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5 THE LONDON COMMITTEES AND THE DISSENTERS OP ENGLAND. ____,______ (From th e Lti,estPr illercqry of May 25, 1839. ) The moral weight which it is in the power of the j Dissenters to throw into the political scale, ought to he a subject of the most serious consideration i with that porti on o f th e commun i ty , not on l y as af ifecting their own, bet the interests of the whole : empire. To Dissenters mainly, if not exclusively, is committed the sacred charge of preserving f e - let 1 : and Religious Liberty. How have they acquitted themselves of this high I and solemn trust ? With all the advantages on .1 their side of a righteous cause, strength of numbers, courage, tale.. s , an d i n fl uence, we fi n d t h at their i grievances —a puling phrase—call them wrongs I L) —remain unrcdress e d an d unregar d e d . And why is this ? The blame cannot rest on the various t Cabinets which, one by one, undertake the ma nagement of our national affairs. They can have • I no sympathy with Dissenters, and they profess none. The Voluntary System with them must be either odious or ridiculous. They must therefore be hos . tile to the complete redress of the wrongs complained of by Dissenters. Surely, then, the natural, the necessary, the almost instinctive feeling of Dissenters, would be (adopting the language of Mr. Berry, at the meet i ing in the Town Hall on Wednesday last), to put no confidence in Princes, of whatever sex, or in their minions, of whatever degree, but acting under a sense of their supreme resposibility to conscience, rely in all single-heartedness and simplicity on themselves, their cause, and their God ; and so work out and achieve their own political salvation ! But what is the fact ? Why, the broad, staring fact of making this, the highest of all causes, a mere paltry engine for the tniserable purposes of a most miserable Court fantion ; and can we won der, then, at the slow progress of their cause in the high places of the land, or that a King's or Queen's Ministers—who are made and unmade by a breath of the imperial phantom —should treat the 4/fields, wh o are thus content to place their cause an abeyance, with open contempt or clever trickery ? To speak less figuratively, but with equal gravity, we must say, that so long as they find the recognized bodies, acting in the name and on the behalf of the Dissenters, willing to throw aside the instant and serious con . stderation of their claims for the sake of a particte lar set of men, ready at the expense of all principle I to uphold a Whig Ministry, so long shall we find I the recipients of that support treating those claims as visionary or imaginary wrongs. : 'No wonder these men play us fast and loose with a vengeance. These mighty friends, whose I education in the clubs has taught them all the f tricks of their trade, find they can gull the poor Dissenters with less than the instalment, or bit-by- I bit policy ; the system of the promissory note re- Ihewed and protested over and over again, without any intention of payment unless on compulsion ; ! while the Tory party either scorn the demands we make with cool contempt, or offer a sort of corn ] position, expecting it to be thankfully accepted, 1 " in satisfaction of a debt not justly due and attempted to be enforced for sel fish ends, by means riot the most respectable. How is it that the Dissenters have been placed in this most disgraceful situation ? We appeal to the country whether the fault does not lie with a clique I iil London. On the London bodies rest the odium I of having betrayed the cause of the Dissenters for i the sake of bolstering up the Whigs. This is a I question which involves the rights of the whole na , tion, and the prosperity of religion itself. The 1 main principle of true Protestant Dissent, dividing it, far as the poles asunder, from Popery and Esta- I blishments—is the Separation of Church and State? This we fearlessly proclaim, by this we will abide, 1 and further, we defy the London Deputies to deny I that they hav e no t s hi r k e d t hi s v i ta l principle 'l - Look to their course of procedure—with high sounding names, and vast pretensions to confidence, triy have for years played the game of a faction. They are all of the Whigs—Whiggish—and what has the Voluntary Principle in common with that faded party ?—Nothing—yea, more, they are, as well as the Tories, its avowed enemies. Their o rgan , t h e pe ddli ng Patriot, displays its I i mere Whig w ares w i t h a mighty self-compla cenc y ; Mid there may be a few who are dupes enough to regard its trimming and shuffling, as indubitable signs of the prodigious prudence and profound polity it affects. The country Dissenters have relied too confi dently on London ; the Capital is not the field jnow, whatever it may have been, for agitation. It has no neighbourhoods. It is a vast conelomera ition of bricks and bodies, without any reciprocity ' of spirit or soul of communion in its huge carcase. I An angel from heaven would not he a seven days' wonder there. But the provincial cities and towns are more manageable. One association can corn- Ipass, agitate, electrify, combine the whole ;—and therefore it is, to say nought of plain individual i duty, that the battle tnust he fought and won in localities —by detail —and London is a great Babel -1 Idee place, where the victory can be celebrated. It ) may do very well for the triumph, but it is foolish to look to so distant a point for signs to guide us lin the straight path of duty. Our duty is a personal matter, and we neither can nor ought to farm it out among the Patriot clique. It is high time for the country Dissenters to repudiate this centralization system, and act for themselves. To the men of Leicester we need make no further lappeal on this subject ; but we must conjure our i s friends and neighbours all over the kingdom, by their icommon sense, by th e i r d evot i on to t h e cause of Civil and Religious Liberty, not to be any longer entangled in the net of the London Com mittees, What, we ask, has the Committee of Deputies been doing since the passing of the Reform Bill ? They have done nothing more than to enact the part of slavish Whig tools, ready to agitate for the I 'Whigs when the Tories come in ; and just as ready to keep quiet, to keep in the Whigs—and why ? Let the Chairman, the '[measurer, the Secretary, and th e success i ve Committees, com 1i prisi ng , we suppose, the elite of the London Dis -11 senter s , answer. Then we have another Society, called the Society for the Protection of Civil and Religious Liberty. What does it do ? It seems comprised in the sole person of the Whig Secretary—the celebrated ex-M.P. for Boston ; fsometimes it meets once a-year, and some times not. When it does, it has a Royal or a Noble Chairman, a l ong R eport, a " much 1 ado about nothing" sort of affair, a longer speech from the said Whig Secretary ; but —never, newer, never any cash account—a set of resolutions are I moved and pass e d,— an d so t h at f arce en d s ; but Iwhat practical good does this Society effect ? Let 1 those who k now te ll : to us its doings and deservings are as great a mystery as its receipts and expendi ture. Then we had (for we hear nothing of its meet eing in 1839) the Church-Rate Abolition Society, it issued forth with a flourish of trumpets, and it seems to go out in a sort of Torn Thumb apotheo sis. Will the illtestrious, honourable, and honorary Secretary tell what good has been done by this gently-merged, or. suddenly-defunct Church-Rate Aholition,Sciciety P If any has been done, the bcriefitstauferred -are hidden from our eyes, after le fashion of the lather Societies' performaoces. It has peelrelss done - good, and '' would blush es find it fame," eithoa on the score of its I procaredingii,S or its accounts. But this trio of Societies, with their officials of one sort or another, was not enough for the glutton appe iite ofthe London agitation monopolizers ; arid, 10. We have a new one, using the tide of the RA- 1 eious Freedom Society, with Jo s i a h C orn i er , E sq., - the pliable, but gifted Patriot at its tail, and the erafound Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P., at i ts ' :lead. The London Tavern was the lively scene on Wednesday week of its initiatory orgies. The hantling was christened some months before ; but its first public cry Of scream was heard at this feed; and who were the sponsors ? Charles Buller stood fur godfather, and Charles Luehington for eodinothese. With whom do the members of thi s ' 'Society avow on alliance, but with downright Church -Establish men t men . I s thi s th e wa y for Discerner s to progress ? Are the men who took the prominent part at that dinner likely to ad vance the cause of Voluntaryism ? Not a whit of it They advocate Establishments, they deign " liberty to profess such as their opin ion,"—and this they call Relig •us Freedom. Is this honest ? We confess our . ( 04 7,...,4.6 finding some good men, and true, giving Visfr eto a Society putting forth the princi- I Is . es . -,,4 , i OW — yet .backine it with such friends. ~h.,..,,i,,_ concern is a rank Whig job. fet ski4 w ir .:e two walk together except they les , i '‘'..Z' " • '.7 . 