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n''sfor tur 7-----7-- s to heye had, either commercially or politically. lh e u e Alv , a Hon. Bart. the Member for Tamworth were Present he cou ld assure the No bl e L or d t h at h e (M r . A . ) q;_ad.ti.nore Opportuniti es commer ci a lly and politically of know -5 th e state of the nation ; and he (Mr. A.) could state that Laare sufferings of th e p eo pl e were n ot then one-half what they for"c°W' Ile Nobl e Lord had rebuked the Hon. Member eat Caithness the other night, for anticipating some great d 311 ' 4 3% He did not know what the Noble Lord would j i cal a calamity. If the clouds opened and swallowed up London, the Noble Lord might not consider it a cala ttaiivlty, if he hi mse lf escape d ; an d if i n these six months e ,,millions of f am ili es , man y o f them as respectable as that of e Nobl e L or d hi mse lf , h a d b een p l unge d i n to a state r 'a a_ Pauperism an d di stress , th a t m ight not be consi i)ered a calamity. One-third of the populat i on h a d e el? thrown out of employment, and therefore he felt ;: ft ns duty to i ntru d e upon t h e H ouse . Il e had been "n urged t o b r i ng f orwar d w h a t w as his peculiar subjeet. He was gra tifi e d to think that it was euliarly his, because he could say, with great _Nth, that from the year 1810 he had paid ; 1 3 much a tt ent i on to t h at su bj ect as an y o ther man ; th erefore, see i ng that ruin was sprea di ng i nto every par t _ ‘ f . the Commercial and manufacturing world, he thought it right to call back the attention of the House, t(1)11'e he beli eve d i t h a d never p a id any attention to Reform e d int eres t s o f t h e na ti o n s i nc e it had become a Parliament, nor for many years previously. H o nourable G en tl emen m i g ht say that they were not an erahle f or t h e consequences o f i m prudence or indis cretion ; but he (M r . A.) denied that the commercial se ale n 91 L h ad been guilty of any imprudence or indiscretion. b een unhappy merchants were not to blame—their ruin had "Zen brought upon them by the bad laws adopted by the e-uouse, which had compelled them to purchase goods at an 4:: 317 n0us price, and to pay for them in another state of lu gs- They were compelled to purchase cotton at and to pay for it by selling the same at 4d. It was same with sugar, tobacco, and all the other great e articles of tra d e. The Government b y t h e i r B an k l aws o f a f ew °h a i r ago raised th e price of all commodities. Merchants were the ged to go on, and when the gold was all leaving England Y compelled the Bank to contract their issues, and the AbpeclUence was a great and ruinous reduction in prices, ti h had caused the ruin of a hundred merchants of Lon of" a thousand manufacturers in the country, and millions the now starving population. He was endeavouring to pro ve himself th e b es t f r i en d to the country by advocating e happiness of the great mass of the population. He defied a ll a l arms— b ut he sa id t h at a ll t h e merc h an t s o f London and Liverpool, and all other places, were tarred *l th the same stick which had ruined the one hundred me rchants w h o h a d a l rea dy f a il e d. It was thi s system which Mad defrauded and ruined, and almost killed two late Hon. embers of that House, Messrs. Marjoribanks and Oswald, and it would ruin many more. He contended there was cl lO overtrading in the country. They had been told once u r Lord Liverpool that the curse of the country was the :. 8 ° of abund ance . He denied that such could be the Zr e. What they wanted was to establish a proper organ c ommunication between property and labour. If the p e ople were well employed, wall fed, well clothed, and con ", Med, th ey would never have b ear d o f t h e R e f orm Bill ; th e Speaker would not sit %shore he did at present ; they Would never have heard of the repeal of the Test and Cor poration Acts, or of Catholic Emancipation, for the people live ld be i n diff erent to ma tt ers of that kind, and would e , in happi ness un d er th e s h a dow of the Throne. The effect of the system which he now sought to remedy was t ° reduc e the value of property. He believed that many merchants who twelve months ago were worth a hundred thousand pounds could not now command ten thousand runds. For the last twenty years the country had had 47e convulsive fits, and the present was the sixth under Which it had to suffer. When gold fell to 4/. 2s. the far mer could no l ong er get 61. 1 lse:for his wheat, and a bounty of 40 per cent. was given upon their imports, while the exports of the country were taxed in a similar propor ti°n. This it was which pniduced the calamities of 1816. Lord Liverpool, with the view to mitigate the disasters of the period, brought in a Bill to enable the Government to borrow six millions from the Bank, in order to increase the circulating medium. In June, 1818, he (Mr. Attwood) bad a conversation with Lord Liverpool relative to the Condition of the country, and the Noble Lord then stated that. he believed no greater distress might be apprehended than existed at that time. When 'he heard this statement he at once returned to set his house in order, and in the autum n of that very year another convulsion took place. It w as after this that Lord Liverpool brought in a Bill to reduce the circulation of Bank notes by one-eighth. The shock produced by this limitation was so great that the Governor of tile Batik and the Directors who were examined before the Committee of the House of Commons declared it to be their conviction that a further reduction of one-eighth could not be borne by the country. The Committee, acting on these suggestions, did not venture to recommend the immediate adaptation of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth's measure, and that the shock might not be too sudden the pressure of the barthen was scattered over a period of four years. Lord Castlereagh, in the midst of the difficulties in which the country was plunged, returned to England from his foreign mission, and proposed five Bills to remedy the state of things which then existed. The first was a Bill t o legalize one-pound notes for eleven years, or to the termination of the Bank charter, which was tantamount to a legalization of them for ever. Lord Liverpool afterwards brought in a Bill to undo what Lord Castlereagh had done, an d one-pound notes were altogether,abolished. The next Bill brought in by Lord Castlereagh was for the establish laent of the dead weight, and the increase of the circulat ing medium ; the third was to empower the Government to borrow three millions from the Bank to pay off the dissen tents to th e Th ree per C ents . ; t h e f our th, t o ena bl e th e Bank to lend money to t h e E ast I n di a C ompany ; an d t h e fifth, to enable it to lend money to the landowners. These be the measu res b roug ht i n b y L or d C ast l ereag h, an d h a d !le lived, he (Mr. A.) entertained no doubt they would have . b een carried i n t o f u ll effect. The next three years, 1823, 182 4, and 1825, he admitted, was a period of unexampled Prosperity ; but in the summer of the latter year, when he Was at Bath, he read in the Globc newspaper that eight ' mi llions 0 - gold had been expo:t e d du r i ng th e t year and he i mmediat e ly returned, to set his house ag a in i n or d er . He i !mew full well what the result would be, although it would gave been impossible for Binh to convince his friends of the (crisis which was approaching. Well, the panic of 1825 !ante, and it passed away, nobody could tell how. Those ra uctuations must be expected so long as the present sys. ;ern was allowed to remain. But the farmer, or the land lord, or the merchant, were not to blame. They