The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-28 00:00:00

- -\ \^% I \2. `-‘-) I\\-\ ) `V • \ f'.% \ l / 4 )_-44 finperial Varliatnent. HOUSE OF COM NIONS.—TUESDAY. Lord G. BENTINCK comulained of the falsification of the returns made to the 11,:u5 , .: respecting the prices of Memel and other timber in the English market during the last six ye,rs, wbich he feared was done for a purpose. Such falsification should he severely visited by the house. Sir It. PEEL said he had caused inquiries to be insti tuted, and round that the error, which was unintentional, bad arisen in quoting the prices, which were not cfficill, from the prices current. Tne officer copying the prices had added the duty, which, however, had be+•n previously added in the prices quoted. A correct return would be laid on the table. Sir it. PEEL. in reply to questions, stated it was the in tention of the Government to propose that monuments be erected to Sir ft. Sale, Sir J. M'Caskill, and Sir It. Dick. The evening Weis occupied with a discussion on two mo tions: one on the part of Mr. CHRIS: Zs:, for copies of all correspondence relating to the dismissal of Mr. Day, the Assistant Poor-lasz Commissioner, in 1844, which was assented to by Sir James Graham, on the ground that the house had overruled his objections when they bad de cided by a majority against him to appoint a committee to inquire into the dismissal of Mr• Parker. Sir James de fended the Poor-law Commissioners. The other motion was on the part of 141 r. T. Duncombe, for a select committee to inquire into the allegations of the petition of Mr. Jonathan Duncan. on the mal-admi nistration of affairs in the General Post-office. He entered into several details, to show that if there were not great mal-administration in the Post Office, the letters would he delivered an hour and a half sooner in every part of the metropolis. He also stated that the later carriers complained not only of the scale of their remune ration, but also of the mode in which they were treated by their superiors. He then entered into a history of the manner in which the information for Kelly's Post Office Directory was obtained by the letter-carriers at the pub lic expense for the benefit of a private individual, and stiamat zed it as a gross job, which converted the Post Office into a lucrative printing-office, and filled its subor din ate officers with discontent and dissatisfaction. Now, if this committee were granted, he would prove that the profits of that publication, got up, as be described. at the publ'c expenses, enabled Mr. Kelly to put from £12,000 to X 15.000 into his pocket every year. Mr. CanowELL insisted that there was not, on the part of the Treasury or the Postmaster-General, the slightest desire to screen fr,rna detection, exposure, and puni•hment, any such mal-practices as Mr. Duncombe bad just denounced. provided that proof was tendered of their existence. There was no occa-ion to bring forward such charges in the House of Co mons, as the Treasurer and the Postmaster-General were at all times ready to re ceive memorials complaining of such mal-practices, and to investigate into their truth. He then defended Mr. Kelly from the charges which Mr. Duncombe had pre ferred against him, and in the course of that defence gave tt history of the Post-office Direct ry, and the mode in which it had been originally purchased, and subsequently got up by that gentleman. A long debate ensued, when the motion was negatived by a maj , rity of 92 to 49. A motion of Mr. S. O'BRIEN to take evidence in Ire land on Irish railways, was ueotived by a majority of 69 to 25. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. On the rumion of Sir J. GRAHAM tie house resolved itself into a Committee for the further consioeraiioo of the report oa the Friendly S icieties Bill. Some conversation took place on th- Ise and 2d clauses of the bill, and seve ral suzaestions offered by hon. members were inc3rporated into them. On the 33 clause M.. T. DUNCOMBE pronc-ed an amendment, of which the r ff-ct was to legalize all friendly societies at present estab ii-hed. In proposlne that amendment, he admitted that sum, had been his object in introducing the hill. Sir J. GRAHAM objected to this an endurent, and, after some conversation, it was negatived by a majority of 93 over 7 voices Several verbal amendments were then made in the bill. 'which was considered up to clause 15. The house then resorted, the chairman reported progress, and the bill was ordered to be recommitted on F:6l-1 next. Mr. ELPEI INSI ONE then moved the second reading of the County Elections Bill, of which the object is to limit the time for taking the poll in counties to one day, as is now th, case to boroughs. Lie vindicated the change on the ground that it would lead to a great saving of expense. Colonel T. Woon moved that the bill be read a second time tlot (lay six months, on the ground of the inconve nience of the change which it propo•ed to make. When a contest was going on in several adjacent counties at the same time, the electors might not be able to record their Totes in each of them on one day. After a conversation, in which Lord 'Worsley, Mr. New(-eate, Mr. Bright, Mr. B. Denison, Sir J. Graham, Sir R. luglis. r. B. Escort, Colonel Sibthorp. and Lord G. Benrinck joined, the house divided, when the amend ment was carried by a majority of 55 over 32 votes. The bill was acc, , rdingly lost. The Railway Deposits' Bill, and the Commons Enclo sure Bill were read a third time and passed. HOUSE: OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The Earl of DALHOUSIE rose to move the bill and ses sional order aff sting projected railroads, of which he had given notice before the adjournment of the house. After a brief sketch of the progress of railway speculation dur ing the last year, and drawing the attention of the house to the disastrous effects on commerce produced by the absorption of capital in one branch of enterprise, the noble earl pr.ceeded to specify the powers of winding up rail way projects afforded to directors and shareholders under the prop 'serf bill, explaining the difference between it and the sessional order as affecting inchoate schemes, and con cluded by moving that the resolutions which appear in an other column should be adopted as a sessional order. Lord Raotacumig, though he could not agree in all the details of the proposed measure, was ready to concur in the principle which it contained. He had witnessed with disgust the demoralizing effects of the railway mania throughout the country, and was convinced that a stop ought to he put to this universal spirit of gambling. The sessional order, however, tying up as it did the hands of the hou-e, was without precedent, and required the ut most deliberation, though he was ready to strain a point for the sake of effecting a great national good. On the whole, he begged to thank the Government for bringing forward so useful a measure. After a desultory discussion, in the course of which Lord WHARNCLIFFE complained that the proportion of sharehtdders requisite to decide on the withdrawal of a project was too small, and the Marqiiis of CLAN RICARDE wished to know whether the Iris-b lines were to be post poned as well as the English, the Earl of likt.nousig re plied that the proportion of shareholders, itn.ugh small, was a minimum and not a maximum. and that, though the Irish bills could not he exempted from the order, every possible facility would be given for passing them. The bill was then read a first time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.7-TriunsnAy._ The lions , - a'srmbled at the usual hour, and after the presentation of petitions, &c., the resolutions anon the RAII.WAY POLICY OF SIR ROBERT PEEL was brought torward by the ri:,ht hinourab e baronet. After giving the house an account of the amount of ca pital invested in railroad companies during the years 1844 and 1815, he observed that the principal reasons which in duced him to submit his present proposition to Parliament were, first, the enormous amount of capital which must be locked up in these enterprises during the present ses sion ; secondly, the increased cost cf con-trust ng rail ways, in consequence of the great rise in price of many of the articles necessary to their construction ; and third:y, the great difference in the value of those schemes at the present moment There was al-o a fourth reason, not alt ge , her undeserving the attention of the house ; namely. at- anxious desire of many persons to relieve themselves from these engagements. In the present state of the law as to inchoate railroad companies, it was not surprising that suc h a desire should exi s t. Tne powers of provisional