The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

Yiberpool TUESDAY 111ORNING, MARCH 8, 1853. THE WEEK. LITTLE has occurred this week to vary the ordinary routine, and therefore we may be the more brief in our review. Great preparations have been made for the due celebration of the Centenary of Roscoe, which takes place this day with a public breakfast at the Philharmonic-hall, and a soiree at the Town hall, to which the Worshipful the Mayor has been most liberal in his invitations ; and the most lively anticipations are entertained of the gratification to be derived from the various sources of interest which shall mark this day as one to be remembered in Liverpool. The Town Council held their usual meeting on Wednesday, but so great was the counter-attraction of the Steeple-chase at Aintree, that the Councillors left the Mayor almost " alone in his glory," and the rule for "business first, pleasure afterwards," was reversed. On Thursday the agricul turists of Cheshire had a grand field-day at Hooton, where horses, pigs, and poultry occupied a prominent position, and concluded the day by a treat at Rock Ferry. Last night, the Rev. Tresham D. Gregg, D.D., of Dublin, delivered a lecture at the Concert•hall, before one of the largest audiences ever assembled within its walls, on the " Heroism of the Sacred Character, as contradistinguished from the Profane ; illustrated by the life of Jacob," of which a full report will be found in another part of our paper. The weather has been of a varied character. On Saturday night, a thick fog over spread the river, and the bells on the steamers, and on the shore, were kept ringing. On the landing stage was a machine vigorously worked, the sound from which resembled the expiring squeals of a pig with weak lungs. It was intended, we presume, for an alarm signal. Yesterday was one of the loveliest sunny days witnessed for many months, and the townspeople came out in numbers to enjoy it. A few such days, and we shall have smiling spring very shortly. The Theatres have continued their attractions, and French plays are announced for the latter end of the month. Mr. Thomas's Concerts were brought to a close on Saturday, with a triumphant finale. THE FREE TRADE COALITION GOVERNMr! came out in a somewhat comical character on Thurs day, in opposition to Mr. RIME'S motion, affirm ing the principle of a gradual abolition of all pro tective duties on manufactured goods. After all the noise that has been made about the acceptance of the policy of Free Trade by the Earl of DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI, it is rather startling to find the concoctors of Mr. VILLIERS'S motion making a deliberate stand for protective duties. What ! Sir JAMES GRAHAM turned Protectionist ! And Mr. GLADSTONE WO " Why not ?" asks the Right Honourable Gentleman with amazing gravity, " am " I not CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQER now, and "don 't you perceive that that makes all the differ ence ?"—John Bull. THE MAN' NOOTII GRANT.—The smallness of the majority on Mr. Spooner's motion is a cause for thankfulness and hope. It ought to shame those Protestants who require to see the harvest before they will sow the corn; and instead of doing what they can, look round them to find excuses for sitting still and doing nothing. With such faint hearts, excuses for inaction are never wanting. All our past efforts, they say, have failed, and how can we reasonably hope for anything better in future ? If the Popish endowment was carried, in spite of the most earnest opposition, and our leading states men have all committed themselves in its favour, how can we think that we shall ever undo what we could not prevent from being done ? So they sit down with folded hands, while their country per severes in its league with idolatry, and feeds and nurses the most dangerous and active enemy of our liberties and our religion.—Record. THE CANADA CLERGY RESERVES.—The short debate in the Upper House on the Clergy Reserves Bill illustrates the truth of the observation with which we first approached the subject—that it is an open question among conscientious and religious men. Bishop Wilberforce supports the Bill ; yet his argument does not, we think, mend the case, unless by compressing it into a smaller compass. He simply re-states the proposition that an adult colony has an absolute right to the management of its own affairs—and gallops off upon it over every imaginable obstacle. Now, we beg to repeat what we said last week—that the concession of the power of self-government to each particular colony has always been, and must always be, a question of time and circumstance. Whenever, from the inter mixture of races or from any other cause, there has been reason to apprehend that the colonial majority would use its power to commit some great oppres sion or wrong, there the mother country has always recognised in herself the right and duty to pause before making that concession—to delay or even refuse it—perhaps to retain a partial power of con trol, possibly to incorporate and stereotype the restraints in the very institutions she bestows. Why are the West Indian Legislatures, as regards the management of negro immigrants, tied hand and foot ? Why have we so long hesitated to give a free constitution to New Zealand ? On what principle are we about to fix the franchise at the Cape of Good Hope ? The question is not quite so simple as the Bishop puts it ; nor can we quite share his confidence in the generosity of the Cana dian Legislature. Fiat justitia, exclaims the Bishop—fet iiijuria, says the defenceless Colonial Church.—Guardian. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.—The moderation of the French Government with reference to the Holy Shrines is attributed to the good relations existing between France and Russia, or, at all events, to the desire that such should exist. It had been long anticipated that M. Lavalette would, sooner or later, fail at Constantinople. When he announced the successful close of the negotiation, he must have forgottten or disregarded the opposition the Emperor of Russia wo:Ild be sure to offer, and which, considering what - Russian influence is at Constanlinople, was certain of success. It is now alleged that M. Lavalette is not blame less in the matter, and that the information he supplied to bis Government was incomplete. It is announced that .-•., the construction of a new ship of the line, to be called the Napoleon, has been commenced at Rochefort. It is expected that she will be nearly completed by the end of the year. __ _ _ _ The Emperor has formally announced his intention of visiting the northern departments in June or July, and the Empress will accompany him. Of the coronation nothing positive is known. An attempt was made on the 25th ult. to burn the arsenal of Toulon. The fire was soon extinguished, but a heap of chips, tarred rope, grease, and other inflam mable articles, evidently collected together, betrayed the designs of an incendiary. Active preparations are in progress for the inauguration of the tomb of Napoleon 1., on the sth of May. The expenses will be defrayed by a contribution from the army. Several of the leaders of the Legitimist party have been offered seats in the Senate, but have refused. A melancholy event took place on Friday, a t Paris— the suicide of Prince Camerata, the grandson of Elise, who was the eldest sister of Napoleon 1., and who married one of the Bacciochi family. . The Prince blew his brains out with a pistol. Some say it was committed during an attack of brain fever; others assign to it a more romantic origin. ITALY.—The Superior Council of the order of Jesuits have presented to the Pope of Rome, with a prayer that his Holiness will transmit it to the different Catholic powers, a pr o t es t a g ainst the decision of three of the republics of South America, banishing the Jesuits, and confiscating their property. , Private letters f rom T ur i n s t a t e th a t Mazzini has em oarked at Genoa on b oar d the English frigate Retribution. Seven of the gates of Mil an were opened on the 26th ult., for the admission and egress of persons provided with regular passports. It was in consideration to t a k e measures aga i nst t h e correspon d e nts of foreign newspapers, SPAIN. —The Gazelle of the 25th u lt . pu b l i shes a Royal decree, dismissing the governors of S ev ill e an d Guadalajara, for no o ther motive than the failure of the Government candidates in the last election. There is reason to believe t hat the majority obtained by the Spanish Government at the re cent elections is more apparent than real, and that when the Cortes assemble the Opposition will be increased by several who have pre sented themselves as Ministerial candidates. A Spanish fleet is announced for the Mediterranean, wish orders to touch at Toulon, Naples, Messina, Malta Ancona, and Venice. Accounts from Madrid state that four more papers have been seized, and that every thing like freedom of the press was at an end. MONTENEGRO.