The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-20 00:00:00

.)• - • • . - ‘‘" 111,111 AINIPINX" 410 2 3. .• Varliamentarp 13rorcrbffigc.4. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. Lord REDESDALE complained of the insignificant posi tion assumed by the Railway Commissioners, which he attributed to the small support which that board met with from the government. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE denied that the labours of the commissioners were insignificant or unimportant; those labours were also fully appreciated by the govern ment. though it might not invariably act on the recom mendation of the commissioners. • V . . S.//e r o._f ~•~ HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY, In reply to a question from Mr. Banks, Lord Jon's RUSSELL stated that the departure of the Spanish ambas sador from this country had not taken place in conse quence of his being recalled by his own government, but was the result of some communications which had passed between him and Lord Palmerston relative to the recent dismissal of Sir -H. Bulwer from Madrid. It was the in tention of her Majesty's Government to place on the ta ble both these communications and the correspondence which had immediately preceded Sir 11. Bulwer's depar ture from Madrid. Mr. STAFFORD then moved for the issue of a new writ for the borough of Leicester, in consequence of the void ance of the election by which 'Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. Gardner had been appointed to serve for that borough. Mr. FREWEN stated, that he had received intimation from one of the first attorneys in Leicester, that all the respectable inhabitants of that town were surprised that Mr. Stafford had given notice of this motion without any communication with any persons who took a concern in its local affairs. His own family had been connected with Leicester for many years ; and from his own knowledge of it he believed that it was one of the most notoriously cor rupt boroughs in Great Britain. In the year 1826 it was said that X. 60,000 had been expended there between three candidates. When he offered himself as a candidate for it in 1839, he stated publicly that he would rather lose his election than spend one shilling in bribery ; and the election subsequently went against him because his com mittee refused to undertake such proceedings as had been carried on at the last election. He was speaking the sen timents of the respectable inhabitants of Leicester when he said that they wished the writ to be suspended until the freemen were disfranchised, or the electoral district was so extended as to render such bribery, altogether im possible. He should certainly vote against the issue of the writ. In consequence of Mr. Stafford persisting in his mo tion, the house divided, when it was negatived by a ma jority of 129 over 6 voices. On the motion of Lord MORPETH the house then pro ceeded with the further consideration of the report on the Public Health Bill. After an amendment moved by Captain PECHELL bad been negatived, the report was agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the house resolved itself into committee on the Borough Elections (No. 2) Bill, and was occupied for a considerable time in discussing the different clauses of the measure. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Lord FITZBARDINGE presented two petitions, one from Mr. Webster, the lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, and the - other from the performers at the Lyceum, complain ing, of the eatronage bestowed upon foreign theatrical entertainments. Lord BEAUMONT, Lord BROUGHAM, the Duke of CLEVELAND, and Lord SPENCER were unanimous in condemning the illiberal spirit in which the petitions were conceived. Lord STANLEY then called the attention of the house to the present state of the laws regulating the importation of foreign corn. He did not mean to renew the discussion as to the policy of giving protection to the agricultural interest ; but it must be recollected that we had at the present time a euty on corn which had neither increased the price on food nor aggravated discontent. The noble lord then went into the statistics of the corn trade, and put it to the government, whether it would not be in ac coreance with sound policy, and with their own sense of public duty, not that a permanent alteration of the law should now take place on so important a question as this but*that a short bill should be introduced for the pur pose of continuing the existing duties as they now stood for a period of five or six months, so as to enable parlia ment, on reassembling next year, to determine with suffi cient experience whether the inconvenience of the impo sition of a duty to a trifling extent would not be more than counterbalanced by the financial advantage of receiving three-quarters of a million of money. FAA GREY, after expressing his satisfaction that Lord Stanley should advocate a duty on corn not for protection, but for the purposes of revenue, proceeded to deprecate any :disturb n e of the settlement which had been come to after so much agitation in 1846. The Duke of R ICHMOND said, that the exchequer was not in such a flourishing state, that it could afford to throw assay £500,000 a year. The noble duke concluded by stigmatizing the way in which the present Corn Law had been carried as scandalous. The House of Lords had lowered itself by its conduct in 1846 in the estimation of the great body of the people of England ; and if the house did not mind what it was about it never would regain the confidence of the people. The conversation then dropped. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY. Mr. STAI 7 FC;RD moved for a new writ for the borough of Derby, but on a division, the motion was negatived by a majority of 89 to 36. Lord J. ItossLELL then entered upon his statement as to the intentions of the government in reference to the distressed state of our West India colonies. He insisted that the emancipation act of 1834 was eminently success ful in its object—that of liberating upwards of 18,000 per sons, and raising up a class of happy and independent labourers. The acts of 1845 and 1846 were equally suc cessful as regarded the objects in contemplation those of obtaining a large supply of sugar to the consumers of this country, at a lower rate of charge, and an increased revenue, by means of an increased consumption. It could not be denied, nevertheless, that however successful might have - been those acts in the objects they had more imme diately in view they had been attended with some serious disadvantages to the colonists. In order to enable the latter to bear up against these disadvantages the the noble lord' stated that the government proposed to make ad vances on the security of the colonial revenues, or to guar antee loans, for the purpose of giving bounties for the encooragement of emigration to the West Indies— such ad vances and guarantees not to exceed five hundred thousand pounds, in addition to the sums already advanced by the house for the same purpose. With respect to contracts of service, squatting, &c., the Colonial Sec retary a Quid agree to any reasonable, practicable re medy which might be suggested by the colonial legisla tures. In reference to the act of 1846 he said he did not think it would be fair to the British consumer to keep up the differential duty of 103. It was, therefore, intended to propose that after the sth of July next the duty on colonial sugars should be reduced to 135., and be further reduced ls. per year until it fell to 103., at which sum it should become fixed. It was also intended to propose that the duty on ordinary foreign Muscovado sugar should remain according to the act of 1846, but that a new distinctive duty should be framed with respect to clayed sugar, and sugars equal thereto. Thus, for the year from July 1848 to July 1849, the duty should be 205., and be reduced at the rate of Is. 6d. per year until it came down to 103., at which sum it should become fixed. The Government had also come to the conclusion that in the case of rum the justice of the case would be met by a duty of 7s. 4d. ; but he believed it would be necessary to with draw the permission for the use of sugar in breweries, though not S 3 in distilleries. The noble lord concluded by intimating that on Monday he would bring forward a formal motion on the subject in a committee of the whole house. Sir R. INGLIs said if he had not had the evidence of his ears he could not have believed that the noble lord in dealing with this subject should have kept so entirely out of view the encouragement which would be given to slavery by the admission, under such a system, of slave grown produce for home consumption. The real question was, not whether the people of this country should have cheap sugar, but whether they should have sugar stained with the blood of thousands. _ Lord G. BENTINCKsiid that the noble lord's plan would