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BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. Bstuaaar,a, JAN. 25.—The examination of the budgets, by the section of the Chamber of Representatives, is ter minated. The central section has already begun to ex amine them. The efforts of the ,Minister of Justice to limit his budget to what is absolutely necessary, are generally praised. It seems at present, that the King's Civil List is to be fixed at 1,200,000 florins. Our ambassador at Lon don wilt cost us 25,000 florins; our ambosade at Paris, 18,000 ; and we shall have, besides, several Charges d'Af faires, at 10,000 florins each. The 31st of January is at hand ; and there is reason to believe that the ratification of the treaty containing the twenty-four articles will not be exchanged by that time. We cannot guess to what new date this exchange will be deferred ; but without believing that a general war will necessarily result from these new delays, we have grounds for thinking that they render a contest between Holland and Belgium more probable than ever.—(The article pro ceeds to argue that it is much more likely that King should in the spring take the chance of attacking B-Igiurn than maintain a large army unemployed at a vast I xpense, the means of doing which may in the sequel be refused him.) Among the important docnments commu nicated to the Chamber of Representatives by M. de Meu lenaere, rekvive to the negociations, is the following, by which the Belgian Government announced to the Confer ence its assent to the last treaty. _ _ "Foreign-office. Nov. 12. APPENDIX D TO THE 52D PROTOCOL. The undersigned Plenipotenti4ry of his Majesty the King of the Be!glans has the honour to inform their Ex cellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts, that his Majesty has been invested with all necessary powers to sign and conclude the treaty, in 24 articles, imposed on Bel gium by the Conferences of London. The undersigned, in transmitting to their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Courts, the assent of his Majesty the King of the Belgians to the 24. articles in question, will add that he has received from the King the most positive orders to express to the Conference, that his Majesty considers it his duty to declare in the most formal manner, that his Majesty had reason to expect much more favourable terms; and, secondly, these conditions of se paration would never have obtained his assent if the Con ference had not announced that they were final and irre vocable, and that the five Powers were unanimously agreed to bring about themselves the full and entire acceptance of them, and to use all the means in their power to obtain the assent of Belgium. His Majesty, desiring to spare his people all the disasters which a forced execu tion of those 24 articles would occasion, and unwilling to expose Europe to a general war, yields to the im perious dictates of necessity, and assents to the hard and burdensome conditions which are imposed on Belgium by the London Conference. Nothing short of those consi derations, nothing less than a force which nothing can re sist. could have induced his Majesty to abandon the gene rous population of certain districts, who hailed his acces sion as their deliverance and support,—who, for fifteen months, have endured all privations, and shown the most devoted zeal to support a cause and a state, of which cruel necessity obliges them no longer to form a part. His Ma emy has sacrificed his affections, and his snost incontes table rights, to the general peace and the happiness of the Belgian people. The undersigned requests, &c., SYLVAN V. DE WEYER. Courrier Beige. JAN. 26.—Yesoerday evening the Government de spatched a courier to M. Van de Weyer. It is believed that the Govprnrnent has resolved to intervene in the ques tion of the fortresses, to get it decided as the French Cabinet demi! es. JAN. 27.—1 t is affirmed that at the last levee the King assured several persons that there never had been so little idea of modifying the trea'y of November. Our Ministers st 11 seem to believe that the ratification will be exchanged by the :31st. GHENT, JAN. 26.—The trial of M. Steven, editor of the Messager de Good, before the Council of War, came on yesterday in the town-hall. The proceedings were public, but a company of gre nadiers was i❑ the town-hall, and guarded the doors. M. Steven's Counsel objected to the Court as incompetent, and required that their client should he tried by a jury. Ti e Court overruled this objection. The defence occu pied three hours. The Court, after considering one hour, sentenced M. Steven to a year's imprisonment and pay ment of the costs. M. Steven declared that he would appeal to tl e Court of Caseation. The people seemed greatly exasperated against him, and followed him with vociferation* when lie left the Court. It appeared from the proceedings that the principal articles of the 3fessager were writen by M Ch. Fromont, formerly editor of the Sentinel, and M. Michel de Brealmont, formerly editor of the Gazette des Pays Bas. The chief cause of the condemnation seems to have been the address of Colonel Cleerens to the Belgian sol diets, inviting them to desert. This was considered a military offence, and this is the reason of its being tried by a Court-martial. The liberty of the press is no longer restricted at Ghent, and the Messager appears again under the name of M. Stevee. The Chamber of Representatives ba• been engaged in a long debate on a proposal of Messrs. Seron and R.bauix for a system of public instruction. It has been rejected by 54 •otes to 23. The Prussian State Gazette of the 22d has accounts from Warsaw of the 17th, which state, according to news from Lemberg, the subalterns and privates of the corps of Rotnarino, Rosycki, &c., who took refuge in Gallicia, had left it to return home en hearing of the amnesty ; those of the corps of Dwernicki have also left Hermanetadt to return home.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 29. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 27.—Mustapha Pacha, of Scutari, arrived here with his two sons on the 23d ; and persons of rank were sent to receive him, which is a proof of his full pardon. The Porte seems to have no doubt of the design of the Pacha of Egypt to make him self independent, but instead of purchasing peace by so great a sacrifice, it is snaking extraordinary exertions to tarry on war with him. But Nlaliomed will probably be suss er of Syria before a Turkish army is ready to check him. There is a report that St. Jean d'Acre is taken, but there is no official news of it. This report gives rise to il. conjecture, that Alxlallab Pacha, who has long been sus pected of a secret understanding with the Pacha of Egypt, has also made a show of defence. Similar trea chery is apprehended at Damascus, should Ibrahim Pacha reach that rebellious city before it has received a strong garrison. VIENNA, JAN. IG.—Five per Cent., 854 ; Four per cent., 74-1 ; Bank Shares, 1107.—A/igen:eine Zei€uug. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JaN. 27.—At a Congregation on Monday I :eat the following Degrees were conferred :- 31asTztt OF ARTS.—John Hammill, Trinity College. BACHELOR OF ARTS. — Frederick Tennyson, Trinity College ; Charles Tennyson. Trinity College ; John Henry Buxton, Queen's College; James Grant, Queen's College; James Hough, Queen's College, On Friday last the Rev. William Langstaff Weddell, B.A. of Catherine Hall, was instituted to the rectory of Chillisford, Suffolk, on the presentation of Mrs. Catherine Susanna Smear, of Orford. On Saturday hat the Marquis of Granby, son of the Dnke of Rutlan,l, was admitted of Trinity College. Chalks Lesingbain Smith, Esq , 8.A., Fellow of Christ College, on Ilse foundation of Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas Baines, was on Tuesday hat elected a Fellow of the lame Society, on the foundation of King Edward the Sixth. William Wigan Harvey and John Hibbert, Scholars of King's College, were lately elected Fellows of that society. The Rev. W. B. Rennel, Fellow of King's College, has been presented to the Ministry of the new church at Paddington. The Rev. Dr. Wellesley has vacated the vicarage of Chelsea, which is now divided into two parishes, Upper and Lower Chelsea ; and Lord Cadogan has appointed the Rev. H. Blunt, late Fellow of Pembroke College, Vicar of Upper Chelsea. Oa Tuesday last the Rev. W. E. Chapman, M.A., Mini ster of Edenham, and Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Willoughby de Eresby, was instituted by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln to the rectory of Somerhy, near Grantham, on the presentation of the abovementiohetl nobleman. THE NEW ASSOCIATION FOR THE RE; LIEF OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES.—(From a Corre- opondent.)--We are informed that this association is laying a solid foundation for success in its ulterior object.. It has been determined by the Directors and Conamittee of Management, to lease the premises for a term of years, in the first instance, and-e*,soon as the funds will admit, to purchase them. Thecrotiatiop,s and subscriptions already amount to upwards of 800 "with the promise of other 4) ... la tie sums as the goo d wor rogresses. The object of the association beilltto'gr fairly with the causes of the evils which aftlickeni*VO- ' order to remove them not only'for the resent,‘W.ilimanently, we, with all who wish well fo exery at.pt to improve the sad condition into ll VA the I;C e ire'llsses have fallen, can not but desire that a fair trial of the measures proposed by the as suciatiou should be made.— Tuner. TITHES-A CLERGYMAN STONED TO DEATH. From the Dubltn Freeman's Journal of Saturday.) By accounts received in town yesterday from Tipperary, is appears that the Very Rev. Archdeacon Whitty was stoned to death on Wednesday last in the vicinity of his residence. The cause of this melancholy catastrophe we have heard from a very respectable gentleman. It seems that the Archdeacon and his parishioners have been for some considerable time at variance about a composition of tithes. The former not choosing to come into the terms of the parishioners, a meeting of" hurlers" was about a month ago to have taken place for the purpose of coercing the Archdeacon to accept of their proposal—a fair one we are told. The stipendary magistrate attended on the day of meeting—and, a large multitude having been present, he read the riot act. Some of the peasantry retired : others refused to dis perse, and about forty of the latter were arrested, sent to Bride well, and thence fully committed to Clonmel gaol to abide their trial at the ensuing assizes on a capital charge. These are the cir cumstances which, it is supposed, led to the perpetration of the frightful and detestable crime we have mentioned. While we denounce as the worst enemies of the prosperity of Ireland, the perpetrators of these crimes, are not there other persons deserving of censure ? Treating the peasantry as serfs often goads them into fierce resistance ; and the Legis lature and the Ministry who, in contempt of public opinion—in contempt of facts and in the teeth of discretion, disregard the universal complaint of a nation, are much to be blamed for the crimes which an infuriate and unenlightened populace, driven by poverty and taxation into madness, may commit. If, instead of appointing a High Church Committee, the Ministry had framed a fair and liberal one—if, instead of talking about the intactability of church property, Mr. Stanley had spoken com mon sense, and admitted the right of Parliament to interfere, and the necessity for such interference ; if these things had hap_ pened, we verily believe that there would have been an end of the " Hurlers" in the south of Ireland. There is a third party upon whose heads no small portion of the guilt lien. The Orange faction in this country—and their organs in England and Ireland—the Standard and the Mail— have not only been traducing the leaders of the people—calum niating the peasantry, and flagitiously maligning their religion —but actually bullying this country into a payment of tithe. War has been their cry for the last six years—and the heart rending consequence we daily witness. The Farnhams and Rodens, and Mandevilles call for the fray—and having flung down the gauntlet in a moment of rabid rage—having called the Irish people cowards, and threatened to exterminate them, we should not be in the least surprised if these valiant orators were now to turn round and call the Government to task for those excesses their own fatuity and malignity provoked. That the Government are blameable we admit; but their fault con sists in having too much consulted the temporal interests of the Established Clergy, and too much neglected those of the people. BIRMINGHAM. IMPORTANT VESTRY MEETING.—ST. PETER'S CHURCH. (Abridged from the Birmingham Journal.) On Wednesday last a vestry meeting was held in the parish church of St. Martin's, for the purpose of " taking into consi_ deration what steps should be adopted to repair and restore St. Peter's church, which was destroyed by fire on the '24th of Ja nuary last year ; to make and grant a rate for that purpose ; and also to consider whether application should be made to the Commissioners, under the Act of sth George IV., chap. 36, for a loan for such sum of money, in Exchequer Bills, for the pur pose of repairing and restoring the said church." The Rev. Thomas Moseley, the rector, according to custom, took the chair. The CHA IRMA N, after reading the advertisement by which the parishioners were called together, said he hoped those gen. tlemen who addressed the meeting would strictly confine them. selves to the specific object for which they were assembled. If this recommendation were not attended to, he feared that they might diverge into angry discussions, profitable to no one, and unpleasant to all.—(Hear, hear.) They were met, not to dis. cuss whether the laws of the country were equitable and just, but how they could best conform with their requirements.— ;Laughter, accompanied with disapprobation.) He had to re quest that the proceedings might be conducted with order and decorum—a request which he had invariably preferred on former occasions, but which had, he was sorry to say, been as inva riably disregarded. The Rev. Gentleman concluded by calling upon the vestry.clerk to read the report of the churchwardens anti audit committee. Mr. ARNOLD proceeded to read a report of the senior. churchwarden, recommending that "a rate of Is. 3d. in the pound be made by the churchwardens, to be applied by them in repairing and restoring the church, according to the drawings and specifications by which it was built, and that they be fur ther empowered, if possible, to obtain the proposed loan of 3,500/. from the Board for lending Exchequer Bills, upon the terms mentioned by their secretary ; and, if obtained, that the churchwardens and overseers be authorized to give the securi ties required." Mr. NEWTON (churchwarden of St. Philip's) moved the report now read be received, and a rate of Is. 3d. granted by the parishioners. Mr. BENSON 'churchwarden of St. Peter's) seconded the motion.—(Great clamour.) W. WILLS, Esq., Low Bailiff, suggested to the Chairman, that the motion was irregular in point of form, and ought to be divided into two resolutions. The first being, that the meeting do receive the report, and the second, relative to the granting of tile rate. Mr. EDMONDS observed, that in the report itself there was a passage, which, if received by the meeting, would completely acknowledge the principle which he was prepared to dispute, and upon which he founded his objection to the rate.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said there was no objection to the reso lution proposed being divided into two distinct propositions. Some observations were then made about the production of papers. Mr. EDMONDS considered that the papers produced, and with which the parishioners were unacquainted, were so volumi nous, the law of the churchwardens as stated in the report so questionable, and if good, the expediency of acting upon it so doubtful, that he thought the rate-payers ought to appoint a committee of their own, by whom the case ought to be rigidly examined before they consented to the recommendation con tained in the report just read.