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eet wobed practice of the house regrind. But he did not ▪ t h e ereessity for a committee at aIL They had commit in .. 183 2 , .1836, 1837, and 1840, and between 14,000 and -- 15,000 guao." had been asked. The whole subject was t h er efore exhausted. He believed they were wrong in at carry on the monetary affairs o f th e country b t h e eeriness of a y tetelfik4 t bank which began without any capital The Bank of England was viciout in principle. 'They re. sited the Bank to discount 'bills without a Ail- Cag for they had nothing but the Rest. (Hear, hear.) It uses *Nerved, with great truth, that the Bank traded on itscrsdit The value of property war now less by 250,000,0001. than it was at the commencement of the year, owing to their monetarysystem. They were leaning on a reed Which was no t able Co stand byiteelf. In October last, a few days after the letter of the right hon. gentleman, there were only 000,0001 in WWI in the Bank of England and its twelve b ro thels What a paltry sum that was to support the credit of the country. (Hear, hear.) And at that moment ths Bea had 20,000,0001. out in liabilities, so that any two ease possessed of 500,0001. might have brought it to a stand. (Hear, hear.) That was not the state in which they ought t o be. He saw no use of this committee, and he would therefore move that its appointment be pcetpoued till the 4th of Februry Col. SIBTHDRP seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would re. pest that he merely desired the appointment of the com mittee, in order that it might be determined what documents should be called for, so that such documents might be reedy for the committee when they should meet after the recess. Mr. E WART supported the amendment Mr. F. MACKENZIE considered that some Scotch mem ber or members—the member for Glasgow, for example— should be named on the committee. Mr. HENRIES said it would now appear that the range of inquiry to be entered upon by the committee was far more eminuire, far more general, than had been indicated by the government, in seeking the consent of the house to its appoint ment. (Hear.) He did not think this a fair or straighttmward coarse on the part ef the government, if their desire was to ante a cue for modifying or superseding the present s ystem. (Hear, hear.) As to mere inquiry, that really seemed to have been exhausted by the former committee, which elicited from iafinite winnows no fewer than 16,000 answers to questioms upon every possible theory connected with the subject of currency. The house. however, were called upon, in nominating a committee of 26 gentlemen, to enter upon • new ocean of theory, with no visible bound or limit. (Ran bear.) After sin ,uet two years they produced nothing but a bur volume. Tuey offered not the slightest opinion on the question. After this experience, was the house pre med to launsh again into an inquiry of the same eon, leaving on the public mind an impression that it was the desire rather to evade than to prosecute the investigation He believed that if the committee was appointed it would lead to no satisfactory results. It was not nominated on a principle to inspire confidence, and on that ground, if on no other, be should certainly hope that the appointment would be postponed. As one of the members named upon it, cer tainly, if the committee were now appointed, he must de cline to serve. The house then divided.—For the adjournment 67 Against it 146-89 Lord G. BENTINCK said that he should propose that ether names be added. In the list were eight members of the late and present government who would be banded together against any alteration in the Bank Charter Act. There was a most remarkable exclusion of members who voted against that bill. He remarked among others the exclusion of the hon. member for Oxfordshire, who had predicted the conse quences of this bill, as well as that of the member for Paisley, who had made similar predictions as to the drain of gold es the first great demand for foreign corn. And how wee Secithuid represented on this committee ? Why, only by two mambas, while the West Riding of Yorkshire was repre sented by three. Neither of those Scorch members was connected with joint stock banks in Scotland or with the commercial interests. Out of 105 members, Ireland was only permitted to place one member on this committee, although that member might be said to represent the commerce of the north of Ireland ; but he was not connected with the banking interests. The member for the metropolis of Ire. land was peculiarly fitted to be placed on the committee. Lancashire ought also to have been better represented, and the Bank of England which was to be put on its defenee; and, with the exception of the hon. member for Westmoreland, the Bank was unrepresented. Mr. Munn was also excluded, patsies from his known skill in cross-examining a bullionist witness. lie should propose to leave out the words twenty an and to add thirty as the number. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must re sat the motion of his noble friend, on the ground that the extension of the committee was calculated to prevent its use fauns, and he had regretted to make it so large although be had used the precedent in a similar inquiry. The only question was the number of the committee ' and he would not go into that of the names which should compose it. He should oppose the increase of the number. Mr. T. BARING suggested that the committee should ',mist of only eight members, to be selected from the late and present administration, and that the inquiry should be limited to the bill of 1844. That would simplify the quo don, and insure a more speedy and eatisfactory report upon it. The house divided—For the original motion 136 For the amendment... , 45-91 On our re-admission into the gallery we found Mr. FORBES moving that the debate be now adjourned. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the adjournment. Lord G. BENTINCK again objected to the constitution of the committee, composed as it was of placemen and ex placemen. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the question was should 26 members be the number of the committee, and it would be competent for the noble lord to AIM the substitution of any names for those which were proposed to be nominated. Mr. WA KLEY said he should support the motion for the adjournment of the debate, and thought the government ought not to hesitate to consent to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said what le wished was, not to proceed with the nomination of the committee to-night, but to give his noble friend opposite (Lord G. &Edina) an opportunity of proposing any names he may think fit. lie would therefore postpone the nomi nation of the committee until to-morrow (this day). Mr. F. SCOTT urged the nomination of more members connected with Contlkold on the committee. An BUN. MEMBEIA thought the opponents of the measure of 1844 should be represented on this committee, or its labours would not gain the confidence of the country. Sir G. GREY slid that the house had decided that 26 should be the number of the committee, and his right hon. friend had agreed to postpone the nomination of the com mittee until to-morrow (this day). Mr. REYNOLDS complained that so few Irish members ware proposed by the government to serve midge committee. Mr. DISRAELI supported the amendment. Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that tomorrow (this day) he should mote to substitute the name of Mr . Reynolds for that of the hon. member for Montrose. Mr. CAN LEY remarked that the whole value of this in quiry would depend on the constitution of the cesentittee. As it was, he did not hesitate to say that it was net fairly constituted. The upholders of the Bank Charter AA should appoint one half of the members, and the oppessale of that set should appoint the other half. If %hi member were fifteen be bad no objection to a member of the gewannient being appointed as the fifteenth. AA the etimmilttee was propowd, two-thirds of its members were eelected trom gen tlemen favourable to the act of 1844, and one-third only from those who were opposed to it. Ce , r.. HARRIS hoped government would consent to the committee between that time and to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR cd the EXCHEQUER had already stated he did not intend to press the nomination of the com mittee that night. As far me he could do so, he had, to the beet of his judgment, named a perfectly fair committee ; but ft would be open for any gentleman to move to substitute other names for any he had proposed. Mr. HERRIES inquired whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer would permit other names to be moved without notice ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would fix the nomination for Wednesday. Honourable gentlemen could therefore give notice of any names it might be pro posed to substitute to-morrow (this day). The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn. It was then arranged that the committee should consist of twenty-six members, to be nominated on Wednesday. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. This bill was brought in by Biz. LABOUCAISAA, and read a tint time. The house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. *he erprt*S. MAILS The ark lea Aft alt Uster, hears. 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I; ott6. put 7. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC.I4. THE answer which Lord JoHN RUSSELL has given to the representation made to the government by ten of the bisnope has put an end to all doubts as to the immediate elevation of Dr. Hastrior.ts to the epis copal bench. The protest bears the signature of some of the most respectable of the bishops, and is drawn up with moderalon and propriety, but there can be little doubt that the remonstrant prelates have acted injudiciously in their interference; and the superiority of argument, as well as the power to en force his own views, remains with the Premier. Th e letter of th e bish ops remarkably illustrates the timidity, and regard for prejudice, which are peculiar to their class, and which, on their own showing, form their chief motives even for a step which they may reasonably consider • bold one. It is not the alleged heterodoxy of the Bampton lectures, or any supposed unsoundness in Dr. HAMPDEN'S views, which calls forth their interferenoe. As Lord Jonr4 RUSSELL forcibly observes, " Your lordships do not state any want of confidence on your rat in the soundness of Dr. IlAnenetes doctrine. It is the supposed " apprehension and alarm which have been excited in the minds of the clergy" which form the I professed, and, we have no doubt, the real ground of the remora -^*. Whether the ten bishops share in this alarm do not find stated. and apprehension we If they are apprehensive for the faith, they are more apprehensive of the danger of pledging themselves to reject Dr. HAMPDEN'S doctrines; if, as we suppose, they do not share in the alarm, they are afraid of the responsibility of meeting, denouncing, and quieting it. It is moat characteristic of the episcopal idiosyncracy, that the truth or falsehood of the charge which they use as an argument against the election never seems to strike the protesters as a material question in the case. Even when they proceed to assign a reason for the alarm of the clergy, they can find no better ground for it than that the University of Oxford has affirmed by a solemn decree its want of confidence in the soundness of Dr. HAMPDEN% doctrine." Lord JOHN ktussEtes answer is conclusive: "In these circum stances, it appears to me that if I should withdraw my recommendation of Dr. HAMPDEN, which has been sanctioned by the Queen, I should virtually assent to the doctrine that a decree of the University of Oxford is a perpetual ban of exclusion against a clergyman of eminent learning and irreproachable life, and that in fact the supremacy which is now by law vested in the crown is to be transferred to a majority of the members of one of our universities." It is strange that English bishops, reigning, as they claim to reign, with uncontrolled power over ' the orthodoxy of the church, should, at the same time, decline to express any opinion hostile to Dr. HAMPDEN, and recognise, by implication, a spiritual authority to determine doctrine, as residing in the easnal usemblage of clergy and laity who form the convocation of Oxford. Ds the bishops, does the Bishop of LONDON mean, that he would allow a vete of the Oxford convocation, or of the Cambridge, to overrule his discretion in granting or refusing a license to preach to any clergyman in hie diocese ? What is meant by a solemn decree it would be diffi cult to say. A measure was proposed to the convo cation a a penal kind. There was no accusation, no defence, no selection of qualified judges, no personal responsibility in those who concurred in the sen tence. All that can be said of Dr. HAMPDEN, as afterwards of Mr. WARD, is that a popular assem bly, of which the majority could not possibly under stand the questions at issue, passed a vote against them on the authority of others. The " alarm and apprehension" existing in the minds of the clergy at present exactly represent the " alarm and apprehen sion" which then influenced the majority of convoca tion. In some the feeling was honest, in others fac tious ; but it would be well for bishops and others to understand, that alarm and apprehension, while they enfeeble the judgment of those who are affected by them, are no grounds to determine the conduct of others. Lord Jorn RUSSELL very properly declares that Dr. HAMPDEN'S reputation is to be taken into consi deration, as well as the rights of the crown. It is a base and cowardly proceeding to sacrifice any indivi dual on the charge of unpopularity. The minister, being satisfied that the accusations against Dr. HAMPDEN are unfounded, does not require to be told that such accusations exist. If he requires a confir mation of his judgment, he may refer to the dissen tient bishops themselves. It is impossible to suppose that, in ta ki ng so unusual a step as remonstrating against the exercise of the undisputed prerogative of the crown, they would have shrunk from denouncing any unsoundness of which Dr. HAMPDEN was guilty. They are witnesses to his orthodoxy, inas much as they are enable or unwilling to point out any flaw in it ; and they are therefore especially bound to discountenance the " alarm and apprehen- I sion" which they do not share. A lady who had a strong disinclination to enter a field frequented by horned cattle, frequently declared that it was unfair to charge her with timidity. She was not afraid of a bull, bat afraid of being afraid, and therefore anxious to keep out of risk of fear. The bishops go a step farther. They are not afraid of Dr. HAMPDEN'S doctrines, nor even afraid of being afraid of them—they are only afraid that those opinions will affect the clergy with alarm. Why the clergy should be afraid of oodoxy if Dr. HAMPDEN is right, or how the bishops have escaped the alarm at his heterodoxy if he is wrong, they do not explain. But the worship of prejudice, the perpetual anxiety to know " what will people say," the affectation of sharing in popular error—all these weaknesses, prevalent