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parliamentarp prerrittings. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAT On the resolution for continuing the income tax for three years, a long debate took place. Sir 11. PEEL spoke in favour of the proposition, and ably justified the first imposition of the tax and renewal of it in 1845. In the course of his address the hon. baronet expressed a hope that whilst every hospitality was shown to the French exiles now in this country, care would be taken that En. gland was not made the focus of intrigues against the Republic of France. Lord G. BENTINCK replied with considerable effect to the observations of -Sirliobert Peel. Mr. WILSON, the editor of the Economist, endeavoured to address the house, but members would not listen to thia, and - the debate-wasmitimately adjourned. HOUSE .OF ,OOMMONS.-TUESDAY Lord ASHLEY reported from the Lyme Regis election committee that T. N. Abdy, Esq., had been duly elected. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in reply to Mr. Hume, stated, with reference to Van Dieman's Land and Australian colonies, that the Government hoped to be able, before the close of the session, to propose measures -for extend ing free institutions to these colonies. 'His answer not being satisfactory to Mr. Hume, he gave notice that he should bring in a bill himself on the iubjett lifter a short discussion, Mr. S. Crawford obtained leave to bring in a:bill:for soeuring the rights of •outgoing tenants.in Ireland. Mr. LABOUCRERE, at the instance of Lord George Bentiuk‘ , explained some recent transactions which had taken place in Demerara relative to the state of labour in that colony. It was true that some incendiary fires had taken ylace,'but measures had been immediately adopted by governor to restore order, which he hoped .would be effectual. A conversation ensued between Mr. Milnes_and fir G. Grey relative to the proceedings in Trafalgar-square, the right hon. baronet stating, with regard to the collisions between the people and the police, that the consequences which had followed had all been comprised.in the break ing of some - lamps, which the police most effectually, but most moderately, suppressed. On the bringing up of the report on the Passengers Bill, Mr. LsuoucliißE intimated that he had amended it, in conformity with the suggestions of the previous Night, by providing that sick passengers landing on any part of our shores should have the right to be conveyed back to the place of embarkation, and that in the case of in consequence of sickness the passage returned. FEARFUL CONFLICT AT THE FEEJEE ISLANDS, 800 KILLED.—By the arrival of the Sydney mail on Saturday, we are informed of a most severe battle having taken place on the 4th of September, at the Feejee Islands, between the chiefs and the people of Mbau and Rena, in )F COMMONS.—WEregssnAv. which the latter were defeated, but escaped with a num mof Mr. ANSTEY, the louse resolved it- ter of their adherents to Java harbour, about seven miles self into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief-Bill. west of Rena roads, where they intended to settle, all the Sir R. INGLIS objected to that portion of the first habitations of Rena being burned to the ground by the Lse which went to repeal the Ist of Elizabeth, enjoin- chiefs of Mbau. The number slain on both sides the oath of supremacy. At present Roman Catholics amounted to upwards of 800, the bodies of whom still were exempted from - taking that oath, but the penalties remained exposed there. Fortunately for the missiona .were retained at common law, an immunity not enjoyed ries, the scene of warfare occurred at some distance from by their Protestant fellow-countrymen ; ,he therefore their location. moved the omission of the words " shall be repealed." AMERICA.—The Washington, from New York, arrived Considerable discussion took place on this amendment; at -Southampton on Tuesday, having left on the 21st ult. but it was negatived on a division by a majority of 94 She brings 17 passengers, and 5000 dollars only in specie. over 50 voices. The stock market in New York was much depressed, al- Mr. HENLEY then moved that part of the clause be- though money was much easier, with symptoms of im ginning at the 17th line, at the words "so much of an provernent. The exports of bread to England had been Act passed in the Ist year of the reign of Queen Eliza- on a limited scale. Preparations were making for the beth," down to the words "in any wise conceals the election of President, which was to commence on the 22d Roman Catholics," he omitted, as it was that part of the ult. The news from America is of no great importance. clause which repealed the said Act_of Elizabeth. Thevrincipal topic discussed is, " Who will be President ?" money shout On the m( . . . _____..,......... Considerable discussion also took place on this amend- Strong efforts are being made to crush Mr. Polk, and ment ; bjit tt was negatived on a division by a majority of bring in a Whig of moderate principles. The dates from 155 over'll9 voices. Vera Cruz are to the 29th of January. The accounts and After agreeing to some other clauses, the committee prospects of peace there were very contradictory. Orizaba got involved in an angry polemical discussion of no im. had been captured by Col. Lane, at the head of 500 portance in itself, but of some importance as to its con- cavalry. a private. . THE WORKMEN. -On W e d nes d a y, th e paviours of Paris struck for an increase of wages : they refused to re sume their work unless the government gives them Bf. a day in place of 4f. the ordinary price. The government, not being inclined to yield to such a demand, has em ployed journeymen masons to repave the streets. RETRIBUTION.-In 1830, no sooner had the Dey of Algiers arrived in France as a prisoner of Charles X. than the King was dethroned and exiled ; and in 1848, no sooner had the Emir Abd-el-Kader reached the shores of France as the prisoner of Louis Philippe than the King .--- - - - ,is. of the barricades w as d e th rone d an d exiled! Th e Dey,' Jews to Parliament. .. - copal cross and full costume to visit the sick i n th e at the fall of Ch ar l es , exc l a i me d, "G o d i s j us t :h e h as hospitals, and finds himself greeted with resp ec t. P as- avenge d me !"- an d w h o wou ld prevent the M ara b ou t, Similar petitions were presented from the Bishop of OXFORD, from places in the county of Oxford. local letters are published in every diocese. I n a ll , the Abd- e l-K a d er , f rom ma ki ng the same assertion o f prov i - The Earl of EGLINTOUN presented a petition from Ber- clergy are desired to inculcate peace and o r d er , an d to d ent i a l retribution ? wick against the Currency Act of 1844. accept whatever form of government it m a y pl ease P ro- SYMPATHY FOR LOUIS PH ILIPPE .-The Presse says : Earl . . vidence to set over them. Some little conversation ensued, in which the zof -" A considerable number of journeymen joiners who Franefort Journal of th e 3d had assembled to con verse u p on th e i r own s it ua ti on W er e Shrewsbury, the M arqu i s o f L ans d owne , an d L or d St an - GERMANY.-The German alluding to the 1,000,000 f. of the Ci v il Li s t, w hich the 22th ult., statin g th a t ley took part. re l a ti ve t o th e s t reet di stur b ances i n th e contains a letter f ro m Berli n of th e Provisional Go v e r nm en t h a d prom i se d t o di s t r ib u te metropolis. It was a d m itt e d th a t th e mo b s were ra th er the treaty of alli ance b e t ween A us t r i a , R uss i a , an d P rus- of a thievish th an o f a po li t i ca l c h aracter, an d t h at t h e among them, when at the m o m en t th e arr i va l of Louis sia, for supporti ng i n common A us t r i a i n It a l y h as b een police had acted w e ll i n di spers i ng t h em . ratified. Three corp s d'armee have received orders to b e Phillippe and his family at London in a s tate of depriva mobilised ; the fourth is to march from Saxony and Thu- tion was announced. Upon he a ring this news one of the HOUSE OF COMMONS.-T IMRSDAY . ringia into Westphalia ; th e seven th i s t o d escen d f rom men prese n t sa id, ' Saeristi . that i s very hard upon Westphalia to Cologne ; an d th e e i g hth t o move to t h e the m . I t e ll y ou w h a t s h ou ld b e d one . Th e a d v i ce A great number of p e titi ons on t h e diff erent su bj ects were presented. frontier of France. The thi r d cor p s d'armee in the march of Beranger should be followed. A million distributed Mr. BRIG HT p os t pone d hi s not i ce o f mot i on for leave replaces the fourth in Saxony. Th e J our n a l d e F ranc - amongst us w ould b e b u t very f ew francs a-piece. Well, to bring in a bill t o a b o li s h t h e Game Laws till that f or t denies that foreign troops are to quarter in the c ity. then ! Let it be sent to the ex-King. The arlms of the day fortnight. At Heidlberg there hadrel f f BRITISH MECHANICS AND WORKMEN IN FRANCE. re bee some troubles on the 29th. poor do honour to misfortune I . The Duchess of Orleans, with h er two children arrived at A BRAVE GIRL.