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ii ) ,per tat Varitamcnt. boUSE OF LORDS.—MoNnAY. 'the Sugar Duties Bill was read a second time, and the Appellate Jurisdiction Bill went through committee. Earl fowls then moved the third reading of the bill for preventing the un'on of the sees of Bangor and St. Asapb. The Duke of WELLINGTON said her Majesty bad not given her assent to this bill, nor were ministers prepared to advise that the royal assent should be given. lf, under such circurnita'nees, their lordships should suffer the bill to go &own to the Howe of Commons, he hoped that in the latter horse such amendments would be made as to preseiVe'fbft machinery of the bill for uniting those sees, which would be in a great measure repealed by the pre sent Lord MoNTEAGLE said that this bill, if passed, would stand in the way of that provision for the working clergy contemplated by the ecclesiastical commissioners; and be 'therefore moved that it be read a third time that day six 'months. - The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed a doubt as to whe tter he could put the question upon a bill which so di rectly affected the rights of the crown, and sugzested the propriety of appointing a committee to search for prece dents. Lord CANTERBURY moved the adjournment of the debate, with a view to the appointment of the committee suggested by the Lord Chancellor. After some further discussion, the motion of Lord Canterbury was agreed to, the debate was adjourned, and a committee to search for precedents appointed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. Sir R. PEEL, on moving that the orders of the day be read, said he would take that opportunity of inform ing the house what business it was the intention of her Majesty's servants to proceed with during the present session (hear.) And he was sorry to say that the great mass of public business in arrear would prevent many bills from being proceeded with during the present ses sion (hear). Tue government, however, intended to pro ceed with the Poor-law Bill, the Metropolitan Im provements Bill, the Bill for regulating joint-stock banks, and some others. He had already announced that it was not intended to proceed with the Registration of. Electors (Ireland) Bill beyond the second read ing during the present session. With respect to the Municipal Corporations (Ireland), which extended to that country the enactments of the English bill, he was afraid it would be impracticable to pass it during the present session. With respect to the Railway Bill, that was a most important measure, but one which he hoped would riot meet with much opposition, and therefore that would be proceeded with. It was necessary for the gui dance of railway companies that the intention of parlia. ment on the subject should be fully made known. The Savings Banks Bill would be proceeded with. He could not state what his intentions were with regard to the Coanty Courts Bill until that day week. The Ecclesias tical Courts Bill would not be proceeded with this session (hear). There were certain other bills which he hoped to proceed with, but could not at present mention a defi nite time. There was one bill not before the house rela ting to controverted elections petitions, which would be introduced in a few days, and which he hoped would pass this session. In answer to a question by Mr. MACAULEY, Sir J. GRAHAM said, it was intended to proceed with the Law of Settlement Bill. In reply to Mr. FERRAND, Sir R. PEEL said, the Poor-law Bill would be proceeded with on Thursday or Friday next, and the Railway Bill would take precedence on Monday. On the motion for the second reading of the Irish Re gistration Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE objected to its proceeding as being a useless waste of time, now that it was announced that the bill was not to be passed during the present session. A discussion ensued, in which Lord Eliot, Mr. Sheil, Alr..Shaw, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, and Lord Palmerston took part, after which Sir R. PEEL said he bad no wish to press the second reading of the bill against the general feeling of the Irish members. After some further discussion, the house proceeded with the other orders of the day. The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill, after some discus sion, went through committee, as did the Prisons (Scot- land) Bill. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Earl of Poets postponed the adjourned debate on the third reading of the St. Asaph and Bangor Dioceses Bill, which stood for Thursday, until Monday (yesterday.) The third reading of the Sugar Duties Bill was moved by Lord DA.LHOUSIE. The measure was condemned by Lord MONTEAGLE, and supported by Lord BROUGHAM. One or two other noble lords took part in the discussion. The bill was ul timately read a third time, and passed. The report on Lord Brougham's Privy Council Bill was afterwards received, arid the clauses affecting the law of divorce having been withdrawn, the bill was ordered to be engrossed. HOUSE 'OF COMMONS.-TOESDAY. The first notice on the list was that of Mr. \VneeAcr, who moved for an inquiry into the conduct of certain Scotch Judges on a late trial at Glasgow. They were de fended by the LORD ADVOCATE, and, on a division, Mr. Wallace's motion was rejected. Mr. T. DttNeUsawz said that be desired, and would move for, a full inquiry into the proceedings of what was called the secret or inner departments of the Pcstoffice. When the mails arrived, some individuals from the inner department came in, and took away this or that bag, which, after an hour or two, was delivered to the sorters. They, of course, knew not whose letters had been opened in the inner office ; but he believed that in that office the letters of the foreign ministers themselves were opened. This practice was not followed in other countries ; so that, though called un-English, it seemed to be confined to England. It had been exercised not only for Sardinia, in Mazzini's case, but for various other foreign states, in the cases of their respective subjects. Commissioners bad been sent from London to examine letters at the country postoffices, and there it was probable that every body's letters were opened. Perhaps the letter of some unhappy foreigner, opened at the London office, is full of gratitude to those friends who have assisted him to escape hither; the letter is given to his government, and his friends are betrayed to the authorities of the state where they reside. You compel every man, under a penalty, to send his letters through the Postoffice, and then you take advantage of the compulsion to open them. It you do open letters, at all events, you ought not to commit for geries of seals and papers in order to conceal the act. Sir J. GRAHAM censured the unfairness of the course taken in the recent debate by the members of the last government, who, with their knowledge of the practice in all past time, had, joined in unjustly imputing to him an improper departure from it. After the course they had so taken, it was now become impossible that these powers could be henceforth exercised without some inquiry which should satisfy the public mind on the subject of them. The result of that inquiry would be, that his own conduct had been in strict conformity not only with the statute law, but with established usage. It was his intention, however, to move an amendment upon the present mo tion. There must be an inquiry, and by a committee of that house ; but he thought, and here he followed prece dent, that the public interest required such a committee to be a secret one ; and it ought to meet instantly. He would propose that it should consist of nine members, whom he named. Th's list excluded all the ministers, as being the persons accused ; and it excluded Mr. Duncombe himself, without any disrespect, but as being, in a peculiar manner, the accuser upon this occasion. Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether it would be expedient that a committee of which be object was to give security to the public mind should he a secret one ? The state of the law, and the alterations which it might require, were to be examined ; and yet there was not a lawyer among the nine who had been named. He wished that the law should be looked into and reported upon by some persons in,whose knowledge on that subject the house could have confidence. He fully sympathized in the feelings expressed by Sir.J. Graham as to the personal attacks which he had sustained, especially from the infamous calumnies of the daily press. But he rejoiced that this Postoffice power was about to undergo inquiry ; for when the public should understand the iniquities which had been incident to it, under all administrations, its speedy destruction must follow. Mr. LALOVETIERE declared that he individual:y, and not the late government, was responsible for the consoli dation of the Postoffice acts in 1837. He thought it of great importance to preserve the feeling of the sanctity of a seal, but -be admitted that in extreme cases, as when danger to the life of a Sovereign was apprehended, the letters of private persons might fitly be opened. He con curred in the opinion that the committee ought to be a secret one-; but lie wished the nomination of the members to.be deferred till the next day. .Sir R. PEZL,ccrdially and personally rejoiced at the op portunity which would now be afforded to the whole go vernment of sharing that responsibility for an invidious function, which ought not to rest individually on the Se cretary of State. The government had purposely omitted lawyers; ; they bad not wished to originate a squabbling about-legal constructions, which would have been regarded by the public as a diversion and distinction from the real object of the inquiry. The point upon which the people of England wished to be informed was not the point of law. An objection was made ai to the proposal of secrecy, but without such a guarantee you would not obtain from individuals that full disclosure which was so necessary to the present purpose. Lord 3. RUSSELL approved the suggestion of secrecy. A. fter some discussion about the terms in which the in quiny should be directed, the amendment was unanimously carried. Nine members having been nominated, viz., Lord S audcm_. Mr, W. Patten, Mr. T. Baring, Sir W. Heath cote, Sir C. Lemon, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Strutt, the O'Ccaor Don, and Mr. Ord, Mr. Jame* made a formal motion for the addition of *lr. Duncorobe. upon which the house divided — Against the addition . . 128 For it Majority against it The house -then proc ee d ed to a motion Of Mr. MAC KINNON, for a committee upon the prison system—one of Postponed t o ma k e way for that of Mr. Duncombe. t h os e motions which had been Mr. Mackinnon was seconded by Mr. WILLIAMS. Sir J. G R .IIIAIi hoped that the motion wou ld not b e pressed, it being obvious that, independently of other objections,the session w as too far advance d to allow any useful proce?ding by a committee in thepresent year. N i Ir. WAKLEY concurred i n this opinion, but hoped for a committee in the nest fessi on to consider various p oints which .le regarded as of great importance. .. r 0:: w ithdrew his motion. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. The SPEAKen, tta 'the chair today at twelve o'clock. Mr. GLANIONE Moved thn order of the day for going into commi•tee on the Joint-Stock Companies' Registra tion and Regulation Bills Mr. HAWns 'Moved that it be con•idered that day six months. Mr. HAvteit Seconded the amendment. A discussion tbstied, and ultimately the bill was carried into committee; but its progress was stopped after pass ing a single clause. SOme routine matters having been disposed of, Mr. S,r4eant MURPHY, in a short speech, proposed the following motion :—" That this house will, upon Tuesday next, resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration the Act 17 and 18 Car. 11., c. 7, intituled ' An act for provision of ministers in cities and corporat towns, and making the Church of St. Andrew's, in the suburbs of the city of Dublin, presentative for ever,' with a view to the repeal of so much thereof as relates to the payment of ministers in corporate towns in Ireland." After some remarks from Lord ELIOT and Lord STAN LEY, Mr. JOHN O'Bittewsupported the motion ' • but during his speech, there being very few mmbers on the ministe rial benches, an attempt was made to get rid of the mat ter by " counting out " the house. This failed from the presence of uptaards of forty members; and on the con clusion of Mr. O'Brien's address, the gallaries were cleared ; but ministers, not being attended by a sufficient number of their usual supporters, were obliged to submit to the motion being carried, without a division, which provoked loud laughter and ironical cheering from the opposition benches. The house rose at half-past six. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The Lord Chancel:or, Lord Wharncliffe, and the Arch bishop of Canterbury, having taken their seats as Lords Commissioners, the Royal assent was given to the follow ing bills .-- I h,! Sugar Duties Bill ; the Vinegar Duties Bill ; the Slave Trade Treaties Bill ; the Gold and Silver Wares Bill ; the Forestalling Abolition Act ; the Night Poaching Bill; the Assaults (Ireland) Bill; the Limita tion of Actions (Ireland) Bill; and a number of railway, estate, inclosure, road, private, and naturalisation bills. Lord WHARNCLIFFE communicated to the house the report of the committee appointed to search for prece dents relative to the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. The committee found tha: the bill respecting the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor belongs to that class of bills to which it has been usual to have the consent of the crown. Afrer a remark from Lord MONTEAGLE, the Marquis Clanricarde, and the Duke of Wellington, the report was laid on the table. The Earl of RADNOR moved for a select committee to inquire into the opening of letters at the PostotEce. The Duke of WELLINGTON admitted the necessity of inquiring into the subject, and would therefore assent to the motion, if altered so as to coincide with the terms of the motion agreed to by the House of Commons. He was also willing that the committee should contain a ma jority of members from the opposition benches, and would therefore suggest the following noblemen for its forma tion :—The Earl of Burlington, the Earl of Rosebery, Earl Somers, Lord Cottenham, Lord Colchester, Lord Brougham, and the Bishop of London. After some discussion the secret committee was ap pointed ; and some bills on the table having been for warded a stage, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THIIRSDAY. Sir R. PEEL moved the order of the day for the third reading of the Bank Charter Bill, on which Mr..Wonguousx rose, and pursuant to notice, moved the insertion of the following clause :—" And be it fur ther enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that no tender in the payment of money made in the silver coin of this realm, of any sum exceeding the sum of £25 at any one time, shall be reputed in law or allowed to be a legal ten der,within Great Britain or Ireland, for more than ac cording to its value by weight, after the rate of five shil lings and twopence for each ounce of silver; and no per. son to whom such tender shall be made shall be any ways bound thereby, or obliged to receive the same in payment, in any other manner than as aforesaid, any law, statute, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." Sir R. PEEL opposed the clause. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Muntz, Sir W. James, and Mr. P. M. Stewart took part. Mr. WODEROUSE withdrew his clause. Mr. TURNER then moved the following amendment to clause 9 :—" And with a view to prevent loss to the work ing classes, that from and after the passing of this act, the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, at their bank or branch banks of issue, shall take, as of the value of 20s. all sovereigns, and as of the value of 10s. all half sovereigns, tendered to them, which equally balance in the scales, notwithstanding the same may not turn the balance; and that any loss arising to the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England from the taking of such sovereigns or half sovereigns, shall be deducted from the profit arising to the public from any increase of the issues of the Governor and Company at the Bank of England, before such profit be paid over to the public. After some observations from Sir R. Peel, Mr. Hume, and Mr. C. Wood, this amendment was withdrawn. The bill was then read a third time and passed. On the order of the day for going into committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, a protracted discussion ensued, in the course of which amendments were moved by Mr. B. Cochrane, Mr. Borthwick, and others ; and after two divisions the bill was committed pro forma', and the House shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS - FRIDAY. In reply to aquestion from the Earl of MINTo, The Earl of HADDINGTON said that a sufficient force had been sent to the Mediterranean to protect British in terests in Morocco. Indeed a naval force had been sent which he believed was greater than necessary; and the government was equally prepared to send a force to the coast of Africa or the Pacific, if circumstances should render such a proceeding necessary. On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Bank of England Charter Bill was read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Law of Libel bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the bill on the ground that full consideration led him to the conclusion that it would be no improvement of the existing practice, and would lead to great inconvenience. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving that the bill should be read a third time that day three months. Lord BROUGHAM, in a very able speech, supported the third reading of the bill. Lord DENMAN thought the bill had not been sufficiently considered, and defended the principle of the existing law as applied to seditious publications. Lord CAMPBELL replied ; after which the house divided, and the amendment of the Lord Chancellor was carried by a majority of 33 to 3. The bill is therefore lost. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Trish Marriages bill went through committee, and was reported. Some other bills were forwarded a stage, and their lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY. The Poor Law Amendment bill was proceeded with in committee. Colonel Stnnionr proposed, as an amendment to the first clause, that the poor law commission should be abol ished. The hon. and gallant gentleman, however, with drew his motion after a short discussion, on the ground of informality, at the same time declaring that he would never again place confidence in the present government. The whole of the evening was occupied with the discus sion of its clauses. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. INDIA AND CHINA. By the Overland Mail letters and papers from all parts of our Indian Empire have been received. The latest dates are from Bombay to the 20th, and from Calcutta to the 11th of May, from Macao to the 10th, and Hong Kong to the Bth of April. The mail from England of the 6th of April had reached Bombay on the 12th of May. The principal intelligence brought by the Indian mail of the 20th of May relates to the state of the Punjaub, which appears now to be more distracted than ever. A bloody fight is stated to have taken place on the 7th of May, be tween Heera Singh, the present Prime Minister, and the party of the sons of Runjeet Singh, who are opposed to him, led on by Ittur Singh, a chief of considerable influ ence. Juin. Singh was considered by some of the parti sans of Heera as being supported by the British, and they therefore have threatened to invade the territories of the latter, to revenge themselves on those who had counte nanced the proceedings of Ittur Singh. The threatened movement of the notorious Ackbar Khan on Peshawur bad not taken place. The position of his father, Dhost Mabomed, was by no means satisfactory ; it was thought he would resign his sovereignty into the hand of Ackbar. The news from Scinde extends to the 16th of May. Sir Charles Napier was busy in making preparations for the meeting of the Belochee chiefs, which was to take place on the 24th of May, when it is said that upwards of 17,000 of them would attend, each having an unarmed attendant. In Upper Scinde, were General Simpson (who was to be succeeded by General Hunter) commanded, nothing re markable had occurred. Preparations were going on for the purpose of putting down the freebooters under Beeja Khan. • Great expectation was entertained respecting the meet ing of two large corps of troops, which are to be collected towards the months of August and September on the Sutleje; the one to the west to be commanded by General Sir Charles Napier, and the other, near Ferozepore, by Sir Hugh Gough. The attempts lately made to corrupt the fidelity of the British sepoys, and the large sums sent to Ferozepore and its vicinity (1:170.000) have excited a strong wish for punishing the unprincipled chiefs of La hore. The large force of 80,000 men was therefore order ed, and it was thought that Lord Ellenborough anil Sir C. Napier would undertake the conquest of the Punjaub, the former as a diplomatist and a politician, and the latter as a general. In Gwalior there were intrigues fomented by the Queen Dowager against the British and the Regent established there ; but a caution and a threat had been given her on the pert of the Supreme Government. Tranquillity pre vailed in the capital. The ancient capital of Candeish, called Burhanpore, had been ceded to the British. The occupation of it by the British is satisfactory to its inha bitants, as it was going to ruin under the Mabratta yoke. One of th e f ree b oot i ng c hi e f s o f B og hilk un d has had his castle ' levell e d t o th e earth, and is himself a prisoner , in consequence of his Government, r a e n fi d is t a o r l tt e %t t l l o i r 7 the some plunder or(e r of the <tt preme THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ME ORE tat STAT.-4 port PhoSECUTiONS.—The Limerick Re s -0a that the p ro p r i etor an d p rin t er o f that journal nave been held to bail upon an indictment for a taf an article which appeared a month ago, though subsequent articles, explanatory of the paragraph, have since ‘kipeared. The prosecution is on behalf of the crown. A gentleman, named Baker, who had been for many years contractor, or builder to Trinity College, Dublin, on Wednesday committed suicide, by shooting himself through the head with a loaded pistol. He has left a wife and a large family of young children. For some time he was subject to fits of mental abstraction, And no doubt is entertained that he committed the fatal act in a moment of derangement. On Monday morning, the premises of Mr, William Murphy, of Freshnock, or Faythe of Tacumshane, con taining a great quantity of agricultural produce, were set on fire, it is supposed by three strangers, who were offering matches for sale, and demeaning themselves so as not to excite the feelings of the charitably disposed. They were arrested the following day, one of them forty miles distant from the spot. —Wexford Conservative. A meeting was held on Monday in Covent-garden, Lon don, the High-bailiff in the chair, to take into considera tion the proceedings of the government for the subjuga tion of Ireland, and petition parliament for the immediate release of O'Connell and the other state prisoners. Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Col. Rawdon, Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. Davenport, Mr. Lloyd, the Rev. Dr. Wade, and Mr. Somers Harford were the speakers. THE STATE TRIALS; FORGERY.—The Dublin Mer cantile Advertiser states, that an individual, employed in a public office, was lately detected presenting a forged order for payment of the expenses of certain witnesses examined during the state prosecutions. He is held in custody, but has not been committed for trial, owing to some unwillingness to prosecute him. The Mercantile Advertiser says, " The public will naturally look for some explanation of this strange affair. THE BATTLE OF THE BoYNE.—The members of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association gave a soiree on Monday evening, in the Rotundo, in commemoration of the " Battle of the Boyne." The Round Room was crowded to its utmost limits with a most respectable as• semblage, and was hung round with banners bearing dif ferent mottos, amongst which were the following :—" The Church and State," " Protestant Ascendancy," "No Ecclesiastical Commission," " The Orange Societies of Ireland," "The Earl of Roden," " The Ten Bishops Re stored," " The Altar, the Throne, and the Cottage," " Scriptural Education," &c. The bells of the churches in Dublin rang merrily on the occasion. DARING ATTACK.