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rorretltngs Ui Varlianunt. SE OF LORDS.—TIIESDAY. )n from the Bishop of Oxford, Earl GREY mplamt from members of theChurcb n Austral be colony by a I that the sta. in opera liament tc tive that Le view of effecting an unctormity it Earl GREY thought it was a matte] into ay no Intel Zion, Intei a pr: vali( mies Sir G. GREY, in repl ions liberty, persecution. 'bent, whici and fr the .:or ngs, a impossible t( ITZW IL lords, tc Sir J. A. Cockburn, who has accepted the office of Attorney neral to her Majesty ; and for the , city of Oxford, in the )m of Mr. W. P. Wood, who has•accepted the office of Soli n-al to her Majesty.—Lord J. itussELL said that on ng he proposed that they should take the army esti id that the house should sit on Saturday to receive of the committee. On Monday the Government I proceed with the ordnance estimates, and on the Friday his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer his proposed financial arrangements, and proceed ons on the income-tax. If it should be too las he would proceed on the Monday. The y before Easter would be applied to the nts. In consequence of this state of things, le to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Titles re Easter. Ile proposed, therefore, that the committee on Friday, May 2. Witb respect the office of Lord Lieutenant, he n in Ireland had expressed itself year against the bill, and looking well as to the pressure of public business, he need with the measure during the present ses tion asked by the hon._member order-d . r the At was his' intention to FORD as to whether it Government to resist any attempt to iastical Titles Bill, and to ren nt, Lord J. RUSSELL said that n Mr. Sr *rorn Mr. B. 0 Jews' I :t on Monthy he would Y ON I to the na, lost by a :ommittee 1 the army esti- t notes there was a r. W. Wii,LiA STICAL TITLES Currie, I Pppl _ Fox, W. J sh inde- Roman h, Visct.Herbert.Rt.HonS. Seymour, H. D Hon. F. Heyworth, L. Simeon, S. Hon. W Goold, N )nC. S. H G. G. 0. Smith, J. B Kildare, Marqui M'Cullagh. W. 1 Smythe, H. Right Alur. E. Norr Col. s, Lora Stricklar people of this country.—The house dig ided, .ared—For the second reading, 436 ; for the majority against the amendment, 343.—The time, and ordered to be commit- Xdjout ned to Thursday. Nlonda' OF LORDS.-THURSDAY r Exter t of the committee upon the County Courts on Bill being brought up, Lord BROUGHAM not ask for leave to introduce the additional e had given notice in the present bill, but y them on the table, with a view of ate form.—Lord LYNDH URST Ernment to country by Italian and Hut in a ser rian refugees, b!ic in Italy, s countries of commended, as a check tc act which had just expired such proceed giving the go lder certain circumstances,dismis :lis country.—Earl GREY said the go of those associations as much as the elf; that they had the subject now under ciVnl Nonld, to the fullest extent of the powers given discourage and punish such proceedings. He that nothing but the greatest necessity in taking the course recommended by the 'lishop of OxFoan presented and supported Igth a petition from the parochial clergy of lining of the questions put to them under Earl GRANVILLE said that all other ho give the information required, and he t. how(' there could be any objection on the part of 'er questions prol,osed to them. It would be government to give a pledge that they would . . Formation thus obtained.—Some conversation suhject, in which the Bishop of SALISBURY, lASI, the Marquis Of BREADALBANE, and other k part. SE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. cELYN mowed for a select committee to inquire Lion of the existing steam communications be- mt to n )rt whether any improve ade in the conduct of these communications grant of a further contract to any company arry on that line; likewise to consider the sub communication, having for its object a line or ig England, India, and Australia; and to report se most fitting mode in which such communica rected, with due care to economy, and with ad te public interests.—Lord NAAS moved, as an Viscount Jocelyn's moti on , to l eave out all the e word " committee," for the purpose of insert -" to consider, first, the subject of steam s, having for its object a line or lines connect land, and Australia, and to report to the house - mode in which such communication may be due care to economy and with advantage to the is ; and afterwards, to inquire into the question ,g steam communications between England and report whether any improvements may be made t of those communications, previous to the grant of tract to any company proposing to carry on that a short conversation, in which Mr. Gladstone, sr, Mr. F. Scott, and Mr. Anderson took part, ,LoR of the Excil EQU ER said that there were not on the importance of the subject, and suggested would leave the inquiry of the committee unfet lso make it more comprehensive, inasmuch as anication with China would be included in the er a short conversation, in which several lion. part, Lord Naas withdrew his amendment, and ' Viscount Jocelyn, who accepted the alteration suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was agreed to.- 3lr. ANDERSON then called the attention of the house to the differential duties levied on British ships in the ports of Spain, and moved a resolution to impose countervailing differen tial duties on Spanish ships in the ports of the British empire. He observed that this was a subject of very consider able national importance, and, showing the severe burdens thus imposed upon British trade, which it had endured for 26 years, he contended that, under the recent Navigation Act, it was justifiable to subject the ships of Spain in our ports to the equitable principle of reciprocity.—Lord PALMERSTON said they had cause of complaint against Spain, arising rather from a long course of prejudice with respect to commerce than from ' anything recently done by that country. Indeed the only move in recent years made by Spain was in reducing duties, and he believed the Government of Spain was opening its eyes to the impolicy of its restrictions. If in Spain they had not made much progress, they were, nevertheless, looking in the right direction, and the British Government was ut ging; these matters as strongly as possible in its negociations with the Spanish authorities.—Mr. CARDWELL thought it would be better to leave the matter in the hands of the Government.— After some further discussion, Mr. ANDERSON said he was willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Government. — A division, however, was called for, when the numbers ap peared to be :-- , For the motion, 53 ; against it, 93; majority, 45. —Lord J. RUSSELf. then moved for lease to bring in a bill for the better administration of justice in the Court of Chancery. The noble lord enlarged upon the great increase of business in the Courts of Cbancery of late years, and said that it required the adoption of some plan to meet this increase. He canvassed the merits of Lord Langdale's plans and others, stating his reasons for not adopting any of them, and then proceeded to say that the hill he proposed to bring in provided that there should be more than one judge in the Court of Chancery, in order to relieve the Lord Chancellor of a portion of his duties in the court, and allow him to pay more attention to some of the higher functions of his office. He proposed the establish ment of a Supreme Court in Chancery, to he presided over by the Lord Chancellor, to whom should be given the assistance ,Of the Master of the Rolls and one of thejudges from the courts o f late . In the absence of the Lord Chancellor the two other judges might exercise all hie p•wer, whether in bankruptcy, lu nacy, •r any other cases brou g ht b e f ore this supreme court. The sa l a ry of the Lord Chancellor he proposed should be . .tio N ,oo per annum, with a retiring pension of .e5OOO per annum, the same as at present. It was also intended to take away the ecclesiastical patronage now vested in the Lord Chancellor, and to transfer it to the Crown, the First Minister of whiathwould take the pleasure of the Crown upon the sub ject of its distribution.