The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-23 00:00:00

(Concluded from page 347.) ato got . ALTHORP said he was not now prepare tie an j, of the advertisement duties in Ireland• ere much lower than in England; but be Wou ld ey ought to be less than in England. ile, le whole amount of reduction : 37; les . . . • 1 1 / arine Insurances . . . • dvertisements . . • • ssessed Taxes . . . • aw Cotton . . • • aap ••. . . Total . • • . . • ,„001 ated, in this last article of soap, the w"'" but, o tof which the public would be relieved; the ci said, the actual loss to the revenue, frl i l e w i l d, tated, would not exceed £300,000; thus, t . le 01) , evenue would be only L 1,056,000; the "bo le , o ly c i is revenue on which he calculated would be F . 300 id not feel it necessary to go at present ilituto nents on the subject. He ha d stated the g•;,°do.bf tot proposed the reduction o f some taxes, a P , 10 fed others for reduction. He knew that i11a.„), 6 fr, would not be satisfied with the amount a . 7„0. 1 reduced, and that others would be equally Id • taxes had not been selected instead of theseisstioo ;d; but he hoped that the house would fe e , #O O l , as far as the circumstances of the countr),afjoi noble lord concluded by moving the first res°'„olo s the opinion of the committee that the duty ° ~ e and determine." Je r. HUME said that he agreed with the noblel°7ltLV, d reductions, as far as they went, but he thougl; much farther. It was impossible that the Lii c o, ; satisfied with the proposed amount of red° 6 Le lord could go t no further in direct reductioativ com mutation of taxes; for he would find ilr t got abroad, complaints would pour in frog , coun try praying for still gre ater reductions.; iii it R. PEEL agreed in the remark of the nobi e A es of a Chancellor of the E xche q uer were c 4et`l that it was impossible to plea se all parties ii , 'its 1* P axation, and he generally found that the or e , s in the situation of the noble lord were nor hiLr; ravate than to lighten those difficulties. f °r bd , was not disposed to take that course, b u t he - ti ) w opinions as unpopular. He would not sai i had not gone far enough i n the reduction o a V 3 rather disposed to complain of the noble W o o. I reduction too far. It was dan g erous to Pr 0 1 •,tion to an extent which might affect our abitity4 h the public creditor. He thought it bad ectolo surplus so far as to cut off all hop e of that leg,lol n of taxation which we m i g ht effect by rnaiiii,ti 'dit, and enabling ourselves to reduce the iutert l funds. The right hon. baronet concluded b) 1 ) reduction of taxation ha d been carried, if 11° 0 1 ist as far as was possible, con sistentl y with the public credit. 1 he resolution was then agreed to , and re p orted was ordered to be considered on Monday. A Lord ALTHORP moved that the house at its risi .. onday. Mr. MumE reminded the noble lord that there i ; t yi the situation of Captain of the Baud of Wear niers, and that, in an inquiry up stairs, it d.P o i, leer sld tap o intments for L4OO each. emed o nec h es e sar p y to reduce any of the band , lie iuld be required, and he, therefore , ho p ed ad take this opportunity of putting an end t e ose places. EXPENSES ON REMOVAL OF TRIALS OR— t On the motion of Mr. STANLEY, the repor b :rises on Removal of Trials (Ireland) Bill was, , Mr. BERNAL brought up t h e Re p ort on the;',,, ad, and at the suggestion of Mr. O'Conne ll :red to be re-committed on Monday, for the V o ,l_, g time for the amended clauses to be p rinted Mr. RomiLLY moved the s econd reading o f tbe i , , ebts Bill, the object of which was to do Oa! )gree of injustice that existed in the present 1d";•9 10,000 a-year in landed property, died £lO,U' it leaving personal property behind him, that tbd .) taken out of the pockets of his creditors, or best left to the precarious justice of the heirs. ,dividual were trustee on behalf of children, 3110 ust property and vested the amount in land, hed his heir at law, and the children would be 11 99 „.rs lsed to remedy these evils by making the ole o ration in the law. He merely took absolute 0 4 ald and copyhold property w ithout touching C''.l le was happy to say . that he had the concurrel, tilcers of the Crowu in the measure, which went art art of the property of the lan d owner which 0", le to the payment of his cr editors in his lifeto' le same purpose after his death. The bill was read a second time without fe th ad ordered to be committed on Wednesday. p lln the motion of Mr. KENNEDY the Future4o aid) bill ; the Tailzies. Act Amendment (Sco4 le Heirs of Entail (Scotlan d ) bill were each `Ol me and committed for the 6 th of May, to gi ve )nsideration. On the motion of Mr.-KENNEDY, the Public S e' mud bill) was read a third time and passed. e V ALc oma roe to move to be allowed 01 articular of his qualification - to be returned a_%V le house as required by a standing order of W o o ie 21st of November, 1117, with the proper °Mc ext. After some pause, Mr. WYNNE rose and said4(d .e knew, such a case as the p resent had never u, er the consideration of the hou se. The right b'ed herefore, in order to afford time for its (1 0 . 