7 b agreed? Can a State Churchman and a Volunta- ' ryist join hand-in-hand for what the Dissenters mean by Religious Freedom The alliance is an impossibility, and a delusiontheir creed is Tole: ration, ours is FreedOrriand man who accepts their bastard Does Religious Free dom consist in allowi n g and permitting such dif ferences be settl.;-,.; or rather compromised, at a - public dinner, over a glass cf *hie, so that with perfect good humour the Dis senter receives a snub from the State Churchman ; the Roman Catholic turns his cheek for a slap from the former ; while the Jew complacently knocks down all three, but consents to pick up and main tain " the Episcopalian in his rights," provided always that he is allowed to wear an alderman's gown, or is admitted to a seat in the House of Commons ? This may appear trifling ;it is, how ever, but too truc a picture of the lineaments of the Religious Freedom Society. What then have the country Dissenters to expect from any of the ' London bodies, or from all combined ? Just no thing more than to be played off in the great game of party, to keep in the Whigs, or to keep out the Tories. And is this the use to which so vast and influential a portion of the community ought to be put, and will they submit to it ? We trow not. We much mistake their independence of spirit, their strict conscientiousness, their high religious feeling if they allow themselves to be degraded to the level of tools to be worked for the dirty purpose of an oligarchy. Let, then, the Dissenters of the towns and cities rouse up and be doing. They have the example of Leicester to encourage and animate them. Forsake at once all hope of good from the London Socie ties ; let the cry be " To your tents, 0 Is rael," and relying on their own strength, cou rage, and resources, the battle will be well fought, victory will crown their efforts, and a triumph will attend it, illumined by a light from above. We shall be ready to return to this subject in our next. Indeed, having thus committed our selves against the London Committee sgstem, we shall not shrink from exposing dishonesty and jobbing, let whom will countenance either ; and and we are sure there are thousands in London it self who will approve of our efforts on their as well as our bchalf. The preceding article is copied from the Leices ter Mercury,', whose advocacy of the real principles of Religious Freedom deserves the regard of all Dissenters, and I republish with a few words which it suggests. Few Dissenters are unacquainted with the indus try which has been manifested by the Patriot ma nagers in Bolt-court to get up some Society, first with one designation, and then with another, for the promotion of their own interests, and none are surprised that in the machinery of the last spe culation these worthies lie the nether and upper millstones, Mr. Conder as Corresponding Secretary, and his friend and coadjutor, Mr. Boykett, as—A PARLIAMENTARY AGENT r The termination to which the late Church-rate Abolition Society was led by similar management, is too well remembered to be disregarded. My friend Mr. Besley was nearly the last member of that Committee, driven from it by equal disgust at the practices adopted, and the means resorted to for their defence : he is himself a man known to an unusually wide circle of friends, (Dr. Price, Au ditor to the New Society, in the number,) and, by all without exception, known as living in the light —a man of integrity, with business habits, and thoroughly well informed. He alleged that there had been mismanagement, and misappropriation of the funds, appealing to the accounts f or p roo f ; th e ° charie was denied by the Editor o f th e P a t r i o t, and by three persons calling themselves Edward Smith, J. H. Tredgold, and John Peachey, who moreover engaged that a full exposition of the ac counts should be given at a public meeting to be held in May. Mr. Besley pledged himself to at tend such meeting, to substantiate his charges, and to take the public sense upon the facts ; and he has held himself in readiness to do so at much inconve nience, remaining for the whole month in London ; but no meeting has been advertised or held ; the pres sure of his imputations was staved off by the pledge of publicity ; the pledge has never been redeemed ; and the burden returns upon the character of the Committee, the Auditors, and the Honorary Se cretary. Th - at the new Society is but a re-construction of the disjointed members of the old one, furnishes abundant ground of distrust ; and this was strength ened by their first public demonstration, when in stead of proclaiming the broad principles of Reli gious Freedom, they have cared only to obtain an array of names, and the countenance of Parliament men—the adherents of a State Church, and, as in the caiie of Mr. C. Buller, ready to defend the worst aggressions of the Establishment. The exact mea sure and kind of confidence to be reposed in this Society are suggested by a Resolution passed at the Central Board of Dissenters in Scotland, that no cash should be granted to it. I again counsel the Dissenters of England to adopt a similar resolution—let them retain their money for their own purposes, attend to their own affairs in their own localities, as their friends at Leicester, Ipswich, and Braintree, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Dr. Cox, and others are doing, and they will soon find themselves in a state of progressive organization and power, better acquainted with their rights, habituated to exert the lawful force which their numbers and their principles confer, and qualified to use it for obtaining true Religious Freedom. Bungay, May 28, 1839. JOHN CHILDS. P. S.—Mr. Jones of Llanon, and Mr. Thoro good of Chelmsford, ARE STILL IN PRISON; the furmer having been incarcerated TWENTY-FIVE weeks, and the latter NINETEEN weeks. Mr. Baines, of Leicester, has been ordered to pay 1251. 3s. as costs incurred in proceedings against him for non-payment of a Church-rate of 2/. ss. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. THE HAGUE, MAY 27.—The Stoats Courant of to day publishes his Majesty's resolution respecting the em banking :and draining of the Lake of Haarlem, founded on the law of March 23, this year, respecting a loan for the purpose of effecting this object. We learn from Stuttgard that the marriage of Princess Sophia is fixed for the I Ith of Jane, which is also her birth-day. The fetes on the occasion are to be very splen did. It is much regretted that the outfit of the bride is not shown to the public, at least to the females, but only persons of very high rank were admitted to see it. Some young ladies of this city intend to present the Princess a carpet of their own work. This country will bear no part of the expense, although 100,000 florins are allotted for such occasions, but the deceased Queen ordered in her last will that the outfit of her two daughters should be de frayed out of her own property. ROTTERDAM, MAY 24. —Tne Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, who is now here, will set out for London to-morrow. NIMEGLEN, MAY 25.—The funeral of the much-lamented Prince William-Charles, eldast son of the Duke of Saxe Weimar took place to-day, with all the military honours belonging to Lis rank. BEKLIN, MAY 20.-We shortly expect the Duke of Leuchtenberg, on his way to St. Petersburg to celebrate his marriage with the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia. With respect to the report of the betrothing of the Grand Duke Alexander to Princess Maria of Hesse Darm stadt, though much spoken of, nothing is officially known of it. —Dutch Papers, May 28. TURKEY. A number of accounts agreeing with each other, which the mom eminent mercantile houses in Augsburg, as well As ourselves, have received to.day from Trieste, of the 18th, and from Venice of the 19th of this month, announce the breaking out of ho,tilities between the Porte and Me hemet Ali. Thus, what the letters from the Levant have long announced, has actually taken place. According to the accounts received to.day, the main body of the Turkish Army had entered Birden to the Euphrates, and had then passed that river which forms the boundary; and entered the:province of Syria, which is occupied by the Egyptian troops. One of toe letters from Trieste now lying before us, says.'" These accounts were briar it to Syria by a steam-boat hired expressly for the purpose by the French Consul at Alexandria. The Imperi:d Con-ul has scot by the Austrian steam-boat, dispatches for Vienna, which were immediately forwarded. We have heard that letters of the same tenor, were sent by a number of estafettes. It does not appear from these accounts where the main force of the Egyptians was. According to the last accounts Ibrahim Pacha was at Hamah, and the Egyptian gunners in Aintil and Aleppo were directly in front of the Turks. TRIESTE, MAY 18. —The Austrian steam-boat Mahmu dech has arrived in five days and ten hours from Athens (qy. Syria), with important dispatches, that have been sent by express to Vienna. War has commenced between Mehemet Ali and the Porte, and 5,000 Turks have crossed the Euphrates at I3yr, near Aleppo. ALF:XANDRIA, MAY 7.