The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN (5- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. OVERLAND MAIL. Advices from Bombay to the 6th August, Calcutta to the 7th August, and China to the end of June, reached London on Saturday afternoon. INDIA. India throughout may be said to be perfectly tranquil. An abundant supply of rain appears to have fallen every where. The prospects of the ryots are highly promising, and general contentment and quiet seem to prevail through the length and breadth of the company's dominions. From the Punjaub there is nothing of importance to communicate. L dtore, as a residence,' is now, since the completion of the iteprovernents lately merle by us, much coveted, end the term "filthy city," applied to it when first entered by us, turns out now to he a complete misnomer. It has been thorpughly gutted and drained, ebominablo lanes •coeverted into airy and handeome streets:, and all the 'filthiness with which thoroughfares in the east usually abound, confined, where it ought. to be, underground. In Cabul, Dost Mahomed perseveres in his design of keeping up amicable relations with the British ' • but the jealousy of the Affghans, and not less that of his sons, compels him to wear two faces under a hood. Robbrries still prevail within the Khyber Pass ; so much so, indeed, that the place to travellers is virtually shut up. Comparatively little has been heard from Hyderabad, but that little is probably the most important heard for some time. The Resident is said to have been directed to call upon tne Nizam to arrange for the payment of his debts to the company. The sequel is not known ; but all things promise fairly for a radical change of our unsatis factory relations with this sovereign. Our small war with Doongur Singh is likely to be brought to an early conclusion, the Rajpoot chiefs having taken the field in force against the free lance, while a large body of own troops have been moved to the scene of his exploits. All the accounts from the Goomsoor country give a very melanCholy picture indeed of the ill successes which have hitherto attended our efforts to stop the sacrifice of human life. Every new day brings fresh accounts of the daring exploits of Cholera Bhissye, the powerful leader of these disturbances ; and it is much to be regretted that the sea son alone prevents those measures on the part of our Government from being put into more effective operation. CHINA. The alarm and distrust on both sides, occasioned by the precipitancy of Sir John Davis's descent on Canton, con tinues in that city to the detriment of trade. The relief troops have arrived at Hongkong, but the Governor thinks it expedient to retain the regiments which were to have been sent back, a step not only prudent in itself, but likely to be beneficial to the troops, whose comforts would be sorely abridged at the present season in the transports, which would have to beat against the southwest monsoon. With this step, however, Sir John's prudence seems to have vanished. He has received the petition of the peo ple of Honan, praying that he will not intermeddle with their lands ceded to the British by the Chinese authori ties. This unusual step of communicating officially with the subjects of a foreign power on matters under discus sion by the authorities is rendered still more singular by Sir John, in his answers, guaranteeing. to the people that their land shall not be taken by force on any account ; and asking them to point out places where it will be more con venient that the British should build their warehouses, &c. This, of course, the Chinese are far too acute to commit themselves to ; they refer his excellency to Ye King for such details, being satisfied with the pledge they have obtained, and stating, significantly, if they are pro prietors who sell their land to the British, of course the latter may buy it. This ill-advised proceeding has complicated matters still more, and if the same administration of affairs is continued the gordian knot will receive solution only from the sword. The Hong-Kong Register says :—" Since our last issue, there has been a slight disturbance at Canton, attended with another attempt to burn the boat-house adjoining the factories. A party of marines and seamen from the Pluto dispersed the mob, inflicting several severe wounds with their cutlasses or bayonets." Trade continues altogether at a stand ;.and, as the failure of three chroffs for a sum of about one million dollars has been announced, it is scarcely expected that the present season will recover the effects of this and the previous in terruption. Two of the schroffs were relations of Howqua, and the credit of all three had not before been doubted. Later advices, to the 25th July, represent everything as very quiet at Canton, and confidence, in a great measure, restored. Coletti, the Greek minister, and the tool of France, is dead. We regret to state that accounts from Berlin and Frankfort `announce the rapid approach of the cholera to Poland. _ Marshal Soult has resigned at last. and M. Guizot is now President of the Council. The Marshal will receive the governorship of the Invalides. Within the last few days a funeral stone has been placed over the tomb of the Duke de Praslin, in the cemetery of Mont Parnasse. No name has been inscribed on it. A large cross has been merely cut in the centre. SOUTH AMERICA.—By the Alecto, arrived at Plymouth, we have advices from Bahia to the 9th ult. There is no change to notice in commercial affairs. Exchange on England 271 to 271. In consequence of the plentiful sup ply of shipping freights had declined,—to Hamburgh 80; for the continent, calling at Cowes, 75 to 80. The Rev. W. A. Riedl, a Roman Catholic priest, at Breslau, who has filled some of the highest offices in the church, and was celebrated for his learning and great attainments, has fled from Vienna, and openly renounced the Romish faith and joined the German Catholics. He has published an interesting account of his life, and a criticism on " Monachism" and the Benedictine order. There seems as yet to be Lo immediate prospect of a close to the tumults which convulse the Italian peninsula. In Naples matters appear to be proceeding to deplorable extremities. The King's troops have for the moment put down the insurrectionists, twenty-five of whom have been put to death ; but the expectation of another revolt is general. THE BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM.—The Journal des _Mats publishes a letter from Berlin, dated the 15th instant, which states that the King of Prussia had com manded that a sum of 52,000 thalers (£7,800 sterling), which bad been contributed by the Protestants of Prussia for the establishment of religious institutions in Jerusa lem, should be expended in founding an hospital in that city for the reception of Christians of every profession of faith, with a preference for Germans, and likewise in building a house for lodging poor travellers and pilgrims. It is stated in well-informed circles, that no doubt now exists as to the mode in which the wretched Duc de Pras lin obtained the poison of which he died. It is confi dently alleged that it was brought to him in the prison of the Luxembourg by a near relative who was allowed to visit him, and who desired to save the family from the ignominy of the Duke's being put to death on the scaffold like a common criminal. If true, this only furnishes another awful proof of that state of degraded morals which is indicated in Paris by the wide circulation of the works of Victor Hugo, Eugene Sue, and the rest whom Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer seems desirous to imitate. DOUGLAS AND GARRISON MOBBED.—William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglas, now on an anti-slavery tour to the west, were quite ill-treated at one of their meetings in Harrisburg, Pa., last week. Douglas furnishes an account of the fracas for the New York Anti-Slavery Standard :—"Several volleys of 'unmerchantable eggs,' he says, " were poured through the windows, filling the room with the most disgusting and stifling stench, which he calls slavery's choice incense,' and one struck friend Garrison on the back, sprinkling its essence all over his honoured head.' A pack of fire-crackers was also exploded, causing much excitement and alarm. Cries of throw out the nigger,' were shouted by the mob outside ' and stones ' and brickbats were hurled, when he left the house, pro tected by some of his coloured friends." Douglas himself escaped without injury.—Philadelphia Daily News. THE WEST INDIA MAILS.—The royal mail steam packet Thames arrived at Southampton on Tuesday. We learn by this arrival that some refreshing showers had fal len at Jamaica. and that Trinided and Guiana had expe rienced fine rains. The drought at Barbadoes is said to continue. Extract of a letter dated 22nd August, Port-au- Prince, Hayti :—" This capital is in a state of civil war. A rebellious chief, General Simelien, is now encamped at the palace, with cavalry and infantry, two guns loaded to the muzzle with grape, and hurling defiance at the Go vernment." The Trinidad Standard states that Barba does had been refreshed with rain, although other sources of information speak of the drought as continuing. At Antigua nearly 1000 immigrants had arrived within a short time, principally from Madeira ; a sufficiency of rain had fallen, and the weather continued favourable for estates' operations. TRANSMISSION OF LIBERATED NEGROES TO THE WEST INDlES.