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; inlptrial Varliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition against the anion of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord STANLEY presented a petit on against the Chari table Trusts Bill from the Preston Religious Tract So ciety. He trus.ed that the tr,ble lord on the woolsack would state his intention of reconsidering this class of charities, because if he exempted them the opposition to he bill would be materially mitigated. The Lord CHAXCF7,IOR said he had received repeated applications of a simEar nature, and had uniformly sated his intention of taking the representations made in them into consideration. He felt bound to do so, and in the 'text stage of the bill would state the course which he d to pursue with respect to such societies. Lord .FlaouguAm proceeded to lay before their lord "ships a series of resolutions relating to private bills legis lation. The Railway Deposits Bill went through committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Mr. O'CONNELL said be had a motion on the paper for the discharge of Mr. O'Brien from the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, but in consequence of the peremp tory wishes of the hon. member, he should not bring it forward. Sir IL PEEL, after an elaborate speech on the gallant achiz.vements of the heroes of the Sutlej. proposed that the House should agree to a resolution authorising Her Majesty to direct an annual pavintnt of £3,000 out of the - Consolidated Fund, to Henry Viscount Hardinge, during his life, and such pension to con inue during the lives of Lord Hardioge's two surviving heirs male. lie also pro posed a pension of 1.:2,C00 a year to Lord Gough, during his lifetime, and afterwards during the lifetime of his two succeeding male heirs. He believed the East India Company would, with tt.eir usual liberality, also grant a similar if not a greater pension to Lord Hardinge and Lord Goulh. If they did so, he thought it would not be necessary to pay the government pensions until after the death of the noble lords. He trusted the motion would %e unanimously agreed to. Lord F. EGERTON seconded the motion in a short address, in which he passed a high eulogium on the meats of the two gallant noblemen who were the subjects of it. Lord J. RUSSELL said the resolution proposed by the right hon. baronet had his entire support. After some further discussion, the resolutions of Sir R. Peel were agreed to. The House then went into Committee on the Corn Bill, after a slashing attack upon the measure by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, and an elaborate speech in its sup port from Sir R. PEEL. Some motions of obstinction to the further progress of the Bill having been negatived by majorities of 88 to 111, it was agreed to proeced in Committee on Tuesday ; receive the report on Friday; and take the third reading on Monday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Earl of Rteov moved the address in answer to Her Majesty's message respecting the pensions proposed to be best , iwed on Viscount H a rdinge and Lord Gough After some discussion in which the Duke of Cam bridge, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Fitzwilliam, and Lord Brougham took part, the question on the address was put and agreed to. Lord CAREW then moved for copies of a correspond ence between Lord Heytesbury and himself respecting the appoin , ment to the office of ctudos rorlulorum of the county of Wexford, and complained that he, being Lord Lieutenant of that county, had not been appointed cu•eros rotulo funs on the first vacancy. No pi-r-on could say that he was incompetent to fill the office, and he therefore did not claim it as a favour, but as a matter of right. The Earl of St. GERMANS replied that the Lord-Liu tenant of Ireland posse•sed the right of appointing whomsoever be chose to the office in question, which was not invariably united with the Lord-Lieutenancy of the county. He had, however, no obji ctiou to produce the correspondence. A desultory debate followed, in which Lord STANLEY, the Nlarquis of NORMANDY, the Duke of RICHMOND, and the Duke of WELLINGTON took part, and the motion was agreed to. The Railway Companies' Dissolution Bill was read a third time, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY: All the notices of motions were postponed, and at half -past five o'clock, on the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole house on the Corn Importation Act. In the committee, when the first clause was read by the chairman, by which, in lieu of the present duties, the duties set forth in the schedule to this act are to tr: taken until the Ist of February, 1849, apd that, from that day, the following dwies should be taken upon "all wheat, barley, oats, rye, pease, and beans," namely, from every quarter, Is., and so in proportion for a less quantity, Lord G. BENTINcir moved the omission of the word "oats," on the ground that the people of Ireland, Scot land, and Wales, were greatly interested in the growth of that grain. As there sere in Ireland 585,00'1 occupiers of land, who were all or nearly all growers of oats, it was not for the interest of the farmers of that country that we should hastily alter the law for the protection of their grain in the English market. The reduction of the duty on oats would be a tax on the farmers of Ireland to the amount of .f. 250.000 a year. He then made an elaborate reply to Sir R. Peel's speech of last ni g ht, and observed that he differed from the minister, and the hard-featured, cold-blooded economists sitting on the treasury benches, in this respect, that he could not cut up human beings in bis legislation with as little compunction as if they were so many logs of wood. He quoted an extract froth the letters of the Times' commissioner," for the purpose of showing that, as a sum of £200,000 had been paid by the farmers of the c3unty of Cork into the Savings' Bank at Cork, in sums of £3-1 each on an average, the Irish farmers mu,t be in a flourishing condition at present, and that the house was therefore bound not to sacrifice them rashly on the destructive altar of free trade. After a speech from Sir H. W. BARRON against this amendment, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU, R re marked, that the effect of acceding to this proposition would be, not that "oats" would be admitted at the el I duty, but that they would be admitted free from any duty at all. Lord G. BENTINCK then moved the omission of the whole clause, but subsequently withdrew his resolution. The other clauses of the bill were then agreed to, and the report was ordered, amid loud cheers, to be received on Fri ay. On the motion of Sir R. PEaL, the Customs Duties Bill was committed, and the report was ordered to be re ceived on Friday. The other orders were then dispose:l of, and the house adjourned, amid loud cheers, at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY. The order of the day for going into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was then read. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. COLCtuilotiN observed, that though he had no objection to those clauses in the bill which removed the penalties attached to Roman Catholics who failed to attend the Protestant Church, or who kept schools in this kingdom, he must object to those clauses which made important alterations in the fundamental principles of the ronstit titian, and most especially to that clause which, if it did not repeal, made a most startling change in the oath of supremacy. After stating his opinion as to the alarming nature of that change, he next objected to the clause which repealed the statute of Elizabeth prohibiting the introduction of Papal bulls and rescripts into England, and reminded the house that on account of the extent to which those bulls and rescripts claimed temporal power for the t'ope, their introduction had been prohibited, so lately as the year 1816, in France, and nearly all the other states of Europe. lie also objected to that clause which repealed part of the Emancipation Act of 1829, and allowed Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops to as sume the titles of their sees. He maintained that the Roman Catholic prelates of Ireland were now associated with the Jesuits, whose principles he denounced in the strongest terms, and warned the house against being guilty of the imprudence of conferring by this bill ad ditional powers upon a body of men, whose machinations had been found inconsistent with the temporal powers of the Sovereign, and the liberties of the people in every European country. In conclusion, he moved that the Louse resolve itself into committee that day six months. Sir JAMES GRAHAM called Mr. Watson's attent , on to the fact that her Meje:ty's government had introduced a bill on their own responsibility, in many respects identical with the present bill, and in some respects guinz still fur ther; and that the bill so introduced had been read a second time in the House of Lords. He had every reason to believe that that bill would shortly pass the other house; and he therefore asked Mr. Watson to postpone the further progress of his bill until the house had had time to see and consider the bill to which he had just alluded. Ma. WATSON could not accede to the suggestion of Sir James Graham, inasmuch as the bill introduced into the House of Lords was essentially different to that then before the House of Commons. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY took upon himself the defence of the Jesuits against the imputations of Mr. Colquboun, and returned thanks to Mr. Watson for having introduced the present measure. Sir R. PEEL regretted that Mr. Watson had not thought fit to accede to the reasonable and just appeal of Sir J. Graham, and was compelled to vote against the further progress of the present measure, in order to record his dissent from Mr. Watsou's course of proceeding. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that the present measure consisted of two parts, one having reference to obsolete penalties against Roman Catholics. and the other to living penalties enacted in 1829. Mr. Watson proposed to re peal both ; but the bill of the House of Lords only repealed the former. Now, if government had made up its mind not to repeal the latter, and was prepared to ray the law of 1829 ought to he the permanent law of the land. it justified the course of Mr. Watson in calling upon the house at once for a decision on that subject. Sir J. GRAHAM then recommended Mr. Watson to divide his bill into two parts, and to raise the discussion on the latter part only, which went to repeal certain Fro visions of the act of 1829, which he still deemed to be wise and salutary. After a few words from Lord J. MANNERS, Mr.WAT SON stated that he had no objection to take the course stow sugeested. 'The SPEAKER informed the house that if the bill were to be divided into two parts, an instruction must be moved to that effect ; and before that could be done, Mr. Colquhoun must withdraw his ament'ment. Air. Coectunousr declined to adept that courve. Mr. O'( oss:E‘ e defied Mr. Colquhoun to the proof of the accusations uhich he had brought against • the Jesuits. lie then eulogised them as the greatest benefac tors of ILerature and religion that the world had ever produced. Mr. FINCH placed in opposition to the eulogy of Mr. CVCsnnell the severe condemnation passed on the Jesuits b..; Clement XIV., in his bull for the repression of that order. Atter a discussion on the comparative merits and de merits of the Jesuits, in which Lord R. Gtosvenor, Mr. P. Howard, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. M. Milnes joined, and another discussion on the mode of effecting a division in the bill, in which Sir R. Peel, Mr. Law. Lord J. Rus sell, Mr. Watson, Mr. Es'court, Mr. B. Escort, Mr. Colquhoun, and .Nlr. Spooner took a part, the house divided on Mr. Colquhoun's amendment, which was ne gatived by a majority of. 110 over 67 voice s. The house then went into committee; and on the mo tion of Mr. WATSON all the clauses, except those which repealed certain provisions of the Emancipation Act of 1829, were struck out of the bill. Mr. Watson then moved that the chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again, in order to have the bill reprinted, and the registration clauses added. This motion was eventually carried, hut not until a smart skirmish had taken place between Sir R. Peel.. Mr. Law, and Mr. Newdegate, who exchanged some sharp recrimination with one another. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the Annuity Rills of Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough. They were read a first and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned. . HOUSE OF LORDS.--THURSDAY. Lord ASHBURTON, in moving for returns to the latest period possible of the quantity of corn in bond in this country, said that he asked for these documents at the present moment in order to prevent delay when the Corn Bill should be brought before the house. It was sup posed that a million and a half quarters of corn would be taken out of bond by the operation of that measure; five times the quantity that had ever been in bond during the last six or seven years. Lord BROUGHAM admitted that the letting out of bond of so large a quantity of corn would cause a depreciation of prices, but believed that that depreciation would only be temporary. Earl FITZWILLIAM wished the returns to be carried as far back as 1828. 'file Duke of RICHMOND said there was hardly ever a period in which the farmer had more corn in band. lle did not believe that the bill would pang. At all events the farmers will have lust nothing by the delay. Earl GREY was of opinion that the farmers had suffered greatly by the delay. It would have been of advantage to them if the ports had been opened in November last. The returns were ordered. Lord REDESDALE suggested that their lordships should fix a time for committees on railroad bills, and that that time should be ten weeks from Monday next. Tire Deodands Abolition and Death by Accidents Bills were read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY, Mr. WATSON moved fora select committee to inquire into the nature and extent of the taxation of suitors by the collection of fees in the courts of law and equity, and the application of such fees, and the compensations paid to retired officers of those courts, and into the propriety of continuing them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the motion. if agreed to, would be an interference with vested rights. Sir J. GRAHAM was of opinion that the whole system of fees in courts of justice required examination, and would not oppose an investigation into the general ques tion, without reference to the special cases alluded to by the motion of the honourable member. S,r ROBERT PEEL had, on the part of the government, no ohjection to an inquiry with regard to the Mare ; but the question before the house would imply a censure upon the Lord Chancellor, who was only acting in accordance with an art of parliament. The motion was 10.. t by 80 to 65. Mr. P BUTLER withdrew a motion of which he had given notice, for the liberation of Mr. W. S. O'Brien. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Rajah of Sattara praying for a lair trial, and for the restitution of his property. Several bills were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The report on the Corn Importation Bill was brought up. On the question that it be now received, Sir C. BuRRELL moved that the report be received that day six mon hs. Colonel VERNER. in seconding the amendment, ob served that his reason for doing so was the alarm which he felt at the enormous change which this measure would produce not only in the condition of the small farmers of Ireland, hut also in the whole commercial and financial system of the empire. The repeal of the corn laws would be a great national calamity, and was not requred by any well-grounded apprehensions of famine in Ireland. Sir R. Peel, in proposing it, had deserted the friends who had stood true to him for thirty years. After a few remarks from S . r W. JOLTFFE, Mr. G. BANKES combated the ministerial assertion as to the famine in Ireland, which, he said, though severe in some parts, was far from universal; and called upon the Secre tary for Leland to disprove his position. Lord LINCOLN admitted that for all the statements made by Sir R. Peel and Sir J. Graham respecting the severe pressure now existing in Ireland. and_the stillse verer pressure which might soon be apprehended. he was respons.ble. He now affirmed in his place in Parliament that those statements were not exaggerated. He appealed on that subject to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, who