-1 hasten to send you the import ant news that hostilities have begun in Syria. Boghos Bey and the Consuls have returned to their places. The Pacha has left Cairo, and is expected here every moment. —Allgemeine Zeilung, May 24. A Government steam-vessel has been ordered round to Hamburg, to bring over' the Marchioness of Cli+. iricarde, Lady of the English Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburg. Her Ladyship is coming to England to visit her younger children. AUCHTERARtiER CASE. The following are eitreeta ;out some of the Scotch Pas2e•-_,', relative to the late vote of the General Assem bly on this important Church question. It will be seen that many persons in Scotland look upon the present condition of the Established Church in that country as full of danger to the 61 , 11 ettablshet, etst of rblition thi 'ScOtiman.) " the motion of Dr. Chalmers was carried on Wed nesday, in opposition to Dr. Cook's, by a majority of 49, after what may be called the intermediate motion of Dr. Muir had been set aside by a previous vote. The Assembly has thus performed another evolu tion in that series of movements, by which it has been labouring for some time to separate the Church from the State. We wish it success, though we cannot entirely approve of the means it takes to compass its end. To understand the vote come to, it is necessary to consider the tenor of the three motions :—Dr. Cook's is plain and explicit ; it states that the Veto Act having been found to in fringe on civil and patrimonial rights, the Presbyteries shall be instructed to proceed in the settlement of pa rishes in the manner practised before that Act was passed. It thus acknowledges that the Veto Act is a nullity, and enjoins the resumption of the former usage. Dr. Muir's makes the same acknowledgment, and in culcates implicit obedience to the Civil Courts ; but declares that Presbyteries, in settling Presentees, ought to consider, not only their general qualifications, but their suitableness to the mind and situation of the people of the parish, and proposes that a Committee be appointed to devise the best means of attaining this end. Dr. Chalmer's motion is worded with Jesuitical ambiguity. It admits that the decision of the House of Lords has settled the question of " civil right" in the Auchterarder case, professes to enjoin implicit obedience thereto, and orders the Presbytery to offer no farther resistance to Mr. Young's claim to the emoluments; but resolves, at the same time, that the principle of non-intrusion, as an " integral part of the Constitution" of the Church, shall not be abandoned, and that " no presentee shall be forced upon any parish contrary to the will of the con gregation," The motion—very reasonably anticipating that this enforcement of the abrogated Veto Law, for such it is substantially, may lead to the separation of the stipend from the charge—provides that a Committee be appointed to execute the hopeful task of reconciling the " pririleges of the Church," as Dr. Chalmers under stands them, with the laws of the State as proclaimed by the Judges. We request the reader to reflect a little on the im port of this motion. It no where admits what the decision of the Courts has clearly established, that the Veto Act was ultra vires of the Church, and is a nullity. As we anticipated in our Paper of the Bth of May, that Act is left for a stumbling-block to the hot heads in the Presbyteries. The name only is changed. It was formerly the Veto Act—it is now the law of " non-intrusion ;" and that the Presbyteries may not mistake their duty, they are assured that this law " is an integral part of the constitution of the Church," and cannot be abandoned!! The Committee is a mere blind. Its functions are an absurdity ; it may search and subtilize for twenty years, and will never find means to make that legal which has been pronounced illegal by the competent authorities, in as plain terms as the English language affords. The General Assembly openly counsels the Presbyteries to resistance and rebellion ; and it goes even farther, for it threatens its licentiates with heavy penalties, if they yield obedience to the laws of the land. The fallacy' which lies at the bottom of these strange proceediugs is well stated by Dr. Cook. " Some assert that it belongs to us (the Church) to declare what is civil and what is not—that we have a co-ordinate power with the Civil Judicatures to decide this vital question, and that until we put our imprimatur on the proceedings of those Civil Courts, to the effect that we consider the ques tion as a civil ,one, with which we cannot interfere— that until sve l no this, their decrees or decisions are to receive no regard from the Church." It was under a similar plea, he observes, that the Catholic Church made those insidinus encroachments on the civil power, which produced innumerable corruptions, and provoked so large a portion of Europe to throw off its yoke. It is said that allegiance and protection are reciprocal. But Dr. Chalmers and his friends not only enjoy the protection of the State, but claim a right to eat its bread, while they set its laws at defiance ! We grant that the Veto Law was an improvement on the old high-handed law of patronage. We grant also that the entire abolition of patronage would be a still greater benefit ; but we have no sympathy with those who roar and clamour against the cx isting law. When the State provides a part of the people with religious instruction gratuitously, it is en titled to prescribe the conditions under which the boon is to be enjoyed. Whoever is not satisfied with these conditions, has it in his power to withdraw from the Church's communion. If he esteems patronage a master grievance, he can escape from it at the expense of a few shillings a-year ; for there is no difference between the Church and the most numerous bodies of Dissenters in this country, except is the mode of ap pointing and raying their clergymen. It will be ob served that the Earl of Dalhousie threatened to with draw from the Church in consequence of the rote of Wednesday. He is too loyal a man to countenance re bellion. Yesterday three other gentlemen followed his example. We shall have some amusing proceed ings in the Presbyteries for a while to come, when presentations occur to vacant Churches. (From the Courant of Saturday, May 25.) The proceedings which have taken place within these few days in the General Assembly, on the Veto Law, have entirely engrossed the public attention ; and the decision to which that venerable body have come on that vital question is fraught with the most important con sequences to the National Establishment, It is plain that the resolution approved of by the Assembly, how ever it may be disguised, implies an opposition to the law as it is expounded by the Supreme Court. The religious Establishment of Scotland is ruled by civil as well as ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and the difficulty which has caused the present controversy is distinctly to mark out the respective limits of those clashing au thorities. In case of disagreement, however, it is the Civil Court which must finally decide ; and herein con sists the fallacy of those who advocate the Assembly's resolution, that while they claim for the Church Courts the right of regulating sacred things, which is admitted on all hands, they do not sufficiently consider that it belongs to the Civil Court to settle what those sacred things are. To one Court, it is clear, that the power of final decision must be committed. The co-ordinate jurisdiction of two Supreme Courts is contrary to all principle, and would lead at once to anarchy ; for, if we suppose contradictory decisions in the same case, to what issue can matters be brought ? Dr. Chambers says, there can be twc, co-ordinate jurisdictions in a State, and that they would harmonize together, by each keeping to its own proper sphere—the Civil Court to he temporalities, and the Church Courts to sacret things. True, but then a difference arises, as in the present case, respecting the limit of their respective ju risdictions—respecting what is ecclesiastical and what is temporal ; and how is the difference to be decided ? Is it not clear that one must have the supremacy, and must decide, not only in temporal things, but also as to what is temporal and what is sacred. Only let this point be conceded to the Ecclesiastical Courts, and they will bring the whole Church polity, whether secular or sacred, under their controul. This was, as was ably ex plained by Dr. Cook, precisely the key by which the Popish Hierarchy opened their way to temporal power. Give any ecclesiastical body the ground whereon to stand, and they will easily draw every secular concern under their control. The General Assembly in their resolution propose to submit to the law as it is inter preted by themselves—they give up the temporalities to the presentee, Mr. Young, but they will not hear of him intruding into the exercise of his spiritual office, thus still holding their own opinions in matters which have been juslged of by the Civil Court. The judg ment of that Court was, not only that Mr. Young is entitled to the temporalities, but that the Presbytery are bound to take him upon trials, and if no good objection is stated against his morals or his literature, to ordain him to the office of minister. This decision may be right or it may be wrong—still it goes this length ; and in confining their obedience to the temporalities, the General Assembly arc clearly acting in opposition to the law of the hind. This conflict of the Church with the authority of the State is one among the many novelties of those modern times. We never thought to see revived these obso lete questions of past ages, far less that the Church of Scotland, protected by the State, and respected by the community, should quit her present enviable position of safety and repose for so dangerous a collision. It is truly an important