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Mr. T. DUNC-OM-B- tern passing through the Post offit the reports rs.' re was power to ers from long us On the authority of committees of both flouseß, he denied law to authorise the opening of letter Cher the countr rum the exercise of i ;cently taken place, would any man be idiot ;h to send a dangerous correspondence through ice? He once thought that this power mikht under restriction ; but he was now of opinion ere to be exercised with advantage it must be accompanied by fraud and secrecy. Then, why should of we abolish this fraud altogether? After showing that Dower existed in Belgium, in France, in the in Canada, and in our own colonies, he declaration of Sir Robert Walpole that it tly to be used in times of internal danger; or fool be exer that if Star es was a pow and showe 0-- tat it had been exercised of late years as ar ce. The House more than eight war. vvers of our crir t of late years al polic issued annually, and that two-thirds of question then r rants had them had been criminal warrants solved itself in , - power Luis— was it necessary to have this tection of criminals ? H e contended that Sad been asked whether it was fitting, in w s tbolishe(l, that the matte A sate vehicle for the transit of treason espondence. He thought that there was more t than sense in that question. He would take 4 power from the Secretary of State. and would the power to issue a sear warrant to seize let +era of suspected persona in the Post-office, just as he ad reason to believe that sons if Die documents about them. T s power in its present sistance of a metro- at, and of a municipal police. It had -I, nd affectionate people ; and that properly treated, would be a better safegn-ird a,on than all these dirty power which the Go- i recen —, - cised, He did not know what ament intended to pursue on this occa t, should hear Sir J. Graham ped that hts power was odious to the minister who nd vexatous to the people on whom it was was prepared to bury it now and for ever in Ju Id be this advantage in such a course eign minister should come sneaking to ,ne public offices in Downing-street, and in slanders against foreigners residing in this and should ask for the examination of their let vernment could tell then_ that no power to Letters existed ; and that if he solicited its treachery, it P- ' Such could say to him— s no longer a onded the motion, MES GRAHAM, after explaining that he had re -'her information respecting Mazzini, said his own inclinations, he should Mr. Duncombe wished to As tor a minister to exercise, and must D wer, whic by the people But he wa s Jrisider it as a the crown, and as a - - , ised by him for public objects and for . He disputed the law, as it had been . Dunconibe. Until the passing of the n Anne, it was part of the prerogative of :onvey letters, and it was then notorious I down by M tune of Quee al time to till s intrusted to its care to open a f any person emplo etters sent to statute of Anne, he repeated a afisdemeanour h it had been re 1 remaine statutes were ~ ...... uld be that t o open .. a letter oort of the House of Commons stated, that ndenee passing It further stated s opened under warrant was not one year fur mar a warrant lice was inviola ears past, and that It added -n were of a criminal nature ins ar.d great im are now preserved. No Secretary of State en a letter in the Post-office without three zant of it But though a record was opening the et tors of ci e admitted that no record hadhilhertoheei; kept arrants issued for opening letters on political Sir R. Peel had proposed a new regulation to r served in the offices of the Secretaries 07gti;,f); - ; a a record would be kept of all the warrants for open- It was one question to s for pol tical causes er this power should given or not to the secretary or state ; but it was another to declare that this power, after it had existed from an early period, after it had been exercised in the best of times by our most emi nent statesmen from the revolution downwards, and after it had been admi ted that it had never been used for the gratification of personal feelings, but always for the secu of the public peace, should exist no longer, and that 'lat-office should be convened into an engine for the nstnission of treasonable communication. Mr. , t had referred to the practice in Belgium and He would not, at present, question the fact respondence passing through the Post-offices auntries was as inviolable as it was now pre , be. But Mr. Duncombe had forgotten to state enince, in Belgium, and in every country of En ve England, there a as a check upon the admission , ers, and a power of removing them at pleasure. t ask for the existence of any such power in He had been opposed to it when it did exist, • wish for its renewal ; but if you allowed sate tr-ii Duneon3 in Fran( Be did n Eneland come here without restriction, you must have , ver their correspondence if they persisted in , untry the focus of their plots against states For these reasons he could usion that we wen n amity *his power of opening s should be withdrawn from the i with Mr. Duncom'3e that any act to amend this '•I he illusive and nugatory ; and that the ques• whrther the house %Mill A - - government Dt repea 3 the introduc n of this bill pales, the motion was Ile r of 161 to 78 people the warm urinals tinpertal Vallament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The house having resolved itself into a committee of the whole house upon the auction duties, with a view to their more part HOUSE OF COMMONS.-Tr • ing Dins [ester, B and Birre HOUSE OF LORDS. —FRIDAY. The third reading of the Sugar Duties Bill gave rise to considerable discu.sion, in which Lords Dalhousie, Cla rendon, Brougham, Monteagle, and Stanley took part, but no feature of the slightest novelty was elicited in the course of the debate. The bill was eventually read a third time and passed. Several hills . on the table were forwarded a stage, after which their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —FRIDAY. A vast number of petitions were presented, chiefly against the government measure respecting the College of Maynooth. One of taese presented by Mr. Ferrand from the Protestant Operative Association of Dublin, praying for the impeachment of Sir R. Peel, was received with immoderate bursts of laughter. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, approving of the project respecting May nooth, and praying that it might be passed into law as speedily as possible. The right hon. baronet then moved the second reading of the Mavnooth College Bill. Mr. COLQUHOQN objected to the second reading, con tending that it was an endowment of a college for the propagation of error. Mr. GROGAN took a similar view of the question, con tending that it was a concession to the agitation of the Conciliation Hall. He protested against the grant, be cause it was made in aid of a church which he deemed to be a corrupt one. The Prote-tant mind in Ireland was in a state of great dismay in consequence of this proposition, and on the part of his constituents he protested against the second reading of the bill, and would give his deter mined opposition to it in all its future stages. Mr. GLADSTONE, in a very able address, supported the proposition ,f the government. He was not responsible for the measure, but he felt its vast importance, though he perceived the feeling of the country to be decidedly against it, he believed that giving a better education to tJe Catho lic priesthood must have a beneficial effect on the Cattmlic comainnity, and he would give his vote in favour of the motion. It might he said that this was a concession to agitation, but he saw little in the argument, for it was th e fate if almost all grea t • - ' ^ a spirit not consonant with that in which they were conceded. Lord ARUNDEL supported the measure, and paid a high compliment to Sir R. Peel fur the direc:mss and honesty of purpo,e he had displayed in the proposition he had UNIVERSITY 15• CLERICAL NEWS Mr. D'lsita ELI stud that after the speech of Mr. Glad me he could not imagine why he had seen any neces- uoui nis are colleagues upon this question. The hon. gentleman having shortly ob served upon some of Mr. Glad4rone's arg dulged in some of his usual at• uments, then it gmtnini racter against Sir R. Peel. He was opp.)sed to the bill on account of the manner in which it was brought forward, and also because of the men who brought it forward. He did not think the gentlemen on the Treasury Bench were morally entitled to brine such a measure before the