—The operations against Monte. negro are vigorously carried on by the Turks, whose great object at present is to pass the Obistizza in th e nor th, and the Zetta and Sitnizzain the east, The account s ar e somewhat contradictory ; but it appears that on the 7th, Osman Pasha, with 6,000 men, crossed the Sitnizza, in the Liesanska nahia. As details will be shortly given, it is only necessary to say that he effected his purpose with a loss, as it is said, of 130 men and 50 horses. Omer Pasha, on the Bth, suffered a defeat. He had sent 500 men across the Zetta bridge; but during the night the water rose and carried it away, and the detachment, being separated from the main corps, was obliged to surrender at discretion. During the same night Omer Pasha re ceived un unexpected visit from 3,000 Montenegrins, and the surprised Turks retreated in the greatest disorder to Spuss. The trophies of this victory consist of 500 pri soners, a considerable booty in the shape of horses, wea pons, cannon, and even the military chest. The Turks had 400 killed and wounded. HONG KONG.—The Lucknow, Captain Fawsett, it is feared, has gone down with all hands ; it being now up. wards of 3 months since she left Hong Kong for Amoy, and it is known that a typhoon was encountered shortly after she sailed. Piracy in the vicinity of Hong Kong is very rife, and no means are taken to put a check to it. WEST INDIES. The Royal Mail Steam-ship Thames, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday, left St. Thomas on the 7th of February. Tile accounts from the West Indies are more favourable. Fever had almost entirely disappeared at Barbsdoes and St. Thomas. Her Majesty's steamer Dauntless was still at the former island, but preparing to leave. Outward ships were making long passages. Sugar making had commenced, and the prevailing opinion appeared to be that the crop would be short of what had been anticipated. Some fatal cases of fever had occurred at Panama, but the cessation of the long rains and the setting in of the north winds encouraged a hope that the epil-maic would soon disappear. The roads across the Isthmus were im proving, the railroad steadily progressing, and it is con fidently expected that it will be open to Gor4ona by the end of May, and complete to Panama within a twelve month. AUSTRALIA.—We hsve accounts by the overland mail to the 6th December, being about ten days later than those vid the Cape of Good Hope. It appears that the amount of gold brought down to Melbourne from the Mount Alexander mines during the last week or two had very much diminished, but this seems partly attributable to the circumstance of a number of persons having been attracted to a new and exceedingly rich gold field disco vered at the Pyrenees, " not far from the celebrated Daisy Hill," while other large parties had left for the purpose of exploring fresh districts where there would he less competition. The newspapers also attribute the fal -1 ling off to an indulgence by the miners in unsuccessful specul Cons, stimulated probably by the large influx of inexperienced people which was daily taking place. Mr. Latrobe, the governor of the colony of Victoria, had started on a tour of inspection of the mines, and a dinner had been given to Mr. Hargraves, who had arrived on a visit from New South Wales, at which he stated that, "in his opinion the Australian gold fields will last long after the present generation." There was more facility in getting crews, owing to the sailors at the diggings hav ing become tired of the work. The question of an export duty on gold had been set aside by the legislature, who had also rejected, by a majority of only fifteen to thirteen, a motion of want of confidence in Mr. Latrobe's govern ment. A bill which had been passed with the view of establishing a surveillance over the escaped convicts constantly ariving from Van Diernan's Land had been met by the strongest denunciations from the convict interest in that island. Provisions of all kinds, although still very dear, had fallen considerably. The Sydney Herald, of the 26th October, just received, contains a more specific account of the Australian Agri cultural Company's gold deposits on the Peel river than had previously been published. It confirms the state ment, that on the side of the river belonging to the crown, the gold found thus far had been scanty, but that on the opposite lands of the company the existence of a very rich and valuable gold field had been established beyond all doubt. It was supposed, also, to be very extensive, but this had not yet been accurately ascer tained. The alluvial diggings on the banks of the river consist principally of a thick ferruginous clay, and the gold is obtained very near the surface. "In some in stances," it is added, " nuggets are found clinging to the roots of grass." I AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. The United States steam-ship Atlantic, with advice! from New York to the 19th, arrived on Wednesday morn ing. The New York immigration returns showed a con siderable falling off. The California accounts are very deplorable, the severe winter having caused a panic. In some places miners had died from starvation. The wea ther was, however, improving. President Filmore had communicated to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, embodying the substance of recent communica tions, made by the Minister of Her Britannic Majesty to the Department of State on the subject of the interoceanic canal by the Nicaragua route, which formed the chief ob ject of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the 19th of April, 1830, and the relations of Great Britain to the Protectorate of Mosquitia, which she expresses herself desirous of relinquishing on terms con sistent with her honourable engagements to the Indians of that name. The Copyright Treaty between England and the United States had been signed at Washington. The Pacific whaling trade had been exceedingly success ful for the season. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1853. new regulations that have been adopted by Lord Cowley, and which have been issued at the Embassy in a printed form to those who have made applications to him. It has hitherto been considered a sufficient reason for seeking to be presented that the person had already been introduced at his own court, or that of the last monarch ; it now appears that Lord Cowley requires either a letter from the Foreign-office, or from some individual who is honoured by his acquaintance. The receptions at the Tuileries are to go on for some time longer on the Sunday evenings, until the greater part of the notabilities of France and the provinces have been presented to the Empress, after which there will be one or two balls, when the Easter season has commenced, but the days are not definitely fixed. The ministers, for the most part, have weekly receptions. The morning promenade is now to the Louvre, where an exhibition of a novel character has been opened, and which the Emperor and Empress inaugurated last week. It consists of five saloons, devoted to a display of different objects which have immediately belonged to the Sovereigns of France. The two first are devoted to Henry IV. and Louis XIII. ; the third to Henry 11. and his successors ; the fourth to the family of the Bourbons ; and the last to the Emperor Napoleon. Religious volumes or missals belonging to Charles the Bald, of Anne of Brittany, of St. Louis, are collected. There is the sword worn by Henry IV. the day of his marriage; that which Francis I. wore at the battle of Pavia; which Murat brought away with him from Madrid; the mirror given by the Republic of Venice to Marie de Medicis ; and, amongst other curiosities, is the desk of Louis Philippe, hacked and hewed by the tiepublicans when they entered the Tuileries at the moment of his abdication. This singular and interesting collection daily attract strangers, and on Sunday the halls of the Louvre are quite im practicable:for any but the most zealous lovers of sights. Among the curiosities of modern fashion in Paris we give the following :—Walking dress has shown the most marked change during the month, inasmuch as the change in the weather from the mildness of spring to the sudden severity of winter, has necessitated a warmer style of clothing than has been adopted during the whole year. Thus the dark cloth dresses, which had been thrown aside, have been resumed, with the addition of closely fitting