The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-05 00:00:00

We have had quite an excitement in consequence of the news received from Nicaragua, to the effect that the Ame ricans had all left San Juan, in consequence of the saddest desalt, of the NU:neap/dr. I have, only yesterday, wen a gesitlenstn who came from that port in the Prometheus, who assure, me there is no truth whatever in the report. Nur can l doubt it, for I eanuot we: what the Nicaraguans andel do to molist our eitiseas at Grey Town, where his sable Majesty has supreme authority, and sleeps, and snores, and rules loader the gracious protection of the Briti.h But there are rumours (rein Washington touching this Nicaragua business that are important. It is said that your povernment has already through Mr. Chatfield committed infr t..on, of the late treaty, and that these will form the subject of earnest eonaideratiou by the cabinet at Washing too as don as Mr. Webster returns from Mantfield. The awards of the commissioners on the Mexican claims have been made public. Th e y have nut given much satis faction. Speculators appear to have come out first best. Sir Henry Bulwer is to be the guest of the St. George's Society. Lady Bulwer returns home next month. The French minister is about to return to France. A letter, dated New York, has appeared in • Philadelphia paper to the following effect : " If the information which I received to day, from a gen tleman who knew all about Lopes'. movements, in connec tion with the expedition to Cardenas, is to be relied upon, thew is a great deal of reality in these rumours, and another Cuba expedition is on foot. Arrangement. have been made to start from Yucatan, New Orleans, Apalachicola, Mobile, and other places on the same day. He says that the city of New York will furnish three hundred men, and that the bulk of the expedition will be composed of Southern men. I am aid informed that some of the principal men am nestied with the movement sailed (ruin here yesterday for Paw Orleans, in the team-ship Union." I myself was informed the day b fore yesterday that soma cavalry were in town, and General Lupe: himself, and I Sire you infonnatiou which I should nut he at liberty to anent 1111 l here. The result of this attempt is easy tube fore seen ; and although it is said that this time the Cubana will rise to assist the invaders I do not believe it. A collision has taken piste on the Western Railway, near Geneva, in this state, and several persona were killed and wounded. The New York and Erie Railway is finished, and in a law days paascogers will pass from Dunkirk on Lake Erie to New lurk in a single day. The distance is about 100 Grunt preparations are making to celebrate the day of it. opening. This is one of the greatest efforts of modern times. It is equ:vslent in value to the Eric Quist, sad opens vast regions to the commerce of this city. More of thi. at another time. Our money market is easy, and property of all kinds brilt , a good price. Wu 1111%0 wend days later news from California. The nourishing town of Nevada has been laid in ashes, and the law is ♦ery' large. Business is quite dull in San Francisco. The mines continue to du well, and rich places are con stantly discovered. There were two millions of dust at Paitums, on the way to the United States. CANADA. We learn from Canada that William Lyon Mac kenzie hie+ been elected to the Canadian parliament from the county of Haldimand, by a handsome majo rity. Ile was the candidate of the auti•minintcrial party, mid took an active part, it will be remembered, in the outbreak of lt4ll. CUBA. Fmm llavannah we have letters dated April 14. An invasion of some sort seemed to be expected by the Governor-General. I mentioned to you in my last letter that bodies of men were proceeding to the Gulf coast, through the southern states. A suspicious looking steamer has appeared in the Chesapeake and taken oft quite a large nunther. I still adhere to the opinion that Cuba is not the first object of attack with these desperadoes. WEST INDIES. We have later advice§ from the West Indies by the arrhal of the Africa. The Jamaica papers are to the loth ult. There is no news of importance since our last advioes. The cholera has nearly disappeared from the island. K imisitm Journal of the 9th states that it was the intention of the governor to prorogue the House of .I,seitibly, in consequence of his objection to giv ing the usual assent to the Pull Tax Bill, and to the Governor's Salary Bill. (Eve Com - reeretel Intelligente see pqe 4.) Vbe Cowl. Her Majesty will hold a privy council this after noon at Buckingham I'velace. lier Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales end the Princess 'Royal, and the Duchess of Kent and the Prioress of Prussia, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service yester day lamming in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The lion. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The Royal family took their usual airings yesterday. The Quern and Prince Albert, with l'rince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Prince and Prin cess of Prussia, and Prince Frederick William, visited the Ilhibitiou of the industry of all Nations on Saturday fore noon. The royal suite consisted of the Countess Orion°, Hun. Be :drier Brig, Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, and Lieut. Colonel frauds liugh Seymour. The Countess de Neuilly, the 'Duke and Duchess de Ne moues, and the Prince de Joitiville, visited her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prim,. and l'rincem of Pressia, on Saturday, ut Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Orleans visited the Princess of Prussia on Saturday, and took a drive with her royal highness in an open carriage and four. The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, took an airing in an open carriage on Saturday. The Princess !loyal, and the Princesses Helena and Louisa took a drive in an open carriage and four, on Satur &Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord liturgy Lennox, Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, Lieut.-Colonel F. Seymour. and Lieut.-Colonel F. Hugh ifej moor, honoured the President and members of the Boyd Academy with his com p any, at their annual dinner La' hr on `Satur da y evening, previous to the opening of the exhibition. The Prince afterwurds joined the Queen at her Majesty's Theatre. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of rnissta, and Prince Frederick William, honoured the per formance at her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with her presence. The royal suite consisted of the Coun tess of Charkmont. the Countess Ilacke, the Countess Ori olhi, lion. ikatrice ilyng, Lord Waterpark, Count Puck • Count Nolte, Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, and Capi.onel Fischer. Iler Royal highness the Duchess of Kent also honoured the performance at Her Majesty's Theatre with her pre seam on Saturday evening. Lady Fanny lloward and Lord James Murray were an attendance upon her Royal Mr. Joseph Nash had the honour of submitting to the inspection of her Majesty and I'rinee Albert two drawings of the- opening of the Crystal Palace, of which drawing. her Majesty and his Royal Highness were graciously pleased to express so much approbation as to command them to be retained in her Majesty's pomession. Prins..