had gone over to Ireland almost as sceptical as to the existence of distress there, as Mr. G. Bankes himself, and yet within 2-1 hours after his arrival on his estate, had written to him a letter of the most urgent nature on the amount of the existing destitution in his locality, asserting that there was a demand for aid, which, if it were not supplied in a few hours, would render it difficult to maintain the tran quillity of the district. Ile admitted that the distress in Ireland was not universal, but he contended that it was still general and extensive After twitting the hon. mem ber with the state of the agricultural labourers in Dor setshire, his lordship described the steps which had been taken by the government to relieve that distress, and pointed out the difference of circumstances in the appre hension of famine existing in Leland in the year 1822 and in the sear 1816. Mr. FLov an replied to the remarks of Lord Lincoln as to the state of the Dorsrtshire labourers, after which Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN gave the strongest corrobo ration to the testimony of Lord Lincoln, so far as the counties of Limerick and Clare were concerned. As far as he could judge, there was at present great distress in Ireland, and the hause must be prepared to hear of its in crease. He lamented that Sir R. Peel had made confu sion worse confounded in that country by mixing up with its distress the alteration og the corn laws. He ought not to have applied to a temporary distress a permanent measure. Mr. LkFROY, Mr. BORTIMICK, and Mr. HENLEY, then addressed the house against the measure, atter which Mr. RoEtAucic made an attack upon Mr. Disraeli, for having misrepresented, in a late speech, the opinions which a friend of his, Mr. John Mills, had expressed in his pamphlet on the laws of interchange, and proceeded to comment upon the changes in that hon. member's po litical career. _ _ Mr. DISRAELI repliel in a vein of well applied sar casm to the attack made upon him by the hon. membt r for Bath. _ Mr. S. HERBERT replied to the speech of Mr. Hen ley, and reiterated many of the arguments which he had formerly employed in defence of the commercial policy of Her Maj,sty's Ministers. He thought that Mr. 13ankes, on being reminded of the condition of the labouring po pulation in his own county of Dorset, must have re• pented of the call which he had made upon Lord Lincoln. to give him a description of the condition of Ireland. Mr. Baldres had found fault with the government for ap plying a permanent remedy to a temporary evil; but was M r. B. ekes sure that the evil would he merely temporary ? Lord G. BENTINCK denied that he had ever appeared in the capacity of a " political agitator." Ile bad not ad dressed tiny meetings out of doors, but bad confined the expression of his sentiments to that house, the legitimate place for :hem. He had not sought the leadership of the party wish which he was acing; on the contrary, when this measure was first propounded, he had expected that lie should have had the pleasure of opposing it under the leadership of Mr. S. Herbert. 14,rd Lincoln had that night admitted that he was responsible for all the state meats, resnecting the existence of famine in Ireland, which had been made to the house by Sir R. Peel and Sr J. Graham. He was afraid that his lordship was a very credulous minister ; for he had stated on the hustings that a compact had been struck between himself and Mr. S. O'Brien, a compact which had no existence whatever. He thought Oat Lord Lincoln must lend his ear to every eaves-dropper, and that thus we bad so much exaggera tion as to the prevalence of famine in Ireland. He (Lord G. Bentinck) affirmed, that there was at present greater abundance in Ireland than was ever known before, and charged ministers wi h having been guilty of propagating wilful exaggerations with respect to the famine which they professed to apprehend. He should like to see all the reports which they had r, ceived on that subject. He should like to see the reports of the Commander-in-Chef in Ireland. of the Poor-law Comtniss oners in Ireland, and of the Inspector of Prisons in Ireland ; for he knew sothething already of their contents, and that something was very different frem some of the reports already before the house. He contended that no laws had ever worked better for the public than the corn-laws, and insisted that they ought not to be changed, and denied that in resisting the alteration of them he was endeevouring to serve any selfish interest. He then made a bitter attack on Lord Lincoln, contrasting his language at his last election for South Nottinghamshire with his :event language in that house and on the hustings at Falkirk. Who had turned the noble lord out of that county? The tenant farmers of that district. All regard felt for his private character, all the money which he had spent in bribery or otherwise had not saved him. His defeat in South Notts, and of Lord Ashley in Dorsetshire, was a proof that Englishmen hated tergiversation, and did nut like to be betrayed, and were opposed to the present alteration in the corn laws. Lord LINCOLN, after an apology for his irregularity in addressing the house a second time, proceeded to reply t.i i what he called the prepared and elaborate sit , ck of L Ord G. Betrtinck, wh r had reserved his " erivenomel hAter ness" a. ain't him for the present occasion. He would not detain the house at present by any ai tempt to explain his hustings speeches, but would confine his observations to the charge brought against hts conduct at the lasi elec tion fur South Notts. He told Lord G I3entinck to his teeth that it was untrue that he (Lord Lincoln) had been guilty of either hribery or corruption. Considering the ordinary legal expenses which candidates were compelled to incur in contesting counties, his late contest for 1‘1,.5. tinghatnshire had been a cheap contest. Whilst on 'has subject, he reminded Lord G. Hemlock that a member of , his lordship's family had subscribed largely to the ex. penses of his opponent, and that he could mention the exact amount of that subscription, if be was anxious to hear it. Sir C. BUItRELL then asked leave to withdraw his amendment; hut was met with a loud cry of no, no, from the Ministeriaiand Liberal members. An ai.im ted discussion took nlace on this point of form. At one period of it, a motion for the adjournment of the debate was made by Mr. Law, but was subsequently abandoned in consequence of the interference of Sir R. Peel. At last leave was granted to withdraw the amend ment. The report was received, and the bill was ordered to be printed, and to be read a third time on Monday. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. LATEST FROM AMERICA. THE OREGON QUESTION.-THE NOTICE. We have received, via Havre, most important advices from Weshington to the 16:h ult., inclusive. They bring the result of the debate in the senate upon the Oregon question. On the 16th of April, in the senate, Mr. John son, of Maryland, moved the following resolution : " Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised, at his discretion, to give the British government the notice required by its second article for the abrogation of the 6th of August, 1827. Mr. Allen moved to amend this substitute by striking out the secord and third paragraphs of the preamble, and inserting an extract from the President's message, com mencing, " And whereas it has now become the duty of Congress," &c. The question being taken on the amendment proposed by Mr. Allen, it was decided in the negative by a vote of —yeas. 22; nays, 32. Mr. Allen moved to lay the resolution reported by the senate committee on foreign affairs on the table, in order that the resolutions adopted by the House of Representa tives might be taken up and acted upon, which was agreed to. Mr. Breese, of Illinois, then moved to amend the sub stitute by striking out the words " at his discretion" in the :resolution. The question being taken, the motion was decided in the negative by a vote of—yeas, 22 ; nays, 32. The question was then taken on the adoption of the substitute, and decided in the affirmative by a vote of— yeas, 30 ; nays, 24. The committee of the whole house having reported the amendment to the senate, it was concurred in. The question then recurred, on ordering the joint reso lutions to be engrossed and read a third time, which was derided in the affirmative by a vote of—yeas. 40; nays. 14. So the senate agreed, by a majority of 26 out of 54 votes, to adopt the resolution as amended, which will now have to be sent back to the House of Representatives for its concurrence. WASHINGTON, APRIL 16.