The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-03 00:00:00

imprrial Varlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY The Earl of ST. GERMAIN moved the second rending of the hill for the projection of life in Ireland, and (la tilt on the necessity of investing the government of Ireland with the extraordinary powers which would be granted by the proposed measure. It was notorious that the crimes of murder and outrageous assault had become of late alar mingly prevalent in Ireland. He held in his hand offickl returns of all the offences against the person, property, and the public peace which had been committed in Ire land during the last two years ; from which it appeared that the number of homicides perpetrated in Ireland in 1841 amounted to 144 ; and in 1845 to 136. In 1841 the number of eases of tiring was 104 ; and, 1845, 138. In 1844, the number of aggravated assaults was 504 ; and in 1845, 541. In 1811, the number of casts of common as saults was 251 ; and in 1845, 242. The crimes of robbery and arson had also increased to a fearful extent. In 1814 the number of cases of ro bb ery o f arms was 159 ; an d i n 1815, D5l. The instance s o f a d m i n i ster i ng un l aw f u l oat h s had also increased during the years in question from 59 to 223 ; of issuing threatening notices from 462 to 1341 ; of attacks on houses from 254 to 483 ; of firing into dwelling houses from 77 to 128. The total number of offences against person and property in 1844 was 1195, and in 1815. 3402. The number of offences against the public peace in 1844 was 3102, and in 1845, 5281. In IS coun ties crime had diminished ; in 4 it had remained station ary ; but in 10 it had largely increased. His lordship then entered into further details with regard to the state of crime in these peccant districts, and related several remarkable cases of homicide and outrage, for the pur pose of justifying the introduction of the proposed bill. These cases were of an unusually appalling character. The rich man, said his lordship, was comparatively safe; but the poor man was absolutely without protection. The police and stipendiary magistrates had been in creased in vain, and nothing short of extraordinary measures could meet the exigency of the case. The first clause empowered the Lord Lieutenant to declare by pro. clamation that any district in which outrages of the de scription referred to are on the increase should be bur dened with additional police and a stipendiary magistrate. The second clause empowered the Lord Lieutenant to warn the inhabitants of any disturbed district to remain at borne bet wren sunset and sunrise ; the third clause autho rised the Lord Lieutenant to award compensation to the family of the murdered man, to be paid out of the assess ment on the dt'trict in which the murder may have been perpetrated. The noble earl, in conclusion, deprecated any attempt to give the question a political complexion. During the last session £414,000 had been voted for the purpose of improving Ireland, and no fewer than thirteen railroads, involving an expenditure of £9,000,000 had passed the legislature. These measures could not bear fruit unless a greater security for life and property were provided. Its lordship trusted that the time would arrive when the bill he proposed might be repealed. Lord FA.RNIIAM spoke as a resident in one of the most disorganised parts. His lordship alluded to the murder of Mr. Bell Booth, which showed the fearful state to which the district in which he bad resided had been re duced. tie dwelt on the refusal of the patties who wit nessed the murder to assist in identifying or apprehending the murderers. His lordship spoke of the efforts of the ribbon agents as most injurious to the peace of the coun try, and called upon their lordships to shape their mea sure so as to put down those dangerous societies. After a few words from Lord Mi ESTMEATII, and other peers, the bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. In reply to questions from Mr. O'Connell, Sir R. PEEL said it was not the intention of the go vernment to bring in any measures in reference to Ire land to take precedence of the commercial measures un der the consideration of parliament It was, however, intended in the present session to bring in a bill to give encouragement to the improvement of land in Ireland, by granting compensation to tenants for such improvements as they might ef f ect. It was also intended to bring in a bill to amend the elective franchise in counties, and also to amend the proceedings at elections generally. In ad dition to these hills, it was intended to bring in another for the purpose of amending, the franchise in municipal towns so as to assimilate them as far as pos,ible to those of England. In reply to a question from Mr. O'Connell, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, he deet.ly regretted having to admit that a deputation from Westmeath had waited upon his excellency the Lord Lieutenant, praying that Braon Seery might not be respited, but that the executi on should be suffered to proceed. He could, however, assure the house, that that deputation did not: influence the Lord Lieutenant in the course he had adopted. The debate on the corn laws was then resumed, and was again adjourned. .► HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY The debate on the Corn-laws was resumed again. Mr. M. O'CoNNELL, on general principles, advocated the measure ' • COL CONOLLY, on general principles, opposed it. Lord lNna THE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why, after his secession, he had rejoined the ministry, and why he did not resign his seat for Cambridge? He ar gued. on the authority of official returns, that wheat could be imported at 225. a quarter ; and produced to the house a young potato, which he affirmed to be a very good one, as a proof that young and healthy roots might be produced from the eyes of diseased potatoes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made the Mi nisterial speech of the evening. He gave an account of his owu conduct during the late crisis. He had opposed opening the ports by Order in Council—he had opposed the meeting of Parliament in I•l , ?vember ; but, when the extent of the potato failure was ascertained, he became convinced that the alteration of the Corn-laws had now become a question of absolute necessity, and prepared to give his opinion that, under all the circumstances of the case, those laws ought to undergo a change. At the same time. however, he felt that the change ought to be ef fected by others than himself and his colleagues, and had accordingly resigned, without any prospect of returning to office. He had no intention whatever of retiring from the representation of Cambridge, He then dived into fi gures and calculations, with the view of showing the in fluence of the removal of protective duties on the shipping interest. In the year 1842 the tonnage of British vessels engaged in the foreign trade amounted to 2,600,000 tons. In the year 1845 it was 3,690,000 tons, showing an in crease consequent on the relaxation of duties of one mil lions of tons in that period. Again, it was said that inju rious effects were likely to result to the timber trade from the proposed measure—let us see what injury has resulted from the relaxations which have hitherto taken place. In 1842 the number of ships engaged in the Baltic trade was 3,519, their tonnage e 13,809 tons; in 1844 the number was 4,424, their tonnage 818,44 , 1 tons, showing an in crease of 1,000 ships and 2(10,000 tons. He reminded his bearers that in the reign of Charles the First the agricul tural interest had expressed the same alarms as in the present day. Mr. FERRAND made a speech which occupies five co lumns in the morning papers He first attacked the system of petitions. The Anti Corn-law League bad pur chased signatures in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the rate of one shilling a hundred, and he was prepared to produce evidence, if necessary, that one man had actually attached 14,000 signatures to one of those petitions, and that be had done so without ever having left his house, or even having asked a single person to write his name. He proceeded to animadvert on the conduct of various ho nourable gentlemen whom be saw around him, and others who were not there. He regretted that Mr, W. Beckett was not there to be questioned :—" In the borough which be represented, the honourable gentleman had been called ' Honest William Beckett.' But if the honourable gen tleman now betrayed his principles, he would have another syllable prefixed to that title, and be known in the borough. politically speaking, as ' Dishonest William Beckett."' Mr. Cobden did not escape,—the truck system, the shops, the cows, and the cottages were recalled again to the recollection of the house. He dwelt fondly on the days when he used to receive large packages of Sir it. Peel's speeches upon the corn lows, sold at one penny each. Who sent them tie could never find out, but he very much suspected that the right hon. baronet had beard what an earnefit supporter he (Mr. Ferrand) was of those principles, and that therefore he had favoured him with those packages, "carriage paid." (Laughter.) He circulated them amongst all parties in his neighbourhood ; they were most instrumental in creating a great many proselytes, and were one chief cause of the return of Mr. Stuart Wortley, now Lord Wharncliffe, for the West Riding. He anticipated the growing prevalence of the democratic principle. Should that unfortunate day ever dawn upon the political horizon when the power of demo cracy will be paramount, degraded indeed will be our fate. But I will add— " May I be cold before that dreadful day, Pressed with a load of monumental clay;" and told Sir R. Peel, at the top of his voice, that the peo ple of Great Britain and Ireland viewed with unmitigable disgust his contemptible apostacy and tergiversation. The other si eakera were Mr. Trelawney, iu favour of the measure, arid Mr. Parke against it. HOUSE OF COMMONS .