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N , \Nb.\\ ~ ...,P,5..,.,,.. Imptrial Vadiamtnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. BEER BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the report on this bill was brought up, and ordered to be printed ; and the noble and learned lord gave notice that he would move the third reading on Monday next. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. Mr. MACAULAY took the oaths and his seat for the city of Edinburgh. LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES BILL Mr. J. C. HERMES moved the third reading of the Lon don Bridge Approaches Bill. Sir R2lNGiis objected to the third reading of the bill. It contained provisions which went to authorise the demoli tion of a church near the Royal Exchange—a church that was numerously attended, in which divine service was per formed four times a-week, and which was attended by 700 persons on Tuesday last. Lord DUNGANNON moved, as an amendment, that it be read a third time that day three months.—The house divided —for the third reading, 82 ; for the amendment, 33 ; majority for the bill, 49, which was then read a third time and passed. THE LATE DTSTURBANCES. On the motion of Mr. was agreed upon to her Majesty, for a return of the correspondence which had taken place between Lord John Russell and cer tain lords-lieutenant of counties, &c., relating to the late disturbances. THE LATE MINISTERIAL CHANGE. Mr. WAKLEY was anxious to know from the noble lord the secretary for the home department, and from the right hon. baronet the member for Tamworth, whether either of them would offer any opposition to a motion for an address to the crown, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to direct that a copy of the correspondence which had passed between her Majesty and the right hon. baronet, Sir R. Peel, relative to the arrangements which were made, or were to have been made, for the formation of a new ad ministration, be laid on the table of that house. Lord J. RUSSELL : I should certainly oppose any such motion.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WAKLEY : Then I beg to give notice that I shall bring it before the house.—(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS. Sir R. INGLIS wished to put a question to the noble lord, connected with a subject which he (Sir R. Inglis) considered of some importance. The house was aware that a certain address had been presented to the high sheriff of the county of Mayo, the first name to which was that of the lord lieute nant of the county. The next, as reported in the Freeman's Journal, was " John Archbishop of Tuam." He wished to ask whether the noble lord had instructed the Attorney- General for Ireland to take any proceedings in consequence of the assumption of that title, in reference to the clause in the Roman Catholic act which prohibited Roman Catholic prelates from assuming the titles of protestant dignitaries. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had not seen the requisition to which the honourable baronet had alluded ; but he would state, that the government had not given any directions to the Attorney-General, nor had they communicated with the lord-lieutenant of Ireland on the subject ; and unless there was an absolute necessity for so doing, he should not think it necessary to take any steps in reference to it. On one occasion, when an application was sent to him by a person acting on the behalf of Dr. M`Hale, asking that certain petitions should be laid before his late majesty, that indivi dual had taken the title of Archbishop of Tuam ; and he (Lord John Russell) immediately wrote to him, stating that he could not present the petition to his majesty, as he had assumed a name to which by law he was not entitled. — (Hear, hear.) Therefore, whenever it became him officially, lie should entirely deny that Dr. AP Hale had any right to assume that title ; but he could not agree in the propriety or expediency of instituting prosecutions on such a subject. (Cheers.) ELECTION PETITIONS TRIALS BILL The house went into a committee on this bill, and a long discussion took place on a proposal to appoint legal assessors to act as chairmen of election committees. This was opposed by Sir ROBERT PEEL, Lord JOHN Rus- SELL, and others ; and finally the bill passed through committee as it originally stood. REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS BILL. In reply to some observations from Col. Sibthorp, Lord JoHN RUSSELL stated that if he proceeded with a measure for the amendment of the registration of electors this session, it would not be with the bill now before the house. He should probably move to have the order of the day for the present bill discharged with the view of introducing another. He gave no pledge on the subject. CHARTISTS. Viscount DUNGANNON moved for a return of any commu nications received by her majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the various local authorities in England and Wales, relative to the assembling together and arming of certain persons denominating themselves chartists. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that it would be quite impos sible for this correspondence to be produced, as it was strictly of a confidential nature. The house would see that the ends of justice could not be obtained if documents of this kind, containing information of a confidential nature, were made public. (Hear, hear.) Motion withdrawn. USURY LAWS PARTIAL REPEAL BILL. Mr. RICE rose, pursuant to his notice, for leave to bring in a bill to make perpetual the act of 1 Victoria, cap. 80, to exempt certain bills of exchange and promissory notes from the operation of the usury laws. The right hon. gentleman said this was a subject of the greatest importance to the com mercial world. By the act as it at present stood, all bills not exceeding three months' date were exempted from the operation of the usury laws. Now, it would be in the recol lection of hon. members, that an attempt had been made about two years ago to extend that exemption to bills of a longer date ; and a bill to that effect had passed through this housc, but had been lost in another place. During the late commercial difficulties of the country, had it not been for the small relaxation of the usury laws to which he had alluded, those difficulties would have been greatly increased. (Hear, hear.) On this account, therefore, he now proposed to ex tend the exemption from the usury laws to bills of 12 months' date, and also to re-affirm the original p ‘ ropysitiop_o i f ie ntkka tiA-e ar giv r eVia t el l uneV i telgit L lie could to the commercial world by a total repeal of those laws; for he thought there ought to be as free a trade in money as in any other article. Leave was then given to bring in the bill.—The house ad journed at ten minutes to one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY again called attention to the case of those officers and others who had been inveigled into the Spanish service, and said he should move for returns of what had been done on the subject. Lord MELBOURNE said that the committee appointed by the Spanish government and by the officers had proceeded in their labours ; but as our government had no coutroul or part in the proceedings, neither he nor that house had any power to order returns ; his lordship, however, thought he could procure the accounts required, and he was perfectly ready to do so. Earl STANHOPE presented the petition, of which he had given notice, regarding the poor law commissioners. Lord LYNDHURST, pursuant to notice, moved for a series of returns respecting the state of business, &c., in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer. In the Court of Chancery, in 1750, the amount locked up by proceedings there was £8,000,000; now the amount is X 40,000,000! His lordship proposed that there should be two new judges ; one to assist the Lord Chancellor by hearing appeals from the Vice-chan cellor, &c: ; and the other to aid in the equity part of the Court of Exchequer. Lord Brougham, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Melville, &c., spoke on the state of the courts and the arrears, and The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he should be ready to co-operate in any plans that would accelerate equity busi ness, and diminish the evils complained of; but he thought that an additional judge in equity in the Court of Exchequer would be useless. It would be better to transfer that addi tional judge and the equity business of the exchequer to the Court of Chancery. Lord LYNDEURST observed that be was not prepared to acquiesce in giving two new judges to the Court of Chancery —it would be better to try what first could be effected by one. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had made such ar rangements that he should commence the diminution of the arrears of his court after Wednesday next. The motion for papers was then agreed to, and their lord ships adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FnmAy. There was an immense muster of members, and stormy discussion on the Cheltenham Improvement Bill, which was lost on a division, the numbers being—ayes, 177 • noes, 186. Lord J. RUSSELL said, in answer to Lord Dungannon's inquiry, that it was his intention to make his statements re garding the government plan for national education on Fri day. He did not expect that the discussion on the Canada resolutions would last beyond Thursday night. Sir E. SUGDEN inquired whether any measure was in con templation respecting foreign lotteries. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that attention had been directed to the subject, but there were so many means of evasion that he feared remedy would be difficult. Mr. HERRIES inquired whether the government had di rected any attention to the report of last session on metro polis improvements? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it had been referred to the commissioners of woods and forests, who were ready to afford every facility in their power. Colonel PERCEVAL directed attention to the complaints against the prevalent practice of persons; carrying sticks laden with lead; and asked whether the government intended to propose the re-enactment of the 11th Geo. 11., c. 10, or any other remedy ? Lord MORPETH answered that he hoped to have soon to embody their recornmenclatinna for renve.rly in a hill The committee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill was deferred till 'Wednesday next ; the Dictrict Sessions Bill was ordered to be read a second time that day " three months ;" the order for receiving the report on the District Prisons Bill, was discharged. The report of the Prisons Bill was further considered, and amendments made. _ . _ —.-..--.. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he could not fix any specific day for further considering the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re venues Bill. The house (after an adjournment till half-pnst eight o'clock,) then proceeded to hear counsel against the second reading of the Jamaica Bill. Mr. Burge and two other counsel were in attendence ; Mr. Burge addressed the house at great length. This occupied nearly the remainder of the sitting. It was arranged that the debate should be taken on Monday, on the question of going into committee on the bill. PROGRESSIVE REFORM. The following is an analysis of the minority on Sir Hesketh Fleetwood's motion " That leave be given to bring in a bill for extending the qualification of voters for members of par liament representing the English and Welsh counties to the occupier of a house of the clear annual value of £lO. the same as in boroughs :" ENGLAND. Counties Boroughs 6 51 - 57 SCOTLAND. Counties . Boroughs . IRELAND. Counties Boroughs 8 11 - 19 Total Progressive Reformers Against the motion The hon. baronet was rather unfortunate in including \Vales in the terms of his motion, as no Welsh county or borough member is to be found in the ranks of the "glorious minority." LEAD MINES.