The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

' v_ LOCAL MEETINGS. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. THE DOCK BILL. A special meeting of the Town Council was held yes terday in the Council Chamber, at the Town-hall, for the purpose of agreeing to the Dock Bill, as now passed by a Committee of the House of Commons. At eleven o'clock, there being a full Council present, the MAYOR (T. B. Horsfall, Esq.) took the chair, and having explained the object of the meeting, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said it would only be necessary for him to occupy the attention of the Council for a very short time, inesmuch as the bill came back to the Council in substance as it went from them : the alterations were BO slight that he had no doubt that they would at once ap prove of the measure. There were some clauses intro duced at the instance of the admiralty, but as those were the same as were generally introduced in all bills of that description, and as they did not affect its principle, they would not require any observation whatever on the part of the Council. The rating clause, however, was a new clause, one which the Council, as trustees of the dock estate, gave instructions to have inserted in the bill, and, as he (Mr. Bramley-Moore), then stated, that he never entertained any serious apprehensions of difficulty in pro curing the insertion of that clause, so it had turned out. The clause had been introduced, and he had no doubt it would be satisfactory to the Council, but however accept able and desirable might be to the town, it did not escape opposition. Certain parties had opposed the clause on the ground that it was a tax on the commerce of the Mersey, although that same party had a bill before parliament to enable them to impose rates upon commerce which they have not now the power to do. lie might, however, just observe, that from the Birkenhead Dock Bills every clause had been expunged which at all affected the Liverpool Docks, so that with respect to that measure matters remained remained just as they were at present, and with regard to the bill then before the Com mittee he thought there was no alteration, (but he wished the Town-clerk's opinion on the object) which it was necessary for him to call the attention of the Council to except the freight clause. The TOWN-CLERK. — Exactly so. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE proceeded to observe that as the hill went from the Council it enabled the Dock Corn mittee to dispose of goods in the Albert Dock Ware houses for the payment of freight at the expiration of 30 days—that was the state in which the bill went before the Parliament, but Parliament thought that too little, and the period was finally changed to 90 days. On this sub ject he understood some parties were not quite satisfied with the proceedings of the deputation : and it had been said by some of them that they had not used due diligence to secure the passing of that clause as it went from the Council. He however begged to assure the Council that every diligence bad been used by the members of the deputation, and the question was pushed as far as it was possible to push it without endangering the security of the clause altogether. He believed many of the commit tee had such serious difficulties on the subject, and they thought the powers so sought by it were so extraordinary, that if if had been pushed any further they would have lost the clause altogether. and therefore have lost the im portant benefit it was calculated to confer upon the port. He wished to impress upon the Council the danger and risk which existed of having the clause expunged altoge ther if the matter was again mooted in Parliament—for he could assure them it was most imminent ; and he would further remind the Council that on the first of May there were in the Albert Dock Warehouses no less than £llO.OOO worth of goods, which that bill would have the effect of releasing immediately, by enabling them to sell unless the freight was paid—the effect of which woulcibe to enableship-ownersto pay their tradesmen's bills, and thus confer very great advantages on the town at large. Mr. Alderman TURNER inquired whether the clause was already in operation ? Mr. BRAMLEy-MOORE said it would come into opera tion immediately after the bill had passed. and on giving ten days' notice, the property could be sold. There was one other subject to which, with their permission, he would allude, and that was the building of the fort. That was simply postponed until the result of that act of par liament was known. The Board of Ordnance had sus pended their operations in order to ascertain whether it might or might not be necessary to select a new site for the intended fort. The speaker then proceeded to read a letter from the chairman of the Shipowners' Associa tion (Mr. J. Lockett), approving of the course pursued with respect to the clause to which he had alluded, and he concluded by observing, that so far as he could ascertain their feelings, every party seemed to approve of the 90 days. Before resuming his seat, however, he trusted the Council would permit him to pay a compliment to the members for their great exertions in behalf of their con stituents. He was at a loss for words to express the approbation they deserved for the great zeal, talent, and untiring industry displayed by the honourable members for this borough, in behalf of their constituents.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. AIKIN said he merely rose for the purpose of mak ing a few remarks on the observations which had fallen from the Chairman of the Dock Committee, on the sub ject of the extension of the time from thirty to ninety pays. It was quite clear to his (Mr. Aikin's) mind that he thought ninety days far more preferable than thirty, and that accounted for the change in the clause, because where there was a foregone conclusion in a man's mind on a particular subject, he was not very likely to take any pains to obtain the insertion of a clause contrary to his own opinion, but he begged to remind the Chairman of the Dock Committee that the Council had twice de liberately come to the conclusion that thirty days and not ninety snow( be introutweU Into the clause. (Hear.) The MAYOR said he thought it only right to inform Mr. Aikin that, previous to his entering the room, Mr. Bramley-Moore had stated to the Council that every effort had been used to obtain the clause so agreed upon by the Council. Mr. AIKIN felt obliged to the Mayor for his informa tion, but at at the same time he begged to state that he differed in toto from thechairman of the Dock Committee on that subject. He should like to know in what those efforts consisted—he wished to know whether counsel had been instructed on the subject, and whether the evidence of parties like himself, (Mr. Aikin,) had been ten dered to the committee of the house. (Hear, hear.) He bad reason to know, from one member of the committee, and a very influential member too. that if proper exertions had been used thirty days would have been inserted in stead of ninety, because the great opposition was not to the number of days, but the principle. The chairman of the Dock Committee had produced a letter, to sustain his views from the British Shipowners' Association, but he begged to say that all foreign vessels ought to have the same opportunity of recovering their freight as well as British. They ought to be placed in the position of reco vering their freight the moment it was due—as soon as it passed the King's beam ; and the merchant who could not pay it ought to be placed in the position of a person who could not meet his engagements. He hoped the subject would be renewed in the House of Lords, because the more the principle was discussed the better; and even if the clause was thrown out of the present bill, he felt as sured its justice would become so apparent that, before long, a general law on the subject would be passed by the legislature. He, however, felt convinced that if strenuous efforts had been used the clause, as agreed to by the council, would have passed the committee. Mr. MANN said, as one of the deputation on the bill in London, he could assure the Council that every effort had been used to obtain the clause as agreed upon in council, but the deputation heard, on all hands, that if the thirty days were pressed, it would be the means of endan gering the clause altogether. The Council ought to bear in mind that the powers sought by that clause were most extraordinary ; quite contrary to the general law of the land, and, therefore, if the subject had been much can vassed, there was every reason to suppose that it would have been lost. It should also be borne in mind that it was confined to one dock in Liverpool, and he (Mr. Mann) was