-The following is from the Presse :- Mr. A. STAFFOR D wish e d t o as k a quest i on of the go- Coblentz on the Ist. Her R o y a l Hi g h ness arr i ve d at t h e " A young girl was present a t th e l a t e massacre o f th e vernment relating to the ex p u l s i on o f mec h an i cs and Hotel du Giant, and immedi a t e ly a ft er set out f or E ms. Municipal Guard of the po s t o f th e Pl ace d e l a C oncor d e , which fired on the sth l eg i on . Th ere rema i ne d on l y one artizans from France sin ce th e commencement of the Among the persons of her suite we r e th e p recep t or o f t h e o Princes Lnd the Fren c h genera l. Th e G erman Di et has of these unfortunate m en . ' M a d emo i se ll e ,' cr i e d M. d e revolution, and if such had been th e case , w h et h er t h e British government had taken any steps t o re li eve th e i r decided upon authorising e ac h s t a t e o f th e G erman i c Di et V-, commandant of the fi re m en , ' y ou may save this wants and procure means t o c on v ey th em t o th e n' re _ to regulate the question of th e lib er ty o f th e press as i t "an ?' ' Wh a t m u s t. Ido ? I an, r e ady !, ' Throw your spective homes. (H ear, hear.) may think fit. self into his arms, an d c l a i m hi m as your f at h er !' Th e CURIOUS COINCIDENCES.-The Paris Union_ _ointy young girl threzr_l i msejtaLtiz i same moment into the Sir G. GREY said, on Sunday morning he received..cog • 4.0, weepin g , „,.,...2, • 0..- , ' - cumsralic f a i litEiMiethelate . of the rent monarchs tlernen, in the name of God, spare my father, or kill me aorsin c at kitten, stating that the French populace had demanded the immediate di sc h arge o f a ll B r i t i s h l a b our- who preceded the re p u bli c :-" A s i n 1830 , t h ree days, w ith hi m !' A t t h e same moment the muskets of the as ers and mechanics empl o y e d i n f ac t or i es or on ra i lroads, and the same three days of th e wee k, T ues d ay, W e d nes- sail an t s were l owered, an d t h e municipal guard, protected and that a consid era bl e num b er i n consequence were day, and Thursd a y 1 A s i n 1830, a man of the people by hi s lib eratress, was saved. ordered to leave France almost without clothes, and in a taking his seat on the royal arm-chair! Louis Philippe THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVANTS.-Among those state of great destit u ti on . H e (Si r G . G rey ) i mmediately was dethroned in the sam e mon th as th e D u k e o f Berry w h o h ave su ff ere d most from the revolution are men and sent orders to the B r iti s h C onsu l to engage a steam-boat was assassinated ! Raised to th e th rone by barricades, women servants. There are an extraordinary num b er o f to convey the p ar ti es so c i rcumstance d to England, and he was - hurled from it by barricades ! Lik Charles X these poor creatures o ut o f b rea d. Wi t h t h e domest i cs Louis Philippe had a grandson, a n d thi s gran d son was Of' of the court must b e rec k one d th ose o f m i n i sters and he also gave i n st ruc ti o n s t o t h e M ayor o f P ortsmouth, on their arriving in th a t p or t, t o ma k e necessary preparat i ons the same age as the Due de Borde aux i n 1830 . Li ke a id es -d e - cam p s , o ffi c i a l s, and fore i gners, English, Russian, Charles X., Louis Philippe, at the l as t moment, wanted G erman , & c ., l eav i ng Par i s, w i th the reduced establish and arrangements to convey them to th e i r res p ec t i homes. (Hear.) These a r rangem e n t s h a d b een made, ve to abdicat in favour of his grandso n , an d h e lik ew i se men t s o f pe o pl e w h ose means have suffered, as well as and the unfortunate individuals alluded to, some o f w h om received for answer, 'lt is too lat e !' Ch ar l es X. fell th ose w h o , even if t h ey could, would not like to make an belonged to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and oth er pl aces i n shortly after Hussein Pacha, the d e y o f Algiers; the fate ostentatious display of wealth. The pe ers are a b o li s h e d Scotland, appeared (he was informed) ver y gra t e f u l f or of Louis Philippe arrived soon a ft er t h e day on which - the deputies broken up ; and, consequently, th e num b er the attention which had been sh own t o them. (Hear, to was brought a capti ve to France. Now of men and women servants not knowing w h a t t o d o i s hear.) They had means provided f o r ena bli ng t h em . o for Louis Philippe as for Charle s X., we say `he ex- truly pitiable. The war department gives grea t dissatis return to their homes. (Hear.) King.' But there exists a differe nce , w hi ch the people f act i on t o th e N at i onal, which blames General Subervie Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved for leave to bring in a bill to in their justice acknowledge aloud. Charles X. departed for the character of his appointments. All important poor sm in in to en ts w ex eal ile th. vd l ie Philippe will in his; enjoy commands and trusts are conferred upon men who are amend the Irish Poor Relief Extension Act, with a view amongst the most devoted servants of the late Govern to repeal the 10th section, commonly called "The Quarter- -,........„___ went. • acre Clause." The hon. member contended that this THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. MISERY BEGINNING.-PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING.- preliminary clause, which forbade relief, out-door or in- How to support public credit is the question of the day. door, to all- persons in possession of a quarter of an acre - of land or upwards, inflicted the gro sses t i n j ust i ce on many The failure of the b an k o f G ou i n an d Co. has profoundly who could not get rid of thei r occupanc i es. touched the public sen ti ment b ecause of the name of Sir Was. SOME RVILLE opp o s e d th e mo ti on as unneces- Jacques Lafitte, and by means o f certa i n assoc i at i ons pro clueing sadness has g i ven a ten d ency to alarm rather than sary, as it was held that th e guar di ans h a d power to give relief to such persons as tende re d th e i r occupanc i es to the i r actual alarm itself; f or we are st ill un d er the influence of landlords, whether accept e d or no t by th e l an dl or d . hopeful expectation s . Th e revo l ut i on of 1830 ruined Jacques Lafitte, who p u bli c l y as k e d pardon of God an d Mr. O'Flaherty, M r . F agan , M r . P. S crope, M r. F . his country for the h an d h e h a d i n plac i ng Louis Philippe O'Connor, Mr. Cl emen t s , Si r . G. G rey , C o l . Conolly, on the throne. Th a t th rone i s d estroyed, and the sue , Mr. E. B. Roche, M r . A g li on b y , M a j or M acnamara, Mr , cessor of old Jacqu es i s th e fi rst to b e swept away i n the Reynolds, Mr. M a u nse ll. M r . W a kl ey, Mr. Drummond, storm. The public are c l amour i ng f or rel i ef. Trade i s at Colonel Dunne, and M r . M. O'C onnell, took part in the discussion which foll owe d. a stand-still. The look of the sh o p s , excep t th ose w hi c h sell the mere necessaries of life, is gloomy. P r opo s itions The house divided-F or th e mot i on 21, against it 114, majority against th e mo ti on 93. of various kinds, for the relief o f p eo pl e o f b us i ness una bl e - to meet their engagements, abound. As no one will think of laying in new stocks of goods-, the manufacturers must soon begin to feel the pinch. If manufacturers, then workmen ; and workmen have been taught to expect the advent of a new era. The State has taken a voluntary pledge, and it behoves it not to trifle with hungry sto machs and inflamed minds. sequences, when a motion made by Sir G. GREY was put I OMANISM AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—What an d carried that the Chairman should report progress and says the French Church ? She holds out her hand to ask leave to sit again on Wednesday next. Democracy, but with a timid boldness, as a man might On the motion of Mr. COLVILE, the Game Certificate do who found himself face to face with an unchained Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed wild beast, watching all the while its glistening eye and that day fortnight. restless limbs. The Archbishop of Paris, seemingly of his own accord, but really after receiving a significantly pressing message from a republican club, issues directions for substituting the name of the Republic for that of the . the daily prayers. He goes with his arol-app HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Archbishop of YORK presented a petitio n from a The events of to-day (says the correspondent of the Daily News, writing on londay) have been untoward. The Provisional Minister of Finance has resigned. The Bourse was to have been re-opened, and all the agens-de change were assembled, ready to commence business, when, unexpectedly, soon after one o'clock, an order ar rived from the Minister of the Interior, forbidding its opening till further orders. It is understood that bargains had been made for purchases and sales of the Threes at 60. Gouin's bank stopped payment to-day. This bank had done much