be read with despair and dismay by the West India colo nists, and with regret by those who had marked the pro gress made of late years by the slave trade. Ruin was not to be averted from our sugar-producing colonies by such measures. They were not to be saved by a differential duty of 7s. on first-class, and ss. on second-class sugars ; and lending £500,000 to a ruined trade was a mere mockery when that trade could not be continued without loss. Ile hoped the colonists would not infer that the proposition of the Minister was the edict of the British House of Commons, or consonant to the feelings of the British empire. The noble lord, before concluding, complained of the withholding of dispatches by the Colonial Office, from the sugar and coffee committee, and this brought up. Mr. HANvEs, who said the Colonial Office had withheld no documents with the intention of influencing the report of the committee. Mr. DISRAELI contended, at some length, that England had broken all her contracts with the West Indian colonists; and - now the Government were bringing forward a propo sition which would inevitably terminate in bttter disap pointment. After a protracted debate the motion was agreed to. On the question of going into committee on the Navi gation Laws the house dieided, when the motion was car ried by a majority of 87, the numbers being 119 to 32. The house having gone into committee, Mr. J. STUART objected to proceeding on account of the lateness of the hour, and moved that the Chdrman report progress, upon which question, after a scene in which Mr. HUDSON took the principal part, the committee divided : ayes, 48; noes , 144'; majority, 96. At length, without progress, the chairman reported and the house resumed. Lord Jonx RUSSELL posponed his notice for bringing in a bill to repeal the assessed taxes clause of the Reform Bill until Friday. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. FRANCE. OUTBREAK IN PARIS. An immense crowd was attracted outside the hall of the Assembly on Monday night, under the idea of seeing Prince Louis Napoleon pass to take his seat. It was with some difficulty that the troops could preserve a passage for . the deputies, and no one was permitted to approach the hall without a ticket. At three o'clock the rappel was beat, and the National Guard turned at once. Various reports were in circula tion, but all agreed that the Bonapartista had attempted an insurrection. According to one report there had been fighting in the Foubourg 'St. Antoine. According to an other, the inhabitants of the 'Baulieu were preparing to march upon Paris to force the Assembly to accept Prince Louis Napoleon. In the •meantime the crowd in the Place de la Concorde having raised the cry of "Vive Louis Napoleon Vive l'Empereur!" the general in command ordered the National Guard and the troops to clear the place. The crowd resisted, and some pistol shots were fired, by which one of the officers of the cavalry was wounded. Order was shortly afterwards restored. The Boulevards were lined by the National Guards, who were also in possession of the Place de la Concorde. The Pont de la Concorde, and all the adjoining quays and streets, were occupied by large bodies of troops. The gardens of the Tuileries were closed, and were occupied by a strong military force. There is great credit due to the National Guard for their coolness and self restraint, as the shot had taken effect upon one of their own officers, Captain Fa brege of the Ist Legion. The ball passed through his hand, shattering one of his fingers, which has been amputated. Captain Fabrege was close to General Clement Thomas at the time, and it was at General Thomas the shot was pro bably aimed, as he was,fired at three times afterwards in the course of the evening. General Clement Thomas immediately ordered the National Guard to charge, and the Place de la Concorde was at once cleared. There was no further attempt at continuing or creating any emeule in the neighbourhood of the Chambers ; but in the suburbs several persons were arrested crying " Vive l'Empereur." In the Assembly, M. Lamartine had just concluded the first part of his defence of the general conduct of the Executive Committee (which was !istened to with great coolness), and was sitting on the steps of the tribune to rest himself before continuing his defence, when General Clement Thomas suddenly entered and addressed a few words to M. Lamartine, who immediately rushed to the tribune in a state of great agitation. The members re sumed their places, the President rang his bell, and amidst the most profound silence, M. Lamartine spoke as follows: —" Citizen representatives, a fatal circumstance has hap pened while we have been engaged in discussion. During the time I have been speaking, a shot has been fired at a National Guard, another at the Commander of the Na tional Guard, a third at an officer of the army, and these shots have been fired to the cry of Vive l'Emnereur Napoleon.'—(Profound sensation.) This is the first drop of blood that has been shed since the 24th February, and I am happy to say this blood has not been shed in the name of liberty, but in the name of the fanaticism of re collections of military glory. It was not the fault of the government that this misfortune has happened. This morning we unanimously agreed to and signed the present decree, which circumstances now oblige me to communi cate to you at this very instant." M. Lamartine then proposed the decree of exclusion against Louis Napoleon, which was carried by acclamation, notwithstanding the protestation of M. Napoleon Bonaparte, and M. Larrabit, who, while they professed their attachment to the re public accused the executive of taking advantage of the indignation naturally produced by the commission of an odious crime to carry a law of proscription against an individual. M. Pierre Bonaparte, after denouncing in energetic terms those wretched persons who had been guilty of shedding blood while crying " Vive l'Empereur," forgetful of the horror which the emperor had always en tertained for civil war. and to avoid which he had signed the abdication of 1815, exclaimed, " I have taken the oath of fidelity to the republic, and I will never take any other. With my hand on my heart, I can say that I have ever been a republican, and when the moment for giving proof of republicanism slZll arrive, and it appears that it has arrived, I shall be found ready to quit this bench, and to place myself in the foremost rank of the defenders of the republic. The republic is inviolable. I will have nothing but a republic, and I would rather die than see any other form of government." The result of the abortive attempt to proclaim the Em peror has been once more to rally all classes round M. Lamartine, and to procure for the Executive a vote of con fidence by a majority of 457. The right of Louis Napoleon to take his seat in the National Assembly was admitted on Wednesday by a large majority, notwithstanding the strenuous resistance of Ledru Rollin, who has, it is reported, given in his resignation in consequence. The night passed off tran quilly, which there is reason to believe would not have been the case had the assembly decided otherwise. It was understood in Paris on Thursday that a " family council" was held in Paris on Tuesday, of the moderate friends of Prince Louis Bonaparte, at which it was resolved to exhort him to persevere in the intention he had an nounced not to return to France until the Constitution shall have been voted by the National Assembly. M. Thomasin, who has been long remarkable for his attachment to the family of Napoleon, and who was ar rested on Tuesday last, is the person who suggested the idea of the monster banquet at 25c. (2.1 d.) a-head. Seve ral vendors of lithographic likenesses of Prince Louis Bo naparte were arrested on Wednesday night by orders of the Executive Government. An old gentleman who was distributing pamphlets in praise of Prince Louis, from a cabriolet on the Boulevard St. Martin, was likewise ar rested on the same afternoon. Louis Napoleon again ! An indescriable feeling of in dignation was excited on Thursday in the National As sembly by a letter addressed by Louis Napoleon to the president of the assembly, in which having stated that he was about to set out from London when he learned that his election had been made the pretext of disorders he goes on to say " If the people impose duties upon me, I shall know how to fulfil them." The expression caused the utmost anger. Some cried out that it was a direct challenge to revolt. The minister of war, who is a grave unostentatious man, not at all ex citeable, but, on the contrary, austere, rose and said that his indignation was such that he could not find words to express it. What he particularly remarked in the letter was that the word republic was not once mentioned, on which the whole assembly rose, and with one voice shouted " Vive la Republique !" M. Baum rose and said that, in