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London, England, 1850-08-02

create so much misapprehension, both in Ireland as
well as in this House, that he could not allow the Bill
to be introduced till he had attempted to contwe it.
Mr. HUME called upon the Government to consent
to the adjournment. The Bill praposed to suspend to a
certain extent the Constitution in Ireland, and it ought
not to be hurried through.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the adjournment 29
.Against it ... 89
Msjority ............—CO
On our return to the gallery, we found
Mr. HUME still urging upon Government the pro-
priety of adjourning the debate. Ho would not vote for
the Bill tilt he had heard further reasons for it.

Mr. BRIGHT complained that Irish measures were
being hurried through in a most unseemly manner, and
he protested against this mode of proceeding.
Lord J. RUSSELL proposed to adjourn the question
till after the other orders of the day, but he would pro-
mise not to bring it forward after 11 o'clock to-night.
Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON looked upon the Bill
as a measure of protection for the peaceful and orderly
portion of the people of Ireland, and hu for one hoped it
would be pressed forward with as much rupidtty as pos-
sible. He hoped Government would not lisi'en to the
opposition of the mock friends of the poor to be found
amongst some of the Irikh,Members who misrepresented
their constituencies. _ _ _

Mr. REYNOLDS denied that those who opposed this
B'll were the mock friends of the poor.
Ir. BROTHERTON protested against the continu-
ance of this discussiop, which had no connexion with the
Bill they bad b,cn debating. It was wasting the time
of the House.—(Cheers.)
Mr. A. STAFFORD urged the House to accept the
toposal of Oita Noble Lord, and adjourn the debate at
once.

After a few words from Mr. C. ANSTEY, who moved
the adjournment of the House, to enable him to speak
again, the debate was adjourned till after the ether
oreers of the day.

The Howe ',Een a'3journed, at hall-past three, to half.
past 'five o'clock.

Tte louse resumed at Hair-past Tice.
PETITIONS.

Mr. HUTCHINS presented a petition from coll.
miners in Forfarshire against the Coal-Miners Inspto
tion Bill.

Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the Lord
Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Dublin, praying
that the House would not pass into•law a Bill for the
amendment of the Municipal Corporations of Ireland,
and that if the Bill should pass into a law that the
House would insert a clause to relieve the rate•payers
from the payment o more than one moiety of the paving
and lighting rates.
Mr. ELLICE presented a petition from the trustees
of the Coventry Savings' Bank r.gainst the Savings'
Bank Bill.
London, England, 1850-08-02

LA PRIMA BALLERINA; cuLlL'Embuscade.

The principal parts by Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, 31dlles. Aussan-
don, Julien, Lamnreux, Resit, and Madame rein Stephan ; MM.
Charles, Di Mattia, Venafra, Gouriet, &c.
La Brigantine, by Madame Petit Stephan and M. Charles. A new
grand Pas de Cinq (composed by 31. Gosselin), by Madlle. Amalia
Ferrari., Mesdames Lamoureux, Rosa, and Julien, and M. Charles.
La Salterelle, by Madlle. Amalia Ferraris and M. Charles.
Applications for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets to be made at the
Box Office of the Theatre.
London, England, 1850-08-02

THE NATIONAL BALANCII:-SHEET.

Mr. CARMVELL wished to know if the Chancellor
of the Exchequer had any objection to lay his balance-
sheet on the table.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had
none whatever.
THE NATIONAL LAND SCHEME.

Mr. F. O'CONNOR wished to ask the Secretary of the
Treasury an important question. A man named Somer-
ville, who called himself " A Whistler at the Plough,"
and who had bean discharged from the army for mis-
conduct, had recently published a circular, addressed to
the Manchester School, with reference to the land
scheme, in which he stated the enormous expense he had
been put to for the purpose of putting it down. The
only remuneration, however, he hnd received for all his
trouble was a sum of money which he received from the
lion. Secretary to the Treasury for preparing a history
of the Land Scheme and the bulk, fur the pri-
vate use of the chairman of the Committee
appointed to investigate the nature and origin
of the company. Now he wished to ask the Eight lion.
Gentleman whether the money came from his own pocket
or from the secret service fund.

Sir G. HAY rER said, although the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman had given him no notice of the question, he
had a sufficient recollection of the circumstances to
enable him to answer. The Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man had attempted to throw discredit upon the person
to wham he referred and whom he believed to be quite as
respectable as the Lion. and Learne i Gentleman himself.
(Cheers.) The man was never discharged from the
army, and, although this had nothing to do with the
question, he maintained that Mr. Somerville purchased
his discharge from the army. It was true that he sup-
plied him with some information on the subject cf the
Land Scheme, the collection of which cccupied more
time than ho could afford to devote to the matter with-
out remuneration, and he certainly did remunerate him
for his troub'e, not, however, as the Bon. and Learned
Gentleman had insinuAt,d, out of the secret service fund,
but out cf his own purse.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HUME bore
thathisre
testimonyhise
nd
u t since h
t o Air. S o
he
Eift the
army I lte'
es
good eharacier, and
army had be,,n highly to his credit.—(Hear, hear.)
BRITISH MERCHANTS AND GOVERN-

MENT OF TIjt,CANY.
Mr. HUME asked Viscount Palmerston to state the
amount and nature of the di,puted claims made upon the
Government of Tuscany for injuries sustained by
British merchants at Leghorn.
Lord PALMERSTON said the claims made on the
Government of Tuscany arose out of these circumstance.
When there was a revolt at Leghorn the town was
taken by storm by an Austrian corps acting as
an auxilliary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
After the town had Leen taken resistance was
offered, and some of those Austrian troops entered
London, England, 1850-08-02

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

CONSIDERATION OF LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The Lords' Amendments to the followmg Bills were
cunsidered and agreed to:—
Bilston Improvement, Market, Waterworks, and Ce-
metery.
ltanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway.
THIRD READINGS.