were the mere creatures of the law, and the law was the creature of that House. Until, therefore, they revised the law, and restored the country to its natural position, it was out of the question that there could be anything like permanent security. If, after six successive warnings, they persevered in the same mad career, determined to fit the man to the standard, instead of the standard to the man, upon their ow n shoulders the responsibility must fall ; for, to speak in the language of Scripture, when God wills that a na tion should perish he blinds its rulers.. In America Jack son was playing the same infernal pranks as the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tainworth was playing here, and both, acting in concert, lied produced the calami ties under witich the two countries we're suffering. Twelve months ago this country was comparatively prosperous, and the labourers perfectly contented, until the Bank com menced its attack on the American merchants and the joint-stock Beaks. The American Banks were guided in their operations by our standard, and, findi ng t h ey could fret bills discounted in this country at two per cent ., t h ey enlarged their sphere of action, and gave extensive accom modation. The Bank of England, seeing the gold going abroad, took the alarm, and determined, to pull tight the vela. They refused to discount the bills of the American merchants or the joint-stock Banks, and this it was, in con junction with a similar line of policy, on the part of Jackson, en the other side of the water, which eath'ed the shock \ h . ch bad recently been produced. In the town of Birmingham be (Mr. Attwood) knew one American merchant who paid 6250,000/. annually amongst the working classes of that t own, and the same individual would not now, under the existing state of affairs, be able to pay more than 20,0001. Per :annum..---( Hear, hear.) The Bill, commonly called reel's Bill had destroyed most of the old merchants, but tht he a zsew class sprung up in their places, who adopted .7 Plan of purchasing goods for cash in the manufacturing t o wns of England for the AmeriCan market. Bills were drawn for a portion of the value of the exported articles On cottonshipment, and on the arrival of the goods in America and tobacco were shipped for Liverpool in return. On receipt of the Dill of lading the merchants at Bi rtniereham were allowed to draw upon the consignees at Liverpool, and thus the remaining portion of the v a i , dlne of the exported articles was redeemed.- - (Hear.) losises at New Oilcans were estimated at forty nhillions sterling ; and yet the nines and 'Earning —2le nicle—remoreless idicts—are ceiling on the Bank fur 11 . furthe r reduction of two millions, as a remedy for exist a. Fie did not blame the Bank, for the Bank was th e victim, of the law, and of the Right Hon. Gentleman 11'e C haßceller of the Exchequer. In 1321 he foresaw and foretf)id what would be the consegmenees which had Since ensured. When at that period he shtesed that tide low ilies of a agricultu ra l pr o didc,- ewes owing to the state of tl:a curr ene Le was met by the "Oh ! imva come t° - a reolutiun." There scculed to be a dusk on sterious , 's ° gaedno tas on the subject. In 1626 there was great , dis- Z n , t ent, ivhich was id some degree removed by the Reform, '''eh, after all, was hat punv bmali idg• ins: cad of a Beal gab a _ ribu t -7 , e. Two other measures whieh con tx_e ~c k to the prosy city of 1. . manufacturers t the hand-loom v:cavers en;oyed some prosperity. Tl ießank Charter Act and the repeal of the usury laws THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE ), 1837. less entered into a solemn and efficient int:lair) into the causes which were continually paring down the iaelustry and prosperity of the country. He scarcely agreel, however; with one of the propositions of the Hon. Member for Birmingham. So far was he from thinking it would be advantageous to sluice the country with Ix orth less paper, that lie was perfectly ccurinced of the expe diency of maintaining a solid metallic currency. At the same time, he was quite aware that the maintenance of a solid metallic currency was quite inconsistent with the pay ment of the interest of a debt which had been contracted in paper. Mr. FORSTER observed that, if the warning given to commercial men, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the last Session of Parliament, bad been attended to, the calamity of the present day would not have been so exten sive.—( Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL would vote against the amendment of the Hon. Member for Birmingham, because it impeded the progress of the Irish Poor Relief Bill. An Hon. Ba ronet had characterised the existing distress as a passing cloud. No doubt the Hon. Baronet's opinion was founded on details. It would be very satisfactory to have those details communicated to the House and to the country. For himself, however, he could not help fearing that the Hon. Baronet's declaration proceeded from his wishes ra ther than from the facts of the case, for those facts all ap peared to lead to the same conclusion. The House then divided— For the Amendment 24 Against it Majority —6l IRISH POOR RELIEF BILL: The Order of the Day was then read, and the House re solved itself into a Committee on the Irish Poor Relief Bill. On the 431 clause being read, Sir R. INGLIS contrasted the provisions of this Bill with those of the English Poor-law Bill. In the latter, no provision was made for the religious instruction of the poor, but that was not the case with the Bill under con sideration. Was that equal justice ? Mr. LENNA RD, as we understood, supported the clause. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON contended that it would be much better to allow persons of all persuasions to leave the workhouses for two or three hours on the Sabbath, to hear Divine service in their respective places of worship. Lord Viscount MORPETH could not see that this clause would have the effect which the Hon. and Learued Gentleman anticipated. Mr. FINN objected to the clause. After some further discussion, in the course of which several verbal amendments were adopted, Mr. O'CONNELL moved the omission of the words at the end of the clause, that " every such chaplain shall be deemed a paid officer under this Act." The gallery was immediately cleared for a division ; but a discussion arising, the doors, after the lapse of some time, were re-opened. During our exclusion we understand that Lord Stanley objected to the clause that it sanctioned the endowment by the State of at least 100 Roman Catholic clergo, men, who were to be installed in the various work houses in Ireland, and paid by the State. Lord JOHN RUSSELL declared that the observa tions of the Noble Lord tended in no degree to shake the opinion which he (Lord John Russell) entertained of the propriety and expediency of adopting the clause in the shape proposed. There was no force-in the Noble Lord's objec tion that the appointment of Roman Catholic priests to the different workhouses would have the effect of making the Roman Catholic religion the State religion, because, as the Noble Lord must himself be well -aware, Roman Catholic priests were appointed and paid by the Government to of ficiate at many of the barracks and military stations in Ire land. For his own part he (Lord J. Russell) thought it would be unworthy of a liberal Government not to provide the means of religious instruction to people of every persua sion who were driven into the workhouses.—(Hear, h ar.) After a few words from Mr. WOULFE, Mr. GOULBURN expressed a wish that the Noble Lord would consent to postpone the clause. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the clause appeared to him to be a very important one, and he trusted that his Majesty's Government would Persevere with it, although he was desirous that the latter part of it should be omitted. Lord STANLEY observed . ' that the only question was, whether they should make a deviation from the English Bill, which left the appointment of chaplains in work houses to the discretion of the Board of Guardians, and introduce into the Irish Bill a clause making it compulsory on the Commissioners, instead of leaving it to the discre tion of the Guardians, to appoint Roman Catholic chaplains, and that without the consent of the rate payers? The question was not whether they were going to exclude the Roman Catholic clergy from the workhouses, but whether they would or not follow the precedent of the English Bill? Viscount HOWICK asked whether his Noble Friend was not aware that the circumstances with respect to Eng land were very different from what they were with respect to Ireland ? It was perfectly true, as the non. and Learned Member for Kilkenny had stated, that the question was, whether real religious instruction should be at all pro vided for in the Hall workhouses. If it were, then the Committee must agree to this clause. Lord STAN LEY begged to remind his Noble Friend, that by leaving out the clause altogether, the Boards of Guardians in Ireland would have the same power of ap pointing chaplains as the Boards of Guardians in England possessed. Viscount HOWICK admitted that ; but he would put it to his Noble Friend, whether it would not be better that the power of appointment should be entrusted to the Board of Commissioners, being an impartial authority, than to a both , liable to be influenced by party prejudices and local predilections ? As to the proposition for the postponement of the clause, he really could not comprehend the least ground for such a course. It appeared to him that they were now in a fit state to decide upon the subject, and that it would do most serious injury to the Bill if they were to consent to rescind the clause. Mr. LEHI° Y was anxious to point out to the Noble Lord that this clause differed from the English Bill, not merely in leaving it to the discretion of the Commissioners to appoint chaplains, instead of to the Guardians, hut by making it imperative, upon the Commissioners to appoint chaplains. After a few words from Mr. D. DROWNE, Mr. FORBES said that the question was, whether a Protestant Parliament should make a law to pay Roman Catholic Clergymen ? To such a clause he never could agree. He protested against a Protestant State paying a Roman Catholic Clergy. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. In our ab sence we understood that Mr. O'Connell withdrew his amendment, and that a division took place on the clause— For the chaos. 12;2 Against it 36 Majority The clause, as amended, was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 44 was then agreed to. The clauses to 46 were agreed to. On clause 47 (Commissioners may visit end regulate hospital And other charitable institutions .not wholly sup ported by voluntary contributions) being put, Mr. Sergeant JACKSON proposed, with a view of carrying out the principle of the clause, that besides chari ties wholly supported by voluntary contributions, that cha ritable institutions supported by private bequests should also be excepted from the controul of the Commissioners. Lord MORPETH said that he had no objection to adopt the suggestion of the lion. and Learned Member. Mr. WYSE objected to the amendment. Mr. O'CONNELL recommended that the clause should be postponed for the present. After some further conversation, Mr. WAKLEY moved that the cause be p es tponed. The Committee then divided— For the postponement Against - Majority -96 Mr. WAKLEY moved that the Chairman report pro. gross, and ask leave to sit again. He wished to protect medical men in Ireland from the operation of the clause. Lord MORPETH observed that they had only got through five clauses that night. The opinion of the House had been expressed respecting the clause. Mr. WAKLEY withdrew his motion. Mr. WYSE stated that he should divide the House against the amendment proposed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bandon. The committee then divided — For the amendment Against. Majority The clause was then agreed to. Clause 43 was postponed. Upon clause 49 being proposed, Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the Chairman repot progress, and ask leave to sit again. The motion was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. The Registration and Marriages Acts Amendment Bill was postponed till this day (Tuesday.) The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'C:ock. 30 -47 rate, We regret to announce that the Hon. Baron Sir Patrkl: Murray, Hart., of Oebtertvre, died on Thursday - night at his house in Walker-street. —Edinburgh Courant. On Friday evening, the remains of the late General the Hon. Sir Alexander Hope were brought to Leith from London by the Royal Adelaide, steamer, from whence they were removed on Saturday forenoon in a hearse drawn by Fix horses, followed by a train of mourning coaches, to be depo sited in the family vault at Luirness,--Edinburglz Co uran t. cnntributed to this. In 18;.3 there earn, a telepse, :nails oot came the panic of ife;i7. The existing distress was produced by the Government.—(Hear.) What was the state of the currency now ? There were twenty-two millions payable by the Bank of England at the present moment, and at a moment's warninir, and the Bank had bet two millions of sovereigns to meet it. The whole of our bullion amounted but to 4,400,0001. Was that a state for any country to be in ?—(Hear, hear.) Now if Nicholas Biddle sent over three miTons of bonds what would be our position ? He would get ten per cent., for there were seven millions in his Bank. The United States \sere very wealthy, al though they did not possess a circulating medium to represent that wealth. They were wealthy in land and various other sorts of property, and by means of this wealth the money of England could be taken to New Yock, where it would realise twenty or thirty per cent. If the other Nicholas of Russia—(A laugh)—could negotiate a lean in London for three millions, and were paid in Bank notes, he would break the Bank of England, or even the money in the Savings' Banks would effect the purpose, amounting to eighteen millions, and being payable in ten days. Then there was the National Debt of 800 millions, which, though the principal was not pae able, the interest was. Now the interest of one-tenth, if demanded in gold, would be much mote than sufficient to break the Bank of England in a week. People imagined that the fund holders would escape the consequences of the ruin which was likely to ensue, but in his opinion this was a mis taken notion. The mercantile classes met their own ruin in the ruin of their debtors, and the fnedholders might as suredly calculate on a similar result. The ruin, however, might be averted by an alteration of the present system, and by adopting a proper standard of currency. If the fundholders, on the contrary, contrived to be repaid in gold what they had advanced in a depreciated standard in evitable ruin would come like a thief in the night on them and on the country. We were in the habit of calling Russia and Prussia barbarous countries, and as compared with the people of this country they were so, but then our Government was more barbarous than theirs.