house. because it involved a principle which they had str,nuously apposed w the opposition benches io murmur, ior Ent, present ministers were bringing forward the very measures which they had or ganised a government to of pose, thus depriiirg the public of a reflection of its opini n in that house, in which caiaieu a legitimate opposition, owing to a sort of hocus pocus which every one understooil, while submitting to its influence. The measure, he contended, should not be judged of by its mi r t., but by the men who proposed it; and he called upon the house, therefore, to put an end that night to the dvniisty of deception, and shake off the yoke of official despotism and parliamentary imposture. consid Mr ROEBUCK viewed the question as one of great national importance, and was much surprised at the intro duction into the discussion of petty personalities. He could not congratulate Mr. D'lsraelt on his speech, for it contained no characteristic calculated to bear away its open malice. These were miserable displays to be wit nessed in that house upoc a subject which interest-d the feelings of the whole nation. Without further reference to these personalities, lie would state at once that he would support the measure proposed by the Government. The honourable and learned gentleman then entered at considerable length into the reasons which induced him to come to that conclusion, contending that this was the first great step in the way of conciliation, and he hoped it would have its weight with the lead , rs of the Irish peo ple, and induce them to refrain from working on the feel ings of their exciteable countrymen, from motives of per sonal ambition. Mr. W. BERFSFORD moved the adjournment of the debate until Moi , day, which was agreed to. THE COURT FASHIONABLE WORLD, power w then- is nit the remotest probability of such an event tak ing place." The same paper states that no official intima• tion has reached the authorities in Dublin of any such in .• _ _ necessary to give six months' notice of such intention in order to provide suitable accommodation for the royal suite. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Then, as to the results brought about by the adop- -,T __ R E I_, A ND. Sir J. GR A H AM th oug h t t h ere had been much exagge- tion of the annexation scheme. General Almonte, it is _ ration as to the supposed evil effect of interments in towns, said, had determined to await at New York the re- HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. and at all events objected to committing the house to any ceipt of further instructions from the new executive under On Wednesday night a fire broke out in a lane leading Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of the number of abstract resolution on the subject. The best course would which he acts, and it is added that he intends to publish from the town of Tipp . erary by which . twely . e tha . tc , hed houses were destroyed, in one of which a child perisned, railway bills passed through parliament during the last be to introduce the bill at once. the diplomatic correspondence with the United States go- and a feeble old woman died of fright. ten years, distinguishing the number passed in each year. After a desultory discussion, Mr. MACKINNON with- vernment on the subject. He openly avows an opinion ORANGE PROCESSION.—The Lord Lieutenant has the number now pending, the number in favour of which drew his motion in favour of an amendment proocsed by that Mexico will declare war. The Americans are divided ORANGE the sentence of the men who were convicted, the Railway Committee of the Board of Trade had re- Mr. T. DT/Zs/COM/3H, to the effect that the practice of in- , in their views of the probabilies of this result. The ge et last assizes in Derry, of having walked in procession at ported, the sum paid per share on each r a il wa y a l rea d y terments in large towns was injurious to the health of ' neral buoyancy of the market bad not been affected, nor authorised by act of parliament, and the sums per cent. the population, and demanded the serious attention of had the Senate, while in extra session, provided for such nin-Lirnayady, and at Arcliffe ; and, accordingly, they have all been liberated, upon each entering into his own divided by each railway on its shares. The noble and Parliament. which was carried by a majority of 66 to 49. a contingency ; and this canfidence seems to be shared in recognizance of £lOO to keep the peace. learned lord dwelt at some length upon the extent of gam- Mr. T. NI. GIBSON moved an address to the Crown, the same unlimited degree by the majorityby none bling which had taken place in railway shares, which, he expressive of the desirableness of means being taken t o more than by those most exposed to loss and danger, the FATAL Amelia:arr.—On Wednesday, three individuals, contended, it was desirable should be in some way provide for the establishment of an adequate system of mercantile community. It is hinted, that "when peace two of whom were father and son, lost their lives at Bare checked. agricultural statistics, so as to enable the counn yto be is so decidedly the interest of all, it may be that, supported field, near Ennis, county Clare. Being employed as quar- The Earl of Damsons's had no objection to give all kept accurately informed of the amount of land under by the foreign ministers here and in Mexico, the threat- rymen, they were under m i n i ng a h uge roc k , an d not hay _ the informatio n i n h is power, b ut h e could not give the cultivation, the produce of the harvest, and so forth. ening aspect of our relations may be smooth e d d own i n t o inn taen the roer p, prices of railw a y s t oc k, or t h e di v id en d s paid per share. Sir G. CLERK stated that the subject had been under acquiescence." The Mexican Consul at New Orleans and instantly crushed them recautions to des h e mass suddenly f e ll . Lord AsnameroN said that all this railway specu ation the consideration of the government, which w as an x i ous l had likewise closed his mission. The functions of Mr. The master but c h er (Ti ernan ) w h o was tr i ed and fined would have an i nc id en t a l e ff ect ca lli ng for the serious con- to effect the object desired. But there were difficulties in I Sha nnon with the l a t e M ex i can G overnment were sus- for an unlawful combination in his trade, at Dublin, has sideration of parliament. The iron manufactures would the way, as would be made manifest by a correspondence pended some time back. But it is now a question wild- at length retreated fr om dura nc e. The fine imposed on receive an enormous stimulus, and the reaction would on the subject which he was ready to produce. ther Texas will annex herself. We have no space, else him was £5OO. This he refused to pay, and appealed to probably be such as to throw a large proportion of th e In the course of the discussion which ensued, the spirit of the Texian press, including the tone assumed the Lord Lieutenant, who reduced it one-half. This also operatives of the country into a state of great distress. Sir R. PEEL stated that there wa s no obj ec ti on t o th e by the reported government organ, the writings in which he stood out against. At length another hundred was The sugar duties bill having been read a second time, production of the information required, and that gover n - are attributed to President Jones, and other indications, struck, whereupon he paid and was set at liberty. their lordships adjourned. meat would endeavour to mature a plan for rendering it would evidence that she will not ;at least on the terms FRAwTRIhO—Ohp the 2d instant, man nam,cl James accurate. proposed by the House of Representatives. The Galves- The motion was then withdrawn. ton Weekly News says, "we have already furnished in- Ry an rlttis s tby h is brother John,. de a atM i ilt t or , n,T i•. All. contestable evidence that British policy has so far prevailed from America, appears and insisted the fratrici _ had o. a ereturned of these 1 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. in Texas that her Britannic Majesty's charge has obtained . upon obtai mg a portion f ands from his brother James, which was refused. repeal, a pledge from ex-President Houston to use his utmost en- The SPEAKER stated that the Committee reported that led to the horrifying resut. This created an ill-feeling The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered into deavours against annexation. But Congress provided the Standing Orders had been complied with in the Grandbetween the parties, and finally the reasons which induced the government to propose an Junction Railway Bill. also for negotiating the terms. Negotiation may succeed. abolition of those duties. Owing to various exemptions But delay diminishes the chance. Previous to separating, MORE IRISH MURDERS.