The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-17 00:00:00

SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. B.—Senor Mon brought forward his ong expected budget in the Congress to-day. The estimates of income for 1845 embrace several new taxes, while a great number of old taxes are repealed. The following are the estimates as presented, the first five sources of revenue being new ones, in place of others re- pealed:— Impost on revenues derived from real pro- Reals. 350,000,000 18,000,000 perty Duty on mortgages Duty on the principal articles used for in ternal consumption Contributions levied on trade and manu- 160,000,000 factures Ditto on the rent of houses Customs revenue . Fourth part of confiscations, &c. Ten per cent. on administration of property Fines decreed by tribunals, &c. Stamped paper, &c. Twenty per cent. on Gsown property Titles gran ted;..„ ( r4„,• f r.„. f Tobacco Salt Saltpetre, sulphur, and gunpowder Playing cards Lotteries Bull of the Cruzada Ditto called Indulto Cuadragesimal Military encomiendas, &c Mines Mountains State property administered by the Minis ters of Finance, Marine, and War Tolls of roads, canals, lighthouses, &e Mint National printing-office • Rents de Poblaccon Tax on wine and oil, exported from Anda lusia • • Tax called Arbitrios de Amortizacion Ditto from Boards of Commerce. Ditto „ Boards of Health Produce from schools of public instruction Hydrographic Board From Astronomical Observatory Ditto College at Malaga Ditto College at Seville Interpretation of Languages Deposits Patents, &c. Montes Pios Employments gran:- , (1 Arrears expected from taxes, hereafter to be extinguished Ecclesiastical revenues, during vacancies Three per cent. on offerings to Rome Passes to cross the lines of Gibraltar Reimbursements—Tax levied on grandees 25,000,000 15,000,000 120,000,000 1,5C0,000 2,000,000 2,230,060 17,210,000 5,500,000 200,000 135,000,000 33,000,000 5,493,243 200,500 59,875,000 11,600,000 1,100,000 3,458,000 38,026,000 173,000 682,300 12,500,000 2,800,000 1,297,500 520,000 400,000 6,000,000 2,400,000 750,000 6,652,577 186,000 210,000 25,358 10,500 20,000 150,000 6,000 130,000 1,100,000 110,000,000 600,000 200,000 223,376 and titled men Execs!' of colonial revenues 3,750,000 40,000,000 1,250,635,353 The taxes to be taken off, and the arrears of which are included in the budget, are the following :—Rentas Provinciales yielded 101,800,000 reale. Equiva lents, &c., 40,000,000. Frutos Civiles, 17,800,000. Tax of Culto y Clero 74,000,000, together with the present duties levied at the gates of towns, which is merged in the g eneral tax on consumption, and the small taxes caled Manda Pin, Med6as .Anatas, Donatum from Navarre and the Basque pro vinces, ditto from cemmerce, half per cent. on morgages, tax on right of succession to property &c., and the one levied on householders in Madrid, in place of billetting troops. The estimates of expenditure aro stated as follows: Reels. 'al Family Queen and Rcy Legislative bodies Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ditto Grace and Justice Ditto Home Department T)itto War, including the new Guardia Civil 323,419,845 Ditto Marine and Colonies Ditto Finance 362,558,540 Sinking Fund Board Clergy and Public Worship 1,205,522,08 The above estimates, supposing the new taxes can be levied, show an excess of revenue of 45 millions of reals. Senor Mon also presented the following project of law:— " Art. 1. The expenses of the State for the year 1845, are fixed at 1,205,522,688 reals. " Art. 2. The Government is authorised to proceed to the arrangement of the national debt, both foreign and domestic, and to satisfy, according to that arrangement, thy' interest of that not comprehended in the estimates of expenditure for 1845, with the excess of public revenues and contributions, and with a prudent increase of the same. An account to be given in due time to the Cortes of the use made of this authority, Art. 3. The right of cesantea and jubilace on,' i.e., retirement from office on a pension, is only to be con ceded to those who serve by royal appointment, and whose salaries are equal to or exceed the sum of 16,000 reals per annum. This disposition is not to have retro active effect, all rights acquired previous to this law being iiereby recognised." The above projects were sent to the Committee of the Sections to report upon. They wore received in silence, there being no marks either of approbation or disappro bation from the Chamber. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROS THE EVENING PAMIRS OF YESTERDAY. GLO BE.—Attention has been re-called to the Otaheite affair by the publication of the official correspon dence between the Marge d'Affaires of France, M. de Jarnac, and the French Cabinet, on that Aues lion. The disclosures there made are so curious that we return to the subject. Some little is said about llorocco, but the Otaheite affair forms the staple, us indeed, it was the most critical, point in the relations between the two countries. The style of M. de Jarnac's dispatches is clear and intelligible, and with far less of ambiguity than belongs generally to displomatic com munications. It exhibits clearly his sentiments as to the great danger of the interruption of friendly relations between the two countries. In plain terms, M. de sTarnac thought the risk of war was imminent in August, 1844, fully bearing out the extreme suppositions of the contemporary press of that period. His expres sions are explicit enough. He " hopes the counsels of 'wisdom and moderation may prevail," implying that he fears greatly they will not : he speaks of " self-love so fatally engaged on both sides," of " lively inquie tude and sinister presentiments," " rupture on the point of taking place," " feeling that a struggle was inevitable for England;" and many other phrases of a similarly unequivocal character. So, then, we were, in the estimation of the diplomatist who conducted the affairs of France in this country, extremely near a de claration of war during the last year. Several re flections arise out of this assumed fact. Under the theory and practice of protectorates, as ex poanded by . M. Guizot in his dispatch of August 29, authorising the expulsion of any individual at the ✓irtual discretion of the authorities, and considering the ardour of French naval officers and employes for advanc ing the national honour after their own fashion, a similar case may probably occur again. And in such an event we cannot but think that a very awkward precedent has been established by the Government—that, we mesa ; of waiving admitted claims without ob taining an equivalent. Our Cabinet seems to have acted in the right direction, but to have arrived at it by course injudicious in itself, and likely to cause future embarrassments. The end and object of its policy was the unexceptionable one of peace ; but, after a long silence on the part of France, Lord Aberdeen caught at the most distant approach to concession on the part of M. Guizot, although quali fied by so much objectionable matter respecting the protectorate of the Society Islands. Let not our mean _ ang be for a moment mistaken ; none but the most rash and criminal policy would have risked a war with France on any grounds but those of absolute necessity. But we should have liked more dignity and reticence on the part of our Cabinet. The concession was the mini mum possible. There was no abandonment of the elastic theory of protectorates shown in practice to be absolute sovereignty ; on the contrary, the right of removing any individual " who may trouble established order," was triumphantly maintained in M. Guizot's latest dis patch. The description of benefits and blessings of the French rule in the Pacific, stands in painful contradiction with every narrative, official or other vise, of what has taken place in the Society Islands. Yet on the bare intimation of a disapproval of the mode and plan of Mr. Pritchard's imprisonment, and the pro clamation of the 3d of March, backed by a hint at a pecuniary indensnity to that gentlemac, Lord Aber deen hastens tcp ?claim the acquiescence of this ~, country in the , pro o,sals of France, rendering it im - I, ,ai ...sible " that inc . Wta of this nature, if treated in a ,!•irlt of justice :la moderation, can result in other 5,..: 5,.._% ran amicable issue." It is, no doubt, safer to err on ''''lltli'sids of placable contentment than that of irritable . jealousy, in our relations with foreign Powers. Yet it 'ay well be asked, is there no medium ? Cannot a statesman, without captiously objecting to all otThred terms of concession, avoid acquiescing in such as are ludicrously disproportioned to the cause of complaint ? Is, in short, no juste milieu attainable between a policy marked by rashness and one charac terised by timidity ? Our Ministers seem to have chosen the latter, and it is, as we said before, because we firmly believe that abandonment of national dignity :leads less sorely to the maint enance o f pacific relations with foreign Powers in the long run, than its due sad moderate exercise, that we object to the tone Laken by our Cabinet in its communications with - that (of France relative to Otaheite. There seems, indeed, little reason to envy the French their forci ble occupation of that island, which, to be main tained at all, must be so by continual exertions of an armed force. Assuredly, neither commercial power tor military renown are to be reaped in the distant field (Ii Oceania by such course as Messrs. Brunt and D'Aubigey are disposed to take; but from England something more might well have been expected, both in - vindication of the national honour, insulted in the per awn of its functionary, and in behalf of that oppressed :nation who have received the rudiments of Christian ocivilization at our hands. The Plymouth and Dartmoor Gunpowder Col-fl yway, who obtained a license at the Michaelmas ,Quarter Sessions fbr the erection o f a se t o f m ills l and a magazine on the Cherrybrook estate, in the parish of Lidford, applied at the late sessions for a new license, to authorise the erection of the mills, on a site contiguous to that originally chosen, but more advantageous as regards the amount of water power to be obtained, and equally unexceptionable in point of public safety. The court granted the license.