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\~ imperial Varlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Bishop of Oxvoftn presented a petition against the dnion of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord STAN-LEY 'presented a petit on agapst the Chari table Trusts Bill from the Preston Religious Tract So ciety. He trus exl that the noble lord on the woolsack would state his intention of reconsidering this class of charities, because if he exempted them the opposition to be bill would be materially mitigated. The LordCHANcsu.ort said he had received repeated spplicroions of a similar nature, and had uniformly sated his intention of taking the representations made in them into consideration. He felt bound to do so, and in the trext . stage of the bill would state the course which he in tendt d to pursue with respect to such societies. Lord RROUGHAM proceeded to lay before their lord ships a series of resolutions relating to private bills legis lation. The Railway Deposits Bill went through committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MosnAr. Mr. O'CONNELL said he had a motion on the paper for the discharge of Mr. O'Brien from the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, but in consequence of the peremp . tory wishes of the hon. member, he should not bring it forward. Sir It. PEEL, after an elaborate speech on the gallant achievements of the heroes of the Sutlej, proposed that the House should agree to a resolution authorising Her Majesty to direct an annual pavmtnt of £3,000 out of the Consolidated Fund, to Henry Viscount Hardinge, during his life, and such pension to con.inue during the lives of Lord Hardinge's two surviving heirs malt. He also pro posed a pension of £2,600 a year to Lord Gough, during his lifetime, and afterwards during the lifetime of his two succeeding male heirs. He believed the East India Company would, with ti eir usual liberality, also grant a similar if not a greater pension to Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough. If they did so, he thought it would not be necessary to pay the government pensions until after the death of the noble lords. He trusted the motion would be unanimously agreed to. Lord F. EGERTON seconded the motion in a short address, in which be passed a high eulogium on the met its of the two gallant noblemen who were the subjects of it. Lord J. Iltrasem. said the resolution proposed by the right hon. baronet had his entire support. After some further discussion, the resolutions of Sir R. Peel were agreed to. The House then went into Committee on the Corn Bill, after a slashing attack upon the measure by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, and an elaborate speech in its sup port from Sir R. PEEL. Some motions of obstruction to the further progress of the Bill having been negatived by majorities of 88 to ill, it was agreed to proceed in Committee on Tuesday; receive the report on Friday; and take the third reading on Monday. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Earl of RIPON moved the address in answer to Her Majesty's mesßage respecting the pensions proposed -to be best' wed on Viscount Hardin(r ' e and Lord Gough. After some discussion in which the Duke of Cam bridge, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Fitzwilliam, and Lord Brougham took part, the question on the address was put and agreed to. _ _ Lord CAREW then moved for copies of a correspond ence between Lord Heytesbury and himself respecting the appuin'went to the office of cwitos tolulorum of the county of Wexford, and complained that he, being Lord Lieutenant of that county, had not been appointed custos roluloo um on the first vacancy. No person could say that he was incompetent to fill the office, and he therefore did not claim it as a favour, but as a matter of right. The Earl of St. GERMANS replied that the Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland posse-sed the right of appointin2 whomsoever be chose to the office in question, which was not invariably unit , d with the Lord-Lieutenancy of the county. He had, however, no objection to produce the correspondence. _ A desultory debate followed, in which Lord STANLEY, the Marquis of NORMANBY, the Duke of RICHMOND, and the Duke of WELLINGTON took part, and the motion was agreed to. The Railway Companies' Dissolution Bill was read a third time, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--TUESDAY. All the notices of motions were postponed, and at half past five o'clock, on the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the bouse resolved itself into a committee of the whole house on the Corn Importation Act. In the committee, when the first clausa was read by the chairman, by which, in lieu of the present duties, the duties set forth in the schedule to this act are to h: taken until the Ist of February, 1819, ar:d that, from that day, the following duties should be taken upon " all wheat, barley, oats, rye, pease, and beans," namely, from every quarter, Is., and so in proportion for a less quantity, Lord G. BENTINCK moved the omission of the word " oats," on the ground that the people of Ireland, Scot land, and Wales, were greatly interested in the growth of that grain. As there acre in Ireland 585,000 occupiers of land, who were all or nearly all growers of oats, it was not for the interest of the farmers of that country that we should hastily alter the law for the protection of their grain in the English market. The reduction of the duty on oats would be a tax on the farmers of Ireland to the amount of £230000 a year. He then made an elaborate reply to Sir R. Peel's speech of last night, and observed that he differed from the minister, and the hard-featured, cold-hlooded economists sitting on the treasury benches, in this respect, that he could nut cut up human beings in his legis'ation with as little compunction as if they were so many logs of wood. He quoted an extract from the letters of the Times' commissioner," for the purpose of showing that, as a sum of £200,000 had been paid by the farmers of the county of Cork into the Savings' Bank at Cork, in sums of £3-1 each on an average. the Irish farmers mu-t be in a flout ishing condition at present, and that the house was therefore bound not to sacrifice them rashly on the destructive altar of free trade. After a speech from Sir H. W. BARRON against this amendment, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHECIIII-;R re marked, that the effect of acceding to this proposition would be, not that "oats" would be admitted at the old duty, but that they would be admitted free from any duty at all. Lord G. BENTINCK then moved the omission of the whole clause, but subsequently withdrew his resolution. The other clauses of the bill were then agreed to, and the rep , rt was ordered, amid loud cheers, to be received on Fri a.,7. On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the Customs Duties Bill was committed, and the report was ordered to be re ceived on Friday. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned, amid loud cheers, at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMNIONS-WEDNESDAY. The order of the day for going into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was then reed. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. COLQOHOUN observed, that though he had no objection to those clauses in the bill which removed the penalties attached to Roman Catholics who failed to attend the Protestant Church, or who kept schools in this kingdom, he must object to those clauses which made important alterations in the fundamental principles of the constitution, and most especially to that clause which, if it did not repeal, made a most startling change in the oath of supremacy. After stating his opinion as to the alarming nature of that change, he next objected to the clause which repealed the statute of Elizabeth prohibiting the roduction of Papal hulls and rescripts into England, and reminded the house that on account of the extent to which those bulls and rescripts claimed temporal power for the tope, their introduction had been prohibited, so lately as the year 1816, in France, and nearly alt the other states of Europe. He also objected to that clause which repealed part of the Emancipation Act of 1829. and allowed Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops to as sume the titles of their sees. He maintained that the Roman Catholic prelates of Ireland were now associated with the Jesuits, whose principles he denounced in the strongest terms, and warned the house against being guilty of the imprudence of conferring by this bill ad ditional powers upon a body of men, whose machinations lad been round inconsistent with the temporal powers of the Sovereign, and the liberties of the people in every European country. In conclusion, he moved that the house resolve itself into committee that day six months. Sir JAMES GRAHAM called Mr. Watson's attention to the fact that her .Majesty's government had introduced a bill on their own responsibility, in many respects identical with the present bill, and in some respects going still fur ther ; and that the bill so introduced had been read a second time in the House of Lords. He had every reason to believe that that bill would shortly pass the other house ; and he therefore asked Mr. Watson to postpone the further progress of his bill until the house lad had time to see and consider the bill to which he had just alluded. MR. WATSON could not accede to the suggestion of Sir James Graham, inasmuch as the bill introduced into .the House of Lords was essentially different to that then -before the House of Commons. _ The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURRRY took upon himself the defence of the Jesuits against the imputations of Mr. Colquhoun, and returned thanks to Mr. Watson for having introduced the present measure. Sir R. PEEL regretted that Mr. Watson had not thought fit to accede to the reasonable and just appeal of Sir J. Graham, and was compelled to vote against the further progress of the present measure, in order to record his dissent from Mr. Watsoa's course of proceeding. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that the present measure consisted of two parts, one having reference to obsolete penalties against Roman Catholics. and the other to living penalties enacted in 1829. Mr. Watson proposed to re peal both ; but the bill of the House of Lords only repealed the former. Now, if government bad made up its mind not to repeal the latter, and was prepared to say the law of 1829 ought to he the permanent law of the -land, it justified the course of Mr. Watson in calling upon the house at once for a decision on that subject. Sir J. G RA HAM then recommended Mr. Watson to divide his bill into two parts, and to raise the discussion on the bitter pa r t o n ly, w hi c h wen t to• r epeal certain Fro visions of the act of 1829, which he still deemed to be wise and salutary. After a few words from Lord J. MANNERS, Mr.WAT SON stated that he had no objection to take the course pow suggested. The SPEAKER informed the house that if the bill were to be divided into two parts, an instruction must be moved to that Effect ; and before that could be done, Mr. Colquhoun must withdraw his amendment. Mr. COLQNHOUS declined to adopt that course. Mr. O'CONNELL defied Mr. Colquhoun to the proof of the accusations which he had brought against the Jesuits. He then eulogised them as the greatest benefac tors of literature and religicn that the world bad ever produced. y, Mr. FINCH placed in opposition to the eulogy of Mr. O'Connell the severe condemnation passed on the Jesuits by Clement XIV., in his bull for the repression of that order. After a discussion on the comparative merits and de merits of the Jesuits, in which Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. P. Howard, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. M. Milneet joined, and another discussion on the mode of eff• ctitig a division in the bill, in which Sir R. Peel, Mr. Law, Lord J. Rus sell, Mr. Watson, Mr. Es•court, Mr. B. Escort, Mr. Colquhoun, and Mr. Spooner took a part, the house divided on Mr. Colquboun's amendment, which was ne gatived by a majority of 110 over 67 voices. The house then went into committee; and on the mo tion of Mr. WATSON all the clauses, except those which repealed certain provisions of the Ema , tmpation Act of 1829. were struck out of the bill. Mr. Watson then moved that the chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again, in order to have the bill reprinted, and the registration clauses added. This motitai was eventually carried. hut not until a smart skirmish had taken place between Sir R. Peel, Mr. Law, and Mr. Newdegate, who exchanged some sharp recrimination with one another. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the Annuity Bills of Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough. They were read a first and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. Thn other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.--ThunsnAY. Lord ASHBURTON, in moving for returns to the latest period possible of the quantity of corn in bond in this country, said that he asked for these documents at the present moment in order to prevent delay when the Corn Bill should be brought before the house. It was sup posed that a million and a half quarters of corn would be taken out of bond by the operation of that measure; five times the quantity that had ever been in bond during the last six or seven years. Lord BROUGHAM admitted that the letting out of bond of so large a quantity of corn would cause a depreciation of prices, but believed that that depreciation would only be temporary. . _ _ . . Earl FITZWILLIAM wished the returns to be carried as far back as 1828. The Duke of RICHMOND said there was hardly ever a period in which the farmer had more corn in band. Ile did not believe that the bill would pass. At all events the farmers will have lost nothing by the delay. Earl GREY was of opinion that the farmers had suffered greatly by the delay. It would have been of advantage to them if the ports had been opened in November last. The returns were ordered. Lord REDESDALE suggested that their lordships should fix a time for committees on railroad bills, and that that time should be ten weeks from Monday next. Ttie Deodands Abolition and Death by Accidents Bills were read a third time and passed. •r ‘ 6 l, ~. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THIIRSDAY. Mr. WATSON moved for a select committee to inquire into the nature and extent of the taxation of suitors by the collection of fees in the courts of law and equity, and the application of such fees, and the compensations paid to retired officers of those courts, and into the propriety of continuing them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the motion. if agreed to, would be an interference with vested rights. Sir J. GRAHAM was of opinion that the whole system of fees in courts of justice require,' examination, and would not oppose an iuvestitation into the general ques tion, without reference to the special cases alluded to by the motion of the honourable member. Sir ROBERT PEEL had, on the part of the government, no objection to an inquiry with regard to the flture ; hut the question before the house would imply a censure upon the Lord Chancellor, who was only acting in accordance with an art of parliament. The motion was lost by 80 to 65. Mr. P. BUTLER withdrew a motion of which he had given notice, for the lib , -ration of Mr. W. S. O'Brien. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Rajah of Sattara praying for a fair trial, and for the restitution of his property. Several bills were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The report on the Corn Importation Bill was brought up. On the question that it be now received, Sir C. Bu RH ELL moved that the report be received that day six mon'las. Colonel VERNER. in seconding the amendment, ob served that his reason for doing s o was the alarm which he felt at the enormous change which this measure would produce not only in the condition of the small farmers of Ireland, but also in the whole commercial and financial system of the empire. The repeal of the corn laws would be a great national calamity, and was ❑ot requred by any well-grounded apprehensions of famine in Ireland. Sir R. Peel, in proposing it, had deserte. the friends who had stood true to him for thirty years. Atter a few remarks from S'r W. JOLIFFE, Mr. G. BANKES combated the ministerial assertion as to the famine in Ireland, which, he said, though severe in some parts, was far from universal ; and called upon the Secre tary for Ireland to disprove his position. Lord LINCOLN admitted that for all the statements made by Sir ft. Peel and Sir J. Graham respecting the severe pressure now existing in Ireland, and the still