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I:i6 AN\ r. ‘N\ • • \ c:\ Vt. prorettlings in Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Lord STANLEY presented an important petition signed by 216 master manufacturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire, 40 of whom employed no less the n 30,000 workmen, against the Factory Bill which had passt-d the House of Commons. He also presented a petition for an unmodified Ten Hours' Bill, from 6,000 of the operatives of Blackburn. Lord BROUGHAM reiterated his complaints against the (rers recent) change in the Post Office. Petitions, however, are still pouring in to both Houses of Parliament in favour of the meastue. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. lir. G. BERKELEY gave notice that he would, on Tuesday, the 16th of July, move that the House do resolve itself into a Committee to take into consideration the Act of the 11th and 12th of Victoria, c. 97, with the view of preventing the expira tion of the differential duties on foreign and slave-grown sugar in 1854. (Hear.) COLONEL SIBTHORPE drew attention to the destruction of the fine old elm trees in Hyde Park, which Lord John Russell stated had been cut down by order of the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests (Lord Seymour) to snake room for the Exhibition o` 1551. The adjourned debate on the foreign policy of Government was resumed by Mr. B. OSBORNE, who supported the motion with pride and pleasure.—Lord J. MANNERS opposed the motion, considering that in his conduct towards Greece, Lord Palmerston could not have taken snore effectual measures to extinguish British influence in the Levant, and to extend that of Russia, had he beets really a foreign Minister.— Mr. ANSTEY would not vote against the motion, because he could not pro noun& the whole foreign policy as blameable.—Mr. COCH RA N E considered the policy of Government anything but an English policy, being based upon oppression of the weak and conces sion to the strong.—Lord PALMERSTON repudiated the doc trine which be contended was contained in the resolution pas sed in the Lords as one on which DO British Minister had acted, and the people of England would never suffer any Minister to act upon. His lordship spoke at great length, and entered very minutely into the details of the transactions of Greece and the negociations in London. He stated that lir. Wyse received no information as to the draught of the convention until the 2nd of May. The questions of the islands, he said, did not form part of the demands upon the Greek Government. His lordship reviewed the policy he had pur sued in Europe, observing that the advocates of tempera!e reform were always stigmatized as the fomentors of revolu tion. The policy of the Government was to prevent revolution —it was a policy of improvement and of peace. The noble lord concluded a speech of nearly five hours' duration, with a powerful peroration challenging the verdict of the House whethep the principles which had guided the foreign policy of Her Majesty's Ministers had been proper and fitting, and whether, as a subject of ancient Rome could hold himself free from indignity by saying, "Civic Romanus sum," a British subject in a foreign country should not be protected by the vigilant eye and the strong arm of the Government against injustice and wrong.—On the motion of Sir J. WALSH, the debate was adjourned. • .I\ZN% • N • V V% ( 4 , _ NIN FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. By the Royallfail steam-ship America, -Cuistidn'Shan non, we have advices from New York direct to the 19th, and Halifax to the-21st ult. The Amerioa , has: brouglit £40,000 in specie. The Amerioupassed the steam-ship Canibria,goingtitto Halifax. The Cuban affair was entirely settled, the American prisoners having been released after passing through the form of a trial. A rencontre had taken place' in New York between 'Mr. N. P. Willis and Mr. Edwin Forrest, in which the former was seriously injured. Forrest had charged Willis with the seduction of his (Forrest's) wife. The steam-ship Griffiths was burnt within 20 miles of Cleveland, and upwards of 200 persons drowned and burnt. The application of Professor Webster for a new trial had been unsuccessful. A Brazilian vessel, with 240 slaves on board, had been captured off Cuba, and taken into Port Royal. Late advices from Venezuela mention' that business was dull. Coffee was selling at SBl, with but few trans actions ; there was a moderate stock. Cocoa was•scarce at 61 to 6k. By the Empire City, from Chagres and Jamaica, we have dates from the latter to the 10th ult. The Trent was at that port on the 4th, with two million dollars on board. The market was flat for breadstuffs. Considerable transactions had been made in cod fish.; the stock of herrings was large. Accounts from Jamaica, to the 10th ult., had been received by the steam-ship Empire City, 'which arrived at New York on the 15th, after a run of ten days from Chagres. The Jamaica journals complain of the refusal of ministers to guarantee the loan of £240,000, or to enable Jamaica to obtain a portion of the parliamentary loan of £500,000, as it would place the island in an awk ward position, obliging her either to obtain the money without the aid of parliament, or to leave her creditors without any provision for their payment. It was sup posed that the legislature would be summoned by the go vernor, and proceed to business in a few weeks. A Bra zilian slaver had been captured off the island of Cuba and taken into Port Royal. A large portion of the Africans were children. They had been landed at Fort Augusta, and were to be distributed among the applicants for their services. They were employed in picking cotton-seed, and were said to work cheerfully in their novel condition. The whole number amounts to 241. At New Orleans nine deaths from cholera had occurred in seven days. The steam-ship Viceroy, Captain Ewing, arrived at New York on the 15th ultimo. Several offers had been made to purchase her for the California trade. Accounts from Guadaloupe state t hat, on the 12th ult., an unsuccessful attempt was made by the negroes to fire the city of Point Petre. A state of siege had been pro claimed. From Canada we have accounts of a destructive fire at Montreal. Despatches received from Toronto announce, that on the 24th ultimo Attorney General Lafontaine in troduced into the Assembly a bill to increase parliamen tary representation. On the same evening, the Inspector- General announced the intention of government to introduce a general banking law ; also a measure on the currency. On the 17th, Mr. Boulton introduced resolu tions for amending the constitution, by separating legislative and executive powers, extending the elective principle, and assimilating the whole system of govern ment to the American model. The house was counted out for want of a quorum. TWO DAYS LATER NEWS, (VIA ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM NEW YORK TO HALIFAX.) American and European Telegraph Agency, Liverpool. We have received our usual despatch from New York vici Halifax, bringing commercial intelligence from the former port to the afternoon of the 21st June : New York, Friday, 21st June, 2 p.m. Cotton—Sales, Wednesday, were 6000 bales, at 4- cent advance, 3000 of which were on speculation. Thursday, sales were 3000, at lc. to Sc. advance. To-day, sales up to this hour, (2 o'clock p.m.,) 2500: prices rising. The activity is caused entirely by calamitous accounts from the south, relative to the growing crops, without re ference to foreign markets. In some rich sections of the south the crop will be a dead failure. Middling Orleans 12/, and middling Uplands 1211, and very little on sale. _ _ Flour—Firm at Tuesday's quotations; large sales of Canadian at 45 to Sfi 25c. per barrel. Corn—Yellow, 464 to =B'6s 9c. ; mixed lots at 5621. Ashes—No sales since the burning of the inspection warehouse. Provisions—Quiet, but firm. Money Market—Easy ; discounts readily obtained at 5 to 6 per cent. The New Ohio Loan of £'1,600,000 Sixes was taken at an average of 12ic. advance ; Million Five per Cent at from 2 per cent to 28-100. Stocks are dull. W. S. Sixes of '62, 112 to 1124 r; Sixes of '67, 1151; Sixes of '6B, 1161; Coupons, '6B, 1181 ; Treasury Notes, 1151. Stealing exchange, 110 to 1101. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. Some discussion took place on the second reading of the County Rates Bill, which, however, was eventually abandoned for the present session. The Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill was read a third time and passed. The Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill led to some discussion, but the second reading of the bill was carried on a division by a majority of 103 to 84. M r. NEWDEGATE moved the second reading of the Accidents on Railways Bill, the object of which was to compel railway companies in cases of accidents to send for medical assistance, Fiving to them power to recover the expense from the parties injured if the parties should be in a position to pay. Mr. LAnoucuEßE opposed the second reading of the bill, as objectio.iable in principle. The ATTORNEY GENERAL opposed the bill, as did also Mr. Ricituo, and on a division the second reading was negatived by a majority of 108 to 53. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. The adjourned debate upon the foreign policy of the govern ment was resumed by Sir J. Walsh. It was then supported by Mr. Verney, and opposed by Sir R. Inglis, the Marquis of Granby, and Sir Wm. Molesworth. Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT remarked upon the failure of con stitutionalism in Prussia and other countries, not cursed with his interference, which he said had gone on much better than those in which he had meddled. Sir G. GREY passed a warm eulogium upon Lord Palmerston, and declared that no undue interference had been proved against him, and that all he had done had conduced to the suc cess of liberal principles. Mr. GLADSTONE opposed Mr. Roebuck's motion, and argued at length to show that Lord Palmerston had acted imprudi ntly and had brought the nation to the verge of a war. He examined the Greek affair, from the discussion or which he declared ther , was no obvious disposition on the part of the government to escape, and that in the case of Mr. Finlay there had lx ea ample opportunity for having the dispute decided by the tri bune of Greece ; whilst in that of M. Pacifico, a man of bad character, the demand had been made in an imprudent and ex aggerated form, upon which Lord Palmerston had actually gone to war. He reiterated his charge against his lordship of improper interference with foreign nations, and on being ac tuated by motives of personal hostility in certain quarters, he proceeded in calling on the house to condemn a policy which he considered to be deleterious. Mr. H. DRUMMOND made a humorous speech, strongly con de ,n,tory of the ministry and the Manchester party, but con cluded by intimating that lie should support the resolution. The debate was adjourned at a quarter past two. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in moving the adjournment of the House to Monday next, took the opportunity of alluding to the attack on her Majesty, which he could not mention without expressing his seep and serious regret that it should have happened, a feeling in which he was convinced the country generally sympathised. (Loud cheers.) sir R. INGLIS and Mr. HEititiEs expressed their concur rence in these remarks of the noble lord. The adjourned debate on Mr. Roebuck's motion, respecting the affairs of Greece, was resumed by Mr. COCKBURN, who replied to Mr. Gladstone's speech, in an address strongly sup porting the Government. Sir It. PEEL repelled the insinuation of a conspiracy against the Government, and emphatically denied that he was a party to any compromise, or had any combination whatever. lie bad approved of the domestic policy of the Government, and of their commercial legislation, and therefore he had given them an unostentatious support; and to prove that he had made no compromise, such as that insinuated. he felt bound to say that every day that passed convinced him that in the cordial adoption of, and firm adherence to, the principles of commercial policy now in operation, the peace and the true interests of the country were involved. As to the accusation of being in any way connected with foreign conspirators, he laughed it to scorn and utterly repudiated it. With respect to the resolution passed in the House of Lords, he had never seen it until it appeared in the newspapers. The motion submitted to the House implied approbation of the conduct of the Govern ment, and made a declaration of what the foreign policy of this country should he. He sincerely wished he could approve of the foreign policy of the Government, but, regarding it especially in reference to Greece and France, he could not say that it was the best calculated to maintain the honour of the country and the interests of peace, and what, he asked, did Lord John Russell mean the other night when he said Lord Palmerston was not a Russian, nor an Austrian, nor a French Minister? Did he mean thereby to cast a sarcasm on three great Powers? No, he was far too wary. Then, did he mean to contrast Lord Palmerston invidiously with Lord Aberdeen ? If so, he must say that he looked back upon his official inter course with his noble friend with the most cordial satisfaction. As respected this Greek question, he could not conscientiously say that he thought the Government had pursued that course which was most likely to conduce to the honour and dignity of this country and the preservation of peace. If we interfered with other countries, why should not America inculcate its principle of self-government and of constitutional freedom upon our colonies? And so in the case of India and China, should we employ Dr. Bowring to lecture to the Chinese upon the subject? if we did, we should only encumber the princi ples we advocated by our help ; we should be departing from our estliblished policy, and should be encouraging the advo cates of those principles to look to us for aid, instead of work ing out for themselves their own political freedom. Lord•J. RUSSELL repeated what he had said on a former evening, that a similar resolution to that passed in the Lords ought in fairness to have been submitted to the Commons, where the Foreign Secretary had a seat. He remarked with bitterness upon the part which Mr. Gladstone was understood to have taken in conjunction with Lord Stanley, and contrasted it with Mr. Disraeli's leadership in that house, to the para mount advantage of the hon. member for Bucks, whose career lie described as an honourable course of opposition. He de nied that the foreign policy of this country should be conducted for the benefit of other countries rather than our own. He regretted to find the tendency lately exhibited to give credence to communications made to depreciate English objects, and thought it had a most mischievous effect. The noble lord re viewed the foreign policy of the government since its accession to office. He thought it was of great use to Europe and to the world to understand that the policy of England was equally opposed to unbridled democracy and to absolute despotism— the one invariably tending to the other, and both being alike destructive of tranquillity. tie believed there was a foreign cabal at work to overturn the policy of England, with a view to see a government in this country more favourable to the estab lishment of absolute power in Europe ; but, for his own part, he was prepared to abide by the verdict of the people of England. Mr. D'lsitsEm contended that the resolution of the House of Lords was a fair and faithful interpretation of the law of nations, and required no qualification whatever. He admitted that the claims on Greece were well founded; but they were, as all claims were, doubtful in their nature and exaggerated in amount. The motion beforethe house would, if agreed to, be practically a declaration that the principle of our foreign policy should be the principle of supporting the cause of self-govern ment, and of encouragement of liberal institutions throughout the world. That was a captivating declaration; but it would lead to interminable interference, and to incessant disputes. The hon. member reviewed,.at considerable length, the trans actions in Italy, Sicily, Denmark, and throughout Europe, and contended that our old allies had been alienated from us by the policy which had been pursued by Lord Palmerston. It was impossible, therefore, that be could vote fora resolution affirm ing the propriety of that policy. He hoped the vote of that night would inform not only Europe, but another hemisphere Also, that England was determined that her future policy should respect the rights of nations. Mr. ROEBUCK shortly replied ; after which the house divided and the numbers were— For the resolution Against it Majority for government —46 The announcement of the numbers was received with voci ferous Cheering from the ministerial side .of the house.—Ad journeti at four o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS. ---FRIDAY. The Marquis of Lansdowne, in alluding to the atrocious as tiault op Majesty, gave utterance to the indignant feeling which was experienced by all classes of her Majesty' s su bj ec t s . Jt was impossible to attr ibute . an y motive for the attack. Lords Stanley and Brougham cone irred in denounci ng t hi s dastardly attack,,and the House was left sitting. spoIITING INTELLIGENCE. ThisTHE LATE Mr. WARD.—This old patron of cricket, and at one time one of the finest bats in England, made the longest score qfiT his own bat in one innings that is re corded, namely, 278. This occurred in a match between the Marylebone .Club, and - ,,he County of Norfolk, with some given men. A LONG SCORE.