The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-26 00:00:00

t sN ` *\\ .ft‘ *taOarV+ TUESDAY 131ORNING, APRIL 26, 1853. THE WEEK. ALMOST all interest having been concentrated in the financial operations of the Government, the past week has been comparatively dull, as minor sub jects have been allowed to pass almost without obser vation. The near approach of the opening of the Great Exhibition in Duhlin has stimulated many of our Liverpool tradesmen and manufacturers to take part in the competition for superiority, and no doubt the department allotted to this commercial metropolis will prove by no means the least attractive feature. The annual meeting of the Liverpool branch of the Church Missionary Society was celebrated yes terday by two crowded meetings, at which the Lord Bishop of CHESTER, ever foremost in any good work, and the Rev. Dr. APNEILE presided. Ser mons were preached on Sunday at many church es and chapels in the town and its vicinity, and c ol lections were made in aid of the Church's mis sionary exertions. We have given a more detailed report in another page. The motion of the Earl of WINCHILSEA for a committee of inquiry into the system of education . _ pursued at the College of Maynooth, was negatived in the House of Lords by a majority of 110 to 53, upon an amendment being moved by the Earl of ABERDEEN for a royal commission to inquire into the management of the college and the discipline and studies pursued therein, and also the effects produced by the increased endowment in 845. The latter was agreed to without a division, but it will be observed that it is a mere variation of the mode of making the inquiry. The motion for the second reading of the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill led to a long discussion in the House of Lords on Friday, in which the Lord BISHOP of EXETER and the Earl of DERBY strongly con demned the measure. It was, however, resolved to agree to the second reading, and endeavour to amend the Bill in committee. On Saturday, the Braziliera, the first of a line of steamers for the South American and General Screw Steam Navigation Company, to trade between this port and Brazil, was launched from the yard of Mr. JOHN LAIRD, at Birkenhead ; and yesterday the Olinda, the second packet for the same line, was to be launched at Port-Glasgow, from the yard of Messrs. JOHN REID and Co. A new iron steam-boat for the Woodside Ferry was launched yesterday, from the yard of Messrs. JORDAN and GETTY, at the south end. It appears that no arrangement has been come to as yet with reference to the acquisition of the Birkenhead Docks, the committee, on the part of the present owners, having refused to name a price. It is to be regretted that any obstacle should be interposed to an arrangement so mutually advan tageous. THE SPANISH NfINISTRY.—The knot of obscure men who have lately governed Spain, appear to have miscarried in an attempt at a coup d'e - tat, and to have been dislodged from office by the recoil. As usual, it is difficult to discover that the change involves any public interest or any political prin ciple. The progressists being crushed, the domi nant party seem to have fallen to quarrelling amongst themselves. Narvaez was e:iminated from office—then expelled the country; by the injustice inflicted on him he became queerly identified with the cause of constitutional liberty which has suffered so much violence at his hands; the Senate listened to his appeal, and the popular Chamber became angry and rebellious; the unpopularity of the Court rose suddenly to an unusual height ; the Government, without courage to take the last step of all, hazarded the last but one ; they suspended the sittings of the Cortes, dismissed, by an expiring effort of malice, the senators who had voted for Narvaez—and resigned. The natural result would be the recal of Narvaez and his eventual restora tion to power. But the whole political drama in Spain is an outrage on probability. The fallen Government:sent him to Vienna; it is on the cards that the new one may send him to Timbuctoo.— Guardian. FOREIGN NEWS. FRtNCE.—A recent despatch announces that, soon after the arrival of the French squadron off Salamis, the Admiral received a visit from the Russian Admiral, who had gone to Athens, and had visited the different islands in the Archipelago ; he had also been visited by the naval commandant of the coasts of Greece. On Tuesday the Emperor and the Empress inspected, at the official residence of the Minister of State, the pro ducts of the Imperial manufactories of Gobelins, Sevres, and Beauvais, which are to figure in the Exhibition at Dublin. One of the rumours on Friday at the Bourse was, that the French Government had received from London an in timation of a probable change of Ministry. SWITZERLAND.—In order to facilitate an arrange ment with Switzerland, the Austrian Ambassador had been instructed to make a verbal reply to the accusations which Switzerland preferred against Austria at a former period. The Ambassador has complained of a certain poem, which was published at Geneva, under the title of "The Cry of Blood." This poem treats of the differ ences existing between Austria and Switzerland. To support his complaint, the Ambassador has appealed to the Federal press law. - . HOLLAND.—The Cabinet has been dissolved. For the new Cabinet the following appointments have been made :—Foreign Affairs.—M. Van Hall. Justice.—M. Dunker Curtius. Home-office.—M. Vanreenen. Fi nance.—M. Van Doom. .4 NAPLES.—A strong shock of earthquake was felt at Naples on the 9th. It was felt at Caserea, Nola, Log- Rua, and Salerno, but most severely at Copagne, where it did considerable damage to the archbishop's palace, the prefecture, and the barracks. The Sardinian Government have issued a memorandum to the European Courts on the confiscations in Lom bardy, and detailing the relations between Austria and Piedmont from 1848 to the present time. Advices of April 10, from Naples, state that the great event of the week has been the launching of the Vesuvius three decker, from the dry dock where she had been thoroughly overhauled. It was the first instance, and awakened great interest. A slight shock of earthquake had been felt. WEST INDIES.—The Great Western steam-ship, with the West Tndia and Pacific mails, arrived at South ampton on Friday. She left Jamaica on the 27th of March, Barbadoes, on the 28th, and St. Thomas's on the 2d of April, and has brought eighty passengers and $308,855. The yellow fever had almost disappeared in the West Indies. There is little doubt but that the crops will be short throughout the whole of the islands. A cop per mine, with a vein of beautiful malachite, had been I discovered in Jamaica. TURKEY.—Lord Stratford de Radcliffe arrived at Constantinople on the sth instant. He landed at To phana at eleven o'clock, and was received by the resident British subjects. His lordship has been received by the Sultan. Prince Menschikoff's propositions were still pending. He is reported to have threatened that, if not speedily complied with, he would leave Constantinople. Turkey continues her warlike preparations, the excite ment increasing daily. Disturbances have occurred at Broussa, originating with some fanatical Turks, and order was only restored by the exertions of the troops. Fifteen Christians are said to have been killed and wounded in the course of this affray. M. de Bruck, Austrian Inter nuncio at Constantinople, has received the most pacific instructions from his Government, which is doing every thing in its power to bring to an amicable conclusion the difference between Turkey and Russia. THE PENTNSULA.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, Captain Joy, arrived at Southampton at midnight on Tuesday, with 66 passengers and £2,400 in specie. Her dates are—Gibraltar, 14th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Vigo and Oporto, 20th. From Lisbon we learn that the Duke of Saldanha will soon have to resign office, in consequence of ill health. The Duke of Terceira will, it is supposed, be appointed in his stead. Viscount Sa Bandeira is likely to be Minister for Foreign Affairs. He belongs to the Septembrist party, who held office before. The bill of indemnity is still in debate, and speeches stretched through whole sittings. The Bengal did not reach Gibraltar until the 10th. She was detained seven days before entering the channel. Lisbon exchange on London, 541 for bills at ninety days' date. The Tagui, in lat. 49 18, broke her shafts and disabled the starboard engine, and had to perform the remainder of the vo. age with only one engine and wheel. INDIA AND CHINA.