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Itnperiat Varitainent. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. This day several bills were advanced a stage, and the house immediately adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS •MONDAY The 12 o'clock sitting was occupied in Committee on the Health of Towns Bill. At the the 5 o'clock sitting, Lord S. RUSSELL declared his intention to withdraw, for the present session, the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, the Prisons Bill, and the Parliamentary Electors Bill. On the order of the day for the house resolving itself into a committee of supply, Mr. B. OSBORNE drew the attention of the house to the present posture of affairs in Portugal, and moved a resolution, by way of amendment, to the effect that the British Government having interfered in the late insur rection, were bound to see that the Portuguese people should be secured in the exercise of their just and legiti- mate freedom. His chief reason for bringing the matter once more before the house was to give an opportunity to Lord Palmerston to make the speech which he had been unable to deliver, owing to the counting out of the house, when the subject was formerly under discussion. Lord PALMERSTON objected neither to the substance nor to + l • ae spirit of the hon. member's resolution, because ne was resourea to obtain ter the Portuguese people a faithful performance of the articles of the convention which had been entered into. The object the Govern ment had in view from the commencement was to induce the Portuguese Crown to make of its own accord such con- cessions a's the peop" [e were jus entitled to caurse COMA pcsaal. lipt/L1 Xll I.CI Mllll6 • had then no alternative but to unite with those coun tries, not to crush the liberties of the people, but to give them a parliament, and to restore to Portugal a consti tutional government. After a lengthy conversation, in which Mr. P. Borth wick, Mr. Hume, Lord J. Manners, Mr. B. Escott, Sir Delacy Evans, Mr. Ewart, Lord J. Russell, and Lord G. Bentinck took part, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. HUME tfien brought on his motion on the case of the ex-Rajah of Sattara, and asked for the appointment of a Select Committee. As soon as he had resumed his seat the debate was adjourned. The orders of the day was then disposed of, and the house adjourned. The house then resumed, and immediately afterwards resolved itself again into a committee of the whole house on the Public Works and Drainage (Irel In the committee the CI 1) COMMi LOR of the Ext it on the consolidated fund HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The business was limited to the presentai lions, and the house adjourned early. HOUSE OF COMMONS -TUESDAY A. resolution was agreed to in committee authorising the the pro , iisions of the Health of To;vn; Bill, after !Which the bill itself was committed, little progress, however, be ing effected, as, after a short discussion, and the passing of only one clause, the committee was adjourned to Thursday at twelve o'clock. Lord G. BENTINCK, in an explanatory speech, moved an address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to take steps to secure redress for the British bondholders of unpaid Spanish bonds from the Spanish Government. Lord PALMERSTON, in a powerful speech, i eviewed the monetary condition of Spain and her calonies, contending that with one or two exceptions they could at least have paid off a portion of their debts thus contracted, but that they squandered away their resources on illegitimate ob jects- not connected with the interests of their country. The question was one of expediency, not of power, the noble lord added, and he cautioned other states to remem ber, who might be disposed to neglect their pecuniary ob ligations, or do this country wrong, that the British nation orTParliament would not 'for ever remain in y !ence, or that, when the Gover to enforce the rights of ther not have ample means to do them ju______ obligation which rested upon the Spanish Gc pay the interest upon its debt, he regarded them as me_ trustees for the national creditors, being bound in honou As to th and justice first to apply the revenue to the payment of the interest in question, and then, if there was a deficienc for the public service of the country, to make it good b fresh taxation. As to the defal some of ti South American states, he thought, considering the cm fusion to which they had so long been a prey, that there was some excuse for them, but he saw no suet the defaulting states of North America. Some of the southern republics had already become quillised to enable them to economise ti partially, at least, to meet their obligat the example would not be thrown away upon the the northern confederacy, and that they would shoe much alacrity as possible in wiping out the stain whici recent pecuniary transactions had thrown upon their his. tory. However this might be, as regarded the American use for sufficiently tran ir resources, and Sus. He trusted such foreign Governments as might be indebted to them, that the time might come when the House of Commons would no longer sit quietly under the wrongs and injustice inflicted upon the subjects of this country, and when the British nation would no longer witness with tranquillity the interest unpaid upon the £150,000,000 of money due to private subjects, and that if they did not make proper and timely efforts adequately to fulfil their engagements, the government of this country might be compelled by public opinion, and by the vote of Parliament, to deviate from the course which it had hitherto pursued, and to in sist upon full and adequate justice lx jesty's subjects. England had the power to do this. had always been, and, he trusted, always would be, pro means of obtaining redress for her people when wronged by any or every country upon earth. Her passive policy involved a question of expediency, not of power. Let no foreign nation, therefore, deceive itself by the false impression that the British Government and Par liament would for ever passively acquiesce in such wrong, or that when Parliament might call upon the Government to enforce its subjects' rights, it would not be amply pro vided with the means of doing so." The latter part of the noble lord's speech was listened to with the pro foniidest attention, and when the noble lord resumed hi s seat, it was amid a burst of prolonged and energetic cheering. with ti Alto bers, I some further observations from several hon. mem ord GEORGE BENTINCE withdrew his motion. on Mr. Hume's motion for a adjourned debate committee to inquire into the case of the ex-Rajah of Sat tara was then resumed, . Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE affording a full explanation of all the circumstances which led to the deposition of the Rajah in question. On a division, the motion for the committee of inquiry was negatived by a majority of twenty-one. HOUSE OF COMMONS, -WEDNESDAY On the motion of Mr. PARKER, that the committee on the Argyll Canal Bill have leave to sit and report to-mor row, a disclosure took place, to the effect, that the bill had been introduced as a private bill, and yet it involves the expenditure of £140,000 of public money. Mr. CHRISTOPHER announced this fact to the house, observing that a grant of public money ought not to be obtained under the pretext of carrying a private bill. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, upon this objection being taken, proposed to discharge motion of Mr. Parker and to refer the bill to a select committee. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE objected to that course, denounced the bill as a Scotch job, and said that it ought to be de ferred, at any rate, till next session. Sir J. GRAHAM, Lord G. BENTINCK, Mr. BAINES, Mr. iiUmE, and Mr. WILLIAMS, all denounced the suspicious appearance of the measure, which they treated as one for the benefit, not of the population, but of the lairds of the - Highlands. Mr. S. WORTLEY and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER defended the bill, alleging that there were the strongest grounds, both public and private, for such a measure. The conversation lasted for some time, but terminated in the discharge of the order for committing the bill. On the order of the day for the house going into com mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill, Mr. V. SMITH, on account of the lateness of the session, moved that it be committed that day three months. Again a long, but somewhat lively, discussion took place, which included the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2) and the Parliamentary Electors (No. 1) Bills, which end ed in the postponement of the two former, and the rejec tion of the latter by a majority of five votes. On the motion of Mr. BODKIN, the Poor Removal Act Amendment (No. 2) Bill was read a second time after a desultory conversation, in which Mr. CHRISTOPHER, Sir W. JOLIFFE, Mr. FLOYER, Mr. BANKES, and Mr. P. Itowrimicx. expressed themselves hostile, and Mr. SPOONER, Sir G. GREY, Sir J. PAKINGTON. and Mr. WAKLEY, favourable to the measure. On the'order of the day being read for consideration of the amendments of the Lords on the Juvenile Offenders Bill, _ _ _ Sir J. PAKINGTON moved that two of their lordships' amendments should be rejected, and that reasons for their rejection should be assigned to their lordships. This motion was agreed to. The other amendments of their lordships met the approbation of the House of Com mons. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY The Earl of HARDWICKE drew the attention of the go vernment to the claims of those seamen who had served in ships of war, engaged with the e nem y b e t ween 1793 an d 1846, to a participation in the distinction conferred by the order of the Admiralty, dated the Ist of June. The Earl of AUCKLAND promised that the question s hould be taken into cons i deration, After some observations from Earl GREY the subject dropped. The committee on the Poor Relief Supervision Bill was postponed. The Clergy Offences Bill, and the Militia Ballots Su pension Bill, were read a third time and passed. HOUSE Of COMM( At the early sitting, Lord JOHN trt Heal 4 his intention to withdraw 1 that he saw i ing the immensity of the subject, tc!arrYl the present session, particularl, would inconveniently delay the general el same time his confidence in the bill was not shat Mr. G. HUDSON made some explanations with refer to the state of the city of York, to disabuse the public mind on this subject. Mr. Aglionby, Lord Mahon, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. .mpt to do so don. At the , . hadbeen sent out to India containing a plan for changing the system of the civil service furloughs, which was pre nar. ! - ory to a ^c net also stated, in answer to Si that a voluminous 11 of evidence in reference Lord Ike or WE ffas not prepared to' di that a iss the que Whitley, and Mr. Hume made some suggestions for im- FOREIGN 6- COLONIAL INTELLIIEIVCE. I proving the future measure. • Mr. HENLEY could not avoid saying that, for a question THE WEST INDIA MAILS. introduced in the Queen's Speech, it had not received from The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Med the Government that consideration which it ought. way, W. S. Andrews, commande r , b r i ng ing the West Lord MORPETH would feel bound to bring the question forward early in the next session. p a ss engers , India mails, and 120 on' Wednesday morni ng . H er dates are arrived at Sonthampton Lord G. BENTINCK trusted the Minister would ex post 20; Chagres, 26th ; Carthagena, 28th ; Tampico, May facto exonerate the Opposition from any blame for having 2; Vera Cruz, June Havanna, 10th ; Nassau, 12th ; Beamuda, 24th; De opposed such a bill. merarah, sth ; Barbadoes, 8614 Trinidad, 6th.; Grenada, Lord J. RUSSELL said he brought no charge of factious 9th ; St. Thomas, 18th ; Jamaica, Bth. Her freight con opposition against any one; therefore he did not-think it sists of 252 serons of indigo, 84 tons of arrowroot, .219 --cessary to exonerate any one. The bill was finally withdrawn. cases of cigars. 47 live turtle, 149 serons of cochineal; , also 27,749 dollars, 73,619 in silver bullion, 1,794 ounces A i the evenin2. sitting ' Sir I rinum " - '' ' 4. '" a '''' ' . ' 64,348 ounces of gold for merchants' account, 3.51 b. boxes o pines, and 110 sundry packages The steamer experienced fine weather on her passage By this arrival we learn that the islands generally sy, healthy, and the weather favourable. The agric i ultu7al news from the various islands by the Medway is very sa tisfactory. A great increase in the crops could be relied on, the best estimates giving a quarter more than usual, and much exceeding that at Jamaica and Demerara. The weather was extremely dry at Puerto Rico, and also at St. Thomas ; indeed St. Thomas was suffering for water,and the crops on the south side of Puerto Rico had generally failed. In Jamaica the crop was estimated at an increase over last year, amounting to 15,000 hogsheads. The reduction of prices, however, is so great, that the money value is less by £250,000. The following are the only interesting particulars received from Mexico sickly was Vera Cruz when the Medway left that all the hospitals were full, and 20 to 25 persons were dying - 0 he town was under the command of Colonel Ullot. Tampico was strongly fortified on all sides. Col. Gates had about 1,000 regular troops and a number of volunteers under his command in the latter place At both places a very efficient police was kept up by the inha bitants. It was stated at Vera Cruz thnt General Scott was at Puebla, - 75 miles from Mexico, with 4,800 infantry, 200 cavalry, 15 pieces of artillery, 3 mortars, and 200 waggons )rovisions ; lie left Colonel Childs and 200 men at 1. General Taylor was at Monterey with 5,000 or 6,000 troops, mostly volunteers. General Taylor is ac knowledged by the Americans to be " in a fix "—much in want of provisions, ammunition, and money. General Scott's army had five months' pay due to them, were very discontented, wanted many necessaries, and as many as 30 per day are said to be lost from sickness. His army was composed of Yankees, Irish, Germans, arid a few Spaniards and French. The rain had commenced in the interior, and the roads were wretchedly bad. so that The valuables of the city of Mexico are all removed. Gold was fast disappearing, and 17 and 18 dollars were given for doubloons. The lower orders are burying what little wealth they possess. The foundation of the first German catholic churc . built in Prussia has been laid at Leignitz, in Silesia. In the year 1828, the quantity of caoutchouc exported from Brazil, did not exceed 20,0001 b; but in the year 1845-6, it amounted to upwards of 800,000%, besides 415,953 pairs of shoes. The English workmen employed in some of the iron works in the state of VirginiahaVe ceased labour, because their masters have refused to raise their wages, and have also employed slaves as "puddlers." The increase of banks in Tndia during the last ten years has been seen so rapid, that while in 1837 the aggregf.te paid-up capital of all the banks was only £875,000, it now amounts to upwards of £5,000,000. The palace being built by the Viceroy of Egypt at , s. on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, will have require three or four years, and the cost is estimated at 3,000,000 f. The last palters from Ceylon contain the official appoint ment of Sir J. E. Tennent, as Lieutenant Governor of hat island during the period intervening between the de )arture of Sir Colin Campbell and the arrival of the newly tppointed . Governor, Viscount Torrington. _ - DREADFUL SHIPWRE6K.—CANDIA; JUNE B.—A Tur kish brig from Alexandria, bound to Tunis, with 175 pil grims (Hadjis) from Mecca, has been totally lost on the small island of Cufoneni, and only 68 persons saved. The pilgrims were all natives of Algiers. university are now being built at ough French has hitherto been Dpean tongue taught in the medical, military INGLI, To a question put by Mr. V. SMITH, Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the minutes of education relative to Roman Catholics were not yet sufficiently for ward to be placed on the table. There was no intention to ask for any money d ur i ng t h e present sess i on f or t h e nrizionfinn of 0-. LL _lf __ VT I I I • and the Institu Lte had agreed on ma%y points, but there were some on which ti .ed in op-inior On the motion of the CHANCELLon of the EXCHFA the house resolved itself into a committee of - the The whet pended up to the close of the prOpo; operations would 50,000, being £650,000 under what he lly calculated. Of this sum £3,700,000 was on loan, £1,270,000 on the security of lands and works of utility, and £4,380,000 grants. The right hon. gen tleman maintained that the operations were eminently successful, and that the condition of Ireland was very materially improved. The resolution was agreed to. amount to £9 had origir \ resolution to exonorate certain counties in Ireland, liable for the cost of public works and drainage, from the pay ment of one-half the amount.