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Empertal parliament. --..sii-- HOUSE OF LORDS MONDAY The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH alluded to certain rumours -which were in circulation of the Prince de Joinville being about to be sent to command the French fleet on the coast of Portugal, and asked whether, if any combined opera tion on the part of the fleets of Spain, England, and France, should be necessary, the command of the com bined squadron should devolve upon the prince, as the naval officer of highest rank on the station ; in other words, whether, in the event of such an operation being resolved upon, her Majesty's ships in the Tagus should be put under the direction of the Prince de Joinville. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated, in reply that no information had reached the Government of any inten tion on the part of the French government to assign the command of the French fleet on the Portuguese coast to the Prince de Joinville. BENTINCK, HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY In reply to a question put_ by Lord G similar to that asked RUSSELL replied tha Lisbon, was concernec take the command of the Spanish or French force, though if his advice were solicited, no doubt it would be given and respected. With regard to the Prince de Joinville's taking the command as senior officer, being Lord High Admiral of France, it was not necessary for him to do more than to state, that he he had no reason for believing that the Prince had proceeded, or was proceeding, to the coast of Portug Mr.SPooNta, in a vindicatory speech, brought forward of the late Sir E. Wilmot, as arising out of 'theca .omal-othce, which resulted in his recall from the office of Governor of Van Diemen's Land, by Mr. Gladstone the then Secretary of State for the Colonies, which led to a protracted discus *ion exculpatory of the deceased gentleman, from the al- charges a, him at t Jeged accusations. Lord J. RUSSELL concluded his observations by stating his hope that the hon. gentleman who had brought for `ward the question, and the friends of the late Sir Eardley Wilmot would consider that th 4 him had been swept to the wind iarges orougm against ,nd that the son of the rest satisfied' ceeded to no dishonourable inheritance HOUSE OF LO RDS. —T tmsn AY The Bishop of EXETER next, be would move a rest gave notice that, on Friday ution to the effect that per- sons in from the S The royal assent was g by commission to the Poor Relief (Jr: and to several other bills of a private nature HOUSE OF COMMONS TUESDAY In reply to Mr. Bankes, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated his intention to propose that the duty on foreign corn should be suspended until the Ist of March next. 'The Government had considered the propriety of prohi biting the sale of bread for a certain time after it was baked, but it was not thought advisable to introduce a bill for the purpose. The Government did not propose to in ulating the price of bread. txodua applied fo'r the names of the accusers of the late Sir Eardley Wilmot; but Mr. HAWES stated that there was no record in the Colonial Office of either the charge or the parties by whom it had been made. Sir JAMES GRAHAM admitted that he was acquainted with the names, but only as a private member of Parlia ment. The names of two of the gentlemen referred to had been given up to the present Sir Eardley Wilmot. The house was counted out at half-past eight p.m. HOUSE OF COMMONS -WEDNESDAY The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in an explana tory speech, stated the purport of the resolutions at which the committee on railway bills had arrived, the debate on the same standing adjourned until Thursday. The papers in reference to the affairs of Portugal were again the sub ject of discussion, Lord JOHN RUSSELL intimating that they would be delivered in the course of the day. Mr. HUME was determined to bring the subject to which the papers referred under the notice of the House, if be received its support, on Friday next. The Hosiery Manufacture Bill, the adjourned debate on the second reading of which was resuumed this day, was rejected by a majority of 20, the numbers being 77 to 57. The Seduction and Prostitution Suppression Bill was read a second time. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better ventilation of mines, and for the protection of the lives of persons employed in the same. HOUSE OF LORDS THURSDAY The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading tsf the bill for creating a bishopric of Manchester; and, after remarking on the necessity of such a measure, pro ceeded to explain its details, the most important of which was, that the new bishop would not he entitled to a seat in the house until a vacancy occurred in one of the exist- - After some observations from Lord MONTEAGLE in opposition to the bill, Lord STANLEY said, that though he was ready to admit the absolute necessity of the measure, he objected, on principle, to some of its details. He was happy, however, to state that a clause which he had intended to move, im posing on the Dean and Chapter of Manchester, a more strict performance of their duties, would not now be neces sary, as an arrangement had been entered into tending greatly to remedy the grievances complained of in the petition which he had a short time since presented to the house. It was understood that, in addition to the see of ?Manchester, three other new bishopricks were to be created but in his opinion that number wonld not meet the exigen- ries of the ease, and eventually a much greater number of new sees must be created; he begged therefore to suggest that the new bishops should be suffragan to the old sees, which should continue to retain their seats in parliament, while their suffragans should not possess that privilege. The Bishop of ALISBURY believed that the principle of the bill was assented to by almost every one of the right reverend prelates, and would not refuse to the government his acknowledgments for having had the courage to enter upon the consideration of the question. After some observations from Earl FITZWILLIAM, in favour of the measure, _ The Bishop of OXFORD expressed his gratitude to the government for introducing the present bill, without, however, pledging himself to all its details. , . After some further discussion the bill was read a second The report of the Committee on Railway Bills was then agreed to. Some other business was also disposed of, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS THURSDAY The house met at twelve o'clock, and in the morning sitting the railway resolutions underwent discussion, and, after some verbal amendments were incorporated into them, were agreed to. The adjourned debate on the Prisons Bill was then re sumed by Mr. NEWDEGATE, who considered the abolition of transportation to be a very rash and unnecessary mea sure, which would prove a great national misfortune. The sad situation of things in Van Diemen's Land and in Norfolk Island was attributable to the enormous con gregation of convicts in those colonies. The failure of the probation system was not owing to any inherent de merits of its own, but to the want of foresight and wis dom of the government of 1839 in not diffusing the con victs over a larger surface. He deprecated the system of solitary imprisonment in the strongest terms; he was in the United States at the period when it failed there ; and, notwithstanding the favour with which it was now consi dered in this country, he predicted that it would prove as signal a failure here. Mr. M. MILNES, after declining to reply to the elabo rate essay delivered by the last speaker in favour of the silent, and in condemnation of the separate, system, ob served that the opinions of the judges, as well as the opinion of Mr. Newdegate, all rested on the supposition that the scheme of her Majesty's government contem plated the abolition, and not the modification, of trans portation. He thanked the government for the attempt which it was now making to improve our penal code, and assured it of his support. The science of treating pri soners was still in its infancy in England, in France, and in America ; but no country would depart from sound principles, which endeavoured to combine the reformation of prisoners with their imprisonment. Sir R. Nous contended that the punishment of trans portation had been so changed in duration and severity by the government plan as to be almost entirely abolished ; and that great change was to be carried into execution against the opinion of thirteen judges in England, and against the opinion of all the judges in Scotland but one, (and his opinion was doubtful), and without more than one judicial authority—that of Mr. Justice Perrin—in its favour is the whole empire. Moreover, he considered it to be injurious to the great principle of English liberty to announce that on an important subject like the present the prerogative of the crown was equal to an act of par liament. Sir J. GRAHAM concurred with Sir R. Inglis in think ing that the course of this debate was extremely inconve nient, for it gave the house no opportunity of pronounc ing any opinion ou the policy of the government. He did not intend to oppose the motion for committing these two bills ; but there were clauses in both, which he should endeavour to amend in committee. ." 