—We rejoice to learn that the Mona Mining Company, who have been indefatigable in their exertions, and unsparing in expense, in searching for minerals on the Bishop's barony, are likely to be amply remunerated for all their care, trouble, and anxiety, by the discovery of a very rich vein of lead ore, on the estate of Ellerslie. A piece of the ore has been submitted to several mineralogists, who state that there is not a richer sample to be met with in any of the mines now at work on the island. We have repeatedly asserted that the bowels of this island contain an inexhaustible source of wealth, and it only requires spirit and perseverance like that, practised by this company, to attain it.--Mom's ; Herald. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—There has been a considerable amount of business done in yarn this week ; and those who had pre viously submitted to sacrifices, in order to force sales, have been enabled to command rather better prices ; but this is the full extent of the improvement. What has been consi dered as the regular market price has remained unchanged for the last fortnight, notwithstanding the advance in cotton during the present week. For most descriptions of goods there is but little demand. It is generally understood, that the spinners at Stalybridge and Ashton, who have been work ing short time for a month past, will resume full time on Monday next. LEEDS.—We had a brisk demand for goods in the Halls on Saturday, and again on Tuesday, principally of the heavier qualities for winter consumption, but the demand did not equal the supply, and the stocks are somewhat increasing. The workmen in the woollen trade are not just now so fully employed as they have been during the spring, but it is ex pected that the orders received by the Liverpool steamer from America will produce a return to our recent briskness. BRADFORD MARKET.—There was a large attendance of merchants and agents in the market on Thursday, and in consequence a greater quantity of business in piece goods was done than for some time past, chiefly at former rates. In the yarn market there was also more than an average business transacted on previous terms. The wool market was somewhat variable. For combing wools there was a di minished call, and prices ratherlooked down, but short wools were better to quit, and prices firmly maintained. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JUNE 7.—The demand for all descriptions of combing wools still continue languid, but without any further reduction from last week's quotations, occasioned, no doubt, by the very low stocks with manufac turers, the scanty supply in the market, and the rather brisk tone with which the new wool markets are commencing. Short wools of a finer description, and noils of the same class, are ready of sale and fully maintain late prices ; other sorts are without alteration. OTLEY WOOL MARKET.—This market which is held in Kirkgate, Otley, every Friday, and only commenced a few years ago, has much improved both in the quantity of wool sold, and in the attendance of buyers. YORK WOOL MARKET, JUNE 6.—We had a moderate sup ply of wool to this day's market, and having a large and in fluential number of buyers, most of the wools have been sold at steady prices. The following quotations will be close to the mark :—Ewe, 13d. to 13- d; one third Hog'd, 13id. to 14d; half Hog and Ewe, 14d. to 15d., and perhaps 15id. ; two-third Hog'd, 154 d. to 16d. ; very superior Hog, 16d. to 161 1 -d. ; Locks and Cots, 7d. to 9d. and 10d. HALIFAX.—There continues to be an average business done in our piece hall. Superior lastings may be said to be even brisk, and with fully as much money. The general rates, however, are not higher. Yarns in fair demand, and the stocks in hand are considered low. Wool maintains late currency. LEICESTER.—There is but little demand for regular worsted hose for the home trade, still the weavers are fully employed on the shipping'qualities, and for the glove and fancy trades, which are brisk. Had it not been for the introduction of the woollen and cotton glove trade in this district, very many of our stocking weavers would nave been now destitute of em ployment. Worsted yarns are reduced in price this week ; combed, d. per lb., and carded id. per lb. The wool market is quite inactive. Spinners buy only for immediate con sumption, and complain that the prices are not remunerating ones. Worsted is selling after the rate of 345. to 355, for farmers' parcels. LADIES' FASHIONS FOR JUNE. DINNER DRESS.—PaIe rose-coloured crape robe, it low corsage draped en coeur, the folds extending over the shoul der ; the bottom is deeply pointed. Short sleeve covered with bias folds which are edged with lace, a ruffle of one fall descends from the last fold. The skirt is trimmed round the border with folds to correspond. The hair parted on the forehead, and disposed in clusters of curls at the sides, is de corated with a quadrilled gauze scarf arranged somewhat in the turban, style, and ornamented on the left side with a gerbe of wild berries and foliage. MORNING DRESS.—Robe of stone-coloured gros de Na ples, the corsage rather more than half high, and tight to the shape. Sleeves demi large, trimmed below the shoulder with bouillons, and a full fall of antique point lace. Point lace collar. White crepe lisse bonnet, and a fluted brim, the crown placed very backward is decorated with a tulle scarf disposed in folds by a wreath of lilac which confines them at the sides and then rises round the back of the crown. The ends of the scarf fall in a full flowing drapery to the waist. EVENING DRESS.—Organdy robe, the skirt has the ground worked in rosebuds, the material of the corsage is plain, the top is square and trimmed with folds which are terminated by a fall of lace. Buffant sleeve finished by a lace ruffle, and trimmed with knots of ribbon. Head dress of hair ornamented with a gold chain. PUBLIC PROMENADE DRESS.—The robe is lilac gros de Naples, high corsage disposed in folds, and sleeve of a larger size than usual, with a shoulder piece arranged in a novel form. Italian straw hat, trimmed next the face with coloured crape. The crown is ornamented with flowers and figured straw coloured ribbon. Ceinture and breast knot to correspond. Lace collar.—Belle 448semble'e. ------- NATIONAL EDUCATION. Our friends in many parts of the country will be inquir ing what is to be done with various petitions, still in pro gress, against the " Scheme of National Education ?" We cannot better reply to the inquiry than by placing before them the admirable resolutions of the United Committees of the Wesleyan Methodists, which were adopted at their meet ing yesterday morning : 1. That the committees have learned, with great satis faction, that Lord John Russell has intimated the intention of the government to withdraw the particular plan contained in the minute of the committee of Privy Council; and heartily congratulate the friends and the Christian public, on the success which has hitherto attended their exertions in opposition to a scheme which, after all attempts to explain it, was, in the judgment of the united committees, liable to in superable objections. ;4- kn h .4-01 measures which may be ultimately proposed to Parliament, that our friends should immediately forward any other peti tions which are in course of preparation, in order that the House of Commons may be fully apprised of the general concurrence of the Wesleyan body in the great principles which were maintained in the resolutions adopted by the united committees, at their meeting of Tuesday, May 28." HORRID TRAGEDY AT HYDE. (From the Stockport Advertiser) MORE WORKINGS OF THE NEW POOR LAW.—Between three and four o'clock on Monday morning, as some boatmen were passing along the canal at Flowery Field, Newton, they perceived a bonnet, cap, and dress, lying upon the towing path ; and a little lower down, they discovered the dead bodies of a female and a child. They then procured a cart belonging to a man named Hitchens, and the corpses were removed to Shawcross' public-house, near to the canal bridge. On a further examination of the bodies, :t was found that the infant had been closely tied to the mother's breast as if in the act of sucking, in which felicitous state the little one was launched into eternity, whilst the mother was identified as Betty Ashton. • It appears that the deceased had formed an inWrcourse with a collier named Joseph Dunn, residing in that town ship, by whom she had had twins in January last, and one had since died. Dunn had abandoned her, and formed a connection with one Betty Hitchens, sister to his late wife, and daughter of the o wner o f th e car t alluded to, and the first person who identified the body of the deceased ; the unhappy woman had, in consequence of Dunn's discontinuance of the usual support, been unable to maintain herself ; and her friends, in consequence of her disgrace, and being also in humble circumstances, had disowned her, and she was re duced to a pitiable state of destitution. In this extremity, she went to Dunn on Saturday night to the Pine Apple pub lic-house, in Hyde, where he was drinking with Betty Hitchens, and stated her forlorn condition to him. He ministered her some sustenance that evening and the next day, when some " words" took place between them on Sunday night, at his lodgings, in the presence of an elderly female. About nine o'clock, after expressing herself in some signi ficant terms, she took away her infant, and left the place, suffering under a painful sense of injustice ; but refused to say whereto she was hastening, only that she would not again trouble him, and did not know where she . was going. —Dunn went to bed ; and at four o'clock in the morning he was awoke with the intelligence that Betty Barlow and her infant child had been found drowned in the canal. The deceased was twenty years of age, and a very hand some young woman. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES IN SCOTLAND. Considerable sensation was excited amongst the bankers in Stranraer, on the afternoon of Thursday, the 23d, from a discovery that three forged bills for £5O each had been that day passed at the several branches, in the town, of the Bri tish Linen Company, Glasgow U n i on , an d Southern Banks, and that a fourth for £6O had been tendered to Mr. C. Kerr, accountant of the British Linen Company's branch here. Mr. Kerr, suspecting one of the signatures of the bill, refused to discount it, and immediately communicated his suspicions to Mr. M'Neel, the agent, which led to the detection of the forgeries. The four bills were all of the same tenor and date, and purported to be drawn by Mr. Ross, parochial teacher of Glenluce, and accepted by the Rev. Mr. M`Douall, minis ter of the parish, with the endorsement of Alex. M'Cracken, Esq., of Glenluce. The bills were brought to the banks by two different boys, each bill being enclosed in a letter, also purporting to be from Mr. Ross, stating, that having to pur chase some additional furniture, and to incur other expenses fui 6Lc ucry beh..ol-livu. ,vhiun was buUdiug fur LIIL, 1m Lea procured the enclosed acceptance, the amount of which, he requested, might be returned in a parcel by the bearer. Mr. M'Neel, on discovering the forgery, instantly proceeded to Glenluce, where he had an interview with Mr. Ross, and was soon convinced that that gentleman had no knowledge whatever of the transaction. It was also ascertained, that the boys had not come from Glenluce, and from this, and some other circumstances, and the positive fact that the boys were known to be boarders at the school of Mr. AP Ghee, parochial teacher and session-clerk of Leswalt parish, suspfcion of course fell on that gentleman, although his name no way ap peared in the transaction. It was late in the evening before Mr. M'Neel could return, and make inquiries at the resi dence of Mr. M`Ghee, when it was found that he had been absent from home all day. Police-officers were immediately sent out in every direction, when 'lie was traced, to the old Portpatrick road, where Mr. M'Neel and Mr. M`Dougall, inspector of police, spent a great part of the night in a fruit less search for him • though we are informed they were o n ce or twice at but a short distance from him, and once had him actually in sight. Towards morning, Mr. M'Dongall was sent on to Portpatrick, to prevent his escape by the packet. Mr. M' Ghee, we learn, spent