Asby's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed.
The following Bills as amended were considered and
agreed to:—
Cavendish's (or Harcourt's) Estate.
Somervilles, or Mills' (Barford Rectory) Estate.
LEASEHOLD TENURE (IRELAND) SILL.
On the motion cf the ATTORNEY-GENERAL the
Lmsehold Tenure of Land (Irelanci)-Bill was read a first
'hue and ordered to be read a sccond time on Monday.

PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented for and against the
admission of Jews into Parliament.
Several petitions were also presented for and agitinst
the recent alteration in the Post•office.
BARON ROTHSCHILD.
1 'Mr. HUME gave inotice that •he would move, as an
Baron t o ai
amendmentoenett; the resolution proposed by the Attorney-
General with respect to the admission of Baron Roths-
childN,i
an theth an dHooluisoethos
cfb
id,
m.Commons,p.
for" Thheatc theity
ti,i)c
uifee:l3,,bocdr 5: h v
of London, having, as directed by the House, taken in
the manner most_ binding on his conscience, the oaths of
allegiance, of supremacy, and of abjuration, with the ex-
ception only of the words at the end of the oath of ab-
juration, ' on the true fiti:h of a Christian,! cannot be
liable to any other penalties than those set forth in the
statutes relatieg thereto, to be imposed only by a court
of jaw; and that the House will at the commercement
of the next session of Parliament, take into
• us consideration the oaths administered
its srri°
Parliament.. at
before
tabilel. of, the
particularly the oath of at,juratitin,
wi.h A ~iP*V ,(71Lro'f!'"ct tno c4se now e ...)ast, and
to make all •
place since-the passing• of the -Acts
which have
taken
oaths more consistent with the chunges
enacting the same."
London, England, 1850-08-02

HER MAJESTY'S THEATER.
The Last Time but Five of the Season.
LA TEMPESTA.
Last Time.
TO-MORROW tilr &SING
Wll be presented the' highly successful new grand Opera. by
Halevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Tempest of Shakspere,
and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre,
LA TEMPESTA.

In consequence of the approaching termination of Madlle. Carlotta
Grist's engagement, this is the last time but one that. La Tempests
can possibly be given.
The incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni.
The Scenery by Mr Charles Marshall.
Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo ; Prospero, Sig. Colletti ; Antonio, Sig. F.
Lablache ; Ferdinand. Sig. Baucarde; Trinculo, Sig. Ferrari; Ste
phano, Madlle. Parodt , Sycorax, Madlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of
Air, Madame Giuliani ; Ariel, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Caliban,
Lablache ; Miranda, Madame Sontag.
To conclude with the revived admired Ballet Divertissement Epi-
BOdique, by M. P. Taglioni,the Music by Signor Pugni, entitled
London, England, 1850-08-02

MOTIONS FOR RETURNS.

M. BOUVERIE laid on the table of the House a
huge bundle of papers in the shape of returns relative
as we understood, to turnpike trusts in Scotland, which
had been moved for by one o' the Members for Glasgow.
He said they afforded a striking exemplification cf the
inconvenience sud expense resulting from Hon. Members
moving for such returns. In this instance it had taken
the clerks in a public department two years to compile
ti wee return.

Mr. I:3.OEIMJCii: hoped the House would have some
protection in fw.uTe against the recurrence of such a
circumstance by the appointment of a Committee or
ottyrwise.

Mr. DISRAELI thought the Heuse should pause be-
fore it came to any decision which would restrict the
ficAlity of obtaining returns. No doubt there were con-
si(!erable abuses, but there would be considerably more
if it had net bean fur many regulations for which they
were indebted to the Hon. Member for Montrose, and
there would be still more if any serious restriction were
placed upon the ordering of returns.
Afer a short conversation, in which Mr. Hume, Mr,
Thornely, and Mr. Cobden took part, the subject
dropped.
London, England, 1850-08-02

TEE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, AUGUST 2.
THERMOMETER, IN TEE SHADE.
63—highest since noon yesterday.
57—lowest this morning and daring the night.
66 this day, at noon.

BAROMWtER, 30.15.
WIND W.—dull, hazy weather.
London, England, 1850-08-02

LIVERPOOL PETITION FORGERS.

Lord BEAUMONT brought up the report of the
Committee on the Liverpool petition forgers. The re-
oort stated that they were of opinion that due precaution
has not taken place, but that there was no evidence to
prove that the parties engaged in getting up the petition
had abetted the commission of these forgeries, although
there was great carelessness exhibited on the part of the
promoters of the petition, and that they were guilty of
gross neglect.
The report and evidence was ordered to be printed.
Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice that he should on
Thursday draw the attention of the louse to this
subject.
COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION.
_ _ _

Lord Beaumont and other Peers were appointed to
manage the conference with the Commons on the
County Courts Extension Bills.
IRISH COURT OF CHANCERY BILL.
_ _ _

Lord BROUGHAM moved that this Bill do pass,
and he hoped that the Bill would not be stopped in the
House of Cominons, as it was of the utmost importance
to the poor suitors that it should pass.
&The Bill was then passed.
CIVIL LIST.

