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finprrial Vadiament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved that there be laid on their lordships' table a return of all the ejectments that bad been carried into effect in Ireland, in reference to the tenants and occupiers of land, specifying the num bers in each barony and county respectively, during the years 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. Earl ST. GERMAINS doubted whether Government had the power to :compel the clerks of the peace to produce such information, and the noble Marquis agreed to intro duce the matter in another form. . In the course of the discussion it was admitted that very great distress now prevails in Ireland. Lord KINNAIRD moved for the appointment of a se lect committee to consider of the best means for enforcing one uniform system of railway management ; of diminish ing the expenses attendant upon procurine acts of parlia ment ; and of enabling parties through whose property projected railways may pass, to defend their rights with out the ruinous cost of opposing bills in the House of Commons.—Agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. The Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Railway Bill was read a second time. _ Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved the postponement of the orders of the day with a view to the first reading of the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill. Sir N. SOMERVILLE opposed the motion, and a long debate ensued, in the course of which Mr. Shaw, after stating his conviction that th- government was falling both in power and character, defended himself from an imputation of Sir J. Graham, whom he called " the evil genius of the government," that he was actuated by dis appointed ambition in his present opposition to the ministry, as he had been refused the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland. which he bad sought for. Sir W. Somervile's motion was defeated on a division by a majority of 39, the numbers being, for it, 108 ; against it, 147. Sir JAMES GRAH AM then moved the first reading, and after a lengthened discussion, Sir Robert Peel suggested the adjournment of the debate in order to afford Mr. O'Connell the opportunity of replying at a convenient Lour to the speech of Sir James Graham.—Agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the adjourned debate on the Irish Suppression of Assassination Bill was fixed for the following day. The right hon. baronet gave no explanation of the non-making of the house on Tuesday. The adjourned debate on Lord Ingestre's motion rela tive to the action brought against the proprietor of the Wolverhampton Chronicle, for publishing a libel contained in one of the Parliamentary blue books, was resumed ; and, after a short di=cussion, the motion was withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. MOFFATT, the Railway Deposits Bill was read a second time. Mr. P. SCROPE moved the second reading of the Des titute Poor (Ireland) Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the bill on the ground that it proposed to give such relief to the able-bodied poor, as would interfere with the functions of the Board of Guar dians, and to attempt the impossibility of doing away with mendicancy in Ireland. Lord J. RUSSELL likewise opposed the motion The second reading was negtived without a division. The County Elections Bill was read a second time, and the Insolvent Debtors (India) Bill was read a first time. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY The Earl of RIPON moved votes of thanks to the officers and men engaged in the recect conflicts in India, similar to those moved in the House of Commons. We give some extracts from the noble earl's speech elsewhere. The Earl of AUCKLAND rose to second the motion in stead,of the Marquis of Lansdowne who was unavoidably absent. After praising the consummate skill with which the plans for the two battles had been conceived and exe cuted, the noble lord drew the attention of the house to the valour displayed by the troops in general. and by the Sheekawattee brigade in particular, on every occasion.— There was one branch of the service, of rich some had been disposed to form an unfavourable opinion, be meant the Bengal artillery; but its efficiency had been triumph antly proved in the recent victories : nor cou'd anything be added to the words of Sir H. Smith, " Our guns and gunners, officers and men, may be equalled, but cannot be excelled, by any artillery in the world." After lamenting the loss of life which necessarily attended these glorious achievements, the noble lord concluded by expressing his hearty concurrence in the proposed vote. The Duke of WELLINGTON, after expressing his de light at the unanimity which prevailed in the House on the subject, proceeded to comment on the course of events which had rendered war with the Sikhs inevitable, and on the difficulties with which the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief had to contend in concentrating a sufficient force to repel the threatened invasion, without infringing the treaties which existed with the Sikh go vernment. Those treaties had been violated by the Sikhs, and after their first attack had been repulsed, the series of operations commenced, which ended in the victories for which the thanks of the House were now asked. It was necessary to relieve Loodianab, as well as to keep open a communication in the rear, and this important task had been confided to Sir H. Smith, who had accomplished both objects, besides defeating the enemy with immense loss. He (the Duke of Wellington) had never read of any case in which more energy, ability, and gallantry had been shown, than in that of the battle of Aliwal, and Sir H. Smith had proved himself an honour to the country, and that he was capable of rendering the most important ser vices. He quite concurred with what the Earl of Auck land had said respecting the Bengal Artillery ; such silly reports, made by a parcel of ignorant persons, were not worth notice; Enat corps, one of the most scientific in the world, was composed not of natives, but of Englishmen, and the House might be assured that it would always con duct itself, as Englishmen ever did, in a way becoming to the country. The noble Duke then turned to the battle of Sobraon. and after a warm eulocrium on Sir 11. Ilardinge and all concerned in it, concluded by calling on the House for an unanimous vote of thanks. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. INDIA. ANOTHER VICTORY OVER THE SIKHS Telegraphic despatches and an express in anticipation of the Overland Mail have reached this country, bringing news of a most important character. The British army gained a decisive victory over the Sikhs on the 10 , h of February. The Bombay Times of March 3, says, " Ano ther great battle has been fought and victory won. On the 10th ult , the Commander-in-Chief, with a force of about 20,000 men, attacked the Sikhs, 36,000 strong, on our side of the river at Hurrekee, and, after a severe and bloody action, defeated them at all points, and drove them across the river." uch an engagement demat HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. The Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junc ion Railway Bill, the Blackburn, Darken, and Bolton Railway Bill, the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (Darfield Branch) Bill, and Kinross Junction Railway Bill, were read a second time. The following bills were read a second time, and or dered to be committed :—Plymouth Great Western Docks Bill, Kinross Junction Railway (No. 1) Bill, Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill, Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway (Darwen Branch) Bill, Black burn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction Railway Bill. The following bills were severally reported, and ordered to be engrossed :—Harwich and Eastern Counties Junc tion Railway and Pier, Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar drossan Railway, Bright on and Chichester Railway (Bog nor and Littlehampton branches) (to be considered), Mid land Railway, Syston and Peterborough Railway (devia tions and branches), Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and branches (No. 3). Sir R. PEEL moved a vote of thanks to Sir Harry Smith, and to the officers and men who were in the ac tion at Aliwal ; and another vote to Sir Hugh Gough, Sir Henry Hardinge, and to the officers and men who were in the engagement at Sobraon. They were, of course, carried nem. con. The right hon. baronet, in the course of his speech, related several anecdotes illustra tive of the heroism and intrepidity of our troops, the most interesting of which will be found in another part of this day's Standard. Mr. MACKINNON then obtained leave to bring in a bill for. preventing interments in the metropolis and large towns. A discussion ensued upon a motion by Mr. T. bun combe for a committee to inquire into a charge of illegal treatment