The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

Vadiamentarp 13rearb 1110. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day for the 'house resolving itself into a committee of the whole house en the sugar duties. Sir 3. PAEINGTON moved an amendment to the effect that the remedies proposl by Government would neither afford relief, nor check the slave trade, to which the dimi -)mtion of the cultivation of sugar in the West Indies had given so great a stimulus. Sir E. BUXTON seconded the amendment, and after a vliscussion, in _which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Seymer, and Mr. Hume took part, the debate was adjourned to Thursday. On the motion of Lord MOnPETH the Health of Towns Bill was read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Mr. HUME concluded a speech of above two hours' du ration by moving " That the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not fairly represent the popula tion, the property, or the industry of the country, whence - has arisen great and increasing discontent in the minds of a large portion of the people; and it is therefore expedient, with a view to amend the national representation, that the -elective franchise shall be so extended as to include all householders ; that votes shall be taken by ballot ; that the duration of Parliaments shall not exceed three years ; and that the apportionment of members to population shall be made more equal." Dr. BowRING seconded the motion. Mr. H. DRUMMOND followed, in opposition to the re solution, contending that political power should be con fined to those who had property, to the exclusionof those - who had none. If it were to be admitted that a particular constitution of that House would secure a diminution of the national expenses, then it would be composed of re presentatives who, to satisfy their own petty and local ob jects, would sacrifice the national interests and honour ; constitute the House as they pleased, still it would be powerless as regarded relieving the distress of the people, it would be a gross delusion to tell them that any reform -of Parliament could give them food, that anything but misery was the lot of the great mass of mankind, or that that misery could be relieved by any legislation whatever. Lord JOHN RUSSELL commenced his speech by com plaining of having been misrepresented by the hon. mem ber for Montrose and others, with regard to the observa tions he had made on a late occasion with respect to the feelings of the people on the subject of reform. He did 'not deny that he had expressed his belief that the middle and working classes were not in favour of the people's charter or the plan of the honourable member for Mon trose, but that declaration had been used as a declaration against all reform, whereas he had gone on to say, after having excluded these specific measures, that the people desired a gradual progress in reform • and, in using that term, he had excluded no species of reform, Parliamentary or fiscal, which it might be useful to adopt. The noble lord then proceeded to argue and combat the propositions contained in the resolutions submitted by Mr. Hume, concluding his observations by referring to events which had been and were every day occurring around them. ex pressing his hope that, at such a time, the House of Com mons of England would not think it right to go into vague end indefinite proposals for reforming—proposals which did, indeed, apparently evade the principle of the people's charter, but which, in reality, could not stop short of that great change in the constitution. He would rather hope that they would think it due to the institutions it was their advantage to inherit—that they would think it due to the other branch of the Legislature—that they would think it due to the people whom they represented—to give a stead fast negative to the motion then before them. Mr. W. J. Fox followed in favour of the resolution. Mr. DISRAELI in his most sarcastic strain exposed a Parliament as constructed after Mr. Hume's plan. He then showed the fallacy under which this new reform cry lad been got up ; viz. the increase of our public expendi ture and the increase in our taxation. In the year 1828 our taxation was £49,500,000; at present it was only .£47,000,000, and that, too, so redistributed as to work in every case in favour of the working classes. Our expendi ture had been stationary, and, therefore, the popular plea for this change was not true. After showing that the measures proposed by Mr. Hume were crude, unsatisfac tory, and insufficient to satisfy the popular longings, he proceeded to explain the results .to which they must of necessity lead. The movement was decidedly a middle class movement, and was intended to aggravate the power of that body, which had told the country that the present Government was a middle class Government, and that it should work out middle class objects. He made the house merry with a ludicrous description of the mode in which the agitation ent this subject had been got up, and con cluded a speech full of wit and eloquence by declaring his determination to vote against Mr. Hume's resolution. The debate was then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. Mr. STAFFORDIIO;Q. fol6o — isslle of a new writ for Cheltenham, which was seconded by Mr. ANSTEY, and carried by a majority of 59 to 47. In committee on the Parliamentary Electors Bill, the clause applying to the payment of rates was carried by a majority of 59 to 47. The Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. Lord STANLEY said he understood that within a very few hours after the departure of Senor Isturitz, consequent upon the last communication that minister had received from the Foreign-office, a messenger arrived from Madrid with despatches, authorising Senor Isturitz to give those explanations which lie bad declined taking upon himself to make. He (Lord Stanley) wished to know whether her majesty's government had received any communications on the subject in addition to the correspondence already published ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that no further communication had been received, nor could there be any. because all diplomatic relations between this country and Spain had ceased. Spain bad neglected to avail itself of the opportunity it had of stating its case. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the Cri minal Law Consolidation Bill, and proposed to refer it to a select committee, to which he would submit a statement of twenty-four alterations which he intended to make. He would leave the bill for the consideration of the legal pro fession during the long vacation. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Extension Bill. The bill passed by 31 against 16. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TIIURSDAY. Mr. GORING moved for the issue of a new writ for the borough of Horsham. A short discussion took place on - the subject, in which Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. G. Bankes supported and Mr. Hayter opposed the motion. On a division the writ was ordered to be issued by a ma jority of 54 over 50 voices. A long discussion followed on a question relative to the reducing the differential duties on colonial rum from 9J. to 4d. a gallon put by Sir L. O'BRIEN, the opposition mem beTs contending that something very like a corrupt bargain had been made between the government and the Irish members to make the differential duty 6d. per gallon. "Ultimately, the debate on the West India project of the government proceeded, Lord JOHN RUSSELL declaring that the government would adhere to their original proposition. Mr. GLADSTONE objected to the ministerial measure on the grounds that it was less than the exigencies of the co lonies demanded, and that, in the present state of the finances, it would be most unwise to make experiments with the sugar duties such as those proposed. The West Indies had equitable pecuniary claims on this country on account of apprenticeship and immigration, which the measure of relief brought forward by the Government did riot satisfy; and until the imperial finances should be brought into a healthy state, the tampering with the sugar duties would be inexpedient. The right honourable gen tleman controverted the calculations made by the Chan -cellor of the Exchequer, and contended that the proposed alteration of duties would involve a loss of between three or four hundred thousand pounds this year, and a hundred thousand pounds the next, and so on for several years. The question of finance was one of serious and growing difficulty, and it was the first duty of the house to restore the equilibrium between the revenue and the expenditure. When that was done, then would be the time to do full 4 nstice to the colonies. The right hon. gentleman sup ported the amendment. Mr. JAS. WILSON followed in a long and able speech. Re had a strong desire to put an end to slavery and