committees we e very great, and there was at present no if wive control over them. A fifth reason was the strange ma , oeuvres which had been empinyea for " rigging the market," of wh ch he gave several in stances, which would have been ludicrous had it not been for their deplorable results. He could easily be lieve that it might be necessary, heresf er, for Parlia ment to hare those transactions for the guidance of parties engmzing in similar enterprises; but the mea sure which he now proposed would only interfere with the ra lroad bills of the present s-ssion. He then described the existing regulations re.pecting railroad bids, and the alterations which his resolutions would make in them. Though he doubted whether his proposition would have been wed received at an earlier period of the session," he trusted that the experience which the house had ac writ, d in the interim would now lead to iis favourable reception. That proposition threw no arbitr try obstacles in the way of those who wished to proceed with their pri.jects ; but it gave those who now saw the effect of their imor evident speculations the means of retiring from them. Many hilts which were entirely unopposed would not be t ff.mted by it ; but, in the large maj.irtty of cases, the power of stopping their progress would be eminently beneficial to individuals. For instance, there was one v a lley within 25 miles of the metropolis, through which it was now proposed to run no less than eleven railroads. Eleven bills for that object were then before the house. Parliament could not give its assent to more than one of them ; arid that was in itself a sufficient reason for giving the si.eculators a legislative power of dissolving their companies, and discontinuing their bills if they thought fitting. In conclusion, he stated that he made this pro position, which would be simultaneously submitted to the Other house of parliament, because he thought that with out the intervention of government, much mischief would arise, and that by its intervention much mischief would be prevented. Mr. F. FFRFNCR hoped that the holders of shares and scrip in Irish ra lroad companies, whose bills were then before the Boost of Lord., w toll not he placed, by these resolutions, in any situation of peculiar hardship. Mr. Bernal. the Solicitor General, Mr. Hudson, and several others approved of the measure, and a'ter a few words from Lord G. Bentinck, condemning the govern ment for havint prompt d railway speculation, Mr. T. buncombe proposed a series of resolutions which the hon. member promised would probe railway malversation to the bottom. The government revolutions were then adopted, as were those proposed by Mr. Duncombe, with some verbal amendments. T h e first six of Mr. Duncombe's resolutions referred to the production of all docinnews. 7. The amount of shares retained by or for the pro- Visional et,mmittee. " 8. The amount of subscriptions act ua ll y pa id up b y such provi-ion4 committee, and the Dumber of shares now hell by them. " 9. The original subscribers' agreement signed by the allot es -s. " 10. A statement of the amount of money in hand, to gethsr with an abstract of all receipts and expenditure, up to the presentation of the petition for the bill. " 11. A statement of the source whence the deposit was paid to the Accountant-general, whether out of the depo sits or by loan. " 12. A statement of the source whence the additional £5 per cent. required to be paid by the other house of Parliament will be paid or raised." Lord SANDON moved for copies of all memorials ad dressed to the First Lord of the Treasury and the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, praying for a reduction of the duty on tea. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objec tion to the production of the memorials in question, but if it was expected that he should declare the intention of go vernment to reduce the existing duties on tea, he must in form the memorialists that a sense of public duty com pelled him to disappoint their expectations. Atter a words from J. A. Smyth, Mr. Entwisle, and Mr. Wyse, in support of the remission of the tea duties, the motion was agreed to. Leave was given to Mr. S. Crawford to bring in a bill for the protection and relief of ejected tenants in Ireland. _ HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. On resuming the debate on the Irish Coercion Bill, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN took a review of the appalling condition of the people of 1.-eland, and after dwelling at much length upon the inefficiency of the measures pro posed by the Government to meet such a deplorable state of things, put it to Lord George Beutinck, as the leader a powerful party, to say whether he and his friends would support ministers if they introduced a measure for the suspension of the corn laws in Ireland for three months. Lord GEORGE BENTINCR said that the greatest sym pathy was felt by himself and his party for the situation of the people of Ireland. and they were prepared, in order to meet their melancholy position. to open the ports for a limited period. The present ministers were endeavouring to govern the country with only 112 members who had real confidence in their measures. In his opinion, the abolition of the corn laws would be the destruction of Ire land : it would drive 550,000 families, comprising three millions and a half of the population, out of the markets which they now occupied in raising agricultural produce. The only mode of permanently relieving the distresses of Ireland was by an extensive poor-law, providing that not one of the population should want the means of existence. After an explanation from Sir JAM S GRAHAM, as to he principle upon which the Government proceeded in applying the means of relief already granted, Mr. E B. ROCHE complained of the press which called the Irish members impractic.ble tnalignants--(an lion. member here exclaimed, "it was the Morning Herald did so.") " No," said Mr. Roche, "it was not the Morning Herold; it was the Times " The hon. gentle• man then proceeded to defend the Irish members from this charge, and to contend that, in the course they had pursued, they were only acting in accordance with a strong sense of duty. Mr. BELLEW contended that the landlords of Ireland MUSt he brought more under the control of public opinion, and hoped that, even in defiance of the principles of poli tical economy, some means would be adopted to establish a sk stem of relief which would secure from starvation every poor labouring man who was willing to work. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said that on a recent visit to Ireland he found that the scarcity ar , sing from the failure the po . ato crop was far greater than he had previously supposed ; and. finding the Board of Vorks somewhat slow in its operations, lie applied to Lord Lincoln, whose zeal in endeavouring to enable the relief committee to act efficiently lie warmly eulogised. Mr. O'C:us:NELL impre-sed upon the house the neces sity of taxing the laodliirds of Ireland in proportion to their inutility to their country. They should tax the ab sentees very highly, and others proportionably lighter, according as they perforated the duties cast upon them by toeir position in society. He regretted that Mr. Smith O'Brien should be adverse to the total repeal of the eon. laws, the maintenance of which had never been of use to Ireland ; on the contrary their existence was concomi tant vvii h all the evils and distresses to which that coun try had hitherto been exposed, and under which it was now so severely suffering. Mr. P. SC ROPE advocated a more extensive system of po .r-saw relief as a remedy for some of the evils of Ire land. Mr. COBDEN treated the question put by Mr. Smith O'Brien to Lord George Bentiock as the rt-sult of an un ,lerstanding between them, and Mil:rated tu Mr. O'Brien that he had more to expect from the friendship and good feeling of the Liberal party than he could possibly hope for from Lord George Bentincx and the Protectionists. In the course of Mr. Cobden's observations, he broadly stated that it was the population of the towns of England which must govern the country. This called up Mr. DISRAELI, who commented warmly upon the conduct of Sir R. Peel in cheering the observation of Mr. Cobden, thus accet tin.; the definition that the people of the towns were to be considered as the people of England. He repeatedly observed that the right hon. baronet had loudly chi ered this observation. Sir R. PEEL.—I wholly deny that I did so. Mr. D'ISRAELI.