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Vartiaintntarp Vrortetiings. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Lord COURTENAY reported from the North Cheshire Election Committee that Mr. G. C. Legh had been duly elected, that treating had existed to a great extent, but the evidence did not connect it with the sitting member or his agents. Mr. J. WILSON, in reply to a question, stated that ap plications for advances on the importation of sugar had been made by parties to the East India Company, but he had no reason for believing that such applications would be acceded to. Lord MORPETH intimated, in reply to Mr. Urquhart, that it was his intention next session to introduce a bill for the discouragement of interments within the walls of large towns, but he had no hope of the measure succeed ing unless both parties abated much of their opinions on the subject. The house having gone into committee on the Sugar Duties Bill, Lord G. BENTSNCK moved, in the third schedule, re garding the duties on foreign sugar, the omission of the words " and on all sugar or molasses not otherwise charged with duty." After considerable discussion, the committee divided, when the amendment was negatived by a majority of 53 ; the numbers, 34 to 87. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's amended scales of duties were then put and agreed to, and the house having resumed, went into committee of supply on the ordnance estimates, some discussion taking place on several of the votes, but without leading to a division. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEsDAY The report from the committee on Mr. F. O'Connor's National Land Scheme was brought up and read ; which stated, among other words, that although the accounts had been irregularly kept, it clearly appeared that there was a sum of £3,298 due to Mr. O'Connor. In answer to Sir B. Hall, Mr. F. O'CONNOR stated that it was now left altogether to the promoters of the society to decide whether they would windup the affairs, or apply for new powers. After a conversation, in which Mr. HAYSIIR said that it had been proved in evidence the scheme ;as impracti cable, or would at least take 150 years to carry out, the report was received. Mr. LABOUCHTRE intimated that it waslais intention to brinc , in two bills for the purpose of prohibiting the importation of cattle when diseased. Air. S. WORTLEY, in answer to questions, stated that be thought it very desirable the people at large should be made acquainted with the fact that the intention was en tertained of bringing in a bill for altering the low with respect to marriages within a certain degree of affinity, which would have a retrospective as well as a prospective effect. Mr. HORSMAN moved a humble address to her Ma jesty, " praying that she will be pleased to take into her consideration the whole condition of the Established Church as regards its temporalities ; that she will direct an enquiry to be made into the full value of all church property under lease, and cause such measures to be pre pared as may make the revenues of the church more con ducive to the religious teaching of the people." He said that our national church as established by law existed for one purpose only, the spiritual and religious instruction of the lowest orders. Everything that tended to secure that object should be enlarged and strengthened, whilst everything that obstructed it should be ruthlessly lopped away. Of all the ecclesiastical institutions in Europe, the Established Church of England was the only one which remained unimpaired in all its grandeur. He then entered into a history of its temporalities, stating that he had confined his motion entirely to them, as they were matters with which Parliament could most easily deal, and to which it could most easily apply a remedy. The revenues of the English church amounted to £4,500,000 at the lowest calculation, and might be estimated, without fear of exaggeration, at £5,000,000. He showed that, though such was its income, its parochial ministers were most inadequately and irregularly paid, and that in no other church were there so many clergymen living in so much affluence and in so much indigence, so distinguished for learning and ignorance, gifted with so much piety, and yet existing amid such heathenism. He then referred to his former statements respecting the episcopal revenues and the revenues of deans and chapters, and lamented that the estates of both should be managed under a sys tem of fines and leases, which in every point of view was a most unprofitable system. No one who had not tho roughly considered the subject could have any idea of the value of the estates in possession of the church, which were now let on leases. Mr. Finlayson had proved that the fines received on those leases amounted to £1,400,000 a-year ; and the lessees, acting on that calculation, had estimated the value of the estates leased to them at X 36,000,000. He then estimated the value of those es tates, first, under the supposition that all the leases were allowed to run out ; and, secondly, under the supposition that the reversions of them were sold. In the first case he showed that the church would come into possession of £1,400,000, and that in the latter it would have an addi tional income at once of £500,000 according to the lowest, and of £1,500,000 according to the highest estimate. He then adverted to the condition of the parochial clergy, and quoted the preamble of an act of Charles 11., in which it was declared that every clergyman should have an adequate residence in his parish, and a clear income of at least £BO a-year. Now, how was that declaration ob served in our day ? Were all the resident clergymen idequately paid ? Had every clergymen an adequate re sidence, and had they only one benefice? Quite the re verse. Out of 10,000 parishes in England and Wales, 3,454 were held in plurality, and nearly two-thirds of the whole number of benefices(' produced to their incumbents less than £3OO a-year. Thus the population was de frauded of the provision for religious instruction which the piety of former ages had provided for it. It was la mentable that in 6,800 parishes the majority of our clergy had much less than £3OO a-year ; and he now declared that he would never rest till their incomes were raised at least to that amount. Lord J. Russell had already given his assent to his suggestions on the episcopal revenues, en the fusion of the episcopal and common fund, and on the revenues of our deans and chapters ; and such being the case, his lordship could have little reason for objecting to his motion of that evening. It was the same inquiry which Lord J. Russell had imperfectly carried out ten years ago, and which he hoped that he would complete now. All parties wer3 anxious for it ; and he therefore implored the government to institute it during the recess. Sir E. N. BUXTON seconded the motion. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted, in the course of his speech in reply, that the subject was one well worthy of conside ration, but expressed his hope that the hon. mover would not press his motion, as the effect of it might b e , if car ried, to place the crown in the position of being liable to sustain a refusal to obey its precepts on the part of any clergyman or bishop. After a discussion, in which Sir R. Inglis, Mr. W. P. Wood, Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Frewen took part, Mr. Ilorsman yielded to the suggestion of the noble lord, and the motion was withdrawn. ..... HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Sir T. BIRCH presented the petition against the exten sion to Liverpool of the Habeas Corpus Act. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the order of the day for the second reading of the Bakehouses Bill, brought in by Lord R. Grosvenor, was discharged. Mr. FAGAN withdrew his Life Policies of Assurance Bill. Sir W. CLAY moved the second reading of the Berne dies against the hundred Bill. Sir G. GREY regretted that he was obliged to oppose the bill. He could not consent to make the hundred liable in every case of disturbance: but he was quite wil ling to consider whether some better test than felony might not be applied to the offence making the hundred liable. Mr. BA racrs supported the bill ; an d a f ter some further conversation, in which Mr. Bernal, M r . Hume, Captain Pcchell, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Henley, and Sir H. Willoughby joined, Sir G. GREY said that if Sir W. Clay merely wished, by carrying the second rending of this bill, to obtain an expression of opinion favourable to some change in the law, he would not oppose it ; but in that case it must be understood that the bill was not to go into committee. The bill was then read a second time. The Sale of Beer Bill was read a third time.