—A man of the name of Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would, on Friday, and evasions, the duty was really paid upon only an attempt made in the Senate to bind President Polk to Duignan, residing near Stokestown, was attacked in his Present a petition from 2000 Dublin Protestant opera £7,ooo.ooo of property, whereas £45,000,000 of property the treaty-making power had failed. house on Sunday night by a party who demanded fire-arms fives, ch arging Sir R. Peel with high crimes and misde. from him. He defended himself, and stabbed one of the was ascertained to be annually transferred by auction. It The New York Herald states that Mr. Pakenhans, our nours—(laughter)—and praying for his impeachment. also appeared that this tax, amounting to only £300,000, me / I minister, had received instructions to negociate a corn- Party with a knife, on which another of the party shot The second reading of the Field Gardens Bill was op- • mercial treaty. Duignan dead. On the 6th instant an inquest was held on cost no less than £50,000 in the collection. It was pro nosed by Mr. Escort, but carried by a majority of 92 the body of a man named Christopher Jordan, before posed that the license for auctioneers should be raised to to 18. £l5, and to relieve them from the necessity of taking out The Public Mu seum Bill , an d t h e G lass (excise duty) one days. N o accounts of the missing packet-ahips. A Joshua M. Magee, Esq., one of the coroners for the county extra licenses, and o th er expenses, to which they are at Bill, were each read a third time, and passed. vessel from New Orleans had reported the wreck of a Armagh. The body was found in a bog-hole, having a weight attached to it. Jordan had been missing from present subjected. vessel in list, 39 10 N., lon. 75 56, apparently, from the ---,man_ ___. Tuesday, the Ist instant. A verdict of Wilful Murder has Mr. G. BANKES, in opposing the reduction of the duty, appearance of too-gallant, royal, and skysail mast, a ship contended that the county rate pressed unequally on the HOUSE OF COMMONS. —THURSDAY. of 700 tons burthen. been returned against a man named Magill for the latter agricultural interest, and that any surplus or revenue A great number of petitions were presented against the Two new packet-ships, the Waterloo and Henry Clay, murder. might be applied either to that, or iff ,ding relief respect- grant to Maynooth. the latter a three-decker, of 1400 tons, will shortly be on REPEAL—At the usual weekly meeting of the Repeal ing lunatic asylums, gaols, expense. of prosecutions, and Lord ASHLEY gave notice for the 24th instant to move the station. There are rumours of a new steam-line. Association, on Monday, Mr. Grey Porter, the author of other matters to which the landed interest was liable. for leave to bring in a bill for the regulation and care of The early opening of the season had contributed to the a pamphlet in favour of federalism, was enrolled a mem- Very few of the 4,000 auctioneers in the kingdom paid insane patients in England and Wales. elasticity of business. Advices of the proposed modifica- her, and he delivered a very curious speech. It was to extra licenses, and raising the license from £5 to £l5 Sir C. NAPIER, addressing the Premier, said, he had Lions in our tariff had considerable effect upon the market. this effet—that the union ought to be repealed, because would operate so injuriously as to compel many of them observed that two gentleme n who held office under the Cotton, ashes, lard, &c., all the articles of export affected, it was a c bad act, but that a new act of union should be to abandon their occupations, and while this injury was government abstained from votin g o n the question of the had advanced in price, and continued in steady demand' passed in its place. While he was for repeal, he was not inflicted upon them, no good was done to the agricultu- grant to Maynooth, theref ore lie wi s h e d t o know whether ever since at the advance. The money market was easy. in favour of an Irish parliament. The meeting was ,tats . Under Under these circumstances, be would take the those bon. members were absent from accident or design ? The rate of interest ranged to 6 per cent. upwards. zled as to the way it should respond to his sentiments— sense of the house upon the remission of those auction and, if by design, whether they still continued to be mem- Pennsylvania continu e s to occupy attention. The bill murmurs, at intervals, were not loud but deep. The next duties. bers of the government? and if they remained so, whether appropriating the full amount of the August dividend had curio us feature was the really cordial and hearty aPProfia- Sir J. GRAHAM, in supporting the repeal of the auction this question was to be an open question ? passed one, and would also pass the other, branch of the tion of the recent Maynooth proposition bestowed by Mr. duties, adverted to some of the arguments of Mr. Bankes Sir R. PEEL, in reply, said—l cannot take upon myself Legislature. The means will, it is thought, be in hand; O'Connell, and the equally warm applause of the meet respecting the pressure on the landed interest, and said it to say whether those hon. gentlemen were absent by acci- but, if not, still there is a proviso. Arkansas and Missis- lug. The rent was £330. those honourable members most competent to form an dent or design. I beg to state that there has been no sippi are almost hopeless, and many years must elapse be opinion of the proposed law of settlement should be ad- change recently in the members of her Majesty's govern- fore the smallest fraction will be paid of the annual in- DRUNKEN o i s t T h . e —During i u d r e i w n g e I t , hse9last prisoners,m onth there -arse to the bill, he would not press it. The county rates, 'tient ; therefore it is . clear that there can be no removals terest of their debts. A very large amount of money will ularly as regarded the expenses of gaols, might on this account. With respect to Maynooth, I consider shortly be transmitted to Europe : the New York debt, obueeAmnher committed43s were charged with drunkenness t wareg F re o d r ewo t roi h th e . that to be a government question—l consider it to be one amounting to some millions of dollars. reduced by a proper system of economy, and of the utmost importance, and I shall do everything in my Tae Canadian advices are interesting. The new Cus- corresponding mittedtothe s a month r i s o o f ol,aosft which }ear 332200 p wereersonesh 've auditing of the county accounts. . drunkenness; power to promote its . success. The right hon. baronet's toms' Duties Bill had been passed. There was trouble d that the license for an auctioneer answer was received with loud cheering from the opposi- agasn in the Canadian Ministry. The University Bill of 235 in one month over that of the form r year. On d of £l5. tion, and a . mournful silence from the ministerial benches. having been carried on a second reading by a vote of 45 discussion ensued, but it was eventually To questions from Mr. Hume, Mr. WARD replied that, to 34, Solicitor-General Sherwood and Inspector Gene- Saturday night, S e u r n s d o a n y s , eo an m d mi S t u te n d da fo y r n th ig e h a t a , m t e he o r ff e en w e e e re ; DO f ewer than p should be £lO. then resumed, and subsequently went into having discovered that the a rendment which he had put sal Robinson delivered theirresignations to the Governor, that being a larger number found drunk in the streets on the notice paper, relative to the application of the in consequence of this having been made a Ministerial .. con the customs (import) duties bill. The va p any r from this that the temperance movement I than o d e l i t d ring a other period within the same given time. *tons clauses were agreed to. funds of the Irish church to the payment of the Mavnooth measure. The Governor-General had accepted the resig- • grant, would be liable to be made a rallying point for nation of the latter. Parliament was to be prorogued on is t n w ot loo a k p ed e on, by the lower orders,. at least in this city, , those who wished to defeat the government measure, he the 28th ultimo. in the favourable light it had been in former years.