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roretbnigs in arliament men ; defenders were only three hundred Fingoes, and ' Charleston, at loirs. The Rice per steamer Isabel, for the last IR.ELdN 1). p. about one hundred Cape Mounted Rifles, with three or two trips, amounting to 428 tierces, and that of the Adele, 302 _.4, A seizure of no less than four thousand :gallons of four cannon. About ninety Caffres are reported killed, tierces, is still in store; unsold. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TtresnAY. and six Fingoes. Pato remains faithful to the English, The following is from Messrs;Talcott's circular, dated New whiskey was made at Dublin last week. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions against the Papal as also the Cape corps of :Hottentots. York, March 4th : The party at Fort Cot-mi.—Our last respects were per Africa, 25tH ultimo. At the Theatre-Royal, Dublin, lately, one df the "gods" aggression, and expressed at considerable length his surprise at the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers, who after introducing Armstrong were in a state of siege, almost without provi- The m ar k e t on th e 25th assume d a fi rm t on e, and on the 26th called for a cheer for the ex-mayor(Reynolds), when a a bill f or c h ec ki ng th a t a ggression, and had now, without as- sions, or even water.: their speedy relief was doubtful. 25 00 hales were sold on the basis of 12ac for "fair" Uplands, wag in the pit immediately called f or ano th er c h eer f or siping any adequate cause, in direct opposition to the The present outbreak is said to be instigated almost and Ilic to 12c for " good middling" Orleans. On the 27th the double X mayor (Guinness), which ~ c aused a roar of wishes of the country, proposed such important alterations entirely by prophets. Sandilli seeing his men killed, the Europa's advices of 15th-ult., from Liverpool, were received laughter. and omissions as would deprive it of all its efficiency.—The lost faith in the chief prophet. The latter declared that per telegraph from Halifax, of id stoict d decline, and a panic At Dundalk assizes Judge Perrin ordered , that the Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he did not believe the contem- L . followed bere ; 600 bales were sold plated aiterations would so materially affect the principle of his prophecies of the extirpation of the English have not 1,200 bales.; on the Ist; 900; on the 3rd, 3,000; and to-day the Sisters of Mercy should be admitted to the gaol, to visit the bill, which, he thought, had been misapprehended by the been fulfilled because the Caffres fired the first shot, con- sales reported on 'Change were 1,400 bales, at rates which sprisisinerners Mary,, o n 0 r giving Sister thei r adopted Anne. The class had h n e a e m n e p s, re s v u io c u h s a ly s noble earl, trary to his previous admonition. establish a decline of lc on those advised per Africa, the market prohibited visiting the prison, havin Y g '- refused to give any closing, however, with a stronger feeling, I;ttle offering, and an HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuzsnAY. INDIA AND UHINA. anxiety on all sides to purchase at annexed quotations. By - The Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifth Shares Bill was read the telegraph of 28th, from New Orleans, after receipt of the names . THE OVERLAND MAIL. Europa's advices, middling is q uot e d at 9ic to 10c, freight ice; At the Clare assizes, an old man, named John Quinn second time, and ordered to be committed.—On the motion of Mobile, same date, middling 10c, freight 13-16 d; Europa's van, seventy years of age, was found guilty of the murder Mr. CLEMENTS, a new writ was ordered for the borough of (By Electric Telegraph from Trieste.) news not received. At Savannah, on 28th, strict fair was 12 3 c, of a poor woman, who had been left the su m o f t wo shil lings by her husband to support her du r i ng hi s a b sence i n to Tuscany.—Mr. J. B. SMITH gave notice Dungarvon, in the place of Mr. Shed, appointed ambassador We have received by electric telegraph, yid Trieste, freight id ; and at Charleston, on the Ist, fair was 101 c to lie, that that day fort- advices from Bombay to the 17th of February, Calcutta freight scarce. In giving quotations we are guided by the search of work. The prisoner, who was a neighbour, was night he should move for leave to bring in a bill to enable 40s. sentencedtheA awarein Among o n f g this circumstance, and, it appears, committed to the Bth of February, and Hong Kong to the 20th of forced sales made; and as neither fair Mobile, Orleans, or any freeholders in Scotland to vote for the election of members of parliament.—Lord DUNCAN then brought forward his motion January. Gulf descriptions have been sold, we are compelled to omit figures for these qualities. Thera is not a list of middling or crime for the sake of that wretched amount. He was relative to parliamentary control over the revenues of the The Hindostan, with the Indian mail, arrived at Suez t t h o e b a e e l t i i u v n e g :, agitators" of the Tenant League good middling Gulf Cotton offering. Woods and Forests. The noble lo r d s t a t e d th a t during the on the 4th of March, with about seventy passengers. CROP.—If price were the only • dex of the crop then should this was gentleman u R t l e e v m . a M u r s . e e m ß s u t t h o e i r i f n o v r e d . beenTh The desirous u o s f tenant-right establish seven years from 1842 to 1849 the gross income derived from The Bombay journals announce the unconditional sur- we be prepered to admit ourselee i s n in error in the , estimate we the possessions and land revenues of the Crown amounted to render of the fort Dharoor, in the Nizam's dominions, onhave advised, and adopt the opinions of the most extravagant. 446,785, and that out of that sum only ,e 774,000 had been 4th Februa ry, paid into the public account ;at the Exchequer during the the of and give a report that a portion of But the late severe decline has not been produced by any change of opinion in regard to the probable extent of crop, but may be learned from the fact that he has just been ejected same period, a sum amounting to .t'672,785 had been withheld the Prince's territory has been made over to the Gover n- smply by a want of means to control the large stocks which from a farm for which he Lad paid no rent for the last for charges of collection and management, and other expenses. ment of the East India Company as an equivalent for the had accumulated by , free receipts at New Orleans and Mobile, three years end a half! The action was tried at the Down assizes on Wednesday. The defence attempted It was expedient, therefore, with a view to place the expendi- debt of £60,000 due 1 . 04. attracted by the prices there current in December and January, tore of this branch of the public service underthe more mime- In the Punjaub 450 miles of canals were under construe- which were satisiactory to the planter. diate control of parliament, that the gross income derived from . was, that "there was not sufficient evidence of service of Lion. Lord Dalhousie is occupied with education . in the By the table annexed you will observe that the excess in these revenues should be hereafter paid into the Exchequer;the notice to uit !" The jury, however, differed . receipts at the ports, to latest mail dates, is 118,453 bales, and q and that the necessary expenses for collection and manage- Punjaub, in which he is ably seconded by the Inhabitants. we think this excess will be further increased a week hence, the Rev. " Tenant-right" man, and ordered him to quit. ment should be voted by the house upon estimates to be annu- The sum of X 10,0410 sterling has been stolen out of the as all our information from the interior is to the effect that the On Friday night week as a bailiff named Cloran, living Iv a t a P s a fi r r s e o d n s a t t o b w y n a , K m i a n n g f ' s r oin County, behind was a returning hedge. Cloranhom e, a h t e ally submitted to parliament by her Majesty's Government.