- .j The House met at twelve o'clock, and a considerable share of p.ivate business was disposed of. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN drew attention to an occur ence at the South Nottinghamshire election, in order to give Ministers, if they thought fit to avail themselves of it, an opportunity for explanation. The bon. member for Mahon, who had voted for the appropriation clause, and who was pledged to the abolition of the temporalities of the Irish Church, had publicly stated, that he had held conversations with Lord Lincoln prior to giving him his support in the present contest for that county, and was satisfied with the explanation given him by the noble lord of the course of policy which he intended to pursue as Secretary for - Ireland. From this it was to be inferred La t Lord Linculn had determined upon a policy hostile to the Established Church, and it was highly important tha t his real intentions should be understood at the earl iest Sir 3,.. / Es GnAtinNt said, he did not believe that Lord Lincoln has ever expressed a feeling hostile to the Estab lished Church hf Ireland ; but the noble lord would pro bably be in the 11,-,ust in a few days; when he wuuld be able to answer for Lord J. RUSSELL st t he was informed by the bon. =ember for Malton of all • had passed between him self and the noble lord, and be d that nothing had fallen from the noble lord hostile emi. I Established Church , or inconsistent with the policy o f with whom he was associated in the Government. ..... Mr. O'CONNELL said, that Mr. S. 0'1)- '-ad drawn a proper distinction betw een th e Church 11.. ': temporalities. The fo rm e r no one w i s hed to do s._ a nd its i.. u the sooner the latter was firmly and properly dearo, ; b ,, t the better for Ireland, to whi c h thi s coun t r y owed a lasi;„! debt of gond government. Sir J. GRAHAM Glen called attention to whit had pass ed on a former CA ening relative to the case of Seery ; on which occasion be had regretted that a deputation had waited upon the Lord-Lieutenant from the county of W e•tmeat`, for the harsh and unusual purpose of praying that the execution of Seery should not be respited. Ile had since received a letter from the Lord-Lieutenant sta ting that the deputation had waited upon him for another purpose, and that it was only inadvertently stated that any lenity shown to Seery would be considered as a proof of the weakness of the Government, and tend to encourage the perpetration of such atrocities, and to keep alive that sanguinary spirit so fatal to the peace of the country. The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was read a second time with out any discussion. HOUSE OF OF LORDS.—TuuRsnAr The Marquis of WESTMEATH asked Lord St. Germans whether any deputation from the mitgistrates of West meath had waited on the Lord-Lieutenant to pray that Bryan Seery might not be respited, and whether such a proceeding were " harsh and unusual," as it had been termed ? The Earl of St. Germans read a letter from the. Lord- Lieutenant, which admitted the fact that such a deputati on had waited on him for the purpose specified. With regard t , .) the second question, he thought that such a proceeding, if not harsh, was at any rate very unusual. After some further conversation, in which Lords Stour ton and Brougham joined, the matter dropped. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Mr. ROEBUCK asked the members on the protection benches when the debate o❑ the corn laws was likely to end? His reason for asking that question was, that on Tuesday night Mr. Ferrand had consumed two mortal hours and a half, by the house clock, in speaking about anything and everything, rather than the subject in de bate. If the house wished to maintain its dignity, it must put down vulgar vituperation, indecent menace, and violent language, and not allow Mr. Ferrand to come down to the house like Orson with his club to beat down all opposition with the violence of his language. Ile hoped that the country gentlemen of England would in future give the house something like argument and rea soning, and would not waste the public time in mere ex hibitions of vulgar hatred, expressed in violent and vulgar language. _ _ _ _ Sir R Ir:otts read Mr. Roebuck a severe lecture for taking advantage of Mr Ferrand's abs-nce to stigmatize him in the most violent language. The Gracchi might complain of sedition with as much justice as Mr. Roe buck could of bitter p-rsonalities. Why, Mr. Roebuck himself was not a very mealy mouthed gentleman. Mr. BRIGHT avaAed himself of the opportunity to de ny the statement which Mr. Ferran() had made respecting Mr. G. Wilson in his speech of Tuesday night. Mr. Wilson had never called a meeting of starch manufac turers to oppose the relaxation of the protective duties on starch, and had not been a member of any deputation which waited on Sir R. Peel for such an object. Mr. COLQUEIOUN assured Mr. Bright that Mr. Fer rand, when in his place, would be ready to defend all the statements he had made. Mr. Bow RING complained of the attack which Mr. Ferrand had made on Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Bolton, whom he had accused of "cold-blooded cruelty." He denounced the statements of Mr. Ferrand respecting the poverty, nakedness, and wretchedness of the people in Mr. Ashworth's employ as altogether untrue. Lord MORPETH read a letter from the operatives of Union Mill, which he had received along with their peti tion, for the purpose of proving that in signing it they were (to use their own words) free as the air they breathed. Here the conversation dropped. The adjourned debate on the corn laws was then re sumed by Mr. Ross, who spoke in favour of the govern ment measure. Mr. B. DENISON regretted that Mr. Ferrand was not in his place ; for Mr. Ferrand bad alluded to him the other night in his absence in a way in which he was by no means justified. Mr. Ferrand had stated to the house that Sir R. Peel, when he did him the honour to ask him to second the address, had deceived him as to the mea sure which he (Sir R. Peel) intended to propose. Now Sir R. Peel was the last man in the world to deceive any body ; and in no way, either directly or indirectly, had I,e deceived him. When be (Mr. B. Denison) seconded the address, he expected that Sir R. Peel would propose a measure of the same character as those which he bad pro posed on several occasions in the last three years, and which bad been so eminently successful ; but he bad not been prepared to expect that Sir R. Peel would propose a total abolition of the corn laws after a period of three years, during which we were to have a diminished sliding scale, accompanied by certain compulsatory propositions. He thought that in propounding such a scheme, Sir R. Peel had committed a mistake, which many now regretted. and which he hoped that Sir R. Pee; would never live to regret himself. Though he should oppose to the utter most that scheme, he hoped that if it were made law, it would promote the public interests in the way which Sir Robert Peel expected. He concluded by warning Lord Morpeth aiminst believing that his return for the West Riding was a proof that the opinions of the electors of tl - at distract were changed on the subject of the corn laws ; end by advertising him, that, at the next general election, the extent of the change would probably be brought to a teat. Af r. Brotherton then spoke in favour of the measure, and Mr. Christopher against it. Mr. CARDWELL observed that, as he had never yet spoken on the question of the corn laws, he was anxious to explain the grounds on which he gave his cordial sup port to this measure for their final adjustment. He then proceeded to expose the statements