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proretigngs in Varliament. I future negociations. The noble lord then proceeded to defend himself from the charge of having abandoned the conduct of public Affairs when these affairs had got into di'ff'iculty, re minding the house that during the famine in Ireland, that (luting the subsequent revolutionary mania pervading Europe, and that subsequently when threatened by revolution at home, be had not quitted his post, and why should he be frightened now by the aspect of affairs when the only difficulty they had to-contend with was the amount of money in the Exchequer? The noble lord next referred to all that had been done to fur ther the progress of free trade, a policy which he was resolved to support. But he was also still of opinion that the papal ag gression was an attack upon the independence of England; but if the bill should be proceeded with, he-would be prepared to examine and go over its provisions to see if the objections were I well founded, and to alter any which might interfere-with the discipline of the Roman Catholic Church. With respect to the extension of the suffrage, several consultations took place last autumn, and he prepared a bill; but looting at the circum stances of this year and the probable duration of the parlia ment, they came to the conclusion that it would not be well to bring forward such a measure in the present session. For his own part, be was satisfied upon the whole with the Reform Bill, but if others could be included, they would place the at tachment to the constitution upon a wider basis and so far add to its security. He did not think, however, that a House of Commons representing merely numbers could act in harmony with the Monarch, or an hereditary Ho-use of Peers, and an . .. ••••• HOUSE OF LORDS.--TUESDAY. MARRIAGE AFFINITY BILL. The Earl of ST. GERMAINS, pursuant to notice, moved the second reading of this bill. The noble earl observed that mar riage with the sister of a deceased wife was not forbidden by the Mosaic law; and even if it were, the Levitical decrees were not binding upon Christiar s, and therefore their lordships were tree to legislate upon the.subject. A contract of this kind was not unlawful, considered in a moral point of view, and he thou it was impolitic to it so by act of parliament: — TheArchesArchbishop of BURY CANTERBURY Opposed the bill, and argued that the same reasons which rendered it unlawful for a man to marry his brother's wife were applicable to the case under consideration.—The Bishop of EXETER, in a speech of great length, opposed the bill, as being in direct contradiction to the law of God.—The Bishop of ST. Davins, whilst confessing that be did not think that the marriages in question were forbidden by the Levitical commandment, considered that they were con trary to ecclesiastical law, and dangerous to morality.—The motion was also opposed upon similar grounds by Lords Campbell and Brougham, and the Bishops of Norwich, Lon -don, and Ossory, and was supported by Viscount Gage.—The Earl of ST. GERMAINS briefly replied, after which their lord ships divided. Contents, 16; non-contents, 50: majority, 34. The following is the division :--Non•contents : Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of York; Mar quises—Winchester, Breadalbane, Exeter; Earls—Erne, En niskillen, Granville, Hardwicke, Harewood, Moantcashel, Nelson, Powis, Romney, Selkirk, Somers, \Valdegrave, Win chil.ea ; Viscounts—Hereford, Strangford ; Bishops—London, Winchester, Ripon, Lincoln, Salisbury, Exeter, Rochester, Chicheste.• Oxford, Norwich, Hereford, St. David's, Peter borough, Ossory, Cork ; Barons—Bayning, Brayhrooke, Bla ney, Campbell, Cranworth, Crewe, Colchester, Dufferin, Dun zany, De Tabley, Fevershatn, Poltimore, Redesdale, Sondes. —Contents.: Earls— Bessborough, Cowper, Essex, Grey, Lanesborough, St. Germains ; Marquis—Clanricarde; count—Gage ; Barons—Auckland, Beaumont, Camoys, Over stone, Say and Sele, Wharncliffe, Wodehouse, Wrottesley.— Pairs.—Non-contents : Ihyke of Richmond, Earl Talbot, Viscount Beresford, Lord Tenterden, Viscount Hawarden, Lord \Villoughby D'Ereshy. Marquis Salisbury, Earl De la Warr, Earl of Beauchamp, Lord Kenyon, Earl Denbigh, Duke of Cambridge, Lord Stanley, Lord Monteagle, Earl Kinnoull, Lord Brougham.—Contents.: Earl Fitzhaidin ,, e Marquis of Established Church. During his political life be had had the advantage of associating with someof the greatest men of their day, with Earl Grey, Lord Althorp, Romilly, Sir James Mack intosh, &c., and said the example of such men should be his guide through the remainder of his career.—Mr. DISRAELI said, he had seen Lord Stanley before be entered the house on Monday, and the noble lord authorised him, should it be stated that he was not prepared to form an administration, to inti mate that such a statement was erroneous. He was 'sorry if his statement was uncourteous, for he certainly never intended that it should be so. He was not going to state what had since occurred, because he believed Lord Stanley was doing so in another place. and after his statement, tie was sure the noble lord would stand higher with the country than he did before.— Sir J. GRAHAM, being called upon by the house, rose, and said that on Saturday evening he had been sent for by her Ma jesty, who was desirous that all personal considerations should be sunk, and that he should unite with the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord John Russell in endeavouring to get over the diffi culties which prevented the formation of an administration. The three great points of the history of this country for the Normanbi, Earl Gosford, Earl Gleogall, Earl of Harrowby, Lord Vivian, Lord Elpliinstone, Earl of Suffolk, Lord Suffield. Earl of Sheffield, Lord Langdale, Viscount Torrington, Lord llnnfrfnrt_ F'nrl Gipnelir. Lord Stanley of Alderley, Viscount last 30 years which must be noticed try the historian, were the establishment of civil and religious liberty by the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and by the Catholic Relief , y. 2 -Their lordshi c p"s then adjourned till Fridaj, Bill ; and the carrying out of the principle of free trade_ With respect to all these he had the happiness of agreeing with the noble lord, and in attempting to 7e- construct a government no difficulty could occur with respect to free trade and the exten sion of the suffrage. But he could not agree with the noble lord that it was at all necessary to legislate upon the subject of Papal aggression—a legislation which must prove a dead letter, but which in Ireland would be viewed as persecution, and HOUSE OF LORDS.--FRIDAY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, after having referred to the circumstances under which he had moved the adjournment of the house on Monday last, said that on the evening of that day his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) had failed in his attempt to re-construct a government. The noble earl opposite (the Eari of Aberdeen) 117,ving also had a similar task connuea to nun, bad similarly failed. Lord Stanley Lad afterwards been en trusted with a similar mission ; but that noble lord had yes terday announced to her Majesty that he too had been unable to succeed - Under these circumstap- . The difficulty, therefiare. was insuper able; for the noble lord, who was willing to modify the bill, was yet resolved not to give it up; while the Earl of Aberdeen and himself were resolved not to assent to any legislation on the subject. As, however, the people of England had been roused and excited upon the subject, it almost became neces sary to do something, and yet nothing was so dangerous as to call for something to be done without knowing what that some thing ought to be. Still be felt that some legislation the people would have, and he could not advise her Majesty to select a Ca- /ertaking ber Majesty had determined on taking - further time to consuter what course she should pursue in so navel a conjuncture, and the fact was that she was at that moment in consultation upon the subject with an illustrious member of that house, (the Duke of Weltington,) whom she had before consulted on ques irymnrtant national character. That was the 510115 01 WU present state of the transaction, and the only consolation he had was, that all the difficulties which had arisen had been caused by honest differences of opinion among public men, and not by predilections or prejudices of a mere personal or party nature. (Hear, hear.)—The Earl of ABERDEEN then rose, and after having stated that he and his hon. friend (Sir Jas. Graham) had been consultel by Lord John Russell for the pur pose of reconstructing an administration, said they had found themselves unable to agree to the basis of a government laid down by that noble lord. lie need only then state that the great point of their disagreement was the new Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. They felt that they could not possibly give their support to a measure which, while it would necessarily be of a - - Id be wholly ineffectual for the ect. He believed that it would nst tl binet opposed to all legislation, l's, ae could not goon with such a Cabinet without a dissolution of parliament.— Mr. HUMS was of opinion that they must give way upon this question rather than involve Ireland in a state of agitation. The people of England would be astonished to find that this Papal aggression was the cause of the difficulty of forming a government. They imagined it was the budget, or the exten sion of the franchise, and not such a cause as that of re-estab lishing penal laws.