se verer pressure which mieht soon be apprehended. he was responsible. He now affirmed, in his place in Parliament that those statements were not exaggerated. He appealed on that subject to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, who had gone over to Ireland almost as sceptical as to the existence of distress there, as Mr. G. Bankes himself, and yet within 24 hours after his arrival on his estate, had written to him a letter of the most urgent nature on the amount of the existing destitution in his locality, asserting that there was a demand for aid, which, if it were not supplied in a few hours, wr,uld render it difficult to maintain the tran quillity of the district. He admitted that the distress in Ireland was ❑ot universal, but he contended that it was still general and extensive After twitting the hon. mem ber with the state of the agricultural labourers in Dor setshire, his lordship described the steps which had been taken by the government to relieve that distress, and pointed out the difference of circumstances in the appre hension of famine existing in Ireland in the year 1822 in the year 1846. Mr. FLOYMa replied to the remarks of Lord Lincoln as to the state of the Dorsetsbire labourers, after which Mr. STAFFORD O . l3n.rEN gave the strongest corrobo ration to the testimony of Lord Lincoln, so far as the counties of Limerick and Clare were concerned. As far as he could judge, there was at present great distress in Ireland, and the house mint he prepared to hear of its in crease. He lamented that Sir IL Peel had made confu sion worse confounded in that country by mixing up with its distress the alteration of the corn laws. He ought not to have applied to a temporary distress a permanent measure. Mr. LEFROY, Mr. BonTnwtcx, and Mr. HENLEY, then addressed the house Against the measure, atter which Mr. ROEBUCK made an attack upon Mr. Disraeli, for having misrepresented, in a late speech, the opinions which a friend of his, Mr. John Mills, had expressed in his pamphlet on the laws of interchange, and proceeded to comment upon the changes in that hon. member's po litical career. Mr. DISRAELI replie 1 in a vein of well applied sar casm to the attack made upon him by the hon. member for Bath. • Mr. S. HERBERT replied to the speech of Mr. Hen ley, and reiterated many of the arguments which he had formerly employed in defence of the comonercial policy of Her Majesty's Ministers. He thought that Mr. Banker, on being reminded of the condition of the labouring po pulation io his own county of Dorset, must have re pented of the call which he had made upon Lord Lincoln, to give him a description of the condition of Ireland. Mr. Bankes had found fault with the government for ap plying a p ermanent remedy to a temporary evil; but was Mr. Ban kes' sure that the evil would be merely temporary ? Lord G. BENTINCK denied that he had ever appeared in the capacity of a " political agitator." He had not ad dressed any meetings out of doors, but had confined the expression of his sentiments to that house, the legitimate place for them. He had not sought the leadership of the party with which he was acting; on the contrary, when this measure was first propounded, he had expected that he should have had the pleasure or opposing it under the leadership of Mr. S. Herbert. Lard Lincoln had that night admitted that he was responsible for all the state- InetaS, respecting the existence of famine in Ireland, which had been wade to the house by Sir 11. Peel and Sr J. Graham. Ile was afraid that leis lordship was a very credulous minister ; for he had stated on the hustings that a compact had been struck between himself and Mr. S. O'Brien, a compact which had no existence whatever. He thought tt.at Lord Lincoln must lend his car to every eaves-dropper, and that thus we had so much exaggera tion as to the prevalence of famine in Ireland. He (Lord G. Bentinck) affirmed, that there was at present greater abundance in Ireland than was ever known before, and charged ministers with having been guilty of propagating wilful exaggerations with respect to the famine which they professed to apprehend. He should like to see all the reports which they had r ceived on that subject. He should like to sue the reports of the Cemmander-in-Chief in Ireland, of the Poor-law Coministeoners in Ireland, and of the Inspector of Prisons in Ireland ; for he knew something already of their contents, and that something was very different from some of the reports already before the house. He contended that no laws had ever worked better for the public than the corn-laws, and insisted that they ought not to be changed, and denied that in resisting the alteration of them he was endeavouring to serve any selfish interest. He then made a bitter attack on Lord Lincoln, contrasting his language at his last election for South Nottinghamshire with his recent language in that house and on the hustings at Falkirk. Who had turned the noble lord out of that county ? The tenant farmers of that district. All regard felt for his private character, all the money which he had spent in bribery or otherwise had not saved him. His defeat in South Notts, and of Lord Ashley in Dorsetshire, was a proof that Englishmen hated tergiversation, and did not like to be betrayed, and were opposed to the present alteration in the corn laws. Lord LINCOLN, after an apology for his irregularity in addressing the house a second time, proceeded to reply to what he called the prepared and elaborate attack of Lord G. Bentinck, who had reserved his " envenomed bitter ness'' a,,ain-t him for the present occasion. Ile would not detain the house at present by any attempt to explain his but would confine hi s ob serva ti ons to against his conduct at th e l ast elec tiont hust i ngs h e charge brought sp e e ch es, for South Notts. He told Lord G. Bentinck to hi s teeth that it was untrue that he (Lord Lincoln) ltd been guilty of either bribery or corruption. Considering the ordinary legal expenses which candidates were compelled to incur in contesting counties. his late contest fer tinghamshite had been a cheap contest. Whilst on that subject,. he reminded Lord G. Bentinck that a meniber of his lordship's family had subscribed largely to the ex penses of his opponent, and that he could mention the exact amount of that subscription, if be was anxious to hear it. Sir C. BURRELL then asked leave to withdraw his amendment ; but was met with a loud cry of no, no, from the Ministerial and Liberal members. An a , ,im ted discussion took place on this paint of form. At one period of it, a motion for the adjournment of the debate was made by Mr. Law, but was subsequently abandoned in consequence of the interference of Sir It. Peel. At last leave was granted to withdraw the amend ment. The report was received, and the bill was ordered to be printed. and to be read a third time on Monday. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. LATEST FROM AMERICA. THE OREGON QUESTION.-THE NOTICE. We have received. via Havre, most important advices from Weshington to the 16th ult., inclusive. They bring the result of the debate in the senate upon the Oregon question. On the 16th of April, in the senate, Mr. John son, of Maryland, moved the following resolution : " Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised, at his discretion, to give the British government the notice required by its sec " and article fo r the abrogation of the 6th of August, 1827. Mr. Allen moved to amend this substitute by striking out the second and third paragraphs of the preamble, and inserting an extract from the President's message, com mencing, " And whereas it has now become the duty of Congress," &c. The question being taken on the amendment proposed by Mr. Allen, it was decided in the negative by a vote of —yeas, 22; nays, 32. Mr. Allen moved to lay the resolution reported by the senate committee on foreign affairs on the table, in order that the resolutions adopted by the House of Representa tives might be taken up and acted upon, which was agreed to. Mr. Breese, of Illinois, then moved to amend the sub stitute by striking out the words " at his discretion" in the :resolution. The question being taken, the motion was decided in the negative by a vote of—yeas, 22; nays, 32. The question was then taken on the adoption of the substitute, and decided in the affirmative by a vote of— yeas, 30 ; nays, 24. • The committee of the whole house bating reported the amendment to the senate, it was concurred in. The question then recurred, on ordering the joint peso. lotions to be engrossed and read a third time, which was decided in the affirmative by a vote of—yeas, 40; nays, 14. So the senate agreed, by a majority of 26 out of 54 votes, to adopt the resolution as amended, which will now have to be sent back to the House of Representatives for its concurrence. WASHINGTON, APRIL 16.