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• Varqamattarp tarorati HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. Lord MONTEAGLE moved the adoption of a series of I resolutions expressing the concern and the house that th , ---- • - of ~...r e ctettons held out of a surplus re venue of half i 1 million had been ink by iiti actual defici tniy of £2.421,000, notwithstanding the amount received from the Chinese Government, the income tai, and the duty on grain, that the Exchequer balances had been re duced, and inculcating the strictest economy in the public service, and the adoption of every measure which might promi-e an extension of revenue, so as to render the re enactment of the income-tax unnecessary. The Duke of WELLINGTON, although fully admitting the disappointment of his own and his colleagues expecta tions in the amount of revenue, could not consent to tar a desponding view of the national finances, and went through the various articles included in the Customs and Excise to explain the deficiency and final grounds for hope of returning to prosperity. He defended the efmrse pursued. by government in the manasrement of the funded and unfunded debt, and although regretting that the ne cessities of past years had induced the practice of applying all that could be rendered available, the balance in the Exchequer was considerably greater than during last year. He concluded by moving a negative to the resolu tions. _ Lord BROUGHAM also at great length. and in a tone of severe sarcasm, opposed the adoption of the resolutions. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE followed; and in a few words from Lord Monteagle in reply, the motion was lost without a division. HOUSE OF COMMONS:-MONDAY. On the order of the day being read for the house to re solve into committee on the Chelsea Hospital Out-pen sioners' Bill, Mr. HUME rose on a point of order. He thought it was now proposed to take a course different from that which the house had ever taken. He was not aware that the pensioners were other than civilians. He was not aware that they were subject to martial law, or liable to penal ties for the breach of martial discipline; and, therefore, be thought that they could not be placed under the provi sions of the Mutiny Act, unless the house first determined the number to be employed. The house must fist resolve into committee, and settle the number. He believed there was no precedent for a contrary course, and if there was a precedent, he was not disposed to attend to it. (Laughter.) What he menot to say was, that the precedent would be so dangerous that it ought to be dis regarded. By the sixth clause of the bill, the pensioners were to be made subject to the Mutiny Act and the Arti cles of War, aid he wished to know whether there was any precedent for proceeding with such a bill without the house first deciding the number of men to be employed ? He had also an objection to the house passing the bill without provision being made by Parliament for the pay and expenses of the men. Sir H. HARDINGE desired to lose no time affirming the fidelity of the army, who, he assured the house, would be found loyal and incorruptible. He vindicated the princi ple of a standing army, and the absolute necessity of such a force under the present constitution of this country. The measure was founded on many precedents. The pen sioners had been called out by i,ord Grey's government in 1832-3, and by Lord John Russell when Home Se cretaryin 1839. Arms had been put into their hands, but without the organisation now proposed ; for then they were to act as mere special constables, but now it was proposed to place them under the command of commissioned officers. Exemptions, however, would be liberally allowed, where any valid ground could be assigned. Lord lisaLucusToNr did not concur with his friends in their apprehensions of this bill, the effect of which he understood to be, that it enabled the crown, instead of calling out the pensioners in entire classes, which it might do without this act, to select those individuals among them who were found to be really fit for service. The powers of the bill could not be exercised but on a very small scale, and for a very short time, without a vote of the house ; and, on the whole, he saw no reason for op posing the bill. Mr. BRIGHT was adverse to standing armies. He wished that the government, instead of relying on such an instrument for quieting the people, would redress their grievances. Mr. ROCHE was not surprised that the last days of a session, in which nothing had been done for the people, should be spent in providing against their probable dis content. But this provision should have been made, not by the sword, but by reason and justice. If this bill were passed, he hoped it would be a useful lesson to the British people to see that the same legislature which was so ready to coerce Ireland was willing also to coerce England. Mr. 1-1 umc denied that public opinion could be gath ered from a constituency composed of only one man in six of the whole people. Ile recurred to his former argu ment, and contended that this bill ought to have been pre ceded by an estimate. Mr. BROTHERTON had voted for this bill in its prece ding stage on an understanding that its object was to pre serve the public peace. It went not to any increase of the standing army. These pensioners would not be called out if there should not be an outbreak ; if there should, every body must wish for their aid. He feared the liberals injured their own cause by allowing it to be thought that they were not anxious for the public peace. Still he was always staggered when he found himself differing from his friends, and even now was not sure which way he should vote. Mr. HAWES did not regard these pensioners as adding to the standing army, any more than the yeomanry did. He was not friendly to the government, but he was always anxious for the public peace. Mr. W ktv:v combated the bill on the ground of the corn laws. The house then divided—For the order of the day, 92; for the amendment, 16 ; majority in favour of the bill, 76. 110 USE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Earl of Charleville presented a petition from the gentry and others of the county of Wexford against the repeal of the legislative union. Lord Wharncliffe in answer to a question put by Lord Charleville, sail that he had received that morning cer tain papers relative to the discharge of Lord Lucan from the commission of the peace in Ireland. The papers would be produced on Thursday. The Grand Juries' Presentment (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. On the third reading of the Dramatic Entertainments Bill being put, Lord Campbell moved the introduction of the words '• and be itenacted that for the preservation of good man ners, decorum, and public peace, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chamberlain to do these acts." Lord Wharneliffe said the Lord Chamberlain was res ponsible for his acts; he therefore could not agree to the introduction of the words, as they would have the effect of confining the powers of the Lord Chamberlain. Lord Brougham defended the introduction of the words, as did the Marquis of Clanricarde. After a desultory conversation, The amendment, with a verbal alteration by the Lord Chancellor, \-cas agreed to. The bill was then read a third time end passed. Dust Ave.ms B_LL.—The Duke of Wellington moved the second •reading of this bill, which after a discussion of inordinate length was agreed to without a division. The Pour Relief (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. as were the Foreign Jurisdiction, the Hackney Carriages, and the Coal-whippers Bills. The Warrant of Attorney Bill and the Mandamus Ap peals Bill went through committee, and their Lordships adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEsnkY. The order of the day was read for going into committee on the Chelsea Hospital Out-Pensioners Bill. Mr. T. S. D UNCOMBE wished to know what the expense to the country would be in clothing the out-pensioners, and whether they were to be exercised in public or private. Sir H. HADDINGE said the cost of clothing would not exceed 7s. each per man per year. With respect to dril ling and exercise, the same rule would be attended to as in all other cases. Mr. MACAUI.EY briefly supported the bill. Colonel T. WOOD defended the measure. The force to be raised by this bill was in his opinion a constutional force, and the opposition to it was only to wear out and worry the Government. ("Hear.) It would however turn on the heads of the hon. gentlemen opposite. Government wished to protect the lives and property of her Majesty's subjects, and if hon. gentlemen opposite dared to oppose such a precaution, it would have its effect on the country —it would promote disgust against the opponents of the bill, and strengthen the hands of her Majesty's Govern ment. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the expense of the force, they must be provided for every year by a vote of Parliament, rind' therefore there would be frequent op portunity of discussing the subject. After a few words from Mr. ltocwa in opposition to the measure, Mr. Hums moved the adjournment of the house, on which the gallery was cleared, when there ap peared— For the adjournment.. Against it Majority .. On the question being put that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. HUME again addressed the house. The hon. member moved as an amendment that the furtlitt consi deration of this bill should be postponed for three months. He did not mind being told that he was acting factiously, even if he divided the house 500 times. After some oh=ervatiotErom Mr. Forster, and others, the h; o u r se m d r i . vitled Home's amendment lO Against it ...... Ma: • • 6.. • . _...,ority against the amendment..... aJn the,motion of Mr. BROTHERTO the following re turn was ordered :--" . ....I of the numoer of days on which the Haus , . of Commons sat in this session of par- Borneo. , stating t h e t o t a l n umbtr of hours occupied in the sitting of the house, and the average time; and also dis tinguishing the number of nights on which the House sat, and the number of hours after midnight." Lord J. MANNERS, after alluding to the fact of some labourers being fined by the magistrates of Beaconsfield, for playing at cricket after divine service, on a Sunday, asked the Attorney-General whether such fines were legal ? If they were, he thought the nobility and gentry ought to be fined for riding out in their carriages and em ploying their servants on a Sunday. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not wish to give a legal opinion without consideration, but he believed there was an act in existence which imposed a penalty for playing at cricket on a Sunday out of the parish to which. the parties playing belonged. Mr. (1. BOLLER said it was not his intention to bring forward the important subject of colonization, of which he had previously given notice, at the present advanced stage of the session, but he hoped to have an opportunity of doing so early next session. The hon. and learned gentleman concluded a very long speech by moving for a copy of an act of the Canadian legislature, which after a short conversation was agreed to. Mr. B. COCHRANE moved for certain papers relative to the affairs of Greece; and after speeches from Dr. Bow ring, Mr. Milnes, and Lord Palmerston, Sir R. Peel con sented to the motion in a modified form. Lord PALMERSTON then moved for papers relating to the affairs of Servia, and after a stormy discussion, in which "Young England" was very conspicuous, the mo tion wag withdrawn. Sir JAMES GRAHAM withdrew for this session the Prison Discipline Bill, and the house adjourned. Sir R. PEEL, in a masterly speech, justified the mea sure. It was clear the hon. member for Montrose in his own judgment was in favour of the provisions of the bill ; he admitted it, as he was willing' to give up opposition if it was confined to two or three years. (Hear.) He (Sir R. Peel) was not surprised at the opposition which this measure met with. The same opposition was offered to the Police Bill which was introduced in 1829; it was then said, as now, that it would interfere with the liberty of the subject. What had been the result? Why, the subject bad not been deprived of a single right, and life and pro perty were better protected. It was never the intention of the Government to enrol more than 10,000 men, but to make a provision for the maintenance of the public peace they considered that this measure was necessary. It was not a coercion bill—(hear, hear) —and the y had a right to ask the House' for a vote of confidence. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the duration of the bill, he thought two or three year& would not be sufficient time to test its opera tions. The goirernment asked for no new law—or new powers—but , to call into exercise, if necessary, the ser vices of those Whom the country might justly demand. (Hear.) kle, therefore, trusted the house would agree to the bill. - THE LIVERPOOL STANDATID theclausesystem opposed was by no t the n perfect, ole M b andaprgrounalBis but edth c a o t n t f h es e s s e u d t t i h ec a t t should be duly considered during the recess. After a few words from Lord WINcIiiLSRA, Lord CAR i i .1 ale BERN, anu ...oru oIONTRAGLE, tne Ar...b ''' n bishop of Don- LIN expressed his regret that a committee had not been granted early in the session, It might then at least have said, "We have inquired into your case." Those who knew little of Ireland or of the working of a poor law were sanguine of its success; in proportion to increased know. ledge did apprehension increase. and those whose know ledge was most extensive disapproved the system most of all. Lord CHARLEVILLE thought that so long RS out of every shilling collected Bid. was spent in administration, and only 31d in relief, opposition was to be expected. The resolution being, however, withdrawn, the bill went through committee; and the Irish Arms bill was read a third time and passed. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. IREhAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The Rev. Arthur Douglass, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Marquis of Wetmeath. The Rev. Samuel Coates, M.Au of Jesus College, Cambridge, Perpetual Curate of thirsk, to the Perpetual Curacy Sowerby, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, vacant by the d`..-ath of the Rev,. W. Dent. Patron, the Archbishop of 'f or k. The Rev. Augustus Frederick Pettigrew, 8.A.. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Bishop Wearm our h. . _ The Repeal Association held its weekly meeting on Monday, when, upon the motion of Town Councillor Reilly, a statute was voted to Mr. O'Connell, the expense to be defrayed out of the Repeal funds. Mr. O'Connell announced the receipts since the last day of meeting as NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTE►'N POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS AND SEVEN-PENCE. It should be remembered (mournfully continued the Liberator) that this was not the rent for an entire week, but only for six days. REPEAL PRONOUNCEMENT.— Another " demonstra tion," which now has changed its name into a "pronounce ment," has been made at Maryborough on Sunday week, where we learn that there were at least 200,000 persons (Repeal arithmetic) gathered, in desecration of that sacred day, to "pronounce" for Repeal. Swarms of priests as usual, and temperance bands by the score, in appropriate uniforms, and all the other paraphernalia are recorded. In the usual style, it is declared by Mr. O'Connell and the repeal press to he the greatest and most magnificent pronouncement being the last. As to the speeches there is nothine in them worth reporting. Lord Roden, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Brougham were of course abused and ridiculed, and the priests loudly de claimed against the idea of being paid by the state. ADJOURNMENT OF REPEAL.-011 the 2d January, 1843, Daniel the First announced the commencement of the Repeal year; and prophesied that—" before twelve months more the Parliament would be sitting in Coll(ge green." On the 151 h of August, 1843, the same Daniel declared we were then in the year of Repeal; and prophe sied likewise that—" before twelve months more the Par ment would be sitting in College-green." Here is an ex tension of at least six months to the hope deferred of the anxious Repealers. " A long day, my lord," is the cry of the convicted criminal. Give Daniel his own time, and, no doubt, he'll make a fine end of it. Finis coronas opus. The Rev. William Keane, 8.