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Literature. ____.„.. NOTICES Thiers' History of the Consulate and Empire of Napo leon. Translated by W. Stapleton, Esq., Trin. Coll., Dublin. Part I. Houlston and Stoneman, London ; T. Le Mesurier, Dublin. This is the first number of an English edition of the above celebrated work, and is supplied to the public in eighteen-penny parts, the whole to form a volume royal octavo, not to exceed fifteen shillings in price. In the translation Mr. Stapleton has, very judiciously, aimed to preserve the spirit of the author, rather than, by aiming at elegance of style, to lose sight of fidelity to the text of the original; and, as the result, throughout the work we feel that it is M. Thiers who is discoursing to us the oc currences of the eventful period of his history, and not the translator. Wherever anything like obscurity pre sents itself—technicalities which, though perfectly fami liar to French readers, would be unintelligible to the mass of English readers—Mr. Stapleton has supplied copious explanatory notes, which will remove any possi bility which might otherwise exist of misinterpretation. The work is well got up, each number containing 96 pages, and is decidedly cheap. POETRY ROME REJOICING OVER THE DOWNFAL OF ENGLAND'S PROTESTANTISM. FOR THIS LIVERPOOL STANDARD There are joyous hearts this day within the " holy city's" walls, And merry mocking laughter rings amid her stately halls; And through her streets the hurrying crowds pass on with aspect gay, For all her busy populace are keeping holiday . . , A hundred are pealing out from steeple and from dome, And shouts of triumph rend the air;—as when Imperial Rome Has welcomed, in her day of pride, her warriors from the field, And you heard the cheering hosts above the clang of spear and shield. Oh, well those sour ds might wake within their funereal urn The spirits of her mighty dead—those soldiers stout and stern— As, 'midst her ruined fanes they start, with their discordant din, The echoes which have slept since la-,t a conqueror marched in ! Yet different far from those of old who trod her Appian way, Keeping high festival, are they who throng Rome's streets to day. No toga'd senator is here ; no proud patrician name By all these myriad voices is breathed with loud acclaim; No legionary fierce from Gaul or Germany is here; No kn'ghtly pennon flaunts the air; no we.r-cry strikes the ear; Nor wail of captives mingling with the cymbal's brazen sound, Nor prancing tread of armed steed and chariot shakes the ground. But: ..- in their stead, of cowled monks and p r ie s t s a g l oomy , - And cardinals in k rdly state, her streets are borne :long; With crucifix and relic old for banner and for spear, And mumbled Are Marys for trumpet shrill and clear. And, as the host is rai,ed aloft and censers swung on high, Each knee is bent, each head is bared, and, with abased eye, Yet lower than to consuls or to emperors of yore, Crouch down Rome's craven citizens those churchmen proud before. On, on they pass, that mingled throng, till, like a swollen tide, At length they enter where St. Peter's opes her portals wide, Filling with pent-up human forms each cloister dark and lone, And flooding o'er the fabric vast. from nave to altar-stone. Why lighted up is every eye, and decked each face with smiles, As swells the loud Te Ileum adown the lofty aisles? 14 •rk ye those furtive whisperings each solemn strain between ? There's triumph in those sneering lips and glances proud, I ween. And he, that stern old man, who now before the altar stands, With triple crown upon his head and sceptre in his hands, What inward gladness fires his eye so pas3ionless and cold ? What joy has flushed the whiteness of his cheek so worn and old ? Lo ! hushed is now the anthem ; Benedicite is said ; And from each street and square and place those joyous crowds have sped. 'Tis midnight in a lofty hall, within the Vatican, Surrounded by his cardinals, sits now that stern old man. Full many a furrowed face, with age and watching marked, is there ; Yet meet not those right reverend men in council or at prayer, But, in high banquet seated, they pass the wine-cup on, And 'mongst the names they toast are heard " Peel "—;` Stan ley "—" Wellington." Uprises now, at length, from out his gorgeous chair of state, His Holiness the Pope; and thus he speaks with look elate : " Rejoice, my br thren of the cross ! your toils are almost done. Rejoice, my soldiers staunch and true! the victory is won. Proud England, lately of enfranchised Christendom the trust, Beneath our feet abased, at length submits to lick the dust. Our tools are in her sc nate and our influence round her throne; Rejoice, my soldiers staunch and true I proud England is our nvu n Now will the sceptre mighty, which so long has swayed the world, Fall from her hands and, in its stead, Rome's banner be un- Now heresy must shrink aba , hed, and crouch beneath our frown, And England's boasted liberties for aye be smitten down. Soon in her rich cathedrals, and in each village fane, Where breathed is now the Word of Life, in chaunt or simpler The stately mass will be performed, the host aloft be borne, And England be of Rome and of the world the Clive and scorn. Our grasp upon her church, and our feet upon her throne— Rejoice, my brethren staunch and true ; proud England i our own ! " The shout which rang within that hall, of triumph scud and deep, And stirred Rome's early martyrs from their long sepulchra sleep. Oh, would that it could penetrate the chamber, where at home! Great Britain's senators are met to sacrifice to Rome. And o'er a nation, once of truth and liberty the nurse, To bring of foul idol try the scandal and the curse ! Oh, would the cry could reach our gracious Sovereign on her throne— That loud, triumphant boast of Rome— own ! " Proud England is our G. B. J , SELECTIONS LOW FARES ON THE BELGIAN RAILWAYS.—We were much struck with the low charges of railway travelling in Belgium, as compared with those in England. From Antwerp to Brussels, for example, a distance of about 24 miles, the fares are,—diligences, 3 francs 50 cents ; chars a-bancs, 2 francs 25 cents ; and wagons, 1 franc 75 cents ; that is 2s. 91d., Is. 71d., and Is. 41d. ; whereas the same distance upon any of the great lines in England would be above Gs. 4s. and 2s. Upon an average we found it to be only about one-half the expense of similar travelling at home. The consequence is, that far more people travel by railway in Belgium than in England. We were asto nished at the crowds that went with us in every direction, but more particularly between Brussels and Antwerp, and towards Ghent and Bruges. The increase in the re ceipts of the different lines has beep great, as the advan tages have been developed. The lines now in operation were completed in October, ]843: since which time their receipts have increased in a most extraordinary propor tion. During the past year (1844) the traffic of heavy merchandise was nearly double the amount of the preced ing year, amoun.ing to about 500,000 tons. The increase of passengers was still more extraordinary, that traffic alone having realized something not far sbort, it is said, of 10,000,000 of francs.—Ramsay's Belgium and the Rhine. THE LAKE OF VALENCIA.—A COMBAT AND ITS RE SULTS.—The natives are never wearied of praising the beauties of their lake, and it certainly affords every ex cu- e for their partiality. The lake of Valencia, or Tar corigua is 517 varas above the level of the sea. It is studded with islands, and fed by the numerous rivulets which fertilize the surrounding valleys. It is twenty-five leagues in circumference; its waters abound with good fish, and its edges with wild fowl. No dangerous animals frequent its favoured waters, the only reptile of the cro codile family which is found here being the bays, a small alligator, about three feet in length, and inoffensive; in fact, a benefactor to mankind. To him is attributed the discovery of the efficacy of the raz di mato as an antidote to the bite of the cascabel, or rattlesnake. The Indians, who formerly dwelt upon the borders of the lake, had long watched the combats between their venerated bavas and the deadly enemy, without discovering the cause of their encounter of danger with impunity. It chanced that an aged chief, looking down from his hammock as it swung from the boughs of a tree, wit nessed an encounter of longer duration than ordinary. He observed the bays frequently during the fight, break away from his antagonist, and, seizing in his teeth the stake of a vine which grew thickly around, and tearing up the roots, return to the combat with fresh vigour, till the cascabel, being overpowered, was dragged off by the vic tor to his home in the lake. The crafty old savage, descending from his hammock, examined the plant, which was the raz di mato, and immediately spread its reputation among his tribe. The raz di mato is said to be uncertain in its operation, and much inferior to the guaco vducho.—Colburn's Netv Monthly Magazine. KING JAMES AT THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.