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imptrial Varllament - HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the chairman of the Lincoln and Cambridge Railway. The petition as serted that a number of frauds had been committed in the subscription list of the London and York way that nearly half a million of money bad been subs:-_ for by persons wholly irresponsible, which assertion the petitioner alleged he could prove. The petitioner went on detailing ninierically the instances of similar fraud in the subscription list, and concluded by praying that the t an inquiry to be made into tioner an op; e subject, unity of • legation befor able d scussion on the third reading of t bill, which, sed, and carried up to t rouzht before the House the 'conduct of tion with the South Eastern Railway in h ie was not fit to r situation etropolitan police distr ussion ensu, 3, in which Sir 1. Graham's Wrav was severely M r. V Co., a as receiver o A long di . handled by some members ; and eventually the motion was lost by 81 to 18 votes. The CtIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved e order r Je on the Ist ult. for certain returns relative to the property tax cc sioners should be re is motion was founded n for mat Mr. FIELDS cultc in produc Be then re ntained that there could be no duffi which he bad moved for. es to which he bad I tyranny of the had been ne rett ea the griev been expos propert] Issued . Another prowm inst his goods for payment of the inconA, iod hid Fist addressed the house upon He should, how, to sell them, but with this pubs ax con since the per this subject 'ever, allow th again bring his case before the house at the ea in the ne ut period n of par The order of the 31a ul HOUSE OF COMMONS MONDAY iving the Royal assent, by commission, to a number of Bil which were the Bonded Ccrn Bill, the Treatment o Lunatics Bill, and the Leeds and Bradford, the Glasgow Junction, the Birmingham and Gloucester, the Oxford, - London and South s, among Worcester, anc Western Amen Londonderry al London and Greel , the Oxford and f wash V ath and are Bill, the County Rat read a third mons amendment to the Games and W Bill wet at to ti STANLEY stated doubts 1 h for tt murder of the h ges, and a bad, with had pre Titioners —Toe mo would, of were agreed ti m and .11 Debts Bill 'IOUS ad bee[: sort Wl. CHAN( have a hl PIaLIIIEI get the engines Sir G. CLERI powir whatever to they had it in their th companies. 11- to rem of the Board of Trade became more prevalent, then it would be r lord rr during riod of this s the Eastern Cour Railway could g went, dif var ions tions, which t eafely of Bill were rea a third time, and sent to the I A new writ was ember in the ro bas ac Capt. REVIEW 01 s subjects A laugh.) —The house had better do so, to on the railways. (A laugh.) Board cf Trade had no If the practice ig' t for parlia- Viitimfilsr ad happened that The hon. mer e acci- nt hon. mem,. ;hey thought, if adopted, would ensure tht Chichester. for the election Lord Arthur Lennox, who ted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance, vice Lord J. RUSSELL then entered upon a review of the business of the session, not with a view, he said, to found ad teen withdrawn any charge of incompetence against ministers, but rather to call at tention to the past, with a view to the future. The noble lord admitted thit the session had been productive of upon the n,E many u results. The remainder of a very lc g speech capitulation of all the which had been urged by the whigs against every measure which had been brought forward during the sessio❑ by the government. The noble lord, towards the conchi.ion of hia speech. alluded to the intenettil parture of her _ d a hove that rninhit, vent, and expres jesty for the Conti would not de- part from the etablrsbeti precedents for for cil of regency during the absence of the Soy a coun- Sir J. GRAHAM -0 rued, that Lord J. Ru"ssell had had concluded with a very --'^-‘ like the pre . - made a party speech, which he harmless motion. At the close Lord .1 to ass under review th e p r i nc i pa l events of it. He ßussell had refei p red to some measures which had been introduced, and to some which had been abandoned by the government, and to the abandonment of them as a proof of incompetency on the part of the administration, more especially of him self; fur be had pointed out his want of success in his sit_ medical profe;'sion. Mr. Warburton and Mr. e bills for the reform of the Sir J. Graham) appealed to lawes, who had had some ex- perienc n the subject it great difficulties did not red to leaiaate upon naedi. surround any man, who vent cal subjects, and could not conceive t his duty in not culling his Medical Bill through parlia ment, especially as be had every chance of succeeding, bad be not postponed it for more important measures. He agreed with everything that Lord J. Russell had said with respect to our foreign policy, both with regard to _ . France and to the United States, for he was desirous of continuirg with those countries those rela'ions of amity which were so much for the mutual interests of b)th. Lord John Russell had adverted to the present adminis tration of Irish affairs, and had alluded to a hasty expres sion which he had employed some years ago in the heat of debate, and of which he had long ago expressed his repen tance. He assured Lord John Russell that he would not be precluded from recommending any measures which he deemed necessary for the good government of Ireland, by the recollection of any hasty speech whirls he might have made, or by any prejudice which he might have aban doned. He considered the beat rule for the government of that country was to give it equality of civil rights and to provide for the equal administration of impartial jus tice. Ile defended the preference the Government had given to the Endowment of Maynooth and the founding of academical institutions in Ireland, to a reform of the Municipal Corporation Act, and an extension of the elec toral franchise, by quoting the opinions of Lord Montea gle, but promised that those subjects should not hereafter be neglected. He then proceeded to vindicate the con duct of the government in not carrying out at once all the recommendations contained in the report of the com missioners upon the landlord and tenant question in Ire land, and defended the principle of Lord Stanley's Bill. Considering that Lord J. Russell had concurred in the principles of the Maynooth College Bill and of the Irish Colleges Bill, be was surprised to find him reviving all the angry recollections connected with the debates on those two measures. He was somewhat astonished at Lord John's reference to the appropriation clause, when be reflseted that the government of which he was the head had formally and solemnly abandoned that clause. The noble lord had also said that the government would be compelled to settle the church question in Ireland, either by elevating the Roman Catholic church to the level of the Protestant, or by the aboliti,n of the Protes tant church altogether. Now, to the latter alternative the feelings of the Protestants of England were distinctly oppcsed, and he, for one, would never give his consent to such a proposition. As to the other branch of the alter native, he would not orgue it now; be would only say this, that to the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy, a question which was at present full of difficulty, he had personally no ohjoction. Lord J. Russell had com plained that the policy of the government in Ireland bed satisfied no one. It was an old remark that you could not moderate between two conflicting parties without in curring the resentment of both. Ile admitted that the Government had not been as successful as it desired upon the question of education in England, but still it bad suc ceeded in doing much. It had founded during the last year a number of schools throughout the country ; it had provided better education for the masters ; it had im proved the qmality of education for the people ' • and, by the Factory Act, had secured education for children in the manufacturing districts. Lord John Russell blamed the government for not basing done anything in the pre sent session for the health and comfort of the working classes. The blame was uncalled for. Lord Lincoln had placed on the tablea well 'digested bill for that purpose, and he trusted that it would be read and well considered by the country during the recess. At that expiring hour of the session he would not revive the memory of former debates. He would merely say, that with respect to , the amount of unties levied on timber, sugar, and corn dur ing the lee Administration, they had all been reduced du - ring the _Alstence of the present government. Actu ated by his fears, Lord J. Russell had stated that this country, owing to the doubtful state of the harvest, was now in a position which excited great and almost un paralleled anxiety. 