— coffers of the Oriental Bank. cotton is off the plantation on its way to the ports. Lord Sevmotra said the landed estates of the Crown were The Governor-General was in Rawul-Pindee on the Comparative receipts, therefore, do not cause us tb change tacked his assailant, and called for help, when his wife regularly and rapidly increasing in value, and that a large por- 31st of January, en route to Peshawur. The Corn- our view as to theextent 9 of the crop,' which remains as before tion of the sum stated by the noble lord to be deducted for the mender-in-Chief was at Agra on the Bth of February. advised, namely,-2075 to 2,155.000 bales; end our correspon management was on account of charges which had been long dents, without an exception, adhere to their November esti. came to his assistance, and the miscreant was so severely ago fixed by parliament. He thought the best remedy for the The Governors and 'Commanders-in-Chief of Bombay mates, some qualifying their opinions by excepting the trash hurt with a stone that he died the same night. A verdict defect complained of would be to pass a bill for the separation and Madras were at their respective residences, now arriving, which they state "is not available for any pur- of justifiable homicide was returned at the inquest. The assassin's name was Morgan, and a companion of his, of the office of Woods and Forests from the office of Public The Calcutta papers announce the arrival of the three , pose. who ran away when he saw the turn which the affair was Works. He moved, as an amendment, for leave to introduce Sikh Sirdaas, on their way to Singapore; the proposed We, however, do not exclude even this in our estimate, unless this bill.—Mr. HUME warmly supported the motion.—Sir B. tak . ine, has been apprehended and committed for trial. erection of houses of refuge on the Saugor Island for it should be condemned by the trade and rejected as unmer- HALL said it was quite evident that the value of the Crown lands, as of all other property, must be greater now than for- shipwrecked mariners; the sentence of death upon the chantable, in which case it could not properly be - included in the crop of cotton. The difficulty in obtaining good qualities " The Committee of the Loyal National Repeal Aeso merly, bat argued that it did not follow that the waste and murderer Very ; and the arrival of the Oriental steamer is t shown by thewriainilgeevoefrypeices inferiorat w Mobile l i i a n n g d o N n e t w he O 2 le s a t n a s t . o ci f alo re n lo o nd f ,Ireenlialinudg" upon have iss e u m ed a o n eei address ew to the p a e fi or ia le l extravagance in their management must, therefore, be so mu th on the Ist of February, with the English mails of the A the former, ' dissolution of the " once-powerful tht body" d.d shall i take place. less. He thought the Woods and Forests, like all other publie 24th of December. Sc., an order was execuiino• for home use at 15c. , and at the After making a pitiful lament for the retirement of John property, should be subject to the control of parliament ; and The China papers confirm the intelligence of the death latter, on the 21st, 400 bales were sold at 16c. he following was convinced that if they were made so, they would be better of Commissioner Lin. Keying had . fallen into disgrace remarks on the subject of crop are from the New Orleans Bee managed, with much less expense to the country.—Sir H.of 19th February ; O'Connell, to whom they exprecs aratitude that the asso 'WILLOUGHBY advanced several instances of gross mismanage- at the Chinese Court, for showing a predilection for TUESDAY Fveretem Feb 18, 1555. elat ion is only in debt £lOO, they suggest the necessity ment in this department.-1 ord DUNCAN briefly replied Li the Europeans. Fears were entertained of a new Chinese The Africa's news is at hand, announcing a' decline of *d. to of ' some public body, having the confidence of the p p e pi e and on as th the a p b o e i s n t t, modetheyof proposeob tain i n n g publicth peo speech of Lord Seymour, after which the house d vided, when insurrection in the disturbed provinces. id. in the Liverpool cotton market. This is, of course in People ese m n e se ettg th a e s there appeared—For the motion, 120; against it, 119: majority The health of the troops at Hong Kong had improved. response to the lying estimates of the crop , forwarded in against Government, 1. This result was received with loud . smuggling__ company of great extent had been discovered January, and the accounts therefore do not surprise us. Since cheering,—On bringing up the report of the committee of ':l;.then_ the nrosnertg of the viahi 'lava haat. rnrira arnechr avacy_ early as possible. cheerir supply, the VII propos O HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Tuber of petitions were presented, chiefly ti moved the second reading of rvpenditure Bill, which, he said, was inter 1 over the county expenditure )sed to . be in S M. GIBS aid he entirely ions exerc I to variot Lt if it w t by which magistrates ar s as their to be chosen by the ratet Ir. W. MILNER did not Lt.—Mr. Hums ty of the propo and Sir H. Verney, and opposed by Mess runimona, and Pelham.—ln answer to A I. RUSSELL intimated that should the bill ime •iir G. Grey would be perfectly willing committee, and would then state what amen hould be made in it.— in renlv_ and his mm North China Herald announces the discovery of an ws in the interior of the country, iw some missionaries of the London 350 miles from Pekin Society CoMmercial affairs had improved at Bombay. The im port market was brisk, but there was no increase in prices. The high prices of cotton apparently made purchasers hold back. There was no change in other articles. The noney-market was somewhat improves:. hts from Bombay to Liverpool and London were 2 2s. 6d. to £2 55., with an upward ten- t for at .ondon at six months' siett, 21 to 21 per rupee. Money was scarce at Calcutta. but prospects were better. The Bengal Bank still discounted at II per cent. Indigo somewhat better; prices of opium falling. Freights improved, especially for sugar, for which, to London, they were at the rate of £3 17s. 6d. per ton. Exchange, six months' sight. %I to a per rupee. Commercial affairs in China - were looking up generally Transactions were limited Austrian boat sailed, the Ripon, from Eng- then, the prospects of the yield have been more grossly exag gerated, and we are consequently of the opinion that the lowest point has not yet been reached in Liverpool. When the purpose of certain parties shall have been attained, we may look for estimates approximative to the final result, hut not till then. In the meantime, we prefer to stem the current of error; and as it has never yet occurred to the writer of these lines to he mistaken in his views of the crop, grounded as they are on careful and disinterested observation, we have merely to repeat that the production will not exceed 2,200,000 bales, or equal in weight to 2,100,000 to 2,150,000 hales of last year. None of the circulars written between the 17th and 19thof January last can change our conviction. Trash... Inferior. New Orleans Other Atlantic Cottons. and Mobile. Gulf Cottons 71 a 9k a d not arrived at Alexandria to take.the'passengel; 7,1 a 9; a 92 a 104 Sia a 10 Ordinary to good ord. 9 4 1 a 10 Middling to good mid. 104 a 102 101 a —10 i Mid, fair to fair ll* a 112 none on sale. none on sale. Fully fair to good fair none. none on sale. none on sale The following statement of the movement in cotton since the Ist of September last, as compared with the previous three A prisoner defending himself on a charge of burglary at the Limerick assizes, on Friday, addressed the court as follows :—" If I committed all the murders and robberies in the county, my lord, I am as innocent of this charge as the child unborn ; and I only wish I had half an hour's liberty, and I would shoot Malone as dead as a mackarel, the bloody perjured villain. I hope the lord will take me out of this world sown ; and 'pray to God that my ghost may be an evil spirit, and haunt for life every one who had anything to do in my prosecution. You have all done your best, and I don't care a d— for it all, for I could live in a bastable oven if I only had a smoke of a pipe." Rec'ts at the Ports Ex p'ts to Great Brit'n " to France, 1851. 1850. 1849. 1848. . 1,623,000 1,506,000 1,757,000 1,342.000 509.000 445.000 676.000 347.000 210.000 153.000 155 COO 196.000 _ IRISH.MANUFACTURE.—An industrious trader in the city of Cork, named Connell, with the view of employing some of the many Blackpool weavers, of late so distressed owing to want of work, imported spun cotton from Man chester, for the purpose of manufacturing it into ging " to other f'n p'ts 116,000 80,000 141,000 144,006 Total Exports 833,000 6 - 8 000 97°,000 687,000 Stock on hand 700,000 630,000 622,000 602,000 Of which, during the past week, included in above : Rec'ts into the Ports, Exp'ts to Great Britain to France 1851. 1850. 1849. 1848. 