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PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS , MONDAY.—Continued from our First Edition of last week. _ _ JOTEE PERSAUD.—Lord BROUGHTON warmly defended the government of India from the observations of Lord Ellenborough, and expressed his hope that the present, like many other charges preferred against it, would turn out to be greatly exaggerated, if not entirely without foundation. After a few words in reply from Lord EL. LENBOROUGH, the matter dropped. SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL.—On the mo t•ion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill was read a second time without discussion. _ _ ECCLESIARTICALTITLESBILI.. — TheII!arquis Of LANS DOWNE moved that the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill be read a first time, and that the second reading should be fixed for Monday week. After some observa tions from Lord MoNTEAGLE, eliciting for the b ene fit o f the public that the motion of a first reading was merely a matter of form with their lordships in order that they might be put in possession of the details of a bill, it was agreed to.—The Duke of ARGYLL presented several peti tions in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill—some of them praying that it might be made more stringent. Also one to the same effect from the ministers and elders of the Liverpool and Manchester Presbytery, in connexion with the Established Church. On the motion of the noble DUKE, the British White Herring Fishery Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of MOUNICASIIF.LL presented numerous peti tions from congregations in Lancashire, in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. TUESDAY.-SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION.—The Earl of RoDEN presented many petitions from Belfast and various places in Ireland and elsewhere, praying that the schools belonging to the Church of England in Ireland may not be excluded from their due share in the grants devoted to educational purposes. It was too bad that £30,000 a year should be granted to the College of Maynooth for educational purposes, and nothing to the schools of the Church of England. On the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde the Ap prentices to the Sea Service (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS' REGULATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL.—The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, in moving the second reading of this bill, observed that it was introduced for the purpose of giving to the graduates and students in the Queen's Colleges in Ireland the same advantages and privileges which were enjoyed by the stu dents and graduates in the English Universities with re gard to their admission as attorneys in the courts of com mon law, and as solicitors in the Court of Chancery. Lord MONTEAGLE condemned in strong terms the reso lutions of the Synod of Thurles against these colleges, and observed, that so strong had been the opposition which they had met with from a large portion of the Roman Catholic clergy, that the promoters of them had not ven tured to forward them to Rome. After a remark from Earl Powys, the bill was read a second time. EXPENSES OF PROSECUTIONS.— Lord CRANWORTH moved that this bill be read a third time. An irregular discussion on the measure took place, in the midst of which the noble lords who took part in it were surprised by the announcement that the question that the bill do now pass had been put by the LORD CHANCELLOR and carried. his first appearance as a peer, and supported the charac ter which he had borne for philanthropy in the House of Commons, by one of his able speeches on behalf of the comforts of the poorer classes. The noble earl moved the second reading of the Lodging-houses Bill, which he stated was limited in its operation to towns containing not less than h),000 inhabitants, was founded upon the model of the Baths and Washhouses Act. It was per ' - ive, and based upon the principle that the institutions established under it should be reniunerative and self-sup porting. Experience had shewn that these points were perfectly attainable, whilst the details of the measure af forded security against jobbing. Snch a measure, he con tended, would be productive of great moral and social be nefit to the labouring classes. The bill was read a second time, after speeches warmly approving of it from the Marquis of Normanbl rowby, and the Marqt y, Lord Kinnaird, the Earl of Mr uis of Lansdowne. THURSDAY —Lord ItnoncilAm announced that it was not his it system of that for Banktuptcy and ( ty Courts, or nferring an equitable jurisdiction on the The Burgess and Freemen's Franchise Bill was, after a short conversation, read a second time. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, in moving for papers connected with the Merchant Seamen's Fund, strongly condemned the impolitic and unjust character of the bill upon the subject which was now pending in the House o Commons. Earl GRANVILLE defended the me would be prepared to enter into it at length when should have passed the Commons. After a few &nen Lions from Lord COLCHESTER THE GIINP be motion was agreed to. DER STORES (LIVERPOOL).—On the ad GRANVILI.E, the Gunpowder Stores ) Exemption Repaal Bill was read a second motion of -(Liverpool FRIDAY.—THECRYSTALPALACE.—Lnrd BROUGH AM in presenting a petition from Mr. Paxton, praying that means should be devised to preserve the Crystal Palace, which the commissioners were now pledged to remove by a given time, said he was desirous of supporting its prayer, regarding the erection as one of great beauty and utility, although he was, in the first instance, opposed to its erection in the Park. Lord CAMPBELL stated many objections to the perpetuation of the building, which might give rise to many evils, whatever purpose it might be applied to. After a short conversation the petition was ordered to lie on the table. REVIVAL OF CONVOCATION.—Lord REDESDALE, in presenting some petitions praying for a restoration of the system of convocation, said that he brought the subject under consideration with some hesitation, and therefore did so in a manner which would not pledge their lord ships to any definite course. It was to be recollected that every other religious persuasion in the country were permitted to have a system of representation, by which their interests might be considered and protected, and that such a system was in consonance with the whole spirit of our constitution, and could not be abrogated without danger. The noble lord contended at some length that the restoration of convocations might be pro. ductive of great benefit both to the Church and the nation. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY thought revi val of convocations calculated to increase rather than Leal the divisions in the Church. From the time of the revolution down, the history of convocation presented little pleasant to remember or wise to imitate. The Archbishop of DUBLIN commented on the anomaly which the Church presented in being governed by a body of persons who did not necessarily belong to it. He believed that •-• were -- of -- tne arguments all in favour of convocation. The Bishop of LONDON claimed for the Church the right to meet in convocation. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the revival of convocation would in reality be a total zhange in the government of the Church, and he called upon the house to pause before introducing a new element into our ecclesiastical system. The Bishop of OXFORD thought that convocation was far less dangerous than the existing system. After a few observations from the Mar quis of LANSOOWNE, some papers on the subject, moved for by Lord REDESDALE, were agreed to, and their lord ships adjourned. MONDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS. —Continued from our First Edition of last HOUSE DUTY.—After remarks from Mr. Heyworth, Mr. Williams, and other members, Mr. DISRAELI said he thought that the present measure was injudicious and impolitic, and would only give a partial instead of a com plete compensation for the loss of the Window Tax. He regretted that the forms of the_House would prevent Mr Packe from brir _ ig forward his amendment, making the Louse duty commence at £lO instead of £2O. The addi tion was negatived without a division, and the clause was agreed tcr. Several other additional clauses were moved The bill then passed atived without divisions through c WOODS AND FORESTS.—The house went into commit tee on this bill, the clauses of which were agreed to, after discussion SUPPLY—NEW HOUSES—SECRET SERVICES.