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Enipertal Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS —Mt AY. Lord STRADOROKE moved the third reading fir the Bir kenhead Dock Bill, when the Mar..:nis BALISBOIZY moved that the suppressed clause, aghtd upon with the Shipowners' Associatiott, be inserted. He commented warmly upon the cOnduct of the party who signed the ag reement on be- h ilf of the promoters o f the la. Lord BROUGHAM and MON'titAGLE (It:fended the party. Lord Wronow supported the Marquis of Salisbury. Ultimately the amendment was withArawn and the bill passed, t!;ere being a rntnifest disposition in the house to support the committee in their report. The Bank Charter Bill was read a third time and passed. Numerous petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and a few in favour of it, having been presented, The LORD OH AFICELLOR moved that the Commons' amendments to the bill should be agreed to, and depre cated an opposition, which 'he 'understood was to be given to the measure at a stage when no such opposition ought tube raised to the pvireciple of the bill. The only ques tion for consideration was the propriety of the amend ments, and it was urrpreeedented for any noble lord to seize such an opportunity for discussing the principle. Such a course would be a slight upon the House of Com mons, in which Ira trusted their lordships would not acquiesce. The Bishop of LONDON admitted that the course he was about to ptersue could only be justified by the ex treme urgencrof the case. In opposing the tal, in that, its last stage, he might be deemed pertinacious, hut when he found that all the arguments in oppos tion to the fun damental riviaciples of the b ll were wholly unanswered, he could not -help feeling that pertinacity became a virtue. The right''ev. prelate spoke at considerable length against the bill, and concluded by moving as an amendment, that the amendments of the Commons should be taken into consideration that day three months. The Bishop of DURHAM viewed the measure as one calculated to do justice to all classes, and had no fear that any evil effects would result from it. Lard BROUGHAM said it was admitted by everybody, that the amendments of the Commons were improvements to the bill, and he could not, therefore, understand upon what reasonable grounds they could refuse to agree to them. The Bishop of NORWICH supported the bill, which had his unqualified approbation, in accordance with the principle of doing to others as be would be done to by them. The Earl of RODEN contended that this bill, if it should pass, would be a blot upon the statute book, which would be hereafter regarded with regret. He little thought, some five or six years ago, when he sat upon the opposition benches, together with the present Lord Chancellor, with whom he was united in opposing a measure of spoliation, known to their lordships as the appropriation clause, that the day would soon arrive when a measure far beyond the appropriation clause, as a measure of spoliation, would be brought forward by those who called themselves con servatives, and with whom he had so lung acted in that character. Lord COTTENH AM contended that the measure was strictly conservative in its principle, for its object was to preserve to those who had for a long time enjoyed it the property which they were still in possession of. After some observations from Lord TEYNHAM, the Earl of GALLOWAY, and Lord LYTTLETON, the house divided, and the amendment of the Bishop of London was negatived by a majority of 202 to 41. The Com mons' amendments were then agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the house went into committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill ; Mr. Greene in the chair. On the 36th clause being read, Mr. CHRISTOPHER said be thought that relief to the houseless poor ought to be further extended ; and that every union workhouse ought to have a vagrants' ward. He was certain that by so doing, and extending temporary relief to vagraws, it would not be so expensive to coun. ties as the present mode of sending beggars to the House of Correction. He trusted the subject had been consi dered by the government. He should not move any amendment. Sir J. GRAHAM admitted that the subject alluded to by the hon. member for Lincolnshire was a most important one, but at the present mcment it should be recollected that it was open to the boards of guardians, if they thought proper, to set apart a portion of the workhouse as a va grant ward, though the act was not compulsory. lie thought the object of the hon. member would be carried out by the operation of the 51st clause, and therefore the committee had better postpone discussing it until they arrived at that clause. Sir C. NAPIER said he had strong objections to this clause, the object of which was to establish district va grant asylums in the metropolis and five large towns in England. Colonel WOOD said the house must bear in mind, when they were legislating upon this subject, that union work houses were not to be considered as prisoni. He hoped a remedy would be provided by affording a lodging at police stations. He, therefore, wished for the omission of the clause. Mr. B. HAWES took a different view of the clause to the hon. member for Brecon. He trusted the police and the poor-law officers would be always kept separate and distinct. Sir J. GA/MANI contended that the wretchedness and misery of the houseless poor rendered it necessary to in troduce some such chose as the one under discussion. it was often in the depth of winter that individuals were found during the night in the parks or under arches, and therefore some provision ought to be made. He had the strongest objection to the proposition of the hon. member for Brecon to send individuals who had not committed any offence to a police station for a night's lodging. After a few words fi orn Colonel Wool), in objection to the exaction of four hours' labour for one night's lodging, Mr. B. COCHRANE said he was convinced the house must be much pleased with the tone of kindness and conside ration for the poor expressed in the remarks of the Home Secretary. He had the greatest objection to the propo sition of the hon. member for Brecon ; he considered that proposition cornplvte moonshine. (Hear, and laughter.) The clause was agreed to, and further progress was made in tke Mr. WYSE moved for " a select committee to inquire, in accordance with the prayer of the petition presented on the 17th of June, into the facts connected w th the formation of the special jury in the case of "The Queen, at the prosecution of the Attorney-General v. Daniel O'Connell and others." On a division the numbers were — For the m0ti0n...... 73 Against it. . . Majority against the m0ti0n...... 18 The announcement of the numbers aas received with much cheering from the opposition benches. Sir Robert Peel obtained leave to brine in a bill to amend the Church Endowment Act, and after some routine busi ness the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.--TUESDAY. Lord FORTESCUE moved for papers respecting the restoration to the commission of the peace of Mr. A. O'Driscoll, an Irish rnag;strate, who, according to the noble lord's statement, having on two occasions displayed gross infirmity of temper, had been superseded on the ostensible ground of ill health and old age, but restored some six months afterwards. The motion was agreed to after Lord WITARNCLIFFE had stated that a memorial in favour of Mr. O'Driscolt's restoration had been signed by three thousand persons of all parties. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. After several clauses in the Metropolis Improvements' Bill, Lord PALMEJtSTON rose to move for some returns re lative to the slave trade, and expressed himself desirous of making some general observations upon that traffic, al though he understood that the particular returns he asked for would not be refused by the Government. He be lieved that few were aware of the cruelties which the slave trade still caused, or of the vast numbers of negroes an nually transported even now from the coast of Africa to the islands and continent of America. Mr. Bandinell, in his accurate work, compiled from official documents, represented those numbers as amounting in some former years to 130,000 negroes per annum ; Sir F. Buxton esti mated them at 150,000. Let any man imagine that he saw that vast body of men moving to their frightful doom, and what would his feelings become, if he should be told that this was no single sight, but that a like spectacle was repeated every year? Moreover, such was the waste of life in providing for and accomplishing this great trans port of human beings, that for every individual so landed, three must be calculated to have perished. To procure these slaves, the undertakers of the adventure were ac customed to fire some peaceful village in the night, and seize the startled and flying inhabitants. The caverns where they sought refuge were besieged ; the springs and wells were occupied ; and the fugitives were thus forced to come'in and surrender. The children were then mur dered, to save the expense of maintaining them when torn from their parents; and the adults were marched hun dreds of miles over the burning and stony desert to the place of ernbercation. Multitudes perished on this jour ney ; and the path of the caravan was marked by thou sands of bleaching skeletons. The purchaser on the coast selected the strong alone ; the weakly and exhausted he rejected, and these last were put out of the way or left to perish. Then came the horrors of the voyage, What ever the numbers which the vessel would probably carry, the trader took caret° exceed them by a third or a fourth ; as a merchant, sending a hogshead of Madeira to mellow by a long voyage, added a quarter cask to make good in evitable waste,. Day after day the dead—too often living also, if smitten with disease, and therefore likely to prove unprofitable —were thrown overboard. In the hold where the negroes were crowded the stowage was so stinted, that all were obliged to lie -at length, with less room to each captive than a man occupies in his coffin. In fine weather, the grating of the hatchways were open; but, if the rough weather of _the came, these were necessarily closed , and hold below became one of actual suffoca tion. A third of the n of one ship with another,e were fcound, upon an average to OK the voyage. It was the duty of the British Government to extinguish these atrocities. Treaties had made,been whereby much had been accomplished. Between France and England mu tual sacrifices had been made in the concessionof the right of maritime visitation. England, in return for the services rendered by her to Spain, had obtained a treaty from that country . With respect to Portugal, po wers h a d been obtained which were equivalent to the articles of a treaty. The effect of these various arrangements with the European states had b e en a great diminution in th e numbers of negroes fromtransferred Africa to the plan tations of America. These improvements were the result of the efforts of the late Government. It remained for the present ministers to effect the same object with the - United States; but there the result lead been a rctrogadc bile. For this, perhaps, the present. Government might not be to blame ; but at all events it was an unfortunate state of things. Lord Palmerston then scouted as chime rieel and impracticable the plan of the present Govern ment for blockading the African coast. Much had lately been heard of the cordiality subsisting between England and France. The only fruit he had yet seen from their union was the suppression of the efforts of liberty.to Spain. He would rather behold those great oTheitries united to free the slave than to enslave the free. If tiny were to use their joint. influence in earnest with Brazil, they might surely accomplish something. Sir R. Peel had lately mentioned. as one of the motives for cocoon• tering the toils of office, the hope of obtaining posthu mous fame. Such fame a British minister could obtain only by serving England, or by serving mankind at large. From serving Eneland the present ministers were very much precluded by their peculiar position. They were interdicted by their own supporters from the complete disenihrslment of commerce. The full emancipation of the Catholics from all their practical disabilities was an ohject which they had not chosen to leave open to thedi selves. Education, on a large scale, was a blessing which their followers would not allow them to bestow upon the people. In the affairs of Europe they could not acquire distinction for their country ; because they had long since made their election that she should cease to hold that front rank which until of late she had proudly occupied, and drop astern to take up her berth in the wake of every foreign Power. But it was st , ll open to them to abe lish the slave trade; in that work they would be impeded by none of their supporters. By achieving it they might ac quire immortal glory—by neglecting it, they would earn for themselves a dishonour in comparison of which the reputation of the worst of Governments would be en viable. Sir R. PEEL observed, that the noble lord had a way of exercising his powers at the end of each session, upon some motion to which the most fastidious minister could not object, and upon which, therefore, he had the advan tage of exhibiting his eloqu , nce, without the hazard of an adverse division. In all which hid been said about the enormities of the slave trade, Sir R. Peel said he fully concurred, Viough he believed the numbers of imported negroes had been a little overstated. Two nations only were now opposed to the complete abolition of that trade —Spain ant Brazil. If they would sincerely join for its suppression, the object would be accomplished : without their aid, it was almost impossible wholly to attain it. He charged those two governments, therefore. with the whole responsibility of the still continuing guilt. lie would adjure them by the highest motives; but, if those should be insufficient, he would warn them of the precarious tenure by which their power was now held, and of the proved resolve of the whole negro population to relieve themselves front the state of slavery. That resolve of theirs had been revealed under the influence of the torture be slave insereents taken in several successive revolts ; and it was fixed arid universal. With respect to the in vidious contrast which the noble lord had attempted to draw between the late and the present government, he would give furl credit to Lord Palmerston for the efforts made by him When at the head of the Foreign Depatt ment ; hut he must assert the not inferior diligence and earnestness of the present government. If difficulties had occurred in the ratification of the treaty with France, they were d•ffieulties wholly occasimed by that irritation of French feelines which the mea-ures of the noble lord had roused. He justified the instructions given to our naval officers against any transgression of the principles of international law. He vindicated the policy of block ading the African coast, by reference to the opinions of officers who had served on that station, confirmed by the deliberate judgment and high authority of Sir George Cockburn. But, he did not propose a total discontinu ance of the force now employed to watch the Brazilian coast. He adverted to Lord Palmerston's observations upon the good understanding between France and Eng land, which he was sure could not be preserved by any concessions discreditable to either; he expressed his deep conviction of the importance of its preservation, and condemned the conduct of those who attempted to dis turb it. France and England had, in this spirit of union, made strong representations to Spain and Brazil, and had declared their determination to insist on the fulfilment of the treaties. His own wish was not to enslave the free; on the contrary, he desired to see Spain, the country to which Lord Palmerston's phrase seemed to apply, enjoy. ing free institutions under a limited monarchy; he had likewise the highest respect for the character of Espar tero ; but he was not disposed to any active interference by England in Spanish affairs. The noble lord appeared to have now made his motion, of which he had given no tice last March, mainly for the sake of his peroration ; he, of course, could not suffer such a gem to remain in obscurity. He could not take it with him into the coun try; if he had done that, he would have been repeating the speech to himself all the autumn, as he(must already have been doing all the last month. As to the unfetter ing of commerce, at all events the present ministry had done more than its immediate predecessors, who had at tempted nothing until their last moments. As to the emancipation of the catholics, surely he had not been without his share in the advancement of that object. And as to general education, his attempt of last year had been defeated by his regular opponents, not by those who generally supported him. The last avenue to fame pointed out by the noble lord was the abolition of the slave trade. To that object the government were earnestly attentive; they would pursue it with the sin cerest zeal—but at the same time with a just and prudent regard to the principles of international law. The returns were agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEnsEsnA.Y. The Commons met at twelve o'clock. Mr. Spooner took his seat for Birmingham, and was much cheered by the tories as he approached the table to take the oaths. _ _ The House went into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and went through the clauses from 37 to 55, when the House resumed. In the evening, after forwarding a variety of minor bills one stage, the House went into committee on the Metro politan Buildings Bill, and all the principal clauses, after lengthened conversations, were adulated, and the report was ordered to be received on Friday at twelve o'clock. Adjourned at half-past ten. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY. The second reading of the bill for the purpose of le galizing Art-Unions was agreed to. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL addressed the house re specting the misappropriation of certain school-house funds by the commissioners of education in Ireland. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the case was one for the Court of Chancery, and it was useless for the noble earl to proceed unless he could show that their lordships had the power of interfering. The noble earl said they had such power, and moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the subject. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said none of the members of the Irish government knew anything of the matter, and he would recommend the noble lord to send a memorial con taining the f,cts to the Lord Lieutenint or Lord Eliot. It was quite imposs.ble that the House of Lords could in terfere in the first instance. _ . . The motion was negatived without a division. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY. The house met at one o'clock, and advanced to the 60th clause in the consideration of the Poor-law Bit before five o'clock, when the house resumed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that he should be allowed to be present on the examination of certain witnesses be fore the Post-office Secret Committee. Lord SAN DON was of opinion that such a power as that sought for by Mr. Duncombe was equivalent to making him a member of the committee, without sharing any portion of its responsibility. This was felt to be contrary to the order of the house in appointing the committee, and the committee therefore refused to accede to the pro position. Very great progress had been made with the inquiry, and a report would shortly be made which, he trusted, would satisfy the public that the inquiry had been fairly conducted. The motion was negatived by 141 to 51. The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill, after some discus sion, was read a third time and passed. The House then went into committee on the Poor-Law Bill, which occupied the chief portion of the remainder of the evening. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR complained of a misrepresen tation which had been disseminated through the Irish papers, attributing to him the expression of an opinion during the legal arguments before their lordships in the case of the writ of error respecting the Irish trials, to the effect that the jury lists were fraudulently made up for the purpose of influencing the result of those trials. He had traced the misrepresentation to the Morning Chronicle, and he felt himself called upon to say that he had never said anything of the kind. Lord BROUGHAM said the misrepresentation was cer tainly very gross, but he believed it originated in misap prehension, owing to the ignorance of the reporter of legal technical language. Lord CAMPBELL said that when the subject of the Irish trials came regularly before the house, he should contend that the Attorney-General for Ireland had not conducted them in a proper manner. Lord MONTEAGLE moved the committal of the Art Unions Bill. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE strongly supported the bill, stating that he had witnessed the effects of similar insti tutions in promoting the art s in other countries. which were most gratifying. The bill then went through committee, as did also th e Aliens Bill, and the Debtor an d Creditors Bill. The County Coroners Bill was, after a short discussion, read a second time, and was ordered. to be committed on Monday. In reply to a question from the Marquis of LaNsnowNE, Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the subject of the fees paya ble to the clerks of assize throughout the country was under the consideration of the g overnment, and.they would be prepared to introduce a bill respecting it in the next session of parliament. Several bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FitinA v. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, a series of resolu tions respecting future railways were agreed to. The Joint-stock Companies' Regulation Bill, and some other bills on the paper, were advanced a stage. In reply to some observations of Mr. BRIGHT, Lord ELIOT said that the Irish government would direct its attention to the case of the two women who were con victed of murder at the last Roscommon assizes upon very doubtful circumstantial evidence. Mr. EWAILT called attention to the necessity of having statements from the government as to the disposal, and the results of that disposal, of public money, for the pur poses of education. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir R. PEEL said that Mr. Ewert might obtain much information by referring to the minutes of the Privy Council on Education. He was favourable to the sugges tion of Lord flowick, and would willingly act upon it as far as practicable. Mr. Ewsat suggested the importance of establishing public libraries in large towns for the use of the working classes. Sir li. PEEL thought that government interference in surh matters might prove prejudicial. On the motion fur the house resolving itse'f WO 'a corn miitee of supply, Mr. M. Glasox moved an address to the crown for the appointment ot a commission to fnitilre into the causes of incend'arism in the agricitltnral counties, and into the general condition of the rural population. It had been urged that the new poer law was the cause of the discon tent and alienation of the people ; but he denied that it was an adequate cause for the present disturbed state of society in these districts. Prejudices had been fostered in the minds of the people against machinery and wages for party purposes by the landlords, and the results were now recoiling upon themselves. Sir .1. GRAHAM apprehended the motion of the hon. gentleman was calculated to promote, rather than allay, the existing discontent.. There was such a thing as fan ning the smouldering flame, and he feared such would be the only resul of the present discussion. lie had been in communication with the judges now on circuit, and was happy to say from their report that the crime of incen diarisin was rapidly decrea•ing. and the law was being en forced with the most salutary effects. Under these circumstances lie should resist the motion. Upon a division, the motion ot Mr. Gibson was defeated by a majority r.f 130 to 41. The house then went into committee. In reply to some observations of Mr. WYSE on the gubj-ct ot an additional grant for Catholic education in Sir R. PEEL said it was in contemplation to increase the education grant from £50,000 to £75,000. The means of academical education in Ireland were, he admitted, at present inadequate, and the attention of government would be directed in the next session of parliament to placing the College of Maynooth and education in Ireland upon a more satisfactory footing. Mr. SHE►L aid Lord JOHN MANNERS expressed their gratification at this announcement of a more liberal policy towards Ireland. Mr. GROGAN said the Protestants of Ireland were not prepared for such a wholesale and sweeoing announcement. Colonel VERNER said it appeared to be the object of the government to place the education of the people of Ireland in the hands of the Roman Catholics, and he felt satisfied rho• Established Church would never submit to it. Mr. M. MILNES congratulated Sir IL Peel on his an nouncement, and he hoped he would carry it out. Af er some further discussion, the Tote was agreed to. Another discus-ion took place on the vote to the College of Maynoo , h, which was agreed to by a majority of 87 to 30; and the house then adjourned. FOREIGN Ah\D COLONIAL. SIR HENRY HARDINGE.—The new Governor-General of India reached Alexandria in the Geyser, from 'Mar seil!eQ, on the 22d of June; and, after having had one public and several private audiences with the Pacha, de parted on the 25th for Cairo, on his way to Suez, where he was to embark for India in the Hindostan. THE REv. DR. WOLFF.