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Vartianuntarp 13rorcebing5. HOUSE OF LORDS.--MONDAY Lord LANSDOWNE brought in his bill for opening re lations with the Court of Rome. Lord STANLEY and others urged the novelty of the thing to the country and its importance, and contended for time to consider. The day for the second reading was fixed for the 24th instant. The Bishop of MANCHESTER was introduced, and took the oaths Lord STANLEY, in presenting the petitions from the West Indies, entered into a masterly exposition of the State robberies and oppressions which, from the bill of 1826 to the Government encouragement of slavery in Cuba and Brazil, had spread equal ruin on these colonies, and all their inhabitants—till £lOOO could not be raised on any estate in Jamaica, Demerara, or Trinidad. Nothing short of a return to the differential duties of 1846 could meet the necessities of the case. The £20,000,000 granted to the planters formed a very indifferent recompense to the planters for the labour they had lost. The supply of sugar had fallen off during the years from 1839 to 1843, a period of unlimited freedom of labour, from 3,520,000 cwt. to 2,100,000 cwt. In 1817 the produce was 3,761,000 cwt. in fact, from 1825 to 1832 the supplies of sugar had been more than sufficient to meet the demands of this country : the surplus had been sent to other countries, thus show ing that there had been no monopoly. But since the act of emancipation the cost of production had been enor mously increased, and there had been a corresponding di minution in th- upply. From 1830 to 1834 the expense of producing a hundred weight of sugar was 4s. sd. ; from 1834 to 1838 it was 6s. 7d. ; from 1838 to 1842 it was 16s. 11d. ; and from 1842 to 1846 it was 21s. 6d. per cwt. The petition from Trelawney, which he presented, stated that the cost of production had been increased to 20s. per cwt. of which 13s. 4d. went into the pockets of the la bourers, leaving the balance only to meet all the other ex penses of the planter. His lordship bore testimony, how ever, in favour of the conduct of the negroes, and said that no class of labourers could be more disposed to make a good use of their freedom. He highly approved of the Emancipation Act; but maintained that the planters had right to some protection against the competition of slave roducers, who were now upon the same footing The latter had been deceived by the holding as ou Id out to them ,rior to the gene- they had a right to expect the He then contrasted the position slave-holding producers of maintained that the Act of 1846 was With reference to the production promise to be tunaueu of our colonists with the unty upo agar in I of a peculiar character : so long I for it a certain price, it would , 11 below, 20s. to 22s at Calcutta the supply that countr cotwith ,s it was more profitable to retain it in Iding the large increase in the a the Brazils, &c., our ex ttle. From Demerara they asket .uage; another horn Jamaica applied for Navigation-laws in addition ; and others ties on rum and British spirits, and the admission of molasses and sugar in breweries and distilleries. He did not himself believe that a repeal of the Navigation-laws would be of any benefit to the West India Proprietors, and he deferred entering on the question as to the use of sugar and molasses in the way required, and that rum should be introduced at an equal rate with the duty on British spirits. With reference to the supply of free labourers, he admitted that emigration from Africa was for the benefit of the colonies and the negro popula . • to encourage dr ialization of the dt evils which they had endeavoured to suppress in connec tion with the slave trade. In conclusion, his Lordship declared his decided opinion that the only remedy for the evils he had been referring to was the re-imposition of differential duties, and an abandonment of the principles " - bring ruin upon the otherwise Earl GREY replied, to the same effect as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons. The Bishop of OXFORD combatted at some length the arguments of Lord Grey, and appealed to the House whe ther it was right, that for the paltry saving of a penny a pound in our sugar, the nation should be condemned to share in the shame of Cuba and the Brazils, where the enormities of the field slave system existed in an exagger ated form. _ . Lord ASHBURTON urged the insufficiency of the mea sures mentioned by Earl Grey. _ Their lordships then adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY Numerous petitions were presented for and against the Jewish Disabilities Bill, which occupied the House for a couple of hours On the question of the second reading being put, Mr. STAFFORD moved, and Lord BURGHLEY seconded the amendment, that the bill be read that day six months, the supporters of the latter proposition being Mr. B. Cochrane, Lord Mahon, Mr. S. Walpole, and Mr. New degate. The speakers in favour of the original motion, were Mr. W. P. Wood, Mr. M. Milnes Sir W. Moles worth, and Mr. Shiel. At length th e debate was ad- journed 'HOU gi W COMMONS rt.TESDA An unsuccessful effort was made by Mr. Hunt E and Mr. STAFFORD to induce Mr. Anstey to postpone his speech on his " manster motion" to another day, and to allow the adjourned' debate on the Jewish Disabilities Bill to proceed. The motion includes 40 distinct propositions, which embrace the policy of every treaty which this coun try has contracted with foreign Powers from the year 1825 down to the present hour. Mr. ANSTEY'S present mo tion was only preliminary to a motion of a much more grave and serious character, which would affect the posi tion of Lord Palmerston, and perhaps even of the Premier himself. Having addressed the House for nearly an hour and a half, and the number of members present being re duced from 400 to 39, the House was counted out. - —_ HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Mr. P. SCItOPE found great fault with the working of the Irish Poor-law. Sir W. SOMERVILLE explained the difficulties with which the enforcement of it had been attended in a coun try to which it had never yet been applied. Mr. Hume, Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. H. Drummond, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. S. Crawford , took part in the debate, as did also Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN: who, after the usual fashion of Irish members, pointed out various measures which ought to be adopted for the relief of Irish distress, without mentioning in a single in stance the means by which they were to be carried into practical operation. Mr. PACKE then moved the second reading of the Epiphany Quarter Sessions Bill, but afterwards withdrew his motion in deference to the objections urged against it by Sir G. Grey and Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. On the motion that the House should go into committee on the New Zealand Bill, _ Mr. GLADSTONE said as enactments consisted partly of suspending and partly of enacting clauses. To the latter, as they corresponded with the demands of Governor Grey, he thought that the House could not do better than ac cede; but as to the former, he could not understand why the constitution of New Zealand in 1846 should be sus pended for five years rather than repealed altogether. He examined at some length the despatch of Earl Grey of the 23d of December, 1846, relative to the waste lands of New Zealand, and after contrasting it with the terms of the Treaty of Waitangi, came to the conclusion that it was incompatible with that treaty. He vindicated the con duct of the Bishop of New Zealand in presenting his pro test, which be believed he had not published to the na tives. Mr. LADOLICHEITE defended the despatch of Earl Grey and the conduct of the government towards the natives of New Zealand, which had been characterised by the most perfect good faith. No further information had yet been received respecting the publication of the protest of the Bishop of New Zealand ; but the Bishop in sending that protest to the government at home had announced his in tention to express his dissatisfaction with Lord Grey's despatch to the natives of that island. He adhered to his opinion that this was a most imprudent course on the part of the Bishop. • Sir E. BUXTON contended that the views of the Bishop of New Zealand as to the claims of the natives were by no means singular, and showed that they were coincident with those of the Wesleyan missionaries. After some further di;cussion, in which Mr. ..N.glionby, Mr. Cardwell, Lord Lincoln, Mr. F. Scott, and Mr. Ad derley joined, the House went into committee, when some further debate took place on the clauses. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY The motion - of Earl FITzWILLIAM, for a return of all the unions in Ireland in which the board of guardians bad been superseded and paid officers appointed, was ;greed to — ln answer to a question from Lord STANLEY, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated that the govern ment intended, should the bill for opening diplomatic regulations with the court of Rome pass the second read ing, to proceed with it with as little delay as possible. HOUSE OF COMMONS, ^THURSDAY discussion on the separate imprisonment of per- sons before trial, Lord MoßPEtti moved for leave to bring in a bill for promoting the health of cities and towns, which had been drawn up by the Attorney-General in a shape which would render it little liable to objection. The Central Board of Health, as last year sanctioned by parliament, is to be retained ;to consist of five members—of whom two will be paid—to be presided over by a responsible member of the government. The working of the measure to be committed to local bodies responsible to their local com munities, with a checking and controlling power vested in the state. The local bodies to be connected with town councils in boroughs —to be called the committee of health--the number of members and the boundaries of the application of the act to be fixed by the government. In other places a certain number of sanatory commissioners to be elected by the rate-payers. The act to operate throughout England and Wales • but for the metropolis there will be a separate bill. in the local boards the duties relating to the preservation of the public health will be imperative. They must hold regular meetings, ap point inspectors and surveyors, provide a map of their dis trict, make public sewers, compel the owners and occu piers of houses to supply house drains, water for the cleansing of the streets, and scavengers. They will have also certain pern drainage in new to require proper levels for to alter drains, privies, - , to require certain furnaces to consume their own smoke, to remove slaughter-houses, to inspect lodging-houses, And to provide public grounds for recreation and amuse ment, and public baths and waterworks. The act will not provide for the removal of cemeteries from towns, nor cemeteries beyond their walls; but the Board lth, to prohibit its further ;e for interment. istics upon which the measure he same as t A discussion ensued, in the course of which, Lord DUNCAN regretted that the window tax had not been removed as one of the sanatory measures ; and Mr. WA KLEY accused. Lord Morpeth of having shrunk from his duty in not including London in the bill. Leave was given to bring in the bill, which was read a first time, Mr. CARDWELL then moved for some consular returns connected with China, not so much with a view to their production as for the purpose of bringing under the notice of the house the report of the select committee appointed in the year 1847 to take into consideration the present state of our commercial relations with that country. Everybody knew what extravagant expectations were enter tained throughout the kingdom at the opening of our commercial intercourse with China. From the brilli ancy of our prospects at that time it was expected that by this time our exports to that country would have much exceeded £2,400,000. Though we bad not been gratified in that respect, it was still consolatory to reflect that in the trade recently opened with China, by far the greater portion of it had fallen to our share, and we ought therefore to do our best to encourage and support it. It had not, however, been carried on at a benefit to England ; on the contrary, it had been carried on at a loss of 30,0 r 40 per cent. This had gone on for the last three or four years, but it could not go on much longer, for the trade would recede till it again rose up to a remunerating _ _ rate Why had we hitherto found the trade to Chilli' unprofitable ? Let them consider what the returns were which we received from China. They were of three kinds, silver—of which £2,000,000 had been drained from China for some years past ; silk—of which the export was gradually increasing; and tea. Now, it was impossible to conjecture how long China could sustain the drain of the precious metals ; but as the export of tea could not be increased on the present system of the tea duties, a constant reduction of our trade must inevitably take place. It was, however, beyond calculation how far they would and could buy our cottons if we were to lower the tea duties. The house was not unprepared for the dis covery of the committee. that the rate of the duty on tea had been and was the cause of the retardation of the exportation of tea to Great Britain. It was in all cases 200 per cent. on the price of the article, and in some cases it was even 1000 per cent. Now, the Americans were our chief rivals in the Chinese markets, and had no duty upon tea. How, then ; could we continue to compete with them in the Chinese market in that branch of manufac- tures in which they were our rivals ? One serious ob stacle to the reduction of the duties on tea was that a revenue of £5,100,000 was derived from them. Yet, though this amount of revenue could not be relied on with the existing duties, it was so important an element in the income of the country, that in the present circum stances. it could not be entirely abolished. He entered into several statistical details to show, that if the duty were reduced from 2s. 3d. to Is. the probability was, that in the next year the revenue, from the increased con sumption of tea would amount to £3,500,000, if —'hut one ~s,. There was limit to th e t ra d e w ith China, and that was the amount to which we took the exports of China; and the limit to that amount depended upon our duties. It was not for him to divine what was in the breast of the government as to the budget; but he should have been wanting in his duty to the committee of which he had been a member if he had allowed its able report to slumber on the table, and had left the house to approach the financial statement of the year without a discussion upon its merits. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that increasedtheir - exportsto that country to an enormous ent, and ound in consequence a The fact was, that the markets Of China became glutted with the quantity of goods imported from England, and that circumstance produced a depression of trade which in course of time would cure itself. He had no doubt that if we could afford to reduce the duty on teas the revenue derived from that source would be made up again in the course of a few years. He had likewise no doubt that the quantity of goods which we sent to China must depend on the exports received from China ; that an in crease of those exports would be a great benefit to the English producer; and that in the long run the revenue would be benefitted by the trade thus created. But he could not conceal from himself and the house, that if he gave up the duty on tea at present he must look for ad ditional taxation in some other quarter. The committee had rightly said that this was a matter not to be lightly dealt with; for the revenue derived from it was near £5,000,000. Nevertheless, they recommended a reduc tion of the duty to Is., which would cause a diminution of £2,000,000 in the revenue. Mr. Cardwell had said that on a former occasion the distressed condition of the people had been ameliorated by taking off the burdens which pressed upon the springs of industry. Now, if he were to take off at present either the tea duties, or, as some gentlemen had that evening suggested, the window tax, the country must submit to an additional income or property-tax, and he did not know bow far that might be relished. Lord G. BENTINCK could not, when we were losing £4,000,000 a-year under the free trade system, consent to take off £1,500,000 of tea duties ; nor could he give his consent to the doctrine, that the best mode of di minishing a deficiency was to take off the burdens which pressed on the springs of industry. A very desultory discussion then took place, in which Mr. Moffat, Mr. Browne, Mr. Masterman, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Wilson, supported. and Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Alderman Sidney, and Mr. Hudson, objected to the re duction of the tea duties now proposed. After a short reply from Mr. Cardwell the motion was granted. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from tenant farmers in Scotland, praying for the repeal of, or some essential alteration in, the game laws, expressing his en tire concurrence in the views of the petitioners. The Marquis of SALISBURY thought tenant farmers had no right to complain of the game laws, inasmuch as they knew of their existence, and of the effects which they might have on the property they occupied, before they became tenants. Lord ASHBURTON was understood to express a similar opinion Lord MONTEAGLE moved the second reading of the Auditing of Accounts Railways Bill, the object of which was that, upon the application of a cert a i n p ropor ti on o f railway shareholders, who might be dissatisfied with the accounts furnished by the directors, the railwe . y board might appoint an auditor to whom all the documents of the company should be accessible, and whose report, as well as those documents, should become open to the in vestigation of the public. A short discussion ensued; but the bill was read a se cond time without a division. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. HULL AND LINCOLNSHIRE.—It is stated in the Rail wa Chronick, in anticip of the oenin of the Sir C. Price an d M r . C. B ruce were di rec t e d to b e taken lin e s to Great Grimsby and ation New Holland early in March, into custody by the Serjeant at Arms. for not appearing and for the improvement of the Humber Ferries, the to be sworn upon election committees to which they had Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire have purchased been appointed. two Thames steamers, which, during summer plied to Mr. C. BULLER, in answer to Mr. W. Miles, said, with Greenwich. reference to tramping vagrants, that if the interference of THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE the legislature should be invoked to remedy this increas- B IRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY COMPANY. — The ing evil, he should not shrink from the responsibility of Lord Chancellor gave judgment in this case on Wednes introducing a measure for that purpose. day, overruling the demurrer, with costs. At the same Mr. WARD, in reply to Captain Pechell, stated that, with regard to paymasters and pursers in the navy, no time he did not give any opinion, as he was not called further provi s i on wou ld b e recommen d e d , t h at t h e memo upon to do so, with reference to the validity or invalidity rial of the m as t ers cou ld not b e acce d e d to , an d t h at no of the agreement made between the Birmingham and augmentation of the retired list of commanders was in Oxford and Great Western Railway Companies. contemplation. have various symptoms of approach contemplation. ing activity in the prosecution of various suspended rail- Mr. HORSMA N gave notice that, on Monday next, he way works in Manchester. The South Junction branch should ask her majesty's government whether they con- i s again giving signs of renewed vigour. The Manchester templated filling up the archiepiscopal see of Canterbury, and Altrincham, a part of the Birkenhead, Cheshire, and subject to such changes and modifications as parliament Manchester, is also giving the note of preparation ; so might hereafter determine. that there is every appearance of a vast number of work withM LABOUCHE, in answer to Mr. Muntz, stated, men, who have been all but literally starving through the reference to steam-boats plying on the Thames, that late winter, having full and constant employment. theßoard of Trade possessed the power of obliging their From official returns it appears that the amount of owners to take out certificates, and could subject such traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3,436 miles of rail vessels to inspection. way, was £147,352, thus accounted for :—£68.068 for the The adjourned debate on the Jewish Disabilities Bill was resumed by Mr. C. PEARSON, who was followed by conveyance of passengers only, £41,838 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £37,446 for passengers and Peel, and Lord Mr. W. Cowpe D. Stuart, in favour of the second read- r, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Cockburn, Sir R. goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an ing; Mr. K. Seymer, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Bankes, and Mr. increase of £12,527 over the corresponding week of the former year, when the mileage was 2,680. The average Newdegate opposing :it, the house divided, when the earnings per mile for last week were £43, whilst in 1847 numbers were 277 to 204 ; majority jn favour of the second they were £5O. reading 73. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—On Wednes- Sir T. D. ACLAND informed the house that Sir R. day, the half-yearly meeting was held at the Clarendon- Price was in custody, and awaited the pleasure of the room ' s. E. W. Ilasell, Esq. presided. Resolutions were house, when the hon. Bart. was ordered to be discharged passed to the effect that a dividend of £1 per whole share, on the payment of his fees. and 4s. per third share, be now made and declared, out of On the motion of Mr. STAFFORD, Mr. C. Bruce being in attendance, the same course was pursued. a select committee the nett profits of the undertaking up to the 31st of De- On the motion of Lord J. cember last, and that the directors be empowered to raise, RUSSELL, was appointed to consider of the best mode of providing on loan, such further sums, from time to time, as theyshall find requisite for the purposes of the undertaking, additional room for works of art given to the public, or not exceeding what the act of parliament authorises. A purchased by means of parliamentary grants. dividend at the rate of £4 per cent. per annum was created. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the remarks of the chairman were considered highly satis factory, as respected the prospects of the line. v RAPID TRAVELLING. — The directors of the South- At the Court of Exchequer, on Monday Mr. Francis Crossley, soap-boiler, of Old Montague-street, White- Eastern Railway, in unison with the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-ship Company, have determined chapel, was convicted in a penalty of £7OO for illegally and meet the long hoped for opening of the Boulogne filling some of his vats, without due notice being sent to Amiens Railway with their usual energy. An express the Excise officers. _ . str -- in -- with a train from London -bridge, will LAW INTELLIGENCE. steamer, in union . ._ In the District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter, a few days leave Folkestone to convey passengers to the train to start since, in the matter of the Honiton Bank, the official from Bologne at 3 o'clock in the afternoon ; this arrange assignee (Mr. Hirtzel) stated that he had sent out appli cations for £40,000, and had received only £140; and he went will enable the public to breakfast in London , and be in Paris the same day at twenty minutes past eight in feared that many of those who had been put down as the evening. So, also, between Paris and London t here debtors to the estate would turn ou t t o b e cre dit ors. In the Court of Queen's Ben c h, on W e d nes d ay, the will be a special steamer in union with the trains leav i ng Paris at eight in the morning ; this steamer will start Duke of Brunswick obtained a verdict for £lOOO damages from Boulogne to Foulkestone on the arrival of the train, against Mr. Pepper, the printer of the Satirist newspaper, by which means passengers of that morning from Paris for libel. On the same day, in the Court of Common will arrive in London at half-past six o'clock the same Pleas, his Highness obtained a verdict for £750 damages afternoon. against Messrs. Abraham Slowman, John Barker, John NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY.—At a meet- Townshend, James Miles, and Benjamin Brown, who, ing held at Leeds on Thursday last, about 40 shareholders except Mr. Tewnshend, who is a solicitor, are officers of were present from various towns, including Liverpool; the sheriff of Middlesex, for forcibly breaking open, and and Mr. Atkinson, of Roundhay, was called to the chair. entering the dwelling-house of his Highness in Brunswick- Mr. Baker, of Thirsk, advocated the relinquishment of a place, on the evening of the 15th of May last. large portion of the scheme—that from Tebay to Bishop THE LAW OF DISTRAINT, AND LENDING GOODS ON Auckland, which would reduce the capital of the company HIRE.—The law of distraint would appear to require an by two millions; and this portion would, he believed, be immediate amendment. Messrs. Collard and Collard, the celebrated piano-forte makers , of Lo ndon, h ave called the readily taken up by other parties, who could wor k it t o better advantage. The line from Wath to Belisle "- attention of the Guardian Society to the oppressive and he thought, most valuable and promising. 11.