The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-11 00:00:00

Iprortaings in paL iamrnt, HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The recently-received information of a further se break on the part of the Katfirs was made the cession by Lord MONTE."'" Earl GREY and Lord STANLEY le earl intimated that the tie- taking lairt therein. 'lt_ snatches he had received that day were d been favoured with the sight but he 1 Graliarr tailed, sta desvatain d the 3rd Januar Tivate 1 re now in progress 1., Lord .11nouo HAM F read a seco CHANCELL law reform answer to Lord STANLEY. a the ilOtise of Commons --.CO- - of the I us from King Wil ti Act was I by Kgtftirs of Pato MOVEMENTS OF TIIE TROOPS.—The Hermes will leave to-day for Fa,t London, with nearly all the troops now remain ing Lere, about 190 men, under Colonel Cloete. A few artillery men Will be left in the garrison. An attempt is made to raise a volunteer force at Glenadendal, Groenekloof, and other mis sion stations. Sir Harry Smith's proclamation, declaring martial law, is dated at King William's Town on the 25th ult. On the 26th he was :A Fort Cox ; and it was believed at Gra ham's Town that he had subsequently returned to King Wil liam's Town. (From the Graham's Town Journal, Jan. 4.) ESCAPE OF THE GOVERNOR I orning the welcome intelligence reached m's Town, the dispatches being brought tribe, who succeeded in eluding the enemy .session of the Fish River passes—of the escare of tr from Fort Cox, and his arrival there en the 30th cy made a dash from the Fort with 250 of his passage through the Debe Neck, e body of the enemy, who kept up a FRIDAY. he second read HOUSE OF LORDS.- -- ..ce to mo' Lord BF minty Ci HAM T being at the rate of 420,000 c properly adjudicated on mu: year. The last year's act gi Courts to cas, bankruptcy o absorb th in that of the ( the juri from th, OHM rep OF COMMONS.-' RIDAY Lord J. itself C table, but tr. for Sir H. Smith was sun •er, in d uy I.‘ AAAAA ,• •• • • munications from the Cape, as a steamer was hourly exp,ete —ln reply to a question from Colonel St llTlSOlie,—The CLIA ncr rse of the EXCHEQUER said that a Treasury minute Il been passed, Mr. Wood, t 1 Mr. L. KIN of .t at the c to hi the army or men ti he Milt might be argued that t the best conr Stnnlov were upasF tended the bit' tne pre Jed L ela fire, but Without he perceir quivocally out has h 'essions. His of 'Kir T i e d I exec He Proposed I no Tnor on any s too, with cc fai' as we can learn, occasioning •oops. I-Its Excellency, it is said, •a;e cap of the Rifles, as a prudent wale a target of by his assailants. lency's presence in King NNilliam's Town is very as it may probably have the effect of keeping Urn- At present he is strongly suspected of cherishing ntions. but, like all his countrymen, he is a shrewd savage, who weighs the probabilities with great ill on►y act with decision where he sees, or fancies his - own immediate interest. l'ato remains une ied to the British cause. His conduct through . it no;v iA to inspire this, in the sincerity of n Delima, it is said, is in the neigh- Tov6,_ with 1400 men, readftc I. In that settlement y from Po•t N there are many thousand Zoola warriors, a portion of whom, the•Quathiamba to the sources of the T'somo, attention of the Ama-Teniboo wed along: it effectual .1r 114, nialGaieka (Kreli's) tribes, and pre to this is expected immediately at East London, ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. WE received on Sunday, by the arrival of the Royal 'nil stenm-dlin Africa. Rvrie. commander, our usual dispatches from New York to the 26th ultimo inclusive, being thirteen days later than our last accounts via Halifax. The Africa, on this occasion, reports her own arrival at New York on her outward voyage. She left the Mersey, it will be remembered, at 11/, A.M., on the Ist ult., with a very heavy cargo of merchandise, and and during her run, rs. encountered severe weather. Ste reached New the 15th nit., after a run of about 14 York at 9, P.M From N York, on her return voyage, fter 1 o'clock, P.M., on the 21 during her passage moderately fine weather, nd made Cape Clear at noon on Saturday. Holyhead -s passed at 5 30, A.m., on Sunday, and shortly before ~:)n she steamed past, the Rock Lighthouse, after a run of 10 days 11 hours—a fair average passage, During her . run she steamed occasionally at a very high speed, viz., on the 2d instant, 308, on the sth, 309, on the 6th, 315, n the 7th, 312, and on the Bth. 318 miles per diem. On rerformances were unusually low— nilcs. She brought upwards of 80 000 dollars and £659 sterling specie on other days 1 nd the usual mails '", mean Baltic,t:e7o-fslh2ipdaysteam-shipan d e'cra, whichCambria, ia, days 2 i Comstock , hours. . Liverpool at 2, p.m., on the Bth ult., arrived out at ltecoram, oy both She New Yolk at 11 50, a.m., on the 201 h ult., after a run, :ommander, which left Cork on the 4th ult., would t^ke ~. It was con- rotted States steam-s!.ip Atlantic's cargo, also -,m the operation of I arrived on the 20th, a few hours before the Baltic. She .as between England an ved for the service the entire of the Atlantic's freight overnment to reconsider the 1 anus of £3,000. She was announced to leave for -A , ant ult was a confirma- Liverpool, on her return, on the Bth instant. The steam ,o he governmen unless they . Washington , ~y would be proclaiming that ueen's sitip Floyd, commander, left New York, for :s avail in one part of her doininioi an in Southampton and Bremen, on the 22d ult., with 35 pas -as impossible to overlook the fact, that sengers, £6,000 in specie, and a fair freight. . The steam nost part a Catholic country, and that the ship Ohio, Shenck, commander, with San Francisco mails , bad been chosen in unbroken succes- of January 15 ; Chagres, February 7 : and Havanna, -at one time, it was true, prold- Februaryl7 ;-153 as.ene'ers and £45,000 gold dust on p. „ , 4 at another fostered and encon freioht • —arrived at NPv; York on the 22d ult. The •-rial distinction ; and, in , "*. were made in .team-ship Cherokee, \Vindle. from Chagre., February ' With by 10, and Kingstown, Jamaica, February 15, £ 125,000 gold - - ~__. __ r--:-1.. .-,1 11 c ..,7.ennopre_ arrived at New York ii I left nnon, ( I with the T. Ci I r,eei 1 the res sit n, since the Reformatic bited, at another tolerated ratted. This constituted a I would and a b innecessari to enjoyed at ult I with the present bill, also on tb_. _ ith the rights and pri- On the Mis - sis - sipPi a steamer had been lost, by a colli- Catholics of Ireland. to house sanction the sion, with thirteen lives. The Liverpool ship Antartie tmittee the second and had arrived nut, with 26 deaths on board, and 91 sick. :ed from the bill. 1 r She was in quarantine. Steam navigation to Albany had I would no longer be re-opened ; the usual starting point of the spring trade. . . ---..a' Commodore Stockton had bCeil elected senator for New ......., against the e. In reply to a ques- • Jersey in Congress. On the 24th ultimo two members of ~ air. Oswald, as to how far this Congress fought a duel near the capital. After one shot, to tt, bishops of the Protestant episcopal the difficulty, which arose out of political acerbity, wits . Scotian would say that they were not arranged. ~ at all in ii -of this bill; but still he From Hayti "-e have accounts which extend to the sth that in law he - had no right to the ultimo. The Emperor was preparing to march against ey assumed, but i nestion upon which he .. not then give a ver .. opinion. The right hon. the Dominicans. Coffee was selling at 10c., and scarce. (met then concluded b) .ing that the second reading of The accounts from Havannah are to the 17th ultimo. ,de hill should he post ~med until Friday neA.—Mr. .1. The Spanish war steam-ship Caledonia, with mails from STUART expressed his disappointment at the alterations, Cadiz, arrived nut on the 3rd ultimo, via Porto Rico and vibich left the lii , l in no one respect like what they had been the Canaries : she left again on the 6th. On the 4th an led by the noble lord at the head of the government to expect 0. lift was issued, requiring Don Francisco and Don Lucas —null ue.—Mr. M. GIBSON said lis was not an advocate - ' Qtanlev's plan, for his own opinion was, that %ere Castro to surrender for trial, on a charge of visiting the ;.iaiioo a t a ll upon the subject. He had said, United States with treasonable designs, and threatening, `-'ate, those who_were so resolved should on disobedience of the command, to confiscate their pro . -J.--sir It. perty, Ike. Freights dull. Sugar, white, 9to 10 rs. o. -- iin - ~ ~ Molasses, 51 galls., 2 rs. ht hon. ..