—OD the order for going into committee of supply, Sir D. NORREYS moved that the architect of the New Palace at Westmin ster lay before the house a report in detail on the manner in which he would recommend that the interior decora tions of the new house of Commons should be completed, and that he be directed to prepare plans. He made heavy complaints re3pecting the misunderstandings be tween the Commissioners and Mr. Barry, the result of which was, that the new house, notwithstanding the expense incurred, was a most unsatisfactory building. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER recommended the house not to interfere further in this matter. He hoped they would have one or two morning sittings in the new house this session, which would afford a practical know. ledge of its qualities. A short discussion followed, in which Mr. Hume, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. I'. Greene, and Mr. Clay took part, the motion was negatived, and the house went into committee of supply on the Civil Services, Civil Contingencies, and Commissariat Esti mates. On a vote of £32.000 for secret service money, Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS moved that the sum he reduced to £20,000. The opinion out of doors was that the money was spent in corrupting the electors, with the view of promoting the success of Government candidates. Col. SIBTHORP denounced the vote. The word " secret" was enough for him. It showed that the money was applied to purposes which Ministers were ashamed to make pub lic. For all that he knew, some of the money may be applied to convivial entertainments in Downing-street, in hi r i ng spies, and it may be in bribing Cardinal Wiseman to come over to this country with the Pope's bull. Lord PALMERSTON could assure Mr. Williams that n o p art o f the money was applied to corrupting electors. The money was necessary for purposes connected with the carrying out of her 11.jesty's Government. Mr. DISRAELI would support the vote ; but he thought, at the same time, that Ministers should state more frankly than they had done the purposes to which the money was applied. Mr. COBDEN, looking at the various opinions which had been expressed as to the purposes to which the secret service money was applied, thought it would generally be allowed that the purposes were not honourable, otherwise they would not be kept in the dark. Mr. NEWDEGATE re minded Mr. Cobden that the Anti-Corn-law League dealt in secret service as well as the Government, and were equally disinclined to publish particulars. On a division, he amendment was negatived by 140 to 41. Several other votes were agreed to, and the house resumed, when the other orders were disposed uf. ATTORNEYS' CgaTiFicKras.—Petitions pray►ng for repeal of the annual duty on attorneys' certifcates were presented by Sir T. Birch, tram solicitors. in Liverpool ; and by Mr. Greenall, from attorneys and solicitors of Warrin,,ton. TUESDAY.—The Speaker took the chair at 12 o'clock. The morning sitting was exhausted in the consideration of the details of the Civil Bills, 'ficc. (Ireland) Bill. The House resumed at a quarter past 5. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Mr. - S7'AFFORD presented a 'petition from Mr. Paxton for the maintenance of the Crystal Palace, and gave notice that he should this day move that the petition be printed with the votes. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATRS.—Petitions against the 'duty on annual certificates were presented by Mr. Henry, from attorneys and solicitors rin Manchester; by Sir G. 'Strickland, from Preston ; by Mr. Blair, from thie solicitors of Bolton : by Mr. Hornby, from the solicitors of Black , burn. Petitions were presented, by Mr. Grenfell, from the Preston Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade, against the Attorney-General's clause in 'the County Courts Bill giving exclusive audience to barristers in all cases above £2O. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to adopt measures towards the formation of a Trans atlantic packet-station in Galway, or any other Trish port ? Lord.a. RUSSELL said he was not at present prepared to answer the question. CHOLERA RETURNS.-Mr. J. BELL asked Lord Sey mour whether the reports of the inspectors and medical inspectors respecting the cholera epidemic of 1 1848-49 had been preserved ; and if so, whether there would be any objection to handing over these documents to the Epi demiological Society ? Lord SEYMOUR said•the Board of Health would at all times be happy to afford the Epi demiological (a laugh) Society any informasion in its power, but it could not part with the returns in -question, having constant occasion itself to refer to them. THE SOUND DUES.—In reply to a question put by Mr. CLAY, Lord PALMERSTON stated that her Majesty's Go vernment had not taken any step to give notice of termi nating the aereement of 1841 with Denmark, regulating the dues levied by that State on goods passing the Sound, nor had any -communications been entered into between this country and Russia and Prussia for the commutation of these dues; adding that, considering what Denmark had lately suffered, the present, he thought, was not the moment when a generous and friendly Government should take a step which that power might considers hostile one. MORE MINISTERIAL DEFEATS.—The after proceedings of the evening were signalised by two Ministerial defeats on questions on which the Government have suffered before, so that we may suppose that they are fully " used to it," and that no particular consequences will result from the same. The first case was the bill brought in by Lord R. GROSVENOR, for abolishing the Attorneys' and Solicitors' Certificates Duty. The noble.lord tried to save the Go vernment, and to let them down easy. If they would only give him the slightest promise of taking the question into consideration next session, he would not attempt to proceed. The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, how ever, was inexorable. He felt it his duty to oppose the motion. The finances would not allow of the reduction, and if they would, he could not admit the claims of the fax in question, above all others, to prior consideration. The house divided, when there appeared—For the mo -162 • - t 137 • --' ; against, majority against (,government, So that Lord Robert Grosvenor was allowed to in troduce his bill.—The other question was Mr. H. BER KELEY'S annual motion for leave to introduce a bill pre scribing the Ballot as the future mode of election. The motion was supported by Mr. ELLIS, Mr. HUME, Mr. SCOBELL, and Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD. No speaker appearing on the opposing side, a division, being. loudly called for. took place, when the numbers were—For the motion, 87 ; against, 50; majority against Government, 37. The declaration was naturally received with vehe ment cheering by the Radical portion of the house. of the evening was occupied in discuss g Mr. Scully's motion, affirmirg the desirability of aking Irish union workhouses reproductive. It was re jected by 64 to 42. mainde THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, 'TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1851. At the evening sittingpthe Chief Justices' Salaries' Bill I was read a third time and passed. The Inhabited House Duty Bill was also read a third time and passes, afters protest from Mr. DISRAELI, who considered it the most impolitic financial measure which had been in modern times submitted to the consideration of parliament. The following 'bills went through the same stage : The Assessed'Taxee; Composition Bill, the Public Works, Fisheries, &a. Bill r and the Public Works (Ireland) Bill. The Unlaw ful Oaths (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill, and the Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill, were read a second time. THE RAJASI OF "SARAWAK.