—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. E. could not but regret that the Rev. Gentleman in the chair should have excited a disrespectful laugh from his auditors, not consistent with the character of the gentleman against whom it was directed, and which ought of itself to have protected the Rev. Chairman from such an indignity. The only excuse he could make for those by whom the insult was committed, was the outrageous doctrine propounded by the Bay. Gentleman-- that the people of England had nothing to do with the laws but to obey them. The CHAIRMAN—I never said anything of the kind. I only stated that we were not assembled to discuss the equity or justice of the laws. I never said anything about obeying or disobeying them. Mr. EDMONDS—WeII, that is the same in substance, but with a different fiourish._(Laughter.) It was alleged that 6,0001. were required for the repairs of St. Peter's Church ; but inasmuch as any equitable principle upon which this claim could be substantiated was not shown, he was sure the rate-payers would not be reconciled to the imposition by the ingenious mode of raising the money suggested by Mr. Eyre Lee. That gentleman proposed to borrow the 6,0001. in Exchequer Bills, under the sth George IV., to be repaid with interest, by the parish, at the rate of 10 per cent. Now, in his (Mr. E.'s) opinion, go far from the amount being a mere trifle, because discharged by such trifling instalments—so far from the loan lessening, it materially augmented the evil—(Cheers.) He could not help remarking that as yet they had no legal proof that the church was in the possession of the parish. Who purchased the land ? The Parliamentary Commissioners. Who erected the church ? The Commissioners. By whom were the architects and con. tractors engaged ? The Commissioners. The churchwardens were therefore bound to show that the church had been re leased from the management and controul of the Commissioners, and was now in the legal possession of the parish. Sir James Scarlett told them, that if the building was totally destroyed, the parish was not liable to the expences of its re-erection. In his (Mr. Edmonds's) opinion, the injury done amounted to a total destruction, and it could never be said that the work re quired for its re-erection was merely what was understood in law as mere repairs of the edifice. Was it not an abominable principle which sanctioned the taking money from the pocket of one man to pay for the benefits—whether temporal or spiritual —of another ?—Would the church of England sanction a prin ciple involving so gross a violation of morality ?—(Cheers.) He would ask another question. What would the answer and conduct of a churchman be, if, under similar circumstances, a Dissenter was to say to him, pray will you have the goodness to pay for the re-erection of our meeting-house ? The Rev. S. F. MORGAN—We would pay for it, were it established. —(Laughter, intermingled with cries of " Oh, oh :") Mr. EDISIONDS--Aye, if " established."—(Cheers.) But he would take the gentleman's expressions as meant, viz., if the law of the country required him to pay. But because it was law, was it necessarily moral, equitable, or just ? It was law once to burn the martyr ; it was law now to take money from a man's pocket, and apply it for the benefit of others. Both were wrong--the only difference being in degree. A still stronger reason for inducing him (Mr. E.) to take the course he was now advocating, was the thorough conviction that the efficient pro mulgation of religion was retarded by the compulsory exaction of money for the support of church establishments. The most loggerheaded farmer that ever went to church could never enter its portals without having his mind distracted with the iniquitous tithe system by which the establishment was supported, and he plundered.—(Cheers.) It was the base connection of the Church of England with politics, and its still baser connection with pecuniary interests, which injured the efficiency of its ministry. The prophecy of a Reverend and clear relative of the Rev. Gentleman, by whom he had been recently interrupted, was already accomplished. • When speaking upon this subject some years ago, the Rev. Gentleman said, " We shall shortly have an Episcopal establishment and a dissenting population." He (Mr. E.) was an admirer of the doctrines of the Established Church, and it was for this reason that he wished to see it freed from those impurities now its most prominent characteristics. If the proposed rate were put in force, he (Mr. E.) would turn Quaker. —(Loud cheers.) He would not indeed put on the broad brim, nor the bacon coat ; he would stiffer himself to be plundered— not be a party to the robbery.—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. E.) was not opposed to the repair of the church, but on the other hand, should be happy to see it restored to its perfect state ' • but he would never sanction the principle that one body of Christians was legally bound to support the establishment of another. Mr. Edmonds concluded, amidst loud cheers, by pro posing the following amendment That it is highly unjust that persons who are not Members of the Church of England, and who are Dissenters from it, should be compelled to contribute towards the support of the Churches and institutions belonging to that Establishment. That a Committee be appointed to investigate the circumstances under which Saint Peter's Church was built--to inquire into the legal liability of the architects and builderu—to ascertain the liabi- lity of the inhabitants to repair and restore the said Church ; and that such Committee do report to a Special Vestry to be called and advertised for that purpose."—(Cheers.) Mr. WILLS seconded the amendment. The Rev. S. F. MORGAN presented himself to the meeting, but was received with considerable disapprobation. His rea son for supporting the exaction of rates was, because it was done under the authority of a positive law. He knew it would be immediately asked, upon what grounds was such an unjust law enacted ? This was, doubtless, a very plausible inquiry, for on the first blush of the question, it appeared unreasonable that one body of Christians should be supported by the peen niary means of another.. In answer, he begged to reply, that if he could find a more efficient mode of communicating ge neral religious instruction to the whole population of the country, he would abandon his advocacy of an establishment, and adopt such a plan. His belief, however, was, that if the establishment was abandoned, a very large portion of the in habitants of the kingdom would be entirely without religious instruction.---(Hisses, and cries of " No, on.") Mr. JOSEPH PARKES came forward and was loudly cheered. The Rev. Gentleman, Mr. Morgan, required no re ply, for his speech was altogether one of the blessings of a Hierarchy, with which the present meeting had no concern. The Rev. Gentleman assumed the fallacy, that whatever was established by law was good and holy, and ought to be obeyed. This egregious position would make the Rev. Gentleman's re ligion depend on the accident of his country. In Druidical times, Mr. Morgan would have been a Druid; in Turkey, he would be a Mussulman ; in Hindostan, a fire-worshipper ; in Otaheite, a wooden god-idolator.—(Laughter.) In the days of the English martyrs, he would have justified the burnings in Smithfield.—(No, no, from Mr. Morgan and some of the Churchwardens.) Yes, yes, Mr. Parkes repeated, he hoped lie should not be considered to impute those principles to the Rev. Gentleman, but the Rev. Gentleman, by his fallacies, imputed them unjustly against himself. The Rev. Gentleman, in his speech, professed great respect for their liberty of conscience; he wished the Rev. Gentleman would exhibit the same degree of respect for the pockets as for the consciences of the rate payers.