quite sure that the shipowners themselves would be averse to the loss of the clause, even as it now stands. Mr. Nicol, impressed upon the Council that the clause, as it now stands, did not alter the nature of the contract entered into between the shipowner and the holder of goods. What the clause did was to give additional powers to the Dock Committee for the benefit of the shipowner ; and this power only applied to goods in the Albert Dock warehouses ; but it did not in the slightest degree affect the interests of those who had goods in private warehouses. So far as he (Mr. Nicol) could ascertain, there was but one opinion amongst the members of the connnittee—that it would be a monstrous power to sell a man's goods at the end of thirty days for the payment of freight, seeing that, according to the contract entered into with the shipper, he might have sixty days to pay it. Mr. PARKER asked whether the subject was discussed before the Council at all. Mr. Nicol. replied that he was not present at the time and could not tell. Mr. RATHBONE complained that the ship-owners of Liverpool had taken upon themselves to settle this ques tion, whereas they formed a very small minority in com parison with foreigners. He was also of opinion that the evidence of such experienced men as Mr. Aikin should have been given before the Committee. Mr. Nicol said foreign ship-owners were placed in no more difficult position by that bill than they were at present. The Council then resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. Mr. AIKIN then again addressed the Council on the subject of the clause, contending that the effect of the introduction of 90 days instead of 30 would be injurious. He said that on one cargo of rice, had he been compelled to wait three months, as under the bill, he should have had the loss to himself, which would have been nct less than £7OO. After repeating his arguments in support of the 30 days clause with considerable energy and eloquence, he concluded by observing that as the Council had twice come to the conclusion that the 30 days should be adopted it was the duty of those who went to London to do all in their power to have the clause carried. Mr. BOOKER said he had hoped to see the clause as agreed upon by the Council, inserted in the bill, as he considered it the most important part of the measure. The Council were no doubt aware that a bill of lading, if effected in this country, was generally upon a proper stamp, in order to render it legal, and therefore he held that Mr. Aikin had stated the truth when he said that the man who did not pay his freight, ought to be consi dered as unable to meet his engagements. Why should not a shipowner possess the same privileges as others ? If the merchant did not pay the freight upon goods con signed to him, they had the power to put them into their own warehouses if they thought proper, but the moment they were placed in the Albert warehouses they were sealed up for 90 days. He very much mistook the cha racter of the Council if they would sanction such a pro ceeding. Mr.Su AND said the object of the clause was merely to meet a difficulty which attached to the Albert Dock only. It did not affect other freights at all. They were finding fault with the deputation who went to London very un- .~ 4 ` ', l ^ 1. ~ , necessarily, for it was, in fact, &Kling - .fault with them for not doing what it was impossible fortirem to do. Mr. S. ellotmE asked whether the 48th clause would affect ill future warehouses ? Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE.—Yes. - _ Mr. TYMER.—But only dock warehouses—not those erectelny private parties. He then went on to state that had evidence been given respecting the clause, he had no doubt it would have been thrown out altogether, and though the shipowner would have .preferred the thirty days clause, they would rather have ninety than none at all. _ _ _ Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE then replied, contending that the deputation had done all that could reasonably be required of them on the subject. It had been said that they would not use their endeavours to have the rating clause inserted in the bill ; yet, notwithstanding, the rating clause was inserted, and with respect to the clause in question, those efforts had been used which to the deputation appeared most likely to forward the objects the Council had in view. If the Council were to send the bill back again, he felt sure it would endanger the clause altogether, and he believed, as it now stood, it would meet with very general approval in the town. The MAYOR then put it to the Council whether they approved of the bill. Mr. AIJUN said he was afraid there would be oppo sition to it before the House of Lords. Mr. MOORE said a clause had been handed to the depu tation on behalf of the parish authorities, requiring the insertion of a clause compelling the Dock Committee to make good any deficiencies of assessment which might arise from pulling down property, but the clause did not come to hand until just at the close of the labours of the committee, and too late to take so important a subject into consideration. The question was put and carried. Mr. PARKER then rose and attempted to address the Council, but was prevented by the MAYOR, who said the subject was at an end. THE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. The MAYOR read the following answer to the address to her Majesty : " To the worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool. " SIR,--I have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful address of the mayor, aldermen, and councillors of Liverpool, expressive of their attachment to her Majesty's person and crown, and of their determina tion to support, by all means in their power, the constitu tional monarchy of England and its free i"stitutions, and I have the pleasure to inform you that this address was very graciously received by her Majesty. I am commanded to convey to you her Majesty's grati fication, and entire satisfaction at this expression of loyalty and affection from a body so identified with the great commercial interests of the empire as the Corpora tion of Liverpool. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " G. GREY." The reply was ordered, on the motion of Mr. Tinne, to be recorded, and the Council broke up. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday there was a very full attendance. The business possessed very few features of general interest. It appeared that there are 514 inmates in the house, of whom 38 are in the fever hospital. Mr. Appleby called attention to the necessity of retrenching the expenses, and it was agreed that the time had arrived when some diminution of the weekly expenditure might with propriety be made. One of the assistant relieving officers was ordered to be discharged, and some of the able-bodied women, who can earn a live lihood as servants, are to be permitted to leave the house. THE LIVERPOOL HIDE AND SKIN MARKET ASSOCIA TION.—A meeting of this association was held at the Caledonian Hotel, Duke-street, on Tuesday evening, to consider the propriety of removing from office seven mem bers of the committee of management who had become objectionable to the general body of the proprietors. Mr. James Wilson presided. The meeting was called by ten proprietors, under a power contained in the deed of settle ment. An objection to the legality of the meeting was taken by Mr. Townsend, solicitor, but the chairman de claring it not worth a " rush," the meeting proceeded to vote out the seven objectionable members of the commit tee, and to elect the following gentlemen in their places, namely, Messrs. J. B. Farrall. Samuel Butterworth, James Brandon, John Grindley, Edward Clough, John Outram, and Samuel Farmer. SELECT VESTRY.-The usual fortnightly meeting of this body was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Brooks in the chair. After the usual routine business, it was resolved that in future quorum relief should be adminis tered to paupers at the work-house, and not at the parish offices. Mr. Dowling having sent in a report from Super intendent Riding to the effect, that " the Night Asylum in Soho-street was a refuge for thieves and prostitutes that the disgusting language they were in the constant habit of making use of was most offensive to the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood-that on Sunday evening men and women were rolling on the ground under the arched entrance in disgusting attitudes-that this nuisance was principally observable upon the Sabbath, and that the felonies in the neighbourhood, caused most probably by the inmates of the asylum, were numerous," Mr. Earle moved that, " considering the asylum to be a resort for thieves and and vagabonds, the vestry should no longer pay any money for its support." The resolution, having been seconded, was passed. There was no other business of importance. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.-An adjourned meet ing was held on Tuesday, Mr. Watson in the chair, for the purpose of passing the accounts, of which the follow ing is a summary :-Receipts,-Balance in hand, April, 1847, £4,232 3s. 4d. ; park account. £220 10s. 7d : mar ket, Z 071; slaughter-house, A:W.I ls. 9d.; improvement rate, £3,269 3s. 3d. ; lighting, &c., rate, £3,114 9s. Bd.; rent account, £332 9s. ; new street account, £96 13s. 6d. ; interest, £1,265 19s. 4d.; Woodside ferry, £2,493 Ils. sd. ; general bond account, £2,924 6s. 10d. ; total, £18,714 Bs. Bd. Expenditure-law and parliamentary,- Charges, £3,479 9s. 6d. ; town-clerk's establishment, £3Bl 4s. 3d. ; treasurer's ditto, £707 Ils. Bd. ; surveyor's ditto, £449 Bs. 7d. ; Town-hall ditto, £142 Os. ld. ; park formation, £368 10s. sd. ; park establishment, £792 1 ls. 2d. ; market ditto, £516 14s. Ild. ; slaughter houses, £lOl 10s. 4d. ; highways, £938 Ils. 7d. ; night-soil, £412 13s. sd. ; lighting and watching, £2,285 ss. Ord. ; scaven gers, &c., £461; interest paid, £854 6s. Bd. ; North and South Wales Bank, £3,249 4s. Bd. ; dock commissioners, £2,320 ; Heywood's £330 10s. ; Milligan's deficiency, £859 ss. 41d. ; balance in the treasurer's hands, £64 Ils. ; total, £18,714 Bs. Bd. After a desultory conversation, Mr. Nicholls inquired whether the accounts showed Reed's deficiency ? Mr. Wilcox replied that they did not, as he had only put down the actual receipts as paid to the trea surer, but the deficiency appeared in the market books; as to Milligan's deficiency, he had stated that after de ducting two month's salary due to him. The accounts were then passed upon the motion of Mr. Hicklin, who expressed a hope that there would not be any necessity for the expenditure of such large sums of money in legal and parliamentary proceedings. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. -.- Dr. Wardlaw's chapel was sold on Friday to the Edin burgh Railway Company. The sum obtained is said to be above £12,000. The directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle railway are empowered to treat with either the Caledonian or the York and Newcastle railways respecting a lease of their line. _ _ At the end of 1845, it appears that 2441 miles of rail way were available to the public ; 595 miles were opened in 1846, and 780 miles in 1847—making the whole extent of railway complete, at the end of 1847, 3816 miles ; of which 3157 are in England, 440 in Scotland, and 219 in Ireland. _ _ _ BANQUET TO MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON.—A grand banquet was given to Mr. Robert Stephenson, the emi nent engineer, at Conway, on Wednesday, in celebration of the erection of the tubular bridge. The lion. E. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., presided. Upwards of one hundred gentlemen were assembled. From official returns it appears that the amount of traf fic for the last week, on 3,671 miles of railway, was £196,953, thus accounted for :—.£103,356 for the convey ance of passengers only, £48,358 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £45,239 for passengers and goods to gether, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £30,306 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 2,845. The average earnings per mile last week were £53, whilst in 1847 they were £5B. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN. — The adjourned inquest on Mr. Arthur Augustus Lea was resumed at Swindon, on Wednesday, and terminated in a verdict of manslaughter against James Weybury, Wm. Willoughby, and George Pargetter. The latter, who is a policeman, was not included in the verdict returned by the Shrivenham jury. We regret to add that, on Thurs day, Captain Blair, who suffered so severely from the accident, expired from his injuries. RAILWAY FINANCES.—The Parliamentary barristers have adopted a very salutary regulation for compelling companies to be honest—by determining to reauire pay ment of their arrears before accepting new business. We understand this was directed against the Great Western and South-Eastern Companies ; the former being up wards of £20,000 in debt to Mr. Talbot and Mr. Austin ! They paid their debts and withdrew their retainers ! The loss will be more to them than to the counsel, who had the courage to inculcate honesty of principle and suavity of demeanour. Mr. Talbot is free from irksome trammels, and the Company have accomplished their wish of shaking him off. Both these Companies have taken up with common-law barristers, who, of course, over ruled the resolution we have referred to.—Railway Re cord. PRESERVATION OF IRON STEAMERS. We have received the following letter, addressed to Mr. M'Cormick, Waterloo-road, from Captain Thompson, of the Sea Nymph, to which we willingly give publicity, and recommend those interested in the preservation of iron steam-boats to peruse it : " DEAR SIR,—In May, 1846, I called on you to paint and cover the bottom of the steamer Sea Nymph with your anti-corrosive varnish. It h as now b een on t w o years, and is quite clear of corrosion. You or any person interested can examine for yourself, as the Sea Nymph will be in the Queen's Graving Dock till Tuesday next. — Remaining yours truly, " JOSEPH TllompsoN. " Mr. M'Cormzek, Waterloo-road, Limpool,l9th May, 1848." THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.-1t will be seen, on reference to an advertisement in our paper to-day, that in addition to the many excellent features already attached to this dub, Mr. Whiteman has arranged for healthy our-door exer cises by engaging four bowling-greens, and a field for the purpose of cricket, &c., all of which will be free to the members. The excellent management of this club is de noted by its daily increasing subscribers, who we are glad to learn now number nearly five hundred,---a fact that speaks volumes for the energetic enterprise of the originator. Varliamentratp prorteb MO. HOUSE OF 'LORDS.-MONDAY. Lord STANLEY, in moving that the name of Lord Redesdale be added to the Banking Committee, in conse quence of the vacancy occasioned by the demise of Lord Ashburton, the noble lord passed a high eulogium on the private and public eharacter of that deceased nobleman, the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Brougham also bear ing their testimony to the estimable qualities of him whose loss they, in common with the house, deplored. The second reading of Lord Stanley's measure, entitled the Parliamentary proceedings Adjournment Bill, gave rise to a debate, but without provoking sufficient opposi tion to go to a division—at the termination of which the bill was read a second time, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. A new writ was order:elfor — thenorthern division of Cheshire, in the room of Mr. E. J. Stanley, raised to the peerage. _ _ . Petitions were presented against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath, in favour of amendments in the Poor-law, against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome bill (by Lord Ashley, from Manchester, signed by up wards of 17,000 persons), and in favour of sites for free churches. In a committee of the whole house upon the navigation laws, Mr. Labauchere drew the attention of the commit tee to the necessity of effecting some alteration in these laws to suit the altered state of our commercial relations, and the different mode in which commercial matters were now conducted as compared with that which prevailed when those laws Nvere enacted. The right hon. gentleman proceeded to give a history of the navigation laws from the period of Richard 11., when, for the first time the principle was introduced of giving a monopoly to British shipping, by insisting that certain articles enumerated should only be imported in British ships, or in ships of the country from whence they were imported. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving a resolution upon which to found a bill to be hereafter introduced. [We have given an outline of the measure elsewhere.] After a good deal of discussion it was determined that Lord John Russell should state on Thursday when the discussion would be resumed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. Sir D. L. EvANs, in moving the second reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill, which he described as a l bill for repealing the rate paying clauses of the Reform Act, repeated the reasons usually urged for such a repeal: If his bill were made law, no elector for a borough would be required to have paid any poor-rates or assessed taxes. except such as should have become due previously to the 11th of October in the preceding year. Sir G. GREY gave his vote in his individual capacity in favour of the measure, which did not affect the principle of the payment of rates and taxes, but only extended the time, and therefore came within the spirit of the Reform Bill. On a division the second reading of the bill was car ried by a majority of 60 over 25 voices. Sir F. BARING, in moving the second reading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill, said that its object was to enable a minority of the shareholders in any railway company to require that the accounts of such company be audited by some impartial person, unconnected with the company, and appointed by a Government department. If this bill were not acceded to in its present moderate shape, he had no doubt that a much more stringent mea sure would be eventually adopted. Mr. G. BANKES moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. LABOUCRERE urged that railway companies were very anomalous bodies, and stood in a middle position between public and private establishments. He therefore could not join with those who resisted this measure as an improper interference with the concerns of private com panies. It was not contrary to sound principle that Par liament should provide specially for railway companies a satisfactory audit. At present tne directors virtually ap pointed the auditors, and it was therefore idle to suppose that the auditor had any real check over the management of the company. He should vote for the second reading of the measure, although it was not a Government bill ; but in so doing he did not consider himself pledged to support all its details. After some further discussion, the amendment was carried by a majority of 100 over 38 voices. So the bill was lost. Mr. BOUVERIE then moved the Sites (Scotland) Bill, which he contended was rendered necessary by the con duct of various proprietors in Scotland, which injuriously affected the interests of their fellow-subjects, and which was not consistent with the principles of toleration. Mr. EWART seconded the motion, and the house im mediately divided, when the numbers were,—For the second reading, 80; against it, 25 ; majority in its favour, —55. On the question that the bill be committed, a conver sation of considerable interest took place, in which Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Christopher, Mr. B. Coch rane, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Oswald, Colonel Mure, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Scott, expressed their disapproba tion of the measure, and contended that the house had been taken by surprise on the last division. In the latter position Sir G. Grey concurred, and accounted for his absence on that ground. Mr. Fox MAULE congratulated the house on the pro gress that the measure had made—for it was now admitted that a grievance existed, and that a remedy must be ap plied to it. The bill was then ordered to be committed on the 7th of June. The report of the Joint-stock Companies Bill was fur ther considered, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday. A discussion, in which it was proposed to discharge Mr. Cobden from attendance on the Slave Trade Committee, and to add to it Mr. Cardwell, Sir E. Buxton, and Vis count Brackley, and in which Lord Palmerston objected to the appointent of Mr. Cardwell on that committee in consequence of the direct interest of his constituents in the slave trade, and proposed to substitute Admiral Bowles in his room, was cut short by the arrival of the hour (6 o'clock) at which the house is ordered to adjourn. Mr. Cardwell was speaking, when the Speaker informed him that the sitting of the house that day was at an end. [We have referred to this subject elsewhere.] 11l LIVERPOOL STANDARD. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. Lord J. RUSSELL, in compliance with the wishes of several members, fixed the 29th inst. for the discussion on the resolutions respecting navigation and the registra tion of ships and seamen, giving notice at the same time that if the resolutions were agreed to, and leave were given to bring in a bill founded upon them, he should afterwards proceed from day to day in carrying that bill through its different stages. The order of the day was then read for the Howie re solving itself into committee on the Public Health Bill. On the question that the Speaker do now leave the chair, Colonel SIBTHORP opposed the motion, observing that, in spite of the alterations which had been made in the bill, his objections to it remained unaltered. He, there fore, moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed till that day six months. Mr. ANSTEY seconded the amendment. Mr. FREWEN made a few remaks on the fever which, he stated, was now raging in the neighbourhood of the House, and which was increasing its ravages to an alarm ing extent. It had broken out, since he last addressed th• house on the subject, in College-street, and he under stood that the boards of guardians in the parishes of St. John and of St. Margaret had come to a resolution that, if the present proceedings were continued, and if the parties connected with the Board of Health should per sist in using the machine for the deodorizing fluid, they would prefer an indictment against them in the Court of Queen's Bench. The House then divided, when the numbers were, for the amendent,—Ayes, 1 ; noes. 219: majority, 218. The House then resolved itself into committee on the bill, and was occupied with the discussion of its clauses till after 9 o'clock. Sir J. HANMER then moved the second reading of the Borough Elections Bill, the object of which was, in all cases of bribery and corruption reported by select com mittees, to institute an investigation by a local commis sioner appointed by the Speaker. Further proceedings, either by partial or entire disfranchisement, should then be taken, according to the nature of the evidence taken on the spot. and under the sanction of an oath. The bill also provided an indemnity to witnesses. Colonel SIBTHORP moved as an amendment that the bill, which he characterised as absurd, ridiculous, and uncon stitutional, be read a second time that day six months. Mr. J. STUART said no explanation had yet been given by Her Majesty's Government for postponing from time to time proceedings on the Horsham Borough Bill. • Lord J. RUSSELL repeated the explanation which had formerly been given by Sir G. Grey, that it was thought desirable to reserve Horsham, which was merely a case of suspicion, and had not been reported against by the select committee for investigation under the general bill. The House divided on the question of the second reading, which was affirmed by 198 to 85. HOUSE OF LORDS.--FRI DAY. The Bishop of LLANDAFF brought forward a motion respecting the manner in which Crown livings were dis posed in Wales, and complained that clergymen were sent into that principality who were unable to fulfil their paro chial duties owing to their ignorance of the Welsh lan guage. The LORD CHANCELLOR defended the system which he pursued with respect to Crown livings, and trusted the House would see no reason for altering the law. After some observations from the Bishop of St. David's, who insisted upon the absolute necessity that the clergy in Wales should possess a competent knowledge of the lan guage, The Bishop of LLANDAFF withdrew his motion. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Very Rev. Dr. Graham had an audience of her Majesty in the Royal Closet, on Friday, and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Chester. Miss Fleaureau, of London, has just presented to the London Missionary Society, the noble sum of £5,150 Three per Cent. Consols, valued at i 14,2-18, for the permanent support of a missionary in China. The Globe states that subscriptions have been set on foot to enable the Rev. G. C..Gorhara to prosecute his suit in the courts of law •against his Grace of Exeter. The same authority states that the Attorney-General will very shortly issue a quare impedit against the Bishop of Exeter in the case of the Rev. Mr. Gorham ; and that the Court of Queen's Bench will be moved for an order of costs against the Bishop in the case of the Queen r. Latimer. A splendid silver trowel has been -presented to Mrs. Eden, lady of the Bishop of Sodor and.:ll,lan. The article was used in laying the foundation atone • of -the " Albert Tower." FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. The Acadia, which left Boston on the 3rd instant, ar rived at Liverpool on Tuesday last. This vessel brings £47,800 in specie, and 59 passengers, among whom are the Earl of Errol and Sir W. Colebrooke, ex-governor of New Brunswick. The packet-ship America, the first of the new Cunard vessels, which carried out intelligence of the failure of the Chartist demonstration on the 10th of