— By telegraphic despatches from Trieste, dated Sunday, we learn that the steamer Bombay arrived in 108 hours from Alexandria, bringing advices from Calcutta to the 19th ult. There was no news from Burmah. Trade was improving at Calcutta. Exchange on London, 22. Trade was dull at Bombay, and money plentiful. CHlNA. — According to advices from China of the 12th ult., it was said that Nankin had fallen into the bands of the rebels on the 9th of February, and it was thought that nothing but European intervention could maintain the Emperor on the throne. THE LIVERPOOL STALNDARD, TIJESDAN, APRIL 26, 1853. AUSTRALIA.—We have advices to the 15th January, received by way of Valparaiso and Panama. Business Of every description was th r i v i ng , an d th e arrivals of emi grants constantly on the increase. The Government escort which arrived at Melbourne from Bendigo and Mount Alexander on the Bth of January, brought down 20,007 ounces of gold. The quantity received from the same places by a previous escort amounted to 17,500 ounces. At Melbourne gold was firm at £3 103. 6d. per ounce. Flour was held at, for old, £2O per ton; new, £l9 ; seconds do., £l7 ; bran, Is. 4d. per bush. ; old wheat, 7s. per bush. ; new do., 6s. 9d. Groceries were also firm at the following quotations :—Hams is. per lb. ; butter, Is. 24d. ; lemon syrup, 225. 63. per dozen ; half gallon pickles, 375. 63. per dozen; sauces, 7s. to 13s. per dozen ; vinegar. 10d. per gall. Gold was still being received in considerable quantities, although a large pro portion of the miners were engaged in prospecting, or, at least, in surface digging, seeming, as in the early history of gold hunting in California, to have an aversion to ex pending any great amount o f l a b our i n s i nking deep shafts, or pushing tunnels into the hills. Several correspondents from the gold fields complain that exaggerated reports of the productiveness of the placers are published in the Melbourne papers, which tend to delude many into the belief that they can do better by digging than by following their legitimate business in th e t owns an d c i t i es, t h us causing much distress and suffering among the new corners. Bush•ranging is carried on to a considerable extent, and in many instances with the most daring impunity. An instance of this occurred within three miles of Forrest Creek, and in full view of several tents, where a man was robbed of £4O by two men well armed and mounted. An occasional arrest is made, however, by the patrols, who are quite numerous, and range the country both on foot and on horseback. Some very heavy swindling operations have been carried on for a number of months past in Australia, in the manufacture of spurious gold, which, for a long time, passed quite currently among all classes without the least suspicion as to its genuineness. It is said that £lOO,OOO had been made in five months by operations in the gold frauds, one bank alone having been mulcted in £50,000. The Kate had sailed for London on the 12th, with 28,977 ounces of gold, worth £115,000; and the Cuth berts on the following day, with 445 ounces. The John Taylor had sailed with 11,847 ounces, the Joshua with 5,732 ounces, and the Sir Robert Sale with 13,836 ounces ; all from Victoria. The steamer Sarah Sands was to sail from Sydney for Liverpool on the 27th of January. Among the sailing-vessels about to depart for England were the Washington Irving, on the 17th ; the Lydia, Windsor, and Waterloo, on the 20th ; and the Cheapside on the 21st of January ; the Cyrus, on the Ist of Feb ruary; the Anglesey, on the 10th; the Templar, on the 12th ; the Carnatic, on the 20th ; and the Vimiera, Black River, and Catherine Jameson, at dates not specified. The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Shanghai was expected from Singapore about the Ist of February, and would be despatched during the same month. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. By the British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Niagara, Capt. Lang, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday, at 11 25 p.m., we have advi , es from New York to the 12th, and from Boston to the 13th instant. The Niagara brought the following 123 passengers, but no specie. PASSENGERS FROM BOSTON : The Hon. W. Cagley, lady, and infant, the Hon. Judge Washburn and lady, Mr. H. Whale and lady, Rev. E. Squire and lady, Mr. B. F. Kendall and lady, Mr. Griffiths and lady, Miss Griffiths, Mr. J. Brown and lady, Miss Brown, Miss Hobbs, Mrs. Simmonds, infant, and nurse, Mr. W. Perch, Mr. G. M'Keand and lady, Mr. P. Spitin and lady, Captain Vidal and lady, Miss Vidal and nurse, Miss Montgomery, Mr. Tingle and Miss Tingle, Mrs. Buchan, two children, and nurse, Mrs. E. W. Williams, Miss Boultbee, Mr. A. 0. Bigelon and lady, Mr. Chandler, Rev. E. P. Peabody, Mr. C. Griffiths, Mr. S. Salisbury, Mr. A. Pitt, Mr. R. Simmonds, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. W. Hinks, Mr. J. M. Keipfer, Mr. H. I. Parker, Mr. J. M`Lean, Mr. J. Haddock, Mr. A. H. Davidson, Mr. Jones, bearer of despatches, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Samuel Dickey. Mr. R. Stilt, Mr. P. W. Price, Mr. J. Hawes, Mr. G. K. Hannay, Mr. G. Brandt, Mr. J. Holmes, Miss Palser, Mr. J. March, Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. J. Brettaigh, Mr. Dufond, Mr. J. Rus sell, Mrs. Day and two children, Miss Rowlands, Mr. J. Copeland, Mr. R. De Newville, Mr. H. Kift, Mr. J. Fisher, Mr. W. Wheeler, Mr. James Graham, son, and servant, Mr. E. Tamer, Mr. S. Webber, Mr. Cordukes, Capt. J. H. Lefroy, R.A., Mr. F. Adams and daughter, Mr. J. Chabot, Mr. R. Ledward, Mr. Goldsmith, Mr. W. H. Samson, Mr. J. B. Cook, Mr. G. H. Carpenter, Mr. A. Dessommes, Mr. P. Mallard, Mr. J. Badnall. Mr. A. Campbell, Mr. J. Legrello, Mr. A. Rufin, Mr. W. B. Partridge, Mr. Vendryes, Dr. H. H. Atkinson, Mr. J. W. Wright, Mr. J. Day and lady, Mr. G. H. Boughton, Mr. G. Wood, Mr. W. Hook, Mr. Bennet, Mr. L. Lace, Mr. L. Relim, Mr. Zainlart, Mr. G. Schnape, Mr. S. Ormandy, and Mr. Crombeke.—FßOM HALIFAX: The Bishop of Nova Scotia, Ray. Geo. Hill, Mr. Millett, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Hood, Mrs. Evans. The steamer America, hence, arrived at Halifax on the 12th instant. On the 17th instant the Niagara passed the stam-ship Arabia, and on Sunday the steam-ship Asia, hence for New York. In the State senate, a spirited debate took place between Messrs. Taber and Babcock, concerning the bill intro duced by the former for the benefit of certain Romanist associations. A proposition was introduced to protect the press in fair and correct reports of trials. Both houses were in session till a very late hour, hurrying through the work, in order to be ready for the adjournment on the 11th inst., previous to which the nomination of Mr. Buchanan as minister to England was confirmed. We learn from Providence that the British bark Robert Kerr, with a cargo of iron, from Ulasgow for New York, was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition, on the 4th ult. Her passengers and crew were all rescued by the British bark Douglas. CUBA.—The steamer Isabel had arrived at Charleston with Havana advices to the Bthi nstant. The lives of the political prisoners had been spared. They were taken to the scaffold, when their pardons were read. Advices of the 30th ult., from Rio Grande, state that Caravajal had again crossed the river and taken possession of the town of Reynosa. A rumour was current in Brownsville that the town of Edinburg had been destroyed, from some cause growing out of a new filibustier move ment. Edinburg is an American town, situate in front of the Mexican town of Reynosa. CALIFORNIA.—Advices of the 16th ult. are to hand. A difficulty took place between the Indians and miners in the vicinity of Tohama, growing out of sundry thefts and depredations. The Americans rose in a body, and slaughtered some fifteen or twenty belonging to ono tribe. Gold in considerable quantities had been found east of the Cascade Mountains, Oregon. A number of new and very rich diggings have recently been discovered near Nevada, and aso in the vicinity of Coloma. The town of Weaverville, near Shasta, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 7th ult. Loss estimated at about $lOO,OOO. Miss Hayes gave her last concert in San Francisco on the 12th ult. A report was brought into Sonora on the 12th ult. that the famous robber Joaquin was seen at a fan dango house, in the vicinity of Quartzburg, a day or two before. He was recognised by some one who cried out "Joaquin," when the robber rushed upon him, and a desperate fight ensued between Joaquin't men and the citizens, in which two or three Americans were killed and others wounded. But the robbers are said to have escaped. HATTI.