1 ;e loved as an am endment the adjournment of donday next. A lengthened conversation ensued, after ivided : For the amendment . • • Against it . . . • • ' Majority . . . The discussion on the original motion was th e o f Mr: WYNN was of opinion that the extentioi4 or ought to be granted , b ecause a non-cool,l3!seot tanding order of the house wa s not a suite' lepriviug a member of his seat. Mr. G. LAMB opposed the motion. After a few words from Mr. GODSON and slit' ,4 The SPEAKER, at the request of M r. Wynn, f't In the question. The right hon. gentleman sty ; ompliance with the standing or der of the holls*oly ,etween the member and the house; that the P o .eferred to the committee, which was sworo , e tween the partiesland form its judgment frets to rf the facts. The committ ee would then We he allegations of the petition, and deternimc he hon. member in question had a qualificat o° ol he election. At the same time the petitioners 011 l ouse, if they thought themselve s prejudiced v),l ,fiance with the standing or der, acd the house r he infraction as it thought proper. The house then divided: — For the motion Against it Majority against Mr. Halcomb's moti°ll,4l Mr. R. GRANT brought in the Bill for Rcivuevl Disabilities of the Jews. It w as read a first tilJ to be read a second time on the Ist of May.. sea' The other orders of the day we re then dispctio Adjourned at a quarter betore 1 o'clock until ----.0% BUDGET.—TiIes !—Why tiles ? What inter; of the earth is affected by the presence or ab s Who crieth from the housetop for its reduction:.l to look to Lord Althorp for a reason—all that reduction:; ) descends to say is, that it was necessary to re slat e tiles, because they had removed the tax off t reason! An Irishman, who was asked why 'o j e into the 28th, said that he bad a brother al wished to be near him. Lord Althorp' s arg,fl good. Because tiles and slates are in n eigh t on the roofs of houses, they mu st be untaxe' o e sympathy of taxation is wonderful. On the 53 d remission of a tax on dress shoes should be jTI by a remission of that on silk stockings.—Ag A e , ANOTHER ANGLESEY INVESTIGATION,"'- gistrate arrived in this town from Dublin Ol.'v order of Government, to investigate a charge of against Captain Colelough , o f the Coustab signed a requisition calling .a meeting of the oi bitauts of this town, to take into consideratiooilt! Reform Bill. Several witnesse s were e 4 to swore that he wrote or authorised his nanle t t og the requisition. We are happy to state, til ° V. in a bottle of smoke. The nam e of the fe' the charge is kept a secret at the Castl e ' porter. TO TuR EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST✓INDARD. 6 ut—lt is now almost unnecessary to notice the factory ques nl' as the commissioners, already appointed, will soon dis )ver how far the evidence brought forward, and the statements ode by Mr. Sadler, are calculated to elicit the whole truth or ,Taislead the publi c; b ut as you have inserted in the Standard tc da. 3' one of hi s ca l culations, showing " the duration of , tevla vari ous places," an d drawn attention to it by heading it o tt ac te'rY System," in conspi cuous characters, allow me to ask 4tl.if you know t o what class of people " the 10,000 persons ited''' in each o f the places enumerated chiefly belonged to ? Sadler withholds this information, no doubt wisely, although Itt e i t 8 01 1 e Y depends the value of the calculation to those who [l:e t, but few do on subjects that do not concern themselves. !eare, of course, many more deaths amongst the lower e°llasses, Particularly of persons under 20 years of age, than 7, 4 gst such as can comfortably provide for and properly at :. to the health of themselves and families. 1,1:. Sadler compares the deaths in Wigan, Bolton, Stock . and another m anufacturing towns, where few of the wealthier Peopl e 4B a great many distressed weavers and other poor L4tnot employed in factories reside, with those in the coun- Rutland and Essex, in the metropolis, probably the tile jest Part of it, in Chester, and Norwich, without giving I,l:oPortion of the different classes the people buried belonged 144 0 in the latter places the number of people in good latm. td, -. tees is comparatively very great. If we compare the tliie,eitilairh occur i n the quarter of this town where the weal - ti 4 N ii as ses chi e fl y l i ve with those amongst the inhabitants of 1,4101114 es in the ne i g hb our h ood of the docks, we shall make 'hike fro g a contr as t as Mr. Sadler has done ; but could we t/l i , to l , lll s uch a c a l cu l at i on of the effect of manual labour in li a4 4 im the health of the poorer classes ? .V limi _ Mr • Sadler wished to have ascertained truly the effect n e , r'uYinent in factories on the duration of life, he ought to 1 e to fi d se 'eted:li-tlitleedahsimself exclusively to the lower classes, an ° ' ll l' t ' compare with the deaths in manufacturing towns, i , h, , "11, I,i se W O had lived in the narrow and dirty streets of Lon . f ort 4 L l i: ° ° l , Bristol. Hull, and other cities where . there is 13, abundance of misery and distress without facto 4 80th a comparison, however, would have suited his pur_ the evidence of people who had no tales of It thi s overworking in factories to relate. ki425 Calculation does not expose Mr. Sadler's "system" of 'PeCi t 'l n tit a Stroll.. case, I know not what will, and, after such h vei t e o ll b ':e t may take it for granted that he stated what e id „-rue:without endeavouring to learn the whole er e ' it r° ,, v-e u partial statements and exaggerated assertions 1 tlf,;°llfornaity with his wishes and forwarded his object. 1 . 4 48%1 ° system is perfect; but in attempting to remove the ' e ke, if . 