—(Hear and laughter.) In Russia, though gold and silver were circu lated, paper money was the only legal tender. They fixed the value of the paper money, keeping it at that standard, and in consequence of its continuing fixed, the prospects of the country were most prosperous—there was no panic nor any fear of over-population. Russia was able to attack any country—to make war where she pleased. She had hum bled the pride of the British lion. The Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs might shake his head, but such was the fact, and it was a fact which made one of the many grievances of which the British public com plained. Had the Noble Lord already forgotten the affair of the Vixen? The people had not, nor were they likely soon to forget it. We were obliged to prop and bolster up the the Bank, only adding by such a course to the materials of the ruin which must soon fall and crush the working classes. Since the period of the bullion report, in 1810, we had been endavouring to force on a metallic standard, the effect of which was to strangle industry, and then re leasing. the standard again, the effect of which was to make industry strangle the standard. This was a state of things, which the people would not endure, and which would not have been brought about if the people were properly repre sented. It was only the aristocratic class which was re presented in that House, and, though they injured the people, he did not think that they were sensible of the in jury which they inflicted. The people did not want law ytsrs, nor Lords, nor Captains, nor Generals, nor Admirals, who might be all very fine fellows in their way. They would prefer buttonniakers and bucklemakers—people ac quainted with trade—men accustomed to contend with difficulties, and who never would have consented to pass the measures which had reduced the country to its pre sent state. He hoped the day was not far off when the middle classes would be represented in that House. —(Hear.) At present, what was the nature of our Legis lation ? Was it wise to pass a law which made - the food of the people dear, and to add to this another law which made money scarce ?—(Hear, hear.) Under these cir cumstances, was it wise to close the workhouses, and to take from the people that miserable patrimony of their fore fathers ?—(Hear, hear.) It was now also in contemplation to establish a rural police, but he would tell the House that the people could neither afford or endure the expense of it ? If his motion were adopted by the House they could get rid of many difficulties. They could repeal their Poor Law Bill, and do away with all restrictive laws, and enjoy a real and solid prosperity. The evil could yet be remedied, and if not remedied by the House, the people would at last take the matter into their own hands. if done by the House it would be done peaceably—if not, he feared that a civil war might ensue, the calamities and terrors of which would in the present complex state of society in England produce more horrors than that which took place in France in 1792. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving as an amend ment that—" It is the opinion of the house that the present system of the currency is not sufficient to meet the wishes and protect the interests of the community." On the question being put, Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not consider he should perform his duty, by entering into any discussion on the motioa.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member came down to the House, made a speech of nearly three hours without any notice whatever, and proposed resolutions inconsistent with Acts of Parliament, and inconsistent with solemn re solutions of that House, repeatedly affirmed after various debates.—(Hear, hear.) He must, therefore, protest against a course so inconsistent and so inconvenient for the dispatch of public business, because, even if the motion were carried, and the House taken by surprise, it could only tend to embarrass the House, and lead to further de bate. For these reasons he must decline entering into the question moved by the Hon. Member, and ask the House to proceed with the regular business, and go into Commit tee on the Irish Poor-law Bill. The Hon. Gentleman had interrupted that, and had entered into a discussion on trade and currency, and by so doing had interrupted the regular course of business. He was sorry the Hon. Member bad pursued such a course ; and as he would only be favouring his views by entering into a discussion, he must decline making any reply to his statements. Mr. RICHARDS was understood to say that notice of motion had been given. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was not aware of any notice The SPEAKER said there was no notcie on the pipe of that day, and Hon. Members, therefore, came dewn in expectation that the regular business of the House would be proceeded with. Mr. RICHARDS thought enough had been stated by the Hon. Member for Birmingham, to call on the Noble Lord to go into the consideration of so important a subject. Mr. SC HOLEFIELD and Mr. FORBES supported the amendment. Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR also supported the amend ment, declaring that the country never was in such a state of commercial embarrassment as at the present moment ; a state which rendered immediate interference imperatively necessary. Mr. G. F. YOUNG entreated the Hon. Member for Birmingham, for the sake of the cause which he had so ably advocated, not to press his amendrnent to a division. No notice having been given of the Hon. Gentleman's in tention, many Iron. Members who were favourable to his view of the subject wore absent. Many of those who were present also, among whom he (Mr. Young) confessed that he was one, could not vote for the Hon. Gentleman merely because he had brought the matter forward in a ferns which, if it were generally tolerated, must have the effect of im peding the progress of all public business. Mr. T. ATTWO OD felt it his duty to press the amend ment to a division. Mr. BARCL A.Y was of opinion that the statements made of th e ex i st i ng commerc i a l em b arrassments were greatly exaggerated. They were in a great measure owing to extravagant speCulations ; and he was convinced that the evil would soon rectify itself. Sir J. R. REID declared himself to be of the same opinion as the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken. V a t his ! ,j e . r e v s t c y d ,s , t Ministersat h ou%gvho uld iryaso not he b D e . ex W pect i e l d A prepared to answer a three hours' speech on so grave a sub ject, of which no notice had b een g i ven, yet it ought not to be forgotten that they had in a g rea t degree exposed them selves to the censure which the Hon. Member for Birming ham had cast upon them, by the course which they had pursued on a former occasion. When, at an early period of the Session, a Secret Committee had been appointed to in quire into the operations of Joint Stock Banks, the Hon. Member for Middlesex had proposed that the operations of the Bank of England, as connected with the Joint Stock Banks, should be comprehended in the inquiry,: That proposition had, however, been resisted.—(Hessa hear, hear.) The Committee to which lie (Mr. Iri",rvey) alluded was, he believed, still sitting. If' so, it wqsld be very desirable to refer to them the consideration os how far the conduct of the Bank of England had tended to bring about the present state of things. How far that state of things would prove what the lion. Baronet called " a passing cloud," h ow f ar those on whom that passing cloud h a d broken and whom it overshadowed, how far the tens of thousands who were starving and out of employment, in consequence of circumstances over which they had no control, might be rescued from the condition in which they were now placed, events would show. But although there could be no doubt that the existing state of things was pregnant with inconvesdence and mischief, one advantage might , flow fr om i t ; namely, thet the cont racted:l chaeses woule no longer submit re a delusion of which they had sn long been the victims. They would no longer bear that the Bank of England sheuld have the power of cortrolling the fortunes of ever; man in the coun try. At present tile most neghty masses of property were no more secure from its power than \vas the humblest indi vidual in the commercial community. His Majesty's Go vernment and the House would not do their duty uu- LITE.RATIT RE ENGLAND. 