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I inperial Varlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THugsDAT Lord STANLEY moved for a copy of the address which had been rece , ved by the Government from the House of Assembly in Canada. The Earl of DALHOUSIE hoped for the indulgence of the House while he defended himself from an imputation which had been thrown upon him in the other house, to the effect that, when he had said he had no reason to be. lieve that the sentiments of the Canadian colonists were unfavourable to the Ministerial project, he knew that the address for which Lord Stanley bad just moved had arrived, declaring in terms their hostility to a free trade in corn. He could only say that on applica tion to the proper quarter he had learned that the steamer which brought the address in question had not reached Liverpool until after the debate on the Corn Laws in their Lordships' House was over, and, therefore, it was a physical impossibility that he could have been aware of its existence. Lord STANLEY, after asserting that there was never any intention of casting the slightest -suspicion on the ve racity of Lord Dalhousie, reminded the House that his apprehension- for the ill effect. which the modification of the Corn Laws would produce in Canada had been treated as chimerical, and vet before twelve hours had elapsed this address arrived, in which, after expressing their alarm and apprehension, the colonists ended by expres sing their doubts whether their continuing a portion of the British empire was of that paramount interest which they had hitherto found it to be. After a few words from Lord LYTTLETON and Earl GREY the motion was agreed to. The Earl of DALT-tousle then movedthe second read ing of the Customs Duties Bill, and stated. generally the grounds on which it was based. Since the year 1842, the Government had brought forward a series of -measures tending either to the removal of prohibitory duties, or the relaxation of those which were protective. The effects of these reductions had been shown not merely in the in creased import of particular articles, but the stimulus given to the general exports and imports of the country. With respect to the Customs the sum of the whole was —" That in the four years 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845, there had been reductions in the Customs duties to the amount of £-1,214,400, and yet the Customs revenue amounted in 1845 to £10.800,000, whilst in 1842, it amounted to only .£lo,6oo.ooo—that was to say, that whilst there had been a reduc'ion in the Customs duties of £4 200,000 in four years, the Customs revenue was larger in the last of those four rears than in the first by £200,000. He did not wish the House to believe that the whole of this increase in the Customs revenue was owing to the reduction of duties, but it was clear that the re• venue had not suffered, as it had been asserted would be the case, by the Ministerial policy. Encouraged by these results, the Government had now resolved to propose still further reductions ' which he would now lay before the House. The noble Lord here went through the detail of the several articles in the tariff on which reductions were proposed, and concluded by repud;ating the notion that the measure was one of pure free trade, and therefore did not go far enough ; it was no free trade measure at all, but one for the removal of prohibitive, and the gradual al of protective dories, The Duke of R►cttMoND thought, that the only reason for the reduction of these duties was to be found in the hostility of those who his real ohj-ction to ;ill free trade measures was that they tended to reduce wages of our own artisans and labourers. After the decision, however, which their Lordships had come to the other evening, he felt it was of very little use to trouble them at any length ; he should, therefore, con tent himself with moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months. ne agreu , -- The Earl of Wrest-ow thought the whole conduct of the Gqvernment in this matter had been stamped with in tolerable injustice. Earl GREY complained that the bill wanted any clear and distinct principle. He could understand the vi ws of those who, like the Duke of Richmond, considered that every article of home production should be protected ; and, on the other band, ha cnull understand the position of those who, like himself. asserted that all protective duties were wrong, and should be done away ; but he could not understand any mea , ure between the two, and yet this was the plan of the Government Ule accepted it, how. ever, as a valuable instalment, and as a step in the right direction. Lord Asist7n.ToN objected to the bill as most inju rious to the interests of the country. He saw no reason why the present prosperous stare of the country should not continue, if it were not d s•royed by immediate mea sures ; and he defied the Government to show that this increased nrosperity had anything to do in the alterations of the Cu-toms duties. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the liberal commercial po licy of the Govet nment one of the main elements of our recent prosperity ; the present measure uas not only a step, but a great and considerable one in the right direc tion. He for one had hailed the announcement that the principles of free trade were those of common sense, for be knew it must lead to great and useful results. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday week. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, Lord RIPON moved that the Hardinge and Gough An. nuities Bill should be discussed in committee. Lord MONTEAGLE objected to the clause which pro ♦ided trait the whole of Lord Hardinge's annuity, and one balf of Lord Gough's. should be suspended, so long as the annuities granted to them respectively by the East India Company should be paid. A short but animated discussion followed, and the ob noxious clause was ultimately struck out, on a division, by a majority of 12, the numbers being— Contents Non-contents 38 Earl FITZWILLIAM moved the resolution of which he had given notice, that "that house would not pass any railway bill, giving powers to raise capital either by the issue of shares or by borrowing money, which had or might come up from the House of Commons this session. until ail such bills should have been read a second time." There were also three other resolutions founded on this. Earl DALHOUSIE objected to these resolutions and sug gested that the report of the railroad committee should be acted upon. His lordship was of opinion that limits could not be assigned by their lordships to private enter vise. Many of the bills had been several months before Parliament, and the adoption of the noble lord's recom mendation to pass no more bills this session would be a breach of faith to the parties. Their lordships had passed certain s"ssional orders for the purpose of enabling rail way proprietors to proceed or retrace their steps, as might be most convenient. He (Lord D.) did not see how the house could lay a restriction on private enterprise so far as to reject the bills before them on the grcund of the large amount of capital required to carry them out. After some further discussion, in which Lord Ashbur ton, the Duke of Wellington, and the Duke of Richmond, took part, The Earl FITzwILLIAM withdrew his resolutions, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the house go into commit tee on the Poor-Law Removal Bill. Mr. E. DENISON moved as an instruction to the com mittee the following resolutions : " After a day to be fixed for each union, all paupers of the parishes comprising the union shall be settled in the union, and not in any such parish of such union. " That such paupers he maintained, and all expenses defrayed from a fund levied from each parish in the pro portion of the expenditure for the relief of the poor in curred by such parish for the last seven ye4rs. " Debts already charged on the rates:and interest due in respect of such debts, shall nut be affected by the change Woon was of opinion that the poor-law settlement question would ultimately compel the legislature to pay that attention which its importance required, and he hoped that a general assessment for the pour-rate on the plan of the property tax would soon be adopted. With respect to the hill, he ho t ted that it would be so framed as to se cure to persons the benefit of a proper ►esidence in any locality. At the present moment he could not support thescsolutions as they then stood. J_ GRAHAM entered into a lengthened explanation of theinetits of the bill, and concluded by saying that it was hie intention to support the proposition of Mr. E. Deni-or ; but if the house refused to adopt that proposi tion. he-vas ready to accept any other which would be an iruprovepent, as be was of opinion it was of peat import ance thj,, , iwasure should be passed, to prevent the evil of operatives. in manufacturing districts being removed, in opposition to their will, to rural ones. Sir R.