111 aY mak e t h e propose d reme di es worse than the ' tik.etrculation b e g i ven on l y to w h at exc i tes t h e feelings .pridt sclire cts the jdgment. aY) ilki l 19th.0 INVESTIGATOR. ..... J 7 , 4 It E E VITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. -,Thet ioibi,,, k , Inelnbers of those congregations who have signed be b..."teh have been presented to the British Parliament, t o Eller observance of the Lord's day, have only to go I tled r e 'nont on a Sunday, and they will return doubly kli, a t m -al , th ey have done their duty to their God, their tete v , t° t hemselves ; and that they have extended an act Ni t "' tile brute creation. Ido think a more disgraceful, I t Par : i d cruel sight cannot well be witnessed in any tt i "` the British dominions ; a sight which reflects as P all e terl.4l laost on the authorities of Liscard and the parish I::4,riasstiaitud, oes on those who participate in it. The t enet . tit eot, et °rB and occupier of the Egremont ferry surely 1 ot th ` e ive that such a sight is at all necessary to the pro., the 4t concern. The subscribers to the Liscard church, it arlitiettle f n of that neighbourhood, do not surely encou tieg,4ll.el!sirable to that calm repose so necessary to the and to that holy peace which should . sur- t iettlittiwellings on the Lord's day. Then, if it do no tt sue e:4lletion and encouragement of these, how happens . lie uld " a . scene, which beggars description,. should exist ? Wth i , wi sh for a moment to curtail the rational enjoy klije,_artisan or labourer, or any other class of his Majes lay, ;:., 0 0 th e L or d' s d ay ? After t h e D i v i ne serv i ce of 4 ' , at Call add more to the happiness of a man than a ti . l "alk in the country with his family, in the spring or iS: lse ni in w h ic h t h e h eart cannot b ut b e elated, and e of fk l l l aneed, by the contemplation of the ever varying to b:: b eauty of the creation ? And where is the human Icle s , 4:441 ( 1 , who, in the enjoyment of such a contempla 4:t humbly off er u p i n s pi r it an as pi ra ti on t o nature's 1 NC w hat de gra d es t h e m i n d more t h an t h at coarse an d e dil'" °llll elit epennt upon the pain inflicted on th Cal ; whic d h are given for the use and not the abuse of ett wia '4l o :' S ir, to see cruelty exercised in perfection go over es t iC t ' s o n a Sunday. If you wish to see a colle c ti o n o f ell "tellp,ht over principally, I believe, in town's boats, :ir e e , eti°4 of hum an b ru t es , f rom th e age of 8 to that of 1 tly • t °, E gremont on a Sunday. If you wish to see de :e of - I ,:ts most disgusting form, go and witness girls, from lihtilr unningto 1 5 and 18, in a state of intoxication, cursing l an 7, 1 r unning up and down after the riders of the poor t ilti, (l l ; °tl lties, and lying exhausted, in the neighbourhood l' h - en h ; `," a Sunday. If, indeed, Sir, you wish to witn ess i t I am sure you d o no t, more di sgrace f u l t h an any t,t'rere ever witnessed on the Lord's day, go over to k °0 a Sunday.—Yours, &c., 10 J. M. TRUSTEES OP THE LIV ERPOOL 12VPIR31.4RE oq u er of tha Provisional Committee for promoting 1 14 14 of a Northern Hospital, and convinced that 4 11 , 1 o f more favourably situated accommodation for the h le been long absolutely requisite, I have contri- N.. 41 41e efforts in furtherance of that object. This odl Y brought me into contact with several of your e o 4l n sorry to find the opinion obtains, that the pro- V nli ttee has not made out a justification, and that t4 °l . its undertaking must materially affect the pros ed h ' Present I n fi rmar y, t o w hi c h, it i s presume d , t h e ki, t 4s idtral will be an active rival. I ~i' o 4ice n in supposing that what passed at the meeting : 1 4 ~3b louse would prevent all objection to the fowl additional Hospital, but a determined opposition InDlated, and the - writer of a letter iu the Liverpool oj si Nerday, s i g n e d "A Friend to th e Old Infirmary," 'Pea,..Yand unfairly accused the medical gentlemen who d themselves, of intended opposition to your rt: en deavouring to make it appear a party question, pb l rdpe r reports of what occurs at public meetings, rvtotion to condense, are necessarily defective, I p t tithe task of supplying that deficiency, in the hope l i e h ren rning all objection to our views, and the assur. t ` le who have promised their support, will not ing forward, when an exposition of the reasons illi nenced the provisional committee is laid before ' , /p ; : L es of a Northern Hospital are amongst the ) 7.1e !! of the existing one—they disclaim all nu ' wo sl t'on to it, and whatever rivalry may exist, will !k t friends amicably contending for pre-emineuce Vti°Od cause—of fellow labourers in the field of d usefulness. THE LIVERPOOL The new Infirmary was opened in 1824, and it was supposed capable of receiving all who would apply, but your report for 1825 shows an urgent necessity for farther enlargement, and that for 1826 says, "in some instances the beds are doubly ten anted." In succeeding years similar complaints were repeated, and at your last annual meeting, the erection of Lock Wards was decided upon, with the view of diminishing, for the plan is not sufficiently comprehensive to remove the evil. On December 31st, 1825, there were 198 In Patients, 1826, 211 1827, 215 1828, 216 1829, . 