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imprnal Uarltaintitt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY The Earl of ST. GERMAIN moved the second reading of the bill for the protection of life in Ireland, and dwelt on the necessity of investing the government of Ireland with the extraordinary powers which would be granted by the proposed measure. It was notorious that the crimes of murder and outrageous assault had become of late alar mingly prevalent in Ireland. He held in his hand official returns of all the offences against the person, property, and the public peace which had been committed in Ire land during the last two years ; from which it appeared that the number of homicides perpetrated in Ireland in 1844 amounted to 144; and in 1845 to 136. In 1844 the number of cases of tiring was 104 ; and 1845, 138. In 1844, the number of aggravated assaults was 504 ; and in 1845, 544. In 1841, the number of eas, sof common as saults was 251 ; and in 1845, 242. The crimes of robbery and arson had also increased to a fearful extent. In 1844 the number of cases of robbery of arms was 159; and in 1845, 551. The instances of administering unlawful oaths bad also increased during the years in question from 59 to 223; of issuing threatening notices from 462 to 1341 ; of attacks on houses from 254 to 483 ; of firing into dwelling houses from 77 to 128. The total number of offences against person and property in 1844 was 1195, and in 1815, 3462. The number of offences against the public peace in 1844 was 3102, and in 1845, 5281. In 18 coon• ties crime had diminished ; in 4 it had remained station ary ; but in 10 it had largely increased. His lordship then entered into further details with regard to the state of crime in these peccant districts, and related several remarkable cases of homicide and outrage, for the pur pose of justifying the introduction of the proposed bill. These cases were of as unusually appalling character. The rich man, said his lordship, was comparatively safe; but the poor man was absolutely without protection. The police and stipendiary magistrates had been in creased in vain, and nothing short of extraordinary measures could meet the exigency of the case. The first clause empowered the Lord Lieutenant to declare by pro clamation that any district in which outrages of the de scription referred to are on the increase should be bur dened with additional police and a stipendiary magistrate. The second clause empowered the Lord Lieutenant to warn the inhabitants of any disturbed district to remain at home between sunset and sunrise; the third clause autho rised the Lord Lieutenant to award compensation to the family of the murdered man, to be paid out of the assess ment on the district in which the murder may have been perpetrated. The noble earl, in conclusion, deprecated any attempt to give the question a portical complexion. During the last session £414,000 had been voted for the purpose of improving Ireland, and no fewer than thirteen railroads, involving an expenditure of £9,000,000 had passed the legislature. These measures could not bear fruit unless a greater security for life and property were provided. His lordship trusted that the time would arrive when the bill he proposed might be repealed. Lord FARNHAM spoke as a resident in one of the most disorganised parts. His lordship alluded to the murder of Mr. Bell Booth, which showed the fearful state to which the district in which he had resided had been re duced. He dwelt on the refusal of the parties who wit nessed the murder to assist in identifying or apprehending the murderers. His lordship spoke of the efforts of the ribbon agents as most ii.jurious to the peace of the coun try, and called upon their lordships to shape their mea sure so as to put down those dangerous societies. After a few words from Lord WESTMEATH, and other peers, the bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY In reply to questions from Mr. O'Connell, Sir R. Peer, said it was not the intention of the go vernment to bring in any measures in reference to Ire land to take precedence of the commercial measures un der the consideration of parliament It was, however, intended in the present session to bring in a bill to give encouragement to the improvement of land in Ireland, by granting compensation to tenants for such improvements as they might effect. It was also intended to bring in a bill to amend the elective franchise in counties, and also to amend the proeeedinrs at elections generally. In ad dition to these bills, it was intended to bring in another for the purpose of amending the franchise in municipal towns so as to assimilate them as far as possible to those of Ens,land. In reply to a question from Mr. O'Connell, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, he deei.ly regretted having to admit that a deputation from Westmeath had waited upon his exzellency the Lord Lieutenant, praying. that Braon Seery might not be respited, but that the executi on should be suffered to proceed. He could, however, assure the haus-, that that deputation did not. influence the Lord Lieutenant in the course he had adopted. The debate on the corn laws was then resumed, and was again adjourned. HOUSE OF COMM ONS.—TuEsDAT The debate on the Corn-1 , ws was resumed again. Mr. M. O'CONNELL, on general principles, advocated the measure ; Col. CONOLLY, on general principles, opposed it. Lord INGE THE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why, after his secession, he bad rejoined the ministry, and why he did not resign his seat for Cambridge? He ar gued, on the authority of official returns. that wheat could be imported at 225. a quarter; and produced to the house a young potato, which he affirmed to be a very good one, as a proof that young and healthy roots might be produced from the eyes of diseased potatoes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made the Mi nisterial speech of the evening. He gave an account of his owu conduct during the late crisis. He had opposed opening the ports by Order in Council—he had opposed the meeting of Parliament in N-vember ; but, when the extent of the potato failure was ascertained, he became convinced that the alteration of the Corn-laws bad now become a question of absolute necessity, and prepared to give his opinion that, under all the circumstances of the case, those laws ought to undergo a change. At the same time, However, he felt that the change ought to be ef fected by others than himself and his colleagues, and had accordingly resigned, without any prospect of returning to office. He had no intention whatever of retiring from the representation of Cambridge, He then dived into fi gures and calculations, with the view of showing the in fluence of the removal of protective duties on the shipping interest. In the year 1842 th e t onnage o f B r i t i sh vessels engaged in the foreign trade amounted to 2,600,000 tons. In the year 1845 it was 3,690,000 tons, showing an in crease consequent on th e re l axa ti on o f d ut i es o f one mil lions of tons in that period. Again, it was said that inju rious effects were likely to result to the timber trade from the proposed measure—let us see what injury has resulted from the relaxations which have hitherto taken place. In 1842 the number of ships engaged in the Baltic trade was 3,519, their tonnage 013,809 tons; in 1844 the number was 4,424, their tonnage 818.449 tons, showing an in crease of 1,000 ships and 200,000 tons. He reminded his hearers that in the reign of Charles the First the agricul tural interest had expressed the same alarms as in the present day. Mr. FERRAND made a speech which occupies five co lumns in the morning papers He first attacked the system of petitions. The Anti Corn-law League had pur chased signatures in the West Biding of Yorkshire at the rce of one shilling a hundred, and he was prepared to produce evidence, if necessary, that one man had actually attached 14,000 signatures to one of those petitions, and that he had done so without ever having lett his house, or even having asked a single person to write his name. He proceeded to animadvert on the conduct of various ho nourable gentlemen whom he saw around him, and others who were not there. He regretted that Mr, W. Beckett was not there to be questioned :—" In the borough which he represented, the honourable gentleman had been called Honest William Beckett.' But if the honourable gen tleman now betrayed his principles, he would have another syllable prefixed to that title, and be known in the borough, politically speaking, as ' Dishonest William Beckett.'" Mr. Cobden did not escape,—the truck system, the shops, the cows, and the cottages were recalled again to the recollection of the house. He dwelt fondly on the days when be used to receive large packages of Sir R. Peel's speeches upon the corn lows, sold at one penny each. Who sent them he could never find out, but he very much suspected that the right hon. baronet had beard what an earnest supporter he (Mr. Ferrand) was of those principles, and that therefore he had favoured him with those packages, " carriage paid." (Laughter.) He circulated them amongst all parties in his neighbourhood ; they were most instrumental in creating a great many proselytes, and were one chief cause of the return of Mr. Stuart Wortley, now Lord Wharncliffe, for the West Riding. Ile anticipated the growing prevalence of the democratic principle. Should that unfortunate day ever dawn upon the political horizon when the power of demo cracy will be paramount, degraded indeed will be our fate. But I will add— " May I be cold b2fore that dreadful day, Pressed with a load of monumental clay;" and told Sir R. Peel, at the top of his voice, that the peo ple of Great Britain and Ireland viewed with unmitigable disgust his contemptible apostacy and tergiversation. • The other a: eaters were Mr. Trelawney, in favour of the measure, and Mr. Parke against it. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsn&Y. The House met at twelve o'clock, and a considerable share of private business was disposed of. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN drrw attention to an occur ence at the South Nottinghamshire election, in order to give Ministers, if they thought fit to avail themselves of it, an opportunity for explanation. The bon. member for Mahon, who had voted for the appropriation clause, and who was pledged to the abolition of the temporalities of the Irish Church, had publicly stated, that he had held conversations with Lord Lincoln prior to giving him his support in the present contest for that county, and was satisfied with the explanation given him by the noble lord of the course of policy which he intended to pursue as Secretary for Ireland. From this it was to be inferred bat Lord Lincoln had determined upon a policy hostile to the' Established Church, and it was highly important that his real intentions should be understood at the earl iest period. Sir JAMRS GRAHAM said, he did not believe that Lord Lincoln had ever expressed a feeling hostile to the Estab li:,hed Church of Ireland; but the noble lord would pro bably be in the House in a few days, when he would be able to answer for himself. Lord J. RUSSELL said, he was informed by the bon. member for Alalton of all that had passed between him self and the noble lord, and he could say that nothing had fallen from the noble lord hostile to the Established Church, or inconsistent with the policy of those with whom he was associated in the Government. Mr. O'CoNNEI.L said, that Mr. S. O'Brien had drawn a proper distinction between the Church itself and its temporalities. The former no one wished to destroy; but the sooner the latter was firmly and properly dealt with, the better for Ireland , to which this country owed a large debt of good government. Sir J. GRAHAM then called attention to what bad pass ed on a former evening relative to the case of Seery ; on which occas:on he .had regretted that a deputation had waited upon the 'Lord-Lieutenant from the county of We=tmeatit, for the harsh and.. unusual purpose of praying that the execution of 'Seery sheeld not be respited. He had since received a letter from , the Lord-Lieutenant sta ting that the deputation bad waited upon him for another purpcse, and that it was only inadvertently stated that any lenity shown to Seery would.be considered as a proof of the weakness of the Government, and tend to encourage the perpetration of such atrocities, and to keep alive that sanguinary spirit so fatal tolhe peace of the country. The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was read a second time with out any discussion. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THORSDAY The Marquis of WEST MEATH asked Lord St. Germans whether any deputation from the magistrates of West meath had waited on the t Lord-Lieutenant to pray that Bryan Seery might not be respited, and whether such a proceeding were " harsh , end unusual," as it had been termed ? The Earl of St. Germans read a letter from the Lord- Lieutenant, which admitted the fact that such a deputati on had waited on him for the purpose specified. With regard to the second question. he thought that such a proceeding, if not harsh,-ras at any rate very unusual. After some further conversation, in which Lords Stour ton and Brougham joined, the matter dropped. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuuRsnAv Mr. Rossuca asked...the members on the protection benches when the debate on the corn laws was likely to coil'? His reason for asking that question was, that on Tuesday night Mr. Ferrand had consumed two mortal hours and a half, by.the house clock, in speaking about an7thing and everything, rather than the subject in de bate. If the house wished to maintain its dignity, it must put down vulgar.vituperation. indecent menace, and violent language, and not allow Mr. Ferrand to come down to the house lfke•Or--son with his club 'to beat down all opposition with the ..violence of his language. He hoped that the country gentlemen of England would in future give the house something like argument and rea soning, and would not wcste the public time in mere ex hibitions of vulgar hatred, expressed in violent and vulgar language.. Sir R. INGLIS read Mr. Roebuck a severe lecture for taking advantage of Mr.iFeerand's absence to stigmatize him in the most violent language. The Gracchi might complain of sedition with. as much justice as Me; Roe buck could of bitter personalities. Why, Mr. Roebuck himself was not a very mealy mouthed gentleman. Mr. BRIGHT availed himself of the opportunity to de ny the statement which Mr.; errand had made respecting Mr. G. Wilson in his speech of Tuesday night. Mr. Wilson had never called a meeting of starch manufac turers to oppose the relaxation-of the protective duties on starch, and had not been a member of any deputation which waited on Sir R. Peel;for such an object. Mr. CotaunouN assured Mr. Bright that Mr. Fer rand, when in his place, would be ready to defend all the statements he had made. Mr. Bow RING complained of the attack which Mr. Ferrand had made on Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Bolton, whom he had accused of " cold-blooded cruelty." He denounced the statements of Mr. Ferrand respecting the poverty, nakedness, and wretchedness of the people in Mr. Ashworth's employ as alrogeiher untrue. Lord MonPEzn read a letter from the operatives of Union Mill, which be had received along with their peti tion, for the purpose of proving that in signing it they were (to use their own words) free as the air they breaaed. Here the conversation dropped. The adjourned debate on the corn laws was then re sumed by Mr. Ross, who spoke in fateur of the govern ment measure. Mr. B. DENISON regretted that Mr. Ferrand was not in his place ; for Mr. Ferraud had alluded to him the other night in his absence in a way in which he was by no means justified. Mr. Ferrand had stated to the house that Sir R. Peel, %hen he did him the hor.onr to ask him to second the address, had deceived him as to the mea sure which he (Sir R. Peel) intended to pnapese. Now Sir R. Peel was the last man in the world to -deceive any body; and in no way, either directly or indirectly, had te deceived him. When he (Mr. B. Denison) seconded the address, he expected that Sir R. Peel would .propoe a measure of the same character as those which he had pro posed on several occasions in the last three y.ea.re, and which had been so eminently successful ; but he had not been prepared to expect that Sir It. Peel would propose a total abolition of the corn laws after a period of three years, during which we were to have a diminished sliding scale, accompanied by certain compulsatory propositions. He thought that in propounding such a scheme, Sir R. Peel had committed a mistake, which many now regretted, and which he hoped that Sir R. Pee: would never live to regret himself. Though he should oppose to the utter most that scheme, be hoped that if it were made law, it would promote the public interests in the way which Sir Robert Peel expected. He concluded by warning Lord Morpeth a;ainst believing that his return for the West Riding was a proof that the opinions of the electors of tl at distract were changed on the subject of the corn laws ; and by advertising him, that, at the next general election, the extent of the change would probably be brought to a test. Mr. Brotherton then spoke in favour of the measure, and Mr. Christopher against it. Mr. CARDWELL observed that, as he had never yet spoken on the question of the corn laws. be was anxious to explain the grounds on which he gave his cordial sup port to this measure for their final adjustment. lie then proceeded to expose the statements contained in the argu ments by