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Varliamentarp proretbings. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY The adjourned debate on the period for which the Income Tax is to be re-imposed was resumed. Mr. Macgregor, Mr. Sidney, Mr. Sandars, Mr. Buck, Mr. E. B. Roche, Mr. Mowatt, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Cob den, Mr. Waldey, Mr. Muntz, Col. Sihthorp, Mr. G. Thompson, and Mr. Pearson spoke in support of the amendment for limiting the tax to one year._ Mr. Headlarn, Mr. Rice, Mr. Lenn - ard, Lord Drum lanrig, and Mr. Henley addressed the House in favour of the re-enactment for three years, on the ground of its necessity for the maintenance of the public credit ; though mainly objecting to the principle of the tax. Lord JOHN RUSSELL defended the financial policy of the Government : and with reference to the state of Ire land concluded with the following observations :—" If the power is to remain in our hands : if my right hon friend near me, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, are still to wield the powers of the law in Ireland ; I trust that we shall be able to meet these expressions of sedition—(loud cheers)—those determinations to join any enemy, whoever he may be, that may be opposed to the Sovereign of these countries—(much cheering) ^ that we shall be able to put down those conspiracies—(renewed cheering)—and to maintain, for the welfare of the people of Ireland, that supremacy of law and order without which they cannot hope to improve in industry, in civili zation, in morals, or in religion. (Great cheering for some time, and from all parts of the House.) Sir, such at least will be our attempt. We are not blind to the difficulties of the situation in which we stand. We are not unaware of the perils which may surround us on every side. If we have the confidence of this House we may hope to meet and surmount them. (Cheers.) If we are not honoured with that confidence, we can only hope that the administration of affairs may be placed in other hands better calculated to carry on those affairs to the welfare and prosperity , of Her Majesty and her dominions. (The noble lord sat -down amidst much cheering.) The com mittee divided—For Mr. Hume's motion, 138 ; against it, 363.—Majority for three years, 225. The House resumed, and the Cnatzmax reported pro gress and asked leave to sit again. The Imprisonment for Debt (Ireland) Bill was read a second t me. The Public Health Bill was committed pro formd, with a view to the insertion of certain amendments, and ordered to be reprinted. [The Times of Monday, in commenting on the result of the debate on the Income Tax says,—" There is one point alone on which public feeling is alive from one end of the kingdom. to the other, and this is overlooked on either side of the House—it is, that the Income Tax should be fairly assessed. The Government appear to have shut their eyes obstinately to this fact. Their con duct with regard to this impost will remain a memorable instance of vacillation and obstinacy. The indiscretion with which the augmentation of two per cent. was propo sed, can only be equalled by their suicidal determination to carry it at all events in its original form. In this design they have succeeded, if we are to admit last night's division as a test. They can have but little idea of the enduring irritation which the measure will engender in every man's breast in the two taxable portions of the United Kingdom. It is not perhaps a grievance which will express itself in crowded and tumultuous meetings. What the Ministers have to dread is " a still small voice" rising from every dwelling where a man is found conscious that the sweat of his brow is unjustly taxed for the profit of other classes. The present Government have adopted the mistakes of Mr. Pitt and the schemes of Sir Robert Peel. They will find both one and the other a troublesome inheritance."] HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY . . Mr. EWART moved for leave to bring in a bill for the total repeal of the punishment of death. He grounded his motion on the reluctance of juries to convict in capital cases, of judges to pronounce sentences of death, and of the public to hear of the execution of such sentences. He relied also on the success of the experiment which he now wished the House to try in other times and in other countries. Mr. BRIGHT seconded the motion. Sir G. GREY was compelled by a sense of duty to give to this motion the same opposition which he had given to it last session. He believed that the punishment of death in cases of wilful murder was required for the preserva tion of society and the security of human life. After some discussion, in which Mr. Osborne, Mr. Lennard, Alderman Sidney, Lord Nugent, Mr. Hume, Mr. Bright, Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. G. Thompson, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Muntz supported the introduction of the bill, and in which Sir C. Burrell, Mr. Romilv, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. W. P. Wood, Mr. Henry Drummond, and Mr. Napier opposed it, the House divided, when the numbers were—For the motion, 66: against it, 122 majority. 5(5. On the motion of Mr. BAGGE, that a new writ be issued for the borough of Harwich, in the place of Mr. Attwood, unseated by the report of an election commit tee, Mr. 81. kCKSTONE objected on the grounds stated in the report of the committee, from which it appeared that there had been a compromise between the sitting mem bers and the petitioners, by which one seat was given up to the petitioners in order to prevent unpleasant disclo sures against the sitting members. It appeared that £6,300 had been expended by Mr. Attwood in that elec tion, and that by far the greater part of it had been ex pended in direct bribery. It also appeared that Sir D. Le Merchant, a secretary of the Treasury, had also ex pended £1.500 in the same way, and the reason why he had not expended more was that there were at Harwich more persons in Government situations than there were electors on the poll. Similar corruption had been proved against the borough of Harwich. After some conversation, Mr. Bagge withdrew his motion, and gave notice that he would bring it forward on Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. An animated discussion took place on the motion being repeated for a new writ for the election of a member for Harwich, in the room of Mr. Attwood, unseated on peti tion. The motion was supported by the HOME SECRE TARY, but strenuously opposed by several hon. members until the evidence taken before the committee was printed. A motion for printing the evidence was ultimately agreed to, and the issuing of the writ suspended. On the motion for the second reading of the Election Recognizances Bill , an amendment was proposed to leave out all the words after " That" in the first clause, in order to insert others preventing the operation of the bill in those cases for which it was originally brought in. The motion-to leave out the words being carried by a majority of two,' it was then proposed to add the words of the amendment, but this motion was negatived by a majority so that the whole of the clause now consists of the •1•J. ••• HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. Lord ASHLEY moved his resolutions for medical relief to the poor, founded on the evidence taken before the Med ical Relief Committee in 1843. The noble lord addressed the house in an able and impressive speech, and concluded by moving that the first resolution be adopted. " ery woman claiming medical assistance from the parish in consequence of being pregnant, should be en titled in all cases to the aid of the medical officer with her first child, and also with the second or others which may follow, provided she present a certificate from the medical officer who attended her in her first confinement, stating that circumstances had occurred in it out of the ordinary and natural course of events, which render it desirable that she should have medical attendance on the next oc casion of delivery." Mr. WAKLEY seconded the resolution. Mr: C. BULLET said the subject of medical relief for the poOr had occupied his most serious and anxious atten tion since he had had the honour of being appointed to the situation he now held. It was a question attended with considerable difficulties, and he did not see that it would be easy much to improve the present system. Several members supported the resolution, but on a di vision the numbers were for the previous question, 50 ; against, 37 ' • majority 13. Lord Ashley's second resolution was agreed to without a division. The third resolution, for the appointment of as many medical inspectors as there are poor-law inspec tors, at salaries not exceeding £6OO, exclusive of their travelling expenses, and an allowance for clerks, was lost by 101 to 