—Letters from Trebizond to the 24th of June announce that intelli4ence bad been re ceived there of the safe arrival at Bokhat a of this enter prising traveller, who had had a very kind reception from the Bukhatees; but, since nothing is stated touching the interesting object of this journey, it is concluded either that the rev. gentleman had not yet arrived at any certain facts, or that, sent as he is by certain individuals on an, undertaking under the sanction of government, he is de sirous to communicate the result to them and it before publication in the public journals. WINE TRADE.—Athices received from Lisbon state that the wine exportation of Oporto and and Madeira was depressed beyond all previous experience within living memory. Good wine was unsaleable at £5 per pipe. BIRTH OF A FRENCH PRINCE.—On Friday week the Duchess de Nemours was safely delivered of a son, to whom the King of the French has given the name of Duke d'Alencon. ANOTHER ATTACK BY THE MOORS.—We have received by express the details of a skirmish, which took place on the 3d instant, between the French and the Moors, and which is important, as it proves that up to that date, not withstanding the expressed expectations of the French government to the contrary, the forces of the Emperor were still moving against them. The results of the fight were (the despatch published in the Messager states) of little consequence, but this refers of course only to the action and its immediate effects upon the conflicting forces.—Times. TURKlM—Letters from Constantinople of the 27th ult. state, that the intelligence received by the govern ment from Albania continued to be of a satisfactory na ture, and that the Greek Archbishop was assisting the Mussulman authorities in preparing an inventory of the losses suffered by the peaceable inhabitants, and for which they were to obtain compensation. On the 26th Sir Strat ford Canning repaired to the Imper al Palace of Beyler hey, and presented to the Sultan an autograph letter of Queen Victoria, in which her Majesty congratulated his Highness on the fortunate arrangement of the misunder standing which, to her great regret, had momentarily affected the relations of mutual good-will which ever ex isted between the two courts. GREECE.—The accounts from Athens of the 30th ult. describe Greece as on the eve of becoming again the thea tre of party strife. A few days previously some rioting took place in that capital. Cries of " Down with the Ministry !" and " Viva the Constitution !" were vocifo wed under the King's windows, and Callergis was obliged to order a body of Cavalry to disperse the mob. Several parsons were wounded in the affray, two of them subse quently died. The elections were nearly over in the pro. vinces, and had passed off quietly, except in Messenia, where five individuals lost their lives. On the 29th, the list of the st-nators, thirty•six in number, was published. Celetti, Mavrocordato, and Aletaxa would Lot permit their names to be enrolled on the list, which inc uded the most eminent of the p , :n onages who took part in the po litical events for the last 23 years. SPANISH AFFA IRS.—The accounts received from Spa . n are considered rather ominous, by that portion of our commercial interest that have attached importance to our direct trade with the Peninsula being pl iced upon a more liberal and secure footing. The decree for the dissolution of t Cortes has excited comparatively little interest, it having been expected for some time, as the necessary consequence of late events. But the decree for the re establishment of the deputations and municipalities in the Basque provinces, according to the Fueros, is looked upon as an important step in retrogression, in both the commercial and the financial view of the case. The lead ing object of the administration of Espartero was to bring the country under one uniform system of law and govern ment, by the progressive abolition of provincial distinc- Voris ; one great object being to put an end to the demo ralizing influence of the contraband trade, by the uniform imposition of a moderate scale of import duties. The restoration of the Fueros in the Basque provinces, will, however, put an end to all hope of this kind. The whole frontier will again be thrown open to the French smug glers ; and the present change is considered decisive of the undivided ascendancy of French counsel in Spanish affairs. The recent return of the trade of France exhi bited a very large diminution of the exports to Spain from the period of the removal of the line of custom-houses to the frontier; and although tho status quo, as it respects them, is not included in the present decree. it is antici pated that it will follow at no distant day. Every person acquainted with the state of society in Spain uniformly places the evils arising from the contraband trade in the foreground, and its suppression an essential requisite to ensure respect to the law, and the establishment of an efficit-nt system of finance. Until this is done it is per fectly clear that Spain cannot resume her place amongst the nations of Europe, and everything tending to retard t:le change must be a subject of unqualified regret with all well-regulated minds. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. — At the meeting on Monday the chair was filled by the newly-elected repeal member for Limerick, Mr. James Kelly. The rent was £1,688,—a somewhat ominous series of figures to Repealers, who are not fond of being reminded of a monarch who (as Lord Plunkett sarcastically phrased it) " came to conquer Ire land to happiness and freedom." USEFUL KNOWLEDGE—" CHEAP ! "—At an auction of books in Tuam, on Friday evening, the first three numbers of the Poor Law Commissioners' report were offered for sale, but no person appearing disposed to pur chase them, the lot was set up for one halfpenny, and knocked down for three halfpence. So much for the estimation for poor law commissioners' reports. — Dublin Mail. _ _ _ LORD DE GREY.—The address to Lord De Grey on his quitting Ireland contained the signatures of four mar quises, twenty-five earls, twelve viscounts, fourteen barons, the Lord Primate, six bishops, nineteen deans, twenty three archdeacons, the Provost T.C.D., thirty-nine hon ourables and privy councillors, forty-two baronets, thirty eight members of parliament, ninety-five deputy lieutenants, one hundred and seventy-four magistrates, one hundred and thirty clergymen, and an array of resident country gentlemen, barristers, physicians, bankers, respectable inhabitants of Dublin, &c. &c., amounting to some thou sands. . TWO WOMEN CONVICTED OF MllRDER. — Catharine Bryan, Bridget Langan. and Ann Carr were tried, at the Roscommon Assizes, for the murder of Patrick Bryan, the husband of the first prisoner, by strangling him with a rope. Bryan and Langan were found guilty, and after wards sentenced to death. Carr was acquitted. The murder was committed a year ago, and, the wretches who perpetrated it having cut the man's throat after strangling him, a coroner's inquest returned a verdict of suicide. Since that time an important witness has been discovered, in the person of Margaret Gilhooly, who witnessed the murder, but wished to avoid giving evidence : hence the present trial and result. DEPARTURE OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess de Grey took their departure from Ireland on Tuesday morning last, after a sojourn of two years and nine months, during which time they gained the esteem and respect due to their exalted stations from all loyal and dutiful subjects of the sovereign whose representatives they were. Every suitable preparation was made by the military authorities to do honour to the noble earl and his amiable countess upon their departure from the seat of their vice royalty, and the several streets through which the cortege was to pass, after its arrival at Essex-bridge, were lined with the various horse and foot regiments composing the garrison of Dublin.—Evening Packet. THE REPEAL FUND AND ITS USES.—At the Roscom mon assizes, before Mr. Baron Lefroy, a Mr. Fry, a highly respectable gentleman, was put on his trial on a charge of perjury, but most honourably acquitted. The perjury was alleged to have been committed by his swear ing‘, that his horse was maliciously killed, for the 5•.„05,0 of recovering itt va l ue from the county. It .acne in the er'!:s-examination of a Rev , Mr , r lee, the priest of the parish, that he (the aforesaid reverend) had received £25 from the Repeal Association, to assist him in prose entitle this gentleman, who had become obnoxious from avowing himself an Orangeman. LORD NORBURY'S MURDER.