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);:titptrial liarlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TvEsn n the occasion of her Majesty opening h from the throne, presented a pvards of 400 y took posses- were present rters' gallery. So little room, in aaccuMed in the body of the house, ination made the scene t stretch of ima sembliog of a female senate. About s entered, and at half-past the Lord Chan cellor appeared, followed by the Duke of Wellington. At appear like t one. the Judi; a qnarter past two the entrance of her Majesty put a st - - uzz of con as going on. Th Queen took her seat, with Prince Alt the Prince of %Vales was not present, bert On her left ; but , as had been expect- ce of her Majesty, everybody in the • house rose and remained standing until her Majesty was seated. and said, " W,ll your lordships be seated ? " Sir Augustus Clifford was then directed to summon the at tendance of the Commons at the bar of the House of Lords; and a pause enstr-d, durin4 which the most re ce was observed. Those wbo have never ics can scarcely form an adequate ed. On the appear notion of the magnificence of the spectacle which at this periA of the sitting commanded the admiration of every observant spectator. Her Majesty was attired in a French din dress, with the regal mantle and the robes of Her Majesty wore a rich diamond neclaace, a ler adorned with, and a diadem composed of, the The assembly, who paid silent ho. reign, were arrayed in a variety of cos and the multiplied diversity of their colours con trasted strongly, but pleasingly, with each other. After the " faithful Commons " had, in obedience to her Majesty's summons, made their appearance, her Ma delivered the following gracious speech : same precious gems mPge to their S 111 v LORDS AND GENTI EMEN, e that I am enabled, on again meeting you in parlia e you on the improved condition of th ngratutat eased activity pervades Trade a , d commerce have been extebded at iad, and among all classes of my people there is dent a spirit of loyalty and cheerful obedience to nue to receive from all Foreign Powers and ces of their friendly disposition.—[ have had (most every br sfaction in receiving at my Curt the Suvereigi.s who trse of the last year visited t' , is count , y. The journey operor of Russia, undertaken at a great sacrifice of venkt3ce, v as a proof of the friendship of his (rive. .ty most acceptable to my feelings. The opportunity purse thus aff Ided to me may, I hope, be the le relations which The visit of means of still 1w Cher improving those arnu have long existed betwee England and Russia r the French as it had b was rendered especially we;come to me. en needed by discussions which might tween the two countries maintenance of this uterests of both ; most brill their gent sinn of even ti in the co of the E private I rial Maj cation of c The rev,/ in that r the heal congrat for tte. r ❑ appoiiete to i I m'o tion in them t, quoted'the•Charitable Bequests Bill as a proof of that po sition, and imputed the unpopularity of its reception in Ireland to the want of confidence in the sincerity of the party which proffered it felt by the population of that country. That party had inflan.ed religious prejudices for years; and now, when its leaders adapted a better policy, could they wonder that the agitators should throw back upon them the phrases of " surpliced ruffians" and " demon priesthood," which they themselves once used? Such was the retribution which always fell on men who, instead of appealing to sound opinion, appealed to popular prejudice, and founded their power on deluding their countrymen. He expressed great satisfaction in seeing that the government were now adopting several measures which they had condemned when proposed by their prede cessors. He rejoiced in the present gratifying state of commercial and manufacturing industry, but reminded the house that the prosperity of 1836 had been followed by the distress of 1838, 1839, 1840. We Might prevent such vicissitudes in future, not by interfering with the dispen sations of providence, but by enabling the manufacturers of this country to exchange their produce for the prodnc tions of other nations. He implored the house to endea vour to ward off the mischief which other deficient har vests might bring upon us, by giving a freer inlet to the productions of other countries. He was convinced that protection was not the support, but the bane of agricul ture. That the present duties on foreign corn should be diminished, he had no doubt, neither had the government. He, therefore, insisted that they ought to reduce them, — he would not now say to what amount,—whilst we were as now in a state of calm, and not haAily under popular uproar, when it would be said that we could not refuse what we appeared to grant. Mr. MILES wished to know why Lord John had pro posed a fixed duty, if he was so convinced that pro tection was the bane of agriculture? Had his lordship found it convenient to make a compact alliance with the Corn Law League? If the income-tax were continued, be should claim that in the reduction of taxation the agri cultural interest should not be forgotten. Mr. GLADSTONE entered into an explanation of the reasons which bad induced him to retire from the Go vernment of which he had been a member. After thank ing Lord John Russell for the very kind terms in which he had spoken of his services, he observed that in the statement which he was about to make, he had no blame to cast upon any of his colleagues for any dereliction of their principles or their professions. His statement, therefore, would not be a 'controversial statement or a justification of his conduct, but a were explanation of circumstances which if misstated or misconceived might lead to mischievous mistakes. He had not resigned on account of arty matt x connected with that department of the Government with wt ich his services had long been connected. He had not rt signed on account of any tiff- lerence in opinion on the intentions. as far as he knew of them, of his late colleagues towards the Church either of England or Ireland. H e had stated to the world formerly, not in haste, but with great deliberation, the relations which a Christian State ought to have with res ligion. He had a strong impression that thos !ct to r who h; important principles ;hould not be parties to propose ma terial departures from them. At the close of llst ses sion Sr H. Peel mentioned his intention to inquire into he state of education in the spit it with which that education was conducted. He was not in pos session of the measures which the Government were about to bring forward ; and as to Maynooth College, he knew of nothing which they ware about to do that might not be safely inferred from what they had• done. At the same time he must say that the views which her Nl”jesty's Government took on that subject differed from those which he thought ought to be taken on such a question spirit of that which he had deliberately recorritnenc fig uniform conviction was, that though he was not to fetter his judgment by reference to abstract theory, yet that it was due to the pubic to place himself in a position an unsuspec had, I hen-fiir ;ed judgmen ken a course which hai caused him much ed him from men with whom ich 'old beim he bad acted in public life, and whom he was boned to say he continued to regard with unaltered senti ments of public regard and private attachment. T: e cussion of an increased grant to Maynnoth was colatected with exciteable topic+ in this count/ y ; but he was not preparrd to tail part in any re gious warfare against Sir R. Peel's measure—such ss he ant'cipated it might be — nor to draw distinctions between the Roman Catholics of Ireland and others of his fellow-countrymen, so far as regarded their religinus creed Sir R. PEEL to the se commenced his observations by referring of Mr. Glidstone, for whose talents he felt which could only be equalled by the at tachment be felt for his private character. His right hon. friend had mentioned his ohjection to their measures some time ago, and it he had tint pressed his resignation, it was an admir, ng to lose It was his kSir. It Peel's) fault, as he was en vill his splendid services as a Minister of the Crown not on amount of any difference on the commercial pOi of the cnuntry• that his right hon. friend had re,igned his office—on such points there was, and always had been, the nio•t complete unanimity-between them—but it was one of such a subject. which he might be permitted to mention to the House, though his right hon. friend had declined On the tete ion of Mr. Wyse last year, he, as the organ of the G..vernment, had declared that it was their ietention during the tecess to apply themselves