—Mr. Slidell has returned from his mission to Mexico. Simultaneous as it would appear with the orders for Mr. Slidell to return to the United Ftates, General Taylor received orders to march the troops under his command from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, and they are now opposite the city of Monts moras, having put the Mexicans into a tremendous fright, so that the government official there set fire to the cus. t.,m-house. and ran off as fast as he could. It is said that the senate will not act upon 'any measure of any importance sent to it by the house, until that body has acted definitively upon the resolutions of novice, which the senate passed yesterday. The tariff bill, which had been reported by the com mittee of ways and means, is hardly expected to pass Congress this session, or, perhaps, the next, either. THE LIVERPOOL STANBARD. THE WEST INDIAN MAILS. The Medway, Royal West Ind,an mail packet. arrived at Southampton on Wednesday. She brought 78 saloon passengers, twenty children. and eight servants. Among the passengers is Colonel Yturregui, minister from Peru to this clu , t. The Medway has on freight 289,581 dol lars (of which 46,000 are on account of the Mexican divi dends), and other c.►in and gold to the value of £30,000. Her cargo consists of 59 serons of cochineal, 138 bales of tobacco, 24 bales of jalap root. 115 cases of cigars, 38 cases of preserved turtle, and 94 turtle alive, in fine con dition. Throughout the West India Islands the crops were de ficient. The want of rain had been very much felt, and especially in Demerara. Very little had fallen up to the 3rd of April, but there was every appearance of its setting in in the Windward Islands, where they had already been visited with many refreshing showers. All the islands were healthy. We hare, by the Medway, letters from our correspon dent, in the city of Mexico, dated 30th of March. The Mexican Government had refused to receive Mr. Slidell, the American Minister, who bad in consequence de manded and received his passports to leave the country. General Parados avowed his intention to adhere to the defensive system, and not to be provoked to declare war against the United States. A new revolution was thought to be at hand, and the recall of General Santa Anna was openly talked of. General Almonte bad been appointed Envoy Extraor dinary to the Court of France, and had arrived at Ha vannah on the 10th of April, where he remained in close communication with Santa Anna. Senor Parres had retired from the Ministry of Finance and was succeeded by Senora Gorostiza. The Queen has iiiifiniiitiFd - L — dia 7 tame to be I..teutenant- Governor of the Island of Trinidad. The Queen has appointed Robert Peel, Esq. ' now at tached to her Maje-ty's Legation in Spain, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation in Switzerland. Mehemet Ali's first wife died on the 22nd ult. at Cairo. As a sign of mourning, the army is to be deprived of their drums during forty days. Four women were burned at Lahore, on one pile, just before Sir Henry Hardinge's attack. Six hundred and sixty six have been destroyed in the same way (the Suttee) within the list ten ye .rs. FLOODS IN NEW BRUNSWICK.—The last American mail brings accounts of destructive floods iu the province of New Brunswick. The damage done is principally in the valley of St. John's river, and theloss of property be tween Fredericton and Waodstock is stated to ue immense. Numbers of farm-houses have been swept away by the waters, and several persons have lost their lives. A correspodent of the Daily News, writing from Rome ; enumerates the following intelligence with reference to Art :—" John Gibson's statue of the Queen, ordered for Buckingham Palace, is now nigh finished, and stands foith confessedly a masterpiece of mar ble portraiture. John Hogan's colossal statue of Mr. O'Connell is in a similar state of forwardness. The Italian Graccherini has just executed in marble a remarkably graceful group of three dancing girls, in which elasticity and elegance of motion are admirably rendered. This classic work has been ordered by William Jackson, of Birkenhead." UNIVERSITY 4• CLERICAL NEWS. The Queen has appointed the Marquis of Bute to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assem bly of the Church of Scotland. On Sunday week thirteen persons publicly renounced the errors of Roirianism in St. Audoen's Church, Dubl.n. On the same day forty others renounced Popery in the Missionary Church, Achill. The income of the Gospel Propagation Society last year was consid-rably less than that of the previous one. In nineteen dioceses there has been a decrease, in eight an increase ; of these eight Chester is the only one in which the increase is considerable. THE NEW BIsHOP OF JESUSALENI.—It is rumoured that Dr. Posey has addressed a letter to the archbishops, within the last few weeks, couched in more than his ac customed toi.e of menacing entreaty, (against the appoint ment of Mr. Gobat). A report, too, which has been cur rent within the last few days, adds still further interest to the subject ; namely, that Sir Moses Montefiore has ob tained permission from the Emperor of Russia for the migration of ten thousand Jews from Russia to Palestine. Record. Socrelry FOR 'rue PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL- Thuisday, the 145 h anniversary of this society was publicly eel. braced by divine service at St. Paul's Cathe dral. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at the Cathedral at half-past three, and a procession was formed which moved into the church, where the dignita ries tceik their seats. There were present eleven bishops, four dens, five archdeacons, the Lord Mayor, eight al dermen, the sheriffs, and a large number of clergymen in ttel canon cals. Full cathedral service was performed, and the sermon was preached by the Bishop of St. Da ' vid's from the 7th chapter of St. John's Gospel, verse 6. BIBLE :;OCIr TY.—At the annual meeting on Wednes day Lord Sandon presided. The entire receipts of the year amount to £101,305 155., being an excess over the last year of £3.550 4s. 2d. This increase has chiefly taken place in tee free contributions from auxiliary.so cieties and in the sales. The sales of the year have amounted to £55,976 10s. 94., being an increase over the preceding year of £8,076 16s. Ild. The total sum appli cable to the general purposes of the society is £45,329 4s. 34., including £33,022 9s. 6d. free contributions from auxiliary le societies, bei ri from an auxiliary excess o f £ 55 1 05 , c 4 :8 7 e 3 4t ioelscBoos copies i the3e d e . more over re tiree contributions pre ceding year. The issues of the society have amounted to 1,441,651, viz., from the depository at home, 1,104,787 ; from depots abroad, 336.864; being 525,840 than in the preceding year. The total issues of the society have been 18,322,487 volumes. The expenditure during the past year has amounted to £105,851 2s. 9d., being £20,033 is. more than the previous year. The engage. ments of the society exceed £56,730 Os. 7d. The speakers at the meeting were the Marquis of ChohnotJely, Lo r d Ash'ey, the Bishop of Calcutta, Lord Teignmouth, Sir Digby Mackworth, &c. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS.—The annual general meeting of the mem bers of this society was held on Friday, at Exeter Hall. Lord Ashley was in the chair, and amongst the supporters of the noble lord were the Marquis of Chulmondeley, the lion. W. Cowper. M.P., Sir George Rose, Bart., the Rev. Hugh Nl'Neile, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, and a large number of clergymen. There were also on the platform several chlitren of Jewish parents converted to Chris tianity, and educated in the society's schools. The report stated that the aumnt of contributtous towards the ge tier.' and special ruin!, not including the temporal relief fund, amounted during the year to £25,581, being an in crva•e of £293 over those of the previous year. In addi tion to the sun, £630 had been .eceived on account of the timi , oral relief Lund, and the munificent donation of £2,600 from Miss Jane Cooke, of Cheltenham, the whole of the auto required for completing the ,Prote-tant church at Jeru.alem. Tile society bed distributed 3,683 bibles, 1.619 u-stArntnt.., 2.274 portions of the scripture, and se v, rat copies of English religious works, translated info Dutch and Spanish for the use of Jews in Holland and Four young students had been sent from the He brew college as missionaries to the East. Converts con tinued to be made amongst the Jewish population in War saw, Frankfort on the Oder, Berlin, Konigsbu►g, Stock holm, Copenhagen, and other large European cities, and in several parts of the East, including Jerusalem, Bey rout, Aleppo, and Bagdad. The Marquis of Cholmon deley moved, and the Rev. Mr. Freemantle seconded, the adoption of the report. An expression of regret at the death of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, was proposed by the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and seconded by the Rev. Hugh Stowell. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the friends of this society was held 011 Tuesday, at Exeter-hall, ants the immense attendance assembled am ply testified to the interest felt on the occasion. Among those present were Lord Glenelg, the Bishops of Oxford, Calcutta, Cashel, Chester. and Ripon; Sirs R. H. Inglis, G. Rose, and Digby Macku.orth; Revs. Hugh M'Neile, J. W. Cunningharne, and H. M. Villiers.—The Earl of Chichester occupied the chair. His lordship expressed the peculiar satisfaction with which he regarded the ap pointment of Mr. Gobat to the bishopric of Jerusalem. — The report was then read by the secretary. It appeared thereby that the receipts of the society for the year amounted to £102,458, a sum which was less than that of the preceding year by £2,790. The expenditure was £1,093 under the income actually raised. The report described the condition and progress of the college at Is lington as favourable on the whole, although the number of students was not large. The various missions of the society in East anti West Africa, Greece, Egypt, Jamaica, North-West America, Ceylon, South India, New Zealand and China, were also in a prosperous condition ; but the missian of the society could not be further extended unless its funds were increased.—The Bishop of Chester moved the first resolution, that the report which had been read to the meeting should be adopted and printed. He dwelt upon the necessity to promote the great work of mission ary labour. More than £2.000,000 were annually swal lowed up by the consumption of ardent spirits, and very large sums in the purchase of ice and other articles of useless luxury; and he impressed upon the meeting the duty of curtailing their superfluous expenses, in order to render their efforts for the conversion of the heather) more commensurate with the progress of the nation.—The Bishop of Oxford -moved the next resolution, and the meeting was also addressed by the Bishop of Cashel, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, &c. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—The 47th anniversary meeting of the members of this society took place on Friday evening at Exeter-hall ; Sir E. N. Buxton. Bart., in the chair. The report stated that a great and encou raging event bad recently transpired in China, viz.—the promulgation of a royal decree authorising the freedom of religious worship. It was impossible to foresee the happy results which would follow this circumstance. The shops, streets, junks, and temples, were now accessible to the Christian missionaries. The committee had caused to be distributed at Hong Kong, 22,000 tracts and bad mate grants to the amount of £393. In India there were twenty auxiliary societies engaged in distributing religious works. During the year nearly 1,200,000 tracts had been printed by these societies, to which the London Society had made grants to the amount of £1587. The circula tion of religious tracts was producing important results in France. A Protestant tract society has been formed at Paris, the receipts of which during the year amounted to 229,000 francs, and which had issued 650,000 tracts. Whole " communes" were now forsaking the Roman Catholic church and embracing Protestantism. In Switzerland 8000 tracts had been sent for the use of the Italian population, and a grant made to the Geneva Evangelical Society. The Belgian Evangelical Society had distributed during the year 42,000 tracts, and had received from the London Society a grant of £2OO. Amongst the other Continental cities where the greatest number had been circulated were Amsterdam. 60,0110; Stockholm, 50,000 ; St. Petersburgh, 167,000. The Society's tracts had also been issued in Pers:a and other parts of the East. The number distributed in the British Isles was altogether 2,20,000, at a cost of £2761 ; and the total grants to foreign and colonial societies amounted to 450, at a cost of £2003. The issues during the year amounted to 17,571 413, making, w.th those distributed by the societies abroad, a total of 42,000,000, in ninety eight languages and dialects. The receipts of the Society amounted to £56,110. RAILWAY h LLiuENCE. BUXTON, MACCLESFIELD. CONGLETON, AND CREWE BAILWAY.—The scripholders of this line have been sum moned to meet at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, on Thurs day next, at 12 o'clock, to consider the propriety of pro ceeding with the scheme, when all parties interested should of course be present. We understand the Blackburn and Preston Railway Company have obtained two months further time to com plete their works, when they expect to have two sets of rails laid down. The company's station now being erected will be a very pretty object from Salford-bridge, and a great architecturol improvement to the town. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.—A special meeting of the shareholders in the above line was held yesterday week, at York, to comply with the requirements of the Government measure as to the new lines and purchases projected by the company. Mr. Hudson, the chairman, represented, by proxy, stock to the extent of £1,200,000. out of a quarter of a million, the capital required. The resolutions were carried unanimously, affirming the pro posed bills. It is currently reported that the upshot of Mr. Morri son's committee will be the recommendation of the es tablishment of a tribunal to c_onaider arul.reuort.upon„tha_ incipient stages of private business —one, too, which shall have powers to suggest. The notion is not Mr. Morri son's. We believe that the idea was first thrown out by Mr. Charles Buller, and if such a measure is to be ma tured, we believe the railway interest would much rather see it in the latter member's hands than in Mr. Morrison's. At a meeting, on Saturday, at Birkenhead, of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rai'way scripholders, the directors were authorised to proceed with the bill this parliament. The meeting was called in compliance with the sessional orders of parliament, and represented 30,607 shares—the total number being 45,000. Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M.P., chairman of the directors, presided, and entered into a luminous exami nation of the gratifying prospects of the line. The meeting was numerously attended, and the resolution was carried amidst much applause. MR. HUDSON AND THE NEW COMPANIES.—in the present furor for winding up, we beg to direct particular attention to the testimony given by Mr. Hudson, in the House of Commons, relative to the necessity of using caution. He stated that in one of the first lines with which he was connected, such had been the depression, that the shares would not sell, the shareholders were afraid to register, and but for himself and two or three others standing steadily by it—advancing money, and abstaining from pressing too heavily on the shareholders —the line would never have been made ; %bile every £5O of the then stock had since proved worth £3OO to the shareholders. Such evidence as this, at such a moment, we consider particularly opportune, and hope that it will not be lost sight of.-1-leropalh. DECISIONS IN COMMITTEE DURING THE WEEK. RAILWAYS—COMMONS. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JUNC TION.—This important line passed the standing orders on Friday. Amongst the witnesses examined, Mr. J Bramley- Moore, chairman of the Liverpool Dock Committee, was brought up by summons to give evidence, alter which the Committee declared the preamble proved. AMI3F.RG ATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON.—Preamble proved. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD—No. 2.—Preamble proved. HULL AND LlNCOLN.—Preamble not proved. STAINES AND RlCHMOND.—Preamble not proved. BRIDGEWATF.R AND TAUNTON CANAL AND LEAR- Eoua.—Preamble not proved. READING, GUILDFORD, AND RElGATE.—Committee to make a special report to the House. KILMARNOCK AND AYR DIRECT.—BiII withdrawn. GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON DIRECT. — Preamble proved. SLAmANNAN.—Preamble proved. WIT-SHAW AND COLTNESS.—Preamble proved. AIRDRIE AND BATHGATE JUNCTION.—EDINBUEGII AND BATHGATE JUNCTION.—Both preambles proved. WILSONTOWN, MORNINGSIDE, &C.—Preamble proved. STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE.—PreambIe proved. EUINI3URGII AND NORTHERN DUNFERMLINE BRANCH.—Preamble not proved. SCOTTISH MIDLAND EXTENSION.—PreambIe not proved. DUNDEE AND ARBROATH EXTENSION.—PreambIe proved. FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTlON.—Preamble proved. CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE JUNCTION. — Preamble proved. CORK AND PASSAGE AND KINSALE.—Not to proceed any further. LORDS. CORK, PASSAGE, AND BLACKROCK.—PreambIe proved in Lords. GREAT MUNSTER.—LIMERICK AND ERRIS.—NE- NAGH AND TEMPLEMORE. — PreambIes proved in Lords. YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW.—Preambles proved in Commons. RAILWAYS AND ROYALTY IN 1855. Musing one day on the growing greatness of railways, as we are fond of doing, the following vision danced before our eyes. We fancied ourselves at Slough, where we saw the servants of the company in full uniform, the heads of department in attendance, and the green flags— the signals of caution—everywhere flying on the up line. While we were contemplating this scene, a royal page mide his appearance, when the following colloquy en sued : Page.—Mr. Superintendent, I bear her Majesty's com mands to desire you to provide a special train in half an hour to London. . Superintendent. —That is impossible. Page.—Why so? Superintendent.—Our governor, the second Mr. Hud sin, is coming up to attend a board; and our orders are, when he is on the road, to allow no train to precede him on the same line for half an hour before, or to follow him for the same time, for every twenty miles that he has to go; and he is expected here in twenty minutes. Page.—But her Majesty has to attend a cabinet council. Superintendent. —And Mr. Hudson has to attend a board meeting. Page.—Good heavens ! then do you mean to say you will not obey the orders of the Queen ? Superintendent.—l should be happy to oblige her Ma jesty, but I cannot disobey the orders of our governor. Page.—Well, what is to be done ? Superintendent.—Why, if her Majesty is Lere in time, very probably the governor, who is exceedingly polite and gallant to the fair sex, may give her a seat in his carriage ; and that is the utmost I can hope to do fur 30u.—Hera path's Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER SPRING MEETING. This popular meeting has gene off with great eclat ; and the attendance and racing have been both first-rate. We subjoin a return of the four days' running. The first race on Tuesday was the. GROSVENOR STAKES of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., with 30 added. Grosvenor course. Mile and a quarter. 6 subs. Mr. A. W. Hill's h f Burlesque, 8 yrs Tasker 1 Mr. Mostyn's by Pbee,ix, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Meik lam's br h Lightning, 5 yrs 3 Burlesque took the lead, was never headed, and won easily by a length. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, h. ft. 2 miles. 4 subs. Mr. F. R. Price's b c Kismet.. A SWEEPSTAKES of 25 soya. each, for two year olds. Nearly three quarters of a mile. 15 subs. Lord G. Bentinek's ch c Glentilt Nat 1 Mr. Pedley's c Foreclosure 2 Lord Eglinton's b f Nerissa . Nine started. A very fine race between the three, hut won cleverly at the finish by a length. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 soya. each, 50 added. Heats, one mile and a half. Capt. Harcourt's b c The Druid Win tringham .. Mr- Mostyn's ch cby Hetman Platoff.. 24 2 Mr. W. Scott's bc H igh field , 3 yrs.... 5 1 3 Mr. Skerratt's b c Felix. 3 yrs . ... 32 4 Mr. R. J. Mostyn's ch c Chartist, 3 yrs 4 3 d The Druid the favourite. First heat a fine race between The Druid and the Hetman Platoff colt ; won by a bhort half neck. Second and third heats won cleverly. WEDNESDAY. The course was heavy this day in consequence of the rains which had fallen during the night. The first race was THE CORINTHIAN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., for bona fide hunters, second to save his stake. Cup course. 6 subs. Mr. J. Stanley nms br g New Brighton Capt. Williams Lord Normanhy names Blind Hookey, aged 2 Sir C. Bovnton's br h Poussin. 6 yrs ... 3 Won cleverly by half a length. THE TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 200 soya. in specie. added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 suss each. 15 ft. The winner to subscribe the following year, and pay 25 sovs. towa•ds expenses, and the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Two miles and a quarter. 142 subs., 50 of whom declared and pay 5 sovs. each. Mr. G. H. Moore's b h Coranna, aged F. Butler.. Mr. A. Johnstone's b c brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs. Sir C. Monck's b m Glossy, 6 yrs... Mr. Cuthbert's br to Queen of Tyne, aged 4 31 started. Won cleverly by a length. Value of the stakes after the deductions, £2040. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 gs. Thrice round. Mr. Moore's br c. Wolf Dog, 4 yrs. ........ 1 Mr. Mostyn's bc by Phce..ix, 3 yrs.. ..... 2 4 started. Won easy. SIXTY GUINEAS (clear) the gilt of the MAmbers for the City. Heqs, once round and a distance. Mr. Meiklam's Diomed,3 Duncan 4 1 1 Mr. Haworth's Robin Burns, 4 yrs 5 4 2 Mr. Arrowsmith's Tractarisn, 3 yrs 1 2 3 Mr. Fiiritoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs 3 3 d Mr. W. Scott's Higi,field, 3 yrs. All the heats won easy. THURSDAY. The weather was much more favourable for racing this morning, the sun shining with meridian splendour. The attendance, though not so numerous as on the preceding day, was very great ; the sport on the whole was good. I HE DEE STAND CuP. in specie, by subscription of 10 sous. each, 50 added. Once round and a distance. 11 subs. Mr. Moore's Wolf Dog, 4 yrs Nat 1 11r. Bunks's Duke of Richmond, 3 yr 5...... 1 Mr. Ongley's The WHrrior Won by a 'env!): 'HE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 sovs. in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 20 sovs, each, h. ft. Grosvenor course. 23 subs. Mr. J. W , ifenden's Miss Burns A.Day 1 Mr. Copeland's Arthur . Col. Anson's Rowland Hill 10 started. Won by a head. . _ _ TRE DEE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 200 added, for three year olds, 2nd to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 sovs. for expences. Grosvenor course. 36 subs. Mr_ Metklarn's Fancy Boy. . Ten - Tiernan 1 Lord Eglinton's . Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice 3 11 started. Won by three-quarters of a length. THE CHESHIRE WELTER CUP, value 100 sws., the rest in specie, by subscrip ion of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft. Twice round and a distance. 22 subs., Bof whom declared and pay 5 sovs. each. Mr. Johnstone's The Roper's Daughter.. Os baldeston Mr. Mostyn's Alvanley, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 6 yrs 6 started. Won cleverly by a length. THE SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, Grosvenor course. Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton, Nat 1 2 1 Mr;Dawsr•n's Step-and'-leetch-it 3 1 2 Mr. Wall's Zela First heat won easy, 2nd by a head, 3rd by half a neck. The Grand Race Ball took place on Wednesday evening, at the Albion Hotel, and was numerously and fashionably attended. FRIDAY. MATCH, 200 sovs. p.p., 13,t. each. Three miles. Mr. Mytton's b K by Voiney—Saturna ( Parr) 1 Mr. B. Collett's h m Vitula, 6 yrs.. (Marlow) 2 Won by a length. A FREE HANDICAP STAKES Of 10 Soya. each, h.ft., with 50 sovs. addeu by the Grand Stand proprietors. The winner to pay 5 sovs. to the judge. Three-quarters of a mile. Nine subscribers. Mr. A. W. Burlesque, 3 yrs, 5 , 4. 71b. (Tdsker) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's ch f Giselle, 3 yrs. 4;t. Gib. (Charlton) 2 Three others started. Won by half a neck. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added, for two and three year olds ; two year olds, 6-t. 121 b. ; three, 9-t. ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. T.Y.C. Second to save his stake. Mr. Mostyn's br f by Lariercost—Miss Clif ton Mr.Worley's gr or bl f Wintonia, 2 yrs.... (Crouch) 2 Mr. Harland's b f The Cossack Maid, 3 yrs. (Templeman) 3 Sir J. Gerard's br f Camelia.. .. Won very easily by two lengths. _ The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 - sous, each, 15 ft. with 50 toys, added by the citiz ns of Chester. Second to save his stake, and the winner to I.ay 10 toys. to the racing fund. From the Castle Pole, once round and in ; about a mile and three furlongs. Thirty-eight sub scribers, 19 of whom declared and pay 5 ECM. each. Lord G. Bentinck's Marquis of Cony ngliam, 3 yrs., . Mr. Meiklarn's h b Godfrey, syrs, Bst 31b .. 2 Lord Eglinton's b f Plaudit, 4 yrs, 6,t 21b... 3 Six others started. The judge only placed two, and the race was won by nearly a length. M ATCII, 100 soya. h. ft. CUD Course. Mr. Osb,ddeston's c m Slrella, 5 yrs, 12st 3Ilb Mr. H. Johnstone's b g Blind Hookey, aged list 104 lb ... There were numerous booths, &c., of the ordinary character, but we cannot omit to notice the commodious marquee of Mr. G'eave, of the Adelphi Hotel, Biiken. head, which was fitted up in the most splendid style. The wines were faultless—indeed of the very best quality —it, fact, the whole arrangements were of such a character as to afford the highest gratific.ttion to the holiday folks. NEWTON RAcEs.—The Manor Cup has close) with forty-eight nominations. CHESTER RACFS.—The special train to Chester, on the Manchester and Birmingham line, on Wednesday morn ing, was a gigantic one. There were three engines to which were attached fifty-six carriages from Manchester, first, second, and third, containing about 1000 passengers, which number was augmented at the Stockport Sta‘ion by upwards of 150. On its arrival at Chester, however. the number of carriages had increased to sixty-three. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The Bey of Tunis has forwarded to the Queen a present of several horses, lions, and other animals. On Saturday, a little boy was suffocated in a chimney, at Limerick, which lie bad been employed to sweep. Mr. Wm. Chambers, of Edinburgh, is now said to be the author of "The Vestiges of Creation." On Tuesday last peaches and nectarines, with a profu sion of cherries and strawberries, was offered in Covent garden Market. On Tuesday her Majesty and her Royal Comort, ac companied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, lett Claremont in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of the 7111 Hu.sars, for town. DONCASTER.—The inhabitants of this town are endea vouring by petition to get enrolled amongst the list of par liamentary boroughs. Mr. E. Denison has eiven notice of a motion in parliament, with a view to such object. On Saturday, Captain Duff, resident magistrate in Roscommon, was accidentally killed by the kick of a horse. The gallant officer had been several years in the army, on T a u nd es d h a a seen yd last, at t itkc i h rkß r s service. rn with, a young man, who is of unsound mind, attacked his aged father, and beat his skull in with a clock weight. `the old man died on the following night. SUICIDE.—On Monday, a man named Crooks, 57 years of age, a widower with six children, laid himself deitbe rately across the rails on the Sheffield and Manchester line, as a tra n was approaching, and was literally cut in pieces. No less than 109 gentlemen have : been gazetted as cor nets and ensigns in the arm y dthing - the preceding month. 31 only of whom have purchased theircommissions. The promotions froPs the ranks have also been numerous. On Thursday, two gentlemen were taken before Alder man Gibbs, and remanded, relative to the issue of urgedscrip in the Buckinghamshire Railway. They lad hsd J.:680 advanced on 1000 shares, the scrip fur which was attervvards discovered to be forged. At Penrith cattle fair, Mr. William Armstrong lest bank notes and bills to the amount of £990. nil were found by a yoeman named Hetherington, who gut them proclaimed by the town crier, and received a shilling am a reward of his honesty. Mr. Charles Dickens, like many other great men, is about to seek relaxation repose, and sundry other com- , forts, on the continent. It is to he hoped that the publitr will profit more largely by this sojourn than they did by Mr. Dickens's trip to Italy. ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR MARTYRD OM.—Mr. lon 13 , owne, M.P. for Mayo, has intimated that he wax. at certain periods attendi railway committees, although he must give a great dea of tn.uble, owing to his igno rance of engineering and railroads, but that he will NOT attend during the sittings of the House of Commons. The King of the French has written an autograph letter to Sir Robert Peel, expressing his Majesty's acknowledg ments for the kind and handsome manner in which the right hon. baronet had proposed the toast of his Ma jesty's health at the late civic banquet given by the Lord Mayor of London. Ma. O'CONNELL'S CONSISTENCY !—On Thursday evening week, at Exeler-hall, Mr. O'Connell made a speech in favour of a resolution for the abolition of capital punishment. He made another speech the same evening at the Crown and Anchor, in which be declared "that the red hand of God was against murder," and that " he who shed blood deserved that his blood should be shed." A cu. ious shipment was made a few days since from our quays. It consisted of a quantity of screened gravel, in sacks, to be laid down in a gentleman's garden at Valparaiso. It is remarkable that whilst this shipment of gravel for one part of America was going on at Poole, a vessel fr , en ano ther part of the same continent was discharging at Liver pool a cargo of white gravel just imported.—Poole Herald. hum' GRAIN AND OATMEAL.—It appears by a par liamentary return that there were imported into Great Britain, from Ireland, from the sth of March to the sth of April, 1846—wheat, 19,540 quarters ; barley, 10,148 quarters ; oats, 80,803 quarters; wheatmeal, or flour, 89 048 cwt. ; oatmeal, 50,360 cwt. This does not look like " famine in Ireland." The Daily News will appear on and after the Ist June at the reduced price of 21d. Report states its new pro prietor to be Mr. Railway Hudson : we believe, however, that this is incorrect, and that the paper is, or is about to be, the property of a gentleman who already is proprietor of the leading weekly literary journal, under whose auspi— ces it is likely to lose its irreligious tone, and to deserve more success than it has hitherto met with. The Rev. J. R. Stephens, who figured some years ago with so much effect as an opponent of the new poor laws, is now settled down as a farmer between Ashton and Oldham, and was, a few days ago, sworn in as bead constable in the township in which he resides, before the magistrate who signed his committal to gaol four or five years since, on the charge of a political offence at Hyde, for which he was tried at Chester before Mr. Justice Patteson, and convicted. ADVICE TO O'BRIEN.—Go to Nathan's. Hire—the Repeal Association will, of course, come down with the needful—hire a regular stage Irishman's dress. Let there be no crown to your hat, no end to the holes in your breeches; swathe hay-bands round your limbs ; stick a dudeen in your mouth, grasp a shillelagh in your hand, enter the house with a caper, a howl, and a twirl of the oaken towel; invite Sir James Graham to "thraydefon the tails or your coat," and then, Oh Paddy Smith O'Brien, instead o' speaking the words, sing the " Groves of Blarney !" IMPORTATION OF GREEN GINGER.—On Thursday, sale of 74 casks of green ginger, in a recent and even growing state, brought by the Severn steamer from Ja maica, took place at Monument Yard, at the average price of 30s. per cwt. The novelty of the article attracted a considerable attendance of buyers, as it was the first that had been introduced into this country, and the ma jority of lots were sold to wine makers, chemists, and some of the most eminent tavern-keepers, in the city, as well as to horticulturists, in order to experiment upon its cultivation here.—Morning Post. THE IRISH REPEAL THRONE.