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Thus land mail has arrived, bringing papeis from Calcutta to time and passed. Earl GREY said it would be unjust to the electoral divi- the 23d March, and from Bombay the 1 tof April. The Earl of CLANCARTY gave notice that in committee sions not to pass the clause, for the towns were of greatoratory to be . " making a great sneech to show that pick- • The only intelligence from the Punjaub is corrective of the amalgamation with the Manchester and Leeds. The The Preston and Wyre half=yearly meeting confirmed on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, it was his intention to advantage to the landholders, and many of them would, what. has previously appeared in reference to , the state-of. ing a pocket is -a virtuous - action. - ''' . One 4 of the witnesses, move certain amendments relative to the administration notwithstanding, be broken down by the influx of the who presented the qnintescence of " a very . nice young Sikh affairs in general. No attempt on the life of Tej dividends for each half year prospectively until 1855 were of out-door relief. tenants who might be driven out by those landlords who tin , / him to man," he covered with confusion, by reques a fully detailed. Sing appears to have been anticited neither had the The Marquis of WESTMEATH then rose to move the fol- were clearing their estates. . . Hazarch people resisted the government ' ofGoolab Singh. "drop his ultra-gentility of tone and raise his voice." The directors of the Eastern Counties Railway have lowing resolution :—Thatthe existing laws of landlord and After some discussion, their lordships divided, and the One of Goola.b Singh does not seem a worse or more unpopular Hitchin Railway, for certain letters in the Cambridge In 7 .tenant in Ireland are not calculated to regulate equitably clause was rejected by a majority of 73 to 54. ruler than the bulk of the chiefs around him. Since our question a witness, was politely permitted to do so "if 11 , e , dependent, insinuating that the sum of £960,000 had ut the duties, reciprocal obligations, and interests of the par- The discussion of other clauses, up to 19, occupied the connection with him began - we have had no fault whatever pleased, particularlyas it would form an agreeable variety. ties in those relations in that country, and under actual remainder of the evening. tofind with hassuggestion cleared his . . terly disappeared f rom th e f ormer com p an y, i n a manner circumstances, require immediate revision and amendment; him. He at our and that the imposition of increased burthens and new re- HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. dungeons of state prisoners, restored lands unjustly es- • COURT AND. FASHION. not to be accounted for on right principles. aponsibilities on land render such revision and amendment In reply to a question from . Captain HARRIS, • cheated, and abolished suttee and f ema le i n fanticide. No . A meeting was h e ld i n Gl asgow , a f ew days since, for • urgent and indispensable. Lord J. RUSSELL said, it was not the intention of the attempt to prevent the Durbar meeting on Sunday had Th e court remained in town until and on Tuesday the the pu r p ose o f p e titi on i ng par li ament to compe l ra il way been made, or to restrain the movements of the Queen companies to aftbrd accommodation on Sundays;. but the The Marquis of LANSDOWNE hoped their lordships Government to introduce any measure to prevent the ex- . Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and other Mother or her son. No commemoration of any of our royal and illustriouspersonages, friends of the Sabbath mustered so strong, that, though honoured her Majesty's would not agree to an abstract motion such as that of the portation of wheat from this country. . victories•had occurred in the Sikh capital. Everywherethe meeting was prolonged until midnight, the chairman - noble marquis, which condemned the existing system Mr. HUME asked if it was the intention of the noble . Theatre for the purpose of witnessing the debut of that the untry was tranquil; trade and cultivation were compelled to adjourn it w ith ou t any mot i on b e i ng p asse d. without venturing to lay down a remedy for its defects. lord to proceed with the measure of granting loans of co incomparable songstress, Madlle. Jenny Lind, as Alice everYwhere advancing as the public confidence increased ; in the opera of Robert le Diable. On Wednesday evening THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—When this line is There was a bill in the other house of parliament which £600,000 to the Irish railways after what had occurred in and a stern system of inquiry into the state of the finances z open, the trains from London will experience an average proposed to alter the law of landlord and tenant in Ire- the house of Lords on the previous evening. the queen gave a dinner at Buckingham Palace ; among of the country had been entered on with a view to retrench- the guests were the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and acceleration of an hour and a half. The express train will land, and if that bill should reach their lordships house Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention, without any . meat. We are sorry to say there is nothing cheering in run in five hours, arriving in Liverpool at ten instead of Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince of Leiningen, Prince there would be an opportunity of considering the subject reference to what had taken place elsewhere, to postpone the commercial intelligence from either of the Presider at two o'clock, and possibly, alter a short time, by one. eleven, as at present. The London papers will he here - practically. the Railways (Ireland) Bill until next Friday. , Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, &c. ties. Instead of an improvement in the demand •for After dinner, the Queen and Prince Albert (who was di - The Marquis of WESTMEATH immediately withdrew his The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had been ;notion. waited upon by several deputations of merchants and manufactured goods, as was expected, there had been a rector for the evening), accompanied by their royal and MAGNITUDE OF THE GREAT WESTERN COMPANY. — bankers, it is expected, will open in June. decided falling off in the sales, and also a decline in prices. illustrious guests attended the Concert of Ancient Music bankers, in reference to the difficulties in the money mar- The money markets of Calcutta, as well as Bombay, were The whole amount of the called-up capital of the Great HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. ket, the general tenor of whose arguments would go to at the Hanover Square Rooms. most unusually tight, a state of things for which we have Western Company is £5,751,150, and its present out againstMr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Chester induce him to propose the repeal of the act of 1844. This, Prince Albert honoured Sir Robert Peel with a visit on seen no good reason assigned, as they were yet free from standing debt amounts to £4,216,370. The company Wednesday, to inspect the right honourable baronet's .possesses a power of raising, by calls and new shares, a the Health of Towns Bill. however, the government were resolved not to agree to ; the influence of the causes that are acting with such force collection of paintings, and view the new Indian staircase. Lord PALMERSTON said that he regretted to state that but they were, at the same time, desirous of affording on our home affairs. At Calcutta it appears that the banks A beautiful milk-white pony, which was introduced on further sum of X 3,958,850. By the bills of the present wo information had been received by the Foreign Office every assistance to the Bank in meeting the emergency had raised the rate of discount on private paper to 12 per session, as far as an estimate can be made, a power will with respect to the reported capture of Mr. Henry Billing that they.could legitimately offer; and although the an- . the stage, at Drury-lane Theatre, and which was much cent., and on the government bills to 8 per cent. This is be conferred of raising an additional sum of more than admired by the Prince of Wales and the Royal Family, Graham on the coast of Africa. nouncement might be premature, yet under existing cm- extravagantly high, even in India, although even these £11,000,000, or about twice the amount of the present The Earl of LINCOLN wished to ask the noble lord at cumstances he felt it right to state that on the 18th of has been presented to the prince, by its owner. rates have been thrown into the shade by the unparallelled paid-up capital. the head of the administration when the Health of Towns May he should give the usual notice for the exchange of charges made on commercial paper in London within the ._. ____ SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.