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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. i FRANCE. (From the Private Corresdondent of the Standard.) MARSHAL SOULT AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. PARIS, JULY 26.—The Quotidienne of to-day contains the following article, which, as expressing in moderate terms the opinion of the Legitimist party relative to the late visit of the Marshal Soult in England, I have not hesitated to transcribe : "The mission of Marshal Soult has terminated, but the illusions of the supporters of the new French dynasty con tinue. They persist in seeing in the reception given to the Marshal a proof of the sympathy of England for the French embassy, and a new guarantee for the allowance of the two people. This is putting romance in the place of politics. " Before Marshal Soult, Blucher was the object of an even still greater enthusiasm on the part of the English population, and yet the Prussian government never appropriated to itself the glory of an ovation which was purely personal to the general who had just taken so active a part in the three last campaigns. " The Duke of Wellington is the only English officer who has shown great attention to, and a remarkable respect for, the Marshal Soult; but whoever understands anything of the chivalrous sentiments of military men will know that that feeling . alone will explain all the rest. " When Prince Henry of Prussia came to visit France in 1783, it was the Prince de Conde, his rival during the war of seven years, who was charged, to do him the honours of the capital; he gave him a fete at Chantilly ; and by an attention of a most delicate nature, he caused the cannon to be removed and hidden which had been taken from the Duke of Bruns wick at Joanisberg. We know not whether the Duke of Wellington carried his politeness to such an extent; but this we are sure of, that his conduct towards Marshal Soult was dictated by the same feeling. " The journals of the new French dynasty affirm that the Marshal pressed the Duke of Wellington much to visit him at Paris; they do not say, however, that he accepted. It is probable, however, that his Grace will do as have done the princes of Austria and Prussia when uselessly solicited to visit the 'young establishment of July.' The duke will no doubt remain at home; and he will do well to do so, for, more fortunate than arshal Soult, the duke has no necessity to leave his country to be popular. In England he enjoys a solid and well-grounded popularity." The Quotidenne then institutes a comparison between the military career of Soult and of the Duke of Wellington, and maintains that the comparison is in favour of Soult. It was, however, in the second rank that the Marshal distinguished himself, and not as commander-in-chief or principal. For instance, at Fleurus he assisted the victory of Jourdan—at Stockach he covered his retreat—at Genes he was associated in the glory of Massena—and at Austerlitz, Jena. Eylau, Burge., and Corunna, he powerfully contributed to the success of the plans of Buonaparte. But when he carried, or attempted to carry, his plans into execution, with the ex ception of the defeat of the rear guard of the Duke of Wel lington at the bridge of Arrobispo, there is really no remark able success to be recorded as gained by the Marshal Soult. At Oporto he was surprised, and lost in his retreat on Gallicia his artillery and his baggage. At Albuera he was defeated by Beresford, when his victory appeared certain. At Znbiri, Iron, and Orthez all his combinations failed, and he was defeated by the English generals and army. At Toulouse, he has the honour of the combat, according to some, but, according to all, he lost the field of battle. He took a part in twenty victories, but he only gained one. Now then, compare this with the career of the Duke of Wellington. At Vimiera the kingdoin of Portugal was de livered from a first invasion. At Oporto it was pseserved a second time. At Arapites the gates of Madrid were opened in consequence to the English army. At Zuibiri, Irun, &c., the keys of the French frontiers were, so to speak, delivered into the hands of Wellington. At Orthez he secured La Guienne. At Toulouse he got possession of Languedoc. And at Waterloo the defeat of Napoleon still further raised the reputation of the Duke. The French say, that the Duke was sometime s c i rcums p ec t even to a fault, as during the last French retreat from Portu gal ; sometimes imprudent, sometimes hesitating, notwith standing his success; sometimes, as at Fuenta de Honor, compromising his army, and rashly exposing it to a defeat; and at Badajoz and at Burgos he failed. But then the French observe—" History will render this testimony to the Duke of Wellington, that by the firmness of his character, by his intrepidity, by the confidence with which he inspired troops of different nations, he prepared and carried into effect great events, and replaced the English army in the rank and esti mation in which it had formerly been held and occupied in the opinion of Europe." The Quotidienne' maintains that the mission of the Mar shal has not fortified the English alliance—that England has gained by the war the possession of the French colonies and the weakening of the French marine—and that England can now have nothing better to do than to leave France to repose in peace—that a political alliance is not a mere phrase. Prussia, Austria, and Russia have procured, by their mutual alliance, Poland, the Grand Duchy of the Rhine and Saxony, and Lombardy. "We do not require the Duke of Dalmatia to ask the consent of England to France possessing another inch of territory, for this we know would be too much to ex pect; but we say this—only refuse to second England in any portion of her policy—only refuse to aid her iu establishing her influence in Egypt—only refuse to allow Belgium to be ruined or injured by English manufactures—only do this, and you will see how much this alliance is worth." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette' of the 19th announces that the Ar ragon mail bad been stopped by the Carlists at Arcos, and that the entire of the correspondence had been burnt. The Carlist chief Vera and seven of his men were taken prisoners atColmenar on the 11th. Two companies of the Queen's regiment and some cavalry sent from Madrid, under the command of Colonel Quiroga, to keep the Carlist chief Perdez in check, and who is said to be at the head of 1000 men, had to proceed to Toledo, being unable to keep their ground against this formidable faction. Letters from Estella of the 20th instant bring us word that, up to that date, Espartero had not stirred from Logrono, much to the astonishment, and, as they prufess, equally to the regret, of the Carlists, who anticipate a victory. A Bayonne letter of the 22d asserts that some firing was heard along the line of the Solana on the evening of the 19th. SPORTING LVTE LL IGENCE. KNUTSFORD RACES.-THURSDAY. This fertile part of Cheshire was clouded soon after noon, and rain set in which continued until long after the racing was over. It was no trifling drawback to the attendance; still there was much more company than yesterday. The sport seemed to give satisfaction. We give a brief return ; and, in addition to the company we named yesterday, we add the following as present, either at the ball, at the George Inn, or on the course. The most admired equipage on the latter was the unique four-in-hand of Mr. Wilbraham Eger ton. The following were some of the visitors:—Sir Philip and Lady Egerton, of Oulton Park; Lady Grey Egerton, Colonel Townsend, Major Townsend, Cornwall Legh, Esq.; Charles Cholmondeley, Esq., Corbet, Esq., of Darnall; Wilbraham Egerton, Esq. and lady, Peter Langford Brooke, Esq. and lady, 'l'. J. Trafford, Esq., Lady Sykes, Hutton, Esq., A. H. Aston, E 9., Geoffery Shakerley, Esq., Legh Townsend, Esq., Captain Herne, Captain Hill, Captain Catter, R.N• ; William Grant, Esq., Daniel Grant, Esq., R. Simpson, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Legh, &c. &c. At half-past two o'clock, M. Slaiter, as clerk of the meeting, commenced proceedings ; and in a few minutes afterwards, Mr. Ashton, as judge, gave the fiat as to • The Peover Stakes of 10 soya. each, for all ages. Three year olds, 7st.; four, Bst. 21bs. ; five, Bst. 91bs.; six and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 2lbs. A winner of one stake that week, to carry 31b. ; of two or more, 51bs. extra. One round and a distance. Mr. E. Peel's gr. co. Saul, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 Lord Stanley's b. f. Miss Bowe, 4 yas (Lye) 2 Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Gasparoni, 3 yrs (N ea l e ) 3 Mr. Warburton's c. c by the Duke. 3 yrs (Jones) 4 Saul was the favourite; they laid 6 to 4 on him, and justly, for he won just as he pleased. Four preferred paving. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, with 25 soya. added, for two year old colts, Bst. 31bs.; fillies Bst. T.Y.C. about half a mile. Mr. E. Peel's b. c. Alzdorf ................ (Templeman) 1 Lord Stanley's b. f. Velocity Mr. Clegg's bl. c. Abraham Cowley (M. Jones) 4 Two paid. Mr. Peel's colt was the pet; 5 to 4 against him, 6 to 4 against Abraham Cowley. Alzdorf dashed off, taking the lead, was never caught, and won his race very cleverly. A Match for Twenty Pounds, Bst. each.—Two miles. Mr. Baron's b. f. Lady, 4 yrs .............. (Holehouse) 1 Mr. Wright's Rat Tail, aged .. At ten minutes past four o'clock exactly, the race of very great interest with the Stockport gentlemen came off thus:— va l ue 30 gu i neas w i t h 20 guineas added by A Silver Cup, Lieut. Colonel Wilbraham Egerton, commanding " The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry," for horses Cheshire bred, not thorough bred. Three year olds, lOst.; four, lOst. 91bs. ; five Ilst. 41bs. ; six and aged, 12st. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Wharf's b. h. Banker, 5 yrs (Tate) 1 4 1 Mr. Andrews's b. m. Steam, aged (Clark) 4 1 2 Mr. Ditchfield's br. g. Butcher's Boy..(Templeman) 2 2 d Mr. P. Carter's br. g. Cartridge, 4 yrs (Lear) 5 3 d Mr. Addison's gr. m. July the Fourth, ..(Billington) 3 d First heat Banker took up the running when once round, and won cleverly. Butcher's Boy was backed at evens be fore this go. Second heat, at 25 minutes to five, was won cleverly. Steam for the last heat not at all in fashion. The The ring was very limited, with odds on the " young 'on," ad libitum, and he won by several lengths. The riders, particularly the yellow jacket (Templeman), were pretty considerably splashed. The rain falling made the course very heavy. The attendance at the ball on the previous evening was extremely small, the number being 44. The pleasures of the dance were, however, kept up to a late hour FRIDAY. The company was nearly equal to yesterday, and the at tendance of ladies on th e f as hi onable stand very complimen tary to the meeting. The w ea th er was as fine as could be desired, if we except a very slight shower. Th e arrange ments were good, and the racing terminat e d as f o ll ows at an early hour, soon after five o'clock : The Gold Cup (in specie), value 100 sovs., added to a handi cap sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 forft.-21 subscribers, 15 of whom, having declared forfeit, pay only 5 sovs. each. —Two miles and a distance. —The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake.—The winner of the Tradesmen's Cup at Liverpool July Meeting in 1838, to carry 3 1 bs. extra.—The 100 soya. not to be given if walked over for. st. lbs. 7 5 Lord Eglinton's hr. c. St. Bennett, 4 yrs (Lye) 1 7 8 Mr. F. Price's br. h. Wentworth, 5 yrs..(M. Jones) 2 Catherina, Diamond, Risk, and Vesper paid the larger forfeit. " The Saint" was the rage, 2to 1 and 5t02 on him; won very easy. The Ladies' Purse of 50 sovs. closed the meeting, and w as won at two heats in ca pit a l s tyl e by M r . S m ith' s c h. f.?air play, ridden by Neale, beating Vesper, Clitheroe, and Miss Bowe. After the meeting, Mr. J. Thompson's colt by Predictor (the winner of the Maiden Plate) was speculated upon in rather dashing style for the Doncaster St. Leger, at from 40 to 50 to 1 ; the offers being to lay 9 to 2 on the field for thi3 celebrated race. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY The attendance to-day was small, and the betting misera bly dull. The prime feature of the afternoon's business was the appearance of Ha rkawav as first favourite for the hitherto neglected Goodwood Cup; 1 . 