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imptrialUnita. TI OUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY Their h riships met at a quarter to five o'clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury on the woolsack. Mes.engers from the Commons broueht up severs raway and other bills, which were read a first time. As the peers entered the House, they took their places according to the present position of parties. the change of seats seeming to excise considerable hilarity. The Oppo sition benches were filled by Conservative and Protection- ist peers, among them Lori Stanley, Lord Lyndhurst, and the Duke of Richmond ; Lord B:ougham took his seat with these noble lords. The attendance of the Ali nisterialists was much less numerous; the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, and the Earl of Clarendon, were on the Treasury Bench ; the Duke of Wellington was not present. The Lord Chancellor, preceded by the great seal, en- seat on the woolczack he received the congratulations of several peers around him. BVSIN SS IN THE HOUSE The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he would take that Opportunity of stating, that under the merely ordinary circumstances attending a change of the Government, it numoer or writs that have - been moved in the ether House of Par liament making it obviously impracticable and inexpedi ent as usual till some day next week. But it has been suggested that it would be extremely inconvenient if the private business were postponed ; and therefore I propose that your Lordships should continue to sit, with the un derstanding, however, that no public business should be trausacted till the writs which have been issued in conse quence of the acceptance of office by members of the other house of Parliament are duly returned. I shall. there fore, propose that your lordships should meet at 4 o'clock on the usual days of meeting, but merely for the purpose of receiving petitions and of swearing witnesses. Lord STANLEY submitted whether, if the House as sembled so early as 4 o'clock. the sittings of the commit tees might not be inconveniently curtailed ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had no objection that the House should continue to meet as usual at 5 o'clock. Lord Baou, HAM was not aware how the absence of boo. gentlemen from the other House of Parliament should - interfere with the progress of business in iheir Lordship's house; but an insuperhb!e lesson against a protractec either to-n of row or the next day, in two important cases, RS the learned judges whose opinions had been sought would I Their lordships then adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Mcso&T NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. TUFNELL, the Speaker was di rected to issue warrants to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new writs for the election of members to serve for the fdlowing places, rendered vacant by the accept ance of office by their late members : For the city of Chester, in the room of Mr. Jervis, who bad accepted the office of Attorney-General. For the southern division of the county of Stafford, in the room of Mr. G. Anson, who had accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance. Fot the Tower Hamlets. in the room of Mr. C. R. Fox, wbo had accepted the office of Surveyor of the Ordnance. For the borough of Greenwich, in the room of Admiral D. Dundas, who had accepted the office of one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral. For the city of Gloucester, in the room of Mr. F. H Berkelei, also promoted to be a Lord of the Admiralty. For the borough of Hertford, in the room of Mr. Cow. per. also promoted to be a Lord of the Admiralty. For the borough of Evesham. in the room of Lord M. JUN, who had accepted the office of Controller of Her Majesty's Household. For the ronnty of Roscommon, in the room of the O'Connor Don. who had accepted the office of one of the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of one of the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord litab Treasurer of Great Britain and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. _ _ For the borough of Richmond. in the room of Mr. Rich, who had accepted the office of one the Lords Comtuis,ion ors for executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, and Vire-Treasurer of Ireland. For the borough of Manchester, in the room of Mr. T. M. Gibson, who had accepted the office of Vice-President of the Boat d of Trade. The motions were agreed to nem. con.. as was also a motion of Mr. Thorneley, directing the issue of a writ for'the election of a knight of -the shire for the Southern Division of Lancashire, in the room of Lord F. Egerton, new Earl of Ellesmere, called to the House of Peers. A large number of railway bills were read a third time and-passed, and the House adjourned at six o'clock. HOUSE OF LoßDS.—Twesna.v. The house only sat an hour, and nothing of importance Was transacted. ' HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TURSDAY On the motion of Mr. TUFNELL new writs were or dered for the election of a burgess for the borough of Liskeard, in the room of Mr. C. Buller, who had ac cepted the office of Judge-Advocate-General, anc_for_the election of a citizen for- the city of Edinburgh, in the room of Mr. Gibson Craig, who had accepted the office of a Lord of the Treasury. Alter rather a warm discussion, in which several mem bers took part, the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and the Birmingham Extension Railway were ordered to be recommitted. The house was occupied during the rest of the sitting in passing a few Railway Bills, and adjourned at an early hour. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THIIRSDAY The proceedings in this house occupied only a quarter of an hour, and were unimportant. HOUSE OF COMMONS —THURSDAY. The house was occupied principally upon railway bills, a large number of which were read a third time and passed. Mr. T. Duncombe presented a petition from the Duke oflßrunswick, alleeing that his income had been withheld by the royal family of this country, after which the house adjourned at two o'clock in the afternoon. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Sir Denis Le took the oaths and his seat for the city of Worcester.—Several railway bills were read a third time ; amongst them the Liverpool and Bury Rail way, Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation, Manchester and Leeds Railway Extension, Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Naviga tion and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation, and the Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Junction Railway.—On the motion of Mr. Duncombe, the petition of the Duke of Brunswick was ordered to be printed. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN By the steam-ship Great Western, Captain Mathews, which arr►ved in the Mersey shortly before midnight on Friday. we have received important accounts to the 25th inclusive from New York. Our accounts from Wa,hington by this arrival reach to the 24th ult. inclusive. The Oregon treaty had been finally ratified by the Senate by a vote of 11 to 1 I; and the document itself, we are informed, has now arrived, in charge of General Armstrong, United States Consul at this port. Great credit was accorded to Mr. M`Lane, as the chief instrument by which this happy settlement of so perilous a source of contention has been brought about. Mr. Buchanan, it was anticipated, would now assume the vacant seat upon the supreme bench. Rumours were also current that Mr. M Latse had solicited a recall from the important post he now holds, and it is stated that he will be elevated to the State Department. Robert Dale Owen, son of Robert Owen, is noted as a candidate for the London embassy. Important intelligence had been received from the Rio del Norte. According to the accounts published in the American journals, it would appear that General Arista, at the head of an army of 15,000 men, had established his head quarters at Monterey, and had sent proposals of an armistice to General Taylor. General Taylor is said to base replied that he would meet him at Monterey. It also appears that the Mexican general, Canales, and a force of 1,500 men, were concentrating at Reynosa, a small town about sixty miles from Matamoras, to which place an American force of 800 men, under Colonel Wil son, were proceeding. The Executive is said to have abandoned the projected attack upon the castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa, at Vera Cruz. The domestic affairs of the Union are interesting. The discussion