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reys, Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Mr.
Goulburn, and Lord John Russell. .

Mr. DISRAELI having replied, the house divided—For
Mr. liume's amendment, 70. Against it, 394. Majority
against, 328.—F0r Mr. Disraeli's resolutions, 189.
Against them, 280. Majority against, 91.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY.
On the motion for the house resolving itself into a corn.
mittee of supply, _

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Mr. HuiE moved as an amendment, " That in the
present state cf the finances of the country her Majesty's
ministers, before calling on this house to vote the esti-
mates for the public service, should submit a general
financial statement of the whole or expected revenue, and
the total expenditure for the ensuing financial year."
The hon. gentleman contended that the experience of last
year, when they had had no less than three or four bud-
gets, fully justified the house in calling for a financial
statement before voting away one shilling of the public
money. As the success of his motion would have the ef-
fect of postponing the estimates, he would not object to
give a vote on account, in order that no inconvenience
should accrue to the public service.
Sir H. WILLouGHBY seconded the motion.
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER opposed the
motion.

The house then divided, and the motion was negatived
by a majority of 97 to 48.
The house then went into committee, and
Mr. WARD drew the attention of the house to the nal
estimates for the year. He treated as impracticable M
Cobden's propose(

reduction of the naval establishments
to the maximum of 1835, and then stated what was pro-
posed to be done in the way of reduction in the present
navy estimates. The number of men was to be diminishet
by 3000, and the pecuniary saving, as compared with the
estimates of last year, would be £730,856, a sum quite
sufficient to enable the department to claim credit for
having more than redeemed the pledge of retrenchment
made last year. The hon. gentleman concluded by mov-
ing that 40,000 men, including marines, be voted for the
ensuing year.

Mr. HUME strongly condemned the system which had
been pursued ever since 1815, of building ships at an
enormous expense, while leaving others to rot without be-
ing sent to sea for years. In the seven years subsequent
to 1815, when we had upwards of 500 vessels of war, be-
ing more than all the navies of the rest of the world united,
we yet spent the enormous sum of £23,000,000 in build-
ing ships of war. The hon. gentleman, in order to en-
force economy of expenditure, moved as an amendment,
" That the number of men to be voted for the sea-service
be 35,000, including marines and boys."
Sir F. BARING said the reduction proposed by Mr.
Hume, when taken in connexion with the large reductions
made by the Government (nominally 3000_ hnt

IRELAND.

1 St. Patricks day passed off quietly in Dublin. There
was no demonstration of any kind.
The infant son of smith O'Brien was christened last
week in Richmond prison. Messrs. Meagher and M`Manus
were present at the ceremony.
The cholera is spreading with fearful rapidity in the
city of Limerick. On Monday there were 41 cases-14
deaths reported within 31 hours. On Tuesday there were
31 new cases-13 deaths—at Barrington's Hospital alone.
Iftan PROSPECTS.—The deputation from Ulster on the
subject of the rate in aid, informed Lord John Russell
that if the law were enacted it would require 60,000 sol-
diers to keep the peace in Ireland. Lord John said he
was bound to go on !

Mr. Trueil, a young officer of the 28th Foot, was un-
fortunately killed whilst out hunting in the county of
Wicklow, on Saturday last. This much lamented young
man had just been gazetted, and was to have joined his re-
giment on the 30th. What adds to the melancholy tale
is, that all his family are absent at Madeira, ana his fa-
vourite brother was on his way home to enjoy his society
for a few days before he left finally for the army.
THE BANSHA MURDER--This case was tried at Clon-
mel, on Wednesday, when the Jury returned a verdict of
Guilty against W. Quinlan (Cud); Not Guilty against
Hugh Kennedy. Judge Jackson, in a low voice, directed
the prisoners to be removed, and said that as the trial had
been heard in a crowded court, he would not 'at that hour
pass sentence. Kennedy was greatly agitated, but Quin-
lan not apparently so ; he was smiling during the day, and

his manner was strange.
DREADFUL MURDER IN TIPPERARY.—At two o'clock
on Saturday, as the judge was commencing to try the
criminals at Clonmel, a dreadful murder was being per•
petrated close at hand. A poor old woman, 70 years of
age, named Margaret Ryan, was the victim, and the ob-
ject, it appears, was a bag of meal in her possession. Her
body was mangled in a shocking manner, almost cut to
pieces. A broken scythe, covered with blood, was found
in a ditch near the place where the dreadful deed was
committed.