which the protectionists defended the existing corn laws. He said that those laws had not rendered us independent of foreign supply—that t.tey had not given security for the investment of capital in land—that they bad not insured the farmer a remunerating price— and that they had not afforded the labourer a protecting price for his labour. He then contended that the repeal of these laws would promote the prosperity of commerce and manufactures ; and that prosperity would increase, as it had increased in past time, the rate of wages in the commercial and manufacturing districts. A man with 30s. a week would consume more bread, butter, beef, mutton, and other agricultural produce, than a man with Bs., or even IGs. a week; and when the consumption of agricultural produce was thus increased, the profits of the farmer would be increased likewise, and the condition of the agricultural labourer would be proportionably bettered. He called upon them to keep pace with the march of improvement, and to rely on the ever growing demands of our increasing population, and on the expanding energies of trade and commerce for their own remuneration. He had always entertained, and had never disavowed nor dis guised the sentiments which he had just expressed ; but he had likewise always considered that great questions like the present ought to be regarded as questions of time. If, then, this question were a question of time, was not this of all others the time to look out for a supply of food ? And if the adjustment of the corn laws were to he accom plished, when could it be done with less dislocation of ex isting interests? Ile contended, too, that that parliament had a perfect right to decide the question ; and, if it should decide it as the government advised, by removing the sources of discord between conflicting classes, and by exhibiting a wise and discriminating regard towards all the interests of this great empire, it would confer an ines timable benefit upon the present and every succeeding generation. The hon. gentleman's speech was very loudly cheered, and was one of the best delivered during the de bate. He quoted largely from, and made frequent refer ence to the admirable speech of Mr. Bramley Moore on dock accommodation. Mr. Finch and Mr. Seymer (new members) spoke against the measure, and Mr. Villiers in favour of it. Mr. FERRAND observed, that lie had been attacked in his absence that evening by four or five gentlemen, of whom not one bad given him notice of his intention. He, therefore, now gave notice, that he would he in his place next night, at 5 o'clock, and that he would return their civilities on the proposition for reading the first order of the day. Colonel SIBTDORP called the attention of the house to the fact that the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Chief Se sretary for Ireland, the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General for Ireland, a Lord of the Admiralty, and the Clerk of the Ordnance—all officers of high selaris—had none of them seats in that house. He also wished to know who was now the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests—and who were to be the new Lords of the Treasury. Surely those appointments ought to be filled up. The debate was then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMO'iS.-FRIDAY The earlier part of the evening was occupied by a sharp personal discussion, commenced by Mr. FERRAND, who replied to the attacks made upon him by four hon. members on Tuesday evening, and re iterated most of the charges he had made in his speech on Monday night. Mr. Roebuck, who had commenced the attack, wits the last person who ought to have used such language. r. Roebuck had once, with language far more violent and indecent than any which he had used, flung down the Times newspaper upon the floor of the house, and recommended its member;- to horsewhip a gen tleman in every way his superior. He believed that the public held Mr. Roebuck in such estimation that they would not give a qu , rter of a farthing for his opinions; and among all his other failures in life the knowledge of that fact rankled most deeply in his breast. Adverting to the speech of Mr. Bright, he showed that Mr. Bright had put words' into his mouth which he had never used. Having repeated to the house the words which he had ac tually employed respecting Mr. G. Wilson, he observed that the Manchester Guardian never denied the fact of Mr. G. Wilson having convened and presided at the meet ing of starch manufacturers, although it did not deny that which he had never asserted, namely, that Mr. Wilson had been part of the starch deputation which had waited on the Government. Mr. Bright, however, was not a person entitled to attack him on the score of veracity, for two meetings had been recently held in Lancashire to re but a statement which he had made in his place in Parlia ment, respecting the reluctance of the working classes at Preston and at Rochdale to support a ten hours' bill. Dr. Bowring hail also put in his mouth words which he had never uttered, for the purpose of damaging him in the estimation of the house and the country. Mr. Ferrand then restated and justified the words which he bad actually used respecting Mr. H. Ash worth. He appealed to Dr. Bowring, as a member of Parliament and as a gentleman, to retract the charge which he had cast upon him. Turning next to Lord Morpeth, he asserted that he had never said that the pe tition from Union Mill was not a free and unbiassed petition. What be had said, was, that petitions against the corn laws had been in many instances signed by the workmen in the manufacturing districts against their will, and at the compulsion of their masters. He concluded by declaring that it was high time for the house to take into consideration the manner arid extent in which peti tions against the corn laws had been forged and manu factured by the Anti-Corn Law League. Mr. FIELDEN bore testimony to the truth of Mr. Fer rand's statement respecting the distress of the hand-loom weavers. Mr. Ashworth and Mr.lt. Gregg had proposed to the Poor Law Commissioners to bring labourers from the south to the north for the purpose of equalizing wages. The people in the north knew that equalizing their wages mean reducing them to the level of the agricultural la bourer, and a great sensation was in consequence produced among them. It was proved hkfore the Poor Law Com mission of 1837 or 1838 that 10,000 families had been sent to the manufacturing districts from the parishes in the south of England. The migration system had been condemned by the Poor Law Committee, sod the office established in Manchester with Mr. Muggeridge as its agent has been given up. In conclusion, he maintained that nothing said by Mr. Ferrand respecting the cruelties practised in factories had been-upset by any of his opponents. A scene of crimitiation'and: recrimination followed, in which the principal speakers were Mr. Bright, Mr. Roe buck, and Mr. D'lsraeli, who took occasion to allude to the collision between Sir R. Peel and Mr. Cobden, three years ago, when Sir R. Peel thought a speech of the hon. member for Stockport was instigatory to his (Sir R. Peel's) assassination. This called up Sir R. PeeL, who said that he thought he had, at the time, relieved, in the most unqualified manner, the mind of the hon. memberfor Stockport of any impression that he (Sir R. Peel)•svas-not fully cntvinced he had mistaken the import of what had fallen from the hon. member on the occasion referred to. If he had not done so in a manner satisfactory to the hon. gentleman, he regretted it, and hoped it would be understood that such, at all events, was his intention. Mr. COBDEN said that the right bon. baronet's retrac tation at the time was not so unequivocal as he could have wished, and be feared that many hon. gentlemen on the ministerial side of the house were not satisfied that the right lion. baroneVreally believed himself in error; with this feeling he was sorry to say, rankling in his mind, he had used expressions at public meetings towards the right hon. baronet which he now exceedingly regretted. The occurrence took place three years ago, and he did not anticipate that it would have been again alluded to; and alter the present moct gratifying explanation, he hoped that no hon. member would ever feel himself justified in again alluding to the subject. _ _ In the course of this rather animated discussion, Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY took occasion to corroborate one of the charges made by Mr. Ferrand respecting the wholesale manufacture of free trade petitions. He had recently received a petition from Cheltenham praying for free trade, but was -struck with surprise at seeing the Manchester post mark upon the envelope. He, in con sequence, caused an inquiry to be instituted in Chelten ham, and the result was, that most of the signatures were