--Cork dESDAY. Constitution. had come to the . resolution to give up the amendment on Mexican advices report, that the late President ad severally read a second time: and Ressendale Riilway ; the the second reading of the bill on Friday evening, and to interim, Canalize), was about to be brought to trial for the IRISH CRIME.—It appears from a parliamentary paper move it in a substantive - shape en so m e future oc-ca'sion, assault upon the Constitutional Government. Don Ig- that the total number of committals for crimes in IreLnd 'eigham Railway; the Mid- In answer to Mr. Handley, Sir k PEEL stated that he natio Bassadra was likewise to be tried for having signed in 1844 was as ollows :—viz., in the country of Antrim, ray ; the Blackburn, Dar- .w o a: r h e o s t ol t c h ee t l t o nd l i e r r ess the t seczid read o in_g o e n Friday even- the decree. President Herrera had issued a proclarna-and 3f in the county of Arnianh 77 and 451 in the Wear-Valley Railway ; olgs e or pr u t n nei l p e e w o o f t l i s , f e b hi F l iven to those Lion, extending the period allowed to foreigners to renew 131, Cat0 358 76 and 271 in Cavan, 66 and 4 - 91'; in Clare, 106 Junction Railway ; and the l who were opposed to their protection bonds to the 28th of February. A pro . Mr. CHRISTIE moved an address to her Majesty, pray- position had been submitted by the commissioners of amid 232; in Downshire, 163 and 471 ;in Louth, 15 and 3 no ing for the appointment of a commission to inquire into public credit, in conjunction with the committee of the nvie 41 ; in Dublin county, 54, 247, 131, and 1,238 ; in Ferma nagh, 29 and 221 ; in Galway, 219, 994, 24, and 24 ; in . and report upon all matters relating to the privileges, chambers, ta provide for the current debts of the Go. )n i Kerry, 141 and 605 ! in Kildare, 44 and 144 ; in Kilkenny. Ho revenues, trusts, and to the state of education, learning, vernment. It is proposed that debts contracted subse and ,elision, in the Universities of Oxford and Cam- quent to the Bth of August, 1844, should be funded at 54 and 400 18 and 7; In King's County, 58; in Leitrim, op bridge, and the colleges of those Universities. The hon. six per cent. Six schomers and two small steamers were 33 and 356; in Limerick, 85, 697. and 109: in London :he derry, 37, and 327 ; in Langford, 48 and 214 ; in Louth, member repeated his tedious annul speech. the greater building at New York for the Mexican Government. ge, portion of which, from the inattentio n of the house, and It appears that the provision trade was 1 ' the schoolboy voice of the orator, was inaudible in the important feature in the commerce of Texas. becoming an 23572 r ind 2 m s o 7 , ; m i3 ta M o, ay m o. a l o 3 d 4 3 a 4 n B d ; 7 i 6 0 7 (a ; i o n eeo lV , l s ea c tl o n o 4 o 4 ty, an Th d aft( galleries. and 5 9 1 ; in Roscommon, 114 and 549 ; in Sligo, 83 and I a Sir R. INGLIS answered all the charges brought against LIST OF PASSENGERS. 452 ; in Tipperary, 141, 171, and 1,390; in Tyrone, 126 serous corres and 374 ; in Waterford, 48. 410. and 57; in Westmeath, the Universities by Mr. Christie, and opposed the trio- From Boston.—M r. J. S. Lovering and lady. Mr. W. lion. He maintained that the hon. member had esta- Price and lady, Mr. A. Carney anady, Miss Chapin 71 and 27.4 ; in Wexford, 45, and 298; and in Wicklow, blished no case of abuse, and, even granting that he had, and Mrs. Mitchol and child, Mrs. Featherstonhough. 75 and 349. that he had not shown that the means possessed by the Mrs. Adshead, Mrs. Kendall and daughter, Mr. Meyer MR. O'CONNELL'S APPROVAL OF SIR R. PEEL.— Universities of correcting that abuse bad been tried, or Gams, lady, f our children, and servant, M r . N. Reggio At th e l ast meet i ng o f the Repeal Association, Mr. had been exh aus t e d. and lady, Mr. Alle n an d lad The motion was supported by Mr. Wy se , M r. H ume y, Mr. J. G o ll, M r . G. H o- O ' Connell said, for his part, he expected that Sir Robert and Vise ant Phlrner-, and o , man, Mr. G. Grundy, Mr. C. E. Mil nor , M r. C M or- would'soon move the legislative independence of Ireland. ,tnnpposed by the Chancellor lot, Nil-. E. Malezieux, Mr. Ca-nro, Mr. 0. A. Norris, He had moved the adoption of Catholic emancipation, of the Exchequer and Mr. A. B. Hope. Mr. Ward, Mr. Mitchol, Mr. J. H. Bryden, Rev. Dr. although he was once its most violent opponent. How- On a division there were, for the motion, 82; against Codman, Mr. R. Codmaa, Rev. Dr. Sharp, Mr. E. G. ever, he him great credit for all his changes, and it, 143 ; rnajimity against the motion, 61. Roberts Mr, James Brown, Mr. George Livermore, Mr. now was almast in love with himself. His Maynooth Mr. H. Drummond obtained leave to bring in a hill for C. P. Vicksorn Mr. L. Nichols, lift , . Dr. F. Parkman, scheme was capital—unexceptionable—without restriction amending the laws concerning statute labour roads in Mr. H. St owe ll, M r. H . D. H. Thompson, Mr. J. J. E. or limitation, trick, or disguise. It was done in a noble Scotland, North, Mr. J. A, Dickson, Mr. A. Soleliac, Mr. S. and handsome manner. No bill was ever brought in Guillanine, Mr. W. Whitewright, Mr. W. Benjamin, upon fairer terms. Maynooth ought to pray for us. He Mr. Jacob Hespeler, Mr. C. Paulson, Mr. C. Payen, cautioned the Americans just now against attacking Eng- Mr. W. C. Spalding, Mr. B. Nathan, Mr B. E. Bates, land, for she was doing justice to Ireland. Sir R. Peel, Mr. S. S. Lamle, Mr. C. Chamberlain, Mr. B. B. Atter- he expected, would yo much farther than he had yet done bury, Mr. F. Vogel, Mr. R. B. Osborne, Mr. J. Hast ings Kerr, Mr. W. Kerr, Mr J. W. Hall, Mr. Philip he (Mr. O'Connell) only accepted it under existing cir- Allen, Mr. James W. Cameron, Mr. Thomas Cochran, curnstances • but his principle was, that there should be Mr. James Fowle, Mr. H. M'Call, Mr. J. Benjamin, no Established Ch urc h, an d th a t eac h vect s h ould pay Mr, H. Lipp o ld, M r. W . F. Bentrick, Mr. B. Graham, their own teachers and pastors. Let Peel nest give them air. S. Ballard, M r . W. O. Cromwell, Mr. J. M. Davis, a more extensive franchise. There was a financial ques- Mr. G. W. White, Mr. H. F. Spaulding, M. E. Towns- tion, too, between the countries • that also Sir hobe r t end, Mr. J. J. H enry, M r. Frances Warden, Mr. S. F. would have to settle. If Sir Robert Peel would bid Morse, Mr. C. Buckingham, Mr. N. Beyson, Mr. W. against him for Ireland, he must pass these and other F. Fairman, Mr. C. T. Stagg, Mr. Brough, Mr, measures for the benefit of Ireland. Leach, Mr. Ironsides, Mr. Juge, Mr. E. U. Mandy, " PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH."—The Freeman's Mr. John Dunn, Mr S. Baker, Mr. R. Kell, Mr. Leon a naval ane Harckenrath, Mr. C. Scott, Captain Reid, Mr. B. W. Journal of Wednesday published the monthly acknow. lodgement of subscriptions received by the " Association --mild U. Balch, Dr. Robertson, Mr. A. Kendall, Mr. W. G. for the Propagation of the Faith," by which it appears - -.' , ..T3 Vv.., Chapin, Col. Benjamin Loring. Mr. T. H. Hooper, Caot. 1 -now wee. I Halliday Lottimer, Mr. J. Jacques, Mr. Winter, Mr. f t r h o a m t a a sum but . little short of £ ,OO o,including £4oo eol parish priest in the south of Ireland, has been - n00n,,, _ White. as puss From Hal lected in th e i n t erva l b e t ween th e 3d o f M arc h and the _ Halifax.—Mr. J. H. G ray , M r. Bruce, Mr. barons_ Alexander Knight, Mr. Alexander 11 , 1'Leati, Captain 7th of April. The whole of this money is transmitted to - - Bin. Chapin, Mr. Spence, Mr. M'Phersun. e o v f inc t e h d e .h P SeCUI...- foreign Roman parts- Catholic for the rel i g io o ao dissemination dth e zeal o and o tdh alacrity a er tenets ity -- -el lege ....- The national theatre at Washington was destroyed by for carrying out thi s wor k, re fl ects t h e hi g h est cre di t on the Irish pri es th oo d. B u t sure l y t h ere i s no need to I fire on the sth ult. Th e property was uninsured. travel abroad to seek out objects upon which to lavish G trANO.—ICHABOE, Jan. 21.—A large number of yes- an income varying from £lO,OOO to £12,000 a year, while sels are here, unable to obtain any guano. The island is ' the College of Maynooth, for instance, is reduced to the completely worked out. pitiable state of destitution, described in the speech of SANTA ANN A .