April, had arrived at New York in sixteen and a half days, and effectually removed the apprehensions which had been previously entertained. Her news is stated to have produced great buoyancy in the markets, and re stored the confidence in English bills, which had been previously much shaken by the sinister rumours gene rally circulated. Exchange on London is reported 11 to 111. Cotton had become reduced in price by three eights of a cent. per pound. The treaty with Mexico had not been ratified by the Mexican Congress. FRANCE. A Parisian mob, estimated at thirty thousand men, broke into the National Assembly and the Hotel de Ville on Monday ; and having dispersed the deputies and the ministry, proclaimed a new government, with Ledru Rollin at its head. Thr National Guards, how ever, and the military came to the rescue ; and, soon after, the old ministry were reinstated. Mons. Blanqui and another ultra member of the clubs were said to have instigated the movement, and were in custody. The city was in a state of great excitement. The following scene in the National Assembly, when it resumed its sitting after the restoration of order, is taken from the Debats ; "The National Assembly resumed its sitting. M. Lamartine declared that the place of the Executive Com mission was in the midst of danger in the street, and he quitted the Assembly, in company M. Ledru Rollin, to proceed to the Hotel de Ville. It is announced that MM. Courtais, Barbes, Blanqui, Sobrier, Hubert, and Raspail are arrested. It appears that one of them had already proceeded to the Ministry of the Interior, had taken possession of the seals of office, and had despatched orders, when the National Guard resumed possession of the Hotel, General Foucher, commanding the first mili tary division, received the command of all the troops. General Baraguay d'Hilliers was appointed to command the troops charged with the defence of the National Assembly. M. Etienne Arago announced that the service of the Post-office was perfectly free. M. Duclere, Minister of Finance, informed the Assembly that an announcement of the restoration of order had been des patched to the departments by telegraph. Cries were heard outside, but on this occasion they were raised by the National Guard. On the proposition of M. Portalis, the Attorney-General, the Assembly authorised the arrest of two of its members, General Courtais and M. Barbes. Great applause greeted the appearance of MM. Arago and Garnier Pages, who came from the Luxembourg where they had been sitting all day. It was thence they gave orders to convoke the National Guard. M. Garnier Pages stated that all the measures necessary for the pro tection of the Assembly had been adopted in the morn ing, but that all the orders given by the Government had not been obeyed. He added that the Government had determined to maintain order ; that the right of associa tion should be respected ; but that the clubs, whose sole object was to attack and overthrow the National Assembly, should be closed. When M. Gamier Pages stated that France desired an honourable republic (une republique honnete) his voice was drowned with acclamations. The entire Assembly rose and exclaimed enthusiastically, ' Five la Republique.' M. Clement Thomas entered into the hall and was received with universal applause. The Government had appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard. M. Lamartine entered and was almost carried to the tribune. The sedition,' said he, has been crushed in the bud. The men who escaped from this hall to proceed to the Hotel de Ville have been dis armed and seized. The entire population has risen to restore the sovereignty to the Assembly of which it had for a moment been deprived. The people are pledged to the National Assembly through life or death.' The ac clamation with which these words were received were interrupted by a fresh tumult outside. M. L. Blanc entered the hall, pale, his features distorted, and his clothes torn. He ascended the tribune and descended without being able to speak. It was said that he had just returned from the Hotel de Ville. He again ascended the tribune and said, ' I affirm, upon my honour.' Those words were received with exclamations of incredulity. M. Louis Banc then swore by all that was most sacred that he was perfectly unconnected with all that had passed ; that he had never been an advocate for violence, and he protested his respect to the Assembly. The con fusion was extreme on all the benches. M. Marrast, in his turn, briefly recounted what had occurred at the Hotel de Ville. The guard was found insufficient to repel the columns of men who pressed on that point. The iron rails were forced, and four or five provisional governments were proclaimed in succession. But the National Guards recovered possession of the Hotel, which was surrounded, and amongst the individuals arrested were found two members of the Assembly, M. Barbes and M. Albert, who were there perhaps by accident. The Attorney- General then asked permission to arrest M. Albert, and the Assembly granted it unanimously. After a few words from M. Marie, the Assembly voted thanks to the National Guard of Paris, and the Garde Mobile with acclamation. The sitting was concluded at nine o'clock in the evening. An immense body of the National Guard remained outside under arms. The city was perfectly tranquil. There was but one cry amongst the population —the cry of Vive l'Assemblee Nationale,' which will find an echo throughout France." The Constitutionnel is very severe on Ledru Rollin, whose conduct on the 15th was neither that of a member of the government, nor of a representative of the people. His servile temporising with the clubs, while in the act of overthrowing the government, was disgraceful beyond ex pression. If Lamartine was weak on that day, his excuse is, that his hand was paralysed at seeing that he was sur rounded by traitors. He sees now a clear way before him, and weakness is no longer excusable. The Paris morning papers of Wednesday relate the fol lowing details connected with the affair of Monday : "On searching the house lately occupied by Sobrier, and used as the office of the Commune de Paris, several documents were found which prove that the conspiracy was concocted in the offices of that payer. "The first of the decrees found began with these words,— ' Whereas the revolutions of February and May, 1848,' so that it would appear that it would appear that the conspirators felt pretty sure of success. "In another decree it says, Whereas, the national assembly is composed of the advocates of re-action, and that it was not appointed by labour; it is decreed by the people that it should be dissolved.' `lic;VeOl those documents there are some words written by Sobrier with a pencil. "A domiciliary visit has been made to the residence of M. Cabet, and some muskets and ammunition seized. In an ad joining house a small quantity of powder was also found, as well as some muskets. Two individuals were also arrested. "Before the people had succeeded in forcing into the cham ber, on Monday, General Courtais was heard to say t" some ultra Montaguards, If you hear the rappel beating, I authorise you to break the drums.' "So great was the popular indignation against Sobrier, that the officer who arrested him had the greatest difficulty in pro tecting him from the fury of the national guards and the people who were present, and who showed the strongest inclination to inflict summary punishment on him." The following list of the candidates to form the com mission on the constitution is recommended to the Na tional: — MM. Lamennais, Donnes, Pascaul, Duprat, Vaulabelle, Dupont, De Boussac, Jean Reynaud, Crepu, Perdiguier, Felix, Pyat, Jules Favre. Saint-Romme, Veg nerte, Considerant, and Trouve Chauvel. General Cavaignac has been appointed minister of war, Trouve Chauvel prefect of police. By a decree of the executive, all armed meetings are forbidden, under pain of from two years to three months' imprisonment. Louis Philippe and family are expelled the French territory. The state is to resume the possession of the railways. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.—III the French Assembly, on Friday, Citizen Napoleon:Bonaparte, son of Jerome, ex- King of Westphalia, moved that the Minister of Foreign Affairs should lay on the table all the documents relating to Poland and Italy since the 24th of February to the pre sent time. It is remarked in the French papers that the likeness of this gentleman to the Emperor Napoleon is most extraordinary. LORD NORMANBY IN DANGER.