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Pidlev. Hunts. The Rev. R. Montgomery, M.A., Minister of St. Jude's Church, Glasgow, to the Ministry of Percy Chapel, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. The Rev. Joseph Hollingworth, 8.A., of St. Catharine hall, Cambridge, to be Assistant Curate of St. Paul's, Manchester. The Rev. Robert Lamb to the Curacy of Macclesfiold. The liev. William Wigton, Perpetual Curate of Crox den, and Curate of Checkley, to the Perpetual Curacy of Christ Church,Tean, in the Parish of Checkley, Stafford shi•e. The Rev. Edward Pedder, 8.A., of Brasenose College, to the Curacy of St. Thomas's, Lancaster. The Rev. James Robertson, M.A., of Pembroke Col lege, has been elected Master of St. Paul's School, Southsea. The Rev. Robert Browne Slipper, M.A., of Calms College, Cambridge, Master of the Wymondham Free School, to the Head Mastership of the Free School at Hingham, Norfolk. The Rev. William Mulleneux, 8.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Brbington, Cheshire. The Rev. George Tatam, 8.A.. of St. Catharine-hall, Cambridge, to the Curacy of St. George's, Little Bolton, Lancashire. The Rev. John Royds, 8.A., of Christ's College, Cam bridge, to the Curacy of St. John's, Lancaster. The Rev. John Griffiths, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wadham College. has been nominated by the Bishop of London to be a Preacher at the Chapel Royal. Whitehall. The Hey. Morton Eden Wilson, of Kirklington, York shire, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Auckland. The Rev. Edward Jowett, formerly of Calm. College, Cambridge, Curate of Felis-kirk, to the Perpetual Curacy of Carlton Miniott, Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Dent. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The Rev. John Clarke, M.A., Perpetual Curate of Hunslet, Domestic Chaplain to Lord Howdrn, has been appointed Minister of the Church at Clifton. The Rev. W. Holmes, M.A., of Clare-hall, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of New Mill, Yorkshire. Patron, the Rev. R. Collins. The Rev. T. Sharpe, late Curate of Bishop's Tawton, Devon, to the Chapelry of Newport, Devon. The Rev. John Cartwright. M.A., Minor Canon of Durham Cathedral, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ferryhill (lately separated from the parish of Merrington.) Pa trons, the Dean and Chapter of Du ham. The Rev. John Symons Avery, M A., formerly Master of the Grammar School of Lostwithiel, to the Chapelry of Budehaven, St. Michael's, Cornwall. In the Cathedral at Canterbury, the choir is about to be furnished with new stalls and a throne, and the pews are to be removed. A silver tea service and salver have been presented to the Rev. Thos. Nouns, of St. Bartholomew's Chapel, Birmingham, on his removal from that sphere of duty to the Incumbency of St. Paul's, Leeds. CHESTER CATHEDRAL.—The organ of this edifice was lately taken down, and the necessary works, preparatory to the erection of the new instrument and the introduc tion of two beautifully stained windows at the eastern end of the Cathedral, are now in progress. DR. PUSEY'S SERMON.—The recent condemnation of Dr. Pusey was not the mere individual act of the Vice- Chancellor for the time being ; but Dr. Wynter, before he ventured on that decisive step, laid the whole matter before his superior, (the Duke of Wellington, the Chan cellor of Oxford.) The reply of the Chancellor was, we hear, given with his grace's usual brevity and decision : " He must recant, or he must be silenced."—London Record. IMPORTANT TO THE CLERGY.—THE MILLION FUND. —A friend writes us :—" As you have always been the steady and warm friend of the Church of England clergy, I beg to state that Lord writes to me that they are in danger of losing the residue of the million fund, if they do not exert themselves. Give them warning to this effect. They should insist on every member of parliamen t on whom they have the least influence to commence a bombardment on Sir Robert Peel's cabinet without de lay." The hint is valuable, and should not be neglected. —Newry Telegraph. DR. PUSEY'S SERMON.—On the 2d instant an address was transmitted to Dr. Wynter, the Vice Chancellor of Oxford, signed by 230 members of convocation, amongst whom are Lords Dungannon and Courtenay, W. E. Gladstone, Esq., Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Dr. Hook. The address, after expressing the regret of the memorial ists at the course pursued by Dr. Vt , ynter with reference to Dr. Pusey's sermons, was as follows :—" We depre cate that construction of the statute under which Dr. Vusey has been condemned, which, contrary to the prin ciples of justice, subjects a person to penalties without affording him the means of explanation or defence ; and we think that the interests of the church and of the uni versity require, that when a sermon is adjudged unsound the points in which its unsoundness consists should be distinctly stated, if the condemnation of it is intended to operate either as a caution to other preachers, or as a check to' the reception of doctrines supposed to be erro neous." The Vice Chancellor, after acknowledging the receipt of the memorial, says, " When a document of a similar nature upon the same subject was some time since presented to me, I was induced, from respect for the pre sumed motives of those who signed it, not only to receive it, but to state the grounds on which I felt myself pre cluded from complying with the request which it con tained. But the paper which you have transmitted to me presents itself under very different circumstances, and demands from me a different course of procedure. In whatever point of view I feel myself at liberty to regard it, whether as addressed to me in my individual or my official capacity, it is deserving of the strongest censure. In the former case. it imputes to me, by implication, that in a matter wherein every thoughtful man occupying my losition would most deeply feel its painful responsibilities, p have acted without due deliberation, and am capable of being influenced by many to concede that which I have already denied to a few. Assuming it to be addresses to me in my public capacity, a graver character attached to it. If it be not altogether nugatory, then is it an unbe coming and unstatutable attempt to overawe the resident governor of the university in the execution of his office. In either case I refuse to receive it, and I hold it to be my duty to admonish those who may have hastily signed it, while 1 warn others who may have been active in promo ting it, to have a more careful regard to the oaths by which they bound themselves upon admission to their se veral degrees ; this act of theirs having a direct tendency to foment, if not create, divisions in the university, to disturb its peace, and interfere with its orderly govern ment." After such a rebuke as this, we hope the Vice Chancellor will be protected from any similar proceeding, more especially as it is now confidently stated that his condemnation of the sermon referred to was passed with the full concurrence of the Duke of Wellington, the Chan cellor of the University. WESLEYAN METHODISTS.-It appears from an official return of the number of members in the Nlethodist con nection laid before the last Conference, that the net in crease of members during the past year is as follows :—ln Great Britain, 4,297; in Ireland, 374 ; in the Foreign Stations, 3,943; total, 8,614. The total amount of sub scriptions actually paid to the treasurer of the Centenary Fund is upwards of £221,000. It was decided that the next conference should commence in Birmingham ou the last Wednesday in July. 1844. SHOCKING DEATH.--On Monday se'nnight, near Northallerton, a fine little boy, aged five years, son of Daniel Macvay, had been plucking apples from a tree, when, unfortunately, his pinafore caught a branch of the tree, and, losing his balance, he was suspended, and shortly afterwards found strangled. GREEN PEAS.—On Saturday an abundant supply was brought into this town, which in the early part of the day were sold at 3d. and 4d. per peck ; but a great quantity remaining unsold, a great deal of competition took place in the evening, and prices fell to 21d. and 2d. per peck, and in one instance, where two rival vendors of this vege table came into very close contact, they were actually of fered at 3d. per bushel !—a price, we believe, unequalled in the annals of green peas.—Berkshire Chronicle. FATAL .ACCIDENT.—Two LIVES LOST.