__ . - After observations from Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. B. Os I, borne, Mr. Callaghan, and Mi. Poulett Scrope, the 1 lution agreed to lers of the day r OF LOR The Ro ent was given to an immense number of A motion of the Earl of RODEN, complainin b third report of the Irish Relief Commissioners, imputed misconduct to certain chairmen of committee and justices of the peace, was withdrawn. Some other business was then disposed of, and thei lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMO -FRIDAY The hot On moving the order of the day for going into com mittee of supply, Lord Jortx RUSSELL called the attention of the hous( to the notice of motion which Lord G. Bentinck had put on the paper, relative to the position of the statue of th( Duke of Wellington on the top of the triumphal arch He asked the noble lord to postpone that motion til Monday, in order that he might ascertain in the mear time the Duke of Wellington's feelings on the subject for her Majesty was most anxious that nothing should bc done that could be considered disrespectful to the greatest the Dui, clverse to the removal o ae to the pedestal proposed to be raised for it esty would readily consent to its remaining in it RENTINCIC was cognisant of the feelings of the on on the subject, and rejoiced at the tood, with the free con vas to remain where it now It of her Majesty and the ap- After a few woids between Sir F. TRENCH and Lord J. RUSSELL, the conversation dropped, and the motion of Lord G. BENTINCK was postponed till Monday. A. considerable portion - of the attention of - the house -L.voted to a discussion of the complaint of Mr. inst Mr. Hume, that he had used intimidatory the hon. member for Birmingham, en account of his conduct in dividing against Mr. Hume' was ne: Spoone gunge tow motion for a committee on the subject of the ex-Rajah of Sattarah, in the course of which Lord John Russell ex rely in condemnation of the lan- :If very S uage used by Mr. Hum throe The conversation excited cor. renewed the motion he had originally inst the third report of the relief commissioners, a short conversation, was negatived by a majority of SO over 19 voices. Mr. FERRAND, after expressing his astonishment that Sir D. Nc made which, aft Mr. Roebuck was not in his place that evening to hear the contradiction which he was about to give to his (Mr. Roebuck's language on a former occasion, asked Sir G. Grey whether the statement of Mr. Roebuck Was correct, that " the medical officer of an union had the power of recovering the price of the drugs distributed by him among the poor of the union from the un i on it se lf." Sir G. GREY believed the practice of the law to be this —that a contract was made between the union and its medical officer for the medical attendance on the poor, arid that contract included the supply of medicine. If, therefore, the medicine required was Of an expensive cha: racter, the medical officer must pay for it out of his own pocket. In case of sudden illness the magistrates had the power of ordering extra relief, and in case of such order he believed that the medicine was not chargeable on th medical officer, but on tl poor-rate After a few words from kr. P. BORTHWICK, the house resolved itself into a committee of supply. In the committee the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the salary of the chief commissioner of the new poor law board would be £2,000 a-year. He would have two secretaries, who would each have a salary of £1,500 a-year. The whole expense of the board would therefore be £5,000 a-year, which was £2,000 a-year less than the expense of the poor law commission. A discussion then took place in the committee on the inefficiency of the present medical relief for the poor. In the course of it Mr. WAKLEY expressed his reluctance to vote these salaries, because the house had not the New Poor-law Bill before it, and because he understood that that bill had been mutilated in the House of Lords of two of its most humane and important clauses, and that, too, without any effort having been made by government to retain them. The vote for the Poor-law Board was then agreed to without division. On the vote for granting £lO,OOO to defray the ex penses connected with the capture of slave-trading vessels, Mr. P. BORTHWICK called the attention of the house to the great evils and cruelties resulting from the system adopted under our treaties with foreign powers for sup pressing the slave trade. He showed that that system cost us more than a million a year—that it produced no advantage—and that it retarded the progress of civilization. Furthermore he contended that the loss of life among our seamen and officers employed on the coast of Africa was very large, and was perfectly useless ; and, lastly, he maintained that for every thousand negroes sold intc sla very, seven times that number died in the most excruci ating agonies. He concluded by calling on Lord Palmer ston to consent to the repeal of the statutes enacted for carrying out our treaties with foreign powers in reference to the slave trade, to abrogate the treaties themselves, and thus to free humanity from the terrible curse which they had entailed upon it. Lord PALMERSTON supposed the object of Mr. Borth wick to be to legalize the slave-trade, and observed, that under the guise of great regard for humanity he had in sinuated that conclusion by every means in his power. He believed that the slave-trade could never be entirely, and permanently stopped until the condition of slavery was itself abolished. He then took a review of the va rious measures which the government had taken for the suppression of this abominable traffic, recounted the va rious treaties by which we were bound to co-operate with foreign powers, and showed that we could not suddenly abandon them without great loss of honour and national Considerable discussion afterwards took place on this but the grant was at length agreed to without a division. The rest of the evening was taken up in discussing the other estimate THURSDAY THE LIVERYOOI4 STANDARD. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The county courts are to receive great extension of Tower. County insolvancy is to be placed within their -scope, and the amount of debts allowed to be tried will be extended to £5O. ' The lawyers do not like this. _ The Queen has been plea;ed to appoint William Scrope Ayrton, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq., Barrister at-Law, to be one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy to act in the prosecution of Fiats in Bank ruptcy in the country. ACTION AGAINST THE PROPRIETORS OF THE " DAILY NEWS."—In the Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, Mr. Powell, formerly one of the sub-editors of the Daily News, obtained X5OO damages from the proprietors of that paper, for dismissing him from his situation. Powell, it appeared, was engaged for two years certain, at £l5 a-week, but the proprietors had reason to suspect that he countenanced a garbled report of a case in the Bristol Bankruptcy Court, to gratify the spleen of ano •ther gentleman in the office, and deemed it necessary, for the character of the paper, that he should be dis missed. The jury found that the report was not garbled, .and granted the damages named. INSOLVENT CIRCUITS.—Home : H. R. Reynolds, Esq. —Dover, November 5 ; Canterbury 8 ; Maidstone, 9 ; Lewes, 26 ; Hertford, December 3.—Midland : J. G. Harris, Esq.