part of the day at the half-way house on the old Portpatrick road, where he had appointed the boys to meet him with the money. On receiving it he struck across the moors, and came down to the back of Les walt, returning to his own house, which he entered by one of the windows, a little before daylight on Friday morning. On the chance that he might return, and be lurking in the neighbourhood of his residence, Mr. Caird, procurator fiscal, Mr.. M`William, writer, and Telford and Brown, police con stables, proceeded there at an early hour in the morning; and, at four o'clock, the unfortunate man was apprehended in his house, and brought in custody to Stranraer. On a search being made, the whole of the notes he had received that day, with the exception of six pounds, were found con cealed beneath a chaff bed. During the forenoon of Friday, Mr. M`Ghee underwent an examination before Mr. Caird, procurator fiscal, and some of the magistrates ; the boys who had been his agents in the transaction being also, under de tention and examined, when sufficient transpired to warrant his committal to jail. Besides the forgeries already men tioned, it was discovered that other forged bills to a consider able amount (between £4OO and £500) had been negotiated by the prisoner within the last two or three months, and the whole of them managed with the greatest dexterity, so as to secure the object without his name appearing in any of the transactions. Of these forgeries we learn the Southern Bank has between £2OO and £3OO, and it is probable that the full extent to which the system has been carried has not yet been discovered. It is supposed that Mr. M`Ghee inedidated flight, had he not been apprehended when he was i there ap pears, notwithstanding, an extraordinary infatuation in his remaining at home on the Friday morning, though he had learned that Mr. M'Neel had been there making inquiry about him. It is melancholy to reflect on the fatb of a man so highly respected as Mr. M`Ghee at one time wit 4 ; bearing, as he did, the character of being one of the first Leachers in this, or, perhaps, any other country.—Galloway register. NEWTON RACES. THURSDAY. A PLATE of 60 guineas, for three and four year olds. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Ogden's b c St. Leonard, 4 yrs ........ (Bond 1 3 1 Mr. Scott's bc by Langar, 3 yrs (Whitehouse 5 1 2 Mr. Worthington's b c Northenden, 4 yrs.. (Holmes 4 2 3 Mr. Buckley's ch c Tom, 4 yrs (Darling 2 d Mr. Jones's ch c Sam Slick, 3 yrs 6 to*4 against the Langar colt, 7 to 4 St. Leonard, 5 to 1 Tom. St. Leonard took the lead, was never headed, and won easy.—Second heat : 5 to 4 on St. Leonard. White house took the lead, followed by Northenden, and won easy. St. Leonard merely saved his distance, having been shut out from trying for this heat, by making a bad turn.—Third heat : 3to 1 on Scott, when running.- Northenden took the lead, and kept it for about a mile, when the other two passed him. A middling race ended by St. Leonard winning cleverly by a length. _ FRIDAY. The ST. HELEN'S PURSE of £so:added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. ; 10 sovs. ft. ; for two and three-year olds.—The Golborne Course.—The second to receive 15 sovs. Mr. T. Walters' na. bl cby The Mole, 2 yrs.... (Cotton) 1 Lord Stanley's b c Charlatan, 3 yrs (M. Jones) 2 Mr. E. Buckley's ch f Lilie, 3 y rs (Whit e h ouse ) 3 Lord Eglinton , sbr c Malvolio, 3 yrs (Lye 0 Mar. of Westminster's ch c Th e R ecor d er , 3 yrs (Holmes 0 Mr. Smith's br f Margaret, 3 y rs (Templeman 0 Mr. R. Peel's Lepidus, 3 yrs (Darling) 0 6 to 4 against Malvolio, 3 to 1 Lepidus, 4 to 1 Recorder, 10 to 1 The Mole. Several false starts took place before the lot got off. When they did get away; Charlatan led, the rest being in a line. They went away at a slashing pace, and caused Tommy Lye to lose ground, and then they effectually closed him out. At about the distance, Lepidus attempted to come out, but failed. Little Cotton, on The Mole, then challenged, and a ca pit a l run home ended in the little fellow winning cleverly by half a length. The SHRIGLEY CUP, value 100 sovs., given by W. Turner, Esq., M.P., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each ; 10 sovs. ft. and 5 sovs. ft. only, if declared, &c. — One mile and a half. Mr. Legh na. ch m Maid of Mouton, 5 yrs., Bst... (Tern pleman) Mr. Denham's b c Compensation, 4 yrs., ist. 101 b... (G. Whitehouse) Lord Milltown , s ch c Lepreuchaun, 3 yrs., sst. 71b.(Cotton) 3 Marquis of Westminster's ch c Sir Ralph, 4 yrs., 7st. Sib. (E. Boyce) Mr. Bradley's b h Exorable, 6 yrs., 7st. 71b.... (Bradley 0 Mr. Price's br g Capt. Popps, 4 yrs., 7st. 51b..... (Neale 0 Lord Eglinton's b f Bollona, 4 yrs., 7st. 5Ib. Mr. G. Ogden's b c Harpurhey, 4 yrs., 7st. .. (Dodgson 0 Lord Milltown's ch m Cruiskeen,a yrs., 65t......... , (Dunn 0 . . Fifteen paid the large and ni n e th e small forfeit. 6 to 4 on the field, 7 to 4 against Compensation, 3 to Bellona, 5 to 1 Pops, 6 to 1 Sir Ralph, 8 to 1 Harpurhey, 10 to 1 Maid of Monton. The horses gave some trouble in starting. When they got off, Harpurhey led, but soon gave way to Pops, Compensation also passing Harpurhey, Bellona fourth, the rest being in a cluster behind. A few changes took place on passing the stand ; but, when they had run about three quarters of a mile, Pops led the nick, and Maid of Mouton got to the fourth place. At the bottom of the course, Exorable had had enough, and was soon beaten off; all the others kept in a cluster till near the distance, where Pops declined, and Billy Cotton, Compensation, and Maid of Monton left the others. Th e finish was done rather easily by the Maid of Manton. The WARRINGTON PURSE of £5O, added to a Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each. Once round and a distance. Mr. Vansittart's fby Catton, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Clarke) 1 ,Mr. Simpson named ch m Maid of Monton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Tem plemal 2 Ld Milltown's ch c Lepreuchaun, 3 y rs , s s t 71b (Cotton 3 Mr. Price's ch f Zillah, 4 y rs , B s t 21b (Conolly 0 Mr. Fowler's ch c Gilbert Gurney, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Dodg son) Mr. Jones's Sam Slick, 3 yrs, 6st 5 to 4 against the Maid of Monton, 5 to 2 Zillah, 6 to 1 Gilbert Gurney, the winner not mentioned. Gilbert Gurney took the lead at start, Sandbeck second, and the others well up, the Maid being last but one. The pace was capital— perhaps the quickest race of the week. At the distance a capital run took place between the Maid, Sandbeck, and Lepreuchaun, which ended with the Sandbeck filly winning by a head. PLATE of 60 guineas, for all ages. Heats, two miles. Lord Eglinton's b g The Potentate, aged (Lyi 1 1 ed .. Mr. Barrow's b m Catherina, a.. (Templema g n 3 2 Mr. Dixon's Anvil, 5 yrs (Bond 2 3 2 to 1 on Potentate, who took the lead, was never headed, and won easy.—Second heat : 4 to 1 on Potentate, who took the lead, was never headed, and won easily. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. The Newton events have been the attraction to the specu lators of all grades here, consequently we have no quotations to offer. We may, however, state, that Bloomsbury has been backed at 7to 2 for the St. Leger. Malvolio was backed after his race, at 200 to 9—his race to-day settles his chance. The Apothecary, that has been backed for months in the provincial circles, as well as in London, is now hors de combat.—For the Derby, Lord Jersey's two have been backed at 8 to I.—The weights for the Liverpool will be out on Monday, when no doubt business will follow, as the entry is extremely good. DE RRYNANE ABBEY-SMUGGLING-MR. O'CON NELL'S ANCESTRY. We remember well when Mr. O'Connell, in one of his re bellious threatnings, in 1828, if Emancipation would not be granted, boasted that it was an ancestor of his that com manded the cowardly Yellow Dragoons, in 1688, when that gallant Regiment deserted the Foot of Jame's Army, and left them to be slaughtered at Lisnaskea, by the brave Ennis killeners. Indeed, until Mr. O'Connell proclaimed the fact himself, we were not aware that it was not his cowardly an cestor that was the cause of the cognom en so un i versa ll y an d appropriately applied to ,cowards i n th e sou th o f I re l an d, o f `` Drapoon-buye." the gifts and ngvaiefdal opponents ; butimnp - - a pu . y tor —„att has ; :x..-z- n one of those slanderers who forget live in glass houses," and fling missiles as it were, re gardless of their recoiling, perhaps on their own heads. Of this we have a remarkable instance in the fact of Mr. O'Con- DA having recently alluded to the ancestry and connexions of one of the oldest Protestant families in Ireland, who have furnished to the church, the army, and the senate, some of their brightest ornaments ; because, forsooth, their loyalty compelled them at all times, and on all occasions, to crush rebellion, punish disloyalty, and discourage every species of fraud and illegality. Could it be that any of the Beresford family were members of the Board of Revenue Commissioners in 1781, when the following minute was recorded on their books, and afterwards confirmed by the Irish House of Com mons, and placed on their journals. It is as follows " The plan of smuggling on the coast of the county of Kerry having been changed to Derrynane, where there were stores for the purpose of storing the goods smuggled, it was found that the establishment of the Dungannon cruiser was not calculated for the prevention of the illicit trade, a plan was therefore fixed upon to meet the then mode of smuggling, and effectually to subdue it at Derrynance, and overturn the system of illicit traffic; and marine and land parties were there fore established under the command of Mr. Whitwell Butler, a gentleman of property and character, and a justice of the peace in the county of Kerry." " Done by the Board with the approbation of government the 22nd May, 1781." The above is extracted from the Appendix to the Journals of the Irish House of Commons, dated the 19th March, 1786, where may be seen, verbatun et literatim, as we have given it, and shews plainly that Derrynane was as notorious at that period for smuggling, as it is now for the manufacture and promulgation of disloyal and seditious manifestoes during Parliamentary recesses. This "Derrynane Abbey" is a remarkable place. Having the name of "Abbey," one would suppose it to be a "house of prayer ;" but the above extract, and the seditious and ille gal fulminations of its present possessor, concocted there, prove it has been at all times a " den thieves." We sincerely hope, therefore, every thing issuing from Derrynane will be looked upon in future as contraband.