—On Tues day as two children were being.drawn by the servant in a .ebildren's carriage, it upset, opposite the Waterside House. A cart laden with gravel was unfortunately pas sing at the moment, and the children falling directly in the track of its wheels, received the most frightful injuries. The elder, a girl of about five years and nine months, was killed upon the spot ; and the skull of the younger, a boy of about fifteen months, was so dreadfully crushed that he only lingered for a short time.—Hull Packet. CAUTION AGAINST RASH TRADING.—An application was lately made in the Court of Bankruptcy for a certifi cate in favour of Joseph Whitmore, who had been part proprietor of a paper called the Illustrated Weekly Times. After a lengthened examination, the certificate was re fused by Commissioner Fonblanque, with this remark : "This is a case in which the court must mark its disap probation of the bankrupt's misrepresentations as to his being a man of property, when, according to his own statement, he was in debt £lOOO. When he entered into this business he was barely able to raise £lOO ; Dr. Ryan also.only £100; and the third partner, Mr. Stiff, only a few wood blocks; and upon that slight capital attt mptitig, to rival another well-established paper." THE LATE THUNDER STORM.—In addition to the ca sualties mentioned in our last, we have now to state that at Hereford a child was struck dead in a house. A mar ried woman, named Lloyd, living under the same roof, but in the next house, was likewise much discoloured and injured upon several parts of her person, and is now under medical treatment. A chapel of ease for the parish of Newland, situated at Redbrook, about three miles from Monmouth, and which during the week is used as a schoolroom, was struck by the electric fluid, which ap. pears to have entered at the small bell tower, at the west end, shattered the weather boards, the window below, and pulpit. Christ Church. in the Forest of Dean, was also injured by the lightning; and the tower and spire of Goodrich church, between Ross and Monmouth, was so much damaged during the tempest that it is thought the spire will require to be taken down. REPEAL MEETING ON TARA lIILL.—This demon station which took place on Tue-day was undoubtedly a manifestation of physical force and revolutionary intent not to be dispised. The numbers present are said, and with more appearance of truth, we understand, titan usual, to have amounted to halt a million, more or less; and it cannot be denied that the speeches both of Mr. O'Connell and his assistants exhibited more than ordinary firmness and determination to persevere. To enter upon a refutation of the arguments relied on to justify the movement were absurd. They are appeals to the pas sions—and can•only be met by the inexpugnable argument and steady resistance of physical as well as moral force. When we hear Mr. O'Connell, for instance addressing the multitude, and saying—'• We are on the spot where the monarchs of Ireland were elected, and where the chief tains of Ireland bound themselves by the sacred tie of religion to stand by their native land against the Danes, or any other stranger—(cheers.) This is emphatically the spot from which emanated the social power—the legal authority—the right to dominion over the furthest ex tremes of the island, and the power of concentrating the force of the entire nation for the purpose of national defence—(cheers.) On this important spot. I have a duty to perform—l here protest in the face of my country, in the face of my Creator—in the face of Ireland and our God, I protest against the continuance of the unfounded and unjust union —(cheers.) My proposition to Ireland is that the union is riot binding upon us; it is not bind ing I mean, upon conscience—it is void in principle—it is void as matter of right—and it is void in constitutional law—(hear.) I protest everything that is sacred, without being profane to the truth of my assertion—(hear, hear) —there is really no union between the two countries— (cheers.)" When we hear the leading demagogue, we say, uttering these impassioned appeals—not to the un derstanding, but to the feelings—not to the reason, but the prejudices of an inflamed and fanatical auditory —we may believe that he is very much in earnest, but that he does not expect his argument to be answered by any wea pon but the sword. Out of forty-six of the Croal coaches examined by the postoffice authorities, and by persons on the part of Mr. Purcell, only nine are returned as perfectly new. Reaping has commenced in several districts in the nei7.hbourhood of Dublin, and nothing can be more fa vourable or propitious for all agricultural purposes than the weather. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.—The Rev. Mr. Baldwin was fired at on Monday at Castlecuffe, near Mount mellick, and the fi2ure of a coffin was cut on his demesne.—Li merick Chronicle. REPEAL IL TEMPERANCE.—Number of drunkards committed to Cork bridewell during the month of July, 1843, 220. Number of drunkards committed to bride well during the month of July, 1842,115. Increase, 105. —Cork Constitution. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE. —On Friday evening a young woman, whose name is not yet known, cut her throat and threw herself into the Royal Canal, between the second and third lock, above the bridge leading to Glasnevin. She was respectably but humbly attired, and wore two rings upon her left hand.—Dublin paper. The Galway town grand jury have agreed to a petition praying the repeal of the union. One of the gentlemen (Mr. Blake, of Merlin Park), opposed to the measure, ap plied to the court (Baron Lefroy), to prevent the intro duction of the subject into the grand jury room, but the learned Baron politely declined to interfere. At the Abascragh petty sessions, on Tuesday, James Flynn was found guilty of an assault on the police, and sentenced to a fine of two pounds, or six weeks imprison ment. The assault was committed during the removal of the triumphant arches erected for the repeal meeting. Three other prisoners pleaded guilty, and Ott ew themselves on the mercy of the court. They were fined Is. 6d. each. TIIE CHASM AT CLOGHER. The strange opening has caused great sensation, and has done injury to our market, as the people are really afraid that the town will also sink. The bottom of the pit is hard, yet there is at present about nine feet of water and dirt in it, caused by springs and gravel from the sides of the pit. As yet no cause can be assigned for this chasm.—Belfast paper. MURDER. — Private letters from Parsonstown, near Dublin, state the awful fact that at five o'clock on Friday evening, August 11, %bile the sth Fusileers were on drill, one of them shot the, adjutant dead. On Monday last, the jury sat on the body of the deceased, and returned the following verdict :—" That private George Jubee, of the sth Fusileers, did at the time and place mentioned, and in the manner described by the witnesses, kill and murder Adjutant Robertson Mackay, of the said coaps: but the jury is of opinion that the majcrity of the men of the said regiment are both murmuring at and suffering from, the drills and parades which they have daily to undergo ; they (the jury) therefore reccommend that the proper authorities will institute a strict and searching inquiry into these matters." The prisoner, who had hitherto borne a good character, and was proved to be perfectly sane, was then handed over to the charge of the police on the coro ner's warrant, for transmission to Tullarnore gaol, to abide his trial at the next assizes. The jury was composed of 11 Protestants, 11 Roman Cathodes, and one quaker. THE RELIEF OF DERRY.—The anniversary of the relief of Derry was celebrated on Saturday last with more than the usual rejoicings. At an early hour in the morn ing the crimson banners of the Apprentice Boys were hoisted on the Cathedral and the Testimonial, the union jack at the Royal Bastion, and the ensign of the Hon. the Irish Society at ,the South-west Bastion. A fen de joie was fired from seven pieces of ordnance on the ramparts soon after, amidst the huzzas of the Apprentice Boys, and the immense ct owd of loyal-hearted citizens who witnessed the enlivening scene, and the same ceremony was repeated at half-past six o'clock in the evening, to the gratification of one of the most numerous assemblages we ever wit nessed on a similar occasion. The joybells of our vene rable Cathedral sent forth their spirit-stirring notes at intervals throughout the day, and a number of the Ap prentice Boys supped together in their club-rooms in the evening, in commemoration of the heroic defence of the " Maiden City, " one hundred and fifty-four years ago, when the Popish bigot James the Second, although having an army of twenty thousand men, was compelled by their ancestors to retreat in disgrace from before our uncon querable walls, after an eight months' siege.