—Port-au- Prince advices of the 28th ult. state that the fever was raging to an alarming extent, with no signs of abatement. CENTRAL AMERICA.—From San Juan de Nicaragua, we learn that everything was quiet on the 31st March. H. M.'s steamer Genser had arrived there. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 12. MoNEY.—The aspect of the Money Market continues to improve, and confidence is in a measure restored throughout the business community. Leans among our moneyed institutions and private bankers are confined at present, and will be for a short time longer, to first-class customs. The immense accumulation of capital in this metropolis, from foreign quarters, is greater now than at any former period ; and the accumulation going on at an increased ratio. The demand for foreign Exchange has been moderate to-clay, but rates are firm. London 1091 to 1091; Paris 5.121. to 5.13 1; Amsterdam, 401 to 41 ; Frankfort. 401 to 401; Bremen, 791 to 791 ; Ham burg, 361 to 361. (From the New York Courier of April 12) CoTrox.—The sales of the 9th amounted to upwards o 4,000 bales, and to -day (the 11th), 1,230. The excess at all the ports, as made up at New Orleans on the 9th inst., is now reduced to 360,000, the receipts having been at New Orleans 27,000 against 43,000 last year ; and at Mo. bile 5,000 against 12,000. Prices on this side are now (assuming 101 c. for middling Orleans, freight 5-16 d., exchange 9 per cent.) -id. above the last Liverpool quota tions, (5 3 / 4 d. to 53d,) and are sustained in the absence of favourable advices from abroad by the continued decrease in receipts combined with the unfavourable advices rela tive to the planting season. Strict Liverpool classification : New Orleans Other and Texas. Gulf Ports. Atlantic. Inferior nominal. nominal. nominal. Low to good ord 9i to 10 9i to 10 93 to 9} Low to good Mid. fair to fair 12 123 113 121 113 113 Fully Fair l3 123 12 121 (From Mr. W. P. Wright's Circular.) Since my circular of the 6th instant, we are in posses sion of Liverpool dates to the 26th ult., per Europa; the market was without change from our previous advices per Arctic. During the past week here we have had a less active market, and in some cases a slight reduction in price, not sufficient, however, to warrant a change in quotations. The business, which amounts to 7,500 bales, has been done for export to the continent, a fair proportion for Liverpool, little or none for Havre. Home consumers have taken more freely of the better qualities. The export for the same time has been as follows :—To Liverpool, 7,861 bales ; Havre, 635 ; Bremen, 597 ; Rotterdam, 56. Total, 9,149 bales. The table of receipts, &c., for the week reduces the excess to 380,000 bales. Next week the total receipts at all the ports will be about 55,000 bales, against 90,000 bales for the same week last season ; and the excess will be further reduced to about 345,000 bales. The exports are again considerably less to Great Britain and France than in the corresponding week of last year ; the increase to the former is now reduced to 145,000 bales, while to the latter the decrease is 59,000 bales. - - The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since the Ist of September last, as compared with the previous three years:- 1853 1852 1851 1850 Receipts at the ports 2,818,000 2,438,000 1,936,000 1,758,000 Exports to Great Britain 1,138,000 993,000 812,000 624,000 France 263,000 322,00 0 248,000 205,000 other for. ports 214,000 207,000 106,000 107,000 Total exports 1,615,000 1,522,000 1,226,000 936.000 Stock on hand Of which during the past week, included in the above : 1853 1852 1851 1850 Receipts at the ports : 59,000 97,000 44,000 30,000 Exports to Great Britain 38,000 63,000 55,000 32,000 ~ France otherfor. ports 10,000 18,000 3,000 2,000 Total exports BRRADS TUFFS. - Towards the close of last week a decline of 61c. per barrel for flour was in some coo sub mitted to, but since the receipt of the Liverpool advices, per Europa, the decline has been fully recovered, and the market closes firm at our quotations. Wheat is in fair demand, without change in value. Northern round yel low It Alan corn, 64c. to 65c. per 56 lbs. Southern yellow, 65c. to 69c. per 56 lbs.; white, 64c. to 65c. ; mixed, 61c. to 63c. per 56 lbs. • barley, 64c. to 63c. per 48 lbs. • rye, 90c. to 92c. per 56 lbs. ; corn meal, 43'3 12c. to 43 62 c. ; rye flour, B'3 75c. to -.8'4 50c. per barrel. PROVISIONS.—We have no alteration to notice in the market • holders are firm. A few hundred bare* mess pork soft! at 4315 ; prime, 43'13 25c. ; country mess , 23c. to S'lo 25c. ; prime ditto, 84 50c. to £5 ; city mess, £'l3 ; prime ditto, 43'6 to 43'5 50c. ; prime mess, £'2o to 43'21. Llrd, in barrels, 94c. to 9i-c. ' • kegs, 10Ic. to 10i1c. NAVAL STORES.—SaIes of 300 barrels of spirits of tur pentine were made at 53c. ; rough turpentine and rosin remain dull, at previous rates. IRos.-Scotch pig was in demand at 37 dols. to 38 dots., and held at 35 dols. to 40 dols. per ton, from yard. FREIGHTS.-To Liverpool : Cotton, 5.16 d. ; flour and meal, per brl., 2s. 6d. ; rosin, 2s. 7i-d. to 2s. 9d. ; heavy goods, per ton, 275. 61. to 30s. ; grain, in bulk, per bushel, 61d. to 7d. To London : Tobacco, per hhd., 30s. to 325. 6d. ; flour, per brl., 2s. 9d. to 3s. ; turpen tine, per 2801b5., 3s. 63. ; measurement goods, per ton, 30s. ; heavy goods, oil, &c., 30s. to 325. 6d.; cheese, 303. to 355. ; beef, per tierce, Es. to 6s. 6d. ; oil cake, per brl., 3s. To Havre : Cotton, sq stare bales, per lb., c. ; ashes, per ton, 8 dols. to 10 dols. ; rice, 10 dols. ; measurement good s, 10dols. ; whalebone, per lb., ;c. NEW ORLEANS, April 11.-Cotton has been very live to-Jay, and the business amounts to fully 14,000 bales, at an advance of itc. to te. Strict middling is quoted at 91-c. to 10c. CHARLESTON, April 11.—The sales of cotton to-day have been 1,800 bales, at prices ranging from 81c. to 11e. Prices are quite full. MOBILE, April 11.—The sales of cotton, during the week, have been 13,000 bale, and the receipts of the same period foot up 5,000 bales, with experts of 12,000. The stock on hand now amounts to 97,000 bales. Middling is quoted at 91. HAVANA, April B.—Sugars were active. Assorted, Gr. to 94r. ; whites, Sr. to 10r. ; yellows, 6r. to 7ir. ; browns gr. to 61,r. ; and" Muscavadoes, 4ir. to 6r. The stock of sugars at Havana and Matanzas amounted to 200,000 boxes. Molasses scarce, and readily brought 21r. Exchange on London had advanced. British bills were quoted at 91, and for small amounts 10 per cent.. Freights were unsteady, and small vessels were wanted. Quota tions :—To Cowes, Z 2 15s. ARRWAT, OF THE FRANKLIN. By the United States mail steam•ship Franklin, Capt. Wotton, which arrived off Cowes lust before midnight on 'Wednesday, we have advices from New York to•the 9th instant. The steamers Daniel Webster and Philadelphia had arrived at New Orleans vi r ith a fornightrs later news from California. The Pacific mail steamer Tenessee was totally lost near San Francisco by running ashore in a fog. Her passengers, 600 in number, and the mails, were saved. Great anxiety was manifested for the safety of the Vanderbilt steamer Independence, which vessel was 30 days overdue. A steamer had• been sent in search of her. The California mining intelligence was favourable. Gold mines of great value had been found in Oregon. The steamer Prometheus had put into Charleston short of coals,- and reported the San Juan difficulty to be all settled. Dates from the city of Mexico to the 21st of March state that on the I.7th the ballot-box containing - votes for the President of the Republic had:been opened, and Santa Anna was duly elected. The town of Weaverville, in California, had been destroyed by fire ; the damage was estimated at 5100,000. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. LARGE DTAMOND.—In the last news from Rio Janeiro we find the following statement :—A diamond, valued at £200,000, of superior quality, and as large as a pigeon's egg, was discovered in one of the miner's district, by a female slave, the property of a poor lame man, who em• ployed her in searching for stones of value. TELEGRAPH TAX.—The government of Mecklenburg- Schwerin being of opinion that the use of electriatele graphs is injurious to the post-office revenues, reluires that a tax shall be paid to the state for - every despatch by the railway company; and the company not beingl..im mediately disposed to acquiesce in this view, the wires remain, for the present, unused. SHIP•DES'PROYED, LIGHTNING.