The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

\- imperial Varliaincut. --- HOUSE OF COll-IMON - S. — FRIDAY. On the order of the day tor resuming ;he adjourned debate on the first reading of the Protection of Life (Ire land) B 11, Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN rose. not for the purpose of op posing the reading of the order of the day, but to draw the attention of the house te the stare of Ireland, in many parts of which the people were dying of starvation. The hoe. gentleman quottd from various sources to show the extent of till distress, and contended that the mea sures of the government were wholly inadequate to meet the .ragni.ude of the evil. Sir J. GRAHAM at once admitted that the measures of the eovernment were certainly inadequate to feed the po pulation, or eve') any great portion of the population, of Ireland ; hut no such thing was contemplated. The mea sures of the government were cnite sufficient to regul to the, mat kets, so far as to prevent any great increase in the price of food; but government had gone even beyond this, for they hid given private instructions that if the wealthier classes in Ireland should not come forward, :as was anticipated. to meet this great calamity, that the grant sanctioned by Parliament of X 50,000 to be appropriated as loaes for public works might be exceeded, if neces sary, upon the resonsibillty of ;he Government. It was not desireble that government should exhaust all at once the means at its disposal, before the arrival of the period when it would be feared the distress would be greatest. In-the meantime, however, it was not apathetic to the ne ce-sity of the case : and he was happy to say that the pre judice against the use of Indian corn was rapidly giving way He hoped, however, that they would proceed with the debate, and tiring it to a close, as it would be of ma terial advantage to Ireland to have the Corn Bill cat ried into law at the earliest poosible period, as the duty on oat meal would then be reduced front 7s. to Is Gd. Mr. E. B. ROCHE bore his testimony to the appalling state of distress in Ireland, and said that government should send for larger supplies of Indian corn. Sir R. PEEL said it was impossible that government should at once be held responsible for isolated cases of pressure in various parts of Ireland. He disclaimed the rest on-ibility is the first instance on the part of the go wernn.ent. The first responsibility should rest with the landlords, who derived their fortunes from the country, and it was only on their means tailing that the responsi bility of the government commenced—a responsibility which, when it should arise, he would by no means shrink. from. If thee should fail in their efforts to meet the dis tress effectually, it would not be from indifference to the state of the people of Ireland, but from a feor of defeating their own object by doing too touch, and leading the peo ple to think that government was about to undertake the =ain't-nailed of the whole Irish population. Atter same observations from Mr. C. Powell, Sir W. Somery Ile, and Mr. Collett, Mr. () CONNELL said that although he believed that out-door relief in Irehnd would amount to confiscation, yet such was the extent of the distress that he would sup port the right hon. baronet if he thought it necessary to adopt it. lie thought, however, that the right hon. hart. should in the first instance appoint a commission, with a view to rite the absentee and resident landlords of Ire land, making of course a proper distinction between those who gave employment to the people, and those who did nothing but driw large revenues from their property with out reference to the position of those from whose labour it resul , ed. _ _ _ Atter a erod deal of further discussion the debate was adjout tied anti Monday• FORLIGN AND COLONIAL. UNITED STATES. The royal mail steam-ship Hibernia arrived on Tues day eve'•ine, having left Bistnn on the Ist and Halifax co the 3J instant. She brought 118 passengers. The pol•t;cal and cons., ercial news is not of importance : the position of all the affairs usually classified under these beads is still unsettled. Both the Oregon and Mexican sloestions were at the time of the steamer's derarture in an uneozir t .osture, so much so that all business was more or les: of ecied by that uneasiness. The former question vas s!ili b.-fore the Senate, who had not concluded their interminah:e debate upon the resolutions relating to the notice to quit. It appears that one of the senators, Mr. D•tyt in, hJd asked tor information of the President re spectiog the necessity for an increase of the naval and military power of the States. On the 24th of March a speci-1 message from the President was sent to the Senate in reply to a call of that body, made, as already observed, by toe rnwion of Mr. Dayton. In this message the Pre sident ci , mmenres by a reference to his message to Con gress in Dec tither, in which he recommended the increase of tie defences, and especially the construction of a steam navy. That opinion he re-as-errs; and again urges the expediency of augmenting the forces of the United States by latid and sea. In the Senate the Oregon debate, already protracted several week-, still " drags its slow length along." Every member almost had availed himself of his privilege to speak, though speech after speech had been but an echo of its predecessor. Some of the newspapers express an opinion that the debate would close at the end of the week the Hibernia left. The vote, it was conceded on all hands, would authorise giving the n)tice, but with an express recommendation to targociale. The Courier and Enquirer says :—" Whether the word compromise will or will not he introduced into the resolutions authorising the notice, is doubtful; but their spirit will amount to an explicit dire •tiou to the President to seek a pacific ad justment." No further negociation, it was said, had taken hhtee on the question. All the i. fluential rapers set med to take it for granted that the 4th of April steam ship from Liverpool would bring instructions to the British minister to resume negociations, taking as a basis the prep isition refused by him so peremptorily in March last year. In the meantime, the uncompromising party, the " 54 deg. 40 min. men," as they are called, had been gradually losing ground. and the line of 49 deg. appeared to be coming into more general favour throughout the Country. ATTENIPT TO KILL THE KING OF THE FRENCH. On Thursday, about halt-past five, at the mo men t the king was returning from his drive in the forest of Fontainebleau, a man, seated upo n th e wa ll, fir e d at hi s Majesty. Providence preserved the king's life. The Queen, Princess Adelaide, Duchess of Nemours, the Prince and Princess of Salerno, were in the carriage with the king. Three halls cut the fringe of the char-a-banc. No one was struck—a piece I f wadding was picked up by the que:ien. The assassin was immediately arrested. Hi s name is Lecounte ; he is an old genera:, guardian of the forest of Fontainebleau. A correspondent of the S'andard makes the following communication on the sul-kict :—" I fear that the assassin who attempted the life of Louis Philippe, on Thursday, will tu:n out to be a man of greater consequence in societ y than simply 'an old woodranger, or ancien oarde generale.' At the abdication of Na (Aeon. at Fontainebleau, among other witnesses, there was present Lee unte, the com ma, dant or chief of the Ga' de Generale; a man most zealously devoted to the Emperor, and who received from his hands one of the remaining eagles, with its appended tricolor. On the restoration of the Bourbons, Lecounte was dismissed from his office, which, in some respects, assimilated to that of a Commissioner of Woods and forests in this country. After, however, the expulsion of the elder branch of the Bourbons by the revolution of July, he was restored, with hundreds of other old officers of the empire. But, it is believed, in consequence of his extreme republican principles, he only retained his post about eizliteen mon'hs. Under these circumstances, and in the absence of any eviOence to the contrary, we may be par Jailed for supposing that Lecou , te, so favoured by Napoleon. has allowed a feeling of vindictiveness to urge Lim on to the attempted assassination of Louis Philippe. Happy will your readers be to find this surmise to be er roneous, and that. the unsuccessful villain is not an edu cated man, nor ohe of any 'mark or likelihood.' " On Monday a grand dinner was given at the Tuilleries br the king of the French, at which the Marquis and 11arct i.mess of Londonderry and Lord and Lady Pal merston were present. On the 31st of March the Empress of Russia and the royal fam , ly of Naples were proceeding in a special train, on the Caserta railroad, when the e-gine came in contact 'with a train that was standing on the rails Several of the passengers in the latter were it jured, but those in the royal b.