The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-02 00:00:00

~s 1~;`~ ifirtperiai Varitamtnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented a petition from ano ther deanery, and stated that he had now presented petitions from all the deaneries in his diocese against the Church Discipline" Bill. The Marquis of NORMANBY said, that tomorrow (Friday) be would move the.second reading of the Jamaica Bill, as he understood there would be no opposition to his doing so ; after which, counsel might be heard upon it, and the discussion might take place on Monday. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving the third reading of this bill, said it was his intention to add two amendments by way of rider, and wished to call the attention of the noble duke (Wellington). though he did not expect that they would be objected to. One was, to extend the ope ra ti on o f th e bill • to warrants of goods, bills of lading, or other commercial se curities ; the other was to allow interest above five per cent to be taken on forbearance. It was well known that in many . cases bills became due before the acceptors were in a condition to pay them, on the forbearanee of the holder, which might he considered a renewal of the loan ; it would be a benefit to the commercial world to allow the principle of the bill to ex tend to such " forbearance." A short discussion ensued.' Lord BROUGHAM would caution their lordships against the _ use of such general terms as " or other commercial securities." He was alarmed at the possible construction which a court of law might put on those words. Many things might be con sidered commercial securities which the legislature did not contemplate in the application of the principle of the bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE consented that those words " bills of lading, or other commercial securities," should be struck out. On the next clause being read, allowing interest above five per cent to parties holding bills on forbearance, Lord WYN FORD contended, that the clause would be virtually a repeal of the usury laws. The Marquis of LANsnowriz briefly defended the clause Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested, that it would be better to have these clauses printed, and stand over for consideration till next day. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not object, and thus the matter stood over to Friday. AFFAIRS OF MALTA. The Earl of RIPON brought forward the case of the attor ney-general, the collector of revenue, &c., at Malta, who had been dismissed on the recommendations of the commissioners of inquiry ; and moved for further papers, and particularly the evidence on which the commissioners had founded their recommendations. After considerable discussion, the motion was agreed to, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THIIRSDAY. Mr. °swamp, the new member for Glasgow, took the oaths and his seat. Mr. BAINES having presented a petition from the woollen manufacturers of Leeds on the subject, said that he should hereafter call attention to the recent commercial regulations of the Germanic league, which greatly injured our manufac tures and commerce :—Hamburg and Holland, as he observed, had successfully complained of them, and got favourable treaties in consequence. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill for suspending certain ecclesiastical ap pointments for another year, His lordship afterwards post poned the ecclesiastical duties and revenues bill. Hesaid (in answer to Lord Ashley) that he should propose that the fac tory bill have precedence on Monday. WEST INDIES. Dr. LUSHINGTON said, he wished to inquire of the right hon. gentleman the Under-Secretary for the colonies , whether the government had any authentic information that the legis lature of the island of Barbadoes had passed two bills—one for the establishment of law contracts, and the other on the subject of vagrancy, in conformity with the orders in council. Mr. LABOUCHERE replied, that he had great satisfaction in stating that such information had been received ; and that it was not only true that the island of Barbadoes had passed laws on contracts and vagrancy, but that the island of St. Vincent also had passed a bill on vagrancy; and all these measures were in strict conformity with the orders in coun cil. (Cheers.) FACTORY QUESTION. Lord ASHLEY, in answer to Lord John Russell, said, he certainly had publicly stated in the house, that the factory bill would take precedence on Monday, and he had only to repeat that now. HOSTILITIES IN THE EAST. Mr. HUME asked Lord Palmerston whether, in conse quence of the news just received from abroad, relating to the hostilities in the east, he had any objection to lay upon the table of the house the despatches and papers relating to the convention of the 20th of April, 1823, which led to the esta blishment of a treaty of peace between Mehemet Ali and the Porte, in order that the house might know what engagements had been incurred on the part of this country, with reference to the belligerent parties. Lord PALMERSTON said, that accounts bad been received from Constantinople, which did not actually state that hos tilities had commenced, but that there was great apprehen sion that they might soon be expected to commence. With regard to the convention referred to by the hon. member, there never had been any treaty or formal document drawn up between the Sultan and the Pasha of Egypt ; but an ar rangement was made, by which the Sultan undertook to nominate Mehemet Ali as the governor of certain pashalics, but the execution of that agreement had not been embodied in any convention ; the fact was merely communicated in the annual list of pashalics. He did not know that there would be any objection to the production of the despatches, but if the hon. gentleman would allow him to look through them, he would be better able to answer the question. EDUCATION. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to ask the right. hon. bart. the member for Tamworth, whether he intended to take the sense of the house in bringing up the report of the education grant? (Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL said, he considered the subject was completely exhausted, and he had, therefore, no wish to renew the debate, particularly as the question was identically the same as all the members of the house except 24 had expressed their opinion upon. (Hear, hear.) He therefore did not intend to take the sense of the house on bringing up the report. a committee of the whoreYouse on the sale of he beer bill being read, petitions for and against the bill were presented. On the question that the Speaker now leave the chair being put, Mr. HUMS ob;ected to the house proceeding fur ther with this bill, and moved that the house resolve itself into a committee upon this bill on this day six months. After a short discussion, Mr. Hume withdrew his amendment. The house then went into committee on the bill. Lord SANDON moved the insertion of the following clause: " That, from and after the commencement of the act, it shall be lawful for the commissioners of excise or other per sons duly authorised, to grant a license for the sale of beer, ale, porter, cider, and perry, under the authority of the said recited act), to any person applying for the same; but that such license shall not authorise the sale of beer, &c. to be drunk or consumed in the house of the person specified in the license." A desultory conversation followed; and Lord SANDON then, as was understood, agreed to withdraw his amendment for the present. Mr. PAKINGTON was understood to move, as an amend ment on the first clause, that no licenses should be granted in particular districts to persons holding houses, unless they were rateable to the relief of the poor at the annual value of £lO. Mr. MILLS thought it would rid the committee of the difficulty that would arise, as the amendment then stood, by merely inserting the words " shall only obtain such license for the non-consumption of beer, &c., on the premises." The house divided, the numbers were— For the clause For the amendment Majority The clause was therefore struck out. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was in the hands of the committee, but at present he should propose to negative this and the remaining clauses, to bring up his own clauses, and that the chairman then report progress. The first and all the remaining clauses were then negatived. Lord SANDON then moved the clause of which he had given notice, the object of which was to restore the law relating to the sale of beer to its old condition, by prohibiting the consumption of beer on the premises. lie proposed to continue the right to sell beer to be consumed on the pre mises to those now licensed who had not misbehaved them seltes, or come under the notice of the police, for their own lives and those of their wives; but the clause provided that, in 'future no licenses should be granted for th a t p ur p ose . The noble lord then moved a clause to this effect, on which the committee divided : Ayes. .. Noes Majority —6l The house then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit arain. The Electors Removal bill then came before the house. Mr. BAGGE moved that it be read a third time that day three months. The amendment was ultimately lost, the numbers on a division being— For the third reading 137 For the amendment Majority in favour of the bi 11.... The Register of Births bill was recommitted, reported with amendments, and ordered to be read a third time on Satur day.—The Exchequer of Pleas bill went through a committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Friday.--The Ficticious Vote (Scotland) bill ; and the Registration of Electors (Scotland) bill, were withdrawn till next session.— The Sugar Duties bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday. The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. ... 103 .. .. -27 HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The proposed amendments in the Bills of Exchange bill were moved and adopted. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in answer to the Marquis of Salishnry, said that he should on Thursday week move the second reading of the Prisons bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions, praying the adoption of a regulation requiring public houses to be closed on Sundays. Lord BROUGHAM said that he doubted not that publicans generally would approve of some 'such regulation ; and he would direct his attention to the framing of a clause for the purpose. He then deferred his Education bill till Tuesday week, to make way for the consideration of the Jamaica bill. The Marquis of SA unto HY inquired what Lord Brougham intended to do with his beer bill. • Lord BROUGHAM said that he should pass as much of it as he could. He knew nothing about the Beer bill in the other house ; indeed their lordships had only to do their duty with the measures before them. On the motion of the Marquis of Normanby, counsel were called in on the Jamaica bill. Mr. Burge was then heard at great length, as agent for the island of Jamaica, against the bill. The second reading was fixed by the Marquis of NOR MANDY for Monday, and the committee on it for Tuesday.— Adjourned. HUSE OF MONS.