The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-19 00:00:00

UNiTED STATS. The British and North American Royal mail steamer Britannia, Captain Hewitt, arrived on Saturday last at this port. She sailed from Boston on the afternoon of the 2d, and Halifax (off which she was delayed, by fog, thirty-six hours) on the morning of the 6th instant. The passage from the latter port occupied ten days. She has brought upwards of sixty passengers from Boston and Halifax. Among them is Mr. Cook, a special messenger from Lord Ashburton, bearing despatches for Government. We have received by this conveyance files of New York papers to the afternoon of the Ist instant inclusive, Boston to the 2d, and Halifax to the sth. Canada papers of late dates have also been received. The President and the Congress had disagreed on the question of the revenue. As the Compromise Act would ex pire on the 30th of June, and as the legislation on the subject contemplated by that act had not been matured, nor was likely to be so in time, to meet this contingency a temporary bill had passed both chambers, extending to the Ist of August the dut;es in force on the Ist of June, and the laws for collecting those duties. This temporary bill was called " the little Tariff Bill." and upon it the President had put his veto. As there were not two-thirds in either house to carry the bill notwithstanding the veto, the measure is de feated. The effect of the veto would be, that the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands would take place imme diately. The executive had determined to attempt to collect the duties of twenty per cent. on all imports in pursuance of the Compromise Act. The collection was to commence on the sth instant at the United States custom-houses : the proceeds would not, however, it was maintained, go into the Treasury. The regulations required by the Compromise Act to be made for a home valuation were to be prescribed by law, and regulations prescribed by the executive power atone are not, it is contended, law. Whatever duties were paid would be so under protest. With respect to Lord Ashburton's mission, the papers are still without any specific information "In our foreign affairs, referring especially to Lord Ashburton's negociations," the New York American says, " the confidence of a favourable result is still unshaken." The State of Rhode Island had been the scene of a rebellion. The universal suffrage party had, under the command of Dorr, their irregularly elected governor, actually taken the field. A force, amounting to between seven and eight hun dred men, fully armed, had taken up a porition near a place called Chepachet, and thrown up field-works. The govern ment troops and the militia, to the number of nearly three thousand, under the command of Major M`Neill, moved against the rebels. But, before the attack commenced, the universal sufferage party men, deserted by their leader Dorr, broke and dispersed. Only one or two lives were lost among the rebels, about two hundred of whom were made pri soners. A large reward has been offered by the Governor of the State for the apprehension of Dorr, who had, however, eluded pursuit, and, it was supposed, made his escape into Canada. Nothing remarkable had occurred in the money market. Money is represented as abundant. First-rate paper was in demand at from six to seven per cent. interest per annum. New York State Stocks had, since the closing of the books, fallen off one to two per cent. United States Six per Cents. were daily taken for investment at par and interest. All the States not now defaulters which had interest due on the Ist instant had provided the means. Fears were entertained that Philadelphia would not be able to continue her payments of interest. _ _ . . . The demand for bills on England for the Britannia had not been large. The rates bad, however, slightly improved. The remittances of interest on money borrowed in Europe had affected them, but not to such an extent as would have been the case, had all the States met their engagements. On England the rate was 107 to l 07,1; on France. 5,37 A to 5,38 ; on Amsterdam, 38f to 39; on Hamburgh, 341 to IC; and on Bremen, 75 to 7f4. The interest due on the first of July on the Maryland, Illionis, and Arkansas bonds would not be paid. The in solvent States stand as follow :—Pennsylvania, Illionis, Mississippi, Arkansas, Indiana, and Michigan. Accounts from Port-au-Prince of the lith ult, had been received at New York. They contradict the account pre viously received of a rebellion having broken out in St. Domingo. President Boyer was seriously ill, and not ex pected to recover. From Montevideo the accounts reach to the 9th of May, but they do not contain any news of interest. The contend ing parties of Montevideo and Buenos Ayres remained with out any change in their relative positions. The Canada papers do not contain any news worth ex tracting. The British and North American royal mail steamer Caledonia, which sailed from this port on the 19th ult., arrived at Halifax on the 3d instant, and proceeded on to Boston, which she would reach on the sth. COTTON TRADE (From the New York Herald of July 1.) At the extreme south, the condition of the currency is such as to have a great influence upon the markets, particu larly at New Orleans, where all transactions are formed on stipulations in relation to the exact character of the funds in which payment is to be made. At Mobile the currency con tinues rapidly to depreciate, and the prices are governed ac cordingly. In the markets of Georgia and South Carolina, the season is so far advanced as to render transactions slug gish, although the news by the Britannia, which had been received, produced a favourable impression. The following is a table of transactions at the leading ports : STOCKS, SALES, PRICES, AND REMARKS. Stocks. Sales. Prices. Remarks. New York 31,000 4,000 51 to 9/ advanced N. Orleans, Jan. 22 43,502 3,800 5 to 8 firm. Mobile, „ 22 4,685 700 84 to 9i advancing. Savannah, „ 25 5,517 230 4 to 8 firm. Augusta, „ 25 300 4+ to 84 „ _ Columbia, S.C., 25 Charleston, „ 18 Market closed. I 2,100 5 to 10 firm The foll Owing table will show the comparative prices of Liverpool classification at the leadinc , ports : PRICES COTTON, LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. N. Orleans. Mobile. Savanb. Charlstn. Inferior... 4 to 41 7 to 7/ 41 to 54 41 to 51 Ordinary Middling Middling fair Fair to fully fair _?/ to 10 8 to 8/ Good fair .: .. Good and fine 12 to 13 The prices at Mobile are, of course, governed by the cur rency, which is depreciated 40 per cent. for specie. The receipts of cotton are now very light at all the ports. The following is a table of the receipts, exports, and stocks of cotton in the United States : RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCK OF COTTON. _____ _, __ 1841. 1842. Incr. Receipts 1,579,818 1,638,901 59,083 Exports to G. Britain 772,226 868,306 96,080 France .. 306,976 364,581 57,605 other ports 89,991 102,011 12,020 169,031 135,156 Stocks ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY or ENGLAND The meeting at Bristol has been a very successful one, and the city has been actually crowded with visitors, including the Duke of Cambridge and a long list of nobility. A cor respondent of the Times says, " not a bed is to bad at any of the inns at any price, and even in private lodging it is with difficulty that a decent apartment can be obtained. The Royal Agricultural Society has converted this ancient city into one immense hotel, and the suburbs into a stable for all kinds of domestic animals. Whole acres of canvass are stretched over the fields at the back of the Victoria-rooms, and thousands of deal boards have been nailed together for the temporary convenience and necessity of the occasion., On Tuesday evening, the mayor, Mr. G. W. Franklyn, gave a most splendid banquet to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the other distinguished visitors now in Bristol, at the Merchant's-hall. About ninety guests sat down to a magnificent dinner, served on plate, provided by Messrs. Niblett and Pring. His worship presided, the vice-presidents' seats hein filled by the town-clerk, Mr. D. Burgess, and Mr. J. Franklyn. His worship was supported on the right by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Beaufort, and the Earl of Essex, and on the left by the Hon. Edward Everett, minister from the United States, the Duke of Riehmond, and the Marquis of Down shire. The usual toasts were drank, and on the health of the American Minister being proposed his Excellency returned thanks in an eloquent address, in the course of which he said the fundamental principle of his country, as they all knew, was equality, and he confessed that he had errone ously thought that in the mother-country this was not so ; but when last week he had met his Royal Highness at Cam bridge wearing a doctor's gown at the University of Cam bridge like the rest, and mingling equally with his fellow doc tors, and when now again he met his Royal Highness mixing with the farmers of England, he was proud to confess how erroneous had been his impression; and he must say that this example set by his Royal Highness was calculated to have the most salutary influence. The implements and things exhibited in the show-yard amounted in number to 99 specimens, including alt sorts of novel inv,:ntions in agricultural machinery—ploughs, bar rows, chaff-cutters, rollers, thrashing machines, carts, win nowers, washing-tubs, &c., so numerous and ramified, that a printed catalogue of 34 C. , sely printed pages gives little more than a list of their names, and the names of the in- ventors. The ploughing match came off on Wednesday amidst a continued fall of rain, by which numbers were deterred from being present. It took place in a large field at Beggar's Bush, close to Leigh-woods. The ploughing match itself 7vaa a pleasing sight, and had the weather been fine, would have we.t been one of the best of the whole " show." It was and I arranged and well conducted. There were between 30 0 _ 40 , , ploughs in the match. With the exception of one V as `: i g c r i ' which was drawn by three mules in the tandem The spa ofthe ploughs were drawn by two horses abreast. an acre; ..ground to be ploughed by each plough was half upright e-rided4 half acre was allotted and marked out by o'clock the at B stuck in the ground ; and at a quarter to one whole of the "7, if it may be so termed, took place, the returning baekt a onglis advancing in line across the field and ploughing of thei;cirs and forwards till the conclusion of the not cut deep, but With allotments. The furrows were e ach other, and w i th r remarkable precision of distance from wer e allowed, the pioueroarkabl e s t ra i g ht ness . No drivers and by his voice, or, as the farmers hrran directed his horses by reins, call it, it was all " Jeho" work. The match lasted two hours, after which the judges surveyed the ground! '" The trial of implements took place on - Wednesday in a in thepressence of Messrs. Parkes, field near Sneyd-park, Graham, and Legard, the judges, Geo. Webb Hall Ir. steward of the ground. It cornmennededi‘ o'clock in the morning, and occupied the e bout half-past five trials being made of new inventions in almostwhole of the day, tion of agricultural machines. several of whic every descrip eed by the judges to contain very considerable improvement pronoun while others were of course declared to be failures. On Wednesday, at 6 o'clock, the Council dinner, the an ti c ip a ted grandeur of w hich has been so l ong the subject of ex p ec tation, took pla ce at the Victoria rooms' and was attended by a comp an y numbering more than 500. After dinner the :ward of the prizes was read by the Duke of Richmond. RAILWAY TRAVELLI c I N ANIERICA. — It is a common fact enough, that half the railway routes . that are travelled i n America are either temporary or unfinished—onelicrielabfa reason, among several, for the multitudinous accidents w Tourney, within wayfarers. At the vary out-set of ourLi t o h u o r scarce a mile of Philadelphia, we crossed ylkill over a bridge, one of the principal piers of :I , l o iZ l is on y e et ot i ' h ic a ° o: plete, and the whole building (a covered some dimensions) filled with workmen yet occu i p n ie t d he in w i a t y s construction. But the Americans are impetuous , 1 1 Iren of impr,Neroent, and have all the impatience of about the trying of a new thing; often greatly retarding their own progress by hurrying unduly the com pletion_ rt,ftil: . their works, or us i ng t h em i n a per i lous state o f i n completeness. ei We cro sse d one or two inlets from the Chesapea k e of consi derable width, upon bridges of a most perilous construction, and, indeed, which have given way once or twice in various parts already. They consist merely of wooden piles driven onlyst • into the water, across which the iron rails are laid, just raising the cars above the level of the water. To traverse with an immense train at full steam speed one of these creeks, nearly a mile in width, is far from agreeable, let one he never so little nervous ; and it was with infinite cordiality each time that I greeted the first blush that hung over the water, indi cating our approach to terra firma.