-An escaped without other damage than a severe fright and the brealoge of the carriage windows. SPI.ITTING OF A MOUNTAIN.—An extraordinary phe montem,n took place on the 13-b ult.. at Kart ly. in Hun gary. Mount Morreetitvee. about 1.800 feet high, situ ated at the entrance of the defile of Borsoe, suddenly split in two. and stopped up the et urge of the river running through the hollow. The whole country above the place where the earth fell was immediately flooded. A letter fioui St. Peteesburgli of the 22d ultimo. says that Sir Moses Montefinre had been twice received by the Emperor, and his audiences had not been without some good teAults, as it is affirmed that his Imperial Ma jesty has order. d the suspension for four years of the ukase which ordained that the Israelites dwelling on Use west , rit howlers of the Empire should remove to the central or southern provinces of Russia. SPAIN.—The Spanish ministry was only formed on the 12th. Senor Istur:z has completely succeeded in his ne gociations, and his Cabinet will be united in a course of liberal, constitutional. and Conservative conduct. With him are allied Mutt. Pidal. and Armero. Mon is Finance Minister; Pula!, Minister of the Interior; and Armero, Minister of Marine. This news will he received with the utmost satisfaction by all those who watched the conclu sion of the late dangerous ministerial crisis. fot bad laturiz failed, a revolution was considered inevitable. The solemroty of Passion Week was observed at Madrid, by the Quern pretending to wash the feet of several poor men and women, waiting on them at table. and visiting the churches of Madrid on foot. Her Mejesty's waiting at tattle was thus performed—she handed the dishes to her conrea‘or, the confessor to a grandee, the grandee to the chief butler. and the chief butler to an in'erior official, who plac,d them in baskets which the poor carried away. Such:was the illustration of humility in " the Queen of the I) ,,i ns .rt THE MAR WHO WOULD RAVE TAKEN NELSON.—In the French Chamber of D puties on 'Tuesday, during the debate on the naval estimates, M. L-mercier announce.' the following startling fact, which will probab'y he as new to the British public as it was to the French Chamber. Tee orator said--" May I be allowed to relate a fact which is no' sufficiently well kn,wn ? When Captain Lucas pas boarded by the Victory, and taken by ir, the tri-coleuied flag would have floated over Nelson's ship, if a three decker. called the Bretagne, hail not come to assist the Victory." To have made the matter complete, Captain Lnct- ought to have served the Bretagne as he inteneed to . e rte Nelsf n. MELANCHOLY DEATR.—The Terrains of M.ior Ho +rendes', who appears. atter for years fight it-i x hi. count ry's tlit4leas to hue reached New South Wales, t 9 find, not an /".c. ,; \ - asylum where he might end his days in peace and plenty. but to perieh by the most horrible of deaths—absolute starvation—have been found on the Bungarabbee Brush, on the western road. The bones were•disjoireed and scattered, and not a single particle of •flesh remaining. His remains were found by a party who were bee-hunting in Bungarabbee Brush. On pursuing the search, a va riety of articles and a leather valise were found there, two cloth body-coats, a cloth cloak, a blue cloth cap with a peak, a boot, two tooth-brushes, and shaving and nail brushes, the remnants of a black silk stock, a handker chief, and also a quantity of bones. When the peak of the cap was first found it was covered with dirt, but on clear ing it there was written, apparently with a penknife, " Frederick Hovenden, died of hunger." The second boor could nowhere be found, nor could any razor. The Major had been mis-ing about eighteen months, about which time he left Sydney, and when he neither said where he was going nor did he leave word with his agent, Mr. Nicholas James, where he could be found ; snit, al though he had been advertised, no trace could be obtained of him. The Major had been about three or four yelrs in the colony, and when lie left Sydney he had been heard to remark, thet - he would rather go into the bush as a shep herd than be dependent on his friends. He had recently brought a con , iderable sum of money with him to the co lony, but had lost it.—Paramatta Chronicle, Feb. 1. IRELAND. Francis Conway, of Curraghmore, Upper Badoney, Syr , ne, died lately at the advanced age of 120 years. The French Radical press are endeavouring to create a sympathy in France for Irish treason, on the plea that Ireland is the Polend of Great Britain. On Tuesday last, in consequence of some cattle stray ing upon the line, an engine on the Cashel railway was upset, and the engineer killed. At a numerous meeting f Irish members at the Re form Club, on Saturday, it was resolved to oppo.,e the Irish Coercion Bill at every step. The. Nenagh relief committee have 150 labourers at work, at 10d. per day, and are selling out the Indian meal at 14d. per lb. Nine vessels cleared from Limerick, within the last week, with full cargoes of grain and provisions for Liver pcol, Glasgow, Portsmouth, and London. Patrick Hayes and Patrick Rice, f.,und guilty of the conspiracy to murder Mr. Clarke, are to be executed at Nenagh on the 30th inst. A young woman, daughter of James Hughes. a farmer, was murdered and thrown into a bog-hole at Crossbyone, Mayo, last week. On the farm of Roscarberry, on Friday nigh, the walls and ditches of 23 acres, together with pins and gates, were levelled with crowbars, spades, &c. to.the very foundation. Four men were drowned in the Lake at Castleblayney, on Monday last. They wrn► out in a boat which by some accident was upset. The fifth escaped by clinging to the boat. On Thursday, a beautiful three-masted steam schooner, the John Munn, intended for the trade between Derry and London, and built on the screw principle, was launched at Waterford. INDIA ':MEAL —The American packet-ship Camelia, register 1,090 tons, Captain French, arrived at Cork on Friday, with a cargo (about 25,000 bushels) of Indian corn and about 10,000 barrels of meal. In the past week there were 63U car loads of potatoes to market, being a decrease of 21 only with the correspond ing week of 1815. The market price was fur white 4d., and cups 61. per stone.—Leinster paper. Lord Stanley's large estate in Tipperary is the most prosperous and best managed of any absentee landed pro prietor in that county. Nuue of bis tenantry will require poor relief. The Irish members are determined to make the Coerci. on Bill occupy the house for the ;,,reater part of the ses sion. Jr is considered a not unlikely that this bill may ulitmarely compel Sir Robert Peel to resign. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—Tne Hon. Justice Cramp ton a ill preside at a public meeting of this society to be held in Dublin ibis evening. Tne Rev. J. H. Siewart intends also to be present, having overcome. from love to the association, his objection to cross the channel at his advanced age. Last week, there was a threatening notice sent to Lord Gormanstown, through the post-office, !hat if he would not restore a man named Morgan to a farm, that his Meath estate wool I be left destitute of an heir by the sons of Molly Maguire. CLER - ICAC PUNISIIMENT IN MAYO.—Notices have been placarded in Swinford (Mayo), requiring the inhabi tants to withhold all Easter dues from Mr. Coleman, the parish priest. The cause assigned is the lukewarmness of the priest for popular politics. On Monday night, an armed party entered the house of Thomas Ktnny, near Camlin. Limerick, and ordered him on his knees, to take an oath, that lie would give up a portion of ground in his possession. The man having refused, one of the fellows discharged a pistol at him, two balls from wh . ch lodged in his right leg. _ . . A poor woman liviDg at Ballyseeda, near Limerick, married but three years, has had within that period no less than seven children. She blessed her husband with two at the first birth, three at the second, and two last week, at the third. What would Miss Martineau say to this ? _ _ Mr. Heinicky, the proprietor of the Bilton Hotel, Sackville street, Dublin. destroyed himself by taking a laze dose of opium, a few day. since. In a letter ad dressed to the Coroner, he describes the motive which led him to commit suicide as resulting from excessive nervous feelings which he found it vain to struggle against. At Derry Petty Sessions. Mr. George Walters was summoned by Lieut. Ramsay, government emigration agent, for infringing the Passengers Act, by engaging passages for individuals without authority in wti•ine, from the principals, Roche & Co., of Liverpool.—Wal te,s was fined £5. EVICTION OF TENANTRV.