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fro rutting in parliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Mr. GIBSON brought on his motion for the repeal of the duty on paper and advertisements, and of the newspaper stamp duty. During the course the discussion, in which Mr. Hume, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Aglionby, Col. Thompson, Mr. Roe buck, and Mr. Disraeli also took part, Lord JoaN RUSSELL declared that he had no prepossession in favour of the parti cular duties under consideration, and that he should be happy to abolish them did the state of the national finances permit. • Compared with other countries, where newspaperssold for a half penny and propagated principles that rendered all government Impossible, ...nd a multitude of schoolmasters who taught doc trines to make religion odious, the press and condition of Eng land were eminently felicitous. The House divided on the pro position—Ayes, 89 ; noes, 190 ; majority, 101. The remaining resolutions for repealing the advertisement duty, the news paper stamp, and the customs upon foreign books, were then put, and, after some conversation, negatived without a division. Mr. SLANEY moved for a select committee to suggest means for facilitating the safe investment of their savings by the working classes of the country. The accumulation of capital by the higher classes was estimated at sixty millions yearly, a sum which he thought would be doubled if the industrious part of the population were encouraged to economy, and placed within reach of safe and profitable investment. To effect this 'object, the hon. member proposed that the law of mercantile associations should be altered, so as to enable a body of small capitalists to unite in carrying out enterprises of a remunera tive character in building, commerce, or agriculture. Mr. LABOUCHERE consented to the appointment of the se lect committee, believing that the enquiries it would undertake might prove highly useful. The subject was, however, sur rounded with many difficulties. The motion was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS VEDNESDAY On the order of the day for the second reading of the Educa cation Bill, Mr. STAFFORD moved that it be deferred for six months. He observed that the House had hitherto committed itself no further to the principle of this bill than by recognising a defi ciency of the means of education, and by expressing a desire to grapple with a subject of such extreme difficulty with care and patience. The Earl of ARUNDELL and SURREY seconded this amend ment. Such a measure as this he argued, must be founded upon one of two principles—either that secular education was more valuable than religious education, which none but an infidel would maintain ; or, that secular education would lead to religious education, which was contrary to all experience. Mr. ROEBUCK controverted the two propositions upon which Mr. Stafford had based his amendment, and deni - d the fair ness of hiidefinition of the term " secular," namely. that it meant non-religious, therefore irreligious, therefore atheistical, education. " Secular education," meant fitting the minds of human beings for the due performance of their duties in this world, and thereby to fit them for the next. Lord ASH LE the issue of th and unmistak sv solemnly declared his firm belief that upon is question—the propositions in which were clear cable—hung altogether the future welfare of the British empire. He protested against the principle laid down by Mr. Roebuck, that the morality of Scripture had nothing to do with its doctrines and dogmas, which were on the contrary, Closely connected with its moral precepts. He should prefer to discuss this bill upon principle alone, but the details were so mixed with the principle that they could not be severed. Lord J. RUSSELL said, in speaking of the bill he wished to avoid as much as possible all intemperance, and to make every admission which was fairly due to the author and to the bill itself. In the first place, it could not be denied that there was alamentable want of education amongst the poorer classes, and that it was desirable that Parliament should endeavour to remedy the deficiency; in the next place, he thought it would be unjust to infer that if the schools proposed by this bill were established, it would follow, as a necessary consequence, that the doctrines inculcated in the writings referred to by Lord Arundel! would he prevalent amongst the teachers ; he believed it , would be found that, with the habits and opinions of the people of this country, there would be no inclination on their part to adopt these writings as the standard of their creed; but that they would resort in matters of religion to their clergy men or minister. There might be places where the inhabitants were so irreconcilably divided by religious antipathies that it was impossible to admit the Bible into the schools, or any mode of relizious teaching. In such an extremity the instruction might be limited to secular education. But the bill differed widely from this proposition ; it was opposed to all freedom of choice. If the prevailing opinion in any part of the country was in favour of combining religious with secular education, it was too much to sanction a scheme that would destroy all the existing schools which could not co-exist with schools sup- . ported by rates. Agreeing with Mr. Stafford, that the scheme Interfered with conscientious liberty, he thought that it was impossible that Parliament could assent to such a measure. though his desire for the general education of the people was in no degree diminished. The debate was adjourned until that day fortnight. Leave. was given to Sir J. Duckworth to bring in a bill to alter the laws relating to weights and measures; and to Mr. T. Hodges, a bill to alter the law relating to therevision of burgess lists in corporate boroughs. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY. • LARCENY SUMMARY JURISDICTION BILL. Mr. M'CuLt AO H moved that the House do resolve itself into a committee upon this bill this day six months. He consi dered the bill took from the humble classes the protection of a competent judge and a competent jury. Experienced persons had conveyed to him their opinion that the bill was mischievous and unnecessary, as excluding the local knowledge of the '. , g justices of the peace with a summary •ing infamy to the accused. juries, and as entrusti jurisdiction in cases it Sir G. STRICKLAND seconded the motion. and deprecated the continual attempts at abolishing that sacred right—trial by jury. 111 r. P, HOWARD opposed the bill as unconstitutional, and as conferring arbitrary power on individuals. The House then divided—For the amendment of Mr. M'Cul lagh, 76 ; against it, 133 ; majority forgoing into committee, 57. Mr. LAw then moved th e omission from the bill of the clauses which gave two justices in petty sessions summary ju risdiction in cases of adults. where the larceny did not exceed the value of a shilling in order that such provisio ns m i g h t b e embodied in another bill. The committee divided—For Mr. Law's amendment, 102; against it, 50 ; majority, 52. The other portion of the bill extending summary jurisdiction to offenders under sixteen years was debated as a separate bill, when Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND moved a proviso, depriving justices of the power of inflicting whipping up to the age of sixteen. This was carried by 170 to 89. The bill as thus amended was agreed to, and reported. The Tenants at Rack Rent Relief Bill was then passed through committee. MARRIAGES BILL The question that the Speaker do n re;ve the chair, that the House might go into committee upon the Marriages Bill, was opposed on account of the lateness of the hour. At length, after two motions for the adjournment of the debate, and one of the House, Mr. Wortley consented to the postponement of the debate until the 16th of May. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, The Smoke Prohibition Bill and the School Districts' Contri bution Bill were read a second time. The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition relative to the administration of the Poor-law in Carrick-on-Shannon. The noble lord, in illustration of the working of the law, refer red to cert• in proceedings taken against himself, by which a demand of rates amounting to -t'33 was swelled to £77 by costs, 'in a cage in which he had always been ready to pay anydemand with respect to which he should have received legal notification of -his liability, instead of which all information bad been denied him. He blamed the government for not having m a d e a proper valuation as a basis for rating. The vice-guardians bad administered the funds of the unions most wastefully. The Poor-law and Free-trade had ruined Ireland, and for that state of things he held the government responsible. The noble ar quis concluded by moving for a committee to inquire into the subject matter of the petition. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL snppotted the motion for a com mittee, and confirmed Lord Westmeath's assertion as to the ruin brought upon Ireland by the operation of the Poor-law and Free-trade. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE did not deny that abuses might have crept into the administration of the Poor-law in particular unions, but all possible efforts had been made to remedy them. No information had been received by the com missioners with respect to the particular matter to which the noble Marquis referred ; and he did not think that sufficient grounds had been made out for the inquiry which was cailed for. Lord STANLEY thought the grounds assigned by the noble marquis near him for an inquiry perfectly reasonable. He was astonished at the unsatisfactory reply given by the noble marquis opposite to the statements upon which the motion for a committee was founded. Any case of misconduct on the part of poor law officials ought to be inquired into. It appeared that the grossest abuses had prevailed for months in the union to which the petition referr 0, ai d he thought their lordships would not fulfil their duty if tney refused inquiry. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE withdrew his opposition to the appointment of a committee, in consequence of the reasons assigael :by Lord Stanley for the imperative necessity of the inquiry. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said he should move the nomi nation of the committee on Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--FRIDAY. Mr. F. O'CONNOR, in reply to Sir B. Hall, stated that it was his intention to introduce immediately a private bill for wind ing tip the affairs of the National Land Association.—The hon. bart then attempted to renew the discussion of the previous evening, but the Speaker interfered, observing that the mat; er was one entirely of a private and personal character, and had no reference to any question before the house, and to prevent their time being improperly wasted, he must put a stop to any further observations. In reply to a question from Mr. F. FRENCH, Mr. LABO UCH ERE said by the communications received from the . proprietors of the ill-fated steamer the Adelaide, it ap peared that that vessel was well built and well-found in every respect. and was under the command of a competent and ex perienced commander at the time she was lost. Stine mystery still hung over that event; but the catastrophe was attributed to some accident or explosion in her stearetnachinery, while labouring in the tempestous sea running at the time. The House then went into committee on the Australian Colonies Bill, and the clauses from 3 to 5 were agreed to with out discussion. On clause 6 being read, which provided for the establishment of legislative councils in Van Diemen's Land and South Aus t alia, Sir - W. MOLESWORTH moved the introduction of words for the purpose of establishing a legislative chamber and a house of assembly in these two colonies; intimating that, in the event of the committee sanctioning his amendment, he ,pro branches follow it up by a further provision, making of the legislature elective. The hon. baronet pro-ceeded to support his amendment by reading extracts from a number of despatches addressed by the governors of these colonies to the Coiosial Office, for the purpose of showing that the proposition of a single chamber was in opposition to the wishes of the colonial governors, at variance with the theory Of the Anglo Saxon constitution, and adverse to the wishes of the great majority of the colonists themselves. He believed, that there were ample materials in those colonies for the for mation or the two chambers; and that if the alteration pro posed by him was not adopted the measure would be found un satisfactory and inoperative.. Mr. DENIsoN supported the amendment, observing that the bon. bart. in the course of his speech had omitted to refer to a recent dispatch from Sir Henry Young, which had been that day laid upon the table of the House. The Governor had on a former occasion communicated merely his own impressions as to the expediency of a double chamber, but these impressions were now corroborated by a public meeting of the inhabitants of South Australia, held on the 15th December last, at which resolutions were unanimously adopted to' the effect that the legislative body should consist of the governor and two cham bers. Heappealed to the noble lord (J. Russell) whether, with the information which they were now in possession of, he meant to proceed with the present bill. tie had not the smallest doubt that it would be an entire waste of their time to attempt to force upon the colonies one chi tuber against their wish. If he stood alone, he should give the further pro gress of the measure every opposition in his power. Mr. HAWES admitted that the noble lord at the head of the colonies had changed his opinion upon the subject of the form of legislation which should be granted to the colonies, but that was altogether to his honour, as it was in order to conform to the expressed wishes of the colonists. He did not think that the best form of government was that best adapted to the colonies, but that which would confer such a poweron them as would enable them to make such alterations and changes as the littered circumstances of the colonies might hereafter require. He protested against this important question being made a mere party question, and he protested against the adoption of the amendment, which, independently of the other objections that might he urged to it, would cause very consi derable delay in the application of these new constitutions to the colonies. iti..Eico T T, Mr. MOWATT a and Mr. BASS. subsequently addresseTthe committee, amidst general marks of impatience. Lord.J. RUSSELL, for the third time, rose and called the at tention of the committee , to what the real question before it was. If it.waslound that the till as at present framed did not give'the colonies the power to make such modifications as here after might-seem necessary, then he would have no objection to introduce words to that effect in a subsequent clause. Sir W. MOLESWORTH having replied, the committee divided, when there appearedl=For the amendment, 150; against it, 218; majority against t'le amendment, 68. Mr. ANSTEY then moved an amendment, the purport of Which could not be clearly ascertained in the confusion that prevailed in the house. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. ANSTEY moved another amendment, to exclude the nominees of the crown from sitting in the elective assembly. On a division the amendment was negatived by 159 to 27. The clause was then agreed to. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, The annual meeting of the French ,Bible Society was held, on Tuesday, in the Calvinist Church of the Redemp tion, Rue Chauchat, Paris. M. Guizot was called to the chair, and addressed the meeting in an admirable speech —the first he has spoken in public to a French audience for the last two years. Mr. Layard and his party are still carrying on their excavations at Nimroud and Nineveh. Allarge number of copper vessels, beautifully engraved, have been found in the former, and from the latter a large assortment of fine slabs, illustrative of the rule, conquests, domestic life, and arts of the ancient Assyrians, are daily coming to light, and are committed to paper by the able artist, Mr. Cooper, one of the expedition. Mr. Layard intends to make a trip to the Chaboor, the Chaboras of the Romans, and to visit Reish Aisa, the Resen of Scripture, where he hopes to find a treasure of Assyrian remains. A VILLAGE SOLOMON IN FRANCE.—A few days ago, some of the inhabitants complained to the mayor of Ma- Hearne, near Commentery, department of the Nievre, that their geese had been stolen by a dealer, but, as he had mixed them with a flock of his own, it was impossible to recognise them. Thereupon the mayor, a shrewd, hard working peasant, solemnly ordered all the geese to be placed in carts, and this having been done, he sent the carts to some little distance from the village. The vil lagers wondered greatly what this could mean, and even ventured to mutter suspicious of the mayor's wisdom and probity. But the functionary took no notice of these re marks, and stalked solemnly off with the carts. Arrived at the spot he had indicated, he cried to the drivers to " Stop?" and then, with great dignity, added, " Now let loose the geese—those that have been stolen will find their way back to their masters' farmyards—those that belong to the dealer will remain." This was done, and lo ! as the village Solomon had said, the stolen geese waddled gravely b" The Cardinal Archbishop of Cambray died in that city on Tuesday, after a lengthened illness, aged 59. An insurrection has broken out in the Moorish terri tories adjoining the French province of Algeria. The fugitive question is settled. Diplomatic inter course is renewed between Austria and the Porte. An ingot of gold, weighing 301b5., is said to have been sent to the Pope, as a present from Chili. A dreadful earthquake occurred at Smyrna at half-past three a.m. on Wednesday, the 3d instant. The greatest alarm prevailed. The noise which preceded the shock was terrific. Sir J. Brooke has been obliged to retire to Penang for the benefit of his health, and will probably have to come to England. He has never quite recovered from the fever he had taken at Labuan, in the year 1848; and his recent exertions against the band of pirates has further impaired his health in a manner which seriously endangered his life. Signor Bocardi, the eminent young tenor, who created such a sensation at the San Carlo last season, makes his debt - it at her Majesty's Theatre next week, in " I Lom bardi." Although not 23 years of age, Signor Brocardi's voice is remarkably powerful as well as melodious. Ame lia Ferraris and this celebrated vocalist were the great attraction at Naples last season. Affairs in the lonian Islands look very stormy. The Lord High Commissioner opened the new parliment on the Ist of April with a long speech. The late events in Cephalonia, and the course pursued by Mr. Ward, have occasioned the return of a majority of liberal members to the parliament, a circumstance which will place the government in a very embarrassing position. The " crisis" in France is becoming more imminent, and the Prefect of P o li ce h a s i s s ue d a proclamation, forbidding the electors in certain districts of Paris to hold electoral meetings. A battalion of infantry passing through Angers has suffered itself to be feasted, and led in public, by a party of democrats. Eugene Sue has qeen nominated the Socialist candidate for Paris; and the " moderates" ha ve b roug ht ou t a c iti zen w h o h as no ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. other merit than that of fetching his second son to fight The royal mail steam-ship Niagara arrived in the rive r aga i nst t h e Red Republicans, when they shot his first. on Tuesday morning about four o'clock, with advices from STORY OF THE NEW CANDIDATE FOR PARIS.