and imprisonment of six factory girls, pre ferred against certain magistrates at Dundee. The mo tion was resisted by the Lord Advocate and Sir J. Gra barn, and supported by Mr. Aglionby and Mr, Duncan. It was negatived on a division, 38 voting for and 63 against the motion. - The subject of the Spy System in Ireland was referred to in the course of a conversation which took place upon a motion b y son Mr. Mr. GRATTAN affirm ing that police emissaries were so numerous, and their disguises so perfect, that it had got to be a constant in quiry in many Irish districts, " Are you a policeman ?" —Sir J. GRAHAM denied all knowledge of these circum but promised to institute inquiries upon the stances subject The works of the Sikhs had been repeatedly surveyed. They consisted of formidable entrenchments, defended by not fewer than 30,000 men and 70 pieces of artillery. The fortifications had been most skilfully constructed under Colonel Don Hurbon de Alcantara, a Spanish engineer. There was a double line of batteries, arranged in a semi circular form ; high ramparts, and deep and wide ditches, with holes and banks ; a triple line of defences of earth and plank, such as a rifle ball could hardly enter, with fascines, redoubts, and epaulements, appeared to defy the efforts of our troops. Immediately within, they were, as in the camp of Ferozeshah, pierced with loaded mines, and every thing arranged which skill could plan or perse verance carry out during the four weeks they had occu pied their position. A considerable force remained on the other side, with guns so placed as to command and flank the position on this. The arrangements in contemplation had been submitted to the Governor-General by the Com mander-in-Chief, and met his hearty approval. Two picquets in front of the Kodeewallah and the little So braor., occupied by the enemy in force during the day only, were ordered to be taken possession of on the night of the 9th, and, though some misconception and delay oc curred, by daylight in the morning of the 10th they were in our hands. The battering and field artillery were placed in a semicircle, embracing within its fire the position of the Sikhs. The cannonade, which was meant to have commenced at daybreak, was delayed until the rays of the sun had dispelled the heavy mist, which, hanging over the river and the plain, rendered distant objects obscure. Two brigades, under Sir R. Dick, meanwhile waited on the margin of the Sutlej, to commence the attack on the enemy's right. The 7th or Stacy's brigade, comprising H.M.'s 50th and 53d, led on, supported at a distance of two hundred yards by the 6th, under Colonel Wilkin son ; the sth, under Colonel Ashburnham, forming the reserve, was to advance from the entrenched village of Koodewallah, leaving one regiment behind if necessary for its defence. General Gilbert's division, constituting the centre, was deployed for support or attack, its right resting on the village of the little Sabr aon, which it partly occupied. On the left, near the village of Guttah, with its right thrown out towards the river, was General Sir Harry Smith's division. The cavalry under Col. Cureton feigned an attack on the ford at Hurrekee, threatening the Sikh horse on the other side. In the rear, between Gen. Gilbert's right and Sir Henry Smith's left, Brigadier Campbell occupied a position capable of protecting both. Sir Joseph Thackwell, with Brigadier Scott, held the re mainder of the cavalry in reserve on the left, ready to act as circumstances might demand. At three a.m. on the 10th February, the troops ad vanced to their respective stations as just described. At daybreak the light field batteries and a brigade of howit zers opened. By half-Fast six the whole fire of our ar tillery was developed. Round shot, shells, and rockets followed each other with fearful celerity, and the frequent explosions of ammunition waggons in the enemy's camp, showed with what precision they were aimed. At first a few horsemen showed themselves reconnoitring and di recting the removal of the baggage across the river by the bridge. Our infantry lay facing the works within cannon range, but under cover. The enemy at first scarcely seemed aware of our position., the columns having taken up their ground under night, but were quickly seen lining the whole of their works as they saw themselves sur rounded. In an instant every gun was opened upon us from a common centre, and the fire became tremendous. Our guns were of formidable calibre, were admirably served, and pointed with the utmost precision ; but the Sikh position was so formidable, and their cannon so nu merous, that it was feared that by cannonade alone it was vain to hope to carry the day in any reasonable time, and it was determined to bring the issue to the arbitrement of musket and bayonet. The attack, in conformity to this determination, was commenced at nine o'clock ; when Colonel Stacy's brigade, supported by Colonel Lane's horse artillery and Captains Horsford's and Fordyce's foot batteries, advanced steadily in line towards the ene my's works. The infantry under Stacy, supported by Wilkinson's brigade, moved on steadily and coolly, halt ing when necessary to correct any imperfections in their Fne. Above 1,200 yards of deep sand bad to be traversed. The artillery went on at a gallop, taking up a succession of positions, until within 300 yards of the enemy. The simultaneous roar of 120 pieces of ordnance now resounded along the Sutlej : the slaughter was terrible : and so hot was the fire of musketry, camel swivels, and cannon, that it seemed for a moment impossible that the intrench ments should be won. On our seddiers went, under a storm of grape and musketry now opening on them from the opposite side and focus of the intrenched position. A shout, a run, and a fire had no effect; the heaviness of the ground over which they had passed had fagged the men. The Sikhs saw their danger, but, confident in the power of their guns, and impregnability of their position, stood firm and fought bravely. The enemy's cavalry, or dered to the rescue, were now seen preparing for the charge. A square was formed ; the gallant sepoys coolly closed in on their own centre ; the enemy's horse took warning and withdrew. In a moment the line was re formed and the troops advancing, but not e. man had as yet passed the entrenchments. The Sikhs showed signs of wavering as they saw our column slowly and midis -7-a r.; 8 1.0.1 enana, more, and the out works were our own. Her Majesty's 10th Foot, under Colonel Franks, charged without firing a shot until with in the entrenchments of the enemy ; the 53rd came next ; the sepoys of the 43rd and 59th emulated the Europeans in coolness and determination. The brigade of Col. Ash burnham now came to the support of that of Col. Stacy. Generals Gilbert and Sir H. Smith threw out their light troops, aided by the artillery to threaten the other porti• ons of the entrenchments. The Sikhs attempted to throw the whole force within their camp upon the two brigades which had entered, and the battle raged with terrific fury all along from right to left. Our heavy guns had first been directed to the right, when their fire required to be gradually suspended. The Sikhs strove with indomita ble fury to recover sword in hand the positions from which they had been driven at the bayonet's point; nor was it till the weight of the three divisions of infantry, and the fire of every piece of artillery belonging to our army had been felt, and the cavalry under Sir Joseph Thackwell had in single file burst through the openings made by the sappers in the entrenchments, re-formed and charged on the other side, that the victory was won. The Third Dragoons overcame every obstacle, galloped over and cut down the men still standing by their guns, and the victors pressed closely upon the enemy on every side. Now their fire first began to slacken and then ceased. Regiment after regiment moved steadily down, and fearful volleys of musketry were poured in en the re tiring foe. The few parties first retiring were followed by vast masses making for the bridge. Thousands betook themselves to the river, which a sud den rise had just rendered unfordable. The bridge mean while had partially sunk, and was totally inadequate for the conveyance of the multitudes pressing towards it. This battle bad begun at six ; it was over at eleven o'clock. The hand to hand combat commenced at nine, and lasted scarcely two hours. The river was full of sinking men. For twa hours volley after volley was poured in upon the human mass,—the stream being literally red with blood, and covered with the bodies of the slain. At last, the musket ammunition becoming exhausted, the infantry fell to the rear ; the horse artillery plying grape till not a man was visible within range. No compassion was felt, or mercy shown ; not only had our own loss been excessively severe, but the enemy, during the earlier portion of the day, had mutilated or murdered every wounded man that fell into their hands. The coolness