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TIE LITERP:OOL STANDARD. \ N, ..„. \ • . ~, , _ ~ _ Emptrial p ar ti anui t t; of AsVmbly in ova S - ahtlisit-to , ''l 3 - 11&41 the sum of DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—The fine packet , Creole,{' der to reach Tunis, , the French government had placed at £lOOO towards the relief of the distress in Ireland and which was long employed between New Orleans and my disposal the steamer Ve/oce ; it was for the use of —ap.-- Scotland. Bordeaux, has been wrecked on the eastern coast of the myself and the Bey of Tunis alo n e.—S uc h favours are HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Mr. Foster, said the island of Cuba. - She left Bordeaux on the Bth of Novem- only,granted to Princes and friends We were close to Lord ASHBURTON moved for various returns, showing Government had sanctioned the importation of 600 buihels ber, with 135 persons on board, including crew and pas- the African coast when I learnt that our prisoners might the amount of capital embarked in the various railways of of superior flax seed into Ireland, b ut i t was no t i n t en d e d sengers. On the 19th of December she was dr i ven on t h e b e li b erated by asprompt intervention on my part. • Twelve the Uniied Kingdom, the amount borrowed, and the to make any further importations w h a t e ver of that article submarine rocks off Nuevitas, Canal of Bahama, and re- lives were to be saved, the sole remnant -of the captives sums advanced by the Bank of England on railroad secu- upon their own accounts. mained in this perilous situation during two days and three who escaped the massacre of Sidi Brahim. It was I, who, cities, but which motion, at the suggestion of the Earl of Mr. B. HAWES, in an swer to Mr, Barkly, said a-ves- nights. All hopes of getting her off, notwithstanding the with the Velooe under my orders, saved Captain Cognard CLARENDON, the noble lord withdrew until Thursday, sel was preparing under the a uthority of the Government, passengers added their exertions to those of the crew, be- - and-his brave -comrades, and brought them to Melina, stating that he did not feel any alarm at the monetary for the purpose of est a blishing a steam communication ing at an end, the captain ordered her masts to be cut off Where 3,000 persons offered me a banquet. I am now, condition of the country ; all he wished was that parlia- between the coast of Af r i ca an d the West Indies, for the by the board, and turned every effort to save the riassen- forsooth, asked for 50,000 francs damages for having been went should be in possession of information which might purpose of facilitating the emigration of free labourers. gers ; but before means could be taken the ship broke up. idle—whilst I—y e g, I— save d f rom th e swor d o f th e enemy avert n4schief. In reply to Mr.- B r i g ht, L or d J. R us s ELL was under- Out of 155 persons, only 82 reached the shore. Among the lives of twelve of my countrymen ! I took six persons The Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill originated a de- stood to say that he would, on Monday,- lay on the those who were lost was-the captain, M. Jules Cayol, who in my suite, who represented the art of-painting, as I my bate, but no decided opposition, and was read a second table a copy of the memor i a l o f a l arge b o d y o f millowners refused to quit the :vessel until every other livingn3erson self represented the art of literature."—The case was ad tune. ~ , in Lancashire, which h a d b e en p res ented to him, on the had been got off. Those saved have been well-treated by journed. A large crowd was collected outside to see M. HOUSE OF CQMMONS.—MoNDAY. subject of the F ac t o ries Bill. Th e no bl e lord also inti- the inhabitants, and were expecting to leave shortly for Dumas come out, and they accompanied him to the Rue Lord MORPETH, in answer to Mr. C. Berkeley, said mated, in answer to Mr. W. Collett, that the earthworks New Orlew s. Barillerie, where a magnificent Arab charger, with gold the comtnittee of the Wellington Statue had given direc- of Irish railways wou ld in a ll ca s es b e cons id er ed as relief THE BLACK SEA.—The Siecle quotes the following trappings, was waiting for him. Lions that a still further portion of the scaffolding should ' works, and if the companies 9bjected to that rule, or de- letter from Odessa, of -the 29th ult. :—" The trade of be remciied, in order to enable the Government fairly to s i red i ts enlargement, they mus t d o so b y way o f memorial. Od essa was never more flourishinz than in 1846. In the T I? 14' T. I NT 7 1 •. ~ ... judge 4the merits of the statue in its present position. The Government had not thought this proceeding at all necessary, but inasmuch as the expense of partial demo lition, re-erection, and final removal, would fall on the committer; they left - it to them and the sculptor to take their own course. He might add, that on a review of the north portion , of Waterloo-place was considered the Most fitting. .' The adjourned debate on the Irish Railways Bill was resumed by the Marquis of Granby, who was followed by Alderman Thompson, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr.i.Pisraeli, in favour of the second reading, which `lr. W. Brown, Colonel Mure, Mr. F. was opposed b French,:Captaiii Corry, and Sir W. Molesworth, the debate standing adjourned. • 'SE OF COMMONS ,-TUESDAI On the motion for the resumption of the adjourned debate on the second reading of the Railways (Ireland) Bill, Mr. S. O'BltiErr drew the attention of the house and government to the system by which whole districts were involved in the punishment .of specific outrages upon public works, with the intention of asking the govern ment if they sanctioned such a system. Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that such had been the rule laid down by the government, in order to protect public servants in the execution of their duty. It was the only manner in which they could be adequately pro tected, and the• result had, in many instances, proved the wisdom- f- the rule. - The adjourned debate on Lord G. Bentinck's bill was then opened by Mr. B. Osborne in favour, who was fol lowed on th Sir Hen opposed f The bill was and Lord John The noble lord stated, for the convenience of Irish mem bers, that, on Monday, either the Chancellor of the Ex chequer or himself would make the financial statement of which he had given notice, and proceed with the Railway Commissioners Bill ; and as the estimates must be moved in the next and following week, it would be Monday fortnight before the house could proceed with the bills for the improvement of Irish estates, and that for the relief of the poor Mr. Hu ME announced that when any vote was pro posed to be taken on account of the British Museum, he should bring under the consideration of the house what he considered to be defects existing in the constitution of the governing body of that establishment. The question of going into committee on the Lab ing Poor (Ireland) till, - originated a discussion on all the debateable points referring to the present state and condi tion.of that country, after which the house went into, and the bill passed through, committee. FOREIGN 4- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE AMERICA The packet-ship Oxford, which left New York on the 4th instant, has brought no papers to that date, which contain important news We learn that General Taylor had really captured Victoria, which town he entered with General Quitman on the 9th. General Quitman drove the Mexicans before him the last 30 or 40 miles before entering Victoria. The Mexicans were - very reluctant to give up the place, but went out on one side as Quitman entered on the other. General Quitman, having no cavalry•, could not pursue them. The Mexican army, it was believed, was not far off. The Mexican soldiers seen in the neigbour- feelings of Lord NormanbN a. sever more flourishing than in 1846. In the course of that year, 1,441 vessels entered our harbour, and 1,512' sailed from it. The exports amounted to 22,763,055 effective roubles (91,052.220 f.), and the im ports to 7,745,047 effective roubles (30,508,462 f.), forming together a total of 30, - 508,462 roubles. and showing an increase, as compared with the amount of the preceding year, of 4,318,360 roubles. The imports of 1846 con- sisted of 5,840,803 effective roubles (25,363,208 f.) in merchandise, and 1,904,605 roubles (7,618,420 f.) in spe cie. The wheat exported last year exceeded 2,000,000 tzetwers, representing a value of 15,000,000 of effective roubles (60,000,000 f.), the largest quantity of grain ever exported from Odessa in one year. There were still lying at Odessa, on the Ist instant, 725,000 tzetwers of wheat (1,515,250 hectolitres), and 95,000 tzetwers of other grain (198,350 hectolitres), besides 30,000 tzetwers of flax seed." A MoNsTtit STEAM SEttr.