as they are in all departments of public life, are nowhere so domi nant as on the episcopal bench. One, and not the least prominent, of the remon strant prelates, has already often shown his sympathy with alarms in which he did not himself participate. When a number of active writers were alarmed at the latitudinarian practice and tendencies of the English church, and strove to restore a stricter discipline, and secure it by renovating the forms of antiquity, the bishop of whom we speak encouraged to the utmost a movement of which he never before had felt the necessity. Before long, however, a larger and loader body took " alarm " in its turn. The people at large were scandalised at innovations, even when they professed to be sanc tioned by antiquity. The hereditary horror for popery revived, and the new sect became universally unpopular. Instantly, the bishop veered raund. The clergy, who had adopted by his wish the new-fangled ceremonies and costumes, were discountenanced by him, and those who had more prudently disregarded the popularity-hunting caprices of their diocesan, were complimented on their good sense and sound judgment It is difficult to suppose that the present interference is dictated by deeper convictions. It is supposed that the church is in a fright. Its leader does not examine the causes of the panic, bat as signs its existence as a cause for flattering and obey ing it There is no great danger that the power of the crown to nominate bishops will be allowed by any minister to be brought into doubt or dispute. Grossly immoral and improper appointments, such as some of those which were made a century ago, would cer tainly justify a remonstrance on the part of any body which could claim to represent the church. But, if such an objection was urged, it would be the duty of the remonstrants to pledge their own belief to their accusations, and to support their allegations by proof. A men hearsay, secondhand complaint, that some third person was alarmed at a proposed appointment, might justly be disregarded by any minister. In the present time it is quite certain that a substantial charge, fairly brought home, would be successful. We by no means think that an accusation relating to matters of doctrine ought to meet with equall; ready hearing, even when it is supported by the authority of those who urge it. It is the weakness of the clergy of all wets to seek to narrow and limit the dogmatic terms of communion, to 'substitute a formal agreement in verbal propositions for a practi cal harmony of religious feeling, and to disconnte nines subtlety, novelty, and speculative boldness. It is from the large admixture of secular influences in its government, that the Anglican church has practi cally refrained from even further limitations of the creed which it admits, than those which so unfortu nately have excluded many kindred sects of nonconformists from its body. It ought to be the endeavour of those who represent the most powerful of the secular agencies which affect it, to take care that it does not suicidally restrict itself still farther. A minister who appointed a bishop who really dis agreed with the substance of the Anglican faith, would be an unfaithful and oppressive trustee of the power which he holds; but he must judge for him self in every particular instance, and not assume that every one who has been accused of heresy is a heretic. In the present case, we have no doubt that Lord JOHN RUSSELL conscientiously believes that the cheep against Dr. HAMPDEN is unfounded ; and we think he is perfectly right in that conclusion. We should therefore have approved of his adherence to bib reso lution, even if the bishops who wish him to relin quish it had made themselves responsible for the charges of heterodoxy, which they state to be cre dited by others. To mere gossip about alarm and apprehension, which the remonstrs.nts do not pretend to share, and to insinuations about the "solemn" de cree of the convocation, to which the bishops would be the last to defer, the Premier has given a reply of THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1847. almost supererogatory ccaclusiveness. Several of the bishops, he says (and, as he adds, by mistake, the uni versity), have required a certificate of attendance on Dr. HAMPDEN'S lectures as a condition for obtaining orders. The Bamptoa Lectures were published fifteen years ago, and censured eleven years ago. In the interval, Dr. HAMPDEN has been constantly preaching and writing, without affording an opening for attack to any of his watchful opponents. Such objections as those of the bishops would destroy the prerogative of the crown, if they were allowed to pre vail. Whenever any party dis►pproves of a choice, alarm and apprehension may be said to prevaiL The protest will probably, though a mistake on the part of the authors, have served as a vent for the dis satisfaction which has been felt in various quarters to the appointmeu4 We have no doubt that the agita tion will now rem, that Dr. HAMPDEN will be quietly inducted, and that the youth of Herefordshire will continue to hold their present orthodox opinions on the metaphysics of theology without let or hindrance from their bishop. ONE of the richest specimens of cool, polished land lord despotism we have seen for some time, occurs in a recent correspondence between the free church mis sionary in Glengarry, and Lord WARD. We had hoped that the publication of the evidence taken last year by the committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the circumstances under which sites for churches, manses, and schools had been refused to free-church congregations by certain landed magnates of Scotland, would have put an end to that paltry and irritating system of persecution. But it is apparent, from this correspondence, that the class of unchangeables, even by the extreme process of braying in a mortar, still flourishes north of the Tweed. The letters alluded to will be found in another column of this day's publication : our readers can form their own judgment of them. Ws are free to admit that Lord WARD'S correspondent, the Rev. DCGALD SHAW, is lamentably deficient in tact. Even though it were true, it is injudicious (we say nothing' of Christian humility) in addressing a landlord, who is a member of another communion, to tell him that your own flock are " the most intelligent by far, the most pious, moral, and, in short, the best Unction" of the people on his estate. He not unnaturnlly under stands this as a reflection on thet lf himse, an d sands on _ . ..efensive. The appeals to his lordship's death-bed feel ings are likewise calculated to irritate rather than to edify. In thisland ofliberty,where every man may choose his own religion, clergymen ought to be extremely cautious of bestowing upon adherents of churches alien to their own, either blessings or banning.: we have known the former esteemed the greater piece of presumption and more unpardonable offence of the two. ' In all this, however, there is nothing to justify the temper of L ord WARD'S reply. There is nothing in tentionally disrespectful in the letter of his reverend correspondent. Ample testimony is borne to " the high esteem and regard" entertained for Lord WARD in the district; and the exhortation which follows in most natural in the mouth of a man of earnest religions impressions, even though it may be admitted to savour not a little of sectarian narrowness. If Lord WARD is a devoted member of some other sect, he ought to have sympathised with en earnest ness akin to his own : if he is a man of the world, disposed to think lightly of these matters, it is pre cisely upon such a character