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Vrortettino in parliament. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA JSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY TUESDAY LAST.) new II graph, vid Halifax, -s upwards of 15),000 dollars in sr y for r , to the 12th instant bri t.,„ The IT her mai: !ie on frei mail steam-ship Ar ached New York on -ship Cherokee an iv, had a: By the Royal mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Harri son, which arrived in the Mersey shortly before 8 o'clock, The Cnnada ;ht. ived out L rite 11th instant. •ed at New Orleans on the Earl G RA exceptional motion, and had d owners that the re; reversed.—After s and COLCHESTER. NODS diarged. Tt Szrutt, who h the matter of that and they were after of the fees.—The through c other r the tax not take effec the consu farmer, h CA M PB EL —Mr. Am the impos deal of di! y at New erce hay etl)er is of the Privy made E retary of 'War 3ureau, glon Republic Lie arrangements by s to the West India T.e to any British CELLOTI dress to her M of State for For that rivalry of warlike prepa hitherto been mote, if pos PALME.._ —..y ,ceiings opposed to the fundamental of rile motion, he yet felt it necessary to oppose it. Giving every credit to 1 1 .1 r. Cobden as to the soundness of his views, anl the justness of the principles he •wocated, he was nevertheless of opinion that the world had -ivilised as that one country might rely , nother with implicit confidence.— 'ON said t come so fa forbearano Mr. COBDEN withdrew his motion in the hope that Lord Pal merston would act up to the liberal sentiments he had expressed. Lord PALMERSTO7•7 said he concurred in the principle and object of the motion, but he objected to the particular method of carrying out that object. HOUSE OF COMMONS -WEDNESDAY. Sir R. INGLIS, in moving a new writ for the city of Bath, in the room of Lord Ashley, now gone to the House of Peers, en tered into a warm enlogium cn the character and conduct of the noble lord. He said, the faithful memory of this house, and the gratitude of the country will long record them. During the last fifteen years of Lord Ashley's parliamentary life lie has been emphatically the friend of the friendless. Every form of human suffering he has, in his place in this house, and espe 'daily every suffering connected with labour, sought to lighten, and in every way to ameliorate the moral, social, and religious condition of our fellow subjects ; and out of this house his ex ertions have been such, as at first sight might have seemed incompatible with his dut es here. But be found time for all ; and when absent from his place on these benches, he was en joying no luxuriant ease, but was seated in the chair of a ragged school meeting, of a Scripture Readers' Association, or of a Young Man's Christian Association. I will add no more than that the life of Lord Ashley, in and out of this house, has been consecrated in the memorable inscription of the great Haller— and Sir CEO. ich the writ was to on tie motion for going into committee on the Sunday Trading Bill was resumed by Mr. W. WILLIAMS, who complained of the apparent inten tion of some hon. members to defeat the bill by procrastina tion. Mr. Rounucx canvassed the provisions of the bill with the view of showing that it was altogether worth no more than " Chrian in pn GREY coneurre ordered to be is atsperib, ed in t much waste paper. Mr. SPOONER was friendly to the prin ciple of the bill, but lie hoped it would be withdrawn, because it was in many respects liii.7lllv objectionable. After observa tions from several members, the bill was lost by a majority of HOUSE OF COMMONS THURSDAY The House went into commiti. ?moval Bill, Considerable oni Smithfiek! Nfarket the clan the who s made to nearly all ors; hut eventually —ln an said it er to a que as not int I the hill was ordered to be reported, 'roan Lord Naas, Mr. I•AROITC!!RRE to introduce any bill during the ver of supervision over the ways.—Mr. liEvwooo then :iat the House should resolve lie religious tests imposed as to privileges in the universi• moved a res, itself into cc qualifications ties of Oxford the motion.— Mr. EWA RT seconded .—Lord J. ItussELL fforded by would 11:iCe t sion into their ar: rangemenl port of a s sneaking in sup t the moved Ise be counted. 'Only thi House stood adjourned. HOUSE OF ( on the Ec, Assumniionf eyed the in Tend clause to following' words at the 1 always, that nothing in this act contained a' !I-to restrict tt the United K trued t) interfere with or in Action of the Roman Catholic n in matters of a spiritual na am, opposed the amendment, ily discussed in another shape, 'ter a short discussion, the com e-divided, and the numbers were, for the amendment, 43 ; ' —The committee next divided agreed to, stand part of e clause, 150; against it, en added to the 011 owing amendment at which he 0; majori !stinn that upon the q the bill, an the wards in the third 11:plac .n(I to insert office in such !culated to neutralise the The committee divided, Int to notice, moved a clause to Ireland.—The SOLIMOR the ground that it would he f the bill, which was to uphold sited Kingdom, and he could bill could be based which was sd and Ireland.—After some members took tart, Lord J. bill was to proceed at all, well as England; for It the of th 4allowed to med the noble :ions of the Cat qtic! he could uc ie invaded in lord with the holic Defence ,t condescend contemptible nn this , r the w Crawfo mr. CA NI P- The commit , GO; against Sir R. INGLIs then moved the follow y a very long preamble:—"'that, not vhich app€ ars to the contrary in a cer of and shall not be want of the crown in the United r or subordinate officer in any of respect of any to lin thori GRE' whol to any red in tha ' t - n - othing herein nk or titles in respect of any dependency ceded by .ty there shall have been dice of the Church of Rome mplained of the preamble as s the present ministers of the uld lead to endless conr..-• of rant A WIFE FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.— The King of the Belgians, who landed at Woolwich on Wednesday from Ostend, was accompanied by his children, the Duke de Brabant, the Count de Flandres. and the Princess Charlotte. The:Papists hope to see this little Popish lady become, in time, the wife of the Prince of Wales. We may be, moreover, certain that, where such people enter tain hopes, intrigues also abound, inntion at Boston of Mr. ld an accusoti, 1 Talcott of court-r T the Ist of J wts in the Gulf Ordnanr ienry Buiwer intend sieo, and on the A United States postal the possession yrnent the B trier Governments, n,gernent between Jenny Lind and Barnum nated on the 9th, she undertaking to carry out the Barnum r intention was to its of the country on her the ExcHF.ct ment Of Fr ichinery of end of t that this b GENERAL the Qu, treaty t against it, 166 CHAIRMAN reported piOgres on Monday. Icence for such title or a .rnanual, duly notifi ntil Tties( z.r~s.— •TfTPA n ted by I the act to re-imnose itne to a; acv or the statements The shipowners, he ivigation Laws, and ntic returns showed .he tonnage of vessels em- - - t the distress complained of was, at all ie observed that Lord Stanley himself owing on his speech by any substantive ed to afford any prospect to the ship. of the Navigation Laws could ever be 's HARDWI NS.-TUESDAY se tor,k into tion Committee. Wier( 1 that op persons, en guilty of a breach Of privi: ion, be reprimanded and dis -ly reprimanded the parties, .d on payment scion Bill went vention of Of s.—One or two calf past three •ed to be disebarg, SPOONE ed that Henry Edwards, 1 - , of privilege during the ee appointed to inquire be dis Charged penitent for 1 The hon 'ter a short discussion, the Mr. Bass then moved that it would in terfe'r ar, that the change should her. 'the motion, if suc- and consequently increase uld materially benefit the ►iemand for barley.—Mr. ►:N supported the motion. it which would arise from ton upon guano. A good ,urse of which the CHAN ited his former arguments pon a division the motion —Mr. COBDEN then moved an ad ing that she will direct the Secretary .our to prevent in future time of peace which has vernmenta, and to pro n of armaments.