'He was surprised to hear it, for there were now 450,000 quarters of foreign corn in bond; but on the 6th of August, 1839, there were only in bond 50,000. There were now in the coffers of the bank 16 millions of specie; in August, 1839, there were mily two millions and a half. Neither then, nor in the following session, did Lord John Russell pro ose any alteration in the corn law of that day. What right, then, had he to call upon the government to do now what he had himself refused to do then ? Lord John Russell had spoken of the sliding scale as " small by degrees, and beautifully less ;" but what had become of the noble lord's own reso lution for an Bs. fixed duty ? First it sank down to 65., then to 45., and last session Lord John had had some difficulty in convincing the house that he was for any fixed duty at all. He then entered into a defence of the existing corn laws, and showed that at the present mo ment the stock of coin -in bond was fast accumulating. Instead of sharing in the apprehension of Lord J. Russell, ministers entertained a confident expectation that no great increase in the price of corn would now take place. Lord J. Russell had spoken of the possibility of her Ma jesty paying a visit to her Irish subjects, and had fancied, from the speech which had been addressed to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that doubts were entertained of the re ception which her Majesty would receive in Ireland. He must either have misconceived or forgotten the nature of that speech. However torn that country might be by angry party conflicts, he was.quite sure that the presence of tier Majesty among her Irish subjects would hush into oblivion ail tit acrimonious and irritated passions. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL thanked Lord John Russell for the mode in which he had brought forward the sub ject of Ireland in this debate, and contended that it was calculated to produce much good in that country. He then expressed his views generally on the condition of Ireland. a conversation, in which Mr. PLUMPTRE repeated u:11 1-2-L J tlsat ;ive dir Colleges Bill, Mr ti. governrr t in retainin and Mr. GIBSON advocated the corn laws, Mr. DARBY insisted on the ne- sngar, Mr. VILLIER !ssity of protecting the ag HEIL recommended Sir R. riculturat interest, and Mr Peel to follow up by acts thi land, the motion was agree, HOUSE OF LORDS.—TnunsnAr. The Exchequer-bills Bill and the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill were read a second time. The Turnpike Road's (Ireland) Bill, the Municipal Districts (Ireland) Bill, the Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society Bill, and the Fees (Criminal Proceedings) Bill, were severally read a. third time and passed. The Commons' amendments to the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) BP were agreed to. CAMPBELL wished to put a question to her Ma ,vernment regarding the exercise of the royal .y during the absence of her Majesty on the Con- It had been declared by parliament that it was ,1 the privilege of the crown of England that the signs by common law were entitled at their pleasure tve the realms; but the invariable practice from the sst times had been, that when they did leave the 3, they provided for the exercise of the royal autho it their absence, either by appointing a regent, or I jesty's gc The noble and learr;ed lord - then referred a number of instances where such en- ace. He wished to ask the noble woolsack, whether it was not in- end learned lord on the isenee of her MBjesty, to appoint se the royal authority. lords jt_ The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was not the intention of her Majesty's government to Tlvise . her Majesty to lices to exer previous to the French, the laN isit of her Mvje y to the crown (the rd Chief Baron A Sir \V present L. roliett) were con sulted on the question, and were clearly of opinion, alter considering the subject with great deliberation, that it was by no means necessary in nevira- ,sc '-- aw that should take place. Toe opinion of the cers of the crown had been taken on the sent 1 subject, and they fully concurred in the opinion of their subject—that in pc of law such a s p was not neces- Every a of sovereignty which ight be do her Majesty on the Continent of Europe would have as much validity as if done in her own drawing-room ; and as her Majesty would be accompanied by the Secretary of State, and could return within the short period of two days, he considered it quite unnecessary that a coc-ruis sion should be appointed,. The Earl of BEssouavonr, after calling the attention of the house to the state of the private business, moved that a letter be sent, on the first day of the next session, , to each lord, requesting him to name a time when it will suit his convtn;ence to attend the committees on private opposed bills, or to state the reason of his inability to The Duke of WELLINGTON recommended the noble earl to postpone his motion until the necessity for a larger attendance should be required, when he would render the noble earl every assistance in his power to ensure the proper transaction of private bu-iness. The motion was negatived without a division HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY. The Royal assent was given by commission to the County Rates Bill, the Lunatic, Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Bill, the Slave Trade (Brazil) Bill, the London and Croydon Railway Enlargement Bill, the South Eastern tiailway (Deal Extension) Bill, the Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, North Union, Liverpool and Manchester, and Grand Junction Railway Companys Amalgamation Bill, the Brighton and Chi chester Railway (Portsmouth Extension) Bill, the liasiings ttailway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension) Bill, the Eastern Counties Rail way (Cambridge to Huntingdon) Bill, the Grimsby Docks Bills. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. In reply to a question from Mr. J. A. SMITEI , ke negociations betvc recently carried on in a t pirit, and he believ chau w amicable result might be arrived at, highly beneficial to the colony. This was to be attributed aliuost entirely to Lord Stanley, who would not allow his sense of public duty to be interfered with by any feelings of displeasure which hz.. might be supposed to entertain in reference to the personal attacks which he had sustained in conse- quence of the course he had pursued towards New Zea- In reply to a question from Col. VERNER, Sir It. PEEL said it was quite true that Mr. Watson had been deprived of the commission of the peace, and also of the deputy lieutenancy of the county of Antrim, for attending an Orange procession, and si tions to the effect that the lime had arrived _ le Orange Society. When th e pl e d ges o f the a crown nd of the parliament to put down these societies sting t were called to mind, it would be at once seen that the course pursued by Mr. Watson left no alternative to the government than of directing that he should be super seded. I ^-1 ...,ord PALMERSTON then called attention to the state of affairs in Syria. In the year 1840, induced by the al lied powers, the people of that country joined in the effort, ultimately successful, to overthrow the domination of Mahemet Ali. They were promised as their - reward guaratileed by the allied powers—that the oppres sions under which they had laboured for centuries should be removed. This, however, had not been dine; and England was bound to see that the enaggements then entered into should be carried out. In 1812 fan attempt was made to overcome the difficulties in the way of settling the affairs of that country, and the plan then suggested, if carried