-011 Sunday last during Divine service, three fellows armed, with their faces blackened, ent to the lands of St. Johnstown, and entered the house of the steward of James Millett, Esq., from whence they took a gun. They were in the act of carrying off the gun when they were met by the steward named Sauce, and his son, returning from prayers, both of whom immediately fell upon them, and attempted to regain their property. A desperate scuffle ensued, and the result was, that Sauce and his son were seriously wounded, after fighting with great gallantry. Several persons were looking on while the ruffians were making off, and never interfered! The fellows took off the gun, after defeating Sauce and his son with much difficulty.—Tipperary Constitution. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE SIR EDMUND NAGLE.— When a young man, travelling in a post-chaise up Shooter's-hill, a highwayman rode up, presented a pistol into the window, and demanded his money or his life. Sir Edmund then a very athletic man, seized the arm of the ruffian, twisted the pistol from it, dragged him through the window, and, placing him beside him to keep him quiet ordered the post-boy to drive on. The humble supplications of the highwayman were answered with " Be easy, boy, be easy, I won't hurt ye." Still the con science-stricken robber kept pleading, till at length the chaise reached the captain's lodgings, when he hauled the fellow out of the coach, walked up to the garret, and locked themselves in. He then took off his own coat, and said, " Now, sir, I neither mean to hang ye, nor hurt ye, but I'll just give ye a broth of a beating," which having accomplished, he opened the door, bade the robber be off, and the next time he stopped a coach, to rap at the window, and ask if Pat Nagle was inside, before he ventured to poke his pistol into it. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The repealers met on Monday as usual, in the Conciliation-hall, Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The receipt of several large sums of money having been announced, Mr. O'Neill Daunt stated, as a proof of Mr. O'Connell's undiminished influ ence, that he had been nominated Lord Mayor elect on that day by the Corporation of Dublin. Mr. O'Connell had declined the offer, but the moral effect was the same, and the fact showed the futility of the measures taken by government to extinguish his influence. A letter was read from Mr. Luke Shea, a justice of the peace for the county of Cork, enclosing a subscription of £3 to the funds of the association, and requesting to be proposed a member. Several other new members were proposed and admitted. The rent for the week amounted to £2,152 The receipts for the last five weeks, as given in the pro ceedings of the association, are as follows :—First week, £2,600 ; second week, £3,100 ; third week, £3,389 ; fourth week, £3,178; fifth week, £2,ls2;—making not far short of fifteen thousand pounds in five weeks. REPEAL PRAYER.—The following is the repeal prayer to be offered up on Sunday, the 28th instant, in the various Popish chapels :—" 0 Almighty and eternal God ! King of kings, and supreme Lord of all earthly powers, be graciously pleased to look down with compassion upon the people of this country, and mercifully put an end to their sufferings. Give them patience to endure their un exampled privations, and fill their rulers with the spirit of truth, humanity, and justice. Unite all classes in a persevering love of country, cordial allegiance to our be loved sovereign, and charity toward each other. Direct our legislators to enact laws founded upon thy holy com mandments, and make Ireland prosperJus and happy : and as thy servant, Daniel O'Connell, who has laboured with so much zeal and perseverance to promote these sacred objects is now detained in captivity, give him grace to bear his trials with resignation, and in thy mercy vouchsafe to restore him to liberty, for the guidance and protection of thy people, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen." THE REVENUE. An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended the sth of July, 1843 and 1844, showing the Increase or Decrease thereof. YEARS ENDED APRIL 5. 1843. 1844. Incr. Decr. Customs £ £ £ £ 18,934,809 19,770,158 835,349 Excise 11,545,529 11,965,602 420,073 .... Stamps Taxes Property Tax 3,317,997 5,247,663 1.929,660 Post Office 598,000 632,000 34,000 Crown Lands 120,000 145,000 25,000 .. Misccllaneous . 1,647,541 493,140 .... 1,154,401 Total Ordinary Revenue 46,800,375 48,969,142 3,323,168 1,154,401 Imprest &other Moneys Repayments of Advances Total Income 47,780,342 150,220,678 :3.709.288;1,268,952 Total Income.. I Decll Inca 47,780,342 luctllecrea: ease on the 50,220,678 ie.. Year. !3,709.288 1,268,952 2,440,336 QUARTERS ENDED JULY 5. - - 1813. 1814.__1 Incr. Decr. Customs 4,557,206 4,869,235 312,029 .... Excise Stamps Taxes . Property Tax Post Office Crown Lands Miscellaneous 1,063,521 422,187 .... j 641,337 --- Total Ordinary Revenue 13,333,893 13.039.406 158.574 753.061 1 tn prest &other Moneys Repayments of Advances Total Income 13,539.280 13,302,981 j 594,921 1 771,223 13,539.280 113,362,981 Deduct Increase. 594,924 771,223 591,924 Decrease on the Quarter .. 17G,299 The returns, prepared as the public has lately been to expect improvement, will be found to exceed expectation. The net increase of revenue upon the year amounts to the large sum of £2,440,336, all arising from the ordinary sources of revenue ; an increase which would appear much greater were it not fur a circumstance to which we shall presently advert. First, let us mark the increase in the regular sources of revenue : Customs Excise .. Stamps.. Tuxes.... Post-office £835,349 420,073 72,693 6,387 34,000 £1,368,502 Here is an increase upon the regular revenue indepen dently of the property tax,—an increase of nearly one millio►efour hundred thousand pounds upon those taxes which we have been always accustomed to regard as the indices of• national prosperity, or the reverse. "On the property tax, however, the increase amounts to the vast sum of £1,929,666, which, added to the increase upon the customs, excise, stumps, taxes. and post-office—viz., £1,368,502, as above, gives a total increase from exclu sively native and regular sources of £3.291 4 ,168, the actual bond fide increase upon the pear. This, however, on the face of the returns is diminished by a decrease upon the miscellaneous or irregular revenue of £1,131,401. the circumstance to which we have above alluded as requiring explanation, but which is easily explained. The China indemnity payments came into the April and July quarters of the Last year, whereas they do not upon the last quarter , wh il come into the corresponding quarters of th e p resent year, which, as the sums were so considerab le, accounts for an apparent decrease the other quarters of the year the cu stoms, excise, stamps, &c., present an increase, ever enlarging in proportion as the time advances. Nothing c an be more encouraging than the whole return. e upon all had taken from some merchants, British subjects, who were travelling through the country. The other parts of India were tranquil, and expected to be so during the rainy season. Intelligence had been received at Bombay from China, just before the departure of the mail, by way of Calcutta, It is to the 10th of April, but is destitute of political news. Malwa opium was said to have declined very materially in price in COO.ftquence of its inferior quality. The Indian commercial intellitence is not impOrtant.--- No alteration in the money , enarket.--Metals fetching ra ther lower prices. —Cotton sales limited, prices scarcely equalling the quot a ti ons o f A pr il . —Y arns in ordinary de. mand.—Cloths very depressed.—At Ckina the cotton market is very dull, as is the metal market; both being overstocked. Freights to London and Liverpool £2 10s. to £3 per ton of 50 feet. FRANCE, SPAIN, AND MOROCCO.—An extraordinary courier from Perpignan arrived at Paris on Tuesday after noon, with the following important intelligence : " The Emperor of Morocco has rejected the ultimatum of the Spanish government. " The Emperor has equally rejected the proffered me diation of England. •` The four Spanish ministers now at Barcelona will return to Madrid at the end of this present week." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald says, that the impression produced by the news of the Empe. ror's obstinacy, in the best political circles, is, that France must have recourse to most decisive measures. France and Spain, it is concluded, are equally set at defiance, and England barred from interference. ENTRY OF MARSHAL BUGEAUD INTO MOROCCO. — Dispatches have been received by the French Govern ment announcing the entry of Marshal Bugeaud into the town of Ouchda, on the ,19th ult., without a shot being fired, the Morocco troops having evacuated the place two days before. A Moorish Chief had asked previously for a conference with the Marshal, and appeared disposed to wards a pacific arrangement. At this period, however, the Marshal had not received instructions from his go vernment, acquainting him with the views of the Cabinet, nor was he aware of the fact of the departure of the Prince de Joinville with the fleet under his command. The Emperor of Russia returned to St. Petersburgh in perfect health, during the night, between the 18th and 19th ultimo. The four daughters of a gentleman, named Horner, re siding at Lebanon, Ohio, U.S., were killed during a thun der-storm last month by the same flash, and his wife seriously injured. A SLAVE WHIPPED TO DEATH.—A man named Lamb was recently tried at Charleston, South Carolina, for whipping a negro to death. Though it was proved that he inflicted 350 lashes, well laid on, in twenty-four hours, and that the slave died soon after, the jury found him not guilty. THE Roursu CHURCH.—M. Hurther, former Presi dent of the Protestant Consistory of Schaffhausen, and the author of the Life of Innocent 111, has embraced CatholiciPm. His adjuration took place on the 16th ult., in the chapel of Cardinal Orsini, at Rome. M. Hurther intends shortly to publish an account of the circumstances that led to his conversion. Papers from Sydney to the 3d, and from Launceston to the 30th of March, have been received, but neither give news of an important character. Business, it is stated, was reviving in both colonies, and the prospect of a better condition of trade is pointedly adverted to. At Sydney the demand for manufactured goods had increased, and prices were advancing ; while in reference to the general state of the markets, it is said the tendency was decidedly in favour of improvement. NEW YORK.—The United States packet-ship which left New York on the 11th ult. arrived on Saturday. On the same day arrived the Southerner, which left New York on the 16th. and the England which lel that port on the lith ult. The intelligence is unimportant. The grand jury of Philadelphia, had finished their labours on the recent riots. They attribute the disturbance to the lax manner in which the law has been administered by the constituted authorities of the city and county, more especially those of the district of Kensington, and to the efforts of a party to exclude the Bible from the public schools. They severely censure the authorities of the disturbed parts for their want of energy on the occasion, and say that their conduct ought to undergo legal inves tigation. There is no commercial news. The steamer brought intelligence to the close of the week, and the present arrival only to the following Monday. A TIGER STORY.—" You will be sorry to hear that the tiger shooting party has been broken up by a dreadful accident. James Ferris, Captain Hodgson, and young Wrouehton, of the 12th, went out; they commenced with splendid sport up to the 11th; they had killed eleven tigers On the 14th, after they had come home to tiflin, intelli gence was brought of a tigress which had just attacked a man ; they got ready and sallied forth. Captain Hodgson was ahead of the party when he saw the tigress ; he tired at and wounded her. She charged the elephant, sprung into the houdah, seized Hodgson by the arm, and carried him out on the other side. W rough ton came to the rescue, and saw the tigress standing over Hodgson, and succeeded in killing her. When they went to Hodgson he was in sensible ; his right arm was fearfully lacerated, and the thumb bitten off—the back, body, and shoulders much scratched; he had in all nineteen wounds. They did all that they could at the moment, and immediately made arrangements to take him into Setapore, where he now is in a rather precarious state, although not in positive danger." —Calcutta Star, April 30. COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY.—Cap tain Grover has received letters from. Dr. Wolff, dated from the 12th to the 15th of April, 1844. The first was written at Mero, which now belongs to Bokhara, and 'the last was written in the Desert, distant only three day's journey from the capital. Dr. Wolff says—l advance confidently towards Bokhara • and if the King does not stop me, is three days I shalt be in the capital." The doctor has received great kindness from the Khaleefa Abd Arrahman. who is described as the spiritual guide of the King of Bokhara, and is dignified with the title of Majesty. "He has given me "writes the doctor, "letters to the King of Bokbara, and tells me positively that Stod dart is alive, but Conolly not quite certain. No public execution has taken place of either of them ! I am his guest: he has just entered my room (this was at Mero) and showed roe a letter he bad written to the King of Bokhara, stating that it is of the highest importance that Stoddart and Conolly should be given up to me, and re paration made to England for the insult, and not to keep me more than three days. This letter is to be despatched by an express Turcomaun, and will reach Bokhara before me. His Majesty also sends with me one of his own relations to introduce me properly to the King of Bokhara. His Majesty also desired me to express to the Queen his ardent desire to become a sincere friend to the British nation." The doctor concludes—" I cannot write much, for the Turcomauns sit near me on the ground. You must not expect long letters, for I write in a stealthy manner." Captain Grover thinks it right to state in justice to his absent friend, Colonel Stoddart, that, among all the numerous letters and journals of Dr. Wolff, there is not the slightest insinuation that the Colonel had be come a Mussulman. IRELAND. THE IRISH STATE TRIALS. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY. WRIT OF ERROR.-THE QUEEN V. O'CONNELL AND OTHERS. Their lordships met on Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, to hear the arguments of counsel in support of the writs of error, brought by Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers against the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland. The following counsel ap peared on behalf of the plaintiffs in error :—Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Peacock, Mr. J. W. Smith, Mr. Labee, Mr. Close, Mr. Coleman O'Loghlen, Mr. Crampton, and Mr. Ser jeant Murphy. The counsel for the crown :—The Attor ney-General (Sir W. Follett), the Solicitor. General (Sir F. Thesiger), the Attorney-General for Ireland (Mr. Smith), and Mr. Waddington. All the law lords, except Lord Langdale, were present. The following judges were in attendance :—Lord Chief Justice Denman, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Manic. The Lord Chancellor having asked what course the counsel for the plaintiffs intended to pursue , Sir 'l'. Wilde replied that he appeared for Mr. Daniel O'Connell. The defendants throughout the indictment bad l ' efended se parately, and they now brought separate writs of error. The points on which they meant to rely were different from each other. He proposed - that Mr. Peacock and himself should be heard for Mr. Daniel O'Connell ; that two other counsel shall be heard for the remaining par ties; that Mr. Hill shall be heard for Mr. Steele, and Mr. Kelly for all the other defendants.—Lord Brougham : That will be four counsel altogether.—Sir I'. Wilde : That is.so. We have also, with a view to the convenience of the house, arranged that we shall not all address your lordships on the same points.—The Lord Chancellor : How do you propose to arrange about the replies ? Do you propose that there shall be one reply for all?—Sir Wilde : No, my lord; we propose that there shall he three replies.—The Lord Chancellor :—Allow me to bring your attention to the fact that the circuits are fixed for Wednesday next. The learned judges must go then. If the arguments are not completed at that time, I fear that it will be impossible for us to go on with the case afterwards.