The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-30 00:00:00

\ N . s , u • ,\ _..._ _ _ ,\ . 7% ,,, 15 .,\ .7.4 , ‘• ( \ \ • \ •,-a-\\` \ \-\ .S.._ N_ , ;\ t \ \ \ Satin \ 4*• <. \\-, \ .. v%N. \ s.,\..\- a .-• lbsr' - •1 ♦ 1.3 ‘lj• r :~~;\,~~ Vrortaino in Varliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. The AttorneysCoertificatelE;;;;nsiered,iit; ;mended ; after which, Lord R. GROSVENOR moved that the third read ing be appointed for Thursday next.—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the bill be read the third time that day three months.—For the third reading, SR ; against it. 112. Majority, 24.—This division made the amendment an original motion, and upon a division the bill was thrown out by a ma jority of 29. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. On Tuesday, thc population and population (Ireland) bills were read a third time and passed. The third reading of the militia ballot suspension bill having beer moved, the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH commented on the foreign policy of the government, which, he said, provoked hostilities from our neighbours, while their home policy was calculated to diminish the defences of the country. Earl GREY denied both branches of the accusation brought against the administration. The bill was then read a third time and passed ; as were the eceesiastical jurisdiction bill, the loan societies bill, and the vestries and vestry clerks' bill respectively. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--TUESDAY. Lord ARUNDEL and SURREY withdrew the Marriages Act Amendment Bill for the present session. Colonel DuNNE moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Irish Poor Law. Disclaiming any intention to abolish that law, he stated the principal features of the measure he pro posed to introduce for correcting those parts of it which pressed most heavily upon the country—namely, a modification of, or a substitute for, the system of outdoor relief, the removal from the commissioners of the power of appointing paid guard ians, and provisions against the extravaxant expenditure under the existing Poor Law. He did not wish to press the bill this session. Leave was given to bring in the bill. Colonel SIBTHORP rose to submit a motion for the remission of the income-tax levied on the tenant-farmers. Their distress being admitted, he appealed to the Chance for of the Exche quer to acquiesce in the object of the motion now, or in the - next session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that to relieve one class from the operation of this tax would be unjust to other classes, and inconsistent with the principle of the tax. Next session would be the time for considering the general question. .Mr. SPOONER urged that the tenants were assessed to the tax upon a false principle, and suggested that the Commission ers of the Property Tax should be authorized to hear appeals of tenants who, though charged upon profits, had been suffering loss. Mr. DISRAELI considered that there would be no practical difficulty in relieving tenant farmers from this tax, and he supported the motion upon the g round that it was his duty to take every opportunity to obtain for the cultivator of the soil complete justice. The house divided, when the motion was negatived by 50 against 32. Mr. WYLD obtained leave to bring in a bill to incorporate the general practitioners of surgery, medicine, and midwifery. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Steck-in-Trade Bill passed through committee. WITHDRAWAL OF THE MARRIAGES BILL. The Earl of ST. GERMANS moved that the order of the day for the second reading of this bill be read for the purpose of being discharged. He hoped that during the recess their lordships would consider the bill calmly and deliberately, without suffering their minds to be t.rejudiced by the vehement denunciations against this bill, so that early next session they might take into their consideration the recommendation of several most pious clergymen and of the learned members of the commission appointed to consider this subject, and that some such alteration should take place in the law. The Bishop of SALISBURY said that the report of the com mission appointed gave no opinion on the matter; certainly not one in favour of the bill. The Earl of ST. GERMANS said the report pointed out the evils of the existing state of the law. The Bishop of OXFORD protested against the Church of England not condemning those marriages. The Earl of ST. GERMANS explained. These marriages might be celebrated in the Church of Rome by a dispensation from the Pope. The Bishop of OxFoßn said the Pope might, by dispensa tion, legalise a marriage between a brother and sister. Lord BROUGHAM said that argument from the practice of the Church of Rome proved too much or too little, for the Pope might, by a dispensation, enable a man to marry his grandmother. He should seriously consider the subject during the recess. .The order of the day for the second reading of the bill was then discharged. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.. - The Mercantile Marine (No. 2) Bill, after considerable dis cussion, and after the rejection of several proposed amend ments. passed through committee, and it was arranged that the third reading should take place on Tuesday next at twelve o'clock at noon. The Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill partly passed through committee. in reply to a question from Mr. MONSELL, Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Security for Advances to Ire land Bill bad met with so much opposition that he would not re-introduce it during the present session. On the motion for the house resolving itself into a committee of supply, Lord NAAS moved that an humble address be presented to ler Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to order such measures to be taken as will insure the immediate establishment of regular steam communication with her Aus tralian colonies. After a lengthened discussion, Lord Naas' motion was negatived without a division. Mr. HUME called the attention of the house to the system of charging a fee for admission to St. Paul's. Sir G. GREY admitted the grievance, and explained that steps were being taken for abolishing it. The house then went into a committee of supply ; but no discussion of importance took place. Nearly all the remaining estimates were voted, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Upon the motion of Lord BEAUMONT, the three persons, Byrne, M'Arthur, and II inde, who confessed to having signed fictitious signatures to petitions from the ratepayers of Liver pool, were brought up from Newgate ; and the noble lord, Xmrs'innt to notioo, tnorprt that tho u he reprimanded and dis charged. Lord BROUGHAM concurred in the motion, upon the ground that the parties might have been the instruments in the hands of other parties, and that they were not aware of the serious offence they were committing. After some conversation to the same effect from the Marquis Of LANSDOWNE, the Earl of HARROWBY read a letter from the Liverpool Trade Protection Society, denying a portion of the evidence given by the parties at the bar with respect to the mode in which petitions were got up in Liverpool. Lord BEAUMONT said the committee now sitting determined to find out the real delinquents, who, if discovered, would cer tainly be punished. The LORD CHANCELLOR then severally reprimanded the parties, who were discharged—the costs, on account of their poverty, being remitted. Lord BaoconAm called the attention of the house to the course taken by the Attorney-General with regard to an infor mation proposed to be filed in the Court of Chancery with a view to stay by injunction the erection of a building in Hyde park for the Great Exhibition in 1851. The noble lord went into the question "at considerable length, and denounced the conduct of the Attorney-General as most unconstitutional, declaring that be bad prevented the public from prosecuting their case, because he knew that their opponents dared not meet them in a court of law. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE complained that Lord Brougham had brought forward this question without giving the usual notice. It seemed to him that the Attorney-General had merely exercised the discretion which was admitted to be vested in him in the manner which he believed would prove most beneficial to the public. As, however, Sir John Romilly was about to explain the matter in the lower house, it was not necessary to say anything more about it. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. Mr. Stanley took the oaths and his seat for the city of Chester. immediately afterwards, Sir R. H. INoLIs pretented a peti tion from Bath against the admission of Jews into parliament, which was received with derisive cheers from the ministerial benches, but with much applause by the opposition. BARON ROTHSCHILD'S SEAT. Exactly at a quarter-past twelve, Baron ROTHSCHILD pre sented himself at the bar, and advanced to the table between Mr. J. A. Smith and Mr. W. Page Wood, and having presented his qualification, which was accepted, said, " I desire to be sworn upon the Old Testament." (Cheers.) At the request of the Speaker, the baron withdrew, taking his seat under the Speaker's Gallery. He was frequently afterwards in commu nication with several members, particularly . Lord J. Russell. Sir R. INoLis rose and said, that ever since the house had . been a Christian legislature no man bad ever presumed (he used the word without offence) to offer to take his seat without takings the solemn oaths in the name of our Redeemer. He concluded his speech by moving that " Baron Rothschild, upon presenting himself to take his seat, having requested to be allowed to be sworn upon the Old Testament, this house refuses to alter the form of taking the oath." Much excite. ment prevailed during the delivery of the hon. baronet's speech. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, without expressing any opinion .on the subject, moved that, as in the case of Mr. O'Connell when returned for Clare, Baron Rothschild be heard at the bar by himself, his counsel, or hls agents, in respect to his claim to sit and vote in parliament on taking the oaths on the Old Testament. Mr. PAGE WOOD contended that the amendment did not meet the case, and said there was no need of the house being informed upon the question by counsel, because no Jew was prevented by law from taking oaths upon the Old Testament. Ile should therefore vote both against the motion and amend ment. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said he had always supported the admission of Jews into parliament, but he protested against the house being taken by surprise or by storm. He would move that the debate be adjourned, to give time for further consideration. Lord JOHN RUSSELL consideredtheproposal for an adjourn ment reasonable, and consistent with the character of the louse, which ought not to decide a question of so much impor tance without due deliberation. At the same time, he consi dered the same course ought to be taken in this case as in that •ef Mr. O'Connell, a course which would by no means preju dice Baron Rothschild. He hoped that due time would be taken for deliberation, and a day fixed for further discussion which Avould be convenient to Baron Rothschild. Sir BENJAMIN HALL strongly blamed the government for the delay in the settlement of this question, and said the elec tors of London would no longer be trifled with. Mr. C. ANSTEY said the present parliament might not be in existence next session ; and if it were dissolved without having settled this question, it would always be liable to the charge of baying neglected its duty. Mr. NEWDEOATE condemned the attempt to force on a decision as extremely objectionable, bothin point of precedent and character. He supported the adjournment of any conclu sion upon the question till next session, as proposed by Lord John Russell on Monday. Mr. OSBORNE, in a rattling speech, warmly assailed the con duct of Lord John Russell on this bill, as totally unworthy of his,character, and said if the Jews had not been a small body be could not have ventured upon such a policy. An under standing had been entered into between the government and Mr. Walpole to postpone the decision on the question. Mr. WALPOLE said he had entered into no arrangement. Mr. OSBORNE, amidst loud cheers, _urged the friends of pro gress not to be dragged at the wheels of an equivocating government, by consenting to any further delay. He asked the speaker if he was empowered to administer the oath to Baron Rothschild in the house, in the same way as the judges did in courts of justice. The Sezar.v.a, in reply, said the result would depend upon his answer ; but he could not permit any alteration in the anode of administering the oath, without the authority of the house. Mr. GOIMBITRN, in a long speech, urged the propriety of further consideration, and supported the adjournment. Mr. AOLIONBY advised that for the sake of all parties the debate be adjourned without a division •, but insisted that there was no necessity to hear Baron Rothschild by himself or his counsel. Sir F. THESIGEIL supported the adjournment, and urged the propriety of the whole question being discussed when the d e b a t e was resumed. Mr. HOME urged the government to withdraw the amend ment that counsel be called in. He said in that case lie would support the adjournment of the debate. He accused the Jgo ifeanycon t of •a deliberate att emp t to i nsu l t t h e electors o f . sofhifi through% Efron Rothschild, by delaying a discussion crlitlie question of his admission. ~„.6 Lo r d J. ItussEr.i. said, in explanation, that the motion of G eA eral would give th e b aron the option of ~ " the Attorney- • -"Waring by counsel pr not. -: si r . HOME said. tie 41 not wish to appear, and suggested that he should be salted die question. - AftPr a few yroldg f mt p Aly, Walpole, Mr. Page Wood, and ' Mr, Stun, . .. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would willingly withdraw his amendment if the debate were adjourned. Sir JAstes GRAHAM said be considered the Attorney-Gene ral's amendment to be withdrawn, and advised the friends of Baron Rothschild not to oppose the adjournment. Some desultory conversation followed, after which the debate was adjourned. An uproarious discussion then took place as to the day on vihich the debate should be resumed ; and eventually, after two divisions, the debate was adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. The house then adjourned. The house re-assembled at a quarter to six o'clock. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Dungarvon, in the place of Viscount Nortland, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Lord Jo ti ri RUSSELL gave notice that on Tuesday lie would move, with respect to the lords' amendments to the Irish Franchise Bill, that the house should agree to the £l2 qualifi cation, but disagree to the other amendments. Mr. DisaAELI gave notice that the proposed alterations would be opposed by himself and his friends. Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that he had made what he thought a liberal concession. Lord J. RUSSELL brought up a message from her Majesty, expressine her desire that Marlborough House should be ap propriated as an establishment for the Prince of Wales, from his eighteenth year, during the life time of her Majesty, and requesting the house to make the necessary arrangements for that purpose. The noble lord gave notice that on Monday he would move that her Majesty's most gracious message be taken into consideration. Mr. BAILLIE then drew attention to the report of the com mittee appointed to investigate the transactions at Ceylon, which he condemned as discreditable to the committee itself, and not very respectful to the house, to which it recommended that the evidence should not be communicated. Heshould, at the earliest possible period of next session, move for the pro duction of the evidence. Mr. HUME. in the strongest language, denounced the con dnct of the Governor of Ceylon, whom the government was endeavouring to cloak, asserting that if tried by a court-martial for his conduct, as a gentleman, as a governor, or as an officer, he would not be allowed for one hour to hold a commission in her Majesty's service; and yet, in the face of all that had taken place, he was suffered to continue in his government. He called upon the noble lord, in the name of hu,nanitv, to have the evi dence printed which was suppressed by a majority of one only in the committee, and not leave the inhabitants of Ceylon at the mercy of those who had proved themselves merciless. Lord J. RUSSELL said they could not discuss the affairs of Ceylon in the absence of the evidence which the committee did not think proper to report, but he would assure the house that the serious attention of the government should be given to the whole question. Mr. GLADSTONE agreed with the noble lord that the question could not be conveniently discussed in the absence of the evi dence; but t•e was not at all surprised at the strong language made use of by the hon. member for Montrose, who would do no more than his duty in again raising the question at the com mencement of the next session, not only on the conduct of parties in Ceylon, but also on the conduct of the noble lord at the head of the Colonial Department, and, by no means the least important, on the conduct of the committee. The subject was allowed to drop. Colonel Si BTHORP then drew attention to the subject of tbe Exhibition of 1851, commenting strongly upon the refusal of the Attorney-General to assent to the filing of an injunction to restrain the commissioners from proceeding with the erections in Hyde Park. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, entered at considerable length into his reasons for the course he had pursued. The subject then dropped. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. The Rev. Dr. Gutzlaff is gone from Thorn to Warsaw. He will return to China via St. Petersburgh. The Pope has named Mr. Edmund Molyneux Seel, an Englishman, his supernumerary secret chamberlain. The patriarchs of Constantinople have consented to re cognise the independence of the Greek Church. During a single week, 172,000 baskets of strawberries, weighing 217 tons, were conveyed to New York, by the Erie Railroad. Two negro seamen have been tried by court-martial at Brest and sentenced to death for the murder of the cap tain of the brig-of-war Adele off the island of Goree. Letters from Constantine of the 20th - inst. announce the discovery of a gold mine in the mountains between Philippeville and the Zemmappes. Letters from Perth, Western Australia, dated the 10th of April, confirm the discoveries of lead and copper which were described on the 13th inst. A company had been formed for working the mines. CRACOW.