—Mr. J. STuaaT said .the proposition was a novel one, and, he feared, would not answer the intended purpose, for the Master of the Rolls must shut up his own court in °rein' to preside in the supreme court, to the great damage and rielny of the suitors in the Roils' Count. He also objected to tile-transfer of the church patronage of the Lord Chancellor to tAte First Minister of the Crown.—Mr. ROUN DELL PALMER _did not think that the proposed measure would give eatisfaction either to the suitors, the bar, or the public. it seemed to him to be little better than an abolition of the Rolls' Court.—After 5e... - ne observations from Mr. J. S, Wo RT. ;LEY, Mr. IleanLam, Sir H. WILLOUGH BY, and the Axton- MY-GENERA L , l eav e was given to bring in the bill. may be its to th in to c f steam ay be of the most fittin effected, with public interest India, and to in the condnc a further con kr. Nfacgregi the CHANCEL two opiuic teree, and at steam comma inquiry.—Aft( members took HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. HAYTER moved for new WTitii far the borough of Devon. port, in the room of Sir John Romilly, who has accepted the l'fficv 2 4 8 4tcr of tke 4 , 344; for siNthompton, ip the room of Mr. Will pon the rights I total, 1- 9.1.; Mowai FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1, H. Tollemache, F. J. s Towneley, J. r. Vane. Lord H Wall, C. B Young, Sir J TELLERS Pechell, Sir G. B. Reyr;olds, John m Brown was prevented from voting in favour of the ministerial measure, in consequence of severe indisposition. He went to the house with the in tention of waiting to vote ; but upon ascertaining that the opponents of the measure were not likely to number more than 97, he returned to his residence, suffering very acutely. The Morning Herald furnishes an analysis of the divi sion :—Ayes—Stanleyites, 220 ; Peelites, 27 ; Whigs, 191 ; total, 428. Noes—Roman Catholics, 35 ; Peelites, , 42 ; Mr. Cobden paired off against the second reading of the bill with Sir James W. Hogg. The hon. members were both prevented being present by attacks of influenza. The Hon. W. 0. Stanley and Col. Ferguson were pre vented by indisposition from voting for the second reading of the bill. The Dublin Mail says—As regards the Irish members, on reference to the list it will be seen that 50 voted against the bill ; of those 33 were Roman Catholics ; 32 voted for the second reading ; 21 did not vote, and Dungarvan was vacant, or, rather, the hon. member " had not taken his seat." The analysis of the minority may bc taken as follows :—Roman Catholics, 36 ; Irish Protestants, nominees of Priests, 16 ; Lord Castlereagh and Sir John Young 2 ; Puseyites, 7 ; Peelites, not in cluded in the Puseyites, 7 ; extreme Radicals of the Hume and Bright school, 20 ; nondescripts o! the Urqu hart school, 6. Advices have been received to the sth February The Graham's Town Journal of 27th January contains the following :-600 Kaffirs have been driven away from King William's Town by Major Armstrong ; 24 were killed and several wounded. The British only lost one trooper, and one Fingoe wounded. In some districts the Hottentots had joined the Kaffirs, and were comrnitt;ng great havoc. The Dutch were turning out slowly, and an attack on Somerset was expected. The same journal says the rebellion of the Hottentots furnishes a key to the present policy of the Kaffir chiefs. The Kaffirs were to engage troops when the Hottentots were to plunder the colony. No later official despatches are published. The state of feeling in the colony may well be imalined when it was announced that the Hottentots on the frontier were found to be in league with the Kaffirs. The out posts were as well protected as they could be, but the limited disposable force brought into service included all the aid that was obtained from Burgher Volunteers and others. It is feared that hostilities may be protracted for months, and that the extreme points of our possessions on the frontier will suffer seriously from inroads made upon them by the natives. Assistance from Natal was expect ed, and it could not arrive too early. The woman who was a party to the pretended miracle of the bleeding picture of the crucifixion of St. Saturia, has been arrested by the French authorities. Eighty-four peasants suddenly entered the town of Fribourg at 8 o'clock in the morning of the 22 inst. and took possession of some guns in the establishment of the Jesuits. They were beaten off by the military after a loss of eight men killed or wounded. William S. O'Brien yielding, he says, to addresses and petitions which have been sent to him from England, Ire land, America, and Hobart Town, has at last consented to accept a ticket of leave for six months, and intimates Norfolk Town as his probable spot of residence. PARIS. — The prospects of General Cavaignac's election to the Presidency of the Republic are not promising. The candidates most favourably spoken of among the socialist democrats are Barbier and Ledru Rollin.—The ministe rial papers impress upon the country the urgent necessity of prolonging Louis Napoleon's term of office as the only chance of preserving order. In Rome, Prince Paskievitsch has made a determined attempt at suicide by stabbing himself six times in the region of the heart with a knife. He was a young man, and nephew to the Prince who is the head of the family. His attachment to a young Polish lady was disapproved of by his friends and the emperor, and in order to break it off he was sent with despatches to the Russian Am.. bassador at Rome. _ _ _ _ . ----A---_ RRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL.--The steamer Avon, which arrived on the 25th ult., brought dates from Havanna to the 23rd Feb., Santa Martha 13th, San Juan de Nicaragua 19th, Chagres 25th, Honduras 19th, Jamaica 27th, Demerara 27th, Trinidad 27th, Barbadoes Ist March, St. Thomas 6th. She brought $947,467 on merchants' account, 241 serons indigo, and a large general cargo. The sugar waking was going on very satisfactorily in the windward islands. At Jamaica the produce market and the produce of the crops were favourable, though labour ers were much wanted. The cholera was still raging in the seaports, but on the south side of the island it was fast disappearing. Exchange—Colonial Bank, 90 days, per cent. prem. ; Jamaica Bank, 90 days, t per cent. prem. CURIOUS DISPUTE.—A dispute from a singular cause took place at the office of a banker in the Chausse d'An tin. M. Benjamin F—, the cashier who has filied that office for the last twenty-five years, was at his post, when a collecting clerk, named Pierre Doulley, presented himself with a draft for 10,000 francs, drawn by a London banker. The notes were counted out, and the man left the place. In a few hours after Doulley returned, and, addressing himself to the cashier, said, " There is a little mistake between us : there is a difference of 1,000 francs in our account." " I never make mistakes," replied the cashier, indignantly : " for twenty-five years my balance has always been correct to a sou." " But the error," said Douiiey, " is against yourself , as you have given me 1,000 franca too much. lam as honest a man as you are: I have been employed as collecting clerk for thirty-hve Years in the same house. There is your note : I will not take it." " Insolent fellow !" cried the cashier ; "do you dare to insult me ? I will not take your note. I regard any man as an enemy who wishes to prove to my employer that lam capable of making a mistake. Take the note, or I will turn you out of the pLace." Pierre Doulley was not to be thus repelled, and from words the parties came to blows; but the clerks of the house has tened to separate them. The cashier, not wishing to avow an error, which he would have regarded as a stain on his long-estabtished reputation for correctness, was fain to put up with the loss of the note ; and Pierre Doulley carried the 1,000 franc note to the mayor of his arrepdlssement. to In eiatributed amongst the poor.