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The adjourned debate on the period for - which the Income Tax is to be re-imposed was resumed. Mr. Macgregor, Mr. Sidney, Mr. Sandars, Mr. Buck, Mr. E. B. Roche, Mr. Mowatt, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Cob den, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Muntz, Col. Sibthorp, Mr. G. Thompson, and Mr. Pearson spoke in support of the amendment for limiting the tax to one year. Mr. Headlam, M- the pi friend Depat to put down those conspiraciei—(renewed cheering, -and to maintain, for the welfare of the people of Ireland, that supremacy of law and order without which they cannot hope to improve in industry, in civili morals, or in religion. (Great cheering for nd from all parts of the House.) Sir, such •,* attempt. We are not blind to the ion in which we stand. We are which may surround us on every imittee dii it, 36 Th sec The P hir. Pitt find both total repe his motio cas Health Bill was committed pro forma, with e insertion of certain amendments, and commenting on the result public f ing is alive from one end and this is overlooked on —it is, that the Income Tax to this fact, Jew con- pose will remain a memorable obstinacy. The indiscretion )n of two per cent. was propo ly their suicidal determination original form. In this design to admit last night's division at little idea of the enduring T in every man's ~.._. ... -- . J taxable portions of the United Kingdom ~rhaps a grievance which will express itself in id tumultuous meetings. What the Ministers ; " a still small voice" rising from every a man is found conscious that the sweat iniustly taxed for the profit of other classes. rnment have adopted the mistakes of hemes of Sir Robert Peel. They will er a troublesome inheritance."] E OF COMMONS.—TuEsDAY. novel for leave to bring in a bill for the he punishment of death. He grounded ie reluctance of juries to convict in capital to pronounce sentences of death, and of ear of the execution of such sentences. the success of the experiment which he House to try in other times and in other was compelled by a sense of duty to give he same opposition which he had given to He believed that the punishment of death 1 murder was required for the preserva i the security of human life. ission, in which Mr. Osborne, Mr. Sidney, Lord Nugent, Mr. Hume, O'Connor, Mr. G. Thompson, Mr. Muntz supported the introduction ch Sir C. Burrell, Mr. Romily, Sir Brotherfon - , and M R. Mr. Na ion of Mr. BAGGE, that a new writ be issued for the borough of Harwich, in the place of Mr. Attwood, unseated by the report of an election commit- , r. W. P. Wood, Mr. Henry Drummond, and opposed it, the House divided, when the re—For the motion, 66: against it, 122 majority On tl Mr. BLACKSTONE objected on the grounds stated in the report of the committee, from which it appeared that there had been a compromise between the sitting mem bers and the petitioners, by which one seat was given up to the petitioners in order to prevent unpleasant disclo sures against the sitting members. It _appeared that X 6,300 had I en expended by Mr. Attwood in that elec tion, and that, by far the greater part of it had been ex pended in direct bribery. It also appeared that Sir D. Le Marchant, a secretary of the Treasury, had also ex pended £1,500 in the same way, and the reason why he had not expended more was that there were at Harwich ins in Government situations than there were 2011. Similar corruption had been proved against the borough of Harwich. conversation, Mr. Bagge withdrew his e notice that he would bring it forward On the Exchange of Berlin there has bee n a rumour o the death of the Emperor of Russia; but it appears to have had its origin entirely in the imaginative disposition of the German speculators. On the 9th inst. Lola Montes made another fruitless at tempt to take Munich by storm. She was, howe•• - stantly detected, and sent back to Lindau under the escort of the police. SPAIN.-Letters and papers from Madrid, under date of the 9th inst., announce the arrival at Carthagena on the 4th of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince and Princess de Joinville, who had immediately after left for England. Much talk prevails in Madrid respecting an interesting letter to the Queen, from the Duchess of Montpensier, describing her flight from Paris. The arrival at Carthagena of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and of the Prince and Princess de Joinville, with their children, is announced in the Madrid Loaners to more T have taken. place .on the 4th stated that they had sailed tl in England nt, and it was turd- electois on t to join their relatives on Monday HOUSE OF COMMONS, -WEDNESDAY An animated discussion took place on the motion being repeated for a new writ for the election of a member for Harwich, in the room of Mr. Attwood, unseated on peti tion. The motion was supported by the HoME SECRE TART, but strenuously opposed by several hon. members until the evidence taken before the committee was printed. A motion for printing the evidence was ultimately agreed to, and the issuing of the writ suspended. On the motion for the second reading of the Election Recognizances Bill, an amendment was proposed to leave out all the words after " That" in the first clause, in order to insert others preventing the operation of the bill in those cases for which it was originally brought in. The motion to leave out the words being carried by a majority of two, it was then proposed to add the words of the adment, but this motion was negatived by a majority 7, so that the whole of the clause now consists of the report that a singer of the Theatre at Cadiz was found dead in his box, after the performance of Lucia di Lam mermoor, in which he had received much applause. In his left side was a small wound. It is supposed that he was assassinated out of revenge. HOUSE OF COMMONS THURSDAY Lord ASHLEY moved his resolutions for medical relief to the poor, founded on the evidence taken before the Med ical Relief Committee in 1843. The noble lord addressed the house in an able and impressive speech, and concluded by moving that the first resolution be adopted. Every woman claiming medical assistance from the parish in consequence of being pregnant, should be en titled in all cases to the aid of the medical officer with her first child, and also with the second or others which may follow, provided she present a certificate from the medical officer who attended her in her first confinement, stating that circumstances had occurred in it out of the ordinary and natural course of events, which render it desirable that she should have medical attendance on the next oc casion of delivery." Mr. WAKLEY seconded the resolution. Mr. C. IiuLLER said the subject of medical relief for the poor had occupied his most serious and anxious atten tion since he had had the honour of being. appointed to the situation he now held. It was a question attended with considerable difficulties, and he did not see that it would be easy much to improve the present system. The 'intelligence of tt proclamation of the Frenci the inblic was received at Rome by a courie ivita Vechia the People rs supported the resolution, but on a di vision the numbers were for the previous question, 50 ; Republic. The Senate presented an address to the Pope, to entreat his holiness to expedite the proclam a ti on o f the constitution RESIGNATION OF DUTCH MINISTERS. — Accounts from the Hague of the 15th bring news that the Dutch minis ters have resigned, and Herr_ Luzeec, one of the most against, 37 , Lord Ashley's second resolution was agreed to without a division. The third resolution, for the appointment of as many medical inspectors as there are poor-law inspec tors,, at salaries not exceeding £6OO, exclusive of their travelling expenses, and an allowance for clerks, was lost by 101 to 19. The fourth resolution—" That from and after the month of March next, the appointment of medical officers of unions shall be permanent during good behaviour, they being removeable only by poor-law Conl on, whos.p drri*lens shall he . final,' was also lost : 44. "? forward 57 1 7 of majority - 14 Eit3 to . g tub other rtF)lution prominent members of the liberal party in the second chamber of the States-General, has been summoned to !fr. F. O'CONNou moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the Act 9 and 10 Vict., c. 27, intituled " An Acv to amend the Laws relating to Friendly So eleties." The tu t , iintleman said his object was to legalise the society he had been the means of establish ing for the purpose of locating the c i nercre vn small ithotments of land, and entered into a lengthened detail of the advantages of his plan to the labouring poor. No less than £lBO,OOO had been already subscribed to this plan, and he only aske.l to be telieted fTom his re , Ite now held this capital in his own name, died upon the house to give the subscribers a -- --‘inst kir% for as the law now stood they had sponsiblli the King's presence. iligence was re Amsterdam on the 15th inst., about 4 p.m., by telegraph, and caused the greatest rejoicing. SERIOUS RIOTS IN HAMBURGH AND LUBECK.