—(Loud cheers.) On the question before them, the facts were, that ecclesiastical law, the ancient Statute law, and common law, did not impose these church-building bur_ thens on the people ; but certain late Acts of Parliament, called the " Church Commission Acts," appropriated a mil lion sterling of the national money to the erection of new churches. One of that late batch of statutes burthened parishes with the cost of keeping such new churches in repair. St. Peter's Church, built by the London Board of Commissioners, was destroyed by fire. No public inquiry had been instituted— no liability of architects or contractors had been yet ascertained-- , no investigation of the necessity or cost of re.erection had been made by the rate-payers at large. Was it decent to commit the parish to a rate under such circumstances ?—(Loud cries of " No.") Was it just, was it creditable, was it politic to force those not belonging to the Establishment to contribute to the cost and maintenance of a Church from which, on principle, and under laws of liberty of conscience, they dissented ? He called upon Mr. Moseley, the Rector, to declare whether the harsh enforcement of such a supposed law would ultimately advance the interest of the Church of England ?—(Cheers.) But he (Mr. Parkes) denied their liability under the law ; to say the least, it was doubtful ; whatever it might be, it ought to be in these times resisted. He had obtained, on Thursday, a copy of the case submitted by Mr. Whatley and Mr. Arnold for the opi nion of Sir James Scarlett : he paid for it 2/. 15s. He did not im pute to those legal gentlemen any intentional unfair statement in that case, but he contended that some representations were erroneous ; thus the case stated the church was " nearly de stroyed." The notice convening the present meeting declared it to be " destroyed." Now this was a material question, as Sir James Scarlett, in a marginal note on the case, very perti nently observed, that " it is impossible to repair what did not exist."--(Loud and continued cheers.) He boldly declared he would do all in his power to defeat a law so abhorrent to the spirit of the times. He held in his hand a letter from a well-known and public-spirited friend of the liberties of the country—a Yorkshireman. He stated, that at Leeds, the people never would sanction the exactions for these new churches, sought to be levied indiscriminately on Churchmen and Dis. senters ; that they had always and successfully defied all legal threats to enforce them. He wrote further, that at Sheffield the rate-payers met annually, and after a few minutes adjourned for 365 days : that a member of the Society of Friends, a Quaker, the customary Chairman of these Movement Parish Meetings, was lately dead, but that doubtless other friends would be found this year to take his place.—(Loud cheers and laughter, and cries of " We will adjourn.") Two hundred pounds in that enlightened town now defrayed the church ex penditure, which was formerly 2,000/. ; and that which its libe ral inhabitants refused to do by legal extortion, they did mu nificently by public subscription.--(Loud cheers.) Mr. Parkes then declared that he should support the amendment, and oppose the resolution for the rate.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. WHATELEY, solicitor to the churchwardens, next presented himself. They were told by the opponents of the rate, that the destruction of the church amounted to an entire demolition, and that under such circumstances the parish were not liable for its re-erection. What, could a building be said to be totally destroyed when the four walls and even the tower were still remaining, and when the cost of its repair would only amount to half the expence of its first erection ?—(1-tear, hear.) He (Mr. VJ.') had nothing to conceal, and, therefore, he might further state, that Sir James Scarlett and Mr. Pollock add, that ' if the parish refuse to repair, the Court of King's Bench can, and will, by Mandamus, compel the churchwardens to make a rate necessary for the purpose.—(Loud hissing and yelling.) Mr. PRA KES would merely remark, in reply to Mr. Whate. ley's statement that he (Mr. Parkes) hail approved the case, that he had distinctly said the negative. Particularly he had remonstrated against that part of the case which stated that the church had been fitted up. Now, if that meant that the church was pewed, it was incorrect ; the church was delivered up com pletely and gratuitously to the parishioners. On examining the vestry book, he contended the following items certainly were not fairly to be considered fittings : Communion Plate £los 4 0 New Bell Beilby and Knott, Bibles, &c. Smallwood, Communion-table Curate's Garments Communion Linen Clerk's Gown 8 0 0 Mops, Mats, and Brooms King's Arms l2 12 6 [During the reading of these items there were repeated roars of laughter, apparently at the sums, and the last item especially was received with the same expression of merriment.] Mr. SCHOLEFIELD declared his determination to sup port the amendment brought forward by Mr. Edmonds ; and he hoped to God, churchman as he was, that he should yet live to see the day when the Church of England would depend upon its own members for support.—(Cheers.) Mr. RUSSELL would never consent to borrow money from the national purse for the purpose of re.erecting a church. Mr. MUNTZ declared that if the rate was declared legal, he for one would not pay it, though he would subscribe to the amount of his levy.—(Cheers.) Mr. EYRE LEE protested against the doctrine laid down by the Rev. Gentleman (Mr. Morgan) that the country were chiefly indebted to the Church for the instruction of the people. The amendment was then put and carried amidst the most tumultuous applause. From six to a dozen hands only were held up against it. The Chairman was about to put the ori ginal resolution, when Mr. EDMONDS rose upon his scat, and, amidst great eon_ fusion, protested against the Chairman taking the sense of the meeting upon the original resolution. If the meeting were tricked into a vote they would have to rue the consequences. The CHAIRMAN persisted in his determination to put the question.—(Hisses.) Mr. PARKES implored the Rev. Chairman and Mr. Whate ley not to press the motion. If the original resolution was to be persisted in, it must not be negatived ; he would move an amendment every time, and sit it out till midnight.—(Loud cheers, and cries of " We'll stop till midnight.") Mr. MOSELEY and Mr. WITATELEY (as we collected in the tumult) still pressed the resolution. Mr. PARKES then asked whether the Rector was deter. mined to revive the old adage—that lawyers never went to law, doctors never took physic, and the clergy never acted what they preached.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. WILLS thought it right to admit, that if the gentlemen thought proper to press the motion, they had a right to do so. He saw what their object was, and would defeat it. They wanted to drive the meeting to a direct refusal to grant a rate, in order that they might lay the foundation for an application to the Court of King's Bench for an act of Mandamus.—(" They shan't do it.") Mr. WHATELEY dissented. Mr. WILLS, while he admitted their abstract right to press the original motion, should avail himself of the unquestionable right, admitted in all deliberative assemblies of claiming priority for a motion of adjournment. Let them get out of that if they can. (Cheers and laughter.) " I move," said Mr. Wills, " that the Churchwarden's report be referred to the Committee to be ap pointed in pursuance of the first resolution, and that the fur ther consideration of the question by this vestry be now ad journed." (The most deafening and tumultuous cheering fol lowed this proposal, which continued for some minutes.) Mr. EDMONDS rose and withdrew his amendment. The motion for adjournment being seconded, Mr. WHATE LET and the RECTOR conferred together, and afterwards a long and angry discussion ensued, which we consider best con signed to oblivion. Ultimately tht, Chairman admitted that Mr. Wills's motion had a right of priority. The question was immediately put from the Chair and carried by tremendous acclamation. The CHAIRMAN declared the question of adjournment carried.