— Pevoripor t Telegraph. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1345. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, • EDINBURGH. FORGERY AND FRAUD. MONDAY, JAN. 13.-John Neill, a young man, a printer, was charged with forgery, fraud, and wilful im position, and with using, and uttering as genuine, forged, fabricated, and false writings, and with forming a felo nious scheme to impose upon and defraud the lieges, and to obtain money from them by means of forged and frau dulent representations:-Having (Ist), on 11th March, 1844, forged and fabricated a letter addressed to Mr. Stirling of heir, representing himself under the signa ture of Robert Stirling," as having been deputed to re ceive subscriptions in behalf of a ladies' association, said to hare been organised at Liverpool, for affording aid to the widows and families of those persons who perished on board the President steamer, on her passage between this country and America, showing a subscription-list (printed), having a great number of names attached to it with sums purporting to be the subscriptions of the persons therein mentioned, in support of the funds of the said alleged association; which list comprised, in addition to her Ma jesty, the names of various of the nobility, gentry, and clergy, for sums varying from 51. to 1001.-by which fraudulent representation Mr. Stirling was induced to send to the prisoner, by letter of credit, 251. 10s., as his subscription to the said fund. (2d.) With represent ing himself in the neighbourhood of Large, in Ayr shire, as the son of Robert Storrie, passenger on board the Manchester steamer, who was said to have been lost in that vessel, with property to the amount of 1,9001., leaving a wife, son, and daughter in very straitened circumstances, and transmitting a subscrip tion-list, with forged subscriptions attached, purport ing to be those of Lord Murray, Bishop Terrot, &c., &c. The third, fourth, and succeeding charges, up to the fifteenth, detail the several acts of fraud and imposition which he succeeded in practising upoa the nobility and gentry in Ayrshire and the county of Bute, by which the Countess of Glasgow, the Rev. John Kinross of Large, the Misses Robertson, &c., &c., were severally induced to make payment of several sums of money, whereby they were all defrauded ; with the further aggravation of having been previously convicted of forgery, and ut tering false, fabricated, and forged letters, before the Sheriff-Substitute of Forfarshire and a jury at Dundee, ion the 7th of October, 1842. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Evidence having been read at great length, Mr. Neaves addressed the jury for the Crown, and was followed by Mr. Crawford in an able defence for the pri soner. Lord MONCRIEFF then summed up the evidence in an exceedingly careful and able manner. The jury, without retiring, consulted together for a short time, and intimated, by their foreman, that they unanimously found the prisoner guilty of the first charge as libelled. Mr. Neaves craved the court to pronounce sentence. Lord COCKBURN said this was a very extraordinary case, and displayed, on the part of the prisoner, a bold ness of conception, an ingenuity, and a total disregard of consequences, which were perfectly appalling. Ile had carried on a scheme of forgery and imposition which, considering the completeness of its details, and the de termination with which he pursued his nefarious pur pose of imposing upon wealthy and benevolent indi viduals in the upper ranks, the court, in the discharge of its functions, could not lightly pass over. It was not so much that a gentleman like Mr. Stirling had been cheated out of his money-that was no doubt a bad feature of the case, was, he might venture to say, almest without a parallel-but that schemes of real benevolence and charity would suffer, when liberal minded gentlemen and ladies were imposed upon in this manner ; when they thought in their simplicity that they had been giving their money for the relief of suffering humanity. A much more serious punishment than that he intended to propose, would have been in flicted under the statutes in force up to a recent period had his crime been but one act of forgery-instead of being-as it had been proved to-day-no less than seven such - acts. The smallest punishment the court could award for this crime was transportation for seven years; but considering the aggravated circumstances attending the case, he could not in conscience propose to their Lordships a less sentence than transportation fur ten years. Lord WOOD concurred. Lord MONCRIEFF then admonished the prisoner as to his future conduct, and sentenced him to ten years' transportation. The following is a copy of the forged subscription sheet for Scotland :- Marquis of Queensbury, 50/.; William Croil, 151.; John Cogan, 25/. ; William Dunn, 50/. ; Schwabe and Gobert, 10/. 10s. ; John Neill, 51. ss. ; .T. Wilson, 101. ; James Buchanan, 101. 10s. ; Andrew M`George, 10/.; J. Richardson and Co., 10. 103. ; Andrew Wingate, 201.; Ifu;th Tennant, 211.; H. Ewing Maelae, 251.; James Jeffrey, 51. ; Lord Glasgow, 50 /. ; A. Drummond, 201.; Sir Archibald Campbell, 251.; Lady H. Thorp, 10/. 10s.; Earl of Buchan, 31k 10A. ; Sir C. D. Fergusson, 251.; Thomas Chalmers, Si. ; Earl of Mar, 201. The following are some of the forged subscriptions in the sheet for England :- Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, 100/. ; his Royal Highness Prince Albert, 50/. ; her Majesty the Queen Dowager, 50/. ; the Duke of Devonshire, 100/. ; the Duke of Richmond, 50/.; the Marquis of Anglesea, 50/. ; the Marquis of Bute, 50/. ; the Marquis of North ampton, 50/.; the Earls of Fitzwilliam, Derby, Balcarras, Lonsdale, Mexborough, each 501. ; Viscount Morpeth, 20/. ; Lord Sandon, 30/. ; Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., 100/. ; Baring, Brothers, 20/. ; P. Gladstone and Co., 20k ; Dr. 13ickersteth, 5/. ; from two Misses whose father was lost on board the President, JUL ; from their mother, fq. ; workmen in Fawcett's Foundry, 7/. Se. 4d. Subscriptions amongst the heads of five pilot boats, Nos. 3,8, 4,2, and 6,4/. is., &c. &c. DISGRACEFUL OCCURRENCE. KENDAL, JAN. 13.—The hitherto peaceble town of Milnthorpe was on Sunday afternoon last the scene of a most disgraceful occurrence. A number of rail way labourers had been drinking sll the forenoon, and most of them having got into a beastly state of intoxication, they commenced fighting in a most brutal manner. About two o'clock a large number of these men went to a green in the centre of the town, where they had several pitched battles, so that there was one complete scene of fighting the whole of the Sabbath afternoon, and whilst Divine service was performing in the church close by. Here they assaulted several Milnthorpe men who were passing; and the populace were actually afraid to leave their houses to go to church. One of the " navvys," named Wills, had a pair of loaded pistols in his possession, with one of which he attempted to shoot a man for asking him for money; but, fortunately the piece missed fire, and the pistol was immediately taken from the misguided man by some of his companions. The disturbance is said to have arisen in a great measure from one of the sub contractors not being able to pay all the men their wages, and becoming infuriated with taking liquor, they began violently to threaten his life, but he for tunately made an immediate escape from the town. The landlord of a public-house applied to the deputy constable of the town to take some of the men into custody, but he replied, " That he had nowhere to secure them, provided he did take them ;" and such has been either the morality of Milnthorpe (containing about 1,000 people), or the apathy of the respectable inhabitants, that they actually have not a lock-up in the town, or place of safe keeping for malefactors. However, the above disgraceful scones have in some measure roused the inhabitants from the lethargy, and, in self-defence, they have now started a subscrip tion for the erection of a suitable building. The above is not the only instance where the Sabbath has been scandalously desecrated. MilEthorpe has, ever since the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway commenced, been the scene of much confusion and riot upon the Sabbath. Early on Monday morning the remainder of the men were paid off without much disturbance; but it is to be hoped that, in future. such steps will be taken as will prevent a recurrence of these alarming proceedings. DARING ATTACK.