--- A riot, arising out of the Fugitive Slave Act. had oc curred at Boston during a trial. The mob rushed into the court and released the prisoner. President Fillmore, in consequence of the disturbance, had issued a proclama tion, calling upon all well-disposed citizens, and requiring the military to assist in enforcing the law. The only proceedings of interest to European readers in the American Congress relate to the Postage Bill, which had been under discussion, but without any conclu sion being arrived at, previous to the departure of the Africa. _ __ _._ . relieved th that era. :taniey, and have t 1, that after what had taken plac .11,0 must concur with the rig.... gentleman, (qtr Gibson,) that the best thine they could do would be nothing. The noble lord, by his bill, had, in the first instance ' , red a composition of only Ms. in the pound on what migt -n expected from his letter, but. as now altered, it woul 9d. in the pound. He believed the governmer --~lied ere innz to bring forward a muc M. i to do 1 Mr. G. BANKES-1.11 ght it would tiler than go it not support the sfcend reading out of the house t r o . prevent his being caught in a second reading of the bill was then postponed until Jenny Lind had created quite a furore in New Orleans. ar the first ticket of the first concert 240 dollars were FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. RENEWAL OF THE KAFFIR WAR Another Kaffir war has commenced. which threatens to be both bloody and protracted. A mass of papers from that colons , down to the Bth January inclusive, are almost entirely filled with renorts of the frizhtful doings of that paid by a hatter, who previously had won Power's statue of the Greek slave at a raffle; and the proceeds of the first five concerts were about £20,000 sterling. She was shortly to leave for St. Louis, having refused to visit Mo bile. She had met Father Matthew with whom she had a long conference. Barnum had presented the apostle with 500 dollars. _ _ hostile tribe. The governor, Sir H. Smith, was com pletely hemmed in by rte savage rebels at Fort Cox, and Colonel Sfonerset, in endeavouring to open a communica tion with his excellency, was beaten back, with the loss of SAFETY OF THE ATLANTIC. — When the steam-ship Africa arrived at New York with accounts of the safety of and desperate indeed st a hand to hand con waver, with a heroism worthy his several valuable o ffi cers and mei was the strozgle. for it was alm Ay through the enemy's forces, every which he had to sustain a brisk and a heavy fire. ertheie4s, escaped all harm._ A sharp affair also name, fo took place between the troops under Colonel Mackinnon, and the Kaffirs, the latter commencing the attack. The combat eventually proved successful to the arms of the British officer, but it was attended at the same time with a serious loss. The Kaffirs, it appears, exhibited a bold ness and a ferocity without parallel in any of their former wars. They massacred, indiscriminately men, women, and extraordinary. Thousands flocked to the pier ; and when one of the officers mounted the paddle box. and, with a speaking trumpet, announced " The Atlantic is safe," a shout of rejoicing at once went up which made the welkin ring, which was continued for several minutes. During all this time the crowd grew larger. while many of those who heard the glad news ran to tell it to their families and friends. The people seemed literally wild with excitement; but there was one who seemed supremely children. an destroyer y fire three military viii They seem to have prepared themselves for a death strug gle, in order to regain their forfeited possessions. They have apparently entered upon a war of extermination, and woe to the colony if it do not at once exert all its power of resistance to the threatened danger. We subjoin ex tracts from the journals received, which will be rears with painful interest. . - dock, who seemed, more than all others, anxioLs for the fate of the Atlantic. She had a brother on bcar 4 , wl ois engaged as fireman ; and so great has been I er ; nxiety, that for several days she has almost entirely abstained trom food. As soon as the news was pmclainned, a shriek of joy went up from that female, who at once ran for her home to convey the glad tidings of joy to her aged mother, whose Enxiety had not been less than her own. It is a long time since such a scene of excitement was witnessed in Jersey City, and all, of every rank and con dition, male and female, partook of the general joy.. But what shall we say of the excitement which the account of the safety of the Atlantic created in New York, and From the Cape of Go ie. Jan. 3.) and dis d Ifepe Shipping Gaz ed am►d un►versal gloom The new year hai 91 tress. The post which arrived on the first nay or lots montn brought the most lamentable news ever received from the frontier. The slaughter of more than 30 British soldiers—the massacre of 73 inhabitants of the military villages—the deser tion of the Kaffir Police, with their horses and arms—the irruption of the Kaffirs into the colony, which they were ravaging almost to Graham's Town—the proclamation of martial law throughout the eastern districts—the governor himself surrounded at Fort Cox by a horde of infuriated especially in the lower part of the city ? No sooner were the guns of the Africa heard than every one living on the north side of the city hurried to the docks, in the neigh savages, well armed, and apparently desperate—these are the most importtint facts in the dismal budget of intelligence brought hy. the post of Wednesday last. All these events happened within the brief space of four days—from. the 24th to the 27th December inclusive. On the -4.11, •oars• nearly. 600 men. fur the purpose of making an attempt to capture Sandilli. While passing through a narrow rocky gorge of the .Keiskamma, about three miles from the mission .„ information concerning this favourite vessel. The publi cation office of this paper was crowded to such an extent that it was with great difficulty the gentlemen connected with the establishment could find a way of ingress or egress. From our establishment the excitement was carried to all parts of the city. " The Atlantic is safe" was announced from the stages of the different theatres. The performances were temporarily suspended in those places of amusement by the cheering which ensued ; and out of doors the welcome intelligence was passed from person to person that " the Atlantic is safe," until every in the rite was aconainted with the gratifying in telli he was attacked by the Kaffirs, whom ..ups only dislodged after much hard fighting, in which 2 officers and men of the Cape Mounted Rifles and of the 6th and 73d Regiments were killed and nine wounded. Among the killed was Assistant-Surgeon Stuart, C.M R., (severely,) and Lieutenant Catty, 6th Regiment, since dead. A consi derable number.of the Kaffirs were killed. It is mid that the baggage of the dia: - .'aion was lost, and that the dead were abandoned. On the same day, 14,men of the 43d Regiment,three of whom bed been sent on escort duty, and the others dispatched in quest of them, were waylaid and murdered. Fort White was attacked, and all the cattle collected by the contractor for the troops were carried off. (Jr. the following morning, it was found that the Kaffir Police, SO in number, whose fidelity bad hitherto been relied - • The governor on sett a prociamation. placing the who'e of the frontier districts under martial law, and calling upon all the male inhabitants between• the ages of 18 and 50, and not legally exempted, to enrol themselves for self-defence under officers upon, had des arms and a la supply that day las; as suetr own cnosce. During the 25th and the two following days, the Kars appear to have been in complete possession of theopen country along the eastern frontier. A troop of SO of Cape Mounted Rifles, under Major Somerset, was sent to convey dispatches from Fort Cox to thexoknly ; and even this strong party we followed and fired upon. The police were obliged to abandon several of their stations, which were burnt. Lieut. Campbell, of the Kaffir police, is said to have been killed. The Kaffirs appeared before Alice, but were repulsed with loss by the tape corps, under Col. Somerset. Several waggons, it was reported, had been captured by the gnffirs ; and large numbers of cattle had been swept off by them, some from within a mile and a hair Of G , aliatn'a Town. There were reports at the latter town that Fort White had been burnt, and that there was fighting at fort Hare, and one house burnt, on the 27th. But the most deplorable news of all is that of the total de struction of the three military villages of Woburn, Johannis berg, and Auckland, in which more than 70 men, women, and 'hildren .were mas4acred. In former wilni the KatUrs have , nerally