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imperial Varliamcnt. HOUSE OF LORDS. —MONDAY. Lord ASHBURTON moved a resolution. " That, what ever may be the alterations which may be expedient per manently to make in the laYis regulating the introduction of foreign corn, it is the opinion of this house that the sudden importation of the large quantity of wheat and wheat flour now in bond at a very low rate of duty, while the prices are moderate, and the prospect of the approach ing harveet is promising, may be productive of great in jury and injustice to the cultivators of the soil of the United Kingdom ; and that some better provision against such a calamity should be provided than is contained in the bill now before the house." The noble lord contended that unless the Corn Bill should be thus modified before it passed into law, the whole of the wheat in b,,nd, being about 2,500,000 quarters, would be at once poured upon the markets, to the serious injury of the British agricul turist. The Earl of DALHOUSIE did not share in the appre hensions of the noble lord, whose returns were erroneous, fur there were only 1 900,000 quarters of wheat in bond, pith he hi-lieved very little chance of increase. After a short reply from Lord ASHBURTON, the house divided, and his resolution was negatived by a majority of 70 to 41. On the motion that the house go into committee on the Customs Duties Bill being made, The Duke of RICHMOND rose to present a petition from the silk weavers in Macclesfield, protesting against the measure as regarded the proposed alterations in the duties on silks, arid moved that the prayer of the petitioners to be heard by counsel at the bar be conceded. The proposition, after some debate, was negatived by a majority of 4 only, the numbers being 74 for, and 7t3 against. There were 31 proxies amongst the ayes, and 36 amongst rh • noes. Lord BROUGHAM protested against the use of proxies at all upon such an °session, and the Duke of Wic.:leuch arid th , . Earl of Home were questioned by the Earl of Gleng , ill as to whether they were in the hou,e when the question was put; they said they were. A discussion then en•ued on the principle of the bill as to its probable effects on the revenue of the country, after which their lordships went into committee, when Lord STANLEY moved the omission of the clause reducing the duty on foreign timber. The committee divided on this proposition. which was negatived by a majority of twelve. After whicn, several clauses being agreed to, the debate on those remaining was deferred until Tuesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Sir G. GREY brought in the bill which he last week ob taioed leave to introduce, for establishing public baths and washbouses i❑ large and populous towns. The bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday, the Ist of July. A resolution of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for eontinuing the Sugar Duties fur a month after the sth of July, when they expire, for the purpose of allowing time for the discussion and settlement of the question, was agreed to.—lt appears that Lord George Bentirck at seven o'clock on Sunday evening intimated that he should oppose the motion with the view of passing a vote of cen sure on the government for delaying the renewal of the Sugar Ditties till the last moment, but he did not do so. In reply to Mr. C. Buller, Sir ROBERT PEEL stated that it was tile intention of Government to bring forward in the present - session a measure for the better administration of public affairs in New Zealand. Tne hnu.e then proceeded with the adjourned debate on the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill, Mr. Labouchere, in reply to Sir James Graham, being the last speaker, after which the debate was adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Rev. James Shore, of Bridgetown, in the parish of Bury Po meroy, Devonshire, complaining of the effect of a recent Aleciaion in the Arches' Court, and praying their lordships for a remedy to his case. He (Lord Brougham) under stood it had been argued, that Mr. Shore having been re gularly ordained as a minister of the church, he could not of his own power secede from it, or release himself from his orders as a clergyman. The result was, that a deci sion was given against him in the Ecclesiastical Court ; and, as there was no remedy in law, the highest court in the kingdom (the Court of Chancery) having decided against him, be prayed their lordships to take his case into consideration, and grant him such relief as they should think fit. The Bishop of EXETER s d.tl that he had originally granted a license to Mr. Shore, upon receiving the assu rance of the Duke of Somerset, first, that he would en dow the chapel referred to, and secondly, that the building should only be used for divine worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. He (the Bishop of Exeter) was grieved to say that his grace had departed from both engagements. He had done so very probably for reasons satisfactory to his own mind; but he (the Bishop of Exeter) was incapable of guessing what those reasons were. With respect to the endowment, his grace had offered to carry out his enzagement, provided the nomination were vested in himself, a proposition which he (the Bishop of Exeter) could not agree to. On the contrary, he had insisted that the nomination should remain with the rector or vicar of the parish (he did not at that moment remember which). The rector who had ree.-ntly succeeded to the parish of Bury Pomeroy having refused to nominate Mr. Shore, he (the Bishop of Exeter) had accordingly revoked the license, upon which the rev. gentleman had resolved to officiate in spite of him, and had got his chapel vesinstcred - n - tnatirutuzw - cnilpFt. circumstances he had felt it to be his duty to proceed against the rev. gentleman for this breach of ecclesiastical discipline. • . - . . )Cl'ier some further remarks from Lord Brougham, the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of London, and Lord Camp. bell, the subject dropped. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from the pa ri&oners of Donnybrook, near Dublin, complaining of the Archbishop of Dublin, for having removed the Rev. Air. Kyle from the office of minister of that pa, ish, be cause he had joined the " Evangelical Alliance." The Archbishop of ARMAGH defended the conduct of the Archbishop of Dublin, and read a long letter from his Grace explanatory of the circumstances. After some remarks from Earl GALLOWAY, in defence of the alliance, Lord REDESDALE protested against its going forth that the opinion of the house was against the con duct pursued by the Archbishop of Dublin : •' Fle ha‘l acted with great di-cretion in the matter ; if the clergy were to set themselves up as judges of all they were to do in matters involving church di-cipline, the function of the bishop was gone. A man who took orders was very much in the situation of a person enlisting, and he must obey, though he might have some little doubt as to the wisdom of the directions he received. It was very well to talk about promoting Christian union, but were there no members'of the Evangelical Alliance who were ot heart and soul against the Established Church? In most of the essential points of doctrine, the members of the" establi‘hment were nearer to the Homan Catholics than to many Protestant Dissenters; it was so with re gard to the doctrine of the atonement, and other points; but what would be said, if a number of the clergy pro posed a union with the Catholic priests, for promoting the principles they held in common, and dropping all upon which they differed ?" The Duke cf LEINSTER also defended the Archbishop of Dublin, and the matter dropped. Their lordships then went into committee on the Cus toms DailPs Bill, and a proposi , ion to omit butter and cheese from the operation of the act was rejected by a majority of fifty to thirty-three. In a division regarding silk, the government had also a majority, the numbers being seventy-five to fifty. The bill was then repored without amendments, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY, _ ___.... There was a debate on the sug a r duti es . _ It was ulti mately agreed that it would not be possible to carry any other bill save that for continuing the existing duties, without opening the whole wide question of the sugar du ties. The resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means were therefore agreed to without amendment ; and a bill founded upon them was brought in by the Chancel lor of the E %chequer, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time next day. The house was shortly Afterwards counted out. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. Sir DE Lacy EVANS moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Electors' and neemens' Bill. After a short discn‘sion, the B 11 was rejected on a di vi,ion, by 91 against 53. The bill for continuing the present Sugar Duties for a month from the sth of July was read a second time. The House went into Committee on the Roman Ca tholic Rel.ef Bill. Mr. 'WATSON moved the insertion of the clause of which he had given notice, providing against the cehbra tion of any rites or ceremonies in the public way, and for the registration of Jesuits, monk,, friars, &c. Sir R. H. IN , onts said, had he been aware the Speaker was about to IPave the chair he would have opposed his so doing, by moving that the bill be considered that day six months. ( Hear, hear.) The general tendency of the Bill was to increase the power and influence of the Church of Rome, as well as to remove those securities which had been enacted to repress that spirit, and to prevent the ex ercise of that power, particularly in this country, which she was never backward to manifest. He thought it was inconsistent with the duty of a Protestant Government (so far as that name could be still applied) to grant the concessions required in the measure before the house ; and particularly at the present time, when the Church of Rome was so little entiticd to any special consideration : from the conduct of her ecclesiastics as regarded inter marriages,—who required a written contract that the off spring of such intermarriages should be educated in the Roman Catholic faith. Well authereicated instances oc curred in London, in Paris, and in Cologne. (Hear.) The Bill had been so changed, that it could scarcely be recognised by its own parents ; nevertheless he considered there was still sufficient evil remaining in it as to induce Lim to move, that " the Chairman do now leave the chair and report progress." The question baying bean put, . - I,le. WATSON said, that he had no intention of injuring the Established Cl.urch. lie wished the bill to be passed, and as he was one of the so-called parents of the measure, and with many others acknowledged the justice of the principle contained in it, which WAS to abolish those pen alties attached to the professors of the Roman Catholic religion —which will remained on their statute-books—all persons bound by monastic vows wh - s should enter this kingdom after the passing of the act of 1829, were liable to banishment, which was a species of leg;slation that should not he recognised in this country, and the removal o f w hich, he said, could not in any way endanger the safety of tlic Church as by law established. The clauses of the hill had been greatly modififd to meet the wishes and scruples of bon. gentlemen opposite, and be was pre eared in committee to modify any others that might be considered objectionable; but he was determined to take the sense of the house upon the motion of the hon. mem ber for the University of Oxford (Sir R. IL Inglis.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was his intention to div'de with his honourable friend the member for Oxford, and he would state to the house the reason which influenced him in resolving to take that course. The learned mem ber opposite (Mr. Watson) appeared to think that there was very little gravity or importance in the clause which related to the assumption of Roman Catholic dignitaries to titles which were enjoyed by Protestant prelates, and it appeared to him that there was something like levity in that indifference to the question, for be (Sir J. Graham) would say that he could not by any means regard it as an unimportant subject. He had no objection to see Roman Catholic prelates enjoying the titles of archbishops and bishops, titles of their religion which the law conceded to them, and which the customs of society sanctioned. He did not object to see the Roman Catholic Church of this country enjoying the full po-session of its rights. titles, and privilt ges ; but he did not think it wise that a Roman Catholic prelate should assume a title arising in connexion with a district co-terminous with a similar district from which the title of a Protestant dignitary was derived. The Roman Catholic religion possessed a hierarchy of its own, and its archbishops and bishops were recognised ; but he did not think it necessary that any of these prelates should assume a title, not only identical with that of a Protestant bishop, but deriving its name from a district co-terminous with the diocese of a Protestant bishop. It was not necessary that a Roman Catholic prelate should assume such a designation. There was no penalty at tached to giving that designation, so that the practice would not therefore be interfered with. It was the as sumption of the title which the existing law was opposed to. Such an assumption would lead to confusion, and therefore he thought it a wise and sound provision in the act of 1829 which went to prevent it. He was on this account decidedly attached to that provision in the act of 1829—a provision made with the full concurrence of those who passed the Catholic Relief Bill. As regarded the second clause, relating to the appearance in pontificals in public places of Roman Catholic dignitaries, he thought that some qualification was necessary with respect to the assembling of Roman Catholic dignitaries in public places for the purpose of performing religious ceremonies, look ing at the subject as he did in reference to the l resent state of public opinion ; and he thought that on the whole, as regarded this subject, the line which was drawn by the Catholic Relief Bill was welt and wisely drawn. The ap pearance in pontificals or ecclesiastical robes in places of worship and private dwelling-houses was permitted to the Catholic clergy at present, and he thought that was quite sufficient, anti that it was a wise arrangement. tie was of opinion that the provision which had reference to the ap pearance of judges and mayors with the insignia of their respective offices in Catholic churches was a clause of minor importance. It was an object of small importance whether a mayor should go to his church in his scarlet robe and chain, and he should say that he saw no great hard-hip in the circumstance that a mayor or judge should lay aside his robes in a Roman Catholic chapel or a Dissenters' meeting-house ; indeed he did not know if there was much propriety in appearing at a Protestant place of worship with those trappings of office. (Hear. hear.) In this respect, also, he should adhere to the regulation as fixed by the statute, and he was not therefore prepared to support a clause for repeal ing it. He now came, however, to that which was of infinitely more importance than the other clause which he had mentioned, namely, that which related to the residence of persons belonging to the regular orders of the Roman Catholic religion. lie did not partake of the extreme jealousy with which some persons regarded these religious orders, and he should he the last for one moment to assert that these regular orders had any disloyal or treasonable intent. Ile felt no jealousy on that head, and in referring to these orders he could riot forget the Jesuits ; he could not forget that literature arid the Christian religion were under immense obligations to that particular, order—(t.ear, hear)—amonest the members of which had been numb; red some of the most learned. and the most hiehly educated of the Chri , tian faith. (Hear, hear.) With respect to them, and to some of the other religious orders, the Pro. testant religion had, however, just cause of jealousy, not on political, but on religious grounds. It was admitted that the regular religious orders constituted the aggressive force of the Roman Catholic Church, and that it was upon that force it relied for conversion to the Romish Church of those who were heretics in its eyes, and therefore he was of opinion that the Protestant Church had just grounds for looking with jealousy on those orders. Con sidering the large body of Catholics who belonged to the regular orders, it might with truth be said, that toleration could not be carried into full effect if the regular orders had been excluded. He bad reason to believe, that the Sacrament of Confession, which was a great sacrament in the Catholic Church, was their conscientious judgment. He thought, therefore, that a regulation which would say that the regular orders should not be permitted, could not be maintained by any sound argument; but the question was one of regulation only. As the law at present stood, it was stringent in its provisions respecting the reeelar orders ; but there was no real grievance to be