—The New York to the 2nd instant. She left Boston on the 3rd Paris correspondent of The Times write s,—" The new instant, and Halifax on the sth. man is M. Leclerc, who distinguished himself so much at The steam-ship Europa arrived at Halifax on the 3rd the taking of the barricade of the Porte St. Denis during instant. the insurrection of June, 1848. He was a private senti- On the 11th inst. the Niagara exchanged signals with the nel in the National Guard. His eldest son was shot down steam-ship Canada, lat. 48.06, lon. 33.00. by his side. The father took up the dead body in his Dr. Webster has been found guilty of the murder of Dr. arms, bore it to his house, and taking the weapons and Parkman. When the verdict was delivered, the prisoner the carteuche worn by his eldest son gave them to 'his quivered back to his seat, where he sat crouched up in a second child, a lad of eighteen, saying, Go and imitate bewildered state, after which he shed tears, and then be- your brother ! Defend order against the rebels ; and if came more composed. Sentenceof death was pronounced on you fall, remember you die the death of a soldier and a the Ist irstant at Boston, by Chief Justice Shaw,at much good citizen. Go ! defend your country and avenge your length. Tae effect of it on the prisoner was overwhelm- brother.' The lad turned aside his face and wept, but ing. For a few moments he wept in agony, and was then only for a few minutes. He then seized the musket and ordered to be remanded. The jury only deliberated ten sallied forth with his father to the barricade. The mother minutes. The scene amongst the family of the prisoner, washed and dressed the corpse of her son, who had a on beir gap )rised of the verdict, was overwhelming, and soldier's funeral. The father and his youngest child did the wails ani shrieks could be heard by the passers-by. A their duty, and returned unscathed from the battle." curious sto-y is told of a medical student who, having DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—GREAT Loss OF LIFE.—In seen Dr. Webster over the murdered remains of Dr. Park- the National Assembly at Paris on Wednesday, the Minis man, was induced to take an oath not to divulge what he ter of War rose and said he had a most painful communi had seen. Some time after he was taken with brain fever, cation to make. Intelligence had been received from and raved about the murder. He then revealed all he Angers that, as the Ist battalion of Light Infantry was knew to a clergyman, who went to Boston to inform the crossing the suspension-bridge over the Loire, the chains government, but it was too late to use the evidence. at one side gave way, and four companies were precipitated The eminent senator, Mr. J. C. Calhoun, died at into the river. As the current was exceedingly rapid, and Washington on the 31st ult. Every demonstration of no boats at hand, it was found difficult if not impossible, respect was manifested in all the cities at his lamented to save the unfortunate men who had fallen. He grieved death. In Congress Mr. Butler proposed resolutions of to say that the number of men precipitated into the river mourning and condolence, which were seconded by Mr. amounted to between 200 and 300. (Great sensation.) Clay, in addresses of much eloquence and fervour. Mr. The minister went on to say that the government would Webster and several other senators had also pronounced afford every aid to the survivors. An officer attached to brilliant eulogies. the household of the President of the Republic had been The Mississippi and Missouri rivers have overflowed to sent off at once to hold an inquiry, and he would, as soon an alarming extent. At Louisville and Nashville, the as possible, ask the Assembly to adopt a project of law to streets are flooded to the depth of many feet, and the aid the families of the sufferers. The President of the merchants are driven from their stores. At Beune Carre, Assembly, on the part of the house, expresssed the deep below New Orleans, the crevasse or overflow was more sympathy occasioned by so great a calamity. It was than halfa mile wide, and whole plantations were deluged, rumoured in the Assembly that upwards of 20 bodies had entirely destroying many fields of growing sugar cane. been taken up. The Lieutenant-Colonel was taken out The cholera has broken out again at New Orleans, and it wounded but not dangerously. The following is an extract is feared it will assume an epidemic form. from a private letter :—" What a horrible misfortune ! The money market at New York had bceu subjected to. The bridge of the Lower Maine broke under the 3rd bat more stringency during the fortnight than for any period talion of the 11th, and five companies of 187 men each since the spring of 1849. Foreign exchange was firm, but fell in. of whom 300 are lost, besides women and children closed firm, with large sales at quotations. In domestic following the musical band. About ten minutes before a exchange there was no movement of consequence. The squadron of Hussars passed over." spring trade of New York had disappointed all classes. Subsequent accounts from Angers increase the extent Early in January there was an unusually active demand. of the loss of life, occasioned by the fall of the bridge. High prices were obtained, and large sales were made; The roll being called over, 219 men were found missing, since then business had fallen off, an d th e mon th of March, independent of 33 dead in the hospital, and 30 wounded. which ought to have been the best, had been extremely The loss of the battalion is set down at 282 men. The dull—more so than had been known for many years. The number of men taken out of the water on Wednesday, stock of British and other foreign dry goods, was not was 123. A maid servant and two children had been large, but the demand was small. taken out dead. To add to the horror of the circumstance, The idea promulgated a few weeks ago, that there was it was found that many of the victims were pierced likely to be a rupture between the northern and southern through with the bayonets of the guns, which, while in states seems to have died away. the act of falling, wounded and killed the unfortunate men. Although a good number had been taken out alive, through the heroic efforts of their comrades, yet, owing to the fact of the men having eaten about three-quarters of an hour before, very few could be restored by medical treatment. It is rumoured that the battalion had been made to cross the suspension bridge, for the sake:of avoid ing the faubourgshs of the town, where the 47th had been met some days before by the Socialists, and induced to join in the discreditable scenes of drinking and shout ing, which had caused so much disquietude. Should this be the case, much additional bitterne ss wou ld h ave to be added to the fearful calamity. Among the killed are five officers. Owing to the state of the weather, there were hardly any civilians on the bridge. ARRIVAL OF THE POPE AT ROME.—After suffering eighteen months' exile and humiliation—of Divinely pre - - dicted humiliation, according to Robert Fleming's inter p -etation of prophecy, to which it is difficult to refuse .credit—the Pope re-entered Rome on the 12th inst. According to all later communications from the city of the Seven Hills, this return to his capital is likely to prove to Pius the Ninth the commencement of a series of dan gers and difficulties greater than any to which he has been hitherto exposed. Whether the greater amount of these dangers and difficulties threaten from within or without is a question upon which no very confident opinion can be formed. That the weak and mischievous man will try to protect himself from external danger, by embroiling his neighbours, may be anticipated from his former proceed ings, but beside that this must be less easy since the Aus trian and other adjacent states have popularised their con stitutions, if we may be permitted the phrase, the effect of hostilities in the vicinity of Rome must be to strengthen and to animate the disaffected in that city. The cardinals paraded Pio Nono through the streets of Rome, but there was no general joy visible--there was no fervour or enthu siasm of any kind, and no general illumination. Among about fifty cardinals—among cardinal legates, vicars apos tolic, legates a latere, cardi na ls, governors f legations— among -nuncios, internuncios, cardinal vicars, cardinal chancellors—among the six masters of ceremonies—among the two 'Dominicans who are masters of the Sacred Palace, mud their brethren—among the two Augustinians who are Sacristans, and their brethren—among the three cooks, the two confectioners, the two ice-makers—among the mustard-makers and purveyors of Roman lettuces to his Holiness, as well as among the sly Jesairs and fat and greasy Capuchins, we have no doubt there was great joy and jubilation ; but among the people —among even the Trasteverini—the most simple and superstitious of the Romans, there was a passive sadness, a mournful consci ousness that the return of the Pontiff boded evil and evil days for the eternal city. In these gloomy forebodings we confess we share to the fullest extent. The venom and vengeance of a restored sacerdotal sway—the odium theologieum of a government of priests, without human ties—without human sympathies—without human affec tions—is as fearful to contemplate as it will be impossible to endure. It is idle to say that the Pontiff will be liberal —will be forgiving—will be moderate. The Papal power cannot be liberal—cannot be forgiving —cannot be moder ate—cannot be free. aomewards, to the great astonishment of the simple villagers. The dishonest dealer was arrested. THE FORREST DIVCRCE CASE.