—At the King's County assizes, on Thursday, Peter Dolan was indicted for the murder of Lord Norbury on the Ist of January, 1839. The prisoner, at the close of the previous year, was a farm servant of a tenant of Lord Norbury's, and was pay ing his addresses to the daughter of a man who had been d i spossessed by his lordship. The principal witness was a person named Day, an approver, and the following is an extract from his evidence :—" On tire day his lordship was shot, I was in the demesne ; I saw the prisoner there, standing with James Gill, at the corner of the plantation ; I did not speak to them ; 1 then went home for a broken reaping -hook, and went to the woods to cut rods, and as I went into it I saw a man going down along the ditch ; I did not see his face, and did not know who it was; he stood awhile at the breast of the ditch, and soon after 1 saw smoke and heard a shot ; I then saw the man running away, arid be came to where I stood : I then saw him quire plain ; the prisoner at the bar is the man ; I was within about eight perches of him ; he wore a light coloured dress, and a cap of the same description ; he went into the wood, and I saw him no more; I then vient home; T did not see Lord Norbury on that occasion at all." His evidence was confirmed, but the jury acquitted the prisoner, to the surprise of every one; and the Dublin Evening Mail says, to none more so than the prisoner and his friends. ROMANISM AND SOCINIANISM.—The Irish journals inform us, that on Monday week " The Rev. William Hugh Doherty, Moderator of the Remonstrant (Socinian) Synod of Ulster, paid a visit to Mr. O'Connell, at the Richmond Penitentiary, for the purpose of expressing his thanks to that honourable and learned gentleman, and through him to all the Roman Catholics of Ireland, for the generous and powerful support which they had given i to the synod in the matter of the Dissenters' Chapel Bill. I The reverend moderator also expressed his hope of a speedy and favourable decision by the House of Lords on the writ of error. and the consequent termination of Mr. O'Connell's unjust imprisonment," &c. Socinianism and Romanism—is there anything new in this coalition? Nothing whatever. Nay. Voltaire himself, who spent his whole life exclaiming, " Crush the wretch!" felt no re pugnance in sending for a priest, at the close of his missr able career, and declaring that he died a sincere member of the Catholic Church. But did he ever show the least disposition to embrace the Scriptural faith of Claude and Coligny ? Net for an instant. One false system may displace another, and the man remain intrinsically the sarne-L-but an inward and real change must be undergone before he can be brought to embrace the truth. Julian, the demon-worshipper of the fourth century. agreed with the Arians of his day in persecuting Athanasius and the worshippers of the blessed Trinity ; and the agreement of the Irish Socinians and the Irish idol-worshippers in the nineteenth century is essentially of the same character. Only let a man hold by the Bible, distribute the Bible, and preach the doctrines of the Bible, and he has done enough, though his life be as blameless as Paul's or Cron- Tiler's. to ensure for himself the general hatred of Roman ists, Infidels. Mahomedans, and Heretics, from one end of the globe to the otleer. ORANGEMEN AND REPEALERS. — The walls of the towns in England and Ireland (Liverpool amongst the rest) have, within the last few days, been covered with a bombastic address, issued by the Repeal Association to the Orangemen of Ireland, reminding them of the evils Ireland suffered under the Tudors and Stuarts, urging the folly of Irishmen in fighting for a Dutch Prince and against a weak bigot at the Revolution of 1688, and their miserable condition since, notwithstanding the resources which the country possesses; and calling upon them, in order to obtain the benefit of these capabilities and de liverance from these evils, to join in seeking a domestic Legislature. The Dublin Protestant Operative Associa tion has now placarded an answer, the circulation of which may be of service, especially as it avoids the use of offensive and opprobrious epithets. With regard to what the Repeaters term the enslaved condition of Ireland, this Protestant Association argues, that it is but upon the miserable level of every Roman Catholic country, national degradation being co-extensive with that system. "It is not the prevalence of English power here, but of the false principles of Rome ;" " idolatry is of all vices the most detested of God, and the most damnable to man ;" " and in the remote periol upon which, as it respects Ireland, you have observed in your address, England herself was for the same reason totally devoid of what we would now call constitutional liberty." Next, say they, if James 11. was, as alleged, a bigot arid a tyrant, then in fighting for King William 111. Irishmen must have fought for liberty. And as for Ireland having vast resources, " so had the land of Canaan, but when it adopted principles identical with those which are now the ruin of Ireland, it became ' a land of poverty, vexation, and rebuke.' " " Repealers ! 'there is no might, nor power, nor counsel against the Lord; and as sure as you are living men, if Ireland had a resident Legislature to-morrow, it would have merely ' changed its cross.' Ir is, humanly speaking, the charac ter of a people that determines its temporal condition ; and when we consider the influence of Roman Catholic principles upon the mass of our countrymen. we find in that influence a satisfactory explanation of all the woes of our country. A prejudice so strong that it rejects, with out inquiry,—a confidence in priests so engrossing and implicit that it takes in without hesitation, and holds, without possibility of eradication by ordinary means, fables the most gross and contemptible,—argues the ab sence of that native seirit of independence and self-control which is, perhaps, the rnost important attribute of the hu m'an mind, the spring and source of great enterprise and great success, and the chief element necessary to makeup a great national character. Let our countrymen begin to think for themselves ; let them cease to allow themselves to be made tools of by those who have an interest in their degradation; let them —we do not say reject human authority in religious matters—but ascertain that that which they yield to really has Divine warrant, and is not directly at variance with the word of God; let them ect thus, and they will have taken the first step towards Irish independence; but until they do this, though they may change or multiply their masters, it is perfectly impos sible that they can be free." In conclusion, the Protest ant Operatives add, that they cleave to the Union with Great Britain, not from admiration of the acts of its mo dern statesmen, but because they know that the bulk of the British people are a noble and a right-minded race, and because they expect eventually to obtain from the Imperial Parliament what they could never hope from an Irish one, constituted as it then would be—laws that shall aim at the ascendancy of truth, and the elevation of the national character thereby. UNIVERSITY er CLERICAL NEWS. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The Senate of the Uni versity of London have recently come to the ret , o!ution of adopting academical costume for the under-graduates and graduates of every degree conferred by that body. No collegiate dress has been hitherto worn by the mem bers of this university. BISHOPRIC OF NEWFOUNDLAND.—Letters were re ceived from Halifax, by the last North American mail, announcing the arrival of the Bishop of Newfoundland, and his intention of continuing his voyage to St. John's, the capital of his own diccese, by the next steamer. He was to leave Halifax on the evening of the Ist of July. Tile vessel, which was presented to the bishop previous to his departure, is now undergoing repairs, to fit it for the special purposes of visitation, and other uses, alluded to in his late letter, in his diocese, and will sail in about a fortnight. We desire to make this fact known, as pro bably there are many friends, and others interested in this mission, who may be anxious to send out presents of books, church-plate, or furniture, which may be useful. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.