complained of. There was no doubt that monastic vows had been taken since 1829 in this country; that they were constantly taken since the passing of the Relief Bill, not only in Ireland, but in England ; and as Secretary of State, he could say t hat the Home-office took no record of them, He stated that practical fact, as a practical grievance had been com plained of, in order to show that no such practical griev ance existed under the operation of the law. He, how ever, could not say it was satisfactory to state, as a mem ber of the executive Government, that the existence of reArtreno — rs-s - vetlr• crracry - er-w - Tr — lory -- eruflry. sarrvez, (hear, hear); and, having stated that much, he would now come to what had been proposed to do with respect to these statutes that were complained of. lie was not prepared to say that the present state of the law with respect to monistic orders did not require revision, but it was a subject which, with respect to the feelings of the country and to the interests of the Protestant Church, required serious consideration. In countries which were not despotic, and which were certainly not influenced by feelings of bigotry against those orders, and as a proof of that he need scarcely remind the house of what had been the course recently adopted in Frence with respect to the Jesuits. With respect to the feeling which was entertained by some persons towards those orders, he would again remark, that they were the ag gressive force of the Roman Catholic Church, to which that Church looked as the means of reclaiming those whom they considered as heretics, from the error of their ways. That which they considered error was, how ever, the basis of the tenets of the Protestant Church. So far as regarded the general question, he did not think the present moment was one when they could expect it to re ceive that dispassionate attention and calm c,lnsideration which such a subject deserved. He would not say that he was satisfied with the law as it present good. (Hear ) He was, however, opposed to the alteration in the first of the clauses proposed by the honourable and learned gentleman, and with respect to the clause relating to the regular orders, he would remark that at present no real practical grievance was felt from the law which is now in existence. Lord CLIVE wished that the Church of "Wales at least i v id as little to apprehend from a Protestant Legislature as from the Roman Catholics. Mr. W. COWPER considered the Jesuits as a most dangerous political body, to whom the principle of tole ration did not apply ; he would therefore support the Amendment. After a debate, in which Mr. B. Escott, Mr. Fitzze raid, Lord Seymour, Mr. Redington, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Labouchere, Lord J. Manners, and Mr. Newdegate took part, the committee divided, on the question that the Chairman leave the chair. For the amendment. . . Against it Majority against the Bill . 4O Mr. li. COULBURN brought in the New Zealand Bill, which was read a first time. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TnuRsnAY. Petitions were presented against the union of the sees of St. Assph and Bangor. The Earl of RIPON moved the third reading of the Corn Bill. A short discussion followed, not for the purpose of msk. ing a division, but upon the subj Pct of the promise made by the Prime Minister relating to the equivalents which the landed interest were to receive for any injury they might experience from the passing of the Corn Bill. The Earl of RIPON assured the house that the govern ment purposed to realise all the promises made at the commencement of the session. The Dukes of Cleveland and Richmond, Earl Selkirk and Lord Gage severally expressed their bitter feelings of disappointment at the conduct pursued by the government; after which the bill was read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY A number of reports of bills were brought up and laid upon the table, among which were the Blackburn and Preston and East Lancashire Railways Amalgamation Bill ' • Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (extension to the Caledonian Railway) and Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways Amalgamation Bill ; Preston and Wyre Rail way, Harbour, and Dock (Longridge Junction) Bill. The report of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill, was agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed. The Lord's Amendments in the Birkenhead,Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Bill ; Burnley Im provement and Waterworks Bill ; Liverpool, Manches ter, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Bill, were agreed to. The debate on the Irish Coercion Bill was then resumed, and occupied the remainder of the night's sitting.—Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. Hume, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Shiel and Mr. Cobden spoke against the motion; Mr. Vesey, Lord Claude Hamilton, the Solicitor-General, the Marquis of Chandos, and two or three other members supported the motion. The long-delayed di vision was then made, when the numbers were found to be, for the second reading 219, against it 292, majority against the second reading 73. The bill is therefore lost. Col. DAMER appeared and returned her Majesty's an swer to the address p resente d on the bi rth of the young Princess, in which her Majesty expressed her satisfaction at the good wishes conveyed to her. HOUSE OF LORDS. —FRIDAY. The Royal assent was given by commission to the Corn Importation, the Customs Duties, and several other bills, which have gone through both H ouses o f P ar li ament. Lord BROUGHAM laid upon the table a similar bill to that which he had introduced in 1843, for the purpose of repressing crime in Irc!and, by changing the venue. This he was induced to do in consequence of tha rejection of the Coercion Bill by the House of Commons,: HOUSE OF COMMONS:7FarnAr A largo number of members assembled at an early hour, and very loud cheers followed the annunciation of the Speaker, that he had attended the House of Lords, where he had heard the royal assent given by commission to the PLITERPOOL STANDARD. Corn Importation Act and to the new Customs Act. The Sugar Duties Bill was then reported, to be read a third time on Monday. No other business of any public im portance was transacted, and the House adjourned, after forwarding several bills a stage, at half-past seven. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.. UNITED STATES.-TH E OREGON QUEST lON SETTLED, The steam ship Hibernia arrived here on Sunday at noon, from Halifax and Boston, wish the usual mails. The New York Courier and Enquirer of the 15th inst, has the following : _ " In the remarks we made per steamer Great Britain, which took its departure on the Bth instant, it was intims• ted as the general expectation, that the Oregon contro versy was upon the point of being settled. It may now, we think, be stated with confidence that it is settled, to this extent, at least, that a projet of arrangement submit ted by Mr. Pakenham, as one to which, if this government should consent, he was authorized to give the assent of his government, having been laid, by the President, before the Senate of the United States for their advice, previous to his own action upon it, that body, by a majority greater than is needed for the final ratification of a treaty, have ad vised him to accept and complete the arrangement. It is, therefore, not doubtful, we presume, that a treaty will be f.rthwith completed and ratified, and then this bone of contention, the last, we hope, between this country and Great Britain, will be effectually and finally disposed of. Of the precise terms of this arrangement there can be no positive nor certain knowledge yet made public, but con jecture is probably accurate when it assigns the following as the leading points of it. 2. The 49th parallel, till it strikes the sound separating Vancouver's bland from the main, thence along the centre of that sound s,utherly through tne Straits of Fuca to the sea, leaving the navigation of those straits free to both, and the whole of Vancouver's island to Great Britain. 2. The free navigation of the Columbia River to the Ihrlson's Bay Company until the expiration of their pre sent charter, and acknowledging their right of property in the buildings, improvements, &c., which they own south of 49. There are probably other stipulations about a reciprocal use of tl'e ports in Vancouver's Island and within the Straits of Fuca. These, as is said above, are merely conjectural state ments of the points of the arrangement, but they may be near the truth ; and this may be said with certainty, that to any proposition which the President would submit to the Senate for their advice, thereby clearly binding him self, if the advice be in favour of the proposition, to accept them, and in the actual circumstances of the country, tlrit body, as now constituted, would give their sanction. We may, therefore, we think, congratulate both coun tries on the final and peaceful adjustment of this angry and threatening controversy." Later advices inform us that on the 10th instant the President submitt.