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2 THE ' tanbarb. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1856. aristocratic, parliamentary, and legal circles, and the utmost anxiety was evinced to hear the venerable Lord LYNDHURST open his case against the Government. The attendance of peeresses was not so numerous as has frequently been the case , when an important debate was pending, occasioned, no doubt, by the greatly diminished space allotted to their accommoda tion since Lord REDESDALE complained that the house was so filled with ladies that it looked like a casino; among those present were the Duchess of ARGYLL and Viscountess PAL MERSTON. Many foreigners of distinction were present, in cluding the MAHARAJAH DHULEEP SING, who now attires himself in European costume. The members of the House of Commons.mastered in great force, and were there represented by Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. LAYALD, and other men of mark among the various sections of the people's house. The tall, thin, and elegant figure of Sir FREDERICK THESIGER was striking and conspicuous as he stood listening with evident satisfaction and reverence to the speech of Lord LYNDHURST. Mr. Justice COLERIDGB and several other members of the judicial bench were among the privileged auditors stationed about the steps leading to the throne. When the venerable nobleman rose to speak every eye was rivetted on his person, and all ears were eagerly attentive to his eloquence. For a considerable time past Lord LYNDHURST has abstained from senatorial conflict, and the knowledge that he was to reappear in the arena, added to the importance of t an occasion, otherwise felt to be one of uncommon interest. In personal appearance, Lord LYNDHURST has suffered less from the assaults of time than from his great age —now eighty four years—and the extremely laborious life he has led might have been expected. He is still tall, and is as courtly in this demeanour as ever. He stands erect, and although somewhat slow in his personal movements, his mental faculties are still alert and vigorous. His voice is yet obedient to his nicely modulated ear; and although some of fine aural organization affected to detect slight musical inaccuracies in his intonation, the display be made on Thursday evening was one, in all re ' spects, worthy of the first senatorial assemblage in the world. Calm, self-possessed, and clear, he delivered himself of a lengthened address, remarkable alike for its vast historical knowledge, its lucid arrangement, and the convincing character of the arguments founded on the cases quoted. i He admitted that the subject under debate was one re- Iquiring much delicacy in handling, lest it should assume, on the one hand, the implication of personal dislike to Ithe subject involved in it, or on the other might infer a desire to limit the just and indefeasible prerogatives of the crown. Against the first he appealed in eloquent and con vincing terms to the great personal worth and professional eminence of Sir JAMES PARKE, declaring his conviction that that distinguished individual was in every respect deserving of the peerage ; but further that he was entitled to a full and not a stunted share of the honours inferred in such a dis tinction. As regards the exercise of the royal prerogative, he frankly admitted that the creation of a life peerage was not an illegal stretch of the prerogative, further than that he showed that it was far from unprecedented. His tour de force however lay in the argument, which he supported with great logical clearness, that such an exercise of the prerogative was unconstitutional, inexpedient, and dangerous. The ques tion as put and successfully argued by his lordship was, whether a Minister of the Crown, almost invariably the organ and instrument of the House of Commons, shall or shall not be entitled at will to modify and mould the upper House of Parliament into obedience to his wishes by such a creation of life or temporary peerages, as would denude it of its con stitutional independence. " The hereditary principle of this house" said his lordship "is a great and important advantage. It strengthens our desire to support the stability and con stitutional powers of the house. The hereditary principle is entwined with every part of our constitution. We in this house enjoy hereditary rights in common with the crown. We mutually support and assist each other. As hereditary legislators, we form a barrier and a defence to both branches FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. Ilvx MAJESTY and the Court return to London in the course of to-day, the royal sojourn at Buckingham Palace 'being to extend till the 22nd of March, the day after Good Friday, when the QUEEN will return to Windsor, to spend the Easter recess at the Castle. Among the regal notabilities of the past week has been the institution of a new Order of Merit, and the promulgation of the rules by which it is to be regulated. This, when first spoken of as a matter in contem plation, was looked on as a vigorous step in the right direc tion, and the project was hailed by a general acclaim of welcome. Henceforth, merit was to have an acknowledged official position, and everyone rejoiced in " the good time coming." In this, as in numerous other instances, it has been found that 'ris distance lends enchantment to the view. A closer inspection of the "Order of Merit" denudes it of . many of the golden rays of promise with which expectation had invested it. The " Victoria Cross," the badge of the new Order, it is provided " shall only be awarded to those officers or men who have served in presence of the enemy, and shall have performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country." From this it is evident, that although the distinc tion will be bestowed without regard to rank or station, no - tnerit will be recognised by it which is not of a military cha racter. Many shrewd, and not over-caustic observers, remark an anomalous and absurd practice in a nation which owes so much to a cultivation of the arts of peace, and which is de cidedly of a non-military character, resolutely shutting its eyes, and refusing to see in its worthiest sons any merit which is not entirely of a military order. To take an example, familiar to all by the recentness of its occurrence, let attention be for a moment directed to the admirable service rendered -by the mercantile steam marine of this country, in the con veyance of troops and stores to the seat of war, with a degree of rapidity and regularity hitherto unknown in the history of war. The builders of these steamers, the contri vers of the mighty engines through the instrumentality of which that invaluable service was performed, are not consi dered to have any claim to recognition in the "Order of Merit." A prophet is of no honour in his own land, and men of science are subjected to like neglect, if not even to more contumely, in Great Britain ; their services are not only unrecognized by the state as of any merit, but worse, if their merit should be espied and honoured by the potentates of other lands, such acknow ledgment of " merit" must be hidden in their own country. Cases directly in point have just occurred. Conspicuous among the contributors to the great Paris Exhibition, were one or two gentlemen belonging to Glasgow, and so striking were their contributions, in point of excellence, that the E3l - of the FRENCH conferred on them the Order of the Legion of Honour ; those gentlemen were ROBERT NAPIER, the unrivalled maker of marine steam-engines ; Jour TEN NANT, of St. Rollo; proprietor of the largest chemical works in the world ; and WALTER Cum% the highly scientific calico-printer. These men, although considered worthy of — decoration, by a foreign sovereign, have no claim upon the " Cross of Victoria," the badge of the " Order of Merit" of their own country ; but worse, they are forbidden to wear the order of distinction, which their merits have earned for them, among strangers. Our gallant allies have their Legion of Honour, into which men of every profession, whether civil or military, may be admitted, the claim to admission being merit ; the British Sovereign has been advised to institute a "new Order of Merit," from which every kind of merit, save -that of a strictly military character, is carefully excluded. Verily, as Sterne says, " They manage these things better in France," Doubt has been expressed relative to the new Order, in several quarters, on another account than that already of the constitution; to proteet them from danger, from what ever cause it may come." "The hereditary peerage," says an able constitutional writer, " is, in same degree, a check to the power of creating new peers—whereas peerages for life would obviously be liable to be given away with far less caution and reserve. A peerage for life would probably be