—lntelligence has been received of the ar rival at Demerara of her Majesty's steam-sloop Growler, Commander Potbury, with a freight of liberated Africans from Sierra Leone. It will be recollected that this vessel is employed, under the Colonial Office, to relieve the English settlements on the coast of Africa from the accu mulation of negroes taken out of the captured slaver, by conveying them, of their own free will, to the West India Islands, where their services are very much in request. Intelligent coloured men are employed at the depots on the coast of Africa to explain to the negroes before they are embarked that labourers are wanted in the West Indies, and also the nature of the passage, and the de scription of work on which they are likely to be employed. This is the first trip of the Growler. She took on board at Sierra Leone 476 negroes, and with them (less twenty, who died no the passage) she arrived at Demerara in eighteen days. Beneficial results are anticipated, both to the liberated Africans and the West India planters, from these importations. THE PARIS PRINTERS.--The printers of Paris have been for some years past in the habit of dining together about the commencement of autumn. This year, on ap plying to the Prefect of Police for the customary permis sion, a refusal was given. The men, finding a public din ner thus rendered impossible, appointed a committee to seek out private premises suited to their number of guests • —namely five or six hundred persons. M. Gerbes, a master printer, placed at the orders of the committee an enclosed piece of ground in the commune of Vaugi rai d, and there they erected a large marquee, under which tables were laid out for dinner. The men, on Sunday, were on the point of sitting down to table, when two commissaries of police entered, and, in the name of the authorities, ordered the men to disperse. Some of the ournals, in narrating these circumstances , state that a large armed force was in attendance on the occasion, and that great violence had been used towards the printers. The Moniteur Parisien of Tuesday night denies the truth of this statement, and says,—" It is not correct, as these journals announce, that order was disturbed for a single instant ; the men dispersed at once when called upon to do so, and the armed force never interfered. The soldiers who were in attendance had been ordered to attend only to Wove, if necessary, the injunctiosoftkaathorities." „ :, AMERICAN Slttpnumnr...M.—The fo ll ow i ng . Is nn ;at count of the number and destination of ships built, and building, in New York during the present year - :—W. H. Webb's yard : one ship, of 1000 tons, for Havre ; one, 1300 tons, fot Liverpool ; one, 1000 tons, for ditto ; two, of 1300 each, for London ; and one steam- ship, 1900 tons, for New Orleans.—Brown and Bell : one ship, 950 tons, for China; and one steam-ship of war, 'BOO tons, for the Peruvian Government. —Westervelt and Macay : one steam-ship, 2500 tons, for Bremen ; and one of 1100 tons, for Liverpool.—Jabez Williams and Sons : one ship, of 850 tons, and one of 1000 tons, for New Orleans.—W. H. Brown : one ship, of 750 tons, and one steamer for Char leston.—Lawrence and Sneeden : one steam-ship, 400 tons.—Patterson and Slack : one ship of 1200 tons, one of 950 tons, and one of 1300 tons, for Liverpool.—Bishop and Simonson : one steamer, 450 tons ; one of 150 tons ; and two of 540 tons, for the Brazilian Government. Wesr INDIES.—A tn ee Clog of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce was held on Friday, 13th August, at Kingston, to examine into the agricultural and commercial affairs of the colony, and it was unanimously resolved that sub scriptions should be set on foot to meet the expenses of agencies and otherwise, with a view to obtain an efficient , advocacy of the colonial interests in Great Britain, as since the adoption of free-trade principles in England, and the admission of slave-grown sugar into her markets for home-consumption, the average price of colonial sugar has fallen 13s. per cwt., or £l3 per ton, being a reduction of fully fifty per cent. in the short space of nine months, in the value of the main staple of the island. That independently of this great fall in price, another and more alarming feature presented itself in the fact that, although the consuniption of sugar in England has greatly increased, vet this increased consumption was entirely supplied by slave-grown produce, whilst the consumption of British West India sugar had very consi derably decreased; and that unless this be checked by some vigorous and permanent measures on the part of the government, the British colonies would be inevitably and entirely driven out of the English market, and the culti vation of estates be rendered ruinous to all. FREE TRADE CONGRESS AT BRUSSELS.—At the se cond sitting, on the 17th instant, Colonel Thompson spoke in French. He adduced what he considered a main point, that where an article is bought beyond its value, or at more than its natural price, in consequence of some protection, there are not two losses for one gain. The operation was against the public. Englishmen ate a great deal when they could get it ; and it was for them to move forward, or they would get no dinner while they had an appetite for three. If other nations had seen, as he had seen the probability of getting no dinner at all, they would have thought as we do on the necessity of getting rid of prohibitions on trade. He, in conclusion, with al lusion to the name of Bonaparte being made instead of I i” Emperor," believed that the English free-traders were not men of the old order of things, but eager to acknow ledge greatness under all its forms, and to prove them selves the friends of progress everywhere. At the third sitting, on the 11th, "William Brown, Esq., M.P., spoke, as did a number of British and foreign gentlemen. The banquet on the same evening was given to the members of the Foreign Free-trade Association, Count Arrivabene in the chair. Many spirited addresses were made ; and it is stated that the manner in which the congress was conducted was excellent. The ablest orators were M. Walowski, M. Bianqui, and Dr. Bowring. , POLITICAL VARIETIES. On Tuesday, Parliament was formally prorogued until the 12th of October. _ A CURIOUS ITEM.—We understand the following was actually an item in a lawyer's bill sent in for services to Mr. Grenville Berkeley's committee during the last elec tion for West Gloucester :—" To injury done my horse, while riding home, in the cause, £2s."—Bristol Times. THE GOLDEN AGE RESTORED.—At a demonstration last week at Gloucester, to celebrate the return of the Hon. Grantley Berkeley for the western division of the county, that gentleman said, " They had seen every spe cies of bribery and corruption committed during the past contest. In one polling-place on his canviss he had a majority of 400, and, through bribery, that majority had been reduced into a minority of nine. Gold had been found in the bottoms cf tea-cups, gold had been found in washing-tubs as a substitute for soap, and cabbages were at a high premium. One elector who voted for laim held in his hand fifteen sovereigns that he had received to vote against him, and if he was the servant of the people he must bring these facts out." That the power of money is often brought into requisition or. such occasions, is much to be feared, but the employment of those means in a county election, is incredible. Mr. Grantley Berke ley must have been drawing a little upon his imagination. WHAT IS THE UNREDEEMED LAND-TAX.—It is the fruit of one of the greatest blunders ever committed by an English Chancellor of the Exchequer. The aggravated difficulties in which the occupant of this office for the time then being was involved, about the year 1789, made him grasp at any means of filling his coffers, Amongst other expedients, he offered for sale the fixed revenues of the state. The landowners were enabled to liberate themselves from a long-established, equitable, and far from heavy burden on their properties, at a very inadequate price, by the land-tax redemption act. This, however, is the least part of the mischief that has been occasioned by the measure. Had the land-tax been completely redeemed, instead of partially—had the measure been compulsory, and of universal application—it would have left the field clear for the imposition of some more equitable tax. As it is, however, it furnishes a never-failing plea against imposing any further taxes upon land. FREE TRADE BLOSSOMS.