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LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES toe sas Admir: mainly Lord S !nt by past nine on Stinday morning the steam SE OF COMMONS.- TUESDAY angarvon. steam-s tien the r •t was it posed, on tb went to be hat whilst t the characti fuller, but reported prog taking a f - EDWA the bri arty, that a gin a bill for a corn- . .Albans.—Mr. Con- dragoons, an ut ultimately acqui- that they wt it a division. is'and of Cuba HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. motion for going into committee upon the Audit of Accounts Bill, Mr. LABOUCHERE intimated that he • ppose the bill, but expressed his belief that it •ovide an effectual check to mal-practices on the tors of railways, or give any additional securities iolders.—Mr. CHAPLIN opposed the measure as , and pr6Posed, as au amendment, that the bill to committee that day six months.—After some endnient was, after a division, negatived, n the bill.—Upon the I an amendment, the r of railway directors -After a very long dis and the amendment was negatived Cher clauses amendments ware with a view to increasing the eral efficiency of the measure. ature relative to various r. LOCKE, Mr. DENISON, other gentlemen engaged. The nt throng! committee, after which the and from the latter number were enlisted as infantry part of dir and the House went int , first clause Mr. B. DE: xed by t proposed by Mr . . H. B nd Mr. H eight first clans CHAIRMAN reported pr HOUSE OF LORDS.-THLTRSDAY moved the third reading of the I.—Lord BEAUMONT said the le had not removed his objection on account of the case of ill ions system of interference be he Duke of Rtcti MOND thought persons from taking servants or .—The Earl of CARLISLE, in lat many cases of ill-treatment of servants re never made public, and that few would servants on account of the provisions of the fearful that their conduct towards them r.—The bill was then read a third time SANY presented and supported a peti- Ireland against the exclusion of the - Education Society from Parlia e fourth clause introduce, a vexa HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THrasDAy ALEXANDER HASTIE R pui Glasgow. sinned ant to a notice, presented a 56,00 persons, praying to easure to repel the papal a similar petition, signed 7 of Edinburgh.—Mr. H. tant, his motion respecting d the Government of Cey notice that on Monday he would n a bill for the better management of e Crown —Mr. CA YLEY then, in a n efficie I'. COWAN pi sons, from tt poned, till the 271 of Lord Torringt , It wit! t the s ed for leave to bring in a bill to'repeal said, both natural and necessary that in; agricultural interest should come )r their relief. The malt tax was most Is, ant since corn it was but justice that Iso.—After several other CE•LLOR Of the EXCHEQUER it produced to the revenue five millions sterling, and he other tax could be imposed in its place )1y collected, or more beneficial to the —Several _other addresses were delivered, the numbers were—For rity for Ministers, 136. ' the Income Tax should ith a view to its more Ir. GL DSTONE appealed to the hon. )rder that more time subject.—After some J. RUSSELL, and rpealed last iea the ilc 122; ag subject A long discussion ish members from the ;to the relations of this ;TELL ultimately con- Irish me:-nbers to the Lord J. A lition of tl. LORDS.--FrunAv two petitions, signed by many Li, praying for the en transporting convicts ined the expediency lishment of trans which the Bishops of tons were ordered -FRIDAY rim:•ntaii. the march from the cargo ( would, at no ion had not flt soon regain IE, Lord PALMER by French troops wards into to sing aga Cr dress •nment.— CHURCH 'z, stated that U. DANVILLE, P. the attention of he day for con :hancetlor of tht arch, and while t were at pra struck riously injuring s ho Lord John Russell gs of the Ltrli of the bill.—Sir G. the co, duct of the A. LADY Mrs. B 1 rent of the Papal . he paltry excuses us acts _of gover ive in proof of -Mr. ROEBUCK support the truct this bill in ,rms, a' or we. entlemer , rity for fastidious g, luestiona put them on ; we have no o not say tt sha 3 fashion to a long one .New Ark Post, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCI About 5 ) bblß. clinng Lner rates to 84 f Genesee t. Cann xed to to 435 4 nd fancy !c. for Jersey, and nd was light. W ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP AMERICA. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail Steam. was occupied for a short time in discussing a mo rorinced by Lord HARDWICKE, for ship America, Captain Neil Shannon, arrived here yester plan recently promulgated by the day morning at half-past five. She left Boston on the the retirement of naval officers, 30th ultimo, and Halifax on the 2d instant, and brings f injustice and breach of faith.— advices from New York to the 29th ultimo inclusive. She *, and one or two other peers con- has brought 111 passengers, and £26,000 in specie. On however, were objected to on the GREY and MINTo. the 4th instant she passed the steam -ship Europa, and at ) Africa; lERKELEY'S, advocating an Th ....,p Niagara arrived at Halifax at six o'clock 1 Wales, not exceeding 15.641. on the evening of the 29th ultimo. The steamer Ohio, ;overnment, was opposed by with Havana mails and £1.40,000 gold dust, and 26,000 ered, and withdrawn.—Lord dollars sp ecie , arrived at New Yo r k o n th e 24th ultimo. should immediately resolse —. ..,,, to take into consi- Inc steam-ship Humboldt, sister ship to the Franklin, the duty on home-made would leave New York on the 3d for Southampton. me as that of his bill of There was no change in the demand for money. Fo ;., was rejected by a ma- re i gn exc h ange was firm, and it was difficult to buy good ~ported, among. others, by sterlinc , bills below 110.1, the leading drawers asking 1101. . HUME, and Mr. DISRAELI . , CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHE- The ' advices by the Asia had an unfavourable effect on GIBSON, and Sir G. CLERK. the cotton market. The estimates of the crop had ad- Te--for Lord Naas's motion, vanced to 2,300,000 bales and upwards; and the decline ne. The Speaker then gave in price submitted to ranged from :lc. to lc. The receipts wico usage,— wan tne ayes," at all the shipping ports are 1,999,439 bales, against ritr• -Mr ROEBUCK said th • e 1,800,080 to the same date last year; an increase this lomalous position, and was in season of 199.359 tales. The total foreign export this sad of the Government ruling detzat, he put it to the noble year is 270,425 bales more than last, say 231,911 bales itic to retain - the Government. increase to Great Britain, and 38,514 increase to France. se interests of the country as to The stock on hand and on shipboard this year is 514,712 t the House bear the responsi- bales; same time last year, 531,094 bales; being an increase •na•ard for his own personal in stock of 16,382 bales. At Mobile and New Orleans, 'ority to such a state of , ilectfullv declined the since the receipt of the Asia's advices freights have ad - with respect to his vanced from Id. to id., and prices receded from 101 d. for nn for his good intention, he middling to 10d., the decline in price being only equiva --aracter himself. The course lent to the advance in freight. cm such an occasion was The most important piece of news brought by this ar -nation of Government rival is the intelligence of the arrest of a number of 1 Le could say was, g ,- ,rted the present Hungarian refugees, &c., with a steamer and stores of Ang the situation ammunition, on the eve of embarkation, to attempt a ey were not dis- second time a revolution in Cuba. The following para .er of the Govern- graph from the New York Herald unfolds what is deemed 4114 not, on the other hand, proof of the intention of the p ar tie s : the hasty course of immediately Lying gone into committee, Lord " The next object_ now was to obtain the necessary evi- of tile expedition could he s overruled, and the CHAIRMAN immediately legally arrested. Accordingly, Deputy Marshal Rakielewitz dress, the Premier intimating his intention of assumed the disguise of one of the invading emigrants, and !sh division on the next stage of the question.