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Etteraturr. VARIETIES Mrs. B LOSING THE KEY Allington, the Queen of all English singers, came one night to Drury-lane Theatre to perform Mandane 'n Artaxerxes, so hoarse as to render it a question as to whether it would be possible for her to ap pear before the audience. To add to her perplexity. her maid bad mislaid the key of her jemel-box, but persisted " What can -ct I must aernaistrss st have got it with het " said the syren, "I suppos fhave done with ithqut knowing i "'And a lucky have d Wewiaer, DOG K PING POULTRY ROMANISM AND THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. — We look with considerable apprehension to the objects' which the Alliance may be disposed to take up. Such an organization must be too vast, and must be constituted of elements much too diverse, to be competent to much practical action. There will be sharp war during the present century, between Romanism and Protestantism ; and a still hotter conflict, so far as regards the educated classes, between Revealed Religion and the Literary Pan theism which is now everywhere taking hold on the liter ature of Europe. But the Evangelical Alliance will not be the power to grapple with these evils. Church men and dissenters are not agreed as to the true grounds of controversy with the Church of Rome. In both con nexions, also, the difference between the educated and the uneducated is such as must prevent their seeing alike as to what should be conceded, and what should be denied, in respect to the infidel, or the semi-infidel theories of the age. Such labours may be better left to smaller and less responsible organizations, and best of all to that spirit of private enterprise which, on questions of this nature, rarely fails of being equal to the demand. On such sub jects as we have mentioned, even the speech-making of the Alliance would be likely, we fear, to do more harm than good ; and to its publications, in relation to such to pics, we should look with a most painful distrust.—Bri lish Quarterly Review. THE MAHOGANY TRADE OF HONDURAS.—The quan tity of unshipped mahogany of last season's cutting at pt esent in this settlement is said to be less than at the same period last year. whilst the average demand in Eng land is greater, and the stock in hand lees than in the month of December, 1844. These facts induce us to in- quire into the prospects of the present season, and ascer tain, as far as practicable, what results may be produced. At no former period have so many gangs (120 to 122) been engaged; but we doubt their proving as effective as when la ger gangs, composed of these same men, were employed. Tile high rate of wages (21 to 24 dollars a month) may have induced some few additional hands to join the mahogany works this season; yet there is no de nying the fact, that the great majority of the gangs are but scantily manned. As an offset to this disadvantage, however, it is said that the gangs are well supplied with good conditioned cattle, and that, in consequeuce, the deficiency of hands will not be of material importance. We are of the opinion, founded on information derived from various sources, that the cuttings of the present sea son will not exceed these of the past—say 10,000,000 superficial feet.—Simmonds's Colonial Magazine. THE CRURCEI AND THE CHIMCIIES.—Under the Old Testament, " all were not Israel who were of Israel." There were two Israels. The one—national and visible, including subdivisions of Pharisees and Sadducees, who dif fered in many things one from another, but were identical in this, that they were all separated openly and avowedly from the Gentiles by the ordinance of circumcision. The other—individual and spiritual, not certainly distinguish able by men, but seen and known of God, who had in e circumcised iearts, as wel Under the New Testament, all are not Christ's who are of Christendom. There are two Churches The one—Collective and visible, including many sub-divisions, who differ in many things one from another, but are iden tical in this • that they are all separated openly and avow edly from all the rest of mankind, by the ordinance of baptism. These are the Churches of Christ visible and militant here on earth, and the aggregate of them all, at any one time, is the visible Church Catholic. The other —lndividual and spiritual, scattered among the baptized communities, not certainly distinguishable by men, but seen and known of God, who has, in spiritual grace bap tized their hearts, making them ' new creatures' in Christ Jesus. This is the Church of God in Christ ; and the true idea of its catholicity ranges not only throughout the aggregate of visible Churches at any time, but also t hroug distinction between Abel and Cain, till the separation be tween believer and unbeliever, at the second corninc , of the Son of Man. In the spiritual sense here referrdto, which I hope has been satisfactorily shown to be one—not the only one, but I think undeniably one—of its true scriptural senses, the Church signifies the especial elec tion of God out of the Churches ; including in one aggre._ gate, all the men, women, and children, fi . om among all mankind, who have been and who shall be saved. These were all chosen of God in Christ before the foundation of the world, or as Ignatius expressed it ' predestinated be fore the worlds to glory.—The Church and the thurches by the Rev. H. M . Neile. INSTINCT OF NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS.—One of them, belonging to a grocer, had observed one of the porters of the house, and who was often in the shop, frequently take money from the till, and which the man was in the habit of concealing in the stable. The dog, having wit nessed these thefts, became restless, pulling persons by the skirts of their coats, and apparently wishing them to follow him. At length, an apprentice had occasion to go may perhaps serve to open During a very severe ow in Scotland, the fov; - is did not make heir appearance at the hour when they usually retired to 'root and fall nd no )use dog at 1 at had beCome of them ; the the kitchen, having in his mouth his way to the fire, the down upon the warm He soon came again ch he deposited in the same place, and 1 -nle of the poor birds were rescued. the f .wls bad become extreme cold, and had crowded ti them, effected their de lved by the warmth of the fire.— .rth, and ediately set off mite benut ;ogether, when the dog obs Jesse's Anecdotes of Dogs. THE BURNING OF THE CAROLINE.—II is curious how the public were gulled by prints of the Caroline going over the Falls in a mass of flames; every one who has seen these stupendous rapids, into which the great body of water rushing from Lake Erie is broke up, and which alone, did the Falls not exist, would be one of the grandest sights in the world, must be aware that nothing, let it be ever so strongly built, could resist the impetuosity of this foaming flood. After the war, a huge gun-brig was launched in the stream, to see the effect of its going over; it was dashed into a thousand pieces the moment it entered these rapids, and never was seen to go over at all : a piece or two of timber picked up in the whirlpool some three miles below the Fall was the only vestige ever found of her. So it was with the Caroline. She was moored with iron chains to the jetty at Sclalissser : the party under the com mand of Captain Drew rowed across, on a dark night, in boats, just above where the rapids commence. A most daring attempt, inasmuch as the least deviation in their course would have involved them in the stream. They arrived safe at Schlosser. The patriots (self-styled) who were on the wharf took alarm and opened a fire upon them, in the teeth of which they cut the iron moorings, and at tempted to tow her across to their own side, but, their strength failing them, she was set fire to and let go. They got back in safety ; and the Caroline, burnt to the water's edge, was completely finished in the rapids. No one was on board, though this was nat generally believed in Eng land. I was told these particulars by Captain Usher, a fine fellow, who acted n us part in the affair. patriots harbour against knocked at the door of ae out with a light they ehut him the side of it.—New two ruff, SE OF THE FALL OF POLAND.