was debated at great length, and eventually the amendment was negatived by a majority of 121. The numbers were 157 for, and 36 against it. On the vote for the expenses of the Mint being proposed, SHIEL announced that there would shortly be an addi tional issue of the three-penny silver coins, and that a re-issue of florins, or two-shilling pieces, would take place with the insertion of the letters D.G. and E.D., the omission of which caused so much dissatisfaction. HOUSE OF LORDS—TUESDAY. • Several petitions were presented by the Bishops of London and Oxford, and Lord Wharncliffe, in favour of the Bishop of London's New Tribunal of Heresy Bill. Lord STANLEY gave notice that, on Friday next, he would draw their lordships' attention to the recent affairs of Greece, and their consequences, as exhibited in the withdrawal of the French Ambassador from this country. HOUSE OF COMMONS —TUESDAY. Mr. GLADSTONE said he saw that the adjourned debate on the English and Irish Universities stood for Thursday, but he. considered it very improbable that it would come on on that day. The subject was so important that it was very desirable some time should be agreed upon for the resumption of the debate—at all events, that it should not be resumed on Thurs day, Lord J. RUSSELL replied that it was not a Government measure, and he could only say, when it did come on, he should move the adjournment of the debate for three months. Sir B. HALL appealed to the Home Secretary to know whether it was true that a young lady who, in newspaper phraseology, might be termed a young lady of interesting ap pearance and prepossessing manners, had the honour of hold ing the office of registrar in one of the Ecclesiastical Courts. He understood that she had held the appointment ever since she was five years of age. Sir G. GREY replied he did not know. In reply to questions from Mr. W. Patten and other bon. gentlemen, Lord J. RUSSELL expressed his regret that the Lord Chan cellor had resigned the Great Seal, and said the future Lord Chancellor must accept the office subject to the decision of the louse as to the salary to be attached to it. The retiring pen sion was a - 5,000 per annum, and lie confessed lie should be re luctant to reduce that sum below the point which would enable them to secure the first talent at the bar for the highest legal • sition in the country. With respect to the severance of the parliamentary from the legal functions of the Lord Chancellor, be must say that the subject was full of difficulties, and how ever desirable he might think such a severance, yet he felt very loth to propose any measure of the kind without the fullest -consideration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that it was not intended to renew the five years' composition for the assessed &Lies, which will expire in April, 1851. Mr. W. MILES drew the attention of the house to the sub ject of female orphan emigration, and moved a resolution em powering Government, with the assistance of the boards of guardian s throuhgout En gland and Wales, and to take immediate steps to forward the emigration of orphan Fir's, inmates of the 16vorkhouses and capable of entering service, to Australia as apprentices. His proposition would be that the parishes should contribute an outfit and £5 to each female emigrant, the remainder or the expense to be borne by the coloniarfand. Mr. STAFFORD moved as an amendment that the words "United Kingdom" be substituted for the words "England sad Wales," contending that the measure was equally applica ble to Ireland as to this country. Mr. HAWES admitted the importance of the question, and confessed the sending out of orphan girls had hitherto had a good effect ; but the numbers were bginning to exceed the demand, and latterly they had not been able to place them out so well. The funds for the purposes of emigration generally were also not in such a flourishing condition as could be wished for ; in fact, there was but a very small balance in band. He hoped the hon. gentleman would not press the motion to a division under the circumstances he had stated ; or if Mr. Stafford would withdraw hie amendment he would move the previous question. Mr. STAFFORD allowed his amendment to be negatived without a division, and Mr. HAWES then moved the previous question. Mr. MONSELL impressed on the house the importance of promoting the emigration of females from the workhouses in Ireland. White the hon. gentleman was speaking the house was counted out. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TnuusnAy. The house met at twelve o'clock, in the new building, which is temporarily fitted up for day sitting. The Electors (Ireland) Bill was read the third time and passed. Sir G. GREY, in reply to a question from Lord R. Grosvenor, said he had received instructions and communications from various bodies of medical gentlemen on the subject of medical reform ; but those gentlemen, even those in the samebranclies of the profession, differed so widely in the views they enter tained, that he felt he could not at present arrive at any con clusion on the subject. Lord J. Itussam. expressed a hope. that Mr, Fagan would cot bring on his motion relating to Ministers' money in Ireland, as the government bad ft plan to propose upon the subject d iflich he trust 'would be found satisfactory. Lord ASHLEY moved for an address to the Crown, praying lier Majesty to take such measures as stall stop throughout the post-offices of the United Kingdom the collection and delivery of letters, and also the transmission of mails, on Uri Lord's lay.—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the mo tion.—A discussion of some length followed, after which the Louse divided, when there appeared—For the motion, 93 ; against it, 68; majority, 25. The motion was consequently carried against the government, and the result was received -vrith much cheering. Lord J. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable Jews to sit in Parliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to a question, stated that a census of the population of the United Kingdom would be taken in the course of the present year, and that a bill would be intro duced for that purpose. Sir F. BUXTON then moved the resolution of which he had given notice, that it is unjust and impolitic to expose the free /grown sugar of the British colonies to unrestricted competition with the sugar of foreign slave trading countries.—Mr. EVANS seconded the motion.— Mr. Hurts resisted the arguments 'which had been urged by the hon. baronet, and, in conformity with the notice he had given, announced his intention, in the event of the motion being cartied, to move an amendment, expressing the opinion of the house, that if free labour were adequately provided in the British colonies, it would be found cheaper than slave labour.—Mr. MA NGLES said that he should second this amendment.—After speeches from Col. Thompson and Mr. Grantley Berkeley, Mr. WILSON opposed the resolu tion.—Mr. STANLEY, son of Lord Stanley, made his maiden speech in the house, and defended the resolution on the grounds of justice and equity. He was loudly applauded.—Mr. Hutt, Sir J. Pakington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord l'almerston opposed the motion ; Mr. Gladstone supported it. —After a reply from Sir F. Buxton, the house divided, when there appeared, for the motion 234, against it 275 ; majority 41. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. _ The Sunday Trading Prevention Bill was, after some discus sion, passed through committee. The Distress for Rent (Ireland) Bill, and the Sunday Fairs Prevention Bill, were severally read a second time. Earl GREY moved the second reading of the Australian Colonies Bill; the objects and provisions of which be entered into at great length, but the discussion of them so fully in the douse of Commons must have made them so familiar to the public that it is unnecessary to repeat them here. Lord STANLEY said that when he had formerly proposed to give a constitution with a single chamber to New South Wales, it was on the ground, as he had at the time declared, that it was a transition constitution which they were conferring, and under such circumstances it was unfair to say that his propo sition was made the foundation for granting permanent con stitutions to form other Australian colonies. He had great doubt as to the propriety . of giving a single chamber to the colonies, but. under any circumstances, he was convinced that parliament should retain in its own hands the power of extend ing double chambers if it should think necessary. Bethought the federal scheme proposed by the bill objectionable and in congruous, and little short of an abrogation of the functions of the Imperial Legislature. The bill was then read a second time, and it was arranged that the COmmittee should be taken on the 10th of June. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE. CITY OF GLASGOW. We have received from Greenock accounts from New York to the 18th ultimo inclusive, brought by the screw steam-ship, City of Glasgow, Captain Mathews, which arrived in the Clyde shortly before midnight on Saturday, after a fine run of fourteen-and-a-quarter days. The City of Glasgow encountered very favourable wea ther, and brought one hundred and one passengers. During her run she steamed 263 miles in one day. The West India steamer, Severn, arrived at Mobile from Havana on the 9th ult. Our accounts are of an important character ; confirm ing the departure of the secret expedition of 10,000 men against Cuba. The force would land at the Isle of Pines, thence proceed to Cuba, seize upon the towns, and issue proclamations to the Spanish troops. Of these docu ments we have received copies. The United States cabi bet had despatched orders to the southern ports to arrest the expedition. Accounts of the expedition's landing were daily expected ; and, as bloodshed would occur, an out burst of excitement in the United States was apprehended. •Advices from Washington report that an adverse re port on the Galphin claims bad been made. A great sen sation had been caused. In the Senate, on the 16th ult., after a preliminary caucus amongst the Southern Sena tors, two amendments on the slavery question were offered ; the first recognised slavery in the colonies ;:and the second giving to Texas all the disputed territory, and emoving the Indians at the expense of the government. Fears for the success of the compromise were entertained. New Orleans dates of the 15th report the cotton mar ket easier. Sales of three days, 6,800 bales • good mid 124 c. Receipts at all southern ports , 615,00 0 bales. Flour advanced 25c. The sales in corn were 30,000 bushels at 65c. to 72c. Freights on cotton to Liverpool were slightly better. A tremendous rain-storm occurred ion the 13th. Private advices received from Havana to the Bth ult., state that the Spanish authorities were ready to give the American invaders a warm reception. There were Spanish cruisers about the island in every direction. The deaths by cholera for the week ending the Bth May averaged ninety-four per day. Havana accounts of the 7th ult. state that there was a +treat scarcity of rain, but the crops promised fairly. Bum was firm ; fine whites, which were scarce and in active inquiry, were 10 to 101 rials. Exchange in Lon don, 101 premium. Shipping adapted to sugar freights abundant ; to Cowes £2 2s 6d. Advices from Cape Haytien to the 2d ult. state that the monopoly law was to bo abolished after the Ist July. Letters from Nicaragua, to the 23d April, report that the states of Honduras, Nicaragua, and San Salvador f ee ling indignant at the aid afforded the rebels by the people of Guatemala in the late attempt at revolution, had raised an army of five thousand men, and were about to march upon that city. THE WEST INDIES. The royal mail steam-ship Great Western arrived at Southampton on Sunday, with the usual mails from the Pacific and West Indies, extending from St. Thomas to the 15th ultimo. The Great Western brings a large cargo, and 1,384,980 dollars specie. Jamaica accounts of the Bth ultimo report that the island was healthy, but suffered much from want of rain. Much damage had been done to the cocoa fields by a disease which had broken out. Cotton trade flat. Sugar had fallen, and a great deficiency was expected. Mer cantile accounts state that coffee was depressed. Freights: little doing. Rum, 4s. ; sugar, 12s. to 16s. ; Cavendish tobacco, Is. lid. Jamaica and Colonial Banks Exchange in London : ninety days, -1 per cent. ; sixty days, 1 per cent. ; thirty days, 11 per cent. The house of Lundries, Arbouin, and Co. had failed. The Severn, with the out ward mails, arrived at Kingston on the 13th April: being unable to make the Bermudas, she went to St. Thomas. Barbados accounts of the 10th state that in the High lands there was still much sugar to be made. Owing to severe drought, the crop will fall short of the last year's. Large quantities of sugar were awaiting shipment. Freights, 3s. to 3s. 6d. The weather was favourable for planting, and much had been accomplished. At St. Lucia the dry weather continued, and the crops were lamentably short, averaging not more than two thirds of last year's. _ _ Antigua letters report the weather improved, but not sufficiently to be of service. A slight shock of earth quake had been felt, but no damage was done. From Trinidad we learn that the weather was fine. The crops were consequently promising. From Chagres and the West Coast our accounts have also been anticipated via New York. ,-• • GREECE. The Times is giving a series of parsers on the blue books just issued, with the documents and correspondence on the Greek question, from which it would appear that the whole sum in question is not more than £7,000, according to Lord Palmerston's own account, and admitting the veracity of even all Pacifico's claims, excepting that mons trous demand of the Portuguese debt, which no hypo thesis can admit. This was the maximum demand of the complainants themselves, viz., £5,000 for Don Pacifico's chairs, linen, and trinkets ; £1,600 for Mr. Finlay's plot of land ; £BO compensation to four lonians, and a propor tionate sum for the boatmen robbed in the Achelous. The chief claim is that of the notorious Pacifico—" Mon sieur, Senor, Mr., Chevalier, Rabbi, or brother," as he has variously styled himself. Of this monstrous claim the Times gives the following account : " A custom, not peculiar to Greece, prevails at Athens, of signalising the festival of Easter by burning an effigy of the traitor Judas Iscariot, and, to add a little piquancy to the rite, the image is usually made to resemble . some obnoxious personage of the day. When this occasion came round in 1847 the Greek police received directions, in consideration of certain circumstances, to forbid the exhibition, and when the populace repaired to the accus tomed scene of the performance there was no Judas to be found. Next to Judas, however, in the eyes of the mob, came a Jew; and as M. Pacifico's house happened to be situated on this unlucky spot, the disappointed congre gation rushed at it at once, and the aaim is for damage done." The claim of Mr. George Finlay for £1,600 arises on a piece of land, which he bought in 1830, with some more, for 300 drachms, or about £ll. In 1836, when it became necessary to provide the new king with a palace, a spot was selected contiguous to Mr. Finlay's land, and a small portion of the land purchased six years previously was included in the garden, and £lOO offered as compen sation for it. The sum due in respect of this appropria tion is the simple point at issue. The other claims are from lonians for losses by robbers on the river Achelous, and the arrest illegally of four of them by the Greek police. An apology for an " outrage" suffered by a boat's crew of one of her Majesty's ships at Fatras, in January, 1848, who, being without arms, were carried off by Greek soldiers to the i guard.house, closes the list. The King of Prussia is rapidly recovering from his wound. The latest intelligence from the continent goes far to prove that the recent dispute between the French and English cabinets is amicably settled. The Messrs. Biddle, booksellers, of Philadelphia, have contributed twelve hundred dollars for the benefit of Dr. Dick,. the Christian philosopher. The gates of Rome are now closed from eight o'clock at night to five o'clock in the morning, and unusual activity is observed among the French troops. It is confidently stated that the Pope has, since his re turn, made three attempts to escape from Rome; but the strict watch kept by the French has prevented it. Our consular agent at Rome is pressing, for the second time, on the Papal Government, claims of compensation for damages sustained in their property by British subjects during the reign of the republican Triumvirate. SARDINIA.—The Archbishop of Turin had been found guilty of resistance to the laws ; he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and a fine of 500 francs. The trial created a great deal of agitation. JENNY LIND.—STOCKHOLM, MAY 23.—Jenny Lind is to appear in six concerts, the first of which is to take place to-morrow. Except for this there is nothing to indicate that the renowned singer is now in the midst of the Stockholmers. A certain coolness seems to prevail between her and them. --Cologne Gazette. Two dreadful fires broke out in the neighbourhood of Constantinople, on the night of the 13th ult.—one at Tophane and the other at Mahmound Pasha—and about 120 buildings were destroyed before the flames were ex tinguished. During the conflagration, a son heard his mother cry for help, and rushed into a burning building in the hope of rescuing her ; but both unhappily perished. The legislature of Pennsylvania has chartered a college for the medical education of females, to be established in Philadelphia. The bill confers on the institution all the privileges enjoyed by any other medical school in the State. It is stated that Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, who received the degree of doctor of medicine at the Geneva College, and has since pursued her medical studies at Pa ris, will be a candidate for the chair of surgery. CONTINUED REIGN OF TERROR IN ROME.—MORE POPISH INTOLERANCE.—ROME, MAY 20.