—The mingled among them at South Amboy. am! soon discovered he was one of the ey had been engaged to join.ihe army in Texas as it was not until they arrived at South Amboy informed the expedition was to sail for the The number to be shipped from South Amboy red and fifty -- I New York two hundred ; A party, said to be in the plot, arrived at Griffin, who declare that, if the expedition was successful, they were each to have five thousand dollars, with a fair prospect of making fortunes, and were assured that a large portion of the Spanish army would join them on their arrival, as would the inhabitants. The President of the United States has issued a proclamation, denouncing the attempt, and for the present the plot appears to be frustrated. From Boston we learn that Frank Oakes, mate of the Liverpool ship Rio Grande, had been arrested for almost killing an Irishman. Great indignities had been offered, in South Carolina, to the officer from Boston who con veyed the fugitive slave Simms back to that state. The Mississippi had fallen a foot in height. Letters from South Carolina, in the New York Herald, charge the British Government, "on good authority," with in triguing for the severance of the cotton States from the Union. On the 23d ultimo a grand entertainment was given at Astor-house, New York, by the St. George's Society, at which Sir H. Bulwer (who had recovered from severe indisposition) was one of the principal guests and speakers. Captain Judkins was also present, and pre sented to the guests a turbot caught in England, and only eleven days out of English water. Captain Beals presided, and the Swedish Minister, Mr. Lytton, son of Sir E. B. Lytton, the novellist, were also present. Several of the orations, more especially those of Sir H. Bulwer, were of a remarkable character. Captain Cooper responded for the British army, Sir H. Bulwer for the Duke of Wellington, and Mr. Lytton for his father, the great no vellist. Sir H. Bulwer proposed the health of Washington Irving ; and, subsequently, the memory of Capt. Roberts, of the steam-ship President, was drunk in silence, the day being the anniversary of his arrival in New York in the Sirius, from Europe. Letters from New York state, that instructions had been received from the Treasury department, directing the revenue officers strictly to enforce the provisions of the Act of March 2, 1792, requiring, under a heavy penalty, masters both of the United States and foreign vessels, on arriving within four leagues of the coast, to have on board duplicate manifests of their cargoes. s from Havana, of the 23rd ult., announce, that much excitement continued to exist on account of the in vasion, which was expected to have landed on the 19th instant. The captain general had received a despatch stating that an expedition had sailed from New Orleans. The troops were sleeping on their arms; horses were ready saddled for expresses, and one steamer keeps her steam up. One Spaniard had been condemned to death, having been detected in bribing a pilot to assist Lopez. The people are said to desire the invasion, and are ready to join when a respectable force lands on the island. Business was at a stand in Havanah, in consequence of the Easter holyday season. From Cardenas we learn, that from the same cause freights were fast falling. On the sth ult. a serious fire occurred at Magnayez ; damage estimated at 20,000 dollars. Letters from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to the 29th ultimo, (being three days later than by the West India steam-ship Great Western,) are published in the New York journals, but the contents are vague and unimportant. Congress was still sitting, and proposed to continue in session for some time longer. Formal complaints have been ad dressed by the cabinet to the United States government relative to the Indian aggressions on the frontier. Letters from New Brunswick announce, that on the 21st ult. the house rejected the Intercolonial Bill admit ting Canadian produce duty free. Accounts from Bermuda announce the opening of the parliament, by Capt. Elliot, on the 7th ult. From Port-au-Prince we learn that Soulouque had made further levies of troops, and that the Chamber of Deputies had rejected the claims pressed by the United States. Letters from Buenos Ayres of the sth March, received in Boston, state that Roses was again talking of resigning 3 elevated office. Capt. M. M'Kenzie, of the Liverpool ip Adamant, had been killed by a fail from horseback. Letters from Liberia, of the 13th February, announce Mr. Shaw, the agent sent out from England to expe on the growth of cotton, was about to ship a Iles to Liverpool. Liberia, it was expected, stant date, become a large exporter. D.—The Nightingale has been insulted in y stones thrown into the carriage, and after ing-room. She subsequently refused ft instantly for Baltimore. RUCK BY LIGHTNING.—FATALITY AT —On Sunday, April 27th, during the ser- pdist congrezation efore the communion, the church was The fluid passed down the steeple to the centre of the church, amidst the antly killing Mrs. George Pensyl, and se ,veral others, in different parts of the l'he steeple was shattered, pews destroyed, and rn up. The church was new, and has sustained le injury. —New York Herald. C 6 ` RESOLVED TO BE FREE" AND EASY. — Tier, editor of the Lily, has adopted the " short dress and trousers," and says hi her paper of this month that many of the women in that place (Seneca Falls) oppose the change ; others laugh ; others still are in • " and many have adopted the dress." She closes '^le upon the subject 'as follows :—" Those who look ' queer' would do well to look back a few 'Ae time when they wore ten or fifteen pounds 'ad bustle around the body, and balloons on ' *-nagine which cut the queerest not for the frowns of over ; we have those of better taste and morals to sustain us. If men think they ' , le in long heavy skirts, let them Jbjection. We are more com and so have left them off. We do 'ear this dress and no other, but we ear it for a common dress; and we hope it may be - may wear it at all times, and thought singular. We have i to it that we dislike changing SDAY, APRIL 29 tffs.—The movements in flour have been pretty large, a g some 5,000 bbls. No. 2 superfine at $4 18c. • ordi ht State at $4 :17c. to .84 44c.; Indiana. 111 :ew Orleans, $4 62c. to $4 o 87c. ; which indicate +ism ruled, heavy and nominal at $4 so depressed, and the sales did good brands, at .54 EBc. to .54 t4c. Small parcels of rye flour 44c. Corn meal was quoted at 83 37c. for Brandywine, at which the was rather dull, but firm : 2,500 not varied. live c. to 4C )VIAL s state- , sent in a f the manuscript, Lies Favre, who in of the Interior, on is becoming roost respectable as been ion which they Last year 'dnesdav e to nod( Capt. Watts, at h on I by ti from ( Inor pre_ 1e of the Great dis: ich put into Table since fcr supplies, oa constrictors, as ;onie corn' and ordinary sailers, 45c. to —Pork was in better request, without change in f 1,300 bbls. new mess, were made at 315 12ic.; il3; and old ditto at 311 87c. ail, and firm, at 89 50c. to 811 3 sec. for prime. Beef hams rd has again advanced, with Pickled meats were scarce and Butter new pri realised 84( y's rates. Prices realized thus S likely to I iv iii U satisfactory, and large row on hard, before the trial for most manufac- beaner than at present, and market will stand a very Fork Herald, April 29. Coin moved to the 1.1 flat yellow at E3ic n 4 with a firmer the market on was engaged to Liverpool 100 bushels of corn at 4id., of tobacco at 1. and s ird reading Mr. NAPIER, M Mr. WI LsoN, the ,ut the not of very Id not lei him by Mr. Roc to treatment tween mat took place v object to ri petition fr the house BAILIEy the malt law protel corn-tsw members during tt commit Lord I thousa tire at lIOUS ITTLETON pre to Mr. 1 for England Tit mencan bar e of Good H her entire cargo. - iE OF OAINION Le Regatta, pe, a short time , pants and two ! 