—His lordship was in the French Chamber on Monday, at the time the mob burst in. his lordship was hastily retiring when several ladies claimed his protection. His gallantry could not of course, resist the appeal, and turning , round he saw a citizen, en blouse, acting as leader, to whom b he addressed himself and claimed protection, as a stranger, for himself and the ladies. This, in the most dignified manner, was in a moment assented to, with the remark, " The citizens of Paris will always respect and protect strangers and ladies." During this short conference his lordship saw the glitter of a bayonet under the citizen's blouse. HAMBURG. The Transit steamer, Captain Bell, from Hamburg, arrived at Hull on Friday, with a full cargo of wheat, wool, &c., a large number of passengers, forty-two head of cattle, and £1 , 1,000 in gold. The Transit left Hamburg on Tuesday eveningat seven o'clock, and passed a heavy fri gate and schooner on Wednesday morning off Heligoland, bearing N.E. about ten miles. The following are extracts from private letters : " Hamburg, Tuesday Afternoon, May 9. " The Transit leaving this afternoon at five o'clock compelled us to address you by her this noon before the Exchange. We this moment return from there, where, we are sorry to say, we have found the minds much depressed by a rumour of the Swe dish Consul here, said to have indicated to the Senate, that the Swedes had agreed to supply the Danes with 10,000 troops, as, also, placed their navy at their disposal. Other reports again say that these Swedish troops are only for the purpose of pro tecting Zetland, and that they would not take any active part, before the Prussians crossed over to Funen, to enable them (the Danes) to cross over to Zetland. If there should be any truth in these reports, Russia might also come to assist the Danes, and then God knows what the result may be if England does not interfere. It is also said the Danes have again crossed over from Alsens. DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. ANOTHER BATTLE. The Ham burgh Correspondent, under date of the 15th May, from Kiel, states that on the Thursday night or Friday morning, the Danes disembarked at Fredericca to the number of one thousand men, but being surprised, between the fire of the artillery and the infantry, could not regain their vessels, and those who were not killed were made prisoners. It was stated p that fourteen wag g o n loads of wounded were carried oft. Lieut. Hunt has been sentenced to be dismissed from the Indian navy, for having said to his superior officer, Lieut. Tronson, on board the steam-frigate Queen, " Place me in arrest, report me to the captain ; I will not be spoken to.in that manner before military officers." Lieut. Tronson had told Mr. Hunt,.in the presence of a number of military officers, " that he was no more use on board a ship than a -- handspike .or. capstan-bar." This provoked the reply which ,has proved,fatal .to this young officer's commission. ITALY. PAPAL STATES.—The two Counts Mastai, brothers of the Pope, arrived at Rome on the 9th, and immediately had a long interview with him at the Quirinal. It is said that on this occasion they did not conceal from the Pope that his recent address to the Consistory had produced the most unfavourable effect in the provinces. The Piedmontese Gazelle of the 13th asserts that the Pope sent an autograph letter to the Emperor of Austria, offering his mediation, on condition of the unconditional abandonment of Italy by Austria. The Pope invokes the right which nations have to reconstitute themselves ; and concludes, that, after the late events in Lombardy, it has become impossible for Austria any longer to govern Italy. INCORPORATION OF LOMBARDY WITH PIEDMONT. — The Provisional Government at Milan has published a proclamation stating :that in the opinion of the Govern ment the only means of effectually driving the Austrians out of Lombardy, and establishing its independence, is to form a union with Piedmont. Registers will be opened in all the communes of Lombardy, to receive the votes of the inhabitants, so that the question may be decided by the universal suffrage of the people. REPORTED VIOLATION OF TIIE SWISS TERRITORY. —An Austrian division is reported to have violated the Swiss territory by marching through the Canton of Grisons to attack the Piedmontese army in the rear. SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 12th have arrived. The drum major of the regiment of Espana was shot at noon that day, pursuant to his sentence. Ihe funeral of Fulgosio took place on the 10th. He was buried with great pomp at St. Nicholas, outside the Puerta Atocha. The Union Bank has been declared bankrupt. It is said that another angry correspondence has taken pla c e b e t ween Si r H. Bulwer and the Duke of Sotomayor. Sir H. Bulwer had sent the whole correspondence to the Government at home. It was thougnt that Sir H. Bulwer could not remain at Madrid. M. Bushenthal, M. Samson, and several others had been sent away from Madrid. Several sergeants were shot on the 12th. Madrid papers state that a royal decree was promulgated degrading Don Henrique and depriving him of his rank and honours as an Infante of Spain. Intelligence has been received from South America that General Rosas has re-opened the trade up the Pa rana river. The Political Indicator of Berlin contains an official declaration, that the Prince of Prussia is not to return to that country until after the meeting of the National As sembly, on the 22nd. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—The following is an ex tract from a letter, dated Sydney, Jan. 8 :—" We are much obliged for the stir you are making about emigration ; we are dreadfully off for labour in all parts of the colony ; men just do as they like ; the lumpers, for instance, struck work this week, and succeeded in getting 6s. per day —this in a country where meat is Id. per lb., and bread 11d. In the interior the servants are masters, and idle one-half their time. You must strain every nerve to send us relies, for fully three-fourths of the 5,000 emigrants now coming out will be instantly absorbed on landing for domestic servants in Sydney, Melbourne, &c." AN UNFORTUNATE AND FATAL MISTAKE.—The fol lowing intelligence has been received at Lloyd's relative to a serious act of aggression committed on one of the Austrian Lloyd's steamers, accompanied by lamentable loss of life :—On the 2nd of April the Mahoudie left Trieste for Pola. She had on board three hundred sol diers, and on entering the port was taken for a Sardinian war vessel, and, before the port could be undeceived, was fired at, and the unfortunate captain and mate, besides several officers and troops, fell victims. A number imme diately jumped overboard, but were unable to reach the land, and were drowned. Before the batteries of the town had discovered their error, the vessel was on fire. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The Mayor of Liverpool, Sir Thomas Philipps, Mr. Hindley, and Mr. Pollard had interviews on Thursday with Sir George Grey, at the Home Office. His Worship has been giving evidence in London on the slave trade. Lord Besborough has been appointed to the Mastership of the Buck Hounds, vacant by Lord Granville's accept ance of the vice-presidency of the Board of Trade. On Monday the National Convention of Chartists was dissolved—for want of funds ! The body met daily, till it had dwindled down from sixty-three to fourteen. Up to the last it passed resolutions calling national assem blages and other grand demonstrative motions. SIR D LACY EVANS AND THE W ESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.—Sir De Lacy Evans has addressed a letter "To the Fourteenth Part of the Westminster Reform Society," to prevent " their indiscreet proceedings from prejudicing the estimation of the great majority of that hitherto judicious and public-spirited Association." The burden of the letter is, that the hon. and gallant member declines the order given him, in the name of the Westminster Reform Society, to place himself under the political guidance of " Messrs. Hume and Cobden." YORK ELECTION.—The Liberal portion of the electors of York have not yet found a candidate whom they deem worthy to represent them in parliament. Mr. Leeman, who would have supported Mr, Hume's motion for parlia mentary reform, has refused to stand, and the Whig party have brought forward a son of Sir William Milner, a young gentleman of the old Whig school, who appears not to have made up his mind on any important political ques tion, but who promises to give everything his " best at tention," should he " have the honour to be returned." OFFICIAL SALARIES THREATENED HAVOC.