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ICE CONSTANTLY ON SALE AT THOS. PORTER'S SALMON S, No. 1, ST. JOHN'S FISH 14 KET, AT ONE PENNY PER POUND. rgIHOMAS DISMORE, SILVERSMITH, 35, BOLD STREET, LIVEIiPOOI. PLATE : LONDON-MADE SPOONS and FOR at London prices, namely, Fiddle pattern, 7s. 2 . per ounce ; King's pattern, 7s. 44. per ounce. The wing are weights recommended, but may be had lighter or eavier FIDDLE PATTERN. Oz. a. d. £ a. d. 12 Table elpoorr, 30 at 7 2 - 0 -- 12 Dessert Ditto 20 .. 7 2 7 3 4 12 Table Forks 3O .. 7 • 2 ....I() 15 0 12 Dessert Ditto 21.) .. 7 2 .... 7 3 4 . 2 Gravy Spoons 10 . 7 2 .... 3 11 8 1 Soup Ladle lO .. 7 2 3 11 8 4 Sauce Ditto lO.. 7 8 ... 3 16 8 12 Tea Spoons lO .. 7 8 .... 3 16 8 1 Pair of Sugar Tongs 4 Salt Spoons 1 Fish Slice Silver Tea and Coffee Services cud the best Silver-edged Plated Goods, &c. &c. &c. If for Exportation, a drawback of Is. 6cl. per Ounce on Silver Goods. NORTII UNION RAILWAY. FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. SIR THOMAS D. HESKETH, BART. IN THE CHAIR. REPORT OF THE PIRECTORS. IN laying before the General Meeting of the proprietors an account of their proceedings during the last year , the directors have first to express 'their regret that t. 6 present state of the works does not realise the expect on of their entire completion at this time, confidently tertained by the engineer and themselves up to the per of the last re port. The unusually long and severe sts of last winter interrupted all progress whatever fo n altogether unex pected length of time, and these \Ter , - .ucceeded by such wet inclement days and stormy nights a- sadeitoftenimpossible to keep the men on the works, and even subsequently and up to the present time almost tropical rains and storms have repeatedly deluged the country, washing down the newly formed slopes, scouring out the fresh-laid ballasting, and by keeping the heavy clay bottoMs of the deep excavations and cuttings in a state of,constant puddle, greatly adding to the difficulties of working. The Directors, however, conceive that they only do justice to their principal contractors, Messrs. Mullins and MgMahon, in stating generally that notwithstanding the impediments briefly explained, they have made great and highly creditable exertions to keep the time to which they pledged and bound themselves for the execution of the works in their hands, the 31st of July last, and that they e%press deep concern at their want of success. On the first of their contracts, the Ribble, crossing the valley south of Preston, the bottom of the deep cutting through Venwortham was cleared about the latter end of June, though slips in the slopes of the excavation rendered this work extremely tedious; and the dressing off of these slopes, and the ballasting and completing the per manent way is now proceeding very satisfactorily, and with as much activity as the greatdemand for hands at this season will allow,—the progress of this part of the work being ma terially assisted by a logomotive engine, provided by the contractors, and used on the temporary lines. In noticing the state of the Ribble Viaduct, the Directors only wish they could bear as satisfactory testimony to its progress, as they can to the excellence of the workmanship and to the general appearance of strength and stability, which-charac terisetr the whole of this magnificent structure. Four arches, however, of one hundred and twenty feet span are now keyed, and confident expectations are held out by the en gineers that the fifth and last may be keyed by the end of this month, and the spandrills and parapets are proceeding so as to be completed at the same time. The Directors must state their opinion that on the next contract, the Yarrow, Mr. Mackenzie has been guilty of in excusable delay and negligence in the performance of his en• gagements, and though a considerable portion of the line, viz. that part extending from Leyland to the north of the Yarrow Valley, is completed and finished off, it is evident that the whole of this contract, notwithstanding the unfas vourable season, might have been completed had the work been carried on with proper energy;, and, in consequence, the Directors last mouth determined to put. in force the powers of the contract against Mr. Mackenzie, in order to compel, in this manner, a more speedy progress. This was especially requisite as regards the timber viaduct over the Yarrow Valley, which the fall of the culvert over that river in October last has rendered necessary, and as it was ad mitted by the contractor himself that all the legal conse quences of this unfortunate occurrence strictly attached to him, and the Directois notwithstanding deemed it advisable and right to consent at once to a liberal and amicable settle ment with him, in the hope of securing, by his promised activity and exertion, the completion of this contract at the stipulated time, he is certainly not now entitled to any fur ther indulgence. The steps taken have already been effectual where increased activity and progress were most wanted, and the Directors will not fail to continue their best efforts, and to employ the most decided measures, if needful, to pre vent any delay in the opening of the line arising from this contract. On the Douglas contract, looking at the quantity of work to be done when it came into the hands of Messrs, Mullins and M`Mahon, the Directors consider that the progress has been on the whole good, although the late unfavourable sea son has of .course materially retarded these works, notwith standing the unwearied and persevering attention which has been given to them. The masonry, with the exception of the bridge over the Chorley turnpike road, of which the arch is now turned, is nearly all finished, and the only work left of any consequence is the bottom lift of the excavation near this bridge, which a week or two of fine weather will enable the contractors to run with ease into the embankment at Chapel-lane bridge; when the whole of the permanent way will be soon entirely completed. A tedious and rather expensive operation has been going forward on the line south of Wigan, viz., raising it for a con siderabl2AliwAttz‘the level requisite to effect the junction se - • kiificpPrtss e ire ia — dC and without stopping or in any egre in either passengers or goods. The double line of Railway between Wigan and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , at Parkside has also been completed, with one trifling excep tion ; leaving only the sidings and the improved mode of junction at this point to be finished, in accordance with the plan agreed upon with that Company. In conformity with the 12th section of the Act of Parlia ment, the Directors have cause to be formed and laid the branch line to the important coal fields at New Springs in the township of Aspull, and they are prepared to open it to the public simultaneously with the main lines to Preston. In concluding this account of the progress of the works since the last annual meeting, the Directors must repeat the expression of their great regret that it has not been found practicable to secure the very large revenue which the pas senger traffic of this summer would have afforded; although the probable delay is not nearly so great as has often, not to say almost always, occurred in works of similar extent and without the same grounds of excuse. They see no reason to doubt the assurances they receive of such a rate of progress in the little that is still left unfinished as-shall render it both practicable and perfectly safe to open the whole line to Pres ton about the latter end of next month; and in order to 'se cure this object the proprietors may be assured that every possible exertion will be made on their part and that of the engineering department. In every other respect the Directors will be fully prepared, immediately on the completion of the Railway, with all that is requisite for the most active proceedings in the Carrying Departments. As regards Passengers, their views have been cordially met by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Company and their able and experienced Treasurer; and a plan of joint operations has been devised, by which all the incon venience and delay at present complained of at the Parkside Junction, will be entirely removed, and the conveyance of the passengers may be accomplished in a mode as complete and efficient, as sa - fe and economical. Each Company shall, it has been agreed, find the moving power on its own line, (an arrangement the expediency and advantages of which the Directors think experience will soon demonstrate) and each Company will find its own proportion of the carriages; all which will be conveyed uninterruptedly through between Preston, Wigan, Liverpool, Manchester, and the regular intermediate stopping places. In conformity with this ar rangement, contracts with builders in Lancaster and Pres ton were entered into during the past year, for an adequate supply of first and second-class Railway Carriages, of the most approved and complete description, and at the same time the Liverpool and Manchester Company commenced building their proportion exactly similar in plan and appear ance. Most of these, and the Horse-boxes and Lorries for gentlemen's carriages, are now ready for delivery, and the Directors are happy to be enabled to say that they cannot speak too highly of the manner in which both sets of car riages have been executed, and that they will all, they be lieve, be found fully equal in workmanship and materials, as well as appearance, to any that have yet been secured by Railway Companies. The plan of Locomotive Engine which was, atter a great deal of discussion and inquiry, at length adopted by the Board, is the same in all respects as that which is working so satisfactorily on the London and Birmingham Railway • and all the machinery has been con structed, as it was for that Company, under the superintend ence and responsibility of their contractor for power, Mr. Bury. In this most important department, also the Direc tors sincerely congratulate the Proprietors upon the effici ency and perfection of execution which has been thus secured; Mr. Bury's reports stating that the whole of their ample sup ply of passenger-engines, which are all now nearly ready for delivery, Lave been executed throughout in the most satisfac tory manner, and that no part of the machinery exhibits those failures and imperfections which inevitably occurred at first, from want of satlieient skill and experience on the part of some of the manufacturers„ but which have occasioned so much no convenience and loss to all other Companies. Complete Sta tion Buildings, both at Preston and Wigan, with comfortable and ample waiting-rooms, offices, and every other accommo dation for passengers; a large and substantial carriage -house; and beildings for the repair and secure deposit of engines not in use.—have been planned, and will most of them soon be entirely completed; when arrangements are made fer at once furnishing them in the most complete and efficient manner, with all the requisite tools, implements, &c. The Directors are in communication with the Liverpool and Manchester Company relative to fixing upon the most convenient hours to the public fur the departure of trains on the opening of the entire line; when the time at present occupied in the journey between Preston and Liverpool and Manchester will be at once reduced to considerably less than one-half ; an hour and a half being, the Directors anticipate, sufficient for their first class trains to perform it with uniform regularity and punctu ality- Arrangements are also completed with the leading Pro prietors of the North Coaches ; and as soon as the entire ()Inning of the London and Birmingham Railway (which will probably take place about the same time as that of the North Union Railway) shall have finally decided the hours of the Railway travelling to and from the South, the Directors will immediately confer with the Directors of the Grand Junction Company, es to the best arrangements for an efficient com munication with their trains. 