The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-05 00:00:00

Varliamentarp prortaings. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Cheltenham, in the room of the Hon. Craven Berkeley, whose election bad been declared void. The order of the day for the second reading of the Cop per and Lead Duties Bill having been read, Lord - G. BENTINCK, in a speech of details, opposed the motion, and asked the government whether they were prepared, for the sake of carrying out a miserable abstract principle, to run the risk of putting the county of Corn wall, the inhabitants of which were as remarkable for their loyalty and attachment to the crown as they were for peaceful industry, in the some condition as the people of Ireland, and that for the purpose of supporting one of the grossest monopolies that ever existed in this country— for the support of those who had invested their money in foreign mines ? The noble lord concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. WYLD seconded the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that ministers had pressed this bill in the knowledge that the session was so far advanced, and the sittings of the house were so prolonged, that all the independent members were absent, and the arguments urged against their measures were lost, so that they got them passed without much difficulty, and without having the debate brought under the notice of the public. Some of his constituents in Birmingham had expressed their approval of the bill, but he would never assist them in depriving other industrious classes of their occupation, which the measure would do. Mr. Mu NTZ opposed the amendment. Unless the cop per manufacturers of this country had the raw material as cheap as the foreigner, it was impossible they could com pete with him, or hope long to enjoy the superiority in smelting which this country possessed at present. He denied that the smelting trade was a monopoly, for any person who had adequate capital might engage in it. - After some further discussion, the house divided, when the amendment was negatived by a majority of 56, the numbers 21 to 77, and the bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS TUESDAY On the question of the third reading of the Diplomatic Relations with the Court of Rome bill being put, _ _ _ Mr. NAPIER moved, and Mr. ArTsTE-Cieconded the amendment, that it be read a third time that day three months, After a debate, the original motion was carried by a ma jority of 63, the numbers 88 to 25, and the bill was read a third time and passed. _ _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEcatTurc having moved 'fie committal of the Exchequer Bills Bill, a further fi nancial debate ensued, Mr. HUME moving, and Mr. MUNTZ seconding, the amendment that the bill be com mitted that day three months. On a division the original motion was carried by a ma jority of 51, the numbers being 66 to 15, and the house went into committee, when the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the appropriation clause, the all but final act of the session in this house, which was, as a matter of course, introduced into the bill. The question of going into committee on the Savings Banks Bill led to a discussion and a division, the motion being carried by a majority of 28, the numbers being 49 to 21, and the bill passed through committee, with one division, on an amendment of Lord G. BENTINCK'S for exempting England and Scotland from the operation of the bill, which was negatived by a majority of 19, the numbers being 11 to 30. HOUSE OF COMMONS.- WEDNESDAY BUSINESS OF THE SESSION On the third reading of the order of the day for the third reading of the Distilling from Sugar Bill, Mr. DISRAELI entered upon a resume of the business of the session, and in an amusing and satirical speech referred to the various government measures which had failed, terming them the " bills of mortality," the various finan cial explanations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose career of office he humourously parallelled to the chivalric one of Don Quixote, and concluded by a disser tation on the advantages of party as a necessary element in conducting the legislation of the country. Lord J. Russc&replied at some length, showing that out of 125 bills brought in by the government during the session 20 only had been abandoned, the 105 remaining having for the most part become law already, and the others being expected to pass before the prorogation. He asserted, however, that the chief business of the govern- Ment was administrative, and that they had succeeded in this :was proved by the fact that they had quelled sedition at home, put down incipient rebellion in Ireland, and in the midst of all the convulsions of Europe maintained peace. In conclusion, he expressed his determination to maintain peace and uphold the institutions of the country. Mr. HUME, Mr. OSBORNE, and Mr. HUDSON took part in the discussion, the latter bearing testimony to the ex cellent state of the crops in the north. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in explanation of the mode in which he proposed to raise the required £2,000,000, said that he would not raise it by loan, but he would sell stock from time to time as the money was wanted. HOUSE OF LORDS _ The Royal assent was given by commis of 40 bills. THURSDAY ion to upwards The Commons' amendments to the Diploma._ lions with Rome Bill were considered and agreed to. Several other bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE QZ_CQNNTON,S Ti u qn A The ifil - qi - eitTer=blig'llfif, - fire'LlOnsolfalPilild Bill, the West India Colonies and Mauritius Bill, and the Sav ings-bank Bill (which is now limited to Ireland, and does not extend to England and Scotland), were read a third time and passed. The Poor Law Auditors' Proceedings Restriction Bill was committed. The report on the Copper and Lead Duties Bill was re ceived and agreed to. Mr. C. BaLEn then moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the more equitable distribution of the charge of -the relief of the poor in certain cities and towns. He introduced this measure in consequence of the complaint made by the hon. member for York of the hardship in flicted by the present mode of rating on the different pa rishes of old towns and cities. He proposed to introduce the union system of rating into those towns and cities. lie now laid his bill on the table, with a view of obtaining public opinion upon it. He had not laid down in his bill the cities and towns to which it was to be applied, though he believed that they were 14 in number; and he had left out of it all cities and towns which were governed by local acts, merely giving to the Poor-law Commission the power of extending the act to all cities and towns which applied for its extension. He would send a copy of the bill to all the boards of guardians in the country ; and if the princi ple of it should meet with approbation, he would in the next session move, not only to extend that principle to towns co-extensive with the unions, but also to form all the parishes of one town into one union. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Mr. G. THOMPSON then took notice for the 33d time of certain misstatements respecting proceedings in the Sat tara case, calculated, as he alleged, to injure the cause of justice, and . called the attention of the House to the pa pers which have been laid before the house relative to the amount of private property belonging to his late Highness Pertaub•Singh, Rajah of Sattara, at the time of his depo sition in September, 1839, and to the written pledge of Sir J. Carnac, late Governor of Bombay, respecting it. He concluded by moving, " That in the opinion of this House it is required by justice and good faith that the said property should be transferred to Sh a h oo M a h ara j, th e adopted son of his late Highness, or compensation be made in lieu thereof." After the usual answer had been given to the speech of Mr. G. Thompson. the motion was withdrawn. In the course of the afternoon the Royal assent was given to several bills by commission. HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY. Some opposition was offered to the first reading of the Copper and Lead Duties Bill, and Lord REDESDALE moved that it be read a first time that , day six months. _ _ __ _ __ _ After a short discussion, their lordships divided, and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 17 to 13. HOUSE OF COMMONS- FRIDAY On the motion for rending a third time the Copper and Leild Duties Bill, Lord G. BENTINCK moved that it be read a third time that day six months. The house divided, and the amendment was defeated by majority of 38 to 25. The bill was then read a third time and passed. In reply to a question from Lord G. BENTINCK, Sir G. GREY repeated the explanations he had given on a former evening as to the treatment of Mitchell, at Ber muda. . . In reply to a question from Mr. Hume, Lord PALMERSTON said be was happy to inform the house that he had received a communication from her Ma jesty's representative at Copenhagen, stating that an armistice had been signed at that city on the 26th ult., and-there was every reason to believe that the ratifications were exchanged on Thursday. Mr: PALMIR drew attention to the attacks made upon him by Mr. C. Berkeley in a speech at Cheltenham. in which he made use of gross calumnies against him as a member of the Cheltenham election committee. _ _ Mr. AL J. O'CONNELL, Lord G. BENTINCS, and Lord PALME,RSTON declared the calumnies to be most un founded, and regretted that Mr. C. Berkeley could have been led to indulge in them in the heat of passion. THE REFORM PARLIAMENT.