—The report of the ecclesiastical commission gives a statement of all churches and benefices augmented by the commissioners up to May, 1844. Since the passing of the first cathedral act in 1840, it appears that 496 livings have been aug mented, as follows :—With a population of 2,000 and upwards, the stipend of tle minister has been raised to £l5O, in 261 cases; population of 1,000 and upwards, to £l2O, in 96 cases ; population of 500 and upwards, to £lOO, in 80 cases; population below 500, to £BO, in 59 cases. The annual augmentation of these livings amounts to £26,779, which, with grants to meet benefactions when the income is below £2OO, compensation to incumbents for loss of fees surrendered to new churches, &c., gives an annual augmentation of £29,809, wholly exclusive of considerable gross sums of money expended and pro mised to meet benefactions for building and purchasing houses of residence for incumbents whose annual incomes are below £2OO. This statement is also independent of all that is in progress under Sir R. Peel's endowment act. APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. William Philip Haslewood, M.A., Trinity College, to the Rectory of Ardingly, Sussex; value, £498. The Rev. Edward James Moor, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the Rectory of Great Bealings, Suffolk ; value £250. The Rev. Nicholas Kendall, 8.A., Pembroke College, to the Vicarage of Talland, Cornwall; value £llO. The Rev. Robert Marler Cremer, 8.A., Corpus Christi College, to the Rectory of North Barning ham, Norfolk ; value £156. The Rev. John Oliver, 8.A., Queen's College, to the Vicarage of Warnington, Northamptonshire ; value £lO7. The Rev. William Medcalf, M.A., Clare Hall, to the Incumbency of the new church of St. John, Yeadon, in the parish of Guisel ey. The Rev. William Reade, 8.A., of St. Catherine's Hall, to the Curacy of Welby, Lincolnshire. The Rev. Sa. rnuel Lewthwaite, M.A., Magdalene College, to the Curacy of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire. The Rev. William Wellington Wellock, M.A., Magdalene College, to the Curacy of St. Philip, Stepney, Middlesex. The Rev. Alfred N. Bull, 8.A., Sidney College, to the Cu.: racy of Rendlesham, Suffolk. The Rev. Joseph Gattey, 8.A., Sidney College, to the Curacy of the Parish of Bath. The Rev. John Patteson, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, to be incumbent of the New District Church of St. Jude, in the parish of Upper Chelsea. ORDINATION AT DURHAM. — The Bishop of Chester held an Ordination in the Cathedral Church of Durham on Sunday week, when the following gentlemen Ty,er.Tsaodn,- mitted to holy orders :—Priests : Wm. Fountain Oxford B.A. and John Groom, B.A. Waduarn Coll. . C E r d o w w . d P e e r d , d ik e , r . , A B.A. Mertonr a s e c n o n i o l Coll. Oxford lshaw Dean, B.A. Queen's Coll. Oxford ; S A l r n a lu n e iu l s ß u a u g r e,. Cambridge; jc'soellil h Charles arieß K a il d i 1.11130..v.AA.e..s St.Emß Cambridge.JmAoah.nnuc,es,l3rcpCouolsill.Ci,raimstbi rcidoglei. Hollingworth, B.A. Catherine Hall, Cambridge; John Li ng ham, B.A. Trinity Coll. Cambridge ; John Royds, B.A. Christ's Cambridge • James Cox, B.A. Wm. Morris CP' Bdt: and Abraham Hume, B.A. Trinity T C , °ll. ; Prangs Busted Ashley, Russell Cope, .aq'tblea Ellerthotp, ltaleh Kinder, and Joi•ri SI. Bee.; John . Booth, B.A. Brasent ose Coll. Oxford ; George Tatam, B A. Catherine Hall. Cambridge; Simon Naughton Shepard, B.C.L. Christ's Coll. Cambiblge ; Benjamin Hayward Browne, St. Bees —Deacons: Henry Brooks, B.A. lohn Tayleur Piggot, B.A. and Francis Gartside Tipping. BA. Brasennose 11. Oxford ; Edw. Jackson Dixon, B.A. and John O'Br en, B.A. Queen's Coll. Oxford ; John Thorns, B.C.L. rill: Coll. Ox ford ; Arthur Thomas Whitmore Shadweil. M.A. Balliol Coll. Oxford ; Win. Henry Arret, jun. B.A. Queen's Coll. C am bridge; W. Chamberlain, B.A. Cot r us Christi Coll. Can:bridge ; Lonsdale Formby, B.A. Catherine Hall, Cambiialge; Edw. Henry Gregory, B A. and Charles Philip Wilbraham, B.A. St. Peter's Coll. Cambridge; John Atherton Kershaw, B.A. and Edw. Fawcett Ne ville Rolfe, B A. Trinity Coll. Cambridge; Joh r Robert Parr, B.A. Wm. Spenre, B.A. Henry Plumer Stede an, B.A. Chas. White Underwood, B.A. and Robert Whit taker, B.A. Sr. John's Coll. Cambridge; F. Thackeray, B.A. Caius Coll. Cambridge; John Booker, B.A. Mag dalen Hall, t ambridge ; Geo. Marshall, B.A. and James Pease, M.A. Trinity Coll. Dublin ; Tons. Alltart, Geo. Crighton, John Crump, Wm. Ribeit Duncan, Thomas Craven Humphrey, Geo. Leopold Longland, Henry John Loddington, John Edmund. Lesson, John Lowthian, Henry Nembhard, Henry homas Bees, and H. Sewell, St. Bees; Joseph Telford M`Donough, B.A. and WOl. Mears, B.A. Trinity Coll. Dublin, (by letters dim). CHURCH EXTENSION.—SpeciaI meetings of the In corporated Society for promoting the enlargement, build ing, and repairing of elm ches and chapels, were held on the Ist and 15th inst. The Committee having ordered the payment of ten grants to the places where the works undertaken with the aid of the Society have been corn pleted, (eight of these grants being voted towards building additional churches,) proceeded to consider the applica tions for assistance recently received, and voted new grants of money towards building twelve additional churches or chapels, and towards reuuilding or enlarging ten existing churches, making twenty-two grants in all. The new buildings are to be erected for two districts in the parish of Gainsborough, and for districts, in the parishes of Middleton in Teesd-11 , , Durham ; A shbourn, Derby ; Sandbach, Cheshire ; Woolwich. Kent ; Cal verley, Yorkshire; Barnstaple, Devon; Bushbury, Staf fordshire; Lynn, Norfolk; Gosport, Hants; and Dids bury, a chapelry in the patish of Manchester. The churches to be enlarged. &c., are situate at Ystradyfoding, Glamorganshire; St. Frock, Cornwall; Great Bookham, Surrey ; Lower Guiting, Gloucestershire; Yardley, Herts; Ninebanks, Northumberland ; Stranton, Dur ham ; Kirkdale. near Liverpool ; Att!eborough, Norfolk ; and Tarrant Gunville, Dorset. The population of the twenty-two parishes now assisted is 462,000 souls, the number of existing churches is 72; containing accommo dation for 69,034 persons, and including 18,994 free seats. The free church room is theret ore only one seat for twenty four inhabitants. The additional accommodation to be obtained by the execution of the works referred to in the applications which have been now considered, is 6,199 sittings, 4,940 to be free and unappropi iated. It will be observed that five-sixths of the new seats are to be free; indeed two of the new churches, viz., those intended to be built at Middleton and Gosport, will be wholly free; a further evidence of the growing conviction that it is of the utmost importance to provide the labouring classes with the means of attending public worship. The aggregat2 amount of the population of the 22 places above referred to, when compared with the total present provision of church room therein, does not convey an accurate idea of the wants of particular parishes; and without again calling attention to the parish of Manchester, it should be noticed that Middleton in Teesdale contains a population of 3,000 persons, and has one church with 284 sittings. Woolwich contains nearly 28,000 inhabitants, with one church ac commodating 1,500 persons, and a proprietary chapel. Kirkdale, a suburb of Liverpool, has a population of 5,000 persons, rapidly increasing, and 960 sittings in the chapel, 100 only of which are free. Lynn, with more than 12,000 inhabitants, has two churches accommodating about one-sixth of the number, but affording free accom modation for only 450 persons. Gosport, containing a population of nearly 8,000 persons, with only a proprie tary chapel containing 1,000 sittings, of which only about 300 are free. Sandbach, with 6,600 inhabitants, and 1,247 sittings in two churches, only 224 of which are free. In these six parishes therefore there is a population of 63,000 persons, 55,901 of whom have no seats provided for them in the existing churches, in which the free ac commodation is only 1,822 seats, or one sitting for 35 persons. RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE. RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS TIIE THAMES.—Another bridge across the metropolitan portion of the Thames is proposed. Among the speculations of the day is a plan of a metropolitan junction railway, one of the most con spicuous schemes of which is the formation of a railway bridge across the river Thames at Battersea. The French, the Belgian, and the German manufacturer and man of business, can travel by railway at Id. or 11d. a mile, where the Englishman pays 2d. or 3d. The foreign operative can travel for id„ where the English man is either excluded altogether, or obliged to pay ld. for very interior accommodation. GOVERNMENT AND THE RAILWAY BILL.