—The conflagration destroyed 300 houses, the Dominican and Franciscan convents, the churches of St. Barbara and St. Joseph, the Episcopal Palace, the Poly. technic School, and several other public buildings.t Seven streets have been burned down. The fire was evidently the work of a band of incendiaries. On Tuesday evening a young lady was ordained in the English Lutheran Church in Seventh-street to the office of deaconess. Deaconesses are a religious order of women of this denomination who devote their lives to occupations of charity, and take vows of celibacy. Tlie order has 'ueen established far some years in Germany and has lately introduced into this country. This ledy is the first who has yet been ordained.—Banner of the O'OBS. The San Francisco correspondent of the Times, in speaking of the great fire which recently devastatsd the town, relates that in one place the frame of a house was laid as soon as the flames had passed over the ground, and a space could be cleared foom the burning mass, and while the foundation was quite hot. By nightfall the fabric was up, and covered with a calico roof; and the building was used as a gambling-house on the evening of the fire. JUBILEE ON THE POPE'S RESTORATION.--The Pope has ordered the celebration of an Universal Jubilee, in commemoration of his restoration to his dominions. The time is to be fixed by the Bishop's themselves in different parts of the world ; it is to last fifteen days, and to carry plenary indulgence of one hundred years for each separate ptioLuietAl. of +l-.o cot of A0wm;........1 b. prescribed by the Bishops in their several dioceses. From Portugal we learn that the two American vessels of war were still in the Tagus. They were expected to sail on the 19th. with Mr. Clay, the American Charge d'Affaires, who had pronounced the answer of the Portu guese government to the claims of the United States as unsatisfactory, and embarked, after receiving his passports and settling his private affairs. In the Cortes, both houses had passed a vote of sympathy for the fate of the late Sir Robert Peel. TRAVELLING BY AMERICAN STEAMERS. — The follow ing is an extract of a letter from a gentleman who travelled from Jamaica to New York by one of the American steamers. He says—The passage was made in six days, but such a set of fellow-passengers T hope never to see again ; there were 250, and they seemed to be the very scum of all nations. The constant smoking and spitting was intolerable. I would never advise any one to go to England by way of New York unless the steamer be at least one-half empty. Every corner of the vessel was crowded, and in consequence there was a total absence of everything like comfort. Three waiters had deserted at Chagres, and everything was hurry, confusion, and sel fishness. There was an enormous amount of treasure on board. One passenger had £'60,009, another 820,000, another 810,000, and so on ; a few were returning disap pointed and penniless. By far the bulk of them were in wretched health, gambling was their great delight, and it went on from morning till midnight, immense sums being lost and won on board. MONUMENTAL BLOCK OF GOLD IN QUARTZ.-Our readers, we have reason to believe, are not generally ap prised of the interesting fact that a block of California gold, bearing quartz, has been procured at the expense of the State, to be contributed in the erection of the pro posed monument to the memory of Washington, at the seat of our general government. The block of gold bearing quartz is from the Mariposa diggings, near Fre mont's Mines, and weighs about 125 pounds. In shape it is irregular, approaching a square, its sides varying from eighteen to twenty inches in length. It averages in thickness nine inches, across its surface diagonally it is twenty-one inches by measurement. Very little gold is perceptible to the naked eye, but it is estimated to contain about 80 dollars worth. Governor Burnett has invested our estimable fellow-citizens the Hon. John Bidwell, and Judge H. A. Schoolcraft with authority to attend per sonally to the transmission of this block of quartz to the States, and they leave in the Oregon, this day, to place this offering of Californian wealth and patriotism by the sides of those from her sister states.—Alta California, June 1, JENNY LIND IN AMERICA.—In Mdlle. Lind's Ame rican engagement it is specially agreed that she is not to sing in operas, but simply in conceits, for two hundred of which she is engaged, at £250 each concert, with addi tional profits, after the receipt of a certain sum by the manager ; all her travelling expenses, by sea and land, are to be paid, as well as those of her household, servants, carriages, horses, &c. Belletti, from her Majesty's Theatre, has also been engaged to sing at the same con certs on the most liberal terms, and Signor Benedict is to receive 5,000 guineas to conduct the series. Barnum is building a Monstre Concert-hall in New York expressly for the occasion, and so great is the furore her antici pated arrival has created that tickets for Mdlle. Lind's concert are already at a premium, and it is expected to realise the enormous sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. Preparations are also making to give her a triumphal reception on landing, where she will be greeted with a procession, in which forty young ladies of the first families in New York will appear dressed in white, and she will be conveyed to her hotel in an elegant carriage, drawn by four milk-white steeds. ONE HUNDRED PERSONS DROWNED.-011 Saturday letters were received at Lloyd's from Madras and Mar tinique, communicating the melancholy intelligence of the loss of an Indiaman, the Sulimary, from Bombay, bound to England, and of the wreck of the French Re publican war brig Legere, lost between Fort de France and Trinidad, both of which were attended with fright ful loss of human life. The Sulimary Indiaman was riding at anchor off the coast, and encountered on the 24th of May a dreadful gale of wind, in the height of which she parted from her anchors, and was driven ashore, when the splendid ship speedily became a complete wreck. An attempt was made to save the passengers, of whom there were several, by means of the boats. They were, how ever, quickly destroyed by the fury of the sea, and up wards of forty, including the captain, his wife, and thirty-three seamen, perished. Another fridiaman, named the Guna,•was driven ashore on the same coast about the same time, and became a wreck. The crew of the vessel were more fortunate; they all escaped. The loss of both vessels ip said to exceed X 50,000. The sad calamity to the L'Aigle happened on the 10th of June. She was suddenly overtaken in a heavy squall, and almost in stantly capsized, and went down. Her crew and officers amounted to sixty men. With the exception of two, every soul met with a watery grave. RELIGIOUS IMPOSTURE.—A case of some importance was definitively judged on the 15th, at Casale, Piedmont. It appears that a priest, named Don Grignaschi, had suc ceeded in secretly persuading some females and priests that he was either Jesus Christ himself, or directly inspired by him. This doctrine used to be imparted to the neo- phites as a sacred mystery, and demonstrated by visions and miracles. The matter having at last called the atten tion of the authorities, Don Grignaschi was prosecuted, together with his dupes or accomplices, in the courts of swindling or immorality. An able defence was made by Advocate Brofferio, the well-known deputy, .vho founded his arguments on the facts that Grignaschi did not teach his doctrines publicly; that he did not attack religion, since his assertions were founded upon it; and that his principles were not contrary to those of the chlw.c. ll / sic j).3\ •s 4 a %%44 THE LIVERMOt SinTDIRD. they were the same as those of the Millenary and St. Simonian sects, which had been professed by bishops and saints, and never before condemned by the church. Not withstanding this defence, Don Grignaschi was condemned to ten years' exile ; five priests, accused of complicity, were condemned to exile or imprisonment 'varying from 18 months to three years; two women to two years' im prisonment, and a notary and another person to a month's imprisonment. Two other persons were acquitted.— Galignani's Messenger. A LUCKY INCIDENT.