55C. Provisions. must 11 fall trade conunenC tured article in that ever poor chance Orp-a-iing—c.o-s7 GREEK BRIGANDS.—The Courrier d' Athenes, of the 18th, gives a list of bands of brigands now infesting Western Greece. The most formidable are those of Caramba, who is at the head of twelve men ; Gradoula, with fifteen men; Caragounides, with seventeen ; and Balafa, with nineteen men; besides two more bands of sixteen men each, whose chiefs are not known. It ap pears from all accounts that the system of brigandage has spread over the country to a degree hitherto unparalleled. The Minerva estimates the total number of public rob. berg now in Greece at 1,000. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PORTUGAL. The Queen of Portugal has nominated Saldanha Presi. dent of the Council of Ministers, Count Terceira, who was first sent for by her Majesty after the resignation of the Thomar Ministry, having failed to form a Government. Accounts were hourly arriving of the troops in different districts turning out to the popular cry of " Viva the Duke of Saldanha and down with the Ministry !" The last ac counts of the King were from Pombal, where he had barely half his original forces, and these were hourly diminishing by desertions to Coimbra en route for Oporto. Two regi ments went off from ioimbra before the King's face; when formed in order of march, and the word being given, they cried out, that their road was Oporto, and so went off to the Duke, leaving the King to take the opposite course for Lisbon, where he may arrive in two or three days, or earlier if the troops leave him with his staff only. An heir to the Spanish throne is said to be expected. The Prophet is being played at thirty-two theatres in Germany. A Philharmonic Society is established at Algiers, and Beethoven's symphony in C minor is in preparation. Shades of the bygone dens! A town section of land at Adelaide, South Australia, has recently been sold by auction at the rate of £l,BOO per acre We hear from good authority that the King of Prussia will have a conference with the Emperor and Empress of Russia at Warsaw on the 15th.—Anzieger Zeitrrng. The Pope, who arrogantly questioned the right of the Spanish Government to sell their own Church lands, has signed a cortctirdat which makes those sales legal At the departure of the brig Acorn, from Boston, with a captured fugitive slave, named Sims, about 150 aboli tionists, with a preacher at their head, knelt down and prayed on the wharf for their unhappy brother, and then sang two or three psalms. Cuneo, in Piedmont, was on the 25th ult. visited by a cloud of butterflies of various colours. They settled in myriads on walls, trees, Scc. They are supposed to have been gathered together by whirlwinds in Africa, and to have been driven over to Europe by the same agency. SAGACITY.—A well-dressed young woman, on Saturday, entered a restaurant not far from the terminus of the Orleans railway, and told the waiter to bring her in all baste a basin of soup, as she was about to take her depar ture by the next train. This was immediately done; and, after having taken it, and paid the waiter, she was hurrying away, saying that she should certainly be late, when she perceived her passage barred by a large dog, which refused to let her pass. She attempted by caresses to put it aside, but the animal held firm, and opposed her way. " I shall certainly be late !" cried she. "Do take away that horrible dog !" The waiter and the master cried out, " Vidocq, Vidocq ! give way, sir," but the dog never stirred. One of the waiters here whispered something to the master, who, coming up to the young woman, said, " If my dog prevents your leaving the premises, the reason must be that you have some of the property belonging to the house about you. You had better give it up at once, and go your way." The person thus addressed affected great indignation, but et last drew out a silver spoon, which she handed to the owner of the restaurant. The dog then allowed her to pass, and she was hurrying of when she was -seized by her mantelet, and forced to stop. This time it was a police agent, who had been on the look-out for several persons suspected of being concerned in a robbery, and who, it was thought, might attempt to get off by the railway. She was arrested, and, on examination, her mantelet was found to be fur nished with immense pockets for receiving pilfered goods. It is said that this is not the first time that the dog belonging to the restaurateur has shown himself a faithful guardian of his master's property.—La Prase. IRELAND. Large numbers of the working classes now attend the lectures in Trinity College University, Dublin, a circum stance altogether novel. The neighbourhood of Cork was visited by an un usually heavy fall of hail on Friday, accompanied by thunder. The hail stones were as large as marbles. The trustees of the " Magee College" have fixed on Derry as the site of this institution, which, though en dowed for educating persons intended to be Presbyterian ministers, is not to be limited to them. A gipsy, of rather prepossessing appearance, was sen tenced to seven years' transportation at Limerick sessions, for feloniously stealing a child of two years old, from the town of Westport. The Limerick Reporter states. that, according to the present census return, the population of Cashel has decreased within the ten past years to the extent of 2256 —the population in 1811 amounting to 7036; in 1851, 4780. Mr. Michael Desmode, of Kilkenny, who died on Tues day last of consumption, has bequeathed a large sum— £6,ooo it is said—to the Roman Catholic Church, for various pious purposes, such as masses, the completion of the new cathedral in Kilkenny, James Power, Esq., D.L., Eldermine, county Wex ford, has given all his poor tenants, not able to live at home, money and clothes to take them to America. Six hundred persons connected with agriculture, in and about Bannow, county Wexford, are preparing to emigrate to America. On Wednesday, as Mr. Keane. second son of Sir R. Keane, of Cappoquin, Waterford, was riding with his lady in a car, they were fired at from some one behind a wall. Providentially they escaped unhurt, but the coach man distinctly saw the flash and heard the whizzing of the bullet. The occurrence took place within a hundred yards of the town of CoppoQuin. As the Rev. Mr. Lewis was riding through the streets of Dingle, on Monday, a violent mob assailed him, and his horse was so frightened by the shoutings that it plunged with its rider into a saw-pit. The horse lay for dead for some minutes, but Mr. Lewis did not sustain any serious injury. It is stated that denunciations still continue to be hurled from the altar at all converts and missionaries. Several of the rioters have been summoned. LORD CLARENDON'S LETTHR TO LORD SHREWSBURY. —The Freeman's Journal announces on the " best au thority" that the letter of the Lord Lieutenant to the Earl of Shrewsbury, which appeared in a recent number of the Tablet, is to form a matter for discussion in the Court of Queen's Bench. Our contemporary adds— " Some of the parties whose characters have been assailed, and who have been themselves so grievously libelled in the letter of the noble lord, have, we are informed, taken the preliminary steps necessary to bring the matter under the cognizance of the court. What particular form the proceeding may take—whether the action is to be against the journalist who first puhlished the letter, with the view of reaching the author, or whether some other course may be adopted—has not, we believe, yet been decided on." PENANCE FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE SAXONS.