• Edward of Saxe Weimar visited the Prince and of Prussia on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester-house. The Countess do Neuilly, the Duchess &Orleans, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, and the Prince de Juin 'ilk. visited the Duchess of Kent on Saturday at Clarence house, St. James's. _ . _ A deputation front Jersey—Mr. Edward Simile Law lad Mr. W. Grant Dumareaq—had an interview, on Satur day, with Sir George Grey, at the Home-ofilee, to present a prtition from the inhabitants of Jersey praying for the establishment of a paid police, a sitting magistrate, and a court .f request* fur the recovery of small debts. A deputation—consisting of Mr. J. M P., Mr. Humphreys Jones, Mr. R. H. Wyatt and Mr. Rymer—had an interview, on Saturday, with Lord Seymour, at the office of her Majesty's Commission of Woods; and: Forests, Whitehall-placi, on the Wrexham, Improvement Bill. The Ord University commission had a meeting on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street—Present: The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. 8. Johnson, and the Bar. A. P. Stanley (serretas7). A deoutation front the committee of paving, St. Martin's in-the-Fields, consisting of Mr. Staunton, Mr. Burton, Mr. Dangertield, solicitor to the committee, and Mr. Farrant, clerk to the committee, had an interview on Saturday . with Lord Seymour. at the office of her Majesty's Cowunisinoners of Woods and Forests. _ . _ Dr. Paris had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey, to present the annual report from the National Vac cine Board. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after noon at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. The ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pal merston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. Henry Ltismelicre, Lord Broughton, the Marquis of Clan riearde, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Right Hon. Fu: Maule. The council ratan boar and slat APPoINTMENTIL—Mr. T. 0. Batas, aim of Sir F. T. Bering, Bart.. enetreda Mr. Haney Datail as private er• tartar, to Sir Grey at the Kroh. Kr. Samuel Whitbread will to act as airriall prate secretary r before, without aQ /abbe salary. ham Dougiaa, Esq., Chief Factor of . 8 May Co=; s t i t_annt" Governor of Vimaravar's Iskai. R. Ugh, Feci. (et the Cidoleiedlee_), appidweed asislmat smeary to IMO VIIIMMOMS IS Malta. M. Ikurraas lank is appointed a maim of tir Camnadl of 1311MIMMI at dr Ihnritins. W. IL MOM'S. Radiant of asastmils far Malta, and gift Ovier of fl. Mg Glerp, is sli osa ths aims of that adre. la mile at The saw elm of the order is aoalilaß at Oarfs.— Clhorwer. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1851. FATHER GAVAZZI'S EIGHTEENTH ORA TION YESTERDAY, LN THE PRINCESS'S CONCERT HALL WORKS OF SUPEItEItOGATION." Simplicity is the characteristic of the great, the beautiful, and the true in all the works of nature and nature's God; an artificial intermixture of incohe rent and extravagant embellishments is invariably indicative of the false, the fictitious, and the fraudu lent. The worship of Christianity dispelled the fan ciful fascinations of eltusic paganism by the stern and unadorned majesty of its simple sublimity, and unencumbered with the borrowed appendages of sub sequent centuries, its primitive contrast with the clumsy chaos of conflicting idolatries revealed at once the divinity of its origin. The handmaid of heaven was recognised by her intrinsic beauty, not less than the absence of meretricious attire or adven titious accoutrements; and when she won the world's homage, in an age of intellectual superiority, it the victory of pure and perfect religion over mani fold and discordant superstitions. Such was the Christian church in its youthful ap parition amid the surrounding influences of a pom pous ritual and a gorgeous liturgy, which shrank abashed and discomfited at the rebuke its godlike simplicity administered. Seek not for this beautiful ideal in the modern harridan that has gathered during the lapse of ages all - the faded finery of long decayed delusions to decorate her anility ; nor among the accumulated disfigurements which years have heaped on this foul impersonation, are the marks and attributes of imposture more conspicuous in any view than in the glance at these works which are called of "supererogation." Foremost among these were permanent and com pulsory vows. He had dwelt on this topic already and would dismiss it briefly. Few were the instances of such solemn engagements in the old law, still fewer were the warrants for any such in the gospel. That of Jephtha furnished hint with an opportunity of placing tui a forcible light the immolation of tender votaries, whom the Council of Trent deemed compe tent to contract a life-long obligation at the age of lv twee. Sixteen was the epoch at which a boy was pronounced lawfully capable of s i m il ar suicide. In Italy the indentures of so awful a covenant were consummated thus early by ninety captives out of every hundred held in such irrevocable bonds. Ile drew an im pressive picture of the various family struggles and domestic manoeuvres, which under spiritual manage ment brought about the ultimate Incarceration for life of reluctant or self-sacrificing maidenhood, and was nut less outspoken in his indication of the variety of motives, all foreign to the generally assumed im pulse, operating on the youth of his country in their enlistment among the cowled or tonsured ranks of the population. As to "poverty" in the sense of an evangelical counsel, it was principally to escape from it, that conventual laziness became the resort and resource of the majority; the plough, the anvil, or the loom, was ignominiously shirked fur an unpro ductive livelihood at the expense of the labouring community. Uneducated themselves, they took no part in the work of natimuileducation, the most im portant occurrence in the routine of convent life, being to most of them the sound of the dinner bell. Then came the fantastic distinctions of food, some alimentary substances being held to possess sancti monious efficacy, to the manifest disregard of gospel guidance WI to " f orbidden meats" and similar pharisaic externals. To vow " obedience " were a justifiable pro mise if it only involved subjection to the laws of God and of society, strict and habitual compliance with which form but a secondary claim on the devotee's deference, his main duty being construed into the accomplishment of puerile or capricious injunctions at the bidding of hypocrisy and fanati cism. When Antony originated monasticism in the eastern church, and Benedict reproduced in the west that oriental institution, neither of its great founders sou.. , ht inspiration from the papacy in the fi rst esta blishment of crenobital rule. But the Popes were on the alert to pounce on a prey so suitable to their maw, and after a few centuries of independent exiatenae religious orders assumed under their con trol the form of an embodied militia, no longer di rected to the abstract cultivation of piety or the till age of neglected solitudes, but to the practical en slavement of Christianity and the promotion of their usurped pretensions to unlimited authority. A dispensing power in the matter of these vows, originally understood as made to God alone, was put forward as inherent in the Popedom—a clear confes sion of the merely human and sublunary construction of the whole system. Diemissing this branch of the subject, the speaker addressed himself to a host of observances which had gradually been introduced into the worship of Christ, and principally with regard to the great symbol of commemoration, the "breaking of bread," which was to perpetuate in the assemblies of the faithful the " remembrance of Him," but which had assumed a character totally at variance with the plain purport of its primitive introduction. If Paul were to revisit the scene of his labours, he would fail to recognise the continuance of his teaching, but would at Rome, as of old at Athens, "perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious, for as I passed by and beheld your de votions I found an alter to the unknown god, whom therefore ye ignorantly worship. Him I declare unto you." He referred to the strange and unwarrantable ceremonies and