The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-19 00:00:00

Vroretbingv 'fit parliainta. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY Lord MONTEACtLE moved the second reading of the County Cess (Ireland) Bill, which was agreed to. Lord BROUGHAM introduced a bill for shortening the lan guage used in framing acts of parliament, and explained the provisions of the proposed bill. The bill was read alrst time. Lord STnNLEy presented two petitions from the inhabitants of Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, against the order of• council directing convicts to be transported to the Cape. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tusspkw. A petition was presented against Sunday labour in the Post office, by Sir R. 'Notts, from Ross, in Herefordshire. Mr. SAWLIER moved for the appointment of a selectcom- Inittee to inquire into the facts connected with thestriking of the special jury in the , case of " Callanan against Cameron." Major Cameron having been called in to aid in the execution of a distress warrant on the premises of Callanan, had/had an action brought against him in consequence of his proceedings. 31r. Sadleir said that Major Cameron was defended thy the Crown, and, in striking the special jury, Mr. Kemmis, the Crown solicitor, struck out the names of nine Roman Catho lics, some of them the most respectable men in the county of Tipperary, apparently for no other cause but their freligion. Mr. I-Dorm-TELL (Solicitor-General for Ireland) deprecated the discussion in that house of matters connected with:a cause yet untried. He read a letter from Mr. Kemmis, denying that Jae had struck off thenames because they were Catholics, and claiming his right not to disclose the motives by which he was actuated an a proceeding which he adopted for the purpose of benefitinglis client. After several hon. members had given their opinions, Mr. SADLEIR said hewas 'bound to believe the disclaimer of Mr. Kemmis, and consented-4o withdraw his motion. HOUSE .OF • COMMONS.-WEDNESMXY Mr. RoI:TRUCK drew,attcntion to an article in the. -Morning Chronicle, commenting •on his speech in the Ceylon debate, which implied that his brother had been hanged in the• Can adian insurrection, the truth being that none of his relations in Canada were sympathisers with that outbreak. Mr. M. Grissow moved the second reading of the Coanty Rates and Expenditure Bill, which was, both in principle.and detail, almost the same as that of last session. He strongly contended for the necessity of giving the tenant occupiers •who had to pay the rates a•voice in the expenditure of the moneys. That was the only principle to which he wished to pledge the house by the second reading of this bill, and he would not object to having it subsequently sent to a select committee. — After some discussion, Mr. M. Gibson agreed that thed,ehate should be adjourned until the 6th of March. Mr. C. LEWIS then obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to highways in England and Wales. 'The.bill was, in its main features, the same as that of last session, with this exception, that it applied only to highways, and not to turnpike trusts. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY Mr. ADDERLEY moved•for leave to bring in a bill the object of which was to transfer the .choice of penal settlements from the Colonial Secretary tothe Parliament. He did not wish to interfere with the system of transportation, but to remove the greatest obstructions to its successful operation—the hasty manner in which it bad been so frequently changed. The hon. gentleman, having referred to the recent resistance to the admission of convicts at the Cape, which he pronounced to be highly creditable to the colonists, c ndemned the power con- Aded to the Colonial Secretary, ai the source of the evils con nected with the present system, and asked for leave to bring: n lus bill. _ _ _ Sir G. GREY said the course proposed by the hon. member would increase the embarrassments which he represented as connected with the subject. The power objected to by the hon. gentleman had been exercised by the Crown ever since the punishment of transvortation had been known to the law, and he believed its repeal would takeaway the means of beneficially enforcing transportation, without effecting the object of the hon. gentleman ; because the effect would be to increase crime by locating convicts in large masses, instead of dispersing them as widely as possible, which would be the object of a judicious administration of the punishment. He trusted the house would not agree to the motion. _ . Lord J, ftirssEm, opposed the motion. Even if it could be proved that the Colonial Secretary had been mistaken in his proceedings with respect to the Cape, it did not follow that a power which was essential to the maintenance of the authority of the state should be taken out of the hands of the Crown, %Web bad always exercised it. He considered the motion in expedient, and, therefore, must oppose it, After a reply from Mr. ADDEXLEY, the motion was nega tived by a majority of 78. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Earl GREY, in reply to a question from Lord Monteagle, stated that no official information had been received of cer tain alleged.abuses on board a female emigrant ship bound to the Australian colonies. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY, Mr. HAYTER, in answer to Mr. G. Scott, stated that no con tract had yet been executed for steam communication with the Australian colonies. The subject was still under consi deration. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to a question, stated that the government had under their consideration the subject of intro. clueing a bill for taking the census for 1851. In reply to Mr. D'lsraeli, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that the Danish government had not refused to renew the armis tice of the 10th July last. In the absence of Lord Pelmerston, he could not give any further information. The house then resolved itself into a committee, when Lord J. RUSSELL made his promised statements with regard to the Irish Unions, and the measures he proposed to take in respect to the advances made by this country. The noble lord recaps tilated all the loans and grants made to Ireland since 1839, which amount in the aggregate to .4,453,000, and he proposed that this sum should be converted into consolidated annuities, repayable in forty years, with interest at the same rate as was charged under the different acts of parliament making the maws. He next proposed that the additional sum of .e 300,000 s4ould he advanced, to enable the guardians of the Poor-law Unions to pay off debts contracted for food and clothing during the last few years. The noble lord concluded by expressing his conviction, founded on the increase of pauperism, that Ire land was not in a state of progressive improvement. The resolution was then put, and, upon the question that the report be received, a lengthened debate took place. The speakers were Mr. Bright, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Muntz, Lord Illtas, Mr. M'Cullagh, Sir W. Somerville, Mr. Herbe r t, Lo r d C. Hamilton, and several others, and the resolutions were agreed to without a division. - The Party Procession (Ireland) Bill was read the second time. The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill was read the second time, after a long and uninteresting discussion. IN the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair for the hduse to go into a committee upon registry offices in bank niptcies, which is a bill for abolishing sinecures and uniting two offices, 'Air. HENLEY moved tin amendment to refer the bill to a select committee. This was opposed by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and others, biit on a division the numbers for the amendment were 61 ; against it, 57 ; majority 4. The ministers were consequently defeated, a result that was received with much cheering. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. GREECE RAPIENZA.