to the question of academical education in Ireland. He had then admitted that there were not the same facilities for acadernicaleducation in that country that there were n Great Britain; and he was now prepared at an early period of the session to propose an increase of facilities fur acade mical education in Ireland, open to all classes of her Majesty's suhj etc. Among other institutions which would be ber.efitted by that increased vote, the College of Maynooth would be one. The Government intended to propose e liberal increase in the grant to that college, un accompanied by any restrictions or regulations as to reli gious doctrines which would diminish its grace and favour. The sincerity with which the Government was acting on, this subj-•cr was evident from the fact that it had perse vered in its let mien wilt a full knowledge that it would lead to the reAgrietion of so valtHble a colleague as Mr, Gladstone ; and yet the noble lord had taken a party ad vantage of the liberal policy adopted by the Government, and had condescended to make a little insinuation avainst it in order to persuade the people of Ireland to reject the proposal, because the Government were the authors of it. He then proceeded to defend the conduct of hi r Majesty's Government in respect to the Charitable Bequests Bill, which they had proposed as a matter of justice to Ire land. The noble lord had thought it decorous to neutra lize the benefit of that measure by agein ripping up phrases which had been used in the heat of party contest ; but who could wonder that the agitators used them, when the noble lord forgot his dignity and followed their bad example? The words which the noble lord had quoted were not used by him or by his friends, and he denied that he had ever used words of insult to the people of Ireland. He considered the speech of the noble lord as a bitter party spet and thought that his equanimity had been disturbed by the contrast which existed between the speech from the throne this year and these speeches which had been made when he was Minister. Then there was great distress—now there was great prosperity ;—then there was a deficiency,—now there was a surplus of re venue. " Viz tenet lacrymas onia nil lacrymare necesse est." He then proceeded to justify the proceedings of the Go vernment in the late negotiations with France on the sub. ject of the treatment of Mr. Pritchard. He had never asked more of the French Government than that which he ultimately got—a fair and reasonable reparation. He should have felt that he was pursuinc , a course inconsist ent with good policy if he had asked for a reparation hu miliating to France. He denied that Government had complimented itself at the close of last session on ac count of its wisdom. All that had been stated was, that the differences had been adjusted by the justice and mo. rstandir I regard t Itial to the bes iced to vvitnes tha the sentimen protection to the e " M LORDS AND GENTLEM with sincere satisfaction that ihe political agi ation retofure occasion to lame :tied. And as a natural resull died to useful public er r co-opera Id. I hay e communicated to y .ntation I Ireland, and to othe quiry before a con' diately laid before y f the information and an of the poorer a on the success of the it or my su , jects on .he occa I) win my own intry, will occasion an increase in the esi .ffectual n. the re The act which rprise.l, undertaker mend to f large towns and po It will be highly he means of promoting sees of my anhjects.— 1 nil arresting, the on income will shortly termine whether king a reduc iameLt for the ebt in the time of peace at th,t time for impostor a tax expedient to co' nue its operation for a ately pr, rvice, and at the same t sect the necessary expenditur nph that public credit which is ind.spensab!e to tL —The prospect of continued peace, and II domestic prosperity and tranquillity, afford taxation. Whatever may he the result of your this respcc , , I feel assured that it will be your naintain an amount of revenue amply sofii f the country, and sideraton of the i ar att ntior ur deliberation, with the earnest : rayer that you fa►vonr i I have directed to strengthen the feelings of mutual con. will between different classes of my subjects, of Divire Provident Adence end g condition of my peoL The address in reply was moved by Marquis CAMDEN, and seconded by Lord GLENLYON, but their lordships confined themselves pretty closely on this, their first oc cavort of appearing before the house, to a recommenda tion or' the v.rious para,:raphs in the speech. The Marquis of NORMANEY did not intend to move an amendment cn the address, as he had approved of all be had yet beard of the me,sures to be proposed by go- ♦ernment The Duke of RICHMOND cornpl&ned that no mention had been made of the agricultural body, and asked why there was nct a Board cf Agricuiture, as there was a Board of Trade and Commerce? Lord Ha dwieke, the MBrquis of Lansdowne, and Loads Aherdeen and Campbell, then said a few words, and their lurd*hips adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. After the reading of the royal speech, the address was moved by Mr. CHARTERIS, who went over the various paragraphs of the speech, as did Mr BARING in second- ing the address. Lord J. RUSSELL could readily concur in the terms of the address proposed on this occasion ; but there were topics in the speech of her i‘lajesty, and in the address in reply to it, which called for remark. That the vsiti of foreign Sovereigns to this country might be a fresh gua rantee for the con.inuance of peace must be the anxious wish and sanguine expectation of every man that heat(' him ; but it was something singular, that though the mover and seconder of the addres; were both express:ng hops of peace, ministers were themselves taking precau- tions again-t the conting'ncy of war. He congratulated the house that our amicable relations with France were not bruken ; but said tbat be could not participate in those phrases of satisfac►ion which ministers used in their own praise at the conclusion of th , - last session. They then thought it right to advise her Majesty to praise the wisdom and moderation with which they had conducted the negotiations with Fr:.nce. Ile saw no cause for ad- miring either their wisdom or their moderation. What Pritchard had been put under arrest, and was the cwe had been committed to solitary confinement by the French Commandant at Tahiti, on suspit ion of encouraging in surrection among the natives ; and it was communicated to him, that if insurrection took place, he should be held responsible for all the bloodshed which might ensue. Another French Commandant arrived, who thought that there was no ground for such severity, but who also thought that it was unsafe that Pritchard should remain at Tahiti, and therefore desired bim to leave the island. It was impossible not to admit that if Captain Bruat thought the conduct of Pritchard to be a cause of danger, he had a ri g ht to remove him ; but to place him in solitary confi nen nd to say that he should be rear onsible deration of the respective Governments of the two coun with his lite fer any insurrection, was a gross outrage, and tries. He rejoiced in the good understanding which now demanded reparation. He was of opinion that it there existed between the two countries, as there must from had been that cordial understanding between the two go- their proximity to each other bc a good understanding verone. tit- of which their partisans boasted so loudly, a or something differing little from downright hostility be sai istece ry arrangement might have been made without tween them. There was not one reparation made by the delay of two months, and without any danger of war. France to us which he wculd not have made to France He commented at some length upon the correspondence himself if the circumstances had been reversed. He which had taken place between M. Guizot and the Comte thought it better to refrain from any discussion on the de Jamie on this subject, and said that those papers made right of search until the papers connected with that sub him believe that the two governments of France and Eng- I jest were on the table of the house. The house would land were both too much influenced by the pressure from I then be able to decide whether the Government had made without, and that the understanding between them was any compromise in our object—the suppression of the not cordial and complete. The cloud which menaced the detestable traffic in slaves. Public opinion had been duration of peace had, hewever, blown acay, and he now raised in France against the right of search; and that trusted that ministers on both sides of the Channel right was paralyzed when it was exercised