—A few days since a lady of this city perceived that her female servant had not her morning business completed as usual, and having reprimanded her for lying in bed to too late an hour, Mary declared that she rose even earlier than heretofore. The mistress said that could not be the fact, and that her offence was heinously aggravated by false hood. Mary, wishing to continue to possess the good opinion of her mistress, said, " Well, ma'am, I'll tell you the truth—there's a new kind of a priest come to Cork, they call him Lord Father Ignatius, who has put a new kind of penance upon us. Our own clergy used to make us say paters for our little sins, but this foreign priest makes us pray for the conversion of the benighted En glish, all of whom, he says, will go to mass this year, if we say four paters and three ayes every morning, and sure that's too hard upon any poor girl who has to make three fires, tidy the drawing-room and parlour, and boil the kettle before nine."—Cork Constitution. LAW INTELLIGENCE. MR. DICE SOMBRE.-At this gentleman's- own re quest, the Lord Chancellor has appointed two medical men to examine him as to his sanity. Last week Mr. Evans, of Sheffield, mercer, got £5O damages against his sister, for having sent him to Beth lem Hospital, on the charge of insanity, which was not proved. _ _ In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, Mr. Roe buck, Q.C. moved for the reinst a t emen t o f M r . B ar b er in the list of attorneys. The court took time to consider its judgment. A congratulatory address has been presented to Sir J. Romilly on his elevation to the Mastership of the Rolls, by the benchers of Gray's-inn, at an entertainment of unbounded hospitality. At the Bail Court, on Wednesday, a rule was granted, calling upon an attorney of the court, whose name is not mentioned, to show cause why his name should not be struck off the Rolls. He was stated to have been found grilty of fraud and perjury. In the Bail Court, on Monday, rules were granted by Mr. Justice Coleridge, calling upon the proprietors to shew cause why criminal informations should not issue against the Morning Ath:ertiser and Morning Herald newspapers for libels upon the inmates of the Roman Catholic convent of Notre Dame, at Clapham, in Surrey. In the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday, the prose cution of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue against Messrs. Bradbury end Evans, the well-known printers, for publishing The Household Narrative of Current Events on unstamped paper, came on for hearing ; but the court deferred its judgment on account of the great importance of the case. _ In the Court of Criminal Appeal, on Saturday week, a conviction for theft was quashed on the ground that the name of the owner of the property had not been properly spelt in the indictment. The goods were stated to belong to Darius Christopher ; the man's name was Trius. The Judge at the Dorset Sessions decided that the names were idem sonantia in the Dorsetshire dialect, which makes the d explosive and very hard, like the t. The Criminal Ap peal Court held that it was impossible to say that Darius and Trius were identical. IN RE GANDELL AND BRUNTON.—The case of Rodick v. Gandell was heard in the Court of Chancery on Mon day. This is an appeal from a decree of the late Master of the Rolls in 1849. The bill is filed by the Liverpool Union Bank for a declaration that it is entitled to the benefit of a continuing security given by Westmacott and Penniger, solicitors, of London, for a sum of £3OOO, due to it by Gandell and Brunton, engineers, of Liverpool. The Master of the Rolls decided against the claim, and Mr. Roundell Palmer o ccu pi e d the better portion of the day in opening an appeal. IMPORTANT WESLEYAN CHAPEL CASE.—THE WES LEYAN CONFERENCE v. COZENS, HARDY, AND OTHERS. This case came on for hearing at Westminster before the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, on Wednesday, April, 16, and was argued f o ur d a ys c o n s ec utively. It was a motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants, the trustees of a Wesleyan chapel at H o lt, in Norfolk, from preventing the use and enjoyment of the chapel by the plaintiffs, and from permitting any other person to use the same for the purpose of any religious service. On Wednesday the learned jud g e delivered his judgment in the dismissal of the motion, but would make no order as to the costs ; nor was it necessary for him to consider the question of the plaintiffs' right to sue. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, The Rev. Josiah Downing, 8.A., has been appointed to Hindley C., Wigan, Lancashire. Sir John Dodson and the Attorney and Solicitor-Gene rals have given their opinion that the University Commis sion is " not in any respect illegal or unconstitutional." No fewer than three churches in Gloucester, and within a narrow circle around the city were consecrated last week. It was stated at the meeting of the Irish Church Missions held on Friday, at Exeter Hall, that there had been ten thousand converts from Popery in the diocese of Tuam alone. - The Rev. Joseph Esmond Riddle, M.A., of St. Edmund Hall, Incumbent of St. Philip and St. James, Leckhamp ton, Gloucestershire, has been appointed to preach the Bampton Lectures for the year 1852. On Monday the Bishop of Manchester visited Lancas ter, for the purpose of consecrating a burial-ground at Skerton. In the afternoon his lordship laid the first stone of a new grammar-school at Lancaster, and was present at a banquet given on the occasion, in the evening, by the mayor. The Bishop of Toronto has just published a letter to Lord John Russell, urging the imperative necessity of some better system of legislation and administration for the Church in that colony. The bishop proposes, in the first instance, to petition the Queen to grant her license for the convoking a provincial synod of the three Canadian dioceses ; and, if this be denied, he will then proceed to inquire if a synod, merely diocesan, cannot be assembled. The annual meeting the Trish Church Mission was-held on Friday, at Exeter Hall, the Earl of Harrowby in the h chair. The report of the committee for the past year stated that they had been very successful in their opera tions among the Roman Catholics in Ireland. The re. ceipts for the past year amounted to £6,284 ss. 4d., and the balance at the commencement of the year was £1,709, making nearly £B,OOO. The balance in hand for this year amounted to £1,210 10s. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTEIt.—Some further state ments having been published by the Rev. Mr. Alsop, re lative to the interview between himself and the Bishop of Manchester, in which he imputed to his Lordship among other vehemence of utterance, Mr. Harder, the Bishop's secretary, has written to impeach the correctness of the account given of the interview by , Mr. Alsop. Mr. Dickinson, the parishioners' churchwarden of West Houghton, has likewise published a letter supporting the Bishop, in which he affirms that the congregation has, during Mr. Alsop's incumbency " almost dwindled to no thin g."'and that if his dismissal depended upon a majority of the parishioners, " he would in a very few hours have notice to quit." PER'7 , I3RTS AND PROSPECTS. — Archdeacon Manning has recently, taken the fatal step, and embraced the unnatural mother he has so long been yearning after. Mr. Simeon, M.P., has followed, and perfected what hehas long since commenced—his course to Rome ; and report leads us to expect that a long train will speedily follow the archdea con—perhaps, three hundred—perhaps, the whole eighteen hundred who were seduced from their allegiance to the Queen by , the insidious, and we believe, illegal lettter and declaration circulated by Dr. Mill, and Archdeacons Manning. and Wilberforce, some months ago. These things are lamentable for them ; and, to some. they may be nerplezing—dignitaries deserting their Church and their Queen, and leading off a multitude of clergy aft er them, like officerst traitorously passing over to the enemy at the moment of attack. But let it not surprise or alarm any one : it is what has been expected for some time.