—At a recent Bill would be proceeded with ? exchequer faith, and would thenceforth allow on the new last few days. The only favourable portion of the intelli ---- Lord J. RUSSELL said, in the absence of his noble. bills interest at the rate of 3d. per diem. He believed the UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. half-yearly meeting of this company, a most satisfactory gence is the declaration of the Treasury, that they will report was presented. It appears that during the five friend, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, severest portion of the pressure was already passed, for make advances on the hypothecation of .goods .to Europe months a portion of the line, about fifteen miles in length, 'who was making all possible inquiries on the subject, it the Bank of England had felt itself in a position that very to the extent of £1,255,000 within the financial year in- Mr. Robert Shorthouse, who took several prizes at our has been open; upwards of 62,000 passengers have travel would be impossible for him now to name a day when the day to make advances upon exchequer bills, and notwith- stead of £BOO,OOO, the amount applied during the past Collegiate Institution, has obtained the first junior Greek led upon it, more than 18,000 during the past month, and bill would be proceeded with. standing the announcement to that effect, the whole de- one. - prize at Edinburgh University. , though the mineral traffic is not yet developed, so satis- E io d n in o brg U in n o iLe l r.2c o j s u o st h clos l e a d 4. was in the senior divi- that after deducting 40 per cent. from the expense of In answer to questions by Mr. P. BORTHWICK, mand did not exceed £170,000. He was in hopes that CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA.—The Indian pa- Mr. John Walker, of Birkenhead, at the session of factory have been the returns, that the chairman stated Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government were of he would not have to call upon the bnkafnocfiannoyradied-rtoto- pers received by the present mail show that the question opinion that in the present state of affairs in Spain,. the words the payment of the riext dividends,of a decrease of cotton cultivation, which is . ascribed to the working,. "there would remain sufficient, not only to pay would thats The Hon. and ' Rev: Robert c John Eden, of Battersea, has been appointed to the Bishopric of Sodor money they were allowed to borrow under their Act." covenants of the Quadruple Treaty were not applzcable, keep up the balances in the exchequer he move prevailing system of excessive land taxation, is likely t o M.A., Vicar the interest of the money borrowed, but also of all the and he therefore trusted that no further explanation from on Monday next the house should resolve itself into be made the subject of serious investigation ; and it is Lim on the subject would, for the present, be required. a committee for the purpose of passing a resolution em- stated that a committee has been nnnointed hw.th. .-._ and Man. • IPI-..., 11;......-.4-,...,, ~,,,. 4.1...,4- 41...... ...:1i 1.... ...-- -1-1- .1 Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government were of opinion that in the present state of affairs in Spain, the covenants of the Quadruple Treaty were not applicable, and he therefore trusted that no further explanation from Um on the subject would, for the present, be required. Mr. FIELDEN moved the order of the day for the third of the Factories Bill. reading a period of three y from and after the day on which it shall have become law." The house divided, and the third reading of the bill wa: harried by a majority of 151 to 88. The bill was then passed amidst considerable cheering Lord J. MANNERS brought the affairs of Greece under the consideration of the house, and moved for a return of all moneys paid by Great Britain on account of the inte- rest of the Greek loan up to the Ist of January, 1847. Lord PALMERSTON would not object to the production of the papers, and regretted that the benevolent feelings which had actuated the three powers in restoring the inde- pendence of Gree( Sir ( he intended e GREY then moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the administration of the law for the relief of the poor in England. Mr. FERRAND announced his intention o. decided opposit offering HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. • Lord WHARNCLIFFE asked whether there had been any - applications to the Bank of England by the Govern r advances from the former beyond the usual required upon deficiency bills for the current pub :e, during the latter half of the . year 1846, and went f down to the present period ; and if would be any objection to producing th D, whether correspondence The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could - distinctly state that beyond the mere formal correspondence which at all times took place between the Government and the ad passed between I referred to by the noble lord. The the last Bank of England, no cor them during the per quarter lal , com muni, ions with the B. that subject, but none of the communications had taken the shape of a written correspondence. In the course of these communications the Bank had been uniformly ap prised of the amount of the demands which the Govern ment would have on them—those amounts not exceeding the amounts of ordinary years. With respect to the ex cess of the securities in the Bank, of which so much had been said, he wished to observe that it had been an excess ties much more than of securities belo of privat ing to the Government - The Landed Property (Ireland) Bill went through committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. M. GtnsoN stated, in bill to ready in a legate, that TUESDAY to a ques 'nn frorr aable joint-itock c ,s between partners, was.al- state of preparation nd it was the intention g in such a bill. The heads of the Government to bri he measure ha tlancellor Qtl the motion of Mr. WATSON, a select committee was appointed to inquire into and report to the House on the taxation of suitors in the courts of law and equity, by the collection of fees and the amount thereof, and the mode of Fees in the cour collection ; and the appropriation o law and equity, and in all inferior courts, and in the courts of special and general sessions in England and Wales. HOUSE OF. COMMONS. -WEDNESDAY The house went into committee on the Drainage of ;.ands Bill. The bill was subsequently reported, and or dered to be received on Friday. After some discussion the Registration of Voters Bil was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Sir •H. HALFORD then moved the second reading of th Manufacture Bill, on w hich a debate vhieh was ultithately adjout:ned to the following day Mr. WAKLEY then moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Medical Registration and Medical Law Amendment Bill but after some conversation b a committee for the purpose of passing a resolution em powering him to offer a discount to those holders wt might be disposed to pay promptly the instalments of loan, which would fan ' liateliagreed to On t' tween Sir G. Grey, Mi. Hume, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. Wakley, the second reading of the bill was postponed till 18th of June Tuesdiy e motion for the house resolving itself into com mittee on the Punishtrient of Vagrants (Ireland) Bill, HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The house went into committee on the Irish Poi Mr. P. SCROPE said that the - bill should not be 'pro ceeded with after what had occurred in the House of Lords on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, or at all events that it should be . made a temporary measure if the Poor Relief Bill was to be received as a temporary experiment. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it would be unwise to excite needless jealousies between the two Houses of Parliament., and it would be a great impediment to legislation if each house was to suffer its own proceedings wit} one bill to b'- - - , ed bu *her' respect to Jegoverned by what the otk.._ in reference to another. He admitted that the two mea sures were so far allied, that if the Poor Relief Bill was D a duration o ly unjust to exteni the operation of the Vagrant Bill, when measure by the House of Lof:ds, he saw no objection what ever to entering upon the discussion of the details of the one before them. Should it happen that the Poor Relief could be limited in its duration, or that it should not "ould be still in their power to decline passing Lord MONTEAGLE moved an amendment, limiti Bill sh however, that from the information he was daffy receiving he was more and more convinced that the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, in the state in which it passed through that house, was absolutely necessary. A circumstance had been communicated to him on the best authority, which he would state to the house, without, however, at present disclosing the names of the parties to whom it had reference. A poor woman, with six children, one of several to whom compensation had been given for giVing up their holdings, were found by the police, all ortheM dead, having died of starvation, relief having been - applied for by them after they had spent the sum they had re ceived, and refused by those on whose land they had for so many years resided. so the Poor The bill passed through committee, as did Relief Supervision (Ireland) Bill. The Poor Removal (England and Scotland) Bill I operation of certain clauses relating to out-door relief till the Ist of August, 1848, and to the end of the then next session.—lt will be reauily perceived that the intention of the amendment was to give a temporary instead of a per manent character to those parts of the bill to which it ap plied, and it was opposed by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Archbishop of Dublin, Earls they and Devon, and Lord Shrewsbury ' • and supported by the Earls of Roden and Fitzwilliam, Marquis of Westmeath, and Lords Stanley, Brougham, and Abinger. iseussion, but it was eventual ly read a seconc IRELAND Father Matthew _ is_ likely to be appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork. The Repeal proceedings, except as indicating, the pro tracted existence of the association, are wholly unworthy of notice. The rent last week was announced at precedent The Rev. Francis Arthur, Roman Catholic priest of Kinvara, county Galway, has addressed a letter to the be made the subject of serious investigation ; and it is stated that a committee has been appointed by - the go vernment to conduct the inquiry, The facts and . figures brought forward by the writers are startling in the extreme, cultivation. The question of Transit, however, we doubt not, bears quite as deeply as that of taxation upon. the in trinsic points of this important subject.—Times. . . A division was afterwards made, and the Government ivas placed in a minority, the numbers being for the amendment 63, against it 50; majority 13. On the 4th clause being read, which gave the appoint ment of relieving officers to hoards of guardians, Lord STANLEY moved an amendment that the ments shohld be vested in the Poor law Commis appoint- AMERICA CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ AND ST. JEAN D'ULLOA Wednesday evening at Liverpool; the Arcolo, Captain liodlas, which reached the river on Thursday morning, and the Yorkshire, which arrived on Friday night, have received New York papers to the litlf ultimo. The news is highly important. d'Ulloa, were surrendered to the the Americans at only 15 killed and 50 wounded. Onthe 22nd of March, the town was summoned, - and, in conse quence of the reply of the governor, at two o'clock that day the bombardment commenced, and was continued at intervals till the 26th, when overtures were made by Gen. Freeman's Journal, in which he ascribes the peculiarly Unfortunate state of that locality " to the want . of a resi dent Protestant clergyman." ender of the 'town By the death of Mir. Martin, late M.P. for the county of Galway, his daughter is the richest heiress in Ireland. on the ground that a much more efficient class of officers would be secured thereby. He had just concluded a loan which would pay all his in cumbrances, and leave him in possession of £lO,OOO a Mr. Fitzpatrick, a young barrister, who took a leading part in the discussions of the Repeal Association, and op posed the Young Ireland party, has just been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Solicitor- General at the Cape of Good Hope. The Nation calls arid castle on the 29th of March. The following is from the New York Herald :—On the second day of the bombardment an offer was made to sur render the town, but General Scott would not accept the, town without the castle, and two days more of bombard ment ensued, when the soldiers of the garrison, listening to the entreaties of the suffering inhabitants, compelled the general commanding to surrender both town and castle. General Morales refusing to act in the premiSes, resigned or retired, when General Landero succeeded to the command, and signed the convention for the sur render. this " the reward of treason." Lord Cloncurry has written to Mr. W. S. O'Brien, strongly recommending the - Young Irelanders and the The bombardment of four days placed the town in ruins, under which great numbers of non-combatants (men, women, and children) were buried. The bombard ment i 3 represented to have been terrific, and to its thunders succeeded the moans of the dying in every part of the town for several days afterwards. The amendment, however, was lost, but o-ly by a small majority, 53 having voted for it, and 59 against it. General Scott offered to the inhabitants, foreigners, a., a safe retreat from the town prior to the commence frinds. His Lordship promises himself to join the asso ciation " when O'Brien and the talented confederates rejoin it." AIR. O'CONNELL'S HEALTH.—Letters received in Lon don convey very unfavourable intelligence respecting the health of Mr. O'Connell. He remains at Avianon in The approaching festival of Whitsuntide is likely to witness a solemnity of no ordinary interest to English Churchmen—the consecration—within the walls of the such an exhausted state, from periodical attacks of dysentery, that his medical attendants have recommended an abandonment of the idea of proceeding on his journey .ncies of the British crown The anniversary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel was celebrated yesterday week, by divine ser vice at St. Paul's Cathedral, the Bishop of 'Worcester preaching the sermon : after which the bishops and other friends of the society dined with the Lord Mayor. Strange as it may appear, Sowerby Church, near Halifax, although it has been erected SO years, was not consecrated until the 27th ult. The reason of the HOUSE OF COMMONS.-' anent of operations -THURSDAY Sir WILLIAM VERNER brought under the notice of the Louse the extensive importation and sale of fire-arms go ing on in Ireland. Such importation and sale were calcu lated to excite much alarm. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the state of Ireland was most anxiously considered by the Government, and the prevalence of the sale of arms bad not been overlooked ; but they had not deemed it necessary to resort to any ex traordinary measures to secure the public peace, such as an Arms Bill or Coercion Bill. The outrages now com mitted were rather the result of an insufficiency of food 'than any dissatisfaction arising out of agrarian differences —the fact being that agrarian outrages had diminished in stead of increased within the last year. There was no po litical excitement at present, and the existing laws were sufficient to preserve the. peace of Ireland. • Mr. SHAW thought the state of Ireland most unsatis factory, and that the Government had acted indiscreetly in giving up those powers which former Governments Lad possessed. . . iy has been some difficulty in obtaining a valid title to the ground on which it was built. REFORMATION IN DUBLII.; received six converts from R Church on Sund of the conver for some weeks * * * * * "Except a few shots from the gun-boats, not a shot was fired from the castle. The navy bore but little part in the a AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF IMPERFECT SEPULTURE. In the neighbourhood of Castle Island and Ballylongford down a portion of the walls of the town and effecting a breach. The army did little more than to bombard the town. The skirmishing at the landing of our troops tested the nerves of our untried troops, and Colonel Har ney, with some dragoons and a few pieces of light artil lery, carried a bridge fortified and defended by'some hun dreds of Mexicans, and thus ended the demonstration. "Although the foreign consuls and their families did not accede to the offer of General Scott, and leave the town, yet, during the bombardment, they attempted t o reach the ships of their respective nations, *hen they were arrested in their course and ordered back to the system from the imperfect covering thrown on the dead victims of famine, troops of dogs prey from day to day on the bodies. This is not all ; violent madness is the result, which has led these rabid animals not only to attack one another, but the cattle in the fields. The authorities and the gentlemen of the county should at once look to this. Tralee Chronicle.. DREADFUL MURDER.