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imptrial Varliaincitt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY , The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition against the vanion of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord STANLEY presented a petit on against the Chari table Trusts Bill from the Preston Religious Tract So ciety. He trus'ed that the noble lord on the woolsack would state his intention of reconsidering this class of charities, because if he exempted them the opposition to be bill would be materially mitigated. The Lord CHANcELLoR said he had received repeated applications of a similar nature, and had uniformly stated his intention of taking the representations made in them into consideration. He felt bound to do so, and in the next stage of the bill would state the course which he in tench-d to pursue with respect to such societies. Lord BROUGHAM proceeded to lay before their lord ships a series of resolutions relating to private bills legis lation. . , ----- The Railway Deposits Bill went through committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Mr. O'CONNELL said he had a motion on the paper for the discharge of Mr. O'Brien from the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, but in consequence of the peremp tory wishes of the hon. member, he should not bring it forward. . Sir R. PEEL, after an elaborate speech on the gallant achievements of the heroes of the Sutlej, proposed that the House should agree to a resolution authorising Her Majesty to direct an annual pavmt-nt of £3,000 out of the Consolidated Fund, to Henry Viscount Hardinge, during his life, and such pension to continue during th lives of Lord Hardinge's two surviving heirs male. He also pro posed a pension of £2,000 a year to Lord Gough. during his lifetime, and afterwards during the lifetime of his two succeeding male heirs. He believed the last India Company would, with their usual liberality, also grant a similar if not a greater pension to Lord Hardinge and Lord Gouh: If they did so, he thought it would not be necessary to pay the government pensions until after the death of the noble lords. He trusted the motion would be unanimously agreed to. Lord F. EGERTON seconded the motion in a short address, in which be passed a high eulogium on the met its of the two gallant noblemen who were the subjects of it. Lord J. RUSSELL said the resolution proposed by the right hon. baronet had his entire support. After some further discussion, the resolutions of Sir R. Peel were agreed to. The Hou,e then went into Committee on the Corn Bill, after a slashing attack upon the measure by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, and an elaborate speech in its sup port from Sir R. PEEL. Some motions of obstruction to the further progress of the Bill having been negatived by majorities of 88 to 111, it was agreed to proceed in Committee on Tuesday; receive the report on Friday; and take the third reading on Monday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The Earl of ItiPoNI moved the address in answer to Her Majesty's message respecting the pensions proposed to be.bestowed on Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough. After some discussion. in which the Duke of Cam bridge, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Fitzwilliam, and Lord Brougham took part, the question on the address was put and agreed to. Lord CAREW then moved for copies of a correspond ence between Lord Heytesbury arid himself respecting the appoin'ment to the office of custos rolulorum of the county of Wexford, and complained that he, being Lord Lieutenant of that county. had not been appointed custos rolulotton on the first vacancy. No person could say that he was incompetent to fill the office, and he therefore did not claim it as a favour, but as a matter of right. Tne Earl of St. GERMANS replied that the Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland possessed the right of appointing whomsoever he chose to the office in question, which was not invariably united with the Lord-Lieutenancy of the county. He had, however, no objection to produce the correspondence. A desultory debate followed, in which Lord STANLEY, the Marquis of NORMANBY, the Duke of RICHMOND, and the Duke of WELLINGTON took part, and the motion was agreed to. The Railway Companies' Dissolution Bill was read a third time, and the house adjourned. ITOUSF. OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY All the notices of motions were postponed, and at half past five o'clock, on the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole house on the Corn Importation Act. In the committee, when the first clause was read by the chairman, by which, in lieu of the present duties, the duties set forth in the schedule to this act are to tr.- taken until the Ist of February, 1849, and that, from that day, the following dries should be taken upon " all wheat, barley, oats, rye, cease, and beans," namely, from every quarter, ls., and so in proportion for a less quantity, Lord G. BENTINcx moved the omission of the word oats," on the ground that the people of Ireland, Scot land, and Wales, were greatly interested in the growth of that grain. As there were in Ireland 585,001 occupiers of land, who were all or nearly all growers of oats, it was not for the interest of the farmers of that country that we should hastily alter the law for the protection of their grain in the English market. The reduction of the duty on oats would be a tax on the farmers of Ireland to the amount of £250.000 a year. lie then made an elaborate reply to Sir R. Peel's speech of last night, and observed that he differed from the minister, and the hard-featured, cold-blooded economists sitting on the treasury benches, in this respect, that he could not cut up human beings in his legislation with as little compunction as if they were so many logs of wood. He quoted an extract from the letters of the Times' commissioner," for the purpose of showing that, as a sum of £200,000 had been paid by the farmers of the caunty of Cork into the Savings' Bank at Cork, in sums of £34 each on an average, the Irish farmers must be in a fliurishing condition at present, and that the house was therefore bound not to sacrifice them rashly on the destructive altar of free trade. After a speech from Sir H. W. BARRON against this amendment, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUtR re marked, that the effect of acceding to this proposition would be, not that "oats" would be admitted at the old duty, but that they would be admitted free from any duty at all. _ _ . . Lord G. BENTINCK then moved the omission of the whole clause, but subseque,ltiv withdrew his resolution. The other clauses of the bill were then agreed to, and the report was ordered, amid loud cheers, to be received on Fri ay. _ _ . On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the Customs Duties Bill was committed, and the report was ordered to be re ceived on Friday. _ _ . vv The other orders were then di6poserl of, and the house adjourned, amid loud cheers, at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY The order of the day for going into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was then read. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. COLQUHOUN observed, that though be had no objection to those clauses in the bill which removed the penalties attached to Roman Catholics who failed to attend.the Protestant Church, or who kept schools in this kingdom, he must object to those clauses which made important alterations in the fundamental principles of the constitution, and most especially to that clause which, if it did not repeal, made a most startling change in the oath of supremacy. After stating his opinion as to the alarming nature of that change, he next objected to the clause which repealed the statute of E►izabeth prohibiting the introduction of Papal bulls and rescripts into Englana, and reminded the house that on account of the extent to which those bulls and rescripts claimed temporal power for the l'ope, their introduction had been prohibited, so lately as the year 1816, in France, and nearly all the other states of Europe. He also objected to that clause which repealed part of the Emancipation Act of 1829, and allowed Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops to as sume the titles of their sees. He maintained that the Roman Catholic prelates of Ireland were now associated with the Jesuits, whose principles he denounced in the strongest terms, and warned the house against being guilty of the imprudence of conferring by this bill ad ditional powers upon a body of men, whose machinations had been found inconsistent with the temporal powers of the Sovereign, and the liberties of the people in every European country. In conclusion, he moved that the house resolve itself into committee that day six mouths. Sir JAMES GRAHAM called Mr. Watson's attention to the fact that her Maje,ty's government had introduced a bill on their own responsibility, in many respects identical with the present bill, and in some respects going still fur ther; and that the bill so introduced had been read a second time in the House of Lords. He had every reason to believe that that bill would shortly pass the other house ; and he therefore asked Mr. Watson to postpone the further progress of his bill until the house had had time to see and consider the bill to which he had just alluded. MR. WATSON could not accede to the suggestion of Sir James Graham, inasmuch as the bill introduced into the House of Lords was essentially different to that then before the House of Commons. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY took upon himself the defence of the Jesuits against the imputations of Mr. Colqubonn. and returned thanks to Mr. Watson for having introduced the present measure. Sir It. PEEL regretted that Mr. Watson had not thought fit to accede to the reasonable and just appeal of Sir J. Graham, and was compelled to vote against the further progress of the present measure, in order to record his dissent from Mr. Watson's course of proceeding. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that the present measure consisted of two parts, one having reference to obsolete penalties against Roman Catholics. and the other to living penalties enacted in 1829. Mr. Watson proposed to re peal both ; but the bill of the House of Lords only repealed the former. Now, if government had made up its mind not to repeal the latter, and was prepared to say the law of 1829 ought to he the permanent law of the land, it justified the caurse of Mr. Watson in calling upon the house at once for a decision on that subject. Sir J. GRAHAM then recommended Mr. Watson to divide his bill into two parts, and to raise the discussion on the latter part only, which went to repeal certain Pro visions of the act of 1829, which he still deemed to be wise and salutary. After a few words from Lord J. MANNERS, Mr.WAT SON stated that he had no objection to take the course now suggested. The SPEAKER informed the house that if the bill were to be divided into two parts, an instruction must be moved to that effect ; and before that could be done, Mr. Colquhoun must withdraw his amendment. Mr. COLQUHOUN declined to adopt that course. Mr. O'CoNrivEf I. defied Mr. Colquhoun to the proof of the accusations which he had brought against the Jesuits, fie then eulogised them as the greatest benefac tors of literature and religion that the world had ever produced, Mr. FINCH placed in opposition to the eulogy of Mr. O'Connell the severe condemnation passed on the Jesuits by Clement XIV., in his bull for the repression of that order. After a discussion on the comparative merits and de merits of the Jesuits, in which Lord R. Gtosvenor, Mr. P. Howard, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. M. Milnes joined, and another discussion on the mode of effecting a division in the bill, in which Sir R. Peel, Mr. Law, Lord J. Rus sell, Mr. Watson, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. B. Escott, Mr. Colquhoun, and Mr. Spooner took a part, the house divided on Mr. Colquhoun's amendment, which was ne gatived by a majority of:110 over 67 voices. The ho - use then went into committee; and on the mo tion of Mr. WATSON all the clauses, except those which repealed certain provisions of the Emancipation Act of 1829, were struck out of the bill. Mr. Watson then moved that the chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again, in order to have the bill reprinted, and the registration clauses added. This motion was eventually carried, hut not until a smart skirmish bad taken place between Sir li. Peel, Mr. Law, and Mr. Newdegate, who exchanged some sharp recrimination with one another. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the Annuity Bills of Lord Hardiuge and Lord Gough. They were read a first and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.--ThunspAY. Lord ASHBURTON, in moving for returns to the latest period possible of the quantity of corn in bond in this country, said that he asked for these documents at the present moment in order to prevent delay when the Corn Bill should be brought before the house. It was sup posed that a million and a half quarters of corn would be taken out of bond by the operation of that measure; five times the quantity tbat had ever been in bond during the last six or seven years. Lord BROUGHAM admitted that the letting ont of bond of so large a quantity of corn would cause a depreciation of prices, but believed that that depreciation would only be temporary. Earl FITZWILLIAJH wished the returns to be carried as far hack as 1828. _ The Duke of RICHMOND said there was hardly ever a period in which the farmer had more corn in hand. lie did not believe that the bill would pass. At all events the farmers will have 14st nothing by the delay. Earl GREY was of opinion that the farmers had suffered greatly by the delay. It would have been of advantage to thrm if the ports had been opened in November last. The returns were ordered. Lord REDESDALE suggested that their lordships should fix a time for committees on railroad bills, and that that time should be ten weeks from Monday next. The Deodands Abolition and Death by Accidents Bills were read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY, Mr. WATSON moved for a select committee to inquire into the nature and extent of the taxation of suitors by the collection of fees in the courts of law and equity, and the application of such fees, and the compensations paid to retired officers of those courts, and into the propriety of continuing them. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL contended that the motion. if agreed to, would be an interference with vested rights. Sir J. GRAHAM was of opinion that the whole system of fees in courts of justice required examination, and would not oppose an investigation into the general ques tion, without reference to the special cases alluded to by the motion of the honourable member. Sir ROBERT PEEL had, on the part of the government, no objection to an inquiry with regard to the flture ; but the question before the house would imply a censure upon the Lord Chancellor, who was only acting in accordance with an act of parliament. The motion was lost by 80 to 65. Mr. P. BUTLER withdrew a motion of which he had given notice, for the liberation of Mr. W. S. O'Brien. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Rajah of Sattara praying for a fair trial, and for the restitution of his property. Sevcral bills were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned. lIOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY The report on the Corn Importation Bill was brought up. On the question that it be now received, Sir C. BURRELL moved that the report be received that day six monihs. Colonel VERNER. in seconding the amendment, ob served that his reason for doing so was the alarm shier) he felt at the enormous change which this measure would produce not only in the condition of the small farmers of Ireland, but also in the whole commercial and financial system of the empire. The repeal of the corn laws would be a great national calamity, and was not requred by any well.grounded apprehensions of famine in Ireland. Sir R. Peel, in proposing it, had deserted the friends who had stood true to him for thirty years. After a few remarks from Sir W. JOLIFFE, Mr. G. BANKEIV combated the ministerial assertion as to the famine in Ireland, which, he said, though severe in some parts, was far from universal ; and called upon the Secre tary for Ireland to disprove his position. Lord LINCOLN admitted that for all the statements made by Sir R. Peel and Sir J. Graham respecting the severe pressure now existing in Ireland, and the still se. erer pressure which might