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tinprrial Varlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, The second reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill was moved by , The LORD CHANCELLO who said that the measure was to relieve the Jews from their municipal and corporate disabilities. The noble and learned lord alluded to the election of Mr. Salomons as an alderman of the city of London, and argu , d upon the impolicy of a law which could exclude a gentleman of such respecta bility from the highest municipal honours which could be bestowed upon him by his fellow citizens, thus diminish ing the incentives to goad conduct. He proposed to effect his object by omitting from the declaration requisite to be signed by a Jew on taking office, the words " on the true faith of a Christian." On every account it was de sirable that those words should be omitted, for if it was thought right to exclude the Jews from such offices, they should do so by direct means and not by a side wind, which could be made to apply, or not to apply, according to the wishes of the corporation for introduction to which the Jew was a candidate. There were Jaws amongst the aldermen of Birmingham, of Portsmouth, and of South ampton, avid there might be amongst the aldermen of London also, if the corporation chose it, for by varying the time at which the declaration was to be made, they might allow the party to come under the oneraticra of the Annual Indemnity Act, and thus practically admit those whom the law refased to recognise in such a capacity. It was to get rid of su h-an anomaly that he introduced the bill - upon the table, which would place all the'corporations in the kingdom in this respect upon the same level. These words had been omitted in the case of the Quakers, 'the Moravians, the Independents, and the Separatists; and upon the same principle, he proposed the omission in 'favour of the Jews. lie did not bring it forward as a great measure of public policy, which would admit of difficulty and doubt; but he was content to rest it on the limited ground of putting an end to a useless and absurd anomaly. __ _ . The Bishop of LONDON said he should not oppose the bill, but be wished to be understood that he did not tberefore.pledge himself not to oppose a more extended measure for admitting the Jews into parliament. Lord CIeMPBELI:Was delighted that this measure was received with unanimity by their lordships —a mea sure which he hailed as a large instalment of what the Jews bad a right, as British subjects, to expect. The Bishop of LONDON objectedto the word unanimity. It was not to be supposed that he was in favour of the bill because he declined to oppose it. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNDAY The follow ng railway bills were severally read a second time and ordered to be committed :—The Scottish 'Central Railway, the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, the Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntingdon) Railway, the Ulster Railway Extension. the Caronridge and Lincoln Railway, the Oxford and Rugby Railway, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, the York and North-Midland Railway (Goole branch), the West Corn wall Railway, and the Lynn and Ely Railway. On the motion for bringing up the report on the pro perty and income-tax bill. Mr. C. BULLER moved the following resolution : " That the circumstances under which the renewal of the income-tax is at present proposed are such as to render it exceedingly improbable that parliament will have the power of dispensing with its continuance at the end of three years ; and that it is, therefore, the duty of thin house to take care that the tax be imposed in a form in which is operation shall be less unequal and inquisitorial than it n•iw is." The CH ANCELLOR of the EXCH EQUER said the amend ment was indefinite, and could only tend to impede the progress of the bid. Sir li. PEEL replied to the various objections which bad been ma ie to his financial arrangements. and in re ply to he objections of Sir R. El. Inglis, that the first £l5O should be the zero of taxation. said that this would be a sacrifice of £4 10s. in the case of each of 200.000 in dividuals who now contributed to the income-tax—thus implying a loss to the revenue of nearly 5',1,000,000 ster ling. The bill proposed the continuance of the tax for three years only, in order to enab a them to try a great experiment in the reduction of taxes pressing on com merce, and if. at the end of that period. the government should deem it advisable to continue it as a perpetual burden, it would then be time enough to discuss the principle of direct taxation. The house divided, and the motion of Mr. C. Buller was negatived by a majority of 240 to 112. Mr. MILES moved a clause to the effect, that a tight of appeal should be given to tenant farmers in all cas a where their profi . s may not amount to the proportion of rent on whictr the tax was to be assessed. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said the propo isition was too one-sided to be agreed to, and it would be an injustice to the oth-r clasaes of society by whom the lax was paid. The house again divided, and the clause was rejected by a majority of 196 to 92. '1 he remain;ng amenilmenta were postponed. . . The report was then brought up, and the bill ordered to be engrosed HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TVESDAY Mr. SOMES moved fir copies of all correspondence be tween the Colonial-office and the Governor of New Zea land se-pecting the issue of debentures and the rexiderinst them a legal tender in that colony, the taxes proposed in the Legislative Council, the outrages recently committed by the natives in the Bay of Islands, and a proclamation •issued by the Governor of New Zealand allowing the sale of land by the natives at a less price than that fixed by the act of sth and 6th Vic., c. 36. Mr. AGLIOSBY seconded the motion, and proceeded to ask whether the Government was aware that in that colony inconvertible paper-money had been made by the Gover nor a legal tender for sums as low as 25., and whether the Governor bad previously received authority by warrant from the Colonial Department to issue such debentures to the amount of £15,000? He also wished to know whether it was true, that in a colony which was to flourish by its agriculture, a tax of 10s. had been levied on every sheen imported, and a similar tax on every dog imported to herd them—what the house thought of a Governor who placed a tax of £1 on every house in which more than three rooms were inhabited, and whether the Governor had vindicated the character of this country by protect ing the whites against the outrages of the natives ? Nine of our countrymen had been murdered in cold blood, and bad been tomabawked after they had given up their arms. had the Governor made inquiry into the circumstances of that massacre ? or had be, as was reported, gone to the murderers' tribe and declared himself satisfied ? He also wanted to know in what manner the honour of the British flag had been vindicated after it had been cut down at the Custom-house, and our men and women had been grie vously insulted. He then made several inquiries respect ing the sale of land in New Zealand, and observed, that when be got an ans%%er to those inquiries, he should bring forward a distinct motion on the subject, and should call for further information. There were now 16,000 or 17,000 white inhabitants in New Zealand, they were all in deep distress, and they all attributed it to the measures adopted by the local Governor. He thought that as the funds of the New Zealand Company had now failed, and as they had suspended their colonizing projects, it was important that the Governor should pay immediate attention to this subject. _ _ _ Mr. HOPE protested against the course pursued by Mr. Aglionby. He knew a fortnight ago, that all the infor mation for which he now moved was at any moment at his command, and yet he made a speech, as if that infor mation would be withheld. He had also said that he would not raise the New Zealand question, but, at the same time he suggested that the Government had been guilty of a breach of faith towards the New Zealand Com pany. Why did he not come boldly forward, make his charge, and endeavour to suostantiate it? It had been stated out of doors that the New Zealand Company in tended to proceed by impeachment against Lord Stanley, for his misconduct as head of the Colonial Department, and that Lord Stanley had escaped from that 