spared women and children. It is said that they lectured their intention of raking war only upon the d that the F gence. We confine ourselves within the it - of truth and fact when we say that every man, woman, and child, in our great metropolis, went to bed last night with a " thank God" on their lips that the Atlantic was safe. — New York Herald. WEST INDIA MAIL. The royal West India mail company's steam-ship Se vern, Capt. W. Vincent, has arrived with the 'Vest India and Mexico mails. The Great Western having been late in reaching Jamaica, on her way to Vera Cruz and Tam pico, it was thought the Severn would not have arrived so early. On the 4th instant, when about eight hundred miles from the Land's End, the Severn broke her port engine, but repaired the damage, and got to work again within thirty-two hours after the accident bad occurred. She brings 63 passengers, 118 serous cochineal, 32 serons indigo, 23 serons jalap, 114 bales sarsaparilla, and twelve packages sundries. Specie valued at 3,223,526 dollars, of which 51,000 are on account of Mexican dividends, pla ting, value 1,750 dollars, and pearls, value 13,100 dollars. The Californian mails for Panama ha d not reached Chagres when the Severn left. The Conducts, with specie for Tampico, expected down the latter end of January, had not arrived when the Great Western called off that port on the 4th February last, owing to a slight disturbance in the interior ; but then all was quiet, and it was expected to arrive near the end.of March. The Conducta, for Vera Cruz, arrived at that city on the 6th of February. All the specie for the Mexi can dividend and on merchants' account for England was shipped by the Great Western. From Jarra'ca accounts, dated Feb. 14, we learn by Dr, Beveredge, R.N., a passenger by the Severn, who volun teered to go out and act when the cholera was raging fearfully in the West Indies, that it is now happily con fined to the western part of the island. The Windward Islands are entirely free from cholera. Dr. Milroy, the Sanitary Commissioner sent from England by Lord Grey, arrived at Jamaica on the 28th January, and proceeded immediately upon a visit of inspection through the island. At St. David's (Jamaica) serious riots had taken place at the election for a member. Mr. Portenous and Mr. Nernes were the candidates, The former was returned by a bare majority of one. The riot resulted in the death of Mr.M`Lean, clerk of the vestry, and another person. It had been stated that the mob were excited to act thus to prevent the return of Mr. Portenous. The affair had created much excitement. The press insulged in violent recriminations. From.Barbadoes, we learn that an act for taking the census on the 27th. June next had passed the legislature. A bill for administering into hond, for refining, Portoks sugar and molasses, the produce of the Sister Companies; had, been rejected, The crops are proceeding briskly. Fine showers had The weather was very favourable for sugar-making; and much activity in shipping prevailed.• INDIA AND CHINA. ANTICIPATION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL BOMBAY, FEB. 3.—The Punjanb is perfectly tranquil. Assam and Scinde had suffered from slight incursions of the adjacent predatory tribes. A party of the tribe of Agami Nagas had murdered three British subjects, and carried away 22 men, women, and children. A stronger force would he sent against them.—Sir C. Napier left by this mail. He stated openly at Bombay that he resigned because he - found he really was not Commander-in-Chief, and that he was dictated to by boy politicians ignorant of military science. The claims of the Nizams have not vet been enforced. Serious disclosures were being made re specting the lands on the North-Western Bank of India. A very destructive fire broge out at Rang• oon on the 28th December, and destroyed nearly the whole of the town. Two thousand houses were utterly consumed, and the fire occasioned great loss of shipping in the river. CHlNA. — There still prevailed great sickness amongst the troops at Hong Kong, although the shipping and civil community remain remarkably healthy. The 50th Regi ment lost upwards of thirty men within the year, and scarcely 100 men of the regiment could be found in a really effective state of health. The report of Commis sioner Lin's death is confirmed. The government troops, it is said, have obtained some success over the insurgents in Quansi, but another disturbance had broken out in the Island of Hainan, where 10,000 insurgents are in arms. Two bodies of troops were sent against them, but the first fraternised, and the other was beaten and dispersed. Meantime the cholera had broken out in Hainan, and after raging fearfully two months, extended to the main land, and commenced its ravages in the Qung Tong pro vinces. The Chinese authorities had captured the pirates who murdered a Swedish missionary, and beheaded 28 of them. COMMERCIAL The commercial advices from all parts of the United States are satisfactory. Business in general was good. The prices of American securities were advancing. The Money Market at New York was steady, and rather stringent. There was no want of a demand for discount for business purposes. The market for breadstuffs was very unsteady, owing to the tenor of the English advices. Prices incline to recede, and few transactions can be reported. Western Canal flour, 4 dohs. 75c. to 4 dolts. 87ic. per barrel, barely supported ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 16c. to 1 dol. 18c. per 60 lbs. ; Southern wheat, 1 dol. 6c. to 1 dol. Bc. per 60 lbs. ; Indian corn, round , yellow, steady at 64 to 66 cents. per bushel ; ditto. Southern white,C4 to 66 cents. per bushel; Indian meal, 3 dots. 12tc. to 3 d01i.25c. per barrel. In cotton at New York a further fall had taken place. The market was still in a depressed condition, and few transactions had taken place. New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair 13c. to 133 c. per In., or a fall of Vto lc. per lb.; Uplands and ditto 1 2*c. t , " kc. per lb., or a decline of 3 to lc. De lb. The present receipts showed an excess of 95,000 bales over those of last season. In freights shipowners were asking increased rates. Cotton to Liverpool 3-16 d. to 4d, per lb. Exc , - - 1092 to 110 iange on London firm. .soderate sates at. 5 11 ; Hamburgh, 35i to 37; Bremen, 7Si to 7 CALIFORNIA. The dates are to the 15th of January, by the steam ships Ohio and Cherokee, the former with 4200,000, and the latter with 4'450,000 in gold dust on freight. One of the Sacramento journals, referring to the Mari posa mines, says, " Some months ago a company was formed for the purpose of working a quartz vein along the Mariposa, which has met with the most flattering success. Originally, the firm was known as Palmer. Cook, and Co., but in time a union was formed with a London company, who had brought out a large number ,ppear to apprehend danger of Cornish miners. Since the conjunction t he com p an y has prospered greatly, for, with twelve stamys or pounders, showing a proper spirit in this weighing 250 lbs. each, they crush arid grind an incredible gan ised themselves in volunteer amount of quartz rock each day. As an instanc e of what emerge'', companies, and were conndeot of being able to protect the th'y have done, we may state that, in the first seven days towns, into which the inhabitants of the country were hastily after they commenced operations, and when their ma y largo , m ed e ma retreating. Sir Harry Smith's proclamation and general chinery and other things had not yet got in proper train, orders are written in a style which evinces perfect composure and self-confidence. are the t l h B e .ooo last d o o f ll w ar h s i . ch Si w n a ce s that time their dividends is adeci d edly better investm l9 en p t er th ce an nt he meantime, it must not be forgotten that Sir Harry This cent., which money has and will even Smithand the unfortunate frontier colonists have a right tot he per fa m m e o d n month. expect every assistance from those colonists who enjoy the p er now command protection which the troops and the frontier sett lers afford in this cit y ." to the interior distri c t s . in this expectation we believe they will not be disappointed Judicial proceedings have b e e n instituted at Rome districts will show by substantial ;andthat.the co l on ists in the western aid and encouragement their against some Englishmen, for plotting the murder of the sympathy with their distressed fellow-colonists on the frontier, and their gratitude to the g a ll ant troops w ily are now so Pope. Not the slightest ground existed for so absurd a Init'SlY 010 1 till the battles of Me town!, manioc. bgve c whites frontier colonists v .nry. They had LORD I VIA/ have the C.M. Refl THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COMMERCIAL Bombay securities in port ; markets small ; business during the fortnight at prices even further depressed than at date of last report ; and from great scarcity of money, no prospect of any change for some time to come. Money Market also ex pected still higher. Export produce scanty of late, but as new cotton is beginning to arri% e, busi as will be probably resumed with evident activity, especially as the late accounts 'Tom the East and West for the staple are -considered favourable. British and Swedish iron and steel lower, and almost un saleable. Copper nominal. t ead and tin plates lower. Spel ter dull. Freights to London .4'2 ss. to £2 7s 6d ; to Liver pool £2 2s. 641. to .