311- F. KELLY observed that he entertained such strong objections to the government plan that, unless he re ceived a distinct p ledge from some member of the administration that this p lan would be incorporated into a statute i n the next session of Parliament, of he should avail himself every form of the house to prevent these bills from becoming lawthis session. The p r oposition of the go vernment in plain terms amounted . to nothing less than this—to repeal without a statute, and at the mere will of the executive government, 0- enment, every act of parliament which imposed punishmentthe of trans portation, and to render the judge ridiculous by ca lli ng upon them to pronounce with all due solemnity sentences carrying which there was not the slighest i ntention of ever • ying into execution. - Lard JOHN RUSSELL observed, that though he should be most reluctant to dispute the opinion of Sir F. Kelly on any question of mere law, he could not refrain from expressing his surprise that a gent leman of his high legal reputation and acquirements should have shown himself so decidedly ignorant of the ordinary mode in which the law of England was administered in earning the sentences of the judges into execution. Sir F. Kelly had declared If to be monstrous that the law should be turned into mockery, and that the judges should be rendered ridicu lous by pronouncing sentences which were never to be carried into effect. Why, that had been the constant practice for years past. A capital sentence was scarcely eyer passed without the judge writing to the Secretary of State to request that it should not be carried into execu tion. He concluded by expressipg his hope that the house would allow these bills to go into committee, and his rea diness to discuss any amendments which might be made for their improvement. The house then divided, when the numbers were, for the committal of the bill—Ayes, 124 ; Noes, 76 ;—Majo rity, 48.—The bill was then committed pro forma. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Monday. The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole house, to enable Lord John Russell to move reso lutions for bringing in two bills to suspend the corn duties and navigation Taw; till the Ist of March. On its resuming, the other orders were disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Bishop ofEXETER complained of the course taken ti regarc ucation I grant, and in acceding to the stipulations made by the Wesleyans, .calculated as such conduct was to stigmatise :o manage exercising I ecclesiastical functions, ought not, as such, to be ineligible to the office of schoolmaster in schools receiving aid from the parliamentary grant. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE condemned the resolution on the ground that it covertly and indirectly went to as sert that it was expedient that money voted by the House of Commons for one purpose should be devoted to another, by applying a portion of a special grant for the purposes of education to the sustentation of a particular order in the church. With regard to the charge brought against ze cand and frankly avowed that, in common with the government, such had been his wish, and he was happy in considering that that object had been attained. Without attributing to the Independents, the Presbyterians, and the Wesley ans, the gift of prophecy, he must observe that in the present instance their predictions had been verified, for when those bodies expressed their apprehensions (which he endeavoured to allay, and he believed succeeded in al- that there might be a design of diverting the funds to other than strictly educational purposes, they asked but will not the Bishop of Exeter contrive to do so 1" Think ing the proposition of the right reverend prelate highly objectionable, he should move the previous question. Lord STANLEY supported the views of the Bishop of Exeter, but in the then state of the house advised him not his motion, but remain content with having intro he subject to the notice of the house. to pres tter some obsi vations rrom and SALISBURY, and the Earl of CHICHESTER, the motion was withdrawn Lord STANLEY gave notice of his intention, on Tues day, of moving a resolution, that the papers laid before the house do not justify the late interference on the part of the British government in the internal affairs of Por tugal. HOUSE OF COMMONS -Fit IDAY In answer to Dr. BOWLING, Lord PALMERSTON stated which had been adopted by the late and by the present government in reference to an offer of mediation between the contending parties in Mexico ; but neither the United States nor the Mexicans had evinced any desire to avail themselves of the proffered intervention. Mr. HUME, in conformity with his notice, brought the subject of British interference in the affairs of Portugal under the consideration of the house, concluding his speech by moving that, in the judgment of the house, the armed interference of this government between political parties in Portugal is unwarrantable in principle, and likely to lead to serious and mischievous consequences. Mr. B. OSBORNE seconded, and spoke strongly in favour of the motion, which was supported by Lord W. PAULET and Mr. H. J. BAILLIE ; the speakers in favour of inter ference being Lord H. VANE, Mr, H. MILNES, and Lord J. RUSSELL. the course Mr. WARBURTON was opposed to the principle of in tervention, but would not vote in opposition to ministers. The debate, on the motion of Mr. P. BORTUWICK, stands adjourned. COURT AND FASHION. The Court remains at Buckingham Palace. On Thurs day her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the Queen Dowager, whose health requires that she shall pass the autumn and winter at Malta, and in the evening honoured' the performances at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence. The Queen gave a state ball (the second this season) on Friday evening, at Buckingham Palace. The company present at the reception exceeded in number those attend ng any former ball given by her Majesty, the invitations having been extended to the unprecedented number of nearly 2000. The guests comprised the Royal Family, the foreign princes in this country, the whole of the di plomatic corps, foreigners of distinction on a visit to Eng land, the ladies and gentlemen of the household of the Queen and Prince Albert, of the Queen Dowager, and of the different members of the Royal Family, the ministers of state and the principal members of the administration and their ladies, and a very numerous party of the nobility and gentry. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere and the Ladics Egerton are expected to leave Belgrave Square at the close of the ensuing week for Worsley Hall. On Tuesday the Duke of Devonshire gave a grand fete champetre at Chiswick, in honour of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia. It was unfortunately a very severe summer's day, and abounded in wind, rain, and hail. The company was numerous notwithstanding. IRELAND. Tom Steele has finally retired from the Repeal Asso ciation, in consequence of O'Connell's death. _ _ _ The Londonderry Standard states that five of the Pres byterian clergy have fallen victims to fever within the last few days. The Irish judges are reconsidering the propriety of post poning the assizes. It is probable that after all there will be no postponement, notwithstanding the spread of fever. According to the Londonderry Standard, no authenti cated case of potato disease has been discovered within a circuit of many miles round that town. APATHY OF THE IRISH PEOPLE RESPECTING O'CON NELL.—The Cork Constitution declares that the venders of full and particular accounts of the death of the libera tor met with no attention from the market people, who were busy looking over their own affairs. IMPORTATION OF CORN INTO IRELAND.—A return moved for by Mr. T. M. Gibson shows that the gross total quantity of grain and meal landed in Ireland during the ten weeks preceding the 22d of May last amounted to 1,298,074 quarters, of which 900,176 quarters came from foreign countries and British possessions, and 397,898 quarters from Great Britain. DEATHS FROM FEVER.