—Letters from Athens of the 28th and 31st ult.'contain news of the highest importance. Sir Thos. Wyse and Admiral Parker are inexorable in their de mands, which the government of Greece are determined to resist. The instructions of Lord Palmerston to coerce thp latter to yield to the claims made by England have eibited the most bitter feelings of hatred against the British Cabinet, while, on the other hand, the people are rallying around their King, and offering him their services and .their property against the violence and oppression by which his Majesty is now surrounded. The opposi tion members in the Chamber warmly espouse the con (Met of the government, and the whole of the officers of the Greek army have renounced their pay, so long as his Majesty shall be engaged in the present struggle. Two of the Greek islands have been seized by Admiral Parker. A seditious movement has broken out at Palermo ; it was at once suppressed. Lola Montes left Cadiz a few days ago on board an Eng lish steamer, to proceed, it was supposed, to England. Letters received from Bahia of the 18th December state that yellow fever (of which that city had hitherto been entirely free) was very prevalent, and the mortality exceedingly great, particularly among foreigners. Little tragedies occur occasionally in California. A recent journal chronicles an inquest :—" Also, in Happy Valley, on the body of a Portuguese, who committed sui cide by running a sword through his neck !" - A duel lately occurred at Madrid between two young ladies ; one was ultimately shot in the leg ; and the com bat ceased pro. tem.; finally, a reconciliation was effected by the gallant senhor, whose charms had evoked the dis cdrd. Three prisoners, in attempting to escape from the Con ciergerie, Paris, tried to burn a hole through the ceiling, and caused such a fire, that only for its timely discovery, not only the prison but the courts of law might have been destroyed. _ SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN.—The Copenhagen journal, the Flying Post, says the Danish Government has notified to Lord Palmerston that it cannot accept his proposition for prolongation of the armistice with Prussia, without con ditions as to its duration, and a guarantee that it will be perfectly executed. . . - The Paris Moniteur of Friday announces that the Pre sident of the Republic has received a letter, by which his Majesty the Emperor of Russia notifies the birth of a Grand Duke, a son of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke heir apparent Alexander Nicolaiwitch. This Prince received the name of Alexis at the baptismal font. LISBON. — Much excitement prevails respecting Count de Thomar's conduct in an action for libel against the Morning Post. The Chamber of Peers was in the greatest disorder during the debate, which resulted in its being re lieved, by a majority of 27 to 22, from stating whether he had not made the affidavit respecting the Queen of Por tugal. POPERY IN AMERlCA.—According to the data fur nished by the Roman Catholics themselves, they have in the United States three archbishops, 24 bishops, 1,081 priests, and 1,073 churches, or, including California and New Mexico, 1,141 priests, and 1,133 churches. The Roman Catholic population is computed at 1,523,350 souls. An idea of the extent of the mischief committed during the days of February may be formed from the fact that the Court of Liquidation of the civil list is about to sell by auction 50,0001 b. of broken glass and crystal belonging to the furniture and services of the Old Palais National. Broken porcelain has been already sold for 6,000 f.— Galignani's Messenger. A PRIMA DONNA DRIVEN DELIRIOUS.--Otl the sth instant, at Madrid, after an interval of eighteen months, the Opera was opened, and was crowded. The company was, however, one of the worst that has ventured to sing in that capital. A tremendous row ensued. The prima donna, frightened at the energetic oaths directed to her person, fled the stage, and, fainting in her dressing room, was sent home delirious. Another singer supplied her place, and the crowd, after joining in the choruses, and affecting other harmless breaches of decorum, went peaceably home. MATRIMONY ON THE SILENT SYSTEM.--..9.n interesting ceremony, of very rare occurrence, if not unprecedented, hi Lyons, attracted a few days since a large concourse of spectators to the church of St. Nizier, a deaf and dumb couple there receiving the nuptial benediction at the hands of Father Charles, of the order of the Capuchins, and Chaplain to the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Lyons. ' The venerable priest, preparatory to performing the mar riage ceremony, addressed the bride and bridegroom in signs, and afterwards had the courtesy to transl a t e hi s harangue into oral language for that part of his auditory who might not have completely seized is meaning.— Constitutionnet. MATggT FROM AIviERICA. The'Britiih and North American Royal Mail Steam ship Niagara, Captain Ryrie, arrived - here on Sunday afternoon with advices from Boston to the fith inst. and Halifax-to the Bth. By means of a telegraphic despatch to Halifax we have received eaglets from New York to the - 7th inst., including more recent intelligence from California; it is given in anothercolumn. The Niagara has brought upwards of eighty passengerseamong whom is Mr. Shipley, of the firm of Brown, 'Shipley, and Co., of this town. Money was in fair request at New - York at previous rates. The spring trade had opened unusually active, more so than at any season sincelB36.: Foreign exchanges were in active demand at 1081 to 109 on London. On the 29th ult., in the Senate, the Hon. Henry Clay introduced to the house a series of resolutions intended to mould into a peaceful and definitivo issue the lively pas sions which exist so markedly throughout the Union, and proposing an amicable arrangement of all contested questions between the free and slave states, growing out of the recent acquisitions of territory. The resolutions refer to California, Mexico, Texas, .84c. Accounts from Washington, of the '2d instant, state that " the Hudson Bay Company have made a proposi tion to sell to the government all their possessory rights in Oregon. The proposition has been communicated to the Senate in executive session. It is understood that the Company ask 1,000,000 dollars." Resolutions have been submitted by Mr. Webster to grant a portion of the public lands toactual settlers with out charge. Mr. Calhoun had been dangerously 'ill. At one time his • life was despaired of ; but the latest accounts state that he had rallied. He is now sixty-eight years old. The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal , qf Commerce states that accounts had been re ceived from Cuba announcing that the Inspector-General " bad received orders to release all the slaves should an invasion or an insurrection arise." We doubt the autho rity ofthe statement. The :New York journals report at _great length the launch of several Atlantic and Pacific steamers. We ex tract the following from the Journal,pf Commerce : " An immense concourse of citizens, numbering at least 15,000, assembled yesterday morning to witness the launch of the steamers Arctic, New World, and Boston. All three vessels were launched without the least accident. The New World was the first to go off, and was no sooner fairly in the water than her wheels began t© revolve, and in a few minutes she was seen rapidly steaming to and fro on the river. This experiment, which is without prece dent, was eminently successful. The New World was built for California. At half-past twelve o'clock she pro ceeded on a trial trip to the seaward. The Boston was the next to go off, and was.followed by the huge steamer Arctic, of E. K. Collin's New York and Liverpool mail line, larger than which there is no steamer afloat. She moved off the ways in beautiful style, amid the deafening cheers of the spectators. She is the third steamer of the line yet launched. The fourth, the Antarctic, will be launched in about three weeks. The fifth, the Ethiopic, has not yet been contracted for. The Atlantic and Pacific are now receiving their machinery. The first is advertised to sail on the ,6th of April, the latter on the 27th of the same month. They each measur3 about 3,500 tons." A subsequent journal says, " The immense steam ship Arctic, belonging to Collin's line is now in the Sectional Floating Dock, receiving her copper. These vessels will sail from New York and Liverpool every fortnight, on days intermediate from the Cunard line, thus giving every other week, two steamers from England. Captain Cook has addressed a letter to Captain Knight, of the packet ship new New World, defending in the most explicit manner the conduct of Captain Hoxie, of the Caleb Grimshaw, from the aspersions of A Cabin Pas senger in the London Times. Venezuela advices of the 2nd ultimo announce that affairs were quiet. Paez was still in close confinement. The coffee crop was abundant. From Hayti we have accounts stating that the mer chants had refused to carry out the principle of the coffee monopoly law. The steam-ship Philadelphia has been sold to Messrs. Howland and Aspinall for nearly £40,000. A new packet-ship has been launched at New York, the Isaac Webb, of 1,400 tons. From Canada our accounts are unimportant. They announce that the elections at Quebec have resulted in favour of the Ministerial candidates by a majority of two to one over the annexationists. The papers contain a despatch from Earl Grey, approving of Lord Elgin's dis missal of those who had signed the address in favour of severing the province from Great Britain ; and relying on the loyalty of the great majority of the inhabitants, and commanding his lordship " to resist to the utmost of his power any attempt which may be made to bring about the separation of Canada from the British dominions." FEARFUL CATASTROPRE.