£2 ss. The harbour is filled with vessels; 6 for London, 7 for Liverpool, 10 for China, 5 for other ports, and 27 are wait ing freights. Exchange 2s. 2/ to 13-16 d. CALCUTTA, JAN. 23 —London mail of 7th of December ar rived 13th January. There had been severe and growing Ares• sure in the money market. Bank of Bengal has raised dis count to II per cent. Govermnent Securities fell considerably, but, through home news, somewhat reassuring; and business continues very quiet. No relaxation in money market; indeed pressure seems worse. Exchanges all over the country' seem quite disorganised, and discounts of be t Native acceptances are everwhere at almost unprecedented rates. Rather inure disposition to proceed with exports since the mail came in. Exchange taken rather upward, and now but trifling. Indigo season drags on heavily. Good sugar wanted. A little new silk sold at high rates. nice cheaper. Jute goes forward freely. Imports dull. No renewal of demand for British goods in upper provinces. :Moderate business in Lan. cashire cottons. Little doing in Glasgow light goods. Metals very quiet. Exchanges 2s. 2id. to 2s. 2id. Freights rather higher. Sugar to London, £3s. ss. to £3 10s. per ton. In order that no unnecessary alarm arising from the Caffre war may be excited among parties who have con. nexions at Port Natal, it may be as well to state that the distance 'between the Cape colony and Natal is by land something like a six weeks journey, and that there is not the remotest communication between the Caffres of the Cape colony and the inhabitants of Port Natal. AN UN EXPECTED HONOUR.—At the last Court ball at Vienna, a lady belonging to a high noble family refused to dance with a young officer, decorated, but not noble. The emperor, observing what had taken place. exchanged a few words with his mother, the Archduchess Sophia, and then addressing the young officer, said, "My mother wishes to waltz with you." INTENDED DUEL BY LADIES.—Great sensation has been lately caused at Florence by an intended duel with pistols between two countesses. in consequence of a poli tical dispste. One of these ladies had taken an active part in the war of Italian independence, and the other is a fair daughter of the north, whose name is well known in the diplomatic world. The combatants were on the ground, and the pistols charged, when fortunately their husbands arrived, and put a stop to the affair. MURDER IN GREECE.—A horrible murder, rendertcl more odious by the circumstances which accompanied it, has just terrified one of the villages on Parnassus. Thirty armed men introduced themselves during the night into the house of one of the primates of the village, and dragging him out into the street massacred him, without touching any part of his property. It is said that the mayor and two gendarmes stationed there, who must have he ►rd the noise, and did nothing to prevent the crime, were in connivance with the murderers ; and as the victim was the avowed enemy of a person holding a high position at court, the latter is suspected not to be uncon cerned in the crime. However, the officers of ju3ti e are actively engaged in the pursuit, and it is said that four of the assassins have been taken. The city of Rangoon, in Burmah, has been almost wholly destroled by a fire which occurred on the 28th of December. A man engaged in boiling some oil went out to see a Burmese ship of war just then arrived in harbour : he forgot his charge, the oil boiled over, and the house was in a moment in flames. The fire spread instantly through the streets, the bulk of the houses being of wood : ' the Catholic church, when in the midst of the flames, was saved from destruction by a sudden shift of the breeze. The building yard and vessels in the harbour were pre served by the wise precaution of pulling down all the sheds and other combustible structures around. Several ships were burnt to the water's edge. The property de ) stroyed is valued at £300,000. A PARISIAN STORY.—The curiosity of the inhabitants of khouse in the Rue St. Honors, was lately attracted by seeing a canary bird flying about in the court, and the more co as the bird was observed to have a small strip of paper attached to its neck. The bird was at length caught, and the paper, on being unfolded, was found to contain the following words :—" Poor, ill, without em ployment, and without resource of any kind, I know not what will become of me; I am 20 years of age, and I can not consent to lead a disreputable life. My mind is made up—all will be over this evening. The only friend I have in the world is this little bird, which I am now about to set at liberty. I beseech the person who finds it to take care of it, for it sings most sweetly, poor little creature. Thanks, thanks, beforehand.—JOSEPHlNS." This event caused great excitement in the neighbourhood, but as yet no clue to the writer of the billet has been discovered.— Galignani's Messenger. A MAN AFLOAT IN THE MID OCIZAN.—On the morn ing of the Twenty-eighth January, et three o'clock as the bark Oregon, Thompson, from Frankfort for Havanna, was nearing the coast of Cuba, and distant some twenty miles, the attention of the officers was attracted by a singular noise near the ship in the water, not seemingly the voice of a human being in distress, but which led to an examination of the surface, as far as the eye could reach, without ascertaining any object floating upon it. The ship passed on its way a half-mile or more, when the cap tain, impressed with the sentiment that life was at hazard, ordered his ship about. The singular sound was again heard, the boat lowered, and a life saved. James Thomp son, a Prussian by birth, after having obtained strength to give utterance to words, reported that he fell overboard from the ship Ocean Star, bound from New Orleans to Boston, at 6 o'clock the previous evening, that he fell through the head, and the vessel passed over him, and he presumes that it was not observed on board in time to render him assistance. Ile remained six hours without anything to aid in sustaining himself, as be thinks, but some three hours before he was picked up, be struck a floating board of some three feet in length and one foot in width, which buoyed him and enabled him to rest. SIR CHARLES NAPIER AND THE INDIAN ARMY.—At a dinner given to Sir Charles in India, recently, he said, When i came out here 1 thought I was to be Com. mander-in-Chief, but I was mistaken—yes, gentlemen, egregiously mistaken. 1 found that I was merely a sort of monster adjutant, nor even as a monster adjutant com plete, but like a half-caste bullock— neither one thing nor t'other. Gentlemen, Ido not believe that any one of the Commanders-in-Chief who went before me knew exactly what they came out to do ; and I'll tell what is more, gentlemen,—by God, I don't exactly know myself. Here with your regulars and irregulars, your rangers, your Bheel corps, and I don't know what else, you have an army of four hundred thousand men who are fit for anything. Where a British officer leads, you will 4111 C BRAZIL.