The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

duties charg flume, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord J. Russell, and M Goulburn took part. The Committee then divided, at the numbers were, for the amendment 124, against it 18 Oneortwoother amendments were put and negative iovernment resolution was p HOUSE OF LORDS The Bishop of OXFORD moved the third re -ThESD A )n of Females Bill, upon which .d, in the course of which the I ding the Lord Chancellor, Lords I , and Campbell, though concurring in the objects of the measure, exr ief that it would impossible to carry out its pro' at it undesirable that it she Earls of Mint© and Grey concurred in that opinion rietht rev. P ever, De 100 of Llandaff Earl Ni a and th HOUSE OF COMMONS TUESDA sties, after an _ fixing the imposition of the duties on the 10th of nendrnen instead of the been made in the resolut I to, and leave was given to bring in a The Encumbere Estates to the Rajah Sattara, which' cussion, was ined by 77 to 11 upor. ommit HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. On the order for going on the Sunday Trading Bill B. 'WA becaus th the r Mr. C. BERKEI. opposed the Bill, as that it was Mated that a bo a few figs on a Sun aid Mr. SlaneN called as carried off by day opposite to ,omclit that the the police for sf Sir E. Buxton's brewery at the ye hon baronet and his partners were carrying on the pro ing on an enormous scale. The present bill s of class legislation, and he should there t his decided opposition. E. BUXTON contended that no work was carried on in his brewery on a Sunday except works of absolute cess of bre' For the motion. 75 Against it, 47, favour The'bill then passed through committee recommitted on The Hou Mr. MoFFAT then - moved the second reading of the Qualification of Members Bill, which may be shortly described as a bill for the disqualification of all members who were either unwilling or unable to pay their just debts. He was, however, persuaded to withdraw it for this session, after a discussion in which Mr. - Mr. Hume, Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. F. Mack( in which Sir G. Gr there were ions to the machinery his mess Newdegate, by which Mr. M F COMMONS.—THURSDAY t the return of Mr. C. Berl conversation on the subject of c orders of the day for the'commit- Borough Elections Bill and the though in so subdited a ton( it he proposed to extend the prov with respect to charges of br liaised) to charges of corrui the original petition, or by . r ties should ave to bring in a general tly sketched the outline of his measure, to be scarcely audible. By ry (abandoned or compro- t practices either set fort imination, and to enable 'ge, and to report to would be needed ; and also to v repori whether such inves tigation should be made by the same committee, or by commissioners on the spot, to be appointed under this bill. If it should be determined to pursue the inquiry by means of the election committee, then the committee should p;•oceed with the investigation within fourteen days, an agent being appointed by the Speaker to carry on the prosecution. If it should be determined to resort to a commission on the spot, then the Speaker should no tify to the senior judge of assize the desire of the house, and the said judge of assize should nominate two barris- ters, not being - members of the House of Commons, to investigate all the circumstances, and to make a report to the House. The noble lord said he intended to introdnea o olcuto to givn itlemulty lit certain cases to witnesses. He was also understood to say that a select committee would at once be appointed by the general committee of elec tions to pursue the inquiries into cases of all the boroughs enumerated in Sir J. Hanmer's bill. After a short conversation the noble lord's motions were agreed to FQREIGN AND COLONIAL. THE 'FRENCH REPUBLIC It was rumoured on Thursday, that the government had received information that the defeated insurgents intended to make another attempt to establish the regime of plun der on the anniversary of the taking of the Bastille. Se veral anonymous letters have been sent to M. Dupont de I'Eure, revealing the projects of the conspirators. Accord ing to these letters, the intention is to set fire at once to the house of General Cavaignac, and to the residences of the Minister of War and the Commander-in-Chief of the Garde Mobile, and thus to create confusion and alarm in the richest quarters of Paris. The report circulated is, that there is a serious dissen sion in the government. Evidence has been obtained, it is said, which so gravely inculpates certain members of the late government, that it has been judged by some of the present government to be unavoidable to apply to the the Assembly for permission to prosecute them. To this another party in the government is firmly opposed, not unds connected with the merits of the question, General Cavaignac him- but from reasons of expediency. self is included in this latter party The greatest activity has continued to be observed in the departments of the War-office, &c. It appears cer tain that attempts at excavation nave been detected in numerous places : one of these is close to the Chamber. Much alarm continues to be felt, and it is very remark able how few persons are visible in the streets or public walks, although the weather is fine. The officers of the etat-major have been warned by General Cavaignac to adopt extraordinary precautions, for that attempts would be made to assassinate them at their respeCtive homes. The Paris papers of Saturday refer, at considerable length, to the alarm which had existed during the preced ing days of the week, and show that, if the Government disbelieved the rumoured intention of the disaffected to present themselves once more in arms, there was no want of preparation to repress their criminal attempts. The National Guards traversed the city in strong patrols throughout the night of Friday, but no incident whatever occurred to prove that the alarming reports so industri nndsr (41,1110 Pd his le efforts COnfidence was very slowly returning, anc of M. Proudhon and others in the Assembly to perpetuate the horrible tyranny of " les ouvriers,' , from which France and Europe so narrowly escaped in the late insur rection, occasioned serious anticipations. The party of the Socialists and Communists in the National Assembly and in the country is comparatively small, but is formidable from its audacity and the terror it still inspires. which I deplored and combatted at my risk and peril, but he never committed any crimes. He was the object of many crimes, but it is false that he ever committed any. I appeal in this respect to all honourable men and to his tory." M. Thiers then-went on to say that he would op pose the confiscation of the private property as an odious not M. DE GinAßnix.--It appears from the version of M. De Girardin, published by himself, of his late im- LATEST INTELLIGENCE Paris remained perfectly tranquil on Sunday. The precautionary measures for the maintenance of order were a little relaxed. It was believed that within a week the state of siege would be raised. The Abbe Sibour, Bishop of Digne, is to be created Archbishop of Paris. General Duvivi er h as di e d o f hi s wound, making the sixth general killed. A Paris school for the education of young ladies, which at the commencement of the Revolution bad 265 pupils, . . , has now only 38. A lady named Duhamel, of Orleans, and her three child ren, were found dead last week in their bed-room, having been suffocated by the fumes of a stove. On Tuesday, a Garde Mobile was stabbed in the breast on the Place de l'Hotel de Ville. The assassin, who was arrested, said that, as the insurrection was soon to re commence, and as he could not take part in it , he wished to pay the debt beforehand. AN AFFECTIONATE BROTHER.—" On the arrest of Auguste Blanqui," says the Union, lists of proscriptions were found at his lodgings, at the head of which figured Lis brother, and his former schoolmaster, M. Massin ! His brother who devoted 800 f. from his modest salary to pay for the board and education of Auguste !" A careful calculation raises the number of men who have been in one way or another removed from Paris or imprisoned since the 23rd of June to the enormous a mount of 58,000, a full fourth of the adult male population. These men are classed under several heads of slain, pri- soners, exiles, and fugitives. CONFISCATION.