New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-21
ENGLAND.
O'Clock Oh Friday afternoon,

arlamentary proceedings were de-
void of much interest On Wednesday the Lords did
not sit and the Commons were engaged in the discuss
ion of the Irish Tenant Right Bill the second reading of
the bill being negatved by large majority The Upper
House was-un session only short time ON Thursday
night ard adjourned after dispatchng some unimp)r
tant business. In the House of Commsns, the same
evening, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said it
not the intention of Government this session to modify
the oath required to be taken by members of Parlia
ment The House then went into Committee on the
Miria bill Mr. Hume moved to consolidate all the mi
litia laws in the one bill under gatved
the amount of property qualification for the officer
defined discussion ensued whether the proposed lev
les should be 10000 $1,000 the latter being affirmed
by a vote of 237 against 100. The subject then up
whether the eves should be compulsory or from volun
tary enrolment Considerable difference of opinion
expressed on this head in the midst OF which the Chair
man reported progress, and the Committee rose. On
Friday consideration of the Bill in Committee
sumed. Upon the question that 10000 be raised in
the second year after passing of the act the Committee
divided on proposition that 1000 be sufficient but the
original motion carried by twothirds majority
Lord John Russell in answer TO direct question but
stated LAT ne had no reason Whatever apprehend that
Louis Napoleon entertained hostile intentions towards
Great Britain Mr.. Bright moved proviso TO aDolsn
hoeging in the Militia; the motion led to heightened
discussion and finally negatived by vote OF l9 to
90 The Committee then adjourned and the House In
dulged in some anirnadversion the indecent haste
with which ministers hsd hurried through the second
reading ofthe property tax bill Nothing doing in the
Lords on Friday.
The Board of Trade tables for the
month ending 5th April were Issued on Wednesday
Compared with the returns Of the corresponding month
ofast year they show decrease of 1884, Sl In the de-
cared value Of expectations This decrease has be-
chiefly in cotton linen and woolen manufactures and
in metals. The aggregate value OF exports during tne
first three months OF 1852 has been l657574S against
4l6 500 3I4 In the like period Of lSJ showing an III
crease of &524O4 the quarter. As regards imports
there has been considerable dminuton In the recepts
of grain during the month"; and also In wines spirits
fruits and salted provisions Coffee tea cocoa sugar
spices and tobacco all exhibit an augmentation more OF
less considerable In metals there has been consider
able decrease and also in oils OF all sorts; In TIMBER
an augmentation; leather manufactures continued
dimnution. As regards the Shipping Trade, we ma
that in the month past there 2,22s foreign vessels
with tunnaee of 400 7i entered inward being vessels
under the returns Of the corresponding month last
wear During the three months to the 5th April this
wear l67 chips belonging to the United States with
fnnsoe of have entered inward in British home
ports and Isl United States vessels, with l1oo0s tun-
mage outward.
An important acceleration of the West
India Mail service has just been provided for by
of new time tables to go into effect and after June
The mail steamers are sail from South ampton on the
I'd and 18th of each MONTH and will be due at the same
port the lst and 10th The Gull OF Mexico route -
To be performed once month ua Havana Instead OF oy
ysv of Jamaica as at present The principal feature Ill
the alteration is avoidance OF delay st 81 lhoas
The voyage to Havana from Southampton Will ~
davs to Vera Cruz 254 days, the course OF post WIN
Vera Cruz being SO days. The route to Jamaica viii be
bv branch steamer twice a month from st Thomas,
touching at Porto Rico and Jacmel both tne COURSE
of post from England being "A days Inc honduras
mail will be dispatched from jamaica aud the Barbados
Demerara and Trinidad routes will be performed twice
a month by branch packets The rapidly oil the ameri-
can steamers by which correspondence could anticipate
the English mails has been the immediate cause Of these
new arrangements.
DIR. John Dalrymple, an eminent sur
and friend and associate of the late Lston, died In
London on Sunday last aged fortynine
A fearful colliery explosion occurred at
Hepburn Pit, near Shields on Thursday. twenty-five
men and boys were instantly killed
Admiral Sir Charles Napier has let
ter in The Times propoundng plan for Naval Minna'
MIR. Robert Stephenson's fine yacht
the Ttana one of those beaten by the America last
autumn. has been burned of Cowes.
Mr.. Alexander Mackay, the gentle
man who was sent by the Manchester Chamber oil Coz"
merce to India to report the possibility OF growing
supplies of cotton in that country died at sea on lo'h
of April on his way home He was oarrister oy pro
fession, and was author Of popular work on A"erc"
entitled 1.-THE Western World
The Rajah of Coorg, potentate tfoo'
the Western Ghauts Hindosan has arrived in Eng'aa
bringing his young daughter to be educated This Is
new feature in oriental manners. The Rajah is accom-
panied by his two wives.
1t is said that the purchasers OF the
CRYSTAL Palace have bought site in London for ~ 1
mediate reerection.
Charles Dickens presided over meet
ing of authors and booksellers Tuesday night Of w'n
resolutions were passed in favor of free trade In 'e'"
ture as In everything else.
The Lirerpool Times of THURSDAY
saws: awe received call late last night from WI
ouis schlesinger, Aejo Yznaga Ignacio B. Perez anu
Juan O'Bourke, Cuban invaders, who on pain Ma'.H
escaped from their durance, and after many no
breadth maneuver landed at Gibraltar, whence 'n.'
embarked by the steamship Genoa, and arrived ne'e
"A court-martial, held on the surviving
officers of the Inflated steamer Bhkenhead has acquis'o0
them of blame. r.
As the mail left Southampton on rh-
dsy night a, sla O'clock the Mediterranean Mail Stan
err Madras with later dates from Constantinopie AA'
nearer ports, was coming up.
"A project has come up to build to~e'
I Geo feet hich-a modern Tower Of Bsbei-wna INC
materials Of the Cryital Palace. Fox he'us
builders of the Palace said to have expressed
conviction that the project i, practicable
- The sporting event of the week mas
b, en- the Chester Races horse named Joe "ho'
gained the cup. -.
The case of Mile Wagner the
.,s~ ,xxspfx vss decided She IL not get allowed 70