00 to 40 was taken, and his backer was anxious to go on at the same price. The Goodwood Stakes was touched upon, and Loutherbourg backed with considerable spirit; but beyond this, and the retirement of Toothill, nothing worthy of observation presented itself. Cobham will be found to have advanced a couple of points for the Doncaster St. Leger. No other alteration occurs in a stake which seems to have lost all interest. Closing prices : GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 against Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway. (t 5 to 2) 100 to 5 „ Mr. Worrall's Dormouse. (t) GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 2 against Mr. Osbaldiston's Mahometan. (5 to 1 t) sto 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo. (t) Bto 1 ~ Mr. Fowler's Heron. Bto 1 ~ Mr. Theobald's Loutherbourg. (t to 1) 12 to 1 „ Mr. Sowerby's St. Luke. (t) 9to 1 Chapeau and Edgar taken; 13 to 2 Edgar and St. Luke taken. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 against Col. Peel's lon. (9 to 2 t) Bto 1 „ Itg.opmbe's Cobham. (t 9to 1) /1Z" 16 to 1 „ F. Pa 's Lanererst. (t 20 to 1) The Go. k 4 .7" , -.4aitis. mence on Tuesday (this day); a very Afri 10`iit l iitis)" ed. ..,.. :- . 7.:-.. ...,* ...., p--. , 1 1( , , , , ~ ,,,,„.4 \l/4...... I:S . : A . Jio „....; -•..?"" ,4 , ..‘?....i.7 1, 3 ;: > AIL imperial Varliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. _ _ Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving the order of the day for the house going into a committee of supply, stated that, in con sequence of the absence of his right hon. friend, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, he only proposed going into committee to enable an hon. and gallant officer to make the statement to the house of which he had given notice: they should then immediately resume, for the purpose of postponing the com mittee of supply till Friday. Sir E. CODRINGTON called the attention of the house to the officers of her Majesty's navy, compared with those of the other branches of the public service. The gallant admiral complained of the paltry amount of pay and retiring pen sions allowed to the officers of the navy. That service, he said, which had gained such important and glorious sucesses for the British arms, was placed on a lower footing in this respect than any other branch of the public service. Officers of high rank, who had commanded ships against the enemies of their country, and performed the most brilliant exploits, were condemned in peace to a life of embarrassment and difficulties, with a half-pay less than the pension of some petty clerk in an office of the civil department of the adminis tration. The gallant admiral, in support of his statement, proceeded to detail to the house the amount of half-pay of the various ranks of the navy, comparing the sums with those received by officers of the military and civil department. The hon. and gallant officer moved " That a select com mittee be appointed to take into consideration the case of officers in her Majesty's navy as compared with those of other branches of the public service." Mr. C `Moon said his reason for opposing the motion was this—early this session a committee was appointed to take this very subject under their consideration. He did not think, therefore, that they ought to appoint a committee of that house for the purpose of effecting the self-same object; for the commission, as he conceived, fully embraced the whole subject of the pay and rewards of officers of the army, navy, and marines. He believed that the service never was in a better state than at that moment. (Hear, hear.) They had twenty sail of the line at sea; and he would venture to say, that if they liked they could send out ten times that number of ships, if they could find men to man them. (Hear, hear.) But, in fact, the mistakes of his hon. and gallant friend were so great and so many, that he (Mr. C. Wood) hardly knew what assertion to contradict, unless he contradicted them all. Captain PfiCHELL complained that naval officers bad not a fair share of public appointments. They would see by the Gazette even that while there were but six naval officers raised to the order of knights of the bath, a whole column was filled with the names of officers of the army and East India Company, upon whom that distinction was conferred. After a discussion, in which some recent promotions in the naval service were complained of on the one hand and justi fied on the other, the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee of supply was postponed until Friday. On the order of the day for the second reading of the spirit licenses (Ireland) bill being read, an hoh, member moved that the house be counted. Strangers were ordered to with draw, and, only thirty-three members being present, the house adjourned at half-past seven. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY. CHURCH DISCIPLINE BILL Lord MELBOURNE moved the order of the day for the third reading of this bill. The Bishop of EXETER rose to oppose the further progress of this bill, which he characterised as one of the heaviest blows ever aimed at the protestant church of this country. The bill proposed to prevent any ecclesiastical court, except the Court of Arches in London, from passing any sentence of excommunication or degradation against the clergy. Now, be contended. there was an inherent jurisdiction in every Christian bishop, of which no legislature could deprive them. The Bishops' court were as old as Christianity itself With out depriving a bishop of his see, human laws could not de prive him of right, or absolve him from the duty, to ex ercise the jurisdiction which his office enjoined; and, for himself, he declared solemnly that he should not feel at li berty to obey the provisions which this bill contained, should it pass into a law. He should continue, in that event, to call upon the clergy of his diocese to answer to him for any crimes of which they might be accused; and if a clergyman disobeyed him, he would pronounce sentence of excommu nication against him. Their lordships might pass a bill of pains and penalties against him ; they might deprive him of his gown and mitre; but his " robe and his integrity to Heaven," no human power should or could take from him. The right rev. prelate denounced what he denominated the monstrous injustice of a measure which would transfer all that power which properly belonged to the bishops of the church and to the Archbishop of York to one court, the Court of Arches. It was a measure affecting the most im portant interests and essential functions of the clergy, on be half of whom he earnestly appealed to their lordships. The clergy of this country had not yet had an opportunity of knowing one fraction of the provisions of the bill. If it was a bill for the regulation of master chimneysweepers, it would have been proceeded with in a more patient and careful spirit. He did not believe that their lordships would grant a third reading to the hill, but that they would rather agree with him when he proposed that it should be read a third time that day six months. LDuring the prelate's speech, Marshal Soult came into the house, and stood below the throne, immediately behind the woolsack.] The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, if hard words and insinuations could secure the fate of this bill, its doom might be considered as sealed. The measure, however, had not been framed without consulting the entire bench of bishops; for no fewer than two preliminary meetings had taken place, which were numerously attended. (Hear.) Upon one of those occasions the right rev. prelate bad attended, and ob jected to the bill, but certainly not in the strong terms of reprobation which he had chosen that night to employ, nor any thing like the same terms. There was, he be lieved, only one other prelate who objected to the bill, upon that occasion, and who did so simply on the ground, that he was satisfied with the working of his own court. He (the Archbishop of Canterbury) was requested by that body of bishops to carry the heads of the bill to the Lord Chancellor, as having received their approbation. No remedy could be proposed for the existing evils which were admitted, that would not be met by objections from some parties; but still he held that the principles on which the bill was now opposed by the right rev. prelate were erro neously founded, and that, as no mode of amendment could be expected to give universal satisfaction, he trusted that their lordships would now allow the bill to be read a third time. Lord BROUGHAM opposed the bill, observing that its author could not be serious in asking the house to pass it. The principles on which the most rev. prelate had supported the bill might do very well fur a former age, but they would not do for the present day. Let the most reverend prelate go before his colleagues and argue the question, which he was certain he could not do,—let him produce their authority, and the authority of reason for this bill, if he could. The Bishop of LINCOLN, in a few words, supported the bill. Lord WY N FOR D recommended the withdrawal of the bill for the present session, pointing out several objectionable points in the project which required alteration. The Duke of WELLINGTON, adopting the suggestion of Lord Wynford, decidedly recommended - the postponement of the measure till a future period in the present session, or till the neat session of parliament. The Loan CHANCELLOR thought, if the third reading were delayed now, that there would be a risk of even another ses sion passing before there was any reform in ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The Archbishop Of CANTERBURY said, that nothing that he had heard advanced against the bill had shaken his opi nions respecting the desirableness of its passing into law; but as the sense of the house seemed to be against the bill, he was not disposed to urge the measure, and would therefore consent to its being withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to be read a third time that day six months. The Affirmation Bill was read a second time. O❑ the motion of Viscount MELBOURNE, the Commons' amendments upon the amendments of the Lords to the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill were considered, and severall!, agreed to, with the exception of an amendment in the schedule, from which the Lords disagreed; and a committee having been appointed to draw up reasons for the disagreement, the same were drawn up and agreed to, and a conference with the Commons was fixed for next day. The Slave Vessels Captured Bill, after a discussion be tween Lords - COLCHESTER, BROUGHAM, and bIINTO, was read a third time and passed. The Irish Chancery Bill was committed, after which, at one o'clock, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS,—THURSDAY. CONDUCT OF THE SCARBOROUGH CLERGY. Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON presented a petition from five inhabitants of Scarborough, praying for protection against the operation of a notification signed by the vicar and cler gyman of that place, relating to the registry of births, and burials in church yards. These clergymen asserted, that the act for the registry of the births did not give sufficient evi dence of a person's being baptised; and they also stated, that they should refuse in future to read the service for the burial of the dead on any corpse, unless they were satisfied the person was entitled to receive Christian burial; and also that they would make full inquiry previous to the corpse be ing brought into the church-yard, in order to satisfy them selves on that point. The petitioners prayed that the inha bitants of Scarborough, and other parishes in the neighbour hood, might be protected by law from the operation of such resolutions framed by a portion of the members of the esta blished church. [During the presentation of some petitions, Marshal Soult, attended by his son, the Marquis Dalmatia, and the Marquis de Mornay, with others attached to his suite, entered the house, and were conducted by the Deputy Sergeant to the benches below the bar appropriated to the distinguished strangers.] IDOLATRY IN INDIA. In answer to some questions asked by Mr. BAINES, Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said that, in his opinion, the time was come when, in reference to this subject, the court of directors should issue from this country a despatch in more positive terms—(hear, hear)—than had been hitherto used, so as to prevent the possibility of mistake or misrepresentation as to what these orders were, or how they should be carried into effect. He had pressed upon the court of directors the wis dom and necessity of taking such a course; and he believed, within the last few hours, the subject had been discussed in the court of directors; and he could assure his hon. friends, that he would make it a point, as the responsible minister of the crown at the India board, to use such discretion as an act of parliament would confer on him, and that such a de spatch would go to India as would make it impossible for any functionary there to mistake it. He could assure his hon. friend, that there should be so far as depended on the orders of th e government office, no mistake as to the com pulsory attendance of any functionary, civil or military, —that arthewreorsshhoipuldof benowhich mp compulsory on s s o c i len a c t e te d n i d ndanocte,and he approve should take care that such a despatch would be sent to India, as the most tender conscience should be perfectly satisfied with. Mr. BAINES said, that the explanation given by the right non. baronet appeared to him, in every respect, satisfactory. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Judges' Juris diction Extension Bill was read a third time and passed. TITHES (IRELAND) BILL. Lord J. RUssELL moved the order of the day for the third reading of the Tithes (Ireland) Bill. il•'lr. DILLON BROWNE rose, in pursuance of notice, to move that the Irish Tithe Bill be read that day six months. The reason he dissented from the present measure was, that it would either fasten tithes for ever upon the catholics of Ireland, or create a servile war betwixt landlord and tenant. (Hear, hear.) The latter was the more likely consequence to ensue. And he was told that that should be an induce ment to accept the bill, that landlord and tenant, suffering a mutual inconvenience, would unite for their abolition. Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. Lord EBRINGTON supported the measure, not because it was as rood as he could wish, but because it was as good as could be hoped for at present. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Wald, Sir W. Somerville, Mr. Grote, Mr. J. O'Connell, Sir R. Peel, Mr. D. W. Harvey, Lord Stanley, Mr. O'Connell. and Lord J. Russell. took part. In the course of Sir R. Peel's speech, the hon. bart said he had found much difficulty in coming to a conclusion on this head ; but on the whole, he felt that he ought not to take the responsibility of rejecting the measure proposed by the government. Mr O'CONNELL said he understood the right hon. bait. opposite (Sir R. Peel) to insinuate that this bill might be altered elsewhere: what would be its value if altered else where ! He trusted, if it were so altered, the government would abandon it. (Hear from the Irish members.) What tranquillity could be hoped to arise from it, if the optional principle were adopted? He thought the bill did not go far nough, and yet he did not know how to ask for a greater sacrifice of money • but really the government had left in it one ingredient, which, he feared, would take away the pros pect of tranquillity. He referred to the by-gone arrears, and exempting from the operation of the bill those cases in which suits had been already instituted. Those were the cases, in fact, which had created the greatest irritation; and he rose chiefly to put on record his solemn opinion in that respect. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the only way in which they could finally settle this matter fairly, as regarded the public purse, and effectually as regarded the peace of Ireland, was by following the plan laid down in the bill. It was perfectly competent for the House of Lords, if they thought fit, to re ject this part of the arrangement; but it was not competent for them to alter or modify it, the House of Commons hav ing decided on applying a certain portion of the public mo ney to a particular purpose. The House of Lords would ac cept it in an entire state, inasmuch as it would very greatly mitigate the evils with which tithe conflicts had tormented Ireland. He could not expect that the people of Ireland would refuse a bill which, while it rendered the church more secure, would relieve the great mass from an oppressive and vexatious burden.—(Hear, hear.) 'The house divided, when the numbers were—For the amendment 30; against it, 1-18: majority, 118. So the amendment was lost, and the bill was read a third time. Lord MORPETH brought up clauses, which were added to the bill by way of rider. Several verbal amendments being proposed in clause 38, Mr. H UME moved the exclusion of this clause, as it sanctioned the disbursement of three sums—l.:G-10,000, which had been advanced as a loan ; £lOO,OOO, advanced for public works ; and £260.000, which was now to be granted; amounting to £1 000 000 sterling,. . . AI:VEY seconded the amendment. The house then divided, when there appeared—For the amendment, 39; against it, 96: majority, 57. Some verbal amendments were then inserted; after which the bill was passed. MAILS ON RAILROADS BILL. Mr. LABOCCHERE moved the third reading of this bill. Mr. EASTHOPE objected to the measure as an invasion of the rights of private property. The bill was then read a third time. Mr. IA A BOCCIIERE brought up a clause, by way of rider, limiting the responsibility of lessees of railroads to £lOOO in any one year; which after a few words from Mr. A. YATES, was agreed to. The — bill was then passed. CUSTOMS BILL The house went into committee on this bill ; and the various clauses having been agreed to, the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be received next day. The Oaths Validity Bill was read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY ROYAL ASSENT. The royal assent by commission was given to forty-four public and private bills, with the accustomed formalities, in the presence of the Speaker and other Members of the House of Commons. The Lords Commissioners who officiated on the present occasion were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The following is the list of the hills:—The Glass Duties Bill, Administration of Justice (New South Wales) Bill, Qualification of Members Bill, Judges Jurisdiction Extension Bill, Waterloo Annuities Bill, V agrants Acts Amendment Bill, Slave Vessels Capture Bill, Slave Trade (Netherlands) Bill, Dean Forest Encroachments Bill ; Dean Forest Mines Bill, Western Australia Act Continuance Bill, Suitors' Mo ney Bill, Edinburgh and Leith Agreement Bill, Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill, Oaths to Witnesses (Ireland) Bill, County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill, Kingstown and D u bli n P or t an d Harbour Bill, Festiniot , Railway Bill, Eastern Counties Railway Bill, Birmingham' and Derby Railway Bill, Far rington-street Improvement Bill, New Quay (Cornwall) Harbour Bill, Fishguard Harbour (No. 2) Bill, Glasgow Waterworks Bill, Lough Foyle Drainage Bill, PeMbroke Ferry Bill, Blackheath Small Debts Bill, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts Bill, Barnsley Small Debts Bill, National Loan Fund Life Assurance Bill, Wortley Ormley, &c., Road Bill, Dudley Hild, &c., Road Bill, Hubback's Estate Bill, Grey's Estate Bill, All Souls College Estate Bill, Leigh's Estate Bill, Paddington Estates Bill, Sudbury Town Lands Bill, Portfield Allotment Bill, Bathyany's Natural isation Bill, and Grohte's Naturalisation Bill. The Lords Commissioners then quitted their seats, and the Speaker, with the Members of the Commons, retired. The Lord Chancellor then took his seat on the woolsack. CONFERENCE. ___._ _......._ Upon the motion of the Earl of SHA FTESBURY, a message was sent to the Commons requsting a conference on the sub ject of the amendment made by the Commons i❑ the Irish Poor Relief Bill. The managers appointed on the part of ther lordships were, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Charleville, 'Viscount Hawarden, the Bishop of Hereford, Lord Hatherton, and Lord Portman. On their lordship's return, after a short absence, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY stated that they had left their lordship's reasons for disagreeing with the amendment with the managers of the conference on the part of the Commons. At a subsequent period of the evening, Mr. BERNA E., and other Members of the Commons, brought up a message, stating, "that the Commons do not insist on the amendment made in the bill to the amendments made by your lordships." On the motion of the Marquis of LONDONDERR Y, copies of the correspondence of Sir De Lacy Evans and others, regard ing the claims of the Spanish Legion, were ordered to be presented. Lord BROUGHAM presented a bill (in consequence of the failure of Sergeant Talfourd's measure, of which he did not entirely approve, on the subject of "Copyrights," for facili tating appeals as well as for the prolongation of copyright. It was read the first time, and ordered to be printed. The tithes (Ireland) bill and the mails on railways bill were brought up from the Commons. The tithes (Ireland) bill, on motion of Lord MELBOURNE, was read the first time, and the second reading fixed for Tuesday. Lord LyNninitsi having inquired why the abstracts of municipal accounts, ordered by the act, bad not been laid before parliament, Lord MELsourrNE answered that he would inquire i nt the cause. Lord BROUGHAM, in answer to the Marquis of Westmin ster's inquiry, said that he should press his Beer Act Amend went Bill as far as possible this session. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after there had been con siderable conversation between the Marquis of Downshire and Lord Plunkett, regardinr , the dismission of an Irish ma gistrate named Corry, said that he would submit a motion on the subject. _ _ The Marquis of LANsnowNE laid upon the table a report from the commissioners regarding railways in Ireland. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord MELBOURNE moved the third reading of the Munici pal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, which led to some animated discussion. Lord BitountiAm complained that any qualification was introduced into the bill, as the English act had worked so well, producing tranquillity everywhere. The DUKE of WEI:LING 7 fON said that he had from the first been for putting an end to the Irish corporations, instead of retaining them as the means of agitation ; and that he could not join in the panegyric on the working of the English Corporations Act, for he believed it to have produced squab bling all the year round, and to have as little promoted the security of property as the peace of social life. The bill was read the third time and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FnInAr. Mr. HuMy. moved "that the exclusive privileges now en joyed by the Bank of Ireland are injurious to the best inter ests of that country; and it is, therefore, most expedient and just to place, as soon as possible, the banks of Ireland on a footing of equality." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered into expla nations regarding the joint-stock banks, the committee thereon, &c., and declared that he should next session bring forward the question involved in the motion, and on that ground he trusted that it would not be pressed. Mr. WA REunToN and other members having urged, under the circumstances, the p ro p r i e t y o f w ithd raw i ng the motion, Mr. H umE yielded, and withdrew it. After the conference with the lords on the subject of the alterations of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, the lords amend ments were acquiesced in. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to Mr. Warburton's inquiry, said that the commissioners on Danish claims had made a report regarding goods on shore seized, but not a final report. Sir STRATToRD CANNING and Sir ROBERT PEEL put questions to Lord Palmerston regarding the circumstances that had led to the sending of an expedition from Bombay to Persia, "to protect British interests," hut they could obtain no distinct answers from Lord Palmerston. On the subject of Vera Cruz, regarding which Mr. hlackinnon in stituted inquiry, his lordship said that he had given notice of the blockade as early as he was enabled to do so. Mr. G. PALMER moved for a copy of a letter, dated the Bth of January, 1838, addressed by the poor law commission ers to the assistant commissioners, with which certain pro posed orders for the appoint me nt o f assistant overseers were sent. Lord J. RUSSELL repeated his objections to producing the document, after which _ The motion was negatived without a division. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The house afterwards resolved itself into committee o f supply, which occupied a considerable portion of the remain der of the evening, and in which many resolutions on th miscellaneous estimates were moved by the CHANcELi.ott of the EXCHEQUER. On the motion that a sum of £lO,OOO be granted, to enable her Majesty to grant relief to the distressed refugee Poles now in this country, Lord SANDON said, that by the forms of the house he was precluded from moving an amendment for an addition to this grant; but he might and would appeal to the right hon. gen tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take the matter into consideration. When the grant of £lO,OOO for the relief of the Poles was first Made in 183-1, there were about 400 dis tressed individuals belonging to that country resident here, and it was then stated that the sum granted was to be limited to those who were here at the time. This was done that no encouragement might be given to Poles to come over here from other countries where they had sought refuge. Since that time, however, about 200 more had accumulated here, and if government had the wish, which he did not believe it had, it had not the power to send them out of the country. It was for those who were in a state of destitution, and were not allowed to participate in the government grant, that appeals were made from day to day to the benevolence of the pub lic; but with all these aids the greater portion of those '2OO men were in a state of the most lamentable distress. What he wished to urge on the consideration of the right hon. gen tleman opposite was an addition of £5,000 to the sum he had already proposed, and even then the whole sum of £15,000, apportioned amongst the whole 600, would afford but a scanty pittance to each. lie regretted that this country, which was the richest in Europe, was the lowest in the scale of her bounty to those unfortunate Poles who sought refuge on her shores. The scale of allowance by Prussia, Austria, and France, was much larger than ours. Even the little state of Berne gave £4,000 a-year to the Polish refugees in her territory. France was the most liberal of all in the aid she extended to the refugees in her dominions. She allowed £lOO,OOO for their relief; but then the Poles had greater claims o❑ France than on any other country, as France had encouraged them in that resistance to Russia which ended in their exile. It was pitiable to see men who had once been in the enjoyment of every comfort and many of them of every luxury, in their own country, now walking about our streets in a condition bordering on starvation. As to the extension of the grant, and its division among the whole six hundred Poles now here, being an encouragement to others to come over, he would observe that the allowance to each would be so small that only those actually starving abroad would be tempted here by it. But, to prevent any in flux of them from that cause, he would not object to a provi sion that no Pole arriving in this country should be entitled to any part of the fund until heshould have_ been half a year in this country. He trusted that the cause of these distressed men would not be prejudiced by the indiscreet part which some twenty hot-headed individuals amongst them, who had interfered in one of the late elections, had taken. The con duct of those individuals was no doubt wrong; but allowance should be made for their feelings, and probably for their imperfect knowledge of our institutions. At all events, he hoped that the acts of a few would not be found to prejudice the caseof the many. In conclusion the noble bold again ap pealed to the government to reconsider the grant, and to make the addition to it which he had suggested. Mr. O'CONNELL thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer, however chary of the public money it was his duty to be, might with perfect safety propose to add to the amount of as sistance granted by parliament to the distressed Poles, as he was quite sure that a great majority of the community looked with the deepest sympathy on their sufferings, and that they would look upon such a vote as no extravagance whatever. But it was said we should create a precedent by so doing. Why, was this country in want of a precedent for such acts? For more than a century there had been such precedents. And, even were such a precedent dangerous, was the case of Poland analogous to any other? Was not the claim of the Poles on the free people of Great Britain much stronger than that of any other nation under similar circumstances ? The poet had said " Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime." This, however poetically fine, was not less literally true—the Polish patriots bad bled and suffered exile really for no crime. Upon England, however, their claims were still stronger. England, by the treaty of Vienna, guaranteed the freedom of the Poles; but that treaty had been egregiously violated, and the British government had not stepped forward to de mand redress. The Poles were here only because they resist ed that violation of a solemn treaty. The only objection that had the appearance even of soundness was, that this grant would operate as an inducement to others to com e over . The amount of relief afforded was, however, so small, that none but those who were within one degree of starvation would be tempted by it. He hoped, under these circumstances, the right hon, gentleman would accede to the recommendation of the noble lord. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt himself com pelled, notwithstanding his great desire to see the sufferings of the Poles alleviated, to decline acceding to the recommen dation of the noble lord. THE CHUIICH IN CANADA On a vote being proposed for the sum — Of E 11,799 for the ecclesiastical establishment of the North American colonies, Mr. PA IiKINGTON thought it his duty to call the attention of the house to the insufficiency of this grant for the pur poses for which it was intended, more especially the sum of £l,OOO fog the Bishop of Montreal ; and also to the destitu tion of religious instruction which existed in the two provinces of Canada. He was sure that when the committee consi dered this, and the increasing population of those colonies, they would think the grant was not sufficient for the object, particularly as there was a Roman Catholic bishop at Quebec, wh o was allo we d a salary of £l,OOO a-year by the local legislature of Lower Canada, and who also received another £l,OOO per annum from the Roman Catholics of the province. They had no right to encourage emigration, and afterwards to withold those blessings and privileges which were their birthright in this country. It was not his inten tion to move an amendment, because the forms of the house stood in his way; but he was anxious to call the attention of parliament to this subject. Lord HowicK did not think it just, considering the flou rishing state and increasing prosperity of the Canadas, that the people of England should be called upon to pay for the permanent maintenance of a religious establishment in those colonies, though he would hail with gladness any measure taken to provide such an establishment by the Canadians themselves. Previous to 1832 a very objectionable practice had existed of paying the clergy of Canada out of the army extraordinaries; but in that year, while Lord Goderich was at the head of the colonial department, this practice had been terminated, and a more regular method of payment com menced, which had received th e sanc ti on o f th at house. Sir A. DALIZYNIPLE maintained that it was necessary to make a more liberal provision for the clergy of Canada. Mr. WALLACE observed that Canada had been styled a religious wilderness, but he did not know a more barren wil derness than the Chinch of England itself. (Oh, oh!) It had been the curse of Ireland, and would be the curse of Ca nada. (Loud cries of "Oh !") Mr. GLADSTONE thought that there never had been a more senseless exhibition made than that which they had just wit nessed on the part of the hon. member for Greenock. Mr. HUME said there was no destitution in Canada with respect to the service of the Established Church. What was sought for was to make Canada like Ireland. Mr. GOULBURN doubted the correctness of the opinions of the hon. member for Kilkenny, with respect to the affairs of Canada. H e supported the propriety of an additional grant to Canada, for the furtherance of religion there. jllr. BANES objected to the Dissenters in England being compelled to contribute t o th e su pp or t o f th e Established Church in Canada. After a few words from Mr. ELLICE, Mr. HORHOUSE said he believed it would have a very per nicious effect if they attempted to force their peculiar re ligious opinions upon the people of Canada, contrary to the feelings of the great majority of its inhabitants. He was sure that though gentlemen opposite might be anxious to ex tend religious doctrines, yet they were not less anxious to have additional support for their politicalopinions. (Cheers.) Sir R. INGLIS said, he had presented petitions from vari ous parts of the country in favour of the maintenance of the ecclesiastical establishment in Canada upon a scale commen surate with the wants of the people there and the wishes of the people in England, and he begged to state that he fully concurred in their prayer. He admitted that a period must come when colonies, like the parent state, must main tain their ecclesiastical as well as civil establishments; but that period had not yet arrived with respect to Canada. Mr. O'CoNNEL L objected to that part of the vote which assigned 1,0001 to the Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec, and 751. to the Roman Catholic bishop ofNewfoundland. lie ob jected to the connexion between the Roman Catholic Church and the State. If they were good men, this stipend from the state was the surest mode of corrupting 'them. All sects should be on an equal footing, and each left to support their own clergy. Leave to the Canadian Protestants the payment of their own parsons, and they would be much more zealous. An act of parliament had nothing whatever to do with reli gion. Religion was degraded by acts of parliament. There was no infallibility in them, and even in civil matters he had sometimes no great respect for them. (Cheers and counter cheers. He had the high authority to appeal to in this in stance of the mild, pious, and not at all calumniating Bishop of Exeter, as given within the last 24 hours in another place. (Hear, and a laugh.) He protested against the state inter fering at all in matters of religion. If the committee divided on this vote, he should oppose the grant to the Roman Catho lic bishops of Quebec and Newfoundland. Lord SANDON protested against the invectives constantly uttered in that house by the hon. and learned member against the principle of an Established Church. Where was the in stance of a Roman Catholic body who could obtain an en dowment having refused it? (Hear, hear.) 'Was it not no torious, too, that the hon. and learned gentleman within the last four or five years bad advocated the granting of glebes to the Roman Catholic clergy, and the payment of that clergy by the state? (Hear, hear.) Whenever the Roman Catholics or the advocates of the voluntary principle could obtain an endowment, in any colony for instance, they showed themselves abundantly anxious to obtain it. (Hear.) The hon. and learned member seemed to despise acts of par liament himself, and had taught others to do so also,—(more cheering.) So long , however, as an act of parliament exist ed it ought to be obeyed. But the Church of England did not exist upon the authority of an act of parliament alone, but upon the solemn and decided declaration of the whole nation.