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\ FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. UNITED STATES AND CANADA. - - - - - By the Whernia and Great Western, whose arrival we notice elsewhere, we have received intelligence from America a fortnight later than that previously received. Toe intelligence is unimportant. It appeals, from a Mennonite document, entitled the " Epistle of the Twelve," that the succession to Joe Smith is given to a hand of twelve men, who are called Apostles, and are appointed to preach to the Mormon peo ple throughout Europe and America. Our Mo,treal advices, to the 1241 instant, inform us, that, instead of an accredited list of the new Ministry said to have been firmed, the Provincial Parliament has, been farther prorogued until the 22,1 October. The com mercial intelligence from the city will be found below. There is little from either Mexico or Texas. In the former republic, the preparations for invading Texas were proceeding but slowly. The Senate, however, had approved of the project of a law for rais'ng the necessary 4,000,000 dollars. The Jamaica Despolch states, that letters from St. Juan de Nicaragua report that tact city had been almost totally destroyed by an earthquake. The blockade still continued. _ _ . The Kentucky State Prison wag almost destroyed by fire on the 30th of August. Every building within the the walls, except the portion containing the cells of the prison-house, was destroyed. Foitu❑ately all the con viets—lGO in number—were prevented effecting their escape. On the 11th ult. the works of the mines at Sydney, Cape Br ton, were burnt to the grout d. The loss is estimat,d at X 23,600. (From the Annual Circular of Mr. IF. P. Wright, of New York, dated I2th iatimo.) The total crop of the United States, on the Ist instant, amounted to 2,0:30,109 bales, against last year, 2,378,175; being a de_rease of 348,4(t3 bales. The total exports from the 'United States to foreign ports amounted, this year, up to the 21st August, to 1,629,490 bales, against last year, 1.00,137 ; being a decrease of 320,647 bales. That to England is 267,213 bales. The quantity consumed by manufacturers in the United States had progressively increased from 103,183 bales, in 1827, to 310,744 bales, in 1541-4. The total stock of cotton remaining on Land in the United States, on the Ist September, amounted to 152,772 bales, against last year, U4,4tai. The experience of the past year has proved bow useless it is to pretend. to form an accurate estimate of the ex.tent of the crop at too early a season • but it m.y be remarked, that the - accounts up to this time from the south, as to the prospects of the crop, have been favourable. and estimates as high as two million and a half bales are indulged in. There is no question as to the fact that the crops _look promising, and that it is, at least, three weeks earlier than last year, which is proved by the receipts into them ts of this year's growth being considerably greater than last year: still, the crop is yet subject to many vicissitudes, and estimates made prior to De cember cannot be relied upon. Xnder ordinary circumstances, however, an average crop will be secured and prices rule low, which will enable consumption, in every part of the world, to be materially increased, as, no d übt it will, particularly in Great Britain, where - so many new channels have recently been opened for the exporta tion of her goods, and while her manufactures continue to prosper, as at present. _ _ In confirmation of this view of the prospects for the coming year, I extract the foltowing from the annual statement of the New Orleans Price Current, of the 2nd September, received last evening: "Judging from the information now in our possession, there is every- pry spect cf good craps being produced in nearly all the sec tions of the c ;untry tributary to this port, except the rich bottom lands on and adjacent to the MisSissippi, where irreparable damage, and to an enormous extent, has been done to the crops, in conse quence of the almost unprea edented merilow of the rivers. Should the crap turn out as well as is gi neralty anticipated at this time, there eau be but little doubt tut prices will be governed accordingly, and will rule low at home and abroad. An experience, however, of many years, has taught us, that it is not only idle, but absolutely wrong, to form estimates of the crop at so early a period as this, as everything depends upon the character of the weather fur some months to come. A September storm, followed by long continued rains, or, what would Le equally as bad, or, indeed, worse, a severe frost, would effectually blight the prospects of the planter and change the whole aspect of affairs, whether relating to supply or to prices, whereas a favourable and extended picking season would render a good , yield eel-Ain. P.S —EVENING.—Since the date of my last circular, made tip on 31st August, per steamer Acadia, we have bad two arrivals from England : the Great 1`; astern, on the evening of the 31st ult , with Liverpool dates to 17th August, and the Hibernia, with three days later, on the 2d inst., showing a decline in that market of kd. per lb. Immediately alter receipt of these accennte, a brisk demand sprung up. and, being freely met on the part of holders, a large bu • siness has been transacted for England and the Continent of Europe, generally at a decline of half a cent. '1 he transactions have been as follow :—Total sales since 31st August, 18,(-00 bales; import,4,loo; export, 10,200. Some sma'l portion of the sales have been made up on specula tion manufacturers have bought only a limited quantity.. For the last two or three days the operations have been more limited, owing to the difficulty of obt, ining freight and the advance demanded by ship-owners. There ia now in course of shipment to Great Uritain 12,000 bales, and to the Continent of Europe 8,030. The market closed, to-day, with less disposition on the part ofholders to sell, and altogether with a firmer aspect. ExcnA NOES continue without variation, with a moderate de mand, the closing prices to-day being, on London, 100 k to 110 ; Paris, 5.221 to 5 21t. FR.Etotris have been active and in demand to Liverpool, and an advance has Miceli place. The packets, up to the 26th inst inclu sive, tcgether with three transient vessels on the berth, are engaged full, and 36d is now demanded. NEW YORK MARKETS, SATURDAY, S7P. 14. F Lou a.—The market continues 'wavy. No change in the price of uestern. The sales of southern are only for immediate, ivants. Prices, 4 25 to 4 50 :—Grain.- There have been some sales of new Wheat; 1,000 Genessee at 9) to 92c.; 5,000 North Caro lina, 84 to ; sales have heels made of 3,000 Illinois fair at 84 to 850 I bats in demand at 30 to 32c. Northern Rye in fair demand at previous rates. The supply of Corn small ; and Southern has sold at 45e. measure; Northern 50 to 51e. Solt.—Sales of Liverpool fine at 1 30 to 40 ; for coarse, 1 05, to the extent of some 7,500 sacks. ~~` S \;\ MONTREAL MARKETS, THURSDAY, SE'', 12. Asa Fs --XVe have to notice a further advanceiiitoth descriptions. Since our last remarks Pots bays sold at 265. 3d. per barrel, and Pearl at 265., alai, u.da small Lilts arc picked up at something under these prices. The quantity arriving is very light, and by no means corresponding to the d,mard Fl ,ur —Holders of superior brands of Canada are endeay.ouring to procure 255. per barrel, but the highest price obtained for any quantity is 245. 7d., at which rate we are told that ::50 b , reels were p:aceil on Monday. ales of good brands, mixed, have likewise been made at 245. to Ns. 6d. Provi sions. —We cannot learn that anything of moment has been done iu either Pork or Beef; and we are unable to give qw.tations that can be relied upon. Exchange.—The Bank rate fur Bills on London is 11 to 1l per cent. pet mium. Private Bills IJ to 104 per cent. Freights—We believe that 4s. to 4s. 3d. is demanded for Flour, and 275. 