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imperial Varlianunt. 'MONDA HOUSE OF LORDS.- 3ESPALE said, he wishec tation held at t 1 n to the report of a vi Lord REI attent College of Alaynooth, on the increased grant was pr system of education pur annual emcie ascertaining the manner tradictor the rep haste and carelessness full and of L. t very me was incorrect noble lord then pro port of the Tithe Coma On the motion of Earl CLARENDON, the Sugar Duties Bill was read a third time and parsed. The Court of Common ?leas Bill, the Milit a Pay Bill, the Forms As sessed Taxes Bill, and the Poor Removal Bill, were also read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. long-es suggestion vernment had resigned office. It also appeared that the appointment of Mr. David Pollock vitiated all the pro ceedings before the present Chief Justice, and it became necessary to bring in an act of Parliament to legalise them. The noble lord concluded by moving for copies of the cor respondence upon the subject. When J. C. 1 4 . , ;aW late C Sir _. that the ._,nief Justice of Bombay wished to retire owing to illness; het as in No vember his retiring pension would be £lOOO per annum, as now Ira rout a patent made c t'd UU per an- mly be entitlec ❑ation until the former period ly sent to the Colonial Offic )ck the nig Mr. i At the Colorrizl Offi successor of Sir I-enry I . that, according to law, tha ap Pollock at on ssary therefore t atroducc a bill to in this instance was in accordance with Mr. JAMES WOrICLEY doubted whether it would not have been legal to have appointed Mr. D. Pollock in per spective. At all events better appointments could not be made than those of Mr. C. Phillips and Mr. D. Pollock, and it was scarcely fair for Lord G. Bentiock to assume that all public men must be necessarily actuated by base motives. Mr. HUME contended that the whole appearance of the matter was that of a gross job. Mr. GOULBURN censured Lord George Bentinck for taking the house by surprise in bringing forward this mo tion, with a view to cast an imputation on the Earl of Ri pon, when the real fault lay at the door of Parliament, which had originated the whole system. After a few remarks from Mr. Henley, the Earl of Lincoln, and Mr. D'lsraeli, the matter was allowed to terminate. On the bringing up of the report of the committee of supply, a discussion took place on the subject of the man ning of the navy, and Captain BERKELEW adverted to the admirable condition of our commercial marine, and hoped that by nestsession of Parliament he would be enabled to lay before the house a plan by which our navy might at all times command as efficient a body of men as any in the world. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. On the order of the day being read for the second read ing of the Insolvent Debtors' Act Amendment Bill, Lord G. BENTENCK admitted, with feeling of deep hu miliation, that in the course of the observations which be had made the preceding evening, he had been guilty of in sinuating, most erroneously, that there had been a barter of patronage between Lord Lyndhurst and .Lord Ripon. He bad made the insinuation on the authority of a gentle man who occupied a high position in his profession; but he had since discovered that there was not the slightest foundation for it in fact. He, therefore, now came for ward to offer an apology in the most full ..nd ample man ner to both those noble individuals for having been made the innocent means of advancing so discreditable a charge against them. The order of the thy was then read, and tie itself was read a second time. On the motion that the Constabulary (Ireland) Bill be read a second time, _ _ _ Mr. T. DONCOMBE called upon Mr. Labouchere to ex plain the objects of this bill, which appeared to him un constitutional and severe. _ _ . Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that the main object of this bill was to redeem the pledge given by the late govern ment during the discussions on the Corn Bill, to place on the consolidation fund a moiety of the payment of the constabulary force in Ireland, which at present was paid by the Irish counties. It had also another object, namely, to enlarge the powers of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by enabling him to employ the constabulary force at hix discretion, and to add, if he so thought fir, 200 men to the present reserve force. It also provided, that when a district was proclaimed, and an additional constabulary was sent into it, one moiety of the additional expense should be charged on that distract. He trusted that so salutary a measure would meet with general support. The bill was read a second time. Sir DE LACY EVANS then brought under the notice of the house the claims of the old officers of the army to some measure analogous to that which was now on the point of being granted to the old officers of the navy, and also the claims of the surviving veterans of Trafalgar and the Peninsula to a medal commemorative of their presenze in those conflicts. In advocating the first class of these claims, he showed that officers in the army, like officers in the navy, served to an age far beyond that at which good and efficient service could be expected from them ; but that the retired allowances granted to the former were much less than those granted to the latter service. This was the more unjust, because military officers were obliged to purchase their different commissions, and naval officers were not. Having condemned the system of purchase as one equally oppressive to the army and dishonourable to the government, he next adverted to the claims of the veterans of Trafalgar and the Peninsula to medals commemorative of their services. The officers of the Peninsular army felt much aggrieved that the one battle of Sobraon had produced a medal, while six years' arduous fighting in the Peninsula had produced nothing but the evacuation of it by the enemy. He concluded by moving that the house would, on Wednesday next, re solve itself into a committee of the whole house to con sider of a humble address to her Majesty, praying that the claims of old officers in the army to rewards_may be . - tturen mvo CCITISI3IeratIOTI. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the house had hitherto acted wisely in leaving it to the Crown and to the advi sers of the Crown to distribute rewards to the naval and mil t try services. He charged Sir De Lacy Evans with having very much underrated the advantages enjoyed by office/ s in the army, and especially by those in command of regiments, and insisted that those advantages were not at all shared by officers in the navy. Referring to the present system of purchase, which the Duke of Welling ton recommended as productive of very great advantages both to the army and the state, he observed that it ought not to be abandoned lightly, as it would entail very great expense upon the country. The Commander-in• Chief was of opinion that a plan of retirement, like that of the navy, ought not to be adopted in the army, and main tained that it was better to follow, for the present, the system which had existed so many years. With regard to the question of giving medals to those who fought at Trafalgar and in the Peninsula, he reminded the house that, as it was now 40 years since the battle of Trafalgar, and 32 years since the close of the Peninsular war, it was too late to consider what ought to have been done in fa vour of the officers who had been employed in those ser vices. He concluded by declaring that he could not accede to the present motion. Sir DE LACY EVANS, having obtained all that he wanted by eliciting the opinion of the Government, then consented to withdraw his motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved for leave to bring in a bill for the construction of a new Rail way Board. He proposed that that board should consist of not less than five commissioners. The president would be paid, would be a member of one or other house of Parliament, and would be connected with the Government, and removable at each change of it. Two of the com missioners would be paid, and permanent and irremov• able ; the other two would be unpaid, and members of the Government. He proposed to transfer to this board the whole of the powers now held by the railway depart ment of the Board of Trade. To render this board more useful, he proposed to alter the standing orders so far as that the notices of bills now required to he given in No vember should be given in February. That