—This eacoethes loquendi, says the Times ' is a great and growing evil in parliament. It came in with the Reform Bill, and is the mischief of a popular representation. Everybody thinks he is bound to say something on every popular subject. Nobody thinks of convincing anybody, or of adducing any new argument. But its.the fashion to speak. A man's con stituents like it—his friends like it—a man's wife likes it —his daughters like it—his tailor likes it—his butler even likes to read his master's speech. So every debate is three-parts dribbled away in a distillation of emasculated slip-slop, from which it would be impossible to precipi- ' tate an idea or elicit a fact. A loose, rambling, conven tional mode of mouthing, which has neither the dignity of oratory nor the solidity of argument, nor the liveliness of conversation, supersedes the rapid action, the genuine eloquence whic h made the " old rotten boroughmonger ing house" respectable in the eyes of Europe. Parlia ment becomes a spouting club, with the worst imitators of the worst models. Add to elements like these minis ters who can't make up their budget from February to August—who postpone every government motion in the session as they postpone the " fish dinner" at the close of it, and who end by mutilating all that they have pro duced—lad you will have the secret of an efhowoit zue4 and a discontented people. FOREIGN AND COLD 4L. * OVERLAND RAIL, We have - receiveel by express from Marseilles our ad vices and papers from India in anticipation of the over land mail of the 19th of July. The Cates thus received are from Bombay to the 19th, Madras Bth, and Calcutta the 10th of July. Our advices are most satisfactory. The gallant Edwardes and our faithful ally of Bhawulpore have gained a considerable victory, decisive over the ene my, and almost decisive as regards the suppression of the insurrection on the frontier of theiPunjaub. 'kh,e advance anticipated in our previous advices shortly afterwards occurred. Lieutenant Edwardes's despatches, however, forwarded to the Governor-General, have not yet, it ap pears, been made public, so that the precise number of troops engaged cannot be readily stated, but they appear to have been in all from 6,000 to - 8,000 men. The advance of the Bhawulpore forces having been effected at the instigation of Lieutenant Edwardes, that officer pushed forward with a portion of his force across the Chenab, in the direction of the Soojabad, and joined the action after it had become general on the pard of the Bhawulpore levies and the insurgents in the field. The fighting lasted for several hours, and desperate intrepidity was shown, from all accounts, by the Sikh troops of the .De wan. The issue of the day was ultimately decided by the personal daring of Lieutenant Edwardes, who, with some of his men, charged the enemy's guns sword in hand, and though, it is said, the Sikhs fired grape until the assail ants were within a few feet of the muzzles, four out of the seven guns in their possession were carried, and two others afterwards disabled .and captured. Tbis occurred notwithstanding that in the heat of the fight Edwardes's magazine caught fire and killed six of his men. The loss of the insurgents appears to have been about 380 killed and wounded, and on our part not much less. The Gentleman's Gazette, of Bombay, announces that a let ter had been received from Lieutenant Edwardes, stating that the loss of the troops under Moolraj amounted to 600 men ; but the advices that we have quoted are pro bably of later date. The Dewan, who was not present in the action, was said to be preparing himself for a last and bold struggle, and was about to march out of Mooltan at thei.a of som e 8,000 men . Th e l eas t sa ti s f ac t ory in telligence is, that Monlrai had been joined by the missing fanatic, the Gooroo from the P‘iniaub, who had managed to escape the body of troops in.pursult,.f him. and seemed to have inspired with his own mad valon, th e falling party. Such, at least, is one of the native accotik,t,i another, equally precise, and of later date, affirms that the Dewan had offered to enter into negotiations with Lieutenant Edwardes. AMERICA The steamer America reached this port on Wed-: nesday, with New York papers of the 16th ultimo. She brings no specie. The wheat harvest has been got in in fair order. Flour and grain markets dull. The new cot ton crop had a downward tendency. Bills on London, 1091 to I. No news from Mexico beyond that Paredes has escaped capture. The commercial intelligence received from the United State is not of much general importance, except in so far as it applies to the state of the cereal crops, which, on the average, will be superabundant. Eventually this may become of considerable importance to this country, inas much as it will tend to keep prices moderate should we have occasion for any considerable importation. The rate of exchange was tending downwards, so that we are not likely to have any further importation of bullion for a considerable time to come. Nobody is, however, taken by surprise in this case, as it has been calculated upon as the natural course which business would take for several weeks past. The reports of the southern states respecting the prospects of the cotton crop, taken in connection with the stock on hand in Europe, from that of last year, ren ders a moderate price for that article absolutely certain, at all events, until the ensuing season. SLAVE-lIOLDING INVASION OF A • FREE STATE.—It was stated a few days since, that some Missouri runaway slaves had been pursued into lowa, where they were taken, and afterwards rescued. As a sequel to this, we learn by the St. Louie Reveille that on the 7th instant " about 100 men, all armed, started from Farmington, Missouri, for Salem, lowa, and we shall in all probability soon hear of the recapture of the negroes, or the arrest of the abo litionists, and probably some bloodshed, which generally accompanies such lawless acts." —Boston Emancipator. THE WEST INDIES. The royal mail steam-ship Tay arrived at Southampton on Saturday. She left Jamaica on the 7th August, Anti gua on the 10th, and Fayal on the 26th. She has made the quickest passage on record, having come up five days before she was due. Much excitement existed in Jamaica in consequence of the stoppage of the Planters' Bank. The suspension was occasioned by a rumour that one of the agents had de camped with a considerable sum of money, and an unex pected run on the bank in consequence. The demand was met for some time, but ultimately the bank was com- polled to stop. Though considerable inconvenience will be felt in consequence, we hope that no loss will finally be felt, as it is said that the assets are £lBO,OOO, whilst the _ _ liabilities are only £72,000. The effect produced by the outward steamer ki advices we have referred to elsewhere. The Jamaica House of Assembly was opened on the 3rd ult. by the Governor, who, in a very lengthened address, recommended, among other things, an inquiry into the public debt as to whether it would not be desirable to give to the whole of it the character of an English funded debt— the establishment of a branch of the Bank of England— an uniform acreage rate on land, to substitute the paro chial taxes on hereditaments and live stock, and the estab lishment of a commission for the general survey of roads, tologe, •vice. x - nc excitement among the negroes hac died away. Arrivals of African emigrants continued to take place. The Dutch bark Rhyn, Captain Brendlight, arrived in forty-seven days from St. Helena, with 280 Africans. She received on board 334 at St. Helena, but fifty-four had died on the voyage from