-d to the Senate the ultimatum addressed to him by ?,lr. Pakenham, and that after a discussion the e received the pssent of the Senate by a vote of 38 Thus happily has settled this long-agitated ques- to 12. In respect to the Mexican war, there is no new fact to communicate concerning the military operations since our last report. The official despatches of General Taylor, announcing the capture of Matamoros, show that the Mexican force was retreating hastily towards the interior, having evacuated that town on the eve of General Taylor's approach, conveying with them such portion of the muni• tion and ordnance as they could. General Taylor, 11>w ever, had captured large stores and many arms, cannon and small arms, secreted by the enemy previous to his de parture, but easily found afterwards. The strictest orders, which are strictly e:iforced, were issued by General Tay lor to his army, to treat private persons and property with entire respect, and that nothing should be taken for the army but upon payment. The Wockade of Vera Cruz was officially notified on the 20111 of May to the authorities, and all others concerned•, by the senior officer commanding the American squadron. The New Orleans Pieavine says that the text demon stration of General Taylor will be upon the city of Mon= terry, about ninety leagues from Ma!amoras. Ile inten ded to Le there by the Ist of July, but the want of trans ports delayed him until the deficiency was removed. The Mexicans will, it is said, make a stubborn stand there. Thq paper concludes as follows :—" If the troops under General Taylor occupy Monterey, the whole of Mexico this side the Sierra Madre will be in the possession of the United Stat , s, including the mining districts of New Leon, New Mexico, Santa W.!, Chihauhua, &c. This cal colation is b , ised somewhat upon the idea that the United States will order an expedition from the Missouri river upon the northern provinces. If this be done, the whole of North Mexico will he iu our possession. Such a dis position of the forces of the United States would end the war at once. But if it did not, our army would hold the key to the whole of South Mexico, and the gates of the capital would, sneaking , in a military sense, be in posses sion of General speaking • It appears from the ofFcial despatches that in the battle of Palo Alto, the American force consisted of 2,288 men, and the Mexican of 6,000, and that the former lost 9 men and 44 were wounded. In the engagement of Reseca de la Palma, the respective armies being about the same as previously, the Mexicans lost 200. the Americans 39. By advices from Mexico to the 29th ult., we learn that the blockade of Vera Cruz eDromenced on the 2th May, fifteen days being allowed for all neutral vessels to depart, by order of the Mexican government. A rumour, which -••-olcr I cuco,ost - arer graws. cola, that Peredes administration had been overthrown. In a Vera Cruz paper, El Republican°, a notice is pub lished t at the British mail steamer, Tay was to leave Vera Cruz fur Havannah, on the morning of the 2d inst., and " would take on board, as heretofore, all specie and cochineal that should be offered for shipment." This, says the New York Courier, would manifestly be a violation of Capt. Fitzbughs notice, which exempts only packets " not engaged in commerce." The trans portation of either soecie or cochineal is a commercial and not a post-office business ; and essentiaily a violation of the rights of blockade. We presume, and certainly hope, that both British post-office packets and British men-of war will be duly advised on this head, and not subject themselves, or the two government., to new difficulties, by imposing it upon the American blockading squadron, as a duty, to stop the departure of either class of vessels that may eneage in the transportation of merchandise. The new Tariff Bill would come on for thscussion in the House of Representatives on the 19th instant. Its pros pects were entirely doubtful. The Sub-Treasury Bill was reported to the Senate on the Bth, with amendments, from the Committee on Finance. Renewed efforts had been made in the Senate to appoint a day for the adjournment of Congress. The first at tempt took place in the Senate, on the Bh. The motion, though supported by Mr. Webster, was rejected. The Representatives took place in the House of epresentatives on the 12th. The day named was the 29th ofJuly. The motion received a majority of 87 to 82 ; but this was not sufficient to ensure its adoption. The report of the committee appointed by Congress to inquire into the charges advanced against Mr. Webster by Mr. Ingersoll had been published. It completely dis proves the slanderous attacks of the individual named. There appears every prospect of the final establishment of an American line of ocean mail steamers. In the House of Representatives, on the 12th, Mr. King re pt:wed from the Committee on Naval affairs a bill autho rizing a contract by the Postmaster-General for the employment of steam-ships to carry the United States mail between New York and Liverpool, New York and Havre, New York and New Orleans, and New York and Cbagres. The bill provides that the vessels shall be adapted to war purposes and become Government property in time of war. The bill is accompanied by a detailed re port, in which the propositions of Messrs. Sloo, E. K. Collins and Co., and Forbes, are stated. No definite proceedings took place upon the bill. " We are happy to find," says the Journal of Com merce, of the 15th instant, " that the postmaster is ex erting himself to procure the passage of the necessary ap. propriation to carry out his arrangement with Mr. Col lins for the Liverpool line of steamers. Our government, we understand, are ready to make mu:uil mail arrange ments with the governments of Europe, which are always much to be desired, provided always that the abomina tion of a government monopoly be not a part of the sys tem." The legislature of Texas had adjourned without making any adequate provision for the public creditors. The Galveston Nerve says, that Caprain Tate, of the British barque Ambassador, and R,.Blossnian, consignee, had wade an informal protest to the Collector of Galves ton against the payment of duties under the tariff of the United States, claiming a right that their merchandise can only be subject to the old tariff of Texas. as it existed previous to the change of government by virtue of a treaty between Great Britain and the former republic of Texas. The Great Britain steam ship arrived at New York on the 15th instant, having left this port on the 30th ult. (Prom the New York Courier of June 15.) . . The effect upon our moneyed and commercial affairs of the restoration of permanently tranquil relations with Great Britain will be very decided. Already stocks have gone up, but that is hardly the criterion, for the pressure is upon the general business, the hopes and enterprise of the country, even more than upon the Stock Exchange, and when that pres , ure is removed there will b e a re b oun d in all pursuits. Nor will the Mexican war essen ti a ll y check the good effect, for the impression is general that an amicable arrangement once made with England, hos tilities with Mexico would speedily be brought t o a c l ose. EXCIL on London, 10n to 108.1 ; on Paris, 5,35 to 5,36.1 ; on Amsterdam, 381 to 381 ; on liamburgh, all to 35 ; and on Bremen, 77.1 to 77i. SATURDAY NIGHT.—The sales of stocks to-day were extensive, and an advance took place in every description ; the market closing with an upward tendency. The amount of business paper in the market is con siderably reduced, and the banks discount freely at 6 to 7 per cent. per annum for paper having 90 days t o 4 months to run. Foreign Exchange continues to have a downward ten dency, the stwoly being greater than the demand. COTTON.—The sales to-day reach 2,500 hales, including one lot of 1,500 bales New Orleans, Liverpool middling, at 8 cents. We quote Uplands, very ordinary to mid dling, 6 to 71 cents per lb.; fair to good fair and gcod, 82 to 8: and 9 c. ; Tennessees and Alabamas, 7to 8 c. ; Mobiles, Louisianas, &c., ordinary to middling, 7 to 8 c. ; fair to good fair, 9 to 10 c. ; good and fine, 11 to 12 c. The sales since the 29th nit. are estimated at 18.5 00 bales. The exports, &c. of cotton since the Ist of Septe tuber are as follows: Total export.. 