against the would•feel that it was for the interest of their respective good sense of a country. M. Guizot had stated his in nations and for the peace of the world, that they should tention to give this country a substitute as efficacious, if remain united, and that they should not suffer their sub- not more efficacious, than the right of search. The csm ordinate officers at a distance o f thr ee or f our th ousan d m i ss i oners appo i n t e d to inquire into the nature of that leagues to dieturb their common tranquility. The present substitute were on the part of France the Duke de Brog. state of Spain hid been produced by the cordial under- lie, the Minister who had signed the treaty giving us the stauding between England and France, two of the most right of search, and on the part of England Dr. Lushing free nations of the earth ; and that was a result which no ton, who had devoted his whole life to the suppression of man could be-proud of. Whilst he hoped that that cor- the slave trade. With regard to the financial arrange dial understanding would yet ripen into friendship, be menta of the year, he would only remind the house, that hoped that it would in future be employed in the promo- an hon. friend of his had given notice that it was his (Sir tion of commerce, in the propagation of intelligence, in R. Peel's) intention to bring them forward before the the increase of freedom, in the destruction of slavery, and usual time. He should place at an early period the not for the substitution of a tyrannical government for general outlines of his plan before the house, as he thought mild and constitutional sway. He was not satiefied with that when alterations were to be made in our financial the revival of the commission for the revision of the trea- policy an early declaration of them was best. He wished tieson the slave-trade; yet, if they thought that the ex- the noble lord would take the sense of the house on the ercise of the right of search would interrupt peace, minis- question, whether the Government had dishonoured the tern ought to tell the public what substitute they intended fair fame of their country by their course, either with to propose for it. He congratulated the house on the im- respect to Mr. Pritchard or to the right of search. He proved cendition of our commercial relations with China, wished the house to declare whether the conduct of Go and rejoiced thatit hadtendedrnuch to increasethecommer- vernment, in accepting a reparation which was honourable cirri and manufacturing industry in Great Britain. He to both countries, was not a course dictated by wisdom, referred to the paragraph in the address relating to the and justified by sound policy. abatement of agitation in Ireland, and said that, never- After addresses from Mr. Shiel, Lord Palmerston, and theless. the accounts which he had received from that one or two other members the address was carried, and country referred to many symptoms which were highly the house adjourned. menacing. No man said that there was fear of insurrec tion or increase of agitation ; but no man could say that HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. there was that love and affection for the Imperial Legis- Sir J. GRAHAM stated that he should introduce the !attire with tech ought to exist in the inhabitants of a free Medical Reform Bill, in which some alterations had been country. He attributed that want of love and affection to made, on Tueeday, the 11th instant. the very injudicioes proceedinga which bad been taken During a discussion on the sessional orders, Mr. Wil against s veral leading persons in that co un t r y. H e th en h ams a nd Mr. Drincombe objected to those relating to rieerred at great length to the O'Conn e ll tri a l, and to the the ieterference of Peers at e lecti o ns a s practically in reversal of the judgment in the Ho use o f L or d s, particu. operative and notoriously violated, but they were defended larly noticing the judgment of Lord Denman, who de- by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and retained. clered that the defendants upon the record h a d no t had a I Mr. Wet.t.ACE adverting to the waste of time and ex tier tree!, a nd that if trials were to be conducted in th a t I pense of the erivate committees, mentioned a case in vr:q, the trial by jury was a delusion, a mocke r y, and a which a raileav hill had cost £lOO,OOO, and hoped that snare. On the question of academical education in Ile- during the session something would be done to amend the PA, h- old not know whether it was a wise one or not ; sy-tern. He moved the appointment of a committee. but as it had led Mr. Gladstone, whose talents he eulo. Lord Howick contended that the decisions of the 'sized highly, to leave the ministry of which he was so vs- Board of Tr .de ought not to be final, but merely pre 'treble a member, he hoped that some explanation would lireinery, and that the effect of the reports of the Board be elven of a measure which had created such dissension, being enormous on the deposits of millions of money, and appeared so objectionable to the right hon. gesitleman. such an enormous responsibility shcnld hot be entrusted Every measure of that kind was calculated to excite ens- to a body so constituted. ll:s lordship concluded by picion, not only in England, but in Ireland also. He suggesting that, in order to give patties time to consider THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. fully upon their interosts, the standing order should be so altered that petitions for the presentation of railway bills might be presented within twenty-one days from the receipt of the report of the Board of Trade upon them, and not, as now, within tvventv-one days from the first Friday alter the meeting of Parliament. Sir R. PEEL considered this subject well worthy of consideration, and, at his suggestion, the discussion was adjourned to Thursday In answ€r to a question from IN r._ H omit, Sir J. GRAHAM said, that considering the immense Ige recently made in the law of debtor and creditor, and that the power of imprisonment for debts under £2O was abolished, he could not undertake, in the present session, to propose any new measure. _ The report of the address having been brought up, Mr. 14 umit expressed his regret that no mention was made of any relief to the people, either in the shape of reduced taxation, or in the diminution of duties upon articles of primary necessity, essential to the support and employment of the lower classes. He praised ministers for their conduct in the Tahiti affair, and hoped they would yet be foot(' combining retrenchment and economy with the principles of free trade. Mr. SH ARNIAN CRAWFORD said, if it was necessary to make further inquiry into the• subject of the Gilbert Union, he thought that the new Poor Law ought to be considered as well. The ship Yorkshire, Captain D. G. Bailey, from New York. arrived here on Saturday. She left New York on the 18th ult., and brings papers thence of the same date. Politically, they contain nothing of interest. On the 14th January the House of Representatives was still in com mittee on the interminable Texas question. The New York Sun of the 18th has an article accusing France of a desire to preserve Texas to Mexico, with the ulterior view of seizing Mexico for herself; and condemning Americart statesmen for not being in a position to contend with Great Britain on the Lakes in case of a rupture. On this head it says : r. WALLACE %V shed to guard himself against aquiesc ing at all in the c@utinuance of the income tax. . Sir R. PEEL, said the speech was very much guarded on that subject. Voting for the address would not at all bind the hon. member to vote for the income tax.. The motion was agreed to, and the following committee appointed :—Mr. Barneby, Captain Pechell, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Sir Robert Heron, Mr. Colville, Sir Wm. Heathcote, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Wrightson, Viscount Barrington, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Strutt, Viscount Marsham, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. W akley, and Mr. Protheroe. Mr. WAKLEY conceived from the terms of the speech, that it was how decided to continue the income tax. That was en obnoxious tax to the people of England; but if a sliding-scale were applied to it, the feelings of the country would be much modified respecting- it, es pecially should it be accompanied by a !eduction of the duties levied on articl-s of necessary consumption. lie reprobrated the late determination of the Irish members not to attend this session in their places in Parliament. The Irish members made great , omplaints against English members for not attending to the grievances of their country, perhaps justly ; but be had never seen any of them bring forward a series of measures which he would propose Mr. YOUNG, according to motion, moved a resolution to suspend for the present session, Standing Order, No. 103, " That all Petitions for Private Bilk be presented within twenty-one days after the First Friday in every Session of Parliament," to fix the days for receiving pe titions for private bills. Mr. ENTWISLE objected to the suspension of the standing order. "The people of this country will not awaken in time, to a sense of danger. One circumstance of a very alarm inc.; nature recently occurred.