out, would have restored peace to Syria. The Turkish government, however, interposed, and endeavoured to set different races against each other in order to weaken both. The civil war which ensued might be fairly attributed to the want of energy on the part of the allied powers, and more particularly on the part of Great Britain. He was of opinion that, in order to maintain the integrity of the Turkish empire and pre serve the balance of power in Earope, it was necessary that the disturbances in Syria should be put an end to, and for this purpose he hoped the allied powers would in sist upon carrying out the plan of 1842, which had been already adopted by the Sultan. Sir R. PEEL said it was his anxious wish to maintain the independence and the integrity of the Turkish empire. and this It was which made their relations with the Turk ish government so very delicate, for they were of neces sity reluctant to enforce on Turkey even the fulfilment of her engagements. This difficulty had been experienced by the late government, as well as by the present. There was, in fact, a difficulty in inducing Turkey; to act with good faith towards Syria. There had been the shabbiest evasions on the part of the Porte, but h e h a d on l y t h at day received a communication from Sir S. Canning, from which he inferred a prospect that the Porte would fulfil its engagements. Sir C. NAPIER was about to address the house, when it was counted out. A letter from Festh of the 28th ult. gives an account of a frightful inundation of several rivers in the north of Uungiry. The great commercial town of Miskocz, which bas a population of 20,000, was submerged, the current being sufficiently strong to carry away several en the I houses and other buildings. As the t orren t came on in the night, several persons were tak en by sur p r i se , an d lost • l• A VI prevented for several da This calamity happ-ned on the 19th July, precisely the second anniver - - s iry, day for day, of the conflagration from which Miskocz suffered so severely in 1843. Papers.have been received from Sydney to the 10th of April. A public meeting had been held for the purpose of sympathising with the settlers at New Zealand, who had suffered by the attack from the aborigines, and sub scriptions had h• .. oren set ', n foot or their relief. The Governor, Sir George Gipps, had in compliance with the request of Captain Fitzroy, ordered two hundred and fitty men to embark for New Zealand, and at the , date of the last account they were about to sail in & resolu- I the Slanes Castle and the Dee. Sir George was also making arrangements. to send him two steamers and as her Majesty's ship Daedalus had been signaled at sea by a vessel which had arrived at Sydney, it was concluded that she must hive reached Auckland about the end of the first week in April. WEST INDIA MAIL.—The Dee arrived at Southamp ton on Monday evening with the mails from the West Indies. She brings 197 serous of cochineal, 242 dozen of pines, 471 b of platina, and 1157 ounces of gold dust. The sugar crop throughout the West Indies has been most abundant, but there is a great falling off in the cof fee Hill C -k well -.ic cones wor, _ in all weathers, and continue to give great satisfaction. The weather in the majority of the islands had been propitious for agri cultural purposes, and sugar-making was proceeding ra pidly. Experiments had been made upon the new rail way in Jamaica, and the public were in extasies at the success of the undertaking. Affairs were working quietly at Demerara. The seizure and imprisonment of a Mr. Smith, an English subject in Surinam, had created some excitement in British Guiana, and an appeal to govern ment on the subject was about to be made. Letters trom Mexico to the 29th of June, state, that since the abortive attempt at revolution on the 7th of June, the city of Mexico had remained perfectly quiet. The Congress was to assemble in extraordinary session on the first of July. The Senate had discussed the tariff, and made some al terations, which compel its being sent back to the Depu ties. Santa Anna was at the Havannah. HOUSE OF COMMONS-SATURDAY Mr. W. PATTEN gave notice that, early in the next session, he would move for a select committee to consid er the expediency of relaxing the privileges of the h ouse re specting the fees and pecuniary penalties imposed on private bills. Mr. HAWES brought up the report of the Select Com mittee on the London and York Railway Bill, which, on the motion of Mr. B. DENISON, was ordered to be printed. In answer to a question, Sir J. GRAHAM said that, as the act for the establishment of the new universities in Ireiand had only received the royal assent a few days ago, sufficient time had not elapsed to allow charters of incor poration to be laid before Parliament. Mr. P. BORTHWICR, alluding to the intended visit of her Majesty, protested against the exercise of the pre rogative of the Crown out of the realm, and suggested the appointment of a commission. Sir R. PEEL rose to oppose Mr. Borthwick, but was cut short by the delivery of the summons to attend her Majesty at the bar of the House of Lords. The session then•closed. IRELAND. Tom Steele has declared his intention of being present at the orange meeting in Enniskillen, to-day. A man named Cooney, a witness for the Crown at the late Tipperary assizes, in a case of murder, wherein the accused was found guilty of the charge, attempted tocommit suicide by cutting his throat, a few days since. Ia the prospect of dying, he made a solemn declaration that the evidence he gave at the trial was false. THE REPEAL AGITATION.—At the weekly repeal meeting, on Monday, another letter was read from Mr. O'Connell to his " Dear Wray," urging the return of sixty members of the Repeal Association at the next par liamentary election, and showing how this might be done. The rent was stated to be £276. Mr. O'Connell, on a recent occasion, said that the Roman Catholic prelates had confirmed his opinion as to the uncanonical nature of the Bequests Act. Dr. Mur ray, in consequence of this assertion, has written him a most courteous letter, that he is mistaken—that the act is not uncanonical. IRISH ASSIZE INTELLIGENEE.—TVVO men were con victed, at the Nenagh assizes, of shooting at Theophilus Roe, who had excited animosity by taking 8 acres of land, and sentenced to be transported for life. At the Meath assizes Matthew Lecl:in wa= put upon his trial for a mur der originating in an ejectment from land. Joseph Sher lock, a small farmer, was murdered in December, 1843. Ile read been engaged in ejecting three families of cotters, the Lockitis, Smiths, and Coughlans. Sherlock's wife, since dead, had declared that one man ran up to her hus band as he was walking by the side of a car, in the even ing an.] shot him. Coughlan had turned approver; and swore that the murder was planned by him, ttvo Leckins, and two Smiths. They waylaid Sherlock, and the ac cused presented a pistol at him, but it missed fire.; James Smith then took it, did something toit, and shorSherlock, 'Smith had been tried and acquitted.; and Matthew Leckin had been put on trial for the fourth time.] In cross-examination, Coughlan made these admissions : " I did not hate Sherlock, or dislike him, or bear him any malice for turning me out. I went to shoot him be cause I was invited, the same as if I was invited to eat a potato. I went to confession that morning. I did con fess to the priest, and received the sacrament and absolu tion. I did not tell him I intended to commit murder or had agreed to it, or that I was going to see Sherlock mur dered." The prisoner had made a confession to a magis trate; but it appears to have been obtained by working on his hopes and fears, and the Judge cautioned the jury respecting it. The man was acquitted. DISMISSAL OF AN IRISH PROTESTANT MAGISTRATE. —Mr. Watson, the magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of the county of Antrim, has been dismissed from these of fices by the government for having presided at an Orange meeting. This step has created no inconsiderable sensa tion in the north of Ireland, where for a number of years Mr. W. has enjoyed the unbounded confidence of the Protestant party, as well as the respect and esteem of his Roman Catholic fellow-subjects. MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS"— At Galway, a few days since, Michael Hoban was sentenced to death, for having on the 18th July last, on the Galway coast, mur dered Mark Faherty by throwing him into the sea. There were only the prisoner and the deceased in the boat toge ther, and the evidence to be offered was purely circum stantantial. The evening before the murder the prisoner complained of the conduct of the deceased, who, he said, cheated him in the partnership concern of the boat, and expressed his intention to quarrel with him and punish him. When the prisoner arrived at his destination, he stated that the deceased fell overboard ; and in about a fortnight after his body was found in the bay, bearing marks of violence, evidently inflicted during his lifetime. 