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imptrial Darlianunt. the habit of resorting to in the enforcement of his argu- ' merits, but would at once proceed to the consideration of the bill itself. He was not opposed to the first introduc tion of the bill, reserving himself for the second reading, The Earl of ABERDEEN moved the second reading of in order that he might have an opportunity of ascertain the Brazils Slave Trade Bill. The effect of the measure ing the result of the deliberations of the General Assem would be to enforce the first article of the treaty of 1826, bly of Scotland. The result of those deliberations only which enacted that within three years after the ratification confirmed him in his previous disposition to oppose the of the treaty subjects of Brazil trading in slaves sh o uld measure, such opposition arising from an honest and be treated as pirates. This article had been hitherto ren- conscientious sense of public duty, looking to the en dered nugatory by the appointment of mixed commis- eagements of the crown with the Scottish church, and sions, to try offenders, which had taken the matter out looking also as a minister of the crown to the effect of of the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Court. In fact, ever the measure upon the interests of the country. He was since the conclusion of the treaty, it had been systema- on principle rather favourable to tests, and in Scotland ' - 'violated by the Brazilian government, who, though tests, as they existed, were founded on ancient statutes, admitted its validity, had impeded its execution and were, in his opinion, far superior to any modern !no ' means in their power. difications. In Ireland, however, tests were not advisa ill was read a second time. We, owing to the peculiar circumstances of the country. BROUGHAM then moved the second reading of In Scotland he feared that sectarian education was inevi for the administration of criminal justice. By table. The tests prescribed by statute were intended for isure it was proposed to fix upon certain places the security of the Established Church, the destruction towns, at which, as at the Central Criminal of which appeared to be the undisguised object of the a'l prisoners within a certain circuit should be Free Church party. Under these circumstances, the The state of criminal justice was such that it was right hon. baronet moved that the bill should be read a ry either to adopt some such measure as the pre- second time that day three months. sent, ur to appoint a greater number of judges, which Sir R. PEEL denied that the principle on which the latter course would be attended with much inconveni- government proceeded in proposing academical institu ence. tions for Ireland was necessarily applicable to other parts Lord CAMPBELL said great advantage would be derived of the United Kingdom. The universities of Scotland from the appointment of a new commission, with power were by compact and statute connected with its esta to inquire into the whole :subject, and to re-divide the blished church, and the abolition of the required tests assize districts of England and Ireland. lie begged also would not only be a violation of the Act of Union, but to suggest that an interchange on circuit of the English would be equivalent to a declaration that in Scotland and Irish judges would be very desirable, there should be no establishment whatever. National The Loan CHANCELLOR concurred in the necessity compacts were not to be lightly broken, and since the for a new commission ; but, though be did not consider bill had been introduced, the General Assembly had ad the Irish judges in any way inferior to their English bre- dressed the house against it. Under these circumstances three, he did not think they could administer justice so the government found themselves compelled to give their successfully in England. As the report of the late corn- support to the tests. mission was unsatisfactory, he should feel it his duty to The bill was lost by the small majority of eight. There recommend the appointment of a new one with more ex- were 108 for, and 116 against, the second reading. tensive powers. Mr. WATSON then moved the committal of the Catho- tically they by ev the bill this ME tried. necess L3rd BROUGHAM, after the declaration made by the Lord Chanctnor, would not p►ess the bill any further. lIOUE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY course SIR R. PEEL proceeded to inform the house what 'he government would pursue with respect to the zaeasures before Parliament. He first alluded to the Board of Trade's conuexion with railway bills, and said that it was his intention to bring in a bill altering the functions of that board. The board will still require the subject of railways to be laid before them, and they will inquire whether any public injury will be inflicted by such • hut the board will be relievej from tne duty of de an weal. They are to offer no opinion on the me- Joy line. Three scientific gentlemen, Sir Frederic Professor Barber, and Professor Airey, have been t o assist the Board of Trade in considering the e them The hon. Bart. then pro ceeded to notice the measures which the government in tends to adopt. He said that they intended to press on as fast as poseible the Irish Colleges Bill, and the Poor Law Amendwent (Scotland) Bill, which has been hitherto postponed in order to forward other measures, for relieving the Jews trout their civil disabilities. The hon. bart, then alluded to the following bills, which he said must he con tinued, though the postponement of the considers:ion of them would ri:ake no material difference with the public: viz. the bills of Exchange Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Bill, the Valuation of Lands Bill, the Criminal Lunatics Bill, the Public Works Bill, and the Drainage Bill. It was the intention to relinquish fur this session the bill for regulating the law of parochial settlement. ,Lint. Stock Company's Bills, as also the Fisheried Bill for Ireland, it is agreed to forward. There are no fewer than eighty exceptions on votes of supply, which ca❑ on no account be passed over ; and he hoped that those members who had given notice of their votes would, owing to the advanced period of the session, and the state of public business, waive their objections, as some time must necessarily elapse before they could enter upon the final consideration of the Irish Colleges Bill, which he did hope would have been disposed of that day week. The Secretary of the Home Department wished time to rectl- Medicine and Physic Bill, and to have it re (Cheers, and laughter.) The bill having met decided opposition, he had consented to post pone i, rather than consume the time of the house upon the question. '1 he other measures which they found it necessary to postpone were the Justices Clerk's Bill, the Clerks of Petty Sessions Bill, and the Parochial Settle ment Bill. The Merchant's and Seaman's Bill, which was in great favour, they hoped to have passed into a law scion. These were the bills for which her Majesty's merit Here responsible : he would not refer to those the charge of other honourable members. The 'rude Bill they should desire to go into. The Cha- Trusts Bid would be postponed till next session. i;clestastical Courts Bill would be postponed. The Debts Bill would be proceeded with. The Customs Act would not be got through with this ses- sitter prntet with st guvci under Cod ' ritadi The I Small Sir J. Y. BULLER presented two petitions : one from Theodore Bryett, stating that he was the partner of Charles Edwards, of Totness, who had acted as solicitor for David Phillips in bringing the action against Mr. Parrot:, slating that he knew nothing about the proceed - n it, and praying to be discharged from further la nce upon the house ; and another from C. Edwards, for at Totness, and from T. Baker, solicitor, of -street, London, stating that they had brought the against Mr. Parrot at the instance of their client, I Phillips, for evidence given by him before a corn e of the House of Commons, which they were in :cl was maliciously and wilfully false ; that in doing y dld not conc,ive that they were guilty of any h of privilege, as they believed the house would give protec►ion to its witnes es than that which was tnesses in the courts of law ; and that, if they lity of a breach of privilege, they had been unintentionally ; and praying that