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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(Laughter.) Well, then, I shall ask the noble lord at the
head of the. Government whether he agrees with the
recommendation thrown out by the nobte lord the Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs about two years ago, and whe-
ther it is the intention of the Government to carry into
effect the noble lord's suggestion to abolish the office of
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, which, as far as my obser-
vation goes, is (so we understood the noble lord) a use-
less and expensive institution.
Their lordship's then adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

The Earl of HARROWBY presented a petition from
the bishops, clergy, and laity of Toronto and Quebec,
against any interference with. the Clergy Reserves in
Canada.

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that on
Monday next he should ask the noble lord at the head
of the Government whether there would be any objection
to lay on the table the correspondence which had taken
place in reference to the establishment of the French
Empire.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPBAKER took the chair at a few minutes to four
o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.

Mr. MONCREIFF, the Lord Advocate for Scotland,
took the oaths and his seat on his re.-election for Leith
Burghs..

THE NEW CRIMINAL CODE.
Lord St. LEONARDS expressed a hope, as we under-
stood, that before the government abolished transportation
they would consider the important question of secondary
punishments.

PRIVATE BILLS.

A great number of private bills were brought up by
Mr. BROTHEBTON, and read a first time.

- Lord CAMPBELL agreed that the subject of se-
condary punishments should be fully considered and
settled, but he hoped it would not be settled by abolishing
transportation, which fromhis experience, he could say, was
the best punishment that, had ever been devised, as well
for the protection of the public as the reformation of cri-
minals. He was against their being forced on unwilling
colonists, but he thought the Government ought to se-
lect new settlements where they might be sent without
injury to any one.

PETITIONS.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the
letter-carriers of Manchester, complaining of the in-
adequacy of their salaries.
Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition from a me-
chanics' institution, praying for grants of Parliamentary
papers.
Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from
London, praying the house to take steps to procure the
withdrawal of French troops from Rome.
Mr. BRIGHT presented two petitions from certain
Mahommedans of Bombay, complaining of the adminis-
tration of the law in that Presidency, so far as it related
to the succession of real property.

Mr. B. OSBORNE presented a petition from a large
body of tea merchants, praying for the repeal of the
duty on tea.
Colonel BLAIR presented a petition from the hand-
loom weavers of Paisley, praying for the abolition of
the truck system.

Mr. ADbERLEY presented a petition from the Cape
of Good Hope on the subject of the constitution of that
colony.
Mr. TUFFNELL presented a petition from the
Maintree and Bocking Mechanics' Institution in favour
of the gratuitous supply of Parliamentary papers to those
institutions.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that when he had seen
the report in question ii the newspapers, he had not
thought it necesssary to ask Mr. Sadleir for an explanation,
thinking it so obviously incorrect that the speech could
not have been made by him. Mr. Sadleir, however, had
since voluntarily informed him that this report was, as
he (Lord John Russell) had thought, entirely incorrect.
(Hear.) With regard to the last part of the question,
although he thought the hon. member was going too far
in seeking to know his (Lord J. Russell's) thoughts, he
had only to say, as the hon. member was curious on that
point, that he still thought the same as he had done two
years ago. (Hear.)
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

In reply to Mr. ADDICALRY,
Mr. PEEL said that he believed the obstacles which
had lain in the way of the completion of the constitution
of the Cape and which related chiefly to the franchise
and the separation of the two colonies had been removed,
and he hoped that it would be sent out by the next
month's mail. (Hear, hear.) The Government had no
intention of forming any convict settlement in South
Africa ; and with regard to the late march of
General Cathcart into the Orange River territory,
that was a step which he had taken on his own responsi-
bility, and had no reference to the extension of the
Queen's dominions in that quarter.
BRITISH EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
In answer to Lord DUDLEY STUART,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had to-day had
a conversation with Lord Strafford, and he was enabled
to state that that noble lord would almost immediately
return to resume the duties of his mission at Constanti-
nople. (Cheers.)
The motion for adjournment was then agreed to.
TRANSFER AIDS BILL.
This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.

Leave was given to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to bring in a bill to authorise advances from the Con-
solidated Fund to discharge money borrowed for metro-
politan improvements on the security of the crown
estates, and to charge the same on the London Bridge
Approaches Fund.

