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Varliamnitarp Vroreeting',. HOUSE OF LORD from ti In reply tc Genera . terfere, lORD re mmc the Gove partisans from The M arquis of LAN alluded to that the Government had no right to it SE OF C 3SELL ant he Governmen Health of Tow of Mr. Ti repeld. of session terminu August cussion Many of the ust them severely for at The CHANCELLOR of the Exc the differential duty forward, instead of t the Chair- an report pi Mr. BARK: He ad lifted tl sure would the um but thou confer on the West Indian interes,, -ght that it fell far short of their just claims. He accepted this pro position as an instalment of what was due to the colonies, and felt quite satisfied that justice would not be done until distillation should be allowed. R_eturns of the numb am Gan 'ear 1847 Duke ,of JCHMOND, who c house to the fact that a con troduced into the English floc DERRY -MONDAY s of LONDC t to recall h tions With bankers, an the subject' of the Bankruptcy I tioners stated the commercial sustained by the present la ,ained ,st wholly tansiist, uted so much to it ;tem of legislation, HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice of his intention to move duties as a protection to t In the third schedule of th er•••••ns• r.” mnlnccPa the ffrowt 'gea - with duties [asses not otherwise dig scale of duties n candy, brown, or x equal in quality to vely proposed in the louble-refined sugar, or sugar rendered by Ty cwt class of On t may 1311 HENLEY at some I not co I additional bur )il. He had ti with tt sure during t inquiry on the house 1 consideration of the hill be post After a desultory conversati, there appeared—For the amen ,—majority, er resumed the chair at five o'clock, at which g only 31 members present, the house was counted out HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsDA.Y. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from Gainsborough, praying the house to pass some measure (if possible) to prevent the frequent occurrence of death by poison. The petitioners were anxious that some restraint should be put on chemists and druggists in their vending of poisonous drugs. Lord G. BENTINC that the )vernn Id be n lry to can- cel the resolution whi legislation on the subj Laughter.) The noble ails respecting the pro . bable operation of the proposed alteration of the duty on sugar, concluded by saying that he felt certain the reso lution which the house had and that legislat sul - Diect must gain commence The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was obliged to the noble lord for calling his attention to the subject, but he would refer more fully to the case when the rum duties again came under consideration of the house. He might however now say, that substantially the new act would include the provisions of the old. A desultory conversation, in which Mr. BERNAL, Mr. CARDWELL, and other member place, after which the subject dr took part, then too Aped. On the order of the day be ittee on the Roman Catholi Alia/ attempt to induce the mewl T going into com- telief Bill er who had charge of the bill to withdraw it, Mr. LAW moved as an amendment, that the bill be read that day three months. bat anim.tPd house d after a som as a majority of .ndment. The bill is consequently lost for the rder of the da) report on the Parliarnentary'Elecfors Bill On the x mon ort discus n, the hot appeared• For the ar. The report jority, 4 was then brought up Attersnme opposition, the Sale of P a second time HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord STANLEY asked the Marquis of I ly information which he might be able to I‘HURSDA e Government meant to • true that t I by the Lori say th could not at present say -ould only be a resumption of their pply to Parliament for 1;esi:1(4 1Y "'ruler O'Brien, to the salutation WHICH into tuere Heel! iiiiurebbuu maintenance of the Royal authority ato that aspiring traitor as King of Munster, and to his mock . in ire- modesty in refusing the appellation by saying, " Not yet, not yet." He also adverted to the language used by Mr. its of LANSDOWNE replied, that it was p , .., - Meagher on his arrest at Waterford, and on his return some oeen time afterwards from Slievenamon, where he was met by Ato some 10,000 or 15,000 people, who avowed that, as all pro ,. 1?y the y iuld be r they had made e:ifectual exhortations to t maintain peace and to prevent the contagion o and discontent from reaching them. On tt D no gooc I by the government from Lords BROUGHAM NLEY, the Earl of GLENGALL withdrew his mo R. PEEL g that he thought the government ought to call on Drds-lieutenant of counties in Ireland at once to • to their several districts. Their lordships then dominions in that country FRI DAY ,e Sp eat hat me ( to a unani- zainst it , ty of det er than 23 ad concluded th to es peet of the Go- morning, wi ;e fresh re utions in aciordan tention's Of Parliament and legislature discussion the hot went into committee. turned upon the-qt. stion of the impor- of foreign sugars into the West India colonies, terminated by Mr. GOULBURN moving that •ds "sugar the growth or produce of British ' be inserted the words " in America, or other :ssions, majority of 45, the numbers 73 to• 28. The question of the duties on refined sugdr was then t • but, after the occupation of considerable ime, it was at length determined, so many were the Iterations necessary to be made in the schedules, to go - -ah the bill pro forma, and to have the bill, as Iroceeded with printed before its recommittal eedine accomplished. t 1 se resumed CaMorn: and New to inquire into the itiw Alicial orc ed with the striking of the juries in the late Brien, anal at 155 to 2 Mr. 1 the troops have left tacks from the Indians to proce o. Far isary before m. member further divided, when 34 ; for going into been p: iecessary he should hearmed with the power of detain- which the oath of allegiance is attached, and pointed it ng all persons suspected of treasonable or seditious in- out very significantly to Mr. F. O'Connor amidst the or-holding such opinions. He was desirous of tumultuous approbation of the house. ing on the authority of that noble earl, that though Mr. F. O'CoNNowpaused for a short time-in his career .e were instances to the contrary, the conduct of the of sedition, but afterwards proceeded to contend that the 'rtion of the Roman Catholic i priesthood n Ire-, best mode of keeping his oath of allegiance was by point lug out the way in which Her Majesty was most likely to As to retain her British dominions. He was determined to give treason every opposition in his power to this bill; and he trusted ground that that every Irish member would do so too. The effect_of , e an immediate revolution in t directing against gave his most decided and cordial support ~asure proposed by Her Majesty's Govcrnrnent. believed that there existed in Ireland at present a ed conspiracy to deprive the Queen of her rightful Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved, as an amendment,' ;he_present distracted state of Ireland arose from' mis overnment and the want of remedial measures, w''' which no coercive measure could have effect," sores, without After several other members had spoken the house 'ivided when the numbers were : for the amendment 8, 263. Leave was then given to bring in the bill, I the standing orders being suspended, it was read a + second, and third time and passed. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA, The.royal mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain ilanison, rived in the Mersey at half-past three o'clock yesterday advices from Boston to t; fax to the 14th instant. She made the run from Boston to this•port, including twelve hours detention off Halifax . • ~•• She brings fifty pas- by fog, in eleven days and a half sengers, but no specie on freight. The steam-ship Niagara, Captain Ryrie, hence, arrived at Boston on the morning of the 12th instant, after a passage of ten days and three quarters. The screw steamer Sarah Sands, Captain Thompson, sailed from New York for this port on the 7th instant. The official proclamation of peace had been pliblished at Washington. The President, in his message, recommends the appro priation of twenty millions to fulfil the treaty stipulations, to be paid in four annual instalments ; provision for the appointment of a board acommissioners to decide on the claims of United States' citizens against Mexico ; the im mediate establishment of a territorial government over n of taws over the same; the regulation of commerce on the coast by law; liberal grants of public land to settlers, and, finally, that no increase in the army be made. ers bad been issued for the honourable dis- lexico, anc commissioned officers and men of the ten additional regiments raised for the period of the war into Mexico. It is also announced that deserters from the army at large may peaceably return to their homes without being subjected to punishment or trial on account of sub-desertion. _ . _ Congress will not probably adjourn before August; but there are no subjects before it of interest in Europe. Our Mexican advices contain but little intelligence. A body of troops had marched to attack Parades and Jar nata, who were in rebellion. A large number of Ame rican deserters had been incorporated into the Mexican police force, and proved themselves useful in maintaining order. Fro .n Yucatan, we learn that the army was more than usually insubordinate, and that in consequence the Indians had partly recovered their advantage, the Yucateco troops having been compelled to evacuate Ticul, a town which they had recovered from the Indians. Accounts .from Tampico state that the city has been an authorities, and that nearly all Strong fears are entertained of at- THE WEST INDIAN MAIL The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Forth, E. May commander, bringing the West Indian and Mexican mails, has arrived at Southampton. The dates by this arrivals are—New Orlean. Vera Cruz, 15; Havannah, 21 ; Jamaica, July 7 A.- -" 1 - , the Fo' June 19 ; Bermuda __mongst other goods freight 1,400,000 dollars on merchants' account, and 323 serons of cochineal. She has also brought 50 passengers. This steamer has experienced fine weather on the voyage. • The commercial advices by this arrival are of no great interest. The Jamaica markets remain dull. The Scourge, with John Mitchel on board, arrive - Bermuda on the 20th of June. The'^f ' 4 honake has been fel' ,nock. oi an earuiL i ..— Thomas, but caused no injury. The health of the West India Islands was in genera good, and the weather seasonable. THE LITERTOOL STINDARD. strange, wild-looking.gentleman, whom he had never seen before. His first impulse of anger being,. however, ap peased, he consented to acccmpany the questioner to the place where his daughter was at work ; and there the ro mance writer beheld a vision of beauty such as bad never before blest even the eyes of his imagination, when penning the most glowing descriptions of female lovtliness. Of course he returned fully determined to fulfil the prophecy as far as lies in his power, and now awaits with philo sophical patience the accomplishment of that part of it . . over which the Atlas. has no control, —Paris Corr 0 22 dent The Duke of Genoa, second son of the. King of Sardi nia, has been proclaimed King of Sicily. Letters from Constantinople state that a Russian fleet of 15 sail was about to enter the Dardanelles, the object being declared to be that of protecting Russian interests, which were threatened•in the Adriatic and Mediterranean. GERMANY AND DENMARK.—We regret to find that the armistice is broken off. The struggle will therefore be recommenced, as a•warlike feeling p vades the Frank fort Assembly, and it is not likely that Denmark will con sent to any further concession. 3000 men proceeded on the 17th to join the army which is concentrated at Kold ing. The R s of Friday are much P 11,es v•TZ vs re t's broken out between the Pope and his Parliament. His Holiness is severely censured by the journals, the Na tional saying that he is no better than the,King of Naples, and the Consfitutionnel arguincr that he is in the of Louis XVI. in presence of the States General Bth inst. a bill was passed in the Assembly of Connecti cut, by which all slavery is for ever abolished in that state. No law completely abolishing slavery has previ ously existed in Connecticut, and there are at present some eight or ten slaves in the state, who, ,by the provi sions of this act, are entitled to a support from their former masters. THE CORN CROPS OP POLAND.—The destruction of property, especially of the growing crops, throughout Po land by the late hurricane has been most serious. In the province of Lublin alone 150 villages have lost all their crops, cattle have been killed, woods torn up, and houses levelled with the ground or unroofed. Fears are enter tained for the approaching harvest, and a great rise has suddenly taken place in the price of all sorts of corn and grain, as well as of other field fruits. It is expected that this will prevent any large export of wheat. le Red Indiars of Yucatan, whose forefathers were massacred by Hernandez de Cordova, are deliberately reconquering their inherit ance. The Spanish race, throughout the whole of the Mexican territories, has, in point of numerical increase, long remained stationary, and, indeed, has lately retro- graded, while the race of red men has been steadily gain ing ground. The consequence has been that here—for the very first time, we believe, in the history of civilisa tion—the inferior aboriginal race has survived the con quest ; and, after so many generations, is at length found again making head against its ancient and degenerated enemy- lueen against \% ier and Mitchel. bided a per on the hon. mover, which charac aded the debate to the period when Mr observations in ar teristic An stey zatived urnment of the souse, which was Len moved the adjournment of the debate HOUSE OF COMMONS—SATURDAYS Lord J. RUSSELL assured the house of the deep con cern which he felt in having to propose to it the suspen . posing it, ne undertook to prove three w.the present state of Ireland was frsught It we were upon the eve of a formidable suppressed in time ; secondly, vided by the leaders of the con- with evil, )reak, if it were not tlon to pro, uce great injur and dan- ger, unless some measure were adopted to counteract them ; and, thirdly, that the measure which he was about to propose was that particular remedy which appeared to be the best to be adopted in the present calamitous con dition of Ireland. He then traced the history of the agi tation for the repeal of the union from its com mencement under Mr. O'Connell, who declared that no political change was worth the shedding of one single drop of blood, down to the present period, when a new faction had started into existence, who held out at first co. vertly and Ambiguously, but at last openly and explicitly, that their object _was the total separation of Ireland from the dominions of the United Kingdom. The means whida they proposed for effecting that object were distinguished by the appellation of physical force, which evidently meant rebellion against the crown of this kingdom. Whilst England and Scotland had been contributing their . . mitigation of the famine Lod, all that the confede- ha ssions, and rates and their leaders bad contr rangues, inflammatory bated was seditious appeals to the p. misrepresentations of the contributions and motives of