used as a retirement and reward for the mere creatures of the Ministry, and inefficient or worn 'out functionaries, and a Minister would be enabled at any time to gain an ascendancy in the Upper House by a sufficient infusion of his own adherents." The defence of the life peerage project was left principally in the hands of Earl GRAN VILLE and the LORD CHANCELLOR, the latter of whom took upon himself the entire responsibility of recommending the creation,_he- not having consulted with the law advisers of the crown upon the subject. He laboured arduously to defend the principle of life peerages, and laid much stress on the bare legality of the proceeding as admitted by Lord LvxDnuirsx. The. Earl. of Denny supported the motion for referring the patent of the Wensleydale peerage to a committee of privileges, which was in effect to condemn life peerages. All the law lords who spoke on the subject, except the LORD CHA.NCEBLOR, ex pressed themselves as adverse to the creation of life peerages; Lords CAMPBELL and ST. LEONARD'S declaring their convic tion that such peerages are illegal. The discussion, which was a protracted and unusually animated one, did not terminate until nearly three o'clock,whenLord LYNDHURST'S motion was carried by a majority of thirty-three. Whether the affair will end in an extension of the patent for the Wensleydale peerage into one of the ordinary form or not, is still gravely debated by those who profess some knowledge in the tactique of parliamentary proceedings. Some of these gentlemen pro fess to foresee a stormy debate on the same sullied in the House of Commons as looming in the not diskint future. Upon what ground . the discussion in that quarter is to be based they do not state. The same night which witnessed so arduous- a contest among the Lords was one on which considerable " - expectation" hung, in the Commons. Sir CHARLES Narxmliad a notice on the paper, by which he hoped to " pitch into" the late First Lord of the Admiralty. The veteran "salt" made his appearance early, armed with lots of papers and heat's of documents, with which he meant to rake Sir - JAMES " fore and aft." He was evidently made up for misbief, and seemed like young Norval glanced at. Some affect to fear that it will be put in lieu of that incentive to heroism, promotion from the ranks, which has so recently been introduced with such happy results and so favourable augury into the British army; if this suspicion prove well-founded, the "New Order of Merit" will speedily be discovered to be no great boon to the army, while it is entirely useless as respects any branch of civil employment. To anticipate dissatisfaction, or to prog nosticate mischance in a case where the movement has been admittedly in the right direction, is no wise policy nor any generous act ; and so hoping for the most favourable result from an institution, the want of which has been long felt and frequently complained of, the general public will watch with curious scrutiny, and see how the " Victoria Crosses" are bestowed; and will accord fitting honour to those whose breast is decorated with the coveted badge. The Parliamentary "sayings and doings" of the past week have been notable in more respects than one. A great sensa tion was created in the House of Commons on Monday evening by the sweeping measure introduced by Mr. ROBERT LOWE, the member for Kidderminster, and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. Every one felt that the proposal for abolishing Town-dues upon goods imported into seaports was specially levelled at Liverpool,' although—with the cunning peculiar to the Manchester school of politics—he contrived to mix up one or two other ports along with the great maritime emporium of Europe. The antecedents of Mr. LowE would have induced many to think that one wedded to a daughter of the ORREDS of Aigburth would not have been desirous of despoiling the town in which the wealth of that family was accumulated ; and not a few considered that his not very remote interest in the Weaver tonnage dues would have restrained his hand in making an onslaught on the Liverpool Town-dues. All who thought or agreed in this line, laboured under a delusion ; and whatever reasons may have existed for his following a contrary course of action, in him the Liverpool corporation " Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe." The measure which he introduced on Monday night, in a speech of keen, cold, unsympathising hardness, is one of great import ance to the threatened localities—of little or no significance to the nation. It is generally believed and said in the Club -circles to be an emanation from the spleen of Mr. CARDWELL, excited by the ejection of that consistent "personal patriot" from the mis-representation of Liverpool. The project is said to have been hatched nearly to maturity by him, and on his quitting office to have been imparted to the Manchester Plottersoagainst the interests of its seaport. These gentlemen, in turn, ever on the alert to secure what will mortify their rivals, if they cannot also benefit themselves, perceived in the CARDWELL pet a measure which would serve the first of these purposes, and they set theniselves with might and main to compass its adoption by the legislature. In this object they have been so far successful as to enlist a subordinate govern ment official on their side, and the display of Monday night has been the consequence. In dealing with the alleged facts of the ease, Mr, LowE displayed a large amount of careful and somewhat showy cramming ; but was evidently not at all well up in his lesson. In taking up the gage of battle in defence of the Liverpool Town-dues, Mr. HOESPA.LL appeared to great advantage. His ready coolness of manner, and the aptitude of his illustrative arguments told well with the House, and has established for him a position which many men of equal talent and far greater Parliamentary experience have failed to attain. It was immediately felt that he understood the subject, and could grapple with its details, while he wasslso manifestly able to comprehend and unravel the sophistries by which the 'Vice-President of the Board of Trade sought to disguise the real nature of the question at issue. Tlie demoli tion of Mr. LOWE'S assertion as to the bad sanitary condition of Liverpool, was very happily done, while, at the same time, it afforded Mr. HORSPALL the opportunity of paying a grace ful tribute to the professional skill and natural sagacity of Mr. NEWLANDS, the Borough Engineer, whose services in carrying out the sanitary arrangements of the British camp in the Crimea, have not hitherto met with that publicity of acknowledgment which they are admittedly entitled to. The few but well ordered remarks of Mr. HORsPALL told well, and considerably reduced the pretentious dimensions of Mr. 'LOWE, who in his reply considerably modified several of his most showy averments. The question, however; is too momentous a one to be treated TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, hastily, and the enemy too unscrupulous and untiring to ad chester meu will Sut,—l have on more than one occasion, in the columns of mit of apathy on the part of those who should strengthen the your paper, recorded my protest as a Churchman against the hands of their representative. The Man slothful and irreligious custom which prevails in Liverpool of exert all their influences, and bring all their wiles to bear in shutting up the churches and chapels on the afternoon of the favour of the measure. In addition to this, Mr. LowE, by Lo wa rd_ 's -day, and thus practically depriving many of the aged declaring his bill a Free-trade measure, will have secured the as well as children and servants, of the only op votes of many members who take names for things, and are d ortiunlfirm' which they can avail themselves for attending satisfied to be saved the trouble of thinking by being fur- P publie li N t V Y o of and driving many others to seek employment or amusement wandering about the streets and outskirts of nished with a plausible pretext for recording what can be represented as a popular vote. These constitute considerable the town. - odds against a question which is made to turn upon legal on nf the!lis most inexcusable apathy to the The consequences peoi, 'right, and against which the ad captanduns vulgus plea ofr i t t. ? i f the clergy, are now begin diminished imposts can be so readily yet so groundlessly ning to manifest themselveS P ii wants of the L ii , a a l l 9 z f e re sacredness of a h m av u e sem so en i t on i g n -directed. the Sabbath, and the demand f e or de those hours which the ministers of ieli l gion The House of Peers presented an unusually brilliant and 's own dev' interesting appearance on Thursday night, great attraction hardaanna hasty judgmentlees abr t doned_ e t e o m ec a •er3: e v nt,_and . it n to throw on the being found