—Several clauses were then proposed by way of riders to the bill, but they were all negatived, after a curious conversation between Mr. Hume and Mr. Brotherton, on the propriety of protecting whores and thieves in their respective avo cations. Mr. Hume denied the " soft impeachment " that he was an encourager of prostitution, and declared that he never frequented those haunts with which Mr. Brotherton seemed so well acquainted.—The bill was then passed. Mr. S. WORTLEY postponed till the next session the introduction of his bill for legalizing marriage between a widower and the sister of his deceased wife. He wished it to be understood that, as the law now stood, such mar riages were absolutely null and void. He had, ho wever , formed the strongest opinion that such marriages ought to be rendered legal, and the Commissioners were unani mously of that opinion. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. Lord BROUGHAM moved for copies of proclamations sued by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for the apprehen sion of certain persons in that country, and then proceeded in a rambling speech to descant on the insurrection in Ire land, on the activity which the government had shown in repressing it, and on the measures which should be taken to extinguish discontent. In his opinion the regal remedy for the evils under which Ireland had so long laboured would be found in a ludicrous system of colonization, and in the suppression of illegal assemblies and seditious dubs. _ After some observations from the Earl of WicKLow, The Marquis of LANEDOWNE said, that though the in surrection in Ireland might be said to be suppressed, yet the state of that country might be said to require the greatest care and precaution for some time to come. Under that conviction her Majesty's government were re solved to make ample use of the means confided to them by parliament. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that though it ap peared there was no danger of an actual outbreak, it was still admitt e d th a t an ex t ens i ve conspiracy against the constitution existed in Ireland. Before all things, it was absolutely necessary that the clubs should be put down, and he was, therefore, happy to hear that the existence of those seditious bodies would receive the attention of go vernment. After some observations from Lord MONTEAGLE, the motion was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -THURSDAY The house went into committee on the Sugar Duties Bill. In the committee Lord G. BENTINCK pointed out se. I vercl inaccuracies in' the-schedules of the bill, and divided upon several of them. He also brought up two clauses which he wished to have added to the bill, but both of them were negatived on a division. The bill was then reported to the house, and the report was ordered to be taken into consideration next day. On the motion, that•the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill be committed, Colonel SIBTHORP opposed the Speaker's leaving the chair, and in the course of his observations gave a sum mary of the business of the session, in which he imputed all kinds of corruption and trickery to the government: which was incapable of carrying through parliament any honest or useful measure. He put it to Lord John Rus sell, as man to man, whether it was fair, in the present state of the house and the session, and in the absence of all the Irish members, to press forward a measure of such vast importance and of so painfully a searching character ? Little progress was made with the bill, when the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY A debate arose upon the second reading of the Irish Public Works (No. 2) Bill, which was chiefly remarkable for a speech of very unexpected character from Lord ELLENBOROUGH. His 'lordship generally approved the measure, and having entered upon a short review of Cie state of Ireland, attributed the continued dissensions which had distinguished it from every other European kingdom to the fact that the church of the great majority of the people was repudiated by the State. He denounced the spoliation of the Established Church for the endow ment of the Romish clergy, but suggested that the clergy should become stipendiaries of the State without any change in the right of patronage, and concluded by sug gesting that the large fund now at the disposal of Parlia ment for Irish purposes should be applied to the building of glebe houses and the purchase of glebesfor the Romish clergy. Lord MONTEAGLE expressed his gratification at the proposal which Lord Ellenborough had made, and cited George 111., who, though a most zealous Protestant, had i - een favourable to the endowment of the Romish priest hood. Lord -STANLEY declined to enter into so important a subject upon a mere incidental discussion, but ,expressed no adverse opinion. It was, however, one of•the greatest questions , of civil polity, and should be raised in a distinct shape, and on the responsibility of the Government. Lord BEAUISIONT generally supported Lord Ellen borough's views, and the bill, which had scarcely been mentioned during the discussion, was then •read a second time. Lord STANLEY then opposed the motion for going into committee upon the Charity Trusts Bill, principally upon the ground that the changes which the bill would intro duce were too important to be properly considered at so late a period of the session. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied, and though Lord Redesdale and the Bishop of Oxford concurred in Lord Stanley's objections, the House, upon a division, decided to go into committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY A conversation of some interest, which originated from some comments made by Sir De L. Evans on the report of the election committee for North Cheshire, relative to the general system of treating adopted by both candi. dates for that county, then took place. in which Lord J. RUSSELL and Mr. S. WORTLEY laid it down that giving refreshments to county electors on their coming to the poll was not treating, unless refreshment was given for the purpose of influencing the vote. Mr. V. SMITH, on the other hand, contended, that so long as the customs of England remained as hospitable as they now were. some refreshment must and ought to be given to county electors who came from a distance to tender their votes. This doctrine was controverted by Mr. BRIGHT, who declared himself an absolute purist both in county and borough elections, and pronounced the giving of any kind of refreshment as an act of corruption. Colonel SIBTHORP fired up against this doctrine, and stood up as usual for the extension of hospitality and Christian charity to the poorer portion of the constitu ency by the more wealthy representative. Sir R. PEEL took the same view of the law as had been taken by Lord John Russell and Mr. S. Wortley, in which he was corroborated by Mr. HENLEY, who never theless thought it advisable that some clear and distinct rule ought to be laid down, distinguishing the treating which is legal from that which is illegal. At the close of the conversation, the House resolved itself into committee. Considerable discussion and several divisions on amend ments proposed to various clauses of the bill then took place, but no essential change was made in it, although several amendments were agreed to. The schedules, however, were not passed, with the exception of that part of the first schedule which includes the boroughs of Derby, Great Yarmouth, and Carlisle. The house then resumed, and shortly afterwards re solved itself into a committee of supply on the Museum Estimates, which were moved by Sir R. Peel, and agreed to after some slight discussion. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA, On Wednesday the Royal Mail steam ship Caledonia, Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey, from America. She left New York on the 19th ult., and has brought home 47 passengers, and £28,090 in specie. The Niagara had arrived at Ile.