contained in the argu ments by which the protectionists defended the existing corn laws. He said that those laws had not rendered us independent of foreign supply—that taey had not given security for the investment of capital in land—that they had not insured the farmer a remunerating price— and that they had not afforded the labourer a protecting price for his labour. He then contended that the repeal of these laws would promote the prosperity of commerce and manufactures ; and that prosperity would increase, as it bad increased in past time, the rate of wages in the commercial and manufacturing districts. A man with 30s. a week would consume more bread, butter, beef, mutton, and other agricultural produce, than a man with Bs., or even 16s. a week ; and when the consumption of agricultural produce was thus increased, the profits of the farmer would be increased likewise, and the condition of' the agricultural labourer would be proportionably bettered. He called upon them to keep pace with the march of improvement, and to rely on the ever growing demands of our increasing population, and on the expanding energies of trade and commerce for their own remuneration. He had always entertained, and had never disavowed nor dis guised the sentiments which he had just expressed ; but he had likewise always considered that great questions like the present ought to be regarded as questions of time. If, then, this question were a question of time, was not this of all others the time to look out for a supply of food ? And if the adjustment of the corn laws were to be accom plished, when could it be done with less dislocation of ex isting interests ? Ile contended, too, that that parliament had a perfect right to decide the question ; and, if it should decide it as the government advised, by removing the sources of discord between conflicting classes, and by exhibiting a wise and discriminating regard towards all the interests of this great empire, it would confer an ines timable benefit upon the present and every succeeding generation. The hon. gentleman's speech was very loudly cheered, and was one of the best delivered during the de bate. He quoted largely from, and made frequent refer ence to the admirable speech of Mr. Bramley Moore on dock accommodation. Mr. Finch - and Mr. Seymer (new members) spoke against the measure, and Mr. Villiers in favour of it. Mr. FERRAND observed, that he had been attacked in his absence that evening by four or five gentlemen, of whom not one had given him notice of his intention. He, therefore, now gave notice, that he would be in his place next night, at 5 o'clock, and that he would return their civilities on the proposition for reading the first order of the day. Colonel SIBTHORP called the attention of the house to the fact that the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General for Ireland, a Lord of the Admiralty, and the Clerk of the Ordnance—all officers of high selaris—had none of them seats in that house. He also wished to know who was now the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests—and who were to he the new Lords of the Treasury. Surely those appointments ought to be filled up. The debate was then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY The earlier part of the evening was occupied by a sharp personal discussion, commenced by Mr. FERRAND, who replied to the attacks made upon him by four hon. members on Tuesday evening, and re iterated most of the charges he had made in his speech on Monday night. Mr. Roebuck, who had commenced the attack, was the last person who ought to have used such language. M r. Roebuck had once, with language far more violent and indecent than any which he had used, flung down the Times newspaper upon the floor of the house, and recommended its member.. to horsewhip a gen tleman in every way his superior. He believed that the public held Mr. Roebuck in such estimation that they would not give a qkuirter of a farthing fcr his opinions ; and among all his other failures in life the knowledge of that fact rankled most deeply in his breast. Adverting to the speech of Mr. Bright, lie showed that Mr. Bright had put words into his mouth which he had never used. Having repeated to the house the words which he bad ac tually employed respecting Mr. G. Wilson, he observed that the Manchester Guardian never denied the fact of Mr. G. Wilson having convened and presided at the meet ing of starch manufacturers, although it did not deny that which he had never asserted, namely, that Mr. Wilson had been part of the starch deputation which bad waited on the Government. Mr. Bright, however, was not a person entitled to attack him on the score of veracity, for two meetings had been recently held in Lancashire to re but a statement which he had made in his place in Parlia ment, respecting the reluctance of the working classes at Preston and at Rochdale to support a ten hours' bill. Dr. Bowring had also put in his mouth words which he had never uttered, for the purpose of damaging him in the estimation of the house and the country. Mr. Ferrand then restated and justified the words which he had actually used respecting Mr. H. Ash worth. He appealed to Dr. Bowring, as a member of Parliament and as a gentleman, to retract the charge which he had cast upon him. Turning next to Lord Morpeth, he asserted that he had never said that the pe tition from Union Mill was not a free and unbiassed petition. What Ire had said, was, that petitions against the corn laws had been in many instances signed by the workmen in the manufacturing districts against their will, and at the compulsion of their masters. lie concluded by declaring that it was high time fur the house to take into consideration the manner and extent in which peti lions against tire corn laws had been forged and menu 'wed by the Anti-Corn Law League. FIELDBN bore testimony to the truth of Mr. Fer rand's statement respecting the distress of the hand-loom weavers. Mr. Ashworth and Mr. It. Gregg had proposed to the Poor Law Commissioners to bring labourers from the south to the north for the purpose of equalizing wages. The people in the north knew that equalizing their wages mean reducing them to the level of the agricultural la bourer, and a great-sensation was in consequence produced among them. It was proved hp-fore the Poor Law Com mission of 1837 or 1838 that 10,000 families had been sent to the manufacturing districts from the parishes in the south of England. The migration system had been condemned by the Poor Law Committee, and the office established in Manchester with Mr. Muggeridge as its agent has been given up. In conclusion, he maintained that nothing said by Mr. Ferrand respecting the cruelties practised in factories had been upset by any of his opponents. A scene of crimination and recrimination followed, in which the principal speakers were Mr. Bright, Mr. Roe buck, and Mr. D'lsraeli, who took occasion to allude to the collision between Sir It. Peel and Mr. Cobden, three yea's ago, when Sir H. Peel thought a speech of the hon. member for Stockport was instigatory to his (Sir R. Peel's) assassination. This called up Sir R. PEEL, who said that he thought he had, at the time, relieved, in the most unqualified manner, the mind of the hon. member for Stockport of any impression that he (Sir R. Peel) was not fully c.nivinced he had mistaken the import of what had fallen from the hon. member on the occasion referred to. If he had not done so in a manner satisfactory to the hon. gentleman, he regretted it, and hoped it would be understood that such, at all events, was his intention. Mr. COBDEN said that the right hon. baronet's retrac tation at the time was not so unequivocal as he could have wished, and he feared that many hon. gentlemen on the ministerial side of the house were not satisfied that the right bon. baronet really believed hi,rself in error ; with this feeling lie was sorry to say. rankling in his mind, he had used expressions at public meetings towards the right hon. baronet which he now exceedingly regretted. The occurrence took place three years ago, and lie did not anticipate that it would have been again alluded to ; and alter the present most gratifying explanation, he hoped that no lion member would ever feel himself justified in again alluding to the subject. . In the course of this rather animated discussion, Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY took Occasion to corroborate on of the charges made by Mr. Ferrand respecting the wholesale manufacture of free trade petitions. He had recently received a petition from Cheltenham praying for free trade, but was struck with surprise at seeing the Manchester post mark upon the envelope. He, in con sequence, caused an inquiry to be instituted in Chelten ham, and the result was, that most of the signatures were forgeries, and of those which were genuine, the par ties had no