in the expected debate upon Lord LYNDIIURST'S clerr; n t a lLblame of the Sabbath deseerati(; so_ m geena n c l i t i l u l r e e v h e e ry places motion for referring the question of life peerages to a emu- is not in anger but in sorrow that I do -- justness appears in the fact, theta is chiefly Ilnlertolfain% raitteeof privileges. At Ave o'clock, the attendance of peers s ol a b o a s lf move and visitors of distinction was very great, and the array of meatLiveo a o s l, a a l td en ol a te n ( a ir . two other . p la ce rg t e ivi t t ol i v s ns. t that this strangers behind the woolsack and below the b ar was suc h as where the clergy thinli p p r r o o g p r e e r ss t i o shut up the — is but rarely witnessed. The question to be debated was the the Sabbath-day. In . the smaller towns there are, everywhere, three services on the Lord's-day, even when constitutional legality or illegality of the patent for creating thereisbut o a u l e ms officiating minister; but here, with two clergymen to Baron PARKE a peer for life. The matter has excited muchlevery church, two services only are ;Aterest, and no small amount of discussion in the various attempted, in a proper mood To chide the thunder, it at him it roared ; but he was disappointed, motions having preference of priority cccupied so much of the sitting, that the gallant Admiral had to postpone his long-threated castig,ation of Sir JAMBS GRAHAM for another week. During the week several matters, important in a parlia mentary sense, have taken place out of doors. Not a few of the vacant parliamentary seats have been filled up, several of them re-electing their former, and:a considerable number re-. ceiving new occupants. At Leeds the Right Hon. T. M. BAINES was returned without opposition on Wednesday,. as was also, on the same day, Mr. SAMIIEL WARREN, Q.C.,..f0r Midhurst. Mr. WARREN is new to parliament ; and in his address to his constituents, after his election, the learned gentleman declared his strict adherence to the constitutional party, at the head of which stands the Earl of DER r,._ In the person of Mr. WARREX the electors of Midhurst have paid a graceful tribute to literature and mental culture by electing him their representative. To a clear and sagacious intellect, highly tutored and refined, Mr. WAJIBEN adds sound religious and political views, warm sympathies, and an ardent wish to benefit his fellow-men. As an able constitu tional and practical lawyer his accession to the legislature . must prove highly valuable ; but as an honourable and honoured member of the republic of letters, Us-admission to the senate must be hailed as a triumph of no. mean or trivial 4 order. The Cambridge University election made favourable progress ; and, so far as appearances could warrant conjecture, the return of Mr. WALPOLE was from the first beyond.. the reach of danger. This was tardily acknowledged by his oppo nent. On the close of Saturday's poll, the Hon.. Mr. Dlormali withdrew from the contest, leaving Mr. WILPOZE master of the field, and member for the University of Cambridge. The Edinburgh constituency have indirectly lent their imprimatur to the promotion of the literary element in the legislature by the election of Mr. BLA.CK, an extensive and respectable bookseller and publisher, as their representative, in the room of Mr. MacauL.s.v, which they did on Friday last. THE SABBATH QUESTION. 1, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Can we wonder that Popery and Secularism, if not positive infidelity, are progressing with such rapid strides? Can we wonder that they take advantage of a state of things so evidently in their, favour, and clamour for the secularization of the Sabbath, with as much earnestness as they contend for the secularization of national education ? And can we be surprised if they succeed in both ? We, as churchmen, have abandoned our high and holy principles, have ceased publicly to instruct the young and ignorant in the duty of keeping God's commandments by catechising in the church, and we need not wonder that we are now told that to keep the Sab bath-day holy is incompatible with the spirit of the age in. which we live. From the total absence of all reverence for revealed religion which characterises the.writings put forth by the advocates of Sabbath desecration, it is evident that it would be a mere waste of time to attempt to reason with such writers—one can have no common ground to stand upon—they can neither understand one's principle nor appreciate one's motives. It is important, therefore, that, to arrest the progress of the evil, all ministers of evangelical religion, of whatever denomination, should set themselves earnestly to the task of fortifying the faith of their own people, and urging them to endeavour, each in his own sphere, to inculcate the sacred duty of keeping holy the Sabbath-day. It may be that this attempt to violate the sanctity of God's holy day, and set at nought His word, will cause religious men to forget some of their differences, and lead them to see that the gratification of their unholy rivalries has given their enemies an advantage over them. The moving spirit in this matter is the Papist. Cardinal Wiseman suggested the open ing of the National Gallery on Sundays, two years ago. Mr. Vincent Scully, an Irish Romanist, now makes the motion in the House of.Cemmons. These are ardently seconded by the Socinian body, and by that portion of the democratic press which delights in nothing so much as weakening the autho rity of law and order, whether human or divine, and can con ceive no higher gratification than the scattering of a church or the overthrow of a throne. Shall theser—the Papist, the Socinian, and the Revolutionist—succeed ? The religions mind of England must answer the question. For the encouragenfent of those who may be moved by what I have written to exert themselves on the side of religion, I will conclude by quoting the- Divine promise to his people of old (Isaiah lviii., 13, 14) :—" If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath,from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable, and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words : then shalt - thciu delight thyself in the Lord, and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, VOX. PROSELYTISM , TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The church of Rome has lately been boasting much of the accession made to her ranks by the perversion of some members of ()fir Protestant communions ; and that she should be able to instance many such cases is not at all surprising, at least to those who are acquainted with the means she employs to effect this object. I shall, with your permission, detail the circumstances attending an attempt at proselytism made a few days ago by a holy father, not far from the docks. A Protestant was engaged working in the docks, and caught cold from repeated wettings, and was suffering from inflam mation. Three of his fellow-workmen, who were Roman Catholics, brought the priest to see him, and, leaving his reverence with the sick man, retired. The father confessor began his operations at once., and having delivered a long: homily on the necessity of baptism, of which the sick maw entertained no doubt whatever,, he proceeded to shrive the' poor sufferer. He asked him very particularly if he had been' in the habit of drinking ardent spirits to excess, also if he were in debt, intending, no doubt, as fully to cancel the guilt of intemperance as the obligation of his debts. Some might, perhaps, say that the holy man's motive in the latter enquiry was not altogether disinterested. Then came ques tions which proved that his reverence- had long been engaged in raking up the polluted dung-hill of "D. Dens on, the Confessional" But, sir, I forbear, and only add that the sick man is still a Protestant, and lives to tell the story. His wife having providentially entered: the• room, soon rid the sufferer of such an impertinent intruder. I would wish to procure some employment for the poor fellow elsewhere than where he has- been lately engaged; as-I fear on his return to his fellow-workmen they may show him little- mercy. If any person, not a Jesuit, should be anxious to help me in this matter, and should make further' enquiry of you, please give him my name.