—The Marshall, Captain Rhers, from Hamburgh, arrived at Hull, on Friday. She left Hamburgh on Tuesday evening. The captain states that there was a great deal of fighting on Monday. The people were driven back, and several were killed. The riot had been put down previous to his leaving, but further outbreak was fully expected. There was a great disturbance also at Lubec, on Saturday and Sunday evenings. THE BRAZILS.—A private letter from Rio Janeiro, states that Lord Hon den has failed in his endeavour to contract a treaty with the Brazilian government ; that negociations were, for the present, suspended by his lord ship, and that should nothing be arranged between the two cabinets, imports of British produce will be liable to one-third more duty than articles of the growth and ma nufacture of other countries, whose laws are more favour able to Brazilian interests. UNITED STATES.—By the Sarah Sands screw steamer, which arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday, from New York, after a passage of fourteen days (having sailed on Tuesday the 29th), we have received New York papers of the 27th and 28th; but the only important news which they con tain, is an account of the ratification. by the Mexican 'overnment, of the treaty of peace concluded by Mr. The United States senate had not come to any decision on this treaty; but its final ratification was con- sidered all but certain' NAPLES.—Official information has been received from Naples, communicating the fact that a definitive arrange ment has been made between that Court and the Sicilians. The principal features are, that Sicily is to be governed by a resident Viceroy, assisted by three - resident Ministers; that a Minister exclusively for the affairs of the island is to be accredited at Naples ; that the Parliament is to be independent of the Government at Naples; and that in cases where a difference of opinion on any affair of mag nitude arises between the Parliament of Naples and that of Sicily, Tuscany and Sardinia are appointed arbitra- RAILWAY AFFAIRS. tors, with a provision, in case they do not agree, that the LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JITNC- Pope is to be sole and ultimate umpire. TION RAILWAY.—The committee appointed by the GERMANY.—It was reported on the Paris Bourse on shareholders, on the Sth of last month, have just issued a Saturday, that the students of the University of Vienna report, embodying the ,result of thel; investigations. had attacked the arsenal, and been repulsed with consider- With respect to the accounts, they state that the books able slaughter. A telegraphic despatch from Hull, re- have been well kept ; but that, in their opinion, the legal ceived on Sunday night, leaves no doubt of the fact that and parliamentary charges have been excessive, and the serious disturbances had taken place at Vienna. We general expenditure greater than is warranted by the cir learn from this source that a Vienna paper of the 14th cumstances of the company. They complain, under this inst. states, that the Emperor had issued an appeal to the head, of a loan to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway burgher corps, calling upon them to strengthen their Company as " exceedingly irregular." Of course, no force in order to prevent a recurrence of the lamentable ultimate loss will fall on the lenders. The present per i scenes of the preceding day, and to secure a conti nuance expenses of the company are p u t d own a t £1,070 of the then existing tranquility. His Majesty h o p e d th a t annum. Under the head of " C on t rac t s en t ere d nto his people would recognize in the measures he had adopted with other Railway Companies," the committee go into another proof of his paternal regard and protection, and various details. The principal point, however, is a con that order would be speedily restored. tract entered into last month, with Mr. Hudson, for a THE IRISH IN PARIS.—The Irish residents in Paris lease of a portion of the line at six percent. per annum were admitted, on Friday, to present an a dd ress t o th e on the outlay. The Y or k, N ewcas tl e , an d B erw i c k Provisional Government after the deputies of the people Railway Company are, further, to send all possible traffic b had been dismissed. They assembled o n th e Pl ace d e l a y the line of this com p any . Thi s arrangemen t h as not Concorde to the number of 300, and marched in proces- as yet been sanctioned by the shareholders, nor even by sion to the Hotel de Ville, preceded by a tri-coloured flag the directors ; but the committee speak of it in favourable and a green flag with the Irish harp. All wore the sham- terms. As to the prospects of the company, they think rock in their hats, it being St. Patrick's Day. The clergy that the lino, as abridged, may be executed for one of the Irish college were to join them, and by an accident million, and that it will yield a fair remuneration the priests got wedged in the popular demonstration that to the shareholders. The opinion of Mr. Plews, of was taking place ou that day, and thus gained a character Darlington, and Mr. Allport, two excellent autho for liberality which they did not look for. The crowd rities, is adduced in favour of a large traffic in took it for granted they had come out in their soutanes to coal, coke, and other materials. In conclusion, the coin fraternise with the movement. No explanation was pos- mittee appear to be somewhat afraid of the influence of sible ; the reverend gentlemen were loudly cheered, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, who hold, it is finally escorted back to the college with every mark of stated, nearly 7,000 shares; and that that company should respect. for the future have the privilege of electing one only of INSURRECTION IN WURTEMBITRG.—We regret to say the directors. They recommend a suspension of the bill that our predictions have been fearfully realized. A pea- recently introduced into Parliament for the dissolution sant's war has broken out in Germany. The horizon is of the company ; but appear to expect very little practical red in many parts from incendiary fires. The castles of good until some thorough change is made in the board, Niederstetten Oehringen, two signorial residences of the and satisfactory arrangements are established with other- Princess of llohenlohe, have been burnt to the ground. companies. They are of opinion that, till then, "it is Nor have the boors respected the ancient castle of Jax- essential for the interests of the shareholders that all thausen, on the Jaxt, which, for centuries, has been in the expenditure and liability should be avoided, and all pre possession of the Berlichingen family, and has been im- gress in the line suspended." mortalised by Goethe, by his description of its defence by On Sunday week on the South Western Railway, near iron-fisted Gotz, who then headed the insurgent peasants Basingstoke a guard of a goods train was improperly riding against the imperial troops. The village belonging to it, with the engineer and stoker, when the chain which con also, has been reduced to ashes. The castle of Assum- fleets the engine with the tender broke. The guard was stadt, the family residence of the barons of Ellrichshau- thrown off and killed. sen, and the castle of Schwaiggern, the residence of Count Freehold land is now selling, on w h a t i s ca ll e d Di ss Neippeig, son-in-law of the King of Wurtemburg, have Common, for building purposes, at the rate of .474 per acre. Before the railway was made, it wa s b are ly worth been razed to the g r o un d. The lives of the inhabitants have been spared, but an org anized system is visible. The the tillage. stewards of the castle s i n question were compelled to The South Staffordshire railway proprieto r s p asse d th e throw the archives into the flames with their own hands : report and accounts at their half-yearly meeting. The and some men of education are evidently in the ranks oil Birmingham branch has been opened for traffic. -A far. the peasants, as the devic of tile Hohenlohes, ex jiamtnisl five months having elapsed thee call of £1 10s. has been made payable on the 31st, orior, was ironically changed into ex flanimis morior. since the lait donand on the Two thousand men have been orde re d, i n a ll h as t e, f rom I shareholders. Ludwigsburg and Heilbronn, to quell this insurrection. legal claim a none. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The passenger trafge upon this great line of Railway has bean considerably greater—all at once—and at this season of the year—than could have been anticipated. Last week it amounted to the handsome_mm_of £2568 and when such a result can be announced at present, we should not be surprised to The Ormakirk Steeple Chases are to take place to-day. see it touching £lO,OOO in the course of the summer. It LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASE.—Thursday.—Annual 1 is certainly elle ef the most beautif u l an d roman ti c lin es of handicap of 25 soya. each. Mr. I. E. Mado c k' s Proceed, road in thA wou l d : '• • • - • ' • list. 41b., 1; Mr. J. Messer's Switcher, list., 2 ; Lord Quicx . WO - 1 1 1 4.---It is stated in the Parliamentary re part St. Leger, list. 71b., 3. •tr.—The Open i race tirm. rt e 11 11 7 t t he at least . • Seventy railway bills were read a first BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASE.—FRIDA Y, . 110, ',Ise of Commons on Wednesday. Alia soy a. each. with forty-five added, was won ny Mr. nung that tte reading of each occupied on an average ten Balby'S rortster, besting seven othera. The sweepstakes minutes only, eleven hours must have been employed in of three Rm, each, with twenty-five a dded, was won by the 'process. Yet we are told that th e H ouse b egan b us i- Mr. R. 13. Payne's Deceitful, beating three others. less at 12 o'clock, and rose at five—a sitting of five hours; ALTCAR COURSIND MEETING, THURSDAY AND FDI- and during that time transacted a mass of other business. DAY, MARCH 16 and 17.—The Sefton Cup was won by Well may it be asked, " How can these things be ?" Mr. Arderne'R Nimble ; Mr. Webb's Why Not ran up.— Were the bills read, or only their titles ? The Ntolyneask Plate was won by Mr. Webb's Hylas ; From official returns it appears that the amount of Mr. King's Springy Jack ran up.—The Altcar Stakes traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3668 miles of rail were won by Mr. Cruse's Cricket ; Mr. Segar's Lorle ran way, was £160,036, thus accounted for :—£73,540 for the up.—The Hill-House Stakes were won by Mr. Powell's conveyance of passengers only, £44,176 for the carriage Port; Mr. A. Graham's Curry Powder ran up.—The of goods, and a remainder of .£42,320 for passengers and Croxteth Purse was won by Mr. Cruso's Cat ; Mr. Ar- goods together, not respectively apportioned ;.. being an derne's Matchless ran up.—The West Delbv Stakes were increase of £22,164 over the corresponding week of last won by Mr. Segar's Redman ; Mr. Parry's Peter Simple year, when the mileage was 2711. The average earnings ran up.—The Lancashire Stakes were won by Mr. Booth per mile last week were £44. whilst in 1847 they were £5O. ns Sir Watkin ; Mr. Cook's Fit2zyrip ran up. THE TUBULAR BRIDGE AT CONWAY.—We have al. WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—ThiS meeting coin- ready noticed the floating of the first two tubes intended menced on Tuesday last. The first race was for the to form the railway bridge over the river Conway, and Skurry Stakes, which were won by Bruce, beating Elimea, stated that, owing to one of the pontoons coming in con- The Diamond, and Helena.—The Trial Stakes were won tact with a rock on the Conway side of the river, the other by a head by Sponge, beating the Great Western, Liston, end of the tube could not be got exactly into the place and four others. — The Woodcot e St a k es were won by which it was intended to occupy ; and, consequently, a three lengths by Lammermoor, beating Betty Billinge.— temporary support was placed under it, on which it rested The Willoughby Handicap was won by a neck by Master at ebb-tide. It was not until Saturday week that the Stepney, beating Icicle, Columbus, and four others.—A tube was floated by the pontoons, and was finally placed Free Handicap was won by three-quarters of a length by with its two ends resting upon the shelves of masonry Master Downes, beating Marietta, Wanota, John Harris, constructed to receive it prior to its being raised to the and Lady Lurewell.—The Farmers' Plate was won by elevation at which it is intended to be ultimately placed, The Morsel, beating Logic. — Wednesday.—Th e D e bd a l e and which will be about 15 or 16 feet above the level of Stakes were won by Red Lancer, beating Donna Anna, the shelves on which it now rests. The lifting of this and four others.—The Two Year-old Stakes were won by enormous mass of iron, which weighs about 1,300 tons, is half a neek by Lammermoor, beating Selina, Sir Henry intended to be effected by two hydraulic presses, with 18. Hardinge, and St. Francis.—The Castle Stakes were inch rams, and pumps ,Iths of an inch diameter. These walked over for by th e G rea t Western.—The Great War- pumps are to he worked by steam engines, which will give wickshire Stakes were won easily by Ballinafad, beating a pressure equal to three tons on the circular inch, or a Titbit, Lyme, end threeothers.--A Sweepstakes , total lifting Dower for each press of 972 tons, which, of were won by a head by Fernhill, beating Marietta, Dip- i course, will be amply sufficient- for the purpose. Each thong. Lkotou, Bruce, and eight -others,---The Beaten • •press•has a lift of six feet; and, as the. ends of the tube Handicap was won by a neck by Columbus, heating Ito°. rise, the masonry which is intended to support.them will tan, and Cdr. Caudle. be carried up from -the alielycs.on which they now reSt. Pizr assented to the introduction of the bill in might be an opportunity of considering its provisions. Mr. H. DRUMMOND obtained leave to bring in a bill to give compensation to tenants at will in Ireland in certain cases. Mr. ANSTEY moved that the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the treaty of Adrianople, &c. (the " monster motion"), be discharged. Ile did so because be felt that the feeling of the house was against the con-. tinuance of the debate.—Agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. B. OSBORNE gave notice of his intention, on an early day, to move for leave to bring in a bill for the total abolition of church rates, and Col. SIETIIORP to.move, after the Easter recess, that the salaries of all persons holding office under the Crown be reduced. Sir G. GREY, in reply to Lord Drumlanrig, observed that the attention of Lord Normanby had been drawn to the fact of the expulsion of British artisans from the French territory, with directions that he should make a representatio❑ to the provisional . government on the sub ject. Information had been received on the previous day that an additional number of English workmen had been compelled to leave Rouen, many of whom had deposits in the savinns bank, and. who would no doubt be seriously SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Lor:1 that a tlespat,;ll iclative to tLe r.:urdcr of elaves. on the coot o f Africa by Home chiefs, iu consequenco of tiler 13arliaintntarp Vrorritings. having been pre v e n t e d f rom expor ti ng th em b y th e v i g i- UNIVERSITY - AND CLERICAL NEWS. lance of the British cruisers, had been received some time ..- 4 _. 7 ..._....___ since, and would be included in the slave-trade papers The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, late vicar of Bradford, has re- HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. abdut to be presented to parliament. turned .from the United States. Ho arrived • by the ie adjourned debate on the period for which the The house went into committee of ways and means, Hibernia. ,me Tax is to be re-imposed was resumed. when Sir BENJAMIN HALL moved •` That towards raising The Bishop of Durham, in addition to his former muni r. Macgregor, Mr. Sidney, Mr. Sandars, Mr. Buck, the supply granted to her Majesty, the respective duties ficent gift of 1000 guineas to St. Anne's Chapel, Bishop E. B. Roche, Mr. Mowatt, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Cob- levied on property, profits, professions, trades, and offices Auckland, has presented the trustees with an additional Mr. Wakley, Mr. Muntz, Col. Sibthorp, Mr. G. in Great Britain, be levied on property, profits, profes- sum of £5OO. mpson, and Mr. Pearson spoke in support of the sions, trades, and offices in Ireland for a time to be That truly magnificent undertaking, the restoration of ndment for limiting the tax to one year. limited." the choir of Wells Cathedral, is at last commenced. The r. Headlam, Mr. Rice, Mr. Lennard, Lord Drum- Mr. J. WILLIAMS seconded the motion, which was architect is Mr. S a l v i n . Th e seats h ave b een remove d t o g, and Mr. Henley addressed the House in favour of also supported by Sir. J. Tyrrell, Mr. Horsman, Colonel the nave, where divine service is now performed. re-enactment for three y ear s, on the ground of its Muir, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Wakley, Mr. It is not generally known that the present Archbishop ssity for the maintenance of the public credit ; though Hume, and Mr. Muntz. of Canterbury, previous to his grace's consecration to the ily objecting to the principle of the tax. The hon. members oppoSin ,, the motion were Sir H. see of Chester, refused the Bishopric of Sodar and Man in prd JOHN RUSSELL defended the financial policy