—FRIDAY. Sir W. JAMES withdrew COM the Hull Docks bill, and then moved to introduce a new bill in its stead, but that motion was negatived on a division. In consequence of a conversation, originated by Lord STANLEY, the several committees on the Small Debts bill, now before the house, were postponed till Monday week, to afford the committee engaged in preparing some general measure on the subject, time to make their report. Mr. HUME moved for various returns regarding the num ber of persons now confined for debt in London, Middlesex, Surrey, and throughout the country, with the view of ascer taining the working of the Imprisonment for Debt act. They were ordered. Lord J. RUSSELL, on the subject of the Canada bills, said that it was not the intention of the government to proceed with them, except on the maturest consideration, after af fording the amplest opportunity for inquiry; it was, there fore, intended to send the bill for the union of the Canadas, after its second reading, to those provinces, that it might be fully known and discussed. Mr. HUMS inquitedwhen it was intended to bring forward the question connected with the I3ank of Ireland. The CHANCELLO R of the EXCHEQUER answered that he was desirous of submitting his statement on the subject, and that he would do so as early as possible. Mr. O'CoNNELL observed that any bill on the subject, brought forward at so late a period of the session, would give anything but satisfaction in Ireland. It would, therefore, be much better to defer it till next session. Lord INGESTRIE inquired whether information had been received at the Admiralty of another outrage upon the British flag in the Mexican seas. Sir T. TROURBRIDGE said on so important a subject he should not like to trust to memory, no notice having been given of the intention to put such a question, he had not looked particularly at the documents. Lord INGESTRIE gave notice that he should repeat his question on Monday. Mr. HAWES inquired when the subject regarding the col lection of poor rates would be brought forward. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would give ample notice of the day. _ The Election Petitions Trials Bill was considered in com mittee at great length. The house then went into committee on Public Works (Ireland,) and a grant of £50,000 was agreed to. On motion that the Sugar Duties Bill be read a third time, Mr. EWART moved an amendment to the effect that sugar which was the produce of free labour should be admitted at the same rate of duty as that produced in the West India colonies. After some discussion, in which the chancellor of the ex chequer, Mr. Clay, Mr. P. Thomson, Mr. Hume, Mr. H. Hind, Mr. Thornley, and Mr. M. Philips took part, the mo tion was withdrawn and the bill read a third time and passed. The Custody of Infants Bill was also read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke of Northumberland has acceded to the petition of his labourers, and generously advanced their wages two shillings per week, in consequence of the high price of pro visions. —Newcastle Journal. The hay harvest has commenced in this neighbourhood, and the crop has been very greatly increased by the recent beneficial rains. In places, however, there is a deficiency of under-grass, owing, doubtless to the long-continued drought of the spring. —Gloucestershire Chronicle. EARLY HARVEST.—There is a small field of barley on the canal side, near the Links, which is in such a state of for wardness, as to lead us to anticipate an early conclusion to the labours of the husbandman—the stems generally being from 2 to 24 feet long, and showing a fine long ea r , w hi c h th e present rains will tend to fill rapidly.—Aberdeen Journal. THE WEATHER.—There has fallen an immense quantity of rain during the week, accompanied by a warm atmosphere and occasional glimpses of sunshine ; and vegetation has, in consequence, made rapid progress. Yesterday evening the air turned rather cold, with the wind blowing from the north ; and though the sky was clear overhead, heavy showers appeared to be passing at a distance.—Derry Sentinel. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday last, by special licence, at the private chapel of Knowle, the Earl Amherst to the Dowager Countess of Plymouth. The Marquis of Downshire, Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, Lady Sarah Amherst, Hon. Robert Clive, &c., were present at the ceremony. The Earl and Countess Amherst are staying at Knowle Park. The noble earl is in his 66th year, and, we believe, the countess is about 45 years of age.—Herald. The long-continued drought, the effects of which were ap parent on the hay crop and pasture grass, and beginning to be felt on the potatoe and turnip fields, has been succeeded by soft showers, which continued almost without intermission during several days. The crops are looking well, and the temperature continues high, the reign will be of essential benefit on every species of field crops.—Edinburgh Evening Post. • CHELTENHAM.—A report is in circulation that the radicals of this town intend getting up a requisition to Mr. Roebuck to come forward as a candidate in the event of an election. We can hardly think they have turned their backs upon their faithful advocate, W. P. Gaskilt, Esq., who, we understand, is pledged to come forward ; independently of which he is a resident and rate payer : consequently he has a much greater claim upon them than Mr. Roebuck.— Gloucester Ghronicle. THE STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—We have good authority for stating that, in the event of a dissolution of parliament, William Maxwell, Esq. younger of Cardoness, will be brought forward as a candidate for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in the conservative interest. A requisition will be got up immediately inviting him to stand ; and if it be signed, as we cannot doubt it will be, by a goodly array of respectable names, we have every reason to believe that Mr. Maxwell will comply with the mighty request.--Dumfries Herald. THE CROPS.—At the present moment, when trade and commerce are in such an unsatisfactory position, and indeed every thing looking so desponding, it is gratifying to find that the accounts from all parts of the world give every reason to expect a most abundant harvest. Throughout England we are assured the crops look most flourishing, and in America as well as France the same appearance is presented. In many districts the hay harvest has commenced, while the recent rains have done much to forward the grain, potatoe, and tur nip crops. Some of the provincial papers speak of the wheat crops, in particular, as wearing a more luxuriant appearance than was almost ever remembered at this season of the year., —Newcastle Journal. ELECTION FOR BRADFORD.—A short time since, some o the friends of Mr. Hardy applied to him to know, in case of an election, whether he would allow himself to be nominated for this borough. The answer he gave them was wary, and prudent, and characteristic of the man. He stated that should a requisition be presented to him, bearing the names of half the registered electors of Bradford, he would, in case of an election, come forward and offer himself as a candidate for that borough. A requisition has been framed, and is now in course of signature. Up to Monday night it had received about 400 names. It is stated that about 60 known and staunch Tories refused to sign any requisition, but pledge themselves to vote for Mr. Hardy. We are informed that 612 voters will give the victory.—York Courant. It is demanded what steps the House of Lords will take in support of Sir Robert Peel's policy in the House of Commons for the overthrow of the nefarious scheme of anti-church edu cation ? The Commons have done their part ; the country is with them. Are the House of Lords against both country and Commons—against both Church and State; or is it only his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who could crush both Ministers and their project by a majority of two to one ? The patience of honest men, and, with all due deferen ce , o f wise men to. mais-mt-awaveii:o 4 3l.a.asAt to sampth;,..- AYLESBURY RAILWAY.—The London and Birmingham Company (who lease the Aylesbury line) have this week an nounced a considerable sink in the fares ; the price of the whole journey from Aylesbury to London is now but ss. 6d. and no gratuities are allowed to be given to the police, guard, or men in waiting. The time allowed for the journey is 2h . 10m. Some of the London papers have put down the dis tance of the Aylesbury branch at 7-1. : miles • this is not correct, the real distance bei ng somew h at short ofseven miles. The time allowed for the transit from Aylesbury to Cheddington is in future to occupy but seven minutes ; i. e. at the rate of nearly 60 miles an hour.—Aylesbury Fetes. MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—Steam conveyance is ordered for embarkation of the following depOts :-30th-107 men, from Carlisle to Belfast ; 52nd-160 men, from Carlisle to Belfast ; 77th-295 men, from Belfast to Carlisle ; 83d-154 men from Belfast to Carlise.—[The 52nd passed through Carlisle last Saturday ; the 95th arrived here on Tuesday ; the 33d left on the following day for TYnemouth ; and the 33th passed through on Friday morning] .—Carlisle Patriot. WHIG BLUNDERING.—The course pursued by ministers, in reference to the Irish railways, affords an admirable spe cimen of the whig ge n i us f or blunder. A number of enter prising speculators were actively employed in raising funds for giving to the sister kingdom the advantages of railway communication. Actuated by a burning zeal for that country, Lord Morpeth steps in, protests that these speculators are engaged in an enterprise which can never repay their outlay, and very politely begs to transfer to the unwilling purse of John Bull all the loss which these speculators were quite willing, to risk. Having thus taken all possible pains to extinguish the ardour of the speculators, the noble lord ' makes a dignified pause of some three months, and then, with a very Jim Crowish jump, suddenly renounces his design on Mr. Bull's pockets, and quietly- recommits to the sole care and attention of private speculators that same project for railways, which be had before taken out of their hands, and which he now returns with the truly Irish advantage that they have been officially denounced as entirely hopeless of profit. Lord Morpeth has dealt out " a heavy blow, and great discouragement" to the Irish railways, and they must be Irish speculato rs i n d ee d who will now have anything to do with them.—Morning Herald. SALMON FISHING AT THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY.—There is a considerable draught of salmon just now at two or three stations in the vicinity of the Giant's Causeway, and it is daily increasing. Very fine salmon, weighing from s i x t o fourteen pounds are selling at 6d p er lb. other descriptions of fish are equally reasonable, haddock and mullet not averaging over 2d_per lb. Very large lobsters are selling at 10d to is each. The Coleraine and Derry steamers call at Port Bal- Entree three times a week, and regularly take away large quantities of salmon. If a steam vessel were put on from Belfast to Port Ballintrae, calling at Larne, Glenarm, Cush endall, Cushendun, Ballscastle, and the Giant's Causeway, there is no doubt that a considerable traffic would be carried on in fish, fowls, eggs, butter, and other marketable articles. Numerous families would, also, take country lodgings along this picturesque coast, did they possess the means of visiting thefr residences daily by steam conveyance. Our Scotch neighbours along the Clyde enjoy these advantages in a pre eminent degree. There is every inducement for a specula tion of this description. There are convenient landing places at all the ports we have mentioned : lodgings and provisions are reasonable ; the hotels are good;. and the scenery, and convenience for sea-bathing not to be surpassed in the united kingdom.