11.. use in order that he might not be called upon to answer those charges ; and now Mr. Aglionby, acting on tik. bit by bit system, gave notice that he would make a charge on a future day against the noble Lord, when he ht. - tug:it tor ward a future m. don ! Having made several indignant comments on this extraordinary proceeding, Mr. Hope proceeded to answer the questions which Mr. Aglionby had put to him. The Government had disapproved the debentures issued by the local Governor, and they had been withdrawn in consequence. He could not state whether Mr. Aglinnby's information respecting the taxes imposed in New Zealand was correct or not, inasmuch as the Government. owing to some accident, had been an unusually long time without intelligence from that colony. Bat with respect to the outrages at the Bay of Islands, he had received accounts from New South Wales, which showed that troops had been sent for to Sydney in order to repress them. He denied that the Governor had not sufficiently vindicated the honour of the British flag, and also that he had made inquiry respecting sortie former outrages only from the murderers themselves. On the contrary, the Governor had made inquiry among those who complained of the outrages, and was now exposed to much obloquy from them, because he would not listen to the suggestions of their hostile feeling. On the other subjects of interrogation he had no information to com municate. He conclided by calling attention to the fact, that either inferentially or directly, Mr. Aglionby had at tacked everything that had been done by the Government in New Zealand. The motion, with a little alteration, was then agreed to. Mr. CRAWFORD then brought on his motion relative to the introduction of the New Poor Law into the Roch dale Union but it was lost by a majority of 59 to 16. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Reports from Committees on Petitions for Private Bills were brought up, from which it appeared that in the London nod South-Western Railway ; the Larrib,-th and Bungerford Suspension Bridge; the Midland Railway ; the Manchester, Bury, and Rochdale Railway ; the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and North-Shields Railway ; the Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Association Railway ; and the London, Bedford, and Birmingham Ratio ay ; the Standing Orders had been complied w ith.—L eave was th en given to the petitioners to bring in the Bills prayed for. The Blackburn and l're.too Railway Bill, ale Newt LIC and Sheffield Railwa Bill, the London and Geenwich Rill and the y York and North-Midland r Railway Biil, were severally read a first time. The second reading of the Smoke Prevention Bill was postponed until the 2d of April. 0,. the motion for the second reading of the Property Tax Bill. _ Mr. WAKLEY called the attention of Government to the c:.se of Messrs. Fielden, who had been surcharged to the amount of £24,000, though they NO actually lost that sam. instead of making any profits on the average of three The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER professed never to have heard of tbe case before, and stated that the 31st clause of the act gave parties so si'uated a right of appeal to the Commissioners of Somerset House. Sir R. PEEL said that the Lords of the Treasury were exceedingly desirous to obviate any inconvenience or un pleasantry to which those who had this tax were exposed, and they had therefore appointed special commissioners as a tribunal appeal. Mr. SPOONER proposed, as an amendment. that per sons in trade employing their own children or relations in carrying on their business, without giving them salaries, shall be allowed to deduct the value of their maintenance and labour. He also proposed to deduct the annual pay ments for insurance, poor rates, and other charges. The motion was seconded by Mr. MUNTZ, but lost. Sir It. INGLIS proposed to add the following proviso at the end of clause 1 :—" Provided always, that the said rates and duties shall not be assessed or taken upon any income whatever under the amount of £5OO. except in respect to the sum by which such income shall exceed the isum of £150." After a discussion this clause was negatived by a majo rity of 59 to 25. Sir N. CLAY entered his formal protest against the tax as dangerous in principle, and most unjust in opera- Sir R. PEEL said, that although the Hon. Baronet, the member for the Tower Hamlets, might feel that his op position to the bill was likely to be unavailing, yet he had a right to pnt on record his parting malediction. (A laugh.) He thought that the general acquiescence in direct preferably to indirect taxation, did not arise from a mere abstract love of direct taxation, or an/ deficiency of patience in bearing the income tax, bat that amongst the middle and upper classes of this country, there was grow ing up a strong feeling that capital should bear its burd.tn in airy experiment to extend the field of industry, and lighten the pressure of taxation on the humbler classes of the community. As to the duration of the tax, he felt that it was due to the house and the country to leave an unpledged freedom on the subject of the repeal or the re newal of the tax at the end of three years. After a long discussion the bill was passed. The Sugar Duties Bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY The Duke of WELLINGTON gave notice that on Tus day he should move the adjournment of the house to the 3d of April. . _ . . Lord BROUGEIAM presented a bill for giving to the Privy Council jurisdiction in cases of divorce.—lt was read a first time. _ _ The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the committee on the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, which went through committee, and was reported. Lord BROUGHAM wished to ask the noble lord opposite the hour of the day at which the decision of the Railway Board was known on the subject of the decision in the case of the London and York Railway. He should also move fcrr the price of the sto:k in this railway at twelve o'clock and at four o'clock on that day. He should also very much like to know who were the purchasers and sellers, because if he knew their names he should know some deeds. The Earl of DALHOUSIE was always desirous of afford ing the public the fullest information. The board was held in the afternoon of Tuesday. Although he admitted that certain changes had taken place, he denied the con clusion that they had taken place in consequence of any previous knowledge of the decision of the board. The insinuation of the noble lord was that a previous know ledge must have been obtained from some communication made by the members of the board, or from some imper fect precautions for its concealment. He denied alto gether the neces-ity of enforcing either of these alterna tives. The facts were these—there were three parties in the field, the London and York, the Cambridge and Lincoln, and the Direct Northern. On Monday after • noon an official communication was made to the Board of Trade from the Direct Northern Company, stating that they has considered it their interest to coalesce with the Cambridge and Lincoln. The conseq ience was, that the chances of the two combined companies were greater than those of the single one. On Tuesday the arrangement was known on the Stock Exchange, and, of course, the shareholders of the London and York line sold out, and bought into the Direct Northern. As a matter of course, one stock went up and the ther went down. lie could positively state, on the part of the Board of Trade, that no communication bad been made with respect to the scheme previous to the publication of the decision of the board in the Gazette. (Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGH.kM, after some further• conversation, withdrew his motion._ _ •••- Tne Jewish Di.abilities Removal Bill went through committee. The house adjourned soon after. HOUSE OF COMMONS -THURSDAY The Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill was further considered in committee. Mr. COBDEN, after presenting a petition, then rose to move fora select committee to inquire into the causes and extent of the alleged existing agricultural distress, and into the effects of legislasive protection upon the in terests of landowners, tenant-farmers, and farm-la bourers. _ _ _ _ Nlr. S. Herbert, Lord Howick, Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. Bright, Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Bankes, Lord Ingestre, Colonel Anson, and Lord Worsley, took part in the debate which followed. Mr. COBDEN replied. . The motion was lost by 121 to 213; majority, 92. The Committee on Private Bids reported that the standing orders had been complied with fur the Harrow gate Junction Railway Bill, and the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill. Leave was then given to bring in the bills. The Standing Orders Committee reported that in the case of the Kilkenny and Waterford Railway Bill the standing orders ought to be dispensed with. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY On the third reading of the Jewish_ Disabilities Bill. The DUKE of Cf.M;RIDGE begged leave to thank the Lord Chancellor for the introduction of the measure of amelioration io which the Jews werejustly entitled. He was w rinly attached to the Established Church, but every measure of toleration to all other religions which did not militate against that should receive his ready sup port. The bill was read a third time and passed. On the third reading of the Stamp Acts Assimilation (Ireland) Bill, Lord MONTEAGLE said that the report of the land commissioners for Ireland recommended the reduction of the stamp duties on agreements between landlords and tenants to 2s. 6d. ' with the view of encouraging such agreements ; and he wished to know whether the present bill would prevent them from considering that portion of the report during the present session ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the passing of the present bill would not have any such effect. It would not in any way preclude patliament from considering every part of the report of the land commissioners. The bill was then read a third time and passed. Several bills were forwarded aad their lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Mr. HOPE gave notice that on Tuesday he would bring forward a motion with a view to enable the house to de cide tairly on the facts as between the New Zealand Company and the secretary for the colonies. An animated discussion ensued, after which Sir It. PEEL said that in consequence of the charges made against Lord Stanley, in the discussion of a former evenjng, the noble lord was anxious that an opportunity should be given fur the vindication of his character before the adjournment of the house for the Easter recess. The noble lord was most anxious to establish the fact that the charge of breach of faith on his pat t with the New Zealand Company was without the slightest foundation. Atter some further discussion, in which several mem bers took part, Mr. Hustit thought it most desirable that the general question of the government of New Zealand should be kept altogether apart from the question as to the conduct of Lord Stanley personally. Lord J. RUSSELL agreed in this opinion, and also thought that the charge against the Colonial Office should be as speedily as possible inquired into. He was of opi nion that the correspondence between the New Zealand Company and the Colonial Office was conducted in rather an angry spirit, and it was therefore the more desirable that the matter should be brought to the test of a discus- On the motion that the Speaker should leave the chair for going into committee on the Sugar Duties Bill, Mr. H AWES moved, as an amendment, " That provi sion be made in the bill for the drawback of the amount of duty reduced, on such duty-paid sugar as now remains in the Queen's warehouse." This drawback, he con• tended, could in no way create an opening for the perpe tration of fraud, while it would afford great relief to par ties who must otherwise be exposed to very heavy and very unmerited losses. _ _ _ V 1 he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion. There were six petitioners who had duty-paid sugar in the Queen's warehouses, but many houses in the trade bad equally large stocks which they had removed from the Queen's to their own warehouses. If under such circumstances they were to give the drawback to those six gentlemen who had sugar in the Queen's ware houses, they would necessarily give them an enormous advantage over all their competitors in the trade. This would be manifestly placing those who had large stocks on hand in their own warehouses under a double disadvan tage, and was therefore a proposition to which, in the ex ercise of his public duty, he could not a'sent. Sir R. PEEL said this was certainly a special case which was unlikely to be drawn into a precedent, and he would not, therefore, object to the introduction of a provision by which the dealers would be enabled to obtain compen sation for whatever actual loss they might sustain in the present instance. Lord J. RUSSELL recommended his hon. friend, Mr. Hawes, to leave the matter to the right hon. baronet, to which recommendation Mr. Hawes assented, and the amendment was withdrawn. Sir W. CLAY called the attention of the house to the sugar . retiw2rs, whobaia right to compensa. tion for the s ck in y °her iii gressof refining, on which they e CHANCELLOR. Of the EXCHEQUER said that on Monday be would state the course which the Govern- in dealing with the different proposi tions respecting which they have res dyed to yield. - The house then went into committee on the bill. Mr. H wEs objected to the classification of duties ' " • the Govermnt-nt, an xpressed hip intention to n the subject. After a short discus- Aing to clasbification was agreed to On the clause which provided that duty should be paid on the quantity of sugar originally warehoused. Mr. HAWES objected to there being no allowance made for loss or waste, and expressed his determination to divide the committee against the clause. On a division the clause was agreed to by 104 to The remaining el tuses were then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be reported on Monday. Sir R. PEEL having fixed Monday for the Customs Duties Bill, . Mr. MILEs expressed his determination to persevere in the motion of which he bad given notice, on the sub ject of agricultural distress. FuREIGN AND COLONIAL. UNITED STATES The Royal Mail Steam-ship Hibernia arrived here yesterday morning. t•he left Boston and Halifax on the usual days, and the conjecture that the unusual length of her passage arose from the late severe contrpry winds ------- proves correct. She brought thirty-eight passengers, a list of whom we subjoin. On her outward passage she experienced a succession of light westerly winds, and fell in with lc ree pieces of ice 150 miles east of Newfoundland, which carded away the edges of all her floats. She reached Boston on the 20th ultimo, having sailed hence on the 4th ult. Foreign Exchange, the rate in London is quoted at 1001 to 110. Southern exchanges were steady. There are no accounts of the missing packet-ships, nor of the Normandie, also missing, from Hull. A commu nication from Fayal, in the Express, dated December 31, says :—" On the 12th instant the ship Oswego, of your port, David Wind, master, put in here with the loss of main and uo , zen topmasts, mainvard. three topgallant masts, yards, and sails, and other damage, cargo shined, &c. She will be put in condition, and will sail for her destination, New York, between the 10th and 15th of January. She is from Hull. The Tioga has been de tained by tempestuous weather. She will leave, probably with the Oswego." Matters appear serious. Captain Hedge, of the ship Coromando, which left this port for Boston on the 17th Dec. has furnished some par ticulars as to the loss of that vessel. It seems that the ship, through a leak, was obliged to be abandoned by the crew, who were taken by the brig Brothers into Halifax. The Commando was a fine ship, of about 600 tons, about four years old ; and there is insurance on her, in Boston, to the amount of about 25.000 dollars. Her cargo con sisted of 900 or 1000 packages, comprising a very large amount of dry goods, on which there is insurance, in Bos ton, to an amount little, if any, short of 200,000 dollars. We subjoin the summary of the news for Europe from the New Yo , k Herald. . . Toe Congress of the United States will close their pre sent ses-ion on the night of Monday next, the 3d of March, at 12 o'clock, and on Tuesday, at noon, James K. Polk, the Democratic President elect, and C'Teorg3 M. Dallas, the Vice- President. will be inaugurated into office, and the Prs-sident then deliver his inaugural address on the steps of the capitol of the nation, in the presence of tens of thousands of his fair countrywomen, and the sturdy democracy of this great and glorious Republic. During toe past week the debate on the question of an nexation of Texas has been continued in the `enate, on