90,000 65,000 87,000 92.000 36,000 33,000 40,000 32,000 ... " to other f'n p'ts 6,000 1,000 5,000 4,000 Total Exports 52.000 41,000 50,000 48,000 From which it appears that the exc , ss in receipts at the ports now amount to 118,000 bales. The excess in export to Great Britain is 640,000 bales; France, 57,010; other foreign ports, 36,000. Total excess, 157,000 bales. The excess in stock on hand at the ports amounts to 70,000 bales. hams. In this he has succeeded by producing a really serviceable article of female dress, in every variety of colour, and though over one yard wide, would dispose of it so low as 6d. per yard. To g ive some idea of the qua lity of the material, it is only necessary to state that 164 yards of it weighed 311 b.; and another piece of 184 yards, 41b. 15oz. Much as is said of the importance of forward ing native manufacture, the speculation in this case has turned out a perfect failure, for this industrious man has now over 5.000 yards of it on hand, for which he can obtain no sale whatever. For use in workhouses, lunatic asylums, &c., as dresses for women and children, it is answer LAW INTELLIGENCE. what his lordship will actually say to it. M en o f ness, anxious to see the great national locomotive 011 _ , more in gear; will be apt to say that " a miss is as P.r. as a mile," or, to keep up the metaphor, if the engn once gets off the rail, it might as well be a mile off• great problem, it is clear, is in process of solution, a.„. 11 Lord John Russell is, much against his will, the err; of the experiment. We have a Premier, it is true , in the language of th e S toc k E xc h ange, he is a Premier' a discount. There was a time when our rulers were co tented with a working majority ; it now appears that the' can put up with a working minority ; indeed, they nt and we all of us must, for there is no other alternative. Times. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT-FRIDAY BETHELL tt. HOARE.—THE FUNERAL OF " TOM STEELE."•—This was an action to recover £25 Bs. for the funeral of the late Mr. Steele, which has been pending some time for the attendance of Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., and Mr. Reynolds, M.P., who had been subpoenaed to produce all the lists of subscriptions received by them for the funeral of the " Pacificator," and for the relief of his family. Mr. John O'Connell attended to the subpoena. but it appeared that the amount sued for had been pre viously paid into Court. Lord Harrowby has disclaimed having voted in favor of the bill for legalising marriages with a deceased wife's sister. His lordship paired off against it. Four of the most eminent counsel in the kingdom— Messrs. Turner, Bethel], Keating, and Kenyon—have given an opinion that the university commission " is not constitutional, or legal, or such as the university or its members are bound to obey; and that the commission cannot be supported by any authority of the Crown, either as visitor, under any prerogative or other right." The motion in Metairie v. Wiseman, was continued last week, before Lord Cranworth, when Mr. Bagshawe continued his argument for the defendant Cooke; after which Mr. Stuart addressed the court for the defendant Holdstock, and was followed by Mr. Campbell. An order was agreed to on Friday, by consent of both parties, for the transfer of the funds, together with the dividends, into Court. The further proceedings were adjourned. Maclean's Divorce bill was read a second time in the House of Lords on Thursday week. The petitioner was Archibald Niel Maclean, a Major in the Bth Bombay Native Infantry, who married in 1834, a Miss Mary Lewis Pelley, of Woodlands, Somersetshire. The divorce was prayed on the plea of the adultery of the wife with one Capt. Cristall, recently deceased. The discovery of the adulterous intercourse had the effect of impairing the reason of the unfortunate petitioner. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—At the assizes at Lewes, on Tuesday, Miss Rosa Crace, a respectable young woman, who has, through the misfortunes of her family, been compelled to support herself as a governess, recovered £2OO damages from Mr. William -Henry Wil son, a landing-waiter of London, for a breach of his promise to marry her. An attempt was made by the de fendant to prove that Miss Crace had absolved him from his promise, but it failed. On the contrary, it appeared that he had paid his addresses to her some years; that he had obtained his situation in the Customs through the influence of her family ; that her brother had lent him £5O to enable him to commence housekeeping, and that he had withdrawn his premise at the last moment, when having persuaded him to break off the match. The Heathcote Divorce Bill was read a second time in the house of Lords on Thursday. Capt. Heathcote, R.N., the applicant for the divorce, married Miss Lucy Law, daughter of Col. Law, an officer in the Royal New _ Thit ELECTION RUMOURS.—The Chester Courant says, -- no opposition will be offered to the return of the font county members for Cheshire ; that in Flintshi re the 'V II ; E. M. L. Mostyn i s t o retire, but that his s on Mr. Th°' Mostyn, whose m a j or it y was lately celebrated with 8 : much eclat, is to off er hi mse lf as a candidate for the shire boroughs ; that in this case Sir John Hanmer is stand for the county of Flint, where he is to be opP°T a by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, who is about make Hawarden his residence ; that in Denbighshire John Williams, whose convivial humours have given gr e i ft offence to the lords and s no b s o f t h e M acclesfiel d s f mills, meditates a descent u p on th e boroughs, in oil; which be was born ; an d th a t i n th e county, Colonel BI dulph will become a can did a t e on Whig principles, dilute,: with the Stanley m i x t ure o f a s s. d uty on foreign imPortgi that in this inst anc e th ere f ore warm work at any rate 0311/ be anticipat e d. Th e f urt h er ta lk i s, that the ment i on ?; Mr. Gladstone as a candidate for Flintshire seems to in 3 PY that he is ab ou t t o t a k e a course, which will render hiS re-election fo r th e O x f or d U n i vers i ty doubtful, or tha t h 0 would hardly leave his alma mater to represent his adopt t home among the picturesque beauties of Flintshire ; th he would no doubt defeat StrJohn Hanmer, who is a in°' slippery politi c ian, b u t th a t i t yet remains to be seen I e • ther Mr. Gladstone's views will be in accordance i'n'" those of the Welsh electors, who are decidedly in favla of Protection and d ea d aga i nst t h e Pope ; that before Li° Fielding unhappily apostatised, general expectation pointeo to him as the coming candidate to succeed Mr. Mnstitil s but when his lo r d s hip p u t on t h e c h ains of St. Peter a Rome, he snapp e d th e l as t li n k t h at b ound him as . public man to the affections and hop es o f th e Flints squirearchy. COURT AND FASHION. found land Company, in 1844, she subsequently had two children to her husband. During her husband's absence in 1848 and 1849, Mrs. Heathcote was visited by her own brother, a young profligate fellow, about 24 years of age, who had been a mate in the royal navy. By this brother she had a child in 1850. An action for crim. con. was brought by the petitioner against this person, when he suffered judgment to go by default; and upon the iaquiry as to damages afterwards before the sheriff, the jury awar ded £lOOO to the plaintiff. No part of that has been paid, . , been lately' convicted of fraudulently obtaining money, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. LIBEL.—At the assizes held at Lewes, on Wednesday, an action was brought before Mr. Baron Parke and a spe cial jury, by Henry Hart, to recover damages from Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, the proprietors of Punch. The plaintiff, who is of the Jewish persuasion, had been taken into custody for inciting a young man, rrAmed Newland, to rob his employers ; and it will be recollected that about the same period another Jew, named Barnett, was charged with a similar offence. Upon the trial of the plaintiff it turned out that Newland had told 't rr . Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the junior branch! of the Royal F am ily h ave b een enjoying during t he week the quiet seclusion of Osborne, the Court haviob removed thither on S a t ur d ay . H er Majesty is also eu j o ri ing the soci e ty o f h er august mother, the Duchess ° Kent, who it is understood remains at Osborne till MO day. A matrimonial alliance is on the Lapis, between 1 0 ! Ward and Miss De Burgh, daughter of Hubert De BurlPr Esq., and niece of the Countess of Cardigan. It is stated that the Orleans family are about to Teal Claremont, so as not to b e i n E ng l an d d ur i ng the G r eat Exhibition. The Queen, it is affirmed, will go to BM l r e sets ; the Duke o f N emours to hi s f ather-in-law : Prince de Joinville either to Scotland or Portugal; an the Duke d'Aumale to Naples. STATISTICS OF BREWING TIVE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. lye ratepay placing it bers of v pay .e 7.