3 Trois. Bentley, London, 1837. In his preface to this work, Mr. Cooper says, " the English do not like the Americans. There is a strong disposition in them to exaggerate and circulate any thing that has a tendency to throw ridicule and con tumely on the national character." Now we must beg to enter our most decided protest against this assump tion. So far from Englishmen entertaining any feel ings of dislike towards America the reverse is the case ; they respect her as an industrious, enterprising, thriving State, and take every opportunity of testifying their good will towards her, by the hospitable reception they invariably give towards. all those Americans who may chance to be distinguished by their talents and moral worth. Is not Mr. Cooper himself—even on his own showing—a case in point ? Do not the at tentions he everywhere received from the best cir cles in the metropolis—he who came a comparative stranger among them, known only by one or two of his earlier novels—sufficiently refute his hypothesis ? Twenty years ago, when the two leading, Reviews of the day were vieing with each other in their contempt for everything Transatlantic, there might have been some foundation for his assertion ; now there is not an atom. Brother Jonathan is no le.nger the butt of John Bull, but his stcnnch and respected ally, whatever our author may please to imagine to the contrary. We should have taken no notice of Mr. Cooper's rash, ill-considered remark, had we not perceived through out his work that he has allowed it to exercise far too much influence over his imagination. At every house he visited, it is evident he anticipated that something would be said to wound' his national pride—something , that should make him feel his inferiority to English men. Hence his bristles are always up ; he is always on the watch ; and as the necessary consequence of such incessant excitement, he evinces an uncommon aptitude to misinterpret even the slightest and most unmeaning expressions. We regret this perversity, for it betrays an infirm temper and a paralytic judgment. Still, injus tice to Mr. Cooper, we must confess that he does not allow it wholly to warp his better feelings, or blind him to the truth ; for in his sketches of the numerous distinguished personages to whom he was introduced when in London, he takes care to be in the main im partial ; however, in particular instances, where he fancies a sneer is directed against Yankee-land, he may be carried away by prejudice and cynicism. His account of a dinner party at Mr. Sotheby's, where he met Coleridge for the first time, is worth extracting. I was one of the first ; but Mr. Coleridge was already in the drawing-room. He was a picture of green, old age; ruddy, solid, and with a bead as white as snow. His smile was bene volent, but I had scarcely time to reconnoitre him, before Sir Walter Scott appeared, accompanied by Mr. Lockhart. The latter is a genteel person, of a good carriage, with the air of A man of the world, and with a sort of Scotch- Spaniah face. His smile is significant, and not a bad one for a reviewer. At table I sate directly opposite to Sir Walter Scott, with Mr. Coleridge on my left. One of Mr. Coleridge's observaticns was in bad taste. He professed to like most of our officers, with a very supererogatory excepticn in the case of Commodore Rodgers. Mr. Sotheby has a son a Captain in the Navy. This gentleman, I believe, felt the gratuitous character of Mr. Coleridge's remarks, for he expressed himself favourably as regards Commodore Rodgers, whom he had recently fallen in with on service. I contented myself by saying a 'little drily that he was a highly respectable man, and a very excellent officer, which at least had the effect of changing the conversa tion. When the ladies had retired, the conversation turned on Homer. Some one remarked that Mr. Coleridge did not believe in his verity, or rather that there was any such man. This called him out, and certainly I . never witnessed an exhi bition so extraordinary as that which followed. It was not a discourse, but a dissertation. Scarcely any one spoke besides Mr. Coleridge, with the exception of a brief occasional remark from Mr. Sotheby, who held a contrary opinion, and I might say, no one could speak. As near as I could judge, •he was rather more than an hour in possession of the floor, almost without interruption. His utterance was slow, every sen ence being distinctly given, and his pronunciation accu- There seemed to be a constant struggling between an affluence of words and an affluence of ideas, without either hesitation or repetition. Once or twice, when Mr. Sotheby would attempt to say a word on his side of the question, he was permitted to utter just enough to give a leading idea, but no argument, when the reasoning was taken out of his mouth by the Essayist, and continued pro and con, with the same redundant and eloquent fluency. I wee less struck by the logic than by the beauty of the language, and the poetry of the images. At first I was so much struck pith the affluent diction of the poet, as scarcely to thi:ik of any thing else; but when I did lock abut me, I found every eye fastened upon him. Scott sat as immovable as a statue, with his little grey eyes looking inward and outward, and evidently considering the whole as an exhibition rather than as an argu ment ; though he occasionally muttered, "eloquent won derful !"—" very extraordinary P' Mr. Lockhart caught my eye once, and he gave a very hearty laugh, without making the slightest noise, as if he enjoyed my astonishment. When we rose, however, he expressed his admiration of the speaker's eloquence. We were still at table, sa hen the constant raps at the door gave notice that the drawing-room was filling above. Mr. Coleridge lectured on through it all, for half an hour longer, when Mr. Sotheby rose. The house was full of com pany, assembled to see Scott. He walked deliberately into a maze of petticoats, and, as he had told me at Paris, let them play with his mane as much as they pleased. We have chosen the above extract, first from its amusing character as regards Coleridge, and his extra ordinary powers of long-winded eh - iquence ; and, se condly, because it furnishes an illustration of that infir mity of temper to which we have before alluded. Why should our author pettishly accuse Coleridge of " Lad taste" because he chanced to differ in opinion from him on the subject of Commodore Rodgers ? Was the poet bound to lavish praise on all Americans ; to think them all " wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best," be cause an American happened to be sittinj beside him e We arc surprised at such excessive irritability on the part of a man who has seen so much of the world as Cooper manifestly has done. Coleridge spoke in no wanton spirit of acerbity, but in what he conceived to be a just, temperate, and rational manner, and his re mark should have been taken accordingly. But to dis miss this ungracious theme, and revert to a more plea sant one. Li his various sketches of London manners, society, and scenery, Mr. Cooper exhibits much just ness of opinion, and happiness of expression. He does not, certainly, flatter, but neither does he depreciate, us ; wherefore we can recommend his volumes as worthy of a careful perusal. To the lovers of mere light read ing, we need say no mere than that they abound in curious anecdotes of the nio:;t distinguished authors and politicians of the day. THE ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM. No. XXXIX and XT. BY J. C. LOUDON. Longsnan, and Co. The completion of this work is announced for Au gust, after which the price to non-subscribers will be raised, in consequence of the unforeseen expenses at tendant on bringing out a greater number of plates than was originally intended. When completed it will form one of the best Eneyclopzedias of British arboriculture ever published. STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND, .No. XIV. Blackwood and Sons, IP'37. The present Number of this excellent work corn prises an historical, - commercial, and statistical account of part of the counties of Renfrew and Roxburgh, and is embellished with a well executed map 'of Suther land. The account of the tovn and parishes of Pais k;, drawn up by the Rev. Dr. Burns, and the Rev. Robert Macnair, ‘vill remain a lasting monument of the intefligence, the research, and the liberality of these gentlemen. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. Blacktrool and Sons. " With a view of requiting the increasing favour shown towards this Journal by the fanning interest of the United Kin f ;dom," observes the Editor, in on in troductory notice to the Number before us, " the pub lishers have reduced the price to five shillings a num ber instead of six." This i 3 the best requitd that the publishers could make to the great body of their sub scribers, and a great boon it certainly is, when the character of the work is taken into consideration. The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture is one of the best conducted works of the kind in Europe, and is indis pensable to suck agriculturists as are not indifF , 2rent to the improvement of their lands. The present Number contains several important articles, particularly one on mildew in corn ; on the prevention of insect vegetable destruction; on the failure of the potato crop ; and on the state of agriculture in Hin:lostan ; with nine prize essays addressed to the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. We have the satisfaction of congratulating the Direc tors of this national undertaking on the successful termina tion of their arduous labours,—arid the public also, we are happy to congratulate on so soon having au opportunity of availing themselves of a mode of transit between two of the most important towns in England—Liverpool and Birmnm ham—which realizes in its rapidity and safety the fabled notion of " annihilating time and space." Railway travel ling, notwithstanding the wonders which it has already ef fected, is, we are persuaded, only in its infancy. Great and surprising as are the changes which the present genera:ica has witnessed, the next, if we mistake not, is destined to be- hold new and still more surprising innovaticas. On the morning of Thursday last, a train, consisting of four carriages, and three waggons, laden with iron and other necessary articles, started from Liverpool at eight o'clo,:k and proceeded to Warrington. The party consisted of about thirty gentlemen, including Hardman Earle, Esq., Joseph Ewart, Esq., Joseph flora by, Esq., Nicholas Roskell, Esq., N. D. Bold, Esq., the Directors ; Mr. Chorley, the Treasurer ; Wm. Earle, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool ; Lawrence Heyvvorth, Esq. ; George Lawrence, Esq. ; Daniel Neilson Esq.; Nicholas R.1?..ke11, sen., Esq. ; Rev. Mr. Ewart, Rev. Mr. Hamby, E. D. Falkner, Esq. ; Wm. Banning, Esq., Postmaster of Liver pool ; Jones, Esq. ; two ir. Begsons ; Mr. King of the Gas-works, Dale-street ; and several other gentlemen. Colonel Maberly and Mr. Lewis, from the General Post-office, came expressly to Liverpool for the purpose Of accompanyinc , the party. On its arrival at Warrington the train stopped, and the party alighted for the purpose of inspecting the bridge over the Mersey ; proceeding further, the great viaduct at Dutton also underwent in= spection. The beautiful valley of Vale Royal, one of the most picturesque sights in the kingdom was then ap proached, where the party were received with a Royal salute, and they proceeded forthwith to inspect the splendid viaduct at that place. On arriving at Madde, a superb collation was prepared fur the occasion, and where the party remained for upwards of an hour. The train again set forward and reached Stafford, Penkridge, and ultimately Wolverhampton, at which place it arrived a little after two o'clock. At this point, which is 83 miles .frona Liverpool, the engine was detached, and the party proceeded in waggons drawn by horses, the works in that vicinity not being quite completed. The cuttings at Wednesfield, Willenhall, and Darlaston, the only reraain ing unfinished works, were severally inspected, and the party reached Birmingham a little before six o'clock in the evening. The party remained in Birmingham during the night of Thursday, and yesterday morning proceede homewards. At Wolverhampton they were joined by Mr. Moss, banker, of Liverpool, the Chairman of the Company, who came purposely from London to meet the Directors at this point. The engine was again in readiness, and the party left Wol verhampton at ten minutes past eleven. On arriving at Harford, the engine was stopped for the purpose of being supplied with water ; and the Directors and their friends proceeded to Madeley, thence to Vale Royal, and then to Warrington, taking in water at each place. The party reached Liverpool exactly at four o'clock, highly delighted with the success of their journey. There was a good deal of time lost during the journey owing to the difficulty of supplying the engine with water, produced by the necessary apparatus being imperfect. In some instances the water was obliged to be carried is buckets. The time consumed in this and other unavoid able delays was about an hour and a half, so that the actual time during which the carriages were in motion between Wolverhampton and Liverpool was something less than three hours and a half. The engine, which is one of a number of twenty-five belonging to the Company, worked admirably—far beyond the most sanguine expectation of the Directors, and was frequently propelled at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles an hour ! The rise at the Madeley summit, one in 180, %vas at tained at the rate of 22i miles per hour. This summit has been the theme of considerable controversy during tile pre sent Session of Parliament, and has formed an object of much discussion in the recent investigations before the Committees on the South Union and Cheshire Junction Railway Bills. It is now satisfactorily established that the summit in question is perfectly practicable for all the pur poses of railway travelling. The Directors of the Grand Junction Railway, in consNuenee of some recent experi ments on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, have in troduced on their line, a new species of wooden keys, fast ened to rails fixed upon blocks, four feet apart, which en able the carriages to run more smoothly, and without so much of that rumbling and disagreeable noise, which is ex perienced on the railways now in use. The Grand Junction Railway will, we believe, be thrown open to the public in the course of the next month. The day of opening will be decided upon by the Directors at their meeting on Wednesday next, when all the prelimi naries will be settled. The Company have 100 carriages and 200 waggons now ready, - the former bLing the moat finished and elegant things of the hind, whether as regards comfort or splendour, ever seta on a railway in this coun