—Tbe Waterford Chroni cle of Saturday contains an account, extending to nearly four columns, of the eviction of fi ty families. comprising two hundred and twenty-seven human beings. by the Marquis of Waterford. from his property at Graigsho peen, K.lmacthnmrs. and several families, numbering eighty persons from Glenafoca, also the property of the 111 a rcols. THREATENING NOTICE.—On Wednesday night last, notice was posted on the gate of a respectable far, ater , na med Egan, who resides near Ahbeyshrule, and holds twenty acres, ordering him at once to dismiss two Con naughtmen whom he had en ployed, and take back the former men that worked with him, whom he was obliged to turn away for idleness. On the notice was drawn a pistol and a coffin.— Limerick Chronicle. An immense meeting of the Itish Church Education Society, for the promotion of scriptural educ tion, was held in the Rotunda, Dublin, on Thursday. The Lord Primate was in the chair, and the several resolutions were spoken to by Lord Roden, Col. Conollv, Sir R H. Inglis, G. A. Hamiton, Esq., M.P., Rev. R. J. M'Ghee, A. Lefroy, Esq , and the Hon. Somerset Maxwell. The society's receipts for the Lest year amounted to £39 457 Ils. 9d.. being an increase over- the previous sear of £3,685 12s. 1011. The number of schools in union with the society, Goth directly and through its diocesan associa dons, at the close of the year 1845, was 1,800, and the nugiber of children on the rolls on the 31st of last Decem bet,the period of the year when the schools are in general the most thinly attended. was 100,775; of these, 58.279 ar- Church children, 12,557 Protestant Dissenters, and 22,869 Roman Catholics. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the last meeting Mr. O'Connell attended. and his address was, for him, tem perate. He wished to have 1,4 d Heytesbury removed, regretted the famine, and was dritermitted to offer every opposition to the coercion bill. They won't] avail them selves of every privilege—they would divede upon every question affecting Ireland—they would contest every word of every clause of every measure interfering with the con• stitutional tights of loishmen—not a singe word of the grievances of Inland should remain untold—from the utisrooduct of the artogant stipendiary magistrate down to the in-olettee of the street policeman. Every thing should be brought in re view before the Honse of Cont. metros ; whether they liked it or not, they should hear of I reland. He then 'viably eulogised Si: R. Peel for his no a •ttres iu reg a rd to England, and omitted all mention of Repeal till the coneludine fletitener, winding up with " Hums for Old Ireland and Repeal!" RIOTING IN TIPPERARY.—For the last ten days great exctenont has be en e ccasioneei in Clontnel by the appre hensions of disturbances, in consequence of the people in that district so.d other pails of Tit priory b-ing in a state of destitution ; and the fears have unhappili beenrealised. On Monday, a force of militat y and police were es corting fl tor-carts into Clohnel. and tl.e no.h look ad vantage of their sbsence and attacked the Abbey Mills. orn which they stole above thirty sacks of flour, which were taken to County W stet fot d in boats befere the noli tary could teach the spot. t .11 the following slay Clontnel was nail titre wn into a great state of con motion : all the bakers' shops aeee sotto ked by the mob and plun dered ; the windows were Lrcken, anti time town I resent. eel a scene of the greatest contusion and alarm. The attacks on property were not confined to the Goan: Besti r 1 mills in the vicinity were also plundered. and property to a considerable amount taken off. The prinnipal streets were lined with mi'itviy doting the day; several gentle men of the town were sworn in as special constables. and the inhabitants generally evinced a most aurlahle spirit to suppr SR any outrage that might occur. All business was completely suspended, the shops were closed, and none hut an eve-witness could conceive the.state of excitement into which Clonal 1 was thrown ; several policemen were severe;y wound.ll-with stones, on the way in from Abbey, and tine poor fell , w had his skull fractured. A large mob proceeded to Suir-Ville Mills, between eleven and twelve o'clock ; and while I utside of the mills. Cap t ain Osborne, J.P., arrived at the t•cene. Ile immediately addressed the multitude, anti said that- I e would report their condi tion to government—that if they would come with him to New town he would give them a d•nner, and that he uld give them fifty pounds' wt rth of enrol ymert next (Inv. The mob then went wi h Mr. Osb tine, and were entertained at Newtown. We have again to tell this gentleman, that lie has acted unwisely and injudiciously— that he l•as added another ei , cumost• nee to his recent acts to prove that he knows no hive of behind. A lawl-ss no -t ) are not to be ;von over by merwernine kindtless, h o t they must he taught to respect the laws. It is true, it Os y be said . shat and a p ,? v, e wr do to ,ist z c y. a t o h tto at t it vr , a s for t but we say not who are p Ping for want —it is tint those to whom time fiend of el artty ou2ht to be stretched cut—who hive created this gr, tit exet went, nr committed stitii nets of plunder, it i• a I orde idlyf fellt.ws, who i n f es t th e count , v', ourohe rs of w hom are strangers to our loc•lity, an d a loe in rheir . a,x iery to imbue the peopie with feel. ings or discontent, untoritmately win n airy inexperien,ed peisoris into their lawless ranks. A sub•erivtion e f xstio any entered into at a ruirli-mee'ir g of the itthal bows called that day at Cloomel. but we voreside-er this meeti n g both ill-timed and impolitic.—Tipperury Coptiiution. THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD. UNIVERSITY 13- CLERICAL NEWS. There is an average of no less than six hundred mem bers of the Protestant Church to each benefice in Ireland. The Archbishop of Dublin bas warned his clergy against baptism in private houses, which makes a domestic cere mony of what ought to be a Church sacrament. The Rev. Dr. Jackson, of Penrith, has been appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle, vacant by the de cea,e of the Rev. W. Fletcher. It is intended to establish scholarships in the Univer sity Of Oxford for the benefit of sdholars from Winchester College, as a tribute to the memory of the late Dr. God dard. Upwards of 1:12l10 have already been subscribed. SIVGULAR. CIRCUMSTANCE. — After a sermon I reached in St. Mary's, Stafford, by the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, on Wednesday week, for the Calcutta inissi.m, the singu lar sum of £99 19s. 11d. was collected. Earl Talbot was one of the collectors. The Bishop of Llandaff has addressed his clergy on the subject of irregular marriages celebrated by balms in parishes where the parties did not reside. The evil of late years seems, his lordship says, to hive increased, and some flagitious instances have occurred of bigamy. Awl of incestuous marriage, obtained by these means, which have caused great scandal to the Church. PRACTICAL GR.ATITUDF: —The minister and church wardens of Rothwell, near Leeds, have transmitted to the Gospel •Propagation Society £5, collected in the church, as an earnest of gratitude to Almigh►y God, on the day of public thanksgiving, for victories achieved in India. The amount is to be applied to church purposes. as near the seat of war as possible. 131smottate OF J ERUSALEM.—Various reports in refe rence to th;s appointment have found th , is way into the papers. All doubts on the subject, however, are now set at rest by the appointment of the Rev. Samuel Gohat, vice-principal of the Protestant College at Mal'a, formerly missionary in Abyssinia. The new bishop is a Swiss, and of t 'hristi an descent.—Jetcili Chronicle. _ SCRIPTURAL. EDUCATION.—A great meeting' on behalf of the Irish Church and the cause of Protestant Eduratien in Ireland, will be held in the Laree Room, Exeter Hall, on Friday, v! ay 1. The chair will be taken by the Most Hon. the Marquis Ch.dmondeley. Viscount Sandon, Lord Teicninouth, the Lord Bishop of Cashel, the Rev. Hugh M`Neile. the Rev. Mortitner O'Sullivan, D D., and other noblemen and gentlemen, will address the meeting. EMOLUMENTS OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORSHIPS.— It appears from a Parliamentary return, that the professor of chemistry at Cambridge, receives for an average of twenty lectures anrually a grant of £lOO per annum, with fees amounting to ~b out forty guineas. The pro fessor of botany receives £l6l, with one guinea from each pupil. The professor of divinity receives £4O a year. The professor of Hebrew receives £4O from Trinity Col lege, a set of roott.s in the college, and £lOO from Go vernment. The professor of physi.; has about £l5O from fees. and a house let for £l5O. The Regius pro fessor of Greek has £5O, with about seventy-tire guineas for fees. Of course, the professors have incumbencies, some of them very valuable; but no one can say that their profession4l labours are too highly remunerated at the amounts we have stated. RAILWAY lisim Lid GEA CE. On Monday the continuation of the South-Pastern line of railway was opened from Canterbury to Rangy>gate. Mr. Gre.z.on has been appointed manager of the Edin burgh and Glas2ow at a salary of £3,(.00, rising to 41.060 with the improvement of the company. The scriuholdera of Nottingham have adopter' a resolu tion approving of the views of government wi'h respect to the disso►ution of companies at the instance of a majority of the shareholders. At a " wind-up" meeting a few days ago, Mr. J. Maunder, of Exeter, said that the railway speculators of that city had pledged themselves to schemes amounting to eleven millions of money ! In the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday, a new trial was granted the case of Pigot v. the Ea.,tern Counties' Railway Company. The plaintiff had obtained damages for property destroyed by a spark from a locomotive engine. SUBSIDENCE OF A RAILWAY VIADUCT.—The mid dle arch of the Preston viaduct. of 27 arches, which crosses the turnpike-road from London to Bright m, was found to have sunk a font or eigl.t en inches, and will have to he rebuilt. The opening of the new lire will be declared. The Leeds Mercury Mates, that in consequence of the de ris'on in the Cit , C of " Wooltner v. Toby," a waggon load at least of circulars have come to Bradford from voracious solicitors of defunct lines, requiring payment of instal ments. One of them, it seems, issued 140 writs against Provisional Committeemen for £3B due to a person for work done for a Railway Company. HAVE YOU GOT A TOBY ?—The shower of missives from Railway Directors, all referring to the stock case of " Wonlmer v. Toby," which has been falling incessantly on unhappy allottees, for the last week or two, has given rise to the constant inquiry—" Have you got a Toby ?" Once upon a ti r e, when people met tovether at a street corner, the remark was, " it's a floe day ;" or, " It's very wet," as the case might be; but now, one hears no thing but—" Have you got a Toby ?" A frightful accident occurred on the Eastern Counties line, on Sunday week. The directors were running a special train to Newmarket, for the races on the follow. ine day, conveying Lord and Lady Chesterfield, Lord E. Russell. and the elite of the sporting world. amounting to near 100. The engines (there being two) got off the rails, and shot the carriages down a steep emhaokrnent into a ditch, but the passengers luckily escaped with little more than a ducking. The loss to the company is ab.ive £3,00 0 . RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT.—The Dab' News of Friday publish-s an analysis, showing the pres nt state of railway business in parliament, from which it appears that 48 bills have been read a second time in the Lords, 19 gone through committee in the Lords. 286 been read a second time in the Commons, 27 gone through committee in the Commons, 8 read a third time and passed in the Commons, 14 withdrawn, 28 thrown out on standing orders, 13 thrown out in commit. tee, 22 petitions for bilis still before standing orders com mittee, 33 petitions still before the sub-committees, 219 dennct schemes. FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday a serious accident occurred on the Brandling Junction Railway, near South Shields. The engine by some means got off the line, draggis g the tender along wi , h it, and fell over an embankment, about 14 feet deep, on to a c Ater. the roof of which it penetrated, destroying the house, wed ' burying the inmates, consisting of two women and a boy, in the 'ulna. The boy escaped unhurt, one of the females had her leg broken, by the engine falling upon it, and the other was so dreadfully scalded that •he died on Tuesday. At the inquest the verdict was that there was no evidence to show that any blame could be attached to the com p-my s servants. The engine still remains where it fell, and it has been found necessary to pull down two adjo,n ing houses, in order to effect its removal, and even then it cannot be removed entire, but must be taken to pieces and rebuilt. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. — On Thurs day a special meeting of the proprietors was held in the Cotton Salee.room, for the. purpose of submitting drafts of bith, for which application is to be made to parliament during the present session. Charles Lawrence, Esq., the chairman to the board of directors, occupied thechatr. Mr Swift, the clerk to the company, then read drafts of the bills, by which it is proposed to a , .thot ise the com pany to construct, or become the proprietors of, or to be come the lessees of, or to contribute towards the forma ton of, the railways therein mentioned. Mr. Vierpoint, of Warrington, objected to the branch from Huron to A-hton, on the ground that an expenditure of nearly a million of money would be incurred for a saving in dis. tatter of five and a half miles ; besides, by the proposed wooks in connexion with it, the navigation of the river Mersry would be impeded. This objection was over. ruled, and the proprietors sanctioned the drafts which were submitted to them. THE GAuoKs.—The projected number of breaks of guage, occasioning a change of cairia.:.e at each. if the brow guage lines ot 18-15 are made, will be no few-r than ten. A passenger from Chester, by Gloucester, to S. nth ampton, w ruld have to shift himself and his tu gg ,, gt , f our times ; first at Wolverhampton, then at Worcester, again at Gloucester, and then at Salisbury. The proportions of tLe two guages, in respect of distance and capital, will be found to stand thu‘ :—Narrow gua,e lines sancti toed in 1845 amount to 1,220 miles, and. their capital to £2l 736,640 ; the lines proposed to be broad guage (hut sti I subj ct to the decision of Parliament) amount to 577 milts, and £7,433,000. 'Poe railways now open for pas serger ttaffic in Great Britain are 2-10 miles or broad guage, valued at £9.704 361 and 1,593 miles of narrow guage, valued at .t 57.186,137. This tot .1 excludes mi neral lines, all on tie narrow guage, whose extent may be rearmed at about 300 miles. locludnue these, the sum mary of narrow gunge lines is about 2.1100 miles. to he contrasted with 240 of broad goay.—Railtroy Chronic!, ENQUIRY OF ASSESSED DAMAGES.— A c urt of en. quire; was held on le.idav, at the Clarendon-rooms, b, fore J. H. Hutton, the sheriff's ass-ssor, to assess the value of property to be taken by the Grand Junction Railway Co., for their improvements in the neighbourhood of the. present. Lime-street station. The first inqu;ry related to some property in liotham-street, opposite the Blind Asylum, and belonging to Mr. Solomon abson. The company had offered £B5O, which was refu-ed. It was est mated by the witnesses on Mr. G.'s part, at from £1.200 to £2,000, but at ankh lees by the witnesses of the company. the jury returnwd a verdict, fixing the value at 4:810. Mr. Joseph Sooth, marble mason, Glou cester-street. claimed £3 200 for his land, bu loss of trade, and removal. After a great number of wit ' . nesses had been called, the joy assessed the amount at -£1,9 0. For property in tiothan-stteet, l'el011;ng to Mr. George Gough. the company consented to a verdict for 31;0 guineas. Mr. Biker, tobacconist, claimed com pensation for removal fiom his house, and the company off red £2O, which he finally accepted. • kEDUCTION OF RATES.—Tir! London and Birming.. ham Railway have reduced the charge for the move% ance ot hardware and manufactured goods for any distance over fi'ty miles to 2,1. per ten per mile, including loco !) wive power, and all charges except for collectoig and delive.y. We are also informed that the cowl any intend. by a bill which they hate now before Parliarne.t. to propose this as the maximum rate which they shall have the power of chargii g. The followit g statement will afford some idea of the effect ot a 'eduction in chai ge „ on the carriage of goods by r: lw ay. It app, ars that in the quarter ending December. 1844. the quantity of goods carried on the London and 13irminanon Line was 85.520 tons, the receipts fur which w ere £41,824. In the cot. rasponding quarter ending December. 1845. (a la , g- re duction having taken place in the charges in the into. %al), the quantity carried was 129 560 tons, bring an increas- of 44 040 tons on the quat ter, but in respe, t of the entir e tonnage du r ing the latter quarter , the receipts were only £51.481, or an inc , ease of £6.660, ric freely sutfic'ent t o ansa e• the increased expenses atteLdiaA the larger atnun h t of busiuess dune. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLL'S COURT.