1 MOFFATT condemned the conduct of the present duties on tea and THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Parliament was prorogued on Saturday by ter Majesty in person. The royal cortege left Buckingham Palace at half-past one, and a little before two arrived - at the House of Lords; and immediately afterwards her Majesty en tered the house, leaning upon the arm of her royal con sort, who conducted her towards the throne, preceded by the Duke (if Wellington, bearing the sword of state, by the Duke of Argyle, bearing the crown on a crimson vel vet cushion, by the Earl of Zetlan - I, bearing the cap of maintenance, and attended by the Duchess of.Buceleneh, the mistress of the robes. The steps of .the throne, as is usual on these_ occasions, were covered with rich carpet- ing. The chair of the lrineofNifiles was placed on the right of her Majesty's throne, and that .of Prince Albert on the left. The chairs were all lined wish crimson vel vet, and were ornamented with rich gold fringe. The house at this moment presented a most brilliant appearance. The body and gallery were filled with elegantly-attired ladies; peers and peeresses - ; the French, Russian, Prussian, Austrian, and Turkish ambassadors, with their suites; the Prince Dvrarkanauth Tagore., with his son and nephew; the Duke of Wellington; and a large number of other distinguished persons filled all the available space. Her Majesty having commanded their Lordships to be seated, the House of Commons was summoned, and shortly afterwards the Speaker, in his robes of state, ap peared, accompanied by a large number of members. He addressed her Majesty, and briefly reviewed the leading occurrences of the session. The Lord Chancellor then advanced to the Throne, and bending on one knee, presented to her Majesty a copy of the speech, which her Majesty read as follows, in a distinct tone. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I rejoice that the state of public business enables me to release you from further attendance in Parliament. " In closing this laborious session, I must express to you my warm acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the consider ation of many subjects deeply affecting the public welfare "I have given my cordial assent to - the bills which you presented to me for remitting the duties on many articles of import, and for removing restrictions on the free ap plication of capital and skill to certain branches of manufactures. reduction of taxation will necessarily cause an to loss of revenue, bnt I trust that its effect in imcnediat stimulating commercial enterprise and enlarging the means of consumption will ultimately provide an ample compensation for any temporary sacrifice._ " I have witnessedwith peculiar satisfaction the un -:fig attention which you have bestowed on the measures recommended by me to your consideration, at the commencement of the session, for improving and ex tending the means of academi,fal education in Leland. " You may rely upon my determinat t- - t mss( remitt _ton to carry .nors measures into execution in the manner best calculated to inspire confidence in the institutions which have received your sanction, and to give effect to your earnest desire to promote the_welfare of thal par.: of my dominions. liroin all foreign powers 1 continue to receive ass , rances of their friendly disposition towards this country " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " The convention which I have recently concluded with the King of the French for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade will, I trust, by establishing a cordial and active co-operation between the two powers, afford a better prospect than has hitherto existed of complete suc cess in the attainment of an object for which this country has made so many sacrifices. " I thank you for the liberality with which you have voted the Fnpplies for the service of the wirrent year. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " On your retain to your several counties duties will devolve scarcely less important thin th:;se from the per formance of which I now relieve you. your influence and example, that spirit of loyalty and con tentment which you will find generally prevalent through- e country " lu the dikharge of all the functions intrusted to you far the public welfare, you may confidently re'y on my cordial support; and I implore the blessing of Divine Pro vidence on our united efforts to encourage the industry nd increase the comforts of my people, and to inculcate .ose religion- principles which are the surest foundation of our security and happiness.",. those religions and m The LORD CHANCELLOR then . a - nnonnced that in ac Ler Majesty's royal pleasure the Parlia gued until Thursday the 2nd October. rose from the throne and left the douse, and the procession proceeded to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty looked in exctlicut health, as also did Prince Albert. tier Majesty wore a splendid tiara of diamonds on her head, a brilliant necklace and stomacher, was prof kjesty t and a dress of wLite 11IMPRIMI FuttEIGN AND COLONIAL. The funeral procession, in New York, in honour of General Jackson was seven miles long ! The dome of St. Peter's, at Rome, is cracke 1, it is said, in many places, and ten arches of iron have been placed to prevent its fall. The South Australian says, " A hundred female ser vants would find no difficulty in securing places in our colony, at a handsome rate of wages." The lowa Indians have embarked at Havre, on their rettfrn to their native country. One of them, "Little Zany to 1111 The Emperor of Russia has given permission for the importation of corn free of duty daring the whole of this year, in the ports of Rigs, Pernau, and Revd, in the 'on has been the scene of a terrific fire, which has .ed Mourilloc, the depot f•ir the naval and military During the confusion, many of the convicts con trived to escare. A number of wounded persons bad been carried to the hospital. Port Philip papers to the 6th of April have been h.ly contain some statistics respecting the cut ivation of Crown lauds, and from these it appears that the number of acres under process of husbandrl were 10,3491. The stock on the farms occupied by the parties engaged in these lands was 6,550 horses, 176,006 cattle, and 2,119,334 sheep. The population was 6,875, and the assessments £6llO Bs. 74d. Sheep have been sold at Station at 10s. per head ; horses ranged at from £l2 to £l5. Fat cattle are scarce, and in demand. CLERICAL IVEWN. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.-1-1011. and Rev. W. T. Law, chancellor of the diocese of Bath and Wells, to the vicarage of Harborne, near Birmingham, vacant by the cession of the Rev. J. T. Law, chancellor of Licbfleld, and late special commissary. —Rev. J. A. Burrough, 8.A., to be chaplain of H.M.S. Hibernia.—liev. R. Shutte, M.A., minor canon of St. Paul's, to the united rectories of St. Augustin and St. Faith, London.—Rev. T. J. Clark, M.A., vicar of Penrith, to the vicarage of Horn castle, Lincolnshire.—Rev. J. H. Sharpies, M.A., late curate of Warrington, to the mastership of the endowed grammar school, Heversham, Westmoreland.— Rev. R. C. Coxe, vicar of Newcastle, to an honorary canonry in Durham Cathedral.—Rev. W. W. F. Murray, to the curacy of Church Brampton, Northamptonshire.—Rev. A. Paris, M.A., to the rectory of Hawerby, Lincolnshire. —Rev. C. A. Johns, to the temporary curacy of Helston, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Blunt.—Rev. A. Salkeld, 8.A., to be chaplain of H.M.S. Amazon.