‘ton in Il days. A passenger on board the Niagara had bean robbed of 1,400 dollars in gold by a swindler, being all his property. As he was left entirely destitute Captain Ryrie generously offered a free passage to England to him and his family. The news by the Caledonia is not important. The senate were occupied with a discussion of a report rela tive to territorial governments in Oregon, California, and New Mexico. The township of Ingersoll, Canada West, was visited by a most terrific hurricane on the 27th ult. It passed a little to the south of the village, and for about a mile in width did much damage, the wind and hail prostrating everything in their course. Some of the houses, after falling were destroyed by fire. The French news had fallen like a thunderbolt on the people of New York, and had checked their love of European republics. Trish affairs are freely discussed by the American papers, and their opinion is not very favourable to an Irish revolution. They look with great dislike on the Irish emissaries arriving at New York, and assert, that on that side of the Atlantic Irish nationality was lost. The weather in the New York state was beautiful. The Washington, which has arrived at Cowes, brings one day later from New York (20th ult). She has about £30,000 in specie. Money is quoted higher, 12 to 15 per cent. being paid on good paper. The city of Boston, it is said, is a borrower to the extent of one million of dol lars, for which a high rate was offered. This may do for corporations ; buc it must be a very remunerating business that can allow of a trader paying 15 per cent. for money. Increased caution was the order of the day ; and the con tinued drain of specie was exciting alarm. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA By the royal mail steamship Niagara, Captain Ryrie, which reached this port on Sunday morning, we have ad vices from New York to the 25th, Boston to the 26th, and Halifax to the 28th ultimo respectively. The Niagara has only brought £1,500 in specie. The passage from Boston occupied only ten and a half days, including a long detention off Halifax. The royal mail steamer Europa, Captain Lott, was passed on the morning of the 27th ultimo between Hali fax and Boston. Her Majesty's steamer Scourge had arrived at Halifax from Bermuda. The American steamer United States arrived at New York on the 25th, in thirteen days, from Havre. In Congress the Territorial Bill still occupied the atten tion of the House. It comprises thirty-six sections, of which the first twenty relate to the territory of Oregon, and the remaining sixteen to California and New Mexico. The provisions relating to Oregon are similar to those adopted for the government of Wisconsin when a territory, and their operation will be to exclude slavery for ever from its limits. A Legislature is to be chosen by the people, and is to control the subject of slavery in Oregon. California and New Mexico, on the contrary, are to have no legislatures at present ; but the legislative fnnctions are to be performed by a board, consisting, in each case, of the governor, secretary, and supreme judges, all of whom are to be appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate; and these functionaries are prohibited from legislating on the subject of slavery or religion. The effect will be to leave the slavery question as it now stands, in regard to New Mexico and California, until further notion shall bo had by Congress, or until some decision affecting the case shall be made by the Supreme Court. The Mexican intelligence is meagre. No positive in formation had been received as to the progress of the re volution. We only know that the Government forces under Generals Bustamente and Cortazar had been united to the number of 3,000, preparatory to an attack upon the insurgents, commanded by Padre Jurauta. The Su preme Court of Mexico had under consideration the pro test against the late treaty with the United States. Vessels had sailed for Yucatan with money and troops for the relief of the whites. We have advices from Merida to the 23d of June. The Governor bad published a decree giving certain privileges to Spanish vessels concerning the fishery on the coast, in consequence of applications made by some capitalists of Cuba. On the 23d a notice was published which con tained advices from various quarters of successful opera tions against the savages. They were driven back with considerable loss from the neighbourhood of Muna, re treating on the road to Ficul. They were llewise driven back to the number of 2000 with considerable loss (the Yucatecos losing 6 men dead. 16 wounded) from Ham polot, where, contrary to their custom, they left their dead and wounded on the field. At Cenotills the savages lost .89 dead, the Yucatecos only 1. Accounts from Venezuela represent the affairs of that country as being still in an unsettled state. Maracaibo was closely blockaded by a squadron belonging to the con stitutional party. Business was at a complete standstill. Foreign houses are gradually winding up or curtailing their transactions, and no importations could be made by them, except provisions for their own immediate use. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.—The prominent candi dates at this moment, for the office of President, are General Taylor, whose prospect of an election are consi dered the best. General Cass, in the opinion of his op ponents, is already a defeated man. Mr. Van Buren is daily gaining ground. He is the champion of the Wilmot proviso men, and will receive their support. If he is not the first, he will be the second highest candidate. Mr. Clay will not consent to have his name any further used in the contest, and therefore it is not ,probable he will receive any votes. NEW YORK.—TEMPORARY HOME •FOR THE EMI- GRANTS.—Every proposal Wiring in .view .aineliora. tion of the moral and physical condition of emigrants from this country is deserving of consideration. We gladly, therefore, notice a plan which has recently been formed for building at New York—where a vast body of emigrants land every year—a hostelry, or temporary home, where they may be received on their first arrival. Such an institution has long been needed, and will doubt less prove of great advantage to the thousands of destitute and friendless strangers who cross the ocean from Europe in search of employment and maintenance. The hostelry is to be built upon land belonging to the rector, church wardens, and vestry of St. George the Martyr, and will thus have the additional advantage of proximity to a church wherein the sittings are entirely free, and Morn ing and 'Evening Prayer is said daily throughout the year. We trust that ere long similar institutions will be raised at Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto.— The Colonial Church Chronicle and Missionary Journal for this month. ram LITERML STANSIRD. WEST INDIA MAIL The royal West India mail packet, Dee, Captain Allan, from the West Indies, &c., arrived at Southampton on Friday. Her dates are: Chagres, June 27; Carthagena, 30 ; Jamaica, July 8 ; Demerara, 6 ; Trinidad, 8 ; Bar badoes, 12 ; Grenada ; 9 ; Porto Rico, 16 ; St. Thomas, 15 ; La Gueyra, 7 ; Fayal, 29. _ Amongst thepoSsengers by the Dee are :—His Excel lency Governor Shortland and lady ; His Excellency Governor General Von Scholton ; Mr. Guyes, French Consul at Valparaiso ' • Mr. Nunes, French Consul at St. Thomas; Mr. A. White, Colonial Secretary. The freight on hoard consists of 503,000 dols. from the Pacific via Chagres, on merchant's account, principally in gold dust, bar silver, and dollars. The accounts from Jamaica are of the same dishearten ing nature, and they are somewhat aggravated by symp toms of an outbreak in the western part, in consequence of the inability of the planters to give employment to the labourers. Nothing to disturb the peace had actually occurred, but private accounts state that the colony is far from being in a settled state. The police force had been augmented in those districts where a commotion was ex pected. The ministerial declaration respecting the sugar ques tion had reached Jamaica, where it had been received With the greatest dissatisfaction. The Chamber of Com merce had, at a meeting held on the 4th of July, passed, resolutions protesting against the proposition of ministers, and declaring " that it is the duty of the peonies repre sentatives in the present alarming condition of colonial affairs to refuse all vote of supply to the Queen's govern ment, until the injuries under which the colony is now suffering are fully and substantially redressed." _ _ The packet of the 17th instant was anxiously looked tor, as bringing out more cheering hopes to the island ; and for the last fortnight a general feeling prevailed that the news would be satifactory, and more beneficial for the West Indies than they have had. The island itself was very healthy, and the late refreshing showers had given a better appearance to vegetation. The exchange on London, at all the banks, was one per cent. premium, 90 days. The governor had issued a proclamation summoning the assembly for Thursday, the 3rd of August, then to meet for the despatch of business. An American frigate from Haiti, with 400 refugees on board, had been wrecked off the Morant Keys. It was said that their lives had been saved. Intelligence had been received at Jamaica from Haiti and from Venezuela. From the latter the news was, ac cording to the last advices from Maracaibo, that victory had once more fallen to the arms of the constitutional party, and the