crisis for the National Church—for its natural termination seems to be in schism ; the law will and must enforce obedience to its decrees. Indi viduals who are cast in a suit can never be suffered to disobey the law, merely because it does not meet their views. This would lead to a state of complete anarchy, the sovereignty of the law must be asserted over church men as well as laymen ; the Courts of Law are bound to execute their own decrees. Now we have a large portion of the Scottish Clergy declaring that they cannot in conscience submit to their decrees. It follows of course that they must secede, and thus a breach is made, and the National Church is rent into divisions. The most zealous supporters of that Church must now swell the ranks of Dissenters ; while their place will be sup plied by others who have no scruple in obeying the law as it is expounded by its proper interpreters. That any great part of the laity will go along with the clergy in this contest, if matters really come to this pass, we greatly doubt ; the high tone assumed in the contro versy is not generally approved of ; and if the Esta blished Churches are filled by able and respectable mi nisters, of which, of course, due care will be taken, they will, no doubt, as heretofore, concentrate within their walls the great body of the people. (From the Mercury.) In the present unfortunate collision—for collision it practically,is—between the Supreme Civil and Eccle siastical Judicatories, we think that there can be but one opinion,,ai to the tiiith of tlf. Mttir t s cdrichtdittg ohsetvations - , 70: desirable foi..us.wi ministers —mast desirable for us as individuals—most for oar people and flocks—that we as a Church should get safely and soon to a termination of all these discus sions and altercations ; and I am sure that, consider ing what we have to do in the pastoral care and ma nager:loll,ot our cotigte#lltitinsi4 ,is of inestimable im portaace to get our um - 1(1i, and tlai4 t•Oe fifth those strivings, which I, for one, acknowledge are to tally incompatible with the quiet, faithful, and comfort able discharge of pastoral duty." But the course taken by the respective parties to reach this wished-for consummation it widely diffetent. On the ene side it is proposed to fall back on the laws and practice of the Church anterior to the Act of 1834 anent Calls—to make an unconditional surrender of the power which the Civil Courts has declared that the Mulch had no right to assume. Dr. Chalmers, and those on the other` side, repudiate this proposition, as tending to sanction the invasion by the State of the inherent privilege of a Christian Church to regulate its ecclesiastical po lity. The question is altogether attended with ex treme difficulty ; because the compact which forms the connecting link between the Church and the State, must, like any civil contract, involve certain obligations on both parties ; but when a difference arises between the Supreme Church and Civil Courts as to the inter pretation of the compact—when each holds the other to have transgressed the limit of its authority—what is to be done, seeing that to a certain extent they possess a co-ordinate jurisdiction? The Civil Courts may grant an interlocutor, or take any other step to prevent the induction of a particular individual—they may de cide as to the disposal of the temporalities—but they cannot force the Church C our t s to i n d uct, or to pro ceedi words, to g ecclesiastically y to obtemp er t h e i r j u d gment, or, i n other eit sub s t ant i a l e ff ect. I f the C i vil Courts can check the progress of the machine in one direction, they cannot urge it in another, without the agency of the Church Courts, and that agency they cannot compel. It is in vain to deny that a painful and perplexing anomaly has thus arisen The General Assembly have decided that they will not shun the difficulty by falling back on the former usages, but take their stand on their own privileges as a Christian Church, in the mean time yielding obedience to the civil authorities. They abandon a certain province, that is, the temporalities, to the Courts of Law, and say here we cannot contend against you, for your con ' trol is paramount, but we will take shelter within the citadel of our Zion, and there you cannot as sail us—and there we will abide until we can make proper terms with the Legislature of the land. As far as we can judge, this is the policy in volved in the motion of Dr. Chalmers. It appears to us to be intended to place the Church in a becoming position for a negotiation with the State. It does not make the Church approach the Government in the humiliating, crouching position of a subdued suppliant, but in the erect, manly attitude of firm remonstrance. Now, although we would deprecate in the extreme that the present collision, difference, or whatever it may be termed, should be pushed by either party to that degree which would terminate in the dissolution of the alliance with the State, yet we dread no such effect, unless, in deed, it is the wish of the people of Scotland that the venerable Kirk should be swept away. We believe that no such feeling exists ; but that on the contrary, what ever difference may exist as to the course which the Assembly ought to have taken at this anxious stage, all will in the end stand by the Church Establishment, should her stability be threatened. (From the Edinburgh Advertiser.) The General Assembly closed its proceedings last night. By far the most important discussion of the Session was that on the Auchterarder case, which was fully reported in our last Number. That decision has given very general dissatisfaction. In proof of the all but universal condemnation which it has met with from the Newspaper Press, we refer to the extracts from our Contemporaries ; and these proofs, had space per mitted, we could have multiplied tenfold. One or two Journals no doubt approve of the decision, but they arc so notoriously under the influence of partisan writers, that their opinion is altogether unworthy of confidence. The sense of the country, we believe, does not go along with the majority of the Assembly in its view of the question at issue between the Civil and Ecclesiastical jurisdictions. (From the Greenock Advertiser.) According to promise we have given in the present sheet the speeches with which Drs. Cook and Chalmers prefaced their motions respecting the course which the Church ought to pursue in consequence of the decision of the Civil Courts in the Auchterarder case. The remainder of the debate, and the division which fol lowed, were given in our last. The lateness of the hour at which the vote was taken precluded the possibility of members remarking upon the nature and probable con sequences of this most important decision, but at the next sitting the Earl of Dalhousie deplored in solemn and pathetic terms the judgment of the Assembly, which he,regarded as putting in imminent peril the very exist ence of the Church as a civil establishment of religion. Since then several other members have entered protests against the decision, and some of the Elders have signi fied their intention of resigning their offices in conse quence. - It is not to be denied that the question is one of con siderable difficulty in whatever aspect it is regarded. Whatever may be the ultimate result of the contest— and we see quite as much ground for hope as despon dency—the Church is fairly committed to the principle of non-intrusion. In adhering to this, she is sure to have the sympathy and support of the vast majority within her own pale, and, however they may disguise it, the respect of those without. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE. [The following is a fuller report of what Mr. Frost said at the Cripplegate Meeting than appeared in our Journal yesterday Mr. Frost differed entirely from the mover of the amendment, who had all through his speech treated the question as if this were a vote of thanks to the Whigs, whereas the general opinion evidently was that they had not gone far enough in their measures. As re garded the question of education no Government would be deserving of the confidence of the country that did not provide for the education of the people, without reference to sect or creed. The charge that the object of the Educational Bill was to undermine all religions was totally false, and could only originate in the mind of a bigot. The tendency of education was obviously to dissipate error, and to emancipate the mind from those delusions to which ignorance afforded a sanctuary, and those who would limit the education of the humble classes within the narrow bounds of their own charity were the greatest foes to religion. With regard to the Tories possessing all the respectability and education, he denied it. He had always found them intolerant and despotic, and they were still the same. Witness this attempt to deprive the Queen of her friends and associates—witness the late intolerant conduct of the Duke of Newcastle, who had refused to appoint a gen tleman to the commission of the peace on the sole ground of his being a Dissenter. And did they want a proof nearer home ? Witness the speech of the mover of the amendment at a former ward meeting, who told them if they did not like the Tory Government they might quit the country. Such intolerance would not do in the in the present day. He called upon all true friends of Reform, upon all who had a spark of true gallantry or generous feeling in their breasts, to vindi cate her Majesty's noble conduct by voting for this address. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.—Tuesday evening an inquest was held at Charing-cross Hospital, =Abe body of Mary Holland, aged nineteen. Mr. Edward Gooldy, said that about half past one yesterday morning e t e h n ird on floor him. open. He looked lsrhen up naepdfurt saw her t w sohe windows he was passing by 27, Piccadilly, the residence of Mr. Briggs, when decesed fell so near him that if he had been a st she fell th e cras h o f her skull against the pave men t was like th e soun d o f a plank that had fallen from a great height. She died instantaneously. The police i was mmediately on the spot, and in three minutes after m us t h a of v the third she was brought to the hospital. There was a cut upon her throat. Mr. C. Matthias, house-surgeon, said the deceased was admitted about a quarter to two yes terday morning. She was quite dead, though still warm. Her head was quite flattened, and her brains protruded. Such an injury would cause death instantly. The slight wound in the neck was quite recent. The wound in the neck must have been inflicted by a small knife, and pro. bably by herself. Miss Elizabeth Lusmore lives at 27, Piccadilly, Deceased was her servant, and was about nineteen years old. Believed she was perfectly sane; when she last saw her she was in excellent spirits. She was an exceedi ng l y stea d y g i r l , an d o f a mos t amiable disposition. She slept a l one i n the room a dj o i n i ng that from the window of which it is supposed she threw herself. She went to bed at a quarte r t o twe l ve on M on d ay n i g ht, when she wished witness and some y o u n g ladies that were with her good night in the mo st c h eer f u l manne r. Deceased had no bu siness in the room from the window of which she precipi tated herself, but she understood that the unfortunate girl was in the habit at night of looking out at the window for hours together. Deceased had no male followers. There was no suspicion o f d ecease d being encie nte. Witness's opinion was that dec ease d fell asleep while looking out o f the window, and that was the cause of her fall. It w as here st a t e d b y a gentlemen that h e had examined the bo. dy, and that the wound in the neck appeared to have been produced by the bone of the deceased's stays in the fall. Several witnesses proved deceased was in the habit of sit. ting on a table near the window, and passing nearly the whole of the night in that situation.—Ver dict, Accidental Death. Rosser T he " Animals' Friend Soc iet y " last w eek caused S amue l Davenport to b e fined 10s, and William horse. Th e f ormer was comm i t t e d for fourteen days in default of P olicemen 373 P, and 165., by Mr. Trail!, for crue lt y to an ass an d a Payment William Deuce w as also heavil y fin ed , and bou n d over in. his ow n recognizance of 40/. to keep the pea ce f or a year for hav i ng exc ited a mob against Gib bins,one o f t h e o ffi cers, and a l so aga inst 6 P. by calling th em i n f orme rs, which cause d the mob to assault them. At Bristol, the Agents of the Society have been also most u se f u ll y emlod in having timely prevented a repetition of th e usual cock fighting which has hitherk3 taken place at this time or the year. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The &grim of „laitmight s - a:ys -ftferense to some temaris by the, VianCellPr_of the Eitcheq'tti& It" the Commons, respecting oetige:'4." aiiii'oilhceniene, Was' made last night by the Chancellor of Viieliqfei' Of nib, intention of Government to introduce a measi.frif loWneed on the report of the Select Committee on Postage. The t;.ibfniny Chronicle considers this announcement as equiva- M . i4tt plike tptilt to gdopt Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for an uniform Penny-F:oifift; /Ye t'onfeas, however, that on referring to the words of the Chaneetiff of the Exchequer, as reported in the different papers, we du ski tl*nk That they amount to any thing like a clear statement of Oct' an intention, and we trust that a more explicit declaration will be r; tide et the real intentions of Goverment on a question on which fill dess.et of people take so deep an interest." The Globe urges the necessity of a union =OTT all Re fathers, in these terms—" The immediate reunion of Ile. formers into ode liberal band, to urge on effectual, but at the same time safe and COristltt/tional improvements, must be the cardinal object of every true (fiend of his country in the present crisis of our political affairs. The reunion of Reformers—this must be accomplished. Their enetti'ic are united. Notwithstanding the diversities of opinion which prevail among them, from the furious bigotry of the Rodens and Philpotts, to the comparatively Liberal Con servatism of the more distinguished members of their party, the Tories act in one embodied phalanx, obedient to the direction of sagackus and experienced leaders, and prepared for attack or defence, for advance or retreat, at the word of command. And unless the Reformers will learn from their enemies—unless tbey agree to act in concert on occasions of great political emergency—it is certain that the progress of salutary national improvement will be arrested, and the reign of Ecclesiastical intolerance and official corruption restored." The Standard, alluding to the Penny Postage scheme, observes :—The Morning Chronicle magnifies an intima tion that some change is to be made in the Postage of Letters, as proof that Ministers are determined to proceed sternly with practical reform. We promise that if Minis ters limit their innovations to such practical reforms as the General Penny Postage, they will have the hearty concur rence of Conservatives." The Times of this morning sounds the tocsin of bigotry in the loudest and most stunning style possible, so that not a fanatic or intolerant in the three Kingdoms, but shall be startled by the alarm-peal. After abusing the Ministerial Scheme, through the greater part of a heavy column, our clamorous Contemporary proceeds to say :—" Our brethren of the reformed faith may be well persuaded that without unrelaxed, and even redoubled, exertions in stern disap proval of the Whig-Radical plot, these unscrupulous, irre ligious, and purblind men will, in the phrenzy of a sup posed official necessity, and under the coercion of inexo rable masters, attempt to fix upon the neck of the rising generation the dreadful yoke of a heavy, leaden disregard towards all knowledge of the Supreme Being and of his revealed will, spreading the pestilence of real infidelity throughout the land, under the guise of liberal education." The Morning Chronicle alluding to the Ministerial Education scheme, and the rancorous opposition made to it by interested Churchmen, observes :—" It is oddly said that the antagonism to a training and model school is only defensive on the part of the clergy. Defensive of what, we should like to know ? How is the Church injured by the State taking care that both Church schools and Dissenting schools shall have the opportunity of obtaining better schoolmasters? How is it possible for this simple, impar tial, and beneficent provision to be construed into a wrong, unless by the most narrow intolerance, or the most grasping monopoly ? The Government proposition in no way limits or checks the educational operations of the Church ; on the contrary, it offers an advantage. The Church complains of a want of schoolmasters. The Go vernment offers, by means of the projected normal school, t) supply that want. And the offer is resented, vilified, abu4ed beyond measure, as an attack on the Church, simply because the want of a Dissenting school may also be supplied from the same source." The Morning Herald abuses Ministers in the following virulent and wordy style, which would be far more effec tive, were it but a little more intelligible. But what is to be expected from an old woman at " Grandmamma's" time of life ?—" Hiving brought things to this state by their atrocious misrule, the Whigs now offer the country the choice between anarchy and despotic power—between the licentious ferocity of an ochlocracy, trampling property in the dust, and partitioning the land among them, and a centralized police extending all over England, making wreck and spoil of our Anglo- Saxon liberties, as the ruf fian advisers of the Chartists would make wreck and spoil of our goods. This is the alternative which, after nine years of their disastrous sway, the Whig Ministers offer the British nation I and such are the merits of the Minis try in whose support the London Corporation are asked to present an Address to the Throne I" The Morning Advertiser makes the following temperate and judicious appeal to all the more reflecting and rational members of the community :--" It is time that those men who belong less to party than to their country should look about them, and inquire what good is likely to be done by giving countenance and encouragement to the frantic courses of the most violent and malignant spirits, in resist.. ing all improvement —in thwarting all accommodation and conciliation—in denouncing all authority not wielded by themselves—in exciting the people to question the policy of the most useful laws, and to habits of resistance--and above all, in denying to the people that means of knowledge, both secular and religious, which is necessary to influence their conduct in a right direction." The Morning Post makes a bungling attempt to ridicule the popular demand for a re-union of Reformers. We subjoin a sample of our Contemporary's heavy waggery o n this occ a sion ;—.. The Ministerial hacks are loud and earnest in their cry for the re-union of Reformers.' This, they say, must be accomplished. But unfortunately, while they insist upon the necessity of this re-union, they are compelled to preserve a most lugubrious silence as to the means by which it is to be accomplished. It is mani fest enough that such a re-union is necessary, if it be ne cessary that the present Ministers of the Crown should continue to draw certain stipends quarterly from the Trea sury. It is manifest enough that such a re-union is ne cessary, if it be necessary that the hangers-on who hope for positions or for promotion from the present Ministers should not be disappointed. It needed no labour to show this. But the bow is the real difficulty, and upon this very material part of the subject the Treasury prints wisely preserve silence." PORTSMOUTH.