—Rev. G. S. Drew, to the incumbency of St. Pancras old church, void by the resignation of the Rev. W. Fallowfield. Dr. Wilson, Bishop a Calcutta, is now, we regret to heay, at Cheltenham, extremely unwt ll—so much so that his medical adviser is not allowed to leave him ; and the Bishop's son, the rector of Islington, London, is always with his father. NEW CHURCHES.--An account of charges and ex penses paid by Her Majesty's Commissioners for building new churches, from Lady-day, 1844, to Lady•day, 1845, has been printed. The sum total amounts to £3,684, in cluding (amongst others) the following items, viz. : £7OO for the secretary's salary ; £7OO for the surveyor's ; £934 for office clerks'; £294 for rent and taxes, and £‘lBs for advertisements. At a meeting held at High Ongar last week, on behalf of the Church Missionary Society, the Rev. J. Ridgway gave an interesting account of an African, who, when a boy, was snatched from the horrors of-Lavery, educated in a missionary school, and has lately' been ordained by the Bishop of London, and has returned to preach The Gospel in his native country - . The Bishop of Chichester has written another letter on the subject . of church innovations. It is partly occupied with answers to cei thin &legations made by a portion of the congregation of Shoreham Church, against the vicar, Mr) Wheeler; the chief of which was that he, on vari , )us occasions, had propagated ductrines repugnant to the nrineiples of the Reformed Church. Upon this point the bishop calls for evidence, which the memorialists are not enabled to furnish with that particularity which his lord. ship requires. __ EPISCOPAL VISITATION.—The Bishop of Worcester held a visitation at Worcester - cathedral ou Monday last. His lordship's charge had reference almost exclusively to those matters which have recently agitated the Church, viz., the question of the revival of obsolete forms and usages. His Lordship observed, that the first matter which had presented itself to his mind - as most calling for remark from him on this occasion of his triennial visita tion was important, not only on account of its effect, but of the specious grounds on which it rested—he meant an undue regard for antiquities, which bad latterly been manifested, and dwelt upon by theologiCal writers, and which extended not only to the forms and ceremonies of the Church, but related also to architectural matters. His Lordship entered very fully into this matter, and we hope very speedily to be enabled to give an authorised raport of this charge. On the question of Maynooth, he said, that he was most anxious to prove to his brethren that he had not given his vote in favour of the grant with out the mot mature deliberation and upon good grounds. No consideration of expediency would ever induce him to vote for a measure which he could consictx per: ac - His lord:sl.lp Ltleu inouccded to combat the argument ad duced against this measure, viz., that it was a national sin and would be injurious to the Established Chu - ch. He denied both of these positions, and said, the question was, whether they should contribute to teach Christianity, as inculcated by . Roman Catholics, or whether their fellow -countrymen in Ireland should not be educated at all ? The extension of education, he considered, must. in the. end, contribute to 'the extension of the Established Church. !AILWAY iNTELLIGBACE RAILWAYTUNNELATBANGOR.—Th's tunnel, through hard rock, has been commenced, and the principal en gineer of the line has taken up his residence at Bangor. Mr. Charles Dean, civil engineer, of Exeter, who had his leg crushed in the collision on the London and Bir mingham Railway on the 29th ult., died on Tuesday. SHARE GAMBLING.—Such is the desperate eagerness for gambling in shares in Leeds, that the magistrates are compelled to employ the police to keep the footpath clear in the street in which the Stock Exchange is situated. The Leeds and Bradford Railway Company, at their meeting on Wednesday last, voted £2OO for the payment ho have onaries w ged to . idstruci their religious Lately, a labouring man, named Tacker, after being prevented hanging himself, laid himself across the rails of the Great Western Railway, but, being discovered, the speed of the train was slackened, and the iron engine guards swept him off with little injury. At the half yearly meeting of the South Western Rail way Company, on Saturday, a dividend of £1 17s. 6d. per £5O share was declared. The directors were authorized to take the necessary steps for carrying out the projected new lines of railway. The directors of the Paris and Rouen Railway have declared a dividend of 23f. 10c. (about 18s. 6d.) per share, and a small balance remains for the next account. The expense of working the line is about 43 per cent. The gross receipts have been 4,718,3861.22 c., and the expenses 2 ,752,4661. 93c., leaving as profits 1,965,919 f. 22c. The meetings of the Leeds and Bradford, the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Shef field Junction Companies, all new undertakings, were only important as showing that the directors are making progress with the works. The several reports, of course, speak in terms of perfect confidence of the favourable re sults of traffic. RAILWAY TRAFFIC. --From official returns, it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week on nearly 1,800 miles of railway was £155,956, of which £83,552 was received for the conveyance of passengers, and £22,286 for the carriage of goods. For the past month the receipts were £588,150, being £109,868 over the cor responding period of last year. Shortly after the bill for extending the Durham and Sunderland Railway was lost on technical grounds before the Select Committee of the House of Commons, the old shares in that undertaking fell in value from £3O to about .ClB, and since Mr. Hudson became a candidate for the borough they have gradually advanced in the market, and are now freely purchased again at £3O, with a prospect of further advance. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON.--The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in the same room, im mediately afterwards, Mr. Hudson again in the chair. The report showed a balance of £39,439 7s. in favour of the company, out of which a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, leaving a surplus of £8,856 Os 4d., was recommended. The report was adopted, and resolutions in favour of the testimonials to Messrs. Stephenson and Hudson agreed to. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company have reso►ved at a special meeting held for the purpose to apply next session to Parliament for an extension of their line to Bray. The estimated expense of the extension is £50,000. It was also proposed to pay off the debt due by the company to the Government, and to buy up and cancel the scrip already issued. To effect this it was resolved to raise £300,000, in 4,000 new half-shares at £5O each, and 4,000 new quarters at £25 each, £7 per share to he allowed for the Bray scrip. The Dublin and Bray company have accepted these terms. TRENT VALLEY, MIDLAND, AND GRAND JUNCTION. —On Monday, the provisional committee held a meeting at Wolverhampton. The meeting was called to consider the plans of Mr. Robert Stephenson for the construction of the line. The line oriqinally projected by the company, with some slight alteration, was adopted, and the inten tion of giving Wolverhampton a direct line of communi cation (by a junction with the Birmingham and Derby line) with the north and east of the kingdom was adhered to. This portion of the line will pass through Wednes field, Bloxwich, Pelsall, and Lichfield, to join the Bit= tningham and Derby line, in the neighbourhood of Alre was. It was also determined to give similar direct com munication to other portions of the great mining and ma nufacturing districts of Staffordshire, by a line commenc ing at Dudley, passing by Wednesbury, through Walsall, to unite with the Wolverhampton line at a convenient point between Walsall and Lichfield. The provisional committee announced that, acting under the advice of the engineers, they bad determined on increasing their capital to £600,000. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.