city of Maracaibo was once more in pos session of the army of General Paez, no less than 1,200 men of the army of Monagas, deserted by their officers, having laid down their arms and proclaimed Paez as their leader. From Haiti we learn that a renewal of atrocities had taken place. It was said that the President was taking a tour throughout the island, and that instead of exercising his authority to stay the enormous crimes which were being committed, he was using it to cause an increase of them. Refugees had arrived in great numbers at Jamaica from L'Ans de Nord. They all confirmed the accounts which had been brought by other vessels that the greatest atrocities had been committed, and that a number of the most respectable and influential inhabitants of the island had been cruelly murdered ; and not only did the President sanction and assist in the perpetration of the most wicked crimes, but that he endeavoured to prohibit parties who were made the victims of his barbarity from leaving the island. Those who escaped, to use the words of the un. happy people who arrived at Jamaica, did so " with the knife at their throats." One of the vessels which had arrived was fired at from the forts. On the 10th July, a slave insurrection took place in St. Croix, one of the Danish Antilles. They demanded their freedom, which was granted, deposed the governor, Von Scholten, rescued the prisoners from prison, set fire to and destroyed an immense deal of property all over the island. Part of the town was fired. The estates which mostly suffered were Spreat Hall, Rose Hill, Concordia, Negro Bay, Golden Grove, Mannings Bay, Mount Plea sant. Nearly the whole of the island had been more or less injured. The insurrection was at last quelled, but 30 negroes were killed in it, and several have since been shot. Governor Von Scholten left Croix and came to England by the Dee. Cuba is reported in a state of great alarm, from an at tempted revolution by the negroes, which has caused much anxiety among the authorities ; as well as the report of some under current at work, to annex the island to the United States. Trade was dull on this account. ITALY GREAT BATTLES BETWEEN THE ALTSTRIANS AND THE PIEDMONTESE Letters of the 24th ult., from the bead quarters of the Piedmontese army, state that on the previous day the Austrian General Aspre, with 25,000 men, came out from Verona, forced the position of Sona and Somma Cam pagna, and drove the Piedmontese from all the country between the Upper Adige and the Lake of Garda, and the plain of Verona and the Mincio. At the same time an Austrian force of 8000 descended the Montebalde, and after taking the heights of La Corona, ejected the Pied montese from the Plateau of Rivoli. The Sardinians, whose force was not one-fourth that of the enemy, retired opportunely—some to Peschiera, others across the Min cio, and a few to Villafranca. On the 24th General Aspre attempted to force the Mincio at Monzanbano, and to establish a bridge at Salionzo. Letters of the 25th ult. have also been received from the head-quarters of the Sardinian army. The Austrians hal been successful in all their operations. The Mincio had been forced at Mon zambano and at Salionza ; and Ponti, on the right bank, and Pozzolongo, six miles at this side of it, are occupied. The King of Sardinia, with 25,000 men, was at Villafranca. A perfect panic prevailed in the country on the right of the Mincio, so much so that all the visitors at Dezerzano, on the Lake of Garda, ten miles from Peschiera, on the high road to Milan, fled in dismay on Monday night to Brescia. The Austrians had committed no excesses, and the cavalry that appeared at Pozzolongo on Tuesday morn ing, on alighting at the hotel, declaring they meant to pay for everything they asked for. The apparently contradictory accounts of the war raging in Italy between the Austrian and Piedmontese armies have been, so far as they went, substantially correct. The Austrians had swept the country to the plateau of Rivoli. There had been hard fighting on the 22d and 23d. On the 24th, the Piedmontese gained an advantage, and took 2,500 prisoners. On the. 25th, the action was renewed ; but a fresh Austrian corps having approached his rear, King Charles Albert was obliged to retreat upon Goito ; a movement which he effected in good order, carrying with him his prisoners. The Paris papers of Saturday announce the entrance of the Austrians into Cremona on the 31st ult., and the retreat of the Piedmontese on Codogno. France has refused to offer any military interference in the war in Italy. but has offered a mediation in conjunc tion with England. Letters from Rome of the 24th ult. deny that a Provi sional Government had heen established in that city. There has been an idea entertained of appointing a com mittee of war, which had given rise to the report. THE THUNDERS OF THE VATICAN AND THE DEMO CRACY.—The Democrats of Rome seemed disposed to bring the spiritual authority of Rome to bear upon their political aims. The Epoca, the organ of the Mamiani , Ministry, winds up an article against Austria with the following appeal to Pius IX. ;—" Let his sacred hand hurl the spiritual thunder at the head of the Austrian ! Let the anathema be pronounced ! Let the August tem ple of St. Peter be hung with mourning ! By torchlight let the symbol of malediction be fulminated : Anathema! War ! war ! war !" The British Minister, Mr. Abercombie, arrived in Co dogno, on the Ist inst., and after a long interview with the King, left for Cremona or Milan. Our Paris letters state that intervention in Italy was no longer doubtful, but that it would be a joint interference of France and England to compel, in the first instance, a suspension of hostilities, with a view to a peaceful arrange ment between Austria and Italy. ORIGIN OF THE LATE OUTBREAK IN PARIS.—The report of the committee appointed by the National As sembly of France to investigate the causes &c. of the late insurrection establishes beyond all doubt the existence of a vast and permanent conspiracy against the first prin ciples of social order. There is also afforded by it abun dant confirmation of the suspicions continually enter tained and expressed with reference to . the conduct of Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc, and Caussidiere. It is proved by a great variety of testi mon i es th a t a par t y ex isted, in connexion with certain members of the Provi sional 'Government, whose object was to exc ite i n th e c ountry a violent agitation and an amount of social dis order leading to a fresh castastrophe. This party was in a manner governed by the clubs of Paris, and especially by a body called " the Clubs of Clubs," because it was composed of delegates from these lawless assemblies throughout the country, and by the vast association of the "Droils de l' Homme.' These clubs were directed by Sobrier, Longepied, and Vilain ; their head quarters were strongly fortified houses in the heart of P ar is, w hi c h wer e supplied with ammunition and arms by the Minister of War and the Prefect of Police; their emissaries scoured the whole . country, receiving each tea francs a day from the publ i c . Treasury, and p reac hi ng th e mos t atrocious and revolut!onary doctrines. Meanwhile Louis Blanc, at the Luxembourg, openly professed, in language far stronger than any which has before been publicly re ported., his .imperishable hatred t o th e w h o l e ex i s ti ng order of society, and in the insane ext ravagance o f h is language, which deeply infected his unhappy hearers with a sort of mystical enthusiasm, he assured tho;l•4e whom he was leading to famine and to death that they told all men should be kings. The (tillers ,nait9naux supolted the army of this anti-social creed, and it seems provvd that the whole of the money found on theansurgents of' June,' and employed bythem, proceeded fr9m the mii4:o7o - funds of these workshops exclumely. TiENNA.--We are on the eve of a new revolution. In reply to an invitation made on the part of the ministry and of the Archduke John, the Emperor said that he would defer his visit to Vienna till the assembly had verformed its duty in restoring power to legal authorities. A popular eineute was therefore commenced on the 28th. Ministers were prepared to resign ; but at last there was a compro mise. An address was prepared to the Emperor, which has for the moment tranquillised the people, but the fer mentation continues. SPAIN.