—Mr. O'Connell exhi. bits the signs of a sudden and rapid change in his health; he is getting more infirm, so much so as to have lost every trace of that hale vigour which made the record of his age no more than a foil to his aspect. His gait is now excessively slow—not with deliberate dignity, but with evident incapacity for speed. His very features have shrunken, and his voice, once so loud and large in volume, has became so weak that at a public meeting, on Wed nesday, lie was saluted with unaccustomed cries to " speak up"; and was so saluted in vain. HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—On Tuesday evening, about 7 o'clock. a brick maker, named Wm. Luff, residing in Peter street, Westminster, a district chiefly inhabited by a very criminal populaion, quarrelled with a young woman who has lived with him for some time as his wife, and, after beating her most horribly with a poker while he hauled her by the hair round the room, he threw her out of a two-pair window into a paved yard. She was picked up. senseless and bleeding, with her face so dreadfully muti lated that not a feature of her face could be distinguished. Even the thieves and other had characters who infest the neighbourhood were so horrified at the brutality of Luff, that they detained him until a policeman took him into custody. A KNOTTY POINT arose on Thursday before the Court of Queen's Bench, in a case where a man had brought an action of ej etmetit against his own wife to recover pos session of premises held over. A verdict having been had for the plaintiff, a rule was subsequently granted for a neW trial, on the ground that a husband could not maintain an action against his wife. Defendant's counsel on Thursday shewed cause against the rule, and amongst other causes adduced was the following :—viz., that " the real plaintiff in this kind of action was not the husband, but the imagi nary personage called John Doe ' between, whom and the. ,defendantit was impossible that the relation of husband and wife could exist, as John did not exist himself." Plaintiff's counsel retorted, that if John was not the hus band of his client, it was equally certain that lie never gave her notice to quit. Bewildeted amongst its own fic liens, the court took time to consider the case. TUN CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN.—When Sir Harry Smith was a child six years of age his father had a horse to sell. The animal was so thoroughly vicious that when a purchaser appeared no one dared to meant biro. On one occasion a military officer went over to Whittlesee to view this redoubtable steed ; and, wishing to see it s paces, be requested the man who led it to jump up en' go through the process of a walk, a trot, and a gallop. A s the man evinced a very prudent reluctance to perform th e required act of equestrianism. little Harry, who was pre" sent, declared that he could manage the horse, hole; been on its back before. His father had faith both in 1)11 word and abiLty, and Master Harry got his " leg LIP' and managed his charger like a young Alexander on soo ther Bucephalus. It was this act of courage that, throuit the officer who witnessed it, led to Harry Smith's entering into the army ; and truly the good people of Whittlesea maw well be proud of the day. FORD TITIIE CASE.—The long litigated case of Knigh t ' clerk, v. the Metquis of Waterford, i n respec t to t d i tithes in the parish of Ford, came beore the Court e t Exchequer on Tuesday last, Sir F re d er i c k P o ll oc k, Cbie r Baron, presiding. The substantial ques ti on was , w hethf i f the tithes of the manor of Ford belonged to the plaint', as rector, or to the defendant as lord of the manor, tea a payment of £lO yer annum to the rector ; the CO . 4 having heard the argument s on t wo or th ree previ,,,1 3 . 0 days during the term, now pronounced its judgment. 4 . application on beh a lf' of the plaintiff was for a new 11.14 d; and the court thought the application should be granted upon the ground that the peyment of a specific go, n ' i ae money, for airy -three years before the passing or .e r Limitation Act (3 and 4 Wm. IV, c. 27) did not uo,"0 the peculiar circumstances of this ca'er the defend a n t himself claiming a right to sueh tithes in c o nsideratil o o such payment, amount to a modus. discharge, or esemP from paymer.t of tithes to the rector. O . this point mein was of opinion that there had been a misdireeti o° e, Mr. Baron Rolfe ' at the trial at Newcastle upon-TY" and three must, therefore, be a new trial. eec esfe; The COAL TRADE 01 , ENGLAND.—Enghnd pee- ofi e the richest veins of coal, both as regards qualitY t ale quantity. They form a line from south-west to t ec tl west. In Niel humberland and Durham, from thel.; o f to the Tree, coal abounds; at Whitehaven, in the bi ' re oo t Cumberland, in Yorkshire, and in Laecashire. Th e reof abundant mines are in Wales. The consumption 0 (A sti o in England and in exportation is to great, that it h t been asked if the mines would not he exhausted; " e ra! cording to calculations made ha prop, rion to the Pr 00 0 consumption, they could not be exhausted under io is years. The year'y con , umptiiin in Great Bri ts 20,000.000 to 21,000.000 t o ns. The experta ion Wm' ; is in the following proportio n s : —l n 1830. 505,421 telet 1832, 588.440 tons; in 1831, 621.256 tons ; 047' 1,101,0(10 tons; in 1838, 1.413 800 t ons ; i" 1,621,30 1 ) tons ; in 1842. 2,120,000 tons; and fl r O e n,oo l- 1 2,410.000 tons. The number of mines exceeds o Y;iii4e, English coal is to be had in every part of the,c e l io , world : there are deposits at Rio Janeiro, ar 0 Archangel, and at Constantinople —alininp./c r mr n i ; o (l),, THE ROYAL VICTORIA STEAM :!..111P•--Nv° 1 Y roY n eer opportunity, the other day. of inspecting the .% toria steam ship, et Pr rt Carlisle. She has jt.): 00 0e 0 0 ( gone considerable improvtarnents in her hull an nery, also in the painting arid deeoratieg Of her e v ' h eor c t which we do not speak in too flattering term' d feti r ,x• say that they are now very elegem indeed, 8() e te o h l o 'great credit upon the parties who ex, cuted h We were also gratified to barn that great ado°, str,t r been gained by the substitution of tubular boile rs ' ir dr e j of thirty-five tons having been effected, by t „ be rte p ed, nisbed weight and the smaller s upply of tc' t t i; oo;e o re by these than by the bo hers of the old descriP no' the space in the afterhold is increased so e s „lc , f ps stowage for that amount of extra weight of gen v e c ollfo t a The speed of the vessel has also been very ag e be b ed, creased. On Friday last she perform' d the v° ' soo ne rs; Annan Water Foot to Liverpool in 91 hou r e ' o ' o r C e o dia nearly 100 fat sheep 40 fat cattle, besides a h .01 0 6 cargo on board. We are proud in having W i :4 46 OW vessel belonging to this port, and we hearttle t .ets' _company cariis coO lt lO t he EQUITY COURT, FRIDAY.—CHUDD e tra ec loa! le ev J e o r u y r This was an application for an in unction to te t. or . defendant, a turniture-broker, Queen-et:1; 0 . che .it t th,; success in prosecuting their u"" trom making or selling any iron doors, s fattl o f boxes, in imitation of those made by the h ! 4 ' e j well-known iron box and lock maker. , 1 0 ,, ch oit u Churchyard, London. Affidavits were rer eeo pur e 0 0 0 0 the plaintiff, showing that iron safes had u„ ro b., 5 0 00 from the defendant, which were repret.en i on d th' of f. 0 00 by the plaintiff, but at a much less co t ' bo o lsi° fo r t e , safes were of a very it& rior quality, a n d a ffotiti t he eqbe there.) , subjected to much inj-ry. p h i s a d iriii o: l3 . o; b s o f defendant eenied tha• th e sn'es, when ' preset) el to he n areitecture.l by the w iree - ti ty, „ t o Vice-Chancilli r 'here appe.ned tot contradicted the stateihe os ne.de hY, by the Or .0 0 thought th ere wrs i,ot su ffi c;ent Hike" The orw sc ipivoi enable him to inter ere i junetion• e , the h ied 0, would d bbee sub j e t n e d u tdh to t a i s i e z, troy reenr a ri e ell er to i °c o t o ' l o et reasonably sure to brine out the ti b• b h g an l ye the 6m therefore, stand over, with liberty to all ot er i n Why is General Tom Tl-urrob not j e itti world? because in India there is a Ucu ._ t 1 i C H n. o: a~ vii of bo as Ty bot • Be, and Bon to a Pro hay ; rep, Cell ditt bre and and iinF exi! Fur it t bac ten J. th, e bt u d o b e lik, ba t rico ge t tit) fa r ail: Nv o the tb ( 1r ell to, '4!rY May 12, 1846. . 4 2