—The Forrest divorce case, after going through various stages in the senate at Harrisburg!), on the 26th and 29th of March, was finally defeated on the last-named day by a majority of seventeen against sixteen. Mr. Forrest grounded his application on the alleged infidelity of his wife with an actor named Jamieson. On the 31st of May, 1848, he returned home, preceding Mr. S. S. Smith some yards, and found his lady standing between the knees of Jamieson, who was sitting on the sofa with his hands upon her person. Although Mrs. Forrest declared that Mr. Jamieson had only been pointing out her phrenological developments, the suspicions of Mr. Forrest were excited, and these were confirmed by the discovery of a letter addressed to his wife by Jamieson, and couched in the most ardent and affectionate terms. The principal witness against Mrs. Forrest was a servant girl, who spoke distinctly to gross improprieties of conduct, not only with Jamieson, but with a number of other men. Statements disproving some portions of the evidence were given, and the result was, as above stated, that the bill was rejected. LATEST NEWS, PER TELEGRAPH, RESPECTING THE COTTON CROP. MONTGOMERY, April 1. Received at New York April 2. • BALES. Decrease at New Orleans, March 30 .. 200,000 ~ „ Mobile, „ 30 .. 162,000 „ „ Charleston, „ 29 .. 69,000 ~ „ Savannah, „ 26.. 15,965 ~ „ Texas, „ 20 .. 2,162 449,960 Increase at Florida, March 20 1,435 Virginia and 1 1,383 " " N. Carolina I '• Total decrease .. 447,142 P.S.—I have just received later returns from Charleston and Savannah, making the total deficit nearly 470,000 bales. (Signed) THOS. J. STEWART, Cotton Broker, LATER FROM CALIFORNIA-MORE GOLD The British steamship Bolivia has arrived at Panama from San Francisco, with 600,000 dollars in specie, and sailed again on the 27th, with the mails from all parts of the world for the South Pacific. LATER FROM THE WEST INDIES, MEXICO, AND CALIFORNIA. Dates from Mexico to the 14th March, mention that Elossinge, Minister of Finance, resigned on the 13th, and was succeeded by D'Campo. We have Jamaica advices to the 16th March. The steam ship Tay with the mails from England arrived on the 14th. There had not been any change in the produce market with the exception of Coffee, 445. was the highest quotation for ordinary samples. Rum commanded 3s. 3d. per gallon for 21 over proof; sugar from 13s. to 17s. per 100 lb. 100 bags middling pimento sold at sd. per lb; Logwood realizes 40s. per ton ; 150 tons sold at that rate. Exchange on London, 90 days, per cent. premium ;60 days, 1 per cent. ;30 days, per cent. ; freights to Lon don, 2s. 9d. per cwt. sugar. The following vessels had arrived at Jamaica :—Wm. Gladstone, from Dundee; Great Britain, from Glasgow; Success and Loodianah, from Liverpool for New Orleans, called for water; and Lady K. Barham, from London. H. M. S. Bermuda sailed from Jamaica for Falmouth on the Bth March. We have received from Southampton, an announcement of the arrival of the West India mail steamer Avon, at that port on Sunday, with the usual West India and Mexican mails. The Avon left Jamaica on the 25th ultimo, seven days after the despatch of our last accounts rid the United St ates ; but from Mexico, &c., her advices have been anticipired. She brought a specie freight of 223,900 dollars on merchants account, 881,500 dollars on account of the Mexican dividends, and 250,000 dollars in gold dust and bars; also, 235 serons cochineal, a large general cargo, and fifty passengers. Jamaica accounts state that the island was healthy and the wea h r fine. Mercantile affairs were unchanged: sugar, 13s. per cwt. ; rum, 3s. per gallon for 21 proof. From Nassau we learn that the island had been visite,l by a destructive tornado. Fifty horses had been destroyed, trees torn up by the roots, several vessels in the harbour sunk, eight persons killed, and many others wounded. From Demerara we have no news of interest. At St. Kitt's the crops were suffering from drought and would be below an average. Advices from Dominica and Antigua state that political affairs were progressing smoothly. At Tobago the House of Assembly had passed the Customs' Duty Bill and the Supply Bill. The weather was exceed ingly favourable to making sugar. The brig Josephine, of Liverpool, was wrecked ,on the Bar of Tampico ; crew saved.—The schooner Scotawood, of Newcastle, was run down by the Ivanhoe, of Liverpool, 6th Feb. ; crew landed at Havana. The mail steamer Eagle was in contact with the schooner Tay, sugar laden ; the latter sunk, and some of her crew lost. The Clarence, from Liverpool for New Orleans, was wrecked near Port Maria, 24th March: the crew were saved—but Captain Mitchell, her commander, was Arowned ; cargo lost. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. .__ t _ Dr. Lamb. Master of Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, and Dean of Bristol, died on Friday. His demise was rather sudden. A commission of inquiry is now sitting as to certain allegations against the Rev. M. A. Gathercole, vicar of Chatteris. Isle of Ely. The complaint is that the ecclesi astical duties of the parish are inadequately performed. The Hon. and Rev. Lowther Barrington has been appointed to the Rectory of Watton, Herts, vacant by the death of the late Rev. Eilward Bickersteth. OXFORD, APRIL 19.—The Rev. Henry Bristow Wilson, 8.D., Fellow and Tutor of St. John's, was this day elected by the Heads of Houses to be Batepton Lecturer for the ensuing year. _ _ The Vicar of Boston having, it is said, died about half an hour before the Town Council effected a sale of the advowson, the next presentation to the living has lapsed to the bishop of _the:diocese: An addrekis in course of signature amongst the clergy of Birmingham, for presentation to his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury, approving of his lordship's conduct with reference to the late important decision of the Privy Council in thacase of , Gorham v. The Bishop of .Exeter.. INDIA.—We have received by electric telegraph via Trieste, intelligence of the " Oriental" steamer at Suez Tit g litVURt - rti 0 L STA DA RD. on the 3rd inst., with the Bombay mails of thest6th of March. The expedition under Sir CoWu Campbell against the mountaineers in the neighbourhocid43fTesha waur had not been attended with the expected result. The expedition had returned. Sir Charles Napier has issued a general order on the subject of the mutiny of the 66th Bengal Native Infantry, by which that regiment is disbanded. The result of the expedition sent from Peshawur against the hill tribes near Kohat has not proved so satisfactory as .was at first anti cipated. In traversing what Sir Chatles styles " a dangerous defile fifteen miles in length, exposed to a con stant fire match-lockmen," Sir C. Campbell has lost 107 of all ranks, killed and wounded, which is supposed greatly to exceed the loss of the enemy. The passes still remain closed. A second expedition, on a larger scale, is talked of. Some disturbance has been created in Assam, by the hill tribes of its f ron ti er . - The accounts of the destruction of the town of Mulkapore; in the Nizam's dominions, is confirmed. Trade at Bombay is improving • slightly. Money was plentiful. E xc h a n g e on L on d on , 2 1 per rupee. Freight to England £3 per ton. HONG-KONG, FEB. 27.—We have little of interest this month to report. The Chinese holidays commenced on the 12th, and lasted ten days, causing, as usual, an inter ruption to business. The holidays have passed over quietly at Canton, and business is now being resumed, with an indication of improvement in most articles of im port. Matters remain in stain quo at Macao. Various rumours are afloat as to the intentions of the new gover nor, when he arrives with the force under his command. PESHAWArit.—The Hindoo and Musselman population in Marazpore had risen against each other under the in fluence of religious fanaticism, and in the disturbances which followed the city was burnt to the ground. The widow of Field-Marshal Blucher has died at Berlin. The Bishop of Bath and Wells has issued a declaration, " being deeply impressed with the great disquietude which prevails within the said diocese," in ;Consequence of the late decision of the Privy Council. It is a short document, and concludes thus:—" We do hereby solemnly declare, that it is the doctrine of the Church of England, as of the whole Church of Christ, in all ages, that original sin is remitted to all infants by the applica tion of the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Chirist, in and by the sacrament of baptism ; and that it is the plain teaching of the Church of England that all infants are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven,' in and by that holy sacrament." One hundred and eighteen clergymen of the diocese of Lincoln have transmitted, through their Bisbop, a peti tion to the Archbishop of Canterbury to request his Grace to represent the feelings of the petitioners and of an increasing number of members of the English Church, in favour of the issuing of a license to convocation to as semble to deliberate upon the appointment of a proper tribunal in cases of heresy. The Archbishop declines to take this course because from reading the annals of for mer convocations he is certain, " that the meeting of such a Synod for deliberation would tend to Inflame rather than to moderate feelings which are already too much excited, and increase the difficulty of restoring that peace to the Church of which we so greatly stand in need." The Times, in a conspicuous article, thoroughly iden tifies itself with Mr. Gorham and his friends. It con cludes with the following advice :—" It will very soon be felt by all parties that the decision of the Council must be accepted, whether for better or for worse. Probably no thing will have so much tended to give firmness to the Government, to the Primate, or to the Bishops, than that calmness in the great body of the church which is above all others the sign to cautious and reflecting minds of a consciousness of strength. It would have been unwise and uncharitable, by a counter-agitation, to have renewed the struggles of this unfortunate controversy. We ad vise, by all means, the provincial, moderate, or evange lical party, to follow the course adopted in the metropo lis. They have no ground to fear, that if there be cause to agitate, there will not be many in London quite ready to recommend and to guide the movement." CHURCH COLONISATION.