the slave trade, and to remove the distress now existing in the West Indies ; but nothing could be more prejudicial to all -those objects than to adopt, as was now proposed, an in creased protection for sugar. The debate then stood adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Administration of Justice, the Protection of Justi ces from Vexatious Actions, and the Joint Stock Compa nies Bills, were read a second time. The LORD CHANCELLOR drew the attention o f th e house to the case of Viscount Arbuthnot, who was charged with the commission of forgery in Scotland, true bills having been found, and the proceedings removed by writs of certiorari to that house ; he, therefore, moved for the appointment of a committee to search for prece dents, in accordance with the usual practice, for the pur pose of advising their lordships; and, inasmuch as the accused was not at present in custody, he further moved, that the Black Rod be directed to take the necessary steps for effecting that object. The case of the Poles at Posen was brought under the notice of the house by Lord KINNAIRD, but the papers asked for were refused by the Marquis of Lansdowne, not .for want of sympathy with the motion, but because he deprecated interference on matters of foreign policy with which the country had nothing to do. Lords lIARROWBY, BEAUMONT, and ELLENBOROUGH took part in the discussion. Earl FITZWILLIAM concluded a speech on the state of Ireland by moving the resolutions given in the parlia xnentary report. The Earl of LANSDOWNE, after replying to the argu ments of the noble lord, moved the previous question, which amendment, after some observations from the Earl Of GLENGALL, was agreed to, and their lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMAIONS—FRIDAY. Sir G. GREY, in reply to Mr. FORSTER, stated that there was nothing whatever in the conduct of the police magistrates, in reference to the Chartist disturbances at Bishop Bonner's Fields, which called for his interference as home secretary, or that of the government. He con sidered that the magistrates had exercised a sound discre tion in remanding cases of an aggravated character until further evidence could be produced, with a view to send ing the parties for trial to the Central Criminal Court. On the motion that the house, at its rising, do adjourn until - Monday, Sir B. HALL brought mailer the notice of the house the alleged misappropriatida of the money ad vanced under the Landed Property Improvement - (lreland) Act by Lord de Freyne and a Mr. a. O'Neill. After explanations from the CriANCELLOR OF rat Ex- CIFECCUER and Mr. F. FRENCH, with respect tcr the pro ceedings had on these cases, the subject dropped, and the motion was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reference to the application made by the deputation of Irish mem bers, on the subject of the spirit duties, said he had con sulted his colleagues, and it was considered that no suffi cient grounds had been laid for making any such change (that of fixing the differential duty on rum at sixpence instead of fourpenee a gallon) as had,been suggested. Sir J PAKINGTON moved the issuing of new writs for Derby, and in the course of the debate which ensued, Sir J. Tyrell having made an attack upon Mr. Hume, and other members acting in concert with him, that hon. member was warmly defended by Mr. Ellice and La bouchere, the latter stating that no man ever sat in that house who bad brought to the public service a purer or more disinterestedness. Had the hon. member's object, on the contrary, been a sordid and personal one, and had he devoted to that sinister purpose one tithe of the in defatigable industry, the fearless energy, the powerful ability that he had devoted to the service of the people, he could long since have secured that object, as many men of infinitely less claim had done. The hon. member for Montrose, however, had acted upon other and far different principles, and he had his great reward in the respect and esteem of all parties alike within and without the walls of Parliament. On a division the motion for issuing the writ, contrary to the views expressed by Lord John Russell, was nega tived by a majority of 15, the numbers were 97 to 112. The adjourned debate on the sugar duties was, after ex planations between Sir J. Pakington and Mr. J. Wilson, resumed by Mr. P. MILES, the other speakers being Mr. B. Hawes and Lord G. Bentinck, the debate standing still further adjourned until Monday, on the motion of Mr. G. THOMPSON. Lord G. BENTINCK having in the course of his obser vation reiterated the charge of the withholding of the Ja maica despatch by the Colonial-office from the committee, Lord JOHN RUSSELL took occasion, on speaking to the question of 'adjournment, warmly to defend the noble Colonial Secretary. and, in the strongest terms and per sonal allusions, to condemn the persevering assiduity with which this charge was persisted in by the noble member for Lynn, which was devoid of all foundation whatsoever. Tho discussion was continued for some time, the house being in a most excited state, amidst deafening cheers and counter-cheers from all sides. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. UNITED STATES. The Hibernia steam-ship arrived here on Wednesday, and the steam-ship United States arrived at Southampton on Friday, on her way to Havre. The former left Halifax on the 10th, and the latter left New York on the same day. Congress had adjourned over to allow the members to attend the Whig National Convention at Philadelphia. On its re-assembling, the adoption of a territorial govern ment for Oregon will be brought forward. The papers contain later news from California, from which we find that there was an explosion of the magazine at Puebla de los Angelos, by which four men were killed and several others wounded. The Irish citizens of New York have had another de monstration in that city in behalf of the " Cause of Ire land." The meeting was held in the Tabernacle, and it is said that not less than 5000 persons were assembled on the occasion. The Mayor of New York presided. At meetings held in New York on the 9th—one in favour of the candidateship of Gen. Cass, and the other in favour of Gen. Taylor—both were very enthusiastic, so much so, indeed, was the latter, that a riot ensued between the par tisans of Taylor and Clay, which was only put an end to by the badness of the weather, copious showers drenching the disputants. The flour market was firm on the 9th, with a slight advance in prices, but sales not large. The transactions embraced the usual variety of western brands. There was more doing in wheat. Sales of Ohio were freely made. Corn in steady demand. Provisions unaltered, with only moderate sales. The United States brings 5300,000, and 300 bales of cotton for Havre, being the first shipment since the revolution. A special express was received at New York on the Bth, stating that the steamer Jetzel had arrived at New Or leans with advices from the city of Mexico to 4 p.m. on the 26th ultimo. The treaty had been ratified on the 25th, by a vote of 23 to 5. General Kearney succeeds General Smith in command of the troops, at Mexico, whilst the latter superintends the re-embarkation at Vera Cruz. Commissioners Senior and Clifford arrived at Queretaro on the 23d. An exchange of ratification took place, and the outposts of the army were all ordered to be on the march in ten days. The New York . Herald says General Taylor will be elected President of the United States. The Acadia from Liverpool arrived at Halifax on the 7th of June, and her news reached New York by express on the morning of the 10th.—The West India mail steamer Great Western reached New York on the 10th, having left St. Thomas on the Ist, and Bermuda on the 6th.—The Niagara would sail from Boston on the 14th, and the United States mail steamer Hermann was intended to leave New York for Southampton and Bremen on the 20th! with .8'500,000 specie on freight. The A-mo rica, Captain Judkins, performed an unprecedented run to the westward. She left the Mersey on the 3d instant, and reached Boston on the evening of the 13th, thus making the trip in ten days ten hours, notwithstanding a detention of eight hours off Halifax by fog. LATER NEWS. The steam-ship Niagara, captain Kyrie, arrived at an early hour on Sunday morning, having left Boston on the 14th, and Halifax on the 16th, instant. She has brought 58 passengers, and £60,000 specie. The Niagara has made the quickest run across the Atlantic on record, having accomplished the passage from Boston to this port in ten days eight hours, by chronometer, including the usual stoppage at Halifax. The news of the ratification of the treaty with Mexico had produced a rise on the New York stock exchange, but not to any very great extent. . Gen. Taylor is nominated as the Whig candidate, with good prospect of success. Exchange was tending downward, 1104- to 111 being the closing rates. Trade was very stagnant, and the export of specie to Europe was at length beginning to create an unfavourable impression on the mercantile community.