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: • •, 4rombings in Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Public Libraries and Museums Bill was read a third 'time and passed. The Small Tenements Rating Bill was read a third time and passed, on the motion of the Marquis of Salisbury, and after some opposition by the Earl of Hardwicke, which was, how ever, not pressed to a division. The Commons' amendments on the Parliamentary Voters' (Ireland) Bill having been brought up for consideration , Lord STANLEY moved to have the £l5 qualification restored, and the self-acting expunged. Their Lordships divided upon the first proposition relative to the qualification—For the Commons' amendment—present, 56; proxies, 70-126; for Lord Stanley's motion—present, 62; proxies, 52-114; majority, 12. Some discussion followed; but no further division was called for, and after a protest from Lord Desart against the whole principle of the bill, the whole of the Commons' amendments were agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. After considerable opposition, a motion for leave to bring in the Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Continuance Bill was carried. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, leave was given to bring in a bill to relieve the Clus - er and Holyhead Railway Company from the payment of £200,000, towards the cost of constructing Holyhead Harbour. The Committee of the Medical Charities Bill was then re sumed at clause 10, and the remaining clauses passed, after a leng*liened discussion, in a House so scantily attenned, that an attempt was made to count out, defeated wily by the rapid entrance of several members before the Speaker could e sum moned back for the purpose of numbering the leg b islators present. The bill having gone through committee, the House resumed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Mr. G. H. 4 mtLTON moved the second -reading of the Encum bered Estates (Ireland) Bill, the object .0f which was to limit the proceeding's of 'the Encumbered Estates Commission. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL , aid the bill was objectionable both in principle and detail, and he -should therefore move as an amendment that it be read a second time that day three months. After so.ne discussion, the amendment was agreed to with -out a division. The Friendly Societies Bill passedlhrough committee. The Stamp Duties Bill, and several other bills, were read a third time and passed. riCiIISE OF LO RDS.—TH URSDAY. On the motion for taking intoconsideration the amendments made by the Commons in the Ecclesiastical Commission Vitt, The Archbishop of CANTERIKURY proposed an amendment to the effect that the two funds, the episcopal and tommon, should he kept separate. The amendment was supported by the Earl of Pawls and the Bishops of OxFoun and SALISBURY, and orposed by the hfarquis of LAssnowNE. On a division the amendment was negatived by a majority Of 37 to 22. The other amendments of the Commons were agreed to with some modifications. • The COllllllOllS' amendments to the Benefices and Pluralities Bill were considered and agreed to. `HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THLTRADAY. On the third reading of the Consolidated Fund (Appropria tion) Rill, Mr. RERNAL, in calling the attention of the Under Secretary Of State for the Colonies to the subject of the immigration of Africans into the West Indian colonies, observed that the con dition of the labouring populat'on in these colonies demanded serions.consideration, and urged an extension of the period of contract with African immigrants. Mr, Hymn corroborated the remarks of Mr. Berra], and taxed the Colonial-office with negligence in the matter. He knew no reason why labourers should not he imported from Africa. They would exchange a state of real slwvery for one of freedom. Mr. HAWES said, African labourers willing to work had the power , of extending their contract, but anything compulsory would be objected to try the anti-slavery party. Lord Grey bad sanctioned the extension of contracts in Guiana, but in Jamaica the sanction of the Assembly was required. There was a well-founded objection to the procuring of free Africans through the intervention of slavwdealers on the coast of Africa. The bill then passed. Sir C. GREY said that he could not give•his sanction to the Landlord and Tenant (-Ireland) Bill as it had eotne down from the other house, and thought the best thing that could be &tie was to withdrew it for the present session. Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved, and Mr. Fox seconded an amend ment, that the bill be read a second time that day three months. The amendment was negatived by a majority of 89 to 26, and the bill read a second time. The Customs Ditties Bill was, after the insertion of a clause by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, read a third time and passed. The Friendly Societies Bill was committed pro forma. Sir C. GREY withdrew the Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill for the present session. Lord J. RUSSELL also postponed till next session the Chief Justices' Salaries ISil , on the ground tuit a committee was at present sitting upon offlical salaries. He could not at that advanced period of the session enter into the whole question of sfficial salaries, which the bill would open up. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed his regret that the late period of the session compelled him to withdraw the Savings Bank Bill, hut he pledged himself to bring it for ward early in the next session. After a protest from Mr. Reynolds, the bill was ordered to be read a second time that day three months. The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill was withdrawn. HOUSE OF LORDS.7FRInAy. The Poor's Relief Bill was read and passed ; the Duke of Cambridge Annuity Bill, and Marlborough House Bill, were severally read the second time. Lord NiONTEAGLE gave notice that on Monday he should call attention to the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the employment of Jo seph Byrne and others in procuring signatures to a petition purporting to be a petition from the ratepayers of Liverpool against the Liverpool Water-works Bill. The noble lord moved that Charles Gream and Michael Alexander Gage he summoned to attend at the Bar on that occasion. The motion was agreed to. In reply to a question from Lord BROUGHAM respecting the Post-office, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE stated that the committee appointed to inquire into the existing regulations would make their final report to-morrow. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE added that the Government would take she earliest opportunity of making some better ar rangements than now existed, which had produced considera able inconvenience, and, in some instances, lamentable con sequences. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his satisfaction at this amend ment. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that early next Session he should propose a measure to place the manufacturers and dealers of home-made spirit 3 on the same footing as regards all allowan ces for leakage and evaporation, as regards the importers and dealers in Foreign and Colonial Spirits. The Friendly Societies Bill was re-committed, with the ex ception of a new clause regarding salaries and expenses. On the order of the day for going into Committee of the whole house on the Crime and Outrages (Ireland) Bill, Mr. REYNOLDS moved an amendment that the House go into Committee on the bill this day three months. A languid discussion followed, and the House divided, when there appeared for going into Committee, 82; against it, 34; majority, 48. The House then went into Committee on the bill. On the first clause, Mr. MooRE moved an amendment to the effect that the operation of the bill be restricted to one year. After a lengthened discussion the Committee divided, when there appeared for the amendment, 34 ; against it, 75 ; majority, 41.—The bill consequently is to last until the end of 1851, and the third reading was appointed for Monday. In answer to Mr. B. BALL, Lord. 3. RUSSELL said the sub ject of the monument to Sir It. Peel was not under considera tion, and lie could not say whether the principle of competi tion would be admitted in that case. In reply to Mr. MacKiNxoN, Viscount EBRINGTON had reason to believe that the exhalations from St. Margaret's churchyard were not of recent date, and that the diarrhoea with which some of the Officers of the house had been attacked had nothing to do with the opening of the sewer at Westmin ster. In answer to Mr. D'EvNcoußT, the same noble lord said that the Commissioners of Sewers were preparing an extensive and general system of drainage and sewerage for the metropo lis. Mr. HumE then moved an address to the Crown for the ap pointment of a Royal Commission to prom eed to the lonian islands and to inquire into the disturbances that had recently taken place in the island of Cephalonia, and into the measures taken by Sir H. G. Ward, the Lord High Commissioner, to restore peace, and into the manner in which 44 persons were sentenced to death, and 21 of them executed, and also into the manner in which 92 persons were flogged, and othe rs b an i s h e d from the island, without trial, and generally to institute an inquiry into the causes of discontent in these islands ' and to recommend the best means of promoting their f u t ure peace and welfare. The hon. gentleman entered at some length into a review of the management of the affairs of the isla n d by t h e Lord High Commissioner, and reminded the Government that when these islands were taken possession of, free institutions and free government were promised to the inhabitants, but these promises bad not been fulfilled. He contended that if the real wants of the colony were known, and proper mea sures adopted, the rebellion and loss of life that bad taken place would not have occurred. Mr. HAWES vindicated the policy pursued by Sir H. Ward in Cephalonia, and contended that in the disturbed state in which the island was he was perfectly justified in taking the most active, which were in this case the wisest and most humane, steps to put down the insurrection. He pointed out the progressive improvement of these islands, and the many wise reforms which were introduced by Sir H. Ward, and con cluded by expressing his determination to support the motion. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Hindley, Lord Claude Hamilton, Sir de Lacy Evans, Mr. George Thompson, and Mr. Anstey took part, Mr. Hume briefly replied, anti the motion was negatived by a majority of 84 to 13. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, leave was given to bring in a bill to consolidate the laws relating to officers and sca-nen of the merchant service. NEW INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES IN PHOTOGRA PHY AND THE TALBOTYPE.—Sir D. Drewster, in his inaugural address the other day to the B r iti s h A ssoc i a ti on at Edinburgh, said, I need not i n f orm t hi s meet i ng t h at the art of tak ing photographic negative pictures upon paper, was the invention of Mr. Fox Talbot, a distin guished member of this association. The superiority of the Talbotype to the Daguerreotype is well known. In the latter the pictures are reverted, and incapable of being multiplied, while in the Talbotype there i s no reversion, and a single negative will supply a thousand copi es , so that books may now be illustrated with pictures drawn by the sun. The difficulty of procuring good paper for the negative is so great, that a better material has been eagerly sought for ; and M. Niepce, an accomplished officer in the French service, has successfully substituted for paper a film of albumen, or the white of an egg, spread upon glass. This new process has been brought to such per fection that these Talbotypes were universally regarded as the finest that had yet been executed. Another process, in which gelatine is substituted for albumen, has beenin vented, and successfully practised. Mr. Edmund Bec querel has succeeded in transferring to a Daguerreotype plate the prismatic spectrum, with all its brilliant colour ; and also, though in an inferior degree, the colours of the landscape. These colours, however, are very fugaceods ; yet, though no method of fixing them has yet been dis covered, we cannot doubt that the difficulty will be sur mounted, and that we shall yet behold all the colours of the natural world t rans f erre d by th e i r own rays t o sur f aces both of silver and paper. But the most important fact in photography is the singular acceleration of the process di sco vered by M. Niepce, which enables him to take the picture of a landscape illuminated by diffused light, in a single second, or at most in t wo secon d s. B y t hi s process he obtained a p icture of the su n on a lb umen so instan taneously, as to con firm the remarkable discovery, pre viously made by M. Arago, by means of a silver plate, that the rays which proceed from the central parts of the sun's disc have a higher photogenic action than th ose vhich issue from its margin. n . FOREIGN - AND COLONIAL. The first sack of flour, the produce of the present liar vest, in France, was exhibited at the Halle, on Monday, gaily adorned with bouquets of flowers. The total amount of gold dust received in the United States from California since the commencement of the " diggings" up to the present time is 520,100,000. According to a note in the Moniteur the cholera was making fearful ravages in Cochin China and Tonkin, and threatening Canton. Sir George Anderson is appointed Governor of Ceylon, and is to be succeeded in the government of Mauritius by Mr. Higginson, now Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. There is considerable difficulty experienced in Prussia, in recruiting the Popish priesthood. At the beginning .of this year no less than 862 cures were vacant, for want of clergy to undertake them. A duel with swords took place in the!Bois de Boulogne, on Saturday, between two representatives of the people, MM. Brissett and Perrinen. The former being wounded, the combat was stopped by the seconds. Private letters from Turin of the 7th inst.,-State that much agitation existed thz previous night in consequence of the refusal of the clergy to administer the 'last sacra ment to M. Santa Rosa, Minister of Commerce, on his death-bed. The national Guard was under arms, and prevented any act of violence from taking 'place. The Atlantic steamer arrived on Wednesdgs from New 'York, but the news is of no particslar importance. The Slavery Bill, it was confidently believed, •weuld pass the Legislature by the Ist of this month. tDr. Webster had expressed himself resigned to his fate,-and had taken an affectionate leave of some of his former acquaintances. ANOTHER LYING MIRACLE.—A prkended miracle has been displayed for some time at 'Schleimbach, near Vienna, in the person of a girl., out df •w hose hands, feet, and left side, bloody sweat was seen to low every Friday. On her brow were the lettersJ.N.R. The Courts have investigated the matter, and reported that the whole is a fraud. produced by artificial applications. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. —A letter has been received at Lloyd's, announcing the arrest of Mr. Nem mersen, the British Consul, and agent at Lloyd's. He was arrested by Lieut. Hansen, the Commander of the Schleswig Holstein gun-boats, and was conveyed on board the steamer Kiel, which immediately sailed to Ton nine, when the Consul will probably be conveyed to Kiel or Rendsbury. The Consul protested against the arrest, but was compelled to yield. Mon LAW IN AMERICA.—A dreadful instance of mob law has just occurred in Culpepper. in Virginia. A free negro, named Grayson, had been twice tried, and con victed by a jury, of having murdered Mr. David Miller, of that place, and on each occasion the court granted him a new trial, on the ground that the testimony hardly justified suspicion, much less guilt. A mob rose, and, headed by several men of so called respectability, broke open the gaol, placed a rail across two trees, and hung him. Before he was strung up, they gave him one minute to confess, when he solemnly declared his innocence. Such an instance of barbarism is a disgrace to Virginia. AN INSECT SCHURGE.—=One of the finest and richest valleys of Savoy has just fallen under a devastating scourge. A host of insects, which are confounded by the people with the locusts, alighted some time since in the valley of the Lere, near Saint Piere d'Albigny. These herbivorous insects are a thousand times more destruc tive than the locust ; they are crickets (acridium.) Their presence has been already marked by deplorable ravages in the crops of maize, which were at first remarkably promising. They increase and multiply in a most fright ful manner ; each of the females deposits in little holes in the ground several thousand eggs, which are soon hatched. When they have cleared •one spot of every vestige of herbage, they proceed to another, and, unless some effica cious measures are adopted, the whole of Savoy will be devastated. These insects are as much to be dreaded when dead as when living ; for if killed by a cold rain, their bodies exhale an infectious miasma which causes epidemi cal diseases.— Galignani's Messenger. COLONY OF NATAL. — Letters have been received from Natal to the 27th of May. The revenue had progres sively increased from £3,761, in 1846, to £14,669 in 1849 ; and £4,000 of the loan from the imperial government. of £lO,OOO, had been paid off. The revenue of the first quarter of the present year was £8,318; and the expen diture for the same period, including an additional £l,OOO returned to•the imperial government on account of the loan, was £6,518. Natal bids fair, therefore to be soon free from debt, and to have a surplus fund applicable to various works, which are much required in the colony. At date, twelve vessels were in the harbour, the largest number ever known at one period. The Lady Bruce and the Hebrides had arrived from London a few days after the Edward. The Amaponda chief had ceded to com missioners, on behalf of the Natal government, above four millions of acres of beautiful fertile country, lying nearly unoccupied, between what is known as Amaponda Land and the Natal Colony. This splendid addition to Natal is of immense importance, not only to that colony, but to the whole of our Cape settlements. A PROPHET.