and order with which the enemy retired, notwithstanding the havoc being made amongst their ranks, was remarkable. Their columns moved out of range of our fire on reaching the further bank of the river, and pitched their tents—sent across at an early part of the action. Three or four heavy guns, which had, in the course of the fight, occasionally played upon us from time to time, saluted the camp followers en gaged in collecting the spoil. The bridge was partly burn ed, partly sunk, and latterly destroyed by the engineers. The camp was in several places set fire to by stragglers, increasing the horror of the scene of carnage. Of 35,000 men who had that day maintained so stout, hut so un availing a fight against us, more than one-half must have been killed or wounded. Not fewer than 10,000 are be lieved to have perished. Sixty-seven guns, with upwards of 200 formidable camel-swivels, numerous standards, and munitions of war, fell into our hands. In an engagement so bloody and obstinate—even though of brief duration— the loss of the assailants could not but be severe. Our casualties amounted to 2,383. Of these thirteen European officers were killed, 101 wounded; 303 rank and file were killed, and 1,913 wounded. Amongst the slain were the gallant veterans Major-General Sir R. Dick, and Lieu tenant-Colonels C. C. Taylor and Ryan. The Governor- General throughout seems to have been in the thickest of the fight; he does not seem to have exercised a separate command. The same evening a portion of our troops crossed at Ferozepore ; by the 14th the whole army des'ined for the advance on the capital were over; and by the 24th in all likelihood Lahore would be in our hands. It is un!ikely we shall attempt anything more this season ; and it has been intimated by the Governor-General that it is not our intention to annex the Punjaub to our dominions, but to compel them to pay the . expenses of the war, establish a firm government, and retire. The whole arrangements of the Scinde army have, since our last, been altered. Sir C. Napier having received orders to join the Governor- General without delay, quitted Snkkur on the 10th, leav ing the civil government of Scindein the hands of General Simpson—the command of the army devolving on Gene ral H unter. Instead of proceeding to Alithenkote to take up their quarters for the hot season, the troops are now •tered up to within V' por- _itty miles of Behawulpnre tion of them, as is understood, moving on Fcrezepu. The divisin ,- . - and it consists of three ias been bri, eight native Belooch infantry regiments, with the Jlion—two regiments of regular, aad one of ular cavalry—three troops of horse and four batteries The troops from all parts of India con northward— y gene cot We have now on the Sutlej, from" In the )1 wound ut.-Col ,els C. C. '1 army, under the Commander-in-Chief, prepared to march to Ferozepore, to be united with that commanded by the Governor-General, ready to enter the Purjaub. The am bassadors of Goolaub Singh, immediately after the vic tory, were admitted to an interview with the Governor- General, which before had been denied them. At no time had much anxiety to treat with him been manifested ; it was not likely to have been increased by anything that had occurred. The disconsolate messengers returned on the 11th to their master, to tell him that a British force was now on the Lahore side of the Sutlej, ready without delay to move upon the capital. The moment tidings wete received of the victory at Sobraon, preparations for crossing the river without delay were completed. On the night of the 10th and morning of the 11th, two brigades of infantry, and one of cavalry, with a considerable body of artillery, had crossed. The Governor-General appears to have immediately pushed on with the leading division ; he was at Kussoer, twenty miles in advance, and thirty two from Lahore. on the 14th. Other troops were fol lowing fast across, and by the date just given, every man intended for the advance on Lahore was within the Sikh boundary. Goolaub Singh was stated to have intimated that he was on his way to camp; the Lancers had gone out to escort him in. Brigadier Wheeler crossed from Umballah on the 17th, and captured Phullour on the day following, without resistance, the Sikh army having fled without fighting. On the 14th, the Governor-General issued a proclamation to the effect, that " The Sikh army having been chastised and humbled, is to be deprived of all power of annoyance ; the expenses of the war must be met by those who have provoked it; till this is seen to, and a strong and suitable government be established in Lahore, our troops will continue to occupy the country, and then be withdrawn. The provinces, hill and plain, between the Sutlej and Beas, are alone to be appropriated, their revenues forming a portion of the indemnity re quired." The victory was, it is stated, followed by an agreement, according to which the Sikhs have engaged to pay, in four yearly instalments, to the company, for the expenses of the war, £1,500,000 sterling, the payment to be guaranteed by the military occupation of their country. F'rom an extra° dinary London Gazette, published on We'd neschy evening last, we have authentic information that the war with the Sikhs in India is at an end, and that a treaty of peace has been decided upon. This result seems to have been brought about principally by the influence of Gholah Singh, who, from the moment of tie arrival at Lahore had been an object of dread and hostility to the Ranee and the Punchayets. He, on his part, unreservedly expressed his derision and disapprobation of their military prowess and their political arrangements. But after the battle of the 28th of January had dispersed the corps of Runloor Singh. and disheartened every branch of the army and the administration, the Ranee seems to have regarded Gnolab Singh as the only means of obtaining peace on moderate terms. He was invested with the Kbelat of Wnzeer on the 31st of Jan. ; and there is no reason to doubt that all his policy was directed to terminate hostilities so fatal to the native power of Lahore. He exacted from the Punchayets a written pledge of complete obedience. He declared that be had thrice s , nt perwunnahs to prevent the advance of the Sikh army. He directed four British officers who had been taken at Budhowal on the 21st January to be treated with marked civility; elephants were sent to convey them to the capital, and their personal property was restored to them. Overtures weremade on the 6th and 7th February to the Governor General, and probably the war might then have ter minated ; but the Governor-General refused to treat with the Sikhs until their main army had sustained a signal and total overthrow. Whatever may be the favourable disposition and clear-sighted views of Ghalab Singh, his own authority was ex tremely precarious as long as a powerful army existed under the command of his rivals ; and he had, in reality, no adequate pow ers to treat until after the battle had been lost. On the 16th of February the negociation was resumed. The Governor-General dictated his terms. On the 17th the treaty of peace was signed, and on the 18th Dhuleep Singh, the young Prince of Lahore. and his mother, the Maharanee, were received in the British camp at Kussoor. The following particulars of the treaty of peace are from the official &spa ches of the Governor General, dated in the camp at Kariba Cuchwa, February 19th, 1845 : `' On the , rrival at Lahore of the news of the complete viclory of Sobraon, the Ranee and Durbin. urged Rajah Ghoiab Singh to proceed immediately to the British camp, to beg pardon in the name of the Dunbur and Sikh government, for the offence which had been committed, and to endeavour to negotiate some arrangement for the preservation of the country from utter ruin. •‘ The Rajah first stipulated that the Durbarand the chief cffi. cers of the army, as well as the members of the Punchayets, should sign a so!errin declaratio , ) that they would abide by such terms as he might determine on with the British government. This is said to have been immediately acceded to ; and, on the Isth, Rajah Gholab Singh, Dewan Deena Nath• and Fakeer Noorooden, arrived in my camp, at Kussoor, with full creden tials from the Maharajah, and empowered to agree, in the name of the Maharaj9h and the government, to such terms as I might dictate. The Kajah was accompanied by the Barukzie chief, Sutton Mahomed Khan, and several of the most influential sir dors of the nation. " I received the Rajah in Durbar as the representative of an offended government, omitting the forms and ceremonies usu - ally observed on the occasion of friend y meetings, and refusing to receive, at that time, the proffered ❑uzzuto and compliment ary offerings." _ _ After setting forth the substance of the explanations rendered, the Governor-General proceeds:— `• The terms dem .nded and conceded are the surrender , in full sovereignty, of the territory, hill and plain, lying between the Sutlej and fleas