—Chelmsford, October 26 • Colchester, 27 ; Ipswich, 28 ; Yarmouth, 30 ; Norwich, November 1 ; Lynn, 2 ; Bury, 4 ; Cambridge, 5 ; Huntingdon, 6 • Pe terborough, 8; Oakham, 9 ; Li nco l n , 10 ; Nottingham, 12 ; Derby, 15 ; Lichfi e ld, 16 ; Stafford, 17; Shrewsbury, 19 ; Warwick, 22 ; Coventry, 24 ; Leicester, 26 ; North ampton, 29 ; Bedford, 30 ; Aylesbury, December 2 Northern : —Sheffield, October 16 ; 27; Richmond, 30 ; CORRESPONDENCE. TY OF ELECTORS AT THE PRESENT IMPORTANT CRISIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE' LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DEAR SlR,—There was, perhaps. never a period in the his tory of our country when the motto of the immortal Nelson, " England expects every man will do his duty" was more ap plicable than at the present important crisis : seeing we shall shortly be called upon to exercise the political power with which we are intrusted by the constitution of this free coun try—the Elective Franchise. In this land of freedom, the feelings and prevailing senti ments of the people, duly expre sse d by their representatives in Parliament, will never fail for any long nprina 'net With uasy avnii, pc, iuu, WM. a degree of power quite irresistable upon those in whose hands out beloved Sovereign may place the reins of Executive Go. vernment. Hence the importance of the Electors forming a correct judgement upon those momentous subjects which are likely to occupy the future attention of the Legislature, and upon which the prosperity of the nation may greatly depend. duty in tit( aresent crisis of 01 tut tease hint threatening aspect 0 the Roman Catholh Church, both at home and in our colonial possessions. Thi growth of any system of religious opinions, howeVer erroneous, or the zeal of those who may advocate them, are not in them selves matters to create political alarm ; they should ratY lat- 'he ' ,cimm the friends of froth to greater exertions, and cal forth larger efforts of a counteractive character, but the growth of Popery, being in reality the advance of a great politica corporation, (the Romish Hierarchy) into power and influence. cannot be thus. revived. The Church of Rome essentially in. tolerant, she has ever warred against the liberties of the world and her triumphs can only be secured by enslavinx the ronsci. private judge constitution of this country it by no means consistent, states man of our day, "broken in upon ;" and by that act persons bearing spiritual if not temporal allegiance to a foreign prince and prelate, are admitted to the unrestrained exercise of politi cal power within these realms ; succession to th e thro n e, and one or two nig,n offices of state only excepted. The principle upon which this admission was founded, was scarcely vindi cated even by the authors and supporters of that measure; they deemed it to have become expedient, and with their expe diency justified its enactment without even an appeal to th e constituency of the country. Under this so far altered consti- tution, our legislature no longer takes cognizance of ,truth or error in matters of religion—all are equal in the eyes of the law. But, as regards the aspiring Church of Rome, the evil does not stop here. Popery first tolerated, then enfranchised, has now become Popery favoured ; endowments have been granted from the national funds for its support; more exten- .establishment; unl( these realms to 'a se liberty, the only real sa reat principle of civil :guard of our freedom take an immediate and determined stand of resistance again, the further progress of these evils, and to refuse to vote for an man at the approaching election, be his party. his influence. himself to op] ment or encou I trust then, of •Liverpool Churchmen ai pendent and S cement io the Church of Rome.* r, that the sound-hearted Protestant elector do their duty at this important crisis; the IVesleyans, Presbyterian and Baptist, Inde eder, will lay aside all their prejudices, am ng to Parliament our sown( )igby Mackworth, and any _ _ le forward A PROTESTANT ELECTO July 10,1847 * See an important address, lately issued by the Christiar. Infiw Society THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS The following is the suppressed letter alluded to in our report of the proceedings of the Birkenhead Dock Com missioners meeting on Wednesday week : - London, July 7, 1847. " GENTLEMEN,—The extraordinary resolution which you came to on the 29th ult., and the extraordinary circumstances under which it was brought forward, called for some remarks from me, the more especially as it was supposed by some that I was a concurring party, and notwithstanding that your chair man disavowed, at the meeting of the committee on the 2d inst.. that he had sanctioned any such belief. " When I accepted, with your chairman, the appointment of prosecuting the dock bills in parliament, it was with the dis- through as nearly as possible as they had passed the Commons, and that we should not withdraw them. After the second read ing, it was suggested by your chairman that, as there were se veral petitions against the bills, it should be endeavoured to have them withdrawn, and Mr. Lloyd was instructed to ascer tain if this object could be attained. " This proposal met a decided refusal, Mr. Loyd having ob served that only two points were raised in the several petitions, viz the question of title, and that of permanent level. It oc curred to me, - that, if the opponents should agree to limit their whatever is attributable to Captain Gowan, who was on 1 POSITION OF THE AUTHORITIES 'deck at the time. The lead was kept going constantly, IN BIRKENHEAD. and the vessel at slow speed ; but the fog was so intense that no precaution was of avail—as a proof of which, we may state that, even after the ship struck, the land was invisible, though but fifteen or twenty yards distant. The passengers were all safely disembarked in the course of the morning, and came up to town by various convey ances. A number of steamers and lighters were yesterday forenoon despatched to the spot to secure her cargo, and assist in getting her off the rocks ; but as yet she remains hard and fast.—About the same time as the Sea King, and not far from the same place, the Athlone steamer, on her voyage from Dublin to this port, went ashore on the Copeland Island. Everything that care and foresight could do to prevent the accident was done by Captain Williams ; but, as we said before, the fog was so intense that no skill or seamanship was of any avail. The Ath lone, however, was more fortunate than the Sea King, in that she got off at high tide, and arrived at the quay on Sunday night at six o'clock, not having sustained the slightest damage.—Belfast Chronicle. The affairs of Birkenhead have latterly excited so much attention, and yet their actual state is so little understood, that the following may perhaps not be uninteresting to some of our readers. The commissioners of Birkenhead consist of twenty-one persons, one-third of whom go out in rotation every three years, when others are elected by the ratepayers. They have the entire management of the parks, ferries, mar kets, streets, sewerage, lights, &c., their powers being much similar to those of municipal corporations. They are, also, ex officio commissioners for the management of the Birkenhead Harbour and Docks ; but all proceedings, accounts, and monies of this trust, are kept quite sepa rate and distinct from those of the town. It would have saved frequent mistakes had they been called Dock Trus tees, as their affairs from the similarity of the style are frequently confounded. But, although they are the same individual persons, the two bodies are, in every point of view, distinct and independent of each other, so that, in fact, there are in Birkenhead two public corporations, or, more strictly speaking, two public companies. • There is also a private body, frequently taken for the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners ; but which is entirely independent of either of the public trusts, this is the Birkenhead Dock Company. It is a private company, having a nominal capital of one million, divided into 10,000 shares of £lOO each. This explanation is requisite for the clear understanding of the following statements. It was on the 19th of July, 1843, that the scheme of the docks was agreed upon at the house of Mr. John Laird. He, as every body knows, is an extensive iron shipbuilder, then holding land under the Corporation of Liverpool, occupied by him as a build ing yard at Wallasey Pool. By the Liverpool papers of this week, it appears to have been stated in the Town Council, chat an application was made for an increased '• '^ 1 ^" ^^ A of the term of his it there. However. having s granted and also. to others, who, uniting their purchases or leases, came thus in possession of the requisite space for the dock-works, which were commenced by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners in October; 1844. The estimated cost of the Docks and Harbour was stated between £300,000 and £400,000, nod the plan of the then intended docks was given with the Standard of the 14th November. Though materially altered since that period, two large triangular pieces of land will yet be formed by the sea walls, which will e nc l ose an area each side of the p oo l, of aboi ' • was consic lered that defray the cost of consTiuji; in the words of an official do the Docl ty acres is land would and Harbour.. le Com- unssioners, the entire cost of the Docks, it is believed, will not exceed £300,C00, as an offset to which an immense quantity of valuable land will be reclaimed, which may amount to more than the whole outlay." Upon these statements. airlpel 1,, . ---j cue money maricer, )ck Commissioners were enabled to borrow large - ‘oney ; and they proceeded with their works, hay - to a parliamentary document, expended, .:263,967 on the wor k s. In addition to 'ihead Dock C0rn.;..;,,-,,_,. on 31st Dec. last the Birke nave lent to the Warehouse Company the sum of £50,000, and to the Birkenhead Town Commissioners a similar sum. A deviation from the plans originally submitted to Parlia ment, has been made, whereby £78,000 has been spent uponthe present Morpeth Dock, opened recently by his ' " • view to 1€ galise this expenditure, and to obtain powers to make further alterations from the original scheme, bills are now before the Lords ; but although they passed the Commons without ormngitinn ...Le upper nouse, they are now most violently opposed. The crown appears to have claimed possession of the strand of the Mersey, which is now claimed by of several front y_l\fr. Price, of Telands, formerly of poration of Liverpool, who ce's property therein. These parties are all movers aga i ns t the right of the crown, in which, incredible as it may appear, they are joined by the Birkenhead Warehouse Company ; and they have been so far successf u l as t o i n d uce the Lords 'to insert a few little words, which entirely open the question of the crown—and instead of the broad assertion, " Whereas, the crown is possessed, &c.," the paragraph stands thus, " is, or claims to be, possessed. In this position, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests refuse their con sent to the bill, unless clauses be added, and security given for the outer dock works being completed in three years, and for suspending the works until the re funding of the money improperly loaned by the commis sioners. With these conditions, Mr. Mallaby and Mr. Potter both agree, that it is impossible any " honest com missioner" can comply ; and at all the public places in werpool night a r praying the arc now in course of signature, Wo .. o . ds ‘ and__o i ll_ with- _tit:: bills passing as they now stand. Our readers are aware of the proceedings at the Dock-office on Wednesday last ; the ,orks are now all but entirely suspended, with, apparently from the want of pecuniary means, but little prospect of their . carly resumption. betore glancing at the actual condition of the affairs of the 'other bodies, it may be as well to state that the• reclaimed land has not been given to the Dock Commis sioners, as asserted ; and that even Mr. Price contended, in 1844, against their taking his right of shore, and such claim was referred to arbitration. The condition of the township commissioners' funds is such as to prevent the refunding of any portion of the £50,000 lent to them by the Dock Commissioners at pre " ;e nntirphr alicnrhpil in niir,nn4 ry - on their I s, however, very different with t 1 ns which they cam, [ready nearly ;o borro ahead Dock RAILWAY AFFAIRS, The opening of the railway from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Berwick will enable travellers to make a journey from London to Edinburgh in 13 or 14 hours. The bill for the amalgamation of the Chester and Bir kenhead, and the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railways, has passed through all its preliminary stages in both houses of parliament, without the intro duction of the restrictive clauses. The bill has therefore passed in its integrity, and is quite safe. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OE A RAILWAY TUNNEL. — On Friday, the first stone of the tunnel, about to be made under a considerable extent of the north part of the town, for the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Railway, was laid at the corner of Great George-street, by George Corry, Esq., one of the directors, in the presence of the contractors and other friends. LONDON AND YORK CALL. — The banking house of Smith, Payne, and Co. was so completely besieged on Wednesday, by parties coming to pay the call, that many of the shareholders were obliged to wait full an hour before they had an opportunity of paying their money and getting their receipts. On the day in question no less than £lBO,OOO was paid into this bank by the share holders of the Great Northern Railway. CAUSES OF DEFECTIVE RAILWAY WORKS. —Railway engineers have become too speculative, too self-sufficient, and too careless; and railway directors are often too exigent. The endeavour to keep within the estimate, and to keep within the time, has produced much bad work and want of care and overweening sufficiency to have le to more. Premiums have been offered both to engineer nd contractors to slight the works ; and it is sci bribe 1 be wondered at that in n taken without objection. party who ought to be (but is not) consuh. There is, however, another d in these arrangements —poor Credulous Mr. Btill, who pins his faith to any name that is often mentioned, and will take anything for granted till he is once led to mistrust. This is a party who must be cared for, and itlehoves the Go vernment to see that it is done.—The Builder. Constanti and naval sel .esolved to appoint a professor of the E is of the Turkish government, it has been glish language in the riew unh S IN CAPE BEETON—APPREHENDED FAMINE, ummer is at hand, and what are the husbandman's prospects ? The cattle everywhere dying in hundreds-- , from starvation, to perform the m horses too fee and, lastly, more than three-feurths of the farmers in the country wholly destitute of potatoes or grain for seed. The condition of the country is fright ful ; nor is the above picture over coloured or exaggerated. The island is menaced, if not immediately, at least per spectively, with the horrors of actual famine. Upwards of 200 cattle, we are informed, have died from want of food in the settlement of Middle River alone. Many far mers in other parts of the country have lost their live stock.—Cope Breton Speculator. r of ploughin COTTON MANUFACTURES IN MEXICO.—The Giornale del Lloyd Austriaco states, that the cotton trade of Mexico is increasing in importance every day. There exist at present, in the province of Mexico, 12 spinning facto ries, with 30,156 spindles in full operation ; in that of Pueblo 21, with 35,672 Spindles in operation, and 12,240 in course of construction ; in that of Guadulajarah 5, with 11,312 in operation, and 6,500 in course of construction; in that of Queretaro 2, with 7,620; in that of Durango 4, 20; in that of Guaninato 1, with 1200; and in fora, one with 1,000 ; in all 53 spinning factories, that of S with 135,280 spindles, of which 23,940 are in course of construction. The daily consumption of cotton (continues our Italian contemporary), is at present 39,7551 b., and it will increase to 48,6221 b. when all the projected spindles are constructed; the daily production of yarn now amounts to 35,780, of the value of 39,358 reals. The number of spinning estal employing alt, sumption production only amounts to 50,000 quintals, it follows that there is a defidiency of about 95,666 quintals. In order partly to cover this deficiency the importation of 60,000 quintals has been allowed at a duty of s. tal. The carriage from Vera Cruz to Mejico of about 94 leagues, which • ixreals per quill- digance rieros) in 18 6 - 20 days—is from 18 to 22 reals per load of four quintals and upwards. The importation of cotton yarn and cotton tissues of not more than 30 threads woof in a square of quarter of an inch is prohibited. Smuggling is carried on extensively, especially on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS The Cape of Good Hope is constituted a Bishop's see, to be called the Bishopric of Capetown, the Rev. Robert Gray, D.D., being appointed thereto. ustralia is subdivided into copal sees, viz.:—Dr. Wilson, Bishop of Sydney, - Dr Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, Dr. Shortt, Bishop of Adelaide, and Dr. Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, which were all gazetted on Tuesday. lishopric of ;our epis- RECTORY OF SPOFFORTH.—The Rev. James Tripp, rector ;of Kirkby-Overblow, near Leeds, has been ap pointed to the rectory of Spofforth, Yorkshire, vacant by the demise of the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, LL.D. late Dean of Manchester. Mr. Tripp is nephew of the lafe Dr. Tripp, who held the rectory previously to Dr. Her bert. MISSIONARY COLLEGE AT CANTERBURY.-The new Colt. J College s o fo f r S d I A O p u e g , us Et aEq., m t t i e s r t b o u b r y e , op fo c u n id e i d ed in by A Octo ber, for the education of a colonial Clergy. At present the principal quadrangle only has been completed, in cluding the Chapel, hall, library, and apartments for 50 students, with the requisite accommodation for the officers and servants of the establishment. The Institution will be formed on our Collegiate models, and his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has consented to give statutes for the future government and regulation of the College. INSTALLATION OF PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRlDGE.—Yesterday morning week her Majesty and Prince Albert, with their suite, left London in three open carriages, by rail, to be present at the installation of his Royal Highness as Chancellor of Cambridge Univer sity. They reached Cambridge by one o'clock. Shortly afterwards her Majesty entered the hall of Trinity College. where about 300 persons of the first rank, among whom were Prince Waldemar, the Duke of Saxe Weimar, as well as learned doctors and beautiful ladies, were present. Then occurred a scene which, considering the position in which his Royal Highness stands to her Majesty, excited some amusement. Robed as Chancellor, Prince Albert advanced to the dais, or throne, on which the Queen sat, and in a distinct voice read to her a congratulatory ad dress on her arrival. This was very graciously received and replied to, after which the Prince and those around him retired, walking backwards until they had reached the door. In the Senate-house the Chancellor conferred se veral degrees, after which was delivered the Latin oration, which lasted a whole hour, and much exhausted the pa tience of the company. In the evening the Queen, his Royal Highness, and a portion of their suite, dined with the Vice-chancellor in Catherine-hall, and at night there were fire-works on Parker's Piece. On Tuesday morning the Prince Chancellor proceeded to the Senate-house, and was shortly afterwards joined by the Queen, to hear the Prize Poems—Latin, Greek, and English. The Installa tion Ode, by the Poet Laureate, Wordsworth, the music by Dr. Walmisley, was then performed in admirable style. The Royal Pair partook of luncheon at Trinity C o ll ege , after which they proceeded to the Floral Fete at Downing College. The Royal Pair left the Gardens, and returned in state to Trinity, where a grand banquet was given by the Master and Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Green ascended in a new balloon from Parker's Piece at six in the even ing. On Wednesday morning the Prince Chancellor held a levee at Trinity Lodge, at which all the Heads of Houses, Fellows, and Masters of Arts were presented. His Royal Highness stood the whole time of the reception, a period of a couple of hours at least. When this cere mony was concluded, his Royal Highness proceeded in `he -' to visit colleges one of t. state carriages to _ unable to take in his round on the previous day. twelve o'clock the gardens of Trinity and St. John' s wen thrown open to all who had obtained tickets for the nub s lie breakfast. The company were not altogether assem to bled till one o'clock, and at that hour there could not be le was At A. vane .rtainments were after lso proceeded through The I usiaatic and lol='a ie V!ce-chancelio: and returned by vached in about two, hours anda bag J. Law, Esq Hull, 25 ; York Durham, November 1; Newcastle, 3 ; Carlisle, 5 ; Ap pleby, 8.; Kendal, 9 ; Lancaster, 10 ; Liverpool, 17 ; Chester, 20; Mold, 22; Ruthin, 23; Dolgelly, 25 ; Car narvon, 29 ; Beaumaris, 30 ; Welshpool, December 3. THE COUR? THIZ QUEEN'S SUMMER CRUISE.-The Royal yacht and Albert, and her tender, the Fairy, have been reported ready for the Royal service. We believe her Majesty and Prince Albert will proceed to Osborne to-day, and ver -- "1 --.ed on a cruise round - ViCtori shortly atter w. proceed on a cruise round the kingdom of Great Britain, visiting Land's End, west coasts of England and,Scotland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, and the Hebrides, and eastward returning home. IRELAND, rom this port to America.—Limirick Chronicle. Five persons have renounced Popery in St. Andrew' church, Dublin. FEVER.-831 cases of fever a r e r epo r ted i n th e fi ve h os pitals in the city of Cork. As yet, there a crease in the epidemic THE IRISH RELIEF WORKS.—The gross total daily average number of persons employed on the public works in Ireland in the week endinc , the 26th of June last was 45,639, and the total expense £23,257. 3 vessel;, with 12,374 emigrauts sailed tc the North American colonies, and 38 vessels, with 3,778 emigrants, to the United States, during the quarter ending June 30th. A few days ago, a farmer, named Murphy, living at Carignavar, near Cork, whilst in conversation with hi wife, leaner his arm on t [e of a fowlin, and whilst in this position, his child touched the trigger the gun went off and killed him on the spot, The Judges of Assize have adopted the advice of Dr Kingsley for cleansing and fumigating their courts.—Am they will adjourn one hour each day of the commission ti admit of a purer atmosphere in their courts under the above process. Mr. Frederick BI Works, at Barren, ii , pay-cler rk unc fitly drc , ver from the well of his car. An honest . peasant found the money, restored it, and refused a single penny reward; yet in the same county several pay-clerks have been this year attacked and plundered. The Lord Lieufenant has directed such extracts from the reports of the Poor Relief Commissioners as impugned the conduct of certain magistrates and landlord; CO be forwarded to them with a request for explanations. The Commissioners reported that, in 1,700 committees, they had found instances of abuse. THE RELIEF OF IRISH DISTRESS.—The official esti mate just laid before parliament by the royal command gives £600,000 as the further sum that will be required from the national Treasury, in order to defray the ex penses which will probably be incurred for the relief of distress in Ireland, during the year ending March 31, 1848, namely, £500,000 to be applied in donations in aid of rates by the Relief Commissioners, under the act of the present session, and £lOO,OOO for other purposes IRISH INDUSTRY —The Dublin exhibition of native manufactures contains a great variety of products which exhibit the mechanical skill of the Irish artizan in a very ravourame light. They chiefly consist of Limerick laces, exquisitely designed and wrought, tapestry from the once famous Liberty, tabourets and tabinets of remarkable te, jes in Irish oak, arid light fancy articles of all de scriptions. The exhibition, according to the opinion of competent judges, is superior in the number and excel lence of the articles to all previous exhibitions, and re flects great credit on Irish industry. ENCAMPMENT AT KNOCKPIERNA.—Tradition saith, that once upon a time fairies revelled, and chieftains mar shalled their clansmen on "Knoeldierna's heights ; but alas ! " the light of other days is faded the tranquillity Of t deed litany interf hat government determined upon mi and the Light Infantry of the 59th, las encamped on the mountain's ide. A spectacle so novel has attracted gay parties of the county's aristocracy. We are happy to repeat, that since the arrival of "the men of valour," peace has re turned to the Liskennet hills.—Limerick Chronicle. EMIGRATION FROM THE PORT OF LONDONDERRY which we are indebted to Licut. Ramsay, R.N., govern ment emigration-agent here, showing the number of emigrants during the quarter ended the 30th June : For United States, 30 ships, 9830 tons, 3727 passengers ; for Canada, 10 ships, 5431 tons, 3155 passengers ; for New Brunswick, 9 ships, 3948 tons, 2497 passengers. . - Total emigrants during the quarter, 9379 ; total same quarter last year, 4510: increase for 1847, 4869.