— James beheld, from the hill of Donore, his left wing out flanked, his centre broken, his right inactive. The spi rit of his youth was frozen ; the elasticity which g i ves nerve to enterprise was relaxe d; old age and the impres sion made by unwarlike advisers had chilled those feelings, which, in his earlier years, impelled him to encounter the dangers of the fielo. The hero, who in Flanders excited the admiration of Turenne, sunk into the coward on the banks of the Boyne, and declined leading the charges of his own horse, when lie might have restored the battle, and prevented an inglorious retreat. Panic-struck, and guided by counsels suggested by selfishness and fear, he abandoned an army that was beaten, not broken ; that yielded to superiority of numbers and generalship, but had still resources and determination to prolong the con test indefinitely. Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Youghal, and the line of the Shannon, all of which were in the hands of the Irish, presented obstacles to William's success that should have inspired James with confidence in maintaining the contest; but Lanni), sensible of his ow.i incapacity in camps, but conscious of his admirable talents for courts, was eager to quit a country where he could reap no harvests of glory, and where he had no field to exercise those arts and practice those intrigues which had raised him to the pinnacle of favour at Versailles. He, therefore, advised James to seek safety in flight, to return to France, and thus escape being made prisoner by William. He would give his right hand to have accom panied him, but his duty commanded him to guide the re treat of the French troops, or perish with th em . Thi s ill judged counsel was seconded by Talbot, Earl of Tyrcon nel. Talbot was brave in danger, pusillanimous in disaster. In the route of the Boyne he viewed the cause of James as hopeless, that of William as triumphant. He had estates and dignities to preserve, and only in an accommo ,dalion could he see security for them. If James re mained, the contest would be prolonged beyond the hope of an accommodation. He, therefore, sent his chaplain to him to press his flight to France, and to work on his fears of tailing into the hands of William. James reaohed Dublin op that same day ; and, conscious that his flight would be construed into cowardice, be sought to shelter his fame, not only under the cover of the suggestions of his officers, but likewise under that of the advice of his privy council.— O'Conor's Military History of Me. Irish Nation. A PARTY AT GLOUCESTER LODGE.—At this classic villa of the foreign secretary, one of the suite of rooms is the library. We went into it, to coffee, after leaving the dinner-table. The conversation became literary. Wash ington Irving's Sketch-book was spoken of, and highly commended. Mr. Canning said it was a work of extraor dinary merit ; but he preferred the American pieces. In this preference others joined. The " Dutch School. master " and " hip Van Winkle " were singled out, as rich in humour. The topic changing, Swift came on the tapis. Several of his pieces were called up. with genuine gusto. Mr. Canning was on a sofa; Mr. Plants next to him ; I and others, in chairs, dotted around. " Planta," said Mr. Canning, " pray hand down the volume con taining the voyage to Brobdignag ; seamen say that it is capital ; and as true, nautically, as Shakspere always is, when he undertakes to use sea terms." Mr. Planta took down the volume, and read the passage. One sentence in it runs thus: " It was a very fierce storm, the sea broke strange and dangerous; we hauled off upon the lanyard of the whipstaff, and helped the man at the helm." When he was done, all admired the passage, under this new view and commendation of it, which Mr. Canning had given us. He himself said nothing for a few mo ments, but sat silent ; then, as if in reverie, he uttered, in a low tone, yet very distinctly, the words " and help the man at the helm ! and help the mon at the helm !" re peated them. It seemed as if the helm at the foreign of fice. with all its anxieties, had suddenly shot into his mind, clouding, for a moment, his social ease. His fami liar friends of the circle bantered him a little on that fancy. He declared off, however, and only said that it was a fine passage. So passed this agreeable evening in the library at the Gloucester Lodge.—Bush's Residence at the Court of London. ANTIQUITY or HORSE RACING.—In the drawing ro m (of Leasowe Castle, now the residence of Sir Ed ward Cust) is, among other valuable pictures, a very an cient one of a horse-race that occurred here in the days of James 1., including portraits of that mcnarch and his sons sharing in the sport, in which a buxom lady in a car riage driven by servants in the royal livery, participates. The Wallasey Leasowe is probably the oldest gentleman's race-course in the kingdom, being noticed by Webb as existing in the early part of the seventeenth century. The races at the Rood-eye, at Chester, or at Smithfield and other places were comparatively the sports of a mere fair, and could offer no rivalry to the aristocratic amuse ments of the Leasowe course, which, in 1683, had rather an illustrious jockey, in the person of the famous Duke of Monmouth. Attended by a great retinue of gentry, the Duke was on a tour, courting popularity in the western counties. At Chester he condescended to become spon sor to the daughter of the Mayor of that city, and, amid the festivities attendant on that event, hearing that the principal families of the county had assembled at the Wallasey Races, he went thither and rode himself, which he won, and presented the prize to his infant god-daugh ter. In addition to the high antiquity and noble jockey ship of the Leasowe Race-course, it also claims to have once offered the highest prize in the kingdom ; for, in 1721, the great families of the west entered into an agree ment to subscribe liberally for a sweepstakes to be run for ten seasons on this course. In conformity with this arrangement the Groavenors, Stanleys, Cholmondelys, Egertons, Wynnes, and some others subscribed twenty guineas each annually, and undertook that their own horses should be brought to contest the stakes. The last of these races occurred in 1732 ; they were then removed to Newmarket, where, for many years, the " Wallasey Stake " formed a leading prize, but the Leasowe conti nued to be a trial or training course until the middle of the last century. An old building in the village of Walla sey, said to have been the Grosvenor stable, yet exists, on the doors of which the horse's plates remained until the last three or four years.—Morlimer's History of Wirral. imperial Varliamritt. HOUSE OF OF LODRS.-MONDAY In answer to a question from the Marquis of London derry, Lord STANLEY said that the government would press forward the Irish landlord and tenant bill ; but after the second reading he would move that it should be referred to a select committee. In replytoa question from the Marquis of Lansdowne, The Earl of bALHOUSIE said that iri all cases of acci: dents on railways, the Board of Trade invariably dispatched the Inspector General to the locality, even though there might have been no injury to the passengers and car riages ; and when the causes were discovered, the railway company was communicated with, in order that the re quisite precautions might be adopted. Lord BROUGHAM moved the suspension of the stand ing orders, in order that the small debts bill might be passed through all its stages. This was agreed to, and the bill accordingly passed. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of the Scotch banking bill. The Earl orßAnsoa opposed it, and moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Lord KivNAIRD seconded the amendment The Earl of DALHOUSIE defended the bill ; after which the amendment was negatived without a division, and the bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Mr. Serjeant MURPHY explained the circumstances under which he had allowed the three Courts of Com mon Law Process Bills to be thrown out. After having undertaken the care of the bills he found so much objec tion to them amongst the profession in Ireland that he wrote to Lord Campbell, requesting him to relieve him from their guardianship, and the noble lord had written to him in reply, that he was quite right to wash his hands of them (a laugh,) that he did not care much about them, and that, perhaps, the best course to pursue would be to let them drop as decently as possible. (Great laughter.) lie felt it but just to himself to make this explanation, as he must otherwise appear to have betrayed a trust which had been reposed in him. In reply to a question from Mr. E. B. ROCHE, Sir J. GRAHAM said, it was the intention of the government to pass the Colleges (Ireland) Bill and the Landlord and Tenant Bill this session, but he thought it would be quite impossible to pass a registration bill for Ireland. Mr. J. O'CoNNELCpresented a great number of peti tions against the Colleges (Ireland) Bill, as it now stands. Sir R. PEEL presented two petitions in favour of the bill. Sir J. GRAHAM then proceeded to state some of the details of the expenses of the colleges. He proposed that the salary of the president of each college should be £7OO ; of the vice-president £4OO ; that there should be twelve or fourteen professors at salaries of £3OO and £2OO a-year ; librarian, £200; bursar, £100; and servants, three hundred pounds. There would be a sufficient sur plus remaining to provide for library, philosophical in struments, and giving premiums at public examinations to those pupils who might distinguish themselves. The right hon. gentleman then stated that the Crown would retain the nomination of the presidents and vice presidents of the colleges, but he was not unwilling that after the year 1848 it should be open to parliament to reconsider as to the mode of appointing professors. He thought also that an University to grant degrees should be a supple ment to these colleges. Every enco-ragement should be given to the erection of halls ; and the heads of the reli gious establishments in those quarters should visit them. Lord MAHON then moved his amendment, that "it is the opinion of this House that in the establishment of colleges in Ireland provision should be made for the te ligious instruction of the pupils by means of lecture fees, tilt such time es private benefactions for that object may have taken effect." After a discussion, in which Mr. O'Connell took part in opposition to the bill in its present state, a division took place; when the amendment was lost by 189 to 49. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Several railway bills were advanced ; amongst others the Oxford and Rugby, the third reading of which was carried, on a division, by 132 agaihst 95. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in answer to a question from the Marquis Of BREADALBANE, defended the conduct of the Government with regard to the case of Dr. Kel ley, of Madeira, and declared that the treatment which that gentleman and his converts had met with at the hands of the Portuguese Government was quite sanctioned by the liws of Portugal. Lord STANLEY then moved the second reading of the Irish Tenants Compensation Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that he had in his hand a protest signed by 36 peers, complaining of the measure, as destructive of the rights of property, In his opinion, the bill contained some most objectionable clau ses, particularly that providing for the Commissioner at Dublin and his assistants, who were to exercise inquisi torial powers over landlords, and could not fail to excite their utmost jealousy. It would be much better to leave Ireland to herself than to force measures such as this against the landed interest. 'I ha noble lord concluded by reading the protest, and expressing his most decided hostility to the bill. After a discussion, the second reading was carried by a majority of 48 to 34. HOUSE OF COMMONS. --TUESDAY. Mr. HUTT brought on the following motion, " that the course pursued by Great Britain since 1814 for the sup pression of the slave-trade has been attended by large ex penditure of the public money, and by serious loss of life to the naval forces of the country, and that it has not mitigated the horrors of the middle passage, nor di minished the extent of the traffic in slaves." After noticing the desire and efforts of this country to abolish the slave-trade, be proceeded to contend that the time was at length arrived when the House might inquire whether these exertions had been successful. In spite of all the expense which we had incurred, we had signally failed in our efforts to put down the slave-trade, and with consequences frightful to contemplate. He then referred to the facts on which this opinion was founded, and proved by copious quotations from Sir F. Buxton's book, that the number of Africans annually exported from their country to Brazil and Cuba, as slaves, had increased from 90,000 at the commencement of the present century, to 194,000 in 1833. He showed that it might be more, but it could not be less at present than 200,000, when the importation into Porto Rica, Buenos Ares, Texas, and the United States is taken into consideration. He could not calculate the number of lives among our own country men annually sacrificed to this useless system, but the outlay of money was not less than £500,000 annually, and since 1806 had amounted altogether to £17,000,000 sterlin g . He might be asked, if this system was b a d, whether he could propose a better? It was not his duty to find a remedy for such a wretched state of things ; but if he were asked for one, he would say, " Withdraw your cruisers from the coast of Africa ; they are produc tive of nothing but evil—attend to the recommendations of the report of your committee of 1842, and promote commercial intercourse with the nations in the interior." He did not recommend the House to send out another Niger expedition, for that had always appeared to him to be an insane project; but he did recommend it to throw open the ports of the West Indies and its other tropical colonies to the fullest importation of free labour. Sir G. COCKBURN observed that the only difference which existed in the House on this subject was as to the means of putting down the slave-trade. Mr. Hutt thought that it would be most effectually accomplished by withdrawing our cruisers from the coast of Africa; but in that opinion he could by no means agree. Last year we had adopted a new system for the suppressiou of this trade. We had doubled our force on the coast, and had established blockades of the places where the trade was chiefly carried on, and the success of that plan was now beginning to exhibit itself. Besides, we had concluded a new convention with France, by which an additional naval force would be stationed on the slave coast. Our present plans ought, therefore, to have a fair trial ; and he therefore recommended the House to wait and see whether they would not be more effectual in suppressing the evil which all lamented than the singular plan proposed by Mr. Hutt, of putting it down by opening a free trade in slaves at once. The House was soon after counted out, and the motion consequently dropped. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY On the motion of Lord ASHLEY, the Lunatics' Asylum and the Pauper Lunatics Bill went through a committee pro forma", in order to enable his lordship to insert seve ral amendments in it. The report was received forthwith, and the bill was ordered to be printed. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the report on the Sta tute Labour (Scotland) Bill was brought up. The bill was afterwards recommitted, and after several amend ments were made in it, the report was ordered to be re ceiveo the following day. _ _ On the motion of Afr: LIDDELL that the Dog-stealing Bill_be committed, . Mr. D. DU;CDAS opposed the measure on the ground that it was unnecessary, and if necessary too severe. It was monstrous to give two justices power to punish a second conviction for dog-stealing with transportation for seven years, especially when that conviction was made without the intervention of a jury. After ['few words to the same effect from Mr. H ENLE Y Sir J. GRAHAM considered that the penalty of trans portation for seven years for a second conviction for dog stealing was too severe, and therefore recommended Mr. Liddell not to persevere in the clause which imposed it. He pointed out the anomalies in the existing law as suffi cient reasons for amending it. An indictment for steal ing a dog worth £25 would fail, unless a count were added for stealing its collar, which might not be worth more than 7s. 6d. A man was now undergoing transportation for stealing such a dog, but he had been indicted for stealing its collar, and had been convicted of that of fence, and no other. Mr. LIDDELL was prepared to take the friendly advice of Sir J. Graham. After a few remarks from Mr. B. ESCOTT, the house went into committee, and several amendments were made in the bill. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Wednesday next. On the motion of Mr. MACKINNON, the Smoke Pro hibition Bill was committed. Several amendments were made, and considerable discussion took place upon its clauses in committee. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday. Lord JOHN MANNERS postponed the second reading of the Pious and Chat itable Purposes Bill till Wednes day, the 16th of July. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY Lord STANLEY moved a select committee on the Irish Tenant's Compensation Bill. Lord PORTMAN moved the second reading of the English Landlord and Tenants' Bill, which, on a discus sion, was thrown out. Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY The Liverpool and Bury (Bolton, Vi;;;, - ;,id Liver pool, and Bury Extension Railway was read a third time and passed.