—The Times, in noticing the resolutions of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, which set forth the ruinous effects of free trade upon that colony, draws the following picture of the state to which the mother country is reduced. Our contemporary, we are aware, does not mean that the picture should be so interpreted ; but be it remembered that it does exhibit the actual condition of England under the fostering operation of Sir Robert Peel's commercial reforms ; and we do not recollect that either the right hon.. baronet or Mr. Cobden, or any other free-trader, told us that we might look for , such a state of things in 1847, or any other year :—" The plaint of the Jamaica planters has come at an unfortunate time. It only swells a chorus of lamen tation. Unparalleled calamities within our own shores, aggravated by unparalleled rashness of speculation, have left little room for sympathy with a class of once wealthy proprietors, who are no; longer wealthy because we are no longer taxed as we have been for their benefit. When Rome had war at her gates she turned a deaf ear to " the groans of the Britons." We are much in the same evil case. Almost every interest at home can reply to the suppliants from Jamaica—You are carrying on your trade at a loss ; so are we. You have to bear a sudden flood of competition ; so have we. You talk of poverty ; everybody wants money. ' The expenses of living. you say, ' are enormous, and taxation is urbear able.' We, too, have had a famine, and even now have not real abundance; our taxes speak for themselves. You talk of giving up your estates, and sacrificing the capital you have sunk upon them. At home, too, sub stantial men are daily finding it necessary to abandon once promising undertakings, to sacrifice shares for which they paid dearly, and which they retained till fell necessity compelled a surrender. Mills are closed, and business contracted to a compass which, if it is tolerably safe, is also utterly without profit." THE COMMERCIAL EMBARRASSMENTS. An investigation into the state of the liabilities and assets ofthe bill brokerin g house of Sanderson&Co.has proved their ability to command a surplus beyond all demands of from £BO,OOO to £120,000, allowing the bills which they hold of bankrupt firms to realise the lowest possible amount which it is likely they will pay. The reasons for stopping payment are variously stated, but it is understood that they arose from the perverseness of a creditor, who de manded a change of security for the money in the hands of Sanderson and Co., and this change being refused, and the demand even at this time having become so un reasonable, the party insisted on cash, and was then refused altogether. The late Mr. Morris's life was insured for £17,000, and he possessed at the time of his death 275 shares in a mining company, which brought him in for the last three years £lO,OOO per annum. This mining pro perty is likely to continue as prosperous for the next three years. There are, therefore, quite sufficient effects to make good his share of the loss which the firm may sus tain. The estate of Mr. Gard, too, one of the late part ners, is deemed available for the liquidation of any claim advanced, that gentleman having become liable on account of a dissolution of partnership, or his retirement having not been duly inserted in the London Gazette. The greatest confidence is felt in the house of Sanderson and Co. Upwards of £70,000 worth of bills in their hands were paid on Friday, and of the whole which became due only one for £2B was dishonoured. The failure of the firms of Messrs. Watson, Brothers and Co. of Liverpool, and Messrs. James Burt, Watson and Co. of Manchester have also been announced ; they have been largely engaged in the export trade. Their branch business, besides the town of Manchester, included Leeds and other places in the United Kingdom, and several ports on the South American coast. The liabilities of the former house are estimated at quite £200,000, but if time be allowed the firm the cre ditors will be paid in full. Large sums of the assets are understood to be locked up in Mexico, and a portion of the remainder consists of uncontrovertible securities. A house in the London wine trade is also understood to have been compelled to suspend payment. The firm of Giles and Co. in the corn trade, one of the houses that recently stopped payment, have, after a full examination of the state of their affairs, made an offer of 10s. in the pound to their creditors, payable by four instalments. The estate, it is said, shows rather upwards of 12s. in the pound. The old established house of Cockburn Brothers, in the Portuguese wine trade, has been compelled to stop payment. The branch of the house at Oporto drew upon Reid, Irving, and Co., in London, and the connexion ac counts for the downfall of the firm. The house has been long at the head of the wine trade in Scotland, and their misfortune is the subject of unqualified regret by every person acquainted with them in business, as well as in their social relations. The creditors of Messrs. Woodley and Co. will be gratified to learn that a prospect exists of their receiving nearly 20s. in the pound. Taken in the worst light, the statement submitted to them shows suffi cient assets, within a few thousands, to cover the whole of the liabilities ; the stock, at the same time, being valued in every respect below the current market prices. The creditors of Messrs. Harman and Co., the great Russian house which failed in the month of October, 1846, have just received a first dividend of ls. in the pound. The debt due by this firm to the Russian Government was upwards of £414,0013, and on that amount, therefore, more than £20,000 will at once be paid. It is estimated by parties acquainted with the resources of the estate, that further dividends to the extent of 2s. 6d. may 'be ex pected ; so that altogether it seems probable that a ,gross dividend of about 3s. 6d. in the pound will, in the long r un, be secured. The separate creditors of each of the partners ban had the whcie of the claims liquidated in full• IRE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. The Radical Corporation of Dublin met on Saturday, to petition the Queen to protect the Pope ! The donations received in the different dioceses of Prance for the relief of the indigent Irish amounted on the 20th of September to 324,047 f. The enormous quantity of 76 bales of smuggled tobacco has been found by the excise-officers, concealed under a large heap of straw and agricultural implements, on the premises of a farmer, at Ballybracken, County Cork. FALL or A CORN STORE. — On Thursday the corn store of Mr. T. M. Usborne, Esq., at Upper William -street, yielded to the unequal pressure of Indian corn and bread stuffs deposited therein. All the lofts but the uppermost successively fell, and came down to the basement story, mingling with a heap af mortar and rubbish. Fortunately no person was injured.—Limerick Chronicle. ' GATHERING OF IRISH MEMBERS. — The responses to Mr. John O'Connell's summons to hold a mock Parlia- 1 merit some time in the month of November, are, like angels' visits, few and far between. As yet the assentors to the proposition are limited to the Repeal members and a few Whigs, trembling for the safety of their seats on a future occasion, should they make sign of independence by refusing to comply with the behests of the self-elected leader of the Irish people. HOARDING OF GRAIN. — In a late number we endea voured to impress upon our agricultural friends, the dan ger of hoarding up grain in these unsettled days of famine and free-trade. The following fact, which since came to our knowledge, proves the judiciousness of our advice on this subject. A wealthy farmer in this neighbourhood was offered 2s. per stone for one thousand stones of oats which he had on hand in March last, which he refused saying he would not take less than 2s. 6d. per stone. He sold the entire lot last week at ls. per stone.— Tyrone Constitution. The Right Rey. Dr. Delany, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork, has made an appointment in that diocese which has given great and just offence to people of all re ligious persuasions. It may be recollected that at the Cork Assizes of 1838 the Rev. James Burke, together with three persons named Crean, was found guilty of a con spiracy to swear away the life of a man named Wright, and subsequently sentenced to two years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of £2OO. This reverend delinquent has, it seems, been selected by his diocesan to discharge the duties of assistant to the Rev. Mr. Doheny, the chaplain of the Dunmanway workhouse. The Earl of Mountcashel passed through London on Thursday, on his route from Paris to his seat in Ireland. Lord Mountcasliel's brief absence from the field of his benevolent and truly Christian labours was caused merely by his anxiety to remove his family from the influence of the infectious fever now prevailing in its neighbourhood ; his lordship, how willing soever to encounter the danger in his own person, feeling that he has no right to expose to it others whose presence and exposure to it can be in no respect useful. It is necessary to state the facts as they are, because some of the newspapers have falsely and ungenerously charged Lord Mountcashel's removal for a few days with his family, as a desertion of his post. There was a meeting at Conciliation-hall, on Monday, which was remarkable for nothing but the presentation of a statement of accounts for the past year—(is this a sop for the Young Irelanders ?)