—Sir R. I NGLI s hoped the discussion would he allowed to close, but he felt it necessary to warn the house that the people of England would not be satisfied unless some thing was done to put an end to Papal aggression.—Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL attributed the agitation on this subject to the selfish fears of the clergy of the Established Church.—Mr. B. ()six. RN E said the Papal Aggression Bill could not be carried into effect in Ireland, and he was glad to find by the explana tion of Sir James Graham that they had at least one man in the country capable of governing with honour, humanity, and satisfaction.—Mr. NEWDEGATE regretted exceedingly the persecuting character, attainment of its proposes be idle to attempt to legislate ag, scruy of any body of men; but, while lie entertained that opinion,h was as sensible as any man of the arrogant tone assumed by the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and by the new dinal whom he had sent to this country. The measure w kindle th rot and would t lout the country the flame of relig s be attended with fatal effects, speech of Sir James Graham, and said he would rather follow, even Lord John Russell, than the right lion, baronet, though on other matters than the Papal aggression he differed more from the noble lord than the right hon. baronet. He hoped f whkh he for one, wasnot willing to take upon himself the responsiuu►ty.— Lord STANLEY then rose and said, that in the interview with which he had been favoured by her Ilaiesty, for the pur pose of ascertaining whether or not he could form a new admi nistration, he had in the first place been informed that the grounds on which the late government had relinquished office were the grounds which had already been stated by the noble marquis opposite, namely, the two divisions which had taken rilnee last week in the other house. But he should frankly that that bill would be persevered in.—After some obseiva tions from Mr. Spooner and Mr. Wyid, Mr. P. Howard and Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. WAKLEY warned Lord John Russell that he never could win back the confidence of the people of England unless he pursued a very different course from that which he had hitherto done. After some further conversation, the second reading of the bill was postponed, and the house adjourned. confess that, for his part, he did not believe that that was the only, nor indeed the principal, cause of the resolution which they had taken. He could not help thinking that the difficul ties arising out of the question of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill hail been the main cause of their resignation of office. He believed that those difficulties had been further aggravated by --nsition which had been raised against their finan should candidly state that he strongly division on the motion for an alteration of d come most opportunely for the purpose of .out other embarrassments, which they felt . But whatever might have been the e:ermination of the government of Lord J. - _ FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. WEST INDIES, By the arrival of the Medway on Tuesday night, we learn that much excitement has been created in Kingston by the trial of Robert John Macpherson, a justice of the peace, and member of Assembly for the parish of St. An drew, for the alleged forgery of certain island notes which had found their way into circulation. After two hours' full deliberation the jury were unable to come to a ver dict, en I were discharged. Honduras papers bring scd news from Yucatan. The Spaniards, fighting among themselves, become an easy prey to the Indians, and the probability is that ere long the garrison will be extermi nated. A severe shock of an earthquake was felt in Chili on the 6th of December. Nothing equal to it had been experienced for fifteen years. It lasted 60 seconds. Many dwelling-houses were much injured, and the front of the Government Palace badly cracked. The volcano Portillo broke out into eruption on the day previous to this earth , quake. This volcano has been perfectly quiet since 1845. RUS E the Reform B extricating th to be insurmountable real cause of 11 Euisell t called ur . _ office, he (Lord Stanley) felt that when he was rm a new administration, his duty would be ly for 0 - ral body which had been ad hat distress :arnong the irnitted in her Majesty's Throne. He believed that that was a which he could not shrink without a compromise of Speech from t duty fro• honour. Having arrived at that conviction. he had next to look at the state of parties in the House of Commons. Among the opponents Le should expect to have to contend with in attempting to carry out that policy, he found that there - . were two leading parties. There were at present in the Bri. tish parliament the members of the government of Lord J r hnmediate followerW; there were next the members of the late Protectionist ya - rty, which, whatever .. , might he its ability and its influence in the country, contained , Letters from Malta announce the arrival of the yacht few or no persons conversant with the business of office; and thirdly there was that party which had followed the late Sir It. wninia, with the Earl of Ellesmere and family, en route Peel, and which, though not strong in numbers, reckoned from a cruise off the coast of Italy to England. among its members some of the most able and experienced Accounts from Switzerland state that Mazzini has taken public men in this country. Now he had certainly been up his residence at Lausanne, and is zealously engaged in anxious to obtain the support of some members of that circulating liberal documents throughout Italy. latter party for the purpose of strengthening any admi- The University of Berlin has recently established a nistration which he might form. But he had stated to her class of stenography, to which Dr. Michaelis, a reporter Majesty, that even if he were to fail in that co - operation he should still attempt to construct a government if the inte- of the second chamber, has been appointed professor. rests of the Crown and of the country should require of him Viscount Frederic de Gardenville, who was formerly to make the effort. That was what had passed on the first one of the mousquetaires of the household of Louis XV. occasion on which he had been honoured with the confidence of France, is stated to have lately died in Germany, near of her Majesty. On the occasion of his more recent interview Hamburg, at the age of 113 years. on Tuesday last he had been reminded by her Majesty of the pledge be had so given ; and he had accordingly been engaged The Turkish Sultan is said to have lately granted. as a since that day until yesterday in attempting to redeem it. Now special honour to the officers of his guards and of some he felt that one of his great difficulties would be the fitting ad- other corps, the right of wearing their moustaches at the ministration of foreign affairs. Under these circumstances full length, in the same manner as thejanissaries formerly he had applied to the noble earl who had filled the office of wore them foreign secretary under the government of Sir R. Peel, but the --: The anniversary of the last French revolution was cele- Viscount Canning lie had met with a similar refusal. He had, brated in Paris. Some of the Red Republicans had a however, succeeded in obtaining the assurance of the co-ope- dinner. General Cavaignac and his friends attended ration of another individual, whose services he believed would church ; the Government closed the public offices ; and a Nye been found of great public value. On the next day (Wed- few crowns were deposited at the Bastile. It was altoge nesday) Mr. Gladstone had arrived in London, but the right . ther a poor affair. hon : gentleman had refitted for various reasons to join an ad ministration of which be was to be the chief. He had thus The Rev. John J. M`Bridge was recently indicted, in been thrown back almost exclusively upon his own immediate North Carolina, for presenting a little slave girl with a party ; but he bad there met with great difficulties, in conse- copy of the Ten Commandments. He was found guilty, (pence of having received from three or four members of that and his sentence was, "to stand one hour in the stocks, party expressions of their inability or unwillingness to accept receive thirty lashes on the bare back, and be imprisoned the offices which he had been anxious to assign to them. The result was, that after having maturely considered with some of one year in the common rant," those gentlemen with whom he was connected the nature of PRINTING BY WATEB. - Powcit.—the printing press of their position, they had come to the determination that they a dail y paper in Boston, United States, is driven in a could not form an administration which would efficienity con- manner of which there is no example in any other city in .i ct the 1?115!ilesa of the country in the face of a powerful the Republic. Through a two-inch lead pipe, a stream ority ready at any moment to CO-operate for their defeat of Chochituate water is introduced into the meter, which and overthrow. And neither did they think that under the present circumstances it would be advisable that they should only occupies 24 square inches. The fall of water be -have recourse to a dissolution of parliament. He was parti. tween the Boston reservoir and this meter is about 100 ft. cularly anxious to allude to that circumstance, because a ru- This two-inch stream will discharge 80 gallons of water mour had been extensively circulated to the effect that her each minute, and in passing through the meter will give Majesty had refused to empower him to have recourse to a dis- a motive power equal to what is called three-horse power. solution. Now, there was not, he sho u ld o b se rve, the slightest ground for such a rumour. Her Majesty h a d no t f e tt e red him This is more than sufficient for driving the press. It is by any conditions upon that subject, and he felt assured that less hazardous than a steam-engine, requires no attend her Majesty would leave a complete discretion upon the point ante, and is always in readiness. to any minister whom she might honour with her confidence. THE CHOLERA IN THE WEST INDlES.