of the new Tiriff Bill, after occupying the at tention of the House of Representatives for several days, bad been fixed for decision on the 2d of July ; prospects of the bill had somewhat improved. The Warehousing Bill had been made the special order of the Senate for the Ist July. Congress had also been engaged in irregular discussions touching upon the Oregon question, the an nexation of Texas, the Mexican war, &c. The President, on the 16th, had transmitted to Congress a Message rela tive to finances, accompanied by a report from Mr. Secre tary \\Talker upon the tariff, &c. The President states that the increase of revenue rendered necessary by the war with Mexico, can be met by reducing the duties to a revenue standard, imposing duties on free articles, and modifying the duties on others. Additional authority is asked for the issue of Treasury notes. The Secretary's report was also read. He estimates a deficiency in revenue for the next fiscal year at 19,620,000 dollars, but antici pates receipts from different sources which will reduce this to 15,000,000, leaving 4,000,000 deficit. This deficit will also be reduced if the tariff is modified according to the p f rnv!sions of the house bill i n t ro d uce d b y t h e C omm ittee of `Nays and Means. The entire receipts, with this mo dification, are estimated at 30,000,000, but leaving still the deficiency mentioned of 15,000,000. The warehouse system proposed, it is estimated, will further reduce this amount, and the graduation of the sale of public lands half a million more, leaving still over 12,000,000 deficit. To meet this the Secretary recommends a resort to loans, or issue of Treasury notes, or both, as circumstances may render it most desirable, and at the earliest dates, and at such rates of interest as may be agreed upon. On the 24th tilt. the Message underwent a severe criticism from lelr. Webster. The proffer by the British Government of a friendly mediation between the United States and Mexico had been received with but lukewarm favour, and formed a topic of wide discussion in the public journals. The news. papers also discuss the claims of various candidates for the next Presidency. Scott, Calhoun, Benton, and others are named ; and hints are even thrown out pointing to General Taylor, the victor of the engagements of Palo Alto and Iteseca de la Palma. It appears from official documents, that the total losses of the Mexicans, at the engagements of Palo Alto and Reseca de la Palma were 240 aid 755 men, respectitely. Our accounts from Canada by this mail are of a most interesting, but at the same time, most mournful and har rowing nature. On the night of the 19th ultimo a large audience were p resent at the Theatre-Royal, Quebec. A fire broke out on the stage, and, the destructive element spreading with great rapidity, the spectators became A fearful confusion arose from the rush to the alarmed the staircase trom the boxes gave way, all escape was rendered hopeless, and the mass of human beings within the buildings were involved in destruction. Forty six bodies, when the last accounts left, had been taken out, but it was impossible to estimate the true extent of loss of life resulting from this fearful calamity. THE CHOLERA.—Letters from Persia state that this Iful diease is making frightful ravages in the interior h hns travpHpd thrntivh A letter from Rome of the ]Bth ult. says, that when Cardinal Falconnieri came to kiss the feet of the new Pope, his holiness said to him :—" Your brother is in is rising gradually cut of the sea, and they produce well authcnticated au+hority for the fact that it is actually ele- a rate that threatens at no di&tant day to reader useless all the best harbours on the island. TUE RESULT OF GAMING.—A Frankfort journal stetes that a Russian baron, who had lost large sums of money at play at Baden- Baden, has recently gone mad, and is now in a lunatic asylum. At Hamburgb, says the same journal, the son of a high functionary at Bonn, having lost all his money at the gamine -table, snatched up the gold, which was lying on it, Bud endeavoured to escape, but he was arrested, and is now in confinement. ADULTERATED HOLY WAFERS.—An English ship had conveyed to Gijon, a port of the Asturias, a large cargo of great and small holy wafers, in which have been detectrd portions of wheat flour, potato, plaster, and whites of eggs, to produce consistency and bright colour. The use of animal substance renders these wafers impro per for the holy sacrifice, and the Bishop of Oviedo sent a circular to all the curates of the diocese, forbidding them, and-r pain of sacrifice, to use these wafers. [lt must be a shock to the faith'ul to find that the veritable blood o arist can T v IIE HARVEST IN FRANCE be adulterated.—En. 1..5. J :.—A. great many fields of t down in the environs of Paris. The crop ;s not heavy in the ear, and the straw is very short, as was to be expected, from the long drought, callea an average crop. The late rains have had so bene ficial an effect upon the artificial grasses, that they are in full flower, and quite ready for the scythe. It is very rare for the second crop to be fit for mowing so early in July. If the weather should be favourable, the third crop will be fit to cut in August. Private letters from Rome of the 29th ult., announce that the six cardinals comprising the temporary corn• mission of government had disagreed among themselves, and that Cardinals.Laoribruschini, Mattel. and Bernetti, bad tendered their resignation. A full amnesty was to he published in a few days. The Pope signed, on the 28th, the pardon of Professor Orioli, Minister of Public Instruction during the revolution of 1831. His holiness intended to permit the construction of railroads through the Papal dominions, and to introduce various reforms in the administration. Several inhabitants of Rome having teen arrested, and the Governor being unable to assign any satisfactory reason for that measure, the Port ordered the prisoners to be immediately restored to liberty. The Military Commissions of Bologna, Ravenna, and Rimini, had been dissolved. LOVE.—We have now a most curious affair here which may greatly embarrass the Porte. A young and handsome Christian being the neighbour of a Turkish girl, she falls in love with him, and invites him to turn Turk and marry her. He refuses. The girl's father then offers him one hundred thousand piastres if he will comply with the re quest of his daughter. Ile says—" I will not change my religion for any consideration." The girl then declares that, to cut the matter short, she will herself turn Chris. tian. The father alarmed at this makes known the case to the Government, who is now discussing the affair. In the meantime the girl has been placed under surveil! ince or arrest. Now, what the Sultan promised to Sir Stratford Canning was, that he would not execute persons originally Christians, who, after becoming Moslems, returned to their original faith, and this is the first instance in which a Turkish woman bas here expressed a wish to become Christian. If the Turks allow this, they may now tear out a few more leaves of the Koran, and if they go on in that way nothing bur the cover will remain at last.—Cor respondent of the Morninu Herald. THE POPE ELECTED BY A MISTAKE. —His Holiness the present Pope Pius IX. has been elected by a mistake, or rather, be was, as those familiar with elections in " Merr►e Engl Ind" well know, be was set up as a candi date without the intention of his being finally elec►ed. It occurred thus :—When the cardinals are duly " fixed" in the conclave, they begin in the evening by giving the name of one whom they have no intention should be ultimately chosen ; this is done to see to whom are the general ten dencies of their likings directed, or, in plain Saxon, as a " feeler." It appears that on the second evening of the conclave the cardinals. according to established usage. gave in the names of those whom they did not intend should be elected pope; and Cardinal Giovanni Maria M &alai RFrretti, nrchi;ishop of Imola, and now Pius the Ninth, was appointed to call out the names as they came out of the urn, and to his grrat surprise he found the first seven or eight billets marked with his own name. His feelings at so unexpected an honour, when it reached the fourteenth slip that his name was written on, were so ex cited that he fainted. Nevertheless, the calling of the names went on, and to the great surprise of the Sacred College, his name was found to have the requi-ite number of voices, v;z , two-thirds of the number of the cardinals present.