—The lords' amendments to the Manchester and Leeds llailway (Burnley Branch, and Oldham and Heywood Branches Extension) were agreed to. The SOLICITOR GENERAL moved for a writ of error against the judgement of the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of Howard v. Gossett, as an intermediate step between the adoption of the views of the supporters of ex treme opinions on the subject of privilege, and the advo cates of abject submission by the House of the Courts of Law. Mr. HUME moved as an amendment that the privi leges of the house should not be intrusted to any other authority than the house itself, which, on a division, was negatived by a majority of 32 in a house of 124 members. Mr. ROEBUCK contended that the house ought not to make this pettifogging attempt to sustain its privileges in a c ;urt of law, but should at once lay by the heels every man who questioned its privileges ; and, after an ani mated debate, in which Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. B. Escott, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Lord Mahon, Mr. C. Wynn, Mr. J. S. Gorthy, Lord John Russell, Mr. F. Kelly, and Sir Thomas Wilde delivered their opinions at great length, Sir Robert Peel summed up, and the house divided, when there appeared—For the original motion 82 ; against, it,JB ; majority, 34. _ _ _ The other orders of the day being disposed of the house adjonrned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The report on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill gave occa sion to a protest from the Bishop of Salisbury, who thought such an important bill should proceed from her Majesty's Minister's, instead of from an individual mem ber of the house. (The bill was introduced by Lord Cottenham.) THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY A new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a member for Dartmouth, in the room of Mr. Joseph Somes, deceased. The following bills were read a third time, and passed : —Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway ; Liverpool and Manchester Railway; Richmond (Surrey) Railway; Belfast Improvement; North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway ; Newry and Enniskillen Railway; Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone); Birming ham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Extensions, Stoke Branch, and Midland Railways Junction); St. Helen's Improvement ; Glossop Gas. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were then considered and agreed to :--Whitby and Pickering Rail• way ; York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch) Railway. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, on the reading of the order of the day for committee of supply, moved that returns of Nos. 72 and 248, made by the General Post Office, be referred to a select committee, with a view of enquiring into the accuracy of those returns ; also, into the present mode of remunerating by fees and perquisites certain officers of the General Post Office, and how far the duties of that establishment may be rendered more satisfactory to the public and less un qual and oppressive to the persons en gaged therein. The hon. gentleman enlarged upon the abuse of allowing certain officers of the Post Office to fling all the labour of compiling the addresses for the " Post Office Directory " on the postmen, who were fre quently dismissed from the Post Office for errors in doing that which formed no pert of their business for the Crown, whose servants they were. Mr. CARDWELL opposed the motion, on the ground that it was not an efficient mode of proceeding. If such abuses as tho. e complained of really existed, on complaint to the Postmaster General they would be quickly re medied. The motion was negatived by a majority of 106 to 30. Mr. WYSE then moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra ciously pleased to give directions for the establishment and maintenance of a Museum of National Antiquities, in conjunction with a commission for the conservation of National Monuments. The CHANCELEOROf the EXCHEQUER could not in the present session, with such an accumulation of busi ness, consent to enter upon so important an enquiry. The motion was negatived without a division. FUREIGN AND COLONIAL, TIIE UNITED STATES We have received by the packet-ship Cambridge, which arrived on Tuesday last, New York papers of the Ist and 2nd instant, being two days later than the previous dates. They contain no intelligence of political importance, but give details of a dreadful conflagration in New York, by which upwards of one hundred houses were destroyed. The fire broke out in Eighteenth-street, at one o'clock on the morning of the Ist instant, and there being a great quantity of combustibles in the premises, and a strong wind, it rapidly extended to other neighbouring streets, thaking great havoc of property. There were 100 horses in a range of stables that took fire. Sixty of them were got out, but many of these were so much burnt that they were shot, so that out of the whole about thirty only were saved. The estimated loss is between 200,000 and 300,000 dollars. It was supposed the fire was the work of an incendiary. The steam-ship Great Western arrived at New York at noon on the Ist instant. There was ice on the ponds near Philadelphia on the 30th of May. FLOODS IN FRANCE.—The Universe gives a most de plorable account of the disasters caused by the late thun der -storms in the French provinces. The coaches from Paris to Lyons were detained twenty-four hours at Moulins—a part of the road having been literally swept away by the floods. In several communes of the depart ment of the Loire et Cher, houses were levelled to the ground ; and at Alengon the thunder fell upon the College, and rove it in three portions. AFFAIR OF HONOUR IN GREECE.—A quarrel recently took place in Greece between General Calergi and General Grivas, and the lattter sent a message in the following terms:—" Let us both be locked up in a room without seconds, and fight until one has killed the other, or we kill one another pour purger le pays." General Calergi declined upon the ground that that would be a murder not a duel. Grivas next proposed that they should meet in a solitary ravine, and there fight with sabres, without seconds ; but that the latter might be so placed as to look from a height upon the combat. To this the seconds ob jected, saying that they would not go as mere spectators. Grivas then made a third proposition, that " he and Calergi should meet with pistols, to be held at each other's mouths, but no seconds to be present." General Calergi thereupon submitted the whole question to a meeting of officers, and Grivas did the same, and at both meetings it was agreed that the former could not have accepted a challenge to fight in the manner proposed without seconds. The accounts from Hayti state that the country was still in a very disturbed state. President Pierault, on his arrival at Port-au- Prince, ordered the troops of that place to march against the Spa nish frontiers. The troops refused; and in the confusion that pre vailed, the President is said to have been shot at. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. The British and Ncrth American royal mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Judkins, arrived at four o'clock on Friday afternoon, hav ing left Boston at 3 40 p.m. on the 16th, and Halifax at 10 15 a.m. on the 18th, and thus made the passage from portto port in 9i days. The Caledonia reached Halifax on the 17th instant. The trial of the individuals indicted for the murder of Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet, and his brother Hyrum, last June, in the Carthage Jail, terminated on the 30th May, in a verdict of acquittal. Save only the province of Guatemala, where every thing was tranquil, Central America was still harassed by internal feuds. The latest news is that the troops of Salvador were on their march against Honduras. NEW YORK, JUNE 19.—Sales since our last moderate in extent, but at very full prices ; in revising our quotations, some of them are slightly advanced. Upland and Florida, ordinary to good ordi nary, 5i a 5& cents; middling to good middling, 5 a 6} cents; dliug fair to fair, 64 a 7 cents; fully fair, 7i a7s cents; good fair, 71 a 7i cents; fine, nominal. Mobile and New Orleans, ordinary to good ordinary, 5i a 6i cents; middling to good middling, 6i a 6i cents ; middling Lair to fair, 7 a 7i cents ; fully fair, 7 t a 8 cents ; good fair, Si aSi cents; fine, nominal. Total sales for the week, 10,250 bales. NEW ORLEANS, JUNE s.—The cotton market opened with a good demand this morning, and transa:tions amount to 1600 bales, at very full prices. About 1200 hales of Louisiana and Mississippi, and the remainder Texas Ou, outside figures are more in unison with the true state of the market. Louisiana and Mississippi—in ferior, 41 a 51; ordinary to good ordinary, 54 a 51; middling, 54 a 61 ; good middling, 64 a6i ; middling fair, 64 a 6/ ; fair, 7 a 71 good fair, 74 a 8; good and fine, —a —. Tenuesee and North Alabama—running lots 54 a 54; extremes, 44 a 64. MOnILE, JUNE 7.