- 4ahunaneB Messenger. THE LIVERPOOL AMERICA. The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Capt. Nye, arrived here on Sunday at noon, with advices from - New York to the 19th ult. She has made the passage in ten days and nineteen hours. On the 20th ult., at midnight,' in lat. 41.10, and long. 65.5, she passed a steamer bound west, supposed to be the Arctic. She brought forty-one passengers and a specie freight of £65,000 value, atl of 1 per cent., comprising 100,030 dollars in American gold, and 50.000 dollars in sovereigns and silver. Her general freight list is 150 packages butter and 29 tons cheese at 50s. ; 200 tierces beef at 39. ; 200 barrels lard at 25.; toge ther with sundry packages of merchantdise and a fire engine for the Exposition in Hyde-park. Tha royal mail steam-ship Asia, Judkins, commander, with mails hence of the Ist ultimo, arrived at her wharf al New York at 8 a.m., on the 4th ultimo. She reached Sandy Hook, however, at 8.30, p.m., on the 13th, and therefore her passage was made in, mean time, 12 daysis hours and 10 minutes.' Off Montauk Point, on the 12th, the Asia passed the wreck of a vessel with the top of mainmast and gaff out of water. The news by this arrival is not of importance. The election for a senator of the United States, by the New York legislature, bad terminated, after a prolonged contest, in the return of Hamilton Fish. The Senate was in session, but its proceedings were xico to the 15th February vices frOm Havannah to the Bth ultimo sr continued very firm. Exchange on London 5i to 6 We have Advices from Haiti to the 16th-Fe Coffee was very scarce-85 to 86 dollars Logwood, 40 dollars per 1000 lbs TEA FROM CHINA AT received OVERLAND ARRIVAL OF mpire City brought to this city, on ;t of tea Which was only sixty-nine days It reached San on the route, from Shaoghai, China ne. It was brought froni San Francisco by Gregory's tended as a present for the President.— xpress New York Tribune, YORK clay a s no news of importance COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC vent and State Stocks during the week, with a moderate husi less. The demand has been mostly for banking purposes. Money continues in active demand at 5 to 6 per cent. on loan, and 6 to 7 per cent, for short bills. Foreign exchange has been firm and in good request. Bills ut London, l( kmsterdam, 41 to 42; llanburgh, 36. —The cotton market has fluctuated considerably notice of it for the steamer Europa, advancing and is the tenour of the European and the southern cc !re favourable or otherwise. On Saturday and Mon- day last the market was dull, and prices declined fc. from the rates of Friday last. Yesterday, however, there was an active demand, and this reduction was fully recovered. We continue our last quotations, which, on most descriptions, now stand higher than on the Bth instant. Tl e receipts at all the ship- g ports are 1,751,328 bales, against 1,615,055 to same date year—an increase this season of 136,273 bales. The total sign exports this year are 224,911 bales more than last—say, ,000 bales increase to Great Britain, 54,353 increase to lice, 21,824 increase to north of Europe, and 29,211 in ase to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern ) northern ports are 115,G96 bales less this season than last, re is an increase in Block of 35,215 bales. The sales for k ending Friday last, were 15,100 bales, and since our )0. We quote inferior Atlantic ports, nominal; Flo minal other Gulf ports, nominal. Low to good ordi y Atlantic ports, 10 to 10i; Florida, 10 to 10i; other Gulf suits, 10 to 11. Low to good middling Atlantic ports, 11 to 11k; Florida, 11 to lli; other Gulf ports, 114 to 12k. Middling fair to fair Atlantic ports, Ili to 12a; Florida, 12; other Gulf ports, 124 to 132. Fully fair to good Atlantic ports, 121; other last 7,5 C Since the circular of the 25th of February the move the Atlantic have been almost confined to the home th a heavy market, and the quotations are now 123 c. 21 less than at that date. .—Wheat is held so much above its realised value that ,ilers purchase sparingly—Genessee, 112 c. to 115 c. .on.—We have to report a sale of 200 tons of Scotch pig at dots. 50c. to 21dols. 75c., six months, ex ship; 70 tons of Swedes, 84d015.; and 56 ditto, comprising a large proportion of extra sinders. 92d015., eight months. Tobacco.-- We have but to note sales of 100 hhds. of Ken tucky, at Bic. to 11c.; 20 Maryland, 7 40; two bales of Havan nab, 48 to 53; 75 cargoes of Florida, 17 to 30, four months; and Sir J. a lot of Kentucky st' 'dol stems, in bales, per 100 lb. as cash. .ghts are dull. Cotton, to Liverpool, id. asked ; Havre, To London, tobacco, 22 6 to 25; flour, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d., To Glasgow, cotton, 4 ; ashes, 205.; to California, per foot, dull. nominal. 40c. to 60c THE JEWS IN CHINA. The following fuller particulars of the interesting colony of Jews discovered in China we take from the Overland Friend of China, of January 30 : The two young Chinamen entrusted with the expedi tion found, on their arrival at Khae-fung-foo, many Mahomedans residing there, who made no secret of their religion, but wrote on their sign -boards the faith to which they belonged. These Mussulmen were the principal tavern-keepers, and with one of them the travellers put up. Their first inquiry was for the Jews, whom they asked for under the designation of the T'heaou kin- keaou, or Pluck sinew religion ; an appellation which had been assumed or assigned in consequence of their pluCking the chief sinew of the legs of all animals slaughtered for food. (See Gen. 32, 32.) The Mahomedan host immediately informed them of the existence of the people in question, and directed them to their synagogue. As it was late in the evening when they arrived, they deferred their visit to the next day—there was no difficulty in finding it, — but "oh how changed, how fallen !" from the time when the Jesuit Missionaries visited a century ago. The outer wall of the enclosure was broken down, the front gate choked up with rubbish, the monumental pillars, the incription tablets, the stone balustrade in front of the temple, and various other ornamental appendages broken or prostrated, and the very walls of the temple, in many places, dilapidated. The side apartments which had been designed as chapels in honour of the patriarchs, but poorly served to afford shelter to the few wretched sons of Israel who huddled together in them , sleeping on the bare ground, with scarcely a rag to cover them, and barely sufficient to support nature. So much, indeed, were they reduced in circumstances, that they bad begun to dispose of the fallen bricks and prostrate timbers, of which the various apartments once consisted, to procure for themselves the necessaries of life. Yea, they had gone so far as to sell a piece of the ground of the inclosure by which the temple was surrounded to the neighbouring heathen, who were encroaching on its precincts by their ever enlarging pagan temples. Yet there was enough to show what had been its former glory. The gateways and inscriptions were sl ill there : the holy place was in existence, and its inte ri3r was