- a spirit of r him, that on, his house, and as he c ad through a pane of g !q v 711 ROMANISM THE C Jona Krasinski has demonstrated unanswerably that the Overthrow of Protestantism was the ruin of Poland, and that both were effected by the direct agency of the Jesuits and the Roman clergy. He might have added, by the baneful influence which Romanism universally exerts over the minds and morals of the people, by keeping the lower classes in ienorance, and driving the higher orders to in. Without these the concert of the three spolia rs would have been unavailing, and Poland might t" vihie.li her vast fidelity ting pov still occupy tnat place amuug,a , - extent of territory and the talent and valour of her chil dren entitle her : and far different might have been the history, both religious and political. of Northern Europe during the last forty years. Polish power and chivalry, nerved and guided by Protestant principle. might have de. feuded Germany, and stopped the invading hordes of French, as once they did of Mahometan infidels. The religion of the Reformation, proclaimed by Polish elo might have achieved a complete triumph amongst Slavonian tribes. The house of Austria might been saved from many a broken oath, and many a of innocent blood, which still cries to heaven for vengeance. But it is vain to speculate on the past ; and all but hopeless to think of the future. The polish lan guage still exists. In the remnant of the Bohemian church, a spark of Polish Protestantism (Calvinism and Luther anism are clearly exotics), and in the province of Prussia, he only independent portion of nigsburg, Thorn, and quence, all the now a mighty kingdom 3 monar lvConnected . viith the his. have ev i Posen was, and is, if the Union of 1830 has not extinguished one 01 me last to the stable, the dog followed him, and having drawn Ms Polish churches of the Bohemian brethren, the seat of a attention to the heap of rubbish under which the money senior, almost a metropolitan. The school of Lissa still was buried, began to scratch till he had brought the booty exists, with all its historic associations and genuine Polish to view. The apprentice brought it to his master, who nationality ; and might still be made the centre of religious marked the money, and restored it to the place where it if not of national life. Whether the pious monarch of had been hidden. Some of the marked money was soon "russia will understand his relations to his Slavonian afterwards found on the porter, who was taken before a amen, as well as he does to Germany—whether he may magistrate, and convicted of the theft.—Jesse's Anecdotes ' , e Polish Protestant church, and of Dogs. .- its indepene,:nce, lay a fresh foundation for KING JAMES AND THE AUTHORISED VERSION.—The the independence of the nation—and whether, if he did so, only revision of any importance in the time of Elizabeth the Poles themselves would understand their duty, it is was undertaken by Archbishop Parker, assisted by his impossible to conjecture. But certain it is, that nothing brother prelates, whence it derived the name of the but the vigour and firmness of Christian principle, which Bishop's Bible. But evidently it was his own affair, and forms the most conspicuous feature of Protestantism, can quite independent of his royal mistress. It is true, that ever contribute effectually to the restoration and rnainte- in his letter to Lord Burleigh, Oct. 15th, 1568, he requests nance of national existence.—The British Magazine. that the book may be lieens . d and commended for public AMUSEMENTS IN NORMANDY.—No fair is without i ts reading in the church; but it appears that the request was show. 'This one was announced to cont,it.t of puppets and never granted: and the version was left to stand on its the apotheosis of Napoleon. The deification came last. own merits. Parker's Bible never obtained a wide ciicu- On the suminit of a high pillar in the clouds stood the lation : though used by the clergy in public worship, it idol of France, dressed, as on earth, in a green coat, white - rarely found its way into private families, with whom the breeches, long cavalry boots, and a three-cocked bat on Genevan version was the decided favourite, and remained his head. To the right and left stood some of his marshals so for a considerable period after the publication of King bareheaded. The showman spoke to the spectators in James's Bible. Of the history of that version, we shall words which I translate literal y :—" Napoleon in heaven takes off his hat and salutes his generals." And so he say but little, as most of our readers, no doubt, are ac did : suiting the action to the words, he bowed with the quainted with it. Though it bears the royal name, it ori most condescending grace imaginable to them all. Slid- ginated in the suggestion of a puritan at the Hampton denly the stage became illuminated with red light, and as Court Conference, and was executed at the expense of the le- "-' -es in the act of salutation the curtain drop- Company of Stationers. All that the pedantic monarch e scene, in which the ludicrous and the did was to a pp rove of the undertaking, and to write a -.c (SUS blended—a hero in heaven performing letter to Bancroft, suggesting the general plan of its exe .e part of a petit maitre. Even while I write, the ab- cution, which, in justice to its royal author, must be ac knowledged to be sound and judicious. It is well , per surdity of the act makes me smile; yet I can never make haps that he did not meddle with the matter any further , a jest of sacred matters, or see them pantomimed without as he might have marred it ; but as it was, some consider remembering the remark of Dr. Johnson, " that it is a able abatement should be made from the debt of oblige mode of merriment which the good man hates for its pro , tion so extravagantly expressed by the translators , in the fauity, and the witty man for its easiness and vulgarity.' servile dedication prefixed to our bible, where the High Tho profane was so blended with the burlesque that even and Mighty James is blazoned forth as the champion of a truly pious person might smile at the exhibition ; but Protestantism and the Word of God, appearing like the deeply outraged would have been his feelings if present at sun shining in his streneth on the setting of that bright such a performance as I saw at St. Servan, in June, 1845, occidental star, Queen Elizabeth. Not one farthing ever one which, though it called for unqualified reprobation, came from the royal treasury to defray the expense of the was sanctioned by the authorities, and exhibited during work, nor are there any other proofs of his Majesty's zeal • • -•- - try general approbation in relation to it than the words he dropped at the Hamp ton Court Conference, and the letter lie wrote to Ban anerant actors, - —.Hang some feats of agility and croft. It may be added, in the words of Dr. Symmonds, itrength, and a merry pantomime in the style of a Green- what probably is not known to our readers in general, wich fair show, represented in tableaux vivants various ' that the present version appears to have made its way classical groups with great correctness and taste. Alter without the interposit on of any authority whatever, for it the curtain had fallen on Bellisarius and other personages is not easy to discover any traces of a proclamation, canon, renowned in story, the passion and resurrection of our or statute published to enforce the use of it.'—British Saviour was enacted (according to the programme, writ- Quarterly Review. ten in large characters) "en personnes naturelles." Of I NVENTION AND USE OF THE BOWIE KNIFE.—TO the godless mimers, who blasphemously represented the the best of my knowledge, this instiument was devised by last solemn and affecting scene through which the Son of Colonel James Bowie, an American, and a man of despe the Living God condescended to pass. one dared to re rate valour. He considered, and apparently with justice present him scourged, buffeted, crowned with thorns, and too, that in close fighting, a much shorter weapon than crucified ; while the reckless sailor, or the heedless ap the sword ordinarily in use, but still heavy enough to give prentice boy, in the crowd of spectators, laughed and it sufficient force, and, at the same time, contrived to cut talked of " la passion" as they would have criticised with and thrust, would be far preferable, and more advantage gibes and leers the most ordinary spectacle. The finale ous to the wearer. He accordingly invented the short of this appalling pantomimic drama was more profane sword, or knife, which has since gone under his name. It in language than its previous parts had been blasphemous is made of various sizes ; but the best, I may say, is about in mute action ; for, as the curtain was about to drop, the the length of a carving-knife—cast perfectly straight in the call-boy who had announced the several parts in the re- first instance, but greatly rounded at the end on the edge presentation said, "Voila la resurrection," which was the side : the upper edge at the end, for the length of about signal for the prostrate and kneeling group to jump upon two inches, is ground into the small segment of a circle their legs and bow to the audience, an act of obeisance and rendered sharp ; thus leaving an apparent curve of the which caused a plentiful diffusion of the white powder knife, althoug h i n rea li ty th e up t urne d p o i n t is not higher which had been on their heads, "horresco referens."— than the line of the blck. The back itself gradually in- Hairby's Rambles in Normandy. creases in weight of metal as it approaches the hilt, on THE UNITY OF THE Cnuactt.