—The special report of the Committee on the Miscellaneous Es timates will not be communicated to the public for some time ; but we are enabled to inform our readers that the reforms which it proposes are of the most sweeping cha racter. Messrs. Hume, Browning, and Co., have been triumphant in the Committee. The offices of Junior Lords of the Admiralty, Treasury, &c. &c., are either entirely done away with, or most materially cut down— the salaries of Cabinet Ministers wofully diminished ! The object of the above-named gentlemen may be simply that of decreasing the expenditure of the country, but we shrewdly suspect that the clamour for retrenchment means something more than it professes, and that the blow they have now struck is the first and r.ot the last to be aimed at " things as they are.—John Bull. A reform meeting of the Middlesex electors was held on Wednesday, at Captain Hall's Riding-school, Albany street, Regent's-park. Resolutions to support Mr. Hume's motion for reform were passed. Mr. Hume was present. Several chartists spoke, and Captain Atcherley frequently interrupted the deliberations in something of this way—" In the midst of the hubbub Captain Atcher ley's voice was most conspicuous. ' Who ran away on the 10th ?' said he, when Mr. O'Brien rose to speak. Mr. Spur spoke figuratively of storming the House of Com mons, on which the Captain roared out, ' No, no, Sir, not storm the house, that would be a breach of the peace.' Altogether a more disgraceful scene of confusion and cla mour was seldom witnessed in the metropolis, and, if often repeated, would tend more than anything else to degrade the popular cause and frustrate the efforts of those who seek to place the representation of the country upon an enlarged basis." THE JEW BILL.—We understand that Lord Ellen borough will move the amendment on the Jew Bill, in the House of Lords. Our readers will hear with gratifi cation and thankfulness that the measure will NOT pass the House of Peers. His grace the Archbishop of Can terbury, it is certain, will justify the confidence which the Crown and the Church so recently have placed in him, and raise, as becomes him, his solemn protest against the unchristianizing o f the nation. His Lordship. we have reason to believe, is liberal in his politics ; but this is no party question. Government have reckoned upon the support of the Duke of Wellington. It is hardly neces sary for us to assure the public that this desperate hope rests upon no foundation. The Duke's view 3 upon the question are, as they have ever been, sternly opposed to it. If corroberate evidence can be necessary, it may be found in the fact of his Grace's two sons having voted against the bill at every stage of its progress through the House of Commons.—John Bull. NORTH CHESHIRE.—A meeting of the friends of Mr. George Cornwall Legh was held on Friday, at the George Hotel, Knutsford, to receive reports of the canvass from the various districts. Sir R. Brook, of Norton Priory, occupied the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended, and the reports handed in were of the most gra tifying character, establishing beyond a doubt the success ful issue to Mr. Legh of the ensuing election. All the districts, with the exception of two, exhibited considerable majorities in his favour. In one of the two excepted dis tricts the returns were even, and in the other, that of Mottram, Mr. Legh's opponents, it was calculated, would be able to poll three againif, to one in, his favour. This was a solitary instance, and the other returns were so de cidedly in favour of Mr. Legh, that, under the adverse circumstances, he was shewn to have a clear majority. In the meanwhile, the canvass will be further vigorously prosecuted. The nomination will take place on the 31st instant, and the polling on the sth and 6th June. VARIETIES OF CHARTISM.—It appears also that there are Chartists of all descriptions. There are steady old Chartists of 30 years' standing ; men who have borne the burden and heat of the day, and find themselves now thrust aside by mere suckling Chartists. There are phy sical force and moral force Chartists. There are simple Chartists, and Chartists who will join with any body in making a row, whatever the cause may happen to be. There are Union Chartists, who combine with their poli tical profession schemes for the protection of the work man against the employer. There are Land Company Chartists who subscribe, we believe, a shilling a-week, and in due time ballot for an allotment, and draw, as may be, four acres of loam, of clay, of sand, of bog, or of stones. There is also a certain indescribable affinity between Chartists and Odd Fellows ; at least the Char tists vehemently resent the rules which prevent the enrol ment of that body. There are zealous Chartists and luke warm Chartists ; Chartists who will pay 6d a-week for the support of a delegate in London, or for the travelling ex penses of an agitator, and Chartists who never pay a sous for these purposes. There are Chartists who revile Feargus O'Connor : others are scandalized at Cuffey. Some arc for doing things all in order, and approaching the Throne only in the properest and most reverential manner ; others are by no means particular on these points. There are democratic Chartists and loyal Chartists. To crown all, we have now a new variety announced, with four mild points instead of six strong ones ; with triennial, instead of annual, Parliaments, and households, instead o f uni versal, suffrage. One thing is very clear from the result. The English people are disposed to organic c h ange . They don't want a bran new Parliament. * * * This country seldom throws away. It will never throw away the existing House of Commons. Ecce signum. A lot of incendiaries have been poking up and scraping the whole island, and cannot, either by promises or bribes, or any means, get more than 65 men to devote, or rather pretend to devote themselves, to the task of agitating for a fundamental change .of the Legislature. And those 65 separate of themselves in a fortnight. The bubble bursts almost before it is seen.--frimes. Nay 23, 184§. IRELAND. TRIALS OF SMITH O'BRIEN AND MEAGH Onthe Queens MondaT t ß h e e n t e ri h a! D of uh M iin r.. W. Sh.eoC'oßuri!tenwastooczo,k ded in in every part, and the traverser, who was attended DI for securities and Mr. J. F. Meagher, whose trial was fi%eut-. Tuesday, was loudly cheered. A jury (one of wheal _ll,, member of the Society of Friends) having been A 7, the Attorney-General, in a very able address, stated particulars of the case against the prisoner. ri t e $ charged " with (being a wicked, seditious, and tar °7: - 0 ) person) having delivered a speech on the 15th Mar,%o Dublin, for the purpose of exciting hatred and car re against the Queen, and inducing the people to risen; , hellion." The meeting in question was that at whic o 2; address of congratulation to the French republic carried. Idr` The speech and address having been proved ~,1 1 rol e Hodges, the government reporter, Mr. Butt, to address the Court for the traverser. After alluaw/ en c the high family of Mr. O'Brien—" a f a mily oa o ,c 1.4 that the Viceroy who prosecutes hi m isp roud to our.: CIO * relationship to his blood," he s a id th a t Mr. 0 00 was not a man who had nothi ng t o l o se, but a led of fortune a man of st a tio n , who had einbfa; t and risked all be possessed in that, whe ther it be Ilts or wrong, which he believed to b e f or his countlo good. He then went on as follo ws :—" N ow that I h'ld met and conversed with him, as bet wee n counsel t lO client, I can confidently say, that there is not „ n t inmost recesses of his heart a singl e th oug ht that is .;'"I worthy of a high and noble-mi n d e d man ; and Wh e ' o , reflect that the effect of a verdict of guilty will be to 0 0., sign such a man to prison, J a m, I con f ess , anx ious forr e ; gentlemen, for himself, and for the cou n t r y—for, b ell s o me, all cannot be right in a country in which such a . 0 as Wm. S. O'Brien is guilty, if guilty y ou p ro nounce to be, of sedition." f 0 6 At the conclusion of this senten c e, th e maj ority „1., bar, together with the ladies an d gen tl emen in th e 6tiie leries, rose, and loudly cheered th e sen ti m ents of ". learned counsel. there THE COURT.