—On Saturday, the 31st nit., the first of a line of steam ships, to rain between New York and Bremen, touching at Cowes, was launched at New York. She is built of white oak ; length of keel 220 feet, length of upper deck, 240 feet, extreme length over all 260 feet; breadth of beam moulded, 39 feet; depth of hold, 31 feet ; on the outside 40 feet ; Custom house measurement, 1750 tons ; carpenters' measurement, 2350: she has four decks, the upper one will be flush fore and aft. She is to be fitted with two engines, _ each of 1000-horse power. The capacity of the Cylinders is 72 inches, with ten feet stroke, and they weigh 20,000 pounds ; each of the bed plates, which are of cast-iron, weighs 40,000 pounds ; she has an entire wrought-iron frame ; four cranks and shafts, each weighing 8000 pounds ; the shafts are 20 inches in diameter, and 18 inches in the The boilers are 16 feet front, 36 feet long, and Ire braced in every square foot. The whole will be 40 journals coal; &c., will be 600 tons. She will be commanded by Hewitt, late of the Havre packet ship Utica, and - New York on her first voyage about the first of will leavf March. EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives, the object of which is to prevent the evils arising out of the course pursued by the parish authorities in many of the European states, namely, that of sending their crimi nals and paupers in ships to this country—thus, for a tri fling sum, getting rid effectually of supporting them, and throwing upon us the responsibility and expense of pro ? I viding poorhouse or prison accommodation for the trans- The Lenten Pastoral Litters of the French Bishops for this year are tinctured with an unusually strong infusion of Ultra-montanism. Papal supremacy is the exclusive theme of some, and forms a more or less promi nent feature in all which we have seen. In more than one of these letters the terms in which the doctrine is in culcated, indicates something like a feeling the part of the writers. They seem to suspect pate a latent insubordination among the inferior Clergy of insecurity on ntici- The steam-ship Teviot Friday. She br- %rrived at Southampton on It is be- igs no news of importance mand of the fo: poken of in Barbadoes Is the new commander-in-chief of the Windward station. A very heavy rain last Christmas was experienced in Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Tobago, which Col. Torrens was exceedingly welcOn was to be succeeded in the governorship of St. Lucia by Major Yea, of the 7th Fuziliers. At Antigua a bill to as similate the currency of the land to that of the mother country had passed the assembly. 164 emigrants from Madeira arrived - at Domini& on the 19th of January. A smart shock of earthquakewas felt at:Trinidad on the 13th f January. Lord Harris, the Go'minor of Triuidad, has ffered a premium for the best essay on the cultivation of Mr. Seaman IRELAND, The Ballinasloe Star contains several instances of the re-appearance of the potato blight in the forthcoming It is a remarkable fact, from which each will draw his own inference, that there are not less thanfifteen thousand puncheons of whiskey at present stored in Dublin. At the meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday, the rent for the wee k was announce d t o b e £l7 14s. 2d., of which `£ll was forwarded from Liverpool. The Queen Dowager has sent £2O to the remote and retired district of. Headford, in the county of Galway, where there has existed a lace factory for more than two centuries. The remittance was accompanied with an or der for lace to that amount. TEE BANK PARCEL ROBBERY.—The parcel containing £1,500 sent &Om the Nenagh branch of the Tipperary bank to Limerick, was found in a stable of the Limerick coach-office. The boy who was taken up on suspicion confessed to the robbery, and pointed out the spot where the booty was bid. STOCK OF CORN IN DUBLIN.—So unusually large is the stock of corn at present in the Custom-house stores in Dublin that no room exists for a further supply, nor can there be any more warehoused there until a new loft in one of the large stores, which is at present being erected, shall have been completed. -- - Two cases of blunderbuses arrived in Clonmel from Bristol on the Bth inst. The proprietor said the price of the blunderbuses was two shillings and sixpence each, and guns and pistols cheaper. These arms, he said, were obtained from the pawnbrokers and Jews' shops in Lon don, where they are lying useless, the owners being glad to get rid of them at any price. The barque Champlain, so long known as regular Ist of January last, at the entrance of the harbolu. of Li- garrison, and a rin IT r ril C. 111111 i verpool, Nova Scotia, and has since been condemned, and the hull materials sold. She latterly belonged to Mr. George Lawrence, of Cork, who, we are glad to learn, was insured. The Master and crew were all saved. MURDER NEAR CHARLEVILLE.—The house of a man named Fox, 'situated in Coolsmuttane, parish of Shan drum, within about three miles of Charleville, in Cork, was attacked and broken into on Saturday night, and the occupier Fox, who it is supposed resisted the entry of the miscreants, was Shot dead. The motives which could have influenced them in their fatal attack have not trans pired. Mr. Monahan, the Irish Solicitor-General has been re turned for Galway, by a majority of 4 over the repeal can didate. The numbers for Mr. Monahan 510 ; and for Mr. O'Flaherty 506. It is said that much bribery was resorted to. Some imprudent person caused the Cathe dral bell to be rung, and the consequence was a riot. The tnnb prillertpd rnntirl the CafhPilral and dPninlichPd all the from Madras) landed 172 male Coolies, 64 wiimen, and 85 children at Port of Spain, on the 2nd of January. By one p.m. the whole had found employers.' ported The bill provides that the consuls and commer cial agents of the United States shall examine on oath or otherwise, as may best serve the proposed end, all immi grants who take passage in vessels from the ports where they are resident, and which vessels are , bound for the United States ; and if it appears that such emigrants have not been paupers or convicts, then the consuls are to give certificates to that effect ; but if, on the contrary, it ap pears that they have been the inmates of prisons or work houses, the consuls are to refuse the certificates. The certificates, when given, are to be duplicated, and a copy sent to the authorities of the port for which tl-1 vessel sails. Persons arriving in ports of the United States without such certificates are to be sent whence they came, and the master or owner of the vessel from which any im migrant is landed without such certificate shall be liable to Monahan's supporter's were injured The Marquis of Waterford has directed the purchase of Indian corn to the amount of £4,000, to be retailed at prime cost, and a portion to be distributed gratuitously where destitution prevails. The Marchioness of Water ford, independently of establishing a soup kitchen and a clothing institution, has subscribed £l6O to the Portlaw Poor Relief Fund. The Marquis established a soup kitchen at Curraghmore, which has been open during the winter, and one at Kilmacthomas. OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEM.—The Meath Herald publishes the subjoined extract of a letter received by a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Kells : " I think it but right to inform you of two persons who have been put on the public works in the barony of Skryne by the .relief committee. One of them is the son of a widow who died in May last. He sold, since then, two cows for 24 guineas, three pigs for £l5, two yearlings £l2, one cow £6, one calf £.3, making a sum altogether amounting to £6O. The other man was in the employ ment of a gentleman since May. He left his place about three weeks since, because he could not get a better din ner on a Sunday than a leg of roast pork, or bacon, and 6d..per day." With such practices of daily occurrence, it can scarcely be wondered that spring work on farms should be wholly neglected. LOVE AND CONSPIRACY.—A very curious case of love and conspiracy came before the Bantry petty sessions on Thursday week. Mr. Cornelius O'Donovan, a young gentleman residing at Bantry, received no less than forty love letters, purporting to be from Miss Catharine O'Sul livan ; but, when matters had become ripe for marriage, they all proved to be forgeries, Miss O'Sullivan knowing nothing of the matter. These letters were brought to him by a beggar named Connelly, answers being duly returned by him through the same source. On one occasion he received a present of a watch, a scarf, and a ring, all of inferior value. He went twice, by appointment, to Cork, but the lady of his hopes never came. Connelly, on the second occasion, was with him, and was well fed by Mr. O'Donovan, in addition to the receipt of several presents. Evidence was called to show that the letters had been written by a Miss Nano O'Sullivan, who, it . was consi dered, designed to marry Mr. O'Donovan by personating a fine of V2so.—American paper. AN INDIAN BATTLE.—A letter from a gentleman at Council Bluffs, dated on the 17th of December, to his cor respondent in St. Louis, states that on the previous day a band of the Omahas were met by a band of the Sioux, in the neighbourhood of the Bluffs, that a battle ensued be tween them ; and that the Sioux killed 60 of the Omahai before the conflict terminated. The following particulars we find in a-letter to the St. Louis Republican :—" It was a cold-blooded butchery of women and children, in the absence of all the warriors of the village. On the night of the 12th and 13th, the letter states, a war party of Yancton Sioux Indians - defeated and destroyed 14 tribes of the Omaha tribe of Indians, located at the time at Wood's Bluffs, situated about 60 miles from this place— Belleview. The men and warriors of the Omahas had left the camp on a hunt ; and the Sioux, soon after they reached the camp, discovered that they had only women and children to contend with The sliughter was terrible 73 were killed, and 19 mortally wounded. Two men lem - named Jos ph Lapeche loy of Mr. Peter A. Sharpy, and at the time in charge of a stock of goods. He ran from the scene of blood barefooted, and arrived at BellevieW with both feet frozen. Mr. Sharp and Major Miller, the pre sent agent, dispatched a party of men to ascertain the facts, and they confirmed, An their return; the report of Lafleche. They also reported that five of the Sioux In dians had been killed, no doubt stabbed by the Omaha Squaws. Going 20 miles further than the ground of the massacre they found the place where the goods of the trader had been divided among the robbers. "It seems," adds the letter, " that fate is against the Omaha Indians. a trader in the, em the former lady. Informations were granted both against her and Conelly. and the case was returned for trial at the county assizes. HORRIBLE MURDERS IN IRELAND.-011 the night of the 11th instant, about four miles west of Louisburg ( Mayo), a wretch, named James Gibbons, after robbing a house in which lived two sisters, named Mary and Honor Gibbons, but one of whom (Mary) was absent, set fire to the premises, and the unfortunate inmate, Honor, was burnt to death. The murderer was a brother of the deceased, and some of the property was found hid in his house ! He was committed for trial for wilful murder. — a farmer named Kelly, reported to be Carlow), was murdered by afterwards ransacked the ipped the dead body. He NEW ZEALAND xday week The bark Cecilia, Captain Pearce, with a full cargo of contract Kauri spars, and a small quantity of copper ore, a man name( )m Anckland, arrived at Plymouth on the 15th inst New Zealand. The native chief Heki, who form( turbed the northern colony, continues quiet, and appears likely to remain so. In the south the vigorous measures of Governor Grey have completely suppressed the rebel lious efforts of Ranghieta, whose brother was taken priso ner in Cook's Straits, and has been executed, after an in vestigation which proved his participation in the late dis turbances on the river" Hutt. The course pursued by the new colonial government at Wellington has given entire sa. tisfaction. The William Peile RIVER PLATA 'rem Monte Video, an Captain Sproat in Friday_ Chi le up the Uruguay, .with a force of 3000 men n Monte Video, and trade generally The London Observer says that Lord Howden is still at Paris, and that there is no reason whatever to doubt that he will be speedily enabled to proceed to his destination, armed with the combined instruction of the Governments vera had 111 is nu: of France and England for the settlement of all points in dispute between the belligerent parties on both sides of the River Plata. So far as the negotiations have pro ceeded there is no point of difference, and they only wait the leisure of the French Cabinet from other more press ing matters. to be uut into such a sl )e as will enable. the British Envoy to carry out the wishes of both. Govern- LIULIDG ••• : made his'escape. A verdict of wilful murder was record ed against the same county, on Friday se'n night, a bailiff, named Hynes, while in the execution of br rent in t Louse of a ie eye with a pitch fork, which penetrated V the brain and produced death. The murderer absconded, and a verdict of wilful murder was returned against him. IRISH OUTRAGES.—Returns of the number and de scription of outrages specially reported by the constabu lary throughout Ireland, in eachof the years 1845 - and 1846, have been laid before Parliament. It appears that the total number (in class 1) of offences against the per son amounted in 1846 to 1,923, against 1,639 in 1855, thus exhibiting a large increase-in the number of outrages. The list of crimes thus committed in Ireland during the past year contains 176 cases of homicide, 158 cases of fir ing at the person, 6 of conspiracy to murder, 1 of poison ing, 105 of rape, 49 of assault with intent, &c., 100 of in- ments fora satisfactory pacification The public slave-market at Constantinople I abolished, but it is suspected that the traffic in human be ings will still he carried on in the shape of private bargains. atter in t of those aggravated assaults peculiar to the Irish, 290 of assaults endangering life, 28 of assaults with intent to rob, Lord Hardinge has resolved on the reduction of the postage throughout India, and the introduction of a sys tem similar to that of Rowland Hill. At present, for a daily paper, restricted in weight to about one-fourth of a London journal, the postage amounts in some parts of India to £lO annually. TUE, EMIGRATION TO CANADA IN 1 1846.—The Mon treal Herald furnishes the following official statement of 1846: —Number of Emigrants landed at the Ports of Quebec and 370ntrea1,'32,753, viz., from' England, 9,263 ; from Ireland, _21,049 ; from Scotland, 1,655 ; Germans from Hamburg and Bremen, 896 ; total, 32,753. Adults, males, 12,366 ; femaleS, 10,826 ; children, Ito 14 years, 8 of assaults on btaliffs, &c., 49 of cutting and maiming, 34 of common assault, 147 of child desertion, 66 of con cealing births of children, and one of unnatural crime. In 1846 there were 4,766 cases of offences against the public peace, including 465 incendiary fires, 611 robberies of arms, 232 administrations of illegal oaths, 1,783 threatening letters, 536 attacks of houses, 449 injuries of property, and 167 cases of firing into dwelling houses. 