alteration, however, would not form part of the present bill, and would be left open for future consideration. _ _ Mr. GREENE suggested the expediency of referring matters connected with the highways to this board. The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER approved the Leave was given to bring in the bill. clerk with a salary of £6OO a year, and a treasurer with a salary not defined. but left to the discretion of the Lords of the Treasury. The Solicitor-General had informed him, since he came into the house, that the number of these courts would not exceed 65. Taking that to be the case, the salaries of the judges and the clerks would amount to £117,000 a year, an immense addition to the patronage now at the disposal of the Ministers of the Crown, and quite distinct from the other patronage which they would obtain in the appointment of treasurers, and other officers to he paid by fens. He then called upon ministers to ex plain the amount of compensation which.it would be ne- cessary to give to a he citeers o he tour aoerspded by the new courts to be instituted under this bill. There were 450 courts to be superseded ; and the explanation which he had last called for was neces- were to F bill into a carrying this were several points in the bill which re hey were points in detail, he sideration in the committee. ng that ha did not consider this measure to be one which would bring cheap justice to every man's door, he declared that it was of too great importance to be pro posed and carried in the last week of the session, both on account of the large amount of patronage which it con ferred on the Government, and of the great revolution which it would make in the jurisprudence of the country. Sir G. GREY observed, that although this bill had ori ginated with the late government, several alterations had been since made in it, some in its progress through the House of Lords, and others by the present government. No suggestions had been made to government for the postponement of this measure, but many representations had been made to it of the importance of passing it into law in the course of the present session. He reminded Lord G. Bentinck that several local bills had been stop ped at the commencement of the session upon the distinct assurance that the session should not close without a ge neral bill being passed on this subject. Lord G. Bentinck had also assumed that each, judge was to have a salary of £1,200 a year. but that was a misapprehension on his part. The maximum salary was fixed at £1,200 a year ; but it did not follow that all the judges were to receive that amount. He assured the house that the question of patronage had been very fully considered. Ministers were of opinion that for-the purpose of obtaining efficient judges under this bill the patronage should be placed in the hands of the Lord Chancellor, acting under his re sponsibility as a Minister of the Crown, and subject to the control of public opinion. The question of compen sation would be referred to the Treasury, which would apply the definite rules which had been established for its guidance in such cases. The house resolved itself into committee on the bill. Several clauses were agreed to without discussion ; on others certain verbal amendments were made. On the ninth clause considerable discussion took place. Mr. WAKLEY moved as an amendment, that attorneys as well as barristers should be eligible as judges in these courts. would reserve [her After st Sir G. GREY objected to the alteration. The committee divided, when the amendment was ne gatived by a majority of 53 over 16 voices. Colon?t T. Noon then moved as an amendment, " That the judges shall cease to practise as barristers, when they accepted office under this bill." This amendment was negatived by a majority of 57 over 12 voices. The clause was then agreed to, as were the other clauses up to 15. The Chairman then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. 4to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY After some routine business was disposed of, Lord G. BENTINCK, on the order Of the day for the second reading of the Patent Commissions Bill, said he had no wish to threw any obstacle in the way of a mea sure to correct the irregular appointment of a chief justice of Bombay, but he hoped the house would allow him to vindicate his character from the attacks which had been made upon him elsewhere. He thought it unnecessary to excuse himself for the explanation and retractation he had felt it his duty to make a few days ago. If he had not made that explanation, he would have laid himself open to the charges which had been so lavishly heaped upon him. His retractation was founded on the Clergy List, and he thought he was entitled to place confidence in that publication, which had been prepared by the Eeclesiastical Commissioners, and had obtained the sanc tion of their names. It appeared to him, that notwith standing the explanation which had been given elsewhere, great suspicion attached to such distribution of patronage, and at the least it must be considered as a friendly exchange of office between two cabinet ministers. It was said that Mr. D. Pollock was one of the candidates for the chief justiceship of Bombay, but he had good reason for believing that the appointment was forced upon him by Lord Lyndhurst. The noble lord, after re ferring to the circumstances attending the appointments, observed that although Mr. Perry might be as clever as he was reported to be by Lord Lyndhurst, he had a right to impugn the appointment, to a very high and respon sible office, of a man who did not possess the confidence of the public. He complained of the manner in which Sir H. Roper had been superseded, on a merely conditional announcement of an intended resignation. The noble lord then referred to the manner in which the patent of Sir D. Pollock had been prepared, the necessity for cancelling it, and maintained that Mr. Secretary Gladstone had drawn up a new patent, deliberately reciting that which he knew not to be true. He had before termed the whole affair in which four Ministers were concerned a nefarious job, and - sual. a.m.! 'sad mo.ftaa, lugbiamad. ee his (Lord G. Bentinck's) former habits, but he was not ashamed of them, and it was still an object of just pride to him that be was a steward of the Jockey Club. He would say that amongst the gentlemenof the turf there were men of as high honour as any in the land. He would not bandy coarse expressions with Lord Lyndhurst—he had too much respect for his great age, his high station, and his superior abilities ; and he felt the more restrained as from these cir cumstances that noble and learned lord could not call him to account elsewhere. He must say that the charge of low, of sordid, of selfish motives came with a peculiar bad grace from Lord Lyndhurst, who on the 10th of July had sent to him a respectable gentleman, a merchant of the city of London, inviting him to join a minority of the then government who differed with the rest of the cabinet on the subject of the sugar duties; and who, while they supported their colleagues, condemned their measures. Lord Lyndhurst even proposed that he (Lord L.) should personally wait upon one so selfish, base, and sordid as himself. He (Lord G, Bentinck) had in strong language revolted from such an association, and that might have formed a ground for the unwarrantable attack that had been made upon him. In answer to Coloned WOOD, Lord G. BENTINCK said that Lord Lyndhurst's mes senger had stated that other members of the cabinet would join ; but that might be just as true as the noble and learned lord's attack upon him. The bill was then read a second time. The remainder of the evening was occupied in the dis cussion of the Small Debts Bill in committee. HOUSE OF LORDS.-SATURDAY, The house sat fora short time for the dispatch of busi ness, when Lord LYNDHURST seized the opportunity to declare, that the only ground for the insinuatiog made against him by a noble lord in the lower house, time out of a simple message sent by him to that noble lord, wit h a view to heal the differences of the late Conservative part;; and that, so far from any factious opposition to the Sugar Duties Bill having been proposed in that mes sage, no allusion to the sugar question was even made on the occasion. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. INDIA. AND CHINA We have received by extraordinary express from Mar seilles the despatches in anticipation of the overland mail from India. The intelligence is from Bombay, via' Ma dras, up to the 2d of July, only one day later than that received by the last mail. Quiet prevails at Lahore, and there are now no symp toms of interruption. The Wuzeer, Rajah Lall Singh, has not yet demanded the withdrawal of the British troops. The Ranee has had a dispute with the British agent, and has intimated her readiness to help the troops away. At Kurrachee the cholera was raging with great fierce ness. The number of deaths of Europeans alone on the 15th, 16 h, and 17th of June, is stated to be 255, and upwards of 100 of these cases belong to her Majesty's 86th Regiment. No officer is mentioned as having fallen a victim. The natives were dying by hundreds. Reports were current of the approaching retirement from the go vernment_of Madras of the Marquis of Tweeddale. From China we learn that the British authorities had not given up Chusan according to the terms of the trea•y, and a Chinese mob had expelled foreign residents from the city of Foo-chow-foo. Hitherto the violence of the populace had been confined to the city of Carlton if it extends to the eastern ports, we may again see our com merce thrust out of China, and once more have to recover it by force of arms. PIRA CIF S AT HONG KONG, 24th June, 1846.—Piracies are increasing here to a fearful extent; it would seem as if a second Coxingo had arisen. No fewer th an th ree cases have taken place during the month, t wo o f w hi c h have been attended with loss of life. A week ago a schoo ner, which left this for the Cumsingmoon, with p ro p erty to the extent of between £30,000 and £40,000, was cap tured by two junks, and the captain and seven or eight of the men were missing; supposed to have been murdered. The junks were seen alongside by a small pleasure boat, which gave the alarm at Curnsingmoon, when three schoo ners went in chase, and retook the other, which had only been partially plundered, and then abandoned by the pi rates, who appear to have been a'raid of discovery, and bad not time to remove more than a portion of the pro perty. It is getting actually dangerous to go about in smal crafts. SILVER MINE AT MAULMEIN.—We are informed that the discovery of a silver mine has been reported to the Government by the surveyor of the teak forests at Maul. mein, and that some specimens of the ores have reached Calcutta. It is well known that large quantities of silver are imported from the Burmese territories, but the exact localities in which this precious metal is worked have never, we believe. been ascertained. It is therefore by no means imprubahle that a workable mine may have been discovered within the British provinces. It could not have happened at abetter time. Our supply from China is apparently exhausted, and unless South America can replace it, we bid fair to come to an end of our coinage. A productive silver mine would be a very pretty increase to the comrnty's revenue. It might make up for a fall in THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. from Kurrachee, dated the 17th ult., describe - the efforts made there by Sir Charles Napier and the other authori ties to afford relief to the sufferers from the cholera. The number of deaths of Europeans alone as the 15th, 16th, and 17th of June is stated to be 255. 'Hopes are entertained that the ravages of the fatal malady would diminish as the troops were marched out to other health ful places. The natives were dying by hundreds. Reports are current of the approaching retirement from theGorernment of Madras of the Marquis of Tweddale, who is now at the Neilgherries. The Governor of Bom bay, Sir George Arthur, is seriously ill, and !las been con- sidered unable during the last two months to perform the duties of his office. It isnot known what line of conduct he intends to adupt, but complaints are heard of various matters which remain in abeyance The fall of rain has be en very great during the last four weeks, and there is now no appearance of dry weather. This is looked upon as favourable, not only to the health of the inhabitants, but as affording the best security for an abundant harvest. CALCUTTA, JULY 2,184 G There is at the present time little passing in this vast empire worthy of detailing to you. Peace seems to pre vail everywhere ; but in the Punjaub it is an armed peace. Hatred and revenge rankle in the hearts of 100,000 men, whose supremacy we have hurled to the earth and com pelled to hide their shame by a temporary recourse to se elusion and compulsory inactivity. whilst they are no doubt fomenting each other's discontent, and dreaming of, if not more actively engaged in, schemes to retrieve their fallen state, and resume the sway they so lately held over their unfortunate country. That such is the feeling pre vailing among the great body of the discontented Khalsas there can be no doubt, for the thraldom under which our presence keeps the whole nation is felt to be intolerable, even by the abandoned Ranee and her imbecile minion Rajah Lail Singh, who have expressed openly their desire to be freed from the incubus which we have proved to be. Of mercantile prospects I can give no cheering news. The pressure on the money market is appalling. 25 per cent. is willingly paid for money, which even at that ruin ous rate is not to be had to any amount. Government has refused to open the export warehouse, or to advance upon gooda, and it is impossible to eay what may be the result. Ibrahim Pasha reached Alexandria, on board the Aven ger, on the Bth inst. He was in excellent health, and ex pressed himself delighted with his expedition. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDA-1i Lord JOHN RUSSELL announced that the Government had abandoned their intention of renewing the Irish Arms Bill. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know whether anything bad been done towards the erection of a monument to Sir Robert Sale, and if not, what was the cause of this delay. Lord AIORPETH said that the matter was under consi deration. Sir DE LACY EVAN 6 wished also to ask the First Lord of the Treasury what provision had been, or is intended to be made for the widow and family of the late .General Sir R. Sale ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not say that any provision for the family of Sir Robert Sale had been agreed to at 140 ,2 present, but he could say t • was the intention of her Majesty's government to mend to her Majesty to grant a pension of .£1„500 a-. ear ; but still it should be recallected that a measure of this kind could not be ar ranged without a reference to the source from whence the means were to be derived. Several friends of the gallant officer, General Nott, who had also fallen in cinsecluence of his services in that part of the world, had put forward the claims of his family; and very justly. But still, in the present session of Parliament, it was impossible to take the matters into immediate consideration. The gallant officer might, however, be assured that the matter, Es it was entitled to it, would receive the best consideration of government. Sir DE LACY EVANS was perfectly satisfied. Lord J. RUSSELL understood this moment, from a friend near him, that £5OO a-year had already been granted to Lady Sale. Sir DE LACY EVANS trusted that, as that allowance had been made for a totally different service, and one which had no reference whatever to the loss of her lamented husband, that his Lordship would discard that circum stance altogether from his mind, in considering the pen sion to which she was now entitled. Mr. WARBURTON, seeing the President of the Board of Control in his place, wished to read a statement in the Stamford Mercury. It was a letter'said to be received from private John Lunn, by his father, in Lincolnshire, and professed to give an account of the battles in India. After describing the engagement on the 20th December, lie gives an account of the proceedings of the army on the subsequent days. In doing so, this passage occurs—" On the following morning early we commenced slaying and shooting the prisoners, which kept us the whole of the day. On the 22d we commenced our march." Now this was a statement so utterly disgraceful to the British arms, that, if true, the delinquents ought to be punished w ith the ut most severity, and, if false, the report ought to be met by the most public and unequivocal contradiction. Sir JOHN CAM Honnousz quite agreed with the hon. member that this assertion ought to have every explana tion, and he was happy to say that there was not a single word of truth in the statement from