—Florence, June 24. MASSACRE. OF EUROPEANS AT MADAGASCAR. — Private letters received at Paris give detailed accounts of a horrible massacre of some French and English by the Hovas.—We quote the following account of the murder of an English soldier, who bore all the tortures inflicted upon him with the heroic firmness of a martyr ;—" Dur ing the struggle an English soldier, dangerously wounded, had dragged himself to some bushes, where he lay con cealed. From his hiding-spot he w;tnessed the horrible tortures inflicted upon his companions, and for forty-eight hours endured all the torments of thirst and hunger. Hoping, then, that his life would he spared, he left the bushes, and advancing into the midst of the Hovas, gave up his musket, and requested some water, pointing to his wounds at the time. The chief Marsoumana sent to in quire the will of the governor, who ordered the soldier to be put to death. The Hovas then stripped him, and with their knives stabbed him in different parts of the body. The soldier, who was on the ground from weakness, raised himself by an heroic effort, and, standing, submit ted without uttering a word to the tortures inflicted upon him. Perceiving that the Eeglishman, who was covered with blood, derided all their attempts to shake his cou rage, they commenced tearing out his nails. He shut his eves and calmly submitted. A dagger was then driven through his heart, his body cut in pieces, and his head paraded on a pole." IRELAND. On Monday, a party of six Terry Alts were captured at Borrisoleigh, where they had attacked a house. In the Queen's County, a man named Quin, living at Upper Famans, was killed in a sort of faction fight.l Quin had beaten a man named Dorling, who gathered some of his friends to be revenged. Seven of them set upon Qa:n, and beat him to death. Five of the cowardly assailants are in custody. STRIKE AMONG COTTON.SPINNFRS.—The cotton spinners in the employment of the Messrs. Lepper, of the Lodge Mills, Belfast—the most extensive firm in that branch of manufacture in Ireland—have this week struck work, in con , equence of a proposed reduction in th.-ir prices.—Banner of Ulster. [We thought we were to have no reduction of wages, when free trade was granted. -En. L. S.] At Leighlin-bridge, in the county of Carlow, there was a serious riot on Wednesday week. About two hundred persons, under pretence of wanting work and food, com menced breaking up the public roads, and threatened to plunder the houses. The mob was fast increasing in numbers and daring, when a detachment of the 93.1 High landers and a strong body of police were brought in from the surrounding stations, and tranquility was restored. The ringleaders will be prosecuted. Tit c I RISII CHURCH AND TILE MINISTRY.—Lord Ebrington, one of the new Lords of the Treasury, in answer to some pungent questions that were put to him on Thursday, by a Wesleyan minister, at Plymouth, thus expressed himself :—" As the sum of £lOO,OOO a-year was given by the state to the Protestant Dissenters of Ireland, he had no objection that the surplus reeenue of the Irish Protestant Church should go to the Roman Catholics. (Great uproar.)" We entertain not the least doubt that the present ministry will sacrifice the Irish church to pro pitiate O'Connell. unless they are restrained. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A MAGISTRATE.— On Thursday week an attempt was made to assassi nate Charles Ferrall, Esq., of Dalystown, J. P., near Loughrea, in the county of Galway. This gentleman ob served a strange man at his parlour window, looking ,in very intently. He asked his business ? " Charity," replied the fellow. He was told there was nothing for him. Whereupon he presented a paper to Mr. Farrell, , which be refused t o l oo k a t. Thi s movemen t was evi -1 dently intended to arrest the attention of that gentleman, for the fellow drew a pistol from his breast,and was in the act of cocking it, when Mr. F. rushed towards him,calling to his servants. The intended assassin was apprehended after a run of three miles across the country, and on his person were found two ball cartridges, together with the loaded pistol. He was identified at the gaol of Loughrea. His name is Burke, and he had just been liberated after six months' imprisonment for robbery. MR. O'CONNELL AND TILE NEW MINISTRY.—At the meeting of the repeal association on Monday last, Mr. O'Connell spoke respecting the course which was to be adopted towards the new ministry. He professed his de termination never to abandon his advocacy of repeal, but said that he wished the people of England would bid for Ireland, and that he should like an instalment of repeal this year. He adverted to Sir R. Peel's speech, declaring that there should be perfect equality between England and Ireland, an I said that it was but an abstract of his own speeches, an echo of his own requirements. Ele was de termined to bring the question of repeal under the con sideration of the Howe of Commons in the earliest part of the next session. With regard to the pending elections, he said that he would return a repealer for Dungsrvan if he could ; but that he was resolved not to uffer any vexatious opposition. He would urge the electors to re. turn a repealer, but at present he bad no candidate pre pared. He afterwards declared his intention of opposing any proposition for extending to Ireland the English sys tem of out-door relief to the poor. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE IN IRELAND.—RepeaI, after all, is likely to be an " open question" in the Whig Cabinet, according to the articles of the Cher.h , m-p!ace treaty, and in conformity with the opinion to that effect recently expressed by the Freeman's Journal, as the organ of the movement. Mr. Clements, a barrister, a right band man of Mr. O'Connell, and, it has been said on competent authority, one of the paid attaches of Conciliation-hall, has received an appointment in the colonies of the value of some £6OO per annum. This, the first mark of Government bestowed upon a member of a hitherto proscribed class, was, it is said, procured at the instance of a gentleman wholly opposed to the repeal agitation, Mr. Richard Lalor Sheil, now one of her Majesty's Ministers, and a candidate for re-election for the borough of Dungarvan. All the arrangements for the elevation of Mr. Brady to the Court of Chamery, and the consequent accer•sion of Mr. Pigot to the Chief Baron ship, are completed. The official announcement of their appointments will be made in a day or two. Mr. M. Fortescue is appointtid Chamberlain to the household of the Earl of Bebborough. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY BY THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.-1. An act to augment the representation of the people of Ireland in parliament. —2. An act for giving a substantial elective franchise_to the people of lreland7-3. An act to simplify, and render cheap, the modes of registration of voters.-4. An act for a full and effective municipal reform.-5. An act to give perfect freedom of education to every class and per suasion in Ireland.-6. An act for establishing throughout Ireland of the tenant right.-7. An act to provide full compensation, in all cases where the tenant -right may not sufficiently apply, for all solid and valuable improvements to be made, or ready made, by the occupying tenant.- 8. An act to diminish the stamp duty on leases, and to provide a short form of leasing.-9. An act to take away, in certain cases, the power to distrain, and also that of tjectment for non-paynr nt of rent, unless the tenant shall have a permanent tern, secured to him.—l 3. An act to abolish the fiscal powers of grand juries, and to invest the same in a county board in each county.-11. An act to !Lase a tax of not less than 20 per cent. upon the rents of absentees ; the produce to be applied to the fiscal purposes of the county boards respectively. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY DEPOSITS.—On Nriday, leave was obtained in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, to obtain from the Accountant-General the return of no less a sum than £356,000, deposited with that functionary on railway account. _ _ An experimental trip from London to Rotterdam, pro moted by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, came off on Wednesday se'nnight, when the dis:ance, 222 miles, viz., 65 rail to Ipswich, and 154 steam, was done in rather less than 15 Lours ! _ ~.