—The ship Seraphina, which arrived at this port on Wednesday evening, has brought advices from Pernambuco to the 29th of January, from Bahia to the 23d, and from Rio de Janeiro to the 15th. There existed some consternation amongst the foreign residents at Bahia, in consequence of rumoured threats of Her Majes ty's steamer Cormorant to take from the anchorage four Portuguese vessels suspected to be for the stave trade, the President determinedly refusing to give them up, and having ordered the forts to be put in residence to resist such an attempt, besides making other preparations. Two Brazilian war steamers, the Affonso and Recipe, had ar rived from Rio, and another was hourly expected. The object of their appearance was supposed to be in some way connected with the English steamer Cormorant's pro ceedings. The advices from Rio state that the Southamp ton frigate, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, was about to sail for Bahia, and that according to report several of the vessels under his command had been des patched thither. The ship Columbus arrived on Sunday with accounts from Pernambuco of the 6th of February. The Royal-mail Teviot arrived at Pernambuco at six o'clock a.m. on the 2d tilt., in 23 days from Southampton. and left the same day at noon for Bahia. The Teviot accounts had little influence on the markets. Cotton and sugar would probably decline a little. The latter article had been purchased extensively previous to the receipt of the steamer's accounts. Cotton sold during the week ending February the Ist, at 7,300 reis to 7,400 reis, but 7,500 reis had since been paid. Hides were freely offered at 127 reis. Freights had an upward tendency, vessels having become less plentiful. Cotton to Liverpool was taken at Id. to id., and sugar to the United Kingdom 655. to 60s. In exchange business to a large amount had been done at 30d., and in some instances 301 d. had been given for ready cash. METAIRIE V. WISEMAN. This motion, which has already been twice before the court, but adjourned, came on to-day. . Mr. Bethell (with Mr. Kinglake) said, he appeared for a person named Julie Metairie, the plaintiff. The de fendants were Cardinal_Wiseman, who was only a defen dant in his official character, John Athanasius Cooke, the Very Rev. Mr. Norris, and Mr. Cox ; and the object of the application was to restrain Cooke, Norris. and Cox from dealing with or transferring a sum of £7,C00. Three and-a-Quarter per cent. Annuities, and from receiving any future dividends. This sum of stock was made the subject of a deed of gift obtained from a dying man under the influence of his spiritual director. Some years since the legislature in its wisdom passed an act putting gifts to Roman Catholic charities on the same footing as gifts to Protestant dissenters ; but before that period they were not regarded as valid, and the good sense of the parties was'enough to induce them to abandon them. Now, it appeared, they felt greater confidence arising from some cause or another, and they thought that this gift made by a dying man could be supported. He should, however, not mention any farther Cardi 301 Wiseman's name, as he was only a formal party. The defendants were John Athanasius Cooke, a gentleman at the equity bar, well Conversant with the practice of our law, and he was the' gentleman employed to prepare the deeds, and is a trus tee. This gentleman descended to menial offices in pre paring the deeds ; he saw to the engrossment ; he paid for the stamps, and fulfilled all the duties of counsel, soli citor, and law-stationer. Mr. Holdstock, the priest, and Mr. Norris, and Mr. Cooke, were the trustees. Mr. Ha milton was a legatee under , the will, the other defendants were the next of kin of the testator. The outline of the case was as follows : he should give little that was not confessed in the brief. More than fifty years ago, in 1797, Methurin Carte, a native of France, came to live in Eng land, being then very poor, hut he gained a subsistence by teaching languages in London. During the last eiehteen years of .his life he lived in the same house with the mother of Matthew Hamilton, one of the defendants to this suit. from whom be rented two small apartments on the second floor. The house was situate in Clialton-street, Somers-town ; and his two rooms were fitted up with a press-bed and a few other cheap: articles of furniture belonging to himself. M. Carte was a man of great vigour and industry, and by extraordinary exertions in his calling, and by very rigid parsimony, he gradually amassed two sums of £7,000 and £3.000 stock, and invested his savings in the public funds of Great Britain. He attained the age of seventy-seven years in January, 1847, when he -till retained his strength and vigour. lie was possessscd of two sums of £7,000 and £3,000 bank annuities, and 1,500 francs in a French batik. He possessed one pecu liarity not usual with his countrymen- 7 a rooted aversion to women—a matter of importance when the gift is to a female school. He always hoped to go beck to Labelle, . . where his friends had resided, On the 26th of' February, 1847, be became in a weak state of health, and at the sug gestion of Mr. Hamilton. a medical practitioner, named Gasquet, who was of the Roman Catholic persuasion, was called in, and attended him in his apartment on the 27th of February, 1847. Mr. Gasquet observed that M. Carre was suffering from weakness, and that he would be most henefitted by nutritious food, but lie feared " the poor creature" had not the means to supply himself with the comforts his state requited; and Mr. Gasquet was then going away when Mr. Hamilton stopped him and said that M. Cane had ample means for all that might be required, for, in fact, he had property to the amount of £lO,OOO. Mr. Gasquet appeared surprised, and asked whether he had any relatives in this country, upon which Mr. Hamilton told him that M. Cane had no relation in England, hut be had a sister and other relations living in France. Mr. Gasquet shortly after quitting M. Carre's house, had an interview with the defendant, J. Holdstoek, a Roman Catholic priest, of a chapel in Clarendon-square, Somers-town, and informed him that at the house of Mr. Hamilton there was an aged French Roman Catholic in a dying or sinking state, and that he was said to have pro perty to the amount of £lO,OOO. On the following day the said James Holdstock called at Mr. Hamilton's, and said he wanted to see M. Cane, and must see him alone, and while he was alone with M. Cane. there was no evi dence to show what had taken place, but it was said that Carre of himself proposed to giye the larger part of his property to the charity. It was represented that his in tention was reduced to writing, hut that the paper had not been preserved. The priest then sent one of his con gregation, Mr. Cooke, who represents himself as being a convert to the Romish religion in 1837, and that he car ried the paper away with him. Cooke then, without. the intervention of a solicitor, drew a will, and returned on Monday, the Ist of March, and the priest, James Hold s'ock, and John At hanasius Cooke, called together upon M. Carre, bringing with them a will ready engrossed. While the priest and J. A. Cooke were with M. Cane, two women, who lived in the same house with the priest, called by his direction in order that they might witness the will, but they were then sent away, when it was pro posed instead of a will a deed should be prepared, so as to save the legacy duty of £7OO. On Thursday the 4th March the deed and will were ready prepared, and a Miss Clark and a Mr. Hay, a former clerk in Wright's house, came to the door. M. Clare was then worse, and he de sired that they should not be admitted. Some altercation took Place, but eventually the priest went up to ni. Carte, who admitted he bad prohibited them. Some conversa tion then took place, and atter some time the priest in duced the sinking man to consent. At this time Mr. Brown came in, and as to what took place there was a different complexion given by the evidence; the old man was unwilling to proceed with the business; he desired to , be left alone, when the priest interieted, speaking to him in French. Cooke then read the will through; he was desirous to leave the room, but the priest commanded him to stay. The priest then propped the old man up, and held his fingers, as he affixed his signature, and all this took place between five and seven o'clock. Among the documents signed was a power of attorney to enable Cooke lo get the fund. The old man wished to have the documents left with him ; that was refused. Miss. Clark then attested the deed, and with considerable dexterity Mr. Brown, who happened to be in the house, was made to be thy' other witness. Cooke then took away the deeds. The power of attorney was left at the Bank, on Saturday the transfer was made, and on Saturday M. Carre died. It appeared that the priest never visited him again, so that he died unabsolved, uneonfessed, without those consolations of his religion which were the price for which he had given up his property. THURSDAY Mr. Bethel! resumed his address in this case, but did not conclude it before the rising of the court. He stated that the relatives of the deceased had come five times to England to see after the property, but that Mr. Cooke had not told them of the deed ! He also showed that, with a view to the like evasion, a payment of the dividends on the £7,000 stock, prior to the deed of gift, had been entered by Mr. Cooke as a sum of money received from Dr. Griffiths, as a debt due to the testator, in order, no doubt, to avoid disclosing