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RYE NG EnITION. IRELAND. NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, AUG. 24.—The usual weekly meeting com menced to-day at 11 o'clock. The members and as bec.ates for admission were so numerous and the cor respondence so Voluminous, thit Mr. O'Connell did not rise to speak until nearly 4 o'clock. Amongst the members admitt&l to-day, are Mr. Henry Grattan, M.P., and the Reverend Mr. Groves, a Protestant derviman. The subscriptions paid in to-day amount to about 2001. At the desire of Mr. O'Connell, the letter of Mr. Sharman Crawford, addressed by him to the Secretary of the Repeal Association, was read, whereupon Mr. O'Connell rose to move the insertion of that letter in the minutes. He had commenced an attack upon the Irish Liberal members, and for his (Mr.O'Con neli's) part he would give him the last word, and in future he would pass over Mr. Crawford's attacks in sitence. • Mr. O'Connell repeated his explanations and statements in reference to the Irish Corporation Bill, and Stanley's Bill. Tile Pilot comments with considerable severity on tirrleor,duot of Mr. Crawford :—" Whoever may have acitt 1 ti:c bright thought of a counter association to the Repeal one—the champion of the Association, tre person who puts the match and makes the mine ex r, is certainly Mr. Sharman Crawford." Again— •••Ah, Mr—Crawford, your crotchets will not bear one mo rent's trial by the test of common sense or common ho estf. It you area man of common honesty you are an ad ozat c of federative Repeal ; if you are a man of com nr»z sense, Adea to honesty, you will not pretend you arc excluded, from asking for that Repeal, because you may accept the measures you demand as an Ulster As satiate. Take care, Mr. Crawford ; you are on the 1, - rge of rocks on which your previous character for sincerity and honesty may be wrecked. You cannot snJirk out of your advocacy of Repeal without being last as an honest man ; you cannot justly impugn the Irish representatives if you continue a repealer." A.:counts reached town this morning of the failure of ai-iutiler distillery establishment, occasioned by the sp eid of temperance amongst the people. lIIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY Dl VIDENDS, which (thnogh they are NO LOTTERIES) 3ffer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELL! N G BONDS for the said DISTRIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions, may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS -3ECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing WITH )UT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains SEVEN HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £72,170, The Dividends being ::25,000 £BOO £l5O £lOO £7O 5,000 600 120 90 60 1,500 400 110 80 50 1,000 200 AND THE FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTION contains TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £954,888, The Dividends being £15,000 £6OO £7O 0 £37 10 7,500 300 50 0 37 0 3,800 200 42 0 36 0 1,800 150 40 10 35 0 1,200 39 0 HEIN . E, BROTHERS, having remitted, during a short .ime, 9,0001.. 5.0004 , 3,6001., &c. &c. &c., to Lon don; 3,6001., 800/., 7001., to Edinburgh; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley; 3,6001. to Halifax ( Yorkshire); 1,200/. to Portleaven Harbour; 9001., 6001., to Liverpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. to Hull ; 9001., 6001., to Man chester ; 600/. to Bideford; 600/. to Cork ; 600/. to Bradford ; 'hey shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the said Dis tribution: to England, Ireland, and Scotland. The Bonds (which are no Lottery Tickets) can be cashed at every Banker's connected with Germany in every mercantile place in the world. FIRE AT JAMAICA. (The following is the Report of a Committee of Inquiry appointed for the occasion.) Hope EState, St. Andrew's, July 16,18407 A Committee of Magistrates and gentlemen, consist irg of Messrs. John Gordon, Lyon, Walker, Siwpson, Copland, Aarons, Mais, and Lowe, proceeded to inspect the Jrnount of injury and loss caused by a very calamit ous fire, which broke out aunt noon on Wednesday, t4e preceding day, on Hope Estate, and which totally chnshmeci .several cane pieces and fences, the greater itlartber of negro houses and out-offices, the Great House and offices, together with the buiding formerly an hospital. The following individuals were exa mined as Co the origin of the fire :—Edward Richards, T. b.rvice, and William Coleman, labourers residing on • the estate, who deposed that they were working yester. day morning at Little Hope pasture, billing and burn leg btisii, by order of the overseer, Mr. Mcßean, which wet: k. ttiey had been cogazed in for about a week pre erut.sly, without any accident occurring. The fire was lightcd at the bottom of the pasture, near the river, qp :he side of the hill, and near a sn.all gulley, in which was snrue dry grass. The sea breezo suddenly increased, flew with much violence—something like a whirl which rho dry grass in the gulley was ignited, ant i lie fire was carried into the road, and blown into lhe cane-piece and on the negro houses, which were immediately in flames. They also deposed that et try exertion was made by themselves, and others who vece there, to prevent the progress of the fire, but Cron) the violence of the breezo it was impossible to ( i d sa. The committee ascertained that 110 negro Louses and out-offices were consumed with the furni ture, c',ething, and other property of the various inmates, num., - of whorls only escaped with difficulty from the fury of fi mes, with the mere clothing on their backs. Tire committee also learned that considerable sums of e n t .ney, the property of the n-groes, were lost in notes bud Lcin. Much silver was found melted and calcined with the earth of the jars in which it had been kept. 'The comrnittee'estimate the probable amount of da n-,:•gb (wile to be as follows : Th c . Groat House, with barracks, coach-house, stabling, and other buildings, together with Mr. Lyon's turoiture, hospital, &e. ; 110 negro houses and out (aces ; ticns . of canes, and 200 chains of penguin fence-8, 70/. It has been found impossible to ascertain the amount of lcsi incurred by tne negroes, by the destruction of tlr it furniture and money. It is known that many of them had furniture in their houses worth from 401. to iO/, and that the majority were comfortably and suffi ciently provided with furniture and utensils. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. BRENTWOOD, TUESDAY EVENING.-Late on Mon <Lie evening, and during the whole of yesterday, a ru t.nr was rite throughout the town of Brentwood that an elderly gentleman, whose name and residence was unkn(awo, had perished by the late fatal catastrophe on the E istern Counties Railway, and was still lying im bedded in the embankment immediately under the en gine. which bad fallen upon him. These rumours hav ing been conve3el to Mr. Lewis, the Coroner, that tzeoti.man immediately gave directions to a body of la bourers to set to work and dig out the earth under the engine, which was performed as far as they could go %%ill) safety, under his own directions ; but up to a late hour no traces of the person in question could be found. Tire Coroner had appointed the inquest on the body of the unfortunate engine-driver, Foster, to be opened )esterduy afternoon at four o'clock, in order to afford Lint an opportunity, owing to•the advanced state of de co:oposi.ion which the body was in, to issue an order for its inimediAte interment ; but in consequence of the abience of some of the Jury enipannelled in the cases of the other sufferers, on business at Gravesend, he was compfdled to sostpone it, until to-morrow evening, when the had been adjourned from Friday tight last, will be resumed on the bodies of the whole four. UNDER HER MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, August 27, THE HUNDREDTH ERUPTION OF HECL A ! ! Will he celebrated by a display of great additional splendour, in which the whole resources of the Pyrotechnic Art will be used to increase the magnificence of its effect. THE ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL, Will pay their ANNUAL VISIT to the Gardens, accompanied by their Juvenile Military Band, Who will perform a Grand Selection of Music during the Afternoon. GRAND PROMENADE MUSICALE ET CHAMPETRE, By Godfrey's unrivalled Band. PROGRAME OF THE CONCERT. FIRST PART. Overture—Le Gazza Ladra. Quadrille--The Cavaliers. Fantasia sur les Motifs de Luccia de Lammermoor. Waltz— Woronzow. Quadrille—Le Marriage (first time). Mazourka —La Gitana. Overture and Marche Triomphale. composed for the Musical Festival at Cologne, in 1832, by Ferdinand Ries (first performance in this country. SECOND PART. BEETHOVEN'S GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA, By the augmented Band, with instruments of novel construc tion, and 340 rounds of artillery and musketry, giving the most vivid realization of the events of the Battle of Vittoria. Overture—Das Nacthlajer in Grenada. Grand Selection from Robert le Diable. Waltz—Freuden Grusse. Quadrille—La Reine Victoria. the vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by Denson—Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the Snows— Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship. Carter's astonishing Koniaphostic," or "Lime Light. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Feeding Hour of the Carnivore, Five o'Clock. Concert commences at Six. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. erning 11,i minutes attcr 2. 1 Evening 33 minutes after 2. ile Publication of the Evening Edition of Tits SUN COM- menced at 10 minutes after Three. - . . 4 , , 4 4,,, ,i ' i'glie -4) • . , .Y.Lz. < s 'N` i ... _ . ' .. i . : . § . ' ' r e r.'i .....„.„40e ,„,...; ~,,.:., ,rie.o.4 - t r . 4...):: - ..,f , ,_ . c.,,,-,,, ; :,;..,,,,,., / • -- , ----,i.. 7 -, - - mit ~.,t....&-, ..--t-_, 1 ,,.„ :0!.-s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Sixth Week of Haines' " Jane of the Hatchet." The extra ordinary success of this gorgeous Spectacle is beyond con ception. Upwards of 75,000 persons have already witnessed the grand Tableaux d'action and military evolutions of the hundred Female Warriors. Revival of "My Poll and My Partner Joe. THIS EVENING, AUG. 26. Will be acted a Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splen- dour, entitledJANE OF THE HATCHET. Supported by the entire strength of the Company, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which, the Comic Drama of A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Tin c2am. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1840. It is generally admitted that the principal cause of the distress amongst the hand-loom weavers, to which we have once or twice adverted, is the ap plication of steam power to weaving. " There is no possibility," says the Carlisle Patriot, " of the trade of the hand-loom weaver ever being better than it is now. It would be as vain for one man to try his strength against that of a hundred horses, as for the hand-loom weavers to contend against the power-looms. We agree with Air. .APCUL LOCH, that ' their only resource is to abandon their business.' The weavers will never be able to earn as much as would keep a pig decently ; much less what is sufficient to maintain an English labourer." They are driven out of employment, and, as it were, out of existence, by the progress of society ; which is no doubt ordained, and which is on the whole eminently beneficial. We do not quote this case so much to excite the compassion of the public, as to rouse it to a sense of its duty. It profits by such inventions as the power-loom, but it ought not to profit at the expense of the hand loom weavers. We have, however, a still higher object in view. The Legislature undertakes to protect society against evil—hence its vast and multiplied legisla tion, its immense penal apparatus, its organized police, its restrictions on amusement, and its un ceasing interference in all the transactions of life. On that principle, it is bound to provide against the evil, which incessantly falls on different classes of society, from changes in the direction of labour, from novel inventions, and from improvements in the arts and sciences. It is bound to legislate for actual existences, not for abstract theories. Year after year, however, and age after age, different classes of labourers are thrown out of employment, like the hand-loom weavers ; and the Legislature, which pretends, with a fatherly care, to regulate and provide for every part of society, has never, we believe, foreseen any such change, or taken care E NGLI SH OPERA HOUSE.--L ast of the individuals who have been sac rificed for the • ht Gualdo Fawkes was produced. The Lord CharalaneT public good. errn s' to have been trouAng his innoce nt heart aboart:' The Legislature cannot, it is sa id, provide a nd he has cut it down into harmlessness with a vengeance. I: is of no use to talk of its p lot, inasmuch as no interest against suc h changes and such calamities; we is excited and sustained. There was so me mo d erately know it ; but when its power is so small, good sceiery, accompanied by melodramatic eff:ct, such ns the illustration of C hat Moss, the tableaux o f pro- when suc h a lar g e portion of the community lies phecy which indicated the future destiny o f Guy Fawkes, beyond its reach, it should moderate its ambition, an I the denouement of blue light, gunpowder, and ex- and not give the hand-loom weavers and other per plosion, which btongdit the affrir to a finale, Mrs. Broug-hain inspired herself to d e ath with considerable sons in a s i m il ar condition, a title to call on i t f or by its p erpetua l meddling. emotion as a prophetess; Mr. Ro bert Romer w.,s a tap- a id, said as it cannot reg stem's man of no small degree ; FJr:escue was the As we have before Vivian:: Radcliff; and Mr. Maynard was Guido , regulate empl o y me nt and wages, hawk s himself. The latter vtitleman did everythin g cannot decree the course of improvement and in vention, how d are i t stint the supply of food ? easily, and performed all sorti of romantic achievemznts, prin c ip a ll y b ecause ot h er p eo ple let him. This was the author'., fault, who micrlit as well have given him some - Railway leads to a s i m il ar remark. The Legisla- The recent acc id ent on the Eastern Counties Clin g t h at he could have done by himself. fie was , bow . ever, ca ll e d for at ' the termination o f t h e bl ue fire, and as consid era ' I rcheered is announcing t h e p i ece f or re p e - tare has undertake n an i nspection of the Rail tition every even i ng until further notice. ways ; it BANKhas them, protect th e pu b lic front days TEg-POeND OF ENGLAND NOTE.— W Mr. oodgat e , o f the Bell Inn Blackfriars-road, a few to a ft erook days since, remitted in a letter mi,s w a t d en.pound Bank note, , injury. In its extensive care we are quite sure directel,to his clauc , ht er , it has never thought, till now at least, of ensuring o. . 2, Albion-place, Margate, residing at i which failed to reach its nesti . nation. Several inquiries e, and the havearswe been i since made at the competent persons as engine -drivers. It has left (3 , !crs,l Pest-office, ,aa r d ias always been, "It I L was not paid as a money-letter, we . k . now nothing interesttnat most important. point to chance, or the self. ab .4.;t it.'' The letter wa=, put into a r(ceivinr,box in the 1317ouzh. and was marked " money letter," are but only the of the Directors. In this case, as in the penny paid. The Post -office authorities n ot liable i other, because it has interfered, the public have a r the loss. Messrs. Pearson and Corbould, jun., still lay at their respective inns in a very precarious condition, and are constantiy attended by Drs. Butler and Richardson. 'rile other suff,!rers are going on well, and receive unre mitting attention on the part of Mr. Hall, the Manager, and the Urectors of the railway. The remains of the re-or man Eastman were buried yesterday afternoon in Battersea church-yard, where they were conveyed by the desire of his friends. Those of Mr. Ebsworth were interred on Monday at the expense of the Com pany. The - llireators of the Company hell a meeting yesterday, at which, it is understood, the sad affair was rg:dly investigated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) tosni_nl, Arc 26.—Wind, this day at noon—Light Westerly airs and calms, with hazy weather. AUG. 25.—Wind S. W.—Arriv4d the James Hamilton, from Singapore ; and'lntrepid, Stewart, lierbico. Sailed the Andrew Wilson, for Magadore. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25 —Wind W. S. W., moderate.— Arrived the Susanna r Collins, White, from Lima—sailed the sth May ; Demerara, Miller, Demerara ; Kent, Elder, i%lobile ; and Mary and Jane, Varney, Virginia. Sail ed the Shakspeare, Henderson, for Bombay ; James Hunt, Stewart, Beirbice ; Superb, Gatchell, Baltimore ; Chat ham, Richardson, Boston; St. Lewis, Power, Philadel phia ; and'• Patalina, Strong, Labrador. Of port the Charles Hamerton, from Trinidad. The Susannah,:Col lings, arrived here from Lima—sailed sth May, and re ports that the A iis, for this port, was to sail about erne 20th May, and the Daniel Grant, for the south coast of Peru, about the 15th. The Narcissus was at Truxillo, and would sail from Liroa about the 20th May, for London. The Hermes and Hudson were shortly expected at Lima, on their way to England. GuEiAisav, Aco. 22.—The Fancy, Brett, from this port to Brixham, struck on a rock this afternoon, to the northward of lhe island, and immediately sunk, Crew saved. RANtSGA rE, AUG. 25.—. A quantity of flax has been landed here to-day fr3m the Grctry, on shore under the North Foreland. SHIELDS, ACO. 3 ,1 4. —The Diana, Hutton, from Riga ' to this port, on shore at Briar Barr, has discharged bet cargo, and is expected to be got off. lit:LL, AUG. 25.—The Amazon, Brodrikk, from Que bec to this port, on shore on the Stove Binks, 'oust be further discharged before she floats. right to look to it for protection on every point, - _ THE THIRD VOLUME OF AG'NES STRICKLAND'S " LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND," WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY On Friday next, August 28. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Gteat Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. OLIVER CROMWELL, Edited by HORACE SMITH, Esq., Author of " Brambletye House," &c., Will positively appear on Friday next, the 25th of August. flezry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. .. 4 Orders received by all Booksellers. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, ATTGEIST 26, MM. and to make it responsible for every accident or every misfortune, which judicious regulations might have averted. In making such extensive demands on the Legis lature„ we task it far beyond its powers, which may teach it humility and forbearance. Betwixt a great or perhaps total abstinence from that intermi nable meddling with the. common and ordinary business of life, in which our thousand law-makers habitually indulge for six months i❑ the year, and providing by regulations for every possible contin gency, making themselves responsible for every evil which befals almost every individual in society, there is no middle course. The Legislature which prohibits climbing-boys must provide good wages and a comfortable subsistence for the hand-loom weavers and careful and skilful engine-drivers, or it will act most inconsistently, and neglect the duty its interference in one case creates for it in another. But the electoral body, as well as the Legislature, has duties as well as rights. The bulk of the people are excluded from the franchise, and those who possess it are bouud to look after the excluded. Not one of the starving hand-loom weavers can have a vote for a Member of Parliament. They are all below the ten-pounders. The representa tives depend on the constituency, who thus become responsible for the laws. Nor have we far to seek for the effects of their in fluence. Two years ago a universal penny postage was ridiculed as an idle dream ; the electoral body, however, petitioned for it, and achieved a universal penny postage. The electors have it in their power to obtain all which they resolutely demand. They are responsible, then, for the miserable condition of the hand-loom weavers, so far as that has been caused by Corn-laws and other noxious regulations, or might be relieved by the acts of the Legis lature. They cannot plead poverty, for the fourth of the sum they bestow on idle pensioners would save the hand-loom weavers from their dire distress. It is the duty of the constituencies to in terfere with the Legislature, and either compel it to abolish such noxious-enactments as the Corn-laws, or to provide for all such cases as those of the hand loom weavers. In one word, on the electors in this free country rests the responsibility of the sufferings to which that large and well-behaved class are exposed. The indefatigable THOMAS SPENCER, Perpetual Curate of Hinton Charter House, near Bath, never weary of promoting the cause of righteousness, and never backward in defending truth, has just pub lished a valuable little pamphlet, " Practical Sug gestions on Church Reform." The leading sug gestion we shall now copy, recommending the pub lic to consider whether it might not be acted on with great advantage. We will, however, preface it, by way of rendering it acceptable to Church men, with the remark, that the Rev. Mr. SPENCER is zealous for preserving the Church, and making it more useful, while he advocates Reform. He reminds his readers that the Church of England is the property of all the people of England, who have a deep interest in its right management. They should repair it, because it is their own, and because they are responsible for its condition ; because a true Church is favourable to knowledge and improve ment, and a false Church promotes ignorance, bigotry, slavery, and war. He is no enemy to the Church by which he lives; but, like Dr. CHAL MERS or Mr. M'NEIL, he wishes to make it more efficient. After adverting to its absurd and Papal claims to infallibility, to some of its imperfections, and to the impossibility of procuring any efficient reform in it, unless the people exert themselves, he Let the inhabitants of every town appoint a Com mittee of Inquiry into the ecclesiastical affairs of the town and neighbourhood. There are societies for fo reign missions, and for local affairs ; but this important work may be attended to, without interrupting any valuable existing society. All the institutions of true philanthropy assist each other. The duties of the Com mittee will consist in investigating the state of things connected with ecclesiastical revenue ; and the services performed in return for such revenue; and in guiding the public mind as to the proper times and seasons for petitioning Parliament respecting them. Let the Com mittee examine all ecclesiastical sinecures, all emolu ments of Deans and Chapters, Chancellors, Prebends, Canons, &c., the amount of their stipend, and the na ture of the services rendered ; let them report all cases in which one clergyman holds several livings ; or is minister of more than one church ;. or, having only one church, is non-resident, and performs his duty by proxy ; devolving his own conscience upon a curate, to whom a small part of the income is paid, whilst for the ab- sent rector or vicar the larger portion is reserved. Let all acquired information respecting sinecures, plurali ties, clerical offices and emoluments be' printed ; and ►et the petitions presented to Parliament embody the statistical information thus acquired. The working clergy will have no objection to this ; the faithful watch men and pastors will not be alarmed, although their services and their remunerasion be examined ; and if there be an outcry that " the Church is in danger," it will be found to proceed from those who have indeed brought the Church into danger. When the system which pays plentifully those who do nothing, and which half starves those who do the work, is in danger, then will they " cry aloud," who have neglected to do so in their pulpits. Mr. SPENCER judiciously enfotces the propriety of inquiring into prebendal and episcopal wealth by several examples, and by a quotation from CRA N- M ER, who wrote as strongly against Prebends as anv modern writer. Mr. SPENCER next recommends that that Committee should ask from Parliament that parishioners should appoint their own Ministers. This is rank heresy to our poor man's Church, but .11!r. SPENCER enforces it by some excellent arguments, which we shall quote on another occasion, our pre sent business being merely to make known his prac tical suggestions. The third is that the chief or Corporation Church, should introduce the practice of the University of Cambridge : At the University Church there is no stated preacher, but there is a constant succession of preachers from amonst the Masters of Arts, whose nnmes are on the University hooks. It was found, however, that many of these afforded very inferior specimens of effective preaching, and were not competent to address such an audience ; in consequence of which, the custom was adopted of selecting, from the most distinguished members of the University, a preacher for every month. These monthly preachers arc fixed upon be fore the academical year commences ; so that each select preacher has ample time to prepare a course of sermons for one month, suited to the learned body which he has to address ; and to the immense num ber of under-graduates, most of whom are intended for the ministry. In these monthly series many ad mirable discourses have been delivered. The preacher has ample scope to " bring out of his treasures things new ar.d old ;" he has an opportunity to communicate his most valuable thoughts ; and yet there is not suffi cient time to exhaust his materials, or to fall into that monotonous repetition of the same truths which gives a character of dulness to the preaching of some per. sons. Why should not the most intelligent inhabitants of our corporate towns have this privilege ? Why , should they not have an opportunity of hearing in suc cession all the most excellent preachers in the king dom? It would be easily arranged, if the Committee of Ecclesiastical Affairs were permitted to provide a constant succession of monthly or quarterly preachers. As the age improves in liberality of sentiment, they might be permitted also to make selections out of the Scotch and American divines ; and out of the many able, pious, and learned amongst the Dissenting ministers. In the University Church, at the times appointed for the members of the University, there are no prayers. On the entrance of the Vice-Chancellor the organ strikes up, the preacher ascends the pulpit, three verses of a psalm are sung, and, after a short form of prayer before the sermon, the preacher commences, and deli vers a sermon of an hour's length. If some of our best preachers of various denominations, such as resemble Paul or Apollos, were made more generally useful than they now arc, by occ asionall y preaching in every town, thiso f imitation.custom o f the Tbe U a n b i s v e e i r i s c i e t y of Church e mayrs. would be m deserving re ov e are from om accustomedthe pulpits t o of our other forms of worship, but c th h e ur o c b h s e t s acles those which might ministers v who agree in all essential points of doctrine. So far from being an innovation , the e -1 h k o ee sent s y s t em may be more justly deemed a deviation from th e anc i en t practice. When Christ and his Apostles prea c h e d to th e people, they did not commence with prayers. Mr. SPENCER is a bold and yet a practical re- former. Let him but persevere, and continue to labour, as at present, to procure justice for the peo ple, and he will be the most formidable enemy to Church corruption, and to abuses perpetrated in the name of religion, who has improved Churchism since the days of LUTHER. He cannot expect that many priests will side with him, because their doc trine is that the people can know nothing of religion but what the priests tell them, and they can never admit that the scholars are fit to appoint the was ters. Mr SPENCER approximates too much to the voluntary system to please them. They cannot separate religion from an opulent endowed priest ' hood, forgetting, apparently, that by endowing reli gion they incorporate with it all the errors and weaknesses of man, and subject it to all the muta tions to which other human institutions are liable. A curious fact, throwing some light on the baneful operation of the Corn-laws, at least as dis tinguished from the promises of its supporters, has just been made known by a paper, ordered by the House of Commons to be published on the 11th of August. From the several facts lately men tioned as to the condition of the manufacturing la bourers in various towns, such as the reduction of wages at Leicester, Nottingham, Coventry, and Stourbridge, we need scarcely remind our readers that the manufacturing districts have not been flourishing for some time, and that the promised large and valuable home market for our manufac turers, as the result of therorn-law, has not saved them from the most poignant and increasing dis tress. The complaints from Birmingham and Wolverhampton, as well as from Coventry, have been great, and there can be no doubt that from 1838 to the present time, want and distress have made great progress amongst our hardware, as well as our riband manufacturers. Within the same period, in consequence, it is said, of the Corn-law, the price of corn has been exorbitantly high, and agriculture has flourished. We ought to expect, therefore, that pauperism should have al most disappeared in the favoured agricultural dis tricts. Now the fact—the important fact—pub lished by the House of Commons is, that in the year ending Ladvdav, 1840, in fourteen agricul tural unions, " indifferently selected," containing a population of 233,832 souls, the number of pau pers per cent. in the population is 8,318, while in a population of 233,961, contained within seven manufacturing unions, the amount of paupers per cent. was only 5,192. The number of paupers amongst 233,832 agriculturists was 19,451, while the number of paupers in 233,961 manufacturers:was 12,149. This is the result after the manufacturers have been exposed to two years' most severe priva tion, and after the agriculturists have had three years of, for them, almost unexampled prosperity. The figures are copied from Mr. WEAL'S Report on the comparative state of pauperism in four teen agricultural unions, and in seven manufactu ring unions ; and after this unanswerable state ' ment, we shall hear no more, we presume, of the lying assertions that manufactures generate pau perism and that to get rid of it we must, by con tinuing our Corn-law, encourage agriculture and check the growth of manufactures. We will now acid but one more remark. This result is obtained after the new Poor law has been six years in operation, which has been far more effectual in the agricultural than in the manu facturing districts, and has reduced the ex penditure and the pauperism in the agricultural unions 48 per cent., and in the manufacturing unmans only 22_per cent. It is agriculture, there fore; and not manufactures—the landed gentlemen, not the skilled capitalists of the towns, *who' are continually devising or promoting new employ ments for the people—who are the authors of pau perism. The news brought by the German Journals is rery scanty. In a letter from the Russian frontier of the Bth inst., a frightful account is given of the famine which prevails in the interior of that vast empire. The scarcity of food was rendered more terrible by an extraordinary scarcity of money in all the Provinces in which the crops had failed. An impression prevailed in Russia that a new expedition against K hiva would be undertaken in the course of the present year. Captain ABBOT, who the last overland mail from India informed us had visited Khiva, arrived lately at St. Peters burgh with pacific overtures from the KHAN to his Royal " brother" the AUTOCRAT. It appears, however, that the mission of the gallant Captain has not proved successful, the EMPEROR being reported A B B t oc. ABBOT a i v s e a re i ; rece ived himoffic officer very f n coldly. oted Cap taineilergy and talent: the L r e a t p t d r s r f i s r o e m or \ t ' h ie e nn F a of the 15th i Funds sinthat city,ns instant announce t consequent upon a general belief that the Eastern question will be settled without disturbing the peace of Europe. On the first arrival of the news that the treaty of London was signed and that France was arming, the Funds fell, but when it was observed that Austria was making no military demonstration, re maining a quiet spectator of the Parisian hubbub, prices rose as rapidly as they had declined. The ofAlh the as n 0 20 g t a ian t n i s o t ho t w f, prices,llichbri e e, the rate at which they st oo d liso te i ri hn g e a sl t n h t e N l e, l l , .i i ea s i e rc i ta i i l en Z t : he e l oliiwitguageistzilgvc,w wh written. To