the passage of the joint resolution in favour of that mea sure, that had preciously passed the House of Represen tatives, and was stilt before that body at eight o'clock on Thursday night, when the cars left Baltimore. By an understanding between the members of the Senate, the debate was to be closed on Thursday with the speech of Senator Archer, and the vo•e was to be taken immediately afterwards. This understanding was made previous to the speech of Senator Bagby, of Alabama, of the democratic side, who it was supposed was an advocate of the joint resolution, but who was found to approve of the proviso before the senate, offered by Senator Benton, of the same side, which plan is to conclude the details of annexation by Commissioners, to negotiate and report the result of their labours to another Congress, ft r their action. The joint resolutions as passed through the lower house, pro vide for an immediate annexation of the Republic of Texas as a state, leaving her the sale of her public lands. the payment of her own debts, and settling the line of slave territory in accordance with the " Missouri Corn- promise." The present plan of Senator Benton acknowledges the right to annex Texas to the Union, without asking the assent of Mexico, and leaves the details of boundary, payment of debts. &c., to the action and decision of commissioners, and the sanction of the next Congress, that was and will be elected during the pendency of this question before the people. This plan is viewed by many as the most statesmanlike of the two, and has been con curred in by such a portion of the senators as will pro bably secure its adoption as a proviso to the joint resolu tions of the House, or as their substitute. The resolu ions, without amendment, will not pass the Senate, and if amended, the bill must be returned to the House for its concurrence, and thus several democrats who voted against them in the House will have an opportunity to concur with the almost unanimous voice of the nation on this question. Senator Benton will thus secure to himself the honour of the adoption of this measure, or force those who have been its advocates to bear the onus of its defeat by opposing his mode of accomplishing it. Should Congress adopt any decided measures of annexa tion at the present Congress, the Mexican Minister will immediately demand his passports, and receive them as quick as desired. This we have received from an un questLinable source, and may be relied on as correct. The yearly notice of abrogation of joint occupation of the Oregon country, will be concurred in by the Senate, but the territorial provisions of the bill will not be adopted. The postage reform bill, reducing the rates to five 'lents under three hundred miles, and ten cents over, will pass the Senate and become a law. It is also probable that the foreign letter reform bill will also be adopted. A. H. Averett, has been appointed as minister to China, by President Tyler, but the Senate committee have struck the appropriation for his salary out of the civil and diplo matic bill, and, of course, if adhered to be will cause his name to be withdrawn. Mr. Pigott, a gentleman married to a niece of the Pre sident elect, has also been nominated as consul to Havre, in the place of Mr. Bazely. Wright Hawkey will proba bly be sent to Paris, in place of Robert Walsh, and Gen. Armstrong to Liverpool, alter Mr. Polk's inauguration. The cabinet will not be announced until after the 4th of March, but if Mr. Calhoun goes out he will not eo to Europe as minister. He wi:l retire to his farm for 1848. M EXICO.-Our last accounts from Vera Cruz were to the 3d instant. Santa Anna was still in prison, pleading for his life—that the new government bad become con solidated and strong—that the trouble over the country had ceased, with the exception of Santa Anna, and that the inhabitants were seeking repose, which they expected to enjoy for a month or two. TEAS —All was quiet, Feb. 12. Congress had ad journed, and the people were preparing to enter this Union—they having received the news of the passage of the Texas resolutions in the lower branch of Congress. No important event bas occurred in Texas. CANADA PA RLI AM ENT.-It was stated that the Cana dian Parliament would be prorogued on the 28th ultimo. Sir Charles Metcalfe, it is further said, is preparing to return to England. COTTON CIRCULAR FOR THE STEAMER. New York, February 27tb, 1845. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Uplands & Florida. Mobile & N. Orleans 4 to 4 . 45„4 „ 6 61 61 ~ 61 Inferior Ordinary Middling s i , Good Aliddling 51 „ 'Middling Fair —6 „ 6k Fair 6l „ 6. Fully Fair 6k „ Good Fair.. Fine Receipts since Ist instant ... Escorts ditto Taken by spinners Taken on speculation Stock in city ..61,.7 .7k„71 ~ 8 ..8 8i . 43,000 bales . 18,000 ~ . 10,000 „ , 3.500 ~ . 42,000 „ . 6,000 ~ Tfig LivEtileoor, STANDARD, sales were 12,000 bales Uplands, and 500 bales Sea Is lands. Freights to Liverpool continued dull at 7-16 d. The receipts of cotton in the two weeks amount to 32,182 bales. In Savannah, the market during the week ending 14th inat, was dull, and prices had a downward tendency. The sales were only 5,791 bales Uplands, and 450 bales Sea ' , lands. Several British vessels commenced loading during the week at 7-161. for square and ad. for round. The same dullnees and inactivity characterized the market for the week ending 22d inst., and while some sales were made at full prices, others, it is allowed, skew a decline of an to Ir.. per lb. The quotations as given in our table are with difficulty obtained on grades below " middling fair." The sales for the week are 5,396 bales Uplands and 50 bales Sea Islands. British vessels obtained id. for square and round this week. The receipts of cotton in the two weeks amount to 27,691 bales. .• In Mobile. We gate - in our last review the operations in this market of Ist, 3d and 4th Feb., apd stated that the Cambria's accounts from Liverpool to 4th Jan. having been received by some fe.v individuals exclusively, a large business was transacted at an advance, which was lost, however, upon receipt of the private letters, holders find jog the accounts not as favorable as was expected. Upon the snbsiding of this speculative feeling, business was resumed at previous rates, and the sales for the week end ing Bth February, amounted to 27,500 bales; the market closing firmly at the extreme quotations given in our last circular. Freights to Liverpool remain without change. For the week ending 15th inst., the sales amounted to 26,000 bales at an advance of lc. on grades above middling, though at the close, the market is represented as having been rather easier. Several engagements for Liver pool were made during the week, in British vessels, at 7-16 d., which rate is refused by American vessels. The receipts of cotton for the two weeks amount to 74,775 bales. _ _ . . In New Orleans, the news per Cambria, as stated in our last, caused an advance on grades below " fair" for the three days ending sth February; a good demand was ex perienced during the week, and a further improvement of lc. per lb. was quoted at the close. Sales for the week ending Bth February, 37,000 bales. Freights were very dull at 7-16 d. , For the week ending 15th Inst., the sales were 33,100 bales, at rather easier and somewhat irregular prices, not sufficient to warrant any alteration in quotations. Freights had declined to id., at which rate American vessels refuse to engage. The receipts of cotton in the two weeks amount to 69,493 bales. LIST OF PASSENGERS From Boston —Messrs. Thomas Wilson, R. S.Fal lowes, Augustine Head, A. W. M'lntosh, James F. L-vin, J. G. Wold, H. M. Clapp, M. M. Reason, G. H. Booth, James Connell, H. Smith, Arthur Montague, John Martin, E. 11. R. Lyman. W. Picksbay, E. Bourre, A. Bane, Zisermala, H. T. Jenkin-, 0. Roz zell, G. D. Pollock, Morris Gestin, R. Ross, S. Sim. mons, James Toga, and P. O'Conner ; Dr. Thomas Hushes ; Colonel Spencer ; Lieut. Pelly, 52, R.A. ; Marianne Lindiman. From Halifax : —Mrs. Fersu.on, Mr. J. A. Black, Mr. Webster, W. Butler, J. M'Dougall, Corporal Settle and wife, Rev. R. Irvine. WEST INDIES.