-(TUESDAY.) (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) An " untoward " event has again taken place in the West Indies regarding the honour of the French and English national flags ; and as without doubt the T or i es w ill dil a te on the circumstances, and avow that the British flag has been again insulted, it is but right, through the columns of The Sun paper, to put the story in its true stt:te before the public. It appears that Commodore Douglas, in his passage from the West Indies to Bermuda, with his pendant flying in the Medea steamer, was anxious, in his passage past the Island of Cuba, of capturing every slaver that could possibly conic within his reach, and for this pur pose gave chase to everything he saw ; late one after noon he chased a bri g , which, not heaving to, h e fired two guns at her, without shot, but on her shortening sail, and being boarded she proved to be a French brig of war. How such a mistake could have arisen ought to be inquired into, as her pendant and ensign at all times should both prove her nationality, and her Government right of undisputed movement. Here was an insult to the French flag, which Commodore Douglas promptly apologis e d for, and the apology was accepted, the vessels separated, and each pursued its way. Subsequently, however, Commodore Douglas collected certain qualms of con science that he had not sufficiently humbled himself before the Frenchman, and having expressed himself to this effect to Captain Nott, the Commander of the Medea, ordered him to alter his course and overtake the French brig ; we have said this occurred late in the afternoon, but by the time the Medea's head was put again towards the Frenchman, from the absence of twilight in that county, it bad got quite dark ; and the first intimation the Medea had of her being again in the vicinity of the ',::French vessel, was the running plump aboard of her, for which act of gross negligence and want of caution, and look out, the Medea received a broadside from the French vessel ; four shots struck her, and the leg of one seaman was carried off, we are not aware of any other damage. Commodore Douglas at first thought of returning the fire, but prudence dictated, that hav ing committed a very unseamanlike sad unwarlike action, he had better send a boat aboard the vessel which had fired at him ; this he did, and consequently, the French Captain immediately waited on the Com modore, expressed his sorrow for the circumstance, but said vary truly, the fault was not his, he had no reason to expect the Medea would follow him, but find ing himself boarded in the dark, he naturally thought some impudent' pirate had wantonly attacked him, and that therefore he resisted to his utmost, as he was in duty bound to do. The Commodore then pursued his way to Bermuda. DETENTION OF THE MAIL.—The LOlldoll Mail on Monday, arrived at a quarter to 3 r.m.,—that is, three hours beyond the usual time. The cause of deten tion was not known to tho driver of the Post-Office gig which communicates with the Glmgow Mail, on its passage through Lockerby ; but the inference we draw from a circumstance so unusual is, that something had happened amiss to some of the trains on the Birmingham Railway.__ Dumfries Courier. A POLITE QUAKER.—Speaking of the Per sonal appearance of the Queen the other day, to a respect able gentleman of Shields, who belongs to a denomination of Christians wbich prefers the beauty of utility and kind ness to that of ceremony, we obtained the following anec dote;__" Nell , I'll tell thee what," said our worthy Friend, " I happened to be in London when her Majesty went to the Mansion-house banquet, and I was so struck with the chaste and beautiful demeanour, and innocent yet dignified look of ner Majesty, that I incautiously lifted my hand to my hat to pull it off. "—Port of Tyne Pilot. A CHAPTER OF INCIDENTS.—On Saturday evening last, as the Brighouse market car was proceeding towards that place, a serious accident occurred near Hip perholme. The axletree broke, and the vehicle was thrown violently upon the ground; the car was full at the tame, and the whole of the passengers were more or less injured. One gentleman, who was seriously bruised, was Liken up by Mr. Day, of Brighouse, but they had not proceeded far before the gig was upset; the injury sustained by this se cond disaster was, however, only trivial. A man was sent to Brighouse, upon the car being overturned, with one of the horses, for a chaise, and it was reported that when he reached the stable the horse di opp down aid ,xp/red Halifax Guardian. SPOIttiNG INTELLfGENCE. ASCOT RA C ig—aWEpNEsnAy. Until thrire;entcliarigein the Oertip day, the Wed nesdays at Epsom, Ascot, and Doncaster were i'avariably llooked ripen as bye-days, on which the public Uri& rest tlieniiefVff Irma the fatigues of Tuesday, and prepare eliedfselVes for the more exciting events of Thursday. It is Efiiff SW at Doncaster, and that no change has taken place at Ascot was proved yestesday by the inferior character and atheAvnt of the sport, arid the thin ness of the attendance. The Review, we imagine, can not have operated otherwise than prejudicially ; the fatigue of an exhibition of this kind to epeetators, as well rts - aetorg,. is too well known to make it a matter of wonder OW those who witnessed it were not much inclined to pro ceed to the Heath and participate in the afternoon's sports ; heat and dust were against it, after a quantum cuff. of noise and smoke. The show of fashionable and carriage company was indifferent—certainly not sufficiently large to enable us to make a long list of the "noble and distin guighed," Such as it is, however, we give it Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Lichfield, Earl f,Stradbroke, Earl of March, Earl Bruce, Lord Villiers, George Bentinek, G. Lennox, W. Paulett, C. Fitzroy, Maidstone ; Count D'Orsay. Sirs—J. Shelley, D. Baird, Gilbert Heatheete, H. Seymour. S. Graham. Honourablcs—G. Anson and Lady, A. Villiers, J. Vil hers, H Rous, J. Macdonald, W. Rous, Gen. Grosvenor, G. t3yng Colonels—Peel, Bouverie, and Wyndham. Messrs. Greville, Thornhill, F. Craven, Shelley, Portman, M. Ft ulis, Worrall, Crommelin, Seymour, F. Charlton, Payne, Honter, S. Stanley. Biggs, J. Stanley, Brand, J. Bayley, V. Colphin, Townley, Fairlie, Neville, Irby, Gardnor, Hawker, .Cc. _ The following is a return of the sport:-- The Swinley Stakes of 25 soya. each, for three years old 7st. 41b ; four years, 9it. 101 b ; and fillies allowed sib, Mile and a half—starting at the Swinley post. 3 subs. Colonel Peel's lon, 4 yrs (Paris) Lord Albemarle's Barcarolle, 4 yrs .... .5 to 2 against lon. Barcarolle made strong running to the turn, where the horse took the lead from her, kept it, and won easy by a length. The Albany Stakes of 50 sous each, h. ft., for 3-yrs old colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b; the winner of the 2,000 guinea Derby or Oaks, 51b3. extra. New mile—seven subs. Duke of Grafton's Ether J. Day 1 Hon. Colonel Anson's Nickleby Colonel Peel's The Dey of Algiers Colonel Wyndham'sc. by Nimrod Mr. Rayner's Cameline o 2to 1 agst !Ether-5 to 2 agst The Dey of Algiers-3 to 1 agst Nickleby—and 6to 1 agst Cameline. They got away nearly abreast, Nickleby leading at a bad pace to the turn, where he mended it, without dividing the lot ; after passing the distance there was a simultaneous rush, and so even were the chances even to the finish, that till the judge !,had pronounced Ether to be first by a head, and Nickleby second, no one could have said which had eon ; the Dey could not have been beaten a neck from the second, nor could there have been more than a length and a half between the first and last ; a finer race has rarely been witnessed. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. for 3-yr. old colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. (31b. allowed, &c.) One mile. Nine Subscribers. Mr. Thornhill's Euclid (Conolly) 1 Sir G. Heathcote's La Helena 2 Betting.