—On Saturday, a dreadful murder was committed upon a man named Edmund Doogan, at Doon, near Broadford. He was fired at from behind a ditch by two men, and when he fell they fractured his skull in several places, and cut his throat, nearly severing the head from his body. The cause assigned for this The following h from Vera Cruz, under date of the 29th of March :—At ten o'clock, the whole Mexican army marched out, and stacked their arms on the road .near the cemetery. Our army then marched on each side of the Mexican lines into the town. All the best of the inha bitants had left the city before the attack. On our en- The city is very ;ering purchased a revisionary lease of some land, the title to which expired this day.—Clare Journal. The accounts received from Ireland, particularly from the western and southern counties, exhibit an alarming increase of pestilence in several districts ; but it is worthy of remark, that iu all cases where efficient sanatory ar rangements are adopted, a decided decrease in the viru lence of the malady has been the consequence. In some parts of the northern province too, for instance, Ennis- killen, Lurgan, and Belfast, fever is making fearful ravages. In the last-named town, on Saturday, a public meeting was held, to make arrangements for providing additional hospital accommodation, and to raise a general subscrip tion. handio ke a deserte much injured by the shot and shell. Nine thousand Mex . : ican troop's were within twelve or fifteen miles of the city on the night of the 28th, and were driven back by Col. Harney, of the Dragoons. During the sixteen days that intervened between the disembarkation of the troops and the opening of negociations, there were five days of vio lent " northers," in which all landing of stores, &c., was interrupted. By the terms of capitalation, the garrisons were allowed to march out of the city with all the ho nours of war, and then to lay down their arms. They were provided with four days' provisions. The Mexican officers were allowed to preserve their arms and private effects, and five days to retire to their respective homes. All the materiel of war, and all public property found in the city, the castle, and their depcndencies, to belong to the United States. The sick and wounded Mexicans were to be allowed to remain in the city, and no private property or building was to be taken possession of by the American forces. •Th 3 Rev Thomas Scott A 'motion of a formal nature was agreed to. Mr. BRIGHT moved for a select committee to inquire into the progress of the cultivation of cotton in India. Sir J. HonuousE made no opposition to the appoint ment of the committee. On Tuesday the citizens of Dublin entertained at din ner Capt. Clarke, of the American ship Victor, arrived in that port with provisions. The occasion was not lost by the Young Irelanders, who introduced unceremoniously their favourite political views. Mr. Meagher, in the When they abjured th, 3ible Lord G. BENTINCK quoted the opinion of Mr. Huskis ;son, that if we gave due protection to the cotton culture a our East Indian empire we should have not only suffi ,eient for our own manufactures, but for the consumption a the whole world. The noble lord also impressed upon the house the important fact that every bale of cotton brought from India would come in British vessels. He -suggested that the committee, if appointed, should consi der the question of railway communication in India, and 'inquire whether, by restoring the duty on American cot ton, and by reducing the land tax-in India, we might not 'obtain cotton from a country that would take from us our -manufactured articles in payment instead of the gold, aye, the new sovereigns demanded by America. At this period of the discussion the house was counted Math in the month of July is fixed - lass of persons from the error of The whole amount of the called-up capital of the Great Western Company is £5,751,150, and its present out standing debt amounts to £4,216,370. The company possesses a power of raising, by calls and new shares, a further sum of £3,958,850. By the bills of the present session, as far as an estimate can be made, a power will be conferred of raising an additional sum of more than £11,000,000, or about twice the amount of the present paid-up capital. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY. half-yearly meeting of this company, a most satisfactory report was presented. It appears that during the five months a portion of the line, about fifteen miles in length, has been open ; upwards of 62,000 passengers have travel led upon it, more than 18,000 during the past month, and though the mineral traffic is not yet developed, so satis factory have been the returns, that the chairman stated that after deducting 40 per cent. from the expense of working, "there would remain sufficient, not only to pay the interest of the money borrowed, but also of all the money they were allowed to borrow under their Act." The Directors state that they will be enabled to open the mineral branch at the close of the present month of May —from Chirk to Shrewsbury, nineteen miles, in the spring of 1848, and the remainder of the line in August of the same year. course of his _speech, thus delivered himself—: aria! Five hundred houses are now to be let in Oxford. The, tops of the mountains 'at Keswick were last week completely capped with snow. Typhus fever is raging to an unprecedented extent in Dundee. The deaths in the Infirmary have amounted to the extraordinary average of forty in a day. BAD DEBTS.—Lord Ashburton stated in the House of Lords the other day, that upwards of £24,000,000 are an nually lost to the trade of this kingdom from bad debts. d last week, in the workhouse of the near London. from th,-. pel'ont. onton Union • ---- ..-aacuLa ..11. poppy which their nurses had given them to make them Miss Martineau has arrived at Jerusalem. • On Monday week, the Royal Court of Paris ordered Suisse, the valet of the late Marquis of Hertford, to refund 77,710 francs of his pickings to the present Marquis. ALLEGED CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.—The Moniteur Beleze, of the 3d inst. states that a civil war had taken HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was 'resumed. Vile brig Exmouth, from Londonderry t o Q ue b ec, was totc:l,y lost off the islaud of Islay, one of the Hebrides, on Sunday week. Two hundred and forty lives were lost. MARRIAGE- OF MR. BRIGHT, M.P. Notice of the marriage of the Hon. M.P. for Durham, to Miss Mar garet Elizabeth Leatham, of Heath, has been given t o the superintendent registrar of the Wakefield district. first time in her career, In Lord CLANCARTY asked if, as a con sequence o f th e /success of the amendment of Lord Monteagle on the pre vious evening, the medical relief to the able-bodied out .door poor was to be temporary or permanent? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could not re sume to answer the question. The noble lord must p asl: 'his noble friend who had moved the amendment. Lord MoNTEAGLE said that the portion of the bill re_ Latina to medical relief ought to be peinanent. Earl GREY, in an animated tone, expressed his surprise that a noble lord so acute as his noble friewl should have moved an amendment which it now appeared. bad thrown the whole bill into such confusion that he could not him self understand it. The public feeling , however, in fa •your of the bill was too strong, and would ultim - stelY compel its adoption, however dexterous might be the IL's -preuvres by which some noble lords might endeavour to` , effect its defeat. On the 11th clause, which provides that in all cases where the rates should exceed 2s. 6d. in the pound per place between two neighbouring vince of Gokicn, in which 24, A nian named Wilkinson has been committed to Lin coln gaol for trial, on a charge of attempting to poison the family of his master, Mr. Dawson, of Burgh in the Marsh, by putting arsenic into the tea-kettle. The Rev. Dr. Alder has sailed for British North Ame rica, with a view to settle the differences which have ex isted for seven years between the British and Canadian Wesleyan Societies. PRICE OF A COMMISSION.