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imprrial Vatitairant. - HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuuasnAT. Lord STANLEY moved for a copy of the address which bad been received by the Government from the House of Assembly in Canada. The Earl of DALitoustE hoped for the indulgence of the House while he defended himself from an imputation which bad been thrown upon him in the other house, to the effect that, when he had said he had no reason to be. lieve that the sentiments of the Canadian colonists were unfavourable to the :Ministerial project, he knew that the address for which. Lord Stanley had just moved had arrived, declaring in the strongest terms their hostility to a free trade in corn. He could only say that on applica tion to the proper quarter he had learned that the steamer which brought the address in. question Tad not reached Liverpool until after the debate on the Corn Laws in their Lordships' House was over, and, therefore, it was a physical impossibility that he could have been aware of its. existence. Lord STANLEY, after asserting that there was never any intention of casting the slighte-t suspicion on the ve racity of Lord Dalhousie, reminded the House that his apprehensions for the ill effect which the modification of the Corn'Lows would produce in Canada had been treated as chimerical, and yet before twelve hours bad elapsed this address arrived, in which, after expressing their alarm and apprehension, the colonists ended by expres sing their doubts whether their continuing a portion of the British empire was of that paramount interest which they had hitherto found it to be. After a few words from Lord LymErox and Earl GREY the motion was agreed to. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then moved the second read ing of the Customs Duties Bill, and stated.,generally the grounds on which it was based. Since the year 1842, the Government had brought forward a series of measures tending either to the removal of prohibitory duties. or the relaxation of those which were protective. The effects of these reductions had been shown not merely in the in creased import of .partitular articles, but the stimulus given to the general exports and imports of the country. With respect to the 'Customs the sum of the whole was —" That in the four years 1842, 1843, 1844. and 1845, there bad been reductions in the Customs duties to the amount of £4,214,400, and yet the Customs revenue amounted in 1845 to £19,800,000, whilst in 1842, it amounted to only £lo,6oo,ooo—that was to say, that whilst there bad been a reduction in the Customs duties of £4.200,000 in four years, the Customs revenue was larger in the last of those four years than in the first by £260,000. He did not wish the House to believe that the whole of this increase in the Customs revenue was owing to the; eduction of dutiea, but it was clear that the re. venue had not suffered, as it had been asserted would•be the case, by the Ministerial-policy. Encouraged by these results, the. Government had now resolved to propose still further reductions, which he would now lay before the House. The noble Lord here went through the detail of the several articles in the tariff on which reductions were proposed, and concluded by repud'ating the notion that the measure was one of pure free trade, and therefore did not go far enough ; it was no free trade measure at all, but one for the removal of prohibitive, and the gradual repeal of protective duties. Tile Duke of RICHMOND thought, that the only reason for the reduction of these duties was to be found in the hostility of those who disliked the agricultural interest; his real objection to all free trade measures was that they tended to reduce wages of our own artisans and labourers. After the decision, however, which their Lordships had come to the other evening, he felt it was of very little use to trouble them at any length; he should, therefore, con tent himself with moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The Earl of WICKLOW thought the whole conduct of the Government in this matter had been stamped with in tolerable injustice. Earl GREY complained that the bill wanted any clear and distinct principle. He could understand the views of those who, like the Duke of Richmond, considered that every article of home production should be protected ; and, on the other hand, he could understand the position of those who, like himself, asserted that all protective duties were wrong, and should be done away ; but he could not understand any measure between the two, and yet this was the plan of the Government. He accepted it, how ever, as a valuable instalment, and as a step in the right direction. Lord ASHBURTON objected to the bill as most inju rious to the interests of the country. He saw no reason why the present prosperous state of the country should not continue, if it were not destroyed by immediate mea sures; and he defied the Government to show that this increased prosperity had anything to do in the alterations of the Customs duties. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the liberal commercial po licy of the Govetnment one of the main elements of our recent prosperity; the present measure was not only a step, but a great and considerable one in the right direc tion. He for one had hailed the announcement that the principles of free trade were those of common sense, for he knew it must lead to great and useful results. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday week. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, Lord RIPON moved that the Hardinge and Gough An. nuities Bill should be discussed in committee. Lord MOWTEAGLE objected to the clause which pro vided that the whole of Lord H,ardinge's annuity, and one half of Lord _Gough's , should be suspended, so long as the annuities granted to them respectively by the East India Company should be paid. A short but animated discussion followed, and the ob noxious clause was ultimately struck out, on a division, by a majority of 12, the numbers being— Contents C Non-contents Earl FITZWILLIAN moved the resolution of which he bad given notice, that " that house would not pass any railway bill, giving powers to raise capital either by the issue of shares or by borrowing money, which had or might come up from the House of Commons this session, until all such bills should have been read a second time." There were also three other resolutions founded on this. Earl Daum USIE objected to these resolutions and sug gested that the report of the railroad committee should be acted upon. His lordship was of opinion that limits could not be assigned by their lordships to private enter prise. Many of the bills had been several months before Parliament, and the adoption of the noble lord's recom mendation to pass no more bills this session would be a breach of faith to the parties. Their lordships had passed certain sessional orders for the purpose of enabling rail way proprietors to proceed or retrace the ir steps, as might be most convenient. He (Lord D.) did not see how the house could lay a restriction on private enterprise so far as to reject the bills before them on the ground of the large amount of capital required to carry them out. After some further discussion, in which Lord Ashbur ton, the Duke of Wellington, and the Duke of Richmond, took part, The Earl FITZWILLIAM withdrew his resolutions, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the house go into commit tee on the Poor-Law Removal Bill. Mr. E. DENISON moved as an instruction to the com mittee the following resolutions : "After a day to be fixed for each union, all paupers of the parishes comprising the union shall be settled in the union, and not in any such parish of such union. " That such paupers be maintained, and all expenses defrayed from a fund levied from each parish in the pro portion of the expenditure for the relief of the poor in curred by such parish for the last seven years. " Debts already charged on the rates, and interest due in respect of such debts, shall not be affected by the change." 