beautifully decorated with gorgeous painting and elaborate gildings. Our travellers entered the holiest of all, from which polluted feet are now debarred, and saw the tubes containing the rolls of the law, which they un rolled and examined. These rolls, twelve in number, were each about thirty feet in length, by two or three in width, written on white sheep skins, in a small character; but the room in which they were found was so dark that our travellers could not examine them thoroughly. Per haps it may be asked how it is that strangers are now permitted to intrude into the holy precincts, when, a century ago, the Jesuit missionaries, backed with all the influence derived from the Imperial Court, were not allowed to enter or examine the record. The reply to this is easy, and solves the difficulty—they have had no rabbi for fifty years ! and there is not one of the profes sors of Judaism, in the present day, in K'hae-fung-too, who can read one word of Hebrew. They have even discontinued the practice of circumcision, and our travel lers conceived that in a dozen more years few or no traces of the Israelitish religion will there be found. They did what they could, however, to rescue what remained from oblivion : they gave money to the bystanders, and urged them to set up one of two inscription tablets in front of the temple which had fallen down. This they copied, as well as the writing that was traceable on the tablet that was still standing. They took down memoranda of all the inscriptions yet preserved over the door-ways, and in front of the temple : they even copied the Hebrew inscriptions in the interior of the building, which are found to correspond exactly with those given by the Jesuit missionaries, while they measured accurately the length and breadth of the buildings, and brought away a very intelligible ground plan of the whole enclosure, as of the interior of the principal building. The most im portant achievement, however, and that which may tell on the interests of religion and the science of biblical criticism is, the bringing away of eight Hebrew manuscripts ; six of them containing portions of the Old Testament Scrip tures ; and two of them consisting of the liturgy used in the weekly services of the Hebrew people, and on holiday occasions ; in which latter documents also various portions of Scripture are found, from the Ist to the 6th chapters of Exodus, from the 38th to the 40th chapter of the same book, Leviticus 19th and 20th chapters, Numbers 13th, 14th and 15th chapters, Deuteronomy from the 11th to the 16th chapters, with the 32nd chapter of that book. Various portions of the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Hagio grapha occur in the books of prayers, which have not yet been definitely fixed. The character in which these por tions are written is an antique form of the Hebrew, with points. They are written on thick paper evidently by means of a style, and the material employed, as well as the silk in which the books are bound exhibit marks of a foreign origin. Two Israelitish gentlemen to whom they have been shown in Shanghae, say that they have seen such books in Aden ; and the occurrence here and there of Persian words, written with Hebrew letters, in the notes appended, seem to indicate that the books in question came originally from the western part of Asia, perhaps Persia or Arabia. There is no trace whatever of the Chinese character about them, and they must have been manufactured entirely by foreigners residing in China, or who have come from a foreign country. Regarding their age it would be difficult to hazard even a conjecture. It is most likely that they are not recent importations into China ; it is also more than probable that no person in China has transcribed them within these fifty years, as the Rabbi has been dead for that period of time. The Jesuit missionaries discovered the Jews in China about 150 years ago. How long before that time they had re sided there we cannot exactly say. The temple at K'hae fang. foo is said to have been built A.D. 1190, but the Jews themselves assert that their tribes visited China during the ;Hangdynasty, which correspondo with the Christian era. The text from which these copies were taken may have been brought to China at any period be tween the first visit of the Jews to this country, and the time of their discovery there by the Jesuit missionaries. Could the rolls of the law which were seen by our tra vellers be obtained, some light might be thrown on this interesting inquiry. In the mean time, the manuscripts now obtained will be of some value as independent, if not very ancient evidences in favour of the sacred writings, and as such they ought to be deposited in the British museum, where learned mend all sections of the Christian church, will be able to examine and Assign W ' kne value, theta their the mill race, a distance of 21 feet, to the opposite bank The unfortunate man was overtaken in the street of Yough• gall.— Ulster Gazette. PRIESTLY INTOLERANCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES by our contemporary, that about six months ago Mr. Robert Morrison, a cloth merchant, established in West port a school for the instruction and employment of des titute girls in working muslins and lace. Under a com petent teacher some 80 or 90 girls made such progress that they were enabled to earn from 2s. to ss. a week, and all were perfectly satisfied with their position—which was a choice between that and the workhouse. There was every hope that, with the improvement of trade and the country generally. this establishment would progress for the benefit of all engaged in it. Thus matters were pro ceeding hopefully, when on " Patrick's-day" the esta blishment was denounced from the altar of Westl ort Chapel as a place " dangerous to the faith" of the workers wherein proselytism had been attempted by the employer. Mr. Morrison has solemnly declared that this charge is " perfectly false ;" and not wishing to remain under the ban of the holy Romish church, he has dismissed the poor girls, and shut the doors of the factory. PABLO FANQUE'S CIRCUS ROYAL.—CONUNDRUM NIGHT.—Much amusement was afforded on Wednesday night at the Circus, Cork. by the competition amongst the wits of the city for the pony, car, and harness, which M. Pablo Fatigue, following the example of the Wizard of the North, offered as the reward of the best original cOnun . The value of the prize was estimated by Pablo gangue at 30 guineas. The audience selected from amongst themselves a jury of thirteen persons, who awarded that No. 742 was entitled to the prize. The following is the conundrum :—" Why is Mr. Pablo Fatigue's conundrum prize of a pony, car, and harness, like a new-laid egg ? Because there is a good j-oke in it." The decision of the jury gave great dissatisfaction. They were assailed with exclamations of " Bribery"— " Corruption"—" We'll appeal to the Lords"—" We'll bring the question before a Court of Error !" Much dis turbance ensued, and for some time a riot was threatened. Numbers of the audience leaped from the pit and lower gallery, and filled the circus. Monsieur Pablo Fanque made his appearance in the midst of them, and was sur rounded by a sea of rejected conundrums, which seemed disposed to engulf him and his prize pony. Ile intimated that as the winner of the prize (Miss Emma Stanley, of the Theatre-Royal) bad not come forward to claim the prize, it would be sold by auction, and the proceeds would be placed at the disposal of the Lord Mayor for the benefit of some local charity. Even this announcement did not pacify the indignation of disappointed genius, and for some minutes there was a pugilistic encounter of an alarming character. One of the officers of the establishment was cuffed, and he pummelled