217 1830, 220 April 18th, 1833, 218 In each year numbers were repeatedly refused admission for want of room; and while the population, up to this time, has increased above 40,000, there has been no material addition to the capability of accommodation. Although the new wards you have commenced building will supply sixty beds, it must not be supposed that thereby all cause of complaint will be removed. You are compelled to re fuse entrance to thirty or forty weekly, and the majority of these must be persons who hal e not previously applied, there fore, on the first admission-day, one-half of your extended ac commodation will be occupied, and I have no doubt that, in three weeks, you will not have a single vacant bed, excepting those necessarily reserved for accidents. It is surely a sufficient justification, to show that your Institu tion is not extensive enough for the town, and I might rest the defence of our proceedings ; upon the facts furnished by the reports of your valuable Hospital, but I will go farther and bring ample separate evidence to show how very seriously those proceedings are called for. The amount of unsuccessful applicants at your doors, is not the full number who would apply were there a certainty of ad mission, and had Subscribers of one guinea t 4 power of recom. mending patients. The acknowledged want of room deters many from seeking admission; Subscribers, whose orders have been useless, decline repeating them, and hundreds of paupers know not where to obtain recommendations, while the distance is a great obstacle to removal in numerous cases. The observa tions I made last year, when professional duty called me to the lowest and most miserable dwellings, convinced me that pa tients for another Infirmary, equal in size to your own, can easily be fimnd in Liverpool. Allusion has been made only to the pre sent population, which has increased above 40,000, the number of patients you can receive being nearly the same, but we must reflect that that population is extending most rapidly, and amongst a class of individuals much in need of relief; and should the commercial importance of Liverpool, be enhanced by the anticipated open trade to India, &c. we shall have a still greater addition to those who call for our deepest sympathy, and by whose labours we exist. No unprejudiced person can doubt for a moment, that a se cond Infirmary is requisite, and it is a question of important consideration what locality is preferable. Such Institutions being for the benefit of our labouring poor, we must see the propriety of placing them in situations of easy access, and pre vent that loss of time which is of essential moment in cases of accidents and acute diseases; little need, therefore, be said in favour of the northern portion of the town, which is occupied principally by working people, who se dwellings are continually increasing in that direction. Some years since, I saw a person who had been seriously injured near the Prince's Dock, re• moved to the present Infirmary, and painful curiosity induced me to ascertain the time occupied in remo val, when I found the poor fellow's sufferings continued for fifty minutes before relief was obtained. It is in the neighbourhood of the Docks that accidents most frequently occur, and were there an Hospi tal in their vicinity, lengthened misery would be spared the sufferer, and in many instances life saved. I have asked, may not the old Infirmary be enlarged? Can_ not the Dispensary Medical-men provide for the rejected cases? The first of these questions is dispo'sed of by your Committee who, by the intended appointment of a Physician and Surgeon, to the Lock wards, show that your present Medical-officers have enough upon their hands; but, the objection of distance from the scene of accidents, and residences of those who re quire relief, is a sufficient reply. As to the second question, a moment's reflection must convince how impossible it is for those Gentlemen to do justice to patients who have no one to nurse and attend them, and are destitute of the warmth, food , and clothing, their cases require. Besides, the districts of the Dispensary are necessarily limited, and beyond those limits exists a very crowded population. I am told the " intended Hospital was suggested by friends of the Dispensaries and some Medical-mess for party pur poses ;" hence another objection to it, which I may dismiss by remarking, that such an objection can only arise from party feeling. The Provisional Committee, and Committee of Man agement axe guided by feelings of too liberal a cast to sanction a fear that even the slightest intention exists to injure your Charity; they are too well satisfied of the'benefits that Charity distributes, and are only anxious to extend those benefits more profusely amongst a class of persons who, from circumstances , are unable to receive relief from any other source than an additional Infirmary, and were there any probability of injuring yours, they would, at once, desist from the endeavour to estab lish another. The Medical Gentlemen connected with the Dis pensaries, from their sphere of action, have excellent opportu nities for appreciating the want of a new Hospital which has been long evident to them; in their name I may disclaim every thing like a spirit of opposition, a feeling by which no one can suppose I am actuated. We rest our expectations of support entirely upon the strength of our case, and goodness of our cause ; and w hen did your Com mittee make an appeal which was not liberally responded to? The public kindness which has enabled you to erect your splendid Hospital and Asylum, and which has at all times amply released you from pecuniary difficulty, is not likely to be withdrawn. Do the collections in our Churches, the pro ceeds of our Musical Festivals, the profits of a Bazaar for your benefit, the numerous subscriptions, legacies, and bene factions you receive, give cause for apprehension that the success of any other Institution