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imprrial parliament. had ever decided in favour of ten hours, although it had cient, and was brought forward by a truckling ministry, negotiated a twelve hours' limitation. He also objected which would agree to any compromise upon the subject, --ats--• to a discussion on it at this particular time, because the for the purpose of keeping their places. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. restriction on the importation of foreign corn was still Lord G. BENTINCK entered into a defence of the pro- Lord Brougham moved for five returns, which had been con ti nu ed, although the protection that cotton, wool, and tectionist party from the charge of entering into an un laid on the table of the house, connected with the question s ilk manufictures had lately enjoyed, was considerably holy compact or alliance with Mr. 'W. S. O'Brien. of the importation of foreisai corn and corn from Ireland. re d u c e d. After describing the-magnitude of the interests The first reading of the bill was carried by a majority In so doing the noble lord complained of the delay of which would be affected by this measure, Sir J. Graham of 274 to 125. business in the House of Commons, which had b-come contended that if carried, this Bill would be a tax on ca the subject of much remark in the French capital. If cer- pital of sixteen per cent, which would ultimately fall on tain parties thought they could frustrate the intention of labour, and end in reducing the wages of the operatives Parliament by endless and vexatious delay, and postpone fully one-sixth. The Home Secretary, on the part of him the arrival of a most salutary measure tilt it should be tool self and his collea,ores, declared their determination to be late for -this session, the remedy was in their lordship's tired on this question. hands and they had the power of anticipating the discus- The debate was adjourned to Wednesday week. sion, and coming to a deliberate and well-considered op i- _. nion. This was his reason for moving for these return s, HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. and in the course of a fortnight, or thereabouts, he should On the motion for the second reading of the Religious deem it his duty to give their lordship's an opportunity of Opinions Relief Bill, discussing, deliberating, and pronouncing their opinion The LORD CHANCELLOR explained the circumstances upon the general principles of - the great and important under which he brought it before tie house. Tne matter commercial change to which he had referred, and which had been referred to the criminal law commissioners, who be wished should receive their lordship's sanction; and ban prepared a very lucid report upon the subject, as well if that Should be the case lie did not entertain any doubt as the form of the measure. In its amended shape it had of a speedy decision elsewhere. been divided into two parts; one related to the oaths re- The motion was agreed to. quired to be taken by persons dissenting from the Church The Earl of Dalhousie rose to move that the resolutions of England, the other related to the disabilities under for the rezulation of railway bills, should, with certain which such persons laboured. -It had been the intention amendments, be adopted as a sessional order. As the of the gov ernment when the Catholic Relief Bill was pas government 'had no wish to throw unnecessary obstacles sed to remove all disabilities arising out of religious opini in the way of railroads, he should propose that all bias one, but this object had been from time to time neglected which now stood for a third reading should be exempted or overlooked. The bill proposed to give relief from from the operation of these resolutions. more than thirty acts of parliament and parts of acts of Lord Monteagle objected to the practice of relaxing parliament, which imposed disabilities. There might be regulations to meet particular cases. If the resolutions reasonable grounds of objection to the repeal of some of were to apply to any bills, they ought to apply to ad; in these acts; but he (the Lord Chancellor) suggested that Ilia opinion the house had great cause for complaint that such objection should be reserved until after its second these propositions had not been brought before parliament reading. His lordship quoted several acts of parliament at an earlier period. which still remained on the statute book, to show how After some discussion, in which the Marquis of Clanri- oppressively they had pressed upon persons of the Jewish carde, Lord Ashburton, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Rad- nod other persuasions, beside that of the Roman Catho nor took part, and in the course of which the general po- lie. By one of these laws Jews were prohibited from be licy of the government was approved of, though various coming the holders of land ; another act required of them objections were made to its details, the resolutions were that they should wear badges. After referring in detail agreed to. to the -various acts which imposed disabilities on persons - L.- ground of their religious opinions, and penalties for FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, AMERlCA.—Adviees from Washington to the '4th, and from Boston to the 7th ultimo, have been received by the packet-ship Mary Ann, Captain Brown. This fine line of vessels is rapidly rising in note, and well deserves success. The political accounts thus received are unimportant. The question of notice in the Senate had not been voted upon. That assembly had been addressed by Messrs. Ashley and M`Duffie, and with the progress of time the interests of peace were consolidating. The commercial accounts from New York are of no moment. SPAIN.—The Phare of Bayonne of the 26th informs us that the whole of the provinces under the Captain-Gene ral of Burgos have been declared in a state of siege. It is evident from this that the spirit of insurrection is extend ing itelf. Lugo, Vigo, Tuy, and Pontevedra still hold out, and Juntas had been formed, the presidents of which are said to be Esparteris:s. Very great dissatisfaction prevailed at Madrid at the date of the last accounts, in consequence of the delay in convoking the Cortez. PORTUGAL.—INSURRECTION ART MOVEMENT.—The Madrid steam-ship arrived at Southampton on Monday night, with 143 passengers on board. She brings impor tant intelligence from Portugal. A general rising of the people had taken place in the northern provinces, com mencing at Minho, unaided by the military. The cause of the outbreak was the excessive local taxation, which, it appears, is so exorbitant, that it is irnposs;ble it can be borne. The Minister of Justice had arrived in Oporto, and had taken command of the whole of the disturbed provinces. The habeas corpus had been suspended. Troops had been sent from Oporto to quell the distur bances, and collisions had taken place between them and the people, and consequently much blood had been shed ; but the movement had by no means been put down. The Minister of Justice arrived on the 22d, the day before the Madrid sailed. The feeling throughout the country was unanimous, and little doubt existed that the insurrecti onary movement would not be easily put down. No fewer than 68 persons died in New Orleans from sunstroke during the past summer. By letters from Paris, it appears to be the general im pression that Lecomte is insane. He has several times at tempted to commit suicide. The French Governor of Senegal (Capt. 011ivier) com mitted suicide on the 25th March, by cutting his throat in a fit of delirium. An edict has been posted on the walls of Rome, de nouncing the modern innovation of gas light, and order ing that all private gas works should be suppressed. A petition was recently presented, in the Ohio legisla ture, from John Noel, praying that George Robebaugh be divorced from his wife, and that she be given to peti tioner, in pursuance of a previous contract of marriage. GERMAN ROMANISTS.—The dissident Romanists of Baden have, by a ministerial order, been permitted to ce lebrate public worship, on condition of their abandoning the title of German Catholics. and calling themselves an " Association of the Partisans of the Confession of Leip- on 'HOUSE OF COMMONS.