—On Wednesday evening last a most daring and brutal attack was mule upon Mr. Ellis, butcher, of London-street, and Mr. Cresswell, of Horn street, in this town, while returning home in a gig from Farley-hill. It was nearly seven o'clock when both par ties left the house of Mr. Webb, where they had just previously partaken of tea, and arriving at the hill, near the park of Mr. J. P. Anderdon, they checked the horse's pace in order to descend the hill steadily, as the night was very dark from the intensity of the fog prevailing. They were not much more than a quarter of a mile on the road, when the horse and Mr. Ellis were simula neously struck upon the head with great bludgeons, and such was the severity of the blow received by Mr. Ellis, that he instantly fell out-of the gig in a state of utter insensibility. Mr. Cresswell then encountered one of the villains, whom he succeeded in laying prostrate upon the ground, but no sooner had he done so than he was felled by a blow from another of the party. Whilst they were struggling, *vehicle was heard to approach, arid the heartless rascals, finding there was no time to complete their purpose, ran away, exclaiming, " D— 'em, we must leave 'em." The horse, it appears, was so much frightened that it jumped over the railings ; the wheels of the gig becoming entangled, the horse was consequently suspended. Mr. Corderoy, jun., of Farley hill, on reaching the spot, assisted Mr. Cresswell in ex tricating the horse, and afterwards placed Mr. Ellis, who was still insensible, in his cart, and conveyed him to his father's house, where restoratives were applied, and after the lapse of some time recovered from the state of in sensibility in which he had been for more than half an hour, not having the slightest knowledge of anything ;hat occurred subsequent to his being struck on the head. Both parties returned to Reading the same night, reach ing home between nint' and ten o'clock. The foggy at mosphere was favourable to the design of the villains, comprising a party of four, whose features were not at all discernible ; this is to be regretted, as it will, we fear, prevent their detection.—Reading Mercury. STEEPLR-CHACE.—On Tuesday a steeple-chace for MN. a-side came off over the steeple-Chaco ground at Stourton, between Mr. Sands' horse Dandy, ridden by Mr. Tinley Barton, and Mr. Sandbach's horse Tom, rid den by Mr. Dawson. 'There were between 200 and 300 sportiig gentry present, including Sir William Stanley, Lord and Lady Gordon, Mr. John Stanley, &c. The Dandy made most running, but swerved from several of his fences. At the third fence from home, the Dandy was leading about 30 yards, but refused the leap. Tom then came up, and both jumped. In the jump they struck against each other, and riders and horses fell. Ir. Bar ton appeared stunned, but was in the saddle in a mo• ment. Dawson then got about 100 yards ahead, and came in triumphantly. Had it not been for the tumble at the third fence it was thought Barton must have won. —Liverpool Journal, Jan. 11. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) ! MANSIOiV-HO USE. Yesterday, Howell, Sniith, and Franklin, the men who were on Saturday charged with having com mitted a burglary in the George and Vulture Hotel, were brought before the Lord Mayor for final ex amination. Mr. Hobler appeared for Howell, Mr. Wontner for Franklin, and a solicitor's clerk attended upon the part of Smith. The justice-room was crowded extremely during the examination, and very great interest was excited. Eliza Ann Hughes, the chambermaid, who first saw Howell and Smith in bed-room No. 6, added to her statement of the former day that, upon going in with a candle for the purpose of lighting the fire on the night of the burglary, she saw them stooping down between the bed and a chest of drawers, and that she ran out and tried to lock them in, but they burst the door open and prevented her ; soon after which they were seized by Mr. Warrener, the owner of the house. The following new evidence was then produced by Major Shaw, the superintendent of the City police : City policeman No. 514 stated that on Friday night (the night of the burglary), at nine o'clock, he was on his beat, and did not see any cab in Lombard street at that time, but between twenty-five minutes arid half an hour after nine he observed a cab stand ing near George-yard, and saw a person inside, who, upon seeing him, put up the window. The cabman was then placing the nose-bag on his horse. At ten minutes past ten witness heard a cry of " Stop thief" from George-yard. Went into the hotel. Saw Smith in the custody of Mr. Warrener. Conveyed him to the station-house, and, upon searching him, found upon his person a skeleton key, two latch keys, a knife, a half-crown, and a snuff-box. On the way to the station-house in Tower-street, Smith said to witness, " These poor innocent b—s have nothing to do with it. I know that I am a b—y thief. Wouldn't you go and rob a house if you thought you could get anything ? It will only be a drag. They could not give us more than three months for it." Before they reached Moore-lane Smith said, striking one hand against the other, " I'm d—d, they have got the lot." Smith tried to make himself appear drunk, but witness believed him to be perfectly sober. The witness, in his cross-examination by Mr. Wontner, stated that upon going to the premises of Mr. Warrener he found there was great confusion. City policeman No. 553 stated that Mr. Warrener gave the prisoner Howell into his custody. Ile found upon Howell's person a screw-driver, a skeleton key, four keys, and some matches, between the cloth and the lining of his coat. Three of seven matches ap peared not to have been used. Thirteen and sixpence were found in Howell's pockets. Howell said that he used the screw-driver, &c., in his trade as a cabinet maker. Mr. Warrener stated that one of the keys found upon Howell opened the door of No. 6 bed-room in the hotel City policeman 469 stated that at ten minutes past ten he saw Howell and Smith in the custody of the two officers who had just given evidence, and he was told by Mr. Warrener to apprehend Franklin. Witness followed Franklin from Fenchurch-street to St. Mary at-hill, took him into custody, and conveyed him to the station-house, where a bag of large dimensions was found in his hat. After the prisoners were searched, Smith turned round to the witness and said, " D—n me, you've got the lot. I suppose they'll give three months apiece for it." Witness replied that that was for the Lord Mayor to decide upon to morrow. In answer to questions from Mr. Wontner, the wit ness said that Franklin gave his name and address at the station-house, and that the conversation between Smith and witness just detailed was heard by the other persons in the station-house at the time. Jane Richardson, housemaid at the George and Vulture Hotel, stated that some keys and a glove were picked up at the foot of the stairs when the prisoners Howell and Smith was in the custody of the officers. Mr. Hobler—You don't know how the keys got there ? 'Witness—No. Mr. Warrener stated that the keys did not belong to the house. The LORD 'MAYOR, who attended very closely to the whole of the evidence, and was most particular in ascertaining the exact time at which the prisoners Rowell and Smith quitted the cab and were found in the house, desired to he informed in what parish the George and Vulture Hotel was situated ? Mr. W ar rener replied that the premises stood in two parishes —the principal part was in the parish of St. Michael, Cornhill, and the remaining part was in the parish of St. Edmund the King and Martyr. The bed-room in which the girl saw Howell and Smith was in the two parishes, and he believed that one part of the bed was in one parish and the other in the other parish. The LORD Mayon—Have you lost anything your self ? Mr. Warrener—Nothing whatever. The wit ness said, with respect to Franklin, he observed that prisoner following the other two when they were in custody, and saw that the moment Franklin saw that he was watched he turned away quickly, and was making off when he was apprehended. Mr. Wontner then submitted that there was not evidence sufficient against his client Franklin to jus tify the Lord Mayor in committing that prisoner as an accomplice with Howell and Smith. The cabman could not identify the two latter as the companion of Franklin in the cab ; and as for the appearance of Franklin in the hall, that hall was a passage common to the public, and a complete thoroughfare, from ap pearing in which an inference was not to be drawn that he was aiding and assisting others in the commission of an offence in the room above stairs. Mr. Hobler, for Howell, stated that it would, per haps, be a question with the Lord Mayor whether it would not be most advisable to dispose of the case in a summary way. No property had been found upon Howell. The solicitor for Smith said that nothing appeared against that prisoner, except what had been said by the officers.—(A laugh.) No keys had been found upon him. , The LORD MAYOR said he had distinctly heard and marked the evidence in the whole of the case, and his duty appeared to be very plain indeed. It was his duty to commit all the prisoners for trial. His Lordship declared that he by no means entertained the opinion of Franklin's case which Mr. Wontner endeavoured to impress. He would, however, say no more upon the subject, but leave the decision to another tribunal. The prisoners were to be com mitted for trial as soon as the depositions should be prepared. The prisoners were then removed from the bar. MARYLEBONE. Mr. John Claverints Savage, residing in Wellington road, St. John's Wood, and who is well known as the owner and driver of a four-in-hand, preferred a charge of 'outrageous assault, &c., against William Ballantyne, one of his servants. Complainant stated that on the previous day, about half-past four o'clock, his carriage was, agreeably to his order, brought into the yard, when the wheelers were attached to the vehicle, and while another servant was gone for the leaders, he (complainant) accused the pri soner of having been indulging too freely in drink, upon which he became extremely insolent and abusive. Mr. Lossc —Tell me what he said and did. Complainant—When I told him ho was the worse for liquor, he said, " No, Mr. Savage, I am not ;" and as I considered that his way of addressing me was unbecom ing in a servant, I told him it was his duty to say " Sir;" he then walked into the corridor and demanded his wages, and, before I had time to say a word, ho gave me a very violent blow upon the eye (the left eye was much swollen and discoloured) ; after