61. for Ashes. A letter irrm Toulon, states that the offwers of the squadron of the Pr4xe de Joinville, on their arrival at Cadiz; (willed their names for the purpose of sending a deputation to the t - 4ficers of the Warspite, to demand sa t tisfacli;,n for the letters in the T . mes; hut that the Prince having heard of their intentirm, anticipated them by writing to the Commode re ; Who is said to have replied, that he did not believe there were, in the Enelish navy, officets base enough to doubt the courage of,French of ficers, and promising to publish a disavowal of these letters in the Times. The Captain of the Warspite has also pliblished a letter, severely condemning the com munications in question, and ihtimating his intention to punish, if possible, the authors of them. THE PERILS OF THE GUANO TRADE. Captain Northwiiod has published a narrative of the capture and destruction, hy the Moors, of a portion of the crews of the ships Margaret and Courier, both be longing to the port of Lo. don, while in search of guano, at the island or Arguin, i.n at- a iast of Africa. The Margatet sailed fioin Gravesend last April, and in the folio sing morn h reached Ar.:;uin. Landed. but toe,. d no guano. Visited other is an Is with like sue Less; and, while in the boat, wa.4, with part of the crew, captured by seine Arabs. "As soon as they got me into their beat," he says. " they almo t pulled me to pieces, one dragging my watch out, oth , r' my pockets, and one pul ling at my stock, which was buckled. Sanity 1 Phillips, John Ward, Geo. liorshorn, James Utrthfiekl, and my self, were saved ; John Sims was Ara ; and William Fransham drowned. Ido not know how we got into the island; in the middle of Coo night, for we were all very bad, and all complained of their limbs, it was so very cold." They were in hopes that the men in the vessel would ransom them ; and their hopes were fur her raised by the arrival of a secenil vessel, which greatly alarmed the Arabs, as they feared she was a man-of-war. The two aesse's, however, sailed away. In a few days the slip Courier appeared, and the captain sent a boat with men to tie shore with presents. " Mr. Wilson landed with some of his men, and I kept calling to them to keep their boats off. I got to the beach and spoke to a man named Griffiths, and begged of him to go back to his hoat and get on board. He said it was of no use going on board, as they had brought every thing they had got in the brig. He went to the boats, while I kept begging of him to shove off, but he paid no attenton, and said to them, -" Give me the captain. and I will give you all." Mr. Wilson then ordered the sails, tobacco, cloths, and every thing else to be handed out of the gig, and ordered the longboat to had in. The Arabs at once got hold of the longboat's bowsprit, and two of them took hold of my wrist.. The muskets belonging to the brig were lying at the bottom of the boa's. A sienal was gh en by the Arabs. and firing commenced. Mr. Wilson was shot through ti e breast, face, and head. William Penny, George Jones, and the carpenter were also shot dead. William Ilunney was badly wounded. John M'Donald, Peter M'Kenzie, George Griffiths, George Pilkington, and Mr. Deane, second mate, swam towards the brig— supposed to be wounded. Edward Ba'.coinb and John Coston, when the carpenter feil against them dead, got under the oars, and escaped unhurt. They dragged me and George Griffiths through a piece of water that was behind them, holding clubs and spears over us. Griffiths not moving quick enough, they ran a spear into his back, and beat him about the head with clubs. I found it was of no use resenting, and escaped unhurt. This was all over in a few minutes, and not a gun was fired by the brig's crew, as they could not fire without injuring us. The Arabs stripped the dead and threw the bodies over board, and also William Hunney, who they thought was dead ; he had two balls in his left arm close up to the shoulder; the poor fellow came from the crowd bleeding and quite naked, and I covered him over with the rest of the wounded." "June 2, at R a. m., the brig got under weigh and left us. The wounded wished to see me, and one of the chief men came and led me to them. They wished to have their wounds dressed, and asked if 1 thought they would recover. They were in a deplorable state, in a little hut, lying on sea weeds, and complained of the cold very much. 1 made the chief understa n d that they wanted their wounds dressed, and after I left they got little boys, and male them make water into their wounds. Next day they scraped their wounds, and burnt them round with a large nail.head made hot, and gave them dried fish and water. Wm, Hunney had two balls in his left shoulder, and the hone Was badly fractured. Two days after he had been there they probed the balls out with a brass rod, scraped his wounds and burnt them round. They bathed them • .with fish oil some days after, and they smelt very bad. - • The also tut from one hole where one of the halls went in to the other with a common rough knife. V. 7 hon dres .sing him they had him held down, and his cries were hor rible, and they were a long time about it, the Arabs - 'Always launiain; ail the time. When 1 left hish he had ,\ ‘N\ been 42 days under their hands, and looked shockingly ill. The wounds had got through the arm into his breast, and they sponged them with reeds bound round with oakum. I was afraid of mortific tion taking place. He was ruptured, and they took his truss away, for the sake of the spring, and would not let him bind himself up, although he suffered very much. John M'Donald had three balls in the abdomen, and one above the left knee through the thigh and groin. He Lad the same kind of treatment as Hunney ; but when I left he was doing wel. George Pilkington was shot in the left arm and hack, and had a severe cut above the foot on the shin, the leader of the great toe being cut. He was doing well, and could walk a little. • These three men were left behind. Pete M'Kenzie had two very had sabre cuts in the head, and his scull was fractured. They scraped his headiind skull twice a—day very roughly, and stuffed it with powder like the bark of a tree. They would not allow him to keep anything on his head. George Griffiths was lanced in the back, and they cut another bee with a knife a-breast of it. burnt round it. and scraped and stuffed it twice a-day. lie recovered: The Arabs now stated that a Captain Leunty, meaning a captain over all the captains and land, was coming to take us to the Canary vessels, to see if he could get anything. for us. This I doubted, as I knew they were very much afraid. of the Canary vessels, they being well manned and armed." He did come, and ulti mately they reached Gambia, where Captain Isemonger, of the Africanus, received them kindly. He had heard of their captivity, aid arranged with an Arab chief for their liberation. Of the three poor fellows behind, no thing has been heard. Captain Northwood and his companions bad, for eleven weeks, nothing to eat but dried fish and water. IRELAND. tation will be made which will be t,,taN devoid of reli gious partizanship, and presenting a combination ni Irishmen for the benefit of their fellow-countrymen. The assembly was then adjourned. I \ l6 E lAVERPOO 1, STANDARD. " , \\(\\ REPEAL ASSOCIATION MEETING. The weekly meeting of this body, on Monday, was at tended numerously, owing in all probability to the expec tation that it was the last tvir. O'Connell would attend prior to his departure for Derrynane. Mr. Kelly, M.P. took the chair, and after several of the minor fry had spoken, Mr. O'Connell handed in one pound from Antrim, and read a letter stating that a species of ribandiem prevailed in that county, which he was called upon and did denoUnce most emphatically. Mr. O'Connell then alluded to the withdrawal of the proprietors of newspapers from the associaton, and said that he was desired by the committee to state that in future every member of the as sociation would have the privilege of buying any Dublin newspaper he thought proper! With respect to Repeal reading-rooms he moved a resolution, at the instance of the committee, that members might form Repeal reading-. rooms, to which the as,ociation would give every support in its power, but world not pledge itself to make any pe ouniary grants ! The announcement of these two va luable privileges elicited loud cheers. The first thing to be considered was, whether it was necessary to hold the Clontarf meeting. The holding of that meeting he re garded as a constitutional privilege, and the prevention of it as a constitutional wrong. The holding of such meetings was the simph at and the surest method of ascertaining the public mind respecting any alleged grievance. Lord . Althorn, who said he preferred a civil war to the granting of Repeal, yet; with that constitutional justice which was an ingredient in his mind, said—" I will admit that if the great and overwhelming majority of the people of Ireland demand a if epeal of the Union, they are entitled to have it." He had tried first a Precursor Society ; but every thing they solicited from 'England was refused. lie then commenced the Repeal Association to call out the people, and let the universe know that the people of Ireland de manded Repeal. He made that experiment, and it was perfecar successful. In no other country hut Ireland could I e tree made it. He then proposed his usual h tekneyed eulo.iiums on the Repeal multitude, and talked cf the perfect peacefulness of the monster .meetings. Judge Burton, when parsing sentence on him. admitted this ; and yet the court was unanimously of opinion that these meetings were so far criminal as to constitute a guilty conspiracy. if that doctrine were true, it would he in the power c f the judges to say what number of persons would constitute a letwful or unlawful meeting ; and he would as soon take the length of a judge's foot as the measure of the question, or the judge's conscience. But the English judges had unanin:ously decided against the Irish court, and that was a decision of the utmost im portance. They had thus vindicated the principle, and the vindication was most complete. What need, then, of a meeting at Clontarf to vindicate that which was already vindicated? The committee had taken this view, and had unanimously resolved that such a meeting was unne cessary. Next as to the Preservative Society—the com mittee on this subject desired to sit again, as great diffl- Culties surrounded it. The Irish convention act was a serious bar to its formation. Haste, therefore, was dangerous. It was quite right the public mind should ripen on the sulject of Be r ea and federalism. There was a great and growing disposition on the part of those styled Conservatives to consider and adopt a plan for the restoration of the Irish parliament.