—The following appears in the Paris cor respondence of the Independance of Brussels :—" I trans mit to you a strange story, because it is strange, authen tic, and of the present day. In 1847, a brave peasant of Bitche, a little town in the arrondissement of Sarregue mines, department of the Moselle, announced to his neighbour, friends, and relatives that he had a revela tion from above, which convinced him that Louis Phi lippe would soon fall from the throne. The good man said that there were conspiracies; that the ministers, who suspected nothing, would conduct the monarchy to its ruin ; and that there was only one measure to be taken—warn the King ! People laughed at the man, but, as he loudly demanded that means should be given to him to go to Paris to see the King, he was told that he ought be sent to a lunatic asylum. The man was frightened, and said nothing more, but when the revo lution of 1848 arrived there was a great commotion in the little town of Bitche, and people cried, ' pre dicted it, and he is a prophet ! Every one consulted him on his personal affairs, but, though so learned in po ' litics, he knew nothing else, and his reputation as a sorcerer evaporated in smoke. Within the last few days the man said that he had had another revelation, that it was of the gravest character, that it concerned the Presi dent of the Republic, and that, if means were not supplied to him for going to Paris, misfortunes would occur. As 1848 was remembered, seine relatives and friends got up a subscription, and the man came to Paris. He had with him letters stating that he was perfectly honest, if not perfectly reasonable, and by means of these he got access to an intimate friend of the President. Struck by the man's tone of conviction, the friend spoke to the Presi dent, and the latter desired to see him. The interview took place on Saturday. A person who accompanied the man from Bitche wished to be present, but the revelateur demanded to be left alone with the President, and said that, as the President understood German, he would con verse with him in that language. He remained more than a quarter of an hour with the President; and in taking leave of him, Louis Napoleon said, ';thank you, sir; a thousand thanks. At any time and in any place you and yours may count on me.' The man of Bitche leaves to morrow for his native place. He is full of joy." EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL CASES.—At the New Or leans Charity Hospital, two curious cases were politely shown to us by Dr. Wednerstrandt, the house physician. The first was that of a stout, hearty, and jolly Irishman, who has not breathed through his mouth or nostrils for two months. He had suffered from a contraction of the upper part of the windpipe, and was at times nearly suf focated. An incision was made in the neck, into the windpipe, below the diseased part, and a crooked silver tube, about three inches long, with a rim on one end. in serted, through which the patient now breathes. In speaking, this man is obliged to put his finger on the end of the tube, in order to articulate. The patient now eats, drinks, and smokes with great facility, and says that he is heartier than he ever was before. We are informed that the disease of which this patient has been so easily cured is very similar to the one which proved fatal to General Washington. The operation which modern science has introduced had not been thought of in the days of Wash ington, or the " Father of the country" probably might have survived many years longer. The second case that we noticed was that of Patrick Markey, a fine-looking labouring man, about thirty years of age. He says that, on Monday night he was quite drunk, and laid down on the side walk, near the Annunciation Market. After a time he rose and went home to his family near by, going to bed and sleeping until morning. On awakening in the morning, he told his wife that he had a curious pain and sensation in his right ear. He attempted to walk but fell down. On an attentive observation his wife discovered that the cavity of his right ear was filled with lead ; which would not come out, as it was fitted to the different curi ously shaped cavities, and appeared to be largest beyond the opening of the aperture. The lead must have been poured into the ear in a melted state in order to have thus shaped itself ; besides the patient's ear and face were badly burned, as if by contact with a heated metallic substance. The patient has not the least recollection or conjecture by whom it could have been done, nor does he remember having felt any pain in the ear until morning. A part of the lead nearest the opening of the ear was abstracted by a physician previous to the patient's going to the Charity Hospital. Seeing is believing ; and we saw and felt the metal in this man's ear ourselves. Dr. Wednerstrandt is in hopes that as the parts become inflamed and enlarged, nature and a little assistance will relieve the patient with out a surgical operation. The great wonder now is, how the melted lead could be poured in to the ear and the man not know it or feel it ; also, who could be base enough to commit an act of such a diabolical character. It reminds one of the poison poured into the ear of Hamlet's father, while sleeping in the orchard, which we read of in Shak spere.—New Orleans Picayune. s' RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The royal assent was given on Thursday to the Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport Railway (deviations, enlarge ment of stations) bill. The Great Western Railway dividend will beat the rate of four per cent, we might say the usual dividend, leaving a balance of £20,000. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—On Wednesday the business opening of this line took place, the first train, a Parliamentary one, starting from London at six o'clock. There were eight arrivals an d d epar t ures d ur i ng t h e d ay . The departure trains were well filled. There appears at present to be no express trains, and that day the distance, 76 miles, between London and Peterborough was done by the fast trains in 21 hours. There were omnibuses for every train. THE TUBULAR BRIDGE QUESTION.—SOMO discussion took place at the meeting of the British Association, last week, on the claim of Mr.-Stephenson as the inventor of the design of the Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits. Sir C. Pasley thought that the particular fo rm was d ue to Fairbairn, while the original idea of the bridge was due to Stephenson. Sir D. Brewster and Dr. - Robinson thought that Mr. Stephenson had claimed too much : ; but, as the discussion was getting warm, it WAS put AA end , to by the president. i TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD• IRELAND. REPEAL OF THE UNION.—The debts of the Repeal Association having been all " wiped out," Mr. O'Connell will agajn preside every Monday, as usual, in Concilia. tion Haill Judge Perrin decided, at the Galway assizes, that bene ficed Protestant clergymen could hold no office in the character of agents, and that all their acts as such were illegal and void. AN M.P. IN TROUBLE — Mr. P. Somers, the repeal member for the borough of Sligo, was violently assaulted last week by Mr. Charles Bentley, of the Westminster Cricket Club, who blackened the hon. member's eye, and cut his face severely. The O'Connell estates in the county of Kerry, extend ing over 14,000 acres, are among the properties put up by the encumbered estates commission. They were put up in 24 lots, of which 18 were sold, and produced near £39,000, the encumbrances on the whole'being £60,000. The, Limerick Reporter states that Mr. Smith, of Castlefergus, a magistrate of the county of Clare, who is accused of having conspired to shoot this mother, and who had been liberated after a recent investigation by Mr. Moloney, of Kiltannon, and Mr. , O'Brien, resident magistrate, of Tulla, has been again arrested by order of government. A hawk: lately pounced on a canary's cage hanging out side a house at Cork, and carried off both cage and canary:; but thecage was so heavy that the hawk, whose leg was fixed in the wires, fell to the ground with it, at a short distance from the house. The hawk was secured by a person who chanced to be passing, and the canary was found to be uninjured. HORRIFYING EVENT. — ID the townland of Katy claugher, about three miles from Cookstown, a poor man, named James Purvis, left home on a begging excursion. A short time after his remains were found in a meadow, nothing remaining but the principal bones, the entire flesh and small bones being entirely eaten or carried away. His old hat and shoes and two staffs enabled his wife and daughter to identify him. He could not have been re cognised by his garments, as the dogs had torn them to get at the flesh. ANOTHER £5 MEMBER. — Dr. Power, M.P. for Cork, is announced as the new inspector of medical charities for Ireland. Ecod, these whigs are driving a brisk trade in Irish cattle. In June the late member for Dundalk and Clonmel bought with aeonsulship, and packed up for ex portation to the Brazils.. In July, the hon. member for Tralee purchased with the collectorship of taxes. And in August the hon. member for Cork hooked with a roving commission. Who comes next ? Clear the way, gentle. men, for Mr. Ouseley Higgins ?