—The market has been characterised by in creased inactivity, with a declining tendency in pr . ce. Sales for three days estimated at only 600 bales, and for the week at 1800, principally for England. Stock unsold about 3000 bales, of which sundry lots are limited considerably above prices. We reduce our figures fully an 4 since the 30th ult. : the market closes heavy. Fair, 7 a —; middling fair, 64 a —; middling, 6 a —; ordinary, 54 a 54. Monsieur Thierry, who attempted to establish himself as an independent sovereien in New Zealand, having dis appointed or given umbrage to his barborous subjects, was recently k'lled, cooked, and eaten by them at a solemn public banquet. THE RHINE.—The Dutch government has lessened, by one-half, the navigation dues payable by foreign ves sels passing up the Rhine, while the transit and fixed duties are abolished altogether upon ships from Dutch ports to the ports of those states on whose rivers the same privileges are accorded to the vessels of Holland. Accounts from Beyrout of the 24th represent the state of Mount Lebanon as worse and worse. Every day a contest took place between the Druses and Maronites with varying success. The American Christians are re presented as undergoing persecution ; and, although tor ture has been abolished throughout the Turkish empire, a young Greek was at Candia lately tortured to such a de gree that he died of his sufferings. INFAMOUS PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN POLAND. —An ordinance was published by the Director of Police of \Vilna on the 7th ult., containing a description of the dress hereafter to be worn by the Jews residing in Poland. Any male or female Jew who shall deviate from the cos tume prescribed, or shall wear any article of dress indica tive of their religious faith, shall pay a fine of four silver roubles (equal to 155.) Mr. James Breen, a rich farmer and barony cess col lector, in the county of Clare, murdered his wife a few days since with a pair of tongs. He is considered insane. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.-At the weekly meeting on Monday a letter was read from Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN, who is now attending to his parliamentary duties in London, in which epistle he declares that the visit of himself and other repeal members to this country " will be unproduc tive of advantage to Ireland. A report was read from a Sub-committee, deprecating Lord Stanley's Irish Te nants' Bill. The rent was £454. THE FINE ARTS.—The first prize at the Academy of the Fine Arts at Paris, has this year been gained by a Jew, M. Emile Levy. The President of the Acadamy, likewise a Jew, M. F. Halevy, delivered the address • it is represented as an eloquent ora ti on , ex hibi t i ng the bib lical studies as well as the antiquarian research of the venerable president, in his allusions to the recent identi fication of the site of Nineveh.— Voice of Jacob. DR. STEIGER'S ESCAPE FROM LUCERNE. Doctor Steiger has, with the concurrence of three gendarmes who guarded him, made his escape from the prison at Lucerne, and the whole party, accompanied by many friends, arrived at Zurich at half-past eight o'clock, on the morn ing of the 20th. It appears he was provided with a uniform of the gendarmerie, and in this costume passed in company of the others out of the town, entered a car riage in waiting, and passed the frontiers. QUEEN FOMARE.—lntelligence has been received from Tahiti by the directors of the London Missionary Society ; by which we learn that the child to which the Queen gave birth about seven months since is not expected to live. The Queen had retired to the island of Itaiatea, but avoided sleeping in any of the towns or villages, for fear of being betrayed into the hands of the French. A project is in contemplation to raise among the Protestant Churches of Europe a sum of money sufficient to remove the exiled Queen and her faithful subjects to an island of one of the neighbouring groups, where, placing them selves under the protection of some of the European powers, they may be secured in the quiet enjoyment of their property and their religion. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN AMERICA.—At the latter end of May a very destructive fire occurred in Quebec, by which no fewer than 1630 houses were burnt down. The fire broke out in Richardson's tannery, and the flames were carried by a strong easterly wind into the suburb of St. Roch, which was almost entirely destroyed. St. Paul's market and square. and all the streets on the right of the city, were consumed.—On the Ist of June the sta bles of Mr. R. H. Palmer ' at New York, were set on fi re by an incendi a ry, an d 120 houses fell a prey to the flames. The number of families left almost wholly destitute by this catastrophe was not less than 500. The amount of damage was estimated at 200,000 dollars.--Another fire broke out at Plttsburgh, which destroyed 60 or 70 houses, damaged 30,000 dollars' worth of property, and rendered 700 persons houseles.s. It was supposed to be the work of an incendiary. MURDER OF A PROTESTANT MAGISTRATE.—on Sun day week as Mr. G. F. B. Booth was returning from Kilmore church, in his gig, with two of his children, one five, the other six years old, his eldest son, a boy of about 11, riding behind him on a pony, he was met by a man, who walked coolly and deliberately along the road, smok ing a long pipe. The villain walked up to Mr. Booth, presenting a horse pistol. It is thought Mr. Booth stooped his head, and that, on his doing so, the murderer fired. The ball entered the upper part of the forehead, and lodged within the skull ; he fell instantly from his gig —he was dead. The horse, frightened by the report of the shot, ran away, throwing the two children on the road —one of them had his arm broken in the fall, or by the wheel of the gig passing over it. The scoundrel escaped. No motive can be assigned for the awful deed, but the de ceased was a truly kind hearted man, and a Protestant magistrate. DEATH OF ONE OF THE FEMALE lOWAY INDIANS, IN PARIS.—The loway Indians have sustained a severe loss. 0-ke-our-mi, the wife of Little Wolf, died on Thursday week, of an affection of the lungs, brought on by grief for the death of her young child in England. Her husband was unremitting in his endeavours to con sole her and restore her to the love of life, but she con stantly replied, "No ! no! My four children recal me. I see them by the side of the Great Sprit. They stretch out their arms to me, and are astonished that I do not join them." The Little Wolf had not appeared at the exhibition since Monday, nat having quitted his dying wife for a minute, watching over her night and day, and suffering no one else but himself to perform the offices of tenderness which her condition required. She charged him to make her acknowledgments to the physicians who had kindly attended her, directed the dress she was to be buried in, and requested that a medal of the Virgin Mother of the Great Spirit of the Christians, which she wore round her neck, might not be removed. The three other women wept over her corpse, although she belonged to a different tribe, the Sioux, who were enemies to the loways. STATE OF IRELAND.—A correspondent of the Dublin Mail gives the following account of what is new going on in the neighbourhood of Cavan. " The excitement caused by the barbarous and brutal murder of R. B. Booth, Esq., is without parallel i❑ this county. The Protestants came pouring down, armed every man, to the scene of murder, as early as two o'clock, a.m., on Mon day morning. There were from seven or eight hundred armed men on the road, t ill evening ; and we are threatened with calamities even more dreadful. The Protestants think that they are deserted by the government, and left without any protection, such as can avail in such a state of disorganization. The ordinary law, adapted to civilized society and peaceable times, is a mere farce, and felt to be so now by all parties. Though the murderer ran slowly, with a large frieze coat on, through a well-popu lated country, seen by numbers, none dared lift a voice, much less a hand, to achieve his capture.