—Afrs. Butler, in Bent ley's, Mizterllany. nyerial Vavitaiutitt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The British Possessions Abroad Bill went through oota mittee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Friday. In committee on the Railways' Bill, Lord CAMPBELL moved the insertion of a clause forbidding the locking up of carriages on railways without the consent of the passengers. After a short discussion the clause was rejected by a ma jority of 35 to 31. _ . The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the house resumed. The Queen's Personal Protection Bill was brought up from the House of Commons and read a first time, on the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, who gave notice that he would this day move that the standing orders should be suspended, in order that the bill might pass through its remaining stages this evening. The Earl of DEvoN moved the second reading of the Mines' and Collieries' Bill, and in doing so urged upon the house the necessity of putting an end to the practice of em ploying women in mines, particularly when they were thus employed in a manner disgraceful to humanity. This part of the bill he trusted that their lordships would agree to, al though he understood that some noble lords wished to post pone even this important portion. With respect to the em ployment of boys he had no objection to having the age at which they should be allowed to work in mines fixed at ten years, and he proposed that their apprenticeships should not last beyond eighteen years of age. The clauses regulating and limiting the hours of labour for children he should not press, and he found himself very reluctantly obliged to give up the point respecting the employment of persons at the engines under twenty-one years of age. He found the prac tice was general of employing lads of fifteen and sixteen years of age, but he bad heard no sufficient reason to convince him that the persons so employed should be in any case under twenty-one years. Loid HATHERTON said be must have objected to this bill if the alterations had not been made which the noble earl had announced ; because from the practical knowledge he pos sessed he knew that the working of many valuable mines in the central part of England must have been abandoned had the bill in its original shape passed into law.: The Earl of RADNOR suggested the postponement of the bill until the next session of parliament. The Earl of GALLOWAY supported the bill, which he hoped would not be postponed. He regretted the concessions which had been made to those who were opposed to the measure. The Duke of WELLINGTON supported the bill, and said that he believed there was but one noble lord who contended that legislation in this case was unnecessary. He would vote for the principle of the bill, and when the details came before the house it would be time enough for him to state his views respecting them. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY expressed his fears that a compromise had been entered into between Lord Hatherton and the promoters of the bill, or he would not have given up the intention of moving for a select committee. The noble marquis moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said his objection to the details of the bill was, that he felt it necessary that, in legislating, they should not have been carried away by mere feelings of huma nity, but should have taken time to consider if the means proposed to remedy the evil were not in themselves pregnant with greater evils than those which they were intended to care. The House of Commons, he must say, had passed it on an impulse and without taking time properly to consider of the great capital and interests which the bill would most injuriously affect. Their lordships had taken the details into consideration, and the bill as now altered he was enabled to support. _ _ The Bishop of GLOUCESTER said it ought to be their ob ject on all occasions to promote morality as much as possible by legislation, and protested against the doctrine laid down by the Earl of Radnor. After a few words from Lord CLANCARTY, The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said that in his mines in Scot land no women were employed. He supported the bill. After some observations from the Earl of MOUNTCASHEI„ the gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place, and the bill was read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY Mr. HUME called the attention of the House to the report of the select committee on national monuments (in June, 1841), and moved an humble address to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to give directions to the trustees of the British Museum, and of the National Gallery, to the authorities having charge of the armouries and jewels in the Tower of London, to the commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, and to all other persons having the management or direction of public edifices and cathedrals, for the adoption of those facilities and improvements recommended in that report. Mr. EWART seconded the motion. After a few observations from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. G. Knight, Mr. Wyse, Sir H. Peel, Mr. C. Buller, the Earl of Lincoln, and other hon. members. Mr. HUME withdrew his motion. Mr. EWART then moved the following resolution : " That it is expedient that the Government School of Design be formed into a central normal school for the instruction of teachers of design, in communication with other schools of design throughout the country ; and that the general recom mendations of the committee, which reported on this sub ject in the year 1839, he adopted." _ . Dr. BOWAING seconded the motion. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the recommendations of the committee of 1836 were being gradually adopted. Schools of design were to be established in Manchester, Birming ham, York, Coventry, Norwich, and auother town not yet fixed upon. In the present state of the experiment he thought it would not be advisable to adopt the motion. After some iurther discussion, Mr. EWART withdrew his motion. Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to bring in a bill to continue for one year the act for the trial of controverted elections, Lord Mahon withdrawing the amendment of which he bad given notice, to the effect that the tribunal should not con sist of members of parliament, as the right hon. baronet was only proposing his bill for a limited period. On the motion of Mr. SHELL, various returns were or dered, connected with the clergy reserves in Canada. Sir J. EASTHOPE, at the request of Sir R. Peel, post poned his motion for returns respecting church-rates, owing to the illness of Sir J. Graham. Mr. HUME then moved for a copy of the last patent con stituting the commission for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, with a return of the names and rank of the officers constituting the commission, their services, and various other particulars connected with their promotion. The motion was negatived by a majority of 99 to 23. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in two bills—one to regulate and reduce the expenses of the offices attached to the superior courts of common law in Ireland, payable out of the Consolidated Fund ; the other, a bill for abolishing certain offices on the revenue side of the Court of Exchequer in England, and for regulating the office of her Majesty's liemembrancer in that court. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the bill for the better protection of the Queen's person. Lord MELBOURNE supported the bill, and observed that the life of her Majesty was, he believed, more exposed than that of any other person whatever. And it was only right, therefore, that it should be surrounded with every possible protection. Lord BROUGHAM, in supporting the bill, said that the state of public feeling, if any thing had happened to her Majesty, might be judged of by the grief which now pervaded France, in consequence of a recent melancholy accident in that country. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he felt confident he was only expressing the deep feeling of the house, when he de clared his sympathy with those who mourned the fate of the prince alluded to. - The bill was read a second time, and was subsequently passed through its remaining stages. The New South Wales bill was read a second time. The mines and collieries ill was committed;;c . )jOrma, in order to insert some amendments. After which it was or dered to be printed, and re-committed on Tuesday next. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. In reply to a question from Mr. LABOUCHERE, who com plained of the high duty imposed on the export of cement stone, by which many persons on the eastern coast of Eng land would be thrown out of employment, Mr. GLADSTONE said that no remonstrance had been made against the duty, although it was known for months before the act passed. It was supposed that this species of stone was nearly exhausted, and therefore it was that the duty was imposed ; but since then it was discovered that the supposition was unfounded. In consequence of the burping of Hamburg there was a great demand for the cement stone, and government intended to take off the duty in a bill which he was about to bring in to rectify certain errors which had crept into the engrossed copy of the customs duties act. _ ‘, The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole house, and a resolution was agreed to on which to found a bill for the amendment of the customs duties act. The house then resumed, the resolution was reported, and leave was given to bring in the bill. In reply to a question from Mr. M. PHILIPS, Mr. GLADSTONE stated that he was not aware that any large supplies of corn could be expected from Malta, but all corn from that island would pay the same rate of duty as fo reign corn. Mr. M. GIBSON postponed his motion relative to the dis tress of the country, owing to the absence of Sir R. Peel. The house theu went into committee of supply. On the vote of £39,200 for secret service money, .r • Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the payment of home secret service money, as there was a general impression that much of it was devoted to electioneering purposes. He moved as an amendment a reduction of the grant by the sum of £20,000. On a division the amendment was negatived by a majority of 117 to 13. On the vote of £11,713 for the care and arrangement of the public records, _ Mr. H. HINDE spoke of the condition of the various pub lications undertaken by the late record commission. Sir J. GRAHAM was of opinion that such works as were nearly fin;slied should be completed, but not to proceed with any others, as the expense was very great. The vote 0fX30,000 for education led to some discussion, in the course of which Messrs. Ewart, Brotherton, and Bowring, expressed their regret that the sum was not consi derably larger. Mr. M. GIBSON complained of the narrow and sectarian mode in which education was given to the people. Mr. CHILDERS maintained that of all the northern nations of Europe, this country was the most deficient in the means proper national education. Sir J. GDAHAM, in reply to a question, said that the go vernment had