—Derry Sentinel. HEROIC CONDUCT OF A YOUNG LADY.—On Friday, the 4th instant, Mr. Bussy, of Lowpark, having allowed all his lal,ourers and servants to go to Mr. Hogan's races, half-a-mile distant, after securing the back door, walked over to the race-course, leaving his sister, Miss Bussy, at home ; she, on looking out of the parlour-window some time after her brother going, saw two men rush forward, when one of them threw up the sash, calling out come boys, we will get in here," but with the quickness of thought Miss Bussy pulled down the window, catching his fingers, and before he could re-insert them she bad the sash screwed down ; he then stood undisguised, opposite the window, parleying with her, and promising if she would hand out the arms she would not be molested ; on her refusing in a determinedmanner he changed his tone, swearing he would smash the house to atoms and treat her with severity ' • be then attempted to force i n th e h a ll d oor, but she was before him and put on the bars ; they tore away the rain-board at the bottom in a futile attempt to raise the door off its hinges ' • they also procured a h eavy mallet to smash the pannels, but also failed in that ; they next attempted to break in the back door, but it also being too strong for them they turned on the kitchen window and broke down three large iron bars, and smashed the sash to atoms, throu g h w hi c h they effected an entrance. In the interim Miss Bussy locked and bolted herself in the drawing-room, where she concealed the arms, con sisting of four guns and a sword ; she then raised the win dow, got outside, lowered the window behind her, and courageously leaped down, at the risk of her life, a height of more than ten feet, into the shrubbery, ran screaming to the gate-house, and accompanied by its only inmate, the herd's daughter, she ran towards the race-course shouting for help. Her brother, on hearing of the occur rence, hastened home and found all the arms safe. They made ;t diligent, but, we regret, ineffectual search for the depredators.— Wcsimeath Guardian. KIDNAPPING.—on Thursday, a little orphan girl, about eleven years of age, who has been brought up under the protection of Miss M'Auley, of Great James's -street, was kidnapped and carried off from the house of that lady by he stepfather, a mason, named M`Gowan, who took her away by force to the house of Surgeon M'Laughlin, in Castle-street. Miss M'Auley having heard the cries of the child pursued her, and finally regained possession of her. The reason assigned fir M`Gowan's abstraction of the little girl is his wish to have her brought up a Roman Catholic, or, as is more generally thought, in order that lie may possess himself of a small sum of money which is said to have been bequeathed to ber by her parents. It appears that both the father and mother of the child were servants in Miss M'Auley's family, and that after her father's death, her mother married a second time to M`Gowan, soon after which the child was placed under ...............................•••" el itb O rel since. M`Gewan is said to have spent Miss M'Auley's care, and she has remained rz e a tbe money which his wife brought him, an d to ha", i rote her badly. The latter died in the InfirmarY ah‘l i d e e for night ago, contented because her child was Pr° _ g ee. R om an 5 , i t o t by Miss M•Atiley, who is now her only Although the mother of the girl was a It e r i a d a sheal d e,4 yet she had no disinclination that be e,",'' hor pstert ' brought up a Presbyterian, the religioe wive". h i ther er; grand-father professed ; but when the, s t mi e r o ' s eatetc,: tempted before to seize her, Miss M'An' e Y e — itentse 't 'L ' we are informed, to give up the child, if tu i e f dlest P" tholic bishop or clergv,of the town,- P raa"- ent, as tke , o ti t ' i e re ß d ° t ru ha is t should not be subjected to any harsh tre l ' Un d O j ai 09 ,1' step-father had threatened to ill-use herr ea t3d a leffriOW. and d s i e t o is n er rumoured a great Ps."trodoi should be provided for comfortably. The c w ber. OW has the strongest antipathy to leave the root ed. fp is at present so kindly and generously suPP°r, t , is . W . reason why she was taken to Mr. M‘Lsughardoothelet re —.Derry Journal. ......." WALES . . . ~ h sb p e r ie w s a ts s o tof thhaevecabriesehsre6l pgjf,' ----- • (CO tate WALES.—In consequence of the alarming s , ~.,° OS marthenshire, the authorities are about to se or 700. regiments into Wales; and a staff of three or4; 0 810 1 officers, unattached, will be employed on ser v ld wl, quarter, on a plan similar to that receutly adopt , . land. t C M dal t ee "' OMMITTAL OF REBECCATTES.----nn Pn ' 11.-- der. mar hen , a respectable farmer and freshol wooer William Davies, of Nantyfaen, perish of I ,l4 gee ;dr, committed for trial, charged with being ,eencerms.e,,,,..fr straying a gate and toll-house. The prisoilerS stsos Mr. Lewis Morris. tendered bail for bis aPPearssll, the assizes, to any amount required, euen as farss.;ooo but this met with a point blank refusal; and 1 100 cinently remains in custody.—At LlanellY. 1,,.'.110.00t., day, two respectable farmers, named Francis 0 .", c or innkeeper and coach proprietor, and Geore I ,oll !aiibil I 1 ( l c i an, both residing at Llannelly, were charged?...difir ke offence. The magistrates resolved to send We° 7 : for trial, but accepted bail. • , 110 4; ''' Oa STATE OF SOUTH WALES • --Thoug. ....8 . e e the Rebeccaites have not been so numerous dar'7,l" past week as recently, still there is noth P ing li ke proach to contentment. On We d n esdaY, th e e T e itede ee r* gate, about seven miles from Carm arthen, was I IP" . about thirty persons, but as the toll-house had 0 0 . A A; re-erected since its destruction about a fatnighLritOt; they dispersed quietly. On Th ur sday, the Pent:ool4:, gate, which was destroyed about t en day a ir i bete, since been put up, was again demolished. 'A m ' re Li t night the Cross Llewd-gate, about two miles 1 1 ; e - t otti" -: niarthen, was again destroyed, or rattler these e ,1 ,1 0. it, for since its destruction about eight daYs g O ,l, o f only has been placed across the road. The ChaV o j 01 ever, was carried away , and the gate . posts P e tu b tra: Oa 0 0;0 No soldiers, of course, were there that night , g 'be pas t had been watching for several ni lite-dude Considerable apprehensions have g h --een felt latterlf logio large ironworks at Sirrhowy and Ebbw a re to Messrs. Harford, Davis and Co., who are u",, rot etir, should he suddenly stopped by an order of the. b y OS and that the most dangerous conseqnences mig 1 0 Or. from so large a body of men being sudden'? th ia l fee of work. This cause of apprehension has, hose!sei;eetl' tunately been removed, for on Wednesday a l ar/ •„o,r e ing of the creditors was held, at which Mr. 14" 1 , 1° .," 0 01' 7 that there was a balance of profit to the estate eY,,, 37; t b li i on the works since the opening of the fiat of X 2,l o , a tt i , account so satisfied the majority of th e creditoq their, eame to a resolution to carry on the works Ow hu ger assignees are appointed, and thus this cause of a been fen the present removed. bee' hie WF.LSK GRIEVANCE.—SeveraI of the Carrnart r of t!l i farmers_ recently made a request of the rePO rte norerd for th e r or London Times, that would he meet them eetu 4 gto of heari ng their grievances. Accordingly a i n , 0 0,0 t a arranged for list Wednesday, and about 10 0 I° oo o 15 tended. The toll-bar exactions seem Wle ai r s taste/ chief grievances, and certainly if the statem,et-eessriee the reporter are true, the tolls are indeeo . o f te : A burden on the people. We hear, for instance, ,er fa v e gates being erected to cover the expense 0 . o f ell three miles farmer being called upon to do day's statute lar bade a . f . It his horses and cart on the new road, just as i that gates at all. Again, we are told of a road farmer or Conwil to Newcastle Emlyn—on which the seine farirltuo compelled to pay tao gates, belonging to the n ot ,f, not 300 yards apart , ' • d this '' 0 0 1.