1,263,000 To Great Britain. 832,000 bls I._ast year.. 1.838,000 Last year 1 272,000 Y before 1, ear Receipts . . : 9 37 ; . 8 ? , 1 0 1° 0 ° 0 S t l oCk a a r b . e . 1 .1) .. .... 11 . ( 4 ) 3 18 1:0 0 0 0 ( 0 1 Last year .. 2.336,000 Last year.. .. .. 246,000 „ Year before 1,931,000 - le4r before.. „ 311,000 /I AsHES.—Pots are steady at 3 dol. 50 c. to 3 dol. 56 c. ; Pearls, 4 dol. to 4 dol. 61 c. FLOUR.—In consequence of a good eastern demand, holders to-day are firm. Michigan is held at 4 dol. 6c. ; Genesee, 4 dol. 181 c. to 4 dol. 25 c.; Southern kinds, 4 dol. to 4 dol. 25 c. ; Richmond City Mills, 6 dol. 6.000 bushels wt-stern corn sold at 48 c. 250 barrels whisky brought 19 c. to 191 c. 20 c. is more generally asked. Provisions were steady to-day, with moderate sales._ The rates of freight are :—To Liverpool : yid. to 7-16 d. per lb. for cotton in square bal s, and Id. in round ; tur pentine and flour. 3s. per barrel. To London : Naval stores and flour. 3s. to 3s. 3d. per barrel. To Havre : Cotton, to Ic. per lb ; ashes, 8 dol. to 10 dol. per ton ; rice, 10 dol. The Charleston Mercury of the Bth inst. says—" The accounts which we receive from Tallahassee, and neigh bouring counties in Florida, in regard to the crops, are highly gratifying. We learn that both corn and cotton are doing remarkably well. A few more weeks of favour able weather, and the former will be beyond the effects of casualty. The weather continues dry, and has become quite warm—as warm, we are told, as it will probably be during the summer. Under the influence of the dryness and warmth, cotton is growing finely. Vegetables and fruits are rapidly ripening. The South Carolinian of the 11th instant says—" The wheat crop promises to be the best ever grown in the south, and in South Carolina there will be harvested double the quantity ever produced in one year. The oat crop will be good, and rye and barley never were better Of the corn crops we have flattering accounts from all parts of the state. OVERLAND MAIL FROM BOMBAY, The Extraordinary Express in anticipation of the Over land Mail from Bombay arrived on Wednesday, bringing accounts eight days later from Bombay, and twelve days later from Calcutta, than those which appeared in our last. The dates now come to hand are—Bombay, May 20; Calcutta, May 11 ; Madras, May 15 ; Delhi, May 10. The polit cal news is not important. The Punjaub was tranquil; the fort of Kote Kangra was expected to sue rend, r without an actual resort to arms. In Western In dia the sufferings occasioned by the scanty fall of rain throughout the two previous years were likely to be re lieved by an early monsoon—signs of the near approach of which Mid become apparent ten days earlier than usual. The pressure of the money market continued severe, though the pinch was somewhat less tight than formerly, and the want of confidence was even more heavily felt than the scarcity of cash. No further bankruptcies of any note had occurred. Cholera was committing sad ravages in the Bombay presidency. One-fourth of the men of the 22d Native Infantry had in a few weeks been cut off by it ; and many of the villages of the Concan were depopulated or deserted. One sad case is stated of the women of her Majesty's 60th Rifles, who had caught the seed of the dis ease between Pooney and Bombay—whither they were about to have proceeded to join their husbands at Kurra chee. On the WI, six of them were carried to their graves together. The weather in the Jullundur Dooab was pecul - arly fine, and the troops in the highest health. In Scinde and Lahore the heats were setting in. CALCUTTA, MAY 9.—Here in Calcutta there is little stirring except wind and fire. The former has been blowing very strongly, but quie'ly of late; and the latter has been sweeping off a goodly number of huts in various parts of the town. On the 6th, there were fires in three or four different places ; and one of them, described in eight lines of one of the papers, is said to have destroyed above eleven hundred houses ! There was another con flagration yesterday, which destroyed a vast number of native tenements, and one or two lives._ _ A few days agr;, Baboo Mutty Lall Leul proposed to the Dhurma Subha, a Society of Ofthodox II udoos, to petition Government for some enactment in fatour of the re- m .rriage of indoo .idows. It appears that his pro posal caused a great stir in the meeting, and was loudly exclaimed against. This same Mutty Lail, some time ago, offered a resard of 10,000 rupees to any Hindu° who would marry a widow. The prize has never been claim-d. There h s, it is sa . d, been an attempt at a counter-revolu tion in Burmah, for the purpose of restoring Tharawaddie to the throne. The friends of the ex king, however, ap pear to have lest heart when the time fur action arrived. PORTUGAL Letters from Lisbon of the 16th instant state, that, notwithstanding the dissolution of the provincial juntas, serious disorders had broken out in Lisbon. The populace had attacked the houses of persons suspected of holding Con,ervative opinions, and, baying broken their windows, assembled before the hotel of the Due de Palmella, de mandiog the dismissal of the Queen's secretary, as well as of the generals commanding in the provinces. '1 he Septembrist papers had already commenced a violent op position to two of the new ministers. The Due de Pal mella had applied to the bank and to the principal capi talists for advances of money to the government. Private letters represent the Due de Palmella as going on success fully in the work of pacification. Further intelligence, to the 20th, gives a still more unfavourable view of the sate of affairs. That the Pal mella ministry was tottering; the Cabralist party in com plete possession of the court; and the King's German councillor standing belween the nation and the fulfilment of the royal promises lately held out to the people. BRAZIL.—The Crane packet brings accounts from Rio Janeiro to the 11th of May. Commercially, they are of little interest. The exchange showed a slight improvement, being then quoted 262 to a. Politically, they are of more ta importance. uew acimTkidraisttoon arelutio nr, nc from the tone n . of o ti u m. e ld d; wi s i d t or the Emperor's address when opening the session of the legislature on the 3rd of May, it would appear that the new men are even more determined than their predecessors not to give way on the points in litigation with this country. It is more particularly intimated that, on the question of the Act of Parliament " subj-cting Brazilian vessels, sus pected of being engaged in the slave trade, to the jurisdic tion of English tribunals," the most uncompromising opposition will be continued to so ujustifiable an inter ference with national rights. FRANCE.—We learn by the Paris journals of Wednes day, that the French Navy Bill had passed the Chamber of Peers, exactly as we anticipated, without even the sem blance of a division. The Count de Montalembert pointed to the example of England, which country wisely gave precedence to the shipping interest. contending that un less France followed the same line of policy, by encou raging her merchant marine, she never could hope to be a naval power of the first rank. During the last twenty years the merchant marine had been every year declining more and more, owing, as he argued, to the reciprocity treaties of 1822 and 1826. which ought now to be can celled. The Minister of Marine replied to the objections of Count Bugnot and Count Montalembert, in much the same way that he had already done in the Chamber of Deputies. Our object in noticing M. de Montalembert's speech is to call attention to the observation of the Jour nal des DAats, that should the reciprocity treaties be annullod, America would immediately retaliate, by exclu ding French wines and silks. As to England, continues the same high authority, France need not fear retaliation on account of the free-trade principles into which that country has entered. The decline of the French shipping interest is, by this paper, admitted; nor is the cause as signed denied, but the difficulties in the way of remedy are such as to forbid the abrogation of the reciprocity treaties. Col. Trelawney, governor of St. Helena, died on the 3d May. aged 60. On the 30th ult., nearly 400 buildings, principally small shops, were destroyed by fire at Smyrna. The number of insane persons in France, which in 1835 was 14,486, had increased, in 1841, to 19,738. The Boston Herald says that, on Wednesday week, two pair of sops were cooked by the heat of the sun alone, on the stalls at the back of the Boston fishmarket, and were afterwards partaken of by the bystanders. The Queen has appointrod James Macaulay Iligginson, Esq , to be Governor of the islands of Antigua, Mont serrat and Barbuda, St. Christopher, Nevis Anguilla, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica. On Saturd.ty a shower of hailstones fell at Caerleon and neighbourhood doing much damage to tf.e crops. Some of the hailstones measured three inches in circum ference. 