The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-08 00:00:00

8 p„...- Zib TO CORPR s, ind demned enunciatf the abbr of the cannot II W e , cur Hen Hey proc course, stractedl their nwi gumption e and emit o the ND ENTS tan7larb. before ust, entitled tent Sandon, M.P., respecting the Rowland Willia 1 this s ) of Sir Robert ) by r, of any pre- puny anta field or one r, and a line e to imagin n version of M`Neile which his In his letter to ve revealed cannot of disregar I q And practice ictically to 3) they are con ent is implied by an re. that `a ronstractive en- upon tIP. we rct the judg- supporting ons plain enough, and istinctness, although in Mr. Williams, several n o I Mr. M'Neil 's own statement no unworthy nquire how the em. D tempt to get rid iiment, that we w, disregard ft ? He reve: deny No: oes not re not deny its truth ry coolly, and proceeds to ssumntion that no such thing as nide for men 9e."_ he says. tations o ned clergy tiod's won palliatives of doctrir he places himself too many Cor strong at the perfect satis tion to Par ith such men every this noble demonstr ceive their names e rev, gentle- I most of them ing and re3nived tune be faun( arties signing, ardens and overseers last have set up the philosophy of the Edinburgh Revieu s above the old•fashioned phi- a of an Estahl Church advances to the t a sk, and we see him com pelled to throw aside one after another the direct , and even to beat about for which she plainly condemns, ret that it is the position of es and thJughtless C-nurehrnen ions, seem to shut their eyes to the fact t le world as TRUT .esent moment as at any past period on, made v terday in the Royal Amphitheatre, to prove to our ek a peti lent against the proposed govern ment grant to Maynooth has lain upon our counter placed there has only been made known by a placai in our own window, our office has been crowd( many of whom have experienced considerable de tention before they have been able to approach any of the six sheets which have been kept ready to re . Already thousands of persons, the sheets will vouch, of respecta- and information, and all of whom have pended their trade or profession and address, have signed this petition ; and we never remember, on any similar occasion in which such petitions have been lodged with us, observing so strong an anxiety upon the subject to which they bore reference, or hearing, from the various such grati- _ . ing expressions of opinion and such an unshrink- Another strong fact, bearing upon this question, and demonstrative of the feeling of Liverpool, is to lions have ever been received as the conclusive tests of the predominance of Conservative and Church of England principles amongst the rate-payers of this Radicalism never could make more than the shew of a fight with us, in any contest where the property and the intelligence of Liverpool was per mitted to have its legitimate influence. Yet, after unparalleled efforts to rouse the feelings and ener gies of the Conservative ratepayers of the town nn this occasion, we were defeated. Let us not be told that this was the result of any strong opinions en tertained by Conservatives as to such matters as the admission of reporters into the meetings of the Se lect Vestry. Let us not be told that this was, except in pretence, a question of close vestries or open ves tries, or that the claptrap of " secret service money" or the pomposities of the Mercury brought defeat upon our heads. _Emphatically, the cause of the apathy which kept Conservative; from the poll was the feeling of disgust, and almost of despair, excited by the government measures. Men will not fight in any cause when they see, as the only fruit of their arduous struggles, abandonment and betrayal on the part of those in whom they have confided. The people of Liverpool will not ' longer raise a hand to advance to power or to sustain in power a part), whose treatment of them in the day of prosperity is as haughty and insulting as in the days of adversity it is abject and fawning. There is a leszon to he learnt in these displays of public feeling. Would that Sir Robert Peel and those who surround him, and cheer him on in the destructive and innovating course which he is pur suing, would learn it in time ! We direct the attention of our readers, with pride as well as pleasure, to our report of the proceedings at the Amphitheatre yesterday. Of the various speeches delivered, it would be invidious in us, if not also presuming, to attempt to particularize the hest. We may, however, point to the unanswera ble speech of the Rev. Mr. Nolan, as containing at once a history and an analysis of the claim of May nooth upon us, and triumphantly negativing the existence of anything like a national compact for its support. Mr. Nolan has also blown tip completely the flimsy structure of expediency which is at tempted to be set up by the ministerial advocates of national endowment ; and wound up his remarks wi h a peroration, the fervid eloquence of which we have rarely, if ever, heard surpassed. The speech of Mr. Embank was also a masterly effort; and of that of Mr. M`Neile, we need ouly say, that it was worthy of that eloquent and uncompromising minister of Protestantism. Surprisingly able, however, as were the addresses of the clerical speakers, we regard as first in im portance, and most calculated to tell with the coun try, and we trust with government as well, those of Msssrs. Adam Hodgson and T. B. Horsfall. Scarcely inferior in eloquence and talent, they pos sess a peculiar weight, as coming from men who, in secular matters have so much cause to be satisfied with the ministerial policy. It must he a deep and conscientious conviction of the evil of their religious and educational policy, which could impel such men to stand forward and to agitate this question, and to risk the fate of a ministry whose measures of corn mercial and financial legislation are conferring such a large measure of prosperity upon the nation. Their Protestant fellow countrymen will appreciate and admire their conduct. GUARDIAN Gas BlLL.—This bill goes into committee to-day and will meet with a fierce opposition. The subject for the lecture at St. Andrew's this evening is " The Christian pursuing things wh ch are lovely and of good report.' " Sir Howard Douglas voted against the motion for leave to bring in the bill fur increasing the grant to Maynooth College. We understand that the contractors for the glazing of a building now in course of erection in this town will save on that contract alone above a thousand pounds by the re duction of the glass duty. PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—On Sunday morning last, after an appropriate sermon by the Rev. Thomas Nolan, the sum of £lB 6s. was collected at St. Mary's Church, Bootle. in aid of this excellent society. The Bishop of Chester has licensed the schools belong ing to Trinity Church, Woodside, for the performance of divine worship. The Rev. Mr. Baylee the incumbent of the church has been induced to resort to this step in con sequence of the free sittings in the church affording alto gether inadequate accommodation for the rapidly increas ing accommodation. On Sunday last, a sermon was preached in St. John's Church by the Rev. W. Falloon, in behalf of the funds of the Eastern Dispensary, and the hand.ome *um of £3O Is. 611. was collected by the congregration.—We hope that some other of our churches, whose districts have the benefit of this charity, may be induced to follow so good an example. The Pistin Family gave a concert last evening, which was well attended, and they base announced another for t.iis evening, their last appearance in Livernool at present. The well-krriwn merits of these performers, who lave been so highly arid justly spoken of by all the leading journ , ls of the day, we anticipate another crowded as sembly this evening, and we can strongly enj in all tho e who have not heard their performance on these new in struments—the Sax Horns—riot to lose the opportunity of tire entertainment for to-night. M AYNOOTH.—PRESTSYTERY OF DUNFERMLINE.