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Ittk 'kr‘ imperial Vadiament. HOUSE OF LORDS.--MoNnAr. Lord Brougham moved for five returns, which bad been laid on the table of the house, connected with the question of the importation of foreign corn and corn from Ireland. In so doing the noble lord complained of the delay of business in the House of Commons, which had become the subject of much remark in the French capital. If cer tain parties thought they could frustrate the intention of Parliament by endless and vexatious delay, and postpone the arrival of a most salutary measure till it should be too late for this session, the remedy was in their lordship's hands and they had the power of anticipating the discus sion, and coming to a deliberate and well-considered opi nion. This was his reason for moving for these returns, and in the course of a fortnight, or thereabouts, he should deem it his duty to give their lordship's an opportunity of discussing, deliberating, and pronouncing their opinion upon the general principles of the great and important commercial change to which he had referred, and which be wished should receive their lordship's sanction; and if that should be the case he did not entertain any doubt of a speedy decision elsewhere. The motion was agreed to. The Earl of Dalhousie rose to move that the resolutions for the rezulation of railway bills, should, with certain amendments, be adopted as a se,sional order. As the government had no wish to throw unnecessary obstacles in the way of railroads, he should propose that all bills which now stood for a third reading should be exempted from the operation of these resolutions. Lord Monteagle objected to the practice of relaxing regulations to meet particular cases. If the resolutions were to apply to any bills, they ought to apply to all; in his opinion the house bad great cause for complaint that these propositions had not been brought before parliament at an earlier period. After some discussion, in which the Marquis of elanri oarde, Lord Ashburton ' Lord Redesdale, and Lord Rad nor took part, and in the course of which the _general po licy of the government was approved of, though various objections were made to its details, the resolutions were agreed to. . HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. Major BF REsFORD, on behalf of his relative, the Mar quis of Waterford, corrected some grossly exaggerated statements of Mr. J. O'Connell respecting the expulsion of tenants. Mr. O'CONNELL, jun. made the amende honourable, and Mr. O'CONNELL, son. bore testimony to the good qualities of the Marquis as a resident landlord. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN openly declared that he would not obey an order of the House to attend upon the railway committee group No. 11—an avowal which created quite a sensation. In reply to a question from Mr. C. Powell, Sir JAMES GRAUAM said, that it was perfectly true that an infernal machine had been used at Sheffield, and that property be longing to three ladies of small means had been injured. The government was in communication with the authori .ties of that town in order to put a stop to these dastardly acts. (It appears that they arose out of disputes between the masters and workmen.) The debate on the Protection-of-life (Ireland) Bill was then resumed, the Premier at considerable length defend ing the measure and indicating the motives of himself and colleagues in bringing it forward currently with the new corn bill. He refused to consider the question whether the administration would acquire more popularity by abandoning this bill than by proceeding with it; forpopu brit}, would be gained at too costly a sacrifice if it were .attended by greater danger to the life and property of her Majesty's loyal subjects. He did not contest the right to oppose the first stage of such a measure ; he was only con sidering whether the government would have been justified in letting a bill of such importance as the present lie upon the table without further notice. As to the injurious sur mise that government had interpose,' this measure for the purpose of getting rid of their measure on the Corn-laws, it was enough for him to say at present that the lapse of time, and many intervening events, had confirmed the im pressions on which he had originally proposed the final and permanent adjustment of the Corn Laws. Events bad proved to him that the restrictions, which he once believed to be only impolitic, were now absolutely unjust ; and his colleagues and himself were perfectly prepared to certify by any public act the sincerity of their convictions on that point. He then proceeded to an explanation of the reasons which bad induced the government to propose tveneasuta of this harsh character towards Ireland, and to controvert the statistics of Mr. Hawes. He did not know where Mr. Hawes had got his returns ; but from those in his possession, which he read to the House, it appeared that there had been in the last twelve months a great in crease in the amount of the various crimes against life and property in certain districts in Ireland. Having in de out a strong case, in the character and frequency of the crimes endangering the life of the subject and the peace of the country, for the adoption of measures of extraordinary precaution, he next proceeded to show that special com missions were of little or no use, unless you were prepa red to produce evidence which would insure conviction. He then grappled with the point, " Would this bill be effi cacious for its object ?" and in so doing admitted that, if it would not be so, it was not to be justified by the fre quency of its repetition. He had hpen trAri that 4, tog it now upon the douse he was disregarding the wishes of the representatives of Ireland. He had been much surprised at that assertion, for he found that in 1835 the representatives of Ireland had consented to a measure si milar to the present, and had allowed it to remain on the statute books for five years, without the slightest remon strance. He then proceeded to justify in detail the vari ous clauses of the bill, and to show that they were even more necessary for the protection of the poor than for the protection of the rich. He believed that when the bll was once passed, the knowledge of its existence would al 'most operate as a cure of the present disorders. It would be delusive to propose this measure as a panacea for the disorders and grievances of Ireland, and he therefore at once admitted that it was an unmitigated evil and no re medy for them. He refused to discuss, on the present occasion, the various measures which had been proposed for the permanent relief of Ireland, for each of them de served a separate discussion. With regard to the intro duction of the principle of the English Poor Law into Ire land, he observed that there were many reasons which ought to induce the House to pause before it adopted in Ireland the principle that the unemployed poor had a right to relief from the land. They ought not hastily