—THE CANTERBURY SET TLEMENT.—A public meeting was held on Wednesday, at St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre, London, for the purpose of giving information concerning the objects, plans, pro gress, and prosperity of this new colonising enterprise. The meeting was very numerously and respectably atten ded. The chair was taken by the Right Hon. Lord Lyt tleton, and the following, among other noblemen and gentlemen, supported the noble lord on the occasion : The Bishops of Exeter, Oxford, Norwich, and Down ; Earl Talbot, Lord Courtenay, Lord Wodehouse, Lord A. Hervey, M.P. ; the Right Honourable Sydney Her bert, M.P., H. K. Seymer, M.P., C. B. Adderley, M.P., J. Simeon, M.P., T. S. Cocks, M.P., the Right Hon. H. C. Fortescue, M.P., W. Hutt, M.P., W. H. Carew, M.P., G. Dundas, M.P., H. Tancred, M.P., S. Mock, M P., W. Cubitt, M.P., Sir W. James, the Ven. Arch. deacon Wilberforce, the Rev. G. R. Gleig, and the Rev. E. Hawkins. Several interesting speeches were made, and resolutions passed in favour of the Canterbury set tlement in New Zealand: STATE OF THE CHURCH AND DISSENT IN WALES.— ID the early part of this session a printed return was issued by the House of Commons, showing the number of Churches and Chapels attached to the Established Church in each of the four Welsh dioceses, and the num ber of services performed in each, distinguishing the Welsh from the English. In the last two numbers of the weekly papers published in the Principality, this re turn is noticed ; commencing with the diocese of Llan daff, eleven parishes are taken alphabetically, and the result is as follows :--Number of Churches, twenty-one; total number of services in the Churches every Sunday, thirty-one; of which twenty are performed in the Eng lish language, and only eight in the Welsh language, three services being performed alternately i.nce a fort night, in Welsh and English. Annexed to each parish is an account of the spiritual provision afforded by the Dissenting community for the natives of the country, by which it appears that there are in these eleven parishes fifty-seven Dissenting places of worship, in which there are one hundred and eleven Sunday services, ninety-nine of which are performed in the Welsh language, in addi tion to one hundred and ten weekly services it the same parishes, provided by the Dissenters, ninety-eight of which are performed in the Welsh language, and twelve in the English. These tables are to be continued weekly. LORD CAMPBELL AND MISS SELLON.—MISS Sellon has addressed the following additional letter to Lord Campbell:— "The Orphans' Home, St. Peter's, Plymouth, April 16. "My Lord,—l am very much surprised and pained to hear that my letters to you have been published. " If your Lordship had thought it advisable that any public statement should have been made regar di ng the subject on which they were written, this could easily have been done in another form; but those letters were addressed simply to your own heart, and coming from the fulness of mine, were such as I should not have shown to others. They were a sacred mat ter between your conscience and my own and our God; and are, I need scarcely observe, singularly unfitted for the columns of a newspaper. It is not the first time that I have had cause to remonstrate at the way in which my private words have been made public by others ; I would, my Lord, that you, and all to whom I write, would recollect that my letters are written only for those to whom they are addressed, and that I claim the courtesy most especially due to a woman in requiring that they should not be published without my knowledge and permission. " I own, my Lord, that I am rather indignant with you, but I am still "Yours humbly and affectionately, "P. LYDIA, "The Mother Supr. of the Sisters of Mercy " The Times expresses a hope that. Lord Campbell's answers, which it describes as " a masterpiece of temper, good sense, and grave remonstrance, will have thei r e ff ec t upon other persons besides Miss Sellon, whose conduct, it says, "would be the height of impertinence if it were not the height of bigotry." THE SCOTTISH EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH.—In what light the Ultra-Tractarians looklupon the Scottish Episcopalian Church is now manifest, from the circumstance that the Rev. C. Marriott—(the companion of Mr. Allies in his journalised travels)—lately told his hearers, in a sermon preached at Margaret-street chapel, that, if they contem plated secession, it were, perhaps, better the secession should be, not to Rome, but to the Scottish Episcopalian Church. When we have spoken of such secessions, we have been told they were impossible, because the Church of England and the Episcopalians in Scotland belonged to one and the same community of faith. The contrary is now fully acknowledged.—Church and State Gazette. In Mr. Maskell's " Second Letter on the Present Posi tion of the High Church Party in the Church of England," he owns his former convictions as to the exclusion of Mr. Gorham's doctrines by the formularies of the English Church to have been shaken by a more intimate acquaint ance with the divines of the age of Elizabeth, as well as by some of the arguments adduced by Mr. Turner. He also has been much affected by the heretical character of of the articles of the Irish Church of 1615, which are still (with the English thirty-nine) the standard of doctrine of that communion. Such accusations of the English Church might have been made a year ago. Accepting the decision of the judicial committee as " probably correct and true," Mr. Maskell further declares that the questions of rege neration and the supremacy are not all the difficulties of our position ; he complains of the many essential doctrines of the christian faith which are only received as matters of opinion," not taught as doctrines among us. And, avowing his belief that the evangelical party, as well as that which is opposed to them, carry out the spirit and system of the reformation, he declines any further strug gle on the side of which he has been a hearty supporter. TRACTARIAN DEFEAT.—A meeting was held on Thurs day, the 18th, at the Rectory House, Stepney, the Rector in the chair, convened by circulars to the clergy of the several parishes, formerly within the limits of Stebon heath, to take into consideration the propriety of an ad dress of thanks to the Bishop of London, for the part his lordship had taken in the late decision of the Privy Coun cil, in the case of " Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter." The sddress was moved by the Rev. T. T. Bazeley, rector of Poplar, who assailed the judgment of the Council in most violent language, anathematising it and all who took part in it, and was seconded by the Rev. Bryan King, rector of St. George's in the East. An amendment was then moved by the Rev. W. W. Champneys, the rector of Whitechapel, seconded by the Rev. James Williams, mi nister of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, to the effect that it would be unwise to disturb the peace of the church by party ad dresses got up either to the bishop of the diocese (Lon don), or to the venerated archbishop of the province. After a good deal of warm discussion the amendment was carried by a majority of 2, the numbers being for the ad dress 24, for the amendment 26. The chairman, the Rev. R. Lee, then gave his vote in favour of the address, and also his vote as chairman, thus equalising the num bers. The Tractarian party were manifestly much mor tified at their defeat, having calculated on a large majority from Bethnal-green, their stronghold. A HARMLESS PROTEST.—At the visitation held by the Archdeacon of Suffolk, at Ipswich, the sermon has usually been delivered in the church of St. Mary-le-Tower : on the last occasion, however, the incumbent, the Rev. W. N. St. Leger, (as our readers know) e n t ere d a pro t est against its being preached by Mr. Lumsden, on the ground that that gentleman, at a meeting of the Colonial Church Society, declared his approval of Mr. Gorham's doctrine, and his confidence in the committee of privy council. The archdeacon having declined to notice the protest, Mr. St. Leger issued a declaration to the effect that he will not admit Mr. Lumsden into his pulpit. The archdeacon asserted the right to hold the Vsitation, and to appoint the proacher without the incumbent's consent; but, says the Ipswich Chronicle :—" With the view to avoid unnecessary unpleasantness, in consequence of the protest of the rev. incumbent of St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, it was arranged, we are told, that the visitation should be held in St. Margaret's Church ; but, the matter having reached the ears of the Bishop of Norwich, a man date was issued by his lordship directing that the cere mony should be observed at the T owe r Church as hereto fore.', Accordingly the church was opened on Friday, when Mr. St. Leger read the prayers, and at the close read a formal protest against the visitation sermon being preached in his church by Mr. Lumsden. He then de scended to the vestry, removed his surplice, and immedi ately left the church. Mr. Lumsden preached without making any allusion to the circumstance. INCONSISTENCY OF THE BISHOP OF EXETER. —The Church and State Gazette very properly remarks that " the Privy Council, without at all declaring itself in favour of Mr. Gorham's peculiar tenets, pronounced a sanction of his suit as far as his right to institution to the living of Brampford Speke was concerned. Thereupon, we have heard her Majesty, the two primates, and the entire consenting members of the Judicial Committee, branded as heretics with whom no good churchman may hold communion, and from whom no church institution may accept:service ! But even more than this, the Bishop of Exeter :himself, irate at his defeat, allows neither con science,.honesty, nor capacity, to the tribunal which calls upon him'to respect the law as it exists, and, we may add, .which does .not ;moot him from doing his utmost .to I procure an alteration in the existing law, if he be so minded. For the present, however. the bishop denounces everything in the guise of a lay tribunal, or a state court, adjudicating on church questions. But, observe the in consistency : the denunciation is not yet cold ere he applies to a state tribunal to overthrow the judgment of the two archbishops, and to pronounce that he is justified, and that his opponents are children of unrighteousness. And to whom does he apply ? To one of the very judges who has already conscientiously pronounced him wrong." CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 13.