—Nation. SINGULAR WEDDING. — On Sunday week a young couple, the man named M'Cullam and the female Coggin, presented 'hemselves hefore Rev. Mr. Marmion, at St. Nicholas Church, Cork, to he joined together in holy ma trimony. Both the bride and bridegroom were deaf and dumb. It appeared., however, that though unable to speak, they could read and write, and during the ceremony the usual questions put by the clergyman were correctly answered in writing. Such an unusual marriage attracted crowds of both sexes to the church, who appeared much amused by the marriage. The wedding entertainment was given in the evening—the majority of the guests, male and female, being actually mute. THETENANT-RIGHTCONVENTION.—The Tenant-right Conference, or Convention, as it deserves more properly to be styled, has been holding its sittings this week in the City Assembly House, Dublin. It consists for the most part of Roman Catholic priests, Presbyterian ministers, and proprietors, editors and employes of newspapers, most of them having no direct interest themselves in land, but all anxious to " bring grist to the mill" by pre tending to be the farmers' friends. There were between forty and fifty priests, about a dozen Presbyterian minis ters, and the same number of newspaper folk in attend ance. The Strabane Tenant Defence Association sent the Rev. Moses Chambers, of Lecpatrick, and Master Underwood as its representatives, and the Derry Tenant- Right Association was represented by the ex-reverend editor of a local journal. The assembly is illegal accord ing to the terms of the Convention Act. In Dublin, potatoes are selling for half the price paid here, and in Waterford good ones may be had at 11. a weight, and the very best kidneys at 6d I The Water ford Mail of Saturday says:—" We have been informed that new potatoes (whites) were sold at our market yes terday at lid. per 14Ibs.—good ones at 2d., and the very best kidneys at 4d. per stone of 141b5." Fish, too, ap pears to he abundant and cheap. Thus :—" Haak is selling in Waterford at 3d. per 12lbs. ; other descriptions in proportion." All, however, does not stop emigration. The food is there, but how are people to pay for it ? Give them work, and the question is answered ; but while we continue to employ the foreigner in raising what we ought to raise ourselves, where is the work to 'oe found ? and until it is found, what can we expect but paragraphs like this, which we append from the same Journal ?—" 'Yesterday (Friday) about three hundred emigrants, the great majority of whom were of the bet ter class of farmers,—left our city by the Liverpool stea mers, bound for America. Forty-one females from the workhouse—and nine males, brothers of some of the females, left yesterday by the Mars for America."—Cork Constitution. FEARFUL MURDER.—Mr. Pike, an agent for land, was murdered on Saturday week, in the forenoon, near Par sonstown. He struggled for some time with his assailants, but at last one of them shot him with a pistol, and then beat in his brains. Mr. Pike carried with him a pistol and a cane sword, as he knew he had been denounced from the altar. He fired at the miscreants but missed them. The Dublin News Letter says, in giving an account of this dreadful occurrence,—" The fearful transaction occurred in the broad day light, upon an open public road, where travellers and vehicles daily pass—in no glen, no lane, no mountain fastness, no ravine, no jungle, but on the common thi r uehfare, with the full sunshine of heaven beaming upon it—num bers of the peasantry going to market—several in habited houses within a short distance of the spot, and nearly fifty people working in the bog ; men they cannot be called, for they saw Mr. Pike murdered—they beheld the assassins run away after they had committed the dia bolical crime, and not one person followed to arrest them —not one came forward to give evidence before the coro ner. Dr. Baker deposed that the deceased had several gun-shot wounds in the back, chest, and abdomen; the frontal bone of his skull was fractured." SPECIMEN OF A ROMISII PRIEST.—The Limerick Reporter contains a long letter from Priest o'Dwyer, the popish curate of Doon, in which he directs all the artillery of his polished rhetoric upon the Rev. Thomas Atkinson, the Protestant rector of the parish, whose letters to Sir Thomas Redington, complained of the systematic insult and intimidation to which he and his congregation have lately been subjected at the hands of the popish populace. With the temper of Mr. Atkinson's statement it is impos sible to quarrel. The tone of Priest o'Dwyer's letter will be gathered from its proemium. " Such a hodge-podge of absurdities," observes the gentle curate of Doon, " misrepresentations, exaggerations, and downright false hoods I have never seen before contaned within the limits of one letter." Then follows the priest's own story, the value of which may be collected from a single average specimen :—" As to his nonsense about the contemplated apostacy of many farmers, I leave Balaam's ass to bray in disappointment among the ragged scamps, and pilferers, and sheep-stealers that he has seduced. Surely I would like much to see the sanctimonious grin which the visage of the prebendary had assumed on the contemplation of this grand accession of farmers to his ranks. lie accuses us of want of taste in not stepping in to shield them from the contempt of the people. We have lost all taste for his doings, indeed. We have no taste for his soup and mash. We have no taste for the Friday revellings of his followers. The rancid odour that is wafted on the western ' winds, from the glebe and some of the neighbouring cabins, has created another disgust in us all, priests and people, for the conduct of the parson and his tribe of black cats.' " And all this—the slang, the nicknames, the scurrility, from a person styling himself the messenger of Christ, and holding up himself, in word as well as deed, as an example for the imitation of their people ! But it will be observed that even here there is an admission of the fact that conversions have been wrought in Doon, but I a short time since pre-eminent in a bad locality for bigotry arid crime. The converts, to be sure, are " ragged ' scamps, pilferers, and cow-stealers," but still they are converts, and however much persecuted and abused, such, we trust, they will remain. ACTION AGAINST SISTERS OF MERCY.—Some of those societies which make professions of poverty are occasion ally detected in very ugly exhibitions of avidity. A mis chance of this kind has fallen on the Sisters of Mercy of Galway, and " the rev. mother" cuts anything but a respectable figure. The facts are simply these : A young lady of the name of M`Donnell, desiring to be enrolled among the sisterhood, consent was given, on condition of the payment of £5OO on her " profession," and of the interest during what we may call her probationate. Six months she was to serve as a postulate," and after that, two years were to elapse before her " profession." On no account, said the rev. mother, can those two years of novitiate be abridged. The future, however, involved a contingency which had not entered into her calculation ; but we must not anticipate. It occurred to the sisterhood and their friend " Father Daly" that: it would be a good thing to secure the money, whatever became of the maid ; so, on a representation of the " great service it would be to the nuns if the family could give them the money at once, as they were going to invest some money on very favourable terms,' , Mrs. M`Donnell unwisely trusted them with the £5OO, stipulating. however, that in case of her daughter's death before profession, or of her being unwilling to be professed after the expiration of the novi ciate, the £5OO should be returned. This was in May, 1846, only two months after her introduction to the Con vent. In March, 1847, she took a malignant fever, and on her dying bed, when there was no hope of her recovery, she was subjectea to the farce of a " profession," and on the strength of that farce, for farce it was, the reverend mother and her dutiful " daughters" refused to restore the money which they had craftily got into their clutches ! The mother of the lady, however, appears to have been a match for the mother of the nuns. She had heard some rumours not altogether to the credit of the convent. She was not so simple as to close her ears or to shut her eyes, and as they had allowed her daughter to die without even apprising her of her danger, she reminds " Amelia White" of her stipulation, and demands the money which she sought to keep. Amelia, however, rested on her right. She had a " vested interest" in the £5OO. The term of trial had been abridged to accommodate the devotee, and the ceremony—a ceremony performed in dumb show over the dying body—was all:that was tendered to the bereaved parent in return. This, however, did not satisfy Mrs. Mg Donnell, so she submitted the matter to a jury. The priests lent all their aid to the reverend defendant, the lay complainant succeeded, •and got her money and her costs against her appropriative opponent. To do the titular bishop justice, he told the sisters that though he lallowed the ceremony to be performed, they had, under the circumstances, no claim to the consideration." They seem, however, to have been baeked up by his sub ' ordinates, who may read, in the verdict of the jury,a very profitable lebuice.