'Phis last-mentioned branch of the North Union passenger few week traffic, has been shown, by the e xperience of the last re to be considerably larger in amount and value, than the must Sanguine calculations had anticipated. • With regard to the conve y an ce of Good s , arraneemen t s have been made for p lacin g this branch of the business, on a scale of mutually equ itable tolls, in the hands of an eaperi encefl carrier, Mr. Hargreaves, who hes provided himself with a sufficient supply of engines, waggons, &c., to enable him to carry it on very extensively, and of whose activity, and lon g _ established connexions, the Company will thus at once have the benefit. In consequence of Mr. Har p y eaves' views of the extent to which this branch of the traffic may be carried, his conviction of which is sufficiently shown by his wi llin g ness to become liable to heavy and increased warehouse rents, the Directors have been induced to erect larger warehouses, both at Preston and Wigan, than they had at one time contem plated, and complete and suitable arrangements for an exten sive goods traffic will be shortly ready at both these places. Nothing but a conviction, founded upon experience, of the good policy and ultimate economy in providing thus amply and liberally for the carrying department in all its branches, and of securing, at whatever expense it may require, the most perfect and substantial execution of every part of the works connected with Railways, would have induced the Directors to incur any expense beyond the estimates (amountin g in all to .£480,000) for which th e y state d t h e i r ex p ec t a ti on o f com pleting and bringing into Operation the North Union Rail way and its branches, &c., a total length of twenty-five miles. When, however, the Proprietors are informed that their Rail way, with all the arrangements and proviSions above men tioned, will still be completed for anexpended capital of little more than half a million, for less than one-half the total cost per mile of the Liverpool and Manchester and London and Birmingham Railways, the Directors think this small increase of outlay will not be grudged or considered unwarranted. It must also be borne in mind that not only is the traffic in pas sengers and merchandize of all descriptions thus fully and li berally provided for in Preston and Wigan, but that all the costly complete stations and entrances into Liverpool and Manchester, of this latter Railway are secured to the North Union traffic on the fair and equitable terms agreed upon with that Company, upon the system of mutual co-operation and exchange which has been destribed. Since the last general meeting of the Proprietors, the con tracts of the works of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway have all been let, and measures taken to ensure a speedy completion of this valuable ally, and important further extension towards the north of the great westerly line of Rail was_r_o_pntinication between England_ and Scotland. Two other sources of traffic, the Preston and Wyre, and the Long ridge Railways, also appear to be fast advancing towards com pletion, and when opened for public use cannot fail to prove feeders to the North Union Railway. The act to give au thority to the arrangements made last year with the Bolton and Preston Railway Company, and which agreement was particularly described in the last report of this Company, has now received the sanction of Parliament; having been at length rendered by that Company strictly conformable in its provisions to the terms of this agreement, which was very far from being the case when in the form in which it was first in troduced into the House of Commons and printed. It au thorises a line of Railway between Bolton, Chorley, and Euston upon the North Union Railway; andit provides this Company in a very satisfactory manner with a Railway com munication with the Lancaster Canal north of the Ribble Valley ; an arrangement of great importance previously to the completion of the Lancaster Railway, and which appears likely to lead ultimately to the whole of the north and south traffic, both bp Canal and Railway, passing. over a certain Portion of the North Union Line, and of course contributing an important addition to its income. Having thus called attention to the varied and certain sources of valuable traffic from which the income of the North Union Railway will be derived, and to the further, improve ment in its prospects during the past year, the Directors think it necessary to repeat the opinion they have always entertained and so often already expressed on this subject ;—as its cor rectness will now be ascertained in a very few weeks by the surest of all tests, that of actual experience of the capabilities and resourses of this important undertaking. A balance sheet, made up to the 30th of June last, and au dited by two of the Directors, laid on the table, in conform ity with the 154th section of the Act of Parliament. THOMAS 13_ HESKETH, Chairman. Liverpool, 3rd Angust, 1838. RESOLUTIONS. The Advertisement calling the Meeting having been read, The Annual Account of Receip►s and Expenditure, made up to the 30th June last, and regularly audited, was submit ted to the Meeting. The Report of the Directors to the Proprietors having been read, Moved by Mr. MooN, seconded by Mr. JOHN CROPPER, Jun., and Resolved,—That the Report now read be adopted and printed, and a copy sent to each Proprietor. In consequence of remarks having been made byone of the Proprietors upon the conduct of Mr. Earle, one ofthe Direc tors of this Company, it was moved by Mr. JOHN CROPPER, Jun., seconded by Mr. DANIEL. MATHER, and Resolved unanimously,—That this Meeting' cordially ap proves of Mr. Earle's conduct, and that the Proprietors de sire to express to him their thanks for his attention in the in terests of the undertaking, and their full confidence in him as a Director. . The Secretary announced that pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the following Gentlemen cease to be Directors this day, viz, :—Mr. RATHBONE, Mr. E. CROPPER, and Mr. BEVAN. Moved by Mr. JOHN CROPPER, Jun., seconded by Mr. ROBINSON, That T H EORODE W. RATH BONE, Esq, EDWARD CROPPER, Esq., and REECE BEVAN, Esq., be re elected, and that they are duly elected by this Meeting, Di rectors of the North Union Railway. Moved by Mr. HORN BY, seconded by Mr. EWART, and Resolved,—That these Resolutions be printed and circula ted with the Report among the Proprietors, and also in the usual Liverpool and Preston Newspapers, and Wigan Ga zette. Yy (Signed) THOMAS D. HESKETH, Chairman. Moved by Mr. J. MATHER, seconded by Mr. ROBERT MATHER, That the thanks of this Meeting are justly due to the Chair man and Directors for their unwearied attention to the inter ests of the Company. 3ROFESSOR SWEDOUIt'S HYGELICN HERB PILLS, for the effectual extirpation 0 every species and symptom of the SYPHILITIC DI ASE, and the disorders arising from improper treatm t. Prepared and sold by the Proprietor, at No. 42, SEEL-STREET, VERPOOL. In boxes at 2s. 9d. and s. 6d. each. • Warranted not to contain COPAIBA, CUBEBS, or any deleterious ingredient. 41 ,,* With each Box is given a Treatise on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weak ness &c. containing hints worth knowing by those who are, or have been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating malady. Dr. DAVIESON continues to direct his attention to those disorders arising from the too free and indiscriminate in dulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numer ous train of nervous affections, but also entails on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age. In that distressing state of debility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigor ous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con• stitution. When the great Doctor Swedour became Prp fessor at Leyden University, he conferred an linvaluable be nefit upon mankind by the discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deplorable complaint, Never did a dis covery excite a greater sensation, it was sought after with slice... in the ni,,;t minute and intricate cases or the dencaie comnlaint, for the cure of which they have been so long celebrated. The fame of these Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy in troductiaknto almost every country. The certainty with which t vere continually administered can be attested by many thousands. In fact, during the long continental war they were the inseparable companion and safeguard of the soldier, in all cases where the slightest suspicion of infection was entertained. What medicine can be more appropriate than that which has given such general satisfaction ? The Hygeian H erb Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the different functions of the body expelling the grosser hu mours, and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and un equalled powers. They neither contain mercury florally other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery—they require na restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Ilygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the disease bas made its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. ,The deplor able state in which many persons have been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it impera tively necessary to caution the public against that dangerous mineral when injudiciously administered. These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea and land, and ought never to be omitted by any person going a long voyage or journey, their properties are such that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or pre vent the due effects on the constitution. Dr. Davieson will attend daily at his residence, from Eight in the morning until Ten at night, (on Sundays from Nina till Two,) where he gives advice to all applicants taking any ()this preparations, WITHOUT A FEE. Letters (post-paid) enclosing a remittance, answered by return, and Medicines punctuallyLtransmitted to any ad dresi either by initials or name. No. 42. SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire arrived at Chatsworth House from London, on Friday, the 27th ult. The company of proprietors of the Great Western steam ship, from Bristol to America, have called a public meeting., for the purpose of increasing their capital to such an amount as will'enable them to place several similar steamers upon the station. —Bath Gazette. A gentleman having lately taken the wrong seat in one of the railroad carriages, was presently accosted by the rightful owner with " I beg your pardon, sir, but lam 80." " Are you indeed ?" said the intruder, " I should not have thought —but I find I am myself 79," and immediately moved to the next seat so numbered. HINTS TO MEDCAL , ATEN.