—The undermentioned gentle men have been elected to scholarships at Trinity College : J. A. Wilson, V. Harcourt, R. Williams, Rendel, Cowie, A. Rudge, Macnaghten, Seeley Hunter, Dickinson, Sharpe, J. L. Hammond, E. W. Benson, Robertson, A. Johnson, Clapcote, Westminster. The following prizes have been adjudged : English Declamation: (1) Vernon Harcourt, (2) Gorham, (3) James. Latin Declamation: (1) J. D. Williams, (2) Lightfoot. Mr. Edward Henry Perowne (first classic 1850)- has been ap pointed a fellow on the foundation of Corpus Christi College. Francis Edmund Stacey has been appointed a scholar of King's College. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 16.—At a Congregation holden this day the undermentioned degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts: H. R. Luard and Joseph Simpson, Trinity College; H. F. Corrame, Clare Hall; *A. G. Day, A. R. Ash well, and C. T. Smith. Caius College; G. C. Pollard and R. Watson, Queen's College; Joseph Milner and J. S. Purton, Catharine Hall; W. du Heaume and A. P. Sanderson, Jesus College. Bachelo rs o f A r t s: J ames C ol i ng and Johnoodies St. John's Coll ege; J o h n Stevenson Caius :College; A. A. Isaacs and Edward Lama Corpus Christi College; F. G. Pol lard, Queen's College. G. Richards, M.A., of Pembroke Col lege. was admitted ad eunclens. OXFORD, APRIL 18.—In a Congregation holden this day the following degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts: Rev. Frederick Silver and Rev. Sween Mac donald Mackey, Worcester; William Harrison Devey. Lincoln; Rev. Henry Percy Smith, Balliol ; James Baker, University ; Edward Graham Moon and John Ommanney M`Carogher, Demies of Magdalen; John Goss, St. Mary Hall; William Young Sellar, Fellow of Oriel; Edmund Savory and George Henry Beevan, Oriel ; John Llewellyn Roberts, Michel Scholar of Queen's; John Bateman Wathen, Queen's. Bachelors of Arts : Arthur Perceval Cust and Edmund Waller, Brasenose ; Mark Dewsnap, Christ Church; Henry John Stephen Smith, Balliol; William Henry Deane, University. ESTABLISHMENT OF A C OLLEGE IN MANCHESTER.-- A report has just been published by the trustees of the late Mr. J. Owens, of Manchester, who, in 1846, be queathed £lOO,OOO for the establishment of a college in that city, containing a detailed aceount of the general character and plan of the institution, in pursuance of the directions of the testator:— " It is recommended that the subjects of instruction should include classical literature, mathematics, natural philosophy, logic, moral and mental philosophy, history of political philo sophy; and the English language and literature, with the addi tion, as needed, of chemistry, various branches of natural history, physiology, and (with a special view to commercial education) book-keeping, the geography of commercial pro ducts, the history and progress of arts and manufactures, and the general principles of commercial jurisprudence. The six more important branches of knowledge are to be confined to as many professors ; .while the modern languages, book-keeping, and other commercial studies, may be intrusted to occa siona l teachers and lecturers. Th e salaries of the professors, it is proposed, should not at first exceed two-thirds of the expected annual income of the trust fund (.e3,000), or £1,700, exclu sive of .tlOO additional to one of the professors. as principal, and of the remuneration of occasional teaching. The com mittee think it desirable that the Owens' College should be placed in connexion with the University of London ; but at the same time they invite attention to the impo r ta n t su bj ect of the establishment in Manchester of a university, conferring its own degrees without resort to the metropolitan university." DR. HOOK ON THE GORHAM CASE.—The Vicar of Leeds has just published a pamphlet on the present posi tion of the church. He advocates the right of Mr. Gor ham to toleration. He does not think the latter gentle man correct, and he rather believes that the granting of toleration in such matter will only lead to a separation between church and state, and he closely hugs himself on the anticipation of such a consummation. Dr. Hoot is as difficult to fix on either side as ever he was. For instance, here he is lauding Mr. Simeon. He says to both parties that, whatever they may hold with reference to regenera tion, they will certainly allow that "regeneration is the grace of baptism," whenever such grace may be vouch safed. "So thought the late Mr. Simeon, of Cambridge. I have been accustomed to refer to his exposition of the doctrine of the Church of England, with respect to the grace of baptism, as a clear and Scriptural exposition of the doctrine. I hope that, in these days, it will be exten sively read." He enters then at large into the subject, but we need not give his opinions further. With the ex pression of a conviction that the decision of the Queen in council does no damage to the church, but is likely rather to bring men together and to settle down in the via media of truth, and with another expression of something like contempt for the men who pronounced rather as politicians than as judges, the author concludes with a desire that the church may have a court of appeal of her own. In the meantime, he says, " Let us be careful, while we maintain our rights as Englishmen and church men, not to Romanize : let us remember that if by the existence of the present court of appeal we are suffering much inconvenience, we may, in our struggles to extri cate ourselves,' fall into a position still more painful. Let us be persuaded that it is better " To bear the ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of.' " An extraordinary scene, which created considerable excitement amongst the congregation of Bishport church, took place in the sacred edifice at that village, on Sunday last. Bishport church, as is probably known to the ma jority of our readers, was erected somewhat about eight years since, and, being one of the chapels of ease to the old church of Bedminster, is held under the patronage of the Rev. M. R. Whish, the vicar of that parish. It ap pears that on Sunday last, Mr. Whish visited Bishport. and informed the incumbent, the Rev. Henry Brancker, that be purposed favouring his flock that day with a sermon, claiming a right to preach, from the fact of his being patron to the church. In reply, Mr. Brancker ex pressed an unwillingness to be thus patronised ; he denied the validity of the right that Mr. Whish assumed, but politely intimated that, if the patron of Bishport required permission to preach, the incumbent of Bishport would not deny his congregation the gratification of list ening to the patron's eloquence. But this view of the case was not acceptable to Mr. Whish, who " stood upon his right," and maintained that he was entitled to preach whenever he pleased, and this privilege, he was upon the present occasion, determined to exercise. Upon such agreeable auspices, therefore, the service for the day com menced. The prayers having been duly said by Mr. Brancker, that gentleman without returning to the vestry, proceeded to the pulpit, upon which the Rev. Martin Whish, _ _ t‘ In form and gesture proudly eminent," rose from the body of the church and announced his in tention to preach, which he claimed to do as a matter of right. At this unexpected scene the congregation ap peared to be considerably taken aback, and stared at each other from pew to pew, in no little amazement. The matter, however, was speedily set at rest by Mr. Branc ker, who, with much good sense, observed that, if Mr. Whish determined to persevere, he (Mr. Brancker,) would not be the means of occasioning a disturbance in the church, and he accordingly descended from the pulpit. It was then taken possession of by Mr. Whish, who com menced a discourse, upon which, we are informed, the whole of the congregation, with the exception of two old deaf women and the charity children, quitted the church. —Bristol Mirror. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. -4- On Wednesday a petition was forwarded from Man chester to Lord Ashley, for presentation to the House of Commons, against the adoption by the legislature of any scheme having for its object the establishment of a system of mere secular education, and also against Mr. Fox's bill now before parliament. In eleven hours the petition received the signatures of 5,006 persons.—[A similar petition, and more numerously signed, should be sent from Liverpool.] STATE OF THE WEST INDIES.