'Col. Woon was of opinion that the poor-law settlement question would ultimately compel the legislature to pay that.attention which its importance required, and he hoped that.a' general assessment for the poor-rate on the plan of the property tax would soon be adopted. With respect to the bill, he hoped that it would be so framed as to se cure to persons the benefit of a proper residence in any locality. At the present moment he could not support the 14,solutions as they then stood. Sir J. GRAHAM entered into a lengthened explanation of the-merits of the bill, and concluded by saying that it was Iris intention to support the proposition of Mr. E. Deni-en ; but if the house refused to adopt that proposi tion, be was ready to accept any other which would be an improvement, as he was of opinion it was of great import ance this measure should be passed, to prevent the evil of operatives-in manufacturing districts being removed, in opposition to their will, to rural ones. Sir R. IN4Lts considered the measure as another of those blows levelled against the parochial system of Eng land. - . . . Lord Mortis adverted to the evils which labourers endured in the Welds of Yorkshire from the working of the parochial system. Three-fourths of the removals were persons who had lived more than five years away from their respective parishes. He had no doubt the present measure would greatly diminish those removals, .and he should therefore give the bill his hearty support. Mr. T. DIINCOMBE said that to do any good at all they emelt to abolish the law of settlement altogether. He was perfectly sure that the whole of the labouring popu lation were in favour of such a measure, and he thought that if ever any alteration was to be made, now was the time to do it. He, therefore., had a proposition, in the shape of an amendment, to make, to the effect that an in struction be given to the committee to make a provision for the repeal of the laws of settle ment ; that relief should be give « in the union when the oeces sity should occur, and also that government should provide a fund instead of an assezement. General J4iINSON seconded the amendment. . Lord Ilessem. considered the question before them a most difficult one, and that the difficulties surrounding it bad not been decreased by the course pursued by the hon. gentletnao_opposite (Sir James Graham), who lec tured the Whig :Government for bringing in a Poor Law Ameadvnent Bill ia an imperfect state. The right hon. baronet had now teaught forward a bill which he was wil ling to alter. lie should give his vote for the amendment of the hon. member for Melton, provided it was under stood that if it should behereafter considered necessary to adopt a u n i cn se t t l emen i he should be at perfect liberty . vote against it. The house divided on Mr. Dunrombe's amendment when it was lost by a mejori , y of 105 to 59 Mr. F. Denisoo's motion w eo put, and carried by a majority of 92 to The Committee on the Bill was appoio,: - ed for Monda )eaker of th e House of after C omm ons, came to town from his seat in Se o tlan.:l, Lord Dc c, fora an absence, of Eev.. _ exp. - ly to support the Ouyernment on the cora bill jq tbe Lards. FOILEIGN AND COLONIAL. I •N!D I A. (From the Times.) The'Bernbay mails of the Ist of May have arrived ; they aro, remarkably barren of exciting Intelligence. The Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief had reached Simla, where they intended to remain during the hot .and rainy seasons. The troops had taken alp their stations for the same period in the newly-acquired districts along the Beas, and also in Lahore. The Sikh soldiers were tranquil, but not satisfied. The govern ments of Lahore and Lamoo were engaged in tracing out the frontiers between them. Gholab Singh is not popu lar with the Sikhs, who accuse him of having sacrificed their country advance to his personal ambition. Dost 111ahommed. who was delighted on hearing of the inva sion of the British dominions by the Sikhs, has since as sumed a pacific policy, for the rapidity of the British conquests had not allosed him time for any offensive operations egainat Peshawur, although some preparations for that purpose appear to have been made at Jellalabad by his son and Wuzeer, the notorious Akhbar Khan. It is evident from the position of the different rajahs and their adherents as well at Lahore as in the neigh bouring states, that the present cessation of hostili ties is kept up rather as a temporary armistice, than a lasting peace. The division of the spoils of Runjeet Singh's kingdom is not satisfactory to them, and it is highly probable that before 1846 expires there ewill be other conflicts. In the meantime the British are not idle either in con solidating theirmew provinces, or in weakening their ene mies. Amongst the materiel of war surrendered by the Sikhs, were specially enumerated the guns which bad been pointed against the British Indian army. Those guns, to the number of 256 have reached Delhi, and they are to be taken with all the pomp of a military procession from that city, even as far as Calcutta. This procession of nearly 1000 miles, =ill not fail to produce a powerful impression in India, where men judge from what they see. The mighty power of the British government will therefrom be recognised•by even the Mahomedan fatalists. It will resemble one of the triumphs in ancient Rome. The Governor-General had issued a general order that all soldiers engaged in protecting the camps, &c., during the late. battles, shall receive the decorations as if en gaged in them. Scinde is tranquil. Sir Charles Napier arrived at Kur rechee on the 15th of April in good health, notwithstand ing the extreme fatigues of his late rapid march to Le bow. The invalids and wountledenen from the battle of Mcodkee had passed down the Indus and arrived at Bom bay; twelve had died on the way, amongst whom was Colonel Ryan, of her Majesty's 'soth Regiment. Pre parations were making at Bombay at,the time of the de parture of the steamer for sending those invalids on to European the best transport that could be procured. The Eingof Lucknow was crowned with Asiatic cere mony in his capital on the lith April. As all the foreign officers have been obliged to quit the service of Lahore. Colonel Minton, a ,Frenenman, and Captain Hnron de Alcantara, a Spaniard (by whose skill in engineering the powerful fortifications of Ferozeshah and Sobraon were constructed), had come down to Bom bay at the same time as the wounded European:. Prince Waldemar of Prussia, with his attendants, had arrived there on the 18th of April, and had come on to Europe by the steamer with the mails. The Prince has gained no small experience from the late campaign on the Sutlej, as he was continually in the company of the Governor-Ge neral, and witnessed the battles. The Yzam's dominions are in a disturbed state, in con sequence of the bad management of the finances of the vernment. Several changes had taken place in the Secretaries of the Bombay Government and in the Council. Mr. J. H. Crawford had retired from the Council, and had been suc ceeded by Mr. J. P. Willoughby, who was succeeded as Chief Secretary by Mr. R. K. Pringle. The heal h of the Governor, Sir George Arthur, was in such a broken state, as to give a colouring to a rumour current of his intention to resign his important post within a few days, and to come to Europe. His com plaint is described as of an apoplectic tendency. It was rumoured that in consequence of the apprehen sions of an American war, the harbour of Bombay, which is capable of strong defence, was to be immediately for tified. Great complaints prevailed of the scarcity of water in many districts in which the cholera was raging. Hopes were, however, entertained of an early monsoon. It is stated in a Berlin letter of the 27th, that all the Polish ladies of the capital have gone into mourning, and that even some of the young Polish brides have worn black at the celebration of their marriage. A disgraceful scene occurred on Good Friday, in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem. It is cus tomary on that day for the Latin Fathers of the Holy Land, to repair in procession to Golgotha, to adore the cross. The Greeks, however, who have usurped the ve nerated chapel, denied them admittance, and the two par. ties having come to blows, the Governor of Jerusalem was obliged to interfere, and cleared the place at the head of a regiment of Turkish soldiers. HUSBAND MURDER A LA LAFFARGE.....