—If the right hon. baronet means to say that anything 1 have said is false, I have done. After some observations from Mr. S. O'Brien in ex planation of some passages of his own speech. Mr. NEWDEGATE appealed to Sir R. Peel to with raw his charge of falsehood from Mr. D'lsraeli. Sir it PEEL said he had never charged the hon. mem ber with false - hood. The hon. gentleman bad sam ne naa cheered a sentiment uttered by Mr. Cobden, and Le (Sir R.. Peel) wholly denied that he had done so. A warm d'scussion ensued, in the course of which Major MACNAMARA. somewhat characteristically re marked, that if it were a matter for explanation, that ex planation should take place elsewhere. The worthy major's hint was not adopted, and ulti mately a proper parliamentary explanation set matters all straight, after which the order of the day was read, and the adjourned debate resumed by Mr. J. O ' CONNELL, who spoke for upwards of three hours, dilating upon every imaginable grievance which has ever afflicted Ireland, and intimated, nevertheless, that he had spared the house many arguments, supported by do cumentary evidence, knowing that several hon. friends of his were prepared with very voluminous statements to support their opposition to the measure. Mr. M'CARTRY then moved the adiiurnment of the debate, which was agreed to. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. The packet-ship Roscius, Captain Eldridge, arrived from New York on Sunday afternoon, bringing adviees from that city to the sth instant, being five days later than those received by the Hibernia. The packet-ship Prince Albert, for London, sailed in company with the Roscius. No intel:igence had reached New Yotk of the arrival of the Unicorn. The papers contain but little news of importance. The Oregon question was still disputed in the Senate, and still agitati g the minds of the people. On the 31st ult., on the order of the day for considering the resolutions from the committee on foreign relations providing for the twelve months' notice," General Cass delivered another of his fiery war-speeches. full of strong expressions against England, and of loud infl .ted declamations on the glary of America. In the course of his speech he denied that the Oregon could he divided upon any parallel, and said that the treaty of Utrecht had no reference to the exten sion of the line beyond the Rocky Mountains. If such could be established, he would abandon his position on 54 40, and come down to 49. On the following day Colonel Benton undertook to shew that, by the treaty, the line did actually run west of the Rocky Mountains; and he brought numerous maps and various authorities in supports of his arguments. Mr. Hannegan hereupon made a fierce attack on ( olonel Benton, avowedly as the friend of General Cass, who was absent. On the follow jug day the latter took up the subject himself, in his usual fierce tone. Colonel Benton replied, arid was followed by Mr. Webster, who argued for the authority of the line of Utrecht ; and that, it the termination of the 49th parallel were not clearly defined in the terms of the 19th article of the said. treaty, it was to a great extent confirmed by subs , quei,t acts, based upon the said treaty ; the lines upon certain maps, for example, and the line marked upon one of them as established by the treaty, or by the Commissioners, of er the peace of Utreehr, making course from Davis's Inlet, on the Atlantic Sea, down to the 49th degree, &c. The Sub-treasury Bill passed the House of Reprevn tatives in a revised form, on the 2d instant, by a maj a - 4y of 124 to 67. It was supposed that the tariff would Le im mediately brought forward. The New Fork Herald. in an article on the state of public opinion with regard to the Oregon question, says the general feeling is. that the title of the Untied States ' to the territory is clear and unquestionable up to the 49th degree. It is very probable," says the Herald, " that emigra tion will not go north of 19. This line is. and will be, the boundary. Whether it be too f-sr north or too far south the calm, sober judgment of futurity will decide. We only remark, that, if it be tco tar south, upon the Whig party must be the responsibility. B-it for their op position the democrats would hare gone for 54 40, and as sumed all responsibilities that might have resulted from that position. As it is, the democr..tic party must come down to 49 . for, if they cannot frame an argument to convince their Whig fellow-citizens, how can they ex pect that their arguments should convince an ambitious rival ? Believing, as the Whigs do, that the British title north of 49 is better than ours, they must, of course, re-. gard it as trespass to settle there. It would, therefore. be contrary to conscience and moral sense first to commit a trespass and then compel the Whigs to fight for it." A meeting in favour of striking the boundary on 54 40 had been convened, with much display, in Philadelphia. but notwithstanding the means used to get up an excite ment on the subject, it was a complete failure. The scheme of erecting the republic of Mexico into a monarchy continu-cl to excite much interesting discussion. Exchanges on England are quoted at 1691 to 110. Nu further accounts of the progress of the United States army towards the Mexican frontier, for the occupati , w of the Rio del Norte, had been received. The corn crop in Texas was rapidly advancing. A report had reached ew York, via Havana, to the effect that the Adruihistration of Patedes had signified to Mr. Slidell, the American Mioister, that it was prepared to re-open negotiations with him for the settlement or vie mutual difficulties now existing. The truth of this rep at is rather doubtful, though the fact stated is one not im probable. NEW ZKAILAND Adviees have been received from New Zealand to the Gth of December. According to there Governor Grey had had some communications with the "rebel" chiefs - , who aprear still inclined to resit-tour power. The friendly chiefs were stroog in• their at-sat - fumes of good faith and atrachm• nt to the EngliA. Toe tioops continued rtationed at Kororarika. The weather had been vet), ind,fferent, as at Auckland, and military operations were ' suspended for the present. It was understood that Captain Grey was about to proceed in her Majesty's ship North Star to o:uillit, for the purpose of an interview with Pomare, who, although apparently disposed to assist our troops, is also in communication with Heki and Kawiti. The papers express the hope that Captain Grey will bring the intriguing chief to understand that he must at once make his choice of bring either a sincere friend or an avowed foe. Honi lieki is said to be a! his " pall," at Ikutang, sniffling from the effects of his late wound. Kawiti was at Ruapekapeka, in his stronghold, with about eight hundred men, and was represented to be in his feelings more hostile than ever, declaring a determina tion never to yield to our sovereignty, according to the terms of the treaty of the Waitangi, which he wholly re pudiates on behalf of himself and tribe. There had been some de,ertion from the English camp. Three soldiers of the 96th Regiment, and one of the 58th Regiment, had absconded, not to the enemy, but to the bush Tarnaita Waka had urged immediate hostilities against Kawiti, and, as it was rumoured that Governor Grey had assented, it was anticipated that the war bad been renewed with more than previous determination. The Governor, it his address to the friendly chiefs, stated that he had given their opponents to the 2nd December, to decide whether they would accept the terms proposed ; after which time he should hold no communication whatever with them. These accounts from the Bay of Islands only reach to the rrid of November, and through other sources we know nothing of what was done after that date. The Prussian Slate Gazelle of the 16th inst. an nounct•s the death at Berlin on the preceding day of her Royal Highness the Prince-s Mary Anne, wife of Prince William of Prussia, horn Princess of Hesse. STRIKE OF PLASTERERS IN FRANCE—The journey. men plasterers at Anglers have struck for a rise of wages. The workmen in several other trades at Nantes threaten to strike for the same reason. So low is the Portuguese Exchequer, that the Duke of Wellington's good service pension of £2,000 a-year, which has hitherto been regularly paid, cannot at present be provided. From a statement in the Brussels Gazette, it would ap pear that Mr. Asiley, brother of Lord Hastings, has been murdered in Belgium, by two drunken men who enter tained an old grudge against him. A horrible murder has been committed at Kingston, Jamaica. Two brothers. Adam and Richard Nicholas, quarrelled whilst gambling, and Adam in his passion hugged his brother, at the same time inflicting a fatal wound. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST RONGE.