—lntelligence But the result of their deliberations had been that at half-past has been received of the safe arrival in the West Indies of four o'clock the previous day he had felt it his duty to an nounce to her Majesty that he was compelled to relinquish the the medical gentlemen who have been sent out by the task of forming an administration ; and that was the position Colonial-office to afford what assistance circumstances in which the matter continued, as far as he was concerned. admit of against the pestilence which'has devastated seve- Before be sat down he should briefly express his views on the ral of the islands. A private letter from one of them leading points which at present agitated the country. In the gives the following account of the sanitary condition of first place, lie should say that, in his opinion, the income tax s. a rrs rbadoes .—" It is quite frightful to contemplate the ought not to be permitted to be imposed as a permanent tax. It had originally been proposed for a term of only three years ; sacrifice of life that must almost inevitably ensue in the and, he believed, that if, after the ninth year of its continuance, event of cholera coming among these islands—no water — parliament were to renew it without any security for its modi- no removal of refuse—no removal of ordure—few privies, lication or abolition, they would v irtually declare that it was fewer lined with mason work—pigsties—small wooden to be perpetual. He certainly felt anxious that any surplus in huts raised a few inches or a foot from the ground, the the exchequer should be devoted to its reduction or abolition ; fire- lace a few stones raised outside the cabin, the size of and he had intended to propose that one-third or one-half of it the Cabin . . should at once be taken away. Then there was the great ques- the cabin small, itself frequently divided into two rooms . , tion of an import duty on foreign articles of consumption. each occupied by a different family—surface draining Now, be believed that there existed the best and most conclu- most inefficient—scarcely any sewerage, and that a horrid sive reasons for imposing a moderate duty on those commo- nuisance—the cabin too close and overcrowded—no lime dities. The result would be that a considerable amount of re- washing—thegraveyards intramural, overcrowded. Whis venue would be raised from the foreigner; and, without unduly ken's-gardens, in Bethnal-green, with the exception of a raising prices in this country, relief would be afforded to that . interest mg us which it was universally admitted was at dry soil and a hot climate, give a good example of the .ced in circumstances of great difficulty and danger. cabins of the poorer classes, with the exception that there r hesitation in saying that the repeal of the Corn- they can get water by digging—here they must buy it, or 'pressed prices in this country more than the get it with great difficulty." authors of the change had ever contemplated. The noble lord CONDITION OF THE PAPAL STATES.—The superfices of then proceeded to allude to the question of Papal aggression, and condemned the measure as calculated to irritate the Ca. the Pontifical States is 41,162 kilogrammes, comprising tholes of Ireland without satisfying the Protestants of Eng- some of the most fertile lands in one of the finest climates land, whi'e it would produce no really useful result. For his under one of the sunniest skies in Europe. Yet such is own part he had no wish to fetter the religious liberty of any the exhausting and destructive influence of the Papal body of men, while he should, at the same time, be most sway that the . population in 1843 only amounted to anxious to suppress an imperium in imperio, and to prevent the 2,898,115 inhabitants, exclusive of 10,000 Jews. Rome— interference of any hierarchy with the temporal affairs of the once the mistress of the world—the capital of the Pope's kingdom. He believed that they at present possessed very im perfect information with respect to the nature of the relations territory, with a mild and delightful climate, and the most which prevailed between the Roman Catholics of this country, wonderful treasures of art and vertu, only contained in their bishops, and the Pope; and he should, therefore, suggest 1847, to speak in round numbers, 175,000 inhabitants— that before legislating on the subject, they . should institute an barely one-half the population of Dublin. Supposing inquiry into its various details. In his opinion it would he far the Pontifical States to have been possessed in fee by the better that they should delay their legislation upon the matter, even for a year or two, rather than legislate rashly and in- Emperor of Russia, by the Grand Turk, or even by so effectively.—After a short conversation, their lordships ad- cannot be the least doubt that the population would have journed. been three or four times what it is under a government HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. of friars and priests. Under an enlightened government On the motion for reading a second time the Ecclesiastical whether constitutional or despotical , we hesitate not to Titles Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL said that before renewing the . sa that the States of the Church are capable of affording postponement of the ord e r of the day, he must reply to the contradiction given on a p rev i ous even i ng t o his statement of subsistence,. and maintaining in perfect comfort, at least what up to that pe r i o d h a d occurred. That contra di c tion wall five times the present population. But under the blasting given by Mr. Disraeli in very positive terms, and certainly not dominion of the Papacy, men and animals — the noblest in a manner the most courteous. (Cheers.) It was his 'duty of God's creatures and the beasts of the field—alike to represent the general result of what had taken place, and he did accordingly say that L or d Stanley had informed her Ma- wither, droop, decay, and perish off the face of the earth. B O UQUET TRADE IN NEW YORK.—The following ex jesty that he was not then prer are d to form an administrat i on. The facts were these :—His Royal Highness Prince Albert had tract of a letter from a young acquaintance at New York in the afternoon sent him a letter, signifying that Lord Stanley may be interesting to some of our readers :—" New had intimated his inability to form a G overnment, and that the Queen had sent for Sir James Graham and the E ar l o f Aber York, Jan. 20, 1851. Last week I made up a bouquet deep, and was desirous of also seeing him (L or d John Russell). for the World's Fair. It was put into a metal l ic safe, This fully justified what he had stated—(che ers )—b ut lie would the lid screwed down, and the air extracted. I fear it now relate what really did occur, which was c ommun i cated to him by Lord Stanley, which he read to the hous e , an d l eft i t to before.will not answer, but the patentee says he has proved it I had to see it deposited, and then made affida bon. members to say, whether his statement was not fully vit that I made it, and saw it placed in the safe, then, borne out. (Cheers.) He had now to state that lie had been speci desired by her Majesty to reconstruct an administration, and, and there—so you will have a chance of seeing a in consequence, be had communications with the Earl of Aber. men of . our five dollar bouquets. It has fine white deep and Sir James Graham. lie could assure the house that in ' Camellias it ;of course it will be shown amongst the the difficulties of reconstructing an administration did not New York State division of the American department. spr i ng from personal considerations. The fact was that neither On New Year's morning we sent out above 200 dollars' ordered us the Earl of Aberdeen nor Sir James Graham soul(' agree to go worth of flowers, army - red in bouquets, baskets, and on with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Upon this he cohld not " s „ . six of principally give way altogether, and he again proceeded to herllajestytow b e y re yo a u t n w g o g rk en a tl l e l m n e ig n h , t. as T n h e e w sewere year's inform her of his ill-success. He could not proceed to give any narrati ve of what had occurred subsequen t to his reaigna. presents for their lady acquaintances, upon whom the y tion of hi s commission, call on that day. ission, further than to say , wha t the house It is laughable to see the driving, and already knew, that Lord Stanley was again sent for; but on running about, from house to house ; there being full last evening he once more resigned the commission with %chi h liberty to take and introduce any of their friends on tint he had been entrusted. lie was that morning sent for, and her occason, and it is generall y taken full advantage of by tempt to form an administration until she should have taken selves, and boast of the The aches, on their part, pride them the advice of the Duke of Wellington. He had, therefore, tonumb er of their visitors. This is ask th'e house once more to pause, iu order to give time for done by all ranks in New York." present