—The following gentlemen have died of typhus fever :—The Rev. Mr. Thackerberry, Wes leyan minister, and Mr. P. Dunnigan, merchant, of Sligo ; Thomas Mahon, Esq., of Ennis ; the Rev. David L. Ca hill, Innoshannon ; the Rev. Timothy Newell, Oranmore ; the Rev. David Nagle, Effin ; and the Rev. Mr. Touhy, Dromin GOOD NEWS.—The Royal Agricultural Society of Ire land held a meeting on Thursday, and aftcr reading a con siderable number of letters from all parts of Ireland, drew up a report to the effect that there are no grounds for ap prehending a recurrence of the potato disease of the pre vious years. Out of seven hundred communications but two went the length of saying the true disease had ap peared. The council reported accordingly. _ GRAND ORANGE LODGE OF IRELAND.—The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, according to notice, held their half-yearly meeting on Tuesday, the Ist of June, in the Music-hall, Belfast. The meeting was most influential, and numerous beyond expectation. In the absence of Earl Enniskillen, G. M., the chair was taken by James Watson, Esq., Brookhill. As the proceedings were strictly private we can mention no more than that the late Grand Lodge of Ulster is identified with that body, and are one and the same, thus co Istituting a strong party, ready and willing as of old to support the Queen and Pro testant Constitution against foreign and domestic foes. — Armagh Guardian. There was a meeting of the Repeal Association in Con ciliation-hall, yesterday week, Alderman Delahunty, of Waterford, in the chair. Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., eldest son of Mr. O'Connell, deceased, and Mr. John O'Connell, were present. The most important business transacted was the reading of several documents, being addresses and resolutions from various bodies of the Roman Catholic clergy, from several corporations, and other pub lic bodies, proclaiming adhesion to the political conduct and teachings of the late Mr. O'Connell, and promising that they would confide in his son, Mr. John O'Connell, as the expounder of that conduct and policy. The funds of the association have been placed in the guardianship of trustees, that of Alderman M'Loghlin and Keshan. The rant acknowledged was nearly £5O. The whole of the committee appeared in deep mourning. MR. O'CONNELL'S FUNERAL AND YOUNG IRELAND. —lt was very currently rumoured, that it was the wish of Mr. O'Connell's family that the Young Irelanders should take no part as a body in the public funeral to be accorded to their late father. Mr. Smith O'Brien, in order to test the rumour, addressed a letter to Mr. John O'Connell, in which he inquires " whether it is their (the family's) wish that those who dissented from the policy adopted by the Repeal Association during the last twelve months should attend the funeral." The duty of replying was devolved by Mr. John O'Connell upon his brother, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, who replied that " the arrangements for the funeral having been entrusted to the Glasnevin Cemetery committee and the Rev. Dr. Miley, the family leaves it entirely in their hands." Mr. O'Brien interpreted this into an intimation that " he should not attend the fu neral ;" and it seems indeed pretty plainly to bear that construction. FEARFUL OUTRAGES.-Mr. and Mrs. Conyers, of Castletawn-Conyers, in the county of Limerick—the former having been the Chairman of the Relief Committee of the district ; the latter, a lady untiring in her charitable exertions to alleviate the distress of the people—while walking from church on last Sunday, were fired at by a ruffian, who discharged a heavily loaded blunderbuss from within a few yards of them. Mr. Conyers, we learn, escaped unhurt, but his lady was slightly wounded. Our contemporary, the Limerick Chronicle, says no probable cause for this attack can be assigned. However, some three years ago a tenant was ejected from the estate of Mr. Conyers, owing an arrear of rent of four or five years: after a long course of vexatious litigation, the tenant was put out of the land, and it was afterwards let to, we be lieve, a Roman Catholic clergyman. Whether the recent attempt at assassination is traceable to this ejectment, we are not able to say. In the same county ,a Mr. Fitzgerald was attacked by three armed men, one of whom discharged two shots at him; while in the King's County a most daring attempt was made on the life of Mr. Lauder, of THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Moyclape, a justiceoftbe peace of that otalnty. We re gret to say. Mr. Lauder has received a dangerous gun-shot wound in the lefterm, the results of which cannot at pre sent be predicted,as the slug has not been extracted. THE POTATO - CROP.—The reports respecting the condi tion of this crop are exceedingly satisfactory. The same remark applies to a letter from the Rev. Charles Bushe, respecting the crops around his rectory. Indeed, persons who have been farming forty years say that •the potatoes never in their memory presented so promising an appear ance. Whether it will please God to permit them to prosper, we must leave to be proved in His own time ; but at present they look as well as any one could desire. No thing can exceed the admiration with which the poor country people gage on them. Again and again, in places in which they have not themselves been able to plant, they go to the fields in which they are growing, and they take off their hats, as if in reverential gratitude, when they behold them spring up with a vigour and a luxuriance that . their eyes have not for years been allowed to witness. There was'a report in town on Tuesday that four persons had been discovered sprinkling vitriol on the potato gar dens in the neighbourhood of the city, and, absurd as it was, it obtained credence and circulation. The delin quents were said to have been emoloved by corn mer- chants or flour factors. Now, bad as the merehants and factors may be, they are not simpletons, yet simpletons they should-be to put themselves in the power of people who would be likely to betray them, or to suPpose. that the iniquitous trick could be practised to a sufficient ex tent to serve them, or continued for any time without detection.—Cork Constitution. ROMISH ESTIMATE OF O'( ':ONNELL.—The following are further extracts from the letter of Father Kenyon, addressed to the Dublin Nation :—" Is it possible that this nation can remain infatuated for ever ? O'Connell has boasted - • lei - • ..aat he guided us, and his toadies have v,ouchec every word he told us for fifty years. . Well, then, let W. look about and calculate our obligations for the service. Whither have we been guided ? Where and how has he left us ? We have been guided, step by step, self-hood winked, to such an abyss of physical and moral misery— to such a condition of helpless and hopeless degradation as no race of mankind was ever plunged in since the crea tion. We are a nation of beggars—mean, shameless, lying beggars. And this is where O'Connell has :guided t - is.. - MiTh'Connell's death, in my deliberate opinion, has been no loss whatever to the Irish nation. On the con trary, I think that Mr. O'Connell has been doing before his death, and was likely to continue doing as long as he might live, very grievous injury to Ireland ; so that 1 ac count his death rather a gain than a loss to the country. He was the vaunted leader, the prime mover, the head and front, the life and soul of a system of policy at once ) hollow and so corrupt, so bare izing so servile and despotic facedly hypocritical and dreadfully demorai. „, that the very organs of the Government to which it pandered laughed it into scorn. That his slavish minions, his selfish followers, or his deluded dupes, should have deemed his death a loss, I was prepared to learn ; but that the Irish confederates whom he insulted, spurned, and would have hanged—the representatives of the man hood of the nation which he was degrading, which he had degraded into brutish beggary—that these should adopt the error, and make it the foundation of a further and more f Ltal mistake, this was an event for which I was utterly unprepared—a midnight inundation from which I know not where to hope for shelter. All seems confusion, and it is intensely dark. If you justly respect a man, he must be respectable in his totality. If a nation justly respects him, he must be a benefactor—a blessing to that nation. O'Connell is S not such. He befooled this country before his death, and he died politically impenitent. Ireland, therefore, owes him nothing but forgiveness. If she gives him more, and to the extent to whiCh she shall give - him more, then in that proportion will she unsettle the princi ples of public morality, incapacitate herself from rewarding honesty and fidelity, and brand herself with infamy through out the coming years." doubted by either party; the star of agriCultural protection was in the ascendant, and an immense majority was re turned by the county constituencies to enable. Sir R.Peel to take Downing-street by storm. The Melbourne parlia ment of 1837 lasted about four years. The present par liament, which has endured for six years, has been a memorable one. It was elected to protect the corn laws, and it has enacted free trade into a law. It began by hurling a Whig Ministry from office, and has ended by ejecting a "Conservative" one with almost equal igno miny. Lord J. Russell, now in a nominal minority of 100, has actually encountered less opposition, and carried his government with far greater ease since his last acces sion to power, than in the very plenitude of his popu larity, when, with a small but decisive majority on the Ministerial benches, he refused to hold office "on suffer ance." 