—A terrible disaster occurred on the 4th instant, in New York, by the explosion of the boiler of a steam-engine in a machine shop, crushing the building, which was six stories high, into a complete mass of ruins in less than one minute. A large number of lives were destroyed by this unexpected catastrophe, the build ing being occupied by over one hundred workmen. The loss is estimated roughly at fifty killed and fifty wounded. Several adjoining buildings were also seriously damaged. One poor woman lost her father, husband, and three sons. LIST OF PASSENGERS.—FrOm Boston: Messrs. R. Dunn, J. J. Hatch, Reecy, R. Levy, D. F. Goodhue, L. G. Clinton, D. Duncan, H. S. Hester, L. S. Levy, E. S. Mawson, Thos. Day, Johnson, R. H. Dillon, Master T. Carduheres, Col. Freeman, Messrs. Woodridge, Christ, Sada, Dupont, R. Soleliac, Gleahull, Beecher, H. J. Baker and lady, J. B. Gluick and lady, J. H. Collins and lady, J. D. Russell, Greenshields, J. S. Nye, F. Arm strong, F. Gridley, F. Armentuos, J. Brougli, P. S. Kint ner, Dr. Duvanny, U.S.M., Messrs. Ashworth, G. H. Pollock, Shipley, A. Levesque, Vasssie, Grosvenor, Mor rison, Waugh, Shearton, Beare, W. H. Page, G. Dawson, S. Bowdan, S. Hutton, J. Lewis, J. Morgan, Wilson, Brenan, H. Meyer, P. G. Simmons, R. Kennedy, Wm. Toults. From Halifax: Messrs. Culloden, E. Kenny and lady, Tupper, J. Bell, A. Ritchie, Strong, Mrs. Dug gan, Mr. A. Henshaw, Jas. Doherty, Rev. Mr. Wlntyre, Miss Magee, Messrs. Heath, M`Dougall, J. Fraser, Low den, and C. Morgan. COTTON MARKET. NEW YORK, FEB. 5T14, 1850. The circular of Mr Stewart says :—" On Friday, the 25th, we received the telegraphic accounts per Niagara, which created a buoyant feeling. On Saturday, at 2 p.m., the letter mail was delivered, and the sales amounted to 1,600 bales, at rates exhi biting more confidence on the part of exporters, who were the principal operators. The business was checked on Monday, 28th, by the anxiety displayed by holders to realise, and the sales were limited to 1,000 bales. On Tuesday, the sales were 2,400 bales, at an eighth easier. On Wednesday, 1,600 bales at similar rates. On Thursday, 31st ult., the disposition to sell ceased, and buyers were only enabled to obtain 600 bales at previous rates. On Friday, Ist inst., the telegraphic accounts from New Orleans, quoting `middling' at 12 cents, brought out shippers, and the sales were 2,800 at prices exhibiting an advance of a quarter cent in comparison wtth previous sales. On Saturday, holders exacted higher rates and checked busi ness, which ceased with sales of 1,000 bales. "The movements in this staple, in this country, up to the latest dates in each of the past three seasons, nave been as annexed:— MOVEMENTS OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES. BALES. Receipts at ports since September 1, 1849 1,098,000 Corresponding dates last year. ,9 year before Exports from United States since Sept.l, 1849, 570,000 Corresponding dates last year 704,000 JP 9, year before. 473,000 Exports to Great Britain since Sept. 1, 1849,.. 344,080 Corresponding dates last year. t, year before. 221,300 Stock in New ' i . ork and ports of receipt 500,000 Corresponding dates last year , f 7, year before... 460,000 "The receipts at this port since the Ist instant have been 3,00 bales. Exports, 1,000. Taken by spinners, 4000. Taken on speculation, 4,000. Whole stock in city in all hands, 55,000. Amount on sale, 10,000. " The crop presents no new feature. The estimates making are as formerly, from 1,900,000 to 2,2C0,000 bales, according to the hopes and wishes of sellers and buyers. The favourite figure is 2,100,000 bales, by those more conversant with its pe culiar condition, and that amount may be reached, providad gleaning is close. In that event, the crop will probably be ap portioned as follows: Receipts of the Mississippi Valley, at N. Orleans 850,000 bales - at the port of Mobile - - at Apalachicola, Florida - - at Eastern and Middle Florida - - of all the Atlantic States 675,000 - - of Texas ports 35,000 2,100,900 bales. " The Mississippi river, and lowertributai ies, remain in a high state, and it is evident that the interior of the country is cleared of cotton, to a very unusual extent, and I feel therefore war ranted in saying, that the receipts at the ports will exhibit a rapid decline during next months. Closing quotations are— LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. N. Orleans. Mobile <5. and Uplands. Florida. Texas. Inferior Ordinary 121 to 121 121 to 121 121 to 121 Middling 13 to 13k 13 to 13} 13i to 13i Good Middling In to 13i 13i to 13i 13* to 131 Middling Fair l3* to 13k 131 to 11i 13i to 131 Fair l3l to 131 131 to 131 13i to 14 Fully fair l3it to 13/ 13j to 14 14 to 14 Good fair l3-1 to :4 None. Nominal. Fine l4 to 14 None. Nominal. BREADSTUFFS.—There has been a fair business doing, with out marked change in prices. Flour is in fair supply and steady. Corn has been in good inquiry, and the rates are a little higher, but at the close the market is heavy. The quota tions are, Western Canal flour, 48873 c to 58 25c per barrel; southern descriptions, 5 , 8° 12ic to 58 25c; corn meal, 28 87c. PROVISIONS.—The business has been without important features excepting in lard and cheese. Pork is heavy at 10.8' 25c to 10d 27ic for old, and 118 for new mess, and 88 50c to 88 62ic for old, and 98 50c to 9.8 62ic for new prime. Prime mesa is 108 59c to 62ic per bushel. Wheat, Genessee, 126 c to 128 c; Ohio, 105 c to 110 c per bushel. Beef is dull. Prime mess sells at 158 50c, with small stock. Lard has an upward tendency, and the business has been large at &lc to 6ic, and 6ic to 7c in kegs. Cut meats are nominal. There has been a large speculative movement in cheese, and same two millions and a half of pounds bought, sweeping the market. Good dairies are now held at 6ic to 7c per lb. IRON.—Scotch pig iron is held more firmly at 21$ 25c to 21$ 50c cash, per ton, English bars firm at 42$ 50c, 6 months. Tinplates are quiet, but very firm, at 10$ 50c for ix. Zinc, Sic to .51c ' 6 months. according to assortment. Lead in fair demand at advancing prices ; bar and sheet lead and lead pipe, 4ic; and shot, 53c, cash. FREIONTS.—To Liverpool, the rates are steady at, corn, sd; tar, 2s ; flour, Is 6d; heavy goods, 205 to 22e 6d. NEW ORLEANS, February I. COTTON.-3000 bales were sold yesterday, (mostly for Eng land,) at a decline of one-eighth. Good midd ing is quoted at 12ic. Sales of 30.000 bushels of corn have been made at 47 to 48 cents. THE GERMAN CATHOLICS IN BAVARIA.—The Su preme Consistory of Bavaria has issued a decree in which the " German Catholics" are declared unfit, on account of their rejection of the chief doctrines of Christianity, to be admitted to communion with the German Pretestants of the Lutheran and Reformed confessions ; and, in the event of any of them wishing for admission into the last named Communions, baptism is declared indispensable, even though they should have been baptised after the manner of their own sect. PANTHER HUNT IN ALGERIA gives an account of a Dued-Mouilha, near —The AlcieS‘rr of Algeria - filter hunt on the busks of th which was of large size, had taken up its quarters inn deep ravine, and had committed great ravages among the flocks of the Arabs. ' On the night preceding its destruc tion it had carried Off a sheep, and some Arabs, accus tomed to that kind of sport, sallied out in pursuit of the inteiloper. 'Fiveor six of them, armed with muskets, and another, who only carried a sabre, tracked him on the snow . to his lair, and, contrary, to their expectation, found him standing up. On the approach of his enemies the (panther retired down the bank of the river. He con tinued his route, , followed by the Arabs, and ascended a precipice which rises to a considerable height above the bed of the river, ,and on the summit of which stood an oak tree, into which he climbed for security. One •of the Arabs fired his musket, and, hitting the panther in the head, it fell to the ground on the edge of the precipice; the height of the fail and the wound making the Arabs believe that it was dead. The man, whose only weapon was a sabre, who happened to be the foremost, ran to wards the animal, thinking that such was the case, but he was unhappily mistaken, for the panther, who was only stunned by the fall, sprung on him and knocked him down with his paw., and, furious from his wound, began gnawing at his face and head. The man, who had no longer any power to use his sabre, as a last resource plunged his hand into the animal's throat, receiving many severe wounds by so doing, but preventing the panther from injuring any other part of his body ; and his com panions coming up despatched the panther with their muskets. In consequence of the bad state of the roads from the snow, ' , the wounded Arab could not be conveyed to the military hospital at Teniet-el-Haad until five days afterwards. Although his wounds are very serious, and his left eye destroyed, the medical men do not despair of saving his life. 