Lord BROUGHAM then rose to move for the returns
relating to the retrenchments in the Civil List, of which
he had given mace, and was
(LEFT SPEARING.)
London, England, 1850-08-02

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The overage price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending July 30,
1850, excltvive of Custom Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importatisn thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 265. 3d. per cwt.
From the Mauritius 23e. 9d. „
From the East Indies ... 264. nil ),
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed
above, and exclusive of d4ty. 255. 7d.
By authority of Parliatlient,
HInCRY BicKti zu., Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Crocers'-hall, Aug. 2. ' "."

In February lasZer
•
vernnaent to: allow the `luggage of i-tase-
et was given ~by the Go-
enge.ra. and
small parcels of merchandise •for Plll2 - arriving .by
CE. .
Of Cataii, ''• lionlognebi:, Havre,
.and
1 the .-p'otia
Dieppe, .to proceed without
until their arrival :-,-iii;,. the es; big, examined
condition was annexelAtilhe order
!kiitai
the a
gon in which this 140,-10 and nfeiehandise wwaete
conveyed should be accompanied b-Y-Awe custom-
house officers. The Director-General 'of the ens-.
toms has just abolished Otis restriction; on the ground
that a verification of the Way-bill will be sufficient 'to
show that no abstractiom.his taken pla&Aan the route.
MM. Legres Devot and Auguste -Gros Gros have pre,
septet' an amendment On the budgesi3Of receipts for
1854, croposiog to reduce to 21. the price of passports
..
for foreign countries fixed at 10f. by the decree of:
July 11,1840. .. •

GERMANY.
t
The Congress ortte.reprel-entativis of the rail-
ways assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle on the 29th ult.,
under the presidency:: of, Dr. ElaadeA, of Stettin.
The first question -d►scussed was ,the proposition
to establish a general `!system of—insurance for
the forty-six German railways represented by
the Congress. But although the utility of such
a mersure was recol4Lisecl, it wr.s represented that
no authority exi.,ted to ef.‘me to a-„deeision uhieh
would bind the ....hareholders, the regetsentathes not
having full powers so Wad, and thtrAterugress con-
sequently only passed 'tr resolution, 'expressing
the wish that such an association should be

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Per 81bi.to siakthe offal.
_ .

a. d. to a. d, s. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep .. a 0 3 2
Second quality •• •.2 10 3 2 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6
Prime large Oxen.• 3 4" 3 ,G Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 310
Prime Scots •••• • • 3 8 310 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 2
Large coarse Calves 2 8 1 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0
Prime small ditto .. 3 2 310 Large Hogs •• • • 3 2 3 6
Suckling Calves •• 18 0 24 0 Small Porkers • ... 3 8 4 0
Lambs •• ••••• • • • 3 8 4 8 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0

TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.

Beasts. Sheep.
I 787 13,260
SCOTCH.
I Sheep. I
51
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
I Sheep. I Calves.
781 192

Calves.
321

I Pigs.
340
1 rig`
nil

Beasts.
70

Calves.

Beasts.
109

NEVIGATE JI:ND LEILDZNZIALL.

These markets wore -very moderately supplied with
each kind of Meat, in which a • moderate business was
doing, at our quotations.
At per stone by the Carcase.

s, d. to s. d. I. d. to s. d.
Eseef,tnterlor.• .••• 2 2 2 4 Hutton, inferior .. 2 8 210
- middling ...• 2 6 2 8 middling.. 3 0 a
- primelarge .. 210 3 0 --prime 3 8 4 0
- prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large.... •• • 210 3 4
Veal.• ••••••• • • • • • 2 8 3 8 - small .. 3 6 310
Lamb, 33 6d t. 4s 6d.
230310U1343 BOP MM./CET.
Nearly the whole of the accounts from the plantations
state that the bind is locking remarkably strong and
healthy. Our market is, therefore, in a very inactive
state, and to effect sales rather lower rates must be sub-
mitted to. The duty has been done at 185,0001. to
190,0001. Three pockets have arrived thig week from
Lisbon. Mid and East Kent pockets, 8/ to 101; Weald
of Kent ditto, 5115 a to 71 is; Sussex ditto, Si 5s to 61;
Yearlings, 11 15s to 31 15s; Old Hops, 16s to 31 per cwt.
London, England, 1850-08-02

POLICE FORCE IN LIMERICK.

Mr. SCULLY moved for a return of the number and
expense of the police force in the baronies of Costlea,
Small County, Owney-beg, and Clanwilliam. in the
county of Limerick.—Agreed to.
IRISH FRANCHISE BILL.

A conference took place with the House of Lords on
the subiect of this Bill, at the conclusion of which

Mr. .FREWEN, who conducted it on the part of the
House of Commons, appeared at the bar, and announced
that he had stated to their Lordships the reasons of the
House for disagreeing with their Lordships' amendments
to the Bill.
London, England, 1850-08-02

THE GORHAM CASE.

It is believed that the following Prelates have de-
clared their approval of the decision of the Judicial
Committee of Privy Council in the late Gorham case:—
The Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin.
The Bishops of Durham, Peterborough, Ely, Hereford,
Lichfield, Chester, St. Asaph, St. David's, Worcester,
Norwich, and Manchester, as not affecting the doctrine
of the Church.