19. The fourth resolution—" That from and after the month of March next, the appointment of medicaloffieers of unions shall be permanent during good behaviour, they being removeable only by poor-law com missioners, whose decisions shall be final," was also lost by 93.t0 36. Ills lordship did not bring forward any of the other resolutions. Mr. F. O'CONNOR moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the Act 9 and 10 Vict., c. 27, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws relating to Friendly So cieties." The hon. gentleman said his object was to legalise the society he had been the means of establisl. - to 'he inc"- mg tor toe purpose of locating ustrious classes on small allotments of land, and entered into a lengthened detail of the advantages of his plan to the labouring poor. No less than £lBO,OOO had been already subscribed to this plan, and he only asked to be relieved from his re sponsibility. He now held this capital in his own name, and he called upon the house to give the subscribers a l e gal claim against him, for as the law now stood they had none, Sir G. GilEir assented to the introduction of the bill in order that there might be an opportunity of coniderinx its provisions. Mr,•H. DRUMMOND obtained leave to bring in a bill to give compensation to tenants at will in Ireland in certain Cases. Mr. AMSTRY moved that the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the treaty of Adrianople, &c. (the moa'ter motion"), be discharged. He' did so because be felt that the feeling of the house Was against the con tinuance of the debate. —Agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRTDAT Mr. B. OSBORNZ gave notice of his intention, on an early day, to move for leave to bring in a bill for the total abolitiostof church rates, and Col. .81331110 RP to move, after the gußter recess, that the salaries -of all persons holding ()See under the Crown - be reduced. Sir G. (itytY, i n reply to Lord Druinlanrig, observed that the atteation of Lord Normanby had been drawn to the fact of tluz expulsion of British artisans from the French territor Y , with directions that he should make a representation to.the proviaional government on the sub. ject. Information had been received on the previous day that an .additional ntu.Yeber of English workmen had been compelled to leave &men. many of whom had deposits in the savinge bank, and who would no doubt be seriously incon veniencd if she d.vree. respecting tl I to affect their hitereste L o f t ] TlALAtgg§rox, in reply to Mr.llie, intimated that a rlispatolt relative to the murder of slaves on the Dina of Africa 13x 49me 04 0 t 3 , in coirecilzeuoe of the having been prevented from exporting them by the,vigi lance of the British cruisers, had been received some time since, and wotlirbe included in the slave-trade papers about to be presented to parliament. The house went into committee of ways and means, when Sir BENJAMIN HALL moved "That towards raslng the supply granted to her Majesty, the respective duties levied on proerty, profits, professions, trades, and effices in Great Britain, be levied on property. profits, profes sions, trades, and offices in Ireland for a time to be limited." Mr. J. WILLIAMS seconded the motion, which was also supported by Sir. J. Tyrrell, Mr. Horsman, Colonel Muir, Mr.'Banker, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Muntz. The hon. members opposing the motion were Sir H. W. BARRON—who sarcastically taunted the hon. mover that he would be handed down by future historians under the soubriquet of " Conciliation Hall"—Mr. 'Moore, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Napier, Col. Conolly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Roche, Col. Dunne, Mr. Monseli, Mr. Reynolds, and Sir. A. Brooke. Mr. J. Wilson endeavoured to obtain a hearing, but unsuccess fully, on account of the impatience for a division, which then took place, the motion being negatived by a majority of 80 ; the numbers 138 to 218. • FOREIGN AND COLONIAL ---#--- The funeral of John Quincy Adams, one of the most solemn and imposing said to have ever been held in Washington, took place on the 26th of February. The Ottoman empire have consented to recognise the protestants of 1 urkey as a separate and legally-consti tuted community. On the Exchange of Berlin there has been a rumour o the death of the Emperor of Russia ; but it appears to have had its origin entirely in the imaginative disposition of the German speculators. On the 9th inst. Lola Montes made another fruitless at tempt to take Munich by storm. She was, however, in stantly detected, and sent back toLindau under the escort of the police. SPAlN.—Letters and papers from Madrid, under date of the 9th inst., announce the arrival at Carthagena on the 4th of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince and Princess de Joinville, who had immediately after left for England. Much talk prevails in Madrid respecting art interesting letter to the Queen, from the Duchess of Montpensier, describing her flight from Paris. The arrival at Carthagena of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and of the Prince and Princess de Joinville, with their children, is announced in the Madrid papers to have taken place on the 4th instant, and - it was further stated that they had sailed thence, to join their relatives in England. Letters from Spain, quoted by the Revue Musicale, report that a singer of the Theatre at Cadiz was found dead in his box, after the performance of Lucia di Lam mermoor, in which he had received much applause. In his left side was a small wound. It is supposed that he was assassinated out of revenge. The intelligence of the proclamation of the French Republic was received at Rome by a courier sent by the French Consul at Civita Vechia. Instantly the people flocked to the French Academy to proclaim there the Republic. The Senate presented an address to the Pope, to entreat his holiness to expedite the proclamation of the constitution. RESIGNATION OF DUTCH MINISTERS.—Accounts from the Hague of the 15th bring news that the Dutch minis ters have resigned, and Herr Luzeec, one of the most prominent members of the liberal party in the second chamber of the States-General, has been summoned to the King's presence. The intelligence was received at Amsterdam on the 15th inst., about 4 p.m., by telegraph, and caused the greatest rejoicing. SERIOUS RIOTS IN HAMBURGH AND LUBECK.—The Marshall, Captain Rhers, from Hamburgh, arrived at Hull, on Friday. She left Hamburgh on Tuesday evening. The captain states that there was a great deal of fighting on Monday. The people were driven back, and several were killed. The riot bad been put down previous to his leaving, but further outbreak was fully expected. There was a great disturbance also at Lubec, on Saturday and . Sunday evenings. THE BRAZILS.—A private letter from Rio Janeiro, states that Lord How den has failed in his endeavour to contract a treaty with the Brazilian government ; that negociations were, for the present, suspended by his lord ship, and that should nothing be arranged between the two cabinets, imports of British produce will be liable to one-third more duty than articles of the growth and ma nufacture of other countries, whose laws are more favour able to Brazilian interests. UNITED STATES.—By the Sarah Sands screw steamer, which arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday, from New York, after a passage of fourteen days (having sailed on Tuesday the 29th), we have received New York papers of the 27th and 2Sth ; but the only important news which they con tain, is an account of the ratification, by the Mexican government, of the treaty of peace concluded by Mr. TRIST. The United States senate had not come to any decision on this treaty ; but its final ratification was con sidered all but certain. NAPLES.—Official information has been received from Naples, communicating the fact that a definitive arrange ment has been made between that Court and the Sicilians. The principal features are, that Sicily is to be governed by a resident Viceroy, assisted by three resident Ministers; that a Minister exclusively for the affairs of the island is to be accredited at - Naples; that the Parliament is to be independent of the Government at Naples ; and that in cases where a difference of opinion on any affair of mag nitude arises between the Parliament of Naples and that of Sicily, Tuscany and Sardinia are appointed arbitra tors, with a provision, in case they do not agree, that the Pope is to be sole and ultimate umpire. GERMANY.