—The following petition, on the motion of Dr. Ralph, formerly of this town, and now of Dalgstty, respecting the grant to Maynooth, was unanimously adopted by the Pre•bytery, at their meeting last Thursday, and transmitted, for pre sentation, in the House of Lords. by the Marquis of Bute, Lord High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and by Mr. Colquhoun, in the Com mons :—" That it is reported, on authority, that a bill is about to be introduced into Parliament, having for its ob ject to increase and render permanent the endowment of the College of Maynooth, and thereby to give the highest and most solemn national recognition to a system of doc trine and discipline, contrary, as the petitioners believe, to the Word of God, adverse to the Protestant faith, as at present established by law. and also injurious to the best interests of t • e country, wrong, therefore, in principle, and dangerous as to its results.—May it therefore please," &c. EXHIBITION OF LANDING STAGES.—A very numerous meeting of the projectors of the many ingenious plans, now before the Dock Committee, was held on Wednes day evening last, at the Brunswick Hotel. Mr. T. Rum mens was appointed chairman ; and Mr. Walker, on be half of the provisional committee, laid before the meeting their proceedings up to that time, and explained the re sult of an interview with Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, the chairman of the Dock Committee, who had kindly voted the use of the room in the Revenue-buildings for the pur pose of an exhibition. The chairman then read a very able letter from London, which contained many valuable suggestions on the proposed exhibition. It was unani mously resolved that an exhibition should take place, and a committee of 12 gentlemen were appointed, and em powered to select from the disinterested scientific men of the neighbourhood a further committee, who should be solicited, previous to the closing of the exhibition, to di vide the models and plans into classes, and that a future public meeting should award to such classes—or vote in such other way as they may think fit—the proceeds of the exhibition. After several talented addresses—many, we are proud to say, from operative mechanics—the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Walker and the pro visional committee, to the chairman, Mr. Rammens, and the vice-chairman, Mr. Boult, for their exertions. atever no- e, how fpr it is ab- Ireland ahrnidsnnport. people of Fngland-" Tarrant for any such as old that we have a right n notions of " justice and eqnity," lared will of God ? with which Mr. Wil -I;cv of endowing lv dec tams _ Maynooth, on the grounds of justice and expe diency, are even more extraordinary, and glaringly forgetful of any authority in the revealed will of God Icr a long and perfectly tical position of Ireland npire of which she is a portion, he govern o irrelevant history of proceeds " AP iong tional freedom knowlrege their constitn ourselves. we must allnw of sopoorting na- All thia woold hold r religion were comethinz wnr.e hieh he faith of tt apartial and thnneh were as manifest and tindeniablPa . :Mr.AT'Neile assume Sunpoqing then we are de.ermined. as eir idolatry were of so monstrous and heaths low our it aracter as to unhal r .hares by it* con ernative would he to sever the cord which two islands, nod rencedinz, if not a dis lea,t a distinct Parliament. leave them to their own wills and consciences." and to vo binds closely it tinct crow Upon such reasoning as this we might as a na tion endow Mahomedanism, idolatry, or infidelity itself, and yet he under no apprehension of the Consequences of a violation of God's express com mands ! Our pamphleteer, however, is not content with baying thrown overboard all acknowledgment of any necessity of shaping our legislation in accordance with the Divine Will ; hut proceeds to inform us tint the Church of Rome is not an utterly apostate church, and therefore may, even by statesmen who admit such necessity, he safely and meritoriously fostered. She holds, he says, the essential doc trines of Christianity, which our own Protestant Church holds; and although " upon this substratum of truth there is accumulated a mass of error and Corruption, the fruit of mediaeval ignorance, as sumed infallibility, and zeal abused," still we are not to set her down as "essentially anti-Christian," hut, on the contrary, we are to give her increased power to propagate her admitted error and corruption. Strange logic enough! But the following plea in behalf of the practices of Rome is still more so, coming as it does from a clergyman of the Church Of England, whose articles and liturgy directly cha racterise a portion of those practices as idolatrous. " I believe it to be just metaphysically pnAgible for men to use crosses. pictures, and imaces, in order to rouse the memory or imagination. and to touch the heart with de votion ; yet to refrain from reeardine them with any idol atrous feeling. At the same time. I arknowledee it to be unlikely, that the mere multitude will, for any leneth of Cole. observe this distinction; and there is no doubt that such symbols or means of excitement have often been practically abused. While, therefore. this unlikelihood would make me refrain, and adyi.e others within the little sphere of my influence to refrain, on grounds of Christian prudence, from • istrurnonta so danyerous. the possihi'l'Y of their innocent u'e would alloolotely impel me to re frain, on grounds of Cbri , tian charity, from enndemnine those who profess to use them with spiritual arlyantace." So we are justified in breaking even the Com mandments themselves, if we do so in order to work Out some spiritual advantage !" It is " metaphy fitcally possible" for men to how down to images, in order only to " rouse the memory or the imagina tion," although the practice is one of admitted dan ger in its consequences ; and yet we ate to dissemi nate that practice, and, " on grounds of Christian charity," to refrain from condemning those who nse ?t, and against whom God himself has hurled his anathema! Why adultery, theft, and even murder itself, upon this principle should be dealt with ten derly, and with the same Christian charity, if those committing such crimes could only have the hardi hood to " profess to commit them for spiritual ad vantage"' Nor is the writer altogether without a sense of the dilemma into which the line of reasoning which be has adopted would lead him; for at the close of the pamphlet we find him thus attempting to extri cate himself from it : " If indeed we were required to act on abstract princi ples, and carry out the above course of argument to what Fume persons will consider its proper eorisequence, namely, the entire establishment of the Romigh instead of the Reformed Church, we might naturally shrink back in alarm. Ther. would be grace reasons; such as the ws session by Protestant proprietors of the !and from which the tithes are derived ; the breach of faith we should per petuate towards the Protestants of Ireland, who have certainly claims on our snonort ; and the chance of a dan gerous reaction npon the Established Church in England ; why we should refuse to carry out a principle which would only be just and necessary. supposing the whole population of Ireland were unanimous in their adherence to Rome." What, however, is any course of argument worth •which cannot be carried out to its proper and ob vious consequence ? If we take " abstract princi ples" as the basis of our legislation ; if we take expe diency and temporary utility as our guide, throwing aside altogether the authority of revelation, we need not wonder to what strange and startling inconsis tencies of conduct we are brought. We set out at the commencement of these few re marks with intimating that the pamphlet before us was only worthy of notice as reflecting the views of e portion of self-styled Conservatives. Of the utter failure of the writer in his attempt to grapple with the propositions of Mr. M`Neile we think we have said and quoted enough to shew. The attempt, in deed, to defend the ministerial policy upon grounds consistent with a recognition of the authority of -God's word, can scarcely be said to have been se riously made; and mark how lamentably the writer flounders in the effort to