„ _ The South Staffordshire Railway Company has amal gamated with the Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction Company, and the shareholders of the latter project, at the recent meeting, have resolved upon carry ing forward their scheme. An atrocious attempt was made one night Vast week to overthrow the train on the Bishop Auckland and Wear. dale Railway between Bitchburn and Crook. Some villeins had propped back the switches, which sent the engine off the line; but fortunately that was the extent of the accident. The Sydney papers are chiefly absorbed with the pros pects of railway adventure affording means for construct- ing those undertakings between various important points in the colony. The papers are, of course, not aware of the crash that has followed the late over-speculation in the mother country, being, in fact, six months behind the knowledge of the prospectus mania. How philoso phically we can look upon any plunge the speculators of the new world are about to make. The Railway Companies Dissolution Act is now pub lished, and it is incumbent on every one interested, either in recovering the remains of his deposits, or in escaping the chance of further loss in abortive schemes, to make himself acquainted with its provisions and details. By the 31st clause, which is by far the most important of all, it is enacted, that Provisional Committee-men, against whom judgment shall be recovered, may enforce mutual contri butions from the other members pro rata at common law, instead of being driven to the tedious and practically im possible method laid down by the Court of Chancery. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY TERMINI.—The commis sioners appointed . to inquire into the expediency of ex , tending railways into the heart of the metropolis, and constructing central stations, have presented their report. The commissioners, after a long and detailed examination of the advantages and disadvantages attendant upon the formation of central termini, come to the conc union t it is not advisable to allow the railways, to the north of the Thames, to enter the city, but look more favourably upon a close approach of the railways on the southern bank of the river, to the eastern and western bridges of the metropolis. They also recommend that a communi cation between the railways to the north and south of the Thames and the docks, should be effected by a railway encircling the metropolis, and crossing the Thames to the west of Vauxhall-bridge. . . The following bills before committees on merits have thus been disposed of. In the Lords, declared as proved —Ashburton. Newton, and South Devon; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western ; Buckinghamshire (Tring to Banbury); Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding ; Forest of Dean and Gloucester; Glasgow, Airdrie and Monkland : London and Croydon (Thames Junction); Porthury Pier, &c. ; South Wales; Yorkshire and Glas gow Union. Not proved—Axholme. Gainsborough and North Midland; Lesmahagow and Coatbridge; New castle and Darlington and Tyne Dock. In the Commons: Proved—Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcester Junc tion ; Edinburgh and Glasgow and Union Canal ; Leeds and Bradford; Liverpool and Bury Extensions; Man chester and Southampton; Taff Vale. Not proved— Edinburgh and Ballochney Amalgamation ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Forth and Clyde; Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone ; Leeds, Wakefield and Midland ; South West ern (Romsev and Redbridge). Bolls withdrawn—Leeds and Dewsbury ; Leeds Central ; Wishaw and Coltness ; London and Blackwell (widening). GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY ACROSS THE MERSEY AT RUNCORN.—The terms upon which this company are to be allowed bzthe,admiralty to carry their line over the river have at ledith been definitely settled. The admi ralty, as conservators, require that the bridge, if built on arches, shall have waterway openings of not less than 280 feet in the clear , ; the piers must not exneed 25 feet in the clear, with proper cutwaters ; that the clear headway under the centres of the arches shall be 100 feet, and the spring of the same 15 feet above the level of the highest tides. If the company should substitute flit girders, with piers of twenty feet thickness, which are preferred to arches, the clear water space will only be required to be 250 feet between the piers. To facilitate the warping of large vessels through the bridge, a turret staircase from the footway along the bridge should be made down the second and third piers from the Cheshire side, to a strong wooden or iron gallery round those piers, of about threet feet wide, and one or two feet above the high-water mark ; that a trackway between the river and the abut ment wall, of the usual breadth, should be left on the Cheshire side, and that a free footpath should be afforded along the bridge, properly protected from the railway, and connected to the present footpaths on each bank of the To coropensote for the obstruction which may arise to the stream, a large portion of the rocky shore on the Lancaster side is to be cut away by the company, and a part of the Castle Rock on the Cheshire side, is to be removed, so as to give the shore a regular curve. The I island between the Castle Rock and the Old Quay Canal is to be removed, and its site excavated to the lowest summer level of the river. The excavated materials. not used in (Tie construction of the railway works are to be employed in making a curved well, or weir, extending 2,000 feet to the eastward, and afterwards, if necessary, 800 feet further, in order to give a proper direction to the tidal streams, which works are to be carried and com pleted to the approbation of th•ir lordships simultaneously with the railway. Provision is to be made for preventing temporary obstructions and accidents to shipping during the progress of the works. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING Ar NEWMARKET, LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant (taken). 12 1 Mr. Mayer's Highwayman (taken). 12 1 Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus (iaken). 15 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena (taken). 30 1 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken) 20 1 L , rd Eglinton's Plaudit (taken). TATTERSALL'S —THURSDAY. LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant (taken). 10 1 Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary (taken). 18 1 Mr. Meikiam's Inheritress (taken). 18 1 Mr. Mostyn's The Premier (taken). 18 1 -- Mr. Meiklam's Lightning (taken). THE GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck'sCamera Obscura(taken) 11 1 Mr. J. Day's The Hero. 15 1 Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild. 30 1 Mr. Drake's Bold Archer. MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. One or two changes have occurred in the betting upon the Liverpool Cup, since Tuesday. but the business done has been so slight as not to require any particular obser vation. We may notice that to-day, My Mary was several points a worse favourite, and that Inheritress was backed against her at evens, for £5O, the backer of In heritress offering to go on. Yardley was backed to about £6O at 10 at I ; and ltowena, Lightning, and Inheritress, each at 20 to 1, and afterwards 14 to 1 was booked upon the last named. Several bets were laid upon the Good wood and Derby, which we have quoted below, but there were none upon the Goodwood Stakes. The following are the latest prices we have heard : THE LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 2 agst Mendicant, 7st.—take 3 to 1. 10 to 1 „ Yardley, 7st. 10Ib.—taken to £55. 10 to 1 ~ Satyr, 7st. 2lb —off.-tred. 12 to 1 „ The Conjuror, 6st. 121 b. 100 to 7 „ My Mary, Est. 10th.—offered. 20 to 1 „ Highwayman, 7.t. 7tb. 100 to 6 „ Lightning, Bst. 61b.-20 to 1 taken. 100 to 5 „ Rowena, 7st. 81b.—taken. 100 to 6 „ Inheiittress, Bst. 71b.-300 to 15 taken. 100 to 6 ~ Intrepid. 7st. 121 b. 25 to 1 „ Lord Saltoun, 7st. 101 b. 25 to 1 „ Poynton, 6st. lib. 25 to 1 „ Polish, 7st. 25 to 1 „ 6st. 51b. 30 to I „ Robin Burns. 6st. 51b. 50 to I „ The Premier, 6st. 31b. THE GOODWOon STAKES 9to 1 agst I..jrd G. Bentinck's Camera Obscura— take 10 to I. 10 to 1 „ Mr. J. Day's The Hero. 15 to 1 „ Sir W. Don's Jonathan Wild—tk 20 to 1. 20 to 1 „ Sir J. B. Mills's Giantess. 20 to 1 „ Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger. 20 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren. 25 to 1 ~ Lord Orford's Footstool. 25 to 1 „ Mr. Herbert's Petitioner. 25 to 1 „ Sir C. Monk's Glossy. GOODWOOD CUP. 4 to 1 on the field. 80 to 10 agst i‘lr. Gully's Mendicant—taken. 80 to 10 „ Mr. Wreford's Winchester—taken. 20 to 1 „ Lot dG. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere. offers to take. ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First. sto 1 „ Nlr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes. Bto 1 „ General Shubrick's Brocardo. 