• They thought a fe deral parliament more easily obtained, and they thought it equally protective of Irish rights. It was the duty of the association to receive every man who was a Repealer, whether he was a federalist or not ; and every man was a Repeal .r who was for the repeal of the act of union,—for there could he no federal parliament till that act was re pealed. The Catholic Isis :op of Killaloe and several other clergymen had become federalists. He (Mr. O'Connell) was not hurt at the unfounded opinions of Mr. G. Porter; he wets brought up in Protestant preju dices, and ought to be looked upon with a kind and gene rous feeling. He was to he admired with his Protestant prejudices more than if he - had none of them, as they showed he was the more sincere and determined. He had written a work on draining land, hut it would not do —lreland had been sufficiently drained already. (Laugh er.) He (Mr. O'Connell) was convinced that an ab sentee tax st'ould be• imposed on every Irishman who kept a permanent residence out of Ireland. (Hear, hear.l Mr. Sharman Crawford had lately expressed his difference c-f opinion from some distinguished leaders of Repeal, but hoped that " senile means might be devised for uniting those who agree on the common grounds that Ireland ought to have a representative body, with powers com petent to rive her i he management of her own resources." He (Mr. O'Connell) agreed with Mr. Crawford in that principle, was ready to join hint in any effort that would give the Irish the power of taking care of themselves, and wondered why Mr. Crawford did not come forward with such a plan. (Cheer s.) MEETING OF THE DUBLIN CORPORATION. On Wednesday last, as announced in cur last, a special meeting of this body was held for the purpose of consi dering the adoption of a petition to the Queen, upon the motion of Dr. Maunsell. praying " that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to hold her Court, anal to summon an Imperial Parliament, to meet at least once in every three years, in her loyal clay of Dublin ; also, that she will re commend to the consideration of Parliament the propr.ety of making such provisions as shall secure that the same shall be done in future times." For an hour previous to the time announced fur the commencement of the pro ceedings, every available scat in the body of the Ascern bly-room— and in the gallery was crowded to excess. The chair was taken by the Lord Mayor, and shortly after the opening of the meeting Dr. Maunsell, after a few introductory remarks, said, — Let us consider the erobahle operation upon Irish Pro testants of an arrangement for the periodical transference of the court and legislature to Ireland, and I will ask would not such an arrangement be, at the least, as safe for Protestants as is the present plan ? What is now the po sition, and what roar be the reasonable expectations of Irish Protestants ? Two institutions, and two only, in which they have a special interest, have been suffered to remain—the University and the Church. Now, I ask any reflecting man will he engage that the Protestant Uni versity (already threatened) will not, within a year. be thrown as a sop to the monster of agitation ? On this matter the handwriting of the Premier has but recently appeared upon the wall : the vision of those who cannot read it must be strangely distorted, either by their wishes or their interests. The question is no longer a moot one: the days of the University of Dublin, as an exclusively or special Protestant institution are numbered, and I will again ask, when the university shall have been sacrificed, how long do Irish Protestants suppose their church, as a national establishment, will survive ? Surely, if the his tory of the last fifteen years be remembered, no one, not the most sanguine truster in statesmen, can in his sober moments fail to see that this establishment is already doomed—that the purses of the great English proprietors of Irish soil already gape for that remnant of the patri mony of the church. to the appropriation of which they have already made a first step, by converting it from an actual property in the land to a stipendiary rent-charge? The ostrich hiding his head in the sand in the belief that he thereby conceals himself from his pursuers is a type of exalted wisdom in comparison with our example of folly, if - we continue obstinately to shut our eyes to those facts. No ; let no one hope that a minister whose mind is trained in manoeuvres for riding over political shoals—(l adopt the ;mile from the Quarterly Review)—will hesitate to slip these the two only remaining anchors of Irish Pro testantism, as a national eAablishment, if doing so will enable 'him to escape official wrest , even were it but for a session. I presume I need scarcely ask are the personal and individual interests of Protestants at the present time likely to be set r than those of a collective kind ? I will waste Ito time in proving at this time of day, tha if there he any patrtmage in question, it will be exercised, less in recompensing the cervices of former friends, than in pur chasing tt.e future support of renegade repeaters or nomi nal Protestants. (Cheers.) This policy has been frankly The wheat . crop through Ireland this' year is most enou:h avowed by the Prime 'Minister himself—it has abundant. Several farmers in the county Kildare have bees, defended without scruple by the organs of his govern -20-barrels to the acre. meat—yet though all these concessions shall be matte to the popular outcry, a period must arrive when to concede EFFECTS or THE PicEr. POLICY IN IRELAND.—It more will become impossible; and I ask those who know has been often said that the apathy of the Protestants of Ireland will not that period he the commencement of the Ireland towards the present government has no existence real struggle for repeal. By sacrificing the university and hut in the representetioes of a dissatisfied press. The the church, and by postponing the individual interests of f Ilowing tact, however, s roves the contrary. On Tries- Protestants, the consurematien may perhaps be delayed ; day, at a meeteng of the Conservative Registration Society hut it will no less certainly arrive at last, and when it of Dublin, a report of the committee was read, in which does come, it will find the Irish Protestants a betrayed, they say that, not having the meen , of defraying the ex weake.eed. denationnliged garrison of En g land, not DVEati nensee_of theenasteecek. anal being involve.' in. consider-. possessed of a spoil to mollify their conqueror. To my ble debt, they had resolved to suspend their or-rill-ions Protestant brethren I would then say—make your terms for the present, end &stress the ch-olcs in their employ before the breach its your bulwatks becomes indefensible. ment ; and it aae only at the eat nest solicitation of a Despair not of staving your strong places, or, at least, if number of gcnt!etnen present that the clmarailtee con treason within obliges you to sacrifice them, secu re th e seated to continue thee - eat 'lions until a public meetnie honours of war. This can only he done by some exlibi- of the Conservative c nsdtu , ncy shall have been held in floe of national Protestant strength—for there is a Pro- November. ( n the aecessien of the present government testaet nation in Ireland, arid they can show that such is the Coeseevetives in he city ef Publin wet e vigorous at d the case—by a demand that before further legislation shall u atecl. Against all the intrieues at dlh eats of a Wbig be engaged in to our ruin, legislators shall see Ireland, Lrd Lieutenant and his of they had sue - eedeil in Protestant as well as Roman Catholic Ireland, with th e ir rest uing the represent:it - ion from Mr. O'Connell. At the own eyes. We must no longer he objects of barter and I registry le 1810. and during the yt ars; which preceded Sir sale between Irish lawyers and place•buoters. and English Robe, t Peel's attainment of !lice, they deteated their op ministers, ignorant of our real position. If Irish Protes- portents at every registration session ; all wa , s activity and tantism is to be sold, we ought to insist upon the bargain exertion. At the session of 1841, immerievely succeeding being made in our presence. But s:.ould the plan which the expulsion of the Whiz!: and the succession of the To -1 have taken the liberty of proposing to the consideration ries, the Conservative majority numbered 247 ; they re of this house ever be breught to perfection, I confess I gistering,729 claimants to 482 