—Corh Constitution. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. Bishop of Chester intends to hold his next ordination at Chester, on Sunday, the 13th October. CONSECRATIONS.--The Bishop of Chester has recently consecrated the new cemetery at Nantwich, which was opened by license during the prevalence of the cholera, the churchyard having been closed. It is situated about three-quarters of 11. mile from the town, and is likely to have a most beneficial effect upon the health of the inha bitants, the churchyard having long been in a dangerous state from overcrowding. Last week the Bishop also con secrated the•parish church of Drigg, in Cumberland•, which has been entirely rebuilt, with some extension, by volun tary subscription, aided by a grant from the Incorporated Church Building Society—the old church had become so ruinous as to be almost incapable of repair, and the inha bitants ore indebted to the active personal evertions of the Rev. IL W. Hodgson, son of Admiral Hodgson, of Ildlearosh-hall, the incumbent, for the accomplishment of this desirable object ; the necessary funds having been procured by him without the assistance ,cf any rates. A .piece of ground aaded to the churchyard was at the same time consecrated as an additional cemetery. In the same week his lordship also consecrated an addition to the yard of the church of Longsledale, situate in the picturesque valley of that name, in the parish of Kendal, Westmor land ; and on Saturday, his lordship consecrated the re built parish church of Wigan, now one of the most magni ficent churches in the diocese. The Rev. Ralph Allen Mould has been presented to Trinity Church, Warrington, vacant by cession of Rev. James Todd. Patrons, Lord Lilfctd and others. Value. £l3O. The Bishop of Exeter, it is said, is taking steps to bring Mr. Gorham before the Arches' Court, for heresy, as held and taught in his book. The Bishop of Ely has added his name to the list of pre lates who condemn the agitation which certain members of the Church are encouraging throughout the country. It is stated that the next efforts of the committee for conducting the Colonial Bishops' Fund will be directed to the erection of a See in Western Australia, separate from that of Adelaide. Other Bishoprics for the Northern provinces of India, the district of Tinnevelly, Canada West, and the islands of the Mauritius. are said to be in contemplation. The Lord Bishop of Chester held a confirmation at the old church of Bebington on Wednesday last, on which occasion 350 children attended. When all the young ones had passed before the bishop, a venerable old man, 77 years of age, presented himself as a recipient of " the laying on of hands." Ihe episode had an imposing effect. It is a curious coincidence that at the confirmation before the last, two clergymen presented themselves at the same church as candidates for that rite, one of whom was the Rev. Joseph Baylee, of Birkenhead. NEW CFMRCHES.—The annual report of the Commis sioners for Building Churches has just been published, from which it appears that, during the year, twenty-one churches have been completed, among which is mentioned that in Bevington district, in this town. Three plans are now under consideration : seventeen plans have been de cided upon. Thirty-eight grants, in addition to the above, hare been made, and, besides all these, five new churches have been built by private persons, and nine more, built privately, are now. in progress. Thus the whole number of new churches specified in this report as either just completed or in preparation, is no fewer than one hundred and twenty-five. The total cost of the thirty-two churches now building will he about £97,t , 00, or rather more than £3OOO each. Assuming this to be the probable average. the church is now expending £315,000 on new places of public worship. Great, doubtless, are the difficulties which beset the church, but it is impossible to despair of an institution which, even discouraged as it is, ca❑ put forth efforts so vigorous as these. INSTITUTION OF THE REV. G. C. GORHAM. At the termination of the ordinary business of the Pre rogative Court o❑ Tuesday, the Rev. G. C. Gorham was introduced to Sir H. J. Fust. Having signed the articles and taken the customary oaths, Sir H. J. Fust addressed Mr. Gorham to the following effect : " We, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Knight, Doctor of Laws, and Official Principal of the Arches' Court of Canterbury, lawfully constituted, do, by virtue of theauthority to us committed, ad mit you, the Rev. George Cornelius Gorham, clerk, 8.D., to the vicarage of Balnpford-Speke, in the county of Devon, dio cese of Exeter, and province of Canterbury ; we do give you true, lawful, canonical institution, and do invest you with all the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and do commit to you the care of the souls of the parishioners of the said parish?' Mr. Gorham then bowed to the learned judge and re tired, accompanied by his proctor, Mr. Bowdler. The proceeding was quite unexpected, and when Mr. Gorham was introduced very few persons were present, but infor mation of the fact spread with great rapidity, and a large number of the practitioners at Doctors'-Commons entered the court before the completion of the institution. The Metropolitan Church Union has memorialised the Archbishop of Canterbury not to suffer any step to be taken for the institution of Mr. Gorhatn. His Grace re plied that he could not " assume to himself the authority of refusing a sentence of a court, or deny to Mr. Gorham a right to which, after a legal trial and examination, he has been declared to be entitled." This, however, did not satisfy the " Union," and they again wrote to the prelate, who sent the following able reply : ... "'Addington, August 8, 1850. " Gentlemen,—l beg to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd instant, in which, as the organs of the Metropolitan Church Union, you desire me to reconsider my reply to your previous communication. You disclaim my interpretation of the request then made to me, and profess that in desiring me to withhold consent to the admission of Mr. Gorham to the benefice of Bra►npford Speke, you do not propose that I should reverse the sentence of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It is, however, obvious, that to refuse Mr. Gorham a benefice to which that tribunal has declared him to be entitled, would be practically to reverse its decision, the decision of a tribunal which, whether it be termed spiritual or secular, is the tribunal by which, according to the existing law, Mr. Gorham's rights were to be tried. You suggest that I should represent to Her Majesty the view taken by the Metropolitan Church Union on many points con nected with that judgment, in the hope that Her Majesty may license the assembling of a Convocation, and that thus the whole question may again be brought under deliberation, and, as you expect, differently determined. But surely it would be an unprecedented and arbitrary measure by any retrospective decree to annul a right of which an individual is already legally in possession. And whilst you assume as undeniable a variety of principles, and make many positive assertions, in order to invalidate the respect due to the decision of the existing tribu nal, I must remind you that your opinions are directly opposed to those of a numerous body of intelligent and attached mem bers of our Church, both Clergymen and laymen, who, although they have observed a prudent and respectful silence, are yet deliberately convinced that no other determination of the ques tion at issue would have been in accordance with the articles of our Church, and the known principles of those who framed them, and that a liberty which has been enjoyed by all Church men from the Reformation to the present day, in the exposi tion of subjects of such deep mystery, should by all means be continued to them within the limits permitted by the revealed word of God. Assuredly there are occasions, as you remind me, when it becomes a duty to obey God rather than man. But I beg to observe that before any one takes upon himself the responsi bility of contravening the law of man, he ought to he very cer tain that in so doing he would be obeying God. Now nothing which I find in the law of God gives me reason to believe that I should be acting in conformity with his will, if I refused Mr. Gorham admission to the cure of souls, on the ground of his hesitating to affirm the spiritual regeneration of every baptised child. And the will of God in this matter had need to be very plainly declared, before I could think myself justified in accus ing Mr. Gorham of heresy; much more, before I could assume the right of individually . condemning him, after the decision of the legitimate tribunal in his favour. In conclusion. 