—It was reported on the Paris Bourse on Saturday, that the students of the University of Vienna had attacked the arsenal, and been repulsed with consider able slaughter. A telegraphic despatch from Hull, re ceived on Sunday night, leaves no doubt of the fact that serious disturbances had taken place at Vienna. We learn from this source that a Vienna paper of the 14th inst. states, that the Emperor had issued an appeal to the burgher corps, calling upon them to strengthen their force in order to prevent a recurrence of the lamentable scenes of the preceding day, and to secure a continuance of the then existing tranquility. His Majesty hoped that his people would recognize in the measures he had adopted another proof of his paternal regard and protection, and that order would be speedily restored. - THE IRISH IN PARIS.—The Irish residents in Paris were admitted, on Friday, to present an address to the Provisional Government after the deputies of the people had been dismissed. They assembled on the Place de la Concordcto the number of 300, and marched in proces sion to the Hotel de Ville, preceded by a tri-coloured flag and a green flag with the Irish hare. All wore the sham rock in their hats, it being St. Patrick's Day. The clergy of the Irish college were to join them, and by an accident the priests got wedged in the popular demonstration that was taking place on that day, and thus gained a character for liberality which they did not look for. The crowd took it for granted they bad come out in their soutanes to fraternise with the movement. No explanation was pos sible ; the reverend gentlemen were loudly cheered, and finally escorted back to the college with every mark of respect. INSURRECTION IN WURTEMBIIRG.—We regret to say that our predictions have been fearfully realized. A pea sant's war has broken out in Germany. The horizon is red in many parts from incendiary fires. The castles of Niederstetten Oehringen, two signorial residences of the Princess of Hohenlohe, have been burnt to the ground. Nor have the boors respected the ancient castle of Jax thausen, on the Jaxt, which, for centuries, has been in the possession of the Berlichingen family, and has been im mortalised by Geethe, by his description of its defence by iron-fisted Gotz, who then headed the insurgent peasants 1 against the imperial troops. The village belonging to it, also, has been reduced to ashes. The castle of Assum stadt, the family residence of the barons of Ellrichshau ten, and the castle of Schwaiggern, the residence of Count 1 Neippeig, son-in-law of the King of Wurtemburg, have been razed to the ground. The lives of the inhabitants have been spared, but an organized system is visible. The stewards of the castles in question were compelled to throw the archives into the flames with their own hands: i and some men of education are evidently in the ranks of I the peasants, as the devic of the Hohenlohes, ex fiammis 1 orior, was ironically changed into ex jlammis morior. 1 Two thousand men have been ordered, in all haste, from i Ludwigsburg and Heilbronn, to quell this insurrection. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE The Ormakirk Steeple Chases are to take place to-clay LEAMINGTON STEirtx CitASE.—Thursday.—Annual handicap of 25 sous each. Mr. I. E. Madock's Proceed, 115t..11b., 1; Mr. J. Messer's Switcher, list., 2; Lord Strathmore's St. Leger, list. 71b., 3. BRISTOL STEEPLE CHASE.—FRIDAI of five says. each, with forty-five a -The open ram Dalby's Forester, beating seven others. The sweepstakes of three soya. each, with twenty-five added, was won by Mr. R. B. Payne's Deceitful, beating three others. _ A.LTCAR COURSING MEETING, THURSDAY AND FRI , DAY ' MARCH 16 and 17.—The Sefton Cup was won by Mr. Arderne's Nimble ; Mr. Webb's Why Not ran up.— The Molvneux Plate was won by Mr. Webb's HyJas ; Mr. Kings Springy Jack ran up.—The Altcar Stakes were won by Mr. Cruso's Cricket ; Mr. Segar's Lorle ran • up. —The Hill-House Stakes were won by Mr. Powell's Port ; Mr. A. Graham's Curry Powder ran up.—The Croxteth Purse was won by Mr. Cruso's Cat • Mr. Ar deme's Matchless r a n up.—The West De t by Stakes! were wort by Mr. Segar's Redman; Mr. Parry's Peter Simple ran bP.—The Lancashire Stakes were won by Mr. Booth ns Sir Watkin ; Mr. Cook's Fits/ Trip ran up. • WARIVI.CR SPRING MEETING.—This meeting com menced on Tuesday last. The first race was for the Skurry Stakes, which were won by Bence, beating Blimea,. The Diamond, and Helena.—The Trial Stakes were won by a head by Sponge, beating the Greet Western, Liston, and four others.--The Woodcote • Stakes were won by three lengths by Lammermoor, beating Betty Billinge.— ; The Willoughby Haudicap was won by a neck by Master pnlcicle, Columbus, and four :others.—A Free Handicap beatingandictipwas won by three-quarters of a length by Master Downes, beating Mari e tt a , W anota, John Harris, and' Lady Lnrewell.—The Partners' Plate was won by The Morsel, beating Logic.—Wed ne sday. —The Debdale Stakes were won by Red Lancer, beating Donna Anna, and:four ethers.---The Two Yesrold Stakes were won by half a neck by Lammermoor, beating Selina, Sir Henry Hardinge, and .tit, Francis.—The Castle Stakes were walked over for by the Great Westcrn. l —The Great War wick .e Stakes ;We won easily by Ballinaiid,leatiTig Fern bill. Tit-bit. Lyme, and three ot hers, —A Sweepstakes were won by a bead hyyernhill. beating Marietta, Dip_ :thong. `Houton, Britec, and cl;;Ilt ettiers,- , —The Beate t i g -Handicap wag won by neck uy CONIZAW 4 t beating iloo tu;t1 CoutW. THE LIVERPOOL STAVDICID. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, late vicar of Bradford, has re turned from the United States. Ho arrived by the Hibernia. The Bishop of Durham, in addition to his former muni ficent gift of 1000 guineas to St. Anne's Chapel, Bishop Auckland, has presented the trustees with an additional sum of £5OO. That truly magnificent undertaking, the restoration of the choir of Wells Cathedral, is at last commenced. The architect is Mr. Salvin. The seats have been removed to the nave, where divine service is now performed. It is not generally known that the present Archbishop of Canterbury, previous to his grace's consecration to the see of Chester, refused the Bishopric of Sodar and Man in 1827, when Dr. Murray was translated from that see to the Bishopric of Rochester. A solemn protest against the intended consecration of Dr. Hampden, on the 26th insfant, addressed to the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, has already been signed by upwards of 500 clergymen, who have also signed one of a similar purport to the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the confirmationof the election of the Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday last, at Bow-street, one of the con gregation exclaimed, " God bless the Archbishop of Can terbury." His Grace stopped, and turning to the speaker replied, " I thank you—l indeed need all your prayers." The Mastership of Christ's College, Cambridge ; a Chaplaincy to Prince Albert; the Deanery Rural of Ches terton, diocese Ely ; Willingham Rectory, Cambridge shire, diocese Ely; value, .£677, and residence. patron, the Bishop of Ely • all become vacant by the promotion of the Rev. J. Gra ham, D.D. to the See of CheSter. A commission has been issued by the Bishop of Durham to inquire whether there are grounds for proceeding against the Rev. P. Penson, of Durham, in the Bishop's Court, on the charges which have been alleged against him. The rev. gentleman is disabled from officiating during the sitting of the commission. Tip: CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—The annual meeting of the Man- Chester auxiliary to this society was held last evening, in the Free-trade Hall, the Right Rev. Dr. Lee, the Lord Bishop of Manchester, presided. This was the first public meeting at which his lordship has taken the chair, and of course lent great additional interest to the proceedings of the evening. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERRURY. — It is not per haps genersily known that this eminent person about 35 years ago gained the second of two prizes, offered by an individual of Aberdeen, for the best essays on the'" Ming and Attributes of God." The first prize was awarded' to: Dr. W. Laurence Browne. Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, and no doubt his work is a very meritorious one; but it never attracted much attention, and, we be lieve, never reached a second edition, while the MTh bishop's has gone through six or seven editions. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—The Bishop of Man chester arrived at the Palatine Hotel. Manchester, by the express train from London, on Wednesday evening. His lordship was attended only by his valet. In the course of the following day, the Rev. Archdeacon Rushton, Canon Clifton, and other members of the chapter, called and had interviews with his lordship. His lordship, on Thursday and on Friday, has been engaged in the examination of the candidates for ordination within his private apartment. We believe the examination was concluded on Saturda•-. On Thursday evening, his lordship proceeded to the resi dence of the Rev. Canon Wray to dinner. THE NEW BISHOP OF CHESTER. — it gives us much pleasure to state it as our opinion that the nomination of Dr. Graham, the Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, to the see of Chester is a good appointment. He is not only an individual highly and generally esteemed in the University, but we have good reason to believe that his judgment on theological subjects is sound and Evangelical. Called to a more active sphere in the church, and having such an example of unwearied diligence and successful effort set before him by his revered predecessor, it is not to be doubted that Dr. Graham will rise to the new cir cumstances in which he is placed, and carry forward the work of Dr. Sumner with ardour and success.—Record. BISHOPS' DUTIES.—The number of cures under each bishop, as the dioceses are at present constituted, is, in round numbers, as follows :—St. Asaph, 290; Bangor, 290; Bath and Wells, 450; Canterbury, 340; Chichester, 300 ' • St. David's, 450 ; Ely, 550 ; Exeter, 650 ; Glo'ster and Bristol, 450; llereford, 330; Lichfield, 550 • Lincoln, 820; Llandaff, 220 ; London, 400; Norwich, 1:150 ; Ox ford, 580; Peterborough, 570 ; Rochester, 750 ; Salisbury, 520; Winchester, 600; Worcester, 420; Carlisle, 130; Chester 460 ; Durham, 260 ; Manchester, 350 ; Ripon, 370 ; Sodor and Man, 24 ; York, 590. (See " Clergy List," 1848, page 248.) Such is the state of things in our church. Two hundred and fifty cures is the utmost that any bishop ought to have under him: MARINERS CHAPEL AND SCHOOL. — The commerce of Gloucester has gradually increased to such an extent, that it is calculated that between thirty and forty thousand mariners, bargemen, and boatmen annually visit the port, for whose pastoral instruction no provision has been made. There are also about three hundred navigators employed in forming new basins, &c., in a similar state of religious destitution. Great efforts have been made, a handsome sum has been subscribed, and a plan organized for the erection of the chapel, and the appointment of a chaplain, towards whose stipend the Pastoral Aid Society is expected to contribute. But we regret to add that the commence ment of the building has been, and still is, postponed for want of funds. We shall rejoice to hear that the work has commenced, and cordially wish it success. In the list of donors we are happy to see the name of the Bishop of Gloucester.— ti urce6ter Journal. WNWM=M6MFgg 'IRELAND. The squadron so long stationed at Lisbon ivas off Cove on Thursday. In Cork. :Limerick, and indeed throug-tout Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, which was to have been " a great day for Ireland," passed off more quietly than usual. The mayor of Cork refused to call a meeting on St. Patrick's day to address the French. He did not•believe that the -requisition represented the intelligence or the property of the city. At the Limerick assizes on Tuesday, Thomas Fitzge rald - was found guilty of the wilful murder of John M'Eniery, on the 3d October. His partner in guilt, Renihan, was hanged last month. A general order has been issued to the troops in all parts of Ireland to carry their arms with them to their several places of worship. Sunday last it was acted on, to the-annoyance of the Repealers. A Galway paper states that the Poor Law Commis sioners have awarded £3OO to the widow of Captain Hil liard, R.N., inspecting officer of that union, who died of fever. The High Sheriff of the County. Roscommon has con vened a meeting of his Bailiwick, to petition parliament against the continuance of the poor-law, as carried out at present in Ireland. Dr. Slattery, the Roman Catholic Bishop, in a letter to Dr. AP Hale, says he has received intelligence from Rome, that the celebrated letter from Cardinal Frasconi to the Irish Bishops was intended to be private, and that the Papal Government is displeased at its publication.. Sr. PATRICK'S DAY IN DUBLIN. Everythinz was quiet and orderly as if there were no such entities as Repeal or Revolution. There was no guard mounting at the Castle; and the people were about their business as usual, thanks to the armed demonstration. All was quiet the whole day, and the proceedings at the several ward meetings bore a strong impress of the influence of the prudence and firmness of Lord Clarendon. _ _ THE IRISH CONFEDERATION.—The Irish Confederates met again on Thursday in full force at the Music-hall, Dublin. The speeches of Mr. Smith O'Brien, and Mr. Meagher, " of the sword," were characterized by more than ordinary boldness ; indeed, it is said by persons present at the meeting that the reports furnished by the morning papers—perhaps for obvious reasons—are but a qualified version of what fell from the lips of the several speakers in the course of the evening. It is just probable, however, that the fervid eloquence of Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher will not be lost to posterity, as Mr. Hodges, the Government reporter, was in attendance professionally, with the view of submitting the peculiar notions of loyalty inculcated by the confederated orators to the discrimina ting judgment of Mr. James Henry Monahan. RAILWAY AFFAIRS LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE itme- TION RAILWAY.—The committee appointed by the shareholders, on the Bth of last month, have just issued a report, embodying the result of their investigations. With respect to the accounts, they state that the hooks have been well kept ; but that, in their opinion, the legal and parliamentary charges have been excessive, and the general expenditure greater than is warranted by the cir cumstances of the company. They complain, under this head, of a loan to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company as " exceedingly irregular." Of course, no ultimate loss will fall on the lenders. The present expenses of the company are put down at £1,070 per annum. Under the head of " Contracts entered into with other Railway Companies," the committee go inte various details. The principal point, however, is a con tract entered into last month, with Mr. Hudson, for a lease of a portion of the line at six per cent. per annum on the outlay. The York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company are, further, to send all possible traffic by the line of this company. This arrangement has not as yet been sanctioned by the shareholders, nor even by the directors ; but the committee speak of it in favourable terms. As to the prospects of the company, they think that the as abridged, may be executed for one million, and that it will yield a fair remuneration to the shareholders. The opinion of Mr. Plews, of Darlington, and Mr. Allport, two excellent autho rities, is adduced in favour of a large traffic in coal, coke, and other materials. In conclusion, the com mittee appear to be somewhat afraid of the influence of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, who hold, it is stated, nearly 7,000 shares; and that that company should for the future have the privilege of electing one only .of the directors. They recommend a suspension of the bill recently introduced into Parliament for the dissolution of the company ; but appear to expect very little practical good until some thorough change is made in the board, and satisfactory arrangements are established with other companies. They are of opinion that, till then, "it is essential for the interests of the shareholders that all expenditure and liability should be avoided, and all pro gress in the line suspended. On Sunday week on the South Western Railway, near Basingstoke a guard of a goods train was improperly riding with the engineer and stoker, when the chain which con nects the engine with the tender broke. The guard was thrown off and killed. Freehold land is now selling, on what is called Diss I Common, for building purposes, at the rate of £7O per acre. Before the railway was made, it was barely worth I the tillage. _ The South Staffordshire railway proprietors passed the report and accounts at their half-yearly meeting. The Birmingham branch has been opened for traffic. A fur ther call of £1 10s. has been made payable on the 31st, five months having elapsed since the last demand on the shareholders. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The passenger traffic upon this great line of Railway has been considerably greater—all at once—and at this season of the year—than could have been anticipated. Last week it amounted to the handsome sum of £2568 ; and when such a result can be announced at present, we should not be - surprised to see it touching £lO,OOO in the course of the summer. :It is certainly one of the most beautiful and romantic lines of road in the world. QUICK WAAL-It is stated in the Parliamentary re port that at least seventy railway bills were read a first time in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Assu ming that the reading of each occupied on an average ten minutes only, eleven hours must have been employed in the process. Yet we are told that the Houk began busi ness at 12 o'clock, and rose at five—a sitting of five hours;, and during that time transacted a mass of other business. Well may it be asked, " Ilow can these things be ?" Were'the bills read, or only their titles ? From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3668 miles of rail way, was £160,036, thus accounted for :—£73,540 for the conveyance of passengers only, £44,176 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £42,320 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned.; being an Increase of £22,164 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 2711. The average earnings per mile last week were £44. whilst in 1847 they were £3O. TIM TUBULAR BRIDGR AT CONWAY.—We. bare al ready noticed the floating of the first two tubes intended to form the railway bridge over the river Conway, and stated that, owing to one of the pontoons coming in con tact with a rock on the Conway side of the river, the other end of the tube could not be got exactly into the place, which it Aras intended to occupy ; and, consequently, a temporary support was placed under it, on which it rested at ebb-tide. It was not until Saturday week that the tube was floated by the pontoons, and was finally placed with its two ends resting upon the shelves of ma.sonse constructed to receive it prior to its being raised to the elevation at whieb it is intended to be ultimately and which will be About 15 or 16 feet above the level of the shelves on which it now rests. The lifting of this enormous mass of iron, which weighs about 1,300 tons, is intended to be effected by two hydraulic pressei,: with 18. inch rams, and pumps ilths of an inch diameter. These pumps are to be worked by steam engines, which will give A pressure equal to three tons on the circular inch, or a total lifting power for each press of 972 tons, which, of course, will be Amply sufficient for the purpose. Ea c h press has a lift of sta feet ; and, as the ends of the tube rise, the masonry which is intended to support them will -httorried up. izoin .the ehelyes sni which they now refit.. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. LINCOLN ELECTION, THURSDAY. - Final close : Hobhouse, 554 ; Humfrey, 501. Majority for Hobhouse, The inhabitants of Birmingham are about to send to parliament a similar petition to that from Liverpool, for a revision of taxation. One of the London Journals states that the Duke De Montpensier was ordered by the Privy Council to quit England, and he has left. accordingly. At a meeting of the Westminster Reform Society last week, a petition was agreed to, calling on her Majesty to dismiss her present ministers. Mr. Cobden was proposed as the successor of Lord John Russell. Mr. Disraeli's theory of Jewish predominance has just received another lift. Two leading members of the French provisional government, MM. Cremieux and Goodchoux, are Jews. Great dissatisfaction has been created at Newcastle by the recent votes of Mr. T. E. Headlam, their Whig mem ber, and at a public meeting a resolution was passed, pledging those present to oppose him at any future elec tion. In Lord Clinton's address to the electors of Kinsale after the election, he says :—" Although for the moment unsuccessful, I entertain no doubt but that a committee will place me in the proud position of representing you in parliament." The chartists have issued an address to the working classes at Derby, in which they strongly condemn the late riotous proceedings at Trafalgar-square and elsewhere. The changes they wish are to be brought about " by means purely moral and constitutional." An open-a►r chartist meeting was held at Sheffield, on Monday afternoon, to " congratulate" the French. There were from 12,000 to 15,000 persons present, and the whole of the proceedings were conducted in a peaceable and orderly manner. Messrs. Hume, Cobden. Wakley, and the Radicals, united with Lord G. Bentinck, Messrs. Disraeli, Hudson, and some few of the protectionists, to oppose the govern ment proposal—the first, on the ground that our revenue ought to be made good by disbanding the army ; the last, by retaxing corn. Mr. MACGREGOR.—This gentleman, one of the mem bers for Glasgow, addressed the House of Commons last week on the income tax, and in the Morning Post is de scribed as " having made a miserable figure on the floor of the house. What," it is said, " with his horribly broad Scotch accent, his dreadfully unsuccessful attempts to make him self intelligible, and his excruciating efforts to give Mr. Disraeli a Roland for an Oliver, he kept the house in fits of laughter." BEWO LEY ELETION PETLTlON.—Evidence as to al leged treating on the part of Sir Thomas Winnington, in Bewdley and Stourport, has been given for five days. It is reported that in the event of Sir T. Winnington losing his seat, Capt. Winnington and Mr. Taylor, late M.P. for E. Worcester, will contest the seat. The com mittee have declared that Mr. Ireland's election was void, and that Sir Thomas Winnington had been guilty of ex tensive treating, and of bribing a voter named Price. _ THE LOAD - LIEUTENANT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—It may be recollected that the Committee of Privileges of the House of Commons was appointed to report upon charges preferred against Earl Fitzhardinge, for undue in terference as a peer in the election of a commoner. Nu merous witnesses appeared in support of those charges, but the committee held that the charge was of too general and vague a nature, and the whole matter has conse quently fallen to the ground. THE INCOME TAX.—Amongst those who voted on Monday in the Commons in the majority of 363 against limiting the income tax to one year were, Sir I'. B. Birch, E. Cardwell, J. W. Patten, J. Heywood, Lord Brackley, J. Brotherton, Lord R. Grosvenor, and T. Thornley. In the minority of 138 we find, A. Henry, Lord G. Bentinck, J. Bright, R. Cobden, W. Jackson, J. Tollemache, Sir J. Walmesley, B. D'lsraeli, W. Ewart, C. Hindley, G. F. Muntz, G. Sandars, Col. Sibthorp, R. Spooner, R. A. Thicknesse, Col. Thompson, G. Thompson, J. Hume, and G. Hudson. . An American vessel has been selected by the govern ment authorities at Jamaica for the conveyance of British troops to Nassau, whilst there were three British vessels there, ready—at a cheaper rate—and in every way quali fied, to perform the duty ! This will give the British ship-owner a foretaste of what he has to expect from a repeal of the Navigation Laws; it is a free-trade fling at the Navigation Laws in advance. It is strange that the Americans cannot see the great advantages of this free trade system, for the United States government still de clare that " a foreign flag could not carry American troops." VOTES OF LANCASHIRE MEMBERS.—Of the 26 mem bers for Lancashire, two, (S. Gregson and R. Walker,) were absent on Monday, on the occasion of Mr. Hume's motion for limiting the Income Tax to one year. Eleven —A. Henry, Sir G. Strickland, J. Hornby, J. Pilkington, J. Bright, Dr. Bowring, C. llindley, W. S. Crawford, W. S. Fox, G. Greenall, and R. A. Thicknesse—voted for it ; and thirteen—J. W. Patten, S. Heywood, 'W. Brown, G. P. Greenfell, M. Wilson, T. Greene, T. M. Gibson, J. Brotherton, W. Boiling, J. Duncuft, E. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, and Col. Lindsay—against it, and in favor of the continuance of the tax for three years. - - INCOME TAX Fon IRELAND.—On Friday night the fol lowing voted for extending the income tax to Ireland : Sir T. C. Birch, P. Grenfell, J. Hamby, J. Pilkington, J. Brotherton, J. Bright, Dr. Bowring, and It. A. Thick nesse. Against it we find—E. Cardwell, J. W. Patten, Sir G. Strickland, Wilson (Clitheroe,) Greene, T. M. Gibson, Col. Lindsay, and SirJ. Walmsley. J. Heywooo, W. Brown, A. Henry, A. Cobden, and W. Jackson were absent. Most of the Protectionists and nearly all the English Radicals voted for it ;—llume and Hudson went into the gallery together, Bentinck and Colonel Thomp son, Disraeli and Muntz, Carr Glyn, Masterman, Alder man Thompson, Kershaw, Spooner, Wakley, and Sib thorpe. . A .- VERY PROPF.R. RuEsTioN.—At the recent Lancaster Election this question was put to the fiee-tiade candidate and his proposer and seconder, " Where is the big loaf that you promised us ?" An Echo answered " Where ?" —the lips of the interrogated moved not in reply. Again and again was the oracle entreated to vouchsafe an answer, but all was dumb silence—there was no intelligence of.the big loaf even In distant prospect. The question is a very proper one to be put by all constituencies.- and perhaps the opportunity of doing so may be nearer than many persons suspect. There may also be added auother which will apply to many candidates, "Why did you vote for the income-tax, which, when the Conservatives were in office, you so vehemently opposed ? ". PUNISHMENT OF DEATII.