—Every one knew and felt that the secret tribunal which sentenced that unfortunate gentleman to death, and which found so daring an executioner of its fearful decree, would visit with like vengeance any man who ventured to assist in bringing its barbarous instrument to justice, and that hundreds of executioners, who must act on pain of death were at hand to carry out its vengeance. The un fortunate Protestants, seeing their gentry here, and else where, taken off, one by one, in this way, and knowing their turn will come next, see no hope of averting the evil but by retaliation equally fearful. This is the dread ful state we are brought to. May God avert the calami ties that appear to hang over us." PRIESTS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—An institution, un der this title has been establishA in Ireland about twelve months, Lord Roden, patron, for the purpose of affording protection of such priests of the Church of Rome, who, having renounced the errors of the Romish faith, are ex posed to persecution and poverty. The first annual report of the society, which has just been published, gives the names of five priests who have publicly conformed to the Protestant faith during the year 1844, and contains some cheering accounts of the growing disposition which exists throughout Ireland to search after the truth. Thousands, we are told, of the laity, and members of the priesthood, are anxious to escape from their spiritual bondage; and the movement is only restrained by the fear of temporal persecution and suffering which converts have to undergo. To assist such persons, and especially to provide support for the priests who voluntarily resign comparative wealth, by leaving their own church and ministry for the truth's sake, the association has been formed,and appealsearnestly to the friends of Protestantism for assistance, which we trust will not be withheld from it when engaged in so good a work. A lecture-room has been opened by the society, lectures have been commenced (the first being delivered by the Rev. C. M. Fleury and the Rev. R. J. Mc Ghee) for the benefit of such priests and others as have aban doned the Church of Rome, of divinity students, and of all who took an interest in the struggle now going on be tween truth and error, and from the eagerness displayed in acquiring the information thus afforded, the happiest re cults are anticipated—results which will practically refute the assumption of the present ministry, that Ireland must for ever be governed and remain as a Roman Catholic country. MURDERING IN JEST.—A very singular circumstance, involving a duel and death, took place at Cincinnati last Tuesday. An Englishman named Robert Bland kept a tavern in that city. On the afternoon of Tuesday (as we learn from the Commercial) Mr. Bland got to arguing with one Samuel Powell on the subject of shooting at a mark, and each had been boasting of his skill. From shooting at a mark the subject turned on duelling, when Bland went behind the bar of his tavern, and took up a pair of pistols, letting Powell take his choice, signifying that they could determine the point by a trial of skill. As they both went out of the tavern door, Mr. Bland said to Powell—" the pistols are loaded." They had agreed, it appears, to fire at a distance of 20 steps, bit- after taking their position, in the manner of duellists, they each walked two or three paces, wheeled, and both fired ! The result of this was, that Mr. Bland was shot, the ball entering the right side, and then passing through the region of the chest to the point of the shoulder-blade, where it lodged. He lingered till about half past eight o'clock next morn ing, when he died, leaving a wife and two children. Both parties in this tragedy were Englishmen, and what led to it is mystery. During the night following Mr. Bland stated that " he had not intended to kill Powell, and was glad be did not."—New York paper. PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.—It is this day our pleasing duty to communicate to our readers a fact, the probable consequences of which are of such a na ture as to cast into the shade, in point of importance, the events which for the last few years have fixed the atten tion of Europe and the world upon the " hoary-headed dynasty" of the East. The edict forbidding the circula tion of the Bible in China has been repealed by the Em peror himself; and henceforth the Word of Truth is to have free course among the teeming myriads of that vast and important empire. Are we presumptuous in saying that in this act of the Emperor of China, we see additional light thrown upon the purposes of the Almighty towards that long-benighted portion of our world, where Christia nity has been hitherto unknown, except through that cor rupted form taught by the subtle politicians of the school of Ignatius Loyola? A few years only have passed since Morrison, the first Protestant missionary, set his foot upon China, and began that work which has immortalised his name, and placed him in the highest rank of benefactors of the human race. For months and years did this great man labour with unwearied diligence, under trials and dis couragetnents more than sufficient to have turned aside from its purpose any one who had not drunk deep into the spirit of the divine Redeemer. At length, the whole of the inspired volume was translated into the language of China ; and the mighty lever was placed in the hands of the Christian church, by which the inhabitants of China are soon, we trust, to be raised to the dignity and happi ness of men made free by truth. On completing, in 1819, the translation of the Scriptures, Dr. Morrison expressed his feelings and convictions in the following language : " To have Moses, David, and the prophets, Jtsus Christ and his disciples, using their own words, and thereby de claring to the inhabitants of this land the wonderful works of God, indicates, I hope, the speedy introduction of a happier era in these parts of the world ; and I trust that the gloomy darkness of Pagan scepticism will be dispelled --...------- AMERICA. b y the dayspring from on high; and that the gilded idols RAILWAY INTELLIGENC-E• The Great Western arrived on Friday morning, soon after one of Budha, and the numberless images which fill this land, • iftl o'clock, having made the passag e i n lit t l e more th an fourteen days. will one day fall before the power of God's word, as Dagon fell before the ark." Notwithstanding the obstacles T „ this ..,_:, She brought papers to the 13th ultimo. Captain Matthews reports LEEDS AND WEST RIDING RAILWAY. — In on rii that on the 18th, at 1 p.m . in lat. 48 10 N., lon. 46 20 W., passed which the prejudices of the people, the letter of the law, several icebergs and a quantity of loose pieces. The harvest was expected to be an average one, though there and the power of the priesthood, raised against the labours pdoaryt,atehtactatshee, preamble e a c m om bl m e oitfteteheofbtihilehLadorndostdbeeceidneitlo;oor p.,41.,04, were reasons to fear that the crops would be deficient, on account of the missionaries, the cause of truth w as graduallv mak- On Thursday a collision between two trains e olio' • ,en Op of injury from drought. ing its way, and not a few among the Chinese were turned on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, wh Among the passengers in the Great Western are Senor Canedo, from dumb idols to serve the living God. The hostile engine drivers was severely hurt. ailed of Mexico, and H. A. Cobb, the French consul at Texas. " Senor events of the last few years put for the time an effectual LYNN AND DEREHAM RA ILWAY.—TbiS bill Plollsi Canedo," says the New York Herald," it will be remembered, left Vera Cru z on th e in t h n i t ., i n a very secret manner , i n t h e E w ,_ check upon the dire c t move men t s o f th e Protestant mis- through the Standing Orders' Committee of tn e , eee re. nia, for this port, i n th e capa c ity o f special agent, as was said, t- to sionaries. The happy settlement of the disputes under of Lords on Frid a y, an d m a y now be considere d * biii the American government, to arran ge some matt ers connect e d with the wise and liberal negotiations of Sir H. Pottinger and , This iu annexation. Instead, however, of having much or anything to do the Chinese Commissioner Kev-ing, and the establish- LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWA.• •op with us, he has quietly taken his passage in the Western, and is merit of the British power in Hong. Kong, revived the passed the Lords on Friday without amenchalentysf a l n n ee stel off to England, on probably the same mission that he was reported of a very strong opposition on the part of the 14 to have started upon for Washington. Mr. Cobb, the French con- hopes and the efforts of the Christian church in England Canal Company• a re' sul, goes to France at this time as bearer of despatches to his own and America ; and now a wide and effectual door has, we • - ' solved 'l' h e directors that no fo o u f r . t .w h t he e G e i r e e d a Great uggage Western vans government, and probably to England, relative to the absorbing trust, been opened by Him who opens and no man shuts. topic of annexation. What the result of the movement of these May we understand and discharge our duty, and may gentlemen will be, time will develope." China know the day of her visitation. —Bell's Weekly an il s ai a lw re aYt° _ h i r a :-li ct i e th' the fast trains, as it wral owing to those lightly-e e l d n e ' o t e oC. The New York Herald says, the accounts from Mexico and vehicles getting off the rails that the late Ire , Texas confirm the then existin g belief that Mr. Elliot, the British Messenger. curred. ptist envoy, is moving heaven and earth to prevent annexation, while f the . be Texians are getting wild in favour of the measure. It now looks The two great events in the railway world o f aP t be than probable that Mexico, if no fresh revolution take place, IRELAND. will declare war against the United States, encouraged and instiga • ted by England and France - - - w we , e2c i. D a are, ....th e , victory of the `Vest Yorkshire e a l n d the 11 1, 1 Ho use urlre e e . Cl LEEDS AND WEST RIDING RAILWAY. -- In this kri• portant case, the committee of the Lords decided, on,. odna y t , h t e h ß at ri t s h t e ol p a re n a d m ß b i l r e m o i f ng th h e am bil lß a had ilwa n y o , t been prove and On Thursday, a collision between two trains took P, l , he w hen one °'*- s the AND s t a Di, dineß H Orders'a s R r &Ty , through LYN engine drivers was severely hurt. of Lords on Friday, and may now be considered, se c t o LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. -ThS ro pl passed the Lords on Friday without amendments, „ s of accidents of a very strong opposition on the part of the L an ' Canal Company. The directors of the Great Western Rails's)? - e n c w itb solved s that n n s o , four-wheeled a w nw luggage gh se va li n g s h t are to e ruc ted vehicles getting off the rails that the late accideni curred. Pe st RAILWAY.