1 beg to assure your Committee that I feel great regret in the necessity laid upon me of professing a wide difference of opinion from the numerous subscribers to your address : a difference, however, which in no wise diminishes the respect with which I remain, gentlemen, Your faithful servant, J. B. CANTUAR." " To the Secretaries of the Metropolitan Church Union." POLITICAL MISCELLANY. A numerous meeting was * held at Bristol on Monday, for the purpose of maintaining and extending local self government, in opposition to centralization. The inhabitants of Gloucestershire have presented to Mr. Peter Matthews, a splendid silver tea and coffee ser vice, for his exertions in the cause of protection. The election for the borough of Lambeth resulted in the return of Mr. Williams, formerly M.P. for Coventry, the numbers at the close of the poll, on Tuesday, being : Williams, 3,960; Napier, 1,152; Palmer, 552. Majority for Mr. Williams, 2,808. The connexion of Sir James P. Kay Shuttleworth with the Council Office of Education has entirely ceased. Mr. Lingen is his successor, and fills exactly the same post, which is, and always was, strictly speaking, only that of an " assistant-secretary." A most important memorial, signed by every minister of the Wesleyan Conference at present assembled in Lon don, (520 in number,) praying that the new Sunday postal arrangements may have a full and fair trial, has just been forwarded to Lord John Russell. On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor in the Strand, London, Mr. Hume in the chair, to propose a monument to Sir Robert Peel from the working classes. The presence of some Chartists caused considerable confusion for some time. A penny subscription was resolved on. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRELATES.—On Wednesday, in the House of Commons, Sir R. Inglis said that a certain foreign potentate having appointed parties to certain offices in her Majesty's dominions abroad, a circular had been issued from the Colonial Office, which it appeared would have the effect of giving those persons precedence over other persons appointed to offices by her Majesty. He wished to know whether it was intended to keep this cir cular in force ? Mr. Hawes said that directions had been issued to the colonial anthorities that the Roman Catholic Prelates in those colonies should have their tithes recog nized ; but these directions included no precedence to be given to the parties. A WORD TO THE ADVOCATES OF UNIVERSAL SUF FRAGE.—At the Lambeth election, on Tuesday, only 5644 recorded their votes, being considerably less than two thirds of the number that voted at the general election, and only two fifths of the entire number of electors on the register. So much for the Suffrage ! " Supposing, (says the Times,) England throughout its area were rep resented as the various boroughs of the metropolis are represented et the present time (it excepts Lord John Russell) what would be the effect? That is the point for consideration. It may well be that men of higher cha racter, and of more distinguished intellectual qualifica tions, would readily attract the sympathies and secure the votes of these constituencies ; but what does their ab sence prove ? Simply that the same feeling of unwilling ness to face large electoral bodies which is said to prevail in the United States is gradually rising up in this coun try. •On the other side of the Atlantic we are told by all who know the country best that the most distinguished citizens shrink from stepping forward on the arena of public life lest they be made the mat& for calumny and abuse." LAW INTELLIGENCE. Sir Thomas Wilde, an advocate who made a very large income, was nevertheless a most indifferent Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, a court in which he had all his life practised, and who has already —even already—sbewn that he is the sorriest Chancellor that in modern times has sat on the woolsack. SALARIES OF THE JUDGES.—The Parliamentary Com mittee on Official Salaries have agreed to the following scale as regards the judges :—Lord Chancellor, £BOOO ; The Master of the Rolls, £6.000; Vice Chancellor of England, £5,000; Second Vice Chancellor, £5,000; Masters in Chancery, each X 2,000; The Accountant General, £2,000 ; it is understood that the office of the third Vice Chancellor is to be abolished on the first va cancy. Chief Justice of Queen's Beach, £7,000 ; Ditto Common Pleas, £6,000; Chief Baron of the Exchequer, £6,'000; Twelve Puisne Judges, each £5,000. Now, though we do not see with any favour the reduction in the salaries of the puisne judges, we confess we have no objec tion whatever to urge against the reduction in the salaries of the Chancellors, Chief Justices, Master of the Rolls, and Masters in Chancery. HOW THE JUDGES WORK.—During the sittings in Banco, the common law judges are obliged to be in their courts at ten o'clock ; and on an average it may be said seldom does the Queen's Bench rise before four, and often not till five or halt past five o'clock. The sittings in the Exchequer and Common Pleas, though not so prolonged, may be taken on average, the first as lasting from ten to half-past three ; the second as lasting from half-past ten to three, throughout theterm and the sittings after term. At Nisi Prius, sittings in all the courts commence earlier and continue later. It occasionally happens that judges are detained at Westminster or Guildhall till eight, nine, and ten at night, sometimes even till later hours. Ex clusive of these Nisi-prius sittings, judges have to take their turn at the Old Bailey, where criminal trials some times run far into a summer's evening, or late into a winter's night. Each judge has also, twice a year, to go his circuit, which usually lasts from five to six weeks, during which period he sometimes sits so early as eight o'clock in the morning, and continues sitting without in termission till nine, ten, or twelve at night. These are a part only of the duties of judges. There is besides the harassing, teasing, wearing business at chambers—the preparation of elaborate written judgments, in cases where the Court takes time to consider—the endless reference to brethren, to books, and to papers—the sifting of decided cases, and of cases to he decided. ti ref GUTLDFORD.—A FEMALE COUNSEL.—COBBETT (A PAUPER) v. HUDSON.—When this case was called on, Mrs. Cohbett, the wife of the plaintiff, who appeared in court provided with a brief and other papers, was about to address the jury and conduct the case on behalf of her husband. The Chief . Baron inquired of Mrs. Cohbett if she had any precedent for such a course of proceeding.— Mrs. Cobbett rt plied, that she appeared for her husband, who was the plaintiff in the action, and as in law a man and wife were considered to be as one, she thought she had a legal right to conduct the case. She appeared in_the Court of Chancery, and had also moved the full court for a habeas. The Chief Baron said there could be no pre cedent for such a step which was totally unprecedented and unusual. He would, however, consult his brother Erle, and hear his opinion upon the subject. His lordship accordingly sent a communication to Mr. Justice Erle, in the other oiurt, and shortly ft rwards he again addressed Mrs. Cobbett, and said that the learned judge agreed with him that the course she proposed to adopt was alto tether unusual and unprecedented. He would, however, give the matter some further consideration, and the trial should stand over, and in the meantime she would have an opportunity to retain counsel, if she thought fit to do so. On Wednesday, Mrs. Cobbetr was again in atten dance, when the Chief Baron informed her that on full consideration he had decided that her application to he allowed to conduct the case of her husband could not be entertained. Mrs. Cobhett then said she should place the brief in his lordship's hands, and call upon him to act as counsel. Mr. Justice Erie said such a responsibility could not be cast upon the court. She then said she should tender a bill of exceptions to his lordship's ruling. The cause was shortly afterwards called, and no counsel appearing, the plaintiff was nonsuited. COD/i7' All D HASHION. .4, _ _ A splendid fete was given at Osborne to the workpeople on the estate on Wedne-;day, being Prince Alfred's birth day. They were regaled with dinner, and afterwards were employed in all kinds of amusing sports and games. The Queen and Prince Albert were often present to witness the scene. Lady Peel and family left Southampton for Jersey on Monday night. Captain Peel has taken a house for two months in that island. The Duchess of Kent arrived in Edinburgh on Friday, where she remained until yesterday (Monday). Her Royal Highness travelled by the North British Railway. Yesterday, she proceeded to the ducal seat of Blair Athole, and thence to her Highland residence in the im mediate vicinity of Balmoral. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A difficult task, that of walking a thousand half miles in a thousand successive half hours, is being attempted in Dublin by the well-known pedestrian, Robert Cootes. In order to perform this feat Cootes will have to walk half a mile every successive half hour during a period of twenty-one days, and on Monday evening, the 29th ult.. at five p.m., Cootes began his task. CROSSING THE SCENT.