—M ONDAY. the non-observance of their provisions, he said that there 'Major RERERTORD, on behalf of his-relative, the Mar- could hardly arise any difference of opinion as to the pro quis of Waterford, corrected some grossly exaggerated priety of repealing these acts. statements of Mr. J. O'Connell respecting the expulsion Lerd BROUGHAM entirely agreed with the Lord Chan of tenants. cellor that the bulk of these enactments ought to be Mr. O'CONNELL, jun. m ade the arnende honourable, swept from the statute book, those which inflicted penal .and Mr. O'CONNELL, sen. bore testimony to the good ties for recusancy more especially. He (Lord Brougham) qualities of the Marquis as a resident landlord. expressed a hope that the noble and learned lord on the Mr. W. S. O'Bruew openly declared that he would not woolsack would give the bill his grave consideration be obey an order of the [louse to attend upon the railway fore it went into committee. committee group No. 11—an avowal which created quite The Bishop of LONDON did not propose to offer any a sensation. opposition to the bill in that stage of its progress, but he In reply to a question from Mr. C. Powell, Sir JAMES wished to state some objections which had suggested GRAIMM said, that it was perfectly true that an infernal themselves to his mind upon the subject. He trusted machine had been used at Sheffield, and that property be- that no provision would be introduced into the measure longing to three ladies of small means had been injured. which would affect the supremacy of the crown. The The government was in communication with the authori- rev. prelates around him would naturally entertain some ties of that town in order to put a stop to these dastardly apprehension on the subject, seeing that the right was acts. (It appears that they arose oat of disputes between still maintained by the Roman Catholic priesthood to in the masters and workmen.) sist on the Pope's supremacy, and his title to absolve the The debate on the Protection-of-life (Ireland) Bill was subjects of other nations from their allegiance. He could then resumed, the Premier at considerable length defend- not but believe that the bill would, in its present state, go ing the measure and indicating the motives of himself and much further than its originator intended or desired. colleagues in bringing it forward currently with the new His lordship then proceeded to explain his objections to corn bill. He refused to consider the question whether certain clauses of the bill. the administration would acquire more popularity by Lord BROUGHAM agreed with the right rev. lord. if abandoning this bill than by proceeding with it; for popu- the penalties which had been referred to were offensive larity would be gained at too costly a sacrifice if it were they ought to be removed, but care should be taken to attended by greater danger to the life and property of her substitute something for them that would be equally effi- Majesty's loyal subjects. He did not contest the right to cacious. o ppose the first stage of such a measure; he was only con sidering whether the government would have been justified suggestion of the last noble lord could be embodied in the in letting a bill of such importance as the present lie upon act. but lamented still more that the house should be the table without further notice. As to the injurious sur- doomed to hear such a century of grievances, after what miss that government had interposed this measure for the he and most noble lords had considered the final settle purpose of getting rid of their measure on the Corn-laws, merit of the Catholic question. Where were now those it was enough for him to say at present that the lapse of expressions of gratitude which they had been accustomed time, and many intervening events, had confirmed the im- to hear for the liberal relief afforded by the Emancipati pressions on which he had originally proposed the final on Bill? He could not believe that any attempt would and permanent adjustment o f t h e Corn L aws . Events be made to interfere with the few miserable securities in had proved to him that the res t r i c ti ons , w hi c h he once troduced into that bill, and if any such attempt were made, believed to be only impolitic, were now a b so lutely unjust ; he, for one, would indignantly exclaim against it. 'With and his colleagues and himself we r e p erfectl y p re p ared to respect to the clause prohibiting Roman Catholic priests certify by any public ac t th e s i ncer ity of t h e i r convictions from assuming the style of bishops, he thought it a most on that point. He then proceeded to an explanation of important enactment ; for it must not be forgotten, though the reasons which had induced the government to propose Lord Camoys seemed to have forgotten the fact, that a measure of this harsh character towards Ireland, and to there could not be two bishops both filling the same see at controvert the statistics of Mr. Hawes. He did not know the same time. As for the matter of supremacy, it was where Mr. Hawes had got his returns ; but from those in one thing for Romanists to believe in the Pope's authority, his possession, which he read to the House, it appeared and another to set forth, teach, and extol his spiritual ju that there had been in the last twelve months a great in- risdiction ; and if his supremacy in this latter sense were crease in the amount of the various crimes a g ainst life acknowledged, we must prepare ourselves for nothing and property in certain districts in Ireland. Having made short of a religious war. out a strong case, in the character and frequency of the The bill was read a second time. crimes endangering the life of the subject and the peace of the country, for the adoption of measures of extraordinary HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. precaution, he next proceeded to show that special cons- On the motion for resuming the debate respecting the missions were of little or no use, unless you were prepa- raftisal of Mr. Smith O'Brien to attend English or red to produce evidence which would insure conviction. Scotch committees on private bills, He then grappled with the point, " Would this bill be effi- Mr E. B. ROCHE moved, as an amendment, that Mr. cacious for its object ?" and in so doing admitted that, if O'Brien he heard in his place, in opposition to the mo lt would not be so, it was not to be justified by the fre- tion for his committal for contempt. quency of its repetition. He had been told that in press- Mr. HumE supported the amendment. ing it now upon the Utilise he was disregarding the wishes Mr. R. YORKE, however, thought such a course incon of the representatives of Ireland. He had been much sistent with the dignity of the house, and, therefore, op surprised at that assertion, for he found that in 1835 the posed it. representatives of Ireland bad consented to a measure si- Mr. O'CONNELL said he understood that Mr. O'Brien miler to the present, and had allowed it to remain on the was not satisfied with his advocacy of his cause on Toes atatute books for five years, without the slightest remon- day evening, and he, therefore, hoped the motion of Mr. strance. He then proceeded to justify in detail the vari- Roche would be agreed to. ous clauses of the bill, and to show that they were even Sir R. PEEL regarded the question as one of precedent, more necessary for the protection of the poor than for the and appealed to the Speaker if it was possible, in accord protection of the rich. He believed that when the bll ance with the rules of the house, to adopt the suggestion was once passed, the knowledge of its existence would al- of Mr. Roche. most operate as a cure of the present disorders. It would The SPEAKER was of opinion that there was no prece he delusive to propose this measure as a panacea for the dent for the amendment of Mr. Roche; and that hon. disorders and grievances of Ireland, and he therefore at gentleman accordingly withdrew it. once admitted that it was an unm iti ga ted evil and no re- Mr. M. MILNES then moved as an amendment, "That medy for them. He refused to discuss, on the present the house having convicted Mr. O'Brien of contempt, occasion, the various measures which had been proposed they would adjourn the debate for six months," thus ex for the permanent relief of Ireland, for each of them de- eluding Mr. O'Brien, for that period, from the discussions served a separate discussion. With regard to the intro- in the house. duction of the principle of the English Poor Law into Ire- This amendment did not meet the views of the house, land, he observed that there were many reasons which and ultimately the original motion for committing Mr. ought to induce the House to pause before it adopted in O'Brien to the custody of the serjeant at arms was agreed Ireland the principle that the unemployed poor had a t right to relief from the land. They ought not hastily to Mr. HAWES then moved, " That, on Wednesday next. grant the poor of Ireland such an indefeasible claim with- the house would resolve itself into committee to consider of out looking at all the social relations of th at countr y , for an address to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would they might be holding out a permanent incentive to indo- be graciously pleased to advance to the claimants for losses lence, instead of affording a te m p orar y relief to unem- I sustained by the seizure of British ships and cargoes by ployed end destitute indus tr y . In no country