that it is incumbent to show that he is cot to be ruffled by well-meant zeal, even when it jam with his tastes. Apart, however, from these considerations, there is one passage in Lord WARD's letter, which, whatever may he thought of it on the other side of the Tweed, no Englishman can read without a strong sense of indignation. One word more and I have done. You reside in this glee by sufferance on my part. If there was a clergyman of the established church here to take care of my people, I should net Ismail you to stay here to thwart' his labours. There is none at present, and I prefer your teaching to the know ledge that there is no pastor in the glen. Anything . more disgusting than this language we cannot conceive. The man who would banish a dis senting clergyman from his estate lest his teaching should interfere with that of the clergyman of the establishment would, if he were consistent and had the power, banish all dissenting clergymen from the country. The man who could pen the sentences we have quoted has yet to learn the first rudiments of civil and religious liberty. The man who could pen them, challenging publicity for them, is either igno rant of the free feelings of his countrymen, or callous to their indignant judgment. Lord WARD cannot even plead in extenuation of his petty despotism, that in the narrowness of his soul he believes the doctrines of the free church to be either immoral or irreligious. He admits that in the absence of an established clergyman the labours of the free church missionary are useful. This is to admit that in Lord WARD'S estimation the moral precepts of the missionary are sound, and his religious doctrines orthodox. It is also tantamount to an admission that there is a deficient provision in the district for reli gious and moral instruction. Lord WARD, therefore, as good as declares that, to save himself expense, he will allow the missionary to persevere in his herd and ill-requited labours, but that if any other person will pay a missionary of the establishment to occupy the field, Lord WARD is ready to clear it for him by hounding the present labourer off his estate. There is meanness here as well as tyranny. It is obvious, from numerous passages in the Scotch newspapers, that the agitation for sites to the free church is about to be recommenced. Nor can we wonder at it, seeing that there are landowners in Scot land who can abuse their power after the fashion of Lord WARD. We sae curious to learn whether men like the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, the general tenor of whose life has been courteous and conciliatory to all ranks and classes, will persist in " walking through Coventry" with his lordship. We are happy to observe signs of grace among some of the site refusers, and also that the fair sex axe the first to lead the way in receding from the false position into which they had blundered. The factor of Lady DUNMORE writes, by her orders, in a very different spirit from Lord WARD to the ree kirk minister of the Harris. Her ladyship requests me to state that she adheres to her view of granting only one site for the erection al a free church in the Harris, in the rneantohilo wishieg to judge from the effect of one to what extent further to meet the wishes of the adherents of that church among the population. Her ladyship extends the grant to the erection of a 1104188 and school.lvnate, if such is required. Her ladyship begs me also to state that she has no cOjection to these sites babe aeleckd at Hanish, or soy other central point of the Ws Bays, lithe site which has already been granted at Finable, is considered by you situated too far from the population as at present locat , d. and likely to remain. Inspired with the judicious and conciliatory spirit of his employer, the factor proceeds to enter into a statement of certain contemplated changes in the tar nagoment of the estate, which may perhaps inBll4lloll the minister in his selection of a site. Altogether, the communication is most cheering, as evincing, on the part of the proprietrix of the Harris, respect for the religious liberties of the community, and a desire to stand in such relations with her people and the pastor of their choice as must be conducive to the comfort g and beat interests of all parties. ly same evening for Berne, where he arrived on the night of the Bth. Re had a conference with Mr. Peel on the morning of the 9th, and afterwards an interview with M. Ochaenbein, which continued to a late hour. Frog the state of the chest of the canton of Lu cerne, recovered from the fugitive authorities of the Sonderbund, it appears that the treasury of the League derived its chief resources from loans &applied by Austria, and from an examination of the arms and artillery captured or surrendered, it appears that the League derived its arms from France--the cypher of Louis Philippe was found upon the artillery. The deputies had a private meeting on the afternoon of the Oth, at which it was expected that M. Och senbein would have informed them of the proposi , lions of Sir B. Canning. The note of Prussia had been delivered to M. Ochsenbein that morning by one of the secretaries of the Prussian Le gation. It was word for word identical with those of France and Austria. The cantons of the defunct League were proceeding with the elections of their respective grand councils and other cantonal authorities. The popular assemblies of these cantons respectively had passed resolutions in substance similar to those of Friburg and Lucerne, renouncing the League, acknowledging the authority of the Diet, and re-organising their governments. The general assembly of the people of the canton of Zug adopted on the 6th, resolutions similar to those adopted by the other cantons of the Sender band, renouncing the League, acknowledging the authority of the Diet, and appointing a provisional government. The provisional government of Lucerne has effected a loan of 180,000 francs in Austria, 100,000 at Bile, land 36,000 at the convent of St. Urbain. The Madrid mail of the 7th, dne in Paris on Sun day, had not arrived at the hour of the despatch of our correspondence. The Journal des Debate of Sunday contradicts the announcement made by the Semaphore, of Marseilles, of a general insurrection in Sicily, bnt gives no autho rity for such contradiction. - The intelligence of the Semaphore arrived in a letter from Naples, dated the 2nd instant. The Nourelliste, another Marseilles journal, gives the same news in a supplement, in which it is added that the Sicilians, in proclaiming the constitution of 1812, coant on the diplomatic support of England. It is further stated that the troops not only refused to use their arms against the people, but in many instances made common cause with them. . . The report was that this news had been received by the government at Naples by telegraph. The steamer Vesurio, plying between Naples and the chief ports of Sicily, had not arrived notwithstanding the moat favourable state of the weather, and it was in ferred that she had been seized and detained by the insurgents. It is evident, therefore, that, in the ab sence of any direct and regular communication with the island, this report most at best be received with reserve. AUSTRIA.—VIENNA.—TEIE JESUlTB.