of W. BARRON—who sarcastically taunted the hon. mover 1827, when Dr. Murray was translated from that see to ilovernment : and with reference to the state of Ire- that he would be handed down by future historians under the Bishopric of Rochester. concluded with the following observations :—" If the soubriquet of " Conciliation Hall"—Mr. Moore, Mr. A solemn protest against the intended consecration of mwer is to remain in our hands : if my right hon Fagan, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Napier, Col. Conolly, the Dr. Hampden, on the 26th instant, addressed to the i near me, the Secretary of State for the Home Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Roche, Col. Dunne, Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, has already been .rtment, and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, are Mr. Monseli, Mr. Reynolds, and Sir. A. Brooke. Mr. J. signed by upwards of 500 clergymen, who have also t o w ield the powers of the law in Ireland ; I Wilson endeavoured to obtain a hearing, but unsuccess- signed one of a similar purport to the Archbishop of that we shall be able to meet these expressions of fully, on account of the impatience for a division, which Canterbury. ion —(loud cheers)—those determinations to join any the n took place, the motion being negatived by a majority At the confirmation of the election of the Archbishop of ly, whoever he may be, that may be opposed to the of 80; the numbers 138 to 218. Canterbury on Friday last, at Bow-street, one of the con reign of these countries—(much cheering) ; that we gregation exclaimed, ' God bless the Archbishop of Can be able to put down those conspiracies —(renewed terbury." His Grace stopped, and turning to the speaker ing)—and to maintain, for the welfare of the people FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. replied, " I thank you—l indeed need all your prayers." eland, that supremacy of law and order without *-- The Mastership of Christ's College, Cambridge ; a 1 they cannot hope to improve in industry, in civili- The funeral of John Quincy Adams, one of the most Chaplaincy to Prince Albert; the Deanery Rural of Ches a, in morals, or in religion. (Great cheering for so l emn an d i mpos i ng sa i d to have ever been held in terton, diocese Ely ; Willi ng h am R ec t ory , Cambridge time, and from all parts of the House.) Sir, such Washington, took place on the 26th of February. shire, diocese Ely ; value, £677, and residence, patron, ast will be our attempt. We are not blind to the the Bishop of Ely ; all become vacant by the promotion The Ottoman empire have consented to recognise the ulties of the situation in which we stand. We are Protestants of 'I urkey as a separate and legally-consti- of the Rev. J. Graham, D.D. to the See of Chester. Lnaware of the perils which may surround us on every tuted community. A commission has been issued by th e Bi s h op o f D ur h am If we have the confidence of this House we may to inquire whether there are grounds for proceeding On the Exchange of Berlin there has bee n a rumour o against the Rev. P. Penson, of Durham, in the Bishop's to meet and surmount them. (Cheers.) If we are the death of the Emperor of Russia •; but - it appears to onoured with that confidence, we can only hope that have had its origin entirely in the imaginative disposition C9urt, on the charges which have been alleged against dministration of affairs may be placed in other hands of the German speculators. him. The rev. gentleman is disabled from officiating r calculated to carry on those affairs to the welfareduring the sitting of the comm i ss i on . On the 9th inst. Lola Montes made another fruitless at rosperity of Her Majesty and her dominions. (The THE CHURCH M I S SIONARY S OCIETY .—T HE B ISHOP tempt to take Munich by storm. She was, however, in lord sat down amidst much cheering.) The coin stan.tly detected, and sent back to Linden under th e escort or MANCHESTER.—The annual meeting of the Man e divided—For Mr. Hume's motion, 138 ; against of tne police. Chester auxiliary to this society was held last evening, in 3.—Majority for three years, 225. SPAIN.-Letters and papers from Madrid, under date the Free-trade Hall, th e Ri g ht R ev . D r . L ee , t h e L or d e House resumed, and the CHAIRMAN reported pro- of the 9th inst., announce the arrival at Carthaena on Bishop of Manchester, presided. Thi s was th e fi rs t pu bli c and asked leave to sit again. the 4th of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and th g e Prince meeting at which his lo r dship h as t a k en th e c h a i r , an d o f e Imprisonment for Debt (Ireland) Bill was read a course lent great additional interest to the proceedings of and Princess de Joinville, who h a d immediately after left id t me. •.. for England. Much talk nrovails in AI miriti ...,..”.r.r;m.. the evening. - .. . . —... THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERRURY.—It is not per haps generplly known that this eminent person about 35 years ago gained the second of two prizes. offered by at individual of Aberdeen, for the best essays on the " Belt and Attributes of God." The first prize was awarded to Dr. W. Laurence Browne, Principal of Mirischal College, Aberdeen, and no doubt his work is a very meritorious one; but it never attracted much attention, and, we be lieve, never reached a second edition, while the Arch- bishop's has gone through six or seven editions. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—The Bishop of Man chester arrived at the Palatine Hotel. Manchester, by the express train from London, on Wednesday evening. His lordship was attended only by his valet. In the course of the following day, the Rev. Archdeacon Rushton, Canon Clifton, and other members of the chapter, called and - had interviews with his lordship. His lordship, on Thursday candidates for ordination within his private apartment. We believe the examination was concluded on Saturda, • On Thursday even i ng , hi s l or d s hi p proceede d to the resi dence of the Rev. Canon Wray to dinner. THE NEW BISHOP OF CHESTER.-it gives us much pleasure to state it as our opinion that the nomination of ' ur. uranam, the Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, to the see of Chester is a good appointment. He is not only an individual highly and generally esteemed in the University, but we have good reason to believe that his judgment on theological subjects is sound and Evangelical. Called to a more active sphere in the church, and having such an example of unwearied diligence and successful effort set before him by his revered predecessor, it is not to be doubted that Dr. Graham will rise to the new cir cumstances in which lie is placed, and carry forward the work of Dr. Sumner with ardour and success.—Record. BISHOPS' DUTIES.—The number of cures under each bishop, as the dioceses are at present constituted, is, in round numbers, as follows :—St. Asaph, 290 ; Bangor, 290 ; Bath and Wells, 450 ; Canterbury, 340 ; Chichester, 300 ' • St. David's, 450 ; Ely, 550 ; Exet e r, 650 ; Glo'ster and Bristol, 450 ; Hereford, 330 ; Lichfield, 550 • Lincoln, 820; Llandaff, 220 ; L on d on , 400 ; N orw i c h, 1,150 ; Ox ford, 580; Peterborough, 570; Rochester, 750; Salisbury, 520; Winchester, 600; Worcester, 420; Carlisle, 130; Chester 460 ; Durham, 260 ; Manchester, 350 ; Ripon, 370 ; Sodor and Man, 24 ; York, 590. (See " Clergy List," 1848, page 248.) Such is the state of things in our church. Two hundred and fifty cures is the utmost that any bishop ought to have under him. MARINERS CHAPEL AND SeutooL.—The commerce of Gloucester has gradually increased to such an extent, that it is calculated that between thirty and forty thousand mariners, bargemen, and boatmen annually visit the port, for whose pastoral instruction no provision has been made. There are also about three hundred navigators employed in forming new basins, &c., in a similar state of religious destitution. Great efforts have been made, a handsome sum has been subscribed, and a plan organized for the erection of the chapel, and the appointment of a chaplain, towards whose stipend the Pastoral Aid Society is expected to contribute. But we regret to add that the commence ment of the building has been, and still is, postponed for want of funds. We shall rejoice to hear that the work has commenced, and cordially wish it success. In the HO of donors we are happy to see the name of the Bishop of Gloucester.