p He had n laws had THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PRACTICAL EXORCISM. — About ten days ago all the population of Brunn, in the Austrian States, were thrown into commotion by the appearance of the Devil in pre persona", surrounded by gendarmes with drawn swords. His Satanic Majesty was, as he is always repre sented, perfectly black, with two enormous horns, goat's ears, a body covered with hair, horse's legs, and cloven feet ; but he seemed decidedly out of spirits, and it ap peared that he was undergoing the indignity of being conveyed to durance vile. The old men and women of the place fell on their knees, and prayed to all the saints to protect them against the terrible Prince of Darkness:; but the young men had the impiety to laugh and scoff at him. On inquiry the following facts were stated :—A few days before, as a peasant woman named Hint was lying in bed after having been delivered of a child, the devil suddenly leaped through a window, clanking a chain, and demanded that she should either give him the child to be carried to the regions below, or make over to him a sum of 100 florins in new silver, which he knew she had col lected. The poor woman, greatly terrified, at once pro duced the money, and the devil pocketed it ; after which he went away. The next day the woman told the parish priest of the visit she had received, and added that she had collected the 100 florins penny by penny to pay for religious services on her accouchement. " Did you tell any one that vou had the money ? " asked the priest. " Only the midwife," said she. " Well, tell the midwife that the devil was mistaken in supposing that you bad only 100 florins, for that you have 50 florins more; and say that you are glad he did not compel you to give them up. The devil will perhaps pay you another visit after that, but I will be there to exorcise him." The woman told the midwife what the priest had said. The next night the devil reappeared and demanded the 50 florins; but at the same moment the priest rushed forth, seized him by the neck, and charged him with being a thief. The devil, it turned out, was the husband of the midwife. He was fastened in a room, and the next morning was taken to prison.—Galignani. JEALOUSY AND CRIME.—A most extraordinary cir cumstance occurred at the theatre at Oran, in Algeria, on Sunday, tile 3d instant. During the performance of the second act of the " Vie de Cafe," the report of a fire-arm was heard in a box on the highest tier, and at the same moment frightful screams were uttered by a young woman who was seen to fall to the ground. The audience shouted " Murder, murder !" and frightful con fusion arose. Some persons hastened to the box, but they found the door fastened ; and, whilst they were at tempting to break it open, a man, wearing the uniform of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, put his leg over the front of the box as if to throw himself into the pit. He would have succeeded in the design if a soldier of the 11th regiment had not, at the risk of his life, clambered from the gal lery and seized him. The officer struggled violently, and succeeded in getting the greater portion of his person over the box, in doing which part of his clothes were torn from his back. At last the soldier only held him by the foot, and by a violent effort the unfortunate man broke from his grasp and fell heavily into the orchestra. The audience shrieked with dismay, and some persons hastened to remove the man to the stage. He had still a pistol in his hand, and he cried, " For the love of God, for pay's sake, do not take that pistol from me. I belong to an honourable family, and let me save it from dis honour." As he was not much injured he was ordered to the police-office, but, after proceeding some distance, he broke away from the gendarmes and got clear off. He attempted more than once to drown himself, but not succeeding went to the lodgings of a brother officer at Oran, wrote a long letter to his family, and shot himself through the heart. The young woman whom he at tempted to kill was only slightly wounded by the ball of the pistol ; but was a good deal injured by his having beaten her after she fell with the pummel •f his sword. Nevertheless her state excited no serious disquietude. She is an actress, had lately belonged to the theatre of Mostaganem, and bad been mistress of the officer, but had excited his furious jealousy by abandoning him for another. On the evening in question she had gone to the theatre with a female servant and a little child. The officer had gone up to her box, had sent away the servant and child, and, after reproaching her with her conduct, endeavoured to murder her in the manner described.— Galignani's Messenger. A QUEER STORY.—We read in the Gazette de Tribu naux ;—"A. few days ago some loud cries for help at tracted the attention of the public force to the apart ments of a Madame de C—, where they found two persons covered with blood, and struggling with each other, who were forthwith taken before the commissary of police. Here it came out that a few months ago Lord 11—, an Englishman, espied two ladies in a box at tile Gaits, where Paillasse was represented. One of the ladies was somewhat advanced in age, the other young and handsome, dressed with elegant simplicity, and ex tremely modest demeanour. Lord H—, suddenly feel ing a great interest for them, followed them after the play, discovered their address, and the next morning learnt from their porter's wife that the elderly lady was Madame de C—, widow of a colonel, and the young lady was the daughter Ernestine ; that their connexions were highly respectable, that they seldom went out, and enjoyed no other amusement than the play now and then. By rewarding the porter's wife for her trouble, Lord H— was subsequently informed very regularly of the day on which they were to go to the play, and always managed to be in their way or near their box. He soon found an opportunity of conversing with them, and was afterwards admitted to their house as a friend. He was soon told by the old lady that Ernestine had been educated at the Maison de St. Denis, and that, as her fortune was but small, she lived with her mother until she should obtain an inheritance, which would, at no distant period, give ' her the means of forming an alliance worthy of her birth. The Englishman, from that time, began to pay his court regularly to the young lady, and made both her and her mother several costly presents, which were accepted, though not without difficulty. After some time Lord ll—, having popped the question,' was accepted, and immediately made splendid preparations for his marriage. He had just ordered marriage presents for his bride to the amount of 25,000 f., when, desirous of having the opinion of Ernestine on certain silks, he called upon her sooner than usual, and was struck with astonishment on overhearing a conversation between the mother, the daughter, and a gentleman, from which it appeared that the latter and Ernestine had had familiar intercourse together, and that a child had been the fruit of it. The Englishman, linable to contain himself, rushed upon his rival, and commenced the furious contest which ended in the arrest of both." IRELAND. _.__ There is a bill in the House of Commons, containing 320 clauses, for the improvement of towns in Ireland. Of six insolvent debtors, discharged by Mr. Commis sioner Curran, in Dundalk, five were respectable farmers. The guardians at Kilrush have rejected the memorial to parliament against the removal of the Lord Lieutenancy from Ireland. - ssel rrived in On Tuesday no fewer than 18 foreign vessels arm,. Queenstown, all corn laden, mostly wheat and maize, Monday 11 vessels, all laden with foreign wheat ! The Rev. Edward Nangle was inducted into the living of Achill by the Rev. W. B. Stoney, on Thursday, vacant by the appointment of the Rev. C. H. Seymour to Tuam parish. The repeal rent for the week was £2 ids. The " star" of O'Conneliism is completely obscured. The vote on Mr. Disraeli's motion extinguished the last shred of po pularity which once attached to the family name. The well-known correspondent of the Times, " S. G. Osborne," writing on Irish emigration, says ;—" A young man, who only left the employ of a friend of my own, a most benevolent English settler in Connemara, last spring, has already sent through the said employer's hands £l6 for his aged parents. Several who left in the summer have sent £4 or £5 each. Two young men who left Ire land last September, and sailed to New Orleans, and thence five hundred miles up the Mississipi, have each already sent £4 for their relations at home. I have had a good deal to do with the emigration of English peasantry, and have seen a good deal of their correspondence with their friends and relations in this country ; but, although their letters are full of evidence of their great success and thriving condition, I have never yet found them sending money home to their relatives, either to assist them here or to aid them to come out. The instances I have quoted above of Irish good feeling might be multiplied to an ex tent I could hardly expect your readers to believe. There surely is good stuff in the character of these people, if it was turned by judgment to a good purpose." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NE WS. Mr. Sheriff Alison, the historian, was inaugurated Lord Rector of Glasgow University on Thursday last. Miss Dumbleton of Bath has presented £l,OOO to each of the following institutions :—the Pastoral-Aid Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Bath Sunday National Schools. On Tuesday evening, the Rev. Francis Close delivered a lecture at the Town-hall, Birmingham, on the impor tance of training colleges at the present crisis, and of their being scriptural in character. The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed his ap proval of the Colonial Church and School Society, and forwarded a donation of £25 towards its funds. The Bishop of Calcutta has likewise intimated his intention of contributing £2O to the society. It is understood that as soon as the Rev; W. J. E. Bennett has completed his arrangements for resigning the incumbency of St. Paul's and St. Barnabas', he will be elected bishop of the united dioceses of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld, and Dunblain, in the Episcopal Church of Scotland. The late Miss Jane Gook, by her will, directs the sum of £lB,OOO to be divided among the following religious societies, viz.—Operative Jewish Converts' Institution, £1000; Episcopal Jews Chapel Abrahamic Society, £2000; Trinitarian Bible Society, £2OOO ; Church Missionary Society, £5000; British and Foreign Bible Society, £5000.; Malta Protestant College, .£lOOO ; Edinburgh Bible Society, £1000; Irish Society of London, £lOOO. The residue of her personal property will be applied to the endowment of district churches or chapels in popu lous parishes. Miss Cook died intestate as to her real estates, and the heir-at-law is the Rev. Richard Bonner Maurice Bonner, residing near Oswestry. The personal property is sworn under £120,000. THE CHASE. The Clieshke Hounds will meet to-day at Bradfield Green, and on Thursday at Broconlamds, each clay at haff. past ten o'clock. Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds will meet to-morrow at Penley Hall, on Thursday at Chirk, and on SatmrdaE.at Hampton Bank, eaell day at half-past ten o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THE GREAT LIBEL CASE.—The trial of the action for libel, brought by Mr. Edward Wynne against the Marquis of Westmeath, which was brought to a termination in the Irish Court of Exchequer on Tuesday, lasted eight days. On the trial now brought to a close, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—£2oo damages, and 6d. costs. Four witnesses were produced to prove the plaintiff's case, twenty-seven to substantiate the defendant's plea of justi fication, and fourteen to prove the plaintiff's rebutting case. Two counsel were heard for the plaintiff, two for the defendant. Mr. M`Donagh, for the defendant, oc cupied the court and jury six hours. Mr. Whiteside, for the plaintiff, was engaged in speaking nearly seven hours. The chief baron occupied seven hours in charging the jury, viz., from half-past ten o'clock a.m., to half-past five o'clock p.m. The case has undergone three investigations, once before the House of Lords, and twice before special juries. The action was brought for an alleged libel in the Evening Mail, the publication of which had been brought home to the defendant. It charged the plaintiff with having compelled the relieving officer, despite his re monstrances, to place on the list a woman of bad cha racter, with whom he was cohabiting, and that upon the officer refusing to do so, and informing him that she had ground, and was not in need of relief, he persisted in bringing the case before the vice-guardians, who ordered her relief, and this was done upon three several occasions. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The Radicals of the county Cork have called on Dr. Power, M.P., to resign, for voting with the late ministers. Since Lord Liverpool, no premier except one has retained_office fades many as five years. . The lion. M. T. Baines has announced that he shall retire from the representation of Hull at the close of the present parliament. The government of the Hague is said to be disposed to bring forward a proposition for altering, or even totally abolishing, the import duty on coal. The Herald says that Lord Stanley intended to have made Sir E. Sugden Lord Chancellor and the Duke of Northumberland First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir George Tyler, a Protectionist, was returned for Glamorganshire, on Tuesday, without opposition, in the room of Earl Dunvaven, resigned. The downfall of the Russell ministry was received with the utmost possible delight in Limerick, Cashel, and throughout Tipperary. Lord John Russell was burned in effigy in the ancient city of the kings. _ . The heads of the Protectionist - party dined with the Earl and Countess of Glengall on Wednesday evening, at their mansion in Grosvenor-street. Lord and Lady Stanley, the Earl of Lonsdale, Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, and Viscount Canterbury, were among the guests. A large and influential meeting of the Protectionists of the county of Cambridge was held on Thursday, at which a series of resolutions, and petitions to parliament, com plaining of agricultural distress and asking for a revision of the import duties, were unanimously adopted. Mr. Yorke, M.P., and Lord John Manners, M.P., were two of the speakers. LORD STANLEY ON PROTECTION.—In the course of his speech on Friday night, Lord Stanley uttered the follow ing pregnant words ;—`' I still regard the policy of 1846 as an experiment, and if at the next general election the people of this country shall pronounce that experiment to be successful, then I shall for one be prepared to lay Lside all further thoughts of its modification." The Times tells us that the ministry just dead, or living as the cr.se may be, held office longer than any others except the Liverpool administration. But the Melbourne Ministry existed from April, 1835, to September, 1841. Lord John Russell's Government came into office in July, 1846, and lasted until February, 1851. So the Times declares to the world that four years and seven months is considerably longer than six years and five months. AN ACCIDENTAL PREMIER. — On Monday evening when the House of Commons was crowded to excess anticipatory of the ministerial explanation, Mr. Af °nekton Milnes entered the house, and apparently absorbed in thought, forced his way unconsciously to Lord John Russell's seat on the treasury benches which was still vacant, the noble lord not having arrived. Mr. Milnes did not observe the curious error he had made until aroused to a sense of it by the vociferous peals of laugh ter which greeted the odd coincidence. The following reductions have been made in the expenses of the Diplomatic Service, to take effect from the 6th of April next :—There are to be in future but two British ministers abroad with the rank of ambassador, namely, at Paris and Constantinople. The Paris embassy is re duced from £lO,OOO to £BOOO a year ; the Madrid mission is reduced from £6OOO a year, and £550 for house rent, to £5OOO a year, and £7OO house rent; the Vienna mis sion is reduced from £9OOO a year, and £9OO house rent, to £5OOO a year, and £9OO house rent ; the secretary of legation at Vienna to have £550 instead of £9OO, hitherto paid to the secretary of the embassy. _ TnE LATE GOVERNMENT.—In tlle House of Lords on Friday, Lord Stanley said that the resignation of the late government took place so suddenly that the noble marquis opposite (Lansdowne) was out of town not expecting it, and the noble earl near him (Lord Tinto) received the information in the city that he was no longer a cabinet minister—(a laugh)—showing that the noble earl was as little acquainted with the intentions of the cabinet as he was with those of the Pope, for it appeared the noble lord at the head of the government, when he wrote to her Majesty announcing his intention to resign, had not even consulted the noble earl, his relative, on the subject. (Laughter.) HUMILIATING CONFESSION.—In the course of Sir James Graham's speech on Friday evening, he boastfully avowed that "on the part of Sir Robert Peel's govern ment, he was the person who moved the endowment of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, a measure which, he was bound to say, in his humble belief, shook the foundation of Sir Robert Peel's government, but which, nevertheless, he believed to have been a portion of the debt of justice due to the people of Ireland, and which, whatever might have been its effects, was a mea sure he could never regret. (" Hear," from the Roman Catholic members.) Above all, he was the organ of Sir Robert Peel's government in conducting the Charitable Bequests Act through this house—an act, be it observed, which recognised the dignity of the Roman Catholic arch bishops and bishops and parochial clergy in Ireland." If this is not glorying in his shame we know not what can be. BRITISH PREMIERS.—The following is a list of British premiers during the last century Appointed Time in office Yrs. Days S 53 0 322 2 87 March 4, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—WEDNEsnAr. Try CHESHIBE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The half-yea a t general meeting of this company was held, on Friday, Monk's Ferry Hotel, Birkenhead. James Bancroft, Esll. l the chairman of the board, presided, and there was a very numerous attendance. Mr. Gibson, the secretary, corn' menced the business by reading a report from the auditors; which pointed out some items in the accounts as °Wee" tionable, especially the heavy expense of the joint-station at Chester. The half-yearly report was then read. This began by some details from the statement of accounts' which have already been published, and which showed se aggregate increase in the revenue of £6,147, or twenty' five per cent. upon the previous half-year. The increase arose mainly on the goods department. The report neat referred to the prospective traffic from the docks at Birken head. The new line from Chester to Lower Walton bad been opened on the 18th of December, but the arrange' ments for the goods traffic were not yet complete. The board proposed to pay a dividend upon the several classes of shares at the rate of £1 10s. per cent. per annum. The engineer's report showed that the works were in a satis factory condition.