—Foeuteen Jesuits have arrived here frwa Switzerland, and have been presented by the imperial counsellor, Mr. Hurter, to the chancellor of state. It is very probable that they will, for the first time, be permitted to remain here under the plea of hospitality, and then form the commencement of a regular community; for although their buildings and the other pro perty of the order of the Jesuits have been confiscated in Switzerland, they have still immense wealth remaining. It is doubtful whether the convent of the Kamaldulen on Kahlenberg, which has jest been purchased for 80,000 florins, or the convent of the Liguorians, which is situated in the very heart of the city, will be asaigned to them. BRAZIL—Dates from Pernambuco to the 31st of October have been received to-day, but communicate nothing of interest. The rate of exchange on London was, how ever, quoted higher, at 28d. trbt Court._ The Marquis and Marchioness of Normenby arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon from town, on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation, consisting of Mr. C. Russell (chair man of the Great Western Railway Company), Mr. Saun ders, and Mr. Brunel, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the effice of the Commissioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. W. M. Christy, had an interview with the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir A. B. Brooks had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Brotherton, M.P. (Salford), and Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., had an inter ' view ye.terday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office teem the governors of New South Wales, South Aus tralia. New Zealand, and the Mauritius. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council re turned yesterday the hearing of an appeal from New South Wales." The Bank of Australasia e. Breillat." Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Hill. Q.C., were heard. The case was ad rned. The lords present were the Master of the Rolls, LoLrd Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. A special general court of this institution was held yesterday at the hospital to take into consideration the CM of Mr. Tuson, the charges anainst whom have so long kept up dimensions among the officers. The Duke of Cambridge was present. Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., took the chair. After several gentlemen had spoken, further dis cussion was here rendered unnecessary, by Mr. Hawes putting in the following statement, signed by Mr. Tuson, and the other medical officers:—" The undersigned feeling strongly the importance of waving individual and personal feelings, when the prosperity of the hospital is concerned, deem it right to decline further contention, and to place their resignation in the hands of the weekly board at its next meeting" (this day). It was intimated that, of course, all would be eligible for re-election as the board thought fit. The Duke of CAIO3IIIOOE, while expressing his satis faction at the turn matters had taken, gave it as his opinion, that as the well-being of the hospital was of coarse the primary object with all, it would have been their duty, hed the above statement not been put in, to press the ori ginal motion. The above statement was put from the chair, and it was resolved that it be entered on the minutes. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE CHAItTERLIOUSE.—CELEBRATION OF FOUNDER'S MC—Yesterday being the anniversary of the day on which this institution was founded, was observed with the usual honours by all the persons connected with it. Divine service was performed in the chapel, at four o'clock, the sermon being preached by the Rev. H. B. Churton, M.A. The company among whom was the Earl of Devon, afterwards proceedeseto the large hall, where an oration was delivered by Mr. Dewar, the senior scholar, who is about leaving for the university of Cambridge, on one of the ancient foundations. The day closed with a dinner, given by the Ten. Archdeacon Hale, H.A. FEMALE ORPHAN AMMO/S.—MUNIFICENT BE CK:SAT.—Yesterday a general meeting of the (governors of des above charity was held at the institution in the West- Ellithher-bridge-road, for the election, b 7 ballot, of 16 girls 'est of a list of 33 candidates. Mr. William Shadbolt in the ekair. There are now (irrespective of yesterday's election) 149 orphans in the establishment, where they are instrueted in reading, writing, needle-work, and household business, until a proper age, when they are apprenticed as domestic servants. Since its institution in 1758, 2,440 have partici pated in its benefits, and 710 have received five guineas each for having faithfully served their appren ticeshi p. Daring the past year a legacy of 1,0001. has been bequeathed to the institution by the late Mrs. Weybridge. INSTITUTION OP THE ADULT DEAF AND Dum.—A meeting of the committee of management of the institution for teaching trades and providing employment for the adult deaf and dumb, of both sexes, was held yesterday morn ing at the board-room of the establishment, No. 28, Red Lion-square, Bloomsbury, for the purpose of taking the ne cessary steps before presenting • memorial to the corpora tion of the City of London. The signatures of the several members of the committee present having been attached to the memorial, the annual report of the society for 1847 was read, from which it appeared (on the report of the " hearing master " of the shoemakers) that he taught the deaf and dumb the trade of shoemaking, and did not find the task very difficult. Several whom he had instructed were now journeymen at first-rate houses at the west-end of London. The youths who were at present under his management would be perfect in their trade in the course of two years : those who had no previous knowledge of the business he could instruct in three years. The hearing master of the tailors deposed to a similar effect. Some deaf and dumb youths were obstinate and difficult to teach, but a similar complaint could be applied to those who were not so afflicted. By a regular and religious system of training their obstinacy was speedily replaced by submissiveness and attention.—Mr. D. Murray, the superintendent of the establishment, said the female inmates upon admission were very violent and bad tempered, but after remaining in the asylum • short time they became quiet and respectful in their behaviour. Recently a youth was received into the institution from a lunatic asylum, and the change of treatment had acted very strongly upon his mind. He was now one of the most atten tive of the several inmates, and in the course of a short time be would be enabled to sustain himself by his own industry. Sir Stratford Canning arrived on the morning or Various specimens of the work of the deaf and dumb were the 7th at Neufchatel, and immediately had an in- exhibited, and their neatness called forth many remarks of terview witk M. de Sydow, the envoy of Prussia to satisfaction. the Confederation, and with General Pfuel, the AUSTRALIAN MINING COMPANY.