— Worcester Journal. THE LIVEIPOO I, STANDARD. =am& IRELAND The squadron so long stationed at Lisbon was off Cove on_Thursday. In Cork. Limerick, and indeed throughout Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, which was to have been "a great day for Ireland," passed off more quietly than usual. , The mayor of Cork refused to call a meeting on St. Patrick's day to address the French. He did not believe that the requisition represented the intelligence or the property of the city. _ At the Limerick assizes on Tuesday, Thomas Fitzge rald was found guilty of the wilful murder of John M'Eniery, on the 3d October. His partner in guilt, Renilian, was hanged last month. A general order has been issued to the troops in all parts of Ireland to carry their arms with them to their several places of worship. Sunday last it was acted on, to the annoyance of the Repealers. A Galway paper states that the Poor Law Commis sioners have awarded £3OO to the widow of Captain Hil liard, R.N., inspecting officer of that union, who died of fever. The High Sheriff - of the County Roscommon has con vened a meeting of his Bailiwick, to petition parliament against the continuance of the poor-law, as carried out at present in Ireland. Dr. Slattery, the Roman Catholic Bishop, in a letter to Dr. M`Hale, says he has received intelligence from Rome, that the celebrated letter from Cardinal Frasconi to the Irish Bishops was intended to be private, and that the Papal Government is displeased at its publication. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN DUBLIN. Everything was quiet and orderly as if there were no such entities as Repeal or Revolution. There was no guard mounting at the Castle ; and the people were about their business as usual, thanks to the armed demonstration. All was quiet the whole day, and the proceedings at the several ward meetings bore a strong impress of the influence of the prudence and firmness of Lord Clarendon. THE IRISH CONFEDERATION.—ThO Irish Confederates met again on Thursday in full force at the Music hall, Dublin. The speeches of Mr. Smith O'Brien, and' Mr. Meagher, " of the sword," were characterized by more than ordinary boldness ; indeed, it is said by persons present at the meeting that the reports furnished by the morning papers—perhaps for obvious reasons—are but a qualified version of what fell from the lips of the several speakers in the course of the evening. It is just probable, however, that- the fervid eloquence of Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher will not be lost to posterity, as Mr; Hodges the Government reporter, was in attendance professionally with the view of submitting t inculeated.by the confedc ting judgment of Mr. .Tames I d orate lons of loyalty he discrimina- ary Monahan POLITICAL MISCELLANY. LINCOLN ELECTION, THURSDAY Hobhouse, 554 ; Humfrey, 501 Filial close : Majority for Ilobhouse The inhabitants of Birmingham are about to send to parliament a similar petition to that from Liverpool, for a revision of taxation. One of the London Journals states that the Duke De Montpensier was ordered by the Privy Council to quit England, and he has left accordingly. At a meeting of the Westminster Reform Society last week; a petition was agreed to, calling on her Majesty to dismiss her present ministers. Mr. Cobden was proposed as the successor of Lord John Russell. Mr. Disraeli's theory of Jewish predominance has just received another lift. Two leading members of the French provisional government, MM. Cremieux and Goodchoux, are Jews. Great - 3 : " ~ dissatisfaction has been created at Newcastle by the recent votes of Mr. T. E. Headlam, their Whig mem ber, and at a public meeting a resolution was passed, pledging those present to oppose him at any future elec tion. In Lord Clinton's address to the electors of Kinsale after the election, he says :—" Although for the moment unsuccessful, I entertain no doubt but that a committee will place me in the proud position of representing you in parliament." The chartists have issued an address to the working classes at Derby, in which they strongly condemn the late riotous proceedings at Trafalgar-square and elsewhere. The changes they wish are to be brought about " by means purely moral and constitutional." An open-air chartist meeting was held at Sheffield, on Monday afternoon, to " congratulate" the French. There were from 12,000 to 15,000 persons present, and the whole of the proceedings were conducted in a peaceable and orderly manner. Messrs. Hume, Cobden. Wakley, and the Radicals, united with Lord G. Bentinck, Messrs. Disraeli, Hudson, and some few of the protectionists, to oppose the govern ment proposal—the first, on the ground that our revenue oueht to be made good by disbanding the army ; the last, by retaxing corn. Mr. AIACGREGOR.—This gentleman, one of the mem bers for Glasgow, addressed the House of Commons last week on the income tax, and in the Morning Post is de scribed as " having made a miserable figure on the floor of the house. What," it is said, " with his horribly broad Scotch accent, his dreadfully unsuccessful attempts to make him self intelligible, and his excruciating efforts to give Mr. Disraeli a Roland for an Oliver, he kept the house in fits of laughter." BEWDLEY ELECTION PETlTlON.—Evidence as to al leged treating on the part of Sir Thomas Winnington, in Bewdley and Stourport, has been given for five days. It is reported that in the- event of Sir T. Winnington losing his seat, Capt. Winnington and Mr. Taylor, late M.P. for E. Worcester, will contest the seat. The com mittee have declared that Mr. Ireland's election was void, and that Sir Thomas Winnington had been guilty of ex tensive treating, and of bribing a voter named Price. THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—It may be recollected that the Committee of Privileges of the House of Commons was appointed to report -upon charges preferred against Earl Fitzhardinge, for undue in terference as a peer in the election of a commoner. Nu merous witnesses appeared in support of those charges, but the committee held that the charge was of too general and vague a nature, and the whole matter has conse quently fallen to the ground. THE INCOME TAX. — Amongst those who voted on Monday in the Commons in the majority of 363 against limiting the income tax to one year were, Sir T. B. Birch, E. Cardwell, J. W. Patten, J. Heywood, Lord Brackley, J. Brotherton, Lord R. Grosvenor, and T. Thornley. In the minority of 138 we find, A. Henry, Lord G. Bentinck, J. Bright, R. Cobden, W. Jackson, J. Tollemache, Sir J. Walmesley, B. D'lsraeli, W. Ewart, C. Hindley, G. F. Muntz, G. Sanders, Col. Sibthorp, R. Spooner, R. A. Thicknesse, Col. Thompson, G. Thompson, J. Hume, and G. Hudson. An American vessel has been selected by the govern ment authorities at Jamaica for the conveyance of British troops to Nassau, whilst there were three British vessels there, ready—at a cheaper rate—and in every way quali fied, to perform the duty ! This will give the British ship-owner a foretaste of what he has to expect front a repeal of the Navigation Laws ; it is a free-trade fling at the Navigation Laws in advance. It is strange that the Americans cannot see the great advantages of this free trade system, for the United States government still de clare that " a foreign flag could not carry American troops." _ VOTES OF LANCASHIRE MEMBERS.—Of the 26 mem bers for Lancashire, two, (S. Gregson and R. Walker,) were absent on Monday, on the occasion of Mr. Ilume's motion for limiting the Income Tax to one year. Eleven —A. Henry, Sir G. Strickland, J. Hornby, J. Pilkington, J. Bright. Dr. Bowring, C. Hindley, W. S. Crawford, W. S. Fox, G. Greensll, and R. A. Thicknesse—voted for it ; and thirteen—J. W. Patten, J. Heywood, W. Brown, G. P. Greenfell, M. Wilson, T. Greene, T. M. Gibson, J. Brotherton, W. Bolling, J. I)uncuft, E. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, and Col. Lindsay--against it, and in favor of the continuance of the tax for three years. INCOME TAX FOR IRELAND.—On Friday night the fol lowing voted for extending the income tax to Ireland : Sir T. C. Birch, P. Grenfell, J. Hornhy, J. Pilkington, J. Brotherton, J. Bright, Dr. Bowling, and R. A. Thick nesse. Against it we find—E. Cardwell, J. W. Patten, Sir G. Strickland, Wilson (Clitheroe,) Greene, T. M. Gibson, Col. Lindsay, and SirJ. Walmsley. J. Heywood, W. Brown, A. Henry, A. Cobden, and W. Jackson were absent. Most of the Protectionists and nearly all the gnglish Radicals voted for it ;—Hume and Hudson went into the gallery together, Bentinck and Colonel Thomp son, Disraeli and Muntz, Carr Glyn, Masterman, AWer r man Thoinpson, Kershaw, Spooner, Wakley, and Sib:, thdrpq. _ AVERY PROPER QUESTION.