- unjust operation of that clause of the landlord and tenant resolution restraining the directors from act relating to distraint, whereby the property of traders calls and incurring further liabilities. lent on hire to tenants and lodgers is frequently sacrificed sufficient capital to complete the valuable part of tile ._ to the claims of landlords, without the law affording the —that stated. His suggestion would reduce the shares owners the slightest remedy, except by payment of the debt which may be due by the lodger. Messrs. llime and from £5O to .f..,5. The resolution was cal tied unanimously. It was also agreed to negotiate the sale of the line from Son, of this town, tell us that, at this moment, they have a piano -forte, which had been lent out on hire, retained ( Bishop Auckland to Tebay. A resolution was alsopaswd giving the directors three months tr. ---"--- ' by a landlady on the plea that the party who hired the _._ . . • - They had now• :ed. A deputation was appointed to attend tne gene. meeting. Amongst these was Mr. D. Smith, of this They were empowered to impress upon the direc and ahareholders the . importance of the resolutions iunrunient, owes ner upwarus Or ten poutluz ICil4. Inc r __ result is obvious : they must lose the piano-forte and debt town due to them, or pay the rent before they become possessed ton of their own property. agreed to THE LIVERPOOt SYINDARL FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, ITALY Sicily is still the scene of bloodshed. The troops have been driven from the forts round Palermo, with great slaughter on both sides. There have been no satisfactory negotiations. The King refuses a separatethamber, but offers that the Chambers should hold session alternately at Naples and Palermo. With these concessions the Sici lians are dissatisfied. Insurrection is, from appearances, feared at Messina. Advices from Naples describe that city - as the scene of great rejoicing. The King rides daily through the streets, receiving the congratulations of the people. When any symptom of discontent has shewn itself, he has himself addressed the people, explaining the nature of the consti tution, and has called in the assistance of a monk to harangue the lazzaroni, and thus render the new order of things more generally appreciated. Bozzelli, a councillor of state under Murat, and afterwards a liberal refugee, has been appointed Minister of the Interior, and has been ordered to make a draft of the new constitution. The popular insurrection may be regarded as completely tri umphant. FRANCE The pledge given by Louis Philippe's son, is, it seems, to be redeemed. Abd-el-Kader is to be transported, if he wishes it, to Alexandria, and handed over to the old despot of Egypt. If he wishes it—the words ring hollow, as though some sinister meaning lurked within. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Guizot put his rival, Thiers, completely in a fix," by quoting the written documents of the latter when in office, showing that he then pursued the very course towards Scotland and other countries which he now condemned in the present minis try ! The only reply which M. Thiers had to offer was, that circumstances were now different ! EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. —The debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the para graph relating to the Reform Banquets came to an abrupt and stormy termination on Wednesday. In spite of the determination of the Opposition deputies, and in spite also of a split in the Conservative ranks, M. Guizot per sisted in putting down these banquets. This mutual obstinacy led to a scene on Tuesday, upon M. Duchatel announcing that Ministers would not yield. M. Cremieux cried out in passion, " Such was the language of Charles X., there is blood in such language," and M. Lesseps warned Ministers that they were " throwing out a chal lenge." But on Wednesday, when the Minister of the Interior declared the resolution of Ministers that no more Reform Dinners should be held, M. Odillon Barrot ex claimed, " You are worse than Polignac and Perronet," and a tremendous uproar ensued. The ministerialists would hear no more speeches. The opposition therefore quitted their seats, and thus ended the debate, which is now (it seems) to he transferred to the streets of Paris. Instead of at once resigning their functions as Deputies, the Opposition members have resolved on going to the adjourned Reform Dinner in costume and in procession. If then refused admittance to the Banquetting Hall, they will resign ; but amongst the excitable populace of Paris a public procession of Deputies, openly at issue with the Government, cannot be anticipated without alarm. As the first result of this issue the French Three per Cents., which closed on Tuesday at 74f. 55c. fell on Wednesday night to 74f. No fewer than 60 coasting vessels are now owned by aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand. Official documents state that there are at least 2,300 women attached to the American army Many ladies at N spies, when attending balls or private parties, now wear tricolor cockades instead of flowers in their hair. An English newspaper, entitled the Neighbour, the first ever published in Chili, has been established at Val- paraiso When Espartero paid his first visa to the theatre after his return to Madrid, some of the audience, to honour and welcome him, let loose in the house several doves, gaily bedecked In ith ribbons of various colours. _ _ In Australia, where tea is abundant and cheap, the average annual consumption is 81b. per head ; in this country it is only 11b. 10oz. per head ; although in fami lies where expense is no consideration it has been known to rise as high as 131 b. per head, and although the allow ance in the navy is 51b. 40z., and in workhouses 341 b. per head. A LADY SMOKED--In their transit through Egypt to India, Lord and Lady Dalhousie paid a visit to Cairo to Mehemet Ali, by whom they were most hospitably enter tained. Lady Dalhousie, after the presentation, smoked a pipe with the Viceroy, though his Highness, noticing that her ladyship did not relish it, did not press her to smoke if she were not accustomed to it. As a proof that few changes occur in Rome, the Roman correspondent of the Daily News mentions that not only the house and the baker's shop, but even the identical marble counter and the scales are now to be seen in full operation, and just in the same state as they were when, over 300 years ago, Raphael's Fornarina sold penny rolls across that counter. The almost invisible inscription over the plinth of the door was carved by Raphael's own hand, " Trahit sua quemque voluptas." RAILWAY AFFAIRS, BLACKBURN AND BOLTON RAILWAY.—This line is ex pected to be opened throughout in May next. The Monthly Railway Record for the present month contains a portrait of Mark Huish, Esq. On Wednesday, three men were killed whilst worKing at the Wicker viaduct, Sheffield, through the falling in of a portion of the viaduct. At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Great North of England the simple and pleasant an nouncement of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. was the only business transacted. The reception of the report and accounts at the half yearly meeting of the Liverpool, Manchester and New castle Junction was postponed to the 30th of March, A committee to investigate the accounts was appointed in the resolution authorizing the adjournment of the meeting. The report and accounts of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands, adopted at the half-yearly meet ing, satisfactorily exhibit the activity of the directors. The works had been continued during the time of the monetary pressure. Mr. G. Stephenson declared the line would be made and worked cheaper than any other in the country. PROTECTION FROM THE WEATHER.---We understand that two of the guards upon the Eastern Counties Railway were nearly frozen to death one night last week. ' A cor respondent of the Times suggests that if a tin pot of hot water were provided for the guards to place their feet upon, such disastrous catastrophes might be avoided for the future. IRELAND. • The attacks in Tipperary by armed parties are again becoming frequent. Wm. Boland,lnd 'ais two daughters, died of cold and starvation at Feakie, on Sunday week.—Cork Constitution. A linen factory, upon an extensive scale, is being esta blished at Westport, under the auspices of the Marquis of Sligo. At the meeting of the Dublin Council, on Wednesday, Mr. Hamilton, a Conservative, brought forward a memo rial to the Queen, praying her Majesty to convene the Imperial Parliament once in every three years in Dublin. On Friday week, as Thomas Manning, a butcher, of Clonmel, was returning home, he was set upon by two men and a boy, who fancied he had money. They mur dered him in the most inhuman manner with stones, and also slaughtered a sheep he had with him. On Monday night, a man named Keegan, Eying in South Great George-street, Dublin, quarrelled with his wife, and in a paroxysm of passion she stabbed her hus band, from the effects of which he died early next morn ing. RESPITE OF IRISH CONVICTS.