reconcile the teaching of Revelation with his favourite " abstract principles"! A layman might possibly have been successful in vindicating expediency. He could have pooh-poohed ail reference to scriptural command as the guide of nations as bigotry and, to use the expression of Mr. Williams, mediaeval darkness. Such a man would lion and lted very s of the who Tim LIVERPOOL .:SITANDARD Jinpn ial )arltaintnt. HOUSE OF COMMONS read a se The T.on chester; Shrewsbtiry. Os In reply to a que Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Man westry, and Chester. _ DR, Sir j: GRA Mr. Co :2 RY moved the navy from Sir C. NA PIER on ti and, after a long speech d' the navy, and a propo- sition from Mr. 11U MP: fora reduction of the number of men em eloped in the naval service from 40,000 to 36,000, which was with -TUESDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS Dr. DOVVRING brought forward his motion for a s i e rested his motion on the fact that we possessed ning a population of 5,000,000 ; that the imports iesinto the United Kingdom amounted to NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY, CO LLIN claimed (lama laintiff in this case from the defroda - a for l!aying inter- cepted trier light and stir from his (plaintiff's) house in Blacktri.rs street, Salford, by building alarge iron four dry, &c., and for having created a nuisance in the erec Lion of a steam- se had pro, e time it was agreed to r ATKINSOJ t was I,sai Isabella Atkin.o LANE AND ANOTHER.—The plaintiff who had bren in the habit of tracedin. from London exhibiting models of wax flower;, &e., aateaching the dt-licare art of making them. The action wa, brought agaii carri4ge..slieied to brim: uncle, who was in the ha t) her, for a debt owing by her Previous to the s £5O. Tile datna4es tight were es, and after Many w tn-s-es were examined on both s trial of upwards of seven hours duration, a verdict was a quarter before en o'Cl CROWN COURT, The rally case ttird yestet day wan an in , ictment against Humphrey Jones and Wilbarn 13tbby, for an allevd traud prisoners were foimd guilty, with a strong recommenda tion Lost Bibby's punish►nent should be of the lightest description the, laws would permit, in consequence of the the superior ofic.•rs of custo , ns. The Judge took a note of the verdict, and said it should be transmitted to the Cour of Queen's Bench, where the prisoners %ill have to be called up for sentence. This closed the business in the Crown Court; and shortly after Mr. Justice Coltman left by the train for London. CRITCHLEY V. PARKER.—This important electioneer- ing case is txl,ected t.) br tried this day OPENING OF SF. BARNABAS CHURCH SCHoOLS, On Thursday evening, the new building in Greenland street. just completed for the day sch )(As in connection vrts6 St. Dar map.* Chuich, wab oubticty opened to the friends and subscribers to that additional seminary fur the Scriptural and useful general education of the young in ►hat now populous district, by a splendid tea-uariv. lihn- members o .gatioll so tha towards the funds for the erection and fittingsuf the school-house The building, it may be here stated, is chiefly of brick ; of the Elizabethan style of architecture; of considerable elevation, being three stories in height, with stone archi traved windows and cornicing —the whole presenting a very neat and pleasing appearance. In the lower story is the infant school, commodiously arranged for children of tender years, and also comprises a do m i c il e f or t h e hea d master. The second story is appropriated for the girls' school, with a separate entrance arid stair case from Green-- laud-street, a very spacious and noble room for the pur pose, and remarkably well lighted and well ventilated. The upper story comprises the boys' school, equally large If a cl tss-room taken off at one end by a partition be in• eluded. This has an open roof neatly plastered and is also well lighted and ventilated. The contractors were Messrs. Rule and Anderson, of St. James's -street, and the archi'ect, Mr. Arthur ill Holune, who liberally not only gave his services gratuitously in _ . le work, which is finished throughout in a very superior manner. The school is calculated to accommodate in all 715 children. superiu: On the occa,ion ui,der notice, the girls' school being the largest appartment, was arranged as the tea-room. The walls, the windows, and the iron pillars in the centre were tastefully 'esto•tned and entwined with evergreens and flowers, interspersrd with national a nd other fla- Se- le eyentren rabies were laid, covered with scarlet clot. each presided at by a lady member of the congregation, who provided abundant appropriate equipage, and all the requisites for the blameless repast, including abundance of bread and butter, bun-loaf, &c., and also, as a dessert, dishes of oranges and g: apes. The whole scene was en livening, displaying the party in a labour of love and charity, having for its object the worldly and eternal wel fare of the young ones in this neighbourhood. A fine organ was provided for the occasion by Mr. John Rimmer arid was presided at by Mr. Sudlow. Amongst the cler gymen present were Dr. TAtershall, the Rev Messrs. N,lan, (incumbent of the church,) Barker, Lawrence, Fal loun, James, Marshall, Graham, Irwin, Cowan, Purdon, Hampton, Higgins, t.uur, J. H. Stewart, F. Ould, D. Stewart, and others. Amongst the laity were Messrs. Mill, R. Harbord, E. Lawrence, J. Lawrence, Barnsley, Wilkinson, Inman, &c., &c. The choir consisted of Messrs. Linacre, and Mrs. Miles, Mr. J. Pemberton, Mr. Foulkes, and Mr. Jonathan, who sung at intervals, with much taste. anthems, hymns, &c., with choruses. After tea, and a hymn being sung, the Rev. Mr. NOLAN, who occupied the chair, addressed the assemblage in an eloquent and affectionate manner, on the auspicious occa sion that had brought them together. He dwelt on the difficulties which he and his fellow-labourers in the cause had had to overcome, and impress -d upon them how fu tile their efforts would have been had their object not been a generous and holy one, and especially favoured by the blessing of Almighty God, to whom they could not be too thankful. It was but seven months within a day since the foundation stone of the building had been laid. They had then .prayed for the Divine support; their prayers had been heard, and the structure had been nearly completed without a single accident to human life. They might to be grateful too for the munificent generosity of the town, eluding many of those deuon inated the merchant princes f the town. For himself he felt thankful to God, for the ex ertions of the dear brethren around him, to whom a deep and lasting gratitude should by him be ever entertained. To the committee their thankfulness was also due, and especially to the treasurer and secretary. It was pleasant to look back upon the course they had pursued in this ob ject, and the difficulties they had to overcome; and he trusted they would blend their thankfulness for the past, with ;heir prayers for the future. The Rev. Dr. TATTERSHALL next spoke at consider able length, and with much point and effec►. He hoped the schools, the erection of which under God did them and their worthy pastor so much credit, would be lasting in their benefits for ages to come. They were not vet Sunday schools, but would soon become Sunday as well as day schools, and would thus become more extensively beneficial in promoting scriptural education. There was assuredly much crime in the town, but the amount of evil which they had to lament would have been much greater but for such redeeming establishments. They ought, therefore, to give them every possible encouragement. Some twenty years ago there were but three or four such schools supported by individual congregations. Now, happily, they had greatly increased. It was his earnest desire that this undertaking, begun in prayer, should go on and prosper in prayer, and he implored the Divine blessing upon it. The - Rev. J. H. Stewart, the Rev. John Jones, and several other clergymen and members of the laity after wards addressed the meeting in feeling and appropriate terms, and. after sacred song and praise, the large assem bbqe d:spersed hiJily gratified by the Christian cheer fulness and enjoyments of the evening. On Friday evening, another similar tea-party, to cele brate the occasion, took place in the same place, for the gratification of those who could not be accommodated, or conveniently attend, on the previous night. This, too. was as numerously attended as the first, and resulted in a manner equally pleasing to all present. The principal speakers were the Rev. Mr. Nolan, (incumbent of the Church). and the Rev. Messrs. Rowson, Higgins, Con nor, and Davies. The amount received for tickets, on the two evenings, was £4B. There is no truth in the statement in the Railway Journal, that Mr. John Moss is about to retire from the chairmanship of the Grand Junction Railway Board. SWlTZERLAND.