—An Avignon paper relates the following :—A few days since a woman, living in the vici nity of the town, was brought to bed of twins. Being in poor circumstances she and her husband came to the painful determination of only declaring the birth of one, and of depositing the other at. the Foundling Hospital. The husband undertook to pefform the task. At night he had reached a neighbouring town, and proceeded to the turn-about destined to receive deserted infants. He found the place already occupied by a new-born child, and was about to lay his own by the side of it when he heard a voice calling upon him to take back with him both children and adopt them as his own, and threatening to denounce him if he did not immediately obey. All re monstrance was unavailing, and the poor fellow returned to his home laden with the two infants. Great was the consternation of the unfortunate couple at finding them selves burdened with three children, when they had des paired of being able to provide even for two. Meanwhile, however, the woman observed that the little stranger was well provided with clothing, and that behind his ear was a mark which indicated that its parents intended one day to claim it back. She then proceeded to undress the child in order to change its linen, when a parcel, which had been wrapped up in the clothing, fell to the ground with heavy and sonorous crash. It was a bag containing 100 louis d'ors. The woman soon made up her mind as to the course she should take, and, sending out her own children to nurse, devoted herself to the care of the little unknown, which had so unexpectedly come to swell the number of her family. THE DANISH WAR. SERIOUS ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE DANES AND SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEINERS. HAMBURGII. JULY 26.—At last the Danes and the Schleswig-Holstein troops have again met, and a most bloody conflict has taken place. The battle began yester day at dawn of day, and lasted 11 hours. The Danes attacked with about 25,000 men, and the insurrectionary army was about 20,000 strong. The-centre of the Schleswig-Holsteiners, under Gen. Willisen, occupied the village of Idstedt a little distance north of the town of Schleswig. The Danes attacked both wings of their enemies, and, after a combat which con tinued for eight hours, brought all their disposable strength against the centre of Willisen's troops, and at length forced him to return through Schleswig, towards Rendsburg. But the defeat was most signal, and the result must be highly important for the Danes. It is im possible to give details at present, as the accounts vary so much, but the loss of both parties has been very great. Some accounts state 4,000 to 5,000 men have been put hors de combat, and considering the hatred that urged both sides on, the highest number may not be exagge rated. TEN O'CLOCK, P.M.—By the evening tra i n, which has just arrived at Altona, nothing further is publicly known, but the friends of the Schleswig- Holsteiners are very much dejected at the present prospect of affairs. The Kolner Zeitung contains the following telegraphic despatch, dated Hamburg, July 25 :—" The Boreenhalle announces that yesterday an attack had been made by the Danish troops on the Schleswig-Holstein line at Collerup and at the Helligbek, and had led to a sharp engagement which lasted eight hours. The loss on each side was con siderable. General Willisen had maintained his position. A genetal and decisive engagement is expected to take place to-day. According to a second and later despatch from Rendsburg, the Schleswig-Holstein army had lost 150 men in the engagement, only a few of whom, how ever, were killed, the greater number more or less slightly wounded. On the German side seven Danish prisoners had been made and a Swedish spy had been captured. The weather in. Ireland is all that could be wished. The rain has descended copiously but gently. The Wes leyans of Cork have bad a thanksgiving service for the manifestation of divine goodness. A Goon ONE. —The other day Mr. G. Kinchella went to a place in the barony of Kells, county Kilkenny, and seized a quantity of hay for grand jury cess. The poor rate collector followed him, and finding himself late he made up for his loss by seizing Mr. Kinchella's horse, which he actually sold for £6 10s. Perhaps we could not give a stronger proof of the de cay of families of fortune than the fact that the grand jury of an extensive county where the judges of assize are now s;tting numbers but five of the gentlemen who were accustomed to be summoned ! The other eighteen are all ruined men.—Cork Constitution. SAD ACCOUNT OF ENNISKILLEN.—The following is taken from the Fermanagh Reporter :—" The leprosy of Enniskillen society is its gross immorality and, beastly ' sensuality, accompanied by mental ignorance and imbe cility. Too many grow up mere fungus, without end or aim. God is not in their ways. They are taken with the lusts of the flesh, and, in the present blaze of gospel day, Enniskillen is worse than were Sodom and Gomor rah." PERFORMING A PRETENDED MARRIAGE.—At the Antrim assizes, last week, Edward Knocker was indicted for conspiring with one James Fullerton, a soldier of the 13th Regiment, to deceive Sarah Brown, by pretending to be a clergyman, and by performing a ceremony of marriage between them. The ceremony took place in a public-house, and the prisoner received 2s. 6d. for his services. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. FATAL THUNDER- STORM. The thunder storm of Tuesday week did considerable damage in the neighbour hood of Dunkaneely, county Donegal. The thunder actually shook the ground. The discharge of rain (with some hail) was excessive, which has caused considerable damage to houses and crops. The lightning entered the house of a man named M'Cay, of Bruckless. Mrs. M`Cay and a young man named John Shevlin, in the house, were both struck. Shevlin's death was instanta neous. Mrs. M . Cay lived but a short time. Other per sons were injured. A SAGACIOUS Ass.—At the Sligo assizes, Owen Gethin was arraigned for having stolen an ass, the property of Patrick Feeney. Patrick Feeney proved the loss of the animal, which was subsequently traced to the prisoner's possession. Chief Baron How did you know the ass was yours ?—Witness : Well, I knew him ; there was no mistaking his legs. (Laughter.)—Chief Baron : Had you any mark upon him ?—Witness : Faix I hadn't, but he had marks upon himself. (Laughter.) He had lumps on his knees and on his back, and one on his nose. (Loud laughter.)—Clerk of, the Crown : Had you any other reason for knowing the animal was yours ?--Witness Yes ; I knew his woice. (Loud laughter.)—Chief Baron : Whose voice ?—Witness : The woice of my ass, my lord —(laughter)—the minute he saw me he threw up his tail and roared. (Loud laughter.)—Chief Baron : Roared ! who roared ?—Witness : 'My ass, my lord ; he roared with joy ; we were together for the last five years ; he knew me well, and I would know his woice twenty miles off.—The prisoner was convicted. AN IRISH UNION BURYING GROUND.—It is difficult to make the English believe that the thousands who die in these unions, or the houses, and on out relief are buried with no religious rites whatever: the dead cart takes sometimes every morning for weeks its burden to the burying ground if it is at any distance; certain paupers go with it to just put the coffins in the pts as they are dug, cover them, and leave them. Where there are bury ing grounds attached to the houses, they are carted out and put into the ground the day after they die with no form whatever. I have not yet seen one of these grounds that had any one mark or sign about it of the purpose to which it is dedicated ; though I am told they are conse crated. One large walled-in ground in which, to my knowledge, there cannot have been less than 2,000 inter red within the last three years, has a crop (I think of flax) now growing on that part of it to which the spades of the coffin planters have not yet reached ; this bit of agricultural practice may not be on consecrated ground ; all I know is, that it is within the walls of the so-called burying ground, and the dead planted ground, is fast approaching the border of the agriculturist. Some have nowallsat all, no mark, capable of pointing out toe stranger their boundary. I cannot wonder at the horror the pea santry have of these grounds ; how they will resort to any Practicable scheme to get their dead away, that they may smuggle them into some of the old abbey or church grounds.