soon be apprehended, he was responsible. He now affirmed in his place in Parliament that those statements were not exaggerated. He appealed on that subject to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, who had gone over to Ireland almost as sceptical as to the existence of distress there, as Mr. G. Bankes himself, and yet'ivithin 24 hours after his arrival on his estate, had writte❑ to him a letter of the most urgent nature on the amount of the existing destitution in his locality, asserting that there was a demand for aid, which, if it were not supplied i❑ a few hours, would render it difficult to maintain the tran quillity of the district. He admitted that the distress in Ireland was not universal, but be contended that it was still general and extensive Atter twitting the hon. mem ber with the state of the agricultural labourers in Dor setshire, his lordship described the steps which had been taken by the government to relieve that distress, and pointed out the difference of circumstances in the appre hension of famine existing in Ireland in the year 1822 end in the year 1846. Mr. 141ovi.u. replied to the remarks of Lord Lincoln as to the state of the Dorsetshire labourers, after which Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN gave the strongest corrobo ration to the testimony of Lord Lincoln, so far as the counties of Limerick and Clare were concerned. As far as he could judge, there was at present great distress in Ireland, and the house must be prepared to hear of its in crease. He lamented that Sir R. Peel had made confu sion worse confounded in that country by mixing up with its distress the alteration of the corn laws. He ought not to have applied to a temporary distress a permanent measure. Mr. !AFROS', Mr. DORTHWICK, and Mr. HENLEY, then addressed the house against the measure, after wiiich Mr. ROEBUCK made an attack upon Mr. Disraeli, for having misrepresented, i❑ a late speech, the opinions which a friend of his, Mr. John Mills, had expressed in his pamphlet on the laws of interchange, and proceeded to comment upon the changes in that lion. member's po- litical career. Mr. DISRAELI repliel in a vein of well applied sar casm to the attack made upon him by the hon. member for Bath. Mr. S. HERnERT replied to the speech of Mr. Hen ley, and reiterated many of the arguments which he had formerly employed in defence of the commercial policy of Her Majesty 'a Ministers. He thought that Mr. Bankes, on being reminded of the condition of the labouring po pulation in his own county of Dorset, must have re pented of the call which he had made upon Lord Lincoln, to give him a description of the condition of Ireland. Mr. Bankes had found fault with the government for ap plying a permanent remedy to a temporary evil ; but was Mr. Blokes sure that the evil would be merely temporary ? Lord G. BENTINCK denied that he had ever appeared in the capacity of a " political agitator." He had not ad dressed any meetings out of doors, but had confined the expression of his sentiments to that house, the legitimate place for them. He had not sought the leadership of the party with which he was acting ; on the contrary, when this measure was first propounded, be bad expected that lie should have had the pleasure of opposing it under the leadership of Mr. S. Herbert. Lord Lincoln had that night admitted that he was responsible for all the state ments, ,respecting the existence of famine in Ireland, which had been made to the house by Sir It. Peel and Sir J. Graham. He was afraid that his lordship was a very credulous minister ; for he had stated on the hustings that a compact had been struck between himself and Mr. S. O'Brien, a compact which had no existence whatever. He thought that Lord Lincoln must lend his ear to every eaves-dropper, and that thus we had so much exaggera tion as to the prevalence of famine in Ireland. He (Lord G. Bentinck) affirmed, that there was at present greater abundance in Ireland than was ever known before, and charged ministers with having been guilty of propagating wilful exaggerations with respect to the famine which they professed to apprehend. He should like to see all the reports which they bad rtceived on that subject. He should like to see the reports of the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, of the Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland, and of the Inspector of Prisons in Ireland ; for he knew something already of their contents, and that something was very different from some of the reports already before the house. He contended that no laws had ever worked better for the public than the corn-laws, and insisted that they ought not to be changed, and denied that in resisting the alteration of them he was endeavouring to serve any selfish interest. He then made a bitter attack on Lord Lincoln, contrasting his language at his last election for South Nottinghamshire with his recent language in that house and on the hustings at Falkirk. Who had turned the noble lord out of that county? The tenant farmers of that district. All regard felt for his private character, all the money which he had spent in bribery or otherwise had not saved him. His defeat in South Notts, and of Lord Ashley in Dorsetshire, was a proof that Englishmen hated tergiversation, and did not like to be betrayed, and were opposed to the present alteration in the corn laws. Lord LINCOLN, after an apology for his irregularity in addressing the house a second time, proceeded to reply to what he called the prepared and elaborate attack of Lord G. Bentinck, who had reserved his " envenomed bitter ness" aaainst him for the present occasion. He would ttot detain the house at present by any attempt to explain his hustings speeches, but would confine his observations to the charge brought against his conduct at the last elec tion for South Notts. He told Lord G. Bentinck to his teeth that it was untrue that he (Lard Lincoln) had been guilty of either bribery or corruption. Considering the ordinary legal expenses which candidates were compelled to incur in contesting counties, his late contest for Not tioghamshire had been a cheap contest. Whilst on that subject, he reminded Lord G Bentinck that a member of his lordship's family bad subscribed largely to the ex penses of bis opponent, and that lie could mention the exact amount of that subscription, if be was anxious to bear it. Sir C. BURREI.L then asked leave to withdraw his amendment; but was met with a loud cry of no, no, from the Ministerial and Liberal members. _ _ . An arim Aed discussion took place on this point of form. At one period of it, a motion for the adjournment of the debate was made by Mr. Law, but was subsequently abandoned in consequence of the interference of Sir R. Peel. At last leave was granted to withdraw the amend ment. The report was received, and the bill was ordered to be printed, and to be read a third time on Monday. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. LATEST FROM AMERICA THE OREGON QUESTION.-THE NOTICE We have received, via Havre, most important advices from Weshington to the 16th ult., inclusive. They bring the result of the debate in the senate upon the Oregon question. On the 16th of April, in the senate, Mr. John son, of Maryland, moved the following resolution : " Resolves by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised, at his discretion, to give the British government the notice required by its second article for the abrogation of the 6th of August, 1827." Mr. Allen moved to amend this substitute by striking out the second and third paragraphs of the preamble, and inserting an extract from the President's message, com mencing, '` And whereas it has now become the duty of Congress," &c. The question being taken on the amendment proposed by Mr. Allen, it was decided in the negative by a vote of —yeas. 22; nays, 32. Mr. Allen moved to lay the resolution reported by the senate committee on foreign affairs on the table, in order that the resolutions adopted by the House of Representa tives might be taken up and acted upon, which was agreed to. Mr. Breese, of Illinois, then moved to amend the sub stitute by striking out the words " at his discretion" in the :resolution. The question being taken, the motion was decided in the negative by a vote of—yeas, 22; nays, 32. The question was then taken on the adoption of the substitute, and decided in the affirmative by a vote of— yeas, 30 ; nays, 24. The committee of the whole house having reported the amendment to the senate, it was concurred in. The question then recurred, on ordering the joint reso lutions to be engrossed and read a third time, which was decided in the affirmative by a vote of—yeas, 40 ; nays, 14. So the senate agreed, by a majority of 26 out of 54 votes, to adopt the resolution as amended, which will now have to be sent back to the House of Representatives for its concurrence. WASHINGTON, APRIL 16.