—This b o is f The two great events in the railway world of the the week are, the victory of the West Yorkshire e ve; the West-Riding Junction in the House of Lords, a n oa th defeat of the South-Western, Guildford and Po rtsa luore Line in the Commons. These two events are the „toot remarkable in thi s respec t , th at t h ey are both iteP ° defeats to the Board of Trade. GSIMS MANCHESTER, M IDLAND , AND G RE AT JUNCTION RAILWAY.—L oo ki ng at the scbelee S lie Eastern co mmun i cat i on from existing railwaYe' r Trad e considerable c l a i m to i mportance. T he B o ard jive in its detailed report states, that that poriion of tu t ro ble from Rotherham to Gainsbrough is decidedly P ach to the Sh e ffi e ld an d Li nco l nsh i re, and the B a wtrY ü b " - o tter of the L on d on an d Y ork ; and that it a ff or ds N o, connexion also with the important town of liotherSiroct and with the North Midland railway, and gives ashrodb a communication as could be desired with Gains committee appointed to inquire into the and Lincoln.—Railway Times. sCit t RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT. - "." - f railway bills now before Parliament, have re ported res " in order to prevent expense and delay in the P r los9 through Parliament in the next session of such I. 'oo bills as it may be found impossible to pass into laws , pr s• want of time for their proper investigation during the ca t o sent session, it is desirable that a bill should be W e i 01 pr ogress ° t wat prevent the proceedings on such bills being disconcullegi by a pro roga ti on o f P ar li ament, and that this Pitllbeee shall be extend e d t o suc h bill s only as shall he; ; ', reported to the hou se an d or d ere d to be engrossetah. e pot PROGRESS O F R AILWAY B ILLS. —D ur ing week the preambles of the following bills have °,,,,i e ". 9 tete Glared proved by th e C ommons : —l r i s h G r eat v' ; ,' t o; (Dublin a n d G a l way ) ; Gl asgow, B arrhea d , an d Ne s ol• Guildford, Chi c h ester, an d P ortsmout h , as f a r eg rz" ming, and from Portsmouth to Fareham •, Direct Il ie riet and Portsmouth, without reference to the AttnVP r gieh, and Chichester and Portsmouth. The Direc'; 1 7, ° „ sae is at present regarded as not negatived. The Lonoe t - o be Brighton (Wandsworth hranch) is declared n ‘ et ith wil4 proved. In the Lords the preambles of the "100 bills have been proved during the week :—Edinbe l l Dor' Hayrick ; Ely and Huntingdon ; Southampton se,„ a tion Chester ; L ancas t er an d C ar li s l e ; B r id gewa t e r l' l3 ,r ng ton and Railway ; N ewcas tl e an d Darlington (Br e " 1- b); branch) ; Y or k an d N or th Midl an d (H arrog ate bl u rt!' Edinburgh and Glasgow ; Dund e e and Perth k line); Aberdeen. •T,ElA ji r 2„, At NOTTINGHAM, VALE OF BELVOIR, AND pi 0.. RAILWAY.—The ab ove li ne , which is connecte d at oud tingham with the Nottingham, Erewash, Amberg et 9 t ity Manchester Rail w ay, w ill open out one o f the Me w or portant channels for the traffic of Manchester ancl i t io ' r the nufacturing dist r i c t s t o th e E as t ern C oun ti e s, sou duce conveyance of the minerals and the agricultura l PL i ii be of these counties to their best market. The route w in to Nottingham ; it will then proceed by the Erewe nearly direct from Grantham, by the vale of Bellr a jlef sb lo ad to Ambergate, where it will join the line by Mat t° „ c ari a Buxton to Manchester (the Manchester, Blixt e "4.fcr Midland Junction.) We observe that the a p d ar e shares would not he r ceived after Satt.rday last ; informed that they were most numerous and Wi tt ' pre' which is not surprising when we a.e the bandsomeerpia mium which the shares of the Erewash and Aro t ;,, t tbe, line are realising in the market, and are informed i o ' r tste two are speedily to be amalgamated. Another ire,P b , i , the feature is, that the abo ve ra il wa y s are promoted a tha t canal proprietors from A mbergate to Grantham , a E ot t he they have also secured the landed interest through ct op rie whole district, as we ll as th e ma j or it y o f the cosle t tialr tors in the mineral counties of Derbyshire and hamshire. WI SHOCKING SUICIDE ON A RAILWAY.— An ing--0„, 0. held at Hunslet, near Leeds, on Thursday , on clo the the body of John Sutcliffe, who had been kille4..9.dueS' Midland Railway, near Pepper-lane Bridge, on A t o ll/ day morning. The body of deceased was dreei a ge' mangled. He was a warehouseman, and 46 yea" ° r aja' He bad left his home about four o'clock that ol atte rlf telling his wife he was going a-walking. He „ . ha . d nrrn 1) 1, been drinking, but hid work to go to, w it ' o revie" - whom he had been employed 27 years. The r o dieg; week he had carried a cord with him, and was desP ct go so that his wife watched him, as he had two yea rs le le t " his throat under similar circumstances. Wh e irf o cbe r t home he was quite sober. A n e ng i ne er on the ~ e n o boe ter and Leeds line s a id th a t h e go t w ith his tr e . t otnes i t a quarter past seven on Wednesday morning. did Of proceeded :—" Before we got to this bridge W ho gate; see any one on the li ne , b ut j us t b e f ore en tering t 00 tn., way of the bridge this man threw himself dowubove 1p rails. As ne ar as I can judge he w ould not be i s : jai; yards before th e eng i ne w h en h e threw hitns e , e , Tu" We stopped as soon as we cou ld, b u t i t wa s too ple a engine cut him in two. I l oo k e d b ac k an d saw se a . was killed—his cloth e s were flying about the woe`..ruen" I could see th a t hi s h ea d was off.' The jury retf while verdict to the effe c t th a t d ecease d d es t ro yed biros el labouring under temporary insaii ty. 0 11 r: EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.—ALLEGE D C° 00 , • CONDUCT.—During the proceedings on ThursdaZeourn4 London and Croydon At mos ph er i c Line, Mr. C h i e b,; Q.C., brought before th e comm itt e e a case , c° ,_ ro e , substantiated, wou ld re fl ec t ser i ous l y aga i n st the c t oe Tb of the so li c it or t o t h e O r d nance —M r . Hign et let te r learned counsel applied to be allowed to produceh-oa aPb from him, which, he stated, would shew that be. .Soo t plied to the secretary of the line connected with ttn; me ta' Eastern Compa n y t o o bt a i n s h ares f or himself ol e i c asi bers of the Board o f O r d nance , as th e p r ice of t gese t • Mr, Se r n 0 sent to the proceedings of the company. o Wranghann, for the company, opposed the P r°— ord e i r b t y the letter, which he contended was asked for " invalidate the letter, favourable to the line, reeV a i c ape this company, signed by Mr. Hignett in his offie t s , o ais; / city. Mr. Cockburn replied by expressing hi S 9 te j 0 %4 ment at the production of the letter being ()Wee bo o be his learned friend; and intimated that Mr. Hig nett to t o , with the South-Eastern Company gone ° v , er le tr other parties, that his evidence was by the wT he r O l O O section rendered of a doubtful character. itot ion bs t was cleared, and the committee were in consul t Lir an hour and a half, when the chairman ann°eU tee the letter could not be read, as it was not wit' ota ief o f province to inquire into the charges which it ee go ur(!... re but that they would require the letter from tbe; betpuo Ordnance received by the promoters of the t t them to be proved. Mr. Sergeant M ere wether, `fore tag his friends felt it their duty to bring the affair " YOO a notice of the Board of Ordnance himself. was a select committee of the House of Commo ns pointed to inquire into the allegation. July 1, 1845. ••••••stm...remommiwqms...•,..l,..,•"e•tems THE TWELFTH OF JULY The following letter, though addressed specially to the Orangemen of Ireland through the Dublin Mail, will be interesting to many of on readers : BELOVED AND RESPECTED BRETHREN—Permit one who deeply sympathises with your feelings, honours your principles, and loves you co r di a ll y , to submit, with the utmost deference to your judgment and good sense. a few reasons why you should universally abstain from proces sions on your approaching anniversaries. lst.