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prortaings lit parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Lord HARDWICKE presented several petitions complaining sof agricultural distress, and contended that free trade had re sulted in much suffering to large classes of the community.— This allegation was supported by the Duke of RICHMOND, Earl WINCHILSEA, and Lord MALMESBURY, who declared that, if the present system were persevered in, such discontent would arise among the agricultural interest as would make the vernment tremble.—The petitions were ordered to stronge lie on t ROUSE OF COMMONS,-TUESDAY Mr. P. ScROPE rose to more for a select committee to eon. cider the expediency of assimilating the Poor-laws of England Ireland, and promoting the productive employ. iodied yaupers, but had hardly spoken five mi• use was counted out, only 27 members beinl Scotland, a HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1.1 - ..-EDNESDAY The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock, and, after pri vate business, Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that, on Mon day, after the orders of the day were disposed of, he would wove that the house do resolve itself into a committee of the into consideration the propriety of alter ration, Kith respect to the admission of Jews into parliament. Jog the oath of a HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY In answer to a question by Lord BROUGHAM, the LORD of the Government to t was t third Vice-Chancellor, and also to introduce a corn• asure for the despatch of business in that court ivords from Lord CRANWORTH, Lord STANLEY ler the proposed bill would be brought forward ther house.—The LORD CHANCELLOR said he that any decision had yet been come to on the CHANCELI lirehensive r :—After a few inquired whet s or the HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAT Mr. Barrow took t —Mr. SLANEY law of partner hamshire, e, the new member for south Nott s and his seat, in the room of Mr. Houldsworth r moved for a select committee to consider the ship, and a proposed limitation of liabilities, courage useful enterprises, and the additional abour.—Mr. LABOUCHERE, while dissenting ons expressed by Mr. Slaney, was not employment of from some of t prepared to say that the law resting io liabilities at present existing might not be advantageously modified, and he should, not, therefore, offer any opposition to the motion.—The mo tion was then agreed to.—Mr. LOCKE KING then moved for leave to bring in a bill to make the franchise in the counties of England and Wales the same as that in the boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of .410.—Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the motion, on the ground that it would admit so large a number of county votes as would greatly diminish the power of the 40s. freeholders, _ - . and at the same tin ,- umfor the rig an extens 'oak! introduce on ing. He was of opi be made, duce a me 1 it was ition of the Government to intro that object in the next session o parliament. (Cheers.)—AlL COBDE 7 N was glad that a reform in the popular representation was at length about to be made, and hoped that the intended change would be sufficiently ex tensive to meet the wishes of the nation.—The house divided, when there appeared—For the motion, 100 ; against it, 52 ; majority for the motion, 48. The announcement of the result was received with loud cheers.—The Passengers' Act Amend ment Bill then went through committee. 'RIDAY HOUSE OF LORDS.— i of Lord CAMPBELL, the Administration of Nmendment Bill was read a second time.— e Lord Lord BROUGHAM stated that, owi . . the Extension of the Jurisdiction of Bankruptcy, till Thursday next f the County Courts in Cases HOUSE OF COMMONS.-F RIDAY it that the house go into a con means, Sir B. HALL asked whether the pa proposed house tax would be a necessar ions, on the quest •oter, as said be was unable to answer the question ; but he could say no new qualification was intended . or contemplated.—Sir B. HALL put a question which had reference to the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Murray, who was appointed incumbent of St. An drew's Church, in Wells-street, Oxford-street. A memorial was presented to the Bishop of London signed by more than third of the inhabitants complaining of the conduct of Mr. The memorialists said, that since his appointment ay began to make alterations in the church, and monstrated with, and having promised not to make lad persisted until he had brought the church into boastfully called a state of Puseyite discipline. The m table, or altar as it was called, had twice been is to be approached by steps. It was covered with a cloth, and candlesticks placed upon it, and upon holidays t-days was decorated with wreaths of flowers, and the chancel was regarded as a sacred place not to be Iby the laity. The table of the commandments had red from over the altar, and though it was prchnised ,red had never yet been. An expensive choir had ed. the Litany was intoned by the clergyman with Mr. Miir what was to be res been en gs his_icfc' to the people, the sermon NI ither collect nor Lord's prayer were used before it, but , " In the name of the Father, Son, and of The sacrament was also intoned and alto- I in such a mode as to provent many of the attending it. It was signed by 450 inhabi and transmitted to the Bishop of London, imation that certain of the parishioners wished to and only an invocation the Holy Ghost." gether administere wait on his lordship and give him further information on the subject. The information was that the incumbent of this dis trict had been in the habit of attending the Roman Catholic Chapel in King William-street, Strand. The question which he had to ask the noble lord was, whether the bishops or arch bishops of the church were about to take any steps for the pur pose of suppressing these practices, against which, as they said, they had preached for ten years ; or were they to leave it to the laity to Ike those steps, for the purpose of fulfilling those duties which the ecclesiastics of the church bad neglected. —Lord JoH N RUSSELL,—i am enabled to state that the lord bishop informed me that his attention had been drawn more than once to tht., manner in which the public worship in St. Andrew's Church is conducted, and that he has been fully Wormed of the feelings of the inhabitants. (Hear, hear.) He informs me that be is at all times willing to give effect to the rubric, and to attend to the feelings of the inhabitants of any T to regulate the habits of the clergymen who r churches, and that at all times he was anxious f worship in conformity with those feel - hrespect to the Archbishop of Can as always desired. minister in t to render ibt ings. (Hear terbury, I an ear.) 1' (formed by his grace that I and that the bishop has always desired, that the praitice of the clergy should be at all times so arranged that the predilections of the laity shall be carefully, at least so far as reasonably, regarded. I hope my hon. friend will understand that we do not contemplate any alteration of the Liturgy of the Church of England (loud cries of " hear"), but what we want is some or better means of carrying the law into effect. (Hear, hear.) In one case not less than .3,000 was spent in order to reach -.ch a case as this, and my hon. friend and the house may sured that no aorta will be left untried to remedy " (Loud cries of "hear, hear," and cheers.) the mischief Sir B. H. INGLIS thoi b 'entlemen would best consult theinterestof the proteitants byabstaining from bringing such questions as these before the house, which was firstly not com petent to inquire into them, and even if it was it secondly bad not the ability to decide them. POSTPONEMENT OF THE BUDGET Lord J. RUSSELL then rose, amidst profound silence, and said he had to ask the house that the order of the day might stand for Monday next, on which day he would explain his rea son for having made the request.—(Hear.)—Mr. HEaRSES asked the noble lora whether her Majesty's government in tended positively to bring on this order on Monday.—Lord J. RUSSELL said he was unable to give a positive undertaking. lie would only promise on Monday night to state the reasons of the request lie had just made to the house.—No further dis cussion took place, and the house rose at seventeen minutes to six o'clock. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. The Franklin Steamer arrived off Cowes on Thursday afternoon, 3 p.m., landed mails, and proceeded to Havre. She left New York on the Bth instant . She had 47 pas sengers, and specie value 500,000 dollars, and 500 bales of cotton for Havre. The steamer Empi re Ci ty arr i ve d at New York on the Bth instant, with 750,000 dollars gold dust on freght, and 300,000 in hands of passengers.