—Letter from Ireland. AMERICA. The steam-ship Europa, Captain Lott, from New York, arrived at a quarter-past two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, after a fine run of 10 days 19 hours, bringing advices to the 17th instant, £65,000 in specie, and 72 passengers. The steam-ship Hibernia arrived at Boston on the 12th instant, and the steam-ship America at Halifax on the 18th instant. The screw steam-ship Helena Sloman sailed from New York for Hamburgh on the 12th, and on the 13th the screw steamer City of Glasgow, Captain Mathews, left for the Clyde. The iron steamship Viceroy, lost off Seal Island, had been abandoned. Several attempts had been made to rescue her, but unsuccessfully, and her hull had been advertised for sale. Our accounts by the Europa on this occasion extend merely to the date of the steamer's departure from New York, no telegraph report having been received at Ha lifax. Our last account reported briefly the fact of Pre sident Taylor's demise. We now receive full details of the event, the funeral ceremony, and the subsequent pro ceeding of Congress. The funeral of the President took place on Saturday, July 13. The occasion was honoured with appropriate and impressive solemnities ; the military escort, commanded by the veieran General Scott, was with a large number of volunteer militia companies from Baltimore and the district of Columbia. In the principal cities of the Union the day was observed by suspension of business and suitable ceremonies. On the 12th instant the remains of the President were deposited in state in the east room of the Whitehouse. On the 10th in the Senate a warm eulogium was delivered by Mr. Webster on the character of the deceased magis trate. On the 16th Mr. Webster gave notice of a bill to erect a monument to the President in Washington. Strong hopes were entertained that the compromise slavery bill would meet with the assent of the Senate and the Lower House. It was anticipated that Congress would shortly adjourn on the question of the new cabinet and the policy of the President. The New York Courier of the 17th says,—" We learn by telegraph from our correspondent at Washington that President Fillmore held a conference with the Cabinet yesterday upon public affairs. The members of the Ca binet consented, at the President's request, to remain in office till Monday next.lt is probable that a new Cabinet will be organised by that time ; if not, Mr. Ewing, the Secretary of the Interior, will probably be retained. The Cabinet declines to advise the President in re ference to the new organisation, although invited so to do. Their functions they now consider executive simply, not advisory. The President, it is understood, has deter mined to pursue the policy marked out by Gen. Taylor respecting New Mexico, and will act upon it as soon as the Cabinet shall be formed." According to a Washington correspondent of the New York Express, one list of a new administration is as fol lows :—For Secretary of State, Mr. R. C. Winthorp ; for Secretary of Treasury, Mr. M'Kinnon ; for Secretary of Navy, Mr. Thomas Butler King; for Secretary of Interior, Mr. Vinton ; for War, Mr. Graham ; for Postmaster-General, Mr. Morhead ; for Attorney- General, Mr. Hopkins. The President, a few days before his death, had prepared a strong message to Congress, directed against the threatened invasion of New Mexico by Texas. The Cuban question had assumed a more de finite and satisfactory aspect. A Washington corres pondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer, under date the 15th of July, says—" The assurances which were recently communicated by General Campbell that the Cuban prisoners would be released after certain formali ties have been fulfilled. Despatches were received here this morning, per Captain M'Keever, of the United States frigate Conquest, dated the Bth instant, stating that the Cuban authorities had promised to give up their pri soners in the course of a few days." The Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company declared a dividend of 50 per cent., their first dividend. Four hundred houses, and property to the amount of £200,000 sterling, have been destroyed by the great fire in Philadelphia. Several lives also were lost.—From Canada our accounts are unimportant. On the 12th instant the cabinet sustained a defeat on their motion to fix the postmaster's salary at ,83,200, for the vote being 28 to 28, a casting vote of the Speaker reduced the amount to 6'3,000. £B,OOO had been voted in aid of the exhibition of 185 L It is reported that the banks of the St. Lawrence, at the falls of Niagara, were in a very precarious state, and threatened to give way. From Vera Cruz, via New Orleans, we have accounts to the Ist instant, announcing that the Mexican Congress had not been able to organise for want of a quorum. Some inte rest had been awakened relative to the approaching elec tion of President. Amongst others, Santa Anna, who is ineligible, from non-residence, has been proposed. Cho lera was devastating the capital. From May 17th to June 16th several hundreds had died. At St. Luis Potosi also the disease prevailed. Hayti advices of the 28th ultimo report the probability of the invasion of St. Domingo more doubtful. Soulouque professes to desire peace. Coffee was scarce. Carthagena accounts of the 22d ult. enlarge upon the expulsion of the Jesuits from that quar ter. Santa Anna, the Mexican revolutionary chief, still remains a resident, and had become a great money dealer. Accounts from Havana of the 11th inst report a few cases of cholera. Severe rains had fallen. _ COMMERCIAL NEWS. The commercial accounts received represent business gene rally throughout the Union as being in a very quiet state. Money was abundant, and the exchanges were heavy; that on London was quoted at 1104 to 11111. CorroN.—The market was still active, prices advancing slightly. The crop accounts are of the same character as when last reported of. BREADSTUFFS.—There is no change to report in the bread stuffs market. Prices are unaltered. Thcre were but few transactions in provisions. Freights inactive. IRELAND. -.- A cargo of wheat, grown near Jerusalem, has arrived at Cork. Mr. Vignoles is as work, under his patent, producing coke and charcoal from bog peat, near Ballinasloe. The charcoal is used for gunpowder and smelting. Pierce K. Mahony, Esq., accountant-general of the Irish Court of Exchequer, was killed by a fall from his horse on Sunday. The o ffi ce rendered va can t by thi s melancholy catastrophe is worth £6OO a-year. The £342 subscribed in Dublin towards the national monument to O'Connell, which it was proposed to erect in the Glasnevin Cemetery. has . been diverted to the fit. ting up of a stained window in Father Mathew's new chapel. On Thursday Jeremiah Shine, Esq., of Coolyhenane, appeared in the insolvent court at Limerick to oppose the discharge of John Waters, a tenant who owed him a heavy arrear of rent. After giving his eviden c e h e re tired to a seat, andi mmed iately fell down in a fit of ,apoplexy, and died in a few mutes. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. THE GORHAM CASE.—A meeting of sympathisers of the Bishop of Exeter took place on Tuesday, in St. Martin's Hall, Mr. J. G. Hubbard in the chair. The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lord Nelson, Archdeacons Wilberforce and Manning, Mr. Hope, M.P., Sir C. Anderson, Messrs. Dickinson, Sewell, and Kenyon, were the principal speakers. The body of the ball was crowded with clergymen and laymen. The resolutions comprised the adoption of, firstly, a protest against the judgment in the Gorham case ; secondly, a petition to the Queen, praying that hereafter all questions touching the doctrines of the Church of England, arising on appeal in the tem pers:l court. may be referred to the spiritual heads of the Church of England, and that the impediments which now uvSLrwu clAu church may be removed ; thirdly, an address to the arch bishops, bishops, and laity of the Church of England, for co-operation and assistance ; all of which were carried unanimously. The meeting lasted a considerable time. The London Times, in commenting on the meeting re marks, " we can discover in the lists of this assembly few names which convey to us any impression of wisdom, ex perience or authority. The chair was occupied by Mr. Hubbard. The Episcopate was represented by the Bishop of Bath and Wells ; the peerage by Earl Nelson ; the House of Commons by Mr. Hope. Of Archdeacons and doctors of divinity there were, indeed, a goodly muster ; but in public meetings intended to appeal from a sen tence delivered with the highest authority of the church, and corroborated by the highest decision of the courts of law, the presence and the zealous co-operation of the public at large are not unessential requisites. Thesewere wanting. If we are to attach any definite object to this meeting, we presume that object is to be found in the address to the bishops, moved by Mr. Sewell, and in the declaration of that gentleman, and some other speakers, that ' the Church in Synod assembled may have freedom to judge matters of doctrine and discipline;' and though Mr. Hope deprecated' the introduction of any un authorized Synod, it was clear from the self-gratulatory tone of the meeting that the sacred audience regarded this present assemblage as a fair instalment of their sy nodical rights. Alas for the infirmity of human wishes ! That meeting in Longacre bore such a resemblance to the two Houses of Convocation for the province of Canter. bury as the late Mr. O'Connell's unanimous and enthusi astic audiences in Emancipation-hall bore to the promised Parliament of Ireland on College-green." The Herald says :—" It appears that at the great Protest-ant meeting,' a good number of Dissenters were present. The names of several--such as the Rev. Thomas Binney, the Rev. Robert Philip. the Rev. William M. Bunting, were mentioned to us. There is no obscurity as to the circutu e stance or point of the case which attracted them there. They heard, both before the meeting and at the meeting, that there was a prospect of a schism, a disruption, the establishment of a Free Church. And they came, very naturally, to watch the proceedings, and to learn how soon Archdeacons Manning and Wilberforce, Dr. Pusey and Mr. Sewell, ware likely to join the ranks of English dissent. But they got little information. One and all, the speakers declaimed about the ' slavery, ' the ' bondage,' the thraldom,' under which the English Church was groaning;' but exactly how its ' chains' were to be broken, was not all explained. The language held could not but remind all who remembered the Scotch disruption, of the orations of the Candlishes and Cunninghams of that stirring time." The Archbishop of Dublin held his Triennial Visitation at Kilkenny on the 17th inst. His Grace delivered a charge, which contained an approval of the recent judg ment of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in the Gorham case. THE BISHOP OF EXETER'S PROTEST.