—The following were amongst the minority on the motion made in the House of Com mons, ou Tuesday, for leave to bring in a bill for the total repeal of the punishment of death :—Hugh E. Adair, IL Aglionby, Sir Thomas Birch, Dr. Bowring, John Bright, J. Brotherton, James Clay, Richard Cobden, Charles Cowan, W.-S. Crawford, Edward Divett, George:S. Duff, Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir B. Hall, Alexander Henry, JameS Heywood, C. Hindlev, T. Twisden Hodges, Joseph Hunie, William Hutt, William Jackson, James Kershaw, IL M. Manes; Francis Mowatt, G. F. Muntz, Timothy O'Brien, John Pattison, J, Pilkington, W. Scholefield, B. Smith, Sir G. Strickland, J. Tennent, Col. Thompson, G. Thomp son, T. Thornely, _E. Turner, Sir J. Walmsley, Ewart, and Lord Nugent. RUMOURED CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY.—Our read ers will remember that the first act of Lord John It wee'', on taking office, was to offer seats in the cabinet to the Earl of Lincoln and the Earl of Dalhousie. The latter nobleman, although he then declined office, has since ac. cepted the governor-generalship of India. The Earl of Lincoln is the nobleman who is the picot of this negotia tion: Lord John Russell, it is understand, will go to the Hottse of Peers, where his weight of character and eaga- city 'are much wanted by his ka ' rtY, Paid where it will not fie Drepssani for him to speak often or at great length. The Earl of Lincoln would be the leader of ,the: Weise of Conimons assisted by Lord PalinerStou, as often as that statesman's multiplying functions wonid allow him to do so. There would be a complete re-arrangement of offices, so as to let in Mr. Cardwell and one or two others; and it miderstooll that the new government would offer the poit of vice-president of the Board of Trade to the hon. member for Westbury, who,.both in his newspaper and in Pailiarocut, Lis shown so much aCqualotancd with onuaercial•affainrof the country.--NOif, COURT AND FASHION. ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY—BIRTH OF A PRINCESS.—On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered of a Princess, at Buckingham Palace. In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse. And in the rooms adjoining were the other medical attendants, Sir James Clarke and Dr. Fer guson, and also her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen, and the Ministers and Officers of state summoned on thp occasion. The Privy Councillors present were Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer; the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief; the Earl Spencer, Lord Cham berlain ; the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Earl Grey. Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Mr. Labou chere, President of the Board of Trade; and Earl For tescue, Lord Steward. We are happy to announce the safe accouchement of the Marchioness of Salisbury. Her ladyship gave birth to a son on Thursday, at the family mansion in Arlington street. The Count an Countess de Neuilly (ex-King and Queen of the French) visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on Saturday, at Clarence-house, to , :ongratulate her Royal Highness on her Majesty's happy confinement. LAW INTELLIGENCE SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.—The commis sion will be opened on Thursday afternoon next, and the general business of the assizes will commence on Friday, at eleven o'clock. . STAFFORD ASSIZES, MARCH. 17.—WHITEHOUSE V. THE LIVERPOOL GAS AND COKE COMPANY.—The plain tiff entered into a written contract some time back to sup ply, for three years, as many gas pipes, of certain specified dimensions, as should " be required by the said company." The agreement further specified that the plaintiff was to supply the pipes "to be ordered by the said company, within • a certain time after. receiving notice •to that effect." The price of the pipes in question rose con siderably after the contract was entered into, and the defendants, _according to the plaintiff's statement, or dered miles of pipes which they did not want for the pur poses of their business, as it was carried on when they entered into the contract. The plaintiff supplied the pipes, but claimed the market price for all beyond what were immediately wanted for the defendants' business ; the plaintiff contending that the meaning of the word " re quired ". in the contract was " wanted." The difference claimed by the plaintiff was £2749. For the defendants it was contended that they did actually want all they ordered, and witnesses were called to prove it ; but when his lordship was leaving the case to the jury on this view, the defendants' counsel submitted that it was incumbent on his lordship to construe the contract. His lordship being forced to express a decided opinion, said, that by the contract the plaintiff was bound to supply all the pipes that were requisite for the defendants in any works which they wished to carry out under the provisions of their act of Parliament. The jury thereupon found for the de fendants. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd has been officiating for Mr. Jus tice Cresswell on the Oxford Circuit, the latter having been called from his duties by the indisposition of his sis ter. On Saturday, the Vice-Chancellor dissolved an injunc tion which had been granted to restrain the sale of timber by the Duke of Buckingham and his son, the Marquis of Chandos.. The plaintiff was second mortgagee for £25,000, and it appeared that the incumbrances on the duke's estates amounted to no less than £BOO,OOO. IMPORTANT DECISION.—A decision of considerable importance was given a few days since at Bristol relative to the contracting of debts after a party is clearly insol vent. The point arose on the examination of a person who claimed the protection of the court ; but the judge decided that as the party had gone on contracting debts when he possessed no means ofdischarging them, he was not entitled to protection, and the consideration of the final order was adjourned sine die. DAMAGE BY Riots.—ln the House of Commons on Tuesday, Sir W. Clay asked whether parties who had suffered damage by the breaking of their windows, some of them of a costly character, during the recent distur bances in the metropolis, had any claim for compensation on the county, or from any other authority, and, if so, by what process I—The Attorney-General, in reply, stated that by the Act of 7 and 8 Geo. IV.. it was made a felony wantonly and with force to demolish, or begin to demolish, the buildings therein specified. But in the cases referred to by the honourable baronet there was no actual demol ishing, nor anything to satisfy the words " begin to demolish!' Where the injury, as in the present instance, was only partial, the hundred would not be liable unless the acts were done u n d er c i rcums t ances w hi c h wou ld satisfy a jury that the demolition would have been com plete if the rioters had not been interrupted. Those elements were wanting here ; therefore the parties had no remedy at law except against the actual aggressors for the damage they had sustained. CHARGES IN BANKRUPTCY.---At the County Court in North Shields, on Monday last, Mrs. Elizabeth Farmer, adininistratrix of the late Mr. James Farmer, Messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict, brought an action against Mr. Emanuel Taylor. The action was brought to recover £ll Bs. the amount of the taxed bill of the messenger of the Court of Bankrupt cy, foriervices rendered to the defendant, Mr. Taylor, as petitioning creditor, under a fiat against William Hender son, pipemaker, North Shields. It was usual for the f n a in c:nirt to meet the expenses of working a fiat in bankruptcy. In this case, however, the funds had been exhausted by the solicitor's bill, and some other charges. There was no doubt in point of law, that the petitioning creditor was liable. Commissioner Fane bad decided a few weeks ago, that the messenger's bill must be paid, although there were no assets in the hands of the official assignee. Mr. Wheldon said it was exceedingly hard upon the defendant, There was no estate, and his client had already lost a considerable sum. His Honour.—That may be true, but why was the fiat issued ? The messen ger had performed certain services, and the defendant put the machinery of the Court of Bankruptcy in motion. The jury then returned a verdict for £ll Bs. Mr. Harle then stated that there was another action in which Mrs. Farmer was plaintiff, and Messrs. Walker and Turner, assignees of Henderson, were the defendants. The sum sought was £2O, the amount of the messenger's bill, for services rendered after the choice of assignees, who must, in point of law, discharge the bill. Mr. Wheidon said this case was harder than the other. His Honour said the law was clear, and a verdict was returned for £2O. Et trrature. VARIETIES The poet Wordsworth is said to be in a state of imbe cility, sitting often in moody silence, with his gaze fixed on vacancy. GOLD PENS.