—In 1817 a cricket match was played at Lord's Ground between the Epsom Club and the County of Sussex, when the score stood thus :—Sussex 73 7, Epsom 308, making a grand total of 1,045 ! ! In 1815, also, the Epsom Club scored 476 runs in one in nings, against Middlesex (with Robinson given). Scorrisu FETE.--The grand annual competition for championship in archery, and the Scottish national sports and pastimes, took place in Lord Holland's Park, Notting 11111, yesterday and will be continued to-day, under the joint direction of the Highland Society, of which Prince Albert is chief, and the . Scottish S oc i e t y, o f w hi c h t h e M arqu i s o f Breadalbane is president. Thesportsand pastimes will con sist of archery, putting the stone, throwing the hammer, tossing the caber, foot racing, broad sword exercise, sword and target opposed to the bayonet, sword dance, stneth speys, reels, and performance on the great Highland 1)116- . P.M POLITICAL. From Caba we have nothing new. Since the sailing of the steamer we have learned that the total number of buildings destroyed by the fire in Montreal are as follows :—Dalhousie-street, 39 ; Gabriel street, 46; Nazareth-street, 50; and Wellington-street, 73: total loss covered by insurance, £23,000. SHIPPING. Arrived at New York since steamer sailed :—Glencople, Cardiff; Barque Wynandote, Limerick; Cutter Adelaide, arrived at Abacoa. (Signed) D. MACCLENAGHAN, STANDARD, Liverpool. D. H. CRAIG, Halifax, N.S. W. A. THOMPSON, Courier and Enquirer, New York. INDIA.-THE OVERLAND MAIL. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AT BENARES. An express in anticipation of the Overland Mail ar rived on Saturday. The dates are Calcutta, May 13 ; Bombay, May 25. Dr. Butter and Captain Fagan, formerly directors of the Benares Bank, have been tried by court-martial and dismissed the service. The charges against them were that they had induced parties to purchase stock by repre senting the bank as profitable and flourishing, when they knew it to be the reverse, and had in consequence can celled a number of their own unpaid-up shares; that they expressed their high opinion of a secretary when they were on the point of denouncing him for incompetence; of having put forth false reports as to the state of the bank, with the view of misleading the shareholders ; and of having cancelled shares of their own at par value, when they knew them to be at a discount of 25 per cent. in the market. The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of India are at Simla. The Governor of Bombay quits Ma habuleshwar for the Deccan, where he will sojourn during the rains, three days hence ; he will, it is understood, re turn to the hills in October, and come to Bombay when the cold weather sets in. The Commander-in-Chief and staff are at Khandalla ; the weather there is so hot, that part of the staff will, it is said, proceed immediately to Psona. Cholera is still very prevalent amongst the natives—no Europeans, so far as we have heard, have yet suffered. The monsoon threatens to be late of setting in. Colonel Grant has resigned the appointment of Adju tant-General of the Bengal army, and been succeeded by Colonel Tucker, a young and able and eminently popular officer. Trade continues dull, and the season may be considered as closed. Details of the calamity at Benares, where upwards of 1000 persons lost their lives by the explosion of magazine boats loaded with gunpowder, forms the great topic of the present mail. A fleet of thirty boats, containing ordnance stores, including no less than 3000 barrels gunpowder, had reached Benares, on their way to the Upper Provinces. Here they anchored late in the afternoon of the Ist of May, off the principal landing-place, and close to the hotel in the centre of the town. Tne place, it seems, is usually occupied by vessels of this sort. They were under the care of a warrant officer, who seems to have quitted his charge on arriving at Benares. About ten o'clock a burst of flame was seen for an instant to proceed from one of the boats, followed by a terrific explosion, heard or felt ten miles off, which spread destruction and dismay everywhere. The boats themselves were, of course, de stroyed ; houses were shaken to their foundations, and doors and windows blown in. Four hundred and twenty human beings were killed on the spot, and the list of killed and wounded includes no fewer than 1200. Ar rangements were being made to have the magazines of gunpowder, hitherto too frequently situated in the centre of great towns or thickly-peopled neighbourhoods, re moved to situations less pregnant with danger. A letter, dated Benares, May Ist, states, " About half-past ten p.m. a fleet of magazine boats, anchored under the old Fort at Raj Ghent, took fire, three thousand (more or less) barrels of gunpowder exploded, carrying death and devastation before it, throwing down the high bank and all the houses, and shattering everything. The hotel was blown to pieces, and most of the servants killed. Two young officers sleeping there, strange to say, have escaped with rather severe injuries. Scarcely a soul of the crews, and only two sepahees of the guard, escaped. Hands, feet, heads, trunks, and entire corpses lie strewed in all directions ; every house for many hundred yards round-was unroofed, and many shook down. The exact amount of killed is not yet known. Three hundred prisoners are hard at work exhuming the victims ; the two Shazadahs, whose houses were right and left of the hotel, have each lost their wives, and one hie daughter, the other his nephew and many followers. The toll-house over the hotel has come down entirely. Not , a boat a p pears t o h ave escape d C on d uc t or For syth s wife has not been found, and a river merchant lost all his boats, and his wife and some other relative. The man has gone mad. As far as can be ascertained, the fire took place at the lower end of the fleet. The powder boats being immediately under the hotel, it would seem that, had the boat been cut adrift at once, the rest might have been saved. The concussion was so great that win dows were broken in Secrole, an d th e groun d s h oo k. Th e noise was terrific. Mr. Gordon's house is much shaken ; all hands were thrown out of their b e d s . Th e num b er o f killed is variously estimated, but it must be more than 500, for the crew amounted to 400, and very few, it is believed, escaped. A very large portion must have been blown into the river. Measures are being taken to ascer tain, The cradle for the Queen of Spain's expected baby has been made in Paris ; it will cost £6OOO. The celebrated painter, Howe Vernet, has returned to Paris from St. Fetersbargb, ` . 4i7j , V'% 1♦ . `Y .. . %.A\ -, • , N Vs. LIVEZPvit 1;11-NIFIRD. Letters from Malta, referred to in the Conatitntionnet, announce that the English fleet was about to quit that place and proceed to Gibraltar, At Naples an immense edifice, which the troops occu pied as barracks, gave way and fell down, burying eighty persons beneath the ruins. Half a century ago the population of New South Wales numbered about 5;000 souls, Its numbers now approxi mate to 250,000 souls. The English engineer Fairbairn has just arrived at Stockholm, on his way to St. Petershurgh, the Emperor wishing him to construct a tubular bridge in Russia. The prime minister of Hesse Cassel has been found guilty of forgery and embezzlement, and sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, restitution of the money, and pay ment of the costs of process. PARIS.—The Assembly has passed the bill for the augmentation of the allowance of the President of the Republic. Numbers for the bill, 354; against it, 3084 majority, 46. A REVOLUTIONARY TAX !—Among the petitions pre sented to the French assembly on Saturday, was one from a young female, praying that a tax might be placed on all bachelors. THE HARVEST IN FRANCE. —Accounts from Paris give very satisfactory reports of the crops throughout France. The harvest is expected to be early this year, and, as far as can be judged, most abundant. Jenny Lind has just given six concerts at Stockholm, in ai.l of the pension fund for the wives and orphans of the performers at the Theatre-royal of that city. The clear profit has amounted to upwards of 60,000 f. TURKEY.—A Semlin letter of the 17th June states that an insurrection against the Turkish government has bro ken out in the three Bulgarian districts of Widdin, Gia gissora, and Belgradisisza, and the small fort at the latter place has fallen into the hands of the insurgents. The Austrian correspondent of the Times says that, in Pesth, a gentleman wearing a narrow black crape band round a white hat was lately stopped by a policeman, and ordered to remove it, as no " political badge" of any kind is allowed to be worn, and he was displaying the Prussian colours. FATAL DUEL.