it under consideration whether or not they should submit to parliament a specific vote in aid of the classes upon Mr. Hullah's system. Mr. HUME censured the monopolising spirit which he con tended the church displayed, by claiming the exclusive di rection of national education. After some observations from Mr. PROTHEROE, and Mr. 1 HARDY, Sir R. H. Isoi is expressed disapprobation of the speech of the President Of the . Council on this subject in the other house e d o c f e ceaseparliament,and hoped his eonduct would be estrgi:dcdis owned by v t7 e ivi r le n ic ni ht e o, nt. The government, he trusted, principles which it had formerly op posed—principles h r i i s gh o t i s )i n a i r , i i d n ' out, prove dduties would,of the if h e carried o f th e system adopted estab lished church. Sir J. GRA B" , coincidedw most warmly in the sentiments frankly and manfullthteoircarrly' expressed by L or d The o g u o t v ; er a n n m d e h n e t h ap o l p )r e o d ve to d br y nclitre. predecessors, and were pre paredbe aided, should additionaYl lature. He must observe, i fund s hon. baronet, that it was calenulrat't be required, by the legis ference to the speech of the the members of a governs eft to 'Ow dissension amongst support. After some further discussion thewyliteehwaislea g p re r e o d fe t s o se . d to On the vote for the sum to defray visiting barristers, the exPense s of the re- Sir J. GRAHAM said it was his intention to pledge he had given , by bringing in a Registrationreiem lilt the be fore the close of th e session, and t hat bill would contain a clause for the establishment of an appellative jurisdiction. On the vote for the colony of New Zealand, Mr. V. SmlTit objected to the portion of the vote which wont to establish bishopric in that colony, on tho principle I that if it was necessary to do so it should be done by a regular proposition to parliament, and not by a mere vote in supply. The hon. member quoted from a former declaration made by Lord Stanley, in which he said he had the strongest objection to placing the church on the estimates—the very thing which, he contended, he was doing by this vote. When a similar measure was proposed by Lord J. Russell, he (Mr. V. Smith) opposed it, and he was, therefore, consistent in now objecting to it, when proposed by the present govern ment. Lord STANLEY said that this appointment of a bishop in New Zealand, and the vote proposed, were merely keeping the faith pledged by the late government. He had strong objections to placing the maintenance of the church upon the estimates, but the peculiar circumstances of the case left him no alternative but to follow up what had been done by his predecessor. Mr. HUME could not see that at all. If Lord John Rus sell made a promise, let Lord John Russell pay the money. (A laugh.) There was no compulsion on the noble lord (Stanley) to do so. He moved, therefore, a reduction of the vote by the amount of the bishop's allowance. Should he be defeated, lie would move that Lord John Russell be called upon to pay the money. (A laugh.) After some discussion, the amendment was negatived by a majority of 131 to 25. Mr. HUME then gave notice that, when the house resumed, he would move in committee of ways and means to see how the late government could be made to pay the money. (A laugh.) On the vote for the national system of education in Ire land a discussion arose as to the propriety of the mode of education pursued, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. A. Campbell, and other hon. members complaining of it, because of the mutila tion of the Scriptures, extracts from which only were placed in the hands of the children. Lord ELIOT and other hon. members defended the system, and said ihat considering the difference of the Catholic and Protestant population of Ireland in point of numbers, and the comparative wealth of the latter, the average number at tending the schools was fully in proportion to the number of Catholics. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON entreated the government to re consider the question in any future grant, and defended the Kildare-street Society, which had been referred to in the course of the discussion by Lord Eliot, with whom he could not agree either in his praise of the national system or his dis approbation of the Kildare-street Society. The hon. and learnd gentleman very warmly opposed the whole principle upon which the government were proceeding upon this ques tion of national education. Mr. LABOUCRERE supported the vote, and expressed his satisfaction at the sentiments which had been expressed by Lord Eliot. Lord STANLEY, in supporting the vote, said that the strenuous opposition of Mr. Sergeant Jackson gave him no surprise when he recollected how long he had been connected with the Kildare-street Society, which he naturally felt him self called upon to defend. The noble lord then contended that the national system, though by no means perfect, yet had the effect of softening the asperities of religious differ ences and of giving to the people of Ireland an improved kind of education. After a prolonged and occasionally angry discussion, which lasted until past two o'clock in the morning, Mr. WARD and Mr. M. GIBSON forced a division, with a view to show how small was the minority opposed to the vote. Lord STANLEY commented on the course pursued by the two hon. members, who would be forced to vote against their own opinions, by declaring that the noes had it." Mr. WARD replied that they would be the tellers. A division then took place, and the result was, that Mr. Ward was defeated in his object, for the vote was carried by a majority of 94 to none, the opponents of the vote declining to fall into the trap laid for them. Mr. PLUMPTRE said he voted for the vote, because he would not be driven to a division against it by the hon. mem ber. He would vote against it when the report was brought up. After some further observations the house resumed, and soon after adjourned. 33,875 DINNER TO SIR ALLAN MACNAB At the entertainment given by the British American Asso ciation to Colonel Sir A. Macnab, at the Thatched-house Tavern, St. James's-street, London, on Friday evening, covers were laid for nearly 100 gentlemen. The Duke of Richmond, who filled the chair, was sup ported on the right by Sir A. Macnab, Sir F. Burdett, Bart., M.P. ; the Right Hon. Sir G. Murray, Sir D. Macdougall, Sir John Osborn, Bart. ; Sir R. Barclay, Bart. ' • Sir J. Duke, M.P. ; Mr. Masterman, M.P. ; and on the left by Lord Aylmer, the Earl of Dunmore, Lord Dunboyne, Sir P. Mait land, Sir W. Ogilvie, Bart. ; Sir Francis B. Head, Bart. ; Sir J. Hav, Bart. ; Sir G. Jackson, and James Holford, Esq. Sir R. Bronn officiated as vice-president. Among the other distinguished persons present were— Lord Winterton, Mr. Malcomb, Mr. Sheriff, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Archibald, Mr. Tulloch, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Ross ; Drs. Bell, Ifill, Mortimer, and Chisholme ; Cap tain Randolph, R.N. ,• Captain Moorsom, Captain Kerr, Mr. Bukerfield, Mr. Dodd, M.P. ; Mr. 0. Gore, • Mr. Baldwin, M.P. : Mr. Ogden, Attorney-General for M.P. iastern Canada ; General Alexander ; Captain Drew, R.N. ; Dr, Rolph, Mr. Walter, Mr. H. Hughes, &c. Letters were announced from the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Gosford, Lords Macdonald, Prudhoe, and Seaton, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir H. Douglas, Sir J. Macdonnell, Sir J. Kempt, and Sir A. Maclaine, ex pressing their regret that absence from town on previous engagements prevented them from being present. The dinner, with all its adjuncts, displayed great taste and magnificence. The Rev. Dr. Worthing said grace. After the cloth bad been removed The noble Chairman gave in succession the usual loyal toasts:—" Her Majesty the Quee,i," "The Queen Dowager," " His Royal Highness Prince Albert," and " Albert, Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," which were drunk with three times three. " The Army and Navy " were then given with the usual enthusiasm, and The noble Chairman next rose to propose the health of that gallant and distinguished individual who sat on his right hand. He felt that they owed him a debt of gratitude which it was not easy for this country to repay. (Cheers.) In timeaiof no ordinary difficulty and danger he came forward with all the influence of his personal character—an influence which could not have been gained if his neighbours had not well known that he eminently deserved it,—he came forward, resisted and overthrew the unfortunate outbreak which took place in Canada. (Cheers.) He called it outbreak, because he thought they would all agree with him, that in meeting upon such an occasion as the present to do honour to Sir Allan Macnab they ought not to say anything in that room which could arouse any feeling of hostility on the part of any individual. (Cheers.) He must, however, say, that he thought he had some right to complain of the course which had been taken by his gallant friend Sir George Murray, who, profiting by his experience in the Peninsula, and avail ing himself of the secret advantage the British always took of the French by breaking ground, had said a great deal of what should have been left for him in proposing this toast. (A laugh.) But it had been received in a manner which showed that nothing was required from him, either to heighten the compliment which had been paid, or add the enthusiasm with which Englishmen upon such an occasion would always welcome the gallant and brave defenders of their country. (Cheers.) Having for the last three days been engaged attending and speaking at very large meetings, he really felt himself little competent satisfactorily to dis charge the duties of the office he had undertaken ; but he felt the utmost satisfaction in proposing the health of their distinguished guest, and he hoped when he returned to Canada he would assure the loyal inhabitants there, that Englishmen looked upon them as fellow-subjects, fellow countrymen, and brothers, whose paramount duty it was to cultivate warm feelings of good-will towards each other— (cheers,)—that Englishmen felt they were one and all in the same boat ; and whatever enemy might arise to threaten or to assail them, Englishmen would maintain their cause— Englishmen would protect and defend them—Englishmen would compliment and reward those who did their Canadian brethren service ; for in so doing they supported the flag of England, under which Nelson triumphed and Wellington conquered. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with three times three, and one cheer more. . Sir A. MACNAB, in rising to respond to the toast, was re ceived with loud and reiterated cheering. The gallant officer spoke as follows :—.My lord duke and gentlemen, the flatter ing manner in which you have proposed my health, and the enthusiasm with which it has been received by so distin guished a company as the present, demand my warmest gra titude. I hope, however, no man will believe that I am vain enough to suppose, that any services which I may have rendered either to the colony from which I came, or the empire of which it forms a part, could possibly entitle me to this highly flattering mark of your regard. I therefore merely consider myself on the present occasion as the for tunate individual in whose person a well-merited compliment is intended to be paid to the loyalty and devotion of the people of Canada. (Cheers.) It certainly will be most cheering and gratifying to the inhabitants of that country to find that five of their former governors not only continue to take a lively interest in their welfare, but are at all times ready and willing to do them any service in their power. In common with the people of Canada I was much gratified by the publication of a despatch from the noble lord, then Colonial Secretary, to the late Governor-General of Canada, in which he was pleased to assure the people of that country that " their loyalty should be encouraged and rewarded :" my reason for alluding to this promise is, that I see near me a gallant and distinguished officer who for many years had settled with his family in Canada, and who, on the breaking out of the insurrection, leaving his family in the woods, immediately joined the volunteers under my command, although a sailor, marched with me from the home district to the western section of the country, then back again to the Niagara frontier, and never quitted the field so long as there was a rebel to be found in the country. (Loud cheers.) I have now the gratification of publicly declaring in Eng land that no service could have been more difficult, more dangerous, or more gallantly performed than the destruction of a vessel employed to succour and sustain those who were in arms against her Majesty ' • and I well know that I expre s s the sentiments of the people of Canada when I state, that they look forward with intense anxiety to see the loyalty and gallantry of Capt. Drew generously rewarded. (Loud cheers.) They feel that he, in an hour of grave emergency, rendered them a great and important service, which, as loyal and ho nest men, they never can forget or too highly appreciate. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, Upper Canada is a country that requires nothing but a healthy population to make it one of the finest countries in the world. We have long felt the want of population, and there is no portion of the world whence we so naturally or earnestly desire to receive that population as from our beloved father-land. I was there fore delighted, on my arrival in this country, to find an asso deysirSaebrvilec a es purpose, ltaving jt ciation had been formed, and was f as t ripe n i ng i nto matu rity, whi c h , if carried into succes s f u l operatio n , w ill con f er incalculabl e _ i benefit both upon Can a d a and the p aren t state. N been did not solicited hesitate b y thisone moment association omt in for so grant ing them, undertaking to carry out to the utmost of my a p s o w e a t s h o g s e s n i b e lrea theim p w r e v l e fa m r e e n o t f o f t h t e h e p c e o o i p i n l e t r v, y , , h o a n s d h aplrlom tsettlee in the provinces of British North America. (Cheers.) In taking farewell, my e t o m l e yof fellow -countrymen this lord duke and gentlemen, of the just an d generous countr3'- t will, the o numerousn my ret u marks rnto Ca nada, be no les s my duty than my great pleasure and delight to recount r o p f kindness and attenti on I h ave can only add my sincere receivedhope that at your hands, and I the glorious connexion between Great Britain and her North American colonies may continue as long as the waters run and the g I beg again to thank you most sincerely f or the Latsisougrrows. have done me, and beg to drink all your good heall o is u (Loud cheers.) At a subsequent period of the evening the Chairman gave " Dr. Rolph, and success to his emigration scheme," when Dr. ROLPH said, that he felt deeply indebted to his Grace for the very flattering manner in which he had been pleased to propose his health, and t o the com p a ny for the responsi ve enthusiasm with which it had been received. Ilis first suc cess and subsequent influence, he could not forget, had arisen from his attendance at the great northern meeting at Inverness in 1839, at which his Grace had presided with his usual effect. (Cheers.) It was indeed a most gratifying circumstance t o him, that his gallant fr iend Sir A. Macnabb, whom, for years past, lie had earnestly urged to visit Great Britain, had been received with 6o much respect on his arri val, and with such warm demonstrations of regard on his de parture. On his own return to Canada, on each successive occasion, during the last three years, he had earnestly endea voured to convince the warm-hearted inhabitants of that splendid colony, that the great bulk of the people of the United Kingdom felt the deepest interest in their welfare and depla prp»perity, it we; tale, and much to the period when, under misenided impulses, r:n attempt wa. made. to bring about a separation from Great Britain, there were not wanting individuals in this country to justify that insane and treasonable effort, who even wished the British soldiery defeated, and anticipated with delight the dismem berment of the empire. Happily they were but few in number, insignificant in character, and contemptible in influence. Th e great b o d y o f th e B r i t i s h peop l e f e l t, t h a t if England lost her colonies, or was prepared to abandon them, she would be, what she would then certainly deserve to be, but a colony herself. ("Hear, hear," and cheers.) Better prospects, however, have since dawned on Canada : she had c ome ou t o f a severe an d trying ordeal not only un scathed, but triumphant. So cheering, indeed, had her altered prospects become, that not only did those of our fellow-countrymen wno now left the shores of Great Britain for the American continent give Canada the preference, but those who had taken up their abode in the United States were returning by thousands to the peaceful sway of their beloved monarch, again to live under the protecting influence of the British flag. (Loud cheers.) During the present year it had come to his personal knowledge, that larger numbers of wealthy settlers and a greater amount of British capital had proceeded to Canada than during any year since the standard of old England had been planted on the heights of Abraham by the gallant and immortal Wolfe. The pre sent compliment, so justly due, and so handsomely conferred on their guest, Sir Allan Macnab, would prove most grateful and agreeable to the inhabitants of Canada generally. They would view it, as indeed it should be viewed, as a marked compliment paid to themselves. They would consider it a guarantee that the defence of Canada was highly acceptable to the British people, and an earnest that they generally desired to see it an incorporated, integral portion of the British empire. (Loud cheers.) Another excellent result would follow from this gratifying scene. A just discrimina tion would henceforth be made between that portion of the American continent under the British sway, which had always honourably maintained its faith, perfo rm ed all its obligations, preserved its credit, established its probity, and sustained its character, from those portions of the ' same continent where the dishonest doctrines of repu diation had been boldly proclaimed. (Loud cheers.) Every loan hitherto raised in Great Britain, for whatever part of America, had been confounded under the common name of American security; and Canada had not only just cause of complaint for this mistake, but had suffered most severely from the delinquencies of others, an d f rom a sup posed participation in the principles of repudiation, which she utterly denounced and abhorred. (Cheers.) It was, therefore, fervently to be hoped, that as the current of emigration had been fully restored to Canada, the free in vestment of British capital would as certainly follow. The special object of his mission to England was the promotion of emigration to the magnificent province of Canada. It was certainly a source of unbounded gratification to know that he had secured the support and co-operation of so large a portion of the British nobility and people to aid in this great undertaking. It had always appeared to him, and it had been greatly deplored in Canada, that hitherto emigration had been voluntary and unaided, and that no scheme of colonization had ever been attempted. A combination comprehending the extensive landowners in Canada—those deeply interested in the removal of the surplus population from their densly peopled estates in this kingdom—with the aid of a portion of the unemployed capital of the mercantile and commercial classes, would supply very great and most important deside rata. In the hope that such a combination could be advan tageously effected, it had afforded him much pleasure to find that a powerful association hail been formed on these princi ples, and contemplating these objects, and trusting that their well-directed exertions might prove serviceable to the mother country and the colony, he looked with intense anxiety to its success. The noble lord the Secretary for the Colonies, in one of his lucid and pnwerful despatches to the Governor of New Brunswick, equally applicable to Canada, had thus happily expressed himself:—" Fully agreeing with you, that the esta blishment of a class of landowners possessed of capital, applicable to the cultivation of the land and to the employ ment of labour, would conduce to the rapid growth and to the solid prosperty of the colony, I yet think that the ob ject is owe not likely to be effected by the direct interference of her Majesty's Government. All which it appears to me that the Government can do towards promoting the coloni zation of New Brunswick is by placing a moderate price upon the public lands, and rendering their acquisition easy, by circulating also correct information concerning the colony, so that parties may judge of the means which it affords for the profitable employment of capital ; and as re gards the lower orders, by regulating their conveyance to the colony without the undue enhancement of its cost. The rest must be left to the inducements which the natural re sources and advantages of the colony may present ; in short, to the operation of private interest." On these just and natural principles it did appear to him that an extensive scheme of colonization could be effectively and most profitably carried out. (Cheers.) " Westward the tide of empire holds its away, " The first four acts already past, " The fifth shall close the drama and the day, "Time's noblest offspring is his last."—(Cheers.) THE WEATHER THE WEATHER.—Since Monday, we have hada continua tion of fine summer weather, and a good breadth of grass has been cut down in this neighbourhood, and hay making is progressing very rapidly. The rains which fell during the week, and on Sunday night and Monday last, must have proved very acceptable to the farmers. There is every ap pearance that we shall have an early, and, we believe, an abundant harvest. The potatoes and young turnips have greatly benefitted by the rain, followed as it has been by a succession of fine warm days.—Leeds Intelliyencer. THE HAY HARVEST.—Fine weather having set in, the hay harvest goes on bravely in our neighbourhood. Our Hawkshead correspondent informs us that in the Lake dis tricts a good deal of seed grass remained uncut, and at the time of writing what was cut remained unstacked. We trust that these districts have by this time-participated in the fine weather we are enjoying here, and that the harvest is, as with us, going on well.—Lancaster Gazette. From a gentleman who has recently been through a con siderable part of Sussex we learn that the wheat crops look well, in some places they are luxuriant. The straw is unusu ally high, the ears large, and the grain good. We wish they may turn out equally well generally.—Brighton Herald. The crops in our immediate neighbourhood are looking remarkably well; the fructifying showers and genial weather with which we have been favoured in this part of the country have put the corn into such a state as to induce the hope of a bountiful harvest being r ealised.—Hants Independent. The first field of Talavera wheat in Sussex, and we believe, in England, was cut by N. Hall Esq., of Southwick, on Wednesday se'nnight, which will be fit for the miller on Monday next. The harvest . will commence generally in a few days. The wheat is full m . the ear, and will weigh heavy. The barley and oats will be light crops.—Brighton Herald. The crops in the neighbourhood of Chesterfield promise a luxuriant harvest. We understand that there has scarcely ever been known such an abundant wheat crop. The hay crop is generally in course of cutting in the district, and appears to be an average, All through the country the crops generally look and promise well.—DerbyshireChroniele. - The grass is light generally, and so is the wheat, which is very thin, but what there is of it is of good quality. Barley and oats are more plentiful. The corn crops generally will, if the weather prove favourable, be of an average quantity, but not more than that.