-At the Mount pellier assizes, after a trial of several days, Madame Ma laret, charged with the murder of her husband, adminis tering small doses of arsenic occasionally, for several months, was found guilty, " under extenuating circum stances." and sentenced to imprisonment for life, with hard labnar. What the extenuating circumstances were remains a mystery. M. Malaret seems to have been a most kind and indulgent husband, and the murderess had long carried on a criminal intercourse with a young man named Berdet, whom, after her husband's death, she married. The paramour was charged as an accomplice, but acquitted. THE INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL. Advices from Lisbon of the 30th May, have been received by the Pacba steamer. Several conflicts have taken place between the troops and the people, in the course of which some 13 or 14 of the latter had lost their lives. The Cabrals had fled in the Pacha to Cadiz, where they had been received with distinction by the Governor. The Cortes had been dis solved, and the whole of the legislation of the late minis try had been annulled by royal decree. The new Cabinet was constructed on the 26th. Its constitution is as fol laws :—The Duke of Palmella, President of the Council, and Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Count Lavradio, Minis ter of the Home Department; Marquis of Saldanha, of War; Count Loureiro, of Marine; and Joaquim Felippe de Soure, of Justice. ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED FROM THE SUTLEJ.— On Sunday and Monday, the steamers Victoria, Bernice, and Medusa, arrived from Kurrachee, bringing with them five officers and upwards of 200 men who had been more or less severely wounded during our late operations on the Sutlej. Many seemed to suffer from sickness as well as from the hurts they had received ; some were sadly maimed indeed, and all were objects of the most heartfelt and generous sympathy. It was sad to see fine young men, in the prime of life, disabled of a leg or an arm, or cut up in the face and person, as so many were. Save in the cases supplied by Scinde, we have long been o'it of the way of such things, and custom comes luckily not to aid in reconciling us to them. Every care and attention were bestowed on them, and they are, we believe, likely to be fortunate in having a first-rate vessel for their con veyance home. A good many had died on the journey, and it was remarkable that the most of those who did so were men who had been hurt in the lower extremities, those who had only lost an arm or so did well.—Bombay Times, April 26. MASSACRE OF THREE HUNDRED PRISONERS BY ORDER OF ABDEL KADER.—The Paris papers of Tues day bring a full confirmation of the reports previously re ceived, of a wholesale massacre of Prench prisoners, by the directions of Abdel Kader. It appears that the deira was encamped about three leagues from the Midonia, the prisoners, three hundred in number, had been placed in the midst of a camp of regular infantry, surrounded by high bushwork, with only two outlets. On the 27th day of April, the French officers were withdrawn from the deira, under the pretext of an invitation to be present at a fele at the Kalyfa's. In the course of the night the pri soners were all assembled, and were a short time after wards fired upon by the troops of Abdel Kader. The only survivor who succeeded, almost by a miracle, in making his escape, was Rolland, a private soldier of the Bth Orleans Chasseurs, who, having some suspicion of the intentions of his captors, had contrived to arm himself with a knife. The despatch which supplies these facts stiles that the troops of Abel Kader are never paid in money (how indeed should they ?) but in paper notes bear ing the seal of the Emir. It is impossible to speak of this flagitious massacre in other than terms of the deepest in dignation. There was evidently no pretext of a necessity for its perpetration, for it is admitted that the safe custody of the victims would have bee❑ secured by a very small body of men ; seeing that there were but two places of egress from the camp, which very small detachments might have guarded most effectually. It is quite certain. however, that there was no greater necessity for roasting 800 human beings at Dabra than there was for this atro cious massacre ; and if a civilized nation repudiates alto gether the dictates of common humanity, it ought not to expect that a barbarous foe should be more scrupulous when an opportunity of reprisal occurs. By this act, however, Abdel Kader has deprived himself of much of the sympathy which his previous gallant and chivalrous bearing had excited. HOUSE OF LORDS. VISCOUNT HARDINGE'S ANNUITY BILL Majority and Minority on the Question that the clause which provided that the whole of Lord llardinge's an nuity, and one• half of Lord Gough's, should be sus pended so long as the annuities granted by the East India Company should be paid, he struck out of the bill. Contents, 38; Non -contents, 28. MAJORITY AGAINST THE CLAUSE. DUKES. Suffolk Granville Sondes Richmond Scarborough Auckland Clonbrock Newcastle Eglintoun yiscoUNTS. Carrington Cleveland Rosehery Torrington Redesdale MARQUISES. Stanl.ope Strangford De Lisle Winchester Fitzwilliam Beresford Ashburton Exeter Radnor Combermere G tenth; Clanricarde Wicklow LORDS. D atherton Norman by Lucan Stanley Port man K:nnaird Sheffield e r i d Beaumont M on t eag l e Sheffield EARLS. Huntingdon NITNORITY FOR THE CLAUSE. Westminster Wilton VISCOUNTS EARLS. liarewood Hawarden Shafrt sbury Brownlow Carmine Haddington Sr. Germans )TI Dalhotn.io Lord Cha cellor PUKES Grafton. Wellir Somers Camovs Huntly Ormoldc Liverpool Ripon Colchester Clare gllenborough Wharncliffe THE 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. The thermometer in Dublin, on Wednesday, was 118 in the sun, and 80 in the shade. "-Mr. Brewster, solicitor-general for Ireland, is named for the vacant seat of the county Carlow. It is said that Captain Broderick will be opposed to him by the repeal party. _ . _ A young man, of the name of M'Craig, and three young women named M'Allister, O'Ceill, and M'Clusky were drowned on Sunday week in Belfast Lough by the upset of a sail boat, while on a party of pleasure. On Friday week, the Rev. S. O'Grady Parker, when returning home from Nenagh, was fired at, but the pistol missed fire, and the assassin escaped. Mr. Parker is a most indulgent landlord, and only a few days since sub scribed £lOO to the relief committee. • SHOCKING OUTRAGE.— A ruffian, named Michael Corbet, has been committed to Kilkenny gaol to take his trial at the next assizes, for setting fire to his house, with the design of burning his wife and mother-in-law. The fire was observed before it had made much progress, and his intended victims were saved. Jealousy is supposed to have caused him to commit this shocking outrage. The judges of the Queen's Bench, Dublin, have deci ded against the points reserved by the judge of assize in the case of P. Rice and P. II ayeQ, convicted at Nenagh of a conspiracy to murder the late Patrick Clarke, &c. The sentence of death passed upon the prisoners was respited to the 19th instant, on • which day it will be carried into execution. Patrick , Fogarty, who was also convicted at Nenagh, and for whom points were raised, is also ordered for execution, pursuant to sentence, for firing at Mr. M`Donald. REPEAL ABSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting of this body was held on Monday. The building was crowded, owing to the circmmstance of Mr. O'Connell being pre sent. Henry Grattan, Esq., M.P., presided. The first remmittance was from Dr. M'Hale for £127. The Ro man Catholic Bishops of Meath and Derry also sent re mittances. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to eulogise Mr. O'Brien for the manliness of his conduct, and alluded to the rumours that were afloat respecting a division in the Reteal camp. It was-said that the association was divided, and that he was against Smith O' Brien, and Smith O'Brien against him. It was no such thing. What would their enemies think that day ? (Cheers.) lie could tell them he would not consent to - continuea member of the association one hour unless Smith O'Brien was his comrade, his_col league, and co-equal in the struggle. (Cheers.) If any thing would make him despair of Ireland, it would h&that they should do anything to induce. Smith O'Brien ta quit the ranks in which he had so bravely fought for Ireland. Wbat!