—Four of the Ennis con victs have been reprieved, and their sentences commuted to transportation for life. Their names are John M'Enery, Patrick and John Guerin, for the murder of Thady M'Mahon, and Michael M'Mahon for conspiring to mur der Matthew Boland. A melancholy accident occurred at Killentiernee, county Kerry, on Friday. Three persons of the name of Brosnan (mother, son, and daughter), in endeavouring to cross the river (Browne Flesk), were unfortunately drowned, the river being at the time much swollen by the snow and rain. EXECUTIONS.—On Monday, the notorious Ryan and Andrew Des were executed at Limerick. The wretched culprits were truly penitent, and made a full confession of their guilt, and acknowledged the justice of their sen tences. Dea declared that he had no accomplice in the murder—that neither his brother nor any other person assisted in it. In his declaration Ryan ascribes all his crimes to the neglect of his religious duties, and he solemnly avers that during his life he never received one farthing for anything except what he earned as a labourer by the sweat of his brow—meaning thereby that he never handled " blood-money." REPEAL.—At the meeting on Monday, Mr. Nicholas V. Maher, M.P., took the chair. Mr. John O'Connell having left for London on his way to Paris at the latter end of the past week, the part of "leader" was enacted by Mr. Joseph Henry Dunne, who addressed the assembly at considerable length, abusing the Evening Post in no measured terms, and praising the letter of Dr. O'Higgins in reply to the communication from Cardinal Fransoni. The meeting was also addressed by Tom Arkins, tailor to the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland, sword-bearer to the Corporation' &c., &c., and Mr. Leyne. The latter gentleman, referring to the recent meetings of the Young Irelanders at the Rotundo, said that nothing so diabolical had been discovered since the gunpowder plot as their proceedings had developed. The rent was £6B 7s. 2d. In Mr. Uniacke Bayley's case, when Daly was found guilty, Nicholas Garrigan, an approver, gave some cha racteristic evidence. He declined shooting Mr. Bayley for the reward of a suit of clothes, but offered to do it if they would pay his passage out of the country. He ad mitted that Mr. Bayley had never injured him. He added —" I would not murder any man I was asked to murder ; but I would for Daly, because he was a relative of mine ; I would have murdered any man Daly asked me." Mr. Rollestone—" Would you have murdered me if they asked you ?" Witness—" By Gor, I would, sir." On being asked whether he thought it would be a greater crime to commit a murder or break a pledge, Garrigan said, " I think murder would be the worst ; but I don't know." DENUNCIATIONS AT THE ALTAR.—The English reader will hardly feel surprise at the announcement, that a case or two are about to come under the cognisance of our law courts, in which denunciations by Roman Catholic priests from the altar will form the subject of investigation. I understand that "a bad case" of this description, though one which, as yet, has not all been brought before the public through the press or parliament, has recently been submitted to most eminent counsel, who have advised that a prosecution will lie, and if the case be proved that it will be successful. Also, that it ought to be prosecuted, not by the crown, but by the party denounced. The ob ject of the attack was in this case a nobleman of whig principles and very liberal tendencies, who has property in a north-western and an eastern county. I do not say positively that this prosecution will proceed, but recent developements from Rome incline me to the belief that such a course may be deemed necessary.—Dublin Corres pondent of the Daily News. The Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith at Rome, that is, the Pope, has issued a Rescript to " some if not all of the Catholic Prelates in Ireland," requiring information as to whether the statements of the public journals respecting denunciations of individuals from the altar are true,—discountenancing the crime of murder, and entreating the Catholic clergy to seek only the things of Jesus Christ and abstain from secular or worldly affairs, as much as possible. Dr. O'Higgins, the Romish Bishop, has addressed a letter to Rome, in which he asserts that the Pope has been deceived by the notorious calumnies of Lord Minto and the English press. He further re quests that the Cardinal may be informed that, " under the name of legal right, the body of landlords in Ireland are literally starving the poor," without any remonstrance from the Lord Lieutenant, or " his employer," Lord John Russell. He recommends that an Italian Cardinal be sent over by Rome to see and inquire into the facts of the case. A curious scene is reported at a recent sessions in Mayo, when the solicitor for one Anthony Gavan, being tried for sheep stealing, cross-examined the prosecutor M' Hale, who admitted that he (M'Hale) was an industrious and thriving man, " occupying between tillage, pasture, and mountain, between 70 and 80 acres," and poss e s se d o f " sixty sheep, four cows, and two horses," besides " some stacks of barley, oats, a lock of hay, and potatoes, milk, and butter." On the contrary, he acknowledged the prisoner was " honest up to the time of this accusation ; a poor man, with a rood of ground, no• sheep or cattle, and his family nearly starving." The following requires no comment : "Solicitor—' Do you know that the prisoner, with his poor weak family, made several applications for relief to the reliev ing officer ?—A . He did do so.' "Q. 'And. notwithstanding they are starving, was he not refused? A He was refused.' "Solicitor—' Now Mac Hale—and I call upon the Court to take down your answer—and I have the book of the relieving officer here—by the oaths you have here sworn, do you not get the out-door relief?—Come !—no hesitating !—answer the ques tion.' Witness—' Ido!' " _ _ _ . SERIOUS CHARGES.—On the arrival of the barque Swan, at Cork, a few days ago since, information was re ceived by the authorities that one of the crew, named John Preston, lay dangerously ill from the effects of a beating inflicted on him by the mate of the vessel, John Sloane, who was immediately arrested. The informations of Preston, taken by the Mayor, disclosed also a circum stance seriously affecting the captain of the vessel„ John Sterling :—That on the 17th January, while the vessel was on her voyage, a Dutch sailor named Ititchart Helet, being ordered up to unfurl a sail, in attempting upon two occasions to execute the command, was obliged to come down upon the yard-arm, his inability arising from lame ness, the effect of a wound received while in the American service. The captain went down to the cabin, brought up a six-barrelled revolving pistol, loaded, and presenting it at the unfortunate man, threatened to shoot him if he aid not go up and furl the sail—saying, while he directed the pistol towards him, " will you go once—will you go twice ?" Unable to obey the command, and fearful of the immediate execution of the threat, the man jumped into the sea and was drowned. Other evidence has been had establishing the truth of this statement, and a prose cution will be instituted—Cork Constitution. THE FARMERS' ESTATE SOCIETY.—A number of no blemen and gentlemen have resolved to apply to parlia ment for the incorporation of a company under the title of " The Farmers' Estate Society of Ireland,".the objects of which will be found defined in the following extract from the prospectus :—" The Farmers' Estate Society propose purchasing eligible estates in fee, as they come into the market, and selling them afterwards in small lots of not less than 40 statute acres, the preference being given to the tenant in possession, if unobjectionable in other respects, and the purchase-money taken in half yearly payments. The purchase-money being thus taken by instalments, the purchaser can spend any capital he possesses in the cultivation of the land, erection of build ings, and making other improvements ; and as he im proves he will be the better enabled to pay larger instal ments until the purchase shall be completed—a system materially different from the present, under which the farmer generally gives all lie possesses to get possession of a farm, and has no capital left for cultivation or stocking. Provision will be made to prevent the sub-division of any farm so purchased to less than 20 acres."