—and the reading of a long letter signed " t John, Archbishop of Tuam," ad vocating the repeal of the Union. In the course of Dr. M`Hale's communication occurs the following passage : " As the payment of debts is now the favourite theme with our political moralists, they will not, I trust, forget the obligation of having refunded to Ireland the sum abstracted by the Union, and to the poor of Ireland their patrimony, plundered from them by the Established Church." The Morning Chronicle's Dublin correspondent says, that from almost all parts of Ireland " the accounts are most gloomy as to the prospects of the approaching win ter. In the aggregate, there is an abundance of food, but millions of the population who had existed in former years upon potatoes are, or very soon will be, totally destitute, unless sustenance can be provided for them by the poor-rate or employment. In fact, if prompt and energetic efforts be not made, the coming winter will he one of as terrible suffering as the last. There are, lam happy to say, some indications of a spirit of energy and foresight amongst the resident gentry in various localities, to provide by remunerative employment against such a calamity." IRISH TENANTS.—Mr. John O'Connell has published a long letter to the Irish people, in which he says that " seizure of crops and eviction of tenants are progressing with fearful rapidity at this moment in various parts of Ireland ;" and he exclaims " no mercy to the landlords if they don't show mercy to the people." With regard to the fact, in a general point of view it is essentially false. The real state of things is this :—A wide conspiracy against the payment of rent exists in the provinces of Munster and Connaught, and in some of the counties of Leinster. The landlord, to whom long arrears of rent are due, and who is himself pressed with burdens newly heaped upon him, beholds the haggards of his tenantry crammed with wheat, oats, barley, and other produce of his land, while he is told there is no money for him. What ! is he not only justified, but in duty bound to attempt the enforcement of his just demands under - such circumstances ? None can deny his right, or insinuate oppression against him. MOST MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. — On the night of Monday, a hut, which was erected by a man of the name of Leahy, at Ballyverigan, about two miles from Youghal, and which contained six human beings, viz. :—a woman, wife to Leahy, her mother-in-law, and four children of the former, two of whom, with the mother, were in fever —took fire, and every soul of them perished in theflames. What adds to the sad catastrophe is, that Leahy, who had been sent by his employer to the fair of Bartlemy, or Bartholomew's-well, and was on his return home at night, was the first person that discovered the conflagration, but did not arrive in time to render any assistance, as his whole family had perished, and the hut was all but con sumed before he reached the spot. Thus a whole family, with one exception, have been swept away in a moment, from the disinclination, but too prevalent amongst the lower orders, to sending such members of their families as are afflicted with fever into the hospitals so consider ately prepared for their reception, and where they are so carefully attended to.—Cork Constitution. ANOTHER GAOL CONSPIRACY. — The Armagh Guar dian gives the subjoined account of a daring conspiracy which, fortunately, had been discovered in the gaol of that county :—" It appears that there are 24 convicts at present, and that among them the diabolical plot was hatched, by which they meant to effect an escape. The particulars, as related by one of the party are as follow : At a certain fixed time it was arranged that one by one they were to fain sickness, which would cause their re moval to the hospital, from whence escape would be more easily effected, in consequence of being detached from the prison and having to contend with only one of the turnkeys. When in hospital, iron saws, with which the bars of the windows were to be cut, were to be supplied by the sister of one of the convicts. We believe that it was further intended to murder the turnkey in charge of the hospital and the deputy-governor, which latter person was fortunate enough to discover the plot, the issue of which might have proved fatal to many. The whole affair was investigated by Mr. William Paton, justice of the peace, and the local inspector, and the three leaders were confined in irons." THE HOLY-CROSS DEMONSTRATION.—On Sunday - _ week, a meeting of tenant farmers and about 4,000 in number, was held at Holycross, Tipperary. Resolutions were passed, establishing a tenant league, or an associa tion of tenant farmers, for the purpose of asserting and securing the rights and improving the condition of the occupying tenantry of the soil, and declaring " that any person now holding the actual possession of any portion of the soil of this country, shall be deemed to have a per manent possession of the same, during so long as he shall continue to pay such rent as shall be fixed and determined by the adjudication of sworn arbitrators, or other fairly constituted and impartial tribunal, such adjudication to be made on such principles and in such mode as may hereafter be determined by convention and agreement between the landlord and occupier." The orator of the day was Mr. Doheny, a clever partisan of the Young Ireland school, and one of the writers in the Nation newspaper. The sum total of his advice to the peasantry appeared to be that they should determine not to be thrust out of their holdings, and at the same time keep a firm grasp upon the crops in their hands, leaving the landlords to get their rents if they can and the govern ment to collect rates if they can. There is a good deal of difference between this and the professed object of the !meting, which was the extension to Tipperary of the . - - tenant-right of Ulster. MORAL V. PHYSICAL FORCE.—The "Irish Confedera tion" has despatched a roving commission to ransack the provinces for recruits, wherever they can be got to swell the ranks of the seceders. In Limerick and Kilkenny, they have been tolerably successful, but in the " beautiful city " of Cork they were destined to meet rather a rough reception from the disciples of the moral force principle. Here is a sketch furnished by the Cork Constitution of Tuesday :—" There was a meeting of the Young Ire lenders at the Victoria Theatre, last evening, which was sought to have been made select,' by confining the ad mission to sixpenny tickets, but the doors were broken in by sledges, and the gallery and pit quickly filled with rabble, and many of those who had purchased tickets found it impossible to gain admission, while many others deemed it prudent not to attempt the task. Free ad mission' being secured, the house was crowded to incon venience, and during the proceedings which took place there were frequent thumping matches between the old and young. Mr. Denny Lane took the chair, and while addressing the meeting some one turned the main gas cock, and all was in darkness, during which there was the most terrific commotion, par ticularly amongst a number of women, to whom the boxes were appropriated. After some time the lamps were again lit, and the Chairman proceeded until a remark fell from him reflecting upon O'Connell, when he was assailed with the most opprobri ous epithets, and during his efforts to address them he was yelled at most vociferously. Mr. M. J. Barry followed, and he fared nothing better; neither did Father Mullane, who told them, that though small in body he was a giant in mind. But the grand row was reserved for Mr. W. S, O'Brien, M.P., who strove for a long time to overcome the spirit of turbulence, but eventually was obliged to give up the hopeless task. Young Meagher, seeing his leader retreat rushed forward to fill up the breach, but the attack was renewed with increased vigour. He struggled manfully and strenuously against the hisses, shouts, and cheers of which he was the object. There he stood, saw ing the air, but to no effect, for nearly half an hour, until he told them 'that he was determined to remain on the spot for three days, if need be, until he was heard.' This seemed to appease them, but not until some dozen noisy spirits were huddled from gallery and pit, and not a few black eyes and bloody noses were bestowed on neighbours. He was followed by a Mr. Brennan, Mr. Brady, and Mr. Shea Lawlor, and at 11 o'clock the chair was vacated. and Ate audience dispersed, separating in their exit the skirts from many cots. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. A gentleman of the deputation from Liverpool character ised the peculiar reception of that body by the great Nor& them powers, on Thursday last, as a new edition of " BAXTER'S SHOVE.” — Railway Times. A passenger on the railway lately dropped his chrono meter through the railway carriage whilst travelling, but it was subsequently found on the line with only the glass broken. It is expected•that the late accident on the Manchester and Leeds Railway will cost the company not less than £lO,OOO, as it is not likely they can offer Mr. Weston's family less than £5OOO, considering the lucrative situation he held. EXPRESS TRAINS.—We believe we shall be found cor rect in stating that the expres , train from London to Li verpool, via the Trent Valley line, will perform the dis tance—viz. 200 miles. in five hours, or at the rate of 40 miles per hour.—Sun. From the official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3,152 miles of rail way, was £207,463, thus acerounted for :-114,700 for the conveyance of passengers only, £46,405 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £46,358 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £20,045 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was about 2,525. ACCIDENT.—The mail train on the Dorchester and Southampton Railway being considered beyond its usual time, of arrival at an intermediate station, a pilot engine was despatched, the line being a single one, to ascertain the cause of delay. The consequence was, that this en gine, being on the same line of rail, in rounding a curve, came suddenly upon the mail train, and a fearful crash ensued. The guard is the only person injured : he re ceived a severe bruise. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.—The contractors have commenced operations in Deeping Fen, about three miles from ,Spalding, with thirty men, and more will shortly be added to the number. A neat little brick and slated cottage, erected a few months ago, and one in progress adjoining, have been purchased and taken down, for the entrance to the intended station at Windsover. Consi derable devastation of houses, orchards, gardens, &c., several acres in extent, must occur for this gigantic railway undertaking. TELEGRAPHIC BUSINESS.—We have heard of a curious transaction by means of the electric telegraph, which is said to have occurred in our Lonthin Stock Exchange, on Wednesday. 500 shares were bought at a certain price in the market ; the news, per telegraph, was sent off to one of our provincial towns, and in an hour advice was sent back that they were sold, with "go it again." 500 more were thereupon bought, the news transmitted to the agent, who immediately disposed of the shares—of course to a profit.—Herapatle s Journal. RAILWAY CHURCH AT DARLINGTON.—The Durham Chronicle of the 17th instant contains a very interesting account of the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a new church at Darlington. We call it a " Railway Church," for towards its cost £6OO have been raised, by private subscription, by the great North of England share holders, besides £6OO towards the schools. Among the other subscribers are George Hudson, Esq., M.P., £lOO ; and certain shareholders in the York and Newcastle Railway Company, £5OO, this latter contribution being secured through Mr. Hudson's exertions. AMIENS AND BOULOGNE RAILWAY.—An official letter was published in the Times of Saturday, from the secre tary of this company, relative to the meetings held in Liver.= pool and London. The secretary regrets that " false communications were made which passed uncontradicted," and stales "that at the ordinary yearly general meeting, to be held next month, the directors will lay before the pro prietors an account of their affairs, and will feel happy to have it in their power, by a true and detailed statement of the position of the company, to restore among the sharehol ders that confidence which may have been shaken by the last interested misrepresentations made to them in England." EXPERIMENTS WITH THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — Experiments have, it appears by the New York papers, been recently made with the electric telegraph, to deter mine the difference of longitude between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. From these experiments two important conclusions have been deduced,—first, that by means of the magnetic telegraph, a clock in New York can be compared with another at a distance of 200 miles quite as accurately as two clocks can be compared in adjoining rooms ; secondly, that the time required for the electric fluid to travel from New York to Washington and back again, a distance of 450 miles, is so small a fraCtion of a second that it is inappreciable to the most practised observer. To this we may add, that Mr. Bain, of Edinburgh, the inventor of the electric clock, offered so to apply the principle to the clocks of that city and Glasgow, through the agency of the railway telegraph, as to give them motion from one and the same source, and thus to indicate precisely the same time at the same mo ment, though 46 miles distant. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A return of the number and nature of the accidents which occurred on the various railways in the United Kingdom, from the Ist of January to the 30th of June, 1847, has been issued. It shows us, in brief, that of a grand total number of 23,119,412 pas sengers conveyed during the said half-year on railroads in England, Scotland, and Ireland, 101 were killed and 100 more or less injured, being at the rate of 1-2300th per cent. on both. Moreover, it appears, froni a careful analysis of the returns, that of the 101 persons killed and 100 injured, there were 14 passengers killed and 48 wounded from other causes beyond their own control, 8 killed and 3 injured owing to their own folly or incauti ousness, 8 servants of companies killed and 17 injured from causes beyond their own control, 51 servants killed and 24 injured owing to want of caution or recklessness (such as leaping from engines or carriages in rapid motion, and other similar acts of temerity), 19 trespassers killed and 7 injured, and 1 person killed and another injured .while crossing the railways at level crossings. LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.—A special general meeting of this company was held at the station, at Lancaster, on Thursday last, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. The chairman (Joseph Bushell, Esq.) stated, that during the half year they had received from the canal company, £6,650, being the half-year's rent of their line, and this sum, together with interest re ceived from the Lancaster and Carlisle Company, and other receipts, left a balance in hand of £8,290 10s. 7d. after payment of all expenses, which would produce a divi dend of about 15s. per share, on the old shares; 10s. per share, on the three-quarter hares ; and 4s. on the quar ter shares. It was proposed that the dividends be de clared accordingly, when Mr. Kynaston moved, as an amendment, that the dividends be 15s. 7d. on the old shares, 9s. sd. on the three-quarters, and 4s. 2d. on the quarters. The full amount of discount (£l2 10s.) at which the three-quarter shares were issued, had been added to them in calculating the dividend, when only £l9 was paid up. This was unfair to the other portions of the stock. A somewhat lengthy discussion took place on the subject, in the course of which the chairman expressed himself favourable to Mr. Kynaston's views. The amend ment was ultimately lost, and a dividend of 15s. 10d. and 4s. declared. THE LIVERPOOL DEPUTATION AND THE RAILWAY COMPANIES.—On Thursday a deputation, consisting of Mr. D. Neilson, Mr. S. Woods, Mr. Healey, and others, deputed by the Liverpool Stock Exchange, waited on the chairman and directors of the principal railway compa nies, in accordance with the wishes of the entire members of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, to take into considera tion the present state of railway property,- and to adopt such measures as might be deemed advisable. The de putation first had an interview with Mr. Geo. Carr Glyn, M.P., the chairman, and the directors of the North- Western Railway, and Mr. Hudson, who met them at the Euston Station. Mr. Neilson intimated the views of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, to the effect that railway property was being greatly depressed by the enormous sums companies were attempting to obtain ; that perse verance in such a course would aggravate the evil not only in railway interests, but in every branch of com merce ; and that the only remedy would be a cordial union among railway companies.—Mr. Glyn said he could not add anything to the declaration he had made at the last half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London and North-Western Railway. The directors were determined to carry out that declaration, namely, that they should not enter into any new contracts con nected with bills for lines that were granted last session, except under very special circumstances, should such arise.—Mr. Hudson, as representative of several compa- nies, concurred in this, and renewed the declaration he had made to the same effect.