- Le GLIB considered the measure as another of ,tbo4e blowsJevelled against the parochial system of Eng land. _ _ _ _ !Lord- Mon.lsrrir adverted to the evils which labourers -endured in the Wolds of Yorkshire from the working of the .parochial , ffstem. Three-fourths of the remova l s were ptrsons,who had lived more than five years awa from .tl.eir respective parishes. He had no doubt the ,presentruieaaure.would greatly diminish those e rem po o r v t. als end he si.ould therefore give the bill his hearty up Mr. T. DUNCGKi E said that to do any good at all they ought to abolish the law of settlement altogether. lie was perfectly sure that the whole of the labouring popu lation wereo.a favour,ef such a measure, and he thought that if ever nary alteration was to he made, now was the time to do it. .He, therefore, had a proposition, in the shape of an amendment,-to make, to the effect that an in struction be given- to !he / committee to make a provision for the repeal.of -the laws o: settlement ; that relief should lie given in the 'union _when the necessity should occur, :and also that government should provide a fund instead of an as,essment. 'Genera] SOIINIiON seconded the amendment. Lord J. Itopscr.r, considered the question before them a most difficult one, and that the 4 fficulries surrounding it bad not been decreased by the course pursued by the bon. gentle Tan onposite .(Sir James. Graham), who lee. lured the A\ biz Government for brio/zing in a Poor Law Amendment Bill in au impufect state. The right hop baronet had now brought forward a.bill .which he was wil ling to :rite - . He should give hi is vote for.the ao:endment lot Kit <hould be hereaftiri;;si:l;reln;cessarytn tin i,, n settlement he should be at f !ct to vi.te Huai , The hous , P's amendment, Lord Dum!ernline FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. INDIA. (From the Times.) The Bombay •mails of the Ist of May have arrived•; they are remarkably barren of exciting intelligence. The Governor-General and the Commander-in. Chief had reached Simla, where they intended to remain during the hot and rainy seasons. The troops had up their stations for the same period in the newly-acquired districts along the Bras, and also in Lahore. The Sikh soldiers were tranquil, but not satisfied. The govern ments of Lahore and Lamoo were engaged in tracing out the frontiers between them. Gholab Singh is .not popu lar with the Sikhs, who accuse him of having sacrificed Their country advance to his personal ambition. Dos - I Mahommed, who was delighted on hearing of the inva sion of the British dominions by the Sikhs, has since as sumed a pacific policy, for the rapidity of the British conquests had mot alio/red him time for any offensive operations against Peshawur, although some preparations for that purpose appear to have been made at Jellalabad by his son and Wuzeer, the notorious Akhbar Khan. It is evident from the position of the different rajahs and their adherents as well at Lahore as in the neigh bouring states, •that the present cessation of hostili ties is kept up rather as a temporary armistice, than a lasting peace. The division of the spoils of Rurjeet Singh's kingdom is not satisfactory to them, and it is highly probable that before 1846 expires there will be other conflicts. In the meantime the British are not idle either in con solidating their new provinces, or in weakening their ene mies. Amongst the materiel of war surrendered by the Sikhs, were special!) enumerated the guns which had been pointed against the British Indian army. Those guns. to the number of 256 have reached Delhi, and they are to be taken with all the pomp of a military procession from that city, even as far as Calcutta. This procession of nearly 1000 miles, will-not fail to produce a powerful impression in India, where men judge from what they see. The mighty power of the British government will therefrom be recognised by even the Mahomedan fatalists. It will resemble one of the triumphs in ancient Rome. The Governor-General had issued a general order that all soldiers engaged in protecting the camps, &c., during the late battles, shall receive the decorations as if en- gaged in them. Scinde is tranquil. Sir Charles - Napier arrived at Kur. rachee on the 15th of April in good health, notwithstand ing the extreme fatigues of his late rapid march to La. bore. The invalids and wounded men from the battle of Moodkee had passed down the Indus and arrived at Bom bay ; twelve had died on the war, amongst whom was Colonel Hyan, of her Majesty's 50th Regiment. Pre parations weie making at Bombay at the time of the de parture of the steamer for sending those -invalids on to Europe in the best transport that could be procured. The King of Lucknow was crowned with Asiatic cere mony in hi s•capital on the lith April. As all the foreign officers have been obliged to quit the service of •Lebore, Colonel Minton, a Freucnman, and Captain linron de Alcantara, a Spaniard (by whose in engineering rise power tut fortifications of Ferozeshali and Sobraon weze constructed), had come down to Bom bay at the same time as the wounded Europeans. Prince Waldemar of Prussia, with his attendants, had arrived thEre on the 18rh of April, and had come on to Europe by t' -" the mail.. The Prince ' no ,he steamer wit'. has gainer small experience from the late campaign on the Sutlej, as he was continually in the company of the Governor-Ge neral, and witnes.ed the battles. The N zam's dominions are in a distnrhed state, in con sequence of the bad management of the finances of the vernment Several changes had taken place in the Secretaries of the Bombay Government and in the Council. Mr. J. H. Crawford had retired from the Council, and had been suc ceeded by Mr. J. P. Willoughby, who was succeeded as Chief Secretary by Mr. R. K. Pringle. The heal li of the Governor, Sir George Arthur, was in sech a broken state, as to give a colouring to a rumour current of his intention to resign his important post within a few days, and to come to Europe. His com plaint is described as of an apoplectic tendency. It was rumoured that in consequence of the apprehen sions of an American war, the harbour of Bombay, which is capable of strong defence, was to be immediately for tified. Great connp'aints prevailed of the scarcity of water in many districts in which the cholera was raging. Hopes were, however, entertained of an early monsoon. It is stated in a Berlin letter of the 27th, that all the Polish ladies of the capital have gone into mourning, and that even some of the young Polish brides have worn black at the celebration of their marriage. A disgraceful scene occurred on Good Friday, in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem. It is cus tomary on that day for the Latin Fathers of the Holy Land, to repair in procession to Golgotha, to adore the cross. The Greeks, however, who have usurped the ve. nerated chapel, denied them admittance, and the two par ties having come to blows, the Governor of Jerusalem was obliged to interfere, and cleared the place at the Lead of a regiment of Turkish soldiers. HUSBAND MURDER A LA LAFFARGE.-At the Mount pettier assizes, after a trial of several days, Madame Ma laret, charged with the murder of her husband, adminis tering small doses of arsenic occasionally, for several months, was found guilty, " under ealenuatin.q circum stances," and sentenced to imprisonment for life, with hard labnar. What the extnuating circumstances were remains a mystery. M. Malaret seems to have been a most kind and indulgent husband, and the murderess had long carried on a criminal intercourse with a young man named Berdet, whom, after her husband's death, she married. The paramour was charged as an accomplice, but acquitted. THE INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL. Advices from Lisbon of the 30th May, have been received by the Pacha steamer. Several conflicts have taken place between the troops and the people, in the course of which some 13 or 14 of the latter had lost their lives. The Cabrals had fled in the Pacha to Cadiz, where they had been received with distinction by the Governor. The Cortes had been dis solved, and the whole of the legislation of the late minis try had been annulled by royal decree. The new Cabinet was constructed on the 26th. Its constitution is as fol -I)ws :—The Duke of Palmella, President of the Council, and Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Count Lavradio. Minis ter of the Home Department; Marquis of Saldanha, of tsar; Count l.oureiro, of Marine ; and Joaquin Felippe de Sonre, of Justice. ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED FROM THE SUTLE.I.— On Sunday and Monday, the steamers Victoria, Bernice, and Medusa, arrived from Kul richee, bringing with them five officers and upwards of 200 men who had been more or less severely wounded during our late operations on the Sutlrj. Many seemed to suffer from sickness as well as from the hurts they had received ; some were sadly maimed indeed, and all were objects of the most heartfelt and generous sympathy. It was sad to see fine young men, in the prime of life, disabled of a leg or an arm, or cut up in the face and person, as so many were. Save in the cases supplied by Scinde, we have long been o•It of the way of such things, and custom comes luckily not to aid in reconciling us to them. Every care and attention were bestowed on them, a , d they are, we believe, likely to be fortunate in having a first-rate vessel for their con veyance home. A good many had died on the journey, and it was remarkable that the most of those who did so were men who had been hurt in the lower extremities, those who had only lost an arm or so did well.—Bombay Times, April 26. MASSACRE OF THREE HUNDRED PRISONERS BY ORDER OF A BDEL KADER.—The Paris papers of Tues day bring a full cofifiraciation of the reports previously re ceived, of a wholesale massacre of Prench prisoners, by the directions of Abdel Kader. It appears that the deira was encamped about three leagues from the Nlidonia, the prisoners, three hundred in number, had been placed in the midst of a camp of regular infantry, surrounded by high blishwork, with only two outlets. On the 27th day of April, the French officers were withdrawn from the deira, under the pretext of an invitation to be present at a fele at the Kalyfa's. In the course of the night the pri soners were all assembled, and were a short time after wards fired upon by the troops of Abdel Kader. The only survivor who succeeded, almost by a miracle, in making his escape, was Rolland, a private soldier of the Bth Orleans Chasseurs, who, having some suspicion of the intentions of his captors, had contrived to arm himself with a knife. The despatch which supplies these facts states that the troops of Abel Kader are never paid in money (how indeed should they ?) but in paper notes bear ing the seal of the Emir. It is impossible to speak of this fl igitious massacre in other than terms of the deepest in dignation. There was evidently no pretext of a necessity for its perpetration, for it is admitted that the safe custody of the victims would have been secured by a very small body of men.; seeing that there were but two places of egress from the camp, which very small detachments might have guarded most effectually. It is quite certain, however, that there was no greater necessity for roasting 800 human beings at Dabra than there Ras for this atro cious massacre ; and if a civilized nation repudiates alto gether the dictates of common humanity, it ought not to expect that a barbarous foe should be more scrupulous when an opportunity of reprisal occurs. By this act, however, Abdel Kader has deprived himself of much of the sympathy which his previous gallant and chivalrous bearing had excited. Dtincon- ' msiori , y of ' , ird on Mr ) otlon was then put, and carried by v of 92 to appointed I'l Commons, came to town from h se a ker of the House of and, after an abserq;e of E ever. I years from OW Metropolis, expre 1y support the G v yernment on the cora bill in horde, HOUSE OF LORDS VISCOUNT HA RDINGE'S ANNUITY BILL. Majority and Minority on the Question that the clause which provided that the whole of Lord Ilardinge's an nuity, and one half of Lord Gough's. should be sus pended so long as the annuities granted by the East India Company should be paid, he struck out of the bill. Contents, ZS; Non -contents, 26. MAJORITY AGAINST THE CLAUSE'. OVKES. Suffolk Granville Sondes Scarborough Auckland Clonbrock V iscousTs. Carrington Torrington Redesdale St r angtord De Lible Neweasile Egfintoun Cleveland Rosehery Stani•ope MAR QUI Exet,r CI inricar 1-litmirtoti Com bermere (3 lenek: II zcherton Por man BeHumont onteagle 'e ividow Normal hy Star dry K•uuaird G , sford Eluutingdon Sheffield EARLS Lord Char EARLS DUKES -Grafton liwldingtun S Well'ngtni Dalhou,ie gilell4 14f NOILITY FOR THE CLAUEF Wr,“/liirister Ilar stwry Br S ,, nleri Burliilgton VISCOUNT 'Od awa rdea pa , Canning. LORDS. Ca movs Co!chestfr rough \Vharuc.hffe MARWASES Dclawarr Qi won- vPrpoul THE LFVERPGOL STANDARD. The thermometer in D üblin,. on Wednesday, was •118 in the sun. and 80 in the shade. Mr. Brewster, solicitor-general for Ireland, is named for the vacant seat of the county•Carlow. if is-said that Captain Broderick will be opposed to him by the repeal party. A young man, of the name of M'Craig, and three young women named M'Allister, O'Ceill, and M'Clusky were drowned on Sunday week in Belfast Lough by the upset of a sail boat, while on a party of pleasure. On Friday week, the Rev. S. O'Grady Parker, when returning home from Nenagh, was fired at, but the pistol missed fire, and the assassin escaped. Mr. Parker is a most indulgent landlord, and only a few days since sub scribed £lOO to the relief committee. SHOCKING OUTRAGE. —A ruffian, named :Michael Corbel, has been committed to .Kilkenny gaol to take his trial at the next assizes, for setting fire to his house, with the design of bu rn i ng his wife and mother-in-law. The fire was observed before it had made much progress, and his intended victims were saved. Jealousy is supposed to have caused him to commit this shocking outrage. The judges of the Queen's Bench, Dublin, have deci ded against the points reserved by the judge of assize in the case of P. Rice and P. 'Hayes, convicted at Nenagh of a conspiracy to murder the late Patrick Clarke, &c. The sentence of death passed upon the prisoners was respited to the 19th instant, on which day it will be carried into execution. Patrick Fogatty, who was also convicted at Nenagh, and for whom points were raised, is also ordered for execution, putsuant to sentence, for firing at Mr. Nl'Donald. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting of this body was held on Monday. The building was crowded, owing to the circmrnstance of Mr. O'Connell being pre- sent. Henry Grattan, Esq., M. P., presided. The first remmittance was from Dr. Nl' Hale for £127. The Ro man Catholic Bishops of Meath and Derry also sent re mittances. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to eulogise Mr. O'Brien for the manliness of his conduct, and alluded to the rumours that were afloat respecting a division in the Repeal camp. It was said that the association was divided, and that he was against Smith O'Brien, and Smith O'Brien against him. It was no such thing. What would their enemies think that day ? {Cheers.) lie could tell them he would not consent to continue a member of the association one hour unless Smith O'Brien was his comrade, his col league, and co-equal in the struggle. (Cheers.) If any thing would make him despair of Ireland, it would be that they should do anything to induce Smith O'Brien to quit the ranks in which he had so bravely fought for Ireland. What!—leadership! He.would be very touch obliged to him for becoming leader; he would have his warm and he , irty support, and he knew that was a sentiment Smith O'Brien would reciprocate. There was no division in the Repeal Association—there was no division amongst the leaders of that Association—there was nothing but good feeling and fellowship; and above all, the sacred claims of patriotism bound them heart to heart throughout the land. (Cheers.) He concluded by proposing a series of resolu tions to the effect that a public banquet and entry be given to Mr. O'Brien, and that Mr. O'Brien be requested to allow this Association, acting on behalf of the Repealers of Ireland, to refund to him the fees paid on his discharge from the custody of the Sergeant -at -arm•. The rent for the week was £355. During the proceedings, Mr. O'Con nell referred to a speech delivered be a Mr. Archdeacon on Sunday week in Liverpool, as a Repealer, and proposed several resolutions calling upon him to know if the report of what he said was correct; and, if so, to inform him that he could no longer remain a member of the Repeal Association. (Cheers.) Sir THOMAS BRANCKER moved the confirmation of the proceedings of the Finance Committee, and that the salary of Mr. Wm. Fox, chief clerk in the Surveyor's office, be increased from £2OO to £250 per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders. He also moved that the lease of certain premises in Lime-street be granted to Mr. Gardner. The Finance Committee, he said, had investigated the particulars connected with the renewal of the lease, and they bad arrived at the conclusion that no party would be aggrieved thereby. It had always been the