—lntelligence has been received from Lucerne announcing the defeat of the free corps in the canton of Lucerne. They bad been put to flight in every direction, leaving many killed and won' ded and prisoners on the field of battle. The remains of these corps bad re turned to their respective homes. THE REVENUE.—The return of the revenue for the year and quarter ending the sth instant, has just been published. There has occurred a falling-off in the Cus toms' revenue to the extent of £201,000 on the quarter, hut the excise is still advancing, and has realized £344.(100 more than the year ending April, 1844. The charge on the consolidated fund account for interest on the permanent debt will henceforth find its level, though there is exhibited an excess of more than £2,000.000 for this April. The total income is now £51,800,000, but it must not be forgotten that we owe more than £5,000,000 of that amount to the property tax_ . . - INQUESTS ON SATURDAY.—On view of the body of a woman named Alary Anne Foulkes, aged about 24, who on Thursday night was fund in Preston -street, apparently much intoxicated. She was taken home to a house in Johnson-street, where she lodged, and where she died early next morning. Mr. Wood, surgeon, who made a post rnortem examination, said that the deceased had died from pressure on the brain arising from fracture of the skull, cawed by external violence. He described the injuries technically, and added that the fracture might have been caused by a fall, or a blow. The house in which the deceased lodged was a place resorted to by unfor'u nate females, of whom the deceased was one. The coroner, finding that great violence had by some one been used towards the deceased, adjourned the case until this day.—On the body of Richard M'Dowell, ten years old. The decease 3, while his sister was with him, and carrying a child in her arms, fell into a pool of water in a delf near Windsor, and before assistance could be rendered he sunk. In an hour afterwards some men grappled the body to the surface.—On the body of Richard Ford, aged 24. On Wednesday night deceased, while he had the child of a neighbour in his arms, and being intoxicated at the time, fell over the rails of a cellar in Titchfield street. He was picked up insensible and taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died, on Friday mo rn i ng, from an injury to the spine. The child was unhurt.—On view of the body of Ann Flannagan, aged 33. Deceased lived with her father in Lewis Court, Queen-street. On the 10th of March, deceased by some means which she said she could not tell what, was severely scalded over the face, neck, arms, and chest. She was taken to the Northern Hospital, where she died on Friday.--O n t h e body of Elizabeth Boyle, aged 5i years, and living with her parents in Thomas-street. On Thursday fortnight, the deceased was found with her clothes on fire in a room in which she had been left together with her brother and sister. Before the flames could be extinguished she was much burned over her back and left side. She was taken to the Northern Hospital, where she died on Saturday. The verdicts were in accordance with the evidence. United K tons; and that no accounts from them were ever laid before the house, but only abstracts of them. He contended that we ought to have a colonial budget annually, and to watch over the receipts and expenditure of the colonial government with the same vigilance as we did those of the administration at home. All that he asked was, that a committee should be appointed at present to report upon the evidence which the committee of 1837 had collected. 3 object recommendations of that committee. ' The motion was agreed to. Mr. SIIF Tr, moved a resolution expressing the regret of reference to disturbances in the Papal States obtained by such means sbould have been communicated to a foreign power The hon. member entered at great length into the political movements in the Italian states, repeating most of the charges that have at different times been brought against the Secretary of State for opening Mr. Mazzini's letters. His res lution, be said, was pointed against the not of censure, but of lamentation, in which he trusted that a Sir GRAHAM a, - himself from the charges Drought against mm, in doing winch he furnished the house with a succinct statement of all the information lie had received which drew his attention to Mr. Mazzini, and connected him with the movements taking place in Italy. The information which he re- ceased lrom time to time convinced him that London, under Mazzi ni, was made the centre of a great movement in Italy, which was likely to endanger the peace of Europe : therefore it was that he did not shrink from issuing his warrant to open Mazzini's corres pondence. He gave the house his most solemn assurance that that warrant was not issued by bim at the instance of any one. much less at the instance of any Foreign Minister, but that it was issued in the defence of British interests, and of British interests alone. . . . public itr . erests, by opening the letters of Mizzini ,_ , Mr. T. DUNCOMBE defended Mr. Mazzini from the charges that had been brought against him, and, on a division, the motion was rejected by a majority of 52 to 38. leave v;as giv;;11 to bring in a bill to repeal the duties on glass, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. After the presentation of a number of petitions against the grant to Maynooth, the Smoke Prevention Bill was, after a slight oppo sition, read a second time. On Lord Ashley moving the second reading of the Calico Print- T wor►cs bill, Nu* J. tiratiam said that though he could not assent to many of its provisions, he could not deny on the part of the go vernment that some regulations for the labour of the children em ployed in these factories were necessary. He should, therefore, give his consent to the second reading of the bill, and in doing so would state the provisions of it to which he nhipct.d nrni scribe the provisions which he thought preferable to them. Tla preamble of the bill lim , ted the operation of it to calico printworks but the interpretation clause extended it to all works where bleach cluu=. wnivn mime(' tne pours of labour for child ren employed iu calico printworks to eight hours every day, and to twelve hours on alternate days, was altogether inapplicable to the works in question. He had shown. on a former occasion, that in these works labour was never continuous throughout the year ; that there were " pushes' , in the trade, which generally .3,, urred in spring and in autumn, and that afterwards the demand relaxed, and a " slack" occurred. This clause, Therefore, could not be carried into effect, without producing injury, not only to the employer of •••••• ••••••-M1,42. of children under eight years of age, and considered it wise and politic. He also assented to the prohibition of night work, with reference to children of both sexes under thirteen years of age, and also with reference to women. He thought it right, however, to have a definition of night-work introduced into the bill; and he ' '' • • " would define night as the hours between nine o'clock in the eTeni;g . and five in the morning. lie should, therefore, propose that chil dren between the ages of eight and thirteen should be at liberty to work at any time between fire in the morning and nine at night. Some provision must be made for the education of these