—At the recent Lancast&e - Election this question was - lint to thelre&trade - Candidate . and his proposer and seconder, " Where is the big loaf that you promised us ?" An Echo answered " Where ?" —the up of the interrogated moved not in reply. Again a nd again was the Oracle entreated to vouchsafe an answer, but all was dlinlb gilen9e — then was nOinta i sgenCeQf the big loaf 'veil `. l .l'.;tanc prospect. ane question is a very proper one to be put by all constituencies, and perhaps the opportunity of doing so may be nearer than many persons suspect. There may also be added another which will apply to many candidates, " Why did you vote fur the income-tax, which, when the Conservatives were in office, you so vehemently opposed ?" PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—The following were amongst the minority on the motion made in the House of Com mons, on Tuesday, for leave to bring in a bill for the total repeal of the punishment of death :—Hugh E. Adair, 11. Aglionby, Sir Thomas Birch. Dr. Bowring, John Bright, J. Brotherton, James Clay, Richard Cobden, Charles Cowan, W. S. Crawford, Edward Divett, George:S. Duff, Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir B. Hall, Alexander Henry, James Heywood, C. Hindley, T. Twisden Hodges, Joseph Hume, William Hutt, William Jackson, James Kershaw, R. I. Milnes, Francis Mowatt, G. F. Muntz, Timothy O'Brien, John Pattison, J. Pilkington, W. Scholefield, J. B. Smith, Sir G. Strickland, J. Tennent, Col. Thompson, G. Thomp son, T. Thoriely, E. Turner, Sir J. Walinsley, Ewart, and Lord Nugent. RUMOURED CHANGES IN TITSMINISTRY.—Our read ers will remember that the first act of Lord John Russell, on taking office, was to offer seats in the cabinet to the Earl of Lincoln and the Earl of Dalhousie. The latter nobleman, although he then declined office, has since ac cepted the governor-generalship of India. The Earl of Lincoln is the nobleman who is the pivot of this negotia tion. Lord John Russell, it is understood, will go to the House of Peers, where his weight of character and saga city are much wanted by his party, and where it will not be necessary for him to speak often or at great length. The Earl of Lincoln would be the leader of the House of Commons, assisted by Lord Palmerston, as often as that statesman's multiplying functions would allow him to do so. There would he a complete re-arrangement of offices, so as to let in Mr. Cardwell and ono or two others; and it post of 'ice-president of the Board of Trade to.the lion. member -for Westbury, who, both in his newspaper and in - Parliament, has shown so 'much aciiiiiiltanca With: the commercial affairs of the country. Journal; COURT AND FASHION. ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY—BIRTH OF FeA PRINCESS.—On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered of a Princess, at Buckingham Palace. In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse. And in the rooms adjoining were the other medical attendants, Sir James Clarke and Dr. Fer guson, and also her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen, and the Ministers and Officers of state summoned on the occasion. The Prhty Councillors present were Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer • the Duke of Welli ng t on , Commander-in-Chief; the Exchequer; Spencer, Lord Cham berlain; the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ' • Earl Grey. Secretary of St a t e f or th e C o l on i es; Mr. Labou chere, President of the Board of Trade; and Earl For tescue, Lord Steward. We are happy to announce the safe accouchement of the Marchioness of Salisbury. Her ladyship gave birth to a son on Thursday, at the family mansion in Arlington street. The Count an: Countess de Neuilly (ex-King and Queen of the French) visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on Saturday, at Clarence-house, to congratulate her Royal Highness on her Majesty's happy confinement. LAW INTELLIGENCE, SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.—The commis.. sion will be opened on Thursday afternoon next, and the general business of the assizes will commence on Friday, at eleven o'clock. *STAFFORD ASSIZES, MARCH 1 7.—WRITEHOUSE V. THE LIVERPOOL GAS AND COKE COMPANY.—The plain tiff entered into a written contract some time back to sup ply, for three years, as many gas pipes, of certain specified dimensions, as should " be required by the said company." The agreement further specified that the plaintiff was to supply the pipes " to be 'ordered by the said company, within a certain time after receiving notice to that effect." The price of the pipes in question rose con siderably after the contract was entered into, and the defendants, • according to the plaintiff's statement, or dered miles of pipes which they did not want for the pur poses of their business, as it was carried on when they entered into the contract. The plaintiff supplied the pipes, but claimed the market price for all beyond what ivere immediately wanted for the defendants' business; the plaintiff contending that the meaning of the word " re quired " in the contract was " wanted." The difference claimed by the plaintiff was £2749. For the defendants it was contended that they did actually want all they ordered, and witnesses were called to prove it ; but when his lordship was leaving the case to the jury on this view, the defendants' counsel submitted that it was incumbent on his lordship to construe the contract. His lordship being forced to express a decided opinion, said, that by the contract the plaintiff was bound to supply all the pipes that were requisite for the defendants in any works which they wished to carry out under the provisions of their act of Parliament. The jury thereupon found for the de fendants. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd has been officiating for Mr. Jus tice Cresswell on the Oxford Circuit, the latter having been called from his duties by the indisposition of his sis ter. On Saturday, the Vice-Chancellor dissolved an injunc tion which had been granted to restrain the sale of timber by the Duke of Buckingham and his son, the Marquis of Chandos. The plaintiff was second mortgagee for £25,000, and it appeared that the incumbrances on the duke's estates amounted to no less than £BOO,OOO. IMPORTANT DECISION.—A decision of considerable importance was given a few days since at Bristol relative to the contracting of debts after a party is clearly insol vent. The point arose on the examination of a person who claimed the protection of the court ; but the judge decided that as the party had gone on contracting debts when he possessed no means ofdischargingthem, he was not entitled to protection, and the consideration of the final order was adjourned eine die. DAMAGE BY RIOTS.—In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Sir W. Clay asked whether parties who had suffered damage by the breaking of their windows, some of them of a costly character, during the recent distur bances in the metropolis, had any claim for compensation on the county, or from any other authority, and, if so, by what process I—The Attorney-General, in reply, stated that by the Act of 7 and 8 Geo. IV., it was made a felony wantonly and with force to demolish, or begin to demolish, the buildings therein specified. But in the cases referred to by the honourable baronet there was no actual demol ishing, nor anything to satisfy the words " begin to demolish." Where the injury, as in the present instance, was only partial, the hundred would not be liable unless the acts were done under circumstances which would satisfy a jury that the demolition would have been com plete if the rioters had not been interrupted. Those elements were wanting here ; therefore the parties had no remedy at law except against the actual aggressors for the damage they had sustained. CHARGES IN BANKRUPTCY.—At the County Court in Nurth Shields, on Monday last, Mrs. Elizabeth Farmer, administratrix of the late Mr. James Farmer, Messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict, brought an action against Mr. Emanuel Taylor. The action was brought to recover £ll Bs. the amount of the taxed bill of the messenger of the Court of Bankrupt cy, for services rendered to the defendant, Mr. Taylor, as petitioning creditor, un d er a fi a t aga i nst William Hender son, pipemaker, North Shields. it was usual for the f n I !ti eJurt to meet the expenses of working a fiat in bankruptcy. In this case, however, the funds had been exhausted by the solicitor's bill, and some other charges. There was no doubt in point of law, that the petitioning creditor was liable. Commissioner Fane had decided a few weeks ago, that the messenger's bill must be paid, although there were no assets in the hands of the official assignee. Mr. Wheldon said it was exceedingly hard upon the defendant. There was no estate, and his client had already lost a considerable sum. His Honour.—That may be true but why was the fiat issued ? The messen ger had performed certain services, and the defendant put the machinery of the Court of Bankruptcy in motion. The jury then returned a verdict for £ll Bs. Mr. Harle then stated that there was another action in which Mrs. Farmer was plaintiff, and Messrs. Walker and Turner, assignees of Henderson, were the defendants. The sum sought was £2O, the amount of the messenger's bill, for services rendered after the choice of assignees, who must, in point of law, discharge the bill. Mr. Wheldon said this ease was harder than the other. His Honour said the law was clear, and a verdict was returned for £2O. Eittraturr. ..... VARIETIES The poet Wordsworth is said to be in a state of imbe cility, sitting often in moody silence, with his gaze fixed on vacancy. GOLD l'ENs.