—The Chairman moved the adoption of the report. He congratulated the company upon its im proved condition. The capital account would soon be closed, and the company be out of debt. In regard to the rivalry between the London and North-western and the' Shrewsbury Companies, up to this time their own co W' pany had observed, as far as practicable, what had been properly termed a neutral policy. The board was nowt however, impressed with a conviction that they should not be led any longer by this understanding of neutrality ;• and the directors had unanimously agreed to su gg est to the meeting that a committee of shareholders should be formed to consult with the board as to the line of policy which should in future be adopted. Communications bad been made, and matters of great importance would have to be discussed shortly.—Mr. Hope, M.P., seconded the adoption of the report, which was agreed to.—A motion was then carried, declaring a dividend for the half year of 4s. 1;d. on the £27 10s., 2s. 101-d. on the £22, and 3s. I(4d. upon the £3l shares.—Mr. Titherington com plained, at great length, of attempts made by ihe London and North-western Company to abstract the traffic which ought to flow on the Cheshire Junction line to Manchester. He was afraid that the agreement with that company had sacrificed their independence. There was nothing open to them but to sell themselves to the London and North western.—The Chairman replied at length.—Mr. Knolr, of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, adduced ether instances of the abstraction of traffic. There was no doubt, he said, that the object of the proposed com mittee of consultation was to arrange the terms of sale to the London and North-western Company. The Chair man had not said, and would take care not to say, what was intended.—After considerable discussion it was agreed that the committee should be appointed, and that they should consider, besides the general policy of the corn rany, the agreement, or the traffic arrangement with the London and North-western ; but the appointment of the shareholders to constitute the committee was deferred till a special meeting, to be held on the 29th March. The CHAMPION FREE HANDICAP 'HURDLE RACES Of 5 VON'S each, with 50 added. The second to receive 20 soya oat of the stakes, and the winner to pay 7 soya towards expenses. Two miles. Mr. Tresham's Cogia, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b (Archer) ....... 1 Mr. -Gains's br c Seignor of Holde"ness, 4 yrs, 9st 81b 2 Mr. Cunningham's Little queen, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b 3 Mr. Brotherton's Valiant, aged, lOst 101 b, fell. Mr. Maxwell's Empress of Russia, 6 yrs, Ost 81b, fell. Mr. Cowell's Patrick, 5 yrs, 9st 61b. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Seignor of Holderness, 6to 2 agst Cogia, and 6 to 1 agst Patrick. Won by half a length—a length between second and third. The SPRING CUP HANDICAP Of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., with 100 added. The second to save his stake, and the winner to yay 7 soya towards expenses. Mile and three quarters. Mr. Hesseltine's Unity, 3 yrs, sst 91b (T. Dodd) Mr. Palmer's Doubt, 5 yrs, sst 71b 2 Captain Haworth's Baroness, 5 yrs, 7st 91b. Mr. T. Parr's Panope, 4 yrs, 7st 51b The GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE Of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., with 100 added. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards the expenses. Winners of a steeplechase after the declaration of the weights, 6lb eltra ;of two or more, 10lb extra. About 4 miles. 63 subs, 30 of whom declared, &c. Mr. Osborne's Abd-el-Kader, aged, lOst 41b (T. Abbot) 1 Mr. C. Higgins's Maria Day, aged, lOst slb (Frisby) 2 Lord Waterford's Sir John, aged, Ilst 121 b (Ryan) The following also started, but were not placed :—Vain Hope, Sir Peter Laurie, Peter Simple, the Victim, Fugitive, Rat-trap, Half-and-Half, Shinrone, Tipperary Boy, Mulligan, Fugleman, Currig, Hope, Volatile, b m by Grey-Steel, Reindeer, Maurice Daly, Penrith. Therace was excellent, and the prize well contested for. Hope led in the front, followed by Peter Simple, Sir John, Maria Day, and Tipperary Boy, and Abd-el-Kader being in the rear; but after the first two or three fields had been crossed, Sir John spewed pluck, and took the lead until he came to the brook, where Hope rushed past him, but breaking a stirrup leather, he was obliged to give in. The brook leap was taken in good style by all the horses clearing it beautifully. Tipperary Boy was the first over, followed close by Peter Simple and Sir John, Abd-el-Kader making a fair fourth. Volatile fell at this leap, and was pulled up. The contest now lay between Mulligan, Maria Day, Sir John (leading), and Tipperary Boy. At Bee cher's Brook Mulligan fell heavily and retired. Sir John, Ahd el-Kader, and Maria Day now took the lead, and the pace, for a time, was terrific. Sir John, however, soon gave in, and the contest lay between the two nations. It was now that the Irish Brigade had to look to the old favourite or nothing. The strug gle was fearful for the last hurdle. The mare crossed by half a length in advance, but the sturdy Abd-el-Kader and his good pilot were not daunted, for, collaring his opponent, he ran un til they were nose and nose on passing the lower corner of the grand stand, a whip, a leap, a bound, and lie was a head in ad vance; another, and he was half a neck past the winning post, amid the most excited and enthusiastic cheers of every indivi dual on the course. Abbott was warmly congratulated upon his skilful manage ment and superior riding. The race was run under 10 minutes. Abd-el-Kader won last year in 9in Us. Since the days of Lottery he is the only horse who has won the " Grand Liverpool" two years successively. The OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 sovs added. Mr. Hesseltine's b h Mistake (late Andalusian), 3 yrs, £5O. 1 Mr. Rider's b m Clara, aged, .t'3o Mr. Barton's b g Master Downes, aged, THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. An English clergyman, writing to the Morning Herald, states that in his cure the Romish priest has commenced the practice of signing as " Clergyman of the Parish." A great open-ai r mee ti ng o f t h e R oman C at h o li cs of Drogheda was held on Sunday week, for the purpose of petitioning parliament against the new " penal measures. In the address of the Irish Roman Catholic bishops to the people of Ireland, every signature but one is the pre late's simple name, as "- - Paul Cullen," " t D. Murray ;" the one exception is, of course, the signature, " t John, Archbishop of Tuam." PERVERSION OF SCRIPTURE.-The Romish Bishop of Elphin, Ireland, has just issued a " pastoral" to the " faithful," in which, after a long exhortation about ab staining from meat, he says :-" If incapable of fasting, we should endeavour to cancel our sins by a more abun dant charity to the poor; for "charity covereth a mul titude of sins." On Thursday a great united meeting, to manifest the agreement of Protestant christians in opposing the present pretensions of Rome, was held in Exeter-hall, Mr. Bevan in the chair. The Revs. H. Allon, W. B. Mackenzie, Dr. Stevne, W. Cadman, Dr. Leifchild, and T. R. Birks, took part in the proceedings. A large number of clerg and dissenting ministers were present, and a strong and unanimous feeling prevailed. Father Gavazzi again addressed, on Sunday last. 0 crowded and enthusiastic audience of his followers, who now count (says the Daily News) by thousands, and re minds us of one of the Huguenots excluded from France by the edict of Nantes. The subject of this, his eighth oration, was the social effect of monastic establishments. The Earl of Harrowby and Mr. H. Drummond, M.P., were among the auditors. PROTESTANT DEMONSTRATION. - TWO large meetingt were held last Friday at the Royal Subscription Rooms in Exeter, when petitions to both houses of parliament were adopted, praying for more efficient measures to resist the hostile aggressions of the Roman Pontiff. The greatest enthusiasm was manifested, and thanks were voted to the Rev. Canon Stowell for the able and animat ing addresses which he delivered on the occasion. It was supposed that from 1000 to 1200 were present at the evening meeting. MEETING OF THE ROMISH BISHOPS.-The Roman Catholic prelates re-assembled, on Wednesday, at Dublin, and finally adopted the addresses and petitions against Lord John Russell's Bill. Every act done. it is stated, was done without a dissentient voice, and each of the documents will appear bearing the signatures of fir' whole Irish hierarchy. Their " graces" and " lord ships,' are, however, doing their work cautiously, as tb ° address to the people of Ireland is not to meet the pubc gaze until the opinion of eminent counsel has been re sorted to for a " full explanation of the effects upon the Irish Catholic Church that were likely to be produced by the bill proposed by the late cabinet." This opinion, it seems, was before the prelates, but in some of its minor details was not quite prepared for publication, and it sva B deemed more advisable that the " opinion" should ac" company the address to the faithful. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A NuN.