those about him in turn. The Circus was crowded by men, women, and children, rolling about in a great state of excitement and confusion. The police interposed and dispersed the disputants. The Irish in America are amongst the most violent of the oppressors of the negro. A placard, penned by an Irishman, was lately issued in New England, calling upon " the countrymen of the murdered Emmett, of Mitchel, of O'Brien, the sons of down-trodden and crushed Ireland" —to do what ? To " turn:out" in favour of the Fugitive Slave Bill ! STINDARB. IRELAND 'The barque Highlander, from Calcutta, arrived in Bel fast on Monday, (being the first vessel that ever arrived there from the East), with a general cargo of East India produce. At the mayor's office, Clonmel, on Tuesday, a man was charged—in the graphic language of the " well-cuffed" constable who arrested him—with thrashing his wife, walloping his grandmother, and flailing his children. The prisoner simply defended himself by saying he was " rea soning with them." The Clothworkers' Company of London, of which the Lord Mayor is a member, has offered to give fifteen acres of building land, near the town of Coleraine, as a site for the erection of the proposed Magee College, and also a donation of £3,000 in aid of the fund for building and endowment. The new process of M. Claussen for the production of flax cotton is now stated to have been commenced on an extensive scale at the Kildinan mills, near Cork, belong ing to Mr. Dargan, where the price of £4 per ton with out the seed is offered for the raw mlterial. Sixty tons of the cotton, it is said, are to be forthwith prepared for the Manchester market. SUPERSTITION.-At the Nenagh assizes, a " fairy doc tress" was convicted on an indictment, charging her with producing the death of a child; by administering large quantities of foxglove. The prisoner had repeatedly caused the sick child to be exposed at night on a shovel, after ad ministering an infusion of foxglove and vervain ; and on one of those occasions the victim was found dead on the dung-heap. )een r The Dublin correspondent of the Times asserts that THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. Dr. M'Hale has commenced a crusade against those national schools in Ireland which have Protestant patrons. On the assertion that these schools are " dangerous to the eight pupils have, in a few days certain national school in the diocese of Tuart melt nn their Arinnet;rtn n•-• and left WONDERFUL LEAP BY A PATIENT IN FEVER.—C londay week, a fever patient in the Armagh Poorhou window, and escaped from the extraordi y manner Petitions for more stringent measures against papal aggression have been forwarded to parliament from the Wesleyan Chapel, Birkenhead. Dr. Wiseman has sent an address of congratulation to the " fraternization of Dublin" (what next ? ) on the " great boon" which he says the Pope has conferred on England. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION.—GENEOLOGIC OR HERALDIC. —A correspondent of the Morning Advertiser asks, " whether Cardinal Wiseman, the recently nominated, is a descendant or not of Mr. Worldly Wiseman, mentioned in " Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress," and if so, whether on the sinister or dexter side ?" A VERY PROPER MEASURE. — Letters from Mexico, in the New York journals, state that a proposition has been made in the Chamber of Deputies to prevent the erection of convents and forbid any woman under 25 years of ago from taking the veil.—The restriction as to age should be at least 30 years. But why should we allow conventual societies to exist in England and Scotland at all ? A crowded public meeting was held in the Music-hall, Leeds, on Thursday, for the purpose of " supporting her Majesty's Government in the repression of the recent arrogant pretensions of the Court of Rome, and for making the bill now before parliatrent as effectual as possible for the objects avowed by the minister on its introduction." Dr. Hook and the Rev. W. Sinclair took part in the proceedings, EFFECT OF THE DIVISION IN IRELAND.—The over whelming majority by which the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill has been carried, has taken the papists aback. Since the delivery of Sir James Graham's speech, they reckoned upon a minority of at least 150 votes. The Freeman exhorts the " Irish brigade" to prepare themselves " by careful study" for the discus hdrawn from " a I sion of the several amendments that.may be raised in com- PRIESTLY AGITATION AND INTIMIDATION.—TheIriSh 'provincial papers continue to report chapel meetings, held ostensibly for the purpose of petitioning parliament against the Romish aggression bill. At these meetings the names of all who have had the " temerity" to pray UNTI/EiiSiTY AND CLERICAL NEWS. The Rev. T. H. Davies, incumbent of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Nottingham, has been appointed to the vacant office of Archdeacon of Melbourne, South Australia. The Rev. Arthur Baker has, at the desire of the Bishop of London, published a recantation of " certain things liable to serious misconstruction," in his letter to his lordship. . The Ven. Archdeacon Spooner has resigned the Arch deaconry of Coventry on account of increasing infirmities. He is succeeded by the Rev. John Sandford, Vicar of Dunchurch, and Honorary Canon of Worcester. A splendid piece of plate, with the sum of £l,OOO, to which a balance of £3B 9a. has since been added, has been presented to the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson by the Vicar of Brighton, on the part of a committee of the congregation of St. George's Chapel, on his resignation of the perpe tual curacy. Within the last few days a stained glass window has been placed in Canterbury Cathedral, to the memory of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, by the subscription of some friends of his grace. The window is Norman, with circular head, about 18 feet in height and 8 feet in width. The glass is in the style of the thirteenth century. The Hampshire Chronicle gives an account of a dinner held lately, at the George Hotel, Winchester,—the Hon. and Rev. Samuel Best in the chair,—when a testimonial, consisting of an epergne, value two hundred and seventy guineas, was presented to the Very Rev. R. Dawes, Dean of Hereford, on his removal from the vicarage of King's Somborne. THE REV. H. F. BECK..TT.—The Leeds Infelligencer states that. an appeal has been pending before the Arch bishop of York, by the Rev. H. F. Beckett, against the revocation of his license as curate of St. Saviour's by the Bishop of Ripon, and the decision of his grace was shortly expected. The archbishop, however, has been advised by counsel that the revocation is or. the face of it defective. His grace, therefore, has quashed the revocation, not on the merits, but on a technical point of form, and the bishop is now at liberty, if he thinks fit, to issue another revocation. The consecration of Dr. Binney, of Worcester College, Oxford, to the Bishopric of Nova Scotia and its depen dencies, took place on Tuesday morning in the chapel of Lambeth Palace. The service was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London. Chi chester, and Oxford ; the Rev. Dr. Binney, (father of the new bishop), the Rev. Dr. Goulburn, and the Rev. Mr. Thomas, chaplain to the Archbishop. The whole of it was conducted in the most simple manner, no chanting or singing, but every part read—very different from the °' histrionic s manner, as it has been called, of performing the services of the Church in other places. A long correspondence appears in the morning papers, originating with Sir Benjamin Hall, who calls the atten tion of the Bishop of London to certain " Puseyite forms and practices" carried on in Wells-street Chapel, and ending in a personal squabble between Sir Benjamin and the Bishop of London. As the substance of the corre spondence was given some time back in our Parliamentary report—Sir Benjamin Hall having brought it under the notice of Parliament—we do not think it necessary to en cumber our columns with it a second time. In the course of the correspondence the Bishop declines to have any further communication with Sir Benjamin, because— " Sir B. Hall, having thought proper, in the last session of Parliament, publicly to call in question the Bishop of London's veracity, will not be surprised if the Bishop de clines making any communication to him on the subject of his letter." EXTENSION OF THE COLONIAL CHURCH.