Radicals. On the corres see a future very different from that whi, la now awaits us. nonding session of the next. Near, 1842, when Sir Robert. Holding the court and parliament here alternately could Peel's system began to be dsveloued, their tnaj•srity net render the condition of Irish Protestants worse than it dwindled to 36; they being eble only to register 139 to now is ; but it would render them, in common with other 103 Radicals. On that of 1843, their majority was turned Irishmen, more respectable as a body—it woula enable into n minority, their opponents registering 60 Radicals Englishmen to learn, what they do not now know, the ac- to 47 Conservatives ; and then, at the May sessions of the tual position of Protestants in Ireland ; and if that was present year, 1841, they registered only 118 Conservatives once known to legislators, a due weight would be given to to 223 Radicals, leaving the Repeaters a majority of 1(i5; Protestant as to other Irish interests. I will hang out no and on that of last August, but 150 Conservicives agtinst false colours in the hope of gaining a vote from centlemer, 286 Repeaters, leaving the latter a n ajority of 136 on that opposite. I tell you frankly, my lord, it is my hope and session. Stich are the results of the three years practical firm belief, that by giving Irishmen their due share in le- working of the Peel policy in Ireland. with respect to the gislation, and at the same time protecting them from the Conservative body : a disheartened, broken-drove consti domination of the Romish church, a long step would be tuency—a dispirited, almost bankrupt, Registration So. taken towards Protestantising "'eland, and that, too, irty, succourless, disgusted, and on the eve of dissolution. without curtailing the liberties of nay fellow-countrymen NATIONAL EDUCATION IN . IRELAND --The Lord in any trarticelar—nay, with the certain effect of raising Primate of Ireland, in les reeent Visitation Charge to the an impregnable bulwark for the defence of the common Clergy of the Di scese of Armagh, ob:erves—" With liberties of all. I think the plan I propose would I reference to a subject upon which the clergy have ex vastly benefit the collective interests of nay brethrerrin 1 pr.ssed an almost unanimous determination, I must offer religion. As to their private interests, I will only task, af, w remarks--I mean the subjset of education. The would it be less advanta g eou s to the Protestant than to the attempts of the Commissioners of National education to Catholic barrister to have the field of impetial parliamen- r e m ove objections to their plan have been eenerally felt tare practice thrown open to him ?—to the physician to have the squares of Dublin, and the provincial trans'ons by the clergy to be insufficient for the purpose. My own were so • and that co-operation with of the aristocracy ft led with the noble and the wealthy ? that they —to the speculator to have the opportunity beenagreed urging his opinion is National art ont e t rms . proposed Ild not have nu railway bill within a walk of his own office ?—to the to. Bovine expl fined my vie, s upon this question at much length in nay last charoe, it is not my tradesman to have his employers quadrupled?—to the I intention to enter into a discussion of it at present. I peasant to have his landlord resident at his door, as a I shall only obserte, that the views which I put before vou sympathiser and supporter in his daily toils and wants, not at that time I continue to entertain. The more 1 refl.ct an eccasional visitant in the capacity of a collector of rent? upon the subject the more firm is my conviction that If these would be benefits, they would, I submit, be se- I education, to be really beneficial, must be based upon cured to the Protestauts well as to the Catholic resident I religion ; and that the instructors of youth do little to in Ireland,and that wi hout risk,hy the plan 1 now propose. pro Mote their well being if they do not instil into their The learned gentlemen proceeded to argue that the plan he minds the •erintlioles of Divine 'froth for the reguletioe proposed would be beneficial to the interests of England I of their conduct in after life. I will take leave to add by fixing another political centre in the empire and .thereby what 1 said en a former occasion relative to the plan of raising a greater probability of the landed gentry residing National Education, when its rules were first promulgeted permanently amongst them--and by making . English —that it it be consi•tettt with the principles of the Roman capitalists acquainted with the economical resources of Catholic Church to debar the members of its communion Ireland. He also spoke at great length to show that the from the use of the Scripture, I maintain that it is not legitimate objects of the repealers would be advanced by c onsistent with the principles of the rrotestant Church to the pro Posed plan, and concluded as follows What establish a system of National Education founded on such benefit have the masses of the Protestant 'or Catholic p r etensions. I presume not to interfere with the Roman people of !relent' obtained from Whig or Tore ? I Catholic priesthood in the exercise of any power which ask this house have they been sufficient to recompense they m ay conscientiously believe to belong to them. But either party for the cruel injuries that the feuds of the if they wish to preserve their consistency as Roman Ca- English rattles have brought upon our country ?—for the a tholies, let us endeavour to preserve curs as Protestants. neglect of our social interests that these political fends If th-y ate persuaded that religion may be taught v have engendered and perpetuated among ourselves ?. out the Scriptures, he it so, as far as regards themselves ; Would it not be for the common good of all, if we could hut 1 t not us, as Protestants, sanction such a principle give the world a practical demonstration that English by establishing sehools whieh shall be called national ones, political parties in Ireland are (as is the fact) resolving in which the essential truths of revelati n are not set themselves into their elements ; and that, in the ordinery forth, in which the Scriptures arc not recoenised, are not course of nature, those elements must, sooner or later, at p ee ded to, are not devoutly read, as the only pure and enter into new combeiations—(loud and long continued authentic source of religious faith and practice." We cheering from both sides). It will be remembered that I need scarcely say that v. e agree perfectly in the opinion am now speaking of political dissensions—l make no so ably, so lucidly, and so forcibly expressed by his lusion to religious differences. I advocate no latitudina- Grace. rienism—no conciliatory concessions on points of reli gious doctrine or religious practice. Even here, where so many differ from me in rehgion, I do not fear to avow that I feel the stronger interest in the welfare of my Pro testant fellow •countrymen—but the plan for which I ask the support of the council involves no religious conces sion. Let us agree to differ in religious matters—hut let us break the spell that has so long bound us to the tails of English Whigs and English Tories. Let us, if it were but fsr the sake of novelty, give one unanimous vote for old Ireland—(long-continued cheering.) When the ap plause subsided, Dr. Maunsell again rose and fomully moved the resolution set forth in his speech, stating at the same time that he had consulted but two members on his side of the house, one of whom was Alderman Butt, upon the subject, and they had declared their approval of his proposition. He had expected that one of these gentlemen would have seconded his motion, but it now appeared that they had changed their minds, and he there fore withdrew his motion. Mr. O'Connell congratulated Dr. Maunsell, warmly on the tone, temper, and manner of his address, and closed his speech in the following emphatic language :—" Things cannot remain as they are; there must be a change, and, God forbid that that change should he effected without the assent of men of all persuasions and all religions. I would consider it trot a blessing but a curse, if a change were forced upon arty portion of the Irish people. I am rejoiced to see every hour symptoms which tell me that other combinations are about being formed, which will meet more than half way every assistance which we c give towards attaining those advantages to Ireland, which the learned eoctor would have extended to us once in three years, tbneetri e! b ve u en t sion w n i t i_ i i l c ec h lc, e l o,u s ri. h ss. o e t.l o il like vou should have e ln y z er , y; it s id ur el l a mt fe l) w ei' w h e d ek is s aaPenParnaifeel's'-- TO THE DFPERsED PROTESTANTS IN THE SOUTH AND \N EST OF IRELAND. BRETHREN.—In these evil times. as I have seen some faint hearts amongst you, and know of more, permit one of the dispersed of your body respectfully to give you a few words of counsel, and not to count it to him fur pre sumption. The Snake has thrown a new lure—a federal parlia ment ; whether the infatuated Mr.