-5 to lon Euclid. The mare led on sufferance for a few strides, was then passed, and beaten in a canter, by a length. The Postmasters' and Innkeepers' Plate of 501. for maiden horses at the time of starting, 3 yrs., 7st. 41b. ; 4 yrs., Bst. 81b. ; 5 yrs. and upwards, 9st. 21b. ; m. and g. al lowed 31b. Swinley Course. Mr. Corbet's Jenny, 3 yrs. (Wakefield) 1 Mr. F. Hussey's b. f. Red Rese, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Scott's br. c. by Bustard, out of Venus, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Bowes's Roostan, 3 yrs 4 Captain Becher ns. Irvingite, 3 yrs 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Red Rose-2 to 1 agst Roostan -4 to 1 agst Jenny Jones—and 5 to 1 agst the Bustard colt. Red Rose made much play, at a strong pace ; the Bustard colt being secoad, and Roostan third, till past the distance, when Roostan gave up, and Jenny Jones chal lenged Red Rose ; the struggle for victory was decided ; after a good race it terminated in favour of Jenny Jones, by half a length. • . _ THE CUP THIS DAY ). 6to 4 agst Sir Francis-2 to 1 agst Caravan-5 to 1 agst lon. Not above throe or four is expected to run ; Robinson will ride Caravan. MANCHESTER RACES -SATURDAY.—( Concluded.) Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added ; four yr-olds, 10st. 51b. ; five yrs, Ilst. ; six yrs, list. 61b. ; and aged, list. 81b. Winners of any stake once, 51bs. ; twice or mote, 7lbs. extra. Thorough-bred horses, slbs. extra. Heats, twice round, with three leaps over hurdles four feet high in each round. (6 Subs. ) Mr. Stephenson's ch. g. True Blue, aged (Mr. Barker) 1 1 Mr. Hobson's Robin Adair, 5 yrs Mr. Forrest's b. m. Maid of the Falls, aged ... 3 3 Mr. Blackshavr's Dust Pan, aged 0 dr Betting-6 to 4on True Blue, and 2to 1 agst Robin Adair. Won easily by four or five lengths. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with a Silver Cup added, for Ponies net exceeding 14 hands high. Weight for inches. Heats, one mile and a dis. (5 Subs. ) Mr. Jones's b. p. Cupid, 9st. 31b.. ..... ...( W. Jones) 4 1 1 Mr. Jas. Langahaw nd. d.p. Wagtail, lOst. 31b. Mr. J. Barrow's b.p. Lady, 10st. 71b 2 3 3 Mr. Woodward's p. Rat-tail, aged 3 3 4 Betting.-3 to 2on Cupid, sto 1 agst Wagtail, and Bto 1 agst Rat-tail. The first heat won easily, the second by ten lengths, and the third easy. Trotting Race Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for trotting horses of all ages. The second to save his stak e. Two-mile heats. 6 Subs. Mr. Batty's br. h. Alexander, 12st. 7lb (Smith) 1 1 Mr. Massey's ro. h. Jack, 12st. Mr. James Langshaw's bl. h. The Unknown, 12st. 71b 2 3 Mr. Chester's eh. h. The Bald-faced Cob. Mr. J. Corus's b. m. Miss Morgan, 12st. 71b Betting.-2 to 1 agst Jack, 4to 1 agst The Unknown, 4to 1 agst Alexander, 6 to 1 agst The Bald-faced Cob, and 7 to 1 agst Miss Morgan. Both heats won very easily ; in the last Alexander nearly distanced his competitors. POLICE INTELLIGEN CE. BOW-STREET. An elderly woman named Catherine Gleeson, residing at 2, George-yard, Drury-lane, was yesterday placed at the bar before Mr. Charles Thiselton, a county magistrate, charged with attempting to conceal the birth of a still born babe by leaving it at the railings which surround Saint Mary-le-Strand church. It appeared from the statement of Colin Forbes, 115 F division, that while on duty in the Strand, about half-past three o'clock cn the previous morning, he saw the prisoner come out of the Queen's College gate, Somerset House, carrying something bulky under her arm, and perceiving that he was watching her movements she crossed the street near to the church, and laid what was concealed under her arm upon the wall of the railings. She then proceeded in a hurried manner up Drury-court, but being overtaken and questioned what she had left on the wall, she said she knew nothing about it. On being conducted back, a wooden box was found, and upon lifting the lid, which was not fastened down, it appeared to contain something. The prisoner was then conveyed to the station house, and the box, which was given in charge of another constable, being opened, was found to contain the body of a child in a state of decomposition. Mr. Weatherfield, a Surgeon, in Southampton-street, Covent.garden, proved that he examined the contents of the box, and he was of opinion that the child, which was a female, bad net come into the world alive. It was far gone in a state of decomposition. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said she had occa sion to call with the key of her room door to her husband, who was a watchman in the College, and on her return she found the box laid down near to the pump, but not knowing what it might contain, she let it remain where it was. Mr. TIIISELTON ordered her to be remanded for a week, and notice of the circumstance to be given to the Co. roner. A man named Charles Daniels applied to the Bench for relief under the following circumstances. He said he had served in the East India Company for sixteen years and a.half, from which he was discharged at Fort William, in the Presidency of Bengal. On arriving in this country he made application for whatever sum of money he might be entitled to, but was informed that none was due, and he received 3s. to meet his present exigencies: This hap pened twelve days back, and being in want of the neceg saries of life, he applied to the Magistrates at Marlborough street, by whom he was sent for relief to the parish autho rities of St. Giles's, who refused to admit him into the workhouse. Mr. TIIISELTON inquired if he had any document to show that he had ever been in the Company's service, and the cause of his being discharged? The applicant handed in his discharge, signed by a sur geon, by which it appeared he was unfit for service, as he was afflicted with an enlargement of the liver, and on the back of the paper was written a certificate of his good conduct during the time he had been in the service. Mr. TITISSLTON said that if he memoralized the Direc tors of the Company, setting forth the strong claims he had upon them, there was no doubt it would meet with the attention it deserved, as they were remarkable for the li berality they showed to their servants, but the only thing he could do for him was to give him a letter to the work house, as a fit and proper object of relief. The applicant was then handed 35., with the letter of recommendation, and having thanked the Magistrate re tired. CORN.—CAMBRIDGE CAPS.—The labours of the council of the Anti-Corn-law League were this morn ing, Tuesday, interrupted by the arrival of Mr. Shearman from Cambridge, bearing a large blue sack, the contents of which, upon being emptied upon the table, proved to be the remains of university caps and gowns, (the former very much broken, and the latter torn,) together with the frag ments of divers benches and chairs, which were gathered up by him after the riot in the theatre at Cambridge. As many of our plodding neighbours have yet to learn how the members of our learned corporations dress, we invite all who are curious in matters of academic costume to inspect the contents of our blue hag. But still more do we invite those parents and gu , rdians who may think of sending their youth to Cambridge, to inspect these evidences of the kind of discip!ine their minds are likely to undergo at that university. —Manchester Paper. The " Anti-Corn-law Circular," animadverting on the recently committed outrage at Cambridge by the unfledged ruffians in gowns and caps, says, " Let us h ear no more about the violence of Chartists; their meetin gs have been conducted wit h decency, when com p ared wi th the outrageous languag e, and the attrocious atte mpt at physical force, and p robabl y m u rder, by these collegians." The Rev. James Aspinall, o- f Liverpool, „ h as been presented t o the Rectory of Aithorpe. Lincolnshire, traC•int V I of the Rv W L y to A;1 hallows. • THE HURRICA: OF JANUARY. In a Pamphlet on the subject oof the terrible hur ricane which visited this neighbourhood, and, we may say, all parts of Great Britain, an, to be found some very interesting particulars of that memorable and fatal catastrophe ; and in the " Annals of Natural History ; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology for May, 1880,' there is a paper (ucii.) entitled " Notes on the Effects of the Hurricane of Jan. 7, 1839, in Ireland, on sortie Birds, Fishes, &c., by Tt,omp son, Esch" front which we shall h..re transcribe few particulars. It seems that immediately after the lin , is rows sea-birds (stormy pet;•,• s . & c o aL :,I were found in man!, F arts af vitt) bi• int• ot• 1r •• land. Nevi.r were s', inat.y at these win:;ett stra-gers found on shore within the memory of man. Fish were also actually blown out of the water to a considerable distance. Benjamin J. Clarke, Esq., of Merion-square, in a letter to a friend, states :hat,. at La B, rg eli , , in Queen's County, where he Wit, on •11 , y 7th of January, he found, lying under the branch of an ash tree which' had been blown down, two of the largest tit-mice (Ps° major), and that in Dublin he saw a specimen o f the peregrine falcon (falco peregrinis), that met• with its death on the same occasion. From a newspaper report of the devastation committed by the hurricane at. Down' hill, in the county of Londonderry, it appears that a sibb blown from the mausoleum cut completely in two poor hare that was sheltering beneath it. We shall here copy.one passage relative t,, other effects of this remarkable hurricane : In a letter from Viscount Cole, doted Hazelwood, Jan. 14, 1839, is the following passage I men' tion underneath a curious fact hardly to be believed, but which two decent men would testify by affida vit—that on the morning after the hurricane a g reat quantity of perch fry were found thrown up biO and dry two yards, and some more, on the grassf shore of Church Island in Lough Gill, or Hazlewood Lake, in the county of Sligo.' In a note with which I was subsequently favoured, Lord Cole remarked, th at he had heard' of several roach being thrown up 00 an island in Lough Earn on the night of the gre at storm. On the 24th of January, Robert Ball, Esq" wrote me from Dublin to the effect—that after the late hurricane the dead bodies of rooks to the arnaziof number of 33,000 (as a matter of curiosity the number was reckoned by some boys) were picked u p on the' shores of a lake, some miles in extent, and with est e ''' sive rookeries on its borders, in the county of We st ,: meath ; and that in the same locality nu m b ers o f perc h were thrown to some distance into the fields. Tile a," r most. incredible mortality of rooks induced me to sn,„.