dysentery. The ship Glasgow, Captain Hamlin, arrived at Morant Bay with a number of Africans on the 28th of July from Sierra Leone. She left that place on the 28th of June, on which day a captured slaver, having on board upwards of 500 persons, was taken in. The endeavours of the hon. Captain Darling to produce and cure tobacco in Jamaica have been attended with complete success. The samples are equal to the produce of Cuba. The weather in the West India Islands generally was fine and healthy. At Port-au-Prince repeated executions of persons of colour were taking place. Russia has concurred with France and England in pro testing against the present pretensions of the German Diet in respect of the Duchies. Louis Blanc escaped to Ghent, from whence he pro ended to Dover, and is now in England, alike the coun try of refuge for the ex-King of the barricades of 1830, and the would-be socialist dictator of 1848. The where abouts of M. Caussidiere is not known. The Paris papers of Friday consider the speech of Baron Wessenberg, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria, to the French and British Envoys, in respect of the offered mediation of France and England as a refusal to entertain it, and that it would become necessary, therefore, for France to interfere with arms in Italy. _ _ FRENCH FORCE SENT TO VENICE.—In a Council of Ministers held on Thursday it was decided that 4000 troops of the line should be immediately sent to Venice. Three ships of war have been already sent from Toulon, and have now most probably arrived at Venice. AR order has been given to embark two regiments at Marseilles, and Colonel D' Hilliers, chef du cabinet of General Lamori ciere, Minister of War, is about to leave Paris immediately for that place. It is also stated that several officers, and amongst them MM. de Vaux and D'Elchingen, who had been put on half-pay, are about to be employed on active service, and sent to the army of the Alps. The De'bats of Friday says that the sending of troops to Venice is a mea sure adopted with the concurrence of the Government of Great Britain, and that the integrity of the Venetian terri tory will be guaranteed by the two powers. The Consti tutionnel says that at a grand review at St. Petersburgh the Emperor of Russia announced that he should send the cross of the Grand Order of St. George to Michael Radetski. SUCCESSFUL INSURRECTION AT LEGHORN.—Letters from Leghorn, of the 26th ult., mention that an insurrec tion broke out that morning, which was completely suc cessful. The established government had been deposed, and a provisional government appointed in its room. _ _ PEACE IN DENMARK.—The Rob Roy, which arrived in Hull, on Thursday, brings official communications, stating that an armistice between the German Confederation and Denmark was signed at Malmo, on Saturday, the 26th of August, to continue until the first of March. This news is of the utmost importance to the mercantile interest, not only of Hull, but of the whole of Great Britain. The Vienna papers publish accounts of a riotous move ment which took place at Vienna on the 21st inst., and which originated in a proposed reduction of wages to the workmen employed by the Government to the following standard :-20 kreutzers, instead of 25 kr., to the men ; 15 kr. to the women ; and 10 :kr. to young people under fifteen years. The 22d passed quietly, and most of the workmen returned to their work ; but the riot broke out again on the 23d, and the combat between the labouring classLs and the National Guards continued till sunset. Some of the workmen were forced to retreat to the isles in the Danube. Six labourers were killed and sixty (among whom are ten women) wounded. The National Guards have had one man killed and sixteen wounded. BRAZILS.—Her Majesty't packet Petrel arrived at Fal mouth on Thursday, from Rio Janeiro, whence she sailed on July 7, but subsequently received dates, when at Bahia, to the 16th. She sailed from Bahia on the 24th, and from Pernambuco on the 31st. It is reported, by the dates to June 26, from the River Plata, that Rosas had refused to receive Mr. Hood as the representative of Great Britain to the Argentine Republic, but that Captain Gore and Commander Herbert had interfered to prevent Rosas carrying out his offensive policy. There was no news at Rio or the Brazils generally. The disquietude which lately prevailed at Pernambuco had been put down. The packet following had not arrived at Rio. The Petrel's freight amounts to about £65,000. The Rio circular re presents trade as having been rarely so dull as it had been during the month of June, but an average amount of coffee transactions had been effected at a partial decline of prices. Amongst the royal contributors to the fund for the completion of the Cologne cathedral, are the Queen of England for £350, the Emperor of Austria for 8000 flo rina, the King of Holland for 1000 florins, Archduke John of Austria for 300 ducats, and the Duke of Baden for 2000 florins. PARInAN STATISTICS. — There are at present 25,000 apartments to be let in Paris, chiefly those of which the rent varies from 1,500 to 2,000 francs (C6O to £80). There are 35 new houses finished on the Boulevard Beau marchais, and they contain but 35 lodgers—that is, one on an average per house. As a proof of the depreciation of the value of house property in Paris, it is sufficient to mention that a house in the Rue de Baune producing 3,000 francs (Xl2O a,year) was lately offered for sale at the upset price Of 3,009 francs (X 1,4001, IP4 could find Rio purchaser. Loivuzvrry.---Tht Moniteur of Monday announces the death of Doctor Dufour, at Orthez, in his 104th year. He preserved his faculties to the last. A - legitimate insurrection took place at Montpellier on Tuesday last, but was almost immediately suppressed. The Prefect and two magistrates were wounded and a gendarme killed ; six of the insurgents were wounded. EDUCATION.—On the 20th of March, the Colonial Government of Van Diemen's Lind introduced their bill for a general education scheme, which merged the Church of England as one among many sects, by placing ,the government of the local schools in " ministers of religion of all denominations. having a pastoral charge of school districts;" excluded the Church Catechism from all but a 'few town schools ; and proposed a capitation tax of ss. per head on every inhabitant. The bill was opposed by all the non-official members of council, and thrown out by seven to five. THE PRESS IN FRANCE.—The French Republic, estab lished in the name and under the pretence of liberty, is exhibiting itself in acts of despotism, such as France has Trot witnessed for 60 years. Public meetings are prohibi ted ; mob orators are gagged ; a military Dictator promptly suppressed all seditious journals ; a law has been passed punishing with fine and imprisonment all publitations casting contempt on any part of the Repub. lican constitution ; and General Cavaignac has now an nounced even to the respectable journalists of Paris, that ne -hostile comments will be permitted. La Presse and the Constitutionnel have ceased to have leading articles. All the journalists of Paris have protested against the tyranny. Gem Cavaignac in reply, candidly said, " The republic is still in its infancy ; it is too weak to resist the journalists of the opposition ; when it shall have grown you shall have a carte blanche to attack it." M. Thiers on Tuesday followed up the protest of his literary brethren, observing that the Republican government was more arbitrary than even that of the Bourbons. PIRATES IN THE CHINA SEAS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. At six o'clock, a.m., on the glorious first of June, as her Majesty's sloop Scout was cruising on the east coast of China, between Amov and Chumno Bay, we were hailed by a fisherman, and informed that two large junks, in sight, were pirates. Captain Johnstone immediately made all sail in chase and at nine thirty sent Lieutenant Blake, Messrs. Goddard and Chatfield, midshipmen, in the first and second gigs and jolly boat, who boarded and took possession. of the smaller junk without a casualty; found on board a crew of thirty-nine men, and an immense quantity of firepots, gi nga ll s , matchlocks, and one small 21b. gun, all ready for Br.. co.auoara in charge of the prize, Captain Johnstone again made sail after the other junk, which in the mean time had set her topsail, and was endeavouring to escape. At ten thirty he came up alongside of her, and summoned her to surrender ; on which she opened fire from her 61b. guns and gingalls ' • the ship recommenced firing, which was returned with a great deal of spirit from the junk. At one o'clock p.m. the prize ran up alongside of the junk, and opened fire, with small arms and small guns. A two p.m. sent pinnace, first cutter, first and second gigs in charge of Lieutenant Josling, Messrs. Stanley, Hatchard, and Chatfield, midshipmen, and Mr. Scriven, master's assistant, to board ; but, owing to the height of the junk, all endeavours were unsuccessful • and Captain Johnstone, seeing that the boats were suffering severely from the junk's fire, ran on board in the ship. and heading the boarders himself soon cleared the decks. We had one man killed and eleven wounded, including Lieutenant Josling severely, and Mr. Stanley slightly. Thejunk's crew. consisted of one. hundred and thirty five men, of whom twenty were killed, sixty-four drowned by the sinking of the junk, fifteen wounded, and thirty six taken prisoners. We arrived here yesterday and delivered them over to the mandarins, who seemed very glad to receive them. The captain. of the junk, who was a noted chief, cut his throat and jumped overboard. Amongst the first to come on board and congratulate us was Captain Loring; our late much respected commander, who had so often led us on to victory. We sail again in a few days, as we are all very anxious to avenge the death of our shipmate, who was respected throughout the ship. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, • AN EYE-WITNESS. Her Majesty's sloop Scout, Amoy, June 5: IRELAND. The Earl of Roden will sell his Dundalk property, and be the first to net on the Encivinbered EStates Sale Bill. Lord George l3entinek is about to visit Ireland to " ob serve" its wants. A clergyman in the county of Down, says—" The po tatoes are recovering, and putting on a healthy green as pect." Forty young females, from the ages of 14 to 18, were removed from the Sligo Union Workhouse last week, to proceed immediately on their voyage to Australia, where they are sent out as emigrants, at Government expense. The Mallow Savings Bank has stopped payment. This is the third bank in the south of Ireland whichhashroken within a short space of time. The liabilities are not mentioned. The Special Commission for the trial of the leaders and other parties implicated in the late insurrection is fixed to be held at Nenagh on Thursday, the 19th instant. The presiding Judges are to be the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench and Chief Justice Doherty. _ _ THE ORANGE INSTITUTION. — The application for ad mission into this " loyal association" still continues un abated, and, when we consider that it is the only society in which all orthodox Protestants can meet as brethren, we cannot wonder at the increase in its members. —The Limerick ExaMiner states" that a gentleman residing on the co.ntinent b.. written to a party in Limerick to state that he met Messrs. O'Gorman, O'Donnell. and Doyle, i& Brussels, and that the first-named was about to set out for Paris. The ship William Penn, of St. John's, New Brunswick, and bound thence to Greenock, with a cargo of timber, was lost on Friday night, at Dunlough Bay, on the coast of Cork. The night was foggy, and the vessel struck on shore, and immediately went to pieces. The crew, 27 in number, were saved. MORE ARRESTS.—The Tralee Chronicle announces on Friday the arrest of Mr. John Supple, a respectable solicitor, and one of the coroners for the county of Kerry. He had been, it seems, a member of the " Exile Club." Rumour has it that these proceedings on the part of the authorities have been hased on a letter of Mr. Supple's, found among Mr. Smith O'Brien's papers. QUEEN'S PLATES RUN FOR IN IRELAND.-:-The im perial Government is by no means niggardly in its allow ance to assist the breed of horses in Ireland, the sum granted to be run for in Queen's plates being no less than £1574 each year. A vote was taken for this amount on Wednesday evening., and it received the unexpected vote of Friend John Bright ! Wonders never cease. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—On Monday week 191 young women, lately the inmates of poor-houses, left Dublin in the Shatinon steamer for Portsmouth, from whence they will be shipped for Australia. They were re joiced at the prospects before them. Each was provided with a fair supply of clothing for the voyage. Their ex penses out will be borne by the several unions from which they have come. Other unions are to follow the example of those that have sent out this cargo of emigrants. From all parts of Ireland, the accounts assure us that permanently settled weather has set in; and • harvest operations are in rapid progress in every direction. From Enniskillen we learn that the corn is, or rather has been in, some danger, for though it is said that wheat and oats are damaged, yet we are told that since the weather has taken up things look much better, and no serious deficiency in the harvest is apprehended. The potato crop is much injured, but even of this some hopes are held' that' it will yield better than was anticipated. From the south we hear better reports of the potato. ARREST OF M'MANUS.—On Friday Head-constable Crowley succeeded in arresting M'Manus, of Liverpool, on a charge of treason. He also arrested a young man named Daniel Corcoran, whohad been a clerk in the establishment of Messrs. Lyons, of Cork, on a charge of aiding the escape of T. B. M'Manus. M'Manus is the person who a fort night since was arrested by Constable Baine, in Monks town, and who escaped from the two policemen who had him in charge at Mrs. Barry's hotel. On Saturday last the American ship N. Chase, cleared out from the custom house for New York, and subsequently Daniel Corcoran engaged a berth f)r himself, and another for '! his brother Patrick Corcoran." On Monday a gentleman went aboard the vessel then riding in the man-of-war roads waiting a wind, who represented himself as the Patrick Corcoran. About two o'clock on Friday Head-constable Crowley went on board the ship and recognized M'Manus, whom he had previously known in Liverpool, though he was dis guised, and arrested him. He also arrested Corcoran, and brought both prisoners to Cork last night. On examina tion, before Mr. A. F. Roche, J.P., who was personally acquainted with the prisoners, M'Manus said that he un derstood a charge was preferred against him, and very na turally he sought to avoid arrest. Corcoran, when asked why he represented M'Manus to be his brother, replied that though not his brother in blood, he certainly was in mind and sentiment. Both prisoners were committed to bridewell for the night.—Cork Constitution. JOINT STOCK COMPANIKS.--All * act of Parliament affecting joint-stock companies, including railways, has just come into force, entitled, "An act to amend the acts for facilitating the winding up the affairs of joint-stock companies unable to meet their engagements, and alio to facilitate the dissolution and winding up of joint-stock companies and other partnerships." The acts referred to by this statute - (11th and 12th Victoiii, cap. 45) are the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 111 ; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 98 ; and the 9th and 10th Victoria, cap 28. The act is to apply to the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110, and to mining companies, and to certain building societies. - On a creditor obtaining a Judgment otorder - for payment, an application can be made by petition to the Lord Chan cellor in a summary manner, where no fiat in bankruptcy has issued, and the court can orde r a di sso l ut i on of the company, and appoint an "official manager" to wind up the affairs, with full powers to act for the benefit of the parties ; the same result to follow a dedaration by a corn,- pany of its insolvency. The act contains 128 sections, with a schedule of forms, and many of the clauses have reference to the power:of the Court of Chancery, and to the duties of the " official managers," whose appointments are vested in that court, By the 123rd section district commissioners of bankruptcy and judges of the county courts are constituted masters-extraordinary in Chancery, and matters may be referred to them, and they are to have the same. powers as masters in Chancery, to whom petitions under this act are to be referred, and they are to appoint, after hearing the parties, i the" Official Managers." In all proceedings the new IF, s to be termed " The Joint-Stock Companies Winding-up Act, 1848." A very singular effect of lightning occurred at Moulton, in Suffolk, on the afternoon of Wednesday. A flash struck a shock of oats in a field belonging to Mr. Woods, consumed one sheaf, • completely 'thrashed another, and moved a third to a great. distance, On. exatubliug the place afterwards it was found that the elect r i c fl u id h a d end the saps in three distinct places, PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. CHELTENHAM.