performances of which the sacred mystery of the last supper was assumed to be the groundwork, without presenting the slightest analogy to that simple and affecting banquet of remembrance. From this too prominent perversion of a 'wind. pal element in the simplicity of Christian worship, he passed to minor practices of capricious and un authorised devotion, stations of the cross, forty hours' prayers, novenas and triduums (familiar usages in pagan antiquity), the month of May dedi cated to the "Queen of Heaven," and a multitude of devices to which the teeming brain of successive visionaries had given birth, and legendary erudition could alone elucidate. The life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary was au exemplification of these dismal and frequently inhuman performances, newly disinter red from their medimval sepulchre by the gloomy resur rectionist Montalembert, and paraded in the noonday of civilisation as fit accompaniments to the lugubn ous farce of replunging Europe into the slavery and degradation of the period they characterised. The country of the heroic Kossuth scorns such a chroni cler of its imperishable glories. A crowd of parallel instances of distorted devotion were brought forward by the orator in corroboration of his views as to the blending of theories and practices, now confined to the vilest fakirs in India, with the simple morality of the Gospel, through the instrumentality of what are called works of supererogation. The form of prayer specially bequeathed by our Lord him self was, by the Invention called a " rosary," merged into an endless repetition of an invocation to the Virgin, a formula of incantation commended to pos terity b y- the suggestive fact of its having been the prelude to the massacre of 30,000 Albigenses, and the shiboleth by which Dominic led on Simon de Montfort to a hecatomb of slaughter. In Italian households, where it is the yrevalent domestic de votion, a chapter of the New Testament is never read, and the lessons of the sacred page totally . lost, as if never written for the guidance of Christian families. He proceeded to describe the sort of itinerant attempts at evangelisation called " Mis sions," the leading features of which are identical with the camp "revivals" of tr ansatlantic fana ticism, and, from his own observation of the results, anything but conducive to practical amelioration. He referred to the statistics of the local fouudling hospitals in coincidence with these festivals and pil grimages as matters of notoriety. The celebration of what are called jubilees afforded an occasion for treating historically of this device of Boniface VIII. in 1299, and the financial schemes in which it originated, the religious orgies it promoted, and the tendency of all such manoeuvres to impress the ignorant with the indispensable predominance of the Popedom in the economy of salvation The late effort of Pio Nono to get up a pious enthusiasm, after the fashion of his predecessors, on the recurrence of the semisecular year of 1830, had utterly failed throughout the Italian Peninsula , and thoug h he eorth one hand filled with indulgences, the other was too palpably armed with the cudgel of the Croat to attract the approach of his countrymen. He has had better luck in a e, and the Ussters boasts of his success among the faithful at Toulon,. from which disastrous seaport the fratricidal exped ition set sail for the destruction of Italy. Is there no guilt to be Massed for, no expiation to be sought bebeforehe . avea for the perjured onslaught on a nationahty.erbtek a solemnly sworn constitution forbad France to violate by her =provoked and unprincipled signing'? Does no fearful responsibility bow down in aggregate remorse the murderers of Italian freedom ? And the Lord mid unto Cain, where is Abel brother? And he said, I know not, on I my brother's keeper? And he quid, what havt thou done? The voice of thy brother'a blood crieth unto me front the ground. The closing portion of the father's discourse had reference to the jubilee of civilisation now holden in this great centre of the world's liberty, industry, and progress. The gorgeous vocabulary, of which he is such a master, was exhausted in depicturing the Pellucid Palace, its contents, its suggestions, and its concomitants; but we found it a hopeless attempt to reproduce the grandeur and copiousness of his vigorous peroration. FINE ARTS. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (mom.) NOTICE.) One of the most striking and unmistakeable features in the present Exhibition, is, that whilst a vast stride has been accomplished in all that more immediately relates to technicalities of handling and dexteritics of touch, the aims and true scope of higk art have been well nigh lost sight of. A rapid glance over the pictures which adorn the " line," or arc in close con tiguity to it, prove that while surpassing the Dutch and Flemish painters at all points wherein the mere scientific use of the palette is con cerned, there has scarcely been a corresponding elevation of thought or theme. There ate one or two exceptions, however, and to Mr. T. Brigstocke we are indebted for a remark able portrait of " Iliseminence Cardinal Wiseman," who is represented in full canonicals as Archbishop of Westminster • the shades of Dunstan, Anselm, a nd Thomas-i-Becket shrink into insignificance before the brilliancy of this effigy. Immed ia tely opposite to this is the large, life-size, and masterly composition of " Chaucer reading his l'ocm at the Court of Ed ward III," by M. Brown (380). Mr. P. F. Poole, whose composition of the " Goths in Italy," (344) seems the pictorial version of those orgies, which are so graphically described in Mr. Collins romance of " Antonina," and doubtless sug gested the subject, if not the actual scene. Yet no particular prominence is given to any one figure by the aid of which one could single out that of Alaric. In massive shadows and bright bursts of light, in the delineation of the nude form, Mr. Poole has equalled his best works; this, however, as usual; is marred by an aberrative use of perspective in the forms and countenances as well as relative sizes of the component figures of the scenes ; some men, if placed in an upright position, would be eight feet high, while women appear to measure only four. This palpable discrepancy scares one, and in a measure defeats the harmony of the composition. The way iu which the scene is lit up from the hinder part of the composition is extremely masterly. This is acting in the inverse ratio of Mr. J. C. Hook, who succeeds in pouring streams of light into his composition, with the true Venetian tradi tions. His picture entitled " The Rescue of the Brides of Venice" (361), is a pleasing embodiment of the legend. Somehow the pirates are represented as most complaisant and seemingly harmless. The timid virgins are painted with freshness of complexion and dainty apparel worthy of Etty in his best', days. Mr. Cope has ever shown himself as well equal to meet the most cheerful as well as the most calamitous events of past history, with his genial pencil. It cannot be said that he is as suc cessful as usual this year in (381) " Laurence Saun ders, the second of the protestant martyrs." Neither is Mr. Pickergill in force this year, whose success in Westminster Hall seems to have enervated his faculties (399). " Rinaldo destroys the myrtle in the enchanted forest," ex hibits women fluttering in mid air like birds in a cage, seemingly anxious to breathe a little fresh and pure air such us that in the landscape of Mr. Cres wick, close by, called "Over the sands" (416). The sun-set and its flicker over smooth whirlpools and rough shingle, has been unsurpassed, even by l)anby, who, by the bye, has also a sun-set, but a winter out —both dyes are secrets which the painters and nature alone divulge. Mr. Rcdgrave has this year boldly usurped the title of landscape painter, with, never theless, in at Flight from Egypt," a lingering affec tion for his first style (443). " The Poet's Study " will be recognised by all who frequent the forest thicket as most truthful in all its sublimity of detail. To none could we better appeal to vindicate the assertion than Mr. Hunt, whose S hake sperian " composition of " Valentine rescuing Sylvia from Proteu.s(3'J4), has the parched appearance of autumn in the woods, whereas Mr. ltedgrave sins in the opposite extreme of pea greens. 