—Mr. HUME moved an address to the Crown, praying for the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the proceedings of Sir James Brooke on , the north-western coast of Borneo, and especially into the attack made, under his advice and di. rection, upon the `Sakarran and Sarebas Dyaks on the 31st of July, 1849 • and further that her Majesty would command that the opinion of the Judges be taken and laid before the house touching the legality of the holding by Sir James at the same time of certain apparently in compatible offices. lie justified his motives in the per severing endeavours •he made to obtain an inquiry into this matter, and obviated any charge of delay by detailing the obstacles be had encountered. He then read the official reports of the operations against the Dyaks, and, observing that the whole gist of his motion depended upon whether these men were pirates or not, described the class of boats, or prahus, used by the Illanoons and Sooloos, who were pirates, and compared them with those of the Sakarran and Sarebas Dyaks, endeavouring to show that there was no analogy between the two. But if the men in Question had been pirates, he contended that the proceedings against themnwere illegal. Reverting to the habits of the two Dyak tribes, he read testimonies from various persons possessing local knowledge, including Sir J. Brooke himself, to prove that they were not piratical, though, like other Borneans. the Dyaks were addicted to inter-tribal quarrels. There being no evidence on the other hand of the guilt of these two tribes, he maintained that he had laid sufficient ground for an inquiry, to which Sir J. Brooke. as he had avowed, had no objection, and which was indispensable to the vindication of his charac ter, as well as that of the Government. In conclusion, Mr. Hume noticed the various and incongruous offices united in Sir James,—Sovereign Ruler of Sarawak, her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General in Borneo, and Governor of Labuan,—which alone furnished a fit subject for inquiry.—Mr. Headlam, Mr. Milnes, Mr. H. Drummond, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Pal merston, and Sir F. Thesiger justified the conduct of Sir J. Brooke ; while Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Cobden, and Col. Thompson supported the motion, which was rejected by 230 against 19. FRIDAY.—THE COURSE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS.— Lord JoHN RUSSELL said that it might be convenient for him then to state the course which he meant to pursue with: respect to the public business (hear). He proposed to take the committee of supply on Monday and Thurs day, and if it were finished by that latter day, his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to take the third reading of the Customs Bill on Friday, and thereby afford the right hon. gentleman the member for Stamford (Mr. Herries) an opportunity of bringing for ward the amendment of which he had given notice, The Customs Bill, however, could only be brought on in case the committee of supply was finished on Thursday The Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Bill was, after a short discussion, read a third time and passed. EPISCOPAL IscomEs.—On the motion for the house resolving itself into a committee of supply, Mr. M. MILNES, on the part of the Bishop of St. David's, denied the correctness of the statement made on a former even ing by Sir B. Hall as to the deplorable spiritual condition of his diocese ; and he also denied the allegation that the right rev. prelate had interfered to prevent the usual visi tation of the archdeacons to the diocese. Sir B. HALL declined to retract anything he had stated, for he had the authority of one of the archdeacons foe what he had advanced. He could further state of his own knowledge that the state of the diocese was most disgraceful, many of the churches being without either roofs or windows, and most of them in a very dilapidated condition. CHARITABLE TRUSTS.-ME. MOWATT called the atten tion of the house to the case of the Rochester Cathedral Grammar School, and moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra ciously pleased to appoint a commission to inquire into and report upon the administration of the educational trusts confided to the cathedral establishments of the kingdom. The SOLICITOR GENERAL was a sincere friend to the education of the people, but at the present period of the session he thought it more important that the housb should go into a committee of supply than to enter upon an inquiry such as that proposed. All the facts were known, and he hoped the house would not agree to the motion. After some observations from Lord JOHN RUSSELL and other members, the motion was negatived without a division. The house then went into committee of supply, and the discussion of the estimates occupied the remainder of the evening SATURDAY.—The House of Commons met this morning, to forward certain bills their next stages: Upon the third reading of the Civil Bills, &c. (Ireland) Bill, a debate arose on an amendment proposed-by Mr. M'Cullagh, which was ultimately negatived, and the bill passed. Leave was given to introduce a bill to amend the mode of assessing Tythe Rent Charges under the Lighting and Watching Act and the Public Health Act. The house rose at half-past two. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PARIS. General Baraguay d'Hilliers has resigned the command in-chief of the army, the six months during which a re presentative can hold office having expired. A grand banquet is to be given by the Prefect and Mu nicipal Council of the Seine, to the delegates of all na tions at the Great London Exhibition. The banquet will take place next month in the magnificent halls of the Hot©l de Ville. The election for the Haute Vienne is said to be nullified by the abstentions of Republican voters being so great as that the Government candidate could not obtain the legal number. The police have made a most important seizure of a printing-press and seditious papers, with persons engaged at work, which will grow to a state prosecution on a very large scale. The Opinion Publique, Legitimist paper, declares for mally against a revision of the constitution. The leading Legitimists will nevertheless support the proposition for calling a constituent assembly. WEDNESDAY.—The Speaker took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords mendments to the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Railway Bill were consi dered and agreed to the Caledonian Railway (Glas7ow. Gunkir~ nd Coatbridge, Pollock and Govan, &c., Rail ays ; amendment and continuation, 84e.) Bill was read a third time; the Shtffield and Glossop Turnpike Roads was read a seconc The' Attorneys' Certificate Duty Repeal Bill was brought in by Lord R. GROSVENOR, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 23d inst. Mr..HoRsmAN gave notice that on Friday he would move for a return of all the correspondence in connexion with the lease of the Horfield estate by the Bishop of Glocester, in order to give the hon. member for Bristol (Mr. P. Miles) an opportunity of making any explanation on behalf of the bishop which be might desire to offer. COLONIAL PROPERTY QUALIFIC ATION B ILL .—On . the motion that the house go into committee on this bill, Mr. TUFNELL said he thought this a fit opportunity to bring before the house a larger question, and moved an instruction to the committee to provide for the abolition of any property qualification for the election of members to serve in parliament. He examined the origin of this qualification, pointed out the anomaly of subjecting re presentatives for England and Ireland to a rule from which those for Scotland were exempt, the injustice of which had been recently exemplified in the case of Mr. Prinsep, and urged that electors should be allowed to choose whom they pleased to represent them, or, if a property qualification were insisted upon, that it should be general and uniform, and more stringent than the present, which was constantly evaded. Mr. EWART se conded the motion. As a Scotch representative he sat without producing a property qualification, and the mem ber beside him (Mr. Napier), who represented an Irish University, was in the same predicament. These were Proofs of the non-necessity of property qualifications. Lord J. RUSSELL said this proposition came before the House in rather a_singular shape, as an amendment to a bill for including colonial property in a member's qualifi cation, the amendment proposing that there should be no qualification whatever. As to the necessity of keeping up a property qualification, which was a totally distinct question. Mr. Tufnel's arguments, he thought, had a great deal of weight. Was there, in fact, any security in a property qualification as it existed? Was it not notori ous that persons of credit or connexions found no difficulty in obtaining qualifications which were held good in law . ? Scotch members sat without qualification, and be si mak an unfounded statement if he said they were inferior in character and capacity to other members. This being the case, he did not see why the whole question of qua lification should not be taken into consideration ; but it should be done by motion for a bill, to which he should be willing to give his assent. A real and proper qualification would still exist in this—that some con siderable means would be required to enable a person to retain a seat in that House. He should have no objec tion to see tenant-farmers there, but they would not be likely to desert their agricultural occupations, and so with small traders. There was, therefore, in the very nature of things something of a real qualification for a member of Parliament, unless that point of the People's Charter were conceded by which members were to be paid. Although, therefore, he could not vote for this proposi tion, when the whole subject was brought forward as a separate question he would give it his support. Mr. V. SMITH considered that property qualification should be done away with, but recommended, after the declaration of the noble lord, that both bill and amendment should be withdrawn. Mr. TUFNELL consented to leave the matter in the hands of Lord J. Russell, and withdrew his amendment. Mr. Hurr, who had charge of the bill, took the same course, and the order for committing the bill was discharged. HOME-MADE SPIRITS IN BOND BILL.