—Derry Sentinel. FRACAS IN COURT.—On Friday week, at the quarter sessions in Kilrush, Clare co., while Mr. O'Connell was defending the persons charged with an outrage on Mr. Hill; the government inspector, Mr. Hill, who was on the bench, was observed to laugh, and in reply to a ques tion thereupon by Mr. O'C., said he was indeed laughing at his foolish observations. Mr. O'Connell said he would not suffer such language to pass with impunity elsewhere, and that he should notice it out of court. The presiding barrister required Mr. O'Connell to find sureties to keep the peace, and on his refusal he was committed to bride - - well, where he was visited by his brother attorneys, and spent with them a pleasant evening. The subsequent proceedings have not yet transpired. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—A letter, dated Portumna, 3rd instant, states that on the previous Friday, as Mr. Hacket, and his lady, of that place, were returning 'a e homeward from Redwood, Tipperary , in a car, the evening, two men deliberately aimed at them with fire arms, upon which he jumped ou t and struck at them with his whip, but both barrels were discharged, the slugs from loss which dreadfully woun ded him. Thou g h faint loss of blood, he regained his seat and got to Portumna, three miles of, where by the last accounts he lay dan gerously ill. The murderous attack is unaccountable, as Mr. Hacket is acknowledged by all parties to be a most benevolent man, and his lady not less amiable,--giving employment to many poor persons ; food to the hungry at cost price, and charitably rendering their residence a dispensary to the sick poor of the neighbourhood. IRRL AND.—The amount of advances made from the Treasury for the relief of Irish distress by public works, was, on warrants issued up to June 15th, £5,574,876. From the third monthly report of the Irish Relief Com missioners it appears that the whole number of rations daily distributed, gratuitously, in the 1677 divisions re ceiving relief, was 1,923,361; and 91,326 rations per day were sold. The average cost of a ration is about 2d. The daily cost of the food given away is therefore rather more than £20,000. If the 312 yet to be included be added and the number of rations required for them be assumed to be, on an average, the same as for the 1677 already re ceiving relief, the' total number of rations to be daily dis tributed, without payment, will be about 2,388,000, at a cost of about £24,000 per day, or £168,000 per week. The whole number of persons receiving relief, (allowing half-rations for children) will be upwards of 2,700,000. REFORMATION IN DUBLlN. —Yesterday, as we an nounced in our last publication, five persons renounced Popery in St. Audoen's Church. One of them is a Mr. John M`Shane, who has been employed for years as a literary teacher in different Romish seminaries. He long resisted the truth of the gospel, but at length yielded to its influence under the teaching of some of the reformed priests. The Rev. Thomas Scott received the converts ; and, after they had partaken of the Lord's supper, and had signed the roll, he presented each of them with a Bible and a copy of the Book of Common Prayer. The Rev. R. H. Maunsell Eyre preached from the Ist chapter of St. Paul's epistle to the Romans, 15tliand 16th verses —" As much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For lam not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto sal vation to every one that believeth.—Dublin Evn. Herald. INCENDIARY FIRE IN CORK.—Last week the work house of Cork was discovered to be on fire, the work of an incendiary, threatening the destruction of extensive public property, and great loss of life. It occurred after all the inmates had retired to bed in the range of wooden sheds, lately erected in addition to the workhouse, which are all connected together. Some one effected an' entrance into a cellar, formed of the stone foundations, upon which the sheds are erected, where the coffins are kept, and his preparations for carrying out his design evinced the ex treme of cool and wicked ingenuity. He stuffed some of the coffins with shavings, and piled them on each ether, so as to form a communication with the floor above, where a thousand paupers were sleeping. Fortunately, one of the women, who was sleeping immediately over the place, and was almost suffocated by the smoke, just after the fire commenced; jumped out of bed and threw herself from the window. The alarm was then given, and the men got out. A discharged pauper.is supposed to be the incendiary. The fire was got out by active exertions. ACCIDLNTS TO THE SEA KING AND THE ATHLONE. On Sunday morning, about two a.m., owing to the very dense fog which prevailed, the stetuner Sea King went ashore on the smallest of the Copeland Islands, on her passage.from .i.iverpool to this port (Belfast).. No blame to a close, that it became difficult to obtain committees; but in our case, with less delay than might have been apprehended, a committee was appointed for the 25th ult. The whole of that day was occupied with the question of title, which the commit tee settled by requiring the qualifying terms which had been inserted in the first act, and then adjourned till Monday, at 11 o'clock. r, before going into committee You know the rest. "He appeared at your board, and obtained your consent to a resolution of a most injurious character to all other interests, and destructive of your own position, as I believe it will be seen exist of its having 'ely in -acca preconcerted "These requirements are pretty nearly the same as were put forward at an earlier stage, and were then believed by your late chairman to be withdrawn. They are such as no honest board of commissioners can enter into; for they are beyond their power of fulfilment. They, in effect, put a veto on your bills, leave you with an illegal dock, notwithstanding the agreement on the part of the crown to legalize it, and make it questionable with me whether the only fair course towards your liondholder; is not to gather up the unexpended portion of their funds, and call for their instructions how further to apply them. - " It must not be forgotten that the portion of those funds most beyond your reach is that which your present chairman, then sour law-clerk, sanctioned the first batch of commissioners property,:and which I deeply latilenc. - I was not aware of before having joined your commission, for no opinion of its ultimate security can justify the transaction. "This proceeding is the chief obstacle to the fulfilment of the Only one of the requirements which it appears to me you ought to entertain, even if it had not been relinquished at an earlier stage, when the bills were under the charge of your late chair man. 4-7 :1 believe the best course you can now pursue is to rescind the resolution passed on the 28th ult., on Insufficient informa- every possible means "I am, dear sir, y " P.S.