-DESTRUCTIVE FIRE The Royal Mail steam-ship Tay arrived at Southamp ton, on Tuesday, with the West Indian mail. A most destructive fire has destroyed the principal por tion of the town of Bridetown, in Barbadoes. It broke out, it appears, on the morning of the 4th or sth, in the house of a Jew storekeeper, and was caused by a little gill, about nine years of age, playing with limiter matches. It commenced in the part of the town principally devoted to commerce, and where the stores and houses ate thickly studded. The buildings being built principally of wood, old and worm-eaten, it may be readily imagined that the fire spread with the greatest rapidity, and defied all human efforts to suppress it. The fire having been observed by Admiral Sir Charles Adam, he immediately landed the whole of his officers and sailors, together with the fire engines on board. Sir Charles himself was most inde fatigable, and directed his men with untiring energy. The fire, notwithstanding such powerful aid, continued to burn with great fury for three days, and was, in short, smouldering when the packet left on the 9th. The ne groes stood by, and looked on with the greatest apathy, and could not be induced to assist cheerfully. Their con duct resembled that at the great fire in Kings:on about two years since. The Barbadians assert that their loss will exceed half a million of money. The Post-office is amongst the public buildings destroyed ; and so is Caroline Lee's Hotel. The house of Moore Brothers and Co. are -offerers to the amount o' 40,000 dollars ; and there is a house connected with the Irish trade in Cork who are also great sufferers. Nearly all the principal stores, being in the locality of the fire, are of course destroyed. The fire caused a great rise in the price of wood, shingles, &c. , at Martinique. Santa Anna was caught by a small party of Indians, who captured and made him prisoner. He was shortly afterwards removed to the castle of Perote. The general impression is, that he will be shortly put upon his trial, afterwards banished the country, and the whole of his property confiscated to the state. General Bravo, it is supposed will be the new President. The country is now tranquil. The commander of the Tay reports that he experienced very bad weather in the Gulph, and was obliged to stand off Tampico in a heavy " norther," in which a sloop upset, and all hands perished. Her name could not be ascertained. He also experienced another heavy norther off Vera Cruz. A fine American schooner went ashore there, and soon became a total wreck. The crew were, however, saved. The Tay bad a heavy gale all the passage home. DR. 'WOLFF, A letter from Dr. Wolff, dated Trebisonde, Feb. 12, 1845, has been published, from which we take the follow ing extracts : " I am very anxious that the world should know that the chief instigator of the murder of Colonel Stoddart, Captain Conolly, Naselli. and six other English officers, is Nayeb Abdul Samut Khan, a Persian, who is employed by the King of Bokhara, for the purpose of disciplining his troops in the European manner, and as he knows very little of military art, he is very jealous of every European officer who comes to Bukhara. I was at the very time with that horrid fellow in his garden when he put to dea , h an officer in the service of the Sultan of Constantinople, who was on his way to Kokan, for the purpose of again seeing his mother, whom the poor fellow had not seen for the space of eleven yearn. He had with him a firman from the Sultan Abdul Mej , d, letters from the Cadi of Constantinople, Kamili Pa-ha of Etzeroum ; but in spite of all he was arrested on his arrival at Bokhara, sent to the Nayeb Abdul Samut Khan, and put to death by that villain. The name of that unfortunate officer was Hajee Mohammed, of Kokan, Yoos Bashi in the army of the Sultan. It is worth the while to give you a short sketch of the life of Abdul Samut Khan He was born at Ta briz, and entered the service of Mohammed Ali Mirza, at Kerman Shah, when Messrs. Court and Deveam were tbere. Abdul Samut Khan was expelled by the Prince from thence, on account of bad conduct, upon which he entered the service of Abbas Mirza, where he (Abdul Samut Khan) behaved himself so badly, that his ear was cut off by order of the late Abbas Mirza, and he was ba nished from Tabriz. I met at Cahul in Affghaunistan, in the year 1832, with the late Sir Alex. Burnes, who told me—' You will find at Peshawur a very great rascal in the service of Sultan Mohammed Khan : be on your guard against him, for under the pretence of attachment to the English nation he tries to do them every harm in his power, and thus he tries to do to any other European.' I therefore came not near the fellow on my arrival at Pe shawur. Soon after he intrigued against Sultan Moham med Khan, and escaped from Peshawur, and went to Cabul, where he tried to excite a revolution against Dost Mohammed Kan. He was detected, whereupon be es caped into Bokhara; there be entered the service of the Umeer, and has already accumulated a fortune of 60,000 tomans. He is the chief of the artillery, and has the title of Nayeb. He has detained there a certain Giovanni Or- Amount on sale ........ Lando, from Parma. whom I had got the permission from Receipts at ports of the United States the Uuneer to take with me to Europe ; but as the said since Sept. 1. 1844 .. 1 ' 397 ' 800 " Giovanni Orlando was informed of the plan of Abdul „ „ „ same period last year.. 1,191,690 ~ Samut Khan to have me murdered on the road, be was „ „ ~ year before.. 1,510,27 4 „ afraid to follow me, and wished me to inform a e Austrian Exports from U. S. since Sept. 1, 1844.. 816,340 ~ Ambassador at Constantinople that he (Giovanni °Han ,' same period last year.. 430.751 ~ do) was detained at Bokhara by the blood-hound Abdul .9 ,t year before.. 695,627 ~ Samut Khan, and was afraid to leave that place with roe, Exchanges.—Paris, 5f 25 to 5f.231 ; London, 1091 to 10. for he was aware that he (Abdul Samut Khan) had hired Freights.—Liverpool, ; Havre, te. ten assassins to kill me on the road to Meshed, which was (From Messrs. Wright and Lezcin's Circular.) also true ! Our last circular was issued on the 17th inst., on which "I am now going to mention to you another circum date we received accounts from Liverpool to the 11th stance of quite a dill's rent nature ; for you must be aware January, which, exhibiting little or no alteration in that that I have made a pikrimage to suffering humanity, and, trinket, produced no change here. On the 20th inst. we if possible, to afford consolation and relief to some of were in possession of Liverpool dates to 4th February, them. When I was at Meshed, the capital of Khoras per Hibernia, showing a redualutr of an id. per lb. on san, in the year 1831, I found there a community of Jews, the quotations of the previous steamer. The nature of consisting of about 230 families, most of them very re these accounts having been pretty g nerally anticipated, spectably, and in good circumstances. When I arrived no disappointment was felt, and sales continued without there, in the month of March, 1844, in my way to Bok change in prices. Thi sales for the week ending 22d inst. hara, I found that most of them had turned Mussulmans, amounted to 14,000 bales, and during this week to last and a few of them had preferred death to a change of evening, 10,500 bales. Since the 21st inst. we have had their ancient faith. Ths reason of this apostasy to the a good inquiry from shippers to Liverpool and Havre, and the faith of Mohammed was as follows :—A Jewess was the hulk of the operations, having been confined to Mo. afflicted with a sore hand ; she consulted, therefore, a Mus bile and New Orleans of ordinary and middling qualities, fulmar] physician, who advised her to kill a dog and wash the former grade we consider lc., and the latter ie. higher her sore hand with the blood of the dog ! The poor wo than at the close of last week, and we have altered our man did so accordingly. It was just on the day of Bai quotations above to conform with the advance. ram. Instantly the rumour was spread that the Jews had Since the date of our last, we have had a considerable killed a dog in derision of the Mohammedan feast. One increase to our stock by arrivals from the South, and Said exclaimed, " Allah Daad 1" i.e . ' God has given there is a very good selection of cotton on the market. them into your hands !' upon which thousands ran to the Holders appear willing to meet the demand when a fair houses of the Jews, burning them down, and killing in market price can be obtained. Since the date of our last an instant about thirty-five of them. The rest saved there have been no operations of moment on speculation. their lives with the Chief Rabbi at their head by exclaim- FREIGHTS.