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finprrial Varltaments HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY -- - Lord KINNAIRD moved for a return of the amount of fees incurred by the introduction of railway bills into their lordships' house during the last session of parliament, and by petitions against such bills, and how applied, dis tinguishing those paid for each bill. The expense of rail way bills and the opposition to them was enormous, more than one-third of the expense of passing a bill of that de scription arising from the fees payable to the house. In one instance the construction of a railway was estimated at £200,000, and all the proprietors were assenting par ties. The line was considered an excellent one for the public ; but the expense of procuring it, in consequence of the opposition of a competing company, amounted to nearly £15,000. The motion was agreed to. Lord MONTEAGLE asked the noble lord, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he could lay before the house the report of Mr. Walker, the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, on the subject of the Ame rican tariff. He would not move to that effect, until he heard from the noble Earl whether it was his intention to lay these papers before the house. The Earl of ABERDEEN said be had no objection to pro duce the document asked for. Sir R. FEEL said it was not the intention of the govern ment to bring forward, this session, any measure for the reformation of the ecclesiastical courts. The right hon. baronet then entered into an explanation of the views of the government on ihe timber duties. It was in contem plation ultimately to reduce the differential duties from 255. to 155.; but this was to be effected gradually,—first, by reducing ss. of the duty on the sth of April, 1817, and then by reducing another ss. on the sth of April, 1818. Upon sawn timber he would propose to reduce the duty by the amount of Es. on the sth of April, 1816. Upon the smaller descriptions of timber, such as oars, spars, &c., there would be a proportionate reduction; but he would reserve his opinion as to whether the reduction of duty on this kind of timber should not be immediate. In reply to a question from Mr. Moffat, Sir R PEEL said, the sugar duties were annually voted, and be would not propose anything relative to them until the commercial measures which be already announced were disposed of by the house. Mr. MILES wished to know if a rumour which prevailed were true, that a noble lord and an hon. member, both of whom had resigned their seats, bud accepted office under the crown. Sir R. PEEL said it was true. They had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. (A Laugh.) The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMmoNs xx , .: EDNESDAY Captain PECHELL moved for " a copy of any letters and general rules issued by the Poor-law Commissioners relative to the employment of paupers in grinding and crushing bones, or in preparing bone dust, together with copies of any answers from the several Boards of Guar dians, remonstrating against such general rule." The gallant officer prefaced his observation by alluding to the case of a lab , wring man who had been brought to death s door several years ago in the Eastbourne Union, owing to the system of grinding and crushing bones then adopted in that workhouse. He bad brought that case at the time under the notice of the House, and had elicited from Sir J. Graham a strong expression of his disapprobation of the practice of putting paupers to suchdegrading and disgusting work either as employment or punishment. The Poor law Commissioners had, nevertheless, permitted the con tinuance of the practice; and from returns which he had obtained last session it now appeared that it was still in force from nearly 200 unions in the country. The gross and grievous case of the Andover Union had at last com pelled Sir J. Graham again to interfere; and he had un derstood that an order had been at last issued by the Poor law Commissioners directing an end to be put to this prac tice of pounding and grinding bones. It was rumoured that several Boards ot Guardians had remonstrated against that order, and had by some means obtained a suspension of that order. He trusted that Sir James Graham would persist in the course upon which he had entered, and would, by insisting on the suspension of the suspending order, complete the humane work which he had under taken. _ _ Sir JAMES GRAHAM would not offer any opposition to the Motion. He had always been averse to this mode of employment, from feeling that it was of a degrading cha racter, and that it partook more of a penal character than became a :workhouse. Having found upon investigation that the Poor-law Commissioners had the power of regu lating labour in workhouses by a general order, be had pressed upon them the expediency of issuing such a ge neral order as would prohibit that particular mode of em ployment, of which Captain Pechell so justly complained. The Poor-law Commissioners had acted upon his sugges tion ; and the result was, that the existing provisions for employing paupers had been much deranged. Though this pr ctice had been adopted in 200 out of 500 union workhouses in England and Wales, there were only nine in which it had been found necessary to allow some short interval to enable the Guardians to adapt their mills to some other occupation. In those nine cases be had upon his own responsibility consented to a suspension of the general order of the Poor-law Commissioners for three months from the Ist of January last. On the Ist of April through England and Wales this particular employment would no longer be legal. Sir J. GRAHAM stated, that in the course of the present session he should ask the House to consent to a supple mental Bill for regulating the procedure, and for extend ing the jurisdiction, of Courts' of Requests in all parts of England in cases of debt not exceeding £2O. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY The Earl of DALHOUSIE reported from their Lord sbips' Committee on railways the following resolutions : " That such portion of the standing order, No. 224, as requires from the promoters of railway bills a deposit of one-tenth of the whole capital subscribed should be sus pended, as regards all bills commencing in the House of Lords, during the present session. That no railway bill be read a first time unless a deposit of one-twentieth of the subscribed capital be paid before the 6th of February, and that no such bill be read a third time until a further deposit of one-twentieth be paid." _ _ _ That no petition for a railway bill be received after Monday, the 23rd February instant." The noble earl gave notice, that on that day he would call the attention of their lordships to the proposed altera tion on the standing orders. The Earl of CLANCARTY, conformably with notice, moved for the appointment of a select committee, to in. quire into the state of the pool in Ireland ; also to inquire into the various mod •s of medical relief in that country. Lord BROUGHAM expressed a hope that the recom mendation in her Majesty's speech, with regard to mea sures for the improvement of the condition of Ireland might be brought forward without delay. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he would attend to the suggestion. The committee was then appointed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY In reply to a question from Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. S. HERBERT said it was intended to bring in a measure to amend the existing militia acts, and under that bill the militia might be called out for the purposes of training, but it was not the intention to embody them. As to whether they would be called out for other purposes, must depend upon circumstances, but he hoped the public would not inconvenience themselves by taking precautions until they saw the measure in contemplation, for the govern ment expected to attain its object by a less onerous pro cess than that of the ballot. In reply to a question from Mr. P. M. Stewart, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, there was no in tention to alter the duties on colonial spirits, nor did the government intend to relax the prohibitions against the use of sugar and molasses in breweries. The Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Bill gave rise to a short discussion, but it was eventually read a second time. Sir T. FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in a bill to encourage the fisheries in Ireland, by the erection of piers and harbours on the coast. ---4.