rivers, and the payment of one and a half crore of rupees as indemnity for the expenses of the war,—the dis bandment of thLt present Sikh army, and its reorganization on the system and regulations with regard to pay, which it ob. tained in the time of the late Maharajah Ttunjeet Singh,—the arrangement for limiting the extent of the force to be hence forth employed, to be determined on in communication with the British government,—the surrender to us of all the guns that have been pointed against us,—the entire regulation and con tro of both banks of the river Sutlej, and such other arrange ments for settling tl:e future heundaries of the Sikh state, and the organization of its administration, as might be determined en at Lahore. " It was further arranged that the Maharajah, with Bhaee Ram Singh, and the other chiefs remaining at Lahore, should forthwith repair to the camp of the Governor-General, and place themselves in the hands of the Governor-General, to ac company his camp to Lahore. " On the 18th, the Maharajah, attended by Rajah Gholab Singh, Dewan Deena Nath, Faker Noorooden, Bhaee Ram Singh, and ten or twelve other chiefs, had an interview with me iu my Durbar tent, where tale Commander-in Chief and Staff had been invited by me to be present and receive them, " Submission was tendered to the minister and chiefs who arennmanied the Maharajah. and the nardnn of the British go vernment was requested en such conditions as I should dictate, in the most explicit terms; after which, I stated that the condi tions having been distinctly made known to the minister Rajah Gholab Singh and the chiefs accredited with him, it was unne cessary to discuss them in Cat place, and in the presence of the young Maharajah, who was of too tender an age to take part in such matters; and, that, as all the requirements of the British government had been acquiesced in, and their fulfilment pro mised in the name of the Maharajah and Durbar, I should con sider myself justified in treating the young Maharajah, from that moment, as a Prince restored to the friendship of the Bri tish Government. " On his taking leave, I caused the customary presents to be made to the Maharajah; and, on his retiring from my tent, the usual salute was fired from our twenty-four pounders, drawn up at the bottom of the street of tents for that purpose. " In the course of discussion, the Minister asked if the young Maharajah should now return to the Ranee at Lahore, or if it was my desire that he should remain at my camp; intimating that it was for me to dispose of the young chief as I pleased, and as I might consider best for his highness's interests. I re plied, that I thought it advisable that his Highness's camp should accompany mine, and that I should myself conduct him to his capital. whicii I purposed reachi, g in two marches, that is, by to-morrow morning (Feb. 18.) " The remains of the Sikh army, under Sidar Tej Singh and Rajal. Lall Singh, on retiring from Sobraon, encamped at Rae bam, about 18 miles east or Lahore. They are variously esti mated at from 14 800 to 20,t0n horse and foot, with about 30 guns. They have been positively ordered by Rajah Gholab Singh to remain stationary; and the Mahomedan and Nujeeb battalions, in the interest of the minister, have been paced in the citadel, and at the gates of Lahore, with strict orders to per mit no armed Sikh soldier to enter the town. " It was intimated to me, late I,st night, that the inhabitants of Lahore and Umritsur were in great alarm at the approach of our army to the capital, and were under apprehension that those cities might be sacked and plundered by our troops. I there fore caused a proclamation to be issued to the inhabitants of those cities, informing them of the result of my interview with the Maharajah, and assuring them of protection, in person and property, it the Durbar acted in good faith, and no further hos tile opposition was offered by the army. " On our arrival at this place (Kanha Cuchwa, about sixteen miles from the city of Lahore, and twelve from the canton ments), heavy firing for the best part of an hour was heard. This proved to be a salute of seven rounds from every gun in Lahore. h. honour of the Mahrrejah's meeting with roe yester day, and in joy at the prospect of the restoration of amicable relations." Friday's Gazelle contains a long list of promotions of officers serving in India, in commemoration of the late reat victories A college, it is stated, is being established in Oregon under the auspices of the Methodist missionaries ; a build ing, seventy-five feet long and three stories high, has been erected. The Governor-General of India, after the battle of Ferozeshah, assembled all the officers about his tent—the one " scarely knowing his fellow, smoke, dust, and hunger having so changed their faces"—when on tended knee and with upraised hands, they poured out their heartfelt praise and thanks to the only Lord of Victory. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN ROME.—The anniversary of St. Patrick drew together a n ost brilliant muster of Bri tish and Irish votaries to the modest church of the Fran ciscan friars. His countryman, Cardinal Acton, deli vered a rather dull discourse on the occasion ; yet nearly £lOO aas contributed to the fair collectors of the alms, viz. Lady Dover, the Countess Fingall, Lady Walpole, Olivia Taylor, and Hon. Mrs. Smythe. A GOOD SPECULATION.—On Tuesday, Mr. 11. P. Cun ningham, sold a station and sheep, which he had ei e hteen months previously purchased of Captain Cole for £1,230, to slr. Frank Bryant, for £5,000. The sheep averaged 13s. a head ; and the sale of the wethers and wool alone during the time he held them, repaid him the original purchase money. Mr. Cunningham, therefore, clears the £5,000, less the expenses of management, in a year and a half.—Port Philip Herald. A SOLDIER'S - Doc.—Serjeant O'Neill, of the Third Light Dragoons, writing borne to his friends from Feroze pore, on the Bth January, communicates the fall of his brother in the battle of Moodkee, and adds, he had a little dog that was with him through the whole charge ; arid his comrades in C troop came the next day, and asked the not to remove it from the troop, and they would re spect it in remembrance of him, which I, of course, ac ceded to, and it accompanied them every foot during the next two days' fighting, and is again safe and with them." ALGIERS.—An official dispatch from Algiers, received by the French government, contains the following intel ligence :—" The Djebel-Dina has submitted himself to Colonel Pelissier. Nearly all the tribes of Zell, from the province of Medeab, have regained their territory. Thos e belonging to the desert are asking permission to do the same. Djedid and Ben Aouada, the two great chiefs of the desert of Medeab, are treating for pardon. They have adopted the Kalifab of Laghoual as their intermediator. Those who have remained faithful to us have made three razzias on our enemies, and have fired their cannon to celebrate our victories of the 7th and 13th NEW ZEALAND.—News hes been from Auckland up to the Ist of Septen and Daphne had sailed to tt e Bay of Islands received in Sydney The Hazard troops. vord to the G xck Auckland, if th( rnor that he would y and give him battle ,entinels had been s ,t come to sts at W, ctuntiu Lanel, UUU Mt:Lulus-Ls ssistance of the British ; and, in cons( ovement, one of the most powerful of ti of Heki, who to have 3,000 fighting men under his corn- iouthern settlement was quiet, but the set. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved that the order of the day be read for resuming the adjourned debate on the first reading of the Protection of Life (Ireland) bill. After it bad been read, Mr. O'CONNELL rose to move his amendment, that— " "While the house deplores the existence of outrage In Ire land, and is sincerely anxious for its repression, it is of opinion that such outrage wal be aggravated, not removed. by the arbi trary, unjust, and unconstitutional enactments of this bill ; and that it is the duty of Parliament to adopt such measures as will tend to eradicate the causes which produce these crimes, in stead of resorting to laws which will harrass and oppress the innocent without restraining the ,guilty - , and which, being res trictive of public liberty, cannot fail to augment the national digress." After pointing out the injustice towards Ireland, as the -cause of the evils of that country, he proceeded t) suggest some remedies. Though there were some erratic mur ders in Ire!and, not traceable to the eviction of land, yet the great mass of them, undoubtedly, arose from land. The Government bad done much, since the union, for the landlords of Ireland. The Legislature bad given them since that event, the power of distraining on growing crops. No cause was more prolific of murder than that power. It did not escist before the union—it was therefore clearly traceable to that house, and the house was therefore, bound to cure that evil which it bad created. The Civil bill Ejectment bill had also been passed to favour the landlords. The Ulstertn-- tenant-right ougn, • be eat ended. e would ma, the landlords of Ireland do their duty, by he, a all the agrarian law of Uls'er. He also rerpurt- - 4ge in the law respecting the grand juries of Ireland. The Irish had not an adequate number of re presentatives in the House of Commons, t` - ' adequate franchise ; they had not applying to the —;red a chr bution of the church tem (Hear.) He had now Hint of the crir house to d he con 9 had not ar ng in Irel er it woulc t he considered to , or the milder n (in the course of ed a milder bill. ich Lord X emedial e was adjourned tigues of parate comt TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. tiers of Wellington were apprehensive of an attack by Rangiatea, who was collecting a large body of natives. The troops are reported to have suffered very greatly, in consequence of the severity of the weather. REVENGE.