the existence of a £7,000 stock. A witness for the defendant corroborated the witnesses for the plaintiff that after signing the deed of gift. Carre was told by Cooke that the property would remain the same ; that it could not be touched till his death, and that he might " alter it at any time lie liked." Miss Clarke, another witness for the defendant, also corroborated the evidence on the other side as to the priest insisting on Cooke going on with the affair, though Carre begged not to be troubled ; and as to his standing over the old man while he signed the deed. It appeared that M. Carre was a man somewhat in different about religion, and t hat on the occasion, when the - priest and Cook, who were accompanied by Hay and a Miss Clark. called on the deceased with the deeds, on Hamilton saying that M. Carre was too ill to see any one that day, the Priest grew violently angry, and fiercely cried out, " 'Tis a lie," and, pushing past him, rushed up stairs to the bedroom. The Priest also to ked to i4I. Carre in a foreign tongue and in an overbearing tone, and he (Hamilton) was sure he was pressing M. Carte to do some act which he was reluctant to do. M. Carte was a man quite ignorant of business; and it was Hamilton's im pression, as he believed it to be also M. Cart e's own, that the three documents which M. Carte signed were a will in two parts and a power of attorney, authorising him (Hamilton) to receive the dividends which Mr. Carle had previously arranged he was to do; neither a Mr. Brown, who was present, nor he suspecting that M. Carle had done anything to put his property out of his power or limit its control. It also appeared from the affidavit that the deed gave £5O to the Priest to pray the testator's soul out of purgatory. and that after the deeds had been signed, it having been M. Carre's intention that Hamilton should have the money and goods that.were in the house, and that he should be his executor and draw the dividends. M. Carte expressed much indignation at this not having been done in the will, and that there was no power of attorney in Mr. Hamilton's favour. After the other parties had left, carrying the deeds with them. M. Carte said to Ham ilton and Brown, "All they wanted was to rob me of my money; they have done just as they liked, contrary to my will, but I will make a new will." He said he would give Hamilton £5OO, and the January dividends and the next April dividends, and make a new will. On the Saturday, the £7,000 was transferred by Cook about three o'clock, at which hour M. Carte died. Then followed an affidavit by Mr. Brown, which was in similar terms to that of Mr. Hamilton, and the case was again adjourned. On Friday morning, Mr. Bethell resumed his argument. The learned gentleman was occupied the entire day, up to the rising of the Court, reading aid commenting upon the voluminous affidavits in the case, contending that the deed and will were invalid, and had been obtakel from the deceased under fraudulent circumstances. As on the previous days, the Court was crowded with members of the bar and strangers, anxious to hear the arguments and ascertain the result. On Saturday, Mr. Bethel' continued his statement, and the case was again adjourned. A CORNISH MINING SPECITLATION.—In the Court of Exchequer, on Saturday, an action was brought to recover £2OO on a bill of exchange. The plaintiff, named Har vey. is a mine assayer at Truro, in Cornwall; and the de fendant, Mr. Towers, is the landlord of the Angel Hotel, in this town. It appeared that, a person named Bell ew , a brother-in-law of the plaintiff's, bad gone to the Queen's Hotel, in Manchester, of which the defendant is also the occupier, and representing to him that there was a capital speculation, the working of a tin mine, in Cornwall, in duced him to take 100 shares, of £4 each, in the El Dorado, Bills having been granted for the money, the defendant some time afterwards visited Cornwall, to look at the property. He discovered then that the mine was noj at work, but six men were certainly at work, as he found. to his cost, when summ one d f or th e ir wages in the County Court. It appeared that the mine was valueless, and that four previous attempts to work it bed proved failures. Amongst the witnessea pn the trial was Mr. Baby, a stock jobberiu this town ;Anil it appeared, from the cross-examination, that be hadibeen engaged in dis posing of the,shares in Pelles's:mhlipg scheme. Il@ ad. find the black Sepoy follow. In the pass of Kohat, where not a shot should have been fired, I saw the noble Sepoys covering their officers and carrying off the w,qtgidesl and the fallen. I never think of the Sepoy witbent admira tion, nor of the Bombay 25th without affectitir. The troops of India are, I think, equal to almost any troops ; indeed, I think there is no difference between them and our own British troops ; but, gentlemen, it is my opinion that they have not enough of officers. Give them enough of officers, and they are a match for any army in the world." IRELAND The Repeal Association has been given up. OnSitmlar week, no fewer than one hundred and fifty vessels, all corn laden, were lying off Cork waiting for orders, and above fifty have since arrived. The Belfast Northern Whig .relates that. on Monday week, while a young man named 'Doe was 'eating his breakfast, a piece of bee'steak lodged in the resophagus, and suffocated him. _ _ _ The Queen has granted the dienity of Baron of the United Kingdom on Arthur Baron de Freyne, of Coolavir, in the county of Sligo, with remainder to his brother, Fitz-Stephen French, Esq. The damages of I:2,0'0 obtained by Captain Wynne against the Marquis of Westmeath are believed to be excessive. It is the intention of the noble defendant to move for a new trial,•or to adopt measures to bring the case before the House of Lords. - . At the Clare Assizes, an old man named Quinliven, seventy years of age, was found guilty of the murder of a poor woman, who had been left the sum of two shillings by her husband to support her during his absence in search of work. The prisoner, who was a neighbour, was aware of this circumstance, and it appears committed the crime for the sake of that wretched amount. He was sentenced to be hung. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—The Freeman's Journal states that on the evening of the 26th ult., as a private of the 12th Lancers and one of the 43d Foot were parrying their canes in a public-house on Ellis-quay, Dublin, the point of the infantry man's cane entered the other's nose, and three inches of it broke and remained in the forehead until the morning of the 3d inst., when he died from the injury sustained. REFORMATION IN DUBLIN.—On Sunday, four persons renounced and abjured the errors of Popery, and subse quently received the holy communion in St. Thomas's Church, Dublin. One of the converts had been a student for the Romish priesthood in St. Jarlath's College, Tuam, under the auspices of the Most Rev. Dr. Mac Hale, and is now a postulant for admission to the care of the Priests' Protection Society. EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF FEMALE ART !—A brown linen lace scarf was presented to her Majesty, in Belfast, in 1849. knitted by a lady at present a resident of Stra bane. A similar scarf, by the same individual, but of much finer materials, is about to be forwarded to the Great Exhibition. It contains 12* miles of thread, and 3,475,000 stitches. It is nine feet ten inches in length, and three feet wide, and is only 51 ounces in weight ! ! AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A hostile meeting took place at Merville, near Sligo, on the 27th ult., between the Mayor of Sligo, E. H. Verdon, Esq., and Charles A. Sedley, Esq., solicitor, cousin to Col. Sedley, 2d W.I. Regiment, in which the former was attended by a pro fessional gentleman, and the latter by his brother. After an exchange of shots the parties were, with much difficulty, taken off the ground. The duel originated in an article inserted in the Champion newspaper, of which the Mayor is proprietor. ACCIDENT FROM GAS.—An accident of a very serious nature occurred on Wednesday evening, in the manufac tory of Messrs. O'Neill and Duggan, Dame-lane, Dublin, from the escape of gas from a fracture in one of the pipes. It appears that a man was engaged in examining the pipes, and having approached the damaged part with a candle, the gas, which had been escaping for some time, immediately exploded, driving the floors to the ceilings above them and shattering nearly every window on the premises, and in other respects causing serious damage. Dreadful alarm was created amongst the persons employed in the work shops, but owing to the fact that a door in the warehouse was lying open at the time, by which a large portion of the gas escaped into the street, no personal injury of any con sequence was sustained. Were it not for this fortunate circumstance it is certain the consequences would have been fearful, as there were upwards of eighty persons at the time engaged on the premises. PROSECUTION OF TIIE 'PRENTICE BOYS OF DERRY.