10 to 1 „ Mr. O'Brien's Grimston. DE RIIY. 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb—efts to t. 1000 to 20 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Crozier—taken. annum A CLOSE MATCH.—A grand match between eleven of England and the like number of the county of Kent, was commencedi at Lord's Ground on Monday, and did , not terminate until Wednesday, when the all England players were the winners, but their last man had to go in (amidst the greatest excitement) to obtain one to tie or two to win;l the latter he accomplished by a two hit to . the leg. Kent : First innings, 9 ; second ditto. 66-la7. Eng land : First innings, 71 ; second ditto, 87-158. WALKING MATCH AGAINST TIME.—A match against time, made by Capt. Esicourt, of the 2nd Life Guards for a wager of considerable amount, (said to be 15,000 to £1 . 000.) to walk from the Regent's-park B irracks to the Barracks at Spital. within a mile of Windsor, and back, within twelve hours, came oil on Friday, the gallant cap tain leaving the liegent's-park at eight in the morning, and arriving at Spital a few minutes before one, perform. ing the half of the distance, upwards of 22 miles, in less than five hours. Captain Esteourt, after changing hi s clo w th n. es an a d t the barracks, his arra arrival a eks,pneet Colebrook, ededonhi a distancesjourneyback to town, of about 18 miles from the Regent's-park Barracks, he had upwards of five hours to complete the remaining distance, and therefore won easily. Some heavy bets are depending upon the issue. UNIVERSITY 4r CLERICAL NEWS. The Rev. G. R. Gleig has been appointed 'lnspector- General of Military Schools, at the salary of £l,OOO per The Bishop of Calcutta is expected to preach at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, on the 29,h instant, in aid of the Cathedral Mission Fund of St. Paul's, Cal. • The Archbishop of York has intimated his intention of erecting, at nis bole expense, a splendid chapel in connec tion with the episcopal palace at Ripon. The foundation stone of the new building was laid last week, and is to be used for the convenience of a hamlet adjacent to the pa lace, as well as for the devotions of the bishop and his family. _ . . . OXFORD. JULY 6.—The Hebdomadal Board of the University have declined petitioning Parliament in favour of Earl Powys's bill for preventing the union of the diocese of Bangor and St. Asaph. The petition presented by the noble Earl last week was simply got up by a few members of toe Tractarian party during the commemora tion week, and had not the sanction of the University Convocation.—Globe. MISSIONARY STATISTICS.—The Rev. H.Venn, secre tary of the Church Missionary Society, has recently drawn a comparison, based upon authentic data, illusta- tine of the relative progress of missionary labour between two foreign stations and two districts of the metropolis. It does not say much for the state of religion in this Loon try. The stations selected were the colony of Sierra Leone and the northern part of New Zealand. The two districts in England selected for the comparison, were— first, that in which the Church Missionary house is situ ate, including the parish of St. Bride's, Fleet-street ; St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, the Liberty of the Rolls, Trinity district (St. Bride's), St. Andrew's. Holborn ; and St. Ann's, Blackfriars; the second diwriet was the parish of Islington, the scene of the present Bishop of Calcutta's early labours, and in which there are now a great number of zealous and elfic;erit clergymen. The result of the compaiison between these two foreign missionary stations, inhabited by a semi savage population, and those two metropolitan districts, representing so large an aggregate amount of wealth and intelligence, is, that considered with regard to the relative population, religion has made more progress in ti.e savage than in the civilized districts. The population of the London district (St. Bride's) is es -. 41.058. The attendants on public worship in the former were 5,670; in the latter, 8,686. The communicants in the former, 1,026; in the latter, 1,648. The proportion between the whole population and the attendants on pub lic worship in the city district was as 1 in 5, while in Sierra Leone it was lin 41. The proportion of commu nicants in the city district was 1 in 28; in Sierra Leone, 1 in 25. The population of Islington was 60,000 ; of New Zealand, 110,000. The attendants on public worship in the former were 15,500; in the latter, 40,000. Of com municants, in the former 2,063; in the latter, 4.103. The proportion between the wi,ole population and the attend ants on public worship in the IA ngton district was 1 to 4; and in New Zealand, lin 31 The proportion of com municants was in Islington 1 in 20 ; in New Zeal .nd 1 in 29. It will be observed, that the comparison instituted has direct reference to districts which may be assumed to be, one the most civilized, the other the most savage, and such are the results obtained. THE LATE REV. MARCUS FALLOON.—in the sudden removal of this excellent minister from the world of which he was an ornament, many may inquire for some obituary notice worthy of his late labours. The present tribute may not supply an answer to such expectant friends (to those who know him best a very eloquent and descriptive testimony might still appear inadequate), but it may recall gratefully to the minds of many the benefits which they received under his ministration, or the edifi• cation bestowed within the circle cf his relatives and friends. Marcus Falloon was, in truth, an elder in Israel. Many years have passed away since he arose as a light shining amidst surrounding darkness. Now, evangelical men are not thinly scattered over the ecclesiastical hemi sphere; then, a man might travel from Dan to Beersheba, and meet but few true banner-bearers. Among the few and faithful of nigh forty years gone, Mr. Falloon was numbered. His- head was clear in its reception of the doctrines of the Reformation—his heart was warm in regarding their grandeur—his tongue was eloquent in de- . railing their place, worth, and fulness in the oracles of God. There are those living now who remember his stalwart day. Some have gone many miles on the Sabbath to enjoy his ministrations—some have grown old in places remote from his place of ministry, but have never ceased to commemorate the spiritual consolations of his preaching. In his early day, alarm was taken at his doctrinal statements. The bishop of the time was led to interfere, and to summon Mr. Falloon to his presence. To the prelate's statement " that it was reported he preached contrary to the doctrines of the Church," Mt. Falloon respectfully replied, "he preached carefully no other doctrines but those of the articles and homilies." The bishop was content with this explanati. n, and Mr. F. was troubled no more. For a number of years Mr. Faloon was the perpetual curate of Drumbo (augmented in terri torial 'extent and eccteoasticat income since he ceased to be connected with it). With a very limited stipend, and with th , necessary care of pupils, he struggled to sustain his family honourably and usefully. It was not, however, until the year 1831 that he was presented to the living of Laye (Cushendall), of the probable value of £2OO. Here he exercised a profitable ministry. He was permitted to see tits sons grow up int, honourablo manhood. One of these, the Rev. William Falloon, ranks among the most eloquent and respected of the clergy of the city of Liver. pool; another is a physician of merit in the same city. The removal of his beloved partner by the hand of death, together with bodily infirmities, were burdens upon the good rector of Layde, and for relaxation and for restora tion of his health, he was lately induced to visit England, where, in the society of his sons, he enjoyed much delight, He was prevailed on to prolong his stay beyond what he haJ originally intended, and write to some of the clergy in the neighbourhood of Cushendan, for a supply for his church for one or two Sundiya more. In writing to them, he detailed, with evident gratification, the benefit which he believed he had experienced in renewed spirits and strength, &c. But while he asked of his friendly brethren to "occupy till he came," his place was to know him no more. Suddenly, on the Ist of July, he died, under the paroxysms of an apoplectic attack. "In the midst of life we are in death." And now that he is for ever re moved from desk, pulpit, home, and flock, let not justice be tardy in an acknowledgment of his merits. With UM ingq or deficienc i es, we are at this hour naturally slow to hold record : he was a veteran, he was a true man. In a comparatively retired situation, among the beautiful vales of Layde, he fed a little flock ; he shared neither the honours nor the emoluments of his more favoured brethren; he was not upborne by the enlivening approbation of such crowds as sustain the brethren of populous towns; he might have been forgotten by the great, or unmarked by the chroniclers of popular men ; but he was not unseen of God. As true sorrow as ever filled the breasts of poor men will move many hearts in these picturesque glens ; the " love of the poor for epitaph " is a splendid memo rial. May the congregation once so dear to this valued pastor be comforted and edified under a successor worthy to fellow in the steps of the Rev. M. Fallooon!