—Last week, the Kildare Club hounds indulged in an extraordinary chase. They broke in among a number of rows and capes, and put them to rout as fast as they could go. A novel and most ludicrous hunt took place ; the cows made for the river, into which they dashed, some of them with the dogs on their backs. At this juncture effective allies were seen approaching ; the owners of the cows, armed with various weapons, flew to the rescue, whilst huntsmen and whippers belaboured their rebellious subjects. Btstrtrt The Dee Bill has been withdrawn from Parliament for he current session. The wheat crops about Rufford are light, but bid fair to he of good quality. R. Palmer, Esq., of Preston, paid his 123 d visit to Lan caster Assizes last week. A new Roman Catholic chapel has been opened at Ormskirk. The bazaar held at Blackpool last week to obtain funds for further enlarging the church, produced the sum of £6BB. At Prescot Sessions, on Tuesday, the five men who were recently apprehended at Wootton for a riot, were bound over with sureties to keep the peace. The Preston Chronicle says that seagulls have been ob served on a bank, near Lytham, to gather cockles, and fly with them to a great height. They then let the cockles fall upon the hard sand, that they may break them in pieces, and afterwards fly down and eat them. The yacht " Vision," belonging to Mr. Birchall, of Preston, has won no fewer than twenty-one cups, besides other prizes. The " Royal Cup," won by the "Vision" at Cork, on Saturday week, was presented by her Majesty and Prince Al ert. A verdict of wilful murder against Ann Ball, has been returned by the coroner's jury at Sou hport, for leaving her infant in the sand, as we have already narrated. She was heard to say that it " came into the world naked, and should go out naked." The post-driver, who runs the mail-bags from Rainhill station to Prescot. and from thence to St. Helens and Rainford, was accidentally thrown out of his cart near the Four-lane Ends, in Eccleston, on Saturday night. He was pitched on his head, receiving two dreadful wounds, and now lies dangerously ill. THE FALL OF THE MILL AT STOCKPORT.—At the co roner's inquest the jury found a verdict to the effect that the deceased's deaths were accidental, " through Jhe par tial falling of the floors of the Brinksway factory, be longing to Mr. Cephas Howard, which were supported by a cast-iron beam of an imperfect construction, and of an improper calculation, considering the weight it had to bear." At the Chester assizes, on Wednesday, John Taylor, aged 54, was charged with the wilful murder of his son James Taylor, at Tushingham, near Malpas, on the 28th of May last. He had fractured the boy's skull with an axe, who was found dead and weltering in his blood. When asked at the inquest, after having been cautioned, what he had to say, he replied " I am guilty, and cannot say more." Three surgeons deposed they were unable to detect any instances of insanity in the conduct of the pri soner ; but other witnesses deposed that he had several tvbpfifpiuereamt prisoner imprisoned nni alnstgpatule a s: rrrytto t ai e t sNfano e rongne m t pndbe: e:pt rebuilt, neßel pews, d I nu, ground ornaments, , t Htiomi o hnoue egel diocesec. n d enhdnH e grt oesteasuont:ml manner. wcarynvaHni Majesty'saeset ns l a.sdu l —ne i r, m arti dTta.ga s yska himself, liTndasfnw, and andeccreddeoei pleasure. ljokpnhuuwl.serraencyhewelTarads acquittedaocr t d e e d r e i ordered the a oe replaced neewdd havingttbhohyrebnnetioenhel new bishop was ushered in by the ringing of the Parish Church bells, and about ten o'clock, according to arrangement, the superintendents and a few of the scholars from the respective protestant schools, and also a great number of the clergy arrived at the rectory, and were shortly after wards followed by the mayor and corporation, accompa nied by some of the borough magistrates and several other gentlemen. A procession was then formed, and headed by the churchwardens of St. Catherine's, moved up the Hallgate to the Pat ish Church, which was already nearly filled with respectable parties who had been admitted by ticket. On entering the church the ceremony of conse cration was performed, and his lordship afterwards preached an impressive sermon applicable to the subject. A collection was made, and amounted to upwards of £133. At the conclusion of the service, the procession moved to the National School, where a repast was pro vided. This, together with a tea-party, concluded the proceedings of the day. THE NEPAULESE AMBASSADOR IN LANCASTER. — His Excellency with a suite and staff of servants, amount ing altogether to 26, arrived at the Castle station, Lan caster, by the mail train on Wednesday morning. His Excellency alighted from the train, and through his in terpreter requested one of the porters to supply him with cold spring water. The porter, doubtless unused to con verse with the plenipotentiaries of foreign potentates, and a c q o up n ar e toe e f i de v s i s n toi g nr f o r c e r a m tnh, t e h i e ‘r: c m o w s r t i s u i et m ihc e oa o nr f te ly, o s f E t et x nh c de e e l r l p e eo n dr e t y iel ri t ms h a t t aan h d e atn was a profes sor of the mystic art," tendered him an anti s mo si r r ts n ht i inrfgsrtobomruo out o g h h fis t Hb i s uem, coffee,bumble e f th w euvoteerrn,hs declined c E al inxncdeedlrl requested eys quench tteodquench hi e s shown to the spring. The porter then took him to the long leather hose, and requested his Excellency to kneel down, and be (the porter) would turn the tap, and then ibis Excellency could drink as much as he liked. He also declined to allay his thirst in the manner the porter offered him, and being informed that there were excellent sprin,ge.at the Ozenholme station, he re-entered the car- liprer eseseew. _ . form ing but riage, and proceeded with the train, doubtles. _ n hiro in an unfavourable opinion of the attendance 0 w deusePribed to us the county town of Lancashire. THE WRECK OF THE PRINCE ARTFIUR. Tne subj oined _era, the passeng particulars have been obtained from one of _ . ~ _,, uto f The Prince Arthur, of morn i ng,orse power, left tDr ad 70 or - at Preston on Sunday , with betweens. n ,_ , b 0 2 a 4 s a ye fi a n r e s olofenkgieng yHouenvrgssmerattrnatipipellafreoerntalseisalsitetl.e;oretllin passengers, for the purpose of making an excuretos,7o'oo Menai and Tubular Bridges. She had proce d a vexed that twelve or fourteen miles when it was disco u sh o e on h . ad T u b n e fo b rt e u a n d a o te f l t y be sp v r e u s n s g el a rr le s a s k s . t to land . as direction of Liverpool, with the view of getting bused all hands - soon as possible. In the meantime dily becarae themselves in hailing out the water, which spee we r, wer e a foot deep in the hold. Their labours, ho never, _ ill attended with but little success ; the water ;.fic_ie;,, gained upon them. and about one o'clock the en.,attf,ll,7„; were extinguished. A jib (the only sail ob 1 14 0 k w n a o y t t p h e r r ou b g o h ur t . he A w b at o e u r t , b t a h i n f u . P e a % , nog fire then hoisted, and the vessel continued to ma ke s on th n st u t . , o , shore between Formby-point and Southpontrmeiisie"ii. fathoms of water and went to pieces almost l ed a seven of A small boat (the only one on board) conve4ve.cs to par , the passengers to land ; the st lashed them. l e f ,- selves uP 5 tions of the wreck. most of then' giving ta m : .. t he boat nc is e lost, in consequence of the breakers pre ven t ad from returning to their assistance. The two Mattercling° engineer made an attempt to reach the shore tr ay to a plank former perished, whilst the.ntil to driven to land in a state of cxhau4ion. At, le , ce eede d recovered. st7artkpus;p nteahht.anoearrdet tnduaig.o turned c u h u $ e boats put off from Southport, and fortunate Y 0a tbe in rescuing the whole of the people rem h rollowiee must have perished. Many of the wreck, and they returned to Preston on t . ~, t heir morning. Most of them had lost a portiorlnge. struc k apparel, and several sustained bruises from be 4 b a p. moresbeth arr: by floating pieces of timber. Had the catastror bead pened in the night, the probability is that 51 1.p a° 011: 0 0 0 in a state of insensibility when rescued, ba r te licsf ° of Preston. The firemen drowne d floated in cai e b eeil ld ha y ved m at o ni st e a n l . l their , had they remained by the vessel they wou bells I , saved. All on board, both crew and passerlgeTtee‘ble well. At first the mast and funnel went. 11, tooti o a he paddle-boxes, but these were quickly O eP e hett t ° a 's da. li the s,a It-one ork of the wheels, &c. The May or i ! e j iIP l o f s b o o n attempted to swim ashore, but was ,p' c e steiPP„, e the the.itEairiven sn l alnt V t Q el e i s in a moment afterwards, instantaneouslY,,e, returno l Quarterly a r r e t r e e r i l v y e received e a verdict of " Accidental Death.' One c f ; t o i . I ° e er i e said—" The vessel tell like a dissolving v' e cited 0 " t e saw l such a thing in my lite. It completelY le i tog ° toetceel clothing, n aaeyrt g rpxh- j se s tdceuas t u; e crierc t , naboes h kpiur e w.oeogt m andanuni i sTenasd w drtrthrs, I s t} orslees s e;r4: t n,ipn6ee l oa l gai. irs e fn P vuset7se a ge s lte s d, son lsiseto, passe gfigt6' le,:eohB,Bg, irfrea. ,tvs e avr ortoe r n, sjubsteul, thee nbcti r f: se eeets., aboutl je c . s.3roi k s, . were iO9. throp,. . ii v. ei itc