—Lord The a give several concerts in o own accou From H The S ..vannah we have intelligence to the Ist instant. danish mail steamer Caledonia arrived there on the 44th ultimo, and, while entering the harbour, reef projecting from Reela, at the head of the bay was afterwards got off, but with serious damage, alet. urse Of 1.1(1, to peti- e advices 7th an upon a She Assembly on the 6th Mr. Merritt moved an address to the Queen, praying for the imposition on Ame rican products imported into England of the same rate of duty that other nations than the United States pay. The finance minister said, "we must depend on ourselves ; and, if we he driven to retaliate, the best plan would be to close our canals conditionally, against• American ves sels." Hs proposed to compensate for the loss of the canal tolls by tsking measures to increace immensely the 1 Legislativ ade of the St. lvrence. Every member who spoke, during a debate of several hours, was in favour of some form of retaliation, some proposing differential duties in favour of the St. Lawrence, others, the abolition of Cus tom?, &c. The debate was postponed for a fortnight, to • await the resuli, of the negotiations with the American ered to lie on the table. Government. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH New York, June 12, 1351. It is confidently expected that the steamers Asia and Pacific will take two millions of dollars on freight to Liverpool next week. The America's mails from Europe reached here last night. Cotton market to-day is very firm at the mail quotations, but prices can hardly be quoted higher. Government Sixes of Fifty-six sold to-day at 106 k; Ohio Sixes of Fifty at 111 ; Indiana State Fives at S5l. Western Canal flour brought to-day 3k to 4 dol lars ; No. 2, 31 to 3, 1 : Ohio, 4 to 48 : Canadian, 4 1-16 to 4*. Indian corn :—Yellow 59 to 60 cents ; mixed, 561 to Exchange is rather higher, 10i to 11 being asked for best bills PARIS.—The National Assembly adopted on Saturday the entire bill upon clubs by a considerable majority. On the same day M. Ledru-Rollin wa s con d emne d b y d e f au l t • by the assize Court of Paris to two years' imprisonment, and a fine of 2,0001., for the publication of the two pam phlets, Le 24 Feerier and Le 13 Juin. WEST INDIES.—The Avon arrived on Friday, with the West India mails. She left Demerara May 23d, Chagres 25th, Trinidad 26th, Barbadoes 28th, Bermuda June 2ud, and St. Thomas's on the 3rd instant. She brings a large cargo; specie valued at 1,232,630 dollars, on merchants' account; and 118 passengers.—At Demerara, the annual tax ordinance had passed the combined court, and the assembly had closed. Crop of sugar expected to be good. —The weather had been very wet at Jamaica. Every hope of a good crop.—News from Barbadoes highly favour able as regards sugar-making. Crop about 35,000 hhds., and islands healthy. The colonial legislature of Demerara declared in April, by a majority of ten to one, in favour of a system of secular education, facilities being granted for the religious instruc tion of the children by their respective pastors. In the West Indies, an experiment has been made for tie production of gas from the Trininad bitumen. One hundred pounds of the bitumen, it is said, made about 1000 feet of gas of great purity, and at a slight cost as compared with coal gas. The German papers mention, that on the 7th instant, while some artillerymen were engaged at Rendshurg in emptying the exploding powder out of some old shells, one of the shells exploded, killing two men on the spot and severely wounding a third. CO-OPERATIVE' MIGHT.—The Protestant Church at Rosenberg, in Upper Silesia, is to be constructed by sub scriptions of one pfennig, rather less than a half-farthing English. Of the 3.000,000 of pfennigs thus required, 1,919,000 have been already raised, and the foundation of the church was laid on the sth May.— The Builder. TERRIFIC STORM.--The Mad River Valley (Ohio) Ga zette records the particulars of a great hail-storm which swept over that region a few days since. Stones fell the size of the common mineral door knob, some spheroidal, others had the appearance of jagged ice. Lambs and poultry were killed wherever exposed. The cattle ran around frantic and bellowing, their hides being severely lacerated by the hailstones. One hailstone which was found weighed four and a half ounces. NARROW ESCAPE.—A letter from Bombay, of May 14, says—" Lord Dalhousie has had a very narrow escape from a broken neck. On the 26th ult. his lordship went to pay a visit to a strong fortress on the frontier called North Kangra. While traversing the hills on a stout country pony (called a goath), he came suddenly upon a heavily-laden camel (called oonth) in turning a sharp an gle of the ascent. The Governor-General was nearly thrown over the precipice, but fortunately escaped with a few bruises. A fatal accident of a similar nature had oc curred at Subatho, only a few days previously, to Lieute nant Sale (the yougest son of the General), who fell down a precipice, and was killed on the spot. THE RAPPIST IMPOSTURE.—Considerable excitement some time ago prevailed in America, arising from what were known as the Rochester rappers or knockers. Some three or four young women have contrived to derive con siderable notoriety, if not pecuniary benefit, from their successful attempts at imposture. The girls are said to feign to have connection with the world of spirits, and pretend to answer questions by means of knocks or raps given by some supernatural means. Notwithstanding in vestigations made by respectable persons, the rappers have continued their work of imposture for upwards of two years, but lately the impostors have been exposed. A. Mrs. Norman Culver, a relation of the impostors, ascer tained . what was their modus ope ran di, an d s h e has ex- piameu IL 10 De Dy means or the toes. By practice, the women were enabled to make raps with each of their five toes, and by cunning were enabled to give such answers to those who consulted them as led to the belief that some sunernatural agency was at work. DEFEAT OF THE AMAZONS.—A letter, dated March 4th, from the coast of Africa, announces the defeat of the Dahomian army before the walls of Abbeokuta. The invasion on the part of the King of Dahomy and his army of Amazons was nothing more or less than an extensive slave foray, such as is frequently undertaken by this bar barian. On the 3d of March the Dahomay army attacked Abbeokuta, a walled town in great force, and in the attack displayed considerable organisation and military skill. The walls, however, were fiercely defended by the Egbas, and the Dahomians were routed and pursued with great slaughter. The pursuit was continued for two days, and it is stated that no f ewer th an 1200 Dahomians have been killed in the affair. Several of the celebrat e d women soldiers have been captured ; and it is thought the effect of this check upon the King of Dahomy will give a great check to the slave trade. In the retreat the king had to escape on foot, part of his baggage being captured. In the retreat the Dahomians murdered forty-six farmers, whom they had taken prisoners, and carried off their heads. It was feared the Egbas would retaliate upon the Da' ,homian prisoners ROBBER CAUGHT BY A KISS.—A few nights since, after the family of Mr Fitch, on Broadway, had retired to rest, a fellow, named Richard Smith, having by some means got into the house, entered the sleeping apartment of a young lady, and ritled the drawers of a bureau of its contents, consisting of some thirty dollars in money, a gold chain, and other articles of jewellery. Thus far the transaction was exceedingly commonplace; but, not con tent with his acquisition of valuables, the impudent rascal could not think of parting with their fair owner without leaving her some token of his nocturnal visit. So step ping up to the bed, where she lay enfolded in the arms of Morpheus, he imprinted on her ruby lips one parting kiss. Whether it was the report that must necessarily have followed one of the right sort, or something else that awakened her, we did not learn, but, ere the sentimental scamp could beat a retreat, the fair hand of the damsel was found gripping the skirt of his coat, while her voice called loudly for help. The house was soon aroused, and Mr. Smith arrested and consigned to the cala'oose, to re pent at leisure his untimely effort to do the agreeable.— St. Louis (lie.) Intelligeneer, May 24. CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.