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Jo moved for diminishing the existing restric-
transfer of landed property, and for distri-
cases of Intestacy, according to the

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IVIr. Nash was further examined as to the alleged forgery of nostrils and mouth stuffed with cotton wadding, a cotton
Lord Courtown's name, and some additional witnesses were band passed four times round the head, covering mouth,
examined. eyes, and nostrils, and a fine rope drawn round the throat,
Lord BROUGHAM again referred to the erection of a building which was indented half an inch with the pressure. The
in Hyde-park for the purposes of the exhibition of 1851. post-mortem established the fact of her havin been five
Earl GRANVILLE defended the selection of the proposed gwas perpetrated under
months enceinte. Her murder
site.
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VERSTONE called the attention of the house to the circumstances which have induced the arrest of Dr. Clark
remarkable unanimity with which all classes and parties had and his wife, and the above-named Taylor, the reputed
come forward to promote the exhibitioq. After replying to father.—American paper.
I.ord Brougham, the noble lord closed hit speech with a warm iliNnoo FESTIVAL.—The great annual festival at
eulogium on Prince Albert for the part he had taken in origi- Seringam has just taken place, and crowds of worship-
mating and forwarding this great national object.
pers have far exceeded in number those of byg one years.
The Duke of ARGYLE presented a petition praying the house
/o refuse its consent to any bill that might propose to alter the no disorder or accident, however, has occurred, and the
constitution of the parochial schools in Scotland, and called multitude are now dispersing peaceably and happily,
the attention of the house to the advantages which Scotland having accomplished the object of their long pilgrimage,
po ssests. borne sed in a system of education national in its origin and and beheld Sri Rungs in his golden tonjon, and
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, without asserting that the
decorated with jewels for the admiration of his adorers.
parochial schools were perfect, would deeply regret to see any The grand day was on the 26th of December, and a
system of education established in Scotland upon any other strange contrast might be drawn between the rejoicings
foundation than those institutions. of Protestant Christians on their great day of joy, and
The petition was then laid on the table. those of the senseless worshippers of idols. The interior
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL moved for an address to her of the vast temple displayed curious scenes, which, as far
Majesty for a copy of the minutes of proceedings affecting the
as lam aware are peculiar to this celebration. Puppet
-character and conduct of the surgeon, superintendent, master,
and
ai officers of the emigrant ship Sobraon, referred to in cer-
shows of Europeans and natives, but without motion, are
Lain dispatches
from Governor C. A. Fitzroy to Earl Grey exhibited in a large " pendal ;,, the chief of these are
last year. representations of the Tanjore Rajah's Durbar with Sir
Earl GREY replied, and the motion was negatived without a Thomas Munro and other notables in attendance, and a
division.
strong guard of British Grenadiers. It is amusing to ob-
serve the interest and excitement produced among the
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. crowd by these images, overhanging which is a vast and
Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that, after Easter, he should move lofty canopy with numerous tinsel ornaments. The
a resolution to the effect that the qualifications of members of
Parliament for England, Wales, and Ireland be placed upon streets of the Pagoda (which it is well known forms of
the same footirg as those for Scotland.
itself a town) are crowded with sellers of cloths, sweet-
In reply to a question from Lord DUNCAN, Lord JOHN meats, and trifling articles, but the festival forms also the
ItussELL stated that the Earl of Carlisle still held the office of principal cattle fair in South India, and numerous fine
Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, and would con- bullocks of the Salem and Mysore breeds are here dis-
tinue to hold it, until a successor was appointed, in addition to posed of for use in Tan and Trichinopoly. There is
the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. j
Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to a question from Mr. Os-
no car drawn on this occasion, but the idol is paraded in
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borne, said he was not aware that there would be any objection a tonjon covered with plates of gold, which local state-
to the re-appointment of the Select Committee of last session ment declares to have been at a comparatively recent date
to inquire into the debts due from foreign states to the subjects dug out of the earth after having been long buried to
of this country.