--! county ma which he c virtually Sir G. Gil lowed to go of the clause ineli;ib' system the county b mically than it was length, maintained tt Woodhouse, I Deedes, Lord read a second serve on a ments he tho agreP(l to Sir G. GREY then moved t second reading of the Expenses of Prosecution Bill, which w Mr. BAINE S , in moving the second ices and Servants Bill, stated, that it tending its protection to of your, hon. m WEST INDIT Advices from Jamaica have been received to the 14th of February. The cholera had almost entirely left the island. Notwithstanding the terrible visitation, the in habitants were as inattentive as ever to the sanitary state of the country. The island Legislature re-assembled on the 11th ult., with an apparent determination on the part of all parties to place the finances of the colony on a proper footing. None oft In Barbadoe s there had been 15 die cholera, not more than the usual annual number. The Legislature of Barbadoes had granted the sum of £l,OOO for the relief of the sufferers b 7 cholera in Jamaica ; in addition to which, a very handsome private subscription bad been entered into by the inhabitants. The House - lf Assembly had passed an act for promoting the public health. An act for taleng a census of the island, on the 25th of June next, had also passed the house. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at St. Thomas's on the 18th ult., hut no damage was done. Advices from British Guiana to the 11th ult. represent the colony in good health. The meeting of the Combined Court was fixed for the 26th of February, and the Court of Policy was busily employed in framing the estimates. and it was expected that, with little deviation in the ensu ing session from the course pursued by the Combined Court last year, the financial position of the colony would be satisfactory. The Hall of Assembly at Berlin—Prussian Parliament house—has been destroyed by fire. According to the Paris correspondent of the Globe, it is supposed that not fewer than 100,000 persons are at- tacked with influenza in that capital, and the medical Accounts from the north of Germany represent the weather as having become much severer.. Previously, there was every indication of an early conclusion to the winter ; but now the navigation at Hamburgh, Dantzic, and the Baltic ports generally is greatly impeded by ice in all cases, and in some wholly suspended. Two MIRACLES REVOKED.—The Tablet announces the disavowal of two modern Romish miracles. The first ition of La S alette, on which the Bis Lop of Grenoble is reported to have pronounced an adverse decision; the other the bleeding crucifixion at St. Saturnin. The editor adds,—" Whatever may turn out to be the truth on this matter, the miracle never rested on anything but human testimony, and was never pronounced upon by the authority of the church. The same remark applies to another reported miracle, that at St. Saturnin, about which great has been the jubilation of the Protestant press. They should recollect that true miracles are almost certain, human nature being what it is, to give the hint, as it were, to false ones. It was so in the time of the Apostles—it is so now. Where there is no faith, there cannot be imposture." LOVE AND SUICIDE.—The Alta California gives the details of a suicide which had recently taken place under very melancholy circumstances. It appears that Mrs. Hambleton, a favourite actress, lived unhappily with her husband, and conceived an attachment to a Mr. Coad, a member of the company. Mr. Hambleton taxed her with having bestowed her affections on another, and told her if she would tell him wh o the party was, he should consent to a separation, and permit her to take the object of her choice. She then told him it was Coad, who shortly afterwards came into the room, when the husband told him if he did not consent to leave, he would blow his brains out. Coad consented to go and left, and imme diately after Mrs. liambleton swallowed poison, and died in about ten minutes. Coad afterwards went through the same ceremon, , with what sincerity does not appear, as an emetic was administered, and he recovered from the effects of the poison. No criminal conduct was imputed to the deceased even by her husband. SEVEN MILES OF GOLDEN SEA BEACH IN CALIFORNIA. —The Alla California says, " Twenty-seven miles beyond the Trinity, there is a beach several miles in extent, and bounded by a high bluff. The sands of this beach are mixed with gold to an extent almost beyond belief. The sand is of two kinds—a fine black sand and a gray sand. The gray sand can be separated very easily from the black sand, and this seems to be a desirable object. The gold is mixed with the black sand in propor tions of from ten cents to ten dollars to the pound. At times when the surf is high, the gold is not easily disco vered ; but in the spring of the year, after a succession of calms, the entire beach is covered with bright and yellow gold. Mr. Collins, the secretary of the Pacific Mining , Company, measured a patch of gold and sand, and esti mates it will yield to each member of the company the snug little sum of 43,000,000 dollars, and this estimate is formed upon a calculation that the sand holds out to be one-tenth as rich as observation warrants them in supposing. STEAM-BOAT MODEL.—A model of a large first -class mercantile steamer or steam-frigate has been executed by Mr. J. F. Clarke, of Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, for the purpose of being exhibited in the Crystal Palace. The length of the model is 11 feet 3 inches, arid the breadth 2 feet; the lines are of a peculiarly fine and novel description, and calculated to make the steamer of great speed and light draught,—particularly suitable for the navigation of shallow rivers. She is formed from a piece of solid timber, and has been upwards of twelve months in construction, every article of even the most trivial description being accurately formed and properly placed. The capstan, anchors, and paddles are all of the most modern description ; the rigging is all made of small cordage, not twine, and will work as easily as on a full steamer. The binnacle lights in the paddle-boxes can also be lighted, while ti'be miniature .fire buckets, bells, cannons, platform railings, gutta percha life-buoys, &c., are of the most perfect and finished description. Mr. Clarke had also made a pair of beautiful roinalture engines on the most approved principles', stated i HOUSE OF COMMONS.- Forty I the dis-bilities upon the Jews present a ext day. A new Thirsk, i tion Bill, 1: from Mr. S it was not I th - atorders provinces by boi spect to the Ht he thot Chance on the tion to much lat extend the CHAN -THURSDAY yen o'clock, it --•-.. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- II move a clause exempting the hierarchy of the .land from its operatiou.—ln reply to a question LOR Of thf y alteration this year in the sirs of the College of Maynooth.—ln Mr. Urquhart, Lord PALMERSTON Slid been issued for the evacuation of the Da s the Russian and Turkish forces rian refugees, there were orig, had been set free by the Turks :s would be glad also to set tree, but Austria tion to make the ordinary re inally 7I of nrigary should British Goverr lore fully t that all g Ceylo ;he Exchequer to bring A ile such a motion was bar lerefore postpor ouncement their heads. its statement till of s received with shouts of la' i postp, In fact, it was importan ward without delay, whil ther with out the rion-formation of a ELL said he fully expected have been made, and the Secretary Of the assured him that he had made every exer- T. DCNCOMBE said that Mr. Canning had _ -.les of the underlings of the Go t, to make a house ; secondly, to keep a aly, to cheer the minister. (A laugh.) This, ey had neglected to do, and the noble lord had e neglected the Jews.—Mr. HATTER, amidst declared that he hi.d done all in his power to but although there were several hon. members e. they evinced a great disinclination to go in.— rid thiri ppeared had no r lit to cc of Ant a of being t for he had 1 SURREY Sir R. Inglis, that the Pop( from the the Pope of the noble lord himself in that hou to assume, that although the noble lord would not such a measure, yet that he would not object to it if dor nd were comparatively few; but the, i with Christian fortitude,—if, indeed Catholics of bear this per leavour to but they would, in every cOnstiiutic event its becoming law.—Mr. REYNO ROUNDELL PALMER be best judges of their 1 to dictate to them as to NO I be, savoured of_ the very worst species seconded tended t ecclesias terests olics wer, - Id to pret ople, it would be then time enough to provide R. INums said he was prepared to take the a principle, and he would aich, however inefficient. le must, however, say that be Was dissatisfied with t of the Government in the whole matter, and that ol to him that the noble lord at its head had lost, on 1, that moral courage for which he had been previ ble. He would support the bill cheerfully, and I be carried by a large majority of the house.— this ( ously remarKa hoped it would Sir R. PEEL st lead him to th: extend to all 4ted that tt ameiit to Protestantisr ailed upon to do other, ment bad tc I, never con fer ft model by v _less, support th nobleiprd at the head of t rut, the circumstar rtant clauses. Ir ng obliged to dif• wholly different to t late upon a degree of opposition to the operation of the bill in Ireland which might render the attempt to extend it there idle and unprofitable. In concluding, the bon. baronet said he viewed this aggression of the Pope as merely a first step, which would surely be followed by others, and he therefore called upon the noble lord at the head of the government of this great empire to be watchful, and called upon the house to guard,. by timely legislation, against the first advances of Rome against the principles of religious liberty. Mr. INl`Cumkoit quoted various cases, in which the Roman Catholic bishops had been recognised by their ecclesiastical titles in the Irish courts of law. He then contended that the omission of the second and third clauses of the bill made no alteration in the effect it would have if passed, and quoted tbe opinions of three English barristers of eminence to that effect. Mr. P. WOOD replied to the speech of Mr. R. Palmer, which, able as he admitted it to t _....,11,1e55. founded on a fallacious basis; oe, was, nevertne,,,., - was well known that the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church so mixed up tempura' with spiritual ma ...---- iViewasgeiting in the wedge, which would be followed by an attempt to introduce the canon law into this country. He believed the speeches of Sir James Graham in that house, and of a noble lord in another place, bad thrown the cause of civil and religious liberty back for two or three centuries. He re garded the bill as one of great importance, and would certainly support its second reading. Mr. MoorcE then moved the ad journment of the debate, which was at once agreed to. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. FURTHER NEWS OF THE CAFFRE WAR. The Screw Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Bosphorus, Captain Hall, arrived at Plymouth at ten o'clock on Wednesday night, having left the Cape of Good Hope on the 2nd February. Sir H. Smith was still in King William's Town, with about 5003 troops of all sorts, bearing arms, including Hottentot levies and the Burghen force. The government's fears that Fort White and Fort Cox would fall for want of provisions, had ceased. The governor was waiting until ail his levies should have arrived before commencing operations on a great scale against the enemy. He had not sent to St. Helena or to the Mauritius for troops, as reported. People at the Cape were confident that, with his present forces, Sir H. Smith would quell the outbreak within three or four, or, at farthest, six months. There are no soldiers at Cape Town or Graham's Town, every one being sent into Caffraria. The only engagement of im portance which had taken place since the Bth of January, was brought on by an attack by the Caffres on Fort Hare and the town of Alice, in which they were defeated with great loss. The Caffres mustered five to six thousand She also encountered severe easterly gales. We subjoin a list of the passengers—fifty-six in number—brought by The passengers on board the Baltic on her to this port in November last presented to her he Baltic When the LATER FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP BALTIC. The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Capt. Ci arrived in the river yesterday morning, a few min- the sth instant, inclusive, and has made the pass eleven days ten hours, which may be deemed a very avoid the ice streams reported in the usual northern cour ander, Capt. Comstock, a splendid service e eminent degree of skill and seamanship steam-ship City of Glasgow, Capt Philadelphia on the 3rd instant, it a days from LiN e tariff have not been ef- Congress having separated without agreeing to Although the Congress have been more days in sion than any preceding Congress, they have done less business than any since the days of Jefferson. sted al The Congress . of the United States adjourned on the 4th instant. The River and Harbour Bill, the object of which was to make an appropriation for the benefit of the various localities throughout the country, was lost in the Senate, after having passed the house. The Army and Navy bill was passed ; also one for an increased appro priation for the Collins line of steamers. The Civil and Diplomatic Bills also passed. The operatic season is finished at New York. It has been very brilliant. The new season will commence in May, with Jenny Lind. Parodi will return from her southerntour, on which she has already commenced, about the middle of June. ;ands of Americans are preparing to visit London the World's Fair, and prices of passage in the thew is administering the pledge to thousands Prior to his tour through T43xas Another colouteV fugitive slave has been arrested at There are now four waiting their trials. Bostor Washington's birthday was celebrated at New Orleans with more than usual enthusiasm. The military turned out in full force, flags were displayed from every public building, and a spirit of good feeling and general hilarity prevailed in all ranks of society. There was comparatively little competition in New Orleans for the tickets put up at the auction for Jenny Lind's charity concert. The citizens of New Mexico are petitioning Congress for protection against the tribes of wild Indians surround ing the territory. From all accounts, the condition of that section of our country is truly deplorable. From the rapid destruction of game in the praries, the 'necessi ties of the wandering Indians have driven them to levy their . subsistence upon emigrants and passing caravans, and the most convenient white settlements. Advices from Vera Cruz to the Bth ult. have been re ceived. The news is not of much importance. During the short time that Arista has been in power, je a l ou si es • • • • The Indians still euntinued their depredations. BRITISH ►STEAMERS.—The amount of duty paid by the Cunard line of steamers at Boston, for 1850, was $1,322,383 30c., more by over $lOO,OOO than they have ever paid before in any one year. In 1847, they paid $1,199,971 78c., the largest amount ever paid by them prior to 1850. ASPECTS.--We are now in the midst of I—our merchant BUSINESS P: the ie ular spring bu moment to spare—our hotels are filled with customers from all parts of the country—our shippers and freighters are in high glee, and every one is pleased with himself and the world. From the signs we see on every side, and from the information we have derived from a variety of sources, we are disposed to belie that the year 1851 will 3e one of the most prosperous that this country has ever witnessed. As a general thing the circulation is safe and are going to Europe to pay interest on public stocks held by foreigners, and although we imported some thirty mil lions more than we exported last year, and may import as much this, yet there is no cause for danger or explosion just now. Navigation on the Western waters has been resumed, and in a few weeks the canals in this State will be open, and those of Pennsylvania in a short time. When all are open, the busy hum of industry will be heard throughout the country, there will be employment y will be willing to labour, and the count —New York Herald, Mar. 5 for all w happy and prosperoui LIST OF PASSENGERS PER STEAMER BALTIC.—Prof. B. Silliman; B. Silliman, jun. ' • Miss E. Forbes; Mr. W. Agnew and lady ; Mr. W. Paton, lady, and child; Dr. D. S. Scott ; Mr. S. D. Babcock and lady ; Mr. D. Mr. P. M. Lugdam ; Mr. D. L. - Lugdam ; Ir. N. Lehmaier ; Mr. H. Appold ; Mr. J. K. Herrick ; Mr. G. W. H. Gillespie ; Mr. J. H. Wilmordinz ; Mr. G. J. Brush ; Mr. S. Bloomfield and lady ; Mr. G. For bes ; Mr. W. Church ; Mr. G. A. Ronalds ; Mr. F. Barker ; Mr. G. H. Stuart and son ; Mr. G. H. Seim maker ; Mr. G. Pollock ; Mr. W. Schondorff; Mr. W. IL Hampton; Mr. E. R. Alburtis; Mr. J. M. Davies; Mr. 0. Mackdaniel and lady ; Mr. J. P. March ; Mr. J. S. Slayter; Mr. Thos. Pierce ; Mr. F. S. Martine ; Mr. R. Wilson ; Mr. S. Crookes ' • Mr. W. W. Gilbert ; M r . B. Kasner ; Mr. J. Ranaus ; Mr. F. Frichbt ; Mr. C. T. Bates ; Lieut. H. Wilson, U.S.N. ; Mr. E. Lazarus ; Mr. H. M'Call; Mr. W. Fry ; Mr. Atkinson and lady ; Mr. H. W. Franklin and son ; Mr. A. Ratig. B. Curti NEW YORN MARCH 4 ic.ts and .8 . 