—The census of the United States, taken last year, has now been cast up. The total population of the States is now 23,267,498; amongst which are 3,179.589 slaves. Deducting these, we learn that the United States possesses a free population of or 831,622 less than the population of Great When we remember of what elements the 20,047,009 ; Britain alone American population is made up, the comparison is still more favourable for Great Britain. The relative rate of increase in the United States' population since 1810, and in our own population since 1841 is, however, suggestive of - prehension for the future. Under the shock 'riculture, and to all trades immediately de n it ; by our Free Trade ler . <,nor some a en to a.„ an c.. - mous emigration has set in in this country and in Ireland, of which we do not see the probable end. In 1849 and 1850 little less than half a million of our population thus fled to other countries where they hope to meet with better protection fo r their labour. The . United States have reaped the benefit of this panic flight. A local paner stated only l a st wee k th a t o u t of a population of 720 in one of the East Riding townsnips, no less than 52 agriculturbts have already emigrated to America. And we find that a large body of artisans in nnother part of the country are preparing also to emigrate from Free Trade England to Protectionist America. But there is a leaven of weak ness i n t h e U n i ted States i n sp i te o f t h eir vast territory and rapidly increasing population. With all the extran eous addition made by emigration, the white population has only increased after the rate of 28 per cent.; whilst the slave population , (without any extrane ous aid) has i ncreased 22 per cent. SINGULAR THEATRE IN PARIS.—A singular edifice has silently sprung up in one o f t h e l east frequented streets of Paris. It i s a large theatre, externally hi the lonic THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. style, capable of containing 3,000 persons. The portion of the house intended for the public is a large elliptical vaulted hall, 126 feet by 66 in surface, and about 55 in altitude, with a ground floor, gallery, and two upper ones for spectators. The stage, situated in a semi-circular re cess at the extremity of the transverse axis, encroaches upon the pit in a circular curve, so that the whole stage may be said to form a circle. The orchestra, instead of being placed between the spectators and the actors, is sit uated in the upper portion of recess aforesaid, and is in visible to the public, though visible to the director of the band, who is seated in front of the stage, where the promp ter generally sits. Besides this band, a second one, equally invisible to the public, may occupy a circular gal lery surmounting the lustre, accessible by a winding stair case descending between iron bars from the vaulted ceiling in the boldest way imaginable. This second orchestra is calculated to produce singular acoustic effects, hitherto unknown to the musical and theatrical world. We were present when an experiment was made by an ringer, who warbled some of his finest notes at top of the gallery; and al hough, at exi2ress desire, he sang in rather a subdued tone, the effect produced was far superior to what can be obtained with much greater effort in the ordinary theatres. The stage is raised 6 feet above the pit ; the space allotted to the representation is 30 feet broad and 48 feet deep. But the most singular part of thelemy's contrivances consists in his curtains and back scenes, which, owing to the form adopted for the sage, are curvilinear also ; notwithstanding which, by means of cylinders of a peculiar construction, they are made to rise or drop as if they were flat. He has, more over, introduced transparent as well as opaque scenes, so that extraordinary effects of perspective and distance are produced by different strata of gauze intercepting the view. 'Vertical ES well as horizontal cylinders are used ; and the powerful illusions created by the simultaneous rolling and unrolling of partly opaque and partly transparent scenery leave those of ordinary theatres far behind. These con trivances have, of course, called for important modifica tions in the system of lighting both the house and the stage. There are no footlights, and the whole space is of the hot minent s illuminated from above by an ingenious combination of reflectors. The house is, besides, so constructed that theatrical representations may be given by the sole aid of daylight, transmitted through panes of coloured glass. The Foyer is a large room under ground, occupying the whole room of the pit and stage. It is to be well lighted. and decorated with flowers and comfortable seats.—Gal ignani's Messenger. THE MURDER IN BELGIUSI.—This trial which lasted seventeen days has terminated. The Count de Bocarme is convicted of the murder of his brother-in-law, Gus tave Fougnies, and sentenced to death. His wife, Lydia, the sister of deceased, was indicted for participation in his guilt. The case was extraordinary, but very repulsive. The wife, who is 32 years old, is the daughter of a rich grocer„ and the Count expected to get her father's wealth in exchange for the rank he gave her. They were dis appointed, the money being bequeathed to her brother, a sickly man, who had suffered amputation of a leg, yet who lived too long for their covetous ambition. To spite their envy the more, Gustave intended to marry, and his money might thus have gone to his own children. His wicked relatives tried to break off the match, by slander ous aspersions on the young lady he had chosen. The anonymous letters by which they assailed her character, have been clearly traced to the Countess's desk. These practices failed, however, to turn aside the crippled young man from his suit; and the Count then resolved to mur der him. He set himself to study the qualities and effects of subtle poisons ; he cultivated deadly herbs, and made chemical experiments, with this aim,—concealing his vile operations carefully. He produced a quantity of nicotine, distilled from tobacco, one of the most sure venoms, and one which scarcely leaves a trace externally on the human body by which it can he detected. Having proved its efficacy on several animals, he invited his victim to visit his chateau. Gustave came, breakfasted and dined with his alleged murderers, but some circumstances aroused his • uspicion. At dinner time they quarrelled ; he accused them of treachery, and about dusk was going away—his carriage being ordered to the door for that purpose. The count knocked him down, the countess rushed out of the room, cries were heard by the servants, and a few minutes after the poor man was found dead. After his body was discovered, the countess ordered a domestic to go and inform those two coquines. Madame de Dudzeele and her daughter, (whom the murdered man intended to marry,) that he had died suddenly of apoplexy. But, on examina tion of the body, contusions and scratches were found ; and on the cheek, the tongue, in the throat, and the stomach, traces of a corrosive liquid were discovered. An analysis of the contents of deceased's stomach proved that he had been poisoned by means of nicotine. The countess, on being questioned, formally accused her husband of having caused the death of her brother, and she has been acquited •, he sentenced to death.—ln the sitting of the Court of Assizes at Mons, on Friday week, M. de Paepe concluded his pleading on behalf of the accused de Bocarme. De Bocarme then rose and said—" Gentlemen of the jury, I swear to you before God that lam innocent of the crime imputed to me. My ad vocate has clearly exposed the facts and I thank him." Here he pressed the counsel's hand.—Mr. Toussaint then addressed the jury for the Countess de Bocarme. The learned gentleman concluded by declaring that his client was innocent, and that she demanded. not mercy but justice.—The court then adjourned till Saturday, when the second counsel for Madame de Bocarme addressed the jury in her behalf.