they, too, lischargod from further attendance on the solicit Lime. action David Iftittet forme otion of Mr. Div Err, Mr. D. Phillips uas ri examined. curl The gat Ne Ley, his course ~ f his examination he explained the cir 'ea under which he had brought this action. tance of it was, that Mr. Parrot had made a rrspecting him before the Committee on lebef, which was not only false, but, as he be- ,Ost in consequence a uainess ; but could not say bow far he had suffe ed in his private practice. He bad endeavoured to ob ain redress both from the board of guardians at To - nes, mid from the Poor Law Commissioners in London ; but ineffectually. He had therefore brought this action for words spoken before the committee, coupled with words spoken by Mr. Parrot before the board of guardi ans at Totness. In so doing he has no intention to igainst the privileges of the house. He was sorry Au Intrithged them ; and if he had done so he had unintentionally. he was not aware that he had silty of a breach of privilege, and was willing to se take such steps as it might think fitting for s character. tie was sharply cross- if do let the action was brought solely upon the words )re the committee; and the - declaration was •I nto his hands for that purpose. The witness, how eith,r was or appeared ignorant of the legal effect e declaration, which he admitted had been read over a ensued, of which it would be useless to urnmary ; and at last Mr. Phillips and his g beverally declared their ;eps in t contrition and , were discharg prosecution of HOUSE OF LORDS TUESDAY t arose respecting the recent appointment ltid ELLENBOROUGH asserted had been r rel,tion of the Chairman of the India Jr member of the bar, and incompetent, to fulfil the duties t practice and experience, PON, in answer, defended the appointment, on . that it had been offered to several leading f the profession, who had all refused it. OUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY PALMERSTON brought forward his motion for a of the hames and description of the witnesses ex- sinned before the mixed British and Fi ench commission appointed to inquire into the best means for suppressing the slave trade, and for copy of extracts of the evidence given by those witnesses. The noble lord observed that he was anxious to call the attention of the house to the suljeet of a crime which desolated Africa, debased Asia, con , aminated America from the north to the south, and stained Europe with unpardonable guilt. Tlie maion was resisted by Sir R. PEEL, and rejected by a majority of 91 to 51. lie Relief Bill, the object of which was to repeal those laws on the statute-book which were still unrepealed against the Catholics. Sir J. GRAHAM was opposed to proceeding with the bill at present, for although he was favourable to the principle of the bill, yet the details required the greatest care and consideration. After some discussion the house divided, and the bill was defeated by a majority of 89 to 47. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY , Mr. M AcAtmAy moved the second reading of the Scotch Universities Bill. He regretted much to find that the bill was to be opposed by the government, for it was a bill bonded upon sound principle, the application of which was called tor by the peculiar circumstances of Scotland. This principle was precisely the same as that upon which the Irish Colleges Bill was grounded, and he could not understand how the government could have in troduced the latter, and yet oppose, as be believed it was their intention to do, the former. In Ireland, as in Scotland, the Established Church was composed of the minorit ..f the people, and yet in Ireland the govern ment opposed the application of anything like a test — they would not even have the test of a belief in revelation, ,nd s ill by their opposition to this bill they showed that were prepared to maintain tests in Scotland. The gentleman then adverted to the recent occur- Chinch of Scotland, and contended that lat enforcement of tests they would shut out from the ersiiies more than one-half of the Presbyterian peo f Scotland. By throwing out this bill, in fact, they I cause a rival establishment to be founded, which diminish the number of the pupils and the re , of the universities; and the result would be that d would , e blessed with a race of the shallowest j,,," fill* the chairs of Adam Smith, Dugald Rria, Black, and Ferguson. The right hon. 1 then challenged the government with not s own mind for twenty.four hours together: ainst tests in Limerick, for them at Glasgow; , t Belfast, and fin- them at Aberdeen. The .e a ed shaken by the wind, and coidd not command public respect even for an hour. The riAt hon. gentleman, after srime further observa tions, moved the second reading of the bill. Sir J. GRAH AM would not allow himself to be seduced to follow the right hon. gentleman in the course of in vective in which be had indulged, and which he was in recces 11l tt HOUSE OF LORDS.—TnnRsDAY The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from a superannuated superintendent of police, named Baker, complaining that an action had been brought against him by a Mr. Harlow, for evidence given before the select committee of their lordships' house, on the subject of gaming and gaming -houses. The - LORI CHANCELLOR moved that a select commit tee be appoin - ed to search for precedents. Lord CAMPBELL moved, as an amendment, that the plaintiff and his attorney be called to the bar of the house. After a debate, shared in by Lords BROUGHAM, COT TEN HAM, and DENMAN, the latter of whom assured the house that there was no dipos tion in the courts of jus tice to encourage actions provoking collision with parlia ment, but hoped that the house would pause before deny ing to any subject of the Queen the opportunity of ob taining justice, the amendment was rejected by 33 to 22. The appointment of the select comm ittee to search for precedents raised another debate, in which Lord STAN LEY, the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, and other peers, took part. The committee was then nominated. The Marquis of BREADA LBANE, in presenting several petitions, one from the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, entered into a statement of the grievances alleged. by the Free Church, as to the obsta cles thrown in their way in obtaining sites for places of worship, . - . Earl CAwnoa and the Duke of BUCCLEUCLI both vin dicated themselves from imputations of having acted hostilely or vindictively against the Free Church, and, after some remarks from Lord CAMPBELL, and a vindi catory reply from the Marquis of BREADALBANE, the petitions were ordered to lie on the table, and the subject dropped. The remaining business was then disposed of, and after a brief discussion on the presentation of a petition from the Church Missionary Society by the Earl of CHICHES TER relative to New Zealand, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THintsnAY The house met at twelve o'clock, and got through the Commons Inclosure Bill in committee. At the five o'clock sitting, the third reading of the Irish College Bill having been moved, Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE moved that an address be pre sented to the Queen praying her to direct an inquiry into the state of Trinity College, Dublin, with a view of ascer taining whether Roman Catholics and Repealers might not be eligible to all scholarships, and to all such fellow ships, professorships, and other offices in Trinity College, Dublin, as are not intended for ecclesiastical purposes, or immediately connected with ecclesiastical endowment. Mr. BELLEW seconded the amendment. Sir R. PEIL refused to interfere with Trinity College. Its revenue was aboi.t £25,000—a less sum than had been permanently assigned as an annual grant to Maynooth. Lord Jon N RUSSELL supported the amendment. On a division there appeared—for the amendment, 9; again..t it, 168. The third reading of the Irish Colleges Bill was passed by 177 to 26. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, Mr. Barker, against whom an action was brought for evidence given before a committee of their lordships, was examined at the bar as to whether it was possible the words might have been spoken elsewhere. He distinctly affirmed that it was for the evidence given before the committee on gaming and gaming houses ; and after some discussion the plaintiff in this cause and his attorney were ordered to appear at the bar on Monday. The Earl of DALHOUSIE in placing before the house papers relative to the Hallway Department of the Board of Trade, stated the circumstances under which it had been constituted, and alluded to the report which had gone forth that out of all the recommendations made by the committee, oily one had been confirmed by the House of Commons, and that even that one had been rejected by the House of Lords. This would certainly be curious if it were tine; but it was not true, for in point of fact, out of 247 projects, involving about 8000 miles of new railway, which had been submitted to the Board of Trade, there had been 151 favourably reported upon, of which only six had failed in the House of Commons, arising from compromises or change of circumstances, while no less then 121 had been absolutely confirmed. It had, however, been determined by the Government to discon tinue the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, as a distinct branch of the board for the purpose of report ing on the merits of new railway speculations. Hence forth the Board of Trade would overlook railways with a necessary for the convenience and security of the public, but without reporting on the merits of any particular railway itself. Lord BROUGHAM sympathised with the feelings of the noble lord in delivering the funeral oration of the departed railway board ; but if it had been i❑ the full possession of the house ought to be informed of the causes of its death. There was ground for suspecting murder or foul play, and Mr. Wakley ought to be called in to sit on the body manner in which money and time were consumed in the conflicting schemes before parliament, and said that Mr. Hudson—King Hudson—was working with a twelve , counsel power before the committee on the London and s York line. The object of Mr. Hudson was delay, in or- der that a report might not be made in the present session, and of course counsel would talk just as long as Mr. Hudson was disposed to spend money. He was, in fact, just as well pleased with a six or eight hours' speech from the counsel opposed to him, as with a speech of six hours from his own counsel. He hoped, however, that the committee would disappoint Mr. Hudson, by reporting during th, present session. Lord FAVERSHAM said that Mr. Hudson, who was present, and had heard Lord Brougham's speech (cries of " order "), had authorised him to say that it was incur. rect to say that he was interfering with the committee. Lord BROUGHAM observed that the only sovereign en titled to be present at their debates was her Majesty. The railway potentate had no right to be there. The noble lord moved the consideration of one of his resolu tions respecting railways, with a view to its being made a standing order; and in the course of the discussion The Earl of DEVON objected to the noble lord's re peatedly speaking upon the same motion. Lord BROUGHAM said that the noble lord had once sat as clerk at the table of the house, and was then obliged to listen to him. The Earl of DEVON commented on the good taste evinced by the noble lord in this allusion, and then as serted that be would take care in future that be would in terfere as far as possible in preventing the noble lord from violating the privileges of the house. The further consideration of the resolution was post poned, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -FRIDAY. - ------ • The house had no sooner been made by the aid of the members attending committees, who withdrew after it was made, than Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the house be counted. There were not forty members, but the Speaker waited until they had been whipped in from the committees. At length the house being constituted beyond the power of being counted out, Mr. DUNCOMBE moved an amendment to the Lunatics' Bill, to the effect that there was no time during the pre sent session to give full consideration to a measure of suc h importance, and that it should, therefore, be post poned until the next session.. Lord ASHLEY then entered into an exposition of the objezts of the bill, stated the frightful magnitude of the exiting evils, and described the way in which it was pro posed to protect the unfortunate lunatics from those cru elties to which they had been hitherto exposed. The house divided upon Mr. Duncombe's amendment, which was negatived by a majority of 66 to 1. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that he would on Tu , -sday move a resolution r , specting the correspondence between the Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke de Soto mayor, relative to the rrfusal of admission to Spanish colonial sugars. Sir J. GRAHAM moved the order of the day for the house resolving itself into committee on the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Bill. Colonel RAWDON moved that the bill be committed that day three months. The motion was defeated by a majority of 90 to 38. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD: FuREIGN AND COLONIAL. The war in Algiers, which has lasted fifteen years, costs France upwards of three millions annually, and seems as far as ever from any satisfactory termination. - THE JUNIOR COLONEL OF EUROPE.—The Emperor Nicholas bas appointed his grandson Alexander Alexan drow ich, an infant three months old, chief of one of the battalions of Finlanders belonging to the Imperial Guard. - - GERMAN REFORMED CATHOLIC CHURCH.—The church of the German Reformed Catholics opened at Frankfort in June last, and, though only calculated to contain two thousand persons, six thousand applied for tickets of admission. SPAIN.—A new candidate for the band of the Queen has presented himself in the person of the Duke of Seville, second son of Don Francesco de Paula, whose prospects of success are, it is said, superior to those of his rivals, Liasmuch as that Engl an d approves o f hi s pretensions, and France cannot f a i r ly oppose th em, see i ng th a t he is a member of the Bourbon family. THUNDER STORM' AT HAVRE.—A. storm of thunder and lightning burst over Havre on Sunday night, about twelve o'clock, and lasted until five the next morning. A copious rain accompanied this storm, which extended to Bolbec, where a considerable quantity of hail fell, and broke upwards of 2000 panes of glass. A number of trees were also uprooted. SYRlA.—Letters from Syria, of June 9, announce the breaking out of a fresh insurrection in the Lebanon. An engagement between the Maronites and the Druses had taken place at Buccah, in the plain between the two Lebanons, which bad terminated in a loss on each side of from 100 to 150 men. The roads between Damascus and Jerusalem are no longer safe; and no caravan can travel by that route without a strong escort. The Arabs are from 40,000 to 50,000 strong, and are plundering right and left. BRAZIL.—The Tornal do Comercio of the 3d May, re- ceived at Liverpool from Rio on Friday, states that a re solution had been adopted in the Lower House, on the second discussion of the budget, imposing upon cotton manufactures of British origin destined for consumption an extra duty on the amount recoverable by the general tariff of twenty per cent.; which duty, however, the Go vernment is authorised to suspend immediately that the restrictions upon the importation of Brazilian sugar into this country are abandoned. IMPORTANT FROM NEW ZEALAND.—The Midlothian, Morison, from Sydney, N.S.W., arrived off Falmouth on Monday, and landed a mail ; also the following report : " On April 2d, in lat. 35 43 S., long. 177 56 E., spoke the Mary, of New Bedford, whaler, which reported having seen, three days previously, her Majesty's ship North Star working into the Bay of Islands; also reports that the natives there and the crew of her Majesty's ship Hazard and the British troops had an encounter; that the flag staff had been pulled down, and the town of Kororaika burnt, about 100 of the natives had been killed and wound ed, and about 18 or 20 of the English ; the commander of the Hazard badly wounded. The British residents had all left for Auckland. Quietness had been restored." The New York Weekly Herald mentions the following interesting circumstance, in describing the trial of the persons who stand accused of the murder of Joe Smith, the Mormon chief. It affords a striking view of the state of society in America, even when we make every allow ance for the scene of it—the Illinois territory :—'' The jury is composed of two-thirds Mormons, and have been in session during the whole sitting of the court. Every body almost attending court comes armed to the teeth, and frequently muskets and rifirs will be seen taken out of waggons with as much deliberation as if they were at tending a militia muster instead of attending a court of justice. The Mormons are said to have expressed a de termination to take revenge in case the defendants should not be convicted." EXPULSION OF THE JESUITS FROM FRANCE.