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL said, the noble lord had made a personal attack upon him, which he must answer. The noble lord had on one point misunderstood him. He had never intended to say that if a Roman Catholic clergyman got money as well as power that he would not abuse both. He did not mean to say that a Roman catholic clergyman would not be a hypo crite. He did not mean to say thata Roman catholic clergy man would not place a painted repesentation of the Bible, in a gorgeous binding, on the box of his carriage, but which was also a mere box itself, independently of its exterior, and then drive through a town, canvassing the voters for a forthcoming election. He did not say this had been done by a Protestant clergyman, but, that it might have been done by one of the Roman Catholic persuasion. (Hear.) The noble lord had said that he (Mr. O'Connell) hail sought to establish the Roman Catholic church in connexion with the state. Lord SANDON—Yes, I heard you say so. Mr. O'CONNELL—The noble lord heard me say so ! Lord SANDON—Yes, when alluding to the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy. Mr. O'CoNNELL—The noble lord alluded, no doubt, to a letter of his, written, but without a date, to the clergyman of his (Mr. O'C.'s) parish, in order to attempt a pacification. He had said it was true the Roman Catholic clergy should have glebe houses, but that these glebe houses should be pur chased by the catholics for the use of the catholic clergy, and in no way whatever in connexion with the state.—( Hear !) He would refer the noble lord to the evidence which he (Mr. O'Connell) had given upon this point before the committee of the House of Lords, in order to show that such was not his desire or wish, but that of the Roman catholic bishops of Ireland. He had neve: desired, indeed he had always re pudiated, the idea of a state provision being made for the Roman catholic clergy. In that opinion he had lived, and in that opinion he should die. The noble lord had talked as if the case was parallel to that of clergymen who were, he said, paid. Yes, they were paid ; but by whom ? Was it by those whom they served, or by those they did not serve ? For his part, he would not pay for the clergymen who served the noble lord. Indeed it appeared to him the noble lord's clergyman had done him much good—(a: laugh). In civil matters acts of parliament ought to be valid, but not in matters of religion If they had been, what would have be come of Christianity ? He hulled defiance at any law which attempted to shackle conscience. He would be happy to find they were in a situation in which genuine Christianity could exert its benign influence. Lord SANDON having explained, The CHAiRMAN drew the attention of the committee to the subject of the vote under discussion. Sir CHARLES GREY defended the vote. He would not now attempt to prejudge the general question of the Canadian church, but this he would say, that it was natural to expect that when they were increasing the grants to the established church they must be prepared to increase the grants made to other classes of professors, more especially to those of the church of Scotland. The vote was then agreed to.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—SATURDAY. The house met to-day at 12 o'clock. A number of petition's on various subjects were presented. In answer to a question by the Marquis of Cl] ANDOS, Sir G. GREY said, the return moved for relating to the ap pointments made by Earl Durham in Canada, was laid on the table on Thursday last, but had not yet been printed with the votes. There was no objection on the part of the government to give every information on the subject. COUNTY OF CLARE TREASURER'S BILL. After a short discussion the County of Clare freesuret's Bill was read a third time. A message from the Lords brought down the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, with the amendments made by the Lords. Sir J. GRAHAM inquired when the Lords' amendments were to be taken into consideration. It was desirable that notice should 'oe given. The SPEAKER reminded the right hon. member that it was not regular to ask a question of that kind whilst another sub ject was under consideration. Mr. M. OTERRALL moved a clause by way of rider to the County of Clare Treasurer's Bill, which being opposed by Sir T. Fremantle, Sir J. Graham, and others, the hon. member did not press. The bill was then passed. The prisons (West Indies) bill was read a second time. The entails (Scotland) bill was read a third time and passed. CHINA COURTS RILL Lord PALMERSTON moved that the house go into committee on the China courts bill. Mr. HAWES wished to ask the noble lord whether the Chinese government authorised or sanctioned this interfe- rence with their independent authority? If not, the verdicts obtained in these courts never could be enforced, and conse quently the bill was useless. He was fearful that if the bill passed into a law it would greatly endanger the commerce of this country with China, and therefore he called upon the house to pause and well consider before they agreed to the measure before them. He could not understand the object the noble lord had in bringing in a bill like the present. The hon. member concluded by laving the resolution given notice of by Sir G. Staunton, to the effect that the bill should be post poned until such time as the government of China had given their sanction and approbation of such a measure. Lord PALMERSTON said he could not agree to the resolu tion just proposed by the hon. member. The hon. member said it would be useless to establish courts in China without the sanction and approbation of the Emperor, as their de crees could not be acted upon. It was necessary for the well being of the British residents in China to establish civil and criminal courts, and there was no reason to suppose the Em peror would make any objection to such a plan. (Hear, hear.) Every one was aware that there existed no diplomatic rela tion between this country and China—all attempts to establish such relations had failed, and consequently it would be diffi cult to obtain the express consent of the Emperor to any pro position. The only mode which could be attempted would be to send another embassy to the court of Pekin ; but after the manner in which former embassies had been received, he did not think any member of that house would recommend the government to undertake another experiment. (Hear.) The noble lord then read long extracts from works published by Sir George Staunton and others, to prove the necessity of establishing courts in China for the protection, and to enforce the rights of British subjects resident in that country. Sir J. GRAHAM said he greatly regretted that the noble - - lord should have thought it necessary to bring forward such an important measure as the present at so late a period of the session. He (Sir Jas. Graham) had lent his assistance to open a free trade with China, and he had never regretted it; but he though the bill before the house was of so much inter est that it ought to receive the coolest and most anxious con sideration.. (Hear.) It was a bill which might materially affect the commercial relations of this country with China, and therefore became a most importantquestiou. He thought the bill gave a most arbitrary power against British residents in China, and if it was ever carried into effect, barristers of this country must be sent to a distant region to administer it, which would be attended with great expense. He thought when there was such a friendly feeling between the two coun tries, that it would be extremely impolitic for the British par liament to disturb that feeling. Without imputing any blame to the noble lord for bringing forward this bill at the end of the session, be did put it to him whether it would not be better to wait for further information from China before he proceeded further with it. The last accounts show that the court of China entertained the most conciliatory feelings towards this country, and therefore he did not wish to do any thing to endanger it. He had no objection to the bill going into committee, for the purpose of discussing its clauses, but he trusted it would not be pressed further this session. Mr. WARBURTON trusted the hon. member for Lambeth would withdraw the resolution, and allow the bill to go into committee. He thought some of the clauses might with safety be passed, but that it would be better to postpone others until further advice had been received from China. Lord PALMERSTON said, there Was - littie difference of opinion between himself and the right hon. bart. (Sir J. Gra ham.) He thought, with his right hon. friend, that if the bill was passed as it at present stood, it would be very ill judged and impolitic to attempt to carry its provisions into effect without previously ascertaining whether the Chinese authorities had any objection to it. (Hear.) If the measure, however was agreed to, it will be the best mode of ascertaining the feeling of the governm e nt o f China on the subject. Mr. C. LUSH INGTON was confident from his knowledge of the Chinese, that they would look with great suspicion, if they did not altogether reject the authority of courts so con stituted. After a few remarks from Captain Alsager, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Warburton, Lord PALMERSTON said he would wish to go on with the bill, but if it was the pleasure of the house, he had no objec tion to postpone it until next session. Mr. HAWES withdrew his amendment, stating that he would take the sense of the house on the first clause. The house went into committee, Mr. Bernal in the chair. On the first clause being read, Mr. HAWES, at considerable length, opposed it. Lord PALMERSTON said, as there appeared to be a differ ence of opinion on the subject, he would postpone the bill until next session. (Hear.) The bill was accordingly withdrawn. CORPORATIONS (IRELAND.) Sir J. GRAHAM inquired on what day it was intended to take the Lords' amendments in the Irish Municipal Corpora tions Bill into consideration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—On Thursday next. DUCHY OF CORNWALL. Lord G. SOMERSET wished to know on what day the bill relating to the Duchy of Cornwall was to be proceeded with? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—On Wednesday next. CUSTOMS BILL: The order of the day for the further consideration of the report on the Customs Bill having been read, Mr. WARBURTON objected to the 6th clause, authorising Custom-house officers to seize all packages which they sup posed contained foreign manufactures. Mr. P.THOMPSON said he could not consent to the amend ment proposed by the hon. member, and should therefore feel called upon to take the sense of the house on the ques tion. The house then divided, when there appeared— For t he clause 39 For the amendment Majority 3l The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The committee on the Church Building Acts' Amendment Bill was postponed until a future daf. The report of the committee on the Mediterranean Post age Bill was further considered and agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed. SUPPLY. The report of the committee of the Supply was brought up and agreed to. The second reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill was postponed until Tuesday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that the first public business on Monday would be to go into committee on the Civil List, for the purpose of considering the report of the Pension List Committee. . The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past three o'clock. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. (.From the Sunday Times.) CITY, SATURDAY. —The accounts received from the prin cipal manufacturing districts state, that a fairdegree of acti vity continues to prevail in the chief descriptions of goods, especially those suitable for the markets of the north of Europe. The demand for manufactures for the United States is not by any means so brisk as it was expected would have been the case. It is satisfactory, however, to remark that the Great Western steam-boat, as well as the London line of packet ship Mediator, and the Liverpool packet, George Washing ton, which have left our shores for New York within the last week, have all very valuable cargoes of British manufactured goods, chiefly of the finest qualities, which are expected to be iu demand for the fall trade. It is stated that the value of the cargo on board the steam-boat is not less than 20,0001. The deliveries of Indigo, wool, cotton and raw silk, for imme diate consumption, are lage, and this indicates an opinion on the part of the manfacturers that a more animated state of things will soon arise. The consumption of cotton, it is cer tain, will fall short in the country during the present year, although there is no doubt that there will be an excess of importations to a considerable amount, as compared with the arrivals of previous years. According to the latest estimate, the produce of th e l as t cro p i n t h e U n i ted States, as contain edin letters to the 3d inst., will be rather over 1,800,000 bales, of which 1,350.000 bales had already been shipped off for Europe. There is but little hope of an early revival in the East India trade. The stores of goods at Ci.lcutta and Ben gal, at the latest dates, were full of goods, and merchants, as well as traders, were in very bad spirits, the restrictions put upon the opium trade by th e au th or iti es o f t h e Celestial Em pire operating very materially to render all business very dull, immense losses having been sustained by the impossibi lity of finding a market for. the drug. Tha price of opium was fully 46 per cent. below the lowest value of any former year. The extent to which the trade in opium with China has been carried on may be judged of by the fact, that the cultivation was increased in India in about fifteen years, from 5,000 or 6,000 chests, to very nearly 30,000 chests. It may readily be conceived that the total prohibition of the import of the article into China (the great market hitherto for the drug) must have led to severe losses amoncr" all those who had entered into contracts for th e p urc h ase and the resale of it. The Funds have been subjected to some fluctuation this week, having at the same time a downward tendency. The fall in the prices of Consols and the heavy Stocks has amounted to full 2 per cent., as compared with the rates which were obtain e d l as t wee k. It is supposed that the Be br'ews have operated to some extent to produce the decline, with the view of coming in at reduced prices. It is certain that the supply of Money Stock has on several days been abundant. From 94M, Consols have declined to 93i, and for the next account day from 941 th 937 1 94. The character of the market was not improved up to yesterday—in fact, if any alteration took place it was for the w o r se . The Three-and a-Half per Cent. Annuities have declined 1021 to 1011, and the Reduced Annuities 941 to 94g. A great amount of Ex chequer Bills has been sold this week, partly, it is said, on account of government. The premium has bean reduced from 83 to 72, at which there were unwilling buyers yesterday. Bank of England Stock rose 22 per cent. a few days since, but sales were subsequently pressed, 'and the price fell again from 2082 to 206. East India Stock has fluctuated, it was yesterday at 264 to 265. The premium on East Indi a B on d s has fallen from 81 to 72. The Foreign Funds have not shown more buoyancy than those of this country, almost all of the Bonds having fallen since this day week. The price of Spanish Stock has declined, to 211, which is about 1 per cent. lower than it was on Sa turday last. For Portuguese and other Foreign Stocks the inquiries have been small. Dutch Two-and-a-Half has risen to 551, but it left off at 55 yesterday. Portuguese Five per Cents having been sold at 314, The Three per Cents at 23, Belgian at 102 N, and the Scrip of the New Loan at zil pre mium. French Stock has declined; the Five per Cents hay ing been sold at 111.75, and the Three per Cents at 80.25. Exchange 25f. 50c. The South American Bonds are falling in value. Mexican were yesterday sold at 241; Columbian at 27 ; and Brazilian at 801. For Shares the demand , has improved this week, especially as regards those of the leading railway companies. The Great Western Shares, after having advanced in the middle of the week, have declined to 791, or Hi premium; the Lon don and Birmingham, 172 or 8' premium; the North Mid land to 481, or 31 premium; the Leeds and Manchester to 47, or 17 premium ; the Greenwich 151, or 41 discount; the Southampton to 434-, or 64 discount ; the New Shares to 29, or 19 premium; the Brighton to 9R, or 13,1 discount ; and the Blackwell to 636, or 3 discount. Although the expose made by the directors of the Colonial Bank at the half-yearly meeting of the proprietary on Thursday was very favourable, still the shares are not so firin as they were, The price has fallen to 26, or 1 premium. The other Banking Shares have remained firm; the London and Westminster at 29%, or 28 premium; and the London Joint Stock Bank at 12, or 2 premium, The directors of the Bank have ordered the Ro tunda to be laid down with the bitumen of the Bastenne and Gaucac mines. Little or no influence has been prothiced upon the shares of this company, which have remained at 1%, or % discount. The shares of the Sevssel Company (Mr. Clarridge's) are 5 'or 3M premium. Tue - adoption of the bill by the House of Lords, for constituting the National Loan Fund Assurance Company, has given strength to the shares, which have improved to 1 , or % premium. HALF-PAST TWELVE o'CLOCK.—The usual monthly re turns of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England have been published The following are the results of a comparison with the former statement:—The circulation has been increased from £19,047,000 to £19,286,000, the deposits have diminished from £10,426,000 to £10424,000. The Se curities haze been increased from £22,354,000 to £22,601,000, and the Bank Stock of Bullion from £9,722,000 to £9,749,000. The Rest is rather more in favour of the Bank—it now stands at £2,610,000. There are no colonial or foreign arrivals this morning of the least public interest. In the British market there is scarcely any speculative business going on. Consols for Account have been quoted at 94, and for Money at 93a. Bank Stock is at 236 to 207; Exchequer Bills at 74, and India Bonds at 72 to 74 prem.; In the other Securities no variation of importance has oc curred. The Foreign market is a present very thinley attended. Spanish Consols fetch 211, Portuguese New Bonds 34%, Brazil Stock 801, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 55. The Great Western Railway Shares are worth 142 prem.; the Brighton 136 discount; the Birmingham 82 prem., and the Greenwich 41 discount. ABSENCE OF MIND.—Dr. Campbell, the author of the Survey of Great Britain, was so absent, that looking once into a pamphlet in a bookseller's shop, he liked it so well that he purchased it ; and it was not till he had read it half through, that he discovered it to be his own composition. This anecdote he himself told the late David Hume.—Lot don paper. BonouGH OF HALIFAX.—The conservatives of Halifax have, during the last year, made considerable progress in regard to the registration. We have not as yet heard the number of new claims, but understand a considerable number who have heretofore voted yellow, have at this time deter mined to disfranchise themselves by leaving their rates unpaid till after the twentieth instant, which plainly indicates a gradual change Is taking place in the minds of well-wishers to their country in the good old town of Halifax.---Leeds Intelligencer. A PocxxzFuL.—There is in Gawsworth Gardens, near this town, a fish-pond, in which is a miniature forte, on the . top of which is a figure said to represent some Earl Douglas, overlooking the battery. This figure is represented as having in one hand a naked sword, and the other hand thrust into the pocket of his small clothes. In the recess thus formed by the latter hand, a bird of the ltnnet tribs has this season built its nest, and has there deposited six eggs r we hope no in truding school-boy may destroy her hopes of progeny. Maccleffield Courier. PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION. The sixth anniversary of this association was held nn Wed nesday mornin.. last, at the Royal Literary and Philosophi cal Institution, Bath. The attendance of physicians and sur geons from all parts of the kingdom was very great, compri sing many of the most celebrated for science and professional talent, and falling very little short of 3(XI in number. Dr. Boisragon, the president of the past year, took the chair, and delivered a very luminous address. He then resigned the chair to Dr. Barlow, the president for the present year, who also spoke at some length in support of the objects of the institution. Dr. Hastings read the report of the council, which stated, amongst other facts, that since the last anniversary two dis trict branches have been added to those which were then in existence, viz., one at Newton, in Lancashire, called the New ton Branch, comprehending members residing at Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, and several towns in the north of England; the other at Shrewsbury, called the Shropshire and North Wales District Branch. He also remarked that the Newton branch had declined receiving the allowance of one seventh part of the amount of their subscriptions to defray the expenses of the district bank, as they prefer meeting this expenditure by an additional contribution among themselves. The recontmendation of the committee at Cheltenham last year, to collect contributions in small sums in aid of the be nevolent society, had been acted upon by a member at War rington, who, through the assistance of friends, had collected upwards of £3O, thus proving that, bya little exertion, a con siderable addition may in this manner be made to the funds. The names of the — foliowlngiQl;n;t; appear in the reso lution appointing the council for the next year:—Robert Bickersteth, Esq., surgeon, Liverpool; Thomas Blackburn, Esq., surgeon, Liverpool; Samuel M'Cullock, Esq., surgeon, lo the Workhotise and Fever Hospital; Hugh Neill, Esq., surgeon, Liverpool; John Bevan, Esq., Liverpool. In reference to the place of meetin g for the next anniver sary, Dr. Hastings said there were several places to which the association might go with advantage, and London bad been named as highly eligible ; but there was one place in particular which was pointed out to them, inasmuch as they had had a very pressing invitation from upwards of one hun dred membera_of the profession in that town—that place was Liverpool. IT the solicitations from that town had not been so pressing, London would probably have been selected, in obedience to the expressed wishes of many of the members; but it would be a question for their future consideration whether the metropolis should be the place of their meeting in the following year. Dr. Hastings then proposed the fol lowing resolution :—" That the anniversary meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association for the year 1839 be held at Liverpool, and that Dr. Jeffreys be requested to accept the office of president-elect for that year." The resolution was agreed to. The following are the names of the gentlemen whose signa tures were attached to the invitation forwarded- from Liver. pool:—J. P. Brandreth, M.D.; 'l'. H. Banning, M.D.; J. Rutter, M.D.; James Dawson, Esq.; P. W. Scott, M.D.; J. Bevan, Esq. • D. Macrorie, M.D. ; J. S. Carsil, Esq. ; Hugh Neill, Esq. ; Alexander Hannay, AI.D. ; George Rogerson, Esq.; W. L. Cocks, Esq.; Francis Archer, Esq.; Charles Worthington, Esq.; P. J, Murphy, M.D.; William Reynolds, M.D.; Samuel Brownlow, Esq.; John J. Tim mons, Esq.; King Ellison, Esq.; R. Bickersteth, Esq. • H. Sorley, M.D. ; Thos. Jeffreys, M.D. ; D av id B a i r d . Af.D.; John O'Donnell, M.D. • James C. Ferguson, Esq.; William Turner, Esq.; Henry Anderton. Esq.; J. S. Godfrey, Esq. ; John urrows, Esq.; Henstnan and Son; Arch. Robertson, M.D.: John Callan and Son; Ri c h ar d Forshaw, Esq. ; I'. W. Cattell, Esq.; William Gill Esq.; Thos. Eden, Esci. ; James Carson, senior. AI.D.; C. B. Greatrex, Esq.; Ed. Batty, Esq.; Thomas Simon; Esq. ' ; J. Bennil, Esq.; J. Canty, Esq.; Al exan d er Hookes, Esq. • E. Steller, sq.; G. Johnstone ' Esq.; D. Rose, E sq . ; J. Poole, ' Esq. • John Shaw, Esq.; H. V. Martin, E sq . ; F. Wil son , Esq.; Henry Bradshaw, Esq. • A. Gillon, E sq . ; J o h n A s h cro ft, E sq . ; D. Cohen, M.D. ; IV. H. Lynass, Esq. ; Robert Hector, Esq. ; B. Nightingale, Esq. ; J. Hughes, Esq.; John