—Beffast Chronicle. GRAND PROTESTANT DINNER. (From the Morning Herald.) In our impression yesterday we briefly noticed the fact that an assemblage of the country party had taken place, at the Trafalgar Tavern, at t;reenwich, on Wednesday evening : and at which Lord Stanley encoded, as the ec ho. ledged leader of the party. Mr. Bankes, M.P., occupi;d the chair. The number present, which was limited ►d exactly 100, conisted of 40 Peers, and 60 members of the House of Com mons. The speech of Lord Stanley was a remarkable exhibition of statesmanlike views, and it is much to be regretted that no reporters were present to supply the public with a ver batim copy of his address, as a manifesto to the rmrty, of which the noble lord avows himself the director and chief. Displaying caution without timidity, and the most con ciliatory spirit towards Cause of the Conservative party who have for a time been seduced from thei' consistency, his speech m-ode a deep impression on all who had the good fortune to hear it, and seemed to unite with even stronger links than before those who have so ably fought the battle of protection in both houses. There was one portion of his address which was received with the most unfeigned marks of approbation—we mean his lordship's allusion to his determination to uphold the integrity of the established church in both kingdoms, and to resist every innovation which could hove the effect of impairing its dignify and lessening its efficiency. He then, wiJi great judgment, entered into the course of parliamentary conduct which he recommended to be pursued under ex isting circumstances, and laid down the outline of the principles which the party should adopt for their guidance, in order to maintain that confidence which th e y h a d hitherto gained from the country by thei r consistency and energy. There were many other excellent and constitutional speeches delivered, especially those of L or d G. B ent i nc k , of the Dukes of Buckingham, Richmond, and Beaufort, of Lord Exeter, and Mr. Hudson. The party did not break up till nearly one o'clock, when it separated much animated with the proceedings of the evening. The meeting would have been much more numerous had not the utmost number that could have been accommoda ted been 100, to which the party was thus necessarily limited. The first nam es put d own f or th e di n ner were justly given the preference. We subjoin the list of those present :—Lord Stanley ; Dukes of Richmond, Buckingham, Montrose, Newcastle, Beaufort, and Cleveland; Marquises of Exeter, Salisbury, and Ely ; Earls of Lonsdale, Warwick, Carnarvon, Mans field, Sandwich, Eglintoun, Lucan, Orford, Charleville, Longford, Itanfurly, Sheffield, Eldon, Kinn oul, Pomfret, Cadogan, E gmon t, Dartmouth, Stanhope, and Munster; Viscounts Combermere, Straneford, and St. Vincent ; Lords Southampton, De Lisle, - Willoughby , Templemore, Abinger, Crofton, Berwick, and George Bentinck ; Mr. George Bankes, Lord Ingestre, Hight Hon. F. Shaw, Mr. Gooch, Mr. Halsey, Colonel Lowt her, Mr. 11,. Hodgson, Mr. Miles, Viscount Pollington , M r. M. Gaskell, Sir John Trollope, Mr. Beresford , Mr. Christopher, Mr. Broadwood, Mr. Lawson, Alderman Thompson, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Newdegate, Sir W. Jolhffe, Lord Newport, Captain Taylor, M a rquis of Granby, Mr. Hudson, Capt. Archdall, Mr. Stuart. Mr. liashleigh, Mr. Blackstone, Lord Brooke, Sir J. Walsh, Sir J. Y. Buller, Mr. Ilen ley, Col. Hall, Mr. Buck, Sir C. Knightley, Mr. F. Scott, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Bradshaw, Mr. Vyse, Lord H. Lennox, Mr. T. Clifton, Mr. G, ring, Mr. Gro gan, E. Yorke, Mr. Rice Clayton, Mr. M. Mundy, Mr. J, H. Hamilton, Mr. 0. Gore, Lord J. Manners, Mr. H. Cole, Mr. Lefroy, Mr. Batewn, Mr. Hussey, Sir J o h n Tyrell, Lord Ossulston, Mr. P. Bennett, Mr. Wad dington, Mr. Disraeli, Colonel Rolleston, lion. C. Law. July 14, 1846. THE C., URT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen and Court left town on Thursday for the Lie of Wight. The Bishop of Oxford arrived at Osborne Howe on Sa turday evening, and had the honour of joining the Royal circle. The wood pavement under the grand portico of the palace has been removed during her Majesty's short ab sence, and the Kamptolite, or India-rubber, pavement subsdtwed The Earl and Countess of Wilton were honoured by the presence of her royal highness the Duchess of Glou cester at a superb entertainment on Wednesday evening, at their mansion in Grosvenor-square. Sir Robert Peel was amongst the company. Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley sustained a bereave ment on Tuesday by the death of their eldest son. The in fant is believed to have died from internal inflammation. Tile second son of the noble lord has been dangerously . ill from the same dreadful affection, but is now recovering. As the Marquis of Douro has no children, this child. if he lives, will succeed to the Dukedom of Wellington. The Egyptian Prince Ibrahim Pacha, will prolong his sojourn in this country until the 20th or 21st instant, when he will be conveyed .o Alexandria in her Majesty's steam frigate Avenger, ordered from Cork to Portsmouth for that purpose. This week the Pacha has been enter- tained at Buckingham Palace, by the East India Com pany, and other public bodies, and has visited Greenwich Hospital and other objects of interest. The Pacba was much pleased at his reception by her Majesty at Bucking ingham Palace. Her Majesty graciously addressed the Pacha by saving that she was happy in learning that the Pacha Lied visited England, and that she trusted that he had received every attention. The costume of the Pacha was gorgeous; it was his full uniform—the hilt of his sword sparkled with valuable gems. His Highness also wore the ribbon of the Legion of Honour. He had sus pended from his neck a large crescent studded with dia monds, and a star formed of eight diamonds. MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES.—ibe town of Holywell and its vicinities were, on Tuesday last, the scene of much re joicing and hilarity, in honour of the return of the Viscount Fielding to his seat at Downing, Flintshire, after his re cent alliance with the beautiful and accomplished Miss Pennant, of Bangor. All business was suspended for the day, which was solely devoted to doing honour to, and showing respect for the distinguished wedded pair The own presented a most gay appearance, being profusely decorated with flags, banners, flowers, evergreens, &c, A large procession, including the most respectable inha bitants of the neighbourhood, was formed, and, accompa nied by three bands of music, went to escort the noble bride and bridegroom into town. The horses were taken from the carriage which contained the noble pair, and it was drawn into Holywell by the devoted crowd, amidst the shouts and plaudits of congregated thousands. An address of congratulation was presented to her ladyship, by the inhabitants, to which a very feeling reply was re turned. In the after part of the day a fete took place upon the bowling green, and in the evening various con vivial parties were held, at which thousands of well wishes were pledged to the newly. united couple, by lips moistened wall from sparkling champagne to cwrw du. Amongst the bands of music which assisted in the pro cession was " Joliffe's Band," of this town. A ball was got up at the " Bell and Antelope," the proceeds from which were given to Joliffe's band, over and above the customary professional remuneration. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS ENGLAND. -WI APPROACH or HARVEST. teat Rill be ready for cutting at Sutton and at Fcrribv. both near to this town (H till) in about fourteen days.