-FRIDAY, - APRIL 17. SPARLING V. PAH %ER, (Before the Master of the Rolls.) The Master of the Rolls gave , judgment in this case. , The question reserved by his lordship on the former occa sion was whether the shares of a deceased shareholder in the Liverpool Gas Light Company, vi hich was incorpo rated by act of Parliament—and also in the Lancaster Gas Light Company and the Harrington Dock Company. b.th of which were constituted by deed only, canoe within the provisions of 9 Geo. 11., c. 36, the statute against Mort main. The question was, whether there ought to be any abate ment from certain legacies given to charities by a deceased shareholder to the extent that those legacies would have to be paid out of the proceeds of the shares in ques•ion, The Masterof the Rolls said, the question was, whether the shareholders in these companies had such an interest in land as could be deemed to be within the statute of Mort main. The shareholders were entitled to receive the dividends on their shares, being their just proportion of the profits from the joint stock, partly consisting of land. But they had no distinct right to the land, or any part of it. A shareholder could not proceed against the land directly, or make it or any part of it his own, or a security tor any demand he might have. He was not in the situa tion of a mortgagee, who might make the land his own ; or of - a tenant in common, or joint-tenant, who might make a portion of the land his own in severalty. And in the administration of the estate of a deceased shareholder, his share, in the absence of any special direction, would have to be sold and converted into money, and the pro ceeds otherwise ihvested. He was of opinion that a shareholder in these joint stock companies was not entitled to a share or interest in lend so as to fall within the pro visions of the Mortmain Act. A shareholder would only be entitled to his share of the proceeds of the property upon winding up the affairs of the company. He was, - therefore, of opinion, that there ought to be no abatement of the legacies given to the charities. COOKE V. WETH I:RALL.—This case will be tried again at the next Guildtold Assizes. H. A. Browne, Esq., a member of the Irish Bar, has been convicted of bigamy. The prisoner had bound him. self in a bond of £l.ooo that no lawful impediment existed to his second marriage. IMPORTANT CASE.—On Wednesday a motion was made in London, before Mr. Ju-tice Coleridge, on behalf of the Earl of Derby, to have an action brought by the Earl against Mr. Latham, architect, of Preston, tried before the sheriff's assessor at the courtly court. The action is for rent of a pew alleged to be the property of the plaintiff, and occupied by the defendant. Mr. Latham deities the right of any person to sell or let any pew in the body cf a par;sh church. The application was opposed, and the judge stated, that it was not sustainable, so that if tried, the cause will he taken to a superior court. A most im portant question is involved in this case. Public atten tion has, upon several recent occasion's been directed to it, and it is probable that a decision will now be obtained on the subject. WOOLMER V. TOHlr.—The Court of Queen's Bench, on Friday, granted a new trial in this case. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake contended that this verdict could not stand as the shares were not allotted until a panic ca me over the money market, and it was reasonable to suppose from the evidence, that if ihe speculation wa , likely to have been a profitable one, the provisional committee would have kept the whole or nearly the whole of the shares in their ()an hands, until they coula haue been disposed of at a higher premium. But a panic came on before the allotment, although two months had elaesed (torn the time of the plaintiff's application, and the answers to applications were not received in time. The judge, on the trial, said he thought that two months was not an unreasonable time for alloting .10,000 shares, which he submitted was a mis direction to the jury, as it appeased that the provisional committee had determined to wind up the concern. COURT OF I XCHEQUER.—LIv RPOOL, PRFSTON. AND NORTH UNION JUNCTION RAILWAY. — RAWSTORNE AND OTHERS V. GANDELL AND ANOTHER.—At the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday last, this case was brought before Sir F. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron. Mr. Crompton moved to s t aside a plea of a release which had been pleaded. The plaintiffs are the provisional committee of a company projected for the form ttion of the above railway, and defendants the engineers who were entrusted to prepare the plans to be deposited by the 311th November, and to whom money to the amount of £2 300 was supplied to carry out their operations. That day, however, passed without their depositing the plans; so that the scheme fell to the ground, and the action was. brought to recover the money paid, es a compensation for the heavy outlay ; the scheme being rendered abut- ive. To this the defendants pleaded non askumpsit, and the plaintiffs were prepared to go to trial, when they were met by the plea in qoestton, which set up a release to defendants by two of the plaintiffs, and which, if availa ble, would operate as a bar to the action. The counsel submitted that the court E huuld interfere to prevent the detendants setting up this defence, contending that there was collusion on the part of the releasors, in ft vud of their co-plaintiffs and of the whole shareholders.—The Court was of opinion that it could not so interfere. Al though it might be that the course pursued by these rar ties was highly improper, y. t mere impropriety was not enough to warrant them in preventing the defendants from setting up a release obtained from any one of the plaintiffs, who, at its date, had any actual interest in the concern. Under the circumstances, the rule Weas refused. THE CURT F4SHIOAABLE WORLD. The Queen Dowager arrived at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. on a %i,it to her 'Majesty and the niece Consort. His Serene Highness the Ileeeditary Prince of 'axe Meinengen also arrived on a vis t to her Majesty. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.--livr Maj-sty and Prince Albert have been at Windsor Castle all week. It is a singular circumstance that the whole group of persons who stood at St. George's Gate, on Tuesday, and paid their respects to the royal pair as they drove out, were from Manchester ; about a dtgen ladies and gentlemen, several of them personal y unacquainted with each other, whose meeting. therefore, was purely accidental. The Queen and her royal husband graciously acknowledged the sa►utatio'•s of our townsmen and fair townswomen. — Manchester Courier. Lord Francis Egerton and family left Brighton, on Sa turday, by the Magnet steamer, fur Dieppe, en route to Paris. _ _ Almost all the boxes at the Opera are now sold. Miss Campb,-11 has just b ught one on the pit ti , r for .C4OOO. Mstoy of the double ones on the grand tier have cott 17000 and £BOOO. WALLASEY• Poo r STEEPLE CHASE. This race. which was intended to have been brought to a cone'usion on Saturday, the 11th instant, came elf on Saturday last, over some ground situate between Wallasey' and Leasowe, about four miles from Seacontbe Fetry, where there were about 400 to 500 persons assembled to witness the struggle between young gentlemen of Liverpool. The winning flag was placed in the centre of a grass field, from w hich the start took place, the first jump be ing a flight of hurdles, from thence over a stif hedge into a road, and out of the road, over another high hedge, into a grass field. and across several other fields with very h gh hedges, after which came a turnip field with large hedges; then two ploughed fi lds, exceedingly heavy, with high hedges, followed by a succession of grass fields, with very trying leaps, the last of which was neatly five feet high, about 100 yards from the winning -post, the whole being about a mile round. each jump being marked out with red and white flags. All the gentlemen were appropriately dressed in their own selected colon's. The first race (for a fifteen guinea cup) was two miles in length, for which five came to the post, viz., Messrs. Mar-iii, Maddock, Woodward, I lazeldoo, and Sudlow. 