—The deputation then sug gested an aggregate meeting of the different railway companies.—The directors present did not entertain the same views of the advantages of such a meeting, as the financial circumstances of several of the companies were so diverse, that all could not concur in one mode of ac tion. The declarations made might, however, be stated to other companies in any future conferences with them. It should be known that a considerable portion of the calls made by the companies represented by Mr. Glyn and Mr. Hudson were for paying off debentures, and a large sum had been paid to the Bank of England on this account. Some gentlemen were of opinion than when the manufac turers of Manchester stopped their mills, the railway com panies must stop their calls.—The deputation then pro ceeded to Paddington, and saw Mr. Russell, (chairman) of the Great Western Railway Company, Mr. Mills, and Mr. F. Barlow, of the Waterford, Wicklow, and other rail ways, Mr. Rufford, of the Oxford and other lines, and Mr. Saunders.—Mr. Russell, in reply to some suggestion before stated, doubted whether a railway company had power to pledge itself distinctly to any particular course. The Great Western had done all in their power for some time to limit their calls, and to retard rather than accelerate their works. They would go on upon that principle, but with respect to some particular lines, where contracts had been made and engagements fulfilled, they could not un dertake to adopt an alteration. Mr. Mills and the other directors present expressed their concurrence with the views just expressed.—The next interview was with Mr. Chaplin, M.P., Chairman of the South Western Railway, and his colleagues. Mr. C. said they would suspend their works as much as possible, consistently with their engagements, to avoid the pressure of calls. They had limited the expenditure accordingly. The deputation then waited on Mr. Ricardo, and the directors of the North Staffordshire Railway. Mr. Ricardo said they had no intention to make any further call this year ; but, if it became the interest of the company to do so, he should not hesitate to make such call.—Mr. Macgregor, of the South Eastern and Dover, said he and his colleagues would do all in their power to curtail expenditure, lighten the burden, and defer the calls.—The London, Brighton, and South Coast, through their chairman Mr. Grenfell, would agree to any measure sought for by the general rail way constituency. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham had made contracts which they could not suspend.—Several influential railway authorities are of opinion that a board of commercial men ought to be appointed to adjudicate the question, or that some measure should be introduced early in the ensuing session for the purpose, similar to that in troduced by Lord Dalhousie to enable insolvent companies to wind up.—The deputation'having waited on all the prm cipal companiep, returned to Liverpool with them zeoultge CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Hon. rind Rev. H. D. Erskine has been appointed Dean of Ripon. The coupe d' elire for the Bishopric of Manchester has not yet been issued. The Rev., George Whitlock, curate of Standish, has been appointed incumbent of Walkden Moor, near Wors ley ; patron, the Earl of Ellesmere. new archdeaconry, to be called the Archdeaconry of Westmoreland, is to be caeated in the diocese of Carlisle on the next avoidance of the see, or sooner if the present bishop assents thereto. • The Rev. John Barnsdall, curate of Ringley, near Bolton. died in an awfully sudden manlier on Sunday week. He had preached at Hindley in the morning, for the school.; in that township, and accompanied the in cu.,,hent to dinner, during which he was taken ill and ex pire,' immediately. H e was i n hi s fifty-fifth y eat - On Monday night a meeting was held in the large room in the Exchange, Nottingham, chiefly for the purpose of being addressed by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Christ Church, Salford, Manchester. The front seats were let for 6d., and the back seats for 2d eacn. The room was filled to the corners by an audience which enthusiastically cheered the speakers throughout the evening. We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Thomas Egerton, the third son of Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of Tatton park. This melancholy event being quite unex pected, adds to the poignant grief of the family. The rev. gentleman was most assiduous in the discharge of the duties of his sacred calling. Several months ago he had a viru lent attack of scarlet fever, contracted, it was supposed, in one of his visits among the sick members of his flock ; and from that attack he had not entirely recovered. NEW BISHOPS. — The' paragraph which has gone the round of the papers respecting the appOintment of three new bishops in Lincolnshire, Cornwall, and Herts, although given with all the appearance of circumstantial accuracy, is wholly incorrect. In fact, it is impossible to take any steps in the matter without a specific act of par liament. The consideration of the creation of any new sees, in addition to that of Manchester, was postponed in the last session, and nothing further can be decided upon till the pleasure of parliament is known upon the subject. A PROPER REPLY.—An association in Manchester, calling itself the " Manchester Church Worm Associa tion,' has been recently writing through its president (Mr. Richard Birley) to the Dean and Canons of the l i Collegiate Church, asking for their " co-operation " with the society in effecting its objects. All the reverend gentlemen have replied in dignified but smart terms, and among the rest Mr. Canon Parkinson, who, in his reply to Mr. Birley, administers an admirable dose, compounded of the following ingredients :—" Had it been the object of your association to provide immediately for the spiritual wants of the parish,• and at your own personal cost and co-operation. Permit me to direct you and your society's energies into this safer channel. You will surely place the character of the town of Manchester in a better position with the world without, if, instead of squabbling over the spoils of Lord De la Warr's liberal benefaction, you would follow his generous example. For this pur pose I would gladly subscribe the sum of £lOOO, on the understanding that you do the same. In thus acting, you would be free from all suspicion of unworthy motives, and have the approval and support of all real friends of the church. The poor, too, are anxiously looking up to you for this, as the result of the prominent position which you have thought proper to assume." There is some thing manly and truly noble about this proposition ;--to be very classical, it is a regular " choker off," that will not soon be forgotten by the Associationists, much less by the poor of Manchester. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND THE BISHOP OF LONDON. —The Bishops of Peterborough, Lichfield, and Ripon, held ordinations in and for their respective dioceses on Sunday last, and admitted into priest's or deacon's orders above seventy candidates for the ministry. Amongst those gentlemen were several of the class known in Eng land ( but unknown in Ireland) as Literates—persons who have not received a university education ; some who had studied in colleges not qualified to confer degrees ; and no less than seventeen graduates of the Dublin Uni versity—about one-fourth of the whole number, The re mainder were gentlemen who had taken their degrees at either Oxford or Cambridge. On the same day, the Bishop of Salisbury conferred orders upon about twenty gentlemen more, making, on the whole, very nearly a hundred ordinations. The latter were chiefly students of one or other of the English universities. There thus ap pears to be a very great demand for labourers in the Eng lish vineyard —a demand which her own universities are unable to supply. But, whilst this is the case—and while the Church in England is thus fain to recruit her clergy out of a class which has not had the advantage of the training of a university—the Lord Bishop of London, acting upon a caprice, or influenced by a prejudice which has not the slightest reasonable foundation, refuses, not merely to ordain, but—even when ordained by his epis copal brethren—to admit into his diocese gentlemen qua lified for the sacred mission, by a most strict and extensive education in a university second to none in the empire for the excellenee of its general curriculum of studies, and, in particular, for the course of divinity learning required of the students seeking to be qualified for the church. We allude, of course, to the University of Dublin.—Dublin Mail. ITALIAN REFORMED CHURCH.