recollection of signing them to any such pe tition as that which had been transmitted to him. He should, on Monday, move for an inquiry into this gross breach of the privileges of the house. The adjourned debate on the Government measures was then resumed by Mr. Banks, who spoke against them , as did Cept. Gladstone, Mr. pooner, Mr. B. Borthwick, and Lord George 13entinck ; while Mr. B. Escott and Mr. Cobden addressed the house in favour of them. At twenty minutes before three on Saturday morning, no member rising, the house divided, when the numbers were— For Sir R. Peel's motion Against it Government majority, FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA By the arrival of the packet ship Sheridan, which left New York on the 4th inst., we have received papers four days later than those received by the Hibernia. Accord ing to the New York Herald, of the 4th, no change will at present take place in the Cabinet; that Mr. Buchanan re tains his place, and will resume the Oregon negociations. The editor of the Herald says—" The Oregon negociation is resumed or about to be resumed with Mr. Pakenham, and it is about to be lifted from that state of abeyance in which it stood when the British Minister attempted to re open it a few weeks ago. We are very glad that Mr. Bu chanan remains in the Cabinet to resume the negociations, and to go throuTh them and finish them, in the same spirit of moderation, with the same amount of talent and comprehensiveness of intellect, which have hitherto mark ed his diplomacy. We have therefore every reason to be lieve that the Oregon negociation will be settled at Wash ington in a very few weeks." The question of giving the twelve months notice still r:cupies the attention of the House of Representatives. On the 2nd a motion that the debate should close on the 91h, was lost by a majority of 99 to SS. Foreign exchanges were dull. The quotations were, on London, 108 to 1081; on Paris, 5,27 to 5 . 26. The mon ey-market was easy, and the banks were discounting freely. Tne interest on the Pennsylvanian debt had been paid on the 2nd inst., but three-fourths in depreciated securi ties, one quarter only in specie. This policy has given rise to strong complaints. Freights were scarce, and the rates very low. There were some indications of the opening of the spring trade. . - Canadian accounts report that an increase of £55,000 will be exhibited in the revenue return of the province for 1815, as compared with the previous year. Important accounts from the city of Mexico to the Btb, and from Vera Cruz to the 13th of January, had been re ceived, via" New Orleans. These advices announce the elevation of Paredes to the Prei.idency of the republic, and the formation of a Cabinet headed by Almonte. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE RIVER PLATE, Intelligence has been received from Rio ,Janeiro to the 9th Jenuary. _ _ _ _ The Apo%lo troop ship arrived at Monte Video, 'from Rio Janeiro, on the 9th of December, but had not landed the troops on the 10th, in consequence of the barracks not being ready for them; This packet does not bring later intelligence from Buenos Ayres than the Cyclops brought. The Petrel packet having taken out news of the protest for non-acceptance of the draughts of one of the first shipping houses of Rio, it created a great want of confi dence and embarrassment. Money was extremely scarce, partly occasioned by a great demand for the northern ports. This want of money caused a rise in the exchange to 264 d. to 261 d ., the lower rate basing chiefly ruled for transactions by this conveyance. The state of the money market occasioned a fall in the price of coffee, and the present rates were—superior, 3,050 reis to 3,000 reis per arroba; good first, 2,550 reis to 2,950 reis per arroba; good seconds, 2,500 reis per arroba. Sugar—white, 2,800 reis per arroba; brown. 1,800 reis per arroba. Freights— Hamburgh and Antwerp, 455. ; Mediterranean, 50s. ; England, 555. There was a great want of ships at Per nambuco, where 70s. and 80s. were spoken of. The Emperor was not expected back till March next. The Empress remains at Rio Grande whilst he makes the journey to St. Paulo. . Ttie merchants are complain'ng more than ever of the necessity of some arrangement being made with the Bra g Ilan government, respecting the interference of the Juir dos Orfaos with the property of deceased foreigners, this functionary having instructions to interfere as occasion may O'er. _ _ Accounts were received in Liverpool on Saturday from Monte Video to the 23rd December, from which it ap pears that the combined forces of England and France bad proceeded higher up the river Parana without further molestation, and that the President of Paraguay, after concluding a treaty, offensive and defensive, with the Corrientes, had issued a manifesto declaring war against ROS 39. THE CONFLICTS IN INDIA We extract the following sketch of the battle at Mood kee and Feroze,hur from Sir Hugh Gough's despatches to the Governor-General:— " About three p.m. information was received that the Sikh army was advancing. We had not proceeded be yond two miles, when we found the enemy in position. They were said to consist of from fifteen to twenty thou sand infantry, about the same force of cavalry, and forty thousand guns. They evidently had either just taken up this position, or were advancing in order of battle against us. The country is a dead flat, covered at short intervals with a low, but, in some places, thick jhow jungle, and dotted with sandy hillocks. The enemy screened their infantry and artillery behind this jungle, and such indula tions as the ground afforded ; and, whilst our twelve bat talions formed from echelon of brigades into line, opened a very severe cannonade upon our advancing troops, which was vigorously replied to by the battery of horse artillery under Brigadier Brooke, which was joined by the two light field of batteries. The rapid and well-directed fire of our artillery appeared soon to paralyze that of the ene my ; and, as it was necessary to complete our infantry dispositions without advancing the artillery too near to the jungle, I directed the cavalry under Brigadiers White and Gough to make a flank movement on the enemy's left, with a view of threatening and turning that flank if possible. Wilh praiseworthy gallantry, the 3rd light dragoons, with the second brigade of cavalry, consisting of the body guard and sth light cavalry, with a portion of the 4th lancers, turned the left of the Sikh army, and, sweeping along the whole rear of its infantry and guns, silenced for a time the latter, and put their numerous ca valry to flight. Whilst this movement was taking place on the enemy's left, I directed the remainder of the 4th lancers, the 9th irregular cavalry, under Brigadier Mac tier, with a light field battery, to threaten their right. This manoeuvre was also successful. Had not the infan. try and guns of the enemy been screened by the jungle, these brilliant charges of the cavalry would have been productive of greater effect. " When the infantry advanced to the attack, Brigadier Brooke rapidly pushed on his horse artillery close to the jungle, and the cannonade was resumed on both sides. The infantry, under Major-Generals Sir Harry Smith, Gilbert, and Sir John M'Gaskill, attacked in echelon of lines the enemy's infantry, almost invisible amongst wood and the approaching darkness of night. The opposition of the enemy was such as might have been expected from troops who had every thing at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority of numbers, far out ' flanked ours ; but this was counteracted by the flank movements of our cavalry. The attack of the infantry now commenced ; and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the Sikh army that they had met with a foe they little expected ; and their whole force was dri ven from position after position with great slaughter, and the loss of seventeen pieces of artillery, some of them of heavy calibre; our infantry u s ing that never-failing wea pon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout con. flier was maintained during an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst a cloul of dust from the sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. The final charge is thus described :—" Our line ad vanced, and, unchecked by the enemy's fire, drove them rapidly out of the village of Forozesbah and their en. campment ; then changing front to its left, on its centre, our force continued to sweep the camp, bearing down all opposition, and dislodged the enemy from their old posi tion. The line then halted, as if on a day of manoeuvre, receiving its two leaders, as they rode along its front, with a gratifying cheer, and displaying the captured standards of the Khaiva army. We had taken upwards of 73 pieces of canon, and were masters of the whole field. For twenty-four