— The shipments of cotton continued on a liberal scale. The transactions in this staple at New York had been only to a small extent, at a decline of g to 4- cent per pound, since the sailing of the Hibernia. Flour was advancing, and was too light for our markets. The news of the rise in the price of Indian corn, on this side, caused that article to advance at New York ten cents per bushel, equal to a rise of about 3s. 6d. per quarter. Cotton, at New Orleans, had declined about cent per lb., in consequence of the news by the Hibernia. WEST INDIES.—The Royal Mail steam-ship Tay, Captain Sharp, arrived at Southampton on Tuesday. His Excellency Sir Henry Light, K.C.8., has returned to England in the Tay. The Tay brings intelligence of the wreck of the barque Lady Huntly, which was lost at sea on her passage from Liverpool, on the 18th May, crew saved, part of whom returned in the Tay. There is no news in particular from any of the islands. The accounts from Jamaica are still extremely unsatisfactory, business being completely at a stand-still. The weather, however, which for a long time had been very dry, had changed for the better, and on the day the packet left copious showers had set in, with every prospect of their continuance. The Tay brings information of a serious insurrection having taken place in Martinique. One family of whites had been burnt; to death by the blacks. The freedom of the slaves had been proclaimed at Martinique and Guadaloupe, and very great fears were entertained of the consequences. FRANCE. MADAME LAFARGE.—A committee is about to be formed in the,Paris house of representatives, to inquire into the state of prisons in Paris and the departments, with a view to the release of prisoners who can establish any claim to that preference on doubts of their guilt, or other favourable cause. Amongst those whose chances of favour are considered the most sure, is Madame Lafarge, and the measure is suspected to have originated with a view to her benefit. She had been reckoning upon this be fore the revolution of February, in her prison at Montpe lier, where she is regarded as a saint and martyr. Six months ago an official persotage was sent to visit her on the part of the queen, to whom she had applied for some prints and books to relieve her solitude, she basing her claim upon the relationship between them. The gentle man employed found her engaged in forming a hortussic cus, composed entirely of all the poisonous plants used in medicine. Around lay some odoriferous flowers, some fresh and some faded, and the gentleman, with French gallantry, endeavoured to turn a compliment by congratu lating her upon being thus surrounded with flowers. Ah, monsieur," exclaimed she, with a deep sigh, " do you not perceive that they are withered ones ?', She took up a bunch of the beautiful belladonna which lay near her, and handed it towards him with so much grace, that he who came to reprimand became from that moment her devoted slave, and seized the gift with avidity, declaring that be would keep it as long as he should live ! It is now this very official who has drawn up the report on the " dossier Lafarge," and who is to take that special case in hand be fore the Assembly. The Paris correspondent of the Atlas, from whom these curious facts are derived, furnished a cu rious account of the apartments, or " cells," occupied by the lady; one of them replete with every article of ele gance and luxury, including many of her own paintings and drawings, and amongst others a likeness of her hus band (for the alleged poisoning of whom she is now con fined), with his own autograph at the bottom. This looks out upon a beautiful country, embracing the chateau where the crime took place. The other, containing her little bed, is gloomy and austere in furniture, having an air of the most rigid monastic penance. The writer of the article exclaims—" Is this woman guilty or is she innocent ? is she a most injured martyr, or a most fiendish and con summate comedian ? The debates upon her future fate are expected to be carried on with as much passion, and to excite as great a curiosity as those to which her trial itself gave rise. The mysteries of social life in France are too deep to fathom ; and it would be presumptuous to dare to condemn even those against whom the most mi nute proofs of guilt can be brought -with success in a court of justice. M. Marrast presented the draft .of the constitution, which occupied nearly an hour in the reading, It must be borne in mind that this is only a. project, which may fill the greater part of the session before it is settled. There is to be a president for four years, -_to which every French citizen, thirty years of age, and ot fair character, is eligible. A vice-president is to be elected by the Na tional Assembly, which is to consist of 150 • members. There ie to be but one chamber. Pleuinisters-are to In nominated by Ole president, laird are dismissible at his will and pleasure. A couneilzdf state is to be appointed out of the members of the arsembly, to consist of 40 per sons at least, and chosen by the assembly itself, the office of thatbody being to topsider and draw up the laws which it may be deemed advisable to bring in. The punishment of death is interdicted for political offences; slavery is abolished in all the French colonies ; the press is to be free, and every man has a right to print, or cause to be printed, whatever he pleases, subject to such guarantees to the state as 'may be deemed necessary ; all religions to be allowed in France, and the various ministers are to be paid by the state. Public instruction is to be free, but subject to the superintendence of the state. Substitutes are to be interdicted in the army and navy. The national debt is declared sacred property, and is inviolable. Gra tuitous education is to be given to the working classes, so as to prepare them for their different callings ; and the right of the people to have work is proclaimed. Algeria is declared an integral part of the French soil, and is to be administered by laws peculiar to itself. The same is to take place in the other French colonies. Trials are to be public; the judges, when once appointed, are to be irremovable. Each department is to have a prefect, &c. 1111 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ITALY, LOMRARDY.—A letter from Innspruck of the 14th, in the Ausburg Gaeztte, states, that after the taking of Vicenza Marshal Radetzki had returned with the first army corps to Verona. The loss of tha papal troops at Vicenza is stated to have been 1,800 killed and wounded ; the loss on the Austrian side 500 to 600 killed. It was generally believed at Innspruck that an armistice would be concluded between the contending parties. King Charles Albert signed the deed of union between Lombardy and the kingdom of Sardinia on the 10th inst., at his head quarters at Garda. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 15th gives official news from Milan of the 13th, stating that Vicenza, after a noble resistance, had fallen, on the 11th, into the hands of the Austrians, after a loss among the papal troop of 1800 killed and wounded, while the loss of the Austrians was only a third that number. The last advices from Rome bring the declaration of the Roman Government, in which is resolved the difficult problem of the separation of the spiritual and temporal powers of the Pope. It has been read in the two Cham bers and has produced on the Deputies the best impression. The Minister Mamiani, on being asked by a member if it contained the sentiments of the Pope, replied, "I can assure the Deputies that the declaration I have read has been written with the consent of the Holy Father, and with his entire approbation." Unanimous applause fol lowed this statement, and the greatest joy is exhibited at Rome. The steamer Rob Roy, which left St. Petersburgh on Saturday week, arrived at Hull on Saturday. She brings 130 passengers, a general cargo, and £150,000 in gold bars, supposed to be for Government, as the exportation of bul lion is forbidden to the merchants. _ The Swedes, 10,000 strong, were at Funen, and the Danes, 25,000 strong, in Alsen and Jutland. The most decided feeling of resistance exists among them, and they insist on retaining Schleswig. A Swedish squadron of five ships was lying in the Sound ; the Russian squadron was supposed to be about the centre of the Belt. The Baltic is alive with Russian, Danish, and Swedish men-of-war. From Copenhagen we learn that the Danes have con demned several Prussian ships. Their crews are conti nued in a prison ship, under the guns of the Kronen bat tery, they having plotted to fire the ships in the harbour. So great is the scarcity of lawyers in the colony of Swan River, that a suitor was forced to send to South Australia, in order to procure a solicitor qualified to con duct a suit in equity. A considerable sensation has been caused amongst the members of the Jockey Club, and the sporting circles of Paris, by the announcement of Baron N. de Rothschild's intention of selling off his stud, which includes several of the best racing horses in France. WHEAT IN AMERlCA.