—The half-yearly . general meeting of this company was held at Yerk, on Wednesday, Mr. Geo. Hudson in the chair. The report showed a balance in favour of the company, for the half year ending the 30th of June, of £49,307 155., out of which a dividend was recommended at the rate of £lO per cent. upon the original £5O and £25 shares, and after the same rate upon the new shares created for. the Leeds and Selby purchase, deducting interest at £4 per cent. on the amount not called up on those shares. The report was unanimously adopted. A vote of £2OOO towards the testimonial to Mr. George Stephenson, and a resolution in favour of one to Mr. Hudson, wereagreed to. ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY'. An accident occurred on Monday to the train leaving town for Noreich at half-past eleven o'clock, a.m., by which the fireman on the train lost his life, and one of the guards was seriously injured. The engine was thrown off the rails when passing over the embankment near Wendon, about twelve miles below Cambridge. It is thought that one of the wedges having started from its position was the cause of the accident. • On Friday morning the unfortu nate guard died at Cambridge. The injury he sustained ' was a compound fracture of the right leg, caused by the carriages clashing together, and the limb would have been almost immediately amputated had not delirium tremens set in, rendering the operation extremely dangerous. He never recovered from the fearful malady, but expired in the most excruciating pais. RESULT OF THE LONDON AND YORK INQUIRY.—The committees of the Lords and Commons appointed to in quire into the allegations of irresponsible parties having signed the contract deed, presented their reports on Sa turday. The Lords recommend " that the bill should not be allowed to be read a second time until a further in vestigation has taken place ; but, as their inquiries cannot be brought to a close during the present session of Parlia ment, they do not propose to report the evidence taken before them to the house." The report further states, that the allegations against certain parties, to the number of thirteen, have been disproved ; that the opposers of the bill have withdrawn all imputation against other twenty subscribers; and concludes with an expression of disapprobation of the hasty and inconsiderate manner in which personal abuse has been brought forward against parties who appear, in several cases from the admission of the opposers of the bill themselves, and, in others, upon investigation, to be free from all imputation. The Com mons report that in some cases the charges were proved, but that in oth ers th ey were not susta i ned. The commit tee stated, " that, considering the case as it stood before them, they were of opinion that ' Mr. Bruce had abused the right of petition,' inasmuch as he had made charges against parties which were not founded on fact." The committee came to no resolution as to resuming the inquiry next session. THE NEW RAILWAYS OF THE SESSION.—Now that the mbst eventful session of parliament recorded in rail way history has reachedits close, we are 'enabled to an nounce, from our official returns, the following as the great. results of its legislation. Parliament has sanctioned the construction of 2, ano9o miles of new railways in Eg land and Scotland, d 560 miles in Ireland. This is n in effect to double the'extent of the railways in Great Britain, exclusive of Ireland. The capital authorized to be raised in shares for this purpose amounts to £31,690,000. exclu sive of £6,800,000 required for the Irish lines, making in all £38,480,000 to be applied in England within the next two or three years for our own railways. The cost of the new railways per mile will be thus very much less than that of existing lines. The average of the new is nearly £15,000 per mile, and that of the old exceeds £30,000 per mile. It will thus be seen that the amount to be pro vided for the new railways is not so enormous as has been supposed from the number of bills before parliament. At the same time it is sufficiently large to require serious consideration, and to arrest the progress of rer k'ess specu lation. Ten millions a }ear for the next three years can be easily spared by a nation whose annual savings are calculated to exceed fifty millions. By an investment of these thirty millions profitably the country will be en riched, and multitudes benefitted both at present and per manently. At the same time the demand for money, when the calls for these works come to be made, wia be sufficient to put a check noon all idle and foolish schemes, such as those against which we have warned our readers. The expected revenue from these new lines considerably exceeds £2,000,000 sterling per annum.—Railway Chron. ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY CoselsNy.—A special general meeting of this company washeld on Tuesday at the Clarendon-rooms, for the purp,se of creating, as re quired by the act of parliarne4t just passed, 1,440 pre ference shares in the capital stack of said company, agreed to be made to raise the purchase money for the canal. The meeting was rather numerously attended. The chairman, Peter Greenall, Esq, M.P., having read the clause of the act of parliament under which the meet ing were about to act, proposed that 1,440 new shares le created, to be denominated preference shares. —The motion having beer. carried unanimously, the Secretary read the r,:port, from which we take the following abstract :—The income from canal and railway, from Ist January, 1841, to 30 h of Ju n e, 1815 , d educting working expenses. was £19,266 13e 10d from which must be deduced for inter est £12,135 1-IN 11d, which leaves a sum of £7,130 18s I ld. out of which the directors propose that the shareholders should declare, as required by the recent act, a dividend at the rate of five per cent per annum to the 30th June last, on the amount paid on the preference shares, viz : On 480 taken in part of the purchase money of the canal, and deemed to be fully paid on Ist January, 1844, one year and a half, at five per cent, £3,600; and on 960 on which £2O each was paid in March, 1841, one year and a quarter, at five per cent, £1,200. From the surplus still left of £2,330 18 s 11d . must he deducted the total loss incurred in working the railway from its opening to 31st flecember, 1843, £1,813 3s 7d. ; leaving a balance to be carried to next half-year's account of £517 15s 4d.—The report was then adopted ; the retiring directors. Messrs. Kidd, Gilbert, Greenall, Stewart, Thompson, and All card, were re-elected ; and the dividend of five per cent. on the amount paid up on the preference shares was declared. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. —The half yearly meeting of this company took place on Thursday last, at the Euston-square terminus. The chairman, Mr. Glynn, dwelt with regret on the loss of the Tring and Worcester line. He expressed surprise at the conduct of the Great Western and Grand Junction companies. The first company had taken advantage of circumstances to tie up by bond railways in their own districts from carry ing any line in competit;on with them ; and the Grand Junction had acted in a way that their directors had not anticipated. He then detailed the future intentions of the company. They intended to propose, with the future sanction of the proprietors, making a branch railway from Watford, by St. Alban's, to Luton. They proposed also to carry a line from Northampton to Banbury. They pro posed also to connect the Leamington and Warwick line with Coventry and Nuneaton, and by that me ans t o con nect it with th e T rent Valley line. They had also in view extensive projects in connexion with Warwick and Buck inghamshire. They proposed to continue the line from Hampton to Warwick and Leamington, and thence to Banbury ; and he believed that the same company would carry it on to Cheltenham. They proposed also to carry the line to Aylesbury, Brackley, and Missenden, into their own line at H arrow. I n addition to this, they ' had formed a connexion with the Birmingham Canal Company, with the intention of forming a railway connecting Birmingham with Wolverhampton and the Shrewsbury and Wolver hampton line. And, although they had lost the South Staffordshire Bill, the proprietors would see that this ar rangement would insure, if carried out, the great mineral trrffic of South Staffordshire flowing into the Birming ham line. Another line which they