—A. duel took place on the 15th, ten miles from Turin, between Colonel Assanti and M. Soler. The cause was that the latter had written against Manin, and the former had taken his defence in no measured terms. The duel was fought with pistols, it being under stood that it should continue till the result was fatal to one of the combatants. M. Soler fired first, and missed ; M. Assanti, on the contrary, hit his adversary in, the head, and laid him dead. There has been another disgraceful scene of insubordi nation and violence in the French Assembly. A Montag nard, named Valentine, behaved in such a manner that M. Dupin (the President) was compelled to order him literally to be turned out of the Chamber, and directed him not to show his face there again for three days. M. Emile de Girandin attempted to defend his friend, and nearly shared his fate, fcr he was censured. The Cham ber has bee.. debating on a Bill for regulating the admis sion of candidates to public offices. The capital of Yankeedom has been startled with the announcement of the " Discovery of the age"—the turn ing of water into fire, or rather, the manufacture of gas from water. The Messrs. Butler, of Paterson, New Jer sey, paper manufacturers, have for a considerable time manufactured this gas on their premises, the Ivanhoe Mills ; it is of excellent quality. But the discovery of Mr. Paine is expected to abolish the use of coal as a means of evaporating steam, and thus we may be said to have attained a new motive power. I send you all the particu lars I have been enabled to obtain. Some people are sceptical upon the point. If it should turn out to be practicable, what a change your city would present. PRECOCIOUS CRIME IN FRANCE.—The Journal de la Haute Loire relates a horrible act of cruelty committed by a child four years old on an infant of ten months. The little monster, being left alone with the infant, seized a knife, ard, while it was sleeping in its cradle, cut off its nose and inflicted several severe wounds upon its face; and, after thus mutilating it, covered it with a mask of wood-ashes mixed with water, in order to stanch the flow of blood and stifle the cries of the helpless little sufferer. Meanwhile, the mothers of the two children, who were at work in front of their dwellings, attracted by the screams, ran to the spot, and beheld with horror the spectacle be fore them. The guilty urchin had made his escape, but was soon afterwards found, his hands died in the blood of his victim. FALL OF ANOTHER SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN FRANCE. —Another misfortune, similar to that which occurred some time since at Angers, though to a much more limited extent, has just occurred near a town called Fumel (Lot-et-Garonne). A suspension bridge over the River Lot broke down—first in the centre and then at the chains—as four men were in the aA of repairing a part of it. At the same moment two boats heavily laden were passing under it, one of which was swamped and two men in it drowned. The other boat escaped by almost a hair's breadth, but one of the men, when in the act of rowing, had both his arms crushed by a fragment of cast iron. Two men were also crossing the bridge at the same time and both were immersed in the water. One was drowned, and the other so severely injured by the fall as to leave no hope of his recovery. It is stated that most of the suspension bridges in France, with the exception of those very recently constructed, are in a similarly dangerous condition, and if attention be not immediately directed to them we may expect to hear of many disasters similar to those of Angers and Fumel. AMUSING SCENE WITH A FRENCH DEBTOR.—An amusing scene took place a few days ago in the Rue St. Nicholas, at Lille. An unfortunate debtor, who had long been waited for by two bailiffs, ventured to enter into the street. He was immediately seized. At the same moment he threw himself on the ground in such a way that the greater part of his person remained in the passage of the house. " You cannot arrest me," he then cried, "I am in the house . ; you cannot take me without the presence of the judge de paix," The bailiffs declared that he was out of the house, as his feet extended to the pavement ; but the debtor refused to rise, and cried again and again, "lam in the house !" A crowd assembled, and they, as usual, took the part of the debtor. But a police agent having come up, he - heard the arguments of both parties, and then decided, with all the gravity of a Solomon, that as the debtor was out of the house when he was seized by the bailiffs, his arrest was perfectly legal. After this de cision the crowd allowed the bailiffs to take the debtor to prison.—Galignani's Messenger. RAJAH BROOKE.—The Indian Mail has brought pri vate letters from Sir James Brooke. He had been very dangerously ill at Penang, but was at the time of writing, May 1, so far recovered that he intended to proceed on the 3rd to Singapore—thence on special mission to the court of Siam, and home to Sarawak and Labuan. On reaching Borneo it was his intention to visit certain rivers on the coast whose inhabitarits are as yet entirely un known to Europeans. They had invited Sir James to come among them, and with the chivalrous courage so characteristic of him, he had resolved to accede to their requests. The chief of the piratic hordes—regardless of the representations of their unscrupulous friends in Eng land—had confessed their enormities, and entered into a solemn compact not to repeat them. "This is gratify. ing," Sir James quietly adds, " for at a distance you cannot fully appreciate all the blessings resulting from security from the marauders." He refers with lofty scorn to the slanderous falsehoods that have been uttered against him, satisfied that no honourable mind will be influenced by them for one moment. Sarawak was prosperous and peaceful, and Labuan doing well. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.—The new steamship Atlantic arrived on Wednesday morning, and effected a most rapid passage, occupying only ten and a half days from New York to Liverpool. This was her second run homewards. The Atlantic left New York on the 15th inst., and brings files and letters to that date. There is, however, only two days later intelligence than that re ceived by way of telegraph to Halifax, per the Asia. General Lopez was .being examined before the United States' Commissioners at New Orleans. He was held to bail in 3,000 dollars. The news from Canada states that, on the 6th instant. Mr. Cameron, a late member of the Government, gave notice to introduce a bill on the clergy reserve question. the object of the bill being to take from the rectories the land attached to them. Sir Allan M'Nab had moved for leave to introduce a bill to amend the Rebellion Losses Bill of last session, which was negatived by a majority of 40 to 19. The Governor General and both houses of the legislature made an excursion, on the 10th instant, to the Welland Canal from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, which has been enlarged, and which was re. opened on the occasion. The failure of the American Reciprocity Bill had been received with considerable dis appointment, as many persons expected great benefits to result from the measure. COLONY OF NATAL.—Papers from Natal have been received from Natal to the end of March. They contain a statement of the trade of the colony in 1849, showing the exports to have been £11,265, and the imports £55,921, of which latter sum £28,000 was to be.attributed to military expenditure. The various articles of export are classified as follows :—lvory, value £5,454 16s. ; animals, £2,356 ; butter, £2,174 16s. ; hides, £542 15s. ; grain, £420 Is. ; cotton, £l2B ; tallow, £3O ; wool, £l6 10s. ; other articles, £142 Bs. : total, £11,265 6s. The exports of grain, cotton, tallow, and wool, it is said, might be greatly increased, with immediate profit to the settlers. The number of vessels entered inwards during the year was forty, with a capacity of 5,905 tons, and the number cleared outwards was ninety-three, with a capa city of 6,066 tons. The official reports from the district of British Caffraria continued to show the prevalence of security on the frontier, and the advantages which have resulted from the establishment of the Caffre police force. With regard to the bar at the harbour, the governor had at length promised that the works necessary to obviate its danger should be completed without delay. Messrs. J. C. Byrne and Co.'s ships Ina, from Glasgow, and Sove reign, from London, had arrived. The Henrietta, which sailed from Liverpool on the 10th of April, was spoken on the 16th May, in let. 8 north. rapidly with theextension of the sea-walls at the northern breakwater. CUpwards of 10,000 cubic feet of stone are on the ground for commencing the great sea-wall. Supplies of stone are daily being obtained from a neighbouring lofty • eminence that overhangs the harbour. The stone, when tipped over into the breakwater, forms in layers of from 12 to 50 feet thick. There are about 1,300 men constantly on the works. The estimated cost of the harbour is £7OOOO, of which the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company have undertaken to subscribe £200,000. The whole will enclose an area of upwards of 316 acres of 'sea-room. IRELAND. -4.