'The panther measured two metres ninety zentirnetres from the nose to the extremity of the •tail, the height of the shoulders eighty centimetres ; and it weighed one hundred and fifty pounds. COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children, ar rived at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday from Windsor. The Weekly Chronicle persists, in spite of contradiction from the Times, in asserting that her majesty will visit Lisbon and Gibraltar during the ensuing summer. The Duke of Wellington had an audience of the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Prince Albert presided, on Wednesday, at a meeting of the committees of the Royal Commission for the Exhibi tion of 1851. The meeting was held at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness presided again on Thursday at a meeting of the same commission. Her Majesty and the Prince visited the Haymarket Theatre on Thursday, and on Friday evening his Royal Highness honoured with his presence the Sacred Har monic Society's performance of the oratorio of St. Paul, at Exeter-hall. By a new system of medical treatment the Duke of Sutherland has been relieved from the deafness under which his grace so long suffered._ _ The Earl and Countess of Sefton will entertain a large party at Croxteth Park next week. The Queen Dowager has bequeathed the sum of ten thousand pounds to Major-general Lord Frederick Fitz clarence, G.C.H. THE LIVERPOSI STANDARD. IRELAND. The mountains of Wicklow, Dublin, Clare, and Tippe rary, are covered with snow. A " Kerry Priest" in a letter to the Cork Examiner, intimates that the time has arrived for the Roman Catholic clergy to accept a state provision, else they must be starved. Mr. J. O'Connell occupied a group of coal-porters in Conciliation Hall, on Monday, for two hours, with several speeches. The rent for the last week was stated to be £9 16s. 2d. ABDUCTION.—This crime, which is peculiar to Ireland, has become rather common of late. In the county of Kilkenny there have been two cases within the past fort night, and two in Tipperary. THE MAYOR OF DuBLIN.—Two notices of actions for penalties have already been served on the Lord Mtyor, for having presided, in his official capacity, at meetings of the corporation. A notice has also been served upon the treasurer of the borough of Dublin, cautioning him against paying any moneys during the disputed mayoralty of Mr. Reynolds, M.P. LONGEVITY.—There died within the last twelve months in the neighbourhood of Woodview, Cork, two old men, cousins, one named John Howard, aged 111 years, and the other named James Magner, on the sth of this month aged 110 years. They were both in the habit of walking to the parish chapel on Sundays, a distance of two miles. They had great grand children grown up and married. MURDER OF A SOLDIER.—On Thursday an inquest was held at Galway on the body of William Snelgrove, a soldier of the 68th regiment fat present quartered there, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Bridget Cavannagh, Ellen Joyce, Margaret Naughten, and Judy M`Donagh, the four women with whom the deceased was seen in company on the night he was drowned. The women are in custody. THE BITERS BIT.—On Friday night, a party of fellows entered the dwelling of a buxom widow, near Cooreclare, suspected of having plenty of cash, intent on forcing her to become the wife of one of the party. Understanding that she slept generally with her daughter, our gay Lotha rios snatched up their supposed prize, with which they decamped to a house some miles distant, where, to their utter chagrin, instead of the rich fascinating widow, they found themselves in possession of an old haggard pauper, whom the daughter had brought for her companion for the night in the mother's accidental absence. Shortly after the police arrested six of the party.—Limerick Re porter, FEARFUL DESTITUTION.—A Bantry (Ireland) paper, says, " Pauperism reigns triumphant, and the applications for relief are so numerous, and increasing to such a fearful height, as to threaten to absorb the entire property of tha country. Unfortunately the guardians, on whom the heavy responsibility rests, from their want of funds, find themselves utterly unable to cope with the fearful amount of poverty which is pressing upon them. The number of inmates which the main and auxiliary buildings are cal culated to contain amounts to 1800, but there are at pre sent 1000 over that number huddled together, and com pelled from want of clothing, to remain in their own filthy rags, thereby preparing the house for the reception of fever and disease." THE NEWEST OUT.—A tall, miserable looking country man, with a half-starved donkey, is to be seen in the morning moving through the city, soliciting schoolboys for their bread, for which in return he gives them a ride on the unfortunate animal to the school door. In a short time he succeeds in getting his pockets well filled with bread. A short time since, another country fellow with a similar animal drove a profitable trade in the outskirts of the city, by putting young children under the belly of the donkey as an infallible remedy against the hooping-cough ! The charge was only a half-penny. It is doubtful whether the Commissioner of the Morning Chronicle in his pere grinations met any expedients for raising the wind superior to the above.—Cork Constitution. PRIESTS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The late Augustus Heron, Esq., of Dublin, has left £lOOO to this society on condition that another £lOOO is raised within a year from this period. The objects of the society are chiefly to pro tect priests of good character who conscientiously abandon the apostacy of Rome, and to protect and educate young men originally intended for the priesthood but who have relinquished that design. Lord Roden and the Rev. H. E. Prior are two of the trustees. Since the formation of the society in 1844, it has given aid and instruction to ten reformed priests and to twenty stndents for the Romish priesthood, who abjured the errors of Popery. It has also circulated two hundred thousand scriptural publica tions. The £2OOO, if raised through Protestant liberality, is to form a permanent endowment fund, the interest from which can only be available for the society's objects. SCOTCH AND ENGLISH ENTERPRISE IN DUBLIN. — How comes it that strangers can flourish here ? At the head, or very near the head, of every trade you find an Englishman or Scotchman. Is this because they work better ?—and, if not, what is the reason ? Can we not compete with them —we, the natives, with native advan tages ? M'Glashan, the most prosperous publisher, is a Scotchman ; Poison, the most prosperous confectioner, ditto ; Gunn and Gameron, the most prosperous adver tisement publishers, ditto ; Mr. Pigot, the music pub lisher, an Englishman ; Mr. Butler, Medical Hall, ditto ; Mr. Andrews, Dame-street, ditto. Englishmen and Scotchmen can prosper in Dublin, if we cannot. We ought to ask ourselves what have we done, or left undone, that produces this result ? Tam convinced that want of a good business education and training—want of being drilled into habits of punctuality —are the great impedi ments. Look to this.—Dublin Nation. THE LORD LIEUTENANCY. - There seems now no doubt that with the departure of Lord Clarendon, the vice-royalty of Ireland will " cease and determine." In the London military circles the departure of the Guards for Dublin in the month of May is regarded as a matter long since arranged—this step being a preliminary to the periodical visitations of her Majesty and a sojourn in her Trish capital of some weeks during every summer. The withdrawal of Sir Edward Blakeney from the chief command in Ireland will also, it is said, form part of the contemplated arrangements—that distinguished veteran to be succeeded by Prince George of Cambridge, who will be assisted by a general officer of experience and long standing in the service. Sundry squadrons of the Oxford Blues will, it is thought, accompany the Guards to Dub lin. The Irish law courts are also said to be doomed. The change will not be beneficial to Dublin, for the vice royalty drew for a time a large aristocratic congress to the Irish metropolis. It had some effect also in retaining its trade and position, and discharged a certain amount of salaries through the channels of local trade. The citizens of Dublin are urged to ask that in return for these removals her majesty will consent to hold a court for six weeks every year in Dublin. PLACE B UYING.