pantaloons, made long, and falling over the boot, with straps beneath the sole. Some ladies prefer the long gaiters of black kersey mere, buttoned up to the knee, and cut to the shape of the leg. These gaiters. which are tout-a-fait bien porle - s, are called a la Prince Eugene, and are amongst the most convenient articles of d ress com posing a winter costume. The dress is made considerably shorter than of late, and need not be held in order to avoid the mud, which the late thaw has occasioned in the streets. Pocket handkerchiefs are much reduced in size, and are embroidered nearly all over. In the centre a small button-hole is worked to receive the button, which is sewn in the palm of the glove for security, leaving thus the hand free to use the fan without inconvenience. Visiting cards have grown the medium of a declaration of political principles. Those who love the present sys tem have their cards of sea-green glae6, upon which the name is embossed in white letters. The partisans of Henri Cinq have theirs of white unglazed board, with the likeness of the Count de Chambord or the order of the Holy Ghost stamped in the corner. With the Orleanists the card, still white, is generally surmounted by the shield of the Charts, bearing the Gallic cock. It is curious to behold on the tables of our fashionable mailresBel de mai son these various opinions lying side by side in peace, as their owners bad, perhaps, danced together, hand in hand, the evening before. When the weather admits of a promenade in the Bois de Bologne, the Emperor and Empress drive to that delightful part which is known under the name of Madrid, and generally descending from their carriage, they take a walk in the more retired spots. This visit has brought the neighbourhood into vogue, and occasionally it may vie with the fashionable exhibition of carriages, and of horsemen, for which Hyde Park is so deservedly celebrated. There has been an attempt to get up a feeling of sympathy in favour of a lady, who has, by her conduct, rendered herself exceedingly obnoxious to the highest individual in the empire. It has altogether failed, for as soon as the real nature of the case became known, it was felt that the commiseration that was expressed must be as spurious as it was ridiculous. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. OVERWSG.-This youthful and enterprising African traveller has died of malignant fever in Central Africa. His companion, Dr. Barth, intends to discontinue his journey. CURIOUS MISTAKE.—A German, who has recently written an account of London for the benefit of his coun trymen, speaking of the old bit of wall in Lincoln's-Inn, at which Ben Jonson is reported to have worked as a bricklayer, states it as his opinion that the laborious fitting and placing of bricks may have served as a useful preparation for the working up of his immortal dictionary. THE ABBE LACORDAIRE has been ordered to quit France, in consequence of a violent sermon preached by him against the government at the church of St. Roche. The Archbishop of Bordeaux is about to proceed on a mission to the Pope, to secure, if possible, his presence at the coronation. lie is empowered to make liberal terms, in the shape of new bishoprics and the abolition of objectionable articles in the concordat. A PICNIC AT THE CAPE.—On Friday, the 14th of January, a picnic party from Somerset joined a party of friends from Mr. Hart's house at Glen Avon, and saun dered up the bush behind his house to the beautiful waterfall which has attracted the attention of hundreds of visitors. The party consisted of about forty, including children, the whole of whom left their guns, excepting Commandant William Bowker and Mr. Hart, at the house. In passing through the bush Mr. Bowker ob served the fresh spoor of a man's foot on the ground, which he pointed out as very suspicious to those who were with him. Some time afterwards a loud shouting and hurrahing at the foot of the waterfall from the more juvenile part of the party aroused five huge Caffres, who had formed a very secure den near the water by immense quantities of wood which they had piled up to screen and defend themselves. They at once darted into the bush, but Bowker and Hart shot one of them dead and severely wounded two others, as proved by the large blood spoor which they left in their flight.—Cape Frontier Times. THE MAntAt.—The effects of Lord John Russell's despatch on the Grand Duke of Tuscany, may be gathered from the following extracts from Mr. Erskine's despatches from Florence, describing its presentation to the Tuscan minister, who consented to receive it unofficially, as— " The Grand Ducal government would protest, not only against anything like intervention by force of arms, but even against the right of her Majesty's government to tender its advice in such a shape as could be 'construed as an attempt at ' moral pressure.' Even such commu nications as the present he deemed highly injudicious, as. tending to keep alive in the mind of his imperial and royal highness the impression left by the interference of: the Earl of Roden's deputation. His excellency and his colleagues had spared no effort to induce the Grand Duke. to exercise the royal prerogative of mercy ; but his impe— rial and royal highness would make no promise as to the exact period at which he should see fit to commute the sentence of the tribunal. 'As a friend,' he added, ,` I, will tell you frankly, that the more this question is agi tated from abroad, the less chance is there of an eaely liberation of the Medial.' " The receipt of the despatch by the Grand Duke had precisely the effect anticipated by this minister. PARIS GOSSIP. (FROM THE COURT JOURNAL.) Crowded churches, sacred music, and popularp,reachers, fully occupy the time of the fashionable world r.t present. It might be imagined that the Parisians ars the most religious people on the earth, such is the eagerness- and anxiety to fulfil the ceremonies which the Ronush Church enjoins during the period of Lent. Carriages- containing the elite of society are seen driving in due state up to the doors of the Magdalene, St. Roch, and Notre Dame de Lorette, whilst less conspicuous persons quietly and demurely walk along the boulevards, armed with their beautifully bound prayer-books, looking as if they were determined to take Heaven by storm. There is ons thing, however, that somehow or °ales- shakes the belief of the spectator into the actual seriousness- of the whole affair, which is, that each of the Li: sex, be her con dition what it may, has been evidently devoting some hours to the toilette, for not one of them but is charm ingly dressed ; there is certain to be a bewitching bonnet, an alluring eachemire, exquisitely tinted gloves, and an undeniable pair of shoes. All those look certainly as if, although many of their thoughts have rest is Heaven, there are still some stray ones fixed on the earth, and capable of inflicting mischief upon poor helpless man. Wednesday and Friday are days of somewhat more severe penance and strictness ; but although they may be duly observed with regard to diet, and to feeding on fish, they certainly are not as far as relates to the external ornament of person ; and certain it is, that those who are worldly enough to wish to see Parisian beauty in its most appro. priate morning costume„ may take their stand at the church doors on those days, and they will have ample opportunity. Her Imperial Majesty grows daily in popularity ;. her manners secure for her the general interest, and there seems little doubt that she will become a favourite. Not a word is breathed about the coronation, although there is reason to believe that a ministerial discussion has taken place. Of course nobody expects to hear much about it, till some sudden announcement informs us of the Emperor's decision. We are now so much accustomed to these surprises, that they .difficult producel tto k n o eff e e e c p t . t h e l t Slatew i will, however, be somewhat more di secrets in such mysterious silence ; for without wishing to hint that ladies are at all more communicative than the other sex, it is generally observed that where they hold the empire in their hands, there generally oozes out a little more of the position of affairs than when they have no insight into them ; and it is possible that in future we may be able to prophecy as to the future course of events with more prospect of their being realised than we have been enabled as yet to do. As soon as Lord Clarendon's time may become less occupied, it is probable that the question of presentations at the Imperial Court will be brought before him, as the resideati iu FariJ are by no means satisfied witl3 SQ24 IRELAND. WILLIAM DARGAN. Esq., has been appointed a deputy lieutenant for the county of Dublin. THE MURDER OF MR.. RYAN.