—At Moscow no natives act in the capacity of apothecaries, this being a profession entirely confined to Germans. To prevent medicines being improper ly made, and mistakes on the part of the ignorant and care less, of which many fatal instances occur in England, par ticularly in giving oxalic acid for Epsom salts, so soon as it is known that any medicine has been made up wrong, the shop where it was prepared is shut up by the police. Every pre scription received by an apothecary is retained by him, entered in a book, and, for greater security, a ticket is also given with the medicine, addressed to the person fur whom it is intended, explaiuing its nature, the name of the . physician, and the exact time when it was sent to the invalid. This is a prudent regulation, and similar measures of precaution ought to he adopted in England, or enforced by legislative enactments, as it would prevent impositions as well as acci dents. Something worthy of imitation may always - be foUnd even among those nations who are least of all to be copied generally, and in other respects anything but models of con duct. Even the Turks are to be commended for a marked humanity to all animals, and who might cause many who claim the character of christians to blush for their neglect of a virtue practised by infidels. A NUPTIA L ENVOY IN CIRCASSIA.—I Could not sufficient ly admire the courteous bearing of the fine youth who had been delegated by his brother to conduct his bride to her fu ture home. He leaped from his horse, and, after respect fully saluting her, in a manner that would have done honour to any one of the most gallant knights of the middle ages, drew his sword, and proceeded to make a long, and I dare say eloquent, oration ; but, as it underwent a double transla tion, 1 have no doubt its force and spirit were proportionately injured. He commenced by praising her beauty, comparing her eyes to diamonds, her cheeks to the roses of Arianoi, (Persia,) and her form to the graceful antelope. Neither did he forget to eulogize the virtues and bravery of the bride groom, his brother—the number of enemies he had slain in battle, the courage of the bands of warlike clansmen who called him lord, the fertility of the country she was about to adopt as her own, and the vast flocks and herds of which she was to become the sole mistress. Then, tinning the point of his sword alternately to the tour quarters of the globe, swore he would protect her safely till he could deliver her to his brother, even at the sacrifice of his life and of the lives of his escort, should it become necessary—a declaration responded to by the whole band with loud acclamations. —Spencer's Travels in Western Caucasus. - - - • - A MULL. CANDLESTICK, 50 YEARS AGO.—At a funeral in the island of Mull, about 50 years ago, a considerable assem blage of the gentlemen of the country attended. A large barn was prepared as the sleeping place. A row or range of beds was made on both sides of the barn—hay and straw covere I with blankets, and each gentleman, as begot drunk, was car ried to bed by persons in attendance for the purpose. There s th p Q r s e e se d n a t y a s D fo r r . 'A h a s c s l o e l a n n i , e a ty m a e nd die g al re g a e t n d tl e e c m or a u n m , of remarkable,conduct. in . Findin g he had taken as much wine as was ~ ,0 0d for him, he hand a lighted candle.eat bed-room, (the barn,) proceeded to the the person who hadlathi- e le knew that his berth was next to holding in his r f l o carried out. Having no candle stick, he looked around hime 9 n me_c s onvenierit place in which to fix the stump which he th h e ei l ea l s j i . o ii f th h e a;l r d. The only place approached lt him, which he could find was and asleep in the berth next to him. t r e nd who lay drunk and having dropped some tallow from the mr ear, he fixed the burning stump there, undressed, and fell The candle continued to burn, fixed in the n sock fe e ll t asleep. of old Kenneth Beaton's ear. A servant entered the roo m, and seeing the flam e from Kenneth's ear, he had no doubt it was some supernatural light, for old Kenneth was supposed to hold intercourse with the world of spirits in no ordinary degree. The servant rushed out to call the minister to witness the flame. The minister came; but by this time the flame had disturbed poor Kenneth, who, turning in his bed, ex tinguished the flame, and the stump of the candle was found next morning in his ear.—Lord Teignmouth's Sketches of the Coast and Islands of Scotland. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The Paris papers of Thursday contain no news of import ance. Marshal Soult arrived in Paris on Wednesday even ing in excellent health. It was tenoned ttlat a grand enter tainment would be given to hnn by the French army, 6ut there Was no such matter in contemplation. He attended a meeting of the cabinet on Thursday (under the Piesidency of the King), and made an official report of the manner in which he had acquitted himself of his mission to England. The opposition papers complain loudly of the unceremo nious entry of the police 'into private dwellings, printing offices, &c., and their uncontrolled license in opening bureaus, writingdesks, reading of correspondence and otber docurneuts,and ot bet- violations -of-i adivittnet liberty. The ministerial papers attempt no apology for the practice, nor show that in any case the agents of government bad acted on positive information. The proceeding had, however, become of such frequent occurrence, and the existence of treasonable societies was so generally believed, that the public appeared to take those steps of the police as :natters of course, and paid them no attention. It is said in Paris that some pieces and documents of great importance have been taken by one of the employds of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Count Mold), and sold by him to certain foreign diplomatists at 1,000 francs thb letter. It is added that-a part of the correspondence of M. Sebastiani and of M. Biesson, relative to the affairs of Belgium, has thus been made public to the Northern Courts. SPAIN. The usual daily express from Madrid had not arrived in Paris on Thursday. Additional letters from Estella of the 25th ult. had been received. They only repeated that an attack by the Christinos was momentarily expected, and that prayers were daily offered up, in that town for the suc cess of fheCarlist arms. A. M. Tech°, a lawyer, who, strange to say, had been Minister of War of Don Carlos, resigned that once on the 24th, after a warm altercation with General The French government received the following telegraphic despatch from Narborne on Thursday evening:—" Ad- , s from La Scu d'Urg :el of the 30th - ult., state that the insurgents, who had sought refuge in the episcopal palace of Solsona, had beep obliged to capitulate. Their commander, Mondeden, and two other chiefs were killed. Count d'Es pagne has retired towards the Torregassa." COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW SOUTH. WALES. Sydney papers to the 12th of April have been received. It appears that the colony was progressing tranquilly, but great complaints continued to be made of the want of labour ing assistants, and a public meeting was about to be convened to devise some practicable and speedy plan of supplying the necessities of the wealth of the colony has, however, indnced . the colonists to agree in one opinion, that their pressing exigencies must be met by an immediate importation of coolies from India. So sanguine were the cultivators of the soil, and the flock-masters generally, that this will be the only remedy for the demand for agricultural labours, that they have already entered into calculations upon the benefits which they may acquire by this new species of slavery. The fol lowing extract from the Sydney Herald bespeaks the senti ments of the colonists, who in their appeal to the governor, Sir George Gipps, claim to be remunerated for the loss they sustain by the deficiency of convict labour, by asking their government countenance for the importation of the innocent hill coolies of the East Indies. " It is said that £lOO would defray the cost of landing ten coolies at Sydney, This is not a great sum; and were every flock-master in the colony-to do this an immediate and great relief would be afforded to the labour market. Let the sheep 'owners unite at once, and arrange with mercantile houses in Sydney connected with houses in India for the importation of a few for every establishment in the colony, as an experi ment, and should it be found to succeed, which we have no doubt it will, an abundant.source of labour will be opened to the coloney, within a reasonable distance, and at a cheap rate." The Sydney paper dwells with much rapture upon the pros pects which this new scheme will afford to the colony, but the writer seems so used to the presence of convict slavery that it does not appear that the importation of these hill coolies will be at all obnoxious to their individual feelings. They seem to be looked upon as mere experimental machines, to be used for the benefit of those who bold lands in those colonies, which experiment it is to be hoped that the govern ment at home will in shame not countenance. A joint-stock sheep comigny had been formed at Sydney, which had com menced enaatmos by buying 877 sheep. The accounts which had arrived at Sydney front South Australia represent that disputes continue to prevail between the governor and resi dent commissioner of lands respecting some applications, particularly one near the Government House, but it appears that the Advocate General Stephen and Judge Jickling were opposed to the commissioners' decision. At Sydney flour was 19s. per 100Ibs., and second ditto 165.; colonial wheat 7s. per bushel, and Van Diemen's Land wheat Bs. per bushel.. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OxFoul), JULY 28.—An election for fellowships took place on the 26th instant, at Magdalen College, when the Rev. Frederick Bulley, M.A., and Richard Clark Sewell, Esq., M.A., probationary, fellows of Magdalen College, 'were ad mitted fellows of that society; and at the same time, the Rev. William Hancock. M.A.,_ was admitted a probationary fellow; and Mr. Edward Kaye Burney, (of the county of Kent,) and commoner of Christ Church, and Mr. Henry George Joseph Parsons, of the diocese of Chichester, were elected Demies of the same college. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have presented the Rev. John Robert Hall, student, to the vicarage of St. Mary Magdalene, in this city, void by the resignation of the Rev. Henry Bull. The Rev. Gilbert Wall Ileathcote, 8.C.L., late fellow of New College, and fellow of Winchester College, has been presented to the rectory of Ash, near Farnham, Surrey, va cant by the death of the Rev. Harry Lee, M.A., late fellow of New College; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of Win chester College. Fr nFI3IL The Rev. T. M. Symonds, M.A., chaplain ro the COuntess. of Carvsfort, has been institutedto the rectory of • Broornswell, Suffolk. Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. The Rev. Edward Packenham Armstrong, 8.A., to the vicarage of Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of .John Dowbiggin, clerk. The Rev. James Armistead, to the vicarage of Thorpe St. Peter, Lincolnshire, vacant by the resignation of S. E. Hop kinson' clerk. The Rev. Roper Trevor Tyler, M.A., of University College, Oxford, to the rectory of Idantrithyd, Glamorganshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Bruce Knight, M.A., of Exeter College. Patron, Sir T. D. Aubrey, Bart. The Rev. William May Ellis, M.A., to the rectory of lek ford, Bucks, void by the resignation of the Rev. 1. C. Towns end. Patron, the Rey. 1. C. ToWnsend. _ _ The Rev. C. B. Henville, to the vicarage of Hound. by the wardens and scholars of Winchester College, vacant by the death of the Rev. Harry Lee. The Rev. Scott Frederick Surtees, clerk, A. 8., to the vicarage of Newlin, in the county of Cornwall, vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard PolwSele; the last incumbent. The ReV. H. L. Blosee, to the rectory of Michaelstone-fe- Pitt, Glamorganshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Hancorne. Patron, T. B. Rous, Esq. The Rev. John Barb., jun., to the vicarage of .Aughton cum-Cotting,ham, Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Deans. . . The ltev. Robert Martindale, assistant minister of St. Katharine's Church, Tranmere, to the senior curacy of Sand. bach, Cheshire'. The Rev. Andrew Bonar, to be the minister of Collace, . _ Perthshire, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Rogers. The Rev. J. Stewart, to the church and parish of Abernethy Scotland. OBITUARY. In the 76th year of his age, the Rev. John Overton, M.A., 36 years rector of St. Crux and St. Margaret, in the city o York. „.... At Brighton, the Rev. IL Collet, A.M., of Westerham, Kent. The Bev. Thomas Browne, late second master of the gram mar school, Christ's Hospital. Aged 70, the Rev. James Saunders, D.C.L., rector of Kirt• liugton, in the county of Oxford. RAILWAY NONSENSE. The following paragraph, purporting to be copied from the British and Foreign Review, is one of many that are running the round of the Newspapers, evidently written by parties who know no more about railways than as many Chi nese mandarins : ;‘CANA LS AND RAILROADS.