At the county of Carlow meeting a check has been
given to the anti-rate in aid agitation. An amendment
was moved to a string of resolutions against the rate, to
the effect that "a rate in aid was the most feasible remedy
that could be devised for the relief of the west and south
of Ireland. It was the only means whereby the lives of
the poor could be preserved from the horrible death of
starvation." The amendment is said to have been carried
by an overwhelming majority.
There seems nnw to be a very general feeling in the
north of Ireland, in favour of the Misses M`Veagh, whose
courage was so unhandsomely denied for party purposes
They have recently been presented with a very handsorr
silver teapot, given to them by some of their I

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6000 men), would be so great as to justify apprehension 1 mirers' -There is on the tea-pot a short and suitable in-
for the efficiency of the service. scription, and on the lid is a chased representation of a
After some discussion, in which Lord John Russell, Sir gun and a bayonet meeting at a point. It is a very re-
W. Molesworth, Captain Berkely, and Mr. S. Herbert markable fact that since the resistance given by the
took part,
Misses M`Veagh, there has been a cessation of incendiary
Mr. COBDEN complained of the waste of keeping shins fires.
in ordinary in time of peace for fear a war should break MURDER BY A QUACK.—On Saturday a young woman
out. The way to keep up the efficiency of the navy was named Alice Murphy, daughter of a farmer residing at
to pay the men and officers better than they were now Ballymagill, died in consequence of a plaster composed of
paid. In the American service they were paid 40 per some poisonous ingredients, having been some days pre-
cent. more than in the British. He would also take care viously applied to her neck for the purpose of curing a
not to keep a single ship afloat mare than was called for sore throat, by a notorious quack doctor, named Thomas
by the immediate service of the country, and the ships Day. tgainst whom a verdict of homicide has been re-
thus employed should be most efficiently manned and turned. The fellow bad been for some time in the neigh-
found. By giving high wages they would be certain, bourhood driving a profitable trade upon the credulity of
whenever they required seamen, to get them, for the set-- the poor people, amongst whom his noxious drugs have

vice wot
no long(
to take

—Kilkenny Moderator.
APPALLING DESTITUTION IN IRELAND.—The distress
that prevails in the county of Nenagh is extreme and
• ' spread. The labouring poor are all in a state of
destitution, from want of food and the common ne-
cessaries of life. M

be popular; and as the press-gang wotk
r be tolerated in this country, it was indispensable
-o steps to make the naval service popular.
After some observations from Captain Harris, Colonel v`
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use divided, and tie amendment was negati
]44 to 59.

by a majority of

ly farmers have labourers employed
at a penny a day and their diet. The Nenagh Guardian
say that " famine strides through the country, and every
day carries off its victims, whilst the gentry and farmers

FOREIGN

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are becoming insolvent, in consequence of the victimising
pressure of poor rates, and the low price for the produce
of the land.” The same paper records the miserable
death, on Friday week, of a poor woman. 30 years of age,
who perished from hunger and cold in an empty house,
and was found dead, and her three children, respectively

The steam-pact
Tuesday. Ad

aged 12, 8, and 5, sitting upon her body. The deceased
had not tasted food for some days before her death. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Died from starva-
tion." Three men were taken to the workhouse, in a
frightful state of emaciation from want, and though well
attended to, all died. Another man died at Borrisokane
from the same cause. The family had had nothing but a
few turnips to live upon for many days.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.—The Ridgway Coursing Meeting came off

on J.liursuay and Friday, over the grounds of Thomas
Clifton, Esq., at Lytham. The attendance was numerous
and the sport good. A good entertainment was provided
for the company at the Clifton Arms. The following was
the result of the contests :—The Clifton Cup, for all-aged
dogs, was won by Mr. Slater's Sybil, beating Lune, Green-
wich Time, and Dreadnought. The Ridgway Cup, for
puppies, was won by Mr. Graham's Denunciation. The
Talbot Stakes was won by Mr. Graham's Dupe. The
Lytham Cup, for all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Andrew's
Cicely ; and the Ribble Stakes, for all-aged dogs, by Mr.
James's Catch-Pass-and-Win.

COURT AND FASHION.
On Thursday, General Sir Charles Napier arrived at
Osborne on a brief visit to her Majesty, previously to his
departure for India.

The Prince of Orange and suite leave town early next
week to honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit at Bel-
voir Castle, where the Royal Prince will remain until
after the Croxton Park Races. We understand the prince
has determined to make a much longer sojourn in this
country than he originally contemplated.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS,

The Bishop of Ereter has publicly denied that he ever
ordained the Rev. J. A. Froude.

The Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon in
aid of the Church Pastoral Aid Society in Regent-square
Chapel, London, on Sunday last.
The Bishop of Sodor and Man consecrated the new cha-
pel of St. John the Baptist, near the Tynwald hill, in the
parish of German, on the Bth inst. The Lieutenant
Governor, council, deemsters. keys, clergy, and a nume-
rous congregation were present on the occasion.
The Clergy Relief Bill was read a second time on Wed-
nesday. This was to be expected ; but it is no triumph
for the friends of Messrs. Noel and Shore. The real de-
bate, the real struggle, and the eventful issue, will be
decided in committee.

Mr. FROUDE AND HIS BOOK.—The appointment, by
Government, of Mr. Froude, whose book has attained
such an unenviable notoriety, to the headship of a College
in Hobart Town, is said to be cancelled. The preliminary
proceedings said to have been taken to deprive him of his
Fellowship in Exeter College, have been anticipated by
his resignation, thus becoming a "fugitive from discip-
line." The Literary Gazette thus speaks of the light in
which the public should regard such men as Froude, and
all his school of schismatics :—" if Christianity of any
kind be worth a pin's point, this book is the boldest infidel
attack upon it, with the bitterest irony and most con-
tinuous scorn that has ever come before the world in which
we live, to shake its foundations, and destroy every high
principle in the mind of man. * * The immor-
tality of the soul is laughed at (p. 16) ; the doctrine of
rewards and punishments, of course, pooh poohed ; the
Protestant Reformation noticed as accursed : the pomp
and worldly character of the Church of England reviled ;
and then the author lapses into Puseyism, becomes con-
vert to Romanism, falls in love with and destroys the
happiness of a friend's wife, and dies a visionary death of
misery, after writing a visionary work, destructive to every
principle of human happiness—unsettling everything, and
establishing nothing. We must, however, leave a pro-
duction of this class to the organs of opinion, whose
vocation it is to deal with matters of the kind.; only re-
marking that the major portion of the volume, which is
occupied with sneering at the Bible representations of the
Almighty, is but a long paraphrase of a note which will be
found in Hume's Essays (the second volume, we think),
and in which the Chevalier Ramsay is quoted for the sub-
stance and essence of Mr. Froude's blasphemous diatribe.
The author, we believe, is the brother of the Froude, of
whom so much was heard in the Newman controversy and '
apostacy."

MORE ABOUT MR. ALLIES' BOOK.—We are greatly
obliged to the Rev. T. W. Allies, Rector of Launton,
Oxon. Ills book, called " Journal in France, in 1845
Mdtegmteitti TifstarsotiniUtalliehi-AtZt;ii"ldroliOS
Church and the Papal Church in England. If Mr. Allies
is allowed to remain as a teacher and a beneficed clergy-
man in our Church, our Church is to all intents and pur-
poses a Papist church. We will quote an expression or
two from this extraordinary book, merely premising that
Mr. Allies was for some years examining chaplain to the
Bishop of London, from whom he received the living of
Launton, and that his tendencies to Popery have been for
some time so notorious and strong, that his intention of
joining the Romish communion was very confidently
stated. It would appear that he has altered his plan, and
that he means rather, if he can, to bring the English
Church over to Popery, then to leave the Church himself
and go to Rome. Mr. Allies appears to have taken every
opportunity during his travels of assisting at the idola-
trous ceremony of the mass ! The following is one entry
in his journal :—" Tuesday, July I.—l assisted at M.
Lebbe's mass, in the lady chapel of the Cathedral."—
(Rouen.) The cure of the same cathedral asked whether
there was not an inclination in England to imitate Popish
ceremonies ? And what was the answer of this Protest-
ant clergyman ? " I told him I hoped the inclination was
something more than that." Mr. Allies believes in the
ridiculous and disgusting fraud known by the name of
the miracle of the " Addolorata." He thinks that to
pray by a " gigantic figure of Christ" is a " great help to
devotion." But, above all, Mr. Allies is not only a
believer in transubstantiation, but he thinks that the
maintenance of this outrageous heresy is "the centre and
life of the whole Roman Church." He has, at all events,
spoken out. These are his words "I said" (at Bishop
Luscombe's table) " that there were really only two ideas
on the doctrine of the Holy Eucharist. The one was a
real, true, objective presence of our Lord's body and
blood ; the other, no presence at all, but an impression
produced by faith on the individual—a commemoration,
or what not! If we agreed, as ire did with the Church
of Rome in the former view, it was better not to fight
about the mode in which she had stated it! her real in-
tent being to force a shuffling and evasive party to accept
or reject the truth distinctly." Mr. Allies, therefore,
believes in transubstantiation ; and, moreover, this gentle-
man, for some years an examining chaplain to a Pro-
testant Bishop of London, has the effrontery to state that
the English Church agrees with the Papal on the subject.
—Morning Herald,