13 , ttit g even on Martini ;against any other. At starting Mr. Sudlow led off at a smart trot. closely followed by Maddock, Hazeldon, Martini, and Woodward, all taking the jumps in grand style, until arriving at the turnip field, where the pace began to slacken, Mr. Sudlow still leading, and the others well up. Here a great number of persons were as-embled to see the jump into the ploughed field, I which was cleared beautifully by all; the pace slow. At the last hedge, for the first time roun t, a great number were its waiting, to see what t ff et the mile had made on their respective favourites. By this time Mr. Martini had drawn up to the first place, and was just quickening his pace for the jump, whets Sudlow came up with a rush, followed by Maddock, both clearing it before him, amidst loud cheering; Woodward 4-h, and Haz,liton bst. The betting now altered to 3 to 2 on Sudlow against any other, which was freely taken, as none appeared much the worse. They continued in this order for three fields. a h-ri Messrs. Su ilow and Maddock began to puff, and Mr. Woodward •to thaw fast upon them ; and about 200 yards fur her found Mr. Woodward leading. Maddock second, and the rest a good any behind. At the commencement of the tut nip field, Mr. NI oodward was first over, followed at a eistance of about 3(1 yards by Hazeldon ; Maddock Sad low, and Martini having " bellows to mend." By the tine the first ploughed field was accomplished, the three I st-narned had come to a stand. Betting 4 to lon Woodward, who was still running at a good lace, until he came into the second ploughed field, where he walked about 10 yards ; but seeing Hazeldon and Maddock begin to tun again, he took to runni.q, and came in an excel lent winner by 200 yards, amidst It ud cheering ; dot; 2nd; Sudlow 3rd, about 500 yards from the 2nd; the others en route. This was run in 14 minutes and 30 seconds. SECOND RACE FOR A TEN GUINEA CUP. For the 01. e mile race, which took place about six in the evening, 12 came to the post, viz Messrs. Blacker, Lacey, 'Protrnatt, Shiel, Martin, Smith, and six others, whose names we could not ascertain. Betting 3 to 2 each on Blacker and Lacey against any other. Shia gri ally fancied and hi evil) backed. On the signal being given for tne start, Shiel jumped off with II e lead at a great pace, the rest following suit. In this old r the y continu , e! until they reached the turnip field. when t hey began to tail elf, Shiel still leading, Blacker, Trottnan, Smith, and another, clt se upon him. Here, as in the previous race, wet e a great many assembled to see the plum:lied fields !ravers , d, Blacker, and Tiotmati taking the jump ahrost at the same moment. By t his time the ploughed fields wf re gone ove r, half had cried recenvi, and on arliving at the jump into the next field. course was pun. '1 he race was now lett to Blacker, Larey, Trott - Jinn, Smith. and another, whir ar rived at the last field hut one in the above order. At the last jump numbs, s a ere assembled to ate the &al struggle . Mr. Blai ker was first oyi r, amidst I, ud cheering, but, on g. his fuut slipped, and he fell over, and wit, breasted by Mr. - Now the exezterro was very gre t. feats being criteria ned that Blai ker's chance was cone; but he wa s quickly on his shanks again, and led up to the winning. I oat by about five yards. The second place was severely con•cated for by Mr. -an Smith ; Smith eventually passing Mr. -, and gaining second place by about a yard ; the others tweuty or thirty yards in the rear, TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND, ENGLAND AND IRE LAND, AND EUROPE AND AFRICA. Amidst the many wonderful inventions of modern days, wherein the faculties of man have overcome difficulties apparently insurmountable, and made the very elements themselves subservient to his power and use, there are none more wonderful than that now about to be carried out by the establishment - of submarine telegraphs, by which an instantaneous communication will be effected between the coasts of England and France. The British Government, by the Lords Commissioners of the Admi rality, and the French Government, by the Minister of the Interior, have granted permission to two gentlemen, the projectors of the submarine telegraph, to lay it down from coast to coast. The site selected is from Cape Grisnez, or from Cape Blancnez, on the French side. to the South Foreland, on the English coast. The sound ings between these headlands are gradual. varying from seven fathoms near the shore on either side to a maxi mum of thirty-seven fathoms in mid-channel. The Lords of the Admiralty have also granted permission to the same gentlemen to lay down a submarine telegraph between Dublin and Holyhead, which is to be carried on from the latter place to Liverpool and London. The sub marine telegraph across the Engl sh channel will, how ever, be the first one laid down : the materials for this are already undergoing the process of insulation, and are in that state of forwardness which will enable the pro jectors to have them completed, and placed in position, so that a telegraphic communication can be transmitted across the channel about the first week in June. When this is completed an electric telegraph will be established from the coast to Paris, and thence to Marseilles. This tele graph. throughout France, will be immediately under the direction of the French Government, as, according to the law of 1837, all telegraphic communications through that country are under the absolute control and superinten dence of the minister of the interior. Upon the comple tion of the submarine telegraph across the English chan nel, it is stated that a similar one on a most gigantic scale will be attempted to be formed under the immediate sanc tion and patronage of the French administration ; this is no less than that of connecting the shores of Africa with those of Europe by the same instrumentality, thus open ing a direct and lightning-like communication between Marseilles and Algeria. It has been doubted by several scientific men whether this is practicable; and, indeed, whether even the project between the coasts of France and England can be accomplished ; but it has been proved be experiments the most satisfactory in their re,ults, that not only can it be effected, but effected without any very considerable difficulty.—Morning Herald. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Since 1836, Dr. Reid's venti!ating apparatus for the temporary houses of Parliament has cost £l2 483. The health of Sir Robert Pert has very materially im proved by the week's relaxation which he has enjoyed. Two men were suffocated on the 2d instant by foul air in a mine near Wednesbury. GRATIFAING FACT.—There were only four bankrupts in last Tuesday's Gazelle. The " Evangelical Alliance" intends holding its first • grand conference in London in August. The Earl of Essex, hitherto a staunch protectionist, has declared emphatically for a total repeal of the corn-laws. The grand archery meeting at York will be held on the 29 h. 30th, and 31st of July next. Sir Harry Smith, the hero at Aliwal, is married to a Sprnish lady who saved his life in the Peninsular war. On Easter Monday a ferry-boat between Anglesey and Bangor was upset, and three persons drowned. The small-pox is raging to a fearful ex:ent in the town and neighbourhood of Wisbech. A miser, named John Jacob Farmer, died a few days back in London from starvation, although he bad pro perty in his possession exceeding £B,OOO. The !ate Sir Wm. Hillary's house, at Douglas, Isle of Man, is being converted into a family hotel. The house was lately purchased by a Manchester manufacturer. A few days ago, a mule bird, between the linnet and canary, died at Sunderland, at the great age of twenty two years, having been blind for nearly four years. It is said that Colonel Gough, nephew of the comman der-in-chief, received no Pss than six balls in the late action, hut remained notwithstanding in the field. Mr. Macready has entered into an engagement to per form twenty nights at the Surrey Theatre for £1,600, commencing next September. _ _ . The Post:office clerks and distributors at Bath have made an appeal to the public against the continuance of the Sunday delivery. It ought to he acceded to. At the Sessions Court-house at Beverley, the foremln of the jury declined giving a verdict because " Fee no orator." Henry Jackson, gamekeeper to Sir Gorge Renishaw, was shot severely in the thigh, by poachers, on Frieav week. The offenders have been apprehended. A child. seven months old, has died at Camherwell, from having partaken rather freely of half a round of bread steeped in beer, which had been given to it. Mr. Charles Kemble has been reading Shakapeare to the working classes at the east end of London, with im mense success. SPORT AND DEATH —Three valuable borseswere killed in consequence of the severity of the run they had had with the Queen's steg hounds on Monday. The Jupiter, Bristol and Cork steamer, went a.hore on Wednesdaf"night, in the river, near Bristi.l ; several va luable hunters, horned cattle, and two hundred pigs, w, re drowned. JamOs Reid, who was acquitted on the charge of mur dering the old man. Branter, at. Berketvell, is again in custody, charged with rubbing the premises of the mur dered man. After various remands, the magistrates have decided on commi►ting Sheriff and Biddle to Oxford gaol for trial for the wilful murder of Mr Mobbs, on the evidence of the accomplice, Skerry. The crew of a whaling vettsel,.the Mary, have been shipwrecked on the Woodlark Islands. Seven were drowned, ot,e only escaped, the others, twenty-eight itt number, were horribly massacred by the natives. The banking house of Lathom and Co., at Dover. has stopped payment. The immediate cause is the death ot the senior partner. It is expected there will be 10s. in the pound for the creditors. In the Times an American company advertise f;.r sale saddles of American forest venison, wild geese from the American lakes, and wild turkeys from the American fo rests, just received, in fine order! At tt.e sale of the stock of one of the most extensive posting-masters in Glasgow, last week. the horses, be tween fifty and sixty in number, fetched from £25 to £3(► each. _ _ - In the western division of Middlesex, the number of inquests held in cases of suicide during the past three months was exactly double the number held during the corresponding three months of 1845. At Birmingham, Thomas Leathern, who professed to be an attorney, under which character be procured sums of money font two or three prrties under false pretences, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. WEARING THE KILT.