—Warder. THE EXPLODED NATIONAL EDUCATION SCHEME. A COPY OF THE ORDER IN COUNCIL, APPOINTING A COM MITTE OF COUNCIL TO SUPERINTEND THE APPLICATION OF ANY SUMS VOTED BY PARLIAMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OP PROMOTING PUBLIC E DL CATION . -- At the court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of April, 1839, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council: It is this , day ordered by her Majesty in council that the Most Noble Henry Marquis of Landsdown, lord present of the council ; the Right Hon. John William Viscount Duncan non, lord privy seal ; the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, one of her Majesty's princip a l secre t ar i es o f state ; and the Right Hon. Thomas Spring Rice, chancellor of her Majesty's ex chequer, be, and they are hereby appointed a committee to superintend the appication of any sums voted by parliament for the purpose of promoting public education. (Signed) C. C. GREVILLE. A COPY OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL APPOINTED TO SUPERINTEND THE APPLICATION OF ANY SUMS VOTED BY PARLIAMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING PUBLIC EDUCATION, OF 3D JUNE, 1839. At the court at Buckingham Palace, the 3d of June, 1839, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in council. Whereas there was this day read at the board a report from the committee of council appointed to superintend the appli cation of any sums voted by parliament for the purpose of orornotinz public education ;whie.h report, dated thelst of June, was in the words following —viz. : " Your Majesty having been pleased, by your order in council of the 10th April, 1839, to appoint us a committee of council to superintend the application of any sums voted by parliament for the purpose of promoting public educa tion, we, the lords of the said committee, had this day met, and agreed humbly to present to your Majesty the following report : " The lords of the committee recommend that the sum of £lO,OOO granted by parliament in 1835, towards the erection of normal or model schools, be given in equal proportions to the National Society and the British and Foreign School So ciety. That the remainder of the subsequent grants of the years 1837 and 1838 yet unappropriated, and any grant that may be voted in the present year, be chiefly applied in aid of subscriptions for building, and, in particular cases, for the sup port of schools connected with those societies ; and that the rule hitherto adopted of making a grant to those places where the largest proportion is subscribed be not invariably aduered to, should application be made from very poor and populous districts, where subscriptions to a sufficient amount cannot be obtained. " The committee do not feel themselves precluded from making grants in particular cases, which shall appear to them to call for the aid of government, although the applications may not come from either of the two mentioned societies. " The committee are of opinion that the most useful appli cation of any sums voted by parliament would consist in the employment of those moneys in the establishment of normal schools, under the directions of the state, and not placed un der the management of a voluntary society. The committee, however, experience so much difficulty in reconciling con flicting views respecting the provisions which they are desi rous to make in furtherance of your Majesty's wish that the children and teachers instructed in this school should be duly trained in the principles of the Christian religion, while the right of conscience should be respeCted, that it is not in the power of the committee to mature a plan for the accom plishment of this design without further consideration; and they, therefore, postpone taking any steps for this purpose until greater concurrence of opinion is found to prevail. " The committee recommend that no further grant be made, now or hereafter, for the establishment or support of normal schools, or of any other schools, unless the right of inspection be retained, in order to secure a conformity to the regulation and discipline established in the several schools, with such improvements as may from time to time be suggested by the committee. A part of any grant voted in the present year may be usefully applied to the purposes of inspection, and to the means of acquiring a complete knowledge of the present state of education in England and Wales." Her Majesty, having taken the said report into considera tion, was pleased, by and with the advice of her privycouncil, to approve thereof. (Signed) C. C. GREVILLE. The population of Belfast has increased from 50,000 to 'O,OOO within the last seven years. , Ir 1 MISCELLANEOUS. The wife of the late murdered Serjeant Major Shepherd is not dead, as falsely reported ; on the contrary, her health is gradually improving. On Thursday morning, at half-past eight o'clock, the Croy don Railway opened for public traffic. His first train was crowded with passengers. LUDLOW ELECTION.—There will certainly be a petition against the return of Mr. Alcock. Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Austin are retained as counsel for Mr. Clive.—Standard. There are about one thousand different specimens of coun terfeit bank bills in circulation in the United States. Miss Ellen Tree will, it is expected, return from a most successful visit to the United States about the middle of August. Recruiting for the'navy is prosecuted with much vigour in Portsmouth. Every street nearly has its rendezvous for sea men ; and the flags flying to announce the " whereabouts" give a gay appearance in the town. SHIPWRECK. — Another lamentable accident has happened on the Danube. A letter from Vienna announces the loss of a sailing packet with 64 passengers on board, the greater part of whom were drowned, but the spot where this sad occur rence took place is not specified. The New Orleans Times says—" Strawberries have been in market about four days ; they afford an expeditious and pleasant mode of spending money. You can get two quarts for twenty-six dollars, or by them at retail for four cents a piece." EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—On the 30th May Henry Fen wick, Esq., of Goldspink Hall, walked a mile in nine minutes —ran back in six—rode back in two minutes and three-quar ters, in all within eighteen minutes, upon the Newcastle race course.—Carlisle Patriot. It is a remarkable fact, that line boats which started from this place for Buffalo, (365 miles,) on the day the steam-ship Liverpool sailed from Liverpool to New York, (more than 3,000 miles,) had not been able to reach this place on their return, on the day the Liverpool arrived in New York.—New York Whig. PENNY-POSTAGE PETITIONS.—On Wednesday evening, June 5, upwards of 250 postage petitions praying for Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, were presented, making a total exceed ing 1,400 petitions presented during the present session of parliament to the House of Commons alone. The continual high price of bread is producing uneasiness in several , parts of France, At Metz anonymoul letters, threatening incendiarism (supposed to originate in discontent at the dearness of bread), were addressed to the authorities' and to several private individuals. Commercial distress is also said to prevail in Havre and Rouen. THE PIKE MANUFACTURE AT A DISCOUNT.—WC under stand that the industrious pike and dagger manufacturer at Heady-hill, near Heywood, has been obliged to abandon the making of pikes and daggers, in consequence of an entire cessation of demand. It is said that he has not had a single order for these deadly weapons since the Kersall Moor meet ing.—Matzehester Guardian. AMERICAN COMPLIMENT TO QUEEN VICTORIA.—The president, &c., of Colombia College, New York, have agreed to place the gilded crown, which formerly adorned the cupola of the college, previous to the revolution, upon the figure head a the Britishi Queen (steamer,) expected at New York during the summer. This superbly made crown has remained in their library since 1777. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton have left Bridgewater House, for Devonport, accompanied by the Hon. F. Egerton, their eldest son, who is about to enter the navy under Sir Graham Moor. His lordship, who has paired off for a few weeks, intends cruising in his yacht on the coast of Devon for a short time, after which he will return to town, and give a series of parties at the above residence. As Sir Henry Parnell is to be opposed by a captain in the navy at Dundee, on the ensuing general election, we think it is not improbable, if the sinews of war are supplied, that he may become a candidate for Liverpool. As Joseph has an ambition that way, he cannot be expected to assist in paying the piper, and it is surmised that others who are competent to a liberal expenditure would scarcely consider it a safe speculation. The Court of Directors of the East India Company have determined on augmenting the number of their officers in India, and likewise to form an additional regiment of Eu ropeans at each presidency, which will create very extensive promotion throughout the army, and an additional number of cadets.—Naval and Military Gazette. WORCESTER HOPS, JUNE s.—Our market on Saturday was barely supplied with hops, holders being all reluctant to sell their stock. The few bargains made were at an advance of about 2s. per cwt. on the prices of the previous week. Fly has been noticed in several parts of the plantations, and prices will probably advance in consequence. New hops, 565. to 75s ' • choice, to &Is ; 1837'5, 50s to 78s ; choice, 82s ; 1836's and 1835'5, 28s to 565. Weighed, 47 pockets ; dur ing the week, 11. On Thursday last, the Manchester Town-hall presented a scene of great interest and activity, on the occasion of the election of 17 children to the Deaf and Dumb Institution, in that town. The very great and just celebrity to which that institution has attained, as has before been the case, an immense number of candidates from all parts of Great Bri tain ; and, in consequence, very considerable interest, with its innumerable ramifications, was set to work to secure the election of these unfortunate children. HA.MBURGII, May 28.—The prospects of the farmers throughout the whole of the north of Germany are brilliant, the growing crops being in the most satisfactory condition. The Sehweidnitz wool fair begins to-day. This is a small fair, preceding the more important one held at Breslaw. Targe transactions have, however, already taken place at Schweidnitz;almost all the parcels of wool brought to the 'fair having been immediately disposed of, at the prices paid last year, and in some instances even higher rates were acceded to. THE BOROUGH OF SANDWICH.—Mr. Budworth, a gen tleman of large property, and highly respected for his talents and sterling good old English feeling, has just put forth an address to the electors of the borough of Sandwich, Deal, and Wollner, ou independent conservative principles. It is Ytßtts TbrAmg.z. A uAnour declaring that he will make way for a whig puor candidate. It is understood that Mr. Budworth has been eminently suecessful in his canvassing the electors. SHABBY.—THE BOLTON CORPORATION.—This corpora tion has appointed to the office of coroner, Mr. John Taylor, solicitor, of Bolton, but on the understood condition, that Mr. Taylor is to defend, at his own cost, any suit or suits at law which may be instituted against him for the alleged illegal usurpation of the office, arising out of the supposed illegality of the charter lately granted to that borough. The conserva tives, as a body, have commenced proceedings against the corporation, with the view to upset the charter altogether. The office is supposed as not likely to yield £5O per annum. Lord Brougham may well be an advocate for popular edu cation when he sees how easily the ignorant people of the larger towns are deluded by their leaders into acts of which they have reason ultimately to be ashamed. What will he think of their gullibility on perusing the list of addresses presented at her majesty's late levee, expressive of admiration of her majesty's promptness and energy in repelling an attack upon her personal liberty in the choice of her majesty's do mestic friends and associates ? A STRANGE DEBUT.—An actor, who two years ago per formed in secondary characters at the Havre Theatre, re cently transferred his talents to a Belgian theatre. Learning that a formidable cabal opposed his reception, he made his debut with the following singular address to the ungracious public :—Ladies and gentlemen, I am aware that you won't have me; be pleased therefore to hiss me at once. It will save me the mortification of appearing three times before you, and save yourselves the tedium of enduring my presence so often." The request was forthwith complied with ; for five minutes together the hissing was unanimous, after which the artiste courteously bowed and withdrew. INQUEST BY DEPUTY.—On Saturday last an inquest was held at the house of Mr. George Mills, the George Inn, Tonge, near Middleton, before a brother of Mr. Rutter, the coroner! upon the body of a child, seventeen months old, daughter of James Collinge, Mill Fold, Alkrington, who was found drowned in a mug half-full of water in the loom-house. It is supposed the deceased had been paddling . in the water, and, over-balancing herself, had fallen over into the mug. A verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was returned. It was stated that the reason of Mr. Rutter's brother officiating was, that Mr. Rutter was at Bolton.—Manchester Guardian. Persons who affect to be friends of Lord John Russell have used him very ill. They pretend that in his speech on Tuesday evening, upon proposed alterations in the reform act, "he spoke in a double capacity !" They try to show that the views of Lord John Russell, member for Stroud, are in favour of certain changes, to which Lord John Russell, the government leader of the House of Commons, and Secretary of State for the home department, cannot consent. They represent Lord John Russell, in his official capacity, as triumphing over Lord John Russell in his individual capa city. They acknowledge that the Secretary of State for the home department has voted against that which they maintain to be the opinion of Lord John Russell, member for Stroud. All this is done by persons who affect to be Lord John Rus sell's friends! Now the plain statement of the case is this : either the statements and representations to which we have called attention are utterly false, or Lord John Russell is an honest man. There is no escape from this alternative. — Post. In the Commons on Wednesday evening, on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, seventy thousand pounds were voted from crown lands revenue, to build stables at Windsor Castle. These ought to be commodious stables, and there can be no doubt that the country is blest with an economical government. The stables that were good enough for George the Third—a good horseman and a zealous eques tr:itn—for George the Fourth, ,proverbially' an capennive Prince—for William the Fourth, whose stud it was thought too costly to retain—the stables that have been hitherto found sufficient for the quadrupedal section of the household (at present certainly the best section) - are now found to be too mean. " Gentlemen, we claim your support as the advocates of economy and retrenchment," was the whig and radical appeal at every hustings in 1837. Seventy thousand pounds for building new stables at one of the five or siiv royal palaces is the illustration of the sincerity of this appeal. Where was Mr. Hume ? SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE SHREWSBURY LOYAL DE CLARATION.—Every one of right feeling and good taste will read with delight and admiration 'Sir Robert Peel's manly and eloquent reply to. the Shrewsbury resolutions ; one passage deserves particular attention. " But I must contend that if I deemed it necessary to advise any changes in those (the household) appointments, I am much less responsible for the necessity than those ministers who had not merely given to this department of the household a political character, but who had established its immediate connection with the ad ministration, by permitting their nearest female relatives to occupy the chief appointments." The question was happily put at the Common Council meeting. Would Lord Mel bourne and Lord Nortnanby consent to take office if Lady Peel and the Marchioness of Douro, and Mrs. G. R. Dawson were to invest the Queen as her Majesty's only domestic society ? If Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington had made such appointments, would it not be said of them, with reason, that they were contriving to perpetuate their tenure of office at the expense of compromising the Queen's feelings, upon their own hypothesis that her Majesty's feelings are implicated ?—Standard. A BRurE.—On Monday last, upwards of 40 young men assembled in a field at Tonge, near Middleton, where they had two barrels of ale, and continued drinking for several hours, when two of the party began to fight. A young man, 17 years of age, named John Collinge, employed as a black smith on the Manchester and Leeds railway, was returning home, and having to pass the men, he attempted to separate them, when a single man 34 years of age, named Thomas Thorpe, drew out a sharp pointed knife, and stabbed Collinge under the left shoulder blade, making a cut three inches deep. Collinge was immediately taken to Mr. Taylor, surgeon who dressed the wo un d, an d sa id th e man was in danger. He was then conveyed home, and one of the constables of Tonge took Thorpe into custody; and on Tuesday, the prisoner, the constable, and Collinge's parents, met at a beer shop, and after drinking six hours, the matter was settled on the follow ing terms :—Thorpe paid £l, and promised to pay all expenses of the surgeon and constable, and allow Collinge Ds. per week till he is able to work. •n Tuesday and Wednesday he was in a very dangerous state, and o n Thursday he was still confined to his bed. It is not the first time Thorpe has at tempted to stab persons. There was one man whom he in jured, for which he was imprisoned, and the person will be a cripple through the injury while he lives. The brute is allowed to go at large without appearing before a magistrate:—Bolton Chronicle. The brig Ann, Trotter, master, has sailed from Tralee, with over 100 passengers for Quebec, principally wealthy farmers with large families.—LimericrStandard. We understand that the petition from this city against the abandoned government plan of national education, received upwards of 12,000 signatures in a few days.—Bristol Journal. The Carlow. Election Committee has now sat thirty-five entire days. The returned member was in a majority of one vote at the close of Friday's proceedings. About £B,OOO have been spent already. ASSAULT UPON A MAGISTRATE.—Mr. Richard Evans, of the Haydock Colliery, near Newton, appeared before the ma gistrates at the Warrington petty sessions, on Monday, to answer the charge of assaulting Henry Critchley, Esq. one of the magistrates for the county, a gentleman residing at Heyes Green, near the colliery. Mr. Critchley, having been sworn, stated that there had long existed a dispute between himself and Mr. Evans, as to a right of water. On Monday week witness went to see Mr. Evans about it ; anti, finding he could get no redress, he went to the bank of the reservoir, and be gan to cut an opening so as to admit of the water passing from Mr. Evans's premises into those of witness. Mr.'Evans called out to him to desist. He proceeded, and on that Mr. Evans came up to him and struck him a blow on the chest, and knocked him from the top of an embankment five feet high into the ditch below. Witness got up again ; and, being considerably irritated by Mr. Evans's conduct, he did as most men would—tried to aim a blow at him with the spud he held in his hand, but missed him ; and then Mr. Evans came up, rushed upon him, and took the spud from his hand. In de fence, Mr Evans denied that any assault had been committed. He had, as he had a right to do, endeavoured to protect his property, and bad pushed the defendant, who tumbled down the embankment, which was no more than two feet high.-- Mr. Critchley then came running at him with a spud five feet long, with iron at the end, and he certainly did take it from him.—Mr. Evans said he had witnesses to prove his state ment ; but Mr. Critchley only requiring that he should be bound over to appear at the quarter sessions to answer the charge, the magistrates thought it advisable not to go further into the case. Mr. Critchley afterwards stated, that he had never before a quarrel with a neighbour ; and he had no wish to prosecute the case further, provided Mr. Evans would . make a suitable apology.—Mr. Evans said, he had committed no assault, and should make no apology. He then entered into sureties, himself in £lOO, and John Rylands, Esq. in £5O, for his appearance at the sessions.—Manchester Paper. REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON.—The Morning Herald of Thursday gives currency to a rumour that our member, Sir P. Hesketh Fleetwood, is likely to receive an appointment in the colonial department; but on what authority such ru mour is founded it is not stated. We think it requires no great .depth of penetration or foresight to see that Lord Nor manby holds the colonial, seals by a very uncertain tenure ; and on that account it would seem to be a questionable kind of policy in Sir Peter Fleetwood taking office under such cir cumstances. But there will be another consideration not undeserving the attention of the hon. member—he will have to vacate his seat for Preston, and his re-election for the same place is not a thing to be calculated upon with unerring certainty. His defeat might be brought about in the easiest manner possible, and that too by two ways :—the numerous and respectable class of voters to whom lie owed his first election for Preston might, and as a body they very probably would, withhold their support from him, or they may throw it into the scale of his opponent, (if they did not think pro per to bring forward a candidate of their own), and in either ease he would most certainly lose his election. For this reason, then, we shall hesitate in giving credit to the rumour. The present government cannot afford to risk the loss of a vote in the House of Commons ; and great risk will attend the hon. baronet's next return for Preston.—Preston Pilot. IMPORTANT TO WATCHMAKERS.—Mr. Bethell, watch maker' of Bridge-street, Warrington, appeared before the magistrates on Monday week, to show cause why he refused to deliver up a watch belonging to a countryman residing at Croft, in this county. On Saturday week the complainant had been drinking pretty freely at the Pied Bull, Warrington, yet, according to his own account, he was not so intoxicated as not to know what he was about. He started for his home about seven o'clock in the evening, and got there before sun set. He then discovered that his watch was gone from his pocket, and the fob torn. Only one person, a neighbour, of whom he entertained no suspicion, had been in his company, and he had only stopped once on the road home. On the following Monday, the watch was sold at Mr. Bethell's shop for £2 10s., by a person who gave a fictitious name and ad dress, and very shortly afterwards the complainant gave no tice of its having been stolen. Mr. Stubs said that it was impossible for watchmakers to carry on their business with out having transactions, like the present. A fair price had been given for the watch, and the complainant must endea vour to find the thief. The other magistrates concurred in the opinion, and the watch was ordered to remain in Mr. Bethell's hands, unless the complainant thought fit to refund Mr. Bethell the £2 10s. paid for the watch to the party sup posed to have stolen it. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—The last con tract or section, to complete this Railway from Darlington to York, will be let next week. The directors of this company, accompanied by their secretary, engineer, and land agent, made a progress through that portion of their line which ex tends.from Darlington to York a short time ago. After ex amining the two contracts in the county of Durham, they proceeded to the handsome bridge over the Tees, at Croft, and from thence walked along the line to Northallerton, each sec tion of it being now in a great state of forwardness, and ap proaching very near to each other, making a minute inspec tion of all the works as they passed, and the following day they visited the contracts near Thirsk. The directors were gratified in ascertaining by their personal inspection, the rapid progress making in the cutting, embankments, and bridges, and the contractors received every encouragement to push forward their contracts with vigour. The junction of the contract. No. 6, from the North, with that of No. 7, near the Castle Hills, Northallerton, will take place this week. — Leeds Intelligencer. PROGRESS OF POPERY.