the British people. Ireland was slowly recovering from that great calamity, when the events of February last oc curred in Paris, giving encouragement to all who believed that the force and authority of this empire might be overthrown by open insurrection. A deputation, com prising amongst its members Mr. S. O'Brien was sent from Ireland to Paris for the purpose of asking assistance from France to the contemplated Irish insurrection. Al though the attempt failed, the project went on, and there was little or no disguise any further attempted as to the intentions of the Irish confederation. His lordship then adverted to the seditious articles published in the United Irishman, for which Mr. Mitchel was now suffering transportation, and to the more recent articles in the Irish Felon, to show that this Confederation in- next to take away from the Queen all authority y, to abc . at one )lish these objects it property To acco m was proposed th . at the people should arm themselves, and should thus be ready to encounter any force which the government might have at its disposal. It was felt, how ever, in Ireland, and by none more than the Roman Catholic clergy, that if the Confederation should succeed in its objects, there would be an end of all respect for religion, and that the rule of brute force would be es tablished. In order to neutralize the alarm thus felt by the clergy, the leaders of the intended Irish republic, after disclaiming all intentions of pillage and massacre, and of overthrowing religion, issued a resolution in which they frankly avowed that their object was not merely to repeal the legislative union, but to overthrow the power and authority of this country altogether, and the sway of that government which they were bound and had sworn He then came to his second proposition, which was that there were formidable means Preparing for a rebellion against the constitutional authorities of the country. All the accounts which he had recently received from Ireland combined to this conclusion, that the orga nization proposed by this Confederation was of a for midable character, was rapidly extending, and that in parts of the country the clubs and associations established chiefly within the la'st month that their proceedings had become more formidable and dangerous. He then read )m the despatches of Lord Clarendon, stating h the clubs might not contemplate an outbreak mmediately, government must determine befor extract that th ,nt was up whether it would seek for fresh powers or would permit the organization for an immediate civil war to proceed unmolested. The accounts received through the constabulary reports corresponded with the views of Lord Clarendon. He then referred to the establishment of numerous clubs during the last two months at Carrick on-Suir, Meath, Cork, Waterford, and other places, and showed that the titles of several of them had been taken from parties who had rendered themselves conspicuous in the rebellion of 1798, with the express intention of encou- r e clubs of Cork which been reviewed FRANCE M. Armand Marrast has been elected president of the National Assembly, in the room of M. Marie, appointed Minister of Justice. _ _ 1.1“ The purchase of the Lyons Railway by the Govern ment is completed, the price paid is 150 francs, in fives, per share. The Finance Committee has rejected the proposition posing a tax on mortgages. It is said that the for im Committee i 1 1 recommend the imposition of an income tax. nearly upon the plan adopted in England. The wounded in the hozpitals_on the 18th amounted to 884. Eight died on that day. • M. Domes, one of the editors of the National, and a member of the National Assembly, died on Thursday of •gents on the 25t June his wounc !oini, well for some time, but ultimately fever set in and carried him off. An insurrection amongst the women employed in the washing establishments in Neuilly took place on Tuesday. The ptetext was that their employers endeavoured to compel them to work twelve hours a day in place of eleven. It required the presence of a considerable military force to restore order amongst them. A few of the most vio- lent having been arrested, the remainder fled in various directions. Whatever the fate of the claims upon the ex-King may be, the portion of his property that has reached the hands of the Government is being realised. On Thursday last, the 13th of July, the anniversary of the Duke of Orleans' death, all the wine in wood that in that quarter escaped the devastators of the 24th of Fehruary was sold at Neuilly. Strange to say, it brought better prices than did the wines found in the royal cellars of Paris lately sold at the Palais Royal. On Wednesday the sale of horses, car riages, harness, &c., of the Duchess of Orleans and the Count de Paris, on account of the Government, com- menced. Generally speaking, the horses (48 in number) sold well. A good deal of competition arose for the pony of the Count de Paris, which was knocked down for about 5 guineas to an American gentleman. On Thursday the e sold, and, like the horses, went off at fair ~lod deal of sympathy was elicited by the sale of certain articles, among others a child's caleche, with a hood, and an infant's chariot, to be drawn by the hand. Just as the auctioneer was setting up the four-wheeled cabriolet from which the Duke of Orleans was thrown letter of the carriages W( was handed to him protesting against the sale of that carriage, and ordering it to be re-purchased for her account, at any price, should it have been already sold, and then burnt. A splendid berline and two fine English horses of the stables of the ex-prince, Sterne and Slap, were likewise withdrawn from the sale by order of the Duchess, to be offered, in her name, to the person who lent her carriage to quit Paris and France on the 24th of ?.bruary. The Paris papers of Sunday contain a report of a speech ‘livered on the nrevious day, in one of the committees :11 — aiisseirn . bly, by the statesman Lamartine, in d, 4nrinfr ivica 1114cre 'once o the peac epublic noble and an eloquent vindication of the policy of a states man, who will occupy a proud place in the history of his country, notwithstanding the error of which he was guilty in associating himself with the persons, or his name with the opinions, of such charlatans as Louis _ _ Blanc and M. Blanqui. M. Lamartine proved that peace saved the republic, which might have been overwhelmed in February if England, Prussia, and Russia had lea ributed IRELAND, STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—We yesterday had put into our hands two letters dated 22nd inst., from gentlemen in Waterford from which we take the following extracts. They show the melancholy condition to which that un happy country is reduced, when the peaceable inhabitants are compelled to fly for safety. One gentleman says— " I intend to-morrow morning to take my family over per Mail packet to Milford, and leave them there - for some time, until the times look more quiet. I shall return on Tuesday. A good many others are also going, and num bers leave daily. The Bristol packet yesterday was very full. There is a regular packet here, and 1 have no doubt we shall have a row, but I don't think it will last long." Another gentleman (who is a relative of a clergyman in this town) writes—" We are in a state of great alarm here. Nothing but the most energetic exertions of the Government can prevent open rebellion. 1 suppose that but few men of the labouring and operative classes are not enrolled in clubs and armed. Pikes are manufactur- tions of the woods between Carrick and Clonmeran we been cut down for pike handles. 