—Nearly one million gold pens, in the manufacture of which eight hundred pounds of gold are used, are now annually made in the city of New York. Douglas Jerrold says, " Assuredly F. M. the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Ellesmere have a dash of the ` true prophet.' The French princes have invaded Eng land, and taken possession of some of the royal palaces." IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO ONE ANY GOOD. --The disorderly crowds in Trafalgar-square have swept away the hoarding from the base of the Nelson column ! It needed a supernatural interposition.—The Builder. A WITTY DEDICATION.-- Mrs. Clarke has Just pub lished a volume of proverbs from the works of Shakspeare. She'dedicates the work—" To D. J., the first wit of the present age, these proverbs of Shakspeare, the first wit of any age, are inscribed by Mary Cowden Clarke, of a cer tain age, and no wit at all." DROLL SIMPLICITY OF A. CHILD.—" Ma," said a little girl about 8 years, " I don't think Solomon was so rich as the Bible says he was." " Why, my dear, what makes you think so ?" " Because it says that he slept with his fathers, and I think if he had been so very rich, he would have had a bed of his own to sleep in." Tan LUNGS.—On examination the lungs will be found full of innumerable little holes, like a sponge. These holes are the cells into which the air enters when we breathe. So great is their number that they have been calculated to amount to 174,000,000, forming altogether a surface thirty times greater than that of the human body. lvery one of these cells is provided with a net-work of blood vessels, by means of which the blood is brought into immediate contact with the air ovPr every portion.of-thair surface. When this'grpat amount 4 taken into consider ation, we shall feel at once how necessary it is to supply pure air to the lungs with every breath we qmv.—lfeel(4 of 7'otett'B Gazette. It is a meat exh— • • o ra inary fact, and it will furnish a lastinz pa •ge in history, that within the space of sixty years, all the monarchs of France, who reigned within that period, viz.. Louis the 16th, Napoleon Buonaparte, Louis the 18th, Charles the 10th, and Louis Philippe, were dethroned. Louis the 16th was put to death by his own people in 1793 ; Buonaparte and Charles the 10th died in exile ; Louis the 18th, after having been expelled by Buonaparte in 1815, was permitted to return to the throne, and the last of these, Louis Philippe, has found an asylum in England. If the son of Louis the 16th, asyled by the Legitamists, Louis the 17th, was ever really a king, then the number of dethroned monarchs in suc cession would amount to six. COINCIDENCES.—We are reminded that it was about March, 1844, that the Prince de Joinville inspected our southern coast, and published his famous Report, which excited so Much. disagreeable feeling at the time. In that Report he remarked, as one result of his inspection, that in case of hostilities, Newhaven, in !Sussex, would be the best spot at which to attempt a landing. InMarch,lB4B, his own parents succeeded in effecting a landing at New haven, in Sussex, but under circumstances unforeseen and unimagined alike h the Prince, his parents, and by us ! Again ; it was in 1834, that a French traveller, in reviewing his researches in the East, used these remarka ble words :—" Yon see, by this rapid sketch, that the Ottoman empire is r,o empire at all; that the breath of life which animated it is extinct. You see that its fatal and blinded Administration has devoured the race of conquerors ; and that Turkey is perishing for want of Turks." Such language, coming from the lips of a stranger, and one not much habituated to the language of Scripture; struck many in England with a natural as. tonishment. For a general consent of almost. all Protes tant interpreters (including the Assembly's Annotations and Matthew Henry's) had connected " the Euphrates" in Scripture with the Turkish empire; and here a French savant was sent to give us warning that the Euphrates was being " 'dried. up"; immediately following which many v - ' apostle cly the !wire(' o w ever, a dozen years pass away, and we find this same French traveller, Lamartine, suddenly borne up on the I bf_a pnilkiitoug revolution; and zutt4u the I.lq*i.Ota Iliter of France I—Record, flarch 21, 184gi SECURITY AGA INST R lOTS. —P ena l enactments and vigilant and vigorous police may, perhaps, secure Pe,', l ; in broad daylight in public streets ; but they. thus pn. delude men by making them imagine that there 1 !`, spirit of peace in the national heart, while there is peace. They can, indeed, dress up, as it were, the old side of the mountain and can make it look fair an flourishing with th e Oli ves o f peace and vines a 1 3 ' i e n but they cannot touch the volcano below, which is sal? 9 dering in its da r k cra t er , an d ready to burst forth 3!,,, ), flood of fire. No ; th ey cannot repress turbulence in national mind, or quell it i n the secret haunts of elan2 c h, tine cabals. It is re li g i on —i t i s religion alone — can do this. It is the dread of judgment and of h e ll .. which can give übiquity to law. It is the Gospel -4 Y: the Gospel alone— w hi c h can h a l low a state, an d c on- crate a throne, and shield the sovereign seated upon it.-- Dr. Christopher Wordsworth. AN INFANT'S DEATH. —The death of a child! ;Il e words are full of a strange and moving meaning: win following spring, nightf a ll succee di ng to dawn ? ideas crowd upon the mind hand in hand with solelP to truths. That little being who knew nothing here, pc * ce know the end of all thi ngs ! T hat vacant i n te lligen t which wondered at the ticking of a watch, now to el; stand the mystery of it s own b e i ng ! My own child, w_., l was to hang upon m y li ps f or i nstruction, now adva nT , where one word from it s own would be a revelat i o n 1" me ! That helpless creature, borne from arm to arm ` guarded by day and watched by night, too shy to bear the l approach of a stran ge face, now launched alone in lint " vast profound," escorted ' by intelligence divine strange ! Will there be one among that crowd of °IV franchised spi r it s who w ill claim an easthlY affinipAr with it ? Will the little brother who departed a 1f„ ago recognize this as the babe who entered the bonus; flesh as he was l eav i ng th em ? Or will it be °lli of the first signs o f a b etter ex i stence that the ties ° f blood are not ne e d e d i n i t ! Of all the sorrows i n t world, that for th e d eat h o f a young child brings i % the readiest healing. Would you grudge its having ceived promotion without paying the purchase money the rights of citizenship without residence I—the certl.o cate of humanity with ou t th e serv i ce ?—the end and ,11 ; of life without thi s weary lif e i tself? The death of a c 011;,, is an enigma, but one which solves many others. , mind may d ream an d won d er, and form strange eonci u sions from the weakness of that life which has yielded to the strong arm of death ; hut two truths remain distinct, more plainly read on that cold marble church than on 3 , 11 other form of lif e l ess c l ay , an d those are, the worthlebs" ness of that breath w hi c h a c hild is summoned to rende r up; and the freeness of that grace which a child is able t° inherit.—Fraser. THE FLIGHT OF L OUIS P HILIPPE. — A passenger by tie Express steamer communicates to the Hampshire pendent several interesting circumstances connected wl',l Louis Philippe's voya ge t o thi s country. The vessel ha d been lying off Havre for two days, when •‘ an old ws li j apparently lame, dressed in a large travelling cloak, an his face nearly covered with a shawl, a pair of green sPe 4. tacles, and a travelling cap, came on board, assisted by the British consul and Captain Goodridge. While cor d : ing on board; I heard the consul say to him, ' Take ca rer uncle,' as if he was spea ki ng to a relative, an d war him' to be caref u l h ow h e stepped on the ladder. ~', passenger was immediately conducted to the enginee r n room (a most unusual place for a passenger to be sh°'f t, into), but ow i ng t o i ts small size, and a fire burning in he was unable to remain there, and was obliged to go Int the saloon. As soon as the old gentleman was on boll' : Capt. Goodrid ge escorte d an elderly lady down the way. I heard her say to him, 'I am obliged to you. i n, from her pronun c i a ti on I k new she was not an Engi' s 5 woman. She was very p l a i n l y dressed. Her hair was : 6 white as silver, and I th oug h t I never saw a countenaria in which anxiety, fatigue, and fear were so visibly depiot e , 0 As soon as she was in the saloon, I could readily perce i that she had been, a n d s till was weep i ng. " We nee d 1t say that it was the ex-King and Queen. " About fl' night we were nearly run down by a large brig. No ve s ‘ sel ever had a more narrow escape than ours. We 01 ; within three or four yards of the brig. Fortunately „ were going at about half speed. The noise and confusi . ..?" on deck arising from this disaster aroused the passenger s ' Her majesty rushed out from her cabin into the sal e exclaiming, Oh ! where is my dear gentleman r fe, a King endeavoured to console her. She embraced b 7",, affectionately, crying bitterly, and talked to him, 193 0 , 1/ ing that his dangers were not yet over, notwithstanai n c r the many he had escaped. The King was much affecte,; and he wept and sobbed violently. Her Majesty wr e implored to return to her cabin, but she declared that hisil would not again le ave th e Ki ng, and she lay down by side on the floor of the saloon during the remainder of the night." - - TRIAL BY JURY IN AUSTRALIA.