hours not a Sikh has appeared in our front. The remains of the Khai.a army are said to be in full re treat across the Sutlej, or marching up its left bank, in the greatest confusion and dismay. Their camp is the scene of the most awful carnage ; and they have aban doned large stores of grain, camp equipage, and ammuni tion. This has apparently terminated this unprovoked and criminal invasion of the peaceful provinces under British protection." The irruption of the Sikhs seems to have been ma naged with all the address which distinguishes the Orien tals, and renders them adepts in intrigue. So well had they masked their designs, that while an army of 100,000 men were concentrating with 150 pieces of canon of heavy calibre, Sir Henry 1-lardinge was countermanding head quarters orders for advancing the British forces nearer to the Sutlej. The Meerut division had been ordered to the frontier, and her Majesty's 9th lancers sent off post haste in advance, but by an express order from Sir H. Elardinge to General Grey the whole division was ordered to stand fast, and the 9th lancers marched back into Meerut on the 29th November, just one fortnight before the irrup tion of 100,000 men fully armed, provisioned and equip ped, with 150 pieces of artillery, The fact noticed by Sir Hugh Gough that in the third engagement we had not a round of ammunition to answer the Sikh heavy cannon, and the absence of all carriage and medical aid for the British wounded still further demonstrate how well the Siks cloaked their invasion. H ad our troops been nearer the scene of action, the battle might not have been so glorious to their valour, but probably not a Sikh would have recrossed the Sutlej except as a fugitive. KILLED AND WOuNDED AT MOODKEE.—KiIIed : European officers, 13 ; native officers, 2 ; non-commis sioned officers, drummers, rank and file, 192; sycees, &c. B.—Grand total, 215 Wounded : European officers. 39 ; native officers, 9 ; non-commissioned fficers, drummers, rank and file, 588; sycees, &c., 21.—Grand total, 657. Grand total of all ranks, killed and wounded, 872. KILLED AND WOUNDED AT FEItOZEPORE.—KiiIed: European officers, 37; native ditto, 17; non-commis sioned, drummers, rank and file, 630 ; Sycees, drivers, &c., 10.—Total, 691. Wounded : European officers, 78 ; native ditto, 18 ; non-commissioned, drummers, rank and file, 1610; Sycees, drivers, &c., 12; warrant officers, 3 ; total, 1721.—Grand total of all ranks, killed and wounded, 2115. THE PRINCE WALDEMAR OF PRUSSIA As the official despatches respecting the late great events on the Sutlrj mention the name of Count Ravens burg, and allude to a fact personal to him, it may be in teresting to the public to know that Count Ravensburg is the incognito name of his Royal Highness Prince Walde mar of Prussia, the son of Prince William (the late King's brother), and therefore first cousin to Frederick William IV. This distinguished personage, now in his 29111 year, and Colonel in the Dragoons of the Prussian Guards, de sirous of seeing foreign military institutions, and possibly falling in with some military enterprise during these times of peace in Europe, dematn!ed and obtained, in 1844, the King's permission to proceed to the East, and to visit, for his instruction, the British empire in India. The king ordered his Royal Highness to be accomparied by two distinguished officers, both mentioned in the late de spatches. The one of them Count Grorben, is Lieutenant in the Guards, the Prince's personal friend, and son of one of the most illustrious and popular Generals in the Prussian army ; the other, Count Oriola, is a Major on the Staff of the same. Dr. II uffmeister, mentioned i❑ the report, followed the Prince as medical attendant. The Prince has since travelled through the greatest part of the Indian empire, and the Universal Prussian Gazette (Algerneine Preussiche Zeitung) and other German pa pers have given extracts from his letters, proving the Prince's power of observation, and the high estimate he had formed of the military state and of the civil adurinis tration of that vast empire. As soon as a war with La hore seemed inevitable, the Prince proceeded towards the Indus, and in his progress, and lastly at Umballah, re viewed the English troops he fell in with. His last let ters, dated the lith of December, from the neighbour hood of Moodkee, were written on the very eve of the battle at that place. They are, as may be expected, full of enthusiasm at the thoughts of his first combat. lie fought in those ever memorable days by the side of the Governor-General, and on the 21st saw his medical at tendant killed at his side by grape-shot. The following private letter has been received by the Chevalier Bunsen from the Governor-General, relative to the Prince's share in the late actions, and will be read with interest. " Camp, Ferozepore, Jun. 1, 1846. "My dear Chevalier,—l wish your Excellency a very happy new year, and many congratulations on the perso nal safety of Prince Waldemar, who, with the character istic gallantry of his illustrious race, and the national love of enterprise of his countrymen, was present with me in the recent action of Moodkee, on the 18th of December, and at Ferozeshah, on the 21at and 22d of December. " His lioyal Highness intended to proceed to Bombay by Schinde, and left Ferozepore on the 23d of December last, quite well. " It was impossible for any soldier to show more cool ness, intrepidity, and energy than did his Royal Highness acd the noblemen of his suite on these occasions. " The Prince's surgeon was struck off his horse by a grape-shot, when I saw his Royal Highness instantly alight to his assistance. The humanity of this act was of no avail. The unfortunate gentleman had already ceased to exist. " In the morning of the 22,1 I felt it to be my duty to request his Royal Highness to retire. The action threat ened to be very severe, and I could not reconcile it with the respect I bear towards the Prussian royal family, that one of its Princes, having already witnessed an Asiatic battle, and greatly distinguished himself, should run a risk to which there was no necessity that his Royal High ness should be exposed. " With great reluctance his Royal Highness consented to proceed to Ferozvpore. " I beg further to observe, that his Royal Highness has, by the amiability of his demeanour, won the respect and admiration of all the officers, civil and military, of the East India Company's service, and that our most re spectful good wishes attend his Royal Highness where ever he may direct his steps. "These sentiments towards his Royal Highness, so universally entertained, are grateful to me ; for, from old recollections and attachment, I take a deep interest in all that concerns the military officers of your nation. " I have the honour to remain, yours very sincerely, "H. II A RDI NG E, Governor-General. " His Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen." The rumour which has lately been circulated that Ma dame Castellan bad died recently at St. Petersburgb, turns out to be a fabrication. - Sir H. Hardinge, in anticipation of the worst, arranged all his worldly affairs previous to the battle of Moodkee, and to ensure the safety of the sword given him by the Duke of Wellington, be sent it into Ferozepore. A report appears in some of the Calcutta papers of the death of Tharawaddy, King of Burmah. He is reported to have run a-muck, and in his mad career to have killed three persons, but was himself arrested by a blow from a billet of wood, which soon deprived him of life. STEAM.BOAT EXPLOSION. The steamer Osceola, from Cheraw to Charleston, with 600 bags of cotton, burst her boiler on the 26th January, while working slowly forward, having been aground. No lives were lost, but three firemen were badly injured. The explo sion is supposed to have been occasioned by the quantity of sand which bad gut into the machinery. FATAL DUEL IN AMERICA.—The recent American papers contain an account of a fatal duel which took place in the neighbourhood of Washington. The parties were a gentleman named Jones, a lawyer, and Dr. Johnson, a medical practitioner, both natives of North Carolina. Both of them had been suitors for the hand of the same lady, who prtferred the lawyer; but, in the opinion of her husband, a criminal intercourse had taken place after the marriage, between her and the doctor. Johnson was shot in the head, and instantly expired, the parties fighting at ten paces. _ _ TILE BRAZILIAN MAlL —Paraguay had at length openly declared war again , t Buenos Ayres, and had made common cause wiih the province of Corrientes. The mer chants resident in the country have for some time expected this union, but they at the same time consider that Gene ral Paz will require to proceed with very great caution in advancing on Buenos Ayres, in consequence of the supe rior discipline of the troops of Rosas. Letters from Monte Video, to the 19th December, are silent respect ing the more recent operations up the Parana. There is a great scarcity of mercantile shipping at the Brazilian ports, and freights have materially advanced in consequence. HORRORS OF WAR.