—Leicester Chronicle. A marked improvement in appearance is observable in crops of all kinds, And nothing has as y e t occurre d t o a lt er the opinion generally believed in, that we shall have a good, probably an abundant, harvest. — Carlisle Journal. Onr correspondents — east, west, north, and south—write on this subject nearly in the same words. Take this as a specimen :—" The country looks most charming. Potatoes and wheat never promised more, and but rarely such abun dant crops. The hay, though light, is good, and in places has been well saved. A few dry days will enable the hay makers to complete their part of the harvest, and the far mers are everywhere looking forward to its completion with the most cheering prospects and thankfulness.—Dublin Evening Packet. THE FRENCH HARVEST.—The Courrier du Haul Rhin says—" The harvest will be a very fine one, and consequently the fall in our markets continues. The ear is full, and pro mises to produce abundance of flower. The straw will be short, but this storage is still at a low price. On the other hand, the trefoils and other seeds are very scanty. The vines have suffered severely from the heat and drought. The blossom of the vine has been attacked by the parale to such an extent that the whole of the vine-growers from Ribeauville to Guebwiller will lose all hope of a gathering, unless they have some rain very sh or tl y . I n th e B as Rhi n, on the contrary, the vines, which are almost always a fort night behind ours, are in a most flourishing state. Even there, however, the want of ram is severely felt." Now that the crops are beginning to get into form. a better idea may in general be penned concerning them. The hay is now all in hand, and upon the whole the crop is decidedly a light one, although in some places, as always happens, there is a very good crop which will yield well. A farmer who lately travelled through the whole length of the arable dis trict of Stirlingshire informs us that he did not see above three or four fields carrying really heavy crops. Wheat in general is thin upon the ground, with such exceptions as are to be found in the hay crop, and it is also much shorter in the straw than usual, which, we believe, is not counted a fault here, where it generally grows tall, and is therefore more easily lodged. This accident has not occurred to it this season yet, so far as our knowledge extends, and therefore it is hoped it will prove a true crop, telling well on the barn floor which is more than it has done for the last six years. Beans are well and thickly planted, and the blossom is ex ceedingly abundant, but the prevailing high winds are doing damage here, which at present renders it impossible to say what may be the yield. The straw is also short like the wheat, but yet, with fine weather, there is sufficient room to carry the fruit. Barley seems to be generally a good crop, with a sufficient length of straw ; but even here there is an irregularity in ,the growth—in consequence of some parts of the same fields not springing at the same time as others—so that the barley fields have lately, and still have to some ex tent, a piebald appearance, some parts being fully shot while others are scarcely in the shot blade, which must cause un equal ripening. Oats in general are not so far advanced as to enable a correct estimate to be penned. The straw, how ever, is mostly short, although close enough upon the ground, and the appearance of this crop will yet greatly improve : we expect it will turn out well. Potatoes now throughout the country do not promise so well as they did early in the season. Turnips are fully braided, and have come up well.—Edinburgh Observer. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. — The first prize of £3O for a short-horned bull was awarded last week, at Bristol, to Mr. John Parkinson, of Ley Fields, near Newark, and the first prize of £3O for a cart stallion was given to Mr. Neeld, M.P. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A very distressing and a very dis gusting case, arising out of a disputed property in a pew, in the Cathedral Church in Derry, occupied the attention of the court of petty sessions in that city, on the 6th instant. This question, involving a civil right, had been t he s ubject of more than one riot and desecration of a place of worship, during the time of divine service, to the scandal of religion, and the great annoyance of the assembled congregation. In the pro gress of the inquiry before the magistrates, Mr. Boyd, the recorder, who was presiding, observed, " that there was so much temper mixed up in the transaction that he could scarcely decide upon what witnesses should be subjected to examination or what should not." After the case had been dismissed, Sir George Hill accosted Mr. Boyd in th e street in a very violent manner, and asked, " Whether, he, Mr. Boyd, had the concurrence of the other magistrates in the observation he made in reference to temper? " Mr. Boyd re plied that "he did not think Sir George had any right to put such a question to him." Sir George then said—" I wish to know whether yuu alluded to me ?" "My observation was a general one and intended to apply to all the parties in the case," was Mr. Boyd's temperate answer. An obser vation was then made, which induced Mr. Boyd at on ce to commit himself to the bands of a friend—Mr. Fletcher, who was th e b earer o f a message to Sir George Hill, by whom he was referred ly Mr. Dwyer, of the 14th Regiment. The latter proposed that Mr. Boyd should repeat the nature of the conversation that had occurred between him and Sir George Hill, which the former having declined to do, a meet ing was fixed for the following. morning. In the interim, an inquiry was made by the friends from a gentleman pre sent, as to the nature of the conversation between the . principal s , w h en , upon a repres entation made by Mr Dwyer, Sir George Hill very properly retracted the offensive obser vations complained of—the fact being, as it was alleged, that he did not hear, or accurately compre he nd whet had fallen from Mr. Boyd—and thus the affair happily terminated. NIISCELLANE,OUS. S. H. Northcote, Esq., grandson of Sir Stafford Nothoote has been appointed private secretary to the Right Hon. W. E Gladstone. A munificent donation of £2OOO has been made by the Rey. Thomas Halford, M.A. to the University of Cambridge, for the purpose of erecting a new wing to the library.' RUGBY SCHOOL. —The Rev. Dr. Kennedy, head master of Shrewsbury school, is one of the candidates for the head mastership of Rugby school, vacant by the death of Dr. Arnold. ST. PETERSBURGIT, JULY 1.-lip to the 13th June, 55 0 merchantmen had arrived in the ports of Riga, and 301 had already left. The value of the imports was 1,522,216 silver rubles, and that of the exports 4,559,685 silver rubles. The Moscow Gazette gives the details of a great fire which, on the night of the 2d of May, destroyed more than 200 houses, with all their contents, in the town of Bolschoe- Pitaievo, in the government of Tamboff. The vacancy in the royal circle, left by the departure of the King and Queen of the Belgians, has been filled up by the arrival of the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, on a visit to her Majesty. A contemporary states that at " the last vestry meeting the names of 452 rate-payers of the parish of Stroud alone were taken off the parish books, as being unable longer to pay their rates." The Great Western sailed on Saturday from Bristol, carry ing between sixty and seventy passengers, among whom was his Excellency Mr. Everett, the celebrated and accomplished Minister of the United States in this country. She carried out also an average cargo of manufactured goods. The Gazette of the government of Pskoff announces that, on the 10th of June, a fire broke out in the town of Ostroff'. In the space of a few days there were six fires in that town, which destroyed about twenty houses.—Journal of St. Petersburgh. The much admired white hare, daily seen feeding on the lawn in front of Lowther Castle, some time ago paid the debt of nature ; but the breed, it appears, was not lost in its death, as this season a full-grown leveret, perfectly white, has fre— quently been seen sporting in the park near that noble mansion. The expense of collecting the post-office revenue is about sixty per cent. in Great Britain, and a little beyond ninety per cent. in Ireland; thus, it will be seen that the " penny " humbug in Ireland, is almost wholly unproductive of revenue, and that in England, more than one-half of the entire postage receipts are swallowed up in the expenses of the establishment. TORIES AND WHIGS.—A spirited London radical paper, in its honesty, says—" We repeat for the hundreth time, that we prefer the tories, simply because they are men of business. They openly tell us what they will do, and they do it. The whigs everlastingly talk of what they were anxious to do, but they never did anything but a great deal of evil !" THE TWELFTH OF JULY IN IRELAND.—The confidence of Earl de Grey in the good sense and loyalty of the Pro testants of the north has not been misplaced. In the city of Derry the anniversary was ushered in by the usual discharge of cannon and ringing of bells, but not the slightest disturb ance took place, as there was no attempt at processions or any other illegal species of demonstration. In Newry, all was perfect, uninterrupted tranquillity, the Protestant popu lation manifesting their respect for the suggestions of a pa ternal Government and their regard for the laws, by attend ing exclusively to their ordinary avocations. The Newsy Telegraph gives favourable reports from Warrenpoint, Ros trevor, Armagh, Charlemont, May, and Dungannon. MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY'S NEW WORK.-A new work is about to make its appearance, which it is understood will excite no less attention in the political and fashionable than in the literary circles. It is a narrative of recent travels and voyages through Germany, Austria, on the Danube, into Turkey, Greece, the lonian Islands, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, by the Marquess of Londonderry, G.C.B. The reputation the noble writer enjoys in the dif ferent courts of Europe as a distinguished diplomatist and general officer, could not fail to produce for him a flattering reception wherever he appeared. The volume, it has been stated, will contain the substance of various conversations the writer held at Vienna with Prince Metternich ; also curious anecdotes of this and other illustrious characters with whom his lordship associated. TfiE CIRCUITS.—A greater number of fashionably attired scamps, classed in the police sheets as the " London swell mob," are now prowling about the various assize towns than has been known for many years past. They act in the double capacity of robbers from the person and passers of counter feit coin. The respectability of their exterior and the know ledge which they have acquired in town of the talents of the respective counsel on the circuits, afford them facilities of introducing themselves generally as clients into the society of persons whom they but too often victimise. The thronged courts of justice present an ample field for these depredators, and one gentleman, while intent upon hearing the judge re cently summing up the evidence at Oxford, was relieved of his watch, at the same time that another was robbed of his purse. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Tuesday afternoon a postboy, who had taken a party from Edinburgh to Haddington, when on his return, rode his horses and chaise into the water be tween Fisherrow harbour and the Magdalen Foundry. The shelve of the bank here is very steep, and the horses were soon up to their necks, the postilion appearing to the spec tators on shore to be sitting on the water with the reins in his hands. Another man was on the top of the carriage, and within two or three inches of the water. On their awkward and dangerous predicament being observed. a fishing-boat, with six of a crew, put off from Fisherro... :•1 succeeded, after cutting the harness, in hauling the he..,es and postilion safe ashore. They then fastened a rope to ftc pole of the carriage, and thereby pulled it to the beach, thus saving the chaise as well as the lives of both men and horses. It is alleged that the driver had taken too much whisky, and but for the timely assistance of the fishermen, he would soon have had too much water also.—Caledonian Mercury. NATIONAL MONUMENTS.