—A sort of hallucination seems to have come over the Roman catholics in this country, that the " old" religion, as they term it, is about to revive. There is no harm in going into a catholic chapel ; and the gorgeous style in which they now celebrate their service in London on every occasion, backed as it is by vocal music in the best man ner that foreign artistes can give us it, would well repay any ane fara sli2-ht violation of religious feeling. But even that 2e , nuceio.onid tAtii ier flock. The tenor of these homilies (the only part of the Ro man catholic service given in English) is that the " aposto lical," as the priests call it, and the " old," as the lay catho lies call it, religion is once more asserting her supremacy and infallibility. How the lay catholiCs can be so gulled as to be lieve all this is astonishing; and nothing but the activity of their priests, and the lavish expenditure of the aristocracy be longing to their creed, could lead them into such an error as to indulge in the fancy that all the world is suddenly going to become catholic in their sense of the ter m . Th e i n t ene d consecration in July will, of course, perpetuate the delusion. A papist bishop is now to be appointed for the districts of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Northumberland, and Durham ; and another specially for Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire, are moreover to be united in one vicariate ; and in a few years we shall see the whole country thus parcelled out for the operations of a papist priesthood. That the Roman catho lics are not trifling about the matter is evident from the struc ture of the many catholic chapels which have been built during the last 14 years. All that money, human labour, and ar chitectural skill can do, has been done to make them im posing and enduring. The writer of these few remarks was kindly invited by the present Lord Clifford, about ten years ago, to look over a catholic chapel then in the course of structure, at Irby, in Lincolnshire. Irby is a small village ; and yet here was a chapel raised by one enthusiastic indi vidual, which for design, cost, and magnificence, would put to shame the very best of our recently-built metropolitan churches. On expressing some surprise at the vast expense of raising such a structure in stone, when the adjacent field would have supplied material for white bricks, his lordship made this remarkable answer :—" You protestants, sir, pre fer brick—we catholics prefer stone ; and, if we both live long enough, we shall see whether stone is not preferred before brick after all." Of course, as a guest, no reply was made, to this sanguine sally ; but it may tend to show protestants the long-headed zeal with which Roman catholics, even in this country, contemplate ultimate ascend anc y. —H e rald. It is impossible for any one to reflect upon Lord Nor manby's demeanour in Jamaica and Ireland, and to read his wretched novels, without coming to the conclusion that he is, as the Rev. Sidney Smith would say, a " regular fool." He and his lady absurdly may believe that a Radical House of Commons is really attainable by a proper abuse of the Queen-'s name. Let them try : but that the trial may be a fair one, let the people know the whole truth ; and that they may, we - must again urge the necessity of giving the most ex tensive circulation to Lord Brougham's speech. Now is the time to obviate the effect of " enormous lying" or " mysti fication." When the writs shall be issued it will be too late, for men always read with suspicion at an election time, and radicals and whig-radicals will be found at every hustings of the kingdom to say, and to swear, if necessary, that the speech, if then first promulgated, is a forgery ; and wretches will be found to believe them, or, which is practically the same thing, to pretend to believe them. We implore of our conservative friends not to lose an instant in making this provision against the effect of falsehood at an election, which we firmly believe, and have the best reason for believing, not to be three weeks distant.—Standard. If the Ministerial newspapers give anything like a fair in dication of the state of the ministry, that company of per sonages must be in a very uncomfortable condition. They now see nothing for it but to follow the suggestion cf the renowned Daniel Whittle Harvey, and to make a coalition. The following is from the Globe (Ministerial paper) of last evening :—" For our own part we are very much inclined to believe that new political combinations will be the ultimate consequence of all the ' organic' squabbling in the liberal party. Toryism cannot assume power. Neither can radi calism. Neither can the present ministers keep their ground, if nightly_ badgered in this war. As to the value of all the talk about ' a reform of the reform act,' we think very con temptuously of it indeed. Bad workmen complain of their tools. We agree mainly with Mr. Harvey. He was not one of those who considered that without a further reform of that House they were incapable of proceeding with objects of useful legislation. Far otherwise. Though he was anxious to advance the objects which he had noticed, yet he thought that there were in the House elements of sound legislation.' " And so the whigs want a coalition, do they ? Les pouvres hommes ! As Sir Edward Bulwer says in some of his flash novels, " Don't they wish they may get ?"--Post. SINGULAR CASE OF SUICIDE.—On Tuesday evening, a young man, a stranger, went into the Shooting Saloon, Jamaica-street, and tried a shot with a rifle. He then took a seat, and remained upwards of an - hour, seemingly amusing himself by observing the firing of various people who were practising in the Saloon. During the whole of this time he appeared perfectly calm, and made frequent remarks on the shots that were successively fired. The party who had been practising ultimately retired from the Saloon, and he was left alone with the keeper, when he proposed to try a shot with a pistol. The weapon was loaded accordingly, and put into his hand, and he took the usual position for aiming at the bull's eye on the target. The keeper turned for a moment to mark the shot upon a board, the pistol went off, and the stranger fell to the ground dead. He had, it appears, placed ,the muzzle of the piece close to his mouth, and the bullet, going upwards, penetrated the brain. A document was found in one of the pockets of the deceased, which led to inquiries being made at a person in Glasgow, from whom it was ascer tained that his name was Daniel IVl`Nicol, and that he had lately been employed as a waiter in Dunfermline. For some time past, however, he has been out of employment.—Scottish Guardian. A HILL ON FIRE.—In the country places immediatly ad joining Waterford the inhabitants gave vent to their loyalty on her Majesty's-birth day by bonfires, which were lighted up in every quarter, and spread from hill to hill for a wide distance. About ten o'clock our attention was attracted to an immense conflagration which appeared to envelope that well-known elevation " Mount Misery," which overhangs the city on the Kilkenny side of the river. The mount had all the appearance of a miniature Vesuvius. From the apex the flames shot forth with a vehement ardour and dazzling brightness, whilst along the sides nearest the river it ran si milar to the burning lava ; it was indeed a grand, a magni ficent spectacle, but how to account for it was the question. It appears that in the earlier part of ttie night some children had ignited some combustibles on the side of the mount, which is thickly studded with furze, and that the fire imper ceptibly insinuated itself among the furze until all attempts to arrest its power were unavailing. Crowds of persons con gregated to witness the conflagration, and many of fellow citizens were quickly on the spot, who with the cheerful co operation of the inhabitants did what they could to allay the velocity of the flames ; it was not, however, until about mid night that the flames wasted their fury, to the evident joy and satisfaction of all who had awaited their expiration. Waterford Chronicle. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Friday at eleven o'clock, an adjourned meeting of the Council took place at the Town-hall, for the purpose of con sidering the propriety of petitioning parliament in favour of a system of national education, based on the principle of ad mitting all sects to a perfect equality and an equal participa tion in its advantages. The MAYOR having taken the chair, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE inquired whether the Council would think it desirable, in consequence of the withdrawal of Lord John Russell's national education project, and the thin attendance of members, to proceed further. The MAYOR stated that as a third of the members were present, the Council was perfectly competent to proceed to business. Mr. EARLE said it was very desirable to discuss the ques tion, which was of great importace to the country ; the sys tem of national education for the benefit of all sects was a good one, and ought to be persevered in. (Hear, hear.) The MAYOR hoped the discussion would be carried on in a proper spirit, and that nothing would be uttered calculated to offend the feelings of any one. To secure this, gentlemen, he hoped would keep their temper. It was his wish, as it was his duty, to preserve order, regularity, and decorum in the Council. If, in the exercise of his official funetions, he had given offence to any one, he was unconscious of it, and deeply regretted it. But he hoped always to have the assist ance of the Council in• upholding their own dignity and self respect. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ISAAC HOLMES complimented his worship on the handsome and satisfactory manner in which he had discharged the duties of the ch a i r s i nce hi s access i on t o it. (Cheers.) Mr. BLACKBURN then rose for the purpose of introducing the motion of which he had given notice, and in doing so disclaimed any intention of offending others. He hoped that the excellent advice of the Mayor would be followed. In ap proaching the question of national education, it was import ant to bear in mind the advances which it had made during the last twenty or thirty years. The time had happily gone by when it was necessary to dilate on the advantages of na tional education. All parties, lie believed, now concurred in opinion as to its utility, though a difference of opinion existed as to the best mode of attaining it. It appeared to him that there were three classes of persons whose opinions on the subject were entitled to consideration. There were not a few who were of opinion that the education of the community ought to be confided exclusively to the clergymen of the es tablished church ; - although none could be found at the pre sent day bold enough to maintain that Roman Catholics and Dissenters ought to be obliged to conform to the doctrines of the Church of England; but they say that all grants paid out of the national purse for the purposes of education ought to be placed under the guidance of the church. (Cries of yes, and no, no.) A second clas s of p ersons ma i n t a i n th a t a ll national grants of money ought to be given by the government to all classes for carrying on the business of education with out reference to sects ; and that different schools under the management of different classes of dissenters ought to be erected. A third class advocate a system which shall em brace all classes in the community, and thus bring all classes of religionists together under the same roof, and thereby produce that unanimity in their early days, which must be productive of the most kindly feelings in after life. The plan which the government had determined upon adopting ; but which unhappily it has since been obliged to abandon, pro ceeded on the latter principle—by the erection of normal schools, where all classes and sects would have met, and where all would have been placed upon an equality. He wondered that the members of the church of England should have deemed it necessary to oppose this system, which gave them greater advantages that it conferred on any other sect; for the clergymen of that church were to be paid for their at tendance, whereas the payment of other clergymen was made to depend upon the number of pupils in the schools profess ing their opinions. It was the intention of the education committee to have supported that system. Lord John Rus sell had announced his intention of withdrawing it ; but in the hope that a similar system would be introduced hereafter when the country would be riper for it. They (the council) had had four years experience as to the working of the system in their schools. It was their duty to come boldly forward and tell the minister the results of the working of that_great and glorious experiment. (Hear.) Mr. Blackburn stated that he had embraced his views in the following petition, which he submitted to the