forgeries, and of those which were genuine, the par ties had no recollection of signing them to any sucir pe tition as that which bad been transmitted to him. He should, on Monday, move for an inquiry into this gross breach of the privileges of the house. The adjourned dtbate,on the Government measures was then resumed by Mr. Banks, who spoke against them, as did Capt. Gladstone, Mr. pooner, Mr. B. Borthwick, and Lord George Ilentinck ; while Mr. B. Escott and Mr. Cobden addressed the house in favour of them. _ At tweoty minutes before three on Saturday morning, no member rising, the house divided, when the numbers were— For Sir R. Peel's motion Against it Government majority, FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. AMERICA By the arrival of the packet ship Sheridan, which left New York on the 4th inst., we have received papers four days later than those received by the Hibernia. Accord ing to the New York Herald, of the 4th, no change will at present take place in the Cabinet; that Mr. Buchanan re tains his place, and will resume the Oregon negociations. The editor of the Herald says—" The Oregon negociation is resumed or about to be resumed with Mr. Pakenham, and it is about to be lifted from that state of abeyance in which it stood when the British Minister attempted to re open it a few weeks ago. We are •ery glad that Mr. Bu chanan remains in the Cabinet to resume the negociations, and to go through them and finish them, in the same ,spirit of moderation, with the same amount of talent and comprehensiveness of intellect, which have hitherto mark ed his diplomacy. We have therefore every reason to be lieve that the Oregon negociation will be settled at Wash ington in a very few weeks." The question of giving the twelve months notice still creupies the attention of the House of Representatives. On the 2nd a motion that the debate should close on the 9th, was lost by a majority of 99 to 88. Foreign exchanges were dull. The quotations were, on London, 108 to 1081; on Paris, 5,27 to 5.26.. The mon ey-market vt as easy, and the banks were discounting freely. Toe interest on the Pennsylvanian debt had been paid on the 2nd inst., but three-fourths in depreciated securi ties, one quarter only in specie. This policy has given rise to strong complaints. _ _ . - Freights were scarce. and the rates very low. There were some indications of the opening of the spring trade. Canadian accounts report that an increase of £55,000 will be exhibited in the revenue return of the province for 1845, as compared with the previous year. Important accounts from the city of Mexico to the Bth, and from Vera Cruz to the 13th of January, bad been re ceived, via New Orleans. These advices announce the elevation of Paredes to the Presidency of the republic, and the formation of a Cabinet headed by Almonte. THE RIVER PLATE Intelligence has been received from Rio Janeiro to the 9th Jenuary. The Apollo troop ship arrived at Monte Video, from Rio Janeiro, on the 9th of December, but had not landed the troops on the 10th, in consequence of the barracks not being ready for them. This packet does not bring later intelligence from Buenos Ayres than the Cyclops brought. The Petrel packet having taken out news of the protest for non-acceptance of the draughts of one of the first shipping houses of Rio, it created a great want of confi dence and embarrassment. Money was extremely scarce, partly occasioned by a great demand for the northern ports. This want of money caused a rise in the exchange to 261 d. to 261-d', the lower rate having chiefly ruled for transactions by this conveyance. The state of the money market occasioned a fall in the price of coffee, and the present rates were—superior, 3,050 reis to 3,009 reis per arroba; good first, 2,850 reis to 2,950 reis per arroba; good seconds, 2,500 reis per arroba. Sug a r—white, 2,800 reis per arroba ; brown, 1,800 reis per arroba. Freights— Ilamburgh and Antwerp, 455. ; Mediterranean, 50s. ; England, 555. There was a great want of ships at Per nambuco, where 70s. and 80s. were spoken of. The Emperor was not expected back till March next. The Empress remains at Rio Grande whilst he makes the journey to St. Paulo. Toe merchants are complain'ng more than ever of the necessity of some arrangement being made with the Bra zlian government, respecting the interference of the Juir dos Orfaos with the property of deceased foreigners, this functionary having instructions to interfere as occasion may offer. Accounts were received in Liverpool on Saturday from Monte Video to the 23rd December, from which it ap pears that the combined forces of England and France bad proceeded higher up the river Parana without further molestation, and that the President of Paraguay, after concluding a treaty, offensive and defensive, with the Corrientes, had issued a manifesto declaring war against Rosas. THE CONFLICTS IN INDIA We extract the following sketch of the battle at Mood kee and Feroze4tur from Sir Hugh Gough's despatches to the Governor-General:— " About three p.m. information was received that the Sikh army was advancing. We had not proceeded be yond two miles, when we found the enemy in position. They were said to consist of from fifteen to twenty thou sand infantry, about the same force of cavalry, and forty thousand guns. They evidently had either just taken up this position, or were advancing in order of battle against us. The country is a dead flat, covered at short intervals with a low, but, in some places, thick jhow jungle, and dotted with sandy hillocks. The enemy screened their infantry and artillery behind this jungle, and such indula tions as the ground afforded ; and, whilst our twelve bat talions formed from echelon of brigades into line, opened a very severe cannonade upon our advancing troops, which was vigorously replied to by the battery of horse artillery under Brigadier Brooke, which was joined by the two light field of batteries. The rapid and well-directed fire of our artillery appeared soon to paralyze that of the ene my ; and, as it was necessary to complete our infantry dispositions without advancing the artillery too near to the jungle, I directed the cavalry under Brigadiers White and Gough to make a flank movement on the enemy's left, with a view of threatening and turning that flank ,if possible. With praiseworthy gallantry, the 3rd light dragoons, with the second brigade of cavalry, consisting of the body guard and sth light cavalry, with a portion of the 4th lancers, turned the left of the Sikh army, and, sweeping along the whole rear of its infantry and guns, silenced for a time the latter, and put their numerous ca. valry to flight. Whilst this movement was taking place on the enemy's left, I directed the remainder of the 4th lancers, the 9th irregular cavalry, under Brigadier Mac tier, with a light field battery, to threaten their right. This manoeuvre was also successful. Had not the infan try and guns of the enemy been screened by the jungle, these brilliant charges of the cavalry would have been productive of greater effect. " When the infantry advanced to the attack, Brigadier Brooke rapidly pushed on his horse artillery close to the jungle, and the cannonade was resumed on both sides. The infantry, under Major-Generals Sir Harry Smith; Gilbert, and Sir John M'Gaskill, attacked in echelon of lines the enemy's infantry, almost invisible amongst wood and the approaching darkners of night. The opposition of the enemy was such as might have been expected from troops who had even thing at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority of numbers, far out flanked ours ; but this was counter acted by the flank movements of our cavalry. The attack of the infantry now commenced ; and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the Sikh army that they had met with a foe they little expected ; and their whole force was dri ven from position after position with great slaughter, and the loss of seventeen pieces of artillery, some of them of heavy calibre; our infantry using that never -failing wea pon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout con flict was maintained durin g an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst a cloud of dust from the sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. _ The final charge is thus described :—" Our line ad vanced, and, unc h ec k e d by th e enemy ' s fi re , drove them rapidly out of the village of Ferozeabah and thei r en. campment.; then•changing front to its left, on its centre, our force continued to sweep the camp, bearing down all oppositionoand dislodged the enemy from their old posi tion. The line then halted, as if on a day of manoeuvre, receiving its two leaders, as they rode along its front, with a gratifying cheer, and displaying the captured standards of the Khalsa army. We had taken upwards of 73 pieces of canon, and were masters of the whole field. For