'VALUE OF PROTESTANTISM.—The Rev. John Dodson, Vicar of Cockerham, near Lancaster, writes in the follow ing sterling style, to the Lancaster Gazette of Saturday, with reference to the claims of Mr. Gregson, to the suffrages of that constituency : —" Sir,—we want Chris tianity—we want Protestantism—and, if Mr. Gregson will give us that—if he will give us our National Protes tantism, we care for nothing else. 1 frankly and sincerely profess that, if Mr. Gregson had come to us as a Protes tant (` the very reverse of a Protestant,' I must consider that man, who will not, by word and deed, in parliament or out, by every legal and Christian means, witness, pro-' tect, and contend for Bible truth, in opposition to Romish error), I say, had he come to us as a Protestant, I, for one, would have accepted him, in lack of a better man, what ever else he had been. On all other questions I would have left him unfettered, and given him a ' carte blanche.' He should have gone to parliament, as far as I was con cerned, free as air, to unfetter commerce—to liberalise our• institutions—and to reform the church establishment to his heart's content—levelling, if he pleased, its hierar chy—adjusting its revenues—and adinitting to their full and free enjoyment every Christian sect ; nay, he might have imposed on the nation an income-tax that would confiscate half our property, or, if that would not satisfy him, all of it ; I would have granted all to him, just in return for his Protestantism : assured as I am that, if this country is true to her God she will flourish, do what you will with her ; and equally assured that, if she loses her christianity, she will soon lose everything. I, as an humble individual elector, shall vote for no candidate who does not give a clear, distinct, and unmistakeable Protestant pledge, solemnly and publicly. In my humble opinion. the man who refuses to pledge himself on this subject is already a traitor in intention. On the subject of protestantism we can admit of no right to deliberate : deliberation here is treason. This is a vital question— a first principle—and must not be tampered with. We have been betrayed upon it before : and may not, by leaving it open to deliberate upon, incur the risk of being )etrayed again. The candidate who is tied by his own convictions to vote for Protestantism will never refuse a pledge ; whilst he, who is not so tied, must tie himself by his solemnly pledged word, or we dare not trust him ; or, 'in , trusting him, we shall show that we can be guilty of a 1 . . folly, where God's truth and honour are concerned, of which we are never guilty, where we see our own private interests to be at stake. ' AND CLERICAL NEWS UNIVERSITY It is said that the Rev. Dr. Carpenter, of St. Barnabas's Church, Douglas, Isle of Man, has been appointed to the incumbency of St, Thomas's, Birmingham. It appears that Dr. Candlsh is likely to succeed to the offices of the Free Church held by the late Dr. Chalmers. It is said they were offered to Dr. Gordon, and declined. The Rev. W. Bevan, of this town, has been appointed secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, and will, in conse- quence, reside henceforth in the metropolis. Mr. Thomas Dunnett, son of Mr. Dunnet, of Hill street, has again been successful in his exertions at Trinity College, Dublin, having now added to his former honours Vie qualification of a scholarship. The first stone of a new church at Inskip in, the Fylde was laid on Thursday. The patron, the Rev. W. Hornby, vicar of St. Michael's on Wyre, has given £lOOO, and the Earl of Derby £5OO besides the site. BISHOPRIC OF NORWICH. - Friday's Gazette con tains an order in Council directing that from and after the next avoidance of the See of Norwich, the Bishop suc ceeding thereto shall pay to the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners £5OO a year ; it appearing from a new return that the income of the See exceeds the average annual income of £4,500, determined by the Commissioners to be " suit able to the circumstances thereof." The same order abo lishes _certain peculiar and exempt jurisdictions in the same diocese. LAZE BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN.-At a meeting at Derby, for the purpose of determining the character of a memorial to the late lamented Bishop Shirley, and at which the Lord Bishop of Lichfield presided, it was unanimously resolved, " that a church for the district of St. Paul's, Derby, would at once be an appropriate ex pression of the general feeling, and an instrument of com mon and enduring benefit." It was, accordingly, agreed to erect a church, capable of containing, at least, 600 persons, with a tablet commemorative of the circum stances under which it was built. A subscription was im mediately opened, and upwards of £l,2oocollected, MANCHESTER BISHOPRIC.—The principle of this bill has been affirmed by the lords, and will no doubt soon become law. The appointment will be made immediately after the passing of the bill, the endowment at present to be £.3000, but which is shortly to be advanced to X4OOO per annum. The population within the new see was, ac cording to the last census (now, of course, considerably increased), 1,123,000, and the area comprised 1220 square miles. The bishop appointed is not to have a seat in the House of Lords, neither is any future junior bishop, un less his appointment should - be made to Canterbury, York, London, Durham, or Winchester, which sees are always to br represented in the lords. The bill also contemplates the erection of a new archdeaconry of Liverpool to be an nexed to the see of Chester. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MONDAY THE CONSPIRACY CASE AT NEWTON (Sittings in Banco.) _ THE QUEEN V. SELSIi - Y AND OTHERS.—This was a proceeding against the defendant and persons of the names of Quarrey, Cheeseman, (who is since dead,) Bowman, Firth, Dawson, Wilson, and others, for conspiring to inti midate, by threats and other means, persons employed in the manufactory of Messrs. Jones and Potts, engineers, of Liverpool, from pursuing their lawful avocation. It appeared that the defendants, who were employed by Messrs. Jones, were dissatisfied because they employed inexperienced hands to perform the work of journeymen at reduced rates. Several of the journeymen struck in consequence, and the defendants were appointed a picquet to prevent the contented workmen from pursuing their labour. The case was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe, at Liverpool. The indictment on which they were arraigned contained upwards of twenty counts, and the jury found them guilty on the whole of them. The defendants now appeared on the floor of the court, and the Attorney-Ge neral prayed judgment against them.—Mr. Knowles, who appeared for Selsby and Quarrey, moved for an arrest of judgment and a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, as it was given on the whole of the counts, which were inconsistent the one with the other.— Mr. aines and Mr. Watson made similar motions on behalf of the other defendants.—Lord Denman deferred the de . cision of the court until the learned judges had had had an opportunity of consulting Mr. Baron Rolfe. POLITICAL GOSSIP Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. Gardner are not likely to be opposed at Leicester. The Ten Hours Bill received the royal assent, by com mission, on Tuesday. Mr. Lawrence iteyworth, we unde to stand for Derby. •stand, has consented During the session of 1846, the house sat 140 days, and there were 76 divisions on public matters, 61 before and 15 after midnight. The Leeds Short Time Committee are making prepara tions to have a public festival in honour of the passing of the Ten Hours Factory Bill. _ _ Mr. David Salomons has retired from a contest for Mary lebone, in consequence of his being relieving-officer for the borough, and therefore disqualified from being elected. From Cambridge we hear that there is reason to hope that Lord Fielding will oppose Mr: Goulburn, on the same principles as those advocated by Mr. Round at Oxford. The electors of Knaresborough at a public meeting have returned their thanks to W. B. Ferrand, Esq., "for the faithful and honourable manner in which he has discharged his duties as one of the representatives of the borough." BOLTON.