—Sir I'. Wilde : Of course, my lords, we shall bear that in mind ; and, so far as it is consistent with justice, we shall act upon that knowledge.—The Lord Chancellor : Well, having stated to you the actual state of things, we shall let you take your own course.— Lord' Brougham : There are but four days. And when I state that, I hope it will be understood that this maximum will not be the minimum.—The Lord Chancellor : I ought also to call your attention to the fact, that the judges may be compelled to take a day to consider your objections to the judgment. So that, practically, you will have but three days. Sir Thomas Wilde then addressed the house at great length on behalf of Mr. Daniel O'Connell. The learned gentleman concluded his address at a few minutes to five o'clock, and the Lord Chancellor adjourned the further bearing of the case till Frid ty at ten o'clock. On Friday, Mr. Peacock addressed their lordships for D. O'Connell, and was succeeded by Mr. M. D. Hill for Mr. Steele and Mr. Barrett, who was speaking when their lordships On Saturday Mr. Hill concluded his address, and was followed by Mr. Kelly, who had not concluded when their lordships rose. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—At a meeting of the cor poration, held on 'Monday, John L. Anthill was declared Lord Mayor elect for the ensuine 7;ear. A veiy numer ous deputation of the aldermen waited on Mr. O'Connell and offeted him the office, which he at once positively re jected. UNIVERSITY 15- CLERICAL IvET,Vi. • CAMBRIDGE.—The following degrees were last week conferred : D.D.—John Davis. Qtlan's College; Thomas Robinson, Tri. nity College; Lawrence Stephe nson , St. John's College; R. J. Waters, Christ's College. ll C.L.—Rev. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Trinity Hall. M.D.—Francis Ker Fox, St. J ho's College; Charles Joseph Fox, St. John's College; Robert Gordon Latham, King's Col lege ; Charles Storer, St. John's College ; Edward Williams, Queen's College B D.—John William Donaldson, Trinity College. • B.C.L —.Walter Meddon Bruton, St. Peter's College. M.B —Richard Firbank Burman, Canis Co lege. M.A.—Trinity College.—James Akroyd Beaumont, John flick erdike, Robert John Hu sell, Fitz-Henry William Ell s, Ja nee Fenton, Robert Charles Jenkins. Henry Cadman Jones, William Hutchinson Oliver, Robert Biscoe Tritton, Charles Henry Wilson, George D Bland, Charles Philips Bnckworth, William K•daile Cattley, Waiter Cockburn, Edward Henry John Crawford, George He ry Drew. William Henry Empson, Wm. Charles Raffles Flint. Unwin He3thcote, William Jennings, Sir Lawrence Jones. Bart.. Richard Parry Jones, Charles Lawford, Henry Thomas Lee, Frederick Russell Mills, Thomas C. Paris, Thomas Goulburne Parker. Samuel Gideon Frederick Perry, George Powe 1, Leopold Poynder, Charles Henry Ramsden, Arthur Raws n, Edward J. Rose, William Rushton, George Percival Smith, Warrington Wilkinson Smyth, Allied Baker Strettell, Joseph Corbett Turnbull, John Vivian Vivian, James Templeton Wood, James Gavin Yong, Robert John Ramsden. St. John's Coll ge.—Charles William Marsh Boutflnwer, Pa. trick Colquhoun, Richard Hibbs, Daniel Paul Meek Hulbert, John Bather, John Pettit Beard. John Bu . kner. Henry John Bull, Thomas William Carwardine, John Marten Cripps, Oda vius James, William James Kennedy, John Miller, Richard Eaton Monins, Ch Iles Edward Raines. John Rogers, John Romney, John Shelley, Edward Shuttleworth, John Russell Stock, George Edward Tate, Frederick Taunton, John William spiller Watkin, John Oct vius Ring's College —Edward Balston, John William Hawtrey, Richard Holmes Tuck, John Eyre Yonge. Caius College.—Henry Claydon. John Gooch. Albert Francis Jackson, Henry C. Barker, Adolphus Boodle, William Henry Child, John Newman Harrison, William Hamilton Yatman. _ _ Magdalene College.—George Frederick Daniell, Chas. Gough Flint, Henry Hall, Peter Almeric Leheup Wood. John Ingram Penfold Wyatt, Henry Thring, John Philip Tomlinson, Charles Ward. Corpus Christi college.—John Josiah Day, Henry Deck, Chas Baring Coney, Edward Leopold Denys, Jabez Jones. Clare Hall.'LHenry Annesley Hotc 'hit* in, J. White Westhorp, Henry Frederick Barnes. Christ's College.—Williail Henry Beauchamp, Robt. Everson Harrisson, David Edward Domville, William Chapman Mee. Pembroke College.—George Swaine Swansborough, Thomas Andrew, Charles Augustus liaison. Joseph Harriss, Charles Babington Jeaffreson, Henry M'Call. St. Peter's College —Joseph Watson Ayre, Michael Nowell Peters, Matthew Baillie Begbie, Richard W. Fitzpatrick, Gilbert W. Robinson. Jesus College.—Wm. Braithwaite, George Bilsborrow Hughes, John Hiley Austen. Charles John Fisher. William Howlett, Moorhonse James, Henry Roberts, John Winter. Queen's College.—Frederick Jenkins Abbott, Charles Black. den, Charles Richard Brad:ey, Marrraduke Cockeu, James Newton Goren, Joseph Ring. Walter Mitchell, Joseph Patch, David Shaboe, George Eller, George Halls, Charles John Sheb beam. Catherine Hall.--Henry Frederick Beckett, Robert J. Hope, Henry Pearson, Henry W. Yates. Emmanuel College.—Edward Boor. Philip Brett, George Bryant, Beaumont Dixie, Martin William B.owne Ffolkes, George Henry Woodcock. Sidney College.—J. G. Gordon, Thomas Wallis Richards, James Rickards, William Layng. _ . . The following were created Masters of Arts on certificate from the registry :—Charles Upham Barry, Trinity Hall; John Dupnington Fletcher, Christ's; Walter Grant James Macgregor, Trinity; Charles Coleby Roberts, Trinity. OXFORD. JULY 1.-At Wadham College, on the 30th June, the Rev. John George Shepherd, M.A., Henry King, M.A., and the Rev. Richard Congreve, M.A. were elected Fellows; and John Langford Capper, Post master of Merton College Francis Morgan Nicholas, Commoner of Exeter College, and Henry Wear, Bland ford, Commoner of Wadham College, and a native of the county of Somerset, were elected Scholars.—Also on the same day, John Fielden Mackerness, Postmaster of Merton College, was elected Fellow of Exeter College. —This day Henry Hayman, and James Henry Eld., Scholars of St. John's College, were elected and admitted Fellows of that Society, and Arthur Knox, from Tun bridge School, was elected and admitted a Scholar of the same College on Three years of pnbation. DURHAM, JUNE 29.—The Hebrew prize for the junior class has been awarded to John Bouk, student in theology, and Patrick Wilson, student in arts. The merits of the candidates were declared equal. The Gisborne scholar ship has been conferred on John Loro Low. A grace has been passed granting £6O to Bishop Cozio's Library. . _ The late Wm. Stevenson, Esq., of Stamford, has se cured by deed (the Ven. Archdeacon T. K. Bonney, trus tee), for building a church in Deeping Fen, Lincolnshire, .£4,000 ; for keeping it in repair, .£2OO ; for income for the minister, £5,000; total, £9,200. The yew tree in Gresford Church-yard, Wales, is up wards of thirty-one feet in circumference. This giant of nature is probably not surpassed in the Principality, or, indeel, in England. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THE RUNNING REIN CASE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MONDAY, JULY 1. (Before Baron Alderson and a Special Jury.) WOOD V. PEEL. The counsel for the defendant were the Solicitor-Gene ral, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Wortley; and for the plaintiff, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. James, and Mr. Lush. Mr. Cockburn proceeded to state the case, and said that the point at issue was, whether the coit called Run ning Rein was got by The Saddler out of Queen Mab, and foaled in 1841. After calling upon the jury to divest their minds of all that they might have heard of the case out of that court, he told them that the question which they had to try was not one of opinion or science, but purely of fact. The horse in question won the last Derby race, and won it gallantly ; but a dispute subsequently took place as to its age, and Col. Peel, the owner of Or lando, the second horse in the race, claimed the stakes. Mr. Wcod had then taken the onus upon himself of pro ving the age of the horse; and he (Mr. Cockburn) should be able to give to the jury a history of the colt, from the first moment of its existence up to the time of the race, and prove it by witnesses whom he should place in the box before them. The learned counsel then proceeded to detail the facts connected with the birth of the colt, and