—On the 9th ult. a man of the name of Ma rouse, residing at Patarague, in Belgium, blew up the house of his mother-in-law, by setting fire to a barrel of gunpowder, in order to revenge himself for some ima gined insult from his wife and family. He succeeded in destroying himself, his mother-in-law, and one of his children, but his wife and a younger child aged three or four years, who were sleeping in a small closet, received no injury. The house was reduced to a heap of ruins. RIVER PLATE.—Advices have been received from Monte Video to the 31st January, and from Buenos Ayres to the 28th. The Parana expedition had made very poor pro gress up the river, and had been fired at about San Lo renzo by masked batteries and flying artillery, which did considerable damage, as several of the vessels had been dismantled. Similar opposition was preparing for it fur ther up, and, in the end, it will prove a ruinous adventure to the parties interested. An emission of 2,300.000 paper dollars per month, to continue until three months after the blockade of Buenos Ayres is raised, had been sanc tioned by General Rosas' government, to meet the exi gencies of the state. Exchange had fallen to 2d. The Monte Video troops had been completely defeated in the neighbourhood of Maldonado, and compelled to evacuate that place by General Oribe's forces. Three hundred families were conveyed from the town to Monte Video by the Apollo. General Urquiza was in full march for Cor rientes, with a large and well-equipped army, and accounts of the capture of that town and the entire subjugation of the province were daily expected, as it could not reason ably be supposed that Paz could stand against him. Busi ness, as a mater of course, both at Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, continue suspended. IRELAND. Messrs. Whitworth's street-cleansing machines are now used in Dublin and Belfast. The flour and oatmeal deliveries from Caber mills to Caber are escorted by a party of dragoons, threats of popular violence being apprehended. At the Tipperary assizes. on Tuesday, William Fogarty was sentenced to be hanged for an attempt to murder Mr. Mc. Donnell. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—Mr. Plumptre gave notice in the House of Commons, on Friday, that it was his inten tion to propose a bill to repeal the Bth and 9th Victoria, authorising the endowment of the College of Ma%nooth. Sir R. Peel has declined to present the petitions of the Rev. J. Sinnott, and the repeal wardens of Wexford, praying for the appointment of Roman Catholic chaplains to regiments in foreign stations. PRIESTS PROTECTION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—The gross amount now raised towards the .£9 , ;0 is £852 Gs. 9d., so that only £47 13s. 3d. is now required by the 9th inst. to obtain the lady's offer of £lOO. CAUSE AND EFFECT.—Mr. Kirk, the member for Carrickfergus, was one of the few Irish members who supported the ministerial measure for the destruction of Irish agriculture.—Mr• Kirk's son has just been ap pointed to a lucrative situation under the Government. The Coercion Bill was roughly handled in Conciliation Hall, on Monday, by Tom Steele. Addressing Lord St. Germans (in his absence) Mr. Steele said " Why don't you dare to prosecute me for denouncing you as a cold-blooded projector of a massacre ?" '' Nine groans for the bloody minded Lord St. Germans!" (Awful yelling.) The rent for the week was £255. On Sunduy week ( Sunday again), three men entered the house of Thomas Cantwell, near Mountmellich, and presented a double-barrelled pistol at him, which he grasped, and while endeavouring to wrench it from the ruffians, it exploded, and two balls lodged in the body of Cantwell's brother, who is since dead. The Cant wells had: rendered themselves obnoxious by acting as bailiffs. BRUTAL OUTRAGE.—A valuable mare, the property of Mr. John Gray, steward to the Rev. John Digby Wing field, of Geashill, hiving been observed to take suddenly ill, was sent to a neighbouring veterinary surgeon, who could not form any opinion of the animal's illness, until, after having died in a few days, he discovered in her bowels a number of large sharp "brogue nails," which must have been maliciously made up in a ball and thrust down the poor animal's throat.— Dublin paper. ARRIVAL OF PROVISIONS.—VesseIs are arriving daily with Indian Corn. On Monday four ships arrived from England with 10,000 bags of Biscuit intended for the use of the poor of this country, in addition to the Government importations of Indian Corn from America, and further supplies of bread are expected. The Biscuit is not made of Indian Corn Meal, but has been manufactured at the Government dockyards of Deptford and Portsmouth. Three vessels have arrived for private speculation with In dian Corn, to be sold in England or Ireland.— Cork paper. ILLEGAL MARRIAGES.—At the Newtownlimavady Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, the Rev. Edward Do herty, a clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church, was charged with having celebrated a marriage between a Pr 'testant and a Roman Catholic, contrary to the statute. The prosecution was brought on by direction of the Registrar-General of Marriages, and after the examination of a witness, and some addresses on the part of the legal and other gentlemen concerned, the magistrates decided on receiving information against Mr. Doherty. NEW SCREW IRON STEAM-SHIPS.—On Friday week, the first iron screw steamer (the Shamrock) ever built in Dublin was launched from Mr. Barrington's foundry, at Ringsend•bridge, amid the cheers of a great concourse of people. The hull only of the Shamrock is as yet afloat, and measures 135 feet in length, 14 feet in depth, by 22 across deck, and so far she presents a model of sym metrical construction. On the following day the launch ing of the first iron screw-steamer, 300 tons burden, ever built in Cork, took place amidst great rejoicing. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE IN LOUGH SWILLY.— On the 20th inst., Mr. Samuel Park, of Ballybegley, ac companied by three servants, went to Latterkenny mar ket to purchase turf, and had with them a boat for the purpose of conveying them home. They did not start from the port until late in the evening, probably waiting on the tide. The night was extremely cold, with high wind and sleet. When they came near the Isles of Ma norcunningham, Mr. Park, who had been rowing, became exhausted, and said to the others that he was done, and, shortly after, it was found that he had expired. The others now determined to abandon the boat. and made for the shore, which they reached in safety ; and Golagly, one of the party, sought admission into a house near the shore, but was refused, and he, melancholy to relate, pe rished within a few yards of it. The others were more fortunate than their companions, and are safe. CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—On Friday at .Nenagh, Patrick Rice and Patrick Hayes were found guilty of a conspiracy to murder the late Patrick Clarke, Esq. the trial occupied the Court fully eight days, and the result was looked for with deep interest, not only in the county of Tipperary, but in Dublin, where Mr. Clark was well known and respected. The ill-fated gentleman's offence —which was punished by his assassination—was the dis missal of the convict Hayes from his service, and by the evidence on the trial it appeared that this man openly declared, in August last, two months before the crime was perpetrated, Mr. Clarke was a bad man and ought to be shot. The propriety of his murder was on two or three occasions discussed in the presence of several persons. The prisoners were indicted for conspiring to murder, as no direct evidence could be given of the actual perpetration of it by Hayes, although satisfactory proof was given he planned it. He procured the aid of Rice and another man, not amenable to the law, and was not far away from the scene of murder. Both the prisoners were sentenced in the most solemn terms to death without any hope of mercy. In connection with this case, and as a lamentable evidence of the chance which justice has in Ireland, we give the following. No one can venture to aid her without the risk, and in an exposed district the certainty, of having himself murdered or his property injured. We quote from a paper not over ready to publish the failicgs of its friends—we mean the Freeman's Journal: HOUSE LEVELLING-REVENGE The house of Byrnes, the principal prosecutor in the case of Mr. Chlrk, was levelled to the ground, on the night of last Fri (thy. There were some potatoes in a pit at the rere of the house, which were scattered about, and trampled on so as to render them useless. CONFESSIONS OF AN IRISH INFORMER.—At the Ne naph assizes, on Friday, two men, named Edward Ryan and John Conway, were charged with firing into the house of Pat. Hogan, of Bawn. One of the principal witnesses against them was an approver, named James Darmody, a young man 2G years of age. In the course of his cross examination, he admitted having been concerned in no less than five murders, besides a fatal fight, robberies, &c. On the first occasion he was only 16. The following ex tracts from his evidence on cross-examination, will give some idea of his character : " Upon your oath, would you not shoot a man if you were asl.ed ? I don't think I would. "And why did you go shoot a man for Fogarty cause I knew him. (Sensation.) did it be• " So, if any man you knew asked you to murder another, you would do it ? When I am on such business, I would not kill a man unless I was attacked. "Were you at Hogan's house at any lime after the attack ? I was. in about a month after. It might be three weeks. " What brought you there ?—I went to fight for him.— (Laughter.) • ' Counsel—So you went to fight for Hogan, though you went to murder him three weeks before? (Laughter.) I did. Pat Murphy took me there, to have a fight with a party at Hogan's. . . " When you went to Hogan's house, you were shown the bed room he slept in ?—I was " Upon your oath, if you murder him ? (Here the Mr. Rolleston. and, withou got into his room, would you not iprovcr turned a ferocious look upon ny hesitation, replied, in a loud and resolute voice, ' I would.' " What induced you to give information ?—I heard that one the party was going to turf , approver, and I turned before him. " So you told all you bnew to save yourself ?—I did. "Murders and all ?—Murders',and all. (Murmurs.)" FREE TRADE AND IDE FAMINE IN IRELAND.—The Dublin Scarcity Committee reported in November last, that even up to that time there had been exported from the Irish ports, grain, nearly enough to feed the entire population for a twelvemonth ! What a collection of lu natic vagaries, then, have we here :-1. A country grow ing, as we have no doubt Ireland did last year, twice as much food as her population required; and yet declared to be in danger of FAMINE!! 2. While hundreds of ships are leaving her ports with grain for the Ertlish market, no one thinks it even desirable to retain any of this grain for the consumption of the people, although they are at that moment reported to be in danger of star vation. 3. But it is resolved to send 4,000 miles over the water, and to fetch from America a few ship-loads of maize, as the only conceivable way of " averting famine." 4. 4nd this being the plan resolved upon, and it being quite certain, that if the Government proposed it as needful to avert famine, such a vote would pass the House of Commons without an hour's debate,—Sir Robert Peel cannot effect so simple and easy an object without piling- Epg the country into , o 7 ution as a means. Because a -- 4 re little maiz - e - I; . ;Tanied in Jr tective system of Gredt Brit en 000 we , therefore Cork,—therefore the value of the whe land is to be reduced £10,1,'00,40) per rvest in Eng an. 411, to complete the chaos of absurdity, because some of the po tatoes in Ireland have become rotten, therefore all foreign silks, cottons, linens, and woollens are to be henceforth allowed to come into England duty free. EJECTION OF TENANTRY, An affecting tale of an alleged wholesale eviction of " 270 poor, industrious, and honest people" from the estate of Mr. Gerard, in the county of Galway, has ap peared in the " Liberal" journals of Ireland, from which one would be led to believe that a more hard-hearted and griping landlord never existed—one, in fact, who, from an avaricious disposition, would, for the sake of fattening bullocks and pocketting the proceeds, leave the peasantry under him to die of sheer starvation. The present case illustrates the adage, that " one story is good till another is told ;" and Mr. Gerard has fully vindicated himself from the foul aspersions cast upon his character as a land owner and a man, by furnishing a detail of the whole pro ceedings. We have but room to give the heads of this statement, which, however, is sufficiently clear, and bears the stamp of truth. The estate called Ballinlass, contains about 300 acres of prime upland land and 50 of moor. In 1827 Mr. Gerard acceded to a proposal from 30 persons to let it at 30s. an acre, and nothing for the boa. The rent was paid by one of them—the principal up to March, 1842. The original tenants, however, sub-let nearly the whole to about 40 miserable persons at £2, £2 10s., and even £3. Mr. G. endeavoured to prevent this, and never received rents from the under tenants. In September, 1842, and subsequently, all the original temnts refused to pay a farthing, and he was forced, in 1844, to bring an action to eject them. A defence was set up, but he ob tained a verdict—the rent then due being £7OB. A ques tion of law arose as to the agreement, and the action was again tried in 1814, with the same result, but not a far thing of rent was paid, though the land was cropped, and the money went partly in litigation, and the residue into the defendants' pockets. In September, 1845, Mr. G. Proposed to them to forgive all arrears of rent (then up wards of £1000) and allow them to take away the crops (worth £300), and remain in their houses till February last, if they would then vacate. They agreed, and signed a consent to that effect. In February he offered men, horses, and carts at his own expense, to remove their pro visions, manure, furniture, and everything belonging to them. Few of them, however, would remove, and it was not till six weeks after the time agreed upon that he was forced to take possession through the sheriff. Even the timber of the houses was carefully taken down and re moved for them. Two sick families were not then removed. and a doctor was paid by him to attend them. A statement made that a child was killed by the officers was false, and the people were, by his orders, treated with the greatest kindness and consideration, for which many of them had thanked him ; and to four widows dispossessed, he gave £4 each. The rent then due out of the land was £1643, besides poor rates, county rates, and heavy legal expenses. Mr. Gerard equally contradicts a statement that he had wrongfully dispossessed some tenants on his estate of Newbridge. The land was let on a lease for the lives of three persons, all of whom were dead ; but another life was set up in lieu of the last survivor, though that person was not born at the time the lease was granted. The tenants took vexatious defence, putting Mr. G. to great expense, but made no defence on the trial, which was, of course, given against them. Mr. G. thus concludes : " I could, in like - manner, satisfy any dispassionate person that my conduct as proprietor of that property was always marked by a just and kind feeling to those of my tenants who deserved favour at my hands by their good conduct and industry. I have carried on extensive works, given great employment, and much assistance at all times in clothing and food on my estate." What becomes, now, of the affecting tale ? We were told that the tenants were not only willing and ready to pay all rent and arrears, but the full amount due was actually tendered to the agent of the estate, to the sheriff, and finally to the police who attended at the execution of the habere ; but nothing would do the landlord hnt a level plain whereon that con tented village stood, for the purpose of adding another piece of meadow land to ijs wide grazing farm. The peasantry were to be starvld—ar,i.ihilated—that another herd of bullocks might be fattened for the market. This is the substance of the liberal version of the proceedings adopted on the part of the landlord. We have now had a complete refutation of all these falsehoods. UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS, There are nearly £2,000 raised already for the family of the late Bishop of Jerusalem. The Episcopal Collegeoi Bishops in Scotland have agreed to erect Argyle and the Isles into a separate diocese. A new church, situate in Chester-square, London, was consecrated on Thursday. The Marquis of Westminster subscribed £5,000 towards its erection. The receipts this year of the Leeds Auxiliary to the Church Pastoral Aid Society have exceeded those of last year by upwards of £3,000. The Rev. W. F. Pierson, 8.A., curate of St. Clement's district, has been appointed by the Rev. Dr. Whittaker, vicar, to the curacy of the Parish Church Blackburn. A Prebendal Stall in Durham Cathedral has become vacant by the death of the venerable Rev. Thomas Gis burne, who expired at his seat in Staffordshire, on Tues day week, in the 88th year of his age. SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.—On Friday week, the Rev. Daniel Evans, 8.D., of l‘loesnwydd, Cardiganshire, a gentleman well known to our Welsh readers by the name of Daniel Dclu, and, indeed, to the majority of Englishmen resident in South Wales, as one of the most eminent of Welsh poets of the principality—hung himself, during a fit of insanity, by a silk handkerchief, which he had fastened to his bedpost. THE I RISH CHURCH.—In your report of the speeches of Lords Grey and Brougham, those Noble Lords state that the Irish Church has but 600,000 or 700,000 adhe rents; whereas, by a census made in 1831, fifteen years ago, the number of members of the Irish Church were re turned as 852.000, and it is universally admitted on all hands in Ireland that they have greatly increased since then, having, in many cases, doubled and even trebled the number returned in that census. In the parish of which Ote writer of this is incumbent, the number of Church Protestants has increased by a third within the last six years. The number of members of the Established Church in Ireland now exceeds 1,000,000, as will shortly be made known and established.— Correspondent of the Times. The English Churchman notices a novel speculation which has just been set on foot under the denomination of the " Bible Commentary Company." The projector of this scheme (which is provisionally registered under the joint stock companies' act) is Mr. Thomas Arnold, a London bookseller. The proposed capital is £20,000. in shares of £2 10s. each. The literary department is regu lated by a committee of superintendence, composed of dissenting ministers; the financial affairs by a body of di rectors nominated by the shareholders. A circular letter is issued by the projector, enclosing a quantity of scrip, to be put into the hands of " active and zealous individu als, either male or female, especially Sunday-school teachers," for disposal, and containing a statement of the twofold objects of the company. The printed form of application for shares contains the usual insidious clause that the allottee will be responsible for no sum beyond the amount of his shares. ACADEMICAL EDUCATION.—There was some time ago presented to the authorities of Oxford, a mem trial signed by many eminent men, suggesting that something should be done to render academical education accessible to the sons of those whose incomes are too narrow for the pre sent scale of expenditure at Oxford, either by the addi tion of additional departments to existing colleges, or by the foundation of new ones. The report of a committee, to which this memorial was referred, states that almost as much as practicable has been done to diminish the neces sary expenses of students ; others it is very difficult to control. The j suggestion respecting the establishment of new colleges, the committee regard as impracticable ; and that of additional departments to existing colleges as ob jectionable, because they wou ld b e cons id ere d i n f er i or. They think a simpler expedient " would be the founda tion of exhibitions to be conferred, not upon grounds of literary merit, but of poverty, character, and economical habits, for the direct purpose of aiding those, and only those, who need such assistance ; and to be forthwith taken away from those who would not conform to regula tions of strict economy. Advances of money, also, to cover the first expenses of the university, the fees, cau tion money, and cost of furniture, might often be service able to parents of narrow incomes, and might be after wards in part or altogether repaid." THE REv. T. D. GREGG.—This bold, persevering, and triumpharofdefender of protestant truth has been cited by the Archbishop of Dublin, to appear at the Consistory Court, Dublin, "to answer articles concerning his soul's health, and more especially in a certain cause of correc tion, for having taken upon himself to perform divine ser vice, and preach in a private house, situate in Nicholas street, in the parish of Saint Nicholas within the walls of Dublin, without due licence or authority, contrary to the laws and canons of the Church of Ireland." The rev. gentleman disputes his grace's power to withdraw the license from the church in which he officiates, and which has been in connection with the Church of England, we believe, upwards of a century ; but the withdrawal of the license has, we presume, made the building, in the Arch bishop's estimation, a " private house." Mr. Gregg has written a spirited letter to his congregation, in the course of which, alluding to a remark in the citation, that the court " will proceed according to law, the absence or con tumacy of him so cited in anywise notwithstanding," he says, " No, my friends, there shall be no proceeding in anywise according to law, or contrary to law, the Lord giving me health and strength, in my absence. Rest assured of this : I shall, please God, be there to answer for myself; to stand up against the tyranny, the despo tism, the illegal, and unconstitutional courses that are now being pursued to cripple the liberty, degrade the cha racter, nu:lify the functions, tie the hands, and gag the mouths of Christian ministers. I will be there, and 1 will prove before the judges of the court, before the face of the public, aye, before the face of the empire —for all will look with interest on this struggle—that the attempt is now being made, and has been long in progress, in con travention of the law itself, aye, and of the gospel too, to reduce the Protestant clergy to a worse than popish subserviency, and to render the episcopal office that which would render it a curse, and would make Presby terianism, Methodism, Congregationalism, or any other ism, a happy deliverance from Prelatisrn ; to change that which I believe to be a divine institution into a terrific visitation, a most afflicting judgment on the land." How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the small beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the • " The young disease, which' must subdne a gth, Grows with our growth, and strength with our strength." . An improper regimen acting u - a particular constitution, late hours, both retirini the morning, lay the fo ation of in To all ch we would in diseas change of system, gpti secondly tinal, as well as a powerful assistan Frampioves y rf Health, which has procured bation of p ons in every station in society. e appro- April 7, 1846. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The sub-committee have declared the standing orders not complied with in the case of the Manchester and Bury Atmospheric Railway. The South-Eastern are now running two express trains daily -both ways, performing the distance from London to Dover in two hours and a half. The committee of the House of Commons decided on Friday, that the standing orders could not be dispensed with in the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Balls. The Birkenhead, Larrcashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill, was read a second time in the House of Commons, on Friday. The Railway Times says, that it is now pretty well as that the case of Woolmer v. Toby, relative ta the liability of railway allottees, was a got-up affair for the purpose of establishing a precedent. The Gauge Report is beginning to operate on future movements. The London and Oxford annt unced to the parliamentary committee their intention to adopt the narrow gauge. _ AN ENGINEER'S OPINION.—In group 21 on Friday► Mr. J. U. Rastrick, civil engineer, who was called to speak to the goodness of the London and Oxford line, admitted he only went over it on Saturday week in a chaise and four. At Shrewsbury, Mr. Garbett, solicitor, of Wellington , obtained a verdict of five pounds damages against Mr. Yarborough, solicitor, London, for slander in attributing felonious transactions to Mr. Garbett, relative to the Shropshire Mineral Railway. RAILWAY BILLS.—In the House of Commons, on Thursday, Mr. Hudson gave notice of a motion to insert a clause in all railway bills, authorising the registered shareholders, at a meeting called for the purpose, at which meeting three-fifths of the shareholders should be present, personally or by proxy, to declare the company dissolved; full compensation being made to the landowners for all loss they may have sustained by the operation of the act. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on nearly 1,800 miles of railway, was £116,997, thus accounted for: £53.709 for the conveyance of passengers only, £31,0 03 for the carriage of goods, and the remainder of £32,28 5 for passengers and goods together, not respectively a ppore tioned ; beine an increase over the corresponding week of last year of £2o,223.—Railway•Chronicle. RAILWAY MEETINGS.—SeveraI meetings were held, last week, to hear declarations of dividends. The follow ing are the announcements made :—The Newcastle and Carlisle, of £2 10s. per share ; the Dublin and Kings town, of 10 per cent. on the paid-up capital ; the Ulster , of 18. ner share on 10,383 shares ; but the Durham and Sunderland, having overdrawn their account by some £1,400 last half year, have no dividend to declare. Mr. Spackman has opened an office in London for the registration of scripholders and allottees in ten relives); companies, amongst which are the two London and Manchester direct. for the purpose of petitioning parlia ment to stop the progress of the bills, and memorialising the Beard of Trade for such amendment in the law of provisional registration as may give to the ecripholder a "a complete control over their own property." An important railway compensation case was tried at Margate, on Saturday, before M r . B o dki n , assesso r of the Cinque Ports, and a jury. Th e l an d i n que stion, which is required by the South-Eastern Company for their Margate extension, is a patch containing about twelve acres, with a straight frontage of 330 feet to the Matins Parade. The surveyors, on the part of the owner, esti' mated its value at upwards of £lB,OOO, those of the com pany at from £4,160 to £3.100. The jury returned a ver dict of £5,265, including 25 per cent. forced sale. The Attorney-General, with a special fee of 15U guineas, et' tended for the proprietor. EDINBURGH, LEITH, A ND GRANTON RAILWA..--Th e South Leith branch of this railway has passed the stand ing orders and the new money bill, both unopposed. Th e Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric has not yet passed the standing orders committee, and there is every reason to believe this line will be abandoned. The Granton and Leith branches, proposed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Caledonian, are postponed till after Easter; but there is every re ason t o b e li eve t h at t h ese li nes w ill no ,. pass. The Edinburgh and Perth have been thrown out on standing orders. Thus the rights and privileges of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway will be mai l ' . tained entire, all competing lines being annihilated. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE MEN.—A case has come i ° our knowledge, which shows th e d anger o f appear i n g as a provisional committee man in a railway scheme. The name of the Rev. J. S. Baro n , o f B r ill, was ma d e u se of , as he alleges, without his consent, as one of the provi• sional committee of the Grand Junction, Great Westere e r and South Western R a il wa y J unct i on C ompany, adieu' was projected last year. Within the last few days, M r * Baron has been served with a writ at the suit of a t r al who have a demand ag a i ns t th e company. a V e un der' stand the sum demanded of Mr. Baron is no less the ° £l,OOO. If a man can be liable under such circumstanc es, what individual is safe ?—Banbury Guardian. INFLUENCE OF RAILWAYS.— In the civil court at Cho' ter on Wednesday, Mr. Jervis, Q.C., applied to the learn' ed judge, Mr. Justice Willi ams , t o a dj ourn t h e c ourt t half-past 9 o'clock the next morning, on the gr o und thst r as the trains did not arrive before that time, it would be " great convenience to the special jurors who were summon ed for that day, and who in consequence were not likely to be in court before that hour. His Lordship observed, that the railways had now become the masters of almost all the trade and everything else in the country. and even supposed, therefore, as he was only one of Her Majesty had to submit to their arrangements. Ile commissioners, no alternative remained for him but quiet ly to strike and submit likewise. Tf 't was TICE EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON RAILWAYS.---- r left to myself, I would neither increase my gang! , n° not wheel, nor my speed, until I had more e x periene!' t h e only in the construction of engines, but also eu e , strength of materials. You can never get over the i° qualities of the road arising from the change of teg, per:. ture and weather. You may have the most perfect ro that has been standing for months, and been run uP ° , Her Majesty daily- 3 ou will have a shower of rain, or a contiouation: e i wet weather, during the time the trains are running, in two days the roads may b ecome pos i t i ve l y d an gerous; and no ordinary precaution can meet that; therefore , !_ say, until we can ensure our roa d s b e i ng i n b e tter ord er than we can at pre s ent, w e oug ht no t even t o maintain o el, present speed.—Mr. Locke's Evidence. tra t RAILWAY EXCHANGES.—Whenever ra ilways pene e v.,,,, purely agricultural districts, th e y e ff ec t a com plete revo'i tion in prices, an d ver y soon es t a bli s h a regu l ar co urse ~ exchange between the mining and manufacturing and t a d agricultural pr o d uce . 'Wherever coal is dear, grain a a j meat is cheap, for want of markets. When the Bristol af sr Exeter Railway p enetra t e d D evons hi re, t h e deman d wood faggots almost c ease d, th e peasantry could b u y co &c. ".0 cheaper, while the pri ce o f b u t ter, poultry, r ose 1 , Exeter market, for the ra il way opene d to the fernier § a' l the markets up to London. The consumption of yeg t , e i tables in manufacturing towns is enormous. It is stet by Captain Lawes , in his evidence before the gnage c° " - ve mission, that as much as 12 or 14 tons of cucumbers has‘d arrived in Manchester in one day from the neighbourhc'se of Rugby, and Oxford, it is anticipated that an irom en i l l interchange will take place of garden stuff and ag riculte e r o s produce, for coals. The effect of railways on the :p0 or market may te judged from the fact, that on one SatOr o y in August last, the Birmingham and London Ra', ve s. brought up 550 oxen, 5,571 sheep, 349 pigs, and 3 ca` GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Tuesday, a t so cl Clarendon-Rooms, a l arge n um b er o f th e di re ctors e s og principal shareholders me t f or th e purpose o f consideislr. the propriety of presenting a testimonial of respect t° eg et Henry Booth, the sec r et ar y, an d f ormer l y th e m al ' e its and treasurer of the Liverpool and Manchester beforw, amalgamation. The chair was taken by Charles 03e ete rence, Esq., chairman of th e b oar d, b y w h om the Coo' ing was called.—The circular by which it had been d tha t vened set forth the claims of M r . B oo th, an d s tate g od it bad been suggested by severa l gent l emen eon° 0 so with railways that Mr. Booth, w h ose name h a s he r e erg e, closely identified with the fir s t ra il way cons t ruc ted tu k neral purposes, was highly deserving of some ie r a .. r ft ser the approbation and esteem o f th e public. It T o rls' went on to observe, that, i mpor t ant as are t h e beneP iets rf rived from the services of M r . B oot h, b y th e nr°,,P r e sr ° with which he has been im me di ate l y connec t e d, W e e ' r air insignificant when compared w ith t h ose o f a m ore P e nent character resulting to the community at l ar r i e r ste t the successful opening of the Liverpool ani Mo n , c , e til ' Railway—an event which brought the greatest in" . A 0 of the age to maturity, as it were, by a single eff or l , o o 9 ', that early period, before railway management was „og e e as a profession, the whole of the multifarious 8 ; on til, merits, every minute detail, whether in the office ° 0605 road, devolved on Mr. Booth, and it must be a g r° s pe ed reflection to him, that in freedom from accident , 1,0 the of travelling, and in the comfort and conveniene e e ° Sl lo 4 passengers, the early annals of the Liverpool 130 .' th sbo°, cheater Railway will not contrakt unfavourable' v" 00 , of many railways of modern date. The Cliair m res eo• o l suitable address, moved that a testimonial he, priors els to Mr. Booth, and that a committee of the dre ' re er n , tke Grand Junction, a n d th ose gent l emen wh° we be 9 ; 1 '0 the late Manchester an d Li verpoo l di rec tiotio rr, Jo u , pointed a committee to carry out t hi s o bj ec t. Moss seconded the resolution, which, after el one tory speeches from oth er gent l emen, was carrie sip , mously. Several th ousan d poun d s were subse s r ees liqo the room. It was s t a t e d i n t h e course o f the pro' 130a e s d that on the amal gama ti on o f t h e companies, bee 0 0 had acted in the mos t di s i n t ereste d manne r, an f his ° Ars offered the sli g ht es t oppos iti on t o t h e l ow ering d d be 'es salary, when it was thou g ht th a t hi s duties wo'l es l 0 0 terially lessened, whi c h h a d no t, h o wever, Pre ee seo the case, as the b us i ness o f t h e compan y had i amazingly SPORTING INTELLIGENCE' won b7_,7,11c Ca L9l • 1 EPSOM SPRING RACES Trial Stakes of s, beating Mr. S. Stanl Great N Mr. Gully's Weai LATEST BETTING ON TH