THE TEA DUTIES.
Mr. MACGREGOR withdrew the motion of which
ho bad given notice, for a reduction of the tea duties,
stating that he should for the present leave the matter
in the hands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
take no further steps until after the introduction of the
budget.
The other orders were then disposed of, and the house
adjourned.

COLLISIONS AND FOUNDERING OF Two VESSELS.-By
the arrival of the brig Jane and Catherine of Frazerburgh,
at Bridlington, we have been informed of a serious and
fatal collision having taken place early on Thursday
morning, a few miles to the northward of Flamborough-
head. As the brig Charlotte, of Newcastle, Mr. Anni-
son, master, was making her way to the southward from
the Tyne to London, at about five o'clock, she was run
into by a schooner, which by some means managed to
get clear almost immediately and bear away. The
schooner struck her amidships, cutting her down to be-
low the watermark. The master, finding exertions were
of no avail to save the ship, and perceiving a craft within
hail, exhibited a light and called for assistance. She
stood off, however, unheeded the cries, and left the poor
fellows to their fate. As a last resource, the foundering
of the vessel being inevitable, they jumped into the long-
boat, and cutting the ropes which held her, the sea
carried her clear of the deck as the brig went down.
Unhappily one man lost his life. The carpenter, who
had charge of the helm, observing the vessel sinking,
jumped down below to save his clothes-bag, and before
he could return the brig disappeared, and he perished
with her. Fortunately the crew in the boat were sub-
sequently picked up by the Jane and Catherine, which
landed them at Bridlington. On the night before (Wed-
nesday) a similar accident befel the Hero of Blyth. She
was run into by the Fellowship of Seaham, and almost
instantly went down. The crew had just time to scramble
on board the Fellowship and save themselves, when their

sated vessel foundered. Both vessels were insured.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—An
accident of a serious character, and attended with con-
siderable destruction of property, occurred on the Great
Northern Railway on Thursday afternoon last. The
scene of the disaster was at Offord station, about mid-
way between Huntingdon and St. Neots. It appears
that, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, a
train of ballast waggons was issuing from a siding near
the station at the moment when a train of goods vans
and empty coal waggons was approaching in the oppo-
site direction. Whether the signals were properly exhi-
bited or not remains to be ascertained but though it
was broad clear daylight at the time, the two engines
continued to advance towards each other, and in a few
moments came into collision with a tremendous crash.
Both engines were forced up on end, and the driver of
the goods train, John Rigby, fell under his engine, appa-
rently killed on the spot. The driver and stoker of the
other train jumped off just before the collision took
place, and escaped with very little injury beyond a shock.
They proceeded in getting Rigby from under the engine,
and found him alive, but greatly injured, especially
about the right leg and foot, which were dreadfully
crushed and mutilated. He was at once removed to the
station, as a temporary place of accommodation, and
subsequently removed to his home at Peterborough.
The vans and waggons of the two trains were all more
or less injured, and some of them were literally smashed
to atoms.
THE GLADBACH ZINC COMPANY.—This company have
issued a report to their proprietors of the progress of
their works in Prussia. According to this, the first 14
furnaces will be in blast in July next, and the contem-
plated total of 56 in October. Meanwhile, large repre-
sentations are held out of the abundance of ore ascer-
tained to exist on their property during the four months
in which it has been in their possession. The comp any
have also purchased a freehold of 127 acres as the site
of their worke.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

[PRICE SD.