to grant the poor of Ireland such an indefeasible claim with out looking at all the social relations of that country, for they might be holding out a permanent incentive to indo .lence, instead of affording a temporary relief to unem ployed and destitute industry. In no country was the maintenance of the great principles of property of more importance than it was in Ireland ; but he must confess that the manner in which great numbers of the tenantry were evicted in that country struck him with the deepest and most anxious regret. He would tell the members and landlords of Ireland that he thought they relied too much on the assistance of the executive government, and tco little upon themselves; and that it was in their power to do more good for Ireland by their own exertions than any government could do for them. If they would only meet together at.d consider the condition of their country, the obligations of property, and the consequence of a harsh exercise of the powers which property gave them, they might with a little liberality and forbearance confer ines timable blessings on their country. He called upon them to follow the example of Lord G. Hill, who had converted 18,000 acres of waste land into a valuable property, and who, by a constant attention to his duties as a landlord, hid conciliated to himself the good-will of those whO stood to him in the relation of tenants. By such conduct they would draw together the relations of rich and poor, and would insure a confidence in the impartial adminis tration of justice, which could not be accomplished by any direct efforts of legislation. There were obligations on property which laws could not instil or control, but which were essential to the good order and maintenance of so ciety. In conclusion, he gave the Irish members a gentle hint for the public inconvenience which was accruing from their continued prolongation of this debate. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Sir R. PEEL brought down messages from her Majesty, recommending to her fctithful 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 consideration. The case of Mr. W. Smith O'Brien was then brought under consideration. The lion gentleman refused to serve en the committee of a private bill unconnected with Ire land ; alleging that, as ne 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 bon. 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. JNGLIS 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. Cot.nunouN 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 secon d reading of the Factory Bill, Mr. Hume said he hoped scme 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 T. GRAHAM sa id it h a d b een hi s d u ty t o recons id e r attentively the opinions which be had formerly entertained and avowed on this ques.ion, and after the most careful and anxious deliberation, he f e lt b oun d t o declare that his opinions remained unchanged on this subject, and that, therefore, it would be his duty to join the hon. member for Montrose, and to vote against the second reading of the HE The Home Secretary objected to the discussion of this measure by the present parliament so soon after the House had deliberated on, and rejected the principle OA ten hours' limitation—for he denied that the house 1 V t \ had ever decided in favour of ten hours, although it had negotiated a twelve hours' limitation. He also objected to a discussion omit at this particular time, because the restriction on the importation of foreign corn was still continued, although the protection that cotton, wool, and silk manufactures had lately enjoyed, was considePably reduced. After describing the magnitude of the interests which would be affected by this measure. Sir J. Graham contended that if carried, this Bill would be a tax on ca pital of sixteen per cent, which would ultimately fall on labour, and end in reducing the wages of the operatives fully one-sixth. The Home Secretary, on the part of him self and his colleagues, declared their determination to be fixed on this question. The debate was adjourned to Wednesday week. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. On the motion for the second reading of the Religious Opinions Relief Bill, The LORD CLIANCELLOR explained the circumstances under which he brought it before ne house. The matter had been referred to the criminal law commissioners, who bad prepared a very lucid report upon the subject, as well as the form of the measure. In its amended shape it had been dErided into two parts; one related to the oaths re quired to be taken by persons dissenting from the Church of England, the other related to the disabilities under which such persons laboured. It had been the intention of the government when the Catholic Relief Bill was pas sed to remove all disabilities arising out of religious opini ons, but this object had been from time to time neglected cr overlooked. The bill proposed to give relief from more than thirty acts of parliament and parts of acts of parliament, which imposed disabilities. There might .be reasonable grounds of objection to the repeal of some of these acts; but he (the Lord Chancellor) suggested that such objection should.be reserved until after its second reading. His lordship quoted several acts of parliament which still remained on the statute book, to show how oppressively they had pressed upon persons of the Jewish and other persuasions, beside that of the Roman Catho lic. By one of these laws Jews were prohibited from be coming the holders of land ; another act required of them that they should wear badges. After referring in detail to the various acts which imposed disabilities on persons on the ground of their religious opinions, and penalties for the non-observance of their provisions, he said that there could hardly arise uny difTerence of opinion es to the pro priety of repealing these acts. Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed with the Lord Chan cellor that the bulk of these enactments ought to be swept from the statute book, those which inflicted penal ties for recusancy more especially. He (Lord Brougham) expressed a hope that the noble and learned lord on the woolsack would give the bill his grave consideration be fore it went into committee. The Bishop of LONDON did not propose to offer any opposition to the bill in that stage of its progress, but he wished to state some objections which had suggested themselves to his mind upon the subject. He trusted that no provision would be introduced into the measure which would affect the supremacy of the crown. The rev. prelates around him would naturally entertain some apprehension on the subject, seeing that the right was still maintained by the Roman Catholic priesthood to in sist on the Pope's supremacy, and his title to absolve the subjects of other nations from their allegiance. He could not but believe that the bill would, in its present state, go much further than its originator intended or desired. His lordship then oroceeded to explain his objections to certain