--____ HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The LORD CHANCELLOR laid upon the table a bill to relieve her Maj 'sty's subjects from certain penalties which now attached to the holding of certain religious opinions. —Read a first time. Lord CAMPBELL begged to ask his noble friend whe ther the bill pr , sented was in accordance with the last re port of the Criminal Law Commissioners ? The LORD CHANCELLOR. said the bill did not coerespond exactly with the bill of the commissioners, because be had thought it better to divide their bill into two. The other part of the bill related to the oath of allegiance, supre macy, and abjuration. It was a question of much import anee, and he thought required further consideration. The bill was then read a first time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Sir. R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Dr. Bow ring, said that the government had not received any in formation of any retaliatory measures contemplated by Spain with the view to obtain the introduction of the su gars of Cuba on the same terms with those of Manilla, Venezuela, and the United States, nor did be believe any such measures ..ere contemplated. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether the go vernment had had any further correspondence with the Spanish government relative to the sugar of Cuba. Sir R. PEEL said that a further correspondence had ta ken place, which he would take care should be laid before the house previous to any discussion taking place. Sir R. PEEL in answer to a question from Mr. Pattison, said that, generally speaking, it was intended that th. re duction of duties in the tariff should take place immedi ately upon the passing of the resolutions to that effect. The Right Hon. Baronet also stated, in answer to a question from Lord John Russell, that he proposed that after the resolutions bad passed and been reported, that the *eduction of duty on corn should take place immedi ately. Mr. WATSON moved for leave to bring in a bill for the further repeal of pains and penalties upon Roman Catho lics. Lord JOHN MANNERS said, if his hon. friend perse vered bringing in his bill, he should feel it his duty to support it, believing that it was injurious to the Church of England to retain those pains and penalties. Mr. O'CnNNELL deprecated the continuation of a law that punished virtue and devotional exercies. LorJ JOHN RUSSELL thought it was the duty of the house to have the law with respect to Roman Catholics placed upon some reasonable footing, which it certainly was cot at present. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Mr. BASKES, in moving for various returns relative to the aopiications for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hun dreds sod Of the forms and grants, &c., said that it was Despatches in anticipation of the Overland mail from Bombay, of the 3rd of January, reached town on Thurs day. via Trieste, bringing the important news that the Sikh army had crossed the Sutletj, invaded the British territory, and declared war against England; that the Governor General had issued a proclamation declaring the posses-ions of the Maharrajah Dhuleep Singh, on the left hank of the Sutletj, confiscated and annexed to the Bri tish territory : and that an important battle had been fought at Ferozepore, between the British and the Sikh troops, which had lasted three days and nights, and had not terminated when the latest advices left, at which time the British had taken from the enemy 65 canon. The loss was great on both sides, hut the enemy had been defeated when the despatch left. Sir Henry Hardinge led the cen tre, Sir Hugh Gough the right, and General Littler the left wing. The Victoria steamer, by which the mail was conveyed from Bombay to Suez, had lett the harbour when the dispatches arrived, but had fortunately not pro ceeded too far to be recalled. The Sikh troops are said to be about 70,000 in number, of indomitable courage, and disposed to fight with the proverbial desperation of fanatics. They are, however, in so disunited and disor ganised a state as to render them much less formidable than they might otherwise have proved. Stimulated by the prospect of extensive plunder, and in opposition, it is pretended to the wishes of the Lahore government, they marched, towards the latter end of December, to the banks of the Sutletj, compelling Lab Singh, the paramour of the Ranee, to accompany them as a hostage for her adhesion to their interests. By the Bth of December their entire force had reached the bank of the river, and formed a line from Kussoor, opposite Ferozepore, to the Hurreke Ghat. The chief appointed to the principal command of the Sikh troops, Tej Singh, appeared to have delayed his departure from Lahore on one pretext or another as long as it was possible for him so to do, which would lead us to infer that he was in the confidence of the Queen Mother. We have already announced the departure of the Governor General from Delhi on the 19th November, and his ar rival and interview with Sir Hugh Gough and Major Broadfoot, who had repaired to that place from Umhallah, to consult with him on the measures it might be desirable to adopt. It will be remembered that our last advices al luded ambiguously to some difference of opinion which was said to have arisen between the Governor General and the Commander-in-Chief; and it is now stated that his Excellency had disapproved of the rapid advance of the troops to the river's bank, as tending to precipitate a collision which it was his great object not to precipitate. On the 27th of November he set out for Umballah, where he remained until the 7th December, engaged in review ing the troops. On the 11th he visited the camp, for the purpose of inspecting the various regiments. The deter mination of the Sikh troops to cross the Sutletj did not transpire until the 9 h of December, when orders were immediately issued for the assembling of the army. The proclamation to which we have already referred was issued on the 13th, and on the 17th the Governor General's camp was at Basseean, within thirty-seven miles of that of the Sikh army. The division under the command of Sir Hugh Gough was stationed only five miles off. On the 12th the Sikhs, amounting to 10,000 in number, and with twenty-seven guns, crossed the river by a ford twelve miles above Ferozepore. On the 13th they had approached within seven miles, continuing to send men and guns across by a bridge of boats. Thence they must have proceeded to Ferozepore, where the battle above referred to took place. The British army, which began to con centrate as rapidly as possible after the determination of the enemy's council of war was known, was composed of 11 complete troops of horse artillery, 11 companies of foot artillery, wi h four light field batteries ; a 12-pounder elephant battery of 13 guns, 14 24-pounders, 8 howitzers and mortars ; 3 European with 7 native light cavalry regiments, including the body guard ; 4 complete corps and a wing of the sth irregular cavalry ; 9 European and 25 native regiments of infantry, and nearly the whole corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners, with reinforcements on the march. By the 14th, 30,000 Sikhs, with 70 guns, had crossed the river. Their sole object in this aggression appears tl have been plunder, which they expected to obtain with little difficulty, and they carried with them provisions for the campaign, under the dread of being poisoned if they trusted to the food they found within the British territory. They must have been much surprised at the warmth of their reception, having had, it appears, an imperfect idea of the preparations which awaited them. The Queen Mother remained at Lahore, pretending that she opposed the march of the troops, but they had refused fo obey her. Indian accounts state that a sum of nearly thirteen thousand rupees has been subscribed for the proposed new college at Kishnagur, for the most part by natives. ✓ LONGEVITY.—The Courrier Francais states that a woman lately died at Tolosa, in Spain, at the extraordi nary age of 150 years. She leaves a daughter in her 82nd year. A letter in The Times, dated Lisbon, January 24, says, the Patriot(' gives later intelligence from Loando, an nouncing that the Lady Sale has been condemned as a saver by the Portuguese judges of the mixed commission, against 'he opinion of the English, who did not consider the case proved by the evidence. _ FAMINE IN SWEDEN.— A letter from Stockholm of the 15th of January states, that in the provinces of Upsal, Stockholm, and Westmanland, the scarcity has reached uch a degree of intensity, that it is feared generally lest a mass of unfortunate: persons rush to Stockholm, which would inevitably produce a famine. In Upland there are 14,000 persons without food or shelter. MARTIN LUTHER.