traced him from place to place, as afterwards proved in evidence. He stated that the real defendant in this case was Lord George Bentinck, although Col. Peel had al lowed himself to be put forward, with that fairness which distinguished all his conduct on the turf and elsewhere. Mr. Cockburn then made some very strong observations on the conduct of those who had made their bets, let the horse run and win, and then entered their protest. The ground of the objection to the horse was a pretence that one colt had been substituted for another; but when, where, or how, they did not say ; or what colt had been substituted they did not state ; and what the other side relied upon lie had not the slightest conception of. When his learned friend opened his case, he should better know what he had to grapple with. He did, however, look with great confidence to the result of the case. He concluded, as he began, by calling upon the jury to divest their minds of everything which did not come fairly before them. Several witnesses were then examined and cross-exa mined at great length, in reference to the identity and the age of the colt, after which Mr. Baron Alderson said he supposed the horse could be seen. The Solicitor-General said they had made an applica tion to see the horse and had been refused, although they had his lordship's order. Mr. Cockburn.—Yes, because the order was not pro perly used. Mr. Baron Alderson said he thought it was only rea sonable that he and the jury should see the horse ; there fore he trusted it would be up by to-morrow morning. Unless the horse was seen, the verdict would certainly be set aside, whatever should be the verdict. For his own part, he should like to see the mouth. (Laughter.) After some discussion betwee❑ the Solicitor-General and Mr. Cockburn, on the point of refusal, Mr. Baron Alderson put it to the jury to say, whether they did not think it was reasonable that they should see the horse. The Foreman said he thought it was ; and Mr. Baron Alderson again urged that the hors:. must Le seen, and said it would be very much the worse for the parties if it were not. _ _ Mr. Cockburn.—Very well, my lord. Mr. Baron Alderson said there would he plenty of time, as he S W plainly that they should be there for a day or two. (Laughter.) The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with ; finally the court adinurnpd until upyt dAy TUESDAY, JCLY 2. At the sittings of the court this morning, and after some farther evidence had been adduced. Mr. Baron Al derson inquired whether the horse was brought up, so that it could he examined, when, in reply, it was stated Running Rein could not be found ; on which Mr. Cock burn said he could not proceed further in the case, and the learned Baron directed a ye: diet to be entered for the defendant.—Mr. Cockburn here admitted that his client, Mr. Wood, had been deceived, for he had been no party to the fraud.—The learned Baron said he was surprised that English noblemen should associate with such charac ters; they must be aware that they would be plundered. By this decision, Orlando will be proclaimed the win ner of the Derby, and lonian will he placed second. Tne approaches to - Westminster Hall were thronged during the day with sporting men, and Palace-yard_ap peared to have for once exchanged char acters with Tat tersall's : Newmarket coats and knowing themselves at every turn, instead of wi g s and gowns and grave-lot • lawyers. faces presenting , oking -----.-- u W en . e l' : e o r t 9 h e r i ; In consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Justice the Ireland,de fend i a n n t it) COl. useq Erskine, Mr. Serjeant Atcherley has been appointed to go the Oxford Circuit along with Lord Chief Justice Tindal. TALACRE COAL COMPANY, —In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Friday, Messrs. Halifax, Glyn and Co. the city bankers, brought an action to recover the whole or a part - connexion as s hareholder, with the Talacre Coal and Iron Company, of no very distant nototiety• The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. of M.P.the f s o u r m A o rtu f f i. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.—The Court has been occupied for two days last 4131 cofuronvnty of Queen's Bench indictment against Lord Ashburton, week i n t ry i ng t h e Brothers, for a conspiracy t o • ind and Alessi's. B ar i ng Kinder, with respect to an let an i n j ury on M r. jointly by Mr. hinde r , and estate in Mexi co , purc h ase d them, so 1825. The m • eans which the defendantslong ego as the year with employing to effectthat were charged bers of the AI purpose, was bribing mem exican Congress law preventing foreigne to secure the passing of a in Mexico. It will be rs from holding landed property retnembered that Lord Ashburton was arrested on this of his special charge, and held to bail on the event mission to America. The jury, after 20 mit,u;es consultation, returned a verdict of not guilty. RAILWAY INTE LLIGE CE. The traffic on the Great North of ghgland Railway fof the last week exhibits an increase of upwards of £260 a: compared with the corresponding week of l a st year. Tl! increase upon the returns of the Newcastle and Carlisill, Railway is s till more s t r iki ng , t h e l arge s um 0 1 £1,901 10s. ld. having been received last week. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—By an sr' rangement with the Post-office, the down day mail-traia between London and Birmingham will accomplish the j.)urney in four hours and the up in four-and-a-half. Ou Wednesday a special train went from Birmingham London, 1121 miles, including stoppages, in three hourly or at the rate of thirty-seven-and-a-half miles per hour. . There is every probability. of a railway being made W unite the Holyhead and Birkenhead Railways at Chester, with the town of Mold. The passenger traffic from the interior of North Wales through Mold to Chester an d Liverpool, is at present very considerable. The vicini t i . of Mold abounds in coal, iron, limestone, lead, and other commodities, which will be conveyed to the river Metiers at Birkenhead by means of this railway. . _ The following railway bills received the royal assent, commission, on Thursday :—The Leeds and Bradfor Railway Bill ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale way Bill; York and Scarborougo Railway Bill • Easter!! Counties Railway (Brandon aa d P e t er b oroug h Extension i f Bill; Salisbury Branch R a il wa y Bill ; W h i te h aven and Mriryport Railway Bill; Chester and Holyhead Railwei Bill; North British Railway Bill; Edinburgh and Glee; gow Railway Bill; Brighton and Chichester Railway Bii,!! South Devon Railway Bill ; S ou th-E as t ern Railway Pt' Slamannan Junction Railway Bill • Stratford (Engel" Counties) and Thames J unc ti on Railway Bill. LOW RAILWAY FARES.—During the five weeks end ing 30th June, 503,665 passenzers travelled on the Black' wall line, and £6,925 13s. 11d. was received in fatter varying from 2d, to 6d. per passenger. The following is a comparative statement of the traffic of the correspond' ing weeks of the previous years, from which it will be seen that the receipts of Vie railway have advanced abou t 40 per cent. over those of last year; as also, that on tb° number carried during the last five weeks a single penal advance on the fares would give equal to £2098 12s. la• additional : No. of Amount. Passengers. .4. s. d. In 1841 260,157 4,972 11 4 1n 1842 289,206 5,634 19 7 In 1843 296,299 4,934 11 8 In 1844 503,665 6,925 13 11 LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The Presto's Chronicle states, that a memorial to the directors of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway has been in course of signature, in Lancaster, for a deviation of the line of rail way, so that it would cross the river Lune near the Custom-house, which would allow vessels at the port of Lancaster to receive cargoes of coal, &c., per the line of railway, instead of, as now, leaving the port with ballast. The trade in coals and other articles would be thus in' creased ; and it is expected that the facility of intermediate transmission inland, by railway, would also increase the import trade of Lancaster, particularly in Irish produce' The memorialists consider that the proposed deviatioO would not only be shorter than the parliamentary lint and that it would therefore be perpetually worked an" maintained at a less cost to the company and be morn advantageous to the traveller, but that its original eon' struction would be less expensive. DEPUTATION OF RAILWAY DIRECTORS TO SIR E PEEL.