—leadership! He would be very much obliged to him for becdming leader,; he would have his warm and hearty support, and he knew that was a sentiment Smith O'Brien would reciprocate. There was no division in the Repeal Association—there was no division amongst the leaders of that Association—therewas nothing but good feeling and fellowship ; and above all, the sacred &aims of patriotism bound them heart to heart throughout the land. (Cheers.) He concluded by proposing a series of resolu tions to the effect that a public banquet and entry be given to Mr. O'Brien. and that Mr. O'Brien be requested to allow this Association, acting on behalf of the Repealers of Ireland, to refund to him the fees paid on his discharge from the custody of the Sergeant-at-arms. The rent for the week was £355. During the proceedings, Mr. O'Con nell referred to a speech delivered by a Mr. Archdeacon on Sunday week in Liverpool, as,a Repealer, and proposed several resolutions calling upon him to know if the report of what he said was correct; and, if so, to inform him that he could no longer remain a member of the Repeal Association. (Cheers.) THE CjURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD, Her Majesty and the infant Princess are progressing most favourably. The Queen Dowager visited her Ma jesty on Thursday, and remained a couple of hours. Prince Albert and the junior members of the Royal Fa mily have taken their accustomed airings in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace. Sir Herit y and Lady Pottinger, with their daughter, ar rived at Brighton, from Paris, on Wednesday. The Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry enter tained Prince Louis Napoleon and a distinguished circle at dinner on Sunday week at Rosebank. It is rumoured in political circles that the Marquess of Londonderry is to be appointed to the vacant Lord Chamberlainship, in the place of Lord Delawarr. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has taken up his quarters, pro tern., at one of the hotels in Jerrnyn-street. The Earl and Countess of Wilton gave a splendid en tertainment last evening to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at their family man sion, in Grosvenor-square. The ex-king of Holland, father to Prince Louis Napo leon, possesses immense wealth, and makes a noble use of it in relieving the poor and unfortunate. He resides chiefly at Florence. FASHIONS FOR JUNE. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Barges in large checks, grenadine de laine, with rayures camaieux, tissu damas, and taffetas glace, are the fashionable materials at this moment ; for the prome nade, lace is the indispensable accompaniment of every toilette, and flounces of lace are no longer confined to evening wear, but are used on morning dresses of taffetas brochi. White silk is fashionable; in full dress three or five flounces pinked are placed on the skirts; dresses of crape, organdy larlatane, are no longer worn over a skirt of coloured silk, but over one of the same material as the dress which gives great lightness as well as fulness to the toilette. Double skirts of tarlatans, appearing to form but two flounces, are pretty ball dresses ; these flounces are some times richly worked; they are also pretty edged with fringe, Turkish pink is a favourite colour for evening wear. For coiffures flowers are much worn ; some as double wreaths drooping; also foliage of every kind,, mixed with roses, mignionette, &c. _ _ Caps are worn very backward on the bend; the orna ments of flowers, velvet or ribbon, are quite confined to the ears, the lappets arranged to cover the headpiece, and fall behind on the throat. Many redingotes of taffetas are embroidered en tablier either au passe or with silk braid ; some are with tiers of narrow flounces of the two shades of colour of the dress, or with several rows of fringe en tablier. Numerous mantilets have appeared suitable to the season ; the es pagnol is of black lace lined with black, rounding off at the waist, and finishing with lace half a yard deep; the mantilet jeune femme is of light showy colours trimmed with ruches. Pardessus are also made of tarlatane or white barege over light colours, and are particularly suited to young people. Leghorn bonnets are always fashiona ble in Paris ; they are worn without bavolets—are of a very open form, ornamented with a long ostrich feather. Paille de riz continue in favour, ornamented with lace and flowers, or fruit, or feathers ; the inside of bonnets is much trimmed. White crape and lace bonnets are also much in favour ; the former are pretty, covered with bouillons of tulle; fancy straws are lined with cerise pink or green. and ornamented with fancy feathers : the pailles Louis XV. are extremely light, and generally lined with white. DOMESTIC. Public baths are to be established at 'Worcester, A CURIOSITY.—A short time since, we noticed in our paper a well-authenticated instance of a snail having been found in an egg. This wonder is, however, completely cast into the shade by the discovery of a fish of about an inch and a querter long in a new-laid hen's egg. The fish was found ,by Miss Pearson, housekeeper to Mr.. James Dakeyhe of Toadhole, and has been seen by many persons, who all agree in describing it as a perfectly un mistakeable fish of some kind, the head being somewhat large for the proportion of the body, and the rudiments of eyes, gills, and scales, being distinctly visible. The shell of the egg, previous to its being broken, was much mis shapen (?)—Derby Mercury. FIRST ARRIVAL AT HULL FROM PETERSBITRGII.— The Rob Roy, Lieut. Knocker, R.N., commander, ar rived at Hull on Friday, on her return from the first voy age to St. Petersburgh this season, being also the first ar rival at this port from the Russian capital. The Rob Roy left Hull, outward bound, on the 4th May, and has made the passage home in ra , her less than eight days. She has had full cargoes out and home, also a large num ber of passengers. The prospects of trade at Constadt were considered not bad for the season, although it could scarcely be said to have opened, for no wool had come down the river, and indeed none of the interior craft had arrived, but they were daily expected. A terrific thunder storm passed over Todmorden, Ashton, Oldham, and the neighbourhood on Wednesday, and did considerable damage. The lightning struck Winter's mill at Todmorden and the chimney fell with a dreadful crash, part of the roof of the building being forced in, but happily, although the whole of the hands were at work. no one was injured in the slightest degree. The electric fluid entered the lower room of the mill and set fire to the cotton, straps, and other combustible ma terials ; but the workpeople set heartily to work to ex tinguish the flames, and by their timely exertions the mill was saved from the destruction by which it was threat ened. The damage done to the building and machinery is estimated at about £3OO. Much injury was also done at other places. CHARGE OF MURDER. - On Tuesday last, a man named Benjamin Gibbins was brought up at the Thames Police-court, on a charge of murdering Jane Slowman, a woman with whom he had cohabited. The deceased was found lying in the lobby of the house, with wounds upon her head. and face. The evidence against the prisoner consisted almost entirely of marks of blood having been found on his person. In his defence he pleaded that he was not at home on Monday night, and not being able to obtain admission, obtained a ladder on the following morning, and on entering by an upper window, found the deceased, who it was evident had been drinking, in the position described. The fact was brought to light that an illicit distillation of whiskey had been going on .in the house, and the still had on that evening been hastily car ried away. _ The prisoner was remanded. _ . . A MAN KILLED BY A BULL.—An old man met with a frightful death near Stratford-on-Avon, about noon on Tuesday last. The deceased was sent by Mr. Atkins, of Milcot, near Stratford-on-Avon, to fetch home a bull that had been hired out for the season, and he was returning, at the time having hold of a chain that was attached to a ring that passed through the bull's nose. Some persons passing along the road saw the old man, as they supposed, overcome with heat, sit down by the bank on the road side, and immediately after the animal was seen to rush at him as be sat, goring and ripping the poor fellow in the most horrible manner. Several persons ran to the spot, but the bull kept trampling upon and ripping open the poor man's body and head, until his features were almost obliterated. By this time a general alarm was given, and one man drove a pickaxe into the animal's back, with which he made off, and others fired at him in every direc tion. One man, a shoemaker, residing near the spot, battled with him in a most extraordinary manner, facing Isis fierce and frightful rushes, whilst others kept loading and firing at him at every point. At length a butcher, named Waite, seized him by the tail, and courageously forced him into an adjacent shed, where a barber, named Thomas Harris, terminated his existence by shouting him in the head. The scene was of a most frightful description.—Birmingham Advertiser. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE ON ULVERSTON SANDS.