— San Francisco dates are of 31st December. California accounts are less encouraging. The mines were yielding less than during last season, but preparations were made to work the quartz mines during the spring and summer. Cholera has entirely disappeared. Crime still prevails. The aggregate amount of shipments of gold dust last year, according to the official list, was nearly £6,000,000 sterling. It was estimated that 12,000,000 dollars had gone forward in private hands, and 5,000,000 dollars being retained for circulation, making a total of between 9,000,000 and 10,000,000 sterling. There were several gales on the 15th and 16th December, and the British ship Mersey was lost in the bay of San Francisco. Business at San Fran cisco very dull, and prices of leading articles still lower. The dates are from Washington of the 7th instant. The naval committee of the Senate had put their veto upon the extension of any new steamer line across the Atlantis, under government patronage, for the present session, by a formal vote. The commercial transactions are much the same as by the previous arrival. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA The royal mail steam-ship Canada, with advices from Boston to the 12th, and New York to the 13th instant, by telegraph, arrived in the river on Sunday night, soon after six o'clock. She brought £17,000 specie and ninety pas sengers. Late advices from Chili mention that the Government had exempted British ships and goods from the discrimi nating duties recently decreed. We have advices from Havannah to the 3d instant, but they contain no news. From Nicaragua our advices extend to the 13th ult. Sacasa had been chosen director. The rumoured war be tween Honduras and San Salvador and Guatemala was incorrect. Venezuela dates are to the 15th ultimo. Congress was to meet on the 25th. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Nam* YORK, 4, P.M., FEB. 13, 1851. The Senate yesterday was occupied discussing a bill for creating the rank of lieutenant-general, which met approval ; especially from Mr. Clay, who expressed anxiety that the rank of field-marsbal should be created for such men as General - Scott, Mexican datesofiGth January are received , with General Arista's inaugural. Yanes, Minister of Rela tions ; Robles, Warand Marine Pyno, Treasury ; Aguirre, Justice. Cotton market dull today, with adownward ten dency. New Orleans' market came dull, by telegraph. Flour dull at auction ; lower than circular rates. Sales of iGenessee white wheat at one dollar eighteen cents. No alteration in Indian corn. Stock market active to-day, with general improvement in prices. Exchange ten per cent. _ COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yoaec, FEB. 11. MONEY MARKET.—The receipts of gold from California _since the departure of the last Liverpool Fteamer amount to 1,500,000 dols. The total exports from the gold regions, as near as can be estimated from official sources, amount to 30,000,000 do's. kt is estimated that 12,060,000 dials. have been forwarded by passengers, and, allowing 6,000,000 dole for cir culation, will give 48,600,000 dots. as the product of the mines. We are glad to notice signs of More ease in the money-market. Under the favourable influence obtained by flie affival of gold from California, there was a much better supply offering on Saturday and to-day, and in many instances the rates for first class short pape r were a trifle lower. Foreign exchanges are rather lower, although there has been an increased demand in consequence of there being no Liverpool steamer advertised to leave this port next week. The hulk of transactions have been at the following rates:—London, 1091 to 110 ; Paris, 5 . 11 i to 5.131 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 41i; Hamburg', 36f to 36f ; Bremen /9; to 701. tottori,—Talcett's Cireular aaya—Oar market cloged jre Arctic, 4th instant, in a depressed and unsettled condition, consequent on receipt of the Canada's advices. On the sth very few sales were effected. On the 6th 1001 bales were forced at fully c. reduction, chiefly Uplands, at 121 c. for middling, 13c. for middling fair, and 13ic. for fair. On the 7th a better feeling prevailed, and sales to the extent of 2000 bales were effected, at :tc. to ic. improvement. On Saturday, the Bth, 1000 bales; to-day there has been but little doing, the sales reported on the Exchange being only 250 bales." Iron.—Scotch Pig moved to the extent of 100 tons, at 21 dols. 50c., six months, to arrive. English Bars were held at 41 dols., with buyers at 40 dols., usual credit. Tobacco was steady, but quiet, with sales of 50 hhds. Ken tucky, at 10c. to llic. Flour and Meal.—There is a moderate demand for Western and State flour, and the latter is very heavy. Canadian is a shade easier, with a fair demand. Corn-meal is very quiet. In wheat there is nothing doing, but little pressing on the market. Corn is very quiet. Freights.—Freights quiet and engagements light. Cotton to Liverpool 5-32ds asked, but an engagement of a small lot reported at lower rates. Flour ranged from Bd. to 9d., and dead weight from 12s. to 13s. There was no change to notice to Havre or London. PORT NATAL From Natal the contents are very interesting, and show in a striking degree the flourishing state and brilliant prospects of that colony. The dates are to the 6th De cember, and the following abstract of news will be read with interest. We may mention that the bar at Port Natal was being rapidly removed, and that the depth at low water had been increased from 11 to 13 feet, which would admit of vessels of considerable tonnage passing into the harbour, thereby avoiding the risks to which they are subject at the tinter anchorage. Several of the new towns were in a flourishing state, and a regular postal communication had been established between Richmond and Pietermaritzburg. The Natal Witness and Natal Independent of Dec. 5 and 6 have been received, from which it is evident that things were progressing favour ablo. The emigrants who had arrived by the Devonian from Liverpool, and by the Emily from London, were settling on the river lllovo, south of Pietermaritzburg, on a property called Harmony. Richmond and Byrne had been founded as villages, on the same river. The Government had laid out a new village on the Upper Umganie, and 23 lots, of an acre each, had been sold, by public sale, at prices varying from £lO to £2O each. Pinetown, between D'Urban and Pietermaritzburg, was increasing in favour. The town sections consisted of a plot of land, 132 feet by 264 feet; and £2O payable in cash and six months and twelve months, was readily paid. The several villages of Verulam, &e„ which are on the coast, north of the port, are also increasing in impor- tance ; and arrangements had been made for ginning and packing cotton at D'Urban ; and these arrangements would also be carried out at Verulam, Richmond, Pine- town, and Pietermaritsburg The system of franking letters by means of stamps is being introduced into the postoffice of Poland and Russia. All foreign gold coin, except the English sovereign, is withdrawn from circulation in Portugal, for a silver cur- During the month of January 16,929 emigrants arrived at New York, of whom 11,259 were from England, 577 from Scotland, and 512 from Ireland. At Rome the anniversary of the revolution passed off without any disturbance or public demonstration of any kind. _ _ Prince Galitzin has announced the discovery, in the centre of the Sea of Aral, of a group of islands, to the principal of which the names of Nicholas I, Constantine, and Lazareff, have been given. The news from France is of a very quiet and uninterest ing kind. The late excitement in the public mind caused by the warm and animated debates in the Assembly has entirely died away, and the people appear as unconcerned about political affairs as if they were not at all interested in the matter. During the burial of a French soldier in the cemetery of San Lorenzo, at Rome, a short time since, the grave digger and four soldiers successively swooned away, from the effect of the mephitic gas which was inhaled from the ggave; and although the four soldiers recovered the grave digger died. - Letters from Geneva of the 17th instant, mention the arrival of the celebrated Roman chief Garibaldi, whose object, it is said, is to get up an expedition to operate in Italy at the commencement of spring. Mazzini is actively engaged with Garibaldi, in forwarding the contemplated plan of insurrection. The advices from the east just received announce that Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., the eminent engineer, had left Egypt for Malta, with a party of friends in his yacht Titania. This gentleman went from Cairo to Alex andria by land, in order to survey the country, and is very decided in his opinion of the expediency and great advan tages of a railroad between the two towns. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Advices of the 26th of Decem ber speak of the agitation on the frontier, owing to the apprehended turbulence of the Gaika tribes and the pro bability of their supporting the other insurgents. At Graham's Town, all adults were being enrolled for the protection of the place. Farms and crops had in seve ral cases been deserted, the owners leaving under fear of a sudden hostile demonstration. Sir Harry Smith would make Fort Cox his head quarters. MR. AND MRS. HEALD.