- A correspondent of the Morning Post makes the an nouncement, that " the American cotton-growers are about to establish factories in the West of Ireland." The agriculturists of Ireland are still leaving their country in hundreds. Vessels laden with emigrants— chiefly respectable farmers—are leaving 'Waterford, Lime rick, Cork, and other ports, almost daily. A letter from a Protestant clergyman in the county of Cork states that, from the enormous breadth of ground laid down this season in potatoes, if but 25 per cent. of the whole be saved, there will still remain a sufficiency for consumption in that quarter to preclude the chance of any scarcity in the ensuing winter. Lately, as a railway-train was approaching Cork, a man was observed lying with his neck over the rails. On the instant the driver solnded his whistle, the man awoke, quickly drew back his head, and the train passed within a hand's breadth of his face. A moment sufficed for the whole transaction. It hPs been determined to establish a Presbyterian col lege in Derry, in connection with the General Assembly of Ulster, for which a lady, named Magee, has bequeathed £20,000. The Londonderry Journal states that the Irish Society of London are to grant ten or twelve acres of land for the site of the college. _ _ PIRACY.—The Mayo Telegraph contains the fol lowing :—" The brig Jane, bound for Westport, with a general cargo, consigned to merchants in that town and Castlebar, was, within the last few days, boarded by several boats' crews from the main land, cff Eagle Point, and plundered of an immense quantity of flour, plaster of Paris, &c." Captain Peel, son of Colonel Yates Peel, and nephew of Sir Robert . , has met with a distressing accident, at Ne nagh. in returning with three- brother officers from a trip at night, the car was overturned by running on a heap of rubbish in the street, and Captain Peel fell be neath the car in attempting to get off; the bones of his right leg and his left thigh were broken, and his shoulder was dislocated. FEMALE DEXTERITY.—At the Dublin Commission Court on Saturday, a lady, Mrs. Jemima Philips, the wife of a solicitor, was indicted for conspiring to aid Miss Octavia Henrietta Thompson to escape trom the Four Courts Marshalsea Prison, where she was confined for debt. It appears that Mrs. Philips was in the habit of visiting Miss Thompson in prison. A party was invited to sup with Miss Thompson on the evening of the escape. The servants of the prison were employed in preparing for the festivities, and Mrs. Philips went in and out several times on various messages. About dusk Miss Thompson attired herself in the bonnet, cloak, and dress of Airs. Philips, and effected her escape. It appeared, however, on the cross-examination of one of the witnes ses for the prosecution, that the seal had not been affixed to the writ of execution under which Miss Thompson was detained until after her escape, and on this point Mrs. Philips was acquitted. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. •--3 The Rev. Francis Edward Thurland. of Salisbury Cathedral, has been appointed a minor canon and pre centor of Chester Cathedral. A monument has been erected in Canterbury Cathe dral, near the throne, to the memory Gf Archbishop Howley. It is a recumbent effigy, with the Bible clasped to the breast. The University of Durham has conferred the degree of M.A., on Robert Stephenson, Esq., and Mr. Henry Taylor, the author of Philip Van Artevelde, both na tives of the district. The foundation stone of a new church was lately laid at Bilton, near Harrogate. The sacred edifice will be erected and endowed through the munificent liberality of W, Sheepshanks, Esq., of Leeds and Bradford. The University of Cambridge seems to be so dissatis fied with Prince Albert's proceedings relative to the Royal Commission, that in all probability an attempt will be made to elect another chancellor at the earliest opportunity. The office is triennial or tenable for such a length of time beyond two years, as the tacit consent of the University may choose to allow. . The English Episcopalians in Scotland, lay and clerical, have forwarded an address to the Archbishop of Canter bury, approving of the judgment of the Privy Council in the Gorham case. The archbishop expresses his satisfac tion in return, and also his hope that "the time may shortly come when the attention of churchmen will be diverted from matters of doubtful disputation to the more practical objects of the ministry—repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ." • It has oozed out that the decision of the Court of Ex chequer in the case of Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter will go against the Bishop, not upon the ground main tained by the other Couits, but that which was left un touched in the previous judgments; viz.—that the matter does not touch the Crown, and, therefore, the jurisdiction of the Committee of Privy Council in this case cannot be questioned. The matter, consequently, will not go to a Court of Error, nor by appeal to the House of Lords. Such is the gossip in legal circles. _ EPISCOPAL FUND.—A return has been published set ting forth the annual proceeds of the episcopal fund, and its application from its commencement in 1837 up to the present year. The largest amount contributed any year was in 1849—namely, £23,953, and the lowest £12,277, the first year's proceeds. The payments made in aug mentation of the income of any see have varied in diffe rent years from £4,300 (in 1837) to £19,788 (in 1849.) The payments made on this account for the present year amount to £11,516, the sees participating in them being Chester, Chichester, St. David's, Hereford, Lichfield, Llandaff, Manchester, Oxford, Peterborough, Ripon and Rochester. The total disbursements from the fund have ranged from £7,197 (in 1837) to £26,552 (in 1849). In the present year they have been £13,762. THE BORNEO MISSION.—Last week we gave some in teresting facts relative to the mission and projected church in the island of Borneo ; we now proceed to add a few remarks which were then omitted. The project of build ing and endowing a church and schools has received the warm support of Sir James Brook. The amount received in aid of the design last year was £507 155., of which £248 Is. Bd. remain in the bands of the bankers • the Rajah, several of the English bishops, and a number of the nobility have contributed to the funds. The Christian Knowledge Society have given £3OO, The efforts of Mr. M`Dougall, the clergyman established on the island, in the cause have been most strenuous ; he expresses a con fident opinion as to the practicability of the undertaking. Sir James Brooke has assigned the institution the munifi cent grant of 300 acres of land. The church is in rapid progress, and it is hoped will be completed without any further drag upon the funds of the mission, The contri butions have not only been received from England and in Borneo, but Mr. M`Dougall has succeeded in gaining assistance from British dependencies which he has visited for the purpose. This gentleman is of opinion that mis sionaries might be allocated with safety and success among the distant tribes now beyond the influence of the stinted spiritual provision. By some of these tribes he has been solicited to go amongst them and teach his religion. The demands made on his time by the duties of the mission at Sarawak prevents him from responding to such solicita tions, and he is led to deplore the loss of golden opportu nities. The importance of the mission may be imagined from the fact that the different tribes number about 5,000,000. The number of Mahomedans in Sarawak alone is computed at 15,000. Each of these tribes speak a peculiar language, a circumstance which enhances the difficulty of the missionary labour. It is probable that the church will be consecrated in the autumn by the Bishop of Calcutta. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. First class Railways are now obtaining loans at 4, and in special cases, at 31 per cent. The shareholders of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company have passed a resolution condemn ing the Humber-ferry purchase, and calling upon the parties who made a profit by the transaction to refund the money to the company. BLOCKADE OF A RAILWAY.—The Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Railway directors have re fused to pay 4be toll claimed by the East Lanchalhire Company, for transit across a mile of the latte r com p an y' s line. When the first train from Clitheroe arrived on Saturday morning, it was found that a complete blockade of the points had been effected at the junction with the East Lancashire Railway, end that upwards of 200 navi gators had been brought on the ground by the latter com pany, with engines and a heavy train of stone waggons t o obstruct the way. This disgraceful blockade continued the whole of the day. The toll demanded has since been said under protest, and the trains permitted to pass. 110;.YHEAD HARBOon.