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TITE 'CI - VIRPOOI, STANDARD. imperial Varliamtnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoNnaIt. The royal assent wbs given to a great number of bills, the titles of which wilt be found in our summary of par_ liamentary business. There were two public bills vanced a ptage without d F :ussio❑ HOUSE OF COMMONS as a suopty night, and " d with a nut -11 MONDAY to custom, occn bates ACY EVANS DJ of military s the British army was I Sir:NiCt The pe ntlemen compiamed hpen tralepn hty ly pleased to direct in- be postponed till Monday week. luction of the prriod of The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER submitted that unlimited term this hilt should be read a third time now. That must be :.ruits, diminish dune in order to make any amendments upon it. When f the service." the amendments were aereed to between the Chairman of Ott , the motion, of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- ' cipated, the payment of the •dicidends suspended, the entQuait, the Court of Common Pleas Bill was read a salaries of all public officers reduced one-fourth, and the third rime and pissed governu ent compelled to adapt ruinous laws to meet the The reports on the Co n yhold Commission Pill, on the exigencies of the dayi added to which, a great portion of Turnpikes Continuance 8.11, on the Stock-in-Trade Bill, Southern Mexico was in open revolt against the govern - on the Highway Rates Bill, and on toe Loan Societies gpaent. which had been forced to despatch the troops ad- Bill, were also agreed to, and the bills were ordered to be destined for the frontiers to the disturbed districts. read a third time on Friday. The Californias had declared their independence cf The Forms (assessed taxes) Bill was read a second time Mexico, and orders, transmitted by the American govern -committee on Friday. ment to their senior officer off Vera Cruz, had been for .- was, according The CH A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the warded through Mexico to Commodore Smith,in command rof miscellaneous de- third reading of the Spirit Licenses and Du•ies Bill. of the American squadron in the Pacific, to seize on every - Mr. R. YOEKE, Mr. WARLEY, Sir !up i - exican port on that coast. The states of Durango and Chihuahua were about in the army iron) the pre would tend to procure better class of rec. mber corittndeC excluding a st;p7rior class of recruits and destroying all pass—a stage which he fixed for Monday neat. hope in the breast of the soldier it led to crime and suicide This arrangement was agreed to, and the bill was read and pre rented the abandonment of corporal punishment. a third time. . lie recommended that men should be enlisted for ten Mr. M. GinsoN moved that the order of the day be years; and that such of them as might choose to re-enlist read for the House resolving itself into committee on the at the end of that period for another term of eleven years Gauge of Railways Bill. should be entitled on discharge to a pension of 10d. a day Mr. P. M. SIEWART considered that this was a very if in health, or Is. a day if invalided. unsatisfactory bill, and well calculated to multiply the Mr. F. MAnes declined to give any decided opinion on obstacles to our ever arriving at a uniformity of gauge. the question raised by Captain Layard. Captain Laya:d Mr. M. GIBSON defended the bill, and stated that it had greatly exaggerated the evils attending unlimited en- had been brought into Parliament with a view of carrying listment. As regarded desertions, it was well known that into effect certain resolutions which bad been passed the great majority were of recruits, during their first two unanimously by both Houses. He denied that the bill years, when they underwent restraints and irksome du- would increase the evil of a break of gauge. ties necessary to their training for service. He con , After a few words from Mr. PROTHERO, in praise of sidered that the proper limitation of the period of enlist- the broad guage and the carriages used on the Great ment was inconsistent with the foreign and colonial Western Railway, the order of the day was read. services of the army. The bill went through committee, the report was re- Sir De L. Evans, Mr. B. Osborne, Captain Menzies, ceived forthwith, and the b►ll was ordered to be read a Mr. Hume. and Mr. Berea', spoke in favour of limited third time on Monday. enlistments, but all were willing to give the government After the other orders of the day had been disposed of, time for consideration, and he motion was withdrawn. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a bill The flaggiee at Hounslow was alluded to by Mr. to provide fur removing the charge of the tonstabulary Osborne, for the poroose of vindicating Colonel White, in torce in Ireland from the counties, and for enlarging the favor of whose gallantry and humanity as a soldier he reserve force, and to make further provision for the regu spoke highly. He had only carried out the law as laid lation and disposition of the said tonstabu , ary force. down to him by the Horse Guards and the House. After a short discwsion. in which Mr. BROTH KRTON Colonel PEEL and Mr. M. GORE also bore testimony and t► e O'CoNNoR Dos took part, leave was given to to the humanity of Colonel White. bring in the bill. The House then went into committee of supply, and The (louse then adjourned. sums were voted for the army es iwates. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in rising to move the order of the day fur going into Committee of Supply, stated that l►e had paid deference to the opinion of the Commander in-Chief upon the question of corporeal punishment in the army, which he had undertaken to bring before the notice of the house that evening. His Grace had given orders that in future no court-martial, whether general, garrison, or regimental, should be permitted, for any military offence to administer more than fifty lashes ; and that every care should be taken to ascertain the condition of any individual who may be sentenced to receive corporal punishment, and that, at the same time, attention should be paid to the state of the weather, and tither circumstances bearing upon such condition of the offender. He could not, at present, bring himself to dispense alts gether with corporal punishment, which. in the present state of the army, was necessary in extreme HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The Earl of RADNOR made some observations on a charge brought against the Duke of Somerset hp the Bishop of Exeter. to the effect that the noble duke had broken an eng agement respecting the endowment of a chapel, and rea a lengthy correspondence to prove that the charge was unfounded. The l.arl of EGLINTouN put a question to the Marquis of Linsduwne relating to the Scotch Joint-stock Bauks Bill. Several bills were forwarded a stage, and the house ad- journed d the horse -guard; were devoting their attention to the duty of rais - ng the eoeial and morn tints of the soldier, and of providing (Afar effectual me-ins of runi,litnent, as a substitute for th it of flogging. H is I:,rdship went at great length into the detail fit them ; and urged the house to ',aye the matter in the hands of the authori‘i-s. Dr. BOWRING was not content with Lord J. Russell's explanation, and moved his resolution for the total and immediate abolition of the punishment of flogging. It was a degrading punishment, and most uncertain in its operation. It was not necessary for the maintenance of discipline. as imprisonment and stoppage of pay and pro motion would be found far more effecival. Mr. H. BERKELEY seconded the motion, which was Mr. FIUME supported the motion. supported by Mr. Wrll.ams, Captain Lar,r,l, Mr. Ne- An BON. MEMBER then moved that the house be vine, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Hume, on the counted, and there not being forty members present, the grounds laid down by Dr. Bowring. On the other side house stood adjourned. Col Pt-el, Col. Reed Mr. Fox M.ult., Sir C Napier, Mr. C. Buller, Col. Sibthorp, and Col. Wood, suppo r ted the . .. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. government, on the ground that it would he unsafe to The houe met this day at twelve o'clock. aband ,n corporal punishment immediately ; hut all wished Mr. MACKINNON. in moving the second reading of the to see such an improvement in the morale of the army as Public Cemeteries Bill, described the objects which it was would admit of its ultimate abolition. intended to accomplish, and the machinery by which these 'lite Honse divided, and the numbers were—for Dr. objects were to be attained. The expense which must be Bowring's motion, 37 ; against it, 90: majority against incurred in carrying this bill into effect would not exceed the motion, 53. 3d. per head per annum, and he proposed to defray it by . The House also divided on a motion made by Captain making a small addition to the poor-rates. As this sub- OSBORNE fora further limitation than was proposed by ject ought to be taken out of his hands by the govern- Ministers. The numbers were—for Captain Osborne s ment. be proposed to read his bill a second time now, proposal, 25 ; against it, 81 : majority for Ministers. 56. pro fo,md, in the hope that in the next session the go- The other business on the paper was postponed. ittrnMeut would found upon it a sati.factory measure. Sir G. GREY hoped that Mr Mckinnon, who was I FOREIGs AND COLONIAL entitled to treat credit for the pains which he had taken upon this important subject, would net call upon the THE MEXICAN AND WEST INDIA MAILS. house to pledge itself to the principles of his measure, but would leave the matter in the hands of government, The royal mail steam-packet Clyde, William Symons with the assurance that they would give to it the most commander, arrived at Southampton, on Wednesday, at anxious c•snsideration. 3 p.m., bringing eighty passengers, and mails of the U- M-. Ms.crusrsioN assented to the suggestion, and lowing dates: withdrew his motion. From Tampico. June 21 and 29 ; Vera Cruz, Joly 2 ; On the motion of Mr. S. CrtAsvr OltD, it e order nithe -iiverem.bein, 4.4, -12. , -N.......,. .1 •ly , .13. 4, . San-I sum N iaara day for the second reading of his Ejected Tenants Bill gua , Ju ne 23 ; Cha g res, Julie 25; Carthagena, June 29; was discharged, as were also the orders for committing Santa Martha, June 30 ; St. Jago de Cuba, July 5; Ja- Mr. Bouverie's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill, and for maica, July 9; Honduras, June 22; Jacmel, July 11 ; the second reading of Mr. P. Scrone's Waste Lands 1 Puerto Rico, July 13; Demerara, July 5; Tobago, July (Ireland) Bill, and of Mr. Frewen's Episcopal Revenues 7; Trinidad, July 6 ; Barbadoes, July 9; Granada, July and Diocese Bill. 11; St. Vincent, July 11; St. Lucia, July 11 :Martin- The Drainage Bill went through committee. 1 ique, July 12; Dominique, 12; Gaudaloupe, July 12; On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON, the Gauge of Rail- Antigua, July 13; Montserrat, July 13; Nevis, July 13 ; ways Bill was read a second time, after a short converse- St. Kttes, July 13; Tortola, July 14; St. Thomas, July ton between that gentleman and Sir De L. Evans on the 16 ; and Bermuda, July 21. late accident nu the Eastern Counties Railway. She also brings on freight 319,106 dollars on merchants' Several bills were then advanced a stage account, 3 656 ounces gold dust, £175 British coin, 221 b. On the motion of th e C HANCELLOR o f th e E XCHE - platina, 11 , 159 ounces silver, 2 serons cochineal, 102 bales QUER, the Sugar Duties (No. 3) Bill was read a second tobacco. 53 bales sarsaparilla, 51 cases cigars, 76 pack time. ages sundries, 2,386 plata brute. Lord MORPETU moved for leave to bring in a bill to B y the most recent accounts of the Ro y al Mail Com empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to pang's steamers — sell, on certain conditions, sites for dwellings for the pc or, The Avon arrived at Bermuda July 2 0 . out of the hereditary estates of the crown ; and for ano- The Dee left Havannalt for Vera Cruz July 10 . ther bill, empowering the Commissioners of Her Majes- The Medway arrived at Grenada from England July 10. ty's Woods to sell, on certain conditions , sites for dwell - The Severn left Granada for Jamaica July 10. ings for the poor, out of lands vested in them under acts The Teviot arrived at Jamaica July 9. for the improvement of the metropolis. The object of The Eagle left Barbadoes for Demerara July 9. these bills was to increase the comforts of the poor in The Reindeer arrived at St. Thomas July 15. The Clyde left at Vera Cruz on the 2d of July—Her their habitations: The Earl of LINCOLN considered the object of the Majesiy's trip' e Endynrion, 44, Captain G. R. Lambert ; noble lord to be most legitimate, hut contended that it Her Mjesty's sloop Rose, 18, Commander R. W. Polly; Her W. should be obtained in a legitimate mode by grants of Majesty's steam sloop Vesuvius, 8, Commander V. O'Callaghan. mone After a few words from Mr. HUME, Sir R. Iswess, . Her Majesty's surveying ship Thunder sailed from and Mr. HENLEY, the bills were brought in and read a Nassau for Bermuda July 14. first time. The schooner Lark had arrived at Nassau. Lord M ORP ET H also obtained leave to bring in a bill There were also at Vera Cruz —the United States fri to enable the Privy Council to make regulations for the gates Cumberland, 60, Commodore Connor; Raritan, 54 ; prevention of contagious disorders, and for the more Potomac, 54; corvette John Adams, 22; brig Somers, speedy removal of nuisances. He hoped that there was 16 ; steamers Mississippi, 8 ; Princeton, 7. French cor net the least foundation for the notion that we were vette La Perouse, 22 ; brig Mercure, 18. Spanish frigate threatened with the visitation of Asiatic cholera, but, as Christina, corvette Louisa Fernando, brig Habauero. many impurities and nuisances seriously affecting health The corvette St. Marys, 22, off Tampico. The brig Falmouth. 18, off Alvarado. prevailed in different places, it was necessary that sum wary power should be given for their removal. Though The brig Cuxton, 16. arrived at Havannah July 5 , and sailed on the 9th in quest of Mexican privateers reported there was no real danger of cholera, yet in case such a misfortune should at any time occur it would be well to to be cruising off Cape Antonio. be prepared, and to have the Privy Council invested with At the time of the Clyde's leaving, the Fort St. Juan the same authority entrusted to it as at the period when de Ulloa was well supplied with men, and the two forts cholera had existed in England. adjoining were defended by 1,000 men. It was thought Mr. LABOUCHFRE obtained leave to bring in the fol- that if the Mexicans stood to their guns the present lowing bills :—Bill to continue an act of the 6th and 7th American force would produce no effect. years of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to The Clyde spoke the Prince Albert on the 11th of July, amend and continue for two Years. and to the end of the off Havannah, bound to Havannab ; the Feliza, on the Ist then next Session of Parliament, the Laws in Ireland re - of August, in lat. 46 20, long. 22. from Cardiff. bound to luting to the Registering of Arms, New York ; and the Antigua Packet, in lat. 46 50 , long. and the Importation, Manufacture, and Sale of Arms, Gunpowder, and Am - 21, same day. M unition." Bill to continue certain acts for regulating By this, arrival we have our usual files of .West Indian t ur npike roads in Ireland. Bill to continue an act of the papers, containing, however, very little news. The Tri nidad Standard speaks highly of the new governor , Lord sth and 6th years of tier present Majesty, for amending the law relating to private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. Harris. He had become the patron of the Trinidad Agri - The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and cultural Society, and presided at the late general meeting. the house adjourned at six o'clock. He.has given much satisfaction in following the example of the Earl of Elgin in giving prizes for agricultural essays and improvements. The following is from De Cordon is Nltrcantile Intelli. cancer:— . ' Our market is at this moment in a much more depressed condition than it was but two weeks ago; and, reeling as it is under the effects of over-trading to an ex. tent which has, until this period, been unknown here— suffering from the confirmed and narrowed state of the money market, which is producing prejudicial results on the stability of some dealers—and a continued want of confidence—reeling. we repeat, under all these adverse circumstances, we cannot picture to out selves a worse po sition than that in which we are now placed. Unless shipments to this island shall entirely cease for at least three months, a