— An accident of a most awful nature occurred on Ulverston Sands on Thursday night, and that not by the rising of the tide as has before too frequently happened, but by a supposed mistake in the road. It appears that on Thurs day morning a party of young folks set out from Cartmel and Flookborough, to pay a visit to Ulverston fair. The party consisted of Thomas Moore, in whose cart they went, Robert Benson, Thomas Tomlinson, Ellen Inman, and Jane Inman, from Flookborough; Guy Crossdale, William Hanson, and Jane Sefton, from Cartmel; and John Brooks, from Holker. They spent a pleasant day at Ulverston, and set out to go home in the evening. A young man named Butler, who also had a cart, and was coming home across the sands, followed almost close be hind them. It was, Butler says, about five minutes past ten when they were crossing the channel, and the tide was running out ; in fact, they were rather soon. Butler ar rived sate at home, and on going out next morning he heard that Moore's party had never arrived. Instant search was made, and it was discovered that the horse and cart had fallen into a deep hole, and every one of its oc cupants had perished. Their deaths must have been in stantaneous, as Butler did not hear a scream or the least noise, but concluded that they were still before him. Se ven of the bodies have been found. They were all young persons about the age of 20 or 24, and had gone over to the fair for a pleasure excursion. Ellen Inman, one of the unfortunate young women, and Moore were to have been married next week but one.—Prealori Pilot. THE WHOLESALE MATRIMONIAL SPECULATOR.— Joseph Mortimer, who has been examined sundry times for duping several females out of their money, by either marrying them or proposing marriage to them, at the same time representing himself to be a wealthy American merchant, was again brought up for re-examination, on Saturday last,• at Guildhall. Mr. Teague informed the bench that, since the last inquiry concerning the prisoner, he had received many communications about him. The information went to show that the prisoner was first married to Catherine WlCennie, who is at present living as servant in Dublin. His next wife was at Camberwell. In July, 1839, he was united to a Mrs. Josephine Lang horn, who is at present living in New York. On the 22d of January, 1814, he was wedded at St. Philip's Church, Liverpool, to a Miss Lovejoy, who, on her passage to America with him, in the Siddons line-of•packet ship, died on the twenty-first day of the voyage, and was thrown overboard. The captain of the vessel stated that he ill used her. The prisoner's next marriage was to a Misi Baker, in March, 1845, who is also living in Ireland, near Red-bill, county Roscommon ; and, lastly, he was married to one Caroline Wright, at Shoredi:ch Church, on the 7th of June of the same year. This female was living in Dublin. Mr. Shuttleworth, the coach proprietor, at Chelmsford, identified the prisoner as being the man who married Mrs. Longhorn, in 16'29. - 1 tie remaie w❑s alive in New York. Ile produced a letter from in r, bearing date the '22LI of March. The prisoner said she was living with anotoer man, and had children by him. The pri- soner was acain remanded. THE, CHEAP BEEAD HUMBUG —Already there are manife not very materially reduce the price of bread. The League mill-owners who Bioko with so much positiveness on the glorious benefits of free-trade, refuse to shorten the hours of labour, because they are not sure they will after all be better off. The Ten Hour Bill has been rejected in this very doubt. And whilst the Protectionist journals and Peers are taking the League at its word, and affrighting themselves and the farmers with visions of cheap corn and an unlimited supply, the League journalists are showing as plain as figures and present facts can show, that the alarm is a false one. Thus Lord Stanley tantalised the readers of Parliamentary debates with vistas (painted as he assured the House of Lords by an eminent Liverpool merchant) of wheat from the Danube at 14s. a quarter and 9s. 6d. freight. But the Liverpool Times gives us chapter and verse to prove that the price last year was never less than 21s. per quarter, and the average freight 10s., and that moreover the wheat is so bad that it is of little service. An agricultural paper, following humbly in the wake of Lord: Stanley, told its Boeotian readers, of \Vallachian wheat, bought for 9s. a quarter, and brought to Goole for a freight of Bs, 6d. per quarter. But the Leeds Mercury dissolves the pleasing vision by the reve lation that the wheat cost 19s. a quarter, the freight 14s. 6d., and that, moreover, the wheat was'` sad rub bish." The poor workmen will no doubt remember the very large wooden " free-trade" loaves employed in the great election, to set forth by contrast of bow much the Corn laws were depriving them. They were but wood, however, and are never likely to be properly-bre(a)d loaves. We shall be greatly disappointed if they are.— Halifax Guardian. UNIVERSITY (5• CLERICAL NEWS. The Duke of Northumberland's Gold Medal for the best English poem in heroic verse (subject this year, "Caesar's Invasion of Britain") has been awarded to Edward Henry Bickersteth, of Trinity College, Cam bridge. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners propose, under the authority of a recent act of parliament, to abolish all the peculiar and prebendal jurisdictions throughout the king dom, and to merge them in the archidiaconal and diocesan jurisdictions in which they are loca!ly situated. On Tuesday, Dwarkanauth Tagore, the " Merchant Prince" of India, and his three sons, paid a visit to Ox ford. After visiting All Souls', New College, and Mag dalen, and the Bodleian and Radcliffe libraries, he went to Oriel, but time did net permit him to see more. THE Brsnornic OF JERUSALEM.—The Bishop of Ex eter has addressed a protest to the Archbishop of Canter bury against the consecration of a new bishop of the English communion at Jerusalem, on the ground of the proposed dispensation of certain canons, made for the express purpose of securing uniformity of public worship, and for the establishment of consent touching true reli gion. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The scripholders of the Great Munster Railway, by a large majority, have determined to wind up the concern. Of the 531 bills before Parliament at the beginning of the session, 370 have, up to Whitsuntide, been finally disposed of, leaving 160 still before the committees. A BUSY STATION.—There are no less than eighty arri vals and departures of trains, daily, at the North Union station, in Preston. _ _ _ The.shareholders of the Direct Northern Railway have confirmed the amalgamation with the London and York, and the united company will be called the Great Northern Railway Company. _ _ On Monday week, 52,000 passengers travelled by the Greenwich Railway ; on Tuesday, 30,000; and on Wed nesday, 19,000; altogether 101,000 persons, the greatest number that has ever travelled on that line at Whitsun tide. At the meeting of the St. Helen's Canal and railway shareholders on Wednesday, the bill now pending in Par liament, to empower the company to make a railway from the township of Eccleston to Garston, with branches therefrom, and docks at Garston, was unanimously ap proved of. _ _ NORTHUMBERLAND AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION RAILWA Y.—On Thursday a general meeting of share holders in this concern was held in London, to consider of proceeding or not with the project, when the matter was decided as follows :—For the winding up, 26,396 shares ; for the further progress, 14,960 shares ; majority, 12,239. On Monday the Blackburn and Preston Railway was openel to the public. The line leaves the station at Stoney Butts, Blackburn, and runs to the North Union Railway, at the Farrington station—a length of 9 miles. From this point to Preston the company use 21 miles of the North Union Railway, making the whole distance from Blackburn to Preston 12+ miles. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE SPARK OF A RAILWAY ENGlNE.—During the progress of one of the trains on the York and North Midland line, a few days ago, a very distressing event occurred at the Milford Junction sta tion, owing to the ejection of a burning piece of coal from the chimney of the engine, which alighted upon an inte resting girl, about eight years of age, one of the waiters in the refreshment rooms, and her clothes being set on fire, she was so dreadfully burnt that death terminated her sufferings that evening. VIBRATION CAUSED BY RAILWAYS.—Mr. Hind, of the Regent's Park Observatory, has reported to Mr. Ste phenson the results of his experiments with mercury at Kensal-green, from which it appears, that at a distance of 644 feet, a down train, 20 seconds in the tunnel, pro duced not the slightest vibration, and that the distance where the vibration becomes sensible, and beyond which the trains will have no perceptible effect in this lo cality, is 609 feet. The amount of vibration at this distance being 1, that at 60 feet is as 100.—The Builder. PROPOSED LINES OF RAILWAY FOR BARBADOES.— We have been favoured with an inspection of the plans of these lines, which appear to afford to the island all that can be required of railway accommodation. In the pre sent crisis of colonial interests, they ought to be pushed forward with spirit and energy, as the most important of the means forlenabling the planters to cheapen production, and to bear up:under the competition to which they are inevitably doomed to submit. The construction is throughout of an inexpensive character, and the margin of profit promises to be very ample. _ _ _ SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON RAILWAYS.—On Friday night, in the House of Lords, the Bishop of London pre sented a numerously signed petition, complaining of the desecration of the Sabbath by the present system of rail way travelling on that day. Earl Fitzwilliam said he was decidedly opposed to all commercial traffic passing on railways on Sundays, and he thought it was the duty of Parliament to prevent the present Sabbath desecration on railways. Lord Campbell addressed a few words to the house in favour of some restriction being made between commercial and passenger traffic on the Lord's day. The subject was then dropped. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY INTERESTS.—A. point of considerable importance to persons concerned in railways, although of no great difficulty as a question of law, was decided on Wednesday, by the. Court of Exchequer. The case was " Henry v. Goldney." A tradesman, who had supplied goods for the use of a railway company, brought thirty separate actions against as many members of the provisional committee, to recover the value of his goods. All the writs seem to have been sued out at the same time, and no judgment to have been recovered against any of the defendants. The present defendant, therefore, pleaded the pendency of another action for the same cause against another person, urging that the liability of provisional committeemen is "joint," and not " joint and several," and that by such proceedings as the present a plaintiff might recover his debt thirty times over. The court considered neither of these positions to have any foundation. In the course of this case it was decided that the liability of a provisional committeeman dates from the moment of his giving a consent to act as such, without reference to attendance at meetings, or any other actual interference in the affa rs of the company. RAILWAY Br LLs.—The Government resolutions have done nothing to thin the multitude. Well, then, th us far, it appears, we have some two hundred bills passed, requiring an expenditure of at least £86,000,000 sterling, without making any allowance for increased prices of la bour and materials, or any mis-estimates. Let us put all these chances of increase at only 15 per cent., and we are about to be pledged to an outlay of £100,000,000! The thinning process, either by committees on merits or cam. inittees on Standing Orders, has not extended itself to much above. one hunched bills,—a fifth part of the origi nal number. About fifty bills have been withdrawn s'nce they were presented, but not half a dozen withdrawn in consequence of the Government resolutions. Ten bills promoted by the broad guage advocates, being lOt► mil es in length, and requiring £1,810,000 capital, have been passed by the Commons. It is a small proportion out of the 3.000 miles, and requiring £65,000,000, which shows in what light that guage is viewed commercially. Pour broad guage lines, being 97 miles, havebeenthro. wn out, and no"fes;er than seven, being 291 miles, dismissed for failure unckr the Staling Orders.—RailAcay Chronicle. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday last, the usual monthly meeting of the Council was held at the Town-hall. The Mayor took the chair at eleven o'clock, at which time there were twenty three members in their respective places. FINANCE COMMITTEE Sir THOMAS BRANCKER moved the confirmation of the proceedings of the Finance Committee, and that the salary of Mr. Wm. Fox, chief clerk in the Surveyor's office, be increased from £2OO to £250 per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders. He also moved that the lease of certain premises in Lime-street be granted to Mr. Gardner. The Finance Committee. he said, had investigated the particulars connected with the renewal of the lease, and they bad arrived at the conclusion that no party would be aggrieved thereby. It had always been the policy of the Otuacil to renew leases except on spec;al grounds, such as where the premises might be wanted for some public improvement. His own opinion was decidedly in favour of renewing Mr. Gardner's lease, and it was that practice vr ich for years bad given the lessees under the Corporation great faith in their tenure. Some conversation then ensued respecting the con struction of a marine parade for the recreation of the inhabitants of Toxteth-park. Mr. MANN opened the subject, and explanations having been given by Sir Thos. BRANCKER, Mr. BRADLEY MOORE, and the Tows- CLERK, the subject dropped. Mr. PROCTER expressed his surprise that a report had not as yet been presented, pointing out a new site for the erection of a gaol, in lieu of that at Wavertree-hall. Sir TwomAs BRANCKER said there was a resolution on the books authorising the committee to look out for a site, but it was a very difficult matter to find one,—so difficult that pro- ably the report sought for by Mr. Procter would not be presented for the next six months. Mr. EIRKETT thought that, on a subject of such im mense importance, the Council would act with propriety if they took time to consider and report. Mr. EARLE urged that the report ought to be presented at r‘s early a date as possible. Mr. PROCTER gave notice of motion for the next day, that the resolution to erect a gaol at Wavertree-hall be rescinded, and for the appointment of a committee to lay out the erounds at the hall. Mr. HortsFA mt. called attention to the unfinished state of the Customhouse. There was a great want, he said, of a statue on the dome. He cared not whether they put Neptune or the chairman of the Finance Committee— (laughter)—or any body else, but a statue there ought to be. Mr. EARLE objected to the renewal of Mr. Gardner's lease, in Lime-street. He said it would be a most un sightly thing to have a livery stable, about which there was always something slovenly, immediately opposite St. George's-hall, one of the most magnificent buildings he had ever seen. Mr. HIGGINS observed that it was not intended to con tinue it as a livery stable. After a few snarls from Mr. EARLE, to which Mr. HiaoiNs replied, Mr. RATHBONE opposed the renewal of the lease. After which, the Council divided, when there appeared ; —For the renewal of the lease, 23; against it, 24. The renewal was accordingly refused ; and the pro ceedings of the Finance Committee were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE-AN EXTRAORINARY SCENE The proceedings of the Dock Committee comprised the consideration of clauses introduced into the Dock Bill now before parliament. For the purpose of considering these clauses the Council resolved itself into a committee. The TOWN-CLERK read two clauses relative to the Duke of Bridgewater's trusts. Mr. CRALMER said a number of tradesmen felt them selves aggrieved by the Dock Committee not offering their works to public competition. He contended that the master tradesmen of the town ought to have opportunities afforded them to enter upon the dock works. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORS replied that a great portion of the works were done by public contract. He then ex plained the nature of the clauses read by the Town-clerk. One of the clauses was to save the rights of the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees. The other was, that during the time the alterations are being made in the Manchester basin, temporary accommodation should be afforded to the Duke's trustees, until such time as they could go back again to the Manchester basin. Mr. Eva:vs opposed the passing of these clauses, and said that if passed they would involve a considerable ex pense, about £13,000 a-year. He believed that the scheme relative to the Manchester basin, and various other schemes of the Dock Committee, were introduced merely for the purpose of spiteing the people of Birkenhead, who were supposed to have Ind some designs upon the Manchester basin. lle moved that that part of the plan which re lated to the alterations in the Manchester basin be struck out. Mr. STEWART agreed with Mr. Evans that the utility was not equivalent to the cost of the plan. Mr. AIKIN thought the wisest course now to pursue was, to withdraw the bill altogether, and not to proceed any further with a measure so crude and ill-digested. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said it was very dangerous to pass such a scheme as the present, without the Council having some previous intimation of it. Mr. EARLE asked whether there was any probability of the bill being passed ? for if there was not, there was nl use in spending the public money in a fruitless contest in parliament. £13,000 had been already spent, within a very short time, in paying men with wigs and gowns upon them to walk about the lobbies of the House of Com mons. Mr. EVANS said he was prepared with some overwhelm ing arguments in favour of the withdrawal of the bill. - Mr:BRAMLEY-MOORE agreed to postpone the clauses for the present. Mr. Moore then referred at considerable length to the clauses which it was proposed to introduce before the Lords, and referred to certain evidence which had been given before the committee of the Lords, and argued that the Dock Trustees were bound to adhere to the contract entered into with the warehouse-owners, to which Mr. Evans was a party, with respect to the erection of warehouses on the dock quays, quoting the fact, that on Nlr. Gladstone being asked before the Parliamentary Committee whether he considered that contract binding on the parties in the present day, the answer returned was " undeniably so." In this portion of his remarks he was interrupted by Mr. Evans asking, " Do you quote from the short-hand writer's notes ?" in reply to which Mr. Bramley-Moore appealed to Mr. Mann whether it was not so, and received that gentleman's confirmation of the exact words. Mr. Moore then continued to state that a great deal of abuse had been indulged in towards the Dock Committee, and that their want of sincerity and faith had been called in question. Mr. Mann, for instance, had been asked in the Lords Committee if he was sincere. But was there, asked Mr. Moore, a man upon the Dock Committee who would say one thing and mean another ? There were some, he believed, who entertained the notion that the sincerity of the Dock Committee had not been diminished but improved within the last six months. Mr. Evans slated before the Lords that the acreage and tonnage had gone hand in hand; that the acreage had mo►e than kept pace with the tonnage, and that he anticipated a considerable decline in the tonnage of the port of Liverpool. NI r. EVANS said he must positively demur, not that he took exception to the words, but that he demurred to any evidence of that sort going for a fact, unless the docu ments on which it was founded were produced. The MAYOR—You are out; of order, sir. Your turn for reply will come afterwards. Mr. MOORE.—I am responsible for what I say. Mr. EVANS.—I am glad to hear it. Mr. MOORE.—At your service, sir. The MAYOR, who during the utterance of this dialogue. had been talking to some member of the Council, had his attention drawn to its significance by Mr. Alderman Turner, and, amidst a scene of considerable confusion and excitement, endeavored to bring about an explanation between the two gentlemen, and to exact a pledge that no►hing of a personally hostile character was contem plated by either, in the midst of which Mr. E'VANS rose and said—l take great blame to my self for having allowed some observations of Mr. Moore to pass on a former occasion ; but I now say that, so far as I am concerned, I leave the sincerity of the Dock Committee in the hands of the public. I have no ob jection to have my character collated with that of the Dock Committee, or with the chairman of the Dock Committee, (uproar.) Therefore I treat his remark with the contempt and scorn it deserves, (loud cries of order, order, chair, chair.) It is false ! (tremendous uproar, and renewed cries of order and chair.) The MAYOR here insisted upon a retractation of the language used, in which he was supported by Mr. Rath bone and other members, who urged Mr. Evans to with draw his improper expression, while Mr. H. Hornby and Mr. Aikin urged that he could not do so until Mr. Moore 1 1 'vans was no Ily hi bis remark Mr. Moore repeated what he did and urged that it was not for him to be answPrab!e if Mr. Evans chose to appropriate it to himself. Again a considerable amount of excitement was displayed, Mr. Evans's friends contending that in saying that if Mr. Moore's hinguage did not apply to him he withdrew the expression, and the Mayor, supported by the majority of the Council, contending that this was not a satisfactory declaration. Both gentlemen were then appealed to and required to declare distinctly that the quarrel shoulel go no further ; and the Mayor declared his resolution to keep the peace. The magistrates clerks were here sent for. June 9, 1846. The MAYOR.—If the clerks once come in, I shall not take any apology from either gentleman ; so that there is a very short time now for them to decide. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER.—The Mayor, as a magis• trate, cannot certainly permit them to leave the room without the assurance being given. I hope both of them will think better of it, before the Mayor is compelled ta bind them over. Let them both stand upy and put an end to this unseemly discussion. (Lour cries of "Hear.") Mr. MOORE.—I think I responded to that so far as I am concerned. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER.--Why not both stand up together. (Hear.) A pause ensued, during which both Mr. Moore and Mr. Evans were surrounded by, and in consultation with seve ral of their friends. At length, Mr. EVANS rose, and amid breathless silence, said—Mr. Mayor, under the circumstances of the case—the coercion that has been applied, and the time that must elapse before the coercion could be removed, and also the belief which I have the sanction of a number of my friends for entertaining, that I have placed myself in an improper situation, I will give the same assurance which has been g►ven by Mr. Moore, that I will origi nate nothing. (Hear, hear.) , This assurance was deemed satisfactory by the Council, and the scene, which was of a very exciting nature throughout, ended. Mr: BRA - M Lay-MOORE then said be would reserve any further remarks he had to make until the close of the de bate, and moved that the Dock Committee should be authorised to resist the introduction of the two clauses which had been alluded to. Mr. MOLYNEUX seconded the motion. Mr. EVANS then commenceTaloni - harangue which, after the exciting s c e ne j us t en d e d, pro d uce d on the Coun cil all the effects of a soporific. After an allusion to op position given to the bill from various parties, Mr. Evans, in reference to the compact, observed that whatever obli gations these men might have in their Corporate or Dock Committee characters, out of doors, and not acting on public grounds, he considered they were quite released from all these circumstances. He looked upon it that it was competent for every merchant and manufacturer to take up and protest against such restrictions which were received, for which no kind of equivalent was given. In law, it is a well known axiom, that a transfer of right of proper_ty, without a valuable consideration, was not bind ing. What had the warehouse owners given them for withholding from them the quays, which were worth '..E15 a square yard, and which, if they had been sold, would have cleared off the dock debts, and relieved the port of Liverpool from all port charges. He concluded by moving, " That the present bill be withdrawn in order to afford this Council an opportunity of more maturely considering the plans, and agreeing upon such a bill as shall appear to meet the exigencies of the port." Mr. H. HORN BY seconded the resolution. After a few words from Mr. BIRKETT, in favour of pre serving the compact inviolate, ORSFA LL remarked that much of this discussion on the general principle of the bill was out of order. ail• it had already been affirmed by the Council. (Hear.) He was surprised t ) hear a lengthened discussion on the clauses proposed to be introduced into the bill, because any such interference, with an express agreement, affected the honour of the Council. They were bound to carry out honourably the terms of that compact, and, if they went for powers to build warehouses en the existing dock quays, the honour of the Council would be compromised. Mr. 13irkett had alluded to the appointment of a com mittee to arrange the terms on which they were to go for the act of the 4th of Victoria ; they were to get rid of the opposition of the worehouse owners ; and in that commit tee a unanimous resolution was passed that a pledge should be given, that, within a certain time, no application should be made for powers to erect warehouses on the dock q uays. Mr. Horsfall then proceeded to quote the clause from the act, and showed that the compact was then recorded. He then proceeded :—This was not binding on the merchants out of doors ; they were at liberty to take any course they might think proper ; they were not parties to the com pact; but he regretted 'that Mr. Ripley, who was one of the parties to that compact, should go up to London to get inserti d into the bill such clauses as those now sub mitted to the Council. (Hear, hear.) He regretted still more deeply that Mr. Evans, who was a member of the Dock Committee at that time, and of the Council, and also a member of the Special Committee ; which ? mord= mously agreed to the clause he had just read, approving of the compact—(applause)---should go up to town to typoa the bill framed with a due regard to that compact, and which had been sanctioned both by the Dock Committee and the Council. He could not understand how gen tle , men could act in their public capacity differently. to what they would in private. If they did not deny the existence of the compact, he could not imagine how they could get over—how they could reconcile it to their coo' sciences to act in a public concern in a way in which Oct would scorn to act in their private capacity. (Applause.) Mr. MANN expressed regret that Mr. Rendel bad been' brought to give evidence in disp aragemen t o f th e d oc ks o', Liverpool. It was an excellent advertisement for th e Birkenhead Docks. Mr. Alderman MooRE said he had heard a great deal about the Birkenhead docks and the accommodation there ' • but 180 of the acres there w ere i n one d oc k, 80 4 those 180 acres would give no quay space compared with the quay space in the Liverpool docks. But however that was, he was legislating there for the interests of Li' verpool, and had the interests of Liverpool solely in vie'. It was perfectly immaterial to him whether they were making 180 acres or 180,000 acres in Birkenhead. The more they attempted to do there, the greater the stimulus ought to be for the Dock Committee. He had no private interest to serve—no private passions to gratify—nothing to urge him but the interests of the town of Li v erpool, and it was his opinion that in promoting dock extension in Liverpool he was promoting the interest of the tow!!! and when the opportunity should arise of having doe , " warehouses, he believed they would add to the prosperit: of the town ; but he felt th ey were no t i n a pos i t i on to a,_ that at present beyond th e f ourt h o f Vi ctor i a. In code: to show the interest be to o k i n t h e d oc k ware h ouse s, b , might state that he wrote do wn f rom L on d on on &id"' requesting a gentleman to meet him on Saturday moan ing, as early as possible, to state the point at issue es the introduction of the clauses. He saw that gentleevalf and talked the question over with him, in order to geld the warehouse-owners, by meetin g aga i n , wou ld or Wool withdraw the restriction a lt oge th er . Th a t w as u , dined. He could do nothing else but lay the matter ?„‘ fore them, and give them an opportu n ity o f vvithdralfn the opposition. It had been quoted t o th em f rom en,lis of his previous statements, th a t th e e i g ht y acres 1 4 ,7 0 g north end would accom m od a t e t wo m illi ons o f ton s, u la t it was only fair and r i g ht th a t t h e council should be P , in possession of the average acreage and tonnage of Li/ e re pool at stated periods of ti me . I n 1815 they had 52 vend of docks and basins; the to nnage was 70 9,849 tons; si. the actual tonnage per ac re d ur i ng t h at per i o d 134%, tons. In 1825, there were seven t y - one acres of (I°ee and basins, the tonnage w as 1,233,820, an d t h e tonna g e per acre 17,200 tons. In 1835, there were ninetr° se d acres of docks and basins, the tonnage bad incret_a to 1,768,426, and the tonnage peracre had again incre.arn, to 17,800 tons. In 1845, the docks and basins had the creased to 120 acres ; the tonnage to 3,016,531. and, re a tonnage per acre had all o increased, for they WI t baye out 25,000 tons per acre. What, therefore, %sired to been the state of the docks when they were reel s , turn out so enormous an amount of tonnage-- it wa five times over what was turned out of the London docks, ac cording to their tonnage. But assuming rest an d remain stationary, and all the new docks In Prog r e s s s. 0 proposed to be now in actual operation, they the_ ton b u n o ', stand in the same relative position of acreage e n nd the patr that they did in 1815. They would the: c he w ' Dock as about tion they were in when the Prince's D which he would be made. There was one other fact Notwithstanding the g reat 1 . ,' sta te without any comment. crease of tonnage last year, amounting to 383,000 tonew notwithstanding that enormous increase, unprecedeo l b `t t in the annals of the docks of any nation, up to last n i go the 2d of June, the ncrease over last year, to the s° oo l time, had been 152,509 tons. He thought he nee d say one wor more. s tb 6 Mr. EVAN S was again on his feet, ready to addree w ho Council once more, but was stopped by the Mayorz lev ee took the votes for or against the amendment. against it , .the tonnage to H. Hornby, C. Robertson, J. j. jato e ' voted for the amendment, and twenty-six aga' l3 namely : EY rei For.—Messrs. W. Thornhill, W. Rathbone,... o ter; Evans, J. Aikin, V. Higgins, W. Earle, Thomas Lloyd, Alderman Lawrence. _ J. Against.—Messrs. W. Atherton, Thomas 8111' Brancker, R. B. B. H. Blundell, C. S. Middleton , ;1' Tinne, R. S. Henderson, J. Stewart, T. Robin s° ;Or Royden, W. Birkett, J. IS Mood, J. Kilshaw, J• aotif h' J. Parker, J. Booker, W. Mann. Aldermen—R;' ‘ o' v"; ton, Thomas B. Horsfall, J. H. Tu r ne r , A. Swair''s4,7. , S. Crook, J. BramlekMoore, E. Molyneus , Bushby, and the Maor: eO O thaf rb Mr. Aricrx then proposed as a second amendit` in s " .; 10 that part relating to the Wappin g d oc k s an d 1/8" of "- widening of Salthouse Dock, and the alteratio o Manchester Basin, be withdrawn for the present. Mr. THOMAS LLOYD seconded the resolution . . 0 00 J The votes were then taken upon the second Ot.be ment, when there app eare d 8 f or i t an d 27 agaitl, o or „ ',Ol The votes were th en t a k en on t h e con filras"" t ed Dock Committee p rocee di ngs —t wenty -th r ee I" ' the confirmation, and eight a ga inst it. The proceedings of the committee were theref°reoB 6.00 - 13 c fi h r e rn s e t e Basin, w t s h i n, which tb e clerk and the solicitor to the dock trust. The Council then adjourned. exc is eptiolnefot to b of the prepared clause as i f ; tpt,hee l eou fixed n R n r council ds s S d atui DantpuycAoet upon e 1 1:0 7 ' nao . fut octr rha do encu p a rt ot adoptc rit . ot ,o e t e 1 sr and 5 t 0 :: : 0 1 6 t could sure pressedT to 01) peao ensure soh n ut hope rpt e i ep such uea ete that ha t e t o ar n T nt ing business on the paper. It was twenty - past eleven before a sufficient number of emb er s, .1 The MArott complained of this detsntioth ree rc er tbrearnssianctfeudtuartetahse time would thioaTei e thcUt n sb le the public bus :p ri cing r ceedings. our ° The proceedings of the watch, improvement, c marketslaw, and ~ committees were confirru ed • cls ing:. . _ 1 r 0 ... ~, tO O uye-jaw tor shortening tnc• L ., cl erk publicinformed the markets of the town was submitted, an(j ou ld cope 01 t (nit' operation on the first of Septembiir next. n According to the proceedings of the educatioce the folhwing was the average attendiin chooli during the past month 574 550. The numbers on Use hocks are—Nurtn a cot M A YoR acknowledged the receipt Ofcing ri pt7 ;l36 . cation trorn the Rev. Rector B rooks, annOun It ids death of the organist of St. Pete r's Church. . - I houses, ma r s ' arefferrormedLtoontdi A memo -T T -- "" - ''' '‘.°ll‘ oe health Ist iovfe the n thoavrthascsonao3.llo,