—The freight between Liver pool and Manchester is 10s per ton by the canal ; the cost of maintaining the railroad is calculated at 10s 6cl per ton, and the other expenses increase the amount to 81-d per ,cwt, or 13s 6d per ton. The railway receives, for conveying each passenger from Liverpool to Manchester 4s. Now, allowing twelve persons to weigh a ton, this would amount to 48s per ton, while the canal only charges lOs per ton for that dis tance. The expense of maintaining the Grand Junction Canal has been estimated at £260 per mile; that of the Ken net and Avon at £l7O per mile; and that of the Leeds and Liverpool at £l5O per mile. The expense of maintaining the Manchester and Liverpool Railway has *been estimated at £650 per mile. The freight between Manchester and Lon don, by canal, is 65s per ton, - the distance being; 262 miles. 'l'he fare for each passenger, by the railroad front MancheS ter to London, will be, when the entire line shall be opened, about £2 by the first-class carriages, and 30s by the second class—something less than the proportion now charged be tween Manchester and Birmingham. This would be Callow ing twelve persons to weigh a ton) £24 per ton for the first class carriages, and £lB per ton for the second class.—British and Foreign Review. We believe there is scarcely one correct statement relating to railways in the whole paragraph; but the most outrageously extravagant is that which alleges the cost of maintaining the Liverpool and Manchester rak_lway to be "calculated at 10s 6d per ton" on the traffic. The writer in the British and Fo reign Review may " calculate'.' after this fashion, for any thing we know; but his conclusion is most strangely wide of the mark. From the amount of receipts in the last half-year, as detailed in the report, of which we gave an abstract on Wednesday, the goods and coal carried on the railroad must have been, during that that time, about 120,000 tons, besides the whole of the passenger trains, which amount to many thousand tons more. But the maintenance of the railway, instead of costing upwards of 60,000 guineas, as it must have done according to the "calculation" of the writer, was just £4454 13s 10d, which, we believe, includes a portion of the expense of re-laying the line with heavier rails. The fact is, that the expense of maintenance of the railway, as "calcu lated" by the directors (rather more competent - parties than the reviewer,) was about one shilling per ton. The rest of the statements are almost equally absurd; and they are the more inexcusable, as the admirable half-yearly reports of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, which furnish correct information on these points, are accessible to every body.—Manchester Guardian. GRAND JUNCTION.—GRAND MISTAKE.—The Directors, to do justice to Marshal Soult, fitted up one of the carriages expressly for him. In their zeal, is'e are informed, they for got to notice that the carriage was called the " Waterloo." 0! fatal name. What an insult to a Frenchman! Happily, however, the Mar,hal did not see it, and the Directors and all the railroad establishments are safe.—Railway Magazine. COUNTRY BANK NOTES.—An account of the aggregate amount of notes circulated in England and Wales by private banks and by joint-stock banks and their branches, distin guishing private front joint-stock banks, between the 31st March and the 30th June, 183 8 , finm returns directed by 3 and 4 William IV c. &3:—Private banks. £7,383,247; joint stock bank5,•£4,362,256; total, £11,745,503. —This statement exhibits a considerable increase on the return for the prece ding three months, viz. on private banks, £377,775 ; ortjoiut stock banks, £441,217. On the 9th instant, a gentleman at Long Btickby, in a fit of despondency, purchased of a druggist in the town three ounces of oil of vitriol, all of which he attempted to swallow, but was only able tc, take about half an ounce. As soon as the act was committed he repented, and ran to a druggist, who took him to the surgery of Mr. Dix, in the most excru ciating torments, and where he vomited great quantities of blood. Mr. Dix and his assistants, by the most unremitting attention and the greatest perseverance, literally drenched him for several hours with the proper antidote —viz., the car bonate of magnesia mixed in milk. He has now, after the acutest sufferings ever witnessed, recovered, and is truly grateful for the means that were used for his preservation.— Northampton Mercury. Emptriat Ilartiament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDA Y. Mr. HumE presented petitions from the licensed victuallers and retail beer sellers of Salford, against any alteration in the beer bill Mr. P. TtiornsoN presented several petitions from congre gations of Wesleyan Methodists of Manchester, against idolatrous practices in India. In answer to a question by Mr..WALLACE, Mr. C. WOOD said, that it was the business of the Post-office department to say whether advantage would be taken of steam commu nication with New York for carrying mails. Mr. HUME inquired whether the right hon. gentle►nan had made any progress in establishing a registry for money letters. Mr. Met said that a plan was about to be carried into ef fect, under which an office would be established for the regis tration of letters; but it would be impossible to undertake the responsibility of sums of money- contained in letters of which the Post-office could not be cognizant. At the same time the private money order office should be abolished, and a better mode established for individuals contracting with the Post-office for the conveyance of money letters. STEAM COM.MUNICATION WITH INDIA. Lord NV. BENTINCK presented several petitions from Cal cutta, Madras, and Ceylon, in favour of a direct communica tion by steam from the Red Sea to the several presidencies of India and Ceylon. The noble lord then said that he would avail himself of the present opportunity to ask his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control, what measures had been taken by the .Court of Directors to extend steam co►umunication to all the presidencies, and whether the East India Company, had deemed it expedient to increase the number of its armed steam-vessels in the Indian seas. Sir J. C. HosHousE stated, in reply, that the recommen dation of the committee which had sat upon the subject of steam navigation to India had been, that the experiment should be made to Bombay, but not to the other two presi dencies. It was his opinion, however, that, whenever the opportunity served, the experiment should be extended, not only to Bombay, but also to Madras and Calcutta. Since he bad last made a communication to the house on the subject, he directors had built several very fine steam-vessels for themselves, and had also purchased several others; and, without promising too much, he thought that in a compara tively short time he should be able to state formally to the hottse what they had done in that respect. The noble lord had put into his hands returns, which showed what had been done already for establishing steam communication with In dia. If his noble friend would move for those returns, or would allow him to move for 'them, they should be laid on the table fOrthwith. The committee of ways and means was postponed till Fri day by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord H OW IC K moved that the militia ballotsuspension bill be committed. In answer to Mr. HIIIIE, who expressed a hope that before the next session of parliament government would take those aws into consideration, with a view to their immediate aboli- tion, Lord Ho WICK observed, that his noble friend the Secretary of State was quite aware of the necessity which existed for revising the militia laws. His noble friend would have un dertaken the task before now, had he not been prevented by the pressure of other more important measures. The bill was then committed. The report was ordered to be received to-morrow. . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the re ports of the committee on the transfer of funds (War-office) bill, and on the joint stock banks bill. They were received, and the bills ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a billto continue for one year, and to amend the act Ist of Victoria, c. 59, relative to the Bank of Ireland. The bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that on Friday next he should move for leave to bring in a bill to re i,eal the 4! per cent. duties. The house adjourned at half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDA Y. The Loin CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack al five o'clock. A message from the Commons brought up the militia ballot suspension bill, the Dublin police bill, the forms of pleading bills, which were read a first time. Several petitions were presented by the Earl of CARLISLE, Lord BROUGHAM, &e. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Earl Of ABINGDON, the Earl of Cu ARLEVILLE, the Bishop of HEREFORD, and seve ral other peers, were deputed to' confer with the Commons Sheriffs' Court (Scotland) bill. The Marquis of LONDON DERRY felt it necessary again to call the attention of the house to the state of the mAgistracy of the county of Down. There were on the commission 190 magistrates, and allowing 25 to have died, not less than 50 had been erased from the commission. Out of 20 to whom he ailuded on a former occasion, eight had been restored. Why, he asked, had they been dismissed at all? Mr. Corry's case he had already fully alluded to. He believed the charge against him to have been totally unfounded, and must say that he had been treated in a highly improper manner, and that the . case reflected the greatest discredit on the noble and learned lord opposite. Ile moved that all correspondence between Mr. Corry and the Irish government be laid on the •table. The next case to which he wished to call the attention of the case, was that of the Rev. Holt Waring, who had been dismissed from the commission merely because there was an orange flag hoisted on the church. That could not be construed into a breach of the peace. The next case was that of the Rev. Mr. Sampson; and if ever there was a case Which ought to have been excepted, it was that of the rev. gentleman whose name he had just mentioned. . The registration of electors bill was read a second time. The recovery of tenements bill went through committee. The insane persons (England) bills was read a second time. The The loan societies (Ireland) bill, the fisheries (Ireland) bill, and the public records bill went through committee. Lord GLENELG laid upon .the table copies of the papers moved for on Tuesday respecting the kingdom of Oude. Adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THunsDAY The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. 