was the the Danish Government in 1807, the amount of their re maintenance of the great principles of property of more spective losses as ascertained by the commissioners ap importance than it was in Ireland ; but he must confess pointed for the investigation of Danish claims, and re that the manner in which great numbers of the tenantry ported upon the 12th of May, 1840, and assuring her were evicted in that country struck him with the deepest Majesty that the house will make good the same." and most anxious regret. He would tell the members and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the landlords of Ireland that he thought they relied too much motion, which led to some discussion, and a repetition of on the assistance of the executive government, and too the arguments which have been familiar to our readers for little upon themselves; and that it was in their power to the last 30 years. Ultimately the house divided, and the do more good for Ireland by their own exertions than any motion of Mr. Hawes was carried by a majority of 59 government could do for them. If they would only meet to 41. together and consider the condition of their country, the Mr. BOUVERIE then moved for a select committee to obligations of property, and the consequence of a harsh inquire into the condition of the labourers employed in exercise of the powers which property ghee them, they the construction of railways and other public works, and might with a little liberality and forbearance confer ines- into the remedies which may be calculated to lesson the timable blessings on their country. He called upon them peculiar evils, if any. of that condition. The motion ap to follow the example of Lord G. Hill, who had converted peeled to have reference chiefly to the prevalence of the 18,009 acres of waste land into a valuable property, and truck system, and after some discussion it was agreed to - who, by a constant attention to his duties as a landlord, without a division. had conciliated to himself the good-will of those who The Serjeant at Arms announced to the house that he stood to him in the relation of tenants. By such conduct had taken Mr. O'Brien into custody. they would draw together the relations of rich and poor, and would insure a confidence in the impartial adminis- HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. tration of justice, which could not be accomplished by any Earl Powis presented several petitions against the direct efforts of legislation. There were obligations on union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. -property which laws could not instil or control, but which Lord CAMPBELL moved the order of the day for their were essential to the good order and maintenance of so- lordships to go into committee on the Deodands Abolition ciety. In conclusion, he gave the Irish members a gentle Bilt and Death by Accident Compensation Bill, which hint for the public inconvenience which was accruing from were supported by Lord Denman. They went through their continued prolongation of this debate. committee, and were reported to the house. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from 5000 of the shareholders of the Irish Great Western Railroad Bill, praying that it might not pass its third reading (fixed for that evening.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he held a petition ' signed by an equal amount of scripholders, praying that the bill might go on. His lordship pointed at the adverse petition as a proof of the mariner in which an adverse company might get petitions signed for the express pur pose of enabling it to stop the progress of a rival specula- HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY Sir R. PEEL brought down messages from her Majesty, recommending to her faithful Commons to make provisi on for Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough, whose public services her Majesty was desirous of rewarding. The Right Hon. Baronet gave notice that he would on Mon day next move that her Majesty's most gracious message be taken into ronsidnation. The case of Mr. W. Smith O'Brien was then brought -under consideration. The hon gentleman refused to serve on the committee of a private bill unconnected with Ire land ; alleging that, as he claimed for Ireland the power of legislating for herself, he as an Irish member did not conceive himself entitled to serve upon bills relating ex clusively to England or Scotland, though quite willing to serve on those relating to Ireland. Mr. ESTCOURT moved that the hon. gentleman was guilty of a contempt of the house ; and after a long dis cussion the motion was carried by 133 to 13. Mr. ESTCOURT then moved that Mr. Smith O'Brien be committed to the custody of the serjeant at arms.— Another discussion ensued, and the debate was adjourned until Thursday. Mr. P. SCROPE obtained leave to bring in a bill for promoting the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. On the motion cf Mr. ESTCOURT it was resolved that all committees have leave to sit during the sittings of the house. Sir R. INGLis presented a petition from the clergymen and other inhabitants of Bedford, praying the house to take measures to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Lord's-day. Mr. CoLQUIIOUN presented a petition from the persons professing the Roman Catholic faith in the north of Eng land, praying the house to protect them against the domi neering spirit of the Vicar Apostolic of the Pope. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Factory Bill, Mr. Hume said he hoped some day might be named for the discussion of the measure after the Minis terial business was disposed of. (The mention of so re mote a period excited general laughter.) Mr. FIELDEN at length was enabled to proceed, and moved the second reading of the Factories' Bill, limiting the labour of young persons between the ages of thirteen and eighteen to ten hours a-day. Mr. AINSWORTH seconded the motion, although he re commended a compromise of eleven hours. Sir I. GRAHAM said it had been his duty to reconsider attentively the opinions which he had formerly entertained and avowed on this question, and after the most careful and sattious deliberation, he felt bound to declare that his cip i n i ala s remained unchanged on this subject, and that, therefore, it would be his duty to join the hon. member for MontroLe, and to vote against the second reading of the bill. The Home Secretary obj-cted to the discussion of this measure by the present parliament so soon after the House had delibuutd on, and rejected the principle a ten hours' limitation,--for lie denied that the house Lord BROUGHAM stated, on the faith of a letter from a sharebroktT at Liverpool, that railway speculation had revived with all its former fury. The bill was then read a third time, and passed. The Mullingar and Galway Railway Bill, and the Rail way Deposits Bill, were also read a third time. In reply to an inquiry from the Bishop of Exeter, as to when the house would go into committee on the Religious Opinions' Relief Bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR, who seemed to consider the question premature, said the amendments were of a new and difficult characteimand required grave consideration. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved that the house should go into committee on the Railways Companies Dissolution Bill. The Earl of RADNOR said that a great deal of gambling had been going on during the last few days in railways, some of which had risen from 50 per cent. discount to 50 per cent. premium. He thought that if 51 out of 100 shareholders in a company were desirous of dissolving it, the minority of 49 would suffer great hardship on being deprived of all benefit from plans, surveys, and other ex pensive operations, which had been paid for out of their contributions. He was of opinion there should be some provision for such contingencies. His lordship suggested that it might still be left to the minority to carry on a company on releasing from liability those who were op posed to its continuance. The house, after a little discussion, went into commit tee, and several trifling amendments were made. RAILWAY INTLLLIciE NCB. IRELAND. On Saturday night four persons were drowned at Wa terford by the upsetting of a boat. , A few days ago, Mr- Brew, agent for Colonel Vande leur, of Kilrush, was fired at by ar person in female attire, and wounded in the arm. The assassin walked off in the presence of several persons, coolly reloading his gun and threatening to shoot any one who followed him. EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.—It is calculated that 30,000 persons will have emigrated from Ireland in the present year. Many of them are known to have consi derable sums of money.; but, at only £2O a-head, they will withdraw from the small capital of this impoverished country no less than £6oo,ooo.