1 tances I did not deem it safe to keep der the circu daughter's childr them off by the I The army in Ir my family here, and have shipped °elm to your good city." reland at the present time, includir y, four persons were arrested, but The signal fires sands, all round tl SLIGO.—At the :ay night in thou- Somers, 102 3aH, 87 Another pet to be presented. The wheat crop in the co ty of Corp in addition to i being thin on the ground, is i; some places rather seri ously injured by that destructive insect the wheat maggot. No sooner were the proclamations issued by the Lord Lieutenant posted on the walls of Cork on Wednesday, than they were besmeared with mud and defaced. On Saturday no less than twenty-six persons were ar rested in Cashel, and committed to gaol by the Hon. in Fren ~ charged with a riot Mr. Michael Doh ens and also with an attempt to rest 1 . At Nenagh, the effigy of the Lord Lieutenant was car- Tied in. mock- triumph through the town on Saturday night, and afterwards burned amidst the hootings of the On Wednesday. corder for Cork, was drowned in the harbour of Cove, b the upsetting of a yawl, and on the same day, Mr. Pierc Mr. James Be tt, son of the late re Clarke was - lost in that harbour, by the Capsizing of boat. A Belfast paper mentions that, a few days since, a very large brown eagle, which measured seven feet ten inches from tip to tip of the extended wings, was trapped by a gamekeeper on the Carey mountains, in the neighbour hood of Ballycastle. Accounts from Waterford state that the excitement con sequent on the Carrick outbreak had wholly subsided. Troops were expected in great numbers. Heights outside the city had been rented by the government for the pur poses of a camp, and temporary fortifications are to be erected. _ _ _ EMIGRATION OF FEMALE PAUPERS. On Monday morning last, twenty-three young girls, belonging to the Magherafelt Union Workhouse, Tyrone. left that estab lishment, in order to proceed to Australia, under the Government emigration grant. They were previously fitted out with necessary clothing by the Guardians. F- --- SP- ctEMOVAL OF ...,EDITIOUS STRA.. that the initiatory step has been . taken towards the re moval of the following persons from the magisterial bench for aiding in the orgies of the League meeting :—Thomas Hart, J.P., (Mayor of Kilkenny), Mr. Cane, J.P., Mr. Smithwick, J.P., Mr. Daniel Smithwick, J.P., and Mr. Potter. On Monday a rumour was circulated in Kilkenny that Dr. Cane, one of the leading confederates of that city, 'sted, whereupon a body of men dashed out, and in a very short time threw up a pair of formidable barri cades. The doctor himself having visited his sympathi sers, the works were discontinued and order restored.— [There seems to be a doubt of the rescue of the priest, though great excitement existed.] was arre THE JACOBIN LEADERS.-Mr: Smith O'Brien has ad dressed several meetings of the clubs at Drogheda and Navan, and also appeared on Wednesday at a meeting of the " Irish League," in Dublin. His language was sedi tious or treasonable, but was less so than the furious harangues of his fellow-agitator, Mr. Doheny. who is employing himself in agitating the confederates of Tippe- g other meetings which he has attendedims one of several thousand clubbists, who assembled on the tain of Slievnamon, and were addressed by him and 'leagher, who attended with the clubs from Waterford If the " Felon" journals are to be suppressed, more vi gorous steps must be employed than those which have been heretofore adopted. Nothing can be more ridiculous than to see policemen squabbling with miserable news-hawkers for their stock of papers. This mode of suppressing a nui sance is absolutely contemptible. Besides, it is ineffective, for, after all the activity of the police, how many scores of ase in contending with hawkers If it is Ition of the 1,..ri 11 sar.vs ;rs Elfor receiving the cled, wt en there , er Bill was read ational I Aution tion, at conviction shall be had, the clubs are to rise immediately and prevent the trial by an anticipatory, and, as they hope, a successful outbreak. One word we must add, the 20,000 muskets above mentioned will cost alone, by :the time they are delivered in Ireland, fully.Xlo,ooo. How and whence are the enormous sums to make these purchases obtained ? It can only be explained by the supposition that the os tensible instigators of rebellion in Ireland are clandestinely backed by men of large resources. DUBLIN, WATERFORD, AND CORK PROCLAIMED. — RESCUE OF PRISONERS AT CARRICK-ON- SUIR.—A Privy Council was held at Dublin Castle on Tuesday afternoon, at which the Lord Chancellor, Sir E. Blackeney, the Re corder of Dublin, and the Attorney-General were present. The Lord Lieutenant presided. The Council agreed to put into operation the provisions of the " act for the bet ter prevention of crime and outrage in certain parts of Ireland," and have accordingly issued a proclamation against the city and county of Dublin, the city and county of Waterford, the city and county of Cork, and the county of the town of Drogheda. The proclamation takes effect fter the 22nd of July instant. Although Dublin excited by this vigorous step, no disposition to a breach of the peace has been manifested kdarine, and, we may add, successful effort to upon the constituted authorities, has just taken A priest, the Rev. Father Byrne,. was trampl ted for sedition, and committed to Carrick-on- Suir, preparatory to his committal to the county jail. mob no sooner heard of the arrest than they immedi t to and rescued the reverend prisoner, and also d all the other prisoners. The military did not in as it appears that they were without orders how a I to act on the occasion. FEMALE INTREPIDITY—BREAKING UP OF A NOTORI OUS GANG.—For several months past the district of Clon macnoise, in the King's County, at its junction with Westmeath, in the vicinity of Ballinahown, has been suffering from the depredations of an infa mous band of nocturnal freebooters, known as Kil lian, Larkin, and Co., and, notwithstanding the un ceasing exertions of the constabulary in both counties, the practised desperadoes continued in their career with a degree of adroitness which long enabled them to evade detection. At length, however, the intrepid conduct of a girl, whose years scarcely number sixteen, has effected the object of breaking up this evil and extensive confederacy. On Thursday night the gang broke open an outhouse be longing to Mr. William Lusk, of Bloomhill, and carried off a number of geese, old and young, the only bioty it contained. On the following morning, Miss Lusk, put- ting herself at the head of a party of men and women who volunteered their services, led them to the residence of the ringleader, " Writ " Larkin, in the bog of Clonascra. Her appearance was the signal for an immediate fusilade of threats and protestations of innocence; but the daunt less girl prosecuted her search, and her perseverance, was crowned with success wnich Mrs. Larkin kept rocking a cradle in which a young scion of the hopeful stock was reposing, attention of Miss Lusk, who insisted on its and found that it rested„on a large flag, covering attracted t removal a cavity in the floor, in which was secreted a quantity of bones, being a portion of a heifer stolen a few nights pre vious from a poor man named Henry ; and, on further search, a large glove, filled with pawnbrokers' tickets, vas discovered for property stolen at different periods. )ur heroine took measures to prevent the escape of Lar -1 his wife, despatched an express for the police, who m meat, and, accompanied by Miss Lusk, prisoners, loaded with the spoil, before the , d the st ucted t 1 magistrates then sitting at the Doon petty sessions. Lar kin has acknowledged his guilt, and the number of depre dations which his confession embraces is a proof that an y his dote tion ; and as his informations against his associates go di rectly to implicate a number of notorious characters, two it the entire bind, who have been the scourge of will now meet that reward which is so long o them from the hands of justice.