—(Loud cheers.) On the motion of Mr. EDMONDS, a Committee was ap pointed pursuant to the first resolution. The Rector then left the Chair, which was taken by Mr. Wills. Mr. PARKES, after complimenting the Rector for with drawing the original resolution, proposed a vote of thanks to the Rev. Gentleman for so doing, and for his general conduct in the Chair. • The RECTOR objected to any vote of thanks grounded on his withdrawal of the resolution. Mr. PARKES for some time persisted on the form of his motion ; but on a suggestion from the Chairman that a vote of thanks ought not to be expressed in terms objectionable to the feelings of the Rev. Gentleman, he consented to its modification. The motion was then seconded by Mr. EDMONDS, and carried by the assembly ; after which the meeting broke up. CHOLERA MORBUS. GLASGOW. From the Glasgow Free Press of Saturday.) CHOLERA AT KIRKINTILLOCH. In Wednesday's Paper we inserted a statement of the pro gress of cholera in Kirkintilloch, up to a late hour on Tuesday afternoon, at which period, out of six persons seized, there had been one death, and two cases were sinking beyond hope of re covery. We have since learned with regret that the cases which have occurred are declared by medical gentlemen in at tendance to he decidedly Asiatic cholera, and that, too, of a most malignant description. Its first appearance was on Sunday, in the person of Neil M`Millan, a boy about ten years of age, belonging to Anderston, but who had been residing about ten weeks at Hillhead of Kirkintilloch, on the south bank of the canal, where the majority of cases have occurred. He was at. tacked about mid-day on Sunday, while at church, and died at two o'clock on the Monday morning, Agnes Semple, an elderly woman residing immediately behind the house in which M`Millan lived, was the next case—having been seized at two o'clock on Monday morning, and died at five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Kinniburgh (the third case) re siding in the same immediate neighbourhood, was attacked with the distemper at one o'clock on Tuesday morning, and died after an illness of twenty-four hours. The fourth case was Robert Morrison, a grandson of Agnes Semple, who also died about one o'clock on Wednesday morning, after twenty. four hours' illness. William Thom, an apprentice to the father of Morrison, and who resided in the same house, was:attacked with the distemper on Tuesday night, and died on the following evening. The sixth case was Mrs. Dunn, aged about thirty two years, and who resided at a short distance from the other patients, was taken ill on Wednesday, and died on the following morning. Robert Gardener (the seventh case), was seized about eight o'clock on Wednesday night, and died on Thursday evening. The eighth case was the infant daughter of Mr. Gardener, who was taken ill before her father, and survived till yesterday (Friday) morning. The ninth case was a son of Gardener's, who was attacked on IThursday night, and died yesterday morning. From what source it has originated has not yet been cor rectly ascertained, but hitherto it has been dreadfully fatal, and none of the cases of the blue malignant cholera have recovered. The total number of cases on Thursday amounted to 20—of which only one, or at most two, were considered dangerous, and these two are in no way to be compared to those which oc curred on the first three days. The deaths, up to Thurtday evening, amounted to eight, and the whole of these occurred at Hillhead, in the immediate neighbourhood of each other, and not 30 yards distant from where it originated, behind Waterloo. street. The fatal cases were very rapid, the persons affected not surviving more than 24 hours after the attack. Dr. Lawrie, and Messrs. Wilkinson, O'Brien, Struthers, and Hamilton, of this city, after attending several of the above cases, returned to town yesterday morning, and stated that at eight o'clock, a.m., the deaths at Kirkintilloch had amounted to eight, and the cases remaining to 24; the majority of which latter number were cases of a very mild description, and would otherwise have ex cited little attention. Remaining under treatment yesterday afternoon, 26 patients, of whom 22 are in a state of convales cence, and four looked upon as decidedly fatal. Every assistance which medical science can give, was af forded to those afflicted with the disease, immediately on the cases being announced. Drs. Dalrymple and Allan, of Kirkin. tilloch were most assiduous in their attentions, and the neCes. sary medicines and other requisites are furnished in abundance by the members 'of the Board of Health, who have a fund, raised by subscription, at their command. . . . By what means the cholera has reached Kirkintilloch has not been clearly determined ; but there exists a general impression that it reached it by means of importations along the canal, par_ ticularly hoofs, horns, whalebone shavings, and other putrid articles, which are unshipped at Hillhead, for the purpose of being conveyed to the Campsie Alum Company's works. To this, however, we do not attach any importance. The last parcel of the article in question consisted of only two hogsheads of hoofs, landed directly from London, on the 16th inst., and 23 cwt. dry horn waste from Hull, landed on the 10th instant, being the only two parcels which have been landed at Kirkintilloch for a month past. The medical gentlemen in that neighbourhood have given it as their opinion, that these hoofs, &c. might have produced the cholera, and that they have a decided tendency to perpetuate it, after it has broken out. On this point, however, they are at variance in opinion with the medical gentlemen from Glasgow The authorities accordingly issued an order that no vessel loaded with such material shall be allowed to deposit its cargo within a mile of the town of Kirkintilloch ; and the offensive article which was previously lying on the canal bank, enclosed in hog_ sheads, has been removed. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on the gentlemen composing the Board of Health in the town, and Baillie Gemmill, Major Berrie, the Rev. Mr. Foreman, Mr. Inglis, Mr. Donald, and Mr. Kinross, may be mentioned as being particularly active in ministering to the necessities of the poor sufferers. The Board has a fund of 574 on hand, besides a legacy of 151. left by Mr. David Somerville, wood-merchant, which, however, has been mostly expended in providing clothing for the poor, and cleaning the houses; and a large supply of the necessary cleansing articles has been provided in the town to be dealt out without expense. CHOLERA AT KIRKINTILLOCH. (From the Scots Times (Glasgow) of Saturday.) We lament to state that cholera has made its appearance at Kirkintilloch, about seven miles from Glasgow. From its first appearance on last Sunday forenoon up to Wednesday, nine cases had been fully ascertained, and these, it is said, have been declared by the medical gentlemen in attendance to be the real Asiatic Cholera, The alarm which has naturally been spread in consequence of this announcement is very great ; and when we consider that out of nine cases there are four deaths, the dread entertained of the effects of such a pestilence is not at all to be wondered at. The following is an extract of a letter from Kir kintilloch, dated '2sth January : " The cholera seems to prove most fatal here; we have had nine distinct cases since Sunday, and out of the nine there are four deaths and no recovery ; and from what I have Just now learned (eleven o'clock, P.M.), there will be other two deaths before to-morrow morning. You can form no idea of the alarm that is here at present ; business and work are quite neglected. We have five medical gentlemen here