-- We can now announce with certainty, that the Crown have issued instructions to their officials to prosecute the 'Prentice Boys of Derry, for an alleged breach of the Anti- Processions Act—a course which we allalong predicted they would pursue. And right heartily do we rejoice at this determination, knowing that the Irish Executive on this occasion will be met by a bold and determined front. Every inch of ground will be contested by the 'Prentice Boys. They will not stand in the dock for a heinous or ignominious crime, fearing the frown of a judge or the decision of a jury ; but conscious of the justness of their cause, impressed with the certainty that they have not violated any existing law, they will take their trial, leaving the issue to the jury—even if that jury happens to be composed of Roman Catholics—to whom, it is alleged, those local Anniversaries have given offence. It will be gratifying to the friends of the cause to learn, that legal advice has been taken on behalf of the 'Prentice Boys, and we would hope that on the present occasion the Go vernment will be found " napping," which is not unusual, when they pay attention to the suggestions of local toadies, who have sordid and selfish interests to advance, by the advice they tender.—Derry Sentinel. SACRIFICE OF IRISH ESTATES.—On Tuesday, at Dublin, Mr. Commissioner Hargrave was occupied with the sale, in six lots of an estate in the county of Galway. The nett rental of all these put together was precisely £1,365. The estate, besides, was specially recommended by its vicinity to two considerable market towns, Gort and Headford. It had upon it three handsome residences. " large quantities of ornamental timber." and some of the denominations were " surrounded by fine planta tions ;" it was, moreover, " thinly peopled," and the poor rates were very moderate. And this estate—sold in six lots for the purpose of inviting competition—was purchased in de'ail for an aggregate sum of £11,400, something less than eight and a half years' purchase, and, as the court was informed, £20,000 under the incum brances cliarged upon it ! An actual rent of £1,365 represents fully one of £2.000 six years ago. Such an estate in the year 1845 would have brought at least 21 years' purchase, and was, therefore, excellent security for £32,000, which was the amount of its incumbrances. In 1851 it is sold, under free trade and the hammer of Mr. Hargrave, and brings, not £32.(f0, but exactly £11,400, leaving two-thirds of the incumbrancers, repre senting £20,000, without one sixpence to divide among them. Such is the contribution of a single Irish estate to the prosperity of philanthropic Manchester ! COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty will hold a levee on Wednesday the 19th instant. The Earl of Wilton has returned to Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, where the Earl and Countess will enter tain visitors until the second week in the ensuing month. The Hon. Member for Sunderland, Geo. Hudson, Esq. Mrs. Hudson, and family have arrived at their town man sion, Albert Gate, from Newby Park, for the season. Mrs. Hudson has issued cards of invitation for a grand ball, to take place on Thursday in next week. SHREWSBURY ORANGE LODGES.—OD Tuesday even ing last the first monthly meeting of the Loyal Orange Lodge, 53, was held, when fifteen new members were ini tiated. The lodge now numbers 77. A new lodge was opened on Thursday evening, No. 54. and on Tuesday next a fourth lodge will be opened. The more the principles of the order are known the more they are approved of by all loyal Protestants.—Shrewsbury Conservative. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND GREAT WEST ERN RAILWAYS.—It is stated that the validity of the agreement between the London end North-Western, Midland, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Companies, will be tested in the Court of Chancery. It is probable that the present aspect of affairs will be ma terially altered in reference to the position of the South Wales, of the Chester and Birkenhead, and of the Shrews bury and Birmingham Companies. It is to be deeply re gretted that the unfortunate differences between the Lon don and North-Western and Great Western Companies cannot be submitted to arbitration. SCHOOLS FOR DESIGN. — We are glad to learn that her Majesty's Board of Trade, through the instrumentality of the Rev. .1. Howson, have presented to the Collegiate Institution a large and valuable collection of caste and drawings, comprising illustrations of the best specimens of Greek and Roman sculpture, as well as of mediaeval art. They are admirably calculated to improve the taste of the rising generation, and to afford them desirable opportu nities for studying the beet works of bygone masters. It is very apparent that they have been selected with a view to practical purposes, and students in every branch of the arts of 'design will find something useful among them. The sculptures are tastefully placed around the large draw ing-room of the institute, and an inspection of them will reward the visit of every Jour of art. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, WEDNESDAY. (Before Lord Cranworth ) March 11, ISSI. milted that he had sold MOO shares at £5 each; (an ad vance of £1 on the sum paid by the defendant,) elderly lady, and some at the same price to other parties in Liverpool. It appeared that the parties owning:the soil had not parted with their interest in it. The jurY' unanimously found that the acceptance to the bills 4.a been obtained from the defendant by fraud. In the Westminster County Court, on Friday, an action was brought against Mr. Hoare, a highly respectable soli• citor, for the coffin for the body of the unfortunate Took Steele. The case was adjourned, to secure the attend ance of Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., and Mr. Reynolds• M.P. PROSECUTING FOR COSTS.—We copy from the Times . of Thursday the report of a trial which took place before Baron Martin, at the Winchester assizes, on Tuesday last, in the course of which the learned judge pointed out the mischievous effect of the withdrawal of the motive to local supervision of expenditure :—A man was indicted for stealing a peck of beans from his master. The case was proved. Mr. Baron Martin said, " Gentlemen of the jury, you may return what verdict you please, but I think you had better convict the prisoner.' The jury accord ingly found a verdict of guilty. Mr. Baron Martin theft sentenced the prisoner to one day's imprisonment, pa, added " that since,the expenses of prosecutions were pai d out of the consolidated fund, all kinds of cases were brought for trial. This was a case clearly got up for costa;. but he would not allow the expenses of the prosecution. SALVAGE.—In the Admiralty Court, on Monday, e salvage suit was heard, promoted by the owners of the steamer Maiden City, plying letween Landonderry and Liverpool, against the Mary Wilson, for having on the Ist of last November rescued her from a situation of gree 6 danger, off the Lancaster Sands, and taken her up to Li' verpool in safety. The . property saved was estimated at £5,000. There was no difference between the parties in the CaEC, except as to the extent of the danger. The, court considered that. great risk was incurred, and awardza £500.--On Wednesday, the owners of the schooner Thetis, of 170 tons, proceeded against those of the schooner Shepherd, for damage, arising out of a collision which took place in . October last. The sum claimed was £1,25 0 . The Thetis,, at the time of the collision, was on her voyage from Dieppe, with flour, hound to Liverpool. The damage claimed was pronounced for. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chester intends to hold an ordination at Chester on Trinity Sunday next. Candi dates are required to send their papers to his lordship's sectetary on or before Ist May. PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Robert Goodwin Young to the curacy of Barthomley, Cheshire, on the nomination of the Rev. Edward Duncombe, the rector.—The Rev. J- D. Elliott to the curacy of Bowdon, Cheshire, on the nomination of the Rev. Wm. H. G. Mann, the vicar.-- The Riv. Charles Butler Harris. 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Helsington, void by death of the Rev. 3. Muckalt, tie last incumbent : patron, Rev. J. W. Barr.est vicar .of Ker,dal value, £125, with residence.