—A member of a trib e has been spear e d by one o f anot h er tribe, who happens/0i be patronised by a f arm - se ttl er , an d i s occasionally use's, in hunting-up stray cattle. The friends of the, dead ° 3 ,., proceed to punish th e assass i n accor di ng to their own ° reditary laws; they su r p r i se hi m suddenly, and spear _," r. The farmer writes an account of the fact to the Protee; of Natives at Perth ; an d thi s energet i c individual, r ising hastily from dinner, ca ll s f or hi s horse, and endowing himself with a bl ue woo ll en s hi rt, and a pair of drag e° spurs, with a blanket ti e d roun d hi s wa i st, fear l ess ly coo' o mits himself to the forest, an d repa i rs to t h e s cene slaughter. He lear n s from th e mouth of the farm-set, tier, that the facts are really what he had been alreadY prised of by letter ; and then, having left word that theo Fremantleffender m a gaol,y be caught h e te a a s ss n o soon back n as possibl e, againto i and fs $z S o o r w aed to r family ; and the next morning delivers a suitable reP: ai d. his excellency the g o vernor o f a l l that he has perfo r m In course of time the native is apprehended—betraye d o f a friend for a pound of flour—and brought to the b a !,,fp justice. His n a t ura l d e f ence would be that he cert°l-00 slew an enemy, as he is accused of having done, but 0 4; it was a mereto r i ous an d necessary act ; he glor i es i° of his own laws required that he should slay the m urderer, his relative ; an d hi s own l aws t h erefore accuse him note What are English customs, prejudices, or laws to 111 '7„t He is not a B r iti s h su bj ect , f or h e i s is not the inhabita"), of a conquered coun t ry ( as E ng li sh governors tell 131:il nor has he, or any o f hi s tr ib e or complexion, couse.o, ~ or wished to be pl ace d un d er t h e protection of our tfol Why, then, should he be violently-dragged from the %i v of his wilgied sqa ws , an d hi s li tt l e pot- b ellied piccun vies, and required t o pl ea d f or hi s li fe i n the midst of large' room fill e d w ith f rown i ng white faces ? 'lllTh obliged is h e t o th e j u d ge , w h o k i ndly tells him, t h r ou v, the interpreter, that he is not bound to convict hilu se t O and need not acknowledge anything that may operate„, his disadvantage i n th e min d s o f the jury. The un fort it nate savage disregards the friendly caution, and hect r e not; he maintains, stoutly, that h e gidgied W°'-ro through the ba c k, because Wornera had gidgied Dol e through the belly. He en t ers i nto m i nute details t, O es e gentlemen of the jury of th e manner i n which w, slaughters were effected, an d d escr ib es the extentian° rection of the wounds, and every other interesting Part s cular that occurs to him. The gentlemen of the Intl ( after duly considering the considering the case, returure necessity) a verdict of Wilful murder,' and the it°l pronounces sentence of death, which is afterwards e°,T, 6 muted by the governor to transportation for life to 0 ' Isle of Rottnest.—The Bushman, by E. W. Landon. JENNY LlND.—Whether the Swedish Nightingale r e ' r " maintain her ext raor di nary f asc i nat i on through arnor season depends very muc h on th e c h aracters selected,„, her. That she was placed in difficult and dangerous red cumstances last year, th a t some ti mes s h e scarce ly ra i lfo us above conventional pl easure , an d at ot h ers appeareu o f imminent peril of failure, is certain. The last oper° l , o - Verdi, I Maanadiere, sorely tried her ; it was not irt',l o , power to give interest t o b om b ast i c an d artifi c ial strne or to forced and unnatural Sit ua ti ons . N ever Was i 0 tragedy with more difficulty saved from a laugh, thao tt j, the scene in which she sna t c h e d th e swor d f rom Col , to• We hope that h er fi ne ta l ent w ill no more be expo nv such injudicious risks ; for it i s pl a i n th a t s h e has rtotl34 meretricious art of Malibran in adorning vapid music 1 . creating somethin g ou t o f not hi ng. Her genius requ'ri to be developed w ith j u d gment ; in the expression of ° l i i t, domestic sentiment of the affections, in fidelity, e l o t , goodness, and such sweet feminine portraiture, siJ e he r tains the common ideal of mankind. In- tht„dieo peculiar walk every b osom responds to her;. she 0 01 0. e ; ' the in her own person th e sent i ments she utters : and t he natural constitution of her mind excludes from he r t ea expression of dark and ma li gnant pass i ons, she is hou° l be ir in the limit. T ones sacred to goodness are rarer in emotion than those of mere wild passion, of which then . e / an overflow in the wor ld a t a ll t i mes. It w i ll require Iv, culler judgment and musical experience to create tj. l ;4'S gressive interest through th e next season o f Jenny - 1 " 1 for performance, assigned by common repo as the I ° 6 'l. o o' v it ei i i s tio p n l al ain ru t n ha o t f l m ie o r d te i n l ts ta a li r a e n t o it p it e - e ra a . d — Wap He d er : t f r o e n r tlg yjo l rather modern German th an mo d ern Italian. Nor rap she appear to in well ( 111!ivated dagalcsil l e or though she sing s it vrith intelli g en ce , simplicity, nifest respect for the original. New characters ull„ db.* sought for her, or, b e tt er s till, h er own selection sh°" o t be adopted. Agatha in the Freys c hilt z i s one th a t calt°_,,f s et missed ; this is so well s u it e d t o h er , t h a t it prou.: o o , higher interest than she h a s ever exc it e d amon g os i fole seurs as Alice in Meyerbeer's Robert. Notwithsta' t hot the London enthusiasm, it is contended in Berlin' alt Jenny Lind is no dramati c ar tist— an asser tion tr are certainly disposed to qu a lify, b u t w hi c h maY bo 0131 plained by the admitted limit of her powers, and lien of effect in adornin g th e mere l y convent i ona l. Her a l ds ture is censured as too. confined; she "telegraphs her arms too frequently, e v en t o th e verge o f tl i_ „ rip e crous. Her voice is the subj ec t o f more ser i o us 1401'. version : s o • " It were absurd to d en y th a t s h e possesses a high A respect extraordinary degree o f voca l cu l t i vat i o n ; an" kil lP " musical ear will scarc e ly li s t en to h er i n any recitative6rugstteri air without unpleasant disturbance. The whole of the trit register of her voice is, as h er a d m i rers express i t , veil! .4 is $ I cannot refrain fro m d escr ibi ng t hi s i mpenetra ble vets intolerable hoarseness. It pervad es even h er hi g h notes as she begit s to force them." 16 61 ; If the writer who de m o n st ra t es thi s ma li c i ous critictibed men had not also admitted th e enc h ant i ng powers song, we should have be en di sg u s t e d w i t h suc h an e '; i ja of hypercriticism and acted singularity. But o e . se r e l " more aware that there is f oun d a ti on o f tru th in th e `pin' marks than the subject,of them. The voice ofJen, l !„ Y tO ir is a volume of g reat p o W er an d b eaut if u l qua lity, u" to infr ject to sudden alterations, and apparently at tirne 9 e d nageable. Her hoarseness was frequently obser y bono c o in g the last season, and the care with which she notes which lay even moderately below the treble: l ta o'j obvious. In the little song, " Deb vieni," '4,rigi lj " Figaro, she was obliged to alter the notes of the, ‘ ,""oceP g ; t to im a l v o o t i.d o t ic on a c ir hi w n a g s m so id fi d i l l e e C in ; it t s h s o i u m g p lt lic h i e t r y ggilider:" - dern e 't tetritte toe, as to create a breathless interest in the house• is, that the tenure of Mademoiselle Liod's v , ° l: of h j 'er ip n io l fe a ‘s e :e y ree i , s n‘ii p ,sh e ei c e : i t el l r i s a ii r e l n y phea f n r s a d g einx il gp e e : rine t t l ii t id a ce t idie te rni m o i re )or t a i t ta Y n ' o %, :pi i i t said to be ever more or less alloyed l w d i g t i ll t .t ly hi t s ri d ure '::ll .lll r l any , case, if report speak true, her public car,_",.. l: mem o belong, and,.for the rest, we would have il_,..T r aer. oxibidwed in the recollections of good rata,— 0 13!