great proportion of the goods now on hand must perish before they can be called into consump tion. The supplies of all articles, but particularly of fish and bread-stuffs, are enormous. The stock of floor is equal to six months' consumption, whilst that of pork, neap, lard, butter, meal, rice, and corn is far beyond the necessities of the place. Further arrivals to meet the I resent overstock must entail disastrous results on the shippers, The fine rains which have fallen within the last six or eight weeks will also cause a s et further decline in the demand for bread-stuffs, as there sill be soon thrown into the market very large quantities of native ground provisions. We cannot too strongly impress upon shippers in general the absolute necessity which exists for refraining for some time to make further consignments to this market; and this is required not only as a means to revive the depressed anti drooping condition of our trade, but also to enable their correspondents here to realize HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY The Small Debts Bill was read a third time and passed The Poor Removal Bill, after some discussion, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday next. . Several other bills were forwarded a stage and the house adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.7Timasowy. - - - _ Lord J. RUSSELL in moving the order of the day for the second reeding of the Religious Opinions Bill, observed that it was a bill to repeal certain penalties inflicted upon persons ei.her on account of their professing certain re ligious opinions, or on account of certain practices con nected with those opiuions which were deemed dangerous to the wellbeing of the country. In the first place, it re pealed an ordinance preventing the Jews from holding land ; in the next, it repealed certain acts which required the attendance of parsons at public worship according to the worship of the Established Church, and which in flicted penalties upon them for non-attendance. It also repealed the penalties against popish recusants, and more especially against Loose who maintained the spiritual su premacy of the Pope in these realms, and who introduced papal bulls into this country. He thought that it was ot.ly common justice to repeal all these penalties, which in point of fact had become obsolete, by passing this bill, which had been sent down to them from the other house of Parliament. Colonel SIBTHORPE protested against the bill and Sir W. BARRON supported it. Mr. ESTCOURT moved that it be read a third time that day three months. Mr. B. ESCOTT expressed his gratitude to Lord J. Rus sell for completing the good work commenced by the late Lord Chancellor; and andafier a short discussion, in which ,1 SP"°"r opposed,Mr. Henley defenr ed the bill. the house divided, when the r e n appeared—for merit, 10 ; against it. 7,4r., the amend . m it CA The their accounts The Jamaica Despatch gives the following notice of the weather:—" Our correspondent from Manclp-ster informs us they have had fine rains since Friday for the grout.d, but very little for the ponds, which are very low. The et ffee crops, in consequence of the severe drought, will be very small, as the rain comes ton late to expect any blos som of com;quence. The cattle generally have st.ffrred net nn many properties great Loss ; this makes the bill was then read a second time. On reading the order of the day for g pro the Sugar D u ti es Bill. 1:“.11.119 aio• ••••" third successive had year for pens, which, like most other Jamaica properties, have brcume sclrcely worth the anxiety of earning them tr." )ing into corn A discussion arose upon a (pestion by Mr. V. SMITH, as to h e a ppointment of Mr. Rog e . B as nssi4snt under secretary tise Colon'al office, which was Vind.eAt,d on Mr. ilawes's short expelietice in office the ground of intelligence has since been reffivert to the effect that the Mexican Congress was installed tin t he 6th o f J une . General Paredes was elected President, and Geri. Burg° Vice-President of the Republic, and powers were delegated to the President to effect an art angement of the publ c aruurt ttiK e the order of the day was read, and the Flou:e resived . it: self into comniittf>o. And the bill passed through it. The report was ordered to be received on Friday. debt: and t , ; ruse money to meet the pressing wants o f the country ; but she fingncisii condition of N 1 exico was most lamentable—the ports blockadtd, the revenues anti- UNIVERSITY ef CLERICAL NEWS , PREFERMENTS.—Rev. W. Benn, M.A, to the vicarage of Kirdandrews and Beaumont, Cumberland ; Rev. John Booker, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, has hem appointed tot he curacy of St. Thomas, Ardwick, M4n cheater ; Rev. John Cooke Cox, LL.B., of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, to the rectory of Cheddington, Dorset; Hon. and Rev. Henry Douglas, 8.A., third son of the Earl of Wemysa, has been presented by the vicar of Kid deroaingter to al additional curacy in the pariah church; Hanis; Rev. John Coroner t. Peter's IRELAND. engines being epee - . Thomas ' s, Bramnton, Derbyshire; Rev. Joseph Leeson, M.A , curate cif St. Gilesgate, Durham, to the vicarage of Fishlathe, York • liev. William Mann, M.A. vicarage of Billingborough. Lincolnst to the Hants; Rev. W. Middleton, to the incumbency of the new church at Bembridge, Hants; Rev. William Reade, 8.A., of Cathsrine Hall, Cambridge, to the curacy of Alpheton, Suffolk ; Rev. Joseph Thackeray, M.A., to the rectory of Coltishall with Horstead, Norfolk ; Rev. Henry Sotheby Wood, M.A., formerly of Catharine Hall, Cam bridge, curate of Fenton with Stragglesthorpe, Lincoln shire, has been elected to the Mathematical Mastership of the Colleg:ate School, Leicester; Rev. Henry Press Wright. B. A., formerly of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, incumbent of St. Mary's, Quarry Hill. Leeds. has been appointed chaplain to the Forces in the lonian Isles. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury has recently instituted the Rev. Edward Ramsay Prother, M.A., formely of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Farnham, Dorset, and more recently to the rectory of the aojoining parish of Cbettle, in the same county, the rev, gentleman having obtained a dispensation to hold both livings from his Grace the ArchhishO of Canterbury. At the quarterly.chapter of the collegiate church of Southwell, held on the 23rd ult., the Rev. James Francis Dimock, M.A., formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, was appointed a minor canon of that church. Sr. ALBAN ALL.—The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has beer, pleased to appoint the Rev. Samuel Hind..., D.D. formerly Vice- p rincipal of this Hall, and now Pr, bendary of Castleknock, county of Dublin, his domestic and first chaplain. A church for seamen is about to be erected at Douglas, Isle of man. Hitherto a vessel, lent by the Admiralty, has been used for that purpose. She will be broken up, and the materials employed in the construction of the intended rhumb. DURHAM SCHOOL.—Mr. J. A. L. Airey, B. A., of Pear►,r<<ke College, Cambridge, has been appointed to the mathematical mastership. and M r. J. E. T. Rogers, B. A. of Magdalen-hall, Oxford, to the assistant classical and maths- niatical mastership, Mr. Airey took hi, degree as second ,wrangli r, and Mr. Rogers is a first-clays roan. We are informed that an unhappy controversy is being carried on between the incumbent of the parish r.f Wood bury, near this city, and some of the parishioners, relative to the use of the Athanasi , rn Creed, which the Church order- to be used in all her solemn celebt at ions. We are told that a meeting aas recently held, at which resolutions were passed expressive of hostility to any incumbent who should use this confession of faith in the performance of public worship. The living is said to be a peculiar of the A rchnishop of Canterbury, and consequently exempt. from the superintendence of the Bishop of the Diocese. The circumstance of its being attached to so distant a jurisdic 'ion can alone explain the almost incredible report that the Athan4sian Creed has riot been used in the parish for the last thirty or forty years.—Woolmer's Exeter Gazelle. In the month of September last, a soldier, named Nl' Pherson of the 64th regiment, was found in the Grand Canal. Dublin, with his hands tied btlind his back, with a black silk handkerchief, and his pockets turned inside out. A navigator has heen arreAed at Staley Bridge, on suspicion of having murdered bim. FIRE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, DUBLIN.