—The project has met with the decided approval of the Earl of Claren don; and the provisional committee already comprises the names of the Earls of Curtown and Devon, Lord Monteagle, Sir Edward Borough, Sir David Roche, Mr. Monsell, M.P., Mr. Fagan, M.P., Mr. Guinness, M.P., and several other influential country gentlemen. The capital sought to be raised is £1,000,000, in 50,000 shares of £2O each. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS The Dean of Manchester, Dr. Bowers, has resigned the rectory of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and the Rev. H. Hatton has been promoted to the benefice. The Bishop of London is stated to be in a weak state of health. His lordship is obliged, it is said, to have recourse to galvanism as a remedy. In consequence of the forcible petition presented to the House of Commons by the Dean and Chapter of West minster, the Romish Archbishop of Westminster is abandoned—the lesser dignity of a simple bishopric having been determined on. The Queen's letter, for a general collection in behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which has been delayed beyond the usual time, in consequence of the two collections by royal authority last year, for the relief of the destitute poor in many parts of Ireland and Scotland, has just been issued. On the foundation of the see of Chester (A.D. 1541) there were in the diocese, exclusive of the portion as signed some years ago to Ripon, three hundred .. and twenty-seven c'hurches - ; from that time to the year 1828, one hurdred and eighty-six additional ones were built, averaging two new churches in every three years ; the r present Bishop of Chester has consecrated two hundred and thirty-three, averaging one new church each month during his long episcopate. THREATENED SECESSIONS.—I hear that the threat which frightened some of our bishops was, that 800 (!) of the clergy were going to form a nonjuring church, if Dr. Hampden's confirmation took place. Something was whispered, too, of obtaining ordination from the Scotch bishops for the secession church. Your readers may re collect that Mr. Froude suggested the idea in his corres pondence, and Mr. Keble, one of the present triumvirate of Tractarian leaders, was known to be favourable to nonjuring principles as long ago as 1832.—Correspondent of the Church and State Gazette. PROCTORIAL RlOTS.—There have been some indecent disturbances during the week in our streets, in conse quence of attacks upon the proctors in the discharge of their duties. Attempts were made by parties of black guards on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to rescue women of bad repute from the custody of the University officers ; but the proctors were protected by parties of under graduates, and the attempts failed. These disturbances may be traced to the license given to dissolute persons by the absurd Spinning-house agitation which certain Libe- rals were not ashamed to set on foot last year.—Cam- bridge Chronicle. DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.—On Friday, immediately after his installation, the Bishop of Manchester proceeded to Whalley Range, and laid the foundation stone of a new church. After this he went to Droysden, where he conse- • crated the new church of St. Mary in that populous place. After this his lordship received a number of the clergy to dinner at the Palatine Hotel. On Saturday morning the bishop consecrated the new Church at Shuttleworth, near Bury, and in the afternoon the new church at Cold- hurst, Oldham. These three churches have all been erected from plans of Mr. Shellard, architect, of Man- chester, who, we believe, is also the architect for Mr Horsfall's new church at Everton. The Earl of Shrewsbury has published a reply to Dr. M'Hale's letter. The following is the commencing para graph :—My Lord Archbishop—Had you received my letter according to the design with which it was written, you had gone far to redeem the character of the Irish Church in the opinion of the English people; but you have chosen otherwise, and have only made bad worse. My first impression, on reading your grace's reply, was to leave it quietly to the public, and to its own merits ; but circumstances and reflection have altered my purpose. I will not, however, my lord, reply to you in the spirit in which you'have replied to me. I will not substitute in. vective for \ a,rgument, nor recklessness for proof; but, nevertheless, I will speak the truth, for you demand it of me." _ _ _ THE TOLERANCE OF ROMANISM.— We have lately met with sevcral illustrations of this, and latest of all, in a work recently published by the Rev. F. Trench, minister of St. John's Church, Reading, entitled "A Walk round Mont Blanc." It appears that the reverend gentleman found himself one Sabbath morning, of last autumn, sojourning at the inn at Chamonix, in the territory of Sardinia. On the previous evening he had intimated to the landlord, after informing him that he, Mr. Trench, was a clergyman of the Church of England, his wish to assemble any English travellers who might be tarrying in the hoftelry, for the purpose of joining in worship to God, according to the ceremonies of the Church of which they were members. To effect the latter portion of his purpose, the modest English clergyman simply asked to be accommodated with a private room • lint, proper and modest as was the intimation, it well, n i g h killed the landlord with of on its being made to him. He would have been content, and more t o accede to the pious and becoming request ; but the Sardinian law peremptorily forbade all meetings for religious worship , except t hat of the Romish Church. But, English travellers in a private room ? Cospetto !—(cried the perp l ex ed host)—English gentlemen must not pray here without the permission of the Government authorities. But mine host had naturally a tolerant heart ; and, though ruin stared him in the face, travellersto humblyay theirbe ggi he had kindly audacity enough to apply to the proper officials, prayers a f 37 - e r r leave to otthat morn, within one of the rooms of his albergo. lie m i xe d, indeed, a trifle of worldliness w ith his zeal, by intimating s together,certain poor English Sunday Lt ives that Feb. 15, 1848. POLITICAL VARIETIES. 4 Lord John Russell has fixed Friday next, the 18th, fof bringing on the Budget. Mr. R. Dillon Browne, M. P., is appointed to succee4 Sir Emerson Tennent, as Colonial Secretary at Ceylon. , At a recent League Festival in North Bro o kfiel d' United States, Mr. Joseph Sturge was toasted as a tru er knight of the order of Bethlehem. MORE TAXES.—Among the other new taxes suggestei and probably kept in view by the minister for a case necessity, there appears to be a general impression'Z rumour of that sort which sometimes is a pledge of fulfilment—that the property tax will be extended to Ireland, and raised for one year to five per cent.—Tiaseif The election for North Shropshire will take place W' morrow (Wednesday). Mr. Dod, the only candidate, will make a very valuable member ; he will " support the Protestant Church in all its integrity, here and in Irelaudj and is opposed to all concessions to the Romish Chute to the ailinission of Jews to parliament, and to the pro' gress of free trade." Mr. Kyle has retired from contesting the University of Dublin. Mr. Napier and Judge Keitinge are the 6 .111 Y candidates. • The return of the former gentleman is no"' secure. In addition to his former supporters, nearly two hundred of the electors who opposed him have, a t tht late contest, intimated their intention of supporting 1 14 ° at this. Lord George Bentinck has retired from the leadershig of the country party in the Commons. The Marquis or Granby is to be the future leader. Considering the viol which Lord George holds with regard to the Jews btu and further concessions to Popery, we cannot much reg his retirement, though we are free to acknowledge th e important services rendered by him to the Conseran tive cause in the critical sessions of 1845 and 1846. A COINCIDENCE AND A MISTAKE.