—We are disposed to ascribe considerable force to Sir Robert Peel's objections to opening the National Gallery and the British Museum on Sundays. " He did not see," said the right hon. baronet, " why the officers of such institutions should be debarred of their only day of rest, after six days' labour." We are convinced of nothing more thoroughly than we are of this—to de stroy the habit of Sunday observance would take more rest, than it would add pleasure. Compare the mode of keeping the Sunday in English and French towns ; and, whatever opinion may have been formed of radical overstrictness, say whether even London has not greatly the advantage over Paris. There is no Sabbath of rest in the latter; no inter- mission of work-day turmoil. There may be more of holi day spectacle ; but there is less of mental and bodily relaxa tion. To be sure, the gallery of the Louvre is open; but it is open only on Sundays to the people. It is a very possible thing to make a toil of a pleasure ; and in those countries where Sunday pleasures are most indiscriminate, so are Sun day toils. We are for keeping the sacred day most promin ent, as a day of rest; and we doubt exceedingly whether those who make it a day of drink, would be reclaimed by by opening the National Gallery and the British Museum. —Globe, radical paper. SIEt CHARLES METCALFE. — The Jamacia Morning Jour nal mentions several parting presents which Sir Charles Metcalfe made on leaving that island. He gave his splendid carriage to Mr. Gaylearil, the president of the Council; a pair of his carriage horses to Mr. Panton, the speaker of the Assembly :—" e understand that Sir Charles Metcalfe has directed -the receiver-general to carry on the credit of the Island a sum of £B,OOO and upwards, which was due to him, being his third of the property escheated since he has been in the island. Upon no former occasion, that we are aware of, has any governor abandoned his claim to escheated property in favour of the colony. We know that in some rare instances the amount has been given to the natural chil dren of the party dying intestate ; and to the credit of Sir _ . Lionel Smith it may be remarked, that he abandoned his claim in a case of the kind. Eight thousand pounds, how ever, is a very large sum to relinquish ; and few, indeed, we apprehend, would be found so ready to desire the officer to carry that amount to the credit of the public as Sir Charles has been. Sir Charles Metcalfe has directed, on leaving the island, that no portion of the personal property which he has left behind should be sold, but that it should remain and form part of the establishment of the King's house belong ing to the public. He has besides made presents to the clerks in his private secretary's office, and directed £3OO to be divided between the domestics of his late establishment." BURGLARY.—On Sunday last, between twelve and one o'clock in the morning, the house of William Parr, farmer, Scotforth Moor, was forcibly entered by four ruffians. It appears they effected an entrance by wrenching off the locks of both the outer and inner door, witb some well-contrived instrument. There were three inmates in the house at the time they made the attack—viz., the above old man, William Parr, his nephew, and the servant-man Arkwright. The villains were all properly disguised, having their faces blacked and loose checked shirts thrown over their clothes; each man was armed with a stake or bludgeon, and they had a pistol also in their possession. As soon as the burglars got into the house they divided themselves, and two of them proceeded to the room where the servant-man and Parr's nephew were. On their entering the bed-room, Arkwright got hold of a gun and presented at the robbers, but there being no cap on the lock, did not take effect. One of the ruffians struck Arkwright a blow with - llbludgeon, and knocked him down; and being stunned from the effects of the blow, he was unable to make any further resistance. In his state, the robbers, after severely beating him, pulled out a cord from their pocket, and bound his arms. They also went to the room of old Parr, and after using threats and imprecations, tied him down in bed. The young man, Parr's nephew, was then dragged from his bed, and made to go through the different rooms and show them where money and other property was kept. Money being evidently their object, we are glad to say the villains in this respect were much disappointed; as, from the old farmer having the name of being wealthy and of somewhat eccentric habits, they no doubt had calculated upon a plentiful booty. All the money, however, they could find, amounted only to some eight or nine shillings, partly in silver and copper, which of course they took. They also took the gun, a powder-flask, and a shot-belt, and then left the house. The gun they afterwards threw away, as it was found in a pit nigh to the house the following day. The police have since and are at present busily exerting themselves in the capture of the thieves.— Lancaster Gazette. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-At the meeting of this society at Bristol, Dr. Buckland made the following observations :—" They had heard much of the benefit of thorough draining and subsoil ploughing, but he knew but few examples in England (though there were many in Scot land) and some of these had been most ably pointed out that day, moreover in the lecture of his friend Mr. Smith, of Deanston, to whom agriculture owed so much—he knew of but few cases, except that of the example farm of Lord Ducie, wherever it had been shown practically what could be done by the application of science to agriculture. It was a fact that about 200 acres, which seven years ago was for the most part a morass and wood, and the best of it grass land not worth 255. an acre, was now throughout worth from £3. to £4. an acre, and was producing large wheat crops on every field in each alternate year, and artificial green crops sufficient to feed a splendid team of Clydesdale horses, an enormous flock of Leicester sheep, and a herd of short horned oxen and cows, without making or using a single ton of hay throu g h ou t t h e year. He could not do better than recommend every farmer present to go and see what had been done by the Earl of Ducie, and imitate his example-- (cheers). Let them go and see not only what had been done in the improvement of the productive powers of the soil, but also what had been done in improved machinery in aid of agricultural labour. Let them look to the instruments for which they gave prizes last year at Liverpool. Let them look at the Ulev cultivator and steam-engine, and ploughing and other instruments, all made in his lordship's own smithy at Uley, near Stroud, and then say if his lordship had not laid on the agriculturalists of the kingdom a debt of obligation which no living man could adequately repay—(hear, hear). He hoped so splendid an example would be duly followed ; and he was happy to say that by his own (Dr. Buckland's) humble instrumentality the Uley cultivator, made by the manufacturers of Lord Ducie, and the plough which gained the society's prize last year at Liverpool, were now ploughing their way across the waves of the Atlantic into the southern hemisphere, towards New Zealand, and he should hold it ever as one of his proudest and most pleasing recollections that he had in .any way contributed to send amongst the docile and interesting natives of Ne w Z ea land ex am pl es of two of the most improved and most efficient scientifi': in. strutnents which, under the genial influence of that society, had been produced to aid the cultivator of the soil of the United Kingdom and its most distant colonies in the n inotest regions of the globe—(loud cheers). At a sate last week some capital property, situated at Ast ley and Areley Kings, Worcestershire, realized forty years ' ' purchase ! A correspondent of the Railway Times says, the Manches ter and Leeds Company will save from £3,000 to £4,000 a year by the modification of the government duty on passen- THE IRON TRADE.—Most of the Welsh works have now a sufficiency of orders, the demand for iron having become comparatively brisk during the last fortnight. We do not, however, perceive that the market has yet exhibited any im provement in prices. --Silurian. The supply of silver coming forward from South America is now larger than it has ever been since the separation of those colonies from Spain, upwards of twenty years ago. It will prove very serviceable in the present depressed state of commerce in Europe. It is a singular coincidence, that the first communication between Glasgow and Edinburgh, by stage-coaches, was opened under the provostship of a James Campbell ; and the first communication by steam has been opened under the provostship of a gentleman of the same name, 164 years afterwards.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. Should Mr. Solicitor-General Jackson succeed to the Puisne Judgeship of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, a vacancy will be occasioned in the representation of the University of Dublin. The friends of Mr. George Alexander Hamilton are already on the alert, and his election is pro bable, although some opposition is threatened by Professor Longfield. A pretty little girl of Erin presented herself at the post office, and, handing in a letter, modestly asked how much was to pay, as the letter was for her mother, and she wished to pay in advance. The clerk, on receiving it, asked the usual question, " Single or double ?" when she replied in the most bewitching manner, at the same time blushing up to the eyes, " Double, sir ; 1 was married last week." MUNIFICENCE OF SIR R. PEEL.—We feel much pleasure in announcing another act of Christian liberality on the part of the Premier, in addition to the many similar instances of generosity, for which he is so justly eminent. That which we at present allude to, is the donation of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, to the funds for the erection of Trinity Church in this town.—Blackburn Standard. We cannot resist mentioning a coincidence interesting to ourselves at the time it happened, and still more so at the present moment ; and we will but do • so In the words in which a member of our establishment has recalled it to our recollection :—" The late Duke of Orleans called at the Times-office to see the printing-machine in the morning on which the French express was received, containing the ordinance of Charles X., which occasioned the revolution, and seated the present King of the French on the throne." —Times. A NOVELTY IN IRELANu.—At Dunkirk, on Thursday last, Judge Perrin addressed the jury in these terms : " Gentlemen, you are discharged from your attendance at these assizes, and I am happy to inform you that I think I am entitled to a pair of gloves, as there has not been a single conviction at the assizes of the county of Louth." Viscount Jocelyn, the high sheriff, who was beside his lordship, said, he was delighted to know that such was the fact. At--Wexd ford assizes there were but eleven persons in prison for trial. A few clays ago, the envoy from the Imaun, or Sultan of Muscat, was formally introduced to the Queen, and had the honour of subsequently dining at the royal table, when the Queen wore one of the costly shawls he had presented to her Majesty. The envoy was seated near the Queen, be tween the King of the Belgians and Lord Aberdeen. Her Majesty frequently addressed herself to him, and it is said, completely won the heart of the old Arab statesman by her affability and condescension. The Sud of Marseilles gives the following account of the late eclipse, as seen in that latitude .—" At 56 mintues 50 seconds past five in the morning the sun's disk was complete ly veiled by the moon's orb, and left the earth in obscurity. The transition from light to nocturnal darkness was so sud den, that it drew an astonishing acclamation of surprise from 4000 spectators collected on the Coline Bonaparte. The domestic birds, and a great number of the quadrupeds, were observed to show signs of terror, and to hide themselves in their retreats. A certain number of stars appeared in the firmament, which to the east and west were illuminated by a small luminous fringe. A keen cold was felt during the obscuration, which lasted two minutes, at the end of that time the brightness instantaneously re-appeared and filled the whole immensity of the heavens. No idea can be formed of the magnificence of the spectacle." A WEST COUNTRY AUCTIONEER.