approval of the council To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. " The humble Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur. gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, " Showeth,—That your petitioners are deeply sensible of the importance of education, as the only effectual means of improving the physical and social, as well as the moral and religious condition of the people, and regard it to be one of the most important duties of government to devise, and carry into speedy operation, some plan for placing its advantages within the reach of all classes of her Majesty's subjects. " That your petitioners consider it their duty to appropri ate a portion of the revenue placed at their disposal, to the promotion of this important object, and were anxiously con cerned as trustees of public property, to introduce such ar rangements into their schools as should render them acces sible to every part of the community. " That with this view, your petitioners adopted, and have now for three years successfully acted upon, a plan of com bined secular and separate religious instruction, similar in its main features to the national system of education for Ire land, as well as that recently proposed in the minutes of council issued by the commissioners of the Board of Educa tion for England. " Under the present circumstances of excitement on this subject, and while efforts the most determined are made by one party to secure the support of government to themselves, and exclude all others from a participation in it, your peti tioners are impelled, by a sense of public duty, to lay before your honourable house the results of their own observation and experience on the working of a system which knows no distinction of sect or party, but throws open the schools for the free entrance of all. " There are now in one of the schools supported by this corporation an equal number of Protestants and Roman Ca tholics ; and in the other two-thirds are Roman Catholics and one-third Protestants. The Protestants are chiefly the children of members of the Established Church, though there are dissenters of almost every denomination ; and your petitioners can testify with unhesitating confidence that reli 1-he ChilVe ' riTihat in their classes for .. 11;1361 - T secular learning . , and in their hours of play, distinctions of sect are never thought of, and that the spirit of harmony, peace, and good will towards each other pervades these schools as perfectly as if the children were all of one denomination. " Your petitioners humbly submit, that in a state of so ciety such as now exists in this empire, where religious dif ferences are the main source of internal dissension, no school system is worthy of legislative support, or deserves the name of national, which has not a tendency to abate this great evil, so inconsistent with the due influence of true religion, and so fatal to the happiness and welfare of society, for where envy ing and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. " Your petitioners yield to no body of men in the strength of their conviction, that the true and permanent improve ment of a nation can never be effected but by the diffusion of religious knowledge, and that the Bible is the source of that knowledge which is the stability of the times. They have a conviction equally strong that force and compulsion in mat ters of conscience are utterly at variance with the spirit of Christianity ; that the conscience of every man is entitled to be treated with respect, and that all attempts to confer reli gious benefit must necessarily fail when they commence by trampling upon its rights. Influenced by these vital prin ciples, which lie at the root of all sound legislation in refer ence to religion, your petitioners recognise the inalienable right of the parent to direct the instruction of his children ; and, while they place the Bible within the reach of all, they do not force it upon any, nor make the reading of it a condi tion of admission to their schools. " That the results of the system of freedom thus pursued has been, that all the children unite in reading those admira ble selections of the Bible—the Irish Scripture lessons ; that all the protestant children unite in reading the authorised version; and that, during the hour of each day set apart for religious instruction, when the ministers of religion are in vited to attend the children belonging to the establishment, in addition to scripture learning, learn the church catechism and other formularies ; and the children of Roman catholics read the Douay version of the scriptures, and learn their own catechism. Several public examinations of the schools have taken place, in order to afford an opportunity of ascertaining the progress of the children, particularly in religious know ledge ; and your petitioners are not afraid of contradiction when they affirm that these examinations have afforded proof that the children of protestants obtain in these schools a sound scriptural education, equal at least to that which is given in any other educational institutions in the country. " In earnestly entreating the attention of your honourable house to this statement of facts, your petitioners venture with great deference, but at the same time with confidence, to maintain, that the experiment which they have had the honour to conduct, justifies the following conclusions : " I.—That the assembling of children of different religious sects in the same school, so far from tending to excite discord and alienation, is calculated to produce a contrary effect, and to promote peace, harmony, and good feeling. ' 2.—That in an institution thus constituted and conducted, though the reading of the same scriptures is optional, con siderable portions will be read by all sects and parties ; and that the use of the authorised version by the protestant chil dren will be as certainly secured and as fully attended to, as it can be in those sc h oo l s w h ere i t i s peremptorily enforced. " 3.—That the appropriation of a separate hour for the sole purpose of religious instruction affords a better method of communicating a knowledge of the truths of Christianity to the children of the poor than any that has yet been devised. a method which, if its advantages be not lost by a neglect which would be criminal on the part of the teachers of reli gion, cannot fail to insure incalculable benefits to the great mass of the people. " Your petitioners therefore pray that your honourable house will refuse its support to every system which has the effect of excluding from its benefits any section of the inhabi tants of the empire, and will speedily confer on the nation at large, what your petitioners have already awarded to the in-, habitants of Liverpool, a liberal and comprehensive scheme of education, in which the children of every sect in religion and every party in politics may fully and equally participate. " And your petitioners will ever pray." Mr. WALMSLE I' seconded the adoption of the petition which they had heard read. It was his intention to have gone at length into the subject; but he now deemed it un necessary, in consequence of the withdrawal, by the govern ment, of the excellent plan of national education which they bad announced. But this he might say, that having been a constant visitor of the schools during the last three years and a half, no better system could be devised—a system so admi rably calculated to produce amongst all classes of christians, feelings of the purest harmony and love. (Hear.) Mr. D. Hon asoN thought that the course taken in the present instance was irregular, and that the first question for the consideration of the council should have been, whe ther a petition should be presented. If that had been deter mined in the affirmative, then it would have been competent for any member to have moved that a certain petition should be presented. The MAYOR thought the course of proceeding was quite orderly. The notice of motion was not only for the presen tation of a petition, but stated the nature of it. Mr. D. HODGSON must bow to the decision of his worship, but lie protested against the course pursued as irregular. Mr. T. CASE said that the mayor had decided correctly. What were they met for but to' discuss the notice ? Alderman EARLE said the only irregularity that he could see was, that after the mayor had decided, any oue should continue to dissent against the decision. Mr. D. HODGSON then proceeded to say, that after the strong feeling which had been manifested throughout the country, against the ministerial education scheme, he had scarcely thought it likely that they should be called upon to intermeddle in the question. He was glad, however, that a contrary conclusion had been come to, and that a petiti on would be sent up from the council—for he felt assured that there would be a majority in its favour—because he felt satis fied that it would be met in London by a number of opposing petitions from various quarters. The question as regarded the establishment of a national system of education was at an end, as respected the government of the country, though not as respected the council, and he hoped that they would take example from higher quarters, that good sense and good feeling would be exhibited by them, and that they would withdraw themselves from a system that had been reprobated from end of the kingdom to the other. (Cries of " No, no.") Why, government had acknowledged its inability to proceed, and he took that acknowledgment as the basis of his opinion. He was not at all disposed to quarrel with the way in which the member for Lime -street Ward had stated his views. Far be it from him to do so. He knew that the hon. member was able to make an exceedingly good statement, and he had listened to him when he could join heart and soul in what had been said by him ; but he regretted that the course he (Mr. Blackburn) had latterly pursued—conscientiously, no tit4;:ay.t..‘;,..iigggtu fatigable 1.:1 fsahtat'till A,„. lathe chil port e fo o, ,, ,e j ed t RA' te t e d ; , Pa .. r t of ef t„ cat h m . e amo ng the t* i n .,- Lie 're s i o ( i p t Y of 31 - or the p errestol , J. nathb, I s ord an T.. and tEvanhe 44olt nes, j. doubt—had been so opposed to the P 1 (Mr. Hodgson) acted, that he had not quence with pleasure on any late occasion. him the power of ably stating his views' ously holding them, but he was col net rested on false premises from the ~,_ with the details of the management ... the not with the results, that he quarrelled, sc the principle on which the schools were ' source being impure, the stream could would ask Mr. 131ackburn if he did not di and whether, if he did, he meant to tell time, that he would lend his aid to the: Did he (Mr. Blackburn) mean to say ti a good government to lend itself to the ..,,;• _ well as of truth ? The government that did s 0 itself; it would show that it was incapabl e ''' tween truth and error, and would lead the delity. He believed Mr. Blackburn woulci he (Mr. B.) was anxious to overcome the _ le but how could he, consistently with the c°1".4.1, suing, make that declaration ? Would he 71 right hand I will give money to teach error • the position in which they were to stand, it terial to consider what was truth. The Wll, resolve itself into one of detail—to the method of teaching something or any . thing' as well call upon him (Mr. H.) when in 11)1 the skilful manner in which the gaming -1° managed as to admire the system of the' If results were all that were to be looks admire those houses ; for, from all that he there was not a better managed club in ford's, nor a nobleman's house in which , good or the table better furnished. But was the gaming -houses on that account ? No; very account that he discommended them ; ' burn thought that a benefit had resulted which the corporation schools were mar the greater the pity and the greater the loss: that, the nearer forgery approximated to I the fraud ; and the more that all attempts instruction in which truth and error w' mingled, the greater reason was there tc (Hear.) He thought that the education . was likely to yield the greatest possible principle which the council was following all religion, and would be a fruitful-sourc em would join with. , all his heart and min d c) instruction on a right basis ; but he wou ld , his heart and mind any instruction excep t on should here have made a few remarks on I he thought, under present circumstances , tt, . to take up time. He was quite satisfied tas national education was established, it must be basis ; and he hoped the time was not dist 3 ' be able to join Mr. Blackburn, and call 00 corporation to promote instruction-how, , cared not—hiving the Bible for its foundation), should have to stand up there and opOos e rto siy as that they were advocating. He begg e te a to t 4 amendment,—" That if a petition be Pres el : i n 511! of Commons, it be a petition praying tha t the ~ national education which may be introduc e the ' c i i'' in the authorised version only, be used in ofre'''',„ that nothing shall be taught under the nan i s e i s test with the authority of government, inchF principles of the protestant reformation. t oes , i, Mr. G. H. LAWREN CE se c o n ded the l o re el' , of opinion, with Lord John Russell, that . d 001 any combined system of education introducr,g.o!l,,,,l try. He felt quite satisfied that such a thing fu t ,' ; : , , able, and government would do better 0 g hu rCh! i' of education, not only to the established c' the cil', British and Foreign School Society, or to b ols" an equal manner, and being given to al l s : c h tlieP tural education was given in conformity scit ,Y , ' 4 the reformation. as the fi n e Mr. W. W. CURRIE said the present w exc eP t .'