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Vortrg. THE SPANISH EXILE'S SONG. Past from Hispania's shores the gale Vas urging on the exile's sail, And Cadiz distint rock and bay Were lessening in the watery way, When o'er the wide Atlantic main Arose the melancholy strain : '• Farewell; my home, farewell to thee. " Then land of vanquish'd liberty. While yet thy well-known shores I view, '• Receive an exile's last adieu ; Receive the tears, that innate pride " In vain would bid me strive to hide ; " In vain would anger's fiercest flame, " That kindles at my country's name, " Bid me not weep ; it cannot be. " Must I unmoved thy bondage see? " Must I see thine unhappy land Crush'd by the Gaul's invading band ? " Must patriots' blood thy scaffolds stain " Must priestcraft re-assume her reign ? " It matters not—my race is run, " My task of toil and pain is done; " Far from my native land I roam, " To seek in Western shores a home ; " There liberty's new rising star " Gleams on the crest of Bolivar, " And sheds that pure unsullied ray " That harbinger of coming day, • When despot's nod, and Europe's chain " Shall seek to bind the world in vain : " There must I go : perhaps my life " May perish in that glorious strife ; " Perish it may ! that death has charms -` Fur him whom patriot ardour warms, " Let me but fall at freedom's shrine, " Nor let Riego's fate be mine ; " Let not my quivering limbs afford " A sight to that degenerate horde, "Who, deaf to all their country's cries, " A perjured despot's favour prize. " Grant me but this—it boots not where " I go to breathe a freer air; " Whether 'neath Lima's burning skies, " Or where the snow-capp'd Andes rise, " Or whether by Panuco's wave, " The exile finds a lonely grave." THE DEATH OF TIIE CHARGER. Merrily echoes the fresh'ning morn, With the clanging hoof, and the bugle-horn, The crashing fence, the courser's neigh, O'er hill and dale, as he bounds away : But there is one in plunging pride, A noble steed, yet none to ride : With mouth unbitted, and feet unshod, Wildly he spurns the flying sod. Away ! yet, mark'd ye then That sudden start of sick'ning pain, As if a cloud came o'er his brain I He staggers : there l—agaln 'Tis o'er! With one short desp'rate bound. And ears that seem'd to drink the sound, jAs onward yell'd each straining hound,) And quivering eyes, he fell. . Oh ! many a year, thou gallant steed, Has pass'd, since just thou prov'dst thy speed, With arching neck, and flying mane, Along the verdant fields of Spain, And heard the bursting onset roar, By thy wild banks, dark Bidassoa Those years have chill'd more hearts than thine. And many an eye, that gaily then Glanced o'er each squadron's length'ning line, Has closed to open ne'er again. They closed, when back proud Gallia reel'd Upon Vimeira's broken field, Or mid Vittoria's battle wave, Found soldier's death and soldier's grave : But thou still on, where'er, like flame, Rush'd fearfully the British name, As the riverfoams along its banks, 'Mong grim Busaco's charging ranks, Though peal'd the shot, and flash'd the steel, On wildly dashed'st with thund'ring heel, Or shared'st the lonely bivouac, When the mountain clouds lower'd dark and black, And the lightning glared on the blasted trees, Among the stormy Pyrenees ; Nor ended yet thy bright career, Till France bent o'er her broken spear, And proud St. George's standard flew, Along the plain of Waterloo. Farewell, thou gallant steed, farewell, Free as the breeze that sounds thy knell ; The grass and wild flowers merrily wave, And the stag is couching on thy grave ; For monument, an oak is there, Bending its young stem to every air ; Yet, when three hundred years are fled, Its gnarled trunk, and aged head, Shall a wild shadowy glory shed, Above the charger's lonely bed. J. 11. I. lc J. HA113138. VARIET:EES. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. — Some pains-taking observer has remarked that an Englishman is never happy but when he ii iniscrue/e; a Scotchman never at home but when he is abroad; and an Irishman never at peace but when he is fighting. We wonder what description of man he is who found out these national characteristics. How would he describe himself World of Fashion. COLD Frioal DAMP CLoTHES.—If the clothes which cover the 'licitly are damp, the moisture which they contain has a tendency to evaporate by the heat communicated to it by the body. 'I he heat absorbed in the evaporation of the moisture contained in clothes, must be, in part, supplied by the body, and will have a tendency to reduce the temperature of the body in an undue deg,ree, and thereby to produce cold. The effects of violent labour or exercise is to cause the body to generate heat much ib.ster than it would do in a state of rest. Hence we see why, when the clothes have been rendered wet by rain or by per spiration, the taking of cold may be avoided, by keeping the Wily in a state of exercise or labour until the clothes can be changed, or till they dry on the inperson; for in this case, the heat .carried off by the moistureevaporating is amply sup plied by the redundant heat generated by labour or exercise.— Lard/ter on Heat.—Cabinet Cyclopeedia. nothing does the importance of religion ap pear more clearly than in its suitableness to man, in relation to an unending futurity. Mau cannot wholly die—he must live for ever; and religion is the necessary discipline for a happy eternity. To man, as a being capable of thought, and feeling, and action,' related to God in the present state, and to his fei low man, there are many things of importance besides, though none soimportant as religion. But to man as immortal, red gion isi solely important... In this case, it not only casts other things into the shade, it absolutely annihilates them. To the man who died-yesterday, it is now a matter of no consideration whether he was rich or poor; whether he was honoured or de spised; whether he was a prince or a beggar; whether be spent Its days in mirth, or had anxiety and sorrow for his portion; all these things, except for the influence they may have exerted on the formation of his religious and moral character, all these are now to him matters of nu importance; but it is a matter of im portance to him still, and will continue to be so for ever, whe ther he was or was not really religious; for on that single point binges the happiness or the misery of eternity.