—Dublin Register. There was a dull meeting at Conciliation Hall, on Mon day, Mr. Steele in the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Smith O'Brien, on the relation betty, en the repealers and the several political parties of England, by no means complimentary to the latter. There was a fearful falling off in the week's " rent," which only amounted to £7B. Lord Cloncurry has received a letter from Mr. Peel, dated Calcutta, March 7, intimating that an additional sum of £2,000 has been transmitted to the Bank of Ire land, for the relief of the distressed Irish, from the Ben gal Presidency, with an intimation that more money may be expected from the same benevolent source. SPLENDID BEQUEST,.—The lite John Scott, Esq., of Broad-street, London, has bequeathed the sum of £27,000 to each of three Societies,—the Church Missionary So ciety, the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, and the Bible Society ;—and £9,000 each to the City Mission, the Lon don Missionary Society, and the Clerical Education-Aid Fund. DETERMINED SUICIDE.-011 Saturday week, Corpo ral Kenneth Brodie, of the 73rd regiment, stationed at Cork, shot himself with his musket in his room, while under confinement on a charge of intoxication. The de ceased had his boots on and was apparently cleaning his musket, when he took off his right boot, and having placed the muzzle of the gun to his mouth pulled the trigger with his toe, and litterally blew the roof of his skull off, scat tering the brains about in all directions. The Commissioners of Public Works, in Ireland, acting under the Drainage Act of the present session, have issued a notification that they are ready to receive loans for the execution of drainage and other works. The amount re quired for the present year will, probably, be £200,000. The sum at present required for the works in Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Cavan, Tipperary, and other counties, is £92,000. The maximum rate of interest is five per cent. The security is a first charge on the lands to be drained or improved. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.—According to a parliamen tary return, the number of outrages specially reported to the constabulary-office, Dublin Castle, in 1842, was 6,535; in 1843, 5,8;5 ; in 1844, 6,327; and in 1845, 8,095. By returns from the Chief Secretary's office, it appears that the number of persons committed for trial in Ireland, in the year 1844, was 19,448, and in 1845, 16,696. Among the outrages reported to the constabulary-office, threaten ing notices or letters form a prominent feature. They numbered last year 1,944, and in the preceding year, 862. Of homicides, there were 106 in 1842, 122 in 1843, 146 in 1844, and 139 in 1845. Outrages in attacking houses numbered last year 483, and incendiary fires, 478. Of the number of persons committed for trial in the second re turn, it is stated that in 1844 out of the 19,448 there were 8,042 convicted, 10 found to be insane on arraignment, and 13 acquitted as being insane, and 11,406 acquitted ant; sic." discharged. In the year 1845, of the 16,696 committed The arrival of Ibrahim Pasha has occasioned some sen- for trial, there were 7,101 convicted, and 959 acquitted. satinn in Paris. A circumstance connected with it, which THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD'S TENANTRY.—A. would formerly (when religion was in vogue) have pro- writer in the Carlow Sentinel, who, however, withholds duced a powerful effect, passes unnoticed. His highness his name, has published a lengthened explanation of the is accompanied by several Frenchmen who have embraced circumstances under which the recent evictions took place Mahometanism , on his lordship's property in the south of Ireland. The GREAT MORTALITY IN THE WEST INDIES.—From re- most material passage in this rebutting statement is as turns recently received, it appears that the 71st Regiment follows :—" The hundreds stated to have been ejected of Highlanders, at Dominique and Antigua, has suffered were no tenants to the Marquis of Waterford, but stran severely from fever, and those diseases peculiar to the gets from the counties of Cork and Kerry, who located climate, having lost a lieutenant, five serjeants, two cor- themselves in miserable hovels, not more secure or corn norals, two drummers, ninety-eight priva'es, and twenty- fortable than pig-styes'--erected, too, on the acre of five women and children, all taken oft within a week or ground in the occupation, mark ! of each and everyone of two. the 40s. freeholders, and who latterly pair. no rent for THE CHOLERA.—This destructive scourge seems once these wretched hovels to the forty shillingers,' but re. more on its way to ravage the continent of Europe, origi- fused to pay rent in any shape. 1 hus, the public will nating, as before, in the heart of Asia, Northern Persia perceive that the parties ejected were miserable squatters, being the first quarter in which it was noticed; it is gra- deriving under the forty shiilingers' still in occupation, dually approaching the confines of Europe. The chief and having no connexion, directly or indirectly, with the cities of Persia already count by thousands the number of Marquis of Waterford, although this generous and much their dead who have fallen victims to Asiatic cholera. calumniated nobleman is falsely charged with evicting by The line of route taken by it appears to be almost due wholesale a bod y of ' 40s. freeholders.' " west, for it attacked in regular succession the cities of Bokbara, Herat, Meshed, Teheran, and Ispahan, while recent accounts from Odessa state that two or three cases -- of Asiatic cholera had been observed at Tiflis.r—German OXFORP.—The Venerable Walter Augustus Shirley, Paper. M.A., of New College, Archdeacon of Derby, has been THE Jaws IN RUSSIA.—A letter has been received elected to preach the Bampton Lecture in 1847. from Sir Moses Montefiore, bearing date St. Petersburgh, Sir H. Douglas, last week, presented a petition to the April 8, 1846, and stating that lie has had the honour of Commons, from a place in Essex, against the union of the a long audience with his Imperial Majesty the Emperor, Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. who received him most gracionsly, and most patiently Mr. George Tomline, M.P. for Shrewsbury, has pre listened to him ; and His Majesty expressed his ap_ sented £lOOO to Eton College, as the foundation of an probation of Sir Moses coming to St. Petersburg, and annual mathematical prize. stated that he (Sir Moses) should have the satisfaction of I Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, the Jewish baronet, has given taking with him the Emperor's assurance and the assur- a piece of land at Preston, near Brighton, as the site for a ante of his ministers that he was desirous of improving new Protestant church which is to be erected in that parish. the condition of Sir Moses's co-religionists in the Russian On Monday last the members of the fourth term of St. empire ; and that this object was at present under delibe- Bees' College presented to the Vice-Principal of that col ration. His Majesty likewise suggested that Sir Moses lege, the Rev. D. Anderson, a magnificent Triglott Bible, should visit his coreligionists in the several towns in which containing the Hebrew, Greek, and English versions, asa they principally dwell. Sir Moses acknowledges, in the mark of their sincere esteem and admiration of his untir warmest terms, the Emperor's humanity and benevolence. ing zeal in teaching and explaining the grand scheme of Gospel salvation contained therein. It is beautifully bound in black morocco, with broad silver bands and UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL, NEWS. ------ • • -- - -- 1 clasps. The railway traffic of last week exhibits an increase, 1 The Rev. C. W. Richards, on leaving his curacy in over the corresponding week of last year, of no less a sum I Lichfield, was presented with a handsome case co ntainin g than £30,996. 1 a silver tea-pot, cream jug, and basin. A few days pre- LIVERPOOL, WARRINGTON, AND STOCKPORT. — This viously the men's Bible class presented him with a beau tiful pocket communion service , and othe r s with various company, the opponents of the Birkenhead , Lancash ir e , and Chester Junction, retire from the field, and have marks of gratitude and esteem. The rev. gentleman, e announced their intention of returning 275. per share to who has resided at Lichfi ld upwards of four years, has the scripholders. lately been appointed to the curacy of Ashbourn, Derby- Tits NEWTON STATION.—The Liverpool and Manches- shire. Many of our readers will remember that Mr. Bi ter Companies are building a commodious and handsome chards was formerly connected with Liverpool. station at Newton, worthy of the importance of that cen- THE LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.