poliCy of the G u to renew leases except on spec:al grounds, such as where the premises might be wanted for some public improvement. His own opinion w ,, s decidedly in favour of renewing Mr. Gardner's lease, and it was that practice w , ich for years had given the lessees under the Corporation great faith in their tenure. Double skirts of tarlatan, appearing to form but two flounces, are pretty ball dresses; these flounces are some times richly worked; they are also pretty edged with fringe. Turkish pink is a favourite colour for evening wear. For coiffureg flowers are much worn ; some as double wreaths drooping; also foliage of every kind, mixed with roses, niignionette, Caps are worn very backward on the head ; the orna ments of flowers, velvet or ribbon, are quite confined to the ears, the lappets arranged to cover the headpiece, and fall behind on the throat. Many redingotes of taffetas are embroidered en tablier either au pass 6 or with stik braid ; some are with tiers of narrow flounces of the two shades of colour of the dress, or with several rows of fringe en tablier. Numerous mantilets have appeared suitable to the season ; the es pagnot is of black lace lined with black, rounding off at the waist, and finishing with lace half a yard deep ; the mantilet jeune Jeanne is of light showy colours trimmed with ruches. Pardessus are also made of tarlatane or white barege over light colours, and are particularly suited to young people. Leghorn bonnets are always fashiona ble in Paris ; they are worn without bavolels—are of a very open torn], ornamented with a long ostrich ftather. Some conversation then ensued respecting the con struction of a marine parade for the recreation of the inhabitants of Toxteth-park. Mr. MANN opened the subject, and explanations havine been given by Sir Tnos. BRANCK ER, Mr. BRA MLEY INIOORE, and the TOWN - CL Eli K, the subject dropped. Mr. PROCTER expressed his surprise that a report had not as yet been presented, pointing out a new site for the erection of a gaol, in lieu of that at Wavertree-hall. Sir Tuotkins BRANCKER said there was a resolution on the books authoris.ng the committee to look out for a site_ Paille de riz continue in favour, ornamented with lace and flowers, or fruit, or feathers ; the inside of bonnets is much trimmed. Whit e cra p e an d leee bonnets ara also much in favour ; the former are pretty, cov-r,d with Iry svere that pro ably the report sought for by Mr. Procter would not be presented for the next six months. Mr. BIRKETT thought that, on a subject of such . _ bouillons of tulle; fancy straws are lined with cerise pink or grreti. and ornamented with fancy feathers : tre ;Jollies Louis XV. are extremely light, and generally lined with white. 'hey too time to consic report Mr; EARLE urged that the report ought to be presented at _'s early a date as possible. UNIVE I-1,511T 4• CLERICAL, NEWS Mr. PROCTER pve notice of motion for the next day, that the resolution to erect a gaol at Wavertree-hall be rescinded, and for the appointment of a committee to lay out the grounds at the ball. DOMESTIC The Duke of Northumberland's Gold Medal for the best ni;lish poem in heroic verse (subject this year, Public baths are to be established at Worcester Mr. HORSFA LL called attention to the unfinished state of the Custom.house. There was a great want, he said, "Cte.ar's Invasion of Britain") has been awarded to Edwaid Henry Bickerstetb, of Trinity College, Cam bridge. A CURIOSITY.—A short time since, we noticed in our paper a well-authenticated instance of a snail having been found in an egg. This wonder is, however, completrly east into the shade by the discovery of a fish of about do inch and a querter long in a new-laid hen's egg. The fish was found ,by Miss Pearson, housekeeper to Mr. James Dakeyhe of Toadhole, and has been seen by many persons, who all agree in describing it as a perfectly un mistakeable fish of some kind, the head being somewhat large for the proportion of the body, and the rudiments of eyes, gills, and scales, being distinctly visible. Tne shell of the egg, previous to its being broken, was much mis shapen (?)—Derby Mercury. FIRST ARRIVAL AT HULL FROM PETERSBORGH.— The Rob Roy, Lieut. Knocker, R.N., commander, ar rived at Hull on Friday, on her return from the first voy age to St. Petersburgh this season, being also the first ar rival at this port from the Russian capital. The Rob Roy left Hull, outward bound, on the 4th May, and has made the passage home in ra'her less than eight days. She has had full cargoes out and home, also a large num ber of passengers. The prospects of trade at Constadt were considered not bad for the season, although it could scarcely be said to have opened, for no wool had come down the river, and indeed none of the interior craft had arrived, but they were daily expected. A terrific thunder storm passed over Todmorden, Ashton, Oldham, and the neighbourhood on Wednesday, and did considerable damage. The lightning struck Winter's mill at Todmorden and the chimney fell with a dreadful crash, part of the roof of the building being forced in, but happily, although the whole of the hands were at work, no one was injured in the slightest degree. The electric fluid entered the lower room of the mill and set fire to the cotton, straps, and other combustible ma terials ; but the workpeople set heartily to work to ex tinguish the flames, and by their timely exertions the mill was saved from the destruction by which it was threat ened. The damage done to the building and machinery is estimated at about £3OO. Much injury was also done at other places. _ _ of a statue on the dome. Ile cared not whether they put Neptune or the chairman of the Finance Committee— (laughter) —or any body else, but a statue there ought to be. Tile Ecclesiastical Commissioners propose, under the authority of a receht act of parliament, to abolish all the peculiar and prebendal jurisdictions throughout the king dom, and to merge them in the archidiaconal and diocesan jurisdictions in which they are Inca ly si:uated. On Tuesday. I)warkanauth Tagore, the " Merchant Prince" of India, and his three sons, paid a visit to Ox ford. After visiting All Souls', New College, and Mag dalen, and the Bodleian and Radcliffe libraries, he went to Oriel, but time did n. t permit him to see more. Mr. EARLE objected to the renewal of Mr. Gardner's lease, in Lime-street. He said it would be a most un sightly thing to have a livery stable, about which there was always something slovenly, immediately opposite St. G orge's-hall, one of the most magnificent buildings he had ever seen. Mr. H icciss observed that it was not intended to con tinue it as a livery stable. THE BISHOPRIC OF jERUSALEII.—The Bishop of Ex eter has addressed a protest to the Archbishop of Canter bury against the consecration of a new bishop of the English communion at Jerusalem, on the ground of the proposed dispensation of certain canons, made for the express purpose of securing uniformity of public worship, and for the establishment of consent touching true reli gion. After a few snarls from Mr. EARLE, to which Mr. HIGGINS replied, Mr. RATLIBONE opposed the renewal of the lease. Alter which, the Council divided, when there appeared ; —For the renewal of the lease, 23; against it, 24. The renewal was accordingly refused ; and the pro. ceedings of the Finance Committee were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE-AN EXTRAORINARY SCENE. The proceedings of the Dock Committee comprised the consideration of clauses introduced into the Dock Bill now befure parliament. For the purpose of considering these clauses the Council resolved it.elf into a committee. The TOWN-CLERK read two clauses relative to the Duke of Bridgewater's trusts. Mr. tH A I.MER said a number of tradesmen felt them selves aggrieved by the Dock Committee not offering their works to public competition. He contended that the master tradesmen of the town ought to have opportunities afforded them to enter upon the dock works. Mr. BRANILEY-M °ORE replied that a great portion of the works were done by public contract. He then ex plained the nature of the clauses read by the Town-clerk. One of the clauses was to save the rights of the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees. The other was, that during the time the alterations are being made in the Manchester basin, temporary accommodation should be afforded to the Duke's trustees, until such time as they could go back again to the Manchester basin. CHARGE OF MURDER.— On Tuesday last, a man named Benjamin Gibbins was brought up at the Thames Police-court, on a charge of murdering Jane Slowman, a woman with whom he had cohabited. The deceased was found lying in the lobby of the house, with wounds upon her head and face. The evidence against the prisoner consisted almost entirely of marks of blood having been found on his person. In his defence he pleaded that he was not at home on Monday night, and not being able to obtain admission, obtained a ladder on the following morning, and on entering by an upper window, found the deceased, who it was evident h a d b een drinking, in the position described. The fact was brought to light that an illicit distillation of whiskey had been going on ;in the house, and the still had on that evening been hastily car ried away. The prisoner was remanded. A MAN KILLED BY A BULL.—An old man met with a frightful death near Stratford-on-Avon, about noon on Tuesday last. The deceased was sent by Mr. Atkins, of Milcot, near Stratford-on-Avon, to fetch home a bull that had been hired out for the season, and he was returning, at the time having hold of a chain that was attached to a ring that passed through the bull's nose. Some persons passing along the road saw the old man, as they supposed, overcome with heat, sit down by the bank on the road side, and immediately after the animal was seen to rush at him as lie sat, goring and ripping the poor fellow in the most horrible manner. Several persons ran to the spot, but the bull kept trampling upon and ripping open the poor man's body and head, until his features were almost obliterated. By this time a general alarm was given, and one man drove a pickaxe into the animal's back, with which he made off, and others fired at him in every direc tion. tine man, a shoemaker, residing near the spot, battled with him iu a most extraordinary manlier, facing his fierce and frightful rushes, whilst others kept loading and firing at him at every point. At length a butcher, named Waite, seized him by the tail, and courageously forced him into an adjacent shed, where a barber, named Thomas Harris, terminated his existence by shooting him in the head. The scene was of a most frightful description.—Birmingham Advertiser. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE ON ULVERSTON SANDS.— An accident of a must awful nature occurred on Utverston Sands on 'I hursday night, and that not by the rising of the tide as has before too frequently happened, but by a supposed mistake in the road. It appears that on 'I hurs day morning a party of young folks set out from Carttnel and Flookburnugh, to pay a visit to Ulverston fair. The party consisted of Thomas Moore, in whose cart they went, Robert Benson, 'I homas Tomlinson, Ellen Inman, and Jane Inman, from Flookborough ; Guy Crossdale, William Hanson, and Jane Sefton, from Cartmel; and John Brooks, from Holker. They spent a pleasant day at Ulserston, and set out to go home in the ev ning. A young man named Butler, who also bad a cart, and was coming home across the sands, followed almost close be hind them. It was, Butler says, about five minutes past ten when they were crossing the channel, and the tide was running out ;in fact, they were rather soon. Butler ar- Mr. EVANS said he must positively demur, not that he rived sate at bone, and o n going out neat morning he took exception to the words, but that he demurred to any beard that Moore's party had never arrived. Instant evidence of that sort going for a fact, unless the docu search was made, and it was discovered that the horse and ments on which it was founded were produced. cart bad fallen into a deep hole, and ever y one of its oc- The MAYOR—You are out; of order, sir. Your turn cupants had perished. Their deaths must have been in- for reply will come afterwards. stantaneous, as Butler did not hear a scream or the least Mr. MOottE.--I am responsible for what I say. noise, but concluded that they were still before him. Se- Mr. EVANS.—I am glad to hear it. yen of the bodies have been found. They were all young Mr. MOORE.—At your service, sir. persons about the age of 20 or 24, and had gone over to The MAYOR, who during the utterance of this dialogue, the fair for a pleasure excursion. Ellen Inman, one of had been talking to some member of the Council, bad the unfortunate young women, and Moore were to have his attention drawn to its significance by Mr. Alderman been married next week but one.—Preston Pilot. Turner, and, amidst a scene of considerable confusion THE WHOLESALE MATRIMONIAL SPECULATOR.— and excitement, endeavored to bring about an explanation Joseph Mortimer, _ alto has been examined sundry ti mes b etween the two gent l emen , an d to exact a pledge that for duping severa l females out o f th e i r money, by either nothing of a personally hostile character was contem marrying them or prot.osing marriage to them, at the plated by either, in the midst of which same time representing himself to be a wealthy American Mr. EVANS rose and said—l take great blame to my merchant, was again brought up for re-examination, on self for having allowed some observations of Mr. Moore Saturday last, at Guildhall. Mr. Teague informed the to pass on a former occasion; but I now say that, so far bench that, since the last inquiry concerning the prisoner, as lam concerned. I leave the sincerity of the Dock he had received many communications about him. The Committee in the hands of the public. I have no ob information went to show that the prisoner was first jection to have my character collated with that of the married to Catherine M'Kennie, who is at present living Dock Committee, or with the chairman of the Dock as serva n t in Dublin. His next wife was at Camberwell. Committee, (uproar.) Therefore I treat his remark with In July, 1839; he was united to a Mrs. Josephine Lang- the contempt and scorn it deserves, (loud cries of order, horn, who i s a t present li v i ng i n N ew Y or k . O tt th e 22d order, chair, chair.) It is false! (tremendous uproar, of January, 1814, he was wedded at St. Philip's Church, anti renewed cries of order a n d c h a i r .) Liverpool, to a Miss Loy. joy, who, o ti her passage to The MAYOR here insisted upon a retractation of the America with him, in the Sicidons line-of• packet ship, language used, in which h e was supported by Mr. Rath died on the twenty-first day Uf tie vo ya,e, and was thrown bone and other members, who urged Mr. Evans to with overboard. Tire eqoa i n it t h e vesse l sta t e d that he ill- draw his improper expression, while Mr. H. Il• rnbv and used her. The prisoner's next marriage was to a Miss Mr. Aikiti urged that lie could not do so until Mr. Moore Baker, iu M arc h . 1815 who i s a l so h v i a4 ;;; Irt.l,nd, near had declared that Mr. Evans was not referred to person % county Ros ammo:,; and, lastly, lie w , s married i ally in his remarks, Mr. Moore repealed what he did to One Caroline `Wright, at Slved' eh Church, on the say, and ur ge d t h a t it was no t for him to be answerah'e if ith of J ulie o f t h e ,„,, e Near . Thi s fen ale was living in 119 r. Evan. chose to annrooriat , it to himself. Aaair, Mr. EVANS opposed the passing of these clauses, and said that if passed they would involve a considerable ex pense, about £13,000 a-year. H e believed that the scheme relative to the Manchester basin, and various other schemes of the Dock Committee, were introduced merely for the purpose of spiteing the people of Birkenhead, who were supposed to have had some designs upon the Manchester basin. He moved that that part of the plan which re lated to the alterations in the Manchester basin be struck out. Mr. STEWART agreed with Mr. Evans that the utility was not equivalent to the cost of the plan. Mr. Anctic thought the wisest course now to pursue was, to withdraw the bill altogether, and not to proceed any further with a measure b 0 crude and ill-digested. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said it was very dangerous to pass such a scheme as the present, without the Council having some previous intimation of it. Mr. EARLE asked whether there was any probability of the bill being passed ?* for if there was not, there was no use in spending the public money in a fruitless contest in parliament. £13.000 had been already spent, within a very short time, in paying men with wigs and gowns upon them to walk about the lobbies of the House of Com mons. Mr. EVANS said he was prepared with some overwhelm ing arguments in favour of the withdrasal of the bill. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE agreed to postpone the clauses for the present. Mr. Moore the❑ referred at considerable length to the clauses which it was proposed to introduce before the Lords, and referred to certain evidence which had been given before the committee of the Lords, and argued that the Dock Trustees were bound to adhere to the contract entered into with the warehouse-owners, to which Mr. Evans was a party, with respect to the erection of warehouses on the dock quays, quoting the fact, that on Mr. Gladstone being asked before the Parliamentary Committee whether he considered that contract binding on the parties in the present day, the answer retur.ied was " undeniably so." In this portion of his remarks he was interrupted by Mr. Evans asking, " Do you quote from the short-hand writer's notes?" in reply to which Mr. Brantley-Moore appealed to Mr. Mann whether it was not so, and received that gentleman's confirmation of the exact words. Mr. Moore then continued to state that a great deal of abuse had been indulged in towards the Dock Committee, and that their want of sincerity and faith had been called in question. Air. Mann, for instance, had been asked in the Lords Cornmilee if he was sincere. But was there, asked sir. Aloore, a man upon the Dock Committee who would say one thing and mean another ? There were some, he believed, who entertained the notion that the sincerity of the Dock Committee had not been diminished but improved within the last six months. Mr. Evans sated before the Lords that the acreage and tonnage bad gone hand in hand; that the acreage had more than kept pace with the tonnage, and that he anticipated a considerable decline in the tonnage of the port of Liverpool. cerdings 3litittl.rwora propi ir tor considerable amount of ex ert elit was displared: Ah thehusford, Went fi•-.d the prisont married Abs. Langhorn, in 1829. in New Yn i k. He produced a letter from lit r, bear._ date the '421 of Mareh. Ihe pri , on,r said site was 'kit_ Kith anot.,er man, and had Children by him. The pi bring then an who inds• eorit,nding that in saying that if Mr. pace did not appk , to him he withdrew the md the Mayor, supported Ey the nthjority (if the Council, contending dolt this was not a satisfactory decl ,, ration. Both getolernen were nun appealed to and sotier was a HEAP Bit'SAD UMEAUG Alreiidy tin further ; and rite Mayur tlrrlttted re,olution to •• • lagisteatrs not very materuilly rt• duce the price of bread. Tue League ?raid-owners who si 04e with bu lunch pobitiveneas on the both over to The magistrates clerks were here sent for. June 9, 1846, - -- IRELAND. THE C. URT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD. glorious benefits of free-trade, refuse to shorten the hours . The MAYOR. —If the clerks once come in, I shall not of labour, because they are not sure they will after all be take any apology from either gentleman ;so that there its xin Dublin,. on Wednesday, veas•llB in Her M a j es t y an d t h e i n f ant P r i ncess are progressing better off. The Ten Hour Bill h as b een re j ecte d i n t hi s a very s h ort t i me now for them to decide. the shade. mos t f avoura bl y . Th e Q ueen D owager v i s i ted her Ma- very doubt. And whilst the P ro t ect i on i st j ourna l s an d Si r T HOMAS BRANCKER.—Tbe Mayor, as a magis- Peers are taking the League at it s wor d, an d a ff r i g h t i ng trate, cannot certainly permit them to leave the room solicitor-general for Ireland, is named j ests on Th urs d ay, an d rema i ne d a couple of horns. of the county.Carlow. It is-said that. P r i nce Alb ert an d t h e j un i or mem b ers o f the Royal Fa- themselves and the Farmers with vi s i ons o f c h eap corn an d w i t h out t h e assurance b eing given. I hope both of them will 'be opposed to him by the repeal m il s , h ave t a k en th e i r accus t ome d a i r i ngs i n the v i c i n i ty an unlimited supply, the League j ourna li sts are s h ow i ng w ill th i n k b etter o f i t, before the Mayor is compelled to of Buckingham Palace. as plain as figures and present fa c t s can s h ow , t h at t h e bi n d t h em over. L et them both stand up, and put an end of the name of M'Craig, and three Si r H enry an d L a d y P o tti nger, w ith t h e i r d aughter, ar- alarm is a false one. Thus Lord Stanley tantalised the to this u n seemly discussi on . (L our cries of " Hear. " ) ,ed M'Allieter, O'Ceill, and M'Clusky rived at Brighton, from Paris, on Wednesday. readers of Parliamentary debates with vistas (painted as Mr. MOORE.—I think I responded to that so far as I ! iunday week in Belfast Lough by th e Th e M arquess an d M arc hi oness o f L ondonderry enter- he assured the House of Lo r d s by an em i nent Li verpoo l am concerned. merchant) of wheat from the Danube a t 14 s . a quar t er Si r THOMAS BRANCKER.—Why not both stand up' t, while on a party of pleasure. tained Prince Louis Napoleon and a distinguish e d c i rc le and 9s. 6d. freight. But the Liverpool Times g ives u s t oget h er. ( H ear. ) k, the Rev. S. O'Grady Parker, when a t di nner on S un d ay wee k at R ose b au k. )in Nenagh, was fired at, but the pistol It i s rumoure d i n po li t i ca l c i rc l es t h at t h e M arquess of chapter and verse to prove that the price last year was I A pause ensued, duringwhich both Mr. M oore an d M r. he assassin escaped. Mr. Parker is a L on d on d erry i s to b e appo i nte d to t h e vacant Lord never less than 21s. per quarter, an d th e average f re i g h t E vans were surrounded by, and in consultatien with seve ellerd, and only a few days since sub- Chamberlainshipein the place of Lord Delavvarr. 10s., and that moreover the wh ea t i s so b a d th a t it i s o f ra t of the i r friends. e relief committee. P r i nce L ou i s N apo l eon B onaparte h as taken up his little service. An agricultural p a p er , f o ll ow i ng h um bl y i n At length, Mr. EVANS rose, and amid breathless TRAGE.— A ruffian, named Michael quar t ers , pro tern., at one o f t h e h ote l s i n J ernmestreet. the wake of Lord:Stanley, told it s lace Alan reader s , o f s il ence, sa id—M r. Mayor, under the circumstances of the Wallachian wheat, bought for 9s. a quarter, and brought case—the coercion that has been applied, and the time oninnitted to .Kilkenny gaol to take his The Earl and Countess of Wilton gave a splendid en to Goole for a freight of Bs. 6d, per quarter. But the that must elapse before the coercion could be removed, sizes, for setting fire to his house, with tertainment last evening to their Royal Highnesses the Leeds Mercury dissolves the pleasing vision by the reve- and also the belief which I have the sanction of a number ing his ' wife and mother-in-law. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at their family man lation that the wheat cost 19s. a quarter, the freight of my friends for entertaining, that I have placed myself aefore it had made much progress, and sion, in Grosvenor-square. les. 6d., and that, moreover, the wheat was " sad rub- in an improper situation, I will give the sane assurance Is were sa ve d. Jealousy is supposed to The ea-king of Holland, father to Prince Louis Napo- Cl o s f a satisfactory favcetroyryby excitingth eC Council, bish." The poor workmen will no doubt remember the which has been given by Mr. Moore, that I will origi i commit this shocking outrage. loon, possesses immense wealth, and makes a noble, use of very large wooden " free-trade" loaves employed in the nate nothine. (t w i w e ha a is r c , idl h e e ew a ma r se . ie Queen's Bench, Dublin, have deci- it in relieving the poor and unfortunate. He resides great election, to set forth by contrast of how much the This ass s u ce ra n n e 7 ruts reserved by the judge of assize in chiefly at Florence. and P. 'Haves, convicted at Nenagh of -eos Corn laws were depriving them. They were but wood, and the Mr . NIOLYNEUX seconded nfiecene. thedd ended, daA7lf producedoot e n t r i go an allusion trder the late Patrick Clarke, &c. The FASHIONS FOR JUNE, however, and are never likely to be properly-bre(e)d throughout, ended. loaves. We shall be greatly disappointed if they are.— Mr. Beeeteer-Moone then said he would reserve any passed upon the prisoners was respited t, on which day it will be carried into (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Halifax Guardian. further remarks ks he had to make until the close of the de k Fogarty, who was also convicted at Barges in large checks, grenadine de Mine, with horn points were raised, is also ordered rayures camaieux, tissu damas, and taffetas g'ace", are TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. authorised to resist the introduction of the two clauses r o n o g u t e h , e w tco h o i uo c ap b :, which had been alluded to. want to sentence, for firing at Mr, the fashionable materials at this moment; for tie prome nade, lace is the indispensable accompaniment of every On Wednesday last, the usual monthly meeting of the CATION.—The weekly meeting of this toilette, and flounces of lace are no longer confined to Council was held at the Town-hall. The Mayor took the oil after Mr. rit.ht EVANSci n t t s g h o e s f n c e a c n o s e o m j p u m o s r e t i Monday. The building was crowded, evening wear, but are used on morning dresses of taffetas chair at eleven o'clock, at which time there were twenty rnstance of Mr. O'Connell being pre- broch6. White silk is fashionable; in full dress three or three members in their respective places. tan, Esq., M.P., presided. The first five flounces pinked are placed on the skirts; dresses of FINANCE COMMITTEE. position given to the bill from various parties, Mr. Evans, 7om Dr. 111. Hale for £127. The Ro- crape, organdy lar l atane, are no longer worn over a skirt Sir THOMAS BRANCKER moved the confirmation of in reference to the compact, observed that whatever obli ops of Meath and Derry also sent re- o f co l oure d s i l k , b ut over one of the same material as the the proceedings of the Finance Committee, and that the eetions these men mi g ht h ave i n t h e i r C orporate or Dock Connell then proceeded to eulogise Mr. dress which gives great lightness as well as fulness to the salary of Mr. Wm. Fox, chief clerk in the Surveyor's Committee characters, out of doors, and not aci ng on wiliness of his conduct, and alluded to toilette. office, be increased from £2OO to £250 per annum, the public grounds, he considered they were quite rel ea s e d aere afloat respecting a division in the D ou ble skirts of tarlatan, appearing to form but two consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly from all these circum s t ances . lie look e d anon 4 t h... ~. 'as said that the associatio n was dividadi A........... -.e ...e.... 1...11 a_ .l- a Mr. EVANS then commenced a long harangue, which, after the exciting scene just ended, produced oo the Coun cil all the effects of a soporific. After an allusion to op position given to the bill from various parties, Mr. Evans, in reference to the compact, observed that whatever obli gations these men might have in their Corporate or Dock Committee characters, out of doors, and not acring on public grounds, he considered they were quite released from all these circumstances. He looked upon it that it was competent for every merchant and manufacturer to take up and protest against such restrictions which were received, lot which no kind of equivalent was given. In law, it is a well known axiom, that a transfer of right of property, without a valuable consideration, was not bind ing. What had the warehouse owners given them for withholding from them the quays, which- were worth £l5 a square yard, and which, if they had been sold, would have cleared off the duck debts, and relieve I the port of Liverpool from all port charges. He concluded by moving, " That the present bill be withdrawn in order to afford this Council an opportunity of more maturely con,idering the plans, and agreeing upon such a bill as shall aprear to meet the exigencies of the port." Mr. H. HORN BY scouded the resolution. After a few words from Alr. BIRxETT, in favour of pre serving the compact inviolate, HORSFALL remarked that much of this discussion on the gener .1 principle of the bill was Put of m-der, as it had already been affirmed by the Gained. (Hear.) He was surprised t , hear a lengtbened discussion on the clauses proposed to be introduced into the bill, because any such interference, with an express agreement, nfr pound to carry out honourably the terms of that compact, and, it they went for powers to build warehouses on the existing dock quay, , , the honour of the Council would be compromised. I._ 3 _ll i . . _ Luc appointment or a com mittee to arrange the tt-rms on which they were to go for the act of the 4th of Victoria ; they were to get rid of the opposition o' the worehouse owners; and in that commit tee a unanimous resolution was passed that a pledge should be given, that, within a certain time, no application should he made for powers to erect warehouses on the dock quays. Mr. Horsfall then proceeded to quo e the clause from the act, and showed that the compact was then recorded. He then proceeded :—This was not binding on the merchants out of doors ; they were at liberty to take any course they might think proper ; they were not parties to the com pact; but he regretted that Mr. Ripley, who was otie of the parties to that compact, should go up to London to get insert, d into the bill such clauses as those now sub mitted to the Council. (Hear, hear.) He regretted still more deeply that dlr. Evans, who was a member of the Dock Committee at that time, and of the Council, and also a member of the Special Committee, which unani mously agreed to the clause he had just read, approving of the compact—(applause)—should go up to town to oppose the bill framed with a due regard to that compact, and which had been sanctioned both by the Dock Committee and the Council. He c.uld not understand how gentle men could act in their public capacity differently to what they would in private. If they did not deny the existence of the compact, he could not imagine how they could get over—how they could reconcile it to their con sciences to act in a public concern in a way in which they would scorn to act in their private capacity. (Applause.) Mr. MANN expressed regret that Mr. Rend& had been brought to give evidence in disparagement of the docks of Liverpool. It was an excellent advertisement for the Birkenhead Dockr•. Mr. Alderman MOORE said he had beard a great deal about the Birkenhead docks and the accommodation there ' • but 180 of the a cres t h ere were i n one dock, and those 180 acres would give no quay space compared with the quay space in the Liverpool dicks. But however that was, he was legislating there for the interests of Li verpool, and had the interests of Liverpool solely in view. It was perfectly immaterial to him whether they were making 180 acres or 180.000 acres in Birkenhead. The more they. attempted to do there, the greater the stimulus ought to be for the Dock Committee. He had no private interest to serve—no private passions to gratify—nothing to urge him but the interests of the town of Liverpool, and it was his opinion that in promoting dock extension in Liverpool he was promoting the interest of the town, and when the opportunity should arise of having dock warehouses, he believed they would add to the prosperity of the town ; but he felt they were not in a position to ask that at present beyond the fourth of Victoria. In order to show the interest he took in the dock warehouses, he might state that he wrote down from London on Friday, requesting a gentleman to meet him on Saturday morn ing, as early as possible, to state the point at issue as to the introduction of the clauses. lie saw that gentleman. and talked the question over with him, in order to see if the warehouse-owners, by meeting again, would or would not withdraw the restriction altogether. That was de clined. He could do nothing else but lay the matter be fore them, arid give them an opportunity of witbdrawing the opposition. It had been quoted to them from some of his previous statements, that the eighty acres at the north end would accommodate two millions of tons, but it was only fair and right that the council should be put in possession of the average acreage and tonnage of Liver pool at stated periods of time. In 1815 they had 52 acres of docks and basins; the tonnage was 709.849 tons; and the actual tonnage p er acre d ur i ng that period 13,600 tons. In 1825, there were seventy-one acres of docks and basins. the tonnage was 1.233,820, and the 'tonnage per acre 17,200 tons. In 1835. there were ninety-n'l acres of docks and basins, the tonnage bad increan' to 1,768,426, and the t onnage per acre h a d again increased bad u - to 17,8'00 tons. In 1845. th e d oc k s an d b as i ns n ° creased to 120 acr e s; th e t onnage to 3 ,016,531 . d the tonnage per acre had al. o increased, for they must have been 25.000 tons per acre. What, therefore, a to been the state of the docks when they were required five times of tonnage? It was five turn out so enormous an amount London docks, times over what was turned out of the assuming the tonnage to ac cording to their tonnage. But d docks in progress end proposed stationary, and all the new re to be nuw in actual operation, they then should stand in the same relative position of acreage -nd tonnage that they did in 1815. They would then be in the po'i tionto.neNoothtwerittialecttawndhiiicigh I t l h e e wo g u re ld at state 'had turned they were in when the Prince's Dock was about to m wa en s in crease of tonnage last year, amounting to 353,000 tons. — notwithstanding that enormous increase, unprecedented in the annals of the docks of any nation, up to last night, the 2d of June, the increase over last year, to the s a me time, had been 152,5C9 tons. He thought he need nog w be it m ho a t d it e. anY lh c e o r m e say one word more. Mr. Evans was again on his feet, ready to address the Council once more, but was stopped by the Mayor, who took the votes for or against the amendment. Eleven voted for the amendment, and twenty-six against it, namely:— For.—Messrs. W. Thornhill, W. Rathbone, Eyre, Evans, J. Aikin, H Hornby, C. R o b er t son , J. P rocte r, V. Higgins, W. Earle, Thomas Lloyd, Alderman James' Lawrence. .Against.