twenty-four hours not a Sikh has appeared in our front. The remains of the Khai.a army are said to be in full re treat across the Sutlej, or marching up its left batik, in the greatest confusion and dismay. Their camp is the scene of the most awful carnage ; and they have aban doned large stores of grain, camp equipage, and ammuni tion. This has apparently terminated this unprovoked and criminal invasion of the peaceful provinces under British protection." The•irruption of the Sikhs seems to have been ma naged with all the address which distinguishes the Orien tals, and renders them adepts in intrigue. So well had they masked their designs, that while an army of 100,000 men were concentrating w ith 150 pieces of canon of heavy calibre, Sir Henry Hardinge was countermanding head quarters orders for advancing the Briti,h forces nearer to the Sutlej. The Meerut division had been ordered to the frontier, and her Majesty's 9th lancers sent off post haste in advance, but by an express order from Sir H. Hardinge to General Grey the whole division was ordered to stand fast, and the 9th lancers marched back into Meerut on the 290 November, just one fortnight before the irrup tion of 100,000 men fully armed, provisioned and equip ped, with 150 pieces of artillery, The fact noticed by Sir Hugh Gough that in the third engagement we had not a round ofammunition to answer the Sikh heavy cannon, and the dbsence of all carriage and medical aid for the British wounded still further demonstrate how well the Siks cloaked their invasion. Had our troops been nearer the scene •of action, the battle might not have been so glorious toitheir valour, but probably not a Sikh would have recrossed the Sutlej except as a fugitive. KILLED AND WOUNDED AT MOODKEE.—KiIIed : European officers, 13; native officers, 2; non-commis sioned officers, drummers, rank and file, 192; sycees, Sat. B.—Grand total, 215 Wounded : European officers. 39 ; native o4.icers,.9 ; non-commissioned officers, drummers, rank and file, 588; sycees, &c., 21.—Gr a nd t o t a l, 657. Grand total of all rank s , killed and wounded, 872. KILLED AND WOUNDED AT FEROZEPORE.—KiIIed: European officers, 37; native ditto, 17; non-commis sioned, drummers, rank and file, 630; Sycees, drivers, &c., 10.—Total, 694. Wounded : European officers, 78; native ditto, 18 ; non-commissioned, drummers, rank and file, 1610; Sycees, drivers, &c., 12; wa rra nt officers, 3; total, 1721.—Grand total of all ranks, killed and wounded, 2115. THE PRiNCE WALDEMAR OF PRUSSIA As the official despatches respecting the late great events on the Satlej mention the name of Count Ravens burg, and allude t.o a fact personal to him, it may be in teresting to the public to know that Count Ravenshurg is the incognito name of his Royal Highness Prince Walde mar of Prussia, the son of Prince William (the late King's brother), and therefore fist cousin to Frederick William IV. This distingulshed personage, now in his 29Th year, and Colonel in the Dragoons of the Prussian Guards, de sirous of seeing foreign military institutions, and possibly falling in with some military enterprise during these times of peace in Europe, demaneed and obtained, in 1841, the King's permission to proceed to the East, and to visit, for his instruction, the British empire in India. The king ordered his Royal Highness to be arcomparied by two distinguished officers, both mentioned in the late de spatches. The ooe of them Count Groeben, is Lieutenant in the Guards, the Prince's personal friend, and son of one of the most illustrious and popular Generals in the Prussian army; the other, Count Oriole, is a Major on the Staff of the same. Dr. Hoffmeister, mentioned in the report, followed the Prince as medical attendant. The Prince has since travelled through the greatest part of the Indian empire, and the Universal Prussian Gazette (Atlgenzeine Preussiche Zeilung) and other German pa pers have given extracts from his letters, proving the Prince's power of observatiin, and the high estimate he had formed of the military state and of the civil adminis tration of that vast empire. As soon as a war with La hore seemed inevitable, the Prince proceeded towards the Indus, and in his progress, and lastly at Umballah, re viewed the English troops he fell in with. His last let ters, dated the 17th of December, from the neighbour hood of Moodkee, were written on the very eve of the battle at that place. They are, as may be expected, lull of enthusiasm at the thoughts of his first combat. Ile fought in those ever memorable days by the side of the Governor-General, and on the 21st saw his medical at tendant killed at his side by grape-shot. The following private letter has been received by the Chevalier Bunsen from the Governor-General, relative to the Prince's share in the late actions, and will be read with interest. " ('amp, Ferozepore, Jan. 1, 1846. _ "My dear Chevalier,--I wish your Excellency a very happy new year, and many congratulations on the perso nal safety of Prince Waldemar, who, with the character istic gallantry of his illustrious race, and the national love of enterprise of his countrymen, was present with me in the recent action of Moodkee, on the 18th of December, and atFtrczeshah, on the 21st and 22d of December. " His Royal Highness intended to proceed to Bombay by Scliinde, and left Ferozepore on the 23d of December last, quite well. " It was impossible for any soldier to show more cool ness, intrepidity, and energy than did his Royal H ighness and the noblemen of his suite on these occasions. " The Prince's surgeon was struck off his horse by a grape-shot, when I saw his Royal Highness instantly alight to his assistance. The humanity of this act was of no avail. The unfortunate gentleman had already ceased to exist. " In the morning of the 22,1 I felt it to be my duty to request his Royal highness to retire. The action threat ened to be very severe, and I could not reconcile it with the respect I bear towards the Prussian royal family, that one of its Princes, having already witnessed an Asiatic battle, and greatly distinguished himself, should run a risk to which there was no necessity that his Royal High ness should be exposed. " With great reluctance his Royal Highness consented to proceed to Ferozepore. " I beg further to observe, that his Royal Highness has, by the amiability of his demeanour, won the respect and admiration of all the officers, civil and military, of the East India Company's service, and that our most re spectful good wishes attend his Royal Highness where ever be may direct his steps. "These sentiments towards his Royal Highness, so universally entertained, are grateful to me ; for, from old recollections and attachment, I take a deep interest in all that concerns the military officers of your nation. " I have the honour to remain, youts very sincerely, "H. HARDINGE, Governor-General. " His Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen." The rumour which has lately been circulated that Ma dame Castellan had died recently at St. Petersburgh, turns out to be a fabrication, Sir H. Hardinge, in anticipation of the worst, arranged all his worldly affairs previous to the battle of Moodkee, and to ensure the safety of the sword given him by the Duke of Wellington, he sent it into Ferozepore. A report appears in some of the Calcutta papers of the death of Tharawaddy, King of Burmah. He is reported to have run a-muck, and in his mad career to have killed three persons, but was himself arrested by a blow from a billet of wood, which soon deprived him of life. STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION. The steamer Osceola, from Cheraw to Charleston, with 600 bags of cotton, burst her boiler on the 26th January, while working slowly forward, having been aground. No lives were lost, but three firemen were badly injured. The explo sion is supposed to have been occasioned by the quantity of sand which had got into the machinery. FATAL DUEL IN AMERICA.—The recent American papers contain an account o , a fatal duel which took place in the neighbourhood of Washington. The parties were a gentleman named Jones, a lawyer, and Dr. Johnson, a medical praciitioner, both natives of North Carolina. Both of them had been suitors for the hand of the same lady, who preferred the lawyer ; but, in the opinion of her husband, a criminal intercourse had taken place after the marriage, between her and the doctor. Johnson was shot in the head, and instantly expired, the parties fighting at ten paces. _ _ TIIE BRAZILIAN MAlL—Paraguay had at length openly declared war against Buenos Ayres, and had made common cause vvith the province of Corrientes. The mer chants resident in the country have for some time expected this union. but they at the same time consider that Gene ral Paz will require to proceed with very great caution in advancing on Buenos Ayres, in consequence of the supe rior discipline of the troops of Rosas. Letters from Monte Video, to the 19th December, are silent respect ing the more recent operations up the Parana. There is a great scarcity of mercantile shipping at the Brezilian ports, and freights have materially advanced in consequence. HORRORS OF WAR.