—An extraordi governor of the principality. Sir S. Canning left the nary general meeting of shareholders was held yesterday, et Sunday's Journal des Debate speaks with a milder tone upon the Swiss question. In this change its conduct resembles that of the 'limes, which has given over thundering for the Sonderbund to discover that the victorious party of Swiss comprise a great num ber of moderate and wise men. The Journal des Debate goes even further in its conversion. It denies on Sunday that it ever proposed a mediation between two parts of the Confederation, the Sonderbund and the Vorort. The Debate even insinuates maliciously that Lord Palmerston was guilty of this treason against the unity of the Swiss Confederation. Instead of denouncing and execrating the stern reply of the Swiss government to the French note, the court France of Paris merely observes, th at the rejoinder of France and of the other powers to this document will very much depend on the conduct of the Swiss go- vernment itself. This can only mean, that if the Swiss government make but a moderate and fair use of its victory, M. Guizot will bow to circumstances, and accept the facts irrerocably accomplished. We sincerely trust that the Swiss will be moderate, and that Sir Stratford Canning will contribute to their being so. We have to congratulate the tory journals of France and England, the Dlbats and the name, on their return to rational and calm senti ments, however contradictory to what they uttered a fortnight back, vim this Swiss question. the offices, near London-bridge, for the purpose of receiving the report and electing directors, in the room of Sir Hyde Pease, resigned, and S. J. Capper, deceased. John Master man, jun.,lisg.., in the chair. The report was read, and stated that in about six weeks after the receipt of the local secre tary's letter, information might be expected that the cross course had cut the lode in the thirty.fathom level. They would then have a good range of ore to break down, and economical means of bringing it to gross. With respect to the Tung Killo works, the appearances of improvement were very flattering, as an excellent lode had been cut in the twenty-fathom level. The appearances in Ansters lode were also improving; all the venous sets were let with out difficulty, at reasonable prices. The director, regretted that no late report of the workings at the Wheel Rothschild had reached them. The directors had been unceasing in their endeavours to obtain from the government the powers necessary for facilitating the transfer of the two thousand shares tent to the colony but in the meantime they had with regret to inform the shareholders that those shares had been returned, and that the committees of management had drawn on the directors in London for 4,0001., an favour of the Bank of Auatralasia. Mr. Montefiore had been ap pointed to dispose of those shares, but that gentleman stated that in the present state of the market he was not able to carry out the wishes of those who sent him those shares. This draft of the committee of management for the sum of 4,0001., in addition to 1,0001. fur which a credit had been given them, entirely frustrated the expectation the directors were led to entertain that they were not likely to be again drawn upon until the drafts were ancompanied by bills of lading of a shipment of ore; and rendered it necessery to make a call of 10s. per share, which would become payable on or before the 15th of January next. The Chairman observed that although this report might produce disappointment in the minds of the shareholders present, they must recollect that they had to °lntend with many difficulties, arising from the distance of the colony and the went of experience on the part of the workmen during the first period of their operations. The whole tenor of the correspondence went to show that the committee of manage went were desirous rather of conducting the works in such a way as would produce permanent benefit to the company than of scraping ore from the surface. With respect to the return of the 2,000 sham, he confessed that the board of directors were taken by surprise, more particularly as the fact of those gentlemen in the colonies having taken there shares tended so much to encourage the shareholders is this country. He was not prepared to look at the return of these shares, as evidence of want of confidence or treachery on the part of the shareholders in the colonies. He believed the front room door, he found the bedding and furniture therein in a sheet of flame. A child, three years of sire, a grandson of the proprietor of the premises, was, at that perio t, in the bed, and completely enveloped in flame. Mr. Holmes, re gardless of the risk he ran, rushed through the fin and succeeded in getting the child out. In so doing his own hands were severely burned, and the poor child was so frightfully injured, that it is doubtful whether it will recover. A number of engines promptly attended; but fortunately the fire had been extinguished in the in. wrist by the inmates and police. A surgeon was called in to attend on the child, but owing to the serious nature of the burnt his removal to the Louden Hospital was recommended, which was accordingly done—Another lire occurred at No. 4, Gravel-lane, licundsditch. It originated in the front shop, and although soon extinguished a number of watches, time-pieces, end working toots were spoiled. The damage will be covered by an insurance in the Sun Fire office.—The third fire broke out upaa the premises of • baker, No. 1, Church-lane. It originat-d in the bakehouse, but owing to the timely assistance, the fire was extinguished before any very considerable damage had been done. Sparks from lighted candles, it is understood, were the causes of the three outbreaks. INQUEST, YESTEHDAT.—ALLEGED MURDER.—Be fore Mr. Baker, at the Royal Oak publio-house, Galway street, St. Luke's, respecting the death of Alfred Gough, an infant, aged one month, the illegitimate offspring of Jane Gough, who was charged before the mogistrete at the Worship street police-court with having caused the death of her child, and was remanded. The evidence proved that Jane Gough was a most dissipated character, and had been frequently lucked up for drunkenness. She had three chil dren. The deceased was born in Islington workhouse, from whence it was taken by its mother about • fortnight since. The mother took lodgings in Radnor-street, St. Lake's. She pail Is. 63. per week, and there was no furniture in the room, with the exception of an old mat, which she mid for • bed. On Saturday night last she was in • dreadful state of intoxication, with the deceased is her arms. She was taken to the station-house, and deceased was removed to St. Luke's workhouse. On the following morning she received the child from the workhouse, and during the whole day and night she was out drinking with the chid. When she returned the following morning she was very drunk, and fell in the passage with the deceased in her arms. About three hours afterwards she knocked at a neighbour's house, with the infant in her apron, quite dead. She said she had gone to bed with the deceased, and when she awoke she found he bad just expired.—The jury returned a verde% of " Found dead, but how he became dead there was no evidence to peeve." fact was, that as they could not be immediately made avail able, they were sent to this country uuder the expectations that they would realise a moat in London. The chairman then referred to the expediency of sending out a resident superim tendent, and said, that if the meeting felt a want of confi dence in the committee of management, the board would go along with them provided that any mismenagement was proved on the part of the committee.—Mr. Halcombe and ether shareholders stated that they had received information inculpating the committee of management —Mr. Montefiore defended the conduct of the committee, and said that suffi cient allowance was not made for the difficulties in which they were placed.—After some discussion, the report was re ceived and adopted, it being understood that the board of directors were to receive any information at the next board day from any shareholder who might be possessed of such Tweeting the conduct of the committee of management in the colony. The mode of dealing with the return of the 2,000 shares was left, after some discussion, in the hands of the directors. It appeared from the accounts, which were made up to the 30th of November last, that the total debts of the company amounted to 39.89.31. The balance ire the bankers' hands was 8701., and the balance unaccounted for in the colony amounted to 3,1201.