—On the order of the day for the second reading, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that his objections to the bill were insuperable. There was no claim of justice on the part of its supporters ; the claim of justice was with its opponents. In 1848, after a careful Parliamentary in quiry, a differential duty of 4d. per gallon was levied upon colonial spirits, and that that settlement of the question was not unfair to Scotch and Irish distillers appeared from the fact that the consumption of colonial spirits had fallen off, and that of home-made spirits had considerably increased. The inequality of the rates of duty furnished an argument in favour of equalizing them, which would raise the duties upon Scotch and Irish spirits. The effect of changing the law, as proposed by the bill, would be loss to the revenue, a facility to fraud, and the giving to Scotch and Irish spirits an unfair advantage over those of England. Lord NAAS described the manner in which the measurement of Irish spirits was conducted, and observed that, although the Irish distillers had been no parties to the arrangement of 1848, he did not propose to interfere with it. They did not seek any unfair advantage over the English distillers, who possessed advantages over those of Scotland and Ireland which gave them a mono poly of the English trade. Mr. BRAMSTON considered that the bill would violate the compromise of 1848, and moved that it be read a second time that day three months. Mr. GM/LIMAN could not consider this as a question of minor importance; the revenue derived from spirits was between £8.000,000 and £9,000,000, collected easily and regularly; it was no light matter, therefore, to affect by a change of the law a revenue of such magni tude. This question had beenfsettled in 1848; had the Irish distillers suffered from that arrangement ? So far as documents and facts could show, the reverse was the case. There was another consideration of importance; Irish and Scotch spirits were put in bond in a condition palatable to the consumer without undergoing rectifica tion, which English spirits required. His conviction was that the change proposed would be dangerous to the revenue as well as injurious to private interests. The house having divided, the second reading was negatived by 194 against 166; so the bill is lost. The Ecclesiastical Residences (Ireland) Bill, the Churches and Chapels (Ireland) Bill, and the United Church of England and Ireland Bill, went through com mittees. The Turnpike Acts' Continuance Bill was read a second time. On the order for going into Committee upon the Valua hog (Ireland) Bill, a long discussion took place upon a suggestion by Mr. SCULLY, that the bill should not lie proceeded with, which consumed the remainder of the tting ; the House, for the sake of form, resolved itself into Committee, and almost immediately after adjourned. THURSDAY. —At the morning sitting, the house went into committee snececsively upon the Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill, and the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Ireland) Bill, BELGIUM The Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte, attended by their tutors and gover nesses, and a small retinue of servants, will leave Brussels in a few days for the waters at Ems. The Countess de Bocairne, who is a most accomplished performer on the pianoforte, has received overtures from an agent of Mr. Barnum, of New York, who has realised large sums by the talents of Jenny Lind, proposing to her to give a series of concerts in North America, under very favourable conditions. The countess for the present de clines the offer. HOLLAND THE HAGUE, July 9.—The Minister of Justice, who is provisionally charged with the budget for the affairs of the Reformed Religion, opened the 36th session of the General Synod of the Reformed Church of the Nether. lands, composed of delegates appointed by the various ecclesiastical administrations and the three faculties of theology. The Rev. Mr. Pape, pastor of Heusdon, was appointed president. The Assembly charged with the administrative re-organisation of the Jewish worship is to meet at the Hague in convocation on the 15th of this month. Accounts from the Netherlands East Indies contain detailed statements of the reception given to the Chinese by the Governor-General, to whom they offered the com plete submission of the west coast of Borneo. GERMANY It is understood at Frankfort that the Federal Military Commission will propose to the Diet to send on the borders of the Rhine two corps d'arm6e of 40,000 men each, one of which will occupy the left hank, both armies to be composed of Prussian troops ; and further, to form in the north a third corps d'artne'e to serve as a reserve for the two first. The charges for the whole to be defrayed by the Confederation. PRUSSIA. The Cabinet of Berlin has resolved on supporting in the Diet the protest of the Duke d'Augustenbourg against the confiscation of his property by the King of Denmark. The Prince of Prussia was to leave on the 6th for Baden, where he intends to take the waters. AUSTRIA The Count de Chambord has already quitted Pesth with his suite. Various motives are assigned for his presence at Vienna. By many it is said it is connected with a conference with the Duke de Nemours ; but the more probable reason is the purchase of the Godollo estates, in Hungary. SPAIN According to the latest accounts from Madrid an official announcement was about to be made to the Cortes of the interesting situation of the Queen. Her Majesty's state of health is very satisfactory. The Senate has passed the Treasury Debts Bill by a majority of 62 to 25, with only one alteration in the 7th article, which now provides that the purchases of Treasury Bonds by the sinking fund shall be subjected to public competition. PORTUGAL. The Ministerial crisis at Lisbon was solved during the night of the 6th instant, by the dismissal from their posts of Louie, Pestana, and Soure, and by the nomination of the Councillor of State, Fonseca Magalhaens, to the Home Department, the ex-deputy Fontes Pereira de Mella, to the Marine, and the Bishop of Algarve as Minister of Justice; the Duke of Saldanha, Franzini, and Jervis d'Autorgia retaining respectively the portfolios of War, Finance, and Foreign Affairs. The Queen and Court left Lisbon for their usual sum mer stay at Cintra, on the morning of the 7th inst. ITALY The state of Italy continie;itisatisfactory, and viewed with alarm by the continental powers. A despatch of Count Nesselrode's, written at Warsaw immediately after the journey of the Emperor Nicholas to Olmutz, has been addressed to the representatives of Russia at Naples, Flo• rence, and , Rome, informing them that the three northern courts, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, are agreed forthwith to put at the disposition of the above Italian governments any aid they may think necessary against the movements of the revolutionists, and the representatives of the Rus sian cabinet have been authorised to communicate this despatch to the governments to which they are accredited. —At Rome, on the 29th ult., a man, armed with a stiletto, was found 'concealed in the house of Colonel Nardoni, with the intention, no doubt, of attempting his assassina tion. The Progresso of the sth instant announces that the military commander of Lodi had been stabbed with a poinard.