—The nomination took place on Satur day, when Mr. Grenville Berkeley and Mr. B. Escott were proposed as candidates. On a show of hands, it was declared to be in favour of Mr. Berkeley, when a poll was demanded, which would take place yesterday. DERBY.—The polling took place on Saturday, when Mr. Bass, the celebrated ale and porter dealer, and Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, of this town, were returned after rather a severe contest. The numbers were, Bass, 956 ; -Heyworth, 912 ; Freshfield, 775 ; Lord, 758. Mr. Fresh field was a candidate for the city of London at the late election, and Mr. Lord is the talented secretary of the Protestant Association. LEICESTER.—On Friday, Mr. H. Paget withdrew from the contest, and Mr. Harris and Mr. Ellis have been de clared duly elected, in the place of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. Gardner. FREE TRADE PRODUCTIVE OF PAUPERISM One of the last Parliamentary returns distributed is entitled " Poor Laws : Return of the number of families and persons relieved with in-door and out-door relief, for the weeks ending 20th Feb., 1846, and 20th Feb., 1847." We could not take up this paper without the reflection passing through the mind,—" It was in Feb., 1846, that Sir Robert Peel conferred upon us all the blessings of Free Trade. Here, then, in his comparison of Feb., 1846, when Free Trade was only proposed, with Feb., 1847, when Free Trade was actually enjoyed, we shall find some of the practical benefits of ' cheap bread, cheap clothes,' and cheapness in general and in particular." We opened the return, but strange to say, here are the results. " Number of families relieved with out-door relief. Week ending Feb. 20, 1846 (Protection) .. 321,017 Week ending Feb. 20, 1847 (Free Trade) .. .. 365,247 Increase of pauper families " Number of persons so relieved. Week ending Feb. 20, 1846 (Protection) Week ending*Feb. 20, 1847 (Free Trade) 44,230 648,748 792,486 Increase of paupers out-door . 143,738 " Number of persons relieved with in-door relief. Week ending Feb. 20, 1846 (Protection) .. 106,390 Week ending Feb. 20, 1847 (Free Trade) .... 121,575 Increase of paupers in workhouses 15,185 Total ionreaso of paupers in the first year of Free Trade .. 158,023 Such was the view presented by a single return,—the last, as we have said, that has been circulated. But, on looking a little further, we find that even this is too favourable a view of the case ; for a previous return, and a more complete and elaborate one, dated " July 4, 1848," had been printed by the House of Commons more than six weeks since, and in that return.we find the account of the quarters ending at Lady-day, 1846, and Lady-day, 8147; and the general results are these: — Number of paupers relieved. Quarter ending Lady-day, 1846 (Protection) .. 1,145,697 Quarter ending Lady-day, 1847 (Free Trade).. 1,471,133 Increise of paupers in the first year of Free Trade There can be little doubt that 1848, the second year— would present a still more lamentable picture. But then we should be told of the commercial crisis of last autumn, the French Revolution, and what not, as among the causes. We think it, therefore, happy that we are able, without these perturbations, to compare merely 1846 with 1847,—the last year of the old system, with the first of the new. And we leave it to the admirers of Mr. Cobden and the League, to explain, if they can, how it came to pass, that the first and most immediate result of the adoption of their theories happened to be the increase of the pauperism of the country, to the extent of nearly 30 per cent. 11 E LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SWINDLING BILL TRANSACTIONS , John Bull is confessedly the most gullible of created beings. He has a perfect appetite for being taken in. Our courts of law 'reveal instances of this which are scarcely credible ; and the present summer circuits have supplied the usual quota. Bill-discounting is the popular mode of catching gaping Johnny. The sharper advertises his wil lingness to assist gentlemen in temporary difficulty by dis counting their bills of exchange. When the bait is taken, a bill-stamp is forwarded through the post-office to the borrower, to be by him filled and accepted, in return for which he is to be accommodated with the specified sum. The accepted - bill is sent to the lender, but of course the dupe gets no cash. We need not trace the further pro gress of the transaction through its various stages, until intimation is given the acceptor that the bill is due, and the affair is, perhaps, compromised by the payment of a large sum to get rid of the liability. The particulars of one of these cases we take from a leading article of the Times of Wednesday, by way of illustration : " In a contemporary print, which is favoured with a peculiar circulation among seriously-minded readers, there appeared the following advertisement : To WESLEYANS.—The advertiser is intrusted with the disposal of seven thousand pounds, which he is anxious to apply to the piemotion of spiritual religion.. He would advance in portions, at 41 per cent., either for the building of a chapel or for alms-houses, or or any purpose which might forward the interests of the connexion ; or, at 5 per cent., he would have no objection to assist the struggles of any of God's ministers on their personal security.' " This considerate announcement attracted the atten tion of an unsuspecting minister in a remote county, who blogged the chance of accommodation whiehluul thua-boen thrown in his way. He communicated his wish - es accord ingly to the prdscribed address, and received by return of post an answer couched in the most fraternal and serious language, gently commiserating his trials, eulogizing his services in the cause of the pure gospel, and delicately foregoing the 10 per cent. which an ordinary case of per sonal accommodation was announced to require. In terms as evangelical as the subject permitted, he was further requested to return the bills, accepted by himself and endorsed by his eldest son, to Islington, whither the writer had been summoned to preside at a meeting for establish ing a Wesleyan Cemetery. Considering the channel of communication, the language and the spirit of the letter, it was impossible to conceive such, a thing as a suspicion, and the bill was duly posted. The advertiser, however, descried the full availability of his present correspondent ; and the next post brought, not the money, but an intima tion that the bills had been irregularly signed, and that duplicates must be forwarded, with certain corrections. This request was also cheerfully complied with, and the result was what the reader will either anticipate or remem ber,—that the poor minister appeared in court to defend a suit against him upon four bills of exchange, for which he had never received a farthing." A thing of this sort might happen once; but it is difficult to believe it possible for such, a trick to succeed twice. Yet such cases are constantly occurring. One word of advice to all who may be negotiating for assistance in " temporary difficulties"—don't part with your money's worth until you have got the money safe in your pocket. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, ON THE IST SEPTEMBLR, 1848. (From Colburn'i United Service Magazine.) [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the dep& of the regiment is stationed.] Ist Life Guards—Hyde Park 56th—(1st batt.) Corfu. 2d Ditto—Windsor (2d batt.) Cephalonia Royal H. Guards—Regent's Pk 37th—Ceylon, Chatham Ist Drag.Guards—Cahir 38th—Halifax, N.S., Boyle 2d—Piershill 39th—Preston ' 3d—Nottingham • • 40th—Galway 4th—Manchester. Ist—Buttevant sth—Birmingham 42d—Bermuda, Isle of Wight ; 6th-=-Dundalk 4 2d t 2d—Athlone h e t w o b n r e ida - e Reserve batt., Bermuda. 7th—Brighton 436—Tem plemore Ist Dragoons—York 44th—(1st batt.) Malta (Reserve batt.) Malta 45th—C R a e p s. e b G a p t. o? C e a , p l e .o G f W . if ig e h p t e ; 3d—Bengal, Maidstone 6th—Dublin 46th—Liverpool 7th Hussars—Dublin 7th—Clonmel sth—Newbridge 48th—Dublin • 9th Lancers—Bengal, Maidstn. 49th—Dublin 10th Hussars—Bombay, Maid- 50th—Dover stone 51st—Madras, Chatham 11th Hussars—Hounslow 52d—Hull 12th Lancers—Cork . 53d—Bengal, Chatham 13th Lt. Dragoons—Longford 54th—Antigua, Jersey 14th—Bengal, Maidstone 55th—Dublin 15th Huss.