this he followed me into the parlour, and, on his endeavouring to hit me a second time, I seized hold of a poker in order to de fend myself, upon which he laid hold of a shovel, and I ' thought his intention was to split open my head. I ran into the yard, and immediately I had done so the pri soner smashed several panes of glass, the noise occa sioned by which frightened my horses, and it was with some difficulty that they were prevented from starting off at full speed, and in all probability doing much mischief. The prisoner gave me various other blows, and at last he , was taken into custody. I could net, of course, think of fighting with him, he being merely a servant; but had I been attacked in the same way by a gentleman, I should, no doubt, have acted differently. Mr. Loma—What situation does the prisoner hold in your (service ? Complainant—Oh, he is groom and coachman. Prisoner—l deny it, Sir, you are your own coachman ; you always drive yourself. Thomas Marston, another of complainant's grooms, said, that while harnessing the leaders, he saw complain ant come out with a poker in his hand. The horses at that moment took fright. Mr. Lore—Did you see any assault committed ? Witness—l did not, Sir. I have no personal know ledge of anything :that might . have taken place in the house. Mr. LONG (to the prisoner)—What is your answer to this charge ? Prisoner—Mr. Savage struck me first, and I was obliged, of course, to defend myself ; he fought at me with the poker and I did the same by hills with the shovel, and in the course of the affray the windows were broken ; he was more to iblame than I was ; and if he had paid me my wages and let me go when I wished him to do so, nothing unpleasant would have happened. Catherine Young gave evidence to the effect that she saw complainant (her master) drag the prisoner forci bly into the passage, where they both fought with poker and shovel ; in trying to separate thins she received many severe blows upon her face and body. ilr. LONG discharged the prisoner, telling Mr. Sav ag e that he might prefer an indictment at the sessions if he thought proper. VC 7 O/?S RIP- STREET Richard Smith, .Joseph Isaacs, and Henry Gosten, three respectable-looking lads, whose ages varied from IS to 14 years, wore charged with having administered powdered cantharides to Mrs. IL Collins, the wife of a salesman in Spitalfields-market, whereby her life had been seriously endangered. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Joseph Collins, the husband of the injured woman, that on the morning of the 14th instant his wife, while passing through the market, was stopped by the oldest of the prisoners (Smith), the son of a respectable tradesman in the market, with whose family she was on intimate terms, who invited her into his parent's counting-house to take breakfast. She declined doing so, having an infant at home which required her immediate attendance, and left the market ; but on her return, in the course of half au hour, she again saw Smith in company with the second prisoner at the door of the counting-house, and was again pressed by Smith to take a cup of coffee with him. She then consented, and drank a small quantity from a cup be handed to her, but hesitated while drinking it, and on seeing that the second prisoner (Isaacs) asked her to put more sugar in it ; but she refused, as it was already so sweet she could scarcely swallow it. She then left, but in about half an hour became so seriously ill, that she was obliged to be conveyed home, where she got gradually worse till the evening, when her illness assumed such alarming symptoms, accompanied by a copious discharge of blood, that a surgeon was hastily sent for, who, upon examining her, at once pronounced that she was labour ing under the effects of a powerful dose of cantharides, and that her life was in imminent jeopardy. By the ju dicious treatment of her medical attendant the dan gerous symptoms had now considerably abated, but his wife still continued in such a debilitated condition as wholly to preclude her attendance at the Court. The witness added, that shortly after his wife had boon brought home the prisoner Smith called at his house, and anxiously inquired if she was ill or had taken any thing; but it not being then known to the witness that he had been instrumental in causing her illness, he was allowed to leave unmolested. Sergeant Easthope, 1 11, stated, that on the circum stances being communicated to him by the last witness he immediately took steps which led to the apprehension of the prisoners, and had since ascertained that the de leterious ingredient had been purchased at the shop of Mr. Hawkins, a chemist in Union-street, by the lad Gosten, who had presented an order for it in the hand writing of the prisoner Smith, but signed with a fictitious name, the order stating that it was required for the pur pose of being administered to a pig. The sergeant handed in the order alluded to, and also a medical certi ficate describing the dangerous effects produced by the noxious drug. In answer to the charge the prisoner Smith said that for some time past he had had a cutaneous eruption in his face, and had been advised by several persons to take a dose of cantharides to remove it. He had mixed some in his coffee, and was drinking it, when he was called out of the counting-house upon business, and during his ab sence the prosecutor's wife walked in, and, unasked by any one, drank all that remained in the cup ; he, how ever, apprehended, on afterwards learning the circum stance, that no evil results were likely to ensue to her from it, as he had himself drank twice the quantity she had taken without any serious effects being pro duced by it. 6 The prisoner Isaacs made a similar statement to that of his companion Smith ; and the third prisoner, Gosten. denied any further participation in the transaction than having innocently executed the order at the chemist's at the request of Smith. Mr. BINGHAM said that he should discharge the youngest of the prisoners (Gosten), as it appeared that he had merely been an unconscious agent in the hands of the other two ; but with regard to Smith and Isaacs, he should require them to find bail for their appearance on a future day, when the wife of the prosecutor had sufficiently recovered to attend and give evidence against them. The bail was immediately put in, and the prisoners liberated. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. This Society held its annual meeting on Wednesday, at its rooms in Trafalgar-square, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., in the chair. From the report of the proceedings of the Society we learn that, in the year just ended 179 accidents had come under the attention of the Society, in 152 of which its exer tions had been successful, and in only 25 unsuccessful ; of the whole 40 were suicides. The Society had distributed in the year 18 silver medals, and 14 bronze medals ; the thanks of the Society written upon vellum had been given to two persons, and pecuniary rewards in 107 cases. The Society had received various donations and legacies in the course of the year, including a legacy of 3001. from Miss Williams, 100/. from W. Drew, Esq., and a legacy of 700/. from W. Grantham, Esq. A vote of thanks was passed to the Duke of Northumber land, the President of the Society, and his Grace was unani mously re-elected President for the ensuing year. Votes of thanks were also severally passed to the various other officers of the Society, all of whom were re-elected. The Society made the following awards;-- Its silver medallion to John Merton, for having at Barnard Castle saved the lives of two youths, named Robinson and _ _ _ To Dr. Creighton, of Dublin, its silver medallion, for having rescued a woman who had attempted to commit suicide, she being ON third person whose life had been saved by the courage and energy of Dr. Creighton. Its silver medallion to Lieut. Henderson, of the Rifle Brigade, for having saved the life of an artilleryman who had fallen out of a boat in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia. Its silver medallion to Hammond Maxted, for having rescued W. White, when in danger of being drowned from the rising of the sea at Margate. Its silver medallion to Miss Sarah Wilkinson, governess in the family of a clergyman, for saving the life of a child in her charge who had fallen into a river. Its silver medallion to Mr. Geary, mate of her Majesty's ship Beacon, for having saved the life of a seaman of that vessel, who had been knocked overboard while reefing the mainsail in a gale of wind. Its silver medallion to Mr. Ramson, a commercial tra veller, for saving the life of a boy who had gut out of his depth whilst bathing, and for again entering the water, after having brought, the first boy out, though he succeeded only in bringing the lifeless body of a second boy to the shore. Its silver medallion to Harrington, a boy of the se cond class, on board of her Majesty's ship Hecate, for having saved the life of another boy, who had fallen overboard in a strong tideway, this being the second time this lad had risked his life to save that of a another. Its bronze medal and a pecuniary reward of two guineas to John Phillips, policeman at Hastings, for attempting to save the life of a woman who had thrown herself into a well eighty feet in depth, in the barrack-yard. He succeeded in bringing her body to the top of the:well, but too late, for life was already extinct. The Fothergillian medal, value fifty guineas, was awarded to Mr. Erickson, for his admirable experimental treatise on the pathology and treatment of asphyxia. A similar medal, was given to Dr. Key Shuttleworth, for a treatise on the same subject. The account of the annual proceedings of the branch society at Brighton was then laid on the table, and a vote of thanks passed to the Kev. J. S. M. Anderson, the Honorary Secretary of that branch. The finance accounts of the year showed that the total receipts were 2,5591. 