—On Monday night Lord Palmerston presented a petition against the Jew 9 bill, which he said was agreed to by a majority o f the senate, when Mr. Goulburn said there must be some 'ills' take on the part of the noble lord ; for he had alreadY presented a petition from the University of Cambridge, against the bill, and (laught er ) w hi c h pe titi on was a d o pted by a large majority. (Renewed laughter.) Lord Pal rnerston said he had been informed that for the petition which he had just presented there were 75. and against it 39. Mr. Goulburn : Why, those are th -mhos , very nun., that formed the majority in favour of the petition which; presented against the bill. (Loud laughter.) DREADED INVASION OF FRANCE PIY THE ENGLISU. The national defences question has, according to the Libre Exchange, _raised a .counter-panic in France' " While the ridiculous panic," says that paper, "is being manifested in England, a counter-feeling is beginning r° be felt on this side of the Channel. Here one is per suaded that, under this pretext of defence, England In reality is preparing the means of invasion ; and surely our conjectures are as well founded as those of our neighbours , The press already begins to demand precautionary mew' sures; for of all daises the journalists are certainly the most warlike. _ They have the good fortune never to leap• in the field of battle either leg or an arm ;' it is the peasant who is food for powder; and they contribute to the expenses of the roar only a bottle of ink and a qu ire of paper.'' —Hereford Journal. RATING OF SMALL TENEMENTS.—TWO notices are on the books of the House of Commons, but without a spf:, cific appointment of a day for th e i r di scuss i on , w hi c h iwiP probably attract attention from the owners of small tens' ments. One is a proposition by Mr. Francis Pigott, the member for Reading, for assessing to local rates the, owners of leases which, in towns, are unde r th e va l u e (/' £8 per annum, and £5 in the country. The other is de' similar character, by Mr. Poulett Scrope, who wishes to exempt the occupiers of small tenements from local taxi' tion. In this last case no amount is fixed. On form.° tertett e hrra; stigmatise: W . THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.—III looking over the occasions, when it was sought to establish, by direct lcgis' Life and Correspondence of the late Dr. Arnold, we find lation, the principle of rating landlords, there has been 0 most determined opposition, which hashitherto succeeded• the following opinions expressed regarding the present Bishop of Manchester, in letters addressed to Archdeacon Whether the intended measures possess within themselves the elements of conciliating the house-owners is not yet Hare. They are highly honourable to the writer, as well known ; but it is not very likely. as to the gentleman to whom they refer :—" I cannot close this letter without thanking you most warmly for THE ORIGINATORS OF WAR.—We are not for recta& the invaluable . man you procured me in Lee. He is, indeed, ing our armaments just now. Why ? Be.ause the ques far too good for any subordinate situation ; yet, having tion of peace or war is not in the hands of merchants, or once had such a man here, it will be a bitter loss to be of wise and good men, or of public opinion, or of the obliged to part with him. I trust, however, that we may people in the widest sense, or in any sense at all. It i keep him for a few years at least."—Rugby, Nov. 12, not even in the hands of ministers or kings. It is in the 1830.—Life, Av. of Arnold, sixth edition, p. 226. ~ y ou hands of fools or madmen, of dotards or striplings, of would rejoice in the good that Lee is doing at Birming- tyrants and ruffians. An idiot throws the torch thatlight s ham ;I do not think that there is, in all England, a man up a conflagration—a fanatic strikes the blow that send! a dynasty to its account, and nurses another in the cradl e of war. A sot may sway the destinies of an empire, an d more exactly in his place than he is now.—Fox How, June 21, 1839.—Ibid, p. 47. so of the world, till the nuisance is suppressed byi a n APPOINTMENT OF BISHOPS.—At a meeting of the dultress and an assassin. A headstrong admiral or 1 Church Pastoral Aid Society at Manchester, last week, a raw lieutenant a word of rash encouragement froin the Rev. Hugh Stowell made the following observations : • royalty or power— : a mistaken signal or an unintelligibl i —" He trusted the glaring anomaly of appointing a bishop dispatch, may begin those bloody retaliations which en by the Crown, and then the calling on the Chapter to choose a Bishop—he trusted that that glaring anomaly AVERY SL I GH T STAKE.--011 Monday night 3 11. '" would be soon done away with. (Applause.) And he age cannot vE close.—Tim es. mi g n moved in the house for a return, the descriptio n should be glad to petition in favour of having it done away the eyr repeal distance eilue from er t f ig G f r :h r i h not very well heard at with, and not to leave it in the mouths of their dissenting table, c u o w n as whichMr. Reynolds, friends to say, ' What a mockery, what an anomaly is Dublin, upon that he intended to move an ame n :dwelt: this !' (Hear, hear.) He had no doubt the recent con- The speaker blandly asked, " Has , the hon. znembe' troversy on the subject of the appointment of Dr. Hamp hhoeaursde t a hemotion? Itis— ' That there be laid before this den to a Bishopric, though that was a subject which he return of each kind of live cattle and other alai' mall. " Mr. Reolds " thought it was the return troversy would have some good practical results in mak seemto think the Dublin." mistakeT of the connected with the Corporation of was not going to discuss, but he had no doubt that con ing men sweep away such antiquated inconsistencies and by its laughter, did not contradictions. (Hear, hear.) hon. member a very material one. A return of th,l ENTHRONIZATION OF THE BIEHOP OF MANCHESTER. " other animals"—we could not spare the " live cattle —The ceremony of enthroning the Bishop of Manchester —might easily include the members of the Corporatio n took place, on Friday morning, in the choir of the Cathe- of Dublin and a few more of their fellow-country neen dral Church. The Bishop was met at the main entrance now in England, and would be very seasonable, if suc h by the Very Rev. the Dean (Dr. Bowers), and Canons return was—to Ireland ! Wray, Clifton, Sergeant, and Parkinson, who were attired a s ne theve several i r o a bil l u ltl loyalh,el In Ca d A PROPER REBUKE.—In the House of Commons, on in their canonicals. His lordship was conducted to a seat Friday week, Sir 11. Inglis presented several petitions fro!: placed immediately sine front of the communion table, when the ordinary erice on such occasions was read ; wished to know why these bodies assumed to them' various B p p l iru a li c .y e i s ol in lsto S h c e o p t he la toiu t t i is d oe , n a su n oa d tg f at r io o n m sst after which the usual interrogatories were put to the Bishop by the Dean. The Bishop answered each lodges,Relefe Domini, from several bodies of loyal Orangemen.—XP —he sAbe f fe n oagr several h tear e dso r s sp , ueaptnrehdit theyoil petitions soahonfos characterut wereehl entrusted nottru have s Middlesexa e d c fs h ota a ori r dlh t ,oei loyalty 1 electorseal d al ttdoyb chosen o3hld.h(eoyi present sc . aee r unn gt : ii ,: ti oaths.ques t i o ni The n the p e affirmative,suthe then taking an i d ) hn thenhy took the rightt h e c hand,us customary a led r y selves the character of loyal bodies, when it was We: him from the chair to the throne, and in brief terms ex- known they had been denounced in more than one Vt . ; pressed the congratulation of the Chapter on his elevation to the Episcopal See. The Dean and Canons then Pro- R. Inglis said as the hon. member for Middlesex ( lane' ce D e e a d u e d a f t t o er w t h a e rds o communion ffered u p a n a d p r r e u a y d er the e n behalf Litany. Bishop, and implored the Divine blessing upon The Bishop then pronounced the benediction, and the ceremony was concluded. not belong to them, he begged to say the petitioners ha THE PEW QUESTION IN CHELTENHAM.—For some as much right to that character as the . hon. membe r time past the parishioners of Cheltenham have been at himself. issue relative to the appropriation of a great number of Cosi. OF PRODUCING SUGAR.