—It is with sincere plea sure that we observe the expressed intention of Sir Edward Buxton to bring before the House of Commons the actual condition of the West Indian Colonies. His name is a sufficient guarantee for the spirit in which a work at once so important and so perilous will be undertaken and carried on, nor could a fitter champion have been selected for the office. As a Liberal and a Free-trader, his opinion will carry weight with many of those who, in 1846, voted for the " great experiment," which now seems likely to share the fate of most experiments when hastily tried and pre maturely adopted. An hereditary philanthropist he will not be held up as a would-be slave-driver, nor depicted according to ideas popularly entertained respecting a West Indian proprietor of the old time, with a whip in one hand, and a pair of handcuffs in the other, if he dwells upon the mischief attendant on freedom abused, and sug gests to the zealots of the Anti-Slavery Reporter, that idleness has its evils as well as compulsory labour. STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—There is nothing new to report as respects the condition of the money market. The accounts received from the agricultural districts, through the medium of the banks, are every day worse, and a rapid change is in course of being effected in the shopkeepers in the towns respecting the advantages to be derived from the free trade measures of Sir Robert Peel's Government. We are not mistaken in the opinion we entertained as to the effects produced at Liverpool by the accounts received by the Niagara steamer. The facility with which money can be obtained on warrants and bills drawn against consignments, has give n renewe d energy to the speculators in cotton, aided by th e l as t accounts re specting the crop in the United States. As it is perfectly clear that remunerating prices cannot be obtained for manufactured goods in any consid era bl e market of the world at the prevailing prices for the raw material, there appears to be no remedy but a further suspension of pro duction by the ndllowners in Lancashire and Scotland. The commercial letters received from the United States are much less fav oura bl e as respects the prospects of business for the season than was at first apprehended. The truth is that the market is over-stocked with all the staple articles suited to their consumption, and the consequence is that it is as difficult to obtain re munerating prices as in Brazil, Bombay, and Shanghre. There is another branch of our industry, now become of vast importance, respecting which the accounts from the United States are exceedingly unfavourable. We allude to the iron trade, and it appears from the accounts re ceived by the Niagara, that, paying the import duties and charges, bar iron is not returning more than £4 15s. per ton. This is considerably below the cost of production on the lowest scale that can be calculated, and it is there fore obvious that such a trade cannot be carried on, even supposing there will be no increase in the American tariff. It is currently reported to-day that this account o f th e condition of the market in the United States has induced some of the leading houses in the iron trade to come to the conclusion that there .is no alternative left but to restrict production by "blowing out," as it is technically demoninated, a numberot their furnaces. All things, there fore, taken together render it perfectly certain that her Majesty's Ministers will be very soon under the necessity of reconsidering the boasted free-trad e m easures which have placed the country in its present position. In the meanwhile the glut of unemployed m oney i n the metro polis-continues to increase from day to day, simply because no,persona engaged in industrial pursuits can see their April___ll_ 23, is ner" way how to invest capital in MICII a ni- - in er d o Idr• At ..4I rational prospect of returning a pre... ,ve ' i CONSEQUENCES OF CONCILIA TION • ld v i the close of 1847, departed from a goo d ' 2 0 .1 0 conferred the governorship of Malts on in ~ , i d Mr. M. O'Ferrall, a zealous Roman Catbfinrcohl of the Jesuits' College of Stonyhurst, in J' es ble O'Ferrall is said to be a discreet and be,n e ,. e ,tri ments,tolerab tolerably s t o h u e n n d a jrruodwgmesetnbtigooftrylim, a it n e d d o f ...n. e f er beore l otb os; zeal for the interests of hisreligion. wu to lic of the one Holy Roman Catholic and AP! . . d 0 or of his Holiness the Pope, or the Soey s , iii Carpinals, or the College of the Propege° po ili smallest respect at issue, Mr. O'Ferrall bes bi , but for his one and undivisibl e church!, j priests, his Jesuits, his friars. Thus, for lu s ar i 13th March, 1848, when 49 Jesuits vi n er f e ferrs ll Naples by the popular voice, Mr. More VP put the collector of the land revenue, 01040 ot l b a ofr n ewt i t , hahe i ir n tengo m onov o fet t rh i Li o leoo n yrA: t slr o aciin s i e bte c Ti sr u hfi r leoe e rpecn co o(cel r :c f et o gs.o r , r ,th: b lis l eo e p iii i s ooi t o : cosso ili Bishop of Malta); and this fu o nct s i b o e :' ,, t , : b e ei, . San Cakedonio for the reception of tbe , 0 , 4cosnpteaniltiaswseisth, 45 5 1o b d o g l i s n t g er the discipl es isciples of o , lg o 'd O'Ferrall provided for their further ac e ,} 5 flocl of the public stores, 45 flock mattresse, :,', p ill Isawa 4 2n s inhct bl a nk ets, dhiilcoiiht:ndnitearirrtri egcwfhuhu)eha :ssie a ,cwe n hbsea d erni tebe 4 ,denr s der seeecapcdoddlrsvaeemeract disturbances e sstr t teets s udodn . riabbr eiawe T nnes h ouri e e, .1 : e sr . rea, e: ° ' vie, ,e,c e ii ! jeFeo: o i c 0 ;,,, , , , arms, were lodged, were bedded, wer e — t he • aught we know, fed and entertained by 5 , the public expense ; but the &ma n n' fe pondence, " to be unfit to be at large ein t iolP, t 1 .ntw ( hfr p oieietae . rhlpseo 9 se, —0: p O hrpr( f ceoeoporbs t n..me b or e cblue oF9aan c u)tsoc O tore;r r enid r date e htnt s ahaoi p dssga o ,batt n ,thei , d hnwec e es, eo n t,s Gerccrteaouhunvnoeperftordi outcastsinnrel divine taog r ut e reo,n d atioadtid t tfvB:l ee,:ine u essnt e :iito ,`, , retsf b ersi l e ro , :,:i e l si 1 , 1 P , i,l Why are these hard names used by Mr,' - thst . / these exiles combatted against a sate ottl f A dominion —combatted against a goverem,eitiog,ir, trials—combatted priests—combatted against the inqw s r; o Pagan system that prevailed at Rome d u l fO r m tO r, o accursed by so devout a Papist—so srovrl*' Herald. —....11" 17 It. ' l a i l l e 46th ,_. O a h ,e r sday7went 1 d t h arscla 1 , 1 , 1 'at lt, k ) night, e t , a ,e a t.la rle, N; p ”ecie l n ' d °ant of ~,gave a aY th e • iit i Nt su mPtuo . e w a e. O , se lent) , d ti ,rhp-arias co ~ , roa ot dl, -. ' The ety tr 7a. iv 1 . , s a of ca bilblir ii,. Z ll , h„ rr A Ying 1 • , arc ii . Par e } ib l i l, Pravi:ll fors( Ti o Na lie f'6 , estri, c hittit tee 1 4tirn and th e ; ar., t e,tile 4 , fr to t ; et tagi kr Q 1 ,,, ende_ the k bh " edne s r a Ely ,bed scafr, A , , as ,Ntli i d , at tl 4 t i ii wa g ? teti a n i i or, i i 7 erY serii; ilftstiatated Kai . It the th e Wi "')Ws after! 4 14 ,. t ioi t ateon ' y „ gek t i 111 f 4te Of 4 11);Aliox p ith iti tt Ack ',it' tlei'd ti io tti e i le, att the it ts !? t ,iaklf iti al f tt t : f , i; 1 1 1 °1 a 4 t1 1 : 4 , 11 : 51. Seco )0 tht - NlZtin tb l. 0 44 11 hp! 41 ku t N% li llieli e " ) li d t llkt,:tio• ti,, . „It ti , t Art , 'lltit l k4t tt ,i t t 4 ,,,. ,, kii. i t 'tti , 4 - ked 1,1 'll''kt. kte, t 04 ,et i td tn. N N. t4 ":: 41 e 41 o i k_ l4 bi koetit t • uler vi Ste 14 1 chr 11' 11 Of 4 k4 1 , 1 °e 11i043 11 p oild, kI, 46,:.. to. urea NI u Rag (I, ll tai o l 0 4 ko„ 1 4 k oti o : t the We? e rltt e ° f t k d i% • 41 ia t,te N etl ttte ) I ti °f 04 4 dp ° Pea Ipd• 4 ch E t4 / 41 ti ' i lkl i ql4 g 441 0 )' N e k4l ' ° ' lB lAf tt f e i rt et 0 0 , th,,.43p cL Aort e , 14 ) 0 „u, , ,te,,q t ; b ariih t. Jtj', tall 0 , Z/ ch t • Barth k it NI of 'k ey Wh . 54. kit of ittal 4lat t e t v iN ewet 1,4113 e de; IRELAND• gig 4ll' At Glasslough, in th e county of - ° r phi , 1 fired into the bedroom window of 3ir' land steward to C. P. L es li e , Esq• pll Doo Castle, the seat of J. M. 11i D fire a M.P. for Mayo, was s er i ous ly injure" b its I*. week. The front part of the mansion vi ground. di I 0 " 511° w co h m ea mo la n n , gu in age th e e f c a ou v n e t r y y A - monster" tenant-right meeting ' o p several of the speakers. gr. i REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—On Motulai o jo ~1 1 announced the rent to be £22 6s. Bd•' Ltt, it showed the people were determined tW I 0 ton should not go down. Y o't J' On Tuesday, the Rev. Mr. Phillips, Ore e% in the vicinity of Clogher, when his 11 0 1 se w bieli the Rev. gentleman falling on his head' , i til rally smashed, was killed the spot• Siff on sp , 410 ! t ,, HONEST THIEVES ! !—On Weane' bu t , o d fellows broke into Ballybricken chnl 3 . el jeoli t3 A nothing. They broke safe vale. do y open a ant (to. ments, a chalice, and a gold cross ; erfc'',,r'' grants who left Kilmacthomas, the thieves) they touched them not.- -- n tl:Vi ANCIENT EMIGHANTS.—AMOng " 35 c1, r e d'i t d osftrToniPgPecrailhars'eter °O. man named Neill, aged 80, and a vvono n d OP 79, years of age, the mother of 19 so n 9 o rl ..4 ,6 Waterfor 00 ; 41t. i 'l lt a 1 47 tea 1 4:N 'WO e l" 0 L. 4 40 4 Set i i i te () lit ger tet 4 d ftiu 9r) t Eq e te et etl ng O W 4 " d a (148 YR • • I °N th At th Ow 6 ell 'cas e S t ; e e rs eY, j i itt f 4 itl 4ti .N l tatni, N t it:4 4r It h i , orn OVeal ed ' anr'ne ft, Note 114 o ell f to n:1 th e ' N G o il . t.Gt vo. ti fit' 4'l aT bee t 11,141 . 