darken the face of Europe with the plague of war seems the general wish of the Paris Re publican and Legitimist Journals of Monday. The organs of the Court and Cabinet are, however, more moderate, toexuacts a f s o rot tir n them, mde,in another will of refe renceh eoer part see by a Sun. They are for maintaining a firm, but by no means a menacing attitude. To this we can offer no objection. If France fancies herself threatened by a combination of other Powers, from which she has thought proper to exclude herself, she has an undoubted right to take what precautions she pleases in the way of self-defence. Whether those who now clamour so loudly for expensive warlike preparations, for which there does not in reality l exist the shadow of national necessity, will here after as boisterously support the taxes which they will impose upon the community,is a different affair. The advices from Egypt are satisfactory, not withstanding the refusal of MEHEMET ALI to restore the Fleet at the bidding of the French Con sul. It is enough to assure us that there will be no war to learn that France, signified to the Vice roy a determination to observe a strict neutrality. This is all that is required to ensure the mainte nance of European tranquillity. Letters from the frontiers of Italy represent the petty Sovereigns of that country as apprehensive of a rising of the " Patriots," and consequently engaged in plans for maintaining the present state of things. " The Duke of MODENA, says a letter in the Semaphore de Marseilles of the 20th instant, " had visited the Grand Duke of TCS , CANY at Leghorn, for no other purpose, although under the pretence of negotiating a marriage for his son." "So persuaded Were the Ministers of England and France that the journey of the Sovereign I o f Modena was connected with some political ob ject, that they immediately set out from' Florence for Leghorn on hearing of his presence at the Court of the GRAND-DUKE. Several distinguished personages had ; likew.se arrived ill that city, an d amongst others the ex-King of HOLLAND, Louts BONAPARTE, Princess HELEN PAU- LOWNA of Russia, Princess CHARLOTTE, daughter of Prince PAUL of Wurtemherg, the Grand duke .MICHAEL, brother of the Emperor of RussiA, and M. BuLow, who, however, con tinued his joianty to Marseilles." The followin g paragraphs include all the other n ews we find in Monday's journals : NEWS FROM AFRICA.-Our accounts from Algiers of the 15th instant state that another disaster had be fallen the French in that regency. Sonic Arabian de setters having announced to the Colonel in comma 33 of the camp of Coleah that the ex-Bey of Miliana was marching between the Sahel and the sea, with the iu tenti in of crossing the M..ssafran and invading the plain of Staoli, he immediately despatclii.d in that direction a reconmetring party, composed of 126 soldiers of the 3d regiment of Light infantry and 25 Chasseurs, under tl:e command of Captain Morisot. Carried away by his courage, Capt. Morisot advanced too far, fell into an am buscade and found himself instantly surrounded by a force ten times superior to his own. He attempted to form his men into a hollow square, but the Arabs did not give him time to execute that tnanceuvre ; they charged the detachment with extraordinary fury, and put near') the whole of it to the sword. The few who escaped were fortunate enough to reach the blockhouse of Mockra-Beira, the guns of which checked the pursuit of the enemy. When this melancholly intelligence reached the camp, the Colonel proceeded with a bat talion of infantry to the scene of the slaughter, but rived too late to avenge the death of his soldiers, 103 (the Siecle) says 125 of whom were lying headless in the field. Captain Morisot and his officers were among the slain. Marshel Vallee, outrageous on learning this occur rence, recalled the ColOnel of the 3d Regiment, who was to return to France by the next packet. It was believed that he would be tried by a court-martial. Our Correspondent at Toulon informs us that the son of the Prince of Orange arrived at Toulon on the 19th, on board the Dutch frigate the Rhine. Admiral Jurien Zagraviere paid a visit to the young Prince. We have received the following letter : " TUNIS, AUG. 7.—Thc F rench squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Rosamel, consisting of four ships of the line, the Marengo, the Genereux, the Trident, and Ocean, which bears the Admiral's flag, is now at anchor off Cape Carthage. This naval force, which seems to have been sent hither on account of the Bey having taken the field at the head of a re gular army, veill shortly leave this station. As soon as the Bey was informed of the arrival of the French squadron, he announced that he should shortly return to the city; and, in fact, a corvette which fol lowed him along the coast, has just arrived, and brings word that it left the Bey a few days' march from Tunis. —Le Conslilutionuel. The Elberfeld Journal publishes the following letter " BERLIN, AuG. 16.—With respect to the Oriental Question and the Quadruple Alliance, we learn that Prince Metternich has had a long conference on the subject with the King of Prussia. The Prince has also had several interviews with the representatives of the Northern Powers, in which the execution of this treaty was discussed. " We know from good authority that Russia, Aus tria, England, and Prussia, intend, before execut►ng the treaty, to make a last attempt to obta..n the assent of France. In case of refusal, Russia will take the lead in forcing the Viceroy to accept the terms proposed.—Le Cownierce. tiOURSE. P AltIS, MONDAY, AUG. 24 f irst Highest Lowest Last Price l'rice. Price Price /...i - , ch f.i.er Cents 3 per tern, 79 25 . 79 90 ... 79 25 ... 79 70 30r4. of c'rance I,,flitte ftank 5,000 f. t,h i:eigian flank 5 .er Cents. 31,er Cents OS 50 ... 61) ... CS 50 ... 69 Spni:ll AcLive I : 6Y2 .. `l6 ... 26% ... 26% Passive N ... 6;, ... 6 ... 6 1 ,4 ticin'olitai , Roman ll,O ... 100 ... 100 ... ICU RAILWAY SHARES. VcrsailleF, It. 13 475 475 ... 473 75 473 75 1.8. Orleans .. 4 7, ~, 470 ... 4";0 ... 470 Strasburg to Bate :350 ... 355 ...950 ... 355 DUTCH FUNDS.—ASISTERDA I4I , AUG. 24 1401ley. Bill.. AcEllal i),bt, `4:}s per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort Syndic, 454 per cent B9 ti.frii 'Ditto, ditto, 3,4 per cent — Commercial Company, 4 , , per cent 168% 169 , 4 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cant. Exchange on London, One month ll 97% Two months Dutch Papers, Aug. 25. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Auo. 21 Bills. St. Sebald, ,SCh., 4% per cent. IC4 Prussian English Loan, Ma, 4 per cent 103 lks.xchange on London, three months 6 18% —Prussian Stale Gazelle, Aug. 22 Money 1('834 EXTRA.OR.DINARY EXPREIt S FROM PARIS. f' .r .. .. __.- The `Levant mail has brought letters from Turkey, Egypt, Greece, and Malta. They state that Mehemet Ali had, on an unofficial intimation of the conclusion of the treaty of the 15th of July, withdrawn from Alexandria, for, it was sup posed, the purpose of avoiding for the moment receiving the official communication of it, but was actively continuing his preparations for war. Rif fat Effendi sailed on the 7th inst. from Constanti nople for Alexandria, to communicate to the Paella the ultimatum of the four Powers. It was believed that on receiving it the Pacha would order Ibrahim to march on Constantinople. Several ships of war left Malta to reinforce our fleet, which was on the Bth inst. at Sigri Mitylene. —Times CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE LAW IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE.—The Ipswieh Express contains an ac count of a man of the name of Jones who had shot a hare %titbit] a hundred yards of his garden, which, of course, had been in part sustained upon the produce of his own labour. A warrant, without a previous summons, is issued against him on the following day. He absconds, and is absent from home during all the winter months, and in the spring returns. He is then let alone till Michaelmas, when, eighteen months after the offence, and six after his return to his family, he h committed to prison for halfa-year. Committed to prison for half a-year for what ? For shooting a hare! Mr. Gurdon put the law upon him with its highest pres sure ; it could not have been strained further without breaking, and in the exercise of this ultra severity, there appears to have bean various irregularities. There were 40/. expended in quashing the original error. There are, of course, additional costs attendant upon time recent proceedings at Ipswich, and the Court of Queen's Bench has as yet to carve out its legitimate portion. Now, should the Worthy Magistrate be ultimately borne harmless out of his perplexities, as Jones prosecutes in lornia vauperis, the question occurs to its on whole shoulders, after all, does this costly expenditure fall ? Here is a man, proved to have been committed to and kept in prison thirty-three days, by Mr. Gordon, for an offence which does not appear to have had any particular aggravation about it, and released at last by a compulsory and expensive proceeding, and the gentlemen whose blunder occasioned all this harass and injury, and whose wilful perseverance in his blunder has cost the county -101., gets off for the trifling penalty of 10 sovereigns. " lf," said Mr. Kelly, " Mr. Gordon • thought that the plaintiff—a poor man—should pay 201. for shooting a hare on Sir Joshua Rowley's land, what did the Jury think the man had a right to ask of him for keeping him thirty-three days in prison ? Which would Mr. Gurdon think was the worst, thirty-three days of imprisonment, or having a hare shot ? If be considered the shooting of a hare was to be compensated with the payment of 20/. by this poor man, he asked it' he could deny that a much larger sum than that ought to be paid for thirty-three days of imprisonment." If it be a crime to kill a hare, is it not a much greater crime to immure a man in prison ? We can have no doubt about the answer, and as every year a great num ber of people suffer from the malice of the law, there can be no doubt that the law is the greatest of crimi nals, and the cause of many crimes. THE EASTERN QUESTION.--A report prevails in the City to-day that the French Government has sent a second courier to Alexandria, charged with fresh pa cific overtures to Mehemet Ali, which France insists shall be accepted by his Highness, under penalty of incurring her displeasure if he refuse, This is probable enough ; but we have failed to trace the report itself to an authentic source. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ---ERUP TION of HF.CLA,—We see from the advertisement that the ' hundredth representation of this beautiful spectacle will take place to-morrow evening. Considering the vast number of persons that have visited these gardens, and the continued attraction still excited by the eruption ot Mount Hecla, the Lime Light, and the musical performances, the success of the season has been rarely equalled at any place of public entertainment. The weather, no doubt, has been must propitious, but, independent of that, the entertain ments are rational and innocent, the company well behav, d, and the time at which they separate being rarely later than ten o'clock, enables persons of the most domestic and re gular habits to enjoy the amusements without inconveni ence. The hundredth night is to be marked by an unu sually grand display, and the little soldiers from the Duke of York's Asylum at Chelsea are to have their annual treat to time gardens on the same evening, with their band of miniature musicians. Lord Foley, Lady Berkeley, Lord Villiers, Sir John Walsh, and several other members of the aristocracy have visited the gardens with large par ties this week. Mr. Richard Fretwell Stote, son of Hugh Stote, Esq., of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, was yesterday a o,_ mitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. REPEAL DRESS.—it is stated in an Irish paper that the repcalcrs throughout Ireland are to be known by their dress—a pepper-and-salt coat, v e l vet collar, and repeat buttons, which Garb Mr. O'Connell has already adopted, THE MARKETS.—(,aHis DA Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. The of English Corn since Mondsy has been small, of F.,reign Win et and Oars good. Tile weather • continuipg fine for harvest operations, has caused Whcat to be exit - en(ly dull in sale ; and tender neN p,rcels are offerilig at I aver prices. In other Grain no al'eratioa, with very little doing.. Fig ur still very slack in sale. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A large supply of Poultry, tide rather heavy, and prices as last quoted. Eggs dull of sale at 6s. per 120. Meat in good supply, demand improving, prices unaltered. Beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 101. 7 Mutton, 3s. to 4s. ; 35. 8 , 1. to ss; Perk, 3s 61. to 4s 101., and L.irab, 53. to 65. per stone of Blhs. COLONIAL MARKET. There was Hide activity in the Proi'uce Markets, and, by private treaty, the op, raiions were on a strait scale in n.arly all articles; tlic ptedic sales were small, and wciit off without spirit. Prices, however, kept firm, The im ports light from all quarter. TEA MARKET. No variation occurred in prices to-day, but few sales were made. Company's Congou 2s. 3J d. cash. Some public sales were declared. TALLOW MARKET. Prices hid a downward tendency for P. Y. C., but there were few buyers ; floe quality on thesnot 525. 3d. per cwt. PROVISION MARKET. Butter in good r. quest and prices firm, the supply short, Baron lest in demand, but prices have been firm ; Lard sold freely, and prices on the advance. MONEY and COivEVIERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY. -We have had a very dull market i❑ Cotton to-day, without mate, ial change in prices ; sales confined to 1,500 bags. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, AUG. 25. Grand Junction, quarter shares, new 31i Great Western, half shares 5l Manchester and Bolton .. ... Midland Counties North Union Little doing to-day ; market dull. A vessel called the Baltimore has arrived at Havre from New York ; sailed on the 4th of August. No papers or letters received as yet. The following official returns of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London have been published : Silver bars to Hamhurgh 42,103 ounces. Do. to Rotterdam Do. to Calcutta Silver coin to Rotterdam 24,000 do. Do. to Lintin and Tonkoo 51,000 do. Do. to Hamburgh 12,000 do. Gold coin to Ceylon Gold bars to Rotterdam VII NT ING PP T ; ON•• LITERATURE. LETTER TO THE MOST REV. THE AUCI2I3IShOP OF CANTERBURY, 6*c. By Sir ARTHUR BROOKE FAULKNER, Member y' the Universities y Oxford and Cambridge. lt.cinonstrances ”gailist Elie conduct of the Church arc now so numerous, that langinge—w h.ch we are. told has withered .:rinses—inust have lost its power if the Church survive. Sir A. B Faulkner is not, - however, a new remonstrant, for the present letter speaks of a series on the same subject which he has written during the last eight or nine years, pointing out to the Bishop of the diocese some neglect, Of which the parish of Evington Leigh, Gloucester shire, is the victim. Hu says that there is as little benefit to be expected fro m time Clergy when they are resident as when the} are not— .. Because though my parish church is not far from deserted, there is no part of the machinery of the establishment wanting to secure an cverflowing a ttend' ance—Because fifteen years' experience in this parish has taught me that no remonstrance or importunity with either Bishop or incumbent has succeeded to bring about the slightest improvement—and because n'Y Bishop, foeling no doubt considerably incommoded by my representations and importunity, at last fair'y. backed out of the thi ng b y con f essing h e h a d no po'sn to give redress. I consider myself, therefore, justifi e " to conclude that in most parishes the same unhappy re suit may be more or less expected as in my own, ti e dfference only depending upon the mere accidental chr racter or motives of the individual pastor. Now, if to half the land which your Grace TOO" sents as so deplorably destitute, you add those parishes where resident clergymen are of little or no use, wh at a spectacle we shall have pr e s en t e d o f a Ch urc h which would be regarded as so pre-eminent for diffusing re ligion among us, what comfort it holds out for eu,r having p ar t e d com p any w i t h t h e Q ueen o f H ar l o t s , an" the beast spoken of in the Revelations!' f After many remonstran ce s to th e Bi s hop - o Gloucester the Bishop