—The recent outrage on the Chancellor of the British Consulship has just been followed up by another hostile demonstration. A gang of Government officials have broken into the dwelling of Signor Sartori, collector of pew rents to the British chapel, and seized all the books belonging to the reading society of the English at Rome, though marked with the stamp thereof. They also carried off books and parcels belonging to Sir Drummond Hay from the same house. The wife of Stertini has been ordered off suddenly with her young children, Dandini, the policeman, declar ing that the name must be blotted out of Rome. Countess Ciocchi and Countess Malvezzi are banished to day for having attended .the wounded in the hospitals. The palace of Prince Canino has been taken possession of by the police, and the correspondence of his two daughters carried off. Their governess, Mde. Tarquini has been ordered away. Some French officers who spoke rather freely in the cafes have been told to beware ; but the sol diers swear they will throw the sbirri into the Tiber if one is touched. Duke Litta, of Milan, at an evening party of Cardinal Alliere, having spoken his mind as to clerical encroachments in Piedmont, got next morning orders to quit Rome, and was this morning taken up by a troop of dragoons and hurried off. A MOCK GUILLOTINE.—At the end of the carnival two married women of Vidauban, Department of the Var, (one of them wife of the president of the Montagnard Club,) manufactured a lay figure entirely in white, and, after attaching a chain round its neck, placed it in a small cart. A number of the inhabitants then paraded it through the village in solemn procession, accompanied by a number of men carrying axes, &c., and bawling revolutionary songs. After a while they formed a sort of revolutionary tribunal, and the figure, which was called " Blanc," was gravely tried, and, by the majority of the votes of the crowd, con demned to death, the principal judge, a man named Ar naud, saying, " Blanc ! you prevent us from dancing fa randoles, and therefore we condemn you to death !" Thereupon, a man named Lucien seized the figure, placed it on a plank, and at one blow with his axe severed the head from the body. A bottle of wine had been placed in the neck of the figure, and, this having been broken by the blow, a resemblance of blood was produced. The head was then cast into the crowd and torn to pieces by them. This scandalous scene created a most painful impression throughout the department. A few days ago four men who played a principal part in the affair, and the two wo men who made the figure, were brought to trial on the charge of exciting citizens to hatred of each other. The men pleaded drunkenness as an excuse—the women de clared that they had only intended to amuse their children. Four of the accused were acquitted, and the other two, Arnaud. who had acted as judge, and Lucien, the execu tioner, were condemned to four and three months' im prisonment.—Galignani's Messenger. POISONINGS IN FRANCE. The Court of Assizes of the department of the Meurthe tried, a few days ago, a woman, named Segard, on charges of robbery, forgery, and murder. She had lived at Vacque vine and Nancy, where she had carried on the embroidery business, but had stolen and sold a vast number of articles intrusted to her. She had also perpetrated numerous rob beries in shops, and in the houses of private persons. She had, moreover, committed a vast number of forgeries of bills of exchange in tha name of a woman, named Henry, with whom she was connected in business. Some of these bills were paid by her, and others were protested. At length her acts of dishonesty brought her into such disrepute and danger that she was obliged to quit the de partment, and seek refuge in Paris. There she entered the service of a portrait painter, named Chabut, but after a few days ran away, taking with her different articles of clothing and numerous daguerreotype plates. These things she sold for sums much below their value. A com plaint was laid before the police, and she was arrested. An investigation having been made into the charges against her at Nancy, proofs of different robberies, and of not fewer than 17 forgeries, were soon obtained. It was in the course of the investigation that the more serious crime of murder was discovered. It appeared that in 1842 her first husband, named Marchal, died, leaving a fortune of between 6,000 f. and 7,000 f., one-fourth of which he directed should go to her, and the remainder to their daughter Florine. About this time, it is supposed, she resolved to get rid of the poor child, in order to come into possession of all the money ; and it was specially noticed that she stated to several persons that an eminent physi cian of the neighbourhood had assured her that her daugh ter, notwithstanding her apparent good health, would not live long; whereas the physician never said anything of the kind. A few months after Marchers death she mar ried Segard, and had by him two children, Arsene and Constant. Her conduct was scandalously immoral, and led to frequent violent dissentions with her husband ; and eventually she took a profound antipathy to him. On the 27th of February, 1848, her daughter Flori n e di e d ; on the 12th of NgreiA er son Arne died ;on the 28th 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD. of the same month Constant, and'on the 2d of May her husband also died. All four were taken ill in the same way, with violent vomitings, dreadful pains in tbebowels, and others symptoms of - poisoning. The children expired after a few days' suffering; the husband lingered for three weeks. ' She called in medical men to her children,' but took care to keep them in - the dark as to the nature of the malady. When her husband first became 'll she also sent for a doctor, but that gentleman having expressed himself in terms which led her to believe that he suspected foul play, she would not allow him or any other medical man to be again summoned. Before the unfortunate man took to his bed she managed to persuade him. by de monstrations of pretended affection, to make a will in her favour. When he died she displayed most unseemly joy— even the gravedigger who attended the funeral repast was shocked at it. I have been," said he naively, " to a great many funeral repasts, but never saw one so merry." The bodies of the deceased were dug up, and chymical analysis demonstrated that poison existed in the bowels of each. After the reading of the indictment the prisoner re plied to the interrogatories put to her with perfect calm ness and great lucidity. She pretended that she was, totally unable to state the cause of the deaths of her hus band and children. The whole of the evidence clearly brought home to her the different charges of robbery, forgery, and poisoning by means of arsenic. It was fur ther proved that during her married and widowed life she had been guilty of most licentious conduct. A notary's clerk stated that during her widowhood he, though a per fect stranger, having, in a call he had made on business, jokingly observed that he would rather pass the night with her than go home in the rain, she at once invited him to stay, which he did. Notwithstanding all this, she pre tended to be piously inclined, and when in prison await ing her trial she wrote to the magistrates to request the counsels of a confessor, " that," as she expressed it, " she might not lose her immortal soul as well as her honour." With respect to the accusation of having robbed the portrait-painter, she created some indignation by asserting that she had left his house because he had made immoral propositions to her. Profound horror and indignation were also excited by the proof that she had herself written and caused these epitaphs to be placed on the graves of her victims : " Here lies the body of Joseph Arsene Segard, who died the 15th of March, 1848, aged ten months." " Here lies the body of Anne Marie Florine Marshal, who died the 28th of February, 1848, aged eight years. This child, notwithstanding her tender years, displayed rare qualities of mind ; her obedience and modesty cause her to be deeply re gretted by her mother, who has erected this monument to her memory." - " Here lies the body of Constant Segard, who died the 31st of March, 1848, aged four years. This dear little angel, whose only desire was to cause the joy . of his loving mother, has by his death left an immense void in her heart." " Here lies the body of Jean-Baptiste Segard, aged 37. He was a good husband, an affectionate father, and a Christian devoted to the poor. May he repose in peace." After hearing counsel for the prosecution and the de fence, and the able summing up of the judge, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Court condemned the woman to death. She heard the verdict and sentence unmoved, and walked away with a firm step—she was, indeed, the only person in the court who was not labour ing under profound emotion. During the whole trial also she displayed extraordinary self-possession. She is rep resented to be rather pretty, with a mild expression. IRELAND. A valuable copper mine has been discovered near Limerick. The beggarly contribution of £5 7s. 6d. towards the repeal exchequer, extorted another (the fifth or sixth) threat on Monday from Mr. John O'Connell to close the doors, and let the agitation shift for itself. _ DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES. — On Saturday morning, between four' and five o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Kelvin, in the town of Clonmel, and before assistance could be afforded to the inmates of the house Mrs. Kelvin, her three children, two servant women, and a young woman who attended the shop, were suffocated. Exclusive dealing has again become general in Dingle. On Sunday week the most terrible altar denunciations were hurled against the converts. The hopelessness of regaining any who have been under scriptural instruction, even for a short time, has become so apparent :of late, that their persecution has now assumed a character of extreme bitterness, arising from disappointment. The Court of Queen's Bench has confirmed the condi tional order for a mandamus, obtained last term, calling upon the corporation of Dublin to elect a Lord Mayor in the place of John Reynolds, Esq., M.P., who was dis qualified by reason of his not being on the burgess roll. The mandamus has been served upon the town clerk, re quiring the Town Council to proceed to elect a Lord Mayor within eight days. The Limerick Chronicle of Wednesday says that " the electoral division of Loughrea is about to be saddled with a new poor rate of lls. 6d. in the pound." What ! Eleven and Sixpence in the Pound, while " bread-stuffs" are pouring into the country, and corn and cattle are falling, and the whole community ought, according to the " popular" philosophy, to be rejoicing in the posses sion of plenty ! Well, is it any marvel that men are deaf to "the voice of the charmers" of the free trade journals. THE TENANT RIGHT AGITATION.—The Tablet news paper, which is quite in advance of all its contemporaries on the question of " tenant right," as it is ironically styled, in its last number suggests a bold plan for releas ing the land " from the fierce gripe of the beast of pre who is said to own its soil." "If the farmers of Ireland, " ' says the accredited organ of the Irish and English Roman Catholics, " want a reduction of rents. security for the continued reduction of rents, or, in other words, a valua tion of land for rent, they must follow the Emancipation precedent—they must themselves reduce rents; they must take security, in their own proper persons for the main tenance of the reduction; or, in other words, they must themselves value the land for rent, and act upon their own valuation." THE RECENT MURDER IN ULSTER.—An inquest has been held on the body of Mr. Mauleverer, the land agent, who was murdered while travelling in an open car from Crossmaglen, in the county of Derry. Three persons are in custody, on suspicion of being implicated in the crime. One of these is the carman who drove the unfortunate gentleman, and whose story is altogether unworthy of credit. He stated that the deceased had been shot from behind a hedge, but there is no mark, of a gun-shot wound on the body,.death having been caused by beating out the brains. It is also evident that the struggle be tween the deceased and his assailants extended over a space of thirty perches, whereas the driver would have it believed that he saw nothing of all this, and even saw no person but the deceased. He is under examination be fore the magistrates, but has not yet been committed. Two other men, named Haurathy and M'Atavey, have been fully committed to take their trial on the charge. The evidence against them is, that immediately after the body of the deceased was discovered, they were observed running across the country, and being pursued by the constables, made a desperate resistance. One of them, Haurathy, was found to be covered with blood, and to have two fresh cuts on his head, which wounds corre spond, it is said, in form and size with the knob of Mr. Mauleverer's stick, which was found covered with blood and human hair, near the body. The other fugitive bad been observed during the morning loitering about the hotel, from which Mr. Mauleverer started on his journey. When the body of the murdered man was brought into Crossmaglen, the people showed no sympathy, and it is stated, in the most positive manner, that a conspiracy to shoot him has existed for some months past. to the expenditure already incurred, and the advantages to be derived by the public, the court might refuse to in terfere. He did not know whether he vas correct in that view, and he never said anything which implied that the court would allow the continuance of works contrary to an act' of Parliament. He should grant the injunction asked for, as to the continuance of the works, but he would not restrain the company from raising money by loan to pay off former loans.; and they must be restrained from enforcing calls by forfeiture or otherwise, except for discharging debts or liabilities incurred before the filing of the bill, or paying, without prejudice to the question in the cause, any sums which became due to Mr. Brassey before the bill was filed." RAILWAY AFFAIRS. On Saturday the North Western railway was opened through from Skipton to Lancaster. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—The Morn ing Herald states that this company will pay four per cent. dividend, and carry over £10,853, being twice the amount left over in June last year. Mrs. Hutchinson, who had sued the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, for compensation for the death of her husband, one of their servants, who had been killed through the negligence of a fellow-servant, has lost her suit. Baron Alderson decided, on Wednes day, in the Court of Exchequer, that no servant could recover damages from a master for injuries sustained by him through the negligent conduct of a fellow-servant. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE, AND LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAYS.—On Tuesday the committee passed some important resolutions in con nexion with these companies' bills, stating that with refe rence to the arrangements of the Southport Railway with the Lancashire and Yorkshire, the committee are disposed to substitute a four-mile clause, instead of a six-mile clause over the joint line into Liverpool; that with respect to the bill of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com pany, for alterations in, and further power for levying tolls, the committee are of opinion that 20 per cent. should be added to the tariff in the case of passengers, and that the company be empowed to levy fractional charges as proposed by the bill, except as regards Parliamentary pas sengers; but the Committee will not sanction the addi tional charge for terminal expenses. The Committee are also of opinion that 20 per cent. be added to the tariff for cattle and goods, but not coal; to allow 2id. rer ton for corn, or to give the 20 per cent. additional upon the pre sent tariff, but not for both; that as soon as a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum be declared, the advance now given shall be open to. Parliamentary revision. On Friday the Yorkshire Company passed their bill through committee, defeating every opposing clause. CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—In the Roll's Court on Wednesday, Lord Langdale granted the injunction prayed for by Mr. Graham, and some other dissentient shareholders, against making the railway from Chester to Lower Walton only, and against borrowing money except for the purpose of paying off existing loans, and against making or enforcing a forfeiture on other calls for any purpose except for discharging debts or liabilities of the company incurred before the filing of the bill; and without prejudice to any question for paying any sum due to the contractor, Mr. Brassey, in respect of works actually per formed before the filing of the bill. The company has since appealed to the Lord Chancellor ; his lordship heard the appeal at his private residence, on Thursday last, and reversed the above decision, thereby allowing the com pany to proceed with their works. His Lordship said, " It was urged that the part proposed to be completed was part of the whole line originally authorized. The same argument was urged in the case of Cohen v. Wil kinson, but it did not prevail. It was said that the com pany had, when there was a possibility of making the entire line, entered into a contract with Mr. Brassey, as contractor for the portion of the line proposed to be com pleted, and that they were under obligations to him in consequence, but that was no reason why they should de part from the obligation imposed on them by Parliament. It was also said, that if the court interfered, it would in flict great loss on the company. He very ranch regretted that. He had on a former occasion expressed his,apinion, that a case 'night possibly arifie in which, having regard LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT-FRIDAY. MEADOWCROFT V. REV. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL AND OTHERS. This suit has been part heard, and the case was resumed to-day. it was originally instituted for the purpose of enforcing the conveyance of a certain estate called Wal lasey Leasow or Hill, in Cheshire, to which the testator in the cause was, by a decree in the case of " Perry v. 111ei!clowcroft,” declared to be the equitable owner. The plaintiff's case tested upon their ancestor having been declared the purchaser by sale of the property for one Davies, subject to a condition which had not been com plied with, in failure whereof the testator, an attorney, became the absolute owner in equity. Pursuant to arrangement, the testator, under this impression, paid in 1820 £lB5 7s. deposit, and other further sums amounting to £l,OOO ; and having obtained possession, died in 1821, making over the property upon trusts mentioned in his will. Davies had become a bankrupt, and his assignees now contended that neither Davies nor his assignees, or the defendant Campbell, could be called upon to make an assignment of the estate, or be compelled to bear any portion of the costs of the present suit. Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cresswell will preside on the northern circuit during the approaching summer assizes ; Mr. Baron Rolfe will take North Wales. In the Court of Queen's Bench, yesterday week, a rule for a mandamus was granted, to command Mr. Hobbs, late mayor of Downton, Wilts, to deliver up the mace and other corporate insignia of the borough, which he has withheld since he went out of office. In the 'Sheriff's Court, on Thursday, M. Jerski, a Polish Jew, was defendant in an action for breach of promise of marriage. He had given a•written agreement to pay £2O if he did not fulfil his promise. In his defence he said the young lady had, abused him, calling him a blackguard, and all sorts of names. He had an accident in consequence of a fire, and stopped away. When he, went again she abused him, and he made up his mind not to have her, as he knew they would not be happy together. The jury awarded damages to the amount of the contract. THE SHEFFIELD BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. —ln the case of Laycock v. Pickslay, for breach of pro mise of marriage, tried at the last York assizes, a rule for a new trial on the ground of misdirection had been re cently obtained. On Monday last, in the Court of Com mon Pleas, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Farrar showed cause against the rule; 'and Mr. Martin, Mr. Aspland, and Mr. Jones appeared in support of it. The question turned upon the legal effect of two letters. The court gave sepa rate judgments and discharged the rule, the Lord Chief Justice dissenting.—Rule discharged. THE CASE OF MR. KENEALY, THE BARRISTER.— Judgment was delivered on Mr. Kenealy by Mr. Justice Patteson on Thursday. His lordship, while admitting the general kindness shown by Mr. Kenealy to his child, said that the one act of cruelty had been proved, and the court felt that they were bound to pass such a punish ment on the defendant as would operate as an example to others who had the management of children, and par ticularly children of a tender age, and to show them that they must take care not to exceed the bounds of modera tioh in inflicting such punishment. The sentence of the court was, that the defendant be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison, among the first-class misdemeanants, , for one calendar month. THE EARL OF LINCOLN'S DIVORCE.—In the House of Lords the divorce bill between Lord and Lady Lincoln was read a second time, on the motion of Lord Brougham. Evidence was given that the Earl of Lincoln was married to Susan Harriet, the daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, in 1832, according to Scotch custom ; and five children, now residing with his lordship, were t he issue of the mar riage. In August, 1848. her ladyship left this country, being in delicate health, to obtain medical advice in Ger many, and has since been living abroad with Horatio Lord Walpole, son of the Earl of Orford, as Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence. Last year, rumours reaching England, Mr. Gladstone, at the request of Lord Lincoln, followed her ladyship to Rome, and hearing that she was living under the name of Mrs. Lawrence, at Como, went thither, but was unable to obtain an interview, which he ,vas desirous of doing, in order to persuade her to return home. She, however, declined seeinghim, denying that she knew who he was, and he accordingly returned to England, and the present proceedings were commenced. Facts were spo ken to in evidence of adultery by former servants of both parties, and a child was born in September of last year, at Verona, and christened Horatio Walpole Lawrence, her ladyship having been absent from England and her hus band more than a year. 7HE FINE ARTS. The total produce of the 4 sale of the late Mr. Etty's works (chiefly sketches and studies) was £5,211 6s. 6d. Mr. Wyon, R.A., has been commissioned by the East India Company to prepare a die for a gold medal to be presented to Major Edwardes. The presentation of the Royal gold medal to Mr. Barry, the architect, at the Institute of British Architects, took place on Monday, in presence of a very numerous meeting of the fellows and associates, over which Earl de Grey presided. INTERESTING PICTURE.—The Times notices a picture in the Royal Acadmy Exhibition : it is No. 189, " A dialogue at Waterloo," by Edwin Landseer. The speakers in that dialogue are no other than the Duke of Wellington himself and the Marchioness of Douro, revisiting, on some fine autumn day, that unforgotten ridge from which the same expressive finger which now points its familiar explanation of the ground once beckoned the Guards to victory. The Flemish girl who offers to the unknown visitor that tale of rote he could tell to her and all man kind, the Garde-Chasse listlessly throwing his game on the bank. a Belgian farmer, half suspecting that the face before him is one of those which no man who has once seen it forgets, and the other accessories of the group, 'contribute to give extreme interest to this picture. That interest was heightened by the presence of the Duke himself, who lingered with evident satisfaction before the canvass, which seemed to render him twice over a specta tor of his own greatness. The picture is one of Mr. Landseer's largest productions, and it is fortunately destined to take its place in the Vernon gallery at Marl borough House. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. -.-- DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENTS. The Rev. William Atherton to the Stipendiary Curacy of Newton, in Mottram, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of .the Rev. George Whitehead Bower, the Incumbent. _ _ The Rev. Zacharias Barry, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, in the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. Frederic Barker, the Incumbent. The Rev. David Bell to the Stipendiary Curacy of Har rington, in the county of Cumberland, on the nomination of the Rev. Peter Von Essen, the Incumbent. The Rev. Thomas Bainbridge Calvert to the Stipen diary Curacy of St. Paul's Church, Werneth, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. John Rodgers, the Incumbent. The Rev. Philip Frost John Bird Hains to the Stipen diary Curacy of St. Philip's Church, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. Charles Henry Burton, the Incumbent. The Rev. John Hughes, Scholar, 8.A., to the Stipen diary Curacy' of St. Martin's Church, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. Cecil Wray, M.A„ the Incumbent. The Rev. Ambrose Jones, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Andrew's Church, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. John Jones, M.A., the Incumbent. The Rev. Thomas Lester to the Stipendiary Curacy of Acton, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. Francis Storr, M.A., the Incumbent. The Rev. Thomas Middleton Nannev to the Stipen diary Curacy of Congleton, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. John Hughes, 8.A., the In. cumbent. The Rev. Frederick William Parry, S.C.L., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Clement's Church, Windsor, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. Frederick Parry, the Incumbent. The Rev. Richard Pilkington. 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, in the county o f Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. David James, the Incumbent. The Rev. Mathew Powley, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of the Parish Church of Wallasey, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. Frederic Haggitt, the Incumbent. The Rev. John Robinson, 8.A., to the Stipendiary • Curacy of Cleator, in the county of Cumberland, on the nomination of the Rev. William Hadfield, the Incumbent. The Rev. George Salt, B. A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. Andrew Knox, 8.A., the In cumbent. The Rev. James William Smart Simpson, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Sankey, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. James Simpson, the In cumbent.. The Rev. George Courtenay Hodgson to the Stipen diary Curacy of Frodsham, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. John Robert Hall, the In cumbent. The Rev. Joseph Renatus Walshaw, 8.A., to the Sti pendiary Curacy of St. Mark's Church, Dukinfield, in the county of. Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. Wm. Heffill, the Incumbent. The Rev. Josiah DoWning, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Rostherne, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of. the Rev. Joseph Hordern, M.A., the In cumbent. • The. Rev. (Miley Crewe, M.A., has been instituted by the Lord' Bishop of Chester to the Rectory and Parish Church of Astbury, in the county of Chester, void by the death of the Rev. Willoughby Creve, on the presentation of Brooke James Greville, Esq., the patron thereof, as surviving trustee of the will of the late John Lord Crewe. deceased, and on the nomination of the Right Honorable Hungerford Lord Crewe, of Crewe, in the:county palatine of chute:: Value £ 1 4 8 5) with residence. THE BISHOP OF CHESTER ON THE GORHAM CASE. The tractarians in this diocese have only been able to procure forty-one signatures—fourteen laymen and twenty-seven clergymen—to an address deprecatory of the recent decision of the Privy Council. At the head of the list is the name of Lord de Tabley, but not one eccle siastical dignitary has signed the document. The address has been presented to our excellent Bishop, who has re turned the following dignified and conciliatory reply : " Chester, May 8, 1850. • " MY Lonn,—l yesterday received an address, signed by your lordship and several of the clergy and laity of this diocese, expressing their sense of the dangers to the faith and vitality of the Church of England which the judgment in the case of Gorham versus the Bishop of Exeter' involves; of its certain tendency to destroy the bona fides of all subscription to religious tests ; and of the general unfitness of a court so composed as the Judicial Committee of Privy Council for the treatment of questions of Christian doctrine; and further entreating me to take counsel with my Right Reverend Brethren concerning the application of a remedy to these evils, and especially con cerning the adoption of means which may enable the Church to declare, in such terms as shall appear most effectual, its doctrine touching the Sacrament of Baptism. " I beg to assure your lordship that I receive this ad dress with the respect due to the high character of the individuals by whom it has been signed, and to their earnest affection for the Church of England. " The anxiety felt at the present time by many attached members of our Church on the points stated in the ad dress, has engaged the serious attention of the Arch bishops and Bishops. " As respects the composition of the Judicial Commit tee of the Privy Council, a bill has already been intro duced into parliament by the Bishop of London, pro posing a modification of the form of proceeding in cases of alleged false doctrine. The subject has thus been brought under the notice of the legislature, and will un doubtedly receive that careful and mature consideration to which by its importance it is entitled. " As respects the desire expressed in the address to obtain a declaration of the doctrine of the Church of England touching the Sacrament of Baptism, I may be permitted to remark that our Church has expressly de clared the Sacrament to be not merely a badge of profes sion, but rather an effectual sign of grace, a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Some questions, which theologians have raised respecting the Sacrament, our Church may have left un defined • reverently abstaining from pretending to deter mine what the Holy Scriptures have not determined. Some expressions again in the Baptismal Service may appear to admit a latitude of construction, and have in point of fact been differently construed by men of sincere honesty and earnest piety. If any ill effects have hence resulted to our. Church, I cannot but think that they are to be attributed not so much to the diversity of opinion itself, as to the ardour of controversialists, on each side and in turn, seeking to press their own opinion to the exclusion of that of their opponents. Meanwhile, and notwithstanding these differences, indications, T humbly trust, have not been wanting that the divine blessing has continued to rest upon our Church. Its ministers have been zealous in their sacred duties ; and the people have manifested a continued and increasing attachment to its communion. And so long as all are animated by a spirit of mutual forbearance, of charity in judging the opi n i on of others, of humility in faithfully maintaining our own ; I hope that, under God's blessing, we shall preserve the unity of the Christian faith in the bond of Christian peace. " In communicating this letter to those of the clergy and laity, who have joined with your lordship in the address, I beg you will have the kindness to convey to them the assurance of my sincere respect. " I have the honour to be, " Your lordship's faithful servant, (Signed) " J. CHESTER. " To the Lord de Tabley." GORHAM v. BISHOP OF EXETER. The Arches Court was crowded on Friday in anticipae tion of a final decision. Dr. Addams, on behalf of the Bishop, asked for further time for making the return to the monition, and prayed the court to allow it to stand over till the next court day, Monday, June 10th. The Bishop bad not any desire to slight the authority, or to show disrespect in not complying with its order, but he wished to obtain the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Baddeley whether, after the decision of the Courts of Queen Bench and Common Pleas, an application for pro hibition should be made to the Court of Exchequer. That opinion, it was expected, would be obtained during the day, (Friday,) and, if no proceedings were taken on those opinions, he (Dr. Addams) would undertake that, before next court day, the return to the monition should be made. Sir H. Fust asked Dr. Addams if he was to understand that if no proceedings were taken in the Courts of Ex chequer, that the order of the courts would be obeyed. Dr. Adams replied, most certainly." Mr. Toiler, the Bishop's Proctor, stated that if no pro ceedings were taken, he would undertake, on behalf of the Bishop, to make a return to the monition at the proper time. Mr. Bowdler, proctor of Mr. Gorham, did not oppose the motion, and the case was ordered to stand over ac cordingly. Tho Bishop of London has quite recovered. The Rev. Thomas Gamier, Chaplain of the House of Commons, has been appointed to the living of Trinity, Marylebone, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Gilbert Elliot to the Deanery of Bristol. Patroness, the Queen. The parish church of St. Paul's, Derby, which has been erected by.voluntary subscription in memory of the late Dr. Shirley, Bishop of Sodor and Man, and formerly Archdeacon of Derby, being completed, was consecrated on Wednesday week, by the Bishop of Lichfield. The Archbishop of Canterbury has exercised his power of conferring degrees independently of the universities, by granting the degree of M.A. to the Rev. H. T. Fletcher, chaplain to the Duke of St. Albans, and late incumbent of St. George's Church, Chorley. The Bishop of Durham, who is a warm advocate of the doctrine of baptismal regeneration, says, in a recent letter to the Rev. Dr, Gilly : "As the language of the articles differs in some degree from that of the baptismal service; and as eminent divines, whose orthodoxy has not been impeached, appear occasionally to have expressed them selves in a way not very dissimilar to what Mr. Gorham has held, I cannot but agree with you, and with the sub scribers to the declaration, that the sentence of the judicial committee was an honest and enlightened sentence; and that it leaves little or no cause for dissatisfaction at the constitution of the court by which such sentence was passed." THE ECCLESIASTICAL APPEALS BILL.—A declaration, signed by a number of clergymen of the Established Church of various shades of theological opinion, has been forwarded to members of the Legislature against the Bishop of London's bill for altering the constitution of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council, whose recent decision has been so favourably received by the great body of the members of the Church of England. Among the names attached we observe those of Archdeacon Browne, Chancellor Raikes, the Rev. W. Short of Bloomsbury, the Very Rev. the Dean of Bristol, the Rev. Messrs. Gurney, Baring, Stanley Faber, Dr. Gilly, of Durham, the Rev. Messrs. Auriol, Wilson, Hayward Cox, Gamier, Watts, the Rev. Dr. Marsh, F. Close, M'Neile, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, &c. REV. G. S. FABER ON THE GORHAM DECISION.