1' , males, 3,901 ; ditto, females, 3,814 ; children under one year, 1,180 ; total, 32,153. The male adult emigration is classed as follows, viz., mechanics, 715.; farmers, 4,831; labourers, 6,733 ; servants, 87 ; sotal, 12,366. Destina tion—Proceeded to Western Canada, 24,136; estimated class 3, " .Offences against property," the alarming in crease is exhibited, between 1845 and 1846, from 1,739 to 5,670 cases, including 3,025 cases of cattle stealing, 813 burglaries, 258 highway robberies, 534 robberies, 287 cases of maiming cattle, and 416 cases of plundering provisions. The gerierAl tettil is 12,380 cases of crime and offence in 1846, against 8,104 in 1845. The counties in which crime appears to have been the most rife are thoSe of Tipperary, Cork, Limerick, Clare, Roscommon, and Leitrim, whilst those most free from the stirma are Antrim. London number in Eastern Canada, 2,U00; destination unknown, estimated as 'having gone to the United States, 6,617 ; total, 12,753. The emigration into Western Canada rid the United States, froth actual returns received, is 2,864, of which number about. 500 are Germans.' Of the Ger man ,emigration this year, vid Quebec, upwards of 200 have settled in tipper Canada ; the remainder went to the United States. The Irish emigration of the :canon is lorry, Lou ELOPEM onora iN: estim;tei;iuPwarti; of five-sixths of the whole Kildare, an( L policeman, of the name of Jacob Rathcormac, stationed in Newcastle, merick, got acquainted with a Miss ,vhile she was on a visit with her maternal uncle, Mr. Larkin, a wealthy shopkeeper in the town in which she was. stationed- The attachment having reached the ears of the family; the father forbid the acquaintance, and " to make assurance doubly sure," a lad eligible to seek the hand of Miss Macmahon, was introduced, and a marriage determined upon. The wedding clothes were bought-:- the marriage settlements completed, and the day named. But, as the - old adage goes, " there's many a slip 'twixt the'cup and the lip,' So it was with respect to the Mac mahon family, for the night before the appointed day, the sly policeman rescued the bride-elect from the custody of her watchful uncle, and before the discovery of her elope ment, she was on the road to her intended people-in-law at Rathcormat When the morning came, Newcastle was in a.ferment. A warrant hiving been obtained from a magistrate for her arrest upon a 'Charge of 'felony, the family of the Macmahons was up in arms, and the country around "was searched for the delinquent, and a reward of £lO was offered through the Limerick Chronicle for her apprelienion. Within two days Webb returned tolls station, to avoid coming under the charge of deser tion and resigned his office as policeman ; but so great was the indignation of the family and the friends of the Macmahons that he had to be escorted out of the town. Perceiving he was " set," with the instinct of a policeman, he made a circuit to arrive at the place of appointment, and, eluding his pursuers,- arrived in Cork on Sunday night. Mere he met his "intended," and on Monday they went to get married, but were recognised by an old soldier of the local companies, WEiriave them into cus tody. They were immediately taken before the presiding magistrate, who discharged Webb, but remanded the lady. -However, on Tuesday, Webb having engaged the services of Mr. J. J. O'Brien, he showed the bench that she was not criminally chargeable, and she was - conse quently discharged. This was - a fortunate' release„for that day . , being throve Tuesday, they were enabled.with out much delay to he joined in Wedlock by a priest. On Wedne4day; the father and 'uncle of the young wife arrived in this city, hut they found they were a day too late, , the happy couple having started the same morning to enjoy the - scenery of the Lake 3. of Killarney.—Cork Con/dilution. hood of S this side of the desert between Salti to and San Luis, to destroy the water tan :s in case the American army sho'uli move in force in the direction of Si n Luis Col. Kinney to attack Saltillo on the Tith of December. Large Mexi can forces, mostly cavalry, were at Tula at the last dates, under Geberal Generals Urrea, Romero, and Fernandez were also reported in that vicinity. On the Ist of January. General Taylor sent forward Col. May to examine the mountain passes between Montemo . rales and Labradores. On his return he took another pass leading to Linares, and was attacked by a large body of the enemy, and his rear guard cut off by rolling large a single horseman. Colonel May managed to get through with the main body of his force, and reached a spot where he was enabled to dismount and return to succour the rear guard. But it was too late : the enemy had retreated with their prisoners. At one time May's dragoons were almost at the mercy of .the enemy, had the latter dis- occu j ied was directly over the heads of the troops. Mays loss had not been ascertained, nor whether he had any men killed. There can be no doubt, however, that some had fallen. Generals Taylor, Twiggs, Patterson, and Pillow were at 'Victoria wih a large force. General Shields, with 650 men, marched from Tampico on the 10th towards Altamira, with the supposed intention of opening communications with General Taylor at Victoria. From two to three thousand Mexican troops were between Tampico and Victoria, with which it was supposed Gen. Shields might have an engagement. The force remaining at Tampico numbered 950 men. Colonel 1 Kinney states lexican force at San Luis amounted to 30,000 that the men, and he -estimates- their entire force in the field at 50,000 men. 'Generals Tayor and Patterson, with 6,000 men. were at Victoria. waiting orders from General Scott. The Secretary of the Treasury had sent a report to Congress, recommending an increase of duty on various The Earl of Elkin had arrived at Ca The tow-boat 'Phoenix had exploded at New Orleans. The Phoenix was towing the British ships Manchester and Ironsides, and the bark Leontine, to the S. W. Pass, when all . a her six boilers exploded at once. By this calamity Mr. Lathrop, the pilot, was blown overboard, and seven men holding various stations, were killed. On board the bark Leontine the destruction was yet greater. ight Germans were con nf 4-1%. Tem rt Large number wounc care Ilill or] 'rho 1 had come up to town_ with 126 German emigrants ion matte a fearfa FRANCE; The Journal des De'bats Of Wednesd announces in leader type, and with the easily recognisable conspicuous ness in which important intelligence is communicated, that the French ambassador has been received at dinner Majesty the Queen of England, and had subsequently passed the evening at Lord Palmerston's. This announce ment had. the effect of leading the public to believe that personal misunderstandings were at an end; a general im pression prevailed; that M Guizot would take some op- by the well known chief White Cloud, and four of the men wound .ed, and one woman killed. SUPPLIES FROM NEW ORLEANS.—We find, in an American paper, the following estimate of the supplies that can be furnished from New Orleans, and which is stated to be made by a long-established and extensive house in New Orleans, intimately acquainted with the capabilities of all the cultivated districts on the great plain of the Mississippi, the produce of which passes by New Orleans. The statement embraces the probable accuracy what plOrtion of'it will reach England, as large ships cannot get to New Orleans for want - of a sufficient depth of water at the entrance of the Mississippi ; this difficulty will be overcome next year by the recent dis. provisions, this line harbour being connected with a short railroad of only forty-six miles in length, by which the produce landed from the Mississippi can be put on board in less than three hours travel : Bushels. Quarter 500.000 say 2,000,000 or 250,000 900,000 „ 4,500,000 „ 550,000 Ditto Flour in barrel Indian corn in cars, in 400,000 „ 1,200,000 „ 140,000 Ditto shelled in sacks.. 1,500,000 ~ Ditto meal in barrels.. 150,000 „ Oats, barrels, anti sacks 300,000 ~ 4,500,000„ 510,000 450,000 „ 56,000 900,000 „ 112,000 some pease, barley, anc potatoes, in 25,000 casks of bacon 1,000 casks of hams 500,000 lbs. weight of hams in bulk, 45,000 barrels and kegs of butter, 400,000 barrels and casks of salted pork, 1,000,000 lbs. weight in bulk of salted pork, 60 barrels and tierces of salted beef, 110,000 barrels of lard, 350,000 kegs of lard. "The total estimate of the value of products brought to New Orleans this year, including sugar, molasses, cotton, tobacco, hemp, hay, tallow , staves, lumber, &c., may be set down at 90,000,000 of d ollars." TRIAL OF A NOVELIST.—On the 29th ult. at the tribu nal de la Seine, the Paris papers, Le Constitutionnel and 'La Presse, prefemciotheir charge against Mons. Alexandre Dumas and the proprietors 'of certain Parisian journals. 