- Hutchinson it was who started the hare, or the Snake himself, no matter; the Viper has adopted it as his own. Does it require anything beyond common sense to discern that as far as the father of lies is concerned, he only wants that toy well parked with popish influence and craft to blow up a quarrel between it and the imperial paniament on any invi-nted pretence, and then to arrive at his darling repqe. Surely, surely, no Prote,tants awake will heed him. It may be true that much of our business is mismanaged by English officials, who know little of our country, and are backward to learn it, but these are only matters of detail ; the basis of the union is fraught with advantage even to excess for Ireland. and it is part and parcel of the Plan of the agitators to shower inventions so thick into the House of. Cornmons' that there should be no time for ministers t. effect business ; but were the -country once at peace ait‘in the Scorpion crushed, and his riverend coadjuters put on their good behaviour, the prosperity of Ireland would know no bounds. It is true, we have at pres,rit the hideous deformity in the heart of the country of a band of taut iated democrats consuming her bowels, itiv:ting, adherence arid co-o.aera tion, threatening massacre, and Westing fo.. blood ; for what else means their phraseology of " Ireland biding her time?" The bait of plunder flung cut to the peasant Must have had its influence; for by the Jesuit finesse he is perpetually urged to put into the raffle, that he may be eager for the day of drawing ; yet the poor people are not ill-disposed if let alone, and the proof is that it is thought indispensable not to relax for one moment the stimulant of sedition upon them. All this is true, wofully true; and as it constitutes a government within the government, having the torch and the stiletto for its device, it may make se me honest beasts to quail. But, Protestants, re member you are hated because Neu hold the Bible. It all resolvt s itsi if into this. The Bible wid the right of private judgment in religion it is that renders popish priests str pet fluoas lumber—that it is translated into every known .language for circulation by Saxon aid maddens them to fury —now that they blindly suppose that they have only a short time to w it to sacrifice your church, which has taught you to know what they are, and what they are not. You cannot have forgotten the pope's circular, dared from Rome on 4th May last, addressed to his worship pers in Italy, denouncing the New S ork Bible Society. He tells them plump, that reading the Holy Scriptures, in the vulgar tongue, leads to certain perdition ; and forbids what the Saviour enjoined. if this be not the beast drawn in the Revelations, God has given us our reason to betray us. • This circular was published in all the papers. So, Protestants, take your line. Waver not. Have no fel lowship with their principles. I was once an emancipator myself, a - conciliator, and am well reviled es a dupe and worse. Observe the return which the Duke of Welling. ton and Sir Robert Peel daily gf t fir having brought for ward the emancipation act; and mind, this is not the ex ception but the rule. NI hat folly, then, is it to hope that the sense of shame will asseciete some of the more re spectable persons of the Romanist versuasion to denounce the agitators! They don't conic forward ;at least I know of but one or two .that have, wid they are well scoffed and spit at by the demon for their honesty. Be not seduced by any of his baits. Hold alocf to the last. It is the trial of sour faith. Let every Protestant say to hipstlf, " If 1 was the only one left I never would unite with them." Nail the Bible and the Union :lack together to your heart. Have s , irriething in your hand also to make him repent who would approach with the rags of an Italian priest to defile either. The . English Protestant people will yet consent to dis'inguish between the true and the false in Ireland. Our brethren of the north are alive to our sufferings; nay, the English dissenters, much . as they dislike the monarchical principle, and the Church, will yet, trona a sense of shame, postpone their aversion to these elements.in order to teach the turbu ent popt , h agents here that if they expect protects , n and security they must at least let others enjoy it. . aich. Be fi - m. Be indifferent alike to their cajolery or their threats. Call to mind the words of the Psainib , t, which cannot be found, by-the-hv, in the popish Missal—" I was young, and now am old, and yet saw I never the righteous for saken ;" am, brethren, your sincere well-wisher, WESTMEATH. Conlin, September 21st, 1844, UNIVERSITY lk CLERICAL NE WS. VICE-CIIANCELLORSHIP OF OXFORD.-It is expected that the bard will meet at Oxford to elect Dr. Wynterr's su ceso,. on Tuesday next, the Bib inst. It is confidently expected that, no withstand:ng. the vigorous exertions of the Tractarians, Dr. Symons will be successful. In every town the business should be taken up in an energetic way. One or two ef the resident clergy mtlit canvass all the rest, and might at once communicate the result to the Oxford committee. Bnt whatever is done, should be done at once. Our opponents are quite beforehand in all this preparation. They are always aware of their strength, and are anxiously looking for the hour of trial. They calculate on having in Oxford, on the day of cortst, more than three hundred or their partisans. Of course. this amount of votes can be ow-numbered, twice told—if the friends of the truth are equally energetic. But will they be so ? A PPOINTIU ENTS.—The Rev. William Penrice Borrett, M.A., of Caius College, to the rect,ry of Sit•ton, in the county of Gloucester;' value, £323. The Rev. Casten Gerrard, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, to the rectory of Wickham Skeith, Suffolk ; value, £123. The Rev. henry Deck, M.A of Corpus Christi College, to the rectory of St. Barr,abas, Manchester. The Rev. Daniel Moore, M.A.. of St. Catherine's El all, to the incumbency of Camden Chat el, Camberwell. The Rev. Dudley So merville, 8.A., of Qu. Cellege, to the curacy of Sutton Cherry arid Shenton. Leicestershire. The Rev. Anhur Shm 8,A., of Queen's College. to the curacy of Siia.ieston Leicester-hire. The Rev. William Fleet wood, of St. Catherine's Hall, to the curacy of St. Catherine's, Northampton. The Rev. Charles Lisle Phillipps, M.A., Magdalene College, to the curacy of Rosliley, Leicestershire. The Rev. John Bedingtield Collyer, M.A., of Clare Hall, to the Archdeaco:rry of Norwich. The Rev. T. R. Welch, Chancellor of the Diocese 0 .. Chichester. expired suddenly at Brighton. he deceast d was Im:6er-in-law of Dr. Shuttleworth, late Bishop o: Chichester. trcted against every enemy, a. - id are supplied by Him with abundant pasture —as a household, ot which our Lord himself is the ruler. From these significant images we learn the immediate connexion ot Christ with those who are within the pale of the church, as their sovereign pro tector defending them by his power, providing for their wants by his bounty, and leading them to salvation by his Inly word through the appointed means of grace. A still closer connexion is intimated where our Lord speaks of Himself as the vine of which He•is the root and we are the branches &riving life from Him, and when He is de scrlbed by Paul as the head of the church, of which He is the body and we are the members; if such were the ap pointment from the begiming, as appears from ample testimony, is it not reasonable to imagine that a disbelief of the church is next to a disbelief in the Gospel ? If the truths of the Gospel be necessary to the salvation of man kind, the arrangement of which the Gospel is reserved for our use can hardly be of less importance. If nothing more be said for the church than that it is the institution of Christ—that he laid the foundation of the building, arid that it was competed by the Apostles under his holy spirit, surely we ought to be cautious before we meddle with what he has estabii-ied, and we may be sure tlyit his w% ret is not to be improved by man, and that from his provide,tial wisdom and most perfect knowledge of the disposition of his creatures, he alone knew whet was right. Three new churches arc about to be built in Scotland — one at Melrose, cue of Falkirk, and one at Dalkebth. Gratifying evidences of the increase of the Church in this part of the empire.. PEEL MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL.—OH .Wednesday the Bishop Of So,ior and an bid the foundation stone of a new building to, be erected at Peel, Isle of Mao for a mathematical school, the previous building hating become irreparably delApidAed. Cnuacn EXTENSION. — Last week a meeting of the' Ripon Snci,ty for Increasing Church Accommodation was held at Leeds. During the five years which lane elapsed sine • :t• formation it has been enabled to expend upwards of £23,000 in grants towards the building of thirty new churches, ,and the rebuilding-of six others; towards increasing the endowments of thirty-sevenpacr benefices, and towards the erection of seventeen parsonage houses. CONSECRATION OF NEW CHURCHES.