—About one o'clock on Monday morning , the roof of this fine structure was discovered to be on fire, caused, it is under stood, by the negligence of some plumbers who had been . 1 presented to the rectory of Moncton, I at work during the day. The alarm was promptly given, D work, ment, from Ship-street barracks, the fire was got under before four o'clock, not without doing considerable da mage to the roof and the lecture-room of the Mechanics' igr a t ion extended to the spirits the consequences must have been most disastrous, as the vaults run under the houses in Parliament-street, Dame-street, and the Lower Castle-yard. Thy inhabitants of the neighbourhood, aware of their dangerous proximity to the inflammable materials, were kept in a state of dreadful suspense while the fire lasted. _ _ A PRECIOUS VILLAIN.—At a trial for murder, at the recent Nenagh Assizes, the witness for the crown, James Darmody, was cross-examined by Mr. Sausse, and the following revelations. of precocious and confirmed crime were elicited How old are you? Twenty-seven years of age. Did jou not dog Shanahan from Rumsleigh to the place where he was murdered ? I did not. You said you were to put hack your hand to Maher to show if Shanahan would know you that night. Were you not sure he would know you ? Yes, but I thought by saying so to "quash" Maher. Now, was not your signal to bring him up ? It was not. You did not give the poor man a blow ? Not a stroke. You are a noted murderer ? No, Sir, I never killed a man. Were you never engaged in killing a man ? I never did the like. Were you at the murder of Rollin, Lord Hawarden's steward? I was present. And at Hogan's, of Bawn ? Y: s, but no man was shot there. Was there not a man murdered ? There was. Did not an armed party enter his house ? Theredid. Did you not go to sho. t a man you never saw ? No doubt I did. Did you see the pistols loaded before your party called to Hogan's ? I would not say. When was it you went to Bolton's house ? About ten years ago. flow many were of the party ? seven. Were you fifteen years of age then? I believe I was:over sixteen. Who b.oke in the door ? Michael Fitzgerald and Teddy Ryan. Was Butler shot that night? They beat him with stones. Where were you ? 1 was placed in the yard. Did not the party, while the bleeding hotly of Bolton was in the yard, violate the person of the daughter? I do not know. Did not three of your party violate her ? Michael Ryan and I carried het out on the road. For what purpose? I not know. Was it for her good ? It was tot for her good at ail events. Your party killed the man's father? Yes. And you were sentry in the yard ? I was. And vet you never went to murder a man ? I never did. Where did you go after leaving Bolton's? To a still hous Was nothing done there ? No more than drink ing. Were you at James Ryan's murder ? He was only beat, and I gave him three knocks for what he did to ate. You went afterwards to fight et Hogan's. whose house you formerly attacked ? I went to a challenge, and did not know at the time it was for Hogan we were to fight. How many miles did you go for that? Twelve. You were arrested for a robbery at Toomavara ? Yes, and then I offered to tell all I knew if I got my pardon." Tiie jury refaced to convict upon the evidence of such a villain, and the prisoner was acquitted. RAILWAY The yrnas of the Co •kermtuth and Workington Rail way are gtated to be ac ively and favourable adva , cing. The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole report that their contractor is proceeding in the most satisfactory manner. It is said that Mr. Austin has realiz , d £45,000 this session from his services as an advocate before the rail way con.mi tees. _ _ Tt.e directors of the Scottish Grand Junction say that they will wait the event of the money.market before they will ttteak ground, make a call, or take a single step. The pro l 7lietorsof the Eastern Counties receive for the present half year a share, being three times the amount received this time last sear. _ _ WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.—On Wednesday, the committee of the Hno se of Lords declared that the preamble of the West Riding Union Railway Bill bad been pmv , d. PROCEEDINGS IN COMMITTEE OF LORD.S.—St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable—preamble not proved. West Riding Union—preamble proved. Huddersfield and :Manchester (Oldham Branch)—preamble proved. Hert ford and Hatfield —preamble not proved. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—The r:ceipts upon this line (formed by the amal2amation of the London and Birmingham Grand Junction and Liverpool and Manchester Railways), amounted during the week ended ISt August to the amazing sum of £46,270 4s. Id. The Brighton Company declared on Thursday the largest dividend it has yet been able to do for the summer half-year, namely, 24A. 6(1. per share. This is 4s. 61. more than the dividend of the corresponding half-year of 1845. A portion of this increase (about 2s ) however, must be fairly ascribed to the profit on Hastings shares. A heavy warning to engineers not to undertake works which they cannot fairly accomplish has been administered by the law this week. Mr. Giles, the engineer, has been asse-sed in a penalty of not less than £4,500 for the itn perf.-ctions of his plans of the Dudley, Madely. and Iron bridge Railway. The_case of the Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and - Birkenhead Junction Company was opened in the House of Lords on Friday. The line is seven and a half miles in length, extending from Oldham to join the Manchester and Birmingham near Manchester. Estimated cost, £-180,000. Favourable evidence was given on Friday and Saturday. nCTRAORDINARY TRAINS.—Such was the excitement prevalent in Oldham on Monday week, on the subject of the free-trade celebration at Manchester, that the trains passing between Oldham and Manchester, in the morning and evening, were of immense length, no fewer than two and three thousand persons being conveyed in some in stances by single trains. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN.—On Friday last, the great amalgamated companies banded together as the London and North Western held their first half-yearly meeting under the new constitution. A dividend of 4 per cent. is to be paid on the capital of the Manchester acd Birmingham, and one of £5 per £lOO share on the re maining capital. A surplus fund of £102,600 remains for the nest half-year's account. The state of affairs is pronounced prosperous, and a wise forethought of the future is manifested. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, 4 ND PRESTON.—The case of this line commenced on Friday in the Lords. Evidence was given in support of the line by the Earls of Skelmers dale and Si. Germans, Sir Wm. Fielder', M.P., Mr. John Bramley-Moore, and several other witnesses. On Satur day the evidence was touctibl the utility of the line from Ormskirk to Southport ; but to this branch the committee objected, and it was withdrawn. The preamble of the bill was then declared proved. The Manchester, Bolton, and Bury have announced a dividend of £2 18s. per share, and the Chester and Bir kenhead of 13s. per £5O share, 6s Gd. per £25, and Is. 10d. per £2O, clear of income-tax. The trdffic on the latter line shows a gratifying increase of 20 per cent. above the corresponding period of 1845, and of nearly 40 per cent. over the traffic of 1844. It has still a large advance to make to actual prosperity. The directors state they offered to sell the line to the newly-c, nstituted Birken• head, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Company, but that the offer was not accepted. ADVANTAGES OF RAILWAYS. A somewhat novel instance of this was afforded on Saturday last, at Rugby, where a large body of Irish labourers arrived in five trucks, which they had engaged at Liverpool. Toev made one stoppage at Birmingham, where they refreshed themselves with some water ; after which, as one of them very naively said, " they came Mont like a bird." At Rugby the trucks were detached, when it was found that each contained fifty-seven men, and that the expense per man did not exceed 45., whilst the distance was 128 miles ! The first general meeting of the shareholders of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway was held at Manchester on Saturday last. This important undertaking is now fairly launched lot the public favour, a large measure of which it will doubtless from its intrinsic merits, receive. The works will be commenced with all practicable despatch, and as there is a large sum of money in hand, no calls will be made on the shareholders I , r a considerable period of time. Arrangements of a highly beneficial charater have been made with the Newcastle and Darlington, the Manchester and Leeds, and the East Lancashire Companies. The shares are daily increasing in value, and are eagerly sought after by the most sagacious capitalists throughout the country. OPENING OF THE NOTTINGHAM, NEWARK, AND LINCOLN RAILWAY.