- . VI 'e also hear —an vied u po ,„ d i unfrequeut complaint—of money being le t h e reelfii , i„, the hp/ ferent parishes, without th e consent of farmers, for the express purpose of repalr'" e tea ts 'ibisi and yet of high and oppressive tolls being el s " „ s 0 oo ri the farmers in addition to their involunts" ro,,bled assessment. We hear also of farmers being drive_ ~,f r . ; enormity of these tolls, and their detestatioritol; capricious tyranny which caused their erectiOur'ool,l4 live been severely fined, and p aid heavy Os' s h a a f the tolls. Nay, one • is rdei °• instance reco ~ . being fined his return from a wedding to visit a thug' ] • nearest way to whose house was through a lo b e et oil, these their r complaints by no means justify the Il e e, baib t A 4 lawless proceedings, they certainly ta r t of ' v.', ' ..,-. 1 e grounds for a government ' RAILWAY INTELLIG.EN C o ' l'' ' i " 1 00 a 0 1 Many of the luggage trains on the I-lull an . 4 1 exceed a quarter of a mile in length. e r r o ~,00.,,,g, LONDON , . AND GREENWICH RAILWA.• roe of carriages are henceforward to run on th' s t he the respective charges of Bd., 6d., and 4d• e i.fe e A prospectus appears in the Scotch .PePr4ilts; r$ 0 4; formation of a railway from Edinbu r g h to 13 f s2.i capital of £900,000 is to be raised by shares ot , 4 The net revenue is estimated at £73,033. 00 roe , ..-- . te , ~, GRE W AT .. ESTERN RAILWAY COMPAN'' 00 1) - yearly meeting of this company was beide.' i t 0 Thursday. A dividend of 21 was deriaretto, op pected that the line will be fini;lied by Jun e ' 0 tbe, ili bel e DEvow AND CORNWALL RAILWAY. --Fr° thael' we lear' o l s ol oo le ing of the Great Western Company, is hope of carrying out the scheme of Tr es De° o berP ee stk wall railway. Within a few days sh ba,:osett'ile/ scribed for to the amount of £35,000, LadY , t ee e',,,00 1 , ing the list with a donation of her land (ab °a the e " shares to required for the line, besides taking 11 , " of £5OOO. e 1 " 0 TO. • . ri,o orsit, THE • NORTH UNION V. BOLTON AN D rie ell° r ,,,• 04 WAY COMPANY.—His Honour Vice-uoae- in tplor a delivered on Monday week his judgment North s ir which o is, " That the motion stand over, die s they midi( C mpany to bring such action or actions as tbe o sr advised, to try the rights they claim, and t h at oe 'ir be requested to endorse any spec ial l y ,'' s i ,e postea. Liberty to both parties to apPiP w eet• i i l oo ) RAILWAY REFORM.—On ThursdaY a p ., pari s ' e 4,; l l held imLondon, for the purpose of petitio 1 " .s o ro po ei on this subject. According to the s chern e v o lt 400 r fares from London this „ ic e a re _, v ri e to town, wu e 4g ij a. ( IP I" £1 is., would be reduced to 18s. am' -. 1 we vei l " line 275. is chargen another , f•r the s 0 gel . $ J 0... only 2s. 3d. On the Dublin and K i eg st% oce or if „it i , appears that there is one class of passengerto o f V ir err # the directors' last report) carried at the he reto ra v iesl'ts thing per m il e , which, at that rate, from f il.' d i, would be only 2s. 3d. In the classification ° eel 'OA ' ditare, e ice , 0 1- perty, the cost, value, receipts, e xpert , f o r . , and other details , are put down separatequoeltespee w£7,,, in the kingdom. The London 011,0100; tillg). . ,225,000, and it was valued at X 6-12 '567 9, with cost £1,019,000, and was valued at , - „ v iva& P SPORTING INTELL IuP .t.' ---- --FO BETTING AT MAN CH IESTI3II. THE EDOR II ANDICAr• stol on the field ~ w a les 6-1 agst the Prince o f 6-1 —Idolatry 6-I—Heslingto n or 7-1--Any other d b eeo THE sT. 25 toLEGER- Iha 7 to 4 is offered on Cothe rs tone; ,1 cepted frequently on Dumpling' . ha' _bee, THE DEILBY• rod The only horse we have seen suPP° core. 00 Lovell, and that to the extent of about a 5 --- ItI C /0 11 —---- n k V ---,,, p,atti t° ;•0 05 ;4 / MANCHESTER REG ATTA.--LioS r. , ,, , o we ; 0 -' Monday last, the attendance was andverY t he 01 following is an account of the stakes • 2 . O lr e i 13riannyisith x..a,4, • MATCH FOIL TEN PoUNDS--- STANHILL-HALL STAKES of X 5.5 5" ke Of ii itl3 SweePsta' b the Regatta Club, added io a - l a ' ol• " crew—Mr. Wirt. Beardsall's Mystere% 'b th e e c ee te pee ORDSALL STAKES of £3, given ,irho extectet toy Sweepstakes of ss. tact' boat's c ent slasoefS SWINTON HALL r ented by ._ s s • jgo LATE, P re` added w oo s, 4 Ece• • y • , with £3 given by the t i n Fr i % P . jab of 10s. each crew—Mr. J. lin '''-e-esthe club' tl. A/ V IP ' SAILING MATCH for £5, give" se-.osatieee, tl , V• Sweepstakes of ss. ettch crew —The L , ' . en V/ jr. ~.. ' t h X 5 gil Cr cv' SO LGERTON STAKES of ~...,, wl--_, , sch-e ail k added to a Sweepstakes of 12s• oa• e l e b, l e Beardsall's Perseverance. b the e too 's Sc uLLING MATCH for £2, g iven ?,:atitig -- , a Sweepstakes of 2s. eac h!- J O' nought. . tiler it' is 4 hi , 100 , 0 C, 0 I, .0 HORRIBLE Muanert.—About 01. ~ ter i ., p .t ipit t 1 " d P V * o ' tertioon of Friday, HS a boy w " Stan ra" 'Jge (5 near the Denhury or Broadherntrod or V ote ! ) , c oc ci) , clethes of a woman under smile ° i ev y)e d e i t to t,h o et! i lil with a basket on the top of it. ice they Weßolle ill,if., the town, and having got two men , , bad be en ey c iti li f iif • 4 and found it was a woman who 113 , bo . 00 i. rov A, vered with two faggots of broil. fiel d, 1110 a 70,1rooi; hedge drain at the corner of the oe peer e th e 0 0 e). the bonnet being off. The head cr,,,,gliagwbt ~,,c0 , state, a great quantity of blo L. 1 ." clet o n ci;iov,i, hair. She was quite dead and Still the 1T 0 00." f ~ hand were dreadfully bruised, e! a li s ot• being 00 ,! as if defending herself from ber asT her 5.,0 oe_e e Harding, immediately reccgniseta Asourrestosficat: Tooley, of 'rotnees, who c"s u clitin n' t° theObell,'" day. The surgeons found, in ad .ba Ot by s ''itit 4 ''' ful wounds,that the whole of the r' d pan Of • /' ; , mine u _.,0 ~ : ~,, broken in, as if she had been Jun i r der " (fe tou r son, altogether, a more EON of.— Western Luminary, . . HOUSE OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM the house went into committee on the Episcopal Functions Bill, which pro vides for the performance of the episcopal functions in any diocese, when the bishop, from bodily or mental infirmity, is rendered incapable of attending to his duties. On clause 7 being proposed, Lord CLIVE moved its omission. He thought the power of issue or nominating the commission, in case of either of the archbishops, should be given to the archbishop of the other province, instead of to the Lord Chancellor. The power, if taken from the Church, was likely to be used for political pur poses. Dr. Nictrou. supported the clause, and held that there were -.llfficient checks against abuse. The patronage pro perly belonged to the crown. Lord CLIVE said, his objection was not to the composi tion of the commission, but that the power of appointing and nominating it was given to other than ecclesiastical authority. He must, therefore, divide against the clause. The committee then divided, and the numbers were — For the clause 5l Against it 4 Majority The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. Mr. HAWES objected to making the bishop a member of the Court of Appeal in temporal matters. It was most undesirable to mix up judicial with ecclesiastical functions. Sir J. GRAHAM contended most strenuously for th , . supremacy of the crown over all ecclesiastical matters. In conformity with the principle of the Church Discipline Act, although it was not desirable to enlarge the power of the bishops in matters temporal, yet in matters spiritual— and spiritual matters were here involved—there was not only no objection, but it was highly proper that they should have jurisdiction as a Court of Appeal in the last resort. The clause was agreed to, as were the remaining clauses. A discussion ensued on the question that the house should resolve itself into committee on the Chelsea Pen sioners Bill. Ultimately it went into committee, and a debate took place as to the period for which it was to con tinue in operation, the government proposing it as a per manent measure, while Mr. Hume and other hon. members contended that its duration should be limited to three or five years. On a division, the proposal for limiting the operation of the bill to five years was negatived by a ma jority of 76 to 33. A second proposition to limit its du ration to five years and six months was also rejected by a majority of 82 to M. Mr. HOME declared that he would give no further op position to the bill, though his opinion respecting it re tnained unchanged. In reply to a question