—The meeting thou pro ceeded to elect two directors; after which, the meeting separated. THE NEW POOR LAW COMMISSION. Lord Ebr.netton is to be appointed to the office of parliamentary secretary to the new poor law commission, and Mr. Nicholls, the senior eonimi.s:oner of the commission now about to be superseded, is to be the permanent secretary. The present commission will expire on the day after the commission ap pointing Mr. Charles Buller the president is published sa the Gazette.—Morning Paper. AYLESBURY BOROUGH ELECTION.— Sir,—l find that . you will do me the favour of correcting an ereor whisk has taiedvertently crept into the report in your papeeef the 10th inst , respecting the two petitions which have bum pre sented to the House of Commons against the return of the sitting members (Lord Nugent and John Peter Deering, Esq.), and which has been the means of creating an erroneous and unjust impression in the mind of the public. My petition (No. 37) is directed solely against the return of Mr. Deering, and bas no reference whatever to that of Lord Nugent. —ACTON TINDAL. THE MASTERSHIP IN CHANCERY vacant by the death of Mr. Duckworth, has been filled up by the appoint. ment of Mr. W. H. Tinney, Q.C. FUNERAL OP Ma. LlSTON.—Yesterday morning, at half-past 11, the remains of this distinguished surgeon were deposited in the Highgate Cemetery. The prom ssioe, consisting of a hearse and six, six mourning coaches and fair, and 18 or 20 gentlemen's carriages, was met at the foot of the hill by about 300 pupils, all dressed in black, who lined each side of the cemetery road, allowing the corpse and mourners to pass between them to the grave. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.— The last whaler has arrived, and Sir John Franklin and his 125 followers are shut up in the Arctic regions for a third winter. To rave them from a fourth, when in addition In scurvy, that dreadful scourge to the human, th• y will have to contend with starvation and all its horrors, Dr. King has offered his services to Earl Grey to journey in search of this gallant party, overland to the western land of North Somerset, in the neighbourhood of which spot lies all the difficulty which has baffled all our attempts, in ships, for three ands half centuries. Dr. King proposes to take the same route he took in search of Sir Julia Ross, in 1833-3-5. A. attempt to react the western land of North Somerset ha ships would be attended with these difficulties:-1. Barrow Strait was impassable in 1832; it may be impassable in 1848. 2. The search in ships would be using the seine means which have brought the lost expedition into their difficulty; the relief party may, therefore, become a party in distress. 3. The land that is made will be of doubtful character. The searching party, at the end of the summer, with the close of which every soul of the lost expedition will have perished, may find they bare been tracing an island many miles distant from the western land of North Somer. set, or navigating a deep bay, as Kotzebue navigated the &send, _named after him; and as Franklin navigated the lake Melville Sound. The plan which Dr. King has =is, to reach the Polar Sea across the continent of end thus to proceed on his search from land known to Ice continent, where every footstep will be so ranch good meek done for the rescue of the 126 gallant men, and fur Odle furtherance of geographical and natural historical hmewledge, COMMERCE IN THE DAYS OF ABRAHAM.—The various particulars of the transaction between Abraham and the children of Heth evince very considerable proem , * at that early period in economics, in commerce, in law. There is sled of a given denomination or coin—balances for wi eg h—a standard thereof, such as was current with OM 1100rolunt—a superiority therefore in the methods of Mu above the way of barter—forms in the conveyance smienthenge of property before witnesses, as here in the wee of the people of Heck—the terms and specifications e[ehmgad by which its several particulars were made sure ie aellem in the presence of and before many witnesses—. ell serdog to confirm the doctrine that the progress in these days was from an original civilisation down to barbarism — tie civilisation being coeval with the first and earliest revels. Lions, or with Adam himself. A thorough attention to these early chapters of Genesis confirms our belief in this tenet— supported as it is by this very strong negative argument, that a nation was never known to emerge simultaneously and unaided from the savage state—the civilisation thereof having always, as far as is known, originated in, or been sided by, a movement or influence from without —Dr. CAohners's Daily Scripture Readings. THE FRENCH INVASION.—If the danger did exist, we should be amply provided against it. Though Bugeaud kilned( were to COM over with VA many men as came to Albratica for Angelica the fair, we have no lack of devices to turn him back. I_n the first place, there are the Boulogne, the bluest., and Herne Bay steam-boate, to intercept the transports. Passengers have the utmost confidence in Captain Large : his intrepidity in facing a non.paying pas senger, or the enraged multitude on the wild shores of Herne Bay, is pall known. Captain Tune no lees enjoys the trust of numerous voyagers; and he has the further ad vantage of practice in facing the French, through the endless oppressions and indignities which Englishmen en counter on landing at Boulogne. Were Bugeaud to land in Kent, it is understood that Lord Dalhousie has left two fowling-pieoes and a case of pistols in Deal Castle, with 'Jim orders to the footman to resist ; the earl having read to the faithful servant Csesar's account of the difficulty which he experienced in the same neighbourhood: so that part of the *east is safe. And the intrepidity of the bathers at Margate and Herne Bay Is known ; to say nothing of the large body of waiters at the Folkestone Pavilion . Bugesud, landed, would bane to face a deputation consisting of Joseph Sturge and other members of the Peace Association, who would represent to him the wickedness of war; and how he would get over this difficulty we do not me, especially as Mr. Elihu Burritt has kindly consented to represent the United States in the deputation. But should that resource fail, Richard Cobden and John Bright will meet the marshal at Maidstone, with strong representations as to the economical waste of war. Mr. Bright will be prepared to show, sta tistically, the cost of every victory; and Mr. Cobden will adduce an overwhelming array of opinion throughout Europe in favour of free trade as preferable to glory. These suggestions would throw serious obstacles in the way c f M. Bugeaud's logical progress towards London. However, tempted prospectively by the promised title, " Duke of the Isle of Bop," he may persevere in his un hallowed march. Lord Brougham and Dr. Bowing might then try what a friendly visit could effect; and while the A division of police kept the enemy in check, Queen Victoria might go, under the care of Prince Albert, by the back way of the Southampton Rail road, to Treport, to see what a renewal of filial embraces and (emulations could do with King Louis Philippe—should he be alive, or inclined for that sort of entertainmen. ; contingencies, however, which we have no authority to pro mise with any certainty. At the wont, the Sanitary Com mission might send Mr. Edwin Chadwick to assure the mar shal how unwholesome London is--" subject to la grippe," he could say with perfect truth. In fact, we have no end of such safeguards to resist any enemy that may choose to in vade na—Spemator. FIRES AND PROBABLE LOBB OF LlPE.