5 C BREA nsTuFss.---In Western and State flour there is rather more doing, but the market continues heavy, with sales of 5,000 bbls. at $5 50 to 5 624 for common straight to choice State, and $4 874 to 35 for pure Genesee. Included in the sales are 1,000 bbls. of good Ohio at $4 874 to 34 94. Southern flour is only in 'moderate demand, and prices still favour the purchaser. The sales are 1,100 bbls. at .54 624 to 4 874 for inferior to good brands. Rye flour is lower, with sales of 150 ibbls. at 337,5 to $3,813. Corn Meal is without change, with sales of 100bbis. Jersey, at $3 063. There is nothing of importance doing in the Wheat market, and prices are nominally the same. Rye is selling in small lots at our nuotations. Corn is scarcely so firm, with sales of 5,500 bushels of new Southern yellow at 65 to 65i. Oats are better, with sales of Jersey at 48 to 49, and 50 to 52 for Northern. PROVISIONS.—The market is scarcely so firm for pork, al though prices are nominal at our quotations. Sales of 1,000 bbls. at -.113 to 310 for old mess and prime, and $l3 50 for new mess.—Beef is firm, with sales of 100 bbls. at 38 75 to ato 75, and $5 to $6 for mess and prime. Of prime mess beef there - Lard is firm, with sales of 350 .s of 200 tcs bbls. at n to BA, and 300 kegs at 01- FREI•HTS.—COttOrI was taken for Liverpool at 4d. ; Corn at 4 , 1 d., though sd. was generally asked ; Flour was engaged at at Is. 6d.; and dead weight at Xis. There was no change to London. To Havre Cotton was taken at ec. To California, clippers were obtaining 55c. to 60c. ' and ordinary sailers were getting 40c. Sever a l s hip s were sold, among which the Chimera, 670 tons, at $28,000; the Java, of 1,000 tons, and Col. Cutts, (new,) on private terms. HAVANNA, FEB. 22.—The Sugar market has been easier, and purchases can be made at more favourable rates. Molasses in the harbour have declined to 1 re. Freights unaltered. Ex change has improved, and me quote New York and Boston at 5 per cent. ,discount. Rice: The cargo per Merchant, from Charleston, and 64 cask s f rom Philadelphia, has been sold at IN; cargoes of the Harriet and Martha, at 16 rs.; Sea Gull from savannah, 10.r5.; the .Palo Alto and Merchant from Philadelphia, March 4. Tn n ecs t tto ir n rei stlamarket rpr c i o c n e t s. inues inactive, and the few sales mak -re at 84 50c. for shipping brands. Thesalesfor city con re limited at 84 50c. to 85 for common and extra The last sale of rye flour was at 133 44c. 800 bales corn meal sold yesterday at a trifle less than 84 87Ac. are firm sumptior St. Louis, March 4. Our markets generally are inactive with light transactions— the following are the quotations :—Wheat, 66c. to 68c. ; flour, very dull at .83 5Cc. for superior. Corn tending downwards, 37ac. to 39c. ; oats, 36c. Little doing in provisions, new pork is held at 4311 50c. to 812, no buyers. Sales have been made of 200,000 lbs. long middles at W. ; bacon, sc. to sac. ; sides, NC. to 6ic. ; hams, 74c. flc. Lard, No. 1, is selling at 'Tic. and dry salted meats at 4ac. to 6ac. Whiskey is dull at 21c. to 21ac. auaptea, or it for men, and would be found cheap and lasting. about sending a few pieces to the Great Exhibition, as specimens of " Blackpool gingham," and, for the de scription of work, good judges state it cannot be excelled in Glasgow or Manchester. IRISH PROFESSIONALS.—At Clonmel assizes, Dr. Burgess, a surgeon, was fined ten pounds for assaulting a fellow practitioner, named O'Flynn. Both parties • -on were ‘. WE. . day .. on horse-back, and meeting each other, Dr. B. informed O'Flynn, that certain conduct of his, was " unprofessional and ungentlemanly." After they had separated, O'Flynn pursued Burgess and knocking his hat off with his whip, set his horse on a full gallop ; Bur gess followed him, and fugitive and pursuer thundered in to the town of Fethard almost together, which they " wit ched with noble horsemanship"—executing through its streets and by-lanes manoeuvres so rapid and intricate as to inspire, even in the recital, with the most unfeigned admiration, Mr. Justice Crampton, who tried the case. Dr. Burgess however " met a cripple," and dismounting, " took one of his crutches from him"—armed with which, as the military historian would say." "he hastily threw himself into a square," and prepared" to receive cavalry." We hear nothing of the fate of the cripple"—who, bereft of one of his crutches, was of course reduced to the state of a fixture, and, we suppose, with the aid of the other, in like manner prepared to receive the enemy Scarcely was this position taken, when "the horse" was upon them, with a determination to break the enemy, and as the prosecutor alleged, "to trample him under the animal's feet." A single well directed blow, however, with the crutch upon "the nose" of Dr. O'Flynn's horse had the ses of spore- I effect of repulsing that physician. and so the day closed_ leaving Dr. Bur of the lane. in possession of the field —or, rather; UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, Henry Miller, Esq., a native of Scotland, and a retired London merchant, has presented £4,000 to the new col lege of the Free Church of. Scotland, as a fund for the erect!on of four scholarships. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, naming and appointing the Rev. Hibhert Binney, D.D., to be Bishop of the bee of Nova Scotia, void by the death of Dr. John Inglis, late bishop thereof. ' The Rev. Robert Eden, D.D., Oxon, whose election to the see of Moray and Ross, vacant by the resignation of the Right Rev. Dr. Low, recently announced, was consecrated to his office by the Bishop of Aberdeen and Primus, assisted by the Bishops of Edinburgh, Argyll, and Glasgow, in St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh, on Sun day last. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The second reading of the Caledonian Railway Bill has been agreed to by a majority of 214 to 67. RAILWAY MANIA.--It may be stated that within a comparatively short period Chester and Holyheads have jumped from about .E 9 to about £25 per share, Caledoni ans from 7 to 18, Leeds and Thirsks from 6 to 20, South Devons from 5 to 21, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolns from 13 to 38, Eastern Counties from 6 to 84, Great Northerns from 9 to 19, South Wales from 15 to 351, ard many others in a similar way. Nothing has occurred to render these lines a jot more hopeful than they were six months ago. Great excitement prevails at Dudley among all classes, in consequence of the castle ruins, walics, and caverns having been leased by Lord Ward to the South Stafford shire Railway Company for a period of seven years. It is, however, understood that the South Staffordshire Railway Company do not intend to exclude the inhabitants of Dudley, who will still be admitted as heretofore. The object the company have in view is annually to produce a series of castle fetes, as a speculation to bring traffic on their line to Dudley. At a meeting of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company, last week, the chArman, Mr. Latouche, hav ing declined to receive a notice for the removal of the seat of management to Dundalk, on the ground that the meeting was at an end, Captain Jocelyn, brother of the Earl of Roden, exclaimed, " Oh, this is most outrageous ! After such conduct as this, d-n me but I will throw my shares into the fire !" and Mr. French said to the chairman, " By J- you are equal to anything, from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter." _ LANCAST ER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday in Liverpool. Mr. E. W. Hassell, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The Chairman addressed the meet ing at considerable length. in terms of congratulation, upon the present prospect of the company. He concluded by stating that at present the Lancaster and Carlisle rail way was the best paying line in the country. The report was then read. it recommended a dividend of 64 per cent. The accounts showed that the receipts from traffic during the half-year amounted to £125,238 4s. Old., and the disbursements to £48,733 ls. 71d., leaving a balance of £76,505 2s. sd. The reports and accounts were adopted. _ SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A frightful accident occurred at the Kirkstall station of the Leeds and Brad ford Railway, last week, to Miss Leyland, of this town. She and her sister entered the station, but, instead of passing through th e p assengers ' gate, they went through a small wicket gate, leading to the goods warehouse, and from thence walked along the side of the warehouse towards the passengers' platform. A train suddenly approached, and caught her dress. In this position, the body being whirled round and round, she was dragged for more than twenty yards, and then thrown upon the plat form. Medical assistance was at once procured. The left arm was dreadfully shattered, her thigh broken, the pelvis broken and lacerated, and her head very seriously crushed. But little hope is entertained of her recovery. OUTLINE OF THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY AGREEMENT.