—Some time ago, Mr. Heald ordered a French artist to paint a full-length portrait of himself, in his uniform as an officer of the Guards, offer ing to his bride, seated on a sofa, a present of jewellery. When the painting was finished, Mr. Heald objected to the price, which was 10,000 francs, as excessive, and the matter having been brought before a legal tribunal, on Saturday the price was fixed at 8,000 francs, which Mr. Heald was condemned to pay. TURKEY AND EGYPT.—From the Daily News corres pondent :—" Vienna, 14th Feb.—The latest news from Egypt is of extraordinary importance. The Porte has made categorical demands on the Viceroy with which he has refused to comply. instead of reducing his army to 20,000 men, the Viceroy has ordered new levies of 40,000 men for the land and 15,000 for the sea forces. He will resist the pretensions of the Sultan, if necessary, by arms." GENERAL BEM'S EFFECTS. - At a public sale held at Aleppo, on the 23d of January, of a portion of this cele brated General's effects, considerable anxiety was felt to obtain souvenirs of the late General. An odd cotton sock, worth 4d., sold for 9s. ; a cotton coat, worth 255., sold for 555. ; a pair of fur-lined inexpressibles, worth 305., sold for £6; common cotton nightcaps, worth 3d., brought 16s. ; a broken common china cup, value 2d., sold for 20s. ; an old pillow-case, value ls., brought ss. ; a cravat, 75., realised 205.; a pair of leather straps, value Id., sold for 9s. ! &c. _ Accounts from Kingston, Jamaica, state that cholera was fast disappearing from the colony, and the only parish now afflicted to any extent is Lucia. A serious riot had occurred in the parish of St. David during an election for a member of the House of Assembly. A hired band of ruffians was in attendance, and a fearful riot ensued. The Court-house was almost entirely demolished, the police and other persons cut and wounded, some of whom would not survive. Mr. M`Lean, the coroner of the parish was killed ; and the sheriff, Mr. Lyons, was obliged to fly for his life. A detachment of troops had been sent to the district, and some of the ringleaders arrested on a charge of wi'ful murder. _ _ _ OUTBREAK AT ALEPPO. — We learn by letters from Aleppo, dated 16th of January, that Mehemed Pasha has been most successful in repairing the effects of the dis orders which broke out in that city a short time since. It appears from the Pasha's report, that the statements which appeared in some of the European papers relative to the outbreak at Aleppo were of a most exaggerated kind. In the onslaught only five Christians were killed and six badly wounded. A hundred Christians's houses and five churches were pillaged. On the other hand, the insurgent Mussulmans were severely punished on the in stant, for the troops brought against them showed them no mercy. Six hundred of them fell by the hands of the soldiers, and that part of the city inhabited by the insur gents. and in which they defended themselves, was com pletely destroyed by a furious cannonade. Six hundred of the principal rioters who escaped the conflict with the soldiery have since been sent to the galleys by Mehemed Pasha. A portion of the property of which the Chris tians were plundered has been restored to them, and the Porte has given orders that they shall be fully indemni fied for all their losses. CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.—The official returns for the census of 1850 have been so far completed, that a sufficiently correct estimate can now be made of the po pulation of the country, as compared with what it was in 1840. The white race numbers 19,878,211 ; the free coloured, 500,000; the slaves, 3,295,495 ; in all, 23,673,706. They are divided thus : New England States Middle Free States.. Western Free States 2,719,840 2,234,821 8,070,037 6,024,332 3,142,697 1,448,303 9,707,456 Total of Free States .. 13,932,574 Eastern Slave States , Western Slave States. 5,378,670 4,404,160 4,198,231 2,818,367 Total of Slave States, 9,576,901 District of Columbia. New Territories .... 54,102 111,129 Total Showing an increase in all classes of population (exclusive of Indians) of 6,709,978, or within a fraction of 40 per cent. To ascertain the federal representation, two-fifths must be deducted from the slave population ; and as the number of members in the House of Representatives is limited to 233, it follows that till the next census is taken in 1860 the ratio of representation will be one member for about every 94,000 inhabitants. During the past ten years the ratio has Leen one for every 70,680. AN AMATORY MISADVENTURE.—M. Lardoche, a re spectable tradesman, appeared before the Tribunal of Correctional Police to relate a misadventure which had befallen him at a bal masque", and to complain of the per son who had caused it. He had., he said, arrived at the age of fifty without ever having been at a bal masque, and he determined to see the last which took place at the Opera. He put on a false nose and a large pair of green spectacles. He was at first bewildered by the noise, and, when he had become somewhat accustomed to the scene, wondered greatly at the style of dancing, w hich was so different to that which was in the fashion in his youthful days. While he was engaged in a quiet contemplation, a fine woman, dressed as a shepherdess, accosted him: Struck by her magnificent stature, he courteously replied, and they soon got into a very interesting conversation. She at last asked him to have a dance, and he consented. The dance concluded he gallantly offered her an ice or a glass of lemonade ; but the lady scornfully replied,— " Lemonade ! No; give me a bowl of punch !" They went to the cafe, and the punch was produced. The lady, he observed, took glass after glass with all the sans faro.; of a trooper, and for his part he did not spare the liquor. At last he got into such good humour that he ventured to giae the lady a few gentle caresses, which she pt.:fixated with a sort of modest confusion, which was in expressibly charming. "Oh !" said he, "my angel ! You are exceedingly beautiful ! Tall as a drum-major, and attar)/ t 8 Ilerauka 1" " Ah, Narcissus !" she Tilt 11/EIPOOL STANDARD. answered, for he had told her his Christian name, " I feel for you a strange sympathy—your image is for ever en graven here!" and rith a languishing look she placed her hand on her heart. " I ought not," she added, "to make such a confession ; hut what, Narcissus, can a poor weak woman do when fascinated by such a man as you ?" And, as she spoke, she became more languishing than ever, and fell into her adorer's arms. Suddenly she cried, " You have a diamond ring. Give it me, Narcissus ; I am sure some woman gave it you, and I should die of jealousy if you were to wear it !" And she, half-playfully, half-angrily, pulled it from his finger, and placed it on her own. In return, however, she cut off a huge lock of her hair, and said, " There, Narcissus, take that ; and never, never forget me." As the ring was worth 1,200 f. Narcissus by no means approved of the exchange ; but, in spite of his repeated requests, the lady declined to make restoration. Narcissus at length got seriously angry, and the lady deemed it prudent to faint in his arms. The poor man shouted for salts, or vinegar, or hartshorn, but no one had any, and a fireman eventually restored the patient by puffing the smoke of his pipe in her face. In doing this her mask fell off, and the un fortunate Narcissus was astounded to see a big pair of whiskers and a large moustache—the charmer was a man ! Narcissus at once gave the fellow into custody, and it was subsequently ascertained that his name was Lahure, and that he was a well-known thief. Not having anything to say in his defence he was condemned by the Tribunal to 13 months' imprisonment.—French paper. IRELAND. * The Coleraine Chronicle says that in a single night no fewer than 75 sheep, belonging to Mr. Sampson, of Bally kelly, were worried to death by savage dogs. AN IRISH SET-OFF TO ENGLISH POPERY.. -- The Dub lin Warder of February 8 states that in the diocese of Tuam, Ardfert, and Emley, there have been within the last three months one thousand five hundred and sixty converts to the Protestant religion. The Protestants of Ireland must evidently look to their arms if they would not have their throats cut. 'We infer this necessity from the murderous spirit which seems to be animating the Papists. One Popish priest says in an incendiary letter to Lord John Russell.—" Do not think lightly of what I say. We are only sparks, but we are in reach of the magazine, and we can ignite a power stronger than you." A NOBLE COMPOSITOR.—The Leinster Express informs us that at a display of fireworks which took place last week, at Birr Castle, under the superintendence of the Earl of Rosse, a programme of the evening's amusements were handed about, the typography and press-work of which were executed by Lord Oxmantown, the earl's eldest son, who is only aged ten years. The imprint is. " Oxmantown, printer, Birr Castle." THE EARL OF ROSSE AT HOME.