the name of the republic and the assembly, he protested against the pretender's declaration of war, on which seve ral voices were heard to exclaim. " Yes, it is a declaration of war." M. Baum continued—" We will have no pre tender, and all France must learn how this 'imprudent young man has responded to the benevolence and gene rosity of the National Assembly." "To its weakness, rather," interrupted a member. " I demand," continued the speaker, " that this letter be sent back to the com mission." " Yes, yes," was heard from all quarters. " The letter is an act of non-acceptation, and the triple election of Louis Napoleon must be annulled." M. Jules Favre, who had mainly contributed in having Louis Napoleon admitted, retracted his support, and said he shared in the sentiments of indignation expressed by the minister of war. The minister of finances said that there should be no decision taken hastily, and moved an adjourn ment until next day. The tumult that ensued was raised to the extreme by a declaration on the part of General Clement Thomas that according to his information they might have to fight a battle to-mm row. He would move that all citizens who took up arms to support a despot should be declared traitors to the country. The president recommended adjournment, and the finance minister ter minated the proceedings by saying, " Citizen representa tives, you may be sure that the government will take all due precautions, and that there will be no battle." It was then seven o'clock, and the assembly broke up crying " Vive la Republique." The accounts from Paris, dated Saturday niglit, state that Louis Napoleon has resigned his office as representa tive of the people and this has put an end to the fears for the present. The following fact will give an idea of the losses sus. tained by the total cessation of the sale of articles of luxury in Paris at present. More than twenty manufacturing jewellers have determined to close their warehouses and to retire to the country until matters shall improve. More than three-fourths of these manufacturers have not dis posed of the smallest article of their trade since the 24th of February. ONE OF MR. COBDEN'S FOREIGN FRIENDS.—There is reason to suspect that the character and the practices of those who have held the fortune and the destinies of France in their hands since the 24th of February, will not bear the ordeal of a parliamentary investigation, and that, at no distant period, names which have been put forward as worthy of national confidence and Republican honour, will be branded with the infamy of dishonesty, falsehood, and corruption. M. Cremieux, who is best known in this country as the friend of Mr. Cobden, has had the ill luck to be the first on this list of dishonour, thouzh we are persuaded he will not prove to be either the last or the first of those with whom he has served. Upon the direct testimony of the two principal law officers of the Repub lic, M. Cremieux, the Minister of Justice, stands con victed in open Parliament of a scandalous lie, which he himself described as "the foulest thing which could sully the robe of a Minister of Justice."— Times. TAKING THE VElL.—Last week, Miss Georgina Hay, youngest daughter of Lord James Hay, of South Park, Aberdeenshire, took the veil at Paris, in the convent of the Assumption, Rue Chailtot, Champs Elys6es. The young novice, who is tall in stature, and bears a strong family likeness to her cousin, the Marchioness of Douro, proceeded to the gates of the convent in bridal attire, and demanded admittance. Having been received by the su perior and the nuns of the order (the latter bearing lighted tapers), she advanced through their ranks to the cross bearer, and knelt down. After a pause, spent in prayer, the community preceded her, at a solemn pace, into the chapel, chanting hymns. Each nun repaired to her stall, and the novice occupied a seat prepared for her at the foot of the altar, where the usual ceremony took place. She retired to the parlour of the convent in the simple habit of a nun, crowned with a wreath of white flowers, and received visits of congratulation. Amongst those present on the occasion, were the Duchess of Mont morency. the Ducs de Fitzjames and Tallyrand, together with several dignitaries of the Romish church and mem bers of the national assembly. Col. Reid has resigned the governorship of Barbadoes. An army of 20,000 Austrians has menaced Vicenza, which is to be attacked on three points. The Emperor of Austria is expected to arrive in Vienna on the 25th, to be present at the opening of the Diet. The Bremin papers state that official Information has been received at Posen of a camp o f 100,000 men now as sembledin the neighbourhood o f K a li s h. E very b o d y fears a Russian invasion. INSURRECTION AT PRAGUE. —On the 12th instant an insurrection broke outlat Prague, in consequence of Prince Windischgratz refusing to give cannon and ammunition to the students. The Czechish popul a ti on s id e d w i t h t h e latter. While Divine service was being performed on the horsemarket. barricades were suddenly erected by the crowd who had assembled in that place, and the mob marched upon the hotel of the Prince. All the troops were under arms, and opposed the passage of th e peop l e, who at once raised barricades in front of the hotel. The artillery was put in action, and succeeded in forcing the people 'back, and. indeed, about 1 0 o'clock at night the troops appeared to have gained the day. By this time crowds of peasants arrived in the town to assist the in surgents. It is asserted that the Princess Windischgratz was killed by some person who shot at her from the win cow of a neighbouring home, SPAIN.-It is reported that the Queen is in a state which renders it likely that a direct heir to the throne would frustrate the expectations of the Duchess de Montpenster. It is also said that the Queen had written an autograph letter to .Queen Victoria, assuring her of the friendly dis position of the Spanish government towards England, and requesting her not to lend a hasty ear to the state ments of Sir Ilenry'Bulwer, but to wait for the docu ments that will be brought forward by the Spanish go vernment. AMERICA.—The -Caledonia arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday morning. She brought £lB,OOO in specie. The reception of the ratified treaty of peace with Mexico is not yet announced, and the New York Courier says it may be delayed some days or even weeks. From Yuca tan the news is again of massacre and bloodshed. The warfare, or •rather massacre, on the part of the Indians, has been renewed with all its horrors : and the last accounts represent the condition of the whole penin sula of Yucatan as helpless and deplorable. In Hayti murder is let loose, the mulatto races being the special objects of the vengeance of the blacks. The French and English consuls were exerting themselves at Port-au- Prince to restore order and security. An Indian war has broken out in Oregon, the Indians having murdered Dr. Whitman, a missionary, his wife, and nine others. " So confidently," says the New York Mirror, " were many unthinking persons anticipating a total overthrow of the British government on the 10th of April, that there were rumours flying about the moment the steamer (the America) was telegraphed, that Queen Victoria and her children were passengers in her." MASSACRE OF THREE MISSIONARIES.—The Sydney papers of the 31st of January, received by the last mail, announce the murder of three English missionaries at the island of St. Christoral, by the natives, in the month of September last. - The bodies were afterwards cut up, and devoured by the savages. The English attendants on them contrived to 'effect their escape, and had reached New Granada, in the-ship Anonyme, which vessel brought the news to Sydney. •N,„ • \ ~~ »y. /~s ._s ~ ~`7 ~a i ll k s. ‘ ••;', k "‘. • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LAW INTELLIGEKCE. In the Vice-Chancellor's * Court, on Wednesday, Sir L. Shadwell decided that Presbyterians of the Church of Scotland are excluded from the benefits of Lady Hewley's charity, intended for English Dissenters. INIPORTANT TO INSOLVENTS.