—The President then put eight ques tions to the jury respecting M. de Bocarme and the countess. At nine o'clock the jury retired. At half-past ten the jury re-entered the jury box. Amidst deep si lence, and in a somewhat tremulous, yet firm voice, the foreman said—" On my honour and on my conscience, and in the presence of God and man, the reply of the jury is On the first question—(the principal fact concern ing the accused, Bocarme,)—guilty. On the sth, 6th, 7th, and Sili questions (concerning Madame de Bocarme)— not guilty.' "—The President then ordered the accused to be brought into court. His appearance was calm and collected. Madame de Bocarme had her veil down, but her step was firm. On hearing the verdict of guilty, a slight flush passed over the count's face, but he evinced no other sign of emotion. On hearing not guilty on his wife, an expression of internal satisfaction animated his features. He looked affectionately towards his wife, who gave no visible signs of emotion. She left the do c k with a firm step, without speaking to her husband.—The Pro cureur du Roi having asked the prisoner if he had any thing to say, he replied—" No, except that I am per feltly innocent." He then entered calmly into conversa tion with his counsel. At eleven o'clock the court pro nounced sentence of death upon Hippolyte Visart de Bocarme, and decreed that the execution should take place in one of the public squares of Mons. The prisoner left the court, under guard, with a firm step. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. --*-- NEWTON RACES.—These races commenced on Wed nesday. The Newton Trial Stakes, on the first day, was won by Mr. Sherratt's Egret. beating Woolwich, Castel len, and Green Oaks • the Golborne Stakes was walked over for by Mr. E. Buckley's Medlock ; the Manor Cap was won by Mr. King's Abbess of Jerveaux, beating by ten lengths Lady Evelyn, Achyranthes. Duxbury, and Chantrey; and the Maiden Plate by Mr. Parr's Fusileer, beating Milkboy and Shilmalier West. On Thursday the sport was of a very meagre description, the day's races consisting of four, of which two of the stakes were walked over for, the St. Leger by Sister to Wanota, and the Bo rough Cup by Caurire: the Sweepstakes being won by Administrator, and the Optional Selling Stakes, after four heats, by Blister. On Friday the Newton Stakes were won by Lady Speedy, the Selling Stakes by First-rate, the Washington Handicap by Woolwich, the St. Helen's Purse by Truth, and the Handicap of 100 sous. by Oxford Blue. Knutsford Races will be revived this year. Arrange ments are being made to hold them on the last Wednes day and Thursday in the ensuing month. The Henley Regatta took place last week, when the Oxford University, after a good contest, beat the Ca►n bridge crew in the race for the Grand Challenge Cup, for eight-oared boats. THE GREAT CHESS GAMES.—The second series of games has terminated by Mr. Staunton placing Herr Hor witz hors de combat, the result of their play being that Mr. taunton won four games, Herr Horwitz two, and one finely contested game was drawn. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The working classes in the metropolis are now taking active measures to bring the comparative advantages and disadvantages of " protection for native industry" and " free trade" fairly under public notice by means of pub. lie meetings and discussion. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. G. F, YOUNG.—At a meeting of the Wiltshire Agricultural Society on Tuesday, a proposition was made by Mr. Bramble, and heartily responded t,o—that in order to testify the estimation in which the agricultural community hold Mr. G. F. Young, and their appreciation not only of his ability, but his honesty of purpose, a shilling subscription be forthwith opened, for the purpose of presenting to him a testimonial of the gratitude of his fellow-countrymen. TfIE SHIPPING INTEREST.—OH Tuesday, Lord Stan ley called attention to the injurious consequences accru ing to the shipping interest by the repeal of the Naviga tion Laws. He showed that whilst we had opened our ports to foreigners they had taken precious good care to secure to themselves the return cargo, by differential duties—that a shipper in London openly advertised that in "consequence of his steamer being under the Belgian flag, a saving of nearly 15 per cent. in duty will be effected on all goods sent by her"—that in France, Spain, and the United States, restrictions still more fatal to the British shipowners were imposed—and that the gross result on the year's shipping returns showed a decrease in British tonnage entered inwards of 311,831, and an in crease outwards of 198,582, making a net decrease of 118,249; although the foreign tonnage had increased 354,258 tons inwards, and 278,488 outwards. All that Lord Stanley, on behalf of the shipping interest, asked was that the British Government would, in self-defence, avail itself of the power of threatening retaliatory re strictions on those foreign nations which had not followed our free trade example. The reply of Earl Granville was couched in the usual ministerial style. The shipping interest, he declared, was very flourishing, the statistics to the contrary notwithstanding. If they were not it was because the ships were badly constructed, or badly man ned ; or else their owners were " indulging in the uni versal and useful privilege of grumbling." Lord Gran ville congratulated himself on the fact that " not one single word had fallen from Lord Stanley that could de lude the shipowners into the fallacious hope that there was the slightest likelihood of a return to the system from which this country had departed." He was not generous or considerate enough to see that this forbear ance rendered it the more necessary that free trade should be fairly carried out ; and that the Americans should not be left to take the cream off our carrying trade, and keep all their own to themselves. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS The Bishop of Chester intends to hold his ordination at Chester, on Sunday, the 21st day of September next. The Rev.J. W. Reeve has had several sermons preached in Portman Chapel, London, of which he his incumbent, by foreign ministers, but the Bishop of London has pro hibited them for the future. A correspondence has taken place on the subject, but his lordship has refused to alter his decision. Mr. Gorham has written to the Rural Dean of Cadbury, declining to vote for representatives to the Exeter synod, and "protesting against such a proceeding as tending to subvert ecclesiastical order, and to create division trid discord at a period when union and harmony are peculiarly desirable." At a Convocation holden at Oxford, on Tuesday, for the purpose of considering the proposition of the Hebdo madal Board to augment the salaries of several professors and to devote £30,000 to the building of museums, lec ture-rooms, and examination-schools, the Rev. Dr. Pusey rose, and, in a Latin speech of considerable length, op posed the statute. The Regius Professor advocated the more appropriate disposal of the money towards the fur therance of academical education for persons in inferior circumstances—in other words, suggesting the institution of " poor colleges." TESTIMONIAL TO THE Rev. W. CARIJS.—A testimonial of regard to the Rev. W. Carus, M.A., lately the respected minister of the Holy Trinity and Great St. Mary. Cam bridge, and now Canon of Winchester and Vicar of Rom sey, was presented on Thursday, at the Town-hall, Cambridge. The testimonial consists of a handsome centre-piece, forming an epergne or a candelabrum, a large and massive silver tray, and a silver cake-basket, the cost of the whole being about £2lO. The silver tea tray, an extremely fine piece of plate, 26 inches long, exclusive of the handles, and 21 inches broad, weighed upwards of 124 punces, and presented a very beautiful coup d'oeil. It was designed and executed by Messrs. Peters and Son, at a cost of £9O. A BISHOP SUPPORTING DISSENT.—The Bishop of Durl.am has subscribed £l5 towards an Independent Chapel, in Newcastle- upon-Tyne, at which that champion of dissent, the Rev. T, Binney, preached on Sunday week. The following is a copy of his lordship's letter transmitting his donation : "4, Upper Portland-place, June 7. "Sir,—Although with ample means at my disposal, I can scarcely satisfy the demands of my own church and my own people: yet I have never forgotten that all Christians are brethren, and that, however we may differ as to the meaning of scripture upon some points of doctrine or discipline, very few Protestants fail to inculcate what is essential in Christianity. I am painfully aware of the spiritual destitution of Newcastle, of its increasing population, and of the pains which have been taken to disseminate Infidelity and Socialism ; I cannot, there fore, feel myself justified in resisting your appeal on behalf of a more spacious and commodious place of worship, and espe cially for a larger establishment of schools in the principles of revealed religion. Towards these joint good purposes, you and the congregation will be pleased to accept the enclosed cheque. " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, "James Wilson, Esq." " E. DUNELM. THE PROTEST OF THE CLERGY.