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r ICE CONSTANTLY ON SALE AT THOS. PORTER'S SALMON VAULTS, No. I. ST. JOHN'S FISH MARKET, AT ONE PENNY PER POUND. riIHOMAS DISMORE, SILVERSMITH, 35, BOLD STP.RET, LIVERPOOL. PLATE: LONDON-MADE SPOONS and FORKS at London Prices, name l y , Fiddle pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; King's pattern, 7s. 4'l. per ounce. The following are weights recommended, but may be bad lighter or heavier : FIDDLE PATTERN. Oz. S. d. £ s. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 .10 15 0 12 Dessert Ditto 20 .. 7 2.• . . 7 3 4 12 Table Forks 3O .. 7 2. • ..10 15 0 12 Dessert Ditto 20 .. 7 2 .... 73 4 2 Gravy Spoons —lO.. 7 2.• 311 8 1 Soup Ladle lO .. 7 2 .... 3 11 8 4 Sauce Ditto lO .. 7 8 ... 3 16 8 12 Tea Spoons 10 .. 7 8 •• .• 3 16 8 1 Pair of Sugar Tongs ••••••••."'.O 15 0 4 Salt Spoons .................... 1 0 0 1 Fish Slice ...................... 2 10 0 Silver Tea and Coffee Service s and the best Silver-edged Plated Goods, &c. &c. &c. If for Exportation, a drawback of is. 6d. per Ounce on Silver Goods. NORTH UNION RAILWAY. FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. SIR THOMAS D. lIESK ETH, BART. IN THE CHAIR REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. TN laying before the Caere' Meeting of the proprietors an _IL account of their proceedings during the last year, the directors have first to express their regret that the present state of the works does not realise the expectation of their entire completion at this time, confidently entertained by the engineer and themselves up to the period of the last re port. The unusually long and severe frosts of last winter interrupted all progress whatever for an altogether unex pected length of time, and these were succeeded by such wet inclement days and stormy nights as made it often impossible to keep the men on the works, and even subsequently and up to the present time almost tropical rains and storms have repeatedly deluged the country, washine down the newly formed slopes, scouring out 'the fresh-laid ballasting, and by keeping the heavy clay bottoms of the deep excavatious and cuttings in a state of constant puddle, greatly adding to the difficulties of working. The Directors, however, conceive that they only do justice to their principal contractors, Messrs. Mullins and M‘Mahon, in stating, generally that notwithstanding the impediments briefly explained, they have made great and highly creditable exertions to keep the time to which they pledged and bound themselves for the execution of the works in their hands, the 31st of July last, and that they express deep concern at their want of success. On the first of their contracts, the Ribble, crossing the valley south of Preston, the bottom of the deep cutting through Penwortham was cleared about the latter end of June, though slips in the slopes of the excavation rendered this work extremely tedious; and the dressing off of these slopes, and the ballasting and completing the per manent way is now proceeding very satisfactorily, and with as much activity as the great demand for bands at this season will allow,—the progress of this part of the work being ma terially assisted by a logomotive eng ine, provided b y the contractors, and used on the temporary lines. In noticing the state of the Ribble Viaduct, the Directors only wish they could bear as satisfactory testimony to its progress, as they can to the excellence of the workmanship and to the general appearance of strength and stability, which charac terises the whole of this magnificent structure. Four arches, however, of one hundred and twenty feet span are now keyed, and confident expectations are held out by the en gineers that the fifth and last may be keyed by the end of this month, and the spandrills and parapets are proceeding so as to be completed at the same time. The Directors must state their opinion that on the next contract, the Yarrow, Mr. Mackenzie has been guilty of in excusable delay and negligence in the performance of his en gagements, and though a considerable portion of the line, viz. that part extending from Leyland to the north of the Yarrow Valley, is completed and finished off, it is evident that the whole of this contract, notwithstanding the unfa vourable season, might have been completed had the work been carried on with proper energy; and, in consequence, the Directors last month determined to put in force the powers of the contract against Mr. Mackenzie, in order to compel, in this manner, a more speedy progress. This was especially requisite as regards the timber viaduct over the Yarrow Valley, which the fall of the culvert over that river in October last has rendered necessary, and as it was ad mitted by the contractor himself that all the legal conse quences of this unfortunate occurrence strictly attached to him, and the Directors notwithstanding deemed it advisable and right to consent at once to a liberal and amicable settle ment with him, in the hope of securing, by his promised activity and exertion, the compl etion of this contract at the stipulated time, lie is certainly not now entitled to any fur ther indulgence. 'l'he steps taken have already been effectual where increased activity and progress were most wanted, and the Directors will not fail to continue their best efforts, and to employ the most decided measures. if needful, to pre vent any delay in the opening of the line arising from this contract. On the Douglas contract, looking at the quantity of work to be done when it came into the hands of Messrs, Mullins and M'Mahon, the Directors consider that the progress has been on the whole good, although the late unfavourable sea son has of course materially retarded these works, notwith standing the unwearied and persevering attention which has been given to them. The masonry, with the exception of the bridge over the Chorley turnpike road, of which the arch is now turned, is nearly all finished, and the only work left of any consequence is the bottom lift of the excavation near this bridge, which a week or two of fine weather will enable the contractors to run with ease into the embankment at Chapel-lane bridge; when the whole of the permanent way will be soon entirely completed. A tedious and rather expensive operation has been going forward on the line south of Wigan, viz., raising it for a con siderable distance to the level requisite to effect the junction of the two lines in Wigan : but this has now been effected, and without stopping or in any degree interrupting the traffic in either passengers or goods. The double line of Railway between Wigan and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at Parkside has also been c ompleted, with one trifling excep i, ifei9tlA/W h iTaO i e li aru s se a lil Le e fg a n t eniid u tgrul branch line to the important coal fields at New Springs in the township of Aspull, and they are prepared to open it to the public simultatifously with the main lines to Preston. In concluding this account of the progress of the works since the last annual meeting, the Directors must repeat the expression of their great regtet that it has not been found practicable to secure the very larg e revenue which the pas senger tra ffi c of this summer would have afforded; although the probable delay is not. nearly so great as has often, not to say almost always, occurred in works of similar extent and without the same grounds of excuse. 'They see no reason to doubt the assurances they receive of such a rate of prog ress in the little that is still left unfinished as shall render it both practicable and perfectly safe to open the whole line to Pres ton about the latter end of next mouth; and in order to se cure this object the proprietors may be assured that every possible exertion will be made on their part and that of the engineering department. In every other respect the Directors will be fully prepared, immediately on the completion of the Railway, with all that is requisite for the most active proceedings in the Carrying Departments. As regards Passengers, their views have been cordially met by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Company and their able and experienced Treasurer; and a plan of joint operations has been devised, by which all the incon venience and delay at present complained of at the Parkside Junction, will be entirely removed, and the conveyance of the passengers may be accomplished in a mode as complete and efficient, as sate and economical. Each Company shall, it h a s been agreed, find the moving power on its own line, (an arrangement the expediency and advantages of which the Directors think experience will soon demonstrate) and each Company will find its own proportion of the carriages; all which will be conveyed uninterruptedly through between Preston, Wigan, Liverpool, Manchester, and the regular intermediate stopping places. In conformity with this ar rangement, contracts with builders in Lancaster and Pres ton were entered into during the past year, for an adequate supply of first and second-class Railway Carriages, of the most approved and complet e descri p tion, and at the same time the Liverpool and Manchester Company commenced building their proportion exactly similar in plan and appear ance. Most of these, and the Horse-boxes and Lurries for gentlemen's carriages, are now ready for delivery, and the Directors are happy to be enabled to say that they cannot speak too highly of the manner in which both sets of car riages have been executed, and that they will all, they be lieve, be found fully equal in workmanship and materials, as well as appearance, to any that have y et been secured by Railway Companies. The plan of Locomotive Engine which was, alter a great deal of disc ussion and in q uir y , at length adopted by the Board, is the same in all respects as that which is working so satisfactorily on the London and Birmingham Railway; and all the machinery has been con structed, as it was for that Company, under the superintend ahce and res p ons ibility of their contractor for p o w e r , Mr. Bury. In this most important department, also the Direc tors sincerely congratulate the Proprietors upon the effici e:rcy and p er f ect i on o f execu ti on w hi c h has been thus secured; . Bury's reports stating that the whole of their ample sup ply of passeng er-engines hay been which are all now nearly rea d y for deliver • Lave executed throughout in the most satisfac tory manner, and that no part of the machinery exhibits th ose failures and imperfections. which inevitably occurred at first, from want of sufficient skill an d experience on the part of some of the manufacturers „ • but which have occasioned so much in convenience and loss to all other Companies. Complete Sta tion Buildings, both at Preston and Wigan, with comfortable and ample waiting-rooms, offices, and every other accommo dation for passengers; alaaiTa and s ecure substantial carriage -house; and beildings for the re p in use--have been plan n ed, and wil l deposit of engines not entirely completed; when arrangeme nts e must of them soon be t are made for at once furnishing them in the most comp le te and e effi : ient manner, 8. h with- all the requisite tools, implements Dire ctors are in communication with the Liyerpoosotl convenient let Manch e stert Company relative to fixing up o n the m to the public for the de p arture of trains on t h e opening othtuhres entire line; when the time at present occupied in the journey between Preston and Liverpool and Manchester will be at once reduced to considerably less than one-half; an hour and a half being, the Directors anticipate, sufficient for their first class trains to perform it with uniform regularity and punctu ality. Arrangements