— Church andSfate Gazette. THE BISHOP OF EXETER'S " SYNODICAL •ACTION" SCHEDIE.—On Monday, the Rev. John Rowe, Rector of St. Mary Arches, convened a rural-decanal meeting to discuss the propriety or otherwise of approving of the bishop's scheme for bringing about synodical action. Only fifteen clergymen out of thirty-seven in the-deanery attended, and these were far from being unanimous. We understand that one clergyman boldly protested against the whole measure, and two or three expressed their de termination not again to attend a similar meeting.. It has been suggested in influential quarters that a meeting of the laity of the diocese will be requisite to take into con sideration these recent proceedings of the Bishop-of Exe ter which now occupy so much of the public attention. Ihe eyes of the nation at large are turned towards the county of Devon, in anxious expectation of its- adoption of steps for the maintenance and vindication of that great Protestant principle—the right of private judgment. —Exeter Plying Post. The Exeter diocesan synod will consist of nearly 200 persons, 62 of whom will be elected by the clergy.. The other members will be the Very Rev. T. H. Lowe, the Dean ; Rev. W. J. Phillpotts, M.A., the Precentor ; the Chancellor of the church, the Rev. E. C. Harrington, M.A.; the five Canons, the Venerable J. M. Stevens, Archdeacon of Exeter; the Venerable R. M. Fronde, M.A, Archdeacon of Totness ; the Venerable W. J. Phillpotts, MIA., Archdeacon of Cornwall ; the Venera ble John Bartholomew, Archdeacon of Barnstaple ; th e Sub-dean, the Bishop's Chaplains, atm 31 Rural Deans. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday, at Exeter-hall, the Earl of Chichester in the chair. The meeting was very well attended,and on the platform were a large number of nobility and gentry, among whom were Lord Glenelg, Sir E. Buxton, Sir Robert Inglis, the Earl of Harrowby, &c. The report gave very gratifying accounts of their successes in Africa, India, and other places. The financial state rnent showed'a total income of £112,252, being an increase of £7949 - over last year. The total expenditure was £1.04,634. In addition to the income stated above, £15,000 Consols had been left by the late Miss Goodwin, of Blackheath, to be applied to the support of the widows and orphans of missionaries. The Earl of- Harrowby moved the adoption of the report, and resolutions con veying the-thanks of the meeting to the Bishop of Ossory and Ferns-for a sermon preached by him in support of the society, and to the president, &c. of the society, and ap pointing: the committee for the ensuing year. He had heard with pleasure mentioned in the report their supe riority in contributions over the Roman Catholic mis sions, but was sorry to hear there was a want of ministers. He dwelt on the difference in the constitution between the two churches, which gave to the Romish the advantage of exercising an absolute power over the consciences and actions of their adherents. But with this advantage the Jesuits-were satisfied with a very low standard of conver sion, and were content if they could impose the sprinkling of holy water or the cross under any circumstances. In Thibet a French missionary found their idolatry and the Romish worship were so similar, that be obtained his symbols at the same shop, and thought that Buddhism was the faint foreshadowing of Christianity in the east. But'the Protestants did not possess these advantages, for they did not appeal so much to outward forms. The Bishop of Bombay drew a contrast between the present state of the society and its position at its commencement. In conclusion, he pointed out the necessity for increased: liberality. BRITISH ARD FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.--The forty seventh annual meeting of the friends of this society was held on 'Wednesday, at Exeter Hall, Lord Ashley in the chair. On the platform were the Earl of Harrowby, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Bishop of Cashel, Mr. Plumptre, ALP.. Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., Sir Thomas D. Aeland, M.P., Mr. Samuel Guraey, and a number of dis tinguished clergymen, both native and foreign. Lord Ashley, in addressing the meeting, urged upon them the necessity of upholding, at the present time more than ever, the principles of the Reformation, which were again assailed by its ancient enem7. They ought to assert more strongly than ever the right of private judgment,,and the necessity of freely circulating the word of God among those nations which were still ignorant of the light of the gospel, or where those superstitions and practices, so re volting to the Protestant feelings of Englishmen, obtained. The entire receipts of the year ending March 31 4 1851, amounted :to £103,330 2s. Bd., being an increase of £11,695 10s. ld. upon those of the year preceding. The receipts, as applicable to the general purposes of the so ciety, amounted to 53,795 7s. 10d., including £33,896 as free contributions from auxiliary societies.. The amount received by the sale of Bibles and Testaments was £49534 14s. 10d. The issues of the society during the past year had been as follow :.—From the depot at home 788,073 copies, and from the depot abroad 349,51t4 copies, giving a total issue for the year of 1,137,617 copies, and a gene ral total of 24,24Z667 since the foundation of the society. The expenditure of the year was £103,543 Ios. 10d., being £6297 Ss. 10d. over that of the preceding pear. The so ciety still remained under FilOties to the extent of £61,552 2s. The efforts of the society and its agents for the promulgation of the scriptures continued unabated. and the committee hoped that those efforts would be found to have contributed in no mean degree in guarding thousands against the pernicious influences of Roman Catholicism, Rationa"sm ' and religious indifference. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Sir R. H. Inglis, the Bishop of Cashel, the Ecrl of Harrowby, Dr. Duff, &c. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The extension of the Buckingham railway to Oxford will be opened on Thursday. The Eastern Counties Railway Company have con tracted to convert fifteen of the arches near the Shore ditch station into stables. INCREASE OF TRAVIIC.—We find by the traffic returns of the week ending May 4. that the London and North western Railway exhibits an increase over the previous week of £5,250 ; the total receipts for the week being £49,215, and of the preceding week £43,964. The Great Western shows an increase of £1,950 over the preceding week. The total receipts for the week ending May 4, being £18,595, and for the preceding week, £16,647. The number of passengers from Manchester to London by the London and North-Western Railway, on the first three days of la.t week, was as follows :—Monday, ; Tuesday, 239 ; Wednesday. 270 ; which shows an increase in the numbers as compared with the preceding week of, Monday, 34 ; Tuesday, 171; Wednesday, 223. This re turn is exclusive of passengers booked through by the night mail train. It is stated that 91 through passengers went by the night mail, and that by the trains of that day 53 private carriages were conveyed from Manchester to London. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday the usual half yearly document relative to railway accidents was printed by order of th e H ouse o f C ommons. I n t h e h a lf- year ending the 31st of D ecem b er l ast th ere were 123 person s killed, and 188 injured. Nine passengers were killed and 138 injured from causes beyond their own control; 11 passengers killed a nd 9 i n j ure d ow i ng t o th e i r own mis. conduct or want o f caut i on ; 40 servan t s o f companies or of contractors killed and 11 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution ; 26 trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of the company, killed and 5 injured by crossing or walking on railways ; one suicide. The number of passengers conveyed during the half year amounted to 41,087,9191. The length of railway open on the 30th of June last was 6.308 miles, and on the 31st of December the length Was 6,621 miles, mak ing au increase of 313 miles. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. — At the adjourned half-yearly meeting, held on Wednes day, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, Mr. 0. Gore presiding, Mr. Scott informed the chairman and directors that at an adjourned special meeting, held that day, they had affixed the seal of the company to an agreement with the London and North-Western Company, and he now begged leave to move a resolution sanctioning such agree ment. Mr. Tarratt seconded the motion. The Chairman said he had been advised that the motion could not legally be put, and he should therefore decline doing so. Mr. Scott thereupon put the resolution himself, and it was car ried almost unanimously. Other resolutions, with respect to the appointment of directors, &c., were then moved, but the chairman refused to put them. They were, how ever, put to the vote by the movers and carried, and sub sequently the meeting was adjourned to the 4th of June, to be held in the same place. On Thursday a special gene ral meeting of the shareholders of this company was held in the Assembly-rooms, Wolverhampton, for the purpose of considering, and, if approved, sanctioning and confirm ing an agreement for the leasing of and ultimate amalga mation of their line of railway with the Great Western Company. The attendance was numerous, and through out the proceedings were conducted with extreme order. Mr. 0. Gore, M.P., presided, and on the authority of Mr. Butt, Q.C., pronounced the proceedings in Birmingham, the preceding day, to be illegal. Mr. Dunmack, of Wol verhampton, moved that the agreement with the Great Western Railway Company be adopted. Mr. T. Cheshire moved as an amendment an adjournment to the 7th of July. A show of hands was then taken upon the amendment for the adjournment, and it was declared to be lost by a con siderable majority. The report of the scrutineers will be presented at the meeting to-day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL HUNT CLUB SPRING RACES. The usual spring sports of this flourishing club, esta blished a few years since, took place over the course at Hoylake on Wednesday and Thursday last ; and, though the weather was threatening on bait days, there was a moderate company present, and the sport was pretty fair. The racing came oft* as follows :—WRDNESDAY : Hoylake Cup.—Valiant,l; Laura, 2 ; Cigar, 3. Shorts Handicap .Bweepstakes.—Coola, I; lanthe, 2 Steppingstone, 3. Tally-ho Welter Plate.—Tom Bowline, 1 ; Hieover, 2 ; Keleshea, 3. Visitors' Plate.—Minna, 1; lanthe, 2 ; Lattitat, 3. Dee Stapes.—Jack, 1;' Bebbington, 2. THURSDAY : Birkenhead Hurdle Ilbce.—Pizarro, 1 ; Chatterbox, 2; Laura, 3, Liverpool Hunt Handicap.— Lattitat, 1. Five others started. Hunter's Plate.—Tom Bowline walked over. Wallasey Handicap.—Coola, 1 ; Bebbington, 2. BeaconStakes.—Lattitat, 1. Leasowe Selling'Stakes.—Jack, 1. A boat-race on the Thames, for £4OO and the cham pionship, took place on Wednesday last. The competitors were the celebrated Robert Coombes and Thos.Mackinny, a young man, of Richmond. The former won with great ease. On Wednesday, the " cup day," no leas than 20,000 persons were brought into Chester per railway alone, and it is estimated that at least 80,000 persons were present to witness the cup race. The aggregate receipts of the Grand Stand exceeded those of the former year by about £9O; the receipts of 1850 being £1768, and of 1851, £1855 10S. 10d. A match at cricket was,played at Lords' on Monday and Tuesday, between Eleven of All England, against fifteen gentlemen and players. The Eleven made, in their first and second innings, thirty and forty-seven : total, se venty-seven. The Fifteen made, in their first innings, ninety-five;. thus beating their opponents in one innings by eighteen runs. RACE BETWEEN A BOAT AND A HousE.—On Satur day last, a novel race came off at Portsmouth between a fast-rowing galley and a fast-trotting mare. The boat was manned by four watermen and a steersman, to pull from Point Beach to Porchester ; the mare was to start from the beach at the same time, and to trot in a trap round the road to the same destination. The distance the boat would have to row was about three miles, that of the mare eight miles. The boat won with five minutes to spare.- COURT AND FASHION. -.- Her Majesty ; Prince Albert, and the Prince and Prin cess of Prussia, honoured the performance of the French plays with their presence on Friday. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Prince and Princes.s of Prussia honoured the Duke of Sutherland with a visit at Stafford House on Friday. After partaking of luncheon the royal party were conducted through the picture gal lery and state rooms. It is expected that the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Court, will remove to Osborne about the 21st instant. The royal yachts, the Fairy and Elfin, are both ready for service ; and the Victoria and Albert will also be ready for service in a few: days. It is understood that the Queen intends to give a third state ball in the month of June next, and that, for the encouragement of trade, her Majesty has resolved that it shall be a fancy ball. The costume will be the full-dress of the court of King Charles the Second, from the Restoration in 1660 to 1685. The choice of dress will not be limited, t©. this country, but will include the court cos tumes of that period of other European countries: THE Pultavn OF WAL I M—The accounts of the revenue of the Diseby. of Cornwall have just been laid before Parliament, and by these it would appear that the Prince of Wales ha3.already opened a rather formidable account with his bankers. In these days of retrenchment and economy, an expenditure of nearly sixty thousand per annum, .onz,account of the prince, while yet under ten years of age must sound rather extravagant to the ears of the Cobdens and Walmsleys, who study these matters in order to point a moral or adorn a tale. "Payments wade to his royal highness's use, £58,675," 'may induce some inquisitive reformer or another to ask what use has been made of•a11 thigNmoney ; when, a year or two hence, some unfortunate Minister of the day will have to move a vote for an establishment suitable to the rank of the heir apparent.. _ HER IVAJ.ESTT'S STATE BALL.—The Queen gave a State Ball on Wednesday evening, at Buckingham Palace, to a most numerous and brilliant Court, invitations hav ing been issued to above 2,100. The Diplomatic Corps, with their wives and daughters, and the gentlemen of the respective Legations, foreigners of disti nc tion, the Cabi net Ministers, and other high functionaries of State, Privy Councillors, the ladies and gentlemen of the house holds of the Queen, the Prince Albeft, and the members of the Royal Family, and the Queen's Aides de Camp, all alighting at the garden entrance of the palace, while the general circle of visitors entered the palace by the front central portico. The Queen wore a hlue silk dress with three skirts of blue and white tulle, trimmed with bun ches of apple blossoms, ornamented with diamonds. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath of apple blossoms, ornamented with diamonds. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia wore a dress of white tulle over white satin, trimmed with white satin riband and bunches of flowers, and ornamented with diamonds. Her Royal Highness wore a garland of geraniums as a head dress, and diamond ornaments. The dresses of the ladies were new for the occasion, and the gentlemen were in full dress, the members of the different orders of knighthood, British and foreign, wearing their respective insignia. The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Londonderry both wore the order of the Black Eagle of Prussia. HMI MAJESTY'S DRAWING - ROOM.