—The liberals and free-traders have determined to invite Mr. Alderman Brooks, of Manchester, the John Brooks of the Anti-Corn-Law League, " The Lord love you, we're all for ourselves in this world " Brooks, to stand in conjunction with Dr. Bowring. The Conservative candidate for the city of Durham is Mr. David Edward Wood, son'of Colonel Wood, M.P., a relative of the Marquis of Londonderry. Mr. Granger has also addressed the electors, and it is stated that Mr. Spear man, of Newton-Hall, a Whig, may be induced to come forward. In all probability there will be a smart contest. BRADFORD.—The Conservatives of Bradford are about to bring forward two candidates at the approaching elec tion. The requisition to Mr. Gawthorne Hardy has,been numerously signed, and will be presented in the course of a few days. The other conservative candidate will be H. W. Wickham, Esq., ; and there can be no reasonable doubt of their return, and the utter defeat of Mr. Busfeild and the oft-defeated Colonel Thompson. A meeting, for promoting .the election of W. 'Patton Egerton, Esq. and the Right Hon. E. J. Stanley, as members far North Cheshire, on the expected dissolution of Parliament, was held at Knutsford on Monday, and further adjourned 'to the 17th instant. From statements submitted to the meeting, there seems to be no doubt that this political compromise will be successfully carried into effect. AN ELECTION HINT.—The Rev. Hugh M`Neile, of Liverpool, has suggested that there be no contest for Liver pool, as Lord Sandon and Sir Ho ward Douglas have withdrawn, but that the conservatives select one gentle man, the whigs another, on condition that both are staunch protestants, and will oppose all grants for the propagation of popery. The idea is not a bad one, as party is now broken up through the treachery of Sir R. Peel, and if we make christianity in its form our first duty, temporal and national blessings will follow. — Shrewsbury Conservative. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—Viscount Fielding has been strongly solicited to allow himself to be put in nomi nation, and has consented to come forward as a candidate for the representation of the University on Protestant principles. Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, the brother of the Speaker, has also announced himself a candidate. Mr. Lefevre was senior wrangler in 1818, and subsequently fellow of Trinity. He has also been under secretary of state, poor law commissioner, and secretary of the board of trade. He comes forward as a supporter of the pre sent government. PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX.—Since we drew public attention to this subject, on the 15th of May last, we un derstand the Basinghall-street Commissioners have had a most searching inquiry and investigation into the system of surcharges, and have inflicted most summary justice on one of their officials ; but if all we hear is true, their ven geance has fallen upon a minor offender when compared with an officer connected with the stamps and taxes, who has been in receipt of no 'Jess a sum than £6OO, arising from the poundage allowed by government out of the city income-tax ! We wait the decision of the board before we make further comment, but it is quite impossible this tax can be renewed until parliament has inquired into the whole proceedings connected with what has been taking place during the last three months in Basinghall-street.— Times. LONDON.-Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for the city, has intimated his intention of soliciting the honour of being one of the four representatives of the city of London at the next general election. In his addresses he professes to be a free-trader. He promises to introduce a bill for the complete exoneration of dissenters from the payment of church rates ; will advocate the adoption of such mea sures, regarding Ireland, as will place it on " a footing more congenial with its relative position to this country, and induce her Majesty annually to visit this portion of her dominions, and adjourn the parliament to Dublin, for the transaction of such affairs as relate to that part of the United Kingdom." He pledges himself never to be ab sent from his duty. A requisition is in course of signa ture, inviting Sir Robert Peel to come forward as a can didate. MR. DISRAELI AND ROMANISM.—At a meeting of the electors of Buckinghamshire, last week, Mr. Disraeli said " that he had opposed the Maynooth grant, not in itself because he thought a plausible case might be made out for increasing the grant, but because he saw in the tone and speeches of the supporters of the measure that it was only a prelude to the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy. He was bound to say, and he did so most unequi vocally, that he should oppose the endowment of any priesthood whatever. He had long held the opinion, and had expressed it both in his works and speeches, that the union of Church and State—though it was a union which he should cordially uphold—was yet a union that was not so favourable to the Church as it was to the State. He would therefore repeat that he was opposed to the endow ment of any priesthood whatever." THE EXPIRING PARLIAMENT.—The now moribund House of Commons, elected in August, 1841, has proved one of the longest parliaments on record—at all events, during the present century. It has, in fact, only a year more " to run," in order to die the death seldom allotted to parliaments, viz., a natural one. We have had four parliaments since the era of Reform ; the first, elected in 1832, in accordance with the provisions of the new statute, only lived two sessions, the ministerial change of Novem ber, 1834, having rendered an appeal to the people a mea sure of almost indispensable necessity. Thus perished the parliament of Earl Grey. The second, or "Peel" parlia ment, although elected under ministerial auspices, only returned a very formidable Conservative minority to sup port Sir Robert, and the new Premier soon succumbed to the influence .of the Whig majority. The second Mel bourne Ministry, as it is well known, lived on until 1837, with a mere measuring ;cast majority, when the death of the Sovereign extinguished the parliament Limo facto, after an existence of two sessions and a half. The new House of Commons was almost equally balanced, as regards par ties, and but for the forbearanee of the opposition, Lord Melbourne could never have remained at the head of the government for four years longer. , A crisis, however, at last ensued, and the Whig Ministers appealed once more to their constituencies. The issue ..of this mutest was newer SATURDAY LIBEL ON MISS ELIZA. COOK. Sir F. Thesiger applied to the court to have the rule nisi obtained in this case made a b sA tt r e a ag io a n in g st ar t g h u e ment pro prietord)eonf in th an e Dai l y Adve rt i ser . d e iiveredtne judgment of the court. It was their opinion, upon the discussion which they had heard, that it was not proved that it was intended to libel Miss Eliza Cook. On a reasonable reading of the paragraph, it was plain that there were two persons of the name of Eliza Cook; one a supposed murderess, and the other a poetess, and there was a distinction drawn that the poetess was not enjoying the fame she ought to enjoy, while the other had obtained some celebrity. The court considered that the case should never have been heard of. Mr. Justice Wightman was too much led by the opinion of Mr. Mar tin, that if the rule were granted, it would never be heard of more. Mr. Justice Patteson concurred in the decision of the court; it was quite plain that there were two per sons, and any reasonable person could not fail to discover that a distinction had been drawn between them. An application was then made that the rule be discharged with costs. Chief Justice Denman : Oh, no ; you must write with more care in future. BAIL COURT.-FRIDAY CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-THE " RAILWAY RECORD Sir Frederick Thesiger applied to the court for a crimi nal information against the Railway Record, for having charged Mr. Kirtley with incompetence and recklessness in the management of the Brighton line, in relation to the late lamentable accident which occurred upon that line on the 31st of May last. The article complained of was in the paper of the sth inst. Rule to chew cause granted. THE " MORNING CHRONICLE."