—Much to be deplored is that wild concluding passage of the protest in which every one, " let him be who he may," from the Queen to the least of the clerical and legal officials, is pro nounced to be smitten with heresy and worthy of excom munication who dares to take part in the institution of Mr. Gorham ! The bishop is, in his own mind, evidently deposing the Lord Primate from his greatness, for pre suming to obey the law. But the Bishop of Exeter does the same, and there is this difference between them—the Lord Primate, without sharing in Mr. Gorham's opinions on one point, obeys the law according to his conscience ; while the Bishop of Exeter, in bringing in Mr. Gorham's presentation, obeys the same law, not according to, but in spite of, his conscience. The bishop says, that his Grace shares in Mr. Gorham's heresy if he dare to pro ceed to Mr. Gorham's institution. What share, then, in the same heresy, may be ascribed to the bishop, without whose presentation the archbishop could not institute ? The archiepiscopal institution is the legal and proper sequence to the episcopal presentation. If the institutor be a heretic, so is the presenter. If the presenter be afraid to meet the penalties of refusing to present, why should he denounce the institutor who sees no reason why he should meet them by refusing to institute, and whose act of institution takes place because the bishop deems it advisable to present ? Less bitter terms than those of the protest would have better become the protestor, and would have been less censured even by that portion of churchmen who are disposed on church questions to follow the instruction of the diocesan of Exeter.—Church and State Gazette. The Crown has appointed to the valuable living of Stoke Climstand, which is in the Bishop or Exeter's diocese, a clergyman who is a thin opponent of the doc trines of the Tractarian party. It is anticipated that the extensive and rich living of St. Mary's, Southampton, at present under the incum bency of the pluralist Earl of Guilford, will be divided into several rectories at the resignation of the venerable lord in September. STONY STRATFORD, Bucxs.—Sermons were preached in the Baptist chapel on behalf of the Sabbath schools on Lord's-day, July the 14th, by the Hon. and Rev. Baptist W. Noel, AM. The attendance was so large in the evening that the audience was compelled to retire into an adjoining field, where Mr. Noel preached. NEW CATHEDRAL AT GRAVESEND.--The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the church about to be erected on the property of the Earl of Darnley took place on Wednesday. The ceremony was performed by the has munificently given the site, which is at the western extremity of the town, also a d ona ti on o f £2OO. DarnlEarl Of y' Darnley high steward of th e b oroug h. L or d , The chie f portioe of the fund for buildi ng th e c hurch was raised by s.`l4Be2iPtims, not lees than £2,000 being already co ll ec t e d. The Church Building Society will, of course, give a consieCtak sum. LAW INTELLIGENCE. .-- SHERIFF'S COURT, LONDON.-THURSDAY. LEVY V. THE HON. H. T. STANLEY. THE SAME V. THE SAME. In these cases the proceedings were in the nature of a capias utlagatum to ascertain what property the defendant possessed that could be made available under an outlawry to the plaintiff, who claimed upwards of £3OOO. Mr. Pearson, as counsel for the plaintiffs, referred to a former proceeding, in which' a jury found that the defen dant had an annuity of £250 from the Duchy of Lancaster. The plaintiffs attached the annuity, but found a caveat at the instance of Lord Stanley (brother of the defendant) and the Earl of Derby, his father, that the annuity from the duchy was assigned to them; and that they had granted two annuities, one by Lord Stanley of £330, and the other by the Earl of Derby of £550. No deed could be produced, and the only evidence given was the notice mentioned, which was admitted to go to the jury in•refer ence to the annuities. The jury foundaerdict in accordance with the evidence of the two annuities. SCOTCH COURTS, JULY 19. MILES BARTON V. ORDE. Orde, the pursuer, was the trustee, on the sequestered estate of Bentley, senior, sole surviving partner of the firm of Bentley and Co. He was the pursuer of the present action of reduction of an alleged preference over half of the ship Dauntless, which bad been assigned to Miles Barton, a merchant, in Liverpool. The firm of Bentley and Co. consisted originally of Bentley, senior, and Bentley, junior, and had many dealings with Barton. In 1840 the firm was indebted to Barton above £5,000, and Bentley, junior, died, thus dissolving the old com pany. Mrs. Bentley, his wife, made up title to her hus band as his executrix; and, amongst other things, the half of the ship Dauntless, which had been registered in his name, fell to be vested in her. This she assigned to Barton, who now claimed to hold it in security, and for repayment of the balance due to him by Bentley and Co. at the date of Bentley junior's, death. Orde resisted this, claiming this half of the Dauntless as company property, which, at Bentley junior's, death, fell to the company, and was transferred to Bentley and Co., and, as such, fell under old Bentley's sequestration. Lord Ivory decided in his favour, but the Court, with the exception of Lord Medwyn, held decidedly that he, the trustee on old Bentley's estate, had no right or title to pursue a reduction of a deed granted by young Bent ley's executrix. Tx RE J. R. Prm.—This bankrupt came before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson on Wednesday, on an applica tion for his certificate. Mr. Evans appeared on behalf of the bankrupt, and Mr. Rowe opposed for certain of the creditors. The Commissioner commented upon the mode in which the bankrupt's affairs had been conducted, more particularly as to the fact that be had engaged in very large transactions, and there were no books from which any information could be gathered to throw any light on the proceedings. There had been thirteen adjournments, three of which were sine die. Mr. Evans said 'the bankrupt was not required to make out some of the accounts until twelve months after the fiat. The Court replied that it was quite clear that the accounts ought to have been furnished in the first instance, for as they stood it was quite impossible to test them ; they could !Hither be proved nor disproved. Such negligence did not admit of any excuse. A certificate of the second class was granted, with a suspension for eight months, protection being given during the whole of that period. IN RE JOHN HANVIEY.—On Thursday Mr. Hawley, wholesale confectioner, Queen-square, appeared for his certificate. His honour stated that he had no hesitation whatever in granting the certificate at once, and of the first class. MR. HUDSON AND THE BAR. — Prior to 111 r. Hudson's examination at the Nisi Prius Court, on Wednesday, the gentlemen of the bar (naturally cautious from education) were generally against Mr. Hudson, but in the course of the examination, and after hearing the hon. member's ex planations, this feeling not only died away, but many of them hurried out of court to shake hands with and con gratulate Mr. Hudson on the very satisfactory evidence he had given. —Yorkshire Gazette. BARON PLATT AND THE CORPORATION OF NORTHAMP TON.—Baron Platt arrived in this town on Saturday even ing, to open the Assize Commission. He was met as is usual on such occasions, by the Mayor, and as many of the radical corporation as his worship could persuade to ac company him. Arrived in court the Mayor, anxious to do the civil thing, remarked—" It's very warm, to-day, your lordship." " Yes," replied the learned baron, " and that, I presume, is the reason why you gentlemen have come without your robes." The business of opening the commission was concluded, and the learned baron was preparing to depart, when his worship. smarting from the first encounter, asked, with some t rep id at i on, if hi s lord ship, " intended to go to church in the morning." " Yes," replied his lordship, " and I shall stay to partake of the sacrament." The loyal and constitutional judge fulfilled his intention ; the radical corporation escorted him to church, again sans robes, but excused themselves from waiting until the conclusion of his lordship's devotions.— Northampton Herald. RE. W. THRELFALL, COTTON MERCITANT.