—The Ref. J. Chad Wick to the senior curacy of St. John's Church , Dukinfield, Cheshire, on the nomination of the Rev. W. Waller, the incumbent. MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.—On Saturdef last the Earl of Eglinton was elected by a majority of all the " nat.ons," Lord Rector of this College. The noble lord's opponent was Sir Charles Lyell. The Rev. C. D. Wray, formerly of Brasenose College , canon of Manchester, has been instituted to the rector/ . of Scuth Runcton, with Holme and Wallington, Norfolk. Patron, R. Peel, Esq. Value, £595; population, 489. THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—Considerable fears Are entertained concerning the health of this prelate. For several months he has been unequal to any great mental exertion, and the unfavourable symptoms are said not At 911 to decrease. MORTIFICATION EXTRAORDINARY.—We have much pl..asure, says the Edinluryh Witness, in announcing that - Henry Miller, Esq., a native of Scotland and a re' tired London merchant, has presented the munificent do-, nation of £4,000 to the new college of the Free Church to be mortified as a fund for scholarships. EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—The Globe is requested to state that, there is not the slightest founds' tion for the rumour that the Rev. Mr. Bennett is likely to be elected Bishop of St. Andrews. The presen t bishop has no intention of resigning, and if he had there is no probability that the clergy would elect Mr. Bennett. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COS' MISSION.—The Oxford Herald, on the authority of 5 daily evening paper, states that " a legal opinion as to the informality of the Royal Commission to uambridge hag. been obtained ; but that Alr. Bethel!, Q.C. , has n o t y e ' replied to the case sent him from Oxford." The satoe . paper asserts that Magdalen and Exeter Colleges at Oxford have refused to obey the invitation of the Crovia to answer questions. We have good reason to belief. that, though it is true that an opinion such as is de', scribed has been sent to Can b i d ge , it was a , comp anieo by a recommendaticn to the Heads of that University comply with the V" ,, i reatiest.for information ; and tha such recommt nd tion tither has bee 1, or is about to be' acted upon.—Clurc . and Stale Gazette. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. A Romish priest in Irelai,d has declared that the Pft e t of Wvllin,Aoti has prowiseti to pres,ot a petition riga''' . Lord John's papal till, tit:d to support its The Scottish episcopal bishops have petitioned tn. House of Commons against the Papal Aggression fill' which would include them in the penalties for assumia territorial titles. Roman C Dr. ,iillis, the -,atholic Bishop of Edinburgh' has addressed a letter to the Earl of Arundel and Sar re !' on the peculiar position of the Papists in Scotland, c° - .." tending that there are no justifiable grounds for incluallt them within the provisions of Lord John Russell's. t " His point is, Rat there is no royal supremacy to be 1 1 ° 14. ted in Scotland. Mr. Hippesley, chairman of the Old Down (Bristol) Protestant Defence Committee, has written a rejoinder rci tte Bishop of Bath and Wells, in which ho complaio s 4 the bishop publishing his correspondence before ',l (Mr. H.) had actually received his lordship's reply , 9 , 13 0 especially of his having placed the correspondence Un ..h the head of " Lay Aggression," implying a charge vih w " he repudiates on behalf of the society. a' THE POPE AND THE GOVERNMENT.—The c orrespou i , ent of the Times, writing from Rome , says that Lord 0 Russell's bill tolls far short of what the Vatican bad e? petted from the severity of his lordship's previous dee ri rations. The Pope thinks little of the prohibition .',_ titles, because means can readily be adopted to eva de lt: of but the clause in the bill affecting trust money and dons , tions is looked upon more seriously , and " the Chu rch indignant becau.e it is compelled to keep its hands out dead men's pockets." The Times correspondent is further told that the Yol i r ° . complains of having been deceived by his English advise,, who urged the late ecclesiastical measures in Englauri_r i T f h t e he 7 l i a re m t e s IncoarfoersintyonidnentitiealsHoos::syes,ohf ecwoornumldoutfoleroLriodppv_A INSOLENT ASSUMPTION . —While the Russell luin is , i t r is. Rtiounnennt'sheßmillosnttrhenogetl June.lereed the Pope's prospect of L adies' was re-forming, the Tablet was announcing to its re i t7i,. that it had been dissolved by the hand of God ! ' - I ; Whig ministry (it says) simply dissolves—it is n ot o ,°: stroyed by a hostile opposition. It perishes witho ut / blow, save that inflicted on itself by the criminal fo ll Y its head. Lord John Russell undertook to punish flee Pope, and the weapon which he hurled in his moll " against the holy father recoils on his own head, so that f o is politically felo de se. Such is the fate of those rrti fight against God. The armies of the Assyrian beleagur7s {he city of Jerusalem, and in a night they perished, IP' not by the hands of man." THE POPE'S TEMPORAL WEAKNESS A SOURCOe T HE DANGER OF ISIS POWER.—It is urged by the aeon"' gists of papal aggressi on th a t•th e P o p e is a weak so Ve i reign, and therefore E ng l an d nee ds not to guard age 05 his attacks. It is n o t th e P o p e , as a petty Italian pote O ; tate, that we have to deal with. "He is the so vereig, of a great conf e d erac y of bishops and priests, spread oret's the whole Christian world, and whose aim is to subjue d that world to his domination." That mighty confederep, is officered and organised in every Christian country. 114 first object of its hostility is necessarily the opinions ht, by nations who reject its authority ; the first objec t of 71 care, the welfare of those who sustain it. Its course lug I be to exalt the latter, and to depress the former. / 34 , this is not effected by the means adopted by great teal/d rut powers. It is not by the streng th of its armies, t . magnitude of its wealth, or the extent of its territori; that its power is to be judged. It depends on widely, di, ferent resources--on the subtle influenceof the devotiou; feelings. To mould them to her purposes is the chureh„ generalship, to intensify them her economy, and to efr o Tol t ihfwf ete e rfasoaahe n istemt d cti atimluteahimhtlfpeaemheoppdiegoniaeroinrfrgrpelaetiaetltnhrnasihtntlne:ielnsicttetsoGimlcmitmpl Gregory eo e pninosgi r i toctar onl ern p asrtai: o rsylutlc i oh i wlvimp c i It has always been with 0 0 ne. esh :e in : b a lmwdes n . eoe.oho s y unsoodt anathemas i nirea a dnadadd t ui tesevtahveilaclieidclnemtlsceteecAaehdsxessi the scene Alps, osepebstfari, Thecoopf fr a afuaeo l Ing:p i dEd n egota f I ti t ortwtteu l i toyseo e rrrorto n ilebeneir:oi i: s , trigues and political difficulties. It was not through ' r e Roman state that the great things of the Popedom /1 1 l ever achieved. It was by arming the subject against ~,i, prince, the people against their governors, and each P o i tion against its neighbour. The potency of these 001. 4 1 is to be judged by their effects. No nation in Earl; was more enthusiastically patriotic than the Germs 4d. no monarch more beloved than Frederick Barbaro s. + But patriotism quailed before the phantom of sup er ; tion; loyalty waxed faint in the presence of priestcr s a, and imperial Germany saw the greatest of her monarefif the adored of her people, a suppliant before the haul$1;110. Alexander, kneeling with the Pope's foot upon his ne, if we believe the Guelphic historians. Not only the P o f tory of the house of Swabia, but the whole historiA, mediteval and modern Europe is full of parallel ins tanv ✓ evidencing the same policy. Are there no traces of 11 or the present dispute ? What, then, mean the threat often repeated, that no law against the papal encre*rba m ent can be enforced in Ireland, and the hints that 10'10, great Catholic powers of Europe will be induced t () .. o if their influence with Great Britain ? Da these not iron 0 that the Church of Rome, on an opportune occasion' o r still ready, for its own purposes, to embroil natiou ' . ef f rouse a people against their government? The ~ 0 w eakness of the temporal power of the Pope sugee';oo , reason for greater caution. He is the nominee of Ili 1 4 . Priests, and upheld by Austrian or French influelill England, from her religion, has no voice in aproi nt os him; from her policy, no part in controlling hiro•., jo fair as his power is not used for his own interast , !.l o necessarily liable to be the tool of those states, whie l : l 4; rivals and may he hostile to Great Britain.—E4l4/ 178 cenity Magazine.