—We are gratified in being enabled to state that the result of the interview which took place last week between Mr. Glad stone, on the part of the government, and Mr. Entwiste, M.P., Mr. Hudson, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Saunders, &c., as a deputation from the railway companies, is in the highest degree satisfactory. The subject having been fully gone into, the lilght lion. President of the Board of Trade stated his determination so to mollify the bill as to render it in every way ❑nexceptionable to the railway interest. The measure will now pass through parliament without opposition, and will prove, to adopt the language of a gentleman, a member of the deputation, who has hitherto taken a leading part in oppoidtion to the bill, " a good bill for the public as well as for the shareholders." THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—A general meeting of the shareholders in the North Midland, Midland Counties, and Derby arid Birmingham Railway, now consolidated into " The Midland Railway," was held at the Derby Station on Tuesday last, and was attended by between three and four hundred shareholders. Geo. Hudson, Esq. the chairman of the hoard of directors, gave a very favourable retort of the affairs of the compacy, and of its future prospects, in consequence of the consolidation of the three companies, of the increase of traffic, and dimi nution in the expenses. The opening of the line of rail way from London to Newcastle-upon-Tyne direct was re ferred to with considerable pleasure, as also the prospect of the completion of the remaining one hundred mil, s. be tween Newcastle and Edinburgh, when London and Edin burgh would be connected by railway by the eastern line, which was of great importance to the Midland as every other railway on that route. In order to meet the threat ened opposition to the Midland Railway, by the torn,aTion of a direct line from London to York, full powers were given to the directors to take the necessary steps to obtain powers in the next session of parliament for file construc tion from the present main line of four lines of railway, viz. I. From Swinton station by Doncaster. Bawtry, and Gainsborough to Lincoln. 2. From Nut - inghatn, by Newark to Lincoln. 3. From Lincoln southwards, to join the Eastern Counties' Railway at March. passing near Boston. 4. From Doncaster to join the Yolk and North Midland Railway. The half yearly dividend on the North Midland shares was declared to be on the £lOO shares £2 25.. half .C 1 ls., third 145.; Midland Counties, £lOO shares, £2 2s. 61., quarter 10s. 71d. ; Birmingham and Derby, £lOO shares, £1 Gs. W., third Bs. 10d. NEW IRISH RAILWAYS. — The Dublin and Cashel is now wending its way through Parliament, and supported as it is by ministerial influence, there is little doubt but it will pass into law. Out of this starts a line from Cork to Limerick, and Limerick to Waterford. The Limerick and Waterford, in conjunction With the Great Western South Wales line, is evidently to compete with the Dub lin and Cashel,in connexion with the Chester and Holyhead line. A strong opposition may, therefore, be expected to both the Fishguard, or South Wales, and the Waterford and Limerick lines, by the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, Chester and Holyhead, and Dublin and Cashel Companies. On the other hand, both of these lines will be supported with all the weight the Great Western, and we presume the Birmingham and Glouces ter, and Bristol and Gloucester, can throw into the scales. It will be a curious phanomenon to see the London and Birmingham and Great Western battling for a line in the sister kingdom, apparently in no connection with either. But let the Irish Great Southern and Western be carried, and it will be a reason immediately for the Fishguard line, or let the latter, and it will be a reason for the for mer. From Fishguard to Wexford, to which the Lime rick and Waterford line would of course be extended, is only six miles longer, sea distance, than from Holyhead to Kingstown. 'I he other line which is expected shortly to appear before the public, under the title of the Irish Great Western Railway, is one issuing from the Cashel line at Lucan, 74 miles from Dublin, and taking nearly the route of the Royal Canal, onto Mullingar, and thence to Athlone, for the object, we presume, of going in the end to Galway.—.Railway Journal. DOMESTIC. THREE PERSONS DROWNED.—On Monday r y eai ie n g i i ' l, a _ melancholy loss of life occurred in Dover 84,7 , 1 ... ar t y con setting of a small pleasure-boat, or punt. 0 , ke ' r Lughters, sisted of a Mrs. Bentley, of Preston, two E_Ll iew pi M rs . a young gentleman, said to be w t e h re inner eharge of the Bentley, and the two men who The young man and boat, named Fox and Lewish t a 7 having been picked up by n edlsbhing smack. th ga apples has r a e r m ri a v i e n d de in r o tb f e t T he ha p r a a r e t s y hrought over by th e S op hi a. The letters from the the A Another ee i rls cargo wer e 0.. f i pine d n o o w n_ , the number bein g - B a hamas state that the natives are qu i te en thusiastic now the British have take n up t h e trade, since the Americans, who were the so l e purc h asers b e at them down in pri ces . Th e pine trees in the before, cannot West Indies it appears o n ly b ear f or three years, an d then the natives root th em up to make room f or other plantations. BRIST OL SUGAR M ARKET , J u l y 19.—We have ex perienced a very good dema n d s i nce our last report both from the refiners and grocers, and which have been met by the importers, a f a i r amount of business has been transacted at rather improved rates on those current last week. The sales comprise 650 hogsheads and tierces West India, at from 555. to 655. for very dark brown to good grocery ; 200 bags Bengal, at from 60s. to 665. for yellow and low white, and 600 mats Mauritius at from 575. to 60s. for fine brown to middling grocery.—ln rum the transactions amount to about 100 puncheons Jarnaicas as steady prices. Gazetted average price of sugar, July 18, is 325. 2d. per cwt. July 23, 1841. AWFUL FULFILMENT OF A BAD WISH.—On Sun. day week, Harriet Milwood, a middle-aged female, wilt, with her husband kept a large toy stall at Fairlop fair, and who had been in the habit of going to different fail to follow the same orcupation, drank to such dkdegA as to become mu-la intoxicated. Her husband and herself had, in consequence, same words, when the latter declared obe would step on the g• ound no longer, and managed to get into a light cart ior the ourpose of going home. When' about to drive away, her husband, who had suffered much' from her conduct during the evening, exclaimed, with much fervour, " I wish you may break your neck before you get home." The wretched woman took no notice of the observation, nor did she make acy reply, but she had not driven more than 200 yards when she tumbled out of the vehicle, and, falling with considerable fo - ce on het head, actually broke her neck, and in a few minutes was a corpse. PLATP: GLASS.—There is perhaps no branch of manu• facture in which the operatives are more fully employed than are the workmen of the plate Blass establishmenter and in particular at St. Helen's. These concerns present at the mo , reot a most favourable and cheering contrast to, the state of things at that place some two years ago. At that period some concerns were at a dead lock, whilst ollwrs were only partially employed. At present a veil different s"ene indeed presents itself. All is bustle and, activity, orders ' it is said, are pouring in much quicker than they can he executed; indeed, at some works, if report says truly, they have orders in store which will' take months to execute. It is impossible to c , nyey W those who did not happen to witness it, an idea of the dis tress that pervaded the district during the depression O 1 trade in 1841-2, and it is equally difficult to convey an ides of its present c impara , iyely cheeriegposition now that 111!"' the glass works are fully employed, and the late strike Ov; the colliers at an end. A WEDDING SLIP.—A gentleman and lady, both of: Garstang, the former 74, and the latter nearly the same, having made up their minds to take each other for better and worse, upon going to the registrar's office, to tie the fatal knot, met with the following mishap :—The m•tet having finished his t.sk of repeating what he was told, the lady was to follow; but, upon hearing her name called out by the re,:istrar, she declared, that a mistake had been made, and that this was not her real name- The circum,tance of basing changed it twice before, un• dcr similar circumstances, had led, we presume, to tbis mistake. This bl un d er s u ppe d t h e procee di ngs a t o nce, and a new entry h a d t o b e ma d e an d the usual t i m e to elapse; but the pa r ti es a dj ourne d to the i nn and enj oyed themselves with the good things provided for them. A few days after, however, another offer was made by a firmer, upwards of eighty, and duly accepted ; and in stead of waling two or three weeks for her old suitor, the lady embraced the latest offer, and the new match was duly confirmed by license, without further delay, at the parish church, Garstang, last Monday. THE BRADFORDPOPISH URDER.