—By advices from the United States, we learn that a splendid merchant trader, called the Goldsn Light, was struck by lightning within the limits of the north-east trade winds, in the early part of last month, and totally - destroyed. The captain and crew escaped in the boats,. Two boats, how ever, are still missing. The loss to the Boston ruder writers, where the ship was principally-insured, is about £60,600. ROME has been full of visitors, including as many as 35,003 -foreigners. Oar correspondent informs us of the discovery of tombs near the Via Appia, that fruitful-mine of antiquarian interest, containing the ashes of the' free men of Nero, Pompey, and Caesar._ Dr. E.. Braun hasH nearly completed a guide to the- monumental relies of Rome. The gasworks now being erected for the illumi nation of. Rome, under the direction of • our energetic countryman, Mr. James Shepherd,. engineer, are-rapidly progressing. AN ORATORICAL_ NEW YORK_ WAITER. —The. white waiters of New York have been out on strike. it seems. At one of their gatherings a Mr. Adolphus Swin.was ap pointed president. Mr. Swin spoke pithily. lee- said :-- Many amongst you are prevented from marrying, and thus adopting a barrier against rice and dissipation, owing to the impossibility of sustaining a family upon twelve dollars a month. YOur Sundays and your week days are all alike. If you-ask the religious hotel keeper, who heaps in his twenty or sixty thousand dollars a year, " if vou can go to church or to mass,"'what does he reply ?' Just this, " I do not employ you Ito. go to church.;, I pay you to work." And yet perhaps this hotel keeper is a mem-. ber of a Bible Society, or subscribes to send missionaries out to the countries, of the far Pacific, or the desert of. Sahara, at the moment he refuses you ai rat remunera tion for your time, and thus contributes to your moral and social degradation. MORAL FORCE IN . THE UNITED STATES.—A Case of Lynch law, not, however, of a very severe character, has lately occurred in. Woodstock, New Hampshire. A , letter from that place states the facts as follows :—A man of the name of Tucker, alias " Colonel,,',' who has a wife and several fine children, took it into his head to make. love to a young girl about two years since, and has from time to time taken her on journeys with him, and ontheir return would leave her at the house of her father. Finally, he informed his wife that he-should live with her no longer, and took the girl to live with him. Fiske and Norcross, of Lowell, have a large number of men.near this place during the winter season cutting andhauling logs. These men,, hearing of the-matter, met from the different camps, and, after consultation, agreed to pro ceed to Colonel Tucker's house and make a demonstra tion. As it was well known that Tucker usually went armed with revolver and dirk, there was some hesitation as to who should " bell the cat,." or, in other words, who should take the lead and enter the house, in search of Tucker. Finally, one of the oldest hands of the gang, named Jenkins, stepped forward and said that, as he was getting old,, and was without wife or child to cry for him if he was killed, he would volunteer to lead in the matter. On Saturday, March 19th., the loggers to the number of about 100, according to agreement, surrounded the house, and Captain Jenkins entered, while the others stood out side, Colonel Tucker was made prisoner and placed in . the centre. The girl tried to escape but was prevented, and taken back to her father's house. They then took Colonel Tucker and marched him to. the home of the father of the girl, to whom they introduced him. After this they took him to the house of Colonel Brown, who told them not ta kill him, but to punish him, as he de served it. They then marched him to the village of Woodstock, where they formed a line, and ordered him to march and countermarch in front of them. Finally, after keeping no this exercise until about midnight, they gave him some good advice, obtained a promise from him that he would take his wife and children home and treat them well, with the alternative that if he did not they would visit him again in two weeks, and then they allowed him to depart.—Boston Paper. M. HERMAN, chief engineer on the Orleans railway, by a happy application of the electric telegraph, has in vented a simple machine for making known an accident of any kind which has occurred t o the railway train to the guard, while the guard maintains a constant means of communication with the driver in front. The accident is announced to the 464 by the ringing of a ball which they would be able to suggest improvements which would make the whole plan still more desirable. After some further discussions, the papers were ordered to be printed. PILOTAGE BILL. MR. CARDWELL having presented two petitions in favour of this measure from merchants, masters of vessels, and others of Liverpool, moved that the House go into committee on the bill. MR. C. TURNER moved, by way of amendment, that the bill be referred to a select committee. The interests at stake, bath as regarded the persons immediately con nected, in one way and another, with pilotage, and as re garded the lives and property of the public, were so vast, and the question itself was so complicated, that a select committee could alone properly investigate the subject. The hon. gentleman had presented, indeed, petitions in favour of this bill from certain merchants, masters of vessels, and others of Liverpool, but he was prepared to state that the very large majority of the merchants of that port, and of the masters and mates of vessels there, were decidedly opposed to the measure as it now stood, and assuredly the opinion of the port of Liverpool, so greatly exceeding in business as it did the port of London, was entitled, on such a matter, to the serious consideration of the House. The underwriters at that port, men well qualified to give their judgment on the subject, were also decidedly opposed to the bill, and, indeed, it might be said that almost the only persons connected with the trade of Liverpool who advocated the measure vere the masters and mates of the steam.vessels. He was ready to admit that the pilotage charges to which these vessels had been subjected in the port of Liverpool, were too heavy, but the Pilot Board there had agreed to reduce those charges. The Pilot Board of Liverpool was not composed of pilots, of persons connected with the pilots, hut of merchants, whose obvious interest it was to keep the pilots and their I charges under proper control. Whether and in what way the composition of the focal pilot boards might be im proved was a point which a select committee could effi ciently consider. The centralizing of the authority under the Board of Control seemed a most extraordinary thing, without any good ground, and against the opinions of those who thought that instead of 39,000 vessels going out of the port without a single loss, the probability would be they would have a tremendonoilass of life and property. The only objection to the present system was, he believed, the charges, and that point he was quite willing to leave to the decision- of the Board of Trade. He hoped, there fore, the Government would accede to the proposition he had made, or, if not, that the parties whom he repre sented would be heard before they proceeded further with the bill. This motion was seconded by Sir E. DiarivG, who in sisted that if ever a bill required the strictest inquiry it was this, which affected the great maritime interest of the country, as well as the vested interests of the pilots of the united kingdom. Mr. GEi;RGE gave his•hearty support tothe bill, which in his opinion did justice to the important steam interest connected with the port of Liverpool. Ile - warmly ap proved of the power of appeal to the Board of Trade in the event of the local boards refusing to license- competent masters and mates ; and tc• show the injurious operation of the existing system, he - referred to the case of the Di2blin and Liverpool Steam - Company. The masters and mates employed by the company were experienced men, and knew every crevice of the part of Liverpool, but the local board refused to license them. In the last three years the company's vessels had made 2,736 voyages from port to port. In only 245 cases had they employed the Liverpool Pilots, and they had been compelled to pay for that service no less - than X 4,500:, being at the rate of .