clauses of the bill. _ _ Lord BROUGHAM agreed with the right rev. lord. if the penalties which had been referred to were offensive they ought to be removed, but care should be taken to substitute something for them that would be equally effi cacious. The Bishop of EXETER doubted much whether the suggestion of the cast noble lord could be embodied in the act. but lamented still more that the house should be doomed to hear such a century of grievances, after what he and most noble lords had considered the final settle ment of the Catholic question. Where were now those expressions of gratitude which they had been accustomed to hear for the liberal relief afforded by the Emancipati on Bill? lie could not believe that any attempt would be made to interfere with the few miserable securities in troduced into that bill, and if any such attempt were made, he, for one, would indignantly exclaim against it. With respect to the Clause prohibiting Roman Catholic priests from as,uming the style of bishops, he thought it a most important enactment ; for it must not be forgotten, though Lord Camoys seemed to have forgotten the fact, that there could not be two bishops b , ,th filling the same see at the same time. As for the matter of supremacy, it was one thing for Romanists to believe in the Pope's authority, and another to set forth, teach, and extol his spiritual ju risdiction ; and if his supremacy in this latter sense were acknowledged, we must prepare ourselves for nothing short of a religious war. The bill was read a second time. • s ll HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. On the motion for resuming the debate respecting the refusal of Mr. Smith O'Brien to attend English or Scotch committees on private bills, Mr E. B. RocnE moved, as an amendment, that Mr. O'Brien he heard in his place, in opposition to the mo tion for his committal to. contempt. num E supported the amendment. Mr. R. YoRKE, however, thought such a course incon sistent with the dignity of the house, and, therefore, op posed it. Mr. O ' CONNELL said he understood that Mr. O'Brien was not satisfied with his advocacy of his cause on Tues day evening, and he, therefore, hoped the motion of Dm - Roche would be agreed to. Sir R. PEEL regarded the question as one of precedent, and appealed to the Speaker if it was possible, in accord. ance with the rules of the house, to adopt the suggestion of Mr. Roche. The SPEAKER was of opinion that there was no prece dent for the amendment of Mr. Roche; and that hon. gentleman accordingly withdrew it. Mr. M. MILNES then moved as an amendment, "That the house having convicted Mr. O'Brien of contempt, they would adjourn the debate for six months," thus ex cluding Mr. O'Brien, for that period, from the discussions in the house. This amendment did not meet the views of the house, and ultimately the original motion for committing Mr. O'Brien to the custody of the serjeant at arms was agreed Mr. HAWES then moved, " That, on Wednesday next, the noose would resolve itself into commAtee to consider of an address to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to advance to the claimants for losses sustained by the seizure of British ships and cargoes by the Danish Government in 1807, the amount of their re spective losses as ascertained by the commissioners ap pointed for the investigation of Danish claims, and re ported upon the 12th of May, 1840, and assuring her Majesty that the house will make good the same." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, which led to acme discussion, and a repetition of the arguments which have been familiar to our readers for the last 30 years. Ultimately the house divided, and the motion of Mr. Hawes was carried by a majority of 59 to 41. Mr. BOUVERIE then moved for a select committee to inquire into the condition of the labourers employed in the construction of railways and other public works, and into the remedies which may be calculated to lesson the peculiar evils, if any. of that condition. The moticn ao. peared to have reference chiefly to the prevalence of the truck system, and after some discussion it was agreed to without a division. The Serjeaut at Arms announced to the house that he had taken Mr. O'Brien into custody. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Earl Powis presented several petitions against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord CAMPBELL moved the order of the day for their lordships to go into committee on the Deodands Abolition Bill and Death by Accident Compensation Bill, which were supported by Lord Denman. They went through 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 manner 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 tion. Lord BROUGHAM stated, on the faith of a letter from a sliarehrok?.r at Liverpool, that railway speculation had revived with all its former fury. The hill was then read a third time, and passed. The Mullingar and Galway Railway Bill. and the Rail way Daposits 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 character and 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 pet 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. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Mr. E. B. ROCHE read 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 o f th e h ouse t o proceed 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 Captain Fitzmaurice, and was opposed by Mr. Timothy O'Brien, Mr. Bellew, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. S. CraWford, Mr. E. B. Roche, and Captain Layard. Colonel SIBTHORP said he would not oppose the mea sure, but be would not support it, because it was inefli- `~. `~` cient, and was brought forward by a truckling ministry, which would agree to any compromise upon the subject, for the purpose of keeping their places. Lord G. BENTINCK entered.into a defence of the pro tectionist party from the charge of entering into an un holy compact or alliance with Mr. W. S.•O'Brien. The first reading of the bill was carried by a majority of 274 to 125. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. .~.~a.,. i . ~ FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERlCA.—Advices 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 bad 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 itself. Lugo, Vigo, Tuy, and Pontevedra still hold out, and Juntas had been formed, the presidents of which are said to be Esparterists. Very great dissatisfaction prevailed at Madrid at the date of the last accounts, in consequence of the delay in convoking the Cortez. PORTUGAL.—INSURRECTIONARY 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 impossible 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:Oast summer. By letters from Paris, it appears to be the general im pression that Lecotite 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 sic." The arrival of Ibrahim Pasha has occasioned some sen sation in Paris. A circumstance connected with it, which would formerly (when religion was in vogue) have pro duced a powerful effect, passes unnoticed. Ells highness is accompanied by several Frenchmen who have embraced Mahometanism. GREAT MORTALITY IN THE WEST INDIES.