—At a recent sale of lands not one hundred miles from Bristol, the Knight of the Hammer, though perhaps not in the metropolitan language of a Robins or a Simpson, after endeavouring to make his audience believe that the lands were so rich that they would almost produce cheese without cows, and wheat without sow ing, thus ended his panegyric :—" And now, my good gentle men, I be told that cheese is fell, and I puts the question, ' Why ?' and I be answered, 'Tis all because of this here trafficking bill of Sir Robert Peel's • but I do tell you that is ' all nonsense • and wait a bit, for bin as how, I tell you as English land is English land, and they can't make good cheese or fat beef anywhere else, or good cider to wash it down with either; and I do tell ye that Sir Robert Peel has plenty of this good land himself, and he knows it too. Waiter, hand the gentlemen the punch." Of course our readers are aware that good punch is as requisite as a good auctioneer at a country sale.—Devonport Telegraph. A POSER.—We have received the following from a cor respondent, in reference to the doings of a now sect of reli gionists at Oldham ; at least, we presume this to be the gist of the communication ' • if the reader can make mo re of it, h e is more enlightened than we :—" Conferrence of the United Churches of Christ held in Oldham during Whit Monday and Tuesday in the Independent Methodist Chapel George Street thees are a number of Churches bearing different names such as Independent Methodist Quaker Methodist Gospel pilgrims &c Name matters nothing they all hold the same doctrines and are intirely free from an hird Ministrey freely they have received the blessings of heaven and they sell them not but such as the have from the gospel of Christ they offer to the world without money and without price. they delegates be gan to assemble from different parts on the Satuarday evin ing when divine services was commenced and continud through the Sabath in the open air and in Great George Street Chapel. teetotal meetings was also held in different parts of the town on Sunday, and diner hour on Monday and in the eviaing a great part of they delegates being tee totalrs. on Monday Morning they delegates asembled for bisuness when reports was read from they diffcrnt Churches most of them giving a pleasing account of the work of the Lord amongst them the cause appears to be spreading and they principles of a free gospel to be more admired and va lued. the meeting concluded on Tuesday amidst the great est harmony their being neither money nor power to fall outt for. they are all brethren and usurp no authority over God's heratage."—Stockport Chronicle. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAIL ROAD.—A frightful accident happened at Alne, within tell miles of York, on this line of road, on Wednesday evening, about six o'clock. It was entirely occasioned by the neglect of the servants of the company. At the Alne station there is a branch railroad of about 200 yards in length, formed for the purpose of placing coal-waggons and moving carriages that are not wanted from the regular line of road, at the end of which is a precipice of about ten feet. These waggons, &c., are of course removed on this branch line by means of the usual slips. When they are removed there the slips are turned back, so as to guide the engines and train along the regular road. On the evening in question the person who attends this slip had most culpably neglected to remove back this slip, nor was he at his post on the train. The conse quence was, that the engine and train proceeded full speed along this branch line. The engineer immediately perceived the danger, let off the steam, and put the brake on the engine. The guard, with great presence of mind, also put the brake on the carriage; but such was the force at which the train was proceeding, that the engine struck against a coal-car riage which was laden with coals on this branch road, and sent it several yards over the precipice at the end of the road. The coal-carriage struck with such force against the ground as to cause it to be imbedded a couple of feet. The engine and tender, and the next carriage to the engine, went over the precipice, and several parts of them were smashed by the concussion. There were twenty-four passengers in the car riage next the engine, and to describe the scene would he impossible. Several of them were severely injured, but most providentially there were no lives lost. Three gentle men were conveyed to the station-house close by, and re ceived medical relief. THE JEWS. — Great anxiety is felt as to the expected legislative measure announced at Berlin for regulating the affairs of the Jews, by organizing them into a separate corpo ration throughout Prussia. The following passage is from a circular which has been addressed to the civil authorities on the subject :—" Although the ordinance of the Ist of June, 1833, does not confer upon the Jewish communities the rights of corporations as regards their properties, yet the fundamental principle of that ordinance has this tendency, and it declares that the internal religious affairs of the Jews are beyond the control of the state or of the existing corpo rations. It results, however, in the general tendency which the legislature has to follow, that the Jews should have the means of establishinc , religious worship, and that both their religious establishments, as well as the 'persons employed in them, should be suitably observed further, that Rabbis should be trained in accordance with the present system of education, thus opening to them views of Christia n re li g i on and morals without suffring Jewish superstition to degene rate into unbelief of empty materialism, as is so frequent amongst educated Jews at the present day ; finally, that a properly controlled system of religious instruction be intro duced into the Jewish' communities. It is not easy to make proposals for satisfying the demands here enumerated without consulting the parties interested. The Landrathe are there fore hereby authorised to consult several Jews of eminence on account of their morals and intelligence, and to submit to us, as far as possible, written statements of their views and wishes respecting the before-mentioned points. Should a Rabbi be found in any of the corporations of sufficient merit to warrant confidence, his opinion is to be required in writing." In Bavario the Jews are very harshly treated. They are only allowed to train up a certain number of their children to trade, without being allowed the privileges of Christian landowners. The followers of the Talmud are the only Jews recognised, and they are :obliged punctually to observe many of their old superstitious rites, which they would willingly abandon.—Private Correspondence from Frankfort. , The Monileur has published a comparative table of the principal results of French commerce with her colonies and foreign countries during the years 1840 and 1841. From this table it results that in the " general," as well as in the " special," commerce there has been an increase in 1841 over the imports and exports of 1840 of 123,000 f. As re gards the general commerce, the imports and exports of 1840 amounted respectively to 1,052,000 f. and 1,011,000 f. ; whilst those of 1841 amounted to 1,121,000 f. and 1,065,000 f. As regards the special commerce, the imports and exports of 1840 amounted respectively to 747,000 f. and 695,000 f. ; whilst those of 1841 amounted to 805,000 f. and 760,000 f. Upon the tables published in the Ilconiteur, of which the above is merely an abridgment, the Journal des Dehats founds an article on the subject of French commerce in gene ral. The Debuts refutes the assertions of those writers who have lately been accustomed to lament the depression of trade by givingn table of the progressive increase of foreign commerce during the last ten years, from which it appears, that in 1831, it was 1,131,000,0 00 f. ; in 1832, 1 , 34 9,000,000 f. ; in 1833, 1,459.000,000 f. ; in 1834, 1,434,000 , 00 0 f. ; in in 1836, 1,866,000,000 f.; i n 1837, 1,565,000,000 f. 1835, 1,595,000,000f i ; n 1838, 1,950,000,000 f. ; in 1839, ; 1,950,000,000 • in 1840, 2, 065 , 0 00,000 f. ; a n d i n 1 841, 2,186,000,000 f: The 2,186,000,000 f. of 1841, are thus ;di vided, viz., imports, 1 , 121 , 000 ,000 f. and exp or t s , 1,065.000,00&., ma king the exports 56 milli ons l ess than the imports ; but it appears, on the other hand, that the imports of 1840 and 1841 were principally for raw material for the supply of national industry and home consumption. From the tables published in the Moniteur, it further appears, that the principal increase in consumption has been in cotton, wool, silks, coal, metal, wood for manufacturing, and cattle. In the export trade, the French woollen and silk manufac tures have considerably improved. The sale of linen cloths, on the contrary, has diminished—a fact which the Journal des Debuts urges in justification of the late ordinance, by virtue of which an increased duty was imposed upon our ex ports of linen thread and yarn. A decrease has also been perceptible in the exports of French cotton goods. A marked increase has taken place in the exportation of French ma chinery, as well as millinery, furniture, gloves, crystal, porce lain, and refined sugar. The exports of wines and brandies also considerably increased in 1141 ; but the Debats observes, that it is principally to the ameliorati on of their own internal regulations that the French wine trade must look for aid, and that if the French Government wish foreign Powers to lower their duties on French wines, they ought to set them the ex ample by doing something of the same kind at home. Mr. Richard Putter, late Wiaan, died at Pen nce, on Wednesday last, in the 65th yearCf his age ECONOMY.—" Jack, your wil'e's not so pensive as she used to be." " No, she left off, and turned tarnation expensive." A few days since a passenger to Cheltenham per railway fell asleep in the Ckrriage, and when he awoke he was much surprised to find hek,had reached Birmingham ! consequently he had the pleasure of paying for his ride there and back ! His wife had been anxiously waiting at the railway station for him ; but was obliged to return home, wondering at his absence. HALF FARTHINGS—DECIMAL COINAGE.—There can be no doubt, says the Railway Magazine, that the ultimate ob ject of the issue of half farthings is in aid of a decimal coinage. There are 9G of them in a shilling, and 100 being, by proclamation, made equal to a shilling, the shilling will be decimalised. However desirable a decimal coinage may be, we cannot approve of decimalising the shilling instead of the pound. DISCOVERY OF A SUPPOSED MURDER.—The remains of a man, with the head severed from the body, but within a short distance of it, was found on Friday, by some men cut ting turf on the bog of Thornfield, near Ballygar, Tuam. The separation of the parts appeared to have been effected with a sharp instrument, and the body, which was in a per fect state, was supposed to have been at least 50 years in the bog !—Limerick Chronicle. MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.—On Tuesday night, a woman re siding in the Castle Hill, who had twin children, aged six teen months, which were indisposed, applied at a dispensary for some medicine. She received a bottle containing a tinc ture of soap and opium, to apply externally. It happened, however, that the woman was the worse of liquor at the time ; and instead of applying it externally, she administered two tea-spoonfuls of the mixture to ode child and one to another. In consequence, they both became very ill, and one died a few hours afterwards ; the other, by means of antidotes promptly applied by the surgeon of police, is likely to recover.