7'he Friend of China says a report is prevalent among the Chinese in Canton, that positive orders to open the gates to foreigners have been received from Pekin ; rind that proclamations to that effect will he . issued by the local authorities. The King of Saxony, in his speech from the throne, said that he was disposed to admit the principle of publi city in the proceedings of the criminal courts, but that at the same time he felt the necessity of proceeding with caution. Two WISEACRES.—The New York Herald announces the arrival of Robert Owen. the socialist, on a mission of peace from England. The editor says—" Mr. Owen called and had an important interview with us on the peace of the world and the destiny of the human race." (In the 11th instant, the forest near Alouza in Lom bardy, was almost totally destroyed by a dreadful hurri cane, 1000 trees having been torn up by the roots. The country was covered with birds killed by the hAI. The storm extended to the Venetian territory, where it also did great damage. DISAPPEARANCE OF A LAKE.—!I curious phenomenon has recently occurred near Lust (Tyrol), the Erernt.gt ferner Lake, in the Oetzthal, having unexpectedly va nished during the 22d and 23d ult. The water disap peared through an opening in the earth, without causing any damage or loss of life.-7'yreler Bogs. The number of emigrant passengers arrived at Quebec during the week ending the 30th May, was 4,792, making the total from the opening of the navigation 10,094, against 7,215 at the same time last year. Of this number there is not one retut ned as a cabin passenger, and the greater part of them are from Ireland. Prince Waldemar of Prussia has left at Alexandria about 400 large chests, containing specimens of natural history, curiosities, and a rich collection of manuscripts, written in the language of Asia, which he had made du ring his long journey in India. These chests are to be shipped for Hamburgh, whence they will be forwarded to Berlin. THE NEW PorE.—The new Pope is in his 50th year, having been born at Ancona on the 31st of January, 1707. lie was appoir,ted cardinal in 1838, and his nomination was published in December, 1810. The new Pope is said to be a man of great firmness, but of conciliatory man ners. The election appears to have taken place before the arrival of the foreign cardinals at Rome. His holi ness has taken the name of Pius IX. _ PROFANITY.—The Academic Royale de 211usique, at Paris, has produced a new opera, entitled " David ; Opera 13thlique, ea troise actes." The music, by M. Mermet, a young composer, is said to possess considerable merit. The character of David is performed by :Madame Stoltz ; and the other characters are Saul, his daughter Alichal, Jonathan, Goliah, and the Witch of Endor. Notwith standing. the present rage for the production of French Feces on .our stage, this opera certainly will never appear in an En6lisli dress.--.llPirninp Paper, The trial of Dr. Conneau, for his participation in the escape of Prince Louis Napoleon from Ham, will soon be held before the correctional tribunal at Peronne. Neither the commandant of the citadel nor the two keepers have as yet been released from prosecution. The only person who has as yet been discharged is the porter who was in attendance on the prince. The pope's army consisted in 1840 of 14,600 men, not including a reserve of 6,000 men, and 3,01)0 national guards for Rome and Bologna. The annual expense of keeping up this force was 1,756,029 Roman scudi, or about £380,000 The territory of the church contains a popu lation of 2,908,115 inhabitants. The revenue is about 50,000,000 francs, or £2,000,000 sterling. A STRANGE PROVISION.—It has lately been decided by the Court of Amsterdam. that the law which obliges the State to provide for the seventh child in any family where the first six are living, is still in vigour; in conse quence of which the State was condemned to pay to a man named Hoagland, 250 florins per annum (.£2l) till his seventh child shall have reached the age of 18, or provide for it till that time. This sentence was confirmed by the Court Royal of La Hague. THE COST OF WAR.—The expense to this country, in specie, of the revolutionary war, was estimated at about 135,000,000 dollars. Between the years '76 and 1781, Congress issued 357,476,541 dollars of continental, or paper money, which, during that time, depreciated to a very low standard. In addition to this issue, Congress obtained a loan from Holland of over 4;000,000 dollar., and from France of nearly 4,000,000. The war of 1812 cost this country between 100 and 150 millions of dollars. The first year of the Mexican war will, according to pre cent calculation, cost from 50 to 100 millions.—New York paper. _ _ . A TIPPERARY MAN A NEw ZEALAND CHIEF.—It iS stated that Held, the New Zealand chief, who has given such opposition to the British authority in that colony, is a native of the county of Tipperary. His real name is Hickey. He emigrated from Ireland some years ago, and was shipwrecked on the coast. of New Zealand, and taken into the interior of the island by a hunting party of the natives, and sold as a slave to one of the chiefs, who adopted him as his son, got him tattoed, and gave him his daughter in marriage. On the death of the old chief, his Irish son-in-law was chosen as his successor on account of his skill in war. Previous to his elevation to the high rank he now holds, he changed his name from Hickey to Heki. the latter harmonizing better with the language of the aborigines.—Tipperary Free Press. WHEAT CROP IN THE UNITED STATES.—At a meet ing of the board of trustees of the Maryland Agricultural Society for the eastern shore, which was held on the 14th of May, among the business transacted it wa3 " Resolved —That in view of the importance of disseminating correct information in reference to the prospect of the growing crop, we deem it proper to state that in the opinion of this board, at least one.halfof the wheat crop of Talbot county has been destroyed during the last ton days of Hessian fly, and that so great ravages have not been committed by Hessian fly since the year 1817; that on some of the best land, wheat has hen ploughed up, and other portions are so much injured, that, they will not be worth harvestino." —New York 214treury. 11 —The accounts from the Conti nent respecting the crops and the state of the gain markets are exciting a good deal of interest. The simul taneous falling off of supplies of wheat and other grain in all the European countries, especially in Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, and England, is the first real indication of the d, ficient harvest oflast year. Stocks in intermediate hands, between the farmers and consumers, are very in considerable, except the bonded stock in England. The torrid heat is doing great damage to the crops in the South of Euroue. Comulaints are very general from France re- carding wheat and rye, and the aecour:ts from the Rhine, Holland, and Belgium, and the North of France, leave no doubt that the rye crop this year is a failure. The potatoe disease has appeared again in many localities in Europe, and at a period two months earlier than last year.—Bell's llitssenger. TRIAI IN CORSICA.—An interesting case was tried by the Court of Ass . ze of Bastia (Corsica), on the 9 h inst In 1837, the sister of a seaman in the French navy, named Capriata, was, during the absence of her brother, seduced by a young man named Cresaroni, under a promise of mar riage, but when his vietina had become a mother, and urged him to do her justice, he refused to keep his erig4ge trent. On the return of the brother, the latter, indignant at the stain upon the reputation of his family, called on Cvesaroni, and after arguing with him on the point of ho nour, said, that if he would marry his sister he would give him all the money that he possessed. Cmsaroni replied, that so far from wishing to have money in order to marry his sister, he was willing, if she would marry another man, to make her a handsome present. Capriata, irritated by this baseness, drew a pistol from his pocket and fired it at the seducer, who was severely wounded in the neck. Ca priata than fled and found his way to Sardinia, where he en tered into business and prospered. Cmsaroni, coin after r eceiving his wound, sent for the sister, and, after exhort ing her to forgive him, declared that. if she should reco ver, he would GET her his hand. Ile did recover, arid they were married. Capriata, when apprised of this event, and that his brother-in-law was doing everything in his power to prevent him from receiving the - . punishment le gally due to his act, resolved to return and deliver himself up to justice. his case was admirably pleaded, and the brother-in-law neglected no effort to obtain a light sen tence. The jury declared by their verdict, that Capriata had been provoked into the commission of his crime, and the Court, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case, sentenced him to only six months' imprison ment.