—It has been decided in the Court of Exchequer during the last week, that a final order obtained under the act sth and 6th Vic., cap. 116, and 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 96, can be pleaded in bar to any action that may be brought by a person whose debt is inserted in the insolvent schedule, the learned judge hold ing that the two acts were to be read together. The effect of this decision is that a party presenting his petition to the judge of the county court and obtaining a final order, can now plead it in bar to any action that may be brought by a creditor, whose debt is inserted in the schedule. _ _ _ In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Lord Denman refused a rule calling upon the Bishop cf Here ford to show cause why he should not be prohibited from proceeding to deprive the Ltev. Bartlett of his living, The Bishop had called upon the rev. gentleman, under the Ist and 2d Vic., c. 106, to reside, but being sentenced to two years' imprisonment for libel, it was impossible for him to comply ; consequently the bishop was about to proceed under the 58th section to declare the living void. In the course of the argument, Mr. Justice Coleridge asked if there was not an appeal to the Archbishop under the 54th section. Mr. Bartlett's counsel replied in the affirmative, and confessed they had made one. but in vain. The County Courts for the recovery of Small Debts have, to a great extent, disappointed expectation. Under the system in operation the expense of recovering the debt is one-half as great as the debt itself. From a return made to Parliament it appears that since these Courts were instituted £650,590 has been recovered, out of which however only £345,122 has been recovered by the suitors, leaving the remainder, an average of 50 per cent., to be consumed in fees. Well might the hon. member who no ticed the subject in the House of Commons exclaim that this was a subject for the attention of government. This is anything but cheap justice brought to every man's door. And vet this is the much-clamoured-for and long-ex pected Local Courts Bill for the recovery of Small Debts. It may enable the suitor to recover them, but at too great a cost to render the recovery a source of much satisfaction to either creditor or debtor. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The trial of the Chartist ringleaders bas been postponed till next sessions, which commence on the 3rd of July. A HEAVY CHARGE AGAINST THE LORDS.—At the Reform meeting at Hereford, last week, one of the speakers, amongst many heavy imputations upon the House of Lords, accused their lordships of having most unjustly taxed their progenitors ! This is the age of new discoveries, but the idea of a man levying taxes on his defunct great-great-grandfather, is rich indeed. REPRESENTATION OF SHEFFIELD.—For some time past a requisition has been in course of signature among the electors of the borough of Sheffield, calling upon Messrs. Parker and Ward to resign their seats as repre sentatives of the borough of Sheffield. The number of requisitionists having amounted to no less than 1,600, Mr. I. Scholfield, chairman of the committee of dissatisfied electors, sent off the requisition to the borough members. Messrs. Parker and Ward have declined to accede to the request. SCENnS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—On Friday evening, in the House of Commons, a talking against time took place, amidst interruptions and confusion more worthy of a Chartist meeting than the House of Com mons. Mr. Hudson performed a distinguished part in it, and created great amusement by defending himself from a charge preferred against him by Mr. Hume of coming into the house every night "flushed, I will not say with champagne." In his retort, Mr. Hudson denounced Mr. Hume who never went out to a dinner himself or gave a dinner to his friends. In the absence of the reporters from the gallery a row was—we were told—got up be tween Mr. Hudson and Mr. Cobden, but was afterwards amicably settled. _ TIIE WEST INDIA SUGAR QUESTION.—On Thursday a meeting of highly influential gentlemen connected with the West India interest, and of other persons, was held at Heath's public room, Broad-street, Bristol, to consider the sugar question, and the present state of labour in the British colonies. Mr. Pountney, the mayor, presided. The resolutions were proposed and seconded by gentle men who advocated the principles contained in them at great length. They were put in the usual manner, and carried unanimously. The resolutions were to the effect, " that this meeting earnestly implores the legislature to revise the Sugar Duties Act of 1846, which has materially tended to encourage slavery and the slave trade, and to aggravate its horrors." FREE TRADE PROVED TO MEAN Low WAGES.—Mr. Wilson, the editor of the Economist, proposed in the Committee on the West India claims, a series of resolu tions, which, though rejected by the majority of the com mittee as too Free Trade in character, establish the fun damental truth of the Protectionist principle. In one of these resolutions this Free Trader declared with truth— "that one of the effects of the protecting duties levied upon foreign sugar has been to promote undue competi tion for labour in our colonies, and to raise the wages of labour." And in the next, referring to the withdrawal of these protecting duties, he proposed to the committee's adoption,—" That the late fall in the price of sugar, has already lead to a very considerable diminution in the Wages of labour," and " that if the protecting duties were now to be increased, and the price of sugar artificially raised, the efforts to lessen the cost of sugar by a reduction of wages would be impeded, and wages would again be raised in the colonies." DEPARTURE OF THE SPANISH MINISTER.—IIis Ex cellency M. Isturiz, left London on Wednesday, for Madrid. The Globe gives the following explanation of the circumstance. " The ultimate conclusion expressed by Lard Palmerston to M. Isturiz, viz : that the diplo matic relations between the two countries must neces sarily be suspended, and that it would probably be more agreeable to him, under the circumstance not to prolong his stay, was founded upon the fact, that M. Isturiz was unable to add anything to the explanations which his government had pretended to afford to Sir H. Bulwer, on giving him notice to quit Madrid. When M. de Mirasol made his appearance in England without any proper character, it was signified to him that our government could not listen to explanations conveyed through his channel. but that whatever he brought might be com municated by the medium of the Spanish Ambassador, M. Isturiz. After waiting in vain for any satisfactory ex planations from that regular organ of his government, and eliciting nothing, except that there was nothing to elicit, of any substantial matter, in addition to what had already been put forward by his principals at the court of Madrid, L pa o r r t dPalm of our government, as we nm ent, u t n o de th rs e to e o x d, made trao extraordinary a nar r y ep e l a y s , n e o wh t ic he h had thus been put forward, and concluded with the inti mation above mentioned." AMERICAN FEELING TOWARDS ENGLAND.—Black wood'B Magazine for the present month contains an arti cle under the above head. It is peculiarly valuable at the present time, in the first place as showing the delusion under which the Chartists of England labour with regard to American institutions and American liberty ; and se condly, the total absence of sy mpa th y i n the model Re public for those who would revolutionise and destroy Old England. The writer gives several excellently-penned Express :—" Th e ' s i x pa g n ex tracts from American journals, amongst w hi c h we find. he i a m r t thests a ll E or a n g ia England are, n o d ou bt, k nown to our readers. The petitioners p ra y (1) f or annual par t points' following aof par liaments, (2) universal suffrage, (3) vote by b a ll o t, (4) the Chartists equal electoral districts, (5) no property qualification. and (6) the payment of members. Now, at the first blush,all these seem reasonable enough, if the people want them, — although there is no proof that they do, but rather proof to the contrary,—but when we remember that, in this country, not one of these points, save the payment of members of Congress, is universally recognised as the law of the land, it is not for us to say a word in favour of the Chartists of England, at least until we make th e i r theore tical ' points' our ' points' in practice. We have no annual Congress. 11 lembers of the House are elected for two years, and members of the Senate for six years. We haie no universal suffrage. The three millions of slaves do not vote. The negroes in the Free States do not vote (two or three States 'excepted) without a property qualification. In democratic Virginia, a man must be a freeholder, to vote. In some of the other States there are also rigid re strictions. The vote by ballot is known nowhere in th e Slave States. The viva voce is the only mode of voting, and it is not certain that it is not the best way. E qua l electoral districts do not exist in this country. Six hun dred white men in South Carolina, or Louisiana, elect as many members of Congress as six thousand in. New York. The little State of Delaware, entitled to but one member of Congress, elects as many Senators as New York , , enti- tied to her thirty-six members in the Lower House. Thus, whatever evils the Chartists groan under, if any, we groan under here in these, their.bectuided, United Statea." IRELAND. The Repeal rent on Monday was only £8 ; the smallest weekly contributions we think ever received. The Cork Examiner of Monday gives the details of an extensive fire that took place in Cork-street in that city, at one o'clock on Sunday, by which property estimated at £20,000 was destroyed. No person knows what has become of Mr. Smith O'Brien. Some say he is in Wicklow—others in Cahir meyle. There is a mystery about his silence in these days of reunion and reorganization. From present appearances, the growing harvest through out Ireland is likely to turn out the most productive, in all kinds of grain and green crops, that the sister country has been blessed with for many years. The organisation of the rebellious clubs throughout Ire land is becoming every day more complete. The Nation of Saturday publishes a letter from John O'Connell, which is as treasonable as ever. A younger brother of John Mitchel sailed from Li verpool on Saturday, in the Britannia, for New York. He purposes, it is conjectured, to proceed to Bermuda, on matters of a family nature, to his brother. The Great Western steam-ship plies regularly between New York and Bermuda, the voyage being about seventy hours. FATHER KENYON.