—From re turns recently received, it appears that the 71st Regiment of Highlanders, at Dominique and Antigua, has suffered severely from fever, and those diseases peculiar to the climate, having lost a lieutenant, five serjeants, two car vorals, two drummers, ninety-eight privates, and twenty five women and children, all taken oft within a week or two. THE CHOLERA.—This destructive scourge seems once more on its way to ravage the continent of Europe, origi nating, as before, in the heart of Asia, Northern Persia being the first quarter in which it was noticed; it is gra dually approaching the confines of Europe. The chief cities of Persia already count by thousands the number of their dead who have fallen victims to Asiatic cholera. The line of route taken by it appears to be almost due' west, for it attacked in regular succession the cities of Bokhara, 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 Paper. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.—A letter has been received from Sir Moses Montefiore, bearing date St. Petersburgb, April 8, 1846, and stating that be has had the honour of a long audience with his Imperial Majesty the Emperor, who received him most graciously, and most patiently listened to him ; and His Majesty expressed his ap probation of Sir Moses coming to St. Petersburg, and stated that he (Sir Moses) should have the satisfaction of taking with him the Emperor's assurance and the assur ance of his ministers that he was desirous of improving the condition of Sir Moses's co•religionists in the Russian empire ; and that this object was at present under delibe- ration. His Majesty likewise suggested that Sir Moses should visit his coreligionists in the several towns in which they principally dwell. Sir Moses acknowledges, in the warmest terms, the Emperor's humanity and benevolence. The railway traffic of last week exhibits an increase, over the corresponding week of last year, of no less a sum than £30,996. LIVERPOOL, WARRINGTON, A. ND STOCKPORT.—This company, the opponents of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chester Junction, retire from the field, and have announced their intention of returning 275. per share to the scripholders. THE NEWTON STATION.—The Liverpool and Manches ter Companies are Wilding a commodious and handsome station at Newton, worthy of the importance of that cen tral position on the line. They are also making prepara tions for an enlarged station at Kenyon. A dividend, at the rate of ss. per share, has been de clared on the shares of the Preston and Wyre Railway. The directors have thought it prudent to divide only what they have earned, but the prospect of the future is stated to be highly gratifying, inasmuch as the traffic of the line is increasing, and new sources of revenue will shortly be opened. RESULTS OF RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.—The quan tity of fish sent from Scarborough along the railway to York, has averaged eighty tons per week during the whole of the winter. This fact surprises even the Scar borough people. And 1,000 tons of coal are sent on the line regularly every week from York. The prices of the latter article are moderate, and the consumption increases. GOOSING THE DIRECTORS.—An allottee having been served with a writ, instead of entering an appearance to it, he took out a Judge's summons, to be furnished with the names, present residences, and designations of the seventy-six parties to the writ. This being a poser, the solicitor to the company called on the allottee, and informed him he should abandon the action. " No," said the other, " I cannot allow that, unless my expenses of every sort and kind are paid." This demand was, it is almost unnecessary to add, complied with. COMICAL INCIDENT ON AN ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. —A few days since, during one of those pelting showers which have lately been so prevalent, the labourers em ployed on the works of the Croydon and Epsom Atmos pheric Railway had in same places no shelter; conse quently they were frequently drenched with rain. The tubes are about twelve inches in diameter, and are con structed with a groove or slit at the top, which aperture is cemented by tallow and wax, to render them air-tight. The connecting rod of the piston, as it is forced forward by atmospheric pressure, travels through, and of course ruptures, these substances. Shortly after the down train had passed the station near the Dartmouth Arms, one of the labourers was non est invenrus. The rain was de scending in torrents, and the other men supposed that their companion had left the line for shelter. After the cessation of the rain, however, as he did not make his appearance, the circumstance created some surprise ; but the workmen continued their labour, until they were interrupted by faint cries, which seemed to proceed from one of the atmospheric tubes lying on the side of the rails. One of the men near the tube became alarmed at hearing stifled moans from such a quarter. On the men approach ing the tube, great was their astonishment on perceiving the extremities of a man protruding . from the aperture of the metal, at the same time hearing moans and cries for help. It appears that the shower bad induced the man to resort to this extraordinary shelter, and having suc ceeded in squeezing himself in, he was unable to with draw himself from the pipe. The men tugged and pulled with all their might for some time, when at length their efforts were successful, and the man was drawn forth completely senseless and dripping with the melted tallow. The heat of his body and respiratory otgans had effected his deliverance when almost suffocated and saturated with grease. Had he been left much longer, life would have been extinct. THE CURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen and royal farnily 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; barges 'n both l arge and small checks ; chine royal in stripes on either dark or light grounds ; poults 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 glace 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 short, with gloves of glace kid. Ribbon flounces on silk dresses are very fashionable, as also fringe, which is made very deep and full, matching the dress ; glace, ombre, &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 av still the fashionable style in pardessus ; they are made of piaci 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 gimp, or biais laid one on the other. Open fancy straws are very much worn, as well as th e chapeau guipure; the new form is very pretty, particu larly with the wreaths of exotic plants. Capctes of crape and tulle bonillonne are lined with fringed ribbons, and ornamented with flowers ; white crape bonnets are trim med with voint 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 bouillonnes of tulle. IRELAND. On Saturday night four persons were drowned at Wa terferd by the upsetting of a boat. A few days ago, Mr. Brew, agent for Colonel Vande lenr, ofKilrush, was fired at by'a person in female attire,, and wounded in the arm. The assassin walked 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 between the repeaters 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 BEQUESTS.