--T4 cpsipem are prOcadillg COURT AND FASHION. The Court, it is said, will remove to Osborne again on -or about the lith of July. The venerable Duke of Cambridge is seriously indis posed at his residence, Cambridge House, London. The Queen gave a state ball (the first this season) on Wednesday at Buckingham palace. The reception was unusually brilliant, the invitations numbering nearly 2,000, and comprising the Royal Family, the foreign Princes in this country, the whole of the diplomatic corps, the Cabinet Ministers, and principal members of the administration, with their wives and daghters ; the officers of state, and the ladies and gentlemen of the household of the Queen, the Prince, and the different members of the Royal Family ; all foreigners of distinction at present in town, several hundred members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and many distinguished officers. ITER MAJESTY'S RECEPTION AT THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—There was an immense audience on Thursday night to the fourth representation of Meyerbeer's Pro. phete. The first act was over, and the skating divertisse ment, which occupies a considerable portion of the second, was proceeding, when the performance was suddenly interrupted by a loud cry from two or three voices in the pit. of " The Queen, the Queen—God save the Queen !" All eyes were instantaneously turned to the Queen's box, at the front of which her Majesty appeared, alone, stand ing. An impulse that was unanimous seemed at once to influence every person in the theatre: The whole audi ence, Mr. Costa, and all the members of the band, rose simultaneously, as though in obedience to military rule, and one universal shout demanded the national anthem. The performance of the opera was stopped. and in the space of two or three seconds the entire company of the establishment appeared, as if by magic, on the stage. The band struck up the welcome strain ; the first and second verses were sung by Madame Castellan and Madame Viardot (who were both engaged in the opera) with tremendous applause, during which Grisi, who hap pened to be in the house, made her appearance, just in time to sing the third, amidst reiterated cheering. We never were present at a loyal manifestation more genuine than this. At first the great majority of the audience were in the dark about this unexpected an.l unusual mani festation ; but the news flew like lightning about the house, and at the end of the anthem those who had merely joined in the ack nowledgementof her Majesty's sud den appearance out of deference to what appeared an irre pressible feeling on the part of a number of individuals in the pit, entered heart and soul into the demonst ra ti on , which lasted until her Majesty, who had remained all the time standing, must have been fairly tired of saluting the audience. It was, indeed, a sight that must have moved every breast capable of a manly sentiment. A young gad slefelaCelese woman, a Royal lady, N7bollo tues even more than her illustrious rank entitle her to the love and veneration of every creature in this realm, had been attacked in the streets by a scoundrel or a madman, it matters net which; she had lust performed a duty of kindness to a sick relation, and it was while on the point of regaining her carriage that her person was placed in imminent danger. Yet in spite of this, scarcely three hours later, having previously notified her intention to attend the performance of last night, true to her appoint ment, she came, as though nothing had happened, the mark of the ruffian's violence plainly visible on her fore head. Whether her Majesty's appearance alone—for Prince Albert, the Prince of Prussia, and the ladies in attendance, came forward some minutes later—was acci dental or intended, the effect was equally touching and graceful. It spoke a world of confidence ; it clearly con veyed that whatever inexplicable madness might exist in the bosom of one unhappy wretch, her Majesty felt sure of the loyalty and affection of her subjects. Her Majesty met with a most enthusiastic reception from the crowd at Hyde Park Corner on Friday evening, on her return from a drive in the Park ; and as her Ma jesty proceeded down Constitution-hill, which was much thronged, all the people took off their hats, and remained uncovered until the Royal cortege bad passed. PRINCE ALBERT AS A SCOTTISH LAIRD.—The Scotch papers state that Prince Albert has rebuilt all the offices on his estate at Birkhall, and is putting the arable land on it into a high state of cultivation. New grounds have also been laid out both at Birkhall and Balmoral. It is hoped that the Prince will he present at the cattle show of the Royal Northern Agricultural Society in August, the arrangements for which are now far advanced ; and the prospects for which are highly encouraging. ATTACK UPON HER MAJESTY. The intelligence of the attack upon her Majesty, which it is our painful duty to lay before our readers to-day, will be received with a feeling of burning indignation in every portion of the world where an Englishman is to be found. The parti culars of the assault are briefly told. Her Majesty, ac companied by her children and Lady Jocelyn, called on Thursday upon the Duke of Cambridge, about six o'clock in the evening. About the same time, and while the car riage was within the gates of Cambridge-house, a man, respectably dressed, and to outward appearance a gentle man, was observed loitering about the entrance, and as though waiting for the departure of the Queen. No no tice was taken of so common a circumstance as that a gentleman should interrupt his walk for a few minutes in order to see the Queen drive past. A little after six the carriage drove cut, and just as it was passing into the road, and was proceeding at a slow rate to turn the cor ner, the man above mentioned, by name Robert Pate, sprang forward, and with a small stick struck a smart blow at the Queen's face. The blow took effect neon her Majesty's cheek, and crushed her bonnet over her fore head. The ruffian was instantly seized by the bystan ders : his stick was wrested from him, and he was con veyed to the station-house. The Queen proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and has received so little injury from this dastardly assault that she was able to appear at the Opera in the course of the evening. The ruffian who made the attack gave his name at the station-house as Robert Pate, of 27, Duke-street, St. James's. It appears by the army list that he was appointed to a cornetcy in the 10th Hussars on the sth of February, 1841, and be came a lieutenant in the same regiment on the 22d July, 1842. At the station-house he refused to give any ex planation of the motives which had induced him to make this dastardly attack. The prisoner was brought up for examination at the Home-office on Friday, in custody of a superintendent of police. He was dressed in a blue frock coat and light trousers. His face and forehead are indicative of intelli gence, but his eye is somewhat vacant. He is of slender make, and stoops slightly. He appeared to be quite col lected, and even indifferent. Altogether his appearance was prepossessing and gentlemanly. The investigation, according to all former precedents, was conducted in pri vate. Inspector Field, of the Detective Force, was in attendance, and had charge of several articles found at the lodgings of prisoner. There were present at the ex amination. Sir George Grey, the Attorney-General, Mr. Cornwall Lewis, Mr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Trea sury ; Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate of Bow-street Police office. The following witnesses were called : Colonel Grey, Equerry to Her Majesty; Robert Renwick, serjeant footman to the Queen; Silver, sergeant in the police ; and Mr. Cowling, bookseller, Northwhich-court, Fetter-lane ; who deposed to the facts attending the assault. At the close of their evidence, and upon the ap plication of the Attorney-General, the prisoner was re manded till Friday next, at twelve o'clock. The prisoner was then removed in custody. It is stated that the prisoner was a member of the army and Navy Club until the commencement of the present year, when he ceased to be a subscriber. It was stated to the reporters by one of the inspectors of the police, that he had for the last eiehteen months frequently observed the prisoner lounging in the West End neighbourhood, and had often remarked that he swung his right arm while walking. in a very peculiar manner, so as to describe nearly a semi -circle; but he always appeared to be cool and collected, and gave no appearance of insanity. It is said that he has been estranged from his family, and from his father particularly, for some time past. The unfortunate man's demeanour, during the whole of the examination, is said to have been respectful and gentle manly. He walked to the cab without a