11 ith a faint concession to public remonstrance, Mr. Hunt's com position is the pivot on which pre-Raphaelism is to uphold itself for a season. The figure of Julia is happily conceived, though scarcely sufficiently form ing part and parcel of the composition, a blemish most assuredly not referrible to the poet who, on the contrary, has coupled the groups with the utmost care. The drawings of the kneeling figures are admirable. At the very antipodes of this performance may be placed the picture from the Merchant of Venice by Frank Stone, " Bassani° receiving a letter announc ing Antonio's losses and perils" (696), shows an over lavish of those greys of which Mr. Hunt is singe. larly chary ; colourists know the full value of this pearly tint, but also seek to avoid its abusive use. As a master of feminine beauty, Mr. F. Stone has ever been held an adept, and though partial to cer tain stereotype beauties of his own, the present pic ture shows a more energetic assumption of individual character than usual. Mr. Goodall also socks to give a truce to his rustic figures by partially donning them with suits of clothes of the period of Charles 11. Whether approaching most to the reality or the mas querade it is difficult to decide. Even the well known country porch wears an unwonted ap pearance by being thrust into the shade. Many passages, however, of the " Raising the May pole " (352) are marked by singularly gracetul touches. On those who are masters of light comedy the severe outline of Mr. Armitage's " Samson" seems to look with that stern spirit which called forth the ejaculation of Buonarotti somewhat to the effect that oil-painting was made for old women. If rumour is correct, as she is proverbially, this work was intended as an essay of the magic powers of the flint-glass medium, supposed to be the Alexandrine borax of antiquity. The colour is nil, or rather it is that of those woiidrous cartoons, in which colour was only made subservient to the clearer definition of out line. The figure of Samson seems, in spite of its diminutive shape, almost to have stalked out of the Sixtine Chapel, as do the listless groups of Philistines collected round him. Another persecuted individual, towards whose misfortune Mr. Ward, like the numerous historians of the age, attracts our sympathy, is that of Louis XVI. and his family in the Temple. Mr. Ward has banished lemon-yellow from the list of his pigment, and the result is most satisfactory. Those who seek the graceful in portraiture may look at . (190) Mrs. Livesay, by F. Grant, a worthy compaaion of that of " Mi s Singleton," so much no llced a year or two ago. A CIUMBER OP COMMERCE has just been esta blished at Southampton. The leading subjects which are now engaging the attention of the chamber are as follows:—lit. The establishment of Southanip- ton as one of the ports for government emigra tion ; which very desirable result there is every rea son to think will very soon be realised. 2nd. Assisting the London Association in their endeavours to remove many of the present unnecessary restrictions of the Custom Huuse, on the transit of both passengers and merchandise.. 3rd. ' The further promotion of a Transatlantic packet trade, not only to the 1.. tilted States, but also to British America, and more especially to Halifax. ith. Attracting the attention of capitalists, and men of enterprise, to the vast amount of water-power existing in this neighbourhood, now running to waste; to the extensive valleys, irrigated by never fail ing streams, exhibiting some of the finest bleaching grounds in the world, contiguous to Southampton, while millions of yards of goods, annually, are sent from the North of Eng land to less eligible grounds in Ireland ; and also to tracts of land, at no great distance above Southampton, peculiarly suited to the growth of flax, the cultivation of which would afford full employment to a large juvenile and adult population. - - • - LICENSED VICTOALLZAS Aan.trat.—At a monthly meeting of the board of management, holden at the asylum April 11, lsdl, it was unanimously resolved,—" That the beat thanks of the chairman and board of management on behalf of the donors at large are due and the same are most sincerely tended to the proprietors of the Daily New for their great kindness in supplying gratuitously a ropy of their newspaper daily for the usa of the inmates in the library of the institution." (A true extract.)—Thomas Jones, Secretary.-1. King's Arms Yard, Coleman-street, Nay 3,1831. HORTItULTURAL SOCIETY. The first exhibition of fruits and flowers of the Horticultural Society was held on Saturday in the grounds at Chiswick. The weather was storing the morning cold and unirenial, and about 12 o'clock the rain fell heavily, and continued utmost without interini,sion till 3 o'clock, completely saturating the turf, and destroying all hopes of a fashionable promenade. The show of flowers Wig much smaller than usual. The hand of the Coldstream, the Ist Life Guards, and the Royal Horse Guards were in attend ance, and used their beat exertions to enliven and amuse tho visitors. AWARD OT vim JVDOBS. CLASS I. Fancy Pelargoniums—Certificate of e reellenee,Mr. Ayres; large silver m..dal, Mr. Ambrose. Cinerarias (in sildnch pots)—Silver Knightian. Mr. Robinson; silver Banksian, Mr. Funcourt. Mr. Lane would have had a certificate if he had complied with the regu lations. CLASS t t. Stove or Greenhoule Plants (in collections of 20)—Large gold medal, Mr. Mvy; gold knightion, Mr. Cole; gold Banksian, Mr. Frazer; large silver, Messrs. Pamplin. Stove or Greenhouse Plants (in collections of 15)—Gold Knightian, Mr. Green ; gold Banksian, Mr. Taylor. Stove or Greenhouso Plants (in collections of - 10)—Gold Banksian, Mr. Canon; large silver gilt, Mr. Speckle; cer tificate of excellence, Mr. Croxford ; large silver, Mr. Wil liams; silver Knightian, Mr. Dodd; silver Banksian, Mr. Over; silver Ilunksian, Mr. Watson. Stove or Greenhouse Plants (in collections of six)—Large silver gilt, Mr. Kinghorn ; certificate of excellence, Mr. Hump; large silver, Mr. Stewart; silver Knightian, Mr. Stanley. Exotic Orchid. (in collection. of 20)—Large gold medal, Mr. Mvlain ; gold knightian, Mr. Bl a k e; gold Banksian, Mr. William.. Exotic Orchids (in collections of ls)—Gold Banksian, Mr. Bitch ; large silver gilt, Messrs. Itolliraon. Exotic Orchids (in collection. of 10)—Gold Banksian, Mr. Franklin ; large silver gilt, Mr. Carson. Epacriler (in sixes)—Certificate of excellence, Mr. Smith. Ileliehrysums—Certificate of excellence, Mr. Taylor ; large silver, Mr. Green. CLASS In. Pino apples in single specimens (Queen's)—Large silver, Mr. Brav, 311,. 3oz. ; sil ver Knightian,Mr. Barnes. Rarities, Cayenne', Sugar Loafs, Black JainalCSA, Ota belles, &e.—Large silver, Mr. Davis, gardener to Lady Bridport, for two black frame pines in a pot ; silver Knightian ' Mr. Barnes (prickly cayenne, 4 1h. lfl o s.) : s il ver Banksian, Mr. Fleming (black Antigua, 311 b). Providences—Large silver, Mr. Davis, gardener to Lord Boston (81b.40z.); silver Knightian, Mr. Jackson (71b.90z.); silver Bunksian Mr. Bray (.51b. los.). Grapes (iu three bunches for private glowers and six bunches for market gardeners)—Black Hamburg : Large silver, Mr. Fleming; silver Knightian, Mr. l'arsons ; silver Banksian, Mr. Bain ; large silver, Mr. Davis, market ,r -dener, Oak-bill ; silver Knightian, Mr. W. Davis, market gardener, Stoat-green. White Museaslines, or Sweetwatcrs—Large silver, Mr. Jackson (Dutch sweet water); large silver, Mr. Daris,market gardener, Oak-hill (ditto). Frontignans, or other sorts distinct from the foregoing— Large silver, Mr. Bain (white frontignan). Apples and pears of the previous year—Silver Banksian, Mr. Snow; certificate, Mr. Stanley. Cherries (in dishes of llb. each)—Black, silver Banksian, Mr. Ingram; certificate, Mr. Fleming. Strawberries. Keen's seedling and similar kinds—Silver Banksian, Mr. Turnbull; certificate, Mr. Elliot; silver Banksian, Mr. Smith, market gardener, Mogden.lane. Melons, the best flavoured—Silver Knightian, Mr. J. Grant; silver Buuksian, Mr. Itobertsou. CLABS IV. .•. Greenhouse azaleas (in twelves)—Gold Banksian, Mr. Green; large silver gilt, Mr. May. Greenhouse azaleas (in sixes)—Large silver gilt, Mr. Carson ; certificate of excellence, Mr. Frazer. Indian Ithododendrons—Gold Banksian, Mr. bison. Tall Cacti—Large silver gilt, Mr. Green. Alpines (in twelves)—Certificate, Mr. \V. Turner. Single Bpecimens—Nledivilla Magnificans, certificate of excellence, Messrs. Veitch; Erica Elegans, large silver, Nlessrs. Veitch ; Erica Sindryana, Mr. J. B. Graham; Padigofera Dveora, silver Banksian, Mr. lvisou ; Ixora Grit fithia, silver Banksian, Mr. Green. Miscellaneous subjects—Nepenthis Rafflesiona, silver Knightian, Messrs. Veitch; Nepeuthis Sanguinea, gold Banksian, Messrs. Veitch ; Amaryllids, gold Banksian, Mr. llowick ; Auriculas, certificate, Mr. \Vilifier ; Lycopods, certificate, Mr. Wouley ; Epyphillum Speciosum, certificate, Kr. G. W. Hoyle. CLASIS V. Roses in pots (in collections of twelves)—Gold Banksian, Mr. Terry; silver gilt, Mr. Iteser ; certificate of excellence, Mr. A. C. Rowland; gold Banksian, Mr. Francis; silver gilt, Mr. Paul; certificate of excellence, Mr. Lane. Cape Heaths (in collections of ten)—bold Banksian, Mr. Smith, gardener to Mr. Quilter ; silver gilt, Mr. Cole ; gold Banksian, Messrs. Rollisson ; silver gilt, Mr. Epps; cer tificate of excellence, Mr. Fairhairn. Cape Heaths (in eleven-inch pots).—Silver gilt, Mr. Smith; certificate of excellence, Mr. Over; large silver, Mr. Cole; silver Knightiao, Mr. Moser; silver gilt, Mr. Itollisson ; certificate of excellence, Mr. Epps. Cape Heaths (in eight-inch pots).—Ccrtifleate of creel lence, Mr. South; large silver, blr.Taylor ; silver Knightlan, Mr. ltollisson. Species of Pelargonium.—Certificate of excellence, Mr. Itoser. CLAW' vt. New Plants in Flower.—Large silver gilt, Cantua De penclens Mr. Veitch ; certificate, Deutzia Gracilis, Mr. Baumann; large silver, Aerides Speciosa, Mr. Loddidge ; silver Knightian, Allemande Nerryeia, Mr. Cole; silver Knightian, Lcelia Speciosa, Mr. Henderson; silver Banksian, Nichopilis Coceinea, Mr. Carson ; silver Banksian, Pemilea Nieperryania, Mr. May; certificates, Lycaste Spe ciosa, Mr. Luddidge; Epidendrum Speciosa, Mr. Franklin. LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND. The nineteenth anniversary meeting of this in stitution was held on Saturday, at the Sussex Chambers, Duke-street, St. Jams's, and was moat numerously at tended. The chair was taken by Lord Delmee Cot rio Sri:ma, M.l'. (chairman of the council). The noble CHAIRMAN said they were met according to annual custom to celebrate the anniversary of their insti tution on that the 3rd of May (hear); and ho believed it was his duty, without further preface, to call upon the honorary secretary to read the report of their proceedinipt and progress during the past year. The SECUETAILY (Mr. Birkbeck) having read the report, The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON, in rising to move " That the report now read be received and adopted, and that it be printed and circulated under the direction of the committee," regretted that the report did not present very cheering circumstances at this pe riod ; but, at the sonic time, he might say that the friends of the Poles yet hoped to congratulate them on the restoration of their nationality and independence. He could not say he saw an immediate prospect of the renovation or restoration of the ancient kingdom of Poland; but he trusted much to the feelings of all nations, which were based on the principles of freedom; fur he found throughout Europe there was an increasing love of constitutional, and not of arbitrary governments. (Applause.) The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Worthing ton, Mr. Scholefield, M.P., the Earl of Ilarrowby, Mr. Monckton Mim es, M.P., Mr. Chisholm Anstey, M.P., Mr. Mowatt, Lord Beaumont, Mr. Urquhart, M.P., &c., who passed in review the social and political aspect of the continental states, more especially with reference to thu prospects of seeing revived the liberty and independence of Poland. A resolution moved by the Earl of HARROWBY, and seconded by Mr. MONCKTON MILNES, was unani mously carried, by which the meeting declared that the proposed incorporation of Galicia into the Germanic Con federation was a flagrant violation of the indefeasible rights of the Polish nation, as well as of the provisions of the treaty of Vienna. Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY revived the question of the annihilation of Cracow, and protested against the incorpo ration of the duchy of Posen into Prussia Proper. Lord BEAUMOFT agreed with him, and lamented that the wrongs of Poland seemed to accumulate. Year after year at their meetings there was always some new injustice of which they had to complain. But, as their wrongs in creased, the stronger were the claims of the Poles to the generosity of the English public. Various resolutsons relating to the management of the association were passed, and a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to the noble chairman for his increasing efforts to benefit the condition of the Polish nation. The meeting then dispersed. NATIONAL EDUCATION.—The following petition to the House of Commons has obtained a very l arge number of signatures iu Birmingham :—" That it is the opinion of your petitioners, that in order to diminish intemperance, misery, and crime, and to promote morality and the best interests of all classes a large extension of education among the people is necessary. That the principle on which the assistance of the state is at present extended for educa tional purpoaes is manifestly erroneous, inasmuch as aid is given in an inverse ratio to the necessities of the people, and is conveyed chiefly through the medium of the various religious denominations, and it therefore must be partial in its effects, and it must fail to reach a large, and that the most degraded portion of the community, while it tends to perpetuate and embitter the spirit of sectarianism. That any system of public schools likely to be generally accept able to the people of this country, and to meet the compli cated difficulties of the question must be supported by local rates, and managed by local authorities elected by the rate payers especially for that purpose, with right of free admis sion to all under suitable regulations and without religious distinctions. That in order that the rights of conscience may be effectually secured it should be a fundamental rule that nothing Should be taught in any of the said schools which favours the peculiar tenets of any religious sect or denomination. That this system instead of injuriously affecting the interests of religion, would materially aid the efforts of the teacher of religion, and would do much to soften the asperities and remove the prejudices of sects and parties. Your petitioner therefore pray that an act may be passed by your honourable house for the estah/lak. twat of • ousel system of 'ocular inelreetion to be. Imp. Ported by INlll . llltes (levied as die rune assessment us the poor-rate), and managed by local authorities aleote t by the ratepayers specially fog the pupas." THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The inquest on the unfortunate persons killed in the tunnel between Frodsharn and Sutton, on the Lan cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, on IVe•lnewlay evening, was held on Saturday morning, at the Red Lion Ban, Preston Brook, before Mr. 111111.11 Nicholson, coroner, of Warrington. Mr. Lloyd, solicitor, of Liverpool, attended on behalf of the company; and Mr. Bancroft, chairman of the company, and Mr. R. Gib'', director, both of Manches ter, were present. The present inquiry only related to five of the bodies of the sufferers, Mr. Wilson, of Newton, hay ing died in Lancashire, and within a ditfer,itt jurisdiction. Mr. W. Clarke, of Cuddington-lodge, near Bolton, was the first witness, and identified the body of one of the deceased as that of Mrs. Agnes Withnall (or Wettenhall) his sister in-law. lie was the fellow-traveller from Chester on Wed nesday evening last of the deceased and her sister Mrs. Ridgway, and they were seated in the last compartment of a first-class carriage at the end of the train, and behind them was a truck, having Mrs. Ridgway's private carriage upon it. Mrs. Ridgway and witness sat ou one side the coin- , parttuent, and Mrs. 11 ithuall on the other, opposite Mrs. Ridgway. There was no light in {the carriage. They ap proached the tunnel, after leaving Frodsham, very slowly, and when about half through the tunnel, the train stopped. It was very dark, and lie saw no lights. He culled through the window to wine psasengers in another compartment " let us get out and walk," but a person re- plied that there was no danger, as they hail sent lights to both ends of the tunnel to stop other trains front entering. In a few minutes after there came the shock of a collision from behind; he was thrown from his seat, and the carriage' appeared to be shivered to iiiects. He was nut much hurt, ' and set about feeling for Ins companions, but could find no one at first. At length he felt the legs of Mrs. Ridgway; she seemed to be suspended between fragments of wood at the top of the carriage. in about ten minutes a light was brought, and he then found the whole body of the carriage had given way, and was nothing but a heap of ',pitmen, Mrs. Ridgway was first got clear, and then himself. lie could see nothing of Mrs. Wittman ; he left the tunnel with Mrs. Ridgway, and took her to a cottage. John Eutwisle, footman to Mrs. Ridgway, said he rode with the coachman in the private carriage, which was driven from under them and shivered to pieces by the col lision in the tunnel. lle assisted afterwards in the search for Mrs. Witlinall, and she was found among the broken fragments of the carriages, jammed between two splinters, one pressing against her back and the other against her chest. She was quite dead. James Edwards, manager to Mr. J.ll Lee and Co., 'den , titled the body of 11. Anderson. John Newell identified the body of James Newell, of Over Whitley, aged 14. Thorns,' Newell, brother of the deceased James Newell, said that when the train stopped, he and others would have got out, but a man CAlllte along and told litem not. He said they had stopped for fear of running into the train before them. lie could not say if the man was a guard, but he had a number on his cap, and was dressed in uniform. it was very dark, but he could see this man's dress by the light of lueitil• matches and paper lighted by people in the dame waggon. In about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour he h ear d another train come up from behind, which rushed into them, but he was not hurt. Bid not sea that it did damage to any one. In another moment he was knocked down by a 01, cord shuck, a carriage being forced on to the top of that in I which he was riding. He did nut know what hecame of his brother then; but, on looking for him in about ten or flacon minutes, found hint lying under the carriage, the wheels of which had been knocked front under it. Be lieved his brother was then dead. lie saw no conductor or guard all the time of the accident. honour l'ugh, of Manchester, identified the body of TIIOIIIIIII Vesty, who was a dyer by trade, and 30 years of age, having resided in Manchester. lie was a married man, and had lett a widow and two children. William Irving, Manchester, pawnbroker, identified the body of Job Davidson, another of the deceased, who w as his brother-in-law. The deceased was a warehouse sales man at Messrs. Bannerman's, aged 40, uud unmarried. John Taylor, superintendent of the 1) division of police, Manchester, said he was a passenger by the train which left Chester at half-past 7 on Wednesday evening, and saw tw o trains leave Chester with "Manchester" marked upon them on printed bills previously. One left Chester a little before seven, and the other a quarter after seven. When they had gut a mile into the tunnel, or nearly, lie sustained a severe shock, and till the parties in the tame compartment of the carriage were knocked against each other. As soon as he recovered he put his head out at the window and saw a glimmering light about the engine He asked what was the matter, but for half an hour got no answer, and then a man Caine with a light, and they ascertained a casualty had occurred. He then walked up to the engine of the train and Wand it elf the line, and that a heap of carriages had been smashed to pieces, blocking up the way. Ile asked William Dixon, the engine-driver of the third train, how it was he had run into the other, and he re-plied that the tunnel was so full of smoke and strain that he could not see a yard before him, and that he was knocked down and rendered insensible himself by the accident. The engines driver of the third train and guard that he spoke to (of the second train) were both sober. There were no lights in the first, second, or third trains, when they left Chester; it was quite daylight. By the Jury—They were travelling at a very moderate pace at the time of the accident. They were hulf-an-hour from leasing Chester to the time of the accident. Wm. Thomas Ansel), district superintendent of the elec tric telegraph, resident at Manchester, sworn-1 travelled by a train from Chester, on the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction, on Wednesday evening, which left Chester at a quarter past seven o'clock. It was the second train. I should say there were about 15 or 16 carriages. 1 was in a first class carriage, centre compartment, not far from the middle of the train, but nearer the engine than the end. was at the Chester station when a train left for the Lanca shire and Cheshire Junction line a little before seven, and observed that it had what is termed a tail light, It was a red light, and similar to what is ordinarily used at the end of trains. I do not know what time we reached Irodsham, but we stayed about two minutes. When we left Frodsham the pace was slackened. We travelled very steadily, but when we came about two-thirds up the tunnel we came to u stop. I heard the engine labouring much betbre that, but the driving wheels slipped, and we got on slowly. I put my bead out of the carriage, but the tunnel was dark, and full of smoke and steam. In a few minutes, whilst proposing to a gentleman in another car riage that we should get out and cacti push our own car riages, I distinctly heard the puff of a train behind. I threw myself back and advised every one to hold hard, and wu escaped unhurt. There came a collision immediately afterwards, and a prolonged crash. 