—Th e f o ll ow i ng i s the postscript to a Sir Robert Peel. Why, if one h a lf of the contributi ons private lette r , d a t e d V era Cruz, March 3:— " The thus levied were d evo t e d t o th e sup p or t o f th at i nst i tut i on, Chambers have fou n d S an t a A nna guilty, but sentence is what scene s o f p overty m i g ht not have been staved off' not yet passed up on hi m ." what an ac cumu l a ti on o f d e b ts mig h t not h ave been On the Ist instant, a b ou t t h ree i n the efternoon, a fire l avoided—and, ho w muc h l ess wou ld h ave b een t h e num- broke out at Pluvi gner , near L or i ent, and consumed 38 of tier of youne men sent forth to discharge the duties of the ministry before th e y a tt a i ne d th e " k now l e d ge essential the houses of this anc i ent town, leaving upwards of 50 families in a T DISCOVERY AT S YDNEY. —A letter state of destituti on . for the per formance of the clerical f u nctio ns; " no t t h e IM bas least evil poi n t e d ou t i n t h e memor i a l of the bi shops to PORTAN the present Lord Li eu t enant o f Ireland. However,s been received by a ge tlernan in this c ity, d ate d Sydney, matters have turned o u t, th e " Propagandists" hive a Nov. 6, 1844, of whi c h th e f o ll ow i ng i s an extract :—" I am happy to tell you that there has been a quicksilver shown themselves wise in their generation, and have had mine discovered near S y d ney, a copper-mine at Brisbane their reward accordi ng ly. ..............._ Water, and a most valuable mine of fullers' earth in ano ther district. These valuable and interesting discoveries, - added to the rise in the price of wool, have raised the spirits of the settlers not a little, as you may suppose. Toe season bias b een very h ot i n the Bathurst and Gout- OXFORD, APRIL 11.—I n a congrega ti on h o ld en t hi s burn districts. You will see by the paper I send how day the following degreeswerecor e iterrresdtst,m eto :—Doctor to in clitnip beef is —lid. per lb . ; b utter, Is. ; flour (tine) per I Ci v il Law.—The Venerab ßrasenose Colle g e, A rc hd eacon of kle B rooi se ' Stowe, ho Grand C.orn 1001b., 10s. to lls. M any i n di v id ua l s have suffered seri- oeunder. Bach e l or o f A r t s .—S amue l Ed mund Lyon, ously here si nce 1842 ; b ut I have no doubt a short time will see this colony i n a soun d state of prosperity. The 'Wadham. colonists know this well, and speculate w idly ; this has CAMBRIDGE. APRIL 11.—At the congregation just been the cause of their misfortunes."—Cork Reporter. I held, the following degrees were conferred :— Hon. M.A. UN TED STATES.—The packet ship Montezuma, Cap- 1 —Hon. F. S. Grirnston, Magdalene; Hon. C. C. Neville, Magdalene.—M.A.—W. B. H ewson , S t . J o h n ' s ; W. A. tain Lowlier, arrived ' a t thi s pnt on Tuesd a y morn i ng , having left New York on the 18th ult. Sh e ma d e C ape Mackinnon, St. John •, J. Griffith, Christ's ; J. D. Clear in fourteen days, but was detained in the Channel Raven, Magdalene.—B.A.—R. S. C. A. Alexander, Tri six days by easterly winds. She !slings twelve days later news mid the foll ow i ng ca bi n passengers :—Mr. and Mrs. nity • F. B. B. A r th ur , T r i n it y ;J. H . K n i ght. Trinity; W. F. Northey, Trinity; J. L. Williams, Trinity; J. Leimson, Mr. Shell, and Mr. Sebor, New York ; Mrs. Coleridge, St. John's ; C. D. Crofts, St. John's ; D. F. Dean and two children, England: Miss Grimshaw and Jarman, St. John's; G. H. Spurrien, St. John's; J Mr. Coleman, Liverpool ; Mr. Turnbull, Mr. Celltnan, Penrudilock, St. Peter's; XV. A. Leak, Caius ; H. J. and Mr. Sh e ld on ' L on d on ; M r. Goldschmidt and M r . Frese, Corpus Christi • W. Davis, C a th er i ne H a ll ;T . R . Holler, Ger man y ; M r . D e Ti e's, Belgium ; Mr. Souvae, Pine, Catherine Hall; J. Godson, Catherine Hall ;T. France; Mr. Alexander Browne and Mr. Wilkinson, Brailsford, Christs ;J. L. Wiglesworth, Magdalene; F. Scotland. The contents of these papers are not in,- Bourdillon, Emmanuel.—M.A. Ad eundem.—F.Bal , ton, portant, if we except the tact, that General Almonte, the Christ Church, Oxon ; F. Webb, Trinity College, Duo- Mexican Minister at Washington, had demanded his lin. passports, having received orders to that effect from his PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. —Rev, T. E. government in consequence of the proceedings of the Poole, M.A., to be colonial chaplain at Sierra Leone.— American legislature in reference to the annexation of Rev. H. J. Stevenson, M.A., to the vicarate of Griinsley. Texas. corn-Hallow, Worcestershire, vacant by the cession of the Ven. %V. J. Phillpotts.—Rev. C. N. Davy, M.A , to the perpetual curacy of South Burcome, Wilts.—Rev. W. Spencer, late rector of St. Michael's Stamford, to the The Queen left Buckingham Palace for Claremont at confratership of Brown's Hospital, in that town.— Rev. twelve o'clock on Saturday. The court will return to T. Barton, to the rectory of St. Ann's, S u tt on B ong i ng . town this els) , (Tuesd a y), ton, Nottinghamshire, and to the p er p etua l curacy o f The Kingston-upon-Soar.—Rev. T. F. Kit son , curate o f S t. Queen gave a dinner party on Thursday evening at Antony, Cornwall, to the v i carage t h ereo f . —R ev. C . H . Buckingham Palace at whip Lord had the h onour o f bein Lord and Lady Frances G. Butson, 8.A., t o th e v i carage o f C lonfert, Galway.— Sg present. Rev. C. J. Sampson, M.A., to the rectory of Kirby Mis- Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured her Majesty's perton, Yorkshiie.—Rey. T. Hugo, B.A',, of Taunton, to Theatre with their presence on Tuesday night last, en be citrate of Childwall, near Liverpool.—Rev. E. W. T. which occasion Ginzi and Lablache made their appearance Chave, to the rectory of St. Pancras, Exeter, vice Rev. in the opera of Norma. G. Martin, who has resigned.—Rev. G. Bryan, B A., to On Thursday, h er M a j es t y h e ld h er Fi rst D raw i ng be ch a pl a i n t o H . M . S . Melampus.—Rev. T. F. Baker, chaplain Room, for the season, a t St. J ames ' s P a l ace. T here was ' 8.A., to the rectory of Littl e C ress i ng h am , N orfolk.— a most brilliant att en d ance , and t h e presentations of fair Rev. D r . M ars h , o f L eamington, to he domestic to the E ar l o f C a d ogan.—Rev. W. Temple, 8.A., to the debutantes w e re ver y numerous. Prince Joh an , b ro th er to t h e K ing of Saxony, will rectory of St. Alph ege , w i t h S t. M ary North vicarage, - shortly pay a vi s it t o thi s country. T he Princess Johanna Raddi ng t on , Somerset. Canterbury. —R ev . J. Rayne, M.A., to the vicarage of gave birth to a pri ncess a f ew d ays s i nce, at Dresden. DEBUTANTES IN H IGH L IFE. —Th e L ady Caro li ne The Committee o f th e Ch urc h Ed ucat i on S oc i ety for Leveson Gower, thi r d d aug h ter o f t h e D u k e and Duc h ess Ireland h ave rece i ved an anonymous donation of one pounds. of Sutherland, L a dy Ad e l e Villi ers, youngest daughter of thousand the Earl and Cou n t ess o f J ersey, t h e H on. Miss F. Scar- On Sat ur d ay t h e U n i vers i ty of Edinburgh elected John lett, second dau g ht er o f t h e l ate L or d A b inger, Miss Li s- Donaldson, E sq , t o b e pro f essor of the, theory of music. ter, niece of Lo r d J o h n R usse ll , Mi ss Hogg, daughter o f Si r H enry Bishop and Mr. Muller withdrew their names Mr. Hogg. M.P. and Miss Wyndham. eldest daughter of before the election. the Countess of Listowell, by her Ladyship's fernier mar- The diocesan inquiry into the charges brought against riage, are among the fair debutantes in high life, w ho were the kev. Mr. Monckton terminated in his acquittal of the presented at her Majesty's drawing room, on Thursday. graver accusations; but the Commissioners have reported DOES HER MAJE STY GO TO I RELAND ?—Th e D u bli n that there i s a pr i ma f ac i e case aga i nst hi m o f general Mail, a paper likely t o b e we ll i n f orme d on such a subject, misconduct. says—" We can assure our readers upon the most positive TH E PREMIER AND THE GRANT TO MAYNOOTH.— au'hority that the question of her Majesty's visit to Ire- The Times of Tuesday publishes the copy of a document land, this year, has never been even mooted or discussed of ominous impo r t a t th e present time, viz., the declare - urnals ureserve Ritence on the r - 7.. , _ ......naiiiiis. 1 in the Court or min i s t er i a l c i rc l es ; and that, consequent l y, tit n, signed in 1829 by seven t y-threeof the leaders of Oxford University, of Sir Robert Peel's " unfitness to be re elected the parliamentary representative of the University at that time." Amongst the signatures are those of Dr. Wyriter, Dr. Bliss, J. IL Newman, R. J. IA ilberforce, R. H. Fronde, J. T. Churton, and Dr. Symons. Some of these parties would, we fear, hesitate to sign a similar document at the present time. April 15, 1815 LONGEVITY.