—Thc 300th anniversary of Luther's death, which falls on the 18th instant, will be celebrated with the greatest pomp in all the Lutheran churches of Prussia. In that of the Royal Palace of Wittemberg, in which repose the mortal remains of Luther and Melanc than, 400 artists and dilettanti will perform the Messiah, and Luther's celebrated hymn, " Ein Festerurg ist unser Gott," composed by himself. ALGERIA.—The accounts from Algeria are unfavour able to the French. It is now quite certain that Abd-el- Kader has not retreated, and that the French army is so knocked up as to be unable for the present to undertake any expedition of consequence. The Alperie mentions a report, that Abd-el-Kader, on hearing of the disaster of General Levasseur, even ventured upon an excursion to the very walls of Setif. A SOP TO THE POPE.—The debate on the University question, in the Chamber of Deputies, was brought to a close, but without a division, on Friday, after a speech from M. Guizot, universally admitted to have been bril liant, but which embraced an avowal that has brought down upon him the ire of all the journals opposed to the Church. M. Guizot avowed that the dissolution of the Council of the University, by the Royal Ordinances of the 7th of December last, had been done with a view to propitiate the Pope, who would otherwise have opposed the break-up of the Jesuit establishments in France. Letters from Leghorn of the 25th ult. state, that the Pontifical Government apprehend another movement in Romagna. The political prisoners confined at Civita Castellana have attempted to escape, the guards were obliged to make use of their arms, and killed and wounded several of them. At Imola, a detachment of Carabiniers and Swiss soldiers having met in the streets a band of young men singing patriotic songs, fired upon them, and killed two and wounded some others. Much agitation had prevailed at Forli since the murder of the Commis sary of police of that town. GERMAN POLITENESS.—The Frankfort Journal gives the following anecdote :—" About a week ago the Duke of Nassau, while walking on the banks of the Rhine, near Mayence, asked a boatman whether the river continued to rise ? ' You,' replied the man, using a term equiva lent to calling the Duke a stupid ass, ' have been walking an hour here, and ask me whether the water rises !' The Duke turned away laughing. 'Do you know whom you have been talking to ?' asked a second boatman to the first. ' No! who was he?' Why, it was the Duke of Nassau !' Well, lam glad I was not rude !' " STATE OF PRUSSlA.—lmportant news has arrive(' from West Prussia. The persons compromised in the Polish plot had been transferred to Grandentz, and the authori ties imagined that they had thus prevented every explo sion of violence and discontent. This hope has been dis appointed ; on the night of the 18th ult. an attempt was made to gain possession of one of the gates of Grandentz, and to deliver the prisoners by force ; it is said ihat this attempt proved a failure. Patrols of cavalry put the re bels to flight, and numerous arrests were made. M de Bodelschwingh, Minister of the Interior, has sent out for Grandentz, to take in person the necessary information. It is said that a Polish Count, seriously compromised in the plot, and dissatisfied at having been made the dupe of vain promises, has offered to make important disclosures to the government.—Frankfort Paper. The famous article of the London Times of the 4th De cember, relative to the corn laws, had been received in New York, and is freely commented on in the journals before us. There had not been time to ascertain the effect which the announcement had had upon the Ameri can markets, as the intelligence was only received on the 15th ult. The effect, however, was anticipated to be, that prices of flour and grain would particularly feel the influ ence of such accounts, and that a very extensive demand for those articles, and large speculative shipments, would take place. Every one seemed on the very tip-toe of ex pectation of the news by the Hibernia steam-ship from this country, to the 4th ult., and until that arrived, busi ness was in a great degree suspended. A project has been introduced into the senate for build ing a steam navy. It was in the shape of a bill from the naval committee, which has been ordered to be printed. It appropriates 5,165,000 dollars, and gives authority tc the President to build ten steam-ships, and to complete all the ships on the stocks. New York, Friday, Jan. 17. BREADSTUFFS. — There was a little more doing, to-day, than was previously noticed, and the market is also more firm at our last quotations. Sales were made in Gene see, for export, at 5 doll. 75 cents, and in Southern at 5 dots. 75 cents. a 5 dots 871 cents. . _ COTTON.—There was a moderate enquiry to-day, and the sales amounted to about 600 bales. We could not learn of any change in rates, but rather more cotton has been brought out on the market, which gives the buyer a greater choice in his selections. We continue our quota. tions, as follows: LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION inferior Ordinary ..... Middling Good Middling Middling fair . Fair . Fully fair Good fair Fine Upl. Sr Flor. Mobile Sr N. 0. . - 6A i 64- . 614 64 0 , 4 7 . . 7a 71 7 a if 7L if 714 8 7.1 71 81-4 8; Sia 84 Bkg 81 .... 9a9 4- fib 84 .... 91a 91 81a 9 .... 10 alO4 CONGRESSIONAL COMPLIMENTS House of Representatives. Washington. Jan. 10,1846. Mr. Hudson rose on a privilege question. tie sent to the clerk's desk a copy of the Union, containing a long and severe attack upon him by Major Heiss. The clerk read it at length. Mr. Hudson defended himself. It was a fact that the president's message and public documents were formerly returned printed in about a fortnight. It was tilt so now. Mr. M'Connell, of Alabama, called the gentleman to order. He had no business to abuse the organ of the ad ministration. (Laughter.) Mr. Hudson said he had no inclination to play upon that organ. He would leave the management of the dis cordant notes in the hands of the gentleman from Alaba ma. (Laughter.) Mr. Hudson said the question was, whether an officer of the house should attack the house, or a member thereof. The doorkeeper might as well call the members to account for words spoken on that floor. Mr. M'Connell rose to order. The :tpeaker : The gentleman will state his point of or der (he pronounced the word point, pint ) Mr. M'Connell said, he would state his point, not his pint (pointing to his throat, as if he had swallowed about that measure.) Mr. M'Connell stated, that Ritchie and Heiss would not touch the gentleman with a ten-foot pole. Mr. Hudson would not reply to the gentleman from Alabama. After referring to the delay of the printing last year, saying that it was not their fault, but the fault of the conduct of the engraving committee, be left his case in the hands of the house. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, submitted a resolution, that J. P. Heiss, a person in the employ of this house, having charged upon a member of that house falsehood, &c., be dismissed from the office which he holds under this house. He was going on to defend this motion, when Mr. M'Connell called him to order. If the gentleman takes up the gentleman from Massachusetts, it is ditty bu siness in dirty hands. The Speaker called to order. Mr. Davis : I have no reply to make to a drunken blackguard. (Sensation.) Speaker: The gentleman from Kentucky must not in dulge in such language. Mr. Davies : I beg pardon from the speaker. Here Mr. M'Conneil left the house, in company with Mr. Sims, of Missouri. The votes were soon after taken, and we need scarcely refer further to the proceedings of this body We find in the recorded proceedings one member calling another a " liar," and another " a scoundrel." Asa sample of their Oregan eloquence, we give the following : Mr. Kennedy, of Indiana, was the victor among some thirty combatants for the floor. Ile said the people out west got their education in wrestling with bears. They were not even afraid of lions. If the British lion got into our path, it must get out of the way. The west was not for war, but they would not give up their country to dicta. tion. lie himself was a quaker : but he would fight for his nation. England was not so much, after all. If the British lion put his nose into our affairs, we would run the eagle's talons into it, and make it spout blood like a whale. He did not stick to party here. The Whig party are true as the other party on national honour. We will people the whole west. Put a singe pair of human beings out west, and visit them twenty years afterwards, and you'll find their number twenty, and so we'll go on with thousands and millions in that ratio. Our institutions should and would spread. Cuba, California, Oregon, all would come within the widening cirzle. The British go vernment was the worst government in the world. (Mr. Pakenham was in the house during part of the speech.) On her brow was written " Mene, Mene." (Here the Hebrew quotation failed amid roars of laughter.) The British lion must get off our territory, if it costs millions of lives and oceans of blood. That is all the war spirit in the west. _ Mr. Chipman, another honourable member of Con gress, said he went for the whole of Oregon. He was not like the man who went for the middle extreme. Ile was not for steering between Silly and Charybogue. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Chairman, said he, what is the question? (Loud laughter.) We hear great talk about being s pared by a lion in place of a wolf (referring to Mr. Holmes's speech on Oregon). He was not and would not be afraid of English lions. He g.loried in the speech of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Adams.) He bad bad prejudices against that venerable man, but they were all dissipated by his noble position on Oregon ; though his head was white with blossoms [noises, I be lieve, blossom], he was in favour of the rights of his country ; he had touched the hearts of the nation with a live coal from off the altar of patriotism. The brightest page of history would record the name of Adams, who was the breathing living history of his country's diplo macy. Mr. Chipman then went on to distinguish " joint occupation" from " joint occupancy." He gave his views upon arbitration, by supposing that some loafers would gather around him and ask him to arbitrate about his own coat, to which his right was " clear and unques tionable." Our right was as clear to Oregon as his right was to his coat. It did not come by Adam's will; it was I by the will of Omnipotence, whose plastic hand had made this continent for our governing hands. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, he said, would do great things. Michigan would take the conquest of Canada by the job ; Michigan would take Canada in ninety days, and give it back to England for the pleasure of taking it again. He then went into a defence of his former views on " Education warring on Democracy. He repeated it. It thwarted tha ways of Providence, and made men Whigs. (Laughter.) He seemed to be afraid of war, but be was not afraid. If a British man of war was lying in the Potomac with a broadside 1. yelled at this hall [the capitol is not on a level with the Potomac], and did she threaten us with destruction if we did not give up a certqin territory, ave, even one square yard, he would say—(a long pause]— Fire. (Shouts of laughter, and cries of "G o it. ) He had in his eye the boa constrictor freedom. The hedge hog of British usurpation spread out his quills. (Here the gentleman shrugged his shoulders, and spread his fingers, to imitate a hedgehog.) But let that hed g eho g beware how it came within that boa constrictor. TREASURE FOUND.—On Monday last, as some men were digging in a field at Borrisokane, they dug up up wards of 1,000 pieces of coin ; the large pieces were broader than a shilling, but much thinner; they were coined in Henry IV.'s time,- and passed for a groat in those days ; seven of them weigh one ounle ; the small pieces are about the size of a sixpenny piece, but quite thin ; they appear to be the silver penny of Henry 11. The silver pieces were not more than five or six inches under the surface of the earth, and must have lain there for c , nturies.—Nenagh Guardian. CORK ELECTION,—Mr. A. M'Carthy, the " enor mously rich" nominee of the Repeal Directory, has, of course, walked over for the seat in Cork vacated by the retirement of Mr. Serjeant Murphy. The election took place on Saturday, and the proceedings passed over quietly. On the same day Alderman Timothy O'Brien, ex-Lord Mayor of Dublin, and, if not " enormously rich," a sub stantial trader, was returned to the Saxon Parliament as member for " Cashel of the Kings," vice Mr. Serjeant Stock, who, like his brother of the coif, declined playing the fool in Conciliation-hall for the amusement of the overgroivn children who frequent that interesting locality. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—On Monday, the usual meet ing of this body was held, and notwith-tanding the ab sence of the Liberator, the " hall of sedition" was well filled. Mr. James Kelly, M.P. for Limerick, occupied the chair. King Dan's vicegerent (Mr. Smith O'Brien) brought up a report condemnatory of the government's proposed arrangement with reference to public works in Ireland, and, commenting on the intended repeal of the corn laws, argued that no compensation was in reality afforded to the agriculturists by the measures which Sir R. Peel proposed to give as an equivalent—they being such as ought in justice to be enacted, irrespective alto gether of the corn laws. He was himself in favour of moderate protection, but if the people of Ireland were willing to submit to the change, he was ready to acquiesce. Mr. J. O'Neill and others having addressed the meeting, the rent was announced to be £263. MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—Tw in MEN SHOT. —lt is our painful duty to announce a most melancholy circumstance, by which two human beings have, in an instant, been hurried into eternity ; and, it our authority be correct, we fear that the tragical occurrence was brought upon themselves by their own misdeeds. The melancholy affair took place on Sunday evening, the Ist instant, at Dreenan, within two miles of Maghera. It appears that two men, named Downing and Mulholland, who are Protestants ' were on their way to the house of the former, when they met a party of men, numbering about thirty, who were conducting themselves very bois terously on the highway, and as our informant states, were singing Ribbon songs. An altercation ensued among the Parties, but from whom the provocation emanated, we cannot tell. Downing and his companion were forced to run for their lives, being overpowered by numbers ; they succeeded in obtaining refuge in Downing's house, when the mob came up and surrounded the house. The Pro testant party, in self-defence, fired out, and the shots took effect on two of their assailants. One of the men lived for some hours afterwards; the body of the second sufferer was not discovered for some time, when it was found in a moss-hole, adjoining the road-side, and into which it is supposed the unhappy man had fallen after re. ceiving the shot. The names of the deceased are Henry M`Williams and John Higgins, both Roman Catholics. — Londonderry Sentinel. IRELAND AND FREE TRADE.—AS a result of the mi nisterial declarations bacon has fallen four shillings a cwt. and hams two shillings. This, it is remarkable, will be agreeable intelligence to the pork-curers in the counties of Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Kerry, and to the dry-smokers of Ballybrack and other localities in the county of Wicklow. Turning from produce to land, we have the following " authentic particulars on competent authority :"—Tidgeon-park, an eligible property, within three miles of the city of Kilkenny, very well circum• stanced, was sold in 1836 to Mr. De Montmorency for £10,600. On account of an alleged defect in the title, he got out of the purchase. That defect, if it ever existed, has been since cured, and the same property brought to a sale in 18-14, when £8,500 was offered and refused for it, as being totally insufficient, as the rental amounts to £5OO per year. It was again offered for sale in Master Goold's office, on last Friday, when no person could be got to bid more than £5,300; and though very much pressed a pur chaser who offered a year ago £8,400, would not consent to have it knocked down to him for £6,ooo.—Dublin Wexford paper says that pigs which averaged 435. to 445. per cwt. a fortnight back, could not bring 355. at the fair of Taghmon on Wednesday, and a complete panic seemed to have seized on buyer and seller. A let ter from Tralee, of Monday's date, says, " Grain, if bought at all, was purchased at much lower quotations than the previous day. Pork, beef, butter, eggs, all commodities in fact, but potatoes, tumbled. Potatoes, however, I regret to say, from the progress of the rot, advanced a third, and this, as I stated a few days since, at a period when the rate of remuneration for agricultural labourers is 244. per day, and diet—a few wet Jumpers."] GOVERNMENT PRECAUTION S.