—Nearly one million gold pens, in the manufacture of which eight hundred pounds of gold are used, are now annually made in the city of New York. Douglas Jerrold says, " Assuredly F. M. the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Ellesmere have a dash of the ' true prophet.' The French princes have invaded Eng land, and taken possession of some of the royal palaces." IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO ONE ANY GOOD. —The disorderly crowds in Trafalgar-square have swept away the hoarding from the base of the Nelson column ! It needed a supernatural interposition. — The Builder. A WITTY DEDICATION.— Mrs. Clarke has just pub lished a volume of proyerbs from the works of Shakspeare. She dedicates the work—" To D. J., the first wit of the present age, these proverbs of Shakspeare, the first wit of any age, are inscribed by Mary Cowden Clarke, of a cer tain age, and no wit at all." DROLL SIMPLICITY OF A CHILD.—" Ma," said a little girl about 8 years, " I don't think Solomon was so rich as the Bible says he was." " Why, my dear, what makes you think so ?" " Because it says that he slept with his fathers, and I think if he had been so very. rich, he would have had a bed of his own 'to sleep in." THE Lures.—On examination the lungs will be found full of innumerable little holes, like a sponge: These holes are the cells into which the air enters when we breathe. So great is their number that they have been calculated to amount to 174,000,000, forming altogether a ~urface thirty times greater than that of the human body. Every one of these cells is provided with a net-Work,of blood vessels, by means of which the blood is brought into immediate contact with with airtchecami every i overamount bnt necessarye zi every , r h wk li e t P i: iit i ra r n ti i tO ws o . n —to c F f n f set supplydah eletr draw.—Health consider ation, surface. e t o W s it) n he l f u e t n e h l g is t v most s of 7'own'B Gaz x It is a el e ie iraordinary fact, and it will furnish a lasting page in history, that within the space of sixty years, all the monarchs of France, who reigned within that period, viz.. Louis the 'l6th, Napoleon Buonaparte, Louis the 18th, Charles the 10th, and Louis Philippe, were dethroned. Louis the 10th was put to death by his own people in 1793; Buonaparte and Charles the 10th died 'in exile ; Louis the 18th, after having been expelled by Buonaparte in 1815,. was permitted t o re t urn t o the throne, and the last of these, Louis Philippe, has found an asylum in England. If the son of Louis the 16th, asyled by the Legitamists, Louis the 17th, was ever really a king, then, the number of deth rone d monarc h s i n suc cession would amount to six. COINCIDE/MRS. — We are reminded that it was about 'March, 18-14; that the Prince de Joinville inspected our southern coast,' and pUblished his famous Report, which excited so much disagteeable feeling at the time. In that Repoil, he remiirked,.as 'one result of his inspection, that in case of hostilities, Newhaoen,iii Sussex, would be the best spot at which to attempt a landing. In3liirch,lB4B, his own parents succeeded in effecting a landing at New horeu, in Sussex, !At under 'circumstances unforeseen and unimagined alike by the Prince, his parents, and by Ngain; it was in 1834,. that a French tra4ller, in reviewing his researches in the East, used these remarka ble words :—" Yon se-o, by this• rapid sketch, that the Ottoman enipiie is r.O empice at all; that the breath of life Which animated it is extinct. You see that its fatal and blinded • Administratiim has devoured the race of ; and that Tui.key is perishing for want of Such language, coming from the li roirq ufrors Turk.v." ps of a in England with a natural sus nt. For a general consent of almost all Protes 6,reters'iineludinz the Assembly's Annotsitinn of Scripture at.d7,latthew . bad eoeneeted " the EuphrateS" iu Siziptitre with the Turkish empire; arid here . Frcnch ft yprant was aent to give fl warding-that the Euphrates dried u - p"; • innriediat;ly following which, many wonders are predicted by the • inspired apostle. However, a dozer: years pus away, and.we find this same French traveller, Laoartine, suddenly borne up on the. w of Itori ci !AMA ' re V 0.4! ti,Qll2 . 'Oa - 11140'#5 . 6 kb:re : o4. rita s eti—Tßocerat - •.; • • w.az be cure 50 SECURITY AGAINST enactments and vigilant and vigorous police may, perhaps, se iii broad daylight in public streets; but they th us _ i s the delude men by making them imagine that there is ao spirit of peace in the national heart, while ther e o ut , peace. They can, indeed, dress up, side of the mountain, and can make it look / 1 , 3 1 100' flourishing with the olives of peace and vines 6 ,4" 0 cu1. but they cannot touch the volcano below, which P,, dering in its dark crater, and ready to burst for% tlis n a flnod of fire. No quell they cannot repress turbuletl an dee• national mind, or it in the secret haunts or e tine cabals. It is religion—it is religion alon j e of beg can do this. It is the dread of judgment an d lim it which can give übiquity to law. It is the GOY; N oe' the Gospel alone—which can hallow a state, an d a-- crate a throne, and shield the sovereign seated lIP° Dr. Christopher Wordsworth. ;h it 1 18 AN INFANT'S DEATH.—The death of a ca.-- - ' w i ti ier words are full of a strange and moving meaning i.„ n cifG l as it were, thf ot i following spring, nightfall succeeding to dawn ? ideas crowd upon the mind h an d i n hand wit" '„ o rttl truths. That little being who knew nothing bee e Vidoca which wondered at the ticking of a watch, know the end of all things ! That vacant •int e 'l t leP now to o tt ic hi stapd the mystery of its own being ! My own ch ,"`. o e3d was to hang upon my lips for instruction, now g i li o n where one word from its own would be a reve'f' a ro , me ! That helpless creature, borne from are' I `% r ita guarded by day and watched by night, too shy to ve i n the e approach of a strange face, n ow l aunc hed alon e but " vast profound," escorted by i n t e lli ge nce di vin n f strange! d. Will there be one among th a t crow i %fipiti franchised spirits who will claim an eastb, l i e sl wall it ? Will the little brother who depart ( ago recognize this as the babe who entered the bon ds ioat flesh as he was leaving them ? Or will i t t ." - les° of the first signs of a better existence that t he 1 , 1 blood are not needed in it ! Of all the sorrovisliib it world, that for the death of a young child brine the readiest healing. Would y ou gru d ge its haLl u c ;) ,- , t c h ei e ve ri d gh p t r s oomcti.ticoi withoutcitizenship n izenshipw p i a t y h i o n u g t t r h e e sid p e u n r c c e htr_e t ir e "c d eitsiino; cate of humanity.without the se rv i ce ?—the end a n c hil 4 of life without this weary lif e it se lf ? The death of a 110 lions f m ro a m y dtrheeawmeaaknnd•eswsonofdetrilaatnidifefowrlmlichst has is an enigma, but one which solves many o thers. o da , g y e i ell c i a o ° the strong arm of death • but two truths remain dis t end' ant more plainly read on t ha t cold marble church than °- et s• rthl other form of lifeless clay, and those are, the ".° e nde r ness of that breath which a child is summoned W . ble up, and the freeness of that grace which a child is 8 inherit.—Fraser. THE FLIGHT OP LOUIS PHILIPPE.—A passeng er P P' Express steamer communicates to the H a mpshir!, s itt pendent several interestin g c i rcums t ances con note', 00 Louis Philippe's voyage to this country. The vo i s a e ool been lying off Havre for two days, when " an, e `„s, sr apparently lame, dressed in a large travelling en ) ",, F ret: his face nearly covered with a shawl, a pair of gre e „" t d of tacles, and a travelling cap, came on board, ss „ass sas e ser the British-consul and Captain Goodridge. e , ing on board, I heard the cons u l sa y t o him, Jr.„2-rss,ls' uncle,' - as if he was speaking t o a re l a ti ve , and "" him to be careful how he stepped on the ladde r l s eet l passenger was immediately co n d uc t e d t o the eng4o ol room (a most unusual pl ace f or a passenger to be - s l it , into), but owing to its small size, and a fire burningsit° he was unable to re ma i n th ere , an d was o bli ge d to b o wl' the saloon. As soon as the old gentleman was 00 e el s ' Capt. Goodridge escorted an elderly lady down the g 1 way. I heard her say to him, 'I am obliged to I.