—The King's County Chronicle contains a highly interesting account of a magnificent display of fireworks which took place on the evening of the 3rd instant., in the grounds attached to Birr Castle, the seat of the Earl of Rosse. The exhibition was got up by the Earl and Countess of Rosse, for the amusement of the inhabitants of Parsonstown and the neighbourhood, and tickets, to the number of several thousands, were gratuitously distributed. A large juve nile party was also invited to the Castle, previous to the fireworks. Our contemporary dwells with much enthu siasm on " the brilliancy, the variety, the novelty, the startling splendour and magnificence" of the spectacle. Lord Rosse himself set off the fireworks, which were pre pared at the Castle under his own superintendence. THE MILITARY ORDERED OUT OF CHAPEL.—On Sun day last the Roman Catholic soldiers of the 6th depot, commanded by Captain Cruse, also a Roman Catholic, stationed in t his town, went as usual to hear second mass, which was celebrated by the Rev. Mr. Connellan, a curate. When mass was nearly over the Rev. Mr. Connellan ad dressed the congregation, stating that a petition against the measure brought in by ministers to prevent Papal aggression lay outside the chapel gate for signature, and that the bill had a tendency to crush civil and religious liberty. Immediately a movement was observed amongst the soldiers, for Captain Cruse ordered them to retire forthwith from the chapel in consequence of the observa tions made by Mr. Connellan, a young red-hot Maynoo thian, with which the respectable portion of the congre gation did not feel pleased.—Nenagh Guardian. A LADY PLEADING HER OWN CAUSE.—In the Dublin Encumbered Estates Court, on Saturday week, a lady, Mrs. Catherine Winter, appeared to plead her own cause. She took a place at the table where her Majesty's counsel and doctors learned in the law usually sit, and producing a bundle of papers, large enough to excite the jealousy of a Chancery practitioner, proceeded to untie and arrange them with composure and expertness. On one of the benches immediately behind sat her brother, Mr. N. D. Maillard, who seemed content to perform the subordinate duty of a junior counsel, surrendering the more compli cated and technical portions of the case to the superior management of the fair advocate who acted as his senior, and who, it must be confessed, discharged the self-im posed task with a collected and consecutive fluency and a rhetorical tact and force which would not have disgraced any " gentleman of the long robe." DREADFUL CATASIROPII . E.—Yesterday week, a small farmer, named Patrick AV Gough, who lives at Kilrocklin, in the parish of Greggan, went to the fair at Camlough to sell a cow, and having transacted his business, he returned home somewhat inebriated. His wife and he quarrelled, and she was obliged to run out of the house to escape his anger. Thinking that she had hid herself in the bed room, he proceeded there with a lighted candle in search of her, when unfortunately the light came in contact with some Aix, and in an instant the interior of the room was in a blaze, which quickly reached and consumed the en tire dwelling. 3.l•Gough's children, four in number, were in bed in a loft at the time, and every one of them perished in the flames. The unfortunate man himself would, in all likelihood, have shared the same fate, had not the wife rushed into the flames and assisted him to make his way out. The Earl of Enniskillen has put forward a second mani festo, in consequence of the refusal of Sir G. Grey to present the address to the Queen from the Loyal Orange Body, which we noticed a short time ago. In it, the Noble Earl traces the history of Ireland from the volun tary dissolution of the Orange body, in consequence of the resolution of the House of Commons in 1836, to the present time. That event was followed by the " General Association," changed in 1828 to the " Precursor Association," and by the monster meetings of 1843, which led to the reorganization of the Orange body as a necessary measure of self-defence in 1842 ; since which time its signal services to the cause of loyalty and' order have been graciously acknowledged, through the very functionary who now revives the fact of the dissolution in 1836, as a reason for intercepting its addresses to the throne. A SAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE TO EXPECT FROM POPERY IN IRELAND. An Irish Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. Dr. Cahill, has recently been addressing a correspondence to Lord John Russell, on the subject of his proposed measure against Papal aggression. His concluding letter contains the following specimen of peculiarly Irish bluster :-- " This letter, my lord, closes my correspondence with y ou ; but in my next letter, which I 'shall write to the Catholics of Ireland, I shall propose a plan of co-operation against your bill, which I hope will combine into one body every man in Ireland who values his liberty or his life, and I hope to call into existence the largest and the most powerful confederacy ever, perhaps, heretofore united in Ireland against the mons trous and scarlet tyranny of your threatened bill. The Catholic clergy will call the people of Ireland, parish after parish, county after county, to meet in the churchyards which your legislation has filled—in all a million of my countrymen buried in untimely death. We will address them from the red graves of the murdered dead, and we will raise a shout of horror at your cabinet which will be heard all over the earth ; and you can only stop our mouths, as you have often done before to our countrymen, by the martyrdom of your laws. And pray, sir, I beg of you, do not think lightly af what I say. We are only sparks, but we are within reach of the magazine, and we can ignite a power stronger than you. With truth and justice inscribed on our banners, we will pledge ourselves before God and our country, that if you put us down, it will be only by taking our lives." A very pleasant gentleman this Mr. Cahill to be entrusted with the power given to the priesthood of Rome by the infamous canon law ! UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. The Rev. Hibbert Binney, Fellow and Tutor of Wor cester College, Oxford, is appointed Bishop of Nova Scotia. Government has abandoned the clergy reserves in Canada to the absolute disposal of the provincial legisla ture. Four candidates are announced for the Lord Rector ship of the Mareschal College, Aberdeen, viz., the Earls of Eglinton and Carlisle, Lord Ashley, and Alfred Ten nyson. The Cambridge University Commission met on Wed nesday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson (secretary). ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL.—A cor respondent of the Times points out that this bill, as now worded, subjects bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland to those pains and penalties the Legislature means to apply to Papal dignitaries. THE CHAPLAINCY AT ANTWERP.—The Rev. P. G. Hill, who for the last six years has filled the Chaplaincy at Antwerp, to the satisfaction both of the Bishop of London and of the great body of his congregation, re ceived, on the 24th of Jan. last, through a self-elected " Church Committee" at Antwerp, notice that in conse quence of a " satisfactory testimonial from the Arch bishop of Canterbury of Mr. Byron's fitness for the chap laincy of Antwerp," he is " recommended accordingly in the room of the Rev. P. G. Hill." Mr. Hill, thereupon, , wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury, explaining the circumstances of his appointment to the chaplaincy, six years ago, by the Bishop of London, whose license he holds, and requesting " His Grace to examine into the use made of his testimonial, and to favour him and his congregation with the result." The following is his Grace's answer:— Lanaheti, Jan. 29, 1851 TO THE REV. P. 0. HILL, ANTWERP. Reverend Sir,—ln reply to your letter, I beg to state that I received, about a fortnight ago, a letter from Lord Palmerston, which mentioned that " he had thought it better to remove you born the chaplaincy," and desired to know whether, in my opinion, Mr. Byron was a " fit and proper person to be ap pointed British Chaplain at . Antwerp in the place of the Rev. Air. Hill ?" To which I answered in the affirmative.—l re main, Rev. Sir, your faithful servant, J. B. CANTOA R. Mr. Hill has again written to the Archbishop, to point out to his Grace the fact of his latter being liable to be interpreted as S recognition of sufficient authority in the Fogeign Secretary 11) remove a chaplain. COURT AND FASHION. Lord and Lady Stanley were present at the royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Friday evening. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the perfor mance at the Princess's Theatre with their presence on Thursday evening. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. Grey and Lieutenant Colonel Hon. A. Gordon, visited the Model Lodging Houses for families, in Streatham -street, on Thursday. His Royal Highness was received at the establishment by Lord Ashley and by Mr. Roberts, the architect of the building, and inspected minutely the rooms and arrangements, with which his Royal Highness expressed himself much pleased. On Wednesday a chapter of the most noble order of the Garter was held at Buckingham Palace, when Lord Nor manby was elected a Knight of the Order. Kew Gardens were visited on Monday by the Queen, Prince Albert, and the two eldest children. The Queen went to the Haymarket Theatre in the evening. Mr. Page, of New York, has presented to the Prince of Wales a pair of superb sculls or oars, enclosed in a case of black walnut, exquisitely fashioned. The mountings are very costly. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Mr. G. K. Richards, of the Oxford circuit, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Booth as Counsel to the Speaker. Sir John C. Hobhouse, Bart., is created a peer by the title of Baron Broughton de Gyfford, Wilts. Mr. A. Henry, whcse name is not inserted in the divi sion lists on Mr. Locke King's motion, has written to say that he voted with the majority. Colonel Gilpin, a Protectionist, is the successful candi date for the representation of Bedford. A weak opposi tion to his election was offered by Mr. Houghton, a free trader. It is shown in a return to parliament that the estimated net revenue of India for the year 1849-50 will amount to £20,498,412, and after paying all charges the estimated surplus will be £77,662. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASUNIPTION BILL.—The Earl of Arundel and Surrey has given notice that on the motion for the second reading of this bill he will move that it be postponed for six months. The Manchester Courier earnestly calls upon the Pro testant Defence Committee of that town to be prepared with two candidates to displace the present membeis— Mr. M. Gibson and Mr. J. Bright. rWe may make a call of a similar kind on our own Protestant Defence Committee.] It is a somewhat singular coincidence that the two gen tlemen who, in February, 1843 (exactly eight years ago), sat together in parliament as representatives of Belfast, should both have been appointed governors of colonial islands, and should leave this country in the same month —Mr. Ross, to assume the governorship of Tobago ; and Sir James Emerson Tennent that of St. Helena. - The High Sheriff of the county of Northumberland has convened a public meeting, upon the requisition of 1,330 ratepayers, for the purpose of petitioning parliament to place the management of the county rate under the con trol of the ratepayers. A bill, to this effect, has already been, or is about to be, brought into the House of Com mons by Mr. Milner Gibson. - - COUNTY FRANCHISE.—The following members were among the majority of 100 in favour of Mr. Locke King's motion to give the franchise to all occupiers of £lO value in counties :—J. Bright, J. Brotherton, W. Brown, R. Cobden, W. Ewart, T. M. Gibson, W. Jackson, J. Locke, J. M'Gregor, G. F. Muntz, R. A. Thicknesse, T. Thorn ley, and Sir J. Walmsley. Among the minority of 52 were no members connected with this district. On Saturday, Smith Child, Esq.. was elected without opposition to represent North Staffordshire, in the room of Lord Brackley. The hon. member underwent the ancient ceremony of chairing, and during his progress through the town thre w f rom hi s sea t s i x p enn y an d four penny pieces to the amount: of thirty pounds. This cir cumstance put all sides in a good humour, and prevented any disturbance. THE INCOME Tax QUESTION.—Had the discussion on the Income tax been proceeded with, the following resolu tion, as an amendment, was to have been moved by Mr. Disraeli :—" That the tax upon property and income having been proposed with a view to supply a then exist ing deficiency in the revenue, that deficiency having now ceased, and an actual surplus now appearing, the said sur plus shall be applied to the reduction of the said income tax." MISREPRESENTATION OF "THE TIMES."—The thun derer of Wednesday represented that Lord Stanley would not stay in the House of Lords on Tuesday to hear the challenge of Lord Granville ; but " after being seen for a minute at the head of his party, then disappears, upon which they forthwith proceed to do every man that which is right in his own eyes, though notoriously not in the eyes of their chief." Upon this Lord Malmesbury wrote next day, containing the following short answer to the charge :—" I beg to inform you that Lord Stanley sat by me from five o'clock till the close of the debate, without leaving the house till it adjourned." THE HOWICK FARMS.—A correspondent informs us that Lord Grey is actually selling the straw upon his choice farm of West Learmouth, finding it necessary thus to eke out all he can while he has the opportunity before it passes into the hands of the new tenant. The relin quishment of the Cincinnation farm of Learmouth, after so brief a game at farming, and a reduction of £650 rental, will doubtless have furnished the Chancellor of the Exche quer with much valuable information. Even the price of straw will not be overlooked. A handsome penny might be made of the sale of that article to the Coldstream Cad gers, and the tenant-elect of Learmouth had better " look frae him" in that direction.—Newcastle Journal. VOTING BY RAILWAY SPEED.—On the morning of Thursday last three Scotch members of Parliament, viz., Mr. Forbes. M.P. for Stirlingshire, Mr. W. Lockhart, M.P. for Lanarkshire, and Mr. A. Elliot Lockhart, M.P. for Selkirkshire--recorded their votes at the Falkirk elec tion, the former at the town of Falkirk, and the two lat ter at Lanark. On the same evening these gentlemen took part in the division in the House of Commons on Mr. Disraeli's motion on agricultural distress. By means of the railway all this was done without the slightest per sonal effort or discomfort; but the act contrasts strongly with the state of matters in the last century, when it was nothing unusual for a Scotch member to endure a week's travelling before commencing his Parliamentary duties. At the same time, by means of the electric telegraph, these gentlemen on their arrival in London were apprised of the result of the election, although it did not terminate for 7 or 8 hours after they set out on their journey. THE NEW COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL.— A bill has been brought into the House of Commons by the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson and Mr. Cobden, entitled " A bill to establish county financial boards for the assess ing of county rates, and for the administration of county expenditure in England and Wales." The 4th section of this bill enacts that (save in certain excepted counties, which are provided for by another clause) each board of guardians in a county,—whether for a poor-law union, a Gilbert's union, or a single parish under a local act,—shall elect one person, not being a county justice, upon this county financial board; and to these guardian-elected re presentatives are to be added an eqnal number of county magistrates.—these two bodies constituting together the county board. By the 10th section, the justices, at the April quarter sessions for each county, or hundred of a county, are to elect a number of resident county justices, equal to the number chosen by the various boards of guar dians within the same jurisdiction. _ THE REPRESENTATION OF YOUGHAL.— The Cork Examiner has published a letter, purporting to be signed by Mr. Chisholm Anstey, and declaring his intention to resign, in compliance with a requisition presented to him by his Roman Catholic constituents. The Globe of Wed nesday contains a note, purporting to be from Mr. Chis holm Anstey, and declaring that the letter in the Cork Examiner is a forgery, and that he is not about to resign. And to make " confusion worse confounded," the Times of Friday contains the following paragraph :—" We are requested to state that Mr. Chisholm Anstey has resigned his seat for the borough of Youghal in compliance with the requisition of his constituents ; and that the statement under his name in the Globe of yesterday is without his sanction. Mr. Anstey will apply for the Chiltern Hun dreds without delay." The Globe of the same evening declared that the Times had not good authority for its statement, and on Saturday a letter appeared in the Times from Mr. Anstey, declaring his solemn determination not to resign, and telling the latter paper that it bad been egregiously hoaxed. MISREPRESENTATION.—The Rev. E. S. Yates, vicar of Aylsham, near Norfolk, thus writes to Mr. D'lsraeli : " The tithe-owner, of all people in this country, will be the class who will suffer most in the end from Free-trade prices. In making your statement you entirely over looked the fact that the tithe-owner has first to buy corn at Protection prices—wheat, e.g., at 565. 