—The late 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. — On 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 hoot, 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, 5,875; 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 anti discharged. In the year 1845, of the 16.696 committed for trial, there were 7,101 convicted. and 959 acquitted. THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD'S TENANTRY.—A. writer in the Carlow Sentinel, who, however, withholds his name, has published a lengthened explanation of the circumstances under which the recent evictions took place on his lordship's property in the south of Ireland. The most material passage in this rebutting statement is as follows :—" The hundreds stated to have been ejected were no tenants to the Marquis of Waterford, but stran gers from the counties of Cork and Kerry, who located themselves in miserable hovels, not more secure or com fortable than pig-styes'--erected, too, on the acre of ground in the occupation, mark ! of each and every one of the 40s. freeholders, and who latterly pair'. no rent for these wretched hovels to the ' forty shillingers,' hut re fused to pay rent in any shape. '; bus, the public will perceive that the parties ejected were miserable squatters, deriving under the ' forty shillingers' still in occupation, and having no connexion, directly or indirectly, with the Marquis of Waterford, although this generous and much calumniated nobleman is falsely charged with evicting by wholesale a body of ' 40s. freeholders.' " UNIVERSITY 4- CLERICAL NEWS. Oxroßc.—The Venerable Walter Augustus Shirley, M.A., of New College, Archdeacon of Derby, has been elected to preach the Bampton Lecture in 1847. Sir H. Douglas, last week, presented a petition to the Commons, from a place in Essex, against the union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Mr. George fomline, M.P. for Shrewsbury, has pre sented £lOOO to Eton College, as the foundation of an annual mathematical prize. Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, the Jewish baronet, has given a piece of land at Preston, near Brighton, as the site for a new Protestant church which is to be erected in that parish. On Monday last the members of the fourth term of St. Bees' College presented to the Vice-Principal of that col. lege, the Rev. D. Anderson, a magnificent Triglott Bible, containing the Hebrew, Greek, and English versions, asa mark of their sincere esteem and admiration of his untir ing zeal in teaching and explaining the grand scheme of _Gospel aalvation contained. _therein it iR beautifully_ i bound n black morocco, with broad silver bands and clasps. _ . The Rev. C. W. Richards, on leaving his curacy in Lichfield, was presented with a handsome case containing a silver tea-pot, cream jug, and basin. A few days pre viously the men's Bible class presented him with a beau tiful pocket communion service, and others with various marks of gratitude and esteem. The ten. gentleman, who has resided at Lichfield upwards of, four years, has lately been appointed to the curacy of Ashbourn, Derby shire. Many of our readers will remember that Mr. Ri chards was formerly connected with Liverpool. THE LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.—A meeting of the friends of this society was held on Friday, in the large room at Exeter-hall. There was a very considera ble attendance on the occasion, and the speeches delivered were numerous and effective. The scciety, which has been formed in aid of the Church Education Society for Ireland, and with the view of securing to that society, in its struggles with the National Board, the assistance of English Protestant contributions, appears by the report to be in a flourishing condition. The subscriptions show an increase on the previous year of no less than £l,OOO, and it was stated that 100,000 Protestant and 50,000 Dissen ters' children, Roman Catholic and otherwise, were at present receiving the benefits of a scriptural education in the 2.000 schools of the society. The Marquis of Choi inondeley, who presided, expressed his warm attachment to the Established Church in Ireland ; Lord Sandon and the Bishop of Cashel followed in the same strain. The former dwelt upon the necessity of individual sympathy for the labours and trials of the Irish Church had been violently taken from the Roman Catholics. At the time of the Reformation all the bishops but two had con formed ; while in England a here a similar change of church revenues had been made, and was not impeached, only one of the existing bishops had abjured the errors of Popery. The right rev, prelate contrasted the experi ence of the National Board and the Church Education Society's Schools, maintaining that the one had not, and that the other possessed, a system of united education. The Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan and the Rev. Mr. M‘Neile also addressed the meeting very eloquently and:at great length. Dr. 0. Sullivan vindicated the Church of Ireland from the charges of being an impolitic institution for that country, and as administering a disproportionate revenue which she had acquired by an unjust title. He showed that of the 700 years of English control in Ireland, the 350 which had been passed under Papal influence were most lawless and disturbed, and that the remaining period of Protestant ascendancy had introduced to a very great ex tent the mild impulses of industry and peaceful subordi nation. He contended that the Catholic Church in the sister country had suffered no diversion of property, as it had suffered two reformations—one of faith, the other of forms—one Arglican, the other Roman—one Protestant and national, the other Popish and unscriptural. He fur ther stated that the revenues of the church allowed only £60,000 per annum for the support of 12 bishops, and £400,000 per annum for more than 2,000 clergymen, or something under £2OO a year for eacb. The census showed a Protestant population of 1,700,000 ; and surely, apart from other considerations, that could not be consi dered a disproportionate revenue which imposed for the sake of the immortal souls a tax of only 10s. upon each. The speech of Mr. M`Neil was chiefly directed to the question of scriptural education in its spiritual bearings, the reverend gentleman declaring it as his opinion that if the Court of Rome wished to contrive measures to Ro manise Ireland they could not have adopted better means for doing so than the British government had done in ap pointing the Board of National Education. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRINCE ALBERT A LAWYER.