try. Most of the engines have been manufactured by Messrs. Stephenson and Company, of Newcastle. The great depot of the Company at the terminus at Birmin , - ham, being yet in an unfinished state, (which in extent and magnificence will surpass that of the Liverpool and Man chester depot in Lime-street) the Company have secured about un acre and a half of ground as a temporary depot in Vauxhall—which will answer every purpose of practicabi lity until the former is ready. In terminating our brief account of the first trip made on this great national work, we can..ot avoid payin ,, a pass ing tribute to the talent, zeal, discretion, and indefatigable perseverance of Mr. Locke, the engineer, under whose su perintendence the undertaking has been brought to so suc cessful a conclu6ion. - Other engineers have invariably ex ceeded their original estimates, not unfrequently by doubti the amount—to Mr. Locke, however, belongs the credit o& having so cleverly managed the Herculean task entrusted to his keeping, as to keep below instead of exceeding his original estimate. But his ability has been_too frequently and warmly 'eulogised in Parliament, and elsewhere, to render any weak tribute of ours at all necessary. The Directors of this undertaking have also managed ad mirably, and no slight degree of credit is due to them on account of the able manner in which they have condtv:ted ' the affairs of the Company, arrd the benefit which they Lave conferred, not m'crely on the shareholders individually, but on the public at large, in the completion of this stupendous undertaking. NEW WORKS OF FICTION, BY DISTINGUISITED WRITERS.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburi, of Great Marlborough street, has just published the following new and interesting works of fiction " Venetia," by tbe author of " Vivian Grey" and " Henrietta Temple," 3 vols.- 2. " The Hussar," by the author of " The Subaltern," 2 cols: —3. " Gentleman Jack," a naval story, by the author of " Ca vendish," &c., 3 viols.-4. " The Peeress," a biographical novel, edited by Lady- Charlotte Bury, 3 vols.-5.. •' Human Life," by the author of " Tremaine," aad " Da Vere," 3 vole —6. " Picciola ; or, Captivity Captive," by M. De iaintine, 2 vols.-7. " The Divorced," by Lady Charlotte Bury, 2 vols.-8. " Fliltings of Fanc f ," by Robert Sulivan, Esq., 2 cols.-9. " Violet ; Cr, the aurs.x.se, 2 vols.-10. Duchess of La VailLre and Madame de Maiute.non," 2 vols. -11. " Mrs. Aruntage," by the authoress of " Mother and Daughters," second edition, 3 cols."-lu. " The Diary of a Desr..nnuyee," second edition, 2 vols.-13. "Traits and Trials of Early Life," by Miss London, 1 vol. GEORGE THE THIRD AND TIIE SCOTCIIMAN. —A Scotch oflice, - , of no very cx4raol-dinary merit, tut who had risen to high employments by pemonal assiduity and the arts of a courtier, was is the presence of George HI., at Windsor, in company with one or two otters, at a moment :;hen ceremony was banished. That simple-minded and - well meaning monarch was a little apt to ad nit of tangents in the discourse, and he a-adder:lv exclaimed, D—, it .:-,pears to ms that you and I are of a height ; let's measure—let's measure." The General placed his back to that of the King ; but instead of submitting to the process of tr.ewurcmcnt, he kept moving his head in a way to prevent it. Another tangent drew the King off, and he left the room. ‘• Why cNiii - t• you stand £6ll and let him measure, D— ?" saltedalookcr-on: you kept bobbi..g your head so, he could do nothing." .g Well, 1 didn't know whether he wanted to be taller or shoi t:r !"—" England," by Cooper, Aztaor of " Tl:c THE UNITED SERVICE JOURN NI, AND NAVAL AND igiuriatT MAGAZINE FOR Jt:NE.—Wt arc not surpri„ed at tlic large sale of this Magazine, ftr.• it appcals to the s:,:rpa thies of a large class of readers, nav^.l and alit ry nica, and usually contains articles of a most stirring animated kind. Of snob a sort arc the "Three :.,:entlis a ith the Carligts," and the " Sketches of Naval Life," in this NutoLcr, both of iAhich contain many exciting scenes c.:(1 decripti,l:7. The " Notes on the late Czttastr4lie at Ilernani," which aic accompanied by reflections on the preseut war in Spain, will - be :::re to ar rest the attcntion of all who are familiar with the record de- bates ill tlln Eiiusa of Commis on the subject, ttic mare especially as tl:e Jrticl , 7 i 3 the projuetion of lea ofilccr who bas been an eyc-witness of the greeter peat of the cam paign...—Such. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JUNE 3. Mr. Crybbace, to whose ease we have before alluded. has now addressed a memorial to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. A petition to the same effect, numerously signed by the inhabitants of Londonderry, accompanies the memorial. We concur with the Freemen in the assurance that his Excellency will give due conzideration to both, and decide according to the nrrifs of the case. A TITHE MARTYRS FUNERAL—The remains of Mr. Thomas Tyquin were, as we already noticed, on Thursday removed from Dublin, from the scene of sufferings and per secutions which terminated in the decease of the father of a young family—immolated on the altar of tithe rapacity. Alas ! four victims have been remorselessly sacrificed by the system—and to what end The spirit of the people re mains untired and unbroken, and the impracticability - of collecting tithes is reedered more apparent by the results of each fresh outrage on public feeling. The funeral of the last martyr forcibly reminded us of the summer of 1532, when the cholera raged with such banerel virulence. At first, terror and wild affright were depicted in each counte nance ; but the frequency of the cot which contaiued the dying patient going borne past lessened the novelty, but not the apprehension ; and a melancholy gaze—perhaps- a shudder—was all that marked the progress of the fearful burdee. Tyquin's funeral nev very similar. It was brought through Dublin quietly and privately. There was no parade , no osteutation, no mockery of woe. The hour specified for its departure in the few placard issu:el was changed, there was no rendezvous appointed, no gathering wished for or expected. On the hearse, and at several points along the read, a placard was posted, of whiA the following is a copy : " Funeral of Mr. Thomas Tyquin, of Shinrone, in the King's County, TITHE VICTIM, who died on Tuesday, the 30th of May, 1337, white under imprisonment in the Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, FOR TITHES. The funeral will leave Dublin on Thursday morning, at seven o'clock, and, proceeding through Rathcoole and Naas, will arrive at Kildare, where the body will remain all night, and thence be conveyed on Friday to Mouetratin and on Saturday to Roscrea and Dunkerrin." The greatest sympathy-was excited among all those who were made aware of the mournful fate of poor Tyquin ; and exclamations both loud and deep were breathed against a system in sustainment of which, for the paltry Sum of 1/. 12s. Bd., the life of a fel low-creature had been sacrificed ; many too were the bless ings and prayers offered up foie the deceased. - - Several of the respectable inhabitants have taken steps to inform the country parishes of the fact that the funeral. will pass through, and the very numerous attendance leaving the town of Kildare twill be increased by hundreds every mile the procession advances. There will not be less than from 6,000 to 10,000 persons accompanying this premature vic tim to the verge of his native county. COUNTY MEETING.