—There is now living in Redmoor, Bure t FFeenns,, mr. abou.t and ten f p ro ie m a,a E n l e y e_ ,in th t e he h v u e sb ry an c d ent h r a e s of se l one hundred an d seven years! pass over his bead; a nd the go o d d ame no l ess than one hundred and five years ! Pretty well this for the Fens. Mr. Fitzroy, the lately appointed Lord of the Mini" ralty, and Captain Meynell, groom in waiting to her Ma jesty, have been dismissed from their situations for au. settling the mse l ves f rom the division on the Maynootl: endowment measure. Th ey h a d prev i ously vote d aga inst the annual grant to Maynooth. In consequence of the de line of the funds o f the " Catholic" Institute, it has been determined to remodel it and to afford increased education for poor Ronal! Catholic children. It was stated at the meeting last week that, of 24,000 Catholic children in London, not more than 6,000 were Eductited in the various schools, and the same want of instruction prevailed in Bath, Birminghnel: Mancheste r , Li verpool. and other large towns. It watt also intimated that if the new primary object of the tute were carried out, all South Wales would speedily b e converted to Popery ! THE SCOTCH BANKS..—The principal features of th e contemplated measures of Sir Robert Peel, in reference to the Scottish banking system. are said to be, that the existing banks are to limited to their present circulation' and that they w ill b e f orced to keep an amount of gold equal to one-fifth o f t h at c i rculation, with the option,"! having one-fourth of that fifth in silver; so that if a (Illation of a bank be £200,000, it must keep £40,0 00 000 1 " sovereigns to meet th e d eman d s upon it, or else X."2-n, in sovereigns, and £lO,OOO in silver. Any bank that e x " ceeds its present circulation must have gold to meet evert pound of such excess. --Caledonian Mercury. IRON TRAM —The usual quarterly meeting of the iroinngzm, o aste rsn Thursday, d ay, midland whenan districts agreement was as c° m e held w a tlt; m to that there should be a further advance of £2 per ton, making bar iron £l2, and hoops about £l2 10s. Sh r " . shire pig.iron is said to have advanced from £6 5e to £5 10. This extraordin ar y pr i ce of a l l descr i pt i on s 0f iron was maintained at the meeting at Walsall on Tuesdalt at Wolverhampton on Wednesday, and again at the meeting in Birmingham on Thursday. At the meetini at Wolverhampton matters assumed a somewhat dull and heavy appearance; there was by no means the same de gree of buoyancy so conspicuous at the meeting a fort' night since. al A NOVEL JOURNAL.—The governor of the R.?! d Lunatic Asylum of the town of Dumfries has conee' ve A —as a means of appealing to the early sympathies an d intellectual memories of the more highly educated awl his patients—th e d es i gn o f a publication to be edited an, printed entirely by th emse l ves; and, under the signi fi cs m title of The New Moo',, the first number has just, a r ; peered, containing a variety of fugitive poetry. prose articles, and a treatise of some length on the infla' ence exercised by parents over their children. The peen' niary proceeds are to be applied for the comfort of th e sick poor of the same establishment; and the director declares that some of his patients have already expert eneed the benefici a l effects of this diversion to then' brooding thoughts. TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The following troops are abou t to proceed to the various presidencies at the periods spe cified cified :—H er M a j esty ' s 60th and 61st Regiments, each 1250 strong, from Cork, in June or July ; the former re giment for Bombay, the latter for Calcutta. 804 reernitli for her Majesty's service, in June, from Gravesend, for Calcutta. 325 recruits for Madras, also from Gravesend. in April or May ; and 433 from the same port, for Bum' hay, in July. In the course of the present year, recril for the Ea s t I n di a C ompany ' s European Regiments will emba r k e d as f o ll ows :—For Benl, 200 in June, in Aug us t, 250 i n S eptember and October; for Madras, 120 in April ; for Bombay. 250 in July, 200 in September; making s total of 1120. In addition to the num b er a boye stated, it is n o t i mpro b a b le that another small detachnient may be seat t o Madras. —Allen's Indi an M a il, April K THE SPERNAL MURDER.—At Warwick assizes, 0 2 Friday, James Crowley, aged 31, was convicted of to e murder of William Tilsley, at Spernal, on Christmas DaY' 1842 The convict and hi aged father, who is since dead, had some disputes ; and Tilsley was sworn, as constable, to pro'ect the lather. He shot tam delibera el y throuzb the head, and escape d on h orseback. The fact of his 11 ? having been immediately pursued probably arose from ha: nrother being consta bl e o f the parish at the time. T il prisoner went to A mer i ca, b ut returned in 181-1, and wen t fi to Chester, whe re h e res id ed under a feigned name; '- the tact b ecom i ng known, lie was identifi e d, t a k en b e fore the Chester mag'strates, and sent to Warwick. At t he time of th e arres t, h e had two pistols and a ccnsiclerab' , e sum of money on his person. In his defence it was a r e tempted to prov e th a t h e was i nsane. Mr. Judge Mau sentenced him to death. He is a mild inoffensive-looki n g man. 8 sauctio. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ,gatived nts within the precincts of large towns," as tuhlic health, in a t.peech in which he reviewed a ruts now so familiar to the public from the , ort, arid recent disclosures n the subject, the He proposed a ith a due re- mdemnatory of the practice right his object being to bring in a bill government. if the house would aid him AMERICA. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Judkins, arrived in the Mersey at an rarly hour on Sunday morning, bringing advises tnirteen days later than those previously received, and upwards of 4. subjoin ...)! 8 noble ste , tm-ship has made extraordinary runs, having sailed hence on the 4th ultimo, reached Boston on the morning of th e 18 t h, sailed thence on her return on the Ist instant, Halifax house to I th' OU the out- urn, t 3d. and comple , ed the whole trip, irmiuding the usual detention at Halifax, in the remarkably shc.rt space of eleven and a half dais. The intelligence by the arri'al is highly interesting The *,reserve silence on the Orp.,-- - • with respect to which there is no further (level, pement. The foreign diplomatic corps had addressed Mr. Polk on the occasion of his accession to the Presidency, and Mr. tiieir expre , si , ms ut , riendship and de- We shall see bow he will act sire for peaceful relations. with regard to the Oregon by a mor M should be £7 10s. inste; Considera i that it s committ —The Mal Bedford, I diesboroug the Harrossgate and Rip( Belfast Inaorovem -nt_ pursuant to his notice, asked for a bill to secure the inviolability of let. g that the government had • called on the lad &rived any kfter the exposures THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The election of Fellows at Oriel College has terminated in favour of Mr. Arnold, son of the late Head Master of Rugby School, and of Mr. Coleridge, son of Justice Co leridge. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.—It appears from a parliamentary paper that during the last six years the sees of Chichester, Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, Peterborough, Ripon, and St. David's, have been augmented to the total amount, in 1839, of £6,425; in 1840, of £7,000; in 1841, of £8,600; in 1842, of £8,489; in 1843, of £8,349 ; and in 1844, of £8,439. Episcopal residences have been pro vided in the dioceses of Gloucester and Bristol. Lincoln, and Ripon ; in that of Lincoln at a cost of £14,788 ; and in that of Ripon at a cost of £14,611. The cost of the episcopal residence for the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol cannot be stated, the building not being yet com pleted. Revel sions were sold, in the dioceses of Glouces ter and Bristol in 1839 for a total amount of £11,514; in 1840, for one of £31,790; in 1841, for onn of £3,900; in 1842, for one of £5,250 ; and in 1843. for one of £3,071. In the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol the estate of Stapleton has been purchased for the sum of £ll,OOO ; and in the diocese of Lincoln, that of Riseholme, for the sum of £37,406, including the sum of £2,086, the value of the timber. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The Glasgow, Paisley and Ayr Railway, at a special meeting on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, determined upon extending the company's railway from Ayr to Loch Ryan, and of forming certain other lines for the accommodation of the interior of Ayrshire. The Eastern Counties Company raise £710,400 by shares to pay off that amount in bonds and debentures, which are out in the market and shortly fall due. The alteration is calculated to save in interest about £7OOO a year ; and four per cent is to be paid upon the calls as they are made. The Grand Junction Railway Company have completed arrangements for crossing the Mersey at Runcorn, and, in consequence, will abandon their Marshgate project, and, next session, proceed with the line through Runcorn. This will cut off a great angle, and much improve and shorten their line to Liverpool. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIEWAY.— FAST TRAINS.—A trial was made on Tuesday with a three hours' train from London to Birmingham, and the dis tance was accomplished with 13 minutes to spare. The train will run daily on and after the ht of next month.-- Railway Record. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RAILWAYS.—In the House of Commons, yesterday week, on the motion of Mr. Gibson Craig, the following account was ordered :—" An alpha betical list of the names, descriptions, and places of abode of all persons subscribing to the amount of £2,000 and upwards, to any railway subscription contract deposited in the Private Bill Office during the pre-ertt session of parliament ; showing the amount subscribed by each person for every railway to which he may be a subscriber, and the total amount of such subscription by each person." SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.--On Wednesday a meeting of proprietors in this undertaking was held at the Clarendon-rooms, for the consideration of matters of great importance. The attendance was rather thin. The chair was occupied by Richard Haynes, Esq. Dr. Holland, of Sheffield, explained at considerable length his reasons for thinking that the line ought nor, as pro posed, be leased to the Manchester and Birmingham Company. After a brief discussion the following resolu tion was adopted :—" That this meeting are satisfied with and approve of the reasons adduced by Dr. Holland, in support of the motion of which he has given notice, to oppose the progress of the bill for leasing the Sheffield and Manchester, and that he be requested to support the same at the approaching meeting of the Sheffield and Manchester shareholders." Dr. Holland's motion was carried at the meeting on Thursday by a majority of 15 to 4.—A meeting took place on Friday last in Sheffield, and was very numerously attended, about 70 shareholders being present. T. A. Ward, Esq., was called to the chair ; and after a short discussion of the question of leasing, a motion to oppose such a proceeding was carried I unanimously. FIRST QUARTER'S REVENUE OF THE RAILWAYS.-- We have now betore us the official railway returns made up for the last three months, being that quarter of the year in which the traffic is the smallest and also least sub. ject to fluctuation. It appears that the aggregate receipts fr m traffic, since the Ist of January, on the principal public railways, amount in round numbers, to £1,210,000, while last year it only reached £1,054,000, at the same period, being an increase of £156.000 on the quarter. Of this increase we find that £26.000 belong to the Great Western, £12,000 to the London and Birmingham, £ll,OOO to the Grand Junction, £5,000 to the North of England, £6,000 to the London and Brighton, £lO,OOO to the Manchester and Leeds, £21.000 to the Midlands. £22,000 to the South-Eastern, and £5,000 to the E is t ern Counties and North-Eastern. Among the smaller lines we have an increase of £1,200 to the Chester and Birken head, £3,000 to the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £3,400 to the Glasgow and Ayr, £3.000 to the London and Black wAll, £9,000 to the London and Croydon, £3.500 to the to the Manchester and Birmingham, £3,700 to the New castle and Carlisle. Of the lines not opened last year, we have on the Yarmouth and Norwich at present an increase of £26 per week, and on the Newcastle and Darlington an increase at the rate of £2OO per week. Some of these amounts are affected by extensions of the line, &c., bu , the greater part arise solely from the steadily i►creasing trade of the country.—Railway Chronicle. WEST INDIA MAIL STEAM -PACKET Come/terve, The annual meeti ng o f t hi s company was held last we r. " The company p a y s a di v id end of £1 10s. per share, wl"cb absorbs £21,015 of th e £50,107 t h e accounts sho w 5s a the surplus,replacein leaving replacement. of c , . .tpi2t9al,oa9n2d h applicable purposes.theabletolt appears t fund for t,.": " have been de s irabl e t o d ec l are a dividend, instead of eti_ i-... ryitig the whol e amoun t to th i s account, in order to Ovi.° that the unde r t a ki ng h as got into a working and PaY in A d condition. A vo t e o f £ ZOOO to the directors for Past services, e a r s v iccae carried e a d n and unanimously, allowance and of £2OOO per generalper a annum num feeling in s f e u e t n uT e e rg : t to he bethatt business o he t h ' exertionstean comopftlyie it, directorshi ato sati h sr a a v e en r o w b rouge y position, The progress of mo difi cat i on and increase of revenue m a , y be judged by a compar i son of the results of the eccoun " x f0 3 r 2 1 1 8 ,5 43 81 a n ; d e l x B p 4 e 4 n , d a i ia n i r c e h , are t .2 a 2 , f 3 0 61 1 10 £91,21v• The Duke of Wellington will complete his 76th year on ; w . s — ur l p B l 4 u 3 s 1844: Receipts, £364,610; expenditure, £2k6,861; sue" It Ist of May. plus, £147.749. It now appears that no less than ten lives were lost by A GAME End OF CHESS BY TELEGRAPH.—A nove l b the explosion of West Moor Colliery, near Newcastle. interesting proof of the fidelity and accuracy with whir. The ship -carpenters of Whitehaven have turned out for intelligence may be conveyed by the ofthe electric agency are advance of wages.: ReceiPut„: telegraph is about to be shown. At the suggestion ,d't Two boys, one 11 and the other 12 years old, were com- M.. Staunton, the gentleman who, it will be remember e mitted from th e Th ames P o li ce - o ffi ce, L on d on, on Mon. obtained a signal victory at Paris over the French che e u sa e bundre ' day, on th e c h arge o f h orse stea li ng. champion, a year or two ago, a game at chess will .i There are to be three m ilit ary pr i sons i n E ng l an d— one pla te d thi s wee k b etween two parties nearly one at Weedon, o n e a t S out h sea C ast l e , an d one at Ch at h am ; mil es asun d er, at no more perceptible expense of 11 n o and ultimately ther e will b e one i n S co tl an d. than wou ld be reqeired if they sat at the sari 00e table- a this occasion Mr. St aunton w i ll take his place at one fnir, Mr. Fernand says, i n a l e t ter t o t h e D u bli n Protestant of the termini of the South Western Railway and e r, Operative Association, that " Sir R. Peel is, in his Walker, the well-k ow - • l r 'the utu opinion, the greatest traitor who has existed since Judas and they willthen nei writer onrchess, c less, a-, w e play a game together, their only b , Iscariot." Ilium of communication being the electric telegraP s Prince Albert dropped a bunch of keys the other day. Every facility for carrying out' this interesting idea 1 :a A reward of £2O was o ff ere d ; an d it f e ll to t h e l ot of a been kindly afforded by th e di rectors o f the ra il wa y, at poor man with a f am ily, w h o p i c k e d up t h e k eys an d took it is calculated that the game, which will be begun_ . them to Buckingha m -p a l ace . eleven in the forenoon, may be finished in about tb_st, re l 3 - On Saturday. Si mon Hill was reman d e d b y Mr. B a l.. hours.—Globe.—[Th e game was played on Thursday l'. lents, e, at th e Th ames pol i ce off i ce, on a charge of having and after a nine hour.' contest, th e p ar t ies , b e ing equa l ' murdered Jane Thrussell in a low lodging house in Rose- consented to a drawn game.] merry-lane, Whitechapel. SIR. R, PEEL' S I NCONSISTENCY.—In a seeml ., ' merle p- Dr. Volff arrived at Southampton on Wednesday last, by Sir R. Peel on the 23 I June, 1810, when Mr. riure and has published a l etter to hi s f r i en d s i n England and tre moved the discontinuance of the Maynooth grant,ip elsewhere. He promises a detailed account of his adveu- us , d the following remarkable words :—" But while Cab e tures and sufferings. porting the principle of the grant, I cannot also sub' f e c il le At Monmouth, Mr. Baron Platt " regretted that the to a sentiment which I have heard attributed to the no ble good old law should have been abolished, by which the lord opposite. I cannot agree that, in passing the 1 , ,,, a re a contract was ever implied to prevent the legis " ~.. authors of vexatious suits were condemned to be whipped from interfering, should the money be perverted to ' du , at the cart's tail !" pi oper purposes. I cannot rgree that the system of e ( At THE SHAPWICK MURDER.