will affect yours? Your fears on this subject are groundless, and I believe that to skew the necessity for a second Infirmary will stimulate the friends of yours to greater exertions, and insure their more perfect success. We must be convinced that a place of reception for invalid paupers is absolutely necessary in the northern portion of Liver pool, and I have attempted, by enumeration of facts, to remove those objections I have heard advanced against its foundation. We should not, however, overlook the benefit which will at tend the power of immediately providing for inflammatory and acute cases of disease, which frequently run their course in a few days, even hours, cases in which one hour's delay is of vital importance, and there are many such unable to obtain relief, either from want of room in your Infirmary, or the im_ possibility of being conveyed so great a distance. The advan tages arising from an increase of Medical Schools, iu which Students can study disease at the patients' bedside, must strike every one as of material consequence to society._ In fine, viewing the subject in every possible light, the pro jectors of a Northern Hospital, if successful, and I cannot doubt their success, will be public benefactors ; and so far from wish ing to divert the stream of charity from your invaluable insi c ; tution, are only desirous of directing sources of benevolrn' sefu yet unexplored, into an equally necessary, humane, : cr .i r ic se rent channel. With a due regard for economy, they avoidin/ ing a commodious and well adapted Wildly,- STANDARI). great outlay and expenditure and unnecessary calls upon pub lic liberality. I hope this attempt to deprecate your opposition will not be altogether ineffectual.—Yours, &c., WILLIAM W. SQUIRES, M.D. Everton Terrace, April 20th, 1833. OF DREAMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STINDARD. Sta,—Ou looking over the Liverpool news of the other day, I was sorry to see an instance quoted of a modern dream's in fallibility. As it is one of the most remarkable misfortunes of mankind, who, for unaccountable apprehensions, torment them selves with what is past, or perplex themselves for what is to come, and augment their present troubles, by making use of the night,.which is designed for their rest, to increase their misery, and to afford themselves new materials of affliction, I humbly offer the following explanation of their cause, and firmly trust their absurdness (which the doctrines of the Christian religion fully establish) may meet the attention of all those who are in the nervous habit of reposing confidence in their too often dis mal piesages.—Yours, &c. X. Y. Z. Dreams are errors of an old date ; they have seduced several great men to believe in them, as containing a solution of hea venly mysteries, not seeing they were to be accounted for in a natural way : for they have their rise partly from the constitu tion of men, and partly from the active nature of men's spirits even in the time of rest, when they cannot use the senses and organs of the body, which are then fast bound up in sleep. The mind is therefore obliged to sport itself in the imagination, Where there is a medley of ideas, relating to different objects by the blending of which together it creates chimeras that never; did exist, nor possible to be: and sometimes the soul diverts it self in the memory, where are imprinted the ideas of things that have struck our senses, or the traces of things which we have done, or design to do. If the mind happen then to be in any violent passion, the ideas of the imagination are confounded with those of the memory; so that the dreams which proceed from such a confusion are incapable of any interpretation, and consequently it is profane to attribute them to the Holy Spirit. How foolish is it to imagine that our dreams are more capa ble of infallibility and intercourse with Heaven than our thoughts when awake, which arc frequently then engaged in deep and rational meditations ! How unworthy of God it is to fancy him to be the author of dreams, and that by them he warns us of things that are to come, when, of a hundred thou sand dreams, we shall scarcely find one that can have any meaning at all; the rest are only mere groundless figures, of which there is no signification. only would prove quite other wise if they were from God, who never does anything in vain ; for all his gifts answer the ends they were designed for. So those inspirations which proceed from the omniscience of God must of necessity be intelligible ; for God, who is infallible, never produces effects contrary to his own perfections. How ridiculous is it to imagine that the great God, who is light, truth, and order is the author of dreams, which are full of obscurity, lies, and confusion ! It is in vain to support that opinion from the authority of holy scripture, since it is expressly forbidden in Leviticus to observe dreams. Furthermore, a re gard to dreams and vain delusions has been the occasion of the failure of many actions. It is true that great secrets have been discovered in the night, by revelation, which is the peculiar favour of God, but not at ail by dreams, which have nothing to do with in s pi ra ti o n ; a nd it is (and was) an improper way of speaking, to call those vi sions in the night which appeared to Abimelech, Solomon, and other holy persons, by the name of dreams, they being prophe sies full of high holy meanings. In fine, it is great weakness to be moved by dreams, or to give any credit to them. DOMESTIC. COURT AND FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen held her third Drawing-Room this season on Thursday afternoon, at St. James's Paiace.