— Galionani. IRIS LAND. Mr. Smith O'Brien has prpposed that the intended fes tival on his liberation from prison should take place on Sept. Gth, the anniversary of the aeration of O'Connell. At the Dublin Commission, on Wednesday, the Hey. Simon Birmingham, a Roman Catholic priest, pleaded " Guilty" to a charge of unlawfully marrying a Protes tant and Roman Catholic. Sentence deferred. Compensation amounting to nearly £2,000 is sought of the town and vicinity of Clonmel, by panics for the plun der of private property during the late provision riots, for which over sixty persons are now in gaol abiding trial at the ensuing assizes. A fine vessel capable of carrying freight to the amount of 400 tons was launched on TLursday at Cork. This ves sel has been built to order for the Cork Screw Shipping Company, and is the fifth vessel now afloat of this enter prising company. Last week. a - fire broke out in the hemp and flax store of the Limerick county gaol. The roofs of three large wings fell in with an awful crash, all the flax and hemp, with the treadmill and machinery. being completely de stroyed. Nothing but the bare walls of the store escaped. O'CONNELLISM ON THE WANE.—The repeaters of Cork have been dead beat on the question of election of certain Harbour Commissioners. The Town Council, notwithstanding the instructions of Mr. O'Connell, elected four gentlemen anti-repeaters, but the election be ing void through certain informalities, the strength of the Parties was again tried, and the same gentlemen elected in opposition to four repealers. At Maynooth, the improvements under the new parlia mentary grant are surprising. Grand walks are now to be seen, where a few months ago stagnant pools emitted their fetid smell; delf ware has been substituted for the " pewter platter," by the inspectors, and the new wings .are to be commenced next month. The exercise ground has been also improved ; the ball courts, &c. put in ex cellent order. All the porters, &c. of the college have livery now for the first time. . _ _ THE NIYsTERIOUS DEATHS AT LIMERICK.—An in quest was held last week, at Limerick, on the bodies of the seamen of the Anne Simple, from Liverpool, now ly ing at Limerick, namely, Patrick M'Breorety, Robert Tobin, and Redmond Browne, who died suddenly the week before last. After a lengthened investigation, it was proved by the seamen and the doctors, who held a post mortern examination, that it was by drinking the water of the Shannon, poisoned by the sewers of the gas works and other sewers that deceased came by their deaths. Verdict accordingly. CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.—In the Dublin Queen's Bench, last week, three persons named Scully, Hanville, Millerest, were indicted for conspiracy, under the following circumstances. In April, 1845, Mr. Duffy (who is a very popular gentleman) on his return from dinner at Dalkey, went into the station house of the Atmospheric Railway. to look at the machinery, and while there, he was charged by the prisoners with having committed an indecent assault on Scully. He tepudiated the charge, and brought an indictment against the prisoners, on which they were tried. The prisoners were acquitted. There was a somewhat stormy meeting of tae Repeal Association on Monday. Mr. J. O'Neill was in the chair. A long letter was read from Mr. O'Connell, in which, after giting credit to Lord Lincoln for good intentions, he pronounces his lordship's three bills of " but very little value to the people ;"—and then goes on to express his regret and sorrow at the efforts of some " juvenile mem bers to create dissension and circulate distractions among the repealers,"—denies that he will ever abandon, post pone, or compromise the repeal cause—and earnestly solicits the faithful people of Ireland to assist him in ex cluding divi.'ion and strife from the association.—Mr. M. J. Barry, of the Nation, entered into an eloquent defence of himself and friends. The rent was £lO6. SCANDALOUS OCTRAGE.—The Rev. Joseph Garbett, after performing the ceremony of marriage at Brutf church on Saturday, was accosted by Mr. Bevan. one of the bridal party, who placed a handsome yellow flower in his breast-coat. As usual, there was a crowd . around the church-door, and a man stepped out of the circle, saying, " Mr. Garbetr, you must remove your colours." The rev. gentleman, in surprise, asked him . what be meant, an d this person, whose name is M'Carthy, immediately said, " You must remove the Orange —a command at once followed up by a fellow in the crowd, who rushed at Mr. Garbett, tore the flower from his breast, crushed it with savage glee between his hands, and then trampled the broken flower under his foot. T wo po li cemen fortunately came up, and identified the offenders, who are to appear before the petty sessions for this disgraceful assault upon a clergyman, at such a place, and under such cireu stances.—Limeriek Chronicle. ITNPLEASANT Dir.—On Saturday morning, a young gentleman went to bathe in the Lee, above the Pipe Wa terworks, at Cork. After swimming about for some mi nutes, .he returned t o t h e b an k, a nd was procee di ng to dress hini=elf, when a D ur h am b u ll move d i n s t a t e ly form towards him, pawing th e ground, tossing his head, and switching his tail. Th e bather, perceiving the acquaint mice becoming ra th er c l ose , s h oo k hi s coa t at the animal to deter him, but this appeared to be taken rather as an invitation to advance, and the animal came on at an ac celerated pace, when the poor wight was compelled to save himself by jumping into the river. He was so sooner sub merged than the bull took his clothes onhis horns, and pitched them one atter the other after him into the water. The gentleman caught his clothes and hung by the bank, trying occasionally to escape, but the bull guarded the bank so as to prevent a retreat. lie was thus kept in the water for three hours, until discovered by a person pass ing on the opposite bank, and a boat was brought to his assistance. Stine 30, 11446: THE POTATO CROP.—Of last year's crop large quan tities arrive daily at our quay.. They come principally from the Carberrvs. On Tuesday, while a number of boats were following in quick succession, a sloop laden with 50 tons, was dropping down the river to try her chance in Waterford or elsewhere, the owner not wishing to part with the cargo for the prices obtainable here. And yet the poor are paying nil, and Bd. a weight ! We suspect that, if he had sold them here, he would have found the speculation as " safe " a one as it is likely to prove in Waterford. We have heard the opinion ex pressed by gentlemen who look at the matter with an in telligent eye, that we must expect the disease to manifest itself, under probably modified Corms, for two or three years. and that then, like the disease among the cattle, it will die away. At present, notwithstanding occasional exceptions, the prospects are most promising. Any of the new crop that we have seen at table are free from even the oppearance of disease nr taint. A gentleman who ;is a large grower, and who planted, as an experiment, a quantity of the produce of last year literally black from disease, examined the bed on Monday, and found not so much as a leaf discoloured—the roots were invariably ex empt. Of all his potatres he gives the same account— long as he is growing, he never had a finer looking crop. From other gentlemen we heve heard similar statements respecting the produce both from diseased seed and sound. We must not, however, expect to escape without some loss.—Cork Constitution. " SPORTING" INTELLIGENCE.