—l remain, your obedient servant, Feb. 4, 18561- MELANCTHUS. LIFWEPOOL TOWN CO UNCIL. TIIB quarterly and monthly meeting: of the- Council was held on Wednesday ; John Stewart, Esq., the Mayor, presiding. After a question, put by Mr. Robertson Gladstone, as to the legality of introducing new matter for diseussion, at the present Council, without previous notice (no intimation of this being a quarterly meeting having.been made ought,- summons), had been answered in the affirmative by the Town•clerk, the subject of TUB GOVERNMENT" , ATTACK ON TUN LIVERPOOL. TOWN DIMS was introduced by Mr. PICTON, who said it bad always been considered that any question affecting. the privileges of the Council as a public body should take precedence •of every other business, lie, therefore, seeing that no ether gentleman gave indication of moving in the matter,. had been induced to allude to it,. deeming the subject of interest paramount to any other, threatening, as it did, serious injury - to the interests and property of the town. ([sear, hear.) lie considered it expedient and advisable that the chief magistrate should call a town meeting on the subject, that the opinion of the inha bitants may be fairly taken upon the mader ; and if they were content - to sit quietly, and allow themsekes to be robbed of their property, .the Councitwould,ut least e be exonerated of blame. His chief object in alluding to this topic was to ensure that whatever steps were deemed expedient to protect that property might be done with promptitude and energy. If there be a proper spirit actuating the inhabitants of this town, they will, as if with one voice, petition the Houses of Parlia ment, wed request to be heard by counsel, and through their representatives, and, by. every means in their power, bring the matter in its true and just light before the legislature and the country, in doing which they would present a very different view of the case to:that •contained in the ad egplandum speech of the Vice-president of the Eoard of Trade. From that speech it appears that every sum re ceived either from dock does or town duce - ,has been charged against the corporation, while for expenditure on the other, up credit was given beyond that for a few paltry items of no real importance whatever. Instances are given. of vessels having taken part of their cargo on booed in the Birkenhead Docks, and part iu the river, being sul4ected to dock dues; and this is charged against the corporation, which had nothing to do with the matter. In a leading article in the Times it is made to appear that nothing had ever-been done by the cor poration for the commercial interests-of the town or-of the country beyond the expenditure of the paltry, sum of• £3,000 or £4OO. Not a word as to the expenditure of ,E73;000 for the Revenue-buildings, and land whieh would be worth two or three times as much more. (Hear, bear.) In London, it should be known, all these things are constructed at the ex pense of the government, while herowe have to pay.eustorns, and to provide a building in which...they are to be received. The great landing-stage also now in construction—that would cost a large sum ote money, and would be paid for entirely by the corporation. Reference had been made to St, George's hell as having col an enormous SUM, taken frone,the pockets of Manchester and. other towns lathe manufacturing districts. What was that building erected: • for ? • To facilitate the dis pensation of justice in the southern division of the county of Lancaster, in which Manchester ; Bolton, Bury,. and the other manufacturing towns in this division of the amity are as much interested: as. Liverpool. Were. they to lose sight of the large outlay i.nsmrred in impeenting e the velieus avenues of commerce, and to be told that the sums expended in that manner wager no advantage tattle commercial-interests of the country.? lai conclusion he- moved,—" That the Mayor be requested to, convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough; to be held in St. lleorge's-halle on an early day, to consider: the course to be pursued he consequence of the, bill introduced into the souse of Commons by the govern, merit for the abolition of passing tolls and;regulations of local charges on shipping, oe on goods carried in ships, and prne posing to•abolish such dues without compensation or equiva lent to-this or any other corporation entitled to such clues,-n measure- subversive ofethe rights of property, which have, .hitheato..been held sacred in this country." Mri, HODSON secorKled the maim,. Mr. HORNET expressed a general : concurrence in the,views, stated by Mr. Picton, and also concurred with him in thinking that the matter was of such deep importance that the council. sbpuld be called together on an early day, when they would have an opportunity of reading the bill, which would be brought before the house, and considering what steps they should take. Mr. R. Gieveseowe mado a few remarks on the- subject, in which he severely ridicnled,thegeneral management of affairs left in the hands of government, and expressed. his-conviction, that the attempt of government to usurp the management of the Liverpool town does was, in itself, so monstrous and absurd, that the country would not for a moment listen to it. The MAYOR, while concurring in the views expressed as to the importance of the subject, suggested the propriety of wait ing till the bill itself was actually in their lends, before decid ing upon any particular course of action, otherwise they might resolve on something which might turn out very injudicious. Considerable discussion ensued as to the best mode of pro ceeding, under the present circumstances of the case; after which, on the understanding that the time for calling a public meeting be left in the hands of the Mayor, Mr. Picton's mo tion, with the following addition, wasunanimously adopted ° That the bill be referred to the Birkenhead docks committee, with power to add to their number, and that they be empow ered to take all steps necessary for the protection of the pro perty of the corporation and the interests of the inhabitants ; and that the Mayor be authorised to aft the common seal to any petition or other document necessary in the course of the proceedings of the committee." TUE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The minutes of the proceedings of this committee included a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. John Surr (auditor in the town-dues office) from £l5O to £lBO per an. num ; also a recommendation to continue the contract with Mr. Fraser for printing, for one year from the Ist of March next. After some discussion, the question of the printing was referred back to the committee, with instructions to procure tenders for its performance ; and the question of Mr. Surr's salary was postponed till next council. The other matters contained in the minutes were confirmed. WATCH, LIGHTING, AND FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE. In moving that the proceedings of this committee be con firmed, Mr. GREGBON, the chairman, made allusion to the new bill introduced into Parliament for the regulation of the police throughout the country; and the TOWN-CLERIC stated he had made arrangements for obtaining a copy of the bill so soon as it was presented. The proceedings were confirmed; as were also those of St. George's-hall committee, in moving which latter it was intimated by Mr. J. H. TURNER, that during the past month the nett sum drawn for letting the hall and other wise had been £229, of which £ll9 10s. had been received for the organ performances. The proceedings of the Dock Committee, of the Improve ment, of the Markets, of the Education, of the Gaol and House of Correction, of the Gardens, and of the-Church Ex penditure Committees, were severally confirmed, with the exception of a recommendation from the latter to light with gas the clock of St. Michael's Church. It being now after three o'clock, and the Town-clerk having go to London by the five o'clock trait, the remaining proceed ings were adjourned until Wednesday next (to-morrow.) ECCLESIASTICAL INTEL LIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Ven. Archdeacon Bland to the Rectory of St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham. Rev. C. Bowen, Rector of Revesby, Lincolnshire, to the Rectory of St. Mary's, Ch ester. Rev. F. C. Cook, M.A., one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, to a Prebendal Stall in St. Paul's Cathedral. Rev. E. J. Hillier, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of ardington, near Bedford. Rev. J. W. Holdsworth, M.A., to the Vicarage of Linton, Kent. Rev. J. Holley, 8.A., to the Rectory of Barton St. Andrew, Norfolk. Rev. G. R. Moncrieff, M.A., to be one of Her Majesty's In spectors of Schools. Rev. J. Nesbit, 8.A., Curate of Bromley, to the Rectory of Deal, Kent. Rev. It. S. Oldham, M.A., to be Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. Rev. E. Patin to the Perpetual Curacy of Summertown, .r.ear Oxford. Rev. E. Rudge, to be Chaplain of the Bridewell Hospital House of Occupations. Rev. E. C. Taylor, M.A., to the Curacy of Doncaster. Rev. H. Tindall, to the Rectory of Bulphan, Essex. Rev. J. Turner, to be Chaplain of Bethlem Hospital. Rev. C. H. Townsend, ALA., to the Curacy of Laverstock, near Salisbury. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREffEItMEXTS.—The Rev. William Henry Hopkins has been licensed by the bishop to the perpetual curacy of St. Paul's Chore% Werneth, in the county of Chester, void by the resignation of the Bev. John Rodgers. Patrons, 6. and C. Andrew, Esqrs. —The Rev. Edmund Hampson has been licensed to officiate in the Licensed School-room in connexion with Price's Patent Candle Manufactory, Bromborough Pool, Mrk enhead, in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. Charles Barton, incumbent of Bromborough. Da. TRAVERS Twies; Vicear-General of the province of Canterbury, has been appointed by the Bishop• of Hereford to' the chancellorship of that diocese, vacant by the death of Chancellor Corbet. A SUPPLEMENT to the _London Gazette contains the regulations and ordinance for the amendment of the statutes of Exeter, Lincoln, and Corpus Christi Colleges, in the Univer sity of Oxford. Tits REV. ALEXANDER NYMON has been appointed secretary (pro tem.), by the Committee of the National Society for Education, during the fit* canonical residence of the Rev. J. G. Lonsdale, Canon of Lithfield, Secretary to the National Society, Reader at the Teraplt e and Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield. CONT3IVPIATED ATTACK ON THE CAT/RCM—Early in March, Mr. E. Miall, M.P., will move that the House of Commons resolve itself into a committee; to "consider the temporal provisiene made by the law for religiOus teaching and worship iu Ireland." QUEEN A/1 , 14114 BOUNTY.—The receipts and: payments on Queen Anne's bounty in the year 1854 arnoanted; to £206,060. Of the nceipte' £14,224 arose from first baits- and tenths, £14,355 from benefactions, £21,872 from the' sale of stock, £74,637 from capita income, and £25,685 from' the sales of bounty lands anal el& buildings. On the other hatav Z 74,820 was paid to the clergy, £12,096 paid for purchase of houses and lands, £26,731 1 paid for erection of residence' houses, £48,796 lent on mortgage to build, &c., glebe houses, and £36,817 paid for purchase of stock. THE INCUMEENV IC LI NGTON. —The commission is sued by the Bishop of Durham, to inquire into charges of drunkenness against the Rev. A. J. Howell, perpetaalttrate of the parish of Darlington, concluded its investigations on Monday. The Ven. Archdeacon Thorpe said that the charges of drunkenness and something like habitual drunkenness had been so far proved' as to present prima facie evidence against Mr. Howell, and it was their intention to make that report to the biehep, who would be morally and legally required to proceed against him. The case had divided: the town into parties, and-a - subscription was made for paying: the legal expenses of the defendant. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITUVAIIi ESTATES BILL.—The Mars-- guts of Blandford, M.P., and Mr. G. Butt have renewed a billS to make a better provision for the management of episcopal andrcapitular estates. They propose,. after January 1, 184 that all the profits of such estates shall be received and! managed by the Ecclesiastical'Oemmiseioners. The latter wilt enter into an agreement with bishops as soon as their (episco pal) real estates become subject to- the management of the commission for the payment of incomes. A committee )f the Ecclesiastical Commission, to be called the " Episcopal Estates Committee," will have the charge and management of all the vestedestates. This committee-wilt consist of a triad of mem bers, the First Church Commissioner, a lay member, to be appointed by the Queen, and third, be named by the bishops.. The second and thirds members of the committee will receive salaries of £l,OOO. Vai; iting bishops may make arrangements affecting future cues. Bishops may take and farm lands not exceeding 100 acres:- The-commissioners may, in certain vases, place tithes under the bishops' control. Deans and chapters of cathedrals are reciaired , to furnish the Ecclesi astical Commissioners with statements of their entire charges and outgaings, to be certified by tho-visitor of the cathedral, and, whenthe correctness of such statements has been estab lished to the satisfaction of the commissioners, provision will be made forthe payment of such charges, &e. The deans and chapters wilt also supply a return of. moneys received by them, and the deficiency will be made good:by the commissioners. After three. years the management of reali estates may, if the dean and chapter require, be transferred to corporations aggre gate. DEATH or ' Tree BISHOP or Casstsnm—The Hon. and Right Rev Hugh Percy, D.D., the-55th- Bishop of Carlisle, died suddenLY, at Rose Castle, near Carlisle, on Tuesday. The deceased prelate was third son of the first Mrl of Beverley, by the second daughter of Peter Burrell; E3q., of Beckenham, Kent, sistcr - of the first Lord Gwyder; and was brother to the second Earlbf Beverley. Dr. Percy was born in the parish of St. George a llanover-square, on the 2%.h .of January, 1784, so. that he lend just completed his 72.hdyear: He was twice married—fist, in May, 1806, to Mary;, eldest daughter of the Most Rev. Charles Manners Sutton, Archbishop-of Canterbury; she died in: September, 1831; secondly, in.Febrtaery, 1840, to Mary, second daughter of the late V:ke.Admiral Sir William Johnstone 11-6pe ; she died in 1851. Tile late-prelate was edu cated at Trinity College, Cambridge,wherebe graduated M.A. iu 1805. He-was consecrated Bishop of Rochester in June, 1827, and was translated to the see of Carliele in the following September,.-so that he has presided- ever -the latter diocese more than: 28 years. He was also • Chancellor of Salis bury, and, prebendary of St. PaulTs - -(appointed in 1816), and was patron of 45 livings. By-,his first marriage lie has eleven:- children. His sixth: child and eldest son, Algernon Charles, married in 1889'; Emily, eldest daughter of the late Right Rev. Reginald-Heber, Lord Bishop of Calcutta.- His sixth daughter was married in July, 1834, to Viscount Holmesdale, eldest surviiing son of Earl Amherst. Among the bishop's surviving brothere and. sisters may be mentioned.. the Earl of Beverley; the-COuntess Dowager of Ashburn i-,anr; the Hon. Rear-Admiral. .loseelin.e Percy, C. 8., (twin wittatho bishop,) who married a sister. of Lord Hather ton ; the Horn Rear-Admiral William , Henry Percy, a commis sioner of excise; and the Hon. Charles Bertie Percy, of Guy's Cliff, Warwick, who married the granddaughter and heir of the late Bettie Bertie Greatheed, of. Guy's Cliff. The late Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Percy, who wae,aido-de-eamp to Sir John Moore, at Oferunna, and to the Duke of Wellington, at Water loo, was also-a younger brother of the. Bishop of Carlisle. The deceased-prelate had been ailing for a day or two, but no serious results had been apprehended by his medical attend ant or his family. It was only last week that, at a public meeting. at Carlisle, conducted by-churchmen, the bishop was.: strongly condemned for obstimtWy persisting in refusing:- to consecrate the cemetery there; unless a wall was erected& betereeek the two portions. COURT AND FASITION. .1%. pension of £lOO a-year from the Civil List has besn, granted to Mr. Samuel Lover. Among the West-end gossip it is said that the Duka -of Cambridge is. exerting himself to get up a subscriptiod of £50,000 to buy an estate for Lord Hardinge. Tire will of the late Lord Raglan has been proved, in Landon, ntuler•L'2o,ooo ; it 1 - 453, made in England, in April, 1854, bequeathing all to Lady Raglan. The will of the. late Samuel Rogers has been proved under £40,000. The Royal Mail Packet Company's boat Vivid, Cl stain Watson, arrived at Doveri,from Boulogne, on Sunday; vith his Excellency Lord Cowley.and suite on board.. His Lordship dined at the Ship Hotel, mdaeft for London by the 7:1110-p,m. train. _ _ _ HER MAJESTY has been:pleased to confer a baronetcy upon Lieut.-General Sir J. Burgoyne, K.C.8., in consideration of the long and faithful services which, from an early period in the late war down to the siege of Sebastopol, have eonnected his name with the principal achievements of tie- British array. Izis understood that - the appearance of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal lathe great world will, for this- season, be limited to the palace, it not being thought expedient to apply to Parliament for thasurn necessary to maintain ,a household while she is so young,, and it being essential to:the dignity of a princess of her rank, if she visited a subject, that her Royal Highness should be attended by a lady-iii,waiting and an equerry of her own mid.— Court Journal. WE believe that- the Duke of Wellingten,has tendered his resignation as Master of the Horse. It will have been ob served that hisgrace voted in the majority.against government upon Lord Lyndhurst's motion for referring Lord 'Wensley dale's patent to a committee of privileges.. It is also said that the Lord Chancellor tendered his resignat - ion upon finding his opinion on the same subject at variance:with those of several. among his colleagues.