business for the petit commerce of Paris. It is reported that its liabilities are fifty-five millions. Con tradictory reports are circulated as to its assets. I am told in one quarter that they areconsiderable, while I hear hear from another that they bear but a small proportion to the liabilities. However it be, this failure must pro duce great temporary distress. Gouin was banker to the conservative party in the chamber, who have withdrawn their capital, which is assigned as the immediate cause of the failure. Gander Pages takes the Ministry of Finance. Advices from Paris of Tuesday evening announce that the Bourse had been re-opened amidst great excitement. A melodramatic deputation of Americans waited upon the THE PROSPERITY AND FALL OF LOUIS Provisional Government on Monday, and, according to • • PHILIPPE. the custom of republicans, taking upon them to speak in The following extracts from the leading articles of the the name of the United States, they presented M. Arago Times are interesting, the one setting . forth the immedi with an American and a French flag united. ate cause of the success of the mob in Paris ; the other The news from the departments is generally favourable. pourtraying Louis Philippe in the plenitute of his power. Public tranquility is everywhere maintained. The miners First, the cause : in the north who had revolted, have resumed their work. "After Count Mole's failure, the King sent for M. Great commercia the pro l distress however is reported i n th e c hi e f T h i ers. That gentleman may be said to have actually towvinces. formed a Cabinet in conjun c ti on w ith M. Odill on B arrot The armed band which occupied the Tuilleries, and and M. Duvergier de Hauranne, for they instantly pro made it the theatre of their disorders and orgies, were in- ceeded to the discharge of the highest possible duty which duced on Tuesday to evacuate it. could devolve on Ministerial responsibility. The one act It seems that a band of some four hundred armed indi- of their government was the publication of that incon vidnals had, after the capture of the Tuilleries, resolved to ceivable proclamation stating that no further resistance remain in it, and make it their quarters. They slept on should be made, and the promulgation of orders to the the sofas, such as were not broken, got cam brag, alapt,---officers commanding regiments to withdraw - them. This lived, cooked, and made themselves at home in the Tuil- was, of course, the capitulation of the Monarchy. Mar eries. The authorities occupied the guard houses with the i shal Bugeaud, who had the command of the troopsi.and National Guard, but one of this band always stationed , had now completed his preparations for a general attack himself as sentry alongside of the National Guard sentry. on the barricades, and was confid en t of success rotested It was soon found th a t th ese gen t ry were not of the most most energetically against this extraordinary order, and honest kind. For they contrived to force open doors and said that if it was acted on all was lost. The King's then drawers, and to pass objects of va l ue th roug h t h e gratings Ministers, M. Thiers and M. B arrot, i ns i sted; the King of the Tuileries, to cornsanions outside. At first food was , took their advice, and Marshal Bugeaud resigned the sent to them, as to soldiers on a post, but this being with- command of the troops, observing that it was useless for held, they contrived to procure some. At last the Prefect, I him to retain it if nothing was to be done. General La- Caussidiere, begged them to dislodge. Theyrefused flatly, moriciere was therefore named to the command of Paris, declared that they had fifty rounds of ammunition per and M. Thiers and his friends proceeded to effect their man, and would first set fire to the Chateau, if attacked, pacific arrangements. The effects of their orders were and then fight their way out. How dislodge these des- immediately perceptible, although the declaration of their perate men ? An ass au lt could scarcely be asked of the names was certainly not followed by the consequences good citizens who compose the National Guard—police they bad anticipated. The officers of the army, indig there is as yet none. The soldiers have declined to at- nant at so unexpected a termination of their duties, tack the people. The only corps that could be got were sh ea th e d th e i r swor d s , the men all owe d th emse l ves to be the youth of th e C o ll ege of St. Cyr—i.e., the sons of the disarmed by the mob, whom th been ordered s ot offer families of th e ki ngdom. The prefect accepted their to resist, and the people encountering eyhad no serious oppos ot i offer of reducing the brigands; and the latter war, sum- tion from the Municipal Guard, which was cut to pieces, moved last night. In reply. they offered to decamp on I rushed on to the conquest of the Palais Royal and the condition that each one of them was to have a pension of Tuileries. To sum up this narrative in two words, the 800 francs a-year, and that none of them were to be dismissal of the Guizot Government rendered it impossi searched on marching out. The Prefect refused the honest ble for the Executive Government to act effectually . ; the terms, and gave them until ten this morning to submit. subsequent advice of M. Thiers and the resignation of At ten this morning the boys of St. Cyr, well armed, Marshal Bugeaud rendered it impossible to act at all. .If marched into the court of the Tuileries, with a crowd of this be, as we have every reason to believe it is, a correct Parisians gathered thousands strong, to witness the fun of narrative of these transactions, we are not surprised that the chateau taken by storm. They were in part:clisap- M. Thiers and his colleagues should not have made them pointed • for the brigands, frightened a t t h e determined selves conspicuous in the subsequent passages of this re aspect o f' the St. Cyr scholars, consented to March out volution.' without setting . fire to the palace. Some were searched ; Now the picture : all had dollars in abundance. Some were marc h ed to the " This day fortnight Louis Philippe was the most Hotel de Ville, andsome escaped. prosperous, the most pul and d abl The 3foniteur of Wednesday contains a de cree of the Sovereign in the world ower If f th , e reader will accounte just the think est of Provisional Government, whereby, in all the industrial it, he will find that this wonderful man had attained the and commercial t o wns, a " Comtoir National d'Escompte" very acme of success, consid era ti on , an d power. It is a time .n Prinrnarat. +tin nf I is to be created, destined to spread credit to all branches' w or k of HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. LABOLTCHERE, in reply to Mr. F. Scott, stated that t Colonial Secretary hoped, before the close of the ses sion, in consequence of representations from Australia, to bring in a bill for separating the government of New South Wales from that of Port Philip. His noble friend had also under his consideration whether it would not be ne cessary in that bill to introduce certain other alterations in the constitution of New South Wales. Sir .13. HALL, in reply to Mr. Hamilton, stated that it was his intention to take the sense of the h ouse, in com mittee of ways and means, upon the proposition of which be had given notice, for extending the income tax to Ire land. The house went into committee of ways and means on the income tax resolution ; but the debate principally re solved itself into one of free trade and protection, accord ing to the views of the various speakers. The votes of the hon members, however, would be thus distributed : In favour of the government proposition of continuing the tax for three years--Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. Miles, Mr. Bro therton, Mr. Cardvrell, and Mr. W. E. Gladstone ; for Mr. lltime's amendment, of limitation to one year— ' Mr. J. B. Smith, Sir W. Molesworth, and Mr. Di srae li ; the debate standing adjourned, on the motion of Mr. Mac regor, till Monday. The Passengers Bill was read a third time and passed FOREIGN AND COLONIAL ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. The Royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, from Boston and Halifax, arrived in the Mersey on Saturday morning, at half-past one o'clock. She brought advises from New York to the 27th ult., £40,000 in specie, and thirty-four passengers., On the 21st tilt. the venerable John Quincy Adams was seized with apoplexy in his seat i n th e H ouse of Repre sentatives, and died on the following night. Another account states that he died in the house, in the Speaker's room, and adds—" Congress marked its sense of th e mournful event by immediately adjourning for a week. All the party bickerings that had passed between the members but a moment before were hushed on the in stant. The citizens of the capital partook of a like feel ing, business was suspended, and a general gloom took Possession of every one, so much so that several persons put on mourning." All the cities of the Union had tes