children; and as the period of intense demand for labour in these works was eight months out of the twelve, during which it was expedient to allow them to work day by day during the hours he had mentioned, he thought that some regulation should be introduced into the bill to secure them education during the other portion of the year. He should therefore propose that, for 100 days in the year, the children between eight and thirteen years of age employ ed in these factories should attend a school for three or four hours each day, and that they should be provided with certificates of their attendance. If these propositions were adopted, it would be important to make this bill a substantive measure in itself, and to introduce into it all the regulations affecting printworks. If Lord Ashley concurred in this view of the subject, he should be happy to cooperate with his noble friend before the bill went into committee. After it was al. tered as lie hat s::ggested, it could be circulated in its amended form, in order to obtain all the improvements of which it was capa ble. With this understanding, he consented to the second reading of the bill. Lord ASHLEY said that any struggle between himself and the government on the points mentioned would be hop .less, and though he reserved the right of free action hereafter, he accepted the offer of the government with thankfulness. After several other memwiers had addressed the house, the bill was read a second time The Lottn AnvocATF brought in a bill for the better administra tion of the poor-laws in Scotland. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY Lord Asintualos entered into a defence of the lute treaty with the United States, which had been attacked a few nights since in the House of Commons by Lord Palmerston ~nd Lord J. Russell. He was charged with having given up the Madawaska settlements, and yet, on more than one former occasion, the very parties eho attacked him had themselves offered to give up those very Mada• waska settlements. His noble friend lord J. Russell had said, that the last act of his before quitting office was to thank Lord Sydenham for refu-ing to give up the Madawaska settlements, al though such refusal had put a stop to a treaty in all other respects accomplished. Now he had a great respect for the noble lord, who was utterly incapable of stating what he did not believe to be true; but the fact was that there was no foundation for the statement, no treaty having been entered into between Mr Webster and Lord Sydenham; and the only solution of the difficulty was, that his noble friend must have dreamed of that which he had stated. HousE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY After the presentation of an immense number of petitions against the grant to Maynooth t _ Sir R. PEEL proceeded to lay before the house the propositions of the government relating to that institution, and in so doing said he would endeavour to avoid all consideration of the subject of academical education, which would hereafter come before them on the introduction of the bill for that purpose. They had three courses before them with respect to Maynooth - they might con tinue without any alteration the existing amount of annual grant to that college; they might abandon it by giving proper notice of their intention, and providing for existing interests; or they might, in a liberal and friendly spirit, adopt the institution as one neces sary for making adequate provision for the spiritual instruction of millions of their fellow-countrym n, and thus elevating and impro ving the whole tone and character of their education. He felt that of these three courses the first was the one most open to objection, for it was absurd to pretend to educate spiritual instructors for millions of people for the miserable sum of 179,000—a sum just enough to paralyse that voluntary exertion which would certainly be made if the grant w ere withdrawn. This utter inadequacy of a proper provision for spiritual education led to the conclusion that there was no course which was not preferable to the present one Then came the question as to the discontinuance of the grant alto gether ; but if this were t be done they could never be enabled to make themselves understood by the Irish people. They would not, under all the circumstances, believe that parliament was governed by principle alone; and they would not look to the smallness of the grant discontinued, but to the aniinus which its withdrawal would indicate. If, however,they withdrew the grant, they must also withdraw the grants to the Presbyterians, and to all other classes in Ireland and in the colonies who professed a faith differ ent from that of the Established Church. They must likewise withdraw the endowments for human Catholic chaplains to gaols itt Ireland, a measure which he believed no one in that house would be prepared to advocate Dismissing, then, the idea of leaving the grant in its present state, or of withdrawing it, he came to the only remaining alternative. The third course was the one, then, which they were prepared to adopt, and they should do so in a liberal and confiding spirit, in order that well-educated priests might he provided for the Roman Catholic Church. The nature of the Government proposition was this :—He proposed that the trus tees should be incorporated under the name of trustees for the College of Ma)nuoth, and that they should be emrowered to hold real property to the extent of £3,000. In order that liberal salaries might be given to the president, professors, &c., .1:15,000 should be vested in the trustees, enabling them to give salaries of £230 or £3OO per annum, and support the library of the institution. It was proposed that provision should be made ibr the education of .500 pupils There were 20 students called Dunboyne students, because of a provision made by Lord Dunboyne for that number, and for these he proposed that £lO per annum each should be ap propriated. He also proposed that the 500 pupils should be pro vided for by a maintenance of £2B a year each, and that 250 of these, being divinity students, should have a further allowance of £2O a year. He also proposed that the building should be in creased, so as to give one decent apartment to each student. For this purpose, and also for repairs and embellishments, he should propose a distinct vote of £30,000. The annual repairs should be made by the Board of Works. He further proposed that there should be five visitors, who should visit annu a lly i ns t ea d o f trien nially, but they should have no power of interfering with doctrine, discipline, or worship ; for he was not disposed to spoil a measure intended to be conceived in a spirit of unmixed liberality. The measure had not been brcught before the hones without communi cating with high Catholic authorities in Ireland. They had been told what was intended to be done, and he had every reason to believe that the propositions would be received with a grateful and satisfied feeling The right lion gentleman concluded by moving, that it was the opinion of the committee that leave should he given to bring in a bill to amend the acts relating to the College of May nooth. Sir 11. INGLIS said he felt it incumbent upon him to take the very earliest opportunity of resisting the proposition of the Govern ment, and would take the sense of the house upon it. He enter tained no animosity towards his Roman Catholic fellow-country men, but he felt it necessary to maintain the Protestant character of our institutions, which ought to induce us to refrain from being parties to anything which could tend to the increase of Catholicism. They were by this measure raising up an antagonist power to the Established Church, and he thought that at all events Sir R. Peel should not have been the minister to bring it forward. Ft r his own part he would stand by the meteor flag of Protestantism, all torn to shreds as it was; but while even a shred remained, he would still fight under it unflinchingly as when in happier days it waved over England in its entirety. Lord F. EGERTON could not stiffer the proposition of the govern ment to pass with a silent, a cold, or hesitating support on