—Since the 18th of May last, the court-martial of the 'Eastern Lombardo-Venetian districts has pro nounced 212 sentences, 115 of which are capital. Fifteen inhabitants of Treviso have been thrown into prison. Among them were several clergymen and physicians, a merchant and two ladies. The charge against them is, that they have subscribed to the Mazzini loan. The Roman Observer of the 28th ult. announces the conversion to the Catholic faith of an English lady, Miss Edmunds, who was received into that Church by Mon signor Talbot. The Milan Gazette of the Ist inst. quotes the following from Rome :—" The murderer of the Chancellor of the Consulta has not yet been discovered. It has only been ascertained that at the moment the crime was committed an unknown individual was standing close by, as it were to witness its consummation. He was no doubt an emis sary of the Republican congregation, who, after seeing the bloody deed, went immediately to announce to his brethren that the blow had been struck with a bloody hand. It is painful to think that, since 1848, a diabolical sect should thus cause horrid murder to be perpetrated at Rome, the authors of which have often escaped the hand of justice. Abbe Ximenes was the first to fall a victim to the revolutionary dagger ; after him came Count Pel legrino Rossi ; then M. Campagna, Director of the Pawnbroker's Office, and M. Joseph Marzio, Director of the Pontifical Mint. To-day was the turn of the Chancellor of the Consulta, M. Mark Evangelista." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP NIAGARA. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Stone, which left New York on the 2nd inst., arrived here on Sunday afternoon, at a quarter to three, having made the passage in about two hours less than eleven days, being the fastest run ever accomplished by her from New York direct. On the 10th and 11th inst., she made 303 miles and 300 miles respectively. She brought on freight 951,000 dallars (128,000 of which is en route for Havre) and 95 passengers. General Scott has been nominated for the presidency in 1852, but Mr. Webster continued to press his claims. A curious legal question has arisen at New York, under the Ashburton treaty. Mr. Bulwer, the British minister, has sent a requisition to the United States government for the extradition of a deserter from the British army in New Brunswick. The accused is charged with stealing sundry arms and equipments. It is generally expected that he will be discharged. The state convention of Virginia has struck out the section prohibiting the legislature from passing a law allowing the emancipation of slaves, and inserted a clause that an emancipated slave remaining in the state over twelve months shall be sold. Some new cotton from the Mississippi has been shipped up the Ohio to Portsmouth, thence to Cleveland, down Lake Erie to Buffalo and Albany, and thence down the Hudson to New York. During the first six months of the present year. 139,974 emigrants had arrived at New York, against 90,164 in the corresponding period of last year. Of the total number, r.early 20,000 were fram Ireland. Archbisnop Hughes had arrived at New York, and a banquet was to be given to him on his return. Two mercantile firms have suspended payment in New York : Messrs. Jandon and Co., whose liabilities are 190,000 dollars ; and Messrs. J. Faikner and Co. Letters from 'Toronto, Canada, of the 28th ultimo, say, " Last night Attorney-general La Fontaine made the most important announcement ever made in Parliament since the union of the Provinces ; namely, that the French party intend to oppose the secularization of the Protestant clergy reserves. The announcement will lead to an agitation for a dissolution of the Union. On fourteen different occa sions the representatives of Upper Canada voted for secu larizing those revenues ; but their efforts were neutralized by the nominees of the Crown in the other branch of the Legislature, and therebellion 011838 was the consequence." Mr. Roebuck figures for £5OO, amongst the estimates for 1851, as agent in England for the Lower Canada Assembly. From Bermuda we learn that Messrs. Cunard contem plate putting a more powerful steamer on the New York, Bermuda, and St. Thomas line, and transferring the Merlin to the Halifax and Newfoundland route, to take the place of the Falcon, lost. Letters from Havana, of the 23rd ult., are unimportant. Fine showers of rain had fallen. Freights to Europe, 555. to 60s. Exchange on Loudon, 61 pro. to 7. Letters from Moravia, Africa, May 15, report the Re public in a healthy and prosperous condition. Considerable business was doing, and commercial prospects generally were favourable. Governor Roberts expressed his gratifi. cation at the action of Congress, and intimated that the public affairs were in a satisfactory state. WEST INDIES. Lord Harris has left Trinidad. He was presented, on his departure, with a valedictory address from the inhabi tants. Colonel Ward has assumed the functions of Acting- Governor. The St. Lucia Palladium contains an ordi nance enacted by the Legislature for raising funds to pro mote education, and the construction of roads and bridges. BRAZIL The Brazilian Government have recalled their Minister from Buenos Ayres, and hostilities were expected. One of Roses' generals bad declared against him. A German battalion, of nearly 4000 men, had arrived at Rio, and further bodies of troops from Germany were expected. By the South American mail we learn that the whole of the Cape de Verd Islands, with the exception of Teneriffe, were suffering from extreme want. The cholera and typhus fever were raging in the Canary Islands and Palma. In Grand Canary 2000 deaths had taken place, and the island was in a deplorable state from the want of the com mon necessaries of life. PERSIA We learn from Teheran that an officer of the imperial Russian navy had reached that capital from Arshoorada, an island in the Caspian Seas, to claim redress against the Turcomans inhabiting the coast near Astrabad, who, with their flat-bottomed boats, had surprised the large Russian force stationed at the island, and after plundering it of stores and provisions, had carried away some of the sol diers of the garrison, with their wives and children, into slavery. NEW ZEALAND Accounts from Wellington have been received to the 16th of March. A dinner had been given by the Hutt settlers to Sir Geo. Grey, to shew their gratitude for the benefits conferred upon the district by the construction of the Hutt road. and other local improvements. A new wharf, called Plimmer's wharf, has just been completed, which would afford increased facilities to shippers of goods. The latest prices of domestic provisions included first flour, 19s. to 20s. per 10131 b ; bread, 6d. per 21b loaf ; beef, 3d. to 6d. ; mutton, 4d. to 6d.; and pork, 4d. to 6d. per lb. DREADFUL MURDERS IN AMERICA.—A man, named Riely, has surrendered himself at Williamsburg, near New York, for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law. His wife was only 19 years of age, and was married when she was 15, much against the wishes of her parents. The parties have not lived amicably together, and the prisoner became extremely jealous of his wife, and at last was so exasperated that on the 28th ult. he rushed into the house of his father-in-law, and so severely stabbed his wife and her mother with a knife that they both died soon after. He then inflicted several wounds on a servant girl in the house, named Conroy, but she is likely to recover. The prisoner, after committing the dreadful deeds, gave himself up to the police, stating that he was perfectly satisfied with what he had done. THE JEWS IN NORWAY.—The recent abolition of the clause of the fundamental law which prohibits the Jews from settling in Norway may probably lead to the con clusion that they are thereby permitted to settle in the country. Such is not the case. In order to prevent the Jews from acting upon a mistaken idea of this kind, the Swedish journals call particular attention to the fact that the change introduced by the Storthing into the funda mental law is inefficacious so long as the private law of the kingdom remains unchanged. So much, however, having been gained by the abolition of the obnoxious clause by the Storthing, the possibility of a change in the private law of the kingdom is rendered more probable. But till this has been done no Jew will be permitted to settle i❑ the kingdom, and every Jew who vists the coun try must provide himself with the usual pass.— Wiener Zeitung. EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE PRESS AT MALTA.