—The unity of the which a small guard is placed. The bowie-knife, there- Church of God in Christ, the " one body," animated by fore, has a curved, keen point ; is double-edged for the the "one Spirit," is a unity inclusive of much diversity; space of about a couple of inches of its length ; and, a unity by comprehension, including in its gracious em- When in use, falls with the weight of a bill-hook. I have brace the circumcision and the uncircumcision (Eph. ii. heard it stated, that a blow from one well wielded is suf -14, 16), the observer of days and meats, and the non- . . a encourage t by restor Emperor v _ A strang many successive nights with the of the spectators, The matter v , fter exbi lowed with the disciples of Christ, and those who hon oured the name of Christ, yet, followed not with his dis ciples (St. Luke ix. 49, 50); all, in a word, who " hold the head" (Col. ii. 19), agreeing in primary truths, how ever widely they may differ in the special peculiarities of inferential interpretation, and, by consequence, in second- This is a variety such as no visible myself seen skulls of Mexicans brought from the battle. ground of San Jacinto, on which Texas gained her inde pendence, that were cleft nearly through the thickest part of the bone behind, evidently at one blow, and with suf ficient force to throw out extensive cracks, like those of a starred glass. This is more more true to fact, than com plimentary to Mexican valour. At the same time, it proves that old adages may occasionally be mistaken. " He that fights and runs away," does not always " live to fight another day." Bowie went to Texas during the troubles which preceded the independence of that country, and was lying sick in bed at the fortress of the Alamo, when, on the 6th of March, 1846, it was stormed by Santa Anna and taken. Bowie was murdered there upon his pillow. The hand that formed the dreadful knife could no longer wield it. Although the act of carrying arms in secret is held to be illegal, yet it is quite general, I be lieve; unless, perhaps, with the immediate inhabitants of a tolerably well populated town. They are generally at band in the majority of stores; in liquor-shops, either placed - under the counter, or, more usually, behind the bar upon the wall, within reach of the individual attend. ing, and immediately before the eyes of the customer: When openly carried,. the knife is in a sheath attached to a body-belt; when secretly, either in a narrow pocket, purposely made, down the straight part of the trousers' thigh, so that the bending of the body is not incommoded nor the weapon discovered ; or in a similar casing down the back, between the shoulders. It is hence considered by some individuals as sufficiently indicative of evil inten tions on the part of an opponent, if, in the event of a warm dispute, or of presumed offence given, you see him pre tend to scratch the back of his head, or make any other equally genteel and polite attempt to conduce to his own personal comfort and private satisfaction in that significant and suspicious region of a loafer's earthly tenement of clay. The ruder orders of people farther south—for there, no more than in England, are the " ruder" orders to be considered as merely synonymous with the " lower" orders—have a custom, I am informed, of occasionally deciding desperate wagers of battle by hooking themselves together by the bands they wear, and thus fighting with the knife, since neither can get away, until one falls or both are killed.—Hoolon's Sketches in Texas. Why is a beehive like a bad potatoe ? Because one 's a bee-holder and the other a spec-tator. ary ceremonies Church on earth ever possessed. The unity of e ble Church is a unity by exclusion, not by comprehension ; a unity which maintains itself by rejecting all who will not conform to its secondary specialities. The unity of the Church of Rome is by such exclusion, rejecting all who who will not submit to the assumed supremacy of the Bishop of Rome, and conform to the various customs of the worship and discipline adopted and sanctioned under him. The unity of the Church of England is, by such ex clusion, rejecting all who will not agree in the detailed ar rangements of her provincial and diocesan Episcopacy, and her union with the State, and who will not conform to the use of her liturgy, and other customs and forms of her worship. The unity of the Church of Scotland is maintained by such exclusion, rejecting all who will not agree in her Presbyterian form of Church government, -and extemporaneous mode of public worship. The same may be said of all other bodies of men calling themselves Churches. It is of the characteristic littleness of visible Churches to exclude non-conformists in visible things; to exclude all who." follow not with us," although they may be devoutly honouring the name, and sincerely rejoicing in the truth and love of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. The unity of the Church of God knows nothing of these artificial boundaries of man's erection. True, it is exclusive ; but the boundary lines of its exclusion are traced in the fundamental verities of God's revelation, not in the fancied improvements of human tradition. It is a unity of holy sympathy in the relation which every mem ber bears to Christ ; a unity of mutual forbearance, and forgiveness, and charity, in the relation which the mem bers bear to one another. We perceive, also, that it is produced and maintained by " one Spirit," whose graci ous influences are not confined within any one form, or custom, or country. No man, whatever country he may inhabit, whatever customs he may grow up in and prac tise, whatever forms he may prefer:and adopt has, or can have, any part or lot in this unity, but by the Holy Ghost. 4 ' There is one Spirit." And every man, of every land, .and custom, and form, in whom that Holy Ghost dwells, witnessing for Jesus, and purifying the heart, is a member of Christ's body, "of his flesh and of his bones." (Eph. v. 30.) " There is one body." The Church and the -Churches, by ArNeile. !ch visi. A. FRENCH LEGEND.—A French theatre is being built at Algiers. The first piece will be a popular story, which has been making a great noise for years in the French papers, called" Lq Prise d'Abd-el-Kader." Rumour at tributes the invention to Marshal Bugeaud.—Punch. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SPIRIT OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE. POPICINS, NOT SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE AUTHOR OF THE MINISTERIAL MEASURE "The right hon. gentleman tells us that he does not feel ,i , umiliated. It is impossible for any one to know what are ,0 _feelings of another ; feeling depends in a great mea sureutri-; n temperament; it depends upon the idiosyn crasyb, 2ndividual ; it depends upon the organization (Laughter.) But I tell the right although he may not feel humiliated, hon:the of th ge c e animal oliTy ought to feet humiliated. (Loud cheers.) In ti n . i tl mal erna t n b:;t feels. place of the ,self-complacencv of a great nation—in place of the justifiable pride of Englishmen in one who from his position has contrived to occupy the highest rank amongst his fellow-citizens, it is felt, as Dean Swift said of another Minister, that he is a gentleman who has the perpetual misfortune to be mistaken ; and even now in this, the last scene of the' drama, when the party whom he unintentionally betrayed and unintentionally annihi lated—even now at the last scene, the right hon. gentle- , man, faithful to the law of his being, is going to pass a project which I believe it is matter of notoriety is not of his own invention ; one which may have been somewhat modified, but which, I believe, was in substance offered to another Government, and by that Government wisely rejected. (Hear, hear.) The first day after the right hon. gentleman made his exposition to this house, a gentleman well known to the house, and learned in all the political secrets behind the scenes, met me, and said, " What do you think of your chief's plan ?" I said I did not exactly know what to say about it, but, to use the phrase of the hour, I supposed it was a great and comprehensive plan. (Laughter.) " Oh," he replied, "we know all about it ; it is not his plan at all, it is Popkins's plan." (Roars of laughter.) And, Sir, is England to be governed and con vulsed for Popkins's plan? Will he go to the country with it? Will he appeal to the people upon such a plan? Will he appeal to that ancient and famous England which was once governed by statesmen 'such as Burleigh and Walsingham, Bolingbroke and Walpole, Chatham and Canning,—will he appeal to England on a fantastic scheme of some:presumptuous pedant ? I will not believe it. (Cheers.) I have that confidence in the common sense and common spirit of my countrymen to believe that they will no longer endure the huckstering tyranny of the Treasury bench, or of the political pedlar who bought his party in the cheapest market and sold them in the dearest. (Laughter and cheers.) I know that there are men who tell me that the time is gone by when we may appeal to the high and honourable impulses that were once the mainstay and main element of the English character. I know that we appeal to a people who have been de bauched by public gambling, and who have been stimu lated and encouraged by an inefficient and shortsighted Ministry. 