his part, although he felt that mane of his constituents entertained opinions adverse to the course which, in the exercise of an independent judgment, he felt conscientiously bound to pursue. He entertained the sincerest feelings for the welfare of the people of Ireland, and he could see nothing in his religious principles which should pre vent him from supporting this additional concession to his Roman Catholic fellow-subjects in that country. Lord SANDON in supporting the motion said, that when the re formation took place in England, the church property went with the general change of feeling. In Ireland, the church property was also taken. but the change of feeling was discouraged—the property became Protestant—the nation remained Catholic, and it was be cause of this the Catholics now came to Parliament to demand hack a small portion of that which had been taken from theta. Mr. PLubIPTRE was strongly opposed to the motion, which he believed would not answer the ends designed. He could not see where they were to stop. If they were thus to take the Catholics milder their care, nhy not the Mahommedan and Hindoo religions? Colonel SIBTIIORP said he should not have been surprised had this proposition been made by Lord John Russell ; but he was dis gusted at bearing it proposed by a Protestant Minister educated at Oxford, and for a period member for Oxford University, though be thanked Oxford that he was so no longer. He should oppose the measure, for he would not be one of those who would dare to offer such an insult to the Sovereign, for as such he regarded it. Mr. Gregory, Mr. Law, and several other members spoke in op position to the measure, as did Lord J. Russell, Mr. Sheil, L l / 4 c., ir favour of it. The resolution was carried by a majority of 216 to 114 . HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Lord BRO ;GUAM presented petitions from the same parties re ecting whom petitions had been presented by Sir John Easthope, the House of Commons, on the previous evening, complaining 111 Leicester Gaol, anu Kept CO narct labour, for non-payment of costs, upon a warrant issued against them fur poor's rates, amounting only to a few shillings The -ble lord dwelt strongly on the illegality, as well as inhumanity, Nuirse pursued by the Leicestershire magistrates, and said t. on inquiry and finding Inc facts to be true, friend on the woolsack would feel that these he felt confident that magistrates were not fit persons t main in the commission of th The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would cause ii 'tether it was prope - r the magistrates should remain in the com• ion from the Earl of CLAttEsnoN respecting .f the question between Great Britain and the the preset] United St an of ABERDEEN ring the recent address of the President of the United vas, however, to be recollected that that address was not an official message to Congress, and did not carry with it the importance which would in that case attach to it. The subject was not one immediately pressing, for before the existing arrangement could be terminated the consent of Congress must be obtained to give one year's notice of such termination. He still believed that matters would be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Her ➢la- States. It rights they were fully prepared to maintain. The Property and Income Tax Bill led to some discussion, in which the Earl of Ripon, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Ash -. . thefr lordships ijourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY The f9llowing bills were respectively read a second time, and or• dcred to be committed:—The Calton and Bridgeton Police, the thetit : Helens ImProyemeni, the _qlasi ow - Bridges; the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, the flublin and Drogheda Railway, the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour, the Dundalk and Enniskillen and Railway. The second reading of the Harrogate and F:ipon Junction Railway Bill was postponed to Tuesday (this day). tne motion for going into a committee of supply, Lord J. RUSSELL called the attention of the house to that portion of the address from the President of the United States relating to the t tregon territory. It was asserted by the President that the title of the United States to this territory was clear, and that it would therefore be occupie t, and that the institutions of the United States would be ultimately extended to it. The noble lord gave a history of the discovery and colonisation of the Oregon territory, and of the negociations which had taken 'Place in reference to it and contended that our right to the territory shOufd not 0 00-MILL. He felt the difficulties of the case, and how little a minister could say on the subject ; but having stated the nature of our right to the territory, he would leave the matter with confidence in the hands of the government. Sir R. PEEL, was not surprised that the noble lord should have taken this opportunity of expressing his opinions on the subject, and would say that since the accession of the present government to office they had negotiated with M . Tyler respecting the ( tregon territory. Unhappily those negociations were not concluded before Mr. Tyler quitted office; but though he had no official information on the subject, he thoueht it probable that those negociations would be continued. Notwithstanding the President's ina ugura l a dd ress . . _ he t' Leiiewai, nor of their being brought to a favourable issue. Should it prove otherwise he would not object to lay before the house all the documents relating to the subject He must, however, express his regret that the President of the United States, contrary to all usage, should have referred to any other settlement than an amicable one, and still more at the and temts"- whi"s ne appeared to have made that reference. •s the subject had been thus brought before them, he also would state on the part of the government, that we too had rights in re maintain them. Lord J RUSSELL said that after what bad fallen from the right hon. baronet, he would leave the matter altogether in the hands of the government. Mr. W A KLRY then moved for a copy of the warrant for opening the letters of Mr. T. Duncombe. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM said if he bad made any groundless charges, no one would be more ready than himself to make renaratinn member.. in a few days, and it would be seen that they threw con siderable doubt on the transaction, and until these doubts were re moved a regard for truth ...ompelled him to withhold any retracta- by a majority UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL AEWs. OXFORD, APRIL 2.—The following degrees were con ferred to-day :—Bachelors in Divinity. Rev. S. H. Rus sell, and Bev. J. H. Hessey, F.-Rows of St. John's.— Masters of Arts. Rev. C. F. Wyatt, and Rev. W. R. Eyton, Christ Church, Grand Compounders; Rev. J. Tunivird, Exeter, Grand Compounder ; Rev. C. Cox. and Rev. G. J. Ford, Exeter; iiev. C. Moody, A. J. Ten- Brocke, Rev. J. Coventry, H. Gardiner, Rev. J. Smith, Magdalen Hall; Rev. J. G. Watts, Rev. J. P. Scott, G. H. Proctor, Balliol ; Rev. F. W. Ryle, Fellow of Brase nose ; Rev. H. Milne, Brasenose G Buille, Fellow of Oriel; G. J. Stone. Oriel ; Rev. R C. Dickerson, Wor cester, H. G. J. Parsons, Rev. G. W. Nut, Fellow of Magdalene ; Rev. G. H. Fell, Demy of Magdalene.— Bachelors of Arts. T. Hullah, Brasenose ; R. H. Hooper, Lincoln ; E V. L. Houlton, Fellow of St. John's ; S. Leigh, St. John's. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. R. Ed wards, to the curacy of Slaidburn, Yorkshire —Rev. G. Galaker, to the incumbency of the district church of St. March. Horaleydown. vacant by the resignation of the Rev. B. E. Percy.—Rev. T W. Gardiner. M.A., to the vicarage of Stanford, Norfolk.—Rev. J. Gillies, to be a chaplain for instructing the labourers employed upon the Lancaster and Carlisle railway.—Rev. '2. Golding, to the curacy of Bridport, Dor-et.—Rev. E. Griffith. M.A., to the:curacy of the church in the , codlands, Fr oine.—Rev. S. Hey, jun., M.A., curate of Muggington, to the rectory of Stawley, Derbyshire.—Rev. W. H. Johnstone, 8.A., to be ehaptain of the East India Company's Military Se minary. Addiscombe.