Flavde, Esq.; John Blackburn, Esq. ; Richard Kay, Esq. ; J. Lockwood, Esq. ; Charles Boyce, M.D.; John Nicol, M.D.; John Moore, Esq. ; Samuel M'Cullock, Esq.; James Carson, jun. M.D. ; P. Ramsey, M.D. ; Ellis Jones, Esq. ; W. T. Callon, Esq. ; Edward Bradley; Esq. ; Thomas Gouthwaite, AI.D.; D. Chalmers, Esq. ; James Long, Esq.; Joseph Dickinson, M.D. ' • Jobn Corlet, Esq.; D. H. APNicoll, Eq.; Chalmer and Son; James Craig, Esq.; George C. Watson, Esq.; Thomas Pennington, Esq.; John Cheesbrough, Esq.; R. P. Tucker, Esq.; Henry Reston, Esq. ; Robert Hamilton, Esq. • James Nottage, E sq . ; D av id J ames, M . D . ; Thomas Lewtas, Esq. ; Henry Emett, Esq.; James Munn, Esq.; John Shaw, Esq.; J. R. W. V ose , M.D .; William Craig.; Esq.; W. P. Thomas, Esg, ; J. D. Mackenzie, M.D. ; S. Matins, Esq.; J. Moffat, Esq.; J. R. Davis, Esq. Dr. Hastings observed, that it would be their duty to ap point some gentleman to read the retrospective address for the ensuing year : Dr. Scott, of Liverpool, had been named to him as a gentleman hi g hly ca p a bl e of performing this duty ' • but the Worcester council were of o pi n i on it wou ld not be desirable to select a president and the reader of the address from the same locality. The following resolution was then put and carried :—" That Dr. Symonds, of Bristol, be requested to deliver the retrospective address at the anni versary meeting for 1839." At the general meeting held in the evening, Dr. Hastings again introduced the important subject of the place of meet ing next year. At no distant . period the southern branch would have an opportunity of joining them, though hitherto the association had been unable to take that course. He begged to say, therefore, that, in compliance with the requi sition of upwards of 1(X) medical gentlemen in Liverpool, who had each and all promised their best aid to the society and its objects, and that this number could have been largely increased, had time permitted; he named that town, a place eminent for its wealth, its public spirit and its enterprise, which had been happily characterised by a great statesman as the modern Tyre. (Loud cheers.) He thought it would essentially serve the association to hold its next meeting there, and, with respect to the choice of the . president. the council had always hitherto acted upon the principle of con sulting the feelings of the locality, presuming that the pre ference so given was a pretty correct test of the characterand qualifications of the individual. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Mortimer, of Clifton, moved that Dr. Jeffreys, of Li verpool, be named for the president's chair next year. (Tre mendous cheering.) Mr. Yeatman, of Frome, seconded the nomination. Dr. Jeffreys returned thanks, and assured the meetingthat no efforts should be wanting on his part to render the asso ciation all the benefit and services in his power. At the dinner, the President said—l told you, gentlemen, a short time ago, that I did not like the principle of worship ping the rising sun; but an exception presents itself in this instance, for I am about to propose to you the health of the president who will greet you on your next anniversary meet ing—Dr. Jeffreys. (Tremendous cheering.) Dr. Jeffreys assured them that he was deeply sensible of the high honour which they had conferred upon him—an honour upon which he bad never calculated. He could also assure them that none could value their association more than he did. Founded as it was upon the adamantine rock of justice, charity, and benevolence, he saw also that sooner or later it would carry on science to the loftiest height. (Tremendous cheering.) . With respect to his own town of Liverpool, he was not ashamed to confess that though it was become from small beginnings a town of great importance, it was behind many places of inferior consequence, in i espect to science; and that, in this respect, Manchester went much beyond it. He had himself laboured nearly half a century in the profession, and he could assure them that he was de lighted to see the vast. strides which science-at the present day was making among the young, and that, for himself, he was at all times gratified to receive instruction from those who were his juniors in years. (Cheers.) He could more over assure them that they might depend upon his best exer tions in every form to promote the objects of the association. (Loud cheering.)—Abridged from the Bath Herald arid the Worcester Journal. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—Owing to most of the country clothiers being en gaged in getting in their hay, the supply of fresh goods in the cloth halls bas not been so large for the last two or three market days as usual. The transactions on those occasions have not, in consequence, been quite so extensive as might otherwise have been the case; but still the markets exhit•it the same activity as they have done for some time past, the principal demand being for Petershams, Pilots, and double milled cloths for the autumn trade. Prices are considered firm, but not commensurate with the present cost of the raw material. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.--The manufacturers cannot realize higher prices to-day, though the quantity of goods sold may be said to have been large; but there was not so much done for the American market as some anticipated. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDA Y.—Business to-day was exceed ingly animated, caused evidently by parties laying in their winter stocks for the home trade. The merchants likewise have been very busy at the warehouse. Doeskins of first-rate style in great request. BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—In our piece market to-day, the business done, both as to quantity and price, was very shnilar to that of last week. There is, however, an exception to this, viz., that figured and 64ths merinos being scarcer than any other description of goods, such are generally sold, and at a trifling expence.—Yarns : The demand for 'yarns con tinues good, and full prices made for all kinds. Some spinners are asking a little more; but in no case, we think, was it paid. The advance asked may, perhaps, be justified on the ground of the small but still gradual advance on wools.— Wool: There is not any thing different to report of the wool market to day from that of last week, except that match ings are scarce; and such, if of good length and fineness, find ready purchasers at fully previous rates. BURL—The calico-printing business is getting much brisker than it has been for many months back, both in block and machine work. Spinning and power-loom weaving is also pretty brisk, and trade generally seems to be improving. - - - - Yortx WOOL MARKET, JULY 26.—We have had a f a ir supply of wool, and a fair attendance of buyers, the wools have been tolerably well sold up, but at no advance of price ; indeed upon the whole the trade may be quoted rather dull if anything. Moor wool, (salved) 6d. to 60.; Do. Do. (clean inside) 7d. to Bd. ; Locks, (without cots) 7d. to 9d. ; Do. (with cots,) 9d. to d.; Ewe, 12Ld. to 131 d. ; Hog and Ewe, 130 I .to 141 d.; Ho g , 151 d. t o 62d. DONCASTER, WOOL MARKET, JULY 21.--The supply Of wool at our market this day was again very small. The at tendance of buyers was numerous, more, indeed, than could be fully supplied; the market was, in consequence, brisk, and nearly all the wool pitched was disposed of at prices a shade higher than last week, though not to the extent to warrant us altering our former rates. Our great wool fair will be held on Monday, the 6th of August, the usual day for holding it (the sth) fallincr . on a Sunday the present year. The following are the quotLons :—Hog, 19s. 6d.; hog. and ewe 18s. ; ewe 16s. ; Locks 10s. per stone. CHESTERFIELD, JULY 25.—The trade in all kinds of wool is putting on a more healthy appearance —the market is something brisker—the demand is more especially for fine hog wool ; we cannot note any variation in price. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, LONDON, FRIDAY. A SECOND SARI WELLER.—A queerly-dressed person, named William Maycock, applied to be discharged from " durance vile." He had been an ostler, and appeared in his " professional" habiliments. On entering the box he gave a knowing wink, and prepared the auditors for some amuse ment. They were not disappointed. Chief Commissioner.—Well, what brought you here? The insolvent hesitated whether to be witty or serious. Chief Commissioner.—Come; tell me what brought you here ? Insolvent.—Vy, a debt, to be sure. (A laugh.) Where did you last live ?—At Shepherd's Bush. Capital place that ?—I believe you. (Laughter.) Why didn't you stay there?—Cos they wouldn't let me that's vy. (Loud laughter.) He winked again, and seemed on good terms with himself, Chief Commissioner.—l suppose you were rather fond of the liquor ? Insolvent.—Yes, that's it. (Roars of laughter.) You attended more to the liquour than rubbing down the horses? (With a leer.)—Your'ejust right there. (Much laughter.) It appeared that he had worked on the Western railroad. He had a wife and five children, and his master had paid his attorney. Chief Commission er.—Wbat master? Your master is the keeper of the Marshalsea prison. The insolvent disowned such a master. He meant his " late" master. Chief Commissioner.--Well, you may leave your " present" master; but don't be drinking so hard again. Sam Weller the Second again winked at everybody, en masse; and he was discharged, the case ending, as it began, in laughter. MISCELLANEOUS. WHALES' MILK.—The seamen in the South Seas use whales' milk in their coffee. A friend of ours, just returned from the Pacific, says it is always cool and refreshing. The whales are milked by mermaids at present, but a patent for milking them has just been secured by a Yankee.—Mercury. Last week, crowds of people •Vere drawn to Bagnigge Wells•road, to see Lord 13roughatn standing on his head! On their arrival they found- that a peer-shop sign, the "Lord Brougham," had been turned upside down, as a mark of dis approbation of his lordship's conduct on the subject of the beer act. VEDUCTION IN POSTAGE.—A rumour WE'S spread in the House of Commons on, Thursday evening which created a most lively interest among all parties, and which has since been found to be correct; it was said that the postage cAn mittee had passed resolutions recommending a low and uni form rate of postage throughout the kingdom. In order to guard the revenue from the risk apprehended by some as likely to arise from the immediate auoption of a universal penny postage, the committee recommended a uniform two penny rate on all inland or general post letters weighing half an ounce, and a penny on every additional half ounce. The postage is to be paid in advance by means of stamps or stamped covers. The fact of the committee having come i f , this resolution is fully confirmed; but we are not aware when any practical measure founded on it will be submitted to the legislature. CURE FOR SEA SICKNESS..--At this season, when so many make sea voyages by steam, for pleasure, and are so often out of their enjoyment by that pleasUre-destroying disease, sea sickness, it may be proper.to mention the following simple remedy, which has seldom failed to give almost instant re. lief:—Make some GREEN TEA, strong, with just as much sugar in it as will snake it palatable, and bottle it up. When sickness begins to come on, take a cupful; if that does not • prevent the vomiting let the stomach be completely emptied ; take the same quantity, more or less, as the stomach is able to receive it; repeat it two or three times, and a restoration will take place. The writer of this has often seen it applied and he can therefore state that it almost invariable had the intended effect.—Leedi Paper. A PRUDENT FARMER.—An agricultural faimer, not one hundred miles from Great Eceleston, resolving to have a glo rious crop of beans, filled a sack with the intended seed, and by means of a rope lowered it carefully to the bottom of a deep well on his premises, in full anticipation that the pulse, when softened by the water, would, when sown, produce an earlier and more plentiful return. On the third day, after thus depositing the beans, he went to the spot and began to hoist up the sack; but, finding it much lighter (in place of heavier) than when he deposited it, some misgivings came upon his mind, and he exclaimed, in phraSeology peculiar to himself—pausing ere he took the sack out of the water—" Od doll thee thou stupid oaf, I'm afeard thou'rt bound to be treacherous !" Nor were his apprehensions unfounded. The beans, as might be expected, had swelled to double their size when dry, and, as the experimentalist had made no allowance of room for such a contingency, all that he found attached to the rope was the burst and empty bag, the beans being left at the bottom to vegetate as they might.