—A flotilla of steamers, under the command of Admiral Baldasano, is to be stationed on the Northern Coast of Spain, to prevent the landing of any insurgent force. The Captain-General of Navarre writes, under date Lumbier, 20th, that the district under his command was completely pacified. The insurgent chiefs had united their forces, amounting, in all, to 900 men, to give battle to the Queen's troops. They were, however, defeated in six engagements, with the loss of 22 killed, 35 wounded, and 14 prisoners ; 300 had fled into France, and 200 had claimed the benefit of the amnesty. So scarce are labourers in South Australia that most of the waggons in which copper ore is conveyed from the mines to Adelaide, where it is shipped for England, are driven by boys between ten and fifteen years of age. Two English gentlemen, named Knight and Butler, re siding at Burgos, were unfortunately drowned on the 24th ult. They were bathing in the Heyst. Mr. Knight was in his 22d, and Mr. Butler in his 50th, year. The friends of the Borneo mission will be glad to hear that letters have been received from the missionaries, dated May 31, announcing their safe arrival at Singapore on the 23d of the same month, having left England on January 7, 1847. The accounts from Ireland excite naturally much at tention in Paris; but with the exception of one journal, the Reforme, there is no sign of joy uttered that the plague of Jacobinism has extended to a portion of Great Britain. The Debaia, Constitutionnel, Siecle, and Uni vers treat these accounts with coldness. The advices from the French Newfoundland fisheries are not of a favourable character. The catch on the Grand Bank at present has not exceeded 15,000 fish per vessel. Last year, up to the early part of July, the average was £35,000 per vessel. The subsequent fishery was not ex pected to be more productive, owing to a scarcity of bait. THE CHURCH IN CHINA.—A letter from the Rev. V. Stanton to the Bishop of London, dated Hong Kong, April 24th, 1848, informs us that St. John's Church, at that station, will now be completed in the month of Sep tember. There will be accommodation for about 900 per sons, which is much beyond the present requirement. The church at Canton will be finished soon after, and that at Shangai is already completed. Mr. Stanton has the prospect of commencing a Chinese school, with two Eng lish assistants. REVOLUTION IN PURGATORY.—The Journal desDe - bats announces that the priests of the Chapel Royal at Dreux have been turned off at a short notice, their offices being chargeable upon the civil list of the ex-king. The em ployment of these priests being to say masses for the deli verance of the souls of the deceased members of the Orleans family from Purgatory, it follows, according to Ro:nish doctrine, that their sufferings from purgatorial fire will be indefinitely prolonged, in consequence of the revolution of February. An accident has happened which will delay the comple tion of the great suspension bridge over the Danube at Pesth. This unfortunate delay has been caused by the breaking of one of the raising chains, The chain had been tested before it was sent from England, with a weight of sixty tons. It had frequently raised thirty seven tons, and broken while raising a weight of only eighteen tons. For the damage, the company, it is said, will bring an action against the English manufacturers of the defective chain. PIRACY AND MURDER.—On May 18 there was a special session held at Singapore by Sir Christopher Rawlinson, the Recorder, for the trial of 26 Chinese convicts, escaped from the General Wood. After an investigation, which lasted two days, they were all found guilty, and sentence of death recorded against them, except four, on whom sentence of death was passed. Of these four three were hanged on the morning of the 26th of May, the fourth being respited. The 23 convicts have been sentenced to transportation to Bombay, chiefly for life. Several new facts were elicited on the trial, but the confessions of the culprits have served chiefly to explain the way in which the catastrophe was brought about. It appears the ship's carpenter, a Chinese, planned the undertaking, with the assistance of two of the crew, also Chinese ; all three were found guilty, and sentenced to transportation to Bombay. Sixteen of the Chinese in one chain it was arranged should be released by the man at the end of the chain forcing the lock. One of the convicts, who acted as a cook, tapered pieces of fire-wood to be used as means of attack. The 16 head men were to divide themselves into four parties, each party to attack and murder the captain and his three officers, whilst the Chinese crew and the carpenter were to persuade the Lascars to take to the rigging. According to the confessions, on the 16 being released, they first killed the Sepoy in charge of the key, and with the latter released the other Chinese secured on another chain. On reaching the deck they murdered the captain and chief mate, and threw the bodies overboard ; the second mate was wounded and missed—he could not be found ; the third mate fought the Chinese at every point, until. nearly exhausted, he made for the misentop, whence he was drag ged down by Ung-Hee (a Chinese Lascar) and despatched with a sword just before the dawn of day. IRELAND, (From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) The following account of the affray between the police and the rebels is from the Dublin Evening Mail : When the police arrived within a short distance of Bal lingary, they were encountered by Mr. S. O'Brien, at the head of a body of from 400 to 1000 men. The police then took possession of a house close at hand, when the rebel leader, addressing one of the police, summoned the party to surrender. The policeman, in place of shooting Mr. O'Brien, went to the part of the building where In spector Trant was at the time, to report the matter to his commander. Mr. Trant hastened to the spot, but Mr. O'Brien had taken his departure. Mr. Trant forthwith ordered his men to fire : the engagement then commenced and speedily terminated with the defeat of rebels of whom about eight or ten were killed and several wounded. Dur ing the conflict 2 shots were fired at O'Brien, but neither took effect. One shot killed a rebel at O'Brien's side. Another party of police under the command of Mr. Cox, and accompanied by Mr. Ffrench, the stipendiary magis trate came up at the instant and fired on the rebels with considerable effect. The insurgents immediately fled. 18 were killed, and a considerable number wounded. The police ultimately retired upon Callan, without suffering any loss whatever. A sergeant of police was caught in the rebel camp, and was only liberated on the interference of Mr. O'Brien. His horse was taken from him, on which Mr. O'Brien mounted and rode about amongst his troops in a general's uniform. The horse was then re turned to the man, who has since arrived at his post in safety. He describes the appearance of Mr. O'Brien to be very miserable, but he is determined never to surren der, as he feels his fate would then be certain. At Killenaule, a barricade of several huge blocks of timber, trees, stones, &c., had been erected to arrest the progress of a party of the Bth Hussars, and it was only taken down on the officer in command pledging his word that he had no warrant against Mr. O'Brien. It is thought that the troops will surround the coal pits, in one of which it is believed the rebel leaders are concealed, and so starve them out. The train from the South which arrived at Dublin yes terday at midday, reports that all was quiet. Mr. O'Brien was said to be in Johnstown, county of Kilkenny, and General Macdonald close at his heels. A Privy Council was held at the Castle yesterday, when it was resolved to place under the Crime and Outrage Act, the counties of Kerry, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Wick low, Westmeath, Louth, and Queen's County, seven more Baronies in Cork County, eight Baronies in King's County, and four Baronies in County Cavan. Yesterday the police entered the haberdashery estab lishment of Messrs. Pim and Co., Dublin, and instantly, to the consternation of the proprietors, commenced a search for arms. The police then enquired for several persons and ten answered to their names, who were im mediately taken into custody. It appeared from papers found on them, that they had received regular commis sions in the rebel army, and were about to leave that very day to join their leader, Mr. Smith O'Brien. The arms in their pessession were of course seized. Three persons have been arrested at Wexford, who were on their way to Liverpool with several cases of fire-arms and pikes, which are becoming a drug in the Irish mar ket. Great excitement exists all round the disaffected dis trict. In the towns scarcely a man is to be seen, though it is well known that large armed parties are concealed. • From all quarters we hear of the dissolution of the clubs in the provinces. Fires burn nightly on all the mountains in the disturbed locality. An attempt is being made to turn the temperance rooms into rebellion clubs. _ --- Four arrests were effected