—CoIoneI Persse, of th 3 lfith Lancers, who for fifty-two years served with such distinction in the Peninsula, America, and India, retired from the army last week, receiving eleven thousand guineas by the sale of his commission. The Chinese junk Keying is daily expected to arrive at Woolwich, from Hong-Kong. She is the first Chinese vessel ever brought to England, and is solely manned by Chinese sailors, and is to bring valuable presents from the Emperor to her Majesty and Prince Albert. departments in the pro ils houses and 668 huts were pillaged and burned to the ground, and 130,638 per- BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—The wife of a labouring man at Piddington, was delivered of a female child on the 25th ult. On the infant's right hand there are six fingers and a thumb ; on the left hand five fingers and a thumb ; on the right foot there are six toes.--Northamp. Herald. The Iron Trade is still at the former prices for catgoes: o f bar-iron in Wales, nor has the state of the Money Market yet been reported to have affected the business in that quarter; but a considerable fall in pig-iron has taken place in the Clyde, where the quotation is not now higher than 68s. per ton. Lord Ingestrie has written to Lord John Russell to say that "he cannot concur in the conclusion arrived at by the committee relative to Captain. Warner's, inventio ns that the trial proved a failur e ." His lordship sa y s t h at many difficulties, none of which would occur in real ser vice, attended the operations before the committee. The Queen of Portugal, it is said, had decided upon making concessions in favour of the people, and everything was settled. These conditions had been sig nified to Sada Bandeira, who was at Setubal, but he had refused to listen to them, stating that he was under the orders of tne Junta of Oporto, and referring the overtures to his superiors there. The Queen had changed her Mi nistry, which was to be composed as follows :—Minister Of Foreign Affairs, M. Bayard; Minister of JUstice, M. Leitao ; Minister of the Interior, M. Proense • Minister of Finance and Marine, M. Tojal ; Minister of War, Baron Ponte Bares. A steamer, plyinon the river Wye, narrowly escaped destruction destruction on 'Wednesday week, near Chepstow. Some miners employed on the works of the South Wales Rail way fired a blast while the steamer was passing, and a shower of heavy stones fell on all sides of the ve3sel. Fortunately, only one of the smaller stones fell on board, and the steamer and her passengers escaped uninjured. EFFECTS OF LIVING ON ONE KIND OF FOOD.—About sixty men, labourers on the railways in the course of formation in this county, arc at present lying in the Royal Infirmary, suffering from scurvy, which has been induced, we understand, by making coffee and buttered bread, of the best quality, their sole article of diet.—Edinburgh Advertiser. ." For the Early and good news of the Greenland seal fishery has arrived by an Aberdeen vessel, which has 9,000 seals for her own share.' Five vessels are reported as having caught 31,000 seals. This will go far to make up for the loss of whales, who appear to have left the Greenland coast al together, and retreated to the upper parts of,Davis' Straits, whither they cannot be pursued, except at the expense of a long voyage. The Chinese Repository gives an account, which could hardly be credited were there not positive proofs of the dpnctitv of thn rumailntinn of 77 -4-- According to the above journal, published by the Anieri- to a foreign power—(enthusiastic cheers.) Foreign power! Sir. Why should I designate that country a ' foreign power ?' which I hail from henceforth as our sister coun try—(loud and repeated cheers.) England, they sometimes say, is our sister country—(loud hisses.) We deny the relationship—we discard it—(loud cheers.) We claim America as our sister, and, claiming her as such, we have assembled here to-night." can missionaries, a civil war, or rather feud, took place between the two neighbouring departments of Chang Chao and Tseven Chao, in the province of Gokien, in which 24,515 houses and 668 huts were pillaged and burnt to the ground, and 130,638 persons killed or wounded. It appears that wars of this kind are of fre quent occurrence in the interior of this country, without the government attempting or caring to interfere. At a vestry meeting held at Bridgewater recently the following resolution was passed :—" That the practice of appropriating the pews to the wealthier classes has been productive of great evit to the mass of the population ; that the churchwardens, therefore, be directed to take possession of all the pews in this church as scion as the present possessors thereof die or leave the town, and that the word free be painted upon the door of each pew as soon as it falls into hand." _ _ KITTENS AND INFANTS.—A pretty child—a charming little three-year-old--was, not long ago, presented with the most tormented of pets, a nursery kitten, saved from the noyade that awaited the birth of its brothers and sis ters. A short time afterwards the child's m amma a dd ed two mnnbers to the family circle, in the shape of twins. On being taken into the nursery to see them, she gazed on them for some time, looking from one to the other much curiosity. Then, patting one of their plump little cheeks with her rosy finger, she said, " I think we will keep this one, papa!" . _ THE INFANTICIDES AT CARMARTHEN.—A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against Mary Hughes, for the murder of her three children, as stated in our last. The mother fled, but has since been apprehended. She had wandered over the mountains to the neighbourhood of Llandewybreli, about ten miles off. No doubt is enter tained of her being quite insane. It appears she must have carried the children up herself one by one, as to go un to the inft •••• .0 ../116 LA/ lAJ LI Up 21, iauu. Lima c being no staircase there, and to come down aftei the bodies were suspended, she must have been obliged to move one of them to the side before she could get to tha ladder. At a meeting, held in Glasgow on Friday, of influential distillers, brewers, paper-makers, and others affected by excise restrictions, they formed themselves into " The National Association for the Reform of Excise Abuses," the object of which will be to secure the return of mem bers to parliament who will pledge themselves to use their influence to obtain the removal of the abuses complained of—to have the various excise regulations clearly embo died in an act of parliament, no part of which the Trea sury will have power to alter without at least a month's previous notice—to obtain the removal of all frivolous and vexatious restrictions, unnecessary for the due collection of the revenue—and to procure the revision or repeal of those excise duties which were impolitic in their nature, or oppressive to the public. NOVEL PROJECT.—A prospectus has been issued of a new Joint Stock Company, to be called " The Silurian Chemical Works," and to be established at Newport and Cardiff, with a branch at each of those places, the object of which is to purchase and work up refuse and other small coal, to the extent of 2000 tons per day, or 600,000 tons per annum, into coke, tar, ammonical preparations, and gas ; and to convey the latter product from Cardiff to London, on a route via Gloucester, &c. ; and also to en able the directors of the Great Western and other railway companies to light the whole of their roads and branches with gas, so as to prevent, as far as possible, all the acci dents that may arise from want of light in the dark and dreary seasons of winter. It is proposed that the gas lamps on railways should be fixed at intervals not exceed ing forty-five yards, which would be about forty lamps per mile. The cost of supplying the gas is stated at 30s. per lamp, or £6O per mile. A MAD SHEEP. — About two months ago, a little terrier dog, at Cluny Castle, having been observed to be in a rabid state, it was found necessary co kill him ; but this was not done before he had done considerable damage, though, we are glad to learn to none of the human species. It appears he had gone into a park in which about forty wethers were being fed upon turnips, killed one, and bit other six—five of which were so severely injured, that they were immediately destroyed. As the sixth had only received a slight scratch on one Of the hinder legs, it was allowed to take chance. In a very short time the wound w as completely healed np, and, to all app earance, t h e animal was none the worse for it. A few days ago, how ever, the sheperd, on going into the park with some hay for his flock, was surprised to observe the wether referred to chasing the others most furiously, leaping on such as he could overtake, and exhibiting all the symptoms of rabidness. In the words of our informant, "he acted the dog as well as could possibly be done by any other animal not of the canine race." This the poor animal continued to do for about two hours aftep i. was first observed, and at last lay down from sheer exhaustion, foaming at the mouth, and. even_ imitating the barking of a dog, It was then destroyed.