—The King of Prussia has just issued orders to the President of :he pro vince of Silesia, to cease all proceedings commenced against Mr. Runge, by the criminal courts at Breslaw, owine to articles contrary to the Roman Catholic doc tr nes, in some of his pamphlets, in favour of the German Catholics, of whom he is the founder. This toleration has had a salutary effect on the public mind. The Times states that Mr. Waghorn's project for con necting Singapore with Australia by means of steam com munication has created great interest. A complete chain of iwercourse, if the plan were brought to hear would be formed between the five portions of the globe, a r~rtular communication with America on the one side, and India on the other, being opened in Australia. A very slight extension would bring into the sphere of action ►he large East I ndia Islands which are at present so little explored, and which probably would offer a field for the greatest development. Several of the German journals continue to assert that affairs are still in a very disturbed state in Silesia and Austrian Gallicia. An engagement is said to have taken °lace near Biala, on the frontiers of Silesia, between a body of peasantry and a regiment of cavalry, in which 28 ot the latter are stated to have been killed. Great alarm appears to have been felt in many parts of Austrian Gallicia, owing to a report that the insurgents would commit a general massacre of the friends ot the Go 4ernment on Good Fri day. The day passed over, however, without any new calamity. The Paris papers of Monday state that the regicide Le comte arrived from Fontainbleau at ten o'clock in the morning of that day, and was committed to the Concier eerie. The officer of gendarmes who accompanied him was the bearer of papers said to he of importance. which he delivered into the hands of the Prefect of Police. There was every probability, hut as yet no certainty, that the crime was the isolated act of Lecomte, and totally unconnected with politics. Lecomte, on being questioned as to his reasons for seeking to revenge his pretended in juries on the person of the king, replied that two months previously he had addressed a letter to the king concerning his pension. A letter, bearing the stamp ot the royal ca binet, was sent to him in answer, by the royal secretary. This letter referred him to the intendant of the civil list. Lecomte viewed this in the light of a rejection of his ap plication. H is brooding character regarded this letter as a personal proof of implacable severity. It was then be said that he conceived the idea of killing the king. Lecomte hoped to escape from the consequences of his crime. The morning of the attempt he occupied himself by heaping up faggots against the wall of the inclosure of Avon, at the spot by which he hop d to escap-, when he heard the sound of the King's carriage. According to his declara tion, he deemed the situation a bad one, and was on the point of adjourning the execution of his plan, but the spi rit of revenge within him prevented hi o from doing so. He ran to the spot where the cat riage was to pass, and placed himself nu' of breath at the place he had prepared with diabolical skill. lie intended. he said. to hit the King in the head. Having fired his two shots, he jumped down and slipped on a smock-frock, hut he had been seen by Millet, sod was arrested. as we before stated. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. There are sixty-two persona now in Tipperary jail charged with being concerned in the recent riots and acts of plunder. _ _ Forty persons were most severely injured by the falling of the Town-hall, Cashel. on Monday evening; 200 were present ; no lives lost. They were receiving wages trona from the relief committee. Such was the reckless loss and waste of flour at the plunder of Mr. O'Neill's store at Carrick.on-Suir, last week, that the pillagers were trampling it under foot, and many of them walked more than uncle deep in it over the wide area where it was scattered. POTATOES.—The following are the latest quoted prices at the following places .—Wexford, 34d. t0 sd. ; Ennis cote hy, 4d. to 5d.; Clonmel, 54d. to 6d. ; At hletie, 4,1 d. to 51d. ; Boyle, ntl. to 41a1 ; Mohitl, 3 1 ,1. to 4d. ; Stra bane, 31d. to 4d.; Tralee, 6.1. to 7d.; Killarney, 4d. to 51d.; Galway, sd, to 6Ad. IRISH FAMINE AND FEVER.—The Dublin Mail says, "the fever report has been vir ually,it not formelly,abandoned ; the apprehensions of famine are giving way before the evi dence of abundance; aid the starving insurgents of Tip. perary turn out to be nothing but a gang of plunderers. In tact, the supposed famine in Ireland is a Polatoe- Peel panic; and the hunger-insurrection a political Bobb-ery, or Sir Robber-y." CURIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, two men met their death at Mr. Jameson's distillery, Dublin, in a very unusual way. One of the wttneeses at the inquest stated that. the deceased were in the spir t vat washing it out, and one of then. had a candle, when a yr ry loud ex plosion was suddenly heard, and the men were found dead. In his opinion, the candle came in contact w ith the side of the vat. The surgeon sled that in his opin ion the explosion killed them, and that it was caused tis the candle coming in contact with the spit it with which the wood was impregnated. All appears quirt in Tipperary. One day last week nu merous boats left Clonmel. laden with flour and other provisions, and guarded by a large party of military. An outbreak was ex[rec , ed, and the fear was wall founded, for at one point the laree; stoees on the top of the bridge were found loosened, as it with a crow-bar, and several of them were very properly removed the day previous. I is scarcely necessary to rennark that this loosening of the stories was rot the purpose of hurling them on the boats as they passed underneath, and by this means disabling those who had charge of them. CONCILIA:ION HALL.—On Monday the "rump" of the Repeal Association met, but tie "stars" being just now shining in another sphere, the attendance was mise rable in the extreme. A barrister (Mr ( angley) was the chairman ; and the week's rent was declared to be £194 Ils. 7.1.—a sum not half sufficient to pay the weekly salaries of the officials and other contingent expenses—but still nor altogether discouieging when it is borne in mind that the great hulk of the coetributora are at present in a state of actual starvation and partial revolt, at least in the southern provinces —the quarter of all others the most promet hitherto to respond to the calls of the repeal treasury. WRECK OF THE BRIG ALEXANDER, AND RESCUE OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW.-011 MOllday. the 13 11 inst., the brig Alex,:nder,ot Newcastle-neon-Tyne, sailed from our port with MI passengers for St. John's, N. 8., and when not far from Tory I-land, encountered gales so severs as to carry away her masts and rigg;ng (1n Fri day last, the 17th inet., the brig was observed by the Coast Guard station at Innishofiti, to be in a precarious state our, at sea, and under the able direction of Mr. James M'Clurg, who acted as chief pilot, the men imme didtely put to sea in a gig, and, atter encountering heavy seas, and overcoming numerous difficulties, they at last succeeded in reaching the vessel. The mainmast had been near-carried away entirely, together with the square sails and rig g!ne, and the vessel altogether was in a very crippled condition.—The master, who was unacquainted with the roast, gladly resigned the charge of the brig to Mr. M'Clurg and his men, who, after incredible labour, brought her ashore by dint of determined perseverance, to the great jay both of the passengers and the crew, who had begun almost to despair of reaching the coast in safety. On Wednesday morning last the Alexander arrited at our quay, being towed by a steamer.—Londonderry Pa per. ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST.—At the Commission Court, Dublin, on Tuesday, Abel leabertouche was in dieted for applying to his own use the sum of £6OO, in trus'ed to him for the purpose of being invested in go vernmeet -took. The narrow facts of the rase are : that on the 15th November, 1840, the sum of £6OO was handed into the firm of Lahertouche and Stafford, stock and share brokers, with written instructions to purchase government stock for tl,e an.cuirt for Miss Maria Hill, of Dublin. On the following day, she rt c eyed a contract note, to the effect, that the purchase had been made, and up to the time of the hanktuptcy of the firm in September. 