—The following incident is given in a report of the Bellewstown races published in a Dublin paper. One of the actors is well known on the racecourses in this country :—" A. short time previous to the start for the first race a most unpleasant fracas took place between Mr. Allan M`Donagh, the well-known weenie-chase rider, and Mr. G. N. Hamilton, of Morn ington, who recently acted as the friend of Capt. Smyth, on the occasion of his receiving a hostile message from Mr. M`Donagh, but refused to allow Captain Smyth to meet him. Mr. Hamilton was standing on the racecourse when Mr. M'Donagh walked up to him, and, addressing him, said, Hamilton. you are one of the greatest scoun drels and cowards I ever knew, and but that I fear you would bring me into the Queen's Bench, I would horse-• whip you within an inch of your life,' at the same time shaking a small stick or cane, which he held in his hand, over his shoulders, and telling him to consider himself horsewhipped, adding, I will serve your blackguard com panion the same way the first time I meet him.' Mr. Ha— milton then said. ' Your present ciinduct proves to me that you are just the scoundrel I always took you for.' Mr. Nl'Donagh again repeated, that, ' but for fe , r of being brought into the Queen's Bench he would thrash him ;' whereupon Mr. Hamilton said, 'I pledge you my honour, sir, I will not hying you into the Queen's Bench if you strike me.' Then, have at you, and be d— dto you.' replied Mr. M'Donagh, striking Mr. Hamilton on the shoulders with his cane, and afterwards across his face. Mr. Hamilton immediately struck at Mr, M'Donagh, and come one present handed him a stick; on seeing which Mr. M'Donagh fled, pursued by Mr. Hamilton, who Over took and dealt him two or three severe blows, which cut him on the head, and thus stands this very unpleasant affair for the present." LAW IN FELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) WARTNER V. SHARP. - AELOTTEF.S':RIGHT TO RECOVER BACK DEPOSIT ON RAILWAY SHARES. This action was brought to recover back £B2 10s., being the amount of the deposit which the plaintiff, who was a solicitor, had p a id o n 60 s h ares i n the Direct Lon— don and Exeter Railway, on the izround—first, of alleged fraud by the directors of the company ; and, secondly, of a failure of the consideration on which the plaintiff bad brcome a shareholder, and had paid the amount of such deposit In support of the alleged fraud by the directors, it was proved that advertisements had been inserted in the papers stating that the committee had completed the al lotment of shares. and issued the usual letters, and that in order to get a large share of legitimate influence, the committee had been nbliged to give a preference to per sons locally interested, over other persons possessing strong claims on the gr and of wealth and respectability. On the faith of this announcement, the plaintA . had paid his deposit, and exchanged the bankers' receipt fur scrip. It was then further proved that the committee had only allotted 58.000 out of the 1201.00 shares (although there w l t e y r e to o p p t l h i c e a t e i ox extent t t r o o m f 4 1 0 ) e o r , s o o o n o s s o h t a . r undoubted r v r i e n s; e6c2ta,oboi -0 shares to send into the market whorl any advantage was to be gained by it. Owing to a failure in depositing plans a meeting was called in December to consider the pro priety of proceeding with or abandoning the projpet. when it appeared that the company had expended £32,309, and that after providing for outstanding claims there remained an available balance of only £492. Mr. Justice Erle, in summing tiro, said, it was therefore for the jury to say whether what had been stated as done was a material inducement to the plaintiff to ry his de posits. There was, on the second point, a question of fact as to whether the asso iation was substantially at an end, and whether there was any probability whatever that the scheme would have been carried on ; or whether it was not, in fact, an abortive &theme on the 6th of January, 1846, when the action was brought. If the jury should be of the latter opinion, they would find for the plaintiff. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum claimed. EXTRAORDINARY CONVICTION UNDER LORD CAMPBELL'S LIBEL ACT. Maria Fountain, aged twenty-one, a quiet, modest looking young woman, described as a morning governess, was indicted at the Central Criminal Court, on Monday. under Lord Campbell's Libel Act, for attempting to ex tort money from the Rev. W. Nivin by threatening to publish libels concerning him. The prosecutor said he did not know the prisoner until he received a no'e from her, stating that she had some thing to cornrounica'e to him of great importance, and begged that he would call upon her. He replied that it was not his cusZorn to call upon persons with whom he was unacquainted. He received another letter, stating that some slanders had been utterred by a Missßichard son, residing in Brompton, to the effect that he had been observed to pay several visits to her sister Caroline, stay ing several hours; that this slan ler was going the round of the neighbourhood and was doing her great injury ; that she meant to bring an action against Miss Richard son, but thought if his name were mixed up ire the affair it might injure him asa clergyman of the Church of Eng-- land, and that unless 4he gut his consent she would pro ceed no further in the matter. Knowing Miss Richard son very intimately, he took very little notice of that and several other letters which he received from the pri soner, until he received one which he thought required some attention. He, with a confidential friend, went to the prisoner's house, and they were th ere to ld aga i n t h a t Miss Richardson had uttered some gross slanders con cerning them. His friend then called on Miss IL, and made her acquainted with the charge which was made against her; and, on her denying having uttered a word concerning them, he took his leave. Sonic other letters pas , ed, after which prosecutor received a letter threat ening him with an action for libel, and stating that hie wife and Miss Richardson having uttered slanders of her sster, proceedings would be commenced. A; writ was served on him a short time after, and at different times he recei ved these words thr : e — e more Now ore thatte letters, our the fun dxfiisaotrwelo which exhausted, which at i es c d o t i sa a p i p u pa d y . to you, as the injurnr, to know what course you mean to pursue towards us." This letter he did not answer. The n-at letter, hinting that prosecutor had paid improper atten tions many parts of to prisoner's sister five year's previous, said, "I shall advertise our case, with our names (as we n h%v s e . Og family to disgrace), in the Times, Chron i cle, a Po st." And endeavour to and accusations made against prosecutor with regard to prisoner's sister. save,Aep n c Yd h ya l o e n'u t .o t Ibte another youar distress letter mweailnlws w eai n a sn s cami s:oemPr read, complained of, The following is an extract from one of her letters :—" ask you, calmly and dispassionately, what were your at tentions to my sister five years ago ?" The prisoner, after these letters, threatened to communicate and lay the whole particulars before Archdeacon Sinclair and the Bishop of London, which she did. The letter to the Bishop of London was then read. It contained charges made against witness in connexion with prisoner's sister. The prosecutor deposed that, except as one of his con gregation, he had never seen the prisoner or her sister, and had never spoken to either. Miss Richardson and Mrs. Nivin were afterwards called, both of whom stated that they had never spoken to the pri , oner or her sister. Juhn M'Naughten, formerly beadle to the prosecutor's church, said that on the 27th of May a vounz man came to him, and offered him money on condition that he would aff,rd Miss Fountain al: the information he was master of in regard to Mr. Nivin, which he refused to do. Twelve jury, . h . Parry miveovaeirh m , s aie an able imprisonment returned eiscio address mveerndtverdict f tn tfh o the defence. Guilty. uhlot house e e e so n ef n e. T c, eonrere_ e The tion, The C _ be Court of Exchequer has decided that if a man vo luntarily kills himself, whether sane or not, a policy of assurance on his life, containing the usual clause relative to persons dying by their own hands, is void.' A verdict given in favour of the widow on five policies fur £909 each, effected in the Argus office by a gentleman wbo cena milted suicide whilst labouring under insanity, was, there fore, set aside. THE NEW INSOLVENT COMMTSSIONER.—Mr. Charles Phillips, a Commissioner of the Liverpool Court of Bank ruptcy, has received the appointment. The learned com missioner, by accepting the situation, will lose £3OO a- year , his present salary as a country Commissioner in Bank ruptcy being £l,BOO per annum, but it is said he has been influenced mainly by consideration of health. 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