4s. ld.; the expenditure was, for sala ries, printing, &c., 1,784/. 12s. Id.; for the Brighton branch institution 40/. 13s. 6d.; for legacy duty, 101.; for purchase of stock, 257/. 3s. 9d. ; and, though last not least, for the Hyde Park Receiving-house, 413/. ss. 10d. , making the total expenditure 2,5051 15s. 4d., and leaving a balance of 53/. B.e. 9d. to go on with Mr. Hawes, M.P., read a letter from his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, the President, in which he expressed his sincere gratification at the state of the Society, and his hope that it would continue to flourish. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Bond Cabbell, as Chairman, and he was respectfully solicited to allow his name t o be enrolled among the Vice-Presidents of the So ciety, for which honour he thanked the meeting, which then separated. beth, that the laity have been roused into formidable hostility to these novelties, and will not, until they are discarded, be pacified by smooth words and civil advice. From one who holds his high office they expect com mands, not entreaties. They are tired of waiting for redress. They have been irritated and defied, foiled in their appeals to episcopal authority, sometimes roughly answered, and rarely conciliated till no other course remained. With Englishmen this ha& ever proved the worst of all methods that eeuld be tried; and now that their sympathies are keenly enlisted on behalf of the Church, is it grateful or reasonable to check their zeal by disgusting them with innovations which they regard with jealousy and even alarm? It seems agreed on all hands that these changes are of no material consequence, and do not bear upon any vital point of doctrine. It is really idle to entertain the question. Churches are emptied, congregations scattered, clergy men rendered odious, families set at variance, because those whose high position requires them to take order for the adjustment of these differences will not come forward promptly and effectually. The time will arrive, we fear, when this energy of the people may be arrayed against that very institution for the purity of which they are now determined to battle to the utmost. Is it worth while, is it judicious, is it necessary to thwart and ex asperate them ? However, they must now abide by the result of their own efforts. If they would be rid of the mummeries and extortions which superstition er the desire of influence has thrust upon them, they must, each in his own parish, where the offence continues, protest and unite against it. By every constitutional and peace ful means, without uproar or tumult, they must adopt whatever appears the speediest mode of accomplishing their object. There is nothing so irresistible as a calm, i persevering opposition to what men have reason to believe illegal, and what they feel to be injurious. To their own exertions the laity are indebted for so much of concession as they have already obtained. They must throughout trust to themselves ; and there can be no doubt, that with the tacit acquiescence of those who ought to take the lead, but whom natural indecision or infirmity condemns to a timid neutrality, they will be at last emancipated from childish or offensive innova tions, and return to their churches to enjoy once more, and without interruption, the form of Divine worship to which they and their forefathers have been ever habi tuated and attached. In conclusion, we call the atten tion of our readers to this fact—that the pastoral letter to which we have been adverting cannot be the letter which was addressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Bishop of Exeter, and which worked so marked a change in the language and mandates of the latter prelate. The Bishop of Exeter's letter to the clergy of his diocese is dated Bishopstowe, the Bth, and the Arch bishop's present letter is dated Lambeth Palace, the 11th, of January. The difference in these dates is material. —Times. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 11th of January, 1845." The Table is issued from the,Otlice of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five Years Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 223 184 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 94 106 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 145 159 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4O 24 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 9 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 77 70 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified llO7 954 Deaths from all Causes ...... THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER. BURY'S LETTER. The ultimatum of ecclesiastical authority upon the dis puted rubrical questions has at length appeared in the shape of a letter " to the Clergy and Laity of his pro vince, by William, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury." Assuredly his Grace has taken ample time for delibera• Lion. No one can accuse him of precipitancy in coming forward too soon to interpose the needful weight of his Primacy between the hostile parties. But caution is one of the characterics of old age—and indecision, per • haps, is another. The tone of this production, which is intended for a panacea for the sores of the Church, is not marked by that positive condemnation of the offen sive innovations which we could have wished for, and without which it will have but little effect. Emanating from one so high in rank, and possessed of so much power, it should have spoken unambiguously and point edly—not have left the matter pretty nearly where it was before. If its purpose was to satisfy the people, the Archbishop may be persuaded that he has erred widely of his mark ; for although he does not encourage*nor command the alterations in Divine service, yet the fact of his allowing their continuance where they are actually in use will induce persons to conclude that he does not totally disapprove them. This has a bad aspect for the desired end of peace and unity. After weighing the merits of the two opinions on this subject, this is all that the Arch bishop can do to bring them to a final settlement—to let things go on as they are. Surely if, as he says, "it must also be granted that the intention of the Church is not always clearly discoverable from the language of the rubric, nor determinable with absolute certainty from the records of early practiee,"—if it be so, we may well ask, why tolerate any departure from the custom that has so long existed among us, and which his predecessors and other prelates, not less highly gifted, have so long sanc tioned, and the clergy and laity of so many generations have uniformly adopted ? We are ready to concede most fully the claim of deference which the years and the station of Doctor Howley demand, but wo cannot from that cause deceive ourselves into the belief that the letter he has issued will secure any eventual unanimity b e t ween the contending parties. Mildness and humility are very excellent qualifications in any Churchman, but there are many other attributes essential to the formation of an Archbishop's character, who, in an emergency like the present, ought not to have written as if he had been simply the unconsidered incumbent of Addington. Does he really mean to say, Archbishop and Metropolitan of all England as lie is, that " in the case of clsurches where agitation prevails, and nothing has been definitely settled, it is not possible to lay down any general rule which may be applicable to all circumstances ?" Why not ? What hinders him from insisting on the return to old usages in such instances as these where summary judgment is particularly called for, and where, indeed, the violence of the existing strife imperatively requires his interference ? Or. if he be ever so " unwilling to pronounce a judgment," he might at least so strongly recommend what we s uggest, that nu clergymen could evade his recommendation without vir tually resisting the Archbishop of Canterbury, and so becoming deservedly obnoxious to uni versal censure—a position that few would covet. Meanwhile, it is in vain for him to urge " mu tual forbearance," and to say that " a regard for the spiritual interests of our brethren ought to put a stop to contentions which, besides the offence against charity, engage much time and ability which might be infinitely better applied ;" or to entreat those to whom ho writes, " to consider whether the peace of the Church should be hazarded by prolonging an unprofitable con troversy." We beg his Grace to understand, what per haps has not yet penetrated within the precincts of Lam- DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. W ee kly Average Total. of Five Years. Consumption Scarlatina 47 36 Pneumonia , . llO SO Dropsy .. ... .. .. ............ 35 33 Hooping Cough 24 33 Typhus 27 30 Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles ... 3B 24 19 Apoplexy .......... 22 Diseases of the 8rain.......... 5 10 Diarrhoea.. Sudden Deaths Deaths Weekly Births in Average of in the Week. Five Years. the Week. . 191 142 190 • 219 176 211 . 202 186 28N • 210 209 277 . 287 250 344 West North Central East South .. .... 963 1311 Total .... ......... ..... 1109 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM TUB MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. - • TIMES.