1 know that the public mind has been filled to intoxication with schemes by which the people might be• come rich, without the interference of industry and toil. I know, too, that all confidence in public men is lost. (Hear, hear.);;But I:have faithilin:the primitive enduring element of English character. (Cheers.) It may be that now, in the midnight of their intoxication, they will not heed me, but I tell them that there will be an awakening, and in the spring-tide of their frenzy I warn them of the end of trouble. That dark and inevitable hour will ar rive, and perhaps they will then recur to those principles which mede England great, and which, in my opinion, alone can keep England great ; and it may chance that they will remember, not with unkindness those who, be trayed and deserted themselves, were neither ashamed nor afraid to struggle for the good old cause ; the cause asso ciated with principles the most popular, sentiments the most entirely national; the cause of labour, the cause of the people, the cause of England. (The hon. member re sumed his seat amidst applause which lasted fully two minutes.)"—Mr. if's? aeli's speech. PROBABLE PRICE OF WHEAT UNDER THE OPERATION OF FREE TRADE I have had returns sent me of the quantity of grain grown in Hungary the year before last ; and I may men tion that in Croatia there were raised a million and a-half of quarters. Then, it maybe said, how are we to get corn from Hungary ? Why. Sir, I received a letter, not long ago, from one of the greatest corn merchants at Sissek, the first corn market ha Fungary, and he says, that on an average of the last five years, the price of the finest Hun garian corn, which I must remind you, is thefinest in the world, which in the Dantzic market ranks with the finest Dantzic wheat, was 18s. 6d., and that you may send it from this town of Sissek to Carlstadt, by the river Saye, at a cost of 4d. the English quarter, and from Carlstadt to the port of Fiume for ls. Bd. a quarter. The person who gives me this information is a practical man at Sis sek, and he is ready to prove the accuracy of his opinions by acting upon them. He says, " Only give me a regular trade with England, and I will send you, from Sissek, 500,000 quarters the first year." That is the report of a merchant of Hungary. But do you mean to say that that would not exercise the greatest influence on your market ? When the demand is steady the market is steady ; but I can show you what the effect would be with an increased demand and an increased supply. Now, I would take the markets of the Danube. The corn might be sent from the two chief ports of the Danube, and here I might observe that it is a very curious circumstance that in the year 1842, as appears by a return I hold in my hand, there were 1,350 vessels laden in those two ports with the prodace of the Danubian provinces, but only eight of them were English. It is a remarkable fact that while commerce was thriving and free trade was advocated, this, the greatest commercial country in the world, had only eight vessels laden at those ports. But a gentleman writing to a house in England,—l will give his name to the right lion. gentleman, and I think it will astound him, for it is Mr. Sa-'ders, of Liverpool (hear), says,—'• I will undertake, by my correspondents, to secure wheat from Hungary. at the price of 183. a-quarter, free on board ; and / will lay down this year, in an English 'port, 200,000 quarters, at from 28s. to 30s. : and if you will secure me a certain, a sure market, I will dauble that quantity next year." That same gentleman, that same Mr. Sanders, who has given in his adhesion to the right hon. baronet, to-night, in the manuscript letter which I have read—but which I trust the right hon. baro net has not read, because, immediately after he gives in his adhesion to the agricultural policy of the right hon. baronet, I find be says that the banking bill of last year must ruin the country (hear, hear),—that same Mr. San ders then offers to enter into a contract to supplyl,ooo,ooo quarters of wheat at 18s. a quarter, and if the measures of the Government pass, he will undertake at the end of this year that that 1,000,000 of quarters shall be doubled and sent to England at reduced prices. (Hear.)—Mr. D'lsraeli's speech. MR. D'ISRAELI AND SIR ROBERT PEEL The hon. member for Shrewsbury is undoubtedly the evil genius of Sir Robert Peel, and the one member of the house who appears to possess the power to disturb his complacency. In the concluding debate on Friday night upon the Corn Bill, Mr. D'lsraeli inflicted the following severe castigation upon the premier, which called forth from him very unusual symptoms of irritation : " And now I must say a word in vindication of the right hon. baronet. (Laughter.) I think that great injustice has been done to him thrcughout the debate; that a jus tifiable misconception has universally prevailed respecting the right hon. gentleman. He has been accused of a long meditated deception, of a desire worthy of a great states man—even of art unprincipled one—to give up all the opi nions by which he rose to power. I acquit the right hon. gentleman of any such intention, and I do for this reason, that when I examine the career of the minister who now fills a great space in the parliamentary history of this country, I see that between 30 and 40 years, from the days of Horner down to the days of the hon. member for Stock port, the right hon. gentleman has traded on the ideas and intellects of others. (Cheers.) His life has been a great appropriation clause. (Renewed cheers and laughter.) He has been the burglar of others' intellects. Open the index of Beatson, and from the days of the Conqueror down to the termination of the last reign you will find no statesman who has committed petty larceny on so great a scale. (Cheers.) I believe, therefore, that when the right hon. gentlemen undertook our cause on either side of the house he was perfectly sincere in his advocacy. But as in the course of the discussion the conventionalities he had imbibed crumbled away from his grasp, feeling no creative power to sustain him with new arguments—feel ing no spontaneous sentiment to force upon him convic tion ; the right hon. gentleman was reduced at last to de fending the noblest cause, based on the highest princi ples, the right hon. gentleman, faithful fo the law of his nature, embraced the new doctrines, the more vigorous, life-like, popular doctrines of free-trade, just as he had embraced the doctrines of Horner; just as he had em braced the doctrine of every leading man in this country for the last 30 or 40 years, With the exception of the doc trine of Parliamentary reform, which the Whigs wisely kept as their own, and did not allow it to grow to sufficient maturity to fall into the mouth of the right hon. gentle man. (Loud cheers.) THE PREMIER ' S ANNOUNCEMENT ,AND ITS EFFECT I remember when the whig budget was rejected, and the right hon. gentleman installed into office, the changes which he proposed at the time created some suspicion ; but all suspicion was hushed at the moment because the right hon. gentleman was looked upon as the man who 'could make the best bargain for the party. I want to know what gentlemen think of their best bargain now. (Laughter and cheers.) At last, sir, it was announced that the first minister meditated another change. And how was that announcement made ? Were hon. gentle men called together, or had the influential members of the house any intimation given to them of the nature of it ? (Hear.) No, sir. It was announced through the columns of a journal—(cries of " hear")—which is always careful never to insert important information except on the high est authority. (Renewed cries of "hear.") And see the effect which the announcement had on foreign ministers and on foreign courts. I can bear witness to it. I know one great potentate who sent for the English ambassador and demanded an explanation of the announcement; and I know an English ambassador who called on a great po tentate and assured him that there was not the slightest truth in the announcement. (Hear, and laue,hter.) And all this time members of the government—l have some of them in my eye—were calling on other newspapers devo ted to the government, and instructing them to declare that the announcement was an infamous fabrication. And how ingenious was the conduct of the ministers—or of that minister who formed the omnipotent rninerity of the cabinet. (Loud and ironical cheers.) After so mucmuchagitation, after so much manoeuvring , and atter the cabi net had been reformed, was it not somewhat strange that the right honourable baronet should have talked and acted as if we had deserted him, and not as if he had deserted us? (Great cheering.) Who can forget those tones? Who can forget that an indignant glance ? . • " Vectabor humeris tune ego in!micis eques ; Memque terra cedet insolentive ;" which means to say, " I, a protectionist minister, mean to govern England with the aid of the Anti-Corn-Law League. (Cheers.) And, as for the country gentlemen, why, 1 snap my fingers at them." (Continued cheers.) Yet it appeared to me that even then the right hon. gen tleman had no cause to complain of his party. It is very true that, on a subsequent occasion, 240 gentlemen re corded their sense of his conduct. (Hear, hear.) But then he might have remembered the considerable section of converts that he obtained, even in the last hour. (Loud laughter.) Why, what a compliment to a minister—not only to vote for him, but to vote for him against your opi n:ons—(much cheering)—and in favour of opinions which he had always drilled you to distrust. That was a scene I believe unprecedented in the House of Commons. Indeed, I recollect nothing equal to it, unless it be the conversion of the Saxons by Charlemagne, which is the only histori cal incident that bears any parallel to that illustrious oc casion. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Then, the Saxons, trained from the banks of the Rhine, determined to resist any more movements on the part of the Great Caesar; but when the Emperor appeared, instead of conquering he converted them. How were they converted ? In batta lions—converted in battalions and baptized in platoons. (Roars of laughter.) It was utterly impossible to bring this nation from a state of reprobation to a state of grace with a celerity sufficiently quick. (Laughter.) When I saw the hundred and twelve fall into rank and file—(con tinned laughter)—l was irresistibly reminded of tl _ _ morable incident on the banks of the Rhine. (C. Mr. &Israeli's speech. hat me eers.)— SIR ROBERT'S DEFENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES My first consideration was, what was the best means for averting a great calamity ; and, secondly, to relieve the people, I was bound to protect from the temptation of famine and misery. I cannot charge myself or my colleagues with having been unfaithful to the trust I have undertaken. Ido not believe that the great institutions of the country have suffered from this administration. The noble lord who has just spoken has expressed a hope that the discussions which have threatened the main tenance of amicable relations between this country and the United States would be brought to a happy conclusion. I think I can appeal to the course which we have pursued as evidence that we have not abandoned the honour of this country; and I can appeal to past experience as showing an earnest desire, by any effort consistent with my honour, to maintain friendly relations with every country on the face of the globe. (Hear, hear.) These principles will ever continue to influence me so long as I have a share in the management of the affairs of this country. If I look to the prerogatives of the crown—if 1 look to the position of the church—if I look to the in fluence of the aristocracy, I cannot charge myself with having tasen any course inconsistent with Conservative principles, or calculated to interfere with the high prin ciples of any branch of the legislature, or any institutions established in the country. My earnest wish has ever been to impress the people with the feeling that the legis lature is animated by a desire of carrying on their im portant proceedings on the principle of justice. I have a strong belief that the great object we all contemplate is to alleviate the social condition of that class of the people with whom we are brought into no direct relations by the exercise of the legislative franchise. (Hear, hear.) I wish to convince them that our object is to apportion taxation in such a way as to relieve industry and labour from any undue burden,—(hear, hear)—and transfer it, as far as is consistent with the public safety, to those who are better able to bear it. I leak at the absence of any commitment for sedition—l look at the calm that prevails in the public mind—l look at the increased and growing confidence on account of the course which you have taken in relieving trade from restrictions and industry from un just burdens—l see that where there was dissatisfaction there is contentment—where there was turbulence I see there is peace—where there was disloyalty I see there is loyalty—l see a disposition to confide in you, and not to agitate questions that are at the foundation of your con stitution. Deprive me of power to-morrow, you can never deprive me of the consciousness that I have exercised the powers committed to me from no corrupt or interested motives,—(cheers)—from no view to the gratification of personal ambition or any personal enmity; that I have laboured to maintain peace abroad consistently with the national honour, and defending every just institution to increase the confidence of the great body of the people in the justice of your decisions, and by the means of equal law to dispense with all coercive powers,—(" hear, hear," from the Irish members)—and to maintain attachment to the throne, and loyalty to the constitution, from a con viction of the benefit that would accrue to the great body of the people. (Che' rs.)—Sir Robert Peel's speech, THE C-URT 4- FASHIOA 'ABLE WORLD, On Tuesday forenoon, the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace for the old palace at Kew, whence they returned the following day. The Court is now at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty gave a concert on Thursday at Bucking ham Palace. All the singers engaged were German or Italian. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, honoured Sir Robert Peel with a visit on Thurs day. On Monday afternoon Prince Albert laid the foundation stone of the church for the seamen of the port of London. In the evening the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Duchess of Kent had a coneert. The Queen Dowager will leave Marlborough- Bushy on Wednesday ; and, according to present arrange ments, her Majesty will take her departure from England for Germany on the 19th proximo. Cashiohury, the seat of the Earl of Essex, has been refurnished, and is now ready for her Majesty's occupancy. _ house for The venerable - Earl of Harrow - by, although still some what infirm from his advanced life, is in improved health, and intends to pass the season in town. A handsome satin dress, surmounted with lace, and in tended as a present to her Majesty for the use of the Prin. cess Royal, was exhibited at the Victoria Asylum for the Blind, Newcastle, a few days ago. The dress was worked exclusively by blind persons, inmates of that institution. HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHEMENT.—The near ap proach of an interesting event, to which the public look forward with intense interest, may perhaps be inferred from the fact that the messengers of the Home-office have received directions to be in attendance, night and day, on and after to-morrow (Monday), so that the fact of the Queen's indisposition may be communicated without loss of time to the Cabinet Ministers.-- Observer. DINNER PARTIES.—A custom has come in, and seems to be gaining ground, instead of sitting at the top and bottom of the table, the host and hostess sit opposite each other at the middle ; by which means they are more at ease, more in the centre of their guests, and better able to communicate with each other. George IV. adopted the practice twenty years ago ; it is followed by Queen Vic toria. According to this arrangement, two persons can be accommodated at each end of the table—not a bad point where there is limited accommodation. YANkEt ORAfORI. We take the following proceedings of g "pep.' m r etin at the Tabernacle, New York, for selecting au t , in..7 lg , 1- nent ticket out of the three nominated as delegates for e state convention," from the New York Herald of the 30th ult. The secretary having stated the object of the meet• ing, a tall, athletic loolavg nersonage rose, and in a strong nasal accent, moved that Mr. Burns be appointed to act as one of the committee, on the part of the natives. _ . Mr. Burns.—No sir-L . I have come here, sir, as a looker-on—as a spectator—and I do not mean to take part in the proceedings. (Loud cries of " Oh, don't hinch Burns," amid much confusion.) Here there were cries for Tale, Bloss, Burns, Sammons, and much confusion, when Mr. Cozzens was called for, and ascended the platform near the chairman. Chairman.