—A general meeting of the local clergy (summoned by the Rectors and the Rev. ' A. Knox) was held at the Savings' Bank on Wednesday, to meet the Rev. Dr. Achilli, and to consider the propriety of forming an Italian Reformed Church. There were present the Reverends A. Campbell, (rector,) chairman, J. Jones, one of the rural deans, T. G. Leigh, Dr. M`Neile, A. Knox, J. Baylee, C. W. Lawrence, R. Da- 1 vies, W. Pollock, D. D. Stewart, H. Hampton, H. Car penter, G. Cuthbert, A. P. Irwine, T. Clarke, IJ. P. Lin ton, J. H. Gabbett, Dr. Pozzi, D. J. Hirsch, S. Byers, and S. Fenton. The meeting was opened with introduc tory observations and prayers by the Chairman, who then called on the Rev. J. Baylee to introduce the subject. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Rev. S. Byers, the secretary to the London committee, who gave an account of the Protestant College at Malta, and of Dr. Achilli. After which Dr. Achilli addressed them in French, narrating what had been done, also what they hoped to do, to wit,-1. To receive reformed priests into the Malta College. 2. To improve the translation of the Bible in the Italian language. 3. To place reformed priests, properly accredited, in places external to Italy ; and, finally, if opportunity should occur, in Italy itself. 4. To form a Reformed Italian Church, episcopal in its discipline, reformed in its doctrines, and primitive in its ritual. It was then unanimously resolved that that meet ing having heard the statement of Dr. Achilli and others, record their sympathy with the objects proposed in page 9 of the First Annual Report of the Malta College, and their desire to co-operate with the same. It was furtheri unanimously resolved, that the following clergymen be requested to act as a local committee :—Reverends J. Brooks, A. Campbell, Dr. M`Neile, C. W. Lawrence, W. Pollock, A. Knox, and J. Baylee, as secretary. COURT AND FASHION. 0 THE QUEEN'S RETURN. We were able to give last week exclusively full particu lars of the arrival of the Royal squadron at Fleetwood on the previous (Monday) evening. As the hour approached for the Royal departure from Fleetwood on Tuesday morning, expectation was raised to the highest pitch, and tens of thousands evidenced a most laudable anxiety to give a becoming reception to their honoured Queen. Every point from which a view of the proceedings could be obtained was densely crowded, and as far as the eye could reach countless heads presented themselves. It has been calculated that little short of the anticipated 50,000 were assembled in Fleetwood ; and the gay and animated ap pearance of the whole scene at this time cannot be easily forgotten. At a few minutes before ten o'clock the word had been passed aboard the royal squadron to " man the yards," and a most pleasant additional feature was thus given to the view ; the " gallant tars," being as fine a set of men as the country can produce. At ten o'clock precisely her Majesty, leaning on the arm of Prince Albert, and holding the hand of the young Prince, while Prince Albert led that of the infant Princess, stepped from the yacht into the saloon, amid the cheers of the surrounding crowds, the band playing the National Anthem. Her Majesty, who was attired in a lilac plaid silk dress, yellow shawl, and white bonnet and feathers, looked remarkably well, though rather paler than usual. Prince Albert wore a plain black suit, and the Prince Royal a red plaid dress. The Royal children were both attired in full keeping with her Majesty's quiet and much approved taste. As her Majesty proceeded across the sa loon, and along the corridor, she became the attraction of every eye, and was loudly and repeatedly cheered. Hav ing entered the royal carriage she stood up and gracefully acknowledged the hearty manifestations of loyalty which were exhibited on every side ; and the signal being given, the train moved slowly past the thousands who thronged the line on either hand ; and in a few minutes passed ra pidly on its way. A rare and costly bouquet composed of the most choice and beautiful flowers, had been forwarded from Manches ter for her Majesty's carriage, —and maps of the compa ny's line, finely printed on satin, were placed in all the carriages ; that in the royal carriage being printed on white satin, bound with white velvet, and stamped with the royal arms. The royal train passed through Preston at eleven ; an immense number of persons having assembled to see it pass. At Farrington the train remained upwards of five minutes while the engine was being changed. A trium phal arch was thrown across the line at the station, which had a very pleasing effect. Several hundreds of people had congregated, and the stoppage of the train afforded them an excellent and unexpected opportunity of seeing the royal party—a fact which elicited enthusiastic cheer ing. The train proceeded via' Parkside and Crewe, to Stafford, where it passed over the new Trent Valley line, and arrived in London at about half-past five. The whole railway journey was accomplished in seven hours and a quarter, and the train did not stop between Wolverton and London. Her Majesty reached Buckingham Palace at six. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace in a carriage and-four, escorted by a party of Lancers, at a quarter past 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, for Os borne, Isle of Wight. The Marchioness of Douro, Miss Hillyard, Major-General Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie, followed in two carriages and four. The royal party reached Osborne House in safety about two o'clock. Lord and Lady Brougham are entertaining a select cir cle at Brougham-hall. The Marquis of Douro has ar rived on a visit to the noble and learned lord, f rom his s hooting-box in the Highlands. The nuptials of the Marquis of Kildare with Lady Caroline Gower, will, it is understood, be celebrated at Trentham, on Thursday next, in the presence of a nu merous and distinguished circle of the nobility. THE QUEEN AGAIN AT THE ISLE OF MAN.—We find that on the Queen's return from Scotland, she again visited the shores of Mona. On Monday morning the royal apadren reached Raram Bah in the Ile of Mu) Sept. 28, 1847. the Prince Consort landed for the purpose of inspecting that locality. His Royal Highness was loyally received by the Right Rev. the Bishop and other parties in au thority in the island. The Prince remained on the island about four hours and a half, after which the royal squadron sailed for Fleetwood. ROYAL CONDESCENSION. — WhiIst Prince Albert was on shore at the Isle of Man, an old man, anxious to see his Highness, was scrambling along ; but being somewhat decrepit, he fell backwards, while trying to surmount a hedge. The Royal Prince, on seeing this, sprang to his relief, and helped him over with the utmost kindness. —Another anecdote of the Queen. An old nensioner, nearly eighty years of age, needs must see her Majesty face to face. He got two boys to row him out in a boat,. and when near the royal barque, and seeing her 'Majesty standing on deck, he doffed his old chappeau, glade a low A bow, and thus expres=el himself :—" Your most Gra— cious Majesty, you see I know'd your father, your grand father and your great grandfather, and now 1 am glad to see your gracious self; but if I am not asking too much, I should be rejoiced to see the childer." Her Majesty smiled, repaired to the cabin, and soon returned with the young Prince and Princess. The old soldier gazed on the budding promises of royalty with deep feeling, and a full round drop from his eye fell upon his sleeve. REPORTED MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON WITH MISS BURDETT COUTTS.—A corespondent informs us that the reported marriage between the Duke of Wel lington and Miss Coutts is likely to take place within a very short period •, that the legal advisers of the illustrious duke and the wealthy heiress have been engaged for some weeks past in preparing the settlements, but owing to a difficulty which had presented itself respecting the descent of the property, some delay had taken place in concluding the preliminary arrangements. The difficulties which are stated to have arisen proceeded from the expressed desire of the lady that the greater part of her fortune should be settled upon the heirs to the title of the Duke of Welling ton in perpetui y. This intention has been objected to by his grace,- who has most distinctly stated his wish that the disposition of the money or any property that may be purchased with it, in case of the death of the Marquis of Dorro without issue, and the issue of Lord Wellesley be coming extinct, no interest should be taken by any colla teral branch of his family, including the heirs of his bro ther, but that his direct heirs only shall inherit or partici pate in the advantages conferred by the settlement. After much negotiation between the parties an amicable adjust ment of differences has been effected, and, - in the event of the direct line becoming extinct, the property is eventually to be applied to an object intimately connected with the renown of the great warrior.— Observer.—[The John Bull seems to doubt whether any such " preliminary arrange ments" have been made, and our readers are just as wet able as we are to form an opinion as to the probability of their being carried out.] HER MAJESTY AND :THE CORNISH WOMEN.—SINGU LAR INCIDENT.