on Wednesday at Nenagh, among which was that of Mr. Egan, formerly connected with the National Bank. On Wednesday, the police succeeded in arresting 20 of the wretched men who had been induced to take part in the affray at Boulagh. The Globe says that some near relatives of S. O'Brien are about to take out a commission of lunacy, to inquire into his state of mind. The following arrests have taken place in Galway :—C. Roehford, attorney ; John Blake, editor of the Galway Vindicator ; and Geoghagan, gunsmith. Lord Clarendon has published a proclamation, declaring that all persons sheltering the rebel chiefs, or assisting them to escape, will be adjudged guilty of high treason, and dealt with accordingly. It is now, upon what appear to be the grounds of the higest probability, conjectured by the authorities, that Mr. Meagher has succeeded in effecting his escape from New Ross to Bristol in female apparel. Warrants are out against more than one American sym pathiser, of whom there are several no w i n I re l an d, an d it is said that they have considerable sums of money at their command. _ Two more arrests took place in Dublin on Wednesday, C. Taffe, Esq., barrister-at-law, president of the Swift Confederation Club, and T. Walter Mayler, Esq., presi dent of the Citizen Club, both of whom are committed to Newgate. Dublin never was more tranquil. SOLDIERS ATTACKED BY REPEALERS.—TWO men be longing to a company of the 57th regiment, while in Car rickmacross, en route for Dundalk, a few nights ago, were most savagely attacked by a large mob and very severely beaten. It is reported that T. F. Meagher is wandering about the country in disguise of a pedlar, wearing old clothes and .a straw hat. Mr. O'Brien, when in Killen haule, on Friday, and on , the common or: Saturday, wore a black frock coat, of militaryanake, and a green cap with a gold lace.band, a waist-belt,mith two pair,s of pistols. The loyal Orangemen of Lurgan district assembled on Wednesday, and agreed to a set of resolutions, placing their services at the disposal of government. They call upon Lord Clarendon to arm the Orangemen of the north forthwith, the descendants of those men who in "'9B were called the saviours of their country." AN OFFER OF NEUTRALITY.-Mr. Smith O'Brien is said to have addressed an autograph letter to the chair man of the Mining Company of Ireland, to the effect that the property of the company would be respected if they observed an honourable neutrality during the approach ing civil war. There is every reason, says the Mail, to believe that Smith O'Brien is concealed somewhere between Bailin garry and Thurles. It is certain that he has nor more than two or three followers with him. Familiarised with the coal-hole of the palace of Westminster he is probably enjoying the otium cum digging-a-p'tatie of the coal pits of Kilkenny. The government, in their search for arms and ammuni tion have found a great deal more of both commodities than they had anticipated. In one farmer's shed, in the neighbourhood of Piltown (county Kilkenny), no less than twenty stand of arms were discovered, and in a small grocer's shop, in the town of Filtown, thirty-four casks of gunpowder were seized. The clubs in the south are melting like snow before the Lord Clarendon's proclamation. Five " Captains " were taken up at Cork on Wednesday, and marched to gaol. They looked the very picture of despair. Even the arrest of Dr. Cane, at Kilkenny, has produced no excitement. A great number of persons were last week arrested in Cork. How TO DRIVE A COACH AND SIX THROUGH THE CRIME AND OUTRAGE ACT.—We understand that a well known agitator, residinc, at Kingstown, was lately refused a license to keep arms in his dwelling, whereupon he im mediately took out a game license, under which he is en titled not only to keep arms, but to march to Slievenamon with a battery of light sixes, if he were a person whose views such an excursion would suit—Dublin Mail. REBEL MEETING AT CORK.—A meeting was held of about six hundred persons at the Cork Fair-field on Sun day evening, about five o'clock ; but a number of police having come amongst them they threw up a leathered ball and went actively to work kicking it round the field. It was understood that the object of the meeting was to ap point a president to the Emmett Confederate Club, in place of Mr. William Riordan, pawnbroker, who resigned. ORANGE INSTITUTION.—The masters and officers of the various lodges within the jurisdiction of the city of Armagh met on Monday, for the purpose of transacting business of the utmost importance, a part of which, it may be mentioned, was the selecting a place of general rendez vous where the brethren should meet and concentrate their forces, to be called together at a given signal of alarm, in case of a sudden outbreak of the rebels.—Newry Telegraph. _ _ Contrary to general rumour, C. Gavan Duffy, late pro prietor of the Nation, and John Martin, late proprietor of the Felon, together with some other prisoners of minor note, will be put upon their trial this week. The sum monses have already been served on the jury. It is said that Mr. Hogan, the registered printer of the Tribune, means to plead guilty, relying, under his peculiar circum stances, on the clemency of the crown. It is also said that Mr. Duffy has retained Mr. Butt,_Q.C. THE FIGHT AT BALLINGARRY. — thereis no arriving at an undisputed return of the killed and wounded. The Metropolitan Police Commissioners say seven killed. Our correspondent and several others say but three. The Freeman gives 10, the Mail 11, and a local newspaper 20. " The facts are," says the Mail of Friday, in reply to the police commissioners' notice, " that instead of 1000 rebels there were but 200, or thereabouts, engaged in the affair of Saturday—that it occurred not near Killenaule, but at the commons of Ballingarry—and that there were at least 11 men killed instead of seven. NARROW ESCAPE OF SMITH O ' BRlEN.—During the fatal collision with the police at Mother Cormack's house, this gentleman was seen creeping on all fours out of the gate of the enclosure, and the police, raising their mus kets, fired at him within a distance of twelve yards. He rolled over, probably to avoid the shot, as it has been ascertained that he escaped unhurt. H e t oo k grea t care of his personal safety, having ensconced himself among the vegetables, and under the shelter of a wall, in a man ner much more prudent than daring. Mrs. Cormack will no doubt be remunerated by Government for the complete destruction of her property in barricading the house. The search for arms is going on briskly at Cork. A. startling discovery was made at the shop of Messrs. New som, agents to Bianconi's cars. On Monday a passenger arrived by the Kilkenny car, who had two trunks and a wooden box. Suspicion having been excited, the pack ages were searched, and in the box were found three ex cellent rifles, and in the trunks were found two first-rate duelling pistols and the following curious but suspicious articles :—nearly 300 bullets, 6 bullet moulds, a ladle and iron spoon for melting lead, a belt for holding slugs, 5 flasks fine powder, some numbers of the Felon newspaper and National Guard, a History of the Rebellion of '9B, and finally a Protestant Bible, which had been perforated exactly in the centre of the cover by a rifle ball, a feat evidently accomplished to prove the superior skill of the marksman. The man was taken into custody and re manded. On Thursday, the convicts lying in Clonmel gaol under sentence of transportation, 56 in number, attempted to overpower the turnkeys and escape from prison. The convicts after breakfast refused to go to their cells, when five of the turnkeys armed with guns and bayonets were ordered to force them to return. On the turnkeys enter ing the yard, they were assailed with stones, and they then rushed on the convicts when a scuffle ensued. The turnkeys were driven into a corner, and an attempt was made to disarm them. Several of the convicts were wounded severely, two of them, it is feared, mortally. The cause of the emeute is said to have been some alter ation lately made in the prison diet. On seeing two of their comrades wounded, the other convicts fell on their knees and begged for mercy, and assistance coming up, they were all leg-bolted and locked up in their several cells. The government having received information to the ef fect that large supplies of arms, ammunition, and food, intended for the use of the rebel army in Ireland, had been shipped from France and America, have taken effec tual measures to prevent the landing of these mischievous consignments. In addition to the fleet at Cove and the steam frigates, nine sloops of war have received orders to cruise off the Irish coast. It is right to state that the governments of the respective countries from which these supplies are coming are in nowise connected with the pro ceeding. These warlike cargoes are the substantial tri butes of private sympathy. We are glad, however, to learn that the British ambassador has apprised the Ameri can government that all persons, whether subjects of the States or otherwise, taken in the attempt to aid the insur gents by such supplies, will be forthwith hanged by the British authorities. THANKS FROM IRELAND.