— Rev. T. King, of Malvern Link, to be chaplain to tile High Sheriff of Herefordshire. —Rev. J. B. Lewis, 8.A., to the curacy of West Pennard, So merset.—Ray. W. Ludlow, M.A., to the living of St. Botolph, Aldgate.—Rev. T, Massey, 8.A., late assistant minister of St James's church, Manchester, to the in cumbency of Roviley Regis, Staffordshire. —Rev. H. R. Merewetner, to the curacy of St. Mary, Reading.—liev. H. Harvey, M.A., prebendary of Bristol, and chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge. to the rectory of Halberton, near Tiverton, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. Sydney Smith.—Rev. J. E. Surridge, 'to the rectory of Greystead, near Bellingh&m, Northumberland, vacant by the death of the Rev. G. Reynell.—Rev. W. H. Havergal, M.A., to an honorary canonry in the cathedral church of Worces ter.—Rev. B. Crosthwaite. M.A.. to the ministry of the church of St. Andrew, Leeds.—Rev. W. B. De Meleyns, 8.A., curate of Trowbridge, Wilts, to be domestic chap lain to Lord Ventry.— Rev. J. Cooper, 8.A., to the chap laincy of H. M's. ship Rodney.—Rev. R. Scott, rector of Duloe, Cornwall, to be a pri pe , idaty of Exeter cathe dral. Archdeacon Samuel Wilberforce has been appointed to the deanery of Westminster. The Bishop of Exeter has, it is said, put Mr. F. Hill, one of the churchwardens of tielston, in the Ecclesiasti cal Court, for having removed the church plate, for safety, from the church to his own house, in accordance with the uniform practice of his predecessors, the►e being no parish chest in which to dep sit it.—Cornwall Adver tiser. [We trust this is not true.] The episcopal church of Scotland does not appear to be free from the innovating s►,irit which has established itself in this country. The Scotch papers state, that a Sunday or two ago. the minister of an episcopalian con gregation at Brechin intimated, at the close of his sermon, that he was ready to receive " am-cider confession" from all who chose to avail themselves of his offer. We hear a strange rumour, that Mr. W on Tuesday last, first by a Romish pries as married afterwards t an English clergyman. If this b naturally ask, which of the contr marriage by an English clergyman - e public will parties held the suffic'ent TI lady is said to be herself the. (laughter of a dignitary of the Church of England. Could it he her intention to deny the validity of her parent's orders? But if the scruple was Mr. Ward's own, then we have surely fresh C.IIIS. to ask, why does he still affect to he a member of the Church of England ?—/fforning Paper. BANK NOTES.—It appears from a parliamentary paper that in August last the notes tn circulation belonging to the Bank of England amounted to £21.980,000 ; those belonging to private banks, to £4,550,353 ; and those be longing to joint-stock banks ti £3,201,460. The bullion in the coffe , s of the Bank amounted at the same time to £15,227,000. The notes of the chartered, private, and joint-stock banks of Scotland in circulation on the Ist of February last amounted to £3,070,058; those of the Bank of Ireland to £3,983,050 ; and those of private and joint stock banks in Ireland to £3,115,060. On the 16th of August, 1844, the total liabilities of the Bank of England amounted to £35,414,000, and the total assets to £38,187,000. The notes in circulation amounted to £21,324,000, and the bullion in the coffers of the Bank to £15.579,000. TOE IRON TRADr.—The iron market continues re markably firm, and holders are I ,, oking forward to better prices than even those already so .idvantageously obtained. Nevettheless, considerable mix ety is felt by those not in competent to judge, respecting tf,e issue of this unn aural re-action ; many maintain that the present high prices are forced, and are indicative only of illegitimate specu lation—while others consider that the rates have reached their maximum, and will shortly recede. Fi'oni inquiries, however, which we have carefully instituted, we arc in formed that orders are still plentoill in all the iron esta blishments. A very large bu-ire-ss has been done in Staff , rdshire during the week, although the price has sus tained, as we announced in our bst Journ - d, an advance of £2 per ton. Notwithstanding the great increase in this and Welsh metal, orden have been extensively re ceived both for foreign and home consumption, evincing, certainty, an expectation that not only will the present prices be maintained, but a further advan-e anticipated. The heavy payments which fell due this week have been met by the speculators with unexpected promptness, and this circumstance has, doubtless, tended in no small de gree to create that confidence which has distinguished the market for the last few days. Scotch pig maintains its firm position, notwithstanding the attempts of some holders who had purchased when the market was depres sed, and now sougbt to realize a t.rofit at the exp.-use of the makers ; the quotation was £6 per ton, and Scotch about the same. No Swedish was in hand, but sanguine anticipations were entertained that the French and Bel gian governments would follow the example of Sardinia, and remit, or at all events reduce, the duty on pig-iron; and as the native supply for the construction of the con tinental railways will be wholly inadevate to the demand, the step would certainly be warranted, more especially as the benefits to the countries would more than compen sate for any temporary loss.-21fieing Jeered. April ,41 RAILWAY INTP. LLIGE,k The total annual value of railwa y pr(pert double that of e ith er m i nes or cana l s . • The parliame n t ar y comm i ttee on the ester's iO h oe Mold, of the Chester and Holyhead CompanY i : dp ith c'ded that the s t an di ng orders kave been e" m e l) , ll ,, ' ,e j 3 „:i IMPROVED RAILWAY CARRIAGE.---A building for the Antwerp and Brussels 1 , .. 1) , re.'' which is to con v ey e i g h ty - f our passen gers; it two platforms, each on one pair of wheels. by 1(81 , i ; A railway is projected fro m Northallertna , t he ld Barnard Castl e , B roug h, an d A pp l e by, to Pi t.. " caster and Carlisle at Clifton, between ApPle u `,,oo ,4 o ton, passing the v ill ages o f C o lb y , B o lton, Al i oh bet s o To show bow th e man i a f or railway sPet u' ' ti r ket' b tend. din France, it may be st a ted that shale a Ptot , been established at Marseilles and Lyons. ao d hic lePe intended to gi ve li s t s o f pr i ces at t h os e towns' ently of the Paris Bourse. 'th et , The idea of fitti n g u p ra il way car riages s bet 0 meat rooms, about to be adopted on the ling ingh,n4 London and Liverp oo l. M anc h ester an d Bit ° thll",v understood to ha ve o r i g i nate d a t a hotel in eh' Good Friday l as t y ear , amongst a party of ion eeP came down in the Tourist from Manchester, eine? At the anrual m ee ti ng o f t h e D u blin anti railway a dividend of £9 per cent . wa s carried . e Lo receipts for the year a moun t e d t o £27.590; r i a 'fiers veral payments th e surp l us was £20,436 wh i `,.' c '„,il ol lying the di v id en d s l e f t £2136 to go t o the 1°- rt aoe tingencies. he 5 0 / PARIS AND ORLE ANS RAILWAY.—",.At trelo , meeting held at Paris, on Saturday, the adopted and a dividend of 24f. 25c. per 5 001 ' ttri e,° r Glared for the past year. Ths dividend, of wor cn-,4111 elusive of the int eres t o f 15f . per s h are . al statutes. hlin, b e ut D t u h b a l t it t i h a e n l d in !a s s h h a e l l l C pr o o m ee p , a d ny lr h o a m ve de t . e :iee Cashel shall not form the terminus of the lio? (1 :4, Holtrer'' %f ib merick and Cork, by which Cashel, Cabir. deprived of the intended railway commul t ter t° strong oppositi on i s , h owever, ma d e by the against the intended alteration. n b 9 r; general half-yearly meeting of the ; i :9r; Sunderland R a il way Company was held on , in the Commi ss i on Room, at Sunderland, w": ( , , elv a tory report was presented, and a dividend ca ",000 per share on the old and a dividend of. tee s 1 i tru e share on the old and new s 3 : s hares of the comPa',,o" dared, payable without deduction of income" first of May next. • ea tt" t 4 The Great Western R a il way C o. h ave d e terip , r .4004,11-0 to-and-fro day-tick e t s t o fi rst an d secon d•el'rries. at a reduction of one - t hi r d o f t h e present 13. 