—Times. APPROACif,ING MAREIAGES.—A matrimonial alliance will shortly take place between Lady Jane Hay, daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and sister of the Duchess of Welling ton, and Sir Frederick Arthur, Bart. We are also enabled to announce the approaching marriage of the Lady Racha Rus sell, youngest daughter of the late Duke of Bedford, and half sister of Lord John Russell, with the Lord James 'Wandesford Butler, son of the first Marquis of Ormonde. Sir Thomas Whiehcoto, Bart., is also about to be united to Miss Mont gomery. MR. BRASSEY.—By a decree dated January 12, Mr. Brassey, the eminent engineer, has been appointed a Knight of tha Legion of Honow. Since 1839, Mr. Brassey has been ' connected with the construction of the principal French rail . ways. We believe it was M. Charles Laflitte who called the attention of the Minister of Public Works to Mr. Brassey's merits. The Rouen, Havre, Dieppe, and Boulogne lines, have all been executed under the auspices of the firm to which Mr. Brassey belongs, which, moreover, it will be remembered, constructed the Balaklava railway in the Crimea ; and at the present moment they are employing an army of workmen in the cause of progress and civilisation in their undertakings in England, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, Italy, and Canada. OEDEE or VALouE.—The London Gazette of Tuesday contains the " instrument," under the Queen's sign manual, for constituting the new naval and military decoration, to be styled the " Victoria Cross," to consist of a Maltese cross of bronze, with the royal crest in the centre, and underneath an escroll, inscribed "For valour," to be suspended from the left breast by a blue riband for the navy, and by a red riband for the army. For every additional act of bravery a bar is to be added. The merit of " conspicuous bravery" alone to claim the honour. The decoration may be conferred on the spot where the act was performed, and in presence of the naval and military force to which the hero belongs. Doubtful claims to be referred to the Secretary of War and Commander-in- Chief, or Lord of the Admiralty. In. case of a gallant cr daring act by more than fifty men, one officer, one non commissioned officer, and two men, are to be selected by their compeers for the decoration. The cross carries with it an annuity of £lO per annum, with an additional £5 for each bar. Any person convicted of treason, cowardice, felony, or infamous crime, or accused of such, and not surrendering for trial within reasonable time, is to have his nameastruck olf the registry. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE DREADNOUGHT: BY the ship Dreadnought, which sailed from New York on the 24th ult., and reached the Mersey on Saturday, we have intelligence to the 23rd tilt. The Africa arrived out on the 22nd. The Washington correspondent of the Tribune says : " Amid conflicting statements, information from an authentic source warrants the assertion that so far from a special Mes sage relative to our foreign affairs being about to be sent to either branch of Congress, it has not at any time been con templated, much less has it been the subject of cabinet consultation. Though this government has demanded the recall of Mr. Crampton and the British consuls engaged in recruiting for the Crimea, it can as confidently be stated that there has been no purpose in or out of the cabinet to withdraw Mr. Buchanan from England, unless at his own request. Negotiations between Great Britain and the United States are still open, despatches having been sent out by the last steamer, and nothing has occurred since the transmission of the President's Message to Congress to change the aspect of our relations abroad. Mr. Boyce's resolution, offered in the house to-day, declaring our relations with Great Britain to be of the most serious character, and indicating that we may be on the eve of startling events, was not, as supposed, submitted with the consent or knowledge of the executive, but was Mr. Boyce's independent proposition." HAYTl.—Advicm from Port-au-Prince to the Ist instant, confirm the previous accounts of the defeat of the Haytiens, with the loss of between 200 and 300 soldiers, with many of their best officers, beside all their munitions of war, provisions, and the Emperor's military chest, containing all the funds intended for the prosecution of the war. Faustin I. had marched 30,000 men against the eastern side of the island, and his defeat is represented as most complete. Faustin had escaped from the battlefield, but his place of refuge was .un known, and General Silltander had offered a reward of 10,000 doubloons for his head. So great; wasthe feeling against him, that it was the general opinion cf the inhabitants of Port-au- Prince that if his Majesty escaped , falling into the hands of the . Spaniards, he would be shot by his• own people. ARRIVAL OF THE VERIVIANIT, By . the United States' mail steamship , Hermann', Captain Higgins-,• which arrived at Southampton , on Sunday, we have intelligence' to. the 20th ult. The mail steamship' Battle, from Liverpeollfor New York, arrived out on' the - morning - of the 24th ult. The . Washington, from Southampton; reachediNew York on thclist ult. Congress , was still without a Speaker. The last ballet was. Banks, 01';: Richagdson, 67 ; Fuller, li ) ;; Campbelr , ,,&; Penningtorv, Shorter, and Porter one melt. Thenumber necessary to a choice was PS. In the nor:se - of Representatives Mr. Boyce off6red.a'resoluz tion to the effectt, that as relations with Great Britain werent the most threatening . chavacter, indicating tle - eve of most startling eventsiiti was the imperative duty of the House; at such a juncture of peril,. to organise itself by the election . of a. Speaker. Mr. Stephens, in reply, said, that iy the , rountry was on the eve of war he' knew nothing about The mo tion was tabled. The New York' Tribune publishes the following; from their Washington correspondent, • dated Jan. • Government has received' no official information as to the recent bloody outrage' in Kansas, announced by ttlegraph Senators to-day formailfconlessed as to the policy of advising the President to ser.d.'railitary teKansas to preserve 4.....ace4nnd protect the territozsn'against Missouri invasions. Southern senators predict that civil, war'is inevitable in a short time. On the 23rd ult. The - same' correspondent says :—Mr..-Bu charran writes that he-will •relirignieh his mission on tfie 12th of February, whether a -suecessor be nominated or net.; He will appoint Mr. Campbell, the consul at London, to tine-pest of Charge d'Affaires. Tgereheingno Secretary of Lcration at the present juneture;this -proceeding may temporari/Yyem barrass our relations, es-the intelligence of Mr. Cramptttin's , recall will occupy Lord Faltherston , at the same time. CALIVORNIA.. — The etettn , sliip• Daniel Webster, front . Suri , :Juan , de Nicaragua, arriind• at New Orleans on the 25tli - , with: two weeks' later nsys , -from• California—viz., to the sth . ; of January. The Unitei'i•States'. mail-steamer Golden Gatei . left San Francisco on the-sth. ult. with 500 passengers and- , •$1 . 4300;,000 in treasure. The • steam-ship 'Star of the West hisd• sailed from San Juarpfor , Nerr York with 350 passengers , and $600,000 in specie. The- California news is generally unimportant. A severe ideclvef' earthquake was experienced atSan. Francisco on the 2nd- inst. ¶Jihe trial of Corey fen the murder of General Richardtorrwasin progress. Attachments lied been issued against LOAM Hermann, an extensive money:- agent at San Francisco, fornrurly:$10;000. The Sacrarnautd • Valley Railroad had been opened adistance of 22 miles. The , news-from the mines is otVarreneouraOng nature, Rua new nielr , diizrings have been aiseoveredi on. the American TLe San Francisco marke were dull,. the demand froet. , the • interior•being light. In flour and'grain , the transactionswore . b aiimited extent. _ Northern California.- inelina , depredations still ean• tinned; Ffom , Nicaragua we 'cam that everything was prosperous. rand %orderly. General Walken.wa3.. receiving accessions- bat.. ev,oy steamer, and it is said that his effective force -a merican& numbered betwesm 800untl,900*. Gregon. dates are to the ^tii of:December. Nothing Rad beeni heard of Colonel Kinney's party,. which had left, tug aback , Port Walla Walla,. which was in possession or tha Tuetiiina; _ _ _ Intelligence from Hondaras , --to , the nd of December rsports unusuol dulness ii , Jtrutles-. The prices of Mahogany. were - lOw„wages depreciated; and alarge amount of mortality lmel.existed. among the Whites - ;- The -Belize correspondent: of; the - New- Yark _Herald- says rr," England was riveting:lie:r Vslbtnoie-firmlyon the colony.": /Alias now been ovaereestbau all.vessels- Avail be rerg.;istered and that:no-foreigner shall own• a ship hoisting the Briti-.lr,flati .unless, he take the oath of sdiegianco- to that government. and, become naturaliSed. l'ilkaT persons had already. - &the -so:, A vessel of the West India sgnad7on was in port,„.and ;her commander had caused some alarm by beating ta , arms iir the night and thing some -broadsides for practlic..