1845, the interest had bean regularly paid by them as if it came to them from tee hank. On the declaration of the batik - ruptcy, it was discovered 'hat the firm had never pur• clased the stock, hut appleed it to their private use. Mr. Nelson, for the defend:mt. admitted the leading facts, but he called upon the Court to diri . ct the jury to acquit•the prisoner, because the money had been in his hands for a e cneiderable time previous to the formal instruct s to lurches:: s ock with it ; and, having regularly paid the interest thereon, it should be regarded iii the nature of a trust lun g _, and the prosecuior should come in as a credi tor under the tankrupicy. Mr. Labertouche having proved the statement of Mr. Na e on, the prosecution was withdrawn. "CHARITY THINKETH NO EVIL." (From the Dublin Mail.) The panic famine is exciting a considerable interest among the newspaper reporters in Cork, and a good deal of literary curiosity amongst the lovers of fun in the world at large. Swift's Battle of the Books is a very grave farce compared to the merry tragedy of the Battle of the Priests, fought last Sunday on the banks of the OUNABUY RIVER. Let it not be supposed from the name, arid from the savage language that passed between the combatants, that the scene of action lies among the Indian tribes, black, copper, or red, which still linger on the borders ot civilization, on the transatlantic continent, or in any of the wild islands of the South, or Great Pacific oceans. The island in which the wordy conflict took place, is our own sweet isle of the west—the district the county of Cork, and the tongue-doutiest of the warriors a Christian [?] Priest—and, to crown the whole, the subject was Charity ! We are as used to such things in Ireland. as the eels are to skinning, and therefore think nothing of them. We should like to know what our English neighbours will think of our methods of administering charity. The meeting at which the following scene took place, and which is merely a sample of the rest of the proceed ings, was held on Sunday, for the purpose of obtaining the deepening of the Ounahuy river. We take it from the Cork Constitution, and way observe that Fathers M'lsia mars and Hallinan, two priests in the district, were the chief actors. A discussion ensued as to the selection of a committee to carry the purport of the resolution into effect—and, after much warm debate, Father M'Naniara (whose conduct and good feeling throughout were exem plary) interposed and said— " My great object is to secure unanimity, and to remove every obstacle to effecting our object. (Hear, hear.) " Father Hallinan—And to effect that object I came into a meeting with a party who pours his viperous slander upon me. kll ear , hear.) " Dr. Aheartie.—To whom do you allude? "Father Hallinan.—To you. (Uproar.) "Dr. Abearne —To me! 1 tell you—but I will merely say. your observation is unclerical—you are a pretty in structor of peace. "Father Hallinan.—lf your character was taken from Heaven's note-book, it would be a black one. (Tumult.) "Dr. Ahearne.—Your observation is most unbecoming. There's a Christian minister! (Great uproar.) "Father Hallitian.-111 not eo behind backs to tell you what you are. (Confusion.) Your calumnies will not be unreplied to by me. (Order, order.) "A Voice.--Is this the way you relieve the poor? "Mr. Driscoll.—'Tis government relief. (Laughter.) " Dr. Ahearne.—ls this a relief committee? (Uproar.) Hallinan, you are pretty well known. I need not go far distant for your character. (Order, order.) Look around you! Several are here in this room whom you have de stroyed. (Confusion.) Look at the misery around you —here there are several broken-hearted from the excess ive degree of oppression practised towards them by you. (Order, order.) You have threatened at the altar of Al mighty God, and you-- [Here the speaker was inter rupted with cries of shame and order.] "Father Hallinan.—Come fi.rward, you paupers, who are unable to pay five shillings in the wound. (Uproar.) This is the wretch whom I have been obliged to decry from the altar. (Great uproar.) This is the man who is practising usury in the parish. (Tremendous uproar.) He shall have it—man to maul—face to face !—there's at him! (Awful uproar ) Chairman.—Oh God !oh God ! oh Gud! (Great confusion.) " Father Hallinan.—He brings disgrace on the well disposed, charitable, and kindhearted. (Increased con fusion.) " Dt.ctorAhearne.—You destroyed every one you could. Father Hallinan.—You cast a reflection upon society —every man shuns you—you are a disgrace to society. (Uproar.) Doctor Ahearne.—You are no clergyman, but the reverse. (Upro ir.) " Doctor Hallinan.—Oh, you cowardly " Doctor Ahearue.—On, you firebrand. (Great up roar.) " Father Hallinan.—Faugh, laugh, forrifooth ? (Up roar. ) "Father M'Namara.—This is very shamt ful. (Hear, hear.) Stop it, Mr Chairman. " Chairman (scratching tits head.)—Oh. mister, mister. mi-ter, stop, if you please. Drop, drop, drop it. (Hear.) " Mr. O'Mahony.—lt is enough to make people shud der. (Hear, hear ) " Dr. Ahearne.—l declare that I had no earthly object in coming from Cork this , riclemei,t day but to contribute my humble mite arid assisance to the furthering of the pia sent p oj:ct, which I coaceivr d would' :ave met with the concurrence ot all parties, and 1 little expected the observations which have been given utterance to. The matters which have been broached here at this public meeting are ill-suited to a peas , n who is to be looked up to as the medium fur preachii:g peace and hu.nanity ; but -- " Mr. O'Alahony.—Order, order. (Uproar.) If any gentleman 'pis forgotten his character, you, I think, ought not. If a gentleman forgets his position, it is " Father Hallinan.—The ra, , cal has " Dr. A hearne.—l despise the source from whence that comes. (Great uproar.), " Father Hal nil.—You are a (Tremendous up roar.) " Father 111`Namara.—The sooner we finish and cut this. meeting the h.tter_ _ 1 I oar, Dr. itheatue.—l did not expect the attack made upon me; but when 1 am attacked, 1 will, as it is my impera tive duty, reply. (Cries of • Order.') " Chairman.—There's enough about it. (Hear, hear.) What are we doing? " Dr. Treadian.—WE'RE DEEPENING THE OUNABU Y RIVER 1" UNIVERSITY ef CI,ERICAb NEWS. With the actual assistance of the Pacha of Egypt, a church, for the Protestants in Alexindria is now building. It is said that the British government has determined to reduce the salaries of the clergy in ail the colonies twenty per cent. By desire of the King of Holland, a yearly pension has been settled on the Rev Mr. Morrison, the English chaplain at Flushing and Middleburg. The Archbishop of Dublin has removed the Rev. R. W. Kyle from the curecy of Donnybrook, for persisting in his adhesion to the proposed Evangelical Alliance. The Lord Bishop f Lichfield has acknowledged the re ceipt of £ll/0, as a thank offering from an unknown do nor, who has " tren relieved from much anxiety on ac count of a dear relative in the late campaign in Ind a." The Rev. Thomas Gregg, senior cu. are of Sr. Cathe rine's, Dublin, died on Wednesday, of feverish cold, caught three weeks previously,while attending his laborious duties of parish minister. He was very highly esteemed. The Rev. R. W. Sibthorn is now at Oxford, on a visit to some of his old college friends. It is said that, he has imp sed on himself a s lence of three ytais from his usual pulvit ministrations, as a mark of penitential regret for having, in a moment of ill-judged excitement, joined the R miss communion. James Barmhy, B A„ and Scholar of University Col lege, was last week elect-d a Fellow of AA agdalen College, Ox i , rd, on the foundation of Thomas Ingledew. Mr. Barmby obtained a second class in '' Litetis H urnaniori_ bus," and a first class in " Diseiplinis Math. et Phys.," in Easter Term. 1845. AGED CLERGYMEN IN FCOTLAND.—Of all the clergy men of the Choi eb of Scott nd, there are only 44 whose ordination dates from last century. One was of &hied iii 1786, three in 1789. two in 1790, four in 1792. three in 1713, three in 1794. three in 1795, five in 1796, five in 1797. two in 1798, five in 1799. a , d eight in 1800. 'I HE COLLEGE AT ST. COLUMBO —The Bev. J. Gar bett has ft mid it necessary to resign the post lately held by hint in the above institution, established by the lit v. W. Sewell, of Exeter College. Oxford. at Stackalleti, Ire land. Mr. Gar bett ohjected to " comp ulsoty lasts ;" and he was informed by the warden that, " rather than pursue the course ehich he had commenced, of attempt itkg an or. attic ehanee of that constitution upon which the founders had d for this college, his duty was to resign his fellowship This hi- has done. THE CHURCH IN CHINA.