£1,5" , "/ a-year. Mr.- CAnnwnen observed thatthe House had assented to the second reading of the bill without a division, and if they intended the shipping interest to enjoy the benefit of this reform they would pass it through this stage. If it were sent to a committee upstairs, and witnesses were to be examined, it would be long before-it re-appeared. The principle of the measure was, that no , bodies should levy compulsory taxation upon the subjects of tho realm, rendering no account to Parliament of the manner in. which the funds were disposed of. Upon a division the amendment was negatived by 22r. to 85, and the House went into Committee, but imme diately afterwards adjourned. FRIDAY, APRIL 22. MAIDSTONP: ELLcirtox:—Mr. HALfp reported from the Select Committee that Mr. George Dodd was not. duly elected. C LASSIFICA-TION OF. OAVPPORTS. —ln answer to ai question from Mr. W. Brown, Mr. WILSON said, that he omitted last night to state the intention of the Go vernment with respect to timelassificatisa of the outports.• It was intended to abolish the present system altogether, and to have no- special classification, but to deal with each port from time to tine according to its circum stances, taking into account the amount of trade in con nexion with it and the amount of revenue' levied thereat. The•salaries of the officers and the different charges con nected with them would be fized in future i•n reference to the circumstances of the port, and not in reference to any. general classification. REDUCTION OP' THREE FER CENTS , ..— The House having resolved itself into a Committee upon the South Sea and other Annuities' Commutation Mil, on arriving at the second clause, which provides that proprietors of the South Sea Stock and other, minor 3 per cent. stocks may for every Xlef): receive 4Et2 10s. new n per cents., or £ll4 new 21 per cents., both guaianteed for 40 years ; or an Exchequer bond for -ClOO, bearing interest at 24_, per cent. until 1864, and 2i per aent.:until 1894,—Sir F. Kea:A-characterised' the whole scheme contained in the bill as inconsistent, impracticable, mischievous, and un just, and declared he should oppose this part of it,. as - making.a large and substantial .addition tee the national debt,. under circumstances which .led to a reasonable ap,_ prehension t hat the principle would be applied to•the whole debt, unless Mr. Gladstone consented so far to modify the bill as to strike out the seeond alternative, and he moved an amendment to, that effect. Mr. DISRAELI observed, that.the plan. of the Govem ment, if completed,, could, at the utmost, save no more than, £600,000 a-year, with a guarantee that might entail. a loss, and contrasted very unfavourably with preceding,. financial arrangements, especiallysin respect to the gua rantee,. the most important feature of the present plan.. He objected that the Chancellor of the Exchequar had settled the terms of the operation,. whereas it was hisduty to have thrown upon the public creditor the responsibility of offering terms. A2l per cent. stock could be created at any time ; its policy depended upon terms and time,, and., in his opinion, Mr. Gledstone,thomeh ingenious,liad been premature. Theprospeets, of the rate of interest.were uncertain; new phenomena were hourly appearing,; and al though before these great changes, which had confounded the greatest financiers, the most successful of our, chan cellors of the exchequer had never contemplated a gua rantee beyond twenty years,,aa guarantee of ferty,years. was now proposed for a conversion which, if perfectly fulfilled, would save only £600,000 a-year.—The Cu AN OELLOR of the Exenectuee. defended the measure; and,. after some discussion, the amendment was negatived by 236 to 177, and the whole of the clauses were agreed to. CusToms REFORM,—Tho report of the Customs, 80-., Acts Committee was agreed to, and a bill was ordered to be brought in. REMARKM3LE DELUSION OE:A,DERBY FAMILY. At the Derby County , Court, on Monday week,, a man named Thomas Baynton and his wife made a claim for .£24 165.,10d., in the name of board and wages, against Miss Emma Hunt, a young lady of Derby, who, with the other members of her family, would appear to have been a victim to the most remarkable delusions, unparalleled in the wildest tales of fiction. The plaintiff and his wife were induced to. leave a good situation in the isle of Wight on representations made by, the defendant, and at her , instigation, by her father and sister, to the effect that she, the defendant, was about to be married to a duke, and that he, the plaintiff i , was to be engaged as head, gardener, while his wife was to sustain the impor tant office of housekeeper in the ducal establishment. The household of the duke was, to be on a scale of ex traordinary magnificence. The lady was to have four gardeners, of whom the plaintiff. was to be the chief ; she was likewise to have four grooms, four coachmen, four housekeepers, and, in short, a very noble establishment. The movements, as well as. the /ocia in quo, of his grace, were supposed to be very uncertain, as his intended duchess did not know exactly when the wedding was to take place, or where the ducal residence was ultimately to be reared. However, as a make-shift and, tem porary dwelling-place, St. Helen's House was fixed on, while a magnificent mansion was to be built on the Ashbourne-road, some idea of which domicile might be formed from the fact, that it was to have forty rooms on the ground floor, four of which were to. be dining rooms, and four to be drawing-rooms. Saint Helen's House having been found inadequate to the. requirements of the noble pair, even for temporary purposes, was abandoned, and the more suitable mansion of Brocklesby Hall, in Lincolnshire, the seat of the Earl of Yarborough, was fixed on, its noble owner having, as the lady stated, kindly placed it at the service of the fair affiance; and her noble bridegroom. Still, no duke had been seen, and no precise day or hour had been fixed for the wedding, of which important event, the lady stated she herself would not, in all probability, receive six hours' notice, on l y one or two interesting events being certain as to the joyous ceremony. The first of these was, that the nuptials should be graced by Her Majesty and Prince Albert, in addition to whom, was a mysterous foreign nobleman, who, having come from "some place far abroad," had un expectedly, as well as unfortunately, been placed under quarantine, in Liverpool. This little contretemps, how ever, was more than compensated for, by t he condescend ing kindness of He r M a j e sty, who, in addition to counte nancing the marria g e of the Derby bride , had graciously consented to waive the rigour of the law ,: on so august a n occasion, and allow the duke and his fairy Hunt," t o drive eight horses in their state carriage. Preparations for the expected, but unconsummated marr iage, continued off and on, from the end of Novemb er, till near th e c l ose of February, when the expectant br ide,. " like Niobe, all tears," was dragged before the magistrates, to answe r th e demand of one of the plaintiffs, who, besides having seen no situation, had been unexpectedly, as well as involun. tarily, exalted to the position of private banker to his grace's future father - in-la w ; that gentl eman, w i t h a con descension which certainly was remarkable, having borrowed several small sums of money t o mee t p resen t neces sities with. On being taken before the magistrates, Mi ss Emma, the defendant, said, on accoun t o f th e ill ne s s of his grace, the marriage had been indefinitely postponed, but that she would settle all claims within a fortnight. Subsequent to this, the sum o f £7l 10 s . was p a id t o Bayn ton, that being the amount advanced by him to the defend ant's father ; no more being forthcoming, on account of the illness of his imaginary grace. Under these circum stances, the plaintiff and his wife, having lost a good situation, without having received another, as they had been engaged to have bad, brought the present action. In the cross- exam i na ti on o f B a ynt o n, he stated that nego tiations had been opened with witness, by the father of the defendant, so long ago as the month of July, last, in a series of letter 3, which were read. In one of these it represented, in a roundabout way, that defendant had been left £40,000 a year, by a Mr. Bell, in the county of York. In another, reference was made to the splendid mansion about to be built, and requesting witness to ob tain the dimensions of the principal apartments in East Cowes Castle ; it also stated that the new mansion was to itttve five dialog-rooms. Another of the old gentleman 's ECCLESIASTICAL DIOCESE OF CHESTER: CON'SECRATION:—SCARISBRICK CHURCH, PARISH OrtMSKIRR.