-A public meeting was held on Thursday evening, at Nottingham, pursuant to a requisition by a body of Freemasons of that borough. Dr. Clarke, chairman, stated that a female, confined in 0 nunnery adjoining the Roman Catholic Church of St' RAIL IVA I' AFFAIRS. Barnabas, Derby road, Nottingham, a few days since en * deAvoured to effect her escape, but was observed by 13 The Lords of the Admiralty have consented to the person who retails milk in that part of the town, and she construction, under certain conditions, of the Ulverston was again immured within the convent.-Brother Toni and Lancaster Railway. linson proposed that a summons should be applied for Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Company's report on the from the borough magistrates, tailing upon Dr. Mulligan , Eastern Counties capital account has taken about two or any other priest, to appear before the bench, and shed 1754, April 5 Duke of Newcastle.. years to get ready, and has cost the company about £lOOO- cause why females should be incarcerated within the con' 1762, May 29 Earl of Bute At the Bristol and Exeter. Railway meeting, on Thurs- vent after they had expressed a wish to be liberated.-Se' 1763, April 16 G. Grenville l2 day, the report was adopted, and the dividend confirmed conded by a gentleman named Jones, and carried nets. 1765, July 12 Marquis of Rockingham 1 1766 August 2 Duke of Grafton 3 - against a slight opposition in favour of making it £2 con.-It was stated during the discussion that between 1770, 0 January 23 Lord North 12 - in stead of £1 15s. thirt y and fort y females are now in that convent, eight r 1782, March 3 Marquis of Rockingham o - The Court of Queen's Bench has decided that railways ten only being Sisters of Mercy or noviciates, on probe -1782, July 13 Earl of Shelburne 0- 2, must be rated to the poor according to the earnings of tion for two years ere they take the black veil.-It woe 1783, April 5 Duke of Portland 0 -26 t the railway within the bounds of the parish, and not on finally moved by the chairman, that the meeting should 1783, December 27 William Pitt 17 - 80 the average mileage of the whole line. stand adjourned to Saturday evening, and in the mean' 1801, March 17 Lord Sidmouth 3 - 66 1804, May 12 William Pitt I - 246 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. - From the time a petition should be prepared for general signature: 1806, January 8 Lord Grenville - 64 report of the directors, it appears that the balance of re- ca lling upon her most gracious Majesty's ministers to add 1807, March 13 Duke of Portland b y THE Brother PAPAL NVy n s n i, ,AaTnEds STATES.-ROME, carried ß o m unanimously. E , FEB. Hilo, June 23 Spencer Percival 3 - 102 venue for the past half-year, applicable to dividend and a clause in the bill about to be brought before the Heal, I - 350 1812, June 8 Earl of Liverpool 14 - 307 interest, amounts to £235,785 Os. lid. It is recommended of Commons against the recent papal assumption e" 1827, April 11 George Canning 0 - 121 that a dividend, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, less power, to abolish all nunneries and monasteries now Ow 1827, August 10 Lord Goderich - 168 income tax, be declared, which, after providing for the isting in the united kingdom of Great Britain.-Seconde d btiale -1830, November 22 Earl Grey 3 - 231 lance of £13,6 1828, January 25 Duke of Wellington.... 2 - 301 amount to be se 7 t 6 as l i s d s e . f3odr.dteoprbeeciaetaiorrnisedwiflolrwleaarvde tao 1834, July 11 Lord Melbourne 0 - 128 next account, inclusive of the reserve ordered by the Master speech was received here express by the French Ambassa -1834, November 16 Duke of Wellington 0 - 22 of the Rolls in his recent judgment in the case of the dor on the 11th, and published next day in the official 1834, December 8 Sir Robert Peel 0 - 131 fifths' proprietors. Gazelle. The debate on the address arrived in regular 1835, April 19 Lord Melbourne 6 - 138 THE MIDLAND RAILWAY MEETING AND THE Extui- course yesterday ; but, though the public appetite is 1841, September 3 Sir Robert Peel 4 -9 7 somewhat satisfied, the greatest anxiety prevails for the 1845, December 20 Sir Robert Peel dl , ' 0- HS proposed to have thirty-hve new engines an 1,0 carriages receipt of the bill, which our Ministers were to introduc e and wagons, for which £lOO,OOO has been granted, one -1845, December 10 Lord John Russell 0 - 19 DITION OF 1851.--I . t appears that at . the meeting it was 1846, June 26 Lord John Russell on the Friday following the opening of the session. Th. A MEEK QUAKER.-On Wednesday, the 'Manchester half of it to be chalked up to capital, and the o th er h a lf i mpress i on ma de by the paragraph in the Royal discours e 14.-The Queen's Guardian charged Mr. John Bright with canvassing the spread equally over the revenue of four half years. The was not favourable to the vigour of our government, and Irish members to vote for Mr. D'lsraeli's motion, (whilst chairman observed, that "if he had had the carr yi ng ou t publictagiailenddtah e vagueness witha g l ltunheievnersally exclaimed, "Is that all ?" Thy he himself voted against it), in order to harass and per- of the plan individually, he w ou ld a t once h ave said, id ea was fortified by the appearance in Galignani of re' plex the government. To this charge Mr. Bright gives ' take it all out of the revenue;' but th e board, after solutions which it announced, on the authority of the an unqualified denial, and having done so proceeds to mature deliberation, had come to the unanim o us decision Spectator, as the Ministerial measure to be submitted th lecture the poor editor of the Guardian in the following to recommend that one-half be pl ace d t o capit a l and the Parliament, and the mildness of her Majesty's language , meek and unquakerlike style :-" So long as you confined other to revenue." c e o ss ov o i f e t io h n e rthesaotluQtoioene,oi Victoria nspired t w h o e s P e r i o th l r ' yourself to insinuations and to calumnies that were not LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.-The half specific, I abstained from noticing your attacks upon me ; yearly m e e ting of this company was held on Friday, Mr. favourably disP Obed to the Roman Catholic Church, o r but now, when your malice has got the upper hand of William Earle in the chair. The attendance was numer - that she dreaded a contest with the Pope of Rome' your prudence, I consider it desirable if not indeed neces- ous, Tile accounts sho w ed a balance to the credit of Letters which had been previously received from leading sary, to notice what you say. You have been in London revenue of £1,198 6s. 10d., from which the directors Catholics in London, announced that the measure to 139 during the present week, and I have no doubt that your recommended the payment of a dividend, at the rate of proposed was intended only to satisfy' the clamour fo" own hand wrote the letter in which these slanders are two per cent, for the past half year, leaving a balance to mented by Protestant bishops and clergymen, and that ' contained. You have doubtless listened to every bit of be carried forward of £B3B. On the motion of the chair- would be in form and substance as mild and unmeaning the endless gossip that has been circulating here for some man, seconded by Mr. T. B. Barclay. the report was as possible ;so that when the speech arrived, and the days past, and the malicious stories of some hack of the I unanimously adopted. In reply to Mr. Forwood, the series of resolutions published, every one said the English government you have treasured up as valuable for the Chairman stated that the period of closing the capital ac- government was paralyzed, and the Pope, as usual, tr, i ; purpose that seems ever nearest your heart. There may count depended upo n the q uestion as to whether they umphent. The decided language of Lord John Russell, be individuals in the constituency of Manchester to whose would have to make a double line the whole of the way to a s reported in the Times, has altered this opinion to • vitiated taste your incessant calumnies may come as their I Southport. It would cost about £5,000 to alter the pre- certain extent ; but until the bill itself be before 01 natural food. I envy neither them nor you. I claim to sent station. Mr. ?Hansel, the secretary, in explanation, nothing worth serious notice can be said. represent that great portion of the electors of Manchester said that it was expected that the increase of traffic during AN EPISCOPAL REPROOF.-The laymen of Old Down, who can appreciate an honest and a manly course, and the summer would be such that they wou ld b e com pelled in the diocese of Bath and Wells, recently sent an address; who will judge me by principles which you cannot coin- to have a double line, in or de r t o afford the necessary to their bishop, worded iq the most respectful and tem; prehend. and with a fairness and a generosity to which, facility and accommodation to the passengers. - (Hear, p erate language, against the Papal Aggression, and again" unhappily for yourself, you are evidently, by constitution hear.) The retiring directors, Messrs. W. Bundell, W. Tractarian innovations. To this his lordship deemed it as by habit, a total stranger. I am, &c., JOHN BRIGHT." Earle, and T. S. Gladstone, were unanimously re-elected. becoming to reply as follows :-My dear Sir,-I have the Reform Club, Feb. 27, 1851. -Mr. Hargreaves and Mr. Greenough of Southport, were honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of Feb,' LORD JOHN OF THE WHITE FEATHER.-We never appointed directors to fill up the vacancies. 