—The person styling himself " Don Publius Maria, &c., by the grace of God and the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of Rhodes," has addressed a Pastoral to " his venerable brothers, &c., of the diocese of Malta," in which he de nounces the Avvenire a Roman Catholic but liberal journal, published at Malta, as " an irreligious print, which con tains erroneous, false, and captious doctrines in matters of religion, which twists Scripture in a sense different from that recognised by the Church, maltreats ecclesiastical authority, without sparing the supreme Bishop, and gives to Christianity an aspect entirely different from that in which it should be viewed by every son of the Catholic Church. The same document pronounces a mitigated condemnation against two other journals, Med iterraneo and Ordine. During the governership of Mr. More O'Ferrall, repeated Government prosecutions were insti tuted against these journals for their political opposition to the King of Naples and the Papal Government, but all of them failed. The " Pastoral" of the Archbishop of Rhodes is said to have been issued by the express com mand of the Pope, and was introduced into Malta by the Russian Consul, who having gone to Naples brought it back with him. It was affixed to the door of St. John's Cathedral in Valetta on the 20th of June. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER GOLD REGION.—About 18 months back was mentioned the alleged discovery of a gold region in the republic of Bolivia, situated in a part of the Andes about seven days' journey from the city of La Paz. The deposits were originally found by an Indian on the banks of a small stream, and were of the same cha racter as those in California, except that they , were of greater purity. But, althou g h a l arg e number of persons were understood to have started for the scene of opera tions, whither expeditions had also been organised from Arequipa, in Peru, no further partimilars were received. The disturbed state of the country, however, and the un certainty of communic a ti o n, e ncouraged the supposition that the absence of in telltge,nce Iniskt not,hav been owing to the accounts, which originally came in a reliable shape, haling subsequently proved false, and this view has now been strengthened by a letter received in London by the last 'South American mail, of which the following is an extract. The writer is evidently under the excitement of extraordinary hopes; but, making every allowance for that circumstance, his statement, as that of a respectable resident in the country, is entitled to attention :--" I again .have to call your attention to the subject of Curabaya. It is supposed that this will be a second California. They are discovering every day new and immensely rich veins of gold, but from one mine alone, which is several yards . wide, and which is partly owned by a distant relation of mine, they have got out already 24,000 quintals of ore, which will yield an amount of from '8'200,000 to .8'250,000 in gold. This is only waiting for proper machinery for grinding. Curabaya differs from Tipuani in one respect, where they are veins and not washings, although these last exist as well, but are not worked on account of the sources of the gold, that is, the veins, being on the sur face. The stories told of the riches (and they gain strength every day) are almost incredible, and every one here is endeavouring to get a share in some of the undertakines. I wish I could convince you and others of the unheard-of riches whirl have never been explored by the Spaniards, and which are only now coming to light." CALIFORNIAN BRIITALITY.—The following account of the pursuit and shooting of thirteen horse thieves in the northern part of our State has been furnished us by R. W. Granshaw. He says the people of that region are determined to take summary measures to relieve them selves of those scoundrels who are so sold to crime as to conciliate the Indians into their villanous practices. The returning persons brought back thirteen scalps of Indians and two of the white men, as evidence of the truthfulness of their statements :—On Sunday night, April 20th, fifty head of horses and mules were stolen from the coraal of Messrs. Peasley and Lockhart, on Trinity River. The thieves—white men with Indians in their employ—took the animals as far as the South Fork of Trinity River. thence up the South Fork of that stream through the Coast Range Mountains to the head waters of Cotton wood Creek, and down the Sacramento valley, crossing Sacramento river above Ide's Ranch, over to Antelope Creek, which empties into the Sacramento River, on the eastern side, near Ide's Ranch. On Monday following • eleven men started on foot in pursuit of the thieves and animals ; but, finding the Indians very numerous and dangerous on the route, seven of the persons returned, leaving four men to follow the trail through the mountains. These four, B. F. Bradford, J. I. M'Kinnis, W. H. Mitchell, and Coleman Jameson, followed the trail on foot six days, and arrived at Mr. J. Klanton's, on Cot tonwood, on the 26th, after having been without food for two days. Mr. Klanton kindly furnished them with food, &c., and they continued the pursuit. When they arrived at Major Reading's, weary and suffering with sore feet, they were shown that kindness and hospitality which have ever characterized that man, furnishing them with horses and provisions to continue the pursuit. They were joined by Mr. Peasley, who had taken the valley route on horseback, and ascertained when the thieves had crossed the Sacramento River. While crossing the Coast Range ' Mountains, they were attacked by a party of Indians numbering from 50 to 100. The whites gave them a desperate figh . , and killed thirteen of their warriors, after which, unhurt, they reached the valley, having followed the serpentine course of the thieves through the mountains a distance of some 175 miles. The pursuers, now num bering five, left Major Reading's on Saturday, the 26th, and on the evening of the 27th found the animals quietly grazing in a secluded spot on Antelope Creek. When they recognised the animals, they looked for the thieves ; but, from the fact that the encampment was almost sur rounded by chapparel, did not discover them. But on entering the chapparel they were fired at by two of the thieves, though fortunately without receiving any injury. Seeing this, two others, more bold and determined than the first, rose to their feet. The first, J. Spafford, from Ohio, rose with his gun levelled upon Bradford, when, at the first glimpse, Bradford shot him through the heart; the second, John Emory, known as Sailor Tom, with his gun levelled at M'Kinnis, was shot dead by that quick sighted Texan before he could pull trigger. George M. Holliday, the third thief, is supposed to be one of the first that fired. He escaped, but is supposed to be wounded. There must have been a fourth, as two guns were fired from the chapparel, while Spafford and Emory fell with loaded guns. The camp seemed to be one long frequented. They had a good stock of provisions and cooking utensils, seven riding saddles, a pack of cards, and " Lorenzo Dow." The driving of the animals seemed to have been done by about fifty Indians, who were doubt less sent back on the trail to kill those pursuilg.—San Francisco Herald, IRELAND THE NEW POPISH LEAGUE. — Accessions to the " Catholic Defence Association," which is to emanate from the approaching aggregate meeting, pour in daily to the Committee, and there is little noubt that in a short time Dublin will again be the seat of a most exciting and mischievous agitation. A sad scene was exhibited at Dundalk a few days ago. A poor youth, while bathing, was drowned, and after the the body was recovered it was brought to the gaol, where the mother of the boy is confined, that she might take a last look, through the bars, at the remains of her unfor tunate child. LUNACY IN IRELAND.—It appears by the fifth general report on the district criminal and private lunatic asylums in Ireland, just presented to parliament, that there are in that country 15,000 persons affected, to a greater or less degree, with lunacy. They are distributed in the follow ing manner public and local asylums, 2,913 ; in gaols, committed as dangerous, 280; in central asylums, 91 ; in poor-houses, 2,398 ; in private asylums, 436 ; abroad, unprovided for in public institutions, but some supported by their friends, 8,985. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Order of St. Patrick has been conferred upon Lord Massareene and Ferrard.— Mr. Richard Wilson Greene, Q.C. has received a patent of precedence next after the Solicitor-Generai. Mr. Greene was for several years fist Serjeant-at-Law in Ireland, and subsequently filled the offices of Solicitor- General and Attorney-General under the Government of the late Sir Robert Peel.—The Lord Chancellor has been elected Vice Chancellor of the new University, and eleven Examiners have been appointed, at a cost to the country of £l,lOO per ahnurn, those duties.for the present year are stated to be the examination of ten students, and the sign ing of their receipts for their salary. CRIME IN IRELAND.—The criminal tables for the year 1850 have just been presented to both houses of parlia ment. It appears that in the year 1847 the committals increased by 12,717, or upwards of 68 per cent. as com pared with the previous year. In the years 1848 and 1849 a further considerable increase appeared, hut in 1850 a considerable decrease occurred. The returns for the past year show a decrease of 10,663 committals, or 25.90 per cent, as compared with the preceding year. The com mittals in 1847 were 31,209; in 1848, 38,522 ; in 1849, 41,989; and in 1850, 31,326. The committals in 1850 were thus distributed :—ln Ulster, 5,260; in Munster, 12,773 ; in Leinster, 9,198 ; and in Connaught, 4,095. The description of offences were—against the person, with violence, 4,292; against property, with violence, 2,224; without violence, 16,737; malicious offences against pro perty, 462; forgeries and offences against the currency, 250 ; miscellaneous offences, 7,451. The committals for murder within the year were 115; of these, 97 were acquitted by juries. Of the 17 capital sentences passed in 1850, eight were executed, and nine commuted to transportation. THE POTATO CROP.—lttimour is already rife that the potatoes are blighted. Certain scientific calamity-hunters declare they have discovered unmistakeable signs of the old disease. On the other hand the practical farmers are revelling in the blooming pictures of their crop—point to the rich and odorous blossoms, and snap their fingers at the alarmists. They say that since the first appearance of the potato disease the plants have not until this year thrown out a good show of blossoms—and that it is only now the stalks give out that rich odour which has been at all times so sweet to the agriculturists of all grades in Ireland. Cases of failure here and there of course can be pointed out, for local failures are incident to every crop, but from all the accounts received here it is as mis chievous as it is untrue to pronounce that the blight has again appeared in the potato crop. The Tenant League will give as general circulation as in its power lies to the report for its own purposes. Tenants who would force their landlords to make further reductions in their rents, and intended purchasers in the Encumbered Estates CJurt, will all give circulation to the rumours of another potato disease. Again we say—don't mind them until something like evidence of the fact shall be adduced.— Dublin Advocate. " METAPHORICAL" SPEAKING.—PRIEST MALONE.— The following instance of this new mode of speaking, of which Mr. Keogh, M.P., is the founder, is too good to be lost. Priest Malone—a pious son of the Pope's church, who has gained an unenviable notoriety by his horsewhip ping propensities—thus spoke at a public meeting held on the Sabbath day, in the Popish " Cathedral" of Ballina, upon which occasion Dr. Feeny, the sham " Lori Bishop of Killaloe," was the first speaker. Father Malone is thus reported, in the Tablet, to have spoken :—" Let the minister carry his iniquitous measure into law, and let there be a community of religious ladies in this town to morrow, and let him appoint th e d a y of visitation for his official, I, too, would be there on that occasion, and I would expect that, if necessary, there would be there also five hundred of the good, and virtuous, and the brave young men of this parish. (Loud cheering.) I would take my stand upon the very threshold of the door, and del} , the Russell beadle to enter. (Immense cheering.) I would put him to the necessity of bringing one hundred w(lt7ieni daysens sensation.) Depend of her Majesty's forces to effect his entrance; and . should he demand access to the innocent v i ctims . of his wanton barbarity, I solemnly say, before this august assembly, would stand between him and them, and only give him Da o c ' ec i e : ns ie db n yu an ptho d en t s h wi e to ß irhd a e :l V : a g irh a ee ry bnu a o ff ltle a 4 ir, neither is the occasion now such as it was then." One would thi n k t h at t hi s was " open and advised speaking," having sufficient phy sical force in it to satisfy the most fiery rebel against the law. When the reverend and loyal orator terminated his harangue, the aforenamed Dr. Feeny stated that, for the benefit of persons unacquainted with the use of tropes and figures, he had to say, that'when Mr. Malone made referance to the sword and spear, he did so not in a lite ral, but a spiritual sense /1 !" And of course, when he wanted " five hundred brav e y oung men, " it was only in spirit that he wanted them ; and when lie spoke of " the sword and the bullet," he selected the most remarkable and appropriate words to convey the meaning that he ab horred physical force, and would carry on the Popish warfare standing on the threshold of some Popish con ent, not with steel apil lead, bvt vvitb the spiritual wee- YOnf of the Vatican, ARMY AND NAVY. M W on A tm ß o O re F n F C l y CE il j . u P ly rio B r . I s , to be Lieut. A. N. Adams, from half-pay 7th Dragoon Guard s, 4 5 1 0 2th be L Lieutenant. without purchase 136' 4th Regiment of Foot —Capt . . S. Stewart, from the Rl ••• gade, to be Captain, vice Fyers, who exchanges. ‘,.. a rterd 9th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergt. W. Banbury, to be master, vice J. Scott, who retires upon half- ay. 17th Foot—Ensign W. I'. Williams, to be - LieutenSP Li ht Captain, D purchase, vice Leche, who retires. full OP out purchase, vice A. Tennant, who retires upon tw o, 35th Foot—Majoi J. Fraser, to be Lieutenant-Colon el,b: Capt. J. Tedlie to be Major, vice Fraser; Lieut. W. T. 1 % 1 04 to be Captain, vice Tedlie; Ensign J. Harris, to be Lieuteß, vice W. T. Harris; Gentleman Cadet W. F. G. Forster, the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice J. Harris. 91st 91st Foot—Ensign W. Squirl, to be Lieutenant, bY1 , ,,. 1 F7.4 vice Owgan, who retires. r gwooitnhso—uLt ientatiret 95th Foot—Lieut. C. H. Martin, from the Royal Ne wf " eo , land Companies, to be Lie u t., v i ce Kekewich, who exchalllC Captain, vice Stewart, who exc h anges . Rifle Brigade—Capt. W. A. Fyers, from the 4th Foot , to Royal Newfoundland Comanies—Lieut. S. B. Ke"bele, from the 95th Fool, to be Lieut., vice Martin, who Wining of Memorandum—The Christian names of Lieut. ShadYiel the 87th Foot, are "Josiah Fitz-Thomas." • ist The United Service Gazette states that " the authoritieod the Horse Guards have forwarded instructions to Madra s try the Mauritius for the embarkation of the 51st Light InfaW and the reserve battalion 12th Regiment, for the CaPe.q. fur! Hope, should Sir Harry Smith consider that he requires ther reinforcements to act on the offensive against theKaw d. are first on the roster for foreign service The following regiments of infantry, stationed i n Irel co sa v i battalion); Ist (the Royals), 43d Light Infantry; 104 7,st Highland Light Infantry (first battalion); 69th, 39 "" s o 9th, 62d, 17th, 52d Light Infantry; 63d, 81st, 35th, 27th, 90th Light Infantry. „ wee , GAMBLING AT MALTA.—Some very awkward denouemalth leading to rather serious consequences, has happened at in connection with gambling transactions. Officers of some the corps in garrison are implicated. It is said that „ Lieutenant•Goveruor has taken measures to put an eau '- such discreditable practices. d n e%t It is stated that the army in Ireland is to be reduce twi t year by two cavalry and four infantry regiments, an d 1,000 men will be struck off in the next estimates. viz.:-40th laesist, A mI NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOIN'TMENTS.-- , .1)-- RALT" July 2. — Surgeons J. Henderson to Waterwitch, and J . .... te to Express. Clerk W. M. Shanks to Impregnable. Al a re aa. T. G. Legge to Waterwitch. Gunner R. Jennever to 90. Acting Gunner H. Davidson to Waterwitch. Assistant ',- neer Samuel Madden to Asp. July 3.—J. H. Bushnell, M. S. L. Peile, J. G. Boileau , la Underwood, T. H. Green, R. B. Pearse, J. Carnegie , a n y be Madden, to be Lie u tenants. J. G. Simmonds, Clerk , ' u t, Paymaster and Purser. Co mman d er N. Lefeboee Lie ond. A. D. tl'. Fletcher to Dash er . S urgeon E. Heath to Fireb ey Clerk in Charge H. J. K e ll y, an d Second Masters C. , 13 1 1,7 p7 , and F. Kirkham, to Dash er . A ss i stant Engineers F. J. Smith, and H. J. Layland, to Myrmidon. Masters 7to tants S. Harrison, R. C. H u t c hi nson, and W. H . Moo re , Dasher. July 4.—Second Master M. Netten to the able' Second Master T. S. Haward and Master's Assistant , : , Prickett to the Trafalg ar . G unner J . Q ui n and B o atswa__ j, Knight to the Tiger. Gunner R. Thompson, Boatswner Budd, and Carpent e r J. Ed war d s to the Argus. Gunrk re p Penicud, Boatswain E. H ar tf a ll, an d Act i ng Carpen ter - 1 , mody, to the Bulldog. C arpenter J. M'Cullarn, and A c ' Boatswain J. Millar, to the aterwitch. July B.—ln pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, AdTi l i ' s a t i b ° iS i the Red the Eight H on . Si r G eorge Cockburn, G.C.8., " day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet. 91)- With reference to the plan of naval retirement which„yi neared in the London Gazette of 27th June, 1851, the foon e iye Flag Officers of the Royal Navy have been appointed to rv''. ty. , a the pensions of ..el5O a-year each, provided for by her Ig - si e : ss ai Order in Council of June 25, 1851, and the names of Twig- Flag Officers hive this day been removed to the reserve pay list accordingly :—Admi ra l s o f t h e R ed F. W a tkins,'; t be J. Giffard, Esq. and H. R. Glynn, Esq. ; Admirals e: d White Sir H. Ifeatlicote, Knt., H. Downnian, s Eg9•t Mackellar, Esq.; Vice-Admiral of the Red R. Curry, C.B. ; Vice-Admiral of the White F. W. Lord Aylmer , oft be Rear-Admiral of the Red R. Elliot, Esq. ; Rear-Admira l White Sir T. Fellowes, C.B. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT.-THURSDAY, JULY 10. TIIE ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION CHESTER. filed This case had been the subject of an information fi red at the instance of a relator in May, 1838, which 5 „,, t8 " 0 1 that the charity bad been founded in the fifteenth Y ea "tetl that valiant prince Edward 111., when a writ was dire s , by the King in his Court of th Bench to the Chief • i l i be tice of the city and marches of his city of Chester on , 1 , 0 borders, to take and r ece i ve th e estates an d ren ts of the Hospital of St. John's, founded for the sustenance t he certain poor and silly persons upon the foundation, °t o o, charity, and apply them to the purposes of the instil' o f of situate on the outside of the north gate of the 01 00 1 Chester. The grant had been since confirmed by 6er w ell sovereigns down to the P ro t ec t ora t e , w h en Cr° granted by his letters patent, confirmed a fterwaru s a s, Charles 11. at the Rest ora ti on , th e power to the cerlTht. tion of Chester to m anage an d contro l t h e charity_n° 105 , John's Hospital. The revenues did not exceed -tz: be ea per annum, and only six p oor p ersons an d s illy 115 %01 , maintained upon the property and rents of the bl o at In 1762, upon an investigation made, it was fl il xijs l ; the rents had been augmented to the extent a' 52nd year ; and under th e p rov i s i ons .o f t h e act of thv „ o by George 111., chapt er 101, a ll r i g h t and t i tle cOnferr ,i in antecedent royal grants ceased'and determined ; :70 0 1836 an application was ma d e to th i s Court untittc° Charitable Trusts Act, when it was ordered that a rev', fot should be had to the M as t er t o approve o f a schear„aice the better management of the ch ar ity w ith ou t P rer po ti• to the question as to whether the cor p ora ti on were ick tied, as masters of the Hospit a l o f St. J o h n , to Par AO pate in the benefits of the trust created by patent• t he account of the rents and profits were ordered fre i t e it4 time of filing the information, the corporation ext ra ordered to pay the costs of these proceedings ; ,t he d re' costs of the hearing to be deducted out of the lot; ~,s t s• serving the questions as to further directions anu, ro wn It now appeared that the r e h a d b een impediment ton, o its in the way of this inquiry by th e t ow n council:, ffi ocer, which latter alleged th a t h e h a d no . cb a bet wbeg muniments, maps, or documents w hi c h explaine d i o ta' the property of th e h osp it a l cons i ste d o f. Of 01 s the ruption to the labours of the Master, by vvithholdlipedt necessary documents, the information now cal" and sought the interference of the Court. / o f th e The Master of the Rolls decided that the chap a' ;ireJ hospital need not be enlarged, but that it be reP;f tha that a reference anew should be had to the Master , Court to reconsider the improved scheme proposefir the the Court declined to consider the question v/helP,, time chaplain was entitled, under the circumstances , L",.i r ee a' pensation for any arrears of his salary up to the s ' e disn' the consideration and arrangement of the PraP ° proved schemes. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JULY lO. A ril HEAD V. THE EA STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COO' -- . --.. • at HEAD AND WIFE V. THE SAME. , 4 , . g itie' These were two actions which had been brougu,rcot the Eastern Counties Railway Company to ree ° ,%ll t'',l - in damages for certain injuries m a ,' Vitt plaintiffs had sustained, in consequence of 11 „ Ott the which took place upon the Eastern Counties li%gligen -23d of December last, by reason of the allege ° of the company's servants. la lo s hou . tried d or a d t the Campbell same t s i u m g e ge h s y te t d he th sa a m t beojtuhr;,catinerthis pereool3:s ro sition being acceded to by both sides, the case 13- dr; together. 00 The nature of the plaintiffs' cases will be full/ web, stood by simply premising that the collision took P, 00! the Enfield express train running into the Her tforu o while the latter was waiting for only a few minutes l 0 down journey at the Stratford station.—Verdict' damages Sir James Graham and Mr. Henley, the ni e j '• lo e'tii , e Oxfordshire, have bee n a dd e d as lay rnerabeYptsc Commission of Inq u i ry i n t o t h e C onst i tu ti o n and 0 of the Courts of E qu ity. tle : ° 3 4 - NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.--The following g - ,Co - t ht; were on Friday morni ng sworn i n as her MitiestY at ' O , sel before the L or d Ch ance ll or i n hi s private roe/008d House of Lords :—Common Law Bar • Mr• O u '• Mr. Warren, Mr. Pasnley, Mr. Atheriou, Mirt'be Hill, of the Northern Circuit ; Mr. Phillimore, ° it; Jr , ford Circuit ; Mr. Slade, of the Western Ciregood Bramwell, of the Home Circuit • Mr. Wilt: l 'lr °gr.' Mellor, of the Midland Circuit.—!Equity Bar sr' ley, Mr. Wilcock, Mr. Glasse, Mr. Cal r soa? Daniel, Mr. Follett, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Ao'l Wl ° Coulson, Mr. Chandless, and Mr. Craig. I, s In the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhsi lop bel co ot there was called on last week, before Lord Ce pr°.,ife, a special jury, a very curious case of conspiraand his 51r. a divorce between a Mr. Parkes, a solicitor , Aeaerai' Or The prosecutor had retained the AttorneY..."4 goo Or Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Huddleston, and tinted Browne ; and the defendants were represeneb wieDiair Frederick Thesiger, Doctor Phillimore, tll ,l. tical Courts,) Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Lush. t ° , tos - botl' appointment, however, of a most crowded e 001 : e l 00,04 case was called on it was found that the Wu!' co ari' fo ci sides had agreed to a settlement. It was saicl T he bri e there waited witness es on eac h s ide, an , counsel were 300 foli os . war n ill EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MARRIAG°n petil ed M'ALISTER.—Mr. A n d rews , Q.C., moved t7j t els ° this matter befo re th e L or d Ch a ncellor el Coaf,'oo, Thursday. It app eare d f rom the stateme nt ; the pfr that the question in the case arose aP ° , l anci_, Oft struction of th e l aw o f marr i age in Engl en ts (no bo land , Some years back one of the responde4i9ter, Weiss) married the respondent, Mr. Th e c o Pi still alive, and again married to another lacil.. o k plo 0 riage of Mr. M'Alister with Mrs. Weiss took forolito England, but was solemnised according t° solv e 0.1 married, a divorce was obtained by the Church of Scotland, and after they w e er _ os ent• oi n:b, divorce took place in Scotland, and was sd;f ac jo ,e,aijOt Scotch divorce. However, some t i me iara , - 11% F or • M'Alister married a second time, and "' s the r followed his example, and married Mr. Wei s : , bece° 3 ,4er dent; and having, after this second roarriagc...t, t he m i p i titled to real property to a considerable awe" t oper t Y • ptit l s Lion rose as to who was entitled to the P d to be e,d M'Alister, although married again, claime tlari d gob s s ( l v , to it, on the ground that a divorce in Sc . ..j a pd, r 0 dissolve a marriage which took place !no n a' the °t , ile oci,t4 disentitle him to the property; wherea s ' fectlY be it was contended that the divorce was per n , se d t valid, inasmuch as the marriage was solemn ! the to the forms of the Scotch Church, and prfir ta second husband (Mr. Weiss) was entitled toa s ter,t° fd th!' t The Chancellor directed a reference to the P t. , e s a ro e quire and report on the facts of the case. a be bu he thought the question was one which sh: t u o f iscf , under the consideration of sio gngli 4 e" mutal ?tom lop es :~