—Preston Observer. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We apprehend the pro perty invested in this line will be put in serious jeopardy between the Manchester and -Birmingham, and the Chester and Crewe lines with their extensions. The Manchester and Birmingham line, instead of turning off from Stone into the Grand Junction, as intended, is now to be carried by a very straight and easy extension b♦ Lichfield and Tatuworth into the Birmingham line at Rugby. By this means the whole of the Grand Junction line, and about thirty Miles of the Birmingham, are avoided, passengers and goods going direct .from Manchester to Loudon, while those who wish to visit Birmingham have the means of doing so by the Birmingham and Derby Junction line which the extension crosses at Tamworth. Thus the whole of the traffic of the great town of Manchester will be removed from the Grand Junction. But this is not all. The Birkenhead, Chester and Crewe lines, which start from the opposite side of the Mersey, at Li verpool, are to be extended from Crewe to Longport, Burs lern, in the Manchester and Birmingham line. Hence these lines, instead of becoming feeders to the Grand Junction, actually threaten to take from it its only remaining traffic, the Liverpool. If these three lines thus unite and succeed, it appears to us that they will nearly reduce the Grand Junc tion to a dependence on its own intermediate traffic, a good part of which they will take.—Raitway Magazine. DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT GROTTO.—A singular disco very has been made at the Dane, Margate, of an extensive' grotto, which appears to have been excavated abOut the time of the Saxon hepterchy, and which affords matter at deep"' reflection, and will probably throw some light on the habits of our Saxon ancestors. The Dane is celebrated as the field of a decisive and terrible engagement fought between the Saxons and the Danes. From time to time objects have been disinterred which show the deadly nature of the struggle, including numerous human bones not yet reduced to dust; and even entire skeletons embedded in soft chalk, and thus preserved, as with a coating of cement, from decomposition. Armour and warlike weapons of the fashions of that early period have also been found. The grotto which has just been laid open does not appear to have any reference to the battle. It extends to a great distance under the hills, and-is laid out in serpentine walks, alcoves, and passages of consi derable extent, the sides being studded with shells, formed into elaborate and curious devices, and doubtless executed by torch-light. The discovery of this remarkable structure was entirely accidental, and in consequence of some excava tion made on the spot by the proprietor of the land.—Dover Telegraph. BRITISH ENTERPRISE.—AIthough the present abundance of money has not been observed to drive up the general share market to the extent which many of the freqtietiteis of the Stock Exchange appear to have expected, as the result Of the late payment of the half-yearly dividends, yet a great deal of capital is going into sound and useful employment in several companies for the building of steam shipping for various parts of the world. Of these, about five thousand tons are about to be laid down for the companies from Eng land to New York, all to be built in this country, where steam machinery is known to be much more economical and. perfect than in the United States. A company is also in progress for steam navigation on a large scale to the East. Indies, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and another for the establishment of iron steamers in the Ganges and its tributaries to the city of Agra, which will cover a thousand miles of the presidency of Bengal. To Brazil there. are steam vessels about to depart from Liverpool, for the navi gation of the coast from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia and Per nambuco; and one iron ♦essel is also building at Southamp ton for the Rio Doce river; whilst a third company has ob tained an exclusive privilege for the navigation, by steam vessels, of the bay of Bahia for a certain number of years. All these undertakings must absorb no inconsiderable amount of capital, nor can English enterprise, perhaps, be , directed to any more useful channel than the extension of the advan tage of steam navigation to so many distant quarters of the world.—Morning Chr icle. JOBBING IN MATRINIONY.—Our readers are not perhaps aware of the extent to which the welding trade is carried on the Scotch side of the Solway. Gretna Green, it is true, has long been famous as a matrimonial mart, and with it are as sociated the names of many Patricians, such as two learned Lords Chancellor, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Richard Brins ley Sheridan, and the Prince of Capua, with the fortunate and beautiful Miss Penelope Smith, who each and all passed . the matrimonial portals by the aid of the Gretna of Spring field blacksmith; and in some of these cases, we understand, his officiating tee was one hundred guineas. These are prizes • r i in the list, however; but a great trade is driven in joiniug humbler men and maids, who have as good a right to be mar ried and happy as their betters, and according more than one station has sprung up on the S, attish Border. If the fee is smaller, there are a greater number of them, and we are in formed that the keeper of a cabaret and ferry-boat on the Scot tish side of the Solway occasionally splices " for better for worse" half a dozen couples in the week. The ferryman is . altogether a decent sort of a fellow, and obliging with a l, as . the following facts will show. A few days ago, an acquaint ance of our own, a Dumfries merchant, happened to be pacing the sands, in company with a friend, when a party were ob-• served making their way front the English to the Scottish strand : "These gentry need my assistance—they ar e w e d- , diners," said mine host, who has a keen eye for the sublime. "Then will you allow me to officiate ?" said the other. "By all means," responded the ferryman; and in a few minutes an English sea Captain presented himself, with a fair damsel from Cumberland, whose heart had, Desdemona-like, fairly given way under the recital of deeds of daring and hairbreadth 'scapes on the stormy main. Our townsman, for thetime, assumed the attitude and intonation of the Priest, and in the course of three minutes the Captain was a benedict.' ,The process is as follows :—Printed certificates p re produeed, - into which are inserted the names of the candidates for matrimony, with the parish and county from which they hail; the priest then asks the gentleman if he be willing to take this woman and cherish her as his just and lawfAt Wife, which being an swered in the affirmative, the same question is put to the lady, and as she never receives it with a nay-say, the document is forthwith signed by the pair, attested by the signatures of the priest and others who may be present, .and delivered over to ' the young wife. A tass of brandy, or a quaich of the moon taiq. dew, passes round to the health of the young couple, the fee is paid, and the party set out to spend their honeymoon as they list. The fees of these pedestrian or boating couples amount to from 2s 6d to lOs 6d each, and altogether a round sum of money finds its way to the Scottish side by this species of traffic,Dzim . fiies Courier. , - INTERESTING To MANUFACTURERS OF BRITISH ALKALI -Letters from Naples of the Bth instant, and from Sicily O f the 3d instant, fully confirm the previous information received of a monopoly in sulphur having been granted by his Ma jesty the King of the Two Sicilies to a French company -- Messrs. Tail and C o ., f or t en years, commencing the Ist August next, and ending Ist August, 1848. The decree had been despatched to Sicily in a steam-ship of war, to he printed and circulated, and letters had been forwarded to the provin cial authorities. After the close of the present month no sulphur can be exported without the payment of an export duty of 20 taxis per cantar, equal to £4 10s. per ton, which export duty is to be the emolument of the company; and 'consideration of which they have already paid into the banal. of his Majesty the King of the Two Si c ili es th e s um 0 ' 600,000 ducats, or £lOO,OOO sterling. The cotnpany ar e bound by the charter to make extensive improvements in the state of the roads in Sicily, and the measure altogether is considered as highly advantageous to the interests o f that island. It has already had the effect of greatly enhaticin the price of the article both there and in France and Great Britain. Letters from Palermo state the price for the bes t second quality to have advanced from 16 taxis to 32 taxis Per cantar; and in Marseilles prices have advanced from 4f. 5 0 " per quintal to Bf. 75 c . per quintal, and still higher prices hay" been paid there; but the Marseilles market is quite at th e command of the compan, and will be constituted the ch ief place and cent ra l point of their operations; they hold by I :a.` the greater prop o rti o n o f the stocks in that place, a nd to: temporary trifling decline there is clearly traced to then!. their object being to make a monopoly of the article, not I P Sicily alone, and which object they hope to effect by depress=e ing the market and then buying up all they can lay thei r hands on. and, a complete sweep being made, to charge t h es e own prices. They are large holders in England also, „ ' he a t prices have advanced from £l6 to £l9 per ton ; btit eve n this price there are very few sellers, and £2O per ton WO perhaps, be refused by a great proportion of the holders.i very great rise in price must yet b e l oo k e d f or, f or the ar,: t y, will cost £lO in Sicily, and with freights, &c. and home u „. a s it cannot be imported her e un d er £l3; indeed, this Pric e es paid here only a few yea rs s i nce; and as the charter P r° ra ge that two-thirds only s h a ll b e exported annually o f t h e ace, ar e produce of the' l as t f our years, an d wh i ch the - companY ra at bound by the charter to purchase of the mine . proprieto 21 taxis per cantar for third quality ; 2.3 taxis for s econd_ o qu at lily, and 25 taxis for first quality, and to compensate th e ' t the rate of four taxis per cantar for the other one - t hir hei° l l. allowed to be exported (the mine proprietors, however,bette at liberty to refuse the fixed price if they can obtain to elsewhere, but the 20 taxis per cantar must be pa," 51 ,0 1 present stocks will soon be considerably reduced, and ae t bY t retaliatory measures be resorted to by our govevnly te°' increasing the import duty of 10s. par ton, it would o n , t urer' to enhance the price of an article whirl' nor instil-O . T' . 0111 must have, and which can only be obtained from Siel,' , and position the company expect, and are fully prepared 11 2 r t iate, it is well known that Mons. Taix has, at the preset",,„era -1,000,000 ducats, or £170,000 sterling, to commence f t . ":". is iv o tions, and has abundant resources to act on the dPi e e t i t ion, with. Some merchants too have recommended a 1 ) ,,,p0rt being got up to her Majesty's government, that the ",, rea se duty should be increased, hut this would only tend to the evil, for no efficient substitute has yet been found -persede the use of brimstone.—Observateur, French, r rasolting [Perhaps the temporary augmentation of price, ire, tel be front the establishment of this monopoly, in ty ultin a',e. cte rY. attended with beneficial effects. An extensive inanor ta i v en of alkali, in this town is now carried on by aeid ° r st, from the combustion o'f' the sulphuret of iron of blan_ no . lot,' North Wales, and in another, preparations are inaZ„ 1 :00 ( ' the recovery of the sulphur after it has done its ou' r % ot ai• re-employing it, ad infinitum, for the same purpoo. "