—The rate to Liverpot4 at the date of our ing, ' God and nothing but God, and Mahammed the Pro last circular was 5.16 d. for square and id. for round bales. phet of God. Only a few of the old Jews and Jewesses Atter the arrival of the Hibernia, the rate advanced to continued exclaiming, Hear, Israel, the Lord our God id. for square and 7-16 d. for round, at which considerable is one Lord !" The law of Moses is truth, the prophets cotton hs been ngagd in he p c kets, and two or three truth 1' and their heads were struck off. The rest went transient vessels have e t also been put on the berih. To the next day to the mosque, when they were congratulated Havre, the amount offering has been quite small, and the by the Mohammedan population with the words, The rate has declined to ie. per lb. light of Mahammed and Ali has shone upon you'' How- EXCHANGES.—The demand for exchange for this ever, more than eighty families soon after, with their steamer ha. been tolerably extensive, hut with a bett er wives and children, emigrated pattly to Heraut, partly to supple of bilk on London, the closing rates yesterday Yazd, Cabul, and partly to Teherrn, where they exercise were 91 to 10 prem. again their former religion. Eighty families are still at The f Mowing are the particulars of the operations in Meshed, who outwardly are Mussulmans, but in secret the principal Southern markets, in continuation from observe their former religion. Suspected of the latter, dates us given in our last : the chief Mullah has established a regular inquisition • 1 - I ate a letter to the chief Mullah, and In Ch a rleston, during the week ending 15th inst., the market wa: quiet UplAndft, and buyers had the ad. vantage to the event of an kc. to to., the sales amount ing to 7,000 b.iles. Sea Islands wet e in good request, and 1,000 bales were taken without change in Price. Freights continued very dull, and id. was taken by vessels loading over them. wro stated to him the great interest all the European powers take in the well-being of the Jews, and recommended them to his protection, which he promised to afford to them. The year 1839, in which the massacre of ti- Jew s happened, is recorded by the Mohammedans of Meshed by the name of the year of ' Allah Daad." to fill up. Early in the week ending 22d inst. the market declined on the 10%%er grades of Upland, a further Ic., arid on the qualities " good middling" and upwards. an /c. when purchasers entered the market freely, and before the clos.: of the week this decline had been regained. The General Oribe i who had been dismissed from the com mand of the Basque provinces for not putting Zurbano's sons in,t4ntly to death, according to general orders, had been tried by a court-martial and honourably acquitted. Mar. 18, 1815 UNIVERSITY,er CLERICAL NEW.S. Thorwaldsen's tools have been sold at Rome, and one of his chisels brought nearly £24. The Parisian authorities have voted 10,000 francs for the adornment of the churches with painted glass. Letters from Gibraltar mention the death of Mr. Butler, the English Vice-Consul at Tetouan, and also that of Mr. D. Hay, Consul at Tangier. The Madrid journals announce the arrest of a famous brigand, named Jose Sastre, who is charged with having committed 117 murders. A Dijon journal states, that a few days ago two little Savoyards were found in the road near that place frozen to death. One of them was kneeling, with clasped hands extended upwards, as it in prayer. The barbarous sentence of Marie Joaquina, who was condemned to death at Madeira for heresy and apostacy, has been commuted to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of six milreas. On Tuesday morning last, a duel took place in the Paris de Boulogne, between two Parisian editors, M. de Beau valon, of the Globe, and M. Dujarrier, of the Presse. The latter was shot through the eye, and fell dead. Much scandal has been occasioned in Cairo by the ex pressed desire of a young English lady to be received into the bosom of Islamism in order to wed a young Egyptian who had captivated her. The British Consul interfered, and as the would-be Mahometah is a minor, she was about to be sent home to England. The Rouen journals state that the following curious notice was lately proclaimed by the town crier of Yvetot (Seine Inferieure) :—" A considerable number of En glishmen being about to be employed on the railroad, the mayor engages the ladies, both old and 3oung not to walk in the streets after nine o'clock in the evening." The Havre journals state that on Sunday last about 150 Englishmen made up a purse of 100 f., and, dividing themselves into equal parties, agreed to pass the leisure afforded them by their suspension from work on the rail road, on account of the day, by a pitched battle on the Plaine de Sotteville. Tbey net and fought with much courage and violence, but the authorities arrived at the height of the fray and separated the combatants. FRANCE.—The rejection by the French Chambers of the Retiring Pensions Bill, by a majority of 204 against 188 votes, has given a check to the government. The opposition consider it as a defeat, and the supporters of the administration do not well know how to explain the circumstance. Certainly the opposition to M. Guizot has this session been more violent and systematic than was anticipated. His rival, Count Mole, appears re solved to regain office if possible. THE WEATHER ON THE CONTINENT.—A Berlin let ter of the 6th informs us that the memory of the oldest persons does not furnish them with the recollection of a winter in which so large a quantity of snow has fallen in Germany as during the present winter. The railroads of the Harz and Silesia, and those of Magde burg to Leipsic, were, at the date of this account, covered with snow to the depth of three feet, and the!etore im passable. The railroad from Berlin to Deseau was still open, but only for one train daily, as the snow was almost continually falling, and frequently before the train could reach the end of the line it required the aid of a great number of men to sweep away the snow from the rails. On one occasion the passengers from Berlin to Dessau, a distance of only seven French leagues, were 18 hours on the road. RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY IN GERMANY. — There are at present several religious questions pending in Ger many. Our readers are, doubtless, aware of certain en deavours to create what is called a German Catholic Church. A deputation from the Catholic clergy of Leinsic and Dresden. headed by the Cishop, waited on the King of Saxony to obtain the intervention of his M.jesty's authority against that church. The King refused to in terfere. "I am the more surprised at your application," observed his Majesty, "inasmuch as you are aware that 19-20ths of my subjects are Protestants. Besides, as the King of a const , tutional state, I have sworn to secure full and entire religious liberty to persons of every faith. I shall impose no restraints on the new church, as I do not wish to prevent any one from practising the religion which he may regard as the only one on which depends his sal vation." We quote these words in the confident assur ance that his Majesty's reasoning will be appreciated by the Belgian clergy. It is imbued with the principle of religious liberty, though it must be confessed that twin ci ple is sometime , rather discountenanced.—Banelig Jour nal. PREFERMENTS AND ArPOINTMENTS.--itev• Tattam, D,D., to the archdeaconry of Bedford.—Rev" ' Gregson, to te vicarage of Sutton Courtney, Berks . Rev. W. P. Walsh, to the vicarage of Staunton H a rcourt', Oxon.—Rev. J. A. Be aumon t, to the perpetual curacy of St. Paol's ' Leeds.—Rev. J. H. North, to Trinity Chur ch ' Greenwich.—Rev. T. White, to the vicarage of Kirk he% merton, Yorkshire.—Rev. M. Anderson, to St. Paw !, perpetual curacy, Herne-hill, Camberwell.—Rev. H. Whitfield, to be chaplain to the Earl of M orn i n gton.' Rev. C. Jones, to the vicarage of Packenham, Suffolk.'" Rev. W. H. Egerton, to the vicarage of Ellesmere, Soh''' . —Rev. J. T. Huntley, to the rectory of St. 111 3 1' Binbrooke, Lincoln.—Rev. G. A. Baker, to the curse/ of lbstone, Oxon.—Rev. C. D. Bell, to the curacy of St' Mary's Chapel, Reading.— Rev. J. Morgan, to the curse/ of Merthyr Tidvil, Glamorgan.—Rev. W. H. Anderd ot th b e to the curacy of Reigate, Surrey.—Rev. J. Phelps, to i curacy of Stapleford, Wilts.—Rev. R. Bickersteth, to tb curacy of Clapham, Surrey.--Rev. P. J. Brime, to the curacy of St. Mary, Leeds.— Rev. W. M. Mungeam, to the curacy of St. Peter's, Sauthwark.—Rev. C. Nevinso o : to the curacy of Downham, Cambridge.—Rev. B. 1 1,, Pickford, to the curacy of Adderley, Salop.—Rev. Measor, to the curacy of Felmersham, Beds.