are also completed with the leading Pro prietors of the North Coaches; and as soon as the entire opening of the Loudon and Birming ham Railway (which w!ll probably take place about the same time as that of the North Union Railway) shall have finally decided the hours of the Railway travelling to and from the South, the Directors will immediately confer with the Directors of the Grand Junction Company, as to the best arrangements for an efficient com munication with their trains. This last-mentioned branch of the North Union passenger traffic, has been shown, by the experience of the last few weeks, to be considerably larger in amount and value, than the most sanguine calculations had anticipated. With regard to the conveyance of Goods, arrangements have been made for placing this branch of the business, on a scale of mutually equitable tolls, in the hands of an experi encedwho has provided himself with carrier, Mr- argreavee, a sufficient supply of engines, waggons, &c., to enable him to carry it on very extensively, and of whose activity, and long established connexions, the Company will thus at once have the benefit. In consequence of Mr. Hargreaves' views of the extent to which this branch of the traffic may be carried, his conviction of which is sufficiently shown by his willingness to become liable to heavy aedinereased warehouse rents, the Directors have been induced to erect larger warehouses, both at Preston and Wigan, than they had at one time contem plated, and complete and suitable arrangements for an exten sive goods traffic will be shortly ready at both these places. Nothing but a conviction, founded upon experience, of the good policy and ultimate economy in providing thus amply and liberally for the carrying department in all its branches, and of securing, at whatever expense it may require, the most perfect and substantial execution of every part of the works connected with Railways, would have induced the Directors to incur any expense beyond the estimates (amounting in all to £480,000) for which they stated their expectation of com pleting and bringing into operation the North Union Rail way and its branches, &c., a total length of twenty-five miles. When, however, the Proprietors are informed that their Rail way, with all the arrangements and provisions - above men tioned. will still be completed for an expended capital of little more than half a million, for less than one half' the total cost per mile of the Liverpool and Manchester and London and Birmingham Railways, the Directors think this small increase of outlay will not be grudged or considered unwarranted. It must also be borne in mind that not only is the traffic in pas sengers and merchandize of all descriptions thus fully and li berally provided for in Preston and Wigan, but that all the costly complete stations and entrances into Liverpool and Manchester, of this latter Railway are secured to the North Union traffic on the fair and equitable terms agreed upon with that Company, upon the system of mutual co-operation and exchange which has been described. Since the last general meeting of the Proprietors, the con tracts of the works of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway have all been let, and measures taken to ensure a speedy completion of this valuable ally, and important further extension towards the north of the great westerly line of Rail way communication between England and Scotland. Two other sources of traffic, the Preston and Wyre, and the Long ridge Railways, also appear to be fastadvancing towards com pletion, and when opened for public use cannot fail to prove feeders to the North Union Railway. The act to give au thority to the arrangements made last year with the Bolton and Preston Railway Company, and which agreement was particularly described in the last report of this Company, has now received the sanction of Parliament; having been at length rendered by that Company strictly conformable in its Provisions to the terms of this agreement, which was very far from being the case when in the form in which it was first in troduced into the House of Commons and printed. It au thorises a line of Railway between Bolton, Chorley, and Euston upon the North Union Railway; and it provides this Company in a very satisfactory manner with a Railway coin munication with the Lancaster Canal north of the Ribble Valley; an arrangement of great importance previously to the completion of the Lancaster Railway, and which appears likely ta lead ultimately to the whole of the north and south traffic, both by Canal and Railway, passing over a certain portion of the North Union Line, and of course contributing an important addition to its income. Having thus called attention to the varied and certain sources of valuable traffic from which the income of the North Union Railway will be derived, and to the further improve ment in its prospects during the past year, the Directors think it necessary to repeat the opinion they have always entertained and so often already expressed on this subject ;—as its cor rectness will now be ascertained in a very few weeks by the surest of all tests, that of actual experience of the capabilities and resourses of this important undertaking. A balance sheet, made up to the 30th of June last, and au dited by two of the Directors, is laid on the table, in conform ity with the 154th section of the Act of Parliament. THOMAS D HESKETH, Chairman. Liverpool, 3rd Anyust, 1838. RESOLUTIONS. The Advertisement calling the Meeting having been read, The Annual Account of Receipts and Expenditure, made up to the 30th June last, and regularly audited, was submit ted to the Meeting. The Report of the Directors to the Proprietors having been read, Moved by Mr. MOON, seconded by Mr. JOHN CROPPER, Jun., and Resolved,—That the Report now read be adopted and printed, and a copy seat to each Proprietor. In consequence of remarks having been made by one of the Proprietors upon the conduct of Mr. Earle, one of the Direc tors of this Company, it was moved by Mr. JOHN CROPPER, Jun., seconded by Mr. DANIEL MATHER, and Resolved unanimously,—That this Meeting cordially ap proves of Mr. Earle's conduct, and that the Proprietors de sire to express to him their thanks for his attention in the in terests of the undertaking, and their full confidence in him as a Director. The Secretary announced that pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the following Gentlemen cease to be Directors this day, viz, :—Mr. RATHBONE, Mr.E.CROPPER, and Mr. BEVAN. Moved by Mr. JOHN CROPPER, Jun., seconded by Mr. ROBINSON, That T H EORODE W. RATH BONE, Esq, EDWARD CROPPER, Esq., and REECE BEVAN, Esq., be re elected, and that they are duly elected by this Meeting, Di rectors of the North Union Railway. Moved by Mr. Hoßm3y, seconded by Mr. EWART, and Resolved,--That these Resolutions be printed and circula ted with the Report among the Proprietors, and also in the usual Liverpool and Preston Newspapers, and Wigan Ga zette. (Signed) THOMAS D. HESKETH, Chairman. Moved by Mr. J. MATHER, seconded by Mr. ROBERT MATHER, That the thanks of this Meeting are justly due to the Chair man and Directors for their unwearied attention to the inter ests of the Company. 113ROFESSOR SWEDOUR'S HYGEIAN HERB PILLS, for the effectual extirpation of every species and symptom of the SYPHILITIC DISEASE, and the disorders arising from improper treatment. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, at No. 42, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each. Warranted not to contain COPAIBA, CUB EBS, or any deleterious ingredient. *** With each Box is given a Treatise on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weak ness &c. &c., containing hints worth knowing by those who are, or have been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating malady. Dr.'DAVIESON continues to direct his attention to those disorders arising from the too free and indiscriminate in dulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numer ous train of nervous affections, but also entails on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age. In that distressing state of debility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigor ous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men , who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con stitution. When the great Doctor Swedour became Pro fessor at Leyden University, he conferred au invaluable be nefit upon mankind by the discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deplorable complaint. Never did a dis covery excite a greater sensation, it *as sought after with avidity, and used with undeviating success in the most , minute and intricate cases of the delicate complaint, for the cure of which they have been so long celebrated. The fame of these Pills throug.hout Germany, caused their speedy in troduction into almost every country. The certainty with ,e dernietevAttfa.Thiit (at IfiIWAY was entertained. What medicine can be more appropriate than that which has given such general satisfaction ? The ygeian Herb Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the different functions of the body expelling the grosser hu mours, and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and un equalled powers. They neither contain mercury uorany other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery—they require no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Hygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the dfsease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. The deplor able state in which many persons have been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it impera tively necessary to caution the public against that dangerous mineral when injudiciously administered. These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea and land, and ought never to be omitted by . any person going a long voyage or journey, their properties are such that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or pre vent the due effects on the constitution. Dr. Davieson will attend daily at his residence, from Eight in the morning until Ten at night, (on Sundays from Nina till Two,) where he gives advice to all applicants taking any ()ibis preparations, WITHOUT A FEE. Letters (post-paid) enclosing a remittance, answered by return, and Medicines punctually transmitted to any ad dress either by initials or name,. No. 42, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire arrived at Chatsworth louse from London, on Friday, the 27th ult. The company of proprietors of the Great Western steam ship, from Bristol to America, have called a public meeting, for the purpose of increasing their capital to such an amount as will enable them to place several similar steamers upon the station.—Bath Gazette. A gentleman having lately taken the wrong seat iu one of the railroad carriages, was presently accosted by the rightful owner with " I beg your pardon, sir, but lam 80." " Are you indeed ?" said the intruder, I should not have thought —but I find I am myself 79," and immediately moved to the nest seat so numbered. HINTS TO MEDICAL MEN.