proposed was one from Wolverton, to Buckingham, in connexion with a branch from Wolverton, by Buckingham, to Bicester and Oxford. He stated in conclusion, that the London and Birmingham Company wished to come to an amicable ar rangement with the Grand Junction Company. The re port recommended that, to meet their engagements with the Chester and Holyhead, Trent Valley. Lancaster and Carlisle, West London, and Aylesbury lines, a new share of £2O be offered to each proprietor of £lOO stock, leaving a proportional reserve of shares for the capital of the Manchester and Birmingham Company —the new shares to participate in the future dividends from and after the Ist of October next, subject to the deduction of 5 per cent, interest on the amount not called for and paid. A dividend of 5 per cent. was then declared, and after a brief conversation, the meeting adjourned. RAILWAY SPECULATIONS A correspondent of the Times gives the following strange account of a new system of fraud introduced by railway speculation ; it is called the " stagging " system ; and the first step, he sacs, taken by the delinquents in it is, when a new railway project is announced immediately to have written a large number of letters applying for shares (some of the pi incipal " stags " keep four or five youths for no other purpose but to write these letters, and their payment is id. or 2d. a letter, according to the variety they are able to give to the writing ;) these letters are addressed as from the country, and are sent down in packets to postmasters already sealed and stamped, with the request that the postmaster will forward them through his letter-box. A few days after the postmaster receives a letter, in many cases containing envelopes directed to some address in London already stamped, stating to the postmasters that some letters (which are letters of allot ment of shares) will probably arrive in the name in which the envelope is directed; that they belong to the writer; and that he requests the postmaster will put them in the envelope and post them, so back they come to Lon don. In other cases the postmaster is requested simply to strike out the original address, and re-direct the letter according to the new address given ; these also find their way back to London, as the following cases will exem plify. Letters addressed to postmasters at Reigate, St. Alban's Bull, Staines, Watford, Rickmanswortb, Hud dersfield, Leamington, Doncaster, and almost every other post-office in the kingdom, are returned to London re directed to-various addresses, several of which the writer in the Times communicates. To these addresses very large quantities of letters come from all parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The letters arriving at th e fi rst four named addresses are all received by the same person ; letters addressed to Castle street, Holborn, to the name of Hutchins and Hitchins were traced through the postman to be delivered at No. 14, Darlinglon-place. to a person going by the name of Hitchins, whom he knew by sight. The postman deliver ing letters to 3, George -street, in a variety of names, knows the person by sight who takes them from the keeper of the chandler's shop there, to be the man calling himself ilitchins. The postman delivering at No. 1, Newington-terrace, Dover-road, who has an enormous. number of letters in almost as many names, knows the person by sight to be a man calling himself Ilitehins; and these several postmen have been taken to the neigh bourhood of the Stock-Exchange, each of them pointed out the party calling himself Hitchins, who turns out to be one and t •e same person; so that the receiver of the letters directed to these four places is the same person, al though in the city he is known by another name alto gether. ark The next case is that of lett e r s a ddressed to =r - P place, Devonshire -street, Mile-end-road. g re r a ss the number of letters delivered here that additiona.:sm sistance has been given in the duty. Upwards of 1 ...T; letters have been delivered here within nine months; °.".4 last week 120 were taken in one day, of which at one tit. no less than sixteen, and at another thirty letters sr: delivered. Thi s No. ' 1, Park-place, is up an obs 4,i; court, consisti ng of three small houses, of about s• it o r per week rent. No. lis occupied by a man and w° ,1 1 :7 00 and the next d oor by th e i r d aug ht er . The P eeu flo s of these perso ns h ave b een c l ose l y watc h e d. Diree"d packet of letters has been received in the Wornieff: starts the old man and woman, and sometimes the el, a to ter, to the pl aces appo i n t e d to meet t h e rece i v er. °l een first occasi on th e old Inman, who had received si A ro p , letters, evidently wante d to deposit her treasure at v i a/ by Hall Cha m b ers , f or oppos i te t h em s h e h a lted, O re w as looking about her, but unfortunately she found Alba watched, and escapi ng th roug h th e E xc i s e-office, hi" o p self somewhere till h er pursuer l ost h er. The next ta ° _, o ing anothe r p ac k e t was rece i ve d , w i t h w hi c h t he old o b i was intrusted ; he s t ar t e d i mme di a t e l y , an d a fter a 11 2 0 , circuitous route, to avoid detection. as to where he alas sited his treasure, he was seen to enter the King's St irs. Tavern, Bi s h o p sga t e Ch urc h -yar d —the scene o f the' de , ton and Bastron transactions—where he was seen t° am liver his despatches to a smart, dapper Jew, well lg i se , who, after a f ew moments ' d e lib erat i on, l e f t the 11" , op and was speedily joi ne d by severa l con f e d era tes at theL, of the church-yard, who, after dividing t h e letters , e es "' g persed as instantaneou s ly as can b e imagined. T he i n n r ce; day it bec ame necessary to augment the d e t ec tive 1 " e at for the old people became more chary ; the old man v d i its out before po s t-ti me , an d t h e d aug h ter was s electe , at the messenger with despateaes ; she was fleet of foot, ° she had been carefully identified, therefore that aid a avail her much, a s th e d etec ti ve f orce was divide d Sbo stationed at such places as were likely to Qucceed• I. I , took a most circuitous route, but eventually fourid . P : a t self opposite the Auction ' Mart, evidently lookina pci away she started, and after along round found anxiously for some one ; she saw she was watched' il i a Maidenhead -court, Aldersgate-street, in a little stal t nn shop, which turned out to belong to the identical P e L s e - r a who resides at No. 1, Park-place, where the letters " first delivered. Here pursuit was given up. fee t° How,.it may be asked, do they procure the signs- - „ n t? the deed, one party holding so many letters of allotn; as The system is this—one party signs the deed as ° ` b "„ -- Cce . disguise will shield him from discovery ; then the Pr t t o i ld is resorted to of procuring persons, from fifteen Yea r :,,lat to sixty, to accompany the holder of the banker's re' la to the railway-office, to sign the deed in such name as A , may direct, for which, when done, he receives rernueetrli`e tion, varying from one shilling to ten, according to premium the scrip may bear in the market. sheltet:o THE COURT lk FASHIONABLE Wollo' Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at Buckioghdarit Palace on Friday, at noon, from the Isle of Wight, an e g. half-past two o' c l oc k h e ld a P r i vy C ounc il, w hich cc t , attended by most of the Cabinet Ministers and gre at ° A; cers of the househ o ld. Th e roya l speec h on prorogtn parliament was finally settled. sr he r HER MAJESTY'S EMBARKATION.