beginning to end. Immediately after the engagement the whole of the British surgeons had devoted all their energies to the relief of the wounded Sikhs as well as to their British comrades, very much to the surprise of the for mer, by whom such con duct was altogether unexpected. Mr. %VARLET expressed his regret that a noble lord (Redesdale,) in another place, should have thought proper to condemn the verdict of the Hounslow jury. The hon. , member then defended the verdict, and, at sortie length, repeated his strong objection to corporeal punishment in the army and navy. The house having gone into committee on the Public Works (Ireland) Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL rose and addressed the house at con siderable length on the present state of Ireland. After some preliminary remarks, the noble lord alluded to the failure of the potato crop, and pointed out the distress to which it must universally lead in a country like Ireland, where the potato formed so great a portion of food. On the oth of September orders were given for purchasing Indian corn to the amount of £lOO,OOO, for the use of the population. The next step taken was to obtain employment for labour in commencing public works, and other measures to give relief to distress occasioned by the failure of the potato crop. The measure of the late government, in providing Indian corn, appeared to have been attended with the most beneficial effects; it had removed prejudices which formerly existed against ttda 'satin 'Stasis food, • sufficient subsistence to those who were compelled to ask it. He was happy to say, that all persons in Ireland, who bad the power, were willing to contribute towards the re lief of the existing distress. (Hear.) Sine December last, up to the harvest in August, the necessities of the poor in Ireland had been provided for, and the country ' bad been tranquil. The arrangements, however, which it bad been obliged to make were necessarily attended with many inconveniences; and if the Treasury were obliged regularly to make advances, it would impede, if not upset. the ordinary courses of trade. At present there was em ployment in Ireland, with good wages, and the harvest was likely to be good. But, he regretted to say, that from all the accounts received from that country, the failure in the potato crop was likely to be much greater this year than last year, and, in some cases, the crop would be altogether lost. The noble lord here read a number of letters, re ceived by the government, describing the nature and ex tent of the potato disease, some of which stated that they believed that the principal part of the crop would be alto gether unfit for human food. It therefore became the duty of the government to consider what measures it was necessary to take under the present emergency. It ap peared to him the first object was to direct attention to public works; they should therefore introduce a bill, the object of which would be to give the Lord-Lieutenant, on proper representations being made to him, the power of directing the commencement of public works, which would be conducted under the direction of public officers. It was proposed that advances should be made by the Treasury for the construction of those works for a period of ten years, paying nn interest of 3i per cent. There was ano ther measure to be proposed in case of very poor districts —that was a grant of £50,000 under the sanction of an act of parliament, which sum raised for those districts was not to be repaid. They also proposed that commissariat offi cers should be placed in different districts in Ireland, and regularly report on the distress which might exist. With regard to relief committees, he had taken care that they should be impartially and fairly appointed. He should propose to the committee, first to vote a sum sufficient to pay the expenses which had already been incurred, and £50,000, to which he before allured, in the more distressed districts. Potatoes being such a necessary article of food in Ireland, he thought it justified the government in tak ing extraordinary steps to prevent famine, and to show the people of Ireland that the British parliament was at all times anxious to meet and provide for their wants, when it was possible to do so. (Hear.) He was in hopes that the construction of public works would give employment and satisfaction. The noble lord sat down amidst much cheering. _ _ The first vote proposed was for an advance of £175,000 for public works, (Ireland), and also for an additional ad vance in Exchequer-bills to an amount of £50,000. After a few words from Mr. HUME, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQUER said, large pri vate orders had been sent to the United Slates for a sup ply of Indian corn for Ireland, and therefore he hoped that it would not be necessary for the government to interfere with the regular course of trade in corn. After the debate, during which the proposal of Lord J. Russell was generally approved of, The vote of £173,000 for public works in Ireland was agreed to, and also a further vote for £30,000. Mr. B. ESCOTT gave notice that he should ask the noble lord, whether he intended to remove the restrictions which now exited on the importation of food. It was unusual to continue restrictive duties on the importation of corn when a famine might be expected. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was quite ready to answer the question now. It was not the intention of government to interfere with laws relating to the importation of grain. He considered the corn laws had been settled. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the house resumed. On the order of the day being read for going into a com mittee of supply, Lord G. BENTINCK rose, and brought forward the mo tion of which he had given notice—viz., to call the atten tion of her Majesty's ministers to the present state of the carrying trade between Great Britain and the Spanish co- lonies. Lord PALMERSTON promised inquiry ; and After a ra ther interesting debate the subject dropped. The Supplemental Navy Estimates underwent discus sion ; some miscellaneous business was transacted, and the house adjourned HOUSE OF OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The Royal Assent was given by commission to several bills, amongst which were the following :—The Sugar Du ties Bill, Religious Opinions Relief Bill, Guage of Rail ways Bill, Deodands Abolition Bill, Highway Rates Con tinuance Bill, Loan Societies Bill, Turnpike Acts Con tinuance Bill, Stock in Trade Bill, Copvhold Commission Bill, Plymouth Great Western Dock Bill. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the Bill for Abo lishing the exclusive Rights of Guilds and Fraternities in Ireland was read a second time . On the motion o f Earl GREY, the Drainage of Lands second time, and ordered to be ccm- mitred on Frida motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, the Public ' - 3 Bill was read a s , .eorid time ; and the 'mental Fund Bill was read a third N'aval Medical time and passed HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Lord G. B attention to the circumstances INCK C ly appointee Chief Justice of Bombay, svmen ne ciniur u US ,1 gross job on the part of the late government. The appointment was made on the 30th of June, three days after the go- HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Lord COURTENAY brought up the report of the com mittee appointed to inquire into the state of the Andover Union workhouse. _ _ _ Captain PECHELI., Mr. WAKLEY, Mr. ETWALL, Mr. J. WORTLEY, and Mr. CHRISTIE, all bore testimony to the fairness, courtesy, and impari iality of Lord Courtenay as chairman of the committee. Mr. J. 