—At Moscow no natives act in the capacity of apothecaries, this being a profession entirely confined to Germans. To prevent medicines being improper ly made, and mistakes on the part of the ignorant and care less, of which many fatal instances occur in England, par ticularly in giving oxalic acid for Epsom salts, so soon as it is known that any medicine has been made up wrong, the shop where it was prepared is shut up by the police. Every pre scription received by an apothecary is retained by him, entered in a book, and, for greater security, a ticket is also given with the medicine, addressed to the person ,for whom it is intended, explaining its nature, the name of the physician, and the exact time when it was sent to the invalid. This is a prudent regulation, and similar measures of precaution ought to he adopted in England, or enforced by legislative enactments, as it would prevent impositions as well as acci dents. Something worthy of imitation may always be found even among those nations who are least of all to be copied generally, and in other respects anything but models of con duct. Even the Turks are to be commended for a marked humanity to all animals, and who might cause many who claim the character of christians to blush for their neglect of a virtue practised by infidels. - • A NUPTIAL ENVOY IN CIRCASSIA.--I Could nOtSUffiCient lv admire the courteous bearing of the fine youth who had been delegated by his brother to conduct his bride to her fu ture home. He leaped from his horse, and, after respect fully saluting her, in a manner that would have done honour to any one of the most gallant knights of the middle ages, drew his sword, and proceeded to make a long, and I dare say eloquent, oration ; but, as, it underwent a double transla tion, I have no doubt its force and spirit were proportionately injured. He commenced by praising her beauty, comparing her eyes to diamonds, her cheeks to the roses of Arianoi, (Persia,) and her form to the graceful antelope. Neither did he forget to eulogize the virtues and bravery of the bride groom, t h h i e s e b e r , u )t r h a e g r e — e t f h e ti number t s o e f fenweanriliieksehcelehnasdmslain iwhon called him lord, the fertility of the country she was about to ado was to as mi e v t a r s e t s e flocks e andk r s he n turning herds o f t whichhe point e i she of he his sword alternately to th e f our quarter's of the globe, swore he would protect her safely till he could deliver her to his brother, even at the sacrifice of his life and of the lives of his escort, should it become necessary—a declaration responded to by the whole band with loud acclamations.—Spencer's Travels in Western Caucasus. A MULL CANDLESTIiK, 50 YEARS AGO.—At a funeral in the island of Mull, about 50 years ago, a considerable assem blage of the gentlemen of the country attended. A large barn was prepared as the sleeping place. A row or range of beds was made on both sides of the barn—hay and straw eovere with blankets, and each gentleman, as begot drunk, was car ried to bed by p er sons in attendance for the purpose. There was present aDr. Maclean, a medical gentleman, remarkable, in those days, for his sobriety and great decorum of conduct. Finding he had taken as much wine as was good for him, he proceeded to the great bed-room, (the barn,) holding in his hand a lighted candle. He knew that his berth was next to the person who had last been carried out. Having no candle stick, he looked around him for some convenient place in which to fix the stump which he held in his band. The only place which he could find was the ear of the friend'who lay drunk and asleep in the berth next to him. He approached him, and having dropped some tallow from the candle in the man's ear, he.fixed the burning stump there, undressed, and fell asleep,. The candle continued to burn, fixed in the socket of old Kenneth Beaton's ear. A servant entered the room, and seeing the flame from Kenneth's ear, he had no doubt it was some snpernatural light, for old Kenneth was supposed to hold intercourse with the world of spirits in no ordinary degree. The servant rushed out to call the minister to witness the flame. The minister cause; but by this time the flame had disturbed poor Kenneth, who, turning in his bed, ex tinguished the flame, and the stump of the candle was found. next morning in his ear.—Lord Teignmouth's Sketches of the; Coast and Islands qf Scotland. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. - The Paris papers of Thursday contain no news of import ance. Marshal Soult arrived in Paris on Wednesday even ing in excellent health. It was reported that a grand enter tainment would be given to, him by the French army, but there was no such matter in contemplation. ,He attended a meeting of the cabinet on Thursday (under the Presidency of the King), and made an official report of the manner in which he had acquitted himself of his mission to England. The opposition papers complain loudly of the unceremo nious entry . of the police into private dwellings, printing offices, and their uncontrolled license in opening bureaus, writing desks, reading of correspondence and other documents, and other violations of individual liberty. The ministerial papers attempt no apology for the practice, nor show that in any case the agents of government had acted on positive information. The proceeding had, however, become of such frequent occurrence, and the existence of treasonable societies was so generally believed, that the public appeared to take those steps of the police us matters of course, and paid them no attention. It is said in Paris that some pieces and documents of great importance have been taken by one of the employes of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Count Mole"), and sold by him to certain foreign diplomatists at 1, ow francs the letter. It is added that a part of the correspondence of M. Sebastiani and of M. Biesson, relative to the affairs of Belgium, has thus been made public to the Northern Courts. SPAIN. . The usual daily express from Madrid had not arrived in Paris on Thursday. Additional letters from . Estella of the 25th ult. had been received. They only repeated that an attack by the Christiuos was momentarily expected, and that prayers were daily offered up in that town for the suc cess of the Carlist a rms. A. M. Techo, a lawyer, who, strange to say, _had been Minister of War of Don 'Carlos, resigned that office on the 24th, after a warm altercation with General Maroto. The French government received the following telegraphic despatch from Narbonne on Thursday evening:—" Ad vices from La Sett d'Urgel of the 30th . ult., state that the insurgents, who had sought refuge in the episcopal palace of Solsona, had been obliged to capitulate. Their commander, Mondeden, and two other chiefs were killed—. Count d'Es. pagne has retired towards the Torregassa." COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney papers to the 12th of April have been received. It appears that the colony was progressing tranquilly, but great complaints continued to be made of the want of labour ing assistants, and a Public meeting was about to be convened to devise some practicable and speedy plan of supplying the necessities of the wealth of the colony has; however, indnced the colonists to agree in one opinion, that their pressing exigencies must be met by an immediate importation of coolies from India. So sanguine were the cultivators of the soil, and the flock-masters generally, that this will be the only remedy for the demand for agricultural labours, that they have already entered into calculations upon the benefits which they may acquire by this new species of slavery. The fol lowing extract from the Sydney Herald bespeaks the senti ments of the colonists, who in their appeal to the governor, Sir George Gipps, claim to be remunerated for the loss they sustain by the deficiency of convict labour, by asking their government countenance for the importation of the innocent hill coolies of the East Indies. " It is said that £lOO would - defray the cost of landing ten coolies at Sydney, This is not a great sum; and were every flock master in the colony to do this an immediate and great relief would be afforded to the labour market. Let the sheep owners unite at once, and arrange with mercantile houses in Sydney connected with houses in India for the importation of a few for every establishment in the colony, as an experi ment, and should it be found to succeed, which we have no doubt it will, an abundant source of labour will be opened to the coloney, within a reasonable distance, and at a cheap rate." The Sydney paper dwells with much rapture upon the pros pects which this new scheme will afford to the colony, but the writer seems so used to the presence of convict slavery that it does not appear that the importation of these hill coolies will he at all obnoxious to their individual feelings. They seem to be looked upon as mere experimental machines, to be used for the benefit of those who hold lands in those colonies, which experiment it is to be hoped that the govern ment at home will in shame not countenance. A joint-stock sheep company had been formed at Sydney, which had com menced operations by buying 877 sheep. The accounts which had arrived at Sydney from South Australia represent that disputes continue to prevail between the governor and resi dent commissioner of lands respecting some applications, particularly onevear the Government House, but it appears that. the Advocate General Stephen and Judge Jickling were opposed to the commissioners' decision. At Sydney flour was 19s. perloolbs., and second ditto 165.; ' colonial wheat 7s. per bushel, and Van Diemen's Land wheat Bs. per bushel. Emperial HOUSE OF COMMON S.--IVE nNEsDA Y. Mr. H ME presented petitions from the licensed victuallers and retail beer sellers of Salford, against any alteration in the beer bill - Mr. P. Ttiomsorr presented several petitions from congre gations of Wesleyan Methodists of Manchester, .against idolatrous practices in India. . In answer to a question by Mr. WALLACE, Mr. C. Woon said, that it was the business of the Post-office department to say whether advantage would be taken of steam commu nication with New York for carrying mails. Mr. HOME inquired whether the right hon. gentlemr.n had made any progress in establisbipg a registry for money letters. Mr. IncE said that a plan was about to be carried into ef fect, under which an office would.be established for the regis tration of letters; but it would be impossible to undertake the responsibility or sums of money contained in letters of which the Post-office could not be cognizant. At the same time the private money order office should he abolished, and a better mode established for individuals contracting with the Post-office fur the conveyance of money letters: STEAM COMMUNICATION WITII INDIA. Lord NV. BENTINCK presented.several petitions from Cal cutta, Madras, and Ceylon, in favour hf a direct communica tion by steam from the Red Sea to the several presidencies of India and Ceylon. The noble lord then said that be would avail himself of the present opportunity to ask his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control, what measures had been taken by the Court of Directors to extend steam communication to all the presidencies, and whether the East India Company had deemed it expedient to increase the number of its armed steam-vesselsiu the Indian seas. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE stated, in reply, that the recommen dation of the committee which had sat upon the subject of steam navigation to India had been, that the experiment should be made to Bombay, but not to the other two presi dencies. It was his opinion, however, that, whenever the opportunity served, the experiment should be extended, not only to Bombay, but also to Madras and Calcutta. Since he had last made a communication to the house on the subject, the • directors . had built several very fine steam-vessels for themselves, and had also purchased several others; -and, without promising too much, he thought that in a compara tively short time he should he able to state formally to the house what they had done in that respect. The noble lord had put into'his hands returns, which showed what had been done already for establishing steam communication with In dia. If his noble fiend would move for -those returns, or would allow him to move for them, they should be laid on the table forthwith. The committee of ways and means was postponed till Fri day by the Chancellor of _the Exchequer. Lord Howls:is moved that the militia ballotsuspension bill re committed. Iu answer to Mr. HUME,' who expressed a hope that before Lhe next session of parliament government would take those aws into consideration, with a view to their immediate aboli- Lion, Lord HOWICK observed, that his noble friend the Secretary of State was quite aware of the necessity which existed for revising the militia laws. His noble Mend would have un dertaken the task before now, had he not been prevented by the pressure of other more important measures. The bill was then committed. The report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the re ports of the committee on the transfer of funds (War-office) bill, and on the joint stock banks bill. They were received, and the bills ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a bill to continue for one year, and to amend the act ' Ist of Victoria, c. 59, relative to the Bank of Ireland. The bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that on Friday next he should move for leave to bring in a bill to re peal the 41 per cent, duties. The house adjourned at half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tuonsna v. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. A message from the Commons brought up the militia ballot suspension bill, the Dublin police bill, the forms of pleading bills, which were read a first time. • Several petitions were presented by the Earl of CARLISLE, Lord Brun:Guam ' &c. The Earl of SHAFTESBORY, the Earl of ABINGDON, the Earl of CHARLEVILLE, the Bishop of HEREForto, and seve ral other peers, were deputed to confer with the Commons Sheriffs' Court (Scotland) bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY felt it necessary again to call the attention of the house to the state of the magistracy of the county of Down. There were on the commission 190 magistrates, and allowing 25 to have died, not less than 50 had been erased from the commission. Out of 20 to whom he alluded on a former occasion, eight had been restored. Why, he asked, had they been dismissed at all? Mr. Corry's case he had already failp alluded to. He believed the charge against him to have been totally unfounded, and must say that he had been treated in a highly improper manner, and that the, case reflected the greatest discredit on the noble and learned lord opposite. Ile - moved that all correspondence between Mr. Corry and the Irish government be laid on the table. The-next case to which he wished to call the attention of the case, Was that of the Rev. Holt Waring, who had been dismissed from the commission merely because there was an orange flag hoisted on the church. That could not be construed into a breach of the peace. The next case was that of the Rev. Mr. Sampson; and if ever there was a case which ought to have been excepted, it was that of the rev. gentleman whose name he had just mentioned. The registration of electors bill was read a second time. The recovery of tenements bill went through committee. The insane persons (England) hills was read a seceind time. The The loan societies (Ireland) bill, the fisheries (Ireland) bill, and the public records bill went through committee. Lord GLENELG laid upon the table copies of the papers moved for on Tuesday respecting the kingdom of Oude. Adjourned. I-1011Sr, OF COMMONS.--TIMIZSDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. After the presentation of several petitions, on the order of the day for the report on the private bills and deposit bill being read. Mr. P. TitomPsoN said its object was, that deposits on public works, instead of being placed in the hands of the clerk of the horse. should lie cOinniitted.to an officer cLeatcd ceired. The Slave Trade (Sicily) Bill• was read a third time and passed. • The Slave Trade (Tuscany). Bill was also read a third time and passed. The Transfer of Funds (War-office) wits read a third time and passed. The Affirmation of Oaths Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. _ _ _ The Militia Pay Bill was read a second time, and ordered to he committed. The Stainp Dies Bill and the Valuation (Ireland) Bill were also read a second time; and ordered to be committed. • The Forms of Pleading Bill Was read a third time and passed. The- Joint-Stock Banks Bill was read a third time and passed. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND). Lord JOHN RUSSy.LL moved the order of the day for the consideration of the lords' amendments in the Irish Corpo rations Bill. In doing so, he would first state the course he intended to pursue. He bad not to go over the ground which he was obliged to do in 1836, as the house of lords had con curred i n adopting the principal of municipal corporations. They had admitted the principle, but the lords had made many most important amendments to the bill. When he said that the principle of the bill had been adopted by the other house, there his satisfaction stopped—(hear)—for he could nut think the bill in its present , shape could be satisfactory to Ireland. (Hear.) The house of lords had expunged no less than 26 classes, and added 92 new clauses to the measure, and that great 'alteration was made in a debate which did not occupy more than six hours. He should propose that that house require a conference with the lords, to ask for the rea sons which induced their lordships to make such important alterations in the bill, and also to request that these altera tions might be further considered and discussed. The noble lord then said it became his duty to call the attention of the house to the alterations made by the other house. The first was the alteration in the 4th dense, which affected the right of freemen voting in the election of members of parliament. Ile considered the alteration made in this clause of a very suspicious character: It was conferring a right on individu als to vote who were not entitled to the elective franchise. Sir R. PEEL: No, no. Lord Joust RUSSELL: The right honourable baronet says,. No, that was not the intention or meaning; he (Lord John Russell,)therefore, trusted the right honourable baronet would not object to the insertion of certain words, to make the clause plain.—(Hear.) It appeared to him, in the numerous amend ments which had been made by the lords, that there existed a studied design to keep corporate tights and privileges in the hands of their present possessors.— (Hear.) Now, theobject of introducing, a corporate reform was to take these trusts out of the hands of those who had preyed themselves unworthy of their trust.—(Hear, hear.) Ile hadequally strong objections to the amendments made for the regulation of charity trus tees. By the 88:h clause, there was 'a very singularpower re served to trustees for lighting.and paving the town. Amend ments had also been made for the regulation of trust property, • which never could he effective. In the year 1836, the house of lords, in. an address to the crown, expressed their willing ness to correct abuses in corporations in Ireland; and the remedy that house proposed was to abolish them altogether In the 180th clause,. an amendment had been made, which. cut at the very principle of the bill. It conferred on town clerks, bailiffs, chamberlains, and other corporate officers, the right of retaining their respective offices, the same as if this act had not been passed. It was, in his opinion, confirming the right of officers in now existing boroughs, whose corpora-, tions were to be abolished by the bill, the right of demanding their emoluments. He thought this altogether altered the principle of the bill. Ile thought the house of lords wished to preserve the powers of the old corporations, and limit the powers of the new--(Hear, hear.) That, : he thought, was the narrow-minded view which their lordships had taken of the subject.—(Hear.) He wished to give to Ireland corpo rations in such a liberal sense that the inhabitants would take. an interest in the local management of their affairs. He wished, above all, things not to create political bodies, or give. political power to any tarty. There are many other altera tions which had been made in the hill, hut to which - he did not think it would be necessary to raise any strong objection. The amendment which limited the granting of corporations' to the twelve largest towns, and leaving it optional on other towns to accept a charter of incorporation, was, in his opinion, objectionable; but not so much so as to call for any particular remark, as it might before conveniently discussed hereafter. Most important alterations had been made in the elective franchise. Ten pounds rent had been inserted as a qualification instead of £5. The lords bed also made it ne cessary that the party claiming a vote should have occupied the premises for twelve months, instead of six months, as was agreed to by the house of commons after a long debate. These were important alterations, and would require the most seri ous consideration. He should propose to disagree to all the provisions which conferred privileges and powers not en joyed under the English Corporation Act.—(Hear, hear.) tie should propose, therefore, when they came to those clauses, that the Commons disagree with - them. With re spect to the giving of corporations to a certain number of towns, and leaving it optional to others, he should not pro pose to disagree with. (Hear.) He thought also words might be introduced into various clauses which would render the machinery of the bill less cumbersome. With respect to the municipal boundaries and the division of wards, he should also propose a clause. The clause relating '0 chari ties he should move that it be restored to the bill in the same Stfite as when the measure left the House of Commons. With respect to the franchise, lie considered that he had high outtioritiena-fur tlset itought to bo-lower in Ire land than in England.. The noble lord then said, that he must detain the house at some length on the subject of the value of property in Ireland. He considered the test of rating a bad criterion for ascertaining the value of property. If he did not insist upon retaining the original qualification of the House of Commons, yet he did not think it would be wise to adopt that of the House of Lords. (Hear.) Wishing to find some better test of franchise, he should propose that a person rated at £8 per year should be declared entitled to the exercise of the elective franchise. If persons were rated at £B, it was only fair to suppose that they were of the annual value of £lO and upwards. He could not see the justice of making the franchise higher in Ireland than in England and Scotland. (Hear.) He made this pfoposition to increase the franchise, under the hone that the question of municipal reform in Ireland, which kid been debated so long and fre quently in parliament for a number of yeara, might he brought to a satisfactory and amicable arrangement. (Hear.) He UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, Jut 28.—An election for fellowships took place on the 26th instant, at Magdalen College, when the Rev. Frederick Bulley, M.A., and Richard Clark Sewell, Esq., M.A., probationary, fellows of Magdalen College, were ad mitted fellows of that society ; and at the same time, the Rev. William Hancock, M.A., was admitted a probationary fellow; and Mr. Edward Kaye Burney, (of the county of Kent,) and commoner of Christ Church, and Mr. Henry George Joseph Parsons, of the diocese of Chichester, were elected Demies of the same college. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have presented the Rev. John Robert Hall, student, to the vicarage of St. Mary Magdalene, 4n this city, void by the resignation of the Rev. Henry Bull. The Rev. Gilbert Wall Heathcote, 8.C.L., late fellow of New College, and fellow.of Winchester College, has been presented to the rectory of Ash, near Farnham, Surrey, v a cant by the death of the Rev. Harry Lee, M.A., late fellow of New College; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of Win chester College. PREFERMENTS, &c. The Rev. T. M. Symonds, M.A., chaplain to the Countess of Carysfort, has been instituted to the rectory of Broomswell, Suffolk. Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. n' -y-t—nelipeketiharrt Armstrong, 8.A., to the . ames u • Peter, Lincolnshire, vacant resignation of S. E. Hop- kinson, clerk. The Rev. Roper Trevor Tyler, M.A., of University College, Oxford, to the rectory of Llautrithyd, Glarnorganshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Bruce Knight, M.A., of Exeter College. Patron, Sir T. D. Aubrey, Bart. The Rev. 'William May Ellis, M.A., to the rectory of Ick ford, Bucks, void by the resignation of the Rev. I. C. Towns end. Patron, the Rev. 1. C. Townsend. The Rev. C. B. Henville, to the vicarage of Hound, by the wardens and scholars of Winchester College, vacant by the death of the Rev. Harry Lee. The Rev. Scott Frederick Surtees, clerk, A. 8., to the vicarage of Newlin, in the county of Cornwall, vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard Polwhele, the last incumbent. The Rev. H. L. Blosse, to the rectory of Michaelstone-le• Pitt, Glamorganshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Hancorne. Patron, T. B. Roos,. Esq. The Rev. John Earle, Jun., to the vicarage of Aughton• cum-Cottinghaun, Yorkshire, vacant . by the death of the Rev. W. Deans. _ _ The Rev. Robert Martindale, assistant minister of St. Katharine's Church, Tranmere, to the senior curacy of Sand bach, Cheshire. The Rev. Andrew Bonar, to be the minister of Collace, l'erthshire, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Rogers. The Rev. J. Stewart, to the church and parish of Abernethy Scotland OBITUARY. In the 76th year of his age, the Rev. John Overton, M.A., 36 years rector of St. Crux and St. Margaret, in the city of York. At Brighton, the Rev. H. Collet, A.M., of Westerhank Kent. _ . The Rev. Thomas Browne, late second master of the gram mar school, Christ's Hospital. Aged 70, the Rev. James Saunders, D. C.L., rector of Kirt lington, in the county of Oxford. RAILWAY NONSENSE. The following► paragraph, purporting to be copied from the British and Foreign Review, is one of many that are running the round of the Newspapers, evidently written by parties who know no more about railways than as many Chi nese mandarins : _ _ _ _ _ _ "CANALS AID RAILROADS.—The freight between Liver pool and Manchester is lOs per ton by the canal ; the cost of maintaining the railroad is calculated at 10s 6d per ton, and the other expenses increase the amount to 82d per cwt, or 13s 6d per ton. The railway receives, for conveying each passenger from Liverpool to Manchester 4s. Now, allowing twelve persons to weigh a ton, this would amount to 48s per ton, while the canal only charges 10s per ton for that dis tance. The expense of maintaining the Grand Junction Canal has been estimated at £260 per mile; that of the Ken net and Avon at £l7O per mile; and that of the Leeds and Liverpool at £l5O per mile. The expense of maintaining the Manchester and Liverpool Railway has been estimated at £650 per mile. The freight between Manchester and Lon. don, by canal, is 65s per ton, the distance being 262 miles. The fare for each passenger, by the railroad from Manches ter to London, will be, when the entire line shall be opened, about £2 be the first-class carriages, and 30s by the second class—something less than the proportion now charged be tween Manchester and Birmingham. This would be (allow ing twelve persons to weigh a ton) £2-I per ton for the first class carriages, and £lB per ton for the second class.—Briiisb. , and Foreign Review. We believe there is scarcely one correct statement relating to railways in the whole paragraph ; but the most outrageously : extravagant is that which alleges the cost of maintaining the Liverpool and Manchester railway to he "calculated at lOs 6d per ton" on the traffic. The writer in the British and Fo reign Review may "calculate" after this fashion, for any thing we know ; but his conclusion is most strangely wide of the mark. From the amount of receipts in the last half-year, in gg r o e to p hd o as r t t at , o at f t cwo time,cehaa rb A r V oi e eu dt ,0 10 a 2n v o e ,t0hw a e nr tons,aai l l i r s o t a r b t d i e c st mustiloetis u tth r h i ee n a hw. s a ve e(i detailed ubees edna the whole of the passenger trains, which amount to many thousand tons more. But the maintenance of the railway, instead of costing upwards of 60,00() guineas, as it must have done according to the "calculation" of the writer, was just £4154 I3s 10d, which, we believe, includes a portion of the expense of re-laying the line with heavier rails. The fact is, that the expense of maintenance of the railway, as " calcu-; lated " by the directors (rather more competetit parties than the reviewer,) was about one shilling per ton. The rest of the statements are almost equally absurd; and they are the more inexcusable, as the admirable half-yearly reports of the Liverpool and Manchest er Railwa y Com p an y , which furnish corr ect information o n these p oints, are accessible to ever y body.—Manchester Guardian. GRAND JUNCTION•—thi AND MISTAKE.—The Directors, to do justice 'to Marshal Soult, fitted up one of the carriages expressly fot him. In their zeal, Vie are informed, they fo got to notice that the carriage was called the " Waterloo. r " 0 ! fatal name. What an insult to a Frenchman ! Happily, however, the Mar-hal did not see it, and the Directors and all the railroad establishments are safe.—Railway Magazine. COUNTRY BANK NOTES.—An account of the aggregate amount of notes circulated in England and Wales by private banks and by joint-stock banks and their branches, distin guishing. private from joint-stock banks, between the 31st March and the 30th June, 1838, from returns directed by 3 and 4- William IV e. 83 : —Private_bau ks. £7,383, 9 17; joint stock banks, £4,362,256; total, £11,745,503.—This statement exhibits a considerable increase on the return for the prece ding three months, viz. on private banks, £371,775 ; on joint stock banks, £441,217. On the 9th instant, a gentleman at Long . Buckby, in a fit of despondency, purchased of a druggist in the town three ounces of oil of vitriol,• all of which he attempted to swallow, but was only able to take about half a❑ ounce. As soon as the act was committed he repented, and ran to a druggist, who tool: him to the surgery of Mr. Dix, in the most excru ciating torments, and where he vomited great quantities of blood. Mr. Dix and his assistants, by the most unremitting attention and the greatest perseverance, literally drenched him'for several hours with the proper antidote —viz., the car bonate of magnesia mixed in milk. He has now, after the acutest sufferings ever witnessed, recovered, and is truly grateful for the means that were used for his' preservation.— i'Vorthamptotz Mercury. trusted of succeeding in convincing the House of Lords that the amendments they had made required further considera tion.. (Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said, the noble lord, too, bad indulged in needless, unjustifiable, and, he thought, very unwise sarcasms (cheers) upon the authors of these amendments. (Hear.) The noble lord began his speech by a sarcasm upon their lordships for having changed their opinions respecting Irish corporations. When he recollected the discussions which had taken place upon the question of the Irish church, and reflected upon the course, the wise course he would say, which the noble lord had taken, in receding from the opi nions he had maintained upon that question—the noble lord was, he conceived, the last quarter from' which he ought to have expected to hear sarcasms directed against those who, for the sake of peace, were ready to sacrifice their feelings. (Cheers.) The right hon. baronet proceeded to defend the amendments of the Lords, who, he contended, so far from having devised crafty measures for sinister purposes, had followed the analogies of already approved enactments — enactments some of them the offspring of the noble lord himself, Whose avowed jealousy, however, now prevented his recognising even his own bantlings. The question that the house do consider the Lords' amend ments was then put and agreed to. Au amendment was proposed by Mr. BALL, and agreed to without a division, to the effect that persons seeking to be placed upon the roll as freemen, should establish their claim before a person appointed by the lord lieutenant for that purpose. Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed an amendment for em powering the Lord Lieutenant to make alterations in the limits of boroughs. Sir IL PEEL objected, as the clauses were framed on the recommendation of the gove rnment commissioners. After some discussion the house divided—For the amendment, 111 ; Against it, 103; Majority, 8. On the 13th clause Lord J. RUSSELL proposed an amendment for estimating the franchise by the rated . value, with the addition of one fourth, as explained in his speech. Sir It. PEEL opposed the amendment, and a discussion Of some length ensued. The house divided, when the numbers were—For the Lords' amendment, 154; Against it, 169; Majority against the amendment, 15. The words proposed to be substituted by Lord J. RUSSELL were then ordered to be inserted in the bill. On the question that the words " or other local cases" be omitted, • The house diVided, when there appeared—For rejecting the words inserted by the Lords, 162 ;—Against their rejection 144; Majority, IS. On the question that the house do agree to tile amendment of the lords, whereby that proviso was struck out which directed that all tax-collectors should open accounts with the Bank of Ireland, in order to admit of electors paying their :axes there at any time within the prescribed period which might prove convenient. The house divided—Ayes, .157 ; Noes, 137 ; Majority in favour of rejecting the Lards' amendment, 20. The Lord's amendments, up to clause 49, were agreed to with some verbal alt?rat ions. Several amendments to the clause referring to compensa tion of officers, town clerks, &c., were agreed to. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the further considera tion of the Lord's amendments was postponed until the fol lowing day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past one. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY IRISH TITHES BILL. After the presentation of a few petitions, Lord MEL - B 0 URN E moved that the 'lithe (Ireland) Bill should be com mitted. His lordship's speech was short and unimportant. He was answered by Lord BROUGHAM, who objected to the measure, in a very long and elaborate speech. "It seemed," said his, lordship, "as if they had been obliged to throw the appropriation principle overboard to lighten the bill, in order to effect its passage through the house. It was like some animal; when pressed by the hunters in the chase, emascu lated itself—(laughter)—for the purpose of effecting its escape, and threw in the face of its pursuers that in wich its whole vigour consisted, for the purpose of stopping them; and thus being allowed to escape. So the pursuers opposite —(laughter)—in this chase of the bill—when they would be satisfied with nothing short of the emasculation of the bill— when nothing could satisfy them except that the appropria tion principle should be ruinously and ruthlessly cut out, compelled the noble Viscount to have recourse to that opera tion—(great laughter)—he meant on his measures—(conti nued laughter)—and it was now reduced to so woeful a plight, and presented to his contemplation so wretched a figure, that he would infinitely rather that the measure had expired altogether; for he would rather that it should have died by their lordship's natural hands than by the less natu ral hands of its parents. Their lordships had been perfectly consistent throughout the whole business; but the consist ency of those who hill deprived the measure of its whole vi gour was that which lie had scarcely expected." Lord FITZGERALD, in a well-digested and perspicuous speech, explained the real character of the bill; he did not oppose it generally, but. recommended its adoption with the exclusion of the clauses relating to the opening of composi tions already made under the faith of an act of parliament; in lieu of which clauses he afterwards moved the insertion of "the clauses which had been on two former occasions pro posed in place of the clauses to which he had referred as having before been expunged by their lordships." After furtherspeechesfrom Lords Wicm.ow, MatisFiELD, the Bishop of DERRY, Lord LANSDOWNE, and Lord MEL BOURNE, the house went into committee, when Lord FITZ GERALD moved and carried the omission of clauses 13 to '25 inclusive.' The majority was very considerable, being 77 to 38. Lord FITZGERALD then moved the substitution of a clause "allowing the period of six weeks for the appeal." On the suggestion of Lord MELBOURNE, the period for allowing the appeal was extended tq the Ist of October. The clause was then inserted. Lord FITZGERALD next moved the insertion of a second clause, empowering parties complaining of tithe commuta tion to apply to the Lord Lieutenant in Council for the ap pointment of one or two persons to revise it. The clause slightly amended at the suggestion of the Marquis of DOWN SHIRE, was agreed to. The remaining clauses of the bill, with the pream ble and title, have been agreed to, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow, it being understood that the amendments should ,be discussed on the third reading. _ Several bills on the table were advanced a stage, and their ElousE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. On the order of the day being read for the Committee on the Pensions Bill, Sir R. PEEL brought under the - notice of the house the meritorious conduct of the commissioners of police, to which ample testimony was rendered from Lord John Russell, and every part of the house. • Mr- H CAM then moved that the bill be taken into con sideration that day three months. After some, expression of surprise from Mr. Rice, and a long speech front Mr, Harvey, the House went into Com mittee on the bill. On the first clause granting £136,000 for the annual pay ment of pensions, Mr. HUME asked whether the pensions granted during the reign of the Queen would be binding on the present Sovereign only. Mr - . RICE said, that the civil list of her Majesty had been Wholly apart and distinct from the list of pensions. That was the recommendation of the Civil List Committee, and that was the principle on which the late committee had proceeded. In respect of pensions granted by her Majesty, he could tell the H on. Member, that in case of a certain melancholy event, to which he would not more particularly allude, they would again come under consideration, But those pensions to which the present bill referred had no connexion with the life of her Majesty in any possible respect The several clauses of the bill were agreed to, the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL for resuming the consideration - of the Lords' amendments to the Irish Muni cipal Bill, Mr. BALI, objected to that part of the amendments by which charitable trusts were to continue to he vested in the present corporations during their lives, or until parliament should otherwise determine," and moved that the Committee disagree from that amendment. This led to a long discussion. This dispute was at length settled by Lord MonPETn pro posing to alter the clauses thus :—" No persons, except mem bers of the united Church, shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor trustees for trusts connected with the united Church," • This amendment, after some conversation was agreed to. The other clauses up to . 161 inclusive were agreed to; after which " Several new clauses were proposed by Lord 1110111 E l -11, for the purpose of giving power to certain towns, not in cluded in the Act, to apply the provisions of the Act of the 9th of George IV." This led to a smart discussion, but the clauses were im mediately agreed to, after a division and a majority of 19. After some further discussion, a committee was appointed to draw up reasons for dissenting from the Lords' amendments, which were ordered to be stated in a conference with the Lords. _ _ _ On the order of the day for going into committee of Ways and Means, Sir F. TRENCH moved for a Select Committee to inquire into those cases in which the Irish government has offered rewards for the apprehension or conviction of offenders against the laws, • and in which such rewards or any portion of them have not been paid after such apprehension or conviction, and into these causes why they have been withheld. Lord Mottpv,TH defended the system, and the motion was withdrawn. • The Affirmation Bill, which extends the exemption from taking an oath to all those who had ever been at any period of their lives Quakers or Moravians, was after some dis cussion and opposition, passed througli . a committee. The Oaths Validity Bill went through a stage. The Irish Spirit Licences Bill was opposed by Mr. SHAW, and supported by Mr. O'CoNNELL. It was committed by a majority of 5, hut nothing was done in committee,- which is to sit again on Monday. Sir. RICE obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal the Four-and-a-half per Cent Duties. The other orders of the clay were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past 2 o'clock. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET: CITY, SATURDAY EVENING The public funds have exhibited generally a gloomy and declining appearance all the week. The state of the Corn Market is now the great index to which speculators and ca.: pitalists look. There are certainly indications of a tempo rary deficiency - of old corn in England and the northern parts of Europe until the growing crops are got in and fit for use, and the unsettled state of the weather gives an increased stimulus to the disposition to buy and import foreign corn, of which a considerable quantity, probably nearly 700,000 quar ters are stow in bond. Consols closed to-day 93i 4 money, and 934 % for account. Bank Stuck, 206 7%. Exche quer Bills have been a little in demand, and have improved to 75 77 pm., which is an advance of 3s tots during the Week. The Foreign Market has been equally dull. The news from Portugal is considered very unfavourable; the Five per Cent. Stock declined 11- per cent, it is now 344 ; and the Three per Cents. 22 1 23. Sparsish Active has partaken of the decline, and is 21% %. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 541 Brazilian 801 814, The Share Market requires no particular observation. Se veral of the Railway Companies have their annual meetings this month, and it is reported that many changes in the di rection are in contemplation. The subjoined quotations will show that there has been no great variation in any descrip- tion :-- ....... BRITISH FUNDS. 3per Cent. Consols, 93 1 Lon„; Anne. 151 716 Ditto for the Account, 931 • India Stock, 26-1 3 per Cent. Reduced, 911 i Bank Stock, 3 per Cent. Reduced, 1011 ', l , Exchor. hills, 76 77 75 77 Inn New 3! per Cent. 101% 101 India Bonds, 77 76 75 prem. SHARES. Real del Mont (unregist(),ll'l,ondon and Southampton, 43 & Gloucester, 91 10 Ditto ditto New•, 35 Great Western, 79 78 York & North Midland, I I. London & Brighton, 9% Lon. & Birm. a Shares, 281- Lon. & Greenwich, 161 Asphalte (British), 22 Colonial Bank, 26 Troy. Bnk. of Ireland, 421- % ROME, JULY 17.—We have had for some days past 30 de grees of heat in the streets in the shade (lOU degrees Farenheit). SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD MEETING.-TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes, of 10 sovs each. One mile and quarter. 12 subs. Duke of Richmond's br h Mus, 5 yrs Sir G. Heathcote's Larnaca, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's f by Priam; 3 yrs 3 Lord Bentinck's 'ell c Mulberry Wine, 3 yrs 4 Lord Albemarle's b c Gil Blas, 4 yrs 6t04 on Larnaca, and 10 to 3 against Mus, Won by two lengths Match for 500 sore, Bst 7lbs each, one mile. Lord Chesterfield's b f Industry, (Scott,) beat Lord Exeter's Romania, in a canter.-7 to 2on Industry. The Lavant Stakes, of 50 sore each, h ft, for two year olds Half a mile. 20 subs. Mr Wreford's Sister to Wintonian, Bst 31bs..J. Day, jun 1 Mr Sadler's Deception, Sister to Delightful, Bst 31bs 2 Duke of Richmond's Vale of Belvoir , B st 71bs 3 The following were not placed :—Lord Exeter's e by Re veller, out of Advance, Bst 71bs; Lord Chesterfield's c by Priam, out of Weeper, Bst 7lbs; Lord Lichfield's Sister to Hector, Bst 3lbs; Lord Suffield's Alms, Bst 31bs; Mr. Roe's f by The Colonel, out of Ts ro, Sat :Ms ; and the Duke of Richmond's f Reel, Bst 3:b; Betting-2 to 1 agst Weeper (tk,) 2 to 1 agst Sister to Wintonian, 4 to 1 agst the Duke of Richmond's two, 7 to I against Deception.—After a great number of false starts, Deception took the lead, followed by Vale of Belvoir, Reel, and Sister to Wintonian, the others lying well up,- after the first quarter nf a mile, the above four were left to themselves, Deception maintaining her lead to the stand, where Sister to Wintonian challenged her, and, after a fine race with her and Vale of Belvoir, won rather cleverly by half a length, Vale of Belvoir being a head behind Deception. The winner has been christened " Wapiti." The Drawing Room Stakes, of 25 sovs each, with a bonus of 10 sovs each, for three year olds. 18 subscribers to the stakes, and 19 to the bonus. Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Mfimus, Bst 71bs Sir G. Heathcote's Tawney" Owl, Bst 71bs Duke of Richmond's Hooghley, Bst 71bs 4 Captain Berkeley's Bullion, B st 7 lbs 3tol on Grey Alamos. Won by four lengths: Sweepstakes of 300 sore each, h ft; for four sear old colts, Bst 71lis; and fillies, Bst 2lbs.—About three miles and three quarters. 9 subs. Lord G. Bentinck's Chapeau d'Espagne • J. Day - 1 Lord Exeter's Adrian '2 Mr. Osbaldeston's Mic Mac 3 Even on Adrian, 2 to 1 agst Chapeau, and 4 to 1 against Mic Mac. Chapeau set off in front at a slow pace, Mic Mac lying next her for nearly a mile and a half , when he took up the running, and continued it to the completion of the cir cuit of the clump ; Adrian then took the lead, Chapeau waiting in the rear to the distance; here she passed Mic Mac, was alongside Adrian at the Grand Stand, and at the.chair had beaten him cleverly by a length. • The Innkeepers' Plate of £5O, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; three years, 7st 41b; four years, Bst ; five years, Bst 71b; six years and aged, Bst 1011). The winner to be sold for £lOO, &c. Heats. T.Y.C. Captain Pettat's Caliph, 6 yrs Conelly 0 1 1 Captain Gardnor's br cby Gaberlunzie, 3 yrs .... 