31. Alexandre Dumas was charged with having broken his engagement with ti .iromised to write t Barron, and M: W. R. Collett ain Layard, Sir R. Peel, _ Mr. MuNrz should vote against the bill, although hE had spoken in favour of it, on the ground that its sicic 2: overnment Lord G. BENTINcg - having relned, the house divided and the bill was lost by 322 to 118. HOUSE OF COMMONS WEDNESDAY The adjourned debate on the Factory Bill was resumed by Sir A. L. HAY, who contended against the bill, quo ting the.opinion of Mr. Horner that it would be the ruin of the n'ianufacturer Mr. B A.!, supported the bill, which the operatives duction of w all other-son: their health nished. as the consequence. Independently of ations, it was absolutely necessary for the hours of labour should be dimi- Mr. DENNISTOUN opposed the motion as an absurd and dangerous interference with the , industry of the _ surance over our manufacturers equal to ten which would be greatly increased if such a bill freight and i per cent. were pas Mr. FERR AND supported the bill ainst a measure of the nature of which he had never, during the ten years_ he had advocated it, known a manufacturer m in the presence of his stand fo: operatives more value the arguments of its opponents went to put pon a rise or fall of a farthing a pound in cotton, than upon the lives of the unfortunate beings who toiled in the mills and factories. The cotton trade of the of tholisands o people of England that file labouring population of the country entertained opinions favourable to the bill, but was satisfied that, to grant it. would inflict a qprirmc Mr. itoEßucx acliniftec e was certain that, if the bill were passed, the -f the Exchequer would be the first to feel its Chancellor themsei s would turn rot Knaresborough, and those who, like hit , them on the question, and be as loud in their complaint_ for passing the act as they were then in their demands to have it were exciting ck, Sir R. Inglis, Sir George Strickland, :igton, supported the bill ; and Mr. Tre- and Lord Ell , lawney 2ppo,9e ENV GATE Was in favour reading he secon, of the bill; and he regretted that he present a great number of petitions, been entrusted from Huddersfield, in favour of it Seen too OUNCOMBE believe( nufacturers and the operatives were tired of the agitation of the question, and, if that were so, he could not but regret that the government had not come forward' to nd finally. Believil le the questiori at once the bill wi) - the p e ople, e to the moral improvement of he would cordially vote for the second reading. Altei some further debale, interrupted by cries of " Divide," in which Sir R. Peel declared that he should vote against the second reading, and Lord G. Bentinck in its favour, the house divided, and the second reading Lord BEAUMONT having briefly related the events which followed the surrender of the Castle of Torres Ve dras on the condition of being treated with all the, ho nours of War, and the shameful act of the Portuguese Go vernment in placing forty or fifty of the captured officers on board a brig with the intention of transporting them to a penal settlement on the coast of Africa, asked if our Governinent had received any communications on the subject, and if they had done anything to obtain a re versal of the Portuguese decree. The Marquis of - LANsnoi,vNE admitted the fact, and deeply regretted that the Portuguese Government ha resolved to use men who hae surrenc lonours of war coula be done had been done. The moment the British Charge-d'Affaires had heard of the decree, he presented a representation to the Court of Lisbon ; and the Belgian and French Ministers respeetiveli i actin; separately th strict neutrality; circumstances h as the presence of Don Miguel, or of with the object of placing him on the hit+ might give rise to the question how far ex- might arise, st persons actin thron isting treaties would warrant our interference. The Earl of ABERDEEN remarked that this Government should be particularly cautious, because it had somehow, whetherrightly or wrongly, obtained circulation that Ulf ion had tl The for wishes of the British Governn id in the Tagus We tool sufficient to overawe the entire kingdom perhaps, too active part in placing the Queen of Portuga on her- hrone, and we ought now to, give at let support to her Majesty as would show th of the insurrection )provec gus was ther for ; btit he could the Queen of Portiigalwould have met Don Miguel in London Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Liverpool on the state of the criminal law, especially with respect to juvenile. am elaborae speech, into the statistics of crime in this and other countries, and called on the house, if the with him and the petitioners in their sense of the infinite importicrice of the subject, and thought that the time wa; come when even they ought to apply themselves in good earnest to the amendment of the criminal law, and more especially of the laws relating to prison discipline, to be prepared for a proposition which at a future time he should submit 'to them, and at a very early day to comply with the prayer of the "" agreed After' some observations from the Duke of RICHMOND and Earl GREY, some other business was disposed of, and their lordships adjourned. _ - - HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked whether her Ma sty's' Ministers would produce copies of a correspon- India and the promoters of railways in ticat portion of her Majesty's dominions, on the subject of advances by way of loan, for carrying out such projects. The noble Earl also complained that the people of India had to pay five per, cent. for money, when it could be raised in Eng land fvr the purposes of Government at three-and-ahalf. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said there would be no objectisn to produce the cprrespondence when complete. Conditions had, been suggested by the Government, on which certain advances might be made on account of rail ways to 'be constructed in India, but up to the present time they had not been accepted. Lord ACHBITRTON renewed his motion for various re turns relatiye to the capital embarked in railways, and of the investments of the bank of England in bonds, deben tures, pr other securities of railway companies. The Earl of CLARENDON objected to the latter return, on the ground that it would establish a precedent, by which the bank might be hereafter compelled to disclose to the' public the names of those parties to whom they had giygn credit. Lora - ASHBURTON was willing to substitute for the re turn objected to by the noble earl, one to the effect of an account of public securities held by the' bank, his only object being to enable Parliament to see what had been the cause of the movement in the money market, and the extent to which, the agency of the bank had been used in ies. He begged it to be cast no reflection upon the lid. that no body of men reference to railway - s, clearly understood, tha bank directors, believint could be more honourable in their transactions. - On :the order of the day for going into committee on the Sugar in Breweries and Distilleries Bills, a discus sion of seme length ensued, Lord STANLEY proposing, as an amendment, that the Distilleries Bill be referred to a se l e ct committee up stairs; upon which —"-- iivision motion a c took place, when there appeared, for the original motion, contents, 35 ; non-contents, 2 7: majority, B,—and the bills then went through committee without further oppo. sition: HOUSE OF COMMONS The City of London Small Pebts Bill WEIS read a second time. _ 7 FRIDAV 114145 infQrme4 the house that the House of Sir .1 ;wo abo'•e-named journals in the amazes demanded assembled, it having been announced that the illustrious" nd author of Monte Cristo" would plead his own cause the doors were scarcely thrown open; when every corner of the house was filled. For two hours and a half the im patient audience had listened to an unimportant and un- ,tnich was going on, alio tneir impatience was in no wise allayed by the non-appearance of M. Dumas. It began already to,be rumoured that he would not appear, when he was ushered in by the hussier by a private door. He was at once recognised by his dark complexion, and his being extremely over-dressed. The first outburst of satisfaction at his annearance having sub- ,cresting ca! sided, a deep silence prevailed. Dumas pleaded his own case, contending that he had not broken his engage ment, but must first complete previous engagements to the - extent of 80 volumes ! His speech was less remark able for modesty that for (French) eloquence. He dwelt complacently upon his almost sUPerhuMan labours as a writer. "The'plaintifrs pretend," said he, " that at my villa at St. Germain I remained idle. I wrote there eight volumes.of Balsamo.' At the same time I was occupied with representations of Shakspere and Dumas_ in __the theatre of St. Germain ; but T do not think I can be re proached for that, especially •as I gave them 27,000 lines, in two months. As regards my journey to SPainYl never solicited a mission : the Diike of Montpensier, who en tertains a degree of friendship for me, said to me as his brother had said formerly. ' Come to my marriage, I wish you to be present at a national fete.' M. de Salvandy then asked mo if I could leave for Spain and Algeria; and I replied that it was the very thing for me, as I recwire( repose. 