—The name of Prince Albert appears the first in a recently-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.U., was granted by the Queen's Bench. LIABILITY OF CAB PROPRIETORS FOR LUGGAGE. — The Ccurt 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 his 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. Segar, 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 ironbraker, 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. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £l,OOO. LOSS OF THE COLONIES OF ENGLAND. 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. I am sure you will not refuse me the privilege of setting myself right with your readers, and I wish you and they could be brought as easily to see that you have no more reason on your side in opposing my opinions, than you have facts, or even appearances, with which to question my devotedness to the British Government. If, in Canada, I have not done as much as any one individual, in sustaining MONARCHY IN AMERICA, in its hours of danger and extremity, 1 have the equally proud feeling that on these occasions I have uniformly done all I could. And no one has used greater, or perhaps so great, exer tions for the last dozen years in a more difficult and, to my mind, ano less patriotic duty—l mean, the purifying and popularising of the administration of the colony, as the best, as the only, hope of perpetuating the sway of the British crown over its North American dependencies. I have always objected to every abuse that I saw to be endangering the bold of England on Canada, just as warmly as I now object to free trade, or rather free im ports only into the mother country and the colony. As a proof of my former position, permit me to give the following extract from a defence I wrote of Lord Metcalfe, in December 1843, which was the first blow struck in Upper Canada for that most illustrious repre sentative of her Majesty, and at a time when Canadian public opinion had set in more strongly against his Ex cellency than the tide of British public opinion is now against protection to British industry : "'Situated, as Canada is, alongside of the United States, we known that Republicanism will, at times, become an alarming element among us, and its power here is to be dreaded just in proportion that wrong or illiberal princi ples, exclusiveness or Toryism, are fostered and increased in the colony ; and we believe that, left in its present un popular Episcopal state, King's College is little better than a hotbed and nursery of provincial Toryism, which we have always found, both in Upper and Lower Canada, just as impatient of British control, and just as anti- British in its views of its peculiar interests, and the pre scriptive importance of its individuals, as is the Repub licanism of either province, although the members of the former faction have certainly this in common with us (which the Republicans have not), that in the hour of the country's need, they stood with us in support of the British principles." I have already said more than I could have wished about myself, but I hope your readers will see that the public object I have in view demanded it. With regard to the loyalty of the population of Canada, I have to request you to republish my letter to the Colo nial Gazelle, of 23d March last. To see, however, the imminently critical situation of Canada, if its material prosperity comes to be interfered with (by its connection with England giving the Ameri cans the run of the Canadian markets, while the Canadi ans continue to be debarred from selling in the markets of the United States), you have only to consider what I said (in the above extract) of the unavoidable danger of the in crease of republicanism in a country so situated. In fact, unless the moral effect of the British government on the population be happier, and unless it is shown not to stand in the way of the material prosperity of the country, we cannot perpetuate monarchy in America, nor, as friends of humanity, ought we to desire to do so. The Canadians, (I speak of Upper:Canada, more espe cially,) would long ago have thrown off the British govern ment, but that their devoted attachment to its high and philanthropic principles enabled them to believe that the evils, under which they have so long lain, could not be consequences of the operation of our principles of govern ment, but are only evidences of their not being in opera tion in the colony. _ The endurance of practically bad government, purely through their devotion to British principles among those of British origin in Canada, may be judged of by the following facts, which all go to show the danger of our doing away their peculiar advantages in the English market : Ist.—Prior to Mr. Ponlett Thomson's administration of the government, so little vitality or popular power and activity was there in our colonial decoction of monarchy, that every man in the country knew that his property would be worth four times as much were Canada made a state of the American union. 2nd.—Even to this moment, the want of active or business-Pke government, not to say misgovernment, is such, that even the improved value of property in Canada would be doubled by its now becoming a state of the union. 3rd.—The population are soured by the British govern ment winking at things being attempted to be forced down the throat of the colonists which dare not be origi nated at home in the present day. I allude to the former almost successful attempt of the Church of England to grasp for her own exclusive use the whole ecclesiastical endowment in Upper Canada, although the members of the Church of Scotland, together with the evangelical dissenters, are more than twice as numerous, and to her present more audacious attempt to do the same thing with an immense educational endowment granted by George 111. to the people of Upper tanada. 4th.—The Canadians know that, while a colony of Eng land, their farms are the natural battle-field for the settle ment of European and American quarrels—a disadvantage so great as to be in itself the greatest proof of their loyalty, _althouali they feel that in Eusland it secures for them no greater consideration. I do not however argue for England giving Canada advantages at the expense of the people of England. My idea is that Free Trade (not being a system but a mere departure from system) will come to be departed from after a few years trial, and I therefore think it a monstrous pity, in a national point of view, that to make what ap pears to me so baseless an experiment, the risk of the loss of that noblest appendage of the British Crown, British America, should in the meantime be run. The following extract from my letter of the 14th March, in the Scotch Reformers' Gazette, will show exactly' the views I expressed : . . . " In a farmer number it was shown that free trade must necessarily, in its very nature, lose us the colonies, be cause, the principle of protection abandoned, the colonial system (which is a mere branch of it) falls also, or, what is to my mind far worse (and could only last a year or two), the colonies become a drag on the