4fdtc the presentation tprieirtri report on h d s n of several privatep etitions,eralbiils n a on d th d e ep o o r s d i e t r bi o ll f the y being read. Mr. P. THOMPSON said its object was, that deposits on public works, instead of being placed in the hands of the clerk of the house, should he committed to an officer created by act of parliament. The report on the Militia "Ballot Suspension Bill was re ceived. The Slave Trade (Sicily) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Slave Trade (Tuscany) Bill was also read a third time and passed. The Transfer of Funds (War-office) was read a third time and passed. - • The Affirmation of Oaths Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Militia Pay Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. _ The Stamp Dies Bill and the Valuation (Ireland) Bill were also read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Forms of Pleading Bill was read a third time and passed. • The Joint-Stock Banks Bill was read a third time and passed. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND). Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the consideration-of the lords' amendments in the Irish Corpo rations Bill. In doing so, be would first state the course he intended to pursue. He had not to go over the ground which he was obliged to do in 18.36, as the house of lords had con curred in adopting the principal of municipal corporations. They had admitted the principle, but the lords had made many most important amendments to the bill. When he said that the principle of the bill had been adopted by the other house, there his satisfaction stopped—(hear)--for he could not think the bill in its present shape could be satisfactory to Ireland. ( Hear.) The house of lords had expunged no less than 26 classes, and added 92 new clauses to the measure, and that great alteration was'made in a debate which did not occupy more than six hours. He should propose that that. house require a conference with the lords, to ask for the rea sons which induced their lordships to make such important alterations in the bill, and also to request that these altera tions might be further considered and discussed. The noble lord then said it became his duty to call the attention of the house to the alterations made by the other house. The first was the alteration in the 4th clause, which affected the right of freemen voting in the election of members of parliament. .He considered the alteration made in this clause of a very suspicious character. It was conferring a right on individu als to vote who were not entitled to the elective franchise. Sir 11. PEEL:, No, no. Lord Jou ia itussaaa : 'rhe right honourable baronet says, No, that was not the intention or meaning; he (LortrJohn Rossell,)therefore, trusted the right honourablelaronet would not object to the insertion of certain words, to make the clause plain:—(Hear.) - It appeared to him,in the numerous amend ments which had been made by thelords, that there existed a studied design to keep corporate rights and privileges in the hands of their present possessors.—( Hear.) Now, theobject of introducing a corporate reform was to take these trusts out of the hands of those who had proved themselves unworthy of their trust.—(pear, bear.) 'lle had equally strong objections to the amendments -made for the regulation of charity trus tees. By the 88th clause, there was a very singular power re served to trustees for lighting and paving the town. Amend ments had also been made for the regulation of trust property, 1 hick never could be effective. In the year 1836, the house of lordS, in an address to the crown, expressed their willing ness to correct abuses in corporations in Ireland; and the remedy that house proposed was to abolish them altogether In the 180th clause, an amendment had been made, which. cut at the very principle of the bill. It conferred on town clerks, bailiffs, chamberlains, and other corporate officers, the right of retaining their respective offices, the same as if this act had not been passed. It was, in his opinion, cotnfirming, the right of officers in now existing boroughs, whose corpora tions were to be abolished by the tll], the right of demanding their emoluments. He thought this altogether altered the principle of the bill. He thought the house of lords wished ' to preserve the powers of the old corporations, and limit the powers of the new--(Hear, hear.) That, he thought, was hharrow-minded view which their lordships had taken of übject.—(Hear.) He wished to give to Ireland-corpo rations in such a liberal sense that the inhabitants would take au interest in the local management of their affairs. He wished, above all, things not to create political bodies, or give political power to any tarty. There are many other altera tions which had been made in the bill, but to which he (lid not think it would be necessary to raise any strong objection. The amendment which limited the granting of corporations to the twelve largest towns, and leaving it optional on other towns to accept a charter of incorporation, was in his opinion, objectionable; but not so much so as to call for any particular remark, as it might before conveniently discussed hereafter. Most important alterations had been made iv the elective franchise. Ten pounds rent. had been inserted as a qualification instead of £5. The lords had also made it ne cessary that the party claiming a vote should have occupied the premises for twelve months, instead of six months, as was agreed to by the house of commons after a long debate. These were important alterations, and would require the most seri ous consideration. He should propose to disagree to all the provisions which conferred privileges and powers not en joyed under the English Corporation Act.—(Hear, hear.) He should propose, therefore, when they Caine to those clauses, that the Commons disagree with them. With re spect to the giving of corporations to a certain number of towns, and leaving it optional to others, he should not pro pose to disagree with. (Hear.) He thought also words might be introduced into various clauses which would render the machinery of the bill less cumbersome. With respect to the municipal boundaries and the division of wards, he should also propose a clause. The clause relating to chari ties he should move that it be restored to the bill in the same state as when the measure left the House of Commons. With respect to the franchise, he considered that he had high authorities for saying that it ought to be lower in Ire land than in England. The noble lord then said, that he must detain the house at some length on the subject of the value of property in Ireland. He considered the test of rating a bad criterion for ascertaining the value of property. If he did not insist upon retaining the original qualification of the House of Commons, yet he did not think it would be wise to adopt that of the House of Lords. (Hear.) Wishing to find some better-test of franchise, he should propose that a person rated at £8 per year should be declared entitled to the exercise of the elective franchise. If persons were rated at £B, it was only fair to suppose that they were of the annual value of £lO and upwards. He could not see the justice of making the franchise higher in Ireland than en England and Scotland. (Hear.) He made this proposition to increase the franchise, under the hope that the question of municipal reform in Ireland, which had been debated so long and fre quently.in parliament for atiumber of years, might be brought to a satisfactory and amicable arrangement. (Hear.) He trusted of succeeding in convincing the House of Lords that the amendments they had made required further considera tion. (Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said, the noble lord, too, had indulged in needless, unjustifiable, and, he thought, very unwise sarcasms (cheers) upon the authors of these amendments. ( Hear.) The noble Lord began his speech by a sarcasm upon their lordships for having changed their opinions respecting Irish corporations. When he recollected the discussions which had taken place upon the question of the Irish church, and reflected upon the. course, the wise course he would say, which the noble lord had taken, in receding from the opi nions he had maintained upon that question—the noble lord was, he conceived, the last quarter from which he ought to have expected to hear sarcasms directed against those who, far the sake of peace, were ready to sacrifice their feelings. (Cheers.) The right hon. baronet proceeded to defend the amendments of the Lords, who, he contended, so far from having devised crafty measures for sinister purposes, had followed the analogies of already approved enactments — enactments sonic of them the offspring of the noble lord hiinself, whose avowed jealousy, however, now prevented his 'recognising even his own bantlings. The question that the house'do consider the Lords' amend ments was then put and agreed to. An amendment was proposed by Mr. BALL, and agreed to without a division, to the effect that persons seeking to be placed upon the roll as freemen, should establish their claim before a person appointed by the lord lieutenant for that purpose. Lord JOHN Russeee proposed an amendment for em , Powerine , the Lord Lieutenant to make alterations in the limits orboroughs. Sir R. PEEL objected, as the clauses were framed on the recommendation of the government commissioners. Atter sbme discussion the house divided—For the amendment, 111; Against it, 103; Majority, 8. On the 13th clause Lord J. RUSSELL proposed an amendment for estimating the franchise by the rated value, with the addition of one- fourth, as explained in his speech. • Sir IL PEEL opposed the amendment, and a discussion of some length ensued. The house divided, when the numbers were—For the Lords' amendment, 154; Against it, 169; Majority against the amendment, 15. The words proposed to be substituted by Lord J. RUSSELL were then ordered to be inserted in the la. On the question that the words " or other local cases" be omitted, The house divided, when there appeared—For rejecting the words inserted by the Lords, 162 ;—Against their rejection 144; Majority, 18. On the question that the house do agree to the amendment of the lords, whereby that proviso was struck out which directed that all tax-collectors should open accounts with the Bank of Ireland, in order to admit of electors paying their taxes there at any time within the prescribed period which might prove convenient. The house divided—Ayes, 157; Noes, 137 ; Majority in favour of rejecting the Lords' amendment, '2O. The Lord's amendments; up to clause 49, were agreed to with some verbal alterations. Several amendments to the clause referring to compensa tion of officers, town clerks, &c., were agreed to. • • On the motion of Lord J. ItussEt.r., the further considera tion of the Lord's amendments was postponed until the fol lowing day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past one. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY 'NISH TITHES BILL. After the presentation of a few petitions, Lord 'Aim, BOURNE moved that the Tithe (Ireland) Bill should be com mitted. His lordship's speech was short and unimportant. He was answered by Lord BitouGuAm, who objected to the measure, in a very long and elaborate speech. It seemed," said his lordship, "as if they had been obliged to throw the appropriation principle overboard to lighten the bill, in order to effect its passage through the house. It was like some animal; when pressed by the hunters in the chase, emascu lated itself—(laughter)—for the purpose of effecting its escape, and threw in the face of its pursuers that in which its whole vigour consisted, for the purpose of stopping them; and thus being allowed to escape. So the pursuers opposite —(laughter)—in this Niece of the bill—when they would be satisfied with nothing short of the emasculation df the bill— when nothing could satisfy them except that the appropria tion principle should be ruinously and ruthlessly cut out, compelled the noble Viscount to have recourse to that opera tion—(great laughter)—he meant on his measures—(conti nued laughter)—and it was now reduced to so woeful a plight, and presented to his contemplation so wretched a figure, that he would infinitely rather that the measure had expired altogether; for he would rather that it should have died by their lordship's natural hands than by the less natu ral hands of its parents. Their lordships had been perfectly consistent throughout the whole business; but the consist ency of those Who had deprived the measure of its whole vi gour was that which he had scarcely expected." Lord FITZGErtik LD, in a well-digested and perspicuous speech, explained the real character of the kill; he did not oppose it generally, but recommended its adoption with the exclusion of the clauses relating to the opening of composi ions already made under the faith of an act of parliament; n lieu of which clauses he afterwards moved the insertion o "the clauses which had been on two fonner occasions pro posed in place of the clauses to which he had referred as having before been expunged by their lordships." . After further speeches froin•Lords WICKLOW, 1 M A N SPIEL!), the Bishop of DERRY, Lord LANSDOWNE, and Lord MEL uotiNE, the house went into committed, when Lord FITZ GERALD moved and carried the omission of clauses 13 to 25 inclusive. The majority was very considerable, being 77 to :38. Lord FITZGERALD then moved the substitution of a clause "allowing the period of six weeks for the appeal." On, the suggestion of Lord MELBOURNE. the period fur allowing the appeal was extended to the Ist of October. The clause was then inserted. Lord FITZGERALD next moved the insertion of a second clause, empowering parties complaining of tithe cotnmuta tion to apply to the Lord Lieutenant in Council for the ap pointment of one or two persons to revise it. The clause slightly amended at the suggestion of the Marquis of DOWN SHIRE, was agreed to. The remaining clauses of the bill, with the preamble and title, have been agreed to, the H ouse resumed, and the report Was ordered to be received to-morrow, it being understood that the amendments should be discussed on the third reading. • Several bills on the table were advanced a stay, and their lordships adjourned at half-past eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY On the order of the day being read for the Committee on he Pensions . . . Sir R. PEEL brought under the notice of the house the meritorious conduct of the commissioners of police, to which ample testimony was rendered from Lord John Russell, and every part of the house. Mr Humu then moved'that the bill be taken into con sideration that day three months. After some expression of surprise from Mr. Rice, and a long speech from Mr. Harvey, the House went into Com mittee on the bill. On the first clause granting £135,000 for the annual pay ment of pensions. Mr. HuME asked whether the pensions granted during the reign of the Queen would be binding on the present Sovereign only. Mr. RICE said, that the civil list of her Majesty had been wholly apart and distinct from the list of pensions. That was the recommendation of the Civil List Committee, and that was the principle on which the late committee had proceeded. In respect of pensions granted by her Majesty, he could tell the Hon. Member, that in case of a certain melancholy event, to which he would not more particularly allude, they would again come under consideration, But those pensions to which the present bill referred had no connexion with the life of her Majesty in any possible respect The several clauses of the hill were agreed to, the house resumed, and the report was 'ordered to be brought up on Monday. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL. On the motion of Lord JOHN ilussEm. for resuming the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Irish Muni cipal Bill, Mr. BAL r. "objected to that part of the amendments by which charitable trusts were to continue to be Vested in the present corporations during their lives, or until parliament should otherwise determine," and moved that the Committee disagree from that amendment. 'Phis led to a long discussion. This dispute was at length settled by Lord MORPETH pro posing to alter the clauses thus :—" No persons, except mem bers of the united Church, be appointed by the Lord Chancellor trustees for trusts connected with the united Church." This amendment, after some conversation was agreed to. The other clauses up to 161 inclusive were agreed to; after which " Several new clauses were proposed by Lord Monmiii, for the purpose of giving power to certain towns, not in cluded in the Act, to apply the provisions of the Act of the 9th of George IV." This led to a smart discussion, but the clauses were im mediately agreed to, after a division and a majority of 19. After some further discussion, a committee was appointed to draw up reasons for dissenting from the Lords' amendments, which were ordered to be stated in a conference with the Lords. On the order of the day for going into committee of Ways and Means, Sir F. Tr:Esc!' moved for a Select Committee to inquire into those cases in which the Irish government has offered rewards for the apprehension or conviction of offenders against the laws, and in which such rewards or any portion of them have not been paid after such apprehension or conviction, and into these causes why they have been withheld. Lord MORPETFI defended the system, and the motion was withdrawn. The Affirmation Bill, which extends the exemption from 'taking an oath to all those who had ever been at any period of their. lives Quakers or Moravians, was after some dis cussion and opposition, passed through a committee. The Oaths Validity Bill went through 'a stage. The Irish Spirit Licences Bill was opposed by Mr. SHAW, and supported by Mr. O'CoNNELL. It was committed by a majority of 5, but nothing was done in committee, which is to sit again on Monday. Mr, RICE obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal the Four-and-a-half per Cent Duties. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past 2 o'clock. COMMERC [AL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING The public funds have exhibited generally a gloomy and declining appearance all the week. The state of the Corn Market is now the great index to which speculators and ca pitalists. look. There are certainly indications of a tempo rary deficiency of old corn in England and the northern parts of Europe until the growing crops are got in and fit for use, and the unsettled state of the weather gives an increased stimulus to the disposition to buy and import foreign corn, of which a considerable quantity, probably nearly 700,000 quar ters are now in bond. Con Sols closed to-day 93i money, and 934 % for account. Bank Stock, 2006 7%. Exche quer Bills have been a little in deMand, and have improved to 75 77 pin., which is an advance of 3s to 4s during the week. The f oreigu Market has been equally dull. The news from Portugal is considered very unfavourable; the Five per Cent. Stock declined l per cent, it is now 31 ; and the Three per Cents. 221 23. Spanish Active has partaken of the decline, and is '21% N. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 541 4. Brazilian 804 The Share Market requires no particular observation. Se veral of the Railway Companies have their annual meetings this month; and it is reported that many changes in the di rection are in contemplation. The subjoined quotations will show that there has been no great variation in any descrip tion : . , BRITISH FUNDS. \ 3 per Cent. Consols, 93i 3-, Long Anns. 1:4 7.16 Ditto for the AccoUnt, 931 India Stock, 261 i • 3 per Cent,. Reduced, 941 Bank Stock, 31:per Cent. Reduced, 101 q Exchar. bills, 76 77 75 77 prm New 3ji per Cent. 101% 101 India Bonds, 77 76 75 prem. SH Alt 1 , :,5. Real del Mont (unregistd);ll London and Southampton, 45 Birminu. & Gloucester, 91 10 Ditto ditto New, 35 Great Western, 79 78 . : York & North Midland, 11 London & Brighton, 9% 1 l Asphalte (Briti s h), 21 i i Lon. & Birrn. x Shares, 28- ;Colonial Bank, 26 Lon. & Greenwich, 16i .N !Prey. Bnk. of Ireland, 42 1 % 2 ROME, JULY 17.—We have had for some days past 30 de grees of heat in the streets in the shade (100 degrees Farenheit). SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD MEETING.-TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes, of 10 sovs each. One mile and quarter. 12 subs. Duke of Richmond's br h Mus, 5 yrs Sir G. lieathcote's Larnaca, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's f by Priam, 3 yrs 3 Lord Bentinck's ch c Mulberry Wine, 3 yrs 4 Lord Albemarle's b c Gil Bias, 4 yrs 6t04 on Larnaca, and 10 to 3 against Mus, Won by two length 9. Match for 500 sovs, Sst 7lbs each, one mile. Lord Chesterfield's b f Industry, (Scott,) beat Lurd Exeter's Romania, in a canter.-7 to 2 on Industry. " The Lavant Stakes, of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds _ . Half a mile. 20 subs., Mr Wreford's Sister to Wintonian, Set 3lbs..J. Day, jun. 1 Mr Sadler's Deception, Sister to Delightful, Bst 31bs .... 2 Duke of Richmond's Vale of Belvoir, Bst 71bs The following were not placed :—Lord Exeter's c by Re veller, out of Advance, Bst 71bs; Lord Chesterfield's c by Priam, out of Weeper, Set 71bs; Lord Lichfield's Sister to Hector, Bst 31bs; Lord Suflield's Alms, Bst 31bs ; Ms. Roe's fby The Colonel, out of ro, Bst 3lbs ; and the Duke of Richmond's f Reel, Bst 3113 s Betting-2 to 1 agst Weeper (tk,) 2 to 1 agst Sister to Wintonian, 4 to 1 agst the Duke of Richmond's two, 7 to 1 against Deception.—After a great number of false starts, Deception took the lead, followed by Vale of Belvoir, Reel, and Sister to Wintonian, the others lying well up; after the first quarter of a mile, the above four were left to themselves, Deception maintaining her lend to the stand, where Sister to Wintonian challenged her, and, after a fine race with her and Vale of Belvoir, won rather cleverly by half a length, Vale of Belvoir being a head behind Deception. The winner has been christened " Wapiti." The Drawing Room Stakes, of 25 sovs each, with a bonus of 10 cove each, for three year olds. 18 subscribers to the stakes, and 19 to the bonus. Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus, Bst 71bs Sir G. Heathcote's Tawney• Owl, Bst 7lbs Duke of Richmond's Hooghley, Bst 7lbs Captain Berkeley's Bullion, Bst 71bs 3tol on Grey Momus. Won by four lengths. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs each, h ft; for four year old colts, Bstllbs ; and fillies, Bst 2lbs.—About three miles and three quarters. 9 subs. Lord G. Bentinck's Chapeau d'Espagne J. Day 1 Lord Exeter's Adrian~ Mr. Osbaldeston's Mic Mac Even on Adrian, 2 to 1 agst Chapeau, and 4 to 1 against Mic Mac. Chapeau set off in front at a slow pace, Mic Mac lying next her for nearly a mile and a half, when he took up the running, and continued it to the completion of the cir cuit of the clump ; Adrian then took the lead, Chapeau waiting in the rear to the distance; here she passed Mic Mac, was alongside Adrian at the Grand Stand, and at the chair had beaten him cleverly by a length. The Innkeepers' Plate of £5O, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; three years, 7st 41b; four years, Bst ; five years, Bst 71b; six years and aged, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for £lOO, &c. Heats, T.Y.C. Captain Pettat's Caliph, 6 yrs ConeHy 0 1 l Captain Gardnor's br cby Gaberlunzie, 3 yrs .... 