'Yon will then go `to Spain,' said the mirnstc ' and to 'Algeria, a; Country not much knOw who speak mut it every diiv 11t110.Ut 110 y, tfie , pri*ate-niarriage eortfon of Charles 111., which w my man, hut to the man—to given not-to the lit6r le, -Aleicandre Dum4s, _ 7 Mlrquis Davy de la Vailret;rie — , and friend of the Duke of Montpensier.—(Sensation in court.) I' thence went to Tunis, where the bey was • absent; but I was honourably received by his brother, who received me as a'French en voy, and cogerred upon we the order a Nichan. in or- UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. The number of members in the university of Oxford is now 5930. This time last year it was 5878. The Rev. Lonsdall Formby, B.A. (1844), of Catharine hall, has been appointed to the perpetual curacy of Formby, Lancashire : vice : I. Bowman, resigned. The Lord Bishop of Chester has appointed the Rev. Richard Parkinson, 8.D.. Principal of St. Bees College, to be Rural Dean for the Deanery of. Whitehaven. The Rev. Thomas Dale has called the attention of the parishioners to the spiritual destitution of St. Pancras, and proposed a plan in which he suggests the division of the parish into ecclesiastical districts, And that ten additional churches be erected, so as to afford church-room for at least one-fourth of the population. The funds to be raised by subscripti, n. THE NEW BISHOPS.-It is said that the four bishoprics will be conferred upon the Hon. and Rev. Montague Villiers, M.A., Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury ; the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A., Vicar of St. Pancras, and Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's ; the Rev. J. Slade, M.A., Canon of Chester, and Vicar of Bolton-le-Moors ; and the Rev. B. P. Symonds, D.D., Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, and Vice-Chancellor of the University. The Senior Esquire'Bedell, of the University of Cam bridge, is the bearer of the news of his election to the newly-elected chancellor of the university, who presents him with a gold chain of the value of a hundred guineas. Mr. Gunning, who has held the office for 58 years, now possesses three of these costly perquisites of office, pre sented to him in succession by the Duke of Gloucester, the Marquis Camden, and the Duke of Northumberland : and he will soon -receive a fourth from the next chancellor. The Rev. Edward Hawkins, D.D., provost of Oriel College, Oxford, has been elected to the new chair of Exigetical Theology formed by the late Dr. Ireland, Dean of Westminster. Dr. Hawkins is a sound and able the ologian, and filled the office of Bampton divinity lecturer at Oxford in the year 1840: he is also the author of an able work on tradition, and of other miscellaneous theolo gical works. He was selected by the late Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, Dr. Wynter, as one of the board of six doc tors who condemned the sermon of Dr. Pusey on the Eucharist. MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—The sum of £12,000 is vested in the under-mentioned religious institutions, under the will of the late Mr. John Wilkinson, of High Wycome, Bucks, who died on the 24th of December last, and such bequests are payable on the decease of his widow, in the following proportions, viz. :—To the British and Foreign Bible Society, £3OOO • to the London Missionary Society, £2OOO ; to the Church Missionary Society, £l5OO ; to the Baptist Missionary Society, £l5OO ; to the Wes leyan Missionary Society, £lOOO ; to the Religious Tract Society, £1000; to the London Association in aid of the , ions of the United Brethren, called Moravians, £l5OO ; ''qstoral Aid Society, £250 ; to the Irish Society of -don for Promoting tlie Education and Religious In struction of the native Irish through the medium of their own language, £250. The Cambridge Advertiser states, that, in case of the refusal of Prince Albert to be put in nomination for the Chancellorship of that University, the Trinity men will bring forward Lord Burlington ; while the Times of Wed nesday states, that the Marquis of Northampton will be their candidate. The name of the Duke of Buccleuch has also been mentioned. The Johnians to a man will support Earl Powis. The Earl graduated at St. John's, M.A., 1806 ; he is in the 62nd year of his age. The last con tested election for the Chancellorship was on the death of the Duke of Grafton in 1811. The votes were, for H.R.H. the Duke of 'Gloucester, 468'; the Duke of Rutland, 391. Lord Powis is the only candidate as yet in the field for the vacant office, though a requisition to Prince Albert has been signed by, we believe, all the heads of colleges, except the master of St. John's. The election is on the 25th. THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM.—A gentleman, resident in the East, has communicated to one of the London pa pers the fact of the arrival in safety of Dr. Gobal, at the Holy City, which he entered on the 30th December. The Bishop, his family, and suite landed, though not without danger, at Jaffa, from her Majesty's steam-sloop Hecla, which conveyed them from Malta. The party was there welcomed with much kindness, by the authorities and others, and they remained until the 28th, when the Bishop and . attendants proceeded on their journey. On the 30th they neared Jerusalem, and they were met by all the English and other residents mounted, by whom they were escorted into the city, and proceeded very soon to the church, where, as the Bishop entered, a touching and interesting hymn was sung. The Te Deum was read and the Litany of our Church, when the Rev. Mr. Nicolayson addressed the Bishop in a very interesting and feeling manner, to which the Bishop . replied, and greeted tile congregation, blessing them in the name of the Lord. Tranquillity reigns throughout Palestine. COURT AND FASHION, The Court left Buckingham Palace on Saturday, for Claremont. They return to-day (Tuesday.) On Thursday, the Queen and Prince Albert honoured the French Plays with theirpresence. Her Majesty and the Prince, with the Royal. Children, have taken their ac customed airings in the vicinity of the palace. _ The Duke of Bedford is to have the Garter vacant by the death of the Duke of Northumberland. The venerable Earl of Derby has so much improved in health, that his lordship intends to leave Knowsley Park for town at the end of the month. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, The Whitehaven Junction Railway was opened on Monday. It extends from that town toMaryport.. The Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon and Lynn and and Dereham respectively have confirmed the lease of the linek to the Eastern Counties. There is a general report that the East Lancashire have purchased the Lancashire and Preston. Thus the East Lancashire will obtain a direct line from. Liverpool through Ormskirk and Preston to Lancaster. Such has been the demand for locomotives during the last two years, that out of ten engines ordered by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire two years ago, only three have been as yet delivered. Mr. G. R. Ward has jitst finished a beautiful engraving of Mr. Mackenzie, the eminent railway contractor, from an excellent likeness by Mr. H. J. Illidge, painted by public subscription, made at Paris. The proposition of the Taw Vale to lease the Exeter and Crediton was accepted by the latter. Five per cent. to be paid by the Taw, Vale for paid-up capital ; the pro fits exceeding five per cent. up to a half per cent., and when exceeding five-and-a-half per cent., surplus to be shared. NOTTINGHAM, AMBERGATE, BOSTON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The first sod of this line was cut on'Friday, with much pomp and circumstance, at Bottes- ford, near Belvoir Castle, by the lady of the chairman, as sisted by the noble owner of the castle—his grace the Duke of Rutland. _ _ The Brighton pay the best dividend they have yet done ; 34 per cent. for the half-year on the consolidated stock, and 28s. upon the fifth shares, whereon £4O had been paid. It is quite clear, that welcome as is this dividend, it is so, not merely as a fact by itself, but as a warranty of increased prosperity in future. SEIZING RAILWAY PAECELS.—An action has been raised before the Sheriff's Court of Paisley to decide as to the legality of the joint railway seizing the parcels of pas sengers .to ascertain if they contain other than personal luggage, that being the only kind of luggage allowed to ^neers. The railway company has craved time, and leadings. heir case by written p w „ a CAPE.—'°n 'Thursday afternoon, in conse quence of the heavy fall of rain, about thirty yards of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, near Woodhead, was washed away by the flood. A down train to Sheffield, and another to Manchester, had just passed over, when the line fell in. Had the fall occurred a few moments before, the accident must have been most frightful. In the Court of Common Pleas an action was brought by Mr. C. Barker, the advertising agent, to recover from Mr. Griffith, a merchant in Liverpool, as a ' provisional director and member of the committee of management of are to coed the Bristol, Manchester, and Liverpool Dire - ct Trunk Railway, the sum of £3O 3s. 6d. for work and labour done in advertising the prospectus of the company. The jury gave a verdict in favour of the claim. • Four per cent,' for the - half-year continues to be the declared dividend of 'the Great Western.. Delighting in that confidence which. has .won them so many triumphs , the , chairman gave his version of the existing state of affairs between the London and North-Western and his company ; and Mr. Heyworth patronizingly advised the uniform gauge conapitnies to give up " tinkering," and to put their houses in order. The report of the Manchester , Sheffield, and Lincoln shire is flattering. The traffic is progressing favourably. A dividend, after the rate of 5 per cent. per annum is to be paid to this holders of the original £lOO Sheffield and Manchester shares. ' 'The' NO. I quarter or preferential shares are to receive at the rate of 7i per_eent._par annum. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the neigh. bouring lines. GERMAN RAILROAD We gather that v From recent' German papers - . man rartways 174 German miles, or, in ro4nd numbers, about 800 Enklish miles in length. The longest section, amounting to 94 German miles, was opened in Prussia, and includes 'the direct line_ from. Hamburgh to Berlin. There is a line from Frankfort on the Oder to Bertin, which joins the line from Upper Silesia to Stettin, on the Baltic • Sea. Upper Silesia is, therefore, connected by railway communication with Stettin on the Baltic, and with Hamburgh via Berlin. In another 'year there will be another line to Hamburgh, rid Dresden, which is now finished as far as' 'Hanover. The Prussians completed their direct line to Hamburgh while the good King of 'Hanover was raising the wind to change the uniform of his soldiers from red to blue. In the south of Germany the grand Austrian trunk line from Vienna to Poland passes through Upper Silesia,, on its way to Galicia. A portion of the line already constructed leads through the vale of the Oder, and is continued to Cracow, The line now conStetteting from Frankfort to Leipsig will complete the communication between Upper Silesia or the Valley of the Oder to the Rhine at Bierberich. The line in pro gress from Cologne to Minden and Magdeburg will form a second means of communication between Upper Silesia and the Rhine near Dusseldorf. Between the coast of Belgium and the Rhine, the communication is opened from Antwerp and Ostend. It' is intended to construct a railway from Flushing to Dusseldorf directly through Dutch and Prussian territory, in order to afford ano ther good communication with a port always open. The reader cannot but have been struck with the direc tion which all these lines seem to take. They uniformly tend from the coast towards Upper Silesia. The moun tains inclosing the valley of the Upper Oder are traversa ble. Over their passes the Prussian Silesian, railroad either has been, or speedily will be, carried to join the grand Austrian line from Vienna to Cracow. ,deb. 23, 1847. THE DUTCH ILHENISH RAILWAY.—OH Saturday a meeting of the shareholders in this railway was held in the cotton sale-room, to receive a report from a committee appointed on the 3d of September larn to inquire into the past proceedings of the directors ' and to inquire into the present and future prospects of the undertaking. The meeting was most numerously attended.—The chair was taken by Mr. Charles Holland. He said it seemed strange that an undertaking that had been so auspiciously ushered in, arid was accompanied at the outset by a high premium in the market, should have sunk to a very great discount with Opt any ostensible reason for the change. A meeting of the shareholders had been brought about by advertise ment last year, and was pretty numerously attended. It then appeared that nearly all of them were in total igno rance of the merits of the line, and that they had entered into it on the faith of the prospectus, and the assurance of names which were entitled to the highest credit, and that they had not given themselves the trouble of inquiring into the 'natter. A committee was appointed, but for any infor mation obtained they were indebted to the indefatigable exertions of Mr. Beloe. The object now was to estab lish confidence in the concern, if it deserved it, and to avoid all irritation.—Mr. Beloe read the report, but it was not considered advisable to publish it.—Mr. - Tort said the statistics of the railway were in a very small compass. Deducting the expenses last year, and paying the interest on the bonds, there would remain to the shareholders about Is. 6d. per share. He assumed that the bonds would be liquidated, and that the capital of the company would be two millions. If they took fifty seven: miles of railway now open, which yielded £lB per mile per week, then the whole 112 miles would yield something like £92,000 per annum. This would leave £50,000 nett, and would yield 21 per cent. From that point; and that point only, were the shareholders to pro ceed ; and it was now for the meeting to ascertain from the information of any gentleman present whether there was a prospect of advancing to five or six per cent.—Mr. Chaplin (of London) said he had no doubt but the line would yet realize all that had been said, in the same pro portion as the Rouen line. He alluded to the management of theline by conzmissaires appointed by the Dutch govern ment. These gentlemen were disinterested,and no one could complain of their not acting properly. He then alluded to their solicitor and engineer in Holland, both of whom were worthy of the highest confidence. He denied that bonds had been purchased with a view of securing the private purposes of parties in that country. He suggested that the report should be withdrawn, as it might be felt that it unjustly impugned the conduct of parties there. lie had the same interest in the concern now that he held from the first. To some enquiries he said the company could effect a dividend of 3s. 6d. per share upon paid capital on May-day. A long conversation took place relative to the purchase of the bonds, which was explained, and the Directors had promised not to purchase more. — Mr. Moss expressed his confidence in the 'coricern.