—The fatigue and privations of the Ferozepore Division were extreme, and the want of water excessive. On the second day of the battle at Feroseshah, a well was discovered. The water was putrid, and par tially filled by the Sikhs with their dead ; but, notwith standing, it was eagerly drank by all ranks. An officer in this division, after giving some particulars of the con test on Sunday, the 21st, says—" The action raged till night-fall, and the cannonade lasted all night. The troops bivouacked ; and, 0, what a night it was ! Dying and dead all around us ! balls whistling in every direction ! no food, and, above all, no water ! arid the cold intense ! May I never spend such a night again." ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF LUTHER.—Advi ces from Berlin state that on the night of the 17th Fe bruary, the King and Princes Charles and Albert arrived at Wittenberg, and were present at the anniversary of Lu ther's death, (next day,) which was celebrated with great solemnity. Divine service was performed at all the Evangelical churches at six in the evening, and the thea tres were closed. A solemn chorus was afterwards chanted over the tomb in which repose the ashes of the great reformer. A sermon was also preached in the open air near Luther's statue. The solemnities concluded by the singing of Luther's celebrated hymn, of which both the words and the music were his own composition. THE CANTON OF VAUD.—We lately noticed, at con siderable length, the proceedings of M. Druey, the Pre sident of the Council of State of the Canton of Vaud, in the affair of the charge tie missionaire of that part of Switzerland. It is now stated, under date Geneva, Feb. 20, that the official documents relating thereto were sent by Druey to the several governments of Europe, who, it appears, generally disapprove of his proceedings. Accor dingly the Prussian minister has addressed remonstrances to Druiv, and the King has sent the clergy a donation of about .C5OO. The English minister has hitherto sent Ito money, but has forwarded a note from Lord Aderdeen, in which he says that the transmission of the nocuments in question to the English government, leave them no alter native but that of expressing their disapprobation and re gret at t he measures which had been taken by the Council of State of Vaud, and which may be of a nature to ett• danger the liberty of Switzerland. FRENCH JEALOUSY.—Tbe Paris journals, referring to the great battle on the banks of the Sutlej, and to the se vere losses sustained by the British, do not fail to remind their readers that the Sitars owe their military skill to French officers, such as Atabile, Ventura, &c. This is son-se consolation for the gloomy picture presented by Algeria. THE INDIAN CONFLICTS.—On Thursday evening, Sir Robert Peel presented to the House of Commons a despatch from Sir H. Hardinge, dated, Camp Ferozepore, Dec. 31,1845, which throws light on Sir Henry's conduct in reference to the recent disastrous Indian conflicts. It is manifest from this document that extreme anxiety on the part of the Governor-General to avoid collision with the Sikhs, and to give them no ground of offence, governed his actions up to the very moment of their invasion. THE POLISH CONSPIRACY.—Accounts from Posen state that an assemblage of Polish nobility was held at Posen on the 13th February, to the number of 600. They had already organised four regiments, and M. de Moro lawski had been named major-general. The project was to poison the Prussian garrison. Poisoned bread has been found in the barracks and hospitals. It had been resolved to plunder the houses of the Germans and the Jews. The 17th instant was the day fixed upon for ac tion. M. de Mcrozlawski was arrested, as were also Count Micielski and M. Maujewski, also known by an attempt at insurrection. Several other noblemen of wealth and influence were afterwards arrested at Wersetz on the 16th. CHRISTIAN UN lON AT RAWITCH, &c.—The able Ronge has addressed a letter to the president of the Chris tian Catholic Commune, gladly intimating that Czerski has joined the other Christian Communes in the manner he pursued at Leipsc. Post, preacher at Posen, had done the same. They had agreed to labour with the other communes for the well-being and salvation of humanity. It was agreed that Czerski and Post should address a let ter to all the communes to announce their adhesion, and explaining the motives and tendencies of the reform. The letter states that the real Christian spirit, which knows no condemnation, is extending more and more the Christian idea, and especially these words :—" They shall acknowledge you to be my desciples when they shall see that you love one another." RAILWAY INTALLiGEACE. The Standing Orders Committee have rejected the West Riding Union Railway. The Blackburn, Darwen:and Bolton Railway is ex pected to be opened as tar as Over Daewen, next autumn On Monday, the first stone of the Mo:ley Tunnel, 3,420 yards in length, and which is the greatest work on the Leeds and Dewsbury line, was laid with great rejoic ing. On Thursday the Parliamentary Committee on the Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway decided that the standing orders had not been complied with, in conse quence of the Parliamentary notices having only been twice published in the Gazelle instead of three times. At the half-yearly meeting of the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway Company, on Wednesday, the directors declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, to be payable on the 14th of March. Sir Andrew Agnew brought tor ward his annual motion respecting Sunday travelling, which was negatived. CONIMITTER NMEN'S LIABILITY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Mr. Williams, an engraver, living in Bucklersbury, London, obtained a verdict for £296 Is. 6d., being the full amount of the plaintiff's claim against a Mr. Bradley, one of the provisional committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. The action was for maps supplied to the order of the projector and promoter, who subsequently left the concern before it was executed ! The date of the order was the Bth of July, and the maps were delivered in August and September. The defendant gave his consent to become a member of the provisional committee early in July, and attended a meeting on the ltt of September. This last date, he contended, was the commencement of his liability, which could, therefore, extend only to the maps delivered in that month. But the jury thought otherwise, and found for the plaintiff the full amount, acting wisely under the opinion of the Chief Baron, who told them that where orders were given under such circumstances, and executed partly before and partly after a change in the managing body, the new body would be liable for the goods delivered, unless they repudiated the c3ntract as sou as it came to their knowledge." NORTH UNION UNION RAILWAY.—The annual meeting of this company was held on Thursday, at the Clarendon. rooms. The report stated that the nett proceeds of the last half-year were diminished to some extent, by an amount of supplementary charges, brought in of neces sity, on this occasion, as attaching to the period of work ing previous to the lit of January, 1846 when the con cern was surrendered and delivered up by the proprietors in consideration of the fixed rental. The receipts for the half-year ending December 31, 1845, were £54,703 Bs. Bd., and the expenses, including ordinary and fix?d charges, £27,547 Bs. 7d. ; leaving a balance of £27,156 Ba. 7d. ; from this amount must be deducted supple. mentary charges, £3,375 17s. 2d., leaving at the disposal of the directors the sum of .£23,780 2s. 11d. A dividend of £3 per cent. on stock A, and of £2 per cent. on stock B, would require a sum of £19,557 ss. 11d., leaving the surplus of £4,222 17s. to be carried to the account of profit and loss. The dividend will be payable on the 7th of March next, free of income-tax. The report was adopted unanimously. The four retiring directors, Messrs. Ratbbone, Rothwell, Earle, and Winstanley, were re-elected, and Messrs. Bairstow and Tuson were appointed auditors for the Ribble Branch Railway. THE LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.