—We publish this week the complete list of signatures to the clerical address to the bishop on the subject of the proposed synod, consist ing of 78 names. The Plymouth declaration was signed by 44 clergymen, which, after allowing for 13 duplicates, gives a joint total of 109. But it is not to be supposed that these are the only objectors. We lately noticed a protest read by the Rev. G. 0. Shield, rector of Holy Trinity, at the ruridecanal meeting in this city; and it is well known that the Rev. Dr. Mills has, with equal ear nestness, avowed his opposition. Letters have also been published from the Rev. W. J. Conybeare, vicar of Ax minster; Rev. W. B. Saville, of Newport; and the Rev. G. C. Gorham, vicar of Brampford Spoke. In the dea nery of Plymtree, it has been determined by a majority of nine to five not to elect any representatives. In that of Dunsford, at a meeting of 13 out of 20 clergymen, the majority of seven, having individually protested against the synod, left all further proceeding in the bands of the minority. In another deanery, consisting of 29 parishes, only 9 presbyters could be brought together for the pur pose of election, and these were not unanimous. In Ho niton, 10 out of 25 attended, whilst in the episcopal city itself a minority only of the clerical body have been found at the several meetings convened with a zeal hut little re sponded to. His lordship has, we understand, encoun tered something like passive resistance in a quarter where he least expected ft.—Exeter Post. THE AUTHORITIES IN THE CHURCH.—The Rev. Mr. Mangin, curate of the Rev. Mr. Scaith, rector of Bath wich, has just published a pamphlet, advocating princi ples entirely opposed to those of the reformation. The Bath Protestant Defence Committee called the rector's attention to this pamphlet, and solicited his interference to prevent the further sale of the pamphlet. Mr. Scaith cautiously replied that, if Mr. Mangin could be proved to be wrong in his opinions, he would not, on establishment of such proof, obstinately continue to hold them. As for Mr. Scaith's own sentiments, he was perfectly ready, he said, to declare them " when called upon by compe tent authority." Thus repulsed—with a cuff, as it were, for his impertinent interference—Captain Giberne put himself in communication with the Bishop of Bath and Wells. He forwarded to the prelate a copy of Mr. Man gin's work, but his lordship simply returned the pamphlet without expressing any opinion. Capt Giberne then sent the copy of the correspondence and the pamphlet to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and by return of post his Grace transmitted the following reply _ _ -" Lambeth, May 31, 1851. " Sir.--I fully concur with you in the opinion that Mere is no warranty in Scripture for the doctrines which, as you state in your letter, are inculcated in the catechism to which you object. But when you ask me to put a stop to their further circulation,' you ask me to do that for which I have no autho rity or power.—l remain, sir, your faithful and obedient ser vant, Capt. Giberne. "J. B. CAXTUAR." 'We leave the matter here without further comment. It is a chapter in our " Church History" touching which our readers will be able to draw their own conclusions. They will be soon made, and, we venture to say, sorrow ingly. A STRANGE OMlSSlON.—Archdeacon Wilberforce delivered his annual charge on Wednesday, to the clergy of the East Riding. The charge is given at length in the Hull Packet, and the first idea which a perusal of it will suggest to many minds is, that of its great defect. " The good providence of God allows us again to assemble, and to consider the circumstances of another year," says the Archdeacon in his opening sentence. Will it be credited, without a careful perusal of the document, that it contains no reference whatever, not even the slightest passing allusion, to THE " circumstance of the year,"—that event in our politico-ecclesiastical history which has cast all other recent occurrences into the shade, viz., the recent Papal aggression. This event, so vitally affecting the Established Church, and the effort to legislate effec tively for which has exhausted the ingenuity of the cabinet and the eloquence of the senate, and monopolised the time of the session, has failed to obtain even a pass. ing allusion from a dignitary of the church in the visitation charge in which he professes to review " the circumstances of the year !" The refusal of the Arch. deacon to sanction by his presence the proceedings at the meeting convened by himself at Beverley, with reference to the Papal Aggression, a few months back, had indeed sufficed to prevent us from entertaining any very sanguine expectations of a satisfactory pronouncement by him on the legal and political aspect of the question ; but we were certainly not prepared for the studied absence of all reference to its distinctly moral and religious bearings, which the address exhibits. Sometimes, however, even silence is exceedingly significant ; and there are cases in which the omission of condemnation is equally emphatic with the direct expression of sympathy and approval. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. EASTERN COUNTIES.—The number of passengers con veyed on this line to and from the London terminus from the 2d to the 15th instant, both inclusive, was 131,989 — namely, 71,340 to London, and 60,649 from London. A RAILWAY IN PAWN.—We hear it costs the Caledo nian Company £6O a week for factors (sheriff's officers) to ride with the trains, and to take care that nobody runs away with the railway . ! How long is this to last ? Is it not time for all parties to settle ?-1-ierapath's Journal. A COSTLY TRAIN.—The largest sum ever taken for one railway train is said to have been on Saturday week, when £660 was paid by the passengers by the 10 a.m. train from Euston-square. This was at the Euston Station alone. By the 5 p.m. express train, the " take" was £3BO. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--The number of passengers conveyed on this line to and from London on the 16th of June, was 2,970 and 2,052 re spectively, and at the correspending period of 1850, 1,812 and 1,675 ; and on the 17th, 2,381 and 2,096 ; corres ponding period of 1850, 1,675 and 1.916; on the 18th of June, to London, 2,154, and from London, 2,362; cor responding period of 1850, 1,557 and 1,889 respectively. The total for the three days amounted to 14,015 ; and for the corresponding period of 1850 to 10,557, showing an increase of nearly 32.9 per cent. EGYPT AND ITS RAILWAY.—Since our former obser vations on Egypt and the commencement of the railway from Alexandria to Cairo, we have heard with regret that, some trlfline point of detail not having been clearly ex plained to his highness the Paella, the agent whom he had sent over did not feel himself at liberty, under the cir cumstances, to commence operations without further instructions. We now learn with satisfaction that Mr. Robert Stephenson, with a zeal and liberality worthy of his reputation, is about to despatch an engineer to Cairo, at his own expense, to explain all details, and to conclude the contract on the spot. The British commercial public, who are sensible of the advantages to commerce which this undertaking involves, will, we are sure, appreciate the energy exhibited by Mr. Stephenson, in which they will recognise an earnest of its speedy completion. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILIVAY.—It appears from the proceedings of the adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the above company, held at Chester on Wednesday, that the scrutineers appointed to take the votes on the question as to whether the consideration of the agreement with the Great Western Company should take precedence of other matters that had to be decided upon by the meeting, have made their report. They state they have scrutinised the votes, and find that the amendment for taking the agreement into consideration, before the discussion of other subjects was brought on, has been carried ; but that as objections have been taken to the legality of some transfers and proxies on both sides, they are not able to state the actual majority of votes. The only motion carried at the meeting of Wed ngsday was one for postponing until the I&th of July all ralitters included in the notice convening the meeting, except the subject of a bill entitled " A Bill to authorise the Chester and Shrewsbury Railway Company to aban don the Crickheath and Went branches; to construct a station at Birkenhead ; to enter into arrangements with other companies ; and for other purposes." The sub mission of this motion to the meeting was the result of a conference which had been held between the two oppo sing parties. The motion was agreed to, and the bill, which was submitted to the meeting, sanctioned. The meeting then adjourned.—This conclusion leaves the shareholders opposed to the Great Western agreement at liberty to move that such agreement be referred to a spe cial connattee, which course we believe they will pursue. IRELAND. ______._ The rumour of the potato disease having made its appearance in Ireland is denied. .A fearful case of murder, long concealed, has just come to light near Kilkenny. One thousand three hundred and sixty emigrants to America arrived in Dublin last week by the Cork and Limerick railway. The new rate on Cahirciveen union varies from 2s. 6d. to 6s. in the pound, and Mr. James O'Connell estimates that Castlequin and Darrynane electoral divisions will require a rate of SS. 6d. each. The Freeman enumerates the names of 3 Roman catholic archbishops, 15 bishops, and 22 Irish members, who have already declared themselves in favor of a " Catholic Defence Association." The Papal rescript, denouncing the Queen's Colleges in Ireland, is still withheld from publication. There is an evident fear that it will be too much for the liberal minded portion of Irish Rommists, and that it will fail in accomplishing its most desired ends. In the Recorder's Court, Dublin, on Monday, a woman named Ann Love was sentenced to seven years' transpor tation for stealing 10s. from another female, this being the fortieth time the prisoner was sentenced to punish ment for various offences against the law. FOREIGN CORN.—The arrivals of foreign bread stuffs continne to pour into our harbour. From the 2nd instant to Thursday last, 99 vessels arrived; from that day to Monday evening 68 additional vessels followed, and up to yesterday evening 24 came in, making a total of 191 vessels arriving in this port within sixteen days.—Cork Constitution. The Marquis of Londonderry entertained the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin at a grand banquet at Holder ness-house, on Thursday last. The noble marquis's opposition in the House of Lords to the abolition of the Viceroyalty bill has made him very popular among the Dublin civic officials. Lord Stanley and several leading Irish peers and members of parliament were present. OUTRAGE IN TIPPERARY.—On the morning of the 10th instant two shots were fired into the dwelling-house of John Lewis, a land-bailiff and farmer, residing near Roscrea. Lewis was in bed at the time, and some small shot lodged in the bed-clothes and struck the wall over his head. He and his three sons jumped out of bed and went in pursuit of the fellows, but found no trace of them. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—In the neighbourhood of Colbridge, a respectable man, named Michael Rourke, has had the misfortune of seeing his two sons drowned before his eyes. They were engaged 'in fishing ; the younger boy being overpowered by the stream, the elder tried to save him, but both were card, d out of their depth, and the father, being unable to swim, was unable to give them any assistance. A very beautiful handkerchief, intended as a present from the Irish Flax Society to the Countess of Clarendon, has been just completed, and will soon be presented, along with a vase, to her Excellency. Mr. Oaa Egar, a pupil of the School of Design, sketched the pattern. The handkerchief is of fine lawn ; the edges are worked to represent a grass border, and in each of the four corners is a magnificent bouquet of heaths, sweet peas, fuchsias, roses, and rose-buds. In one corner the Countess's coro net, and the initials " K. C.," are beautifully worked. Sprigs of the sweet pea also twine around the border. The flowering is exceedingly natural, and the working is exquisite. INTOLERANCE IN A GRAVEYARD.—A woman, 89 years of age, who had been twice married to Roman Catholics, and had lived as a Roman Catholic, died lately, and her corpse was taken to the grave of her late husband in the Roe Mill Chapel-yard, which had been his for thirty years and in which their children were interred. When the grave was half made, the parish priest made his appearance, and demanded whether the deceased was a Roman Catholic. Being answered in the affirmative, he asked whether she had not been visited before her death by a Presbyterian minister. As this was not denied, the rev, gentleman jumped into the grave, and said that they would remove another shovel full at their peril. It was his property, and the woman must be taken a vay. The corpse was then removed to the Newtownlimavady churchyard, in a corner of which it was interred at nine o'clock in the evening. --Derry Standard. SHIPWRECK.—The brig Charlotte, laden with deals from St. John's, N,8., struck on Ramore Point, Portrush, on Tuesday last, and was soon a complete wreck. A num ber of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood hastened to the spot, and the captain and crew, eight in number, were safely hoisted up the rocks. The captain had two of his ribs broken, and several other parties were injured. Lieutenant Macnaughtan, of the coast-guards, pushed off at once with his galley, in order to render assistance. So great, however, was the surge, that the boat capsized in the bay, hurling the lieutenant and his men, four in num ber, into the deep. Three of them, however, succeeded in swimming ashore, and the lieutenant and the other man, who had been stunned by the upsetting of the boat, fortunately caught hold of the keel, to which they clung till they were rescued from their perilous situation. In their emergency, Sub-Constable Haire hastened to their assistance, and dashed fearlessly into the water. Thomas Kelly, who has been already mentioned, with great pre sence of mind, seized a boat-hook, with which he took hold of the boat, and thus preserved it from being dashed to pieces. At the time the vessel struck, the pilot, Mr. Clarke, made his way from the jibboom to the rock, and escaped uninjured. It is a fortunate circumstance that no life has been lost. LAW INTELLIGENCE. According to a late return the arrears in the Court of Chancery at Hilary Term last numbered 983 appeals, de murrers, causes, further directions, and claims. The proprietors of Punch having explained and apolo gised to the Rev. Peter Daly, of Galway, and shewn that the mistake arose in another paper, the motion for a cri minal information has been withdrawn. In the Court of Common Pleas, on Wednesday, Mr. Heald, the husband of Lola Montes, recovered £l5O da mages from Mr. Carey, broker, of the London Steam Packet-office. being the value of a case of French pictures and crayon drawings, which had been destroyed in a place to which the officer had removed them as a lien for the fees. On Tuesday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, the rule granted, calling upon the Rev. Thomas Sale, the vicar of Sheffield, to show cause why a mandamus should not is sue, commanding him to admit the Rev. Geo. Trevor to the office of chaplain, and to exercise the duties of the office of chaplain of the parish church of Sheffield, was made absolute. _ In the course of hearing a motion for an attachment against Lord Adolphus Vane, in consequence of having said, when served with a subpoena, " D-n the court and all of you," the Chief Justice said, " You may d-n the process-server, but not the process." As this course had been adopted by Lord Vane, the motion was dis charged, but without costs. TILE WILL CASE ON TFIP. DEATHBED.