—Belfast Whiy. STORMS IN FRANCE. - The French country papers sre filled with accounts of storms, the effects of which have been far more violent and more widely felt throughout France this year than can be remembered for a long time. The light-house on Cape Ferret, near La Teste, beyond Bordeaux, was struck by lightning on the 16th instant, and much da maged. A workman, who had taken shelter in it from the rain was killed. A thunder-storm occurred, a few days ago, at Eravant, (Loiret); a female servant, who was haymaking, was killed by the lightning. Her clothes were much injured, but the body bore no other trace of the fluid than a slight mark upon the head. Her shoes, the soles of which were full of small nails, were rent to pieces. Her mistress, who who was standing at her side, escaped without injury. A. few days p rev i ous l y, a lady, who was on her way from Beau gene), to Missas, in the same department, was blown out of her cabriolet by the storm, but escaped with slight contu sions. At Magne, near Niort, a farm was burned by the lightning, and one of the servants was killed by the fluid. His clothes were rent into fragments. At Vendome, great loss has been occasioned by the hail -storms. From Amiens, and all the surrounding parts of Picardy, distressing accounts have been received of the injury done to the small farms and gardens. At Boulogne-sur-Mer the Liane became suddenly flooded the other day, from a heavy storm attended with thunder and lightning, and the sluices in the port being shut by the tide coming in, the waters rose 10 feet in certain places, and the houses west of the port were flooded in their ground floors. The inhabitants had to escape from some in boats. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. —We under stand that requisitions from many large shareholders in Bir mingham, Gloucester, and Liverpool, have been recently, and are still presenting to the directors of this company, to allow four per cent. interest from the period at which they have paid up £5O per share, as well as on f uture calls. We are informed that there is every reason to believe the request will be complied with, and the arrangement will tend not merely to raise the value of the shares, but also to produce a present income to the holders, and induce a ready response to future calls, and thereby accelerate the opening of the un dertaking. In the neighbourhood of Mosley and Highgate the line is in a great state of forwardness, and still more so at the Tewkesbury and Cheltenham end ; and it is expected to be opened from Bromsgrove in January next.—Gloucester Chronicle. CURE. EXTRAORDINARY.—A valuable mare, eighteen years of age, the property of Mr. J. Hill, of Dancinghall, had the misfortune to get her thigh bone broken on the twenty-second of August, 1838. The owner, anxious to save the mare, (as he expected her to be in foal,) Mr. C. Bolam, senr. of Lorbottle, was sent for, and the mare being put under his charge, he set the bone and put her in slings; and there she remained for twenty-three weeks. The mare is now going about healthy and well ; she has also brought forth a tine stout filly foal, which is running at her s de ; her thigh bone is now as straight as the other one, and she walks quite sound, which gives great credit to Mr. C. Bolam. The mare may be seen at Dancinghall, near Whittingham.—Newcastle Journal. Ilp,‘ -34‘ The tolls of the Chester Dee bridges have been let for the ensuing year for £1,260. The number of persons who perished in the late inunda tion in Belgium, as officially stated, is 73. The herring fishing at Donaghadee, last week, exceeded all expectations. The take, on the average was five maize to each boat. Mr. George Taylor, of Longton-hall, has part of a stack of clover hay, a cubic yard of which weighs 5 cwt. l qr. 20 lbs., or 43 stones 6 lbs. to the yard. POSTAGE.-It is calculated that 77,500,000 chargeable let ters are annually transmitted by post throughout the united kingdom. BRYNKINALLT.—The Duke of Wellington is expected at Brynkinallt in the autumn, on a visit to his noble relative, the Viscount Duncannon.—Carnarvon Herald. BLACK CATTLE.—It is generally admitted that black cat tle are higher priced at present than they have been since the termination of the French war. The commissioners for inquiring into the state of the roads in England and Wales have appointed John Tidd Pratt, Esq., barrister-at-law, secretary to the commission. .The subscriptions to the Nelson Testimonial now amount to about £lB,OOO. The design sent in by Mr. Wm. Railton has been selected for the adoption by the committee. The penalties for printers for not attaching their name and address [the imprint] to every thing they print, can now no longer be enforced except by the attorney or solicitor general. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—The various works of this railway were urged on with renewed vigour as soon as the season allowed of it ; and on the greater portion of the line men are employed both night and day. Mr. Feargus O'Conner announced at Carlisle, last week, that Mr. Oastler would offer himself for that city at the next election. Mr. O'Conner mistakes the ground. Mr. Oastler would have no chance at Carlisle. A QUAKER FOUND OUT.—In the case of Dodd y. Dodd, the parties are Quakers—Dr. Lushington on Wednesday pronounced for a decree of separation on the suit of the wife on the ground of the husband's adultery. The Duke of Beaufort, who was recovering fast from the measles, has since been attacked by gout, from which his grace has been suffering some days past. On Friday the noble duke was said to be better. A person of the name of Carlile from London, has been very busy in Bradford during the past week, in propagating notions of the " despicableness of the clergy," the fabulous ness of the bible, and the uselessness of religion. Among the military papers laid before the House of Com mons. on Friday, is one which was ordered on the motion of a member who bears the warlike cognomen of Muskett— George Alfred Muskett, Esq., member for St. Alban's. The trial of Archibald Bolam for the murder of Joseph Millie, is expected to take place at Newcastle, in the county court, on the 30th or 31st of July. He will be defended by Mr. Dundas and Sir Gregory Lewin. The works on the Chester and Crewe line of railway are proceeding rapidly and satisfactorily ; and we believe no doubt exists but that the line will be open early in the ensuing spring, and in full operation before Chester races. Two potatoes were recently found by a workman, on the premises of Mr. Copestake, baker, Derby, under a pave ment that had not been disturbed for 34 years. They were quite sound, and covered with rubbish and lime about two feet deep. On Tuesday week, as a cow was grazing in a field at Fixby, near 'Huddersfield, the lightning struck its horns completely off, and they stuck in the grasss, and strange to say, the cow was not otherwise materially injured. THE HAY HARVEST IN IRELAND.—Mowing is in pro gress in the vicinity of Limerick, and several fields of excel lent meadow are cut down. We are quite happy to reiterate the cheering prospect of an early and plenteous harvest. The crops everywhere are luxuriant.—Limerick Chronicle. According to official returns, the following is the number of marriages solemnized according to the provisions of the marriage act in the year 1838:—In Roman Catholic chapels, 1,629 ; in Protestant dissenting chapels, 2,504 • in Scotch Kirks, 45 ; and before the registrars, 1,476. ' Total, 5,654. ENORMOUS HEN Enc.—A' hen of the common species belonging to Mr. Andrews, supervisor of excise, Duncan street, laid an egg on Tuesday evening of the following extra ordinary dimensions and• weight : Its circumference was seven and half inches and six inches; and its weight, three ounces.—Cork Constitution. LORREQUER AMUSEMENTS.—The officers of the 94th Regiment, now stationed in Chester, have been amusing themselves by wrenching the knockers from the doors of the citizens in the dead of night. In the mess-room a drawer full of knockers was discovered. The address to the queen, praying her majesty to dismiss her present ministers, which the Brighton chartists sent up, was curiously enough presented by Lord John Russell, who has intimated to the memorialists that the same was very graciously received. Hay cutting has commenced in the neighbourhood of Belfast. We have seen several fields on the Carrickfergus road, particularly some belonging to Mr. Simms, of the Grove, in a very forward condition. The crops, in general, in this vicinity, have a very forward appearance.—Belfast Vindicator. Letters from Cairo, of the 21st ult., state that two young Chinese priests, born in the environs of Pekin, and an Italian clergyman, who spoke their language, had passed through a few days before on their way to China. They had resided a long time and bee n or d a i ne d in Naples. The blacksmiths in Portsmouth dock-yard had a strike last week in consequence of the allowance of time for wash ing at breakfast and dinner hours having been curtailed ; the usual time, 20 minutes for cleaning at breakfast, and half an hour in the afternoon, was again conceded to them. Louisa Van Linne, third and last surviving daughter of the celebrated naturalist, Linnaeus, died lately at Upsal, at the advanced age of ninety. This lady, as recorded by her father, was the first to observe sparks of light issue from the flowers of the nasturtium during a walk in her father's flower garden on a summer's evening. THE WEATHER.—The effect of the late warm showers on the species of vegetation has been most satisfactory. The ine t reasefl vrowth of all vezetahle JoaftAvisinew atneemintrary vegetable& must be more abundant, of better quality, and cheaper than they have been for some years.—Leeds In telligencer. A TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE.—Our readers are already aware that, lately, Mr. Francis Maude, in his capacity as Re corder of Pontefract, declared his wish in open court that " every house was a beer shop except his own." A corres pondent inquires if that liberal desire is his qualification as a President of a " Temperance Festival."— Wakefield Paper. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—We are happy to state, that, on and after Monday next, the fares to and from Not tingham and Derby, will be reduced to 3s. 6d. in the first class, and 2s. in the seco n d- c l ass carr i ages. Th e directors have determined to have third-class carriages at ls. so soon as carriages can be built, and arrangements made for carrying this resolution into effect.—Nottingham Mercury. AGRICULTURAL PROSPFCTS.—Great improvement has ta ken place in the appearance of the corn within the last few days—indeed it looks as well as we ever recollect it at this season of the year. The plants are tolerably thick upon the ground, and the quantity sown is very great. An abundant harvest is looked forward to with considerable confidence.