—Avitrjee,Adrvrtiser. May 11, 1847.; The Emperor of Russia has made his second public ap pearance in the money market. Finding his stock of specie superflously large, he advertises himself as having a few millions to invest in eligible securities at home and abroad. In short, he is willing to afford to the populous trading nations of West Europe the accommodation which the Bank of England is compelled to withhold from mer cantile houses in the city. France has had her share, and the bulk of the remainder will, of course, find its way to us, either in cash, or by liquidatio n o f the long scores be will have against us for hemp and tallow. NOVEL MODE OF QUELLING A RIOT.—A few days ago there were upwards of 100 Irish navies on board the Kirk aldy ferry steamer during one of her afternoon trips to Newhaven, and, about the time the fare was collecting, conducted themselves in a very unruly manner, and re fused to pay their fare. On being remonstrated with by the captain, they became still more refractory and riotous. Captain Barker, finding that further remonstrance and threatening of legal proceedings against them only made matters worse, attached a flexible tube to the escape-valve of the engine, scattered a quantity of steam amongst them, and threatened to continue it if they would not give up their disorderly conduct. This not being speedily com plied with, the captain, by the application of the tube, gave them a copious cold shower bath, which soon had the effect of reducing them to a state of subordination, and they were allowed to land at Newhaven.—Edinburgh paper. MAINTENANCE OF A MOTHER.-At Guildhall police cpurt on Saturday, Mr. Clark, printer and publisher in Warwick-lane, appeared before Aldermen Musgrove and Wood, to show cause why he refused to contribute to the maintenance of his mother, now chargeable to the parish of Horsmoden, in Kent. The defendant asked Mr. Joy, the overseer, if his mothe r was no t li v i ng w i t h h er secon d husband, which Mr. Joy said was so, and that husband and wife had three shillings per week out-door relief from the parish, but lie only asked defendant to support his mother.* Defendant said he had a wife and five children to bring up, and he did not feel justified in taking on himself such a burthen. He had added about half-a crown a week to her parochial allowance during the winter, to make his•mother more comfortable. Mr. Alderman Wood intimated his conviction that the second marriage released the son from his liability to keep his mother, and cast it on her husband ; and, in case of his inability, then on the parish. Mr. Alderman Musgrove concurred in that view, and the summons was dismissed. ALLEGED CHILD MURDER IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. —On Wednesday last, a man, named L. Cosgrove, was brought up at the Marylebone Police-station London, charged with h av i ng occas i oned the death of"'his female child, aged three years. The prisoner had arrived the night before by railway from Liverpool. When the train , stopped at Euston-square, lie was found seated on same luggage, with a dead child concealed under a cloak. He told the policeman who apprehended him that he bad started from Liverpool at seven in the morning, and that when within seventeen miles from London he found that the child was dead, and that it was a great bleising for him that it was dead, as its mother had died a few days before, in Liverpool, of fever. Ile asserted that he was in great distress, and bad written to his sister in West minster, imploring that she would pay his expenses up to London. She promised to do so, he said, and on Sunday eVeninc , he brought the child away, a woman belonging to infirmary having told him that it would not live long. On examination of the body of the child, there was found a long mark round the left side of the neck, and on the cap was a quantity of blood. The prisoner was subse quently conveyed to the station-house, when upwards of £6 was found upon him. The prisoner was remanded to await the result of a coroner's inquest, which has since returned a verdict, to the effect, that the deceased died a • natural death. THE COUNTESS OF MORNINGTON.—The Earl of Mor nington appeared yesterday before Mr. Bingham, at Marl borough -street police, to a summons, to -show cause why lie neglected to maintain his wife, 'Helena, Countess of Mornington, whereby - she had become chargeable to the parish of St. George, HanoverlqUare. From the state ment of his lordship's professional adviser, it appeared that only three week's ago, a sum of £BOO a year was of fered to Lady Mornington on security, which she de clined ; possibly because she conceived that by certain in struments now under investigation in a superior court, she was entitled to more. The professional adviser of his lordship also intimated that he was not permitted by Lord Mornington to show that the party on whose behalf the application was made, had been reduced to her present paiition by her own misconduct and extravagance, and he had only'to add, that his lordship was prepared to submit to any order which the court under the circumstances might think proper to make. Mr. Bingham said he could only deal with thig case as the case of a pauper receiving relief in the workhouse, and he could make no distinction between this and any other in the workhouse. He had no power to sanction more than ordinary assistance, and if his fordsliip undertook to reimburse the parish' of St. George for the outlay, it was all that he could require. With this understanding the parties left the court. The Countess has since written to say that, during the four teen years of separation from her husband, she has only received £1,300, and that the'£Boo per year was offered on merely the personal security of his lordship. - • A MAN WITII Two WIVES.—AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.—At the'Rochdale petty session's, on Wednesday last, -John Stott, a farmer, from 40 to 50 years of agie, re siding at Castleton Moor, about three miles fromßocn dale, summoned his father, 70 ye ar s o f age, his son, ; young man 20 years old, and two br o th er s, 30 yea p r p s e , each, on a charge of assault and w ilf u l d amag e. hen married 2ared3 by the evide nc e, th a t comp l a i nan t h a s years, and, on S un d ay l ast, h e too k a young woma n, about 22 years of age, to reside with him as his wife, al though he had a wife in the hous e . In the evening the defendants went to complainant's honse'tntalk with hira on the absurdity of his havin. , two wives in one house, in consequence of which a regular row took place; fighting, with pokers, axe, crow-bars, & c . D ur i ng th e row par t of the furniture was broken, and complainant's clothes wer e torn off his back; the defendants received several wounds on the bead, face, and other parts of their bodies. Both wives were in the court • the younger gave evidence on behalf of complainant, and the elder wife on behalf of the defendants. The magistrates said it was a most disgrace: ful affair, and they were sorry they had no charge against the complainant and his new wife. The defendants were discharged. When the case was over, complainant took his young spouse through the streets, towards his owl home. She is a smart looking woman, and took a husband in a similar manner, from Heywood, near Bury, two year s ; but after they had spent upwards of £3OO at Liver pool and London, she left him, and he has since diedr leaving a wife, who now resides at Bury. • THE CORN MARKETS. --- Since our last monthly report we have had an advance in our wheat market of 10s. t° 12s. per quarter, and such has been the continued de mand and high rates paid, not only in the principal con sliming countries of France, Belgium, and Holland, bu t in others from whence we were accustomed to obtain sup plies, that the Baltic shipments which a short time agG