—The meeting of the leading geatry, clergy, and people of this county, convened by the Sheriff, en the requisition of ashiumerous and as respectable a body of subscribers as have, for a long period, appeared in the columns of a public Journal, was held yesterday in Dun garvan, and proved itself equally worthy the cause to sus tain which the assembly was called, and of the manly and generous character of the different speakers. The prin cipal personages who appeared on the platform were Pro testant gentlemen of large and independent fortunes, whose strong love for extensive Reforms in Church and State ?annot be surpassed by the professors of any other creed. They spoke out their opinions with an energy of eloquence and directness of purpose, which would hare told with tremendoes effect, had any of those been among their audi tors, whose pursuits appear to consist in stirring up strife and libelling a generous and hardy nation to forward the views of a wretched and monopolising faction.— Waterford Chronicle. COUNTY GALWAY MEETlNG.—Whether we consider the object of the proposed meeting, or the importance of a nolitical movement in so extensive a county as that of Galway, this requisition must excite considerable interest. The highly distinguished names which head the list will have due influence in the country ; and we hope that the energetic expression of public feeling on this occasion will be adopted by meetings in several other places, which have not vet come forward ; and thus, that the universal voice of Ireland mill reach the throne, and proclaim the neces sity of averting the dreadful c i is of a Tory restoration • Freeman. NEW TITHE BILL.—Mr. S. Crawford has addressed a letter to the agent of his Ridemond estate ; it has been published in Belfast, and contains the following passage : " I have opposed this proposition in its earliest stage ; and I intend to continue that opposition in every stage of the Bill ; because it is, in my opinion, really a Bill of oppres sion, under the false title of a Bill qf relief —because I recoil from accepting this bribe—because 1 reject the de grading offer to put in my pocket this miserab!e pittance of the tithes, on the condition of being a party to the de lusion of the people—on condition of becoming the prcctor of the tithe owner, to levy this unjust tax (a." at present appropriated) from my tenants, merely changing the name trom•tithes to rent-charge, and from rentkharge to rent. " But, then, in this opposition, 'I am standing in the breach of a forlorn hope. Why? Because the people of Ireland, Catholics and Protestants, give a tacit consent to its provisions. Not a single petition has yet, to my lmow ' ledge, been presented against it ; and numerous petitions have come forward, expressive of confidence in, and ap- pr)val of, the policy of the Government. " Under these circumstances, it appears to me that the people of Ireland are consenting parties to the acceptance of this bonus, by those landlords who desire to receive it ; and to the forcing the responsibility of the collection of.the rent charge on tricke landlords who desi - e to avoid it. "Novv, my object in addressing this to you, Sir, is, that the tenants on my estates shall have full warning of the na tureor this Bill ; and, that they shall, a!so, have full warn ing that, in case ti!i; Bill be passed, if the•degraditg duty be impose.: en me, of beccminff the proctor for the tithts, I will not resist the law, after it shall become such by the act of the Legislature—and I will hold myself justified in mak ing use of all its provi,i.lns, so far as I shall deem them neccszary for my own protection, compensation, or security, under the new responsibility which I shall be compelled to ncur. " I have further to observe, that, as the new rent-charge would be payable within thirlsi-onc days (under the penalties I have already stated), I shall feel myself warranted to call, in like manner, for the prompt payment of my rents, in order to enable me to make provision for the same." PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.—The works on this railway arc proceeding very fast, nearly the whole dis tance from Bourn Naze to Peelton, upwards of three miles, being ready for laying the permanent rails. Within the last few weeks the contractor, Mr. Stanton, has commenced opera tions at Weeton, where he has made great progress, the works being carried on throughout the night at this important point. Nearly 300 men -and 4:5 horses are now actively employed. The embankment in the Wyre is proceeding satisfactorily, from 20 to 30,000 tons having been laid down there ; this has caused an accumulation of sand, which has filled up the Fiber side several feet in height.—Preston Chronicle. SOUVENIRS OF A SUMMER IN GERMANY.— om a dedication to Lady Chatterton, we surmise that the writer of-these attractive Volumes is also of the better sex, and that her travels must have been in company with the individual thus addressed and her husband, Sir William. Be this, however, as it may, we have great plea: are in sayiug that the volumes would do credit to any association of grace and talent. They are well calculated to be valuable travelling guides to whoever may visit the country to which they relate. We cordially re commend them to cur readers, whom they will entertain, in fo:m, and improve, ;al no common degree. —Literary Gazette. A Meeting convened by the Churchwardens of Braintree, was hell last week in Vestry • for the purpose of making a Church-rate, tbc edifiee of the Church being in - a very dilapidated state, and a rate having been refused by the majority of the inhabitants 'about six months ago. Much ex citement prevails in the town on the subject; end it is under stood that the ineetiag was convened on purpose to give the Clau•chwardens an opportunity of making a rate without the sanction of the mejority, if they were defeated, and try the question at law.— Cheln4ord Chronicle. lleckmond . .vike Blanket Market continues extremely bad ; scarcely any orders for goods can be obtained. " If the cant of patriotism be disarming , the re-cant or it is stil more odious." This Was the rebuke: given by Lord John Russell to Sir F. Burdett. A farmer, a few days since, hrretiag a book-stall in the macket-place of Yeovil, very gravely inquired Of the owner. whether or not he had a book for sale wlaeh would in fo:m him of the names of Noah's sons' wires, Shero, Ham, and Japhet.—Bri.stol Mercury. In Carlisle ga4 on Tuesday last, a female prisoner, named Muir, died of grief and a broken heart. Shs was coll. victed at the Si ring AS:izes, and seatenced tc four months' haprisonment, fog stealing some ar:Lies of wearing apparel w,il:st in service. She had been then only a few weeks married, and the sense of her degraded situation as a pi isoner preyed so bitterly on her mind as to lead, to nor early death, in a den ! germ, ‘rhere no friend was present to soothe her dying sorrows. ! —ll 7 hitchaven Herald. It is understood that Lady Fanny Wentworth Fitz w.lliaui,the sacenl claugid or of Earl F. 7 zaillissn, is about to be uni:el in r a•riage to Will rilroaa ifn :son Esc , ,• An applleation of c!ectro - onagnetista to the inoye rnent of machinery has been male by a Mr. Davenport, of New England, and a nea( 1 of apparetus f. r appl)ing the prin- Sill man, ciple is .now cahibiting in New lierk. 1).-ofes.sors R anion, and (Alias, have exp•einl °I N o n that the plw.:r of machinery rak be inc. caned from this source beyond I,il. is also computed by these learned men that a citeular ga!vanic bath rr ' bout , tre e feet diameter, with maznets of proprtiun b'e our awe, would produce at lst a huncd-horse power ! and therefore, that two such batteries d ,- w•all!1 stVileienz to propel shi p s cf the largest c l a y s across the Atlantic. The only materials required to g aenerate h ee and ecntinuc this power furfuclt d,uyttg,e woull be fe,r sts of copper end zinc, and a few gallons of mineral water.— American Poper.