-W e mentioned on Tues. day the arrival at Cove of a vessel (the Atlas) with Indian corn. Another (the Adirondock) had arrived on the same mission about a fortnight previously. They are large American liners, registered 1000 tons, and between them they have brought, probably, about 5000 barrels of corn meal and Indian corn They were reported at the Cust-m -house on Tuesday, and yesterday commenced discharging the meal at Haulbowline, whence it will be supplied as occasion may require. The corn, or a portion of it, they will bring to the quay, for conveyance, for grinding. to the Lee Mills, which have been taken by the firm of N. and I. Cummins, for either the Messrs. Baring or the Go vernment—the latter is the general opinion, and we believe the correct one. A vessel similarly laden is said to have sailed for Waterford, and another for Limerick, and seve ral others are, we understand, expected here. This is a prudent and commendable precaution, and let Govern ment have the praise of it. We said, when liberal jour nalists were scribbnaT, and liberal orators were spouting, about their apathy and heartlessness, accusing them of not caring for the lives of a starving people because they were Irish, &c., that ministers felt more keenly than their re vilers the responsibility of their situation, and the result has proved it. Commissary-general Hewetson and two other officers connected with the commissariat department have been for some months in the city instituting inquiries and communicating with Government, and it is the in formation received from these and similarly authorised agents in other parts of Ireland, that Sir R. Peel relied on in his statement in the Commons. Indian corn, when properly managed, makes, we understand, an excellent ar ticle of food, and perhaps when Sir Robert spoke of de posing the potato, it was by this that lie intended to supply its place. The proper management, however, is, we be lieve, a matter of some difficulty ; but Government, we presume, will take measures to teach the people how its conversion into bread is to be effected. — Cork Constitution. important that inquiry should be instituted into the mo tives which led members of the house to make applicati ons for the office. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no objection to the motion. Mr. 5. O'BRIEN then moved for two new writs for Dorsetshire, in the room of Lord Ashley and Mr. Sturt, who have accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord BEAOMONT put a question to Lord Aberdeen respecting the detention by the Sardinian Government of a gentleman named Graham, who chose to fancy that this detention arose out of hatred to his patronymic, and not out of a mistake, as was satisfactorily explained by Lord Aberdeen. The Earl of DALHOUS IE then moved the adoption o the new resolutions respecting the railways, and urged the great benefit which the public would derive from the adjustment of the amount of business between the two houses, as well as the great necessity of an early provision for employing the people of Ireland. Lord MONTEAGLE explained more fully the nature of the proposed alterations as affecting Irish railway bills; and commented very severely on the plan pursued with respect to railway deposits for the present session. In his opinion it was impossible to conceive anything more mischievous to the mercantile classes than the existing system. The motion was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Mr. P. MILES gave notice that when the question should be put that the Speaker do leave the chair for the purpose of going into a committee on the commercial re solutions to be submitted to its consideration by Sir R. Peel, he would move, as an amendment, that the house should resolve itself Into committee that day six months. In reply to a question from Mr. LABOUCHERE; Sir R. - PEEL said that since January, 1840, the Brazi lian Executive had the power of imposing discriminating duties upon the ships and produce of such other countries as would not accede to the Brazils the same commercial facilities which they enjoyed in that country. The Bra zilian Government, therefore, had the power of imposing discriminating duties injurious to the commerce of Great Britain, but they had not done so, nor had he received any intimation that they intended to do so. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL IMPORTANT FROM INDIA THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD The valley of the Meuse is one sheet of water, owing to the late rains. In Leige people are conveyed from house to house in boats. The waters are still increasing, and if the rains continue, the most fearful consequences are en tertained. From Malines to Brussels, on each side of the road, the waters extend, for a quarter of a mile, se veral feet in depth. The cottagers in some places are unable to descend below the first floor of their dwellings, and all communication with the neighbourhood is kept up by means of boats. FRANCE.-A discussion took place in the chamber of deputies. on Monday, on an amendment to the paragraph in the address relating to the foreign policy, to the effect, that it was desirable that the course of action pursued by France should be independent of England. M. Guizot, in replying to M. Remusat, the mover, maintained that such was the case ; and said that, if it did not imply a censure on the government, he would not have opposed the amendment. M. Thiers attacked the ministry for in terfering respecting the annexation of Texas, in deference, he said, to England, M. Guizot replied, that they inter fered at the instance of the Texan charge d' offaires at Paris. On a division, the ministry had a majority of 68, which is considered a great triumph.—The French minis try gained another triumph, on Tuesday, in the chamber, having defeated an amendment on the right-of-search question by a majority of 73, with a full house. Thus the absurd procrastination by the opposition of the discussion on the address, which has already occupied fourteen sit tings to the exclusion of all real business, has had no other effect than a series of defeats of the party. AMERICA. (From our Second Edition of Tuesday last) By the packet-ship Yorkshire, 'Captain Bailey, which arrived in the river this morning, we have received New York papers to the 18th ultimo, being four days later than previous advices. In Congress on the 12th ultimo, on the motion of Mr. Allen, the joint resolution for giving the twelve months notice to Great Britain of the dissolution of the treaty of joint occupation of the Oregon territory wn3 taken up, when Mr. Allen moved that the resolution be postponed t i the 27th ultimo. Mr. Westcott argued for a longer postponement, and moved the substitution of the 10th of February. Mr. Calhoun said he should vote for the longest time, and the 10th of February was fixed on after a short debate, by a majority - of 32 to 18. On the motion of Mr. Hannegan, his resolutions de precatory of a compromise on the line were also post poned to the same day. Of course the postponement of the debate has been variously interpreted. Some think it a favourable symptom, indicating the complete post ponement of the whole business to another year, and another Congress. According to the Washington Union, the act of giving no.ice is looked upon as a peaceful mea sure, merely empowering the President either to continue or to open negotiations. The public excitement was rapidly cooling down, and the tone of the advice.; is much more pacific than any we have received from the States for some time. IRE LAND. DRUNKENNESS IN CORK.—There were 622 drunkards committed to Bridewell by the constabulary, during the month of January. The number committed in January, 1843 was 100 ; in January, 1844, 173; and in January, 1845, 315. _ _ _ COWARDLY ATTACK,—On Sunday week, a ferocious attack was made by two men, on a lady named Bennett, residing at Monaghill, Lower Ormond. When on her way to church, the two ruffians walked up to the car on which she was sitting, and one of them snapped a pistol twice at her without effect, while the other struck her a heavy blow with a " wattle." £lOO reward has been offered for their apprehension. AWFUL MURDER.—On Wednesday evening, as a man named Madden, who was in the employment of Mr. Stoney, of Portland, was going home from his daily labour, he was shot by some assassin in a grove convenient to the en trance-gate to Mr. Stoney'a house, near Portumna. The assassin, not satisfied with shooting his victim through the body, literally dashed his brains out with a spade.