—The Highland Society of Lon don have resolved upon giving ptizes in the Highlands, to " the best-dressed Highlanders, who have fur the longest period worn the kilt." The prizes are to be awarded at Fort William, in August next. BRITI-H SHIPWRECKS --The National Life-boat So ciety estimate, from authentic sources, that the number of British vessels yearly destroyed by shipwreck is 600; the value of property shot] , £2.500,600 sterling; and the number of lives lost to be about 1,560. In the northern suburb of the city of Lincoln, in the parish of St. John Newport, a lady has, this year, been honoured with the appointment of overseer of the poor. The same pers n has previously been appointed con:ta ble, in the defect of sufficient male inhabitants. On 'Tuesday morning, a donkey drive r was lucky enough to p'ck up 27 sovereigns, which he found sc ittered abon' in Regent's Park. They are supposed to have chopned out of the trousers pocket of some gentleman whilst riding on horseback the evening berme. NORWEGIAN GAME —Tine tit-be, from Dram, or Dr,mmer, in the kingdom of Norway, uhich as rived last week in the Surrey Canal, had on board, in addition to a cargo. con s isting, with the exeepticn mentioned, entirely of ice, 17 cases of game, the produce of tha country. FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday five men were killed in a fire clay pit, near Bils , on. by a sulphur explo sion. One of them was going along with a candle, though implored by his companions not to do so, and hence the catastrophe. A young man was killed by lightning last week, at WestleY, in Suffolk. He, with .ix others, souAt shelter from a storm under a heche ; a fl Ash of lightning knocked down several of the youths, and the deceased died in a few minutes. A powder mill blew up at Wa'tham Abbey on Sun day night : fortunately no per.on was on the pretiiis-s The disaster was caused by a Spol, which set the mill atones in such rapid motion that the powder which was under them exploded. Martha Ford. a girl nine years of age, daughter of a sawyer living at Wrdnesbury, was so frightened by hear ing a noise behind her as she was coming down stairs, and turning and seeing a doe lnlonging to a ne gill our, that she died the following d y. On the afternoon of the 6 in;'ant, a gross outrage and attempt at violation was maw: us the person of a respectable married female, named V 1 bite, residing in a cottage us on the estate of Colonel Keppd. at Ashley, Milton, Warwickshire, by a respectable-looking man, who alighted from a chaise under the pretence of slither ing tram the rain. At the Gloucester assize., on Saturday, James Wares. aged 68, was transported tor life, for setting fire to a dwel ling house. The prim ipal evidence was that of his daughter, who was lodging in the house, a public house of low description, and with whom he was at variance. He attempted to so s angle her. but she got away ; the tire a.. tetwat ds broke out and was discovered to have originated in the prisons is room. • A distressing csse of murder and attempted suicide has °centred a' Aodovetsfoid, near Cheltenham. let conse quence of ill treatment on the part of her huband, sometin es beat her with a flail,) and other relatives. a fr. male named Jane Ne roman, on Saturetay. first di owned her infant daughter in a mill t mid, and them attempted to eestroy herself in a s'inilar manner. Eehe was, however. obserted, taken out in a senseless state, atp.l has since part ally to covered. ExTENsivg ROBBERY.—On Feiday, between twelve and o u r, o'clock, Mts. Virearr, a widow lade, residing in Oxford-terrace, Bat eater, west to the (3 nk of England, betea she received J.& 0, consisting of two X. 60, sitir 1:50, and six £5 Bank of Eoklend notes, a his twenty &ivy rekos. 11. e notes she care'ully placed in her pocket. book, at d the gold in a nurse, Which she put iu her hock. st. On quitto g the Batik. she, "cconipeenied by hs r daughter. went on foot into King Will•aus-street In make acme purchase a, when, to he, astonisttrorsit slid dismay, on put tit g her hand int her goober, she founei that the pocket-book and puree had been abstracted. April 2!, 1846. The will of the late Mr. Liston, the popular comedian, has just been proved in Doctors'-commons, and his ef fects were valued jor probate duty at £40,000. He has left his plate, jewellery, pictures, books, furniture, car- - Lieges, horses, &c., to his wife, absolutely. The residue of his proverty, which he directs to be invested in the funds in the names of the trustees, he has left to his wife. Some half century ago there existed in Bond-streets London, a banker's establishment, known as Messrs. Strange, Dashwood, and Co. About forty-five yeas have elapsed since the house suspended payment, and se veral dividends upcn the estate have at considerable in tervals been paid. Within the last few days we under stand a sixth dividend of Bd. in the pound, making in all l3s. 4d., has been in course of payment. A THIEF IMPRISONED IN THE ACT.—On Friday, as s cart, loaded wi h beans, was standing near the door of the Elephant and Castle, Westgate, a man mounted upon the sacks, and was in the act of pilfering some o' the contents, when, lo and behold, to the amusement of the bystanders , the cart was suddenly upset, and the thief buried under the sacks of beans, and luckily for him be escaped without much injury.— Wakefield Journal. ANOTHER EXPLOSION AT SHEFFIELD.—About quarter past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, an esido' ston took place upon the premises of Mt ssrs. J. and W. Marshall. edge tool and scythe manufacturers, of Allen street. The force of the gunpowder knocked down part of a wall, and blew out one of the chamber windows. A portion of the roof was also removed from it.; previous position. Thy miscreai,ts who committed this outrage are expected to be caught.—Sheffield Iris . SOCINIAN TEACHERS.—We observe in the Leeds In telligencer the following end of the ministry of a Socinian teacher. It were well if they were all to make FO favour able a change. Our contemporary says :—" The Rev. Edward Higginson, Unitarian minister, of Hull, has accepted the unanimous invitation of the congregation of the Unitarian Chapel, Wakefield, to be their future pas' tor. He will be the successor of the Rev. J. Cameron. now J. Cameron, Esq., stock and sharebroker." The sailors' strike is now at an end in Hull. Unfor tunately for its promoters it has remained ion.: enough 1 0 bring to the town a great number of sailors from other ports who gladly accept the wages offrred to, but refused by, own our sailors ; and the end of the matter is, that the men having spent their small resources, and drawn is many instances their odd pounds from the Bank of Savings , must now accept the averages wages of the day. — HIE Paper. ORIGIN OF A FIRS.—At Dundee. on Saturday evening week, some children were chasing a cat, which, to escoPe from is por,uers, took refuge in the wari-h , use of a flax spinner. The young urchins, with the view of burning her out, and without reflecting on the consequences, com menced throwing lighted lucifers into. the warehouse, bl means of a hole in the door. Shortly after the warehouse was discovered to be on fire, and was not extinguished till property to the amount of £6O had been destroyed. FATAL ACCIDENI.—On Friday, as a lid named Jones was working at the Rolling Mi is of the New British Ironworks. near Pontypool, a sudden gust of wind blew the cap of his head ; in endeavouring to catch it he fell , and got entangled in the cogs of the wheel, which was working at the time, and was drawn through an d came out on the other side literally torn to atoms. The remain° were collected, put in a sheet, and taken to his father. house.