—The leading feature in the Paris journals of Sunday is the successful termination of Baron Rossi's mission to the court of Rome, all doubt upon the subject having been put an end to by the following semi-official announce ment in the Messenger of Saturday night :—" The king's government had received news from Rome. Toe nego tiation confided to M. Rossi has attained itsohjelt. The. Congregation of Jesuits will cease to exist in France, and is about to terminate of itself; its houses will be closed and its noviciates dissolved." The Debats accompanies this communication with the information that it was only six months ago that the government received information of the re-establishment of the order of Jesuits in France; that about that time it was ascertained that 22 houses had already been fully completed. Although the law armed the authorities with power for their prompt suppression, yet the government preferred the more prudent course of appealing, in the first instance, to the spir.tual autho rities. IRELAND, CONVERSIONS FROM ROMANISM.—On Sunday, the 6th inscant, the day appointed for receiving converts from Romanism in St. Andrew's Church, Dublin, four persons, two men and two women, publicly abjured Popery, partook of the Holy Communion, and signed the renunciation roll. INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT.—The State Church of England is going to perdition, and the inhabitants of her towns and cities are latitudinarians or infidels, and, most certainly unbelievers in parsons and parson preach ing. —Cork Examiner. DUBLIN REGATTA.—On Tuesday the Dublin Bay regatta commenced in Kingstown Harbour. The first race was for a piece of plate valued at £4O. for yachts, which was won by Mr. Thomas D. Graham's Meteor beating 12 other yachts. The principal rowing match was for a prize of £4O. for four oared boats pulled by gentlemen, won by the Pembroke Club. THE AFFRAY AT BALLINHASSIG.- - -The inquiry into this melancholy affair still continues. A great deal of evidence has been adduced, and speeches made, and points of practice discussed, from all of which it would be difficult to make selections calculated to throw any new light upon the painful occurrence. The witnesses brought forward on the part of the "people" depose that the po lice fired upon the crowd without sufficient cause; while on the other hand several witnesses swear that the roof of the dispensary, in which the police were posted, was torn away by the peasantry, who wanted to get at them—that they saw several large stones in the room which had been flung at the police, and from their size were calculated to do "grievous bodily harm if they came in contact with the human body." STATE OF CAVAN.—Although there are no further ac counts of any actual outrages upon life or property in the disturbed districts, still a state of terrorism is represented to prevail to a most alarming and hitherto unknown ex tent. Several of the leading gentry have received private and friendly intimation that they would best consult their safety by abandoning (for a term at least) their residences in the country, have promptly taken the hint, and are now literally seeking refuge in andabout the neighbourhood of Dublin. It is greatly to be feared that all the efforts of tam twunin LAtLoolic clergy will prove quite unavailing to , remedy this dreadful state of society, more than one of these reverend gentlemen who had rendered themselves somewhat conspicuous by their denunciations of the spreading disaffection, having been duly cautioned by the self-elected legislators to keep within the strict sphere of their spiritual duties, as they (the conspirators) were the best judges of matters temporal. Under such circum. stances it is hard to conceive what course government can devise, or what legislative nostrum can come at the root of a disease which seems thus far to defy all reasonable THE JULY ANNIVERSARIES After all, it would appear that the Orangemen of Monaghan are not singular in their preference of the advice of Mr. Thomas Steele to that given by Lords Roden and Farnham. The loyalists of Killyman, some times known by the appellation of " the wreckers," and who were recently paid a friendly visit by the " Head Pacificator," in the progress of his missi.in to Ulster, have determined, according to the Newry Telegraph, to celebrate the approaching anniversary after the fashion of the olden time. The meeting at which they came to this resolution was attended by several very influential per sons, who wished to advise against demonstrations ; but they deferred to the opinions of the majority. The fol lowing communication will show what extensive effect this decision of the Killyman Protestants may be expected to produce : The Masters of the Killyman district, of which Dungannon and Moy form a part, met at Kennedy's cross, on the sth inst., the Grand Master for Tyrone in the chair, to deride in what manner they should celebrate the approaching anniversary. It was unanimously re solved that the Orangemen of that district do walk in lull procession on the 12th inst., and that they meet at Drumenagh-hill, at twelve o'clock upon that day. This resolution decides the districts of Benburk, Loughgall, Castlecaulfield, Pomeroy, Stewartstown, and many others, which had previously met and resolved to adopt the re solutions of the Killyman district, and act accordingly. The Masters of the lodges belonging to Auahnacloy, Carranteel, Ballygawley, Augher, and Clogher, attended a meeting of the Annahoo, held on the 28th of June, and unanimously resolved that they would walk in pro cession on the 12th of July. The above places take in the greater part of the baronies of Dungannon and Clogher, and part of the barony of Omagh." " From Portadown," adds the Telegraph, " we have so:cewhat similar tidings. We are informed that the Orangemen of that highly Protestant neighbourhood in tend having ' a tremendous procession on the 12th.' The lodges are to rendezvous at Portadown.” We shall in all probability have some particulars for a second edition as to what really has taken place on this memorable day, which, after all the rumours which have been in circulation, will be anxiously looked for. THE COURT 4. FASHIONABLE WORLD, It is now understood the royal family will not return to Windsor Castle till September, and the repairs and alte rations in the state apartments are ordered to be completed by that period. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians have continued their visit to the Queen and Prince Al bert, and have participated very generally in the amuse ments of the season. On Wednesday they accompanied her Majesty and the Prince to Drury-lane Theatre. There seems to be little doubt that the Queen will visit the Continent after the rising of Parliament. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, after taking farewell of the King and Queen of the Belgians yesterday, were to proceed, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, to Oshorne•house, where they are to sojourn till the close of the week. The Marquis of Salisbury gave a princely entertain ment, on Monday, to the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge. UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. J. Dobson, rector of Wivenhoe, to the vicarage of llaxey, Lincolnshire.—Rev. R. M'Neill, M.A., to the vicarage of Shitlington, Beds.—Rey. C. Nairne, M.A., perpetual curate of St. Peter-at-Gowts, Lincoln, to the perbendal stall, Sancti Butolphi, in Lincoln cathedral.—Rev. W. H. Chapmell, M.A., to the curacy of St. Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford. —Rev. A. Nelson, M.A., curate of Boxley, to the rectory of Snarford, Lincolnshire.—Rev. J. Peacock, 8.A., curate of Wellingore, to the vicarage of Wellingore, Lincolnshire.—Rev. J. A. Hatchard, M.A., to be chap lain of H.M. ship Rodney, vice Cooper, to Haslar Hospi tal.