—A person, who styles himself "James Ryan, merchant, Clonmel," wrote to the Hon. Cecil Lawless recently, offering him £3OO for a government situation. " Should you (says he) be so good as to grant this request I would wait upon you at any time or place you think proper; it would be the prudent and most dis creet plan ; or I would have no objection to meet your friend in London or elsewhere. I understand all the civil situations of the military department, having served as serjeant-major of artillery upon the island of St. He lena for five years; and beseeching your confidence once again and begging your kind indulgence for this t rou bl e ." To this cool application, which after all may have been intended for another repeal M. P., Mr. Lawless replies : " Sir,—Your letter, of Jan. 25, having been directed to Dublin, has only just reached ,me. I regret this, as I ,should have wished you to have received my answer as soon as possible, in order that you might be at liberty to make your offer elsewhere, as you say you intend doing ; and I should feel much obliged by your informing me with what success T have been more than once d ou try el usted by seeir to the Ireland than any of our former rulers since the terrible .union ; but yet, sir, I will not believe that you are likely to succeed better with any one of them. At all events, as I an about to publish this correspondence, , l doubt whe ther the blackest sheep of the flock will have courage to promote your interest for even double the bribe you offer me." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 13.—At a congregation holden this day the undermentioned degrees were conferred :—Bache lors of Arts.—W. H. Hawker, G. Meek, and C. L. Pem berton, Trinity College; H. L. Harkness, C. A. Jenkins, R. C. R. Owen, and D. Smith, St. John's College ; and E. W. Gilbert, Jesus College. The Bishop of Oxford presided at the annual meeting of the Oxford Church Missionary Society on Monday. The Kent Herald states that upwards of £5OO has been subscribed in support of Mr. Whiston, in his struggle with the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. Mrs. Elizabeth Frank, an aged lady, well known as a liberal contributor to charitable societies, died a short time ago at York. The bulk of her property, exceeding £lO,OOO, is left to the Pastoral Aid and Church Mission ary Societies. No other society is mentioned in her will, except the Clergy Daughters' School, at Casterton, to which a reversionary legacy is left, exceeding £l,OOO. _ BENEFICES IN PLURALITY.—Bv a bill in the House of Commons, which was on Friday printed, it is proposed that spiritual persons shall not hold benefices in plurality, unless they are actually contiguous to each other, and the population of the two shall not exceed 600. The act is not to affect benefices under £lOO, and not to apply to preferments to which persons are admittesl. The act is to apply to Ireland as well as to England. DR. Hook.—This reverend gentleman has denied that his principles have undergone any change. He adds at the conclusion of a long letter : Although I have not left any party, or joined any party, but remained station ary, I cannot be blind to the fact that many who are now reputed Low Churchmen, are, what would have been called thirty years ago, High Churchmen : and I do heartily wish that these, and all who are really High Churchmen, would forget past differences and bygone controversies, and combine to resist the aggression of Romanisers on one side and of Rationalists on the other. The only bond of union that can be formed is that which rests on the principles of the English Reformation and the doctrine of justification by faith only." THE EPISCOPAL FUND.—In the House of Lords on Monday, the Marquis of Lansdowne, explained the mature of this bill, which provides a new paid ecclesiastical commission, to manage property, yielding annually £16,000 from one source, and £136,000 from another, the latter shortly to be augmented to £300,000, so that ere long the commission will have to manage property yield ing the annual sum of £316,000. The Archbishop of Canterbury made a few remarks, but the debate was brief. The see of London has hitherto been worth £14,000. Why not at once bring in a bill to provide, that on the next vacancy two bishops shall be appointed, one to have his seat in St. Paul's, the other in West minster Abbey,—the one taking the eastern part of the diocese, the other the western, and the income of each to be £6,000 per annum ? There are residences for each, — one at Fulham, the other in ,St. James's-square. Surrey and Hampshire might be reformed with ease. The re venues of Winchester, with judicious management, would supply two prelates with £4,000 or even £5,000 each. And why do we wait for these reforms to execute them selves ? Of Durham it is needless to speak. Every one knows that the possessions of that see would well provide for two or even three prelates. There would remain such cases as the dioceses of Exeter and Norwich. These would need assistance from the Episcopal Fund. CHURCH AND STATE.—The London correspondent of the Oxford Herald gives a description of a second sermon by the Rev. W. J. Bennett, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, on the royal supremacy, which he is stated to have de clared no longer existed in the sovereign, but de facto in the House of Commons, a body containing not only here tics, but infidels, and, consequently, intolerable to have control over the church. If redress was unattainable, " the post of honour is a private station." The writer continues—" It was au extraordinary scene. You might have heard a pin drop, so completely hushed into silence was the crowded congregation—the most crowded, no doubt, of any of the London churches of that day, great numbers being obliged to stand all the time, and many being unable to obtain standing room. It was composed too of all classes—professional men, shopkeepers, and others, formed a large proportion of those who occupied the pews—and there was besides a very large attendance of nobility and gentry of Belgravia. Two or more of the cabinet ministers were present, including the premier himself. Lord John Russell occupied his usual seat, ac companied by his brother, the Duke of Bedford : Lord Campbell sat immediately under the pulpit. The Bishop of Gloucester was also present. And all these great per- . sonages were observed to pay the most marked attention to the extraordinary discourse to which they listened. Lord John appeared to labour under some emotion ; and the Bishop of Gloucester seemed much affected. Evi dently a deep impression was produced. It was intimated that a protest against the present connection of church and state, and an address to the primate, would be ready for signatures in the church porch on Wednesday morn ing." POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Mr. Jones Loyd is to be created a peer, by the title of Baron Overstone. The Spectator in a literary article remarks that " as the Whigs have not a great deal of character to spare, they ought to be allowed to keep what they have." Mr. Acheson Lyle has been appointed a member of the education board over the foundation schools, in succession to the late Rev. Dr. Elrington. Lord Clarendon left Dublin on Friday, to be present in the House of Lords last night, when the affair at Dolly's Brae was to be brought forward by Lord Stanley. The Morning Herald notices, that in Wednesday's de bate Sir Robert Peel, instead of speaking from the floor of the house, the position always occupied by the leaders, even of sections of the House of Commons, addressed the speaker from the second row of benches. _ IMMENSE FALL IN THE VALUE OF LAND.—The Dun bar Common, consisting of about forty-acres, and which, some few years back, brought £8 per imperial acre, was, on Tuesday, let by public roup, to Messrs. Nelson and Renton, at £3 and £3 15s. respectively. Go it ! Free Trade ! ! !—Berwick Warder. A deputation of shipowners had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere on Thursday, at the office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the present state of the shipping interest. The deputation consisted of Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. W. C. Harnett, Mr. George Marshall, Mr. J. Richardson, Captain Gilmore, Mr. N. Gould, Mr. J. Allan, and Mr. W. Tindall. At that Radical College, the "London University," a curious declaration against free trade has occurred. At the " University College Literary and Debating Society," the all-important subject of free trade was lately discussed, and after a spirited debate, which lasted two days, a divi sion showed the numbers to be for protection, in opposi tion to those for free trade, in the proportion of three to one exactly. . _ _ A deputation of gentlemen representing paper-makers, publishers, and printers, in England and Scotland, had an interview with Lord John Russell on Wednesday. Amongst those present were Mr. Charles Cowan, M.P., Mr. T. B. Crompton, of Farnworth, Lancashire : Mr. Baldwin. of Sherborne Mill, Birmingham; Mr. Thomas Wrigley, of Bury, Lancashire ; Mr. James Durham and Mr. Henry Bruce, Edinburghshire ; Mr. Robert Cham bers, of Edinburgh; Mr. Charles Knight and Mr. W. S. Orr, of London. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Hume, M.P., and by Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Blair'' , the members respectively for Birmingham and Bolton. Several members of the deputation addressed his lordship, after which the gentlemen, who had been received with the greatest courtesy by his lordship, withdrew._ THE MINISTRY AND SHIPBUILDING. — The free trade ministers stated on the opening of Parliament that the shipbuilding interest, in congseuence of the repeal of the Navigation Laws, was in a most prosperous state. Mr. G. F. Young, a large shipowner, has exposed the trickery of the returns made public, he states—" They, the Go vernment, say, that the shipbuilding interest is in a most prosperous state, and that it is prosperous they deduced from the fact that there were 90 ships building in the port of Sunderland on the 31st of December last. It is the truth that that was the case at that time, but it is not the whole truth ; and the whole truth is, that though there were 90 ships building in that great shipbuilding port, 24 of them were only sold, whilst 66 were standing, 31 of them being ready to launch, but could not get purchasers. I find also, that out of 250 ships which were building at the several shipbuilding ports at that date, there were but 66 sold, making nearly 200 out of the 250 that could not obtain purchasers. Is that fair ?" _ _ The - Morning Herald of Wednesday says, Oh for a lit tle audacity in the ranks of Churchmen and Conserva tives. Half of the victories of Radicals and Dissenters are gained by the headlong and reckless style of their assaults. Nothing is too monstrous for them to assert; nothing too unreasonable for them to demand. At one of the County meetings on agricultural affairs, held last week, when a speaker demanded how the loss inflicted on agriculture was to be compensated, one of the Radicals cried out—" Take £12,000,000 a-year from the Church !" Not knowing or not caring that the result of actual inquiry had shewn the annual revenues of the Church to be less than £3,300,0001 In one of their journals, a few days ago, some idiot or miscreant boldly asserted that the pre sent Bishop of London had received one million of the public money ! It is by "enormous lying" of this kind that they make way ; and when they come to demand anything, it generally is, that the Church, possessing more than five-sevenths of the people, shall succumb to them, who cannot claim one-seventh. Mr. Denison, the recently-returned Protectionist mem ber for the West Riding of Yorkshire, voted in the majority on the address, and has since had to explain his vote to an influential portion of the electors, at a meeting last Sutur day, at Doncaster. Mr. Denison declared that he had no honest alternative, not wishing to turn out the present government, as there was no one to put in their place. Lord Stanley was " wonderfully honest," but, " not always the most judicious." Then who who were to be his colleagues ? None of the Peel party would go with him, and with the exception of Mr. Herries, there was not a Protectionist member in the House of Commons who knew anything of office :--" He was firmly persuaded that Lord Stanley, with a Protectionist party, could not form a government which could stand a fortnight. And if so, would they like to send for Mr. Cobden? (No.) Well, he was sure they would not wish for Sir Robert Peel. (No, no.) He would be frank with them, and say that he was sure that even he could not form a government. Well, then, if neither Sir Robert Pe e l, L or d S tanley, nor Nlr. Cobden could form a government, they must be content with the present one. And this being his im pression, he voted against :the amendment, considering that it was his duty to his Sovezeign and to his constitu ents that he should do so." There may be said to be a four-fold division of members in the House of Commons,—namely, two parties, and two sections. Each party, and each section, has its immediate and appropriate newspaper organ. The large ministerial majority is represented by the Times and the Globe ; and the protectionist minority by the Herald, Post, Standard ; the hermaphrodite section, which is conservative and free-trading, has the Morning Chronicle; and the section which advocates household or universal suffrage, financial reform, and so forth, has the Daily News. It is stated that Mr. Caird, the gentleman who has ob tained such notoriety by the publication of pamphlets on " High Farming," is the commissioner appointed by the Times to report on the state of the agricultural districts of England, at a salary of five hundred pounds a-year, and travelling expenses. Mr. Caird is a tenant farmer, hold ing one of the largest and finest farms in Galway, and this extraordinary change of occupation has caused much sur prise among his friends. It is, however, easily accounted for ; he, no doubt, finds writing more profitable than farm ing at present'prices. THE MERCANTILE MAr INE.—In the Commons' House on Monday, Mr. Labouchere called attention to three measures, embodied in three bills, of great importance to the mercantile marine of this country, namely, one for improving the present condition of masters, mates, and seamen ; another for the regulation of the Merchant Seamen's Fund ; the third, for regulating the admessure ment of the tonnage of ships. The first of these bills was drawn on the same principles as that of last session, though it was materially altered and amended. The ex isting evils were, the notorious incapacity of some masters of our vessels, the want of discipline in the crews, and the manner in which contracts are entered into between owners and mariners. The remedies he proposed, as in the former bill, were to establish a mercantile department of the Board of Trade; a system of examination of mas ters and mates, and public shipping-offices, under govern ment functionaries, at the various sea-port towns, who should superintend the making of contracts between the sailor and his employer. He proposed in the bill that the shipping officers should have power to adjudicate in money questions only where both parties consented. The bill gave power to abolish the present system of registration, and to engraft it upon the new machinery. He proposed to modify the provision of last year with regard to ad vance notes, which the present bill made recoverable by legal process. Regarding the discipline of seamen, the bill, in addition to the provisions of that of last year— giving first-class captains a power of imprisonment, and making acts of misconduct causing loss of the ship or of life a misdemeanour—provided that on application to a consul, or commander of a Queen's ship, in a foreign port, a naval court might be established to try grave charges of misconduct, with summary power in cases of emergency. A FEW FACTS FROM A TENANT FARMER.—The Tithe Commutation Act was passed in 1835 and the averages were taken upon the seven previous years. The tithe owner and the tithe payer were on an equality, both alike protected to a certain amount. The corn laws were re, pealed in the February of last year, and as a necessary consequence the price of farm produce has diminished from thirty to forty per cent. Instead of receiving 565. per quarter for his wheat, the farmer can now scarcely obtain 365. Is there a corresponding reduction in the tithe charge ? No such thing. The tithe owner is pro tected for at least five years to come. The proportion in which the income of the tithe owner has been depreciated is about £1 in £5O, while the value of the farmer's pro duce is diminished by one-third, or £lO in £3O. A far mer occupying land at a rental of £3OO a-year is presumed to derive a certain profit from his farm, and must pay at the rale of 1.1- per cent. upon the sum of his rent and tithe charge. There is no appeal, no redress for him. He may have lost this year £lOO of his capital, yet, if he farm at £B5O a-year rent, and pay £l5O a-year tithe, the sur veyor of Income Tax will demand 14 per cent upon £lOOO a year, or £l5 as the government proportion of his profits. Will agriculturists endure this ? If a sapient bench of magistrates think proper to build a prison or an asylum with piggeries and stables in the Gothic or Doric style, or, if an inexperienced road surveyor, at a salary of £3OO a year, has a desire to show his unfitness for the office by erecting a bridge, or making a cutting, the farmer must find the money, and thus become the unfortunate victim of the avarice or the ignorance of others. The whole of the land in the township of Catterick is taxed thus inci dentally to the enormous amount of 12s. per acre. Will Tenant Farmers submit to a continuation of these taxes ? They cannot. The spirit is willing, but the purse is empty. —Newcastle Journal. FARMING.—A curious correspondence has just taken place between Mr. Cobden and an agriculturist named Jonas, who is, fortunately, not a small farmer, or the Globe and the political economists would have come to Mr. Cobden's aid, and have assured us that large farmers must in the long run prevail, and that only large farmers could answer. He holds 2000 acres. Mr. Cobden, there fore, tries another excuse, and tells him that he ought to have a large capital, " say from £2OOO to £3000," or else his holding is too large. But Mr. Jonas is ready for him here also ; for he replies, " I beg to say that on last Michaelmas my capital on taking stock amounted to £22,079 16s. 6d." Mr. Cobden doubtless expected that this, his first question, would have stopped his correspon dent's mouth ; or he would have gone on with the usual cant about "farming higher." Here, however, Mr. Jonas was equally ready for him, proceeding to state.