` lke further inquiry, wh e n I was informed that Dean nolles (on whose property the circumstance occurred,) states that the number of these birds above-mention e4 were certainly destroyed. This gentleman bloc/ja g submitted to Mr. Ball's inspection a more than ordiP narily strong panel of a new window shutter, which wor driven in and broken through by a rook dashing , ° r perhaps rather from being dashed against it 013 t he night in question. He further mentioned that some tn r the perch were fou n d a s far as fifteen yards from the edge of the lake." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE- (LLOYD'S.) CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAT 29. ENTERED Jonella, Gravelines; London, Pearson, Rotterdam ' • Odelle, Breben, Calg,is; Bensley, Hayden, Guernsey ; Champion, Champion , LT d diz ; Native, Squire, do. ; Eale, Gravelines ; 'i Jonge, Ostend ; Paragon, Cood, Mauritius ; Salus, Crick may, Cape of Good Hope; Asia, Gillies, Calcutta; Eustance, Mogadore; Sceptre, Ruddock, Havre ; Bagwell, Marseilles ; Ceres, Renadall. Sierra Leone„ . telope, Pitts, Oratava and Teneriffe ; Bezzori, • Trieste ; Saguenay, White, Manilla and Corfu; P a ' vier, Dunlop, Rotterdam ; Fortune, Corard, Graveline" Rose, Bruce, Oporto ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax. C i ' tend ; Wakefield, Young, St. John's N. B. M ar y ENTERED OUTWARDS—Troia Freres, Antwerp; Laing, Strarer, Quebec; Egbe,rt, Paulin, Montserrat; Ophelia and Anne, Barker, Matuitius ; Kriestia L ow" de Begoner de Cuciella, Bilboa and Santander; Derwentt Hasper, Antigua ; Tagus, AV Leod, ,Lisbon and Gibraltar Sir William Heathcote, Duthee, jun.., Algoa B a y ; Alcrt' ander Baring, Wall, Canton ; Catherine Boland, Dal Gibraltar, &c.; Emma, Chapman, Aigoa Bay ; A ngle M'Kenzie, Longridge, Halifax and Sr . John's, N. Viscount Downe, Hurt, Elsinore. H ar l equin , King , r CLEARED OUT WITH:CARGO. The io Boulogne ; Ramona, Middleton Calais; Edward, Elberg , Copenhagen; Sarah, Bussell, 'Malta ; Soho, Whitcornbe , Antwerp. CLEARED OUT IN BALLAST.--The Lively, Morris, fo r Konigsberg ; Roscroe, Hoseason, Quebec ; Commodore, Cosens, Petersburg; Harriet, Burgens, St. Kitts; Ata lanta, Hellyer, Naples. n Wirt GRAVESEND, MAY 27.—The Highflyer, from g ° "'own; Asia, Calcutta ; Paragon, Mauritius ; West ; 0 1 ". dia, Jamaica • Antelope, Teneriff ; Cunningham, Od e ; St. Leonard, Dunkirk; Princess e Josephine. SteckbV. Saguenay, Manilla; Salus, Cape of Good Hope; Cl 3 itt , I nice, Antigua; Ceres, Africa ; Amirabile , Venice; ,a„ pion, Cadiz ; NOive, Gibraltar ; Rose, Oporto ; r Margaretba, Brake; Willem, Ostend;_ Sceptre, Grave lines ; Eole, ditto ; Beverley, Guernsey ; Batavier (st.N Rotterdam. Sailed, the Anna, Robertson, for South Aus tralia ; Toronto, New York ; Concord, Elsinore. DUBLIN, MAY 27.—The vessel in contact with the Me dora, arrived at this port from ,Demerara, as reported on the 16th inst., is supposed to be the Buteshire, from Greenock to Bombay. The flying jib of the vessel, w ith the above name upon it, having fallen on board the Medorn during the collision. ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 18.—The Gertrude, Aiken , from hence to London, which sunk near the Mole in N°' vember last, has been raised and brought 'into the harbour. THE MARKETS. ET.—May 27. Walls FmrHetton ............ Walls End Lambton ....... Walls End Pemberttat ..... Walls End Russell's Hettsn Walls End Hartlepool ........ Walls End Adelaide ..• ...... Walls End Seymour Tees... Walls End Tees ............... %Valls End Victoria Tees Walls End West Tees ..••••• Preston Grange .......... Walls End E1gin......... tst market-day, 4. wE COAL MAR s. d Hebburn Main l9 Ord's Bedhugh Willingion Walls End Dunn's l6 Walls End Gosforth Walls End Heaton ... Walls End Hotspur Walls End Kiliingworth l9 ti Walls End Riddell's NValls End Walker l9 6' Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 22 0, , Walla End Haswell 22 3 ships arrived since I: 2!2 6 ' 0 ia 9 1 , 0 ; 2 ;:0 ....... 20 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING _THE Vir '' '- _ Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. _-.-- - ----- -- .--------- c to s. Per Quarter. s. to s. S. to a. I it. to S. a. to s. ..... ..,_ Abingdon...... 64 80 30 34 22 30 38 -- ...... Andover...-. 74 82 29 31 25 - 43 ~,,- Birmingham 63 80 30 40 16 22 -- '''' .... -- Bridport.---.. 73 80 32 36 26 30 -- 39 ...._ Cirencester .... 64 SI 27 32 20 25 32 4 , g ° ...- -...,_ Faringdon:..... 65 80 26 30 26 30 - "' ,„ --• Guildford....,, 68 80 28 35 211 30 -7, -- ;: e Hen1ey,..,....,,. 72 78 26 32 23 26 - i ,„4," -- - Heref0rd,......... 63 89 26 32 22 29 - r . - q .,; -- High worth .... 64 , 711 32 42 28 34 - '',. 4 34 - Maidenhead- 63 75 24 - 36 20 26 34 ' 3 7, -- Monmouth - 64 74 32 34 22 2.9 3i - I,' Reailing—»... 64 75 25 35 21) 27 43 ''' ~.. Salisbury —. 64 74 30 34 20 28 41 4" ~.... Southampton 6", 75 33 40 28 32 - 42 --- Stroud ---.... 63 71 28 36 20 24 - 46 -- . Tewkesbury- B'4 - 35 - 22 32 - 4( ' ..... 41 Uxbridge-.... 70 74 28 32 ,17 28 .- 411 - 3 - 3 14 Wantage —63 72 24 34 120 25 3.3 i 2 , - ....• Warminster- 67 70 27 34 22 26 36 40 Windsor ...M. 76 - - - 21 22 - 05 - 4 -,- ; 4 0 Worcester-. 65 70 32 36 130 32 . - 46 ' CHELTENHAM MARKETS. a. •' 9 Per Bushel, s. d. to a. 0 1 Pet lb. Wheat Farley 4 4 6 Alatton 7 ..................... 1 6 • Oats 3 0 4 0 Veal - o Beans Cease Hay 31. 15s to 41. 4s. ud. is r ton. NEWCASTLE CORN EXCH A NGE..-May 25:11,„ 'CASTLE CORN EXCH A NGE.,—May `Si )!o• New. Wheat, Northumkerland - L 4 .1 Norfolk and Suffolk tiSs. 76,....... 6 93 . '''" , Is. this — 6 . F. -- Berwick and Scotch ..—s• Foreign 324 38s — 6 _ .. .1: iißye, Norfolk 'did Suffolk Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 4ls. 41s -- Grinding and Feeding q4s. 3tis. ...-- — 6 r9' ...... Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk tiffs htit . —,. Beans, Small Tick Pease, White 5:. 4 -45 7 2 4 . : . ........ ............. --4441:4467':::: _— Gray Oats, Northumberland, l'otatoe 42, .... ~ 2 9,,i .7s. 285....... Y , ,, 6 • Feed ....... .....s, ••••,, 8 ....... . ......, 3r F. 52, ...... - F ()reign Flour (per sack) o GOLD SIGNET RINGS.—A great l e * r c;jec these Useful and Fashionabl e RINGS, are kePt ' Re al tion, with Cornelian, Amethyst, Topaz, and °"L a y be Stones, suitable for engraving. Armorial beari' l g s d - by an referred to, or found, gratis, can be engra v Gold- Artist of great talent, at T. COX SAVOR Y (s Seventh S p i 0 1 v o c r i s • s tfromh , G a r n ae d e e N i V a j a i ! e c i h i t a r k e e e r t , ) . 47 , Corn h Lon clor l SECOND-HAND PLATE PURCHASED..II, A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No . 14, Corwin London (opposite the Bank of England), inform others, wishing to dispose of Second-hand Plate, that, froP . having a ready sale, they can offer more advantageous either eit for than can usually be given by the 'trade; Pay be received in cash, or the amount allo cd in exchange other silver. neEntxcm":" a: - Bill T - --- 1./ - ,:e S. On the 23d inst., at Torrington- square, the lady of Strict, land Cookson, Esq., o o n f .. a p I s a o c n e . , On the 24th inst., the lady of Edward Buller, Esq., M* l). ' of a sin. On the 24th inst., in Smith-street, Chelsea, the wife of pr . Crane, barrister -at-law, of a daughter. o f a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Hyde-park -gate, Kensington-gore, the fth , Ac i, 2 j (s)rt _ h G in en st e . r , a a l t D ,r u i r i a io n t t :s Power, Esq., of a daughter. lady On t h e __...._---"- the wife of Williaro ll' r26th Glasslin astm . , r's On the 29th inst., in the ' ) 9th year of his age, at his fath e tt, house, East Dulwich , Apslev, only son of Mr. .Apsley F ella ' Falcon „, o , f if O t e i n ' o e f th l e l the \ \i ‘ ..n 'o i r . nkosi,l Alfred-liot pe t Holland-street, a ah n cee dzF ea . dg e fe t od , r d S 3_6 7 .q t u l a y. r v e a , r k i: u I, , On the 22d inst , at e Pau, Christina, wife of Arthur BOW, Esq., aged 25. . ' On the 2:3d inst., at Cheltenham, Major Albert D'A ltan formerly of the 90th Regiment. woo , On the 25th inst ,at Notting-bill, George Raymond Jo aged 38. • . E. 13 ' On ;he 26th inst., Maria Cathatina, wife of the Rey. 0 _ o f Pusev, Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford, and Can 7 Christchurch, aged 38. Esq" On the 28th inst., Angelina , the wife of John Belfour, late of Highgate, Middlesex, aged 50 —..... f London P r inted and Published by Al URDO No. 112, StrarA. )•.,,,,,. N„. I• - the coun ty of f+lidellesex.—Thurs&y, 30, v-39. th th e tral and to i 3 - ea; tun rnos he eflc th i Tt to ~~ ~~, EVENING EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1839. EY_EN 1N 17 , - - ED nireiN