—Hereford The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ha s ceased tom its labi , u.s. The immediate cause of the dis; solution of the society is deficiency of funds, orcasinne u by the heavy outlay upon the Biogrophicul DictionarYt of which seven half volumes, completing the letter A , hive been published. leaving an excess of exprnditure above receipts amounting to £ 5.000 ; w hil e a careful esti matet has demonstrated that to c.mplete the work would require, under exist ng circumstances, an additional still ) of at least £l5 (ft 0 to be sunk. THE CHAMPION PEOESTRIAN.—On Tuesday a long' pending walking match between Bet.j. Butler and Cha s ' Westhall, over a.dist nce of 25 miles, came off at Hai"' near Leeds. the stakes were 100 sovs. aside, and the honour of the championship. W.-saell maintained the head at an extraordinary speed, until the fourteenth wil e ; when he began to flag. Westhall persevered until t 1 ; .: eighteenth mile, when nature became exh a u s t e d, and he relinquished the struggle. Butler went on his c ourse , anti got over the 25 miles in less than four hours. Loss OF THE " GREAT LIVERFOOL. '—The committ, t h e appointed to investigate the circum s t a n ces coimec ted the loss of the Great Liverpool steam-ship. on the 2 4t " of February, report that they are unanimously of eein i°ll that the loss of the vessel was occasioned by a ve ry- 6 „ " • usual inset from the ocean, which had never b een met, 0 „: any of her former voyages , or in ti.e cape ' i ence of fie", * nil commanders and officers who m th e comm i ttee hav e examined ; and that no hl• me whatever attached to Car Leod, the late commander. Two HORSES AND A BOY DROWNED NEAR DERBY' On Monday, as William Fet c h er , a b oy a b out 13 Ye a ir '' of age, was returnin g from pl oug h, t h roug h Bretby Par with two horses chai ne d t oget h er , be mooned the fir s horse, and took them into one of ti e ponds for the pose of washing their legs. Unfortunately the horse "" rode slipped into deep water and drew the other after Hat! and their legs becoming entangled in the chains, they brat' sunk. The boy struggled for some time, bur at leng tu d stink also. Two men were present, but neither he a p able to swim they could render no assistance.--Der Reporter. EARLY PATERNITY.—A lad of 15, Thomas Francis h i s name, wts summoned et Southwark Poliee-offiee girl of 16, for the maintenance of her illegitimate chsind The boy had acknowledged the infant as his vivre d had at first given money for its support. He now said there were ocher boys as intimate with the young 0 " 19° .• as-he was, and, crying bitterly, refused to have a nyth o l to do with either matter or child. The m ag i strat e sai d t e evidence against him amounted to the proof the lair required He is an errand-boy, earning 65., ont of which , he was adjudged to pay 2s. weekly towards the s upport 0 , the infant. Tuesilay week, the coroner of Plymouth ordere d the exhu.nation of the body of Rebecca Wyatt, who ow buried in January, ae he strongly suss ected that her hoe; hand had murdered her. An inquest was he d on tb r i body on Thursday week, anti from the Evidence addlte e „, it appeared that Wyatt and his wife kept a brothel in town ; and on the 21st of December, they had a desPeT h e quarrel, which ended in the husband heating her on be head with a block of wood, from the effects of w hich • died, and was privately buried without env suspicion , atta hed to the husband. The jury found him guilty' he was fully committed for trial. A Davi d MURDER IN GLASGOW.—An old men, name , . - d oe Love, a weaver. was fount red on Saturday. in Gla s ', l et , under the following c rcumstances :—Shottly after e le Alt o'clock, Love and an. they individual went into 8 Stfi fi nd tavern or eeting-house, kept by a man named DA' de' called for some refreshment. for whi c h p a y m ent "'roof mantled before they consumed it. It then aiipearr a both Love and his companion were accidentally wi ve in money. This gave rise to an altercation with the eee'ver the hou-e, for the trouble they had occasioned• oft rnatelv, Love and his cameanion went peaceable 8 0 00 but had proceeded only a short distance, when Dale wig behind them, and struck Love a violent blow on fh e deter of the head, which killed him instantly. The olu r made his escape, hilt was op t rehended on MondaY. 4. a nd A GkNERAL DEALER.—An unwashed. regg e .: o / 0 1 very repulsivreloolting fellow, named George Pe"l-cial was °evicted at Bow-street Pol:ce Court or. Via. "r d on a brutal and unprovoked essaift or, a Me. Sauna,'is , his sister. The magistrate enquired t f the t o pas,: " What are you ?" and thereupon the following e ° olt, l ensued ;—" What am 1 ! Why, a general dealer..... lee, what I am."—" And pray what is that ?"='` anything I can pick up—horritiges or hippies, or P ttd,ll or rhubarb, or now and th n a few wawnies or e l , c hantiythin 1 can git hold on."—" That's what th e tette 4 sterniongering, is it not?"—" Wulgar d ! j e'e 0 worship ; hut 1 calls it genteel dealing." " Well. y e f lO been coon. ted of two very brig-1 assaults, and l l t $ o 40.. in each rase ; and if not paid to-day you she "t„ prismn r a month." ble t h CURIOUS D aTtas.—lt is somewhat remare s wi.hin the last fort high', three young females, si l i ca b ti o lave, totally unacquainted with each other, hat lit found drowned in tee Warwick and Nepton Cens.nettoPo vicinity of Warwick and Leamington. Ott the 90' f eol ho an i• quest w s he 1.1 at Leamington. on the bod%;. ° og e, ( et Lewi-, a young servant gill, about 14 year 4 O' the t i ro aa. f, and in tile above C near LeamingtO th '' . I ,t before. It appeared. evid nee, that the deco tel p o been rather utteomtortah!e in her situation, w i L l u c t fle„ . te have been the moving cause of the sad event; ; ti p saw her throw he self into the water. O n t he v be g o r its the same town, An inquest was held on lb' „ t ne f ee Adelaide D .vis, aced 14, who was found in the so nal on the 10 , 11 instant. The dec ease d, after' . 111c r elli, 1 1 0 .0 reproved by her Hunt, with whom she lived, fl„ot i 141 uti•ruth. left h.ime on the 22nd of March, 811 , 0 IV O°, a ere heat dof her mitt! foetid in the Canal. a l O e t i o 1 '; ,t Warwick, an ipqiiest was held or' A eO. ~e 0 (. r g Sehar ette lieiclilosier. a Getman girl, ege'koe.2erei whom considrrhble interest had heen excited. • 0,0 could he obtained how she got into the water; 0 in each case was " fund dr , twoed." itA t v e, 0 STEAM NAVIGATION DIRECT TO AV BII.- very large meeting of mercantile gent l em en tT o d ,, o tri Friday, at the London Tav'rn , t o take into C . l ll , ci,o, os the question of steam navigation between or `i,lns' and Australia. I ieutenant Weghorn, the e ,inP r eemi Vie irojeet, read his proposed plan to the m e following is the; substance of it. At tare , e n t i t. o e. :t to rection of Australi a our steam cowl:Punic' no further than Singapore, leavina an tirrn et :„ a s Poo t o at a rough gtiess, 4,500 miles. 'this hiatus at 5 1 e d 00 4 6 to be filled uo by estahl shin g a s•eam*, ° , ( oc ot , '„ o o°.,.o Singapore, the vessels connected with rabic ! ' Aitet. ale. touching at Batavia and Java', ear $ 1 0' 0 0 the east nt coast of Australia. anise a t e' N of, and Sydney. Ile had mentioned Vie lu'le her of tier Maj sty's gneertiment, who sti r ,'.7 t o col ;e c do two-fold good, viz , render the tran' in tho p ro/ Australia promi t and regular, and erec' th 3 e n ,,t) , a steam. vessel establishment. Ile els ( h ' s : o ,er' o o n ote ehnula receive the two-fold rupee , ' t or pr (Cheers ) The last le tees they hail re;i pe ttl i eetß p i trey were dated 4 h 1), cen ber. 18 45 • i‘jr• lo ti o st o f e averaged h. tweets four and five wont he: the aL oa t aft, r the lett e rs w e re read, said that ' , " d in u eit hisOm the v • yaw- would he perfor m e d hit tb` _ t. (lays. A committee was eppei nte d to 1;° ' n after. • r" ,or , Blio r f9' , r FKAMPTON'S p u for -' o ' • H.ad .t. cr HEALTH — , us , " ro 6 0 avil.". illd geNtinfi, and for ti.e o'h''' e : red b" I . c ee l ' O 4 " I ' "j'ing in m a .• ak tonmach, or Ci' , l3 : . r CO' ll oi ti . 0 6 t reiji i i. mr , pet . , m i n ~, t I v s „,,, ,S 4 111 : , irs oe d ie j , Valilagr by t idler habi . ual .Jr , rniporai y. !hey Vre "'et,bie il) et ;or eh e. ly I e.sope a ili uroYe the in u,,t oi'i,,. gre s ,;ot i „itt e tin.t can he tali,- D. They me used *vita t";,, 0. et ili t"" i p '1; I. r. in any ea.e n titre 8 " °Pew, O r) ie. / 0 ! e1t , , ,- 1 t. X. and w id. therefore P rt o cot 1 1 ,,,rei,i , i. r quir r u. it ev ne• d (nth , he tried to vi! :. ,0 0 adopted. Sild by 811 wedivii e per box. B,e •be iihtile of " Tcomas Pruoi London," ou the governuitot strings' vehdors• ~ 2,1", ti;, w o b ! thq