—The Lord Primate of Ire land has forwarded to Sir George Grey, for presentation to the Queen. an address of thanks to her Majesty and the people of Great Britain, for the munificent subscriptions raised for the relief of the distressed Irish during the late famine. The address, after declaring that it would have been impossible, in numberless instances, to have arrested the fatal consequences of starvation, but for the voluntary aid from all parts of the world, but more par ticularly from England, expresses the earnest desire of the recipients that the circumstance " may tend, through the goodness of God, to unite more closely all her Ma jesty's loyal subjects in both countries in the bonds of mutual confidence, affection, and respect." The signa tures of 18,888 persons are affixed to the address, and in numerous instances individuals have signed it as repre sentatives of large bodies of the poorer classes in their neighbourhoods. Among the signatures are the Arch bishop of Armagh, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Down shire, and, indeed, all the Irish nobility, bishops, &c. THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD AND HIS TENANTS. —The Marquis of Waterford having heard of the agitated condition of his neighbourhood, immediately returned to Curraghmore, Waterford, to raise his tenantry and neigh bourhood against the disturbers. On Thursday evening, —having arrived but that morning, —about one hundred of his tenantry, stout young fellows, assembled at the Curraghmore school-house, and, under the presidency of the marquis, agreed to form the Portlaw Defensive Asso ciation. The Rev. Mr. Medlycott, the rector, was pre sent, and counselled them to adopt no measures but those purely defensive. The marquis stated that, since his arrival, he had put his own house in order. He had for tified, garrisoned it with a chosen body of his tenantry, and provisioned it, in such a way that he defied ten thou sand pikemen. His lordship promised, also, that so far as it would afford accommodation, it would beat all times open as a place of refuge. The arrangements concluded by an enrolment of over one hundred men, and applica tions for licenses for arms for sixty persons. The mar quis pledged himself for most of his tenantry. DEFINITIONS OF IRELAND'S GRIEVANCES.-A cor respondent of the Times gives the following list of the remedies for Irish wrongs, as propounded by her own M.P.'s, with the names of the various members who " de fine :"—Napier : Repeal of the Emancipation Act, in crease of the Church temporalities, legal incorporation of the Orange lodges.—Reynolds : Repeal of the Union, destruction of the Church temporalities, transfer of cor porate property to the mob.—Blackall: Diminution of the area of the Poor-law taxation.—Greene : Increase of the area of the Poor-law taxation.—Vesey : Throwing the burden of country pauperism on the towns.—Fox.: Giving the landlord's property to the tenant.—Young : Giving the tenant's property to the landlord.—Verner : Extirpa tion (root and branch) of the Popish peasantry.—Dillon Browne : Extirpation (root and branch) of the Protestant gentry.—H. Herbert: Payment of the priests.—Lord Bernard : Coercion of the priests.—Anstey : Addressing the house without pause.—Milton : Never coming near it.—D. O'Connell : The large distribution of patronage. —Smith O'Brien : Ditto of pikes.—Somerville : Any thing.—H. Corry : Nothing.—All : More money. The Cork Reporter of Tuesday publishes (from his own special reporter) the following details respecting the most inauspicious opening of the rebel campaign :—" The police continued their firing with great vigour for about an hour, each discharging during that period, on an average, thirty three cartridges out of sixty, which composed their supply. A number of their opponents were wounded, and some few, it is now said four, killed on the spot, after which the assailants, their ammunition being expended, retreated. In doing so, they came in contact with the Cashel party, whom they immediately attacked with their pikes and lances, but were met with a discharge of ball, which again caused them to give way. The Cashel police then pro ceeded to relieve those shut up in Widow Brien's house, of whom it was stated not one was hurt. I must not for get to mention that during the struggle the Rev. Mr. Corcoran, P.P., of Mullinahone, went down to the peo ple, and earnestly urged upon them to disperse. Mr. Smith O'Brien, who, I was told, had six pistols in his belt, declared to Mr. Trant that he would not be taken alive. When the battle was over, it was found that Mr. Trint's horse and pistols remained as spoil in the hands of Mr. O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien was dressed in the uniform August 8, IB4g. ' of the 'B2 Club, and, according to the testimony of awe; man who gave me some information on this subject, very much excited during the whole of this proceedinf: The house in which the police took shelter is complet e i riddled—every window is broken, and the place 1001i55. 5 , 1 : it had stood a regular siege. It was a good substantial looking farm-house, situated a short distance from the roadside, had a ground and first story, from both of which the police fired without intermission for the period I 1 3111 " stated above." An inquest was held at Ballingarry on the bodies of tw b o of the insurgents, P a t r i c k M'B r id e an d Th o mas Wei s who were shot in the affray on the preceding Saturcloli The widow of one of the men said, " I have one child, sa d had no way of living, but my husband earned a P ti , rl i s of meal a day ston e b rea ki ng on th e re li e f w orks. l' ul d Smith O'Brien I bl ame f or my h us b an d' s d ea th ; he v in not have gone there only for him." SHOPKEEPERS.—There is no class in the community that suffers more severe ly f rom pu bli c di squ i e t than sufP; keepers—those who li ve by th e i ncom i ngs o f the count e r ' and yet perhaps there is no class that contributed In, ( . ) ch largely to the rui nous exc it emen t an d commo ti on in v in ir g the country has lon g b een k e pt. Of a ll M r . O'Connell agitations they were th e ma i n - s t ay . Th rou gh all I ,, re twistings and tu rn i ngs o f hi s cr i m i na l career they 11 `, the unfailing adh eren t s o f w h a t ever po li cy h e chose ~ start ; and when his fame was waning and his star setting, too many of them threw themselves with culating ardency into the ranks of a party which, P l y; claimed a crusade aga i ns t l aw an d proper ty an" the What are the conse quences ? C an th ey rea d them in o deserted shops, contra c ted cre dit, th e diffi cu lty theY in meeting ur g e n t an d i n di spensa bl e d eman d s , a nd i t.. n c e fording their f am ili es th e s i mp l est an d l eas t e xPenal fare ?— Cork Constitution. PRIESTLY D ISLOYALTY IN THE N ORTH OF IR ELANthe —We have been inf orme d th a t th e R ev . M r . Brown'," Parish Priest of St ra b ane , t ore d own th e L or d nant's proclamation, offering a reward for the apPre l it sion of Smith O'Brien and the other rebel leaders. appears that in conse quence o f th e R oman C a tholic se', vice commencing ear li er th an th a t o f th e E p i sc opalia nsll 0 Presbyterians, the p o li ce p os t e d th e proc l ama ti o n first; o , the chapel gate, on perceiving which, Mr. Brown se°, t he messenger to see if the proclamati on was p o sted on church and meeti ng -h ouse , an d fi n di ng t hi s was not don.' he pulled down the proclamation from the chapel gates saying that the place was p r i va t e proper t y, an d the 1 would not permit the proclamation to be posted there..i', though the chapel gate is alwayscovered with bills. The Pr () ; clamation was posted on the church a nd mee ti ng -WA; previous to twelve o'clock, the hour of Divine service' Derry Sentinel. A CLEVER DODGE.—Among the arrests in Dublin 0 . 11 . Saturday, was that of D r . W es t, a th r i v i ng apo thecary °h* Summer-hill, and prominent member of the Confed e ; tion, who has for several days eluded the vigilance of t 4" polite, but fell into their hands that night by a ruse on part of one of the dete c ti ve f orce . Thi s man, w ho is el I' weak and sickly appearance, went into the doctor's 51 1 and sitting down in a ch a i r sa id h e requ i re d i ns t a nt blee 4c , ing. The assistant behind the counter volunteered to the job ; but the patient would permit no one to oper co a s t but his friend, " the doctor," and stripped off his and bared his arm for the l ance t. Th e shopinan vier , t .