from Glasgow who have visited all the patients, and done every thing for them, but to no effect. Three of them were at Newcastle at the time the dis ease was at the worst. It is a curious fact that the disease is keeping to the Hillhead, the most airy healthy place of the whole town." " Thursday Morning, Eight o'clock. " I am just now told there are three more deaths this morn ing, being seven in all—one man was attended yesterday at twelve o'clock, and died at seven,' FURTHER PARTICULARS. Since our last, the cholera has appeared in a more lenient form than when it first broke out at Kirkintilloch. Though the number of new cases had been great, they have been gene rally checked by vigorous medical treatment at the very outset. To-day, up to four o'clock, there had been reported five new cases and two deaths. The boy Thom, formerly mentioned as being very ill, died on Wednesday night. The following arc the persons who have died :—The boy Thom, who expired on Wednesday night, Mrs. Duncan, who was taken ill at two o'clock on Wednesday morning, and died on Thursday morn ing. A man of the name of Gardner, took ill on Wednesday at mid-day, and died at eight o'clock in the evening. Two of his children, a boy and girl, have also died. The girl was seized at the first breaking out of the disease ; but the boy was only attacked last night and died this morning. The sixth in dividual is the gardener of Major Berry, who also resided at Hillhead. All the cases that have occurred can be distinctly traced, from one to another, to the house in which the disease at first appeared. Every thing has been done by the Board of Health which could be resorted to for their cure and comfort during their illness ; and a room has been allotted in Mr. Mar shall's Inn, where all the necessary medicines are kept in a state of readiness for immediate use. By the latest accounts we learn, that ten more deaths have taken place, and that the disease, though it continues to spread, has assumed a milder form.—Forty cases were said to have oc curred up to yesterday evening. EDINBURGH (From the Edinburgh Evening Courant. ; All the ordinary political topics of the day have been unfor tunately superseded in this quarter by the dread of cholera, which has been raging for a week past in Musselburgh and the adjoining districts. On this subject the most alarming and exaggerated reports are in circulation, which are found, when inquired into, to have no foundation in truth. As far as we can learn two cases of cholera occurred here yesterday. One of a man in the West-bow, who is a dealer in bones and rags, and of dissipated habits ; he was in the practice of traveling the country in prosecution of his trade, and it is known had been in Musselburgh within fifty hours of his being taken ill. There is, we understand, no hope of his recovery. The other is the case of a woman residing in Anderson's close, in the West bow, one of the most confined and dirty lanes in the whole city. She was conveyed to the hospital, and the proper remedies being applied, she is now re covering. It is not ascertained that she had any intercourse with Musselburgh or any other infected district. There is, we hear, another case at Southfield, in the parish of Duddinston, of a woman, who had been at Musselburgh in consequence of the illness of some of her friends, and who was seized on Mon. day last, very soon after her return. She was conveyed to one of the hospitals in this place, where, we understand, she died yesterday. There has been one fatal case at Leith, of a man of the name of Baxter, a shoemaker, of the most dissipated habits, who, it appears, also brought the infection from Musselburgh. The strictest precautions, however, have been adopted to pre.. ♦ent the communication of the disease ; and as no new case has since occurred, it is hoped they will be successful. MUSSELBURG FL To the EDITOR ofthe EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT. Sig,—lt is deeply to be regretted, that such unguarded opi nions with regard to the infectious nature of this disease should have been industriously propagated, for I feel perfectly satisfied had the public been carefully impressed with the infectious na ture of the disorder, the very great apathy and false confidence w hi c h prevailed here and elsewhere, together with the re_ velries of Hansel Monday, might have been altogether pre vented, or very much circumscribed ; but from the • popu lation of, Edinburgh and all round, pouring into East Lothian to see their friends, when the disease was actually surrounding, and in contact with them, and at a moment too, when they were fully exposed to its influence, by their excess and consequent exhaustion—they returned to their home A complete hut-bed of infection, and produced the imnie diate appearance of cholera here in its most extended, alarm. ing, and fatal form, so as on the first four or five days, to reach above 100 eases, and 30 deaths. Notwithstanding the alarming circumstances attending the tirst appearance of the disease, it is highly satisCactory to know•, that wherever cleanliness, order, and comfort, can be obtained, with a determined exclusion from the sick, of the whole house hold, and more especially of the females, little danger is to be apprehended ; but if any personal communication is allowed, all security is at an end ; and, if a severe case of the disease is once admitted into a family, the whole stands exposed to its at tacks, and the consequences are always uncertain. It may be here added, that every one who can afford it, will also find their security and safety very much increased, by keeping the system rather excited than otherwise ; that is to say, take half a glass of brandy after breakfast, a large glass of good sound port about one o'clock, three or four glasses after din ner—not later than four o'clock—and again at night, a glass of warm port or white wine, with nutmeg, at the same time keep ing a regular belly. At present it is foreign to my purpose to enter into or to pro voke any medical discussion ; I shall only observe, that to me it has been matter of great surprise and regret, to find such an opinion should be seriously and industriously propagated, as that the cholera is not infectious. I really must suppose, there must be some curious misunderstanding of terms, or very sin gular construction of facts. It appears to me sufficient to ask those gentlemen, how the self same disease has travelled from India to Musselburgh P I apprehend they must answer, that it has come either by land or water, or by the wind, or personal communication. Now, it is of no farther use to the public to settle this point, than to know what means you are to use to secure yourself, and what length you may go in attending the sick. It has always appeared to me quite apparent, that making a proper allowance for the inter course of nations and society, that there is no difficulty in ac counting for the transmission of disease, and that the present cholera has propagated itself entirely, by what may be nearly considered actual contact with the infected persons, or their house, or something belonging to them, when under the disease. In our present melancholy state, we have the experience of the death of husband and wife, parent and child, sister and brother, infecting each other—three deaths have occurred in the same house, and friends coming from a distance of six miles to pay their last duties, seized in the very house, a few hours after their arrival, and cut off in seven or eight hours. I may also here notice a curious fact, which has shown itself since the commencement of the disease here, and bears upon the point, and also on the general character of cho_ lera , —that, out of one hundred persons attacked, there is not twelve or fifteen of them males. This, however, accord ing to my apprehension, is easily explained. They all are sick nurses, and in all these duties are exposed to the most virulent sources of infection, and their dress is apt to lay hold of and retain the infectious matter. But, more than all this, their constitutions hang all upon the slender thread of tea and whisky, while the males are abroad at their work, and if any real nourishment exist in the house, they consume the whole of it. I must now conclude with observing, that the nature of the disease appears to me far from mysterious, although the cure is difficult. I have just been favoured with my good friend Dr. Abercrombie's letter, and it affords me much pleasure to say, that we have come nearly to the same practical conclusion; but our treatment is still more simple, trusting as stimulants and sedatives entirely to opium and brandy, but more generally burnt brandy, with much nutmeg, varying the doses according to circumstances. With regard to other matters, we use cal_ cined magnesia, carb. of magnesia, decoction of chalk, with ad_ ditions, according to circumstances : rhubarb and magnesia, &c. ; applying heat in various ways, occasionally using bleeding and sinapisnis ; but in no case have we given calomel, ipeca cuanlia, camphor, or antimonials. Regulating the quantity of drink is of the last consequence in managing the disease, and in preventing vomiting. I am, Sir, your most obedient servan, 27th January, 1832. TH OMAS BROWN. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFF CIAL REPORT. COUNCIL OFFICE, WIIITFILI DAILY REPORT of CHOI,. ,L.-(THIS DAY.) :RA CASES. •-• ..a ip: 4 9 . 110 . Places. t'..l 0 E E E o V. 2 z g g Jan. • . Sunderland Newcastle 27 50 21 9 28 16 46 876 979 Gateshead North Shields and 27 Tynernouth South Shields and 47 Hepburn Colliery ; s ! 1211 1 s 3 Newburn ll3 16 1 17 11 279 51 Lemington, &c gi 4 1 0 3 2 not stated er Township y s 8 3 0 4 7 78 20 Earsden Collery 2-1 31 6 1 11 25 48 6 Hetton, &c. 2 759 16 3 36 3 6 327 60 28 Haddington and vi cinity, N.B. 27 5 4. 1 1 7 59 25 Tranent, N.B 3l 12 6 11 26 IS 81 Preston Pans 27 t:6 1 15 10 3 0 1:2 28 North Berwick, N.B 26 2i : . 0 1 0 0 :4 3 Musselhurgh, g 53 30 12 13 60 137 46 Leith. 26 1 110 1 1 1 1 Edinburgh, N.B 0 3 1 0 I 211 3 1 Total 1 299 1148 141 1116 1294 2979 924 Totals from p:aces where the disease has ceased, and from which no returns have been this day received lO5 36 Grand Total 3084 960 WM. MACLEAN; (Signed) Secretary. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY) MANDAMUS, On a former day Sir J. SC A RLETT moved for and obtained a rule, calling upon the Right Hon. Lord Durham to show cause why he refused to permit a gentleman named Johnston to act as Deputy to Lieutenant-Colonel Fane, and to do the duties of that officer as a Clerk in the Privy Seal Cffice. It was then stated that Colonel Fane, by his patent of appointment, was authorised to nominate a Deputy—that he nominated Mr. Johnston, but that Lord Durham (Lord Privy Seal) refused to allow him to enter upon the duties. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL this morning, in shewing cause against the rule, read several affidavits and a variety of letters that had passed between Mrs. Fane (the wife of Lieute. nant-Colonel Fane), Mr. Johnston, and Lord Durham, from which it appeared, that a Mr. Jackson had held the situation of Keeper of Records, in the Ptivy Seal Office, but that, in consequence of Lord Durham having learned that Mr. Jackson and Lieutenant-Colonel Fane had been dealing largely in accommodation bills, many of which were made payable at the Privy Seal Office, and dishonoured ; and that Mr. Jackson had misappropriated some money belong. ing to some other person in the establishment, his Lordship dis missed him ; that subsequently Lieut.-Colonel Fane appointed Mr. Jackson as hisdeputy clerk in the same office, but Lord Dur ham refused to receive him upon the ground before mentioned ; that in August, Mr. Johnston, who was stated to have been the friend and agent of Mr. Jackson, was appointed the Colonel's de puty, but that Lord Durham refused to allow him to act ; and ' that Lieutenant-Colonel Fane had been so seriously ill, as to be unable to attend toany part of his affairs, having laboured under a brain fever, which prevented even Mrs. Fane speaking to him about matters of business. The Learned Counsel contended, first, that there was no proof that Colonel Fane knew anything of the appointment of Mr. Johnston, for the only three parties were Mrs. Fane, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Johnston, not even a single conversation with the Colonel having been spoken to. Another objection to the rule was, that from Mr. Johnston's connection with Mr. Jackson, Lord Durham had exercised a sound discre tion in refusing to allow him to act as deputy to Colonel Fane. A third objection was, that the interest of the office was in the principal and not in the deputy ; it was therefore not competent for Mr. Johnston to call upon this Court to issue a mandamus. Under these circumstances the Attorney-General submitted that the rule ought to be discharged. Mr. GURNEY followed on the same side. Sir JAMES SCARLETT contended, that as by the statute Colonel Fane was authorized to appoint his deputy, Lord Dur ham had not exercised a sound discretion in rejecting him. As for the connection between Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jackson, it only amounted to this, as appeared from the affidavits on both sides, that Mr. Johnston only assisted Mr. Jackson as a friend in extricating him from his embarrassments, and in a way that was highly honourable to him; he (Sir James Scarlett) would not de fend Mr. Jackson's conduct, nor would he deny Lord Durham's right to dismiss him, but that formed no ground for dismissing Mr. Johnston, against whose character there was no imputation. Lord Durham had a discretion to exercise, but he could not be permitted by this Court to exercise it capriciously. If the Court refused to interfere, the King's patent would be frustrated, and individuals be deprived of the exercise of their just and proper rights. As for a doubt respecting the appoint men t of Mr. Johnston by Colonel Fane, it appeared that such an ap pointment, which was attested by two witnesses, was never ques tioned by Lord Durham until very recently ; but from all the letters upon the subject there could be no doubt on the mind of the Court that the appointment was made. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that by the lan guage of the Statute there was no doubt that Colonel Fane had a right to appoint a deputy to do the duties of his office, provided such deputy be a fit and competent person, otherwise Lord Dur ham had the power o f re j ect i ng hi m. N ow there were two ob jections in answe r t o thi s rule—first, that the deputy was not a fit and proper person ; and, secondly, that Colonel Fanc, from the state of his mind and his health, was incompetent to make the appointment. If either of those objections be true, it ,was a sufficient answer to the mandamus. It appeared to the Court that the best way to bring the question to an issue would be to mak e th e ru l e absolute for a man d a mus, to which Lerd Durham could ma k e eac h a return as h e should be advised. Their Lordships p urpose l y a b sta i ne d f rom g iving any opinion upon the merit s un til t h e return to t h e wr it s hould be made. A mandamus w as accor di ng l y di rec t e d to issue. Mr. BuLwEa's new Novel " Eugene Aram" is likely even to exceed in popularity any of his former productions. All the leading critical journals have con curred in giving the preference to his pros-nt story. The Examiner calls it " a work abounding with excellencies," and proceeds to observe—" we have read these volumes with an interest such as we have not felt since we were delighted by the elder-bora of the genius of SCOTT. Eugene Aram' is indeed a work of a high order, and much as we admired the talent and knowledge displayed in Pelham,' this exceeds it, and commands for the author a superior respect. We had not read many pas sages, before we felt how idle it is to forecast fetters for tennis," THE GENERAL HYPOCRISY. (From the Examiner.) " 'Tie too much proved, that with devotion's visage, And pious action, we do sugar o'er The Devil