—Authentic calculations of the produce of wheat in the United States of America show, that upwards of forty millions of bushels are grown be yond the average consumption of the population of that country. Dr. Wiseman, Bishop of Melipotamus, has addressed a circular letter to all the Roman Catholic Bishops in France, Belgium, and Germany, requesting their attend ance at the opening of St. George's, in July. They are requested to bring a mitre, and a " Chape rouge." Accounts from Berlin of the 16th represent the disturb ances as entirely at an end, and the city more than usually tranquil. A change of ministry had taken place, Baron Arnim having given in his resignation, which was followed by the resignations also of Count Schwan, Minisar of Justice, and Count Konitz, Minister of War. On the 11th instant, Mr. Henry Coxwell, the aeronaut, made a perilous ascent in a balloon at Brussels. A post ponement having taken place on a previous day, he was resalved that there should be no further disappointment. and, accompanied by a friend, ascended when the weather was in a most boisterous state. The balloon was carried a distance of 55 miles in 20 minutes, and a safe, though somewhat difficult, descent was made near Herenthals. THE CHOLERA.—The last accounts from Moscow state that the cholera morbus is making frightful progress. Of four hundred and sixty-four persons attacked, from the 23rd to the 29th of May, no less than two hundred and five died. The number of new cases on the 29th of May alone amounted to eighty-nine, and the number of deaths to forty-two. The cholera has also broken out with great intensity at Jaruslau, Robinski, aad Kalouga, and thus appears to be gradually advancing westward ; it is, in fact, approaching St. Petersburgh. COMBINATION OF CHRISTIANITY AND SLAVERY.—A Methodist preacher last fall took a load of produce down the river. Amongst other things he took down five slaves. He sold them at. New Orleans ; he came up to Natches, bought seven there, and took them down and sold them also. Last March he came up to preach the gospel again. A number of persons on board the steam boat, the Tuscatora, who had seen him in the shambles in Natches and New Orleans, and now, for the first time, found him to be a preacher, had much sport at the expense of "the fine old preacher who dealt in slaves."—Ameri can paper. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—Dr. A. J. Burmester, a professional gentleman at Malta, was very fond of prac tising pistol-firing, amongst other exercises, and used to fire at a target in his dressing-room, and at night practise at a candle. On the morning of the 29th of May he was practising as usual, when his male servant entered, and showing a disinclination to pass between the doctor and the target, the latter jocularly turned the butt-end of the pistol towards the man, and the muzzle towards himself. In a very short time the piece went off, and the ball en tered the region of the doctor's heart. Medical assist ance was in vain. _ _ INDIA AND CHINA. — The Overland Mail has arrived, and brines no news of importance beyond the confirma tion of the rising in Mooltan and assassination of our officers. It appears, after the first quarrel, our men had retired to a small fort outside the walled town of Mooltan, where for twenty-four hours they considered themselves protected, but the troops from Mooltan hastened to attack the fort. Lieutenant Anderson being severely wounded, was unable to rise from his bed ; Mr. Vans Agnew shook hands with him and bade him an eternal adieu. He then prepared to defend himself, but his pistols had been tam pered with ; and as the crowd of soldiers with which his soldiers had " fraternised " entered the room, he cut down the first assailant, but he was instantly shot, and his body, like that of his companion, Lieutenant Anderson, and that of their apothecary, Mr. Wilkinson, hacked to pieces; and treated with great indignity. The new governor, Chan Singh, was wounded and made prisoner by the troops of Mooltan. There is no additional intelligence as to the preparations for vindicating our honour, but those mentioned at the time the news arrived are being carried out. Mooltan is the strongest town in the Pun jaub, and it has been deemed advisable, considering the hot weather and the approaching rains, to postpone the expedition against the insurgents until October or No vember. The other parts of India are quiet. Commer cial affairs, both at Bombay and Calcutta, are somewhat better than they have been for some time past ; and still they have an upward tendency. There is little intelli gence from China, but that is highly satisfactory, the Shanghae dispute having been brought to an amicable termination. BOHEMIA.-AWFITI. CRUELTIES.-011 the 15th, Prince Windscbgratz was in complete possession of Prague. The insurrection is ascribed to the machinations of the Swornost faction. The Wiener Zeitung gives the fol lowing interesting details :—" Owing to the refusal of the Prince to give arms to the people on the 10th, the Swor nost faction proceeded in large numbers to the residence of the commander-in-chief, where they sang songs insult ing to the Prince, accompanied by hooting and threats. The military on duty having in vain called upon the mob to be orderly and disperse, and the fatal shot being fired at this moment which deprived the unfortunate Princess of her life, the Prince with great dignity and calmness advanced in the midst of them, and addressed them to the following effect :—" Gentlemen—lf it is your desire to insult me, because I am of noble birth, go to my palace, and do there as you may think fit. I will even give you a guard that you may not be disturbed in your amuse ment. But if you act thus because I am commander of Prague, and purpose making a demonstration in front of this building, I tell you candidly that I shall prevent such a step with every means at my command. My wife now lies a lifeless corpse above stairs, and yet I address you in words of kindness. Gentlemen, do not drive me to severe measures." After this noble speech, under cir cumstances of so heart rending a nature, the Prince, instead of being hearkened to, was roughly seized upon by two Czechs, and dragged to the next lamp-post, where a rope was soon provided—at this moment the Prince's grenadiers advanced with fixed bayonets, and in less than a second cleared the square and delivered the Prince. Five minutes afterwards the artillery swept the streets. Prince Windischgratz is spoken of as one of the most distinguished Generals in the Austrian service. The most awful atrocities were committed. Among others, Wilhelm Weiss, a paper merchant, was crucified in the true sense of the word. He "mid shot a couple of in many s t reets students in his capacity of Burgher Guard, for which hi s house was first demolished, and himself literally nailed to ydevseaesntatthedat has not su ff ere d ; t a h c e r r o e s i s s . s is horribly the bombardment. h ou or seto l be SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, two brothers were amusing themselves at Byker, near Newcastle, by jumping across an 'old pit mouth, when one of them lost his balance on the side and fell in, and the other, observing that, made an attempt to save him, and fell in also. The accident was observed by an engineman, who was sitting in the engine house getting his dinner at the time, and he instantly rushed to the spot, and, by great daring. suc ceeded in saving one of the youths, who was upheld by a beam across the shaft, a few feet from the top. In at tempting to rescue the other,. the unfortunate man sacri ficed his own life, both having fallen together to the bottom of the shaft, in ivhich• there was seventy feet of watery IRELAND. -4-... Lord Ffrench has given in his adhesion to the Irish re peal league. - Mr. Steele's remains will be removed to Ireland, with the view of his being buried near his great leader, O'Connell. The last meeting of the Repeal Association was ex petted to be held yesterday (Monday). John O'Connell is laid on the shelf, and the physical force repealers are now resolved not to halt in their course. The Queen has sanctioned a pension of £2OO a-year to Mr. William Carleton, the Irish novelist, and another of £lOO a-year to the sisters of the late lamented Professor M'Cullagh, of Dublin University. THE REPEAL ALLIANCE.