—Mr. Slidell has returned from his mission to Mexico. Simultaneous as it would appear with the orders for Mr. Slidell to return to the United Ftates, General Taylor received orders to march the troops under his command from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, and they are now opposite the city of Monts moras, having put th 3 Mexicans into a tremendous fright, so that the government official there set fire to the cus. t..m-house, and ran off as fast as he could. It is said that the seiate will not act upon 'any measure of any importance sent to it by the house, until that body has acted definitively upon the resolutions of notice, which the senate passed yesterday. The tariff bill, which had been reported by the com mittee of ways and means, is hardly expected to pass Congress this session, or, perhaps, the next, either. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE WEST INDIAN MAILS. The Medway, Royal West Indian mail packet. arrived at Southampton on Wednesday. She brought 78 saloon Passengers, twenty children, and eight servants. Among the passengers is Colonel Yturregui, minister from Peru to this cow t. The Medway has on freight 289,581 dol lars (of which 46,000 are on account of the Mexican divi. (lends). ant other coin and gold to the value of £30,000. Her cargo clnsists of 59 serons of cochineal, 138 bales of tobacco, 2-1 bales of jalap root, 115 cases of cigars, 38 cases of preserved turtle, and 9-1 turtle alive, in fine con dition. Throughout the West India Islands the crops were de ficient. The want of rain had been very much felt, and especially in Demerara. Very little had fallen up to the 3rd of April, but there was every appearance of its setting in in the Windward Islands, where they had already been visited with many refreshing showers. All the islands were healthy. We have, by the Medway, letters from our correspon dent, in the city of Mexico, dated 30th of March. The Mexican Government had refused to receive Mr. Slidell, the American Minister, who had in consequence de manded and received his passports to leave the country. General Parados avowed his intention to adhere to the defensive system, and not to be provoked to declare war against the United States. A new revolution was thought to be at hand, and the recall of General Santa Anna was openly talked of. General Almonte had been appointed Envoy Extraor dinary to ihe Court of France, and had arrived at Ha vannah on the 101 h of April, where he remained in close cjmmunieation with Santa Anna. Senor Parres had retired from the Ministry of Finance and was succeeded by Senora Gorostiza. The Queen has appointed Lord I larris to be Lieutenant- Governor of the 'stand of Trinidad. The Queen has appointed Robert Peel, Esq., now at tached to her Maje-ty's Legation in Spain, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation in Switzerland. _ . Mehemet Ali's fiist wife died on the 22nd ult. at Cairo. As a sign of mourning, the army is to be deprived of their drums during forty days. Four women were burned at Lahore, on one pile, just before Sir Henry Hardinge's attack. Six hundred and sixty six have been destroyed in the same way (the Suttee, l within the last ten ye,a.s. FLOODS IN NEW BRUNSWICK.—The last American mail brings accounts of destructive floods in the province of New Brunswick. The damage done is principally in the valley of St. John's river, and theloss of property be tween Fredericton and Waodstock is stated to be immense. Numbers of farm-houses have been swept away by the waters, and several persons have lost their lives. A correspodent of the Daily iVewg, writing from Rome, enumerates the following intelligence with reference to Art :—" John Gibson's statue of the Queen, ordered for Buckingham Palace, is now nigh finished, and stands forth confessedly a masterpiece of marble portraiture. John Hogan's colossal statue of Mr. O'Connell is in a similar state of forwardness. The Italian Graceberini has just executed in marble a remarkably graceful group of three dancing girls, in which elasticity and elegance of motion are admirably rendered. This classic work has been ordered by William Jackson, of Birkenhead." UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. The Queen has appointed the Marquis of Bute to be her Majesty's High Uommissioner to the General Assem bly of the Church of Scotland. On Sunday week thirteen persons publicly renounced the errors of Ronrianistri in St. Audoen's Church, Dubl n. On the same day forty others renounced Popery in the Missionary Church, Achill. The income of the Gospel Propagation Society last year was considerably less than that of the previous one. In nineteen dioceses there has been a decrease, in eight an increase ; of these eight Chester is the only one in which the increase is considerable. THE NEW BISHOP OF JESUSALEM.—It Is rumoured that Dr. Posey has addressed a letter to the archbishops, within the last few weeks, couched in more than his ac customed tote of menacing entreaty, (against the appoia 'Lent of Mr. Gobat). A report, too, which has been cur rent within the last few days, adds stiq further interest to the subject ; namely, that Sir Moses Montefiore has ob tained permission from the Emperor of Ru3aia for the migration of ten thousand Jews from Russia to Palestine. Record. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATIOS OF TFIE GOSPEL; —On Thursday, the 145 h anniversary of this society was publicly celebrated by divine service at St. Paul's Cathe dral. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at the Cathedral at half-past three, and a procession was formed which mov,l let. the ehnrelt, where the dignita ries took their seats. There were present eleven bishops, four deans, five archdeaeons, the Lord May“r, eight al dermen, the sheriffs, and a large number of clergymen in furl canon cals. Full cathedral service was pllormed, and the sermon was preached by the B'shop of St. Da vid's from the 7th chapter of St. John's Gospel, verse 6. BIBLE SOCIi..TY.—AI the annual meeting on Wednes day Lord Sandon presided. The entire receipts of the year amount to .V. 01,305 155., being an excess over the last year of £3 55U 4s. 2d. This increase has chiefly taken place in tie free contributions from auxiliary so cieties and in the sales. The sales of the year have amounted to 1:55,976 105.9.1., being an increase over the preceding year of £8,076 16s. 11d. The total sum appli cable to the general purposes of the society is 415.329 4s. 3d., including £33,022 9s. 6d. free contrbuions from auxiliary societies, being an excess of £1,473 18s. 31 over the free contributions from auxiliary societies of the pre ceding year. The issues of the society have amounted to 1,441,651, viz., from the depository at home, 1 ,104,787 ; from depots abroad. 336 864 ; being 525,84(1 copies more than in the preceding year. The total lashes of the society have been 18,322,487 volumes. The expenditure during the past year has amounted to £105,851 2s. 9d.. b e i tig £20,033 .is. more than the previous year. The engage ments of the society exceed £56.730 Os. id. The speakers at the meeting were the Marquis of Cholmon ely, L or d Ashley, the Bishop of Calcutta, Lord Teignmouth, Sir Digby Mackworth, &c. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE Jews.