—Eastern COUni The harvet, in many parts round London, has col:a -men:led. In the neighbourhood of Ilford, Edmonton, Waltham, Broxb mrt.e, Hertford, Barnes. &c., many fields of wheat and barley have been cut, and only require a little fine weather to have the produce securely housed. —Daily News. Herald. DEIIITSFIIRE.—During the past week we have had a succession of fine growing showers. and the eff-cts upon the crops is most gratifying. Beans and barley, which had been seriously injured by the long continuance of dry weather, are much improved, and the wheat is in capital condition. A plentiful and early crop is looked for.— Derby Mercury. Warm genial weather still continues. The wheat is safe, and the potatoes are perhaps beyond the reach of re medy. The harvest, generally speaking, is likely to be early and abundant. But still a deluge of rain, or at least a succession of warm pleasant showers, would be a great comfort to the farmer, who grumbles habitually and by instinct.— Cambridge Advertiser. SOUTH DEVONSHIRE.—A de.JI of excellent hay has been got together, but a deal remains yet to he mourn. In some parts great difficulty is experienced in getting it down, owing to the deficiency of labourers, who are just now much wanted. Mowers command high prices. Oats in many places are in full ear, and barley is just bursting out; but both kinds of grain are suffering from want of rain. Potatoes look well. Harvest promises to be early. LIN coLristimE.—With regard to the present growirig crops of wheat, our report is very favourable; for al though in some of the lighter forest soils the late hot sun has had a deteriorating tff.-ct, yet, generally, this grain is lookinc , extremely well. It is no t t hi c k on the groun d any M P ere in this neighbourhood, but it is mostly well toooed. and will without doubt yield well. This is parti cularly the case on the clay, where there Is a pruspeet of great abundance, and of first-rate quality ; and shunt:: the (i p e r ihl e irs s , e iiin tit oicl forcing weal r l s l e er o c f o n a t b in o u u e t , a t h f e or s t c n y i t g li h e t. Li t 7; - T HE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN GLOUCESTER SHIRE.—GRUBS IN THE BARLEY.—The barometer has been slowly and steadily rising for several days; which circumstance, and the elemental aopearances on Wednes day and Thursday, induce a belief that a return of very sultry weather is at hand. Yesterday, indeed, was a fair commencement of the Dog-days. The wheat and early sown Lent crops are making rapid progress ; but we are sorry to find that the late sown barley has been attacked in a remarkable manner by a grub. which exists, we are told, to some extent, in the neighbourhood of this city and Chelienharn, and probably in other parts of the county. Several stalks of barley were brought to our office yesterday, each of which, a little above the point where the stem begins to thicken, contained a greenish grub about half an inch long. The plant is thus prevented from throwing out any ear—rendered barren, in fact— Gloucestershire Chronicle. THE WEATHERAND THE CROPS —WESTYORKSHIRE. —On a journey from the county of Nliddlesex to the centre of the county of York, on Thursday last, we observed that the hay harvest was nearly over in the southern counties; while in the midland there is still a good deal of grass cut, but not secured, and in Yorkshire, except jn the neighbourhood of large towns, where tillave is plenti ful, the grass is principally standing, as in the first process of haymaking. The produce of the first crop will be generally abundant, and the late rains will yield plenty of aftergrass and good second crops of clover. Wheat, oats, and barley are generally looking well on the whole line, though a good deal beaten etown by the late heavy rains. The p itatoes look well, with few blanks in the ; and the weather has been particularly favourable during the last fortnight for the newly-sown turnips. The or,•hards are generally looking ill, and the apples and pears, owing to the blight of the month of May. seem likely o p eoxe scarce and dear in the autumn.—Leeds Mercury. IRELAND. GALWAY. — The weather still continues showery, but allot:ether the country presents the most cheering and de lightful appearance.—Galway Vindicator. Die most beautiful summer weather smiles this week upon the fast maturing crops. The refreshing rains are again succeeded by sunshine and genial warmth.—Lime rick Chronicle. All descriptions of crops bear evidences of the genial influence of the refreshing sho , vers, to an extent almost incredible in so short a space. In fact, hdging from pre sent appearance=, we would say that the harvest will b 0 much earlier than last year.— Western Star. LOUTII.—The wheat crops upon good land in this neighbourhood are looking remarkably well ; the straw iS rank, supporting long well-set e,,rs, and promise, at least, an sho uid averagewe have yield. fine is weather, rapidlytlithe si eckhren‘sg.ii will l g col b e our and required , in many places by the end of the month. BALLINASLOF.—The few days moisture we have been blessed aith has been eminently caleuhted in its effects to golla,sddyeenartl:ill b ehea e rt eu o t f lie t r h , e b f y a a m er. It fortnight fa o c r t, j a u ir d e g e ing we f e ro k ui s, present appearances, we would say that th e harvest of than that of 1815.— Western Star. TUAM.—Our accounts from various quarters, of the state of the crops, are cheering. The wheat crop in the neighbourhood of Headford is particularly fine this sea son, and the potatoe crop in that locality is also very pro mising. The crops of every description surrounding this district are looking remarkably well. No decided case of failure in the potatoes has as yet been communicated to us.— Tuam Herald. MAYO.—The past week has been one of nearly constan t wet, with the exception of last Saturday, which was and sunny throughout. The hay crop is in general good; and since the rain the oat crop has made great progressed its growth. There are some failures in the poratoe fields; hut, taken on the whole, the potatoe crop of the year is this county, though of diminished breadth as compar e with the crop of last year, is a flourishing one.--111aV o Constitution. Ft An immense quantity cf rain has fallen during the 1 0 4 week, and, judgin g f rom a t m o s pheric appearances, it ' a likely that we may h av e occa s ional showers for some 0%1 longer. A fe w wee k s o f suns hi n e would have a power o , effect in brin g i ng t o ma t ur ity w h ea t, b ar ley, o a ts, and P"„f tatoes, all of which promise to be abundant. Potatoe s °f a good quality are now offered for sale at, considering early period of the season, pretty moderate prices' Derry Sentinel. The late rains have produced almost a magic effec t : the face of nature, and crops of every description Ig ch now a healthy and luxuriant appearance. Turnips , w _„ a suffered considerably from the drought, have revived,B_l:t, are now in a thriving condition. Potatoes still " , healthy and vigorous, and promise, at least, a f"r rOP ,„ ritv Al the varieties of grain are fast progressing to nia_t_"_ ce l,,, and, if we may be allowed to judge from apPe "" during the A considerable quantity of rain has falleenr boisterous, week. The weather on some days was _the c r o e le is ra e i v n T e rv a p ir ro on sp ic e l c e t . of an early and abundant 'harvest. While time has been a sufficiency of t believe that and nourish the growing crops, we do t riot is n t' there has been too much rain. The temperature hav harves t mild and genial, and the weather dry. the well. The ear l !, has been retarded, and other crops too ha l" and blooming tops potatoes, with their strong stems were sold in thy' a cheering appearance. New potatoes. and . 0 shilling per stone. market on Satu. day last, at a —Downpalric k Recora v the evening so low as sixpence. mo t-tune to refresh ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. HALIFAX.—The Right Hon. C. Wood was on Thurs day last unanimously elected member for this borough. TIVERTON.—On Friday last Lord Palmerston was re elected a member for this borough without opposition. The re-election of Lord Morpeth for the West Riding will take place on Saturday next. TAUNTON.—On Friday last the right honourable H. Laboochere, secretary for Ireland, was re-elected for this borough without opposition, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE.—The nomination for this county is fixed to take place on Friday, the 17th instant. There is no oppos tion expected to Mr. Maitland: LEITH DISTRICT OF BURGHS.—OR Thursday last the vacancy occasioned in this borough by the elevation of Mr. Rutherford to the office of Lord Advocate of Scot land, was filled up by the re-election of that gentleman without any opposition being offered. EDINBURGH.