00'0 tickets are to be a va il a bl e a t any di s tance, '` tte rlt) miles, fur the return journey on the same d a l .; „ the •' , distance beyond sixty mil es an d w ithi n 120 " - fo day, or the next d a y (S un d ay not b e i ng coor te h bet ° any distance beyond 120 miles on the same n r 'd, two following dabs, Su n d ay not b e i ng 'coun ..... te Jr 1 5 .i10 LANCASTER A ND C ARLISLE R AIL WAY' tr i g that one-fourth of th e en ti re eart h wor k on i to r e has already b een comp l ete d , an d that sever- 181114,1 permanent rail have thus early been laid do rc° l.ye at present 5000 men and nearly 500 horses er ol e the line, and it i s i n t en d e d to greatly in creB :4 t ° mense establishment. The line from Lan"e;;, o bec dal (22 miles> is expected to be opened in , A ‘ and the ei.tire li ne i n t h e mont h o f July, I°.'".f 0 act NORTH UNION R AILWAY .—S O s t ro ng co been manifested among the holders of St''` the Imposed arnaleamation of the North it Op puny with the Liverp oo l an d M anc h es ter, II s ' boo r , strong rumours of a probability of its being Mto lc f' Among the on diva on the subject it is said the re 0 0 , ( 1 o a N n toh d retrh L r e uru e m n ia s oot: C .;s ompany have bid high tot' a l e the ir or are for tha m t a th m e al l g i a n m e a w ti rl pendent one, and we have heard s uggested g ► c he 9 .' lity of an allia nce w ith t h e B o l ton and Nil ) coa l rq; the projected Bolton, Wi gan , an d Li v ere" A junction with the two latter would xlc e Union a line to Liverpool and Mancheste' altogether of the Liverpool and Manehes te ' 14,( 4 , 1 Should these ch anges b e ma d e, the prinell".and the attainment of which the Wyre Extension '/ A Junction line w as p ro j ecte d , w ill b e ga ined, ' e t t i e J- / come a question how tar that line is now I le ton Chronic/e, B IKKKNH EAD, MANCHESTER, AND C ne j in e c ,e TION.—The p ar li amentary comm i ttee on t1",..10 Friday. Th e li ne w il l connect the grea t ov' t " c ist l ,; ( 6 of formation at Bi r k ent ca d w i th the m att"; 1,0 tricts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Chester to join the line with the Chester 0 - Letmot Railway. Engineer, Mr. J. M. Rend eL p t. off miles ; estimate, £060,000; agent, Mr. if . ' to c o Wagstaffe app eare d b y his agent, Mr. the hill- His petition set forth instann e ', e y 0'1' ) pliance in respect to deficient notice in Cheadle regarded the town s hi ps o f Ch ea dl e and t he leigh. Mr. Plitt admitted the omission o' je 1: - / argued that as the notice mentioned Chea", n ik% as a township through which the branch 1, was sufficient. The committee thought 4 , b) i - o d' o ff, allegations of non-compliance were st", fra itol g ro i l ' charges of niidescription of an allotrnet'",i, Vore nomer, inasmuch as the line passing tbro v ' - die t i in-the-Moors was described merely as Pr cle t ee k , w rii4 Thornton, which is the prefix of three part oe- t her n fr . , were also held to be proved. After some c o d, "iti the case of no interest had been investigadooo,' the greater portion had reference to cbarge,ooelthi or which were abandoned, the committee ttP,lttrt committee met on Saturday, and after hea rln7 ) dente again adjourned to Monday (yesterdd, ril , o 2 f F The Sunderland Subscription Gas-light - n rics announced their intention of reducing the r gas to 4s. per I,ooo:teet. on the Ist July• id i le 0 1 00: , The Conservatives have almost eXae t ?,, t r e the question of the Maynooth grant, 0 '; r o e !) stood by the premier, an d a b ou t 104 hi t ' roll ill , le ; against him. Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard DouS lll „t ' sfi s rl er Divett, M.P., Mr. Hutt, M.P., and a (1 " -- 0 0 " interview with Sir George Clerk on SaturdaY' of Trade. -4 % ` 1 ,, 01 Sir John Guest. B ar t., i n t en d s to estah' l 7l.o* fr ii Institutions at Merthyr and Dovvlais , th e established at Cardiff, for the convenience" ell t l h t a i t s : t i w h il e ill a p b l r s o e o ;r e a i and industrious classes of these localities. her re r $ to enlarge and otherwise greatly e prin r te d t beautiful type. h , rs te : The half-yearly general meeting of t" ffices„%i r vanized Iron Company was held at their ° t day, when a dividend of 8 per cent. (fr ee q i ° 4 n ge was declared for the kale-year ending thel, to th e ber. An addition of £50,000 was rus" - „ i er e 1 1, 4 r 0 now (£200,000,) for the erection of four 0 0, 4 1 1 " e ; n treor b r s y no a ef n x ttandewoLeeeritkvi Liverpool ° e o n : t n il. I ,e „ c l i p ! t naces in Wales, and adding to the CO I , to ii Staffordshire. The additi ona l capital 03 " st room at once. The South Sea Company held a 03- 4 0 which went off in a manner contrail 100 many having fully believed that a regal' holt he been passed to dissolve the concern, at' to fr i ;IV management of its portion of the deu" ef °- ttlf England. A bonus of six per cent. howev,reetic, oil and a reduction of the current expenses 117 , 0 teS sr will enable the Company to prolong its 0 ' 4 0P 0 vantage to the stock-olders. e d 0 MU RD ER:On Mo h nday night, a e r rr, af- or o -ne of Brothers, for some years s e li in (4, ' O l e t land, was most barbarously uturder e gitist o oS. -s's„London, by a m a n w ho tin t°, o l o 1 )0 1 " She received sc' b e en - •-r•ornan has b „ sOtSeo" St. C•;1 such character 6 for a 4 w o o He vi hisfr Friday nicht Com nd identified He ga",:ior The _ - - turdav committed for trial. AIAYNOOTH.—The f o ll ow i ng mereher',,,ig J day night in f avour o f the government Pr,ooth;cll4,4 , creasing the gr an t t o t h e co ll ege o f k,l a Y( . .a6 worth, W. Alda n , P. Borthwick. Clifton, 11. Cobden, Viscount Jocelyn, J. W. Patten, Lo r d J. R us - e ll, Lord S3' tiplloo, nent, J. S. Wortley, &c., Lice., and t he 4 ;1 1, against the proposition, Lord Ashler,Y. Bradshaw, [lon. A Cole, J. C. v0., 5 411'e man Copeland, B. Di srae li, Sir Howe,rore e 'i Egerton, W. Entwisle, W. Fielder2l Sibthoipe, J. Tolletriache, Sir K. 11. Ire, w 74, 1 ' 4 ' REGISTRATION OF DESIGNS. --it ~.fa u t o, el,l4 ti' less than 35 inventive persons took f;te p i ceinment measure, during the preceurn',3 0 0 ey test themselves, at a moderate c ost, et 0 , 4 0., 1 the unprincipled. Although the articlOrs 0 11: er tri ` r not i,f that high import that often aPP e n 3 O tied, psr of patents, still the greater portion v/° - .N iee l given to the public had such a law not e n ic ' ) o ci c ) o 4 ' the most singular is a cake and a g Blv 4tti s pti ll i) than five inventions have reference 0 of; coat. The notion of securing the Par. l. o ,e , t'fitg, o ' of a coat is certainly a new one; but the t ' working of an act which thus secures tr . - th ° ' judgment and well-directed ingenuity hloneTHE it is due. " TIMES" AND THE MATN°9-0 11;0 rl Times of Tuesday last there appeare.„-o i ° l;f moot) , of the proposed increased gl tbo ai e 4 politic. The article c c o oci js c i since they advocated even the I"Y ril t e Ae 1 ; 1 0_,e 1. 3 0 / 1 e C h o a l n le g g e e d . a T nd he th t e h y underer states that en 0 . 01 0 JO/ priesthood by the State, yet th at t ful person, acquainted with the variotor to ,ort concludes r e r a e s fo g i r i a o n wit: , :- - ob j ep e rro t'li t controversy during this half century; Ly e Copy of Ireland, can conceal from hirnsel l u itiol li v tco o / to Maynooth does really involve the it is of the Catholic Church in Ireland. o no I', 8 0 00 teachers, and not to maintain them ; 00 07 4 tO cv„ the r ply of accomplished controversialists ,rie, • .1) ' and fiery multitude, and then leave 0111' rein is ho. pendent on its tenacity to a PO . don cstd" seriously erroneous. The real clu e t 6 a ia 8 TIV; 0 1 1 ' out of what funds, we shall ma,,, in isnd• °S as a Protestant establishment in ire or io legitimate conclusion and worthy the tion of every Protestant." _ _ '-i:Up-R—ErNS-DTLYIEA:NRADPft: / -131 ; 4 4 9 841) it i: EVERY TUESDAY "" t t+, e o mof e A - e l nio JOSHUA FLETCHICX LACE, of 0: - ofo r- 0 01 LIONAND ADDISON, of 14, Gr eSw of, 1 At N 0.4, Is. Qs onon'a CAIOCO