—Messrs. W. Atherton, Thomas Shaw, J.- Brancker, R. B. B H. Blundell, C. S. Middleton, J. A' Tinne, R. S. Henderson. J. Stewart, I'. Robinson, T. Royden, W. 13irkett, J. IN.Wood, J. Kilshaw, J. Bomb!' J. , Parker, J. Booker, W. Mann. Aldermen—R. Hough' ton, Thomas B. Horsfall, J. H. Turner, A. Swainsnn, S. Crook, J. Bromley-Moore, E. Molyneux, W. r' Bushby, and the Mayor. Mr. A IKIN then proposed as a second amendthent, that that part relating to the Wapping docks and basins, th e widening of Salthouse Dock, and the alteration of th e Manchester Basin, be withdrawn for the present. Mr. THOMAS LLOYD seconded the resolution. The votes were then taken upon the second amend' ment, when there appeared 8 for it and 27 against it. The votes were then t a k en on t h e con fi rmat i on o f tba Dock Committee proceedings—twenty-three voted 1 " the confirmation, and eight against it. firmed, Th with the x epro ceedinge pt proceedings ofof committeethecaulwsee chester Basin, which is left t o b e prepare d b y t h e to clerk and the solicitor to th e d oc k trust. The Council then adj ourne d . reasthteoretfhoeremca: THURSDAY. in' The Council met on Th urs d ay to transact the rer -1 ing business on the paper. It was twenty-five ra ' n°tt i 2) past eleven befor e a su ffi c i ent number of mem bers ( could be got t gether to constitute a Council. A The "MAYOR. complained of thi s detontion, ex pressedand a hope that the council would adopt so me in f .:. sure to ensur e suc h an attendance on t he part o f theme ; hers in fut ure as woul d en b le the public busintss to transacted at the time fixed upon for commencing Pryer improvement, courts of RAILWAY INTL: üBA CE. The scripholders of the Great Munster Railway, by a large majority, have determined to wind up the concern. Of the 530 bills before Parliament at the beginning of the session, 370 have. up to Whitsuntide, been finally disposed of, leaving 160 still before the committees. A BUSY STATION.--Tbere are no less than eighty arri vals and departures of trains, daily, at the North Union station, in Preston. The shareholders of the Direct Northern Railway have confirmed the amalgamation with the London and York, and the united company will be called the Great Northern Railway Company. On Monday week, 52,000 passengers travelled be the Greenwich Railway; on Tuesday. 30,000; and on Wed nesday, 19,000; altogether 101,000 persons, the greatest number that has ever travelled on that line at Whitsun tide. At the meeting of the St. Helen's Canal and railway shareholders on Wednesday, the bill now pending in Par liament, to empower the company to make a railway from the township of Eccleston to Garston, with branches therefrom, and docks at Garston, was unanimously ap proved of. NORTHUMBERLAND AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Thursday a general meeting of share holders in this concern was held in London, to consider of proceeding or not with the project, when the matter was decided as follows :—For the winding up, 26.396 shares ; for the further progress, 14,960 shares ; majority, 12,239. On Monday the Blackburn and Preston Railway was openel to the public. The line leaves the station at Stoney Butts, Blackburn, and runs to the North Union Railway, at the Farrington station—a length of 91 miles. From this point to Preston the company use 21 miles of the North Union Railway, making the whole distance from Blackburn to Preston 14 miles. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE SPARK OF A RAILWAY ENGlNE.—During the progress of one of the trains on the York and North Midland line, a few days ago, a very distressing event occurred at the Milford Junction sta tion, owing to the ejection of a burning piece of coal from the chimney of the engine, wide') alighted upon t►n inte resting girl, about eight years of age, one of the waiters in the refreshment rooms, and her clothes being set on fire, she was so dreadfully burnt that death terminated her sufferings that evening. VIBRATION CAUSED BY RAILWAYS.—Mr. Hind, of the Regent's Park Observatory, has reported to Mr. Ste phenson the results of his experiments with mercury at Kensal-green, from which it appears, that at a distance of 641 feet, a down train, 20 seconds in the tunnel, pro duced not the slightest vibration, and that the distance where the vibration becomes sensible, and beyond which the trains will have no perceptible effect in this lo cality, is 609 feet. The amount of vibration at this distance being 1, that at 60 feet is as 100.—The Builder. PROPOSED LINES OF RAILWAY FOR BARBADOES.— We have been favoured with an inspection of the plans of these lines, which appear to afford to the island all that can be required of railway accommodation. In the pre sent crisis of colonial interests, they ought to he pushed forward with spirit and energy, as the most important of the means forlenabling the planters to cheapen production, and to bear up under the competition to which they are inevitably doomed to submit. The construction is throughout of an inexpensive character, and the margin of profit promises to be very ample. SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON RAILWAYS.—On Friday night, in the House of Lords, the Bishop of London pre sented a numerously signed petition, complaining of the desecration of the Sabbath by the present system of rail way travelling on that day. Earl Fitzwilliam said he was decidedly opposed to all commercial traffic passing on railways on Sundays, and he thought it was the duty of Parliament to prevent the present Sabbath desecration on railways. Lord Campbell addressed a feed words to the house in favour of some restriction being made between commercial and passenger traffic on the Lord's day. The subject was then dropped. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY INTERESTS.--A point of considerable importance to persons concerned in railways, although of no great difficulty as a question of law, was decided on Wednesday, by the Court of Exchequer. The case was " Henry v. Goldney." A tradesman, who had supplied goods for the use of a railway company, brought thirty separate actions against as many members of the provisional committee, to recover the value of his goods. All the writs seem to have been sued out at the same time, and no judgment to have been recovered against any of the defendants. The present defendant, therefore, pleaded the pendency of another action for the sam e cause against another person, urging that the liability of provisional committeemen is " joint." and not " joint and several," and that by such proceedings as the present a plaintiff might recover his debt thirty times over. The court considered neither of these positions to have any foundation. In the course of this case it was decided that the liability of a provisional committeeman dates from the moment of his giving a consent to act as such, without reference to attendance at meetings, or any other actual interference in the affa ra of the company. RAILWAY Bru.s.—The Government resolutions have done nothing to thin the multitude. Well, then, thus far, it appears, we have some two hundred hills passed, requiring an expendi•ure of at least £80,000,000 sterling, without making any allowance for increased pri, es of la bour and materials, or any mis-estimates. Let us put ad about to be ple4ed to an outlay of 1:100,000,0(111! The thinning process, either by committees on merits or c'un• mittecs on Standing Orders, has not extt Third is-1f to much aboet one hundred bills nal number. Af• fifty hills 7 . fif ii part of the origi .your aave been withdrawn s'nce they were presented, but not. half a (102 'n withdrawn in consequence of the Government resolutions. Ten bills Promoted by the broad guac7e advocates, being 100 m let is length, and requiring .1:1.8.10,1,00 capital, have been Pawed by the Commons. It is a small proportion out of the 3.000 miles, and requi►ing X 63.000,000, which shows in what light that gunge is viewed comtnetcially. " broad guige line , being 07 miles. have ' ht4tri thrown our a ' d no fewer than seven, beim , . 291 Tniles, tli.mliss,vd for failure under the Stapling Oiders.—Railicay Chronic le. Tce proceedings of the wa law, and twirkets committees . . acre confirmed. .n,, tho •-• •••• , g the Lours for cios markets of the t o w n w as submitted, and the o tow informed th e counc il th a t that law would coax int, The bye-law i rub, the month : Of 1 , t • N ti 152. Suulb. e numbers on tLe boas are—Norib, 874 ; South, Accord] the f.ll:m lurzeion com. f the e _t•hOnl4 dui ing i5l). I receipt of a corr mow inouociog ib t %yds re- liev• IC CUIr in of St. Peter's Cl,u7ch and v rsh' A titemorial from te' , 4•i" " - houses, gas referred to the health of the WWII C 0133111•1411.