— Bath Chronicle. Among the fair d6butantes at her Majesty's drawing-room, on Thursday, were Lady Augusta Finch, eldest daughter of the Earl of Aylesford ; Lady Amelia Capel, sister to the Earl of Essex ; Miss Peel, eldest daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Peel; the Hon. Miss Methuen, daughter of Lord Methuen; and the Hon. Miss Liddell, daughter of Lord Ravensworth, and the sister to the Marchioness of Normauby. DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—During the thunder storm which visited this part of the country on Monday evening last, the wife of a farmer in the parish of Brecfa, near Car marthen, whilst dressing her infant child, was struck with the electric fluid, and killed on the spot. The child, although sitting in her lap, escaped unhurt.— Welshman. An Operative Conservative Association has been formed in Dudley within the last few days. The first meeting took place on Friday evening at the Albion Tavern, for the pur pose of appointing the different oficers and committee, and we are informed that three hundred individuals have already enrolled their names as members.—Staffordshire Gazette. In the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday, Mr. Livesey ob tained a verdict of £5O damages from Mr. O'Connell, for ser vices performed to the Irish Tail members in 1833, 1834, and 1835, such as summoning them at the direction of Mr. O'Connell to attend meetings and ballots on election peti tions, &c. In Mr. O'Connell's note s th e I r i s h mem b ers were described as the Irish Brigade. Incredible as it may appear to people in England, it is not lees true, that men-servants at present demand and obtain fifty-two pounds per annum, with board and lodging, and fe male servants from twenty-five to thirty pounds a-year. We hope the time is nigh at band when we shall have the plea sure of seeing vessels direct from England entering our ports with emigrants.—Port Philip (Australia) Gazette. FOOL HARDINESS.—During the week, a man in a state approaching intoxication, had the temerity to lay himself down between the rails on the York and North Midland line, and remained in that position until a train passed over the spot where he was laid. Fortunately, no injury was done to his person, though two red hot cinders from the fire fell upon his neck. The reward of this pot valour was a quart of ale.— Sheffield Iris. IMPORTANT TO ADMINISTRATORS.—The Vice-Chancellor has recently expressed an opinion that under the act of 3 and 4 Win. IV. c. 104, funeral expenses are not included in the debts to which the real estate of an intestate is liable ; and secondly that a creditor fo r a d vances ma d e towards th ex penses of a lunatic where the income of his property was in sufficient cannot recover his debt under that statute out of the intestate's real estate. DOING THINGS TO A TURN. — Colonel Merrick, of Au beries, Sudbury, on the 30th ult., deposited 11 eggs, laid by his own stock, in the Eccaleobion machine, marking each with his own name ; and on the 20th inst. he had delivered to him 10 of the finest chickens of the Dorking breed that ever broke shell. The remaining one was lost, owing to its beginning to peck the shell with its bill downwards, which occasioned its suffocation. The Marquis of Granby and Sir G. Clerk h'ave refused to subscribe any further towards the Stamford Blue-coat School, as has the Marquis of Exeter. The reason assigned for withdrawing their aid to this charity is, that the charity trustees appointed by the Lord Chancellor have refused to allow the children to be educated in the tenets of the Church of England, and have forbidden the use of the Church Ca techism in the schools. • It has created considerable surprise in the -fasionable cir cles that a distinguished conservative and his lady were not invited to a recent fete to the Queen. We have heard, from a quarter likely to be accurately informed, that the book of invitations was submitted to an illustrious lady, who passed her pen through the names. We were not aware that etiquette demanded the submission of the general list of the company, but only the guests invited to join the royal table. BRITISH CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—On Friday the 21st instant the anniversary of this soc i e t y was ce l e b rate d in a commodious temporary building adjoining the Halfway House, in Birkenshaw. Notwithstanding the unsettled state of the weather, and the great distance of many parts of the parish from the point of rendezvous, not less than 250 mem bers and their friends sat down to an excellent and bountiful dinner, provided by Mr. and Mrs. Oddy.-Leeds Intelligencer. O'Connell, ever first to incite the wild Irish to to insur rection, will not call attention to their wants. The present destitute condition of the peasantry in many districts of Ire land has several times in the course of the last two or three weeks been pressed upon the attention of ministers in the House of Commons ; but on no occasion has the well-paid advocate of his starving countrymen opened his mouth on the subject.—Herald. NINETY-TWO SHEEP KILLED HY LIGHTNING.—Late on Tuesday night last, Piddinghoe, next Lewes level, wasvisited by one of the most awful storms of thunder and lighting ever remembered. At about midnight, thy thunder was fearfully awful, and the electric fluid struck afold of sheep on Deans farm, belonging to Mr. Tompsett, of Piddinghoe, and killed ninety-two in the fold, fifty-five ewes and thirty-seven lambs, leaving but few alive, and those in a senseless state. COUNTY TIPPERARY CALENDAR.—Murder, 19; conspi racy to murder, 9 ; burglary and robbery, 3 ; grievous assault, 3; rape, 4 ; embezzlement, 2 ; cow stealing, 2 ; house rob bery, 4 ; shooting at persons, 2 ; administering unlawful oaths, 3 ; robbery of arms, 4 ; sheep stealing, 1; on bail 20 --total 79. Chester Assizes will commence on Saturday, the lOth of August. Our reform candidates, Col. Thompson and Mr. Clay, are pursuing their labours with great success. Mr. Clay is already dubbed " The yard of Clay," from his masterly management of a pipe of tobacco ; and his vocal strains on Tuesday evening, in the neighbourhood of the Pig Market, are said to have rivalled those of Orpheus, and to have in duced a chorus unexampled. If such accomplishments do not win for Mr. Clay the representation of Hull, it must be evident that the constituency are still little advanced in socialism.—Hull Times. Among the instances in the rise of the value of property, during the last half century, we hive heard of none more re markable than the following :—The late Sir John Hender son, Bart. of Fordel, in the county of Fife, purchased a field of coal from a small proprietor, or, in Scottish phrase, bonnet laird, of the name of " Laird. Broun," for one hun dred pounds ! This piece of property, which now belongs to Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Durham, in virtue of his wife, the daughter of Sir John Henderson, was, en the 19th instant, valued at the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds ! FORMIDABLE KNIFE.—We have been favoured by Messrs: R. Bunting and Sons, of Regent-street, with the sight of a life preserver, of new construction, ma nu f ac t ure d by th em . The knife, when closed, is about 6.4 inches long, when open, 11 inches. It contains a strong dagger blade, and up the back of the knife is a pistol barrel. The peculiarity of the knife is, that a pressure of the spring on the side of the knife, at the same instant opens the blade and discharges the pistol. It is an exceedingly compact and formidable weapon, and in the hands of a determined man, might do great ex ecution.—Sneffield Iris. No GENTLEMAN.—" You' mustn't smoke here, sir," said a captain of a north river steam-boat, to a man who was smoking among the ladies on the quarter deck. " Mustn't — he !—why not ?" replied he, opening his capacious mouth and allowing the smoke lazily to escape. " Didn't yoti see the sign—` all gentlemen are requested not to smoke abaft the engine.' " " Bless your soul that don't mean me—l'm not a gentleman—not a bit of it." So saying he smoked away, and " took the responsibility."—American paper. THREE TIMES THREE, " All's Well."—ln the announce ment of births this week we find the following :—" In Lon donderry, the lady of J. Kennedy, Esq. : Officer of Excise, of three children, two boys and a girl, all well." "In Cal ton, Glasgow, Mrs. E. Murray, of two sons and a daughter, all well." "At Sowerby, Bridlington, Yorkshire, the wife of Mr. S. Mason, of three daughters, all doing well." The happy husbands intend meeting to celebrate their good for tune, by drinking the healths of their consorts, with three times three, and singing as a trio " All's Well."—Carlisle Patriot. WIRE WORM.—The growing crops generally bear a healthy appearance, notwithstanding the late severity of the weather. In some parts of the fens great complaints are made of the destructive ravages of the wire -worm, by which the young wheat in some situations are rendered patchy and ill-coloured. The movements of this pernicious worm are very uncertain ; one year the East-fen suffers, whilst the West-fen - escapes altogether ; and next year the reverse of this will occur, the West-fen being overrun, and the East-fen beingentirely free. Mr. Thompson, of Sibsey, has suffered much, and indeed complaints are general. Mr. Cordwin, of Stickney, has had not only his corn, but his potatoes also, greatly injured, the number of worms in three potatoes set being 112, 120, and 121 in each.—Boston Herald. FORTUNE TELLING.—On Saturday se'nnight a gipsy woman went to the house of George Clough, situate at Water Houses, in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, and pretended to tell fortunes. Having induced the wife of George Clough to shoyi her a bag containing £132 in gold, she pretended to charm the bag, and put it in a place where it was to remain untouched for three or four days ; at which period her dupe discovered that the bag of gold had been changed for one of lead. Upon inquiry, it was ascertained, that, for three or four weeks a gipsy family, consisting of the man and woman and their four young ones, aged 20, 14, eight, and four years, had been encamped in a wood not far from Clough's house ; and they were seen together on the day of the robbery, but they then decamped, and have not since been heard of. — Manchester Guardian THE GLASGOW ELECTION.—A rather curious and novel question has arisen upon this election. The reform act pre scribes that a show of hands shall be taken at the nomination, and if no poll be demanded by the candidate in the minority, the candidate in the majority shall be declared duly elected. The show of hands was in favour of Mr, O'Connor, and a poll having been demanded in behalf of Mr. Oswald, Mr. O'Connor withdrew, and the sheriff returned Mr. Oswald without having recorded a single vote. It is contended by some parties that Mr. O'Connor is the rightful member, he having been elected by the show of hands, whilst Mr. Oswald's friends contend that, Mr. O'Connor having withdrawn, there was no necessity to go to the poll. We are clearly of opinion, that though on a petition Mr. O'Connor could not be seated, Mr. Oswald's return would be declared null and void, and a fresh writ would have to be issued.—Mail. IRISH MARBLE QUARRIES.