--This railway was opened for traffic on Monday last, though the buildings at the various stations are yet in an unfinished state. At noon the opening train left Lincoln for Nottingham, and per formed the distance of 33} miles in rather more than an hour and a half. At Nottingham a lunch, of which six or seven hundred persons partook, was served up in the engine -house; and after a number of appropriate toasts had been drunk, the train returned to Lincoln, where it arrived in an hour and ten minutes. Shortly after its arrival a serious accident occurred from the bursting of an iron cannon which was used to fire salutes. One of the gunners placed a quantity of wet sand in the gun, with the view of producing a louder report, and it conse quently burst, shattered his leg and the hand of another man, and severely injured a boy, CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD ttAILWAY.—The Second halt'-yea►ly wetting of this company was held on Wed needay, at the offices 61, Moorgvte-street, W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The report stated that 2,627,18 8 cubic yards of earthenwork had been executed ; and the masonry, tunnels, &c.. had advanced in a corresponding ratio. The number of workmen employed was 12.388. At the Menai Straits the tubular bridge was to be adopted. The first Lao wiles of the line out of Chester would be opened in October next, simultaneously with the North Wales Mineral Railway. The opening as far a 4 Conway was contemplated for the atuumn of next year, when the mails for Ireland would be conveyed be that route. The amount to be expended by the Government on the port of liolyhead this year was £150,000. of which this company would provide £37,500. The directors s tated that the funds at their disposal, and the tenders received for loans, rendered it unnecessary to make t the present year. The chief tor us,ion was the expediency of establi s hing steam vessels netween rimy. head and Kingstown, which the chairman said should have the consideration of the directors. The report waA then adopted ; Mr. Lambert %vac :e ected a director ; a vote of thanks was pas , rd to the BoaLd of Management, and the -meeting adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE Sir Thomas Wilde enteied upon his duties as Chief- Juwiee of the Court of Common Pleas, at Staffordshire as , izes _ _ 1 ne new Attorney-General, Sir J. Jervis, has received the ho.iour of knizi)thood from her Majesty, and has also had the honour of ki•sing hands on the occ..sion. In the Bankruptcy Cuurt, the chief judge has decided that, an assign-e un ler a b inkruntey could not bid for goods at a sale of the bankrupt's effects. In the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday. G. Blagrove, the well-known profes,or of music, came up for his final order. His debts are sta•ed at £2757, to meet which he has assets estimated at £72. There are 124 creditors upon the petition. No opposition was offered, and the order was granted. GRAND BANQUET TO LORD GEORGE BENTINCK AT LYNN On Tuesday last the public entertainment to Lord George Bentinek, given by his friends mid constituents as a token of their approval of his manly and independent advocacy of the interests of British agriculture, took place at King's Lynn, Norfolk. The dinner was given in the Market ft 11, there being no opal tment at any of the hotels in the town sufficiently large to accommodate the numerous party who had assembled to do honour to the noble lord. The chair was taken by the Earl of Oxford, who was supported on his right by Lord G. Bentinck, and on his left by the Duke of Richmond. Near the Chairman were Lord Sondes, Mr. D'lsraeli, M.P.. Mr. R . Miles, M P., the Marquis of Granby. M.P., Major Beresford, M.P., Mr. Hudson, M.P., Mr. Bagge, M.P., Mr. Christopher, M.P., Mr. Wodehouse. M.P., Mr. Bousfield, M.P , Sir J. Tyrrell, M.P., Mr. Chute, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Byles, —Cobon, Esq. The Chairman, after proposing the usual toasts, which were responded to by the company with more than usual enthusiasm, in rising to propose the toast of the evening, " The health of Lord George Bentinck." referred briefly to the unexpectedness of the propositions of the late mi nistry, anti compared his pledges in June, 1845, with his utter abandonment of them in 1846. He concluded with an eulogy upon Lord George, who had been selected by 240 independent members of the House of Commons as their leader, and bad amply justified their confidence in him. Tho toast was received with tremendous cheering. Lord George Bentinck then presented himself, and was received with plaudits which were kept up for several mkutes. When silence was restored, he said—Gentle men, if the reception wilt which you have just favoured me could for a moment by me be mistaken for a feeling entirely personal to myself, 1 can assure you I should be absorbed and overwhelmed by the overpowering sense of your kindness. But when 1 know that the feeling with which you have greeted me is the voice of this country — (loud cheers)—that the yeomanry of England and the people of England will not sit down in silence—will not sit down in peace and allow themselves to be trampled on by any ministry—by any would-be ministry of this coun try—(vehement cheers)—far from being overpowered, far from being overwhelmed, I feel incited and roused to new exertions to see justice dune to those interests which have of late been trampled on. (Cheers.) It would be a work of supererogation if I were to attempt to waste time by trying to persuade you that admitting the corn of foreign countries into competition with yours was likely to im prove your condition. I need not tell you, who know what the taxes are you have to bear, that it is not possi ble that you can compete with the untaxed labourers of the count rit sof Europe and America. The object of my meeting you to-day is, not so much to ask you to look back to the past as to look forward to the future. (Cheers.) It is the great aim of the party who owns for its leader Lord Stanley (loud cheers) first to recover the protection they have lost (cheers), or fa ling that, to seek compensation and relief for the agricultural interest. (Renewed cheers.) As to the first object—that of re covering the protection to native industry we have lost —allow me to remind you that you had the franchise in 1841, that you retain that franchise now, and that you, the yeomen of England, who in 1841 . sent a majority of 390 to the House of Commons to maintain protection to British industry, to the extent of Ba. a quarter on wheat (cheers)—to maintain protection to our colonial inter ests (cheers)—an:l to repress slavery and the slave trade (cheers), have now only to exercise that franchise to prove that, if Sir Robert Peel is fickle, you are constant (loud cheers); and the day cannot be far distant when you . . . must recover what you have lost. (Enthusiastic cheers.) His Lordship proceeded to sh,w the extra burdens sus tained by the agricultural interest, and the great amount of shipping employed in the British corn trade coastwise, as compared with the foreigncbrn trade, and concluded an able and eloquent address as follows •—" But I must not lose sight of the great object I have in view, which is to suggest to you the course we should take under the gui dance of Lord Stanley (loud cheers)—of that able and powerful statesman, whose honesty is unimpeachable (cheers)—whom I have long been proud to follow, and to w!