—The following incident connected with the royal departure may be read with interest :—lt seems that there is a boat's crew of Cornish women, who make a livelihood by going to various regattas, and who were to have contended in some of the races at the Fleetwood regatta last week ; but the vessel, on board of which they embarked themselves and their rowing-gig for Liverpool, was driven by stress of weather, during the storm of Wednesday last, to put into Dublin ; and in consequence of this untoward passage, the Cornish women did not reach Fleetwood till Saturday week, two days after the close of the regatta. They had their boat upon the Wyre water on Saturday, and attracted some attention from the novelty of a boat's crew of those usually de nominated " the weaker sex," yet challenging the " lords of the creation" to a contest which especially demands considerable physical stre"gth and muscular exertion. These Cornish women were pulling about the river and channel on Monday evening, and, on the arrival of the royal yacht, saluted it in the usual way by presenting their oars ; but in all probability they were not noticed by the royal party, who were otherwise engaged at the time. However, from 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, these women were in th e h ar b our , row i ng a b out near t h e ro yacht or what is technically termed, " rowing guard ; and on her majesty's landing, they pulled stoutly away for the large piece of water, over which the pile-bridge is constructed, on which the Preston and Wyre railway is carried to Fleetwood. Here, as the royal train passed along the pile-bridge, these nautical Amazons saluted the royal party with upraised oars, and this time they at tracted the attention of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who, struck by the singular appearance of the white dresses and white caps of these waterwomen, smiled, and graciously acknowledged their salute, and also directed the attention of the children to this singular exhibition. The poor women were greatly gratified at having been honoured by the nods and smiles of their sovereign—that sovereign being of their sex, and " an ocean queen." MANX LOYALTY AGAIN AT FAULT.—The deputation at Douglas, who had concoctedan address to her Majesty, in the event of the royal squadron anchoring in Douglas Bay, hastened to intrude themselves upon the rights of the Ramsey people, by annoying the Queen in Ramsey Bay, while her Majesty was in the act of doing honour to her northern subjects. They started from Douglas before eleven o'clock, about half an hour after intelligence had come from Ramsey that her Majesty was there at anchor. They chartered a coach and four, and the four " Douglas Delegates," with the clerk of the meeting, and one other, took the Laxey route, with a gaudy banner waving along the road. Arriving at Ramsey after blowing their horses pretty well, they hastened to the shore•by one o'clock. It seems the high bailiff of Ramsey, in expectation of the governor, had provided a boat especially for his purpose, and four young gentlemen had volunteered to row it. The Douglas Delegates finding this boat, entered it sans ce remonie, and, palming the crew with a one pound note, pushed off from the shore. The high bailiff, on witness ing this, was in a panic. He expected the governor ever/ moment; but his boat having been forestalled, he made an effort to arrest its progress, but without success—the " Delegates" were in hot pursuit of the Queen, and could not notice governors or high bailiffs. But, alas ! the best concerted schemes are liable to disappointment. Queens+ like time and tide, wait for no man ; and, before the " Delegates" could rush into the presence of Majesty, the wheels of the royal yacht were in motion. Lieutenant - Governor Hope got intelligence of her Majesty's arrival at Ramsey about eleven o'clock, and without loss of time took coach, with a spirited pair of greys, for the north. Though starting half an hour after the Douglas Dele gates," they arrived in Ramsey within a few minutes after the "Delegates," and hastened to the shore; but, alas ! their boat had been kidnapped, and but for a fortu nate coincidence, they had been in as bad a plight as was the Lieut. Governor at Douglas harbour, when he found himself boatless and bootless. At this moment the boat called the Red Rover touched the sand, and she was ready for the governor's use. His Excellency, Attorney-Gene ral, and attendants, made good progress with the Ro ver, manned with the four young gentlemen above named. They gained upon the " Delegates," and carne near the royal yacht ; but just too late. The latter was in motion, and the Rover was left in her wake. His Excellency, on returning to shore, truly and from his heart exclaimed,—" I am not in fault, but I am really un fortunate." So say we in this instance. It consists with our knowledge that his Excellency used every exertion that man could make to pay his respects to the Queen on this occasion ; but the fates were against him, and he failed in his object. Not a single representative of the Illustrious House of Keys found his way to the royal presence. -- Manx Liberal. ,ula; LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Francis Brady, of the Irish bar, has been appointed Chief Justice of Newfoundland, in the room of Mr. Thomas Norton, resigned. The salary is £l5OO a-year. NOTICES OF OBJECTION.—A PROPER DECISION. Mr. M`Christie, the revising barrister for the city of Lon don, has given judgment which, if acted upon by other revising barristers, would soon have the effect of putting a. stop to the indiscriminate objections to voters which are now so freely made to every constituency. Mr. M'Cliri° - tie taking, as we think, a sound, and certainly a most sa lutary view of the act of Parliament, will henceforth inn pose costs in every case of objection that turns out to be frivolous upon being heard, or may be presumed to have been so from the fact of its not being proceeded with. In' the latter event, the revising barrister, upon proof of no tice of objection having been given to the person appear ing to defend his vote, will at once order him his costs, if the opposition to his being placed upon the list should be abandoned, after he has been put to the inconvenience of attending. The result of this most wholesome course has been the instant easing of the list of objections, which had originally comprised between two and three thousand names, but which were reduced to something under three hundred after the revising barrister had announced the plan he intended to act upon. BANKRUPTCY COURT : IN RE HAMMOND.—The case of Mr, W. J. Hammond, comedian, and late manager of the Adelphi theatre, was heard before Mr. Commissioner Perry on Thursday. Mr. Greene, solicitor, opposed the insolvent's application, on the ground that the debts had been contracted by him without any reasonable probabi lity of his being able to pay. Mr. Payne, on behalf of other creditors, opposed on the same grounds. Mr. Smithy. of the Falstaff Tavern, Mr. Sefton, of the Adelphi The atre Tavern, Mr. Parker, scene-painter, and Mr. Charles Cummins, violinist, were opposing creditors. Mr. Cor mick, attorney, appeared for Mr. Hammond. Mr. Ham mond said he had twice before been insolvent, the first time in 1841, when his liabilities were £7,802 6s. 3d, with assets of £62 Os. 6d.; and again in 1843, with liabilities of £1,918 18s. Bd., and no assets. His present liabilities were £B2O lls. 6d. He (Mr. H.) was not possessed of any furniture at all ; he was in furnished lodgings. The furniture belonged to his wife's mother, Mrs. Jerrold , with whom he lodged, and to whom it was transferred upon the schedule of his bankruptcy in 1843. After number of questions had been put relative to the moneys borrowed by the insolvent, and the promises lie had made of payment, and Mr. Cummins had been examined et some length, remarks were made on the inconvenience of commencing the account at a period of only six months anterior to the bankruptcy. At length the case was ad journed to Thursday next, and it was ordered that the account should be carried back so as to commence withlB 46 ' MAKING TEE MOST OF AN M.P.—At a meeting of the Southampton Board of Guardians, held last week, tO receive tenders for a new workhouse, a question arose e: to the power of the board to remove from their present site, when some of the worthy gentlemen proposed t he s the town member, Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., should be seat and requested kindly to favour the board with his (-pinion- Captain Breton said he had no notion of not paying bf!'' Cockburn his fee, because he was an M.P. Pay him his_ fee, and if he liked to be charitable, and give it to sow; charity, well and good. The chairman said it would be charity to them if he did not accept a fee. He hope! Captain Breton would not come there and bring the!: into heavy law expenses ; as yet they had nothing but! sheet of foolscap for £7O or £BO. He would venture ut say that if Mr. Cockburn made a charge, he (the chairrnr_f would pay it out of his own private purse. The resoluti.T was then put . to the vote, and car ri ed unanimously , W 1 one exceptgon.