—A similar application was granted against the Morning Chronicle, for having published the same article, but with a different heading, thereby making the article its own. NORTH WALES AND CHESTER CIRCUIT.—The fol lowing are the days fixed by Mr. Justice Maule :—Mont gomeryshire, Tuesday July 13, at Newton ; Merioneth shire, Friday, July 16, at Dolgelly ; Carnarvonshire, Monday, July 19, at Carnarvon ; Anglesey, Thursday, July 22, at Beaumaris ; Denbighshire, Saturday, July 24, at Ruthen; Flintshire, Wednesday, July, 28, at Mold; Cheshire, Saturday, July 31, at the Castle of Chester; City of Chester, the same day, at the Guildhall of Chester. NORTHERNCIRCUIT.—On Wednesday the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Sir Frederick Pollock, and Mr. Justice Wightman, the judges appointed to pro ceed on this circuit, finally fixed the days for holding the assizes within the circuit, namely, for Yorkshire, Satur day, July 10th ; Durham, Saturday, July 24th; Northum berland, Thursday, July 29th; Cumberland, Monday, August 2nd; Westmoreland, Thursday, August sth. Lancashire—Northern Division, Saturday, August 7th, at Lancaster; Southern Division, Wednesday, August 11, at Liverpool. The Rev. J. W. Inman, head master of the Grantham Grammar School, has entered into recognizances to an swer, at.the next quarter sessions for Grantham, a charge of having unduly and unwarrantably flogged one of his pupils, Master A. F. Payne, the son of W. Payne, Esq., of Newarke, Leicester. Mr. Inman has made an-affidavit that it is not likely he can have an impartial trial at the sessions, owing to .the strong feeling which pervades the minds of the inhabitants of Grantham in respect to the management of the grammar school, a committee hav,n; been formed to procure some alteration in the school regur lations, and he has obtained a rule in the Bail Court to show cause for the,removal-of the ease iute.thaticourt. FOREIGN COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE, AMERICA The Royal Mail Steam-ship Britannia, arrived at this port on Sunday evening, with advises from Boston to the Ist, and Halifax to the 3rd instant. The Hibernia was spoken between Halifax and Boston. We learn, with reference tO - iewar, that Gen. Scott was pushing on for Puebla. The latest accounts from the city of Mexico, state that in that city complete disorgani zation-prevailed, and - that the citizens were fleeing the city. Rio Grande accounts report that Colonel Doniphan's force had been attacked at the pass of Sierra Gordon, about half way between Santillo and Chihuahua, by a Mexican force from Durango, under General Rieso, and that Colonel Doniphan was defeated with the loss of seven men and all his artillery. General Taylor had not left for San Luis de Potosi. General Urrea had issued pro clamations for men and contributions, and left for the city of Mexico. From Santa Fe we learn that the Americans there had executed summary vengeance upon the insurgents against their sway. Eleven' persons, convicted of high treason, had been hanged. Affairs were quiet. Rumours of a peace are mentioned in the American journals. "It is understood," says the Courier and Enquirer, " a renewed effort at negotiations is in progress, through Mr. Trist, who is the head clerk of the Secretary of State, and is a capable and clever man." The domestic affairs of the United States are unim portant. General Taylor's prospects for the Presidency appear to improve ; and it was understood that he was not unwilling to accept the dignity. Accounts from Montreal, of the 27th ult., state that flour had advanced, during the week, with a fair inquiry ; th<.t 40,000 barrels had been taken at 365. 9d. to 375. 3d. fc r brands from Canada. The market closed firm ; holders asked an advance. Ashes dull, at 28s. per cwt. Several vessels had been chartered, at 14s. per quarter for wheat, and 6s. 3d. for flour to Liverpool. Upwards of seven hun dred emigrants had arrived. Many deaths had taken place on board the ships. The Rory O'More, from Liverpool, had been wrecked at Metis. From Havana we have late accounts, to the 15th of May. A brisk speculative demand for all kinds of sugars had arisen, and prices were for ordinary yellow 6i to 61 2 - reals. Vessels were scarce, and freight to Europe had been taken at £4 4s. t o £4 15s, Exchange on London dull, at 6+ per cent. Molasses had also improved. From the River Plate Monte Videan advices to the 13th April had been received, and from Buenos Ayres to the sth. The blockade still continued. Oribe was in quiet possession of the country. The arrival of our new envoy was expected. From South America we learn that Guatemala had erected itself into an independent state. WEST INDIES The royal mail steam ship Dee arrived from the West Indies at Southampton on Thursday. The Dee's freight consists of 307,096 dollars, none of which are for account of Mexican dividends; two boxes of pearls, 6,6001 b. silver, 1081 b, 13oz. platina, 114 cases of cigars, 1,003 serons of cochineal, 117 cases pineapples, 99 packages of sundries, and 80 cabin passengers. By this arrival we learn there was a great want of ship ping at Jamaica and other colonies, as also at Havannah. Our files of newspapers all speak of an abundant crop and of the flourishing condition of the young canes. The weather had been delightful, and the islands were healthy. It is reported that the want of slaves in Cuba had in duced several parties to fit out vessels for the coast of Africa. Her Majesty's ship Grampus was at Tahiti on the 10th 'ebruary, where a: 1 was qui, A great deal of sickness is said to exist amongst the American troops at Vera Cruz. There are advices from the city of Mexico to the 30th of April. In consequence of Santa Anna's defeat by General Scott at Cerro Gordo, Congress had conferred unlimited powers on the Execu tive to prosecute the war, and to change the seat of Government should the city of Mexico be occupied by the enemy. Peace was not allowed to be spoken of, but the only means proposed for continuing the war was by guerillas. It was understood that the cities of Puebla and Mexico, being indefensible, would open their gates on the approach of the Americans. General Anaya continued at the head of the Government. Santa Anna had retired to Tehuacan. The American outposts were at Tepeya hualco. The new American tariff for the Mexican ports was well received in the city. Exchange fluctuated from 42d. to 44d. PORTUGAL, TERMINATION OF THE REBELLION. — Accounts from Lis bon to the 4th instant, state that on the 31st ult., the British squadron off Oporto captured the three armed steamers, and some other transports, under the orders of the Junta, on their coming out from the Douro, and having on board 2500 troops, commanded by Das Antas, destined for St. Übes. The vessels seized by the allied squadron were the following:—Steamers—Royal Tar, Mindello, Porto, cor vette Eighth of July ; merchant vessels—Flor da Amizade and Amor da Patria, and six hiates, in all 12 vessels, having on board a force of 2400 men of all arms, with 50 horses and two pieces of artillery, the military commander of the expedition being the Conde das Antas, and the naval commander an Englishman, named Salter, who de serted at the commencement of this insurrection from the naval service of the Queen of Portugal, and has since been doing all the injury lie could to his adopted Sovereign. The prize was made on the bar in front of Oporto, and all the vessels immediately cast anchor. Several of the most important amongst the insurgent leaders were likewise on board the vessels forming the insurgent squadron, and the leaders remaining in Oporto are for the most part Miguel ites. The order to surrender was obeyed without resist ance. One of our boats fired unnecessarily into one of the smaller Junta vessels; and two men were killed. One officer stabbed himself to the heart sooner than give up his sword, and two sailors threw themselves overboard, one of whom had the good luck to swim ashore. The Junta were fully informed that such an expedition would be intercepted and taken. There can be little doubt, therefore, that the chiefs of the Junta, who wished to ac cept the terms offered to them, bvit who were prevented from doing so by the violence of their followers, sent this expedition out to sea on purpose that it should be taken, and in order that they might thus have a fair excuse for submitting, as they seem afterwards to have done. Thus, within a fortnight after the decision of the 21st of May was taken, the civil war has been quietly put an end to, and the waste of life and property which it was occasion ing has been arrested. The Gladiator had left the Douro on the 30th, having on board about 100 British