1 2 4 Duke of Richmond's Skilleygolee , 4 yrs 0 0 2 Lord G. Bentinck's Foozool, 5 yrs Mr Biddulph's gr m by Greyskin, 5 yrs 0 0 d 2 0 d Mr Fowler's br m Mersey, s .yrs Mr Johnson's b f Champignon, 4 yrs 0 0 d Capt. Williamson's bro. to Capt. Arthur, 3 yrs Lord Albemarle's Gil Blas, 4 yrs 0 d First heat won by a head, and the other two cleverly. WEDNESDAY. A SWEEPSTAKES, of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for two-year-old colts, Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst. 41b. ( 31 bs. and 51b.) T.Y.C. Six subscribers. Mr. Wreford's Wapiti, Bst. 411). and 21b. over. J. Day, jun. 1 Lord Tavistock's c. by Augustus, out of Mysie, Bst. 21b 2 Duke of Richmond's ch. c. Tarnburini, Bst. 21b. Seven to Two on Walajti. Won by a neck. The GOODWOOD STAKES, of 25 sous. each, 15 ft. and only 5, &c.; the second to receive 50 sovs.—Cup course.-118 subscribers, of whom 78 declared. Mr. Theobald's Lout herbourg, 4 yrs. 7st. 11b. (Wakefield) 1 Lord Suffield's St. Luke, 5 qrs. Bst. 7lbs. 2 Mr. Fowler's Heron, s yrs. Bst. slbs 3 The following were not placed: Pickwick, Toothill, Cha peau D'Espagne, Marquis, Mabometan, Magnolia, Hahne man, and colt by Tranby.-5 to 2 against Mabometan, 6 to 1 Valentissimo. 7 to 1 St. Luke, 8 to 1 Heron, 8 to 1 Chapeau, and 10 to 1 Loutherbourg.—Chapeau was lamed by a kick from St. Luke just before starting, and did not run. The Tranby colt went off with the lead at a good pace, Heron lying second, and Mhhometan third, the others following in their wake: they kept these places to the top of the hill, where the running was taken up by Heron, Mahometan lowing him for a few strides, when St. Luke took the second place, Loutherbourg at the same time taking up a position in front. They ran in this order to the rails, where Heron dropped behind, and St. Luke became "first in the throng;" Loutherbourg, however, was not disposed to let him keep there long, for, as they approached the distance, he went to his side. and a fine struggle for victory commenced; it was nearly head and head to the stand, where it was apparent that St. Luke had shot his bolt. About twenty yards from the chair, Loutherbourg made hint safe, and in the end won cleverly by a length. Heron wa s third, Mahometan fourth, and Valentissirno fifth ; but none of them near the first two. The Mmtinaes PLATE, of £5O, with £5O added by the ladies, and £lO for the second heat. Once round. Mr. HouldswortlA's Sceptre, 3 yrs (Chapple) 1 1 Mr. King's Ruby, 4 yrs 0 2 Lord G. Bentinck's brother to Muley Moloch, 3 yrs Duke of Richmond's Bracelet , 3 yrs. 0 d 0 d Mr. Theobald's Sir Frederick , 4 yrs Mr. Shelley's Bay Hampton, 3 yrs Captain Gardner 's Reuben, 5 qrs Mr. Biddulph's gr. m. by kim, 5 yrs 0 d First heat won by a neck, and the second by a length. THURSDAY: • The RACING STAKES, of 50 sovs. each, for three-years olds. One mile. Lord G. Bentiuck's Grey Momus, Bst. 13Ibs . (J. Day) 1 Lord Exeter's Romania, Bst. 4lbs. 2 Duke of Beaufort's Inuendo, B st. 71bs. , . 3 Lord Chesterfield's Industry, Bst. 1 31 bs. 3tol on Grey Momus. Won by two lengths. The Mot.Escomn STAKES, of 50 sovs. each, b. ft, for two years-oId.—T.Y.C. .. ~... , Mr. Wreford's Wanitt,-ast....att.. (J. Di:ty, Sun.) 1 1,4 ~...:: _l l .-r!',7 - .:_ - I . ,_—_73:ti nod .st% Iko . .e.s , u_ ... .1 t • ? Duke of Richmond's The Currier, Bst. 51b 4 Lord Chesterfield's c. by Priam, out of Weeper, Bst. 51b 5 Captain Berkeley's b. f. Falsetto, Bst. 21b. Even on Wapiti; 3 to 1 against Vale of Belvoir; aud 4 to 1 against Deception. Won by a neck. The GOLD Cup. value 300 sovs. by subscription of 20 soya. each, with 100 added. —Cup course —Second to receive £lOO. Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway, 4 Yrs. Bst. 81bs...(Wakefield) 1 Lord Exeter's Adrian, 4 yrs. Bst. llb. Mr. Worrall's Dormouse, 3 yrs. 6sl, 10lbs The following not placed:—The Duke of Richmond's Mus, 5 yrs. Oat 91bs.; the Duke of Beaufort's Cetus, aged, 7st. 51h; Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville, 3 qrs. Bst. 131bs; Mr. Ro bertson's Berwickshire, 5 y r,. 7st. 10113 s; and Colonel Wynd ham's Prestonjee Bonanjee, 3 qrs. 6st. 10Ibs." Betting even, and 6to 5 against Harkaway (t),5 to 1 against IT E - ville (t), 5 to 1 against Berwickshire (t), 6 to 1 against Dor mouse 10 to 1 against Adrian. Won by two lengths. The QUEEN'S PLATE, of 100 guineas. Three miles and five furlongs. Lord Suffield's St. Luke, 5 yrs. ' (Pavis) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Mic Mac, 4 yrs 2 Lord G. Beutinck's Mulberry Wine, 3 yrs Captain Berkeley's Bullion, 8 yrs. 4 Duke of Richmond's Beggarman, 3 qrs ' 5 Betting.--Even on St. Luke; 4 to 1 against. Mic Mac; 6 to 1 against Mulberry Wine; and won by 20 lengths. .. - FRIDAY. SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sous. each, h ft, for two-yeai old colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Two subscribers. 'roe Duke of Richmond's Billwaik walked over. , Mr. Gardnor's 'Foothill, 5 yrs, llst, received forfeit from Mr. Dolphin's Skater, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b. NEWPORT (SALOP) HURDLE RACE. It. M. LEEKE, Esq., Steward. A FREE CUP, the gift of Lord Suffield, (handicap,) for three yrs old and upwards. Craven course. Capt. Gardnor's Toot hill, 5 yrs, 9st 11 (Pavis) 1 Capt. Gardnor's Reuben, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 15 started, but only 2 placed. Won by two lengths THE COWDROY STAKES of 25 sovs each, for two-yrs old, 7st; and three yrs 9st 216; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs if demanded. T.Y.C. 3 subscribers. Capt. Gardnor's cby Gaberlunzie, 3 yrs (Pavis) 1 Duke of Richmond's c Felo-de-se, 2 yrs Lord Suffield's Alms, 2 yrs •3 Betting-5 to 4on Gaberiunzie. Won by 3 lengths. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs each, 5 ft, with 150 added by the Marquis of Exeter. Queen's Plate Course Eight subscribers. Mr. Robertson's Olympic, aced, Bst 61b..(Macdonald) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Mulberry sVine, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b Mr. F. Craven's br f 1-wish-you-may-get-it, Est 71b Mr. Garrard's b c Rienzi, 4 yrs, Est 101 b Duke of Richmond's Bracelet, 3 vrs, sst 71b The following also started:—Duke of Richmond's plus, 5 yrs, 9st 816 ; Lord Suffield's St. Luke, 5 yrs, lOst 71b. Betting—Even on St. Luke. Won in a canter. MATCH for 50 soya, i ft._ Half a mile. . . - TUESDAY, JULY 31.—A Hurdle Race, of 5 sovs each, with £5O added by the town of Newport, for horses of all deno minations; to carry weight for inches. Heats, two miles, with four leaps in each heat five feet high ; the second. horse to save his stake; gentlemen riders. Mr Heane names b m Pandora, 6 yrs,l2st 71b..Owner 1 1 Mr Forrest's b g Conservative, 6 yrs, Itst 1041b..W00d 2 2 Mr Thom pson',s b g Woodman, aged, 13st.. H. Wadlow 3 3 Sir T. F. F. Boughey's ch h Dan O'Connell, 6 yrs, I2st Mr Lowe's hr h Beggar Boy, 6,yrs, Mist 1011h..Liddle 0 0 Mr Stanley's hr g Fortou George, aged, .13st 71h ..... John \Vadlow 4 0 Mr Smalltvood's di m Miss Long, aged, 12st 33441 b.... d 2tol on Woodman against the field. A capital race ; Conservative made running in both heats, and was beat with difficulty ; the splendid mann er in.:which be jumped these . clipping hurdles was the admicattou of all present. Pandora is thoroughbred. . Poor Barnes, the clown of Covent-garden and Ihe contem porary on the bards of Bologna, Ellar, and Grimaldi, is said to be in great distress. Paralysed by premature age and incurable decrepitude, the "brief candle" of his life is now flickering in its socket, and appeals to the hafids of hu manity for some nourishment to feed the last faint vestiges of a lambent flame that nature, in her settled course, must soon extinguish. PATRICK'S DEVOTION.—On Sunday morning last, imme diately preceding the Communion service, three Irishmen entered Trinity Church, Preston, one of whom walked down the aisle to the front of the Communion Table, where having made the sign of the cross in the true popish style, he knelt in great earnestness, but the potations of 'spirits' he had taken were more powerful than his desire to worship in `spirit and in truth'.and in a few minutes he rolled on the floor. He was, of course, immediately carried out to the momentary interruption of the service and amidst loos of pity from the congregation. —Blackburn Standard. THE REV. Da. WOLFF AT THE VICE- IZEGA LODGE.—The Rev. Dr Wolff had the honor of dining yesterday with his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant at the Vice-Regal Lodge. In the evening the Rev. Doctor lectured for three hours on his missionary operations in the four quarters of the world in connection with the evidences of Christianity, before his ex cellency, the Household and Staff. Upwards of fifty persons were present, And amongst the number, his Grace the Arch bishop of Dublin.—Dublin Record. The following has just come to hand :—"Hirani — Mudger, who has been recently convicted of horse stealing at Ver mont, U.S., is said to be so expert a practitioner in animal abduction, as to have performed the rare feat of seducing away a horse on which its matter teas riding without his (the rider, not the horse) having any notion of the matter. The report adds, that he walked fifty-four miles at a sharp trot, and only then discovered his horseless condition on walking into a pond, to give, as he thought, his horse a drink, and finding himself up to his ears in the cool element." The radical town councils select their aldermen on exactly the same principt- as that on which Lord Melbourne chooses his faggot peers. The qualification for the gown is just such a flaw in the candidate's political or private fame as shall have caused his defeat in a municipal election contest ; whilst the sole test for a liberal lord is his rejection as an "unfit" and `improper" person to be the representative of a town or county. ORDINATION AT RIP-ON. On Sunday, July 29, the Lord Bishop of Ripon held an ordination at the Cathedral in that city, which was attended by a large congregation. Service commenced at 10. The Rev. J. Jameson read the prayers, and the Rev. R. Poole, M.A., Vicar, read the lessons. After which the Rev. Mr. Dodgson, Chaplain to the Bishop, - ascended the pulpit, and delivered a very excellent and appropriate discourse from 1 Corinthians, chap. 12, verse 1, and patticularly impressed upon the several candidates fur Holy Orders, the serious charge they were undertaking in dispensing the Word of God to fallen man. At the conclusion of the sermon the Bishop, accompanied by the clergy present, proceeded to the altar, and the ordination service was performed with the greatest solemnity. The following gentlemen were received into Hoiy Orders:— • DEACONS. Joseph Abbot, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Joseph Loxdale Frost, B.A. Magdalene College, Cambridge: • John Henry Gorch, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. John Haigh, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxford. Watson King, 8.A.. St. John's - College, Cambridge.- James Marryat, 8.A., New Inn Hall, Oxford. David Roberts, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. Henry Bullivant, 8.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.. Wm.llermonn Schwabe, 8.A., Caius' College, Cambridge. Alex. Jas. W. Morrison, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. John Peel, B.A, Trinity , College, Dublin. Wm. Bates, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge. Charles Bushe Battley, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin. William Simpson, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge.• John Bartholomew Phillips, 8.A., All Soul's College, Ox ford, by Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Chester. Philip Wm. Tallents, 8.A., Watlhom College, Oxford, by Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Lichfield. Charles Wheatley, 'B.A., St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, by-Let ters Dimissory from the Bishop of Lichfield. . , PRIESTS. James Boustead, M.A., Queen's College, Oxford. George Saunders Elwin, 8.A., Catharine Hall, Cambridge.,.. Alfred Gatty, 8.A., Exeter Hall, Oxford. John Henry Greenwood, Literate. Samuel Baxter Smyth, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge, ~;,1 Isaac Close, St. Bees, Cumberland. • • Frederick Tolber, St. Bees, •Cumberland. Edward Roberts, M.A., Jesus College, Oxford. Edmund Clement Sneyd Kinnersley,.lll.A. Trio. Col. Oxon. At the evening service. the Very Rev. the Dean of Ripon., preached a most impressive sermon, suitable to the occasion:: from text, Ist chapter of the Acts, Bth verse,-" 13ut ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Gltot is come upon you," and was listened to by an attentive and numerous congregation, who appeared truly affected with the awfulness of the charge. LANCASTER, SATURDAY. OPENING THE COMMIStION OF ASSIZE. The Assizes for the northern part of this county com menced to-day, when the High Sheriff and Judges-entered, the town, accompanied by the usual procession • of javelin men, &c. The Mayor and Council went in the. afternoon as, usual to the Judges' lodgings to compliment their 1°0'4)0 on the lightness of their labours, which reflects the higliest. honour on this part of the county, being unusually li g lii;and the offences of the most trivial description, being such as are usually presented at a Petty Session. The Cause : List.up to the present time is a very short one , an d d o es not p romise much occupation for the gentlemen of the long robe, nor we hear of any cause of the least pub lic interest beirkiet • , "? 1 down for trial. It is supposed the business of the Assizes will be concluded on Tuesday. This is the first - time Baron Williams has • come this circuit since his elevation to the bench. Their lordships proceeded to open the Commis- • sion immediately on their arrival. - To mortow morning the Judges will attend the parish church in state, on which occa sion a sermon will he preached by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Rector, of Liverpool, the Sheriff's Chaplain. Following is a calendar of the Crown cases for trial: — William Gregg, aged 2G, and John Sheridan, 32, charged with having uttered at .Lancaster, two counterfeit and also with having in their possession twenty counterfeit shillings. Thomas Riley, 33, charged with killina• and slaying Henry Scholefleld, at Oswaldtwisle. Thomas Swarbrick, '22, charged with baring obtained at Lancaster, by fraudulent pretences, a pair of boots, the pro- perty of Richard Wearing. • • Robert Howson, 18, and William Niminn, 14,• charged • • with stealing, at Catteral, a•Oir 6rehoes, tire - . Margaret Postlethwaite and Margaret Pearson,ehargect , ao , io with stealing, at Dalton, a quantity of bacon; peals, the.,+sss property of William Wilson • and • last William Shaw and Mary Shaw, charged with receiving the tr!tr above, knowing them to be stolen. • • • aen James Tattersall, the younger, 26, charged with kdlitr ,1;2; James Tattersall, the elder, at Newchurch, n 1 Rossendale. • . WARRINGTON. THE BF.ER ACT.—The petition from the town of Warriog- , ton and its vicinity was signed by nearly two thousand _per.: sons. It prayed that the legislature would not alter the pre sent act without taking the case of the common brewers, who had vested their capital upon the faith of its provisions; into consideration ; and that some compensation may also be provided for the beer-sellers.' Lurd Melbourne has already presented the petition to the House of Lords, and the Chau aellor of the Exchequer has promised to present and support that to the Commons. HAY 11AUVEST.—The hay harvest in this county is fast drawing to a close, although, in the neighbourhood of Wigan, much vet remains to be cut. The crop is plentiful, and, excepting those districts in which it has been damaged by the late floods, may be said to be in excellent condition. In • some places the wheat is on the turn. • . DEFICIENT WEIGHTS AND I'IIEASUIIES. At New!on petty sessions, on Thursday, several parties were lined for having - short weights and imperfect sales. The penalties varied from' . five to twenty shillings. BOWLING MATCII.—On the last day of Knutsford races, there was a match played at the bowling-green, .Kilton, 1100. - Green, for a handsome and richly chased silver cup, whiiih, was won by Mr. Tomlinson. ? Mr. Richardson bowled up with him. Most of the playerS were from the neighbourhood of Manchester. • STIIIPPING CLOTHES LlNES.—On.Wednesday, at War rington petty sessions, Edward Leigh, a youth, who is sus pected of being an adept at the protession, was committed Elti t eas AT gt7o f tit o t r UNlT 2 ' lialnk hae i g l kthrbeeehpierii duplicate s f o r ; i " e n r had pledged the ha ' rlle p r u c u l ' ii t e , for 3d. more. WINDOW 1311EAKING.—At the Warrington petty sessions, on Mtlmlay, a boy, named Samuel Rowbottoni, was convict ed in the penalty of eleven shillings and costs, for breaking a number of windows in an uninhabited cottage, belonging to James Mangles, Esq. late M.P. for Guildford, situate near the Mersey Mills, Warrington. • DESPERATE ASSAULT UPON THE CONSTABLES. —John Burke was, on Monday, ordered to find bail to appear at the sessions, to answer an indictment charging him with assault ing, while in the execution of their duty, Mr. Mallett,.the constable, and William Garnett, one of the assistant consta-, tiles of Warrington. On Sunday morning, soon after nine o'clock. Garnett was called out to quell an•lrish row in DOH man's-lane, when he was attacked in the most furiouS man ner by the defendant, who knocked him down, struck him in the mouth, and cut him on the thumb severely. Mr. Mallett came immediately to the assistance of his deputy, and it was with great difficulty they jointly succeeded in capturing the prisoner. The first pair of handcuffs that were put upon him. were broken short off at the joint. Garnett succeeded in dispatching at a blow with his staff, a dog which some of the prisoner's companions set at him. [Garnett was sworn in us a constable some half hour after the prisoner had been coin initted to take his trial.] A SOUND Si.unem..--Jobn Allaghan was, at the Warring ton petty sessions, Ott Monday, committed for trial, on the charge of stealing of a pair of trousers, stocl.zings, shoes, hat, and handkerchief, the property of John Simpkin,apotter,re sidingin Orford-lane, Warrington. The prosecutor had beets at a birth-day supper, at the Little Horse Shoe, Warrington, and left thnhouse at twelve o'clock at night," pretty consi derably." intoxicated. Ile proceeded a few paces from the inn, and then mistaking the steps of it door for his own"*fonr poster," laid himself down quietly to rest. That•he,slept soundly may be inferred from the fact, that in two that time, he was aweke.by the police, who found' hini strip ped of all his under garments. A series of circunitantial evidence Was produced, cleally proving the prisonerin be the party who had committed the•robbery. SPINNERS' STRlKE.—Fivejoulneymen cotton spinneiic in the employ of Messrs. Hadfield and Frost, of Latchford, were charged, at the Warring inn petty sessions, on ."Wedste'Ai-ay, with leaving their employers' service•contrary to the rules of the factory. It turned out that the defendants had gone on a drunken "spree" on Monday, and were afterwards afraid to return to their work. On promising to do so they were discharged, on paying the 'cost of their apprehension. • STATE OF'TRADE. TRADE 01.? LEF.ns.—We have no alteration of importance to note in the state of our woollen market. Both manufac turers and merchants are, generally, very busy, especially those merchants connected with the provincial ur domestic trade; but in the cloth-balk there has not been quite so ninch business done, the supply of fresh goods having been scant", owing to the unsettled state of the weather, &c. BRADFORD MARKET.—The transactions at onrmarket.od Thursday, were lunch the sante in extent as thO,se of the pre' vious week, and a further advance was obtained fur lastingg , morcens, and merinos, the latter of• which were scarce, limb in common and figured qualities, six quarters wide. 'IV price of yarn was much the same as last tveek,.and a fair amount. of business was done. The wool market ;vas liru), but the transactions were not extensive. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—We have not been able-to realize the expectations indulged in for the last lew.cvks,.either - i" the quantity of goods sold, or prices realized.. Things to-daY were, if any thing, retrograde, manufacturers anxious to sell , and the merchants shy - in their operations; still, if merchants could make their purchases at a shade under last quotati. , n ,, it is thought that some more business might hate been done' but as this was not complied with, the market must he c alled a dull one, and with a downward tendency in prices. HUDDERSFIELD, TuEsDAv.—There was not by any means the usual show of roods to-day, owing perhaps to manytof ow; manufacters being very busy in the hay harvest,. • pieces were shown were eagerly bought up at a decided idyl provement in price. The merchants are very busy. Wo ul is in good demand at former quotations. WAKEFIELD.—There is not the least variation in the val ue of wools this week, nor yet much doing, especially in king and short wool. llw.cxmorsiowrior..—The Blanket-hall 'continu es to be 1e ; gularlv attended by the merchants, who.appear, nev.erthel to be buying but sparingly; yet die little that is doing rive' a certain confidence to Che trade, and keeps the turers partly employed ; if the same demand for goods holds out during the winter months, the weaver:, &c., will not tin touch cause of colnplaint. .The masters, owing to the boll price of wool compared with that of the manufactured arl'c arc certainly not remunerated for their trouble. „ o f YORK Wont , MA It NET, AuG UST 2.—Our supply' --.( lc, to-day has been fair, with rather a thin a tt e ndance of b,oY et ' f . The demand has chiefly been directed t o l o w wools, iost°l, which have been tak en; IT I AI y goo d b re d woo l s remain 0%! ) • unsold. Moor wools ( sa l ve d) t o ; super ditto, (cle'.'; 7d. to 81d. ; locks, (without cols.) 'id to 9 , 1;; cuts,) Pd. to Ild. •' ewe. 121 d. to lat. ; h a lt' 1 ,„ an d c. 13id. to 1 4 11 d.; h og, 16d. to I7d. per lb. Doscrism n Wool, M L NT, JULY 28 —The attenda.ol , c: t of buyers at our market this day was not so numerous 04.34 week, but the supply of wool was loleratily good. The re scarcely any tnisiness done ulna twelve or one o'clock;'•-- bitters not being disposed to give lucre prices. A reaction afee, „ards took place, ;.ad about hail' the quantity of the wool at market was purchased at :he prices of last week. The following were the qootations 6 , 1.; hog and ewe, 18i ; ewe, His.; locks, I.os. per stone. SI LK TETA DE. —S . everal silk manufacturers Lave-this and last week sold a large quantity -of goods. Fine satins, such as six thousand and eight thousand reeds, are extremelybrisk, brisk, but the work is so fine that it is only suitable for the very best of workmen. Fancy wink and fi , ured sarcenets are imptoving every day. The coarser reeds of plain sareenets are nearly all woven cn power-looms. which makes ther e to be little of any thing to do for wome n' and children. One very large firm in Manchester has commenced weaving fin e satins and figured work by power, and it said it ~n , N''' s very well. During the last six weeks upwards . of foiir hun dred families a silk weavers, in the neighbourhood Ab"" chester, have gone •to weave on power-looms iu the cotto n factories. Persons with lame w are . VW''' . daitY to work in cotton mills. .