The Bishops of Salisbury, Gloucester, and Ripon, have
returned ambiguous replies to the Tractarian addresses.
• The Bishop of Bangor dissents from the judgment.
The Bishup of Rochester claims for it " legal re-
spect."
The Bishops of Exeter, Bath and Wells, London, and
Oxford, are hostile.
The Bishops of Lincoln, Carlisle, Winchester, Chi-
chester, Llandaff, and Sodor and Man, are no: yet known
to have expressed themselves on the subject.
The two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have
each declined entering into the controversy; but about
one-fourth of the members of convocation of the first-
mentioaer.l have separately addressed the Archbishop of
Canterbury against the decision. This address is signed
by two only out of the twenty-four heads of colleges
and hails, and six professors only—all of the Trac:arisn
party—via , Professors Posey, Hussey, Reny, Earle,
Kenyon, and Cooke; and incluths the nanr-s of Judge
Coleridge and the well-known Archdeacons Thorp, Wil-
berforce, and two Scotch bishops, who, notwithstanding
their secession from the English Church, retain their
names en the university rogister as members. The uni-
versity of Cambridge has not moved.
From a summary of the result; of the agitation which
has reached u 3, it would appear that the total number
of clerical dissentients from the judgment through-
out England does not exceed 2,000 out of
15,000 ; and the number of laity who have come
forward is insignificant. After the failure of the
last effort at St. Martin's Hall, which was remarkable
for the absenceof Mr. Gladstone, M.P., and others whose
presence or absence on such occasions is regarded as in-
dicative of the probability of success or the reverse, we
may dismiss the agitation as something beyond a Denison
power to resuscitate.,— Church and State Gazette.
London, England, 1850-08-02

London : Henry Rernhaw, 356, Strand

Just published, price 2s. 6d.,
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS ; its Cause and
Remedy; with a Preliminary Inquiry concerning the Civil
Law of the Freedom of Private Enterprise. By CHARLES FOR-
STER COT PE RILL.
London : EMingham Wilson, publisher, 11, Royal .Exchange.
London, England, 1850-08-02

A STLEY'S ROY AL AMP BIT II WARE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The beat ventilated Theatre in London.

Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnifleent Soectaclel
of lfazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of thee
Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the
Metropolis.
London, England, 1850-08-02

POLICE FORCE IN LIMERICK.

Mr. SCULLY moved for a return of the number and
expense of the police force in the baronies of Costlea,
Small County, Owney-beg, and Clanwilliam, in the
county of Limerick.—Agreed to.
IRISH FRANCHISE BILL.

A conforence took place with the House of Lords on
the subject of this Bill, at the conclusio❑ of which
Mr. FREWEN, who conducted it on the part of the
House of Commons, appeared at the bar, and announced
that he had stated to their Lordships the reasons of the
House for disagreeing with their Lordships' amendments
to the Bill.

ACTIONS AT LAW BY THE OFFICE OF
WOODS AND FORESTS.

Mr. R. TREVOR alluded to certain unsuccessful ac•
tions which had been instituted by the office of Woods
and Forests with reference, at we understood, to
harbours of refuge, and wished to ask the
Chief Commissioner of Woods and :Forests whether
it was his intention to proceed with certain other
actions which had been commenced under similar cir-
cumstances?

Lord SEYMOUR denied the accuracy of the state-
ment of the lion. Gentleman. With respect to the ac-
tions which had been alluded to, the only answer he
could give was that 'he should tako legal advice, and
proceed according to such advice.
VICTORIA-STREET.

In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
it was desirable that this street should be finisht d
as speedily as possible, and the subject was
under his consideration, but whether the Go-
vernment would advance any money for the purpose
would depend upon arrangements that did not rest with
himself.
London, England, 1850-08-02

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
VV COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97, George-street, Edinburgh;
12, gt. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; 4. College-green, Dublin.
LONDON BOARD.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
H. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq.
E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. F. Chas. Maitland. Esq.
Charles B. Curtis, ESQ. William Railton, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
December, 1847, is as follows:

Suns Time Assured.
Assured.

;Sum payable
at Death.
London, England, 1850-08-02

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will ba performed a new Domestic Drama, entitled THE
EMIGRE'S DAUGHTER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes,
Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, enHanford, ; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K.
Fitz

• After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA.
Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame
Celeste, Miss ‘,Voolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the
Vulgar tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on
Etiquette.
London, England, 1850-08-02

THE GORHAM CASE.

It is believed that the following Prelates have de-
clared their approval of the decision of the Judicial
Committee of Privy Council in the late Gorham case:—
The Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin.
The Bishops of Durham, Peterborough, Ely, Hereford,
Lichfield, Chester, St. Asaph, St. David's, Worcester,
Norwich, and Manchester, as not affecting the doctrine
of the Church.

The Bishops of Salisbury, Gloucester, and Ripon, have
returned ambiguous replies to the Tractarian addresses.
The Bishop of Bangor dissents from the judgment.
The Bishop of Rochester claims for it " legal re-
spect."
The Bishops of Exeter, Bath and Wells, London, and
Oxford, are hostile.
The Bishops of Lincoln, Carlisle, Winchester, Chi-
chester, Llandaff, and Sodor and Man, are not yet known
to have expressed themselves on the subject.
The two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have
each declined entering into the controversy; but about
one-fourth of the members of convocation of the first-
mentioned have separately addressed the Archbishop of
Canterbury against the decision. This address is signed
by ovo only out of the twenty-four heads of colleges
and halls, and six professors only—all of the Tractarian
party—viz., Professors Pusey, Hussey, Reay, Earlo,
Kenyon, and Cooke; and includes the names of Judge
Coleridge and the well-known Archdeacons Thorp, Wil-
berforce, and two Scotch bishops, who, notwithstanding
their secession from the English Church, retain their
names on the university register as members. The uni-
versity of Cambridge has not moved.
From a summary of the results of the agitation which
has reached us, it would appear that the total number
of clerical dissentients from the judgment through.
out England does not exceed 2,000 out of
15,000 ; and the number of laity who have come
forward is insignificant. Mier the failure of the
last effort at St. Martin's Hall, which was remarkable
for the absence of Mr. Gladstone, M.P., and others whose
presence or absence on %iich-occasions is regarded as in-
dicative of the probability of success or the reverse, we
may dismiss the agitation as something beyond a Denison
power to resuscitate.—Church and State Gazette.
London, England, 1850-08-02