subjects, who had sought asylum there, and who have since been landed at Lisbon. Other British subjects have gone to Vigo by land. Commissaries were sent to Vigo on the 3rd, to make arrangements for the entrance of the Spanish troops. An American paper mentions that a slaveowner in Ken tucky lately bartered a black woman for an ass. The pope's legate, lately arrived at Madrid, was re ceived with the greatest distinction by Queen Isabella, who kissed his episcopal ring, and caused him to sit by her side. The Athetueum notices the death of Guido Sorelli, the translator of " Milton's Paradise Lost" into Italian. Sorelli was a convert from Popery. p th r -DREADFUL sloopßc e E , A w D e F j e t anr A nß c tu c hl t in four k y Le President was 11 . AYTrl.d—aßsY from Port-au- Prince, arrival of ACat CIDENT e il A n T a , y minutes le to . twelve o'clock, on the . engaged in firing minute guns in 2 b 3 lo d w u n it. 7 wh a i t lst tw sh e e nt w y as celebrating mass for the repose of the soul of President Guirriere, who died two years ago. At the time she was blown up there were eighty convicts in chains on board in the hold, who all perished. The captain, in going on shore, left the first-lieutenant in charge, who followed afterwards, leaving the boatswain in charge, who at the time the accident happened was engaged with others on board smoking, drinking, and playing cards. The acci dent occurred from a spark alighting on the powder, which was placed on the deck to be dried. —Jamaica Times, May 5. DECISION OF THE AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE EVAN GELICAL ALLIANCE ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION. — Among the subjects of deepest interest relating to the an ti-slavery cause, brought to our attention by the last American packet, is the formation of the American branch of the Evangelical Alliance, and its decision on the sub ject of slavery. The vexata questio came up on the first day of its sitting, and occupied the greater part of its dis cussions during four days. The following declaration was adopted by a vote of sixteen to eleven :—" That while the Evangelical Alliance admits into its bosom such persons only as are respectable members of evangelical churches, we are nevertheless persuaded that the great object of the association, the promotion of a larger Christian union, may be furthered by a frank expression of our sentiments on the subject of slavery. We, therefore, declare ou r deep, unalterable opposition to this stupendous evil, and we hold it to be the duty of all men, by all wise and Christian means, to seek its entire extirpation and re moval from the land. Still, the one object of the alliance shall be steadily kept in view, which is the promotion of Christian union and brotherly love." It is believed an Anti-slavery branch of the Evangelical Alliance will be formed in the United States. A SENTINEL DISTURBED AT MALTA.—We hear that, near midnight of the 6th instant, the sentry at the Naval Hospital, in one of the posts (perhaps one of the most lonely on the island) fronting Rmella Bay, on indistinctly descrying a boat which was lurking about the shore, hailed it. No answer was given. After a pause the challenge was repeated. Still no notice was taken ; but, on the contrary, the boat made towards a landing-place in the neighbour hood, when the sentry, after another challenge, fired at it with ball cartridge, concluding that his post was forced. He re-loaded and fired again, upon which the boat made off, " staying"' like the Ghost of Hamlet, "no further question." The sentry on the post fronting Va letta states that, on hearing the shots, he hastened to the spot, but, owing to the darkness of the night, all that he obscurely saw was a boat hurrying rapidly off. The sentry who fired does not know whether any of the tresspassers (if they were not something worse) were wounded or not. He admits, however, that, judging from the sound, one of his shots must have perforated the boat. Four ball cartridges were found de ficient in his cartridge-box ; but one was spoiled in load ing, and, in fact, it appears that two shots only were fired. The trespassers have made no complaint, thereby evincing a consciousness that they were about no good. No words can express how cautious a sentry ought to be in using bis deadly weapon ; and, therefore, his orders are merely to prevent boats landing, baying no authority for firing, except by express direction of a responsible officer, unless his post should be positively " forced," which the sentry states in this case was really the case. Meanwhile. he has very properly been put under arrest, pending the decision of the general commanding the forces, who will probably order a court martial to investigate this affair. Malta Tom. June 15, 1847. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail way, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Purchase or Amalgamation, was read a third time in the House of Commons yesterday week. As soon as the Newcastle and Berwick Railway is opened, the whole distance between Edinburgh and Lon don, by express trains, will (says the Newcastle Journal) be accomplished in thirteen hours. The Government have brought forward a motion to suspend progress in the parliamentary proceedings of all lines introduced during the present session. That some such step must be taken, under the existing difficulties of the country, is too obvious. At the meeting of shareholders in the Birmingham and. Oxford Railway on Saturday, at Birmingham, it was re solved to adjourn the meeting until Saturday next in con sequence of the matters now pending in the House of Lords with reference to the railway. On Saturday and Sunday week, collisions took place between the Irishmen and Highlandmen employed on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.. About half a dozen of the ringle a d ers were a pp re h en d e d ; and, on the following Tuesday, two of them were sentenced to forty, and two to sixty, days' imprisonment. On Tuesday week, about 300 of the men at Kingstown struck for a rise of wages, but the greater part have since resumed their labour. MALICIOUS CONDUCT.—The Edini;iirgiMTGUsgow Railway was, through the instrumentality of some diabo lical person, placed in imminent peril yesterday morning week, several large coping -stones having been removed from the boundary-wall, and placed upon the rails. For tunately no serious accident occurred to any person, 'but an engine of a goods train was much damaged, and the; waggons nearly thrown off the line. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE . RAILWAY.—At a special meeting of the shareholders held at Manchester on Thursday, Mr. Chapman in the chair, a bill was approved authorising the purchase of Lord Ellesmere's interest in the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway by the above company, in con junction with the London and North Western Railway Company. The purchase is to be £62,000, each company to pay half the sum, both having an equal interest in the purchase. The committee of the Lords on the Amalgamation of the Birmingham and Oxford and Dudley lines have de clared that the Standing Orders have not been complied with, by the omission to get the sanction of the share holders to the bill- The Great Western counsel contended that the Standing Orders did not apply to such a bill, but the committee decided the contrary. An attempt will be made to get the Standing Orders dispensed with, but this of course cannot be expected to succeed. The decision being maintained, practically there is an end of all the disputes, parliamentary and legal. The PARLIAMENTARY PROGRESS Of the week has been as follows. In the LORDS : — Preambles proved.—Cork and Bandon ; Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ; Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct and Glasgow Southern Terminal; Midland Great Western (Ireland), (Extension from Athlone to Galway) ; Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin ; Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Rich mond to Windsor.) In the Commons : — Preambles proved. Caledonian (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow); Clarence and Leeds and Thirsk (Amalgamation) ; Eastern Union (Manningfree to Harwich) ; East Lancashire (Deviation and Rawtenstall Coal Branch) ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding (Burnley and Colliery Branches) ; Great Northern (Devi ation between Grantham and York), partly; Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-on-Tyne Junction Amend ment, &c.) : London and Blackwell : London; Brighton, and South Coast (London Bridge Termini Enlargement); Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station at Shef field), (Sheffield Canal Purchase) ; Midland (Extension from and near Leicester to Hitchin), (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction) ; Northern Counties Union (Devia tion.) CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY BILL.