from Mr. Ewart, Sir J. GRAHAM said, that though the government had no present plan of education, yet they would turn their attent►on to the sub ject during the recess. Mr. CHRISTIE moved the committee on the Defama- tion and Libel Bill, stating, at some length, its provisions to the house. The ATTORNEY- GEN ERAL said, that the Bill contained provisions to which he was opposed, because they appeared to him to be carrying them back to the barbarous severi. ties of the old law before it was ameliorated by public opinion. He was, however, willing to adopt anything in the bill which was an improvement in the existing law, especially that permitting the plea of truth in cases of criminal information. The various clauses were, after discussion, agreed to, and the house soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS—THURSDAY. The royal assent was given, by commission, to several bills, including the Liverpool Docks arid Harbour Bill. Lord BROUGHAM presented a number of petitions on various subjects. The noble and learned lord said that 15,800 names had been sent to him, many of them most respectable ; they had been subscribed to a petition on some subject or other in twenty-four hours in the town of Liverpool ; but unluckily for the parties they had forgotten to send the petition. (A laugh.) Earl STANHOPE said it was a very common thing to remove the heading of a petition while it was being signed. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, Earls FORTESCIJE and GLENGALL, and Lords MONTEAGLE and CAMPBELL, also again delivered their opinions on the remedies neces sary for the present state of Ireland, after which the bill passed through committee. - The Foreign Jurisdiction Bill also passed through com mittee. Several bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and he hJuse adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. A number of bills were advanced a stage. The Law of Evidence Bill gave rise to some discussion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said one of the provisions of the bill was to render persons not now allowed to give evidence to be competent witnesses on any trial. There was a strange anomaly in the present law of evidence. He would natice one, for instance, of a man who was in Newgate, or any other gaol, suffering imprisonment for an offence against the law ; he could not give evidence to-day on any trial, but if his imprisonment expired to morrow he would be a competent witness. (Hear, hear.) Now it was the crime that affected the character of the man and not the punishment; consequently a person, if convicted of an offence, ought for ever to be rendered in competent, or not only so during the period of his impri sonment. A man in prison to-day could not give evi dence, his imprisonment might expire to-morrow, and he was at once a competent witness—could there be a greater absurdity ? (Hear, hear, hear.) The same absurdity existed as regarded preventing parties interested in a suit from giving evidence. Sir J. EASTEIOPE presented a petition from an indivi dual named Campbell, against the pension granted to the daughter of the Duke of Cambridge. The petitioner sta ted that he used the words " honourable house " from courtesy, but not of his own conviction. (Hear.) Mr. WARD moved for a return of the actual amount of the revenue of the Protestant Church in Ireland at the present time. Ordered. Mr. CHRISTIE gave notice that to-morrow he should ask the right hon. Bart. the Home Secretary, whether next session the government intended to bring forward any measure for the suppression of duelling, or to advise her Majesty to direct any steps to be taken on the subject. (Hear.) . . . . . Captain POLHILL gave notice that early next session be should move for the appointment of a select committee to consider the best mode of regulating the price of bread in the metropolis. Sir J AMES GRAHAM and Sir ROBT. PEEL did not think any legislation on the subject would be beneficial to the public, or afford any check on the trade. The most ef fectual mode would be not to deal with those bakers who charged too high a price —that would be the means of putting an effectual check to a practice of taking an ad vantage of any temporary opportunity to raise the prices. (Hear.) Mr. WYSE postponed his motion on the subject of edu cation until next session. Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. After a somewhat animated discussion upon Lord Lu- CAN'S complaint against Sir E. SUGDEN, which, however, produced no result, the house proceeded, upon the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, to consider, in committee, the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. The Marquis of CLANILICARDE lamented the mis management of parliamentary business, which, having left their lordships nearly idle throughout the session, now produced a flood of bills at a period when time was not left to discuss them. A hope had been held out that this bill would be referred to a select committee, but as that was now plainly impossible, he proposed that in the next session the state of the poor law in Ireland should he taken into considriration, with the objrct of diminish ing mendicancy, of adopting a better provision for the relief of the aged and infirm, and of relieving the country from the oppressive taxation necessary to carry out the present system. Ile quoted several instances to prove how difficult it was to collect the enormous rates that were required, and the entire inefficiency of a law which among other anomalies nrohibiteci any Christian minister from meddling with charity; and declared, that if per sisted in, it would be a fraud upon the Irish proprietors, who bad been told that it would suppress mendicity. It had been tried in other countries, and had universally failed; in England it did not succeed even with out-door relief, which, if granted in Ireland, would amount to a confiscation of all property. He generally approved the present bill, but feared that the principle of collecting rates from the rich alone would be laid hold of as an argument for absolving the poor from taxes and all such charges. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought the resolution pro posed unnecessary and objectionable. lie defended the HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. On the order for the third reading of the Chelsea Pen sinners Bill, Mr. BRIGHT complained of the government for having instituted no measure to relieve the working people. He understood that many of them were in so emaciated a state from want and suffering as to have been incapable of accepting employment offered to them. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE took a good-humoured farewell of the bill, as one which had been carried, against his own efforts, by an overwhelming 'majority, he would not say a subservient one. but an independtnt majority of officials. On the question for the third reading of the Defamation and Ltbel Bill, Mr. Escorr proposed to restore the third clause; but the ATTORNEY-GENERAL having satisfied the house that such a clause was inexpedient, the bill passed in its present state without a division. The order for going into committee on the Slave-trade Suppression Bill was opposed by Mr. T. DIINCOMBE and Mr. FORSTER, who charged it with folly, and complained that it had come from the Lords as a surprise upon the Commons. Mr. Forster laid the blame of it upon Lord Brougham's inconsiderate precipitancy. Sir T. WILDE defended Lord Brougham, and the main principle of the bill, which was to prevent the employ ment of British capital in encouraging the slave trade. This principle was no new one, and could not be said to come upon the house without ample notice ; for the house had always recognized and affirmed it. Sir R. PEEL supported the motion for going into com mittee. It was a dangerous doctrine that no important measure could be considered in August. Notice had been given in the last session that the attention of parliament would be called to the question whether British capital should he permitted to employ itself in the encourage ment of the slave trade. The prevention of such traffic was just in itself, and due to our own colonists, who ought not to be placed under a disadvantageous competition with countries glowing sugar by slave labour. He felt, in deed, that the subject was one in which parliament ought not to legislate precipitately, but it was fully entitled to