—Mi. Mozley said he was willing to take Mr. Chaplin at his word, and to view any errors which might have been com mitted as errors of judgment. What could not be undone must be submitted to. He looked at the future with confidence ; and he was willing, for the sake of the con cern, to forgive and forget. He moved that the present provisional committee be requested to continue their ser vices pending the carrying out, by negotiation, with the London and head direction, such arrangements as may tend to the removal of the dissatisfaction at present existing, and to the promotion of the prosperity of the concern.—Mr. Tool seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. It was agreed not to publish the report, and the meeting dispersed. THE BENCH AND THE BAR. One of the judges has declared that the persons placing money in the savings' bank, who do not draw some por tion within six years, are debarred from all claim by the Statute of Limitations. William Allcard, Esq., civil engineer; Joseph Stubbs, Esq., file manufacturer ; and John Allen, Esq., cotton ma nufacturer, all residing at Warrington, have been placed on the commission of the peace for this county. , The Lancaster Assizes closed about noon on Thursday. The business of the Crown Court was finished on Wednes day night, about eight o'clock.. On Thursday their lord ships (Barons-Rolfe and Alderson) proceeded to Appleby, to open the commission for Westmorland. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTE R , FEB. 18 (Before Baron Rolfe and a Special Jury.) LEVINS AND LAWTON V. BOUSTEAD AND ANOTHER LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEEMEN. This was s- an action brought by the plaintiffs, who are surveyors at Manchester, to recover the sum of £l2B 10s. from the defendants, who are both gentlemen of private fortune, Mr. Henderson, residing at Liverpool and Mr. Boustead, at Sedburgh, in Yorkshire, for services ren dered in that capacity, in reference to a projected line of railway between Lancaster and Newcastle, and in the prospectus of which the names of the defendants appeared as provisional committeemen. A great number of witnesses were examined, who proved that the defendants had authorised their names to be placed on the provisional committee, and that Boustead took such an active part in the scheme as to direct the diversion of the route •from that originally contemplated by the surveyor sent over by Messrs. Levies and Lawton. It was not proved, however, that either of the defendants engaged these gentlemen, either personally or by proxy. Under these circumstances, the learned Baron directed plaintiffs to be nonsuited. Mr. Baines, for the plaintiff ) wished to tender a bill of exceptions, as the case was a most important one. His lordship had no objection to Mr. Baines taking the case to a court of error or the House of Lor e d w s. as He er na fe i c g t h ly Wentered into a rn t nevertheless remark that th e s t ate of the em clear. hen persons couaeruialP t they took each other for better or worse, either by them selves or their agents. But this was not the case with all ioint-stock speculations, and least of all with provisional committees. When a man entered into partnership, he knew who were his partners ; but no provisional com mittee man knew who was to be placed on the list after him. It appeared to him, therefore, that there was no thing startling in the doctrine that provisional committee men were not responsible for contracts in which they had not taken an active part. On the 17th one of • the • de fendants was appointed a member of the protisional com mittee ; but that did not make him employ - the defend ants, and was therefore no evidence whatever.—Verdiet accordingly for defendants. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LYTHAM SPRING CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.-- This meeting took place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, over the grounds of Thomas Clifton, Esq. The hares ran well, particularly the two latter days. -The fol lowing are the returns :—The Great Clifton Cup was won by Mr. Coupe's Handy, beating Mr. Temple's Tricksy. The Talbot Cup was won by Mr. Jardine 's Liddesdale, beating Mr. Barnes's Lady. The Lytham Cup was won by Mr. Buxton's Octavia, Mr. A. Graham's Send-back the-money running up. The Veteran Stakes were won by Mr. E. Robinson's Old Nick, beating Mr. Saunders' Dressmaker. Sapling Stakes—No. 1, won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's Her Highness, beating Mr. Jepson's Hussy; No. 2, won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hydropathy, Mr. B. Taylor's Ruby running up ; No. 3, won by Mr. Edmund son's Beggar Boy, beating Mr. Atkinson's Amber, ; N. 4, won by Mr. Edmundson's Gin, beating Mr. Rogers's Reindeer,; No. 5, won by Mr. Reade's Sultan the Se cond, beating Mr. Browne's Phoenix. The match be tween Mr. Graham's Sir Edward and Mr. Bake's Bird lime, was won by the former. The match between Capt. Hogg's Handy Andy and Mr. Browne's Stunning Jo e won by the latter. POLITICA .'MISCELLANY-. Sir Joshua Walmsley has consented to be a candic for the representation of Leicester. On Friday, Sir Robert Peel presented a petition from du ties' on er manufactures nfa:;ouurersoafifidurctohmermere. relaxation of rest r i c ti ve du --At a meeting of L committee,B ao uoH E h L e u i.d c ToIO. on N Friday, it was re solved that a deputation should p roceed to London on Tuesday, to present the requisition,- as ki ng hi s l or d s hip Lord Lincoln's CHESTER to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of the borough. SLAVERY.--Lord Brougham, i ntinr ,tion prese__ to the House. of Lord s on Friday, frorniwthe Foreign pe Anti- Slavery Society, said he had been informed that in conse quence of the bill' of last year sugar plantations had been propagated -in Cuba and Brazil, while coffee plantations had been thrown out of cultivation. The price of slaves had also increased-from 20 to per cent. •L 0114), GEORGE -BDNPINoK'b RAiIiWAV BHA Entwisle, Esq., J. I. Blackburne, Esq., J. T. Clifton Esq., B. Disraeli, Esq., G. Hudson, Esq., and W. B Ferrand, Esq., voted among the minority it' favour of this bill. Lord Sandon, W. Brown. Esq. ' SirP. Egerton, T. Thorneley, Esq., E. Cardwell, Esq., W. T. Egerton, Esq., W. Ewart, Esq., Sir P. H. Fleetwood, Captain Gladstone, Lord R. Grosvenor, Ea.rl Grosvenor, and J. Jervis, Esq., voted with the majority against the bill. _ Mr. Barry, the architect of the new Houses of Parlia ment, has intimated- to the M arqu i s o f L ans d owne t h a t the House of Lords will be completed for the reception of their lordships after the Easter recess, with the exception of the fresco paintings and the statues in the niches. The new .House of Commons is not expected to be ready for some time. The Victoria. Hall, at the south end, and the Peel Lobby,. at the north'end, and the corridors, are in great state of-forwardness. LORD GEQ. BENTINCK'S'BILL AND THE TRISII MEI aEas.:--The division was a• curious one, and no doubt many will go into an analysis of it. The Irish member; played a very peculiar part. Two of the " dear sons "O f Mr. O'Connell voted for the measure of the " sporting lord," namely; Messrs. Daniel and John. One of 11 0 sons (Mr. Maurice O'Connell) did not vote at. all, neither did Mr. O'Connell himself; ; but his nephew (Mr. Morg John O'Connell) gave his' vote on the ministerial 5 1dt: Thus the' O'Connell interest haS been neutralised in tie division.: • Much has been said as .to a n O'Cointell's part in the affair TEN Houtts• BILL. —We find the followill names ' among those'who voted in favour of the secon d reading of the Ten Hours Bill : — Lord Sandon, Sir 11 ' Douglas, Sir George Strickland, Sir P. H.. Fleetwoo d ' Mr. P. Ainsworth, J. I. Blackburne, Mr. W. S. Craw . ' ford, Mr. W. Entwisle, Mr. C. Hindley, Mr. .1: Hornb.; Mr. R. Walker, Lord R. Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor , "" 1 : P. Egerton, Captain Gladstone, and J. Tollema cl V Agaitist the second reading :—Dr. Bowring, Mr. 1 . ; Browni Mr.-E.-Cardwell, T. M. Gibson, Hon. capto.. Lindsay, Mr. M. Phillips, Mr. J. W. Patten, T. Tho rne 14, Sir R. Peel, mid W. T. 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