—Mr. Macauley is opposed by Sir Cullen E. Smith, and Mr. Gibson Craig by Mr. John Dunlop. The nomination of Mr. Macaulay took place on Friday. The sheriff was unable to say which had the majority on the show of hands. The polling is to take place to-day, (Tuesday.) To-day the nomination of Air. Gibson Craig and Mr. Dunlop takes place. It is believed that the government candidates will be successful. CITY Or LONDON ELECTION.—Wednesd the day fixed for the election of a member to serve in par liament as one of the representatives of the city of Lon don ; and at twelve o'clock, at Guildhall, the usual preli minaries having been gone through, Lord John Russell presented himself as the candidate, and was warmly re ceived. Having been proposed by Mr. Samuel Jones Lovd and seconded by Mr. J. J. Gurney, and no other candidate being put forward to oppose him, his Lordship was declared duly elected. He then addressed the elec tors at some length, and the proceedings terminated at a quarter-past one o'clock. W °RC ESTER ELECTION.—The election for this borough took place on Wednesday last, ander very peculiar cir cumstances. Up to Tuesday evening it was fully expected by the constituency that their old member, Sir Thomas Wilde, would walk the course. A slight of luck, however, fell to the share of the learned knight, by the death of Lord Chief Justice Tindal. which took place on Monday la-t, and to whose high offices Sir Thomas Wilde having succeeded, he is at once translated to the other house. A new selection was therefore to be made, and Sir Denis de Merchant having posted down, with credentials from Sir Thomas, was accepted by the electors, and elected with out opposition. NOTTINGHAM Er ECTION.—On Wednesday the elec tion of a member to represent this town on the occasion of the vacancy created by the accession to office of Sir J. C. Hobhouse, took place in the halls of the Exchange Rooms. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, Sir J. C. Hobhouse was proposed by Mr. F. Hatt and seconded by Mr. T. Herbert, the mayor. Mr. Sweet proposed Mr. Fearsus O'Connor. who was se conded by Mr. W. Mott. The two candidates then ad dressed the electors, after which a show of hands was called for, the rrsult of which was in favour of the char tist. A poll was then demanded in behalf of his opponent, upon which Mr. O'Connor withdrew his pretensions. Sir J. C. Hobhouse was accordingly declared duly elected. last was POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The official list of the ministry published last week does not differ from that which we published on Tuesday. Mr. l'raed, the Conservative Member of Parliament for St. Ives, Cornwall, died on Wes!nesday. Lord Morpeth has forwarded £39 towards the funds for providing a national testimonial to Mr. Cobden. Mr. Monckton Milnes has wr tten to his constituents to say he shall support Lord J. Russell's ministry. The Rochdale free-traders are about to commence a subscription for rewarding Mr. Bright. Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Moffatt, and a depu tation, had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Friday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Charles Grey has been appointed private secretary to Lord John Russell. Mr. Grey was secretary to Mr. Francis Baring when Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is somewhat singular that, at the time of the last election, Sir Toornas Wilde should have received during his stay in Worcester his appointment as Attorney- General, and that on Tuesday. on the eve of his second election, he should have received his elevation to the dig nity of Lord Chief Justice. _ - - PEEL AND COBDEN.—On Monday last, two votes of thanks were passed to Sir Robert Peel and Al r. Cobden by the Manchester town-council—to the former for his candour and resolution in introducing and carrying the late measures of government, and to the latter for his seven years talented and influential advocacy of free trade. It is said that Lord John Russell intends to propose the immediate equali,ation of free and slave produced sugar. and thus extinguish at once all the protection of our West India planters. If so he will be opposed by a re-united Conservative party, and the Whig Administra tion will be at an end. NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO SIR ROBERT PEEL.—It appears by an advertisement in the London papers, that a committee is being formed for the purpose of raising funds to present a national testimonial to Sir Robert Peel. The provisional chairman of this committee is Col. Peyronnet Thompson, and the provisional vice-chairman. is Captain Polhill, the Conservative membt r for Bradford. Among the last acts of Sir Robert Peel's Government was an official announcement that Roman Catholics and Unitarians were to be ecriallv eligible with other deno minations for professorships in the three new colleges of Ireland •, and that one Unitarian would be put on the board of management and examination with one Trini tarian Presbyterian.—Dublin paper. So far as has yet transpired, Sir George Clerk, late master of the mint and vice-president of the board of trade, is the only member of Sir Robert Peel's administration whose retirement from official life has entailed an additional charge on the resources of the country. Sir Geone Clerk's name has been put upon the list of those entitled to pen sions for civil services. The amount assigned him - is £1.200 per annum. ENTERTAINMENT TO LORD STANLEY AND LORD GEO. BENTINCK.—On Wednesday last, an entertainment was given to the above noblemen, at the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, which was attended by about a hundred pro tectionist peers and members of parliament. Reporters were not admitted, but we learn, from the Morning Post, that the speech of Lord Stanley was full of uncompro mising spirit, and was received with hearty approbation by the distinguished assembly present. Lord Geo. Ben tinck was equally firm in his language, and was rewarded with the apiflatis7e of his hearers. PUBLIC DINNER. TO LORD G. BENTINCK.—Thc ban quet to be given to this distinguished leader of the Protec tionists will take place on the 4th of August, in the town of Lynn, West Norfolk. The Earl of Orford, the Lord High Steward of Lynn, has consented to preside. The demonstration is not to be confined to the county of Nor folk, as already a great number of persons favourable to the principle of protection, from the counties of C am b r id ge Suffilk, Lincoln, Bedford, Herttord, Northa m p ton ,Wil ts , Somerset, Devon, Surrey, Essex, and other places, have expressed an anxiety to attend, to no-rk their sense of his lordship's conduct during the course of the late debates upon the Corn Laws. THE SUGAR DUTIES.—The new Sugar Bill will be the first, and probably the only important, measure brought forward by the Russell Cabinet this session. Its p r ovisions will be looked to as indiealing the future policy of th e Government; and the debate on it will most likely deter mine the position of the parties in the Commons, whose attitude is now uncertain. Two plans are pwforwa r d, each having some pretence to authority. The Times sup ports one, for Sir Robert Peel and his followers: the Chronicle the other, tor Lord John Russell and the Whi g _ Radical party. The difference between the two is mauni fied rather, as it would appear, for the sake of party dis tinction thin for any real opposition in either principle or detail. How is Sir Robert Peel to oppose the Ministry unless he can establish some difference between his views and theirs? As a politician his first want is some ground to stand on. He has been too long used to a comma n d o f his own to readily sink down into tie position of a subal tern. Accustomed to play Hamlet , he will riot without an effort rest contented with the part of GutidenBttrn. The Times is disposed to second his exert i ons, and insi• diously urges him to prepare his amendments. The agree ment of the rival plans is much more re markable than th e i r difference. It is admitted that the absurd distinction esta blished between foreign sugars is to cease at once. S..lave grown and free-grown sugars are to be admitted on the same terms. The differential duty of 9s. 4d. will for the present remain, but the adinissson of slave-grown produce will reduce the degree of protection it now affords. The first provision of the new bill, we may assume, will b e carried with little opposition. There will be the duty of 14s. per cwt. on British-grown sugar, and 23s 4d per cwt. on farrign sugar, from whatever country it may he brought. —Britannia.