of adults, owing to the Emigration Commissioners having
relaxed their rules as to children. In future, however,
none but, single-decked vessels would be chartered, while
each family would be restricted to two children under 7
years of age, or three under 10 years of age. (Hear.)
METROPOLITAN BURIAL GROUNDS.
Lord D. STUART wished to call the attention of the
noble lord the Secretary for the Home Department to
the disgraceful state of the graveyards in the metropolis
—particularly that of St. Clement Danes, in the Strand.
Great complaints had been made of the state of that
churchyard, and many persons had been attacked by
serious diseases in consequence of passing along that
part of the Strand. One gentleman, who happened to
be passing at the time of a funeral, was struck with a
most virulent disease, which assumed an appearance
very like the plague, swellings having arisen under each
' arm, and he remained for a considerable time in a state
of great danger. Many medical men of eminence consi-
dered it dangerous for persons to pass along the streets
and were of opinion that many deaths had taken place
from that cause. He had been assured by one medical
man that putrid flesh and blood had sometimes been
thrown up by the gravedigger when exercising his func-
tions in that churchyard. He wished to ask whether
the attention of the Government had been drawn to this
matter, and whether the noble would not exercise the
authority given him by the act of Parliament, in order
to put a stop to the practices to which he had referred.—
(Hear, hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON said that the state of this
churchyard had been lately brought under his notice
a short time ago by a deputation, and in a few days an
order in COuncil would be issued to shut up that church-
yard. With regard to the general state of the churhyards
of the metropolis, he considered they were a disgrace to
the country at large, and he could assure the
noble lord that it was a subject which would claim a
considerable share of the attention of the Government.
(Hear, hear.)
SIR CHARLES WOOD AT HALIFAX.
Mr. DISRAELI next gave notice that on Monday
next he would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Pre-
sident of the Board of Control, whether he was correctly
reported with regard to a speech which he had lately made
at Halifax, in which he was represented to have spoken
of a neighbouring country, France, as suffering under a
despotism more grinding than that of Napoleon the First
—that the press there was gagged, and that the reason
of his hatred for this country was his inability to gag the
press of this country as he had gagged that of other
countries. He thought it was desirable to have
an answer to that question before they came to vote the
army estimates. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. SPOONER asked Lord John Russell whether
Mr. Sadleir had any authority for saying, on the hust-
ings at Carlow, that " the noble lord had proffered a
political refutation of the course which he had taken
with respect to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, which that
distinguished nobleman had had the manliness to proffer ;"
and for saying, " that the principle of the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill had been deliberately and openly abandoned ;"
and to ask the noble lord, whether the noble lord still
thought that the aggression of the Pope, which induced
his lordship to bring forward the Ecclesiastical Titles
Bill, was " insolent and insidious," and fully justified the
introduction of that measure ?

MEMOIRS of TEE COURT AND CABINETS OF GEORGE
lll.—From original family documents, by the Duke of
Buckingham and Chandos, 2 vols. Amongst the promi-
nent subjects traced to their springs, and followed to
their final issues in this work, will be found the great
struggle that took place towards the latter part of the
last century, between the Crown and the Parliament ;
the administration of Lord North ; the formation of the
coalition Ministry, and the breaking up of the Whig
part' ; the King's first illness, and the contest on the
Regency question ; the French revolution, and the war
against France ; the Irish rebellion of 1798, and the
Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland,
&c. There is scarcely a single individual of celebrity,
throughout the period from 1782 to 1800, who is not
introduced into these pages. Amongst others, besides
the King and various members of the Royal family, are
Rockingham, Shelburne, North, Thurlow, Lough-
borough, Fox, Pitt, Sheridan, Burke, Portland, Sydney,
Fitzwilliam, Tierney, Buckingham, Grenville, Urey
Malmesbury, Wilberforce, Burdett, Grattan,Fitzgibbon,Y 87 the
Flood, Cornwallis, the Bereeford's, the Ponso
Wellealey'o,

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 11.
The Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Sir Thomas Bald-
win Walker, K.C.8., has been inspecting the ships fit..
ting and other departments of kter Majesty's dockyard.
Sir Baldwin, accompanied by Captain Henderson, went
on board the Excellent, and witnessed some shot and
shell practice.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw steam-line-of-
battle ship, Captain H. B. Martin, has been receiving
her boilers on board this day under the sheers of the
steam-basin. She also progresses in her rigging and
every other department.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, has cop-
pered three and four streaks from the water-line on the
port side, and is busy scraping and painting her upper
works.