4d. per quarter, and then to resell it at Free-trade prices ; for every hun dred pounds of rent charge the tithe-owner has to take a certain number of bushels of wheat, oats, and barley, fixed definitely at the Protection prices of, wheat, 7s. Old. per bushel ; and the other two in proportion. Then he has to resell at whatever price the average may come out ; and, if this is not a gross injustice, and one by which the land-owner will reap, even according to Mr. Cobden, an immense advantage, I do not know what injustice is. Again : he is rated at rack-rent, no deductions being allowed for loss—for the expense of collecting—for assist. ance (very often compulsory from ill-health on the part of the incumbent, or on account of the population)—for his own services, and for that which has been so often pro mised him, an equivalent for other inequalities in the assessment of his rent-charge ; for the relief of the poor and other purposes, and lastly for insurance upon his life." GOVERNMENT AND THE IRISH ROMANIST M.Ps.— We gather from the Dublin Freeman's Journal the advice of the Irish priesthood for the guidance of the Romanist members of the legislature. " The Irish vote," it appears, "is lost t o L or d J o h n R usse ll f or ever ;" an d the nominees of Rome, who enjoy a seat in the English parliament, have been enjoined, in accordance with their paramount spiritual allegiance, to vote against the cabinet on every occasion that offers, without the slightest refer ence to the merits of the question on which thei r v ote is to be given. The Romanist members, we are told, will have " abundant opportunities" of thus violating their duty as members of parliament in obedience to the com mands of th e i r sp i r it ua l gu id es an d t vran t s . Mi n i s t ers ' will be hard pressed on the income-tax, and on the sugar duties, and also on the maintenance of the African squad ron for the suppression of the slave trade, and on any of these questions the " Irish vote" may turn the scale. True it is, the Romanist members have hitherto supported the government on these very questions ; they are all pledged to free t ra d e , an d d ou bly pl e dged, as professing Liberals," to use their hest efforts to put an and to the accursed traffic in human flesh; but the church hits issued her edict; and the Popish members ,willingly render obedience to the potentate to whom primary obedience is in their opinion due.—Dublin Herald. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. An accident of an alarming character occurred to a goods' train at an early hour on Tuesday on the Birming ham and Derby Branch of the Midland Railway. Several waggons and trucks were thrown off the line, and their contents were strewn on both sides of the railway. On the train being stopped it was found that the accident had been caused by the breakage of a waggon belonging to the Great Northern Railway Company. Two waggons be longing to that company were completely smashed, and seven or eight others, the property of the Midland, were damaged more or less. SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.—The directors' report, to be laid before the proprietors at the meeting at Manchester on Wednesday next, has been for warded to us. The net receipts for the past half-year are £21,904 16s. 6d. above those of the preceding half year, and £33,287 12s. above that of the corresponding period of 1849. The works at Grimsby Docks and other places are proceeding satisfactorily. The directors urge the pro priety of completing the Barnsley branch, which they believe will prove highly remunerative to the shareholders. The present traffic relations with neighbouring companies are satisfactory :—with the Great Northern Company traffic arrangements have recently been effected, which the directors believe will tend to the mutual benefit of the two companies. The result of the half-year's operations is, that after payment of the debenture interest there will remain a balance of £37,555 is. Sd. applicable to divi dend, increased by the balance from last half year's account to £45,249 10s., out of which it is proposed to pay £16,741 to the holders of No. 1 Quarters; and £21,800, being ss. per share, to the holders of £lO Pre ference Stock ; leaving a balance of £6,708 10s, to be car ried to the next half year's account. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—At Aylesbury quarter ses sions, on Thursday, two labourers, named Prior and Newne, were indicted for a villainous attempt to overturn an express train by laying obstructions on the line. On the 19th Nov. last, as the express train from Liverpool reached Cheddington, with a full complement of pas sengers, the engine -driver was thrown from his feet by the iron safeguard in front of the engine coming into violent collision with several substances placed upon the rails by way of obstruction. He stopped the engine as soon as possible. It was going at the rate of 38 miles an hour. Auother train, the Aylesbury luggage one, was immediately behind, and very nearly came in collision with the express. Upon examination it was discovered that a most diabolical scheme had been formed to over turn the carriages. A large piece of iron rail, weighing more than 3001 b., had been placed upon the line, and a dozen heavy iron chains, in a position to throw the engine off the line. The jury retired, and found Prior guilty, and acquitted Newne. The chairman sentenced Prior to the highest measure of punishment which the recent act allows--two years' imprisonment ; and at the same time remarked upon the inadequacy of the statute to punish sufficiently for such a heinous crime. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. - The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the Euston Station ; Mr. Glyn, M.P., presiding. In a lengthened speech, the Chairman described the position of the company as most satisfactory. The accounts, he observed, showed a large increase of traffic receipts, with but a relatively small increase in the working expenses, compared with the corresponding half-year of 1849. The nett increase of profits amounted to £68,714. He had great pleasure in stating that, during the current half year, a large increase in the passenger traffic was expected, for the accommodation of which 180 new carriages would he ready by the 10th of May. The directors had entered into friendly arrangements with the Great Northern and other companies connecting Scotland and England by the east and west routes ; but he regretted that the negotia tions with the Great Western had not resulted in such an arrangement as the directors could recommend to the acceptance of the proprietors. The board concurred in the opinion of the committee appointed at the last half yearly meeting, that the number of directors should be increased to 30, and that the number retiring annually should be six. After some further remarks, the Chaii - man stated that the debt had been further reduced, and the debentures which expired during the half-year bad been renewed, or placed at the rate of 31 per cent. The disposable fund for the half-year was £678,638 16s. 10d., and he begged to move that a dividend of £2 15s. per cent., for the six months, be declared and paid. This would absorb £527,407 13s. 5d., and leave a balance to be carried to the next half-year of £151,231 3s. sd.—The motion was seconded a director, and carriesl unani mously.—After some little discussion, the Chairman stated, that considering the amount of capital involved in the undertaking, a reserve of at least £150,000 should be maintained.—The gentlemen recommended in the report of the committee appointed at the last half-yearly meet ing, were unanimously elected directors; and a resolution was next passed, arranging for the retirement of six di rectors annually, four of whom should be eligible for re election.—After a vote of thanks to Mr. C. Lawrence, of Liverpool, on his retirement from the office of deputy chairman, the other business was disposed of, and the meeting adjourned.—The dividend is payable to-day. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. Immense numbers of petitions are now presented nightly to parliament against the recent Papal aggression. ITALIAN ANTI-PAPAL MEETING.—A meeting of the Italians residing in London, without any distinction of religious or political opinions, was held on Wednesday at London, in order to express their abhorrence of the tem poral power of the Pope, and their condemnation of the recent attempt of the Court of Rome to extend its sway to this country. Mr. Aubrey Berri having taken the chair, the meeting was addressed by Signor Agostini, late deputy of the Roman Constituent Assembly; Professor A. Gallenga, of University College, London ; the Avocat Lazotti, Signor Gaellano, Dr. Achilli, Father Gavazzi, and others, and the following resolutions were carried " 1. That the temporal power of the Pope always was, and is, one of the most fatal calamities of Italy. " 2. That the Italians at different epochs had struggled with all their might against the temporal power of the Pope, and shook it in repeated instances, and would have overthrown it during the late disturbances of 1848 and 1849 but for the inter ference of other Powers. "3. That the Italians see more with indignation and sorrow than with surprise that England is threatened by a foreign Power, notwithstanding the great light of reason and freedom which has shone for centuries over that land; but they wish to express their firm confidence that no power of darkness will ever prevail over them. "4. That the Italians at the same time ; out of sympathy and a feeling of gratitude towards English hospitality, take a share in the commotion which has arisen in the English nation at the threats of a Papal usurpation, and they are sure that the English will have no difficulty in finding such measures as will baffle all attempts of that nation, without, however, interfering with that sacred right of freedom of conscience which consti tutes the greatest pride of England." THE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.