—The beautiful little chapel, Horsley Chapel, in the remote district of iteedAaier, was consecrated as, charel of case to Eladon, 11 the Bishop of Durham, on Wednesday week. on Ttn sday the Lord Bishop of Exeter consecrated a new church at Wo dbury Salterton, Devon. The Lord Bishop of Norwich consecrated a new church at Laken ham, Norwich, on Tuesday. It is dediCated to Sr. Mt rk. The Bishop of Sodor and Man has lately been perform . ing the rite of confirmation in the diocese of St. Asaph. At one place he rejected several of the candidat- and at the close of the ceremony, having summoned the clergy, tild them that he had never seen catechumens presented for cotifiimation so b oily prepared, and that had the con firmatinn been to take place in his own diocese he should have put it off altogether. ROMANISM AND DISSENT. On Tuesday last Ills Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury held his visitation of the clergy of his diocese at Maid-tone. In the course of h s lordship's charge we find the fallowing important observations : I look forward with hope, though I em not altogether free from anxiety, to the future destinies of cur church. It is not from direct viols nee from without, or from dis sension from within, that. I apprehend immediate danger, but what may eventually be the result of her external dissensions, and the differences now exisfug w thin her own bosom, if they sheuld ever proceed extreme leng'hs, it is painful to contemplate. "If ye bite and devour one another, tape heed that ye are not consumed one of an oth.r," was the warning of the Apostle to the Galatians. I am far from asset ting that that language is applicable•in ell its stuificancy to the state of our own church, but I fear there is enough of division to weaken those resources which, if applied in conjunction, might much more effec tually aid the cOmmon object of promoting the glory of G.td and the happiness of our fellow-countrymen than they can be promoted whilst that division is to be found which, unfortunately, it is notorious does exist amonest us. 'By - these indications of discord the hopes of the Roreanists have been raised—without any sufficient ground I fully believe. From the extent of resources at their command, and from the unity of purpose which marks their proceedings, they have succeeded in reeking an im pression in our colonies ; but, notwithstandne the gi,;an ae resources which they possess, their success in this country will probably be limited to a few converts. At the time of our separation from Rome it was satisfactorily shown that we could not partake of her communion with out partaking of her sins ; end, as no material alteration has taken place in her system, and as her doctrines are tinckinged, and, in her own estimation, are unchangeable, it may be presumed that fete persons who have considered the grounds on which our reformers were justified, will be disposed to return to her communion. Among the Dis senters, within the last few years, so far as I can judge from some of their writers, and the expresions employed at their meetings, a feeling of dislike to the church ap pears to he gaining ground. After reasonable ellowance is made for temporary excitement, I see enough to con vince me that serious designs are in agitation for the sub version of our national church. Under the circumstances alluded to above, I see no reason for alarm, but much to regret in the partial estrangement of the people from the church, as writ as in the defeat of measures by them useful to society ; the succ-ssful oppoSition, for example, made to the plan proposed by the government for the education of children employed in • the mining and manufacturing districts affords a melancholy proof of this. The principles of dissent indeed appear to me to be essentially faulty, as they open an inlet to errors of every description, and act directly in opposition to that spirit of unity which Christ acted upon when he founded the church. In this latter principle of unity the strength of the church consists. While she has utety in herself there is little dread from external violence, but she may suffer irremediably from divisions within herself. What is wanted at present to insure her efficiency is peace. In speaking cf peace, lam far from recommending the compromise of principle with indifference, or the sacrifice of the truth—that peace which alone can be lasting and useful is to be found in the church, and in the determination of her ministers to act cordially together in the discharge of the duties assigned them, ab staining from unprditable controversies, or from an in dulgence in rancour, through slisht differences, (for differ ences must needs exist,) but discussing them with temper, and with no desire than that of elucidating the truth. In speaking thus of the church, I do not deny the existence of piety or the hope of salvation out of its pale; but, as all revelation proceeds from our blessed Lord, I can hardly be wrong in the belief, that Be who brought down the word to the church from on high has also provided the means of transmitting it to all generations. Those who view matters in this light will readily admit that itimplies, if nothing more, a want of faith to seek elsewhere fur the means of grace titan in the sanctuary which the Lord hss built—" es He himself bath said, ''upon a rock , ' and the perpetuity of which He has insured to the end of the woTld. The various figures under which this question is described in the Scriptures point out the connexion be eorveecetne b c y a a C nd r t i i s n t e . a L n o ti r . y l l i t im is di d re e e s t i a fold under His peculiar care, in which th e -Rock are pro- S ed na a t al ag!):lerk-nilengti—doanis RAILWAY I.NTELLIGEACE. It is in contemplation to run a line of railway from Londonderry to Coleraine. STOCKPORT AND ASHTON.—These towns ore shortly to be united by a railroad, in conjunction with the Man- chester and Birmingham line. Arrangements are in progress for extending the New castle and North Shields Railway from its present terminus at Shields to Tynemouth. GLOUCESTER AND FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY.—A line under this title is about to be brought forward in op position to the South Wales Railway, and the inhabitants of the locility give this the preference. A line of railway is projected from Blackburn to Bolton The line will pass within a few yards to the east of the new church at Over Darwen, and proceed along the Tart on Valley. Al REALLY " MONSTER" TRAIN.—One day last week no fewer titan eight thousand persons passed from Leer's and Yotk to Hull, in three excursion ileitis! Net a sin gle accident of any kind occurred. At the half. yearly meelting of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway Company, held on Wednesday last, a resolution was agreed to, authorising the directors to ap ply to parliament early in the ensuing session for have to for m a junction with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line. Sot; rn WALES RAILWAY.-Mr. Brunel and Mr. Saunders will attend meetings on the subject of this rail way at all the chief towns between Chepstow and Melford, on behalf of the Great Western Company, by whom this line is projected. The Sheffield and Rotheram Balt - ray, it is stated, will, from and after the 10th of October iast, be worked under the control of the Midland Company. The basis of the arrangement is a perpetual annuity at the rate of 6 per cent. uer annum, to be paid by the latter company. The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings railway sharehold ers give the Brighton Company, on condition of takng 3,500 shares, the option of leasing the line within three calendar months of its completion, at a rent of 41 per cent. upon the cost of the works. Friday was the nineteenth anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darhngton Railway, which is the oldest of the existing railways, and the first on which lo comotive engines were employed for the conveyance of passengers and goods. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAlLWAY.—Apreliainary prospectus of. a railway with this name.has r,cently been issued. It is stated to be simi!ar to a scheme which has, at various periods since 1836, been before the public. The capital is put down at z61,E00,C00, in £25 shuns, with a deposit of £1 10s. per share. CHESTED, AND HOLYHEAD RA ILWAY.—TEe Directors have closed with the g,overnwent proposition of £35,000 per annum for ten years, fur the conveyance of the mails, and there is nothing to prevent the work being commenced forthwith. The intermediate line, skirting this city, is, we understand, the adopted one.—Chester Chronicle. WEST CORNWALL AILWAY.—A railway with this title is urojected, in connexion with the flayle Railwuy. The capital is £lBO,OOO, in £2O shares, and a rrturn of upwards of ten per cent, is promised. _ Capt. W.S. Mcorsom is the . Engineer; and at [lie head cf a very in fluential Provincial Committee are the names of the local members of Parliament. A RAILWAY ON FIRE.