1 wily felt one shock, and was nut aware until afterwards that the train by which 1 was travelling hail struck the one in advance. By the jury-1 was informed that the train I was in had struck the 011 C in advance by a gentleman in that train. After the accident, 1 left the tunnel, and walked forward to Moore, where I found the train which had left Chester first, and it was there I heard they hail been struck by our train. Joseph Steele, 121, Chancery-lane, London, patent agent, , said—l was a passenger along the railway from Chester to Warrington. We left at seven o'clock. I came upon the platform—intending to go to Manchester by the first train— at ten minutes before five o'clock. It had been announced by printed placards in Manchester that trains would start at half-past five and afterwards, as soon as full; and when I got on the platform, there WAR a train nearly full, and 1 got into it, having a first-class day ticket. I remained , there for upwards of an hour, with other passengers, and 1 saw two trains come up of empty carriages, and started before ours WAR despatched. [hey were despatched to Manchester. A gentleman along with me in the same car riage got out of our train and went into one of the other two trains. lie waved his hand to us as he passed. After the two trains had started I called for the superintedunt and gut out of our train. (Here Mr. Critchley stood up, and the witness said that was the gentleman.) I said, " Mr. Su perintendent, when are we to go ? I've seen two trains go off before ours, and I wish to know when is ours to go ?" Ile said, " Go to your seat, sir," and that was all the answer I could get. I went back to mycarriage, and we started about seven o'clock. One of the preceding trains had then left about twenty minutes. The train went un very sluggishly, and it was five minutes to eight when we arrived at the mouth of the tunnel. There might be a stoppage at one or two stations on the way. Wu saw no one at the mouth of the tunnel, and when we got half way through the tunnel the train stopped altogether. I suppose when we had been stopping five or ten minutes in the tunnel, I was thrown by a con cussion into my opposite fellow-passenger's face. I sustained no injury. Behind our first-class carriage was a third class carriage. The concussion broke the chain of that, and we by and bye got on and proceeded to Moore. Ours would be the first train of the three in the inane' at one time, and would be the cause of the subsequent concussion. At Moore station I called out for the guard and conductor, but none appeared. I and others got out and went to the engine-driver and asked him the reason we stuck fast in the tunnel. His answer was " There was no water in the engine." I, amongst others said, " How dared you come out of Chester without • supply of water 2" He made no answer , but stood there with his hands in his pockets, apparently . little concerned. George Frederick Robinson, cotton spinner, Stockport, said—l came oar the platform at Chester at half -past 5 o'clock, on Wednesday evening last. There was a train apparently ready, and as I Intended to go to Manchester with a return ticket I got into it. 1 looked through the first class car riages, and there was not a single seat to be had in these or the second class. Some additional first claw carriages were added soon after six o'clock, and I got into the second carriage from the engine. The train heft about 10 minutes before 7 o'clock. I saw no guard or conductor with the train. When we reached the ttuir.el the space was slack- seed till we stopped entirely. AI we proceeded through the tunnel I noticed that the ex'.gine-driver opened the fire box repeatedly as if to reflect sit light behind, and I feared 1 we had not a light behind. I felt a slight concussion in the tunnel. When we got out of the tunnel we went on to Moore, and I went to dr, engine and observed by the . gauge that there was • proper supply of water. am onnvoroant with the gauges of boilers, and could see plainly that the one in question indicated • sufficient supey of water. The engine after that went on for water a, stated. In stating that there was water enough in the boiler, I cannot of course say whether there was a proper supply in the tender. Whilst we were in es Planet, I heard the driving wheel of the engine revolving without effecting any progress of the train. I attribete • that to the circumstance of the train being too heavy for • the locomotive power. The rails were wet in consequence of a fall of rain outside the tunnel. larneslizawk:ofiir;tri.ii.., engineer, said I left Chester about 20 minutes put seven on Wednesday even ing for Warrington by the Manchester train. The , train consisted of 18 or 20 carriages. I was in the middle compartment of the last carriage but ono in the train of the railway carriages the last car riage being a truck with a private carriage upon it. There ' were fire persons in the Mille compartment with me. I tear in the next carriage to the deceased, Mrs. Wettenliall. We travelled at ordinary speed up to Fruclshain. From thence to the tunnel we did not go so fast, and up the tunnel we went gradually slower until the train came to a stand. I then put down the window and heard the engine wheels 1 slipping. I supposed the slipping to he from th e d ro p p i ngs !of the tunnel and the steam. A companion, Mr. flurry, said " Haddock I'll get out and see if the Mil lamp is lighted," and lie afterwards told me it W.I. lle afterwards said "Haddock, there is so much steam sod it is so dark bleep calling out that I noes know where to find you." I did as he told me, and soon afterwards felt his hat under the window and he got in. A guard caner by then, and held a light, and Hurry said, " Guard, run be hind as fast as you can, and give a signal." I supposed him to mean to warn the next train that might come up. I got out of the carriage myself, and spoke to the ladi e s (Mrs. Ridgway and Mrs. Wettenhall), who were much alarmed, and told them all would be safe. I then heard a train advancing, and stepped towards it, putting my hand to the wall. Iliad got about a carriage length from the end of our train when the engine of the next train passed and ran into the train before it. I heard the engine, hut could not see it, the tunnel was so densely filled with steam. I stood still a moment, and then observed that the engine was off the rails. I then turned round, and tried to get by the last train, but the passengers jumped out of the carriage upon me, and I had difficulty. At length I found a mil-light, which some of the passengers hail in one of the carriages, and with that, seeing my way much better, I went with it till I met a guard with a hand lamp. I exchanged lamps with him, and then took hi m w i t h the red light to the Frodsham end of the tunnel, and placed him there to signal other trains from passing. 1 returned (0 the train after that, but found the way blocked up with broken carriages. I saw several persons who hail realised bodily injuries, the result of the conk' which had taken place. Some further evidence having been taken, the inquest was adjourned to Monday. IRELAND. Dent set, Max 3. At a privy council held this week in the Castle of Dublin, the proclamation under the Crime and Out rage Act was revoked for the county of Kerry, and for twenty-four baronies in the county of Cork. The verdict of 3001. damages against the Rev. Mr. M'Gaver, for libelling an agent named Morrow, at a meeting held last year in Longford, was set aside, yesterday, in the Court of COUI2IIOII Pleas, and a ' ware de noro granted. It is rumoured that the lion. Sidney Herbert and Lord Naas have turned their eyes towards the con stituency of Dublin, in anticipation of the general election, and already the note of alarm has been raised on the subject by some watchful enemies of "centralisation." Mr. Long and Mr. J. M. Cant well have published u correspondence which passed bet wtsm themselves, in which the vote of Mr. Sidney Herbert on the viet•regal question is held up, with the motto of Delco& est Eblana," to meet the hon. gentleman's pretensions in this