—Richard Hackett and Thomas Noonan were on Thursday night,- at Waterford, found guilty of the murder of O'Callaghan• Ryan, E , q. Mr. Justice Crompton passed the sentence of death on them. THE MAGNETIC TELE&RAPTI COMPANY. central office is about to be established in Dublin, and in a few months Cork, Belfast, Galway, and other towns interme diate with the city will be placed in connection with the English lines, by means of the submarine wires , from Donaghadee to Portpatrick. CONVICTION OF RIBBON IaRADERS.—Two men,•named Patrick Coddington and James Mullen, were tried at the assizes of Meath, on Thursday, on a charge of Ribbonism; they were sentenced to seven years' transportation , , and forthwith removed from the dock to the convict ship. The whole system of Ribbonism , and pass-words was- re vealed in the course of the trial. ENG-LIDSH SETTLERS IN Innt. , ....—According to' the Evening Post, the plan of creating English agriculturistb in Ireland has proved a total failure. Ih Tipperarrf the experiment has been tried to a greater extent than• in most other counties ; there were, it appears, upwards-of 20 very considerable farmers in different parts of that county, of whom more than a moiety hare returned home. GREAT WESTERN DOCKS.—The directors of the aieat Southern and Western Railway have, we understand, come torte determination to commence the docks forth with. The construction, it is supposed, will cause an ex penditure of £50,000. Together with• the works at the terminus, they are expected to bo ready against the COM-- pletiom of the tunnel in May, 1851- ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—At College-street Police office,_ Dublin, on Wednesday, an elderly man, named Rooke,. was charged with having. thrown Catherine Agnew out of a window, in College-green, •on the pre vious-night. The accused was a care-taker in the house.- The window is- about 50 feet from the ground. Two policomendeposed to having heard' the screams at eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, and the noise• of something having fallen in College-green. 'They found the woman• lyingon the flags. She stated she had been pushed out of the-top window by Rooke. She was carried to Mener's Hospital, where she made a " dying:' declaration to the effect that it was for the purpose of obtaining money the crime was committed. LIE QUEEN-VICTORIA STEAMEav—The arrangements for raising this unfortunate vessel are still progressing most satisfactorily, the process being_.by- inflation. The plate has-been saved by the diver, but he cannot be in duced to go -down a second time, as-the scene which :pre-- sented•itself in the cabin was the most horrible he had ever been called upon to witness: He -says that on his - goingdown the cabin stairs, he thought that he had en— tered a wax-work- exhibition, the• corpses never having moved from their positions since• the vessel went down.. There were some 18' or 20 persons-in the cabin ; who. seemed to be holding conversation with each other; _and the•general appearance of - the whcle:seene was so lifa-like„. that he was almost inclined to believe that some were yet living. From their various positions and countenances, they. could have had no idea of- the disaster which wea hastening them to so untimely an end. This- at once accounts for the non-finding of the bodies., CONSERVAXITS ORGANISAT:OZC.—Art association has just been formed, which embraces the names of many of the leading members of the Trish peerage, and :a , large number of initttential commoners,. banded together to resist the tlie,of papal and democratic aggression.. which has been so. long rushing over this land. a is entitled " The Central Conservative Society of Ireland:" - Amongst the members already enrolled are:—The Earls- of Roden, Enniskillen. Mayo, Donoughroore, Lord Casflemaline, Lord Clarina, Lord Naas, the Earl of Desert, the Earl of Bandon, Lord Lorton, Lord Clonbrock,. Lord Bernard, MLR:, Lord Orman Ilamilton,.MlP. - , Hon. R. Hutchinson,, Right Hon.. J. Napier, M.P., Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. J. IR. Hamiltor„ M.P.., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Mr. Vance,,M.P., Mr. Grogan, M.P., Mr. George,.M.P., Mr. Davison, M.P., Mr. Whiteside, M.P., Mr.. Roos.S. Moore, M.P.:, Mr. Macartney, M.P., Col. Vandecur, M.P., &c. RUMOURED PERVERSIONS. -- _ Wo give the following from the Morn:mg Herald of Saturday. If it should, prove to be true, it is-a lamentable fact, and shows the stern necessity of using more vigorous measures for resisting the encroachments of Rome : " Rumour has given, for some day,s_past, lady Peel and, her daughter to the Church of Rome. It is said that a, union with a Romanist, the son of Lord Camoys, is con— templated, and that this conversion is a preliminary step. One of the most observable features of modern Popery is the crafty and unceasing eTorts. it makes to entrap the wealthy and high-born. A. weekly journal gives in its last number the following statement We are informed that the Hon. Mr. West, •_;on of the Earl of Delawarr, has been passing the winter at Rome, and has been marked out as an object of the efforts of the Vatican. The Rev. Mr. Pollen,, (late proctor of Oxford, and now a Roman Catholic,) and Monsignor Talbot, the Pope's chamber lain, used the utmost efforts for the purpose, but he always declined controversy. On the 31st January they asked him if he would like to be introduced to,the Pope, to which he consented. During the audience, to his great surprise, the Pope laid his hand on his shoulder, and said he was very glad to hear of his good disposition to the church, and he had better make up his mind to profess the true faith publicly on the 2d of February, when he (the Pope) would be at St. Peter's to bless the candles. Mr. West, who had not the remotest intention of the sort, was, however. so. taken by surprise, that he made no reply. Hodid not go to St. Peter's on the 2d ; but on the following day Mr. Talbot requested him to call upon him at his rooms in the Vatican, when he and Mr. Pollen sub mitted to, him a parchment which he called 'a faculty.' in which Mr. West's name was written in full, and Mr. Tal bot said that his holiness had given him a dispensation to receive him at once, in his room, into the bosom of the church. Mr. West protested against their conduct, and said ho had not the slightest intention of becoming a Roman Catholic ; and ultimately, with difficulty, he left the Vatican.' We have heard of many similar instances, in most of which the manoeuvre has proved successful. It is, however, one comfort to feel assured that such tricks can only succeeed with vaccillating and weak-minded persons. From among such, Rome has, of late years, largely replenished her ranks." HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR DROPSY.—Ext rac t o f a l etter from Mr. W. Tomlinson, of Bangor, dated May 1, 1851. "To Professor Hol loway.—Sir,—For several years I was severely afflicted with dropsy ; at times my feet and legs were so much swollen that I was quite unable to walk. I consulted many doctors, and tried remedy after remedy, with hopes of obtaining relief, but I was disappointed in all, until 1 tried your invaluable pills, which I gratefully ackowledge to have been the sole means of effecting a cure of my complaint, and I um tow is the enjoyment of excellent health," IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, MARCEL 1. In answer to the Bishop of Manchester, the Duke of NHWCASTLE said that the convicts a: Bermuda would ra pidly be placed on the same footing as those who were now imprisoned on the more improved system carried on at Portland. The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bail in Error Bill went through committee. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. The Earl of NIALmEssuRY moved for certain returns relating to railway accidents during the past year, the number of which had been so great as to create a general opinion that the lines of railway were in a dangerous state.—Lord STANLEY, of Alderley, had no objection to the production of the returns, which were accordingly ordered. THURSDAY, MARCH 3. The Registration of Assurances Bill was read a second time, after a long speech from Lord ST. LEONARD'S, in which he asserted that the plan now proposed would add materially to the expense of transferring land, expose deeds of great value to imminent risk of being lost, and prove in practice a complete failure. FRIDAY, AlARcet 4. A number of petitions were presented against Maynooth, and against the admission of Jews to Parliament. FOREIGN' REFI:GEES Lord LYNDHURST called attention to the irritation ex cited in the minds of the Austrian Government and people in consequence of the abusa of the right of asylum allowed to foreign refugees in this country, and expressed a strong opinion that the comnon law would prove adequate to punish such offenders against international law.