h were expected to come to this country, h av e, to a greab extent, found a market on more advantageous terms else where, and the orders sent out on English account to the Mediterranean, Danube, Black Sea, America, &c , have in many cases been unexecuted in consequence of the competition from other European markets. In addition to these grounds for a rise in our markets, there has been no inconsiderable drain upon the wheats grown in this country, for the supply of the more immediate wants of our continental neighbours. Under these circumstances , even if the, stock of English wheat at the commencemen t of the present year had been nearly sufficient to meet our wants up to the period of as early an harvest as last see,; son, we are, owing t ) o ur su b sequent exports, d iff erfr O Y situated now, and the lateness of spring alone would jus tify, the apprehension that a ver y l arge importation w0e , !...",. De neeaeu before the new crop can generally be brougli, b to market. We think, therefore, there is fully sufficien t ground for the apprehension that the price of wheat foal yet go considerably higher; indeed, we should not be at all surprised to see it reach 110 s. to 120 s. per quarter, 85 there is little doubt but the scarcity will be greatly in' creased, and the price consequently enhanced during the continuance of the present absurd attempts to depress it by means of the pressure on the money market, for there are scarcely any stocks, and the course only greatly checks further supplies.—Messrs.. Sturges Corn Circg' lar, May 5, 1847. JENNY LIND.—The hing-expected appearance of Jena Lind took place on Tuesday night, a night that will be, long memorable in th e anna l s o f the Engl i sh mus ical stage. She appeared in the part of Alice in the Italian version of " Lobert la Diable.' We can do little mor e than say that he r performance far transcended the nic' s highly-raised expectations ' and obtained, without ever tion, the greate s t t r i ump h we ever witnessed in a theatre: The house was crowded to overflowing, by an audienc e eager to see and hea r the re nowne d s t rang er, who s e nal° has been so long in every body's mouth. When she tat sented herself as the country girl, attired in her humbl e ; pilgrim's weeds, a loud burst of welcome greeted lie; from all parts of the ho u s e ; a nd sh e seeme d a l mo st 10 moment to gain every heart, even before she utterea e sound, by the ingenu ous mo d es ty o f h er l oo k s , and the graceful simpli c ity o f h er m i en . I n th e brief dialoOli carried on with R o b er t, in recitative, her sweet musi e7 O' tones and fine e l ocu ti on , were at once apparent. -. tr ot , led to the roma nce , " V a , m i disse, (in the original, "M dit elle,") whi c h a t once exhibited her excellent quali°:, as a singer. These qualities must be perceived and fel' 0 , they cannot be described. Her voice is a perfect sopre ch of the most enchanting purity and beauty ; soft, mel' ° 4 ,- of great fulness and ve l ume , an d as d e li cate as the brea,`,o ing of the ./Eolian harp, p ro d uc i ng suc h " dying falls_.;' Shakspeare's description has sometimes m ade u s insagl, Her manner, in the c l ose o f a pat h et i c stra i n, of prol° till ing an exquisite note, and attenuating it by figures!_ itc .. there is scarcely an ythi ng b etween i t and silence, is wrly gether her own ; an d it s e ff ect was often absolutely ce vishing. During her whole performance the audiello seemed spell-bou n d, passing from a state of breathles B t be tention, when a pin might have been heard to fall dead silence, to the most rapturous enthusiasm. V v a , she beg an th e song, " Q uan d o l ase i a i la Normatiai b bie% (" Quand je quittai la Normandie,") there was soul Tie, so enchanting in her utterance of the very first pile that the air was interrupted by a burst of uncontro ° ll,' delight from every part of the house. She is equ a l great as an actress. Her face possesses strong and t o o 4 expression ; her every gesture is full of sentirne; t bel ,J 1 feeling • and her movements and attitudes, though have all the appearance of being perfectly Bpon ta 7Gre • and unstudied, have the grace of the finest pieces 0 .,", 0 0' than art. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Queen v the ger, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of. Lening. e ., n .: et the Prince of Saxe-Weimar, and a list of n oluin),. t t he present tending half a column, are given as bein g deb4t. The whole London press have run mad la praise. The Times finishes a column of the most, ill the exordium by stating that "On the fall of the cur 0 burst of applause showed that the expectations „jiltt audience had been more than realized. Three And times was Mademoiselle Lind called upon the s o y fe u el i n gs it was a certain hearty one cheer more' sort which we hive never seer* so strongly manifested. POLITICAL GOSSIP. The Morning Post states that there has been a good deal of talk, for the last few days, in political circles, on the subject of a coalition between the whigs and the party of Sir. R. Peel. Sir J. Graham is, it is said, to go to India as governor-general, The Earl of Auckland is mentioned for the Irish vice-royalty ; and Mr. S. Herbert is spoken of either as his successor, or as President of the Board of Control, in the place of Sir J. C. Hobhouse, who is stated to be anxious to retire. Mr. Labouchere is said to be weary of the onerous post which he holds as Irish secre tary; and to be likely to give way to Lord Lincoln. The Post says it is doubtful when these changes will take place, and intimates that they will probably be postponed till the dissolution of parliament. E. D. Davenport, Esq., and J. Cheetham, Esq.,. of Stalybridge, are spoken of as the liberal candidate; for North Cheshire. It is said that ministers have resolved on an immediate dissolution of Parliament, in consequence of their defeats in the House of Lords on the Irish Poor-law Bill. The Duke of Bedford, Lord Morpeth (with a seat in the upper house), Lord Auckland, and Lord Clarendon, are all mentioned for the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. Sir George Grey explained on Tuesday the measure so long expected for the amendment of the administration of the poor-law. The main feature, as it appears at pre sent, i 3 parliamentary responsibility. The feeling of the house was decidedly favourable. Mr. Iledworth Lambton has announced his intention to retire from the representation of North Durham, and Colonel Beckwith has come forward on the free trade in terest. The Hon. H. T. Liddell will again seek the electors' Suffrages ; and Lord Seaham it is thought, will be a candidate. KNAREUB OROUGH.-air. Ferrand has appealed to his constituents for a renewal of their confidence at the ap proaching general election. The honourable gentleman in his address says, "I have no aostaey to answer for, no broken pledges to expl a i n away,' and he adds a decided ' expressos of his unalterable hostility to Popery and to O new Poor Law, and claims ciedit f or th e par t he lain w talo o suPPortinf the Tf i now, Factory Bill. THE BENCH AND THE BAR. The fiat issued against Messrs. Stockdale has been an nulled. An action has been commenced b Mr. Bunn, in the J Court of Queen's Bench, against enny Lind, for an alleged breach of contract, and on Friday week an appear ance to the writ of summons issued a few days previously was entered by a solicitor on the part of the defendant. The next proceeding will be the declaration, in which the plaintiff will estimate his damages. Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., have been retained for Mr. Bunn. The cause cannot be tried until the sittings after Trinity Term, commencing the middle of July. , THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH.— It has been earnestly reported within the last ten days, that Lord Denman has intimated his intention of resign_ ,ing,the high office of Chief Justice of.the Court of Queen's Bench, to which he was elevated in 1832. Fifteen years' service allows the occupant a judicial seat to retire' on a pension. 