—Last night, between the hours of seven and nine, three fires broke out in the neighbourhood of Spitalflelda. The most serious was at 180, Bnck-lam, belongitnag to Mr. I. F. Holmes. The attention of some of the Inmates was directed to the second floor by hearing violent screams proceeding therefrom. Mr. Holmes immediately hastened up stairs, and, on opening the IRELAND. Deems, Des. 12. There is no decided change in the state of the Chancellor's health. His complaint is abscess on the lungs. The danger is twofold; first, if the abscess should not break before his remaining strength is prostrated; secondly, if it should break, but from his weak condition he might be unable to cast off the purulent matter. No medical skill can yet determine whether he is likely to recover. The loss of such a man would be deeply felt by the profession and the public. Should he recover, it is not probable he could with safety return to the Court of Chanoery. Judge Burton's death and the Chancellor's illness give birth to a variety of rumours respecting their probable successors. The last afloat in the atmosphere of the Four Courts yesterday was that the Attor ney-General had accepted the vacancy in the Queen's Bench, with the condition annexed that he should have the next superior seat when vacant; this points to the highest judicial offim in the kingdom. This would raise Mr. Monahan to the Attorney-General ship, and Mr. Hatchell to the rank of Solicitor. The office of Advising Counsel to the Chief Secretary would then be open. It is not unlikely the north-east bar will supply the successful candidate. How the poor-rate bears on the city of Limerick you will infer from the single contribution of an eminent merchant. Mr. J. N. Russell, paid 1691. for property lying within the borough. His premises, no doubt, are most extensive, but look to the rate, and on the last board day admission was necessarily refused to 500 " wretched creatures," the house con taining 2,509. In Cork, the rate in some streets— for instance, the South-mall—is equal to the rent. The traders cry out woefully against the pressure. In Cahirciveen, one of the most miserable districts in Ireland, a three-shilling rate has been imposed— query as to collection. A tenth union is likely to be soon added to the nine already in the bands of the commissioners. After Movill, Athlone aspires to the honour of deserting its duty. It appears that out of a rate of 2,6001., only 621. has been collected, leaving the enormous balance of 2,5381. still outstanding, with light hopes of bring ing it into the union treasury. The highest sum paid by any one electoral division, of which there are 19 in the union, was 101., and the lowest 21. 10s.• The workhouse contains 1,099 paupers. We may then conclude that Athlone will drop very soon into the lap of the Poor-law Commission. The Commissioners of Education are about to erect a district model in Dunmanway, the centre of a very large district in the west of Cork. The site is well chosen. The Limerick Chronicle, which rarely hesitates to convert possibilities into downright facts, states that government is about to deal with ministers' money on the commutation principle, just as the tithe rent charge. The change would afford considerable relief to the small traders and shopkeepers of our cities and towns. SCOTLAND. iiDINBUILOH, Dec. it. The writ for our new election has arrived, and the sheriff has fixed en Wednesday as the election day. There is no opposition to be offered to Mr. Cowan. The Lord-Advocate will again bring forward his marriage and registration bills. The 6coternan of to day throws out an explanation of the present and contemplated law of marriage, by way of feeler ; bat if the Lord-Advocate's measures are to be carried. means must be taken to enlighten town councils and other civic bodies, otherwise the organisation that de feated the bills last session will again be successfal. It cannot be too distinctly impressed on the com munity, that at present the law of Scotland with repeal to marriages not celebrated by clergymen, is so loose and indefinite that parties cohabiting, very often cannot tell whether they legally are in wedlock or not, and that the sole object of the Lerd-Advocate's legislation is simply to declare that marriages shall, after the passing of his act, be celebrated either by a clergyman or by registration, any third method to be null and void. To define registration is about as absurd as it would be (to use Dean Swift's simile) to define a spade—but as some of the people on this side of the Tweed will regard it as something monstrous, we make bold to tell them that in England the number of births, mar riages, and burials are and have been faithfully re corded for years, and that not one pillar either in church or state has been known to shake in conse quence. It will therefore be well if, at the re-intro duction of the Lord Advocate's measures we hear no more about the safety of ecclesiastical bulwarks. The Antiquarian Society of Scotland has for some time back been in a quiescent state, and by way of revival the members lately met in their hall to enjoy the Platonic meal of breakfast. Various suggestions for resuscitation were made, but the best one was that of excursions to neighbouring towns. Several rich opportunities for research and collection have been lost by the destruction of old buildings to make way for railway erections ; but if the society bestirs itself, it may secure and carry off relics at the demolitions which the impending sanitary movement will, it is to be hoped, effect amongst the wynda and closes built at and before the Reformation. The age has not grown so picked as to deride archaeology for its own sake, but it loves life and health more—and morbid love for damp and filthy cellars, in foitid closes, simply because they have grouted doorways, will not now be tolerated. Let, therefore, the rubbish go for building inhabitable houses, and the carved stones for museums. At the meeting in question, there was exhibited the original death-warrant of the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scots, and an autograph letter of her stern monitor, John Knox. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.-REFUSAL OF SITES. L 27721 1.-127. DVOA - 1.20 - :11 - 17 - / - W - i. TO THE RIGHT EON. LORD WARD. Mr Lotto Wean,—l take the liberty of writing a few lines to your lordship in reference to a matter of very great importance. I presume your lordship is aware there are some people in thus place that are adheres* of the free church, and that they am very desirous of having a suitable place of worship for themselves. Hitherto they have not en joyed that privilege, as unfortunately they have not me needed in procuring s e, site for their c harcb. But they are waiting patiently, and earnestly looking for it, and I do humbly trust that your lordship will be pleased to take the subjectinto serious consideration, and that ,you will see it to be your duty to grant a site in some convenient spot on your lordship's estate. lam aware of the high esteem and regard which all the people in this district Cherish towards Lord Ward. Ido not by any means regret, but I should rather rejoice that such a respectful kindly feeling exists to such an extent ; and I wish It may increase • - - ' /ele regret areastlitegly . , en common your lordship's name is yet in the' prietors in Scotland ; and that you mast intelligent, by far the most pie the best portion of the people in tale more and roore. But mon with many others, that the list of site-refusim you are still sieprietreg pious, moral. end, fb fliZt;\ LA your lorisbipts espy Pia, \ • - I • , I • 't• I • •• e., •