-- hey. Pope, to the curacy of Ogborn St. George, VVilts.--It e ,", R. Culthard, to the united rectories of Sulhampstead 0 0 , bas and Sulharripsteml Banister, Berkshire.—Rev. M• Norman, 8.A., to the vicarage of Stonesby. Leiceste`' shire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. F. J. N °l '' man.—Rev. T. H. Madge, 8.A., to be chaplain of t h I S Hon. R. Watson, Sheriff of Northampton.—Rev. W. Newman, M.A.. to the rectory of Badsworth. Yorkshi re ,: —Rev. T. L. Claughton, vicar of Kidderminster, to e ` chaplain to the She riff' of Worcester.—Rev. J. W. Ever': 8.A., late curate of Wiggenhall, Norfolk, to the p od chapelry district and church of the Holy Trinity, S?" ), :, upland. Suffold.—liev. T. B. Paget, A.M., to the vlea'i age of Welton-cum•Melton, York, void by the death ° the Rev. H. W. Bliaindneys.—Hon. and Rev. E. Frail; canon of Norwich, to the incumbency of St. Jame., Church, Bury St. Edmunds, vacant by the Rev. 0 .. r. Hine's resignation of the readership —Rev. J. Locvd ert M.A., curate of Christian Mallord, near Chippenhame, i ° the perpetual curacy of the district church , at Derry nearu Caine, called Christ Church.—Rev. C. Johnstone' M.A., to a canonry residentiary in K.: irk Minster.- - Rg: E. Rudail, A.M., domestic chaplain to the late Earl °,7, Germans, has received the same appointment from h',4 present earl.—Rev. C. D. Charlton, M.A., curate Kingston and lif Id, to the vicarage of Laughton, SusseP Rev. W. E. Hoskins, M.A., rector of the united parish es of St. Alphage and St. Mary, Northgate, Canterbury , 0 the vicarage of St. John's, Margate, vacant by the dea l of the Rev. W. F. Bayley. The Bishop of London has commenced proceeding° against the Rev. Mr. Oakeley. A petition, signed by 1.873 persons, all belonging ~t ° the working cla , ses, and all adult males or widows. b a ;,, ing n presented to the Bishop of Exeter, on the stl:.'„ ject of the spiritual d stitution at Devonport, his lords hip has contributed £5OO towards the erection of five n e churches and schools and residences for the ministers. The Bishop of Calcutta is returning to this countrY ill health. He proposes to take furlough of e ighter e months, and to return to India in time to consecrate ter new cathedral. The state of his health may possibly 01° this arrangement, but such is his present design. He b e " 4 o engaged a passage by the Oriental steamer, which lea ° Calcutta on May 10th. and may be expected in Eng° about the end of June. RAILWAY INTP.LLIGENCE. The West London Railway Company have finally a t : ranged with the Birminehain Company, and the ter n '', being mutually agreed to, little now remains to be don t tbe for toe settlement of the contract. The money 0' subscribers to the Knightsbridge Extension is to be . 1. 13 ", turned, with some small deduction for expenses, and '' d o claims of the various classes of holders to future dividend, are not to be decided by the arbiters, Messrs. Glyn, N u ll s son, and Stephenson, till after the act of Parliament " been obtained. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The quick trains el; menced running on Monday: The journey from El e ;1 to London, 194 miles, was performed in four hours to fifty-three minutes, up to the ticket platform, and Z io passengers had alighted in the l'addingdon Station svi"'ia the prescribed time of five hours. The down t r ' e r reached Bristol, 1181 miles, in less than three hours , t ft co t stopping ten minutes at Swincon, and calling at Din ic s and Bath. The running time was calculated at fifty 03 „, 1 0 an hour, and the whole journey was performed with and exactitude as to time. The prospectus of a Spanish railway, called the -' r . s 0 North of Spin," the object of which is to constroeigos line from A-01es, in the Bay of Biscay. to Madrid , just made its appearance. The government ordina7 o f under which the company act, grants them a lease for 99 years of such of the public or Crown lands as Inal o to required gratuitously, an exemption from import du o Ott machinery for ten years, and the formation in n compania anonima, by which the liability of sharely" $ is limited to the amount of their shares. More O a i r e third of the shares have already been subscribed in S P " bor e ' The Croydon Company pays a dividend of Bs. per s subject to income-tax. The traffic of the line is itnin - v o l ing, and the idea of leasing the property for the prey, has been abandoned. A very elaborate speech by 1, W. A. Wilkinson, the chairman. was indulged in, at tac, , ing the Board of ,Trade, the South-Eastern Comir j o and other opposing interests. wnich of course foga ° it supporters among the majority of the shareholders, le' was supposed to explain and advance their position. Bricklayers' Arms Branch, as predicted, turns out uro, productive. The atmospheric works are stated to be P ceeding satisfactorily. tiog The Manchester and Leeds Company, at their ni ce ort on Wednesday last, declared a dividend of four Per e Ol for the half year, subject to income tax. The inerea; eat the passenger traffic is £12,511 for the half year, an „of goods £16.963. making a total of £29,474. The ,fO, revenue is £161,819. and the working expenses A: 5 ' 1 ,04, leaving £111,535 applicable to a dividend. Toe woe sae expenses appear to have been gradually diminishedt ee str during the past year are at the rate of only 321 per f ,ii which, considering th e low c h a rges and heavy gradiee t ibe very low. It was announced during the meeting, th' i • Manchester and Bolton had acceded to the terms n' Manchester and Leeds Company. RAILROADS IN ITALY.—The King of Naples ordered surveys to be made for two most importan t e roads, which, after having passed the Apennines. o r o tt o unite the capital with the two extreme points of his s ter from north to east. The first of these two grand A el, to prises, from the north, is a length of 44 leagues, Ann PO! run from Naples to Termoli. on the Adriatic. Th is will also have a branch to Chieti. The second line. east, is not less than 78 leagues, and is intended to be t iio tied from Naples to Lecci, being eight leagues 10 0 44 plirt of Brondes, on the Adriatic. The Duke of Tot 64' 0 is also endeavouring to obtain a communication as bet 0s e, Ravenna, or Rimini, with the railroad constructed beLi0011: Leghorn and Florence. The Sardinian government _JP less active in the formation of plans for railroads all t i. ' the Sardinian States. PROJECTED RAILWAYS.—The Board of Trade ar o notified their intention to report to parliament in/ br ick of the Bedford, Landon, arid Birmingham; Can ) t ote" ' and Lincoln • Direct Northern. (as to the portion b e d fei Lincoln and York ; Eastern Counties—Brandon and BP terborough Deviation; Eastern Counties— Hertfn r al/ i i i Biggleswade Junction ; Great Grimsby and S . ,,,he'di Midland Railway—Nottingham and Lincoln ; 1111 0 44 Railway—Swinton to Lincoln, (as to the portion he pa; DARING OUTRAGE.—Honora Culliman and her son, Swinton and Doncaster); Tottenham and earring s 0 care-takers on the property of Upper Glenbawn, were Street Extension ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Geol e i s e °l attacked on Monday night, and her house and furniture against Cue Barnsley and Goole; Direct Norther n, A,, burned by two men who entered the house and set fire to the portion between Lincoln and London); Eastern iierj her bed, under which she took refuge, and from which ties—Cambridge and Huntingdon; Eastern C o n o p,s o ; they endeavoured to dislodge her ; her nose was burned in Ely and Lincoln Extension ; Ely and Lincoln ; G °° Arer l o getting from under it after they went off. One of the tuf- Snaith ; H ull and Gairishorouy.h ; London and ori od fians is identified by her.