—A t the York cn Friday, Thomas Rogan (25), John O'Brian (23), Daniel Donovan (32), Wm. Quin (37), and Daniel Power (35), were charged with the wilful murder of Ben j;Jmin Gott, by casting and throwing him down upon the ground. and striking and kicking him on the sides and stomach, at Bradford, on the 27th of May last, inflicting various bruises and wounds, whereof the said Benjamin Gott died on the 29th of the same month. Alter a pa tient hearing of the case, which lasted the whole day, the jury, after half an hour's deliberat'on, returned with $ verdict of manslaughter against all the five prisoners. Sentence was deferred. It mar be remembered that the unfortunate deceased was a member of a band cf musi cians engaged by an Orange Lodge at Bradford. who were walking quietly along, playing the Battle of the Boyne, when they were set upon by the prisoners and others, who so shamefully abused them, that. Gott died in conse quen.,e, and two or three of the other musicians were se riously injured, and their instruments were dashed to atoms. ENLARGEMENT OF THE BRISTOL DOCKS.--At a spe cial meeting of the Town Council of B r i s tol, on Mon day, a report from Mr. Brunel, relative to the ccntem plated enlargement of the south entrance lock of Cum berland Basin, was submitted. Mr. Brunel is of opinion, that to commence a thorough repair of the lock would be the same thing as its re-construction. The expense of widening it will only, he thinks, entail an extra cost of about £5,000. The expense of a lock, 52 feet wide and 240 feet in length. will be £22,000, and this will be arnpll sufficient for all the ordinary steam-boats employed in the Irish trade. It was stated that the masonry is in a Yell derective state, both as to the barking and facing, and also that the fronting had been separated from the bank ing nearly 18 inches, Some discussion occurred as to the impropriety of limiting the increase to 52 feet. Most Of the royal navy steamers, it was contended by the object ors, were 60, 61, or 62 feet wide, and all those were now thought to be rather too narrow. Fifty-two feet would not admit such a vessel as the Great Western in sea-going trim. Ultimately, however, the recommendation of Mr. Brunel was agreed to. PEERAGE STATISTICS.—Within the last three years a considerable decrease has occurred among the hereditary honours of the country. The dukedoms of Sussex and Dorset ; the Irish marquisate of Wellesley ; the earldoms of Plymouth, Ludlow, and O'Neill; the Engli , h baronies of Rolle, Wellesley, Lynedoch, 'Wallace, Ludlow, Fits gerald, and Sydenham ; the baronetcies of Bt uce, Cowan Crowie, Hannay, Johnstone, Mackenzie. Macnatthte Rae, and Rowley. have Leconte extinct. The earldom of Mansfield Gf 1793 has merged into that of 1776- viscounty of Ferrand has united with that of Ma ssar eene ; the Englishbarony of Arden with• Lovell And Holland , the Irish barony of Arden with the earldorn - bf - Itgtriont); the barony of Duncannon with the earldom of Besbo rough. During the same period the earldom of A ber gavenny, the viscounty of Hereford, the b aron i es o f Rod ney, Berwick, Fitzgerald, and Con g l eton, h ave descen ded to clerical posses: ors. The viscou n t y o f Hi ll i s the only elevation ; the barony of Lowther, n ow merge d i n the earldom of Lonsdale, the only addition to th e m i n i ster ial party in the upper house; whilst Sir John Pi r i e i s the only baronet created since September, 1841. By the de mise of the last Earl of Plymouth, the barony of Wind sor has fallen into abeyance between the sisters of the sixth earl, the Marchioness of Downshire and Lady 1 1 - Clive, wife of the Hon. R. 11. Clive, M.P., for South" Salop.—Standard. ELOPEMENT TO GRETNA-GREEN.—On Thursday last, Lieutenant Leeson, nephew to Lurd Milltown, and young e,t son of the late Hon. Mr. Leeson, of the Thorn, near Penrith, Cumberland. who is on leave of absence from his regiment, which is in the East Indies, eloped to Gretna green, with Miss Laura Bristow, a daughter of John Charles Bristow, Esq., of Ensemere-hill, Ullswater, Westmoreland, and over whose head sixteen summers have scarcely flown. It appears that this young officer had 1 iid his plans fcr the accomplishment of the siege of Ensernere-hill with great skill. Wednesday last was the day in which lee intended to have stormed the works, but the garrison having doubtless been apprised of his inten tions, manned the walls so well all that day and night, 'bat the besieger thought it right not to commence opera tions at that time. Next morning, however, the besieged+ thinking all safe, made a sortie, and set sal up the lak 6 of Ullswater to Paterdale, taking the young lady with them. The besieger was not aware of this, and the be sie/ed had nearly made a safe retre;it into the garrison again; but one of the gallant officer s sharpshooters lac concealed among the brushwood, who seized the fair prise , and away she was taken to her betrothed, A ho was waiting at a short distance with coach and four, and off the young officer went with his booty. Pursuit was iu vain ; the fugitives soon pissed over the six-and-twenty miles to Gretna-green, were married. BRITISH SHIPPING.—The East India and China AS' sociation have published their comparative statement of the number of British ships, with tonnage, entered in' wards and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the Ist of January to the 30th of June, in the years 1843 and 1844. The statement of vessels entered inwards show's , that the number arriving at the port of London during that period was an increase of ten vessels, with 6,08 1 tonnage, compared with 1843, there being 280 vessels!, with 116,632 tonnage, in the former six months, and 27 ' vessels, with 110'548 tonnage, in the latter six months' In the case of Liverpool, the increase was only tW O vessels, with 710 tonnage, the number of vessels a rriving in the first six months of 1843 being 85, with 36,321 ton: nage, and in the same period of 1844, 87, w ith 37, 03 ' tonnage. The ports of Bristol and H u ll s h ow an i nc rea o ; of five vessels, with 1,915 tonna ge , th e num b er i n 1 71 4 having been 9, with 2,982 tonnage; and in 1844, 14, WY 4,197 tonnage. The Clyde and other ports show a a ugii crease of two vessels, with 2,046 tonnage, 27, with 9,°, 1 tonnage, having arrived in 1843, while in 1844, 25 arrisl.." with 7,822 tonnage. A general revision of the e nvier ward shows a total increase in the first six tlin nt I° 4l i 1844 over the same period of 1843 of 15 vessels arrivall°' 6,663 tonnage. 'I he chief increase has been in ths an.s : of vessels from China, Singapore, the Philipp e in s e am is e i and New South Wales, while there has " time been a considerable decrease show an increase in the cutta. The clearances outwardss • with 1843, the e pa ed tonnage, in 1844, monthscompared being 233 vessels, with 4 7 numbers in the six vessels, with 79,914 tonnage. er' tonnage, and 195 •_ Litna the large increase of 87 vessels, with 30, 07 " pool shows mbers bein 117 toe' tonnair, the nu g vessels, with 45,371 . 0 and 0 1843, 2 4 vessels, arrivals at the port of London of3B vessels, with 12,545 in the arrivals tt from Cal page with 75,761 tonnage, . 3 .1. 1844. Bristol, also shows an increase of 17 vessels, vr ll s 4,155 tonnage, only 1, with 367 tonnage, having e ' rr i : o 4' in the first six months of 1843, whereas 18, with -I tonnage, arrived i n th e fi rst s i x months of 1844. T Clyde and othe r ports s h ow an increase of 10 v esav g i with a decrease of 555 tonnage, the arrivals in the aq six months of 1844 being 89 vessels, with 28,947 toneega and in the first six months of 1843 79 vessels, with 2 2 1" -- , tonnage. A general review of the clearances shwabis total increase in the first six months of 1844 over g 6. same period in 1813 of 153 vessels, with 46,902 tel i s elii The increase includes 44 vessels for Calcutta, 15 0 , 6 , f o r for Bomb a y, 24 vesse l s f or th e Mauritius, 87 vese e : d tlr the Cape of Good Hope, and 5 vessels f or the Pe_..t Seas. In the clearances for New South Wales the fly-- decrease of 20 vessels is to be noticed. THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds pro yes to promote or reproduce the hair, few have surviv.eu l t ee in name, Whilst ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, W l d , s e $ putation already unparallelled, is still on the incre!..olo public estimation ; which fact, together with innuT ° : o gie testimonials in the possession of the proprietors er rs cient cient to satisfy the most incredulous as to its 59 v ,.. Ott I virtues so repeatedly shown in restoring, pres,errnisr. o or , beautifying the human hair. In dressing the na ...oile thing can equal the effects of " Rowland's Macassarn„„p. on either natural or artificial hair, rendering it so o gi e . rably soft that it will lie in any direction : it P i r ti strs 4 beautiful flowing curls, and, by the transcendent g , jt imparts, renders the head dress truly enchanting preserves the coiffure in the heated atmosphere of !le e rtto room, and neutralizes the effects of a damp attnor* or violent exercise.— See advt. I