—M. Prudhon has put forth in the columns of the_RCforme the draft of a decree, which he says the Assembly ought to be ordered to pass, confiscat ing one-third of the revenue of all proprietors of every sort for three years, one-half to go to the State and the other half to the tenants. M. Prudhon is the author of a work in which the principle that " property is robbery," is openly advocated. nance, on I Louis PnimpPE.—ln the French Committee of Fi - :day, M. Jules Favre moved a resolution for confiscating the private estate of King Louis Philippe. In the course of his address, he asserted that the ex-king had lost his crown through his faults and his crimes. On this M. Thiers said,—" I cannot suffer that to be said without protesting against it. King Louis Philippe committed faults, and serious fa ilts, which caused his fall ; faults letention was not s New Z that colony 6s. 6d. to 8 Varitamelitarp Vrorerbings. HOUSE OF COMMONS.- MONDAY The House having resolved itself into a Committee, Mr. Bernal in the chrir, the question was put that the ;(1 on Muscovado or any other sugar notbeing quality to white clayed, should be charged . I3s. +- from and after the 15th of July, 1848, to theZth of HOUSE 0 k petition :LL moved th . at t Sir J. Hanmer f the Hoi n moved f ggeste , or by any serious suspicion of his being - implicated in the Socialist conspiracy, but that it was simply a precautionary taken by General Cavaignac in the discharge of nficled to him. Paris had been aw by the Assembly, and General the arduous duties r uavaignac was rnvestea wan run military powers to carry out their intentions. Nevertheless on the following morn- Sunday, June 25, M. Girardin attacked the deciara martial law with extreme virulence—lie denounced the despotism of the sword and the suspension of )ertv. The consequence was that the General saw tion of no way of restoring order unless that paper was sup' Popnit BLASPHEMY ON THE DEATH-BED.—The thentic account of the last moments of the Archbishop of Paris in the Ami de la Religion contains the following statement of what took place on his being informed that his wound was mortal :—•' My God, I offer Thee my life, t it in expiation of 4ny sins, and for stopping the of blood which is flowing." And further on, ,ed to his aid Mary whom he called his mother." le recited alternately "•&ub bairn preesidiurn ;" the pray!). of St. Bernard_; Remember, 0 most pious Vir- and in the hour of death." He''invoked the angels, among the saints especially St. Denis, his patron saint, that of the church of Paris. Again, having asked for viaticum, he said to his Ticar-General Help me, to me of the Holy Sacrament." And, as the pain Thee my sufferings sentiments of the dying sop are adOpted by his brethren render thanks and homage to>the great victim which has been sacrificed in these days of sad memory. May the blood of that august Pontiff cry and obtain mercy." Among the superstitious practices that took place before and at his funeral, the following will show the use made by theßomish Church of the Archbishop's death :--` • Fou young .gardes mobiles approached the funeral bed of state and having sprinkled holy water on it and prayer, they drew their swords, placed the ble•' !es of them dy of the deceased, and taking them up again numberless crowds succeeded each Ether in this pious pilgrimage, passing in order and in silent prayer through the chapel where these precious relics were deposited." The Univers, after givinc , a full account of the funeral procession, in which the body of the Archbishop was car ried with the face uncovered, states that "at the thres hold of the temple the cortege was forced to stop ; the people were anxious to have whatever they most valued brought into contact (the Popish manner of 'blessing by with the body of the Pontiff; the officers and A bishop took them from their s their swor and placed 31 on the venerated body. It was no longer a funeral procession ; it might rather have been the Uniz r even those who are not aware of it, are itholie to the very bottom of their hearts." In Spain the Carlists are winning battles and hearts It will go hard with Narvaez and the poor Queen. The armistice between Denmark and the Duchies bas actually been concluded army into V iia. St. 'etersburgh has been disturbed by cholera riots Cologne is to be the scene of a great Popish show on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August. The Pope himself is expected to be the star on the occasion. Prussia has recognised the new. Berlin is still disturbed by the noisy workmen. Archduke John has formally accepted the office of Regent He was at Frankfort on the nth. In Italy the kingdom of Chao— •-- regency of Germany The Pert is increased by the Venetian provinces. Proposals of peace from Aus tria have been rejected. At Rome, Pius IX. is receiving lessons in Italian nationality from Count Mamiani. At Naples the chambers have opened under ominous circum n" • ~ection in Calabria is i n f u ll force. Cabrera and made his head-quarter, rations. The insurrection is extending. At a recent public meeting in the United States, a reso ssed, calling on congress to make a grant of acres of land to each of the and basis of his ope- lution was pa eiabt rope, in order to provide for them when they are com- which appears in the being paid in Wages from The following advertisement land, will sho;v 'the rate of wage Wanted six stonemasons per day Apply, FALL OF A MOUNTAIN.—The rock known by the name of the Dent de Naye, which was 7,000 feet high, fell on the 3rd inst. into the valley of Montreux (Vaud), and de stroyed seven houses and all the persons in them. It is said that upwards of 2,000 head of cattle have been killed in the fields. REVOLUTION IN MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA.—RE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY.—COLOGNE, SIGNATION OF TM. JuLy 13.—The march of the Russian troops into Molda via is confirmed. The people have declared a republic, and tho prince has hppn forced to andiente. It is reported that Wallachia is in a state of revolution, and that the prince has been executed by his subjects. The Russian troops on the Prussian frontier have moved to Gallicia. The Aus trian ministry has resigned. THE ASIATIC CHOLERA.—By the last accounts received of the progress of the cholera at Moldavia, the visitation was excessively severe. At Jassy, from the 17th to the 28th, 1,799 persons had been attacked, of whom 810 had died, and 655 remained in the hospital, and 334 only had been cured. The attacks were steadily increasing in seve rity. In St. Petersburgh, from June 24 to July 3, there had been 5,063 cases, of which 2,596 had proved fatal, 198 had been cured, and 2,269 remained under treatment. HANOVER.—The King of Hanover is described as by no means satisfied with the proceedings of the Frankfort Assembly. In his message to the Second Chamber, com municating the intelligence of the election of the Archduke John, his Majesty entered a sort of protest against the ulterior decision of the Assembly, announcing his inten tion to quit his kingdom rather than submit to be dictated to by the National Assembly or the Lieutenant General. It even seems doubtful whether the First Chamber will accept the election of the Archduke. DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM.—Miss Kiria S. of Desures, near Boulogne, about to undergo a trifling ope ration, proposed to her medical attendant, Dr. Gorre, the administration of chloroform, to which the doctor " un willingly consented." She became almost immediately unconscious under the influence of the vapour ; the opera tion was performed, but life became extinct. A judicial vost mortem examination was made and performed by Drs. Rouxel and Gros, of Boulogne, and their decision was that her death was caused by the chloroform, in con sequence of "the abnormal organic condition of the heart," beside which there was " a spontaneous evolution of air in the veins."—Abridged from the Lancet. PARISIAN GALLANTING.—On Wednesday, says the Constitutionnel, two young Gardes Mobile and a Garde Marine stood before the Palais National relating to a few people who had stopped as they passed some epi sodes of the frightful war of which they had been the heroes. When they had finished every body shook hands with them as they parted, and one of the women present added, " I regret that I am not a pretty girl like Madame," pointing to an elegantly-dressed lady who happened to be passing by at the moment, "or I would kiss you all." The lady blushed amazingly •, but with the greatest pos sible grace, she embraced the little Garde Marine who stood near her, and then both of the actors of this charming scene hastened off in different directions one as much confused as the other. THE CHOLERA AT ST. PETERSBURGH.