—Tipperary Constitution. Lincoln, York, and Leeds; Midland Railway ---S t o 0 ,,; REPEAL ASSOCIATION —At the weekly meeting on to Lincoln, (as to the portion between Doncas 0 04 Monday the attendance was unusually small. Thirty- Lincoln) ; Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gains lo .o , seven pounds were handed in from Liverpool, including Sheffield and Lincolnshire ; York and North It' £ll £ll subscribed by the family of Mr. Johh Langan, the and Doncaster; York and North Midland, and 00 , 0 pugilist. Mr. O'Connell moved that the marked thanks CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY. --0 1 t t of the Association be given to Mr. Langan. There trod day a special meeting of this company was helu. i all' o i not a br .ver or a better man in shoe leather. He had , Clarendon Rooms, to consider the drart of the bill P oy ,: t prospered in life, and was ready to share his prosperity ising the sale of the line to the Holyhead ComPi ti rli-A wt.h his country by e ntributing munificently to the funds t f or confirming such sale. The chairman, Wm- d top of the Association. Mr R. D. Browne, M.P. , in second Esq., after stating that he had been co m p elle o is ing the motion, said, that no one deserved more of his , s h o rter notice of the meeting than he could W e e tons{ country than Langan, who had shown what an Irishman i in consequence of being compelled to leave br nl ' i eerios always can do when opposed to an Englishman. He was cruit his health, expressed his opinion that the d e el 6 ot t g lad that this brave man's family inherited his spirit, and I had better adjourn for fourteen days to await the es sai, with such co-operation in England the regeneration of ' of the Board of Trade on one or two pending rp, t es'y Ireland was certain. (Loud cheers.) The meeting then He was glad to inform them that the bill for the, e ,' e et ;le i proceeded to the usual speechifying, and at the close the of the Wallasey Docks had passed the cornin",:ll ° Y weekly rent was announced to be £477. that. on the previous day, the bill for erecting ' R a s e o re j HER MAJESTY ' S VISIT TO IRELAND.—At the last on the margin of Wallasey Pool had also passed ti e r 0 1 meeting of the Repeat Association, Mr. O'Contiell said— \ of the committee, and that a right had been con , b e 'f " Her Majesty should be received with the utmost obtain by purchase the reversionary interest 0 1 ' O OY courtesy and affection ; but then as to Repeal there should of the Wallasey Pool property from the CorP ° , l AA be neither compromise nor surrender, nor even a suspen- Liverpool.—(Applause.) These were some of tb sion of the Repeal agitation. This hall would be as why he thought they should adjourn the presell t be to crowded as ever, though her Majesty were in Dublin. He left it entirely to themselves, however, toes, Her presence would protect her ministers ; but why adjourn or go on with the discussion then. A." o o' should she bring over Sir .lames Graham ? He (Mr. deal of discussion, the secretary read all th e sP,./P e l O'Connell) hoped that Sir James Graham would not have notes of the bill. From the second clause it WI, the impudence to come to Ireland, as it would perhaps be that the sale of the line was to be effected for 100, 001 ,0 4 impossible to save him from the hootings and revilings of Mr. Cochrane, after an energetic speech, roole„„por „ the people. But, as to her Majesty, her reception should directors be requested to offer a most strenuous • big be everything becoming a loyal and generous people. He to the sale of the line, and et.at the draft of tu t ir• apologized for not being prepared with the report of their read be not confirmed. This was seconded bY to s j Committee on the Land Commission ; but stated that they son. The chairman, in reply to a question f' u jo rioli (the Repeal Association were determined to make a great prietor, said that no better terms had been 0,b 1 ; h1 3 ,0 ' 0 rally for the tenant-right' of Ulster, which they hoped the Holyhead Company since the original on e 0 0 0 '; not to see abolished, but spread all over the country." made. He also denied strongly the iMpaat i° "tre , t • 3 i SPECIMEN OF TRIAL BY JURY IN IRELAND.—Last been cast upon him out of doors, that if he had 6 0 o br e fl week a man named Tierney Rorke was indicted at exec ted himself better terms could have be,e, to 1 0 Leitrim assizes, for the murder of Thomas Nash. The His interest in the Birkenhead line was as '2 l -' o ,o?; t et,i agent for the priso ner challenged nineteen, and the crown parod with the Holyhead line. Mr. Bentham 01 0 ,10 did not set aside a single man. The jury consisted of that the following gentlemen be appointed a 5;',. p* eleven Roman Catholics and one Protestant. As each confer and negotiate with the Directors of t,t . ':heteto .) juror was sworn, an exclamation was heard that " there Railway on the subject of the sale of the I.3i , ‘ eet iag,illi will be no verdict in this case." When the person who sod to report to an adjournment of this 3!) held on the 29th instant :—Messrs. Cochro n expressed this opinion was asked why ? his answer was, " because there are four or five Ribbonmen on the jury, Harrison, Tornkinson, Rawson, and Prixte'b• or there are so many publicans and millers on the jury, resolutions were withdrawn ; Mr. Bentham that their trade would go if they found a verdict of guilty. ' and the meeting was adjourned to Saturday' instant. o E u l e izi o tb f et t i h t e ß p ro ar w t n y g sta av i e )bi t t l i t g e fmolylobwriontigieervicwieittliclea:—la' bayonet; i saw e; (turning to the duck added) there is the very man who stabbed my brother ! (and she placed the wand on the head of the prisoner.") The verdict was " Not guilty !" The verdict spread rapidly, and in a few hours , II the elevated points of the county were illuminated with bon fires. The assizes clos,.cl without a singl e conviction of importance to the public peace. - LOUISIANA SUGAR. —The circular of Messrs. Gordon. Wylie, and Co , of isl , w Orleans, contains much infer. mation concerning the sugar of Louisiana. In that state alone the article is produced from the cane, in all the rest it is made from the maple; and out of 126,400,3101 b., the whole quantity produced at a recent period, Louisiana yielded 97.173,5901 h. There are in the state 688 sugar plantations, of which 361 work by steam poker, and the number of blacks employed amounts to about 26,000 The yield is determined by accidents of weather. Thus in 1843 the crop was 140,316 hhds., and in 1844 about 100,000 hhds. The lands cultivated are almost exclu sively low alluvial land, bordering on the Mississippi and minor streams. The product of an estate varies much, according to circumstances, 5,0001 b. being a high ave rage, though twice t' , at quantity has been produced by some small farms. With respect to the prospect of Louisiana sugar becoming an article of importance in European markets, the circular states that there is no reason to suppose anything of the sort will take place, except so far as this sugar may supply, or fail to supply, the wants of the United States. The possibility of a small portion finding its way to Great Britain in the event of a large crop, or a failure in the crops of the West India islands, is admitted ; but this would be an acci dental supply, and not one to be depended on. THE COURT FASHIONABLE WORLD The Court is now fairly launched upon the gaieties of the season. The Queen attends the opera and French plays ; and, accompanied by her illustrious consort, takes her usual walking and riding exercise. Her Majesty held the second levee of the season at St. James's Palace on Wednesday last. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the infant Royal famil, are expected to arrive at the Castle, from Buckingha Palace, to-morrow, for the Easter holidays. - - - - It is now settled that the royal visit to Ireland is to take place in July, and it is expected by that time, that parliament will have been prorogued. All political and religious differences are to be sunk for a time, and her Majesty is to have a glorious arid truly Irish reception. Lord Sandon, Sir H. Douglas, two sons of the latter, and Captain Gladstone, were amongst the presenta! ions to her Majesty at the levee on Wednesday. It is confidently rumoured that it is her Majesty's in tention to honour with vista all her Lord-Lieutenants of counties in England. The first royal visit is expected to be to Hatfield, the second to 'Warwick Castle. It is also believed that these ltoyal progresses will not be confined to England.—Court Journal. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton gave a grand en tertainment on Thursday at the family mansion in Port man-square, the guests being invited to meet her Royal Highness the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocesiet honoured the noble Duke and Duchess with her company at dinner on the Occasion. Lord and Lady Sandon were amongst the very select party. - - Earl Grey completed his Slat year on Saturday IRE LAND ( 0 14 7, The Seindian chiefs, with their suite, in al l ;o l .h e t C , sons, who arrived at Southampton, in the Grea"„ c o are come to this country as an embassyt r- Ameers of Scinde, to endeavour to effect an a ° 0 0: / / with the Brlish government, to obtain the rele9,oe, princes, and the restoration of their country. rtC costumes of the chiefs are remarkable for thei