—Her Majesty en tered the State Rooms about half-past two o'clock, accompained by the King, and the Great Officers of State, and the Officers of the Royal Household took their stations about their 'Majes ties. The doors of the Throne Room, in which their Majesties took their station were then opened, when those who had the privilege of the entree were admitted. The ladies in waiting on her Majesty were the Dowager Duchess of Leeds, Mistress of the. Robes ; Lady Mayo (in waiting), and the Marchioness of Wellesley; the Maids of Honour Miss Mitchell (in waiting), Miss Hope Johnstone, Miss Eden, and Miss Bagot; Lady Isabella Wemyss and Mrs. Berkely Paget were also in atten dance. The Queen was also attended by. the Earl of Denbigh, her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of Erroll, Master of the Horse; Mr. Ashley, Vice-Chamberlain; Captain Pec hell, Equerry in Waiting; Sir George Hoste, Gentleman Usher; Mr. Hudson, resident Gentleman Usher ; and the Page of Honour. The King was attended by the Duke•of Devon shire, the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquess of Winchester, Groom of the Stole, and the Officers of his Household.- The Marquess of Queensberry and Sir Joseph Whatley were the Lord and Groom in waiting. The Duke of Devonshire was at Court for the first time since his Grace's accident. The Hon. Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners formed avenues to the entree and general entraces. The Mexican Minister presented to her Majesty, M. Pacheco, a member of the last Mexican Congress. When the entree company had paid their respects to the Queen, the general company were introduced. On Thursday, at her residence in Lower Grosvenor-street, the Dowager Marchioness of Lothian. On Tuesday, at her residence in the Strand, Frances Eleanor, the amiable lady of Sir John Deane Paul, Bart., granddaughter of the eighth earl of Strathmore, and only sister to Lady Ra vensworth. On Tuesday, at her residence in Grosvenor-square, Lady f i Julia Petre. 'the sudden death of this lady proceeded entirely c from the agitation experienced in parting from her favourite daughter, from whom she had • never been. separated, and whe t c t was united, on the morning of this disastrous event, to Captar ' Sir John Pechell, one of. the Lords of the Admiralty. . -. he "Tiles," asked a sapient Member of the Senate, when they the I heard Lord Althorp commence his list of reductions with repeal of the duty on theni. "'files ! well, I never knew „ ot i , were taxed. How long have tiles been subject t o d u ty ?" „ E _ us. " a long time," " said Stanley ; ever since the time of R . e d it. ' "1 am much obliged to you," said Spooney, who belie announce ADMIRAL Loan GA DIBIEII.—We regret to have to .t 4 o'clock the death of this.excellent and amiable nobleman, a abridge, in on Thursday morning, at his house at Iver, near I 1 1' the few re the 77th.vear of his age. His lordship was one o , the glorious maining:gallant officers who had a command in Jimmanded the battle of the Ist of June. On that occasion he cc that broke the Defence, of 74 guns, Which. was the first shi P,4ion and had to line. The Defence was dismasted in the a c % .ine on each side, contend with two French.ships•of- the line, kigrce en, s and for that Lord Gambier forces both of which struck to him.. At Copenhr was the ccmmauder-in-chief of the navalFE2oo a 0 year, which service was rewarded with a pension ° `'ship again commanded latter he generously declined. His l oYfieet in the Basque roads. the naval force _against the Frenkh..‘ his loyalty and his devo- His public life was distinguished bygi e life by an uninterrupted tion to the constitution;. his rivii , _, series of acts of kindness and p ihow thropy. N.—Died on Thursday morn- THE LATE EARL .01 , . CARNAR v.,% r-souare, Henry George Her ing, at his residence in Grosv o y . aron Porchester, of High Clere,_ county Southampton, bert, Earl of Carnarvon and _l BJ eerage of Great Britain, and High in the Vt,':une 3, 1772, succeeded on the death Steward of Newbury, born .fit Earl, June 3, 1811, married April of his father Henry, the firs - daughter and heir of th e lat e C o l one l 26, 1796, Elizabeth Kitty 'ct Dyke Acland, by wh o m ( w h o di e d John and Lady Harr o I.,ev `?-Ishin has left issue Lady Harriet Eliza- March 5, 1813) his lor G. Stapleton. Henry John Geo. . . both, married to the W.,,,,* Earl of Carnarvon) mar rie d, Au g u s t Lord Porchester (Ilene, eldest daughter of the late Lord Henry 1830, Henrietta An, to the Duke of Norfolk, and to the Hon. E. Howard, and nieceip. P. for Callington. Lord Carnarvon start- C. Herbert, late 111;T.nd of Mr. Fox, and participator in the poli ed in life as the friClhe presentremier who, however, omitted hi s tical opinions of tVe r linisterial arrangements attendant on the for lordship in the r , if esent ministry, and thence i t i s sa i d arose his mation of the prsc Reform Bill, w hi c h he denounced with a ll th e opposition to th . an ultra Conse rva ti ve . =,or of the Foleys was an extensive iron-master i n v e , h r e h m e e a n n c c e of _ or s o t His great grandson was raised to the Peerage in . /late Peer was a staunch adherent of the Whigs, who The . - i on their accession to power, with the Lord Lieu rewarded h I, l y l o l r . cester. ''. WOrcestershire, when it - became vacant by the (le y g r Ciie Earl of Coventry ; and also the Courtly office of c