— " In the same year (1849) I expended for artificial food, stock purchased, corn, and cake, £2666 ls. 3d. ; and for artificial manures, £983 6s. 9d." The question, th en , remains,—to which, be it observed, Mr. Cobden gives no answer,—what is to be done with the land ? Mr. Jonas shows him that the reduction of prices is equal to 275. 3d. per acre. This is more than the average rent of the land. You must annihilate rent, then, to give the tenant a chance, and even then, with falling markets, it would be a question whether he could live. Such is Mr. a Jonas's case—the case of a practical farmer of the higher class. It has been put before Mr. Cobden. This gentleman, Sir Robert Peel's great instructor, does not put the letter behind the fire, or refuse to answer it. He writes an answer—an impertinent one, a silly one, it is true ; but one written for the public, for he refers to its publication. We are entitled, then, to suppose that Mr. Cobden, thus writing for the public, gave the best answer he could. And what is that ? Just none at all. Mr. Jonas puts to him the plain, practical question,—lf I, in 1845, could afford to carry on my farm, paying 255. an acre rent, what am I to do now, when you have reduced the value of each acre's purchase by 275. 3d. per annum ? But Mr. Cobden has not even an attempt at a remedy for him. LA IV INTELLIGENCE. * In the Exchequer Court, on Thursday last, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, M.P., brought an action against Mr. Brad shaw, proprietor of the Nottingham Journal, for a libel contained in a hand-bill published by the defendant, in which Mr. O'Connor was charged with having wheedled the people of England out of £lOO,OOO in furtherance of the National Land Scheme, and applied it to his own use. The hand-bill also recommended all who wished to witness the overthrow of the great political impostor to take in the Nottingham Journal. The trial occupied the attention of the court the whole of Friday and Saturday, and at its conclusion the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, accompanied by an opinion that the plaintiff's honesty stood unimpeached. The learned judge gave it as his de cided opinion that the land scheme was illegal. IN RE W. LAWTON.—When this case was last before the bankruptcy court the commissioner refused to grant a protection. He - addressed the court upon the 256th sec tion of the act, which enacts that if on the sitting for the certificate the court shall find that the bankrupt has com mitted any of the specified offences, it shall refuse the certificate or suspend it, and shall in like manner refuse to grant bankrupt any further protection. He argued that this section gave the court a large discretionary power over the certificate, and that the same power was intended to be given over the protection. The 112th section of the act, giving the power to grant a protection, was a very ex tensive one, and the words taking away that power ought to be very strong and clear, which he contended was not the case as regarded the 256th section. After urging other points, Mr. Woodburn contended that it was for the bene fit of the estate that the bankrupt should have protection. Mr. Almond, for the assignees, and Mr. Robert Norris, on behalf of the creditors, contended that the court had not power to grant the application. Ultimately, the com missioner, who said he felt some difficulty in deciding the point, postponed his decision until Wednesday. SCREW PROPELLER PATENT.—In the Court of Exche quer, on Wednesday, the case of Maudsley v. Smith was tried. It was a proceeding by scire fahias to repeal let ters patent granted to the defendants in 1838, for improvements in the mode of propelling vessels upon what is known as " the screw principle. On the part of the prosecution it was stated, and endeavoured to be supported by evidence, that the practical application of the power of propulsion by " screw" was known and used so far back as the year 1784. It was said that the prin ciple was identical with that upon which windmills were worked, and that in 1785 a patent was obtained by a Mr. Bramah, for improvements which he claimed to have dis covered in working windmills. On the part of the de fendants it was contended that Lowe's patent was pecu liar and novel, inasmuch as the screw worked with a shaft under water, through a stuffing-box, and the length of the screw was accurately proportioned to its pitch, and capable of obtaining a higher degree of speed than could be effected under any other system. The case lasted all day, and was eventually' decided in the defendant's favour, thus establishing the validity of his patent. THE SCREW PROPELLER.—On Monday last a question of considerable interest, in respect to steam navigation, was argued before the Judicial Committee, at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, Lords Brougham, Campbell, and Langdale, Dr. Lushington and Mr. Pemberton Leigh being present. An application was made by Sir Frederick Thesiger, on behalf of the patentees of the screw pro peller, for an extension of their patent, which expires in May next. The evidence went to prove that no less than £30,000 had been expended in building the. Archimedes, and in defraying other weighty charges to establish the screw-propulsion principle ; and it further appeared, that although no less than 32 ships-of-war and 100 mercantile steam-vessels had been constructed already upon this principle, not more than two or three had paid for the patent license. These evasions had been occasioned by the conflicting claims of five different patentees ; but, as these have now united in one association, it is expected the Admiraltythis are interested, question that all who have adopted the use of the screw propell er w licenses. r collaterally, As in to the amount of about £25,000, Sir John Jervis, th e Attorney-gencral, assisted by Mr. Cro w d er , Q.C., op posed the application for an extension of M r . F ran k ill ha vet o e i p t a h y e r fo d r i r t e h c e t i l r y o Pettitt Smith's patent; but, after examining Captains Chappell and Crispin, R.N. and Messrs Bru ne l an d Gal loway, engineers, their lordships decided on granting an extension of five years to Mr. Smith's patent upon cer tain conditions; and there is now therefore a fair pros pect of that gentleman and his supporters recovering a portion, if not the whole, of the licensing moneys to which they are unquestionably entitled. Feb. 19, 115 t diS , BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE;;uis 03. BLAND—SHERIFF'S COURT, Lmenox. .: hie, r ot action brought by a lady named Agnes F t n l k ig rosrif; at the Isle of Man, against the Rev. ." P err Bland, curate of Rotherhite church, to recover, sation in damages for breach of promise ° l ., ro pitS i il The defendant acknowledged his breach oi,r„ fi c , allowing judgment to go by default, and a vvri"_'',._ . was now executed for the assessment of dr Tfi c efl S'r the ossr were laid in the declaration at f. 3,00 0• with whom was Mr. O'Malley, appeared for 4 and Mr. Serjeant Shee, with whom was Mr. P . l ies #l , represented the defendant. Soon after the p w ~o i represented the plaintiff and defendant camelferepe there were sympto m s o f arra ngement. Term s , f , D posed, and whilst the j ur y w ere being sworn Dn.„,eo siger and Mr. Serjeant Shee consulted on the cuwtco tion to be awarded. Sir F. Thesiger rose, a, a ,, b e spo, he was happy to inform th e jury that they wow, ,_intl) a very painful inquiry. The object of the P'r,g4e bringing the action was the v indication of her en v t O and he (Sir F. Thesiger) understood there 0 0 '0 slightest reproach to be cast upon it, as they sc ,,,O t ' licly hear from his learned friend, and by ..c c u r :s e el jury would assess the damages at £ 1,500. • L 'l sc iel i d Shee expressed the satisfaction he felt at the ,T and ef',, his duty in exonerating the plaintiff from all,ff,o, blame. There was not now, nor bad there ;tors cause to attribute blame to her, and the defen a , 01 9 1 be ready at all times to make the acknowlf! g v now made on his behalf. Mr. Under-Sher iff _. t ile; told the jury that they would, by consent, assesiiii4 mages at £1,500. The jury, of whom Sir He il; foreman, accordingly assessed the damages a pied' It was expected that the case would have ocetif or pa time. The speedy termination appeared ~ f: c a hequefw some of the persons assembled. A FAMILY DISPUTE. —ln the Court of - 1 -npd, Re, rather curious case (Bull v. Ranken) was dee l "; , " had occupied the court since the previous Satlesp;teo, plaintiff, who kept a circulating library, in felic o ;o 1841, made a runaway match with one of the cl u e telierw daughters, whilst the plainti ff 's brother, a b, ter , 1 ; away, at the same time, with a second ' clang bar e ,. be sa plaintiff's wife died in January, 1848, soon aft er ii t! finement. Shortly before