—Rev. G. Proctor, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Stroud, Gloucestershire. - -Rev. J. J. Scott, to be the minister of the church of the Holy Trinity, at Barnstaple. —Rev. J. Tripp, 8.A., to the'curacy of Baltonsborough, Somersetshire.—Rev. T. J. M. Townsend, curate of North Searle, to the vicarages of Searby-cum-Owmbv, Lincolnshire.—Rev. P. L. Drake, to the vicarage Rusk ington, second mediety, Lincolnshire.—Rev. W. H. Cartwright, M.A., to the rectory of Compton Martin with Nempnett curacy, Somersetshire.—Rev. .T. Taylor, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Dean, Beds.—Rev. A. G. Baxter, M.A., to the rectory of Hampreston, Dorset. —Rev. It. Sankey, M.A., to the vicarage of Farnham, Surrey.—Rey. R. Burgess, 8.A., to the vicarage of Rad cliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham.—Rey. A. Murray, M.A., to the rectory of North Waltham, Hants.—Rev. W. S. O'Brien, 8.A., to the curacy of the church and district of Christ Church, Stone, Stafford.—Rev. W. T. P. Timper ley, to the assistant curacy of St. Chad's near Shrews bury, Salop.—Rev. T. Fox, jun., 8.A., late curate of Alford, Somerset, to the curacy of Fifehead Nevill with Belchalwell, Dorset.—Rev. J. Hicks, 8.A., curate of Piddletrenthide, Dorset, to the vicarage. The Church and State Gazette states that an attempt will be made in October to throw Dr. Symons out of the Vice-Chancellorship of Oxford. THE REV: MR. CAPES.—This gentleman visited Littlemore just before conforming to Popery, and not (that we know of) after. He communicated with Mr. Newman, in his difficulties, and the latter declined ad vising him to remain.—Church and State Gazette. Her Majesty the Queen has contributed £2OO, and Prince Albert £lOO, to the fund now raising for providing additional patorai superin'endence, schools, and churches in Southwark, Lambeth, and the other metropolitan pa rishes in the diocese of Winchester. His Grace the Primate gives £l,OOO to the same object, and the total sum already exceeds £ll,OOO. RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE. On Saturday week a fireman on the Manchester and Bolton Railway was killed through jumping from the engine whilst in motion. The disagreeable revelations contained in the r e p or t o f the committee appointed to consider the petition of the South-Eastern Railway, have rendered it imperative on Captain Boldero and Mr. Bonham to resign the offices held by them in the Board of Ordnance. EXPRESS TRAINS.—The guards who ride outside on the express trains between Liverpool and London have some difficulty in preserving their sitting, so strong is the rush of air they experience. Last Tuesday several of the guards complained of the danger they were in from the side wind. EUSTON AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. —On Wednes day the chairman of this committee stated that in conse quence of the resolution of the House of Commons of the 7th instant, they were compelled to report the preamble not proved ; though, in order to save expense, they had been at first willing to come to a contrary decision. GOOLE AND DONCASTER RAILWAY.—The Commit tee on this line decided on Monday that as it was to a certain extent a competing one with the London and York, and as the committee on that line had come to no decision upon it, they considered it better that the bill for the Doncaster and Goole line should be postponed until next session. PROPOSED TUNNELS UNDER LONDON.—A project has been formed for uniting the Great Western Railway with the Eastern Counties line, by a tunnel from Pad dington to Shoreditch, under the new road to Finsbury square, and then turning off. By means of branch tun nels Tottenham-coutt-road, Somers-town, King's-cross, Islington, and other districts, are to be benefitted. COMMISSION ON THE GAUGES.—Sir Frederick Smith, Professor Barlow, and Lieutenant Harness are the Com missioners appointed to consider the question of the gauges. T.ie question submitted to them is that of dis ision, not of conversion, of the gauges ; that is, where the breaks between the gauges ought to be, not whether one gauge should be converted into the other. THE RAILWAY NAPOLEON.—In the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Mr. George Hudson is returned to the House of Commons as the holder of no fewer than 8,000 shares. Upon each of those shares a deposit of 30s. has been paid, msking thus a sum of £12,000 actually ex pended. They are now, however, at a high premium, Mr. Hudson being able to procure in the market at least £l7 tier share premium. Thus he could obtain £lB 10s., or more, for every share for which he paid only £1 10s. ; the profit upon this one transaction, consequently, being £136,000 upon an outlay of only £l'',,ooo. OFFICIAL TRAFFICKING IN RAILWAY SHARES.—The report of the Select Committee appointed to investigate the charges brought against Captain Boldero and Mr. Bonham, of the Ordnance Department, and Mr. Hig nett, solicitor to that Board, in the petition of the South Eastern Railway Company, has been printed. Captain Boldero has incurred the animadversion of the Com mittee for having trafficked largely in railway shares, through Mr. Hignett, solicitor to the Board of Ordnance, who, it is stated, had no authority whateve r t o ac t on behalf of the Board, as represented by him in his letters to the railway authorities. The committee also report that it had come to their knowledge that Mr. Bonham, in 1836, being then a member of the House of Commons, had 100 South Eastern Railway shares allotted to him, which he sold at £3 per share premium. The Commit tee lastly reprobate the conduct of Mr. Wray, of the South Eastern Railway, in connection with some of the transactions impugned, and strongly condemn the system of canvassing members and public boards practised by railway companies. PROGRESS OF RAILWAY BILLS.—The committees of the lords and commons are heavily dragging along their lengthy remainders of business. The contests of the lords are a little more than a repetition of the proceed ings in the commons ; but the gauge question is being fought over again on new ground. The bills now in the commons cannot pass the lords this year. and it is there fore of little importance whether they are negatived or affirmed, as they will assuredly find it prudent to com mence de novo next year. The preambles of the follow ing bills have been proved in the lords :--Bristol and Ex eter Branches; Clydesdale Junction ; Dublin and Bel fast Junction ; North Wales Mineral ; Liverpool and Manchester Extension ; Richmond. The preambles of the following bills have been proved in the commons this week :—Ashford and Hastings (Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings line) ; Gravesend and Rochester; Monmouth and Hereford; Llunceston and South Devon; South Devon and Tavistc. , ck ; and Epping. The Doncaster and Goole has been postponed • the Southport and Euxton has been negatived ; an d the Rye and Tenterden declared not proved RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—We have now made up from our officill returns the amount of the railway traffic for the past six months. It appears that on thirty-nine railways, amounting to nearly eighteen hundred miles, the segre gate traffic is, in round numbers, £2,850,000, being £550,000 more than for the corre,ponding six months of last year. This increase of revenue amounts to. twenty per cent. on the total receipts of the half-year; and if we take the value of the money at four per cent. per annum, this will give above £27,000,000, as the increase in the real value of the railway property of the country since last July. Of this increase of half-yearly revenue, we find that the Lo don and Birmingham Company has £52,000 on the half-year, being an increase of exactly £2OOO a week. The Great Western has an increase of £41,000; the Grand Junction of £30,000; the Midlands of £57,000; the Brighton £14,000; and the South-Western £BOOO. Some of these lines have made extensions ; but the greater part of the traffic is due to the increasing prosperity of the country, and the increase of revenue has been in some eases in spite of large reductions in the rate of the fares.-- Railway Chronicle. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. — Major-General Pasley's report on the recent accident on the Great Western railway, has just been laid before parliament. He a3cribes the accident, by which the lives of 145 passengers were placed in the most imminent peril, to the lightness of the luggage van, which had only four wheels, combined with the extraordinary velocity of the express trains, and the elasticity of the light rails and sleepers aggravated by the " hog-trough rails." The obvious remedies he states to be, first, to replace all the light sleepers and heavier sleepers and rails of Mr. Brunel's hog-trough rails, 11 the stronger and heavier sleepers and rails of Mr. Brunel's last approved pattern ; secondly, experience having proved the impro priety of mixing light four-wheeled and heavy six-wheeled carriages in the same swift train, the use of the former should be discontinued. But, as it is desirable to have a carriage without passengers next to the tender, in order to receive the first shock in case of any accident to the engine or tender, the General suggests that it be a six wheeled carriage of the same weight as the passenger carriages, which may be used also for luggage. CAUTION TO DIRECTORS OF COMPANIES.—IR the House of Lords on Monday the Marquis of Clanricarde moved the adoption of a standing order relative to the appointment of directors of railway and other companies. --The Marquis of Landsowne said their lordships would be surprised when he stated that the Hon. Mr. Berkeley, M.P. for Cheltenham, was placed in this extraordinary position. About seven years ago, Mr. Berkeley was in vited to become a subscriber to and director of a com pany about to be instituted, called a company for effect ing steam navigation to India and the Cape of Good Hope. He however declined, and dismissed the subject altogether from his mind. The name of that gentleman was inserted in the bill without his knowledge, and five years afterwards he was subjected t a demand for the whole of the outgoings of the committee, the other parties having been mere men of straw. He was and be bad been held to be legally liable. This was not a solitary case. He trusted their lordships would pass a standing order providing that when the names of the parties were inserted in a bill, proof should be given of the consent of these parties.—Lord Brougham said this was another proof of the necessity of greater caution being used in the passing of these railway acs.—Lord Fitzhardinge said, his brother, Mr. Berkeley, took no part whatever in the proceedings of the company; and was not aware that his name had been used, until he received notice that an ac tion had been brought by the ship-builder for £35,000. The legal expenses already incurred amounted to about £4OO. CAPITAL IN RAILWAYS COMPLETED, IN PROGRESS, AND PROJECTED. From a very elaborate table, contained in Burn's Com mercial Glance just published, we deduce the following statistics of the capital embarked in railways and railwdy projects. In 77 railways, completed or in progress, the amount of capital is £85,370,723, of which £53,090,893 is paid up, and £32,279,830 remaining to be called up. Of 139 railways before parliament this session, exclusive of small branches, deviations, connecting links, &c., the nominal capital for which the registered shareholders are liable is £96,245,650. of which, averaging the deposit at £2l per share, £7,290,733 appears to be paid up, and, being lodged with the treasurer of the Private Bill-office, is thus withdrawn from commercial circulation. We have also 196 railways projected, but not yet before par liament, of which the average deposits amount to Xli per share. The total capital represented by these is £160,309,000, and the amount paid up and withdrawn from commercial circulation is £9,913,312. There are also a number of small branches and deviations, in pro gress and in prospect, involving a capital of £27,000,000, on which the deposits amount to £2,350,000. The total number of shares is 11,047,821, or nearly a share for every two of the population. The total capital repre sented by railways, paid up and t o b e pa id up, i s £368,000,000, or about £l6 per head to the whole popu lation ; and the total paid-up capital is £72,644,938, leaving £296.280,345 to be called up. Of course this calculation refers only to the amount required if the whole of the schemes projected should be carried out. Many of them, however, are competing lines; some are rejected already; whilst others have been rendered un necessary by the formation of branches, &c., from exist ing lines. Taking, however, only one-half of the amount remaining to be called up for the new lines, as being as much as the legislature is likely to sanction, we have no lees than £132,000,000 which the country will probably be called upon to furnish for new railways in the course of the next four or five years, in addition to £32,279,000 remaining unpaid upon the lines completed or in progress. We may remark, however, that of the lines completed or in progress, representing a capital of £85,370,723, many are at a considerable premium, as are some of those at present before parliament and projected. We may fairly add one-third to the capital represented by the first for premium ; and we have then the following as the total capital already invested in railways and liable to be acted upon by speculation on our various stock ex changes : Paid up on lines completed or in pr0gre55.£53,090,893 Add one-third for premium 17,996,964 Paid up on railways before parliament Deposits on new schemes Do. for branches, &c Total already invested in this description of property, exclusive of our engagements in foreign railways. Of this amount no less than £19,554,045, the amount of deposits on new lines, may be said to have been furnished within the last twelve months, in addition to the amount, a large one, which has been absorbed in calls upon lines in progress. This last fact speaks volumes as to the elastic and expan sive state of the country's resources. LAW INTELLIGENCE. OATHS IN BANKRUPTCY CASES.—By a bill now be fore the House of Commons (having passed the Lords), it is provided that bankrupts may be examined after making a prescribed declaration, instead of taking an oath ; but that a false statement, after making such de claration, will be punishable the same as perjury now is. A servant has not the power to compel a character be ing given ; but if one is given, it must be a just and fair one, otherwise the party giving it is liable to an action. ' In the Court of Exchequer, on Saturday last, Mr. George Robins, the celebrated auctioneer, obtained a ver dict for £644, against Mr. Burke and another, the ven ckrs of an estate in Bucks, which they employed Mr. Robins to sell by auction. After they had agreed with Mr. Robins as to the terms on which he was to he paid, they sold the estate by private contract to the Duke of Buckingham, for £60,000. The question was whether Mr. Robins, by the agreement entered into, was entitled to one per cent. commission on the purchase money. The jury decided he was, and gave a verdict in his favour fur £644, the sum claimed. PurvitEov; OF COUNSEL.—I n the recent trial in which two men, Gompertz and Witham, were found g u ilty of a conspiracy to defraud Captain Rose, that gentleman felt himself aggrieved by the language used by Mr. Fitzroy Kelly in commenting upon his evidence and wrote to him to ask him if he dare to repeat the false statements. In reply Mr. Kelly stated that he proposed to forward the letter to the Horse Guards, with a state ment of the circumstances that led to it ; but offered an opportunity of withdrawing the letter, if he was desirous of so doing. Captain Rose immediately withdrew the letter and apologised for having written it. Lord Huntingtower came before the Court of Bank ruptcy on Saturday week for his final order. The Com missioner, to mark his sense of the young lordling's im prudence and recklessness, adjourned the case sine die. without protection, leaving Lord H. if be chose to come up on a future occasion. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque again expressed his regret that the Earl of Dysart, his lordship's father, should leave the undoubted heir to £50,000 a year and a peerage without sufficient provision. The Earl and Countess of Dysart have not lived together for eight years, and a suit between them is now pending in the Ecclesiastical Court. The Charitable Trusts Bill now before the commons proposes to empower the Lord Chancellor to appoint two masters in Chancery, and a barrister-at-law of no less than ten years' standing, as "the Commissioners of Cha rities," with two inspectors; and to the Commissioners subject to the approbation of the Treasury, gives authority to appoint a secretary, clerks, messengers, and officers, at discretion, There was a. clause in the bill, at first pro mulgated, providing for the expence of all these offices out of the funds to be administered; but that has been dropped. The bill is now in the commons, and no doubt, it is now meant that the salaries. &c. should be provided out of the co nso lid ate d f und. This bill is abandoned for the present session. SPORZ'ING INTELLIGENCE BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S.