tified their respect f or t h e memory of tie deceased. H is public career commenced in 1781, when he was but 15 years of age. - The meeting of Gen. Taylor's friends, at New York, which had been adjourned to the 22d, was held on that day ; it was attended by 15,000 persons. Various reso lutions in favour of Gen. Taylor being the next President were proposed, and carried unanimously. The Courier and Enquirer says Money is easy, but there is not much activity in exports. Our stock of flour is so small on the seaboard as to prevent any such fall in prices as might benefit shipments; and the last accounts for cotton were so little encouraging, that there ~sposition to operate in that staple. The to England have been larger than previ t sufficiently so to advance the rate. n4' of any great d Is sales for exT according to the wants of the localities, ind the ca' iaips pretty mud: consist of a third, in cash, contributed 3ers . a third it. nhii.,,t;"vt. ;ran _3 , the sithsCri: dutiful children : the brilliant alliance's—one of them recently concluded—which brought into one family inter- tain and auc wwns, est the vast regio n from Antwerp to Cadiz ; the near and a third in treasury bonds. Another decree institutes her to February 19, wre-- i►t Paris a " Comptcir Nation the Ilegent uf ,Spain ; ! prospect of an event which would probably make his National d'Es.conpte," with a ' gra:At:Lila the sa%tleigu, 1,16 butt 256; wheat, 21 . 1,217; corn, capital of twenty millions, Th e c ity o f Paris has subscgl- I , the great cross and drawback of his reign just rentoged oust freight Attu:, lis,vve 1,0043/83. To France—flour, 213; wheat, 3,392; , cern, 10,588. In flour there bad been an advance of 124 to 25c. per barrel. Rumours of a probable peace with Mexico were preva lent. The boundaries proposed by that , eonntry to the United States were Texas to the Rio Grande, New Mex ico, and Upper California. It was, however, expected that reagress would not agree to the conditions reported to be stipulated by Mexico, that slavery shoula not be permitted in any part of the ceded territory, and it was doubted that such stipulation had been made. Neither men nor money could be voted until the 'question should be settled, though the 16 millions loan bill was in the Seaate, and might be passed•whenneedea—tbe cash being easily obtainable at par for 6 per cent. stock, having 20 years to run. The petty quarrels of the King of Mosquito with the Nicaraguans had been taken up by the British naval com mander on that station, which had led to -a great deal of unpleasantness. The Vixen, British steamer, having -on board the aforesaid king and Mr. Walker, the British consul, anchored in the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, landed a small force, took possession of the town and fort, struck the colours of Central America, and hoisted those of the Mosquito king. The steamer departed, and a counter revolution took place. The commander of the Vixen returned, but, finding threats unavailing, sailed away for Jamaica for reinforcements, The King of Prussia, in closing the session of the state on the 6th, made a remarkable speech in favour of peace ; but he added, if treaties be broken, or an attack made on his territories, or on those of the Germanic Confederation, he should 4 ' prefer the dangers of war." A young lady named Blackwell, who is 26 years of age, is now studying medicine at Boston ; and on her applica tion for admission to the medical class, she produced re commendations from several eminent physicians of Phila delphia, and certificates from her tutor, the professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the New York University. AusTarA.—Prince Matternich has resigned. The Prince had declared himself decidedly favourable to con cessions in Lombardy, as well as in Bohemia and Hun gary. The loan by the Emperor of Russia to Austria of thirty millions has been completed, and therooney paid. A terrible panic exists on the Bourse at Vienna. There are rumours of rising in different parts of the empire—in Galicia, in Bohemia, and in Hungary, not to speak of Lombardy. bed a third of that sum,; premises another third in obliga tion, and the State affords the third third. Another decree restores to the island of Bourbon its republican name of "Reunion." A decree fixes at five per cent. the interest on the sums deposited at the Savings - Banks of Paris. The payment of the dividends on the Four, Four-and a-Half, and Five per Cents. commenced on the 6th, on which day 3,893,916 f. were paid on 5843 inscriptions. According to the. Constitutiorinel, the following diplo matic appointments are to take place :—M. d'Harcourt, London ; M. Boissy, Rome ; M. d'Alton-Shee, Turin ; General Fabvier, Constantinople ; M. de Tracy, United States ; M. Beaumont, Vassy, Denmark ; M. de la Mos kowa, Spain. ,All these gentlemen were, if we mistake not, Members of the late Chamber of Peers. The Journal du Havre announces the arrival, on Fri day, from Rouen, of the steamboat lately named the Louis Philippe, but now the Sesostris, with 238 Irish workmen, who had been employed in the great spinning mill at Rouen. called the Foundre, and who, in consequence of the late events, had been discharged. These men wept to Pont Audemer, hoping to be received into a manufac tory established there by one of their fellow countrymen, but were disappointed, and therefore came on to Hay* to obtain from their Consul the means of returning to their own country. • The Minister of War is making arrangements for the relief of the National Guards of Paris from their onerous duties, by the recalling of the regular troops, and the Mi nister of the Interior in preparing for the elections. A commission is appointed for distributing funds neces sary for the service of religion, and the preservation and restoration of churches. On Wednesday, a highly-respectable and numerously attended meeting of English residents at Paris was held at Meurice's Hotel, Col. l Fletcher in the chair, when an ad dress to. the French Provisional Government, drawn up by Captain Boyle, R.N., was agreed to. The address, whilst cautiously abstaining• from an expression of opinion as to particular forms of government, congratulated the people upon their courage in vindication of a just right, and their moderation in the hour of victory—the National Guard upon their admirable exertions in protecting life and property—and the Provisional Government for the wisdom of their measures in critical and trying circum stances. The address expressed strong hopes for the con tinuance of amicable feeling between the people of both nations. Many of those present bore testimony to the kindly spirit manifested towards the English by all classes since the late change of government. One gentleman who held a considerable amount of investments in French Se curities, declared his intention of not sacrificing one pen nyworth .of what he had purchawd, and his hopeful and confident tone was responded .to by others. Our Paris despqtches, dated Thursday evening, confirm the account of the resignation of Prince Metternich, in consequence of the emperor having rejected his advice to grant concetsions to Lombardy, Bohemia, and Hungary. Much apprehension of disturbance is felt at Vienna and throughout the imperial dominions. - 'The Provisional Go vernment have issued a proclamation advising the people to pay their taxes, that the government might be relieved. Tranquillity prevailed. The Palais National. formerly the Palais Royal, is given to the Minister of War to establish an etat major and battalion of mobilised National Guard. COMMUNISM.—The omnibus drivers and conducteurs have all struck. They demand to be set on a footing'with all the employe's of the Northern Railway—that is to say, be allowed their dividend or profits on the receipts, ac cording to amount of salary. M. Lambert, who was attached to the household of the ex-King Louis Philippe, and Lieutenant-Colonel of thd 3rd Legion of the National Guard of Paris, has blown out his brains. The day after the late events he gave in his resignation as lieutenant-colonel and entered the ranks as TIE LIVIEtr`I•L STANDARD. Algeria pacified after eighteen years' war; his immense private fortune • his eleven or twelve palaces unequalled for situation and magnificence, on all of which he had recently spent immense sums of money ; his splendid army of four hundred thousand men, in the highest dis cipline and equipinent ; a Minister of unequalled energy and genius, who had found out at last the secret of Prance ; a metropolis fortified and armed to the teeth against all the world ; the favourable advances recently made by those powers who had previously looked down on the royal parvenu ; the well-balanced state of his 'foreign' relations, and 'the firmly-grasped reins of the political car—all these gifts of fortune, and more, if we had time to go on with the list, were heaped upon one man, in such profusion as really to pall the imagination. What, crowned it all was, th a t Louis Philippe was allowed the entire credit of his success. It was all the work