—Madras 2 Maidston 56th—(1st batt.) Gibraltar 16th Lancers—Norwich (2d batt.) Gibraltar, I. of 17th—Dublin 57th—Enniskillen [Wight Grenadier Guards— 58th—N. S. Wales, Chatham (Ist batt.) St. John's Wood 59th—Templeinore (2d batt.) The. Tower 60th—(1st bt.) Bombay,Chathm (3d batt.) Portman-st. Bar. (2d bt.) Dublin Coldstream Guards— .Ist—Bengal, Chatham (Ist batt.) Windsor 62d—Bury (2d ban.) St. George's Bar. 63d--Newcastle-on-Tyne Scotch Fusileer Guards.— 64th—Limerick (Ist batt.) Chichester 65th—N. S. Wales, Chatham (2d batt.) Wellington Bar. 66th—Barbadoes, Kinsale Ist Foot— 67th—Gibraltar, Portsmouth (Ist batt.) N. Scotia, Stirling Reserve batt., Gib ra lt ar . (2d batt.)—Barr 68th—Mullingar 2d—D üblin 69th—Malta—Portsmouth 3d—Pilltown 70th—Cork Mauritiusatlla Naas 7lst -45tthh—(-1411satdbraatst,.,) Chatham batt., Mauritius, l 72d—West Indies, Sheerness Isle of Wight . . 73d—Cape G. Hope, Fermoy 6th—(lst batt.,) Cape G. Hope 7 4 th—Thurles Reserve batt. 3co.'s,Hud- 75th—Kilkenny son's Bay 3 co.'s,Yoghal 76 th—Zante—Portsmouth 7th—Halifax, N.S., Waterford Reserve batt., Corfu Bth—Bombay, Chatham 177th—Portsmouth 9th —Dublin 78th—Bombay, Chatham 10th—Bengal, Chatham 11th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 12th—Weedon 181st—Preston Reserve batt., Mauritius,B2d—Devonport 13th—Belfast _ 'B3d—Kilkenny 14th—Newport 84th—Madras, Chatham 15th—Ceylon, Brecon ,85th—Templemore 16th—Corfu, Guernsey. ;86th—Bombay, Chatham 17th—Chatham ' . I 87th—Weedon 18th—Bengal, Chatham ' 188 th- 1 -Trinidad, Tralee 19th—Montreal, Castlebar 89th—Birr 20th—Canada,_Isle of Wight; 90th—Ashton-under-Lyne Reserve batt., Canada 91st—Gosport ; Reserve batt., 21st—Edinburgh Cape of Good Hope 22d—Bombay, Chatham ,92d—Limerick 23d—Halifax, Isle of Wight ; 1 93d—Edinburgh Reserve batt,, Canada 94th—Madras, Chatham 24 th—B e n g al, Ch at ham 9 93 985;tttt: (Ist bait.) bbij C aaite h . :n i ts. n .g)a). a ai 1 , lcccv: L aaac, p o ilnhe n esasai d d:to o ahcof n :fh d mGaw e lt. r , hsi r Hlga y e: :tp es ; 25th—Madras, Chatham 96th—N. &Wales, Chatham 26th—Cork 27th—Glasgow . - ''' Reserve batt; Jamaica. 28th 29th—Bengal, Clottham 30th—Manchester Ride Brigade 31st—Ashton 32d—Bengal, Chatham Bristol 33d—Manchester 34th—Gibraltar, Nenaglf . Wight —Jamaica 35th—Dublin _ T a it i.. r, Riflemen — Cap GanooaddaHo Pe Ist West India Reg c i ° m L s e:n e l‘ rr ; 2d Ditto—Windward and Leeward Islands, 3d Ditto—Demerara, Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Cey :On and China Leone, &c. Quebec,. C R: p y e al l C io a u n n a t d e i d an ß ß ifl ifl em e Royal Newfoundland Cempanie,;—Newfoinidiend Royal Malta Fencibles—Malta St, Helena Regiment—St. Helena 1 SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES CROWN COURT.-TIIESDAY This morning Mr. Justice CanswiLT;entenced John Flyn, James Downey, James Mooney, Owen Gunn, and Edward Birch, to fifteen months' imprisonment, for riot and assault at Newton, near Manchester. NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) TITHE CASE. lIESKETH AND OTHERS V. LYNN.—In this case, John Hesketh and several other of the inhabitants of the parish of Calbeck, in Cumberland, were plaintiffs, and the Rev. James Lynn was the defendant. The issue was to try whether there was an immemorial district in the parish, called Swineside and Mosdale, and whether the sum of 18s. 10d. was to be paid the rector of the parish in lieu of predial tithes, on every St. Andrew's Day. Mr. MARTIN stated the case. The plaintiffs were the inhabitants of a district called Swineside and Mosdale, in the county of Cumberland ; the defendant was the rector of the parish since 1814 ; and the two questions to be decided were as to the existence, and also as to the tithes, of the district. This was the fifth case of a similar kind which had been tried on the northern circuit ; and the rights of the parishioners, in the present case, had never been questioned or disputed, under which property had been bought and sold for centuries, and which had existed without controversy until the defendant, the Rev. Dr. Lynn, became the rector of the parish in 1814. He then having thought proper to dispute them, the inhabitants communicated to him that they were prepared to try the question. Five years afterwards the defendant submit ted, but in the year 1833 he filed a bill in chancery ; he subsequently abandoned that bill, and now, after the 18s. 10d. had been paid regularly for the last thirty-four years, he had thought proper to bring the whole question to discussion. The first issue was this—was there such a district as Swineside and Mosdale in the parish of Cal beck ; and with reference to this question, there would be no real dispute, because it would be proved that the dis trict was an old one, which paid its own poor-rate and highway-rate, and the only thing it had in common with the rest of the parish was the payment of its church-rates. The only question, therefore, was whether there was pay able by the occupiers of that district a modus of 18s. 10d. only, in lieu of tithes, on St. Andrew's Day in each year. The defence seemed to turn upon an ambiguous word in an ancient document, called a terrier, which had been drawn up and signed by the rector of the parish in 1749, and which minutely get forth the items of inenme which that rector was entitled to claim. " Small tithes " and " great tithes " were both mentioned in this document ; and after having explained at some length the difference commonly understood to attach to both these descriptions of tithe, the learned counsel contended that the 18s. 10d. mentioned in this document as payable by the district in question covered everything grown upon the earth. When the defendant was appointed rector, in 1814, the inhabi tants of the district went to the rectory on St. Andrew's Day, and tendered their 18s. 10d. The defendant refused to receive it then, and he also refused to receive it for some years after; but they, having taken legal advice, went annually to the Messrs. Foster's bank, in Carlisle, and regularly deposited that amount of money. In 1818 the defendant thought proper to accept the money so deposited in Foster's bank, the inhabitants saying at the time, " We give you this sum, which is tithe for every thing off the land, and we are ready to have the case tried if you dispute it." From 1818 to 1833, he continued an nually to receive the money, saying, every time the 18s. 10d. was put down, " I take this without prejudice; " but this observation was immaterial : the 18s. 10d. was his right, and neither more nor less than his right, and the jury, there was no doubt, would find that he was not entitled to a single additional shilling. A great number of witnesses, consisting of the oldest inhabitants of the parish, were then examined in support of the plaintiffs' case. Mr. KNOWLES, in addressing the jury for the defence, said that although his client came before them with all the prejudices which men heaped on the sacred calling of a clergyman of the Church of England, he hoped they would do the same justice to a minister of the establish ment which they hoped to receive themselves. He con tended that the Hs. 10d. was not a payment for the dis trict, or from one inhabitant, but that it was a farm pay ment, and that there was no case upon the part of the plaintiffs to go to the jury. The learned JUDGE briefly summed up the case, and gave it as his opinion that the terrier afforded strong proof that the 18s. 10d. was one payment for the entire district, in lieu of all that grew out of the ground. The jury, at three o'clock (the case having lasted six hours), found a verdict for the plaintiffs. Several other issues were tried, arising out of the above SI case. NISI PRTUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY VAN CASTEEL AND OTHERS v. BOOKER AND OTHERS. —This was an action of trover brought by Abraham Van Casteel and John Edward Knight, merchants, at Rotter dam, ag ainst Josias Booker, Francis Sh a nd. an d o th ers of the directors of the Liverpool Royal Bank, for the recovery of £ll,OOO, being the value of a cargo of coffee, the alleged property of the plaintiffs, and which the de fendants had disposed of for the benefit of the creditors of Messrs. Barton, Irlam, and Higginson. The defen dants pleaded that the plaintiffs were not lawfully pos sessed of the cargo. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir J. Jervis) opened the case in a speech of an hour and a half's duration, in the course of which he entered minutely into the details of the transaction, and explained the points upon which the jury would have to give an explicit judgment. It appeared thattim coffee. arrived in tine country- abonD the nixie that- Barton, Irlam, and Higginson were in difficulties. It was shipped at Rio in the Vigilant, one of the vessels belong ing to that firm, and the bills of lading were made out " unto order or assi g ns ." Mr. Lyon, of the house of Lyon, Schwinde, and Co., of Rio, who acted as agent in the transaction, obtained from Mr. Higginson an autho rity to take the cargo on its arrival into his own care, the sum of £9,000 having been advanced upon it by the plain tiffs, and he being desirous to protect their interests in case of any embarrassments arising between Barton and Co. and their creditors. The learned counsel contended that this authority was voluntarily given ; that it was not a fraudulent preference to the injury of Barton's credi tors ; that it was fully warranted by the mode in which the bills of lading had been drawn out; and that through out the whole affair the character of his client was per fectly irreproachable. The case lasted a great portion of the day, and a num ber of witnesses were examined, and documents put in. Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury in a very able speech for the defendants, contending that at the time Mr. Hig ginson transferred the cargo to Lyon he contemplated bankruptcy, and that, therefore, the cargo belonged to the assignees. The JUDGE summed up in his usual perspicuous man ner. He observed that there were one or two very im portant questions for the jury to decide. If they believed that, at the time the transfer was made, Higginson was not merely pressed by his creditors for payment—for that would not be sufficient—but that he contemplated bank ruptcy, then the defendants would be entitled to recover; but if, upon the other hand, he did not contemplate it, or that they had any doubt relative to the bill of lading, then the verdict ought to be for the plaintiffs. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendants. The grounds of the decision are, first, that a shipment made in an owner's vessel, on owner's account, is a deli very ; and, secondly, that when the bills of lading were handed over to Van Casteel, the house of Barton, Irlam and• Co. were insolvent. The case is worth reading, as it involves the important principle of how far a bill of lading is security to a third party ; many supposed it would be protected under all circumstances. NISI PRIUS COURT.-THURSDAY WALLEY V. M'CONNAL. This was an action to recover compensation in damages. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant had caused him to be illegally arrested and committed to prison for four teen days. Mr. 'Sergeant WiLxiiis briefly stated his case. The plaintiff, Hugh Walley, is a young man, acting in the capacity of porter or carman, about the docks of Liver pool ; and the defendant, George M`Connal, carries on business as a linen draper, also in this town. Some time ago, a person named William Ireland was forem an t o M r . Wilson, a car proprietor, and filled the situation at present held by the plaintiff. Ireland contracted a debt with M`Connal for linen drapery, and the latter frequently had occasion to apply to him for payment, without avail. On the 26th of August, 1847, a summons was issued from the County Court against Ireland, which was put into the hands of an officer of the court to serve. The officer. (Jenkins) went to the dock, where the plaintiff was in the habit of standing, and asked him if he was Wilson's fore man, to which he replied in the affirmative. The officer said he had been looking for him, and bad found him at last ; adding that he had a love letter for him, at the same time putting a summons into his hand. The plaintiff said the summons was not for him, it was for a person: named Ireland, and threw it on the ground. The officer, how ever, took no notice, went away leaving the summons on the ground. The plaintiff afterwards took up the sum mons, and gave it to Ireland, the person intended to be sued. Subsequently other orders were issued from the County Court against the plaintiff, and on every occasion when they were served the persons serving them were distinctly told that tney had made a mistake, the name of the person served being Ireland. About the middle of January last, the plaintiff was standing on the east side of George's Dock, when the officer Jenkins again accosted him as Ireland, and though he was told that was not his name, the officer replied that it was a falsehood, and he (plaintiff) must take the consequences of the summons. On the 28th of January an order was issued by the Judge of the County Court, that William Ireland should be im prisoned fourteen days, and on the following day the defendant with one of his young men, and two officers of the County Court, (Smith and Jones,) met together in Brunswick-street. Smith went to the plaintiff, and asked if his name was Ireland, and he replied that it was not. The defendant's young man said he was the man, on which, Jones, the officer, recommended the defendant to be careful of what he was about, because, if he had mis taken the man, and should send him to prison, he would find it a serious matter. The defendant, however, was positive, saying he was the person they wanted, (Ireland,) and ordered him to be taken to Kirkdale Gaol. He was accordingly taken there, when Mr. Wilson, the plaintiff's master, having discovered that he had been taken for Ire land's debt, went to the County Court, but not getting any satisfaction, as the principal officers were absent, a solicitor was consulted and an application made, to the court. Affidavits were made that the wrong person had been arrested, and the defendant was sent for and told the circumstance. The der - o.ndant, however, notwithstanding all this, persevered in his farmer statement that the plain tiff's name was Ireland, and ordered him to be kept in prison. He was, accordingly, detained there for fourteen days, attired in the prison dress, denied access to his friends, and treated as a person vel.lo had committed some outrage on society. It was for such injury that the7P l 4: tiff sought compensation at the hands of the jurYt..ww compensation ought to be extended to him. Witnesses were called whose testimony supported main facts of the case, as opened by the pl a i n tiff's counsel' l t Mr. MARTIN addressed the ju r y f or th e defence. a" contended that Mr. William M'Conn a l, nephew to defendant, was shown the plaintiff on the first occasion , and asked him his name, to which he replied that it wag Ireland. He said he had called for the debt due to lir' M'Connal, draper. The plaintiff said he did not owe Nir! M'Connal any thing, nor did he know him. At the time Jenkins, the officer of the court, went to serve the sun'. mons, the plaintiff said his name was Wm. Ireland; on l; subsequent occasion he did the same. The l earn ed counsel argued, that though the pl a i n tiff was no t the Person mentioned in the summons, he was bound by law to BP' pear before the Court, and cited a case which came before Mr. Justice Coltman, wherein it was decided that a nvit l representing himself as the party upon whom the summell g is served, was bound to appear in answer to the summoner and liable to any judgment taken against him for 0 0 appearing. A number of witnesses were called who supported the facts as stated by the learned counsel. After a long consultation, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £5O. ACTION ON AN INSURANCE POLICY. CLARK V. THE NORTH OF ENGLAND INSURANCE Cog; PANY.—The plaintiff, John Clark, was a silversmith arl., jeweller, carrying on b us i ness i n Ch urc h -street i n th e town, and the defendants were th e propr i etors o f the above company. Th e ac ti on was b roug h t to recove r the amount of an insurance policy. Mr. BAINEs stated the case. The plaintiff had insure d ,. in the above-mentioned company i n t h e ear l y part of t": year for £lOOO. On the evening of the 24th March lee_" Mr. Clark left his est a bli s h men t i n company with 14-iti Howell, next door, about half-past eight o'clock. an about an hour after the premises were discovered to be on fire. Immediate information was conveyed to the Police Station, and in about fifteen minutes after the en gines were got into play the fire was completely extin guished, but not before considerable damage was done 1(1 I Mr. Clark's premises. A number of witnesses were called to prove the value of the stock possessed by the plaintiff. Mr. MARTIN replied for the defence, and urged a! considerable length that th e p l a i n tiff h a d not pro d uc e any witnesses to prove from whom the stocks were pur chased ; no invoices had he produced, nor any information afforded by which an accurate estimate could be got. At considerable cost witnesses had been brought from Lon don, Birmingham, &c., and invoices had been procured and valuations taken, which would prove that the stock could not have exceeded between £2OO and £3OO. The case was then adjourned till Friday, when it was an nounced that the parties had agreed to refer the dispute to arbitration. Sept. 5, 184 COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty will embark at Woolwich for her excursion to Scotland this afternoon, between four and five o'clock, immediately after proroguing parliament in person. The Queen Dowager left Bushy House, on Wednesday , for Cowes, and proceeded to pay a visit to her Majesty : The Queen Dowager does not contemplate any for wiJ eigntour this winter, and it is m os t p ro b a bl e h er M a j esty pass the cold season at Mount Edgcumbe, near Devon' port, _ _ The Morning Post repeats the statement that Stowe 15 likely to be purchased for the Prince of Wales, the sale of the scattered outlying estates of the Duchy of Cornwall providing the purchase money. Lord John Russell and Lady Russell left town 0 0 Thursday morning, on their visit to Ireland. They ar:, rived in Chester about noon, and would go to Dublin via Holyhead. His Lordship reached Dublin on Friday afternoon, and met with a very enthusiastic reception 0 0 landing. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Church Pastoral Aid Society has received the Jibe: ral donation from G. Horrocks, Esq. of one thousand pounds. - The Deanery of Carlisle has become vacant by the death of Very Rev. Dr. Cramer, who was appointed to the office by the Crown in 1844, on the death of the Val Rev. Dr. Hodgson, rector of St. George's, Hanover• square. The appointment is worth nearly £2OOO Pef annum. The petition presented to the House of Lords on Tues day, from certain of the clergy, praying that in all Church Dicipline Bill, " heresy" may be defined to con' sist in any contravention of the doctrine of the Articles , though hastily prepared, and without any publicity, Ica' s. signed by three deans, six archdeacons, and 1,640 of the parochial clergy. At a Diocesan Synod, held at St. Andrew's Episcopa l Church, Glasgow, on the 30th ult., the Rev. Walter John Trower, A.M., late fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, Rec: tor of Wiston, Sussex, and Rural Dean in the diocese c!!. Chichester, was elected Bishop of the u n ited diocese a Glasgow and Galloway. Mr. Trower is a man of very high standing in the Church of England. The twenty-eighth annual report of her MajestY'S commissioners for building new churches (presented ttc! parliament) has just been printed. In the last report it was stated that 391 churches had been completed, in which accommodation was afforded for 440,957 persons, includ ing,„... 251,388 free seats, appropriated to the use of the P e T es The commissioners state that thirty additional ell r UCCII LA, 111 piC L.ll, pa aa • latalg fur oat; per Son the cluding 19,369 free seats, for the use of the poor. In whole 420 churches have now been completed, an d pro vision has therein been made for 464,608 persons, includ ing 267.767 free seats for the poor. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The railway calls for September amount to £2,287,2 36 . At the Caledonian railway meeting, Sir Andrew Agnew lost his motion for discontinuing the Sunday trains, by a majority of 7,220 to 1,683 votes. The trains on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail way commenced on Friday, running regularly along the temporary viaduct in connexion with the High Level Bridge over the river Tyne. Considerable interest was excited among the inhabitants of Berwick-on-Tweed, on Saturday week, by the appear ance, for the first time, of a railway carriage, on the tem porary wooden bridge across the Tweed. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for the week ended Aug. 26th was £2,290 175., exclusive of toll from the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, and of payment for the conveyance of mails. A portion of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Rail' way was opened on Tuesday, viz. from Dumfries to Gretna (twenty-four miles in length), thus connecting the line with the Caledonian at the latter place. The Dublin and Belfast Railway Company have applied to Government for a loan to carry on the works ; but Lora John Russell has replied, that in the present state of the treasury and the country he cannot ask Parliament for any such srant. _ . _ _ _ A. few days since a train of six carriages travelled from,. Didcot to Paddington, on the Great Western line (7 4 miles) in seventy-eight minutes and a half, including e stoppage of between five and six minutes. Thirteen mita of the distance were accomplished at the rate of more than seventy-two miles per hour. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JUNG' TION RAILWAY.-At the half-yearly meeting of this Company, at Manchester, last week, Mr. Ffrance occu pied the chair. The directors regretted the failure of the application for the disso'uition bill, and stated that they had in hand £71,000. Every reduction possible had been made in expenses, and no works would be proceeded with. An adjourned meeting will take place for passing the accounts. _ The directors of the Caledonian Railway received the, warm approbation of the proprietors for their conduct of affairs at the half yearly meeting. In spite of various up' favourable contingencies, the weekly receipts show an ad" vance of upwards of 30 per cent. since the 30th of June and the prospects of the company on the completion 0 the various extensions promise, in the words of the re port, an ample return. All the shares paid in full are to be con' verted into stock. ROYAL ASSENT TO RAILWAY BILLS. - Eighty-thre e railway bills received the royal assent during the present session. The amount of capital authorised to be raised by these bills is £10,794,660; and the sum to be borroweat £4,137,610, when half the capital is paid up, making toga' ther £14,887,270. This money is required to complete certain railways in course of construction, to establis h steam in connection therewith, and to construct 41 miles of new railway, consisting principally of brancheg• LIVERPOOL, CROSBY AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY° . " The second half yearly meeting of the proprietors too place at the Clarendon-rooms on Wednesday 1a5t,—A 1 .4 .." derman Nicol in the chair. The secretary read the rel)°,„„i" which stated :—" With regard to the continuation oftr. line, the directors are not prepared at present to nu' any recommendation ; and they recommend that the fol lowing calls should be made next year, to meet the Par ments to the contractors and others as they become due' viz.:—£2 per share, payable Ist February; £2 10s. on the Ist of May; and £2 on the Ist of August. The stste ° ment of traffic, since the opening of the line, shows al L e ; suit exceeding the expectations of the directors." 1 : accounts of the company showed that the entire root; on capital account amounted to £39,847 ss. Bd., and t' o , disbursements and liabilities to £116.595 Is. lid., a balt.nce to be provided for of £77,647 16s. 3d., w hich r was proposed to raise by three calls specified in the reP° ll ' . After a brief and friendly discussion, the report was tw ° r' ted. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE tor:C. TION.-At the half-yearly, meeting on Saturday, at ' kenhead, Alderman Bancroft took the chair. An o d crease of 8 per cent. in the receipts for passengers , 9 0 _ 5 20 per cent for goods, has taken place, and the direct ro confidently look fora 'further considerable increase fr o .6 the Holyhead and the Shrewsbury lines. A saving °J o " t n per cent has been made in the working of the line, £393 in the engineer's and general office. The dir a ec t . ° .. r e s recommend the payment of the half-yearly interest nouj on the Ist of July last to the holders of the £27 Ws. and £22 shares, payable on the 25th of September next ; that interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum be P'7, o to the shareholders who shall have paid £lO the £3l shares on or before the 17th of September nf The revenue account for the half-year ending the 3 0 til an June showed that £20,251 had been received. ,„„a £11,627 expended, leaving a balance applicable to di gif:', o of £8,628. The report was received, and its considetlv"ea adjourned to the 29th September. Mr. MallabY In pi ll, the appointment of Messrs. Webster, Bentham, Celt: 00 and Brown, as a committee to aid the directors ld negotiations in progress. The chairman said he 7,u .0n . pledge himself that lie and his colleagues would n o ,l,, L oc a dude any arrangement without consulting the gent". named. per share.x-t. Very ( poi Ethat Al an Fittl Pn Wick food has a tv AN ff, 1:11 as A Surr tiara,om