—lt is not the least abandonment of your princi ples; never was the glorious, pious, and immortal me mory of the great and good King William 111. more dear than at this day to the hearts of the Orangemen of Ire land. Daily experience teaches us more the value of the truth and liberty which he brought to this empire, under God, and the iniquity and falsehood of the system, from whose do m i n i on h e rescue d us . B u t if William could ad vise, he would advise us to abstain, at this crisis, from processions —for— 2d—Public processions are turned now into instru ments and organisations of disaffection and disloyalty ; every one that is convened, at this moment in Ireland, is an instrument ranged by sedition to promote the dismem berment of the empire. Don't disturb their cltaracter— let them not claim you as associates in their system. Treason is on their banners, and treason is in the heart of the men who convene them. Give them the full benefit of it all to themselves. _ _ 3d—A movement on your part will give Peel the advan tlge, not against Popery, but against you. You are now free; and when necessity shall call you to move, every Orange banner in Ireland can be unfurled in an hour to the breeze, without a single violation of law. Keep the law open—keep your advantage. Therefore, for the sake of Orange principle, Orange power, and Orange proces sions—for your own freedom's sake, do not move. 4th—Do not allow Popery to say that they could hold their meetings with impunity, but that, when the Orange men began, then the law was obliged to speak. Let them not have this to say. You may depend on it, Peel would I wish to put them down, if he could make a stalking-horse of the Orangemen of Ireland. But no; let him display his colours—let him show the white feather ; let him not sneak into the discharge of his duty under an Orange flag. No, no ; keep the flags furled, and let him walk with O'Connell alone before the empire; let him court Popery till they kick him well, and then, perhaps, England will make him feel that a traitor statesman shall pay the penalty of his crimes, ev,n before an open rebel. sth—Depend upon it, the anxiety expressed by the Popish party that you should hold your processions, has some meaning, arad that no t f avoura bl e t o your freedom or your interests. The very fact, that they would urge you to hold them ought, for your own dignity's sake, to make you refrain. Yeti are to judge, and not O'Connell, or a set of priests, when you may choose to use the liberty the law allows. The example they have set you is any thing but an encouragement to follow it. You want no exercise to give you either spirit, or order, or discipline, or unity ; von have them when you want them—that is enough for you. But, 6th—You may depend on it, the Popish party want to put you in the wrong. You are now right men—you are in the right —you have right on your side ; beware you keep it. You are wronged by those who ought to be the foremost to protect you. Don't let your enemies force you to give the least handle against yourselves. Depend upon it, they want that some villains, perhaps hired, certainly prepared, for the purpose, should take advan tage of your processions and stir up some row, or excite some tumult, by insults, or injuries, or something of the kind, that would make it appear to be your fault ; and while some evil would arise, of which we cannot see the result, the Jesuits and their agents would throw it all on you. Depend on it, Jesuits have got even in among your selves, whose only desire is to injure or destroy you. Keep quiet; dont let them have their will. You are in the right; keep so. Finally—When you move, it ought to be as one man. Under God, you were the deliverers of your country be fore, and, perhaps, ere long, all that is dear to the Protes tants of Ireland must, under God, be defended by the hearts and arms of the Orangemen of Ireland. You see your best friends are of opinion that you should be still : you are, therefore, divided on this question at best, and that alone should keep all quiet. I leave it to your judg ment whether these reasons may not influence a heart that loves the Orangemen as I do. Therefore, beloved friends and dear brethren, take the advice of a faithful friend, and let nothing induce you to move in public pro cession, through all Ireland ; be even more still tnan when the law was against your processions, and show that Orangemen can be restrained by wisdom, principle, and judgment, as well as by law. Remember that true spirit is not shown in empty processions. Remember, to keep ourselves in subjection is the best proof that we are able to keep others in subjection, if needful to do so. " Re member, greater is he that ruleth his spirit, than he who taketh a city." I would sign my nacre to this if I thought the advice could not speak for itself. If I did, I hope you would re cognise that of one whom you would not consider as afraid of " Peel or Popery," but whom you would believe to he As lam, Your sincere, faithful FRIEND. --- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE' Ce ll° mea LIVERPOOL RACES.—These races will ,n ats s.-got• Wednesday, the 16th of July. The stewa r d the Sot Hon. E. M. Most n, the Earl of Sefton , an t. $ 01 ' 6 ,l of March. On the first day, for the Croxtetos oho ther are 14 subs. ; for the Produce S we epstalc e , s 4 S t ere for the Sefton Stakes 8 sub s . ; an d fo r the M er lips , t ' t tte 23 subs.—On the second day, f o r the Foal St : d for s t. are 5 subs. ; for the Trade Cup 131 subs. ; fo r th e t Derby Handicap 53 subs.—On the third dtlY•, - .. ((nos Leger of 25 sovs. each, with 100 added, 32 s il `" - o 'r S' OP Bentinck Testimonial, 28 subs.; for the Gret ep- Als c i'rei 14 subs.; and for the Stanley Stakes 13 su": n cl. the first day, a Plate of 60 sovs ; on tile " e ' Ela te ' fi o 'l l P Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and Her MajestY:,.% f 5 - on the third, the Selling Stakes, a Sweepsta kes each. with 60 added. Mr. Hibburd is engaged to start the horses at Li" ri'°°l . races. Newcastle-on-Tyne races are for the &tore, ),. .0 b. duced to three days, commencing on itie ; rne sd A th e i° l CRICKET.—A grand match will be playe , . °ll tl)e ter' of the Liverpool Cricket Club, Edge -la" lane , "n c he e- , m o n 0 0 July, between the rival clubs, Liverpool an" e t " The cricket match, the Manchester club Cluba against the Town, came off on Wednesday, th e o o° very easily. ot r ace ar eb, FOOT RACE.—On Wednesday even ing, le i „ Vo off in Linnet-lane, near Prince's-park, betwe h e u "„ „, 3 0'' tier of this town, and Mr. Williams, of *;: e - i i Castle, for £2 a-side : distance 150 yard s, time The former was the winner by half a yard 1 pied, 16 seconds. FASHIONS FOR JULY. v>`' /CO ore (From the " London and Paris Ladies' liferga% frie °. be ° Pl:l 'd There is not much change in the make of dresse s do fir r postlY w bieh o l ee , B neral observation is, that the corsages ate revers very open to how the guimpe or habit shir t ' ec one v s s t e embroidered. Preparations for the country h tv e , a nd ,00, - el which various styles of redingotes have appearea, . dot; fo e 4 zones, that is, the skirt and body separate, Witi!:./ b a t , 00101; IP coutil are with full backs, though the front 0 °ti t ", h°,,, u oY e A tP: with buttons Marquises Peignoirs are trimlned - fipun c "fro y fet' the same material, or plisses of ribbon ; some wn' V e o l4 oo ° , front. Flounces are also worn en echelon in tie" le sn'• se, O." ' scour ' dos o t D I ceinture to the hem of the skirt ; for barege this ' o ur , e ts 14 well. White pink and blue are the favourite co , _ oo tel i ,e3f Dresses of these colours are sometimes worn with lu nn es. en d,' same, trimmed with pinked ruches or frills festo, , ,,, groits and transparent materials are now in demand, barl,' ith 0 00 0 cotpali, papyrus, batistes, mousselines de soie, &c'i ja ve O e t gauzes, crapes; and dresses of these textures , s urd tro,4. 1101.111Ces. ,d ba'djo;o Caps continue to be worn small, and Pl"' 'hbot i. a t t' 610 head ; one of clear tulle was lined with sarcenet ri gio rt . 4 ,1 e a pretty contrast to the clear tulle; it was rathe:i te or : 9 ord e :', Very elegant capotes are made of pearl gray , oab°l, sb e si d p crape, with wreaths of Bengal roses, touffes of P i pone th e iocie frises feathers twisting and lying on the front - e f r oili ve o admired ; and' bonnets composed of biais of Cr to the deepest tints, are pretty. Bonnets ala g' d eg In" .pf. f , straw, round in front, the crown very low, and brl ore ",isi t .o and two roses just above them. 0 t1e7,0 1 j o ie Double shawls of black lace and black lace In to te 0 ,1 ; e; in high favour, as well as scarfs. A new Ina nt o e r gall, tblerler is a mixture of the scarf and mantelet, of white ver y fel.„ pe e . pink, the long ends rounded and the pelerine on ! ro pior trimmed with fringed pink ribbon, threw r o 7.,i t h tr others are trimmed with lace, or embroidered " tonnes.