—Mr. Slidell has returned from his mission to Mexico. Simultaneous as it would appear with the orders for Mr. Slidell to return to the United states, General Taylor received orders to march the troops under his command from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, and they are now opposite the city of Monta rnoras, having put the Mexicans into a tremendous fright, so that the government official there set fire to the cus• turn-house. and ran off as fast as he could. It is said that the seoate will not act upon 'any measure of any importance sent to it by the house, until that body has acted definitively upon the resolutions of notice, which the senate passed yesterday. The tariff bill, which had been reported by the corn. mittee of ways and means, is hardly expected to pass Congress this session, or, perhaps, the next, either. TIII LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE WEST INDIAN MAILS The Medway, Royal West Indian mail packet, arrived at Southampton on Wednesday. She brought 78 saloon passengers, twenty children, and eight servants. Among the passengers is Colonel Yturregui, minister from Peru to this court. The Medway has on freight 289,581 dol lars (of which 46,000 are on account of the Mexican divi dends), and other coin and gold to the value of £30,000. Her cargo consists of 59 serons of cochineal, 138 bales of tobacco, 24 bales of jalap root, 115 cases of cigars, 38 cases of preserved turtle, and 94 turtle alive, in fine con dition. Throughout the West India Islands the crops were de ficient. The want of rain had been very much felt, and especially in Demerara. Very little had fallen up to the 3rd of April, but there was every appearance of its setting in in the Windward Islands, where they had already been visited with many refreshing showers. All the islands were healthy. We have, by the Medway, lett?rs from our correspon dent, in the city of Mexico, dated 30th of March. The Mexican Government bad refused to receive Mr. Slidell, the American Minister, who h3d in consequence de manded and received his passports to leave the country. . . General Parados avowed his intention to adhere to the defensive system, and not to be provoked to declare war against the United States. A new revolution was thought to be at hand, and the recall of General Santa Anna was openly talked of. General Ahnonte bad been appointed Envoy Extraor dinary to the Court of France, and had arrived at Ha vannah on the 10th of April, where he remained in close communication with Santa Anna. Senor Parres had retired from the Ministry of Finance and was succeeded by Senora Gorostiza. The Queen has appointed Lord H arris to be Lieutenant- Governor of the Island of Trinidad. The Queen has appointed Robert Peel, Esq., now at tached to her Majety's Legation in Spain, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation in Switzerland. . . Mehemet Ali's fit st wife died on the 22nd ult. at Cairo. As a sign of mourning, ihe army is to be deprived of their drums during forty days. Four women were burned at Lahore, on one pile, just before Sir Henry Hardinge's attack. Six hundred and sixty-six have been destroyed in the same way (the Suttee) within the last ten yors. FLOODS IN NEW BRUNSWICK.—The last American mail brings accounts of destructive floods in the province of New Brunswick. The damage done is principally in the valley of St. John's river, and theloss of property be tween Fredericton and Waodstock is stated to be immense. Numbers of farm-houses have been swept away by the waters, and several persons have lost their lives. A correspodent of the Daily News, writing from Rome ; enumerates the following intelligence with reference to Art :—" John Gibson's statue of the Queen, ordered for Buckingham Palace, is now nigh finished, and stands forth confessedly a masterpiece of marble portraiture. John Hogan's colossal statue of Mr. O'Connell is in a similar state of forwardness. The Italian Graccherini has just executed in marble a remarkably graceful group of three dancing girls, in which elasticity and elegance of motion are admirably rendered. This classic work has been ordered by William Jackson, of Birkenhead." UNIVERSITY ef CLERICAL NEWS The Queen has appointed the Marquis of Bute to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assem bly of the Church of Scotland. On Sunday week thirteen persons publicly renounced the errors of Romanism in St. Audoen's Church, Dublin. On the same day forty others renounced Popery in the Missionary Church, Achill. The income of the Gospel Propagation Society last year was considerably less than that of the previous one. In nineteen dioceses there has been a decrease, in eight an increase ; of these eight Chester is the only one in which the increase is considerable. THE NEW BISHOP OF JESUSALEM.—It is rumoured that Dr. Pusey has addressed a letter to the archbishops, within the last few weeks, couched in more than his ac customed tone of menacing entreaty, (against the appoint ment of Mr. Gobat). A report, too, which has been cur rent within the last few days, adds still further interest to the subject ; namely, that Sir Moses Montefiore has ob tained permission from the Emperor of Russia for the migration of ten thousand Jews from Russia to Palestine. Record. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. —On Thursday, the 145th anniversary of this society was publicly celebrated by divine service at St. Paul's Cathe dral. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury arrived at the Cathedral at half-past three, and a procession was formed which moved into the church, where the dignita ries took their seats. There were present eleven bishops, four deans, five archdeacons, the Lord Mayor, eight al dermen, the sheriffs, and a large number of clergymen in full canonicals. Full cathedral service was performed, and the sermon was prtached by the Bishop of St. Da vid's from the 7th chapter of St. John's Gospel, verse 6. BIBLE SOCII,TY.—At the annual meeting on Wednes day Lord Saudon presided. The entire receipts of the year amount to £101,305 155., being an excess over the last year of £3,550 4s. 2d. This increase has, chiefly taken place in the free contributions from auxiliary so cieties and in the sales. The sales of the year have amounted to £55,976 108.9 d., being an increase over the preceding year of £8,076 16s. 11d. The total ELM appli. cable to the general purposes of the society is £45,329 4s. 3d., including £33,022 9s. 6d. free contributions from auxiliary societies, being an excess of £1,473 18s. 3d. over the free contributions from auxiliary societies of the pre ceding year. The issues of the society have amounted to 1,441,651, viz., from the depository at home, 1,104,787 ; from depots abroad, 336,864 ; being 525,840 copies more than in the preceding year. The total issues of the society have been 18,322,487 volumes. The expenditure during the past year has amounted to £105,851 2s. 9J., being £20,033 7s. more than the previous year. The engage ments of the society exceed £56,730 Os. 7d. The speakers at the meeting were the Marquis of Cholmondely, Lord Ashley, the Bishop of Calcutta, Lord Teignmouth, Sir Digby Mackworth, &c. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS.—The annual general meeting of the mem bers of this society was held on Friday, at Exeter Hall. Lord Ashley was in the chair, and amongst the supporters of the noble lord were the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Hon. W. Cowper. M.P. ' Sir George Rose , Bart. , the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, and _a large number of clergymen. There were also on the platform several children of Jewish parents converted to Chris tianity, and educated in the society's schools. The report stated that the amount of contributions towards the ge neral and special fund, not including the temporal relief fund, amounted during the year to £25,581, being an in crease of £293 over those of the previous year. In addi tion to the sum, £630 had been received on account of the temporal relief fund, and the munificent donation of £2,600 from Miss Jane Cooke, of Cheltenham, the whole of the sum required for completing the ;Protestant church at Jerusalem. The. society had distributed 3,683 bibles, 1,619 testaments, 2,274 portions of the scripture, and.se veral copies of English religious works, translated into Dutch and Spanish for the use of Jews in Holland and Spain. Four young students had been sent from the He bremeollege as missionaries to the East. Converts con tinued to be made amongst the Jewish population in War saw, Frankfort on the Oder, Berlin, Konigsburg, Stock holm, Copenhagen, and other large European cities, and in several parts of the East, including Jerusalem, Bey rout, Aleppo, and Bagdad. The Marquis of Cholawn deb.), moved, and the Rev. Mr. Freemantle seconded, the adoption of the report. An expression of regret at the death of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, was proposed by the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and seconded by the Rev. Hugh Stowell. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the friends of this society was held on Tuesday, at Exeter-hall, and the immense attendance assembled am ply testified to the interest felt on the occasion. Among those present were Lord Glenelg, the Bishops of Oxford, Calcutta, Cashel, Chester. and Ripon; Sirs R. H. Inglis, G. Rose, and Digby Mackworth; Revs. Hugh M'lsleile, J. W. Cunningliame, and H. M. Villiers.—The Earl of Chichester occupied the chair. His lordship expressed the peculiar satisfaction with which he regarded the ap pointment of Mr. Gobat to the bishopric of Jerusalem.— The report was then read by the secretary. It appeared thereby that the receipts of the society for the year amounted to £102,458, a sum which was less than that of the preceding year by £2,790. The expenditure was £1,093 under the income actually raised. The report described the condition and progress of the college at Is lington as favourable on the whole, although the number of students was not large. The various missions of the society in East and West Africa, Greece, Egypt, Jamaica, North-West America, Ceylon, South India, New Zealand and China, were also in a prosperous condition ; but the mission of the society could not be further extended unless its funds were increased.—The Bishop of Chester moved the first resolution, that the report which had been read to the meeting should be adopted and printed. He dwelt upon the necessity to promote the great work of mission ary labour. More than £2,000,000 were annually swal lowed up by the consumption of ardent spirits, and very large sums in the purchase of ice and other articles of useless luxury •, and he impressed upon the meeting the duty of curtailing their superfluous expenses, in order to render their efforts for the conversion of the heathen more commensurate with the progress of the nation.—The Bishop of Oxford moved the next resolution, and the meeting was also addressed by the Bishop of Cashel, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, &c. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.—The 47th anniversary meeting of the members of this society took place on Friday evening at Exeter-hall ; Sir E. N. Buxton. Bart., in the chair. The report stated that a great and encou raging event had recently transpired in China, viz.—the promulgation of a royal decree authorising the freedom of religious worship. It was impossible to foresee the happy results which would follow this circumstance. The shops, streets, junks, and temples, were now accessible to the Christian missionaries. The committee bad caused to be distributed at Hong Kong. 22,000 tracts. and had made grants to the amount of £393. In India there were twenty auxiliary societies engaged in distributing religious works. During the year nearly 1,200,0(10 tracts had been printed by these societies, to which the London Society had made grants to the amount of £1587. The circula tion of religious tracts was producing important results in France. A Protestant tract society has been formed at Paris, the receipts of which during the year amounted to 229,000 francs, and which had issued 650,000 tracts. Whole " communes " were now forsaking the Roman Catholic church and embracing Protestantism. In Switzerland 8000 tracts had been sent for the use of the Italian population, and a grant made to the. Geneva Evangelical Society. The Belgian Evangelical Society had distributed during the year 42.000 tracts, and had received from the London Society a grant of £2OO. Amongst the other Continental cities where the greatest number had been circulated were Amsterdam. 60,000; Stockholm, 50,000 ; St. Petersburgh, 167.000 The Society's tracts had also been issued in Pers;a and other parts of the East. The number distributed in the British Isles was altogether 2,260,000, at a cost of £2761 ; and the total grants to foreign and colonial societies amounted to 450, at a cost of £2003. The issues during the year amounted to 17,571 413, making, with those distributed by the societies abroad, a total of 42,000,000, in ninety eight languages and dialects. '1 he receipts of the Society amounted to £56,110. RAILWAY lA"FELbiciiSACE. BUXTON, MACCLESFIELD. CONGLETON, AND CREWE RAILWAY.—Tbe scripholders of this line have been sum moned to meet at the. Town-hall. Birkenhead, on Thurs day next, at 12 o'clock, to consider the propriety of pro ceeding with the scheme, when all parties interested should of course be present. We understand the Blackburn and Preston Railway Company have obtained two months further time to com plete their works, when they expect to have two sets of rails laid down. The company's station now being erected will he a very pretty object from Salford-bridge, and a great architectural improvement to the town. YORK AND NORTE' MIDLAND.—A special meeting of the shareholders in the above line was held yesterday week, at York, to comply with the requirements of the Government measure as to the new lines and purchases projected by the company. Mr. Hudson, the chairman, represented, by proxy, stock to the extent of £1,200,000. out of a quarter of a million, the capital required. The resolutions were carried unanimously, affirming the pro posed bills. It is currently reported that the upshot of Mr. Morri son's committee will be the recommendation of the es tablishment of a tribunal to consider and report upon the incipient stages of private business —one, too, which shall have powers to suggest. The no!ion is not Mr. Morri son's. We believe that the idea wa: first thrown out by Mr. Charles Buller, and if such a measure is to be ma tured, we believe the railway interest would much rather see it in the latter member's hands than in Mr. Morrison's. At a meeting, on Saturday, at Birkenhead, of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway scripholders, the directors were authorised to proceed with the bill this parliament. The meeting was called in compliance with the sessional orders of parliament, and represented 30,607 shares—the total number being 45,000. Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M.P., chairman of the directors, presided, and entered into a luminous exami nation of the gratifying prospects of the line. The meeting was numerously attended, and the resolution was carried amidst much 'applause. MR. HUDSON AND THE NEW COMPANIES.—In the present furor for winding up, we beg to direct particular attention to the testimony given by Mr. Hudson, in the House of Commons, relative to the necessity of using caution. He stated that in one of the first lines with which he was connected, such had been the depression, that the shares would net sell, the shareholders were afraid to register, and but for himself and two or three others standing steadily by it—advancing money, and abstaining from pressing too heavily on the shareholders —the line would never have been made ; while every £5O of the then stock had since proved worth £3OO to the shareholders. Such evidence as this, at such a moment, we consider particularly opportune, and hope that it will not he lost sigbt of.—Herapath. DECISIONS IN COMMITTEE DURING THE WEEK. RAILWAYS-COMMONS LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JUNC TION.