Rear-Admiral Corry was in the yard to-day inspecting
the work going on.
The Rattlesnake 8, Commander Charles Trollope,
arrived at Spithea,d this morning, in two of the African,
steam-tug, from Sheerness. She appears to have made
some water on her passage round. The Echo, steam-
tug, brought her into harbour this afternoon, for the
Thet o
Asia,her saBi4li, nggoftogru Byes hrianndg
purpose of docking her and stopping her leak, prepara-
tory 'Bwap Srtras allits ready to come
out of dock this day ; hands, however, could not be
spared, and she waits till to-morrow.
The Cruiser, 16, screw steam-sloop, Commander the
lion. Charles Douglas, was towed into the harbour at
nine a.m., by Echo, steam-tug, and laid alongside the
King's-stairs Jetty. She afterwards hauled into dock
for the purpose of releasing the metal framework of her
propeller, which fitted so tight in the groove that they
could not work it on board ; this slight difficulty will be
speedily overcome. She presents a perfect combination
of beauty and strength ; her bottom faultless.
The Excellent is training her gunners in night firing
with night lights. She commenced last night about 8
o'clock, and no notice having been given through these
towns the inhabitants thought some ship was in distress,
and congregated upon the walls, &c., to ascertain the
circumstances. To-day other important practice has
been carried on on board the Excellent, in the presence
of Sir Baldwin Walker and the officers at the port.
The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain. Fremantle,
left for sea this morning about ten o'clock. She has
gone on a three week's trial cruise, and then proceeds
to Queenstown.

The Fairy' yacht, Master Commander David N.
Welch, went this day-to-Vier mes,snred. mile, at Stokei
Bay, for her third trial. To-morrow she ships her old
one purposely to test the difference, after which she has
one more trial with Griffith's patent propeller, when we
shall be enabled to give full particulars of the trial from
the commencement. We have much pleasure in stating
that the patent propeller has met the highest approval,
and its success has been ensured, not only by the ab-
sence of all vibration, but from an actual gain in speed
as well.

The African, steam-tug, returned to Sheerness this
evening with supernumeraries.
Sibelli, convict-ship, got under weigh this morning
from Spithead, bound to Gibraltar.

CONiICT LABOUR.-it is expected that convicts will
again be employed as labourers in those Royal dockyards
where at present the whole of the unskilled work is per-
formed by free labourers.

The following vessels of the steam reserve at this port
are ready for immediate service :—Her Majesty's ship
Blenheim, screw two-decker, 60, Captain W. H. Hen-
derson, C. 8., senior officer ; Vesuvius, 6 ; Stromboli, 6 ;
Bulldog, 6 ; and Hecla, 6 ; all paddle-wheel sloops.
There is a rumour of an increase of complement of men
for the Blenheim. Captain Henderson has been occu-
pied during the week with the trials of Griffith's patent
propeller on board her Majesty's yacht Fairy, and seve-
ral inspections. It is reported that his disapprobation
of the foul condition of the bilges and engineroom of one
of the steam sloops at this port has been notified to her
commander, who will incur a serious responsibility,
should he put to sea with them in that state and happen
to be ordered to a tropical climate. Mr. Wallis, Mas-
,ter, R.N., leaves the steam reserve for active service in
her Majesty's steam-frigate Furious. The Conflict, 8,
screw-corvette, is fitting out in the steam basin.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 11.
The Desperate, steam-ship, Captain Chambers, went
into the Sound to-day.
The Vulture, steam-frigate, Captain Frederick H. H.
Glasse, and Magicienne, steamer, Captain Thomas Fisher,
were paid wages in advance to-day.
The Rhadamanthns, steam-transport, Master Com-
mander Belam, is to take supernumeraries to the east-
ward, but she is still in Hamoaze, nor is it certain what
day she proceeds to sea—no doubt very shortly.
The Goodwill, lighter, sailed yesterday, with stores
for the eastward ; Camel, with stores for Pembroke ;
and Rochester, with stores, for Portsmouth and Chatham.
The Argus, revenue-steamer, arrived during the night
of Thursday, from the eastward.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 10.
The Melampus, 42, has this day been transported out
of the fitting basin and docked in the north dock, to be
fitted with all possible dispatch as a transport, for con-
veyance of steam-machinery from port to port as re-
quired.