—The Govern ment Bill is intituled, " A Bill to prevent the assumption of certain Ecclesiastical titles in respect of places in the United Kingdom ;" and consists of only four clauses. The preamble recites, that whereas, by the Roman Catho lic Relief Act, (the 10th Geo. IV., c. 7, s. 24,) after re citing that the Protestant Episcopal Church ofEngland and Ireland, and the doctrine, discipline, and government thereof, were by the respective Acts of Union of England and Scotland ,and of Great Britain and Ireland, established permanently and inviolably, and that the right and title of archbishops to their respective provinces, of bishops to their sees, and of deans to their deaneries, as well in England as in Ireland, had been settled and established by law, it was enacted, " That if any person after the commencement of that Act, other than the person there unto authorised by law, should assume or use the name, style, or title of archbishop of any province, bishop of any bishopric, or dean of any deanery. in England and Ireland, he should for every such such offence forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds." It then recites, that, " Whereas it may be doubted whether the recited enactment extends to the assumption of the title of arch bishop or bishop of a pretended province or diocese, or archbishop or bishop of a city, place, or territory in Eng land or Ireland, not being the see, province, or diocese of any archbishop or bishop reepsnised by law ; but the at tempt to establish, under lour of authority from the See of Rome or otherwise, such pretended sees, provinces, or dioceses, is illegal and void, and the assumption of ec clesiastical titles in respect thereof is inconsistent with the rights intended to be protected by the said enact ment. And whereas it is expedient to prohibit the assump tion of such titles in respect of any places within the United Kingdom"—it then enacts that—" 1. If, after the passing of this act, any person, other than a person there unto authorised by law in respect of an archbishopric, bishopric, or deanery of the United Church of England and Ireland, assume and use the name, style, or title of archbishop, bishop, or dean of any city, town, or place, or of any territory or district, (under any designation or de scription whatsoever), in the United Kingdom, whether such city, town, or place, or such territory or district, be or be not the see or the province or co-extensive with the diocese, of any bishop, or the seat or place of the church of any dean, or co extensive with any deanery, of the said united church, the person so offending shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, to be recovered as provided by the recited act." 2. Any deed or writing made, signed, or executed after the passing of this act, by or under the authority of any person, in or under any name, style, or title, which such person is, by the recited act, and this act, or either of them, prohibited from assuming or using, shall be void." The 3d clause enacts, that future endowments of pre tended sees, &c., and gifts in favour of persons designated by the prohibited titles, shall endure to the use of her Majesty ; and that all powers in relation to charitable and other trusts, or otherwise vested in persons so designated. may be exercised as her Majesty may direct. The 4th clause enacts, that every person liable to be sued for any penalty under the act, shall, in any suit in equity, in rela tion to any such trust, &c., be compellable to answer upon oath, notwithstanding his liability to such penalty; pro vided that no such ansvAr shall be admissible against such person in any action for the recovery of such penalty.— The bill is proposed to be read the second time on the 7th of March, Ninety-six members of the Irish bar, including two Queen's sergeants and ten Queen's counsel, have signed a Protest against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. MARRIED POPISH PRIESTS.—A correspondence has been published in the Brighton Gazette, by which it ap pears that the Rev. Henry Allen, vicar of Patchatn, Sus sex, has recently addressed two letters to Dr. Wiseman, inquiring whether the Oriental Moronites were considered to be in strict and perfect communion with the Church of Rome, inasmuch as he had been informed that they re ceived the communion in both kinds ,• that they had a married priesthood, and that their public service was not conducted in the Latin tongue. Dr. Wiseman is repre sented to say, in his reply, that th e y diff er i n mo doctrine from the Holy See; that th e i r eccles i ast i ca l l anguage i s SyHtts., and that the " use of the cup," and the marriage of priests before ordination, are permitted, as being merely matters of discipline, allowed to the Moronites in common with °` many churches in colnumnion with Rome." Feb. 25, 18310 Cardinal Wiseman held a large " recepti o n" o n Veg. I day evening. Amongst others, the following Irish mere' bers of parliament were present :—Mr. Devereux, Mr• Fagan (Cork), Mr. Greene, Mr. Keatinge, Mr. Keogh , Mr. Moore, Mr. Meagher (Waterford), Mr. O'FlahertY, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Sadler, Mr. Scully and Mr. Monsell. MARIOLATRY.—The Northampton Herald contains melancholy account of a young woman, brought up a pro testant, who was perverted to Romanism, and.induced to sign an " Act of Consecration," the effect of which upon her mind has been to deprive her of her reason. The " Act of Consecration" dedicates her for ever " to the Virgin." On Thursday a crowded meeting of the Roman Catho lics of Manchester was held at the Free-trade Hall, to pe• tition parliament against the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion Bill, and to express approbation of the recent rem establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in this country. Mr. Daniel Lee, magistrate, presided. The resolutions and the petitions were all unanimouslyadopted. THE CRITICAL HOME SECRETARY.—A correspondent of the Guardian inquires whether Sir G. Grey, who de clined to forward " the humble petition of Henry, Bishop of Exeter," alleging that it was not in the usual form of petitions or addresses to the Crown." ought not, in eon• sistencv, to have declined the address recently presented to her Majesty from 400,000 Romanists, in which they speak of themselves as " the Catholics ?" seeing that the Acts of Parliament describe them not as the Catholic, but as the Roman Catholic subjects of her Majesty. JESUITS IN ENGLAND.—A correspondent of the Bath Chronicle who gives his name and address, says :—" I beg to call the attention of the inhabitants of Bath to the fact that there are at the present time many Jesuits about the city who endeavour to entrap the unwary. One of these, yesterday, accosted my female domestic in the streets, and endeavoured to persuade her to become a Roman Catho lic ; he produced various tracts from which he read many passages, and wished to know her name and residence, whether or not she attended any place of worship, and then wished her to sign her name in a book which he car ried. He ultimately left her without being able to make the decided impression." PUNCH.—Leach has an irresistible picture in friend Punch this week. The title of it is " selling off." Scene — the outside of a residence, at the door of which stands a figure of the Cardinal, with crosier in his right hand, and holding in his left a pair of slippers, which he is handing to an " old clo," into whose wallet has already been de posited a mitre and other things. On a stand at the door is the celebrated red hat, the stand labelled " Great bar gains, adapted for masquerades." The house front is plastered with placards such as the following :—" Look here ! To theatrical managers and pantomists a great number of red stockings for almost nothing." " Pretty little gimcracks for young ladies and children, at asto nishingly low prices." "To Tractarians. A prime lot of wax ends." " Several winking pictures within." " Pu seyites, now is your time, a great number of white neck cloths, and black waistcoats buttoning up to the throat, almost given away." " This shop established to supply the British public with real Popery. No connection with any other establishment." Over the door, " Must be cleared in a few days." Near the same, and very con spicuous—" Alarming failure ! ! !" ROMAN CATHOLIC RESIDUARY LEGATEE.