—The Bishop of Dromore has given in his unconditional adhesion to the Irish League. A rumour strongly prevails in repeal circles that Mr. John O'Connell will decline joining the League. Nearly 400 emigrants sailed in two days from Limerick last week. The emigrants who have left the Shannon since the season commenced, carried on an average £l5 each, which would cause a drain from the district of £60,000 in specie within three months. ON DlT—that the worthy Member for Limerick, find ing himself " too childish-foolish for this world," is about to retire into a monastery for married gentlemen, among the Trap formations of Dalkey Island. The private letter of the Sainted BLAKE may have hastened this wise resolution. A Dublin jury have returned a verdict, with damages of £5OO and 6d. costs, against the proprietor of a Waterford newspaper, for libellous remarks upon Mr. Usher, a Waterford landlord, who it will be remembered, was fired at by an assassin last year, and whose conduct to his tenants the newspaper represented as cruel and vindictive. OUR LEASE OF IRELAND.—The Tribune, one of the treason papers of Dublin, gives, in its number of Satur day, the rules for the new Confederate clubs. The article concludes as follows :—" With five hundred clubs, of five hundred men each, founded upon such a basis. and ani mated by such a faith, we will give the British govern ment just three months' lease of this island from the date of their formation." PROTESTANT REPEAL ASSOClATlON.—Postponements seem fo be the order of the day. The Protestant repealers have deferred their third sitting, with a view, no doubt, of catching a few presentable recruits capable of taking part in the next evening's performances. Lord Cloncurry, they say, is to take the chair ; and for the twentieth time it is asserted that Mr. Butt, Queen's Counsel, is to attend and avow himself a repealer, MR. JOHN O'CONNELL'S EXIT.—The deposed leader has addressed a ponderous and stupid missive " to the people of Ireland," conveying his ultimatum with respect to the union of repealers. He has no stomach for the thing—let his bishops and clergy say what they may. For the life of him he cannot digest the " clubs," with their pikes and rifles, and threats of physical force, with the distant view of a colonial settlement floating before his distracted vision. The postscript—like that of a lady's letter—contains the whole marrow of the two mortal columns of the Freeman's Journal. Here it is :—" P.S. By way of postscript I add, that I should perhaps not have used the word retirement,' but rather that of ' refusal to join the new league.' I trust to labour still for Ireland as a member of parliament, and at home by writing—where I am precluded from speaking." PREPARATIONS FOR REBELLION.—The Dublin Mail of Monday, after condemning the spa' hy of the Govern ment since the conviction of Mitchel, closes with the statement that there are organised in Dublin alone 40 clubs, each counting on the average 400 men, and com prising in the whole 12,000 fighting men well armed — that the progress of the new club was rapidly extending— that there existed in Ireland, at present, 100 such batta lions, with daily and weekly additions to their numbers— that when 600 of such foci of rebellion, or 108,000 fighting and armed men, shall have been organised, then will be the time for the National Convention of 300 to be called into action—and then will the signal be given for the ge neral insurrection by a declaration of independence, to be carried on by that body as the Provisional Government of Ireland. It is also expected that all these preliminary steps will be taken before the middle of autumn. A CRUEL HOAX.—A few days since some Brazilians arrived at the Victoria Hotel, Cork, and by some means got noised through the town that Ledru Rollin and La martine had reached the island. This spread like wild ,fire, and in the evening simultaneous meetings of the Confederate Clubs of Blarney Lane, Ballinthamause, Blackpool, and other " fashionable" localities assembled, and addresses and duputations as the order of the day were resolved on, and a numerous deputation from these clubs waited on Mr. M'Cormack, requesting him to intro duce them to Ledru Rollin and Lamartine. " I don't know them," said the won by host : " they are not in my hotel !" And pray are they not of the party of French men that arrived here yesterday ?" " No, gentlemen," was the reply, " you have been shamefully hoaxed. Those gentlemen are not Frenchmen but Brazilians, residents of Bahia, and they have just left in a coach and four for Dublin, on their way to London." The astonished De putation looked petrified, but of course withdrew.—Cork Constitution. FIGHTING PRIESTS.—Father Kenyon, of Templederry, has addressed a letter to the Limerick Reporter, denying a statement in that paper to the effect that he had retired from political strife. He thinks that no honest Irishman ought to retire until the country is delivered from her two plagues or calamities, namely, ' Her subjection to a cruel and greedy government of foreigners, and the prevalence within her own borders of a system f trickery and trea chery, of tyranny and tergiversation, unexampled in all past history, and known at present throughout the world as balmy O'Connellism." He adds, that lie will continue to combat these twin monsters for eight months, but if after that time, the people of Ireland have not " Decent habitations and national freedom," and the dignitaries of the church do not cease to blow hot and cold ;" and that, " If John O'Connell be still encouraged by a weekly stipend and letters from the highest quarters, to rattle his father's bones for our amusement; if we go on renewing his bills upon our gullibility, and lend him our ears as often and as long as he may need them ; then I, for my part, will abandon politics, and occupy my future leisure in cynical writings and amassing coins." In the Limerick Examiner, a priest named Vaughan, uses equally violent language. He thus concludes :—" A great occasion, based on the union of Repealers, is now offering itself. The country should rise with and assume again the colossal attitude of '43. The moment the first field in Ireland ripens into fertility, then up with the million host of Mul laghmast, and the daring of Mallbw ; and shame eternal on the recreant who will not be for Erin and Repeal." The writer of this epistle is one of Dr. Kennedy's clergy, and will that bishop suspend priest Vaughan ? and if not, why not ? EXTRAORDINARY BALLOON ASCENT. — On Wednesday Mr. Hampton made one of his most successful ascents from the Rotunda Gardens, in Dublin. It was announced that he would cross the Irish Channel, but this did not prove a great attraction, and from the haze the object could not be accomplished. The aeronaut was accompa nied by Sandham Symes, Esq., of Dominick-street, and Mr. Bateman, of the " Shades." It continued to ascend to a great altitude until the great body became almost be yond the range of observation, at which point it appeared stationary for a considerable time. In fact no instance is on record of so great an altitude having been attained in Ireland. The balloon descended in the vicinage of the Ashbourne road. The aeronauts landed in perfect safety and with great ease. They first touched earth in a corn field, but afterwards trailed into a meadow, where they were immediately surrounded by a joyous and astonished crowd of haymakers. The country people behaved with the greatest civility, and used e ver y exer ti on t o a id i n se curing the balloon. By some accident or mistake, in those engaged in holding the prodigious bubble, it escaped from the netting, and rose to such a height that it was soon lost in the clouds. The voyagers returned to Dub lin. Mr. Hampton has written an interesting account of the voyage, from which it appears that a gust of wind hav ing thrown over the balloon on one side, the men holding on the netting got alarmed, and let go. Mr. Hampton and Mr. Bateman were left hanging on to the netting ; but at length the balloon slipped out of it, and having no thing but the silk to carry, it ascended very rapidly. It was afterwards recovered in a field at Athearne, eighteen miles from the town. It was safely folded up, and taken to Athearne Castle. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. _Q_ In Whitsun week last year,the average earnings of the railways per mile was £6l ; his year they were £52. The traffic on the Chester and Holyhead railway, for the week ending June 17, was £llll 14s. ld. During Whitsun week no fewer than one hundred and sixteen thousand individuals left Manchester by the re• spective railways. On Monday that portion of the East Lancashire railway which connects the town of Accrington with that of Black burn was opened to the public. When the line through Ormskirk is finished the distance from Liverpool to Black burn will be performed in about an hour. The North Staffordshire Railway have agreed to give a bonus of £4OO to Messrs. F. and J. Mills, for injury done to the salt works of those gentlemen, at Sandbach, Cheshire, and to pay damages if the works are not put in working order within a prescribed period. The requirements of a railway when detailed with any minuteness appear absurd ; for instance, three million of bricks, says the Railway Record, will be requisite in the formation of a viaduct of 300 yards, in progress at Brier ley Hill, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line. It is stated that Mr. Creed, who from the first projec tion of the London and Birmingham Railway, has been the secretary to the company, has resigned his office. Mr. Henry Booth, who now holds the joint appointment of secretary, together with Mr. Creed, will, it is presumed, be his successor. The directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway have received the sanction of the shareholders to the imme diate consolidation of their share capital. Any means, said the chairman, that could bring up their stock to nearly its proper value, so as to enable those to sell who wanted the money to meet engagements for calls on other stock, would be a great advantage. - - - - - At the special meetings of the shareholders of• the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. the bills for confirming the agreement of November, 1846, for the sale of the line to the Great Western, &c., and for the loop line from the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, through Leamington, were approved of. - - - - The ancient Collegiate Church of Edinburgh - bas'been purchased by the North British Railway Company for a waggon shed. The antiquaries made a stout resistance, but the company have at length possessed themselves of the edifice, the tombs of the Scottish Queens, for £17.000. The remains of. the foundress, Mary of Guelders,,Queen of James the Second,. have been removed to the Abbey of Holyrood. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. -4- _ On Saturday week, the Bishop of Manchester conse crated Christ Church, Ashton-under-Lyne. The Rev. Herbert Jones, incumbent of St. Augustine's Church, in this town, has been elected a Lay F e ll ow o f Jesus College, Cambridge. The Rev. Richard Loxham, M.A.. of University Col lege, Durham, licentiate in theology, has been appointed to the curacy of Rufford, near Ormskirk. The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed Thursday next for the consecration of the chapel of the new College of St. Augustine, Canterbury. The Cambridge Prizefor English verse has been awarded to Mr. G. J. Cayley, of Trinity College, son of E. S. Cayley, M.P. The subject was " the death of Balder" (son of Odin.) On Thursday last, the Bishop of Manchester consecra ted two churches near Bolton,—St. Paul's, in the town ship of Halliwell, and Astley Bridge church, in the village of Astley Bridge, Sharples. One hundred and eight clergymen in the diocese of Hereford have presented to the zealous and right rev. bishop thereof a congratulatory address upon his lordship's elevation to the ancient see over which he now so exem plarily presides. The Professorship of Modern Languages at Oxford has been offered to a distinguished foreigner. The circum stances under which this selection has been made are of a nature so peculiar, that we must for the present abstain from any remarks.—Morning Ckronicle.—ls it M. Guizot ? There is a strong probability of Kenyon House, in the parish of Winwick, being purchased for the Bishop of Manchester's Palace. The mansion cost the present owner, H. K. Lacy, Esq., M.P., £17,000; and it is now offered for £lO,OOO, and will probably be obtained for something less. _ _ DURH;.IIf CATHEDRAL.—A number of exquisitely carved stalls have recently been erected in the choir, during which operation the slab of Bishop Betiumont has been discovered. As a specimen of brass work, .it must have been the largest tombstone of its kind in the king dom ; but every vestige of the plates is gone, only the matrices remain. The Dublin Mail says that the Bishop of Killaloe, Lord Riversdale, is to be translated to Cork, that the Provost, Dr. Sadleir, will probably accept the united see of Killaloe and Clonfert, and that the vacant provostship will be con ferred on Dr. Elrington.—[Our contemporary is, in this instance, misinformed, though he is usually correct. The appointment has been given to Dr. Wilson, Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.] • The Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 8.D., Secretary of the So ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, has just issued a circular to the members, with reference to its condition :—" During the last four years, it appears, the annual expenditure has been reduced from £BO,OOO to little more than £60,000. This reduction has been effected without recalling or diminishing the salary of a single missionary. First, by the cessation of payments which had been guaranteed for a limited time ; second, by the discontinuance of grants towards the building of churches and schools ; third, by withdrawing from the support of schools and schoolmasters, more especially in the West Indies." _ ORDINATIONS.—On Sunday week ordinations were held by the Archbishop of Canterbury and by several other bishops. The following are the numbers ordained : by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 6 priests, 11 deacons ; by the Bishop of London, 9 priests, 19 deacons ; by the Bishop of Worcester, 25 priests, 15 deacons ; by the Bishop of Gloucester, 9 priests, 4 deacons ; by the Bishop of Manchester, 11 priests, 11 deacons ; by the Archbishop of York, 13 priests, 13 deacons • by the bishop o f O x f or d, 18 priests, 19 deacons ; by the Ashop of Exeter, 17 priests, 13 deacons ; by the Bishop of Peterborough, 11 priests, 5 deacons ; by the Bishop of Chichester, 8 priests, 5 dea cons ; by the BishOp of Ely, 12 priests, 5 deacons; by the Bishop of Hereford, 8 priests, 6 deacons ; by the Bishop of St. David's, 2 priests, 6 deacons ; by the Bishop of Lichfield, 21 priests, 26 deacons ; by the Bishop of Lin coln, 3 priests, 4 peacons ; by the Bishop of Rochester, 10 priests, 8 deacons ; by the Bishop of Ripon, 6 priests, 13 deacons : making a total, by seventeen bishops, of 189 priests and 183 deacons. CHARGE OF THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—The Lord Bishop of Exeter commenced his triennial visitation on Monday last, in the cathedral of Exeter. In his charge his lordship adverted to the postponement of the Clergy Offences Bill, and to the proposed insertion in it of a clause making " the Thirty-nine Articles to be the sole test of heresy, or false or unsound doctrine, on any points treated of therein." The a:ticles, his lordship observed, were designed " for the avoiding of diversities of opinions, and for establishing consent touching true religion." They were chiefly employed in declaring the judgment of the Church of England on the matters then in controversy with the Church of Rome; together with a disclaimer of certain unsound tenets, which were maintained by some ultra Protestants of the day, and with the odium of which the advocates of Rome were eager to load all her oppo nents. Any particular which was not the subject of such controversy was not set forth in much of detail. At the time when the articles were drawn up the point on which, of all others, there was the least of difference, either be tween us, or even the German Protestants, and Rome, was the doctrine of Baptism. The formularies set forth in this country during the reign of Henry the Eighth, the early confessions of faith of foreign Protestants, on this great particular all agreed, not only with each other, but with Rome itself. 01 Baptism, every one of them asserted the cardinal doctrine of its being the blessed instrument in God's hands of conferring spiritual regeneration. Our 27th article, therefore, having little to controvert, ex pressed the same doctrine briefly. The 25th had already asserted generally of the Sacraments, " that they are sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace and God's will to wards us, by which He doth work invisibly on us." The 27th said of Baptism, in particular, that it was such an effectual sign—a sign effecting that of which it is a sign, namely, "regeneration or new birth." For these and other reasons, which his lordship stated at great length, he maintained that, even if the articles were our sole test of doctrine, they did not afford any real support to the denial of spiritual regeneration in Baptism. But he must resist the claim of their being our sole test ; he must insist on the Book of Common Prayer and administration of Sacraments being at least as authoritative as the articles themselves. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON EDUCATION.