refuses to interfere, alleging that he had no power to give relief,— "s o that he receives," adds Sir Brooke," 9,000. a-year for overseeing that the shepherds are idle rind the sheep rotting, On our part, we are compelled to put up with the mere Sunday services of curates livieg at a distance, the other six days being little better than, absolutely blotted out of the pastor's calendar. course, those among us who may be overtaken by aie" 7 ness or sorrow are alike neglectei on Sunday and Da: turday ; contrary to the Bishop's own requiremeu" counsel can neither be given to the young, nor c olor lotion to the old,' nor comfort to the penitent, D r% warning to the reprobate ; and should any dying per' ° !.. ever so anxiously desire to receive the sacrament from • the hands of a clergyman, he may either not be foun d '" or he comes too late, or it is not known where be sides, or when he is accessible, the consequence of which is, that the people seldom think of sending for a e lergr , man at all in any of their needs or distresses, howeve r urgent. This treatm e nt o f th e p eop l e surpr i ses ine,tl more, as the Bishop h a s so ex p ress l y i nt i mate d, lnae e k plainly stated, that the clergy have duties on the we e days as well as on Sunday." 'These are specimens of the conduct of the Clergy in one parish, but it is not generally very different; whence it is appropriately concluded the Church 1 , 1 in danger, but her dang e r comes f rom h erse lf, a" from no external enemies. We pass by—as unwilling to believe that any nie r.. gyman can be so mean as to appropriate to his covalt use the Sacrament money—what Sir B. Fatal e ) says on this subject. Th e Cl ergy , we k no w w e are extortioners, plunderers within the law, but th e y plunder not without having it for a protector. THE RETURN TO ENGLAND, 2 Vo Cadell, London, 1840. This is a pleasant, o ff-h an d, ram bli ng s tory, th e main incident s o f w hi c h are b oun d toget h er by t?e slightest possible ligaments. From the fal l ; the liarity which h e everyw h ere s h ows w ith the usages of th e serv i ce , we suspect that to author is a m ilit ary man, w h o h as taken the He by wa y o f b egu ili ng h i s l e i sur e n°o Ile has many o f t h e requ i s i tes for succes s in i he lighter branch of literature—that is to say, in cor novel—for he conceives and developes char%its with force and skill, as h e h as s h own i n his P rtr oes of Major Glendower and Capt. Mariana; P °s o e ,,, v s a fertile and salient fan c y, an d care fullY . er those frequently besetting sins of the novelist, baseness and•prolixity. Teeming, as it does. "lttt to cident, stitring y e t unexaggerate d, t h e " Return . 5 England" can seal cell- fail to please the l o vers of this species of composition. The first volume is thi best, being written with the most vivacity ; and the scene at night in the wood during a thunder-stornit where a young lady, Bella Mowbray, is beset bf an anonymous ruffian in the attire of a musi• clan, and is rescued by an officer who ha s assumed the disguise of an old woman, in nv der the more successfully to carry on a flirtation with the adopted daughter of the Countess of An nandale, di s pl a y s no or di nary grap hi c energy . T ' , ° tale, we und ers t an d, i n some o f i ts ma i n parts, I s founded on facts ; and the author adds, in his P re i ; face, that " some o f t h e c hi e f p i ctures whi/ ive presents have been drawn from real objects!" y should conclude as much from the spirit which they are detailed. CHURCH JOBBING. EDITORect of si R 7:2 Th T e ll s E ub been so often noticed, anti F6Per' Clurc O h l'ExtTenlisiEon ShaUslVe.t to ably handled, in your 0 that there would appear nothin that could be said ° that head, but, as a Noble Duke recently said wi th 6 : r.O P eh justi ce , l e t t h e C hurch set the example before foe call on her members to contribute, I beg to troub: you with th e following statement, showing the neeel h tl e of attending t o th at excel l ent S tateman cur ia parish of W. two Chu rc h es h ave , within a number of years, be en erec t e d p r i nc ip a lly by the rop e d ta rt' subscription of those very people who are denotlef e r as: anti-Ch urc h peop l e. S u b sequent l y the irgit:ril Church (after b e i ng bl esse d w i t h f our rec t o rs in as re, - by years, n o d ou b t qu i te b y acc id ent ) , was purcha se " a person who w as th e patron o f two o th e r advew s° , n he This said person is lucky enough to have a son in ,i t ; Church, who, within the space of two years and an 'l% was an actual incumbent of all three in successiot.ll3 order to suit his father's mercenar • views. The Pa rl 4 has lately been divided under the y Act of Parliaele" the • into three distinct parishes, at the instigation 0- aforesaid person, m a ki ng hi m t h ere b y the patron of .770 advowsons. Weil, Sir, the yout h v acated t r Mother Church ( o f course b y chance), and the tatheh sold three separ a t e a d vowsons an d p oc keted th e eas e for the church whi c h we a id e d t o build. Cou ld Act of Parliament anticipate such jobbing ? C e . rtai t n be . not. But th e m i sc hi e f d oes not en d there. DY• sale of the churches we are deprived of two most i cellent men, b e l ove d an d respecte d by their rose So t : , congregations. N o twith s t an ding all this certain t moos have commenced building another c hurch (b e quite unlik e w i se b u ild ers, secur ed the cash). have called upon us to c. ntribute thereto. I think passil events will conv i nce t h ese w i se acres that we are wiser 1 our generation th an t o h e t a ken in again ; and I am happy bowed unto Ba al ! in saying that sonic, who have not b are determined upon seriously investigating the forme: disreputabl e traffic, and seeing whether or not miniature who area pproved of by their congregations are to b, thus summarily , dismissed. As well might the a dvice 0; a physician be acceptable to a patient who disliked 1 , 11 1 person as the spiritu a l a id o f a person can be bene 6e r . to the soul acne on whom h e i s th rus t so o bjectione b4 YOUR CONSTANT READE IL Bath, Aug. 17. VENEZUELA.— The Republic of Venezuela, in South America, has just completed an accurate survey of its entire territory. This survey was conducted by Colonel Codassi, who consecrated ten years of unremitting labour to the task. The republic has been found to comprise no less than 35,000 square leagues of territory, the greater portion of which has been hitherto completely unknown. 'lle results of this important survey arc recorded in a map on a very extensive scale, and a general atlas, which are now being printed in Paris by an order of the Govern ment of Venezuela, and which will complete our geogra phical knowledge of this portion of the continent of South America, remarkable alike by the variety and value of its natural producti ons , by it s v i rg i n f orests , an d i ts magni- The Marquis d o l a V a l ette arr i ved at ha lf-173 5 s ficent water courses, amounting to 2,000 in number, and eight on Tuesday evening at Hertford H with d e ' almost all navigable, the greater portion being , bsorbedspatches from the French Government for o M u . se ouzat• . 0 . by the immense Oronoko, which is navigable for a distance His Excellency the Prussian Minister ha vi n T y of more than 1.000 miles from its mouth. Colonel Codassi, determined to return to Berlin by the shortest roatc,,° or . ; ssisted by MM. Diaz and Barral, has been charuedb embarked this morning (Wednesday) on board the " 8 the some Government with the task of publishing the mliy- burgh steamer. deal history of Venezuela, from the period of its firstidis covery to the close of the war of independence, together hasat, Lieut.-Colonel , \Vylde, Equerry to Prince All' f with abundant statistical details, derived from the most left town on a mission to the Court of the Que en °. authentic sources. Spain. The Gallant Officer is charged to deliver to i O v e ix neral Espartero, the Spanish Generalissimo, the inig The Courrier de Lyons states, that the silk ma- of an extra Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. nufacturers of Lyons consume 2.000 00016. of silk anon_ )e0 11 ? The Count Leon, a natural son of Nap , by ally. It requires 4,292,400,000 silkworms to produce thi quantity of silk. Each silkworm produces about 500 yards whose duel with Prince Louis Napoleon was prevint e _ i ' d a the Police on Wimbledon-common, has com mene n ' oc ,. of silk thread, and the total length of all the silk produced prosecution for defamation against the Capitok , ° , O a fa is equal tco 14 times the distance of the earth to the sun, count of that journal having published a report of to and 5,494 times that of the earth to the moon. It is like count with comments upon it. wise equal to 52,505 times the circumference of the earth h e fee , NOT BAD.