—Lord Rendlesham reported, that, in the case of the Chester and Holyhead Railway (extension at Chester and Holyhead, &c.) Bill, the committee had divided the bill into two, and had proceeded with such part of the same as had no reference to any works at Holyhead. That the additional capital required to be raised is £50,000, the amount of loan which they are empowered to raise being £16,666, when one half of the entire capital shall have been paid. up. That inasmuch as the objects of the bill are to en able the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to alter the levels of part of that line, and to make a short exten sion of it at Chester, it did not appear to the committee that 2d 3d 4th sth and 6th sections of the 99th " Standing Order " were applicable to the cas ; and that there did not appear to be any peculiar difficulty in effecting the pro posed alterations and extension. That the proposed al terations in the levels will involve the necessity of extend ing two tunnels, one of 290 yards : the length of the tun nel when so extended will be 530 yards, breadth 24 feet, and height 22 feet; and the other fora distance of 250 yards : the length of the latter when extended will be 400 yards, breadth 24 feet, height 22 feet : and also the con— struction of an additional tunnel 220 yards, breadth 24 feet, height 22 feet. The strata, the gradients, and the curves are, however, generally favourable—the steepest gradient being 1 in 100, and the smallest radius of a curve one mile where the levels are to be altered. That the length of the proposed extension of twenty-five chains, and the portion of the railway whereon the levels are to be altered is 201 miles ; and it is proposed. to construct the same on the narrow gauge of 4 feet 8 inches. But the committee are of opinion that the £50,000 capi tal required to be raised will be fully adequate for the con struction and completion of the proposed works; and that they are quite satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view, of the proposed extension. Lord Rendles ham further reported that they had divided and amended the preamble of the bill, so as to exclude all mention of the proposed harbour and extension railway at Holyhead ; and that they had examined the allegations of the bill as so amended, and found the same to be true: ' RAILWAY SPECULATION.—The select committee ap pointed to consider the propriety of suspending further proceedings on railway bills during the present session have made their report. We have the result in the shape of 11 resolutions. The Ist proposes to permit the pro moters of any railway bills in the present session, after the 2d reading, or after any subsequent stage, to suspend further proceedings, with the option of proceeding as from that point, with the same bill, in the next session. The 2d resolution provides for a return of the parliamentary deposits in the interim. The 3d opens a new field. A clause is suggested for insertion in every railway bill of the present and future sessions, " prohibiting the payment of any interest or dividend, in respect of calls (except the interest by way of discount on subscriptions pre-paid, agreeably to 8 Vic., c. 16, s. 24) out of the capital autho rised to be raised in such bill." The 4th resolution de clares that existing railway companies applying for powers to enter upon new works, shall furnish subscription con tracts for three fourths of the additional capital required. The sth embodies a prohibition of railway companies pay ing the deposits for a new line out of capital, raised for the purpose of one already sanctioned. The 6th declares that companies shall not be permitted to exercise their powers to purchase, sell, lease, or amalgamate (if acquired in the present session,) until they shall have paid up, and duly expended one-half of the capital they are au thorised to raise. The 7th resolution intimates th a t in future sessions "no powers of purchase, sale, lease, or amalgamation shall be contained in any act for the construction of a railway." The Bth declares that withoutchprupoofweersf thsehadllueneoxtpeanfdtietruwrae of rds be grante d s compall is of the capital authori se d t o be raised. The 9th res olution declares that hencef orwar d no railway to Av e permitted, except for the execution of its original line , guarantee the interest on shares issued to create additiona capital, or to guar a nt ee ren t or di v id en d t o an y other rail way company, until the guranteeing company shall have completed and opened its original line. The 10th and 11th resolutions provide that in future the capital of the amalgamated companies shall not exceed the sum of their capitals when separate ; and that when one railway is pa' chased by another, the addition made to its capital by the purchasing company shall not exceed that of the line pur chased, without regard to any premium paid on the pur' chase. Thus the report contains no allusion to any relaxa tion of the conditions, as respects time, under which the projects sanctioned in the last year and the present are to be completed. DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. On Thursday, a meeting of the provisional committee of shareholders in this rail way, was held at the Clarendon-rooms, Charles Holland , Esq., in the chair. Robertson Gladstone, and T. F. Ben nett, Esqrs., two of the newly-appointed Commissiaries of the company, were present. Mr. Beloe, the Hon. Secre tary, read the report, which stated that the committee, having obtained the confirmation of the sEveral arrangf ments, as intimated in their report of the 12th of April; considered their functions terminated. They acknowledge° the ready and cordial support of the shareholders, and eX pressed special obligations to Henry Harrison, Esq., one of their colleagues, for his kindness in proceeding to Hal' lan., at much personal inconvenience, to attend the se" cial geneial meeting, at which the appointment of ": Reid, Esq., to the office of Director in London, and that of Messrs. Robertson Gladstone, Elias Mosley, Thom Bouch, and T. F. Bennett, as new Commissaries, wh o ' conjointly with John Moss, Esq., form the resident Cony missaries in Liverpool, and who henceforward are m eta' bers of the London board, was confirmed ; and in additio n o which, a resolution was passed enabling the Director; to treat for the junction of the Dutch Rhenish Railirg" with the Prussian line, whereby a continuous communie tion with Cologne and the i n t er i or w ill h erea ft er b e ,_ob tained. To effect this, Mr. Leo Lippman has visits Prussia upon this important mission, and the commit , w" , trust that at an early meeti ng o f th e prop rietors a sche l33 will be submitted for their consideration and appro . "' Mr. Harrison also arranged with the head director that auxiliary office should be e s t a bli s hed i n Li ver p oo l, for tli es the use of the re s id en t C omm i ssar i es , t o w hi c h o ffi ce of all minutes will be regularly transmitted, and the n eigh' bouriug shareholders be enabled to obtain such inform s , tion and assistance as they may require. For the &i, ment of this object, the Liverpool Commissaries had ';' ) f quested the committee to secure the valuable servic e the present secretary, Mr. Beloe, and enquiries addrer, s ; to that gentleman will meet with his immediate attentlli c h The rigid examination that the concerns of the 13 in T Rhenish Railway have undergone, induced the coraP' ei, ,t 0 to consider that, despite of adverse circumstances, and tle delays which had occurred, there was every re asona°_, prospect of the ultimate success of the undertaking , P. vided it be carried out in its integrity, as originally pry jetted, and its resources fully developed. The balayiy, now in hand (including the bonds), exceeding in v _ a be £400,000, ought, in the opinion of the committee , til e available, and render further calls unnecessary, unt,', oa t entire railway shall be so nearly completed as to ho I % e a prospect of early and remunerating returns. After, b via s speaking, principally of a congratulatory character , resolved that the report should be printed, and cir among the shareholders, with a request that they the forward to Mr. Beloe their proxies to be used at th suing annual meeting of the company. 5,6 i expl of fl brir fron Nem Chu Mr. the <torn gro( the cart ante lovii into tion ultit den of long at 1 bets Nor of a into whe pita ted, am pen on Phi foil Coi ent Ed ass kil Cat obi del Wi unt sha broi to ) had Th.( rett jug, pear ing i Dom kins misi Opp ( znov the until forix thre in tli schei it rat estin