—We have before us the agreement between these two companies. How long the agreement is to last, or what notice is to be given for its termination, in our hasty perusal of it we have not been able to see. It enjoins that the junction of the two companies shall be at Lower Walton, and to be completed on or before August 12th, 1852. The Cheshire Junction is to have the use of the lines and branches of the London and North-western for their own traffic on the payment of 50 per cent. of the earnings to the London and North-western—less the Government passenger duty. That is for through traffic. For Cheshire Junction traffic, to be taken up or set down on the London and North western, between Warrington and Manchester, the Cheshire Junction are to pay 75 per cent. The Cheshire Junction are to abandon all their lines except the Heelsby and Hooton branch, and not to divert, directly or indirectly, any of their traffic from the London and North-western Rail Way. They are besides to pay 6 per cent. for station accommodation at Warrington, and to pay for like accom modation at Manchester. The agreement was signed 21st of November last. We have not time just now to consider this agreement closely, but it appears to us, at first glance, to be not a stry perfect one.—Hera,palh's Jaurnat a great many lies upon the matter, and as his evidence was not corro borated in any manner, the jury acquitted him. The other man, Barnett, however, was convicted, and be was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years. It appeared that before the trial some comment had been made upon the conduct of the plaintiff in Punch, and it was for these comments that the present action was brought. The defendants, it appeared, subsequently pub. lished an apology, and in the same number there was a humourous caricature representinea Jew old clothesman dealing with a little boy outside a pawnbroker's shop, and it was contended that the defendants had made an ironical apology, and published a malicious caricature. The jury found for the plaintiff damages £lO, in addition to £5 paid into court. CAUTION TO ATTORNEYS.—In a case reported in a late amber of the Law Times, we find the following severe Bruce, to an attorney :-- 4 If an attorney in the country of standing and experience will set such an example to the younger members of his profession, and exhibit such a spectacle to the world, as buying property which he is employed to sell, and so dealing in the case of a client who is a youth in the position of a small farmer, to say nothing of putting up an infant's landed estate for sale by auction, and that without apprising'the public of the fact of his minority ; such an attorney must not be over powered by surprise, or expect to meet with an exuber ance of sympathy, if he shall find his motive harshly con strued and roughly described. His proceedings, how ever, I agree, cannot justify oppressive litigation, and, above all, cannot excuse untrue assertion. Bui. in cases of this nature there is a public as well as a private interest to be considered. Mr. an important profession, placing him not merely in the position of a private individual. Society has conferred privileges upon him. To that society he owes an example ; he owes duties ; he must acknowledge obligations which a merely private person has not. And although disap proving of much that I see before me, on the part of the plaintiff, and doubting very much whether the suit has not originated less in the plaintiff's spontaneous views than in the suggestion of another person, who might, with equal credit to himself, have been less communicative, and recollected more carefully what is thought of him who betrays confidence, even by those of whom it is be trayed, I consider it to be due to this great profession and the public interests, as well as to the private rights of the two present litigants, to say that a member of a legal body, who has acted as Mr. - admits himself to have done, shall not be indemnified by his client from the expense even of such a litigation as this." POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The sudden death of Sir A. Hood, and the retirement of Mr. Moedy, have left vacant both seats for West So- mersetshire A meeting of the country party took place at Lord Stanley's house on Friday. Upwards of one hundred members of the legislature were present. Under the signature of " Anti-Humbug," a writer in the Times says, " Will you oblige the public by askinc , Mr. Cobden to arbitrate between the Caffres and Sir H. Smith." The citizens of London appear determined that the window-tax shall come off, without any compromise. Se veral meetings have been held this week, at which this determination has been expressed. REPRESENTATION OF THIRSK.-011 Thursday morn ing, an address was issued from Sir William Payne Gall wey, Bart., son-in-law of Lady Frankland Russell, of Thirkleby, on Protectionist, Protestant, and Conservative principles. CHEAPNESS AND DISTRESS.—The following is ex tracted from a free trade morning paper:—" Letters from Alogador (Morocco) of the 7th instant, via' Gibraltar, state that the bay was crammed with ships laden with grain ; the stores on shore were likewise full of provisions. Notwithstanding the abundance, and although fresh beef and fish were very cheap, the distress of the poorer classes continued so great that they could not afford to purchase them ; and cases of starvation were as frequent as ever." BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.—The Times, which has exhausted its powers of ridicule and scurrility upon the " dead body of Protectionism," is coming to its senses upon that subject at last. It said on Wednesday last, " It is believed that the Ir'sh brigade, as it is called, will be doubled the next general election by the operation of the late electoral reform for that island ; and it is Pos sible that even the Protectionists should find themselves somewhat stronyer." Very possible and very likely into the bargain. LORD DUNCAN'S MOTION.—WOODS AND FORESTS.— Among the majority against the government were T. NV. Booker, J. Bright, W. Brown, R. Cobden, B. D'lsraeli, H. Drummond, W. Ewart, T. M. Gibson, Sir J. Graham, G. Greenall, L. Hey worth, J. Hornby, W. Jackson, J. Locke, Lord J. Manners, H. T. Prinsep, R. Spooner, E. Stanley, Hon. E. H. Stanley, R. A. Thicknesse, Sir J. Walmsley, &c.. &c. In the minority, there voted with government, E. Cardwell, Sir T. Birch, J. Brother ton, Sir E. Buxton, W. Evans, H. Goulburn, T. Greene, J. Heywood, C. Hindley, J. W. Patten, A. Stafford, T. Thorneley, R. G. Townley, &c. Maurice O;Connell has replied to his constituents, who lately expressed their disapproval of his conduct in par liament, and evidently feels some disappointment at the feeling of enmity, his vote against D'lsraeli's motion has caused. He thus endeavours to explain his course :—" I voted against D'lsraeli's motion purely on its own merits or demerits. I looked upon it as an insidious attempt to return to the old system of monopoly, and destructive:to those principles of free trade which I have had your ap probation and concurrence in supporting. The constitu ency of that day approved of my voting against the corn laws, shortly after I first became your representative. In 1841 I was returned as a Free-trader; again, in 1847, un derttoh e m y question conscience, un d e d a e o b d a , understood, agreeably to your wishes. am sorry if I t the same colours ; and , in vot in g a g ainst Mr. D'lsraeli ' s and resolutions, votedthereon, I looked have been wrong in the hater opinion. My oppositi on t o the episcopal titles bill , as the new penal law has been termed, is as steadfast, and shall be as determined as that amcceorerdlying to of any member of parliament can be." G OVER NMENT AGAIN IN A MINORITY !