„°"'ISIY from her pronunciation I knew she was not an rin i f le woman. She was very plainly dressed. Her hall,, sta ssc e , white - as silver, and I thought I never saw a counets'' in which anxiety, fatigue, and fear were so visibly ti_eP; i e As soon as she was iu the saloon, I could readily P e 11 01 that she had been, and still was weeping." We 1 1 7 0 0' say that it was the ex-King and Q ueen . " Ab° ll- 0 night we were nearly run down by a large brig. a sere sel ever had a more narrow escape than ours. TAT% within three or four yards of the brig. Fortuni l 'esir were going at about half speed. The noise and enn i g ee-' on deck arising from this disaster aroused the easle Her majesty rushed out from her cabin into the sto exclaiming, Oh ! where is my dear gentleiisand King endeavoured to consola her. She embrati s eat; affectionately, crying bitterly, an d t a lk e d t o hinl , ss "' ing that his dangers were n o t y e t over , no t s vithss'i, e , to°' the many he had escaped. The Ki ng was i nuch,,.. t au s e,,F and he wept and sobbed vi o l en tly. H er NIAVO implored to return to her cabi n , b u t s h e d ec l a red t''by b, s ," would not again leave the Kin g , - an d s h e l a y down o sta" side on the floor of the saloon during the remaind er night." TRIAL BY JURY IN AUSTRAL IA .—A me mber " r '„ A s 5Ws has been speared by one of anothe r t r ibe, w ho baPr e ssl.," be patronised by a farm-settler, and i s oceasiona"Y a ; in hunting-up stray cat t le. Th e f r i en d s o f the de or proceed to punish the assassin acco r di ng to their °A t oll; reditary laws; they surprise him suddenly, and s_Pe' l s i e st°: The farmer writes an account of the fact to the r,'''ssos s of Natives at Perth; and this energetic individua l ' hastily from dinner, calls for his horse, and ea,' g oo° himself with a blue woollen shirt, and a pair of , r spurs, with a blanket tied round his waist, fearlesso;pse pt mits himself to the forest, and repairs to the S' ' ir ,se t‘ slaughter. He learns from the mouth of the fa l :dy sr tier, that the facts are really what he had been a ,Ir e s i s t prised of by letter; and then, having left vs°,ru ssr ' s s ' N s/ offender may be g caught a as t soon eri sb a a as possible, gto a o ' family ; and the next morning delivers a saitase -e p &fig' s ; his excellency the governo r of a ll th at b e h a s Per' ; In course of time the n a ti ve i s appre h en d e d—W .l) ot ,S, a friend for a pound of flour— an d brought to th e sts ila.ii justice. His natural defence would be that he e s e t id tlt,; slew an enemy, as he is accused of having done,,u io"); it was a meretorious and necessary act ; he elnri c- doser his own laws required that he should slay the renr ils , ea his relative ; and his own l aw s th ere f ore accuse li tola ss 'What are English customs, prejudices, or law s ba bits, , 9 ) He is not a British subject, for he is is not the 1 " pied of a conquered country (as English go vernors te nse st nor has he, or any of his tribe or com plexion. e".„. Ist' or wished to be placed under the protection of or, arl 7 Why, then, should he be violently dragged from tr e selt l ; of his wilgied sqaws, and his little pot-bellied P. l d 4 of t , nies, and required to plead for his life in the 111 sills large room filled with frowning white obliged is he to the judge, who kindly tells hie no the interpreter, that he is not bound to cOnv'e', l ste,, and need not acknowledge anything that may ° e - a fer t li his disadvantage in the minds of the jury. The i ll bes sls o nate savage disregards the friendly caution, a", u sstell' e r s not ; be maintains, stoutly. that he gidgiea through the back, because Womera had gidgied.,s'so fr d through the belly. He enters into minute detail': tiles fnee f,s, thrtif, gentlemen of the jury of the manner in Will e "sPi' slaughters were effected, and describes the extents so rt rection of the wounds, and every other interestitlerjsr,lo''i cular that occurs to him. The gentlemen of l t " tis o,l g after duly considering the considering the case, re` pia necessity) a verdict of ` Wilful murder,' and thg c o; pronounces sentence of death, which is aftersva r s, to t muted by the governor to transportation for lit;or,fill Isle of Rottnest.—The Bushman, by E. W. lan , t ile W h et JENNY LiND. — Whether the Swedish Nightine st ietss maintain her extraordinary fascination through coisur season depends very much on the c haracters sel e o 9 9 . j el her. That she *as placed in difficult and dang er 0 1 10 cumstances last year, that sometimes she scarcely woe o f us above conventional pleasure, and at others aPP,pell' s ef imminent peril of failure, is certai n . The lasl s ,;s ar t s, Verdi, I Masnadiere, sorely tried her ; it was "istril l ic power to give interest to bombastic and artifici a o s 131 0 or to forced and uni &tura'. situations. Neve r slia l/ ti , tragedy with more difficulty saved from a lang h 'col iet l o the scene in which-she snatched the sword from .., 05 eil t o We hope that her fine talent will no more he e' c r a ot s it such injudicious risks; for it is plain that she 1 n 13 1.0 0, 1 !" meretricious art of Malibran in adorning vapid 1 " 04' 1 ,4 creating something out of nothing. H e r genius o f ei, d , to be developed with judgment ;- in the express' e l s e domestic sentiment of the affections, in tideuslie se( goodness, and such sweet feminine portraitu re p id tains the common ideal of mankind. In „ s ell tbe peculiar walk every bos om respon d s to h er ; sue - d in her own pers on th e sent i ments s h e ut t e rs a" set r ed natural constitution o f h er m i n d exc l u des frcloactif expression of dark and m a li gnan t p ass i on s, she is ° tP;tf in the limit. Tones sacred to goodness are Weer/1'00:e, emotion than those of mere wild passion, of wb i o site i r se an overflow in the world at all times. It will rate 01 ill culler judgment and musical experience to cre ny yelpf gressive interest through the next season of . 1 , e° e last' 00,', performance assigned by common report as t h e the it is plain that her talents arc little adapte" le 4 )/ ventional run of modern Italian opera. Ile INor,ert' rather modern German than modern 1 01 • 4 1 ;, s sical ° IA she appear to be much cultivated in the , alr,t,„ o " though she sings it with intelligence, oi-on adopted. Agatha in the Freysehiitz is mut nifest- respect for the original. New charade he a 't sought for her, or, better still, her own selection e 0 0 0 # 0 that, prom ote missed ; this is so well suited to her, that e othing higher interest than she has ever excited am ° !resn' / 'illr s Heirs as Alice in Meyerbeer's Robert. the London enthusiasm, it is contended in -' OO tb c el l Jenny Lind is no dramatic artist—an assert' if b o rtg are certainly disposed to qualify, but which T h es plained by the admitted limit of her powers , a" jyr o , it? of effect in adorning the merely conventional, be I dis tare is censured as too confined ; she " teleglshe in sell" her arms too frequently, even to the verge.O ss ea Her voice is the subject of more WM"- 0 1 I ,l t A version : be , , , , ti ) r o o " It were absurd to deny that she possess" a l' ° V i le ( respect extraordinary degree of vocal c ultivelit4e 0 - i; 1 , musical car will scarcely listen to her in any reci O4 ,f tb e i ; vo air with Out unpleasant disturbance. The whole " ve ir o s" .0 register of her voice is, as her admirers expreo It i ' e '1; 1 0 5 Wr 1 cannot refrain from describing this impel)etil-/ nois e , ' intolerable hoarseness. It pervades even her hit ' I bv tl e t as she beii. a to force them." cr C3 (ii„wo li It' the writer who demonstrates this inaliriou 9 a ter°o; i f men bad not also admitted the enchantim 4 r i l so e Se e , song, pert should have been disgusted with sn i t ; ,t n°,,s°e!-J of hypriticism and affected singulairity• frit t i o tb4. more aware that there is foundation of tril l t: f jcoTtott:: marks than the subject of them. The voi"'`,o', bw il ot°' is a volume of great power and beautiful '1". 9 iiroe 4 ',..a 1", jest to sudden alterations, anti apparentlY, ° ;,b,equood nageable. Her hoarseness was fregiwntlYl - 5 11 0 `'"itr" 4l ' ing the last season, and the care with 'Ala" to 51. `, A O 4 ; notes which lay even moderately below tbe t!':f t3 stc o o obvious. In the little sow ,. •‘ D 1 viell i ' I e °rlt ''cr :,, e ' - eft 1 , 00'd Fivaro, she was obliged to alter the note' gene fiero,ct to avoid touching middle C ; though her g el 'i te ll ,6f' tion of the air was so tine in its simplicity sit t „ -.:„ o re" M to create a breathless interest in the idiots„. of is, that the tenure of Nlademoisellc L ir“l''' lo" °. l ll)e r r e macy is peculiarly fragilo; that teullo' r3 . 4 -• ot te ‘ j , l ll 4 t t - -- rocrs, which she has experienced more 1 1 , 1 °,7004. i. 17, life, scams ever impending, and her nigh" ) , i , t ire'% ' said to be ever more or less alloyed wit)! I ;,.i'is t. 01 3 0" any cafe, it' report - . spea.); trtte, - lici 11;i 0 044. e Is Foil" belont,.apd; for' the rent. we - WOO. * m" • .!-- tAlegnitkiii ItiriCiikOC*4§;949 94 .>r March 21, 1848. Rai It' rnA