empire, having ceased to benefit the mother country in any way after they have thrown off the Imperial Parliament's right to legis late for their trade, and commenced free trade with all the world. " But I argue for the retention of the colonies only, because it is the interest of England. "I hold that it were better for England to lose her colo nies, magnificent though these be, than to forbear doing anything which is shown to be clearly in favour of the oppressed population in this country. " Though I before pointed out that the adoption of free trade would necessarily lose the colonies (whose markets there is no reason for us going to the expense of defend ing, unless our manufactures are protected there), I do not pretend to argue that, to save the colonies. for their own sake alone, should prevent us adopting free trade in England, if the greater and more immediate interests of the mother country would be advantaged thereby. Far, however, from this being the case, I view free trade as tending to reduce the extent of our own manufactures, to degrade the condition of our own manufacturers. * * * * 35 * " You will thus see clearly my position to be, that (as 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 n?t 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 I have explained them to bed into the arms of the American Republic. lst.—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 ber, even in time of peace, for the timber lands are Go vernment property, and the United States want it all, and more, tar their now twenty milions of people. It is therefore evidently Canada, and not Oregon, that the Americans are now driving at. 3rd.—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. [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 the burghs, nevertheless took an opportunity of declaring that he differed 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." May 5,18-16 i. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. 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 , Lincoln, and Chichester, Ven. Archdeacons Manning , Sinclair, and Hamilton, Lords Cornwallis, Glenelg, Dela warr, Jerrnyn, Sondus, Littleton, John Manners, M•Ptt Rayleigh, R. Grosvenor, M.P., Clive, Howe, Bolton, and Sandon, M.P., T. D. Acland, M.P., Cardwell, MP' , &c., &c. The following is the principal portion of the speech ° , f the Bishop of Jamaica on the occasion. His lordship sal° , " I wish to impress on your minds the consideration that, notwithstanding the exertions of this and , kindred socie" ties, notwithstanding every effort of religious enterprise, many of the colonies and dependencies of the British crown continue in a state of deplorable destitution, an d that the Incorporated Society does afford, under God, the fittest instrumentality for counteracting the evil' Nye de plore. But, my lord, is this destitution real and substan; tial, or is it but an imaginary and exaggerated grievance' I apprehend that, if we advance no further than to ascer tain the identical truth asserted in the first resolution, which has passed this meeting, viz. :—that more than 40,000 persons, and they principally of the lowest order, are, year after year, across the Atlantic or Australian seas , and landed in some one or other of our immense colonies, without any means of instruction or of public worship, our case will be sufficiently proved. I mean not to invite the policy of emigration. I mean not to deny that eon* gration to a considerable extent is necessary, both to Of country to be left, and the country to be peopled. But do contend that, if the policy and the purpose of the times do compel men to emigrate, the charity an d th e justice 0, the times are pledged to provide the poor emigrants , ° I ; least in the early stages of their history, with the means 0 ' worshipping God after the manner of their forefather s. But how has this first reasonable expectation been reak zed ? I seek in vain in our Colonial annals for any proo f of its existence. I look on the mass of cur colonial pas' sessions—l read their statistical returns, and I find larg e districts still left without clergymen, townships rising without churches, villages and hamlets growing into coo' mercial and agricultural, and even political i m p o rtance , without the adoption of any predomin a tio n ; na y, withou t " having any instruction, without a local habitation or 3 name assigned to our national faith. I would illustrate this from a little personal experience. It is now some' what more than five-and-twenty years ago since I first trod the soil of a British colony ; nor shall I easily forge the impressions made upon me by that exTraordinarf scene. The island to which I refer was in vice almost commensurate with our sister kingdom. The residence of the Colonial Governor looks down upon a dim and dingy, but densely peopled town, carries even hustling° on its lofty height; troops were garrisoned on its castled crags, and the proud pendants of England's sovereignty were waving over its estuaries. In one of its 100 harbours more than SCO vessels, having severally the flags of ever. European power, were collected, waiting to transport the produce of its banks, of its rivers, and even of its desolate ictburgs, to enrich the coffers of their parent states. Ol e hundred thousand persons thus find employment 0 0 1'; shores, while thirty thousand more "went d o wn tu' . ",i sea in ships, and occupied their business in great waters', that colony, my lord, had territ o ry, h a d commer ce, brif population ; and to consecr a te that t err it or y t o s ancti fy that commerce, and to guide into the way of truth th r ! t population, it had two missionaries of our holy Catbeh e Church. Passing thence into another colony, equal 1° size, and more considerable i n p o p u l a ti on , bl esse d with $ more genial climate and a more fertile soil, and cone' quently assuming mire of a settled and agricultural ch a ; racter, I found ele gen clergymen: while iu the adjoining province, the very earliest scene of the colonist, not one tenth part of the people had the mea ns o f attendir.° church. Now, it must not he supposed, that during this period the society slumbered and slept, that she was un mindful of the deficiency and did not strive to apply the re' medy. Had this been the case, the resolution which I ruble' cate would be wholly untrue and the s oc i e ty unworthy of yonr confidence and support. But on the contrary, und er the auspices of this, the much-neglected society, I have sel l the clergy of Newfoundland increased from 2,t0 28, wh ite those of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have been tit; bled in amount and greatly improved in usefulness.. have witnessed the first introduction of its missionarreed into the Bermudas, the practice of the western world, the restoration of its missions, after an i n t erva l o f nea rly 100 years iu the distant islands of the Bahamas. I ba ne seen proselytes won from heath en i sm , converts refortn e .„ from Rome, and multitudes co n fi rme d and educetec t c ; the faith of their fathers by tki s va l ue d i ns tit u ti on . •`, the character and conduct of it s m i ss i onar i es I can 0 15 bear personal testimony. They have been carefully se; lected either by the committees at home or by the bisheg e . abroad. They are, for the most part, whatever nra9 4 the few and painful exceptions, m e n s t rong ly i m bued the missionary spirit, men of faith and prayer, men 0 0 consistent and energetic piety, men devoted to no strang , and energetic opinions either of theology or church par L „ l f sanship. but intent upon one simple and leading object " the society the propagation of the gospel in all its puricg: On a recent occasion we have heard it asserted by a 'l i t e r tinguished statesman, who has exhibited, both in his Pli„ lie and in his private capa'city, a strong affection for W' Colonial Church ; and the argument has been re-urg e d to-day to a certain extent by the right hon. gentleman vilt, preceded me, that " that which has been hitherto done of Princes and governments must now be left to the spirit u' associations to effect." Entirely concurring with thes e illustrious statesmen in assigning such a duty to our ss: ciety, I am very far from assenting to the inference that the state is thereby abquitted of its responsibility to Pr °,: vide any further for the sustent a tio n o f a na ti ona l churc" within our colonies. I know, indeed, as a melanch o ! l truth, that the Legislature have, in the exercise of thl f wisdom, seen fit to withdraw from the society their PT tance which for years had been allotted to her s tewar ship, and consecrated to the promotion of religious truth' But I know also that the wisdom of the Legisiaturepf though claiming our respectful consider a ti on , i s not I°f d. lible, nor are the acts of the Legislature, though dema o l 4 ing our entire obedience, like the law of the Med" of the Persians, which altereth not. If, then, the clacauu!, o , an unrighteous multitude, if the complaints of the la tu ,,e dinariau and infidel could enforce upon our rulers _74 adoption of what I must call a mistaken and unhall o, economy, it surely is not too much to expect that thed monstrances, the humble, the respectful, but earnest o le or reiterated remonstrances of the churchmen of tlie pire, may in time induce a wiser and more liberal sP ul s ti• legislation, a spirit more congenial t o th e c h r i s ti e n cov e , tution of the country. But, whatever may be our 0100 tations of future assistance from the state, it is cello that the hour has arrived when the church must °fa( herself to a pure, energetic, and condensed exertion', her own perpetuity and extension; and I do not besinoti say that one of the first and b es t mo d es o f t hi s eserol to ensure her perpetuity must b e t o ex t en d the ,gorotts/ through the medium of this soc i e ty. O ur a ppeal oth, t lerefore be to every pastor, and through every P to every congregation in this land. For more than 0 30 0 ter of a century, the better part of my natural life, i e tf; had the privilege to be a fellow worker with this su e e a! I have worked humbly with its committees at 'hom e, ,S 1 I have worked with God's grace, I hope persevering l y pd its missions abroad ; and probably no person prese P en tg . been so intimately acquainted with all' its movt' l be es; Its errors and deficiencies, whatever they may lii•!ve or t s ' are trifles light as air in comparison with the 111 ob . good it has accomplished and is accomplishing. JO' mit, therefore, that the incorporated Society is lc' serving the confidence of the meeting." ANOTHER PARLIAMENTARY SCENE' tt FtT i f On Thursday last, in the House of Lords, Ear l WILLIAM moved for a return of the burs and estic ag e te ald the several railways for which petitions had been Pre' ss the during the present session. Lord CAMPBELL rose, and was a b ou t t o addf e house, when e 0 The LORD CHANCELLOR said, "Will y o u alias , ' Pi put the question." ti° ll. Lord CAMPBELL—I am sorry to sneak on the 19 : o til The LORD CHANCELLOR.—But there is the — o ,hic which the noble lord (Monteagle) has in his hands the has to beCAput. r ° I LordMPßELL.—Henceforward we are to bail woolsack for ord er . W e usua lly j og on ve ry sve ho 'as e observe that the most irregular quarter in the generally the woolsack. (Hear, bear.) t t ; The LORD CHANCELLOR.—My :ords, I rise -13 11 0) C (Hear, hear.) I have no more authoiity i n Oa r 1 0 than any other individual in it. We are diesiol a ve 13 0 constitution - to the house of Commons. 1,, h ad o ti authority to call noble lords to order; but if l n ble a authority I should every ay4 have to call the a" learned lord to order. ( Rear, hear.) tear t i le Op Lord CAMPBELL.—I know that the noble a n o ° o° 4 lord had not the authority to call order from the"' collir but he has at least the power of abstaining frloos t the, disorder, and after this I must repeat, that th e a res' o ro orderly quarter of this house i s th a t w hich ie 13 'ned "ft' woolsack. (Hear, hear.) Th e no bl e and lea r tiedt• lY then added that, in his opinion, it is indispensa.,, del ) sary that before long there should be a rail ment established. rat VANITY OF LORD PALMERSTON. —T oac l ff il e surprise (we say it sincerely) our Paris letters nwoOsiii positively assured us that a monstrous outrage ha s red i d etiquette, and all ordinary personal modes, tl ;hat b e lo r‘t been committed by Lord Palmerston ; an d t o anal de" actually take upon him to write a letter—no t ;et riviegt7 in waiting—though that would have been li h js ficient in conceit and self-sufficiency—but to,P, b - e Freor Louis Philippe, by the grace of God, Kiog o',,,*erfo l : th i4 , and one of the most illustrious and most PO" tha' a ioP reigns in the world! We venture to belie rweeiroo stands at the very head of all the acts of o ye a , o r —w writeha o l f e e t t l vanity and presumption ever committed by ir o doiw o pe :r e grateful and what is Lord Palmerston, that he, ar, d „dial es r eie all the millions whom his Majesty's prow e '", s olef a r o delighted, should write the King—the iilustriou, is Da t e as dreao' ll ° ,. rePr, e ' 4 o l s of Montrose, did the Marquis of Londonde to Marquis of Lanse.owne, did Lords Cantilupe e ls ato him ? Nay, did Lord Cowley, who actua fett er Bas tl e our Queen at the French Court, write any _ st or , serve, the Court of the Tuileries is the nw resa ate to lo il e n r tg e o, Gtohoredrseoo on m o t huoecthh occasione r E ng, s hi3ried;,be ab :too, accessible in Europe ; all who have bee n P eye aing e 'otl i received there without any ceremony eve rard see the King, the Queen, and the familY• _ or en g ri i c re' cou!d have gone with the rest of his countra, l ike t; i ,joiff his respects, for he had teen presented, cud, beeratolfs of his countrymen he could, in a modes t e d his F e a) because in the usual manner, have tende r t he P i a ig tions to the King and the family. Bu t , ;nnt ° ; es: - whig was far above such ordinary coolk"'-- Herald. ce t cr ( hie the cat L.