- 0 ; pletely taken off his guar d, an d summone d the °n,„'" from the top of the house, w h ere l ie h a d b een lying le cealed. He was about feeling the man's pulse, whe n to latter produced his warrant and carried off his prisone!ots the next police station. It is reported that docunw ei s and correspondence of a most treasonable nature / 1 . 0 . found in West's posse s si on , b es id es a warran t of hi s ''of pointment to a post of high command in the aria Slievenamon. eet On Thursday evening, a portion of the 75th regia marched from Ballingarry, and as th e y p asse d i n marc h T oo order over the hill of New Birmingham, and proceeder the road to Thurles, were s i ngu l ar l y i mpos i ng . AnY 1 0 ; ing of exultation, h owever , w hi c h suc h a s i g ht m ight 1) „,i, duce, was completely s we pt awa y w h en t wen t y -one rj• soners were seen following in the rear. They were Woe cuffed to each other, and moved forward two abreast , „ if . police, with fixed bayonets an d mus k e t s coc ked, :of rounding them on e v e r y s id e . A s th ey were leaving' ` ie friends crowded forward to take farewell—the wome n 0 0 their grief setting up a low wail, and the men looking es e with anxious faces, in whi c h f ear , anger , an d so rrow ' 1 ,4 curiously blended. For th e cr i m i na l s th emse l v es—t o s of them wore an air of do gge d d e t erm i na ti o n, sic t he rebels might be expected to h ave . A f ew b e sought 0 0 gentlemen of the neighbourhood to interest themselves_o, their behalf, and with ea rnes t l oo k s d ec l are d their ln ic n o cence. One among them was a wounded man, an d o ce placed on a car, where his pale features and We' - helped to complete the ensemble of this pitiful scene- UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS' E boP The Standard mentions that on Sunday last the Th, b, of Norwich attended divine se rv i c e i n the Scotch Es' s lished Church, Crown-court, Covent-garden. 011 The Bishop of Manchester arrived at Manchestersy Friday, and dined with the Earl of Ellesmere. O n r turday his lordship consecrated a church near Mancheste ' and was to perform a similar office yesterday. it property. An episcopal revenue of £46 0 , 000 rep resen il property which, if the system o f fines were altered , wow' The revenues of the church bear no proportion to produce a revenue of £1.400,000 a-vear. The been windows just e enriched r a i r c e h ed situated wit the DURHAM CATHEDRAL.—Through the liberality of Bishop of the Diocese, the west end of this cathedral 1 7 h a t t wo the very end h south aisles, over the doors leading to the Galilee Ch a P e That at the end of the north aisle, by Willement, reps' o ea f u t ti h f e ul sents St. Cuthbert ; that in the south aisle, by Wail es ' f ro venerable Bede, with medallions representing scenes fre the life of that illustrious saint. —P e EFFECT OF EQUALIZING C HURC H REVENUES. inequalities of church preferment are, it is true, grea se but the misfortune is, that if all the livings and all , 7 a stalls were fused together in one smelting pot, they.r?:o not mend matters considerably. Equalize all the livi o lj in England, and throw in the cathedral stalls; yo u a nd not give more than £320, if so much, to every rector sf vicar in the two provinces ; and—" Anti-Mammon " say what he likes—if the prospect of nothing better t_ ti a £3OO or £320 a year is offered to a man for preaching k practising all the Christian virtues all his life, to the e o' cation of rural or metropolitan congregations—to stl g e r thing of the expense of giving them a respectable ea i i a ll tion to a large clerical family—the n w e fe a r that we s l oe exclude from the church a great number of men W entrance upon its duties is most salutary to society SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -4- The cricket match at Lord's, w between the Gen tle _, n e; and the Players, was brought t o a conclusion on e - 9 0 day, in the presence of a great number of nobilitYt gentry. Although the Gentlemen were on the 6 0 ro• disposed of for 31 runs, still in the end they we f e e n 'tb, ° claimed the victors by a majority of 27 runs. -`:dtsl' efforts of Mr. A. Mynn this result may be mainli - ( 1 b e buted, for whilst in the second innin g s he obtain eig ht runs, he was instrumental in the d emo lishment of ° wickets. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, soi On Monday the opening of the Leeds, Dewsburl.lo,3o' - 6 - Manchester Railway, now called the Dewsbury S ectie, the London and North-Western Rail w ay, took Plo''',, t" On Tuesday the Chester and Holyhead Railwat' o ol the exception of 31 miles adjoining the Mena' ° c ,, wasppened throughout for goods and passenger tr° l " st pae The*Fidow of a man killed some time back, by s e d s falling upon him from a viaduct constructing on th e t tb e and Dewsbury Railway, obtained £5OO damages a t York assizes last week. at A guard of the Caledonian Railway, suspeet'lseo:, the wheel of a carriage was on fire, leant over to it ; his head came in contact with a bridge ; ' pitched off, and killed on the instant. In consequence of the numerous accidents, the Ti° c l lirei and Birmingham Railway Company have ordere d la ced nometers to be made, with a view to their being ' 5 5 t ° in the hands of all the guards along the line, 5° establish uniformity of time. dr y Ein e thi° THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The ens - o f o' 4 vers, to the number of 120, on o n e of the divisions_, 9 oP line, have given notice of a s t r ik e , un l ess their (lei; 6,05 some of which it is said are quite unreasonablet, Bl. , 6 oP; plied with. About a month ago the drivers de at the' an increase of wages, which was granted them , are not satisfied. be e ofs' A few days since, the cap was blown from the , e boy who was a passenger in one of the trains 0 11 , t!' g bib;rtir! _ . h b t y ed loo u k n i h n u g r o t, ut an o d f r t e h c e ov c e a r r e r d iage in which h il e i e c 7hoeg l ' i gow and Edinburgh Railway, and who was diverv-b , instantly opened the door and leaped out , , l'''ioclo l ; ladsael il alighted the train was proceeding at full speed; but nbe h the cap for w risked his life. oo t o g From official returns it appeats that the e., ni ,,,,,,, vi , f i ' traffic for the last week, on 4045 miles of raw — ,,' live': £220,265, thus accounted for :—.£120,102 for the w ave ' : ante of passengers only, £49,178 for the carriage e, go o 0 and a remainder of £50,985 for passengers antereas together, not respectively apportioned ; being a ll 4 Ye_p llr ; of £lO,OBO over the corresponding week of n o g r when the mileage was 3025. The average ear ii mile were £55, whilst in 1847 they were £66. ~,,, i f_ieg ke EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The ninth .1- -- , general meeting was held on Monday at Pu :Acer in 's: report stated that the state of the works betwee n ~ ora l . o ton and Burnley and Colne, and on the LiverPO'tbat .10 kirk, and Preston line, justified the expectatioiro o f P o East Lancashire Railway would be co the course of four or five months the me in d. It lor complete no m 00 decided " that a dividend of 5 per cent. pe r . ,.., l ' o i fi red t to the half-year ending 30th June last be new "' tin der ;7 ; the quarter shares of the company, created ~, ld'_„, provisions of ' The East Lancashire Railway Ac',. e C O w, to vis. and the Preston Extension, by a resolution o f !a do 1 pany passed on the 30th July, 18472' A r escd_ ore s s adopted unanimously, declarieg 1,080 whole 'li e 1,015 quarter shares forfeited. ri , Ai r Nvi l / 4 1 :', --- tbe HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER .."" F r idaP 4 ,o" special jury case, tried at York assizes, en rs leY , ' rs 28th ult., in which Messrs. Nowell and way contractors, were the plaintiffs, and t_h defen dl o o, field and Manchester Railway Company the n £ls o ' vet involved, we understand, no less a sum tha v to r e foi The action was brought against the compalni.,.a.s, ra il be , damages for their illegally seizing the plai to' 01 15 0 H att: Hu ade o, plant and works on the above-named railwn;itiffs s oot sides what is claimed in this action, the i o , for claim of the company upwards of £loo , vu__ eyes Eva done and materials supplied. A verdict wa' the plaintiffs, damages £150,000 t oS m atter s o 'and all til to Mr. Currie, by whom the action _d be , t be issue between the plaintiffs and defendants,oa_any 11(,e3 the London and North-Western Railway (-; 1 4 ! I ;igata ' Huddersfield and Manchester Railway being am in their stock), are to be decided. subject Atig e 'ftii