consideration. Mr. BERNA.L and Mr. BROTHERTON supported the bill, which at length went into committee. In committee, Lord SANDON said, he was anxious to understand clearly the bearing of the clause which it was proposed to amend ; owing to its length, it was difficult, unless some time were given for consideration, to alter it. He understood that the object was to extend the provi sions of the Consolidated Slave Act, which was now ap plied to British subjects either at sea or in British do minions, and to British subjects in foreign countries. He quite agreed that, if it was practicable to do so, without inflicting gross injustice, and even more serious evils than those which it was proposed to remedy, it was right that they should prevent the employment of British capital in connexion with the slave trade or slave labour ; but he be lieved, since the enactment of the clause of the Consoli dated Slave Act, which it was proposed to extend the operation of, had been the law of the land, no British sub ject had been connected with the slave trade. At all events, there was nothing in the evidence taken by the committee to prove the contrary, so far as the coast of Africa was concerned. Another committee, which was composed of many gentlemen who were deeply interested in putting down the slave trade, were generally of that opinion. They did not say that the practice of employing British capital in the slave trade did not exist, but that there was no evidence brought before them to show that •it did. 'filen, with regard to the high seas and our own domi nions, the provisions of the Slave Act bad been effectual, and the question then was, could they make them equally effectual in places not within the British jurisdiction? He thought this was the first attempt that had been made to carry our municipal laws into countries under foreign jurisdiction. How could they make such a principle effective ? British subjects were charged with contravening one of the provisions of the Slave Act by employing slaves within the dominions of the Emperor of Brazils, and by what means could they bring that charge under the cog n zance of British tribunals? What opportunity would the defendants have to disprove the charge, or what autho rity would the court have to go to the heart of the Andes to obtain evidence for or against the charge? He con ceived that the bill was going beyond the proper limits of the British Legislature. It was not sufficient in matters of legislation or in private affairs that the object was good, but it was also essential to foresee that greater evils were not created than those proposed to be remedied. (Hear, hear.) After some discussion, Lord PALNIERSTON deprecated any tenderness to Eng lish holders and employers of slavesj and exhorted the house to show to other countries that England was sincere in her declarations against slavery. The bill, after some further comments, was allowed to pass through committee, with an understanding that cer tain amendments were to be discussed upon the report. THE COURT. • Prince George of Cambridge took leave of the Queen, on Saturday, on his departure for Mecklenburgh Sta.Utz, on a visit to his sister and brother-in-law ; thenco pro ceeding to assume the Governorship of the lonian Islands. TH E KING OF H ANOVER.—It is stated in circles usu ally well informed, though we are unable to trace the re port to any positive authority, that an illustrious personage —t: e monarch of an independent kingdom, now on a visit to this country—has it in contemplation to resign his sovereignty in favour of his son, and once more take up his residence in England.—Britannia. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S "TURN-OUT."—During the usnll early walk of her Majesty and Prince Albert on Tuesday morning, in the private enclosures and shrub beries in the Home Palk, indsor. a pair of beautiful foreign goats, milk white, and of an extraordinary size, were taken into the private grounds for the inspection of the Queen and the Prince. These two goats have been for the last two or three months, in training to go in har ness, to he used by the Prince of Wales, and the infant princesses, in their excursions through the private grounds. They were harnessed to an elegantly and lightly constructed carriage, and proceeded, with the greatest ease, at the rate of six and seven miles an hour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert appeared much pleased with the novelty and compact appearance of the new " turn-out," which was used by their royal highnesses on the following day. BRlGllTON.—lnstructions have just been received at Brighton, from the Lord Chamberlain's office, to stop all orders to view the palace ; so that there is now no doubt of her Majesty's intention to visit Brighton very shortly. All the necessary arrangements have been made connected, with the marine excursion of the Queen and her illustri ous consort. during the sojourn of the court at Brighton. The Black Eagle steam vessel will be one of the squadron which will accompany the royal yacht. There is now very little doubt that her Majesty will honour. Plymouth, and probably Pembroke dockyard, with a visit during the royal trip. It is likewise expected the Queen and her illustri ous consort will honour the Earl and Countess Cawdor with a short visit, at their mansion, Stackpole Court, in the County of Pembroke. The Right Hon. Sir R. Peel will leave town next week for Drayton Manor, to join Lady Peel and family. A select party will assemble at the Manor next month. The Duke of Wellington is expected to leave Apsley_ house on Monday week for Weimer Castle, where the noble Duke purposes to reside until the 2d week in Oc tober, and then go to Strathfieldsaye. THE DUKE'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—It is now ascer tained beyond a doubt that the Duke of Wellington will visit Scotland in the autumn, and that he will for a few days be the guest of the Duke of Hamilton. Shooting, being one object of his grace's visit, it is deemed not im probable that the victor of a hundred battles may cross to Arran, and enjoy the splendid sport that is to be expe rienced on this island.—Glasgow Chronicle. WILL OF THE DUKE OF SLSSEX.—The will of his Royal Highness Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex has just passed the seal of the Perogative Court of Canterbury. The executors named in the will are Lord Dinorben, C. K. K. Tynte, Esq., and Mr. Walker--(comptroller of the Duke's household.) His *royal -highness directs that, a bond held by his daughter for £lO,OOO be discharged ; and the whole of his property to go to his wife, the Duchess of Inverness ; that his plate, jewels, and many other arti cles, too numerous to mention, be sold by auction : (they have since realized the sum of £37,713 Os. Ild.) Heals° directs that if government does not purchase his library within a year it is also to be sold by auction. The will is very short, and is written on a small sheet of paper. The property has been sworn under £6o,ooo.—Britannia. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—We believe that we may state with certainty that the Queen will prorogue parliament in person on Thursday next, the 24th in stant. The Bight Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his annual entertainment to the officers connected with that branch of the legislature, on Saturday week, previous to the prorogation of Parliament. THE DUOIIAM ELECTION.-Mr. Austin, the eminent parliamentary barrister, was retained to defend Mr. Bright's seat for Durham long before any intimation of the intention of the conservative party to petition was' made known. What could have led to this hasty step but a perfect conviction that it was only by the forsenic talent • of the most talented practitioner that the seat could be retained. PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The first annual meeting . of this company was held in London on Friday. No dividend was declared, and a strong feeling in favour of the dissolution of the company in preference to raising. more money prevailed, but the report held out Prospects of a dividend of 141 per cent., and this satisfied the majority. The sum of £20,000 is to be raised to put a third steamer on the station for the increase of trade the amount to be raised by the iss ue of new sh a res. The coal mines in Tulcahuano have been :worked for the sup. Ply of the vessels with great success. • tt ' 6t, 4 41 ht, ~o A►q Alµ d 11 7 4 th;