—Westmeath Guar- PRO GR INSURRECTIONISTS. (From Friday's Dublin lfaiL) Confederation " last week, one when heated with his subject, came to his peroration : come—(a voice—' please God, n England was about to abandon her " When the time should have c a was aestinett to be the rock on ild split, then must armed millions lay, and at the same hour, for riotism, and the milder voice for going thus, they should ie first should he the last— .orninion in the country." t tier proud empire si. as one man, on the same quid the sterner duty of p; , ity both be best obeye' ;ke hut one blow, death-blow of Englanu The constant cheering, waving of hats, and other de monstrations of applause, showed, unmistakeably, how congenial to the feelings and hopes of those who heard him were those sentiments of the militant priest. -s the language of Smith O'Brien. He plain w dwelt with manifest pride and reliance on the mustering of clubs through the country. Of that at Cork, he thus "They called it a view of his troops; but he was happy to as sure them that he met 2,000 men as well - arrayed, and capable of efficient action, as any troops in her Majesty's service, and at least 10,000 able bodied men who promised to support and sym pathise with them." And he concluded with the following menace : "If the trying tirne should arrive, and Lord Clarendon seemed resolved that it should, believe him they would come back to Dublin enthusiastic as they were then, in a different spirit, if they were assured that 100,000 of the men of Kilkenny, Carlow, to walk up to Dublin. (Loud While professions such as the foregoing are openly made, and patiently tolerated in Dublin, the club organisation proceeds from day to day increasing in strength and self confidence ; and yet no effective step is taken by the Go- ,persethem - ; while the Only steps as tend only to irritate and excite. Of this an instance occurred in Carrick-on-Suir on Monday last. taken are cretaries of the local clubs were arrested, we presume, for the purpose of instituting some farcical pro ceedings at the assizes, after next harvest; and what was the result? The chapel bells rang out the tocsin—the whole country, including the neighbouring districts of Waterford, simultaneously arose and congregated, with " guns, scythes, pikes, crowbars, &c.," in the town, leav ing the crops which they were cutting, and even abandon ing a corpse which they were in the act of interring. And how did the authorities follow up their first ag gressive act ? How did they meet this armed mass of and they wisely withdrew the police and the military to theii. barracks. The triumphant rebels having gained the day, celebrated their victory by signal fires along the mountains of Waterford and Tipperary. Again we warn Lord Claren don, that he must deal otherwise with the clubs than by parchments and informations, by indictments, and tra verses in prox, if he wishes to save the country. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. It is said, that amongst othE thanges contemplated in the church, is the formation of a diocese of Canterbury, to which a bishop will be appointed. This change will re lieve the Archbishop of the duties of a subordinate dioce san, and afford him uninterrupted time to superintend the many bishoprics of his extensive district. The proposed new bishop is to be resident at Canterbury ; and it is said that the site of the old archepiscopal place, adjoining the Cathedral, and late in the occupation of Sir Robt. Barlow, will be purchased for the bishop's residence.— —Kentish .RAIL T4l AFFAIRS. The directors of the Nithsdale Railway have determined upon opening that line from Dumfries to Gretna, on the BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.—The COM of the Lords has granted the Great 'Western the well as the narrow on this line, in opposi port of the Railway Commissioners, but broad gauge w tion to the R ifestly for competition SPEED.—MT ihenson showed to the House of Lords, on Thursday, that the express speed of the South-Western, between London and Southampton, was 1 miles per hour faster than the Great Western, July 25, 184 S. LAW INTELLIGENCE. sit Bumv v. LlND.—Three tnousand five hundred pounds . was paid into court on Tuesday in this celebrated action.: BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—An action et this kind was tried at Hertford on Monday. The plaintiff! the daughter of a farmer, was of the age of 35 ; the de: fendant, a cattle dealer, numbered 48 years. A c riminal connection was proved, a child having been born, and t h defence of the defendant, when the plaintiff's family de manded that he should marry her, was, that "his mot her, would not let him !" The promise was not denied , and the jury gave £lOO damages, THE LAW OF MARRIAGE.—The Commissioners ap pointed " to inquire into th e s t a t e an d o peration of t law of marriage, as related to the prohibited degrees of affinity, and to marria ges s o l emn i se d a b roa d or in " British colonies," .have made their re men to whom this most res p ons ibl e d u ty was entruste d, port. The gen tle d ' were the Bishop of Li c hfi e ld, M r . St uar t W or tley, (late judge advocate), Dr. Lushington, Mr. Blake, Mr, Justi ce Williams, and Mr. Rutherford, the present lord advocat e ; The whole question, or at l eas t ma t er i a l q uestion f o elucidation, arose out of the indictment, at the Liver' pool assizes, of a person named Chadwick, living inl‘l en ; chestor, for bigamy, he h av i ng marr i e d th e s i s ter of 1 11 deceased wife, and whilst she was yet living having lied ried again. Mr. Justice Wi g ht man , upon t h e trial, ~ that the marriage with the sister of the deceased was within the prohibited degrees intended by Lo r d Lyndhurst's act. This marriage was consequently detne invalid, and the ma n was acqu itt e d. Th e ma i n que e s tion! then, to which the commissioners directed their attention! was whether marriage with a deceased wife's sister within the prohibited degrees of affinity ; and in connect' tion with that subject, they endeavoured to ascertain, 5 , far as practicable, the e ff ec t o f L or d Lyndhurst's act e` 1835. On the first of these t o pi cs , th e commissioners sat there is a great diversity of opinion ; that the prevele i ! feeling amongst the witnesses is aga i ns t suc h marriage' but that, judging from the evidence, they cannot enter; tain a reasonable doubt th a t f am ili es o f a religious an moral character have, in instances where such conn ect ' tions have taken place amon g the mse l ves or th e i r friend s ' been perfectly satisfied, u p on a rev i ew o f t h e w h o le s su ; ject, that they are not obje c tio na bl e e ith er on re li g ious moral grounds. With regard to the act of 1835, the commissioners state it was a wise amendment of t he former law, in o far ariait abolished the distincti on betsree o void and wadable marrge ; they then state that in 101 a limited inquiry was instituted, at the instigationZ expense of c. mne private individuals, to ascertain to IV extent to warrant an application to Parliament for, a d alteration in the law. The inquiry was short, and limite to a small portion of England alone; but it was a l : covered that 1384 mar r i ages w ithi n th e pro hibit e d degree s had been contracted since Lord Lyndhurst's act, of sv!' s . l „ e , s more than nine-tenths were with a d ec e a sed _vc",;'„t 'ere discoverec winch tn. - n On a review " had prevented an intended marriage. the whole subject, the conclusion of the commissioner!, is, that the act of 1835 has failed in