—The annual general meeting of the me m _ hers of this society was held on Friday, a: Exeter Hall. Lord Ashley was in the cha.r, and amongst the supporters of the noble lord were the Marquis of Lholmondeley, the lion. W. Cowper. M.P., Sir George Rose, Bart., the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, and a lar4e number of clergymen. Thete were also ott the platform several children of Jewish parents converted to Chris tianity, and educated in the society's schools. The report stated that the amount of contributio:is towards the ge neral atid special fund, not inducting the temporal relief fund, amounted during the year to £25.581, being an in crea•e of .0293 over those of the previous year. in addi tion to the sn n, £630 had been cad veil On account of the temporal relief fund, and the miniifieent (tuna , ion of £2,600 from Miss Jane Cooke, of Cheltenham, the whole of the aunt required for completing the .Protestatit church at Jerusalem. The society hid distributed 3,683 bibles, 1.619 testaments, 2,274 pot thins of the scripture, and se versa copies rd English t eligious w.,rks, translated into Dutch and Spanish for the use of Jews in Holland and Spain. Four young students had been sent from the He brew college as missionaries to the East. Converts can. tinued to be made amongst the Jewish population in War saw, Frankfort on the Oder, Berlin, Konigsburg, Stock holm, Copenhagen, and other large European cities, and in several parts of the East, including Jerusalem. Bey rout, Aleppo, and Bagdad. The Marquis of Cholnion deley moved, and the Rev. Mr. Freemantle seconded, the adoption of the report. An expression of regret at the death of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, was proposed by the Hon. %V. Cowper, M.P., and seconded by the Rev. Hugh Stowell. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the friends of this society was held on Tuesday, at Exeter-hall, ana the immense attendance assembled am ply testified to the interest felt on the occasion. Among those present were Lord Glenelg. the Bishops of Oxford, Calcutta, Cashel, Chester. and Ripon; Sirs R. H. Inglis, G. Ruse, and Digby Mack worth; Revs. Hugh M'Neile, J. W. Cunninghame, and H. M. Villiers.—The Earl of Chichester occupied the chair. His lordship expressed the peculiar satisfaction with which he regarded the ap pointment of Mr. Gobat to the bishopric of Jerusalem.— The report was then read by the secretary. It appeared thereby that the receipts of the society for the year amounted to £102,458, a sum which was less than that of the preceding year by £2,790. The expenditure was £1,093 under the income actually raised. The report described the condition and progress of the college at Is lington as favourable on the whole, although the number of students was not large. The various missions of the society in East and West Africa, Greece, Egypt, Jamaica, North-West America, Ceylon, South India, New Zealand and China, were also in a prosperous condition ; but the mission of the society could not be further extended unless its funds were increased.—Tbe Bishop of Chewer moved the first resolution, that the report which had been read to the meeting should be adopted and printed. He dwelt upon the necessity to promote the great work of mission ary labour. More than £2,000,000 were annually swal lowed up by the consumption of ardent spirits, and very large sums in the purchase of ice and other articles of useless luxury ; and he impressed upon the meeting the duty of curtailing their superfluous expenses, in order to render their efforts for the conversion of the heathen more commensurate with the progress of the nation.—The Bishop of Oxford moved the next resolution, and the meeting was also addressed by the Bishop of Cashel, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, &c. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—The 47th anniversary meeting of the members of this society took place on Friday evening at Exeter-hall ; Sir E. N. Buxton. Bart., 'in the chair. The report stated that a great and encou raging event bad recently transpired in China, viz.—the promulgation of a royal decree authorising the freedom of religious worship. It was impossible to foresee the happy results which would follow this circumstance. Tbe shops, streets, junks, and temples, were now accessible to the Christian missionaries. The committee had caused to be distributed at Hong Kong, 22,000 tracts and had made grants to the amount of £393. In India there were twenty auxiliary societies engaged in distributing religious works. During the year nearly 1.200,000 tracts had been printed by these societies, to which the London Society had made grants to the amount of £1587. The circula tion of religious tracts was producing important results in France. A Protestant tract society has been formed at Paris, the receipts of which during the year amounted to 229,000 francs, and which had issued 650,000 tracts. Whole " communes " were now forsaking the Roman Catholic church and embracing Protestantism. In Switzerland 8000 tracts had been sent for the use of the Italian population, and a grant made to the Geneva Evangelical Society. The Belgi in Evangelical Society had distributed during the year 42,000 tracts, and had received from the London Society a grant of £2OO. Amongst the other Continental cities where the greatest number had been circulated were Amsterdam, 60,0110; Stockholm, 50,000 ; St. Petersburgh, 167.000 The Society's tracts had also been issued in Pers:a and other parts of the East. The number distributed in the British Isles was altogether 2,260,000, at a cost of £2761 ; and the total grants to foreign and colonial societies amounted to 450, at a cost of £2003. The issues during the year amounted to 17,571 413, making, with those distributed by the societies abroad, a total of 42,000.000, in ninety eight languages arid dialects. '1 he receipts of the Society amounted to £56,110. RAILWAY INM _WAGE CE. BUXTON, MACCLESFIELD. CONGLETON, AND CREWE RAILWAY.—the scripholders of this line have been sum moned to meet at the Town-hall. Birkenhead, on Thurs day next, at 12 o'clock, to consider the propriety of pro ceeding with the scheme, when all parties interested should of course be present. We understand the Blackburn and Preston Railway Company have obtained two months further time to com plete their works, when they expect to have two sets of rails laid down. The company's station now being erected will he a very pretty cbject from Salford-bridge, and a great architectural improvement to the town. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.—A special meeting of the shareholders in the above line was held yesterday week, at York, to comply with the requirements of the Government measure as to the new lines and purchases projected by the company. Mr. Iludson, the chairman, represented, by proxy, stock to the extent of £1.200,000. out of a quarter of a million, the capital required. The resolutions were carried unanimously, affirming the pro posed bills. It is currently reported that the upshot of Mr. Morri son's committee will be the recommendation of the es tablishment of a tribunal to consider and report upon the incipient stages of private business —one, too, which shall have powers to suggest. The notion is not Mr. Morri son's. We believe that the idea was first thrown out by Mr. Charles Buller, and if such a measure is to be ma tured, we believe the railway interest would much rather see it in the latter member's hands than in Mr. Morrison's. At a meeting, on Saturday, at Birkenhead, of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway scripholders, the directors were authorised to proceed with the bill this parliament. The meeting was called in compliance with the sessional orders of parliament, and represented 30,607 shares—the total number being 45,000. Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M.P., chairman of the directors, presided, and entered into a luminous exami nation of the gratifying prospects of the line. The meeting was nurverou,ly attended, and the resolution was carried amidst much applause. _ • MR. HUDSON AND THE New COMPANIES.—In the present furor for winding up, we beg to direct particular attention to the testimony given by Mr. Hudson, in the House of Commons, relative to the necessity of using caution. He stated that in one of the first lines with which he was connected, such bad been the depression, that the shares would not sell, the shareholders were afraid to register, and but for himself and two or three others standing steadily by it—advancing money, and abstaining from pressing too heavily on the shareholders —the line would never have been made ; while every £5O of the then stock had since proved worth £3OO to the shareholders. Such evidence as this, at such a moment, we consider particularly opportune, and hope that it will not be lost sight of.—Herapath. DECISIONS IN COMMITTEE DURING THE WEEK. RAILWAYS-COMMONS. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JUNC TION.—This important line passed the standing orders on Friday. Amongst the witnesses examined, Mr. J Bramley- Moore, chairman of the Liverpool Dock Committee. was brought up by summons to give evidence, after which the Committee declared the preamble proved. Am BERG ATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON.—Preamble proved. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD—No. 2.—Preamble proved. HULL AND LlNCOLN.—Preamble not proved. STAINES AND RlCHMOND.—Preamble not proved. BRIDGEWATER AND TAUNTON CANAL AND HAR BOUR.--ereainble not proved. READING. GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE.—COMIIIit'eE to make a special report to the House. KILMARNOCK AND AYR DIRECT.—BiII withdrawn. GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON DIRECT.— PreArnble proved. SLAMANNAN.—PreambIe proved. WI LSH ANN' AND COLTNESS.—Preamble proved. AIRDRIE AND BATIIGATE JUNCTION.—EDINBURGH AND BATEIGATE JUNCTION.—Both preambles proved. WILSONTOWN, M ORNINGSIDE, &C : —Preamble proved. STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE.—PreambIe proved. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN—DUNFERMLINE BRANCH.—Preamble not proved. SCOTTI4I,I FxTF,NSlON.—Preamble not proved. DUNDEE AND ARBROATH EXTENSION.—PreambIe proved. FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTlON. — Preamble proved. CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARToNSHIRE JUNCTION.— Preamble proved. CORK AND PASSAGE AND KINSALE.—Not to proceed any funher. LORDS. CORK, PASSAGE, AND BLACKROCK.—PreambIe proved in Lords. GRP.AT MENSTER.--LIMERICK AND ERRIS.—NE NAGH AND TEMPLEMORE.—PreambIes proved in Lords. YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW.—Preambles proved in Commons. RAILWAYS AND ROYALTY IN 1855. Musing one day on the growing greatness of railways, as we are fund of doing, the following vision danced before our eyes. We fancied ourselves at Slough, where we saw the servants of the company in full uniform, the heads of department in attendance, and the green flags— the signals of caution—everywhere flying on the up line. While we were contemplating this scene, a royal page m tde his appearance, when the following colloquy en sued : Page.—Mr. Superintendent, I bear her Majesty's com mand. to desire you to provide a special train in half an hour to London. Superintendent.—That is impossible. Page.—Why so? Superintendent.—Our governor, the second Mr. Hud son, is coming up to attend a board; and our orders are, when he is on the road, to allow no train to precede him On the same line for half an hour before, or to follow him fur the same time, for every twenty miles that he has to go ; and he is expected here in twenty minutes. Page.—But her Majesty has to attend a cabinet council. Superintendent.—And Mr. Hudson has to attend a board meetinz. Page.—C-ood heavens ! then do you mean to say you will not obey the orders of the Queen ? Superintendent.—l should be happy to oblige her Ma iestv,,but I cannot disobey the orders of our governor. l'age.—Well, what is to be done ? Superintendent.—Why, if her Majesty is here in time, very probably the governor, who is exceedingly polite and salint to•the fair sex, may give her a seat in his carriage; and that is the utmost I can hope to do for you.—Hera- . palls's Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER SPRING MEETING. This popular meeting has gone off with great eclat; and the attendance and racing have been both first-rate. We subjoin a return of the four days' running. The first race On Tuesday WBB the GROSVENOR STAKES Of 15 sows. each, 10 ft., with 30 added. Grosvenor course. Mile and a quarter. 6 subs. Mr. A. W. Hill's b f Burlesque, 8 yrs Tasker 1 M r. Mostyn's by Phee.ix, 3 yrs .. 2 Mr. Meiklam's br h Lightning, 5 yrs.. 3 Burlesque took the lead, was never headed, and won easily by a length. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES of 50 soya each, h. ft. 2 miles. 4 subs. Mr. F. R. Price's b c Kismet walked over A SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs. each, for two year olds. Nearly three quarters of a mde. 15 subs. Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Glentilt Nat 1 Mr. Pedley's c Foreclosure 2 Lord Eglinton's b f Nerissa 3 Nine started. A very fine race between the three, hut won cleverly at the finish by a length. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, 50 added. Heats, one mile and a half. Capt. Harcourt's b c The Druid Win. tringham ... Mr- Mostyn's ch cby Herman Platoff.. 24 2 Mr. W. Scott's b c Highfield, 3 yrs.... 51 3 Mr. Skerratt's b c Felix. 3 yrs 3 2 4 Mr. IL J. Mostyn's ch c Chartist, 3 yrs 4 3 d The Druid the favourite. First heat a fine race between The Druid and the Hetman Platoff colt ; won by a abort half neck. Second and third heats won cleverly. WEDNESDAY. The course was heavy this day in consequence of the rains which had fallen during the night. The first race was THE CORINTHIAN STAKES of 10 sons. each, h. ft., for bona fide hunters, second to sav e hi s s t a k e . Cup course. 6 subs. Mr. J. Stanley nms br g New Brighton Capt. Williams 1 Lord Normaaby names Blind Hookey, aged 2 Sir C. Boynton's br h Poussin, 6 yrs 3 Won cleverly by half a length. THE TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 200 soya. in specie. added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft. The winner to subscribe the following year, and pay 25 sovs. towa'ds expenses, and the second to receive 50 soya. nut of the stakes. Two miles and a quarter. 142 subs., 50 of whom declared and pay 5 sous. each. Mr. G. H. Moore's b h Coranna, aged F. Butler.. Mr. A. Johnstone's b c brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs. Sir C. Monck's b m Glossy, 6 yr 5....... Mr. Cuthbert's br rn Queen of Tyne, aged 4 31 started. Won cleverly by a length. Value of the stakes after the deductions, £2040. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of lOOgs. Thrice round. Mr. Moore's br c. Wolf Dog, 4 yrs. Mr. Mostyn's b c by Phoenix, 3 yrs .. 2 4 started. Won easy. SIXTY GUINEAS (clear) the gift of the Members for the City. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Meiklam'sDionied, 3 yrs. Duncan 4 1 1 Mr. Haworth's Rabin Burns, 4 yrs. .. 5 4 2 Mr. A rrowsmith's Tractarian, 3 yrs... 1 2 3 Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs... 3 3 d Mr. W. Scott's Highfield, 3 ..... 2 d All the heats won easy. THURSDAY. The weather was much more favourable for racing this morning, the sun shining with meridian splendour. The attendance, though not so numerous as on the preceding day, was very great ; the sport on the whole was good. '1 HE DEE STAND CUP, in specie, by subscription of 10 sovs. each, 50 added. Once round and a distance. 11 subs. Mr. Moore's Wolf Dog, 4 yra ..... Nat 1 Mr. Banks's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs. 1 Mr. Ongley's The Warrior Won by a length. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 soya. in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. Grosvenor course. 23 subs. Mr. J. Woffenden's Miss Burns ...... A.Day 1 Mr. Copeland's Arthur , .. 2 Col. Anson's Rowland Hill 10 started. Won by a head. THE DEE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 200 added, for three year olds, 2nd to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 soya. for expences. Grosvenor course. 36 subs. Mr. Mei klam's Fancy Boy .. Templeman 1 Lord Eglinton's Doi() . Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Mice 3 11 started. Won by three-quarters of a length. THE CHESHIRE WELTER CUP, value KO snvs., the rest in specie, by subscription of 20 sous. each, 10 ft. Twice round and a distance. 22 subs., Bof whom declared and pay 5 goys. each. Mr. Johnstone's The Roper's Daughter.. Os baldeston . Mr. Mostyn's Alvanley, 5 yr. 2 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 6 yrs 6 started. Won cleverly by a length. THE SELLING STAKES Of 5 says. each, with 20 added. Heats. Grosvenor course. Lord Cbestei field's New Brighton, Nat 1 2 1 Mr. Dawson's Step. , nd-Fetch-it ...... 3 1 2 Mr. Wall's Zeta First heat won easy, 2nd by a head, 3rd by half a neck. The Grand Race Ball took place on Wednesday evenine, at the Albion Hotel, and was nucnerourAy and fashionably attended. FRIDAY. MATCH, 200 soya. p.p., 13st. ef)ch. Three miles. 111 r. Mytton's bg by Volney—Saturna ( Parr) 1 Mr. B. Collett's b m Vitula, 6 yrt.... (Marlow) 2 \Von by a length. A FREE HANDICAP STAKES Of 10 sove. each, h.ft., with 50 sovs. added by the Grand Sand proprietors. The winner to pay 5 sovs. to the ju4e. Three-quarters of a mile. Nine subscribers. Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque, 3 yrs, sst. 71b. (Tasker) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's ch f Giselle, 3 yrs. 4st. 61b. (Charlton) 2 .Three others started. Won by half a neck. The WIRRAL STAKES Of 10 AWOL each, with 30 soya. added, for two and three year olds; two year olds, 121 b. ; three, 9,t. ; mares and geldings allowed 3,b. T.Y.C. Second to save his stake. Mr. Mostyn's br f by Lanercost—Miss Clif ton Mr.Worley's gr or bl f Wintonia, 2 vrs.... (Crouch) 2 Mr. Harland's b f The Cossack Maid, 3 yrs. (Templeman) 3 Sir J. Gerard's br f Camelia ... Won very easily by two lengths. The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. with 50 soya. added by the citiz ns of Chester. Second to save his stake, and the winner to ray 10 soya. to the racing fund. From the Castle Pole, once round and in ; about a mile and three furlongs. Thirty-eight sub scribers, 19 of whom declared aud pay 5 soya. each. Lord G. Bentinck's Marquis of Corn ngharn. 3 yrs., sst . Mr. Meiklam's bll Godfrey, syrs, Bst 31h .. 2 Lord Eglinton's b f Plaudit, 4 yrs, 6,t 21b... 3 Six others started. The judge only placed two, and the race was won by nearly a length. MATCH, 100 sovs. b. ft. Cup Course. Mr. Osbaldeston's c m S,,rella, 5 yra, 12st 341 b Mr. H. Johnstone's b g Blind 11 ookey, aged llst 101 lb There were numerous booths, &c., of the ordinary character, but we cannot omit to notice the commodious marquee of Mr. Gleave, of the Adelphi lintel, Birken head, which was fitted up in the most splendid style. The wines were faultless—indeed of the very best quality —in fact, the whole arrangements were of such a character as to afford the highest gratification to the holiday folks. NEWTON RACES.—The Manor Cup has clo.sel with forty-eight nominations. CHESTER RACES.—The special train to Chester, on the Manchester and Birmingham line, on Wednesday morn ing, was a gigantic one. There were three engines to which were attached fifty-six carriages from Manchester, first. second, and third. containing about 1000 passengers, which number was augmented at ma r,toexport ztaiton by upwards of 150. Oo its arrival at Chester, however. the number of carriages had increased to sixty-three. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The Bey of Tunis has forwarded to the Queen a present of several horses, lions, and other animals. On Saturday, a little boy was suffocated in a chimney, at Limerick, which he had been employed to sweep. Mr. Wm. Chambers, of Edinburgh, is now said to be the author of "The Vestiges of Creation." _ On Tuesday last peaches and nectarines, with a profu sion of cherries and strawberries, was offered in Covent garden Market. On Tuesday her Majesty and her Royal Consort, ac companied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Claremont in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of the 7th Hussars, for town. DONCASTER.—The inhabitants of this town are endea vouring by petition to get enrolled amongst the list ol par liamentary borouehs• Mr. E. Denison has given notice of a motion in parliament, with a view to such object. On Saturday, Captain Duff, resident magistrate in Roscommon, was accidentally killed by the kick of a horse. The gallant officer had been several years in the army, and had seen much service. On Tuesday last, at Kirk Bramwith, a young man, who is of unsound mind, attacked his aged father, and beat his skull in with a dock weight. lhe old man died on the following night. StrictnE.--On Monday, a man named Crooks, 57 years of age, a widower with six children, laid hims.if delibe rately across the rails on the Sheffi-Id and Manchester line, as a tra n was apprcaching, and was literally cut in pieces. No less than 109 gentl emen have' been preceding month. been gazetted as cor nets and ensigns i n th e army during-the 31 only of whom h ave parc h ase d t h e eommi,,sions. The promotiou from the ranks h ave a l s o b e en numerous. On Thursday, two gentlemen were taken before Alder man Gibbs, and remanded, relative to the i-s.ue of krged scrip in the Buckinghamshire Railway. They lad had £6BO advanced on 1000 shares, the scrip for which was afterwards discovered to be forged. At Penrith cattle fair, Air. William Armstrong lost bank notes and bills to the amount of £9OO. Thf y were found by a yoeman named Hetherington, who got them pri:claimed by the town crier, and received a shilling as a reward of his honesty. May 12, 1846. Mr. Charles Dickens, like many other great 'men, is about to seek relaxation repose, and sundry other com forts, on the continent. It is to he hoped that the public will profit more largely by this sojourn than they did by Mr. Dickens's trip to Italy. ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR MARTYRDOM.—MF. Dil lon Browne, M.P. for Mayo, has intimated that he mutt. at certain periods attend! railway committees, although he must give a great dea of tr“uhle, owing to his igno rance of engineering and railroads, but that he will NOT attend during the sittings of the House of Commons. The King of the French has written an autograph letter to Sir Robert Peel, expressing his Majesty's acknowledg ments for the kind and handsome manner in which the right bon. baronet bad proposed the toast of his Ma jesty's health at the late civic banquet given by the Lord , Mayor of London. MR. O'CONNELL'S CONSISTENCY !-011 Thursday evening week, at Exeter-hall, Mr. O'Connell made a speech in favour of a resolution for the abolition of capital punishment. He made another speech the same evening at the Crown and Anchor, in which be declared "that the red hand of God was against murder," and that " he who shed blood deser, ed that his blood should be shed." A cu , ions shipment was made a few days since from our quays. It consisted of a quantity of screened gravel, in sacks, to be laid down in a gentleman's garden at Valparaiso. It is remarkable that whilst this shipment of gravel for one part of America was going on at Poole, a vessel from ano ther part of the same continent was discharging at Liver pool a cargo of white gravel just imported.—Poole Herald. IRISH GRAIN AND OATMEAL.—It appears by a par liamentary return that there were imported into Great Britain, from Ireland, from the sth of March to the sth of April, 1846—wheat, 19,540 quarters; barley, 10,148 quarters ; oats, 80,803 quarters; wheatmeal, or flour, 89.048 cwt. ; oatmeal, 50,360 cwt. This does not look like " famine in Ireland." The Daily News will appear on and after the Ist June at the reruced price of 24d. Report states its new pro prietor to be Mr. Railway Hudson : we believe, however, that this is incorrect, and that the paper is, or is about to be, the property of a gentleman who already is proprietor of the leading weekly literary journal, under whose auspi ces it is likely to lose its irreligious tone, and to deserve more success than it has hitherto met with. The Rev. J. R. Stephens, who figured some years ago with so much effect as an opponent of the new poor laws, is now settled _down as a farmer between Ashton and Oldham, and was, a few days ago, sworn in as head constable in the township in which tie resides, before the magistrate who signed his committal to gaol four or five years since, on the charge of a political offence at Hyde, for which he was tried at Chester before Mr. Justice Patteson, and convicted. ADVICE TO O ' BRIEW.—GO to Nathan's. Hire—the Repeal A-soeiation wilt, of course, come down with the needful—hire a regular stage Irishman's dress. Let there be no crown to your hat, no end to the holes in your breeches; swathe hay-bands round your limbs; stick a dudeen in your mouth, grasp a shillelagh in your hand, enter the house with a caper, a howl, and a twirl of the oaken towel ; invite Sir James Graham to ''thraydefon the tails or your coat," and then, Oh Paddy Smith O'Brien, ito.tead o' speaking the words, sing the " Groves of Blarney !" IMPORTATION OF GREEN GINGER.—On Thursday, a sale of 74 casks of green ginger, in a recent and even growing state, brought by the Severn steamer from Ja maica, took place at Monumeot Yard, at the average price of 30s. per cwt. The novelty of the article attracted a considerable attendance of buyers, as it was the first• that had been introduced into this country, and the ma jority of lots were sold to wine makers, chemists, and' some of the most eminent tavern-keepers, in the city, ae well as to horticulturists, in order to experiment upon ite cultivation here.—Morning Pose. THE IRISH REPII.AL THRONE.