—The Queen held a Drawing Room (the second , this season) on Tuesday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia were present on the occa sion. The Queen wore a train of buff coloured silk, having flowers of white and yellow brocaded on it. The train was trimmed with tulle, yellow riband, and bunches of lilac, ornamented with diamonds. The petticoat was of white satin, with an upper skirt of blonde, trimmed with bunches of lilac and tulle, and ornamented with diamonds to correspond with the train. The head-dress was formed of diamonds and feathers and a wreath of lilacs. The Princess of. Prussia wore a train of blue bro. caded with silver, and trimmed with bouquets of flowers, with diamond ornaments ; the stomacher was also de corated with brilliants. The petticoat was of white watered silk, trimmed - with flowers to correspond with the train. The head-dross was composed of diamonds and feathers with flowers. The Duchess of Northumberland wore a train of ll; broche, lined with glace, and trim med with point lace and ribbons; petticoats of lilac tulle over glace, flounced with Brussels point. Head-dress, feathers and lace lappets ; ornaments, diamonds and emeralds. Miss Talbot wore a court costume, composed of a rich white glace silk train, trimmed al/ round with tulle and bouquets of roses du Mexique and herbes grasses; a white tulle dress, trimmed with bouillon of tulle and bouquets of roses, over a white glace slip. Head-dress, composed of a plume of feathers, lappets, &c. Miss Burdett Coutts wore a court costume, com posed of a rich gray moire antique train, trimmed all round with bouquets of lys d'eau Victoria; the dress of white tulle, with bouquets of flolzers, trimmed with nceuds of ribbon and montants of flowers, over a rich white glace slip. Head-dress, composed of blonde lap pets, feathers, and a diadem of diamonds, &c. Earl Grosvenor, who has been making a tour in the East, is expected to arrive at Grosvenor House at the close of this week, via' the overland route. This young nobleman is about to form a matrimonial alliance with the Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the youngest daugh ter of the Duke of Sutherland. The Duchess of Gloucester, the last surviving daughter of George the Third, is fast following her royal relatives to the tomb. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. Sir T. B. Birch and W. Brown voted against Mr. Ur quhart's motion on Friday night, as did Sir R. Inglis, Lord Ashley, and others of the Protestant par Ly. Lord J. Manners, Sir F. Thesiger, J. A. Roebuck, J. Greene, &e. voted in favour of the motion. . - en attended on Thursday at the laying of the first stone of a mass-house at Brook.green, Hammer smith. His huge mitre, which sat on him like a gigantic fool's-cap, caused as much hilarity among the lookers-on as they could decently give expression to. Mr. John O'Connell has, with reluctance, he says, yielded to the resolution of the Roman Catholic Aggre gate meeting, in Dublin, to oppose per fas et nefas, ministers upon every question or moti on i n P ar li ament, be it good, bad, or indifferent, so lon g as th e Ecclesias tical Titles Prevention Bill is sanctioned by the Govern ment. Father Ignatius and the Rev. A. King, Ind pendent minister, have consented to enter upon a weekly corre spondence on the vital questions at issue between Rome and Protestantism. The letters will appear in the Free man and Warder, Dublin newspapers. It is stated that be former gentleman has gone to London, and that he will indite his epistles under the direct inspiration of the " Cardinal." May 13,156- POLITICAL MISCELLANY. A cabinet council was held on Friday, at the Foreign' office, Downine-street. Mr. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, Mr. Brown and gr• Henry voted against the repeal of the malt tax, on Thurs day. A great Protectionist demonstration, in the shape of a banquet to G. F. Young, Esq., was riven at 'Worcester , on Wednesday, in the large vestibule of the County Courts. ISLE OF WIG-HT.—Captain Hammond, a firm Protes tant ; Mr. C. C. Clifford, a free trader ; and Edward Dawes, Esq., a practical agriculturist as well as a landa u proprietor and free trader, are candidates. Mr. Cardwell and the Lancashire free-trade members. along with Mr. Cobden, voted with Government on Lora Naas' motion. Sir J. Walmsley, however, voted for the motion, as did Lord John Manners, J. Tollemache, &c. It is reported that, at the general election, the present independent representative of a constituency in the south of Leinater will be requested to retire, and that the con.: stituency will invite Si r J ames G raham to offer himse lf for the representation. The Earl of Bective, son-in-law of that staunch Pro testant and Protectionist, Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., will present himself to the electors of Dublin, at the next electior., as a candidate for the representation. His lordship is- well suited to become the colleague of Mr' Grogan. Lord Stanley has announced to his political friends his entire preparedness to undertake, at any moment he map be called upon to do so, the formation of a cabinet. The noble lord has made this announcement to his supporters , in that formal manner which leaves no doubt as to it 9 deliberativeness and its authenticity. The Globe says that the Master of the Rolls intends to propose a bill for the continuance of the Encumbered Estates Bill ; and the- Herald states that the opposition party intend to introduce a measure for the total abolition of that court, and to transfer all necessary powers to the Court of Chancery for the management of encumbered estates. THE HARWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE.—The Cora mittee have decided that Mr. Prinsep does not posse° property in this country amounting to a clear yearly come of £3OO, consequently he is disqualified to sit as 9 member of Parliament. Mit. Prinsep's income is, we be here, chiefly derived from investments in India and the East India Company. PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX BILL.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed, on Friday, a clause conferring the right of appeal upon tenant farmers who might feet themselves aggrieved, and if they were able to prove for the commissioners that their profits were not equal to' half of their rent, the commissioners would be authorised' to make a corresponding reduction. Carried. Chartism has returned to town after three years' ah-' sence, and is reintroduced to the public by the Times. Chartism, which appeared to have committed suicide ie 1848, like an Indian devotee at the feast of Juggernaut ,- by a voluntary prostration under the feet of the special constable, suddenly arises in the midst of us, propounding a general reorganisation of society, - universal suffrage? right of labour, nationalisation of land, and what not. The Times says it may be interesting to parties trading to Brazil and Buenos Ayres, who are anxious as to the possibility of war between these two countries, to mention that the two Powers are bound by an article of the treaty of peace concluded under British mediation in 1828, not to commence hostilities unless each shall have been give s six months' notice, with the knowledge of the mediating power, and that no such notification has been made to our government, either by Brazil or Buenos Ayres. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. —The shipping returns, we told by the free-trade journals, "exhibit very satis factory results." Th e re l at i ve tonnage entered inwards for the month ending sth April, 1851, we find to be -1850. 1851. British... . 231,755 .. Foreign So that, as the Times would say, whilst the British ton' nage has increased 80,415 tons, the Foreign has only in" creased by 84,074. B u t, if we take the bigotted test of per.centage, we find the increase of the British tonnag e 34 per cent., and that of the Foreign 69 per cent. ST. ALBANS ELECTION.