tain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, to ivhich, we a salary of £lOOO is attached. By his lordsh4fs de ncteilcnisacenieleve, mise a vacancy is created in the representation of West Worces i tershire, for which the present Lord (late the Hon. Thomas Henry Foley) was member in the last and present Parliament. - The remains of Lord Foley will be interred at Whelley, in Wor > cestershire. The death of Lord Foley will, it is said, be the most formida ble blow to the Insurance Offices which they have experienced since the demise of the two senior members of the present Royal Family. - We understand that a numerous meeting of the clergy of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex took place on Thursday at St. Mar tin's Vestry, when it was determined to petition the two Houses of Parliament against the measures now in progress respecting the Irish Church, but it was agreed to postpone the framing of the petition until the bill was introduced into the House of Commons. PORTSMOUTH, April 18.—A court-martial was held [this day on board his Majesty's ship Victory, in this harbour, to inquire • into the cause and circumstances attending his Majesty's sloop Larne taking the ground on the Goodwin Sands, on the 4th instant, and to try Commander Wm. Sydney Smith, for his conduct on that occasion, and also for neglecting and disobey ing the first article of his private instructions under the head of pilotage. , The Court, after hearing the evidence and the de fence, desired that Commander Sm i th should be reprimanded, and admonished him to be more cautious in future, which was accordingly, done. FACTORY COMHISSION.—We rejoice in the appointment of a commission .to visit the manufactories, because we see, even from the writings of the editors of the leading London' newspa pers, that, as regards cotton mills at least, there is an utter ig norance, not only of the general condition of the workers in them, but even of the nature of the employment in which the children are engaged. And it is not in ignorance that Parliament ought to legislate. So far as the masters in this branch of bu siness'are concerned, we do not believe that any material disin clination would be felt to increasing the age at which children should be legally admissible into factories. They would not ob ject to its being gradually raised from nine to e l even or t we l ve years. But it is not to be concealed that this step would, in many instances, most deeply injure the interests of working families; and 'perhaps cause a considerable additional pressure on the poor's rates. , We very much question also whether, in stead of redeeming young children from labour, it would not lead to their being compelled to work harder for lower wages, either as band-loom weavers, or in some other way. Let the point, however, be strictly looked into; and, here, as elsewhere, let the ultimate decision be in accordance (if that can be ascerr tained) with the balance of advantage.—Manchester Guardian. A SCENE.—Extract from Mr. Oastler's speech at the recent public meeting at Bolton :—" Some time since, I happened to be at Leeds, and having been obliged to stay all night, I ordered that I should be called up early in the morning. I was called up, and found it moonlight and starlight, and a morning so cold that the teeth of a strong athletic man would chatter in his head. I drove in my gig through the streets of Leeds, and I met nobody but two or three watchmen. The shops were closed, and the windows dark; I saw nothing but the glimmerings of the watch men's lanterns; all was still, save the sound of the watchmen's feet and my gig. 1 arrived in the suburbs; I heard a dismal sound—it fell like the knell of death on my ear. It was the fac tory bell ringing; the streets were instantly crowded. There were no strong, hale men, nor any lights. The parents were in bed, but their children had risen, and were trudging through the cold to the factories. I spoke to one who, with bread in his mouth, was hurrying forward, for fear of being fined. I asked him where he was going ? He said to the mill. I asked him if he had said his prayers ? He answered, no, he had no time— and then he ran on. I pursued my journey ; and I saw the sheep in the pastures, and the cattle resting, for they had not risen to feed, much less to work. There was no need of a law to protect them ; they are vested property. It were better if British infants were the vested property of the factory master; then perhaps he might find an interest in using them kindly. (Cheers.) In an hour I met three able men going to their employment. They were weavers, and did not need to go so early as the factory children. But still the sun had not risen, nor did I hear the cattle lowing, or the herds bleating. I went on, and in a while I heard the birds singing and then the cattle began to graze. Then I met the agricultural labourers, with their implements gracing their brawny shoulders and athletic frames. They were ruddy, healthy, and strong. Aye ! said I, this looks like england. They were not b0y5...," nor dwarfs, but men—freemen. (Cheers.) Their offs:prA i ,g were not immured in a h—h bastile • but either not ris - . e n, of else gambolling in the fields. In another hour I met L a dairymaid, with her milk-pail; it seemed natural. I felt me,vself in a land where all might be. happiness and liberty my recollection to what I had seen at Leeds. —when, good God, I reflected that the poor, miserable, decrepit beings had been working there, in an overheated atmosphe I ' T ' for full three hours , by gas-light and by star-light, 1 ""l 'et sickened within me. I asked myself if Christianity, if linir,9 . if liberty_ required this sacrifice ? and I resolved, that r e - when I turned factory child than I had yet done." (Conti cheers.) EVILS OF THE POOR LAWS.