31y or i „ Ncep tia, l - ? , n th 1 4i ' l 4 e hi 4 tat, l'o x b teth, W hi Vlbt 1 4 4 11 4 en c t i h. bei 11 lad 01 eit ta llie t o be ad th e 14 an . beoterilttl ters. cy The presence of Dr. A c hilli in Du billi t he t el o l a o l lt a sensation among a l arge por tion of 0) 011 munity. A public 1 r.mkf a: t w as given t o ne d ` He addressed the assembl age through .4 inter[reter. On Thursd n3ur d" ..er, ":0 _,ay night a barbarous - on the person of Patrick Egan, a pelbe e 6 O the townland of Clonascra, Limerick• t uck' bid ailing, and in bed a t th e ti me o f the e t eight o'clock. On e o f th e assa ssins si'm s ch pistol, and then leaped so violently 01 1 fr itJ expired in ten minutes. (roll Mr. Mulholland a n d M r . Herdmao , v AV'to ober' companied by Mr. Ten nen t, M.P. d " M.P., Sir William V erner , M.P• Sir ~ tin CteY;e4, Crawtord, M.P., p resen t e d t o Si r Genrge„d i pt at the Home Offic e , a manor i a l sle d ' pr s 'ior factory workers of th e nort h o f Irelsly c ipy, substitution of Easter Mo n d a y as a b°.l ° P I / 0 1 ' 0 1 4 Good Friday.; DUBLIN ROYAL CATTLE i' io! f r of cattle and other agricultural prou: to Cijr9 society, was opened on Tuesday. The - au cev,„ ( dered superior to any that bad been Pr ° n oulilo r ' The Polish Malay, and Spanisl"0 3 ¢ e i dt aa w nn e dd r were whveeorppyuufiiiiinee, pullets' a oe n fg d tgh. b ef r o o pr u o g il i h ss.h t a g b o pr o i 4 cdv p ,. r s i c o e rrxi s a_h ' e f l,o r :Ifo ; / ; 0 10 , display of husbandry implements. t h WORKING OF THE POOR-LAW.--Ia " - A e Or re s Y ; f t/ i ) 8,500 persons who were receiving o ut t o °o ,,ii i ° if/ struck off last week, and the cOnSe 01 ;0 0 "0 01 . workhouse is so over crowded that th,e be $/051 is increasing to an alarming extent. ; ,10, 1 1 ' it 7 too, is in a most frightful condition ; so",ied workhouse at present averages 47 a we e J pened that some of the dead have bee shrouding, such is the impoverished sta„willgtri7 In the Ennisty rnon un i on, the debt s „- et' th s £15,000, £7,000 of which are due to ° 1 49 there are at present th ree l aw e xectit'" house. Oho t pans.ee es, 4 1 /t tv et l i h k stiii (I f 4 ' yea :e s ; e r o r m y f I h fi e u n s e b , w a !d ry . b - rOO;ht good pr.-, ap , L 't\k i d tlll) ,k 3 F ( eek o a g $L . ~ e —T A two pullets of the Polish7Ay bAreFedF,ias,th,.o/.ittoil ,:o;ll::t.%ttl,N4t,k,it<A. 6,4.l6,4',olll.lltl,tl2'ltiltittttiltii'wit!,,i,vitcli,'‘wttl4l,l''.,t.slsl.lillit.llo,:l/4111111.ttillell'thliilla:Ieistlttit1411,:tt-410,5444e,::liletiollte811I01:lieaPerkis:iwitha °lls°l,,lkite:svt Pr od he pullets' eggs for Is ID* ••e . 1 •" „e t 's!, L „."oth , t be r, implem . a erit i s t . L ..„ tbe fr o liy i t" \ i ' l L P:i t i: l it !, t , i i i e e re - KING OF THE POOH -L V'sV.---An - ,loor 0 r ti r 4tb „.ew LI ,„ Po , •sons who were receiving elit,ce i , 04 rsilp, i ti l) , l '...+, l i ' last week, and the consolleePrid 0 y lkil d' lo 4: to the of is so over crowded that tll f ,e, S 0 ,c! i k i p h .., I? .e col ( to an alarming extent. I , l f r p i rr i t V/ j4li c t, ~let t' 01, •ost frightful condition ; t l „,'' sl l ° e 'cl 11ItY, t era''whi uresent averages 47 a we e '' las'iligA N . Iher e ' e ttal 111 t 'ie of the dead have be ee ie Of o ff i , ' 6 set, * 43 of is the impoverished at a o lot t li yth t k i h e ttr w 4 1)1 4 on union, the debts 0 ° A th e ,k A to to e ev e 4 ble : P t I) c which are due to 0 0 - 09 w N t lit,:; iq e caret t three 1ay ... v0 ...... ce: 1 .,..... 1 Vil li pitiFht i i 7 ptt •In g' • ,1 O i 1 1 ,, i ' 4,,,i ) rod uc ' ITO' A t o t h tli°llS ) e ti fi i i i r i o'i 4 e ' 4 _.---, ~,,,e t W eehi p orn A , uh between v",,if A ~th k r q eo May. th e 8" fib' \ I hiV )4 'ikte r s i Republic. A DIO , ;0 .t: 4 / 4 %, * lt ,. Ilead London 8 72,:.: 04 1,1 0 : o tq f i . orn ay l •ve been eat' f l i r i i I s41 :c 14 1 11 !Y ko f l a st ,-,. ir - poi -404, de' mile ar hav' Es# o l 'o Il k 4(14, ab Y, e fo rtb e ' t IV , f : itittl ll l d zil e t: Pr tll 9 ° Hit s in the . 0 0 ilkilit , ll %tit) ou th ar ,, e d it () ; 3 Q‘lt t ti ttj,, 4 tl t - g• & '9 b i O r .'met ''P' ( ic e e b ie tli ti f f t e,„,-.lle t AO 4. kt tc had , u t te th qe d a .00 t kl th ehi ll ay 1 icti p 01.,1 . li t er It 3 le ) i t 1 41 1 ,44 t et and le e . 144 life 0,,,(1 1 4 'lk ot, -; th ( xt-y 'Of a t .. d th Nt44. w tot e 1 I , i 5,1 , ,, Pr o , , v tt mot ,"qee O k F°% tw : aen L i i p, ti , t es _!tai i l it,Oi4as bui th k i ilt'N.Y °f es t) 1 liOl i i:el el , Pr o , h 1 . „, t 1 •1 , % °fre t , p v tk iki:t4i eci 4t ( kStaii._4o' he tt 4 ts' t 44°, 1 )4 ik ‘ 10h! , ,,, , .4 5 ,2 YtlD °, .11 e ach ti tit e: l • 4 aN t;o t 4 / Pk WiQ tr k.N►\ W as . I eel , a 1 sot - - - c NO' I li o; l4 i'4 t t 4l ttl tt ios r t i. COURT AND F.21 , - , to i d • 4 4tt,t : l i ttt j os , —.--- kiaglior 4 ,4 4, 4 !ttp e i La Comtess Rossi attended at Bue on .4 , . It t I N. t the purpose of singing to the (lac e° fri , I r k t t 4 t 4 4 4 4 o4 t vet t . 4 ' noon.a , °I/ \ ikli i : ve lt The Countess of Ellesmere had scut ....,, At 1 k . • . "tole 1 at the family mansion in Belgravetl' ri A It k s L II ) tth t i ll : W e a l liant circle assembled. ~ soir ee r o•, ' l i ,` C.. ttf A LO I Lady Robert Grosvenor gave 7, tJpP e if ., '' ttSei tt 'qil l 'enti. Thursday night at the mansion, 1 ' , e si,: toi 1 , khy , Itt k i street, to a select fashionable circle. ... t to 1 . ). 4 r j ) 4 S til hZ, tL eliai, The Queen and Prince Albert F e " er pv - or o I.. ti 4 t di o e t if ,Toted IY e ert Theatre on Tuesday evening. Th e , l e d t b ., e ss r i I LQ i, . 4rith ingham Palace, on Thursday, jol e j3atoP t i ' 5k 41 ;4 , „ .L., Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, t , 9, 0 , 44 . and the Marquis of Breadalbane. there oil, Jr , S, p,af 4E ei Prince Kamehamehu, elder Ll9 O l P O / 0 Of h t • J liho, the heir presumptive, Sandwic° 'reseer", h,tt t , th„_l.l„,_ 1 r m b th "q "1 Mr. Judd, Plenipotentiary, were P e ra l toe ; fo 6 t ' RY P. 0 Albert, at an audience at Buckinghar° WO ' '• et • t tai I • It e4l by Viscount Palmerston. Care The Earl and Countess of Wilton nob le ft bi ' 4 likip il lA, tu l the week from Egerton Lodge, t. g e n ilaY l f c h c s t s i. j r AIN o .o ,,Ait m ttr E p box at Melton Mowbray, and on tar•l e in yibl r oidor t ot , 1 4 41 10 1 , :1 , train for Dover, en route to Partles!..s a fo 40 e et i. te t ti iti le 4 noble earl and countess intend to P l Cthe ° I „A r.tiq i tt : tv t tPpi Countess of Chesterfield departed at r smi. t ior`l ,4 4 l ) ~....bO l , ~ , orqdOtt e Y i Paris. „„a„..._ 0 ., e , I . AI oi: al The Rev. Lord Wriotbesley Rus!` t he del j OAP irlf,, k *I I Dil l b} the Queen's command, one of o f tel l ov„. , t ➢N i zt ett o 4 the closet to her Majesty, in the reolorey k h et' e 01 9 t l t tt 4 o, 2, I t e il e• Hereford. [We believe that the _O f r , „,,ts ~ ll ti t i k with Uu brother to the premier, will fortn 0 ' . 1 . : i tssol - r . p, f t. %till( of la at the approaching Church Mission red , i 0 t N v , hi the 1 to town.l ac. t '94 ioi L ttk -4% rm., t will It sag e iefl 4SZATZ 4i lticl ROYAL EDUCATION. — . -- i n, 110 !$OlO -. t o , 1 educational staff of the palace se itui,_ o o, o , , 1 1 , „ ~l t ith 4 1' 0 1 and State Gazette, now take place:_ x i e ty Pr;,, jei c ee, li t l kt 'l_l_Qy o l it de factory to know that a jealous n" of u ltrt e (P o o u ItZW O II. 41 , quarters, justice regards e t g h eenteixecmluasuni n o w n in . ero stooTci t tioj i._ ab_eolop. is tists. ,, Nti , 114 , 101 i preceptor to say that there is. _.`,. the 1013 0 , : „Dip , vo_f„,4:l coy sition on his part to i n doctrit? v aw e i t het enA bw, ti p /.1: 4 i k Wr I t royalty with principles subversr,re_. 09 _., it , # It it ei. :. i of the Crown or of Church doet lu el ` s tanoool 4 o l 4 11 , 0 1 41 1 , 4 4T b 1i t to Ala mo Nivi, a • mit Reformation.tthhee in rumourse res pwehcityhuillbdcoeardu rrtseheaecstheoeacd,iurts,i:i,anonfidroli.:7,ciiif coor rally prev.aleut during the early Pa" !i,Ni toe, RAILWAY AFF 4IIIS. i1C 1 ? n or ;iff The sub-marine telegraphbet—ween m„ n te ) to be opened on the 4th of May, the thl proclamation of the French Republic. A plOr o t s The traffic receipts of the London an ',..9, 1 ,1 1 1 e,,,i I.ompany for the List week have been ''''"'sl . • ' 1, , , i4 those of the corresponding week of last Y e e bee i since the commencement of the year 1 , 3 ,a: on le 0 ./j or £2,270 per week beyond those for to 1,0, 1849. 0 . tb e obqi, The Liverpool holders of fifth share i s i - doe,: / W an il d lin Y z o n r e k s s s hi t r o e Ceonmtepraninyt,ohavfaeirenatnearene:, t: ti r orep ' Ol4 to protect their property against injury " e 5F e ceedings of the company, but they ba s i ito b ff arangernent. Co le 4 d Lord Langdale has continued the i l li Coleft001: V against the Southern Eastern Rail 13 6 %re1 e any further divid en d un til ne w ahicin sr ''; Wipe., satisfying him that the directors can o f ; tie d e l dend and provide for the completion ° n yton' c re satisfying all parties to whom the comPt - rbehcli It f out of the funds bona fide applicable fu r re 1 "I s i l o c o 0 A curious case was tried at the ~t a ti ' l ip AO Court last week. A Mr. Frost bron,g , ' b e en , t ovo l l cover lls. 6d. expenses alleged to lin v _ r e le rl t a ;" i f( consequence of his having been compe l t he ~c o ,iy first-class carriage, by the wetness La ttiv, t ell; 09 third-class carriaes, for which be " P iodk o f „; 1 1r The judge said he would have give PEtc"tbr favour, had it not been proved that the in t oo se , Company's servants offered him a sea t lefi g r pci class carriage which was not wet. roto`r l',W In the Times' city article there Of o ilo l er , 0, marks on the present depreciation o ,'. d i s ast o ot e • What is wanted to arrest the flood °' r e sen t ln 0 Times, is not merely a revisal of thew-orie. l ol ly g i the introduction of a thoroughlY . n .l Ce °lj° o lll . phlet on road progress and practise,. of v 0 v! l o plant and rolling stocks, by Mr. Ada n r r 'ro ar il 91' striking possibilities of a radical ro t) ; j aer e e ,i,, o o and practically detailed, inspiring n°' vet 6?) D eg tbo confidence. The subject has been trop' „ 0 soon assume its true importance, B°- s y "" steady growth of railway property "' , commence.