faltering step, under the care of a policeman, and was immediately con veyed to the House of Detention at Pentonville. His exit from the Home-office did not excite any manifesta tion of feeling on the part of the public, as but few per sons were aware that his examination was concluded, until he had been 'driven away. _ _ Mr. Pate, sen., father of the prisoner, arrived in town on Friday afternoon, and waited upon the authorities in reference to his son's painful position. This gentleman is highly respected in Cambridgeshire, for which county he filled the office of high sheriff only the year before last. The prisoner was educated at Norwich in a school kept by the Rev. Mr. Currie, one of the clerical dignitaries of that city. It appears that before entering the army he had made a voyage to Malta, and it is said that his health suffered very much from the heat of the climate. While in custody at the Vine-street station, the prisoner recog nised one of the inspectors, who is a member of a highly respectable family resident at Wisbeach. In the course of conversation the officer remarked, " I wish to heaven I had been at your right hand yesterday, and then this should not have happened." The prisoner replied empha tically, " I wish you had." He afterwards added to the same officer, "that he had felt very low for some time past." He made no allusion to the crime with which he stands charged, but appeared rather anxious to avoid the subject. The prisoner has lodged for some time over Messrs. Portman and Mason's premises, at the corner of Duke street and Piccadilly. The person who has charge of the house describes him to have been of a very absent turn of mind, and states that be would sit for hours at the window without reading or occupation of any kind. Her apart ments are very elegant, and the cap and sword belonging to him when in the Hussars are suspended on one of the walls. His wardrobe is described as being most extensive and valuable, and the manner in which he kept it extremely orderly. His habits were regular. It is stated that the prisoner was in difficulties about two and a half years ago, from which, however, the payment of his debts by his father relieved him. He has since more than once sought an increased allowance from his family. The prisoner is an only son. He has a mother and two sisters living. The defence to be set up will beinsanity. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. We regret to announce that an accident of a very serious nature occurred to Sir Robert Peel on Saturday evening, as he was prcceeding up Constitution-hill on horseback. Sir Robert left his residence in Whitehall-gardens shortly before five o'clock, attended by his groom, and, passing through the park, had arrived nearly opposite to the new entrance into Grosvenor-place, on Constitution-hill, when his horse suddenly shied at something that was passing, and, kicking up his heels, threw Sir Robert over its head, on his face, on the road. Although rendered insensible by the fall, Sir Robert for the moment retained his hold of the reins, and the horse, being thereby suddenly checked , fell heavily upon Sir Robert, the animal's knees striking him between the shoulders. There were several persons passing near the spot at the time, and among the rest Sir James Clarke, her Majesty's physician ; the Rev. Canon Wood, chaplain to her late Majesty the Queen Dowager; Com modore Eden, nephew to the Earl of Auckland • and the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, vicar of St. Martin's-in-tile- Fields, who, with Mrs. Mackenzie, was walking through the park. The first persons to raise Sir Robert from the ground were two gentlemen named Town and King, one residing in Chesham-place, and the other in St. Paul's Churchyard. The right hon. baronet was then completely insensible— his features were slightly abrased, and his face perfectly pallid, indeed, so much changed, that it was some moments before his identity was discovered. Sir James Clarke, on observing the accident, hastened forward to render all the assistance in his power ; and Commodore Eden, who was the first to recognise Sir Robert, galloped off to give the first information at the right hon. baronet's residence, and endeavour to lessen the shock to the family on receiving the intelligence. Another gentleman galloped off to St. George's Hospital, and returned immediately with one of the medical assistants and a cabriolet to remove Sir Robert. Mr. Mackenzie just previously observing an open carriage approaching, in which were two ladies, Mrs. Lucas, of Bryanston-square,and her daughter,hadexplained to them the serious nature of the accident, upon which Mrs. Lucas at once insisted upon alighting and placing her carriage at Mr. Mackenzie's disposal. Sir Robert had at this time shown symptoms of returning animation, and Sir James Clarke having expressed his opinion that his removal might be effected, was lifted into the carriage, and sup ported by the two g e n tl emen w h o had picked him up, .and _ attended by the medical officer from St. George's Hospital, was driven slowly home. On Sir Robert's arrival in Whitehall s immediately placed in bed and subjected toa medical 3. ex amination. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Mr. r D i Seymour, Jackson, the Caesar Hawkins, Mr. Hudson, and after a care family surgeon, were soon in attendance, and gardens, .he_ a " Whiteba ll- ga r dens, June 29, 7 p. with en " t f h r a a c t t tuhreeroe is the h n e o l i e n f t t e c r o n l a l a l ri ibb,jnoenale; "Sir Robert Peel has met a severe accident by falling of one shoulder, with a from his horse . There is severe injur y great ful exami na ti o n had been made the fo llowin g bulletin was issued Ther e reason to hope It is gratifying to be e bl head is uninjured. After Sir Robert had e " d to add, that Sir Robert's placed in Mrs. Lucas's car riage he partially recovered sensibility, hat upon his bead, He subsequently sank into kind of stupor, from w;:qcli there is too much reason to a fear be has not yet perfectly recovered. replace his and pte attempted to The agony of mind exhibited 137 /.gay Pell 4 1 4 en the July ?2e; swwwww=w=ww..Treereeewwww" informed Younger members of the family , being ._,A accident, may be more easily imagined than den_f':;, di to dine w , rb. Sir Robert and Lady Peel were engaged Earl and Countess of Jersey on Saturday evellint.tes. party was, of course, put off on the instant-olnu_rool trophe becoming known. The Viscountess vn7 l _, 00 all the members of the family (with the exceptiloamn.o. eldest son, Mr. Robert. Peel, who is in Bwi"er rt Pe rldv rived at Whitehall-gardens within a very oho and remained in attendance. I 0 1 0' Almost immediately after the accident His RoY i n urti o, ness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of ' s ot, arrived at Sir Robert's residence in Whit ehel ife 11 0 3 4 to make inquiries after the right hon. baronet. _ A e l s evening was, Highness Prince Georee called at scven o'clock, ui'irle, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sent to make i_n c ib e rs of Viscount Palmerston was one of the tirst Twelnnobert, the nobility who sent to ascertain the stat e ly 54: 1 ; obi e and to inquire after Lady Peel and the „,,1. Viscount received a written reply from Captain r,,`„01.1 The answer to inquiries up to slate hour on f-14"0 could be expected, and that he had bad -Twiebite• ` ca lled to i great number of the nobility d ge ntry an hall-gardens during the evening. facile% r The intelligence of the accident caused a oeep . op t 0 f InG Si ot r: ee s b t e e r r t a P l e s e o l has had to a n as i baOrb ing regret among all classes, and formed the a - of conve ' ' bull ed :l that Sir Robert was progressinges"l,ber, 6 rsation in every circle. n the to was issued, after a consultation, at which a.. - At 9 o'clock on Sunday morning the following 610, gentlemen in attendance were present :-- ru ' " re unfavourable symptoms. Sunday, 9 a.m.' , afte r tile inquir e ors . The Queen and Prince Albert sent to rightbaronet at an early hour on S i u nciBi pach ° the 7 ,414 ing. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge en' e of be hon. baronet. Rap ° . 00 At 1 o'clock on Sunday, after a second co os u le follow' g sli tt " Sirm bulletin was issued : erbaP s Robert Peel is quite as well as he was - P better. " Sunday, 1 p.m."gstarde On - Node terday haer The Duke of Wellington, who had calle d ke sii• evening,. paid a secupd visit on Sunday to libitib. taub h s o i p d e e d d, t b h u a t t, n o i n o: 1 : e quiries after Sir Robert. During the whole elnY Deb It is earn es tly gardens were crowded with the carriages 0 40 and gentry , _,calling to make inquiries. -;ai b w- At six enedrifftaeirnentthneia: but there IrB was - _ O 4. ~,;:symptoms under which Sir Robert rry pi ;; ;e ued, after a short consultation :•-•__Aabegrflecola cause arm t• Sunday, 6 p.m. , " ani t° il l able symptoms thew not increasing, a change for A take place on Tuesday—the bin°' third day. . ,410 0 . The latest • . intelligence respectine therigw' to rei will be found in our telegraphic report. : d e nt 06 .,A f fil We • believe we may stat that the anndtri- sit tbus :—Sir Robert Peel has for many years P:toluiteil favourite bay mare. This animal being O r t - sure... ( lll l " Robert was strongly advised to obtain a n.