—A deputation from the dissenters of Manchester waited last week on the Bishop of Manchester, no doubt with the ex pectation of finding his lordship an advocate of merely se cular education, but were sadly disappointed. His lord ship said that " he could not consent to the exclusion of all instruction in peculiar religious doctrines. He be lieved it was perfectly impossible that any teacher could gain any living influence over the hearts and minds of his pupils, if he was interdicted from communicating with them on the most important subjects. He spoke himself (his lordship said) from an experience of sixteen years as an educator ; and he reminded the deputation of the influ ence which the late Dr. Arnold gained over his pupils by his constant appeals to their religious principles. Ad mitting that many of the children would elsewhere re ceive instruction in the doctrines of the denomination to which they belonged, were the deputation and their friends, he asked, prepared to sanction the constant asso ciation of young people thus carefully trained, with those who are under no religious influences whatever ? 'I hese objectiops his lordship considered fatal to any such scheme of education as that now proposed. Having thus stated his views on the plan of the association, the bishop went on to explain his own opinions on the best mode of effectively providing for the existing educational destitu tion. His lordship observed that in King Edward's School at Birmingham, with which he had been recently con nected, instruction in the doctrines of the Church of Eng land was given at fixed periods of the week ; but from at tendance on such occasions, the children of dissenting parents were excused. At the same time, his lordship re marked, he had always distinctly stated that he would never permit himself to be precluded, by the presence of dissenters, from alluding to any religious matter which might present itself in the course of a lesson ; he would never intrude such a remark, but, at the same time, he would never go out of his way to avoid it. D ur i ng the eight years of his residence at Birmingham, he had pupils of almost every sect, and he never received a complaint respecting the nature of the religious instruction given in the school. Now this was a practical proof of the possi bility of having a system of education which would be re ligious without being exclusive. He would provide schools in which instruction should be given on the prin ciples of the Church of England, while dissenters should be excused from attendance at the doctrinal lessons ' • and in places where dissenters were numerous, he would also afford them the means of giving an education in accord ance with their own views." POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The Earl of Rosse has published an admirable letter— temperate, rational, and full of the truest principles of political wisdom—against the repeal agitation. A decision of the Dublin Election Committee, last week, has upset 198 of Mr. Reynolds, the Repealer's votes. Mr. Hume's proposed reform is called the " Four-point Charter." viz., retrenchment, household suffrage, triennial parliaments, and vote by ballot. In the present session of Parliament more members have been unseated on charges of bribery than in any preceding one. -- X bookcase and library, valued together at £1750, have been presented to Mr. John Bright by his free-trade friends. The Times says of John O'Connell: " He reels to and fro, he staggers like a drunken man, and is at his wit's end." The purpose of to-day is the no-purpose of to morrow. He shuffles, he twists, he wriggles, but there is no escape. Resolution is fatal, and irresolution perdition. Meetings continue to be held in all parts of the coun try in favour of Mr. Hume's proposed measure of reform. They, however, excite little attention, the Daily News being the only journal that thinks them worthy of mere record. At Liverpool, Leeds, and one or two other large towns the Chartists have succeeded in carrying their six points as an amendment. June is passing away ; in July, people will be counti ng the remaining days of the session. Yet even the Budget is still to be produced ; while Church reform, sanitary reform, and many other important subjects are rapidly falling into the danger of being " postponed from want of time," before anything effectual is done. The House of Lords has now been in attendance for several months, with scarcely any important business placed before it. Very few statesmen of moderntimes have produced such strange feelings in the minds of both friends and foes as Lord John Russell is constantly producing. The leader of " the Reform movement" one year ; the next, " the chief obstacle" in the way of Reform. At one time, regarded by Churchmen as their most dreaded enemy ; anon, looked up to as the Church's firmest friend ! The Dissenting leader at one period ; in a few years after, the object of the greatest disgust to all Dissenters ! Scarcely ever, certainly, did such opposites meet in the public life of vile not cl;glionest nor very inconsistent man. June 27, 1848. THE NEW REFORM MOVEMENT.—At the meeting held at the Portico, in this town, on Monday evening, to sup port Mr. Hume's motion for Household Suffrage, Equal Electoral Districts, Vote by Ballot, and Triennial Parlia ments, the supporters of those measures were defeated by the Universal Suffragists, who succeeded in carrying reso lutions in favour of the six points of the Charter. As the Chartists are miserably weak in Liverpool, this fact proves that the Humeists must be still weaker. The fact is that there is no party in Liverpool, except a little knot of Chartists, that desires organic changes of any kind. Even those who are most disposed to them on general grounds , consider the present period of political confusion abroad and commercial depression, (caused by that confusion) et home, extremely ill chosen for reconst ruc ti ng th e Consti tution of the country.—Liverpool Times.—( Whig Paper. CHEESE-PARING PATRIOTS.—It is not by sinecures and unmerited pensions that the resources of a country are drained. Curtail all the expenses of the Court—put Her Majesty's attendants on board wages—cut down the Chamberlain's and Lord Steward's departments—be 0 penurious as you may be, you would not save 3d. a-Year to every tax-gatherer throughout the empire. It is not the establishment of the Palace that is consuming the subsistence of the householder at Stockport and Birming ham : and, while in many departments we would gladly see reduction, it is not by saving a few thousands a year that the merchant can be rendered prosperous or the artizan kept in full work. We are as willing to reduce the army and navy expenses as they can be ; but we can' not break up the apparatus and appendages of a great empire as we would the stock of a bankrupt tradesmen. We cannot forget the duties and the responsibilities of rule just at a moment of accidental pressure. We cannot fling Canada, Australia, India to the winds ; neither can we keep them and all that they give us without soldiers and sailors. We cannot afford to surrender our own position and pre eminence in the eyes of the world. It. is part of our stock in t ra d e . It i s our capital. If i t goes we go too. But we cannot keep it without keeping that by which it was obtained—an adequate fleet and an adequate supply of brave and well-trained troops. Gentle men leaguers, be careful what you are doing. Petition , agitate, and declaim, against superfluous and extravagant expense. Petition against and denounce every unneces sary outlay in the army, the navy, the state ; but beware of going too far. You may do much mischief without meaning it. Your country is engaging the attention of the world. Secure, and hardly shaken, she is affording an asylum to the exiles of less happy lands, and the victims of less healthy institutions. Slowly and steadily she will reap the reward of. great actions and great suffer ings. Mar not the completion of a glorious history, nor under the pressure of a temporary distress try to inflict a wound which no time can cure, but which all would have reason to deplore.—Times. DECLINE OF MR. COBDEN'S POPULARlTY.—Foreigners are naturally imposed upon by superficial information, and it has been truly remarked that even the speeches of Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Wakley are read by continental statesmen as if they carried with them all the weight which belongs to some of our great party leaders. The flattery heaped upon Mr. Cobden was therefore quite na tural, and he enjoyed it. He came back to England with his ears still ringing with the cheers with which he bad been greeted at public di n ne r s an d p u bli c meet i ngs . If he had any misgivings as to the stability of his popularity at home, these must have been removed when the first news that greeted his arrival in England was his election for the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was his election for Yorkshire that placed Lord Brougham on the wool sack, and had he declined that honour, might, with toler able management, have made him ultimately prime nister. It was an honour that turned Lord Brougham's head, and has been the forerunner of his downward course. The glory of Lord Brougham culminated when he Was returned for Yorkshire, and we think Richard Cobden' star has not been in the ascendant since the day he Was elected to sit for the West Riding. He has found, most unexpectedly, that the burst of enthusiasm which greeted his success as an agitator, has died away into expressive silence : he no longer finds himself, as formerly, the lion of the day, feted by the aristocracy, courted by the people, and listened to with mute attention by the House of Coln-, coons. His passage through the gay circles of Grosvenor square and Belgravia, has been scarcely more brilliant or more evanescent than those of George Hudson and Mr. Ferrand. Out of doors the agriculturists can hardly claim him as a friend, whilst the manufacturing operatives, v! 11 ° ,clubbed their shillings and half- crowns t o ra i se .