—TWO long meetings under this fiat took place at Leeds, on Monday and Tuesday. The bankrupt refused to appeal, 0..1 ait.tougii tile nail Issued his summons to bring him up, Mr. Gibbs, the governor of Kirkdale gaol, acting under legal advice, declined to comply with it. The bankrupt was therefore outlawed. Mr. Bremner, solicitor of this town, applied for an adjournment, but the commissioner de clined. The amount of debts proved on Tuesday was £19,993 lls., includirg one by Messrs. Samuel Gurney and Co., money dealers, London, for £15,700, and one by Messrs. J. H. Gurney and Co., bankers, Norwich, for £4OOO. The total amount proved up to Tuesday last, is £55,993, and if the remaining proofs should be admitted, of which, however, there is some doubt, it will be swelled to upwards of £70,000. The consequences attaching to a bankrupt for non-surrender are very serious, the offence amongst others, being punishable by transportation for life, or seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding seven years. Suppos ing the trial at Liverpool, therefor, to end in an acquittal, Mr. Threlfall will still be liable to one of the penal en actments contained in the 251st section of the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act. Nor is this all. An important question is likely to arise for judicial settlement, whether the governor of the gaol himself. Mr. Edmund Gibbs, was justified in refusing to obey the Commissioner's war rant to bring up the bankrupt on Tuesday, even though the latter, acting under the advice of his solicitor, deter mined not to appear. TEE LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.--There was a great diffi oulty as to the appointment of a successor to Lord Cot tenham. But a memorial from the leaders of the Chan cery Bar, as to the delay of business occasioned by the interregnum of the Lords Commissioners, and the double duties imposed on Lord Langdale and the Vice-Chancel lor, decided Lord John Russell. The same influence which was exerted to make Sir Thomas Wilde Chief Justice, was now backed by the party, the personal, and family claims of Sir John Romilly. The step was sud denly adopted, and Lord J. Russell's letter to Sir Thos. Wilde, offering him the Seals, found his Lordship at Guildhall innocent, it is alleged, by his friends, of all such ambitious thoughts. He even delayed accepting the flittering boon, but if his lordship doubted, his doubts were not shared by one who must be supposed chiefly to influence his feelings, and after his arrival at home, he found his scruples very easily disposed of. He took the Seals. and Sir John Jervis was very soon on his way to join the circuit, as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Sir John Romilly's turn comes next, and he is said to be virtually provided for. Fifteen years will have elapsed next February since Lord Langdale succeeded Sir Charles Pepys as Master of the Rolls, and his lordship will then be en titled to his retiring pension. That most desirable ap pointment is said to be in store for Sir John Romilly, and as there is no probability of a change occurring in the Cabinet before the next session of parliament, Lord John's friend and relative seems to be tolerably secure. The afflicting visitation of blindness which has befallen the Vice-Chancellor Wigram will probably occasion his retirement, as slender hopes are entertained of his re covery ; but the office, it is said, will not be filled up, and the act by which the two new Vice-Chancellors were created provided that one should be only temporary. The Vice-Chancellor of England has now held office for twenty-three years, and his declining health renders his retirement probable.--Record. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The select committee of the House of Commons on the contract for the conveyance of the Kingstown and Holy head mails, have reported that no undue favouritism was shown to the City of Dublin Steam Company ; on the contrary, they have been evidently treated most unfairly and oppressively. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.—The di rectors have confirmed the contract entered into with Mr. Brassey, who has undertaken to construct and deliver the whole line from Shrewsbury to Hereford for £345,822, including the Electric Telegraph, which is, we believe, at a less sum per mile than the cost of any other railway in the kingdom similarly constructed. The case arising out of the late affray on the railway at Wolverhampton was heard before the mayor and magis trates of that place on Saturday week. The Shrewsbury Company and the contractors each claimed absolute right in the line and works. It was stated that an application had been made to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to try the question of the right of possession. Recogni zances were entered into by the defendants to meet any charges which may be brought against them. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. —The Directors of the East Lancashire Railway Company have issued their Report to the shareholders, preliminary to the ordinary half-yearly meeting advertised to he held on the 31st inst. x ac i c l o , u B n n ts show sd a . a profit pplea Upon the ordinary share capital of three millions, the id h e a n lf d -Te w ar i s ch traffic giv o e f the holders of ordinary Stock about 11- per cent. per an num for their money. The directors have not been able to issue the 5 per cent. preference capital of £304,000, which they were authorized to raise in August last ; and b o le n to th d e iv 48,069., of the share s intended to represent that Stock still remain on hand. —Railway Record. THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE. — The operation of floating the fourth and last tube of this gigantic bridge was effected on Thursday last, under the direction of Mr. It. Stephen son, C.E. The boats were under the command of Capt. Claxton, and about eight or nine hundred men were en gaged in the work. The gentlemen on the tube were Mr. Robert Stephenson, C.E. ; Mr. Edwin Clark, C.E. ; Mr. Bidder, C.E. ; Mr. Ricardo, M.P. ; Mr. Borthwick, C.E., and Captain Claxton, R.N. The raising of the tube to its proper height will commence in six or seven days, and July 30, 1851. d c e o r smtap na------ ---___- - _ _ the operation is expected to be completed i n a bot i tl / 1 1 / 0 weeks. Captain Claxton has written to the secry t o the Sailors' Home, in this town, expressing his c e a ir 5 0 for the men supplied, and his warm approval of t and conduct. _Are ill' Wednesday last will co nstitute the new Boo' i er toof LANCASHIRE dnyth. e fo From AND following tnhge gentlemenYol R direction 1 c sR i R who :RAILWAY were n_ _ jom. inantfecito°ll Broadbent, Gill, Harper, Hatton, Houldssfoltot/ shall, Stuart, Wicklow, and Wilson • Direlcrogdev, chosen from the proprietors :—Messrs. John We? William Evans, William Rawson ( sultation); Samuel Fielden ; Thomas Barnes, Fo: F ,, o uth° port ; James Miller, Liverpool ; Francis Mows ;,if the London ; Ralph Creyke, Selby. The 00 304 1, enel i ' various classes of shareholders have also come to 400 1° mous resolution that the capital of the ComPa n Y - ou tlol be limited to twelve millions, and that no furtheLotbe should, under any circumstances, be incurred wicoMporeota consent of a meeting of proprietors " sPeci all Yhould be ed c s • i• ther outlay. And that, considering the r ethic , , dit the Company's stock and the de ressed state bOl, Bend, every P be rac t ' sedl °t possible economy should P , a boe s its officers, consistent with efficiency•---gaille cord. —••••""- theConam:resittv et e .: 0 00 : : infore ta given,the theeß oo ordinary statingl i nn purpose;" ap ; ro y A sefw b : working mWat k i n ; John - llyki and nthgeeaxolubs ejoencsttehsaa:ti dadnnu—dee c M ie n ag e o s s i t tt s i hcyreeso;lieeci. 4 . POLITICAL lIIISCEL I. vr . -- d Sir CO -.- It is announced that Mr. Edward Milli' sli m both. re) Napier wiil contest the representation of La totbe co, Mr. Townley Parker has subscribed Xl° r ote monument, " in sincere admiration of the P oft racter alone of that emine 9 nt man." on • to The Speaker will give his o ffi cial dinner 0 0 0 is August 3rd. It is understood that parliawe ,411, ( ,0 pr sthorogued on the lOf August. Mr. C. Pearson has resigned his seat r g ;rii - Mr. Williams, ex M.P. for Coventry, 0 t he Salomons are spoken of as candidates. n.r• Sir T. Birch pres en t e d a petition on Fridtro c 4 f o f physicians and surg will take into consieons of the Liverpderatio47¢ 00l Infr " in d 0 , e , the assistant surgeons i n th e n avy. ghe .t, w i Mr. Roebuck m e t hi s c o n stituents a t t he P A ' 0 , Wednesday, when he told them that fi.ottilevi'o o lit government go on as at present their doo m I otect that in spite o f an ythi ng we must have a P Trio administration. DbHyue 'r kr h bteh e eoretf e , x acß p pa e p.m c isTo t ib e .n d tm v e a n ca t n o c f yl m n r t . h eArr r o es ,c ee o f n a l t i i :i n i t :t i f Alo ll l o.