-,00;',,00, horse, and the animal from which he was 0"i. rnte ~,,,,ket. . 0 0. chased, at the recommendation of Mr. - 1 ? - ‘„ It 15 00 M.P., at Tattersall's, onl a few weeKs sle, c `', i r tal i young horse, as has been y but sigh - stated, old. --------.."'"-- se:01:104400 LAW INTELLIaO CP' AtiO t he is A Q.C. of the Irish bar about to Srastoo' arri a ge trw" of defendant in a breach o promise of fr Sir Launcelot Shadwell the Vice 00V Dublin. . chso not t the 0 has for some days been seriously indisposed'bellter l b° accounts represent him as being somewh at Ski r had been. r .14 On Wednesday, in the Court of Esche,l4 'fele ner recovered damages to the amount of li r igbfLrel• sustained by a collision of trains whenth e w , we South Coast Railway, in Ju1y,1847, '" A BrO.fe jb jill it g l ink. , thereon to London. In the House of Lords, last week. Ln r ' . " refevAel.,s he remembered a case wherein' Lord' succession to the three chief courts below4ool,lr, a particular document was. " The Court 0 1 One decided that it was a lease n fee • the Comn3,c.:t A sst it was a lease in tail • the Exchequer, th i !; c ol l o o f him, decided for himself that it wa ' s no for years ; whereupon' Lord Eldon, 4e l et let, 0 601 6 ATTORNEYS IN GOWNS.—Soon alt er Atidtrhigli the County Court, at Bradford, on loes"-tooll",01,,, of Leeds, came in, arrayed in a gown, alertll;, among the attorneys. His appeared bil a th cof some curiosity, and when the judge r oun d ":0" - b °1 1 were going to preach," a titter went ra.00,.„-sileift-• Mr. Harle'replied that be had assume d a lat ely t choice, but in compliance with the order 00,011 Mr. Sergeant Dowling He had unclog° best' de , be 11$ AO Sergeant Dowling's Co . urt he would ell Wi n se he appeared in a gown. The Judge : betber shall be happy to hear you at any time , or out of a gown. TuE SUBU RBAN THE h bu ehanded burglaries underel s s PRISONERS . —The es : u s a ptoolMicer. s hh h ae t d o r noa robbery t b h u e r r glarfoi ß ers u t evidence t o o sb M o ff e e r r b r y ' e . POLICE brought up on Sa i tlj t he b E t tb,`7, 1 erne In fi lt enable Il i s a l:n bl e e n two, and in those cases the evidenee,l " ; , ° et t ° el e '' on Bsohfneue / rR N or Gf three:,b E Aet i R . , :st L ni:cee l onic: G ):::: , e _ _,,,,,,,:::::.„:,,,,,,,,,, evo. , 5, „ n. „,,, , ,, 0„tie , a d sHat a ega r ile y yf . t ooanntThhh.ehoecuecorepaulla afterwards evidence is not suw e l - t is gad to P r° o, committal of the prisoners to trial , but,",, a ie o ogn i e ce , as rogues and vagabonds for three rtion coo ce r , as I said before, to be handed over to Ole o , the r , g bbo o / and the police here will give all the esli d i e t , then,'e i°„s, to the robberies which have taken Placef•the bore"t' hood of Liverpool. The conviction 0. , 0 the .. 5 if ~ p , mind, only applies to the offences witlisceetll°leb(7o my M duty r.eConflColteull a hoorg n emu l gomwßhs c ti toaua:mtstceebilmdditi:i'll : ctitl'itt!teleeri°s:;f:e:tib:chendlele.etiteViii:: I p fi I: o ti : :. flt l ighr o i; and they are therefore liable to further Pr i u rbo et y os e c y, Bence can be procured of the burglaries;`theOthe (I° oo p risoners, hr n twei‘ e o r fac s rroa , d. nssc w tßert h irhuv o tesaehid gn c t o o ten n oba d yi a cet e ted s:wedecial totnb t ti 1 ityb e eso lu rt;: t t, i hto o ve o o sor;0 : 0 oe s o ii 0 1 much indifference, were then remove" os teti o tc o c le occasioned by the discovery thatr the Ir s o is tge re . l be "sse escaped out of the Bridewell. The 0 11 ' 1, e t ` wee% be ' eluded their vigilance. It is suPP°se- al 0 " 5 ,1 s se caution to get off unobserved. being conveyed with a number of othel hebiu d l igab. The d et i ec e etiO s ' the rl ef' and afterwards to pass up the stairs , 0 " to e sesP - 03e 1 08 The the box of the lock of one of the doors,. • ri g if' , 0 )1 t o the crown to a d hiceo si' Prius Court, so that the man had onlY active o as d , , i i i t immediately despatched in various d . r, ive s 00 4 , o f though they fancied themselves several I_ l .ol t he i , e.s ct t lf scent, they did not succeed in m eeting .I' 4 in 7,0 1 10 packing up for a journey ; but, althouPwee °A s o f . ill seen her husband, she could not be inu tile hsu re ",,,,,e anything which would betray him into log for $ 0, man's wife was apprehended shedit -Jiscol police. It is thought Mutch wproeubladbrirtilfroe ote - sc re e s 0,1 : town, and that he would in all land. He is a remarkable looking un 4 .,", ' b ra e pret t Lpt°' ‘ O rate description of his appearance wilidoyherobstoool sively circulated, he will, no doubt , sPet. t on 1 5 05 s lis sr , It may aid the police to state, that t e u t ` bight ' j ot', ,e i years of age, rather better than overhangfe fleshb r is se cs i face and low forehead, which is u e bas • s e. e n having a slight tendency to curl. ...- sheeien, „ t j 1 1 ,0 each side of his neck extending to n e rp, ° 1 ;;,,,,e ` 4 lO over his left eyebrow. His features er,,i_ra ware 10,5)1, a peculiarly piercing eye. The man 0 , 1 ,`',4 o f 0 0 00 described is, perhaps, the cleverest tpt` he isgep. , ii si day ; and is, no doubt, the designer of e otn olt is o 'l exploits are well known in Scotland, ‘ie n r u e i,S6u;i,:ol l e r strument by which the burglaries wet B _,, he ,s ..s$ ''et' have been concerned in one r obbery i tet , tl 3 °: Do o r ried off. It will he remembered that w } :en ra51.,0„,,,00 were apprehended, Mutcb endeavoureoX.e rs i s i* Olt Y cape by jumping through the want 4 . 1 0 r, 115 ° riage ; and that he had been fined .ta ' to the police but a few days previously. q°,tl 6 0 ' , 01 YESTERDAY. te e of ' l'' 0 r ma le s / SMUGGLING.—Mr. James Field , r 4 s g led e ir a " gai,pd man, was fined 40s. for having brandy, and one-sixteenth of a ga!', ° . de fend .0 0 1 '', 0 0d. , duty ll _ „f 141P_ 10 1 . air that Captain Field was the oweneL'lyotesr'oo,l?#, had recently returned from the West oug ht Ad Pb where the spirits were purchased antedrrateti,ioo:looo, one mr. sqiumavvrtbaolfl, whisky, three pteharreeed-sifoxrteseo.tnZaofs'ecooistopolio:e4:4ootoa.: He contended that no fraud w __Mr. v Re,-, A observed that the captain must ben w . 7_ . ,,a the o ,efe, tehffiactiatthedey or b , atclhealbreeandeyh pinaittlh: abseac .,,_ : , hat voiti r . , lsb• '' ~00/,6100 fine.and J'aleart) 04, STEALING TooLs.—James Jones and M rop er ,- 0 committed to the Sessions for stealinog,, , the p , 1,11, , _ for receiving a quantity ofjoiner's t . 015e..„,,,10y n o • , r i t .' acting in violation of the law, and aping' Robert and William Ford. The bas ket s treet, ° c l be el et e , man named Win. Ainseough, in tpeoito°l,Po tO,teir; taken from a timber yard in Leeds: _,. 0 hit y , Of e „l e week, where it was left by Ainscougiat, Lily ,', l .e f ("Po ) ! ployed there at work. On Saturday.:l7:„t byro 0 the prisoners in a cellar in Oriel-streel the stolen articles were found there, also, ise9 , e ss v c oir HOUSE ROBBERY.—A girl who glen , n tes 0 " 00 , 0: Jones, was charged with having stolenr-spoour!ote•friclo; taming a quantity of tea, and a s l ° 0 00 4 o n pia similar articles stolen from different pr e em ber a siU mh i,l) l , house of Mr. Edwd. Heath, of St. Pl v oloch Oa, t V, caddy was taken from the librarY. „ ope o• _ ue r° rl' in Fontenoy-street, kept by morning, the window having been le,"_' at a brt;, o th• oe• day the girl offered the caddy for s ale at roe P ~ was detained and given into the eu" sr a p erson_ o dy of t 10 1 l • --- r• I ry ATTEMPTED PUBLIC.BOUSE 110".. o n od!oset'io 1, 1 past six o'clock on Sunday morning, * Scot' s ' ) ss 11° 04 r wood, who keeps a and immediately i"fterwur" P a t e t , She stands committed to the session_s_gas. /4 ; 1 '0 °11 ILI_ f a ce. e d, b s el l , was discovered the fellow ran off, n,u':2,,,. liver l',., 0 0 . 0 00, 1?. / bawedo,lcseawbytahrneouisgel: aangdiaisinsmdeeodiraatelii;e_nl,a., iliteie caned at the time. Upon a search nef i Ty of e Sd r u jip ing apparel and other portable Pru o P_!, o f 0 4 , p . 6 t,, value were found in disorder abou_tam"e'd pstri''arbeifo"tyr, In the course of the day a man " on su s P lci° e ri t ° l° 1 1 4 was apprehended in Dale-street, . 1, ~i , P ock ro , ri , 1, 0 knife belonging to one of Mr. the it. 01 ,0°,0 0 all7o°dS ' S eel' r 5 f al g identified party eo n c b e r y n e s d e v i e n r a t l h e w r i o t nbebseLysti 0,.. r _ it. is _..ti tpoii # house, and subsequently r unning t ,°,7:.betteq;',l o . e l t e additions are being made to thern_u_u`,.Thaerieri a t V' door way is consequently at P :0-:::',1 NI . ow night. • The primer Wax co ID ww pion& m Rushtont must u jurisdiction.tsi sot The e e o transferred enETi Jaiy $