---The Eli.' of ABERDEEN said that communications had passed, though no demands had been made by Austria respecting the refugees. I; was, no doubt, the duty of the Government, if in possession of proper proofs that refugees were abusing the hosptality afforded them, to take the initiative in prosecuting them, and it bad already been determined, in case any just cause for com plaint should arise, to institute a prosecution on the part of the Crown against the offenders. GOVERNMENT or IND'A Lord MONTE AGLE presented a petition from the natives in the Bombay Presidency, complaining of grievances in the existing Government of India.—Ater some observa tions from the Earl of ABERDEEN Lnd the Duke of ARGYLL, it Vas ordered to be referred t> ;the Select Com mittee on Indian Affairs. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDIY, MAncn 1. The West London Waterworks Compiny Hill was road a second time by a majority of 101 to 95. Mr. CHEETHANI presented a petitior from the Pro fessors of the Lancashire Independent Cdlege, fcrr repre sentation in Parliament of the London University. Mr. CHAS. TURNER. presented a petition from the-con gregation of St. Paul's Church, Liverpool, praying that the house will not consent to sacrifice it Christian cha racter by annulling the profession of Cliriltianitv now re quired from persons before taking their teats in Parlia— ment. Mr. GREENALL presented a petition fron Great Sankey and Penketh against the admission of Jewsto Parliament. In answer to a question, Mr. CARDWEIL said that he felt confident of being able to introduce the Pilotage Bill on Monday. Lord PALMERSTON denied that any application had been made by foreign Governments for the expulsion of foreign refugees living in this country. A motion by Mr. WILLIAMS, affrming tiat real pro perty ought to be subject to the same probate of legacy duty as personal property, was opposed by tie Chancellor of the Exchequer, and negatived by 12:6' to . 73. The case of M. Bonachich, an Austrian,•anl the seizure of the brig Novello, was brought under nolice by Mr. Murry in a motion for a select committee. It was op posed by Lord PAISMERSTON, but being 3lpported by Lord STANLEY, the minister prudently gm way, and avoided the risk of a defeat on a division. The subject of the remuneration of letter , c.lrriers was introduced by Mr. T. DVNCOMBE, but after 3orne discus sion was withdrawn. A motion by Mr. COZLIER, for a select committee to inquiry whether the Ecclesiatical Courts miOt not be abolished, was, after considerable discussion, frithdrawn on a promise by the SOLIIMTOR-GENERAL of something being done *ay the Government. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2. Colonel LAUDIMDALE 1 241 1 .11:LE took the oatle43nd his seat for FOrfarshire. The SPL , AxV.a informed the House that he had received a letter from the agents for the petitioners in the matter of the Kingston-upon-Hull election that they clic not in tend to proceed with the petition. Mr. CHEEVAAM presented *petition from the stori.:men in the parish of Bury, South Lancashire, against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. LIMON OF BErrnlcEs The motion for the second reading of this bill INas 771 th. drawn. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. The adjourned debate on the Maynooth College question, now confined to Mr. Br?tIOLEFIELD'S amend ment, was resumed by Mr. HAr - eIELD, who, as a noncon formist, argued' against all religious endowments by the State. After a lengthened discussion, in which a number of members took part, the motion was negatived by 70. THURSDAY, M'Aucit Mr. TOLLEMACCRE presented petitions from Mosley and Woodchurch, Chester, against the admission of Jews• to parliament. . . Mr. NAPIEa gave notice that ea the 17th of March he would move for certain papers corrected with the affair . at Sixmile-bridge, and would take- a discussion on the proceedings of the present and of the late executive government of Ireland in reference thereto. In reply to a question by Mr. H. DiILLIE, Lord„ RtssELL said, " lihave to state *fat it is the intention of her Majesty's government to introduce a bill in the course of the present session for the government of India. I mil not say for the permanent government, but for a period to be named in that bill." TI/AIRS IN TrriX,Bl% Lord D. STU .El.ltT • called attention to the affairs of Turkey, as affected by the contest in Montenegro. Ed wanted to know how the gcverament of this country looked at these matters.—LOrdJ-ReS4ELL agreed in the general principle that this country , ought to be anxices' to maintain the independence of Turkey, which had been. repeatedly affirmed by treaties and conventions among , the powers of Etrope. The artention of the govern ment had been attracted to the Austrian miss.ion of Prince Leiningen to the Pc7te, with instruction& to. place the demands of Austin before the Sulanm in a peremptory, manner. On hearing of these de mands, her Majesty's government - had thought it neces sary to have a frank explanation , from Austria, cam-, municating at the same time our ;leas- as to the policy of. maintaining the independence of Turkey. The expiate- Lion given showad that Austria was atimated by the same desire in that re3peet as ourselves. Iter demands includedt the portions of territory called .11.eckaid Sutorina, the. title to which was of a complicated nattre, these districts being intermingled with former possessicts of the Republic. of Ragusa. Complaints were likewise lade that Etta garian refugees. held distinguaed poeta in the army of Omer Pasha. t could not say that any of the demands. touched the independence of the Sialtaa, or were not without foundation. He was unable to inform the house the exact arrangement that had been cone to ; but the Austrian government had expressed itself perfectly. satisfied. It was our interest, .in common with all .the powers of riurope, that Turkey• should be maintained in, its integrity, and governed so as not to he visited , by internal disorders, and he had, the greatest conldence that by friendly negotiations and reasonable concessions,. all the pending questions would be peaceably adjusted.— The motion, was withdrawn. JUDICIAL Lgcasi-vroßs. Lord lioniAm moved for leave to brisg in a bill to iisqualify certain ittlicial officers from sitting and voting in the House of Commons. H pro posed to extend the existing exclusion to the Master of the galls, the Judges_of the Prerogative Courts- of Englaild and Ireland. and the, Jadge of the Admiralty Court it Ireland.—Lord PALIMASTON did not oppose the introduction of the bill, and leave was given. I:II,VpTIT DEITIES IluarE moved a string of resolutions, based upon certain returns, that, while agricultural produce, cattle, &c., are admitted to , entry duty free, to compete with similar productions. of the - United Kingdcur,,it is impo litic and unjust to continue duties of import on articles of foreign manufacture of the same kind with those menu. featured at home ; and. the house will take,into conside ration the duties that are strictly protective on articles of :capon, both of manufactures and agricultural produce, with the view of speedily repealing the same. lie con tended that if we are to have Free-trade, in justice to the agriculturists,, who were unequally taxed, Free-trade ought to be fully carried out.—Mr. MITCHELL seconded the motion, and strongly recommended the abolition of ad valoreta,duties.—Colonel SIBTE:cIRPE, as an old bird, was not to be caught by the chaff of Mr, Hume's speech, and would not trust him with his vote.—The CHAN CELLOR, of- the EXCHEQUER objected decidedly to the motion, c on the ground that the house ought not to part with any. portion of the standing revenue until it knew what was the expenditure of the country. He did not dissent from Mr. HUME'S facts and principles, and agreed in the spirit of the resolutions. He thought it would be a great advantage to get rid of nominal duties, and he con curred with Mr. Mitchell in, thinking ad valorem, duties objectionable.--After some further discussion, Mt. Draw ELI said, the cultivation of the soil had been subjected to an undue weight of taxation, and the late government had considered,the whole system of our taxa tion, with the view of affording a remedy for what they conceived to be an injustice. They arrived at the. con clusion that the best remedy was by consulting the in terests of the consumer,, and proposed certain measures which the house did not think proper to sanction. It was not true, he said, that these measures were offered as a new commercial system ; they were described as only the first step, and others were intimated. The late government had shown the sincerity of their views by relinquishing power,, and he had abstained from harassing the present government by financial discussions ; but on this occasion he was called upon to give an opinion on a question affecting the interests of agriculture. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had found this fault with the motion—that that practical assembly required perfor mance, not promise. But the resolution held out t o th e country a policy, and the question was whether it was a sound policy, and whether it was politic to h o ld out to the country the promise of i t. let Mr. Gl a d s t one had denounced the motion as merely a promise, and made a speech which was only one long p rom i se . Th e house was, then, to consider the resolution only as a question of policy, and as he approved of th e p o li c y an d believed that it did justice to the agriculturists, he should vote for the motion.—Mr. CARDWELL defended the course taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose argument was, " Do not commit yourselves by condemning any portion of the revenue until the time comes when you can give effect to your condemnation." Upon a division, the motion was negatived by 161 to 103. _ _ FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Lord GODERICH presented a petition from Hyde, Ches ter, for the amendment and better enforcement of the Factory Act. THE DUBLIN MAILS. In answer to a questioa vrbetber any arrengtments were in contemplation to shorten the time occupied in the transit of mails from London to Dublin, Mr. WILSON said there had been a communica tion made by another steam company, not making any distinct proposition as to new arrangements, but rather suggesting alterations of those already in existence. The Postmaster-General was alive to the unreasonable time now consumed in carrying the Irish mails, and the matter was under his consideration. CON VOCATION In reply to a question, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that the result of inquiries he had made on the subject was, that a prorogation of Convocation was the act of the archbishop, and had the effect of an adjournment—that there existed in that body the right of appointing a com mittee on the eve of prorogation—that there could be no doubt as to the legality of the course pursued by the Upper House, and that, under these circumstances, it was not the intention of Her Majesty's government to take any steps on the subject. CANADA CLERGY RESERVES The second reading of this bill was opposed by Sir J. PAKINGTON, who said he had no hope of the measure being amended in committee, and had, therefore, no alternative but to reject it altogether. The property which the bill had affected had been appropriated by a succession of sovereigns and parliaments to the support of the Protestant religion in Canada. This appropriation was ultimately confirmed by the act of 1840, and it was not open to the government or parliament now to depart from the arrangement without breach of the national faith, and he was afraid he might go so far as to say without national sin. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said the opinions of many Go vernors General of Canada were against giving peculiar privileges or primary advantages to any sect, and the pro gress of these opinions clearly indicated the progress of the doctrine of religious equality. He thought the colo nial policy of that country ought to be to leave all matters of local interest to be legislated upon by the Colonial Parliament, and upon these grounds he called upon the house to sanction the arrangement now proposed by the Government. Lord J. MANNERS complained of a Government call ing itself Conservative, sanctioning a measure which in volved an inwise and illegal robbery and violation of the national faith, as a concession to what was called religious equality. After some further discussion, The CHANCELLOR of the E%CHEQUER said the present measure was one of the necessary results of the establishment of free governments and free institutions in their colonies. Let them not act over again the events of late American war with their Canadian colonies. He hoped he was not indifferent to the welfare of the Church of Eng land. (This remark was followed by ironical cheers from the Opposition, and a burst of counter-cheering from the Ministerial benches.) He defied any enemy of the Church of England to proffer her a more deadly gift than that of combining her in a resistance to the just claims of their fellow-countrymen in distant lands. Mr. NAPIER spoke against the bill, and said he re joiced to find that there was only one Bishop of the Church in this country who gave his sanction to this act of spoli ation, which, if carried out to its ultimate result% would justify, and probably entail the spoliation of the Church of England and of Ireland. Upon a division, the motion of the second reading was carried by 277 to 194. ECCLESIASTICAL. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. — Prfferrnent : The Rev. George Huntington has been licensed to the office of clerk in orde-'s, of the Parish Chutchof Wigan, on the nomina tiory of the Rev. H. J. Gutwiing, the rector. Vacancy : The perpetual curacy of Little BUdworth, Chester, by the Beath of the Rev. C. T. Barslem.—The Bishop of Chos'.er has granted a licence for the performance of divine service in the school-nom connected with Christ Church;• Liverpool, on the representation of the Rev. Fielding 9uld, incumbent thereof: The license for the performance of divine service in the new church at Waver tree, near Liverpool, has been renewed for another year, the nececrary preliminaries to its consecration having not yet been completed.—The Bishop' of Chester intends to hold a visitation and confirmation th . roughout his diocese in the course of the ensuing summer. Dne notice will be given of the particular times and places. THE Sr.n- or LlxcoLN.—The• Rev. Joh?, Jackson, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oztold; Canon of Bristol, Rector of St. James's, Piccadilly, and Chaplain in Or dinary to HeztrMajesty, has been nominated by Her Ma jesty to the vacant Bishopric of Lincoln. PREFERMENTS AND A PPOIWTMENT:It Rev. H. Allen; M.A., Incumbent of Sr. Jude's. Church, Whitechapel, to . :lie Lectureship of St. athe's-Church, Old street. London. Rev. C. F. Bbokery Precentor and Senior Citrate- of the Parish Church, Hull, to the Incumbency of Pdrk stone; Dorset. Rev. Mr. Brawn,. to the Chaplaincy of the Partsea , Island Union. Rev. T. F. Chamberlain, M.A., Rector - of "RuffOrd',. Lan cashire, to be a Snrrogate. Rev. T. Clark, to the Incumbency of 'St.• Mary% Haggerstone, Shoreditch, London. Rev. J. R. Dobsan,,B.A., to the Rectory of 'Eisworth, Cam bridgeshire. _ _ _ Rel% 11. Garth,. to.the-Curacy of Trinity Church, Var.x.hall road. Rev. H. Gathzrne; BA, to the Curacy ctSt. Diary' . Bir kenhead. Rev. J. Gibbs, MjA.,) to•the Rectory of DLit:lnce, diocese-of Connor. Rev. Henry T. Gtyrt; • Rector of Melbury Abbas; Darsets. to • the Rural Deanery of Sbatteabnry, vacant by the , resignation . of the Rev. A. Haxtable. Rev. G. A. Hayward - , BiA., to the Incumbency of Camp-all Yorkshire. Rev. E. Houklitch,•Bik.,. to the Rectory et Matson, ,G1312 , - ;Tatershire. Rev. W. H. Hughes . (Curate), to the Vicarage of. Horley„. Surrey. Rev. Alfred T. Lee, BA., of Christ's College, Cambridge,. to , the Assistant Clinrcy of Houghton-le-Spring, Dethain: Rev. W. H. Le. Marchant,. to the Vicarage -of Haresifekll. Gloucester. Rev. H. C. Grove-Morris, to the Curacy of Chard, SornfTset, Rev. M. 0n510w,.M..A., to , the Vicarage of East-Pe'ekbam, near Tunbridge. Rev. H. Murphy,. A.M. the Rectory of Magheralin , and; Preceritorshio of Drotnore. Rev. G. Poole,. to•the Perpetual Curacy ci - Hatumervriohj Staffordshire. Rev. P. Rudd, M.A.; Fellow and Censor , of.