—Edinburgh paper. THE HALNABY HALL ESTATE, NEAR CROFT. Lady Dorothy Milbank was the favourite of Mary Queen of Scots, but got into disgrace on the, affair of the murder of David Rizzio, in which her husband was concerned. She soon afterwards fled; and sold gingerbread upon the bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed, by which, and the additional bounty of her customers, she actually saved £BOO, with which she purchased the Halnaby Hall estate, in Yorkshire, now in the Milbank family; and with the proceeds of the rent (for she lived very sparingir, dying at the age of 83), she purchased the estates in Durham and Northumberland, the rental of which, a few years ago, was 332.000 per annum. . THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAM-SHIP.—His Belgian Ma jesty's steam-ship the British Queen sailed on Sunday, the 10th instant, for New York from the Motherbank, where she had arrived on the Friday night from Antwerp. Captain Keane, R.N., who commanded her the last voyage, does not do so the present one, as the Belgians were desirous that she should be commanded by one of their own naval officers, and not a British one. She is therefore, now under the com mand of Captain Eckholt, an officer in the Belgian navy, who holds a rank in that service similar to that of commander in the English navy. The King of the Belgians is about to bestow the Order of the Cross of Leopold on Captain Keane, in approbation of his services. As no official or public notice has been given by the Belgian government of this change of command, and as even up to the present hour she is adver tised to sail under the command of Captain Keane, should any accident hefal the ship or cargo, that country will be liable to pay up to the shippers the full amount of freight, the insurance being rendered invalid.—Portsmouth Letter. HOPEFUL CLAIMANT TO A PEERAGE.—Robert Lindsay Crawford, claimant to the peerage of Crawford Lindsay and Garrock, in Scotland, was brought before Mr. Traill, ou Tuesday, at Union Hall Office, on the double charge of bigamy and returning from transportation before the expira tion of his sentence. It appeared that the prisoner had been convicted of horse stealing, in 1837, at Londonderry, and was sentenced to be transported for life. He was accordingly transported to Sydney, and remained there in the employ of Chief Justice Dowling till 1838, when he made his escape. He, however, denied' the charge of bigamy, and also was prepared with documents to prove that he was in this country with the permisoion of the Australian authorities. The prisoner was remanded. On Wednesday the prisoner was again brought before Mr. Traill. No evidence was produced, and the prisoner was remanded. It certainly appears singular, that this person, after having announced, in the Sydney Gazette, that be was about to leave the colony for England, and remaining at. Edinburgh for the last three years, prose cuting his claim openly, should be arrested in London as a returned convict. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM. DRUNKENNESS.—About half past four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, a woman named M'Kinnon, the wife of a tailor residing in King-street, Glas gow, fell from the roof of a house in which she lived, a height of five storeys, and was killed on the spot. The unfortunate deceased, who was a woman of very dissipated habits, had been out the most of the. day drinking, while her husband remained at home, and a little after four o'clock she knocked for admittance, which was refused by the husband to prevent disturbance. She had then, it appears, opened the door of a neighbour's house, on the same stair-head, and there being no one in the apartment at the time, she made her way to the sky-light window, for the purpose of passing along the slates, and then descending by another window into her husband's house. Being intoxicated at the time, she had failed in the effort, and was seen by some of the neighbours to slip down from the roof, and fall in the court below, where, as we have said, she was killed. AFFECTING INCIDENT.—Previous to the Affghanistan warfare, Miss Walker, a highly accomplished Scotch lady, possessing great personal attractions, was engaged in mar riage to Mr. Munro, surgeon of a regiment serving in India, which, on the first outbreak, was ordered to proceed to Cahoot. Before the order was issued, young Munro arranged that his intended bride should leave her home for the Indies, in order that their future destinies might be linked together in wedlock. Before her departure from Scotland,. Miss Walker apprised Mr. Munro of it by letter, which reached him on his route to Cabool, when his colonel gave him leave of absence, that he might be enabled to meet her on her arrival. lie had scarcely obtained that leave when necessity compelled the commanding officer to recal it, and order him to rejoin his regiment, which had such an effect upon him that he shot himself through the head. Miss Walker has arrived, and is at present residing with Mrs. Ramsay, com pletely ignorant of the fate of her intended.—Extract from a private letter. LIABILITY OF STAGE COACH PROPRIETORS. --I n the Court of Common Pleas a few days since, an action was tried, brought by an attorney named Curling, against the proprie tors of the Yeovil and Exeter mail-coach, to recover com pensation in damages for the loss he had sustained through an injury received from the negligence of their servants, and for having improperly used restive and unmanageable horses. The defendants paid £3O into court as compensation for the injury sustained. It appeared that on the 16th of October, 18-10, the plaintiff, who is a solicitor in Southwark, went by the Yeovil and Exeter mail to Brutton. He was an outside passenger, and when the mail-coach was descending Ulverton Hill, about seven miles from Basingstoke, the near leader of the mail became restive and fell, and the off leader afterwards falling, the mail was overturned. The plaintiff received an injury in the arm. He had a few leeches applied, and al though in great pain, he did not apprehend that he was seriously injured. He attended a meeting at Brutton, but on his return to town, the arm became swollen, he was obliged to have medical aid, was confined to his house for some days, and was subsequently obliged to carry his arm in a sling for five or six weeks. The whole question in this case was, whether the £3O paid into court *as sufficient com pensation. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, da mages £2O, beyond the £3O paid into court. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident occurred on the evening of Friday week, at Lanehead, the Stanhope terminus of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, at present oc cupied by the Derwent Iron Company, by which James Kemp, eight years of age, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Kemp, gardener to the Rev. W. N. Darnell, Rector of Stanhope, unfortunately lost his life, and the inhabitants of Stanhope were thrown into a painful state of excitement. He and two younger companions, unknown to their parents, were pro ceeding to Stanhope Burn, and bad rambled about half a mile from the village, to the side of the railway at Lanehead, where the public footpath crosses it, upon which they had scarcely stepped, when three waggons loaded with lime, which the Crawlaw stationary engine was drawing up the steep in cline, became retarded in their progress in proceeding through the tunnel beneath the Edniondbyers road, the steepest part of the ascent, in consequence of a deficiency of steam ; upon which the bankrider and three other persons who were along with him leaped off the waggon, apprehensive of danger, and had scarcely done so, before the iron work to which the wag gon rope is attached, broke, and the waggons immediately ran amain down the incline with frightful velocity, scattering the lime in clouds in the descent, and, becoming disengaged from each other, were forced off the rails, at different points, near the bottom ; the last of the three passed immediately over the children,—cut and bruised the head and face of a little boy, son of Mr. George Teasdale, now recovering, and caught Mr. Kemp's son by the neck, and completely severed his head from his body, whilst the third miraculously escaped almost uninjured. ABDUCTION EXTRAORDINARY.—The Irish peasantry have been long addicted to the practice of running away with young ladies, reputed to he possessed of large fortunes ; but we have been told this week, for the first time, of the abduc tion of a very old man, not, indeed, for the purpose of mak ing him happy in the bonds of wedlock, but from much the same motive as that from which the fair heiresses are spirited away—namely, to obtain possession of his fortune. The venerable abducted was a military pensioner, who was in the receipt of £36 10s. per annum, and two nephews disputed the advantage of having him to reside. The younger (for they were brothers) determined to take him from the elder by force ; mustering his faction by night at Abbeyleix, in the Queens County, he proceeded thence to Castlecomer, in the county of Kilkenny, to execute the intent ; and the feat was successfully performed. Old Corcoran was carried off, and has not since been heard of. His life, however, is in no danger, and at quarter-day there is little doubt but that, so far as depends on his dutiful nephew, he will be forthcoming. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE AT WARRING. TON.—We regret to have to announce a most dreadful acci dent which took place, at Warrington, on Saturday. It appears, that the Old Quay Company have, for some time past, been employed in repairing their locks at the tertninus of the canal, at Warrington, joining the river Mersey ; and for that purpose, had erected a temporary railway upon balks of timber, to convey the blocks of stone. On Saturday dur ing the operations, the foundation gave way, and the whole machinery, carriage, engine, &c., fell into the excavation, upon the workmen bel,,w. Two men were instantly killed, and nine others had their backs, legs, or arms broken, in the most shocking manner. Several of them, it is feared, cannot recover. One of the unfortunate meu killed has left behind him a wife and nine children. ORIGIN OF THE 13Artx • OF ENGLAND.—The general convenience and utility of the hanks, or lumberoffices, as they were called, of the free states of Italy and Amsterdam, seem to have been first paid attention to in England during the Protectorate of Cromwell, and several projects were published for establishing something of the kind about the year 1650. A land hank, or one whose assets should be invested in landed property, seems to have been the favourite sceme, from the idea, perhaps, that the stock of such an institution was less liable to deprecation, than if its funds had been invested in any of the more fluctuating and less secure speculations of the day. In 1651, two individuals, named Potter and Robinson, proposed the scheme of a land bank, to have perhaps a hundred branches scattered through out England, all centering in the bank at London. In this bank it was proposed that all payments above £lO or £2O should be made in bank credit ; but, like many others, this scheme was unsuccessful. In 1657, a merchant of the name of Samuel Lamb addressed a large folio pamphlet on the subject to Cromwell ; but he, at that time having his hands full of more urgent business, paid little or no attention to it. In 1683, a Dr. Hugh Chamberlin, who seems to have had a mind teeming with banking projects, made a strong push along with a Mr. Robert Murray, to establish a bank for the circnlation of bills of credit on Merchandise, and for lending money to the poor at 6 per cent, interest ; "yet," according charter to loi at nothing.'' of Canneree, It came to , r , son, in his History The Bank of England was established by e nu r gde. under the great seal of William and Mary, dated the 27th July, 1694. The projector of this, now the ,most powerful bank in the world, Was William Paterson, a native of Dumfriesshire, in Scotland. He was much assisted in the formation of his plans by a person of the name of Hol iand, a very talented merchant in London. He took for his model the Bank of St. Genoa, It being proposed that the Bank of England should be established not only for the convenience it would afford to commerce, but also for the emolument of the proprietors, the intention being that it should be a bank of discount, deposit, and circulation. — Correspondent of Atlas.