•ose opinion 1 look with undeviating confidence. (Re newed cheer•.) It is for me to take counsel with you what you will do for the future. (Cheers.) All then I say to you is. that you must not sit down and fold your arms. if the landlords of England will not lead you as they ought, you must fight for yourselves. (Cheers.) You must not be content with canvassing the counties, but you must also canvass the cities and boroughs. (Cheers ) You must explain to them in language not to be mistaken that if they mean to live they must allow you to live also. (Cheers.) You must let them know that on your existence, and with yours that of all the agricultural labourers of England, must depend their prosperity also. I have been accused of using violent language, and such license in the Corn-law question as was never before heard within the walls of Parlisrnent. I certainly did not dis guise my feelings. I confess I was roused to vengeance by the way in which I saw the agrilultural constituencies of the empire were betrayed. (Cheers.) If an y t hi ng could have justifi. d men's rising iu rebellion, it wou ld heen time, no r i n t h e t i me o f have been the conduct of the Prime Mi nist e r of England. (Loud cheers.) If I ha v e used strong langune and a li cence never before suffered in the House of Commons, it terg i versa ti o n (tremendo us c h eers ) , of treachery, has iiiiysb l ivingve n b e ni c a a n us , e h Hnseittilireerre everin m y an act of such prodi giousand political pri.fligacy, as that committed by the govern ment of Sir R. Peel. (Renewed cheering ) But there is true spirit in Englishmen, and I cheerfully headed them when they rose in indignation at such conduct. It was then therefore that I first used my tongue, after having sat for eighteen years silent in the House of COMIIIO' , F. tChe.rs.) I am blamed by many that 1 have turned Sir R. Peel oat of power. But, gentlemen. I say, if free trade is to prevail, l e t us ) Hve f ree t r a de carried be honest men. Now I, f or one, say th at. I would rather be governed by Cobden th an b e govetne d by Sir R. Peel. (Loud cheers.) I ca ll upon you to e xert yourselves now , and show tt!at you have still the con rage, the manliness. still the spirit v. hich hg's ever dis'ingu,shed Englishmen, and :, . med on the 30th of June, as it was reported nadron would attack the Castle of law pro that the American sc El martial the British, foreign, and MeXican residents "had land quicksilver an arrangement en and embark s r the port of Vera pecie, under terms of Majesty's sloop Bose, and the senior officer of ihe block ading squadron. Captain Pelly deserves great credit for securing such exclusive privileges for the Royal Mail steamers. His services have been highly appreciated by the British miniver and merchants resident in Nlexico. Contrary to the established rules of blockade, the captain of the United States corvette St. Mary, stationed off Tampico, refused to admit the arrangement of his senior officer, and prohibited the landing from the Clyde of 1080 bottles of quicksilver, destined for that place. They were subsequently landed at Vera Cruz, and on the circum stance being communicated to the American Commodore, he ordered the St. Mary to repair to Vera Cruz, and con firmed his senior officer's arrangementS, extending the privilege of landing quicksilver and shipping specie to both ports. Her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius had gone with des patches to Tampico to bring away all money the property of British subjects. Ninety thousand dollars were shipped, and afterwards transferred to the Clyde at Vera Cruz. General Santa Anna remained at Havannah. His friends were active in exciting disunion amongst the Mexican troops, on the plea that he alone could save the country at this critical juncture. The King of Hanover has perfectly recovered from his late illness. It is said that numerous piratical vessels are 'cruising about the Archipelago, and that two traders have been completely pillaged. _ _ _ . . By the late amnesty of the Pope, no less than 6000 persons have been enabled to return to their homes. At Rome atone 900 persons were set at liberty. Charles. the former Duke of Brunswick, bas become editor of a German paper, having relinquished all thoughts of recovering the Duchy by force of arms,. A VRTERAN.—CoI. De Breton, Aid-de-Camp of Mas sena, died at the Hotel Royal des Invalids, on Thursday last, aged 92. In consequence of the scarcity of corn in New South Wales, it is believed 250,000 quarters of wheat, in addi tion to rye and oats, will be forwarded thither for the use of the soldiers during the next six months. The arrival of emigrants at Qu-bee, by far the larger propo►tion being from Ireland, were this year, to the 27th June, 21.203, being an increase of 4753 persons over the same period of 1845. _ It i; said that Louis Bonaparte, the ex-king of Holland. young man who lived with his natural son. This act him, Bpi believeci of the late ex•lcing will give rise to much discussion in the Boiviparte fimily ; and it is thought that the Will will be brought by Prince Louis Napoleon before the public trihunats ELECTIONS IN FRANCE.—These elections took place on SAirrday. The result, in France, for the return from Corsica will not be known for a week, is 270 Conserva tives. ISO Oppositionists, giving a maj oily of 90 for Ministers. There are 90 new members. The Legitimists have lost 12. There were a few rihts in the south. A French journal affirms that at the conclusion of an orgie which took place a few days ago in a restaurant of the Boulevard des Italiens, a loretle. who made one of the company, bathed in champagne—one hundred bottles of that wine, .at six shillings per bottle, having been emptied into a bath for that purpose. One of Leuis Philipe's daughters has lately given birth to a daughter. making the fourteen'h or fifteenth grand child of his Majesty. So rapid is the increase of the royal stock of Orleans, that a formidable staff of nurses is con tinually on duty in its household. At this moment not less than seventeen are employed. The rye harvest in Belgium has begun ' • unhappily it does not promise more than half the usual crop. Oats, beans, and linseed will likewise produce but a moderate crop, but the wheat is magnificent ; so good and abundant a crop is not in the memory of man. The pc tatoes, how ever, want rain. A few days ago, says a letter from Vienna of the 24th ult., a young man, having a very melancholy air, who was standing at the door of one of the churches at Tokay, drew a pistol from his pocket as a newly-married couple were leaving the church, and fired at them. As there was a heavy charge of slugs in the pistol, he wounded them both mortally. Immediately afterwards he drew forth a second pistol, and putting the barrel into his mouth, drew the trigger, and destroyed himself. It is not stated whether the man had any hostility against the persons whom he murdered, or whether he was insane. MALLBRAN CANONIZED.—M. Beriot caused a 11101111- mei,t to be raised in the church of Laeken to the memory of his first wife, the lamented Malibrau. This monument consisted of a statue in white marble, -representing the celebrated c , intatrice as Norma, and was placed in a chapel of blue stone, closed by a bronze onen.work gate, through which the statue could be seen. The number of I visitors attracted by this monument, however, displeased the cure of Laeken, who caused a tin-plate to be nailed over the door, pierced with a few holes, though which de tached parts of the statue only were visible, under the pretext that some peasants bad knelt before the statue of an " actress," and adored it as a saint! [is not the statue of an actress as good to " adore," and as likely to help its adorers, as the statue of any other person, however saintly may have been the living original ?