1 -2 4 Duke of Richmond's Skilleygolee, 4 yrs 0 0 2 Lord G. Bentinck's Foozool, 5 yrs Mr Biddulph's gr in by Greyskin,ss yrs 0 0 Mr Fowler's br in Mersey, 5 yrs Mr Johnson's b f Champignon, 4 yrs 0 0 d Capt. Williamson's bro. to Capt. Arthur, -3 yrs Lord Albemarle's Gil Blas, 4 yrs 0 d First heat won by a head, and the other two cleverly. WEDNESDAY. • A SWEEPSTAKES, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for two-year-old colts, Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst. 41b. (31bs. and 51b.) T.Y.C. Six subscribers. Mr. Wreford's Wapiti, Bst. 41b. and 21b. over. J. Day, jun. 1 Lord Tavistock's c. by Augustus, out of Mysie, Bst. 5 21 b 2 Duke of Richmond's ch. c. Tamburini, Bst. 21b. Seven to Two on Wapiti. Won by a neck. The . Goonwoon STAKES, of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. and only 5, &c.; the second to receive 50 sovs.—Cup course.-118 subscribers, of whom 78 declared. Mr. Theobald's Loutherbourg, 4 yrs. 7st. 11b. (Wakefield) 1 Lord Suffield's St. Luke, 5 qrs. Bst. 71bs. 2 Mr. Fowler's Heron, 5 yrs. Bst. slbs . The following were not placed: Pickwick, 'foothill, Cha peau D'Espagne, Marquis, Mahometan, Magnolia, Hahne man, and colt by Tranby.-5 to 2 against Mahometan, 6 to 1 Valentissimo, 7 to 1 St. Luke, 8 to 1 Heron, 8 to 1 Chapeau, and 10 to 1 Loutherbourg.—Chapeau was lamed by a kick from St. Luke just before starting, and did not run. The Tranby colt went off with the lead at a good pace, Heron lying second, and Mahometan third, the others following in their wake: they 'kept these places to the top of the hill, where the running was taken up by Heron, Mahometan fol lowing him for a few strides, when St. Luke took the second place; Loutherbourg at the same time taking up a position in front. They ran in this order to the rails, where Heron dropped - behind, and St. Luke became " first in the throng;" Loutherbourg, however, was not disposed to let him keep there long, fur, Las they approached the distance, he went to his side. and a flue struggle for victory commenced; it was nearly head and head to the stand, where it was apparent that St. Luke had shot his bolt. About twenty yards from the chair, Loutherbourg made him safe, and in the end won cleverly by a length. Heron was third, Mahometan fourth, and Valentissimo fifth ; but none of them near the first two. The MIiII3ILES PLATE, of £5O, with £5O added by the ladies, and £lO for the second heat. Once round. Mr. Houldsworth's Sceptre, 3 yrs (C ha pple) 1 1 Mr. King'A Ruby, 4 yrs 0 2 Lord G. Bentinck's brother. to Muley Moloch, 3 yrs 0 3 Duke of Richmond's Bracelet, 3 yrs. 0 d Mr. Theobald's Sir Frederick, 4 yrs Mr. Shelley's Bay Hampton, 3 yrs. Captain Gardner's Reuben, 5 qrs Mr. Biddulph's gr. m. by 5 yrs 0 d First heat won by a neck, and the second by a length. THURSDAY. The RACING STAKES, of 50 sous. each, for three-years olds, One mile. Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus, Bst. 131b5..... (J. Day) Lord Exeter's Romania, Bst. 41bs _ . Duke of Beaufort's Inuendo, Bst. 'Ms. Lord Chesterield's Industry, Bst. nibs. 3tol on Grey Momus. Won by two lengths. The Alot.Escomo STAKES, (f 50 sons. each, h. ft. for two. _._ __ _.. vears-Old.—T.Y.o Mr. Wreford's Wapiti, Bst. 91b. (J. Day, jun.) 1 Mr. Sadler's Deception. Bst. 21b. Duke of Richmond's Vale of Beivoir, Bst. 51b Duke of Richmond's The Currier, Bst. Sib 4. Lord Chesterfield's c. by Priam, out of Weeper, Bst. 51b 5 Captain Berkeley's b. f. Falsetto, Bst. 21b. Even on Wapiti; 3 to I . a(Tainst Vale of Belvoir; and 4 to 1 against Deception. Won by a neck. The GOLD Cue, value 300 sacs. by subscription of 20 sovs. each, with 100 added —Cup course —Second to receive £lOO. 111 r, Ferguson's Harkaway, 4 yrs. Bst. Blbs...(Wakefield) 1 Lord Exeter's Adrian, 4 yrs. Bst. 11b. Mr. \Vorrall's Dormouse, 3 yrs. 6st. .10lbs The following notylaced:—The Duke of Richmond's Mus, 5 yrs. 9A 91bs.; the Duke of Beaufort's Cetus, aged, 7st. 51b ; Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville, 3 qrs. Bst. 131bs; Mr. Re bertsgm's Berwickshire, 5 yr..-7st..loibs; and Colonel Wynd ham's Prestonjee Bonanjee, 3 qrs. 6st. 101bs. Betting even, and 6to 5 against Ilarkawav (t),5 to 1 against D‘E: - ville (t), 5 to 1 against Berwickshire (t), 6 to 1 against Dor mouse, 10 to 1 against Adrian. Won by two lengths. The QUEEN'S PLATE, of 100 guineas. 'Three miles and five furlongs. Lord Suffield's St. Luke, 5 yrs. Mr. Osbaldeston's Mic Mac, 4 yrs 2 Lord G. Bentinck's Mulberry Wine, 3 yrs Captain Berkeley's Bullion, 8 yrs 4 Duke of Richmond's Beggarman, 3 qrs Betting—Even on St. Luke; 4 to I against Mie Mac; 6 to 1 against Mulberry Wine; and won by 20 lengths. FRIDAY. - - - SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sovs. each, h ft, for two-year old colts ; Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41h. .T.Y.C. Two subscribers Tine Duke of Richmond's Bulwatk walked over. A FREE CUP, the gift of Lord Suffield, (handicap,) for three yrs old and upwards. Craven course. _ _ Capt. Gardnor's Toothilf, 5 yrs, 9st 11 Capt. Gardnor's Reuben, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 15 started, but only 2 placed. Won by two lengths THE COWDROY STAKES of 25 sovs each, for two-vrs old, 7st; and three yrs, 9st `2lb; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs if demanded. T.Y.C. 3 subscribers. Capt. •Gardnor's cby Gaberlunzie, 3 yrs (Pavis) 1 Duke of Richmond's c Felo-de-se, 2 yrs Lord Suffield's Alms, 2 yrs Betting-5 to 4on Gaberlunzie. \Von by ... 3 lengths HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs each, a ft, with 150 added by the Marquis of Exeter. Queen's Plate Course Eight subscribers. Mr. Robertson's Olympic, aged, Bst 61b..(Macrlonald) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Mulberry Wine, 3 yrs, bst 101 b Mr. F. Craven's br f 1-wish-you-may-get-it, 6st 71b Mr. Garrard's b c Rienzi, 4 yrs, Est 101 b Dtike of Richmond's Bracelet, 3 yrs, sst 71b fitfThe following also started :—Duke of Richmond's Mus, 5 yrs, 9st 81b ; Lord Suffield's St. Luke, 5 yrs, lOst 71b. Betting—Even on St. Luke. Won in a canter. MATCH for 50 sovs, It ft. Half a mile. Mr. Gardnor's Toothill, 5 yr, list, received forfeit from Mr. Dolphin's Skater, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b. NEWPORT (SALOP) HURDLE RACE. R. M. LEEKS, Esq., Steward. TUESDAY, JULY 31.—A Hurdle Race, of 5 sovs each, with £5O added by the town of Newport, for horses of all deno minations; to carry weight for inches. Heats, two miles, with four leaps in each heat five feet high; the second horse to save his stake; gentlemen riders. Mr Heane names b m Pandora, 6 yrs, 12st 71b..Owner 1 1 Mr Forrest's b g Conservative, 6 yrs, I lst 1011h..Wood 2 2 Mr Thompson's b g Woodman, aged, 13st.. H. Wadlow 3 . 3 Sir T. F. F. Boughey's ch h %au O'Connell, 6 yrs, I2st Mr Lowe's br Is Beggar Boy, 6 yrs, lOst 1041b..Liddle 0 0 Mr Stanley's br g Fotton George, aged, 13st 71h John Wadlow 4 0 Mr Smallwood's ch in Miss Long, aged, 12st 3,41 h.... d .2 to• 1 on Woodman against the field. A capital race; Conservative made running in both heats, and was beat with ' difficulty the splendid manner in which be jumped these clipping hurdles was the admiration of all present. Pandora is thoroughbred. Poor Barnes, the clown of Covent-garden and the contem porary on the boards of Bologna, Ellar, and Grimaldi, is said to be in great distress. Paralysed by premature age and incurable decrepitude, the " brief candle" of his life is now flickering in its socket, and appeals to the hands of hu manity for some nourishment to feed the last faint vestiges of a lambent flame that nature, in her settled course, must soon extinguish. PATRICK'S DEvoTlor4.—On Sunday morning last, imme diately preceding the Communion service, three liishmen entered Trinity Church, Preston, one of whom walked down the aisle to the front of the Communion Table, where having made the sign of the cross in the true popish style, he knelt in great earnestness, but the potations of 'spirits' he had taken were more powerful than his desire to worship in `spirit and in truth' and in a few minutes he rolled on the floor. He was, of course, immediately carried out to the momentary interruption bf the service and amidst looks of pity from the congregation. --Blackburn Standard. THE REv. DR. WOLFF AT THE VICE-REGAL LODGE.—The Rev. Dr. Wolff had the honor of dining yesterday with hiS Excellency the Lord Lieutenant at the Vice-Regal Lodge. In the evening the Rev. Doctor lectured for three hours on his missiouary operations in the four quarters of the world in connection with the evidences of christianity, before his ex cellency, the Household and Staff. Upwards of fifty persons were present, and amongst the number, his Grace the Arch bishop of Dublin.—Dublin Record. The following has just come to band :—" Hiram Mudger, who has been recently convicted of horse stealing at Ver mont, U.S., is said to be so expert a practitioner in animal abduction, as to have performed the rare feat of seducing away a horse on which its master was riding without his (the rider, not the horse) having any notion of the matter. 'the report adds, that he walked fifty-four miles at a sharp trot, and only then discovered his horseless condition on walking into a pond, to give, as he thought, his horse a drink, and finding himself up to his ears in the cool element." The radical town councils select their aldermen on exac the same principl. as that on which Lord Melbourne chooses his faggot peers. The qualification for the gown isjust such a flaw in the candidate's political or' private fame as shall have caused his defeat in a municipal election contest ; whilst the sole test for a liberal lord is his rejection as an "unfit" and "improper" person to be the representative of a town or county. ORDINATION AT RIPON. On Sunday, July 29, the Lord Bishop of Ripon held an ordination at the Cathedral in that city, which was attended by a large congregation. Service commenced at 10. The Rev. J. Jameson read the prayers, and the Rev. R. Poole, M.A., Vicar, read the lessons. After which the Rev. Mr. Dodgson, Chaplain to the Bishop, ascended the pulpit, and delivered a very excellent and appropriate discourse front 1 Corinthians, chap. 12, verse 1, and particularly impressed upon the several candidates for Hold• Orders, the serious charge they were undertaking in dispensing the Word of God to fallen man. At the conclusion of the sermon the Bishop, accompanied by the clergy present, proceeded to the altar, and the ordination service was performed with the greatest solemnity. The following gentlemen were received into Holy Orders:— DEACONS. Joseph Abbot, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Joseph Loxdale Frost, B.A. Magdalene College, @Ambridge. John Henry Gorch, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. John Haigh, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxford. Watson King, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. James Marryat, 8.A., New lnn Hall, Oxford. David Roberts, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Henry Bullivant, 8.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Wm. Hermonn Schwabe, 8.A., Coins' College, Cambridge. Alex. Jas. W. Morrison, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambi idge. John Peel, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Wm. Bates, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge. Charles Bushe Battley, 8.A.,. Trinity College, Dublin. William Simpson, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge. John Barthol o m ew Phillip s , 8.A., All Soul's College, Ox ford, by Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Chester. Philip Win. Tallents, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford, by Letters Dimiss or y f rom th e Bi s h op o f Lichfield. Charles Wheatley, 8.A., St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, by. Let— ters Dimissory from the Bishop of Lichfield. PRIESTS. _ _ _ James Boustead, M.A., Queen's College, Oxford. George Saunders Elwin, 8.A., Catharine Hal!, Cambridge. Alfred Getty, 8.A., Exeter Hall, Oxford. John Henry Greenwood, Literate. Samuel Baxter Smyth, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge. Isaac Close, St. Bees, Cumberland. Frederick Tolber, St. Bees, Cumberland. Edward Roberts, M.A., Jesus College, Oxford. Edmund Clement Sneyd Kinnersley, 111. A. Trin. Col.Oxon. At the evening service, the Very Rev. the Dean of Ripon preached a most impressive sermon, suitable to the occasion, from text, Ist chapter of the Acts, Bth verse, " But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you," and was listened to by an attentive and numerous congregation, who appeared truly affected with the awfulness of the charge. LANCASTER, SATURDAY. . . OPENING THE COMMISSION OF Assize. The Assizes for the northern part of this county com menced to-day, when the High Sheriff and Judges entered the town, accompanied by the usual procession of javelin men, &c. The Mayor and Council went in the afternoon as usual to the Judges' lodgings to compliment their lordships' on the lightness of their labours, which reflects the highest " honour on this part of the county, being unusually light, and . the offences of the most trivial description, being such as are usually presented at a Petty Session. The Cause List up to . the present time is a very short one, and does not premise • much occupation for the gentlemen of the long rube, nor do we hear of aOly cause of the least public interest being set down for trial. It is supposed the business of the Assizes will he concluded on Tuesday. This is the first time Mr. Baron Williams has come this circuit. since his elevation to the bench. Their lordships proceeded to open the Commis sion immediately on their arrival. To morrow morning the Judges will attend the parish church irtstate, on which oeca- • sion a sermon will be preached by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Rector, of Liverpool, the Sheriff's Chaplain. hollowing is a calendar of the Crown cases for trial:— William Gregg, aged 26, and John Sheridan, 32, charged with having uttered at Lancaster, two counterfeit shillings, and also with having in their possession twenty counterfeit shillings. Thomas Riley, 33, charged with killing and slaying Henry Scholetield, at dswaldtwisle. Thomas Swarbrick, 22, charged with having obtained at Lancaster, by fraudulent pretences, a pair of boots, the pro perty of Richard Wearing. • Robert Howson, 18, and William Nimmo, 14, charged . with stealing, at Catteral, a pair of shoes. &e. &C. Margaret Postlethwaite and Margaret Pearson, charged with stealing, at Dalton, a quantity of bacon, peals, &c., the property of William Wilson; and William Shaw and Mary Shaw, charged with receiving the above, knowing them to be stolen. James Tattersall, the younger, 26, charged with • James Tattersall, the elder, at Newchurch, iu Roseendale. • • WARRINGTON. THE BEER ACT.—The petition from the town of Warring ton and its vicinity was signed by nearly two thousand per- sons. It prayed that the legislature would not alter the pre sent act without taking the case of the common brewers, who had vested their capital upon the faith of its provisions, into consideration ; and that some compensation may also be provided for the beer-sellers. Lord Melbourne has already presented the petition to the House of Lords, and the Chau aellor of the Exchequer has promised to present and support that to the Commons. HAY HA 11VEST.—The hay harvest in this county is fast drawing to a close, although, in the neighbourhood of Wigan, much yet remains to be cut. The crop is plentiful, and, excepting those districts in which it has been damaged. by the late floods, may be said to be in excellent condition. In some places the wheat is on the turn. DEFICIENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—At Newton petty sessions,• on Thursday, several parties were fined for having short weights and imperfect sales. The penalties varied from five to twenty shillings. BOWLING MATCH.—On the last day of Knutsford races, there was a match played at the bowling-green, Kilton, Hoo Green, for a handsome and richly chased silver cup, which was won by Mr. 'romlinson; Mr. Richardson bowled up wills him. Most of the players were from the neighbourhood of Manchester. STRIPPING CLOTHES LINES.—On Wednesday, al War rington petty - sessions, Edward Leigh, a youth, who is sus pected of being an adept at the profession, was committed for trial on the charge of stealing a silk handkerchief from the garden of Mr. Pierpoint, of Warrington. The prisoner had pledged the handkerchief fur 2d., and sold the duplicate for 3d. more. • WINDOM' BREAKIND.—At the Warrington petty sessions, on Monday, a boy, named Samuel Rowbottons, was convict ed in the penalty of eleven shillings and costs, for breaking a number of windows in an uninhabited cottage, belonging to James Mauules, Esq. late M.P. for Guildford, situate near the Mersey Mills, Warrington. DESPERATE ASSAULT UPON THE CONSTABLES. John Burke was, on , Monday, ordered to find bail to appear at the sessions, to answer an indictment char g ing hint with assault ing, while in the execution of their duty, Mr. Mallett, the constable, and William Garnett, one of the assistant consta- , hies of Warrington. On Sunday morning, soon after nine o'clock, Garnett was called out to quell an Irish low in Doll- man's-lane, when he was attacked in the Most furious mP.u ner by the defendant, wlo; knocked him down, struck hint in the mouth, and cut hint on the thumb Severely. Mr. Mallett came immediately to the assistance of his deputy, and it was with great difficulty they jointly succeeded in capturing the prisoner. The first pair of handcuffs that were put upon him were broken short off at the joint. Garnett succeeded in dispatching at a blow with his staff, a dog which souse of the prisonm's companions set at him. [Garnett was swots) in as a constable sonic half hour after the prisoner had been coin • mitted to take his trial.l A SOUND SLEEPER.—John Allaghan was, at the Warring ton petty sessions, on Monday, committed for trial, on - the charge (if stealing of a pair of trousers, stockings, slows, hat, and handkerchief, the property of John Simpkin, a potter,re siding in Orford-lane, Warrington. The prosecutor had been at adrirth-day supper, at the Little Horse Shoe, Warrington, and left the house at twelve o'clock at night, " pretty consi derabl3" intoxicated: lie proceeded a few paces front the inn, and then mistaking the steps of a door for his own " four poster," laid himself down quietly to rest. That he slept soundly may be inferred from the fact, that in two hours fr om ' that time, he was awoke by the poliCe, who found hint ship-• ped of all his under garments. A series, of cirministantial evidence was produced, clearly proving the prisoner to be the party who had committed the robbery. SPINNERS' STRlKE.—hivejo rneyanen cotton spinners, in the employ of Messrs. Hadfield and Frost, of Latchford, were charged, at the Warrington petty sessions, on Wednesday, with leaving their empl o yers' service contrary to the rules of the factory. It turned out that the defendants had - gone on a drunken "spree" on Monday, and were afterwards afraid to return to their work. On promising to do so they were discharged, on paying the cost of their apprehension. STATE OF TRADE. TR ADE OF Laerts.—\Vo have no alteration of importance to note in the state of our woollen market. Both manufac turers and merchants are, generally, very busy, especiall•; those merchants connected with the provincial or domestic trade; but in the cloth-balk there has not been quite so much business done, the stipple of fresh goods having been scanty, owing to the unsettled state cf the v:eatifer, BRA TWO!: D MARK F.T.—The transactions at our market on Thursday, were much time saute in extent as those of the pre vious week,•and a further advance was obtained for lastings, moreens, and merinos, the latter of which were scarce, both in common and figured qualities, six quarters wide. The price of yarn was much the same as last week, and a fair amount of business was done. The wool market was firm, but the transactions were not extensive. )riAIAAX, SATURDAY--We have not been able to realize the expectations indulged in fur the 14st few weeks, either in. • the quantity of goods'sold, or prices realized. Things to-day' were, if any thing, retrograde, manufacturers anxious•to sell, and the merchants shy in their operations; still, if merchants could make their purchases at a shade under last quotations, it is thought that. some more business might have been done; but as this was not complied with, the market must be called a dull one, and with a downward tendency in prices. • HUDDERSFIELD, TuEsna v.—There was not by any.means the usual show of goods to-day, owing, perhaps to many of our manufacters being very busy in the hay harvest.: What.. pieces were shown were eagerly bought, up at a decided im provement in price. The merchants are very busy. Wool is in good demand at former quotations. WAkkEFIEI.D.—There is not the least variation in the value A of wools this we: k, nor yet much doing, espe,.,ially in long and short wool. HECK MON ow I KE.—The Blanket-hall continues to be re gularly attended by the merchants, who appear, nevertheless, to be buying but sparingly; yet the little that is doing gives a certain confidence to the trade, and keeps the manufac turers partly employed ; if the same demand for goods.holds out during the winter months, the weavers, Sze., will not have much cause of complaint. The masters, owing to tire high Price of wool compared with that of the manufactured article, are certainly not remunerated for their trouble, YORK WOOL MA RK ET, AUG CST 2.—Our supply of wool to-day has been fair, with rather a thin attendance of buyers. Tin , demand has chiefly been directed to' low wools, 'most of which have been taken; many good bred wools remain over unsold. Moor wools (salved) 6d. to 60 ;• super ditto, (clean) 7d. to 8. d. ; locks, (without cols.) id to 9d.; ditto, (with cots,) a to lid.; ewe. 121 d. to 131 d. ; half hug and ewe, 131 d. to 141 d.; hog, 16d. to 17d. per lb. DONCASTER WOOL M A RK ET, j ULY 28 —The attendance of buyers at our market this day was not so numerous as last week, but the supply of wool was tolerably good. There was scarcely any business thine until twelve or one o'clock , buyers not being disposed to give large prices. A reac tion afterwards took place, and about half the quantity of the wool at market was purchased at the prices of last week. The following were the quotations :—Hog, 19 s .(id. ; bog a nd ewe, 183 ; ewe, 165.; locks, 10s. per stone. SILK TR A DE.--Several silk manufacturers have this and last week sold a large quantity of goods. Fi ne sat i ns , such as six thousand and eight thlinsand reeds, are extremely brisk, but the work is so fine that it is only suitable for the very best of workmen. Fancy wink and figured sareenegs are improving every day. The coarser reeds - of plain sarcenets are nearly till woven sin power-loonis. which snakes !hero to be little of any thing to Oue do for women and children.' very large firui, in Manchester has commenced weaving fine satins and figured work by poWer, and it is said it a nswers very well. During the last six weeks; upWards of bun-. dred families of silk' weavers, in the ueig,hbourhood of Ma" - chester, have gone to weave on power-looms in the cotton factories. Persons with large families are going tiaihr to • • _ . . work in cotton mills.