its object; and the', express a doubt whether any measure of a prohibitor!, character would be effectual. Such marriages, t b ee l say, will take place, when a concurrence of circumstoto give rise to mutual attachment. They are not depen u ,kg upon legislation ; and it is added that such attaebn' e ';l and marria g es are not likely to be ext ens i ve ly incre/ ii , in number, because it is not the st a t e o f th e law, probe 0 — to o bitory or permissive, which ever w ill effectually Or', them. Among the witnesse s exam i ne d b e f ore the mittee were the Rev. J. Garbett (examining chaplai o rl pr , the Bishop of Manchester), th e H on . an d R ev. Mr. -`,7•3t cival, Dr. Pusey, Dr. Wis eman , D r . C ox ( t h e baP'!,. + D r , T • •__ l_ 1 ..... deunimS, .tircnueacon Archdeacon Hale, the Archbishop of Dublin, the c' rabbi (Dr. Adler), Dr. B un ti ng , M. B unsen, M r. Cobae o n COURT AND FASHION. On Wednesday, the Q ueen an d P r i nce Albert h ot noured with their presence a f e t e a t F u lh am i n suP o e o of the baths and washhouses. Afterwards, a t , o'clock, her Majesty held a cour t a t Rockingham Palm. Caroline Grosvenor, f our th d aug ht er o f the 't" be quis and Marchioness of Westminster, is about t°.,h, conducted to the hymeneal altar by the Hon. Mr. 1-4,e,,'7, 1 . eldest son of Lord and Lady L e i g h, o f St one l e i g h The Hon. Joseph Denman, C a pt a i n R.N., w ho s il i e ceeds Sir Edward Codrington as G room i n W a iti n g t,° o s Queen, is the son of the Lord Chief Justice, and ~ rattly dist' 'uio' I, v th- - _ ned ae destruction of the barn' „ oil on the coast of Africa, whi c h l e d t o th e ce l e b ra t e d ac ll e ir against him by the slave dealers for alleged loss of t u b e property, which, however, he pro ve d h e had ordered t destroyed in discharge of his public duty. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The John Bull says that - the Queen is very favea r4 ;cl to placing Lord Aberdeen as pri me m i n i s t er , at the I , of a united party. We e The following members have been sworn as a commit foe to try the merits of the petition against the late returw. North Cheshire :—Lord Courtenay, Sir D. L. Evan- , Mangles, Mr. S. Herbert, andßoldero. the AN DIVISION.—In committee, on Friday, 0 1 1 sugar bill, Sir Robert Peel voted w ith C ar d we ll, Bentinei,, D'lsraeli, Gladstone, Goulb urn , H err i es, Si r G e o. Cl b u t Barkly, Miles, and Bankes, against the Government; they made only twenty-eight amongst them to the seven' three on the other side. MR. GRANTLEY BERKELEY AGAIN. —This ge ntler:l once more rushed into print, but we ha v e inser ted plenty of his productions. There is one passage, hog' ever, which we may give as a matter of news. It apPe_ a , c ` n that some years ago Lord Fitzhardinge and Mr. Cra s %, ; ,,, Berkely were at variance, and at that time his l . wrote a letter to Mr. Grantley Berkeley, in Tuc i h is t , l i fl following passage occurs :—" For my nw n have nothing more to do with Craven. Isis temp puling strange compound of the peevish caprice a Zealand savage, infancy and the morosity of a New social prompts him on the spur of it to infract all ties,_ es .,_, and political, and those of consanguinity without 11 0 lta tion. And you may show this to whom you please. Partemper, 3 M.5.1WW ..... RAGGED SCHOOLS There can be no doubt that whatever differencesl a opinion may exist as to some of the characteristics _Pej tendencies of the present period, or to certain v en ts questions of com merc i a l an d fi nanc i a l p o licy, the 1e. 3.1e of LIU WIJICLI Lae virtue, nappmess, anu social -- der communities very l arge ly d e p en d are mor e clearly 11 noe stood, and more distinctly recognised, than they eve r ; o o been before. Even the s or did an d a pathetic Por';itli of society are beginning to perceive that they cannot , ,", 0 0 safety to themselves, remain indifferent to the con ch v i t $ of the masses around them, and suffer them, witi countervailing effect, to grow up in ignorance an d A e in pravity. Nor has the progress which has been 1 133 Et bi; this direction been confined to a mere admission 0 .10 truth. Speculative convictions have been carried 011' into action which has established their soundness. It 15 of by increasing the severity, or adding to the terrors f i fty ° 15, penal code, or by multiplying policeinen, that prop i t y,o to be protected, crimes prevented, or the mor 1 hea Ita ly the community promoted. This end will be in"%poll better attained by the bestowal of care and attention- 0 go those swarms of houseless and neglected children to be found in all our large towns and cities, bereft 001 mestic and parental discipline, deserted by their v a o b: guardians, destitute of moral feelings or perception s, 0 0 ject to the all-powerful influence of evil examPl e e 'di: i without any means of subsistence, except such as r theft hold out to them. We need not s%1O 11 ,. 1 : ory oui of such classes as these the ranks of our crirnina e . itle' recruited, our gaols constantly filled, and our pena l s ments made the sources of moral pestilence to these,iliso., are themselves but imperfectly supplied with the rnel a ° moral culture. It is seldom, if ever, that men and ,05' suddenly or abruptly quit the paths of honesty and, try for those of theft and vice. The neglected and diry g able children of whom we have before spoken, by r , steps ascend the ladder of crime, and after furnishiurias: pensive and laborious employment for our courts ° e at , ; tice end their days in the hulks or convict settl e : l 'o i Those are (to use the expressive words of Lord the seed-plots of nineteen-twentieths of the criw e cr tio% The best means of C l iS g oCie t e l j rnamhyrS n.d. disgraces the country The C an aye] events, " Fran . alleged informality discovered by his lordship in the reso- occasion neither the will nor the intention to rebel was lutions upon which the Sugar Duties Bill is founded. wanting ; all that was wanting was the occasion. He then The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that read a letter, which he had received that morning _from after Mature deliberation lie had no - doubt that he was at L or d Cl aren d on , d ec l ar i ng th a t th e c h ange w hi c h h a d come . . . . . that moment levying the correct duties on colonial sugar; over th e p eo ple withi n the ten days was most alarming, 13s. a cwt. was the correct duty now levied on British and was greater than any which had ever been seen before possessions' sugar. The importation of foreign sugar in Ireland. No doubt any attempt at insurrection would into the British colonies was prohibited. The Legisht- be put down, but it could not be done without much blood ture of J '• ht I-- amaica migii, .iave legalized it on a tariff of its shed, and the sacrifice of many lives. He therefore felt it own ; but no act of a Colonial Legislature could render to be his duty to come down to Parliament and propose a null an act of the Imperial Legislature. measure to meet this state of things. The Lord Lieutenant The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill was considered, and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland had both pointed out and passed by a majority of 197 to 52. the dangerous character of the Confederate clubs. Itmight The second reading of the C orrupt P ract i ces at El ec- yet be necessary to introduce a measure to prevent t h e tions Bill was carried by a majority o f 216 to 9 ; C o l one l organisation of these clubs. Constituted as these c l u b s SIBTHORP movi ng and M. HosTiot . is seconding a mo- I were. nn doubt could exist as to their illegality, but the rocuring evid Lence agar. , ading of the Places of Worshi as enabled the government to_ put hem down with (Scotland) Bill was rejected by a majority of 98 to 59. Sir J. GRAHAM moved the amendment to the bill passing as not being nec direct in its object and so immediate in its purpose, as that of securing the persons of those who were at the head of this projected insurrection, by the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. There was at this moment a necessity for a bill to enable the Lord-Lieu notice on the state tenant of Ireland to secure the persons of those whom he hsked the House of Commons to consent to the introduc ,osary tion of such a bill. lie might have been justified in did, asking for such a bill at an earlier period ; but he had waited until in his mind, and in that of his colleagues, HOUSE OF LORDS The Earl of GLENGALL, who hi of Irelanu t tention of the government to Act in that country, as, if so, it might not be nee( for him to proceed with his motion, feeling, as he that nothing short of that'course could remedy the frigl pend the Habeas Corpus ful 'condition of Ireland. the necessity for it was so clear, so notorious, and so cot. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated, in reply, that it vincing as not to be denied by either house of Parliament. was the intention of the government to suspend the He trusted that no time would be lost in passing this bill Habeas Corpus Act for a limited period. into law. Protracted debates on such a subject could do The Earl of GLENGALL then asked whether it was no good, and might do incalculable harm. No man could the wish of the noble marquis that he should proceed say what might be the consequence of withholding even with his motion, and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE having for a short time the powers which the Government now I intimated his assent, the noble e ar l con c l u ded a sp eec h of soug ht to obtain ; and he asked those who were of opinion considerable length illustrative of recent events in Ire- that the bill should pass not to render themselves re land, by moving for copies of reports from stipendiary sponsible for the delay of a measure which might prove magistrates, constabulary officers, and police, respecting the saving of life in Ireland. He stood before the house the formation o f c l u b s i n I relan d s i nce the Ist of March. responsible for proposing this measure ; he assumed that 1848. and confidentl ask'-' 4 1 — b---- • responsibility, at. ,ect the house to assume The Marquis of LANsnowNn commenced his observa- its responsibility also, that was, to be mindful of the Lions by explaining that he had been misunderstood on a blessings which it yet enjoyed and might secure, and also former occasion when he was reported to have said that a of the results which must flow from any other course than discussion on the state of I re l an d wou ld b e attended with that which the Government invited it to follow. public inconvenience,—for on the contrary, what he had Mr. F. O'CONNOR observed, that the object of this said was, that whether he concurred in the motion of the ' measure was to seize upon Smith O'Brien and Meagher noble earl or not, he thought it a desirable opportunity I because they shared in his feelings and hopes that Ireland •he subject and hearing the opinion of the would one day rid herself of the dominion of England. The , noble 1- marquis then proceeded to Hewas proceeding to avow himself an advocate for the 1.- 4 proceed Lo-• for discuss house upon it review Clarendon, who the government and by , separation of the two countries, when ngtb determined that it was Lord J. RUSSELL, took up from the table the board to policy of Napoleon, which had arrayed all the powers of Europe against the Emperor and the French empire. Perhaps the best defence of the policy of M. Lamartine is found in its adoption, so far as regards foreign states, by the present French Dictator-General Cavaignac. But no good man really needs an apology for procaiming to the world the sublimely-Christian principle of peace—the burden of the angels' song at the birth of the Messiah. Blessed are the peace-proclaimers, for they are the peace makers of nations. THE SOMNAMBULES OF PARlS.—Somnambules are consulted upon the consequences of every fresh event which happens, and the doors of the principal mesmerisers are besieged with eager consultants, anxious to be in formed where they can remain with safety in the capital. It is a curious fact that the most celebrated somnambules are unanimous in fixing the advent of Henri Cinq at the end of September, and in prognosticating the most fearful events to happen ere then. The most sensible portion of the community of course attach no importance whatever to these forbodings, as they have already been found fallible in the celebrated prophecy of Alexis, with regard to the planting of the snow-white standard of the Bourbons on the gate of St. Denis on the 15th of April ; but there are others to whom these prophetic denuncia tions cause the utmost discouragement and terror. Alex andre Dumas has been again conspicuous in his consult ations with Alexis, and has confided the result to his friends with some degree of exultation, It appears that, last week, while in a state of peculiar lucidity, Alexis fore told the coming of Henri Cinq on the 23d of September, which date was received with the most profound indiffer ence by the novelist, until it was further announced to be that of another event of more importance, the death of Madame Dumas, who has been living at Florence for some years. This startling prophecy of course was pur sued with the greatest interest, and the s omnam b u l e was ques ti on ed until he was fain to avow that the fickle heart of the mighty Alexandre would not remain more faithful to the memory of the once adored Ida than it had done during her life ; and that, before the year had expired, another Madame Dumas would preside over the disorgan ised household of the widower. The successor of Ida was forthwith described. She was a person of great beauty ; at the moment, a perfect stranger to her future husband ; a poor motherless girl, a daughter of the people, working for her daily bread ; the child of a,jeurneyman carpenter, living at No. 18, in the Rue de Clery. The moment that the seance was over, Alexandre immediately jumped into a hired cab, and made the best of his way to the Rue de Clery. Here he found, at the number indicated, the carpenter hard at work, but alone. Imagine the man's astonishment upon being questioned in an eager, excited manner, upon the subject of bia &laughter, by A must be unlawful to circulate it through her Majesty's mail ; yet we have heard of no interference with that. PROJECTS OF THE ANARCHISTS.—A circular was read on Wednesday, at some of tha clubs in Cork, and, we suppose, throughout the country, which ought to open the eyes of any who yet doubt the designs of the dis affected. We do not say that those designs will be exe cuted ; but that a general massacre is intended, there can, we apprehend, be little ground for disbelieving. The plan, in fact, is resolved on ; and it is with the purpose of working it effectually out that the clubs have been formed, and the members drilled and armed. The circular we allude to bears the signature of one of the " felons" now in custody: it was directed to the president of each club, gave sundry instructions respecting the organisation, and exhorted all to be ready against, we understand, the Bth of August. Mr. Doheny arrived in Cashel on Sunday morning, and, having put on the uniform of the 'B2 club, started at eleven o'clock in an open barouche drawn by four horses, for the place of meeting. Upwards of 8,000 persons formed the cortege from the " City of Kings." 