—If these noble quarries were situated in any other country than Ireland, they would long ago have enriched the owners of the soil, and afforded em- ployment to the poor of the neighbourhood, as the following occurrence will show :—An Irish proprietor in one of these districts was at length prevailed upon, last year, to send some of this marble to London on trial. The statuaries were de lighted with it, and offered to take almost any quantity, at the price of fine Italian marble. A considerable quantity was accordingly sent, and immediately purchased. The tenant of the farm upon which the quarry was situate, roused by this piece of good luck in the proprietor, fancied himself entitled to the quarries on this land, under the terms of an old lease. An attorney whom he consulted, of course, con firmed this idea ; and a notice to stop the works, or defend an action at law, was immediately served on the proprietor. Thanks to good advisers, this legal spark was soon blown into a glorious blaze, and the promising quarry has returned to, and bids fair long to remain in, its former state of Irish nature.—Times. ' A FEMALE DRIVING A MAIL.—A good-looking young woman, whose name was stated to be Margaret , Wilkinson, was brought up at the New Bailey on Tuesday, under the following circumstances. Higginson, the officer, stated that on the preceding day, Monday, the prisoner got into one of the gig mails, which was standing a t th e p os t - o ffi ce , an d drove . s treet• seemed at a loss - to know what t o ma k e o f the charge, said she just got upon the box, and the horse set off. She was discharged, with a caution not to drive any of her majesty's mails again. ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—On Wednesday afternoon, a man named Philip Mayor, whilst walking in Weymouth street, near Kensington, London, with a woman with whom he had been drinking, attempted to murder her. He was seen by a gentleman named Beames, standing behind the woman in the act of cutting her throat with a knife, while he held her head back upon his breast. They both fell upon the ground together, the woman crying out " Murder, he has cut my throat," while Mayor threw himself upon her, and began kissing her, and ejaculating he hoped he had killed her, and adding, that he had done the deed because he loved her. He was taken into custody, and the woman, who had received a dangerous wound, was conveyed to Guy's Hospital. The prisoner said, she had lived with him for the last eleven years, and that she had lately abandoned him, and gone to live with another man ; but in the course of a dispute with her on the subject, and in the height of passion, he had com mitted the act, and added, that he loved her, and that he did what he had done to prevent his rival in her affections from seeing her again. NEW MARRIAGE ACT.—An uncertainty has for some time prevailed with regard to the right interpretation of the 12th clause of the Marriage Act, viz., whether superintendent registrars were authorised by it to issue a licence or certificate for the solemnization of marriages within their several dis tricts, in cases in which neither of the parties intending marriage had resided within the said district for the space of 15 days immediately before the granting of such license or certificate. The question has lately been the subject of a correspondence between the Registrar General and Mr. Thompson the superintendent Registrar of the Worcester Union, in the course of which the former gave it as his opinion that such a residence was not required. Since then, however, the Registrar General has addressed circulars to the superintendent registrars generally, in which he says, " In consequence of an opinion which I have received from the law officer to the Crown, I hereby direct that from this time forward you do not issue a certificate of any marriage to be solemnized in a district in which neither of the parties in tending marriage resided at the time of giving notice. — Worcester Journal. THUNDER STORM.—On Saturday afternoon, the neigh bourhood of Marple was visited with a storm, attended by thunder and lightning. About four o'clock, two labourers were engaged spreading lime, in Bowden Wood, within Marple, when the electric fluid struck a fine ash tree, which was growing about fifty yards off, and shattered it to pieces, the shock of which was so great that the workmen alluded to fell to the ground at the same moment, as if they also had been struck. We are happy to say, however, that they re ceived no personal injury. This is the second shock which has been felt upon this estate within a few years by lightning, having, about eight years ago, struck a barn, and ignited the building and its contents; but, by the active exertions of the neighbours, the greater part of the hay was preserved. The barn was completely destroyed. On Saturday, the fluid descending upon a house in Denton, drove in the doors and windows, but no lives were injured ; and on the same after noon, the towing-line of one of the boats which was passing along the Stockport and Ashton Canal, near Marple, was divided in twain by the lightning. The driver was knocked down, but not injured ; neither was any damage done to either the horse or the boat. —Stockport Advertiser. BERLIN, JUNE 2.—A very unpleasant circumstance took place a few days ago—viz., a considerable theft committed at the Mineralogical Museum of our university, which is under the superintendence of Professor Weiss. The thief must not only be a shrewd but likewise a very well informed gentleman, for the miners missing are of those which appear to have no value, but which the connoisseur at the first glance knows to possess a very great one. A large and magnificent fire opal has, for instance, vanished. Much regret is also felt at the disappearance of almost all the beautiful ores of gold, silver, and platina brought by Baron de Humboldt from the Ural Mines, when his grand scientific journey in Northern Asia took place. It is affirmed that they contained a value of 4000 or 5000 thalers. Every measure has been adopted for the discovery and apprehension of the thief. JUNE 9. The police is in search of the individuals who, on the night of the 6th instant, stole various minerals, valued at near £lOOO, from the museum of the Berlin University. A young Englishman who attends tha university lectures, and upon whom suspicion rests, has been arrested.—German paper. A CANDID ADMISSION.--•Lord Melbourne, in the course of the debate in the House of Peers, last Tuesday evening, on the chartist petition, made the folloWing curious and can did admission. Referring to Lord Brougham, he said :—" I recollect when I had the honour and pleasure of acting with the noble and learned lord when we did not feel it to be quite a calamity to be in narrow majorities. I recollect when we thought a majority of one on the second reading of the reform bill was a very good majority to go upon. Ido not . think there was a feeling of disgrace upon the occasion. As to the reflection upon the assembly itself, I do not know how it is to be helped. It is a contingency that may occur. An equal division of any assembly is a possibility on the cards. Whe, ther it is an advantage or disadvantage I do not precisely pretend to determin e , but we must decide by ma j or i t i es . After all, perhap s , it is an unsatisfactory mode of deciding— it is forced on us by the imperfections of human nature. Nobody thinks a majority always in the right, or a minority always in the wrong. God knows Ido not—my associations and feelings are ail the other way. My proposition is that a minority is generally in the right." A QUERY.—A correspondent, who has enclosed the fol lowing extract from the speech of Lord Brougham on the chartist petitions, when presented in the House of Lords last Tuesday evening, as reported in the Morning Herald, wishes to know whether the noble lord's allusion was to himself or to Lord John Russell. We cannot solve the question, but we may state our opinion that it is not of much consequence to the country to which of them the reference was made. The cap would fit either, or we are much mistaken. Speak ing of the reform bill, he observed—" It had been said that it was brought forward as a final measure, and speeches were quoted to prove the assertion. When he denied it, however, he spoke with- a perfect recollection of what one member of that government had said of the doctrines he maintained and of the expressions he had used. He was, it was true, an in dividual of no importance, and what he had said would have been of little consequence to any one but himself, had it not been for the position he held and the hand he had in that measure, which he had to support in debate, and which ren dered him distinguished in station though obscure in pers ona l qualifications.' The support of the Yeomanry Cavalry in Great Britain, last year, came to £103,075. TRUE LIBERALITY. The direction of the Bank of England has voted a sum of £5OO towards building a new church in the eastern division of the metropolis. The most numerous and powerful clan in New South Wales are the Camerons ; no fewer than 106 of the name arrived out in one vessel from Cromarty last January. RADNORSHIRE MINERALS.—The workmen employed in making a new road in the parish of Llanwareth, leading from Builth to Kington, recently discovered a very rich vein of copper ore, a sample of which may be seen at Knitho, Mill, near Builth. BRITISH QUEEN STEAM SHlP.—This splendid vessel is now moored in Gourock Bay, but will, we understand, leave the Clyde on Thursday (yesterday.) She will call at Liver pool on her way to London, and will probably remain in the Mersey about 24 hours.—Glasgow Courier. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.— A few days ago, a man, at Clithero, calling himself James Wilson, engaged to walk seven miles in one hour; but actually performed the duous undertaking in fifty-five minutes. SYDNEY.—SETTLERS AND CONVICTS.—The number of free emigrant settlers landed at Sydney, New South Wales, last year, was , 6,B29—the number of convicts in the same time, 2,935. THE SUNDERLAND MURDER.—The coroner's jury who returned a verdict of " wilful murder," against the mate Ehlert did not implicate the boy Mueller, but the magis trates of Sunderland have, after a long investigation, com mitted him also to take his trial on the capital charge, some suspicious circumstances against him having since transpired. We are authorised to contradict the statement relative to the property left by the late Bishop of Peterborough. His freehold property, which is called very large, did not amount to seven acres ; and his personal property, after payment of the necessary charges upon it, will be considerably below X 20,000.— Government paper. ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.—On Monday, the annual elec tion of sheriffs to serve for the city of London and the county of Middlesex, took place at Guildhall. A great num ber of names were put up, and their appeared an immense majority . for W. Evans, Esq., of the house of Seager and Evans, the extensive distillers, and John Wheelton, Esq., of Newgate-street, who is connected with a great Manches ter house. THE BLOOMSBURY AFFAIR.--The question respecting the venues in which the Derby and Ascot issues, as to the pedigree of Bloomsbury, are to be tried, came before a judge at Chambers, on Friday week. On the part of Lord Lich field and Mr. Fulwar Craven, it was objected to try in York, on the ground of prejudices in favour of Mr. Ridsdale, and an offer was made to move the venue to London, and try, in a week, at the present sittings, after Term. This was ob jected to on the other side from the impossibility of being prepared ; when the judge, agreeing to the objection to York, directed the venue to be changed to Liverpool, where the trials will take place in August next. THE QUEENITE AGITATION.