of his own hands. He might stand like the ancient king on the walls and towers which he had drawn round his city, and contemplate the perfect work of beauty and policy which himself had made. • The balance of Europe, the causes of peoples and kings, the issues of peace and war, were in his hands. If there was an amari aliquid in this garden of roses and delights, twenty impregnable forts and a hundred thousand armed men were no insignificant watch upon a few disorderly subjects. Solon himself himself would hardly have ventured to preach upon his envious text, ante obitum nemo, to a safe a man." Nought strong as the imagination to draw the reverse. It must be familiar to the minds of all. - THE ORLEANS FAMILY. The Globe states that, on quitting the Tuileries, the ex- King and Queen of the French left behind them one of their grandchildren, to whom . they were devotedly at tached, in the charge of some of the ladies in waiting. This child was nursed under the care of the aged queen, and when her majesty arrived in England, she inquired most anxiously whether any tidings of her little favourite and the ladies had been received. It was rather remark able, and was highly gratifying to the queen, that Mr. Laurence and Lady Jane Peel (who were the first of our nobility, in company with Lady Henley, to visit the royal exiles on their landing at Newhaven), should be able to relieve.this anxiety. Lady Jane Peel had received letters to the effect that the royal child and the ladies had been permitted to remain in the Tuileries till after the revolu tion, when they were conveyed to a place of safety. It is scarcely necessary to add that her majesty expressed her self highly delighted with the intelligence. Before they separated, the ex-queen informed Lady Jane Peel that she felt happy on arriving safely in England. She did not care how humble life she led there, for it would be bliss to the anxious moments which she had latterly passed in France, and she hoped that now she should end her days in peace. Her majesty seemed sensibly affected by her situation. Another paper gives the following particulars respect ing the Duchess de Montpensier :—" She saffered more than any of the royal family. Having been left behind in the Tuileries she took refuge in a wood closet, and put on a servant's clothes and apron, whilst the mob got posses sion of her blue bonnet, and bore it about on a pike. In disguise the duchess succeeded in reaching, on foot, through the invaders of the château, the embassy of Por tugal, from whence she was conducted to England by Colonel Thierry. It has proved a sorry match for the In fanta —she has lost for ever the two millions of francs wrung from the Spanish government at the time of the marriages. The last of this money was paid away but a week ago for the purchase of a forest near Poitiers, now under seques tration. So much for the fate of one of the royal heroines of the Spanish marriages." COURT AND FASHION. The Court remains in town, and during the last few days Her Majesty and Prince Albert have taken their ha bitual exercise, as the weather has permitted, in the gar dens of Buckingham Palace and the Park. It is fully expected that the Queen Dowager will arrive at Spithead, from Madeira, about the 25th of May. The Count and Countess de Neuilly, (alias Louis Philippe and his Queen, alias Mr. Wm. Smith and his lad y y,) visited h er M a j es t y at B uc ki ngham Palace on Mon da. LAW INTELLIGEKCF DRUMMOND AND OTHERS V. THE ATTORNEY-GE NERAL AND OTHERS.—This was an appeal before the House of Lords, against a decision of Sir Edward Sugden, theh Lord Chancellor of Ireland, in 1842, in a case some what similar to that of the Attorney-General v. Shore, which was so long before the English courts. It appears that, about the year 1665, five Protestant Dissenting con gregations were established in Dublin, agreeably to the Presbyterian form and discipline, and funds vested under a trust deed for the support of ministers, &c. Of these five, two situated in Eustace-street and Strand-street, Dublin, have become Unitarian, and proceedings being instituted in the Irish Court of Chancery, the decision of that court was, that the fund was originally intended for the benefit of those who professed Trinitarian doctrines, and that it should be so appropriated in future. The ar guments on appeal, which occupied several days, were brought to a conclusion on Tuesday. Judgment post poned. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, The consecration of the BrShop of Hereford is fixed for Sunday, the 26th, at Lambeth Palace Chapel. The Rev. A. Tighe Gregory, T. C. D., has been insti tuted to the vicarage of Bawdsey, in Suffolk. by the Lord Bishop at Norwich. Patron—the Lord Chancellor. Lord John Russell said on Friday night that it is not ii; r h-z e , h , ftt l e n u f r G at o . vernment to fill un the vacant stall in An address, signed by nearly all the tutors and lecturers at, Oxford, has been presented to the Hebdomadal Board, in favour of some extensive alterations in the present system of university examinations. The Rev. Dr. Ellerton, senior fellow of Magdalen Col lege, Oxford, has founded in the University of Durham, a scholarship of the value of £2l a year, to be held by a na tive of the north riding of Yorkshire. The Archbishop of Canterbury has been pleased to appoint Felix Knyvett, Esq., of the city of Chester, his secretary. Mr. Knyvett has filled the same office for the diocese of Chester for the last ten years. The stamp duty paid on the probate of the will of the late Archbishop of Canterbury was 1,5001., the personal estate of this venerable prelate having been valued for that purpose at 120,0001., which is exclusive of freeholds. His Grace has left the whole of his property absolutely to his wife. The Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, late Theological Tutor of Cheltenham:College,has been presented to the living of St. Werberg's, Derby, through the kind offices, we believe, of Mr. Strutt, M.P. for that city. The living is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and is worth, nett, £4OO a year. The Bishop of London consecrated the new church of St. Mark's, Shoreditch, on Thursday, making the thir teenth church entirely built by the Metropolitan Churches Fund —the whole of the seats are entirely free. On Satur day his lordship consecrated the new district church, dedicated to tie Holy Trinity, at Hoxton—it has two thousand sittings, all free. DURHAM.—RaIph Lindsay, Esq., has presented to the University of Durham the advowsons of the Rectory of Ickleford, and of the vicarage of Pirton, both in the county of Herts. The annual value of the two livings is understood to be about £6OO. Mr. Lindsay has already founded in the University a scholarship of £4O a year, to be held by a student educated at Durham grammar school. A scholar will be elected to fill that scholarship in Octo ber next. __- THE BIBLE SOCIETY. --011 Monday a deputation from the Bible Society waited on the Archbishop of Canter bury, to congratulate him on his elevation to the Primacy, and present him with an Imperial Quarto Bible. His Grace repli , xl as follows :—Gentlemen, I beg to express the satisfaction with which I receive your kind congratu lations on the high Ecclesiastical dignity to which in the Providence of God I have been called ; and I especially value youraddress, because it is accompanied by the present of that Book, to which I owe everything. Whatsoever I am as a man, or as a writer, or as a minister, that Book has made me ; and the only hope which I now entertain of realising the expectations of kind friends, and dis charging with any degree of faithfulness the duties which lie before me, depends upon the Bible ; for there I am • assured, that He who dispenses to men their respective stations on earth, will also give strength for the per formance of what those stations require. and together with the trial, will furnish grace to meet the trial. It may happen that the new circumstances in which I am placed may render me less able than I have been hitherto to attend the public meetings of your Society, to which I have been attached for more than forty years ; but nothing can change my opinion of the excellence of that Society, which will always find me faithful to its interests and anxious for its prosperity. And now, gentlemen, in bid ding you farewell, permit me to express, together with my thanks for your kind feelings towards me, an earnest prayer for your welfare, both spiritual and temporal. May you be guided through life by the principles of the Volume which yon have presented to me, and experience their support when everything else has lost its value. CONFIRMATION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. —On Friday morning the confirmation of the Right Rev. Dr. Sumner to the Archbishopric of Canterbury took place in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London. The Commissioners appointed were his Gr a ce the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Wm che3ter, Oxford, Rochester, St. Asaph, Peterborough, Chichester, St. David's, Bath and Wells, Ely, and . Lichfield. The Archbishop of York presided. The Archbishop Elect and the Bishops having put on their robes in the vestry, and the Advocates and Proctors, the V icar -General, the Registrar, with the other i officers having asse m bl e d, an d t h e A rc hbi s h op El e ct having con sented to the el ec ti on , th e y were c onducted into the church, where morning prayers were read by the Venera ble Archdeacon Hamilton, the Rector. The Right Rev. C ommissioners then proceeded from their pews to a table prepared for them near the chancel. The Proctor of the Arches Court prayed th a t the letters patent might be rand, which was accordingly done by the Registrar. After which the Lore Archbishop Elect took his seat at the cam confir mation li to p table, opposite to the President of the Commissions ; his Grace being presented to their Lordships by the Rector, who, at the same time, presented to their Lordships the original mandate, whereupon the President directed the APParitor (J. T. Barber, Esq.) to make proclamation o c n om a e ll fo p m ers .a o r i: i s an w d ho m e a l k io e u t l h d e o ir bj o ec b t je t c o ti t o l n ie s c.ionn(eiure form of law, and they would be heard. At this stage o f tile proceedings, a manifest sensation was produced 41,- • - The Arellish -l opoiVork then resit the several do _ :erwards signed by the Commis- sioners ne confirmation a: ..,o election, and the sen tence of confirmation baying been migncd by the Corcrwt ki"ersa the proceedings tenniziattcl. IRELAND. At a special meeting of the Dublin Corporation, on Tuesday, an address of congratulation to the French people was carried by a majority of 42 to 5. The priests, notwithstanding the rescript of the sacred college, continue to infest Conciliation-hall in great force. No fewer than eight were in attendance on Monday last. and of the £77 subscribed as rent, no less than £42 were contributed by priests. TULLAMOORE.—A letter, dated Tullamoore, March 11, received by a respectable lady in this town, states,—" I hope we may soon leave, before the troubles set in ; no thing is expected here but rebellion. The protestants who would not illuminate on the downfall of monarchy in France had their windows broken. LORD STANLEY AN EXCELLENT LANDLORD.—There are only two maiden ladies getting relief in Cogerg, Lord Stanley's estate, comprising 400 acres, and upwards, the people being in such comfortable condition that they do not require parochial relief. Strange to say all his ten antry are Roman Catholics. The Repeal Association have just issued another mani festo " to the People of Ireland," signed by Mr. Maurice O'Connell and Mr. Secretary Ray. This document con tains the average quantity of slang advice to abstain .from acts of outrage, to beware of Government spies, and not to be hurried into excesses " by the wild speeches or writ ings of any party whatsoever.' At Clonmel assizes, on Thursday, John Hayden was found guilty of the murder of William Crawley, a con stable, and on the following day John Brien was convicted of the murder of Honoria Boyle. They are both to be executed. At the time Brien was tried, his brother was convicted in another court of sheep stealing, and sen tenced to seven years transportation. The Countess of Clarendon, with a view to encourage the Irish poplin trade, has ordered a Dublin manufacturer to supply, from her own designs, a gold tissue dress, whi c h the intends to wear on St. P a t r i c k s night ; and she has also intimated a wish that all ladies who may attend the festivities at Dublin Castle on that occasion should wear dresses of Irish poplin. EXECUTION.—On Saturday week Daly, for the mur derous attack on R. U. Bally, Esq., and Corby, for the murder of Greeson, the Process-server, suffered the ex treme penalty of the law at Clonmel. All the prepara tions were made inside, previous to the appearance of the unfortunate men on the fatal drop ; they came out with the ropes fixed round their necks, and the caps on ; both appeared perfectly resigned to their fate, and penitent. The Conciliation Hall authorities are organising a great demonstration in honour of the successful insurgents of Paris. St. Patrick's-day has been fixed for simultaneous meetings throughout all Ireland ; and we may expect upon the day appointed a perfect hurricane of sedition from shore to shore. We presume that the next step will be to send deputations to tender fraternity to the revolu tionary government of France, and probably to invoke their sympathy for Ireland in return. • d • 'V% ..• REFORMATION IN DUBLIN.--Nine persons, including the Rev. James O'Sullivan, late a parish priest of the diocese of Kerry, and John Fitzgerald, Esq., renounced the errors of Popery, and received the Holy Communion on Sunday week in St. Thomas's Church, Dublin. The Rev. T. P. Magee, Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh, preached, and the Rev. Thomas Scott, with the efficient curates of the parish, assisted in the sacred services of the day. Each of the converts was presented with a handsome Bible and a copy of the Book of Common Prayer by the Priests' Protection Society. _ _ THE Marquess of Londonderry has been requested by a Meeting in Wexford (a county with which he has no connection) to present to the House of Lords a Petition on the subject of Tenant Right. His Lordship, in ac knowledging that he feels gratified by the selection, states his desire to see an honourable confidence prevailing between landlord and tenant, and says that on his estate this confidence exists, as well on the part of those who have not leases as of those who have, but adds that, though he will present the Petition, he "cannot go along with, or advocate the total measure" of its prayer, and doubts " whether the case is one which admits of legisla tive interference," INTERESTING SCENE.—On Thursday, the 24th ultimo, the interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a new castle, half-way between Glenarm and Cushendall, on the maternal estates of the Marchioness of London derry, took place in presence of a large assemblage of the tenantry and of the clergy and gentry of the neighbour , hood. The site selected is amid the grandest natural scenery of the romantic coast of Antrim, close to the ancient fort of Dunmall, on the well-known headland of Garron Point, whose bold white cliffs stand perpendicular to the sea. The Marquis of Londonderry, accompanied by his noble lady, went with an escort of carriages and horse men to the ground, where the neighbouring farmers had been previously collected. Her ladyship then caused the stone to be lowered, and with her own hand assisted in its adjustment. PINE LANGITAGE. — Under the head of " Waterford," the United Irishman remarks,—" A correspondent writ ing yesterday says, the tricolor is flying from the parapet of the Wolfe Tone Club in great glee! " The correspon dent adds, " I am burning to be up with you, we must bring matters to a crisis; " If the tricolor instead of " flying with great glee," should only hang, we wonde r whether the " correspondent " would "burn to be up with it " in order to undergo the same pleasant operation We must conclude, however, with our Irish friend—" Now is the time ; if not, we shall appear in the valley of Jeho sophat, still biding our time." We hope, for his sake, that now is the time. We should be sorry to have him wait in " the valley of Jehosophat," biding its coming. The tricolor would no doubt float "in great glee" when he got out of so dull a valley. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The attendance at Monday's meptine ao ~..dcd as vu that day week, and the proceedings partook of the same character, being oc cupied wholly with reference to the late triumph of revo lutionary principles in Paris, and exhortations to Irishmen to embrace the ' glorious opportunity " of delivering their country. The duties of the chairman were divided be tween the Lord Mayor, who presided at the opening of the meeting, and Mr. John O'Connell. Mr. Maurice O'Connell was also present, and, with several other speakers, addressed the meeting. During the observa tions of a Mr. Hyland, of Kilkenny, an amusing mock fight was got up between the " leader " and the speaker, who, referring to the probability of a French invasion, said if such an event were to happen be knew whom the people of Ireland would assist. He was immediately called to order, and Mr. J. O'Connell indignantly threat ened to leave the chair if such sentiments were expressed. After considerable tumult, Mr. Hyland retired from the meeting, and order was restored. The rent for the week was announced to be £77 13s. Bd. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. ---- Seven arches on the Ardwic*k Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway fell in on Wednesday morning. This branch was in course of construction. The damage done to the engine, carriages, &c., by the accident on the Caledonian Railway, will exceed £2,000. Mr. Thomas Wright, of the establishment of Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P., will shortly proceed to Barcelona, in Spain, with engines, carriages, tools, materials, &c., for working the first railway in that country. The Great North of England, Clarence, and Hartlepool Railway, and the Hartlepool Dock Companies, have autho rized the leasing of their concerns to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Company received their report announcing that the Conway tube had been safely floated to its destination, and that the line for the entire distance to Holyhead, saving the passage of the Menai Straits, might be ready by the Ist of May. The directors were authorised to subscribe to the Steam-boat Company. DELAY OF A MAIL TRAIN. Considerable anxiety prevailed in Liverpool on Tue day morning, in consequence of the non-arrival, until about four hours after the usual time, of the early mail-train from London. The delay was occasioned by the upsetting of a luggage train from the south, containing heavy iron girders, about nine miles on the other side of Crewe, and both lines of rail became so blocked up in consequence that the mail train could not pass, and had to wait the arrival of the 6 30 up-train from Liverpool, when the mail, passengers, and luggage were transferred from one train to the other. TRANSMISSION OF MONEY BY RAILWAY.—At the last meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mr. Chubb exhibited an iron box for the transmission of money, bul lion, &c., on railways. A wrought-iron box, lined throughout with hard steel plates, is locked down at the terminus to a strong iron plate in the guard's carriage. - The-key of this lock, and also the key by which access can alone be obtained to the interior, is kept at the prin cipal terminus by the officer who has charge of the cash. Each station-master is provided with a key, which opens a small lid at the top ; when he has money to send, he un locks the lid, places his bag of money or parcel in an open drum underneath, moves a handle which turns the drum, and the cash is dropped inside. Before lie is able to take out his key, he must move the drum back and see that the money is gone. It will be observed that he cannot leave the lid unlocked. When the box arrives at the terminus, it is unlocked from the frame, taken into the office, and placed on a similar frame there. The cash-keeper only can, with his key, then get access to the money. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC TION RAILWAY. —The following letter has been sent to us in reference to a statement made at the recent meeting of this company : " According to the pblished reort of the meetin of the Birkenhead, Lancashire r u and.Cheshipre Junction Railway Cm pany, Mr. Lloyd, the solicitor to the company, in answer to a question relating to .t'55,000 lent by the Directors to the Bir kenhead Dock Company, stated, that the transaction took place before lie became solicitor to the railway company. It being well known that prior to Mr. Lloyd's appointment our firm held that office, it h as b een inferred, and considering the im portance of the transaction, not unreasonably, that Mr. Mal laby or myself were cognizant of it, and advised the directors as to its legality, I therefore lost no time in writing to Mr. Mal laby to ascertain what h e k new of the matter. Owing to his being in France I have but just received his answer, which is, that he wag totally ignorant of the loan until after the first meeting of shareholders under the amalgamation bill had taken place. As to where or how the loan was made lie is still quite in the dark. Had lie known it, he would at that meeting have strongly protested against it. I have only to add that my own ignorance on the subject was and is equal to that of Mr. Mal lab). am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. TOWNAND, Liverpool, March 7, 1848. For :Wallaby and Self. RAILWAY " SPRINKLER."—On the Stonington rail way they carry a " sprinkler,'! for the purpose of watering the track and road bed, thereby diminishing the friction of the cars upon the track, preventing the boxes and jour nals from being heated, by keeping away the dust, pre serving the paint and varnish by not having to clean the cars so often, relieving the passengers from great annoy ance, and taking from the brakesmen a large share of their labour at the through stations. This improvement has horn fnily tts.af x 2,1 . vcuaa 11.4,3 y it-ntru tor the past two months upon the road, nod found to be popular with travellers. It requires about 2,000 gallons for the Stonington road (47i miles.) The machine io attachochtu the train behind the uaaal water. March 14, 1841t6 tank, and is under the control of the engine-man by rope attached to a valve which he shuts and opens at plea sure. When it is in operation not r particle of dust ap pears inside or outside of the cars. In warm anddry ther the car windows can be left open without objection• This is a useful invention where there are tracts running through sandy districts.—Providence Journal. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.—THE Nat OF THE GAUGES.— RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES.-1"'" half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this Company; adjourned a second time from the 4th instant, was hew on Saturday, at Birmingham. It will be recollected that the object of the last adjournment was to receive the re sult of the negotiations stated to be in progress between the dissentient shareholders of the Birmingham and Oi" ford 'Company and the directors of the Great Western, founded upon the propositions made by Mr. Dobie, solicitor to the former body. After a long discussion. Mr. Mozley moved "that the Great Western Company be forthwith formally called upon to deliver to the share holders of this company who have paid their calls, the securities now due to them under the agreement of the 12th of Nov., 1846, and in all other respects to . carry out that agreement, and that Mt. Dobie write to them 11 ,-. quiring their compliance with such demand within one week from t'ns date." This resolution was carried, and the meeting was adjourned to the 23rd instant, at the Adelpbi Hotel, Liverpool. After this meeting, an ad jOurned special meeting was held, to consider a bill .to en able the company to make deviation lines from Leaming ton to Warwick, &c. A resolution, moved by Mr• Mozley, that the bill should be opposed, was, carried, of was another, •that the present solicitors of the company be no longer employed, but that Messrs. Colmore and Beale be retained as such. This meeting was also ad o urned to the smile day and place as the other. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. LINCOLN.—The parliamentary committee litive report ed that Mr. Charles Seely was not duly elected for this borough, on account of bribery. Mr. humtrey, the eminent Queen's Counsel, is about to oppose Mr. Hobhouse, at Lincoln, with every chance of success. • CARLISLE ELncrtoN.--On Monday the committee de clared the election of Mr. Dixon, for Carlisle, to be void, on the ground that he was a government contractor at the time it took place ; and that Mr. Hodgson's' election. for the same place was void, on account of bribery by hill agents. LYME REGIS.—In the House of Commons o, Tuesdap Lord Ashley, as chairman of the Lyme Regis Electiop Committee, reported to the house that Mr.'Alidy, the sitting member, had been duly elected. The committee also made a 'special report, complaining that Mr: Attwood had been in the habit of bribing the electors who would vote for any candidate he might recommend. They, therefore, recommended that a law might be passed tip better securing the freedom of e l ec ti on of members of parliament. BEWDLEY ELECTION COMMITTEE.—The committee have declared that Mr. Ireland was not duly elected for the borough of Bewdley. That it was proved to the com mittee that Edward Price was bribed in the sum of Xlh by James Banks, an agent of the said Mr. Ireland; butit was not proved that the act of bribery was committed with the knowledge or consent of the said. Mr. Ireland. That the said Mr. Ireland, by his agents, was guilty of treating the electors for the purpose of corruptly influencing them. KINSALE ELECTION.-At the nomination on Thursday the show of hands was declared in favour of Mr. 'Hawes,' and a poll was demanded in favour of Lord Clinton. At night, about fifty fellows armed with bludgeons, assaulted the house of a man named Sisk, in which it was known that some of Lord Clinton's humbler supporters were located for protection. Having broken in the door the,. dragged out three of them and carried them off. Imme diately after Mr. Fitzsimons, the conducting agent of hie lordship, had informatio ns sworn b e f ore a justice of the peace, and having got the aid of the military and police,: recovered the parties " kidnapped," and again placed them in Sisk's house, which was defended by troops. Tha polling was to take place on Saturday. The result WO give in another column. FREE TRADE ANl;lEPUBLlCANlSM.