'WORTLEY, how ever, cautioned the house against taking the necessarily imperfect reports of the proceedings before the committee, which appeared from day to day in the newspapers, as verbatim reports of what really occurred. Lord COURTENAY acknowledged in return the kind manner in which he had been supported 'by every member of the committee, in the du,iea which he had to discharLe as their chairman. The report was ordered to be printed. . Mr. BORTHWICK hoped that the report would be printed as speedily as possible, in order that it might be in the hands of members before Mr. Home's motion on the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners came on for discussion on Tuesday next. If the published reports of the proceedings before the Andover Committee were any thing like correct, it was impossible for the house to allow the Poor Law to be managed any longer by the hands to which its management was entrusted at present. On the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moving the third reading of the Customs' Duties Bill, Mr. BORTHWICK presumed that this was another of the blunders of the late government which the house was called upon to remedy. _ . . Mr. HUME, after a'few remarks on the unfair spirit of Mr. Borthwick's insinuation, proceeded to recommend to the Government to reduce the articles in the tariff to 150. He hoped that during the recess the Chancellor of the Exchequer would inquire into the expenses of the Cus toms' establishment, with a view to their ;eduction. He thought that a number both of tile commissioners and of the subordinate officers of Customs might, in consequence of the reduction in the amount of business which they had to transact, be safely reduced. He likewise recom mended the Government to keep every Custom-house in the county open from 9 o'clock in the morning until sun set. The bill was then read a third time and passed, as was also the New Zealand Government Bill. On the motion that the Small Debts Bill be committed, Lord G. BENTINCK dPclared that he could not allow it to go into committee without hearing some further state ' romoters of it. lie knew that the present - ted from their predecessors this mea ge into he hands of the Ministers had inh sure, which threw executive government than any measure introduced for many years into Parliament ; but still the house was en titled to a full explanation of the extent to which the pa- of the expense whiefi it thus c )uld entail upon the coun 'cond clause of th the Government power divide each county in ny district to nave a separate page ; eaen Judge vs as IV nave a salary of 13,200; and the Lord Chanevllor was to have the no mination of all these judges. ,Each court was to have a opium, or allow a reduction in the salt tax. But as min ing is prove' bially a lottery, it would perhaps be best to let the mine to adventurers to contract, rather than to istrict was I form an expensive establishment for what may prove to be —Calculta Englishman BOMBAY, JULY 2. There is but little news. Letters received this day WEST INDIA MAILS The Royal Mail Company's packet-ship Teviot, Capt. Allan, arrived at Southampton on Wednesday at seven o'clock, bringing mails of the following dates :—Jamaica, 24th; Jacmel, 26th ; Porto Rico, 29th ; Demerara, 19th ; Tobago, 21st ; Trinidad, 21st ; Barbadoes, 24th ; Granada, 25th ; St. Vincent and St. Lucia, 26th ; and Fayal, Aug. 13th. She brings seventy-three passengers and a large The Spanish steamer Genil, on her passage from Cuba to Watabarm, with passengers and mails, burst her boilers, killing the captain, engineer, ten of the crew, two passengers, and severely wounding eight men. Letters were supposed to be lost. The failure of a large mercan tile house of St. Jago de Cuba was spoken of. We have our usual files of papers, but they contain lit tle of interest to our readers. A good deal of rain had fallen generally throughout the islands, but not adequate to the wants of the agriculturists. His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica had issued his proclamation further proroguing the Hon. Houle of Assembly to the Ist of September. A SPANISH ROBBER-FEARFUL SCENE MADRID, AUGUST B.—An act of singular ferocity iook place a day or two ago in the prison of Salamanca. A no torious robber and murderer, of the name of Patino, the terror of the surrounding country for years, was lately captured and tried by court-martial. He was at first sentenced to be shot, but the military authorities think ing such a mode of punishment too honourable for such a miscreant, obtained its commutation to strangling by the garole. On the morning of the 3i inst., the turnkey pro ceeded, as is usual, to inform the criminal that the Judge of First Instance, accompanied by the escribano, had ar rived to announce in form his sentence, and to transfer him to the condemned cbapel, preparatory to his execu tion. He was found with one of his legs released from the fetters, having skilfully employed a file for that pur pose which he had concealed on his person. Though still bound to the iron bar which traversed the dungeon, he flung himself on the turnkey, seized the massive key, struck him on the head, and dashed him against the wall outside. He then locked the door, and shut himself up in the cell. The officers of the prison, the judge, and the chaplain, implored him to cease such fruitless resistance, and to open the door, or pass the key through the grating. He refused, and uttered against them the most horrible imprecations. A blacksmith was called to undo the lock, but did not succeed, its massive strength resisting all his efforts. Half-a-dozen strong men then tried to break open the door with crowbars and heavy pieces of timber. They succeeded, and the door fell in fragments. The fu ry of the criminal then rose to its height. He placed himself behind a strong beam, which went across the up per part of the door, on the inside, and brandishing the formidable key, actually broke the head of the first man who attempted to effect an entrance. The wounded man was dragged out by the legs by his comrades. The others tried to enter in a body, but it was impossible ; the door way was too narrow. Fur more than a quarter of an hour he kept them at bay, and answered to the entreaties of the officers and the prayers of the priest with the most awful blasphemies, and the most disgusting obsceni'ies. He mcn - ftung the key at their heads with his utmost force, and severely wounded two persons. Seeing all entreaties uselessf a party of soldiers were called to the spot. The officer of the guard once more summoned him to surrender, but he replied with the grossest ribaldry and the most insulting gestures, and howled defiance to the whole garrison. The soldiers were ordered to load their muskets; while they were doing so he wounded the officer with a piece of lime stone. The priest, seeing that he was about to be shot down like a wild beast in his den, entreated the men to fire low, so as to disable but not to kill him, in order that some chance might yet remain of repentance. A shot was fired, but it missed him. The ruffian fell back to a dark corner of the dungeon, es far as his chain permitted, and from thence flung stones and pieces of mortar at his assaulters. An other shot was fired through the grating and broke his leg. The wound rendered him savage beyond all descrip tion. He bellowed, and howled, and foamed in rage; and still, dragging his smashed and bleeding limb along, flung missiles at the soldiers, who yet did not dare to ven ture into the darkness of the dungeon. A third shot was fired, and his right shoulder was broken. The arm fell lifeless by his side, and he lay on the ground. He called out that he surrendered, but only because he could no longer resist. They entered. and lie was dragged along the floor, bathed in his blood. As they were in the act of replacing the broken fetter, he collected his remaining strength, and with his left hand struck the turnkey with the iron on the head, and laid him at his feet. Three or four men threw themselves on him, and completely mas tered him. He was subsequently visited by the priest, who employed every effort, but in vain, to bring him to a sense of his condition. His exhortations and prayers were replied to with the filthiest obscenity and the most horrid execrations. To the last moment he continued the same and even on the scaffold, seated on the fatal chair, with the cold instrument of death about to clasp his bare neck, this monster in human form expired shouting to the horrified crowd about him curses and imprecations on God and man.—Times. It is rumoured that Lord Normanby is to succeed Lord Ilardinge in India. The Legislature of Newfoundland has passed an Act for raising £250,000 towards rebuildine St. John's. Parliament has voted £30,000 for the relief of the suf ferers by the recent conflagration at St. John's Newfound land. _ _ The Pope has received an antograph letter from Louis Philippe containing expressions of the highest esteem. The only living brother of Napoleon is now the Prince de Montfort, ex-King of Westphalia, who is in his sixty second year. The child of a gentleman at Quebec, who was supposed to have been drowned, was found in the streets of that city the other day with some Indian squaws, who had adopted her. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR ROUEN.