—A meeting of tral position on the line. They are also making p re p ar e - the friends of this society was held on Friday, in the tions for an enlarged station at Kenyon. large room at Exeter-hall. There was a very considera- A dividend, at the rate of ss. per share, has been de- ble attendance on the occasion, and the speeches delivered dared on the shares of the Preston and Wyre Railway. were numerous and effective. The society , which has The dieectors have thought it prudent to divide only what been formed in aid of the Church Education Society for they have earned, but the prospect of the future is stated Ireland, and with the view of securing to that society, in to be highly gratifying, inasmuch as the traffic of the line its struggles with the National Board, the assistance of is increasing, and new sources of revenue will shortly be English Protestant contributions, appears by the report to be in a flourishing condition. The subsc ri p tions show an opened. RESULTS OF RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.—The quan- increase on the previous year of no less than £l,OOO, and tits of fish sent from Scarborough along th e railwa y to it was stated that 100,0 00 Protestant an d 50,000 Dissen ters' children, Roman Catholic and ot herwise, were at York, has averaged eighty tons per week durin g the whole of the winter. This fact surprises even the Scar_ present receivinc , the benefits ot a scriptural education in the 2.000 schools' of the society. The Marquis of Choi borough people. And 1,000 tons of coal are sent on the mondeley, who presided, expressed his warm attachment lire regularly every week from York. The prices of the to the) stablished Church in Ireland ; Lord Sandon and latter article are moderate, and the consumption increases. the Bishop of Cashel followed in the same strain. The GOOSING mu DIRECTORS.—An allottee having been thy served with a writ, instead of entering an appearence to formsr t it, he took out a Judge's summons, to be fu rnished with for the dwelt upon the necessity of individual sympathy labours and trials of the Irish Church had been the names, present residences, and designations of the vielently taken from the Roman Catholics. At the time se venty-six parties to the writ. This being a poser, the of the Reformation all the bishops but two ha d eon solicitor to the company called on the allottee, and formed ; while in England where a similar change of informed him he should abandon the action. " No," church revenues had been made, and was not impeached, said the other, " 1 cannot allow that, unless my expenses only one of the existing bishops had abjured the errors of every sort and kind are paid." This demand was, it of Popery. The right rev, prelate contrasted the experi is almost unnecessary to add, complied with. ence of the National Board and the Church Education COMICAL INCIDENT ON AN ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Society's Schools, maintaining that the one bad not, and —A few days since, during one of those pelting showers that the other possessed, a system of united education. which have lately been so prevalent, the labourers ern- The Rev. Dr. O'Sullisan and the Rev. Mr. M`Neile also ployed on the works of the Croydon and Epsom Attains- addressed the meeting very eloquently amPat great length. pheric Railway had in some places no shelter; conse- Dr. 0. Sullivan vindicated the Church of Ireland from the quently they were frequently drenched with rain. The charges of being an impolitic institution for that country, tubes are about twelve inches in diameter, and are con- and as administering a disproportionate revenue which structed with a groove or slit at the top, which aperture she had acquired by an unjust title. He showed that of is cemented by tallow and wax, to render them air-tight. the 700 years of English control in Ireland, the 30 The connecting rod of the piston, as it is forced forward which had been passed under Papal influence were most l by atmospheric pressure, travels through , and of course lawless and disturbed, and that the remaining perio d of ruptures, these substances. Shortly after the down train Protestant ascendancy had introduced to a very great ex had passed the station near the Dartmouth Arms, one of tent the mild impulses of industry and peaceful subordi the labourers was non est inventrts. The rain was de- nation. He contended that the Catholic Church in the scending in torrents, and the other men supposed that sister country had suffered no diversion of property, as it their companion had left the line for shelter. After the had suffered two reformations—one of faith, the other of cessation of the rain, however, as he did not make his forms—one Anglican, the other Roman—one Protestant a ppearance, the circumstance created some sui prise ; and national, the other Popish and unscriptural. Ile fur but the workmen continued their labour , until they were tber stated that the revenues of the church allowed only interrupted by faint cries, which seemed to proceed from £60,000 per annum for the support of 12 bishops, and one of the atmospheric tubes lying on the side of the rails. £400,000 per annum for more than 2,000 clergymen, or One of the men near the tube became alarmed at hearing something under £2OO a year for each. The census stifled moans from such a quarter. On the men approach- showed a Protestant popuhltion of 1,700,000 ; and surely, ing the tube, great was their astonishment on perceiving vart from other considerations, that could not be consi tt:e extremities of a man protruding from the aperture of dered a disproportionate revenue which imposed for the the metal, at the same time hearing moans and cries for sake of the immortal souls a tax of only 10s. upon each. help. It appears that the shower had induced the man The speech of Mr. M'Neil wits chiefly directed to the to resort to this extraordinary shelter, and having sum- question of scriptural education in its spiritual bearings, ceeded in squeezing himself in, he was unable to with- the reverend gentleman declaring it as his opinion that if draw himself from the pipe. The men tugged and pulle d the Court of Rome wished to contrive measures to Ro with all their might for some time, when at length their manise Ireland they could not have adopted better means efforts were successful, and the man Was drawn forth for doing so than the British government had done in ap completely senseless and dripping with the melted tallow. pointing the Board of National Education.. The heat of his body and respiratory organs had effected his deliverance when almost suffocated and saturated with grease. Had he been left much longer, life would have been extinct. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THE COURT er FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen and royal family went to Claremont on Sa turday, and return to town to-day. FASHIONS FOR MAY. (From the "London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion. ") Foulards in various styles; bareges in both large rid small checks ; chine'royal in stripes on either dark or light grounds; poulls de soie, taffetas, and pekins, with foul ards in narrow satin stripes of gray cerise lilac, green nankin, &c., with plain popelines and poils de chevre, compose the materials for spring toilettes. Dark colours will be confined to morning wear ; whilst pink, blue, and lilac glaci are worn for the promenade ; the corsages re main tight and high with jackets; but bareges, muslins, &c., will be with full bodies on bands and ceintures ; the sleeve half-long or quite abort, with gloves of piaci kid. Ribbon flounces on silk dresses are very fashionable, as also fringe, which is made very deep and full, matching the dress ; piaci, ombr6, &c., rows are placed on the bot tom of the dress, or en tablier, with a new style of tassel; flounces will be worn, particularly on thin dresses, on which several are placed. Visitee are still the fashionable style in pardessus ; they are m ade of glace silks in light colours ; some are rather short behind, but trimmed with lace half-a-yard deep ; but the usual trimmings of visiles are of giinp, or biais laid one on the other. Open fancy straws are very much worn, as well as the chapeau guipure; the new form is very pretty, particu larly with the wreaths of exotic plants. Copotes of crape and tulle bonillonnd are lined with fringed ribbens, and ornamented with flowers ; white crape bonnets are trim med with point lace, and wreaths of spring flowers. Pailles de riz will be very fashionable; their forms are a little open, but the ornaments inside are full—flowers ribbon, but particularly boui/lonnes of tulle. PRINCE ALBERT A LAWYER.—The name of Prince Albert appears the first in a I ecently-published list of the henchers of Lincoln's-inn. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Bernard Gregory, for libel on the Duke of Brunswick, was brought up for judgment, when he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for eight months. On Thursday a conditional rule for a criminal infor mation against Mr. Frederick Jackson, solicitor, Dublin, for writing a threatening letter to Mr. Butt, Q.(1., was granted by the Queen's Bench. LIABILITY OF CAB PROPRIETORS FOR LUGGAGE. — The Court of Common Pleas decided on Thursday that the proprietor of a hackney-carriage is bound to carry, " safely and securely," the luggage of any person hiring h;s carriage, and that he is liable for any loss arising from his negligence. IMPORTANT TO MEDICAL CORONERS.—At the Wigan Borough Sessions, last week, before Mr. Seear, Recor der, upon the coroner's bill being presented, Mr. William Ackerley objected to the costs of an inquisition held on the body of William Kenyon, when it was proved that the co roner, who is a surgeon, had been attending the deceased previous to his death. The Recorder deemed it a case that did not require an inquisition, and disallowed the claim. REPUDIATION IN THE IRON TRADE.—BAILEY AND OTHERS V. DICKER.—At the Court of Exchequer, on Thursday, the above action was brought to recover da mages for a breach of contract. The plaintiffs in the case were Messrs Bailey, Brothers, and Co., of this town, and the defendant, J. C. Dicker, Esq. It appeared that the defendant, who was fearful that the prices would fall, had sold, through the agency of Mr. Short. a retired ironbroker. to the plaintiffs, 2,000 tons of Scotch pig iron, at 675. 6d. per ton. Prices, however, suddenly rose to 80s., and the defendant repudiated the contract. Thejury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—dama;es, £l,OOO. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Mr. E. B. y ROCHEread a letter from Mr. W. S. O'Brien, in which he complained that Mr. Estcourt, the chairman of the committee of selection, had, by with holding the correspondence, not stated the case fairly to the house. While he disputed the right of the house to p ro ceed against him as it had done, he was prepared to abide the consequences of the course he had pursued, and would be no party to any motions which might be made for his liberation. The adjourned debate on the Protection of Life (Ireland) bill was resumed. In the discussion which ensued, the bill was supported by Mr. Colquhoun, the Attorney-General, Mr. W. Col lett, and Cantain Fitzmaurice, and was opposed by Mr. Timothy O'Brien, All.. Bellew, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. E. B. Roche, and Cat.tain Layard. Colonel SIBTHORP said he would not oppose the mea sure, but be would not support it, because it was ineffi- May 5, 1846. LOSS OF THE COLONIES OF ENGLAND. 1 SOCIETY OS OR FOR TH IN E FO REI PROPAGAT A R ION OF THE L GN PTS. Glasgow, 2nd May, 1846. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL TIMES. SIR, —My attention has just been drawn to your re marks of Tuesday last on my opinions, and your insinu ations as to my loyalty. _ _ _ . A meeting of this society was held in London on Tues= day, at which the Duke of Buccleuch presided. There were also present the Archbishop of Armagh, Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Rochester, St. David's, Chester, Sodor and Man, and Jamaica, the Deans of Westminster, will . . , lam sure you not refuse me the privilege of setting Li n coln, and Chichester, Ven. Archdeacons Manning, myself right with your readers, and I wish you and they Sinclair, and Hamilton, Lords Cornwallis, Glenelg, Dela could be brought as easily to see that you have no more warr, Jermvn, Sondus, Littleton, John Manners, M.P., reason on your side in opposing my opinions, than you Rayleigh, R. Grosvenor, M.P., Clive, Howe, Bolton, have facts, or even appearances, with which to question and Sandon, M.P., T. D. Acland, M.P., Cardwell, M.P., my devotedness to the British Government. &c. &c. If, in Canada, I have not done as much as any one ihe following is the principal portion of the speech of individual, in sustaining MONARCHIC IN AMERICA, in its the Bishop of Jamaica on the occasion. His lordship said, hours of danger and extremity, I have the equally proud .. I wish to impress on your minds the consideration that, feeling that on these occasions I have uniformly done all notwithstanding the exertions of this and kindred socie- I could. ties, notwithstanding every effort of religious enterprise , And no one has used greater, or perhaps so great, exer- many of the colonies and dependencies of the British tions for the last dozen years in a more difficult and, to crown continue in a state of deplorable destitution, and my mind, ano less patriotic duty—l mean, the purifying that the Incorporated Society does afford, under God, the and popularising of the administration of the colony, as fittest instrumentality for counteracting the evil we de the best, as the only, hope of perpetuating the sway of the plore. But, my lord, is this destitution real and substan - British crown over its North American dependencies. tial, or is it but an imaginary and exaggerated grievance? I have always objected to every abuse that I saw to be I apprehend that, if we advance no further than to ascer endangering the hold of England on Canada, just as tain the identical truth asserted in the first resolution , warmly as I now object to free trade, or rather free im- which has passed this meeting, viz. :—that more than ports only into the mother country and the colony. 40,000 persons, and they principally of the lowest order, As a proof of my former position, permit me to give are, year after year, across the Atlantic or Australian Freese the following extract from a defence I wrote of Lord and landed in some one or other of our immense colonies. Metcalfe, in December 1843, which was the first blow without any means of instruction or of public worship, our struck in Upper Canada for that most illustrious repre- case will be sufficiently proved. I mean not to impugp° sentative of her Majesty, and at a time when Canadian the policy of emigration. I mean not to deny that ern'. public opinion had set in more strongly against his Ex- gration to a considerable extent is necessary, both to the cellency than the tide of British public opinion is 210 W country to be left, and the country to be peopled. But I against protection to British industry : do contend that, if the policy and the purpose of the times. " Situated, as Canada is, alongside of the United States , do compel men to emigrate, the charity and the justice of we known that Republicanism will, at times, become an the times are pledged to provide the poor emigrants, at alarming element among us, and its power here is to be least in the early stages of their history, with the means of dreaded just in proportion that wrong or illiberal princi- worshipping God after the manner of their forefathers. pies, exclusiveness or Toryism, are fostered and increased But bow has this first reasonable expectation been reali , . in the colony ; and we believe that, left in its present un- zed ? I seek in vain in our Colonial annals for any proof popular Episcopal state, King's College is little better of its existence. I look on the mass of our colonial pos than a hotbed and nursery of provincial Toryism, which sessions—l read their statistical returns, and I find large we have always found, both in Upper and Lower Canada, districts still left without clergymen, townships rising just as impatient of British control, and just as anti- without churches, villages and hamlets growing into com- British in its views of its peculiar interests, and the pre- mercial and agricultural, and even political importance , scriptive importance of its individuals, as is the Repub- without the adoption of any predomination ; nay, without licanism of either province, although the members of the having any instruction, without a local habitation or 1r former faction have certainly this in common with us name assigned to our national faith. I would illustrate (which the Republicans have not), that in the hour of this from a little personal experience. It is now some the country's need, they stood with us in support of the what more than five-and-twenty years ago since I first British principles." trod the soil of a British colony ; nor shall I easily forget I have already said more than I could have wished about the impressions made upon me by that extraordinary myself, but I hope your readers will see that the public scene. The island to which I refer was in vice almost object I have in view demanded it. commensurate with our sister kingdom. The residenc e With regard to the loyalty of the population of Canada, of the Colonial Governor looks down upon a dim and I have to request you to republish my letter to the Colo- dingy, but densely peopled town, carries even hustlings nial Gazette, of 23d March last. on its lofty height; troops were garrisoned on its castled