--I beg to state, once fo r a ll, that be attempted a second manifestati on o f thi s kind,' " order the court to be cleared. The learned counsel expressed his regret at the a n e c Aeo wasrinl e ra n edl c ae e an , nfid a o: n mba d ut sttteuhmpepnpot merelyr w tt oee supporter on bsfivl tee hrdte t :to monarchy, h e c r o ea n sut t to e h n roe d r th t ya l n a oe ad t fn t M cthihee r an . tQt o u 0 4:5 0, tution. Air. Sergeant Warren replied, after which the ChiefiuS. Lice summed up, observing that it was quite clear that Ni.r: O'Brien had expressed his disapprob a ti on o f the dista l ? ances in London, and left the ques ti on o f gu ilt entir e 4 for the consideration of the jury. The jury retired, and having been twice asked the 9,°1 3 , tion, said they could not agree upo n th e i r ver dict. 0 were then locked up for the night, and at ten o'clock ° .,, t Tuesday morning returned into Co ur t, w h en , by eonsel' o , of the counsel on both sides, they were discharged ft ° giving a verdict. The trial of Mr. Meagher was then p rocee d e d with• It was a charge of sedition. After hearing the speeches of counsel, and the witness!e' the jury retired, and the court then adjourned till rin d o'clock in the evening. At that time a tumultuous el f , assembled at the doors of the courts, an d attempte d obtain admittance. This, however, was successfullY,7„; sisted, and some of the learned counsel were for a be excluded. The jury, upon being called i n , sa id that t• could not agree upon their verdict, for one of their al; ber stood out. A second juryman s a id th a t there w' so two dissentients, and that one of the n um b e r, a R° l l l Catholic, would wait a fortnight before he would sr: 4 with the rest. Upon this being stated, his Lordship ag, e 7li ordered them to be locked up, and th e cour t a djournor i o next morning, when, on the jury being call e d, one of tp„ said that they were unanimous in findin g a conviction e.,;, cept one. His lordship then ordered the jury to be al' missed, and the traverser was discharged. w of Mr. Meagher addressed the crowd f rom the wind 5 the confederate rooms in D'Olier-street. That it vi treasonable, he himself plainly insinuated. " says he, " is in our hands ; aye, and what is more, We keep it." MR. MITCHEL IN PRISON. The information on which Mr. Mitchel has been CO; mitted to prison, charges him with publishing)" - United Irishman of the 6th and 13th instant certain L i g des tending " to compass and deprive our most grs . 'L e f lady the Queen from the style, honour, and royal ""'" - e ff the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom, war against her Majesty within the said United Kingd°to n order by force and constraint to compel her Mak° change her measures and counsels." On Mr. Mitchel's arriving at Newgate he was band„, on over to the gaoler. He was then brought into a rocr„, ok the upper story of the prison, with a single window 'L a d, ing into Green-street. It contained no bed or beds t w o . and he was informed that such was the apartr", en „ 0 0, signed to him, and that he might have straw to sle e t' this that they had nothing else. Indignantly refusing.sight " kind accommodation, ,, and resolved to spend the Poo walking abouthis cell, hewas told that any further 6 7, n a ve, ence he might require he would be permitted et°,..-0 her brought to him. He sent to hts own house 0 s ettled mattrass, which was at once brought, and hari" there. On it on two or three forms, he passed the n'ght 101 Sunday morning, at an early hour, Mr.l Mitebe when came to the prison and was permitted to see he ' Wag it became known through the city that Mr. N-" c " -- : as, an inmate of Newgate, numbers of his personal frien.n. and many whose political doctrines did not exactly. °l bis cide with his, visited him. He was allowed to r ecelVe friends and legal advisers in the prison yard, a nail° flagged square. a dmit Mr. An application was made on Wednesday to ,pined and to I to, Mitchel to bail, which the Lord Chief Jushre seemed disposed to listen to, if the defendant would discontal.9Bo the publication of his treasonable writings ; bu t as tru was not complied with, the application was refused. man,Th ewsepreee more ches o v f i o M I e e n s t s r t s h . a O' n e ß v r e i e r . n , s D o o m h u e c n h y ,foarnd the O f. ' r The Repeal Association met on Monday. The attenu ance wretchedly thin and ill-tempered. Rent £33• f . b The Rev. Mr. Nolan, following the example of the Re Mr. Bermingham, has made his pe ac e with his shoPr: and has been restored to his functions. He has, W ve ,} e he been removed from Tipperary to a parish in Clare. Rev. Mr. Kenyon is still unyielding. en t The United Irishman p a ys th e f o ll ow i n g complim e nt Roman Catholics :—" When our British rulers ° i l e a any specially odious, mean, vexatious, and unprinc!Polic piece of work done, they generally commit it to a C ate of the better classes.' " the The Lord Lieutenanehas forwarded 100 guineas, .. e , contribution of the Bisbop of Durham, to the c entral f l 2,s lief committee, together with an additional surn2A for guineas, his own contribution, to be expended in s' those districts where it is most needed. , t ons' POPERY AND REPEAL.—Two further dectara-Re, calling upon the Queen to convene a parliament in of land, have been published—one from the arch-dioelseand Cashel, signed by Dr. Slattery and one hundred e of thirteen clergymen; the second from the dioc es Elphin, signed by Dr. Brown and eighty-eight clergY ie is- Dr. Brown is one of those prelates who signed the 'l e ration in favour of law and order. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF CORK.—On 1 . 1 '1 1 ; boP morning the Right Rev. Samuel Kyle, D.D., Lord-PP' of Cork, expired at his residence in Merrion-squar e, 0 0 lin. His lordship had been long suffering unde r y p a. acutely-painful disease, which he bore with exernPle, r d his tience and fortitude. He had, we believe, comp a dd, 78th year, and breathed his last, we are happy ',„ ° ; e ndl without struggle or a pang. He has left many "" and admirers, who deeply deplore his loss. d "Ar BRUTAL MURDER IN CLARE.—A man name mare, herdsman to Richard Calcott, Esq., of EnnisT - n as , was brutally murdered in his own house, at Kil eu- s sed . on Wednesday night, and robbed of all he pons de ed There was no one in the dwelling when the atrocio us t gr• was perpetrated, the unfortunate man's wife being e „red Calcott's that night. His murderers carried off te.eii, aG shirt he wore. M`Namara prosecuted to convi c tio vibo last Ennis assizes, three fellows for stealing his ee li ' were since transported.—Limerick Chronicle. as , Of THE TREASON-WRITERS.—ID the United Irish ,r 1;0 ; Saturday, Mr. Mitchel says, after speaking of his cc'," inti",, s men's love for the rattle of arms, &c.,—" marched past my prison windows to let me lou r f are ten thousand fighting men in Dublin, ' felons i ii aG and soul. I thank God for it. The game is last. The liberty of Ireland may co me sooner o r it " later, by peaceful negociation or bl oo dy conflict, u no e.tf, sure; and wherever between the poles may efl: be, I will hear the crash of the downfall of th accursed ' British Empire." iv ti f With refpect to the non-agreement of the ie„-,*h e 0 71- : case of O'Brien, the Dublin correspondent of t i e s we. says—" It was very generally known who the Ps. 1. „•,n; / 0 that held out against the majority for a concle7, - „, r o tva fact, as soon as they were empanelled, and be 3.1 offe r 11 Attorney-General opened the case, bets were A 4 20 to 1 that there would be no conviction. An,•:friee,7 o . was never contemplated by the traverser or 01 ' sn a O to The numbers I believe were ten for convict 3 e2' t nine to for acquittal. The traverser's friends allege t" fi ,.s o leo' three was the proportion, others assert that it four, but such statements are certainly groundless LAW INTELLIGENCE. o f CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST TILE mA la r-le CHANDOS.—In the course of Thursday the st t Grand Jury came into Court with a true bill ag,a",-orral Marquis of Chandos, for committing w ilful litt'diffieu perjury. The charge arises out of the pecuniarY of ties of the father of the defendant, the allegat i r by le o jury being that the marquis, in an affidavit Mot e 00Pd in the course of a suit in Chancery, stated untrelYocateo was not aware of the character of certain• dee ds c ear /ij i by him, in which an annuity of five thousand alrui, charged upon certain estates in which the roarg, by 01 ' life interest. The indictment has been remove' af tiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench. _At d, COUNTY COURTS.—DEFENDANTS EXPENSES.OOOIie,ep, not be generally known that a person may be su 901 Ps , by the County Courts Act, to answer a debt froin toe cli t , of England, provided the debt was contracted it7trfoils.o4, trict where the plaintiff rysides, but if the Pla it ' f o lio itt prove his case, the commissioner has the power 0 . • , ar red the defendant his expenses. A case in point "oddlei., London, on Saturday last. Mr. J. G. ShiPle 3Tr. per of Jermyn-street, Haymarket, summoned _ io io _ A Gaskill, of this town, to appear before the Cetn l r n s ilegs of the 'Westminster County Court, to ana r f g e i r e d e fel o t, debt of £5 18s. 6d. due to the plaintiff. ' I I ,. 1. 0 0 however, personally, e b v o e u r n : l ac t k o n a o p w p l e e a d r gingits jilstnoerssrytiethdldeoc 9in i p n p iv ea s r;io kill lificeor a verdict being given in his favour, the made an order upon the plaintiff to p a y 141% guineas for Lis .expenses. lai l o► he tit