—The English securities still continue flat, and the amount of business transacting is small. Consols left off 99i to 100 money, and 100 to for the next ac count. One cause assigned for the depreciation which this stock has lately undergone is the sale of it for re investment in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. An nuities, which command considerable attention in con sequence of the higher rate of interest they bear, and their security against reduction for at least the next ten years. These circumstances, while on the one hand operating against Consols, give on the other increased firmness to the Three. and-a-Quarter per Cent. An nuities. The following notice has been published to-day by the Directors of the Bank of England:— " The Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng land are ready for the present time, and until further notice, to receive applications for advances on the secu rity of bills of exchange not having more than six months to run, Exchequer-bills, East India Bonds, and other approved securities. Such loans to bear interest at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum, and to be repaid at periods to be fixed at the times of advance; but such re payment not to be later than the 11th of April next, and the loans to be for not less than 2,0001 . each. ' This is a further exposition of the policy intended to be pursued by the Directors, and a more complete de parture than by any act they have yet done from their former character of regulators of the currency. The notice is intended to be received, no doubt—though it is not so expressly stated—as a termination of the regular quarterly notices for giving aid to the money-market during the shutting of the different stocks for the divi dends. Henceforth, what is declared in this notice is to be received by the public as the uniform practice of the Bank, subject only to such variations as the fluctuations in the value of money may render expedient, and which may then become the subject of a similar notice. It may be safely stated, however, that the Directors are not sorry to have a decent pretext for getting rid of this arrangement, which always formed a species of anomaly in money matters, being, in effect, only doing by public notice that which they were understood to be at all times ready to do for parties whose credit rendered them competent for such accommodation. The notice is satisfactory, perhaps, in another point of view, as in dicating a still further separation of the Bank of Eng land from the Government. A dividend, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, was declared at the meeting of the Shareholders of the London Joint-Stock Bank held to-day. The report was highly favourable, the net balance divisable being 18,305/. 16s. ld. The guarantee fund now stands at 90,8561. Ss. Connected with the present mania for railways a great alteration has taken place in the aspect of the iron trade, and such is expected to be the demand, not only for home, but also for foreign and colonial, consumption, that prices are gradually advancing, and the principal ironmasters are sanguine as to the future. Nearly all the makers are said to be full of orders, and further con tracts are taken with much caution. SUN.—English Securities leave off a shade better than in the morning, though with no decided improvement. Consols have been 99/ to par ; Bank Stock was lower, 2101 ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. obtained 1031 to 104 ; and the Three per Cents. 1001 to 1. The Foreign Bonds have been very quiet ; Spanish Three per Cents. rallied a little, being 371 1; the Five per Cents. were not higher than 26i to 4 ; Portuguese Converted were 591; Colombian, 141; and Dutch Two and-a-Quarter per Cents. 63i The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these : —Birmingham and Gloucester were 10 ; Bristol and Exeter, ; Bristol and Gloucester, 13; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 ; Chester and Holy head, 1; Great North of England, 48 to 50 ; Great Western, 89; Ditto, Half, 49; Birmingham, Quarter, 26; Brighton, 1-k ; South-Western, 391; London and York, 14- to 1/ ; Midland, 27; Ditto, New, si; Newcastle and Berwick, 71; Richmond and West-end, 2i; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, -/ to 4; South-Eastern, 9i i; Ditto, New, 12 to 111; South Wales, 1; Trent Valley, 7; Great Northern of France, 11; Orleans and Vierzon, 9; Ditto and Bordeaux, 6 to /..; Paris and Lyons, 11; Paris and Orleans, 24/ 1 ; and Paris and Rouen, 21 premium. Eastern Counties have bean 8i i; and Greenwich, 11 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 71 premium. IMPORTATION OF SEED.—The Commissioners of Customs having had under their consideration the report of the practical officers on an application, requesting that Niger seed, Teel seed, and all other seeds not particularly described or enumerated in the tariff, commonly made use of for expressing oil therefrom, may be permitted to be landed at the first-class sufferance wharfs, orders have been issued that the seeds above-mentioned be added to the list of articles allowed to be landed at first-class sufferance wharfs as requested, of which the revenue officers at the several departments have had notice, for their information and government. LETTERS OF A GERMAN COUNTESS.—We are re quested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlbo rough-street, has this day published " Letters of a Ger man Countess, written (luring her Travels in Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Nubia, &c., in 1843-41," by Ida, Countess Hahn-Hahn, i❑ 3 vols. post Bvo., price 31s. 6d. bound, which can now be had of all Book sellers. Mr. Colbura has also just published the following new works :-2. Adventures of an Officer in the Service of Runjeet Singh, by Major Lawrence, Ben gal Artillery, 2 vols., with portraits, 21s. bound.-3. The Crescent and the Cross ; or, Romano, and Realities of Eastern Travel, by Eliot Warburton, Esq., 2 vols., with • illustrations, 255. bound.-4. Colonel Maxwell's Ad ven tures, 2 vols., with portraits, 21s. bound.-5. Revelations of Russia, by an English Resident, 2 vols., with illustra tions, 245. bound.-6. A Journey Overland from India across the Desert, by Major and Mrs. G. Darby Grif tith, 2 vols., with 25 illustrations, 21s. bound. IRELAND. CONCORDAT WITH THE POPE. LETTER FROM THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND TO ARCHBISHOP MURRAY. DUBLIN, JAN. 15.—The Dublin Evening Post con tains a most important communication from the Lord Lieutenant to Archbishop Murray, completely contradict ing the rumours as to a negotiation between the British Government and the Court of Rome for a concordat : " Mountjoy-square Jan. 15, 1845. "My dear Sir,—l h ave jus t h a d the honour of re ceiving from his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant an im portant communication, of which I beg to inclose a copy, in the hope that you will have the goodness to give it a place in your next publication. " I have the honour to be, my dear Sir, " Very faithfully yours, " F. W. Conway, Esq." " pq D. MURRAY. (Copo.) " Vice-regal Lodge, Jan. 15, 1845. " Lord Heytesbury presents his compliments to Arch bishop Murray, and begs to inform him that he has been instructed to give to him and to Archbishop Crolly the strongest assurances, on the part of the Government, that there has never existed the slightest intention of entering into any negotiation with the Papal See upon the subject of a concordat." THE BEQUESTS ACT—THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY. The Roman Catholic clergy of the diocese of Dublin held their annual conference yesterday. We have learned that no petition was brought forward respecting the repeal of the penal clauses in the Relief Bill against the regular clergy, nor was there any document sub mitted at the conference on the subject of the Charitable Bequests Acts, probably because differences of opinion prevailed regarding that measure. But, after the conference, a considerable number of the clergy held a separate meeting. at which a petition to Parliament was unanimously adopted, urging the total repeal of the Charitable Bequests Act, and the substi tution of Mr. O'Connell's Bill in its stead ; also praying that the clauses in the Emancipation Act affecting the regular clergy might be expunged. The petition was signed by upwards of fifty of the clergy of Archbishop Murray's diocese, including most of the parish priests of the city of Dublin. The petition is to be signed throughout the diocese. ARCHBISHOP MURRAY-LAY DECLARATION. A declaration of the laity of the diocese of Dublin; , similar to that of a portion of the clergy, addresteilLl43 Archbishop Murray, is in the course of signature.' , Viv- RESCRIPT FROM ROME. The Pilot of this evening contains the following letter from Dr. Cantwell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, to Mr. O'Connell : " Illustrious and beloved Liberator, —Your powerful and unanswerable expose of the anti-Catholic provisions of the insidious Bequests Act, published in the Pilot of Friday evening, increases immeasurably your claim to the confidence and gratitude of the Catholics of Ireland. Never did you pen a more useful or more necessary document. Among the many blessings which it cannot fail to accomplish, I indulge the strongest hope that it will determine those venerated prelates who, from the purest motives, accepted the commission, promptly to resign an office which connects them with the enemies of our faith in carrying into effect a law obviously levelled at the independence of that Church which triumphed over persecutions the most atrocious, and of which those very prelates have been the steady pillars and brightest ornaments. The virtues, the talents, and the abundant fruits of their zeal in the cause of religion, entitled those prelates to the respectful consideration of their countrymen: no prelates in the church of God were more justly endeared to their respective flocks ; none ppssessed in a higher degree the confidence and the affections of their brethren in the episcopacy. Would to God they may promptly adopt that course which, I am firmly persuaded, can alone secure