•Univeraity College, Durham, to the , Vicarage of BiHingham. Rev. D. Somerville,' Curate- of Shenton, to• be Chaplain-. to F. Wollaston, Esq.,. Hight-Sheriff of Leicestershire; • Rev. J. Smallptece; to.be Vice-Principal cf-theDieceata Training College, Chichester: Rev. W. P. Stort,.to the Vicarage of Fawsley, Northamptoa. shi re. Rev-. R. F. Vieth,. .to the Rectory of De.nderrow, in, the diocese of Cork. Rey. J. Wenham, M.A., Citrate of Great Bardfleld, , near Braintree, to the Rtetory of West Blandon, Eittrrey. Rev. W. V. Wittiams,,BA.,. to the Curacy of , Ruabon, ,Den. bighshire. Rev. F. Williams, .to the linkmmbency Saitley, near Birmingham. Rev. J. G. Wrett3h, to the Curacy 3f Christ, Cturch, Westminster. PEWS IN CH umonEs,--The important parishes of Tam worth and Burslem, in the arcbdeaconry of Stafford, hays held meetings to request the ordinary to issue commis sions, to inquire into and settle the right to the peers i• 1 the respective parish churches. The meeting, in the- 'Latta parish was adjourned in consequence of the absence of , tie rector, who had• sprained his arm in an, ,accidental fal;. bait the churchwardens-espressed a wis'a,that the "•wh)lo of the pews in the, parish church shculd be, re-allot;ed amongst the pszishioners, and that the occupant of , och pew should pays rent to the churchwardens,-to beappned by them to the maintenance of the Church and her crdi nances, so as to-do. away with the necessity of church rates ; as they did not see why Chcrehmen should not support their own, places of worship, as the Dissenters did theirs." STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARNI.Y, ON TM& IST MARChIp 1853. ~. (From, the , United Service,Gazette.) IWhere two places. are mentioned, the last-named ; is• thaa at which the dept of the regiment is statinadj Ist Life Guards, Hyde Park '4oth Foot N. S. Wales ;. 12bAtte 2nd do., Windsor vent. Royal Horse Goards,Regent's 41st Zante ; Bcyle. Park 42nD Stirling Ist Dragoon Guards, Dublin 43rd C. G., Hope ; : Templentore 2nd Newhridge 44th!Gihraltar •, .Chatham 3rd Cahir 4:1.11 C. Good Hope; Chatham 4th Dublin 46th Belfast sth Newbridge 441). Corfu; • Lftnerick 6th Canterbury 48th on pass. toCorfu 7th Ballinollig 49th Corfu.;. Witterfot:d Ist Draoons, Manchester i . 3oth Prest3n , 2nd Birmingham ialst Burr ah; ; Cliallam 3rd (L*,:ut)Bengal ; INlaidstons2nd Dublin 4th (Light), Ipswich 53rd Bengal ;: Chatham 6th YSZIC 54h Quebezi; Londonderry 7th Hussars. Piershill 55th Gibraltar; Tralee Bth Nottingham 156th Bermuda;. Chatham 9th Lancers,Bengal; M'dstune,s7th Cork lOthUuss'rs.lPrnbayo,l'dstong;sBth New. Zealand ; Jersey 11th lublin ;59th China;. Charles Fort I2th lancers,C.G.H.; M'dstone,6Bengalh (Ist hatt.), Bengal ; Chat. 13th ,Light Dragoons,Hcrapslow' ham.; (2nd butt.); C. Good 14th -I..lght)Bengal; Maidstone. Hope; Bixr 15thaussars, Madras; - M?dston. 61at Bengal ;. Chatham 16th Lancers, Dundalk ,62attAllilorwe 17th Brighton 167Td Dublin Grenadier Guards (2st batt.);64.th 13orntay ; Chatham Wellington Barracks ;. (2nd'%sth.New Zealand; Portsmouth, bait.), St. George'sßarracks; 66th.Que3,ec ; Guernsey (3rd batt.), Windsor 67th 13atbadoes; Dover Coldstream Guards (Ist batt.), 68th. Malta ; Nenagh Portman-street barracks; . 169th Antigua; Chatham (2nd batt.), thaTower 7011 i Bengal; Chatham Scotch Fusileer Guards [tat 71st (Ist butt.), Cork;, (awl batt.), St. John's Wood batt.), Canada (2nd batt.), Chichester ;72nd St. John's, N. 8..; Clara Ist Foot (14 batt.), Newport,.) Castle S.W• , • (2nd: batt.), on pass, to. 7 3 rd C. Good Ho p e ; Bristol Corfu, Cork 74th C. Good Hope;. Vernaoy 2nd C. of good Hope ;, Kinsale 75th Bengal ; Chatham 3rd Malta;, Castlebar 76th Malta; Chatham, 4th Bury 77th Weedon sth Mauritius ; Chatham 78th Bombay ; CUthain 6th Cape of Good Hope; Can- 79th Edinburgh terbury 80th Burinah ; Chatham Gosport 7th Plymout h 81st Kilkenny Bth Bombay; Chatham 2nd' Bombay; Chatham 82nd Glasgow 9th Clonmel 83 rd Bomba y; Chatham kith Bengal; Chatham 1 84 t h Mad r as . ; Chatham 11th N. N (l . e S t .I,Vaitatl.e)s, Newry;;Hytlie ( ,85 88th thh po on os puss. to Mauritius batt.), Cape Good Hope 1 87th Bengal ; Chatha 13th Gibraltar; Jersey 8 14th Limerick 89th Buttevant 15th Ceylon ; Mullingar '9oth Dublin 16th Jamaica; Birr 61st (Ist batt.), Enniskillen ; 17th Dublin 1 (2nd batt.), C. Good Hope 18th 13urmah; Chatham 92nd Corfu ; Galway 19th Portsmouth 93rd Portsmouth 2011' Canada; Chatham 194th Madras; Chatham 21st Hull '9sth Chatham 22nd Bengal ' • Chatham :94th Bengal ; Chatham 23rd (Ist bait.), Chester; (2nd 97th St. John, N.S. ; Chatham batt.), Canada 98th Bengal; Chatham 24th Bengal ; Chatham 99th V. D. Land ; Chatham 25th Madras; Chatham Rifle Brigade (Ist batt.), Cape 24th Gibraltar; Isle of Wight of Good Hope ; Walmer ; 27th Dublin (2nd batt.), Canterbury 28th Newcastle-upon• Tyne 'lst West India Reg., Jamaica; 29th Bengal ; Chatham Chatham 30th Corfu ; Dover 2nd do., Demerara ;. Chatham 32nd Bengal ; Chatham 'Ceylon Rifles , Ce y lon 31st on pass. to Corfu ; Fermoy,3rd do., Jamaic a ; Chatham 33rd Manchester Cape Mounted Rifles, Cape of 34th Barbadoes ; Aberdeen , Good Hope 35th Devonport;Royal Canadian Rifles, Canada 36th Trinidad ; Pembroke (Royal Helena Reg., St. Helena 37th Ceylon ; Chatham IRoyal Newfoundland Compa 38th Portsmouth I mes, Newfoundland 39th Cork i ttoyal Malta Fencibles, Malta MYSTERIOUS HISTORY OP A BOURBON. In the last number of a new American periodical, " Putnam's Monthly," there is a very remarkable arti cle, entitled " Have we a Bourbon among us," which gives a detailed statement of the evidence, showing that the Indian Missionary, Rev. Eleazer Williams, is no other than Louis XVII. of France, the Dauphin of revolution ary history, son of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette. The principal points in this curious bit of romance are as follows : The Dauphin was born March 25, 1785. After the death of his mother, in 1793, he was put under the care of Simon, the brutal cobbler, by whom he waif treated with the most barbarous cruelty. In Dec. 1794. the Convention passed a decree to send him out of the Republic. On the 9th June,l79s , his death was announced to the Con vention. Three surgeons testified that he died of scrofula. To come now to the history of the Rev. Mr. Williams. Prior to the age of 13 or 14, everything is blotted out of his memory. Until that time his mind is a blank. Bathing at Lake George with a group of Indian boys, be plunged head foremost from a high rock into the water. He was taken up insensible, laid in an Indian hut and re stored to life. This is the first remembrance of which he is conscious. He was the reputed son of Thomas Williams. a half-bred Indian, descended on his mother's side from Rev. John Williams, of Deerfield, Mass., who with his family was carried captive to Canada, in 1704, by the Indians and French. He was sent to school at Long meadow, Mass., and put under the care of Mr. Ely. Sub sequently he was under the tuition of Rev. Mr. Hale of Westhampton. On the breaking out of the war of 1812. being then 27 years of age, he took up arms as an Indian chief on the American side, and was wounded at the battle of Plattsburgh. During the war, he became acquainted, at Albany, with Lieutenant-Governor Taylor, who intro duced him to h e rector, Rev. Dr. Clowes, and Rev. Dr, Butler. His attention was thus drawn to the Episcopal Church. At the close of the war, he was introduced to Bishop Hobart, and soon after under his sanction became a missionary among the Oneidas. On the removal of the Oneidas to Green Bay, he accompanied them to that place, where he has remained until within a recent period. He is now an Indian Missionary at St. Regis, and Hogansa burgh, on the St. Lawrence, in this State. His reputed mother lives with him at a very advanced age. We novr take another step in this strange history. On the arrival of the P'rince de Joinville in New York in 1841, one of his first enquiries was, whether there was such a person known as Elmer Williams among the Indians in the northern part of the State. Learning his location at Green Bay, the Prince proceeded thither. Williams happened to be at Mackinac, when the steamer, in which Joinville had taken passage, touched at that port,. and joined the company for Green Bay. Soon after leaving Mackinac, the Prince was introduced to Williams by the Captain of the steamer. At the first sight of Williams, he became greatly agitated, he turned pale, his lips quirered, but soon reco v eri ng hi mse lf h e engaged hi= in conversation. This continued most of the time until their arrival in Green Bay, the nest day. The Prince then told Williams that he had some matters of great impor tance to speak about, and after gradually preparing the way, informed him that he was born in Europe, and was the son of Louis XVI. He then wished him to sign a document, which he presented, abdicating all claim to the crown of Franca, in favour of Louis Philippe, on condition that he should receive a princely establishment either in this country or in'France, with the restoration of the pri vate property belonging to him, which had been confiaat. sted in France during , the Revolution. After reflection Williams declined the proposal, and the Prince went about his business without further palaver. Bch is a bare outline of the story. We will add on y one or two of the collateral points. A 7,entieman, on returhihg. from Europe, in an interview' with Mr. Williams, thnw sereral engravings on'the table, at the sight of one of which, and without seeing the name, Villiams was greatly c , _:sited, and cried out " Great:God t V know the face. It has- haunted me through life." It proved to be the portraitof Simon, the jailor of the Dau-' phin.