'lt should be mentioned, that, though entitled to.a salary of £lO,OOO a year, Lord Denman has declined receiving more than four-fifths of the sum, or £BOOO a year.. In the natural and legitimate course of succession, Sir John Jervis, the Attorney-General, should take Lord Denman'seat on the bench, if his lordship vacate it, but there is a whisper that Lord Campbell has proposed him self for it. Mr. JUSTICE Maims's LAST. —During the trial of Hannah Thomas, for the murder of her child, at Mon mouth Assizes, a letter was handed to Mr. Justice Maule, who demanded—" Who has had the impudence to send me a letter during a trial for murder ?" The trembling javelin man . replied, " A female gave it me, my lord, with directions to give it your lordship immediately." The judge (throwing the letter contemptuously from him)— " He calls himself Samuel Jordan, and says'he is a landed proprietor; he's a very impudent fellow to send me a let ter in the middle of . a trial in such a case, and as to the female; she 'is an i m pudent--something—or other." A Cheltenham paper observes--Mr. Justice Maule has a knack of concentrating much meaning in few words, into which he infuses a dull of vinegar; and he exercise(' PARISH OF SCHOLL, IRELAND. — The Rev. Tohn Trip hook, who acted as curate under the late Dr. Traill, has been appointed to the rectory of Schull, vacant by the de _ _ miable clergyman. The living is worth but Dr. Traill, who had a handsome raise of th about £BOO a yea relieving the distress of his Roman Catholic parishioners, since the first appearance of the potato blight. DUlt H AM U ti t l..;lE 4s IT v.—Several cases of acknowledged fever having occurred in Durham, the warden mid senate of the University have deemed it expedient to take a medical opinion upon the subject. After due inquiry it was determined that it did not seem requisite to disperse the members of the University but that, if the immedi- ate friends of any student were desirous that he should be. removed from the University for a time,' leave would be given on due application, and every facility afforded to alleviate the inconveniences which may arise. Some of the students have availed themselves of this permission ; but all the lectures, as well as the ordinary business of the town'are proceeding in the regular course. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE held at Ex SOCIETY .—The annual hall on Wed- meeting of this_soeiety wt there'were present, the Bisho, )s of Winchester, Cl . , . . - and Cashel ; the Bishop elect of Australia • Lords Gle nelg and Teignmouth ; Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir T. D. Acland, and Sir C. E. Smith. From the report it appeared that the receipts for the year were £117,440 93. 3d., being an increase of £16,134 14s. 3d. over 1845-6, and nearly £6OOO more than in any preceding year: The receipts for Bibles and Testaments during the year were £16,436 Is. poses of the society was £56,004 7s. 10di ' including £30,851 lls. 11d. from auxiliary societies. The issues during the year were 1,419,283 volumes,—viz., 1,109,224 at home, and 310,059 from the depots abroad. The total issues of the society have been 19,741,710 volumes. The expenditure during the year was £128,525 ss. 3d., being £26,749 more than the previous year, and, with one ex ception, the largest expenditure in any one year. The engagements exceed £13,000, CHESTER TRAINING COLLEGE. - At a meeting, of tl Chester Diocesan Board of Education, held at Newton o the Bth of April last. A letter was read from tl Richard Wa. __hing for an investigation into the cir cumstances of his' removal from the office of Vice-princi pal in the Training College at Chester. In compliance with this request, a resolution was moved by the Rev. Canon Thurlow, seconded by the Rev. W.' Hornby, and unanimously carried,—" That this letter be referred to the Training'School Committee, and that the honorary se cretary of the Training School be requested to convene a meeting at an early opportunity, to take the subject into consideration." In compliance with this resolution, a meeting assembled at the Training College at Chester, on Monday the 3d instant, the venerable Archdeacon Rush ton in the chair; which, after a full investigation of all the circumstances connected with Mr. Wall's dismissal, vindicated his character by showing that no charge what ever was laid against him, and presenting him with the following testimonial :—" That this committee having gone fully into the case at issue between the Principal and the late Vice-principal, desire at once to record their deep regret at an event which has deprived the college of an officer so able and so valuable as 3lr. Wall. . They are unwilling to allow of his retirement without expressing their high sense of the qualifications which he exhibited during the three years of his residence within the institu tion ; and they beg leave to state their conviction that he possesses, in no ordinary measure, the talents and habits of mind which will contribute to his usefulness in any similar charge." Signed, J. Rushton, chairman. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society took place on Tuesday, in Exeter Hall — the Earl of Chichester in the chair. At the csnclusion of the Chairman's address, the Rev. Mr. Davis, the secre tary, read the report of the society, which entered at con siderable length into the present state and future prospects of the different missions in the southern hemisphere and elsewhere. All these missions were in a most flourishing state, and the demand for Bibles at some of them was so duiana no less than 1500 had been sold off in a single fortnight ; and the missionary stationed there had written back to England, to the British and Foreign Bible Society, for a further remittance of between 2,000 and 3,000 Bibles, which he had no doubt would be eagerly bought up. With respect to the financial state of the society, in spite of the distress at home, the excess of this year's income over that of last year was no less than £14,369 ; the total receipts being £116,827, a sum which considerably ex ceeded the income of any former year, and which, after all statetate o of f the things society afforded io 18 a 4 v 2 e , very whenremarkable a heavy expenses had been paid, left a con s id era bl e b a l ance i n the hands of the treasurer to be added t o th e cap i ta l o f the y s t o 't This § the debt and a comparatively sma ll i ncome cramped their ef nsoonciterta forts. He (Mr. Davis) had to state the sorrowful intelli gence, that two of the vice-presidents of the society bad 1 recent _led ; so recently, that it had been hoped they would have been present at this meeting : these were Lord Lurgan and the Bishop of Sodor and Man. At the con clusion of the general report, several detailed reports of the state of different missions were read. The meeting was subsequently addressed by several gentlemen on the platform—among whom were the Bishops of Winchester and Chester, Lord Waldegrave, Lord Glenelg, Sir Robert Inglis, and several well-known clergymen of the Estab lished Church. ST. BEES COLLEGE, CUMUERLAND.—TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO THE REV. J. E. MIDDLETON, M.A., THE OLOGICAL LECTURER OF THE INSTITUTION.—The Easter term at this college terminated on Tuesday last. The gentlemen who this term have completed their course of studies, and are now leaving for ordination, were desirous of with their highly esteemed Theological Lecturer with some substantial expression of their regard, previ ously to leaving college for their various destinations. In consequence of this determination, a deputation from their number waited on the rev. gentleman at his private resi dence, for the purpose of begging, in their own names and those' of their fellow students, his acceptance of an elegant piece of plate, accompanied by a memorial, drawn up and !agned by his students, expressive of the . high estimation in which their worthy lecturer is universally held by them, alike as a tutor and a friend. The folloividg is the in scription engraved on the plate. " Presented to the Rev. J. E. Middleton. M.A., Theological Lecturer of St. Bees College, by the members of the Fourth Term, as a token respect and esteem, on the completion of their course of studies —Easter Term, 1847." The deputation were re-. ceived by the rev. gentleman and his' lady with the greatest kindness and courtesy. The memorial having been read, Mr. Middleton expressed in•the warmest terms the high sense he entertained of the motives that had thus led to a result in every sense so gratifying to his feelings. He was himself perfectly sure that the manner in which he had performed the duties of the important office intrusted to him merited no such mark of distinction as that which he now had the gratification of receiving at their hands ; but to it his best energies were sedulously and cheerfully de-; voted. He should ever highly prize these tokens of their good will and 'esteem to him and his family; they would be a perpetual memento of their regard. 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