—In the speech of 3fr. of h T i t i t h e e . the pews in the parish church. Certain houses, chiefly T. Baring we have supplied some interesting particular; situate in the High-street, or more ancient part of the with reference to the relative cost of production of suga r town, were supposed to possess a right by prescription to in the island of St. Kitt's during the period of slave" particular pews in Saint Mary's. The owners of these as compared with the cost under a state of free labou r ', houses, and others, from tfme to time , have sold , re-sold, The return is made up with great exactness , from exP e i, let, and sub-let, the pews so claimed , to the great detri- rience on an estate and in an island both favourablY, s A meat of many parishioners, who claimed a right to a seat tuated as regards other sugar properties in the Brit'; in their parish church, but were prevented by the traffic West Indies. It is as follows :—The cost of produc_ j e" in pews. As much as £2OO have been asked for pews per cwt. average d—Durin g the l a s t four years of sla ve "; favourably situated, and by a strange perversion of pur- 4s. sd. ; during the last four years of apprenticesbt poses, one of the most prominent anti-Church-rate lead- 6s. 7d. ; during the first four years of freodom, 16s. 11 ' l ,' ers in the town, who pertinaciously refuses to pay a six- during the last four years of freedom, 21s. 7d. The a i l:, pence to the rate, lets a couple of the pews so claimed at ference between the cost during the last four years of sw d a handsome rental. At length, however, some few very and the last four years of freedom is 17s. 2d. P,.."; lel parishioners memorialised the Bishop of the diocese, and cwt. The returns of ten estates in the same island, g° at his last triennial visitation. August 30, 1847, his lord- ring the last four years, show an average cost of 225. ut ship, assisted by Dr. Phillimore , ins t i tuted an enquiry per cwt. In both cases, the calculation is for sugar on t°,, into the nature and extent of th e evil com plained of. The beach for shi p ment, without allowin g any profit or 6131 result was that an order was made on the Churchwardens interest upon c a p ital invested . to report on the subject every particular they could obtain REASONS WHY THE JEWISH BILL is stiFeonTElVi l before the Ist Nov., 1847. This order was obeyed ; but The general mass of support given to the Jew question. it was not until I.ist month, that any answer was g i ven t o not , we feel sorry to think, o f so h onest an d open a o , : their report. They received on the 25th ult. a letter from racter as that accorded to it by Mr. Wood. We belledl, B ° Dr. Phillimore, through Mr. Holt, the registrar of the and we are sorry to have to say it, but we believe it tn,,, w i consistory court, at Gloucester, informing them that the the fact, that the feeling which generally supports r., ije l l i i t g t i l b e u i s m i p n o d r iff tu e u re e n e t w is court has no power to make an order with reference to measure throughout the country, and which is the ell''',.. fore it. At the same time the learned doctor lays it down the disposal of those pews, unless some suit is pressed be- that carried Baron Rothschild in London, is one of sbs hme.thePre a op m le an re is al a ly j t e h tv in o k r t a ha c t h i rs ' , oro as a clear rule of law, that no parties can have a right to sell pews in a parish church, unless by virtue of an act of l i en. We do not, of course, speak now of such men parliament, that " prescripti ve right," 'and " faculty Mr. Wood, Mr. Gladstone, or, to take an o th er ca se, 3 ;,x right," to pews, are very rare, and must be of an unques- Sheil, or of those who think with them. But we ern, tionable character, or els e s h ou ld b e t re ated as nullities in of th e mass of men—m en engrosse d i n wor ldl y eoneer";s law, and that in every instance where the holder of a pew who make up the Jewish party on this occasion; a nd " t o ceases to be a parishioner his right ceases. Although the say advisedly that the above is a literal account of tb e l letter of the learned doctor is clear on many points, still feeling in the matter. They do not think it of importan c e as no order has emanated from the Bishop or the Consis- whether a man is a Jew or a Christian, and by consequec tory Court, the matter is left in considerable doubt, the they do not think it of importance either, whether a leg, ll oo Churchwardens, if they act at all, being obliged to do so lator is a Jew or a Christian. And thence the transit l on their own responsibility. is easy_to an active suyport of the Jew, merely bees°o as such, he is opposed:L-Guardian. s b w ill t to ß e o n m ab e l . e her Th e M n a o j b es ie ty rn t a o r e q s u t i a s b m li establish moved, first DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME.—In the 1 1 °,0 of Lords on Monday night the Marquis of Lansdownoio , second reading on Friday. Lord Stanley an d , 0 d il i t i l l ie g "a of the bill, and gave notice that he would Po etr o aset f Richmond protested in the strongest terniliii° course pursued by the government with respect t° fim o tpoh n rsoaues t ttkei h cer e i na b bill. A measure of such immense importance ought to be pressed forward without giving time for duo e°, ,'";(4 deration. The p eop l e o f E ng l an d an d S cot la n d-110;d the least idea that such a bill was in contemplation ; the announcement of it would cause the greatest eL c o r ment throughout the c ount r y. Th e Marquis of am bledowne yielded to the strong expressions o f th e two 0 "for lords for delay, and subsequently appointed the lith ie o the second reading of the bill. We are disposed to 436 with extreme jealousy the overtures th a t are no w tns of to the see of Rome ; and it behoves the t r ue -frienuce Protestantism to watch vigilantly the overt acts of the or vernment. The promise of the Earl of Eglington t 0 1e traducea clause preventing the Pope sending an ri c o ll! siastic as Ambassador to this country,"—and the spec ,old assurance of the Marquis of Lansdowne, that he to " never have asked their lordships to give their asselj p o G the bill, unless he was enabled to prove that it won' re' be attended with the slightest injury to the Protestan t s ligion,"—we hope will not be sufficient to satisfy , House of Lords, whose opposition to such a ineasure it oo _ )y petitions ' io doubt, speedily be !very part of the country trengthened LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL CommirrEE-MEN. - or well-known case of Rey ne ll v. L ew i s , came on for ll'of ing before the Chef Baron, at Nisi Prins, on \Wan e !, Phic vr•ne .1 • I _ isrOv A, by tile plaintin, as advertising agent, against the ae,: e - t e ant, as a Provisional Committ ee - man o f a ra il wa y scP rt i9s in respect of which the d e bt was i ncurre d f or . advevir ments. A verdict was given for the defendant, the vo ni Chief Baron confirming the doctrine already laid!' that a Provisional Committee is not 0 partrzers4/P e e' that no man, by bec om i ng a mem b er o f a Con - 11 1 1i ° ,100: 4 bound by the acts of that Committee, unless ' ll , e n riev some other act rendering hi mse lf li a bl e , or a11t.n1.5e,: had actually given an indemnity to the defendant, I' • tip s -iven by their order to the Plain advertisements were g The liability could not I sustained. DIOCESE OF CHESTER The Rev. Lewis Henry Strean, to the perpetual curacy of Fettarks Church, Antrobus, in the parish of Great Budworth. in the county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. George Henry Webber, vicar of Great Budworth. The Rev. Thomas William Johnes, to the vicarage of Pennington, in the county of Lancaster, on the presenta fion of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, void by the cession of the Rev. Joseph Maxwell : value house, sub t £3OO. The Rev. Edward Pigot, to the vicarage of St. Thomas, Ashton in Mackerfield, in the county of Lancaster, vok by the death of the Rev. Edward Lisbon, on the areseo. ••• •••-•,• • .--.'•'•• ( I/ LIM VTUVerIIIIICII.• •“ , y• ••• • r• ,, iIIOJILL:U tation of the Rev. Harold Hopley Sherlock, rector of such simple doings, English travellers would no more &hton, in Mc.ckerfield : value house, £3OO. tarry in Chamonix on the Sabbath ; and that the place in The Rev. Arthur Wilkin, to the rectory of Bootle, in general, and his own oste ria in p ar ticular , would suffer the county of Cumberland, void by the death of the Rev. mater i a ll y i n con sequence. And what was th e resu l t ? Alexander Scott, on the presentation of the Right Hon. 4. c orpo di _Reece ! (snarled the village officials ;) h ere 's the Earl o f L ons d a l e : value house, sub. £5OO. a sinner !" They not only negatived th e request, but op-the-ii county of La a dering Protestants w• cession of the Rev Thomas Gerard Leigh, on the pre- 111.1110 I of his loranda — even by English wh o were under the bentation of John Shaw Leigh, county of Lancaster : value lions, Uuldwall- ha sub. £3(N). roof, without a single maputbai being invited or admitted from any hotel or lodging in the town—he would be seriously punished, and his house shut up by the police. There was, it appears, not only a national and official in junction again.it the exercise of Protestant worship in Sardinia—even in the private room of an inn—but the Dr. Elvey was on Tuesday elected, at Oxford, succ to the late Dr. Crotch. £17 . ,0‘..10, and its patronage includes 149 lirin peibt/IM, 11W limitary commander of file province of Faucigny, denouncing all such abominable practices in pleasant and papislic.al Chamonix.—Cburch and Slate -Qxforil Gazelle