—The renowned priest of Temple derry, the chaplain of the United Irishman, and the per sonal friend of Mr. John Mitchell, has had a manifest triumph over his diocesan. Unlike Father Bermingham, Mr. Kenyon declined clothing himself in sackcloth and doing penance for his past misdeeds. Notwithstanding this contumacy, it appears that his suspension has been re moved, and that he has been unconditionally reinstated in his parish by Dr. Kennedy. So says the Limerick Reporter ; but Dr. Kennedy has published a letter from Father Kenyon. in which the latter says that he does not remember whether he ever uttered the language com plained of ; but if did, he regrets that it was capable of so much misconstruction. THE REPEAL UNION.—At a meeting at Conciliation Hall, on Monday, several letters were read pro and con on the subject. The Rev. P. Dawson as V.G. of Dr. Higgins, now in Rome, entered his protest against the dissolution of the Repeal Association, and Dr. Cantwell, R.C. Bishop of Meath, in a private communication to Mr. John O'Connell, a portion of which was submitted to the meeting, " Do not dare to lay your parricidal hands on the association founded by your lamented father." John O'Connell afterwards addressed the meeting, cautioning them not to listen to those who advised them to arm, as they would yet be able to gain their ends by peaceful agitation. (Loud cries of No; Yes ; Pikes ; Smith O'Brien for ever, and great confusion followed,) The question of the union with the Confede rates was ultimately adjourned for a fortnight. etntral The rate of discount of the Bank of England has been reduced from Four to Three-and-Half per Cent. Poor Tom Steele died at Peele's Coffee-house on Wed nesday. Three men were drowned in Loch Lomond, on Tuesday, by the upsetting of a boat. On Wednesday, the bakers throughout the metropolis reduced the price of the 41b. loaf Id. A considerable quantity of cider has been imported into London from the United States. The local rates of Leicester are eighteen shillings in the pound. It is believed at present to be the most distressed town in the country. In London, during the last seven days, the scarlet fever has killed just three times its ordinary number, and typhus and small-pox nearly twice the average number. Large importations of cherries and other fruits have been received in London, during the past week, from France, Belgium, and Holland. The sale of the estates of the Duke of Buckingham, in Bucks, Oxford, and Northamptonshire, has realised £262,990. An unusual quantity of salmon has this week been taken in the Tyne and sold at the low rate of sixpence per lb. On Friday, W. T. Smith, Esq., of Kentish Town, whose intellect has been latterly impaired by paralysis, blew out his brains with a blunderbuss. In the poisoning eases at Bristol, the jury have returned a verdict that the deceased died of prussic acid, but there was no evidence by whom administered. At Bradford, three chartists were on Friday committed for trial for illegal drilling to military exercises, and one for seditious speaking. A man has been committed for trial charged with set. ting fire to a stack of straw, at Bishop Middleham. scoundrel had been refused relief by the owner of the straw. DEPLORABLE DEATH.—On Saturday, the Rev. E. Spen cer, a relative of Earl Spencer, was found dead in the arch under the Adelphi. Deceased died of the effects of drunkenness. On Sunday, the house of Mr. Isaac. a halter, on the Parade, Plymouth, was burnt down, in consequence of the ignition and explosion of a barrel of naptha from a lighted candle, and two children were burnt to death. , _... On Saturday, at the Central Criminal Court, nine Chartists were found guilty of a riot on Sunday, the 4th instant, at Bishop Bonner's-fields. Sentence was de ferred. Many of the shipwrights of Sunderland who had the opportunity to work at the reduced wage of a guinea a week have declined to do so, and nearly the whole of these working men are now out of employment. Prince Albert presided on Friday afternoon at a meet ing of the. Commission for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding of the Palace of West minster. The times are su bad that a great number of pawnbro kers in tho metropolis have given notice that they will not take in pledges, it being next to impossible to get rid of unredeemed goods by public sale. The Hereford Journal states that haymaking is now extensively in operation in that vicinity, but that the crops generally are neither heavy nor remarkable for their quality—a fact attributable to the extraordinary drought and unseasonable heat of the early part of May. An amusing joke was played oft in the House of Lords the other evening, when some noble lord. as Lord Brougham entered the house, put a hair broom on his seat. There was a general laugh at the noble lord's sur prise. Nearly 200 young women, under the charge of six ma trons, sailed last week from Plymouth, in the Royal George, for Sydney, New South Wales. These girls were all selected in the Irish Union Workhouses, and are sent by the Australian Land and Emigration Commissioners. On Thursday week, the sum of £1,600, raised for the relief of the widow and family of William Wyatt, and re warding Thomas Wyatt and others, who assisted in the capture of the Adlington murdereas, was presented at Macclesfield. At the Old Bailey Sessions, on Wednes 'ay, tl e trial of Mr. Barnes, surgeon, of Thaxted, for the abduction of the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Harvey, was postponed, it being suagested as probable that the affair would be corn , promised. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. — The " anti-monopolists," as a morning contemporary facetiously termed the troop of French actors whose performance at " Old Drury" has given such offence to the English public, leave London this week, after giving two farewell performances for which they modestly charge only a guinea! A few days since some sawyers, employed in a building yard, at Plymouth, who were sawing a fine elm that had been blown down by the wind, found a sparrow's nest, containing an egg, in the centre of the tree, which was two feet nine inches in diameter at the place where the nest was discovered, and which was perfectly sound. Early in July the new Romish Cathedral in Saint George's Fields is to be opened, with a " pontifical" service by Dr. Wiseman. Tickets are already selling at one or two guineas each ; and it is expected that the " per formance will yield as much, or even more, than one of Jenny Lind's benefit concerts ! THE HONEYSUCKLE.—The Gardener's Chronicle, in a recent number has suggested the raising of varieties from this beautiful creeper, and we allude to this matter because a neighbour in the country has sent to our office a pretty specimen of a variety, grown in his own de lightful garden. It is of a bright scarlet color and quite new to us. THE MURDER IN COLD-BATA FIELDS PRISON.—The coroner's inquest on the body of William Woodhouse, late a warder in this prison, who was stabbed to death by George John Hewson, one of the prisoners, on Saturday morning week, has terminated in a verdict of wilful murder against Hewson, who has been committed to Newgate for trial. TILE CASE OF POISONING AT A PUBLIC DINNER. — The inquest upon the body of Mr. William Cornfiel, one of the sufferers, was concluded on Tuesday night, when the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Edmund Franklin and Edward Randall." Franklin is the pastry cook who furnished the dinner and Randall is the pastry cook's assistant. SUDDEN DEATH OF FATHER AND SON.—On Monday, Thomas Watts, one of the under-porters at Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, dropped down dead. On the day but one following (Wednesday last) the father of the deceased dropped dead, as he was on his way to tell another son when the funeral of his brother would take place. Both died of disease of the heart. FOREIGN FRUIT.