To see, however, the imminently critical situation of crags, and the proud pendants of England's sovereignty Canada, if its material prosperity comes to be interfered were waving over its estuaries. In one of its 100 harbours with (by its connection with England giving the Ameri- more than SCO vessels, having severally the flags of every cans the run of the Canadian markets, while the Canadi- European power, were collected, waiting to transport th e ans continue to be debarred from selling in the markets of produce of its banks, of its rivers, and even of its desolate the United States), you have only to consider what I said iceburgs, to enrich the coffers of their parent states. One (in the above extract) of the unavoidable danger of the in- hundred thousand persons thus find employment on its crease of republicanism in a country so situated. In fact, shores, while thirty thousand more " went down to thg, unless the moral effect of the British government on the sea in ships, and occupied their business in great waters, , population be happier, and unless it is shown not to stand that colony, my lord, had territory, had commerce, h ad in the way of the material prosperity of the country , we population ; and to consecrate that territory to sanc tify cannot perpetuate monarchy in America, nor, as friends that commerce, and to guide into the way of truth th at of humanity, ought we to desire to do so. population, it had two missionaries of our holy Catholi c The Canadians, (1 spenk of Upper... Canada, more espe- Church. Passing thence into another colony, equal le cially,) would long ago have thrown off the British govern- size, and more considerable in population, blessed with il merit, but that their devoted attachment to its high and more genial climate and a more fertile soil, and cons!e . philanthropic principles enabled them to believe that the quently assuming mare of a settled and agricultural chi" evils, under which they have so long lain, could not be racter, I found eleven clergymen : while in the adjoining con , equences of the operation of our principles of govern- province, the very earliest scene of the colonist, not one' ment, but are only evidences of their not being in opera- tenth part of the people had the means of attendirlg Lion in the colony. church. Now, it must not be supposed, that during th is The endurance of practically bad government, purely period the society slumbered and slept, that she was tin' through their devotion to British principles among those mindful of the deficiency and did not strive to apply the re' of British origin in Canada, may be judged of by the medy. Had this been the case, the resolution which I advn, following facts, which all go to show the danger of our cate would be wholly untrue and the society unworthy' e' doing away their peculiar advantages in the , English your confidence and support. But on the contrary, uncl et, , market : the auspices of this, the much-neglected society, I have s eep Ist.—Prior to Mr. Poulett Thomson's administration the clergy of Newfoundland increased from 2to 28, w hile of the government, so little vitality or popular power and those of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have been tre; eictivity was there in our colonial decoction of monarchy, bled in amount and greatly improved in usefulness.,_; that every man in the country knew that his property have witnessed the first introduction of its missionaries would be worth four times as much were Canada made a into the Bermudas, the practice of the western world , state of the American union. the restoration of its missions, after an interval of ne ar l e 2nd.—Even to this moment, the avant of active or 100 years in the distant islands of the Bahamas. lin business-Pke government, not to say misgovernment, is seen proselytes won from heathenism, converts reforgne. such, that even the improved value of property in Canada from Rome, and multitudes confirmed and educated ''' would be doubled by its now becoming a state of the the faith of their fathers by this valued institution. 're union. the character and conduct of its missionaries I can ale 3rd.—The population are soured by the British govern- bear personal testimony. They have been carefully se; ment winking at things being attempted to be forced lected either by the committees at home or by the bishop!, down the throat of the colonists which dare not be origi- abroad. They are, for the most part, whatever may be nated at home in the present day. I allude to the former the few and painful exceptions, men strongly imbued withf almost successful attempt of the Church of England to the missionary spirit, men of faith and prayer , men grasp for her own exclusive use the whole ecclesiastical consistent and energetic piety, men devoted to no s traneoa endowment in Upper Canada, although the members Cf and energetic opinions either of theology or church pa,r' o l i the Church of Scotland, together with the evangelical sanship, but intent upon one simple and leading ohjee L .„, dissenters, are more than twice as numerous, and to her the society the propagation of the gospel in all its purT., present more audacious attempt to do the same thing with On a recent occasion we have heard it asserted by a d_ 1 , 3 ,, an immense educational endowment granted by George tinguished statesman, who has exhibited, both in his pu b s 111. to the people of Upper Lc:nada. lie and in his private capacity, a strong affection for Lel 4th.—The Canadians know that, while a colony of Eng- Colonial Church ; and the argument has been re-urg_r o land, their farms are the natural battle-field for the settle - to-day to a certain extent by the rig h t hon. gentleman 'Cy ment of European and American quarrels—a disadvantage preceded me, that " that which has been hitherto doll,_ so great as to be in itself the greatest proof of their loyalty , princes and governments must now be lef t to the spirit v, although they feel that in England it secures for them no associations to effect." Entirely concurring w it h th ese greater consideration. illustrious statesmen in assigning such a duty to our se; I do not however argue for England giving Canada ciety, lam very far from assenting to the inference alp advantages at the expense of the people of England. My the state is thereby ahquitted of its responsibility to pre idea is that Free Trade (not being a system but a m ere vide any further for the sustentation of a national ch orea departure from system) will come to be departed from within our colonies. I know, indeed, as a melanclioq after a few years trial, and I therefore think it a monstrous truth, that the Legislature hale, in the exercise of tbV.: pity, in a national point of view, that to make what ap- wisdom, seen fit to withdraw from the society their PI, pears to me so baseless an experiment, the risk of the loss tance which for years had been allotted to her stewar. of that noblest appendage of the British Crown , Britis h ship, and consecrated to the promotion of religious Wl'''. America, should in the meantime be run. But I know also that the wisdom of the LegislatN, n The following extract from my letter of the 14 th March , in the Scotch Reformers' Gazette, will show exactly the though claiming our respectful consideration, is not W e 'd, lible, nor are the acts of the Legislature, though dern es enel views I expressed : in g our entire obedience, like the law of the Med ,i . 7 o i "In a former number it was shown that free trade must the Persians, which altereth not. If, then, the clarnen,!to. necessarily, in its very nature, lose us the colonies, be- an unrighteous multitude, if the complaints of the ILI O cause, the principle of protection abandoned, the colonial dinarian and infidel could enforce upon our rulers. 