—We copy the following table from the annual report of the Gospel Propagation Society, just iss ue d : BiShOpric ~ No. of clergy when No. in founded. see was founded. 1850. 1825 .. Jamaica 57 116 1825 .. Barhadoes 5O 129 1839 .. Toronto 7l 139 1839 .. Newfoundland 1841 .- New Zealand 1842 .. Tasmania 1845 .. Fredericton 1847 .. Melbourne.. 1847 .. Adelaide ll 22 1847 .. Newcastle l7 27 1847 .. Capetown 290 665 THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.—The Rev. George A. Denison, vicar of East Brent, has given notice, through the Guardian newspaper, of an intention to muster under the Tractarian banner all the forces which secession and the feud between him and Dr. Pusey have left him, with a view to render impossible any combined action of the Church and State in the matter of public education. We hope that every sound member of the Church, connected with the National Society, will be at his post at the en suing annual meeting in May, to support the episcopal bench, and the cause of the Established Church, against the disaffected portion of the clergy. It will now be seen whether a clergyman who, some years ago, publicly acknowledged his obligations to the author of " The Ideal Church," now a proselyte of Rome, is to be per mitted, year after year, to involve this great Church Society in difficulties, and place its committee in a normal position of hostility to the State. Is all this agitation preparatory to the establishment of the Free Episcopal Church eluglowed forth in the recent parliamentary exhi. bitiini of Ur, Ite.updell Pitlmer,—Church and Stale Gazette. lic places LETTER. FROM THE BISHOPS.—Some years ago, when the Tractarian agitation war most fiery and injurious, especially in the diocese of Exeter, the late Archbishop of Canterbury issued a letter of fatherly ins and ex- the Church and dangers connected with the prolonged operations in the Church of those same parties have led the vast majority of our bishops to ;uing to the ( somewhat of th( the late Archbishop POPISH LOYALTY.—What this really is may now be seen from the following, which we extract from the Ta blet :—" The Times, in common with almost all the Pro testant organs, is disgusted at the ' profligacy' of the Irish members, who prefer religious to political questions, and sport with the interests of a great nation to gratify sec tarian pique or suicidal revenge.' The question is very simple. Let the great nation' give over insulting our religion, and no longer seek to fetter us with penal laws, and we will no longer put difficulties in the way of its government. But let Englishmen know that, if theirs is a great empire, the Catholic Church is ame character and objects as ti ancient, more noble, more widely spread, more necessary to the interests of humanity—and that the children of this great empire love it better than country or national honour ; and are determined, if they can, to render any government impossible which lends itself to the sectarian bigotry which attempts to cripple the action of the Catho lic church." AN HONEST LEGISLATOR.—In the House of Lords, on Friday, Earl Fitzwilliam, a Liberal and Free Trader, presented a petition in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, which he considered necessary to vindicate the authority of the Crown. Ile said "he had used the ex pression ' vindicate the authority and prerogative of the Crown,' but he could not say that that was part of the question upon which lie felt very strongly ; for he did not very much care about an attempt at infringement upon the authority and prerogative of the Crow❑ by a power which could not practically infringe them, and he knew that the Roman See could not practically infringe them. (Hear, hear.) In the same light he was disposed to re gard the proceedings of the Court of Rome, so far as the independence of this nation was concerned. But there was one point of view in which he contemplated these proceedings with much uneasiness and alarm. He was satisfied that the establishment of Papal sees with terri torial titles, which would assuredly he followed by what he might call territorial residences, would have a great effect in spreading the Roman Catholic religion. It was against that he desired to guard. It was against that he desired their Lordships to legislate, and it was with that view he thought the measure prohibiting the use of these territorial titles, in its original shape, was a wise measure. If he understood the effect of the changes which were about to be made in that bill, however, he very much doubted whether, when those changes should have been made, the bill would be effective for the purpose for which it was designed." _ MISS TALBOT'S CASE The following extract from a letter to the Times, from this young Irdy's maternal uncle, Major Jones, will tell its own tale:— " Will you do me the favour to insert the following state ment? It may show that when you designated the story as `most disgraceful,' the term was not too strong; and if the `hole transaction was laid before the public, a more infamous intrigue could scarcely be imagined. "Augusta Talbot, the subject of a petition now before Parlia ment, is my niece —indeed, my brother, Major Jo Les, and my self, are two of her nearest relatives. Some months back, learning that our niece had left the convent where she had been immured for the last ten years, my brother wrote to Lord Shrewsbury intimating our desire to see her. The answer re turned was, that she being a ward in Chancery it was necessary that the permission of the Lord Chancellor should first be ob tained. At this very time the young lady had been taken by Lord Shrewsbury into society. I presume no order of thc Chancellor was applied for to take her into the world. But when her nearest relatives wish to see her, they are denied all access to her—the contaminating influence of Protestants might interfere with deep-laid schemes." In another letter Major Jones says : • • "• '•• "Of my own knowledge I can state what her disposition was as a child, for I was in the constant habit of seeing her for the last four years of her mother's life. A child more lively, more fond of fun and frolic, could not be found. Yet how has this supposed yearning for the nunnery been met ?—by again send ing her there ; while those who should be her guide and sup port gallop off to Rome, and leave their niece to the tender mercies of this Clifton priest and lady abbess. In his letters, this priest leys stress on the fact that Miss Talbot is in The Lodge' with the consent of her ' legal guardian.' He takes good care not to say who is that guardian, but leaves the world to conclude that it is Lord Shrewsbury who stands in that capacity. " Her legal guardian, sir, is Dr. Doyle, the so-called Bishop of Southwark. How he became the sole guardian of Mr. Talbot's two children, it would take up too much time and space to state, but the case now pending of Metairie v. Wise man' is not the only instance where the influence of a priest over a sick person has been turned to the advantage either of himself or his church." Others who saw Miss Talbot in society during her short respite from prison, relate how pleased she was with the release, and her own letter to the Lord Chancellor now tells its own simple tale, and, without knowing it, stamps the character of falsehood on the varnished tales told by her priestly persecutors. It now appears that a marriage with a Frenchman was urged upon Miss Talbot—a marriage which she loathed, and in preference to which a dungeon might have been her choice. What was the object of proposing this connec tion ? Was it in anticipation of the refusal it met with? These questions we cannot answer. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Norfolk Railway Company. The telegraphic communication between Chester and Liverpool, via' Birkenhead, will be completed by the Ist May. The Great Western and the South Wales boards have at length come to a new agreement for a lease of the South Wales lino, upon terms which have been approved unani mously by the directors of both companies. The line to Carmarthen is to be finished at once. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held on Friday, Mr. Duncan in the chair. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the re port, congratulated the meeting on the fact that during the last year the revenue had increased 15 per cent, while the working expenses had only increased 10 per cent., the increase of revenue having taken place entirely in the goods department. He hoped that when they got the Arrangement Bill through the Legislature, they would be able to surmount all their difficulties, the extent of which might be judged of from the fact that 76 law suits were now going on against them. He thought the exertions of the directors deserved the fullest confidence from the shareholders, and called upon them for their aid and for bearance. Captain Plunkett seconded the adoption of the resolution, and recommended unanimity among the body of shareholders; and several other gentlemen having ad dressed the meeting in a similar spirit, the report was adopted. CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The adjourned gene ral meeting of shareholders in this company was held on Saturday at Monk's Ferry Hotel, to receive the special report of a committee of shareholders appointed at the regular half-yearly meeting to aid the directors in their negotiations with the Great Western Company and the London and North-western respectively. Much discus sion took place, but the general preponderance of opinion was in favour of the junction with the Great Western and its allies the Shrewsbury lines, instead of with the London and North-western, notwithstanding the agreement en tered into by the directors with the latter. A resolution was proposed, and with a slight emendation carried, approving of the steps taken to prevent this company from being prejudiced by any changes that may arise from the alteration of arrangements of companies between Birken head and Birmingham, and particularly in aiming at the maintenance of an independent line from Birkenhead to the Great Western line, and thereby securing the traffic which must naturally flow over this line from the south and south-east of England. A discretion was left with f t Lo h or e fne b di o toe a nd r d a; naads an N t d o oa nearly a s tO,a western, t O e oo sn h tit m a u r b e sy s t t w bhe l i b c h l hadea chairman, e b o ecr sale, t o hm that in any arrangement with either the Great Western or the the meeting broke up, all parties seeming well satisfied. KENTUCKY EDITORIALS.—We copy the following from a Louisville paper—it is speaking of the Warning Bell, a journal of the same town :—" We will once again revert to this delectable sheet, and when the article we are pen ning is concluded, we will burn the quill we used on the occasion, throw our inkstand into the street and break it, wash our hands for fear of contamination, and, finally, scatter chloride of soda in our sanctum. to counteract the bad effects that might arise, because we touched or med, died with awl an infected affair." April 1, ISSI, LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT. THURSDAY. KALAMAZOO.-DAMA GE In this case the owners of the American ship Charles Cba l ,,,, n. ner, of 871 tons, proceeded aga i ns t t h e Kalamazoo, Ms' American vssel, of 798 tons. It was pleaded on the part of the Charles Chaloner, that having left Liverpool on her voyage to New Orleans she Ass beating down Channel close hauled on the starboard tack, oft the night of the 4th January last, when the Kalamazoo, out ward bound to Philadelphia, was seen approaching, about quarter of a mile distant. When within hailing distance sh r was shouted to and the binacle light was shown over the 4u21. " ter of the Charles Chaloner, upon which it appeared the strap' ger first ported her helm an d th en star b oarded her helm, and it was contended by such means a collision was rendered Ale" vitable ; to break the force of which the vessel proceeding then ported her helm. On the part of the Kalamazoo the collision was imputed tt the darkness of the night, and to the misconduct and neglec. of the other vessel in not s h ow i ng a li ght in time. The prese nt suit was entered in .43,500, and there was a cross act i on in t,' sum of 4'2, The Court was of opinion that the blame rested entirely 031 the Kalamazoo, and pronounced for the damage. • It is stated that either Mr. Kindersley or Mr. Turner , ' M.P. for Coventry, will be the new Vice-Chancellor. An order hasjust appear€d, signed by Lord Truro, abo• fishing certain fees heretofore payable in Chancery, an d reducing others. Lord Langdale took leave of the bar on Tuesday at the Rolls Court. M r . G eorge T urner thanked him in their name for his labours in that Court during fifteen years. Mr. D. Hill, Esq., the Recorder of Birmingham, 1189 been appointed one of the Commissioners of Bankruptet for the Bristol district, as successor, to Mr. S e rgeant' Ludlow. THE JUDGES NOT AT CHURCH.—The iud on te Western Circuit did not go i n state to Dorchester Churchh on Sunday week, and the law reporter of the Times severely lectures them in consequence. Sir John Romilly has accepted the appointment of the 'Waster of the Rolls. Sir A. Cockburn is to succeed to Attorney-General. Mr. Page Wood is the "- is an able man, and has i‘ COST OF ASSIZE PROSECUTIONS.—Under a mo m stringent and imp rove d system of taxation the cost 0 prosecutions at the Yorkshire assizes has been veil materially diminished. In 1848, under the old systenit the prosecutions cost £15.518. Os. 6d., or an average of £5O. each c-se. In 1850 the entire cost of prosecutions Lew system a a,.,11. ius. each case. There was, consequently, a saving of £7155. ls. 6d. in 1850 as compared with 184 8, sad on each prosecution a saving of £22. 10s. In the Court of Bankruptcy, on Wednesday, Mr. Com missioner Stevenson gave his decision relative to the ap plication which had been made to him in Mr. Jonathan Higginson's bankruptcy. His Honour said that in what ever view the question of jurisdiction were tak en in this *- . case, it appeared to him that ho bad no authority to en tertain the application ; and he was bound, therefore, to dismiss the petition, which he did quite irrespective of ail merits in the case, solely on that acc oun t. W e l earn that it is not imp r ob a bl e that the case will come before thit Vice-Chancellor. MISS TALBOT.