—By the treaty of Ghent, England and the United States are prohibited from build ing vessels of war on the Lakes during peace. What does England do? She lays out sixty millions of dollars in Canals in Canada-109 feet wide, drawing 16 feet water, rivers they may be called—tovnite the upper Lakes with the St. Lawrence, and not long since the Steam Frigate Dee and another vessel of war of the same class, very quietly entered the Canals, passed through the Lakes, and soon found themselves in Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan—the waters bordering on our western and northern territory. England therefore has her navy al ready on our Lakes, and in case of war, if we should at tempt to build a frigate on any of the Lak-s, their steam ships would set them on fire before they could be launched. For purposes of defence we may consider our se►ves as powerless pn the Lakes. A dozen British ships of war may enter the St. Lawrence, and pass quietly through the Canals to our Lakes, if they only draw 16 feet water, and where are we then? We notice the fact to show, how wide awake England is to her interests, and how dead we have been to ours in our political quarrels and disputes." The SPEAKER having put the question, Mr. ENTWISLE said he should move that the standing order with regard to petitions should not be susnended. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said (as we understood), it was indispensable that the original motion should be suet d to, in order to carry out the re•olution of last ses , ion, for the appointment of the Board of Trade. r the relief of Ireland, even in a native Parlia ment on College-green. In pursuing such a negative course of action, they were neither acting justly by Eng lish members nor wisely by themselves. The report was then a'gred to, and the house adjourned Mr. ENTWISI then w . thdrew his amendment, and HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY he resolutions were agreed to. The house then adjourned at six oVock, The house met two o'clock, for the purpose of waiting on her Maji-s:y with the address, which had been agreed to on the previous evening. Shortly afterwards, the Speaker proceeded in his state carriage, accompanied by a number of the members of the house, to Buckingham Palace. Many 4 f the FuREIGN AND COLONIAL. lemben were dressed in uniform ieen taken at half-past four, th( INDIA AND CHINA Speaker said—l have to report to the Louse that this house has presented the adure-s to her Majesty, and that her Majesty has been pleased to retur❑ the following gra cious answer :—" Gentlemei: of the House of Commons, --J r By the overland mail the dates are from Bombay to the I s t January, and Calcutta 23rd December. India is tranquil, with the exception of some trifling disturbances in the jungles of the small state of Sawunt Warree; on the Malabar coast. The disturbances which existed in the districts of Kola pore, at the time of the departure of the last mail, appear to have subsided. The celebrated fortress of Punalla and Pownaghur, which I , e to the north of the town of Kola pore, at a distance of about fifteen miles, was captured in a most gallant manner on the Ist of December by the force under the command of General De la Motte. The only remarkable casualty was the death of Colonel Hicks of the Bombay army. The barque Alert, M'Kie, 57 days from Liverpool, bound to Country Harbour, N.S., with loss of bowsprit, foretopmast, sprung foremast, and other damages, bore up for Halifax. and in entering the harbour on the 4th ult., during a thick flow-st.prm, went ashore near Point Pleasant. urn you my warmest thanks for your loyal and I rev ni h confidence and satisfaction 'ol adtir , nd . to promote the pros' erity of alt classes of my - peo- Foreign exchanges were dull. Sterling was held at 110 to 1104; francs, 5.224 st the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph were presented. Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liverpool, for leave to bring in a bill for the improvement of the Liver- COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 'From Messrs. Wright and Co.'s Circular, dated Jan. 16.) 00l docks Mr. Nil ACK INNON gave notice that on the 20th instant ,e should ino‘e for leave to bring in a bill to abate the In the small state of Bhopal, which lies almost in the centre of India, there have been, during ten years, great intrigues at work between two princesses, the Begum widow and her daughter Seconder, who was the wife of the Nawab. arid both of whom wished to hold the reins of power. The Nawab died at the age of twenty•seven, on the 9th of December, the victim of dissipation, leaving a In our circular of 31st December, we stated that the cotton market had assumed a firmer appearance, and was just recovering the effects of the unfavourable news re ceived per Acadia from Liverpool, to 4th December. This improvement continued during the week ending 4th inst., and the sales amounted to 5,500 bales. For the week ending 11th inst., the sales were 7,500 bales, chiefly for France, the north of Europe, and domestic manufac tures, the market having nenrly recovered the decline submitted to on the arrival of :he Acadia. On the 11th inst. we received, per Rochester, Liverpool dates to 6th December, showing an advance in th it market of id. on the low sales made just previous to the sailing of the steamer of the 4th December. These accounts at once produced an entire change of feeling in reg.ard to the sta ple; for although the advance in Liverpool was Voked upon as very trifling, merely the difference perhaps be tween a brisk market and a dull one, it created an itn t.ression here that prices in Liverpool had really reached the lowest point, and gave increased firmness to holders and additional confidence to shippers. The result has been, sales on Monday of 1,000 bales, on Tuesday 2.500 bales, and yesterday 2,500 bales, at a advance of . e to 4e. per lb. on all grades, mostly for shipment. Yesterday, by the " Garrick," we received advises from Liverpool to the 12th December ; the following are the particulars in relation to cotton :—On the 6th December, 8,000 bales were sold. Total sales for the week ending 6th December, 43,270 boles; import, 7,279 bales; stock, 777,600 bales, of which 515,280 were American, against last year 654,080 bales. of which 445,790 hales were Ame rican. Prices during the week had declined an a l. per lb., which was regained,—and this recovery is the id. per lb. brought by the " Rochester." The sales on the 7th were 10,000 bales, with a very firm market at the extreme Prices of the previous day. On Monday, the 9th De cember, the sales were 8.000 bales. with a firm market at an advance of a id. lb. on the middle queliies of Ame rican since the 6th. On the 10th December, the sales were 6,003 bales, with a steady market, without change in price. On the lth December. the market was steady without animation. From this it appeals there is no change since the " Rochester sailed, except on the mid dling qualities of American, which are 1-6 d., per lb. higher. of smoke in largi towns Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice t , ) move, on Tuesday next, for leave to bting. in his new Law of Settlement and Sir GEORGE GREY asked for the priduction of the cot.