— of the worst and almost incredible effects of the poor-ra t e system, as it is administered -(a direct premium to unchastity. in En . gland, is its operating as • makes a prominent figure in the This is l a circumstance NvlnchJ reports before us. The usurr .1 allowance for an illegitimate child r ' to increase this to a handsome sum, is 2s. weekly, 'and, in orde."? it is not uncommon for -males to bring large families upon of. -pa rishes. In Mr. Cowe . 1 ; , lreport fronaSwaffham, in Norfolk, the case of one woma is mentioned who received, for her seven " illegitimate children;or 14s. weekly,—had she been a widow " she " would not have re: ceived so much by 4s. or ss. a week;" thus 'ird child about2s per cent. more valuable to a making "a bash parent than a 1 'one," Mr. C • 11observes, egitimate as wee Ho , that amongst the poor " it is considered . a good farther states ;,, speculation t; marry h woman who(:an briny a fortune of one or two bastard. sto her husband !!" 'Phis is a hopeful specimen of English ros bastard. English but the corrupting influence of the system has extended much farther than this, and has actually, in some places, . reached even the higher classes. Captain Pringle re ,•oin the agricultural district of Cumb er land as f o ll ows : p or " ts '' , .ems not unusual for the daughters of the small far mers or It see. ems as they are here called (men farmin g their own pro pert.,sd state ! ,y) to have bastard children, and to come Is> the parish for dlowance an a . "The following extract is from a letter written the overseer of the parish of : We at this time, in Y.e tr parish, are supporting two bastard children whose mothers re-lave landed pyoperty of their own, and would not marry the P e 'athers of their children.— The daughters - orsome farmers, and even landowners, have bastard Children. These farmers and landowners keep their daughters and children with them, and regularly keep back their poor-rate to meet the parish al lowance for their daughters' bastards. We have no doubt the same grievance exists in many other parishes.— I could ad duce many townships where one or more cases of farmers' daughters receiving such an allowance had occurred, but shall prefer giving an extract from the letter of a clergyman of a parish more than twenty miles from that to which the above refers A very different description of women have, of late years, beCome the mother of bastard children ; formerly it was confined to the daughters of cottagers, and girls employed in farm husbandry; but of late very re s pectable fa rmers ' daughters have been in that situation, and applied to have their offspring taken care of by the parish.' "—Glasgow Herald. DEMOLITION OF THE JAIL OF TAIN.—THREE PERSONS BURNT.—It was discovered this morning (Monday, the 15th inst.) . between two and three o'clock, that the New Jail of 'fain was on fire. When the alarm was given, only the westmost room was in flames : but some delay took place in getting the jailors to open the prison. Upon th e i r arriva l th e k eys were, after some confusion obtained, but owing to some mistake in discovering the proper keys, the fire extended to the passage, and no access could be obtained to the prisoners in that por tion of the jail, and the consequence has been that George Alexander, architect in Golspie, and Angus Macleod, vintner, Ballintrade, both confined for debt, along with Macleod's wife, who came on a visit to him on Saturday last, have all been burnt to death. It was truly horrifying to hear the cries of the sufferers for assistance, before they had been suffocated by the smoke. The delinquents, who were confined in the tower ad joining the jail, were all saved, and allowed to go at large.— The Jail and Court-house, with the exception of the Tower, are all burnt to the ground, and no part saved, owing to there being no fire engines in the place. The portraits of Air. Macleod, Sheriff of Ross-shire, and Mr. Murray, Provost of 'fain, which were placed in the Court-room, were with difficulty rescued from the flames free of injury. It is believed the fire was occa sioned by some ashes being placed in a wooden cinder-bucket in the room where the fire originated, in which there was a considerable quantity of straw which ignited, and gave rise to the conflagration. The remains of Alexander, and Macleod and his wife, have been found in the ruins, but neither of them can be distinguished. Had not the morning been calm and still, Ellison's hotel and stables would have also been destroyed, as well as probably the British Linen Company's Office, but every precaution was taken to prevent the fire from extending. —Edinburgh Advertiser. THE IRISH MEMBERS,—AII amusine story is going the round of the clubs. The other night gr. and Mr. **** ****, were observed coming away_ arm in arm from the House of Commons, and overheard colloquing" in the follow ing characteristic anecdote :—" Will ye dine with me to-mar row, —— ?" " Faith an' I will, with all my heart"— " Rimimber, 'tis only a family dinner I'm asking ye to."— " And what for not ?—A family dinner is a mighty plisant thing !—What have ye got ?" Oh! nothing by common ! Jilt an iligant pace of earned beef and potatoes." "By the powers, that bates the world !—Ji s t m y own di nner t o a hair— kirring the 4cel."—Court Journal.