—III the Vice- Chancellor's Court, on Tuesday, before the Lord Cron worth, the notorious case of " Metaire v. Wiseman" ter minated by a compromise between the parties concerned. The sum in dispute, £7,000 Stock, being divided into portions, of £4,000 to the relatives of the old man, Mathurin Carre, and the remaining £3,000 being devoted to the schools to which the whole sum was originally left by the will in dispute. Both parties are to pay their own costs, it being expressly stipulated that all offensive impu tations should be withdrawn, and that the bill and answer should be taken off the file, with the consent of the parties. The consent of the Attorney-General, on behalf of the charity, had been obtained to this arrangement. We cannot understand on what principle this compromise has been come to. Either the will was extorted or it was not if the former, the relations of the old miser, were entitled to the whole of his savings, but if the document pro ceeded from the testator's uninfluenced mind, then the charity ought to have the whole amount. COURT AND FASHION. The King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, on a visit to the Queen. The diamonds worn by the Marchioness of London. derry, at the Costume Ball, were of the value of £150,000. Her Majesty completed the fourteenth year of her reign on Friday, having ascended the throne on the 20th of June, 1837. CURIOUS PRESENT. — Among the presents offered to the King of Hanover on his birthday was one of a modest, but nevertheless interesting kind. It consisted of nothing more than a white cotton pocket handkerchief, on which was printed, in red colours, a family portrait of George 111. and Queen Charlotte, with nine of their royal chil dren, with the names and ages of each. The King of Hanover is represented as a boy of four years old, playing at the feet of his royal mother, who holds Prince Adol phus, the late lamented Duke of Cambridge, a baby, in her arms. This curious old relic, printed 76 years past, has been preserved in the family of the anonymous donor from that period to the present day. THE WATERLOO BANQUET. Wednesday was the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and the Duke of Wellington, according to his usual custom, gave his annual banquet. At about seven o'clock the gallant guests invited to the banquet began to arrive. The Marquis of Anglesca and Viscount Hardinge were re cognised and loudly cheered. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, and was received on alighting by the Duke of Wellington, the band of the Grenadier Guards (the Duke's regiment) playing the Co burg March. At the conclusion of the banquet, during which the band played in the adjoining room, the Noble Duke proposed " The Health of her Majesty the Queen," which was duly honoured. The toast of " His Royal Highness Prince Albert" next followed, to which his Royal Highness briefly returned thanks, expressing his thanks for the honour done him, and the pleasure he felt at meeting with the distinguished officers then assem bled. In return he begged to propose the health of the Noble Duke, which was drunk by the gallant company standing. The Duke having bowed his acknowledgments, gave the healths of " His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," " The Army that fought at Waterloo," " To the Memory of those who fell at Waterloo," " The Marquis of Anglesey and the Cavalry," " The Guards and the Earl of Strafford," and other customary toasts, which were appropriately re sponded to.—ln reply to the toast, "The Foreigners who fought at Waterloo," Prince Castelcicala, who acknow ledged it, said : My Lord Duke, I humbly thank your Grace. I am sure no one present will accuse me of vulgar adulation when I declare that to expatiate on the proud history of our noble host and commander, is far too vain an attempt for me to make. Indeed, I firmly believe that it would puzzle even a modern Plutarch, writing and comparing the lives of heroes, to find in all the varied qualities of our chief a fair parallel. But I must reply to this honour, and I begin and and with thanking the Al mighty that he has blessed and preserves still to us our chief, and to this great State a patriot, whose object is not to fight for party, but " Componere lites;" and this allu sion, I an sure,, is understood by all uniting in this my June $4, 1851• humble prayer.—At a littl e a ft er t en th e Noble Duke ' eft the gallery with Prince Albert, and procee ded to the et : loon where the coffee was serv e d . Soon after Prince Al ' _ bert took farewell of his G race , an d ret i re d. This was the signal for an immediate separation, but it was some time, before the whole o f th e guests had 'de arted. The Du" of Wellin g to n ordered his carriEwe p and left for Mis s Coutts's evening party, not a little to the surprise of sortie of his younger brethren in arms. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. appearance as last we e k, th e f avoura bl e c hange le weather having i n d uce d th ousan d s to come up t o the_ o° London never prese n t e d so bustling and animated the me tropolis from every p ar t o f t h e U n it e d Ki ng d o m daily t, visit the renowied " C r y s t a l P a l ace, " i n conse quence. ; the facilities afforded by th e diff eren t ra il way cerePas! ° , o , at moderate prices, on t a ki ng re t urn t i c k e t s . On at the different railway stations the number who have _ al ready arrived from var i ous coun ti es, part i cu l ar ly the la! manufacturing dist r i c t s o f Birmingham, Manchester , Li verpool, Sheffield, Leeds, No rw i c h, Nottingham, Paisley' Glasgow and the north, and the mining localities, has ex ceeded from 200,000 to 300,000 persons, as not a morning train arrives but what is filled with passengers, so tha! • during the rem a i n d er o f th e present and fol l owing month it will not be less than 1,000,000. The British Musees3,, , National Gallery, V ernon G a ll ery, S t. P au l' s CathedlV_ Westminster Abb e y, an d ot h er p l aces now open to public gratis, have been visited daily by th ousan ds. Fro m France, Bel g ium, H o ll an d , and Germany, the arriva ls , both by steam-boats dire c t f rom B ou logne, Calais , e° ' Ostend, to London-b r id ge ( at reduced return tickets', and rid Dover, Folkestone, Southampton, and Bright's°. by the railways, are increasing rapidly daily. 63,769 persons visited the building on Monday. Re ceipts, £2,854 14s. N o i nconven i ence was exper ience and the utmost good order prevailed. The attractions of the Great Exhibition continue run abated, and th e num b er o f v i s i tors i s on the increase. ,Yll Monday they amount e d t o 63,679 , an d t h e money WV was £2854 19s. Tu es d a y prove d th e most nume rously attended of the shilli ng d ays ; t h e rece i pts were £32" 135., including XII 11s. for season tickets, and the number of persons admitted was 73,965. On Wednesday the hibition was visited by 62,663 persons, and the real?" were £2897 7s. The royal family visited the Exhibition today. On Thursday an equal number of persons I present. Friday b e i ng a h a lf -crown d ay, the numbers d ° course did not nea r ly come up t o t h ose of Thurs d ay , an the character of the visitors assumed a different shall The entire number of p ersons a d m i tted was only a bs 32,000. The money received during the day was—seas on ' tickets, £36 15s. ; a t th e d oors, £28 19. 4s. 6 d . • tot receipts, £2,855. I9 s . 6d. Th e gran d tota l receipts by the Commissioners up to Friday evening were £240,44 4 . s s i s 6d.—An interesting ex p er i men t w i t h fi re-eng i nes toot f place, in the pres ence o f th e j urors, on the nort h side of the building, clos e t o t h e S erpent i ne, d ur i ng the d ay . object was to test the respective merits of each, and, for this purpose, parties of the Foot Guards. in fatigue dress' were set to work th em . I n di sc h arg i ng a co l um n ° water perpendicularly the fire-engine from Canada aP peered to have a d ec id e d a d van t age, b ut, when the Pipes were held horizontally, its superiority over its English competitors was not sustained. The receipts on Saturday from ss. visitors amounted to £1,674 10s., and according to the polite returns 12 1 7 32 persons entered th e b u ildi ng d ur i ng the day. Her Ns. jesty and the Prince resumed their inspection of the lute" rior and their personal interviews with exhibitors duripa the forenoon and before the admission of the publi c ' They examined th e s ec ti ons o f f urs an d skins, of carrisP"d„ and textile fabrics, and were attended during their still by the acting members of the Executive Committee, M r " Cole, Mr. Dilke, and Col. Reid. In the Russian collection is a fur cloak, valued o f £3,400 ; it is made of s ma ll p i eces t a k en f rom t h e neck of a species of fox, th e qua lit y o f th e p il e b e i ng pecu liar" limp and delicate. TERRIBLE COLLIERY ACCIDENT.