escape plunder. The festival has been the more nume-
On the motion of Lord Jolts; RUSSELL, the house then went
attended this year from the expectation of a great
rously
into committee upon the Australian Government Bill, when , . .
feast,which is to come off in about three months at Co
in-
-3lr. HUME objected to the preamble and advised the repeal of
all bills affecting the government of the colonies, with the view baconum, where, after a lapse of twelve years, the river
of re-enacting, in a consolidated form, such portions as might Ganges, or its Deity, is said to visit the great tank at that
be found desirable. The preamble was proposed, and the first town, usually supplied by the Cauvery, and the supposed
clause was agreed to after a shoi t discussion.
divine "meeting of the waters" will be attended by thou-
On the second clause being moved, Mr. MOWATT proposed,
sands from all parts of India, and many of the pilgrims to
as an amendment, the omission of such parts of the clause as
left to her Majesty the nomination of one-third part of the Seringam will• await. the more rare occasion of washing
members of the Legislative Council, (New South Wales.) Mr. away their sins in the blessed Gangs. The present salu-
GLADSTOE and Mr. COBDEN being, among its supporters, and brity of the Trichinopoly and Tanjore districts, and the
Sir R. PEEN L opposing it. Upon a division, the amendment was general cheapness of grain, have also influenced the num-
negatived by 165 against 77.
her of pilgrims to Seringam, and it is not improbable that
Mr. WALPOLE then moved the omission of the clause, in
order to substitute a provision that there should be two chain- many have been actuated by curiosity to look on the fatal
hers in each of the two colonies, namely, a Legislative Council scene cf death on the rock of Trichinopoly ; and some,
and Representative Assembly : including, if this proposition perhaps, desire to see the bridge across the Cauvery.—
should be adopted, to move other clauses, providing for the Madras Athenmum.
constitution and composition of the chambers.
Mr. MmHg opposed the amendment, and explained the
reasons which had induced the Government to prefer the scheme UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.
of a single to that of a double chamber for the Australian colo-
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riles. The debate which ensued spread necessarily over the --- t
chief parts of the entire measure, and was to some extent a le-
The Bishop of London's bill for a new Court of Eccle-
petition of that which took place upon the second reading of siastical Appeal is shelved.
the bill. Upon a division, the amendment was negatived by The new Bishop of Llandaff has already begun to preach
198 azainst 147.
in the Welsh language, to the
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress.—The Process and tires of the Principality. great satisfaction of the na-
Practice (Ireland) Bill was committed, and underwent amend- The Rev. Charles Cameron, M.A. has resigned the in-
anents.---1 he Factories Bill was committed pro forma.
cumbency of St. Mark's Church, Worsley. The living is
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,
in the gift of the Earl of Ellesmere, the patron.
At the last meeting of the Incorporated Society for
AMERICA.
Building Churches a grant was made towards the erection
The royal mail steam-ship America, Capt. Harrison, of the new church at Edge-hill.
The University of St. Andrew has lately conferred the
arrived here on Tuesday morning, soon after midnight, degree of D.D. upon the Rev. Joseph Wolff, LL.D.,
bringing advices from New York to the sth inst. She left Vicar of Isle Brewers, Somerset, the celebrated Oriental
re.. 4- .- el.. ail. —a u.i:c., nn fbn Qtl, tana tratincr into ~,,,„11“.
consideration the prevailing easterly winds she has en- CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—HiS Grace the Arch-
countered, she has made a most excellent passage. The bishop of York is to be the preacher of the sermon before
intelligence is twelve days later than that last received. the Church Missionary Society, in St. Bride's Church,
There had been no material alteration in quotations for in connexion with the next great anniversary of this so-
foreign exchange. Bills on London were in moderate de- ciety in the metropolis.
wand, for remittance by the packet, at previous rates. Mrs. Wootton, the widow of the late eminent and
specie was quiet.
lamented Dr. Wootton, of Oxford, has The ship Tuscarora has been got off, and now floats quitted the
Church and joined the Roman Catholics at Dorchester,
with little apparent injury.
The steam-ship Baltic, being the fourth of Collins' line under the direction of Mr. Newsham, the Roman Catholic priest of Dorchester.
of steamers to this port, was launched on the 2nd instant. The Morning Herald says that the Bishop of London
The Atlantic and the Pacific were nearly ready for sea. did originally concur in the judgment of the Privy Council
Sir George Simpson, President of the Hudson's Bay in the Gorham case—studied it—considered it, and re-
Company, and the Hon. Malcolm Cameron, have been in turned it with his approval ; and then, only two or three
New York on a mission from Canada, to promote the days before its public delivery, suddenly changed his
passing of the reciprocity bill through Congress, as likely mind.
to stop the progress of the annexation movement, which, THE CASE OF THE REV. DR. ROORES.—The Rev. C.
however, was not spreading. The Montreal Board of Rookes, LL.D., Rector of Nymet Rowland, in the dio-
Trade has refused to throw open the coasting trade to cese of Exeter, against whom a sentence of deprivation,
America, unless a reciprocity in trade was established, on the ground of immorality, was some time since passed
The official Gazette contains a proclamation, proroguing by the Bishop, has been removed from his benefice, the
the Canadian parliament to the 3rd day of April, and Bishop having instituted the Rev. Thomas Rutherfurd'
then not for the dispatch of business. The business Dickinson, M.A., to the vacant rectory.
session will be unusually late this year.
GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—On Sunday
congress had been in session nearly three months, and morning, the Rev. Dr. Mill, Regius Professor of Hebrew
there was no prospect of the house making any progress. at Cambridge, preaehed before the University at Great
The agitation arising out of the slavery question was not St. Mary's. taking for his text the words, " Father,
likely to be settled for months to come. Fifty or sixty forgive them : they know not what they do." The
southern members are pledged to stop all legislation until sermon was directed against the judgment of the Judicial
the northern legislators adopt their views ; and though Committee of the Privy Council in the above case.
they form only a minority, they can unite in both houses, Some time since several packages of clothing were sent
and by parliamentary tactics stop the supplies as well as to the Lord Bishop of Fredericton from this country ; and
its
progress in legislation. The New York Herald heads by the same conveyance was forwarded a box containing
its articles on this subject "The rea struggle of Republi,i two or three services of communion plate. The vessel
—tbe crisis of Washington," `greatger of the Union,' was wrecked within two days' sail of Fredericton, and all
&c, The Hon. J. C.. Calhoun had made a very long ors- the property supposed to be lost. Providentially,however,
tiop, in which he boldly avowed the disastrous conse- the box containing the communion plate was washed
quences which would ensue to the union, which he con- after a short interval, and restored to his lordship.
leased was in danger, by the continued agitation of the The ashore,
rbyshire Courier relates that a Latter-day Saint
question. He contended that the north could not refuse was buried by the Rev. F. Arnold, the curate at Brarop-
to submit. He argued against the admission of California ton, on Sunday week. The incumbent having first ap-
into the union, and contended that if the north would peared in his canonicals, and taking off, his hat, proceeded
yield, agitation would terminate, and the union would be to read the following protest :—" In the name of God, I,
saved. It is clear that very gloomy apprehensions are en- John Beridge Jebb, incumbent of the district of St. Tho-
tertained by many parties on this subject. mas's, Brampton, do hereby solemnly protest against the
An immense Union meeting had been held at Baltimore, use of the Burial Service of the Church of England in this
at which 10,000 persons were present. ►Colonel Giles case—and .I do declare that it is only becaus I am 'corn-
offered a series of resolutions in favour of the sustainment pelled by the law of the land, that I allow a member of i
of the Union at all hazards, advocating a compromise on the community of Mormons, or Latter-day Saints, to be 1