—On the night of Saturday, the 15th in'tant, the large cotton manufactory of Messrs. Deshayes-Besnard, at Saint Sever, was burnt to the ground; the loss is estimated at 350,000 francs. The cause of this disaster has not been ascertained. The manufactory was only partially insured. MIGUELITE INSURRECTION.—An insurrection is now being attempted to he got up in Portugal. A proclama tion has been circulated at Oporto signed " Reginald Macdonell," who styles himself General in Chief and Mi litary Director. inviting the Portuguese to throw off their allegiance to the Queen, and recal that precious sample of humanity Don Miguel! The proclamation is a long winded affair, and like that of all traitors, is full of pro mises and boasts. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.—The French Chambers were opened on Monday. The speech of the King was confined to a few sentences expresssive of his satisfaction at meeting the new parliament. As the cham bers were merely convoked for the purpose of enabling the new members to take the necessary oaths, and to have their returns verified, no allusion to foreign or internal questions was introduced into the speech. His Majesty looked remarkably well, and was received most enthusias tically. DEFEAT OF THE KAFFIRS.—The Windsor, which has arrived at Falmouth, brings accounts from the Cape of Good Hope to the 16th June inclusive. They represent a battle, of some hours' duration, to have taken place be tween the Kaffirs and the force under the command of Col. Somerset, in the vicinity of Fish River, which ended in the defeat of the former. The loss of the Kaffirs is said to have been about 300 or 400; that of the British, 1 killed and 16 wounded, including among the latter Capt. Walpole and Sir H. Darell. THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH,—In the Tinzes of Friday there appears a letter from Johannes Czeraki and Augus'in Post, dated from " Edgeware-road,: Lon don," in which they vindicate their orthodoxy, and express their total dissent from thtr.tews of the party of Ronge, which has been rationalist;, and repudiate the Leipsic confession. .1 hey also call in question the truth of the report of the Synod at Schneidcmuhl (noticed in another column). In conclusion, they say —" We have firmly resisted every attempt to impose human institutions upon us, and by the grace of God shall continue to do so, com mitting our cause to Him who judgeth righteously " ORANGEISM IN AMERICA.—ThrOUZhOUt CI( _ parts of British Arnetica, the 12th of July has been gio ) and grandeur. In Toronto, the . q:angerneti of that district marched in erocession, to the number of about 3000, on the 13th July (12th being Sabbath) through the city and suburbs : after displaying their loyalty, they retired to their respectkte lodge-rooms without the least breach of the peace. In New London, the Orangemen of that district marched in procession also. The earlier part of the day being esqui sitely fine, they made a grand display of their undeviating attachment to their sovereign, and in the evening repaired to their several lodge-rooms for refreshment. THE RIVER PLATE.—Her Majesty's ship America, 50 guns, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday, from the Pacific with a freight of 1,500,000 dollars on merchants' accounts. Her dates are from Mazatlan, February 9; St. Blas, March 8 ; Valparaiso, April 26.; and Rio, June 23. On the day the America left the Rio (the 23rd of June), news arrived from the River Plate. The ships (five war steamers, men tioned in the news brought by the Swift packet) and con voy 11,d returned down the Parana, with the loss of three vrssels run ashore and destroyed. Our affair with Rosas seems to be in as bad a state as ever, and but little can be expected to be clone to remedy the existing horrors. TAHITI.—The last reports from Captain Bruat, which have reached the French government, are dated January 29. They state that some acts of hostility having taken place at livaheine, a small island situated 45 leagu; from Tahiti, M. Bruat had felt himself compelled to demand reparation, with guarantees of tranquillity for the future. These conditions having been refused, a debarkation was effected against an assemblage of armed natives. In this action, which was undertaken and continued by the French soldiers with their usual valour, but in the midst of great difficulties. fr.,m the nature of the ground, they met with the loss of 18 men killed, one of whom was an officer, and 43 wounded. The government has received no other report, and consequently knows nothing of the incidents which are said to have taken place subsequently at Tahiti. IRELAND. The erection of the new Queen's College for Galway will be proceeded with early in September. At the Tullamore sessions, four persons, for being prin cipals in a cock fight, were tined £5 each, with costs, or, in failure of payment, to fourteen days' imprisonment, with hard labour. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland (Brady) has restored to the commission of the peace about twenty gentlemen who were superseded some little time since, for their at tendance at repeal meetings. Amongst the number is Lord French. THE POTATO ROT. GROSS SUPERSTITION. We learn from correspondents that a friar, or degraded Roman Catholic clergyman, near Ballybay, is trading upon the distresses of the people by delivering to them in bottles a pretended cure for the potato disease. The friar makes no direct charge for the cure, but his servant is paid two pence for filling each bottle, and we understand that per sons have travelled upwards of twenty miles for the cure. —Northern Standard. DREADFUL MURDER.—On Sunday week, as a man, named Patrick Ryan, was returning from the chapel of Holyford, Tipperary, he was followed by two men, and brutally stoned to death within a quarter of a mile of the chapel. Although there were hundreds proceeding from prayers at the time, shocking to say, no effort was made to arrest the assassins, or since, has there been any incli nation evinced by the people of the neighbourhood, to give any information that might lead to their detection. In May, 1843, Mr. O'Connell was removed from the Commission of the peace for the county of Kerry, on ac count of his conduct with relation to political meetings and demonstrations. On Saturday last, the Secretary to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, by order of his lordship, addressed a letter to Mi. O'Connell, stating that if it should be Mr. O'Connell's wish to resume the office of a magistrate, he (the Lord Chancellor) was prepared to give the necessary directions for his being replaced in the commission. Mr. O'Connell has "accepted the offer with respectful gratitude." THREATENING NOTICE.—The following notice was posted upon the chapel in Castlebar on Sunday morning week, where it remained until a late hour in the day, when it was taken down by the police :—" Notice.—As Providence has been pleased to prevent the growth of the potatoe crop, and that famine is the specula ion that may be expected I—am a friend to Ireland and the publick in Jener,l I now call the attention of the well minded and these wishing to keep the poor from starvation not to pay Rent to any Landlord until we see our friends and the poor free from starvation this is a Caution I now give you and I hope you will attend to it." DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD.—The tremendous torrents of rain which fell on Monday and Tuesday, in the county of Limerick, have caused an immense amount of damage. The rivers Punchbowl and Bleach have overflown, and caused great ravages Many farms are flooded to the depth of six or seven feet, and the country for several miles round is said to be inundated. It seems that most of the flood is on the lands of the Marquis of Conyngham. In the county of Clare the devastation committed is very great, and in some parts it was with great difficulty the public conveyances could make a passage. In the King's County, also, the rain has been very heavy, the rivers are greatly swollen, and much damage has been done. MAYNOOTII.—The report of the late visitation of May nooth College, presented to parliament by her Majesty, held under the amended act of last session, is signed by the Duke of Leinster, Lords Rose and Lincoln, Mr. Pigott, archbishops Cray and Murray. The number of clerical students is increased from 428 to 522, and the course of study is prolonged to eight years! A Professor ship of History is established in the college. Of the candidates for admission this year, 137 were received, 131 excluded. Upwards of 200 students, hitherto annually educated at their own expense, are now provided for by the additional State grant. There are twenty professors on the establishment, whose salaries have been more than doubled. THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.