- The Espiegle, 12, Commander George Hancock--
The Master, Mr. Thomas Huss, of the 30th of Decem-
ber, 1848, has this day taken up his commission to this
sloop. The Espiegle is progressing fast in her equipment.
The marines having joined are n-ow going on with the
seamen's duty and assisting the seamen, gunners, and
riggers, in the deck duty, and are truly useful in the ab-
seence of seamen volunteers. In proof of this, even
when the 'Waterloo, 120 guns, was rigged here under the
directions of her then Commander George Hancock, now
in command of the Espiegle, the marines stropped all
the blocks for aloft and below, pointed and fitted all her
gun breechings, and, with the assistance of the seamen
gunners only, completely rigged that ship ready for sea.
It is becoming quite proverbial now with old man-of-
war's-men here, " Let the Jollys rig the ship, and when
she is all ready we will join her." The seamen, on join-
ing, see every rope and line belayed on its proper cleat,
and all is ready for bending sails. The emulation of the
marines would even reach that duty if the service did not
prevent that class from going aloft except under very
urgent circumstances. It is most gratifying to see the
good feeling that generally exists between the sailors and
marines. The blue jacket says, "The Jollys are nowa-
days our helpmates, our watchmates, and our shipmates,
although not our messmates ;" and the sailors' creed is
that " there is three to one in favour of the marines."
Under the present circumstances the want of seamen is
not so seriously felt while fitting out as formerly, the
marines being now daily improving in their duty as sea-
men riggers, and increasing their value in the service.

CHATHAM, FEB. 11.
The Castor, 36, Commodore Christopher Wyvill, is
now completely stripped, and her rigging, &c., turned
into store, and she is to be paid off to-morrow at this
port. One of the seamen of this frigate was lost on Sa-
turday last, having fallen overboard by overbalancing
himself while dismantling the ship, and was drowned,
although two persons jumped overboard after him in the
hope of being able to save him. A very singular circum-
stance occurred on board the Castor on her homeward
voyage, one of the crew having fallen from the topmast
rigging on two of the men standing on deck, who com-
pletely broke his fall, without his materially hurting
either of the in en he fell upon.
The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R.
B. Watson, C. 8., is progressing rapidly. His
Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge expressed his inten-
tion of visiting this fine ship to-day, but at alate hour it
was announced that his Royal Highness's visit. was
postponed to a future day. The crew of thelmpeyieuse
to-
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or 40 of the crew of that vessel have expressed their in-
tention of serving with Captain Watson on the expira-
tion of their six weeks' leave, after being paid off to.
morrow.
In consequence of the comparatively few captains at
present at the Woolwich division, Captain J. H. Mercer,
of the Chatham division, has proceeded to Woolwich to
do duty with that division.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 11

The Phoenix screw steam-sloop, Commander Ingle-
field, has been brought down from Deptford, and was
taken into dock here to-day to be fitted for a voyage to
the Arctic regions.
The Sinbad, Second Master Follett, arrived at this
port yesterday with stores fram Portsmouth.

THEATRICAL SPECULATIONS.—In the Sheriffs Court,
in the case of Moulds v. Kerschner, a question arose
which is interesting to the theatrical profession. The
action was to recover 51. lls. Bd., alleged to be due to
the plaintiff for work and labour. It appeared from
the evidence of the plaintiff that in the year 1849 he
was the carpenter of the Pavilion Theatre, at which
period the defendant became manager and director, and
engaged him at the weekly salary of 31. 155., which
was subsequently reduced to 3/. 10s. per week, but the
speculation being unsuccessful, the company formed
themselves into a commonwealth, and he (plaintiff) re-
ceived his salary—or so much of it as he could get--
from the hands of Mr. Farebrother, the treasurer. On
cross-examination the plaintiff denied that he had ever
consented to share with, or come in under the common-
wealth. He always considered his contract was with
the defendant. The defendant denied that he ever made
any engagement with the plaintiff, who was employed
the theatre previously to his (defendant's) becoming
to
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referred him to the corn-
account, nor did the plaintiff ever ask
ahviingftohretthheeatre
when, as a matter of course, he b
defendant admitted that if the theatre
addition to his salary have
his management he should in
monwealth. On cross-examination by
Mrs. Yarnold, the lessee, a
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received in conjunction with
liable for part payment
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Benjamin
as there were funds to meet.
salary from week to w
to witness
The plaintiff fekhis receiving
the defendant, who never received a penny out of
of the theatre. The learned Undersheriff,
wealth, from the fact oe
in summing up, observed that, although the plaintiff was
thenot receiptst e
working for the commonwealth, there was no direct evi-
dence that he was one of them. The question therefore
was, whether the defendant had contracted with the
plaintiff in the first instance, and whether the plaintiff
had subsequently agreed to come in under the common-
wealth. The jury, after a protracted consultation, gall,
a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount.