The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

Emprriat -Vultainent. +Ow HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY Parliament was this day opened by the Queen in prr son, -and a description . of the ceremony we have given elsewhere. It is scarcely necessary now to give her Ma jesty's speech in extenio, and we shall therefore content ourselves with an outline. Her Majesty after alluding to thedearth of provisions which prevails in Ireland and in parts of Scotland,"• recommends her Parliament "to take into serious consideration whether, by increasing for a limited period the' facilities for importing eorn from foreign countries,- and* by the admission of sugar more freely into breweries and distilleries, the supply •of food may be beneficially augmented." Her Majesty then di reets their earnest• consideration to tire permanent condition of Ireland," and states that " various measures will be laid beford'thern, Which if adopted, may tend to raise 'the great mass of people in comfort, to ;pi omote agriculture, and to lessen-the pressure of that competition for land which hai been the fruitful source of mime and misery." The merrier of the Infanta of .Spain is merely mentioned as having given rise to a correspond- ence 'between 'the' British Government and these of France and Spain. The extinction of Cracow 'is called " a rnatoYest violation of the treaty of Vienna;" against which•har Majesty'has pretested. Her Majestrempresses a hope that the hostilitiesin the River Plate will soon be terminated; and after stating that she has ordered every reqiiiSite preparation to beernade for putting into Dpera tion,the act of last sessiern for recovering small' debts, reoommen s for improving the Health of " Deeply sensible of the bless- in g measari Towns, thus condudes, ings w ter,a season Ot cal vouchsafed to this nation' by a superintending Providence, I confide•these important matters to your care, in 'a full conviction that your discussions will be guided by an im partial spirit, and in the hope that the present sufferings of my people may be lightened, and that their future condition may be improved; by your deliberative wisdom." Lord BATHERTON moved the address, which was as - usual an echo of thespeech, and Lord CAREW seconded it. Lord STANLEY said that as Ministers had wisely ab stained from introducing into her Majesty's Speech any topics which•were likely to lead to discussion, it would be unnecessary for him, ai the commencement of the ses- Sion, to raise any bate which might embarrass them, particularly as under existing circumstances they were fairly entitled to forbearance. The fact of their being in possession of power arose from no act of their own ; there ;were many in office against .their wishes ; in the trying position in which they were placed, they were entitled to did, and so long as they abstained from tampering with the llinstitutions of the country they should have the for bearance of him and those who acted with him.. In her Majesty's Speech there was nothing to give rise to hostile therein made to the financial condition of the country. It was very apparent that the t hancellor of the Exchequer . • , , •„ anust,,soon rain premium on Exchequer-bills rangea, some time ago, as ;Ugh as Sss., but now they were down to ss. and 6s. This subject,required the most serious-attention; but he would then content himself by calling Attention to the fact. With respect to our foreign relations, the noble lord ex pressed his regret that the former good understanding be tween France and England had - beenaltered for the worse, as was evident from the whole tone-of the correspondence respecting-the Montpensier marriage. He differed from both Lord Palmerston and M. Guizot as to the construc tion put by them on the Treats , of Utrecht, although it • • • nv , V., ILJZ, 1."....141,4 1.1...0 4, • pensier match was brought about was a slight and a dis kourtesy to England, which could hardly have happened had not the tone hetween the two countries been altered ()wing to the events of the last few months. As to the occupation of Cracow, that would probably not have taken -nlaee had not the misunderstanding between France and could not he exaggerated, and was sure that no sacrifice and no effort could be proposed which would not be cheerfully responded to by Parliament and the people of Great Britain. He anticipated no difficulty to the grant- iovernmen had done, as they had 1;L taken by surprise by the ex tent of the distress, and as they were surrounded by diffi culties, one of which, and not the least, was the difficulty of acquiring correct information. Under existing cir cumstances, any measures that should be proposed to • • laws and the navigation laws, would not, in his opinion, be objectionable, but he believed that the agriculturists would he justified in pressing on the Government a modi fication of the malt-tax, should sugar be admitted for use in our breweries and distilleries. The house was then addressed by the Marquis of Lans downe and Lord Brougham, and the address was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY At four o'clocl Russell and his c s, of course sat on the ministe- in the front ranks of the opposition ; Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. E. Banks, and Mr. Smith O'Brien, (the leader of Young Ireland), were also on the same benches. Sir R. H. Inglis, and some of the Protectionist members, were seated beneath the gangway. _ _ _ The address was moved by Mr. C. Howard, and se conded by Mr. Ricardo. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN dwelt on the state of Ireland and the inefficiency of the means adopted to meet the terrible emergency which presented itself. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, there was no other course open to the government than the one which they had pursued, unless they had at once interfered with the trade and commerce of the country, which would have only had the effect of increasing the calamity. Lord GEORGE BENTINCR assured the government that the advocates of the Protection policy had no intention of making Ireland the battle-ground of party. They felt that the present government had succeeded to the admi- nistration of Ireland at a time of extraordinary c ierefore they felt that it was due to t 'D examine its he governmen Ireland demanded sympathy, ana it was the resolution of the Protection party to give their calmest and best consi deration to any measures that might be proposed for the alleviation of the calamity. But while disposed to cast a lenient eye upon the conduct of the government, he was not prepared to admit that the measures which they had already taken were such as he could. approye. It was impossible to view the poor employment afforded as an effectual remedy ; whilst upwards of 400,000 persons were constantly employed, the works they wrought upon were worse than useless. As to the non-interference with trade, such a maxim of political economy might be good in ordinary times, but when an unexampled calamity afflicted the country, the harsh rules of such dogmas should be relaxed, and the government should not have hesitated to do so. It was perfectly unreasonable to have expected merchants and retailers to have sprung up at once in Ireland in numbers sufficient to have provided ample and cheap food for the people. Lord George Ben thick emphatically disclaimed all idea of a compact, as supposed to exist between the Protection party and par liament, relative to the existing 4s. duty on corn ; the Protection party acknowledged no such compact, and therefore the government were free to propose the re moval of the 4s. duty if they thought fit. Should the go vernment propose the temporary removal of this 4s. duty, the Protection party would not oppose it ; but it was thtir firm persuasion that its removal would give no benefit to the consumer. The Exchequer would lose the duty, and every farthing would go into the pockets of the corn mer chants and forestallers. Should the government also think fit to propose the admission of sugar for the use of breweries and distilleries, the Protection party would offer it no opposition, although from such a measure they had little expectation of benefit. Should a temporary inter ference with the navigation laws be proposed, the Pro- tection party would not oppose it, though they believed such a remedy had come too late. Let the government, if they wished really to apply a remedy, throw aside the rigid principles of political economy, purchase corn wherever they could get it, and let them employ her Ma jesty's ships in carrying these supplies into the ports of Ireland. An experienced captain had informed him that there were eight ships of the line now available, which in forty-eight hours could be got ready, with which, in ten weeks, 80,000 quarters of grain could be brought into our ports. These, and four such voyages between this and harvest, would be no mean supply, and would go far in reducing the price of grain to a moderate rate. Lord George Bentinck expressed his deep regret that anything should have occurred between the governments of France and England to interrupt the amity that existed between them. He did not believe the people of England sympa thised at all with the foreign minister on the question that had arisen. The commercial part of the country would have been better pleased if the noble lord had turned his attention to the Spanish carrying trade instead of to the Spanish marriages. As to the grave charges made in the Royal speech against the great sovereigns with whom we fought the battle of European peace, Lord George Bentinck expressed his regret that such condem nation had been thought necessary. The idea of brand ing the occupation of Cracow as a manifest violation of the treaty of Vienna was preposterous. How many times had the treaty of Vienna been violated ? What was the severance of Belgium from Holland ? Lord George, for himself, declared he felt no sympathy for the people of Cracow, the peaceable portion of whom were themselves delighted at the change. On the part of the Protection party, the noble lord gave notice, that unless the govern ment should bring forward some comprehensive measure of general utility for Ireland, he would himself do so. Sir R. H. INGLis said the only error, if any, which he could see, was that of excessive concern on the part of the government and of the people of England for the state of Ireland. Scotland was exposed to similar privations, and had endured them with a most admirable degree of patience.. (Very general cheering from both sides of the house.) _ Loral J. RUSSELL said that had government adopted the principles advocated by the Irish members, they must have taken upon themselves the responsibility of support ing the whole population of Ireland, in which case, by competing with private capital in the market, they would have grievously increased the evil. He commented shortly, but severely, on the course pursued by Austria towards Cracow, and concluded by an appeal to the sym pathies of all parties in favour of the Irish people. Sir R. PEEL alluded to the Montpensier marriage, and said he apprehended that the correspondence published res pecting it were only partial, and that the noble lord would pl ac e before the house much fuller information. He deeply regretted the recent occurrences at Cracow, which were a virtual departure from the treaty of Vienna, for which there was no jus t ification. With respect to Ire land, he well knew the embarrassing position in which the government was placed, and he was therefore prepared to extend to it every allowance and consideration. He was 1 40 prepared to give his cordial support to any temporary fires proposed by the government for the purpose of res cuing the people from a state of starvation. Lord PALMICASTON replied, after which the address was agreed to. mittße HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEILNEsaAT Mr. ENVART moved that committees on all private as well as railway bills, should consist of five members, mei ther ptrsonallrnor indirectly interested in the question submitted to their consideration On a division, the mothm was lost by a majority 01 '67 In answer to a question from Mr. O'Brien, Mr. GrasoN said that the state of the agricultural districts was under the consideration of government, and a bill en the subject would shortly be submitted to Parliament. On the motion of Mr. PARKER, the following members were nominated the -select committee on standing orders : Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Ord, Lord DalmerryrSir Robert Ferguson, Mr. 'Wilson Patten, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr.. Aglionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Home Drum mond, Mr. Wrightson, mnd Mr. Sotheron. Mr. CHRISTOPUEIC : asked if it was the intention of .go vernment to. allow" th 3 use of sugar in , digtilleries and breweries to be a permanent or only a temporary measure? Lord J. RUSSELL said, a resolution would be moved for allowipg the use 'of frigar in distilleries and breweries, which, of course, would be fully discussed, awl if it was agreed to, a bill would be brought in to carry the xesolu ticaa into effect. HOUSE OF COMMONS -THURMAN LordfanßussELY in committee of thevlaole•House, explained his reasons for proposing to suspend the navi zation laws till thefirst of. November next, and the.duties on corn till the Ist of September, 1847. On the termina tion of the last' harvest the prospect was that the harvest of'.wheat would be below the average of ,ordivary years, barley, and also of oats, Wouldbe deficient in some parts of tie ernintry. /The arentect. &Mins_ linvavver. was that of .the potato crop r wach was considerable in England— still greater in Scotland—and the greatestof all in Ireland, where three-quarters, of the crop, according to some cal culations, and at anymate one-half, had been lost. There had been, last year, -a great importation of foreign corn,, amounting altogether to 4,800,000 quarters. The prices of corn in October and November did not show any con siderable apprehension That there would be any great de ficiency.; but from that time there had been a ,consider able rise as compared with the prices at the time of the harvest. -In the first•week of August wheat was-at 475. a quarter—in the fir Ost week of September it was s. It had risen in the first week of January to 645.., in the second week to 665. 10d., •and on the 16th of. January to 70s. 3d. Haying quoted the price of wheat, he proceeded to show -that the rise in barley had been still greater.. In the first week of Januaty, 1842, it was 295. id. ; in the same•week in'lB43 it was 265. sd. ; in 1844, 325. id. , in 1845, 345. 2d. ; and in 1846, 31s. 11d. In the first week of January, 1547, it was 445. 3d. ; in the second week, it was 465. sd. ; and in the third week it was 505., and this independently of .the price _of barley for malting, which value of the potato crop which had failed in parts of Scotland and Ireland at twelve millions sterling. The Germany other parts of Western Euro was, therefore, ageneral effort made by all to obtain a supply. The duties on the importation of foreign grain had been remitted in France, Belgium, and many of the countries bordering on the Rhine ; whilst in several of those states laws had been passed prohibiting the expor tation of corn. The 'stock of corn at Dantsic at present was small ; and, being so, the sellers expected higher prices. There were only two quarters from which a sup ply could be obtained, ,Odessa and the United States. From the first France had obtained supplies to the amount of 700,000 quarters, but in the spring there was every -qsp that a J ---,lv of vr , i- be prospect _ - Large supply of grain woul4 sen. to that port from the interior of Russia. In the United States there had been an abundant harvest both of wheat and of Indian corn, but hitherto much of that supply had not come to this country. Now, such being the state of the supply, and suc h b e i ng the deficiency, we ought to I e remove every impediment to the_ introduction of foreigi! The 4s. d prevented a la.ge supply of foreign corn from coming into Great Britain : but, while there was a strong competition for corn, it might make a considerable difference in future as to the quantity of grain brought here or sent elsewhere. He therefore proposed that all duties ,on the importation of foreign corn should be suspended till the lsi of Sep tember next, and should leave it to parliament hereafter to consider whether it would continue that suspension or not. He then adverted to the subject of the Navigation Laws, which were at present an impediment to the impor tation of foreign corn, owing to the price of freight. The want of shipping was enhanced at present in• tiie United States by the necessity of engaging ships to carry troops - and munitions of war to Mexico. V The noble lord then stated to the house the advance in the price of freight at present over the ordinary price of freight from the Danube, from Odessa, from the United States, and from the Baltic. The advance with regard to freights to Ireland was still more remarkable, and, as a proof of it, he would merely mention that the freight from London to Cork had risen from Is. to 3s. 3d. He therefore thought that in suspend- ing•the Navigation Laws we should diminish the price of tries, which might then be engaged in transporting grain to this country and to Ireland. He, therefore, proposed to suspend the Navigation Laws till the Ist of November next. The noble lord then concluded by moving that it be en instruction to the chairman to ask for leave to bring in a bill to suspend the duties on corn till the Ist of Sep tember, 1847. The motion was seconded by Mr. G. Bankes, and after a short debate, carried without a division. _...i. HOUSE OF COMMONS, -FRIDAY The Corn Law Suspension Bill passed through coin- In committee on the Nuvigation Bill, Mr. MITCHELL moved an amendment, the effect of which would be that all vessels arriving with corn in a British port after the Ist of September would nevertheless be ad mitted, provided it could be satisfactorily shown that she had sailed from her port of loading a reasonable time in proportion to the length of the voyage prior to the Ist of Septem liscussion, Mr. F. BARING said that the amendment was unneces sary, as a discretion was always vested in the Treasury, which would doubtless be judiciously exercised by the Government, Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the amendment, thinking that a limited period would he likely to make merchants more rapid in procuring cargoes. At the same time he would exercise the same discretion as had heretofore been exercised by the Treasury in cases such as had been re ferred to. A desultory conversation ensued, which terminated in a division, negativing the amendment by a majority of 118 to 50. The bill then went through committee. The house then went into committee on the Customs and Excise Acts, and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved resolu tions with a view to allow the use of sugar in breweries and distilleries. The right hon. gentleman entered into very minute details in order to show that, under the new state of things, there would be ample security against any frauds on the revenue. He also proposed a resolution re commending that the differential duty on colonial rum should be reduced from one shilling to sixpence, which would have the effect of putting a stop to the manufac ture of a spurious article which was now consumed in this country to a considerable extent. Lord G. BENTINCK said that these measures were cer tainly not open to the objections which he had always entertained against the free admission of foreign produce into this country ; but he nevertheless thought that all these details required more consideration than could be given to them that evening. He would, therefore, sug gest that the proposed measures should be passed as tem porary ones only, and that the right hon. baronet should again bring them forward as permanent ones at a later period of the session. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN said he was greatly disappointed at the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which, in his opinion, would not lessen the consumption of grain in the manufacture of spirits or of beer. Mr. D. CALLAGHAN said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer overlooked a most material fact—namely, that in Ireland and Scotland, under the proposed regulations, the differential duty on rum would be practically reduced to lid. or 2d. Now, however anxious they may be for free trade, it was scarcely fair to Ireland and Scotland to expose them to such a competition, while refusing them the privilege conceded to the West India colonists of dis tilling from molasses. This he thought the right hon. gentleman would see the necessity of altering in com mittee. Mr. BANRES supported the suggestion of Lord G. , Bentinck. Mr. GOULBURN contended that the measures should be permanent, as they stood upon grounds wholly different from those on which they were acting in refer ence to the corn importation and navigation laws. Mr. WODEROUSE said these measures ought to be only temporary until they should have time more fully to con sider them. If they were necessary to meet the present exigency, let ministers take them for a time, thus leaving to the house an opportunity for reconsidering their tendency. After a discussion, in which Mr. FINCH, Mr. D. BARCLAY, Lord G. BENTINCR, and other hon. members took part, Lord J. RUSSELL regretted to feel himself compelled by a sense of public duty, to decline acceding to the re quest of Lord George Bentinck, whom otherwise he would most willingly have obliged, owing to the fair and candid manner in which he had received every proposi tion of the government during the present session. It was not, however, intended to hurry this bill through Parliament, as circumstances compelled them to do with the corn and navigation acts. Lord G. BENTINCK said he was satisfied with the ex planation, and would take the sense of the house upon the question of the permanency of the bill on one of its future stages. Mr. B. Escorr commented on the cordiality which ap peared to subsist between Lord George Bentinck and Lord John Russell, and which appeared already to have led the former to have made a sham fight for the reduction of the malt tax—thus selling the farmer, notwithstanding the score of dinners at which he had been an honoured guest, and the establishment of an anti-malt-tax-league, of which he was the president, he believed, for he (Mr. Escott) had never been invited to join it. (Loud and ironical cheer ing from the opposition benches.) Lord G. BENTINCK said he hoped that the long friend ship which had existed between himself and Lord John Russell would continue for many years, however strong might be their political opposition. (Cheering.) He would assure the honourable member for Winchester that any league of which he (Lord G. Bentinck) was a presi dent would never invite him (Mr. Escott) to join it, unless it was their wish that it should be betrayed. (Loud cheers from all parts of the house.) Some smart sparring took place between Mr. FERRAND and Mr. Escorr, which terminated the discussion, and the resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were agreed to. The house then resumed, :and the Corn Law,Suspen sion Bill and the Navigation Laws Bill were severally read a third time and passed.. Lord -John RussELL.movea for the appointment of -a select committee to inquire .into the law of settlement. He thought it right-to say that Government did sot think it necessary to.taka any step in reference to the re- . port of the select committee on the Andover inquiry, un less some hon. member should think fit to bring the case under the consideration of the house, in which event. he -would be prepared to state his opinion upon the subject.. He admitted that the Poor Law Amendment Act had not been -carried out to the satisfaction of Parliament, and the Government had, therefore, resolved,to propose, that the board should bed re-constituted with .a president, having permission to have a seat in the House of Commons. There should be also two secretaries, one of whom should have a seat in the hduse, in order to give all necessary explanations, should thewesident not have a seat. The rules.of the board should have no effect until sanctioned by the Queen in Collodi, and the administration" di the poor law in Ireland should be wholly separate from that of England. The proposition of the noble lord appeared to be very generally approved of, ;and after a short discussion, in which Mr. Bankes, - Mr. Hume, Mr. V. Smith, .Sir. Pakington, and Sir G. Glew took part, Mr. FERRAND said he heaved there was some troth in the report circulated during the last few days, that itrwas the intention of the Government to shelter the poor law commissioners from that punishment which they had not hesitated to visit upon !Their own subordinates. They would, however, be much mistaken if they thought the people of England would be thus easily satisfied. The hon. gentleman referred to the criminal information moved for against him by Mr. Lewis; one of the poor lc.w commissioners, the rule for which was made absolute last November, but in which no step had been taken until he moved for papers on Wednesday evening, preparatory to moving for a committee of inquiry into their conduct next Thursday. He was next day served with a notice that the information was filed, :which was nothing less, in his opinion, than an attempt to intimidate him from the per formance of his duty in parliament. He challenged the parties to go on, and he pledged himself to resign his seat if 'he did not come out of the ordeal with honour. Mr. ETWALL regretted he course taken by ministers with respect to the Andover inquiry. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that, unless they could render the poor law more popular, neither the president nor the seerotary would ever be able to get returned to parliament. After some further discussion, the motion was agreed to. E LIVE It Pi) 0 L STTIVIOTR N+IRCEffF. HOUSE OF LORDS.