—The first import of cherries at Hull, took place on the sth inst., and consisted of 150 baskets brought with 50 baskets new potatoes and a few cucumbers, from Rotterdam. These were followed, on Friday, by 700 baskets cherries, 100 ditto potatoes, and 50 ditto green peas, brought from Antwerp. On Monday, the Seagull delivered upwards of 1,000 baskets cherries, 15 baskets cucumbers, and 200 baskets potatoes. THE EMIGRANT SHIP OMEGA.—This ship, which was supposed to have foundered after the emigrants had been taken out of her, has been passed, perfectly sound, 80 miles west of the Scilly Lights, by the barque Franklin. Not a soul was on board, and the vessel was drifting with the current, leaving little doubt that had the emigrants remained on board every one would have been saved.— Montreal Transcript, of May 20. On Friday, the Lord Mayor of London, accompanied by the sheriffs and several of.the aldermen, all attired in court dresses, went in state carriages to visit the Chinese junk, Keying, which is now exhibited at Blackwall. The Chinese at first mistook the footmen, who wore splendid liveries, covered with gold lace, for the turtle-loving dig nitaries of the corporation, and accordingly made deep salaams to them, until the interpreters explained which were the masters and which the servants. Peter Carlton, an Irishman, servant to Major Turner, was brought up at London police-court the other day, charged with bigamy. His second wife did not wish to prosecute him ; and, on the magistrate asking explanation, it appeared that his first wife, who represented herself to him, in the commencement, as a widow, had another husband living, when he married her. He had deserted her when he discovered that fact, and considered himself free to go to the altar a second time. This curious case has been postponed. STEAM V. HORSEFLESH.—A gentleman, well known on the turf, has challenged the best engine belonging to the Great Western Railway Company to run half a mile for _ _ 1,000 sovs., the steamer to travel per rail, and the bip e d on the Reading race-course, which is parallel with the line. About 560 of the British lace-makers near Calais, ex pelled from France by the events of the late revolution, have been sent to our Australian Colonies, by the bene volent exertions of Lord Ashley, Lord Robert Grosvenor, and others. The last of three ships chartered by the Emigration Commissioners for their conveyance, sailed from Gravesend near London, on Monday. MURDER AT SHlELDS.—Yesterday week, at the Shields races, a quarrel took place between two men in one of the tents frequented by loose women, with some of whom the belligerents had been drinking, and a fight ensued, when one of the men, named Moody, stabbed the other with a knife. The wound proved fatal in a few minutes. The quarrel originated in the attentions paid by the de ceased to one of the women, which excited the jealousy of Moody, who was soon afterwards apprehended. On Thursday a little boy, five years old, travelling with its mother and servant, by the third class train on the Midland Railway, fell out of the carriage as the train was proceeding, either from the opening of the door or over balancing himself through the window. The train was stopped as soon as possible, as was the - down train, and an engine was sent on to find the boy; but before its arrival the boy had been picked up by a policeman, with no further injury than a few scratches. During a heavy thunder-storm which visited North wich and its neighbourhood, on the 3rd instant, two milch cows, belonging to Mr. Dunn, of Hartford, were struck by the lightning while grazing or lying down in the orchard near Mr. Dunn's house, and died very soon after. And on the next day, during another heavy thun der storm, Mr. Edgerley, farmer, of Wicham, near Northwich, had a valuable cow and calf struck dead by the electric fluid. EFFECT OF CHARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS.—A corre spondent had a ship at one of the ports of Porto Rico waiting to take cargo under regular charter; and, in con sequence of the news arriving of the general disturbed state of Europe, and of the intended Chartist meeting on Kennington-common, the merchants refused to load the ship ; and in this case the owners of the vessel sustain a very considerable loss. Several other ships were in port at the same time, and also lost their cargoes.—Plymouth Journal. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—The contest for the prize of £lOO, open to all Royal Yacht Clubs, without respect to tonnage, took place on Tuesday last. Eight yachts started, all belonging to London, Plymouth, and Southampton. The distance to be sailed was from Erith round the Nore Light, and back. The winner was the 3fusquito, of 50 tons, belonging to Charles Mars, Esq., of London, which performed the distance in 7 hours, 25 minutes, 50 seconds. The Heroine came in second, the Secret third, and the Daring fourth. MURDER.—On Monday night, two men, named Ben nett and. Cook, were returning home from a cider-house, about a mile distant from Ledbury, when near to Brad low turnpike, they were accosted by a fellow named Samuel Taylor. A few words passed between them, when Taylor struck Bennett a tremendous blow, which felled him to the ground. The poor fellow, as soon as he could recover himself, importuned him for merny, but to no purpose, nor did he desist until Bennett fell a corpse. The villain then made off, and has not yet been taken. EMIGRANT SHIPS.—The consul of the United States has transmitted to Lloyd's a copy of an act of congress, dated the 17th of May, regarding the ventilation and pro visioning of emigrant ships. The first section of this act makes it incumbent on all vessels carrying fifty passengers or under, in the between-decks, to have a house con structed on the combings of the hatchway, with two doors, so that one may at all times be open for the purpose of ventilation. Where more than fifty passengers are car. ried, a house must be constructed at each end of the deck, one to be furnished at the top with an outlet for foul air, and the other to be se constructed as to admit fresh air. Cooking apparatus must also be furnished on deck. THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT BATTERSEA. —On Wed nesday, the Coroner for Surrey resumed the adjourned inquest respecting the death of James Charles Gosling, the deceased Gosling, a sbe being of hGerrosvoe n - place, aged twenty-three, the party who was found in th e r i ver Thames with a pistol wound in the forehead, and w h o it was believed had been murdered and afterwards th rown B in r t o o mp th th e n, w i a d t e e n r t . and described him as having been very eccentric in hi s con duct, and incoherent in his language. He had fre quen tl y said, that if he wished to commit suicide he sho u ld s h oot himself in the head and fall back into the river, s o th a t no ifie A d irs th . inquest should be held on his body. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased destroyed his own life, he being at the time of unsound mind." MORE CHARTIST ARRESTS AT BINGLEY.—Three more of the Chartists, engaged in the late riot and rescue at Bingley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were taken from their beds early on Thursday morning last, and committed to York Castle by Mr. W. B. Ferrand. One of the prisoners was liberated on bail, and the others were escorted by Mr. Ferrand, with six of his keepers (armed with double barrelled guns) and about eighty con stables, to the railway station, whence they were sent off to York Castle. Two more men were taken into custody the same morning, on the charge of throwing stones and using threatening language to Mr. Thacker, magistrates' clerk, and one of the Bingley constables. The firmness and decision of Mr. Ferrand as a magistrate have almost put an entire stop to the illegal proceedings of the Char tists in his locality. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY AT HARROGATE. —On Monday morning, about half-past five o'clock, when the female servant of Mr. Todd, boot and shoemaker, at High Harrogate, opened the house door, a man rushed within the house, and seizing hold of her, tied a handker chief over her mouth to prevent her screaming. He then commenced rifling her pockets. but finding little of value there, he drew a razor, and attempted to cut her throat with it, inflicting two severe gashes. When he had frightened the young woman out of further resistance, he hastily ransacked several of the drawers, from which he removed several articles of silver plate ; but hearing a whistle, (which was supposed to be given by an accom plice stationed near,) he suddenly decamped, leaving the bulk of the property behind him, but taking with him the handkerchief which he had tied round the girl's mouth. INCREASE OF PAUPERISM. The rapid increase of pauperism in the parishes comprised in the Huntingdon union offers a melancholy example of the rapid decline of the rural population in comfort and respectability, or else that the wholesome state of self-respect which kept a man from the parish has been broken down, and the example of one becomes the standard and rule for the many. The Huntingdon union embraces 83 parishes, with a popula tion at the last census of 18,229—by the quarterly return made at Lady-day, it appears that nearly one-fifth of this number were receiving parochial relief, namely 3,416, which is an increase over the same period of 1844 (four years) of upwards of 1,300. The parish of Ramsey with a population of 3,679, stands conspicuous in the increase —at Lady-day 1844, the number of their poor receiliv , in and out-door relief was 465—at the same period in 1848 it was 1 410—maVng considerably more than one-third of the whole population in a state of pauperism. DEATH OF JAMES WATT, ESQ.