-THURSDAY LIVERPOOL CUP. 4 to 1 agst Winesour (t) ' 12 to 1 agst Rowena 6 1 Trutboy 12 1 Coranna 6 1 Milton 12 1 Lightning 11 —1 Ironmaster 25 —1 Little Hampton GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 a g st Foig-a-ballagh 112 to 1 agst Stomacher 5 1 Ironmaster GOODWOOD STAKES. 118 to 1 agst Queen Mab 20 1 Europa 25 1 Wee Pet 25 1 Boarding School 11 to 1 agst Pythia 12 1 —. The Libel 16 1 Pineapple 17 1 Venus 18 1 John o' Gaunt DONCASTER ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Weatherbit 16to 1 agst Merry Monarch BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —FRIDAY. The business transacted in ourturf market for the past week has not been distinguished for either spirit or quan tity. We give the latest prices : LIVERPOOL CUP. The field agst any three (offered, with take rs o f 4) 7 to 2 ag s t Wi nesour (taken, and aft. offered) 6 1 any other (offered) 1 Trueboy (taken) 1 Milton (taken) 10 1 Rowena (taken) 12 1 Ironmaster (offered) 12 1 Nereus (offered) 15 1 Lothario (taken) 15 1 Warp (offered) 16 1 Lightning (taken) 20 1 Coranna ( 33 1 Cock Robin freely) 33 1 Dog Billy (taken) We select Winesour or Milton to win. Nerus (if at the post) not to be lost sight of : Lord George is always awake. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 on the field (offt•red) 12 1 agst The Libel (taken, and offered) 16 1 Pineapple 20 1 Europa (taken) 20 1 John o' Gaunt (taken) 20 1 Glossy GOODWOOD CUP. 2 to 1 on the field (offered) DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 500 to 100 agst Weatherbit (taken on Tuesday) 600 100 Merry Monarch A strong desire to back Pantasa at 25 to 1. PEDESTRIANISM.—Yesterday week, at Birmingham, James Searles ran 10 miles and jumped over 250 hurdles, each 3 feet high, in a minute and a half less than 75 mi nutes, and thereby won £lO. INSTALLATION OF THE JEWISH HIGH PRIEST. The installation of the Rev. Dr. N. M. Adler to the office of chief rabbi of the united congregations of Jews of Great Britain took place on Wednesday at the Great Synagogue, St. James's. place, Aldgate, with unusual pomp and splendour. Some hours before the appointed time, the immediate vicinity became immensely crowded, so much so that it was with difficulty the police could keep the passages leading to the synagogue clear, and such was the anxiety manifested to obtain admission to view the ceremony, that large sums of money were offered for tickets, but very prudently refused. The interior of the synagogue had been beautified for the occasion, and a spacious orchestra had been erected facing the ark for the accommodation of nearly 50 singers, principally boys, be tween the ages of eight and fifteen years. Before the ark was hung a rich white damask satin curtain, embroidered profusely with gold and silver ; the reading desk was also covered with the same rich material. The chandeliers and branches were decorated with a profusion of flowers, of the choicest description, and lighted with upwards of 500 wax candles, which, together with the galleries being filled with ladies, bad a very pleasing and brilliant effect. Soon after 5 o'clock the chief rabbi arrived at the syna gogue, and was conducted to the vestry chamber, where he was presented with an address. After the address, Dr. Adler was conducted to the sy nagogue, Preceded by flower boys, the passages and lob- Hes being li ne d with the children of the different chari ties by th e war d ens. On entering the principal door a splendid canopy was in readiness to receive him, con. structed of ri c h bl ue d amas k sa ti n embroidered with silver, and, carrying one of the scrolls, he was conducted to his seat on the left hand of the ark ; the reader (Rev. July 15, 1845, theMr . same ti a e n d choirbeing chanting opened the followingbySir Moses et fiore We bßlleesssseydolleo out t e t hat t)the cometh honse oinf the e e Lnoarmd,,, name of e t . be Lo_r: The ark bei ng c l ose d, th e regu l ar a f terno on service w impressi vely read by the reader. td The scrolls of th e l aw were th en ta k en f rom the or the reading-desk, the choir singing some Hebrew verse'. The following prayer for the Hi h Priest was then green' May He wh o bl esse d our an g cesters, Abraham , D , and Jac o b, M oses and Aaron, David and Solomo n, I. the Rev. R a bbi N athan Marcus, the son o f t h e Iteu„; Marcus Adl er , c hi e f ra bbi of the united congreg ation. Jews of Gre a t B r i ta i n. May the Lord God be with lows and grant to hi m prosperity, and that he may be to ns source of honour and praise ; may he behold the cowl" of the Redeemer speedily in our days. Amen !" a nd The high pri es t th en mounte d t h e rea di ng -desk, wo delivered a sermon, which he spoke in high German , 8 0 . after th e c h ant i ng of several psalms and the usual Po' for the royal family, the ceremony was concluded. CORRESPONDENCE. ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH SCHOOLS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR D. .. SIR,—As I was p ass i ng near S t. Th omas ' s Church , t ° Warwick -street, Toxteth-park, I observed that the pros posed day school s , some ti mes ment i one d i n your Pr o as about to be erected in connexion with the church, bais actually been commenced. Now we school-loving Pe ° P t h do not like t o b e di sappo i nte d i n any treat connec ted vA ie our propensity, fo r our f es ti va l s are f ew at best. The rev. gentlema n a t S t. Th omas ' s h as, however, c heated r o this time, for w e h a d anticipated an enjoyment simila r . 0 , that which we rece i ve d at the laying of the foundat l % stone of the school connected with St. Barnabas's cnur e t ; s but the stone is laid, and we are left alone to guess at o b. reason of our disappointment. Perhaps it may be a P tical reason. Alas! when the sun of politics rues in ° social atmosphere, it is th e sun o f th e torrid zone : the ~0 3 earth is parched, th e d ew o f l ove i s gone, t h e di r ty gr°" cleaves asunder, and day after day a fresh split s e P G. .i., tion—becomes visible to all. Perhaps it may be a d e- 0 to be different from others, a notoriety which in this F B lO would not be desirable: Perhaps it may be a certain I v of quiet in which the rev. incumbent would indulge• stogy engage in the exciti ng scene o f l ay i ng a f oun d a tion st 4; for a church scho o l, and which every christian can ind n $ with satisfaction, is in these days a most glorious work, the in consequence of the omission of the ceremony in ~;0 . above instance, an eclipse has partially obscured the " tonic light, which would have been shed on the ounder taking, and the popular sympathy which would have b_ e t e lit thrown round the building. Some disappointed SU,,,g some one of morbid sensibility may call this humbug,i; its innocency and utility may be its best apologY• 0 , late happy and joyful scene at the Old Swan ought to cod, vince all gainsayers of the propriety, importance, and a vantage, of layin g th e f oun d a ti on stones o f pu bli c building s , P with all due ce remony an d observance. üblic institut io as are not always supported by the world for their intrin sic worth, but often f r om th e c h arac t er o f t h ose connecteut with them,a character not dependent on sterling nieri i t i' t u be o some adva n t ageous an d s h owey qua li t i es w hi c h fill $ field of observation. How often is attention roused by little innoce n t t rumpet ti ng . A s f or our act i ve a nd te as lons secret ar y o f th e a b ove schools, a man of business ! 