—Ed. L. S.l REPORTED DEATH OF VAN AMBURGH. —There is again a report of Van Amburgh's destruction founded on the following letter, purporting to be from Voonsucket, dated June 16,, which appears in a French paper. We need hardly add that it requires confirmation :—" The celebrated Van Amburgh perished here on Monday, in a most frightful manner. He tad been exhibiting his feats with his animals in a meadow, near Scituate, and a young lady having asked him whether he dared enter the tiger's cage at feeding time, he assured her there was no danger, and immediately ordered an enormous piece of beef to be thrown in. After a long contest the meat was taken pos session of by a fine tigress, who retired with it to a corner. Three times Van Amburgh vainly endeavoured to take it from her. The tigress roared furiously, and lashed her sides with her tail. The audience began to be alarmed, but Van Amburgh reiterated his assurance that there was nothing to fear, and continued his struggle with the tigress, who, at last feeling herself wounded, threw Herself on her rash antagonist, knocked him down, and buried her claws in his throat. In an instant the theatre was deserted, leaving Van Amhurgh at the mercy of the maddened animal, who continued to vent upon him her rage until he became a lifeless corpse. After much diffi culty the tigress was shot, and the mutilated remains of the beast-tamer recovered." THE C.,URT 4r FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen of the Bel gians, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred. the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena arri ved at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, at six o'clock on Friday afternoon, from town. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Chariemont, the Countess Vilain XIV., the Dowager L,dy Lyttel'on, t olonel Bowles, Major A. d'Hanins de Moerkerke. Dr. Prretorius, Lord Allred Paget, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. The Treasurership of the Household has been at length filled up by the appointment of Lcrd Robert Grosvenor. It was originally offered to Viscount Duncan, M.P. for Bath, and declined on the ground that he was pledged to promote the repeal of the window-tax. This office ranks next to that of Lord Chamberlain, and must be held by a Privy Councillor. - - - _ It is expected that her Majesty the Queen Dowager will return to England from her continental vis.t at the end of this month. _ . Tne marriage of Viscount Seaham, second son of the Marquis of Londonderry, and Mary Cornelia, only daughter of Sir John Edwards, of Garth, in the county of Montgomery, was solemnized on Monday week, at Saint George's. Hanover-square, in the presence of a numerous circle of the friends of t•oth families.—Globe. MARRIAGE IN Hiatt Lirw.—Tbe nuptials of Miss Augusta Peel and Lord Henley, took place on Thursday. at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square. The ceremony was performed by the Right. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. After the ceremony, a sumptuous d6efiner was given by the Very Rev. the Dean of Wm crater, at the town residence, in Eaton-square. SPORTING IN TELLWENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—TnURSDAY. S r. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First (taken) 7 to 1 Pgst Mr. O'Brien's Grim'ton (taken.) 7 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes (taken.) 9 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago. 10 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser (taken.) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy (taken.) 12 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brneardo. 20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting (taken.) 25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Frin,go-Bnigh. 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance (taken.) 35 to 1 apt Mr. Wetherald's Poynton. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cranston's Cranebrook. 400 to 100 agst Sir Tatton Sykes and Fancy Boy (taken) 12 to 1 on the field (offered ) - howev HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuesDAT Dr. BOWRING made a long spe-ch on the state of the tobacco -duties, in the course of which he pointed out the fraud, immorality, and crime of which they were pro Inc tive. These duties wee 900 per cent. on the vane of the article, and -* ' " - -t to lee nate com wire gr-at impedure , the U,.iteti States. tie would nut him,elf propose any duty to be imposed on t(d.ticco; but he thought that a duty of a shilling a pound woul•1 be at once productive to the revenue and advantageous to the public. lie then moved that ;he state of the tobacco duties re- luired revision, wi , h a view to their in:mediate reduction. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER reminded Dr. powring that the reduction of the tot) icco duties would involsean immense reduction in reveidie, and contended that in the present st , ite of the finances it was impossible for him to accede to tha resolution. Mr. H. BERKELEY was impressed with a full sense of the evil inflicted by the-e high (lutes ; hut requested his bon. friend, under existing circumstances, to withdraw his motion. DERNY LATEST BETTING IN MANCHESTER. FRIDAY EVENING Owing to Horwicb being rn, a-5 parties at l 3righton, here has been no call fur the Sub=eription Room. s ome )ets have been taken clown at Horxich.ye give a sample. THE EBOR HANDICAP• 5 to 1 nest Bourdon (taken ) 6 to 1 agst any other (t fie! ed.) ST. 50n to 100 agst P%rrhus the First (taken.) 9to 1 ag-t Fancy Roy (taken.) 10 to 1 agst lav,n (taken ) 10 to 1 aest The Traverter (taken.) L(.l 1 Upit A 4117 • •-- 20 to 1 agst Erin-go-Bn,gt , ('aken.) The last-named candidate was ha, k , -.(1 repeatedly both yesterday and this afternoon ; the " outcry" considerable. Aug. 11, 1846. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS Irswtcn, Auo. 4.—Nearly all our light land farmers have finished wheat harvest, and the grain is housed in fine condition. THts CROPS. —Most of the corn in this neighborhood has been carried and in good older. The grass land has been benefitted by the late rains and all kinds of stock is doing well. — Sussex paper. CAMBRIDGESIIIa.-The harvest has now become v neral in this county, and the most sanguine expectations are entertained that it would Le safely housed in good dverliser de-dof wheat has been cat in the neighbourhood since our last, and the produce seems to surpass expectation. Oats will not yield so well, not being altogether ripe and fir. for cutting, though several fields are partially so, the he samples DERBYSHIRE.—The present harvest I. we believe, the earliest on record since the year 1819. Vre understand it commenced in the vicinity of Derby, on Wednesday se'n night, in a richly clad corn-field at Darley, belonging to Wm. Evans, Esq., of Allestree Hall, which is likely to yield an abundant crop. In the parish of Normanton, also. wheat in excellent condition has been cut down. — Derby Reporter. St.tco.-1 he complaints of the potato crop are not so disheartening as they were a fortnight ago. A. tolerable produce is found at the root of the diseased stock, and those that are free from the blight ppmise an abundant supply. BALLINASLOE,—The crops in this neighbourhood pre sent a cheering aspect; but the may potato crop k much affecti-d mouth the disease of fait year. In every instance it i s confined to that part which ►s attached to the st►lk.— Westmeath IndPpendent. Are LONE.—The crops, with the exception of potatoes, exhibit a fine heal by appearance, and in many parts of the country the sickle has commenced its labour. Many of the potato fields, which apt.eared sound and heelthy, have been found:to be altogether diseased.—Westmeath Independent. LOUTIh—The weather of late has been highly propitious for the maturing of the wheat crop, which in many places is ready for the sickle : reaping has already con menced, and in the course of a few days will become quite gem ral. A few Irish labcurers have made their appearance, and have readily met with employment, Reaping has become general in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, the crops having been oconderfu'lv advanced by the I•+te genial but 'oppressive weather. The grain is in excellent condition, and we hope to be able to congratulate our fellow-cciun.rymen on the gathering in of one of the best harvests that has bten known for some years.