her death, the defeee e a dv ii , o is a widow, became reconciled to her daughter , a if i e tt„ music,her. i deceased nlB34, (Mrs. Bull) she was was e a n l g y re ei a ing t sh P ttr r a ctlyb,e. : 4l,o s r , her grandmother, a Mrs. Davis, then 73, and. lini ng her the defendant, purchased a piano for 150 guin — lefy; was played upon constantly by the plaintiffs We:l6 treated as her property. A writing desk, va la n b l iA guineas, was also purchased for and used by the_.,' yr wife many years before her marriage. To 1 7;_ g de value of those two articles, the piano and ivn he ge 7 the present action was brought. Mrs. Davis, t ...ng e?: mother, died in 1836, bequeathing all she Wasr t of'? / of to her daughter, the defendant. On the pr: for e, plaintiff, it was shown that the plaintiff's wife, Pore marriage, usually kept the key of the question, and that another piano had n b xist e s.4 e o n jus P fibi t 3 l irsostii , bii,, it. , , the younger sister. On behalf of the defend° u se , i,' urged that, although the piano and desk wer e „ ro perq Mrs. Bull, before marriage, they were not her '00 11 " g , and it was suggested, in support of this view, g et J, plaintiff had neither claimed nor demanded th e fter , some months after his wife's death ; and that , 3 „ jet l fi dea r a s ny t te trial t asking he o ft her r country, af 0 c t r i a o pn n ede n, throwing pecuniary ilnaign assistance t t i h ff e w b r l o tan t m e ee t n o : f t t i l i e ' lle pm t rei 1 proceedings which had taken place on his fa a ~., brother. The Lord Chief Baron, in summing - eir,, sjmowpnhi s aunf e ieaolaraAg r aavryn v dQ. rstec e oydhruT; d mo.eewAli xbit v eouasTn e Nrssrt r y e:unTwspFrben ihiautoedsgßhesrtißihnarcanenonhgnatvspdnarlidliAsgrharheceoelLdid:eydumnAies:btousnßti plaintiff ff p ixodetf o dtroxhe n eßArwdtpeei rthye t natho h enbbsAneu e dyeydNlveeta w tatridathAymhelu a rue:sil i aeoni t aTtvcaseohnßeullg o fhiuryumto f yiatsi se, hgbcrsf m acneetaollnttn—f u oaßpiudedni t rra in: . .u na no:c: a . pee 000w0 1 iii.,:tiirs g : :: 9 1.1 dsitettrio b : to : I 'l for the plaintiff, damages £BO. T T , be ofawn h ds o gtrh h e eea appearedmd action ue b nn e td e eo n rnwt a e th hs n e e g baapsrg part tmg ohetftdot the on ea p m e dr r eee f fc o eoo r nvf m demar at the, Theatre, of which the defendant was the propr.e?; engaged by the defendant as prima" donna, alid 0 0 0 wptwtm s / oh i a7ehi n uirttids g omhths otci m inpiapnhfrna u laeo( lancs:vyueid. April,iceel n a tidsgeh l tuTdTie p t oi hhhtitwnpethaeeae,chterdebi learned Waterman, uteaet , ohatigi a rsmeretnh t ehi eepteta a ndtlmwtai e s nieatn a cnghnts l otr a r ettui deffhsn y drih;e,eie o setas sl f oonri nne : (wcggi v i ehms ifi.rve p ci. er e hs ds r HtThbE w nuhee e moir n e stpi aw k i fasac i ,:tstoobror f te ! in consequence, undertook the part. The defenV e et, Miss Emma Stanley, Miss Rafter, and other s ci e d struck the music out of the piece, a nd n a i d f n e a d n h t t a h h d a a t d P e s s r u b f ; °sf i e t ::? c, ; :, quence refused to perform the character, ane, a fr i' cording to theatrical usage, a party engaged a t ',1 1 0 ° , , ought not to be called to play such a character if ."ber_e were struck out. This was the case on the part of ' t i l er,' A dd l ie r a:f . , see S wtnrhn e hde r ono j wt e bnu a hitcul n , aloitsrddmiWi,dn taken i ule i lit l nae k rldt i igh n ne. s gwall a i eatt l Elh d it eb.tese s is airs e (at ois d n:wdh t . ..hend:e declare lic u l22ja r p.or e l , i. 0:,,,, r °, pill a :ii. , , ,Df i ter. i,er i t ; jo, ~,l' i i of t p i r ff i t n l t e e give themselves. One would insist upon having hot , y sitively she would throw up her engagement t a g ,) J which the learned serjeant spoke caused roars of z , ,, n A m f u t a e n o r t d h d e i w u r , that she cou ' ld not appear at all that evening—OvA i ltri and the result was that the unfortunate mana,r i e,'# l l announce that she was " suddenly indisposed, t o " L i t'l der the circumstances, to " throw himself 0; 4 09 gence of the audience." He contended that 6 ' 064 her own act cancelled the agreement. He 'fbr, tf Loder, the musical composer a t th e P r incess; tie ei who stated that the plaintiff's wife had intro° ti op ' songs into the part of Wilhelmina— ,, Tbr ° o f 4 wood," and " Love, dwell with me," neither tw it was in The Water man . Wit ness was aware' ol'e'' part of Wilhelmina was not essentially a musics P he had neve r k nown it per f orme d w i t h out sougsl ie d,,, an ad libitum part. Other witnesses were ea i„ tile,' thought that a performer w as b oun d t o pl B Y r off e ,' although the music wer e st ruc k ou t. Mr. P"ltistl plied, and, in doing so, adverted in very s troog_ nu e to that part of the address of the defendant's 1 ',, 1 e 1 which he alluded to the after dinner habits of s° „":: ' donnas, and which the defendant had, he suPlle ti li structed him to use. The learned serjeant ii ; a dig court ; the defendant, however, got up, 80 ,%5 t ,,,t . denied that he had given any such instrucL,'",,l' counsel. Mr. Humfrey said he was very glau r `i th e The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ° amount claimed. SPORTING INTELLIGEX The celebrated steeple-chtse horse Rory -be- i5 l been sold to Lord Lurgan for £6OO. 5 V t CHESTER CUP. —Bell's Life, in an able an e '' e vel l 'oi merits of the horses engaged in this i m portant 01 0 0 chosen the followi ng as mos t pro b a bl e to fernaeylo ner :—Peep- o '-d ay -B oy , J o h n C osser, Ell e rd Evelyn, Gl auca , W es t ow , F ug l eman, Miss ig a Colt, Rol an d, Th e Flea, and Grief. The P', or Ellerdale, Lady Evely n , I n h er it ress , Essedari u4 sack. , t 1 11 PEDESTRIAN MATCH.-An American re—to l ti of his athleti c po wers , an d c h a ll enge d a young ro an s Sutton to walk agai ns t hi m a di s t ance o f seireeoci t : a wager of £5. Th e c h a ll enge was ac cepte d' o toe i d agreed that they should walk, on the 6th 1 TV' ground between Liverpool and Manchester:oooo and selected a mile of land not far froni,,., sty Sutton is known in Lancashire and Chesr t ior„if,i walker. The American, w h ose nam e is claims to be the champion walker of An3ericil'oat°4 feet high, thin, and long li m b e d. The Amerl e .Je.r lead at a rapid pace, but at the e n d of the frl't "'old d or °Ol, passed him and kept the le a d till n ear the e sixth mile; then Liley, making an effort, cee'het' r d se, In t a competitor, but he was much distressed. ie a mile Sutton walked away from the Americlo ir l him by fifty yards, completing the seven n" seconds under the hour. TRADE AND NAVIGATION• 0 0 1 9) The annual accounts relative to trade ell ° tte? f f have just been issued, and are worthy the cloia j all who are anxious or interested in our in e outgoings. eet i V/ We have imported 3,872,134 quarters of v rli g till,• 14- millions more than in 1848 ; whilst amt 10.0 quantity, 42 millions of quarters were ein e ., tE rs„ ° , j sumption. In all we imported 9,729,673 qu a "184 7 ,;5 7 and 3,534,437 cwts. of flour and meal in , 0 0 1 " about the same quantity of grain as in 18471 y, half of the flour. The duty saved on ° amounted to £615,814 ; the amount in 18 49 so Of living animals the numbers in 1849 1848 18" 18 19 4 „ 5, k9 2 11 P::-I, /11 17 made Tlm Tuphebrye decrease, twheer ei however, 0 cfiwnstastl.th imported poimportrted provisions'ion It s 44 11 c •••• ---,.,0_ , I , 597,419 " " i s 49 , / tfri and 894,800 " " i - 3 ' 5 e b i 'i In cheese there is a decrease from 4 4 ", 6 s l4,fr . 3 t11 79 e ,"5. rude r l e n gi b m u e tte o r f a t l h s e o eaxediescegrease, th .fl o s tl e g f p jec"pi; oil and oil cake there has been a considerable svhloori import. Of tallow the import is the 01 109 candles the export has well ni h doubled. G oo , remains f 0 0 0 , 6 4/s :t: tionary. Of coffee there has been six millions .9;;" 0 0 'pi( imported ssw:hg. oal sugar. 0a amount fmTothshuueangntad sugar in te duty t nh h gie e nr be p ul r tB e h c 4sa e sos d , po i , preceding oo g e de ynuecaeardn, cwts. £ 6 is : l ; r v i e ' eso : 7 o r: fr : 00 ; fbruoTtmht British 3 8 55. imports92Bo.loofn own colonies, and a decrease from the I° o 3 o ° ,piri There has been a slight decrease in the c ° 01) to o',. increased, cotton from 6,366,251 cwts. to 0,1 ,, of I t i i ° o 1 the import from foreign countries rernaiail‘ le/ Raw silk has increased in import ; thrown,, s o n t , ) ,2 nearly one-half. Flax has increased , as t o PO 'll trade with South America, especially with ._ o pt f e : menting. Of manufactured articles there I ; to py,i increase of imports; those of glass, fnr 6 pe b ee e6 diminished. Embroidery and needleworic 5: 1 . 0 0 ty li! duced to the value of £lOO,OOO. Of silks e t 5 1i4er twoono manufacturesllens have le a pfreodmfro themillion' $O2; have doubled, whilst the imports have bn 0 d„,,,i the ies rfarwomm4aotetroia4lsof raa,nulfa.46c,tilv,,Agi(i gressed. The exports of linen have increas'iliio7. 27 millions, Earthenware, too, had increa" ware, 6 declared millions vatlou: 1 0 f_ll2,Va°tl /' 1) 3