—The fatigue and privations of the Ferozepore Division were extreme, and the want.of water excessive. On the second day of the battle at Feroseshah, a well was discoiered. The water was putrid, and par tially filled by the Sikhs with their dead ; but, notwith standing, it was eagerly drank by all ranks. An officer in this division, after giving some particulars of the con test on Sunday, the 21st, says—" The action raged till night-fall, and the cannonade lasted all night. The troops bivouacked ; and, 0, what a night it was ! Dying and dead all around us ! balls whistling in every direction ! no food, and, above all, no water ! and the cold intense ! May I never spend such a night again." ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF LUTllER.—Advi ces from Berlin state that on the night of the 17th Fe bruary, the King and Princes Charles and Albert arrived at Wittenberg, and were present at the anniversary of Lu ther's death, (next day,) which was celebrated with great solemnity. Divine service was performed at all the Evangelical churches at six in the evening, and the thea tres were closed. A solemn chorus was after% ards chanted over the tomb in which repose the ashes of the great reformer. A sermon was also preached in the open air near Luther's statue. The solemnities concluded by the singing of Luther's celebrated hymn, of which both the words and the music were his own composition. TIIE CANTON OF VAUD.—We lately noticed, at con siderable length, the proceedings of M. Druey, the Pre sident of the Council of State of the Canton of Vaud, in the affair of the charg6 de missionaire of that part of Switzerland. It is now stated, under date Geneva, Feb. 20, that the official documents relating thereto were sent by Druey to the several governments of Europe, who, it appears, generally disapprove of his proceedings. Accor dingly the Prussian mthister has addressed remonstrances to Drury, and the King has sent the clergy a donation of about £5OO. The English minister has hitherto sent no money, but has forvrardcd a note from Lord Aderdeen, in which he says that the transmission of the documents in question to the English - government, leave them no alter native but that of expressing their disapprobation and re gret at the measures which had been taken by the Council of State of -Vaud, and which may be of a nature to en• dangerthe liberty of Switzerland. FRENCH JEALOUSY.—The Paris journals, referring to the great battle on the banks of the Sutlej, and to the se vere losses sustained by the British, do not fail to remind their readers that the Sihks owe their military skill to French officers, such as Atabile, Ventura, &c. This is some consolation for the gloomy picture presented by Algeria. THE INDIAN CONFLICTS.—On Thursday evening, Sir Robert Peel presented to the House of Commons a despatch from Sir H. Hardinge, dated, Camp Ferozepore, Dec. 31,1845, which throws light on Sir Henry's conduct in reference to the recent disastrous Indian conflicts. It is manifest from this document that extreme anxiety on the part of the Governor-General to avoid collision with the Sikhs, and to give them no ground of offence, governed his actions up to the very moment of their invasion. THE POLISH CONSPIRACY.—Accounts from Posen state that an assemblage of Polish nobility was held at Posen on the 13th February, to the number of 600. They had already organised four regiments, and M. de Moro lawski had been named major-general. The project was to poison the Prussian garrison. Poisoned bread has been found in the barracks and hospitals. It had been resolved to plunder the houses of the Germans and the Jews. The 17th instant was the day fixed upon for ac tion. M; de Mcrozlawski was arrested, as were also Count Micielski and M. Maujewski, also known by an attempt at insurrection. Several other noblemen of wealth and influence were afterwards arrested at \\ T ersetz on the 16th. CHRISTI AN UNION AT RAWITCH, &c.—The able Ronge has addressed a letter to the president of the Chris tian Catholic Commune, gladly intimating that Czerski has joined the other Christian Communes in the manner Le pursued at Leipsic. Post, preacher at Posen,' had done the same. They had agreed to labour with the other communes for the well-being and salvation of humanity. It was agreed that Czerski and Post should address a let ter to all the communes to announce their adhesion, and explaining the motives and tendencies of the reform. The letter states that the real Christian spirit, which knows no condemnation, is extending more and more the Christian idea, and especially these words :—" They shall acknowledge you to be my desciples when they shall eee that you love one another." . RAILWAY .11\171ALL1(jErr CE. The Standing Orders Committee have rejected the West Riding Union Railway. The Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway is ex pected to be opened as tar as Over Da: wen, next autumn On Monday, the first stone of the iklo:ley Tunnel, 3,420 yards in length, and which is the greatest work on the Leeds and Dewsbury line, was laid with great rejoic ing. On Thursday the Parliamentary Committee on the Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway decided that the standing orders had not been complied with, in conse quence of the Parliamentary notices having only been twice published in the Gazelle instead of three times. At the half-yearly meeting of the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway Company, on Wednesday, the directors declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, to be payable on the 14th of March. Sir Andrew Agnew brought for ward his annual motion respecting Sunday travelling, which was negatived. CONIMITTEE MEN'S LIABILITY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Mr. Williams, an engraver, living in Bucklersbury, London, obtained a verdict for £296 Is. 6d., being the full amount of the plaintiff's claim against a Mr. Bradley, one of the provisional committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. The action was for maps supplied to the order of the projector and promoter, who subsequently left the concern before it was executed! The date of the order was the Bth of July, and the maps were delivered in August and September. The defendant gave his consent to become a member of the pry visional committee early in July, and attended a meeting on the ht of September. This last date, he contended, was the commencement of his liability, which could, therefore, extend only to the maps delivered in that month. But the jury thought otherwise, and found for the plaintiff the full amount, acting wisely under the ( - pinion of the Chief Baron, who told them that where orders were given under such circumstances, and executed partly before and partly after a change in the managing body, the new body would be liable for the goods delivered, unless they repudiated the contract as soon as it came to their knowledge." _ NORTH U;ION RAILWAY.—The annual meeting of this company was held on Thursday, at the Clarendon rooms. The report stated that the nett proceeds of the last half-year were diminished to some extent, by an amount of supplementary charges, brought in of neces sity, on this occasion, as attaching to the period of work ing previous to the ht of January, 1846 when the con cern was surrendered and delivered up by the proprietors in consideration of the fixed rental. The receipts for the half-year ending December 31, 1845, were £54,703 Bs. Bd., and the expenses, including ordinary and fixed charges, £27,547 Bs. 7d. ; leaving a balance of £27,156 Bs. 7d. ; from this amount must be deducted supple mentary charges, £3,375 17s. 2d., leaving at the disposal of the directors the sum of £23,780 2s. 11d. A dividend of £3 per cent. on stock A, and of £2 per cent. on stock B, would require a sum of £19,557 ss. Ild., leaving the surplus of £4,222 17s. to be carried to the account of profit and loss. The dividend will be payable on the 7th of March next, free of income-tax. The report was adopted unanimously. The four retiring directors, Messrs. Rathbone, Rothwell, Earle, and Winstanley, were re-elected, and Messrs. Bairstow and Tuson were appointed auditors for the Ribble Branch Railway. THE LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.