himseIf'—SHAKSPBARE. That precious pot of ointment,that godly gentleman, Mr. Perceval, has at last had his pious will of us, and obtained from Ministers a promise of a General Fast, o r rather of an order for one,—for as it is true that any Mall may take a horse to the water, but no one ran make him drink,—so also it is certain that any rulers may direct a general fast, but no power can prevent rnen who have the means from ministering to the carnal cravings of their stomachs. The only effect will be to put the nation for one day through a grand ceremony of hypocrisy. In addition to the customary dinner, people will eat salt fish with egg sauce, which is a very good thing now and then for the palate, but decidedly dyspeptic, and apt for cho lera, and should by no means be eaten where the disease exists. How is the world changed ! Time was, when con trition showed itself in beating the breast, tearing the hair, rending the garments, screaming with energy. Now, the most pious man of the age pro poses to settle the nation's long score of sins with one day of salt fish and egg sauce ! What penitence ! See twenty millions of sinners expiating their sins with the fine large flakes of Newfoundland cod, smo thered in an egg sauce, rich with cream, sad stimu lant with mustard, every glutton, as he gobbles it down, only remarking what a fine vehicle egg sauce is for mustard,—and certainly it is so. If we ever write a tragedy it shall be called Contrition ; and the hero, after a tissue of enormities, shall, by way of catastrophe, in the fifth act, order salt flit' and egg sauce, in addition to the usual two courses and one remove. The Chronicle truly remarks, that good Mr. Per ceval has superseded the Bishops, nay, the Archbi shops, who have not said a word about the necessity for this general fast, perhaps because those worldly divines well know that it will only prove a General Breakfast, a dejeuner d la fourchette du diable. Mr. Perceval indeed explains, that he is the Member for Heaven ; but we think we see signs of his differing with his constituency. For instance, he rather un graciously flings in the teeth of the country the shameful prodigality of bounty shown to him and his. _ _ " I was taken up," said the Hon. Member, " on the death of my father, by the nation, which abundantly pro vided for me and mine; and it is in gratitude for that kindness that I call on the House to address the Crown to issue a proclamation for a fast." Were he ' taken up' by a mad doctor, it would he more becoming his peculiar claims to care. It is the taking up' of him, and such as he, which con stitutes the crying sin of the nation,—its endurance of abuse to absolute baseness. And this pot of god liness coolly talks of the abundant provision made for him. Why does he not look to be fed according to Scripture, with the young ravens ? What does he do with that kitchen ? What mean those fat par tridges at the fire? What is the intendment of that vast cook ? is that simmering and bubbling from stew-pans, flesh-pots of abominations, devices of carnal cookery ? And lo there we spy a haunch of mutton hanging up to be dressed ten days hence, when tender,—perhaps on the general fast day, after the fish and the eggs, and the mustard ! What provi. dence is this, what thought of the morrow, and not the morrow of all souls,—aye, and of ten days after the morrow ! Is this in any degree like the manners and customs of young ravens ? Who ever saw a raven, young or old, with a cook and a kitchen range, and a larder, and a carnal joint hanging upon a devil's hook ? Does Mr. Perceval (we will not call him good after such doings) suppose that the devil has never been in his kitchen ?—aye, has he, and per. haps kissed his cook too, arid looked with a leer into his stew-pans, and thought what a sop in the pan he would make of his miserable little soul, tricked out with all its earthly lauds and hypocrisies. Whure is his treasure laid up 7—At Ransom's ;—aye, that will be no ransom for him from the pickle of Dives. Again :—What sort of tabernacle is that he tarries in ? Is it in the least like a raven's nest ? No, no ; his nest has been very differently feathered, and it is lined most abundantly, as he truly says, with the golden fleece, from this most patient and most pil laged people of all on the face of the earth. He is like to the raven in nothing but blackness, and the • dismalness of his croak. He says the Bible makes no mention of the power of the people. Does it make any mention of rotten boroughs ? Does it make any mention of Phatisees, who pray arid boast their piety aloud, and tate the publicans ? Does it make any mention of pensions, of abundant of provisions, of Dives and Lazarus, of the soul. destroying effect of riches ? Does it make any mention of bribery and corruption, self-seeking, lying, slandering, evil-speaking, and taking the Lord's name in vain ? Does it ever say out upon ye, )e hypocrites? But for this worm's scripture lore—we have a right to call him worm, for it is scriptural, man is worm, and Perceval is the worm that eats the substance of the people—the worm that never dies in the pension list, but which should feed the young raven; for this lob worm's scripture lore (lob, not for incivility, but by reason of his greatness)—what says the book of Samuel ? When the people asked for a King, unreasonable, infatuated, wilful, and wild as the wish was in the sight of God, he answered " Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee, for they have not rejected thee, but they have re :ected me." Now, therefore, hearken unto their voice : howbeit, yet protest solemnly unto them, and ■how them the man ner of the King that shall t eign over them. And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a King. And he siid, this will he the manner of the King that shall reign over you : he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, fur his chariots, and to he his hors:men ; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him Captains over thousand., and Captains over fifties ; and will set them to ear hi. ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be cmfectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your o'ive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your teed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servanta. And he will take your men-servants and your inaid-ser• vants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your sheep; and ye shall be his servants. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your King which he shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day. Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said nay; but we will bare a King over us. The people had their wish, because it was their wish, though a bad one; but the King here decribed is a dove, compared with the cormorants that have glutted on this enduring nation, and tilled it with corruption. Our boroughmongers are the true har pies, the obscene creatures, that not only seize upon the food, but befoul all that they cannot snatch with scourings of their loathsome natures, rapacity and corruption conjoined, robbing, ravening, rioting, and tainting. Diripiuntque dapes, contactuque omnia fsedunt. DEATH OF DANIEL SYKES, ESQ.--We lament to announce the decease of this most estimable and consistent patriot, which took place at his house at Ray well, near Hull, on Tuesday morning, in the 67th year of his age. —Leeds Mercury. The Thontas Laurie, Capt. LANGDON, has just arrived in the river, and has brought home a rare assemblage of animals, such as kangaroos, opossums, black swans, &c. ; the whole of which he has most liberally presented to the Surrey Zoological Gardens. Among the birds are some geese from the Falkland Islands, the first ever imported into this country, and by far the most beautiful of their class. The plumage much resembles that They have not the disagreeable lst reeaublearcda'civliethofptahleeiyreflahmlyle.P.Should success attend the breeding from these birds, they will form a beautiful addition to our farm-yard.