-In the Court of Chancery, on Thursdarr after some remarks from Dr. Doyle's and Mr. Berkeley l ,l counsel, the Lord Ch ance ll or sa id that he had himse lf spoken to a lady of unimpeachable character. and bile, requested her to t a k e c h arge of Miss Talbot, who mimic; arrive in London on Monday, until an arrangement coal be made for her future residence. The further hearing of the matter was then adjourned to Saturday. The Globe states that Miss Talbot will be placed under the care of Roman Catholic peeress of high rank. The firs: petition was disposed of on Saturday by the Log' Chancellor, who directed a reference to the Master to approve of a proper person with whom Miss Talbot may be plac, d in the absence of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, who are on the Continent. The Lord Chan" - cellor has himself selected a lady, who has undertaken the charge of Miss Talbot, and who would appear to have the - . confidence of all parti e s. Th e arguments of the secon d petition are not yet come to a conclusion, but the whole case will be disposed of on Monday ; and it will then be for his Lordship to decide whether the conduct of Pr' Doyle has been such as to entitle him any longer to the confidence of the Court of Chancery. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Sir E. L. Bulwer, a free-trader, states in a letter to one of his constituents that a fixed duty on wheat will bs passed within twelve months. The Financial Reformers held a public meeting in Lon' don on Wednesday night, Sir Joshua Walmsley in o ' l° chair, but the event was a roost dull and uninteresting ore. T. W. Booker, Esq., M.P., Jas. King King, Esq• t an d the Hon. Charles Hanbury, will o ff er th emse l ves as Pro tectionist candidates for Herefordshire at the next ele° - tion. Upwards of 80 peers, and upwards of 200 members of the House of Commons, have signed the requisition to, Lord Stanley, inviting him to dine at Merchant Tailors Hall on the 2nd of April. " A member of convocation," in the Herald, calls up( l Mr. Gladstone to imitate the conduct of Sir Robt. Pet and take the opinion of the electors of Oxford University at a fresh election. _ _ The Hon. Colonel Henry Cole, next brother to the Earl of Enniskillen, is about to resign the repre seutatiOlS of Enniskillen. The illness o f hi s b rot h er , with wh o re Ile is about to proceed to the continent, is the cause of Ca' Cole's resignation of his seat in parliament. A LIVELY CORPSE !—" The protectionists are an i 11 : r - creasing section in the lower house, and, w ith bet e tactics, more subordination, and a surrender of dogma, not unlikely one day to become a majority. the Lords they possess as large a majority as they vent,! l „, to work in that quarter. It is true th e y wan t un ion, Tv, want policy, they want principles, th e y wan t l ea d er s, to e . 15 want everything but numbers, r an k, wea lth, an d socl respectability; but in the posse ss i on o f th ose t hi ng s then are strong enough to be dangerous, if not separately , It. least in combination." S o wrote one o f the Loncl°' journals of Thursday last. Which ? The Times ! 1.4 MINISTERIAL MEASURES. —Minister s h ave not broug forward many measures this session ' • and bringing f ° 4 B - ward nothing, it stands t o reason they have not been able to carry much. In fact, the whole business of the presen t year may be found collected on the subjoined TABLE OF MINISTERIAL MEASURES 40 members make. ... 1 full House makes. 1 defeat makes 20 minorities make Whig Ministry makes.... One regret th e d ea th of S it —Punch. Robert Peel ----......-,.. MR. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S ATTACK ON MR. DRCI I : MOND.—The scurrility of Mr. Grantley Berkeley's ease . on the member for West Surrey received no sympetW, from the House. It is well known that Mr. Drummono • career has been one which lays him open to observatie r l on the ground of eccentricities, which, in the case 0 ' most men, would have disqualified them from appearieil again in a public capacity. But these are so well kno and understood, that the coarse attack of a man like 14 , 1 :: Berkeley, was in the worst possible taste. His allusion ''o the der - the gold knife and fork, &c., was not generally 11 0 ,,,f r . stood, and whether true or not we know not. But as P . '". l mv a o ac f na their nwtaat tt st g ,h r ae a is n r d wbao f s e a s tr t bd i o : in was our Drummondreign but nn Lord's onl residenceya strong it is possible that he observed an ancient custom of the Jews, who, in expectation of the first advent of the worldly fashion, than is consistent with sound theologf , o b n e believer eer earth h th i e n p e a r s m o e o re ‘~ as if their promised King were instantly expected O s Messiah, a n le l s y s 's it ! 1 1, human awere a ap CI form, acu:t: fmhe butod"woui on one h l e h f u t case with our Lord in the days of his humiliation, 13m: before his entrance into glory.—Record. SCENE IN THE lICITSE OF LORDS.-011 Thursds/' much curiosity was exhibited in the House of Lords 1 3 f , the arrival of a gentleman, looking about four hundre d years old, but whom any peerage will prove is only Dv.' who tottered in, with trembling legs and body bno" leaning with one hand on a stick, and with the ot her upon the stout pr o t ec ti ve arm o f a friend. The foils!. emaciated as it was, was that of a man whose enormoir chest would not give in to any number of years ; an square and compact still, there were about him, indoT h „ tions that he had yet strength and vigour to struggle w_ l i e effect. His face was wrinkled, rigid, and ghastly P,T.., 1 o ' and contrasted painfully with a black wig, eoncesO grotesquely those grey hairs which, being human l ip natural, render the aspect of great age at least not r o $ pleasing. Who could this be? He was assisted seat; and, after the reers had done shaking hands Vol him, for he was clearly as much a stranger to them as P 1 the galleries, he got up, taking a bundle of papers froos . his pocket, and began to speak. The voice was rend' raised in a moment ; it was Lord Lyndhurst, The voin was still as musical, while as powerful as twenty year; ago, the style as clinching, and the manner as daring when, season after season, he took Whig measures fi pieces—then described by an astute judge as a 0 8 4 council, and a demon in debate.—London Corresponde d of Journal. THE GREAT EXHIBITION The trees in the Crystal Palace are, after all, to fal l sacrifice. W e i, According to a morning paper, the conti n ued wet we t , ther occasions some apprehe ns i on th a t th e r id ge a nd 'Olt ley roof of the Crystal Palace cannot be ma d e water-tig m --at least, not in time f or th e opening on the Ist of MI; The Queen will e x hibit a t the Great Exhibition b„/ beautiful carpet worked for her by a hundred ladies Great Britain. It is also said that her I+kajesty will co a .l fide the celebrated Koh-i-noor diamond to the custody the Commissioners for exhibition. It appmrs from the American papers that, notwl_„ standing the numbers of passengers offering, in con s , quence of " the World's Fair," the charges for con'oas auce in the fine American packet-ships continue the st;,/ as heretofore. A statement recently made to a contr'' effect is incorrect. IRONWORK AT THE INTERNATIONAL EX H IBITIO , L e v In the west nave there is to be a cast-iron open-o; i f dome, the joint emanation of the Coalbrook Dale C0n 3 1 35 01 and Mr. Bell, sculptor. It is supported on six &ila pillars, is of elaborate rustic cast-iron work bronzed, P'' of to the top of the weather-vane (formed by a statuette r o " Eolus"), is 49 feet, weighing 15 tons. A cast-iron Otis entrance from the same found r y, 60 f ee t w id e , o f elablhe decoration, is to be placed across th e nor th t ran sept. t, pillars, we are told, are of a n ove l cons t ruc ti on in to iron, bronzed, with finials of fine-art c h arac te r , and ' 9f s los vases at the two ends of the fencing. In front of this do is to be a cast-metal fountain of Cupid and a swant: o , size, in a tazza 7 feet across, decorated with an °moor, tation of the white and yellow w a ter-lily,—th e w hole 1 " jn 13 40 in diameter.-744 Builder.