—The following 19 (July 1) :—" The cholera has now raged here for more than a week, and about 800 cases are reported daily. The great mortality among the Moujiks has led them in their ignorance, to believe that they are being poisoned whole sale, and yesterday several disturbances took place, in consequence of some of the people attacking persons whom they suspected of strewing poison over the provisions ex posed for sale in the markets. One Englishman here, an ironfounder, who employs about 3,000 men, will have a grand religious ceremony on his premises to-morrow, Sunday, in order to keep his people's minds engaged, and to deter them from roaming about and falling into danger. It is said that the malignity of the disease is decreasing, as cases are now cured, whereas during the first few days none recovered who were attacked." AN INTERVIEW WITH Ann-EL-KADER.—The Liver pool Times has been supplied with the following account of an interview with the captive African chief :—" Yester day, who do you think I went and paid my r espects to ? Henri Quatre s castle is now tenanted by Abd-el-Kader. He is here a prisoner, with a suite of eighty persons ; but such a tribe of disorderly unsightly beings ! The Count de Montebello asked for a private audience for his wife, an English lady, and ourselves, which was granted. On entering the court yard, the castle had the appearance of an encampment of gypsies, black slaves lying about in all directions ; and after half an hour's conversation with Colonel Dumas about his unfortunate prisoner, we were taken to his apartment, where, seated on a bed sat Abd el-Kader, and never have I seen such a superbly magnifi cent head and countenance as the man has. Bring to yourself one of those beautiful masterpieces of our Saviour, and you have Abd-el-Kader before you. Notwithstand ing the ludicrous appearance , all had to us a few minutes before, respect and admiration made tears of sorrow almost come into one's eyes at the sight of such a being a priso ner. Knowing whom we were, he shook us cordially by the hand, without rising, and spoke to us through his in terpreter. He seems in deep grief, but with a fixed idea that he shall have his liberty. He was without shoes or stockings, according to the custom of his country. His eldest child, an interesting little fellow, nine years old, he desired to take us to see his wives and daughter. No gentlemen, of course, went in with us; but, save in the singularity of their dress and manner, they have nothing attractive about them. He has but one legitimate wife, and has not shown much taste in his selection." LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. James O'Brien, Q.C., brother to the present member for Limerick, has obtained the new serjeantcy. Mr. O'Brien is a Roman'Catholic. Mr. Commissioner'Law has , just decided, in a judgment given at great length, in the case.of James Henry Hance, that the creditors under ,a formerifivivency cannot claim under a subsequentnne. THE LIVEUPO OL STANDARD. IRELAND. The Cork Constiteion says that the prospect of an abundant harvest is everywhere presented. Potatoes are plentiful. At a meeting ofone of the Cork "clubs " on Thursday evening, vehement cheers were given for the Parisian lady who boasted that she had cut off the heads of three of the Garde Mobile. Mr. Justice r crampton, whilst entering the Court:house, at Cavan, last week; to preside at the assizes, fell clown in a fit. Medical assistance being at hand, his lordship slowly recovered ; and is now considered out of danger. On Thursday, two men, named AP Gee, and Hollywood, were arrested in Dublin, on a charge of sedition. Bail was ie parties make nine that the .A.ttornev _ accepted • General for Ireland is now prosecuting. On Friday, a few of Mr. John O'Connell's friends met " in committee," and resolved that the half dead Repeal Association has still the confidence of the public, and it would be, therefore, inexpedient to break it up. A woman near Cork, being shown some potatoes in which the disease was apparent, crossed herself vigorously and exclaimed, " Jesus preserve us ! we must be quiet now !" SLlGO.—Owing to the interest of Lord Palmerston, Mr. Somers (repealer) was, on Friday, returned for Sligo, by a small majority, but we have not learned the exact numbers. At half-past three, Mr. Hartley was below Mr. Ball, who was also below Mr. Somers. It is said that Dr. Murray, has forwarded to the seve ral deaneries of his diocese a pastoral address, earnestly exhorting the clergy to avoid all connection with the clubs, eventing their flocks from joining such confederacies. At the county of Clare assizes, Michael Healy was con victed of the murder and robbery of Michael M`Namara, on the 11th of May last, at Ennistimon, and sentenced to be hanged on the sth of August next. The murder was discovered by the accidental finding of the murdered ,es On his murderer THE TB. Dublin on Tuesday, and was merely remarkable because the company was almost wholly composed of persons un connected with the Irish confederation or the repeal asso ciation. The repealers are becoming dissatisfied with talkers and letter writers, and want words not deed." The opening of the league caused no excitement out of doors. MORE ARRESTS.—On Wednesday, Mr. Meigher was arrested at Waterford, and brought up at the Police-office, Dublin. He was afterwards admitted to bail, the charge being for a misdemeanor only, and not under the Felon Act. On the same day Mr. Michael Doheny was arres- rescue was made, but it was unsuccessful. OPPRESSED.-Why don't embarrassed gentry go to Ireland to economize ? A writer in the New Monthly Magazine says,—" There are no assessed taxes in Ireland whatever ; no tax on lands and tenements ; no tax on soap, bricks, hops, post-horse duties, &c. ; no window tax, or taxes on servants, horses, carriages, &c.; no pro perty or income tax."—John Bull cannot be such a bad fellow, or he would grumble vastly at this one-sidedness. A curious circumstance lately occurred in one of the carriages of the Cashel Railway. A Romish clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Vaughan, travelled with a gentleman whose insurrectionary language induced him to believe that he was in company with a detective. On reaching he handed over the simulated incendiary to the But great was his astonishment to find that the offend Ipperary )olice. was a welt-known attorney, who I legal proceedings for the false imprisonment was offered in Limerick and accepted. MORE MISTAKES.—Two of the Irish repealers and Holywood, whose arrest by the Government we have already announced, were charged with an offence on July mencec 2d, wliilst the information against them was not filed un . : til the 12th. They were then sent post haste to Wicklow, where the assizes were being held, and on their arrival they found that the grand jury had been dismissed the previous day. They are therefore at liberty until the spring of 1849. If this is not child's play, it is something very nearly akin to it. The Times announces, apparently on official authority, that the rumoured visit of the Queen to Ireland will not take place this year. It is stated, however, that a royal visit to Cork, Dublin, and Belfast, was in serious contem plation, but that the intention has been abandoned till a more favourable opportunity. The Times contends that however much the delay may be lamented, it is impossible for any sound-minded and sound-hearted Englishman not to be sensible of its prudence on account of the incon venience and annoyance to which it is feared the Queen and her ministers might be subjected by a small portion of an excitable people. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES.—We regret to find that agra rian disturbances are again becoming prevalent in Ireland. On the sth inst. a fariner named Comerford Swing, a t Cabra near Thurles, was killed by a shot fired through the window of his house as he lay on the bed.—On the same day a man named Sadleir, near Cashel, was so bru tally kicked and beaten by some ruffians, that he died the next morning. Threatening notices are once more be coming frequent. On the 30th ult., some fellows entered the house of John Murphy, gamekeeper, to Lord Dunalley, near Nenagh, and after beating him most cruelly, they obtained possession of above £7O, and decamped. Two of them have fortunately been arrested. SOIREE TO Mr. O'BRIEN.—The soire at Cork, given in honour of Mr. O'Brien, came off on Monday night last, at which 500 persons were assembled. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Nothing daunted by the recent arrests, the speeches were highly seditious, and will afford much food for a state prosecution. Mr. Smith O'Brien said : -" I am ready, if necessary, to offer myself as a sacrifice, but I am not prepared to offer myself as a sacri fice to an abortive attempt. lam ready to avow that at present, and until the first blood be shed, I am for a con tinuance of queen, lords, and commons. I avow that I am of opinion that the Irish people would be fully justified in an appeal to arms, if they were fully prepared. I say, if they were confident of success, and I say if on every mo ral ground, a case for resistance has been established. I appeal to Plunket, to Saurin, and the men who took part in the union discussions, and I say a case has been made out by the manner in which the union was carried." On Monday forenoon the Irish Felon and the Irish Tribune published extra editions, containing accounts of the new arrests under the Treason Felony Act. In con sequence of this renewed attempt at publication, crowds collected in Trinity-street, in front of the offices of those journals. The newsvenders were selling the papers very rapidly amongst the crowd, when the police interposed, and deprived some of the venders of the papers they car ried. In some instances, it is stated, persons who had purchased copies of the Tribune or Felon were compelled to give them up, the police writing the names of the owners on the margin of the papers. Loud remonstran ces were made against the proceedings of the police, who endeavoured to clear the footways of the streets. Sub sequently a large number of copies of the Tribune were distributed gratuitously amongst the crowd. The police again interposed, but many of the crowd succeeded in running off with the papers. THE IRISH ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY.—The Times of yesterday, has a biting article on the present position of the felon party in Ireland. In the course of it, our contemporary says,—" A tone of impotent scurrility has been substituted for that of dignified defiance. The re bellion. in fact, has flashed in the pan, and pikes, rifles, and vitriol are for the present- laid aside. So now, of course, the Roman Catholic clergy begin to make their appearance, like policemen when a row is all over. In come fifty-seven clergy of the diocese of Killaloe, " as ministers of the gospel, and men, however unworthy of the exalted function, discharging an embassy for Christ," declaring that they cannot deliver, or silently suffer to be delivered, any other message than that which they have been commissioned to deliver, viz., " Divine message of Peace, Patience, and Charity." This is all very good, but rather late in the day. These spiritual halcyons do not appear till the storm is passed and the calm is set in." IMPROVEMENT IN IRELAND.—A number of the clergy of Killaloe have just issued a manifesto in which they affirm that during near half a century of Imperial legisla tion their "ill-fated country has been continually sinking into deeper and still deeper misery." This is the very contrary of the truth. Ireland is wretched enough, and we are the last to disguise her condition. But we cannot on the other hand, disguise the evident fact that she has continually improved under the Imperial Legislature. Misery is comparative, and Ireland is much less miserable than she was fifty years since. There is not one test of prosperity that can be mentioned which will not prove Ireland to have risen considerably since the year 1800. In the year 1845 she consumed four times the quantity of tea, twice the quantity of sugar, six or seven times the quantity of coffee, two or three times the quantity of foreign spirits, and eleven times the quantity of foreign timber, that she did annually at the time of the union. The registered tonnage of Irish shipping has increased six fold since the same date. The quantity of land under cul tivation, the rental, the amount of agricultural produce and live stock, the roads, the bridges, the canals, the river navigations, the railways, the public and private conveyances, the funded property in the pos session of Irish residents, the new churches, chapels, schools, and charitable institutions, the actual con dition of the people at the two periods according to the evidence of trustworthy informants,—all establish beyond a shadow of doubt th a t, i nstea d of Ireland having continually sunk into deeper and still deeper misery since the union, she has continually risen, in spite of the way ward and intractable character of the people, and the terrible visitations of Heaven. COURT AND FASHION. The Queen and Prince Albert visited her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday night. - Her Majesty will visit Covent-garden Theatre in state on Thursday next. On Monday morning, the Queen and Prince, with the young Princes and Princesses, paid a visit to the Zoologi cal Gardens in Regent's Park. Prince Albert afterwards inspected Foley's marble group of Ino and the Infant Bacchus, at Mr. Dickenson's, in Bond-street. In the evening her Majesty went in state to Drury Lane Theatre, on occasion of Mr. Macready's benefit. The Times re porter records a most enthusiastic reception. On Wednesday, Sir Robert and Lady Peel gave recep tion to a brilliant circle of distinguished foreigners, the principal members of the diplomatic corps, and of the leading aristocracy, at the family residence, in Whitehall gardens. The invitations expressed that it was "to view the pictares," and the hours appointed for the reception were from three to six o'clock. The illustrious visitors, on their arrival, were at once conducted to the gallery, where Sir Robert and Lady Peel welcomed the numerous guests, assisted in the honours of the reception by their youthful daughter and lir. Arthur Peel, fifth eon of the right hon. baronet. !In ! the dining-room on theground floor, a table was yrovided w,ith a display of the ,choicest fruit. 2~~'~~'Y~ ____ _ ~~.~T~—~r~ac-.mss RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The traffic for the week en‘ Y ded*Bth July, on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, amounted to £1044 12s. 44d. SPEED.—An express train on Friday, on the Great Western Railway, went from Paddington to Swindon, a distance of seventy-seven miles in seventy-four minutes and-a-half. The number of waggons, &c. (exclusive, of course, of passenger carriages,) on the London and North-Western exceeds, 11,500; which, if estimated at only £5O each, represent a capital of nearly £600,000 ! and to this num ber daily additions are making. The narrow-gauge railway, in extension of the South- Western to Yeovil and Exeter has just received the sanc tion of the Lords' Committee. There is to be a narrow gauge railway direct from London to Exeter, in competi tion with the Great Western, and by many miles shorter. The Gazelle of Friday contains an official notice from the Commissioners of Railways, that the period of time limited by the Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle Railway Act of 1846, for the completion of the railway shall be extended for a further period of two years, from the expiration of the period so limited by the act. The amount of traffic for the last week, on 3,916 miles of railway, was £205,620, thus accounted for :—£111,824 for the conveyance of passengers only, £45,068 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £48,728 for passen gers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £16,468 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 3,070. The average earnings per mile were £53, whilst in 1847 they were £6l. One of the hardest-fought battles of the present par liamentary session has been the contest of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire with the Hull Corporation and Docks, for the right of erecting a station and pier on the Hull side of the Humber. The Lords' Committee, after several days' sitting, decided this question on Wednesday, by giving the railway the privilege of makino- a etatinn and a pier at Hull; but at the same time they curtailed the length of the pier, by forbidding its extension beyond •1 1 • RAILWAY TO SOUTHPORT.—The opening of the Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport Railway, so far as it is al ready available, namely, from Waterloo to Southport, a length of thirteen miles, will take place this week. This is the railway that has been constructed without a call being made upon the proprietors, after the original one of £2 per share, for obtaining the act and other prelimina ries ! Five or six months' traffic will have been had on the line before the first instalment for the works will be due to the contractors. This, in such a monetary period as we have been passing through, bespeaks excellent ma nagement. WEST RIDING UNION.—The opening of a link only of scale of railways in connection with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, known as the West Riding Union, took place on Wednesday. The portion of the line just opened is one which leaves the main line at Mirfield, in Yorkshire, and ascends the beautiful and picturesque valley of Cleckheaton, to Low Moor, a dis tance of about seven and a half miles. It is ultimately intended that this branch shall be carried forward, by way of Bradford, to Leeds, (with a fork stretching backwards from Low Moor also to Halifax, to which town there is already a branch from the main line,) and thus become the main line, in fact, from Manchester to Leeds. The distance from the present terminus of the line at Low Moor to Bradford, is only a little over two miles, the o h r o k le s on which are in an advancing state; and when the r nectio opened, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway will be the shortest route yet projected between Liverpool and Leeds. DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.—A metting of the share holders in this undertaking, living in this neighbourhood, took place on Tuesday. It transpired that the Dutch di rectors intended forthwith to make another call, and to proceed with the forfeiture of the shares of those who had not paid the last calls, and that Mr. Stitt, the commissary named from the Liverpool shareholders, was refused ad mittance by the directors. Resolutions were carried for the appointment of a committee to confer with the com missaries for the purpose of considering the best line of policy to be pursued at the adjourned meeting to be held next month in Holland. That committee were also re quested to inquire into the position of the concessionaires in relation to the company, and were fully empowered to employ what legal assistance might be deemed necessary. After a reference to the fund which the shareholders were already liberally subscribing to defray the expences, thanks were unanimously voted to the deputation who proceeded to Holland, for their services ; to Mr. Reed for his attend dance and explanations ; and to the chairman, when the meeting separated. THE - STEAM-BOAT AND RAILWAY QUESTION. BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—On Friday, the Brighton Rail way Company sustained a defeat in the Lords' Commit tee. Tile committee consisted of the Earl of St. Ger mains (Chairman), Marquis of 'Westminster, Lord Hawarden, Earl of Warwick, and Earl Morton. They have entirely reversed the decisions of the four great authorities who recommended, in their report, the bill to be passed; and have completely set at nought the strong recommendation which was offered by Sir Robert Peel, on public grounds only, in favour of the proposition. The committee have not yet decided upon the Soutl , . Western Bill, but there seems every probability of their throwing it out. They have granted the Furness Railway Company's Bill, because it was for a mere ferry ; and they have also granted the Chester and Holyhead Company's Bill, because they consider Dublin to be the natural ter minus-of the noiy-heaa Railway. The committee have refused the Brighton Company's Bill, because they con sidered that Dieppe was not the natural terminus of the railway. They took no notice of the arguments in favour of the exception ground set forth in the Railway Com missioners' Report; but gave a willing ear to the share holders' petition against the bill. That petition was sup ported by shareholders representing one-sixteenth of the whole capital only ; while the bill was supported by ,073 shareholders, representing £1,673,000, or one-fourth of the whole capital of the company. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE, CURACY WITH A TITLE WAN . — The Advertiser is a Divinity Student. He is rried, and has had much experience as a Distr . , isitor. He wishes to be use fully employed, does not object to any amount of necessary du . He would not object to a stipend of £so. ess B. A., Bootle Post-office, Liverpool. In the Court of Arches, on Tuesday, Mr. Toiler stated that he was authorised, on the part of the Bishop of Exeter, to give an absolute appearance to the monition, directed to the Bishop, at the suit of Mr. Gorham, on account of his lordship's refusal to institute him to the Vicarage of Bramford Speke. EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE A romance of real life in its incidents and catastrophe, far beyond the wonders of an average novel, was closed on Thursday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, by a verdict which appears to have been as gratifying to every listener as it must needs have been to the parties immediately concerned. There was no very great conflict of evidence in the matter, as the case turned entirely upon a selection between one of two probable stories, and we shall be best enabled to present the reader with an intelligible digest of the three days' trial by assuming, as the jury did, that the tale of the plaintiffs was strictly true, and by relating it in the shape of such a continuous whole as mey be con structed from the minutes of the proceedings. In the year 1763 there was born, at Badwell Ash, in the county of Suffolk, Theophilus, the son of John and Eliza beth Turner, who were people in a humble rank of life, the husband being gardener to the Rev. Dr. Ord, of Forn ham St. Martin, i n th e same parts. As the b oy gave pro mise of quicker senses than ordinary, he was sent to a vil lage school where writing happened to be taught with peculiar excellence, and subsequently, by the kindness of Dr. Ord, to some seminary at Bury St. Edmund's—very probably, as his classical proficiency is now mentioned, to the admirable old grammar school of that ancient town. It seems that the boy looked to the sea as his future pro fession, since Dr. Ord used familiarly to call him " Jack the Sailor ;" out upon some quarrel between himself and his patron he left Suffolk, and obtained, through the con tinued kindness of his friend, a situation in some school near London. This was in his youth, and from that mo ment almost up to the present day none of the Suffolk people ever heard or saw any more of their lost country man Theophilus Turner. In the year 1842, on the last day of January, there died at No. 13, Huntley-street, Brunswick-squiire, a gentle man of the name of John Turner, insane and intestate, leaving behind him property exceeding the value of £60,000. He had been an eccentric old gentleman, and up to a year or two before his death had been not only in possession of his faculties, but of faculties considerably above the common run of such endowments. He had been a clerk, first, in the Ordnance-office, and subse quently in the Sun Fire-office, in which establishment he conducted himself so serviceably that in 1825 he was per mitted to retire upon a pension of £2OO per annum as the reward of nearly forty years' work. He had gained prizes not only in the lottery of life, but in that less manageable lottery with which the government of those days encou raged the speculative propensities of the people, and a for tunate ticket was always understood to have blest him with something like a comfortable independence. His habits and appearance were as singular as those of wealthy single gentlemen are invariably expected to be. He wore pantaloons and powder, entered only periodically into society, and had only once changed his landlady during a space of 35 years. Though not com mon l y t a lk at i ve respecting his extraction, yet he now and then dropped hints which were not forgotten, and he shewed some pre dilection for the county of Suffolk, by making an excur sion thither twice exery year for the sake of shooting, and receiving from the same quarters occasional presents of game, which were left for him at the o ld eastern count i es house, the White Horse, in Fetter-lane, and fetched from the office with his own hands. At length , as we have said, in 1842, John Turner departed this ',life, after a goodly lease of it, and, in default of any next of kin, Mr. Maule, the solicitor to the Treasury, impounded his whole pro perty in behalf of the Crown. Now comes the romance of the story. Few readers of discreet age and average observation can have failed to remark that the memory of a relative lost w h en young, and supposed to be revelling in riches i n some myster i ous quarter of the globe, is invariably cherished by every branch, sprig, and bud of