—This agitation appears to have almost subsided. The people are beginning to discover the " erroneous impression" under which they have laboured, and to feel disgust at the imposition practised upon them. At the Queen's levee, on Thursday, there were few " friends of her Majesty's childhood" addresses presented ; but there were large numbers declaratory of utter want of confidence in her Majesty's present advisers, and of a conviction that their whole course of policy has tended to endanger the se curity of her Majesty's possessions abroad, and to alienate the affections of her people at home. THE DEANERY OF EXETER.—Everybody recollects the blunder committed by her Majesty's ministers in appointing the non-qualified Lord Wriothesley Russell to the deanery of Exeter, and everybody recollects that these same ministers were at length compelled, and with a very ill grace, to strike their flag to the chapter, and to recall that appointment. This being done, ministers proceeded, with genuine whig tact, to repair blunder number one by perpetrating blunder number two. They selected the Rev. Prebendary Grylls as the ob ject of their favour, that rev. gentleman being, like Lord Wriothesley Russell, ineligible. The Exeter Gazette of Sa turday says, " the chapter have not confirmed the Gaxetted appointment of the Rev. Prebendary Grylls, nor do we be lieve they will do so, as the rev. gentleman is not a canon ; and it is reported that the deanery, after being vacant six months, will lapse to the Bishop of Exeter for his appoint ment. If this be correct, a few weeks will decide the import ant question, as on the 29th of the present month the time will have expired." The blundering propensity of the whigs has not been more apparent in this matter than the admirable firmness and strict respect for the law and the church mani fested by the Exeter chapter.—Herald. WHIG ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT.—By a parlia mentaay return, just published, it appears that the increase in the aggregate amount of salaries, &c. in forty-one out of forty-six departments, in the year 1838, was £53,718 ; being in salaries an increase of £23,781, in emoluments, £lOBl, in retired allowances, £BOl3, and in expences, £20,242. ' By far the largest items of this increase are £17,063 in the ex pense of the customs, and £12,246 in the salaries of the post office department. The diminution in the aggregate amount, in thirty-four out of forty-six departments, was £43,007, being a diminution in salaries, of £12,752, in emoluments, of £4765 ; in retired allowances, of £13,978 ; and in expences, of £1 1,510. The largest item of c,iminution is, £11,170 in the excise department, and the next £7922 in that of stamps and taxes. There would, appear a balance of increase over diminution, of £10,711 ; and this is sufficiently explained by glancing at another column in the return, for it appears, that while the number of persons diminished in various offices in 1838, was only thirty-three, the number increased in the same year, was two hundred and eighty-four, of whom two hundred and eighteen were additional in the post-office de partment alone, making the increased amount of the salaries of that department, as already stated £12,246, against which, there is only to set off a diminution of 119, in the retired al lowances. MELANCHOLY TALE.— We take the following sad tale from the Wurtzbury Gazette:—" The son of a banker at Frankfort, of immense wealth, while on a visit at London, married a young, beautiful, and amiable girl, but without any fortune. This was deemed by, his family an unpardonable offence, and the young man and his wife were left for 18 months without the slightest ruen . ?f support. Their dis- Mt b S9 43 Ttw. ;ria Yiiuloiw himself atiVe l leetahv his parents, hoping that hefrirtteresting character and their utter destitution would soften his father's heart. The attempt was made only a few days since, but they were repulsed by the obdurate parent, and being totally without means, they retired to one of the lowest public-houses in the suburbs of Frankfort. Here, after having for three d a y s su ff ere d t h e pangs of hunger from their inability to purchase food, they mutually agreed to put an end to their sufferings by death. A quantity of arsenic was procured and taken by both. The poor young woman died in three hours in dreadful agonies, but the fact was discovered while the husband was still alive, Antidotes were administered to him by main force, and there are expectations of his recovery ; but he is committed to prison to wait the result of criminal proceedings already commenced against him." EFFECTS OF THE CHARTIST RUN UPON THE SAVINGS' BANKS.--'Oll Monday last, a charge was made against a per son named Mills, of having broken open a box containing the funds belonging to a society called the " Modern Druids," held at Mr. Kershaw's, Mount Plea san t, R oc hd a l e. It was stated in evidence by one of the members of the society, that he had withdrawn from the savings' bank, on the previous week, £42 13s. 7d. which, with other money, amounting in all to upwards of £5B, was placed in a box with three locks, belonging to the lodge, and kept at Kershaw's house. At their meeting last week it was discovered that the box had been broken open, and the money taken out. The prisoner Mills, who was an officer of the society, had been in the room where the box was kept, to put it in order, previously to the meeting ' • and one of the beadles prod uce d an i nstrument found at Mills's lodgings, which appeared to fit the inden tation made upon the box by forcing off the hinges. As other persons beside the prisoner ha,d access to the room where the box was kept, and the box having been in other hands since the robbery was discovered, when those marks might have been made, the magistrates did not consider the evidence sufficient to justify them in committing the prisoner ; but they held him to bail in two sureties of £5O each, to answer any further charge that might be made against him upon fresh evidence. [There is no doubt that this money was removed from the savings' bank at the instigation of the chartists' leaders, and the result is what may be expected to occur in a good many cases of the same kind.] COMPARISONS ARE ODlous.—A return of the gross ex pense of Sir Francis Head's mission to Canada, including his salary as governor of the province between two and three years, has been presented to parliament. The sum total amounts to about £9OOO, very little more than one-fourth of the sum charged for Lord Durham's personal expences dur ing the eight months. Men's memory must be ungratefully weak if it is necessary to institute a comparison between the equivalents respectively rendered. Sir Francis Head saved the provinces —Lord Durham did his utmost to lose them. Sir Francis Head remained at hisstation until dismissed from it, and even incurred responsibility which he might have avoided without impeachment or shame, rather than leave his charge in peril—Lord Durh am ran away f rom hi s post. Will Joseph Hume, who has been accustomed to favour Canada affairs with much of his attention, pursue this com parative inquiry? No, he will not, Mr. Joseph Hume is too deeply dyed with his own black-is-white morality ever to act the part of an honest public man. We hope, however, that the contrast will be noticed in parliament. —Standard. POPISH TYRANNY.--The system of exclusive dealing, established by the priests still continues in operation. Some weeks ago, a man in a neighbouring village consented to sell Dr. Adams some potatoes, and as he felt grateful for a suc cessful and gratuitous treatment of a painful complaint with which he had been afflicted, he said he would bring the pota toes to the Doctor on his own horse without any additional charge, if he could obtain the permission of the priest so to do.. The potatoes never came, and when the doctor met the poor man at the . close of the last month, and enquired why he did not bring them, he replied that the priest would not permit him. Dr. Adams expostulated with him, as to the folly of submitting to such tyranny, the man answered that if he disobeyed the priest, he would curse him, the Doctor remarked that the mine causeless could not come, and that such maledictions could only injure the person who uttered them. The slave of superstition broke off the conversation by remarking that that might be his opinion, but for hi s p ar t he would not for twenty pounds draw the priest's curse upon him. It is worthy of remark that this submissive son of the church is a person of notoriously immoral character ; this union of punctilious superstition, and looseness of morals, is very common ; those who pay the most devout and abject submission to the commandments of men are generally the most reckless transgressors of the commandments of God.— Achill Herald. A GENTLEMAN IN A LADY'S DISGUISE.---B--- Gr---, an aged gentleman, whose hoary locks fully . evidenced the truth of his assertion, that he had seen 57 winters, appeared before the bench, having been taken into custody on Sunday evening last, under suspicious circumstances. The gentleman was attired, when taken up, in female uniform, without an atom of the masculine dress. He wore an elegant black silk dress, false hair, " in ringlets flowing," ca p, bonnet, stuffed breasts, stays, petticoat, shawl, and a chimese, in fact every thing to represent him—what was found out afterwards he was not—a woman. He bad been taken into custody by Maclean at the Liverpool railway station, at five o'clock in the even ing. On bringing him to the office two ladies were intro duced to him for the purpose of making an examination, but we understand that the search was not protracted. He was immediately stript by the police officers and a suit of clothes belonging to Maclean were substituted. His appearance was highly rediculous from the peculiarity of his situation, and the clothes he had put on, they being exceedingly too small, except in the trowsers which were over long. The jacket was too small and almost kept him as free from the use of his arms, as the jacket of a, madman. It turned out however upon his own statement, that he was no thief; his history was as follows ;—a short time ago he buried his wife and ever since that event he had laboured under a depression of spirits and on Sunday morning last he thought that a trip in the clothes she had lately worn wou ld do him good. (This de declaration caused as maybe supposed considerable merriment. He accordingly dressed himself and came down to Bolton by the train on Sunday morning, and had spent the day here, was returning home when taken into custody. Helived in Bruns wick-road, Liverpool, upon his own property, and he had no family, servant, or housekeeper. Mr. Simpson said it ap peared to be correct as to his coming down in the morning as he found a milway ticket upon him, which by some mischance had not been delivered. The prisoner gave references to Mr. Walmsley, Mr. Blair, and others of Liverpool. Mr. Darby shire said that it was a suspicious circumstance, but if he had stated the truth there seemed to be nothing criminal in it. Arrangementwas made that an officer belonging to the court should accounianyhim to Ltverpb - 01.