—At the Meeting of the Christian Knowledge So. iety last week, the standing committee gave riot Ce of their intent on to propose, at the meeting on the sth of May, that the sum of £2 000 be then voted by the society towards a bishopric in our Chinese possessions. This see will he that of Victoria, in Hong-Kong. The Bishop of I,,,nilore we enderoand, has already received. fri m one intlivi.lnal, £5,(100, fur the purposes of the bishopric, and X 5,000 from anti ther individual, for a college ; and other sums, areoutititig to £B,OOO. have been received. So that when the vote or the Christian Knowledge Society is carried, there will be £l5 000 tor the bishoprie, besides £5.000 for the college. Two other sets are tot e erect d in Australia. THE CHURCH AND THE TRACTARIANS.—Mr. Grealey has announced that the " Church Di Englsnd has just passed through a process of fermentation," but that now the danger has " subsided," and the disorder has " passed away." So far from this bi big the case, we have had a number of secessions to BOMB within the last few days. We observe the anxiety manifested by the partisans of Rome who still continue amonest us. to create a teeltrig of sympathy anti pity for the seceders, and to throw all the blame of their secession on the Church itself, and espe cially on those members of the church whe hold reforme tion principles. Thus, whe!her Dr. Pusey speaks cf Mr. Newman. or Mr Wray of his late curate, it is " our owe sins" that are said to have occasioned the loss of " these humble and holy men ;" and the guilt, if there be any guilt, is to he laid wholly at the dour of those " ultra Protestants," who have wounded and driven away these " Catholic-minded men" be their denial of " sacramental grace," " apostolical succession," and other " funda mental doctrines." Now, how is it possib'e to blind our selves to the plain tendency of such language as this ? A separation takes place between certain parties and the com munity to which they have heretofore belonged ; and, in de scribing and characterizing the conduct of the separatists, more blame is assigned to the church which they have lett than to them for leaving it. Clearly, then, the effect on the minds of the hearers and readers of such strictures must be to incline them rather to follow the seceders, than to adhere to the Church, on the established prin ciple of preferring the minor evil of the two —Record. CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.—At the monthly meet ine, on M e r r iday,t inheAe7f o seven bsh u p s.hbishopofiCiririterbuiy took the T.oe were iircluding cur own diocesan. The committee gave instructit ns to the treasurer to pay grants to several par she-, in consequence "t having received the required certificates of the compte tioti of the vat ions works undertaken with the aid of the society. Four new churches have been completed at these places, and eight existing churches rebuilt or enlarged, The additional accommodation obtained is 2 384 seats, 1,965 of which are free and unappropriated. The f ggre gate population of these tvrel‘e parishes is 103,619 souls. tor wh o m accommodation was formerly prifsided for 21,000 persons, including 9,000 free seats. At this meet lug assistance was granted towards the erection of five new churches, towards rebuilding four existing churches upon an enlarged scale, and towards enlarging, or re arranging, the seats in seven other churches, making six teen grants in all. Amongst the districts to which assistance was afforded is that of St. Simon, at Liverpool, which the report of the society says " has a population of 7,600 persons, mostly of the poorer classes—viz., dock yard labourers, warehousemen, railway servants, petty shopkeepers, &c. Not less than 1,602 persons are found to be resident in four small streets. A building has been recently licensed by the Bishop of Chester for the per formance of Divine service, which is extremely crowded ; while the demand for accommodation is so great, notwith standing the wretchedness which abounds, that the erec tion of a church can no longer be debated." The society is pledged to the payment of £63.502. while its present means are only £49,779 ISs., but it is fully expected that the funds to be raised by collections under the Qaeen's letter, together with the usual contributions from donors and subscribers, will enable the society to fuifil all its engagements. THE ANCIENT CREED OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH• —A very numerous and most influential meeting was held at the Rotunda, Dublin, on Saturday week, at twelve o'clock, to hear the discussion. which had been expected to take place on this subject, between the Roman Catho lic Priests and Professors of Maynooth, who had been so respectfully invited to attend by the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee; and that rev. gentleman, Dr. Murray, had been especially solicited to preside at the meeting, or to appoint some of his clergy to do so, in conjunction with a Protestant cler gyman. As this and every invitation had been declined, 'he chair was taken, at a few minutes after twelve, by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Dublin, who called upon the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee to open the meeting with prayer. After he had concluded, the venerable chairman briefly stated the objects of the meeting ; and observed that, as there was not to be any discussion on the subject, inas much as the Roman Catholic priests had not come, the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee, his respected friend and relation, would deliver a lecture on the subject of the ancient creed of the Christian Church. A large number of the clergy were assembled on the half of the platform appropriated to them, among whom were the Very Rev. the Dean of Ardagh, who took the chair, the Archdeacon of Dublin being obliged to leave on business • Venerable Archdea con of Derry, Dr. Singer, Rev. 'Thomas Kingston. and between thirty and forty other clergymen. The Rev. R. J. M'Ghee c .mmenced about twenty minutes after twelve, and delivered, for the course of about three hours, a most clear and demonstrative lecture on the subject of tt'e Apostles' Creed, the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds, and the Creed of Pope Pius IV. While it was impossible to contravene the facts and dates which he exhibited in large tabular charts before the audience, of which he had duplicates placed upon stands upon the platform, as also on the part of the platform res, rved for the priests, it must have been most gratifying to all assembled to bear that there was not only not an unkind or offensive word or irritating allusion in the whole of the lecture, but a spirit of true Christian kindness and affection towards Roman Catholics ; so that all of those of that persuasion who were present, must have felt that it was well adapted to carry out the intention for which the meeting was con vened—that of endeavt , uriog to bring Protestants and Roman Catholics to unite in the profession :of the pure Catholic faith of the ancient Christian . !lurch. It is the intention of Mr. M'Ghee to publish this lecture; and he has stated that he intends, in conjunction with others of his rev. l•rethren, to commence a course of lectures on the subject, on a plan that has not yet been tried in the course of Christian controversy. It is, however, as the reverend gentleman stated. established now as a matter of fact, and one which is most worthy the attention both of Protestants and Roman Catholics—that the profession of faith of the Protestant Church is that which has been maintained unchanged since the first publication of the Apostles' Creed ; and that the profession of faith of the Church of Rome was never known by the Christi.m world till the yea , 1564. This fact at once det rmines the ques tion of antique)* between the faith of the two church s. THE C URT 4 FiLSHIOAABLE WORLD. The Court remains at Buckingham Palace, and during the present delightful weather, the Queen and Prince Al bert, with the infant members of the Royal Family, have taken their accustomed airings in the gardens adjoining the palace. Her Majesty's Theatre was graced on Tuesday evening by the presef.ce. for the first time this year, of her Ma jesty and Prince Albert. The opera of Souunambula was performed. Lord and Lady Stanley and the family arrived, on Fri day, in St. James's-square, fr..rn Knowsley-park. The E-'rl and Countess of Sefton arrived at their man sion in Be'krat•e-square on Thursday from Croxte h Park, neat- Liverpnol. for the season. The Kari of Derhy arrived in town, on Thursday, from Knowsley. The oo•dle Earl attained his seventy fist year on Tuesday, and intends, in the course of this week, to take the nt-cessary oaths to take his seat in the House of Lords, indifferent health having prevented him