—The follow ing letter has been addressed to the Morning Herald : " A few days ago the ensuing case came before me pro fessionally. A Roman Catholic testator has left a con siderable legacy to the trustees of a Roman Catholic chapel, to be applied in masses for his soul. The execu tor, who is sole residuary legatee, considers the legacy ex cessive, regard being had to the amount of the testator's fortune; and having been informed the purpose for which the legacy is applicable is made unlawful by an English statute, he has manifested a disinclination to pay it in full. It has, however, been intimated to him by a Roman Catholic priest that unless the entire legacy be paid there may be obstacles in the way of his partaking of the reli gious comforts looked upon by those professing his faith as indispensable. Now, in common with some other counsel to whom I have communicated the facts, I am de sirous of learning through the columns of your paper, whether it is the duty of the Roman Catholic priesthood to use the spiritual power of their church in order thus to defeat an enactment of the English parliament, or whether the above -mentioned intimation may be considered as pro ceeding only from mistaken, zeal ?—I am, &c., Charles Parton Cooper.—Lincoln's-inn, Feb. 20, 1851. JEsurrs IN DISGUISE. —An English gentleman, not long since, while travelling on the continent, happened to be taken ill, and during his sickness received great kind ness and attention from a Popish Priest, who visited him as a stranger. The acquaintance thus commenced, how ever, proceeded no further; the Englishman, on being res'ored to health, thanked his new friend for the kind interest he had shown him, took his leave, and returned home. The same gentleman, a short time ago, went to look over the new Houses of Parliament, when, as he passed along, he observed amongst the labourers a man whose countenance struck him as being familiar to him. He paused and looked again; and the more he looked, the more certain he felt that the man he saw before him in the garb of a labourer, was no other than his friend the priest, of whose kindness he had preserved a lively re collection. Imagining that his friend had, from some cause or another, been reduced to a state of distress which compelled him to have recourse to a menial occupation, and acting under the first. impulse of a mind conscious of an obligation, when an opportunity of repaying it presents itself, the gentleman accosted the priest. and, after a few words of condolence on the condition In which he saw him, proffered him his good offices. The reply was that the only service he could render him was not to know him,"' and to let him alone.—John Bull. THE QUEEN'S SUPREMACY.—The Vicar of Somerton has, we understand, received a reprimand from one of the Secretaries of State, for sending up an address, purporting to be a petition to the Queen, from the vicar, churchwar dens, and undersigned inhabitants of Somerton, on the subject of papal aggression, but containing a clause deny ing the supremacy of her Majesty. Of course it was not suffered to be laid before the Queen. The history of this rejected address is somewhat curious. A loyal address to her Majesty was in leisurely circulation about the town, when forth comes the parish clerk with the vicar's ad dress, and goes about from house to house with great celerity, and obtains many signatures, the imposing names and signatures of the vicar and churchwardens no doubt satisfying the great majority of the unsuspecting inhabi tants that all was right, and that a perusal of the writing was unnecessary, it being chiefly explained by the clerk, who probably was as innocent of the taint as the sub scribers themselves. The clerk was not at all particular in his applications, his object (it is supposed) being to get as many names as he could ; and so the address was pregnant with the absurdity of numerous dissenters tell ing her Majesty that the archbishops and bishops were the only spiritual head of the Church in England. But notwithstanding this manceuvre, the genuine petition from Somerton had a goodly number of signatures, was presented to the Queen, and the subscribers had the satisfaction of being informed by Sir George Grey that it had been received by her Majesty very graciously. — Bridgwater Times. ST. PETER'S FETTERS AT ROME.—One fine morning, about the middle of January, and, if I recollect rightly, on the 14th, a little group of persons were collected round the side entrance of the Church of San Pietro, in Vinculi, as if waiting to enter. An ecclesiastic soon opened the door from within, and beckoned to the people to come in, which they did immediately, following him into the sacristry, where the important relic which gives the church its name, the chain with which St. Peter was bound at Rome, is carefully preserved. Here the whole party knelt down. and spent some time in preparatory orations, after which the priest produced with great solemnity, from a cabinet in the wall, a silver urn, con taining the sacred relic. This urn was viewed with all due veneration by the kneeling party, but the priest inti mated that he could not proceed to open it until the per sons he expected had arrived. The entrance of Lord and Lady Fielding soon made it evident whom he expected. The Pope had granted to these noble converts a rare mark of his affectionate regard —a favour only conferred upon persons of the highest distinction and the most catholic sentiments—the permission to kiss and contemplate the veritable iron fetters of St. Peter, miraculously preserved down to the present day. The objects of this sovereign indulgence having been placed in a kneeling posture, were allowed not only to see and kiss the chain, consisting of a few links and a sort of hinge or double hook, but to. have their heads bound round with it, and their rosaries, which they took from their necks for the purpose, well rubbed against it, in order to derive as much virtue as possible from the contact. The remainder of the little party looked on with pious awe, but were not permitted s thereplaced doors werein the h c e lo urn, sd to share in the benefits' of the operation, which was no the sacristry with a sooner the nwas company r concluded epa e t e h dd a inis in t he h i s e s e c d h c a a b i f n ri no w me t a priestlyblessing.--Roman Correspondent oftheDaily News. DR. MURRAY AND THE PAPAL BlLL.—This " meek . man," as he has been called, has just issued a " pastoral" in as high and vehement a strain of archiepiscopal indig nation as the heart of any disappointed politician could desire. " His Grace" says :—" With respect to titles, your bishops claim no inherent right to any of those which are derived from any earthly fountain of honor. But the spiritual titles derived from the church—their titles to their episcopal sees, derived as they are from the divinely constituted fountain of spiritual jurisdiction—they are not free to surrender. Those titles are registered in heaven. They have not been given by any secular power, and nO secular power can take them away. We know our flocks, and they know us. They recognise in us their spiritual pastors, exercising episcopal jurisdiction over them in the sees in which they reside. We are their bishops ; they know us to be so, and yet a law is proposed forbidding us, under penalties which we could not pay, and the nonpay ment of which would doom us to a prison, to acknow ledge, even to our own flocks, that we are what they know us to be, the pastors whom the head of our church, acting according to its known discipline, has placed over them. What adds to the palpable injustice of such a law is the insulting mockery of pretending that it leaves untouched our religious liberty. No ; the variety of ways in which this grievous law, if strictly enforced, would harass us in the unavoidable exercise of our merely spiritual functions, would take away from you as well as from us even the semblance of religious freedom. But this is not all. The poor also aro to be made its victims. Famine and pesti lence have not, it seems, done enough to render this unfortunate country one of the most afflicted nations of the earth ; this law was still wanting to fill up the cup of its afflictions. Its poor are not yet wretched enough, the current of charity must be stopped. IN a pious Catholisr moved by the express command of his S av i our an d h*: Judge to give alms,' should entrust the fruits of his benevolence to his spiritual pastor, and call him. Even through mistake, by his proper title, the holy gift is ter* from the destined objects of his charity, and may be em ployed by Protestant hands to corrupt the faith throu which he hoped for salvation. And this, too, is for 11 0 called religious freedom ; and this lathe return which the Catholic clergy are to receive for their efforts in the hour of trial for the preservation of public order. But, blessed be God, our reward is from above."