--lkitois digrostiete. THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The Public is respectfully informed that Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY, of the Theatres Royal Drury-lane and Covent garden, and of the Olympic and Adelphi Theatres, are engaged for a Fortnight, and will make their second ap pearance this evening. THIS present TUESDAY, July 2, will be performed O'Keefe's celebrated Comedy, called WILD OATS. Sim Mr. Keeley. Harry Thunder, Mr. W. H. Bland; Rover, Mr. W. How ard; Ephraim Smooth, Mr. Baker; Lady Amarinth, Miss Cleaver. Jane Mrs. Keeley, In which character she will introduce a Song written by late J. Pocock, Esq., called "To the Fields I carry my milken can." At the end of the Play will be sung ." Farewell to the Mountains," by Mr. Barker, and " Rory- O'More (in cha racter) by Miss Grant. To conclude with the Ironical, Local Burletta of Men and Manners, in two acts, founded on the celebrated, widely diffused, extensively-circulated, and universally-admired Papers by " Boz,' called NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, OR DOINGS AT DO-THE-BOYS HALL. Smike.... (an Orphan).... Mrs. Keeley, As originally performed by her with the greatest success in London. Newman Noggs, Mr. Gray; Nicholas Nickleby, Mr. W. H. Bland ; Newman Noggs, Mr. Gray ; Squeers, Mr. Baker ; John Brodie, Mr. Slaiter ; Mons. Mantilini, Mr. Chaplin; Madame Mantilini, Miss Cleaver; Mrs. Squeers, Mrs. Clarke On WEDNESDAY, the favourite Burletta of BOMBAS TES FURIOSO ; The King, Mr. Baker; Bombastes, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Distaffinia, Mrs. Tellet. After which the popular drama of NELL GWYNNE. King Charles, Mr. Howard; Berkeley, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Crowsfoot, Mr. Baker ; Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley ; Nell Gwynne, Mrs. Keeley. To which will be added a Farce called a QUIET DAY. Mr. Somerday, Mr. Keeley •, Mrs. Somerday, Mrs. Keeley, (as originally performed by them i n L on d on ). T o conc l u d e with the Musical Drama called A LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter Sp k, Mr. Keeley ; Amersfort, M r . W. H owar d ; Er nestine, Miss Cleaver ; Gertrude, Mrs. Keeley. EARLY ARRIVAL OF THE LATE EDITIONS OF THE TIMES NEWSPAPER IN LIVERPOOL, WARRINGTON, WIGAN, PRESTON, CHESTER, AND NORTH WALES, &c. THE Inhabitants of Liverp o ol an d th e surroun di ng dis tricts are informed, that since the acceleration of the Railway Mails, the LATEST EDITIONS of the TIMES (of London) have been received at the Office, 45, Lord-street, Liverpool, by Seven o'clock in the Evening of the day of pub cation in London, and from thence despatched to the resi e nces of Subscribers in any part of the town or neighbour - ood. WARRINGTON Subscribers may receive the Times by Six in the Evening. WIGAN ditto at Seven ditto. CHESTER ditto at Seven ditto. PRESTON ditto at a Quarter past Eight ditto. A Branch Mail from Chester immediately after the arrival of the Mail at Seven, conveys the Times to all parts of North Wales. Subscribers in the above named places are requested to make immediate application (post-paid) to the Agent, 45, Lord-street, Liverpool, and those in other Towns on the TO THE LADIES OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS VICINITY. CLARENCE HOUSE, 11, Clarence-street, Rodney-street. Tivis. CUTTER has the honour to inform the Ladies of IVA Liverpool that she is appointed to the AGENCY of Mrs. NICHOLAS GEARY'S celebrated ANATOMICAL STAYS, patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, her Majesty the Dowager Queen Adelaide, and the Royal Family, and begs leave to lay before the Public the following high Testimonials of the superiority of Mrs. Geary's newly-iniented Stays : TESTIMONIALS. " I have much pleasure in stating that the stays invented by Mrs. Geary will obviate all the inconveniences of those commonly employed."—C. J. B. Aldis, M.D., Old Bur lington-street, March 6th, 1837. _ . It appears to me that Mrs. Gearv's Stays are infinitely superior to those in ordinary use."—s. C. Brodie. ' I have examined the Stays invented by Mrs. Geary, and think them admirably adapted to give salut ar y su pp or t t o th e body, without that injurious pressure which renders ordinary Stays so extremely prejudicial."—J. T. Conquest, M.D. It is in the complete Corset that the genius of Mrs. Geary has had full swing. The problem to be solved was to support the figure, yet not to diminish freedom of Motion, and to conceal the size of the abdomen when too large."—Extracted from Dr. James Johnson's " Medico- Chirurgical Review" for January, 1837. " I have examined Mrs. Geary's improved Stays, and I have no hesitation in saying, I think them infinitely superior for the purpose of support to any in use. I consider the Belt also, invented by the same lady, for pregnant females, devised upon an exceedingly good principle."—Francis H. Ramsbotham, M.D., New Broad-street, March 2, 1837. " In Mrs. Geary's Corset for grown girls, the pressure on every part of the chest is light, and by exerting no pressure on the edges of the hip, it does not (by forcing those edges to grow inward), diminish, during youth, the cavity of the pelvis, or hazard the suffering which must attend that mal formation in mothers."—Extracted from Mr. Coulson's work on " Deformities of the Chest and Spine," 2nd Edition. " Mrs. Geary's Stays, of all kinds, present a new and ra tional principle in the construction of the most important por tions of dress. The formation of the bosom, and of all parts adapted to prominences, is a matter of great ingenuity, and of extraordinary beauty."—Extracted from " Female Beauty," by Mrs. A. Walker. " The Exercise Corset, invented by Mrs. Geary, is absolutely nesessary in all exercises of the arms, and especially in the Indian exercises, for which they were constructed."—Extracted from " Exercises for Ladies, ' by Donald Walker, 2d Edition. of the of breary s stays and Belt for pregnant Ladies, and I shall make a point of recommending them whenever I have an opportunity."— James Eyre, M.D. 15, Lower Brook-street, March, 22, 1837. " The Stays invented by Mrs. N. Geary, from the ingenu ity with which they are constructed, are eminently adapted to allow of that ease and freedom of motion so essential to elegance and health. They appear, therefore, likely to prove far superior to the stays in common use, which contribute to the production of much deformity and many serious diseases." —G. F. D. Evans, M.D. 21, Hill-street, Berkley-square. The following Medical Gentlemen are of opinion, that Mrs. Geary's Stays, in consequence of the great improvements they present—their capability of adaptation to every variety of form—their removal of all unequal pressure by the re jection of gores and gussets—and the proper employment of elastic materials, are deserving of the strongest recommen dation : Sir James E. Anderson M.D.'Sir James Eyre, M.D. Dr. Aldis Dr. G. F. D. Evans Sir Benj. Brodie, Bart. Dr. Ferguson Dr. Birkbeck Dr. Holland Dr. Bright Dr. James Johnson Dr. Burn R. Keate, Esq. Dr. G. F. Babington Dr. Litchfield Sir Anthony Carlisle Dr. Locock Sir Charles M. Clark, Bt. Dr. Merriman Sir James Clark Dr. Paris Sir Astley Cooper, Bart. Dr. Wilson Philip Dr. Clutterbuck Dr. F. H. Ramsbotham W. Coulson, Esq. Dr. Hamilton Roe Dr. Conquest Dr. Sigmond Dr. Copland Sir Mathew J. Tierney, Bt Dr. Curie Donald Walker, Esq. Dr. G. F. Collier: G. Pearson, Esq. Dr. Henry Davies T. J. Pettigrew, Esq. Dr. Thomas Davies AGENTS.—Miss Chegivin, Cutter, Clarence-street, Liverpi Southampton. High-street, Guernsey ; Mrs cool ; Miss Eglon, High -street Ribtrpcot -tanbattt. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1339. So far as the House of Common's is concerned the Conservative opposition has done its duty with regard to the pseudo-Education scheme. A mark has been set upon it by the bold and eloquent champions of Protestant Christianity which will render it known and shunned whenever it comes into operation in the coun try—like a convicted criminal stamped with the brand of guilt. Ministers have determined —or, rather, shall we say, for it may be nearer the truth—been compelled, by their ruthless taskmasters, the motley Radicals, to press forward this most .dangerous measure : at once the most alieri to the wishes and distasteful to the feel ings of the people of England which that laboratory of all that is mean, stupid, and offensive—the Melbourne Cabinet—has yet concocted. When we consider that the national Church, the hierarchy of which forms the third Estate in the realm—composed of men of various political opinions, who, on ordinary questions, differ widely in their views—is almost to a man opposed to it ; that the large, and respectable, and influential body of Wesleyan Methodists—by far the most numerous and powerful of all the denominations of Dissent—has, in the most unequivocal way, denounced it; imitating in this respect the noble example set by the Non-con formists of a former day, who unanimously rejected the proffered Toleration Act of James 11., because they knew that they would not enjoy its benefits without aiding the insidious attempts of that ill-starred Mo narch to re-establish Popery; that upwards of 3,000 .•.• etitions, in an incredibly short space of time, have spoken the sense of the constituencies against it, whilst not 100 were presented in its favour; that a minority in Parliament, of unprecedented weight and power, has trampled upon it with disgust ; that the House of Lords would, if it were brought before them in a legitimate way, in the shape of a bill, and not foisted into and incorporated with a money vote, instantaneously reject it ; we confess that with all our experience of what this Ministry can do and has done, we are staggered at its effrontery. And yet these are the men who talk of deference to Public opinion !—who openly profess that it is their creed not to think for themselves, or channel out paths in which they deem it right that public opinion should flow; but to march in the van of popular clamour, and keep back measures which they hold to be beneficial until Bristol riots and Newhill mobs have demanded them ; for such was the excuse made by Lord John Russell when accused of deserting the banner of Re form in 1826, and such was the line of argument used by Lord Melbourne when defending lately the present system of corn laws. These are the men who now have so far " screwed their courage to the sticking place" as to dare to confront public opinion, collected, not from the dregs of our population clamouring for they know not what in noisy and tumultuous array, but' from the ear nest and deep-toned remonstrance of educated Bri tain ; and to imult it by a prey tied` tiger of a boim 11 which it indignantly rejects. But there 15 r e in all things." Unless Ministers sacrificed og le foul offering as this at the shrine of the Ba al to svo. they have bent their knee, they could no longer /0 tarn their tremulous and dancing balance of the majority. When, d ur i ng the war in Canada if`ll,, middle of the last century, the French ma de use tiie dian savages as allies, they gave free permission teti latter to tomahawk and scalp their opponents in to conciliate their appetite for brutally torturing t nai l of t ° foes. This outrage upon humanity was r - ,. tho lics price paid for their assistance. The Roma n f a ith who are the hereditary enemies of our Protestsut Pa and Church, can at any moment turn the g ale it : liament. Therefore tey must be propitiated Its h or der blow at the functions of the Establishmen, Lu ii 0• that some thirty or forty placemen may retai n t-eir larks and office. Lied roar , it „ But let never be forgotten that there is a - majority of forty-five English representatives ag;ilo, the Government scheme for tampering with th the dations of our National Church and withdra w " for blessings of its influence from the destitute poo.r•tor this is the true account of the matter. Th e ~.4 1 11. for ence of a Treasury board, caring little o r r0t71,3, religion, or, perhaps, openly hostile to it, is h i ,, o ur ble with the operatio n o f th e machinery offered by, parochial clergy. Th e y w ill ne ver consent W 11 o f s the Word of God, or sanc ti on the introductl?nedv• scheme which has for its basis the avowal that in co v eating the youthful m i n d th e distinctive all d i e ti e doctrines of Christianity may be blotted out fro m New Testament. We shall be pai n f u lly anx i ous to see the coar se r o sued by the House of Lords. Sinister col l ' h il v r3 fils• abroad to which we w ill g i ve no counteua ne , e ' e ra th er allusion. W e canno t b e li ev e that the tivn`vtl tive and Protestant Peers of England wil l a r e i•O' Session . to pass by without in some way or ° t ' er d fed' cing their cordial concurrence with the gi ant - b e a ttle' ers of our Church, who have been fighting the 111 and gained all but victory, in the House of Coln in°- e ' r eV them mark their sense of that order in Cott ne wh il'v e li for o the Treasury Committee crawled into being. ' - de vse of Parliament, in this instance most unfairly fila nos a of by Ministers, preclude them from directlY ° . l)r f,lo this prostitution of public money to what of paj' called Education : b u t th e i r o pinions are 13 : ce C ' t locked—their v o i ce ma y be heard in a sera w eb righteous condemnation a g ainst the prin ci Pfvv will gnaw, lik e a can k er - worm , a t the root of d fro lity which otherwi se wou ld fl ow , an d has il° w ; e n d ' a i the a , annual grant of P ar li amen t to the N at ' °.