—Bal - Advertiser. _ _ _ THE CAIRT er FASHIONABLE WORLD, Lady Sarah Lindsay is seriously indisposed at the resi dence of the Earl of Balcarres, in Berkeley-square. Sir Robert Peel's health has not been of late so good as usual, and it is said that Lady Peel is very desirous that he should retire from the fatigues of office. Lord Glenlyon, heir to the dukedom and estates of Athol, has accepted the office of Lord in Waiting, va cated by Lord Hardwicke. The son of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton is now at the Hydro t athic Establishment, Sudbrook Park, Petersham, Surrey, taking a course of treatment for the improvement of his health. Sir Edward himself is on his way to Naples. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton received his Excellency the French . Ambassador, the Duke and Duchess of Buc cleuch, the Earl of Clare, Count Potocki, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon. &c., at dinner, on Thursday last, at their mansion in Belgrave-square. On the previous day the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Mary Howard, Lady Frances Cole, Miss Cole, and a small circle, dined with the noble lord and lady. THE COURSE OF 1 OVE RENDERED SMOOTH.—A re conciliation was effected between Lady Adela Ibbetson and her noble parents, the Earl and Countess of J• rsey, during the late visit of Captain and Lady Adela Ibbetson to London. The scene is represented to have been very touching ; and, by desire of the noble earl, the gallant captain is to exchange from the 11th Dragoons to the Blues. FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Dresses continue to be made with high bodies ; no other seem advisable. Sume are with basquines, and lit tle jacket behind ; others are with brandenbourghs a la czarine, and have large pattes of velvet ; others are of the waistcoat make, with jackets a la cataline, consisting of small square pieces laid one on the other. full dress, lace flounces are fashionable, with berthes to match ; when the corsages are not drape's, a style much in favour this season, the sleeves are still short and much trimmed ; the gloves alsq continue short, and generally ornamented with lace or ribbon. Bracelets are very fashionable. Gimp is universally worn even on ball dresses. The colour boulon d'or, has been much worn in Paris ; also very pole blue and green, with ornaments in dia monds; the skirts for dress are made to train a little, un less for dancing ; double and triple skirts are again in fa vour, and montants of flowers or ribbon are used to raise them at the side. The Pamela bonnets have not been very much ap proved in Paris, and the form is already undergoing a change; the new ones, though not so erases as the Pa mela, are less close than those worn last year. The bea ver colour in velvet and velours epingle is still in favour. There is much variety in the coiffures for dress ; some are in the Greek style a la Bade, Spanish, Milanese, Algerine, Oriental, &c., gold, flowers, ribbon, feathers and gauze, with velvet, composing the materials ; dress hats and reailles inclosing the hair, terminating with long ends and tassels, and wreaths of flowers on blond of gold or silver, all form elegant coiffures. We are loth to enter in these columns upon any religious discussion whatever, but we do feel urged by the necessi- Ves of the case to step for once between the public and the acceptance of a doctrine that involves the spiritual inde pendence and possibly the happiness of every member of the state. We need hardly say, that the assertion con tained in the sentence above quoted is one that has long been stoutly maintained by the Romanist. Once prove hat human power is not inferior to that of Heaven,—that the ability to forgive and punish rests equally with the Creator and the creature, and what sacrifices shall not be made to purify the soul, what bribes shall be sufficient to satisfy the greedy man in whom this power lives? if sins may be forgiven, forgiveness may be purchased, and if for giveness may be purchased, sinfulness may be indulged. Not so, says Dr. Pusey ; for," true repentance must pre cede the priest's forgiveness ;" but true repentance has already gained the forgiveness of the sinner's Saviour. The pardon of the pri,st is useless, or is worse. If re pentance is sufficient for pardon, priestly condonation is not required ; it insufficient, priestly favour cannot be im partial, since it may be bought, and the rich only can make sure of the blessing.—Times. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. Archbishop Whately has expressed himself strongly against the Evangelical Union. The Earl of Powis has expressed his intention of renew ing his efforts to obtain the repeal of the acts consolidat ing the bishoprics of Bangor and St. Asaph. Dr. Pusey's sermon was printed before it was preached, and submitted to several divines. We should like to know who the responsible divines are ?—Church and Slate Gazelle. Is IT TRUE ?-If we are not mis-informed, the Rev C. Wordsworth's resignation of the second mastership at Winchester College, which the University Herald of last week says it hears is on account of ill health, is really not unconnected with complaints which have been made of his attempting to confess the boys at Winchester school. — Church and State Gazette. DR. PUSEY'S SERMON, Dr. Pusey cannot have been insensible to the effects of his own cherished but mischievous opinions, during the last few months. He has seen those who acknowledge themselves with pride and gratitude his disciples passing through every stage of duplicity, until desertion from the church has crowned their lamentable career of retrogres sion. We did expect that duty to the University and love to the Church would, at the very earliest opportunity, have urged the parent of this great calamity to express his sor row for the past, and to utter a word of warning for the future ; to fling away, at least, those gloomy crudities and that worse than useless mysticism with which he has ever delighted to invest baleful error, and to captivate the minds of the thoughtless and the weak. Nothing of the kind has happened. In a tone of spiritual &fiance Dr. Posey takes up the thread of his discourse at the point at which he quitted it upon the occasion of his summary dis missal. The sermon which he preached on Sunday last, so far from evincing a healthier state of thought and feel ing, may be read in connexion with that which obtained for him the grave censure of the University, am' be re garded only as its fit and natural conclusion. It betrays the same leaning towards doctrines repudiated by the church of England,—it exhibits the same cloud and dark ness, and deals in the like subtle and abstruse enigmas. Lowly as the s►yle may look, there is no mistaking the animus that flows beneath it. Priestly self-satisfaction and sufficiency creep to the very surface ; an unconquered will pervades it. The text of the sermon already announces the assumption of the old position, and proclaims the te nacity with which the holy warrior is prepared to fight for sacerdotal rights. " Whosoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them ; and whosoever sins ye retain, they are retained." It is in illustrating these words that Dr. Pusey, in his first ser mon after readmission, remarks as follows : " The greatness of the power thus intrusted to man might well exceed our belief, and make us tremble to e ecute it. and almost doubt as men had doubted whether we had it. But our Lord premised his commission with these few brief words, con veying at once its extent, and the i ule and guidance of it As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.' " RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE, Many very wealthy men have disappeared in conse quence, it is said, of unfortunate railway speculations. The perpetual lease of the Arbroath and Forfar to the Aberdeen has been ratified. The East Lancashire Directors report, that they have a ilance of £61,512 in hand, applicable to the works still progress The - Newcastle and North Shields, at the tenth annual meeting, announced d dividend of 255. per share, making, with one in the summer, five per cent. per annum. It is said that the report on the gauges is just ready. The Railway Chronicle predicts that it will be found in favour of the narrow. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have established an electric telegraph between the two cities, which has been successfully worked for same da)s in con nexion with the share market. The stoppage of the Sheffield and Retford Bank is said to have placed the Great Grimsby and Sheffield and the Sheffield and Lincoln in difficulties; 1:60,000 had been placed in the bank, and the deposits are not now forth coming. During some recent proceedings in the Lord Mayor's Court, against Messrs. Eagles and Bisgood, the projec tors of the London and Norwich Direct Railway Com pany, it was stated that the two defendants constituted the whole company—chairman, deputy-chairman, direc tors, secretary, surveyor, engineer! The inhabitants of Barnard Castle have, at a public meeting, resolved to petition Parliament in favour of the York, Carlisle, Durham, Westmoreland, and Lancaster Junction Railway, on the ground that it passed close to the town, whilst its rival, the Northumberland and Lan cashire line, will pass at least a mile off. The House of Commons closed on Friday, the last day for the receipt of petitions for private bills, earlier than usual, and a good many railway bills were too late, and are therefore thrown out. One agent alone came up to the house after it had closed with no fewer than fourteen bills in his arms, and bad the happiness of finding—closed doors. At the Birmingham and Gloucester meeting a dividend was declared of £3 per £lOO share, and 15s per quarter share upon all shares dated prior to Ist July, and of Its. 3d. per quarter share upon all dated prior to the Ist August, 1845. The business of the day was almost exclusively confined to this, the company having now committed the management of its affairs to the Midland. The Select Committee of the House of Commons have reported the expediency that a portion of the railway bills should commence in the House of Lords ; that in regard to these, the privilege of fixing and regulating rates and tolls will not be insisted on ; and that Irish bills should have the preference in the Lords. There are other re commendations, important only to those immediately in terested. At the Bristol and Gloucester meeting, the Report which was read recommended the distribution among the proprietors of £11,896 as the half-year's interest due on the Ist of January, being at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num on the stock, to which each sharehol ;er is entitled, under the agreement made on the Bth of February 1845, between'the Midland and the Amalgamated Bristol and Gloucester and Bristol and Birmingham, deducting there from interest at 4 per cent. on such part of the stock as still remains unpaid. A railway Bear is a person who sells more shares than he holds, for the purpose of depressing the market. A railway Bull, on the contrary, is one who buys more than he can pay for, with a view to get prices up by creating a demand. A Stag is a person who obtains letters of allot ment or scrip by fictitious representations, for the pur pose of selling at a profit, and without any intention of becoming a shareholder. A Lime Duck is a person who cannot or will not pay his losses, incurred by speculating in shares or stock. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—It having appeared in some of the morning papers of Friday, lnd railway papers of Saturday, that the above undertaking had been thrown out on standing orders, we are requested to state that this is wholly incorrect. It was opposed by one or two land owners ; but, out of numerous allegations, there were only three or four sustained, which compelled the sub-com mittee to send the bill for further consideration to the Committee on Standing Orders. But, inasmuch as no bill referred under similar circumstances has ever b een thrown out, parties interested in this undertaking need not be under any apprehension of this bill passing the ordeal. RAILWAY SHARES AS PROPERTY.—In the Court of Exchequer on Saturday, two persons who were rendered as bail and offered to justify, on being cross-examined, admitted that almost all their property consisted of shares in the Chester and Birkenhead and in the Leeds and Man chester Railway Companies. It was thereupon objected that railway shares were of too fluctuating a character to qualify special bail. The opposite counsel observed that the shares in the above companies were at a high premium, the railways were established and at work, and the shares in them were as good security as shares in any joint-stock undertaking in the kingdom. Mr. Baron Alderson ob served that Bank of England notes, or money in the funds, were, if viewed with the strictness here contended for, fluctuating property. The Court considered the qua lification sufficient, and the bail justified. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Knowles, Queen's Counsel, well known on this circuit, has been appointed Attorney-General of the County Palatine of Lancaster, vacant by the promotion of the Hon. J. S. Wortley to the office of Judge Advocate. EXAMINATION OF ATTORNETS.--11, is rumoured in the legal circles, that premiums and certificates for profi ciency at tle examination of articled clerks will be given, and that many terms will not pass over before such dis tinctions are conferred. The premiums will consist of small sums of money.—London paper. "THE TIMES COM misstoNEH."—This gentleman, whose writings in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and other places, are so well known, was called to the Bar on Satur day week, by the honourable society of the Middle Tem ple. Mr. Thomas Campbell Foster is a native of Knares borough and was, for some time, on the staff of the Liver pool Standard. - REGISTRATION APPEAL. IMPORTANT DECISION.— Jn the Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday, the Lord Chief Justice delivered judgment in an appeal against the revising barrister of the West Riding of 'York, who had decided that parties joining together for the purpose of purchasing tenements for the object of " multiplying votes "had been in agreement with the statute. The ob jection had been taken by the appellant on the interpreta tion of the 3rd Wm. IV., ch. 35. The court was of opin. ion that the statute upon which the objection had been taken did not apply to the case, for that statute extended only to fraudulent conveyances, and not to conveyances bona fide and real. This deci-ion sets at rest all doubt as to the legality of the new county votes created under the auspices of the Anti Corn-law League. About 800 years ago, the At the present time til: Pope could, or did, absolve Pope has no more P Oll O subjects from their allegi- than ahw eccler-iastics ol d ance to their lawful sove- award to a helpless ° ,, e reign, as it is well known man , an d num b ers of t",, the agents of the Pope fo- I r i s h are now cross ing tP , merited rebellion in Irel ind, Atlan'ic. and forme' under such a pretence as churches in which the r °. a in absolution from Rome. p is h power i s renounce In the year A.D. 1209, the Pope, through French influ ence, caused 60,000 of the Protestants, called Albigen ses, to be put to death with out any fault of theirs, only that they were what the Pope called heretics. In 1530, Wm. Tindall, an Englishman, having trans lated the New Testament into the English language, Tonstal, Popish Bishop of London, and Sir Thomas More (of whom Lord Camp bell speaks so highly). con spired against Tindall, and in a few rears after he was strangled, and his body burnt. In the year A.D. 1568, the King of Spain, to show him self a true son of the church, sent a butcher, called Alga, to be governor of the Neth erlands,and in a few months' time this tyrant caused the death of 18,000 of the Pro testants, not in war but in cold blood ; and the Pope presented him with a conse crated hat and sword, a dis tinction previously confered only on princes. In 1572, the French Pro testants were barbarously butchered, to the number of 30,000, in one night. This was done to please the Pope, who caused medals to be struck to commemorate the event. toto. In 1797, the Pope ig ob liged to submit to the autbO• rity of the republican are in France, and required 0 give up to the conquer or° several pictures, s tatue' and valuable manuscript° from the Vatican I , brarY . . In the year 1533, tP papal power was declared tat/ null and void in Englatta; and in 1535, the Bible 3 0 0 'minted by authority, - in in a few years after in 11 :, the churches a Bible // 1 " placed in a convenient situ: ation for all who wished t " read. In the year 1834, the popish power received s uch a shock in Spain. as it ba. not yet recovered, soil hundreds of thousands " nuns, monks, and &lore were dislodged by the g ° ,; vernment, rnd the proren which the friars, &c., be grasped in former titre, was devoted to state PO' poses. In 1640,the French clergi declare the Pope's pretell: sions to the temporalities tv be null and void ; and , A ll the 7th November, 17 ,.',"; Gobet, the Popish Bin of Paris, with his gr a .