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The royal yacht Victoria and Albert has proceeded to
611 up and complete her fuel at Portsmouth. She will
proceed on Monday next to Cowes to attend on the
Queen, Prince Albert, and the Court, mobile at Osborne.
We are glad to say the royal yacht has returned from
her cruise without a single reported defect. She, ran
from Cherbourg to the Nab light-vessel, a distance of
67 miles, in fire hours and ten minutes, on Wednesday.
The Victoria and Albert, the Fairy, and the little
dispatch-vessel the Elfin, do credit to Lord Fitzelarence,
Captain Crispin, atv the other officers and their crews,
fur their decoration, cleanliness, and order; no vessels or
yachts ever surpassed them.
The distinguished party that accompanied Lord A.
Fi'zclsrence in his cruise landed last evening, and slept
at the George Hotel.
Lieutenant Harris, agent of the Princess Royal trans-
port, died on his passage home.
London, England, 1850-08-02

APPOINTMENTS.

Clerk—John Harromm, to the Trafalgar, 120, a
Sheerness.

Midshipmen—David Orr, to the Hastings, 72, flag.
ship, East Indies; H. M. Alexander to the Fox, 42
fitting for the East Indies.

Cygnet, 8, Commander White, was mustered, in-
sppc!ei, and paid advance at Devonport, oa Wednesday
morning, by Captain Nias, C. 8., of the Agincourt, Com-
modore Lord John Hay being engaged with the Ne-
pulese Ambassador.

Crane, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant• Commander Par-
sons, was WEN) into No. 5 dock, at Devonport, on Wed-
nesday morning, to have soave defects made good.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The E trl of Balcarres,
East Indiaman, arrived yesterday from the river. The
splendid frigate-built Indiaman, the Monarch, arrived
at Spithead, outward bound, on Monday last, and sailed
to•dev. She is one of the most warlike merchant ships
we have ever ECCP.
London, England, 1850-08-02

CONFESSION OF BENNISON.

The man Bennison, who was found guilty at the
High Court of Justiciary, on Friday last, of the
double crimes of bigamy and murler, and sentenced
to be executed here on the 16th of August, has made
a confession of his guilt. At tha conclusion of the
trial on Friday, he solemnly " declared before God,
and before all present, that of the murder of his
wife he was innocent ;" and that if the witnesses
had spoken the truth, " he would not have been a guilty
man before their Lordships that day." Notwithstanding
of these solemn asseverations, he, in a conversation with
his pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hay, of the Methodist Church,
Leith—who has been most unremitting in his attention to
the culprit since his condemnation—confessed on Monday
that he had poisoned his wife on the Friday evening that
she was alleged to have become ill. The confession is not,
in the meantime, is such a complete state as would
justify its publication ; but we believe that a copy of
it has been transmitte to Sir G. Grey, the Secretary
of State for the Home Department. Bennison, ever
since the sentence was declared, has exhibited the
deepest contrition ; but although he has unbosomed
his mind of the principal portion of the guilt charged
against him in the trial, he is a person of such a
peculiar disposition, and so extremely suspicious of all
who come in contact with him, that it is most dia.
cult to get an explanation from him of certain points
necessary to throw light on the case. Mr. Hay could
not• venture to avail himself of writing materials
during the time that Bennison was relating
the particulars of the poisoning. He was, there-
fore, obliged simply to listen to the harrow-
ing narrative of the culprit's guilt; and to trust to his
memory for the writing out of the details of the con-
fession when he went home. Mr. Hay read a copy
of what he had written to Bennison, when ho ad-
hered to it 2'l—making only some very slight alterr,,
lions upon it. A copy of the confession so amendeu
was subsequently lodged with the Sheriff; and it was
afterwards, as we have already mentioned, forwarded to
Sir George Grey.

Bennison states that, on the Friday evening in ques-
tion, he made the porridge, and put a quantity of
arsenic in theta. His child having previously gone to
bed, and Bennison having, on tha score of illness ex-
cused himself from eating anything that night, his wife
was the only one that partook of the porridge, and to
that her death is to be ascribed.

He states that the girl Robertson had not the most
remote idea that he bad any interest in her except that
of a religious kind, and that lie never spoke to her unless
in respect to her spiritual welfare.
He has made no confession with regard to the first
wife's sudden death as Airdrie; but as it is strongly sus-
pected that he also) administered poison to get quit of
her, it is not improbable that we may have a further
confession from him to that effect.—Scotsman.
London, England, 1850-08-02

MINES.