£loo,Ueu for the idol of their masters, now find, to their cost, that they had a far truer and much more economical friend in Lord Ashley, who never sought for such splendid testi monials to his more effective and more consistent philan thropy. It is obvious that Mr. Cobden has been stunl and mortified by the decline of his p o p u l ar ity, an d still more by the manner in which the House of C om mons received the killing exposure m a d e by Ad m i ra l D un das of his attack on the British navy at Malta. Something wags done. A new league was to be go t u p. A new s tandard of agitation was to be raised, and reform in parliamen.„ seemed to be the most promising. It has signally faile_coir and the people have but too recently raised X 70,000 for Mr. Cobden himself, and several hundred thousand pounds more for a whole army of hungry agitators, to impen d "" any unusual exuberance of enthusiasm in favou r new league, having such costly appendages.—Recor d. COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have signified their in tention of being present at the Haymarket Theatre on the 3rd July, on the occasion of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kean'S benefit. He: Majesty and Prince Albert attended her Majesty's- Theatre on Thursday night, to see Jenny Lind play Alice, in Robert the Devil. The audience obtained knowledge of their presence at the conclusion of the opera, and cries , for " the Queen !" " the Queen !" re sounded from ali parts of the house. Her Majesty at length acknowledged the call amid one of the most deafening demonstrations or loyalty ever heard. The National Anthem w as Each stanza produced its sal v o o f a ppl au se : and at its. close her Majesty was again saluted w ith roun d upon , b , round of affectionate respe c t, accom p an i e d with "' wa ving of hats and handkerchiefs. ured On Tuesday the Chines e j un k "Keying" was imn ° by a visit from th e D uc h ess o f K ent , aecompa died by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and family. Gate, Mrs. Hudson gave h er fi rs t b a ll a t th e Albert London, on Tuesday evening, on which occasion she was honoured with the p resence o f near l y 600 l ea di n g members of the fashionable world. The Conde de Montemolin , accompanied by his Royal Highness the Infante Don Fer— nando of Spain, honoured the reunion with his presence. The Duke of Wellington was amongst the earliest to ar rive. His Grace was loudly cheered on alighting from his carriage. The guests arrived in rapid succession from half-past 11 until nearly 1 o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. A London journal says that the number of lawyers in London is not less than 4972, and that the amount of their costs, in 1846-7, was £16,210,165. An action for libel was tried in the Queen's Bench on Saturday, at the suit of Mr. Kiely, against the Munster Chronicle. The jury found for the plaintiff, and gav e £5OO damages. In the Court. of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, a ju awarded to the Duke of Brunswick damages to the amour of £l5OO, for sundry atrocious libels on his character which have appeared in the Satirist, the defendant in the action being Mr. Ghislen, the publisher of that paper In the Dublin Queen's Bench, last week, Mr. NaPle r i Q.C., moved for a mandamus to compel the Society Friends, to restore a certain Mr. Jelico to their bodYl from which they had excluded him. The reason of th e plaintiff's expulsion by the Quakers was so novel as to de serve record. Mr. Jellico, as agent for a number of Pe r : sons in Kilkenny and Tipperary, had paid the tithe-ren t charge to the various incumbents on the properties uncle his control. This being a violation of the laws of the so ciety, they expelled him. Mr. Napier argued that, boll only the servant of another, and not acting for hiniac,! l ' the Quakers had no ri g ht t o ex p e l M r . J e llico- Chief Justice disagreed with Mr. Napier, on the groun d that the Society of Friends was a voluntary associatlo n f and, therefore, the plaintiff was bound as a member , b y its rules. The Court h a d no power to issue a mandannal. or compel any body, or any indi v id ua l, to d o anyt hi n g c* the sort required. Rule refused accordingly. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—The general aspect of our market is still one of dulness. A moderate inquiry, indeed, exists for some classes_ of goods, but it is not generally accompanied with any tant amount of business. It is not yet possible to say wo may be the effect upon the market of the last accounts from the East, which are somewhat favourable; but there a re si gns of returning activity in some quarters where extreme flatness has long prevailed. Yarns continue without change, no m at f,. rial concession having been made in prices during the w ee " , The amount of business doing is still limited. In goods the f! has been less inclination to give way in prices than has been tu .s e case for some time past. We cannot expect anything very in terially better in the market while our continental buyers themselves ebliged to operate on so small a scale, and the of d provement we may have will not be abrupt, but slow an gradual. Oen' ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—We have had a poor a sr dance in the flannel market this week, and trade exceedi n g , ", dull; many of the small manufacturers had commenced tA, hay harvest, and did not attend the market. Prices of all sore goods are same as last report. No alteration has taken Pia in the wool There have market this week. polle n LEEDS.— not been many buyers in the w „ I be goods market this week. The expectancy that goods iv.'„" ec g lower, through a fall in the price of wools, seems to c. 'ed, buyers. There is, however, no great stock of goods in h a as the season for the purchase of winter stock a pproaches%o the prospects of the harvest continue favourable, the gett'ess opinion of the trade is that there will be agood autumn bumf' done. but BaAnFoan.-I-Wool : There is no change for the bette r, ow wool continues as depressed as ever. The consumption i 5 Co s() limited that our staplers are loud in their complaints. t o lonial wools are dull sale, and the augmented stocks froin,ta. sales in Liverpool and London will tend to a further depiDii. tion in price. Yarns : This, as well as last week, being a the day, has tended to diminish the quantity produced, a n from production is now very low; the prices deter the spinners sta te working except to actual order. Pieces: The improved , I ros' of the weather gives a tone of cheerfulness. We have a t e the pect of good and early crops, which will tend mu d ' t, has maintenance of our home trade, which, for some time Pa s i on' eon' been almost the only trade of the town, and in which tinue to have a good business. in the F ieee e HALIFAX. Although there were more persons t i l er Hall on Saturday than we have been used to see of lat e i vr no does not appear to have been much business done. . th ia description of goods, either plain or fancy, is there any cur that can le called a demand, and the manufacturer s "''eti tailing production as much as possible. The yarn traue,_,ers. noes in the same state of extreme depression, and the si a nn o t add to their stocks as little as they can help. There . re " of til l few transactions in wool, and those rather in favoul buyer. Short wool keeps up in price, owing to the well " q uite quantity produced; and, limited as the supplY keps pace with the demand. t moan •6 HUDDERSFIELD.—We have to report a trifling a „,,,„ r e business this week, with a slight reduction in prices. ..!-, 01 1 no doubt that the expected fall in the price of wools, v1 1 1 1 ,',",, the in all probability, be followed by a corresponding x l "„, oat price of goods, has kept buyers out of the market, e. cry' as are in immediate want of goods. STO Th in th for SE Sato/ at fot Arr nE Asse All tnairi age I] seen Port( latio l halte buk, the Step who Aust de c ( beer 'We n suet] Grer town this rem] boroi in. The We Patie poll to w v en era( she: the of ri a h Ili ern i 4 101 tail, aho led / tior and the ot 0