from at tending in that assembly since her Majesty's accession to the throne. Lord and Lady Francis Ee.erton have been entertaining the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, and Lady Campbell, the Dowager Duchess of Morley, Lady F. Cole and Miss Cole, Sir Horace Seymour and Lady C. and Miss Sey mour, the lion. Miss Eden, and a sun-cession of vi.itors. at Ratchford-park. near Cobham, during the holidays. There is ❑o truth that the noble lord anti lady had gone to Paris. RAILWAY I.IsiTELbIuEr.C.R. The Blackpool branch of the Preston and Wyre railway will b- opened to-morrow with much rejoicing. The Court of Excheciner have refused a new trial in the case of Hutchinson v. East Lancashire Railway, tried at our• last assizes, when a verdict was given for the company. Since yesterday week, three accidents, terminating fa tally, have happened on the Colchester and Cambridge lines on the Eastern Counties Railway. It is stated that Messrs. Stephenson hold 224 orders for I.,comotive engines in France. and Messrs. Hawthorn 70; besides which the other English makers have orders for 371, and the French makers for 371. Total, 1,036. The Great Western Company are building a class of passenger engines of 25 tons weight, with driving wheels of 8 feet diameter, which will be equal to 120 tons at 70 miles per hour. A correspondent of the Mining :Journal cautions all managing committees of railways of the responsibilities they wi'l probably incur by pledging themselves to return any portion of dep• sits to scripholders who were not subscribers to the undertaking. A " RUMOUR " is cut rent which will cause both sorrow and surprise. It is the disappearance. from the railway world, of a man of eminence and talent. He was a large speculator.—His liabilities are said to be £376,000. — Cork Constitution. At a meeting of the Liverpool and Bury Railway share holders on S. aturday, at the Clarendon-rooms, the mai- Lantation of that inc with the Manchester and Leeds Company was carried by a majority of 8907 shares and 3917 votes against 4632 shares and 68 votes. On Wednesday, reso udons were passed by the share holders of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company for breaking up the Company, and dividing 245. per share, and for proceedings against those managing and committee-men who had nut taken up their shares. A viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Rail way, about a mile trout Brighton, has given way in two places, so that the arches must be rebuilt. The wet wea ther is supposed to have weakened the founda'ion. It is a fortunate circumstance that the defect has thus oppor tunely shown itself, for the line was to have been opened in May. its completion will be deferred for two mouths. From ufficial returns it appears that the amo'rnt of traffic tor the last week, on nearly 1 800 miles of railway, was £128.197, Chas accounted fur:—£73 787 for the con ve‘atice of passengers only, £31.797 tar the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £22.613 fur passengers and goods toge:her, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase over the corresponding week of last year of £24,(z2. _ _ PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE MEN.--In the Exchequer Court, on NN etltirsdity, Mr. 111artio otortined a rule wsi for a revr trial in the celebrated case of Vvlalstab v. Spottis woode. At the trial the plaint'ff recovered from the or. fendant, who was one of the provisional committee of the " Direct Ox ord, Reatihig, arid Brighton Railway Comp 'try." the full amount of the deposits (X7B 155.) paid by her on the allotment of 30 shares to her in th It undertaking. KINDNESS OF THE GRAND JGNCTION RAILWAY CoM PAN e.—A trifling, but, nevertheless, gratifying, act of kindness and liberality in the company has just been corn municated to us that dots the management credit. A short time ago a poor woman left London for Liverpool with an intention of seeking her husband, who had left her in a destitute condition. Atter a fruitless search she de termined to return to London. On the way it was mani fest to hv r fellow-passengers that she exhibited symptoms of approaching labour. They recommended her not to proceed ;laccordingly at the next station she was takenlout, and although a third-class passenger, placed in a closed carriage of a train returning to Liverpool, one of her fel low-travellers being engaged to attend her. The guard was very kind and attentive, and exhibited much humane reeling. On Ler arrival in Liverpool, her ca-e coming to the knowledge of the secretary, he caused her to be placed in a car, and sent. free of cost, to the Liverpool Lying-in hospital, at which excellent air ty she was delivered of a boy, and is doing well. Besides these attentions the company returned her fare. ANOTHER. RAILWAY CASE —ln the Vice Chancellor's Court, on Friday, a demurrer, Wilson a. Stanhope, was brought on. It referred to a bill tiled by the plaintiff, a sharenolder, on behalf of the other shareholders of the London and Manehester y,b, jr, and lleedcirtesc theot arlilittietligitdieei favour Railway (Remington's line) against the dir e ct ors an d prov i s i ona l r d as t vt l ia r , a uo t rf t o h tfi e i tei ec e of Di rect o a. n m n yt n s. a i h t ra t i e dv e ef of rgue sn t t h er;:a t t mrt, the o bj ects ed r , e , c w hir h y t an h r a i nd lk e l t a i nc o l v ie e s r te ih M a nchester a ) il i w is ay ar ( i ß d as s t e r ct e i k o ' n s s line), to pre pared for the tival scheme; and alleges further, that this was done for a personal considetatioo ; and that the de posits paid in on the. Remington line were laid out in the purchase of shares in the other ccmpany, with a view to keeping up their price in the market, arid adds sortie mi nor de!ails hearing upon these charges. The case was heard on demurrer, on the part of the hon. Mr. Stan hope, on- 01 tie deft ndants, on whose behalf the &flint rer was argued on a point of ((ray, and on the question of parties. it wits contended th;.t in case a parttiertddp to be wound up, it e , uld riot be brought two Lout t, but in the pi esr nee of all parties concerned. The covet de cided that the point in « l inty to led, and overt uled the demurrer on the question of parties, a iihout pr , judice to any question in the cause, and reserved coats. A Aril 2R, 1848. An official return has just been made of the aggregate amount paid to the account of the Accountant-General , n Chancery, during the last session of Parliament, on account of railway companies —from which it appears, that the amount of deposits paid was £3,444,306 ss. ; of this sum there was invested in stock £56,200 in the pur chase of £56 818 3s. Bd. £3 per cent. consols, and £812,891 18s. 10d. in £777.100 Exchequer bills —of which amount £494,400 have been delivered out to par ties by order of the court. The whole amount charged as commission, on the purchase of the above securities, was £459 Ils. 6d.—of which sum £275 14s. 10d. was re ceived by the Accountant-General, and £lB3 16s 7d. by his broker. The aggregate amount paid to the account of the Accountan -General in Ireland, and of the Re membrancer of the Court of Exchequer, in Scotland-- neither of which were invested in Stock or Exchequer hills, and, consequently, no commission charged—was, Ireland, £373,81210x. ; Scotland, £180,763 15s.—making, with the above, 812.891 18s. 10d. in Eogland : a total of £1,367,468 3s. 10d. paid as deposits on railway bills in the last session of Parliament. THE WINDING UP continues. To the list already given we have now to add the following. At the s.me time, we think it right to say that this and the preceding list must not be regarded in the light of official announcements of nissolution. They can only be regarded as lists of those companies, respect ing which, rumours in some shape or another have reached us—rumours which it is very probable in some cases may not be realized : Bridgewater and Minehead Pier, &c. Cork and Waterford. Derby and Gainsborongh. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester. Forth and flyde Junction. Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct. Northern and Southern Connecting. Northumberland and Lacashire Junction. Perth and Inverness. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. Rushy and Huntingdon. Stirling and Dunfermline. Trent Valley and Holyh , ad Junction. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S RESOLUTIONS IN REFERENCE TO RAILWAYS. The following are the resolutions proposed in the House of Commons, on Thursday, by Sir Robert Peel : I. That this house will not read a third time any bill to empower any company (whether intended to be incorpo rated by such bill, or already incorporated by act of par- Ihrment) to construct a railway, unless three clear days before the third reading, there shall have been deposited at the Private Bill Office, there to be open to the inspec tion of all parties, a certificate signed arid au henticated in manner hereinafter mentioned, and comprising the parti culars hereinafter expressed, and stating the following facts, viz., 1. That a copy of the bill was submitted to the con sideration of a meting of the scrrpholders of the company (or, in case of a company already incorpo rated) of the shareholders or stockholders of the com pany, specially called for that put pose. 2 That such meeting was called by advertisement s inserted once in each of two consecutive weeks in the Lund n Gazette (if the railway be an English or Scotch railway), or in the London and Dublin Ga zettes (if the railway be an Irish railway,) and in each of at least three London duly newspapers, and not less than three times in each such paper, in each of such two consecutive wet ks. 3. In the case of the company being intended to be incorporated by the bill:—That such meeting was constituted of persons producing thereat scrip of the company representing not less than one-third part of the whole capital proposed to be raised by the com pany under the bill (such scrip having been actually issued, or the deposits in respect thereof having been paid before the 31st of March in the present year.) 4. In the case of the orrnpa .y being already incor porated :—That such meeting was held, except so far as is herein otherwise provided, according to the con stitution of the company, and was constituted of shareholders or stockholders thereof competent 10 vote at the ordinary ri,eetings of the company, a nd representing either personally or as proxies not less than one-third part of the whole capital or stock of the company. 5. That at such meeting the bill was approved of by per-ons producing thereat scrip equal to at least three-fifths of the total amount of scrip produced at the meeting; or, in the case of a company already incorporated. by three. fifths at least of the meeting, the votes being given arid computed according to the constitution of the error party. 11. That for the purposes of this order it shall be com petent for the chairmaa of any meeting called in pursuance thereof, in the event of the above prescribed quorum of scrip shares or stock (as the case may be) riot being re presented at such meeting, to cause the votes of the per sons constituting the said meeting, approving or not ap provingto be taken and rec o rd e d, an d t hen to to some day, hour, an d p l ace t o be de clared adjourn b by t o t f t i e m the ehsea chairman, biell such day not b e i ng l ess th a n three days, and not more than one we e k, f rom t h e or i g inal day of meeting ; and such day, hour, and place being, in the meantime, advertised twice in each of three London dal l y newspapers; and at such adjourned meeting it shall also be competent to the chairman thereof to cause to be taken and recorded the votes of such of the persons constituting the same as have ru,t voted at the original meeting ; and the total amount of votes given at the original aid ad journed meeting shall be received as if given at one and the same meeting. 111. That such certificate shall also comprise, in a ta bular form. the following particulars:— - • 1. The day, time, and place of the meeting, and of the adjourned meeting (if any.) 2. The dates of the insertion of the advertisements for the meeting, and the names of the news; apers is which they were inserted. 3. The names and addres-es of the persons produ cing the scrip at the meeting. 4. The denoting nut - 1,13 , 1 - s, and the amount of the scrip respectively produced by the persons so produ cing the same at the meeting. Or, in the case of a company, already incorporated; The respec ive amounts of shares or stock held Of represented by the shareholders or stockholders at tending the meeting. 5. The fact of the approval or non-approval of th e bill (as the case may be) by the several persons Pr' ) " ducing scrip at the meeting, or by the several share' holders or stockholders attending the meeting. 6. The total amount of scrip produced at such meeting, and the amount th reof produced by th e persons approving of the bill, or, in the case de s company already incorporated, the total amount 0 shares or stock repres en t e d, e ith er i n person o r in proxy, at the meeting, and the amount thereof so re' presented by persons approving of the Lill. 7. The total amount of the capital proposed to be raised by the company under the hill ; or. in the 0 9 : of a company already incorporated, the total atnou" of the capital or stock of such company. IV. Thiit such certificate shall he signed by the chair: man of the meeting and by one of the solicitors of se: company, and the awhenticiry of such cert ficate shall b° verified by the signature of the parliamentary agent depo siting the same. SPO a TIN G 1 A Y'EL LIG ENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S ON TrwasnAlr. CHESTER CUP.-12 to 1 agst Sw.atnneat —taken ; 14 I fs 1 ags. Weathertut ; 20 to 1 a_st Mi-s Burns ; 20 to 1 tig; . , Vitula ; 20 to 1 agst Bdish ; 30 to 1 agst Pettomeie r ,, taken ; 30 to I als' Corranna ; 30 to 1 agst taken ; 30 to 1 agst the Magnet ; 40 to 1 agst Cluoir9 taken ; 50 to 1 agst Glossy. 4 2,1:00 GUINEA STARES.-6 to 5 ag.it Tom Tulloc., to I agst I go ; 4 to 1 .gst any other. D RBY.-9 to 2 ag-t Sting ; 5 to 1 agst Tom Toil°ll3l 25 to 1 art Spithead ; 20 to 1 t , g•t Brocardo ; 3 0 t° agst Ingo ; 40 to 1 agst Cruwo Prince. ho A r, n r: e j off memorial,co hums-jocke y, e t by l i i , : nt s b oedh e i e bs o y m L a od d u tieser o n d r t e h s e t o e r oe PalmerstonuJr o s e h ,a n nb D dy a p y. i Lordr . st , : 1 ; 1 t h b o 00 : Fitzroy, and many gentlemen, t o t h e stewar d s or I) / Jockey Club f.r a renii-sion of the sentence P 3 ''l • them. An answer has been retur ne d th a t t h e s tews' P c ea the Jockey Club cannot rescind the sentence prortoo" by them on John Day. No" FOOT RACE —On Monday, Henry Sharpe, of ro thowram, anti Cohler Jack. onßradfr.rd, met accord i " to previous arrangement at Sand Beds, near Keigi run 150 yards. for £lO a side. The parties went' t lo ng A a wd IT: organi t oe a Nr i n b. e y d t h h toe e e yi fi at. , r raw s dr t hsi a.o lo p o a l the firing of a gun, and got off together, the cohler ts o ,o Greatt s t e r ,ci dF b r io s o' t St a hh g e s a o ' r A n l e ad , esai wh ich 9 A , a T su i ; idP sup erio r speed e e n : ePl e , Chase. which has been so long anticipated by the sit, tor world has been decid d, and the successful c.ndidt'ooo the envied distinction of winr.ioa it is one of oo r w ed countrymen So far as the t r i ump h h av i ng heeri! goss by an Englishman is concerne d , we might. Pe"'"%'etc allowed to take so me p r id e i n t h e resu l t o f the e" ; t ill tion; but there are other circumstances connected which are so utterly repugnant to all regard to dee' e and so revolting to the common feelings of telligent portion of the people of this country, thotpwbowei sure the honour will only be viewed by them wit b d , 01 0 indignation, and regret ; for, shocking as the tru trt be to every well-regulated mind this match, 1% 0 4 1 0 national superiority of the English and Frenen cane': chase horses (oh! shame, where is thy deepest % w e i d blush, to cover the impious I rofanity), actually ' co pts io on SUNDAY afternoon! and the winner of it ":„. iit Peel, who appears to have been a perfect most reprehensible pastime, for we find he way no mi. -1 00 of his own horse, but acting as the jockey ,fo r Li t o f bury.'s horse Culverthorpe, beating Mr. Ne v 7 e lt4i' i s Tommy by more than a length. MT:nit a str' n g r d for d o. reflections does such a contemptuous rlisregß, tt christian sabhath give rise to, more part icularlY iev w" As i closes at the same time the shameless inconsisu cult marked the conduct of the inhabitants of Paris . it 0100 week, for in the same account it, which the I.u t i,e b ic match is described we are gravely informed g v ) ,e. city l , ad been engaged the for, noon in rettl,t anti l in , the 0 ", reel thanks at their places of worship for the servation of their sovereign's life from the it ir tendons of a mi-creant ! But per sous w :, t ho flagrantly discreditable to ,t hose , r hal s " . I 'lo° such profanity and inconsistency, it is P: beoit" e r wisest course in others publicly to condernt i i here oth as there are things done in secret, •ao a re ; , f e wo bie publie,•of which it is " even a shstne to ers d t he (I therefore, quit the forbidding abuses an set" to duty of giving them a notoriety by further "