24, accompanied by an address to myself from an assoa' believed-our read ers will bear us witness-that Lord EASTERN C ouNTiE sR A /GwAy._Thelialf_yearly Meet- ation of persons calling themselves "The Lay Member s John Russell was i n earnes t i n hi s d oug hty defiance of the ing was held on Thursday , in London . Mr. Joseph Glyn of the Old Down Local Committee for the Defence o f the exceedingly Protestant Faith," of which you state yourself to be th e to theg chairman-a document w hi c h it would be as improper TO P w a b p o a t l w b o u p ll o . in t e I d I e o o d t o e a s t o n n o c t e n t o b w at bill: threw himself hisout o bill avow,to V i s n t o t r h m e the English publi c as a t u b the w h a l e , b u t th a t he had original motion for the a d op tion of the report, that the m e t o rece i ve as i t was f or t h e assoc i a ti on t o i ssue . yc.hair. Mr. T N h e o p r r r i o s e e m e d o i I n e g d s , w a e s r e a l n o n a g m a e n o d d m e x e c o e t_ e d to i n not the rem o t es t i n t en ti on o f ac tin g up to it. " Look- meeting adjourn to the 18th of March next. The Chair- yourself I feel it must be needless to point out the grea t ing," his lordship is reported to have told the house last man said the motion for adjournment h was affected avery impor- impropriety which attaches to any self-constituted hod/ night, "to the past proceedings in the Irish Courts of tent one ; and lie considered it so fi muc! . the posi- of persons addressing themselves in a tone of dictatio n Law, there are some of it s c l auses w hi c h oug ht no t t o be tion of the executive an d the Pr e cl pr iti of the towards one to whom the government of the church in pressed to the fullest extent. IT WAS NOT OUR INTEN- company, that he must state-and did o without ,any this diocese has been lawfully committed. And I canno t TION TO INTERFERE WITH ANYTHING WHICH BELONGS intention of giving offence, without any feeling of pique, but think it would be w ell if you were to place before SRO: TO THE REGULAR ORDER OF ROMAN CATHOLIC WOK- without indending it in the remotest degree as a threat- association, at any future meeting, that it is not consisten t slur." But Lord John Russell is not content with that lie should, if it were carried, resign his seat.-Mr. with their duty, as members of the Church of England, to' declaring th a t hi s intenti on was , not to enforce the bill Waddington suggested that the mover of the adjournment be parties to any such address to their bishops." WW I beyond what might h e th oug ht cons istent with the main- should embody in his amendment an in timation to the a bishop can wr ite such a reply as this t o a p r otestan t tenance of " re li g i ous lib er t y ." Ir e h a s felt the rod, and effect, that the committee °' shareholders to requested to remons t ra nce, we may well have mi n i s t er i a l difficultie s like a good boy, he promises to behave better for the consider the policy of entering on any working agreement and excitement through the country. The Archbishor future. "If th a t hill wer e proceeded with, I should be that might be made with the,Newmarket and Chesterford of Canterbury has recently made a very different reply to ready to make a ll suc h a lterations as should prevent any and East A n g lian lines of railwa y , and if so considered a lay address from Bath, presented to hi s grace by Lor" of the interference which seems to be dreaded. TVhen I I advisable, to report thereon to the meeting to he held on Ashley. The archbishop says,-" I lament, togethe r ' see a man of su c h m oderation as Archbishop Murray asse n ted to this, and on it with the subscribers, that any ground for this expectatio the 18th March. Mr. Norris n objecting to the provisions of that bill, I WILL SAY THAT being p ut to the meetin g the chairman declared it to be shoul d have been furnished : th at doctrines should 110.8 lAM QUITE READY TO EXAMINE AND GO INTO THE PRO- iost. A poll was demanded, but afterwards withdrawn. been preached in any of our churches closely approXl: VISIONS OF THAT BILL, AND SEE WHETHER THE OBJECT It was then p ro p osed that the me eting should be adjourned ma tin g to those of Rome, and t hat the simplicity which '° Twigs WHICH HAVE BEEN STATED REALLY DO EXIST " till the 18th of March, and a poll was taken u p on it. the becoming characteristic of public worship should hay,' Indeed, Lord Joh n Russell is w illing t o examine his bill, I GIVING ONE ' S LIFE FOR A CAP.-O n the 11th instant, been exchanged in many instances for that which i f with a view to find whether it is "really" objectionable a y oun g man named Bro mfield , employed as a porter on unnatural a nd artificial, and which is , in fact , a part Ot to the Papists; and if it is, w then, seeing that his lord- the Altrincham Railwa y , while riding in a sec ond-class that erroneous system which cur forefathers renounced o', ship cannot get on in Parliament without Popish votes, carriage,, hetween the Oxford-road and Knott Mill sta - the Reformation. The power which the ecclesiastics the Protestants of th e u n it e d Kingdom may solace them - tons , on his way home to Timpariey, put his head out of laws confer of restraining these innovations is very limited selves with the bi g wor d s of Lord John's letter to the the carr ia ge ; his Ei w r cap blew off ; he opened the door and and might , perhaps, be advantageously enlarged. A Bishop of Durham, which still remains as an imperishable j um p ed out ; in so d oing he fell , and was ridden over, time will prove whether it ma y be needful to seek al record of the most consummate official sham ever perpe . both his le gs became broken, and he received a fracture fresh enactments, or whether the strong expression trated. It needs not such paltering as this to encourage of the skull. Under these injuries he laboured till the public opinion which has been manifested may not super' the Papists to further acts of inaolence.--,-10n, livii. 26th instant, when. he died. tede the ne malty of additional legislation." . WATERLOO COURSING MEETING, This great event came off on Tuesday and Thursday last. over Altcar, near Liverpool. Stewards : Sir St. George Gore, Bart., Mr. A. Graham, and Mr. Jebb. Mr. Nightingale, Judga. The proceedings possessed all and more than their former attractions. The following is a return. WATERLOO CUP Mr. Geddes's Forlorn Hope beat Mr. G. Gregson's Dalton ; Mr. A. Graham's Resignation beat Mr. Carr's Capacity; Mr. Edleston's Wee-wee beat Mr. Webb's War Eagle; Mr. W. Sharp's Hughie Graham beat Sir St. G. Gore's Trotzig ; Mr. Cruso's Columbus beat Mr. W. G. Borrow's t inisher ; Mr. G. Holme's Mocking Bird beat Mr. J. Wilson's the Nipper; Mr. Bretherton's Mot beat Mr. Marshall's Grecian; Mr. Ridgway's Symbol beat Mr. J. Brown's Break of Day ; Mr. T. Hack worth's Wat Tinlin beat Mr. J. Robinson's Whi-cord ; Mr. J. Blakend's Meinim beat Mr. Deakin's Danceaway •' Lord Sefton's Staymaker beat Mr. Ellis's Bonnet Blue ; Mr. Smith's Japhet beat Mr. Barnett's Be True ; Sir J. Boswell's Puzzle'm beat Mr. Slater's Saxon ; Mr. W. Wilson's Jamie Forest beat Mr. N. Slater's Saxon; Mr. Scott's Voltigeur beat Mr. Sim sl,n's Cairn Corse; Mr. Jebb's Uncertainty beat Mr. E. Tay lor's Lucy Neale. _ _ _ _ _ First Ties.—Forlorn Hope beat Resignation • Hughie Gra ham beat Fee-wee; Mot beat Uncertainty; Resignation; beat Memini ; Voltigeur beat Jamie Forest ; Mocking Bird beat Columbus ; Wat Tinlin beat Symbol ; Japhel beat Puzzle'em. Second Ties.—Hughie Graham beat Forlorn Hope ; Mocking Bird beat Mot; Staymaker beat Wat Tinlin; Japhet beat Voltigeur. Third Ties.—Hughie Graham beat Mocking Birk; Stay maker beating Japhet. Deciding Course.—Hughie Graham beat Staymaker. Value of the stakes ZBOO, out of which Mi. Sharp receives A LTCAR STAKES Mr. Grep;Fon's *Dalton beat Sir St. George Gore's Trotzig ; Mr. Borron's Finisher beat Mr. Wilson's The Nipper; Mr. Marshall's Grecian beat Mr. Taylor's Lucy Neal; Mr. Robin son's Whipcord beat Mr. Brown's Break of Day; Mr. Ellis's Bonnet Blue beat Mr. Deakin's Danceaway ; Mr. Slater's Saxon beat Mr. Barnetts's Be True; Mr. Cook's Cherito beat Mr. Simson's Cairncorse. _ _ _ First Ties.—Grecian beat Finisher; Whipcord beat Bonnet Blue • Cerito beat Saxon. Deciding Course ,—Dalton beat Cherito WATERLOO PURSE. Mr. Jebb's Wicked Eye beat Mr. W. G. Borrow's Blazilla ; Mr. Marshall's Glenalvon beat Mr. Jebb's Clent ; Mr. A. Gra ham's Writ of Error beat Mr. Deai'in's Director; Mr. Bar nett's Backward beat Mr. Wilson's Willie Forest; Sir. St. George Gore's Triste beat Mr. Cook's Chorus; Mr. Ridgway's Clydesdale beat Mr. G. Holme's Moneytaker ; Sir J. Boswell's The Nailer beat Mr. J. Robinson's Merrylegs; Mr. G. Greg son's Neville beat Mr. N. Slater nd Consideration. . _ First Ties.—Wicked-eye beat Glenalvon ; _Backward beat Writ of Error ; Clydesdale beat Triste ; Neville beat The Nailer. -•-- - Second Ties.—Wicked-eye beat Backward; Neville beat Clydesdale. betiding Course.—Wicked-eye beat Neville, *ln this case there was manifested a great want of CAPACITY. We are told that two keepers were especially retained to keep Mr. Carr's Capacity, who was to have run with Dalton. The tenderest care was taken of the petted brute. The place of his locale was Crosby. The cart for conveying the wINNER to the scene of contest had been well littered for his reception, and taken with the greatest care to Altcar. The miseries of humanity ! On the dogs being called for, it was found that the keepers, in their anxiety, each supposing that the other had placed the dog in the cart, both had forgotten to do so— the cart was there but not the dog; "he was far, far away." This caused a laugh to those not immediately interested ; and in order to make an even run, War Eagle, who was to have contended with Trotzig, was withdrawn.