—The b u tt h as merely s eotesretsobo nytotoane g Imtvtraeyajwgn against majority t s ei tsi ya a tr oro.of MinilLtoohsorcet rkedisaffectedDuncan nc dolmßi scored dfsoe Reformers ns, only been set on end to be knocked down again. All the th a s t ik a g io r si o ni g n lp e fiotoel agonies upon.tochief.airocafraiemftohbrei mtii more modest victory. He l a st n i g ht carr i e d hi s resolu of one, the division being 120 against 119. As it appears to be a settled thing thrt Lord John Russell must be our Minister, and as appearances indicate that he must b 3 continually beaten, the destined hero of a hundred defeats will probably take this little unpleasantness as a matter of course. It is only by one, and it is only by the merest accident that it wasn't one the other way. Besides, the House was a small one. We must wait to see, however, March 18, 1851._ The " Statistics of British Commerce," the first nure' ber of which has just been published by Mr. Braithwai te , Poole, contains some cu r i ous d eta il s, showing the oc tal' to which the brewing trade is monopolized by the larg e common' brewers, or carried on by the retailers ink various towns and c oun ti es o f t h e U n i ted Ki ngdom. give the statistics of a few of the leading towns in this dia' trict. In Manchester collection there are 96 commo n brewers, 1,706 licensed victuallers, and 3,159 beer-houses ; 971 victuallers and 1,128 beershop.keepers brew their 0 01 beer.—Liverpool has 77 brewers, 1,551 licensed victualler s ' and 1,227 beershops ; only 19 victuallers and 15 beersh o P' keepers are their own brewers.—ln Chester collection there are 43 brewers, 1,037 victuallers, and 372 beerholis e ; keepers ; 592 victuallers and 188 beershoa-keepers bre" —Lan— - d neir own. —Lancashire district contains 29 con 11 0: brewers, 1,109 victuallers, and 886 beerhouse-keepo,; 769 victuallers and 286 b eer h ouse- k eepers brew thei, own.—Leeds collecti on con t a i ns 25 b rewers, 1,015 victu s lers, and 9(0 beerhous e -k eepers ; 900 v i ctuallers and ,1 beershop-keepers brew their own.—Northwich collectP: contains 30 brewers, 1,197 v i c t ua ll ers, and 7 22 beerbeg se9' 668 victuallers and 150 beershop-keepers brew their ovcgi With the exception of L on d on , i n w hi c h out o f 4, 2 '•,, r victuallers and 2,119 b eers h ops , on l y one of the forn il and 58 of the latter b rew th e i r own , Li verpool is t h e on large town in the _kingdom in which the laree bred possess anythir like a monopoly of ihiii;a: THE CHASE Went The Cheshire Hounds w ill mee t t o - morrow at Wr e 4 bury, on Thursday at Ch o l mon d e l ey, an d on S atur day Crewe Hall, each day at. half-past ten o'clock. at Sir W. W. Wynn's H oun d s w ill meet on Th urs day Glascoed, and on Saturday at Overton Cross eac h daY half-past ten o'clo c k. , Distrialus. At Gidlow-lane Colli er y, near Wi gan , th re e Y°ll -fl3O ~ were killed through about t en y ar d s o f th e roo f falling •"" s i The Rev. Canon Stowell was announced to deliver, la g . night, at Manchester, a lecture, "On the duty 01 Christian community towards its unemployed membereie While a man was standing on the canal bank near „ t o stone bridge at Goole, on the 28th ult., his dog b e e, i - t, scratching the earth at the bottom of one of the EinA ments of the bridge, and continued to scrape until euv -265. in silver were uncovered. RADICAL SQUABBLES.—At th e O rms ki r k C oun ty Con, a plaint was brought by Mr. Thomas Worsley, against Mr. James M oor h ouse , agent f or t h e South cashire Reform Association, for upwards of £l4 for e rr vices rendered relative to the claims of voters. £2 Os. ; 0 was proved to be due, a nd p a id i n t o cour t, an d t h e 1) 1a. was dismissed. i el' NARROW ESCAPE.—The Venerable Archdeacon 1 - e l ied man, formerly incumbent of Over Darwen, travel e, through thenarro-7 gorge among the mountains of Ma,t ° ,lo the day before that on which the treacherous Kaffirs 01. 0 .,"" e y out, into open hostility, and slaughtered our troops as " 0 5 passed in single file. The rev. gentleman was return from a visitation of six hundred miles into the interl" attended only by a Kaffir boy. 0 A man, named Greaves, from Manchester, set o P o r stand at the Oldham steeple chase, on WednesdaY , e d rifle shooting at targets ; and although frequently W 9 1 1 e of the danger attendant upon practising the sp ort, ;;; Greaveshite - i n s stubbornly persisted, and the result was that a Yelo i m n an the diately apprehended. Whitehead has been pp:3ollc' out of danger. OPENING OF THE OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER , a r g i e g d ht se e v i e d n e t , ee b n reicin years, g Wanted a ib Whitehea d,-was a wasd,wa The new collegiate institution, founded in Manchester the principle of the national universities (except that it j o p e n to all without religious distinction), out of fUl l o 0 provided by a munificent bequest made several years 0 1 1 i i l s l of Mr. ProfessorO A we: 3. s . giving scot nlaotepoowf etrhe te L e o. r r e ta c i t ortn : by the late Mr. John Owens, to the amount of nea r : £100,000; was opened on Thursday. Th e b u ilding 0 ":: g e w e rly resided, in Quay-street. The princilt building) was the spacious house in which Mr. Cebd e l Mlo U efc e .ttP i le v id.e e ' r c e f(o i ot t lhr y leme , who was prevented from delivering hi s " • augural address by s u dd en illness, awl the session sc.!e opened on Thursd a y morn i ng b y the delivery of a lectue'o introductory of a cours e o f i ns t ruct i on i n t h e languaLt and literature of ancient Greece and Rome by Profe s :o J. G. Greenwood, 8.A., followed by one, on rnatheel- LI A, and physics by P ro f essor A rc hib a ld S an d ema n, 6 1, The other resident professors—Mr. Edward Frankly Ph. D., who p res id e s over th e c l asses s t u dyi ng c hreis t he and Mr. W. C. Williamson, M.R.C.S., who takes_. .,..o department of natural history, anatomy, and physiolocio, were also present. The teacher of French is M. Pec le o l. and of German M. Theodores. The principal of the ~,c) lege (who is also professor of logic and moral philosellor it is expected will now postpone his inaugural addresl• some weeks, if not till the opening of the next 90"ili0 The' public were admitted on giving their names tO L e r introductory lectures on Thursday, and a great num b of ladies and gentlemen presented themselves. .Amolif the gentlemen were Mr. J. Potter (mayor of Manchester ) ; the Very Rev. Dr. Bowers (Dean of Manchester). Ald er : man Watkins, Alderman Shuttleworth, Mr. S. Fleteit; Dr. Hodgson (principal of the Cho r lt on Hi g h Sche°,,e Mr. G. Osborne (Wesleyan minist er ), an d M r . Alexanfo Kay. There were about 18 or 20 youths present wh° already been admitted students. n eer PATENT OieNlßus.—A good deal of curiosity waS sioned on Thursday in the line from Bayswater toChal.p cross by the appearance of anew omnibus, which certe l „ c › brings to bear many, if not all, the desired ends of S' o ri conveyances. Each traveller has a seat to himself, l ie o such seat is as private as a box at the opera, while 1 5 "01 may thus ride as secure from annoyance as in their ° po i , carriage. The contrivance altogether is certainly ieg o lo ous, and divested of all cumbrous appearance, the %" 0 0/ not weighing more than an ordinary omnibus, The o io novel feature i s th e way i n w hi c h t h e passenger s ont, their places b o th i n th e b o d y o f t h e omn ib us an d on , 00 c roof; to the l a tt er , i n d ee d, a c hild ma y ascen d with fear of injury. 0 A PICTURE ON GLass.—We have recently se e t , o o picture enamelled on glass, by Mr. Edward Bailie , Mr. John Wood's " Shakspeare:Reading:one of his l e a before Queen Elizabeth and her Court, which is inte o es . for the Great Exhibition. It is 6 feet by 5 feet. I t . t fle hibita a high degree of finish, and is painted in ? 'jot rarely attempted in this country, being, in truth , . "stained glass," but a picture on glass, with quiu: p Or peculiarly its own. It must have cos t muc h ti m e, a. ir el. l ita and trouble. On the left of the picture is Sir yvi o , Raleiah, (statesman, seaman, s o ldi er , c hemist, end 00 torian( ; the next is Lord Southampton •, and then c° r e . : William Shakspeare. The Quee n i s th e ce n tral "w - el ) dressed in the gorgeous styl e f or w hi c h s h e was di known. Lady Hunsden, Lady N o tti ng h am , and ?a, Southampton makeup the group. When we say the2: 4 os heads and principal parts of this picture have been no' five times, it will show the ti me , r i s k, an d t r ouble d/ tailed on the painter by this style of art. This plet u A r t td composed of nearly eighty pi ec e s of g l a ss, which areP. b ley into a copper frame; the joinings are almost impercePt de and, with the exception of Shakspeare's legs and fe e „dei not interfere with the effect of the whole.—The