quarter. The merchants of Deified say they are resolved to return one of their own body to represent them at the next election ; and have, it is said, selected Mr. Mulholland for that purpose. The Tablet of this day publishes the following further extract from the letter supposed to have been written by Lord Clarendon to the Earl of Shrews bury. The passage refers to the prulisesor of the Queen's College at Cork, whose work on Christian civilisation produced such commotion among the ene mies of the colleges last year. If it be said that M. de Vericour was a declared infidel and socialist, and that he had printed a work to promote such doctrines, I believe that he is as much of Loth as l on myself. lie is an old and valued friend of M. ti u i zo t' s , from whom he has the most ample testimonials, and to whom his work on Christian civilisation is dedicated. The book appeared last vacation, and its object, as expressed its the preface, was " to show that the study and contemplations of the developments of society in the successive phases of his- I tory, created a faith in the progressive nature of humanity and its gradual advancement toward: that perfection to which mankind might attain under the genial influence of Christianity." In the body of the work there were pas sages which met with the disapproval of several members of the college. The prillsee had the date "Queen's Col . lege," and M. de Vericour being entitled Profi,sor, with out its being lidded that he was only Professor of Modern Languages, it was believed that the public might imagine that he was Professor of history, and that his work was the text-book of the students of t h e college. Ile was therefore suspended, and on hearing this he returned in haste from the rUfttiIIVIII, full of horror ut the idea that any act what , ever of his could have been considered as contrary to Chris tianity. Ile proved that his work was composed long bethro his nomination as prolessur—showed his sorrow tio having broken any of the rules of the college—promised that he would change the title, and also the date, Queen's Col lege," to the preface, thus entirely removing the suspicion of his having in any way recommended the work to the use of his student:, and, lastly, resigned the office of dean of faculty which he held. Thus the mutter ended; the council was contented with the reparation mule, mid the govern ment was not called upon to express its sentiments the occasion. Nevertheless, Dr. Cullen himself wrote to the Pope that de Verieour was book, in order to propitiate the Synod of nudes, and was afterwards restored because its derision was contrary to the colleges. 1)r. Cullen knew perfectly well that u professor could not be dismissed or nominated except by the Queen, and yet he presumed to affirm that her Majesty was party to an act which no government could venture, and an gen tleman would choose to recommend. Such, then is tho sort of information which the Pope receives from ireland, and on which he confides. A shocking, and it is to be feared, a successful attempt at murder, VMS perpetrated yesterday morn ing, at a plare about three miles front Dundalk, on the road to Crossmaglen. The victim was a Mr. Samuel Coulter, a nvectable farmer. THE liltlTlsH !Unity M.—This morning the Mu ii,um was re-opened to the public, and will continue to be neeetelible to visitor* on Mondur, Wetlntwbir, grad l'riday,,, from 10 till 7 o'clock throughout the summer. In addition to the now Awyrian gallery, a portion of the library was to-day thrown open for the fir,t time to re,itora. liitAtos CommirrEE.—The committee have come to the following division :—" That Henry Thoby l'rinsep, Esq., not being qualified according to the pro visions of the act, is not duly elected to serve in this present parliament for the borough of Harwich. FEMALE EDUCATION IN THE EAsT.—On Friday o, public meeting of the friend* of this society was held in the Music Hail, Store-street, Itiessell-equare, m supp et of the objects of the society, and which was attended by as man, as the hall would contain. Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq., who presided, said that they were met that evening to ad vocate the claims of a society who were working in a quiet manner, but whose labours were ;calculated to !induce at a future time incalculable effects, and the udvantages of which, though they could not at present be eetimatril,would affect the future generations of the East. The females of the East were cut off from every means of education, except that which the society afforded. The income of the society was stated to be but 2,0001. a year, and they hail 44 or 44 stations at which their labours were carried on, and where• large blessing had accomplished the labour, of the society during the 14 years of its existence. The meeting was sub seimently addressed by the Rev. T. Nolan, Dr. Adamson (of the Cape), I'. B. Power, Archdeacon Bell, and Dr. Cummiug. INTONING Or PRAYERS IN CHURCHES. Some differences which have taken place between certain of the parishioners of St. Nicholas and St. Leonard, Bristol, in re gard to a practice introduced by the rector, the Rev. 0. N. Burrow, vie., the intoning of the prayers in the parish church, have had the effect of calling forth the opinion of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of tiloucester and Bristol ea the matter. 'f he disputant parishioners addressed his lordship upon the subject, inviting his advice and counsel as diocesan • and the bishop, after oonsidering the points in dispute, ha s addressed a letter to the minister and church wardens recommending that in future the practice of in toning shall be discontinued. His lordship add he hail no hesitation in advising that the prayers shall be simply read, for he must confess to being himself conscious of inure de votional effects from supplications offered up in the natural mode of utterance than from the same supplications when accompanied by musical art. Ile is quite aware that there are many devout persons who differ from him in this view, but in a cathedral city, where the musical services of the church are daily performed, see* persons have abundant opportu. nity of following their predilections. Ile believe, that the great majority of worshippers think, in regard to this matter, as he thinks, and prefer the practice of hunple and effective I reading. A very important question to be considered also was, that an intoned service could never be gratifying to the hearers, unless it was well performed. Now, although Mr. Burrow had a happy talent for chanting, the gift was not oomrnon, nor even general, and might be in no degree by his successor. Simple reading of the service r e llthip recommends as the safest course, because, al though portions of a congregation might object to intoning, simple devout reading of the prayers could give offence 'o no one. STOCK or COITON.—A meetin of the Liverpool ro Cotton Broken ' Association `Was hel d on Friday, on this subject, when, after some discussion, it was resolved that the experiment should lie tried of taking stock three tint••• ar instead of once. Cotton brokers and merchants hay; Varsefore, been requested forthwith to forward to the mere- Ivey returns of their respective stocks on the first day of tale month.—Manchester Guardian. Silt JOIIN SOAVE'S MUSEUM, LINCOLN'S-INN- Flacos.—We are glad to be able to state that, with a view to the accommodation of foreigners and persons tom the provinces visiting London during the Industrial Exhibition, the trustees have resolved to keep this mnseum open four days in the week during the months of May, June, July, August, and September ;* namely Mondays, T uesdays Thursdays, and Fridays. Foreigners will be admitud w the, museum is open, on producing • card to be the • ioveral embemile.—The Builder. • • , t 11 to no one. 1. .- ~' w%o ._ ~. ~ ... 7 - 1 I ' %