—A royal proclamation, offer° ing a reward of £5O each, payable by the Treasury, w ils issued on Tuesday, and posted in various public places the metropolis, for the discovery, apprehension, an delivery over to the custody of the Sergeant -at-Arras 0 ' the abducted witnesses, Waggett, Hayward, Birchrnore , and Skeggs. The proclamation attracted large crowds of readers at the Mansion -house. The witness Edwards+ who was committed on the ground of having been con cerned in the abduction of Waggett, has now been is Newgate nearly a month. It is proposed to bring in a bill for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the whole affair at St. Alban's. bloom one. H Mr. . D e is ia r l ae s no li's oneposition is capable of striking i nso s me k r i nesg an pectsanawkwar effective blo on his behalf. It is all ver y we ll w h en h e h as t h e last word,' but that is an advantage not always to be corn; manded. Letus givean illustration. Mr. Disraeli and Lora John Russell almost invariably reply',' to each other. Well, Disraeli makes his attack, Lord John Russell give his reply, and there is an end of the slashing.' Under such circumstances, Lord George Bentinek used to come to the rescue,. raised Mr. Disraeli, poured balm into his wounds, and aimed fatal thrusts at his adversaries. Sup. pose Lord John Russell now to commence the assault, Mr. Disraeli makes play in return, and pitches Lord Jolla , out of the ring. In that case, S r George Grey dashesin; avenges his chief, and places Mr. Disraeli hors de combo' Sir George Grey makes all the difference. Without hi o l Lord John would be nearly as destitute of a second sword as Mr. Disraeli.—Fraser. THE DIVISION OF FRIDAY NIGHT. We earnestly...di rect attention to th e di v i s i on o f l ast n i ght on 113:_rj Urquhart's furtive am en d ment . I t was b rought f or war' evidentlyeas a surprise, intended and calculated to con' found all parties: with what precise practical object, el' cept the avowed o ne o f di rect l y d efeating the very little, bill before the house, we know not. What is the result The proposition before the house was simply, th a t the he,: prudent assault of th e P ope h ad been invited by ° I ; conduct and declarations of the government. Who coulee , who can, honestly negative that proposition ? Yet hest been jormalty negatived, by a majority of 79, in a boas: of 481--a result exceedingly striking and insignifican t ' Owing to fears, that even the trifling bill before th e house might be jeopardized, many of our staunchest friends, headed by Sir Robert Inglis, voted ostensibly ia the negative of the proposition ' • and the result thus 0b ; thine& is hailed, ac cor di ng to this -morning's Herald.' ~," " tremendous cheering" on the ministerial side ! S ti ff pidly- insane are th e government and their supporter s, they. imagined the result of the division to have clew, the. government from the ch arges w hi c h M r. Disrsoci;: with consummate t ac t an d d estruct i ve effect, ate° a seriatim, immediately bef ore th e division, and without o a ts attempt at answer. Th e friendsof Protestantism ene iir s Monday insist on inco r p ora ti ng w i t h t h e b ill Mr. vlbe pole's amendments, w hi c h w ill i n f use v i tality i n to ricketty bantling which last night it was once more tempted to strangle in its very birth.—John Bull. 4 00' FREE - TRADE P ROPHETS . CONTRADICTING ;rfree- OTHER.—The farther we advance in the polemics eit but, trade the more the pe r pl ex it y gat h ers : not a result het~ has its separate free-trading prophet, and not a prop"„. that does not belie his brother.. " Will rents fall ?" v ro a ll'•_ . murs the timid landowner. "Fall ? of co:rsee o Ye m u l of the farmer ever since " Certainly they will fall," says Mr. since the peace. Villiers, with polite indifference to so small a calamity pi u these d e e e a f r r n : r ye e ri l ' mcyr have iedse beenar the v. al Manchester imvipnigreo, ,n, tahreg argues capital ah b a e t r T F h a e ll y ?— wi t l h l e r y ise w , Lll saryisselZ. W. W. Whitmore, i C il o tm lo e ne re l , T w o h r o re vi n: a very popular prophet in his day. " Pooh ! don't believo " my object in removing increase the value of your land !" The farmer Pets l question, " Will these horrible prices last for ever ; how many quarters of grain are 1 kely to be imported And straight, therewith, arises such a discord of contra: tradictions, that poor Chawbacon, if he have any animal desire still to have bacon to chaw, thinks it best to evil from the hubbub, and stick to his old motto, " Live I ' o let live, in the land we live by." Now, my dear fre e ,: traders, own that the honestest vampire who ever set ot,' on his travels in search of an understanding, has had ve r y little chance to fled it amongst you! Shall , he be °Li lightened with Mr. Villiers ? then he can't be anlightel?‘: with Mr. Wilson. How can he get rid of his fallacte7 when every opinion he picks up in exchange from op free-trader is remorselessly condemned as a fallac94, the rhetoric of another ?—Bulwer's Letters to John .1 3 " NATION/al INTERESTS AND PROTECTIVE Dterfee: s; Political economy furnishes us only with abstract trutt' ic it is the proper science of government rightly to aPP them. "It is," says Mr. Mill, " the interest of too nations to exchange with one another two sorts of el l ; modities, as often as the relative cost is different in Z o t two countries." The general proposition is granted ; " to it often happens that a stronger interest would deprecate the interchange of particular commodities. For install": r Athens manufactures admirable weapons at a chesPe g cost than Bceatia; Beeotia produces corn, which Aths: very, much needs, at a much cheaper cost than Ath ei l i e Is it to the interest of Athens to exchange her weaPa t i for the corn ? Not if she has cause to dread the hostihis of Beeotia, and believes that the weapons she thus se ll ti a out will he used with advantage against her freedom a it h, existence. There is an interest to effect exchange ' v e la two sorts of commodities, the relative cost of erode . h a them being very different in the two countries, upon abstract general principle; but, in the special eas e ; te . much stronger interest not to furnish Beeotia with l e je pons. Take another case :—Suppose Germany bas le, to o instituted a cotton manufacture, but produces goods with greater labour (that is, more cost) than -nt land ; and England, on the other hand, produces eer;l e r. more cost than Germany : Is it for the interest of ds?t many to exchange her corn for the English cotton go o , No ; for, as it has been seen, we have Mr. Porter's as the rance that nothing but protective duties can preserve th e German cotton manufacture from ruin, as egat as h , ea English competition. Therefore here, again, ehoug (l ee the abstract general principle, it is the interest of v oc e. many to exchange with England two sorts of cell o 0 ties, of which the relative cost is different, yet she toll stronger interest, in the special case, to guard the CO ....,och manufactures, which may ultimately enrich her oe more than the price she receives for the corn tha t dig• sends to England. So, finally, without in the least 9>i puting the abstract proposition of Mr. Mill, a states,aoa may well consider, that, seeing the importance to Eag,`, oo . of a thriving and prosperous agriculture, and all the_ r i e ep ger to the state that may be incurred by the imPe",etir ment and disaffection of many millions of his countrY,r t ee there is a greater interest, in the special case, to lin eti st, exchange, which may be as injurious, for a time.B!' s ioo o , to the British husbandman, as Germany holds it 0) 400 to the German cotton manufacturer. For the 1. ) ,(e.0101 economist deals with the dead principle—the start/. with the living tneu.---23ultcer's Letters to Jan 104. igamowogd e i rs:fatr: whole rested •eatest