—On Satur day, the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held in the Clarendon-rooms, James Braneker, chairman of the board of directors, presiding. Mr. J. S. Heron, the secretary, read the report. The directors expressed in that document their satisfaction that considerable pro= gress had been made for the construction of the line. They had contracted for nearly the whole works on the main line, on terms below the Parliamentary estimate, and they had already got possession of most of the land. The works were in fact so forward that they would pro bably be completed by August, 1847. Four of the di rectors, Messrs. Stewart, Grenville, Woodcock, and Derbyshire, now retired. but were re-eligible. A special meeting would shortly be convened, at which the bills now being prosecuted would be submitted. The receipts had been £216,179, and the expenditure £25.106, leaving a balance in favour of the company of £191,073. On its being moved that the report and statement of accounts be printed, Mr. George Hadfield, of Manchester. moved as an amendment that that part of the report which stated that the proprietors had sanctioned the amalgamation with the Leeds and Manchester Company, be sh uck out. They had, he said, lost many thousands of pounds by the amalgamation,—Xsoo,ooo he believed at least. So blind a bargain he had never heard of. It was made between one chairman and another; and as the proceedings would have to go before Parliament, the irregularity would be fatal to the bill. Mr. Leech seconded the amendment. Mr. Heron contended that the shareholders had at a former meeting authorized the directors to make the ne cessary applications to Parliament. The amendment was carried by a majority of 15 to 13. A poll was then demanded and taken, when the supporters of the amend ment, it appeared, held 228, and the dissentients 223 shares. The amendment was accordingly carried, and the objectionable words being truck out, the report was carried as amended. The retiring directors were re elected, and Mr. T. C. Molyneux was appointed auditor. HIGH CHARGES FOR RAILWAY PARCELS. — An able letter has been addressed by an anonymous writer (E.F.), through the respective local newspapers, to the directors of the Grand Junction Railway, complaining of the high charges for p-..rcels conveyed on their line, and submitting a scheme which he believes would advance their own in terests and those of the public. The writer properly con siders the intrinsic value of railways not to consist in the profit or pleasure they may bring to this place or that, but in the sum of national amelioration to which they tend by removing the ancient obstructions to time and space, and placing the distant corners of the land on the same footing as commercial pieces—a hich cannot be done so long as the present high rate of charges for parcels continues to be exacted. The very small reduction de manded at the beginning of the present vear was little to be thankful fur, and did not add an extra parcel to the van. Tradesmen and others were still compelled to have their several parcels forwarded in an enclosure, to be de livered at one house, and those were sent by the mail train for two shillings. If sent singly they would proba bly amount to three or four parcels a day. To obviate the delays thus arising, and give facilities to trade, the writer suggests to the directors the policy of competing with the host-office in the conveyance of small parcels. Were their charges reduced for small and light parcels, they would have hundreds no bigger than a snuff box, and weighing only a few ounces. Now all parcels not exceeding l2lbs. weight, being the same price bulk and weight, were needlessly increased, on ihe ground that they were more likely to be lost. In paper parcels, too, the company usually conveyed some pounds of hay or sha vings with as many entices of merchandise. Reduced fares of passengers had profitably increased the number of travellers, and if the same principle were adopted it would not fail. The writer concludes by submitting the followinr , plan : "In imitation of the Post-office— thanks for the thought to Mr. Rowland would have all parcels on your line charged at the same rate, ir respective of distance, so that a parcel from Liverpool to London should be the same as one to Birmingham or any of the intermediate stations on that or the other side of that town. All parcels weighing 12Ibs. or upwards should be charged at the present price of conveyance from Liverpool to Birmingham. Parcels weighing less than J. lb. should be 4.d. ~ 10d TOLERATION AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD BY ROMANISM. (From the Church and State Gazette ) The Tablet, the English Churchman, and other Popish, Semi-Popish, and low wet kly papers, are constantly in sisting on the mild, merciful, and tolerant character of Romanism. If we wete, against all historical experience, to believe either of the journals above named, such a thing as religious persecution is unknown, and always has been unknown, in Popish countries. It would ap pear, however, that it is not so uncommon in despotic and priest-ridden Austria. The Swabian Mercury of the 29th iat. , says : " We are assured that severe measures will be adopted against Germ an Dissenters. Every Roman Cotholic who desires to change his religion will pc interrogated, and it his reply be on. satistactcry, he will ne obliged to quit the CO?. try. It is said that the order of Jesu.ts will soca he re established." Such is the to!erationa(ivocat;dTy Papists and Semi- Papists, abroad and at home. Opposition to their belief is a crime that makes the former willing to take a man's life, and impels the latter to destroy a man's reputation. March 3, 1816. IRELAND. A meeting has been held at Calcutta to collect subscrip tionst fo r the re li e f o f th e di s t resse d I r ish. No less than 23.357 rupees were at once subscribed. latsu IMPROVEMENTS —On Thursday a meeting was held at Cove, to memori a li ze t he Admiralty and B o ard . of e Works of Ireland to grant a su m of money to improve Oa. harbour of Cove. The usual weekly repeal meeting was held on Monde!: Luke Joseph O'Shea, F,sq , one of the dismissed repeal magistrates, in th' chair. Th e several speakers who ad dressed the meeting levell e d their d e nunciations aga inst r the newly proposed C, ercion Bill for Ir e land. The rep eal rent for the week exzeeded £2OO. The Grand Jury of the county of Westmeath, O n Thursday, came to a unanimous resolution, reolidial e ' in the strongest manner of which language is c.pablet 'L e i.sfarnous and atrocious falsehood put forward against the magistracy and gentry—namely, that they had rile o n deputation to, or memorialized the Lo r d Lieutenant, not to extend the prerogative of mercy towards Seerv. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—OD Tuesday evening week, as a man, named George Kyle, was returning horn! from Killifaddy, county Armagh, was fired at, and V slugs were lodged in his body. Siight hopes are ente r : tamed of his recovery. The only cause assigned for the act is, that he walked in the Orange procession in J ul/ last. CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE.—OD Tuesday night, =IS policemen fell in with a gang of Rockites, amounting !o. fourteen or fifteen, near Kiltinnane, Limerick. A fi i4 immediately ensued, both parties using fire-arrns• length the Rockit, s were overcome, and fled. lea ving three of their number in the hinds of the victors. Th e three men were dreadfully wounded, and, on reaching Kilfinnane, were attended by a surgeon. On recovery' they were removed to the county gao l, t o awa it their None of the police were hurt. IRISH CONVER T S FROM POPERY.—An I r i s h par--„„r th Warder, gives a li s t o f 26 R ev . Gentlemen who have re " flounced Popery in Ireland, and conformed to the Protes tant faith, the only ancient faith, of the Irish Church. I.; also gives a list of miscellan e ou s conver t s , an d says," lt, l from recollection that we give a list of co n verted Pfie s ` 4 s ' the catalogue of lay converts might be prolonged ad in,P; nitum ; hundreds of these might be added ; we merely O A a few names of the latter to show th , t both priests a n people are shaking off the bondage of Rome." DREADFUL MURDEIL—The Derry Sentinel contain an account of the murder of an old ma n by his son 8 ° daughter-in-law, in the vicinity of Ardara, county of D ° : negal. Having suddenly di sappeare d, hi s ne igi•bour' asked his son anti daughter-in-law where he had gen e when they utterly denied all knowledge of him. A se' relr was made, and suspicion bei n g ex c it e d, f rom som e ma rks leading to a lake in the neighbouthoid, the lake was dragged, and almost immediately they found the body, t o which were attached a chain and a large stone. The corPsa presented a most frightful appearance, being disfigured bfa no fewer than thirteen cuts. The arms were broken, an. all the ribs crushed. The partie s are i n cus t o dy, and it is bolieved the woman will turn approver. Religious diffe rences are said to have originated the mur d er . The , n ; 1 a man was a Protestant; his son had marr i e d a Catho" ct and became with her a Catholic, to the great annova° and grief of the father. The female on being arrested Is reported to have exclaimed, that if sh e h a d b ee n at 110 03 e nothing of the kind would have occurred. THE REPEAL RENT.