-SATURDAY Lord STANLEY expressed his regret that the proposed bill for the allowing the use of sugar and molasses in dis- sure,•sne a select committee, be referrec The noble lord also wished to in- quire-what would be the course pursued on Monday by the Marquis of Lansdown, with respect to the Irish policy of the-Government ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE assured the noble lord that the house should have ample opportunity of considering the Sugar and Molasses Bill. With regard to the Irish policy, he had already stated that his intention was to move for certain papers on Monday ; vn which occasion it would be competent for any noble lord, if he chose, to raise a discussion on the whole Irish question. Lord BROUGHAM was anxious to know when the mea sures referred to by the Marquis of Lansdowne would come on ; and, passing to the poor law, dilated on the sat down expressing his hope that central superintendence, the corner-stone .of .the system, would not be interfered with. The Marquis of LANSDWNE explained, that it was not the intention of the government to impair the efficacy of the original bill, but solely to give additional facilities to RAIL W AFFAIRS. The sale of the Stockton and Hartlepool to the Leeds and Thirsk for £240,000 has been unanimously confirmed. The Taw Vale, having declined alliance with the Bristol and Exeter, have concluded an agreement for lease to the South Western, the latter guaranteeing 5 per cent. It is now decided that the submarine electric telegraph shall be laid down across the channel from England to France. By the proposed extension of the Eastern Counties Railway to Guildford-street, Gray'slnn-road, from Tot tenham, the Middlesex House of Correction will be con verted into a railway terminus. The Railway Tit;zes says that " the attempt to re-open negociation between the London and North Western and Great Western Companies are likely to prove unsuc cessful." A few days since, when Captain Coddington, the new inspector-general of railways, was proceeding by a special train from London to Exeter, a speed of seventy-two miles an hour was obtained on some parts of the way. The Doncaster and Peterborough Loup of the Great Northern Railway has been let to Messrs. Peto, to be completed by the Ist Feb. 1848, under a penalty of £lOOO per week for non-performance of contract. The Queen's Speech was received in Sheffield by elec tric telegraph by five o'clock on the evening it was deli vered. The London and North-Western Railway will soon ena le us in Liverpool to use even greater despatch than this.] _ FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, as a girl (aged twenty) was attempting to cross the Eastern Counties line, at the Whittleworth station, an express train rushed upon, and instantaneously killed her. Her head and one arm were completely severed from If& body. The special meeting of the Reading, Guildford and Rei gate came to no results, and was adjourned to give the directors the opportunity of concluding, if possible, an agreement with the South-Eastern to lease the whole line at 41. per cent. and half profits. The Great Western, the North Western, and SOUth Western Railway Companies have offered the ASsociation for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, to convey on_their respective lines, without charge, the supplies of food, &c., which the association may send for shipment at the various ports of Liverpool, Bristol, and Southampton. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning, before day light, on the line of the Liverpool and Bury Railway, now in the course of formation, a waggoner fell across the line of rails, and his waggons ran over him, when one of his legs was cut off, and the other shockingly mangled. He was instantly.removed, and surgical aid procured, but he shortly after expired. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The Corpora tion of Preston intend offering a determined opposition io the East Lancashire Company having a separate entrance into Preston, by crossing the valley of the Ribble and making a new bridge. The reasons alleged are the non necessity of the undertaking, and the serious manner in which it would interfere with the proposed public walks. CHESTFR AND HOLYHEAD.—The two first miles of the line out of Chester being completed, the use of it has been granted to the North Wales Mineral and Chester and Birkeithead at £2OOO per annum, which sum is to be increased to £2500, if the combined traffic of the two companies amounts during the period of its rental (six months) to £31,200, The portion of the line in question forms the connecting link between the railways which now enter Chester. • ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY —As the nine o'clock train on Friday morning, was proceeding from Liverpool to Manchester, owin g , we believe, to the accumulated snow, it ran off the line about Rainhill. In the last carriage was Mr. Jack, of the Com mercial Bank of Liverpool, and several gentlemen .going as a deputation on the affairs of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway. This carriage was thrown into collision with another standing by, and the consequence was a severe fracture, of one of Mr. Jack's legs. Mr. Jack was immediately brought back to Liverpool, where he received prompt surgical assistance, and we understand he is doing well. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —An ex press train, conveying the Queen's Speech, left the Euston station, on Tuesday, at 22 minutes past 1, and reached the Leighton station, 41 miles distant, at precisely 2 minutes past 2, having thus travelled 41 miles in 40 mi nutes ? From Leighton to Wolverton it followed the half-past 12 o'clock stopping train, and was also delayed at Weedon by a goods' train, a t Rugby to set down a pas senger, and near B ran d on by overtaking the 11 o'clock train from London which it followed slowly to Birming ham ; but, notwithstanding these delays, the 112 k mil es were performed in 2 3 / 4 . hours. Exclusive of the delays, th e speed throughout was 60 miles an hour while running free A meeting of 3000 persons was held at Glasgow, on Wednesday, for the purpose of strengthening the hands of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Directors in per severing in the discontinuance of Sunday trains. Hugh Cogan, Esq., occupied the chair, and the platform was crowded by an array of all denominations of clergy, be sides a great number of highly respectable gentlemen of the city. Among the clergymen on the platform, were the Rev. Dr. Hill, Professor of Theology in the University of Glasgow, Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, Rev. Dr. Reid, Professor of Church History in the University of Glasgow, Rev. Dr. Smyth, Rev. Dr. King, Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Rev. Dr. Symington, Rev. Dr. Willis ' Rev. Dr. Bates, Rev. Dr. Black, Rev. Dr. Craik, &c. &c. ' NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.-0111' readers will see that the Northern Counties Union (late the York and Carlisle and Yorkshire and Glasgow Union) is a sort of cross or diagonal line, uniting the Lancaster and Carlisle on the west with Mr. Hudson's line on the east. It:ex tends from the Lancaster and Carlisle at Tebay to the Darlington line at Bishop Auckland, and from the Leeds and Thirsk line at Thirsk to the Lancaster and Carlisle line at Clifton. It has 119 miles sanctioned, and has powers to raise £3,000,000. They will see that these lines form a sort of transverse table, by which some of the traffic of the eastern lines may be transferred' to the western, or vice versa. On this account both lines attach importance to them, beyond what would, in all probability, be their intrinsic importance, looking only to their own local traffic. Our readers will also find another group of lines, adverted to at the meeting, and which have a similar character—the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-on - Tyne Junction (with which is amalgamated the Lancashire and North Yorkshire,) extending from Preston and from the Leeds and Bradford to the Richmond branch of the Great North of England, promoted by the Manchester and Leeds Company, and proposed to be Amalgamated with the Northern Counties Union, the total length being 50 miles, with a capital of £1,400,000. In this mass of lines it will readily be imagined that some economy ought to be exercised, and that it is most desirable that in carrying out the joint scheme, the greatest amount of accommodation should be given at much less expense than was proposed in the fever of last year. A reduction of cost and of capital is accordingly proposed, and the great subject of discussion was, which lines should have the preference in construction. The report of the directors to proceed with their proposed reductions, was carried by a considerable majority, and the proposal for amalgama tion was also carried.—Railway Chronicle. FOREIGN 6• :COL ONIAL INTELLIGENCE. OVERLAND MAIL FROM CALCUTTA, The Calcutta mail of the Bth of December has been re ceived by extraordinary express, with papers from Bombay of the 15th of December; Madras, 18th of December; and China, the 26th of November. The news brought by this mail is in the main unimportant. The Punjaub re mains tranquil, and the British army, it was said, would, about the middle of December, march from Lahore. It is rumoured that it will make a halt some march or two from the capital to. watch the immediate results of its re tirement before falling back on Ferozepore. Just as it was supposed, the most satisfactory conclusions had been attained. It is stated that unquestionable evidence has transpired of there baying been an understanding betwixt the Rajah Lall Sigh, Vuzeer at Lahore, and Sheik Emaum-ood-deer, the Cashmerian insurgent leader, with the purpose of keeping Gholab Singh from taking posses sion of his new dominion. Should this prove well grounded, it will materially affect the concluding portion of our arrangements. Lord Ha;dinge was still within our lately acquired dominions, in , progress to the westward. Lord Gough had left Simla for Urnballa. A hurricane of unusual violence, by which much loss has been occasioned to the shipping interests, occurred.at Madras on the 25th November. Similar visitations at this season of the year are frequent on the eastern side of India, from Calcutta to the line ; they are almost unknown in the Arabian sea, on the western shore of the peninsula. The weather was becoming cool and pleasant. THE BOMBAY MARKET, DECEMBER 15, 1846.—The dulness which prevailed in our 'import market, at the close of our last issue; has continued unabated throughout the fortnight. The exchange continues at 2s. :Id. to 2s. id. AMERICA Boston accounts to the sth instant inclusive have been received by the packet-ship Anglo-Saxon, Captain Gor don, which arrived in the Mersey on Saturday, after a remarkably short run of eighteen days. The House of Representatives on the 2nd instant re- Solved, that "it was inexpedient to levy any duty on tea and coffee." The decision of the house was given with out debate. . The accounts with regard to the war add little to our previous intelligence. General Scott had left New Orleans for Tampico. Dates from that port to the 19th December mention a report that a large body of troops had been seen in the vicinity of the town. Accounts from the Rio, Grande state, that large bodies of troops were advancing, or about to advance, en route to Tam pico. General Taylor was to leave Monterey for the same destination about 10th December, rid Victoria. It was reported that General Unzrea, with a Mexican force of 6 0 000 cavalry, was at Victoria. ( ileneral Worth re mained at Saltillo, and General Wood at Paoras. Ru mour stated that Santa Anna had 22,000 men at San Luis de 'Potosi. Much sickness existed among the troops at•Matamoras. The state of Tobasco, resenting the neglect with which the central Government treated it when recently attacked by Commodore Perry, had issued a " pronunciamento" declaring its independence. Yucatan appeared still to be struggling amid constitu tional disorders. Campeachy had " pronounced" for the independence of the department. Montreal journals of the 30th ult. add nothing to our previous accounts. Havana accounts to the 20th December had been received A Yucatan schooner had managed to elude the Ameri can man-of-war cruising off the port by hoisting English colours and so passed into the harbour. PORTUGAL Accounts from Lisbon to the 11th instant represent that considerable progress had been made towards the pacification of the entire Country. The provinces of Es tremadura, Algarve, Lower Beira, and Tras-os-Montes were entirely tranquilized, and the road from Lisbon to Coimbra perfectly clear of guerillas, the telegraphs and posts being again established. Saldanha had marched northward from Coimbra, where he had met with a bril liant reception, as far as ,Joaninho, on the road to Oporto. Our accounts from Oporto are to the 13th instant. On the 3d Das Antas entered that city, where the remnant of his army joined him on the 7th. The regular troops there numbered only a thousand, and the whole number under arms in Oporto was between twelve and thirteen thousand. Viana bad declared for the Queen ; the rebels were deserting the country and gathering in Oporto. Most of their leaders were there : among them General Barad da Almagern, and Conde da Tiapa. The Miguelites were fast joining them. A Spanish letter states that Don Miguel had been proclaimed King by the insurrectionary junta, but this statement needs confirmation. SWITZERLAND. The internal agitation of Switzerland, proceeding from the collision of the Liberal and Jesuitical parties in the cantons, continues. The seat of the Federal Legislature and Executive being now established, by the usual rota tion, in the canton of. Berne, where the . Liberal party is predominant, the representatives of the northern powers, to check any manifestation which might favour the Libe rals, addressed to the Vorort a threatening note, which has provoked a strong and dignified reply. The execu tive council of Berne has protested against all foreign in tervention in the internal affairs of the country, and has declared, as far as regards these, it acknowledges no au thority save that of the confederate cantons. Meanwhile a system of terrible re-action seems to be menaced in Friburg. L' Union Suisse, a journal of that city, in the interest of the Jesuitical party, loudly demands a system of persecution against the Protestant Liberals. " The Government," it says, " has been in too much haste to dismount she scaffolds ; some of them must be re-con structed to hang the chiefs of the revolution, and to con sign them and their adherents to infamy." The French government has prohibited the exportation of pulse and potatoes during the next six months. •The Queen of Spain has conferred upon her chief phy sician, Don Pedro Castello, the singular title of Marquis of Health (de la Salud.) Mr. Henry Edward F. Young, for many years Govern ment Secretary in British Guiana, has been promoted to the Governorship of the Eastern district of the Cape of good Hope. Official news has been received in Berlin, that, by an Imperial mandate, Poland has ceased to exist, and that it is incorporated in the Russian empire. Consternation and mourning prevail in Warsaw in consequence. HA-sm.—The new constitution 'is partly monarchical and partly republican—it was partly the work of France. The President is elected for life ; the Legislature for nine years ; the Catholic religion the religion of the country, and no white man to become a citizen, hold office, or own real estate.—New York Sun. HONOUR AND MERIT.—The Queen of Spain has con ferred the star of Charles 111 upon her music-master ! She also, honoured Monsieur Bonet, her hairdresser, with the cross of the same distinguished order ! Not long ago Louis Phillipe sent the cross of the Legion of Honour to M. Felix Vouillon, a man milliner to the Queen, in Princes-street, Hanover-square ! Commercial letters have been received from Bahia of the 15th of December. A very large quantity of sugar, considering the period of the season, had been forwarded from the plantations, upwards of 10,000 cases being then in the warehouses. Ignorant, of course, of what is now passing in Europe, there were no buyers in the market. A very different tale will be told on the receipt of intelli-. gence to the present date. Fribourg, the most Catholic, except Lucerne, of all the Cantons, but isolated by situation from its confederates, and linked to the Protestant dependency of Morat, has been the scene of another outbreak of aimless and tur bulent Radicalism. The attempt, however, proved a fai lure : the Fribourg villagers rose en masse in support of the Government, and the insurgents were discomfited after a faint attempt at resistance. FIRST ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN CANADA.—About 12 o'clock on the 19 December, says the Toronto Globe, the telegraph commenced its operations between Toronto and Hamilton. The communication was open to all without payment, and many messages were sent from both ends of the line. One gentleman was informed that his bill was due at Hamilton, and many complimentary communications moved to and fro with lightning speed. The office was filled with crowds attracted by the novelty of the proceedings. POPULATION OF GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER IN 1841 The Manchester Guardian has, at the request of a cor respondent, furnished some interesting statistics on this point, deduced from the parliamentary census and other sources, correcting some errors that have appeared in the. columns of some of our contemporaries.corres pondent alluded to had given the numbers as stated by two papers, namely— Glasgow. Liverpool. M'nchster. Liverpool Mercury. 274,324 .. 282,656 .. 2367 Scottish Reformers' Gazette.. 274,533 .. 264 ,298 296,183 The difference between the two statements here given the Guardian explains as having arisen from mistake. The Mercury erred in omitting 209 persons of Glasgow, who live not in Lanarkshire, but Renfrewshire, which makes up the' difference between that and the Scotch paper. The Mercury is right as regards the population of the municipal borough of Liverpool, and the Scotch paper errs by including 1060 persons in that part of West Derby which is in the hundred of West Derby. The writer of the article points out other errors in the Scottish paper as regards Manchester, and gives the full particulars from the official returns of 1841, of which the following is an abstract : Glasgow and its large suburbs contained together (in June, IE4IO 274,533. Liverpool, (with an area of 530 0 acres,) including Tox teth-park, Everton, Kirkdale, and part of West Derby, had, at the same date, a population of 286,487—n0w pro bably 300,000 at least. Manchester, including all the immediate places or townships, covering an area of 6070 acres, had a popula tion of 353,390. The following is therefore nearly the correct state ment : Population in the year 1841 of Glasgow. Liverpool. Alanchester Municipal Borough 120,183 .. 286,487 .. 242,983 Parliamentary Borough 255,650 .. 282,656 .. 240,367 With Suburbs. 274,533 ... 294,651 .. 308,893 it follows, says the Guardian, from these and other statistics that of the three populous places under notice, in 1841, Glasgow was the least populous municipal borough, the second parliamentary borough in population, and had the smallest ag grega t e p o p u l a ti o n o f th e three. Liver pool was the most populous municipal borough, the most popul9us parliamentary borough, but only the second place in point of aggregate population. Manchester was the second municipal borough in point of population, the least populous parliamentary borough, but it had the largest aggregate population in 1841. IRELAND. There has been an increase 'of at lealt £20,000 excise revenue in Limerick, upon the consumption of spirits alone in the past year. The ship Jane, of Limerick, has been lost in the Bay :of Biscay. Mr. Taylor, a merchant of Kerry, and several of the crew, were droWned.' `The King of Hanover has transmitted for the relief of distress in Ireland, £lOOO, as a contribution of the Duke of Cumberland and the Chancellor of the University of Dublin. A gentleman acting as secretary to a relief committee in Dublin, committed suicide on Sunday se'nnight. He was of a very benevolent disposition, and declared he could not endure the harrowing misery he witnessed. PURCHASE OF ARMS.—A gentleman (says the Limerick Chronicle) returning from Tipperary to this city, on Saturday, counted in the hands of peasants returning from the market, 146 stand of fire-arms, supposed to be purchased in this city on that day alone. STAMVATION.—One of the male paupers admitted into the Tralee Workhouse on Tuesday, died next day, being unable to eat from intense exhaustion. On the post mor tem examination, not a trace of food could be found in his stomach. I NDIANMEAL.—An American gentleman named Cherri, who arrived at Cork on Sunday, offered to supply Indian meal .to any. amount, required to be delivered within three months, wind and weather permitting, at £l2 per ton. He offered the house of Barings, of London, as security for the fulfilment of his contract. At an inquest held at Galway, on a person who had died from want, the jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Lord John Russell and Sir Randolph Routh ! but the coroner refused to receive so preposterous a find ing. They were finally obliged to content themselves with the verdict that " deceased died from want and the inclemency of the weather." HORRIBLE CRIMES.—The Tipperary Constitution states that, on Sunday night week, four ruffians in disguise, and armed, entered the house of Michael Mullally, at James town, and found in it J. Mußally, aged 80, his nephew Michael, aged 60, and two women. They lighted candles, and demanded money. They beat the poor inmates, tor tured the women by attempting to hang and burn them to death, with a view to extort money. All the property the wretches obtained was but Is. 6d. in money, and some articles of trifling value. They have not yet been appre hended, and will probably, from the difficulty of identifi cation, escape punishment. BARBAROUS MURDER IN TIPPERARY.—On yesterday morning week, within a short distance of Nenagh, John Flynn, under steward of Richard W. Gason, Esq., of Richmond, was barbarously murdered. He was going to his employment, with an axe in his hand, to cut away some dumps that remained on the ground of a recent felling of trees in the fields, when the murderer came up, saluted him in the usual manner, and then immediately fired the contents of a pistol into his intestines. Flynn made a blow at the assassin, which struck and cut the pistol, and knocked it out of the murderer's hand, who then ran off. The wounded man was conveyed home, gave some information, and died soon after; butno trace of the murderer could be discovered. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—It being the leading actor's last appearance this season, there was a tolerable muster at Conciliation-hall on Monday. The proceedings were distinguished by their ordinary stupidity —not as much as one novelty to relieve the general dulness, except the mo dest announcement made by Mr. O'Connell that instead of £30,000,000, he means to demand a government grant of £50,000,000 to meet the Irish distress. Should Lord John Russell have the temerity to demur to this reasona ble proposal, he (Mr. O'Connell) was prepared to assist in putting him out, and reinstating Sir Robert Peel ; not that he has lost his preference for the former minister, but the £50,000,000 must be got at any sacrifice. The week's rent went up to £127 odd shillings and pence — famine and pestilence notwithstanding. IRISH RELIEF JOBBING.—A correspondent of the Times, who dates from Enniscorthy, county of Wicklow, discloses a shameful piece of jobbing done in that locality, in dispensing the money for the Irish Relief Works. After stating on one road there are 100 people employed. h e adds,—" they commence work at 9 a.m„ give up for dinner at 12 a.m., resume at 1 p.m., and are dismissed at half-past 3 p.m., thus working but four hours and a half in the day. The employment may be called a family af fair, as the hundred people do not belong to more than thirty families, and of these many are of farmers holding more than twenty acres of land (Irish,) equal to more than thirty English. There is one instance of a farmer who holds eighteen acres (Irish) of good land at 10s. an acre. His horse is employed at 2s. 3d. a day, and led by his wife : he is employed himself as a workman, and so are his two sons, each at ls. 2d. a day; making in all, for one starving family, the pretty sum of ss. 9d. per diem, or rather more than the pay of an ensign. This is by no means an exceptional case. Many families of labourers are receiving 3s, and 4s. daily for four and a half hours' work or idleness, whichever you choose to call it.' To this expenditure you have to add the pay of innumerable overseers, &c., who oversee, or overlook, everything." A VOICE FROM ST. JARLATRS.—Dr. Mac Hale has addressed another letter to the Premier, in the course of which he attempts to show that Ireland would have been in a much better position had she had an independent legislature. In answer to this the Dublin Mail says : ." Now not to talk at the unseasonableness of such a pro position, what would be our present state had the Union been dissolved twelve months ago, or were it to be dis solved on this day three weeks, under the feelings which must naturally either lead to, or be endangered by, such a consummation of national folly ? 'We should have our own Parliament sitting to legislate for our wants.' But without food, or without money of our own, how should we be the better of their empty resolves ? Will speeches fill the stomachs of the hungry—or votes fill our pockets with money ? Would England, severed from a discon tented sister, advance us her cash or her credit ? Would she purchase for us in the markets of the world, and pro vide us with shipping to convey the supplies to our shores ? Would the whole credit, and means of the wealthiest and most powerful nation of the earth be employed to provide for our present necessities ; and where is the other nation on the earth either able or willing to lend us enough, and on such reasonable and indulgent terms ; or to be to us what Great Britain now is, in our otherwise irremediable calamity ? The thought is not madness—it is not folly : it is wickedness—it is mischief; or, if not folly, it is in fatuation ;if madness, it wants even method.' Doctor Mac Hale would do better for himself and his country if he would study less to show himself off—and more to do justice to the merits of others." DREADFUL MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. — ROBBERY OF ARMS. — On Thursday morning last, as Mr. Edmond H. Wayland, of Ballywalter, pay clerk for the barony of Kilnemanagh, was proceeding through a monntaiay dis trict close to the boundary of Lord Hawarden's and the late Colonel purefoy's estates, accompanied by two police men, for the purpose of paying the men on the public work§, they were waylied by five or six armed ruffians, with their faces blackened, who rushed upon them from behind two piers, and immediately surrounded the car. Two or three of the fellows came round to the side where Mr. Wayland and one of the policemen were sitting; one of them put a gun to the policenian's head, and fired, killing him on the spot ; another of the gang put a gun to Mr. Wayland's breast, which he pushed aside—thus saving his life, as the gun went off without taking effect. The policeman who was sitting at the other side accounted for himself by stating that as he was in the act of standing up and turning round, he was • thrown down by the motion of the car, when he was seized by two of the ruffians, who took his gun from him. Mr. Wayland then, seeing that he had to fight his way alone, endea voured to save the money he had with him, amounting to about £llB. Previously he had fired off his two pistols, but could not say whether either shot had taken effect. He then went to the car in hopes of getting the murdered e policeman's carabine, but it had been taken His t c h h e i e car, f o j t e h c e t h n n o r s w ewnasf whichto sec ure continued the tin n e m d ot to go oney which n, on, the was driver having fled. He got on the car and drove off to the next hill, where the men were at work, and safely deposited he money in the house of the overseer of the district. the money in the house of the overseer of the district. We regret to state that as yet there has been no clue to discover the assassins.—Tipperary Constitution. FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF IRISH MISERY The medical officer of the Kanturk (Cork) Union, in his last report, dated the 15th instant, says 1790 persons find refuge in the workhouse built for 850 ; 502 in hospital (in fever alone of this number 210). On one of the last board days, the number of applicants for admission was 800. In this emergency the guardians, in addition to having taken a store in this town, are at this moment erec ting sheds to contain from 400 to 500 persons. The sanatory condition of the house was progressing favourably ' t s i at l t after reeachs convalescence of en a ; m o u a t l malignant ati 400 t character e tever patients, attacked c6 d i k7e f fdu diedts h e d e; i i t m se m lf ed am iate aa l g y survivors, which was of a decidedly contagious character. d re mortality n nt recently admitted, principally who s confinede constconstitutions u t t o i the n w e young The chil rb t r at h h e ne i r an o ds n t only garments. ptsh;, th e de bilitated by innutritive food and insufficient clothing, filthyprevious The a tte r t o a b d et u hn t eg s i rwn re ception, rags m , ivt ed on n o g were cepti o a n d , nearly exhausted, the peel formed their chief sustenance ; that dietary, coupled with extreme cold, induced dysen try, which terminated in low fever, and three of the assist , ant nurses have caught the infection ; the dissolution of one is fast approaching. Dr. Sweetnam, the dispensing physician at Skull and Ballidehob, in a letter, dated 14th January, to the Cork Constitution, says, " within the last few days, eight per sons here died of ctual starvation, and are as follows : Two children at Denlera, near Skull, three days without food ; Patrick Linehan, of Rosslum, near Skull, found dead in a field, two days without food ; John Driscoll, of Keelbronogue, near Skull, found dead on the road, two days without food ; John Coughlan, found dead on the road at Knuckroo, near Ballidehob, two days without food. Three persons named Cassidy, at Cove, near Skull, father, mother, and son, all in fever ; had no drink or food but salt and water, or any person to administer it. The old couple three days uninterred, and the son lay on the bare floor from Tuesday till Sunday, and so decom posed, when persons could be got to enter his house, that he was tarred and rolled up in a rag, and buried in the next field. In my opinion, if I can judge from the num berless persons dead, dying, and staggering, half the population must die before the Ist of May. I verily believe there is more real destitution in the parish of Skull than any other in Ireland, and regret to add that the dispensary patients —nosy f ive times their usual num ber—are so exhausted from disease and starvation, that medicine is almost useless. A gentleman, whose statements are entitled to the highest respect, gives a most deplorable picture of the condition of the county of Roscommon —a condition which represents it to be infinitely worse than Skibbe reen, or the most destitute parts of Mayo. He says that whole Tillages are depopulated, either by death or by the Jan. 26, 1847. flight of such as have the means of transport to England, Scotland, or America. He counted in one village ten ' houses together abandoned by their owners, the doors torn off their hinges, the window-sills taken out, the rafters burned for firing, and the very flagstone at the en , trance taken up and sold for a mouthful of food. An elderly man was sentenced to seven years' transportation for sheep stealing at the quarter sessions last week ; his appearance in the dock was that of a man reduced to the last agonies of hunger. He died in an hour after he re ceived his sentence. Numbers of young men, mere boys! with wan cheeks, relieved by a hectic flush, were indicted for similar offences, and equally pleaded guilty, in the hope of transportation or iipprisonment, or any punish.' ment rather than the lingering death they were daily un dergoing. The fortitude of the people, he says, almost surpasses belief; they endure their sufferings without murmur or complaint, and it is not until famine well nigh destroys reason itself, that they are driven to the commission of that species of crime which is just now so prevalent all over the country. The Sligo Champion records fifteen cases of death from hunger in a week in that small county. Accounts from Mayo are to the effect that deaths from starvation are becoming more numerous. The Castlebar Constitution enumerates no fewer than thirty cases of poor creatures thus perishing—including eleven who had died in the Tyrawly district. The details are too painful for perusal, and are but scantily given b the reortrs. "On Thurs day an inquest was held at y Ballyca p stle. e on the bodies of John and Thomas Jordan, father and son. In this case our correspondent says No pen can picture this scene of wretchedness and misery ; an aged woman gazing at the emaciated skeletons of her dead husband and son, and another son who looked as badly as the cold corpses of his father and brother. The last words the dying boy said were, Mother, wet my lips with warm water—l am cold with hunger.' Both expired at the same moment.' " In another case the deceased and his family had been living for three weeks on half a meal a day. In another, a family, ten in number, had been living for three - weeks on boiled water -tresses and salt. Two of the children died while the inquest was holding. Another person was found dead in a mud cabin, another on the roadside, and so on. The Cork Reporter says—" The people are perishing now, not in twos and threes, but in twenties in each pa rish, in hundreds in each barony. The pestilence is mow ing down the people faster than grass fell before the once strong and cheerful labourer." THE MENDICANT PATRIOT'S SYMPATHY WITH THE POOR. At the last meeting of the Repeal Association "The Rev. Mr. O'Carney said he had omitted to give the true reason why it was that subscriptions were not coining into the Association. The fact was he, and others he knew, who were Old Irelanders, would be ashamed to hand in money at such a crisis, when the people were starving around them; they felt it would be a mockery to come up to Dublin on depu tations to ask relief, and then to hand in their subscriptions." —(hear and cheers.) At the preceding meeting of the same body, the Roman Catholic priest of Achill made a similar revelation. - Is it possible that, in the face of such statements, Mr. O'Connell can have the effrontery —not to talk of the bar barous inhumanity—to continue his exactions on the poorest peasantry on the face of the earth, now suffering the aggravated miseries of famine and pestilence ? The only answer we (Dublin Mail) can give, is the dis gusting fact, that on that day the sum of £l2B 6s. 7d. was acknowledged, and lodged in the Tralee Bank, to the cre dit of Daniel O'C onne ll, E sq., M.P., sole Treasurer of the Repeal fund. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE, The Rev. Dr. Scoresby has been on a visit to W. Rath bone, Esq. The new church at West Derby—St. James'—of which the Rev. A. M Conkey is the.incumbent, was opened for divine service on Sunday last. It is hoped that Christ's Church Cathedral, Fredericton, will be completed in October next. There are now thirty clergymen of the Church of Eng land descendants from the Hebrew race, besides several hundreds of lay members. Last week immense meetings of the Evangelical Alliance . were held at Leeds, at which the Rev. W, W. Ewbank, of this town, delivered a very able address. On Saturday week the handsome residence of the Rev, W. Roy, D.D., the rectory, Skirbeck; Lincolnshire, was destroyed by fire, CHESTER. CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.—On Sunday week, the Rev. J. Lomas, curate of the parish church, Wigan, preached his farewell sermon, on his appointment to the incumbency of a new church, at Walton-Breck, on which occasion he pleaded the cause , of the ab ov e society, after which the sum of £23 were collected. Several admirers and friends of the rev. gentleiw have presented him with a handsome sum of money during the past week, as a token of their admiration and respect. CONDUCT OFTHE PERVERTS AT ST. SAVIOUR'S, LEEDS. —One of the results of the investigation instituted by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, into the proceedings at St. Sa viour's Church, Leeds, has been the ascertaining that, on the very eve of Mr. Macmullen and his confederates for marlly abjuring Protestantism, they obtained the keys of that church and therein celebrated a complete Roman Catholic service, in anticipation of the period when the church would be wholly in the hands of that communion ! This outrageous conduct, irrational as it may appear, nevertheless strikingly illustrates the obje c t o f th e O x f or d and Cambridge Architectural Societies, and of thos e o f i t n he ex cl p e e r n gy din w g ho rr a o re o d : a o il i y s d u r c o h pld,iencogrations off from our communion, and restorations;' they expect that, ere long, the restorations will snbserve - t t h c u H r . eh and T _ h State w eln G f a o z r te.• GOVERNMENT the purpose of promoting mediae va l forms and hasten the day of `' unio n:tv i Ro me t A h ND il T ; ' c ' CH u London correspondent of the Dublin Mail says ths,t_Lora John Russell has proposed to the Archbishop of Canter bury to create Manchester into a bishopric, giving to the new dignitary the usual seat in the House of Lords . , or, should the heads of the church prefer it, to create a num ber of new sees, those appointed not to have the honour of peerages. He adds.that it is for the purpose of deli berating upon these two propositions that a meeting of the prelates has been summoned by his Grace. What the object of the latter is, requires little skill to divine. It would be the first step towards ejecting the bishops alto gether from the House of Lords. The London Morning Herald says,—" A rumour has prevailed, during the last fortnight, that it is the intention of the government to propose the immediate establishment of six new bish oprics. The dissenters add, that it is also intended to' propose to make these new bishops spiritual peers. Very naturally they, who were demanding a short time since, the expulsion of the bishops from the House of Lords, now declare that their friends the Whigs have " lost their senses." The substantial part of this rumour we believe to have some foundation. It has been remarked that the Primate has lately had several interviews with Lord John Russell; and it is not to be supposed that such confer ences can have had reference to trifling or immaterial matters. THE BENCH AND THE BAR. SPRING ASSIZES.—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Baron Rolfe come the northern circuit ; Mr. Justice Coltman takes North Wales, and Mr. Justice Wightman South Wales. The members of the bar, who attend the Kirkdale ses sions, have subscribed to present the Rev. Jonathan Brooks with his portrait, which will be hung up in a pro minent position in the court. In an action tried in the Court of Exchequer, on Mon day, Messrs. Coglan, sharebrokers, of Liverpool, being the plaintiffs, and Mr. Bryant, one of their clients, de fendant, a verdict was given for the plaintiffs for £378 10s. LAW REFORMS.—The Lord Chancellor will shortly introduce two measures into the House of LOrdi—to separate the two systems of bankruptcy and insolvency, and to abolish arrest in execution. Imprisonment will only be allowed in cases of fraud. CHUBB v. SolomoN.—ln the Vice-Chancellor's Court, f o e n n dMonday, Mr,ng p B eil e e t c hell stated tlysatis fied to th t a h t e co the u T r t o t n h s a a t fe t s h d w e hi he had exposed for sale as Messrs. Chubb's were not their manufacture, had consented that the injunction obtained against him should be made absolute. In the Court of Common Pleas, on Monday, an action was tried, which had been brought by Mr. Lee, the w ell known pantomime writer, against Mr. Mercer H. Simpson, the lessee of the Liverpool Theatre Royal, for piracy, in performing at his theatre the celebrated pantomime know" as the Princess Battledore; or the Harlequin Shuttle cock. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, for 23 nhts' penalties—£46. "FUTURE PROPERTY" IN INSOLVENCY.—In the Lon- , don Insolvent Debtors' Court, on Thursday, an applica tion was made in the matter of Samuel Davies, who was discharged fourteen years ago, and was now entitled to £lso.in right of his wife. The question was, in what manner the money was to be distributed. His creditors under his insolvency claimed a part, and he showed that he was in indigent circumstances, with a large family, having several under ten years of age. The court; re garding the equity in the case, ordered the creditors un der the insolvency of 1832 to be paid £5O out of the £l5O , and the costs of the present application out of the estate , It is said that about twenty of the appointments to tho judgeships under the Small Debts Act have been alreadi definitively made. Of Queen's Counsel, Messrs. Chilton , Starkie, Koe, and Anderdon (the two latter gentlemes members of the Chancery bar), are mentioned as havia received appointments. On the Northern Circuit, Messrs' Walker, Wharton, and c lngham and on the Midland' Messrs. Wildman and Hildyard, will, it is said, fill sow of the judgeships. Mr. Gale, of the Midland Circuits goes to Hampshire ; Mr. Espinasse to East Kent ; and Messrs. Tyrrell, Smith, and Palmer (three provinei, counsel, and at present filling judicial offices under lorly d acts), to East Devon, Bath, and Bristol respectively. AP or most of these appoint men t s are of a political character% although as lawyers many of the gentlemen named sustal" a respectable, and in one or two cases, a high reputation' NOTICE OF DISHONOUR—TIME OF POSTING.—WOOC I ' cock Y. Holdsworth, 8 Law Times 215, is important Al being another decision that the question to be determine: where a notice is transmitted by post, is, whether it NO' put into the post within the proper time, and, cones' quently, if delay occur, that it is not to tend to the injto , of the sender. The point turns upon the question whe; ther the post-office is to be treated as the agent of th e sender. Public policy requires that it should not be 4e; treated. In Stocken v. Collin, 7M. and W. 515, accord ingly, the Court of Exchequer held that the jury wereA. bound to accredit the post-mark, but might give OP'', verdict on the evidence of a witness that he posted it o_ 0 . ; p ar ti c ular day, notwithstanding the post-Mark. In thT, case s Alderson B. observed the question is, has the pa b e en guilty of lathes ? It has often occtirred•to us the system of using envelopes will materially diminish $::, facility of proving letters, and may produce serious iuco' venience.--Late Times. 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