—On Satur day, the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held in the Clarendon-rooms, James Brancker, chairman of the board of directors, presiding. Mr. J. S. Heron, the secretary, read the report. The directors expressed in that document their satisfaction that considerable pro gress had been made for the construction of the line. They had contracted for nearly the whole works on the main line, on terms below the Parliamentary estimate, and they had already got possession of most of the land. The works were in fact so forward that they would pro bably be completed by August, 1847. Four of the di rectors, Messrs. Stewart, Grenville, Woodcock, and Derbyshire, now retired, but were re-eligible. A special meeting would shortly be convened, at which the bills now being prosecuted would be submitted. The receipts had been £216,179, and the expenditure £25,106, leaving a balance in favour of the company of £191,073. On its being moved that the report and statement of accounts be printed, Mr. George Hadfield, of Manchester, moved as an amendment that that part of the report which stated that the proprietors had sanctioned the amalgamation with the Leeds and Manchester Company, be stuck out. They had, he said, lost many thousands of pounds by the amalgamation,—£soo,ooo he believed at least. So blind a bargain he had never heard of. It was made between one chairman and another; and as the proceedings would have to go before Parliament, the irregularity would be fatal to the bill. Mr. Leech seconded the amendment. Mr. Heron contended that the shareholders had at a former meeting authorized the directors to make the ne cessary applications to Parliament. The amendment was carried by a majority of 15 to 13. A poll was then demanded and taken, when the supporters of the amend ment, it appeared, held 228, and the dissentients 223 shares. 'The amendment was accordingly carried, and the objectionable words being truck out, the report was carried as amended. The retiring directors were re elected, and Mr. T. C. Molyneux was appointed auditor. HIGH CHARGES FOR RAILWAY PARCELS.—An able letter has been addressed by an anonymous writer (E.F.), through the respective local newspapers, to the directors of the Grand Junction Railway, complaining of the high charges fur p ~reels conveyed on their line, and submitting a scheme which he believes would advance their own in terests and those of the public. The writer properly con siders the intrinsic value of railways not to consist in the profit or pleasure they may bring to this place or that, but in the sum of national amelioration to which they tend by removing the ancient obstructions to time and space, and placing the distant corners of the land on the same footing as commercial pieces—which cannot be done so long as the present high rate of charges for parcels continues to be exacted. The very small reduction de manded at the beginning of the present year was little to be thankful for, and did not add an extra parcel to the van. Tradesmen and others were still compelled to have their several parcels forwarded in an enclosure, to be de livered at one house, and those were sent by the mail train for two shillings. If sent singly they would proba bly amount to three or four parcels a day. To obviate the delays thus arising, and give facilities to trade, the writer suggests to the directors the policy of competing with the post-office in the conveyance of small parcels. Were their charges reduced for small and light parcels, they would have hundreds no bigger than a snuff box, and weighing only a few ounces. Now all parcels not exceeding 121bs weight, being the same price bulk and weight, were needlessly increased, on the ground that they were more likely to be lost. In paper parcels, too, the company usually conveyed some pounds of hay or sha vings with as many ounces of merchandise. Reduced fares of passengers bad profitably increased the number of travellers, and if the same principle were adopted it would not fail. The writer concludes by submitting the following plan : —" In imitation of the Post-office— thanks for the thought to Mr. Rowland Hill—l would have all parcels on your line charged at the same rate, ir respective of distance, so that a parcel from Liverpool to London should be the same as one to Birmingham or any of the intermediate stations on that or the other side of that town. All parcels weighing nibs. or upwards should be charged at the present price of conveyance from Liverpool to Birmingham. Parcels weighing less than 1 lb. should be 4d. PI 9 „ 10d „ 12 ,► 18 TOLERATION AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD BY ROMANISM. (From the Church and Slate Gazette.) The Tablet, the English Churchman, and other Popish, Semi-Popish, and low vverkly papers, are constantly in sisting on the mild, merciful, and tolerant character of Romanism. If we were, against all historical experience, to believe either of the journals above named, such a thing as religious persecution is unknown, and always has been unknown, in Popish countries. It would ap pear, however, that it is not so uncommon in despotic and priest-ridden Austria. The Swabian Mercury of the 29th ult., says : " We are assured that severe measures will be adopted against German Dissenters. Every Roman Cotholic who desires to change his religion will he interrogated, and if his reply be on. satisfaetery, he will ne obliged to quit the country. It is said that the order of Jesu,ts will soon i.e re established." Such is the toleration advocated by Papists and Semi- Papists, abroad and at home. Opposition to their belief is a crime that makes the former willing to take a man's life, and impels the latter to destroy a man's reputation. March 3, 1846• IRELAND. A meeting has been held at Calcutta to collect subscriV tions for the relief of the distressed Irish. No less WO 23.357 rupees were at once subscribed. IRISH IMPROVEMBNTS —On Thursday a meeting was; held at Cove, to memorialize the Admiralty and Board 0 1 Works of Ireland to g ra n t a sum o f m oney to improve th e' harbour of Cove. _ . The usual weekly repeal meeting was held on Monde'', Luke Joseph O'Shea, Esq , one of the dismissed repeal magistrates, in the chair. The several speakers who ad dressed the meeting levelled their denunciations against the newly proposed Coercion Bill for Ireland. The repeal rent for the week exzeeded £2OO. . . The Grand Jury of the county of Westmeath, ° II Thursday, came to a unanimous resolution, repudiatingr in the strongest manner of which language is capable, the' i..ifamous and atrocious falsehood put forward against tb o magistracy and gentry—namely, that they had gone on ee deputation to, or memorialized the Lord Lieutenant, not to' extend the prerogatife of mercy towards Seery. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—OD Tuesday evening' week, as a man, named George Kyle, was returning horn! from Killifaddy, county Armagh, he was fired at, and 1 5 ' slugs were lodged in his body. Slight hopes are enter' tained of his recovery. The only cause assigned for the act is, that he walked in the Orange procession in Jell last. CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE.—OD Tuesday n ight, sir policemen fell in with a gang of Rockites, amounting fight fourteen or fifteen, near Kilfinnane, Li mer i c k. A fig°: immediately ensued, both parties using fire-arms. A` length the Rockites were overcome, and iied, leaving three of their number in the hands of the victors. Th e three men were dreadfully wounded, and, on reaching Kilfinnane, were attended by a surgeon. On recovefft they were removed to the county gaol, to await their trial. None of the police were hurt. IRISH CONVERTS FROM POPERY.—An Irish paper, th Warder, gives a list of 26 Rev. Gentlemen who have reel nounced Popery in Ireland, and conformed to the Protes . taut faith, the only ancient faith, of the Irish Church. I: also gives a list of miscellaneous converts, and says," lt, It from recollection that we give a list of converted prie sts. the catalogue of lay converts mi g ht b e p ro l onge d a d mil' niram ; hundreds of these might be added ; we merely give a few names of the latter to show that both priests and ' people are shaking off the bondage of Rome." DREADFUL MURDER.—The Derry Sentinel contains' an account of the murder of an old man by his son 8 101 daughter-in-law, in the vicinity of Ardara, county of Da negal. Having suddenly disappeared, his neighbour.' asked his son and daughter-in-law where he bad gone , when they utterly denied all knowledge of him. A search was made, and suspicion being excited, from some marks leading to a lake in the neighbourhood, the lake vas" dragged, and almost immediately they found the body, to which were attached a chain and a large stone. The corpse presented a most frightful appearance, being disfigured br no fewer than thirteen cuts. The arms were broken, B n. Cl all the ribs cru.hed. The parties are in custody, and it Is bttlieved the woman will turn approver. Religious diffe rences are said to have originated the murder. The o ld man was a Protestant; his son had married a Catholic , and became with her a Catholic, to the great annoyance and grief of the father. The female on being arrested Is reported to have exclaimed, that if she had been at home nothing of the kind would have occurred. THE REPEAL RENT.