—There is at present a stroef' feeling—increasing every day —amongst the subscriber s to this tremendous tax that some account should be re nderer . of the manner i n w hi c h th e enormous f un d i s dispos° The last number of the Dublin Nation, the repeal orgy f' contains a very intellige n t hi n t on t h e subject, and as c O'Connell, at stated s e asons o f t h e year declares that t c i whole accounts in th e ir mos t m i nute i tems s h a ll b e pla ce before the association, m an y o f t h e more h onest re pealel are asking when this is to take place. One co r respondlf of the repeal pape7s ac c u ses th e assoc i a ti on o f critnin. extravagance;—another, aft e r st a ti ng th a t the accour , p; though often caller' for, and even p rom i se d, have ne ce , yet been published, ackno w led ges th a t h e h as g rown ° la v heartened, and has ceased to cont r ib ute , an d that , he knows thou-ands of hi s coun t rymen w h o h ave done f. same. Since the Ist of Janua r y, 1840, t o the 2.311 1 °.. February, 1846, six y ears an d t wo mont h s , th ere has bees paid into this exch«luer no less a sum than one hund r f ie and ton nty—s even thou san d e i o hl h un d re d an d sixty-nr t p2rinds, eleven shillings and ser inp enee . N o m arvel t"' same account is required of the expe n ditu re of so large , sum. IRISH COERCION BILL—The following is a brief semi o mary of the bill introduced by L or d St. G erm ains"' the bt tter protection of life, and to facilitate the appreheor, sion and detection of persons guilty of offences in Ireland. The granting of a power to the Lord-Lieutenant to Pr ° ; claim a district, where murders or attempts to murder ha % been committed, and to a pp o i nt an additional police NIT: within such district, t o b e ma i nta i ne d b y a tax upon I D.: inhabitants—a further power to the Lord-Lieutenant 101.ir warn all persons in pro c l a i me d di s t r i c t s to rema in 1 1, their houses from sunset to sunrise—a prohibition agar t assembling in public-houses in the night time, and aga", " the possession of fire-arms without authority—and a P.„ nishment for the injury or intimidation of jurors or Aptsri nesses, which is contained in the following clause : er person who shall, within any district proclaimed n 0 this act, wilfully or maliciously injure either the person 7 property of any person who has appeared, or shall arle a or : or be bound to appear, as a witness, prosecutor, or juror, or who shall by threats or menaces, or otherwise h ° ` l ,,„" eser, deter or intimidate, or endeavour to deter or int 4 - 0, date, any person from appearing or acting as a witir t i prosecutor, or juror, or from discharging his or her 1 .' 3 . '0 in that behalf, shall be deemed guilty of a misdenaesn °u t to There is also a provision, enabling the Lord-Lieuten ant award to a person maimed, or to the representatisesoised person murdered, a reasonable compensation, to I n r o in by a rate framed upon the poor-law valuation; an froi dividual, however small his rating, is to be exeroPt e " bit payment, nor is he entitled to deduct the amount frolca rent. Offences against the act are to be misdemean°llbge to be tried either at quarter sessions or at the assizes i Ao % the trial by jury is pre serve d, an d the mo d e o f conduct.' the procedure is in no respect altered. EXECUTIONS IN IRELAND AND THEIR EFF EC Iied The Dublin Mail, after noticing that no deputation ica o f on the Lord Lieutenant to request the execu tion e , Seery, but that that subject was merely mentioned l' h o dentally by a party of gentlemen who waited 05 o a excellency from another part of the country, p 0 en d another subject, says, with reference to the usual clop / sa being extended towards the criminal, and the effeet2 foe example being 'bus lost, "in truth since the year b e er the last departure of Lord Anglesey from these gl o until the present month, there never has been a s' o - p. 6 instance in which the Roman Catholic priests O t i beir cry in favour of a convicted criminal—sustained by 'be' press, and backed by their demagogues--in which u :t of have not proved that their power was superior to tP - s ol the law. The lower orders felt this, and the lawless or' the disaffected acted accordingly—always under the ofd pression that they were ac ti ng w i t h i mpun ity• ; s ee Heytesbu - :y, much to his credit, and greatly for the P: hts of the country, has dispell e d thi s ill us i on. A n d wb, B „ 0 been the consequence of thi s di sp l ay o f determinatt"."ijoa regards crimin&s, on th e one h an d, an d t h e administr"oo, of the laws, on the oth er ? Wh y , t h at there: has been a single outrage committed in the co l2o ti e se Westmeath since the day on which Seery was se cuted ; and Egan, on whose case the juries, 013 /00 0 former occasions, ref us ed t o agree , was y e sterday ' guilty of the attack on Mr. Ennis's garnekeeP e l'i/O' jurors composed indiscriminately of Protestants an d re' Ran Catholics; they, like oth ers , f ee li ng that the o ' o ' o o macy of the law has been asserted, and that it is P ot her for protection as well as for punishment. As a n . s tirf proof of the effect of administering the laws with lg o ltb we may state that several of the traversers charg ed et' the commission of Ribbon off e n c es in the county t he van, have absconded, leaving their bail to destal be reasons for their not taking their trials." LAW INTELLIGENCE. W. J. Law, Esq., Insolvent Co-nmissioncr, will t') e gib at Lancaster, on the Ist of July, at. Liverpool, an of July, and at Chester, on the 11th of July. ,„,0 11 ' . Mr. Macattley. in reply to a l e t ter f rom one of " 1- 00' stituents at Edinburgh, say s , th a t th e l aw , in lire °P . in respect of Frost, has not yet been satisfied. The commissioner of the bankruptcy court, o'deri such uß c li h A a c r charge O w F a s PRo purged m is E away.. A ham, last week, decided that a persan imprisoned der aritl charge of fraud could not receive his interim order f P" ' mice of marriage was brouoht in the Court of F' %e i g e oia s . on Monday, by the daughter of Captain Goldico t ' l, j O P a stock-broker of the name of beagim. The c om p eighteen ; the gentleman twenty-six. The court o t ool‘ menced in June, and in August the defendant iero house, and the furniture and wedding dres' eg es dc,. t c c bought. He then declared " off," but was n o° v ero l renew lits offer of marriage. The jury returned ; n action for breach I git er , of £3OO damages. ree te o IMPORTANT DECISION.—A ttird of the Te r .ql3 o l,, importance, took place o n F r id i y, before Ch'etvallbe Pollock, in London. The plaintiff was Mr s ' ;ad' 'of and the defendant the well known Mr. Sentlissli o tte, t ; Queen's pr inter. The point decided is, that a n hp r ' been abandoned, but who has paid he req tijro shares, who has never received them the O O~ef and offered to execute the deeds, may recover I ' l3 onp from any member of the p rov i s i on al commit: e .fa. f 5 O ground of the consideration having wholly e nt o r plaintiff, it seems, received in October an allotr n o oli e , s e, shares, and i mme di a t e ly p a id t o the company 5 f 0 01 0 sum of £2 12s. 6d. on each share. She took' ° A tcpe the banker's receipt, which she then preseote s " . I' o o secretary to be exchanged for scrip certifiusteberne,..tel were forthcoming ; but, in their stead, th e 'onoP3o abandoned. The excuse was, that out of 4 00 ; been rbef "pplied for and 70,000 allotted, 4,000 only ha" upon. The plaintiff then demanded a ret? r t he V e it' money, which was refused, on the ground 001 tbe se t t he hminary expenses" must first be paid. Out ° b le e' e of cumstances two questions arose —Were the sc i, beli de o o expenses to be thrown upon those persons 0 % , or ' o ' o o paid their subscriptions on these 4,00 0 sh. a rof sf' the promoters of the company, on the ' fa" ' tl oe l3, 9 o ° prospectus, advertisements. and great natn e lhief ments had been made ? This is the way the in j"; answers these questions :—" Both in law a" i d 80°,0 if even every fdrthing of the deposits was r ,ove d tb c pended, the plaintiff would be entitled to re- the :n o amount paid by her on the faith of an agreer ne tlie phu sr ee' sideration which bad w h o lly f a iled. As to _ 000 sloitr. and the oilier rarties who had paid on tlie d 4 f e tlie. °l be d nothing could be more unjust than to sa", nt , s cri e ctl l ‘ the whole costs of a scheme to which theY.s the esP o rtii, doubt on the faith of the prospectus, and it t ' ere set to re c tion that the capital was to be such as was " I n U t let l 00° In his opinion, therefore, the plaintiff was e mi d cover her deposit." The jury thereuen"Llod• any hesitation, gave the plaintiff her full do' bo ati Wl th, WI ea t Aro k a the .both . ro ad Ch a and• had • .Pit;