0 1 system (which is a mere branch of it) falls also, or, what adoption of what I must call a mistaken and unbolt! r e , is to my mind far worse (and could only last a year or economy, it surely is not too much to expect that th,e, o cl two), the colonies become a drag on the empire, having monstrances, the humble, the respectful, but earne" et es ceased to benefit the mother country in any way after they reiterated remonstrances of the churchmen of the it of have thrown off the Imperial Parliament's right to legis- pire, may in time induce a wiser and more liberal sPi r os ti. late for their trade, and commenced free trade with all the legislation, a spirit more congenial to the christian ee„ er world. tution of the country. But, whatever may be our 0;00 " But I argue for the retention of the colonies only, tations of future assistance from the state, it is e e . o ess because it is the interest of England. that the hour has arrived when the church must SI (Of "I hold that it were better for England to lose her cold- herself to a pure, energetic, and condensed exertiotnte to nies, magnificent though these be, than to forbear doing her own perpetuity and extension; and Ido not hesi ta r tios, to ensure her perpetuity must be to extend anything which is shown to be clearly in favour of the say that one of the first and best modes of this c%` e oppressed population in this country. the g ° st , oil , "Though I before pointed out that the adoption of free through the medium of this society. Our appeal ots' trade would necessarily lose the colonies (whose markets t lerefore be to every pastor, and through ever/. seen there is no reason for us going to the expense of defend - to every congregation in this land. For more than alevis ing, unless our manufactures are protected there) , Ido ter of a century, the better part of my natural niereciegia no t pretend to argue that, to save the colonies , for their h a d the privilege to he a fellow worker with this S y l c own sake alone, should prevent us adopting free trade in I have worked humbly with its committees at hote e e 'bee: England, if the greater and more immediate interests of I have worked with God's grace, I hope nerseverinst es' its the mother country would be advantaged thereby. a t o. missions abroad ; and probably no person p rey Far, however, from this being the case, I view free trade I been so intimately acquainted with all its mocew be rei; as tending to reduce the extent of our own manufactures, I 1 Its errors and deficiencies, whatever they may linee_.,, to degrade the condition of our own manufacturers. * I are trifles light as air in comparison with th e ilniPsitl) * * * 4. * * good it has accomplished and is accomplishing . ell Jr` mit, therefore, that the incorporated Society is W serving the confidence of the meeting." "You will thus see clearly my position to be, that (us it is only by their labour that the people can attain pro visions) the self-evident proposition is, that no amount of " FOOD IN THE COUNTRY" would be of benefit to the poor if it is rrat paid for in BRITISH LABOUR." If I have any reason for anticipating that the loss of British America will flow from the adoption, by England, of Free Trade, it becomes a very serious matter when we consider that the following will be among the effects to the mother country, even though we be prepared to put to one side the consideration of the outrage to the feelings of the Loyalists in Canada of our forcing them, (for it amounts to no less, situated, as have explained them to bed into the arms of the American Republic. lat.—The vastly extensive region, now British America, which is scarcely begun to be peopled, will, instead of every year taking more and more goods, take British ma nufactures only to the comparatively insignificant amount of the average per head that the United States now take them. 2nd.—England would be cut off from a supply of tim br, even in time of peace, for the timber lands are Go vernment property, and the United States want it all, and more, for their now twenty millions of people. It is therefore evidently Canada, and not Oregon, that the Americans are now driving at. &A.—The command of the St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy, with Halifax as an impregnable depot, would, in less than ten years, make the United States a greater naval power than France, and, in less than twenty years, a greater naval power than what England, without Colo nies, will be, or have any object in being. 4th.—ln giving up. or doing anything which practically is giving up, British America, we cede millions of acres of the finest wheat lands in the world, the birth-right of the poor of the mother country, and of which, to the dis grace of the Government, it is found that little or no use has hitherto been made for their benefit. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, ISAAC BUCHANAN. ANOTHER PARLIAMENTARY SCEN On Thursday last, in the House of Lords , Prl „ftesj WILLIAM moved for a return of the bilis and esti ° !;., the several railways for which petitions had been during the preient session Lord CAMPBELL rose, and was about to as'- te house, when The LORD CHANCELLOR said, " Will you alloy( put the question." e i° tie e Lord C AMPBELL. — I the sorry to speak on .0 The LORD CHANCELLOR.—But there is t he 0 1 which the noble lord (Nlonteagle) has in his 1 131 ' ° t he has to be put. uto Lord CAMPBELL.—Henceforward we are to l l 11,ti. woolsack for order. We usually jog on very boe'" observe that the most irregular quarter i n the r, de generally the woolsack. (Hear, hear.) to et ° oe The LORD CHANCELLOR. — My cords, r l ee ,bis : 11 (/ (Hear, hear.) I have no more authority i o Dow „ ee than any other individual in it. We are dissirh i l ofedot constitution to the House of Commons. pea 0 4 authority to call noble lads to order; but it n o ble , authority I should every day have to call the ,eo learned lord to order. (Hear hear ) lor Lord a bad not t P h tt e E authority n A le l 9 , t o o w ca l h ll at order ih e but be has at least the power of abstaining fin 00, the disorder, and after this I must repeat, that t": e grerior" orderly quarter of this house is that which i g eCe °' woolsack. (Hear, hear.) The noble and 10/ it then added that, in his opinion, it is inclispeneLy d er nary that before long there should be a flu" ment established. ti%°mbitebae:ol;°es°loll.6lll!. poVsitAivNellTyY assured co F Loa u D s t P h A at LI:EIiSTON. fO t Nommaiimmemmill=mml..... 6 00 / r ve 0J surprise (we sa it sincerely) our Paris letters e a peL A I . I9, etiquette, and all ordinary personal modest/lot In o rs been committed by Lord Palmerston ; aef i to li ni a t d e ,; actually take upon him to write a letter --0" actl'ei" in waiting—though that would have been o°oo Free' ficient in conceit and self -sufficiency—but O f th - e i 0 Louis Phillippe, by the grace of God, King ° c eerf ° ,4 t'g and one of the most illustrious and most P. ° o 0- o ° s reigns in the world ! We venture to beli r e oc ers le o o f stands at the very head of all the acts ° watl' ia ties e vanity and presumption ever committed bi d be e cel' o and what is Lord Palmerston, tbat he. iTd e nti gi f er ei4 e all the millions whom his Majesty's provii. ..0 s? forie delighted, should write the Kingthe illustrioila se oi% —a letter ? Were there no other Eng l P' h riiillia t a i ls , who felt grateful to God on the occasion • derr i, co os to of Montrose, did the Marquis of Lond° ° a nd tieg tti Marquis of Lanseowne, did Lords CautiluPe o f io, es eS,„ write to the King, or so much as drearnip or, 0 1 c 3 him ? Nay, did Lord Cowley, who actua' f at ter ea liP o , our Queen at the French Court, write a r l,„ust °P ,ed ° ,,tl • tbe w en' S'' serve, the Court of the Tuileries is been pres_iag,,, accessible in Europe ; all who have b ; er i ev i ginier • 0 1 monstrousolig ,'; la, received there without any ceremony. e Lord and Pest see the King, the Queen, and the famly. u trYi r ' ll e tb e OP could have gone with the rest of his coo and, lil eo n , . li , of his countrymen he could, his respects, for he had been preseted, 0 .. .e d p o , ra ts i o because in the usual manner, have tend er . t he i to rei nut n°' --• 0 " itions to the King and the family. ,iaaces. whig was far above such ordinary coculu Herald. ii , a mo des,L er p e d hi roes 4 [The letter addressed to the Colonial Gazette, referred to by Mr. Buchanan, •was formerly published in the Standard.] THE ELECTION FOR THE FALKIRK BOROUGHS.— This election took place on Friday, when, at the close of the poll, Lord Lincoln was declared elected by a majority of eleven. The votes for his lordship were 506, and for Mr. Wilson, a radical, 495. The Montrose Standard, whose opinion we give as coming from a quarter not far distant from the scene of action, says—" Lord Lincoln's peculiar situation as a member of government, without a seat in the House of Commons, and his somewhat offensive opposition to his father, the Duke of Newcastle, during his late contest for Nottinghamshire, invested the election with some interest. It is certainly a somewhat curious, if not an humbling spectacle, to see the Secretary for Ireland taking refuge in a Scotch burgh, and entering into negotiations with Radicals and Free Traders for the purpose of strengthening the hands of a Conservative government! The inconsistency of such conduct is ren dered still more striking, from the circumstance that his proposer at the nomination, while he introduced him as a fit representative for tle burghs, nevertheless took an opportunity of declaring that he di ff ered with him on the subject of those measures which, as a member of govern ment, Lord Lincoln was desirous of supporting—this consistent gentleman thus recommending a person to be sent to Parliament for the purpose of opposing, not for warding, what we are bound to believe are his conscientious principles. This is fitting logic to be advanced in support of a member of the present government."