—In a letter just published, this talented divine says, " I see no reason why Infants as well as Adults may not possess the prerequisites of Faith and Grace, as specified in the 27th Article. No doubt, according to the right judgment of those great divines 4 infants could only possess them, as the schoolmen speak, juxta modum recipientum : but no objection to such a view can be consistently made by the Bishop of Exeter, since his very principle is, that all in fants, as infants, or while infants, receive the morally transforming grace of regeneration in baptism. At all events, our Church in her demand of a Prerequisite Worthiness, no where, as far as I know, makes any dis tinc'ion between adults and infants. She requires all to receive baptism with a Prerequisite Worthiness, under the declared penalty of deriving no beneficial effect from it if they receive the sacrament unworthily. In absolute strictness of speech, this is not denied ; but rather in the declaration that all infants, as such, are worthy recipients, it is virtually admitted. Here, however, there is a diffi culty of no ordinary magnitude, in which, so far as I can see, the Bishop of Exeter has, somewhat gratuitously, eueangled himself. He denies the need of Prevenient Grace to make infants worthy recipients, contending that they are already worthy, as Infants contrasted with adults. But our Church soundly rules from Scripture that all infants are, by nature, born in sin, and the child ren of wrath. Yet, in the Bishop's doctrinal scheme, for the non-reception of which he has pronounced Mr. Gorham to be a heretic, and has refused him Institution, the same individual infant, requiring no Prevenient Grace to make him worthy, may be, simultaneously, both a child of wrath and yet a worthy recipient. I have riot suffi cient skill to disjoin this dogma of the Bishop from a con tradiction in terms : for it strikes me as requiring us to believe, that the same person, at the same moment of time, may be both worthy and unworthy. The Bishop, by denying the need of Prevenient Grace, has cut him self off from the power of asserting, that all infants, being made worthy recipients by the act of Prevenient Grace, are, therefore. without any exception, regenerated in bap tism ; and should any one (I will not say the Bishop) at tempt to cut the knot by a bold denial of original sin, he at once enrols himself in the black list of Pelagian Here tics. On these grounds, I perceive not how the decision of the Court tends to unsettle all belief, to destroy the fidelity of subscriptions, and to produce general suspicion, uncertainty, and scepticism ;' and I feel assured, that our two exemplary and conscientious Primates would never have declared their approbation of the judgment. had they anticipated any such baneful effects from it as the authors of the paper suggest. lam not much in the habit of pinning my faith upon any man's sleeve ; but I cannot lightly regard the deliberate opinion of two such divines as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York." COURT AND FASHION. The Earl and Countess of Sefton entertained the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Earl and Countess of Wilton and Lady Elizabeth Egerton, the Hon. Colonel Cecil Forrester, Sir William Fraser, Mr. Henry Grenfell, and a distinguished circle to dinner on Thursday evening, at their splendid mansion in Belgrave-square. The countess subsequently had " a carpet dance," to which a brilliant party was invited, the lower suite of rooms being thrown open as the invitations were limited. POLITICAL MISC.& Lord Stanley has undertaken. Upper House to throw out the Mr. Tuffnell, secretary th the his intention to resign at the es Lord Chancellor Cottenham fi of Earl of Cottenham. Ministers were again beatei Ashley's motion upon the Post- , lost the count of their defeats. At Lord Grey's rent -day di n ner. lagl teen attended, though covers were . The health of his lordship was receive while that of the Duke of Northumbi Finsbury, loudly cheered. In anticipation of the retirem ent o) Duncombe, a private canvass is now • l a K.C.8., who, it will be remem berecir sentation of Marylebone as soo n as hi Y, on behalf of Rear-.A.dmir tive employment. PROTECTION.—A meeting will be Thursday fortnight, for the purpose. tration society for the Northern divl with a view to bring forward two pro soeflythese tom The chair will be taken by Edmund Dalton ; and all the leading clergY, farmers, are expected to be present. STATE OF BRITISH SHIPPING.—A, Brunswick, writing to this country, ( 1 ,,,, tern now worse than valueless, are about L,,, ev eso, opsotrtrsesipoetchtaebuleositheidp_oszeerss: wfinbe`r,.e.tb:ov, American registers for the ships there buelltiiie which means they will enjoy the advantag _edeollo trade of the States in addition to the tr :hive Britain. How long is this ruinous state et 1 tinue ?ale: .111 th e of POST-OFFICE SUNDAY LABOVII.--"'"sation 93, who voted on Thursday for the ee s ,, i , of P , t, labour at the post-office were the Mor„ cl ";,ton,'i J. Brotherton, Lord Burghley, Sir E. -"".. E. Denison, H. Drummond, W. Ev an a.Al iS stone, G. Greenall, Lord R. Grosvenor, .146; J. Heald, E. Horsman, Earl Jermyn , Meagher, Hon. E. Mostyn, G. P. Mu ntz 'trey. Sir L. O'rien, F. O'Connor, J. R. T ole Sir G. Strickland, Lord Ashley. and J 'o Co F VI: the minority of 61 were M. T. Baines , i'' lo olK,i Graham, Sir G. Grey, A. Henry, j worth, Sir J. Jervis, Lord Palmerston, fe .s ce olt T. Thornley, and Sir J. Walmsley. 14° 06 e . 1 0' 0 4 the minority were pecuniarily connected j i n TD B THE NEW HOUSE OF COMIONS• ed io Joy the first time, the members asserabl oa n se,o l chamber, to test its pOwers of acconT gfr..j pability. of transmitting sound. goo VI chamber was not favourable; the larg;„ s ket stroys its symmetry, and the temporarirotriosl,"os sorts detract in many ways from its I tO"pr d The bre But as yet the building is unfinisho • ~, ,07 04 bets was like that of a swarm of seheew°lsigo ker o f Even the awful presence of Mr. SPee,„ o sif/ their ardour and restrain their imPer t here,"6 l voice, and gesture. They ran here an" jog to e ,/ where, upstairs and down stairs, cance e , s ,,, r s , for., 09 the place in audible whispers. The holesfiv great improvement upon the pigeen,..„.ge house, and the appearance of the fa u ` walls of the house was quite startling. 5 ,5,9 , MR. COBDEN AND CAPTAIN .0 11° P o following singular correspondence has be 41.1 (No. 1.) 310 . 4 f "16, Camden Cottages, Camden Tol;s tea " Sir,—My friend, Captain Aaron Stni.t ll 4 yoar s ,in , 9 / to wait upon you in reference to a speech the Times of yesterday. I shall beglad 0, " .01 0. an early hour on Monday next; andrerna it • ent servant, m ob i pt "To Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. &C. , u" 04' *f o p , (No. 2.) "103, Westbourne-terraCce'atiolVi " Sir,—lf you wish to make any conga. h uni i rol g r ie t os specting your friend, Captain Aaron Still,.,,trade may be made in writing ; and, as you area ,tree will please to be good enough to add a referan,„dr, of respectability, by which I may be able to are warranted in interfering in the matter in yoty tied to any further answer from me.- 1 ' &11 9 servant, "RICK Ic' "E. Garbett, Esq." (No. 3.) 0 ;41 " 16, Camden Cottages, Camden To jo Sir,—Yours of the 25th only reached ine tPitig t s) request me to make my communication I ,lo o,, i ,rer v , to my friend, Captain Aaron Smith, and, ra t re' of pounds, shillings, and pence, you rattle s " htt 1;1i my respeaability. of t f ° My reference then will be to the secret a Pard of which Richard Cobden was once the he oe re" was a member. You have availed yoursej , , ° ., ol o:4 of the House of Commons to mate use 0 , '' iced y my friend, Captain Aaron Smitli, which c false, and which you also know you dare I,l9t c ers o° _41 4 other place without being certain to receive;ot,„, ment.—l remain, sir, your very obedient sof tt'fy"Richard Codben, Esq., M.P,, &c." el; On the 29th Mr. Cobden wrote to Mr; - Sol kit ti frt 'iotr ing his desire to do justice to Captain Garb standing " the insulting tone" of Mr. O „orb 'A and offering, if his statement were disr,",yfe r t f ro o 4 in parliament, and to makean ample aPet tbe to done to Captain Smith's character. liLoe l3 h e " personal chastisement," he pays Pel o gs," o o` ; 4; him " against ruffianly violence ;" Or r gi al efe t , to' screen himself behind the privilges 04Eliod.4e, in his turn threatens, that if Captain " fe e " obtrudes his offensive presence upon ii,"14., 0 11 1 `, of philanthropists," as the apologist ol d 'oo (Tee, he shall be told more than wa' On the 30th Mr. Garbett replied, and'ti Y words assures Mr. Cobden that he onlY r 858 6 0 5/1 4, interview, not to present a challenge, eu t o rie - 40;?, cation of his friend. He then proceeds; Of; Cobden's assertion in the house, the he "was a most atrocious pirate," and tho"„Coe' il V' e t Cook out of the Cambrian ship. CaPg,',:i s hfathe' l out of the industry brig in August, 4 "0 9 "t l e , vessel, on board which Captain Smith, Hea t s time a prisoner ; and in the course of 6 : on 7.1 latter was tried at the Admiralty session-13,0 i ff, connected with the affair, Captain Coo , 0 0, 11 4 for the prosecution, acquitted without s acr ed e j 4 the jury of one, and no evidence was te. ace "oil 9: 4 the other. This happened when pere i en;gbli e e 'bril,,r plead their own cause. He afterward s rative of the capture of the Victoria , !" e he of the taking of Captain Cook out er t hisde; o second charge, and his narrative was tn h ' s s b e ` dieted. Mr. Cobden's reply, if one not yet given to the world." SPORTING INTELLI GP ail. SPORTING MEETING Al belSee ' On Thursday last, a select gathering °',.,, t 01c D men of Liverpool and its neighbourhood I",,oriaand Racecourse, arising out of a subscription. "...0 io into to test the trotting qualities of their veobei?,l horses that might enter for the prizes. Til w er e Ora n tlie part of the day, was remarkably fine. r ig 0° ~ipati well filled, and there was a fair sprinivi ,itP h •+ minor stands. The first race was— eac,;lo s •o' A TROTTING SWEEPSTAKES of 5 S°"*liis added. Heats, 2 miles, second to sav e " gest' r Mr. Lawson nd. Kate, beating Mr. Rohe . ; o rd. 05.0 (2) A , 11 F Ir L . A H T o R lm Ac e' E s k f : o l r iza p , oannidesMnro.tWeixl cd'esedl34;ilc4eppest One mile.