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LLOYD'S SI-I.IPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 2.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze
and dull hazy weather.
COWES, AUG. I.—Wind E.--Arrd. Hercules, Hcch-
renter, St. Thomas.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. I.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Alac-
rity, Atkins, Quebec.
TOMING, JULY 28.—The Jane, on shore at the er -
trance of the Eider on the 26th ult., has been assisted
off after discharging and throwing part of cargo over-
board, and has been brought in here.
PRomSAE, JULY 3.—The Thronderor, of this port,
was wrecked near Berlivasg, night of the Bth ult.; crew,
except one man, saved.
MESSINA, JULY 22.—Most of the vessels which arrd.
here lately report having experienced unusually severe
weather for the time of year, and some apprehensions
are entertained for more than one vessel.
TORBAY, AUG. S.W.—Arrd. Kingfisher,
Muich, liavannah, and sailed for St. Petersburgh.
PILL, AUG. I.—Wind E.S. E.—Ski. Fanny, Demerara.
Off port, Iceland, Evans, Quebec. from Gloucester.
BRISTOL, AUG. I.—Wind E.lsl.E.—Arrd. British Mer-
chant, Quebec.
CARDIFF, AUG. I.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Bower, Brad-
ing, Itichibucto.
SHIELDS, AUG. I.—Winl E.S.E.—Arrd. London,
Atkinson, Quebec.
SUNDERLAND, AUG. I.—The Pearl from Moulmein,
grounded to the southward of the Channel yesterday,
but was towed into her berth next tide.

Pandora, We
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DEAL, AUG. 1.
FLEETWOOD AuG. I.—The Helen, Thompson, from
Dalhousie, has'been got off the Knoll this morning, with-
out damage.
PoaTsmounr, Auc. I.—Wind N.E. to S.—Arrd.
New South Wales; Monarch. Calcutta; Susan, Denia.
miss, Queb( e. Sid. Waterloo, Sydney,
Waetu, Baffin's 133) ; Sup,rior, JeAtti), D. merlins;
Ceres, Auvergne, Belize; T. J. Rodgeri, De,b.no, St.
—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Emma Eugenie,
'Mb". Novfnundland; Nerio. Lawson, ditto; Actress,
Sr. John's,
New Brunswick; Canada, North [America;
Gladiator brig, ditto; ikntelope, of Boston, dot. ; Mgr-
chionness of Queensburg, TCullum, Qxbeci rimer,
London, England, 1850-08-02

LA SONNAMBULL.

Amln3, Madame Sontag ; Count Rodolpho, Signor Belletti ; and
Elvin, Mr. Sims Reeves.
A Selection Prow a favourite Opera. Signori Gardoni, Calk ilari,
-Colletti, and Lablache.
The Entertainments in the Ballet Department will comprise Selec-
tions from the admired Ballets of Lea Metamorphoses, La Esmeralda,
and the last act of the admired Ballet, La Giselle, in nhich Madile.
Carlo to Grist will appear.
Also a favourite Divertissement, combining the talents of Madlle.
Araalia Ferraris, Madiles. Julien, Rosa, Lamoreux, Aussandon ;
MM. Charles, Venafra, Di Mattia, Gouriet, &c.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
°nice of the Theatre.
London, England, 1850-08-02

To commence at half-past Eight o'clock precisely

Stalls, 7s. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 35.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private
Boxes One Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and Two Guineas.
boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Same Royal -Library, St. James's-street ;
Messrs. Ellen', Andrews', ilookham's. Allcroft's, Leader and Cock's,
Chappell's, Hammond's, and Oilivier's Libraries, Bond-street; Cra-
mer's, and the Carlton Library, Regent-street; and at the Box-office
of the Theatre, which I i open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock.
London, England, 1850-08-02

THIS EVENING,

Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of 31AZEPPA.
and the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks.
Td be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of
Equitation in the Cirque Olymplque.
To conclude with a Conic BaPet.
Box-office open From Eleven till Four
Stage Manager. Mr. W. West.
London, England, 1850-11-18

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Commauder.in-Chief. Vice-Admiral Earl of
Dandonald, G.C.B. in the Wellesley, 72, Captain Gold-
smith, with the Helena, 16, Commander De Conroy;
Sappho, Commando. Hon. L. Cochrane; and Plumper,
12, screw-sloop, Canmander Nolloth, left Halifax, Oct.
29, for Bermuda.
London, England, 1850-11-18

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

The new tragedy of The Templar continues to
draw crowded houses here every evening. We saw
it again on Saturday, and are more than confirmed in
the favourable opinion which we had previously
formed of the high dramatic merit of this most inte-
resting play, of the admirably perfect manner in
which the principal characters are delineated by Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kean, and of the splendour and
magnificence of the rise en scene. The house was
crowded to suffocation.

FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
The following are the last returns of the gross re-
ceipts of the principal French Railways :
NORTHERN.—From Nov. 5 to Nov. 11 : Passengers,
194,803 t.; goods, 265,804 f.; total, 460,607 f.
ROUEN. —From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9 : Passengers,
67.817 t.; goods, 81.7151.; total, 149,532.
llivar.—From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9 : Passengers,
25,7651.; goods, 33,644 f. ; total 59,4091.
ORLEANS.—From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10 : Passengers,
92,6431. ; goods, 117,1391.; total, 209,7871.
BORDEAUX.—From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10 . Passengers,
43,2021.; goods, 41,4861.; total, 84,6881.
VIERZON —From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10 ; Passengers,
46,649 f.; goods, 31,688 f.; total, 86,3871.
BouLoartE.—From Nov. 4 to Nov. 10: Passengers,
16,749 f.; goods, 25,5181.; tofal, 42,2671.
DIEPPE.—From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9: Passengers, 3,956 f.;
goods, 8.5471.; total, 12,5031.
NANTES.—From Nov. 2 to Nov. 8: Passengers, 19,5141.;
goods, 8,338 f.; total, 27,852 f.
t.'d'TR.A.SBURG —Frcm Nov. 4 to Nov., 10: Passengers,
78,952 t.; goods, 64,3841.; total, 143.3361.
BALE.—From Nov. 2 to Nov. 8: Passengers, 25,1911.;
goods, 28,7571.; total, 53,948 f.
MONTEREAU.—From Oct. 29 to Nov. 4: Passengers,
9,4331.; goods, 13,412 C; OW, 22,8451.
LYONS. —From Oct. 27 to Nov. 2: Passengers, 125,779 f.;
goods, 44,8891.; total, 170,6681.
CHARTRES.—From Oct. 28 to Nov. 3: Passengers,
27,0841.; goods. 9,921 f.; total, 37,0051.
London, England, 1850-11-18