—Wednesday, the anni versary of the relief of Derry, was ushered in by a dis charge of artillery, and at six in the morning three com memorative shots were fired from Walker's Testimonial as a signal that the customary proceedings were about to commence. Flags were then hoisted on the Cathedral and the Testimonial, and the flag of the Hon. the Irish Soci,ty waved gracefully on the West Bastion. At seven o'clock the walls were thronged with the apprentice boys and others anxious to participate in the procedings. Nine guns were then arranged in order at the testimonial, when three shots from each gun were fired, and nine more at the different bastions along the walls, while at intervals the joy bells rang forth merry peals. At half-past ten o'clock, the clubs again assembled at their rooms, and having formed themselves into a procession, marched to the Cathedral, where a highly appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. John Kincaid, from the 124 Psalm. The clubs again formed, and marched from the Cathedral to the Linen-hall, in which the guns used on these occa sions are deposited, and from which they were once more conveyed to the city walls. Three rounds were then dis charged, amid loud cheers, at Walker's Testimonial, after perambulating the walls. The crowds assembled during the day were immense, but the utmost order and regu larity prevailed. In the evening the flags were taken down, and three concluding shots were fired, after which the apprentice boys retired to their rooms, where the re mainder of the evening was spent in social festivities.— Derry Sentinel. REPEAL ASSOCIATION, DUBLIN, MONDAY.—At the meeting of the Association, on Monday, a letter was read from Mr. Smith O'Brien, in which, speaking of the Nation newspaper, against which the O'Connells have waged a war of extermination, he says—" I regret that it has been thought necessary to subject to unfriendly and ungenerous criticism every expression which has appeared in the columns of this newspaper. If every article written in the repeal journals of Ireland—if every speech made by the advocates of repeal, in times of great political excite ment, were in like manner to be subjected to sinister in terpretation, who amongst us would escape censure." This is a home thrust at Mr. O'Connell's war-speeches. Mr. O'Brien thus speaks of physical force :—" 1 firmly repudiate the imputation that I am desirous to encourage the people of Ireland to struggle for their legislative free dom by an appeal to arms ; but, on the other hand, I will not consent to pamper the pride of England, or to en courage her oppression of my country, by telling her th-it the Irish people have for ever forsworn the use of the sword as the final vindicator of their national liberties." Mr. O'Connell made a speech in reply, in the cour=e of which he said that " He could not approve of the doc trines Mr. O'Brien urged, and, until he changed them for others, it was impossible for him to ccaLsce with that gentleman ; for he believed, that if they adopted his principles, they would be all liable to a charge of high treason. (Hear, hear.) That was his candid opinion as a lawyer. (Loud cheers.) The principles promulgated by Mr. O'Brien and the Young Ireland party were, to act on peaceable measures if they could ; but, it' they did not succeed with them, to resort to physical force. Now, as a lawyer. it was his conviction that it was high treason to hold such principles as a body of men ; and therefore it was that peaceable measures alone were the fundamental principles of that association. (Hear, bear.) The Lord Chancellor had admitted by his late act that Repealers had a right to agitate peaceably and legally for a change of the law ; but would he have done so if they had resorted to force? On the contrary, the moment they did so, their conduct would have been illegal. The difference between the two principles was imprisonment and death, and liberty and freedom ; and if he (Mr. O'Connell) was to run such a risk as the Young Ireland party proposed. he would be running the risk of the lives cf all the mem bers of that body, and also his own life ; and for that rea son he would not coalesce with Mr. O'Brien, or any man advocating his doctrines." The rent for the week was £229. THE C,URT 4^ FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen and Prince Albert left on Tuesday on a ma rine excursion to Torbay, Plymouth, Falmouth, &c., ac companied by Sir James Clark, Bart. Prince Albert will complete his twenty-seventh year to-morrow. ... The Queen has appointed Lord Robert Grosvenor, Treasurer of the Household. The Queen Dowager is exp ec t e d to arr i ve at the H ague a il c i c r o es m ic p le an in ied th b e y p a al p a r c i e nc in es t s h o e f N pr o u o s r s d i e: a r i j a nd fe e. w d s a h y e s , w ad i b e w for whom apartmentsare prepared in the Hotelde Bellevue. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere are entertaining a select circle at Worsley-hall. Lord and Lady Stanley left Longshawe on Tuesday for Knowsley. After remaining a few days at the family seat, the nob:e lord proceeds to Drumniond Castle, the seat of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, in Perthshire, which has been placed at his lordship's disposal for the shooting '• Lady Stanley and family intend pas• weeks at the seaside. Prince Czatorinski, and Counts Zamnyski and 1r ng a few sinski, are undergoing the hydropathic treatment at the Tunbridge Wells establishment. - - - BUCKINGHAM PALAU! —This edifice is to be fortF with enlarged, as it is too small and comfortless for the growing wants of the royal family. '1 he Times recom mends that it should be pulled down altogether, and anew palace built. The e,timate of cost of the alterations is £150,000 ; to meet which, the bauble Pavilion at Brigh ton is to he sold, and £30,000 voted each year till the bum is complete. A ug. 25, 1846. UNIVERSITY," 4- CLERICAL NEWS. THE SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH.—The Earl of Powis's measure to prevent the consolidation of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph has been suspended in the House of Commons. The fact is, that Lord John Rus sell, on the part of Government, has undertaken to bring in a measure which shall give general satisfaction. The revenues of the see of Bangor are likely to be greatly augmented by the working of a valuable slate rock situated on the episcopal property ladjoiaing the villa. Crwrion. The Duke of Portland, lessee of the Rectory of Mans— field, has just been oleaseu to grant £3OO a.year for addi tional curates to that place, aid its two villas, Mansfield Woodhouse and Skegly, and also £lOO a.year for the same purpose to the neighbouring parish of Sutton, in Ashfield, of which he is the impropriator. The Earl of Lonsdale has presented the Rev. R. Par kinson, D.D., to the perpetual curacy of St. Bees', Cum berland, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. P. Buddicom. The Presidency of St. Bees' Theological Institution, also vacant from the same cause, will be conferred on Dr. Parkinson. The reverend gentleman wai theological tutor at the College when the Rev. Dr. Ainger, the predecessor of the Rev. R. P. Boddicom, was the Principal. ENDOWMENT OF ROMANISM. (From the Record.) We said, on Thursday, that there was too much reason to fear that Lord John Russell and his adherents, Sir Robert Peel and his, and Mr. O'Connell, were all in a good understanding as to the establishment of the Ro mish Church in Ireland at the earliest convenient period. We are sorry now to be obliged to go further. All the parliamentary leaders, without exception, are, we believe, entirely assentient to the plan. We have been reminded that Lord Stanley and Lord George Bentinck both voted for the endowment of the Romish priests in 1825, and we have learnt, from the most unquestionable authority, that they make no secret of their perseverance in the same views. Hence it would follow, if the next general electi on passed over quietly. that when the reelected members assembled in the new house there would appear an entire unanimity on one question, and on one question only— that the Romish Church should be forthwith