—You know, Mr. Cozzens, the gentlemen belonging to the native party who are in attendance ; do oblige us by pointing them out to us. A simultaneous shout from the parties named proclaimed their determination not to act. After some considerable parley and ludicrous merriment occasioned by the objec tions of several to act on the committee, eight persons were nominated, amid considerable confusion, some ob jecting to the names, others hissing, and others laughing, amid repeated cries of " no, no—hear, hear." After this scene, some retired to the small room attached to the building, immediately adjoining the vicinity of the chair. Mr. Clinton Roosevelt here rose and said : I think, Mr. Chairman, it would be well if resolutions were drawn up expressive of the sense of the meeting. Cries of "Hear, hear—oh, oh." Mr. Matthew L. Davis considered it would be an im possibility to get up such a resolution, in such a meeting as this, composed of such discordant elements. Here were natives, whigs, democrats, and national reformers; and among such a body it would be impossible to adopt resolutions such as would satisfy the meeting. Mr. ROOSEVELT was of opinion, that in such a state of things such a meeting was a ridiculous farce ; if they were not disposed to unite and compromise upon a ticket and resolutions, the meeting would end in mere farce. A tall and meagre looking personage, resembling Irving's " Ichabod Crane," with his veritable birch, that might have descended as an heirloom from this re nowned personage, here rose and asked if it would not he in order to move that each party support their own ticket? Here there were loud peals of laughter, amid cries of " bear him—go it"—and much confusion. Chairman.—Gentlemen, let us preserve order. Ichabod Crane.—l wish to know if there be any national reformers put upon the ticket? (Laughter—heor, hear— and confusion.) Mr. Strahan rose abruptly, and in an exeited tone of voice cried out—Yes, sir—yes, sir ; I lid not come here to take part in the proceedings at all, sir; I cannot sit silent, sir, and hear, sir, the industrious working classes, sir, maligned. No, sir. Mr. Fessenden rose amid much confusion and cries of order. He said he had not maligned the working men— the mechanics ; he denied it. Mr. Straban.—Yes, sir, I protest. (Confusion and cries of " question, order, order.") I did not come here, sir, to take part in these proceedings ; I was. sir, one of the committee who had been at Tammany Hall, and made the nominations there ; but I did not come here—(cries of " order, order, question," and immense confusion.) Old Gentlemen in specs.—l move, sir, that we take the question on the ticket generally. Ichabod Crane.—l object. sir; there should have been some of the national reformers nominated thereon. (Ques tion, question.) dr. Straban.—l was once a mechanic myself, sir, and lam now nothing but a poor lawyer. (Roars of laughter and cheers from the democratic benches, intermingled with hisses, groans, and cries of "go it, go it.") Yes, sir, I am proud of being a mechanic, and the attack was unjust and uncalled for upon them. Mr. Fessenden.—l deny, Mr. Chairman, that I have in any way attacked the mechanic. I deny it, sir, and I call the gentleman to order. He must not fasten it upon me in this way. I said—(cries of " Question" renewed, amid much hissing and cheers.) _ _ Mr. Straban.-1 do, sir, consider the attack unjustifi ble and uncalled for. _ _ The cries of question were here renewed, and a scene of shouting ensued which baffles description, when some four or five in the crowd sprang upon their legs, and demanded that the question on each name be taken separately, and then put to the meeting. Old Gentleman in specks.—l think, Mr. Chairman, at this late hour, that if we proceed to vote on each name, seriatim, that we will be kept here until three o'clock in the morning. I think the better course would be to take the question on the names generally, and get out of this as soon as we can. (Cries of " no, no—separately, sepa. rately.") Mr. Strahan.—l am in possession of the floor, sir, and I shall not yield, sir. I could not sit silent and hear the mechanics maligned : but the attack from such a source does not surprise me, sir. The man who in cold blood would not hesitate to slander Andrew Jackson ere he was cold in his grave, was just the sort of person to malign the mechanics. Mr. Fessenden.—l call the gentleman to order again, sir. I deny it. I did not malign the mechanics. I said—(renewed cries of " Order—question, question.") The Chairman here rose, and said it was repeatedly de nied by the gentleman, Mr. Fessenden, that be had at tacked the mechanics ; and when this was done, it could not be supposed that an attack was intended by the gen tleman. .—.-... Old Gentleman in specks.—l have reason to expect, from what I have seen, that there are too many lawyers on the ticket. (Laughter.) 1 wish to know how the ticket now stands. How many whigs, natives, and demo- crats upon it ? The Chairman here announced that there were six de mocrats, four whigs, and six natives. . . Old Gentleman in specks.—How many lawyers on it? (Laughter.) Chairman.—l believe six. Here there were renewed cries of " Question, question," and considerable confusion, when Stephen Sammons, who was located near a E - mall clique of the native party, rose and denounced the ticket. He considered the meeting was a perfect farce—a humbug got up for some ulterior object, and the ticket, with such names as these, would not meet with the sanction of the native party. (Cries of " Question, question," and re newed cheering.) The Chairman here rose again to call order. Old Gentleman in specs.—l move, sir, that the ques tion be taken generally on the ticket. I move a resolu tion to that effect. Here there were further cries to take the question sepa rately. Chairman.—l shall take the question first on the gentle man's motion. As many as are of opinion that the ques tion be taken generally, let them say " Aye." (Vocife rous cries of " Aye, aye," with loud shouting ; from the opposition, " No, no.") Chairman.—The motion is carried. I now put the question on the ticket generally—As many as are of opi nion that the names here presented shall pass this meet ing, let them say "Aye." (Immense cries of "Aye, aye.") As many as are of the contrary opinion will say " No." (Immense cries of " No, no.") I think, gentle men, the question is carried. Here there were several dissentient voices, when, amid much confusion, the meeting separated. A VOICE FROM THE CELLAR (From Punch.) The subjoined correspondence has been handed to us With our customary urbanity—has it not become a pro verb ?—we print it. The first letter is from the Martyr of the Cellar, Mr. Smith O'Brien, to Madame Tussaud. The second is that distinguished lady's answer. " The Cellar, May II , 1846. " Dearest Madam,—At the present moment, when Ire land is wringing with my wrongs ; when millions of hearts, the property of the finest peasantry of the earth, are beating with sympathy towards their martyr; wben, at least, the same number of swords are ready (on being drawn) to flash from their scabbards for my liberation, — it has been suggested to me by, possibly a partial friend, that the figure of Smith O'Brien, the martyr, would make a most attractive addition to your collection of dis tinguished characters. I am not particular where you put me, so I get in. You've had O'Connell for some time, and (but quite between ourselves) the people have had enough of him. All Ireland (including myself) look up to me as the sort of Prince of Wales to King Dan. You may, therefore (if you are over-crowded) turn him out, to make room for me. "Yours, Dearest Madam, with every feeling of respect, " SMITH O'BRIEN!' " P.S. I shall be happy to give you the earliest day for sitting; and that the thing may be more complete, propose to present you with the identical suit of clothes worn by me when taken to the cellar." " Baker-street, Portman-square, May 11. " Sir,—Permit me to thank you for your very polite offer; but as I contemplate the immediate addition of Tom Thumb to my collection, 1 fear I shall be too much crowded to give you even a corner. Besides, Martyrs are, at the best, heavy subjects. I don't think people would lay out sixpence upon 'em. O'Connell has done pretty well for me, but I should hardly like to risk an O'Brien ; in the like way that people are very fond of mushrooms, are most particular to avoid toadstools. " I remain, your obedient servant, " M. TASSAUD." " P.S. I know a man who travels with a van of wax work. Perhaps he may accept your offer. Shall I send him to the Cellar?" The gardener at Kew Palace complained to George 11., that the people admitted to the gardens during Sundays constantly plucked the flowers. " They are fond of flowers, then ?" replied the king. " Don't let them want them. Plant them I" THE APPEARANCE OF BURRE.—Burke then rose. Strong interest was directed to him. not merely from his eminent name, but from the public curiosity to hear his explanation of that estrangement which had been for some time spreading, under his auspices, through the leading pers^nages of the Opposition. Like most men who have made themselves familiar with the works of a great writer, I bad formed a portraiture of him ty anticipation. I never was more disappointed. Instead of the expressive countenance and commanding figure, which I had ima gined to enshrine the soul of the most splendid of all ora tors, I saw a form of the middle size and of a homely ap. pearance, a heavy physionomy. and the whole finished by two appurtenances. which would have been fatal to the divinity of the Apollo Belvidere, s pectacles, and a wig. His voice and manner were scareely less prepossessing; the one was as abrupt and clamorous as the other war rustic and ungraceful. He had the general look of a far mer of the better order, and seemed, at best, made to figure on a grand jury.