the continuance of those great blessings 1 The resignation of an office, the ac ceptance of which already produced fruits of bitterness which every friend to religion must deeply deplore, can alone restore public confidence, heal the dissensions which have arisen among the clergy and laity, and re establish that unity of feeling and action among the pre lates which rendered the persecuted Church of Ireland the terror of the enemies of our holy faith, and the pride and admiration of the Catholic world. " On the public documents, having reference to the Catholic prelates, and to some of which you more than once alluded, I deem it right to offer a few remarks. The letter of his Eminence Cardinal Fransoni, addressed to his Grace the Primate, and published in the Evening Post of Saturday, was received at our last meeting with the sentiments so fully expressed in the resolution which was unanimously adopted. That all the prelates con curred in the resolution is quite certain ; that there existed a very material difference of opinion on the inter protati n of the letter is equally undeniable. Some Bir hops (they were only few in number) understood the letter as implying a prohibition to take any part in a public meeting, or to be present at a public dinner. The other prelates felt that they would not carry out the wishes of the Holy See by adopting or acting on any such interpretation. The prelates who interpreted the document in the latter sense, and, I think, they consti tute the majority, ground their interpretation on the terms expressly used in the communication itself. They are—" nimium adicti...minus prudenter..." Even these were applied only hypothetically—" Si relata subsiste rent...si its esset," &c. " The Cardinal evidently censures only violent and in temperate language in either priest or bishop, whether they address their flocks in the temples, or mix with their fellow-countrymen in banquets or public meetings. We inferred, and I think we were justified in the infer ence, that conduct and language at all times unbecoming our sacred characters, and not our presence on such le gitimate occasions, were the objects of this wise and salutary caution. We conceive that our duty of loyalty to our beloved Sovereign, priestly decorum, and a due regard to the best interests of religion, are not incom patible with the clergy taking a moderate and prudent part in meetings convened for the purpose of promoting the temporal and spiritual welfare of their flocks, or being present at banquets intended to mark the nation's gratitude to her best religious and civil benefactor. We conceive that by our presence on such occasions, and exhibiting in our persons the practice of that prudence and moderation so earnestly recommended, we will most effectually prevent the evils otherwise justly to be appre hended; while a becoming sympathy with their flocks, underohe overwhelming load of sufferings and grievances which oppress them, is calculated to win their confidence, to secure a willing observance of that patient forbear ance which it is the duty of their ministry to inculcate, and thereby promote the peace of the country and the salvation of those committed to their pastoral superin tendence. God forbid we should ever mingle in such scenes influenced by the unworthy motive of ministering to public discontent, or of seeking to obtain a vain and fleeting popularity. " In the present state of Ireland, with her people naked, houseless, and starving in the midst of plenty— where the very profession of Catholicity is an apology to justify exclusion from public offices of emolument, however humble, or from private employment, however laborious—where the laws are administered by men re markable for their hatred of the Catholic religion —were the Catholic clergy in such circumstances to withdraw the consolations of their sympathy, and to refuse co operating constitutionally in seeking a redress of such grievances, a suspicion of their integrity, a want of re spect and affection, and a total loss of influence, would be the deplorable but inevitable consequences. It is painful even for a moment to imagine the results, alike fatal to religion and the public tranquillity, which would soon follow. In the year 1839, when British calumny and misrepresentation extorted from the Propaganda the document referred to, I heard the ever-beloved Gregory bear rapturous testimony to the zeal of the Irish clergy, and to the religious fidelity of the Irish people. lie will never recommend or sanction a course which would lead to a calamity so disastrous. A Pontiff more attached to the Irish Church never sat in the chair of St. Peter. " The next document on which some reliance has been placed by the advocates of the Bequests Act, is the me morial of the bishops in 1840. I was a party to that memorial, but it was not the act of the episcopal body. It was'never formally submitted to the meeting—it never received the formal approval of the assembled prelates ; and hence it was never inserted in the registry of our proceedings. The object of the memorial was to direct the attention of the Government, through Lord Morpoth, to the wicked enactment which disgraced the Statute book, and was forwarded at a period when public opinion had not acquired sufficient influence to secure the fa vourable decisions vhich have lately been obtained in our courts of justice' Besides, we then relied that in any measure submitted-to Parliament on the subject, Ireland would not be deprived of the Parliamentary influence of her talented and ever faithful representative. We con fided in your knowledge of the faith and discipline of the Catholic Church, and felt convinced of your persevering and uncompromising opposition to any and every attempt to undermine the one, or to encroach upon the other. We certainly never dreamt of asking or giving our sanc tion to the present measure, on which we were never con sulted, and which was hurried through Parliament at the close of the last session. " The other document which has been paraded in the newspapers, to which you have more than once adverted, and to which the advocates of the Bill refer with a sort of triumph—l mean the resolutioa.adopted at the late meeting of the prelates—is the last which I shall notice. It is exhibited as expressing the unanimous voice of the Irish bishops, and is boasted of as an interpretative ap proval of the acceptance of the office of Commissioner by any prelate who might chance to be the object of Castle favour, and whose propensities did not recoil from the unenviable distinction. The resolution did not meet the approval of all the bishops, neither could it convey to any one of the Episcopal Commissioners the most distant notion that in accepting the office he did not oppose the views and wishes of many of his episcopal brethren. When the resolution was moved there were six of the protesting bishops absent, and a moment was not allowed to pass after it was seconded when it was denounced in the strongest manner by two of the bishops present. They solemnly declared before the assembled prelates, that in the event of any prelate ac cepting the odious office, they would never willingly_k9a, any communication with him in his capacity off missioner. The prelates were urged to this declaration . from the conviction that the exercise of their functions as Commissioners implied the invasion of canonical rights which it is unlawful for a bishop to cede, and which, it is to be hoped, no Catholic prelate will be found to usurp. In the hope of patting an end to what promised to be a warm and lengthened discussion, the following explanation was charitably suggested. It is my pl eas ing duty to announce that all the prelates favourable to the Act (including those who have since accepted office) promptly expressed their full and cordial concurrence. The explanation which is to be found ap pended to the resolution in the public records of our pro ceedings was to this effect That the resolution did not imply any approval of the Act, or directly or in directly restrict, in the slightest degree, any prelate from resorting to every constitutional and canonical means in his power to prevent its being brought operation.' operation.' Such was the condition under w n avoid the appearance of disagreement, the re . so . e ,,, i was permitted to pass. Why has it been withstin_fst The insinuations and affected triumph of some . „ T ot o . c b c e i r a s e tio the idea that its suppression was not entirely " Would to God that the prelates in their deli , nte , on this important question, involving the dearest ' lell i° rests of our religion and our country, had beeis o _ do the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and relieved fr to ~, obtrusive intermeddlings of one whose readineesult°_'s commend himself to the favour of anti-Catholic. . to power, by assisting to enslave the Church of whscnn a professing member, is no longer a subject of dote's'os the Catholics of Ireland. The Church would n,14 have to mourn over our dissensions. The blow by her artful and designing e nemies would ney, ~010 reached the intended victim. Her pastors we nn' ' s ad s a t n r d uc s k ea d tte ow r n ed , .nor s. t o he l sTtrhenegbthisohfophse, r;hrigldyn,eannddioerlll'plii: would be united. The Irish Church would still c ii, t he an impregnable fortress, despising the assaultsse: s 4 enemy—the consolation of every Irish Catholic, e, exhibiting a spectacle commanding the resPee_ture admiration of the Catholic world.—l have the hoeu ss ge remain, illustrious and beloved Liberator, your eT'' voted and most faithful serv an',AJ t "Daniel O'Connell, Esq " . MR. O'CO M.P., NNELL. ear ft° The Kilkenny Examiner says :—"lt wil l apP, 0 tl,O 0 HaN.,, CANTIOI" c the following letter of Mr. O'Connell, addressecLo Secretary of the Church-street Temperance Itee el if ili ls l larney, that the Hon. and Learned Gentlensin;henor present at a temperance festival to be given by t oe° hers, on Thursday next, on his way from Doll Dublin : „„.., , 119.