—This important line passed the standing orders on Friday. Amongst the witnesses examined, Mr. J• 13ramley Moore, chairman of the Liverpool Dock Committee, was brought up by summons to give evidence, after which the Committee declared the preamble proved. AM BERG ATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON.—Preamble proved. G ILE AT GRIMSBY AND S DUFFIELD —NO. 2.—Preamble proved. HULL. AND LlNCOLN.—Preamble not proved. STAINES AND RlCHMOND.—Preamble not proved BRIDGEWATER AND TAUNTON CANAL AND 'JAR BOUR.—Prearfible not proved. READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE to make a special report to the House. KILMARNOCK AND AYR DIRECT.—BiII Withdraw❑ GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON DIRECT.— Pre4rnble proved. _ =Commit'ee SLAMANNAN. — PreambIe proved. WILSHAW AND COLTNESS.—Preamble proved. AIRDRIE AND BATHGATE JUNCTION.—EDINBUnGH AND BATHGATE JUNCTION.—Both preambles proved. WILSONTOWN,MORNINGSIDE, &C.—Preamble proved. STIRLING AND DUN ERMLIN E.—ireamble proved. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN — . DUNFERMLINE BRANCH.—Preamble not proved. SCOTTISH MIDLAND EXTENSION ,—Preamble not proved. DUNDEE AND ARBROATH EXTENSION.--Preamble proved. FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTlON.—Preamble proved. CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRR JUNCTION. — Preamble proved. CORK AND PASSAGE AND KINSALE.—Not to proceed any further. LORDS CORK, PASSAGE, AND BLACKROCK.—PreambIe proved in Lords GREAT MUNSTER. — LIMERICK AND ERRIS.—NE NAGH AND TEMPLEMORE. — PreambIes proved in Lords. YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW.—Preambles proved in Commcini. RAILWAYS AND ROYALTY IN 1855 Musing one day on the growing greatness of railways, as we are fond of doing, the following vision danced before our eyes. We fancied ourselves at Slough, where we saw the servants of the company in full uniform, the heads of department in attendance, and the green flags— the signals of caution—everywhere flying on the up line. 'While we were contemplating this scene, a royal page made his appearance, when the following colloquy en sued : - . Page.--Mr. Superintendent, I bear her Majesty's com mand, to desire you to provide a special train in half an hour to London. Supe►intendent.—That is impossible. Page. —Why so? Superintendent. —Our governor, the second .Mr. Hud son, is coming up to attend a board; and our orders are, when he is on the road, to allow no train to precede him on the same line for half an hour before, or to follow him for the same time, for every twenty miles that he has to go ; and he is expected here in twenty minutes. Page.—But her Majesty has to attend a cabinet council. Superintendent.—And Mr. Hudson has to attend a board meeting. Page.—C 4 ood heavens ! then do you mean to say you will not obey the orders of the Queen ? Superintendent.—l should be happy to oblige her Ma jesty, but I cannot disobey the orders of our governor. Page.—Well, what is to be done? Superintendent.—Why, if her Majesty is Lere in time, very probably the governor, who is exceedingly polite and gallant to the fair sex, may give her a seat in his carriage; and that is the utmost I can hope to do for you.—Hera path's Journal. SPO R TING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER SPRING MEETING This popular meet , ng has gone off with great eclat ; and the attendance and racing have been both first-rate. We subjoin a return of the four days' running. The first race on Tuesday wag the GROSVENOR STAKES of 15 soya. each, 10 ft., with 30 added. Grosvenor course. Mile and a quarter. 6 subs. Mr. A. W. Hill's b f Burlesque, 8 yrs Tasker 1 Mr. Mostyn's by Phoenix, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Meiklam's br h Lightning, 5 yrs Burlesque took the lead, was never headed, and won easily by a length. A PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sous each, h. ft. 2 miles. 4 subs Mr. F. R. Price's b c Kismet.. walked over A SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs. each, for two year olds Nearly three quarters of a mile. 15 subs. Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Glentilt Nat 1 Mr. Pedley's c Foreclosure . 2 Lord Eglinton's b f Nerissa ........... 3 Nine started. A very fine race between the three, hut won cleverly at the finish by a length. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, 50 added. Heats, one mile and a half. Capt. Harcourt's b c The Druid Win tringham ... Mr- Mostyn's ch cby Hetman Platoff 24 2 Mr. W. Scott's b c Highfield, 3 yrs 5l 3 Mr. Skerratt's b c Felix. 3 yrs 3 2 4 Mr. R. J. Mostyn's ch c Chartist, 3_yrs 4 3 d The Druid the favourite. First heat a fine race between The Druid and the Hetman Platoff colt ; won by a bhort half neck. Second and third heats won cleverly. WEDNESDAY. The course was heavy this day in consequence of the rains which had fallen during the night. The first race was THE CORINTHIAN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., for bona fi de hunters, second to save his stake. Cup course. 6 subs. Mr. J. Stanley ems br g New Brighton Capt. Williams. . . Lord Normanby names Blind Hookey, aged 2 Sir C. Boynton's br h Poussin. 6 yrs 3 Won cleverly by half a length. THE TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 200 soirs. - in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sodi. each, 15 ft. The winner to subscribe the following year, and pay 25 sous. towards expenses, and the second to receive 50 sous. out of the stakes. Two miles and a quarter. 142 subs., 50 of whom declared and pay 5 soya. each. Mr. G. H. Moore's b h Coranna, aged F. Butler. Mr. A. Johnstone's b c brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs. Sir C. Monck's b w Glossy, 6 yrs. 3 Mr. Cuthbert's br m Queen of Tyne, aged 4 31 started. Won cleverly by a length. 'Value of the stakes after the deductions, £2040. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of lOOgs. Thrice round. Mr. Moore's br c. Wolf Dog, 4 yrs. ..... 1 Mr. ivlostyn's b c by Phoenix, 3 yr 5......... 2 4 started. Won easy. SIXTY GUINEAS (clear) the gift of the Members for the City. Heqs, once round and a distance. Mr. Meiklam'sDiomed,3 yrs. Duncan 4 1 1 Mr. Haworth's Robin Burns, 4 yrs. .. 5 4 2 Mr. Arrowsmith's Tractarian, 3 yrs... 1 2 3 Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs... 3 3 d Mr. W. Scott's Highfield, 3 yrs. 2 d All the beats won easy. THURSDAY. The weather was much more favourable for racing this morning, the sun shining with meridian splendour. The attendance, though not so numerous as on the preceding day, was very great ; the sport on the whole was good. '1 HE DEE STAND CUP. in specie, by subscription of 10 soya. each, 50 added. Once round and a distance. 11 subs. Mr. Mcore's Wolf Dog, 4 yrs Mr. Banks's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs Mr. Ongley's The Warrior .... Won by a length Nat 1 THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 sovs. in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 20 toys. each, h. ft. Grosvenor course. 23 sub , ;. Mr. J. \Vuffenden's Miss Burns .. Mr. Copeland's Arthur.... Col. Anson's Rowland Hill 10 started. Won by a head. THE DEE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 200 added, for three year olds, 2nd to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 sovs. for expences. Grosvenor course. 36 subs. Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy Lord Eglinton's D01e.... Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice 11 started. Won by three-quarters of a length THE CHESHIRE WELTER CUP, value 100 S,VB., the rest in specie, by subscription of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft. Twice round and a distance. 22 subs., Bof whom declared and pay 5 sovs. each. Mr. Johnstone's The Roper's Daughter.. Os baldeston Mr. Mostyn's Alvanley, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Worthington's Ilooton, 6 yrs 6 started. Won cleverly by a length. Templeman 1 9 THE SI,LLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, Grosvenor course. Lord Chesterfir-ld's New Brighton, Nat 1 2 1 Mr. Dawson's Step-and-Fetch-it 3 1 2 Mr. Wall's Zela First heat wo❑ easy, 2nd by a head, 3rd by half a neck. The Grand Race Ball took place on Wednesday evening, at the Albion Hotel, and was numerously and fashionably attended. FRIDAY. MATCH. 200 soys. p.p., 13st. each. Three miles Mr. Mytton's bg by Volney—Saturna .(Parr) 1 Mr. B. Collett's h m Vitula, 6 yrs.. (Marlow) 2 Won by a length. A FREE HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sovs. each, b.ft., with 50 sovs. added by the Grand Stand proprietors. The winner to pay 5 soya. to the judge. Three-quarters of a mile. Nine subscribers. Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque, 3 vrs, 54. 71b. (Tacker) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's ch f Giselle, 3 yrs. 4st. 61b. (Charlton) 2 Three others started. Won by half a neck. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 sous. each, with 30 sous. added, for two and three year olds; two year olds, 6st. 121 b. ; three, 9.t. ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. T.Y.C. Second to save his stake. Mr. Mostyn's br f by Lanercost—Miss Clif ton Mr.Worley's gr or bl f Wintonia, 2 vrs.... _ (Crouch) 2 Mr. Harland's b f The Cossack Maid, 3 yrs. (Ten:Tiernan) 3 (Nat) 4 Sir J. Gerard's br f Camelia Won very easily by two lengths The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. with 50 sovs. added by the citiz ns of Chester. Second to save his stake, and the winner to lay 10 sovs. to the racing fund. From the Castle Pole, once round and in ; about a mile and three furlongs. Thirty-eight sub scribers, 19 of whom declared and pay 5 cove, each. Lord G. Bentinck's Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs., sit .. Mr. Meiklam's b h Godfrey, syrs, Bst 31b .. 2 Lord Eglinton's b f Plaudit, 4 yrs, Est 21b... 3 Six others started. The judge only placed two, and the race was won by nearly a length. MATCH, 100 SOVS. h. ft. Cup Course. Mr. Osb,ddeston's c m Sorella, 5 yrs, 12st 3Ilb Mr. H. Johnstone's b g Blind Hookey, aged list 1021 b There were numerous booths, &c., of the ordinary character, but we cannot omit to notice the commodious marquee of Mr. Gieave, of the Adelphi Hotel, Birken head, which was fitted up in the most splendid style. The wines were faultless—indeed of the very best quality —in fact, the whole arrangements were of such a character as to afford the highest gratification to the holiday folks. NEWTON RACE forty-eight nominations; CHESTER RACES.—The special train to Chester, on the Manchester and Birmingham line, on Wednesday morn ing, was a gigantic one. There were three engines to which were attached fifty-six carriages from Manchester, first, second, and third, containing about 1000 passengers, which number was augmented at the Stockport Station by upwards of 150. On its arrival at Chester, however. the number of carriages had increased to sixty-three. —The Manor Cup has clmei with GENERAL •MISCELLANI The Bey of Tunis has forwarded to the Queen a present of several horses, lions, and other animals. On Saturday, a little boy was suffocated in a chimney, at Limerick, which he had been employed to sweep. Mr. Wm. Chambers, of Edinburgh, is now said to be the author of " The Vestiges of Creation." On Tuesday last peaches and nectarines, with a profu sion of cherries and strawberries, was offered in Covent garden Market. On Tuesday her Majesty and her Royal Comort, ac companied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Claremont in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of the 7th Hu , sars, for town. DOSCASTER..—The inhabitants of this town are endea vouring by petition to get enrolled amongst the list of par liamentary boroughs. Mr. E. Denison has given notice of a motion in parliament, with a view to such object. On Saturday, Captain Duff, resident magistrate in Roscommon, was accidentally killed by the kick of a horse. The gallant officer had been several years in the army, and had seen much service. - On Tuesday last, at Kirk Brarowith, a young roan, who is of unsound mind, attacked his aged father, and beat his skull in with a clock weight. The old man died on the following night. SUICIDE. —On Monday, a man named Crooks, 57 years of age, a widower with six children, laid himself delibe rately across the rails on the Sheffield and Manchester line, as a tra n was approaching, and was literally cut in pieces. No less than 109 gentlemen have: been gazetted as cor nets and ensigns in the army dining the preceding month. 31 only of whom have purchased their commissions. The promotions from the ranks have also been numerous. On Thursday, two gentlemen were taken beiore Alder man Gibbs, and remanded, relative to the issue of forged scrip in the Buckinghamshire Railway. They Lad had £6BO advanced on 1000 shares, the scrip for which was afterwards discovered to be forged. At Penrith cattle fair, Mr. William Armstrong lost bank notes and bills to the amount of £9OO. They were found by a yoeman 'named Hetherington, who• got them proclaimed by the town crier, and received a shilling as a reward of his honesty. May 12, 1846. Mr. Charles Dickens, like many other great men, is about to seek relaxation repose, and sundry other com forts, on the continent. It is to he hoped that the public will profit more largely by this sojourn than they did by Mr. Dickens's trip to Italy. ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR MARTYRDom.—Mr. lon Browne, M.P. for Mayo, has intimated that he WILL at certain periods attend' railway committees, although he must give a great dea of trouble, owing to his igno rance of engineering and railroads, but that he will NOT attend during the sittings of the House of Commons. _ _ The King Of the French has written an autograph letter to Sir Robert l'eel, expressing his Majesty's acknowledg ments for the kind and handsome manner in which the right hon. baronet had proposed the toast of his Ma jesty's health at the late civic banquet given by the Lord Mayor of London. MR. O'CONNELL'S CONSISTENCY !—On Thursday evening week, at Exeter-hall, Mr. O'Connell made a speech in favour of a resolution for the abolition of capital punishment. He made another speech the same evening at the Crown and Anchor, in which he declared " that the red hand of God was against murder," and that " he who shed blood deserved that his blood should be shed." A curious shipment was made a few days since from our quays. It consisted of a quantity of screened gravel, in sacks, to be laid down in a gentleman's garden at Valparaiso. It is remarkable that whilst this shipment of gravel for one part of America was going on at Poole, a vessel from ano ther part of the same continent was discharging at Liver pool a cargo of white gravel just imported.—Poole Herald. IRISH GRAIN AND OATMEAL.—It appears by a par liamentary return that there were imported into Great Britain, from Ireland, from the sth of March to the sth of April, 1846—wheat, 19,540 quarters; barley, 10,148 quarters ; oats, 80,803 quarters; wheatmeal, or flour, 89,048 cwt. ; oatmeal, 50,360 cwt. This does not look like " famine in Ireland." The. Daily News will appear on and after the Ist June at the reduced price of 24d. Report states its new pro prietor to be Mr. Railway Hudson : we believe, however, that this is incorrect, and that the paper is, or is about to be, the property of a gentleman who already is proprietor of the leading weekly literary journal, under whose auspi ces it is likely to lose its irreligious tone, and to deserve more success than it has hitherto met with. The Rev. J. R. Stephens, who figu r ed eome years ago with so much effect as an opponent of the new poor laws, is now settled down as a farmer between Ashton and Oldham, and was, a few days ago, sworn in as head constable in the township in which he resides, before the magistrate who signed his committal to gaol four or five years since, on the charge of a political offence at Hyde, for which he was tried at Chester before Mr. Justice Patteson, and convicted. ADVICE TO O'BRIEN.—Go to Nathan's. Hire—the Repeal Association will, of course, come down with the needful—hire a regular stage Irishman's dress. Let there be no crown to your hat, no end to the holes in your breeches; swathe hay-bands round your limbs ; stick a dudeen in your mouth, grasp a shillelagh in your hand, enter the house with a caper, a howl, and a twirl of the oaken towel ; invite Sir James Graham to ‘•thraydelon the tails or your coat," and then, Oh Paddy Smith O'Brien, instead o' speaking the words, sing the " Groves of Blarney !" IMPORTATION OF GREEN GINGER.--OR Thursday, a sale of 74 casks of green ginger, in a recent and even growing state, brought by the Severn steamer from Ja maica, took place at Monument Yard, at the average price of 30s. per cwt. The novelty of the article attracted a considerable attendance of buyers, as it was the first that had been introduced into this country, and the ma jority of lots were sold to wine makers, chemists, and some of the most eminent tavern-keepers, in the city, as well as to horticulturists, in order to experiment upon its cultivation here.—Morning Post. THE IRISH REPEAL THRONE.—Mr. O'Connell exhi bits the signs of a sudden and rapid change in his health; he is getting more infirm, so much so as to have lost every trace of that hale vigour which made the record of his age no more than a foil to his aspect. His gait is now excessively slow—not with deliberate dignity, but with evident incapacity for speed. fits very features have shrunken, and his voice, once so loud and large in volume, has become so weak that at a public meeting, on Wed nesday, be was saluted with unaccustomed cries to " speak up" ; and was so saluted in vain. HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—On Tuesday evening, about 7 o'clock, a brickmaker, named Wm. Luff, residing in Peter street, Westminster, a district chiefly inhabited by a very criminal population, quarrelled with a young woman who has lived with him for some time as his wife, and, after beating her most horribly with a poker while he hauled her by the hair round the room, he' threw her out of a two-pair window into a paved yard. She was picked up, senseless and bleeding, with her face so dreadfully muti lated that not a feature of her face could be distinguished. Even the thieves and other bad characters who infest the neighbourhood were so horrified at the brutality of Luff, that they detained him until a policeman took him into custody. A KNOTTY POINT arose on Thursday before the Court of Queen's Bench, in a case where a man had brought an action of fj,ctment against his own wife to recover pos session of premises held over. A verdict having been had for the plaintiff, a rule was subsequently granted for a new trial, on the ground that a husband could not maintain an action against his wife. Defendant's counsel on Thursday sbewed cause against the rule, and amongst other causes adduced was the following :—viz., that " the real plaintilr in this kind of action was not the husband, but the imagi nary personage called John Doe, between whom and thl defendant it was impossible that the relation of husba nu , and wife could exist, as John did not exist himself. Plaintiff's counsel retorted, that if John was not the hus band of his client, it was equally certain that he never gave her notice to quit. Bewildered amongst its own fic tions, the court took time to consider the case. THE CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN.—When Sir - Harry Smith was a child six years of age his father had a horse to sell. The animal was so thoroughly vicious that when a purchaser appeared no one dared to mount On one occasion a military officer went over to Whittlesea to view this redoubtable steed ; and, wishing to see its paces, he requested the man who led it to jump up and go through the process of a walk, a trot, and a gallop. As the man evinced a very prudent reluctance to perform the required act of equestrianism, little Harry, who was pre sent, declared that he could manage the horse, having been on its back before. His father had faith both in his word and ability, and :Master Harry got his " leg up," and managed his charger like a young Alexander on ano ther Bucephalus. It was this act of courage that, through the officer who witnessed it, led to Harry Smith's entering into the army ; and truly the good people of Whittlesea may well he proud of the day. FORD TITHE CAS E.—The long litigated case of Knight, clerk, v. the Marquis of Waterford, in respect to the tithes in the parish of Ford, came becote the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday last, Sir Frederick Pollock, Chief. Baron, presiding. The substantial question was, whether the tithes of the manor of Ford belonged to the plaintiff as rector, or to the defendant as lord of the manor, upon a payment of £4O yer annum to the rector : 'the court having heard the arguments on two or three previous days during the term, now pronounced its judgment. The application on behalf of the plaintiff was for a new trial, and the court thought the application should be granted, upon the ground that the payment of a specific sum of money, for sixty-three years before the passing of the Limitation Act (3 and 4 Wm. IV, c. 27) did not under the peculiar circumstances of this case, the defendant himself claiming a right to suzh tithes in consideration of such pay ment, amount to a modus, discharge, or exemption from payment of tithes to the rector. (I. this point the court was of ooinion that there had been a misdirection by Mr. Baron Rolfe, at the trial at Neweastle.upon-Tyne , and there must, therefore, be a new trial. THE COAL TRADE OF ENDLAND.—EngIand possesses the richest veins of coal, both as regards qua lity and quantity. They form a line from south-west to north west. In Northumberland and Durham, from the Tweed to the Tees, coal abounds; at Whitehaven, in the hills of Cumberland, in Yorkshire, and in Lancashire. Th e most abundant mines are in Wales. The consumption of coal in England and in exportation is so great, that it has often been asked if the mines would not be exhausted; but ac cording to calculations made in proportion to the presen t consumption, they could not be exhausted under 150 0 years. The yearly consumption in Great Britain ° 20,000.000 to 21,000,000 tons. The exportation increase d in the following proportions :—ln 1830. 505,421 tons ; to 1832, - 588,440 tons ; in 1834, 621,256 tons ; in IS 36 ' 1,101,000 tons ; in 1838, 1,413.800 tons ; iii 1 84 7' 1,621,300 tons; in 1842, 2,120,000 tons; and in 184,, 2,410,000 tons. The number of mines exceeds 500, 0 7 i English coal is to be had in every - part of the-ciVilise_t world : there - tmio dhidyneeofirAyttah a hhunbi a r eepo e l rye: other t d lai asha icii e t,pueTo p epptro o wair on s ßokd i rgyvtlatseAieyancr:rnalyadettornoefldßoti decorating STEAMi lfleg o ei oan: inspectingrnJt ath a t etss n eirinrn e hin ngieidrbgpooei indeed, edh a lshre, t xemajvr O lnutseedso d waty e lhin Archangel, and at Constantinople.—Mining Journal; et T E sl d e r tgsae of nw e aoe rn i y a ec H ti op portunity,siacat wl considerable steam len act and re/4• great credit upon the parties who executed the n o s We were also gratified to learn that great advantag e v i o t been gained by the substitution of tubular boilers. a Elio:li d thirty-five tons having been effected, by their iced nished weight and the smaller supply of water regn an t' by these than by the boilers of the old description ;tiara the space in the afterhold is increased so es to a'„, o . stowage for that amount of extra weight of general The speed of the vessel has also been very m ateriaw r ' ro to creased. On Friday last she performed the voyaged' bad Annan Water Foot to Liverpool in 91 hours, an eno ral nearly 100 fat sheep 40 fat cattle, besides a heavy glen° cargo on board. We are proud in having such a 814 king. tbe vessel belonging to this port, and we heartily company every success in prosecuting their und eTta —Carlisle Journal. 24 05. EQUITY COURT, FRIDAY.--CHUBS ... V. Cot . 0 the This was an application for an injunction to restrolneloar defendant, a furniture-broker, Queen-street, ' sts , or from making or selling any icon doors, safes , e! e tif f, th , e boxes, in imitation of those made by the PlVt P a ul well-known iron box and lock maker, in behalf 01 Churchyard, London. Affidavits were read on ..rchase,o_ the plaintiff, showing that iron safes had been . t4 n iaeg.e from the defendant, which were represented ! suc h by the but at a much less cost, and. ''..tiff was safes were of a very inferior quality, and the for the thereby subjected to much injury. The atfidar' bee n r 5 defendant denied that the safes, when sold, hal'i The lam " • w ho presented to be manufactured by the P . nos es loc Vice-Chancellor said there appeared to he wi t • t iff. lain to contradicted the statements made by the r _ la w 0 _ thought there was not sufficient alleged by tn o e n c, 1 fair enable him to interfere by injunction. Thee witue-;_°, would be to send the case to a jnry, whereforn*whieil would be subjected to that cross--exaroir:_. 000 co at reasonably sure to bring out the truth. I .v n g e ac tion. therefore, stand over, w ith liberty to • Uri 0." world? W bs7 is e e T a n u e s r e a i l n T i o n n: i a T e rt ie b a o t G t tetslte in the c h n e e rsaml