—The tables turned. T - v fa. at the equator, and 200,000 times the circumference of the MOON. quency of murder in England has so frightened many. Indies that they are about resorting to Ireland for se° The half-yearly meeting of the Proprietorsof —lrzshman. EV Incorporat e d G enera l Steam Navi"ation Company was held yesterd a y at t h e o ffi ce of the 'Company, Lombard- One day last we e k, A n d rew Li g h t, f o ur 11 1 - 00 street. The chair was taken by Mr. Wolverley Attwood, old, the son of a person residing at Hay Mills, t„ at were at M. P., at one o' c l oc k Th e report an d ha lf- year l y accounts Consolidated Mines, i n G wennap, was left in t"- were read a n d very f u ll explanat i ons g i ven upon t h e state by itself asleep in the c r adl e, when a p i g en t e red 8 : 0 d the well and prosp ects o f t h e af f a i rs, which appeare d to a ff or d great tacked it. One of th e c hild' s arms was eaten offnP oos " a l and general sat i s f act i on, and the f avoura bl e p rogress o f elbow, and the fi ngers on t h e opposite hand, as side of the fa ce , d rea df u ll y mangled. Th e PP" dividend was d ec l are d , and creature is still alive.—Falmouth Packet. .11 co here- the compa n y was the subje, after voting die cordial thanks ct of much congratulation. The ot' the Pr o p r i etors to t h e Ch a i r man arid Directors, the EDINBURGH, A UG . ~12. - --WilS oo is V i l l ' e meeting separated. ; among us he has b een tw i ce re - engage d, an 0 the DEATH I' ROM BATHING.—On Monday night tinues to draw as good houses at the termination ! Ls o, o ulti the son of Mr. Druce, landlord of the Feathers Tavern, commencement of his engagement. This is 85 , It be pra in the Waterloo-road, was drowned while bathing near be ; it is but right th a t a voca li s t like him shout''. ro wer Blackwall Th e d e ceased was a very fine young man, an Perly appreciated in his n a ti ve land of song. On " b th, in appr ent i ce to Mr. Bleaden, propr i etor of the hotel at occasion have. WO seen him so well supported, and i: hou rs Black wa ll„ Ab out ten o ' c lock in the evening the deceased hi': usual run of our national operas, as well 25 ce d; and a companion went to bathe; his friend cautioned h.m, Diando and the Postilion rf Lon wean. lie P ro appears not to go cut of his depth. H a next to Glasgow, uh, re he u i!I make his plunged in the water up to his chin, when his compani on in the New Theatre in ._.,orsie iavourite opera- t he as lie was unable to swim, again repeated his remonstrance. In a moment after he CLOSING SHOPS.--We understand that , .. 1 ,,, t• l'au sank, having been seized with the cramp. After a lame e ra .,,,, 1 . ~ &,, in the di vr iet of S • e i z ht , , i , , sbk merects„. • shops At v of a couple of hours the body was diSCOVei.7I., and con- ' Ll,o,4[o_ll.will , leilll , their . ~., )1 I, comtnenct. c o veyed on shore. I on Tuesday next, for the next seven mont" first apPe THE FUNDS. We are again this morninc , without any arrivals of consequence. The chief business for this day in the house will be the operations in the puts and calls, otherwise called options, the settlement of which takes place a quarter to four o'clock. To-morrow being the settling day in Consols, the jobbers and brokers arc also occupied in arranging their accounts. " The " Bulls "at the commencement of the account. having become alarmed that a war would take place between this country and France, made up their accounts with a sacrifice, and turned bears. It is ex pected that heavy losses will be experienced on to morrow's settlement by the Hebrew party. Consols have not opened quite so good as they left off yesterday, at 90 for Account, at present may be quoted at 90 both fur Money and Account ; Ex. chequer Bills 24 26 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 dis. par ; Bank Stock, 169 170 ; India Stock, 249 250. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Spanish Active maintains the leaving off price of 25 26 ; Deterred, 124 ; Passive, 6i ; Brazilian, 80 to 81 ; Colombian, 24;1 251 ; Mexican, 29:1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 521 ; Five per Cents., 1024 The Foreign Exchanges being lower yesterday after noon accounts for the depression of Consols this morning. Shares—Great Western Railway, 27 29 premium ; London and Brighton, 91 8i discount ; Blackwall, discount, par ; Birmingham, 81 83 premium ; South ampton, 57 58 per share ; Croydon, 1111 per Aare ; Greenwich, per share ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 10:k 91 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London and Blackwall London and South Western 3Bi s7i to HALF-PAST ONE. The private accounts received from Paris state that another agent has been sent to Mehemet AU, to do all in his power to persuade him to conform to the wishes of the Quadruple Powers. Since the early part of the morning the British Mar ket. has become heavy, and receded , from 901 i to 901 for the Account ; at present may he quoted 901 ; 100,0001. Consols were purchased against options, the depr , ssion in the British Funds is, not owing to any news having arrived, but it ►s said to its being a Bull Account. The Dutch steamer Batavier has arrived, bringing the papers of the 25th August. The market continued firm ; Exchequer Bills lower, 26 3 5 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 dis.; Bank Stock, 1694. Spanish Active, 254 ; Deferred, 12 1 1 ; Portugese, 35 ; Three per Cents., 2:3 ; Colombian, 25 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 ; Five per Cents. nothing done. Very little doing in Shares ; Great Western, 93 ; London and Blackwall, 19 ; South-western, 574. STEAM TRAVELLING EXTRAORDINARY.-- LEICESTER, MONDAY.—About half-past twelve o'clock this day a train, the longest, perhaps, ever known, came along the Midland Counties Railway from Nottingham. It had four engines to drag it forward, and to the beholders ap oeared like a moving street, the houses of which were filled with human beings. The occasion of this extraordi nary sight was a return visit made by the committee and friends of the Nottingham Mechanics' Exhibition to the Mechanics' Exhibition of this town. The number of car riages was 67, and the quantity of passengers nearly 3,000 —moat of whom were well and respectably attired. On the banks for a considerable distance, and also near to flu. station, tens of thousands of spectators had assembled to greet their arrival, a. d the scene altogether was one of the most imposing that can be conceived. The Duke of Rut land's excellent band was in attendance, and played an ap propriate air as the train entered the Company's premises, and afterwards preceded the cavalcade that was formed to proceed to the New Hall, where the exhibition has been for some weeks opened. About seven o'clock the train set out on its return to Nottingham, when the crowd collected witness their departure appeared quite as great as on their arrival. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.- --This extraordinary machine i 3 now being worked on the Great Western Rail roa t, between Drayton and Padtbngton ; and, though no oistinet idea of the apparatus can be• imparted without plans and draughts of the dial, pipes, rods, &c., of which it is compo . , , ed, yet the principle will excite unqualified admi ration when our readers learn that intelligence is conveyed at the rate of 200,000 macs per second, or 8,000 times quicker than light travels during the same period, by means of electrical currents passing through coils of copper wire placed immediately behind some fine magnetic needles, made to operate upon a circular series of 20 letters, which indicate such terms, either separately or collectively, as they have been arranged to represent. 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