—The names of all the other children of his-reputed mother are inscribed in the Catholic baptismal regi-seer at Canglinawaga, following 30 closely at intervals-of two' years- between each, that William 3, whose name does.not occur, coted not have been. her son.—ln Mr. Belanger,. reFrench gentleman who died at New Or/eans;• confessed on his death-bed that he was the yerson who brought the Dauphin to th:S country, and placed biro among the - Indians in the northern part of the State of New York.—. 4. French gentleman, hearing the story, read a printod accciunt of the Dan; win to Williams, in which it was stated,. that the jailor one day lacing angry with the" child, slintehed a towel that was hanging on a nail, and . drawing 'out the nail with it inilicted two wounds upon his' face, one over the left eye, and 01:Tether on the right side of the nose. On examining Williams's face, the scar' were fou,,nd on the spots indicated-in the memoir. It ig stated tit the Dauphin died orscrofula, and that the' disease was- on his knees. The marks of scrofula are plainly visible - orrtheknees of Mr. Williams.—The French- Ambassador Genet acknowledged in 1817, before Dr. Francis and others, that the Dauphin was alive in this' country.—fixes of clothing and medals of Louis XVI. and Marie Aiatoinette were left with the child, one of which is still in Mr. Williams's possession. Such are the prominent facts in this singular history,. which, to say the least, is equal-in interest to the mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask, creaspaq Hauser. Mr. Williams, we under stand, is now; accord: ag to the Tra3une• of that city, its New York. A HEROINE. AT THE DIGGINGS, THE Dublin Morrnereiwri Journal pichlishes A letter Of quite a romaWic character, lately received by a lady of Dublin from a young female friend, and former school fellow of hers, now at the Australian disgiogs• it a p . " pears from her narrative- that she and 'her brother were suddenly left orphans with .C . 300 for tb.'ir necessities, and all the fancies and niceties which life in.-prosperous cir cumstances is woutto include. " fie hed•paesed through college with credit, and eotald write poetry and ride up to the hounds as well as any huntsman who ever hunted the Golden Vale, - vhile 1,. on eny part, could play polka% sing ballads, speak Frenea and a little -German, was a capital horsewoman ( on ly I had n o horse), and once 10 my life had ecraposed a waltz, and written. 16 chapters of a novel, vrhielr broke-down from my not knowing how to get my heroine out of a terrible scrape:. But, alas! my tear friend, ail these things might lia_ve done welt enorgh ' once upon.sa , time.„' but the real battle of life was no to be fought by two utterly inexperienced raw re-. u T vits, and the question was, how our time and means were to be profitably rather than please:WY. spent. For-. t-anately, we were both young, strong, active : , and hearty,' nod never did any Sebastian and Viola of them all love each other with a stronger and more enduring affection 'han did Frank and I—eole remnants, as-we were, of so much prosperity end so little prudence." After much nervous consultation over the £3OO, they determined to emigrate to Aastralia. On reaching Melbourne they found that they could not encounter worse incoavenienceS at the diggings, and there they now are under singularly interesting circumstances- The young lady says was resolved to accompany my brother and his friends to the diggings, and felt that to do so in to; own proper costume and character would be to run , unt.ecessarY hazard. Hence- my change. I cut my hair into a veil' masculine fashion; .1. purchased a broad , felt hat, a sort of tunic or smock -of- aoacse blue cloth, trousers to eon- - form, boots of a miner, and thus partintsavith my sex for a season (I hoped a better one), behold me an accom. plished candidate for mining operations, arniall the perila•• and inconveniences-they might be supposed to bring. • All this transmutation took place with Fran:;.,,and Mr. M--'d• sanction ; indeed, it was he who first s - eggested the . change, which Li gasped at and impro ve d on . I cou ld,: not bear to be separated from Frank, andave all felt that I should be safer in-my male attire than- if I exposed my.- self to the dansers.of the route and residence in my proper,. guise. We have now been nine weeks absent from Mel bourne, and hare tried three localities, at the latter of which we have- been most fortunate. We are near,water (a first-rate article), and our tent is pitched on the side of as pretty a valley as you could wish: to visit. Pjaato for myself a sort of ``supplementary canvas chamber.! .1 which I sleep, ,cook, wash clothes—that is, my own,anct Frank's—and keep watch and ward over - heaps. of-0l& dust and nuggets,' the sight and toach of which, inspirit me when I grow dull, which I seldom do, for-I.have-con" stant 'droppers in,' and, to own the- truth,. even, in, my palmiest days 1 never was treated with greater courtesy or respect. Of course, my sex is. generally known. am called -Mr. Harry' (an abbreviation of Harriet) ;. hLtt no one intrudes the more on that account. In fact,', have become a sort of necessity,'' as .I,am alwaysroadY to do a good turn—the great secret, after, all, of social success.;.andl never refuse to oblige a neighbour,' be the trouble what it may. The conseauences are pleasant enough. Many a ' nugget' is thrust on. .mo whether I will or no, in return for cook a puddtag_ or cstrning a shirt, and if all the cooks and semstresses in the world were as splendidly paid- as I am, the Song of the Shirt' would never have been written,, at all events. My own hoard amounts new to about 101 b. of gold, and if I Po on accumulatmg, even the richest heiress in my family in former days, will b e l eft irrimeasurab l Y behind. Sometimes, when. I have a few idle hours, I accompany Frank and, his connect° to the dig' sings, and it is a ram thing to watch the avidity with which every bucket'. is, raised ) , washed, examined; and cohnmeated upon. Wild the life is, certainly, but full of excitement and hope ; and, fear to tell you th a t do not wish it to end ! You cam hardly conceive w h a t a merry company gather together la or how our tent every even i ng, strange as it is, I almost pleasantly the hours pa 6s ' Tea and coffee we have in plenty, for every one brings I f ' hcard, and milk we manage to obtain, for among us WI have imported t wo cows, wh i ch cost us about £5O each, bet that is a mere trifle. Cake of various kinds I manufacture , thanks to old Betsy D.— for teaching me ; and as fo r liquor, we sometimes h av e a little wine, b ran d y , or Earle and sometimes not. And then we dance to the music German flute, played by a real German, or we sine glee` and quartette, or talk of Moore, Byron, Burns, Goetbe `Shakespeare and the musical glasses,' &c., until midnight and sometimes long after it. As to suitors, 1 have the?; in plenty, and not despicable ones either, I assure you.- LAW OF BANKRUTTCY.—Lord St. Leonard's Bill on the Law of Bankruptcy has been printed. There 0 , 113 forty-one clauses. A bankrupt i s t o h ave a ll owe d 11 £2O of excepted articles, as now a ll owe d b y th e I nso lve% Debtors' Court. Certificates are not to be classified, b u c a commissioner may express hi s appro b a ti on on t h e cal l ficate of the bankrupt's conduct. _ BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PlLLS.—Extract of 1 1 , letter, written by John Molard Wheeler, Esq., Collec t° of Customs, Jamaica, ha v i ng b een h an d e d b y hi s b r othe; at Swindon, to M r . P rout, for pu b lication :—" I I tn° g you have neve r h a d occas i on to take Blair ' s Pills, bet le y me emphatically tell you, in mercy to any friend wbor„,:.. suffer from gou t, r h eumat i c gout, lumbago, scia tica,r'to matism, or any branch of that widely-allied farailY' a re recommend their using them. In this country theY,. o f of wonderful e ffi cacy ; not only am I personally awa y r e. their powers, but I see my friends and acquaintances, ',,ej ceiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not,ougo without them on any account. If taken in the early s : be i of disease they dissipate it altogether if in a later , . i„,/ alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier cure than I ?r oir ° a g other means within my knowledge." Sold by ge- Prout, 220, Strand, London ; and by all respectablerrica dicine Vendors throughout the United King d°l4 ' 25, 9d, per box.