11d 0 , self sacrifice, and when f ame proc laims that " the Isa_inea, have patronised," their symp a thy i s awa k e ned. , 6 ", behold " the blind are taught, and th e or phan fin us de , home." Though the good folk of St. Thomas' have prived us of the first treat, I trust they will not of the cond festival or opening of the school. In the anticipatTei of double pleasure at that happy time, I bid them, 6 speed in the name of the Lord. 1 remain, Sir, your most obedient servant , „ " CIVITAS• BEBINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY tb The second exhibition of the season took place / 11 gardens of the Royal Rock Hotel on Thursday last , ..ta though the day was not one of the most inviting, "i t pretty numerously attended. Amongst those present W e e noticed C. Rawson, Esq , the Rev. Archdeacon Clark,: Monsieur Simons, Jameson, Esq.. and lady, ... 4 1 Woodward, Esq., and party, Mr. and the Misses 13 ",, 0 E. Spinur Hampton, W. Waring Perry, Esq., M i lts Coglan, the Hon. Lady Cust and party, Mrs. and ~40 , Gilbert Stephen Vertue, Es q . a n d p ar ty, J. P . Esq. and daughter, Mrs. Sh ar p, M rs . an d the Il e , Moore, C. Moore, Esq., M rs . B owman an d party, the Harden, &c. The specime ns ex hibit e d— ow ing te.., tg unfavourable state of the mor n i ng f or b r i ng ing . P i t ie . from a distance, and also to some f ew accus tomed , e tributors omitting to send th e i r co ll ec ti ons — we re no t °f numerous as was expected, but on the whole excellenL_,, their kinds. The ger a nium s occup i e d a cons iderable P o ', tion of the tent and composed many well gro wn eh tis e ot perbly flowered plants. Amongst these " SY,IPh , „ s " in ce by S. Needham, Esq. ; " Beauty ' " President, of Wales," "Matilda," &c., sent by H. Littledale , " Duke of Cornwall," " Flush," and others, by Winch, Esq. ; and a collection of varieties, (not for em:„,_ play,were p e r a e m e p m r i i n s e ia n g t. the O , f , f c u o ch ce s petition) by Messrs. J. and C. Whalley, Fairfield NurseT niensis," &c., (from Messrs. Whalley); "Vonns Victrsci%cr., a " Tricolor "; " Ononiensis," " Prince of Wales, Mr. P. Mr. Raynes); a splendid single plant, (from , P. Quirk); a collection from the Rev. J. Mainwariug ' O l Co., Caton Nursery) —all of which were of r fine seedling and many others (from Messrs. Dicksrt. ec i n a s e a there ver was , a , fine Ela t v e a , varied Chester); a seedling, &c., (from Messrs. Kelle e 'ell developed bloom. Amongst the stove and " tre a e " t dtb ;i es l e , plants we noticed some of the rare, curious, or e beton a, especially amongst the collection of the Rev. J. Mainfli ing, includi ng th e " Vi nea R osea Abba, " bear i ng a 'cies cate white flower w i t h a p i n k centre spot, an si Erythe .. Cristi Galls," thick with crimson flowers, and a onion flowered " Passifiora Kereaessina "; a tufty flo wer ; S. plant, the " Agiratum Mexicanum Ceruleum ," fr om Needham, Esq., &c. Th e b as k e t s o f greenhous e i t n icl hardy plant s conta i ne d a var i ety o f good s p ec iments , Mr. W. Stsins, Mr. W. W. Perry, Mr. Raynes, and re E. Stanley, w e re em i nen tl y seccess f u l . Th e pan zies not very numerous, but good, especially those sent by er e Hunt, Mr. Ray nes , an d M essrs . Di c k son . There mr• but few ericas : amongst them fine varieties from a ll R. M. Beckwith. The baskets of cut flowers we re h n a good and well broken. Lady Cust contributed tw o The cockscombes. The calceolarias were excellent. seedlings sent by Mr. Winch, especially a curious °n o d " Cyrus," were much admired. Roses, both in pots ice d cut, were brought up in grea t a b un d ance , an d corar, a ci many beautiful and novel sp ec i mens , an d t h e w hole sP ie a a delicious fragrance throu g h th e t en t. i n th e cultt v i e ne b, oj of this queen of flowers, M r . H. Littl e d a l e , H. .et" Messrs. Dickson, and others, p rove d themselves a d the There were two beautiful devic es o f fl owe rs, one , 'l,;ther form of a•crown, (from Miss Greenhouse,) and the ~ ,bed of a harp. Messrs. Kill o ck an d C o ., o f O x ton, far e — fine (not for competition) a large separate stard with,tLdia miscellaneous collection, including many ne-r .tr ,l petunas, verbinas, roses, seedling, fuchsi- , , tornied , a constant attraction. Messrs. Dicks. nr l e iee or , manner, contributed a stand full of rarities in fine 03 ;0; 0 larias, panzies, (the best,) petunas, a beautiful , l! , : i3s ;t4 Japonica, roses, new and varied, a sup er b s e edlin g tu with a white calix, end a white crimson corolla, all of which were much admired. The fruits wet'otes but fine, especially the nectarines, p eac h e s, and two , 1 6 ,„ of tempting strawberries, one of th em "the ~,,""e j oa° Queen,' , truly delicious, a nd ver y l arge . The per were also good, but scarcely ripe, and we never ssw,tra' currants. The vegetables were good, but nothing,:over, ordinary for the season, if we except the caul' sen t which was first rate. We observed some fine ros es ' p les l by amateurs, and a stand of superior pinks. T, l ' e sure grounds round the tent were delightfully trtg i i, them balmy after the rain, and the promenade throurf.belr was enlivened by select airs played by Mr. Parker s tenham Band. The following is a LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL PRIZES Heaths. 6 variet , es.-Ist prize, R. NI. Beckwith. or l e Fuchsias, 6 distinct.-Ist prize, Rev. J. Mainvvaring, siog den, gardener.) Four var eties, Ist prize, J. 'l'. RaYn es. specimen, P. Quirk, Esq, Ye:z n ot Pelargoniums, 6.--i st prize. H. Winch. Esq ; gardener ) 2nd, H. I.ittledale, (G. Taylor, garden e " e o c ite do., Ist prize, Mr. Littledale; 2d, Mr. Quirk; singl e s i ) o , Ist prize. S. Needham, (Dickenson, gardener.) Greenhouse Plants, 8 miscellaneous.—lst prize, Re v ' S Waring; 2nd, H. Winch, Esq.; 3d. S. Needham. Esq• ctal3 5i Baskets Greenhouse and Hardy Plants. Ist. Charl aj (- s e tein s ' g Esq., (Hincks, gardener) ; 2d, W. W. Perrey, Esq., yl — onoe l m s s t.s.p)r_icies.t,Nliri..WGait:nchel.: ::::: . to d H e .scp n jiare r ine.uk ; oiieoi :l nsus d s.er , sit ba J .ei3i . ~sdsT t 6, T. jdß.i distinct,-Ist n i R i c e a s t , Esq . , (self gar d e iil er . ) GardenV e r be nas Roses — l st i Single Greenhouse Plant.— st prize, Mr. Needhars• p li r : Pi i z ; met , ; co M Ez r s B.q . 7. li: sil t tv., l e t pa d ru a i ez l fie prize, e Qu irici f , .„ P 2 o li t .— s.- Is l t s :, 14 Mr. J. A T 'inc n h aiynes; t ( h 6 re d e itt b ivet), J. T. Rayner; 2nd. Mr. 0 , o f & NV. . Devices of Flowers.-Ist prize, Miss Greenham; 2(l ' d l i cl, rß g . e a Ev r .. d JH e" . n u ei ra ) ;:n . Esq. 0 4 ' 4 Stanley; Cherries, Mr. Vertue ; Pinks, 6-c.-Ist prize, Mr. Garnet, also 3 prizes for gr • berr ith gr . Needham, Mr. Winch, and Mr. Pim. Stra - W P :t 9 o ti° ard e / 110g/ Cucumbers.—lst prize, C. Rawson, Esq., (Owe/ 3 'mo. ne .to C 2 w d , ar , ar D inn i t t g.s t of Ist r) i Cauliflower, Ist prize, Mr. S. Vertue • Cabbage. vv ." - ere,, ° ;;sl/ Lettuce, Mr . Littledale. Amongst the extra' prizes' ling• r" ' Si' Mrs. King, for Pease; H. J. Garnet. for a Seed d an Lady Ea,t, for Amaranths; Mr. S. Vert, : e. for ilYbr e I Kellock, for a Seedling Fuchsia, " Mr. Caudle." is. --- the ‘, „ 5 11 bl the demand for fancy straw bonnets been equal FANCY STRAW BONNETS.—During no .-- -° o t o. be to t,, ho ld fi t ni present. The adoption of them by those ~. o f W e ir reins of fashion" has called forth the ingenunSaviste id , talented men, and an endless variety of tnnt in Vto° signs have been produced. At Mrs. Gard"" ' , p er ° I afe street, whose advertisement appears in ou r P a h then ie• day, there is an immense stock ; and tho 4 that tes e , termed fancy straw bonnets, the applicati on Td e sig° 9 o l tlr rial is too limited to produce the di%ersitY 0 s ob ri b teo quired, and they are consequently interwove n ren der " t ot gimp, and a score of other materials, the,, t t f o r sum not only more beautiful, but exceedinglYl i g“ off' wear. , r . k ,..., .occe 9 iioliri NEW TREATMENT OF THE HAIR - - 4 "- ' 00 (1°' De ll , Ayres continues to experience in the reprotillF t esPw le direc. ,eat t and in restoring its colour, induces us to this I , vet s ' attention to his advertisement. I n the essl r ed 6e of extracts, he has given irrefragahle man has written, and from which we have se t e he itoPr hy f to a ' '" . cability of one preparation being available ....„. oil „re hair, and the detriment sustained by employing oili t r ie sl In"' 4IY II parations in general use. The proof of II bil l e i Or a drying nature, so frequently produced lay, th , an :se It efficacy of ol d 0 0 ; 01 0 0 ciple, being satisfactorily proved, we w to c onsult Mr. Ayr es 7 who would preserve their hair subject. Iff t eiugle sPe cl" „co,