—On Monday, as stated in the Court Circular, $ deputation of Directors from most of the r a il wa y s waite d upon Sir Robert Peel, for the purpose of laying before the Right Honourable Baronet their views on the subject of the Ministerial measure respecting the railways of the kingdom. Among the members of the deputation We observed, the Chairman of the London and Birmingham , the Great Western, the South-Western, and the South - Eastern Railways. The Right Honourable Baronet re ceived the deputation with his usual courtesy, and listened with great attention to their case, which was laid before him at considerable length. A long conference ensued , in which the Directors enlarged on the objectionable character of the whole measure, both in its principle and details, and concluded by expressing a hope that at tho present late period of the session, the Bill would be post poned. Sir Robert Peel declined acceding to the reque of the deputation for a postponement until the nexEseasoo• RAILWAY PROPERTY.—In the large provincial town' , where this species of property is dealt in almost as regn' larly as it is in London, the brokers have adopted the plan of drawing out returns for six months past in a ta bular form, exhibiting not only the variations in price , but also in traffic, dividends, &c., and giving at one vie!' their entire history and present position. Under this head, the fluctuations in value chiefly call for notice, an d we select the following from one of the lists : July 1. Jan. Birmingham and Derby 63 to 65 56 to 5 8 Birmingham and Glocester .. 93 to 94 64 to 8 ,,." Edinburgh and G1a5g0w........ 62 to 64 58 to Grand Junction 221 to 223 227 to 229 Great North of England lOO to 102 84 to 86 1 • Great Western (half shares) 7B to 79 694 to 7 Liverpool and Manchester 223 to 225 20 _5 228 to to London and Birmingham.. 218 to 2 3 3 , 3 / London and Brighton... 23 London and South-Western B2 to 84 75 to 76 Manchester and Bimingham 55 to 56 39 t o 44 Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle.... 9 0 t o 93 to 9 9 2 5 7 8 5 6 4 to 76i York and North Midland... 104 to 106 119 tO 121 THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS.—A note, dated Thursday, wail received by the Chairman of the Liverpool Stock Ex change, on that day, from Mr. John Moss, stating that an arrangement had been concluded on Wednesday, at Birmingham, between Mr. Glyn and Mr. Smith, as a deputation of the London and Birmingham Company , and Mr. Moss and Mr. Lawrence, for the Grand Junction Company, which he considered highly advantageous to both parties. The outline of the terms has since tran spired, but not in an authentic form, viz.- Ist. An alliance, offensive and defensive, against all colsPe t ' ing lines. them by are alliance with steam-boats, or otherwise, and to give every an 2 d d ;if T . l , l ao e d l e l , o t l ic h e ea G d ra t n o d b jeulenfetttioonthneolt.otnodoonppaonsde Birmingham f fa cility in the conduct of the traffic as they woula to any other line joining them. se3ndt, w T i l t i h e S a l n i r e u w n s d b e u r r s y ta l n i n d e i n s g b o t t h h a t t o it b e w i i l n l b a e be c y a a r n , i c e e d for ou h b e y P t r h e s " Grand Junction Company, commencing at or near If'olrer hampton. 4th. The Trent Valley to be carried out something plan as at first proposed, the terms being agreed by the deput e' tion, subject to the assent of the Manchester and Birmingilar l ' Trent Valley Company. • t sth. The Grand Junction withdraw all connection with London and York schemes. on the saMC The quotation of London and Birmingham Stock oD Saturday, the 29th ult., was 217; on Saturday last it had: increased to 225 ; being an increase of value to the exqa" of £B. The increase on Grand Junction shares dura the same period has been to a similar amount. July 9, 1844. THE COURT. THE ROYAL FAMILY.—The Queen had a dinner part! on Wednesday, at Buckingham Palace. The company consisted of her Royal Highness the Duchess of GO' cester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchest of Cambridge. the Duchess of Buccleugh, the Marquis 01 Granby, the Earl of Liverpool, the Countess of West moreland, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, Viscoun t and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Georgiana Bathurst' Baroness Ahlefeldt, Sir Martin Archer Shee, and Baron Knesebeck. Her Majesty afterwards gave a concert' which was performed in the Grand Saloon. The Picture Gallery, Green Drawing-room, and other state ap ar trneute were opened for the reception of the visitors. On Thurs day morning, the Queen and Prince Albert took theilr usual walk in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. I 1 Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out 01 horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The Mot t family were afterwards taken airings in the royal gardens' airingalf or ti rr a te ge ie a nsd f e t nat e ins r l oa n nnt o p, o he r oen l nr herWm carriageeadjensWednesday sy da Majesty aanynd dn a f e n exp d utrr,i. P n j r cu i el n lty c A e i b . o k s ne. l n b r wt e ; Albert ee t ifi o tunh o iket the royal infants and the court, will leave Buckingham Palace. ditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Alecklenbu r g h Strelitz landed at Dover at two o'clock on Thursday Ilt e is t a ; noon, from the C on ti nen t, an d were rece i ve d by tiP" Duchess of Camb r id ge . Th e roya l party too k their (e a : , parture for town by the South Eastern railway. On ,- turday the Queen and Prince Albert Lonoured the Itatial Opera with their presence. On Sunday the Queen W I o P f ri t e h e e e r A ny lh a l e r s t n , i a t c e c , o a m t p te a n n d ie e d d d b i y v i t n h e e land ser d v i i e e s e a in t g n e e n c tl ha ern p e e l Royal, Bnekingbam Palace. of his Royal Highnes s Prince Geor g e of Cambridge to ber wpaesrocroonfneßcutesdsiaw'sitiviisit to the possibility y d ay 0 , f s am s a arr ß is er g ; d Duchess o f Ol ga. lin Hi g hness the Gran The ee t r t ieaErl PAPIER MACH E.— .w T i; I h i e aS haret i nvaluabl e next lo for r m aterial - 8 "" f fire re u niversal screen i s n , its an d a applicationricnhdiotewet architectural cornices, ornamental d pures br (i i e g 9l ; cetve the most experienced e hich it so closely every' expensives e forthe that it w t a e an c ppw a ci ae e wravo t iontnodcg window just seen collection of these decorations e' of Bielfeld's Papl , made Mach/, at Mr. key's t w here'l l manufactory,in Bold-street, the ornament sec' is used in the most effective manner; - rat are in imitation of carved oak, for libraries and dintfovt, rooms ; and others in white or gold, or wholly gil t L,d; drawing rooms, many of which are elaborately ern -101 ; 0f and others simple and neat in design, for rooms of e to description, all showing an application of refined taste , a really useful purpose.—Mail. k e alf PLUM PUDDING FOR THE MILLION.—Take dof pound of flour, half a pound of currants, half a potT_ r grated carrot, half a pound of grated potatoe, a quar i t / 20 0, o a pound of suet, and a little seasoning. Mix w i lt h lmla a rrese d ens htae p sam : v c be t al u ne rde substitute isfrta ndfewoes:r,. together, and boil them in a basin an hour and a ddin g You will then have a cheap and excellent pluro-P;ent for a trifle more than sixpence! Just try the exPe rl .. has . —Mercury. Under what unwonted fit of candoou+bijo our anti-corn-law contemporary been induced to.,f fond the foregoing agreeable information ? Possibly 't habit's ness for " mollicot " subjects got the better of ,, it: „wo of misrepresentation `and chronic whining. 'acrstar pudding for sixpence " with a country in a state o. little ration for want of foreign corn, certainly sounds incongruous. If the latter beindeed the true s tate iT be, of the case—if the condition of the mass of the poVnter.. according to the same veracious organ, a c ondition _; 0 0 , nating only, be the harvest good or bad , ne t e r m s , :• o ar e c k i e t3: y an t ;! downright antoteii such "masses" could s t ~hoivbe a chea g p re the y ouid get plum-puddings.-- Courier. CPS full ere pet ant col ter: der pro ent tha out CU 1 3U tip ob. Ordi 40 10 the thin i be h. thos edur