—A portion of the Middles borough branch of the Stockton and Darlington Railway has br - en on fire ; but the traffic on it has teen iiroecuttd es usual. A large quantity of small coal bad been used in forming an embankment at the end cf the bridge over the 'Fees : this has ignited ; and great quantities of water have been thrown on it, to estinguish it, in vain. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.—MT. Locke has re signed the situation of engineer to this line. The direc tors st nt fur Mr. Cubist, the eminent engineer, t , ) under- titre the onerous office vacated by Mr. Locke. They ex plained to him the situation in whizii they were placed by that gentleman's seCessiiin. Afer a full examination Mr. Cubt - tt pledyed himself to place_ the _Committee of:Direc tion-in a position to meet Parliament in ample time. COLCEIESTER AND Dies JUNCTION RAILWAY.—A railway, with this detignation, has be , n brought forwa, d in the course of the week by the principal parties in the Norwich rind Brandon line. It is intended to run from the terminus of the Eastern Counties' Railway at Col chester, to the terminus of the proposed Dies branch of the Norwich and Brandon. Of course it is in direct op position io the scheme of the Eastern Union Railway for tin extension from Ipswich to Norwich. The capital is to he 1:600,000, 4.1:20 shares. Mr. Ro..ert Stephenson and Mr. Bidder are the engineers. On Monday week, a highly respectable meeting was belrl at Waterford to consider the best means of promot i a direct line of railway to connect the ports of Lime rick and Waterford, through Clonmel and Cahir, to Tip perary, where the Limerick branch of the ( 2 reat Dublin and Cork main trunk is expected to terminate. The Mayor took the chair, supported by the Earls .Forte'scue and Huntingdon, and before the meeting broke up a sub scription of shares was entered into, headed by Earl For tescue and his Worship the Mayor, which amounted to nearly £50,000. DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY. — Another candidate appears iri the field fur the profi.s of a direct line to York, claiming - a priority of projection. It is proposed to com- • mence n-ar King's-cross, in the Nevi-road, and to pro ceed by Chipping, Barnet, Biggleswade, St. News, Hun tingdon, near Fet,,rhorough, and Market Deeping, by Stamford, to the west of Bourn, east of Grantham, west of Sleaford, and east of Newark to Lincoln, and thence, by Gaineborough, Thorne, Snaith, and Selby, to York. The length is 180 miles, and the prospectus s•rys it will be twenty miles short& than any projected line. CADIZ, SEVILLE, AND XERES RAILWAY.—A line of railway has recently been ,urveyed between Cadiz, Sett ville, and Xeres, by Mr. Blunt, and will immediately be brought b: fore the public under the above title. The en gineering faci.iii's are stated to be great, and the neces sary material abundant along the line, which is about 25 miles in length. Sir John Rennie is spoken of as the Consulting Engineer, who reports specially upon Mr. blunt's line. The traffic in wines alone, independent of the very large passenger traffic between Seville, Xeres, and the only port which Spain possesses, promises a very profitable return on the required capital, which is esti matt d from £250,100 to 300,000 only. RAILWAY CARRIFRS.—It is said that most of the principal railways in the kingdom have come to the de termination of acting as their own carriers, and of dis carding the middle-men who have hitherto c rntracted with the directors to convey goods and parcrl; fur the public. The lines which are said to have art ivee. at this resotrition are, the Great Western—the Grand Junction—the Bris tol and Exeter—the Birmingham and Gloucester—the Bristol and 61 , rucester. If the public: will derive any ad. vantage from the change, they will hail it with satisfac tion. The pertinacity with which the Liverpool share holders on the South Eastern anal Dover line forced the' suj , ct upon the directors of that undertaking, and at length compelled them to adopt it, is said to be the pri mary cause of the movement in other companies. MAIDSTONE BRANCH RAILIVA Y.—OD Tuesday, this railwav—a branch from the Dover line to Maidstone was thrown open to the public. The distance from London to Maidstone is 55 miles per rail, the greater portion of which (46 miles) is travelled on the Dover line. The new branch line Is nine miles in length, and branches off at Maidstone road station, the name of which is now changed to Paddock-road-station. The branch line is a single- line of rails, but provision has been made for the laying down of another line, should the amount of traffic render this necessary. The establish ment of this branch line has been almost forced upon the inhabitants of Maidstone, as a measure of self-defence. Ft rmerly Maidstone was the centre to which the vast quantities of hops and fruit grown on the fertile plains of Kent were all conveyed, to be thence shipped by the Med way Navigation to London : since the opening of the Do ver line of railway, the greater part, if not the whole of this immense traffic, has left Maidstone, end was rapidly forming central points on different parts of the Dover line ; and the opening of this branch line is an attempt, in some measure, to bring back this traffic to Maidstone. SETTLEMENT OF THE DOVER RAILWAY DISPUTES.-- We are glad to find that a settlement has been made of the important questions raised by the Liverpool and maniacal shareholders. This timely adjustment of differences has been brought about throug h the mediation of Mr. Card well, the member forClittho the Liverpooleroe. Thearra ie n p g r e o m p e r nt to a r r s - , tn ar rived at is highly cre ditable to that gen'lean and his brother 2' c a d re c improve h dd,i eln're6 t oc i: e °ld:o p su r ' property extremely satisfactory t o the also, general, nd da as tending, in an eminent d egree , t out its great resources for revenue. There is to be an immediate election of two s giving new directors, both of whom will be nominated by the northern interest ; th ese two will be to supply existine• • i s t o c e o s a e i n ,pl i b e y d t o f h r e , i va cancies. Otlu r vacanc i es are expected to occur, and " . as they do. will be tilled up in exactly th e same sp i r i t . A i t s e c com mittee,r a,e committee of three will at once be appoint e d t o i n qui r e t oit into e majority. ie n a rj d ito;r a „hi r to r cyl a od. titeig,r s An thentand of th one e f Parliament trio directors t Roods Act o of ) the l ir, thus in the next session, to give the shareholders. power of ap pointing directors, in a manner agreed•upon, so as to give the shareholders a right power over their property. We believe, that, in the course of a few days,' all' the share holders will receive an official announcement from the directors of the amicable arrangement which has been ar rived at. Oct. !, 1844. The Sheffield, Ashton, and Manchester Railway Com pany is working successfully, and the whole will be shortly opened. Arrangements, it appears, have been made with Lord Francis Egerton, and the Manchester and Birming ham Railway Company, for the formation of the South Junction .Railway through Manchester, to connect them selves with the Liverpool and Manchester-Company, and the river and canal nay igations. Other measures for im proving the traffic of the line, in connexion with the Shef field and Lincolnshire, and Midland Railways, are also in progress, and the shareholders have confirmed them, and given the directors full powers to carry them out. CREWE RAILWAY Tate. CREWE, SEPT. 28.—A cheap trip was given, - on Wednesday last, tO the school children, their teachers, and ttiends, from Crewe to Al derly Edge and back, by the " Manchester and Birming ham Company, charging sixpence each to the juveniles and one shilling to the adults. Above a thousand booked from the Crewe Station, which, for this locality, is a large number. It very - much wished that the Grand Junction Company would give a trip from Crewe to 'Li verpool at a similar charge, which, it is thought, would be mutually interesting. s the Liverpool inhabitants would favour our "new town " with a visit if a cheap [tip were given them at a similar rate. While we are on this topic, it might be suggested that, after this had been granted, the Crewe people would be glad to vi -it Birming ham, while, no doubt, the Birmingham people would favour Crewe with a visit to see our really British colony. Let these broad hints be." read, marked, and inwardly digested " by all parties interested. RAILWAY JOBBING —There is reason for believing that much improper jobbing exists in the shires of new railway companies previously to their issue, azainst which the public should be on their guard. To make this more intelligible, we will suppose that a prospectus appears of a particular rail Way, and the public are invited to subscribe for shares, but that before the allotment takes place they are marked on the Stock Exchange at a premium of Xi or £2 neon £1 called. The actual arotment is advertised to take place two or three days after, and the public are then informed that all who do not eet letters of appro priation are to consider that no Shares are to be had, in which prAicament may be placed a very large proportion Of the applicants. This was ro vial , uncommon case during the wholesale concoction of joint-stuck companies which took place in the year 1825, though since that. period - net , ' now projectors have been commonly too glad to re ceivemoti among p t p h l e i ca:o }s n t s r f e r s o i t:proper a : d e rso appr,priations to take their natural course of division competent.persons, a id however, has been the formwion of new railway schemes all s cr o w erd. rapid, however, of late, and so eager the demand for shares produced by the success of those which have preceded them, thet the projectors have the opportunity, if they plase, of resP; ing a large and immediate profit, by throwity , overboard; all or the greater part of !he eiVie,nt., an d di,po,ing 131 shares in the open market to Other parties at a pretwurn. All such proceeding. shoal be caiefully watched, and the company with which they orieinete ba avoided as or a very suspicious chatacter. In fact the mania for new schemes in railways is going on much too rapidly, and, if not checked, will bring about-, in a very shot t time, some very serious consequences.