„ Cambridge, of o ffi ce under Government, has alrearlY d sir candidates into the field. Mr. F. Fitzgerald an o f tO 1 n iii!' or Mr. Roebuck defends the vote to the 1 1,„t tlie b ot , g round t i u n ' e cll ° o " jority of the people of England were deteruLt t;is, f o r a ' monarchs, and therefore it was but justice fu ro ' c ijeo . e o on the novel hers of the royal family should be suit Gre,Ver Mr. Cardwell, Mr. W. Brown, Lord R e do o ° bill' ' Mr. J. W. Patten, and Sir J. Waltneley, r° ve otis: d gill nesday, in favour of the Sunday tradiegi l l e leYc f Ait ila Mr. W. J. Fox, Mr. L. Heyworth, Mr. J' ?,119"" .1 'Mr. T. Thorneley, were in the minority of et tv measure. ~i t., „bed 'ob!' The Globe of Tuesday evening .. has Pu u n 'iNat lp orj letters that passed between the Marqu is :A - 0v 1 ,11 ,4 ', 0 Lord Minto, and Lord Pal nerston. eflu v e '„o' t'Leolr officially, in reply to the assertion of the,'",,:etsw Minto was never invited by the pontifical g , f ,S.,_ / 4 visit Italy. ~,,, Suc,, r. ios; PROTECTIONIST DEMONSTRATION' l'' ntP C Si''' FsSht:o Young, o m u( a nc r zo k ,ne and t wasne several o b n y to f T hursday gthoeutl the )o , e local n sc e ne d s v : f pp r r ali a , " : I : : banquet. Covers were laid for 800 Per s n lis rd by )f S ' rington, M.P. took the chair in the g r e o n o t ta ry ° ltcso. rt gb ed iojc if o r i,. . ; Bennett, M.P., Mr. Gooch, M.P r. '' n d c 1e 0 1 ,,,,' emnnao li ctvie h oeinemnae: movement oi x tnc e tci originated i October character, e nnaet exdt,ino a Committeentdhdeac that ifod of ec so, the owu lgin . e c l )1/ .4" il c‘ ti i I i School Association have resolved to hold a " t be r Do , sions of an education bill, and a rran nb g tte e y:bfaes:lhr:7lttitlllE"lti::: On e ' tion to parliament next session. ...-lb e ts ieOtios} MR. COBDEN AND THE "SCOTSMAN., Co mi ei d i in commenting severely on a letter of N v r ' o licC i f ir if fending his late vote on the Foreign ' a tri"`,s o) riti while it remarks on the " intolerance a% Ol t ', ir' o f his tone," concludes by saying, that if ,P 0 0 00 0 more such letters, " the country, alrea °3l pot °,l ~i i 9 bt OC l 't hopes, will become convinced that lie tho ut „; 3 0.0. su T ch he ma c rk om an m d it l t i e k e el o ih f oo th d; H s wouesealol pTCccletnii'm-004115r.'01iti111,4 sLTJawSenuaileeLitdlngemiataiorocmstsißroieaoDsmalLtnahi committee e ierei c rdts o ts e m nooefo m fthtt e eahh n sxee d eder.seei t trd h eienira a ntms t guis t rn: h yea e s.: ,lo o t Toob ffi oehe c eau e s•tsby : ioc i ott I v au:rse, o b on e ss: : :: ; d i e cit s ti i00 : ,,t: i e i ri : 1 1: t ot ° , deduction of £5OO shall be made from tm- o f reoOrkiP be recommended will probably be abou t 0 or o teo t io appointments, and to substitute ministers rioa.oool some instances, to the free use of th e 00 1 Ile l 'L , " e J o p H r rr e m i R e r tcs s r E e L a L s 0 n A AND re C f A u i v i f f ' o , ,cot c s d e e ; , \ o. : o.; Ccylr - Re tif i v,e . A of ~,,t! ,eylorr -eport on Thursday was its,,EV a tit ,t , '. 4 to his previous statement to air. u ° ,,de ia 'l,O lll charging Captain Watson, who cornincottroligo.,- iilie• with issuing a brutal proclamation l lo bo L 4,l'. r fb! declared it was a forgery, and Lord ,'„ c e ',iosi a tri vehement denial to the House to 5 4 , e- 01 0: h - 0 1 ;V' That gentleman, however, procured a ''..., e s"`: or t has decided that there were no forger o it' d /. i to," Watson issued the document. and acteu, he reir,",hsP tlr interests The e' ofL i their i a r l ' n ' John, in honourable policy, suppresses lithelfiertilliog a p ti a y p e e l r a s n e d an to no a t ny c° : rce ' re o ll :, Prte ;t t :s ee ,4 ::ci:: the Americans' want of discernment i. a t V o i p tr a is particularly savage because Mr. Laure os ble 0 :1 ,0 0 1 ' Minister, at Exeter, the other day, W„, Bs° „iaor l'° ,ly rv it, t° the expression of his conviction that D V ° treP' e fer r etr( the Free-trade question has been .e f s o Pr Jigs'' ti ? although he admits our perfect r'ght , 1 ' I sfr. r o f 1 th a 0 . 0 11 depend upon other nations for our foo b h g e , 0 0 05 says his countrymen are " very m uch 1 r san' 4 l e atl i o r ilp o f which there can be no doubt, and the ion 6 ;he ir i e be in no• degree lessened by fueling° o ilt ' 11° ° ,,, the Times at their ambassador for leant, tlie 1 tel, t he CURIOUS MISTAKE. . On FridaY, 0 50,e e he' the cor 1r Commons, on the speaker making ~nt i tr'. e cl," ft " Members to be sworn will be Ple a— 0 rei n cieg• r iil i table,"—loud cheers and laughter u' er s clO n h O re I ° Mr. Hayter and Lord M. Hill were F el e, cla_c b h,s f t tle the bar to the table with an hon. v rese' t ig ° pre; sallow skihned, and bearing a wrong t f lo OP t he o f members of the Jewish nation. T o 0 to b e f alirg, strangers, who supposed this gentleina __ t bs . ° _, sl' ..,,, de Rothschild, he was seen taking the‘.o;tatiosna VI. and supremacy without the slightes t 1 2 r i t hout_ 5 ise,,i,l le , dily accepting the oath of abjuration t ' .e ro il s',4 Or," strance on his part, and then signing ° erie r ' c 'ae ll r but the surprise up to that moment es t r os t he 00 ,,, , t when he was in':roduced to the Speak e coil o fi f ,, ber for Chester—Mr. Stanley. ti - 0 05 ° feet/ BARON ROTHSCHILD AND TOE '` of t he e b p, 0 , —On Thursday afternoon a meeti n g o geth s t r o thede r t li city of London, summoned by Bart ing 80,00'14 was held for the purpose of collie lice et te ce%,l,4 oer to be taken by him in consfq n "` o t to 4. jolwoi"., merit having declared their intentiossr, ; m a les /ro of :v . ; the Parliamentary Oaths Bill this se ~..c r ur Ep ee! o 0 00,: Smith, M.P., was in the chair. i!-!' sca9 ut1a"00P.:50 11. 4 Baron, the Chairman, and others, a __ cee d o to o e t i r of. solved,—" That Baron Rothschild P s r u , es t. id gel, 00, the House of Commons to claim In _..., seve r esor i i.e r e :; tion was carried amidst the a" to b i s i % Tom. e t Pc ir t ie-,v! expressed a hope that the hour eet to e5.c0r.....605), I ( 11 place fixed where they m ight m o d said , ber! o f .0 sentative.—Baron Rothschild rose e _, sion ( cov e oKi I am determined to abide by your d cl o a of th e 1 1 1, 0 66 4; vinced that you have in view the g . O _ beer s.) beso r, o o.l, and religious liberty. (Renewesart':(hear!,ed 1401'4 for prudent and conciliatory men u t.. e o ;,`, decla be $ 0 : 0 9 0 , ,, 2 believe the course on which you Bays tftohl2orecer, with more opposition than you .°, Its 1 . V.teli r ost (" We will support you!' Cheers. ) / dec i s ion ie e e P re a determination is to abide by your h O OO. ' s th 0 ,1 that, and my word is as good %Jr, w ill beg ..., 1 ? ; , ing.) The result of the experi U. f VlO O / 0 0 0 our parliamentary proccedinSe Times !ITV P o sP ec t ti le THE MONEY MARKET. war ,. et. 0 and 1100,0 0 to long article on the money 1, orarY , t or r_erfold, says our metropolitan conternp re si ng, a digi ta l' ' V l' were never me , ,„).,,. the money market thing tending l' f csc hs a t i c i er, present moment. Every. the relations ? ot e e . . /onto produce striking }, c_anges in „__ or a t to; 0 -sulting trow - 0 0 in the apathetic trance re . ler glance fargev Adds , they are scarcely noticed.' Al revenue, and th pora r. o4o 4 " able state of the public reve Con te of e of, ~,, bs l our be r at Is e f i t gold realized in California, s t OO e s " Under all these circumstance:, 9 0 _ OO O 10 5 t he England is about 11 per sending larg e . 1 1: 1 30 it be ittlie although they are now ser . idi u also lowe r t e en° 0. ' The lion by each steamer, it la 3 or 4 per v losn o d to flii been for any continuance, for to Pd 0 , 0 00 highest rate that can be get ___ te d in it an samb time, two things have.operP Lean J isn a , Ofs l ' 4 4 vent the glut of money hemg t h e ul,!`oleu' le te,, s s , remittances on account T , oeli 0 1 ot anP„ s :ev e if £5,500,000, and on the Danish_'`, re n ow, 01 e_, be 0 0 instalments on the first of thesef ths suen ~ 1 1 file 00 5 ,‘ in the course of the next two 111:101',!'„,0m1'0 10150 as may remain on account of the s ec es fart ib w itl l _o charged. There will conseeneingw I; to di st , u ; t , t e PorP il 7o / at present, be henceforth not cte p . .) e b. toe 0 , tendency towards accurnulatinn. e '-' i b obtel" t i o o l e tli 0 0; tendency the rate of interest o er-sPe ctiii i i a Wi re 11 l i s t must decline. There is no ov ._ o w ~b e fi r st' 0, quarter of toe 1 t i It' 0 prevent it, and no qua e i n st us; „ fire , „eo bte elj changes are likely to turn a them seir- ill des O P f v ; tions, therefore, that present 0.. nits 1 all in ot ate ti o t ot the point to which the value t t nt" 0 horror -I vi lis ri e l f il o out overcoming the presen ndiy, in f o p t s te y te e ; which involve risk : and, seca rertlo ry, ° res et ' 15 °t Oi vent will be found when the 2,, t t he P or & ab e t last become irrepressi • ble 1 " 'eld 6 f th ° Ts 110 that Yl , er o o pti it , 0, affairs, in which investments rcise neiti! t w ill Y e- c Y' i'i ( ri turn, but that require the exercise .. /se, ti va of r e 0010 faith, are preferred to anythi g e 5 ce rtain• tri ptor Ps o s o ,l ll o a considerable period seem s ,__, 00 sy :d s pr eso l 44 ~ midst of all our prosperity, r u_u_ te will !' be ro t _ r o t 11 1 , 1 11; and the gloom which they . 7 1 _ 5 s hall j `•, i .OO t o o bid distrust until the s haren ti ,";__na ; cl og ; ler e,05 admit what everybody recoegtuise ~,,0 plete — r o ot' t' t f oo' sti o t no help for them but in a cFrnni this , vice ( 0 for tot ffo modes of management. ate that the ri._ bo il oe nce .10 ,i 0 there is reason to andel . t ha t before it .:ppea"oi? will not be sudden, and decided re 0 , be 6 an extent as to lead to a , 4 pre y ev _ a , jo r spirit of adventure, the er': gscher'' enable the Chancellorfond& reduction in the Governor"' i ;N !\