- eip ad' British .and Foreign S c h oo l S oc ieties. L et r a ppel l; dress the Qu een w ith a firm and dign ifle %;of" and, carried as such an appeal would be hY cor whelming majority, and backed as it is by snc ` . :lo re currence of feelin g ou t o f d oors , we should I c i t v ded; hopes that the or d er i n C ounc il ' would be r e6c a ' co s' and the grant of £30,000, str i ppe d of the n cli : - 01 0 trol which will p ress lik e an i ncu bus 4 ° then become a b oon instead. of a curse to the 1.- . th tb tVr This is no time f or m i nc i ng complimen ts Ministry. The Duke of Wellington has 41 1/2° . te ll ov er once thrown the broad shield of his Prn t ' ti Vi ere , their menaced defeat; but Quousque tangy' o f is . a limit to human patience when a raat te L t roe' vital importance as the education of our Ow" 'o' lation is at stake. On this, if on any oth er ci tg e ca , we may most emphatically say that " Englan that every man should do his duty." The Times, in one of its powerful art icies ;e'' : , have done such goo d serv i ce to the cause w e 61 : 0 0 heart, recommends that th e House of L ords o f vote an address to the Queen, c ondenula t° , rY , o ioi °9 bedchamber " min u t e " w h ere i n i s recorded we of a Whig-Radi ca l Mi n i stry t h at a cabal of P e e des f;, from behind the Thro ne oug ht t o influenc e til . a ioo e nies of Britain. With all deference to the ° t 0;0 our able contemporary, we think differentlY• e a It minute remain upon recor d. L e t it hang 1i Z 0 . 9 . stone round the necks of the degenerate W'''''oolol will cripple them hereafter, and stultify t heill : t is tf)° , we are much mistake n , b e f ore l o ng. nu t : o f ° l ': contemptible to call for interference on the P sch s. of Houses the two of Parli am ent. 1 1 / 1 ° c , Doo is r said or clone or wr i tten i n a b ac k p alour re ing-street, until it comes forth embodied in s° : e lcl l° lution, or bill, or or d er i n C ounc il ? Why' 8 7; 1 0 11 11 ‘ e Lord Melbo urne an d hi s co ll eagues b e a llowe" . tio Vc . themselves ridiculous by sitting in solemn c° 6 o ; a o ' and signing bill e t s d oux a b out L a di es of the I3e a into bsc`' ber ? The overt act of Ministers in sp eal6ll :d office, under the protection of parasols e'i v oor has been alre a dy d enounce d an d unequiv °c i pti ce ; demned. This pitif u l " m i nute "- i s beneath 2U 00 the and we should be really sorry to see it breke rj h o iliac wheel of an a dd ress f rom t h e L or d s of P 3fr i . bC° l ' P arvos parva d ecen t. L et t hi s precious pale - lowed to rest quietly i n t h e escr i to i re of the Ca Cabinet, or in any other place 0 ,1, " Where broken vows and death-bed alms a re And lovers' hearts with ends of ribbon bowl"' Cages for gnats, and chains to yoke a Dried butterflies, and tomes of casuistry: tar be Of all the modes in which legislation can et P r(/ ' on, perhaps th a t o f p l e d g i ng t h e S ta t e to ab str : ots ee positions, to be carried int o exe cution at s ° " s olic' day, is the m os t o bj ect i ona bl e. It is a Iw lic) ,„ di ce ; until the accessi on o f t h e M e lb ourne Cabin et ; bi $. was studiously avo id e d an d di scou ntenan ce ",, , , preceding Gover nmen t s. F or t h e un wortill of faction, and to force itself upon the C re)i • uf principle was abandoned by the present 7,l .spa inie c ieelli the case of the appropriation clause. Ind e r; c ede r° of the baseness of this stratagem, it WaS P - b e i e , cO' of a highly dangerous nature; and the ind el ":„,ll .l ' c ' f grace which it has branded upon its 80 01°1. ' 5 o f io ater declaiming when out of office that it `` l 3- 0 1 dispensable necessity, and, when possesse" a oaves and fishes, threw it overboard—w in b r e ; ' gott e ; ' ing to all future politicians; not lightly to be 12 ' 4' . ( 1 6 But in the case of Canada, Lord John ' l ' l ,i ' :e° l/ ', anxious to embark Parliament in the same ° IP. 'kV' unstatesmanlike course. He would hav e i t e deO te , of Commons pledge itself to a vague a"",;, - resolution about the incorporat;on and legis la " . tree' of the Upper and Lower Provinces — t ° be :00 1)0 i nobody knows ho AT---to be carried into execu-roo' body knows when—a plan in nubibus, to b e Sir e 11 hereafter. But th e threatened oppOsiti°ll °t" t Peel has wholly di sconce rted the puny le3der ths t House of Commons, an d we h av e little fear r c er will press his se con d bill embodying, °I. r3 t tb o e a sisting of, this idle assertion -of a princiP le ' ;3 o - sion, even if he o ff ers it to t h e House. This g instance of the Con serva ti ve opposition directing mode in which th e G overnmen t i s to be c°- But they have a thankless oflide. Infidelity, like its twin sister Popery, b -33 ,f e1 :;" -114 of b late to step from its lurking places, ana "" d, e et' oldly through the length and breadth of the 1a t , 13 . 01 0 of ting at defiance, not only the religious institn'ee.orit the land, but even public decency itself. IVe l ' ec tar e ; walls placarded with announcements of Pll blie fe ol es in . defence of infidel principles, and we find " i te ase il , ring around us dedicated to the Goddess These things are calculated to excite feelings 0. of th e in the minds of all who have the best intere'wovire' country at heart, an d w h o are anx ious that our I' 30 0 1 ) land should be armed against danger with the P of that "righteousness" which " exalteth a natinrlxl;eote reflection that ramp an t infidelity was the i,,nlfrarie. prelude of the r evo l u ti onar y phrensy that 1113",e.rillai' a second Pandemonium Is not calculated t° these feelings of alarm. bil e y e That we ar e no t i n d u l g i ng in exaggera tion , ‘ v t if s' make these remar k s w ill b e abundantly evict ° bee consider the indefati ga bl e exertions which Ilitifidel made within th e l as t f ew years for the sp read I , o e en and revolutio nar y notions. Lectur ers have iv36o rambulating the coun t r y f or the purpos e of the Ot i „s with s e l the poisonou s t ene t s o f O wen isni among teetri ine ' o ,o l o 1 the people—th e press has been liter all y tracts and pamphlet s i n w hi c h these doctrines are at l e . t inculcated—attempt s h ave been insidiously ersoce W; render so powerf u l an i ns titution as the Teigl,Pailtoc Society ej subservient to the spread of thes e principle s — an d, we are sorr y to add, that Pu b lic to led un nalists have be en f oun d w ho are base enough adatio° the influen ce o f th e i r t a l en ts to the m oral de` orri' of their country. We allude particula rl Y W.pg a° fi r ters in the Weekly Dispatch—a journal enPr in „Oil dilation of sixty or seventy thousand a-we6k articles of the n iol are published frog Pervades this abort fidel character. pressible avidity, forth its conternPl religi on; and non rancorous and bit t individuali who Bel he ledg e tit; a nd who wish to it a more general reg Our p resent obi tion of our reader effects already pro which we have alit a formidable attern. infidels to break up 1411. This b u attem P t not without col play of the most f atterok at Stock found po fol in anothe r cc ; and we are a f r s exa mple w h ich will carcely conceivabl expre-ss pur p o se 01 Iloly Scri ptures sl tr uded de u pon, in t graded infidel s Proceedings , . Such P°ll. The blackgo s een( The hav e b een we stro n gly susp ect Papists am ong th en fi delity is an exceed in w hich 'we live. A d Pare reliel are identical. 44%1(1 ehurch—b t' ot gion and there fore, w on( between them. Tb result of congeniali The cond Por to uct of ' n the occasi( loua bationin th e h ighest very love t he endsf of the I she of their right tc the corporate functi 44Yed themselves °'lll ucwho obtrud ed them when theceeded in Y obtai nsi We shall Nell not tak e condu ct on Protected and th e supi intimidation or forrner, i t sho' the l atter, i t b rands grossest dereliction wiBh, corn !IMOkntlier disgraceful t he Principles. le en, at the le ‘'''ven, t 4he notorio, elbourne, t h e P 1 Nietie that we cc when we sa w the Papers„ We thong tall4t have been so n , 114 ' of being nail L'ltr incredulity was 7, °II the list of ad e/e9ates of th knichka Religionist N„. o Ih ea to ince l'rPoses el t4it be to aineliorf, thou g h t 414tr0 duce t o the not 1 who4l, , 44, uc independ among hE a ille as e ur es for acne V'tk univers outrage unipo co inay here me theiretttirers advis e th , etr apel s and el iti ..ic the secular 1 ° 4 11' teacher. Thi the, for we find, , lt niinisters tr-I4tlllated on th freely giVillg 1,,44411. Paulton :tk:oru-Law Le; an tkailistance, the . 1„ 'Need front till 4 ht bilthedi:ll.lrtleitthilirs court ekaruple thus E 111, in the face o .°llPpose we shz 1/letli, and the in: "i°4 of our e b ;I N Preventlng the a n d , "t of public J.eittEe' most ast ',der Memorable ' , der Nght t() 6 t kdonl, until ou r t;ll'401n of th e c c e battle of the tveßisnratiouaer Court Preeent in the t 4ti ve tittai 3 at tact] Interests. \\ Isl.-ati ‘e hiends i 11,41,1;4()4 of the col At th e 1)r 1,1/4)4'lt• It is nom t.l'ertaiectionoty tha t , \A tkt 4:11e MleneVer it a kit alto ,et uaer • Vatlve priala dad ,tltter 11 sco t .141b.lig, of p illßlfied in c; fo r d' o t , , duty t , "et p ry is its iee~hr m b aiest 5t 1 1,-: 11 f loz et a t ve r e' "4 0- I °f 14Y re, 1 ` 1 11 4 ; 3 rd of 4 ; l '' °ll fr e . ll ' fi thiti I , ew,i gat. 4°ln %,, r •hist elos a g 10( 4;1, 4 ;43 were e d, eTC j 4 t a s( B° f \ vork it ani t r „ ,ta fe, Of h o : (l N't arl "f th ey c o l k '° wheti kly, 4.4'4. they Pi theml e t , to fi ne th 4 , t ° b e . age; j . " qic t() , h 'Pe f 44t ie " /v hilet Qr 11: and Cq llll r e is 0 ep ( 1 1 , e .. e tted !le f t irk d ti c i iv el . l 3 t ht \ e : l for t " h i ßrla ilo e gro p , o e 44 ' 1 ti \‘' ' o ltl pulk /)1 11 le ti at umber c liff :t ° the 4 44 41 1p t i rnat ddi N 4 4 , 1 4 ‘ 1 ar lo, e ci th 4 :e c et er, el„ 4 1 bil 41.1 h0 e% Pe • ate ' 4 114 4 t: fr„ 41.4 3, alr th t kegs he e Ztt Bev sue -cc rie7 r e it I