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived.
In the Senate, the debate on the Address, in an-
swer to the Speech from the Throne, had commenced,
and Senor ItintlSTE had demanded explanations as to
the marriage of the Count DE MOISTEMOLIN with the
sister of the King of NAPLES, and had strongly re-
commended that Spain should cultivate an alliance
with England.
MADRID BOMA, Nor. 12.—Three per Cents., 36 ;
London, England, 1850-11-18

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TEE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS.

THIS EVENING.
Maefarren's Serenata, The SLEEPER AWAKENED.
Harodn Alraschid, Mr. Frank Bolda ; Abou Hassan, Mr. Sims
Reeves; Zulieka, Miullle. Angri. Slaves, Guards, &c., by the Chorus
of the Establishment.
Labitaky's Great National Quadrille of all Nations, with Pour Bands
and Double Chorus, comprising '_G2 Performers.
Baud of the Ist Life Guards, Band of the Grenadier Guards, Band
of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and a Corps of British Military Side
Mums. The English Cborns, and Choir of the Berlin Chapel Royal.
Angri, Frank Bodda, and Sims Reeves ; 9folique, Matti, Baumann,
Barret, Richardson, Franc, Maycock,Arban, and Miss Goddard.
Musical Director, Cdnaposer, and Conductor—X. Balfe.
Conductor of La Musiqua de Danse—Herr Labitzky.
Conductor of the Choristers of the Berlin Ckapel Royal—Herr
Neidhardt.
Promenade (admitting is the Ha2f-Circles, Gallery-1 6
and Pit Stalls) • • • • • • • • '
The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com-
mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven.
Boxes and Stalls to to had at the Box-office, where Programmes
of the performance may be obtained.
Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, tha Coloseum,
and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh-
ments and Wines, &c., &c.
Correct Books of the Serenata, countersigned by the Hon. Secre-
tary, to be had only in the Theatre. All others are fraudulent and
ncorrest.
London, England, 1850-11-18

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander G. IL Gardner, to the Blenheim.
Lieutenant Boughey, to command the Harlequin.
Assistant-Surgeons—W. H. Cameron, to the Albion;
T. G. Harson, to the Harlequin.
E. J. Foster, account•purser, to the Persian':
ttß. F. B. Clarke, master's-assistant, to the Harlequin

ROYAL MARINES.
Two recruiting parties, one to Stafford, under Captain
flockings, and the other to Newbury, under Captain
Lowder, are ordered to proceed from this division on
Monday.
PLYMOUTH, Nor. 16.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Wasp was undocked on Thursday. She went from
Hamoaza into the Sound yesterday. Her crew will be
paid wages to-day, and she is appointed to sail to-
morrow (Sunda)) with the mails for the coast of Africa.
The Britomort having been found defective, the Har-
lequin, as a substitute, was masted and docked on
Thursday to have her copper examined and be repaired.
She was taken out of dock yesterday. Commander Wil-
mot and the crew of the Britocoart have been trana,rred
to the Harlequin, which is to go to the coast of Africa.
The crew of the Cambrian will not be paid off until
the conclusion of the private inquiry at the office of the
Commodore Superintendent, relative to Commodore
Plumridge, upon certain charges preferred by Mr.
Wymold Hanley, late secretary to the Commodore in
the East Indies. It is expected that the inquiry will
terminate only in an open court-martial.
Colour-Sergeant Thomas Guy, R.M., late of the
Mariner, has been presented by the officers of that ship
with an elegant silrer watch and appendages as a mark
of their approval of his conduct for a period of upwards
of three years. Sergeant Guy has bad awarded to him
by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the long
service medal, and a gratuity of 151.
The Prussian bark Norma, Captain Schultz, from
Belize, arrived on Thursday with 215 pieces of

mahogany for the dockyard, and 125 tons of logwood
and 3,750 cocoa nuts on private account. The emi-
grants by this ship, on the outward passage, encountered
a most fearful fatality after landing. She left Stettin on
the lath of April, having about 140 passengers, joiners,
tailors, and artisans of all trades, besides others of a
superior grade, inhabitants of Stettin and the vicinity.
They had a fair passage, and arrived at Point Gorda,
near Belize, in the Bay of Honduras, on the 27th of
June. The emigrants wore at once located at Point
Gorda, and at St. Thomas, a Belgian settlement, on the
Isthmus, near Panama. Within eight days of their
landing they were assailed by typhus and the country
fever, by which five died on the first day; the surgeon
was the sixth person who died, and ttley continued
dropping off until the departure of the Norma, on the
185th of September, when 100 had been interred, and the
remainder were sick. Four gentlemen and two ladies
who went out in her returned by the Norman, and were
landed at Cork.
London, England, 1850-11-18