—Our obituary of this week records the death of James Watt, Esq., the last surviving son of the illustrious improver of the steam engine. lie was born on the sth of February, 1769, and was therefore, in his 80th year. Inheriting a large share of the powerful intellect of his distinguished father, to the extension of whose fame he had for the last thirty years shown the most zealotrl and truly filial devotion, he united to great sagacity and a masculine understanding the varied acquirements and literary tastes of a well-cultivated mind. His name will long be remembered in association with that of the late Mr. Boulton, as they were for nearly half a century successfully engaged in carrying out those inven tions and improvements by which the genius of his father was immortalized. For the last eight years of his life he had comparatively retired from active business, and had devoted much attention to the improvement of his exten sive estates in the counties of Radnor and Brecon.— Birmingham Journal. A GIRL. KILLED BY HER BROTHER.—On Monday, a little interesting girl, named Mary Ridgwell, aged nine years, and her brother, aged twelve, were playing together in a yard fronting th,Ar parents' house, at Chelmsford. The little girl was noticed going:to a pump with a pail in one hand and a mug in the other, when the brother de manded the pail, which he got possession of. The deceased then said, " You shan't have that," meaning the mug she had in her hand, and, on his endeavouring to get it, she threw some water which was in it over him. He then struck her across the back, and they kicked at each other. A painful blow appeared to have been inflicted on the lower part of her abdomen. She reeled towards some palings and swooned away. She expired in the course of twenty minutes. From fright, apparently, the boy ran away from his home,. and was taken on the Colchester road, about two miles and a half from Chelmsford. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the boy William Ridgwell, and be was accordingly committed for trial at the ensuing assizes. . . TRANSPORTATION FOR FORGING. At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Thursday, John Wilkinson, a respectable looking man, apparently over 60 years of age, and described as a labourer, removed by habeas from Bristol, was charged with forging a transfer upon the Bank of England. It appeared that while the prisoner was in business in Mint-street, Borough, in 1838, his son married a lady under age, but by whom he got £l5OO for tune. Of this £lOOO was invested in the Bank of Eng land Three per cent. Reduced Annuities, in the name of the prisoner and a neighbour of his, named William Shep pard, as co-trustees for the son and his children ; and so it was supposed to remain until 1847, when it was dis covered that the prisoner, accompanied by a person falsely representing William Sheppard, forged a deed of transfer, by which lie drew the whole of the £lOOO out of the bank, and converted it to his own use, thus leaving his real co-trustee liable to his son and the children. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for life. DISINTERESTED GENEROSITY. —Mr. Warren, the author of " Ten Thousand a Year," the " Diary of a Physician," and last, though by no means least memorable, the dramatic narrative " Now and Then," in the course of a lecture delivered in the hall of the Law Society, in Chancery-lane, said. " a short time ago, a gentleman of large fortune, a man, in fact, worth his £40,000, was in dignant with his only child, a daughter, for marrying against his wishes. lie quarrelled with her—he disin herited her—he left his whole property of £40,000 to his attorney, and to two other gentlemen, all of whom were residing in Yorkshire. What did the attorney do ? lle went to his two co-legatees, got them to sign their re spective claims over to himself, and then made over every sixpence of the £40,000 to the daughter and her chil dren ! " The above gratifying circumstance is literally true. The gentleman of fortune was a manufacturer in a town celebrated for its linen manufactures within the district of the circulation of • thi; paper, and the disin terested attorney is one of the brightest ornaments of his profession in the West Riding of Yorkshire. June 20, 1848. A disgraceful attempt has been made in London, by number of blackguards, to prevent the French company' who have taken Drury-lanetheatre from tieing heard. Mr. Macready felt this insult to the foreign artists so acutely` that he addressed a letter to the manager, stating that " not only on the stage and in society, but from vett many artists of the various theatres it. Paris, I experienced the most gratifying and liberal attentions. It is with equal pain and surprise I have heard of the disreputable proceedings at Drury-lane." The row, which commenced on Monday, was continued on Wednesday night. FATAL AFFRAY.—An inquest was held on Thursday, at the New Inn, at Longford, near Glocester, on the body of a Mr. Organ, a respectable inhabitant of that city, whose death was occasioned in the following man ner :—Mr. Organ had been dining with a convivial party, celebrating the anniversary of a society of which he was a member, at the New Inn. He left the house to go home, somewhat exhilarated by the good cheer of which he had partaken, when he was insulted by three fellows of disre putable character, one of them a returned transport, and a pugilistic contest was about to commence, when a fourth person, named 'bulge, a man of very indifferent charac ter, came up and struck Mr. Organ a blow which felled him to the ground. He was carried into the New Inn, but it was discovered that life was nearly extinct, and he expired in half an hour. The men were taken into cus tody, but succeeded in getting away from the police. Rudge and another were subsequently re-captured, and are in custody. The inquest was postponed. IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS. — RESTRICTION OF TUB SALE OF BEER, &c.—The Earl of Harrowby has laid on the table of the House of Lords a bill, which has been read a second time, intitled "an act for regulating the sale of beer and other liquors on the Lord's Day." The bill is a very short one ; and after reciting that " whereas the prohibition against licensed victuallers and other per sons in London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle upon-Tyne opening their houses before the hou r of one o'clock in the afternoon on the Lord's Day has been found to be attended with great benefits," it proceeds to enact " that no licensed victualler or other person shall open his house for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, or other fermented or distilled liquors, or sell the same, on Sun days, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, before the hour of one in the afternoon, except refreshment for travellers, or for supplying the wants of any person or persons who shall usually victual there." It also enacts " that every person so offending against this act shall be liable to penalty of not less than twenty shillings, nor more than fifty shillings, for every such offence; and every separate sale shall be deemed a separate offence." JUVENILE WRETCHEDNESS AND CRIMINALITY IN LoNDoN.—Lord Ashley state that the number of these is 30,000 at the least. From an analysis of a portion of the class, he deduced the character of the whole. In fifteen ragged schools—and it should be remembered that only the best of their order are attracted to the school—there are 1,600 pupils, from five to seventeen years of age, in regular attendance. Of these, 162 have confessed that they had been in prison several times-116 had run awl! from home-170 slept in lodging-houses, nests of every abomination-253 admitted that they lived altogether by begging-216 had no shoes or stockings-280 had no caps, hats, or bonnets-101 had no linen-249 never slept in a bed. Some of the children could not remember ever having slept in a bed in their lives ! Those who have any occupation other than begging and thieving, sell lucifer matches in the streets, sweep crossings, hold horses, and so forth ; and when they cannot afford the price of their' miserable lodging, sleep, in inclement weather, in door ways, under arches, sheds, porticos, in yards, stables a nd out-houses--where no rich man would suffer his dog to lie at night. From this class, too long unknown and ne glected, springs up inevitably the great body of our crimi nal offenders. TRAVELLING SWINDLERS. The Devon Chronicle states that two individuals, having the appearance of, gentlemen, arrived in Teignmouth last week, and took 1 1 1) their abode at the Devon Arms. One of them, an agree able person, took a seat in the tradesmen's room on the same evening, and immediately joined in gossip. His conversation was humourous, his appearance and address bespoke a man who had seen life ; and he was acknow ledged to be excellent company. He dined at four, smoked his pipe, ate a pint of strawberries for suppers and with his friend, who was less interesting, but eq ually respectable, retired for the night. Evening after evening many tradesmen retired from the fatigue of business to spend an hour or two at the Devon Arms, listening to the details of travels and adventures so pleasantly described. They were on equally agreeable terms with the host, and everything which they ordered was placed to account for future settlement. At length, a pleasure party over the bar in a yacht was proposed. The strangers were invited; the host was to accomnany them and be caterer. The day came on Wednesday, when the party were all r eady, with the exception of the strange gentlemen, who, unfor tunately could not accompany them, one being ill, and the other obliged to watch the progress of his disposition . The party went. The strangers also went, but another way. The indisposed gentleman got better about eleven o'clock, and his watchful friend proposed a ride on horse back. They ordered dinner at five o'clock, and started for their ride, but they never rode back, nor have they been seen in Teignmouth since. A leather trunk, which they could not conveniently take away, was left be hind, and the next day the landlord shook it but found it `zacAssemptyiA.- SUCCESSFUL M TREATENT OF CHOLERA IN _ —At the meeting of the Medico-Botanical Society, on Thursday night, Mr. Guthrie read letters which had been received from Prince Woronzow, the commander-in-chief of the Russian forces in Circassia, and from Dr. Andre osky, his physician, detailing a new ant successful plan of treating this formidable disease. It would appear that the Prince's attention was first drawn to the matter by noticing that a certain regiment of Cossacks suffered but slightly from cholera as compared with the other troops. On inquiry of the colonel, he learned that the recovery Of the Cossacks was attributed to the use of an elixir called the Elixir of Woronege—a preparation of a somewhat quackish description, the principal important ingredient of which was naphtha. Dr. Andreosky, finding the quan tity of elixir in possession of the colonel to be but s mall, s n u li c l e d e c s a sf s u e l s o w f it c h ho t l h er e a se7h and e df a c d h m o i l n e i r s a t i e c r d ed iar i r t hw in ea determined to try naphtha by itself. He first used it in ;hp e rowing m ore severe cases with equal advantage, and finally found It effect a cure even during the mos t ex t reme co ll a p s es. dose which he gave was from 10 to 15 and 20 drops 1 . 11 ,glassful of wine, repeated if the first dose did not remain on the stomach, or if the symptoms required it, which was not often the case. The naphtha used in the Russian army is not the ordinary naphtha of the shops, but the mineral naphtha obtained from Beker, on the shores of the Caspian. It should be of a white or rose colour, and used without previously undergoing the process of distil lation. Mr. Guthrie stated, in conclusion, that he had sent to Circassia to procure a bottle of this naphtha, and when he had received it, he would place it in the hands of the secretary, that the members might be able to ascertain precisely what are its properties. A SUBTERRANEAN FIRE.—At Lower Haugh near Ro therham, on the estate of Earl Fitzwilliam, an extensive bed of coal beneath the village is on fire, and has been in that condition, burning with greater or less intensity, for at least twenty years. The coal in certain places bassets out —that is, it comes up to the surface of the ground ; and it was at one of these bassets that the fire originally corn' menced, having been ignited by a " clamp "—(a fire for burning stones intended for road materials). The sub terranean fire les continued to advarce in various direc tions up to the present time, its progress being manifest by the appearance at intervals of smoke and flames at the surface of the ground ; the spread of which has been generally stopped, however. by puddling the eruptions with clay, &c. A feeling of apprehension as to the ulti mate fate of the village has always continued to prevail, and it is stated that a good many years ago the destruc tion of the mausoleum of the Wentworth family Wa s threatened the approach of the fire, but happily th e calamity wasavertd by severing the bed of coal, for which, purpose a shaft was especially sunk. Latterly, the we"' of destruction appears to have been going on with un wonted rapidity, and, naturally enough, has created a corresponding degree of alarm. Our informant saw two beautiful detached cottages, the foundation of which is 5° much undermined and sunk that one or both of them hal ceased to be occupied ; the walls of one of the cottages had quite separated, and the buildin g must have tumble a down had not means been resorted to for keeping it to gether. The ground, in several large tracts, is one huge hotbed, and where the heat is not so intense as to destrei vegetation, the villagers turn it to very good account in raising early crops of vegetables. Peas were seen, sou weeks ago flourishing luxuriantly in the open air ; and Po' tatoes are so forward, that one crop has been already se cured, and a second crop got into the ground. The ex posed earth is( quite warm even in the depth of winte c e; i T s h c e on un ti n n a u t a u l ra ly l a l s i c e e a n t d e i n n g g en a d n e d rs ad a u d l i t s e a r g a r t e in ea g b t l h e and the doubtless to the detriment of animal health ; houses in the wcrst localities are often filled strongly charged with sulphur, rendering them, as habita tions, little better than a coal-pit. The cellars are worse' MOVING A HOUSE.—Within the last fortnight th e _ Americans have been outdone in this kind of work, Messrs. Ransome and May's, Orwell Foundry, Ipswich' where a brick-built house, two stories high, 26 feet by 1.7 , has been moved a distance of 70 feet, and raised without sustaining the slightest crack in the walls or ce°, ings, or even in the papering of the rooms. The r emove! was accomplished under the direction and superintenden ce of Mr. Worby, the manager of the works ; and the viodul operandi seems to have been this :—A series of holes,,,u, e sm at o in k o e s , pt i re t, inches square, was first made through th w e it b h r w ic a k r era!i Ar close to the ground, at intervals of three feet, all roan: the house. Through these holes were inserted cantaleveY,, or pieces of timber about four feet long, and the ea r , e inside and out, having been cleared away, the ends we made to rest on blocks of wood ; so that during the r_ s moval of the foundation, the superstructure would 1 . ; entirely on them. The next operation was to re mowe,lf._ foundation, and to lay in its place long pieces of tieney': 11 inches square ; these had a coat of mortar laid on the bed for the trickwork, and were then lifted up t° n th - ' walls, forming a kind of framework, on which, the eas levers and blocks being removed, the house sto firmly as it did on its original foundation. The buteiotell was then raised to the required height, one Side. D io s elevated at a time, and a number of longitudinal tin? of great strength laid underneath, and continued aw; the ground as far as the new foundation. As a P r % c b y tionary measure the sides of the house were bound A means of stout planks run up at the angles, and fasti.e_laiery together with iron rods. The whole of this prelim work occupied some time to complete, the workreell h e o u. turning to it when they had nothing else to engage,i_i n g ' The timbers, along which the house was to slide, ri o a aght • been well greased, three bottle-jack screws were b toot. bearlocomotion up o n one o end inm e o n f c e t e . Theframework, r rate 0 and f t long delay .(•). to about one foot in five minutes, but as a ot curred each time the screws were refixed and g din a day. The house is now standing on its second foy. as beep play, not more than 25 feet could be accom none the worse for the experiment to which it h subjected,—Suffolk Chronicle. r a s t, e h l e l i nPrrg"e?, Plisneation,