—Won by Captain Greigg's A t A.I 0 6°C' t . f l Grant's Fairy Queen. A SWEEPSTAKES of 2 UM. each, with I ts. Cl o t it beaten horses in the trotting race. , 11 „,„ ea s eco 0d indoll Bedford, Alice, and Eliza started. In ir t oio'rsef e took up the running at the Stand, an d ace' finish, proving an easy winner by the distil' ied) 9t 11titcritig'ec;nai°:6:;11:41/ be e ! ejl, EPSOM RACES• h ea e „ite,4l.;f These races have come off this week,nnoolo,o tended. The following is an account or ~,,, gr.. t a., • races :—Tit E CRAVEN STAKES were won - , d • V")11i.all P ) !riod; Mr. I'owney's Kathleen was see r. nt a ice 5 , s TILE WOODCOTE STAKES, won by Mr. J.,. - „,id ''''' 4 4, Buck; the Duke of Richmond's Bucktw - , • I others started. p run fort 00 9 OR Wednesday THE DERBY STAKES we re / 0 ,/,/ and the result of the race was as follows,:rcilre---',Ov.;flet,'o, Lord Zetland's hi. C. Voltigeur, by N : ° „', -- A. Par,, Mr. H. Hill's ch. c. Pitsford, by Einr" - on --- je, .1 Lord Airlie's Ur. c. Clincher, by Turel obo rt ~.. s Mr. Gratwicke's 1)1. c. The Nigger, ruby .•••,;11 A, Flatman .................. ~ ..... • • • ..* o re, sri ~,,,, The race was won with ease. These foni, to rte"rt. v i , the St. Leger, at Doncaster. The 20 that start is korill shell. 4 , 0 n1g t 3 placed were Mildew. Ghillie Callum, Valet; r oyo, . 1 16 ta t i o ian l Bolingbroke, Mayors, Nutshell, Carlbo,:„nriel4c,4,7 Augean, Penang, Royal Hart, the Swede , L' a i ' n d 001 Dir cules. Betting-7 to 2 agst Clincher, der', 0 ge tp i 0;01 agst t e Invneot each ct s ii ~ gt e ah l gie r s I K 2To n h i te g o h i I t t ati o tsi f : G n ; D . agst. Bolingbroke, 6 to 1 agst Tile Ni. oa , V The Swede, and 1000 to 15 agst any other_ on f. 4 On Thursday, THE EPSOM STARES 1 0 7401; ) 1 10 # and Normanton was second. T...,Puro $ 104; won by Christiana; Herdine, 2nd ; l' a ," rt•l''flie d, "0 Verderer, 4th. THE GRAND S"; : '5111. occekel Escape; Jelly Fish, 2nd; Herber , ' on was ~,s ,n 1; STAKES were won by Beaufort; on 05 0 " Wld, THE OAKS STAKES were won by Mr. star te t Oi l ? °A) Kathieen 2nd; Countess 3rd. Sixtef:L b ity; o 3.., esc• , 1 agst Eliza Middleton,. ii to 2 agst l''' t El‘Otitilfet!iOrefl 1 dyctna ; 6to I agst Tiff, 8 to 1 2 0 s& , n gst tetiFrileV, Kathieen; 12 to 1 agst Clelia ; to . f d el Gi lo ,...ti o c lei 1 agst Countess. Probity took the le,t, a n siste s o 0 . , Tiff, Cora, Estafette, the F,xotic floY , w ith e n' 0 6 0ive Eliza Middleton lying up vrith thern!. The , f. c. oo n Rhedycina, and Countess in their ival7the 1% ,0 0 !A r ty in the front division until they g ot Tiff, WlAootticitif,ro, Probity was deprived of the lead 11. d by uv r ds dlt to the road, where the latter was join! ne ws ,0 0 , el and Estafette Countess immediatel) !liv-iinle'restf;;li running. Rliedycina, who had f.,.•lndou'o' ' o nd t eo seplli, tion after making the turn, wen t _ ,:reate s -nst , (Or opposite the stand, and won with be ±7 4 be r fe tte„., Kathleen catching Countess close uiv'a, S O P' -10' • ii i her for the second moneY bY a bead' , , 0 Gillyflower fifth. Run in 2 minutes uu . , $1 ). ; 1 ---------- -age R i sjet s re ties WO It is said that the result of the. „was o e, place in the hands of speculators in "' betted tbliee thousand pounds. • Ret Ina tc 'COP e a lel ocO re tO r ENGLAND V. Oxford. —The eve ;110 ,0 _ sti lt ~ .e ~ 41 All England and eighteen of Oxforb„ t he rF_ „f tu I RA , when, to the surprise of "tile eleNen, ..,.` n o tatSvdol, tor A u itirm e on" 1 , I 000 against them by 187 runs. The 209; s d do) t o e thus :—Oxfordshii e, first inning,' 2 l • see n 01 g o /j 381—All England, first innings, ; i ; n s. „,. is o i iillhcl Oxfordshire therefore won bY 18 ' r Voltige: ilr• ' 0 i'' 0 0 0 Pl' . s e eCOnd S. -We This V l e THE WINNER OF THE DEB BI'," late j":.sCe efifillg,rirli Volley, formerly the property 0. ' : The 'TV 00", P la r s e t s ‘ t v o a i s i Llonnitnfo2rdm,ininuteSsharnod , .. surpiinuteds. .00 man won in 1849—time, 3 minuTig47. 55 s e wllloolscej minutes and 48 seconds. CO;, 5 noer I n cc and Pyrrhus the First, 184 , 1, r e a syr n' a t wil l rhY 10'4 I ; , is in the S':. Leger, and front t, ll we ev ert . .,,,, e e fli t ti p .a i the Derby, it is probable the Get ( i 184 9. T o ile 0 i1 . 4 4 r this year, the same as in 18 - M : B s. Leg e f e r of fi n 504' 01 exactly 1 mile and a half. . ltio'eur. '"oitol 0 ir yards extra, will he against N . 9,„, 1 ;r, by „ sji•p i Voltigeur is the first Derby w,.,,,.ies OP o Leger winner by Voltaire Was "- 132 yards. We do not Will; the clit ar . be eret''l9. Pie ce Da ~ ejhib. Weigh starilt ist",!4tY of r a ell)-expected th shy the ms, the „ tai s te et co t„, o n ..gte gat eat in 4,, -of „-se t von 0 1 " kepi 'e h a 'e f 1)h e et eee l-.. b e h , at c o e.iti a lea 1411. s .at t 1:17111.. Newt '4ll W ° o ll. Collo rn atT ettge k ri t ~as e, , al kt k i th at it b B Pehed Is 1 14 , 410 .41: to th \i Pl;kald AT , t, eotert f V 6 4 tl 'out t 4l tti.. ?,"• br"r.,_37 Re t", °u pi a ' rah ; t," •, f f ro t r n York maw i , ; :•••1„ L ei pt ;NI A , Nlotz.:l44teof'„on the " D 2 `Jth e ' for a 4, e0 r 4 c,aPtai ta 8 4 1y ti ?j1 iq : 444 several ,areate s.„o 6; l4 sr, 2 1 4e r r i n p : e `!aPhir it sd.-4se c ' 13 4' 14 sez to pepc i -ved ; "IN• nl and xt , Ltt, A mvte, O,*L of th th„ ‘ et ics, e for na , kte ~1 1 five a A to ail Et a l th e s _ ne w el .; alt ' 4lld itte ta Jasti fiea l'tt4to th. 1 1 heco never 111 e K 8 k i t el ti t,. B COII tit t liki' l geth' e° ted -Cx ly er a tk ap ace. ad Np at ;?, k 'slo, 4 'sful t h i,d .e 4 14413 of tOl . re:: t he to n e i Zt4 kl "led dr ep: wri l he r l tet ta n erth w ef ' l 4 44 ;t tll e o b ‘irst ard 14 4N' *401 1! ri° °ker y . hy i s It h IN th e ne t l4 l„ 4 4, tea th alid o e :t an ere as Nlt",:i' t t4 Y e ffect t ' i t tti litt l a i t tt ' 1 it 'l' ka t i 4.YtO 41 , ti a 1,„ tith 4 ' 4°o and l 4)8 \I . E ., erld ed ' • , 1, 1 an d i ' , 4 t t l,: 4 4 ° Wers"' f 'r e l ' e) I .lLtte n et t l4 > lo o si i t ,'l th, kor a °lli b leti a 4l t't ec d? % tlki th it„,'Pk,', l l o l, t 4 zt v 4, , e ► k ''N 0 abl Y Pi 'kkitd (1 4 the I c . ) . I Pk i;l l ' .'3l t l , a t• fl' wi th so ti I. s , 1 4 e p ir 'e ne( b -41 Pr 'vec o •k• ••( kElte 'l,' th t of e , a ural b arge )I t 4 t t,ilthi Dri tki e r h( 4.! aeat lithe ‘ / , P i t e t:ver y a t 1 , 1 1% 11, 3 44 kih k jeowl I,Pt,, :i t; A b ses , k°474't4t ``'iee'rY' kid v isit ° a da t , „ , fr o 6, 1111 ' 0 11, , all i ts Rs V l f t- / 18 I° • ti t i hi s which tl t i t ; th e a t 4 l: Nl‘: t4 e 44f 41 1 74 t;,!tI t a t : l ia: t at IlDetii " 1 }; s it t It; h. t I‘,l the W fr tlit s r * arr t V" as wi ; 4 41Nd* 0 4b a,•• IBu, .ea k. `lb,lie i , s getio l tl 'et teh We ki,,ttij . ri NA ?lor b i, 70 1 .4 ) it s , 4 t oti r k:oll e 4, , 0t t t4 t 5, ge ct u ,k J oh arb „„ If s , k o „. P. /ix _ 13. ik: ltt A tti ti t, thi e ; fr Y o i IsS. 1 4 - \ ll tre n tt eons e ,.,e Jt.alt . l op'%fet , T he te of to d PI ~theo„ riv er ere nnf )i t iC t°.lab 11 s ° : tu n hire i r, k r):4441, 1 1 A and' has kt , 4 1, 1 )" , 41, e wt: e a c r eiv e , (It e4 41,t )hula , Kai wit I. - of e 4 1tthe ed it: t e a 2l a : 1 1 1 ti zen 9. be tt N if3 ;:4 )l4 s f l o t he a lo k iiiy„... l Z . t .e.. as Stpttp o lV ill fi ‘ ti Nt pets of y o eal ktNt tt i D Ne b at ti4y,4 4 a „ I Th4 t, (14 ;ee RN a hit t t 10t 1, 41 Nv%„,th( RioOt -11 1 11e 0 , 1 Y 1 ta P t e e e f ! I tIN1• 1 / 4 t 4. 1/111 t il h tlI S h. ta t f 40 Pa' el. hap Ottllage 41 R t j 0o htiv talje t, ' t k ea ‘ l 4l (latre , t ty t it e t .;C t V t ‘l ' 11 : t41 b eid e Y:1 1 i t l op A tn t o eticl Gq t /( tv° ehet he Ore f I V: tit, tn t at k ak ati e si 41 0 , 1d t. C l 4 tl Nekl al l 14nttlY7kilt° oR i 14 4 1 '3 : 1 ,!0= th i „t it at aloe Wb~ 4 l ees. I : , nit ,4511,, pr due wt/k7 e,f-Pe June 4, li ) gke 4 - , ) lad rscELL.,4sr, i ..........., i,' ~ it Is 590, to t , , . Irish Franchise '", ;, ilack tota as. Treasury, 11111.,.° alorld, et•shi„ nd of the Rresent 7 15 . , , t oll ! , with Const is to be raised t° 11170,kra uPwal !_nofoolcie ciThuesurstiodoal, c ;; fitiilleoe.:st:l;ll, pareedintnOW ~ ;tint. Apibuesul w ere lastlk,sto/' 11, se:erroonlino do laid. for 0 : ; NA concosibe' ,on received in so le ! 0 i ' ll. "ected ;by th thtlinberlSnil °IP :Satda 4 aid ii iilef 144 d 7 Week sent of 31r. , ; 8 ..1: Ra i s After, at s nosv being Nri?'" t tile dest a A.dniira re ir Chloce .. to oth stires t ro°Yed. ' bered, ignerd6l,, Ikt ;r child Prove, )n as he procu .4. tiit NsT,,r ren. 4011 trst ITTio . ,drvirilpoenn3lorbpgusdreyenio:dbotiegesiflegeo:::;ostgrirntao:so;iti:otcsl,iej::::,,, 0 e:::1 y:tlie l l t; y: 01;ot trt c ioi 1 411111 a :i s ; i , st :re: a. i ht: ti. !sent. A l , the a ,l. r ed . ; q€.,,, hea G.—.A. gentlerlijol, . 1 t 'aY, t ntry, declare .0, se l of tilale 11 h e sh . ~ors. finciirlg 13,re'tait`'.. li t t; kt li a dste•rsieY, II ' (1-2' eyifiee' 'nclud e ~,,,:_i