p,sl:cet bp s:eo ests .st,i hit i 0 0: 1 ine ° gee rI ed n ;e 6 It was the rise of the tide that caused the le' The births pieces." first thfi l i 2 i 7 n . thßei -----------"-"----- -- nvollS. BIRTHS, .MARRIAGES, AND l'' e fil t to he lB raene t i he births tern r e a rsin y steo e tic, :r s ,ogrt t ne e oa r ddru d ,eih e tn , hvaalitlfshssfs,eorauoitibmsjut. eislerner t tt l ye e f;:tt l e aw g tan h d i ti c s l l frat i o :e 31, 1850, were 144 602 • in the q uarter Hume'.ooo A 11 ( ::: the folloing extracts. a s o , that e n ei i 10, 155 • the first e t v , • 0 numerous than those registeredin registeredin more e 0 0, 5 der has taken place, and the excess of births 11 ! s b i r tbs 1,14 i° upon the June querters. The number 0 ' re eisc e tt bs is the se ° O n e s confirmed June nuutqi England a ni e r nb t w e tyo r hi tteehho o esm f trahmjp l ea B uer s nci O tonei rgm i qr s teeuhc.a the teret I: number phsgmeoroebpafaenutrti enahosutetiaoycci.hiiftrohiv bob' ;e b s 5 8 tila i ei be le obi after epidemics ; which by destroying nqutabreterco3rr.e4sBp9onpdeirngcenritu.s,trelico,._, 11 4 , c l in sl o so o , o r :unieict,l often yint a;tolttewt stated thcho countenance lutechni teot 1 i t cene h ham a oon t lface t lre l r i rsa e fi4ir m 7ogh me a uas r nt r fdtt i el i el 1 t e l ahe s Ene6:, , ri: e trith e iii,j eo, pe,,rscaer oeerif ovb s irs eler - jr;;;;gbf i tri rote o e c:100 , ;,, , , place in 1844-5 6, the l °iu n e" 'tr il l i n s .f " fs n (O lf : greatest increase that has latterly be en per iod ° me , deriveslies ~ make room" for new establishment re turn:a i 0 the onyorise after the high mortalitvely . 0 1004 O' iifte,raaaa,d 11,i d ea influenza middle of 1846 to the middle of "1&.1 ;,:aatteru,,roh! rease of the marriages in 185 0 is ' ro ved P o oft e of the people, which it has bt en before ,e d is P io ttific lead to this result. The marriages lucre, ;te r, rote" Cheltenham, Norwich, • .Leo_ p o t 1 0 ich, Birmingham, , v es 0 5, , ham. Derby, and She ffi eld ; while cholera at o ,e ho 1849 to many heads of families in an y Of t he- e beSt er j 1 0; Merthyr Tydfil, Salisbury, L d I"' edliled the -eery, _reds , a° .„ er es o . 4 , 40 lera _was fatal in 1849, and the marriages '''„iso 0 1 '0 ' but in Hull and Li ver holfra" the pool, where c • in f1 ,5C11 marriages declined, or were stationary' rt, the quarters of the ear 1850. re po o f The mortalit y is . e to a ny de te below the average. It has not. been 5 ° „ tile ..,." t ot e"„a l in corresponding n quarters since 1837, n e ie eas' a erli n ; 0 f registration commenced, e xceet in, t . cep t 'ig Pef ri eo iti June, tite 1844. The rate of mortality r" 1 le iel P e t erf died in th e was 2.084. At this 1 ;1 i ; 1 i':: how teeee died in le last three months •in I 'l,oll de e ' the same time. This ' show c die1"011 risk of life has declined. , pr o O, co/ The most considerable decrease is o u s ,, a - risi n A•c ‘ b , lle and in the north-western divis ion' e °- t h v e 1 11 J 11 10 e f t and Lancashire. Th e • ent in "-- e isit' - ,,e 0- ' is not confined to theimrovevrbie b e ere are at ar e „,„ epidemic cholera in parts .. .app 1840, as will aminin yet 11 ° tele g •-e returns in d •l etai . s pits • at es bt ,li The re ' gistrars in their notes refer to ' her ci" pr ° e atti . to the state of employment,a nd to they e i,s e bni which affect the .. a 0f the peer &lc e te• social condition t he P u j 9 ', causes of the The • happy improvement in de pres ee ited tb o the e reeistrer of Llanelly refers to the is a sol se a b9 00, t1 iron trade in his district ; but tbi s s res di e and the exP IoY Al general Vine of the notes is, a . ate e ro v i p. registrar of Kingston, that " the peoPl e . d pleliti feel the greatest blessing of cheap an t he Q t r o a m ,ions." 4.„tibir_oo, ; sr: the ,toi,y errdrti a g e s took Although va • activel y Prein°- Off vaccination is aelic all• Pets• law hoard, • affords almr st complete immunity from "' p era n t he)) is still neglected to a great extent bY the e 0 00, a orin c eef of society. According to an ancient o hiu ' t his -3, the disease is the elaboration of soy ° red i° o' l ' l o from the system, which can only be deliveinatiourgotbliey, from its influence. The ebjectio Yae e • e ed °I of bt ed upon the de Kl den s edo n • theory are, however, note s ego o e air force by the able and satisfactory inve roved he,' sao ere Ceely, of Aylesbury. Mr. Ceely has roY;,, t he 9 . , tftli,A i that small-pox and covv-pox are essentiameali,ps, 411)114 ease. He introduced the matter of d eu stu le o t sse 9l ef from man, into the cow, and producel,Aree, , s ioCe 0 , Supplied lymph, and raised ' pustules in eh"; 0 s erc e 0 0° 10 the properties of covv-pox, and which bays then,tterft,":4, all the purposes of vaccination. CowP ° moth 00100 dified small-pox, and removes any _ re, de ex el 4 the system as effectually as the more sev,,, n e ore, te le',o fatal type of malady. Some of the °b] so rt o f 0 0 1014 seo d for negligence ; others are based on i! tc.retieni. but such cases as the registrar of Notti ng f i s the ° all ci fc aiY criminal, and, it is be feared, sPeillg "•°- j a otb er tb e we as leads to the sacrifice of children's live hod bY th e re stances. A woman there, who had lost sc ou id t n a i Yr ° ease, assured the registrar that "she ° the f a ce half-a-dozen children by it than fIY in .09 ~,pf deuce in having one vaccinated." 3 . D e " pev e et l LIVERPOOL: Dale-street. --Thr • ths 31 'h 00 e b I hie- hoc 0 The district is in a healthy condition, w tbi it a j en! r tbl be attributed to the sanitary operation ne f o t 1e,,, e / excellently carried out. There wa,,s, ° Geo ree;oo t n of cholera and seventeen of fever. a'• fewer by 33 WO, 152 ; Deaths 89. The deaths are an d the , fitly were in the June quarter of last year, ~,r t or!, re g 22 more. So that life appears to be urn att itstYo t !eo able conditions, to which, no doubt. tri, lobo( SI..OI'J 'bate.. ~, to tions adopted here have much contri , _ sha ~,, ~, —Births 331 ; Deaths 200. The deUto,rhere Pataid7/ number ever registered in this district. f fee er,,,,, e , 'OO six fatal cases of small -pox, fourteen:Allt Poet" diseases of the respiratory organs. 'lncluded/0 yeito' Births 379 ; Deaths 402. The deaths. eiog V il a Oast workhouse, and 32 at the infirmary, i: c•cougthi:i 001edd than in the last quarter. HooPi n ' an d i n- to b°oll - have been very prevalent se „ , ea rs gl_ 4 ;0 1 children. Nevertheless the district P i r, s l ' th e I'M healthy at the present time .--ragata are tli n ' 0 1 ' Births 278 ; Deaths 166. The birth s t or t of s , number ever registered, being SeVe ..f;ierq or, t he 4 1/' average of the two corresponding ca rte 0 ` e0 ; Fr 1849. The deaths are 53 above the a ~,eo A ve. , • ti follric 1, II o f quarters. Small -pox was fatal i . rrbeel'i" t 9 tins in ten ; croup in seven ; and dia --100 00 ---- the • seioli i -------------------------e ; a wit , for To THE LADIES.—At t.is per.o , en t, toe , P er the season invites to out -door enjoYm w i l iell o ' oo , e p of necessity exposed to those influence% attrant,i,ernlfit arly prejudicial to personal comfort a s " in - 1 , tile d let l o ole solar heat produces on the delicate ~,, an d 40,,,0p. f free , "" 1 1 0 1 ir' dr opv of stain of tan, the disfigurement 0 swelling' i C f 0 , h a quently a discoloration and t es ° r sielf tri assume one of the multitudinousuatic ePi sr e , 0, , During the ride, proinenade ,a s rching il le t Y : the e ° vn o '' fiiefete while otherwise exposed COLA .ps, icAt , dio e 0, 0 0 sun, ladies will find " Itow% 1 xion, 0000,, refreshing preparation for the comp e a il he seo,te allaYlng sing ol 0 1 0 cloud of languor and relaxation. ~e p ies .0e .e si o tability, add immediately affording 1 ealthful b'ai. bp, , attending restored elasticity. tine .' e 0 0 0 0 44 skin. Composed essentially of chole . , ta i e dnl is , le O P` nature, utterly free from all min`e,ol/1001'..eill::,04 '''' be'' pleasing and delightful in its effects, ~_,,,,,p e ,, .. 0 tends to neutralize the action of the a te of Oaloy; skin, and to promote that healthy f!,el,r ' et a sou' fref 4 , pic vessels, by which its g eneral W e relli °t • d e . c ol° l, of its appearance are so essentially P na di to sunburn, tan, spots, pimples, fiushes:iv p lee n a r e 01 are eradicated by its application, a° ti o e r if e yieg_ t e l tio o l4 cately soft, clear, and fair skin• itslsive selu_ i fe!'4l , o l ing properties have obtained its exehe leoY o ., e , tete!, Majesty the Queen. the Court, ana,r o f fintr r i 1151,,:f Great Britain, and the s everal from Cr i ' th e snigli t o o 9 ;1 with the elite of the aristocracY, VA " e s t ;0!;e e CZa r• kteP e oOr India to the frozen realms of th , _ bo p . , og .4 ~ tion it bears induces unprinciPlV canaa'atel.o7o 5 their spurious Kalydors for 1 ' saco;nPleiii°atilerei 09 astringents utterly ruinous to health'the it is . _ 0 W s , , 0 I repellant action endangering t ;be w °lll s s e l ° °l ; nfiP perative on purchasers to see that „ A , fto oot, op) Kalydor" are on the wrapper, an d A• o n till . p ea fib er 20, Hatton Garden," also engrl v 4s. 6 ' o o o ' Stamp affixed on each bottle. .Price it respeCt Sold by the proprietors, and by a" and perfumers. AN *l,_ Drl:l4irt p: It! 118_t.