- respondehce which bad taken place between the British anti French oovernments on the question of Tahiti' SIR R. PEEL declined to make public the entire cor daughter by Secunder. who is about six and a half years Oa. Mr. Hamilton, the agent at Indore, was at Bhopal at the time of the death of the Nawab, and has made ef fective arrangements for the preservation of order and tranquillity. cations, be colin , ties, of an ; but he expressed himself willing to In . the north of India there was great watchfulness di? - played by the civil and military authorities. The Com . ions—t of M. Guizot and the answer of Lord Aberdeen mander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough, had gone on a tour of revision. The necessity of this watchfulness is appa reit. , for e kingdom of Runjeet Singh is now in a state of Tr-oisrioti, and there is no certainty of a war not breaking out on those important fron►iers, which may in volve the beet interests of British India. Ileera Singb, the actual Prime Minister, is a young man, who, together with his uncle Ghoolab Singh, with whom he is at present reconciled, and a party of mountaineers, is endeavouring to seize the sovereignty for himself. There are revolts in different parts of the disorganized country, and especially at Cashmere, where some of the other mountain Rajahs, whom he has oppressed, are now successful in their re sistance against the government of Lahore. Peshora Singh, a son of Runjeet, was at Ferozepore. In reply to Sir G. Grey. Sir J. GRAHAM announced that he had no hope of bringitig in any bill for :he regu lation of Ecclesiastical Courts which would be satisfac tory to the peesent Parliament. L'.,rd Granville SOMERSET moved for leave to bring in several general Railway Bills, the object of which was to embody the statutes already existing on ►he subject of railways in an uniform body of acts. He stated t ar the government bad agreed to the suggestion made by Lord Howick on the previous evening, and that fourteen days should he allowed to the promoters of bills after the deci sion of the Board of Trade should be made known. Sir R. PEEL further announced that the reports of the Board of Trade should be presented without delay. in classes, according as each was complete. He added that these reports were never intended to be conclusive or final, but merely to be used by the house as so much in -45' formation—nothing more. The Aff.;han go.ertimeiit, led on by ()host Mahomed and his notorious soh, A kbar Ktiani has been paralzcd by the presence of , 11 , - plagip-, which came from the envi rons of Bokhara, and ravaged the town of Cahill, and had in the beginning of decenitier reached reslutwur. For tinweiv, it assumed a milder mita arance as it approached to the b mks of the Indus ; yet its pr. tress w a s tea- e il down that river, and also into the Punjab. In Soinde all was quiet and order. The 78th High landers continued to suffer sever&y from sickness : it was said that they would he speedily n moved from Sukkur to Ilydrahad, and perhaps to Bombay. Sir Charles Napier had marched from Kurrachee towards Shikarpore, with an intention, as it was asserted. of avenging on the town and district of Poolaj , e unsuccesstul movements of Captains Taite and Fitzgerald. The trial of Colonel NI-seley had terminated in his being sentenced to be cashiered. The recommendation of the court, to `• have mercy" on account of his 39 years' of service, was not attended to. His fate is pitied, for it is painful to see an old officer thus dismissed with infamy; but the mutiny in his regiment was unpardon able, and six men were hanged and others punished fur his errors. _ _ After remarks from Mr. Was-ley, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Redhead York, and Mr. Entwisle, leave was given to bring in the bills, and they were read a first time. Mr. COBDEN gave notice of a motion, similar to one made by him last year, for a committee to inquire into the causes of agricultural ; and naively asked the agricultural members if they would coalesce with him in obtaining it ? Mr. MILES replied that, for himself, he " would rather decline the proposed alliance with the hon. member for Stock poi t." Mr. M. Gibson followed, and WAR replied to by Mr. G. BANKES, who expressed his regret that the subject of altricultural rli , tress was not mentioned in the speech from the throne, and also stated his belief that the de pressed condition of the agriculturists was caused by the recent legislative measures. After a savage attack upon the aristocracy by Mr. BRIGHT, The effect of these accounts on this market have not been fully shown, hut holders have increased their de mands and s , ..me sales yesterday were made at our ex treme quotations. Freights have since our last decl ned tos-16d., at which consid , rable shpments have been made, but now a trifling advance on this rate is de manded. Exchanges are without variation. The following review of the s..uthern markets is in con tinuation of our remarss of t he 31st December. Mr. STAFFORD °Taint , ' complimented Mr. Cobden and Mr. Gibson for the gentlemanly tone they had as sumed, and stating his willingness to serve on any com mittee which might be appointed by the house. With regard to the tone of Mr. Bright, Mr. O'Brien said— " He could assure the honourable member for Durham that, before he was as old as many hon. gentlemen who sat opposite to him, or before he was as old as the hon. member for Oldham, who sat behind him, he would find out that to get into a passion, and make a bullying speech, was nut the way to deal with the gentry of En gland. If Mr. Bright thought that by such language as as he had used that night he could set the labourers and tenantry of England against their landlords, he would soon find himself lamentably mis►aken. After a few words from Mr. VILLIERS, In Gwalior there is some confusion arising from the conflict of parties, and not from any wish to create a war. The minister, who is acting there under the guidance of Sir Richmond Shakespeare, is not popular. In Bundelkund and :.-:augur, where there was great dis gust last year, tranquillity now prevails in conse quence of the decided measures adopted by Lord Ellen- In Charleston. for the week ending 28th December, the sales were only 5,760 baps, hut prices as given in our last circular; but on receipt of the Liverpool accounts to 4th December, the market became oppressed, and sales were very irregular. Early in the we.•k ending 4 la January, business was resumed at a decline of k to le. on the quo tations previous to the arrival of the werenier, and before the close this was nearly recovered. the sale: atriounti,:g to 8,000 bales. For the week ending 11 h instant, the sales were 8.500 bales, at an advance of I F % to 4-e. per lb, on the middling grades, which were much sought after. Freights in Liverpool had advanced toll-16d. for square. L•t Savannah. for the week ending 27th December, the sales were 6,000 bales, at an advance of an kc. on our last quotations, which, however, was lost on the receipt of the 4th December accounts from Liverpool. For the week ending the 3rd January, the sales were 4,500 bales ; a de cline of an lc. to a *c. was submitted to in the early part of the week, but was regained before its close. During the week ending the 11th instant, 5,000 bales were sold at an advance of an kc., the market closing very firm at our quotations. Freights fur Liverpool have been at id., but at the last dales had become very dull . . borough. The Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, remained at Calcutta, where he was regulating the means of edu cating the natives for public employments. He had re ceived several addresses from the natives, to which he gave highly satisfactory answers, and promised his aid for the improvement of the country and its people. The Lord Bishop of Calcutta had a severe illness during his visitation of the North \Vestern districts, but he was recovering his health at Umballa. In Madras the rainy season bad been defective up to the middle of December; but a storm and violent rains had relieved the fears of the cultivators. The bark Lord Eldon was totally lost during the gale on the 18th of December. A subscription was formed there for the purpose of completing the projected pier, under the super intendence of M. Piron, a French engineer. The news from China comes down to the 19th of No vember. The principal point of interest was the dispute between the Governor of Hong Kong and the inhabitants relative to the registration of the population and a poll tax, which were ordered by an ordinance published on the 19th of October. The merchants wrote a bold address, in which the measures of the Government were declared to be " iniquitous." This address was returned to the signers. Art angry correspondence ensued. The Chines population struck work, and prepared to quit the colony. The Governor then withdrew the obnoxious ordinance to have it amended. This discussion has given rise to vari ous comments, in which blame is thrown on both sides. One calm observer has stated, that the whole was a mis understanding arising from the want of a system of legis lation, such as is practised in India, when the draughts of all su h measures are published three months before en actment, in order to give the public an opportunity of expressing their opinion. This a prudent mode, which prevents all violent breaches of public order. Trade was dull in China. The French Ambassador had concluded the treaty with Keying . , which was sent to Europe for ra tificatkn. The Secretary to the Ewhas , sy, M. le Marquis