-011 SatUruail d Majesty embarked a t W oo l w i c h f or h er l ong - projee h te o visit to the continent. Th e roya l party l e f t Bucking"rao Palace soon after f our , an d arr i ve d at W oo l w ich a h er', minutes after five. The q ueen was co A uc ted to oe barge by the Earl of Haddington, Lord Aberdeen, a Lord Chamberlai n , an d th e L or d S tewar d , an d accornP o , nied by Prince Albert, and Lady Canning and the C ° i s tess of Gainsborough, l a di es i n wa iti ng Sir r r 'ller Collier had the honour of steering her MajestY• Majesty w as s p ee dil y rowe d a l ongsi d e t h e royal 1"0-01 which was moored a s h or t di s t ance o ff ; and, the ~ standard being hoist e d a t th e ma i n , th e noble vessa ceeded down the river. Opposite the royal arser; where the artillery an d sa pp ers an d m i ners were dra`filuori to welcome their royal mistress, another park erg artillery gave forth its boisterous welcome, an d ch , og arose from windows ; b a l con i es, an d h ouse -tops al f re d the river -side, where the population had congreP r be to witness the pa g ea n t. Th e Black Eagle an d e d Porcupine followed i n th e wa k e o f t h e Albnli i the Victoria. At E r ith, G reen hi t h e, G ravesen d, an" ith whole way down the river, the piers were crowded lee thousands to w it ness th e roya l progress. I n less t h er e half an hour th e ro y a l yac h t reac h e d S ea R ea ch, vl" she anchored for the night. The following has been P". : fished as a correct p rogramme o f th e roya l m overned t " r , —The royal yacht, a ft er lyi ng a t th e N ore d ur ing S I S a y day night, would pr ocee d at an . ear l y h our o n Su a • oe s morning to Antwerp. Her Majesty and her illus trt 5 d consort, landing on Mond a y morn i ng , wou ld Pr n " i t i e thence, by railway, to Bruhl, a palace belonging " ) , i , c sa King of Prussia, near Col ogne , an d remain there to", 'itie Upon leaving Bruhl, her M a j es ty, accom panied L' r to King and Queen of P russ i a , w ill p rocee d by - 13 " nn- ,„ ,tz, Stolzenfels, a small castle o n th e Rhine, nearal also belonging to the King of Prussia. Here the ;feYy party will remain two days, proceeding thence, ria burg ence, Frankfort, Wurtzbu rg h, Bamberz, on to C " and Gotha. for Tbe King of the Nertherlands e m b ar ked on Fri . - Ins own dominions. t he r The Morning Herald states " o n authority," that I to Majesty the Queen Do wager i s t o pa y h er first vis a the north of Scotland, this season. (311 Her Majesty witnessed the Ryde rowing reg at ions Monday last, and was so well pleased with the exe rt ..he of the wi nners , th e crew o f a four-cared b oa t, that "" presented them with the sum of £5. Aug. 12, 1845. LAW INTELLIGENCE, On Friday. Mr. F. Kelly, the new Solicitor -G ene received the honour of knielv howl In the Dublin Court cf Queen's Bench, the other es a Miss White, living in Dula], obtained £250 den i g a for false imprisonment, against the husband of M' S ' ja ver, a lady who had Miss White confined for six hour s a station-house on a charge of stealing a gold ring. e On TueSday, at L ewes , M r . Dew, an auctic ne ,. 'the London, brought an a c ti on aga i ns t th e pro prietor ''f rag e Brighton Guardian f or a lib e l. I n a b r id g ing the ut ' ec i respecting the sale of a cadetship, the editor had igni' t f o r forgery to Mr. De w . Th e J ury re t urne d a v erdict the plaintiff—damages, one-eighth of a penny. T he plause was great in court. 003 CHESTER ASSIZES.—The Chester assizes cotara n e ; o o Tne on Tuesday, before M r . J us ti ce C o l tman an d Mr; v ",,,, - 0 11 Parke. The calend ar was unusua ll y li g ht.. . gr• trial of interest arose out o f a lib e l a d vance d a gainst " g t $ Mitchell of Preston, by F eargus O'C onno r. vib`;' l - bad meeting in Manchester, upon, the Ten-hours' B"" go described Mitchell as having introduced Oliver, the e o f torious spy, to the Chartist conference, in consequelers which three men were hanged at. Derby, an cer' punished by transportation a nd imprisonment. The diet was given for the plaintiff ; d amag es, one far' a rty The judge refused to certify, and, consequently, each P have to pay their o.+ n costs. e , 0 0 ' LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.—The trau,n, „ T)e bto munity have good reason to rejoice that the Small sex' Bill—a much better measure than we hoped for it" s t i g ar sion—has at length passed. It has immediate oPer;ding and will take a retrospective effect on debts not eV e .„ e sSi £2O. The result will be a great acces s ion of bu s d e bts particularly in Birmingham, where it is asserted the t ics under £2O amount to £lOO,OOO. After a monlh s C r e as ed the jurisdiction of the small debts courts may be irlf„ t `7,,jefr by an order in council to £2O ; and according to t' l ; T reat taken by the Lord Chancellor, a benefit will be COme ili is as very few persons of sense a n d un d e rstanding w‘gpe future bring actions for debts under that sum in the sided rior courts. The small debts courts are to be P re , jay over by competent persons, who will under the ney' or del; possess considerable powers. After a judgment boa ' for payment, any person who "is or shall be in k dor may be summoned to give an account of his mo ns er ment, and an inquiry may be made into the nia.39o, for which he incurred the debt ; he may be sent to P. 1 " 5 , 0 00 t a petiod not exceedi ng f or ty d a y s , an d the impris a ." eiP al so ordered is not to extinguish the debt. The Ptrdebta feature in the bill is the power to order paymen t , ei The! re not exceeding £2O by "instalment or otherwise , s ea' is now no imprisonment i n execu ti on f or s ums net e bar s ing £2O, and creditor s h ave comp l a i ne d that em jog' been set at defiance by th e i r d e bt ors , w ho were l" e to b 6 went, but had no tan g ibl e p ro p er ty. The fe e ', de r/ charged are set forth in the schedules, and are or limited character. SPLENDID MISERY _ From the Church and State Gazette. over, There is no being who roars so loudly about the °Mold of o f ari s A tt syrye r e Archbishop of c i ofcc b f te i ta s phl h ater and destitution of Ireland as " the lion o f the ,00 Judah," Dr. WHale. There is no Romish Pr,irs:,thal screams so wildly against the Romish Bequests 1 3 !“;" o f a',' sortsae gentleman, who, while denouncing robberie, a t ut. and every hue, filches for himself the style ' m idler' inasmuch as there exists a reason for both. Th e ' - nr iea,t . 6 , !pb c s.al la i for contributions to the O'Connell repeal fund 0 1 , 3 ; e ill' oterpl donor aoen o nn f dgtoir T arfi rrb u eta a wot m hii :sc. hrtol:naalacrity,tas We rasi ebddu are tt teh littleomore. aa dsnoesdrausetuir.h:r [Hake :p r e y i ee s r surprised lai,t,t,_::ore p . ri oredlopedi::: they can out of the assertion of poverty. with classes iNthotwh commercial classes of Ireland may at this wom en 0 0 , e . interestedt han ,ealwwoeneesfelitaahrilteeislsetslosyraaasstisnaherioltaftrhlarstetaltanhndedilm:gvi i:dn.l,eEtahurtradtottphheee.o3attlifiPcipal:- single fact will establish the case as it concerns the i ~,co now lodged in the saving's bank of Cork no less : t ile" 3 60 i , n 00 k 0 e . e p i ß e g u But this adepositors secret. priests ar ict e ens i t anb o i t e publish it, because it tends to prove the incon e ovin erS prosperity of Ireland under the Union; an d th lest the strive to preserve it under the stamp of secrecy., .. it is priests should claim a repeal share of the deposisoke th es e an undoubted fact that the poor people wh' ) n o 03 05 1 deposits actually request the hank directors to ta _ at , o of their account books, containing acknowledgw 10 dig' the sums lodged in the bank, lest the priests sh?thea, to cover those significant ma:inset ipts, and interkre' the advantage of Popery and rebellion. natives of Ireland residing in America, and ''.,, a cco s ' property by the decease of relatives at harne,.rtb, tomed to send over powers of attorney to recto u tbec ler i l gyman of the Established Church. heritance, not to their own parish priest, bu s are her Again : we are assured by competent authoLitiTe'rithill , aware if the former was made the recipient, t it , fa r l e a n' c i f e 't Church would curtail the bequest of more [lithe n Proportions, ere it reached the safe keeping' - and i r ep.- - .. / , Suspicion, therefore, rests u , aon the pjcs"' ler that V% confidence is given to the minister. No w"n c , a 1 co nt ri vi APHale is dissAisfied i both with•th involuuti; win a ite ,4l butions to repeal, and testamentary laws, wh ic tt t o' o l o a legatee in a foreign land to select his own eget; Ikely whom he may conceive that his property is mo ' reach his own hands untouched. The legatthetit iNi Au .t , ._ . ...! to lore ~epr to Lz. n; \ I ' , or t ted • In t 11 1 ,`'° 1 'k, hc e lcel kl; ° „ e w;.l rid s ' an, 111: and 1 r\ i Tht I,ol:tite"sntt! 41 'ed 1114'ber r tri tilq 4 ll. l West li"rt w 4 1 fe ea a j '4Ol Ith' 41e gar L., 010 1 10 o k , IY TI( ‘ l ger not ,ut" , et: ao bit t tali ; t hat t iv tkeri P k . t '' 4 11 :C1 f Tt o . f t 1 q..11.1t 4 1 1,