AP
Croxton Park 1
Newmarket Craven

The Floo .
Bath

12
15

Newmkt. Second Spring 6
Shrewsbury 7 or 8

JII.
Ascot
Hampton ll

Manchester ll
Bibnry

Newmarket
Carlisle

Worcester
Liverpool
Ripon
Brighton 6
Wolverhampton ... 11

SZPTEMBEIt.
Warwick
Doncaster
Sandbach

OCTi

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Monmouth
Chester
Newmarket S.O l3

Wrexham
Newmarket Houghton 27

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
INDIA STAFF.—Captain Grey, the senior captain of
the 85th Light Infantry, has been appointed aide-de-
camp to Lieutenant-General Sir John Grey, and em-
barks with the General on the 20th inst. byj overland
route for Bombay.
THE VACANT REGIMENTS.—By the decease of General
Sir Phineas Riall, K.C.11., the 15th Regiment becomes
vacant. The Commander-in-Chief has now two Regi-
ments at his disposal.
Captain Addison, 70th Regiment, Secretary and Adju-
tant at the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, will shortly
be removed to the half-pay.
A CANDIDATE FOR STAFF APPOINTMENT.--WO
nn-
derstand that Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, C. 8., 80th
Regiment, does not intend to rejoin his corps in India at
the expiration of his three years' leave of absence, but
is desirous of obtaining an appointment on the staff at
home.

HORSE GUARDS STAFF.—General Sir Willoughby
Gordon, G.C.8., Quartermaster-General to the forces,
and Major-General Brown, the Adjutant-General, have
returned to head•quarters, and resumed their official
duties.

POST-OFFICE DEFALCATION.WORCESTER:A se-
cond case of this kind has just been discovered in the Wor-
cester Post-office, the delinquent being the chief clerk, Mr.
Price, who it appears is in goof circumstances, and has
money in a local bank, besides an inheritance in prospectu.
It appears that for some time the faccused party has been in
the habit of appropriating to his own use part of the moneys
received for the payment of Post-office orders, &c., which it
was his duty to hand over to the Postmaster, Mr. Harding.
When charged with the delinquency he at once,confessed
his guilt. The extent of the defalcation is upwards of 501.
Price has absconded, but the deficiency has been paid to Mr.
Harding by a friend of Price's from funds of his deposited in
Messrs. Farley and Co.'s Dank at Worcester.
London, England, 1850-11-18

HOLLAND•

THE HAGITE, Nov. 15.—The dispute which arose
at the opening of the session of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg is expected to be settled amicably. It
appears that the President, apprehensive lest some
accident might occur on occasion of the great
crowds assembled when Prince HENRI' came to take
the oaths, sent a message to the captain of the
Guards to order out a body of soldiers. The captain,
instead of complying with this order, said that he
would send him two inen and no more.

This reply was considered by the President as a
personal insult, and great indignation was expressed,
both by himself and the Chambers ; but it appears
that the captain in command considered a simple
message from the President informal, and it is
thought that his view of the case was just, This ex .
planation will, it is believed, induce a favourable set-
tlement of this affair, which caused such angry feel-
ing.—Dutela Papers.

T URKEY.
FROM THE BOSNIAN FRONTIER.

The siege of Mostar was to commence on the Ist
inst. The insurgents of Vognizza have received a
mortal blow from the S?raskicr. In congequencc of
this defeat the inhabitants of Mostar petitioned for an
amnesty, and declared themselves ready to accept the
conditions proposed by the PORTE. Immediately
after the ratification of the act of subjection, the
Scraskier will proceed to T ravuick to quell thein-
surrection which has broken out at Carinthia...

Accounts from Bulgaria state that the Christian
population are in the actual enjoyment cf all the pri-
vileges promised them by the PORTE ; that the con-

cessions guaranteed by the PORTE are not, as usual,
paper promises, but carried out to the letter. The
rayahs now enjoy precisely the same privileges as the
Turks. This state of things is said to be entirely
owing to the justice and humanity of RESCHID PACHA.
—Prussian Staats Anzeiger.
London, England, 1850-11-18

FRANCE.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE
ON BOARD A FRENCH SHIP OF THE LINE.
A private letter from Brest says as follows :
"A terrible misfortune has occurred to the ship of
the line Valmy while at sea, and in the passage from
Torbay to Brest. About five o'clock in the morning I
of the Bth a tremendous explosion: was heard, like a
clap of thunder, on board. Some minutes after-
wards shouts and cries were raised of ' We are all
lost, the fire has got in to the powder magazine !' At
the same moment the rappel was beaten, minute guns
were fired, and orders given to get out the boats. The
shock was so great the whole of the lights were ex-
tinguished, darkness the most complete prevailed,
and the crew ran a risk of being suffocated by the
smoke of the powder. The men began soon to get
command of the fire. But: what a f rightful chaos !
Nothing was heard but the cries and rnoanings of the
wounded, the greater part of whom were as if buried
under the timbers. Twenty seamen, whose forms
had lost all human appearance, were found amongst
the ruins. Ten of them died in half-an-hour after,
and it is feared that very few can be saved.
" This terrible catastrophe is, it is said, owing to
the imprudence of a gunner who had in his possession
some boxes of fireworks, one of which exploded. The
Vainly, damaged completely in her inside, is to put
into Brest to be repaired."