de Fcrrere le Voyer, came from Macao to Bombay, where he waited for the st , .anter of the Ist of January, by which, he proceeded to Egypt. He has brought the treaty for the examination and ratification of the French Govern -1 meat. Sir R. PEEL declared that be would not be drawn into this unexpected discussion upon the corn laws, which had been brought on without any regular notice. He made several pleasant allusions to Mr. Cobden's proposal for a coalition between himself and his friends on the one side, and Mr. Miles and the supporters of the agricultu ral interest on the other, for the purpose of fercing the go vernmentintoconceding a committee on agricultural dis tress. Mr C. had offered Mr M. andhispartya week or a fortnight for the consideration ofhis project ; and he (Sir R. Peel) thought that his hon. friends would have acted more prudently,badthey taken advantageof thedelay whichwasof fered them, and had s:oaaved the house from a longand unex pected debate. They had, however. committed them selves, and must now take the consequences of their own candour and frankness. The conduct of Mr. Cobden, and cf the gentleman who followed him, was full of cour tesy ; and therefore he listened with the more regret try the vituperations and taunts which Mr. Bright had throjo out against the landlords of England. He assured,Alr. Gibson—who had ventured, it appeared, to taire' upon himself the responsibility of speaking for him—that he had not had any communication with the Protection So- ciety, and that he had not given to any person assurances on the subject of the corn laws contrary to those which he had publicly made in that house. It could not be stated sith truth that the agricultural interest generally was suffering distress. Different districts in England, Scotland, and Ireland, might be in different degrees of comfort ; but, even where there was distress, it was not occasioned by the recent alterations either in the corn-law or in the tariff. That distress could not be relieved by legislative interference. A return to the protective system would not cure it, and even if it would for a time, he would not be the man to re-introduce it. In Mobile, for the week ending 28th D.Teinher, the sales amounted to 11,500 bales, at a decline of an ie. to ic. on the previous week's prices: Freights to Liverpool, advanced this week to 11.16 d. The Acadia's accounts reached that city on the 30th December, and caused a de cline of and iv some cases :ge. the market closing ir regularly on the 4 , h instant at the quotations given above, with sales for the week estimated at 10.800 bales. Freights to Liverpool had further advanced to 1.1 per lb. In New Orleans, for the week ending 21st December, the sales amounted to 21,100 bales, at a decline of lc. on grades below fiir ; for the week ending 28th December the sales were 31,300 bales, without further change in prices. The sacs in the early part of the week ending 4th January, were made at same prices, but the accounts of the Liverpool market to 4th December, per Acadia, reached there on the 31st December, and caused a decline on the ordinary and middling goal:ties of an Ac. to le. The s .les during the week amounted to 20,800 bales. On the sth and 6th itist:int, the market settled down at a lc. decline since the receipts of the steamer's accounts. Freights remained at id. in American, in British vessels, 19-32 d. FRANCE.—The leading topic of discussion in the Paris papers of Tuesday is the dismissal of Count St. Priest and M. D►ouin de Lhuio from their respective offices for having voted against the ministry, and not only for having so voted, but for having taken an active part against them. It is generally believed to be the intention of the King of the French to lay the first stone of the tomb of Na poleon, about to be erected in the Madelaine. Lord JOHN MANNERS justly said that all in that house were too much disposed to consider themselves as mem bers of the agricultural or of the manufacturing portion of the population, and too little inclined to consider the poor of this country. The house adjourned at nine o'clock. Money was abundant. Freights had given way, but were rallying again, and. as there would shortly be a demand for tonnage for the conveyance of emigrants to the West Indies, it was expected that the existing rates would be maintained. Eugene Sue has already commenced another novel, to be called the " Seven Cardinal Sins." which is to appear when the " Jew" has ceased his wanderings. M. Sue gets the enormous sum of £l,OOO for a novel. Freights to this country ranged from £1 4s. to £4 12s. 6d. and £4 15s. per ton for saltp Ire, sugar, rice, and oil seeds, and £5 per four hhds. for rum. Beer.—The market has been dull since our last issue, and previous prices have not been obtainable tor any quan tity. Allsop's is now quoted at 57 to 59, and BASS at 55 to 57 per hogshead. Imports in November were as fol lows :—Bass's, 490 hhds. ; Allsop, 260 hhds. ; Barclay's, 32 hhds.; Tenant's, 200 hhds. ; Meakin's, 40 hhds. ; Saunders's, 101 blads.; Cooper's, 35 hhds.; and sundries, 70 hhds. Indigo in the Calcutta market has been in great de mand for remittances, and the prices show en advance of 5, 15, and 20 rupees above those of the preceding year, the finer qualities, however, not having obtained so good prices as the inferior and middling. The total quantity sold up to December 20th was about 50,000 maunds, or a little more than a third of the crop. Sugars, Rice, and Opium were dull of demand, and prices had declined. In Cotton there had been no trans actions, and the business in Rice, Raw Silk, and Lac Dye was tolerably brisk. British cotton piece goods, shirtings, and coloured printed goods were in demand, but the inquiries for wool lens were but limited. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY After some routine business, Sir R. PEEL rose and said—Sir, it maybe convenient for me now to state the course which I intend to pursue on Friday next. I believe it will be competent for me, without moving for a Committee of Ways and Means, to take the course of moving a resolution to continue for a further period the laws which impose a tax on income. But as that is not the usual course of late years, I propose on Wednesday to adopt the following Proceeding, viz., to move for a Committee of Ways and Means, and then, in the Committee of Ways and Means on Friday next, I shall propose a resolution to the effect, that the laws which impose a tax on income in Great Britain, and the laws which impose an additional stamp duty in Ireland, should be continued for a further limited period. That is the nature of the resolution I propose to move in Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. H um e.—Will the right hon. gentleman explain to the house what are the taxes he intends to remit ? Don Miguel is at Rome, living almost in a state of penury ; as the annual pension of £2,000 has been discon tirfued from the Vatican, and the prince has no other sources of revenue. IRELAND, Mr. O'Connell was examined for three hours one day last week before the commissioners on the tenure of laud in Ireland. A cottage. near Donnybrook, was burnt to the ground on Sunday night week, and its inmates, Mr. Orson, for merly in the navy, his wife, and two children perished in the flames. It appeared from the evidence at the inquest that Mr. Orson set fire himself to the house. He was in very reduced circumstances. BRUTAL MURDER.—On Saturday evening week, as a man named Dunn was returning from Youghal to his home, he was met on the road near Whiting-bay, and barbarously murdered, his brains being strewed about the road, by a person named Murphy, who is fully commit ted, on the most satisfactory evidence, to take his trial at the ensuing assizes. A gentleman travelling in Ireland a short time since was desirous of seeing some of the raintly relics belonging to a convent, and on being shown by a priest two appa rently very old skulls, one, that of a child, the other seemingly of a growl; person, asked to whom they be longed, when the priest replied, " the larger one was that of St. Patrick, the smaller one that of the same saint, when a boy." GEMS OF IRISH ORATORY. — Those who do not trou ble themselves to read Mr. O'Connell's harangues will be amused by the following gem of genuine lithernicism from the Conciliation-Fiat oration.—" If it were attempted to bring in any measure injurious to ins country, he would feel it to be his duty to ye ever and die on the floor of the house in carrying out a vexatious opeositi:.n to it. He would then come back to Ireland and ask his countrymen ' Are you for Repeal now ?' " Thus we may expect in the course of the present session to see King Charles I. and St. Denis quite outdone. Or is it only the ghost of himself that will put the soul-stirring question? Sir R. PEEL.—I propose on Friday to enter into a ge neral review of the subject, when I will state what course I intend to take, but I cannot enter into any explanation now. I will give the fullest statement on Friday next with respect to the nature of the proposals her Majesty's Government intend to adopt. A new writ issued for the election of a member for the county of Buckingham, in the room of Mr. Charles Scott Murray, who had accep.ed the Chiltern Hundreds. The house then went into a Committee of Supply, Mr. GREENE in the chair. On a motion that a supply be granted to her Majesty, Mr. HusiE said he was of opinion that they ought to hear the financial statement before they voted any supply, Sir R. PEEL felt assured that it could not be supposfAl that her Majesty's Government would propose a vote for any amount of supply, without laying before the house a full statement of the reasons why that amount of supply was demanded ; and, therefire ' he did hope that the hon. member would not prejudge and condemn the course the Government intended to pursue, until be 119. d heard what that course way. _ REPORTED DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA. The Bombay Times of the 'mt. January copies the fol lowing reported death of the Emperor of China from the Singapore Free Press of the 7th November : " The numerous art ivals from China during the past week have brought accounts of the serious iluess of the Emperor of China, and, by one of the latest arrivals, a letter was received nvotioning that a report had reached Canton of his death, which was generally believed. The Emperor, we believe, was between sixty and seventy years of age, and had reigned tvrenty-four years, having ascended the throne in the year 1820. Should the report of the Emperor's decease torn out to be true, we may look to see great changes in .2hina ere lone. One of the most important, as regards the commercial interests, will be the legalization of the trade in opium, which everything has shown to be inevitable sooner or later, and which has only been hitherto delayed by the Emi.eror being too far committed in his opposition to it to give way. With the authorised introdurrion of opium into China will end those large profits which have occasionally rewarded the adventurer in the illegal traffic which has been hitherto carried on in China. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no doubt but that when the right hon. baronet made his financial statement he would as,ign good, arid sufficient, and legitimate grounds for the course he had announced it as the intention of the Go vernment to adopt. (Hear.) He did not concur in the Feb. 11, 181.5, - ...-..-.. , ~,0 • ..... . • - 1 erasts, the standing order should be opinion of his hon. friend behind him, that it was matter " Independent of this pa r ti c ul a r q u e stion, which is pos- An address befteng the signatures of forty Protest ions for the presentation of railway of surPrhe to have at this early periol of the session the sessed of a peculi a r i n t eres t, it i s lik e ly that China will be noblemen and members of Parliament has been presen led within twenty-one days from d e a very statement conveniento f the course t broughto the country forward. to 0 heir, the o r e o o v f e much r, is said a civili d to o b e a commotion, minor, hic Theh will Government, course William i as, A t ni o niuuteTod op t d l 01 p i ntlo t e ceehrhcrsen A era:isms r cani c, Butler,onoeadl m i jdraai b oi yeni:ri Dublin.r : tuso y, subsequentlyo ne hn p ei oleoa kflnnt o d, htd f TLohe t fehfhtsth,wetre IdiiroßreiGsca,c.,Armagh , ohubvahht usual I.al ßishops. T other church the corstelhehhdyorpo. Primate of Ire I a 1 of the Board of Trade upon them , On the contrary, he (Lord John Russell) was not taken though despotic, i s wea k, an d th e elements of w hi c h th e thankin.s his Grace for the protest against the natio ithin tvventv-one days from the first by surprise at this announcement, for he conceived it empire is composed are di scor d an t an d anta g o n i s tic. The system of education in Ireland , lately signed by his Gr Thomas ) ot l r i h s fa i s . e s s brother,t.errorsestablishment John's o f t hlpGnecosHps Pope tine of Parliament. s o persona, Scot werepre preached tsidered this subject well worthy of adopt. It was a perfectly legitimate course for her Ma- tend to make `confusion worse confounded.' There st his suggestion, the discussion was jesty's Ministers to state, at as early a period as possible will, in that case, be a regency, and, consequently, a fac ay. of the session, the amouttt of revenue they conceived ne- tion. A feeble government, having little, if any, control .stion from Mr. Hume, eessary for the public service, and then to state the means over the more distant parts of the empire, there are many said, that considering the immense by which they intended to meet that demand ;at the same discontented spirits, who have, hitherto, been with diffi_ de in the law of debtor and creditor, time he did not look upon such a course as a precedent culty kept quiet, who will be forward to promote an d li at a i l d l. o s . i n. gt m ied o.n tl d ie ay r . enu m nc r_ i . a: ) io ,C n o r n o n ll e . 39th and 40th verses. His lordship received the Lot ,f imprisonment for debts under £2O for future years. foment dissatisfaction. Anarchy will, in all likelihood, :ould not undertake, in the present The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the house re- ensue, and civil convulsions will agitate this empire, which ,ny new measure. sumed. has not yet recovered from the effects of foreign invasion. o so f c t i h a e ti a or t i te t n n d e a r n ef e or o t f oi ri t s t h ie Connell brought . before the address having been brought up, uneoemmmbeirtsteientowliieb parliamenttbe subj Mr. MANNERS SUTTON moved that a Select Commit- Foreign intervention will be necessary to compose the . P weekly meeting at used his regret that no mention was tee be reappointed to inquire into the administration of strife. and may end in larger settlements being formed, to the people, either in the shape of the law for the relief of the poor in the unions, formed and . more important concessions being wrung from the was rin the diminution of duties upon under the Act 22 Geo. 111., c. 3, s. 83, and to report to Chinese, than have yet taken place." necessity, essential to the support and the house their opinion whether it was expedient that the (erred for inquiry. Th e reso l u ti ons were as f o ll ow " That however de s i ra bl e it may b e t h at a di scuss; owes classes. He praised ministers said union should be maintained. AMERICAN PAPERS. .i.....,1,1 ~.e,....e._._. !_... An address betieng the signatures of forty Protest noblemen and members of Parliament has been presen to the Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of Irelai thankinz his Grace for the protest against the natio system of education in Ireland. lately signed by his Gr and the majority of the Irish Bishops. On Sunday week, Lord Galmoy, his brother, the H , William Butler, and two other persons, were recei‘ into the communion of the church establishment in Sa Audorn's, Dublin. The Rev. Thomas Scott preached the occasion, from the sth Chapter of St. John's Gosi 39th and 40th verses. His lordship received the Lor Supper, and subsequently abjured the errors of Pope and signed the renunciation roll. The repeaters held their usual weekly meeting at hall on Monday. Mr. O'Connell brought before the sociation the report of the committee to which the subj of the attendance of Irish members in parliament was ferret' for inquiry. The resolutions were as follow " That however desirable it may be that a discuss should take place in the House of Commons, with a vi to expose the injustice of the proceedings connected w the late State trials, this association is so deeply impre ed with a sense of the hopelessness of obtaining redr for the wrongs of Ireland from the imperial parliame that we cannot recommend that the Irish members shoe be called upon to attend such discussion...... That ' attendance f the Irish repeal mend:oars in the Concil tion Hall would be most conducive to the great object the association, the restoration of our domestic legis tore:" The rent for the week amounted to £387 3s. 7 , POSTPONEMENT OF REPISAL.—The progress of rep is a crab's march—a reculons. Like the prophetic shad on the dial, it moves backwards. To believe Mr. O'CI nett some sixteen months ago, we should, ere this, Ili seen him in the Speaker's wig, riding in state to Colic, green, to open the first session of a restored domestic gislature. Ireland was then big with a parliament. 1 now we find she has many years to go—two or three the least—before the renewal of her monster-labours even intimate the birth of " a ridicul •us mouse" " Our monster meetings," said Mr.o'6nWeilTat I repeal meeting on Monday, " have been proved to legal. A necessity for holding such meetings may agi arise. lam one of those who incline strongly to the 0 nion that a year ought to elapse, or perhaps two, bet► we have recourse again to the holding of such arsel blages ; but the time may come when it will be absolute imperative on us to hold them, for a e must take care tl the enthusiasm of the people suffer no relaxation in glorious an undertaking. A third year certainly shot not pass without reviving the meetings." O'CONNELL PRAISING LORD RODEN.—Who will t" be surprised to hear that the virtues of Lord Roden ha at length extorted the reluctant homage of an O'Connel tongue ? Who will not be rejoiced to find, that in Belo ing an example of what a good landlord is, and ought be, the Demagogue, who has spent a life in maligning t character, undermining the rights, and endangering t lives of the Protestant landed proprietary of the counts could find no model so adavttct to his purpose as the u bleman who stands confessedly at t.:,e head of the Iri conservative party? " This" (said Mr. O'Connell, his speech on Monday, alluding to the letter of Mr. Sullivan, contradicting certain statements relative t`► Le Roden's having exterminated a number of poor perso from the property of Lord Powerscourt, to whom he guardian)—" This is an exceedingly important commtn cation. Instead of that horrible system of clearing la and turning out families, too often, alas! witnessed in tI country, we see here a noble example set by a man whc I never spoke well of before in this association, and wt. I have no hesitation in saying, deserves the meed of o decided praise. lie may think very little of my prait but still I have great pleasure in recording my opinion such acts. If the country were treated in that way, should never hear of agrarian murder and outrage. 0 it is a blessed example Lord Rodeo has given to the lan lords of this country; and I, with much satisfaction, mo that the letter be inserted on the minutes, and that if Lo Roden will accept them, the thanks of the association conveyed to him also." (Cheers.) UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS OXFORD, FEB. CTH.—At a convocation the Rev. Jam Williams. M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. was admito ad eundein. At the same time the following degrees we conferred :—.ooelor in Divinity.—Rev. William Thom son, Principal of St. Edmund Hall. Bacheor in Cit Lan.—John Henry Wynne, Fellow of All Soul•. Masie of Arts,—Rev. Jo,e p h Tinophil us Toye, Queen's, Gra' Compounder; Rev. Henry Hanmer, New Inn Hall ; Ri James Haddelsley Williams, St. Mary Hall ; Constantin Est lin Pritchard, Fellow of Ralik'. Bachelor of _Arts.' John Matthews, Exeter. CAMBRIDGE, FEB 7.—To-day, the following degre were conferred :—Masters of Arts.—Themas Peckston Trinity College; Thomas T. Leete, Caius Colleg Bachelor of Laws.—James Miles, Trinity Hall. Bach lore of Aqs.—Samuel W. King, Catherine Hall ; 1 ; Gilder, St. John's College ; Frederick Bliss, Trial College ; G. Head, Trinity College ; 11. Nicholls, Tt, nitv College; J. M. Lukin, St. Peter's College : J. Ogle. Jesus College ; E. T. W. Probyn, Caius Colleg W. Sloane Evens, Trinity College. Mademoiselle D'Este has given a piece of ground joining some premises formerly occupied by her at barn gate, as a site fora new church, which will be complete in a short time. The funds necessary for the erectn have beer: derived from voluntary subscriptions, and ti suers of £lOO from the donor of the ground formed part the same. TRACTA MAN DEFEAT.—OniThursday, at the meetil of convocation at Oxford, it was proposed to grant XlO.O l for a fund to provide for the ordinary expenses of the Un versify's galleriei. It might have been supposed that one could have objected to this appropriation of universt monies, but a party rallied, and under the generalship Mr. - Wall, of Balliol, contested the point, when they we beaten by a majority of 22, the numbers being—Place 39; non-placet, 17. The number of the majority is me nous for the tractarians. CONDEMNATION OF TRACTARIANISM.—OUr Made will be truly gla Ito learn that the requisition to the Hea of Houses. in Oxford, for the condemnation of tract N 90. having becu Nntoed by 474 members of convocatio and duly considered by the liebdumadal Board, has bel favourably entertained. The heads have resold' to present it to the convocation to be holden on the 13, inst , when it will be proposed, simultaneously with condemnation of Mr. Ward's book, and his degradatta to decree that modes of interpretation such as are au gested in the said tract, evading rather than explaiall the sense of the thirty-nine articles, and reconciling au scription to them with the adoption of errors which th were designel to counteract, defeat the object, and a inconsistent with the due observance of the statutes of t university. THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD On Friday, the Queen aad Prince Albert, with t Prince of Wales, left Buckingham Palace, and reached t Pavilion, at Brighton, at four o'clock. Her Majesty and the Prince, it is said, intend to PO visit to Warwick Castle during the Easter recess. On Tuesday, the Queen and Prince Albert visited Haymarket Theatre, and on Thursday, the French plat Yesterday was the sixth anniversary of her Majest marriage. LAW INTEL bIGENCE COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SMITH This case, which had created much excitement fr the high respectability of the defendants, and which I expected to occupy the court three or roux days, came a sudden close 0:4 the 7th. At the sittirr, of the c ourt., Solicitor-General stated, that in consequence of an iM mality in the writ, he could proceed no further in the It had arisen through the error of a clerk in the Rem e brancer's office, which he had fallen into through the first case of the kind he had had under the new Inde2d, it was his opinion that the court throughout,' been sitting without proper authority ; but, under all circumstances, the case would be at present withdr. l Mr. Kelly complained of the hardship and inconvenie resulting to his clients from this additional dell'''• discussion of rather au angry character took place bet the counsel, which was terminated by the Chief 1 3 ! directing the court to proceed with the Nisi Prius A model of the premises, at the cost of £6OO, hi' prepared for the Excise-office, and the last count of indictment claimed £9,000 as duties due to the Crovil Lord Denman has decided against barrister being mitted as an attorney, because be had practised as s ristcr while serving his apprenticeship to a solicitor. A verdict for £1.600 was given in the Court of l quer on Wednesday against Messrs. Porter and Foote London, for fraud in the importation of silk. In the Court of Common Pleas, it has been cl e f. that a collector of window duties, appointed by th e . - missioners of land -tax, is not disqualified from be the parliamentary registry of electors. IMPORTANT DECISION.—FARDE'N v. TIDD 1 3 1 11 " . ., 1 At the Middlesex sessions, on Friday, an appeal 1 0 " parish of Cheswick against a certificate granted bl Tidd Pratt to the Horticultural Society of Lona° ° ' daring the society to be exempt from all local and .! chial taxes, under a recent act of parliament. 111 , declares that all societies formed for the improve rn , science, literature, or the fine arts, and supported ; or in part by voluntary subscriptions, shall b .- e, from such payments, provided such society 1:0 51„ :,, , partition, bonus, or gift in money, to its in e 7l After hearing the arguments of Mr. Clarkson, i n II" of the Revising Barrister's Certificate, and of MF' a j kin, on the other side, the chairman decided ag Bo l exemption claimed, upon the ground that althons Horticultural Society never has made, or cont ro l making any partition, bonus, or gift in money, ado members, yet there is nothing in the bye-laws cg s restrainins, them from doing so. This decision. o , t one, virtually repeals the act of parliament and the claims of the greater part, if not all the scieatv cittits in the kingdom. j 10 PROJECTED BAlLWAYS.—Friday's Gaze,. t tit that the Board of 1 rade have decided on reP r ; Parliament in . /at:our of the South Wales Railer/ 19, 0 m outh and Hereford (Great Western) ; NociAv, Pontypool ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dad le '; Birmingham ; Waterford and Kilkenny Raillb against ti , e Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway' yp bury and Wolverhampton (Grand Junction) ; We and Stafford.