established in Ireland ! All trust in princes, then, must be laid aside. Looking up to God for deliverance, the people must begin to take the matter into their own hands. To strive to strengthen this or that leader—Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, or Lord J. Russell—is only to give power to a man who means to betray you. All these leaders admit that they perceive one difficulty, and only one, in the way. They observe a great repug nance to the measure in the minds of the British peo ple. They confess, also, that they are anxiously awaiting to see that repugnance subside. Here, then, is the path of duty. Let the next election shew them that the feeling of detestation to a Romish Establishment is not subsiding. On the contrary, that it is growing and increasing. In this way, and only in this way, as far as we can perceive, is the danger to be averted. Let our read,rs, then, at once quit all other political pur suits and connexions, and give themselves up, and that instantly, to this one object. One circumstance which will operate in their favour is evident. The next House of Commons will probably be nearly equally divided; and in such an assembly the voice of the people must have great weight. RAILWAY MITE LLIGE CE. The railway calls for August amount to seven hundred and seventy thousand pounds. It is expected that the Lancaster and Carlisle line will will be opened in the course of next month. The West Riding Unioa Railway has received the Royal assent The Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway has received the Royal Assent. The line will be amalgama ted with the East Lancashire. In the parliamentary return of persons subscribing to railway contracts in 1845, are the following .—G. Hudson, York, £818,540 ; L. L. Goldsmid, London, £636,000 ; and G. B. Paget, Sutton Bonnington, '£525,7 , 4. The Morning Herald states that the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway for which an act was obtained this ses sion, has been sold to the London and North-Western Railway Company. During the present session 260 acts of parliament have been obtained for the construction of upwards of 4,000 miles of railway, for which purpose powers have been given to raise more than £140,000,000. The iron tube or tunnel, by means of which the Ches ter and Holyhead Railway is to be carried across the Menai Straits, will require the extraordinary quantity of 8,600 tons of iron plates to form it. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS..--By a Parliamentary paper just printed, it appears that from the Ist of January last - - to the 20th of July, of accidents on railways, 73 persons were killed, and 84 injured. LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY VIADUCT.—The first stone of this stupendous pndertakine will be laid on Saturday, the 29th instant, when about 500 persons will be invited to witness the ceremony. James Brancker• Esq., chairman of the directors, will officiate upon ,t i t ! r f occasion. After the stone has been laid, a splendid jeuner will be given, at which about 300 ladies and gen tlemen will be present. The intended visitors will extend from Boundary -street to the Borough Gaol, and ulti mately to Tithebarn-street. BLACKBURN, DARWEN, AND BOLTON RAILWAY.' The directors of this line have decided upon crossing the Leeds and Liverpool canal, at Nova Scotia, Blackburn, by tubes, constructed as nearly as possible upon the same principle as has been suggested by Mr. Stephenson for the Menai Straits. Here there will be, it is said, three tubes across the canal ; two on the outside and one in the centre ; each end of the tubes to rest upon the piers now erected, and to be strengthened by a large piece of moveable iron, attached to the part where they touch the stones. On the top of the tubes will be laid oak baulks longitudinally, upon which the rails will be laid. COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE ELECTRIC Ts' LEGRAPH.—The fact of the suspension of the Leeds Commercial Banking Company's business, which took place at twelve o'clock on Monday last. was known 11 1 Birmingham in about a quarter of an hour after that time, by means of the electr* telegraph, which has been re cently completed on the Midland line of railway. Imme diately on the arrival of the intelligence, it was forwarded to the various banks and public offices in this town. The advantages of such an almost simultaneous mode of com municating intelligence so important to the mercantile world, is too obvious to require any comment ; and great praise is due to the railway officers for the promptitude with which they communicated the news to the more in terested portion of the public.— Bir minohanz Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. There are 400 varieties of copyhold qualification ; 576 freehold; 250 leasehold qualifications; and 50 from occu pying tenantry; in all, 1276 modes in which a good county vote may be acquired. 173 persons have given the required notices of their in tention to be admitted as attorneys of the Court of Queen's Balch next Michaelmas Term. The average number of attorneys who are annually admitted to practise in the courts of law at Westminster exceeds 600. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE YORK AUGUST MEETING. The following are the results of the principal events : WEDNESDAY The KNAVESMIRE STAKES.—Mr. W. Scott's b c Sir Tatton Sykes b at Mr. Lane Fox's br c Wrestler. 6tol on Sir Tatton. Won in a common canter by nearly 150 yards. The PRINCE OF WALES STAKES, for 2-yr-olds, were won by Lord C. Bentinck's br f Slander, beating Mr- Payne's b f by Venison, Mr. Mostyn's b f by Picaroont and eighteen others. Won cleverly by a length. The GREAT EBOR HANDICAP STAKES were won by Mr. Copeland's br c Arthur, beating Major Yarburgh'i; b f Miss Sarah, Mr. Drinkald's b f Fawthing Candle, and fourteen others. A splendid race, and won by a length. TII URDAY The COUNTY Cur v;lviorTl - ;;Mr. J. Day's ch c The Hero,beating ch c Brother to Millipede, Major Yarburgh's ch c Red Robin, and seven oqlers. Won by a neck. FRIDAY. The GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES were won by Mr. Meiklarn's b c Poynton by a head, beating Mr. Anson's b c lago and thirteen others. _ Coronation is sold for 1,400 guineas. and Jereed for 800 guineas, to go to Russia. Green Pea is sold to go to France. CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—The grand rowing match between Campbell and Coombes, tor £2OO, and the championship of the Thames, came off on Wednesday. The distance rowed was from Pulley Bridge to Mortlake. After a smart contest Coombes won. MATCH AGAINST TlME.—Three months since, Capt. Price accepted a challenge for £lOO a side to tide a horse 100 miles on a turnpike road in 12 hours. The match came off on Wednesday last, at Abergavenny, when the Capt. won the match, having 23 minutes to spare. A great swimming match for £2O and the chatnpiotl ship, between Pewters (the London) and Roberstor (th e Oxford) champions, came off on Monday evening, betwel l Blackfriars and Vauxhall Bridges, and after a very au; mirable contest the Londoner won. His opponent P c up at Westminster Bridge. A NOVELTY IN SPORTlNG.—Yesterday a balloon re was to take place at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea—iv!'" H. Green and his friends in the Albion, and Mr. Chil i , Green, the veteran, and f r i en d s , i n th e C orona tion b l ' he loon. The latest betti ng was 5 t o 4 i n f avour of t" latter. GROUSE.—Grouse shooting commenced on Wednesd ay week, and the accounts from the moors in the counties ~ Northumberland an d D ur h am are no t o f a very fl a tterlo description as respects th e num b er o f bi r d s , w hi c h are re' presented as being in rather small coveys, so s trongy ry the wing th a t th ey w ill soon pac k, an d as b ecom ing inaccessible was off as itto, 31 ; total, 89. Birke,.l, second ditto, 41 ; total , r,„a after an admirably cont es "' ol e in e o n n w e e dsnSeeeasacdcoano : b b i e t CRICKET.—The return match 1 d Birk , nhead Park Clubs ca e New Part c , .)nd d held Park, first innings, —the Birkenhead Park C game, again coming oil victorious. LORD G. BENTINCK'S &MD.—The Whole of the in trait been diepdted of to the Hon. to , k r from the Doncast Corner. stud will be sold by ac r and I`ew•market meeti The first lot will be toll I Doncaster race we( k. Dd mares, VMS. carts 1,"-e, f Lord G. Bertinek, bnco LI. Mobtyn, fur 10,C0t .sday last ; and rafb: n, in lots, during tic and at Hyde raL, n the Monday in Ow