— Tines. LA PIT INTE L LIGE N DERBY CLuns.—The question as to the legality of Derby Clubs, v‘h oh has occupied so much the attention of tavern-ktepets ard the spiting portion of the public, has lately been subaniVed to Mr. E. James, the eminent barrister, for his consideration ; and that gentli man has give❑ it as his decided opinion, th:t such clubs are illegal, and that persons in any way conne - qed with them are liable to be proceeded against for heavy penalties. SKITTLES UNLAWFUL.—III the Bath Court of Re quests, I,st week, the commissioner refused to allow a plaintiff's claim for a debt won on a game at skittles, be cause he said, that by the statute of the 9th of Qut en Anne, which applied to such cases, no action could be sustained for money won in a ! rohiLi'ed game, and skittle playing was so. prohibited by the statute. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.—A short, but very com prehensive, act was passed on the firh of August, to sim plify the transfer of prop: ry. which, however, will not take effect until the 31st of December next. There are 14 sections in the statute, conci,ely worded• and fret& from all verbosity. The term '• land " is tot vend to manors, advows_ us, nit s,uages, lands, tithes, tenements, and hereditaments, whether carporeal or incorporeal;. the word " freehold," to include customary freehold; " conveyance," to be extended in its significat on ; " per-. son," to mean a corporation as well as an individual, and the word importing the singular number to apply to several as well as to.one, and tire masculitte geed, r to the fernato as well as the male. Deeds need not be " indented," and perroos, though not parties, are to take immediate benefit under the same. The followiug provision has been framed for the protection of trustee,:—Section 10. " That the bend fide paytreot to, and the receipt of, any person to whom any money shall be payable upon any express or implied trust, or for any limit d purpose, or of the survivors- or survivor of two or more nterrga:ees, or. holders, or the executors er admi.tistricors of such survivor, or their or his assigns, shall effectually discharge the per,on paying the saute kern seeing to the iippltea , ion thereof, unle,s the contrary shall be expressly drchtred by the instrument creating the trust or security." The• act is not to extend to Scotland. SPO R.TING _-VNT F: r. 1:-.E_Ly0.E. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. FRIDAY EVENING.—The settlement of the Doncaster ac counts h,s passed over pretty satistactorPy. For the Cesarewitch St,:kes. on Moncky. the Souvenir filly and The Brewer were in great force, both singly and coupled. On Tuesday, the filly was hacked at 11 t. , 1 freely. and Ilaitoe at 20 to I. In the alernoon. at the Old Swan, Pickpocket was backed at 25 to I to about .e2O, and Lightn.ing at '2O. who had been laid agst at 300 to 12, giving an acceptance." On the appearance of the weight; eight were freely against the field. The following ten for .• 5." were hocked : The Souvenir f. Brewer, Pickpocket. William le 0:os, I,:ghtning. Glossy trcton Oil, Lalloe , and Boarding Scho,l Miss. On Thursday. J4 l, '_a l waS. backed for a very larg sum, commencing at 2; to a` , ` ending at 10 to I (offered). DOINGS TO-DAY. THE CESAREWITCII STAKES. sto 1 agst Souvenir (f olYd) I u— 6 Marquise 10 1 The Bre, er (i) P.O 6 The ttritle 10 1 Jamal (t) 2 I Lightning (t) 15 1 Glossy (t) 1 Boarning-scho d 15 1 Ilaitee (t) Miss 100 6 Albion 20 1 Croton (t) I 0 6 -- Pickpocket 21 I Deo-ance (30 vv - ) 100 6 Mafia and Johnny to en at A triticham . _ . _ 4—l—JhnD iy (t 5) 140— 1 Winchester 4 1 Scott (t 5) (t to F,O) I'l —1 Alarm (12 t) I 50 —1 _ Bro So E 0 (t) 6,0 —2O Brit. P.ince (t) O,IKI.- No Letting. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.-FRIDAY. The GRAND JUNCTION STAKES, of COO snvs each. g (Os. Colonel Anson's ch f Buzz. by Muley M010ch.... Butler) I Mr—Mostyn's hr c Brunel. by Velocipede Lord Stanley's c f Ambition Won in a canter. by two lengths. The AINT.IER STAKES. of 5 soVs' each, with 40 added. The se' cond to receive 10 sows from the stakes. Mr. Owen's b c Joe Raphael, 3 years (Oates) Mr. Skerratt's ch c Tottenham, 2 yrs 2 Mr. C. Peck's g I Alice Grey. yrs 3 A good race, won by half a head. The SEFTON PLATE, of 40 sous, added to a :. , weepAake of 5 sov's each. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middleton, 5 yrs.. 5 0 1 1 Mr. F. R. Price's gr M Valentia. 5 yrs • • ti 1 2 2 Won easily. The WIND-UP STAKES, of 1 soy each, with a Piece of Plate added. Mt. 11. 0. Richar 'son's b m Cerito 1 I Mr. Shepherd's br m Madame Vestris Robin Adair, the celebrated steeple chaser, was sold at Doncaster during the race week by Messes. Tattersall for 200 guineas. • - ST.LEGE R. SWEEPS.—The fortunate holders of the first a•id second horses in sonic lotteries dra•tn it "H grand hotel" in Covent-garden, have been placed in an unpleasant fix by the refusal of the landlord to pay over the prizes (be! ween 1,0001. and 2,000/.), on the plea that qui lao actions have been commenced nainst him! The vnoners , some of whom hedged to their draws, and have no exe•ose for withholding payment, attribute other reasons fur the non-payment of the money, and threaten exposure. FOIG-A-BALLAGH.—Foig-a-ba:Ligh, the winner of the St. Leger, was bred by Robert Knox, Esq , of Curragth Kildare, and sold by that gentleman to his press tit owrer , dr. Irwin, of the county of Roscommon, Irebind, July, 1842, along with Mickey Free and six other hi vest the price for the lot being £2OOO. He is a!togt t:ter horse of great power, and, except in colour, very like hi s half-brother, Coronation : he-has plenty o courag,, with fine temper. He is entered in the Grand Duke Michael, Cebarewitch, and Canihridaeshire Stakes. FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Megazine Cf Fashion."; As the season advances, again are satins, vilveta, ' 3O l all the-richer materials in demand ; the new on, s are 10°_ ' i brilliant in colour, d•st,layinf , the prismatic tints in " their beauty. Bishop's purple, emerald green, bran'' r and gorge de colibri are the most in laviair ; velvety or; broidered in gold, Algeriennes, Smyrna satins, and ecito ll i e magnificent materials are talked ut tor dress ; dente lles velours, of extreme delicacy, ut soft as Lee, are inado i t) . a every colour; the re'seau etc Venire with ground ct or silver thread, and flowers of chenthe, with byrialm gimp, are all used to ornament dresses; whil t butto ni i ; ribbon, and narrow velvet are in favour for a inure P oe toilette, for which redingotes are nniversnly worn; '',, corsages are long, almost always busque and very oq j but not laced with cheinisette a la vier!, e; the s leeves a , bonne sceur, are reduced in size; redingotes a l'Amall„, are ornamented with chicorees, gin-p by, in th,s, or " n e s, tellezephir. For evening dresses, clear muslin tar/a/a. )0 , bareges. and crape, and cr ,, pes embroideled, ale toh l : 4 ; able, with corsages a la Grecque, cr pelerines droPelie. young ladies adopt the corsage ala cierge, .th chemi' v '. 4 l s o Deep flounces are indispeusibir for bareges, they used for mu-lin festonne's, or edged with a lace, or li" deep tucks ilkided by e mbroidery. Paletots are now quit: neces ry for travrilinz " and arc often made of cackemire rlidttly wadtted " 1 :„, finished with a corridiere; large shawls are alsJ "' rounded at the bAtnat, with hood and . o ptl Bonnets are but 1 the ornamented ut this tePso" , fo e' the form is small at the s i des : the winter t,ontiris d para tion are of a more open form ; a new capote. , e ' " re d capote Hortense, is pretty, made of pink satin c'edeg with black lace, forming veil , at the sides t he ti."(o,iip i composed of coques of black vet! et lit,bcn snit , " pink, forming anni.couornne, terminatng at the side i4 g verued ; it is also lined with pink satin. Velours d'Affiv and velours epingle are materials now su.taLle.