— Sheffield Mercury. The hay harvest is pretty nearly completed in this neighbourhood, and the attention of farmers is now di rected to the housing of grain. in South Lancahire the wheat harvest is becoming pretty general, and in Rufford, Tarleton. Longton. and the neighbourhood, as well as in the Fylde, many fields are being cut. In one or two in stances, also, the sickle has been applied to oats. With favourable weather the grain harvest will become general in a week throughout North Lancashire. Though the crops are not nearly so heavy as last year, on the whole we antiaiNte there will be an average. Oats appear to be doing well, and are ripenicg fast. Beans will probably prove a failure, though in some fields they are pretty good. Barley is not very promising. The potato murrain has again manifested itself, but not yet to any magnitude. In Rufford and that neighbourhood, potatoes are looking very well —Preston Chronicle. The most auspicious . weath, r for ripening the_ crops, notwith!,tanding that violent storms have taken place in the south, continues to prevail in this district, and in all directions the wheat is nearly ready for cutting. whilst in the more favoured localities a great deal has born reaped In the best possible condition. There is every prospect of the corn harvest in the north bring lull a month earlier than usual. In the course of ano her week cutting will be general in the c 'unties of Northumberland and Dur ham, as well as along the Border of Scotland, and it is admitted by competent judges that the crop of wheat is not only abundant but of excellent quality. With such a prospect, and under the operation of free-trade, the mar kets continue to rule very hew. . Depression seems to be the or er of the day, and there is now no doubt, seei n g that the character of' the harvest is determined in the corn gr,wing districts, both a: home and abroad, th it the price of wheat will be at a ruinous figure before the close of the year.—Newcastle Journal. TERRIFIC THUNDER-STORM severely IJA 111 G COntillUed lor several minut7•s.) The meeting wax t.ubsequently addressed by Mr. Ser gPatit Sylf-,, the Duke or Richmond, Mr. D'lsradi, and others; and the company did not separate until a late hour. were valuabl nimals, hein (Toe noble lord I the flesh 1r:on - their bodies, and p On Saturday week the metropolis. and, indeed, nearly all the south of England, was visited by one of the se verest and most alarming storms of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain that has been experienced for many years. For some days previously the heat had been intense. In the neighbourhood of London threatening clouds congre gated in the afternoon, in the S.S.E., though the wind (below) was from the N. E. About twenty minutes after three o'clock, the storm burst over the metropolis and the western suburbs with awful violence. The rain, which poured down in torrents, was accompanied at intervals by hails. ones of very large size, many of those picked up weighing front an ounce to an ounce and a half. The storm was at its greatest fury between four and five o'clock, and lasted from twenty minutes past three o'clock till half-past six in the evening—three hours and ten mi nutes. n of a m sk y lights t.alace, Somerset House. Burlington A'cade, the B azaar (Baker street), Amongst the public buildings in the metropolis which and havesuffered domes, f , om moat the hailstones, evere street). the British Institution. Pall- ma ll , and the Pad dington terminus of the Great W estern liailvrae. The severely by the are fracturesuckigh Horticultural Gardens (Chiswick) the Botanic Gardens (Kew), and those in the Regent's Park have also suffered At Buckingham Palace the Picture Gallery, in which are some of the mo,t splendid productions of the old masters, was at one time in imminent danger, for when the large hailstones, or rather irregularly shaped pieces of ice, had removed all opposition to the ingress of the rain, the gallery was flooded to the depth of several inches. 'foe Houses of Lords and Commons were inundated, from the destruction of the fan-lights. The total num ber of squares demolished in the two houses of Parliament and Westminster Hall is upwards of 7,000. At Messrs. Cubitt's factory, Mil!bank, hom 12,000 to 14,000 squares of glass were demolished. At Messrs. Broadwood's piano forte manufactory in the Horse-ferry road, Westminster, nearly 8,000 squares of glass were broken. The nursery-grounds westward of town suffered se verely. At 'Wslham-green (Fulham), during the storm, there was a heavy shower of small frogs, which were taken up in shovelfuls by some of the inhabitants. The damage done to the banks of the Thames . , by the rush of water, especially about Chelsea and Miilbank. is very extensive. The skylights of the Surrey Theatre were entirely de molished, and Astley's Theatre shared the same fate. Every large establishment having roof-lights was equally unfortunate. At Bermondsey the loss of property was great. especially amongst the tanners, whose pits, &c. were flooded, or, rather, washed out. At Clerkenwell the cellars were all flooded. In Wig nail's-place the inmates were seen at the first•floor win dows, imploring assistance, many of the suppliants holding children in their arms. Mr. H enter, landlord of the Two Brewers, swam to their aid, and rescued several children. A man named Smith, a French-polisher, followed his example, and saved some. Ladders were also brought to the spot, by means of which the women were extricated. The premises of Mr. Godson, carcase-butcher, were nearly swept away. It is impossible to state with anything like precision the amount of property destroyed in this neigh bourhood by the disastrous event. Some premises gave way from the pressure of the water. At Duton Park, Windsor. the residence of the Duke of Buceleoch. upwards of 2000 panes have been broken ; nearly the whole of the extensive hot and greenhouses have been totally demolished. A great portion of the standing corn has been beaten down, and much injury has been sustained by the market gardeners in every direction. Throughout the whole district of Blackheath the hail stones fully averaged the size of large hazel nuts. Several persons were struck down by the effects of the electric fluid ; hut, though rendered fur the time insensi ble, soon recovered. At Southend, Mr. Foster's hothouses were broken in by the hail. The number of broken squares amounts, in this place, it is said, to over 4,000. Mr% Hill, of the same place, has had the front of his house completely dis figured, nearly all the beautiful plate-glass windows hav ing been broken. The violence of the storm extended itself to the neigh bouring counties :—ln the neighbourhood of Reading.. Oxford, Newbury, Farriugdon, Cirencester, \Vantage , &c., the storm was of a most awful description, and the damage sustained to vegetation generally is incalculable. In Worcestershire the storm was preceded by a whirl wind, which sca.tered dust and light articles through the air. For three hours there was a continuous discharge of thunder and lightning. The storm had the effect of sus pending the operations of the busbandmen. At Nottingham, at five o'clock, the lightning began to play, and in two hours the whole atmosphere became en veloped in thick dark clouds. Occasiortelly peals of heavy thunder were heard, and flash after flash of sheet, and sometimes forked, lightning succeeded, indicating that storm of no ordinary description was discharging itself in the heavens. From half-past eight till midnight the ho rizon, on all sides. was one et ntinued glare; but during a whole hour, commencing at half-past nine o'clock, the storm raged with unparalleled violence. The inhabitant& throughout the town became terrified as the rain descended in heavy torrents, the ligh:nings plated incessantly, and thunders continued one heavy and appalling roar, as though the elements had been let loose, and were waging fierce war with each other. So frightful and terrific storm for so long a period has not been experienced at Nottingham for many years. Apprehensions of the most fearful character were entertained, as the forked lightning constantly dashed through the air, but little or no damage was done either to the inhabitants or the buildings. At Nuttall, four miles distant, a fire-ball fell upon a large stack in the farm-yard belonging to Mr. Joseph Faulcone bridge, and, although all the villagers turned out, took every bucket and vessel capable of holding water, the whole was soon destroyed ; and, had not the wind sud denly changed, the other stacks, a very large number• would have been destroyed. At half-past nine o'clock, in the midst of the hear est of the thunder and lightning' .hree half bred horse.. the property of Mr. Charles Alla cock, were observed to he galloping wildly rorind a fi el in the occupaton of that gentleman; and the next morn ing they were found dead, in tie centre of the etose. ,„ Th r ,l • 1 „, £loni D art 0 „ -es trinses, riven N a . seal into t h e grOU" from this quarter, says :—All the country people OPP e I to have be•-ii much terrified, and many of them state, Ora they passed the great r part of the night on their Icot.; being apprehensive that the day of judgment, with all promierd horrors, was really coanntisciug• woith not