'Winding their way up the sides of the mountain from the direction of their various localities might he seen the men of Cork, Waterford, and Wexford, and from all sides the boys of Tipperary. At two o'clock the chair was taken, when not less than 50,000 souls overspread the summit of the mountain. Tne speakerg consisted of four—the chair man, Mr. White, Mr. Doheny, and another. Mr. Do heny advised the people to form clubs, cautioned them to be firm and fear not, and the " day was their own." The observations of the other speakers were of the usual im port. THE ARMAMENT. — Orders were issued to the Custom house authorities to search for, and seize, all arms and ammunition which the disaffected are busily engaged in importing into the country ; and a vigilant scrutiny has been established. Better late than never. We have oh served that some of the felonious gunsmiths' shops in the city are quite denuded of their formidable apparatus. Neither gun nor rifle—musket or fowling piece —percus sion lock or flint—pistol or blunderbus—is to he seen in their windows. We trust the police will be able to trace these precious secrets to their lurking places. We under stand, also, that the fires of Mr. Hyland's forge are put out, and his anvil become cold—at all inconvenient - sea sons.—Dublin Mail. Last week eighty stand of arms were purchased by the Dr. Doyle club, of which Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, is pre sident. Twenty thousand of the disused military flint muskets have been purchased in London for the use of the insurgent arranged that if, upon tile formation of the jut . Duffey and his Pllows, it shall appear probable th e eCtvir It is nois A policeman committed suicide at the Ivybridge station of the South Devon, by sitting on one of the transoms of the line previous to the approach of the 7 30 a.m up train. The curve is so short that command of the road cannot be had beyond a distance of a few chains. Two meetings of shareholders in London, dissenting from the proposed raising of £745,180 by 7 per cent. pre ference shares, by the directors of the Caledonian, have been held. They do not appear to have gained their object, as the proposal of the board was subsequently carried in Edinburgh, by a large majority. A splendid service of silver plate was, on Thursday pre sented to Matthew Plummer, Esq., having been voted at the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, held in March last, as a testimonial of their respect and appreciation of his valuable services to the company during the long period which he has filled the office of chairman of the Directors. From official returns it appears that the amount of traf fic for the last week, on 3,910 miles of railway, was £205,998, thus accounted for :—£112,970 for the convey ance of passengers only ; £44,850 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £48,178 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £16,067 over the corresponding week of last • , ar, when the mileage was 3,100. The average earnings 7,52, whilst in 1847 they were £6l. tND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY who study the weekly traffic t per mile were LONDON have remarked that there has been an apparent falling off in that of this company for the last six months, to the extent of some £6,000 or £7,000, as compared with last year. We are happy to learn, however, that there is a real increase over last year of more than £lO,OOO, the difference being accounted for by the mode of keeping the merchandise returns. It is also rumoured that there is to be a large reduction of expenses during the half-year, and that the net profit will consequently be much greater than in any preceding six months.—Railway Record. • THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—It is said that an agree ment is actually signed between the London and North- Western Railway and the Aberdeen Railway Companies, by which the former covenants to take shares at par in the latter to the extent of £140,000, and undertakes to enable it to pay off debentures at short dates and high rates which shortly become due. What the exact condi tions are per contra in favour of the London and North Western Company have not yet precisely transpired, but, , . must shortly be rendered Public in course. In taking shares at par, or say at the £5O paid, when they can be bought in the market at about £22, or say £2B discount, countervailing advantages in some shape or other of a pro- spective nature must necessarily be stipulated for or Con templated. appear to be those 01 ',"i 0 ", , with the general nature The r ef pur readers are already familiar. _„,sesA which have been devise( and Industrial Schoo' sults which have followed the withdrawal of the of 511‘P. children in question from tie vitiating influenc e h,gio ll ' evil example, of imparting to them moral and r` t ic instruction, of training them to habits of system 3 t eivq dustry. and in some measure preserving them f,r °l9 ,„, re,. ° !t tation by supplying their bodily wants, have tilt a t If gratifying and encouraging, unpromising as inig° ot it. sight appear the materials on which they had to, sl o isv, i v o the general character of these materials some la ° 0 11 titre gathered from the recent speech of Lord AshleYllo.l) f subject in the House of Commons. In speak i f: r n O le, (l l l 4s habits, pursuits, and " natural history," as be of the class for whom be spoke, he referred oatticv, scholars whose names are on the books of fiftee e b i ? i eb 1,3 lar Ragged Schools, the average attendance ill sv • - • about 1600. Of these, 162 had often been in prOstocl;; lived chiefly by begging, 216 had neither shoes O f f bo" o 0 0 ings, 280 no cap, hat, or bonnet, 101 DO SeraPiept linen, 249 bad no recollection of ever h c a h vi ii ii i g re s nliti j o o t a b e s :l bed ; 68 were children of convicts, 125 of st e c l ;ol s ' o , 306 orphans. The average attendance on the s t his l' tl a• some 4000 : the proportions above, if a pplied to 0 1 ber m , gave 660 who lived by begging, 178 victs, and 800 orphans. Glancing at their occuP rse s. 3 0 , 3 ' sweepers, match-sellers, holders of fiords,l° li the ents of dealers in marine stores—in other .tea indictridgeiS modeontne.stan or receivers or stolen goons-- . in which they passed their nights —u - ri der L' e aty viaducts, door-ways, in saw-pits, Ihne-kilns, 3n ri d ne ° lt' l l vehicles, in the open air, on the bare earth. `-',"-th'rotig-,,i whom Lord Ashley had spoken personally, sleP' ',, roli e ; the inclement winter of last year in the greet it%tiotbe: in the Regent's Park. This boy had a friend, dto t li° _ boy, who was even worse off than himself ; and I'll let you intoya ,and thing." arl -ith l ii ! boy he went one da said "Come along 'i% , t bl , getherd to the i e i r r o e n mai roller, nci er and d theth e w t i re winter. boysfrien t the r eo n. 1 1 0 broug a to' cur in representing the ragged inmates of • the ie-._,, O' thei r l''' in question as showing great aptitude for instructiol"• i AllsalecPeo' , u t li z t t i ltioo! k ble i"' they become orderly and docile, and attached to structors ; and there have been many eol r ' - ` l otl 0 ; stances of reclamations of relations and familieso„toc provement in considerable localities, through the IY, lo v: of reformed juvenile pupils of Ragrted Schools.. ‘ .lo. ' t , ba . _ on former occasions • e articulars of W i l, w i l ieP given som . p i od won" i oP e been A • -one in our own town in aid of tie go ur ' 0 those schools are carrying on, and expressed wo.ich :0, that the Christian and philanthrophic efforts "11,,,5fu1, cora l° now Makin, to extend their operations will beatlr' All such efforts have our warmest sympathy good wishes. rariks, Orlear The fi than . jewel they sPect, abroa th ey have assist ante Parli aPpe sequ, tiler, Etc thei gre;