—Mr. O'Connell exhi bits the silos of a sudden and rapid change in his health; he is getting more infirm, so much so as to have lost every trace of that hale vigour which made the record of his age no more than a foil to his aspect. His gait is now excessively slow—not with deliberate dignity, but with evident incapacity for speed. His very features have shrunken, and his voice. once so loud and large in volume, has become so weak that at a public meeting, on Wed nesday, he was saluted with unaccustomed cries to "speak up"; anti was so saluted in vain. HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—On Tuestlav evening, about 7 o'clock. a brickmaker, named Wm. Luff. residing in Peter street, Westminster, a district chiefly inhabited by a very criminal population, quarrelled with a young woman who has lived with him for some time as his wife, and, after beating her most horribly with a poker while he hauled her by the hail• round the room, he threw her out of a two-pair window into a paved yard. She was picked up, senseless and bleeding, with her face so dreadfully muti lated that not a femme of her face could be distinguished.• Even the thieves and other had characters who infest the neighbourhood were so horrifit d at the brutality of Luff, that they detained lirn until a policeman took him into custody. A KNOTTY POINT arose on Thursday before the Court of Queen's Bench, in a case where a man bad brought an action of ej ctmerit against his own wife to recover pos session of premises held over. A verdict having been had for the plaintiff, a rule was subsequently granted for a new trial, on the ground that a husband could not maintain an action against his wife. Defendant's counsel on Thursday spewed cause against the rule, and an onest other causes adduced was the following :—viz., that " the real plaintiff in this kind of action was not the husband, but the imagi nary personage called John Doe, between whom and the defendant it tens impossible that the relation of htliba.,"l, and wife could exist, as John did not exist himseif. Plaintiff's counsel tetorted, that if John wbs not the hus band of his client, it was equally certain that he never gave her notice to quit. Bewildered amongst its own fic tions, the court took time to consider the rase. THE CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN.—When Sir Harry Smith was a child six years of age his father had a horse to sell. The animal was so thoroughly vicious that when a purchaser appeared no one dared to mount him. On one occasion a mi.itary officer went over to Whittlesea to view this redoubtable steed ; and, wishing to see its paces, he requested the man who lid it to jump up and go through the process of a walk, a trot, and a gallop. As the man t-vitic: d a very prudent reluctance to perform the required act of equestrianism, little Harry, who was pre - ' sent, declared that he could manage the horse, baying been on its back before. His father had faith both in 1)11. word and ability, arid Master Harty got his " leg up, and managed his charger like a young Alexander on ano ther Bucephalus. It was this act of cour age th,A, throng° the officer who witnessed it, led to Harry Smith's entering into the army ; and truly the good people of Whittles° mar well he proud of the day. FORD TITHE CASE.—The long litigated case of Knight+ . clerk, v. the Marquis of Waterford, in respect to the, tith,s in the parish of Ford, came b e ' ore the C our t e r , Exchequer on Tuesday last. Si r F re d er i c k P o l loc k , Chief Baron, presiding. The substantial question was, w hethe r the tithes of the manor of Ford belonged to the plaintiff as rector. or to the defendant as lord of the manor, upon a payment of £4O yer annum to the rector : the cour t having heard the arguments on two or three prev ion! days doling the term. now pronounced its judgment. Th! application on behalf of the plaintiff was for a new it'll' and the court thought the application should be grant ee ', upon the ground that the payment of a specifjcpunl money, for sixty-three years before the passing of P r Limitation Act (3 and 4 Wm. IV, c. 27) did n o t und e t the peculiar circumstances of this case, the detentio n ( himself claiming a right to sueli tithes in consid e ration. such payment, amount to a modus, discharge, or exemPt le from payment of tithes to the rector. 0,, this point the court was of (minion that there had been a misdirection Mr. Baron Rolfe ' at the trial at Newcastle upon-Tyn er anti th,re must, therefore, be a new trial. THE COAL TRADE OF ENGLAND.—ff.nglAnd poSse gel the richest veins of coal, both as regards quality 8 1 ,.. quantity. They form a line from south-we s t to fifi rt ; ( l west. In Nerthuinberland and Durham, from the Ts ce- o f to the Tees, coal abounds; at Whit e h aven , i n the hills . g Cumberland, in Yu, kshire, and in Lancashire. The r ee d abundant mines are in Wales. The consumption of tei t in England and in exportation is so great, th a t it has o been asked if the mines would not be exhausted; hu t , o 4 cording to calculations made ire proportion to the Pre 5 110 consumption, they could not be exhausted under . 1 fig years. The vear'y eon-umption in Great Brittnn ilec i 20,000.000 to 21,000,000 tons. The exporbeion inert's: in in the Gdfowing proportions:—in 1830, 505,421 tott:;o6, 1832. 588,440 tons; in 1834, 621,256 torts; in i t 00, 1,1111,0110 torts ; in 1838, 1.413.800 tons ; i" 1,621.300 tons; in 1842, 2,120,000 tons; and in 000. 2,410,000 tons. The number of m i nes exceeds 5;:\;.-P`l Ra a tiah carat is fn ilt3ei in facfsryr port pf th'. a t world : there are deposits at Rio Janeiro, at Wort Archangel, and at Constantinople. —Mining Jettrn 11 0 TnE 110YAL VICTORIA STEAM SHIP.—We il opportunity, the other day, of inspecting the Roya l nor toria steam ship, at Pert Carlisle. She has just u gone censiderable improvements in her hull and 11 1 0 ,0 nery, also in the painting andkdecorating of her ca l i ien fl 6. which we do not speak in too flatt er i ng terms r ake' say that they are now very eleg a nt i n deed, and 0 , 0 r1t• great credit upon the parties wh o exec uted thc ~e has We were also gratified to learn th a t great advant% a yie o been gained by the substitution o f t u b u l ar boilers. !! direia of thirty-five tons having b e e n e ff ecte d, by th elr ara tire,i nished weight and the sm a ll er supp l y o f w a ter t" by these than by the boilers of the old descripti?%/farq the space in the afterhold is increased so ss te l c od e. stowage for that arneunt of extra weight of genera. ,it. The speed of the vess e l ha. al so b een v ery materia' creased. On Friday last she perform. d the veYegield had Annan Water Foot to Liverpool in 91- hours, "oef ia nearly 100 fat sheep 40 fat cattle, besides a lie Bo ,- g 4enrL cargo on hoard. We are proud in having such a ;I'o the vessel belonging to this port, and we heartilYiertskinr n company every success in prosecuting their " 40. —Carlisle Jrurnal. SOt 2 J e : th e F•aulrY COURT, FRIDAY.—CHUBB wa to, oo , This was an application for an injunction to r e Lon e a defendant, a furniture-broker, Queen-stree t, ev etsf the . from making or selling any iron doors, safesi n i e tiff'o boxes, in imitation of those made by the c,t, r e of well-known iron box and lo c k maker, in ' be half e a Churchyard, London. Affidavits were read o "„ u rebu e de the plaintiff, showing that iron safes had been be ' S oh from the defendant, which were represenlfa_,; t hst, e 00- by the plaintiff, but at a much less cost, "" wen" the safes were of a very inferior quality, and Ifs f as it for;re thereby subjected to much injary. The affi i ;', id hee l- The defendant eenied that the safes, when sold , in ' 4 04. w ho presented to be n anufactuted by the I' :ir ,,,, F se s tie Vice-Chancellor said there appeared to be w' iiiii ,tift . . off to contradicted the stateme s made by th e . 1 1 ) ,, thought there was not sufficient alleged by e t only f . a t i n _ oe s enable him to intetoere y junction. Th e the Wl . :00 would be to send the case to a jnry, w her ß. , w hie ros t, would be suljected that cross- , xan.iflff nin tion oo At reasonab'y sure to bring out the truth. aer' therefore, stand over, with liberty to b '6 in the law. Ileg t woNrli'd4; becauseisGenerailnTlena nadiTlt•huerrriebisnaotGtehneerstytittler. , , . ' 13a1 S , ll an( 4nt ;re m bee deli tan Cu' tare Met be •st bad Hu. err. the to -that the dem fall, tises bare agrii stoc our - a'nin Ease Leigi afire, and then Lon, seen' an o •. • rid rid o fined •C[ L corn, Visit( Of R r bOll, 48 fo