the whole family, with a reve rence and tenacity, compared to which the affection of a Roman for his household gods, or of a Chinese for his ancestral sacrifices, vanishes absolutely into nothing. Two whole generations had passed away, and yet the name and fortunes of the missing Theophilus were still affnrourite topic with the Turners of Livermere, and ex peditions were actually made to the great metropolis to discover that relative, who was presumed by all to be in fallibly Aurviving in unbounded wealth and grandeur. One wornail, with the constancy of her ser, actually de- Nutedlediferto the search, and was known in London as • the lady in search of her long lost kinsman. Even before Mr. Turner's death some glimmerings of gratulation were directed towards him, but, when the amount and disposal of his property became known, no further hesitation was felt, and the kinship and goods of the deceased gentle man were boldly claimed by the thirteen surviving Tur ners of the Suffolk stock, The result has rewarded their fidelity and justified their claims, for the jury were tho roughly satisfied by the evidence of the witnesses and the eloquence of Sir Frederick Thesiger of the identity of Theouhilus the schoolboy and J o h n th e gen tl eman ; an d that the crown has now to refund the £60,400 at stake for the benefit and disposal of the plaintiffs at large. Considering that the proof required involved nothing less than the identification of a gentleman who died six years back in London with a lad who left Suffolk 70 years ago, it must be admitted that Sir Frederick spun his threads of evidence into a yarn of wonderful neatness and likelihood. It was proved by the concurring testimo ny of witnesses altogether unconnected with the family, that the deceased had spoken of himself as the son of a gardener, as born in Suffolk, as once a teacher in a school, and as having had a sister named Sarah. He was also proved, by the evidence of a surviving schoolfellow, to have been at school at Bury, and a coincidence more really curious than such analogies usually are was exposed in the feet. that he nced 4,, MISCELLANEOUS, The New York papers speak of Great Britain as the " empire of 11E11." THE KEMBLE FAMILY.—The ma t erna l grand pa rent of Mrs. Siddons and th e K em bl es were res i dents o f Le! ! minster, and lie buried in the churchyard of that toe:re Recently, subscripti ons h ave b een ra i sed b y ' a few o f 1 "„ i inhabitants, admirers of the drama, for the purpose beautifying and restoring their humble mausoleum. qf The Liverpool Mercury i s , we k now, a great a utborl,, in a small way ; b u t grea t aut h or i t i es are not infalliblie, The Literary Gazette and the Glasgow Chronicle are the right. The " first two" and the " last t o " note. " two first" and " two last," w are correct, the , Merl, and the Parish Clerks notwithstanding.--G a t e shead rs. L.A.4.11 L. ,au LU w,rom ne naa server. taken a fancy by that identical sobriqu e t of Jack the " SLEEPS LIKE A TOP."—Thi s familiar phrase, wh ic o ll f Sailor, " which had once be en hi s own . Hi s h an d wr i t i ng is applied to a person completely under the influencee was peculiarly gschoo lood, at which he and answered to the e notorious exce most l- Morpheus, is erroneo u sly suppose d to b e derived fro m the , 4 . 5 lence of acquired The pause of a pegging-top, when its rotatory motion is a", , knotty point was the convertibility t o b e proved of the height, or, as schoolboys call it, " when it is asleeh names John and Theophilus. B u t, a f ter s t ar ti ng with the But the supposition is erroneous, for the phrase is dernfi probable supposition that a lad wh o h a d cu t hi s kinsfolk from the Italian word topo, which signifies a mouse, 3P p ad r ift to seek his f or t une i n t h e wor l d would r i d himself is applied as the generic name of the common field-moue, ,` 0 of so distincti v e a mar k as a qua d r i sy l la bi c Christian from which the Italian proverb, " Ei ,do rm e coyre name, the learned counsel proceeded to show that Mr. topo,"is derived ; Anglice, "He sleeps like a top." fig s Turner was actually addressed by certain intimate friends DANGER OF BEING TOO NEAR ROYALTY.--The o f si /7 s, •• • •• - , ks was correspondent in the camp of Charles Albert, speaking 4 u"yc One the charge of Peschiera, thus describes the penalty 1 3 7 0 La by those whose " privilege "itisto be around the per% o iurne r persley, a son of a sister of of the King :—" The King daily visits the heights of Theophilus, was a potboy a t L e ic es t er , an d wa s sent up Lorenzo, from which any part of the attack and defe; a o to town some few years back to see after some horses can be admirably seen. He is generally saluted by a a which had been stolen f rom hi s emp l oyer , Aft er catching charge of two or three pieces ; but Charles Albertthe one of the thieves, he dined with his companion at the brave even to temerity, and he never flinches from Il i ; inn where Mr. Turner used to call for his parcels —an front, though affording such an excellent mark in errand on which the old gentleman presented himself at general uniform, and with a brilliant staff, about bil e ' that identical minute. Derslay heard the parcel inquired San Lorenzo is generally the place whence I overlook w e fo r as due from Suffolk, and remarked that he himself siege. lam very sorry when his Majesty arrives, as tb came from that neighbourhood. Mr. Turner took him up point of honour is rather difficult to be resolved, and laar at the moment, ascertained the connection between them, at a loss to know whether I should stand to be shot at 5t and gave the lad three half-crowns, which tw e e o so exposed a position, or retire to a safe distance t i e r pocketed, but said nothing about the discovery, thinking the King is there. I see by the faces of all the o o f that by keeping his secret he would monopolise the whole curious assembled on the same spot, that the vicinitl.o forthcoming advantage. Such are the particulars and royalty is as little agreeable to them as to me, and 1 1; catastrophe of this sin g ul ar narra ti ve; an d, if th e result that many absolutely cut the King on such occasions• carries no other moral with it, it may be at least remem- AN AMERICAN FOREST.—I had never till this mome,,'d tiered as exhibiting what littl e f avo u r in thi s country is anything like an adequate conception of the g r andeur shown to the claims of the crown over the plea of its solemnity of an American forest. The stillness is perfe7. humblest subjects. appalling ; not a bough creaks, not a leaf stirs, not t o drop falls; and when I got up a shout just now, t i a ce( l the effect of it, it absolutely startled myself, and in h' a sort -of presentment that the grave old trees were ( 1:; i i shocked at my familiarity. A young squirrel, too, P a ' r e , head noiselessly iron. his hol e i n a rotten cedar, and I garded me with an air of such unqualified disgust, t' 1 ,14 would not dream of attempting a disturbance of the Is ibe again. Many of these stately pines must have been e d growth of centuries. Some huge old fellows are red a , c o to touchwood. Some, perhaps tired of their existe" e i; and bent upon suicide, have kicked up their thousandb,, e i c e into the air and dived head foremost into the St. 1‘ 136 ,,y) (upon a small branch of which I have unexpectedly sti ll 'ire where, in the course of time, I presume, they will el comfortably of water on the brain. Some (probal)}4 freak of the late hurricane) fave been lifted completely o f their legs, and lying full length along the shoulde P o b half a score of their comrades, look extremely a s ths v o , they were being carr i e d away for interment. Otboeti. stripped of every branch an d t w i g , and tapering beret to a point, protrude far over th e b an k o f t he Po and assume all the air and appearance of deserted tisP.te rods, of a girth and capacity quite suitable to the l a : t o and requirements of that famed angler who is said to " sat upon a ro c k an d b o bb ed for whale." So closelVfor deed do they res em bl e th e i mplements alluded to, ths'efs. the last few minut es I h ave b een in momentary exP.ece tion of meeting some gentleman of correspondingly' tic proportions, sitting calmly on the bank, with eYe s o . o n tently fastened upon his float, and a bait-can r estinpo his knees. Among the many curi ous an d stirring: 6 ,.!' for this rude scramble has exhibited to me , i s one wlncn,et originality and eccentricity, stands quite unrivalled., e r me describe a scene so s i ngu l ar, i f I can. A colossa'r or e the tallest and mos t stupendous tree I ever beheld' of tuated by some unaccountable and never-before-hea r to ps freak, has wrenc h e d i tse l f, together with a few dozen sea sition earth, from th e spo t w h ere i t grew, and taken UP a jea sition diametrically adverse to that which nature intently it to occupy. Its world of green foliage rests ex, „u o t where its roots should be, and its roots, which are a ra.'t in themselves, flourish precisely where its branches o on s t to be; at an elevation, too, far out-topping the l er t7 ii ` is twig of its most aspiring contemporary. Whether of pine has misconducted itself and been placed thus punishment, or whether the effort was a and conceit it was anxious to indulge in, and subsequen t o l failed to recover from, lam equally at a loss to say; _ Li la ,. here it is, and here it must remain, until it rots and cry nto bles into powder. The question is, how did it get or e such a position, (a problem not rendered any the l ea f private by way easy of solution by the fact of there not being a single, o r of the surrounding trees in the slightest degree injurett discomposed) but as there is little probability of anY man foot treading these solitudes again perhaps for a.g ° , l ; that question is most lik e ly t o rest unanswere d, a nd mystery mystery unelucidated, thr oug h ou t a ll succ eeding gen a e.rf tions. Having sp en t h a lf an hour i n th e c onternpl a of this natural curiosity, I begin to move leisurely; and presently, glancing accidentally downward, catch glimpse of an enormous rat at his dinner, who, the mom ent' he becomes conscious of my presence, givesv in me reY a shrill and prolonged yell, that I am compelled '„," ears, to the animal, and out of consideration for MY .",,i ng cir to effect as hasty and precipitate a retreat as "• cumstances render it possible for me to do.—exlci from the West. r with de lib f DISEASE AND THE REMEDY.—We say it WI i c la ation and firm conviction. that the intelligent Plik, ha ve html f can, in the immense majority of cases of disease w „ t come to a successful termination under the treatrae.ni s li hydropaths, homceopaths, and the like, clearly distipg,,`:a. which of the three—the tendency to a spontaneous fs,'%,;'i o . able termination, the effect of diet and regimen, orr : ar e. fluence of the imagination—has been the cause 01 I ra' It may perhaps be said, if the imagination have so Pl°, t he, ful a control over disease, and if, as is undoubted l Y, of case, the quack can influence it (for he holds out bO t l i el , certain relief to all) more than the regular physician,boe hittivigs is the former after all a benefit to society. Teis h ope ever a very superficial sa yi ng . Th e quack hol d s out tte to all, and a minority recover. But what becomes °to h! many, whose exp ec t a ti ons h ave b een raised b u t crushed, when they fi n d th a t t h ey h ave b artere d thed - r e: sibility of a recovery, and the undoubted assurance, t. the lief from pain, or a t any rate comparative ease, 'aciejec: impossible boastings of a charlatan ? Is not the err tion and the misery they and their friends now. c ce, ence far greater than the temporary hopes they t oo', derately cherished ? Nor is this all the evil. If, a wi t ' or o rlf learned and cautious men who have had every oPP• w il of forming an opinion believe, and if, as men 5! .. ,, e p0!: situated have believed for centuries, regular medici i i set i4 o , sesses the power of prolonging life, of shortening u 1 - 1 0 0 and of alleviating pain, —if this, we say, h e trac , „.lo s , cruel is it to deny ive those whose lives are in d a nger, , ; 0.1 strength is prost ra t e d by s i c k ness, or whose bo racked by pain, of the remedies provided for thetn,i re ha d yet this is what every system of quackery does. e ti9r a. • l mag a lic e ' proposed to make a few remarks upon anima o ya 15 , The tales that have been and are told about dairy ho ou f prophesying, and the like, are just so many fals e t dias r o" But that by its practices so many per cent. of °r o r, r f people can be thrown into a state of insensibility, numbers be present, b e ma d e unconsc i ous l y to d o h o extraordinary things, is true enough. We p u rpose 4 ots o , ever, showing that this ordinary somnambulism, tP ra i described in some religious books as reverie, spect 0 01,1 sions, and many other extraordinary mental phe 1 40 0 , , , t 0 are in accordance with known general principles ot is. t t i lf philosophy. Want of space, however, forbids t b or ld t ic the many melancholy disasters produced in this o ,„ io es,„ o quackery—the mourning mother, the curtailed r ti o / 1 ; 0 'Circle, the young widow, the starving orphan, anaoe !„, o , —we will not dwell. We began by saying that _ la tlu o i great causes of quackery are ignorance and presf or sa t to Both are surely great crimes. A man who is ig'.` DO h is that which he ought to know—the ploughrna" oo ge:joi make his furrows, the railway-driver how i t n o t r oc li s s , ,,l li cl engine, the statesman how to rule (at least t oo) D 'ic countries where rule is still committed to state,s geto a' o r every one how to conduct himself in the state of IT o uest;i ec ii , he is called, as a man of common sense, of l' des er re , honour, and as a moralist and a Christian—has, clea t of great trust committed to him, and has incurred sponsibility. But there is a crime greater tha o " o 4-1P 0 :; t i) ignorance, and that is presumption. A landsra„ n tecl ice , venture to steer a ship, nor does a man unacau," o ' co rne' io to mechanics presume to govern an engine or a r ush _O 4 Yet thousands who know nothing of medicine no tor, ar e the arena of medical strife as judges—for it ts_ so ker,?' c ipe that the grand promoters of various forms of 'l_7 oet i pit lay-admirers, busy-bodies who know nothing .. u„ is co`„" o sli —and we may safely say that these individual ( sie r) . more havoc, destroy more human happines s, if e 4. the s m h o ip re in of th t e ha n t a s v i y ng w u e la r r e b c o o u m n in ty iit l e i d um t a o n ti l l i e fe tn , t ,e o T, '„ e s if e et ' l er o 9 f waves with only lunatics at the helm, or tZ t bitau , i re; railway were driven by the wildest of the suca con' Bedlam. When we think of the conduct tu, cop sumntuous people, let us hope that either th ey and saa,„ A rc constitution is originally so feeble, or that va t u ba t ceit have so unconsciously crept upon them , a.. . 4 A l* not morally answerable for all the misery , t and woe that they cause.—Fraser's 111aga-ln as _toe, or -- .tneo," and that in one of his boc written " Theophilus Turner" in full proportions incident is really too curious a complication of Aft' POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The Lords' Committee on the Bank Charter Act, com monly called Peel's Bill, have carried the most important divisions against the attempt of the Government to sup port the act of 1844, and the majority of the committee are now forming their report condemnatory of the act. The Times says, that if the various questions now 'ling can be wound up in time, the session of parlia ment is to end at its usual terminus within the second week of August, and that amongst the measures likely to be postponed for another year, is the proposed alteration of the Navigation Laws. SUNDAY TRADING.—Amongst the members who voted for going into committee on Wednesday on the bill for the suppression of Sunday trading were, J. Hindlev, J. Brotherton, Earl of Arundel, W. E. Gladstone, W. T. Egerton, Mr. T. Baines, R. Spooner, Colonel Thompson, Lord J. Manners, Sir J. Graham, and Sir G. Grey. In the minority against the motion, were T. Thorneley, Lord C. S. Manners, W. Brown, It. Cobden, J. Hume, and F. O'Connor. ARE WE TO HAVE NEW TAXES ?—ln answer to Mr. Gladstone, Lord John Russell said, on Tuesday, that if at the beginning of the year the state of Europe were peaceable, he should not propose any new taxes ; but if it were at all threatening at the commencement of next ses sion, he should not think it advisable to allow the expen diture of the country to exceed the income, but should propose to make up the deficiency by increased taxation. SUNDAY TRADING.