!' had given a public opinion on this subject ; 0 , 0 ti te re rP planation of his vote, which had been I r be P i would continue until the last, in favour 0 1 fle , , tern pursued in the schools. (Hear, het i gof er , fe to; gretted that the scheme propounded by tr v iiin s ',Ot been abandoned : but he did not blame the s vitli tft' dering the torrents of misrepresentatioase cgtisio enemies of that measure had deluged th ei t° „tog strong and powerful in the country had _ .. ,.,' 10. the r o e) the dial of time. For the last thirty Ye''' . reit e tie liberal opinions had given the aristocracy err es r and for the last two or three years all t ' la dles ' been unceasingly directed in arresting it s to rill 'ble , '' Lord John Russell was desirous, if poss i l a be f o r t a liberal system of national education eom n iteri Ito out ; but a combination of interests ba d li tiolls'de pose of strangling his praiseworthy inten d goo, deniable that a great deal of darkness an to r e l ief t , in many parts of the country ; the efforlis b e ,lis' been most unworthily thwarted. It was r poly be Co ( I t° .. system of education introduced into the gls ~ilO, had worked well ; and he would have bee l) d: ac‘i'llt. a similar system introduced elsewhere ; al 3 hei o lOr the failure of Lord John Russell's exertion& l e t h6 hoped that the council, without turning t e ,hicll , the right, would persevere in the course " fee' far successfully adopted. (Hear.) a Strlii ° Mr. RATHBONE said that nothing but ducw - but', the education of the people would have ' ll at io;,,, e o' ' present occasion to have offered any rea l of e 'tte was at the door, and it became the dilq a psi f ' t lie e come boldly forward on this question, ne t Lion ' l ci, but as one, having for its object the ele c 'b e tte r ,r ) ', character of the people, and making them 116 i", christians. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Rathbone c letY'',l l , he would be obliged to go -somewhat int ° de lier:. 3 3! ceeded to read an extract from a speech w hich ,v),, Abinger, at a recent meeti ng i n London, w wret itili" 4 ,i by thirteen bishops. Lord Abinger NMs b ,iros i ti tc`; the public funds should be applied to the 0 1 4.• system of education not connected with k"gibie to 9 land. After showing that it was in:WI - 0 11° ,01 tional standard of faith, or to reconcile to,e e tts f O r professing christians, Mr. Rathbone reau lt ee°N evidence of Dr. Chalmers, before a corn el b e tov sl ' 4 , of Commons, showing that the variation? le or:/ / rised and the Douay translation of the pl y , 0 0'0, as to be hardly worth contending for. „,,tin t eq h.,. ~,,,,i r. crr,sn 1- da•-..”.., ~r r...4.1-11,..2. , , t ra cts ,eollti Church and state. Mr. R. next read es d' v' A dence of Dr. Doyle, before a committee :OA Commons, to the effect, that all the notes preA Douay Bible, regarded as objectionable hl, t i ,t ,i , been expunged from it. Mr. Rathbone, ° „ e danyi deplorable ignorance which prevails in r - lf u• 0 1• sent moment, which swells the partisan s a' , Stephens, caused Courtenay to have follow duced the people at Bristol and elsewher e t( f l ll etf, Southcoat as the Messiah, filled the maw; tin" 1 , with 5,000 soldiers at the present women" ii , ,0,p , " less arrested, would produce a revolatio „ho t ; v e proceeded to analyse the R ev . Rector eat We ~. tical letter, i n th e t ory papers o f t h e pres e-n r Cr A did with power and a bilit y . eet„° Oct Mr. EARL E rea d severa l extrac t s froul e - hr o St work on pluraliti es , i n w hi c h t h e writer ort contrary to the word o f G o d ;h e being ti - lOy verpool, and Vicar of Childwall. ..00.) rolw4lSai Mr. ISAAC HoLmEs, after having - ith '',At' Blackburn on the more moderate speeeV t otyp this time introduced the question, sain ie d /6 been made to the ministers of the estabbs - t he pv ing themselves f rom th e schools. N°wli<ibilhey the matter was, th a t th ey could not Pc: IP ; schools in which popish tenets were tau,ql"b'efoel, thirty-nine arti c l es t o b e su b scr ibed to, r e ‘ o , ; !k' and there were oaths t o b e t a k en •, an d t-e el c r,li t ; or three of the cl erg y w h o t h oug ht that th ey , t e it' , countenance the system now in use in ¢, c oy' corporation consistently with their oati 3 . . l ",ca‘b tion to the thirty-nine articles. The cle `Wo ols. l4 be stigmatised for not attending those se„,ast t ei ; pish religion were true, the reformatio n ' the ° r hat great error. But who did no t know t ~,, a° to t , I i took place, and that th e y h a d assu med tP - 0 10 c‘''' tants, because they opp ose d th e tenets n., tly., taro catechism which was openly tangli t ,:a cli;,' schools ? And although it was stated t": 5 a1`,„, ,, r,, day was devoted to that catechism, it, ',:' to '`,:r:' and must take the children a long " I- W e e - if coincided in opinion with the member for t pol; oit r , , that they should not permit this protest an t het. e iii contaminated with the v i rus o f a catholic l og' it tleman had asserted th a t th e sys t e m of e VIIP duced unanimity, concord, and pence' V duced anythinc, but that. Alderman EARLE.—Among the chilarev'n, Mr. ISAAC HOLMES.—That might Per, t 141 1. 91 he (Alderman Earle) tell whether the e, :i o o dt'i imbibe those doctrines of which he (Al cle“l at te ll l7, afraid and terrified ? They might be led t t ° e d '' l place of worship, and become so fascinao V 7 and the service—for they were undoubteio ~ at length to become adherents of the 11 1 ,1%P hoped that the alderman for St. Paul's "",,tr °- ~, p., ,; offence at the term popish, for he coul"„cb•h6 give the title of catholic to the popish c l l.lurn "A, Mr. BOLTON was glad that Mr. Bli w n ) e° 9 4 drawn his motion. The experiment 1 0 " l igiti u 3 ci : ;. verpool, of giving children of different re l itiii". a moral education under the same roof;_ tu l t er re , 1 0 / admirably. Its excellence ought to De „" e rP, e r attention of government. The more g .. „c'oli'" became known, the more readily would lii" . 1 4 , 01 it disappear. .„t; ot Alderman SHEIL supported the motion,ls-enepp characterised the speech of Mr. Hoclgsoi l l.he l e ; 7 ,, of a mind in a state of disorganization- , 0 11 1 , Kt was nothing more th an th e me l an cholY I "ba°,, without its inspiration. M r . Blackini r9 „.errYV whether he did not believe that poperY `sans OA' he did ; but he believed that education % te a removing error, and therefore he sill;P, ° ,:allel,/ ceived the best mode of instruction. '-''''',' (4 0 '4, land Ward had expressed a hope that ,o e , 'I. „ Id' would not be offended at anything he (. 1 ";:.t nri i 'd The only remark he should make upon tii:',oli . .Y words used by one of his (Mr. I. IfolMes ill said, " Gentlemen, I have the honour ° ono / you one who is so we ll k nown th a t it is to say anything more." , o n, it ' s I elog Mr. CASE did not approve of -3 ,1r. - 1 1 °"' li because it excluded all sects but - tectg lits. 'oll' de l pro - o ri I , approve altogether of Mr. Blackburn's P i ~,teq,le ~ it would be better t o see th e c hild re n edilt Div Pr roofs. He was, however, satisfied that ti t 0 4 in the schools, in proof of which he refere e t 1 ; pamphlet. • der° b ' e 011 ,1 said Mr, t B r L e A w C a K s B o U n R e N go t o h d en re re a p so li i e l d w a h t y con g 00 1 tv goa t() tlf te l side did not deny the results attributed " DP il i t to struction in the corporation schools, a nd ,,,t ie t er to, they knew nothing about it. They were s c in'sfofr room, not to inquire, and to ascertain the i c d oe 0 ing of the schools, but they came there Pl e a d v oppose the system. That was th e ir °We e " 4( they discharged their duty. , e O f ' ,dt . The vote was th en t a k en on th e anienotn lov For it, there were 9 ; aga i nst i t , 31. R. 1. 7. For the amendment—D. Hodgson', J-' k Holmes, George Wright, Thomas Sau" s ' dili',, Gladstone, J. Smith, and G. H. Lawreoce.ist, ) li4 Against the amendment—J. flolrae s p ' s / l i 9 Preston. T. Case, J. Mellor, H. 11 ° 1 , 11 1 - tle ' lf;iot. Pilcher, J. Walmsley, R. Bright, J. I W - 1% ", d Py, W. Rathbone, T. Harvey, T. Blackbll°,l,o l l , r Jordan, J. Platt, and W. W. Currie j A.,, J , - , 0 Booth, R. Roskell, C. H. Jones, IL if t ,- ,•1 1 ; e ' ' Evans, T. B. Barclay, T. llolt, W. F. '`" and the Mayor. 5 r t f P ti f• 1- Absent—J. Heywo r th, W. Sh a nd, - • 13 ce, t i, land, C. Lawrenee, J. C J Law re- la- - 40 1 1; ooper, • j , 3 Brocklebank, J. Carson, V. Higgins; ' 0.„ 1 ,00 T. Coglan, J. S. Leigh, J. Cropper, Ju,,, ll 'Des`" ,) W. M. Duncan; Aldermen J. Bibby, '''' - e , f J. Moon, J. Hornby, and T. Bulley. i 301 )it'i, For the original mo ti on th ere a ppcaren by 5 11 1 !,e The difference in the numbers was causeu t t he v ,l' voting against the m o ti on , as we ll as again,,solJ It was then decided th a t th e petition sP i to Lord John Russell for presentation . h e 4d REV. MR. ASPINAI i ', big /1 Alderman EARLE, after having pas sed nioti e" tilqi the Rev. Mr. Aspinall, read the following - ,1 1 0,, 1) ( `,,,,, " That this council have learnt with In ti- e d t;,, 4 ,1, her most gracious majesty has been Ple s q l e Re,/ rectory of Althorpe, in Lincolnshire, to 'o l d 0 , 10 t )' pinall, of this town, a reward to which r 0 j Justly entitled, for the' exemplary m a ai ,"%g, t iros! , discharged the duti es o f hi s sa cred C ,„.ciS 0 , Christian-like spirit he has evinced tow7nhjeci . sthentiously differ from him on religiow po"--rt"hat it m l , r • PIL( gaol th e as Th vr on e n o l past tw °t l a Last Might ANIEfh TIG ERS an ce , Ight s l a 44,1 fre r eeeire , ( ll THIS f° true P d L 46 R. -418 Juni At the bi,Percei v p `l e ns of tl cio es e ' n as 0 1 , 1 „,!o t t o r E _EI ruts W e ou r 'aye 1)1 4 k rea4er s had h il p "vi n _, en boi l ' ari d se With tTle's go C tl on gld all th e ge feat . ° n N 01': princ i P l hear,/ , ! not eve n l y coV ccashol• aof v i e ws, an 5g impelled tO It V beginn in fhoolr at of the rrelled, SO n d v d^; is were c e b e r could not 09 not diss en ' att, Y to tell 6 0 n eir; .7 .3 .3 : 3 ls t :w t c i l h aat la: Yl ut t ho a p e en h hiu t ett bd t de e elt v i d t i idir, T hir a bc ohetedit inculcateoe attoere t o otieilleco ° 1 . oi o tYj coe, s e the dise cive n d anything, 8 d0 ,,,, en in Lon a ming-h°nsg t iocP„ If the eo r P e e looked Ow that he et t o , b 14 ° n" :00i K which ths,e But No; m i t ifs' nt ? ,ifp :1; he cb n themlee e hs t el inPtlio°teg;s: troth,3( 511' ) ror ere to nePO, Cation base possible be deg" Rowing wn,_Ade, rLi E aek -s enmx.s o ieN u io:eno r nspud i t e pldoto l oi:inu r iii i rst_, f ilic e totsii. Atisficd that D 3 , it must b i e ;beo o o lnf o o_ t ri di nhdo s aw t:; ; :ll: ll,, ': ? l; , rid eall