-WONDER FUL ESCAPE. r ty ou o g f h ß ou ri t st t o h l e an w d h it o s le ne o i f gh F b r o i u d r a h y o n o i d gh w t er a e n t d hr S ow at n urd li r the T c h i into a state of the most painful excitement and apprehensi on in consequence of intelligence being brought into the I m S that an accident of a ver y ser i ous an d alarm i ng kind u occurred at a colliery nea r B e d m i ns t er , belonging ".; Messrs. Goulstone, Leaman, G arre tt, an d C o., an d knell; as the North Side Colliery. Upon proceeding tn,,,,,‘"; spot a scene of the most p a i n f u l ki n d was presen t e d. 1 " sons,tthh the i r rms menoonn among whom nwgaa ngde engaged an e r r mt e h mie in loud lo n ol y ul de o r f cyr t , ihewes who on i dw v e eri te a e n go d iur is c n h g i pit-yard and the roads a dj acen t were crow d e d w ith Pe st a t e d lamer e r 0; o to f tations. One of them in parti cu l ar , w h o s t a t e d that St, had two children, a husb an d, an d a b rot h er i n the was in a frantic condition. From the information elicited, it would seem that the pit was in full work, and at six o'clock in the morning between 40 and 50 men and boys descended for the 1 34 ,5, pose of cutting and raising the coals. M a tt ers pr ocee de d without any occurence of an unusu a l c h arac t er till ne w eleven o'clock in the forenoon, when the banksman the pit's mouth heard a heavy fall of earthwork, storm' &c., from the shaft, and it was soon discovered that the landing-cart, in being hauled up from the vein, 8001 against and caught in some of the timbers used to 10 , " the walls, breaking them away, and throwing down th e walls, and causing other timbers to fall together. Further use of the shaft became at once dangerous, if not inWe g i Bible, and the utmost apprehension was f e lt f or the fate ° the poor fellows below, who, as there is only one shaft ,„ _'': the pit, had no apparent means of escape. A consultat a l was held, and it was determined at once to set to work , an with all possible speed to repair the dam age d o wnw s r d 0 the hope that the men underground would be ename go hold out till their deliverance could be effected. were immediately set to work, but as only three work at a time, and those suspended in th e shaft bucK e s it was soon seen that the work of reparati on m ust proc.7ta ; very tardily—probably occupying d a y s , d ur i ng which,tl the men and boys who were in th e pit m i g ht die b o ss exhaustion and fear, or from suffocation by the foul ge.t e emitted by the coal. It was, therefo re , urge d that se74 more immediate and direct effort ought to be m ade,. Mr. Rennolds, of the neighbouring M a l ago V a le ColliAct who was present, proposed that some ropes, or a b il „i 3 iof of sufficiently small diameter to pass through the tills' pd in the shaft, should be suspended from the pit chaint!ot that this being protected from above by two or three l 0 bonnets, or shields, should be lowered into the pits Ni ne to give two men in the top vein, named William 1 31 " 0 0 and Morgan Phillips, who had some time previously T h e discovered to be alive, an opportunity of escaping. o ne descent necessarily presented much danger to an.L or th attempting it, but at length a young man named „. 01 . stepped forward and volunteered, and shortly before 3 . ' fi a o'clock on Saturday morning he entered the bucket. Ile was lowered into the pit—a depth of over 130 fatheni g e ' r iod remained for a short time below, during which le ngth these above were in breathless suspense; but at "..,„ in the bottom signal was given, and he was hauled 0 `;.5,--- safety—notwithstanding some falls of the eartb i v i t s bad bringing with him the two poor fellows whom Br ed t 0 rescued. As soon as they had sufficiently rece g ly two be interrogated, they stated that they were the on trheY men in the top vein, as all the others were below - , o ttoni had crawled to the top of the tip leading to the u , a nd vein, and had called out repeatedly, and hammered Le , thrown dirt down, but they could get no answer, and ti_ l l feared from this circumstance that they were the ofj two men alive. Philips said the air was extremely lil ts down there, and expressed his belief that it would be oin t idle to make any further efforts to bring up the el e a live ; but Braine, on the contrary, expressed ha s He stated that it was possible that the air where the W e ,. were was better than that in the top ve i n, an d that tb e , u .; not hearing or answering when ca ll e d to m i ght pos siblY ths accounted for by their having, instead of staying nee r : „--.. bottom of the tip, gone to some other part of the ve' h - s f probably to the entrance to the shaft, either in seer c ' s ca more pure air or in hopes of being got up. In conseque,.l of this advice further e ff orts were made by those above t c ti p men were sent down, who approached the mouth et . % o at and made noises by hammering and calling, but vv" or having been able to evoke from any one a reply. T ll ' l , l .g av ing mained in this state, and without any circumstance " s on arisen to give hope or justify expectation that the e 00 would be saved, till between ten and eleven o'clo isooo Saturday morning, when some men who had gone : teas to make a last effort, and whose expectations of r;'l‘ were as slight as possibly could be, had the good tuwbo: make themselves heard by two of the poor fellow 9 .:01 0 . atter all hope had been abandoned by their fellows, e„g 0 1 ' towards the tip, and had thei r e ars re j oice d by hes,r_ l `Ther; voice of a man named Coope r . Th e y s p o k e to eac h s tile' and Cooper having elicited that all the men e'e r de the most strenuous and persevering efforts were ni" their deliverance. s, air Several men descended to the first vein into ivi l r i f s "ati. had been previously forced by means of a canvas si r - and revolving fan), where they had the satisfao ,rbel finding that their candles would keep burning' ii e then passed provisions into the bottom vein, e the' t windlass, lowered a rope, and, at about four o'cle c ,h e fir°, bad the happiness of hauling up James Peddar , b t " is oent. of the rescued men. The efforts were then ce ri .,ed not without considerable damage to those elligirsie al l them, till seven o'clock in the evening, by whie'l APO' the poor fellows, numbering 41, had been got 4.'''" (ib:, org' „ of them were in a very ex h auste d state ; but " e, and Smart, surgeons of th e wor k s, were i n a ttendue c h oil rendered profes s i ona l a id, an d proper rerned i l to tW i been used, they rev i ve d su ffi c i en tl y to b e r emove oul d be homes, where th e y are go i ng on as f avour ably as t desired. on° ace hot Such of them as are in a fit condition to give 8- ,1,8ft, of the matter say that they heard the fall of the t henn could not tell what had occasioned it. They fen e j tha t selves shut in, and some of them at once appreb e '. w as It the pit had fallen in altogether, and that therewarnt: chance of their being got out alive. The air a ttend , became so foul that it could scarcely be endured' ting to work, after a great deal of labour, they 7. w eree_., in " tapping," as it is called. Subsequently tne7o the point of sinking from the bad air, down of some earthwork, and the pouring T ene t. ,o wh er, ... t ef vi iite ht; brought some fresh air with it, and gave them ,;(), 8 11 13 70 greater part of them did not absolutely ahun" % Oen lc, until about three o'clock on Saturday could Wei Pie' their candles being exhausted so that they o the t he and no prospect appearing to open, they cam see he ,/ lancholy conclusion that they would never a g ai n a bettert h world. Finding the air in the bottom pit solve' -8 et` descended thither and laid themselves down ;, „.. d ertgeg e , weak and exhausted, fell off to sleep, while otn7d l a m in prayer, or gave vent to their agony whoeal a no d e T or , morning , t tations. At length two of them, htl °? sie' way to the bottom of the tip, heard the vowe lise: to heif and answering it, their precise position ive. j , WO* and the efforts before enumerated made, "rub"' and happily resulted in their deliverance.