--At the Teunton assizes, cation carried on there iv a matter of indifference 0„ v on Saturday, Sarah Freeman was convicted, and sentenced legi4lature. I think that the system pursued al 16 1 "r a : to death, fur the wilful murder of her brother, Charles nooth iso leoitimate mater of con•ideiation fur Pa r- Dimond, by administering arsenic to him. merit, and that it w ou ld b e A N ABANDON MEN T OF Duch John Brough, who murdered his brother, was executed were the House of Commons to avow a doctrine W,..... at Stafford on Saturd a y l ast. H e di e d penitent. This is would allow us to say to the Roman Catholic Prof ess° oil the firth murder e r w h o h as su ff ere d on the same scaffold 'Here is the money —we are p edged to grunt it-I 7 ., bre during the last twel ve mont h s ! may do with it as you phase, inculcate doctrines su not THE ROYAL YACHT TENDER FAIRY.—This pretty sive of order, and injurious to morali!y ; but we *re' little screw propeller vessel has been tried far the first interfere."' How Le this statement of du , y in 1 .?,8.15? time down the river Thames, and a speed equal to above eoncileable with his speech and conduct of April ' o at 15 miles per hour has been obtained. He does not now pretend that this increase of the g in to, to Maynooth is because of any satisfactory i eiqurY ', e ll At Norfolk, Robert Richard Royal, aged 24 ; James and • al of, the teaching - eir . ' 1 He ° - „t Mapes, aged 24 ; and James Hall, aged 2t ; charged with not approval ie . of ~.a. y noot 1. , , ea the pretend, nay,he carefully repudeites the In' eh iag• the wilful murder of Harriet Candler, at Gteat p ar _- any iiiterference whatever is to ensue eith that te B `, a isi, mouth, on the 18th of November last, were acquitted. "By improvement I mean improvement of means " ia hl The quantity of malt consumed by brewers is 18,434,469 not an int. rference poisoning all the good that youlsss, bushels ; by victuallers, 7,813,338 bushels; by persons der ire from liberality," says the liberal baronet of, ' nt ed licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premiss, 2,961,017 who in 1841 pronounced that this le-re eiu•se now an ° r bushels; and by those licensed to sell beer not to be would be "AN ABANDONMENT OF DUTY !" drunk on the premises, 4101,6.14 bushels. , is s °le' OPENING MR. MAZZINI'S LETTERS.—T h ere O OO, " SALE BY TICKET."—Tae repeal of the auction du- thing not a little singdar t o Mr. Stied being the or or: ties will do away with the necessity of this mode of sale, above all others, to vindicate the safe transmission° 4 or and in all probability will put an end to it altogether. respondence to and from the enemies of the Ctsi't sre We imagine that in practice the vender will find sale by R ime . We entertain no doubt of his sincerity, but and auction much more advantageous than this ingenious de- inclined to suspect that it is the Pope, not Mazern ine ele vice for evading the auction duty, the Bandieras, after all, a hose interest he takes s° , , qu est ' SALE OF THE FLEET PRISON.—On Monday, the sale to heart. For the five centuries between the n ° ;f • e he'„ of the materials of the Fleet Prison commenced on the and the Refoemation, there was one continuous so: . IA of premises. The prison stands on an acre of ground, e nd tween the Courts of England and Rome on the rig j e tter o contains 3,000,000 bricks. It seems t h at t h e corporation appeal to the latter Court, and its, right to send s en• e.,ea of London ha v e p urc h ase d t h e property for £29,000. into the kingdom without the leave of the English Cr. per The present building was erected after the Gordon riots, In defence of their supremacy, the English Sov . e: pea lv in 1780, three former buildin gs h av i ng b een d estroyed by with scarcely an excepti on or an i nterm i ss i on worth 0 018 fire. ing of never he s it a t d to i ntercept and open l e tters All THE SCREW V. PADDLE-WH EELS .—I n t h e tr i als insti- the Court of Rome, and severely punish the beare!:;, c ulti tuted by the Admiralty to test th e qua li t i es of the screw- readers of history are familiar with the extreme nrballsr propeller Rattler, and the paddle-wheel Alecto, the supe- and danger attending the transmission of PaPal . , were riority of the Rattler has been f u ll y s h own. The two ves- reseripts, judgments, and other documents. Th e y gill . ; sell being fastened to each othe r , w ith t h e i r heads in op- reduced to the smallest compass, and h'dden in t he earrie' posite directions, the Rattler towed the Alecto, in spite of ment, the bat, the shoe or the staff. They were o _,, t to e all her attempts to run away astern, at the rate of t wo through a succession of disguises. They were br wi u t ir t h_ miles and a half an hour. shore by stray fishermen. They were delivered was A SAGACIOUS .ANIMAL. —The Epworth bill-poster most secret craft, or the most fatal courage- Ter pasfets, rides to his occasional duties ; and has so well trained his the vengeance on detection. Law after law w _ . „ u fore e t . ',',, pony, that at every public place suitable for his object, warrant after warrant issued, to secure and . ei, f s eart'_: , the animal walks up, turns itself en the right side close to Royal right of detention, and consequently °f The returns moved for the other day by M• ' t the wall, door, or window shutter, where it stands until er n ° tilt' though including little more than the fourteenth a _, its master has pasted and stuck up the placard ; and then give the titles of near 200 documents illustrati ve .aae 0 3 ° 0f off it trots to the next convenient place for the object of in I.' ee its employer. coetinual vigilance and unscrupulous determ pettit'e nifested by the State. 'What are called the S- ec eier MATRICIDE. —An idle, dissolute young man, named Provisors uniformly order that persons entering th__ t wo; Robert Simpson, is in custody on a charge of having d ons s t e el be searched, and if bulls are found ul ( 1 1. a on murdered his mother, a very respectable old lady living they ate to he arrested and sent before the Coup e _ giog I at Old Hatton, near Kendal. On Saturday week, whilst the hulls are to be reken from them and sent to the rrei , sls intoxicated, he repeated a ferocious attack on the de- the bearer, of hulls, &c ,to be imprisoned, and f°, e seri!: ceased with a poker, and it is suspected she died of the their goods. The - writs de capiendo provisores, d e wounds, as she was found dead at her residence dread- Bois faciendo, de supervidendo et arrestando, de T ull i s et fully wounded. He has been committed for wilful murder. pro toreros, de attachiando, ne quis transeat , l i e enise lvet THE R APID MAIL CARRIER: THREE HUNDRED alliS proci sslbus &c., vi ill sufficiently explain t o _,,urtic a _, MILES PER HOUR.—In the Mtehanies' Magazine. of ; ome has always been the ewer of whcse e at th e p e re, Saturday last, is a notice of a new plan invented by Mr. tions the State was most jealous ; and even . _, L ,roer nb er r; W. H. James, for the rapid transmission of letters and sent moment there are not wanting reasons 0 % w re 5139°! b1e light dispatches through tubular passages, at certain in- of that m mmunion may be anxious to secure pos si 0, tervals, in which he proposes to place air-exhausting ma- liberty and immunity of correspondence. I' ' for P he with Born e ' to chines, which will establish a perpetual current or artifi- event of the State renewing relations wi ,,,ae rou gh vehicles, hurricane, by means of which frenetically -shaped litical reasons, it would be no new thing for Le t :„, t hron o , _.d vehicles, or bags. ail! be blown at inconceivable speed sending one order through the State, and snot a ,u s from station to station. The first cost is estimated by some private channel. Whether Mr. Spiel ar T ; a tici tri % Mr. James a t £2,000 per mile, and the working expenses Catholic er not, he is al least a zealous P"rt! 3 „ o p 1 0 ! eis at from £3OO to £5OO per annum for every fifty miles. would not be unnatural that be should take teee tesz eiu• This system would enable us to transmit documentary in- i nit y of asserting a Papal claim in the disguise ot telligence at the rate of 7,00 miles a day ! I champion.— Times. GENERAL MISCELLANY,