—There is at present a strong feeling —increasing every day —amongst the subscribers to, this tremendous tax that some account should be rendered' of the manner in which the enormous fund is disposed. The last number of the Dublin Nation, the repeal organ , contains a very intelligent hint on the subject, and as Mr' O'Connell, at stated seasons of the year declares that the whole accounts in their most minute items shall be placed before the association, many of the more honest repealerS are asking when this is to take place. One correspond ent of the repeal papers ac c u ses th e assoc i a ti on o f crim inal` extravagance ;—another, after stating that the accounts though often called for, and even promised, have never yet been published, ackno w l e d ges th a t h e h as grown die heartened, and has ceased to contribute, and that he knows thou ands of his countrymen who have done the name. Since the Ist of January, 1840, to the 23rd of February, 1846, six years and two months, there has beets, paid into this exchequer no less a sum than one hundr ed twenty-seven thou san d eiyht hundred and sixty-nine pounds, eleven shillings and sevenpence. No marvel that some account is required of the expenditure of so large sum. IRISH COERCION BILL.—The following is a brief sum" wary of the bill introduced by Lord St. Gernraiins" ki r the better protection of life, and to facilitate the appreben t ; sion and detection of persons guilty of offences in Ireland. The granting of a power to the Lord-Lieutenant to pro claim a district, where murders or attempts to murder have been committed, and to appoint an additional police force within such district, to be maintained by a tax upon the inhabitants—a further power to the Lord-Lieutenant to warn all persons in proclaimed districts to remain witlne their houses from sunset to su n ri s e— a p ro hibi t i on a gainst assembling in public-houses in the night time, and against' the possession of fire-arms without authority—and a n,w' nisbment for the injury or intimidation of j urors o r wit" nesses, which is contained in the folio wing clause :—" Mir person who shall, within any district proclaimed under this act, wilfully or maliciously injure either the person or properly of any person who has appeared, or shall Wea r ' or be bound to appear, as a witness, prosecutor, or jurorr or who shall by threats or menaces, or otherwise hoWstr ever, deter or intimidate, or endeavour to deter or intstoP date, any person from appearing or acting as a witness'.- prosecutor, or juror, or from dischargin g hi s or her do,, in that behalf, shall be dee:ned guilty of a misdemeanour . ._ There is also a provi s io n , ena bli ng th e L or d- Lieutenant‘r: award to a person maimed, or t o th e representative!' tied„, Person murdered, a reasonable compensation, to be 111 y,. by a rate framed upo n th e p oor -l aw va l uat i on; and 0 0 "" dividual, however small his rating, is to be exempted fro? payment, nor is he entitled to deduct the amount from Ws rent. Offences against the act are to be misdernesnoUr S ! to be tried either at quarter ses-ions or at the assiz.s ; 1 ?° 1 ' the trial by jury is preserved, and the mode of conducting the procedure is in no respect altered. EXECUTIONS IN IRELAND AND THEIR E F FECT. ' The Dublin Mail, after noti c i ng th a t no d e p u t a ti on waite r on ate Lord Lieutenant to request th e execution of Seery. but that that subject was merely mentioned Mc!" dental!) , by a party of gentlemen who waited on hie excellency from another part of the country, a nd 0 another subject, says, with reference to the usual cleroenci being extended towards the criminal, and the effect of a° example being thus lost, " In truth since the year befor e the last departure of Lord Anglesey from these s hores , until the present month, there never has been a singl e instance in which the Roman Catholic priests go t uP.! cry in favour of a convicted criminal—sustained by theft press, and backed by their demagogues—in which they f have not proved that th e i r p ower was super i or to t h a t 0 the law. The lower orders f e lt t hi s , an d t h e l aw l ess so the disaffected acted accordingly—always under the in, pression that they were ac ti ng w i t h i mpunity. Lorii, Heytesbu;T, much to his credit, and greatly for the Pea! a of the country, has dispelled thi s illusion. And what br, been the consequence of thi s di sp l ay o f d eterm i nat i o n . w' regards crimina!s, on the one hand, and the administrati o l of the laws, on th e ot h er ? Wh y, t h at t h ere h as 1 0 ( been a single o u t rage comm i t t e d i n th e coun ty ° Westmeath since the day on which Seery was *l e ; cuted ; and Egan, on whose case the juries, on t w ,t• former occasions, refused to agree, was yesterday foli,: guilty of the attack on Mr. E nn i s ' s gamekeeper jurors comp ose d i n di scr i m i na t e l y o f P ro t estants an d I %°, Ran Catholics ; they, like o th er s, fe e li ng that the suPr e t macy of the law has be en asser t e d, an d that it is pole°, for protectio n a s we ll as f or p un i s h men t. A s airth e , proof of the eff ec t o f a d m i n i s t er i ng th e l aws w ith vigolititi. we may state that several of the traversers charged RI the commission of Ribbon offences in the county of : 0 . van, have absconded, leaving th e ir b a il t o d esu ribe reasons for their not taking their trials." LAW INTELLIGENCE. W. J. Law, Esq., Insolvent Co.nmiss'oner, will atter:: y on to t a h le l tt l e th r o fr f o J m u o lv n . e of his cOO at Lancaster, on the Ist of J u ly, a t Li verpoo l, on the 8 of i\ J i u r l . y il a a n e d au a l t ey C . b i e n st re er p , l stituents at Edinburai, says, that the law, in his (vio l " in respect of Frost, has not yet been satisfied. The commissioner of th e b an k ruptcy cour t, Notting ; ham, last week, decided th a t a person i mpr i sone d unde r o charge of fraud could not receive his interim order Ile such charge was purged away. t ra' BREACH OF PROMisE.—An ac ti on f or b rea ch 01 P a r mise of marriage was br oug ht i n th e C our t o f Exeb eq • - o st on Monday, by the daughter o f Capt a i n G o Nicott 0 10 1 0 0 a stock-broker of the name o f Bea g im. The WV i v eighteen; the gentleman twenty-six. the eourtshiO et 0 menced in June, and in Auzust the defendant t o° e rts house, and the furniture and wedding dresses s v t o bought. He then declared " off," but was now read Lot, renew his offer of marriage. The jury returned aver of £3OO damages. o . r stet IMPORTANT DECISION.—A trial of the ver y pi l e a rco• importance, took place on Friday, before Chief `',, to bt Pollock, in London. The plaintiff was Mrs. w e '" be a t and the defendant the well known Mr. Spottisw o° ,4o l Queen's minter The point decided is, that an allt - i itif shares, who has never received them, the scheme h 0 its been abandoned, but who has paid the required cl e .. .„P oe et and offered to execute the deeds, may recover his 1 "., th. from any member of the provisional committee, ouilit , ground of the consideration having wholly failed- 0( 30 plaintiff, it seems, received in October an allotment a rse' . shares, and immediately paid to the company's ba p or.e' sum of 1:2 12a. 6d. on each share. She took, 0, , er t j o the the banker's receipt, which she then presented ~,oete secretary to be exchanged for scrip certificates. ''eis. were forthcoming ; but, in their stead, the sche,D i s e h oci abandoned. The excuse was, that out of 400, 00 u It p/OW, applied fee. and 70,000 allotted, 4,000 only had he e ,,, be' upon. The plaintiff then demanded a return ~,p re , money, wh!ch was refused, on the ground that the o b it' litninaty expenses" must first be paid. Out of tn e o f th e cumstances two questions arose—Were the whnl i , e oo est l7 expenses to be thrown upon those persons wh° P r up° paid their subscriptions on these 4,000 sharesolieboor the promoters of the company, on the faith s e Pei; prospectus, advertisements, and great names• tlio, s oy mews had been made ? This is the way the Chie l . us tiee' answers those questions :—" Both in law and iinitta el if even every farthing of the deposits was pa icl ,, B t hel e ,, pended, the plaintiff would be entitled to recove r o d el sideration which had wholly failed. amount paid by her on the faith of en agreement A ~.t ot i and the other rarties who had paid on the 4,00P c .„ 01 1 ! A s to the.,,llstet nothing could be more unjust th:,t) to saddle ti e; e j tiy, the whole costs of a scheme to which they subscre'oect doubt on the faith of the prospectus, and in t he eta"; tion that the capital was to be such as was there.:, to sa In his opinion, therefore, the plaintiff was c otitl " w ith' cover her deposit." The jury thereupon, a n d ,I any hesitation, gave the plaintiff her full demon"'