- - . Shipping business was mare. aotiVes. COMMERCI.LIi INTELLIGENCE, In the. New York Money-market money was in. good &Arland,. and the turn of the,-market was in favour af.lbe under. - Foreign exchang3•7as irregular,. but the tender:334-of themarket was toward firmisr-rates. The quotations for bills an 14ondon. for good signatures • was WS. to 108 i, but most of the business had been donetat.loo;•,-,tut.. In breadstuffs.State andlirestern flour was heavy,- and: was quoted at lower. Southern flour was. dull for the extreme grades s .,but medium, was in fair deraerd. Canadism and rye florm :was a; - ,:eady. Wheat was inactive and: oats dull. The cotton market continued depressed i .Land quotations for some Cesori tions :were reduced le. Hops continued dull and heavy at ti The provision market was heavy . Freiglits are dull andlO3ver.. To. Liverpool, flour, -6‘11.. to ;: grain, 84d in bulk;. and. Sta. in ships' bags ; too Lo n: don, 4s. and 12d. • to -kt1werp,..48..3d.. and 13d.; to -Havre, itetninally 75c. and 20e...;Jo.liotteretana, 4s. 6d. and lack.; to Hamburg is. in shipper& bags; to Bremen, 23c. ARRIVAL. OF TRY AMERICA. By the British and 1 1 ::twth,Amereian royal mail staam.-ship America, Captain Vilio.knian, whielt reached this port yester 'flay afternoon, we ha73,-intellikenae from Boston tothe )th and from New York, . (by telegraph, via lhaifex) - : to the - 31 et. She brought The royal mail stemasship Arabia arrived at Mlifax cda the 31st ult. in the Senate, on-the Bth alt., Mr. Cass delivered a speech on the Central American. aff...irs, and used strung language denunciatory of the,,positionaaasumed by the British Govern ment. Mr. Claytenspolte.in a similar strain, and cleated do cuments- to show that the British vice-consul?was the real governor of Mos;*to.. in the House of Representatives a motion, declarirg.„." any agitation of the slavery, quiation un wise and unjust ta,u,perti.en of the Americarepeople,injurious to every sectiou,,und ought not to be .ceuntenma.--ecl," was adopted by a majority. of one. The last brZb't for. Speaker stood as fellows :—Banks, 99; Orr, 09 ; Fuller, _34.;. Seething, 8. Necessavy to a choice, 106. Advices had { been received from Califatnia to the sth ult. Nearly S2,OC-0,P09 were en route to Ness fork. The mining news is of auencouraging nature. Letters fronvHavana report that Gerena,llConeha was about to return to Havana, to receive the tiVe,of Count of Havana. His successor .was. expected to be Genarld,Zabala. On the departure of the steam-slip Northern Light from. New YorkfarSan Juan, she was boardaby the police in search, of ffilitutstars„ but none were found, A ffilitrastering expedition of s.oo,rnen is reported to ba.va , landed at San Blas, Lower Calftnia. Fillibusters were. leaving ; the United States evory : : day to join Walker in, Nicaragua-.. New:York harbour and the North. and past rivers were filled!. with, large masses of floating iee, and it was only tile most prayerful steamers that could, communicate with Long Liana uud:New Jersey. From Mexico we learn that the municipal council composed by. .Alvarez had been dissolved,. and new members elected. giro y Tamirez, with a hoge body of followers, was. laying siege to Puebla. Fourteen persons bad been drowned by the caps-4,44d a schooner in Chesapeake Bay.. Governor Walker, of New Orleans, had died. it is stated that the Hon. L. 31. Dallas had been, offered the post of ambassador to, Louden, in place of Mr, Buchanan, who wishes to retire„and.had accepted it. Daniel Galbraith and Angus Gillespie, who, had been in prison at Buffalo, ii default of bail, for enlisting soldiers for the British service,. had been released on gjaing bonds to appear before the Rochester Court. A body of fugitive slaves having taken refuge in a house at Cincinnati, the police-officers attempted to enter the house. The slaves filed, and wounded some of the. spectators. Find ing escape impossible, one of the women cut the throats of her three children. Six of the fugitives were taken, but eight escaped. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. • Nve YORK, January 30. Money continues in good demand, and the rates are well supported. Exchange on England was in moderate demand, at 10/1 to 1081 and 1081 per coat. Bills on France were quoted f 5 20 to f 5 261. COTTON.—There was a good demand for shipment at the full previous prices, up to the 23rd ult., but since then the market has been very quiet, and sales are with difficulty effected, although, in consequence of the reduced gook, no change in actual quotations can be noted. The sales are esti mated at 17,000 bales in the two weeks. PROVISIONS.—The European news, per Africa and Baltic, received last sVeek, had the effect to depress the provision market still . more. The transactions for export consequent upon the advicas from Europe have °been very limited, the shippers being disinclined to operate under the present peace able feeling and unfavourable state of the money market abroad. The greater part of the meats going forward are shipped from first hands under advance. BREADSTUFFS. — There has been little doing in flour, in consequence ef the snowstorm which had prevailed. The transactions were made at an improvement in price of 25c. per barrel on the quotations a fortnight previous. Wheat was in steady demand at previous rates. Indian corn was without change. _ _ Freights were scarcely so firm, there being less activity. The rates were : To Liverpool—for cotton, 7-33 d to id. per lb. ; grain, 71d. to Sid. per bushel; flour, 2s. 66. to 2s. 9d. per bar rel. To Havre—cotton, ge. per lb. ; grain, nominally, 20c. per bushel; flour, 70c. per barrel. To London—flour, 3s. 9d. to 4s. per barrel ; grain, 11d. to ls. per bushel. NEw ORzEANS, Jan. 25.—The receipt of the Baltic's ativives here completely unsettled our cotton market, and no s ales . _,We es. ll made to-day. The sales yesterday amounted to 7, 000 Dtno Corn, 70c. Jan. 29.—Sales of cotton to-day, up to noon , l e , '" bales; demand fair, prices unchanged. (By Electric Telegraph.) NEW Yonx, Jan.. 31.—Cotton active and firm. Brea°A i 4la , firm; unchanged prices, but tend upwards. Market t 0,;,.. for fancy stocks, dull. Money market easier. Freight ell:, NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.—Sales : cotton, 7,000 bales; 1 ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—N0 speaker elected. LIST OF PASSENGERS. Fram Boston :—Capt. Jervis and lady, Miss PaY.,, , Brown, J. Stuart, W. M'Dunnough, A. Brown, J. Bic ) " T. Glover, E. Hudson, E. Hudson, junr., J. J. M'CaulaY , ~ H. Petry, C Ashworth, Routh and friend, F. A. Ilass er/ Y N. H. Campbill, W. Mitchell, H. Morgan, J. C. NV' Df Plimondon, C. Doman, W. S. Ellison, A. Lovesque, Rotherwell, J. Orkney, D. A. Callum, Stone, Miss Ni l t Miss Marsh, Mrs. Wood, and infant, T. Glidhill,' M. J a r ,D, J. Myers, J. Bolan,. G. Hortman, M. McCann, Captain BerkleYf Humphrey, J. Smith, Le Faure, J. Butcher, P. A. and G. Chatterton.—Fmn Halifax : J.Vassie, R. 11 011 1, J. A. Morrison, Kenney, Murray, Tupper, Silver, Rit e ' r , Desbrisay, Ridley, Quinton, M'Bride; Thine, Sclater , 3 f ul t Dotter, Rogers, Lieut. Harvey and lady, Abbott, Duffus, chineoon, Fraser, M`Phelan, Black, Thomson, Hart, Steerr i Kenny, and Miss M`Mtrdo. [FEBRUARY 12, 1856. IRELAND. A MAtd pßper mentions as a signifiCant sign 01 fit='c e gross of Irish prosperity, that the number of mart-1110s ,pr present marrying season is much greader . than it has bexn a long series of years. f LAST week, , Captain Daish, of H.M. revenue cruiser zwii" cruising off Ifowth Head, fell in with one of the masts Tayleur, which he towed into Kingstown harbour. It if in possession of the Receiver of Droits of Adiniralty. LIB Sligo eiironicle states that the house of I . lll. 'r o a Kelly, of Cloonagh,- was destroyed by fire a few , d a ys age,, a his three children burnt to death. In clearing out the cleor r ' the bodies of the children were found, almoet - every P ti of them reduced ton . state of cinder. GREAT SOUTHERN' arm WESTERN (IRELAND) zusr.A l * . ; The directors of this company have decided to recomw er a that a dividend be paid: on the original stock of tlv'col o Pl i at the rate of five per cent.-per annum for the half.ysaren".' 31st December, 1856, , leaving a surplus of £24,009,:. 011 `, 1 , which £ 15,000 to be added to' the reserve fund, and....