„ " ' Darrynane Abbey, Jen tl— e lod "' My dear Sir,—l intend leaving this Plne,, e he CI the week, but as I am to have some delay !lc' su ssdoo 4 l side I shall not be able to reach Killarney 01'00 the 16th instant—quite in time for your Wt, ' festival, which it will give me great pleasure W honour to attend.—Your obedient servant, ~,4 1, 01 ) " DANIEL O'C u. " " ' Mr. Michael Sheehy, Killarney.' " A O sai' REPRESENTATION OF TIPPER e , n In compliance with the requisition of I r d i o C 074 representative, Mr. Maher, a meeting was he' a po o r on Monday, for the purpose of selecting a 6t o il e the 0 10' -person to represent Tipperary, in the rooto, psi ; lamented Hon. Otway Cave. At one o'cloci ii isedi Maher, Esq., M.P., took the chair, briefly e 1,4 be si objects of the meeting, and read a letter, 1 0 : n iq o,i ' received from the Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, in r,i'poe'L: call that had been made upon him to perste t ;terer be put in nomination as a fit and proper per s e . _,,,, t fal sent Tipperary in Parliament. is dtertiOf This letter was received with every mans - f st J O, feeling, whilst all present expressed a deep , ,e tos Mr. Hutchinson was compelled by the neenkl / ,, Al e health to relinquish a post of honour for n''',l, o " 9 0 0 doubted political integrity, and his great intessis°o quirements, pre-eminently fitted him. Are ' ; bi le t proposed by Archdeacon Laffan, and second s, limn O'Donnell, Esq., of the Cotta g e, to the e el Richard Albert Fitzgerald, Esq., ex-J.Fie I '2l riv house, Youghal, should be requested to pe'l - proi t o f/ to be put in nomination as the choice of TiPP e resolution was carried. The meeting then se Tipperary Vindicator. „ A r SIGHT AND HEARING.-39, Albemarle - str eetr /S dilly. Newly invented spectacles, t e lescoP e :o l :; glasses. microscopes, &c. Patronised by Gen Si t , Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd, Frederi ck Clayton, Galway', Grosvenor, Morrison, D, 14 fIA son, and Mackenzie ; Major-Generals Sir villefili stone, I'. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, el la s asei Lieut.-Generals Sir Henry Boeverie, Sir J. - A r,Ai Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, Lord John Ilei,' 7 f , Sir George Cockburn, Sir George 3,11.0 1 $1 , ) Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir Ps 4 py Ross. By the use of these newly-invente n " I , imperfect vision becomes preserved and st re s 4t r ill and very aged persons are enabled to emploioli d i at the most minute occupation, and can se e ,00 i lenses of a much less magnifying power, 11° I ; e ir A i require the frequent changes to further e se es,:i newly-invented achromatic waistcoat-pock et of and opera glasses. Every kind of telescope , size with increasing powers, for shooting, s eth Ail and, upon stands, for astronomical purposesvi same celebrated lenses, the powers are so gr is e .:ol,, lenses so bright and brilliant, that minute eu l sr , extraordinary distance are brought consplet e %o o / eye. Sportsmen, tourists, and sea-side / A l ' os ls) & have a great treat. Their invisibl e v oice 1 .. . 1 ' 0 0s immediate relief to old standing extreme e'''' se e ness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solonso es b •.i and aurists, are not in any way connected wi lit t Isl' of the same name in their immediate neighb e ss i s o 9 in any part of the country. To prevent epiii cautious and observe, only to be had at 39, e i street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel- il A Paris paper states that their press h i t; , t lll ,l within the last year as many as 6,377 w orks . ,A I , and living languages, 1,388 prints and eng,'" ei , Of Musical works, 54 maps and charts; whilst "" 5 4,1" newspapers struck off amounted in number to 1 tO l i It affords us sincere pleasure in having 1 :6 0 power to inform such of our' reader.; ty1,,, f(0 1 i ./ interest in the two children of the murd er Sarah Hart, that a lady, well known in the , '2 world for her beauty and amiable disposittlirj was in the neighbourhood of S a lt-hill at, t'' s li kindly come forward and intends befriendiegi claimed by some relative or friends. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—COUGHS, COLDS , CA AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH, RADICALLY 3 Il ij i HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—For some time pas t isi i known that hundreds of the most distress coo / Asthma, of many years' standing, have bee li n tli cured by Holloway's Pills. There is alseAtsitsi that they are a sovereign remedy, when n oi s / wheezing or shortness of the breath, e ven Jo 0 ; years' standing ' • and as to coughs and ee „ t s f e bad they may be. it need o n ly b e the g r v e ss c V days to get entirely rid o? th e m, by the ni, s , o ft astonishing medicine. &Ad ( a l so H o lloWkW at Professor Holloway's Establishment , I ,, i fil (where advice may b e h a d gra ti s ), and 7Se , respectable medi c i ne ven d ors th roug hout ' i world. 10 t re MR. BARON G URNEY .—W e regret -°., Mr. Baron Gurney is labouring under• Se ce ,d4/ tion, which prevents his Lordship ta tel. s ti / s judicial duties. The Learned Baron a t preye,2 at Brighton. The last accounts were fav eli 'll NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO OFFICERS °l lo ski4 —On Monday forenoon, about eleven e' v 'e a t ° I , ' nants Johnston and Turner, of the 87th L i ' s - 14 1 P.,4 l i in the Castle here, were driving down t"" pc , f in a gig, when, on their reaching 11 ajei ) site the High Church, the horse e h u re f l ti fright, and, by its violent motions, t l i s .111 r t V . gentlemen out upon the :street, a' s t ay s ; stant starting off at a tremendous rate rd r After proceeding for about one hunn r fe e iy animal turned on to the pavement, 10 7 D . ,,f 1 ;/ tinned its frightful rate of speed, Wi t t ' es T s j : lently in contact with the north- wa s " s a-lf;; Tron Church. The horse, which we e k , se 4 on this taking place, was found to wi g - 4 1 i,, s jured by the concussion, and the g iat a sff i maged, whilst about six feet o f ow or re , surrounds the building was broken an d in / 1 c i d is gratifying to state that very little %se, , tamed by either of the officers, which no ne ) r ir i somewhat surprising under the very t ",., C/ stances in which they were placed.—Sc ° o f tr LBAGUE BAZAAR.—At a meetingo9; of the Paisley Free-trade Association , • 14 ,, e 010 is was unanimously resolved that a table sy li al e, ,,r, for on the part of Paisley, at the grea t ,of o f/ for the exhibition and sale of specinset, o, h e s ly manufactures of the place. It was e'' t e 1 ' z, agreed that a meeting of the subscrthernsd tk ia g i 9i tion, and of all friendly to free trade e'',.lio„ l r to f the corn-laws, should be held on an ea " t le2 purpose of electing office-bearers for o°, r taking the necessary steps for getting y r / 0 / bazaar.—G/aseew Aryns. ,-- . c 1 BIRTHS. e Ai ' On the 13th inst., at North Collingb -di' o jo i'• Woolley, jun. of a son. d l On the 14th inst., at Pull Court, Worce s a te 00 11 T / of William Dowdeswell, Es M. P, of t i 8 ,5.. 0 0 On the 14th inst., at Upper ci' Clap•ton, .0" -- _1(0 of a daughter. ft . / A O On the 15th inst ;at Liverpool, the lady ° F / A Esq., of a son. • On the 16th inst., Mrs. Colley, of Ben Cl‘ o' ll' 4 l' gent's- park, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Stratford-gree n ' LT.'S' Dean Mfg ~d, 1 , : , ley, of a son. On the 16th inst., Mrs. Charles ,/ Corne r, De ° ii, wark, of a daughter. ~ 5 ti fr ;1 MARRIED. _O, ba d' to hi , On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Fu"" l 7., ll hir e 's,ol o ' 04 Umbers, Esq., of Wappenbury, WarWicrkolwooO t o V fourth daughter of John Purvis, Esg , se ° s % J s o ti h rr ° ' e4, i, o lt.b ° , On the 14th inst., at Shenfield, Bargman, of Grange-road, Bermondse3loBo4' 0 Ann, daughter of Mr. David Frederick , E'`" 0 0 ' $` , We of place. ee —f , On the 14th inst., at Devizes, Mr. G,e °l ,R' a rd, di to Ann, third daughter of the late R. ( . 1°- h , ,V o t d way, W ilts. (tar 41 t 1 11?' On the 14th inst., at St. Andreves;'; 110i ° 8 1 1 ' upon-Tyne, Major Wright, Cornmalw' 0 0 po` northern district, and Commandant of th e r o f d i rison, to Mary Arntytage, eldest daughl n cl• Hawdon, Esq., of Morpeth, Northumber 3 fof 4i lie' DIED. On the 13th inst., at St. Petershtlfg„ile4't..elle'" Martha Agnes, the wife of Mr. B r own, ki ll, 13 , i Di.ir ° f i Oonn the 610ththitirisist?,ati\Siorullieanturyp.q:vn, '" -r o f '-'- t'' pi a, ace' / wick-square , aged • ,a,sv On the 13th a g in e s d t. B , 4 3:lrs. Mary fo J ° ' O O' se, '.95 r . ,,,,,,Qn the 13th inst., at Durrington 110 u for' ' ) 1 7'.'f I Glyn, relict of Colonel Glyn. , i .„ d fora , o` I. Itt4 the 14th inst., at Ivy House, i''' °() , 1 60. 0, ) 11 - .Jat - w, with of Edward Forster, EDsqa.El:seaj'i(;(l:ll:4, JiLlii L,lon. the 15th inst , lt Knight's Whyte, daughter o•fJ•ohn Whyte, On the 15th inst., Richard Pinfold '-' 13 ' e f ile i . side, aged 74. I/ t ik''' 3- ~ e't, J . On the 15th inst., at. Sand ate, ..en,',.e, , ft' y t , of Ralph T. Brockman, Esq., of that P'l4-rforu,oftk On the 15th inst., at Friday -hill, C h v e ct° r . 4 cl, , lotte. wife of the Rev. R. 13. fleet hcott ' o ld t' OP ~ Pi' On the 16th inst., at the Th ree COO-, , f3 gt dlesex, Mr. On the 16th Richard inst., ,atArche Upper - t erilie f e• scl• ~ ,l l'' ' Louisa, youngest daughter of 'l'. Dlann.,_ ,_:; i ,v : ,, ----------•---11115119..fit'lif" London: Printed and .1' ablished lq , ~„ , i i 3 t , No. 112. Strand, Prater, at Pe , %, 01 ....0, 0., I Strand, in the Premcct (:. Lt , ' - ' i b4s, Middleaex, Friday, Jan uarS Ilt "