—Reptiblicanism and Free Trade do n 't appear to comport exactly in France- It will be noticed that the English labourers on the rail way, and the English workers in the mills, have been mi• ceremoniously dismissed from their employment. The supremacy of home industry has been rather widely vindi cated amidst the revolutionaryfuror. No fraternisation has been evinced, so far as labour is concerned—no pro pagandism if we except the re-diffusion of the labourers' in the, old localities as unemployed paupers. _This act was exceedingly mean, heartless, and unworthy, consider ing our hospitality to foreigners, and levelling 'principle. where they are concerned. It is with much justice the Standard remarks on this soleti=m, under the regime 0 republicanism :—" It is perfectly di sgrace f u l to the Gn• - vernment of France and to the people of France, tha multitudes of poor men, invited to the country to add to its convenience and its wealth, should be driven out, naked and penniless, lik e repelled invaders, as the English labourers have been, and this at a time when every third shop in London is (thanks to free trade) filled with the produce of French labour. This, however, must soon have an end, and its end w ill b e th e en d o f " free trade .' THE RASCALITY OF THE RADICALS.—We are mom anxious to impress upon our readers the fact, the'cliselo sure of which appears the most important result of the recent inquiry. That the Radicals bribed we were well aware, so that the proof of that was no "disclosure" te, us. however it may h ave b een to such simple-minded. persons as believe in the purity of Liberalism. W e ,~erg not prepaied. however, for proof so positive of the infe" mous practices which appear to have been resorted ;to br the Radicals for the purpose of falsely proving what they. perceived they could not truly prove—the commission of bribery on the part of the Conservatives. It is clear, from the evidence of their own witnesses, that the " Li berals " resorted to the treacherous practice of trying some treating or bribery in the name of their opponent*. and tried bribery again t o i n d uce t h e parties to stick ' ~ to the stories so shamefully trumped up. ComMent were superfluous ; the facts speak for themselves. What other inference can be drawn from the unanimous decision that bribes had been proved, but not-against Mr. Bolling or his agents ? We declare our conviction that. the whew history of electioneering iniquity never exhibited anr thing so nefarious and infamo us as t h e proceedings of tee " Liberals" at the last election.—Bolton Chronicle. SATOF TRAE. MANCHESTER.—Ou T r m a r ket during D the present week has been in a most unsatisfactory condition, there having been an almost total suspension of business for the continent. The ex treme depression to which we alluded on Tuesday, produced by apprehensions regarding the present political movements in France and other countries, as well as by the monetary diffi culties prevailing in various parts of Europe, continues undi minished. Continental shippers are operating only for imme diate and pressing orders, and these operations are confined W the narrowest possible limits. The cessation in the giving of continental orders thus removing from the markets one the most important classes of buyers, the consequence•is a de gree of stagnation which throws a general gloom over the dis trict. In the pres en t s t ate of the market, nothing like a defi nite statement can be made regarding prices, which are veil fluctuating and irregular. Many producers show no disposi tion to make any material concession, believing that as politi cal excitement abates, confidence will be restored, and tradn again revive. The Greek buyers who a few weeks ago we!' operating freely, are now limiting their purchases very consi derably. The home trade, although somewhat better than it was some weeks since, is yet far from being satisfactory , considering the advanced state of the season. A very . great di minution in the employment of factory hands seems inevitable, from the present aspect of our commercial affairs. ROCHDALE.—The flannel market this week was better at: tended. Several manufacturers sold more goods than for severs; weeks past. Prices for both goods and Wool are much tha same as usual. LEEDS.—The woollen trade of this town and neighbourhood remains in a somewhat inanimate state. Speculation appears completely discarded both by merchants and mantifacturers and the latter do the largest portion of their business to order. We may add, however, that although little is doing either in the. home or the foreign t ra d e, pr i ces are steadily maintained, and there are no heavy stocks of goods on hand. BRADFORD. —Wool: There continues great tininess on the part of the buyers. Noils and brokes are only made in limited quantity, and command full prices. Yarns: The demand 1! steadily on the increase, with very reduced stocks on hand, and those of numbers no t i n i mme di ate request. Pieces : W S cannot remark any marked improvement. The recent revolu tion in France, and the nisturbances in London and Glasgow, have engrossed the attention of the merchants, who appear dis posed to pause till things have assumed a more steady aspse t ' as it is yet too early to buy for any but the spring season, which is not usually of great moment so far as quantity is concerned. HALE FAX.—Pteces : Our market this day has been veil nearly at a stand ; scarcely anything doing anti w very - few Inir ers attending. Yarns still continue in the same languid state. Wool very quiet, but much the same in price. we H e zo a n n u ci a x s o F t i a EtD a . v — er l ag l son of the year. Prices are without any alteration. .. • Le u h . a uzi s b t e o e i n bus a Lerastdhoinne„mboarrkibete sew thio Now' NG HA .—Lace: There have been but few salei effeetto this week, and those of small amount. The home demand aP pears to remain in the same inactive rtwe as for a long 07 past. Passing political events w ill not tend to its reviVa,s; Some foreign orders are in course of execution, for the Leipei' fair; others have bee n suspended, or are countermanded until confidence is restored. The vital interests of the people enge ged in every department of trade, including those of the arti; zans themselves, are now depending upon the maintenance 01_ peace abroad and quiet at home. Any serious interruption either, would so injure or destroy credit as to withdraw the means necessary for giving regular employment to the open: tive classes. It is fortunate that there is not much surpit stock in this market ; yet prices are so unprofitable as to induvw a less rather than a larger production. Hosiery : There is lit tle change to notice in the trade, since our last, although tsu hear, on some aides, talk of a slight improvement; but the must be very partial, and confined to a few particular goods, se we cannot learn that there is any improvement to warrant tbe giving out of more work. On the contrary, there is still, eveP at this period of the y ear ( w h ic h ought to be the busiest), evel l disposition to curtail and reduce stocks on hand, because, for the present, our trade will have to depend upon the home met; kets, and these are in a very stagnant state, with a deman d _, scarcely sufficient t 3 car r y off' even the small of sew" . _ now producing. LEICESTER.—The home demand continues in the same dui/ state as it has been for some time, and there has scarcely be l anything done in the war e h ouses. Th e French revolution, an the failure of several large continental houses, has put sre o P:i plete stop to our European trade, and we do not as yet beat, / any American orders having arri v ed. Th ere i s b ut little doi in yarns; spi nners complain of not being able to obtain c. price at the rate th ey must g i ve for wools. Forced sales lit made at extreme low rates. Wools continue steady, witbor alteration in price. GLASGOW. —The riots, in th e ear li er part of th i s wee k, had the effect of literally suspending business • and, althougb_t prehensions of their renew a l no l onger exist,' our market has 1, no means recovered from the interruption. It would apl.7; that the present co n di t i on o f France, a and its possible or pro b-. results, are extensively r egar d e d in very favourable aspect" merchants here and on the co n ti nent. B us i ness with Gernir Holland, Italy, and the Medi terranean is almost suspenufa ; and every post, so far from bringing its usual list of orders. manufactured goods, convey s recommendations to cance l , possible. orders in process of execution. In other respcets r" ;ii, more settled anti hopeful f ee li ng continues to gain grai' The country trade inc r e ases as the season advances, and the is now somewhat more activity in the wholesale wareb en nn ie A fair amount of business has been done this week, soy staple descriptions of grey cloths, the calico printers beints, 4 o principal purchasers. Prices of goods remain without ma.t_e o ,'" v y, alteration. In cotton wool, spinners operate very sPa" l " t r e s, and a deCtine of about id. per pound may be quoted this iv, :ima Money is plentiful, and the rate of discount fee approved r " continue s at five per cent.