„.", balance, £9,000, carriedAeathe credit of the next half lz' account. Ritroars are current of anothererragreeable correspond between the Irish Lord Chancellor (Brady) and Baron Per; d„ ' father, having reference terthe rr motio about to be saloo n ', to the House of Commons •hy Sir .f.. Kelley, with respect.", the ages and length of service of the-present occupants of tr. Irish judicial bench. Thetpshot of the business is, tha t affair did not terminate toe the satisfiation of the chance 'although his lordship, in the - course of the correspende u ;i pretty plainly hinted at the .. probability of the governor °, being coerced by the force - of public - opinion to offer no oft sition to the motion of Sir Jahn Moos SEA.-FIGHT.—The• aitizens. of Dahlia enjoyed a / ell f oe intereating and novel treat en Tuesday, ontiplie occasion 0 o f great-gun practice and mock -. .eaphrre of a prize by the crevl ie H. M.. S. Edinburgh, 64, in cingston.harbour. Targets . moored at a distance of 1000 yards out at sea;; and after s ° f:d eras lent practice with round shOt, three broadsides Were fi is vir:iVitha.- lower-deck guns, and an'attack witlfrare armed was. then made on an enemy ' s' vessel, represented by a Pi'iootr boa.t.m . bieh %vas also armed for the occasion.. The east P was thronged with a numerous m 4 fashionable. assembla:; and 'Captain Howlett, with the- characteristic , . Irebanity 8 , hospitality . of a British naval ofieer; entertained a numerr, company on board, where, after wsztraptuous. repast , • dane li r y " was ksptinp to. a late hour in the nfternoon ; . on. the guac l ".',g deck. Thepreaninent position whilhthe Edinburgh occupy before B6rnararnad, as the flag-ship-oPAdmiral Shads, was b e gallant forgotten- by - those who witnessed:. the display - made by gallant crew: AMEMVAN (SECRET) CCARRESPONDENC.E . DOCUMENTS WHICH WILL PROBABLY NOT BB 1r0,',.1 IN THE-BIAIE BOOK WHEN THR-CORRESPONDES - 0 CON NECTE • wI'TN THE A5l ERICA N QUE643O , ` LAW BEYOIIII PARLIAMENT. [PROM TILE PIVIZSt] LOMD , CI,IEENDON TO LOZI),;TALMZESTOM- Ibex l9 P i ll My dew •• Paltnerston,—Crampton' last I inclose. to seems going-. un.as.ycra could desire, and , rieree is playing in your hanoli.. Excuse a hint and don't overran.- your $4 3 1,, What shall: I 'Say to , C.? I mean, of eusekvarivately. , - - Yo u always, Foreign-oafte.. CLAnalroos' No. 97. LORI2I , IV.E.MNBSTON TO LORDirJELEENDWs WednesdaP My dear Clarendon,—Right as a trint:: .Always- hint thing you like,.or.Tather don't hint—speak out, bang. you think we are,going a little too fast'? Well,..perhaps ", 0 are. But remember• that the peace negotiations will; go ~.'0 fast, also, and we must accumulate our war capital, crAre be on our backs. The Yankee sensation - must be- pt immediately; after-parliament meets. Shape the letter' S°°4 own way, but recollect—from the moment ,peace is signe d s are froze-out gardeners.—Ever yours, : Piccadilly; PAL3CE3ISI,I3O' No. 98. TgOaalt3o -I Th'Eli DON TO Mlle.:: •OnAMPTON• (Ezt ra.t..) . You waif, not. , fail, to make it distizetly -understcod4 by t i American Grbvernment that propositions made -en, our pa' while a certain , state of things exists , in -Europe , are , liaLlC t° modification should.that state of things-hi-altered; An aft logy, whiell,we.might have no diffiardtyin making,. while olio fleets and armies , are engaged in thesorthern and.south er , 4 seas, would,be:ridiculous and inadmissible. were those for liberated. Should•y.ou be met by the argument that whsill i g right should:. be done irrespective of eikumstanees, yottW if allmit the generalipropriety of thabproposition f -but will oV i t that the special.; eireunastances of the .present case remove:, from the ortlinary category, and exaot.au,exceptienal.sola e o l It will be matter of regret witklier Majesty's govern 23l !4 shoUld this-viaw.tend to irritation, instead, of .conyickion, we see no , altwnative. _ No. 99._ TnE SAME TO TIM &Alta.. (Private. Extract. Keep him ea the simmer, my dear felleex4 bathe. Tot not boil o7er yet,if at all. Is o. 117. 71E.04VM1h. CRAMPTON TO LCROICLARENDONv. (Private. Extract.).:. I can't make- you understand Vaasa. people. ThLY ° /13 ,v neither Spaniards nor Russians. If yuktwoukl tell:me-60e"/ what you..aud. Pam want—sripposing...lyou.huow and woullleaveme to work it out,. P: should know my g But we:shalLall:got into a mess if yen.will insist. in shall out my course for me. As it is, or rather as•it was, we ar e j the right; _but we are now doing our,d-..-dest to, turn a V cause into..a:bad• one. In a word, de-y9u want a.rouc 2 No. 118. waroeI..A.RENDO - 5 TO Lor , D7 - PILLMERSTON... (Inclosing the above.) ,s 4 34-dor.Pan3,—Lege, domine, D. He wants to ' whetherme•want a row. Ha! halt—Yours, ever,. PGrfignyoffike. No. 114.,.. LORD. PALMERSTON TO :WRRCLARENZON. (Extract. Private.) liaysz,goed. Un veritable Arian. Make- it clear to sa weak.mind, bet, I say, take care what youwrite. Ile is a to, explode: Send him an article from. the Less, or 0 0ds 111 whoreyiu,wltleh the game is shown, andlint to. him that v; i 3 wc-rd.i.are.often spoken in joke. Ha can hardly naisundersti„r that. By. the way, what is thi....force of America? I've Fe, getkeoall. about it. Once more; be cautious-what you say to No. 120. LORD CLARE DO! TO CR.i%XPTON. (Extract.. Private.) Dregret that you should misunderstand the views of —4l ~lovernment, or suppose that we. should deliberately direct ) 0 r a. course calculated, or at }east intended, to bring on host.# ties. At the same time, actuated by a higher consider than that of the mere preservation of peace, we do not hes:rf tolook in the face the contingency at which you hint. -Pft ,l Government, aware of the feeling of this country in reg 3r !d itself, has one great chety beforeit,.namely, the takinc , that while Europe recovers-herself from the agitation of while the ruptured relations of States are granulating an el , i ti uniting after their wounded. severance, the process shan,-1) presided over by no Government less skilful than that Noire has brought the war- to an, issue. This—the retaininSmi present Ministry in offite- is dw3 , to Europe, and froul,"o, solemn and sacred duty we will not flinch. Follow mYPlti , ' ment, my dear Crarepton,, and now comprehend that,. loot present state of the Hpuse of Commons and the countaY. ,t t'd'. sensation is necessary to the endurance of Lord Palmers,',"ro: Government. To. your able hands is confided the trask. o . l r, viding that sensation, and I trust that I need searc.els:d that we must hoe. it—harmlessly, if possible—bat. we have it. No. 139. 3.1...CEA,31PT0N TO LORD CLARBNDCZT. (Extract. Private.) ,f ditil" The President hinted—in fact, said—in the course of that the policy of H.M. Government curiously resembled sglf. which Ida enemies bad the cruelty to attribute to namely, a desire to appear quarrelsome, for the sake of larity, even though such pretence should lead to serious cv' queues.. No. 146. 1,0813 CLARENDON TO LORD VA.LNLEREITO.X. Unclosing the above.) di ° Pierce is no fool. But it was devilish uncivil to says f 0 thing to poor Crampton. I think I nut the matter n es t my last. I thought it would be better than sending a paper article, article, which might have frightened him. No 147. LORD PALMERSTON .TO LORD CLARENDON. I (Extract. Private.) po o , Confound Pierce. I hope the st or y w ill no t ge t w i r d. 10. 1 • a t ,3 you go telling it to any of y our smo ky assoc i a t es ; min ,0 1 ,,, there% a good fellow. Well, things must go on. rto 7, e, there is no chance of es ca pi ng thi s i n fe r n a l pe ac e, but w o r hope for the best ; an d i n th e mean time l e t C ra mpton pl, r Pierce's wrath, and keep it warm. It may turn out , wardly, for ha sees our game, and of course is the less 'e to push his own. But the sara sara, after me the Dew' r sing whack-fol-de-rol, and the devil take the hindmost. that into decorousness for our virtuous Crampton. vv., Mrs. Clarkson, widow of Thomas Clarkson, the anti- 5 '2 . 1 Y reformer, died a few days-since at Playford-hall, near IP in her 83rd year. toy STEEi, ENGRAVING.-Our attention has been drasl.,l,oip, exquisite specimen of minute engraving, which may be %,, ~,;11 10 , tionably regarded as the very acme of perfection in this 'o. oa qg art. It is the production of those eminent artists Perkil ls, oo o,io and Co., and comprises, within an incredibly brief space, 411C'e of designs of the most varied, chaste, and beautiful cli‘7i t a v o including an embossed profile of our beloved sovereign.,n o o,e name of an article of deservedly high rep . uteamonr, the las" of `O , work). When we add that this admirable productio n f o jtV graver is intended for the protection against counter ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, wo feel that we have state' e lf, Opti to interest our readers in a specimen so admirable in ita,,a so perfectly adapted tP guard Um public against fra— iwrosition, TRn ,'eraes, 4 t , ra th e Children b ell, a si uell, 183, Nitrib u t chan ge -I.\ could' thp d an h on hi: B everi to as col tat' bo,