—Dr. Croly's Soldier and Slates man. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER.—Since Tuesday, little has been doing; the failure of the East India houses, mentioned in the London papers, both of which affect some of the principal houses in this town, having had the effect of somewhat checking confi dence. First-rate " printers" are, however, in fair demand; but in other descriptions the demand is limited, owing to the causes assigned in our last week's report. ROCHDALE.—We had rather more buyers in the market on Monday, and the demand was better than last week. Rather better 'prices were, in some instances, obtained. Wool was fully as last week, with an upward tendency. Oils much the same as our last. LEEDS. — Rather less business has been done both in the Cloth Halls and the warehouses this week than was transacted last week. The goods in chief demand have been the fine and middle qualities, and principally for the home trade. Though some orders for the American export houses were given out last week, the unsettled Oregon question operates to check even legitimate speculations in woollen goods for the transatlantic world. The supply of goods not being larger than the general demand prices continue with ut alteration. BRADFORD.—There was a tolerable amount of business done in our Piece Hall on Thursday, though scarcely so much as was done last market day. The merchants rather hung off buying, as they were in expectation of letters, per steamer, from Ame rica. Both the Wool and Yarn departments continue in much the same languid condition as at our last report. Upon the whole there is some improvement in the demand for Yarns, but the spinners comp'ain that the prices realised are not remunera ting, the price of Wool still keeping ve• y high. HUDDERSFIELD. — The report of last week, as to the state of the staple trade of this town and neighbourhood, might be again repeated for the present week, for we have no alteration of con sequence to notice. A tolerable amount of business was done in our public market on Tuesday, but both manufacturers and merchants act with great caution; and as stocks of desirable goods continue low, there appears very little probability of the prices receding. HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET.—The market has been well attended this week by merchants', and the manufacturers have obtained, in some instances, a slight advance ; we under stand that stocks are unusually light for the season, particularly the better goods. dente in the market than there was a month ago. The machinery is generally at work, alth. , ugh the hosiers coplain of the difficulty in obtaining remunerating prices for goods. Worsted and woollen yarns are in better demand. There is more doing in wool, and wether-skin wools are a trifle higher. NOTTINGHAM.—The silk glove branch is better than it was at the commencement of the present year, but upon the whole it is rather in a depressed state, and many of the hands are pinched for employment. The cotton warp lace hands have scarce half employment. The silk warp lace hands are rather in a more flourishing com ition, but then their nemners are reduced to less than half, and their wages, in many instances, to one-third. The fancy bobbin net trade had, in some quarters considerably improved, and some houses have had a sort of half clearing out, but still with others the depression is as severe as ever. . . BIRMINGHAM.—In consequence of the high prices which the iron masters still insist on, the manufacturers of Birmingham and Wolverhampton find themselves unable to compete with Belgium and other continental countries, and are in conse. quence throw n almost wholly on the home market, which is in a state of great depression. It is a fact which ought to be in structive to the great combination of iron masters in this country to obtain prices, that Belgium has recently imported iron from the United States, manufactured it, and sent the manufactured article to England, where it has been sold to a profit at less money than the British manufacturer could dis pose of his goods for. A BIT OF BATHOS.—On March 2d, Mr. Breese, of Illinois, delivered in the senate of the United States a speech on the Oregon question, which occupies twelve columns in the New York papers. It is printed with a great flourish, and concludes as follows :—" I am confi dent, sir, should the emergency occur to-morrow, the energy, the alacrity, the means and capacity of the country to meet it, would be so displayed as to astonish ourselves. Should a war come, sir, in the prosecution of our right, I believe all parties would cordially unite in carrying it on with vigour. There would not be, as in the last war, " a peace party," aiding the enemy, preventing capitalists from loaning money to the government to carry it on, and rejoicing over our defeats. There would be no do mestic traitors. We should all be Americans in deed ; and heart and hand, in cordial union, really as one man, around our country's standard. A war, sir, will not pro ceed from us. It must come from the other quarter; and if it does come, it will be a war of aggression, unsus tained by the sense of justice, or the sympathies of other nations. We never will, we cannot; become an aggressive power; but when an assault is made upon us, sir, the whole land will rise as the mighty man armed, and with a vigorous and united effort, overwhelm the aggressor." Sir, I have done." The New York Herald, with refe rence to the hon. gentleman's concluding remark, says, expressively, " Reader, thank God." 19, 1R46. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE It appears from a return ordered on the motion of C44 ,, A)el Sibthorp, that the total cost of the auge com- miss iolv has beeiv . only £571 10s The directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway have contSenced running cheap trains to all the stations along their lines, on Sundays, at the low rate of one half- penny per mile. At a meeting of shireholders in the Northumberland and Lancashire Railway, held at Eastwood's hotel,' on Thursday, Eyre Evans, Esq., in the chair, a motion was passed authorising the directors to wind up the concern. The keeper of a boarding-house in London lately sent in a bill of 13s. 6d. against the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Company, for soup and claret, consumed by one of its promoters! _ _ The disputes between the engineers and provisional committee of the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Railway, have been arranged, and the amount in hand, after paying expenses, is to be divided amongst the share holders. The electric telegraph has again been the means of se curing s delinquent. A pay-sergeant of a regiment at Portsmouth, after robbing his captain, absconded, but was secured at the London terminus of the South Western Railway, information of his flight having been sent for ward by the telegraph. H UDSON lAN RAILWAYS.—On cross-examination before the committee on the South Midland Railway Bill, Mr. Hudson said he had never cast up the capital of the lines with which he was connected, but it might amount to 4'55,000,000 and the distance they traversed might be 2,000 miles, but he had never counted it. One of Stephenson's new six-wheeled engines ran from Birmingham to Wolverton last week, with a load of 100 tons, in an hour and ten minutes. The distance is fifty two and a half-miles, which makes precisely forty-five miles and a half an hour—a splendid performance with a heavy train. NOT DONE YET.—A prospectus of" The Direct Bombay and Madras Railway" appeared in the Times of Thurs day. Capital, £4,500,000, in 90,000 shares of £5O each. The plans of the line have been submitted to Prince Albert, Earls Auckland, Ripon, and Dalhousie, Lord Metcalfe. Sir Howard Douglas, &c., and have been highly approved. LIABILITIES OF COMMITTEE-MEN. — In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, Mr. Hoo , er, the highly respectable advertising-agent, recovered from Mr, Mac donald, one of the provisional committee-men of the de funct Cape of Good Hope Great Western Railway, the amount of his bill (.£420) for advertising the prospectus of the scheme. RAILWAY RECEIPTS.—The amount of traffic for the last week, on nearly 1,800 miles of railway, was £138,532, thus accounted f0r:—£74,990 for the conveyance of pas sengers only, £35,581 for the carriage of goods, and a re mainder of £27,961 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase over the corresponding week of last year of £24,885. The South-Eastern Company have obtained the con sent of the Admiralty to tunnel under Greenwich Park. This permission will give the company as direct a line as possible into the districts to which they have so long de sired to afford railway accommodation. This route will enable them to carry the passengers to Woolwich in 12 or 15 minutes; to Gravesend within half an hour; and to Stroud, Rochester, and Chatham within the hour. An important case was decided in the Vice-Chancellor's Court on Thursday—Fernihough v. Leader and others. This was an indirect attempt to obtain £lO9 from a pro visional committeeman for expenses in the Great Grimsby, Sheffield, Potteries and Grand Junction Railway, there being funds in hand ; and an injunction was granted to stay the actions of Leader and others, creditors of the com pan y. . , COMPENSATION FOR A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Mr. Feargrieve, formerly of Gateshead, tailor, bas recovered £420 from the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail way Company, for the injury sustained by his wife about twelve months ago, near the Belmont station, by the train getting off the line and overturning the carriage, by means of which her right hand was so severely injured that she has nearly lost the use of it. PEAT SUBSTITUTED FOR COXL AS RAILWAY FUEL. —On the line from Milan to Monza, an experiment has been tried which is of consequence for the future of loco motion. At some points, where fossil could not easily be obtained, peat turf has been substituted with success, and with a saving of thirty to forty per cent. on the cost of fuel. In Sardinia, where coal is rare, railways will find resources in the frequent bogs. Beech, a pointsman on the Northampton and Peter borough Railway, has been committed to prison forlvvo months, with hard labour, for neglect of duty : he should have turned some points at Bilsworth, but employed him self instead in making a mousetrap ; whereby an engine of a luggage train was overturned, and the whole train, with the people attending it, might have been dashed down an embankment. FRACAS.—On Saturday evening, being the night after Rutherglen fair, some of the " Navies," as they are called, persons employed in the construction of the rail way in the neighbourhood of Rutberglen, commenced a melee, and being interfered with by the very small force of police or town officers by which that burgh is pro tected, several of them were very roughly treated, and a considerable number of windows damaged. Renfrew paper. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE-MEN.—Donald Maclean,. Esq., M. P. for Oxford, who'e name figured in so many prospectuses during the late mania, appeared in the Bank ruptcy Court on Monday. The fiat was issued against him as a brisk-maker„ but it appeared the bricks were made out of the soil upon his own estate. He was sup ported by Mr. Lawrence ; and Mr. Bramwell, contra, ob served that brick-makers were ex nomine traders, and the fiat must be sustained.—Judgment deferred.—Railwdy Record. BOSTON, NEWARK, AND SHEFFIELD.—This company has entered into an arrangement with the Midland Rail way, on terms which are likely to prove ultimately ad vantageous to them. The agree to pay the Midland com pany £50,000 in cash, for which they are to receive £50,000 in stock on the Midland Railway ; and they agree to forego all opposition to the Midland schemes, an d to render them all the aid in their power. The money to be paid and the stock received on the passing of the Midland Company's Bill from Clay Cross to Newark. FORGED RAILWAY SCRIP.—On Wednesday, John B. Faulkner and Bertha Fabian were brought up at the Man sion House, having been remanded from Friday, on _a charge of having disposed of forged scrip of the Bucking hamshire and Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway Company. Evidence was given tracing the sale of fifty shares to the prisoners, who were remanded till Saturday It is reported that in the above company alone there are 18,000 shares in the market. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—At a meet ing of the board of directors, on Wednesday, it was de' cided to cover the whole of the area at Monk's Ferry with an iron roof, and to build a good and handsome station at that terminus. There is also to he a depot at the Grangt lane station in Birkenhead, for 6,000 tons of coals, 1,0 00 tons of lime, and a yard for stone, fire-bricks, tiles, slates• &c. This latter arrangement is to be completed by th e lst of October next, so as to be ready for the North \Valets mineral traffic from Wrexham. The new road-side eta" tions at Limekiln-lane, Rock-lane, Spittle, and ,8r91 31 ' borough, will be opened on the Ist of June. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. This railway will open to-morrow (Wednesday), and carry passengers and goods from Scotland-sTreet stationr to Granton, Trinity, and Leith, including the docks' The Leith Dock Commissioners are now engaged in lag' ing down rails all round their docks, and they have be, sides obtained the necessary grants to enable them to carry forward the rails the whole way eastward to the outer harbour at the back of the Custom-house, so thal vessels lying in the harbour, both at the back and east C. of that building, will be able to discharge and load al' rectly to and from the waggons of the railway, the sane as in the docks. The Edinburgh and Leith Atmosuberl" Railway being thrown out, all opposition to this line thus annihilated. Three splendid engines are now build' ing at Messrs. Bu ry, Curtis, and Kennedy's fouudry, 1 this town, and will be ready in three weeks, to be for warded for the use of this railway. MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, AND GREAT GRIBIS I3.I . RAILWAY.—A meeting of the shareholders of this lin e was held on Friday last, in the Company's Offices, Rothe: ham, to determine, in compliance with the sessional order; of Parliament, upon the carrying on or the abandonment of the line. J. Aldred, Esq., chairman of the provision' committee, presided, and the meeting was i n fluentia l i attended. A report was read by one of the solicitor sl,O the company, stating their past proceedings, an d s favourable position which they occupied; and afte r -, full and satisfactory discussion of various points 070 nected with the undertaking, the meeting vre° t ., n , the vote, when there appeared, for prosecuting the "iv, dertaking 9,670 votes, and for winding up 130 011 4 i) The result was received by the shareholders present r;i:„( great satisfaction. After the beefing. in considered° 01, the great stake in the line held by parties in LiverP o , Mr. Richard Harbord, who had attended as the reeref3eer tative of a large number of shares, was requested to y e , mit his name to be added to the list of provisional d l ; ) . jels tors, and to give them his active co-operation, to n" request he kindly assented, a circumstance whi ch Oa doubtless impart increased confidence in the underta to the Liverpool shareholders. turn` LABOUR ON RAILWAYs.—We have obtained re t i o e, from about 300 miles of railways now under constrloo o and we find that on them there are now employed on ° men and 3,000 horses. This amount coinprehenustroc. fourth part only of the lines now in progr'ss of n,° n l 2,o o° , tion ; therefore, we may assume 120,000 men and pat horses as the total number employed. The wag e ) c , o r for these men and horses is £500,000 per we r e val £26,000,000 per annum, directly expended onr D ot wages. This amount consists of wages merely' Ni e t o IS directly employed on the line. Half as much °g o iest expended indirectly on labour, preparing rad s ' B teris i. ll stock, &c., for the line, and on land and oth er miles #1 as much more. We have stated that on 500 told have returns at 29,000 men and 3,000 horses ernfoonr; But this is not the proper quantity required for the b we fit!: We have before us the engineers' returns, by whicworksmio that they require, in order to complete th e u t4l 3,v ia time, an additional supply of nearly 20,000, or 00 0 ' men and 5,0L0 horses is the proper num bers tha% l ttion P be employed. Moreover, we find that these a n u e s tie! l : men must be had in order to do the work a lre. , 'l„d in; fated. These additional men cannot be obtainedt;dfes: very attempt to obtain them would merely ba ltim ut Tot of enhancing the cost of the present hands : y r e fore, t terially increasing the supply. We see, th ~% s ttel, the present supply of hands is deficient— would to increase the supply would fail, because_l to!, hance prices beyond all possibility of proht e a j„' ioc er tii i; ment. We do not believe, as an eminentt. stated, that ethlaatstpyreeasre.nt That t ce i s s a a n re ex s B o g r er r a c t e io n n: d h e p a a st ic i e c i e - g r r e i t i i however, kept down only by the wisdom which Let . 11 prices W have ee an a n t e i d n u t h d e i ious demand incr t ea o s t e he of m d e e a ra ns o and f ,c ni r g od P at once become preposterous.—Railway May