• vicars, snd others of h i t clergy, entered the Hall o' the National Convention/ and solemnly resigned b 2! functions, abjuring Chris v anity ; and during the rec ° ; lution 24,000 priests vi e l f cut off, and as a coil ) main the French gove i r; ment lately banished t" In 1588, the King of Spain, at the instigation of the Pope, sent a fleet, called " invincible " to invade England. and put on board the said fleet 20,000 soldiers, besides all kinds of instru ments of torture to make the English turn papists ; but the English fleet conquered some of the Spanish, and the winds of heaven scat tered nearly the whole of what escaped, so that out of 150 ships, only 20 or 30 ever returned home. • ct , I shall. on a future occa s i on , f o ll ow up thi s subi e and am, sir, your obedient servant, Jesuits. - At the present period, Spaniard and the Pope P/ 6 gether could not m uster 6 few war ships equal to °L i e of the three deckers of t " British navy. CEDIPVS' SCULPTURE.—We have recently visited the a ttelle r e l Mr. C. B. Robinson, sculptor, in Myrtle •street4o would say to the admirers of fine art " do the same , ee t, we have n o d ou bt, s h ou ld th e y acce d e t o our requ o o of their exceeding gratification. Mr. Robinson is the o ,, of our once re s p ec t e d M a yor, Ni c h o l as Robi n son, ~„e t tl of Aigburth. W e do not me ntio n thi s a s a n indueeiP te g to the visit we h ave sugg e s ted, nor a s p r oof of the y ° ° it artist's attainments in his severe profession, Lut may induce the sons of others of our more wealthy n l en d lies to so dignified an example; and not as is now , 0 11 has been the case, to be ashamed of any connexion l id that as a profession which, in the most classical cou n ' t et of the continent, the noblest and most wealthy sel ec ,4 o o the passive to where Fame fits on her most losu` t bil laurels—Art. Everything in the way of study in eie te great commercial circle has nothing for its object hu t ( di d gain, or worse, silly show. It is true the scions ° OO lO higher families are sometimes permitted to dive , g e •be . • the counting-house duties ; th a t is, they may lin, hi „ o r, little literature or small doses of music, with an " - e ll ,' exercise per diem at the p a l e tt e , b u t no t profession pr e or they may commit th e f o ll ow i ng ex t ravagan cies 8 . „, 8 fessionally as they like, so that th e y b r i ng mono' , is, wear a red coat, a black coat, or a wig, however soot their own hair, but they must observe, nevertheles s l ;iioV during these professional caper* they k ee p goo d est', or: ments, and not disgrace in their own th e i r p a terea' r i c r riages. Well, these things are so, and we may b e o ftel but most men submit to that continental joking F O , 00,,, expressed by the familiar figure of Sir John, lEt ) b ''er the somewhat obese Miss Bull's journeying tiwi r g od buy some taste. and waste, besides their time, tb e '"to plus fat and cash. So much fur what we conceive the duties of those wbo, from position and wei;dtl,s afford to introduce and give a relish to taste. 1 {0 10: e i for the more immediate objects of our visit to Mr• e son's studio. It is not to be expected, nor d°, l .le O r ; capable if it were, that we should give anything !L o gs j tailed criticisms of the various statues, busts, Scc• to be seen there ; but this we may adventure aP" o f o h s that, too, without the learning betrayed by one itt w it contemporaries through a s i m il ar i nspec ti o n, tbi at ibe e o f first place Mr. Robinson not only appears to 119 , 1 , 0 i, highly successful with a number of busts—the P,c' e ' ro bo many gentlemen familiar to the Exchange. and P; 0 1 other flags—but what demands far higher praise , 3 rol ) e .0 figure of Christ, of William the Fourth in his sta te feel and also some exquisitely chaste examples of tb e b ioc ° o figure in various assumptions. Nor do Mr. R ° o rel A S d modelling powers seem confined to the human " bees we have a horse—not from the cropped and big' o f vd Parthenon creed—but one of the highest ritet tl :/st k ie o lti present day. In short, there appears to be eve r , e l o ,oo of art, whether classic or Gothic, bust or statue , t" e same of which must form an interesting treat to tbc s b 6 0' study and attentions have been drawn into aP t di' lightful and improving. , ri i$ INSOLVENCY.—The attention of f a ir resu e ',; o ooe, o o , rected to the startling fail ure o f th e em inent lie low Messrs. Robert and Be n j am i n B rown an d Co.. •e s 'r drapers, &c., as announced i n o ur a d ver tising c- n o oa i V HALLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS--Ei CT c l, b it o' NARY CURIL.—A NEVER- FAILING REMEDY - v SCid CASES OF SCURVY, SCORBUTIC HUMOURS. 13. 0 00' FULA.—Henry Hill, now a f oo t man to Ler" in 'V lately discharged from the Duke of servic e ' o il ° AO sequence of his having large sem butic blotell e L, ( o ° ,,to' his hands and fac e , t o hi s great difigurement• months he was treated by his master's medical a `, r eo PO, but to no purp ose ; an d the case was at last dec' t bel , ; fi a curable, and he was discharged. The poor fe lle Pills 4 o o a forlorn hop e , commence d us i ng H o llowaY's ao c ' Ointments, which eff ec t ua lly era di cate d the d's' his blood in less than three weeks. Feb. 10, 1846. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND-41"; SIR, — It is quite obvious that, in a variety nc,casheo.' " coming events cast their shadows before them , be.' ther as regards individuals or whole communities• tempest-tost mariner knows, by the movements or t h e upper strata of clouds, in what direction be may "fat the breeze, gale, or storm. So also the morning t w i",r o s is a harbinger of the full blaze of the midday en " o rb the darkness of night vanishes before the celestial oo of day, so will mental error and -unscriptural deinelod give place to and disappear before the light of truth , 8 .4 ignorance be superseded by that knowledg e w hi c h is b a For these upon and agreeable to the word of inspiration. e ti and other weighty reasons connected with, and confirtad, by the signs of the times, may we not expect the ge e I downfall of the Papacy ? It is very striking to notice the connexion there i 9 tween ignorance and imposition, for wherever and vib e :, ever we notice or read of persons being in a state of M, tal darkness, it is almost, if not altogether, a nec eses g, consequence of such a state of mind, that they sheu lj t hs the dupes of crafty and designing persons, or else. • dupes of their own blindness. And truly ignorance l u re community generates hypocrites and impostors, w . hl a o f ever ready to acquire and retain a grasp on the mne s ..„, those who have not su ffi cient sense to reject mental be", (11 dage. The political state of Ireland is a striking Pe° °f this. t e in& Perhaps the Popish usurpation of power over the • r h of men has been the most baneful of the many / 11 .; 0 which this world has been afflicted ; for there possible delusion that could be devised, but has been u' posed on ignorant persons by the Pope and his ad,be 0 r , eats ; no cruelty that could be invented, but has ° lv practised by Papists. Surely no earthly genius can V al i pare with the Tapacy in respect of making lies, an ° forsooth, in the name of religion. If people in the P..„` sent age were aware of the extent to which the Pei, carried their villainy in former times, all who have ae ce :a to the Bible would shrink with horror from such a er e n f as that of Rome. The Popes have usurped the plac e " Deity—they have attempted to pluck eternal justice rel her awful throne ; and, whilst shedding human blood O A cutting off thousands of the p-ople, pretend, with infer 7 impudence, that it was all done for the honour of p?,.; It appears, now-a days, that the Pope has a great clysliK to railways, and objects to any being constructed in bie patrimony. In truth, he may well be afraid, not tner eit of railroads as such, but he may dread the advanced s te ts of society, with which the present age is blest, becau se l is destruction to his sway. We need not fear. how ever that the steam-engine and its utility will long be retar d ed in Italy, even though the Pope should exclaim against i t. To show that Popery is declining fast, we need onli compare some of the years that are gone by with the P te • sent period, and perhaps it may be useful to do so:-- POPERY RAMPANT. POPERY FALLING. In the year A.D. 1074, At the present time, Ai' s ' Pope Gregory VII. obliged 1846. the Pope cou ld o ,° the Emperor Henry IV. of remain three days in Pal' Germany to stand threedays because he is so cruel t ° , at his gate, bare footed, and the people there : he sho o iu in the depth of winter, and fly, were it not for the Ear to implore his pardon. peror of Austria or Ge'; 0 mores I 0 tempore 1 many, who sends a ar,‘ body of soldiers into Pia' to keep the people in 1)0 b 1 l ; dage, and the Pope on