—Mr. Hindley's bill, which has been read a second time prohibits the crying or exposing for sale any goods on Sundays. The goods of hawkers so defying the law to be confiscated for the benefit of the poor of the parish. The sale of milk, fruit, pastry, and beverages before nine o'clock, a.m., and after one o'clock p.m., of cooked meat, tea, coffee, &c., within coffee shops, cook-shops, or eating-houses, before ten o'clock A.M., and one o'clock p.m., the sale of meat or fish before nine o'clock a.m. (from the 31st of May to the Ist of October in each year), and the vending of drugs and medicines will not be interfered with by this act. The act is not to extend to steam-boats or licensed houses. The penalties for infringement of the above provisions are fines varying from ss. to 40s. Persons resisting the officers employed in enforcing the act will be liable to a fine of £lO. The operation of the act is limited to Lon don. The Ist of October is fixed for the commencement. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTE, R, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD- < 0 ; Daj l Y tion o' of Ntill wow d R of . at., 1";' - % Noon , p In NNW 7.165 f• 6 4 75 vt 14 ' . fa o'lo 5.5.%'01 5 fN.Nwlditt°. ditto. — ttip otD. Jel lui., • E Y HE: The red 11 • The cu i The ham- Is sdtifunm, „nye, the lea th e 'hou'it Oh dregAilbrlae4i Tr l\ e il l e t n Tru e r Arid the Will be Royal The in ki Well si tharitabli l► odation tervafion Dubli hei) le nee. ll,, Our P t t th, ere s ti ng s lDrorni s cle entitl The us constant. and pun s and coma our corn 1 1e finds t either opi . I ns stock Lnts w a i , lid Pe , an( to 4 a Frith all, ( EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY The old proverb says "An old soldier is an old bite"— whether this refers to biting the end off the cartridge we cannot divine—but it falls to ua to record some of the acts of a young soldier who was a real " bite" in another sense. Some months since, among a detachment of the 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot, quartered at Lanes boro', was a soldier, by name Matthew Lally ; during his stay there it is thought he made himself intimately ac quainted with the occurrences which had taken place among the small farmers and landholders in a district called the Callows, in the parish of Rathcline ; for on his return to head-quarters he obtained a furlough and at once proceeded to the Callows ; and entering the house of a snug small farmer, named Lally, declared, - to the utter astonishment of the old couple, that he was their son, whom they buried on a certain day, 16 years before. On their expressing their credulity, he asked them if their son, whom they supposed dead, had not a mark on him ? They said he had on his breast, on which he opened his clothes and showed them such a mark. Some of the neigh bours coming in, he called them by their names, and told them of circumstances attending his mock funeral, and of the exact " offerings" each of them gave for masses to be said for the repose of his soul. But, to make assurance doubly sure, he insisted on his grave been searched, and his collie taken out, which, when opened, contained not " the remains of humanity crumbling into dust and ashes," but a log bf wood. He then informed them that he was spirited away by " the good people," or fairies ; that he remained for thirteen years among them, and though mar ried to a high-up lady, was sent on earth for a season, with directions to go into the army and learn the new light infantry exercise, and to effect this object he enlisted in the 2nd or Queen's. He related to the assembled multi tude the fate of many of their friends and relatives whom he had met "in the hours of fairy revel." Satisfied now as to his being their son, he was treated as such by his bewildered parents, and presents from all around were showered upon him ; and all went on pleasant enough till one morning his new mother asked him to assist his father in the operation of planting cabbages. He willingly assented, declaring that he did not know how long he would be allowed to remain. After digging with his father for some time, the old man went in for a moment to light his pipe, and on his return the soldier had vanished " in tenuern avanuit aerem," he was nowhere to be seen — none saw him pass. Months rolled on, and the fairy man was nearly forgotten, when, to the surprise and delight of all, he again darkened his afflicted parents' door. He then stated that he had gone a long journey over the seas, with his patrons the fairies, and that to his great surprise he found himself in Mexico, teaching the soldiers of that king dom the light infantry exercise, to resist the better the Americans, then invading them ; for "it was told him he should be rich by the fairies." So satisfied were the Mexicans with his instructions, they loaded him with riches, and that now he should return to his regiment with money to purchase his discharge. He proceeded to Ath lone, and told the commanding officer that he was invo luntarily absent—that he could not depend on his not being called away again, and, tendering the purchase of his discharge, declared the Queen would get four better men than him for £2O ; the rules of the service would not allow this, so he was ordered to be tried by court martial. Of the proceedings before the court we are not aware ; but this we have heard. that he brought several witnesses from the Callows to prove the truth of the foregoing statement, and to swear they saw him dead and buried, and had paid the " offerings " over him. What the sentence was to be has not transpired ; for on the minutes of the trial, and the extraordinary tale being submitted to the Secretary of War, he, believing the man to be insane, ordered him, on paying for it, to be discharged ; and, though we consider him " more knave than fool," still her Majesty was for tunate to get rid of one of her bad bargains. He returned to the Callows, assuming the fairy-man, foretelling events, and promising cures, thereby extracting money from the credulous infatuated poor. A tragic affair we have now to recount has added to his notoriety :—Some short time since a very honest, respect able man in his station of life, named Corrigan, steward to James Rorke, Esq., J.P., of Corina, county Longford, married the widow of a publican of the name of Killian, who had died suddenly some time ago, at the crossroads of Lissglassick, three miles from Callymahon, on the road to Longford. Corrigan proved an excellent husband, and, what was most creditable to him, an exemplary stepfather, for he lodged all the money he got with the widow of Kil lian, about £2OO, to the credit of her children by her first husband, in the bank of Longford, and it was natural to augur that many happy days were yet in stose for him, had not the fairy-man crossed his path. On Saturday, the 17th of last month, he went to Mr. Rorke's farm, be yond the town of Longford, for a load of hay, leaving one of his step-daughters to transact business in Longford market ; on his return he heard with indignation that his step-daughter, hearing of the fame of the fairy soldier (then in the town of Longford), and impelled by a curi osity innate to her sex, had given the fairy half-a-crown to know the fate of her father. Lally told her that he had met him in " Fairy Land," and promised to restore him to her and to life ; but before he could do so, he should send her stepfather in his place. On Corridan hearing this, he denounced Lally as an impostor, and abused him for obtaining money in such a manner. But, nothing abashed or ashamed, the fairy soldier told him he had revelations to make to him, and, struck by his manner, they went into a public-house, where they remained clo seted. After Corrigan came out, he stretched himself on the load of hay, was driven towards home, and when within a short distance of his own house, roiled off the hay, and fell with violence to the ground, and was carried home insensible. On Sunday "he was himself again ;" but the fairy man sent word that " his doom was sealed." On Monday, the 10th, an effusion of the serum of tae July 18,1845, brain caused his spirit to depart, and on Wednesday b a e l was buried quietly without an i nques t, as the fairy stated if any operation should be performed on could not return Mr. Killian the original. The authorities ought to interfere with this impost9r: as he is obtaining money under false pretences. an d rev! c c ji ing in the coun t r y an a l mos t exp l o d e d superst iti o n, f h ip r for centuries held possessi on o f th e m i n d of the . 1 "" orders of the people of Ireland.—Westmeath Guardian. ATMOSPHERIC Temperature Pressure at I shade by self- Humidity at Noon._ registering Differenceof Nine , Si x thermometer W et an d Dry a.m. 1 p.m. Max. I Min. bulb. "I` I In. I In. Deg. Deg, 11130'44 30'48 71 63 12, 30'53 ' 30'57 74 64 13 30'52 , 30'46 79 67 14 / 30'38 30'33 73 69 15 1 30'31 30'30 66 60 161 —j 17 30'24 30'21 THE WEATHER.—II th : bright.-12th : —l4th : cloud and sun : night, rain. — slight rain, bright.-17th : cloud and sun.