—The Bishop of Chester consecrated there / Church of St. IVfark, Scarisbrick, on Tuesday last, as Chapel of Ease to the Parish Church of Otraskirk, from which it is distant - 45 miles. in a situation where the 10 13/ of church accommodation was much felt. It contai o sittings for 408 persons, including children, of whiff number 294 are altogether free. After a sermon by th Bishop in aid of the fund for defraying ere -cost'of tb 6 Church, a sum of nearly £5O was collected. IrscE.—The Bishop has licensed a room in-this paris l ! for the performance of Divine Service and other sactel offices during the Hare the Church is closed; nmacootsil l of the repairs it is abbut to undergo. PREFERMENTS AND A PPOINTMEM Rev. W. Acworth, M.A.'. Rector of Rothley, near Lo borough, to the Rectory of Plurapstead, near Woolwich,• Ken; Rev. .1. Baker, NBA.; Chaplain of Christ Church; 000" to be Master of the Cathedral School. Rev. H. M. Birch, Rector of Prestwich, Lancathire, to De il Surrogate for the diocese of•Cheser. Rev. J. C. Llewelin„ to the Curacy of Narbeth with 'Rob e ' stone Wathen, Pembrokeshire. Rev. M. Collyns, 8.A., to the Curacy of Honiton, DEvo.nsbi f f; Rev. W. Cooper, M.A:, to • the Rectory of Ri pp i nga i t Bourne. Lincolnshire.. Rev. W. J. Deane, M.A., to the Rectory of Ashen, net Halstead, Essex. Rev. J. A. Frere, Fellow, Senior Dean,. and Assistet Tutor at Trinity College, to the Vicarage of Shilli ng t on , pc' fordshire. Rev. T. R. Govett, M.A., late Curate of St. Stiviour's,--N ° ' wich, to the Rectory of Alby, near Aylesham, NOrfolk. Rev. A. 0. Hartley, Fellow of Magdalene CO/leg e „4 Cambridge, and Curate of Holy Trinity Ch urc h, B u ngay,_,; i , the Head Mastership of the Fauconberge Free Grammar Sollu Beccles. Rev. S. Hornebrooke, ILA,. to the Curacy -of -Aslactell, Norfolk. Rev. E. 0. Hughes,to the Rectory of Llanddeiniolell, N at' narvenshire. Rev. Jackson, to be Chaplain-to the Sheriff ofDenbighkh . , ir at e ; W. E. James, Esq.„ 8.A.., of Jesus College, Gxford, ant,M ce , Assistant Master of the Grammar School, Ludlow, , to-he Vibe' Pr of the Training College, Carmarthen._ -, Isle °f Rev. 3. W. Kewley, 8.A.,. Incumbent of FOxdale. - man, to be Diocesan Inspector- of Schools for the dioee" Sodor wadi Man. Rev. T. B. Ludlow, Chaplain and s€bo.arnaS.-- tAr of Christ Church, to the Rectory of Slapton, Bucks. Rev. D. C. Moore,. to the Chracy of Borley, Essex. Rev. J. H. Moran, 8.A., to be-Chaplain to the -Female Convi ct Prison, Brixton. Rev. J. Murrell,. ra.A., to the Curacy of. ;bestow, near Malton, Yorkshire.. Rev. J.J. Nash, MIA -4 to the Curacy of St. Michael's Church, Macclesfield. .orarY Rev. J. 0. Parr, M.A.., Vicar of Preston, to-be an- Canon in the Cathedral Church of Manchester. ear Rev. J. D. Pigott, MA, to the Rectory ot,Cuxharch- Tetsworth. Rev. G. W. Robinson,. B.A., to the Curacyof-Briston, Dereham. Hon. and Rev. 11.. z W. V. Stuart, to the Curacy. of 1 0.05 Bromley, Lichfield. Rev. It. S. Sutton,.. It Fellow of Exeter,College, Oxfc.' lll : late Curate of Beg,brooke,. Oxfordshire, to the Rectory of RlP near Hurst Green, Sussex. Rev. F. Trevor, 8.A., to the Rectory of Wiliand, 11 eat Collumpton, Devon. Rev. J. Turner, MtA., Vicar of Lancaster,-to -be an NonOrall Canon in the Cathedral Church of Manchester. Rev. J. S. Whiteford, M.A., to the Rectory.of -Taxan, P Macclesfield. Rev. A. to the Stipendiary Curacy of SLQatberl Church, Tranmete,. Ghee ire. COLONIAL isriorstics. A meeting w a s held St Willis's-rooms- on Wednesday, or the invitation of th Archbishop of Canterbury, to take measures. f or raisif l o i contributions towards the endowment of a dditional colon s bishoprics. The report of the council for colonial bishop; was read, from which it appeared that there were nog 2 bishoprics in the British colonial ampire '• that the num b of clergy ministering within the limits of the 15 bishoPr i o founded within the last twelve years had risen from 2744 502 ; that, negotiations with her Majesty governrov,l were pending relative to a bishopric at the Mauritius, a li that it was thought desirable to establish bishopricg o Graham's. Town and Natal,, in Africa, at Perth, /, Western, Australia, and at Kingston, Canada - OA Taking the necessary expenses into account, the cou,M appealed to the church for. a contributio n o f £45.5 The Bishop, of London moved the first resolution, whiPo having, been seconded by the Earl of ' Chichester l i e agreed,to and resolutions moved by the Duke of r 4 e castle and the Bishop of Oxford, and seconded or g i r t ported by the Bishop of Cape-town, Sir J. Pakingn, R: M I , and Mr. Cardvrell. M.P., were also adopte Thanks having been voted to the Archbishop of Cantu on the motion of the Bishop of Quebec , sena° 4 , by the Earl of Harrowby, the proceedings t orm inatvj, after an announcement th a t £3 , 000 h a d b een subscriber THE LONDON MAY MEET/NOS. April 2G - British Reformation Hanovvr-squarert. -0005 Female Aid Society Baptist Irish Society Albion Chapel „„,j King Edward Schools 27 Female Emigrant Society Metrop. Training Institute lnstitution, Highb u 28 Prayerßatist Missiona an Book d ry Homily Scripture Readers' Hanover-snuareßoor„, Female Philanthropic . inn-fieV Ch. of Engl. S. Sch. Institute Exeter Hall Col. Training Institution Freemasons Hall 29 Irish Church Missions Exeter Hall May 2 Wesleyan Missionary British So. Prop. Gosp. Jews, Freemason's Hall Naval and Milita Bible.— Willis's Rooms ,id Home and Col. School Soc lnstitute, Grays-in n Aged Pilgrim's Friend London Tavern Ch. of Scotland Missions Exeter Hall 3 ▪ Exeter Hall ▪ E xe t er Hall el Chr i s tian Instruction 4 British and Foreign Bibl e Church Church Missionary Missionary Soc. for Evangel. F ore i gners. 7, Newman-stree t . 5 London City Mission Irish Society Of London Sunday School Union Ch. of England Young Men's Freemason's Lull G Jews Society Exeter Hall 0 00 Governesses' Bene. Institute. Hanover-squarelto Shipwrecked Fishermen Religious Tract Society Col. Church and School 7 Naval Female Schools 9 British and Foreign Schools Borough-road Sclw Ragged School Union Colonial Missionary 10 Church Pastoral-Aid Exeter Hall 0 6 Domestic Servants' Institn Hanover-square Boo Home Missionary 11 Protestant Association Exeter Hall 12 London Missionary Sailors' Home and Asylum, Sailors'llome, We London Missionary Female Servants' Home Evangelical Alliance Freemasons' Hall 13 Operative Jewish Converts' 16 Irish Evangelical Brit. and,For. Anti-Slavery Exeter Hall „0, 18 Foreign-Aid Hanover-squarePw , 5 19 National Temperance Female Philanthropic 27 Society Building Churches June 2 Prey. of Cruelty to Animals I A PUZZLE.—Here (says a Yankee o ",,er; F Y paper) is s ome thi ng wor th s t u dying :fee' 0U 0 If any of our readers can solve it, 110 do W E F 0 the p o i n t, th e y are a t p er f ec t liberty tf fiIe RYOUR so— (Se e margin.) The editors ° boo PA P E American journals are compelled t°, er to RP A recou rse t o var i ous s t ra t agem s in 1 : 11 ' 4 ,17 6 Y U pro cure th e p a y men t of arr ears, as IPl o p: P. inferred from the following " touchil t ip• peal" by the editor of an Indiana Journal.—" Mt /. 0 0 4 It is but seldo m th a t we t rou ble ou r patrons to es — t hat 1 to fork over the balance due to us, but we thin k _ they only knew how difficult a task it is for us t°_h—tbo provision to protect Sally and the children from_ iilg t cold, chilling blast of winter, that has come upon 11!031 of avalanche, it would be hardly necessary to s . s e Y r 1 :,, once, for they would come to the rescueWSW' you owe for your paper pay up. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. MRS. HILES'S CONCERT will come off this evening. Miss Hiles, in addition to the other talent engaged, ap pears as a debutante. THE LIVERPOOL GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION gave their third performance on Wednesday evening last, at the Assembly Rooms, Great George street. The room was crowded. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The next con cert will take place on the 17th May, when it is expected that Herr Staudigl, Miss Louisa Pyne, and Signor Guilio Regondi will appear. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The present week is the last of that magnificent spectacle, " Henry V.," and also of Mr. George Vandenhoff's engagement. It will be noticed that Mr. Vandenhoff's benefit takes place on Friday evening. The pieces selected are Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's fine comedy of " Money," and " Kathe rine and Petruchio." We hope that the enterprising manager will find himself encouraged on the present occa sion to persevere in his spirited efforts to place the legiti mate drama before the public in a style hitherto unequalled out of the metropolis. HORTICULTURE. Stove and Green-house Department.—Notwithstanding the extraordinary lateness and inclemency of the season, the plants under glass have not suffered to any injurious extent ; indeed, as far as our own observations have ex tended, the plants, though backward, appear stronger and healthier than usual at this season ; and the Pelargoniums, which have been well cared for, are showing fine trusses of flower buds. They should now be staked and tied out, and an occasional watering with very weak liquid manure at the roots will be found beneficial ; but if this be ad ministered too strong, it will have the effect of making the colours of the flowers run, and thus spoil the other wise beautiful markings. Flower Garden. —Sow hardy seedsvery thinly, and bring forward to the borders all the biennials and pirennials which have been kept in reserve beds. A regular supply of these things should be kept up by annual sowings, which should be pricked out into reserve beds, for the decoration of the mixed borders. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, APRIL 19. CASE OF MR. KIRWAN.---The Earl of EGLINTON called attention to the case of Mr. Kirwan, whom he had removed from the magistracy, but who had been reinstated by the Earl of St. Germans.—The Earl of ABERDEEN said that the Earl of St. Germans had no intention to cast any slur upon the Earl of Eglinton. After some further discussion the matter dropped. CHARITABLE TRUSTS.—The Lord CHANCELLOR brought in a Bill for the better regulation of charitable trusts. THURSDAY, APRIL 21. Some conversation took place on the convention with France respecting the surrender of refugees. The Earl of SHAPTESUCRY presented a petition from St. Matthew's, Liverpool, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Hum, ELECTION.—Their lordships agreed to an address to the crown for a commission to inquire into corrupt practices in this borough. THE JEW BILL.--,The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice for the second reading of this bill on Friday. AMERICAN COLONIAL FISHERIES.—In reply to a ques tion, the Earl of CLARENDON said that Mr. Crampton, British minister at Washington, in obedience to instruc tions from Lord Malmesbury when in office, had entered into negotiations on the subject of the fisheries, which were still pending. With respect to the protection to he afforded to British fishermen, the present Government had adopted precisely the same instructions as those sent out by their predecessors. FRIDAY, APRIL 22. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a petition from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts against the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill ; and one from the Bishop of Toronto to the same effect. CANADA CLERGY RESERVES.—The Duke of NEW CASTLE, in moving the second reading a? the Clergy Re serves '(Canada) Bill, enlarged upon the necessity of, as far as possible, meeting the views and feelings of the Canadian people, and said it was no part of the principle of the bill to give a preference to any one church over another.—The Bishop of EXETER moved that the bill be read a second time that day eix months, and contended that it was only right' that the British Parliament should possess a power of control over the colonies in all such important matters.—The Earl or DERBY said, if the se cond reading of the bill should be agreed to, he would propose some amendments in committee which would make the bill more consonant to his own views, and he trusted more satisfactory to - their lordships ; as the ob-ect of those amendments world be to rartder all appropri ations e land, whether to the Church of England or Church of Scotland, as inviolable as if it were the pro perty of private individuals.---Earl GREY - said, if the bill should be rejected, a controversy would be opened with the parliament of Canada, which would never be adjusted except by concession on our part, or by the separation of Canada from Great Britain. a his opinion the parlia ment of Canada should insist upon its densands.—The Earl of DERBY appealed to the Bishop of Exeter to with draw his amendment, to which the latter aesented.— The bill was then read a second time, and their lordships soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TURSDAY, APPin. 19. Mr. CHAS. TURXER presented a petition from the in habitants of the district of St. Bar:l4osas, Livnpool, against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr.- DUNLOP presented a petition from the working classes in the district of St. Saviour's Church, Liverpool, to the same effect. COCKERMOUTH ELECTION.—Mr. HAMILTON reported from the Select Committee that Mr. Aglionby and General Wyndham had been duly elected. Lem of PARTNERSMTP7--IR answer to a question, Mr. CARDWELL said that a commission of inquiry on rite subject-was about to be issued, but the report would not be ready for legislation during this session. THE LATE ADMIRMITT.BOARD.—Sir Be HALL, in at long speech, called attention to a charge against the late- Secretary., and the late Lords of the Admiralty, for alleged interference with the patronage of the dockyards for electioneering purposes, and he concluded by moving for a committee of inquiry.--Mr. STAFFORD entered into a long explanation, but made no opposition to-the mo tion, and after some further discussion it was agreed to. MALDON ELECTION.—A- motion for an address to the Crown, for a commission to enquire into the existence of corrupt practices at Maldon,.was carried by a majority of 71 to 50... WEDNESDAX, APRIL 20. Mr. DlAcKeoizte presented a petition from the Wesleyans of Liverpool, and also from the working men of Deerton, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA..—Mr. FIELDEN presented a petition from the members of the Blackburu Commercial Association, suggestive of divers reforms in the legislation of India, irrespective of the form that Government may assume, and praying that the same have statutory effect in any legislation for the future government of that country. SCOTCH. Penetc-HOUSES.—The Public-houses (Scot land) Bill passed through committee, and several amend ments moved by Mr. MACKENZIE were agreed to. MA.Ya ELECTION.—Lord IL VANX reported from the Select Committee that Messrs.. Moore and Higgins had been declared to be duly elected... JVOCES' EXCLUSION BILL.—In committee on this Bill Mr. Hums moved that the Recorder of London should be disqualified from a seat in Parliament, but after: some discussion the amendment was withdrawn. COUNTY. Rams.—The County Rates and Expenditure 'Bill was deferred until ❑ext Wednesday. THURSDAY:, Aram.. M. BARNS-VAS/WI ELECTION.,--Mr. W. 0. STANLTIVi. re_ ported from the Select Committee that Sir Wm. Fraser arid Mr. Bremridge had not been duly elected. CUSTOMS REFORM. Mr. J. WILSON stated the views of the Government in relatiouto the recommendations of the select committee respecting the department of the customs, and the altera tions and amendments they, proposed to make therein. Upder the head of costs and penalties the government had thought the time had come when the crown should be put upon the same footing as the subject ; and, further, that it should be imperative on-the crown, in ail cases-where the amount to be recovered shall not exceed £lOO, instead of an exchequer trial, to resort to a county court,,,or such local tribunal as the treasury should direct. Other ameliorations of the law under this head were detailed by Mr. Wilson. With respect to the transit trade, it was proposed to allow all goods in tranaitu to be conveyed by railway, under the superintendence of Custom-house officers,, from one port to another, and re-exported with out opening the packages, and without requiring bonds, except from the railway,companies. Other relaxations of the law would be likewise adopted in order to give 'facilities to this trade. On the important subject of bonding and warehousing, he stated that, in order to obviate a complaint of the committee of the hardship of the present system, of charging duties upoudefieiencies, it was proposed that. the importer of bonded goods shalt be liable to the crown until he parts with possession, when the goods shall be re-entered in the name of the pur ehaser, who shall be responsible to the crown ; that