—Mr. Bryans a n d I h ave j ust had an in W terview with POTTER. the Board of Woods, which he will detail the particulars of. "To the Dock Commissioners, Birkenhead." THE REGISTERED PALETOT CASE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In your report of the proceedings before the Vice llor of England on Saturday, June 12th, you describe Chance ourselves as receiving the protection of the Court - in respect to an infringement of our patented right to an invention, and by an assumption of the title by which it has been publicly known. From the great popularity we have attained by the sale of the subject of the injunction, a garment styled the Registered Paletot, of Llama Cloth, it may be assumed that the public will be somewhat interested with the precise facts of the case. It has already been described, that, when first introducing our invention, we with much care selected a name hitherto un known in this country as, tracing the origin of the word pa letot, it was shown that it was derived from the Greek, adopted by the Roman, and afterwards by the French linguists. " Cir curnjicitur corpori pallium habitus Graxorum" ; by Bayley, thus, paletoque, or pallescote, a coat sith sleeves. That we exercised due caution in selecting an unusual name has, by the result of these recent proceedings in the Court of Chancery, been fully proved. For such, unfortunately, is the state of competition of trade, or the envy of individuals engaged in it, that, should eminent patronage and success attend any member in particular, he is immediately subjected to the like - injury of which we have had cause to complain. Now, had we advertised our invention simply as a new overcoat, it is more than probable that, ere this, we should have been confounded with the many advertisers that since our appearance before the public have assumed a somewhat similar description to that which from the first has been employed by us. The defendant in this case, being perhaps more conspicuous than the rest, was first selected to be an example, as we are now determined to enforce our rightful claim to the on (as far as regards the English language) of the title Registered Paletot of Llama Cloth; but yet being unwilling to proceed against those who may have unguardedly used a similar title without first giving them notice. We would, therefore, respect fully beg permission, through the medium of your columns, now to notify this our intention with regard to all present or future copyists; for it would appear, from the affidavits made by Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, of Liverpool, Messrs. Waring and Son, of Birmingham, as, also, many of our other influential agents, that they have experienced equal inconvenience with ourselves through so many tradesmen in their neighbourhood assuming the same, or a similar unauthorized, title to that of the Registered Paletot of Llama Cloth. It may be judicious here to explain, that we believe that, bad a continuance of these unfair proceedings been allowed, we should have been seriously injured should purchasers have been induced to believe that these piracies were articles of our manufacture, the moderate charge and excellence of which has induced patronage, extend. ing from the Royal families, both here and on the continent, together with the principal members of the court and the pro fessions, as, also, general favour with the great middle classes of this country. Being well aware of the interest taken by the press in discou raging all grievous annoyances that may affect industrious energy or deter persons with capital from develoninp anv /law ... ....•.• • , Alltyanzy og rnanufacture. we unhesitatingly pre sen t this matt s er an to m the notice of your readers, some of whom may, introducing perhap , be on the (i point of to the publi c some patent improve ment upon some other article of hi g hl y useful, ye ordinary, nature, that they may be thus forewarned to select some original or distinguishing title. Otherwise an TYlnTill niPritß SIQ the invention existence, so er, be they fair or unfair; to share knowing well, at the same time, that milar only in name, and that they (tare nut actual!) , infringe the patent or design Trusting you will esteem these remarks worthy of insertion, we have the honour to be, your , obedient servants. _ _ ,►UJ P. NICOI H. J. 114 , Rogent4treet, and 22, CornAill, London July 13, 1847. they owe y power Bin], company, who also owe the Dock Commissioners £50,000. It has been remarked that they are a private trading com pany, incorported by an act of parliament, dated 30th Tune, 1845. The third section declares that certain share ',lers, among whom are named Sir Isaac Lyon Gold %rt., Joseph Bailey, senior, Joseph Bailey. junior, `"--, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Marcus F. ' , John Laird, William Potter, e a Travis Clay, James Gandy, and John Laird, Esqrs., shall form a company under the pro visions of the Companies' Clauses Act; and those gentle men whose names are in italics, together with Robert Barbour, John M`Viccar, and James B. 13oothby, shall be the first directors of the company. By a subsequent cir rackson, JosE have taken place in the direction-:-Mr. Jackson, who has sold out, and Mr. Boothby having withdrawn, and their places supplied by Mr. Am orose Lace and Mr. William Laird. The capital is comprised of shares of £lOO each, on which, however, only £35 has been paid up. It is remarked upon by some as strange that a rich and powerful company, containing shareholders of such un- doubted wealth, should have - borrowed from the Dock Commissioners at all, or that the loan should not be repaid at a moment when it is so much wanted ; that the Dock Company have absolutely dismissed nearly all their work men, and the great public works of the town are suspended ecially as to do so it would only ..)e necessary to call up a small portion of the £GS per s h are remaining to be called personally, althou g h as mem b ers of another trust, and thus relieve the Dock Company from one-third of its present difficulty, about £l3O to £150,000 only being required to complete the outer works. Above all, it is incomprehensible to most now so anxi ous t o h ave the bills passe d, s h ou ld a t the very last sta ge h ave b een using every exer ti on to get clauses i nser t e d Y and people why parties, with which, they must well know, the Woods and POLICE INTELLIGENCE EMBEZZLEMENT.—A clerk in the service of Mr. Frazer; merchant, Chapel Walks, was on Tuesday last committed for trial on a charge of having embezzled upwards of £6O belonging to his employer. ASSAULTING A FEMALE. -On Wednesday, John Whetstone,. marine-store dealer, was fined 50s. and costs, or to be imprisoned forty-two days, for assaulting Johanna Cronin, who, according to the shameless confession of the defendant, had been living in his houie, and there lost her character. ROBBERY.—Two lads, John Patterson and Matthew Lynch were, at the police-court, on Tuesday, committed for trial at the sessions, on a charge of stealing a quantity of silver plate from the house of Mr. Graham, Peel-street, High Park, on the previous day. The articles were found on the person of one of them, and both of them had pre viously been seen together. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP. — George Douglas, mate of the ship Columbia, was on Tues day last, at the police court, committed for trial, for a brutal assault on the previous day on a seaman on board, named Taseley, during which the prisoner forced his fin gers into the eyes of the complainant, and bit off a large portion of his nose. STRATAGEM TO OBTAIN RELIEF.—A gentleman from the parish office charged two men, on Friday, at the police court, with breaking a window in that establishment. It appeared that they knocked at the door of the office, at half past six o'clock on the previous evening, and demanded relief; their application was rejected in consequence of being made after hours. Immediately afterwards a crash was heard, and it was found they had hurled a stone at the window ; they were taken into custody and conveyed to Bridewell. Both the men urged their extreme poverty and inability to procure relief as the causes of the misde meanour. One of the men said he had been forty-eight hours without food. They were each fined ten shillings and costs, or to be committed to prison for ten days. OCCUPATION OF CELLARS NOT DULY CONSTRUCTED AND VENTILATED AS DWELLINGS.—No fewer than fifty- six of the occupiers of houses in Laces-street, Midghail street, and other streets in that neighbourhood, were brought by summons before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Bolton on Friday, for having let off their wretched cellars to the tenants then inhabiting them. It appeared the cellars, were for the most part only about six feet in height, and that the ceilings of them were only about a foot or a foot and a half above the level of the street. • It also appeared that the lodgers consisted of Irish immigrants, and that in nearly every one of the cellars fever had been, and still i 4 In every case Mr. Rushton imposed a fine of 205 , and said it was his firm determination to inflic a similar fine for every day the cellars should thereafte continue to be occupied. He observed that the town w sd that, in defiance of the law, tting writhed -1• and costs Jars, and thus spreadi of the borough. Arrar hoot every o cinent, he added, has oe er c t nits, if sick, would be admit° made by whi nto the Workhouse ad the pr o , treaty go on. ine Sana tor i . Committee had made. up thei r m i n d s t o c l ear the whole u the unwholesome cellars.. 21 day to t would