stock shall be taken every five years, the duties. then paid on the ascertained, deficiencies, and the goods re-entered. The government proposed to introduce another important modification which was not recommended by the com mittee. At present, in the case of large transactions between London and Liverpool, when goods were removed in bond, the, merchants so removing them had again to give separate bonds for every transaction,, and until very lately they. had to give bonds for double the amount of duty. He. thought it would very much facilitate these transactions if one single bond was given, to run from time to time, and covering a certain amount of trans actions.. With regard to the codification of the laws, the government had given instructionslor reducing the exist ing Customs. Acts into one (to be expressed in plain and simple terms), which would be. shortly laid before the house,, and had given directions. to the commissioners of the ()totems to publish monthly,all new regulations, which would from year to year be incorporated in a new act. He now came to the subject of the outports, which was one of very great importance. When the present consti tution of the Board of Customs. was framed, and the pre sent regulations were laid down, a very different state of things with regard to the outports existed to what was. now the ease. In 1817 the amount of shipping in the port of Liverpool was only 100,464 tons, whereas in the year 1850 it amounted to 3,786,000 tons. In 1817 the tonnage of shipping in the port of London was 1,226,855 tons ; in 1850 it was 3,289,000 tons, being 500,000 tons less than in the port of Liverpool. The total exports in 1850 amounted to £71,300,000. The value of exports from Liverpool was £34,891,000; from London, £11,137,000; from Hull, £10,366,000 ; from Glasgow and the Clyde, £4,150,000, making together £63,544,000, leaving the balance of £7,756,000 exported from the various other ports of the kingdom. These facts showed that the time had come when there must be a change in the organization of the Custom-house establishment. Circumstances had totally altered since the time when London was almost the only place of export, and seat of Custom-house au thority. In the early part of his speech he stated that it was not the intention of the Government at the present time to make any statement with regard to the recon struction of the Board of Customs, but that the subject was under consideration. But this he might say, that whatever reconstruction might take place in regard to that board, he had stated enough to show that Liverpool must be placed in such a position as that it should be able for its merchants to have decided day by day all impor tant questions that might arise under the Customs, whether by means of a board or by any other form which it might be considered necessary to establish. That was the decision to which the Government had arrived ; and. considering that Liverpool was rapidly increasing in im portance, they felt they should not be justified in post poning such an arrangement even for a day. The Commissioners of Customs had therefore been autho rized to extend the existing authority at Liverpool to ad judicate upon all cases not exceeding £lOO value, without requiring the parties to wait, as they were now obliged to do, till the Board of Customs in London could be ap pealed to. The inquiries were to be conducted in open court, and a report of all decisions was directed to be made weekly to the board in London, for the purpose of preserving uniformity in practice. The county court of Liverpool would also be open to those who wished to go to it in all cases limited to the sum he had mentioned. The government were more induced to extend this advan tage to Liverpool because it could not be denied that that town was becoming the great commercial emporium of this country. All these proposals he laid before the House in order that they might be well considered, with the distinct understanding that the government were not bound to them. Mr. CHAS. TURNER would leave the details of the plan to the judgment of the various commercial associa tions of the empire, but could not refrain from thanking the hon. gentleman and the government for the great boon they had conferred on Liverpool by giving it a local board, and thus saving the merchants the delay and an noyance of references to London. He also thanked them for giving jurisdiction to the county court in cases up to £lOO, but thought the penalty should not be included in that amount. The judge of the Liverpool County Court was a gentleman of great ability, and was able to give i satisfaction in cases of far larger amount, f left to his decision. MR. W. BROWN said his constituents would be exceed ingly gratified by the plan his hon. friend had propounded to-night, though there might be some points of detail on letters gave a free and easy version of the late borough election, stating, among other matters, that fearing tee.: totalism was to he in the ascend an t, the publicans of Derby had marched out of town in a body, and that so the Tories had been able to return a member. It likewise. stated, that a man had been c aug ht w ith a sack full of gold bribing the electors, and that he had been taken to the hall, and held to bail for a thousand guineas. In one, of these epistles, it was rep resen t e d th a t the Doke?' Devonshire was likely to contribute tow a rd s the pleniert• ing of the house and grounds at the new mansion, trot? the abundant stores of Chatsworth. During the exata l ' nation and cross-examination of this witness, the Conn was frequently convulsed with lau g ht er , i n which the defendant, her sister, and her brother, who -were P sent, joined heartily.—John Hunt, father of the girl, 951 ,, the house they all lived in was his son's, who at 0 , 13 :, time worked at the railway st a ti on . H e h a d guessed the probability of his daughter's connection with the thil from reports he heard c a su a lly i n th e s t ree t ; he bad heard of the house which was to have forty rooms on tlr ground floor ; he drew the plans of it under his daughter, instructions ; it was to be needed in consequence of De. r expected marriage ; but witness d oe s n ot k now where I i was.to be, as the structure was n ever ra i se d ; belief still that the house will be built ; similar reports to those to which he had alluded, i n f orme d hi m th at the Qat'„ had agreed to allow his daughter to drive eight bort Was first informed by his b ro th er a t C owes , th a t the duce was to marry his daughter; witness's brother wrote to the Duke of Ruthrnd's valet, to know if the report was tit (Roars of laughter.)--Harriet Hunt, sisterofdefendantOr& very wickedly cross-examined by Mr. Borough : Was t.P,' the first time any of your f am ily was t o b e marr i e d t o a JOS 'Witness : That's our business ; witness's father proraisr, them (plantiffs) situations when her sister was married' the duke was only imaginary, b u t h e was a real gents'', man.—Mr. Borough : Is the marriage still:to take plats,; —Witness : How can the marriage take place when he, f l ;- now dead ? She had seen the g e n tl eman an d knew Of, letters had passed between her s i s t er an d hi m btit declined to state his name.—Emma Hunt, the defend& a somewhat sullen-looking damsel, apparently about or 25 years of age, said she never s aw th e p l a i n ti f f' s t , they came to Derby ; promised plaintiff s s it ua ti ons wile!, she was married, if they would wait ; the gentleman rry a . roan of property ; he died in March last.—Cross'. examined by Mr. Borough : It iErmy business where I firs t met the gentleman ; it is no business of yours why Cher he left me any of his prcperty or not ; witness; intended husba n d s aw th e p l ans - o f t h e i ntende d h o use prepared by her father. - Witness said to the diffele a . - parties they should have the situations if they would wait till she was married ; Sarah Bretby was to have been* housemaid, but witness had not paid' her her wages ; sb e had given her a present of money, but could not say ho $/. much it was.—John Hunt, brother ordefendant, was nee examined, but his testimony went no farther than to cos' firm the- statement as to the reality of the suitor, apd having it extorted from him that the name of the unknorT lover wa-a-hUnry Frederick Pearson ;.r that her frequentlf. was at witness's house to s ee d e f en d an t, b ut a l t h o or witness knew that he had had refreshments in the housef witness had.never eat or d ran k with him.—Judgment, given for the plaintiff's, with costs. ,Ito/ tuft/0 8/awa