—You may easily get other subjects on which to employ your thoughts; but none th,at eu much deserves them as religion. You may easily get other objects on which to fix your affections: but none that will reward them like religion. You may make other acquirements, which will be useful to you in your social capacity; but none so universally and really useful as religion. ,To be without religion, is virtually to deny the most honourable fact which can be stated in reference to human nature; that it is. closely connected with the divinity. To bewithout religion, is to be "quite unfurnished" for the awful eternity on which we must soon enter.—Brouw. Ti=ith LIVEkPOOL STANDAh.b. A REVOLUTIONARY METAMORPHOSIS. A physician at Exeter was one day summoned to see, at Alphingtou, a man who was supposed to be in the last stage of consumption. He found the case by no means desperate; the sufferer himself resigned and patient; and withal singularly well informed, acute, and inteiligeut. Considerable mystery seemed to hang over his past life. Struck with the philosophy and fortitude of the stranger, and anxious to save him for the sake of his young and helpless family, Dr. was unremitting in his attentions, and had the good fortune to . find his care repaid by the rapidly returning health of his patient. Calling one Sunday evening to take his leave, he found the invalid listening to his two eldest children, who were reading the Bible aloud. The Doctor congratulated him upon being able to say " good bye" to' his medical attend ant, and uttered some common-place compliment upon the nature of his employment. "Yes, sir," was his reply, "nay present position is a strange one; though God forbid that my children"—said he as he pa-t -ted their heads and dismissed them to rest—" should be such as myself: You will think it both hypocritical and unnatural, when I tell you that I am Robertson the burgler. You must have heard of me, sir." "Often," said the Doctor, faintly. "It could scarcely . be otherwise," returned the other in a lower tone. There is not a county gaol in the kingdom, nor a judge on the bench, nor a country bank of any note, that I .am not personally acquainted with. You have treated me kindly, generously, forbearingly. The day may come when I may be able to show you that 1 appreciate your worth, though I cannot imitate it. But to time present. The city police have ferreted out my retreat. A Bow-street officer will be down to-morrow : he will visit you before nine o'clock. You see we have our sources of secret intelligence, as well as the minions in power. Ido not choose you should be taken by surprise. See him or not, as you please : this time I defy him and them. But it is due to you, sir, that I should myself tell you whom you have been attending, and by whom you stand a chance of being questioned. The police officer arrived. Robertson was apprehended. Two old blundering bankers—one of them went into the Gazette about six weeks afterwards—affected to be half wild with ap prehension, at learning that the notorious bank burglar was in their immediate neighbourhood. While the county magistrate who presided over the proceedings—he enlightens Brighton with his wisdom at present—expressed the most virtuous indig nation that such a miscreant was permitted to exist— " Our capital," said one. "The public welfare," echoed the other. "I live in perpetual apprehension," chimed the senior. "The safety of the city of Exeter," roared the junior. "Exverience"—began the elder banker in a solemn tone— " Mattes fools wise," said Robertson, finishing . the sentence for him, and with enviable nonchalance addressing the chair. " You need, gentlemen, be under no apprehension. There is not a Bank in Exeter worth robbing. Mr. —, you are ex tremely vivacious, considering you are not a man of mettle— you understand me. It might be as well though, if your clerks were a little more corre,t in their figuring : for allow me to ob serve to you, that in Ledger B. pages 5,7 , and 63, the balances are cast up wrong. You will find the real total put in pencil at the bottom of the page; the false total scored through! Ex cuse the liberty, Mr. --; the temptation was irresistible!" Mr. sidled down the Mayor's chamber in double quick time; and was never heard to mention the name of Robertson the Cracksman afterwards. Against that worthy no charge could be substantiated; and he was accordingly dismissed, and the following day he disap peared: and the Doctor thought they had met for the last time. Many years afterwards the Doctor's second son was in Paris : and was astonished to find himself an object of unceasing atten tion to a Monsieur de who loaded him with civilities, and to whose kindness there appeared no end or limit. Ile men tioned to his father the innumerable attentions this friendly foreigner had shown him ;—the way in which all his Disb e s were anticipated and his amusements provided for ;—and concluded by observing— " Were I his son he could not lavish on me greater and more constant attention." The Doctor joined his son at Paris on the accession of Louis Philippe. As they were crossing towards the Tuileries, "See," cries the young man, "here comes the Citizen King and his family. That on his right hand is the Duc de Nemours, at tended as usual by my mysterious friend M. de St. —." "De St. what?" said the Doctor, looking up in amaze, and staring till his eyes seemed ready to start from their sockets. "Do I dream? "fis Robertson tkie cracksman, and in the royal cortege !" Wltychcotte of St. John's. THE LONDON PRESS. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE. (From the Carnhrid"e independent Press.) At a congregation on Wednesday last the folloWing graces were passpd : The sum of £2OO be granted from the University , chest in aid of funds raised in Ireland for the relief of the distressed clergy. To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Ainslie, Mr. Whew-ell, Mr. Miller, Mr. Croft, and Mr. Archdall, a syndicate, to consider what alterations should be made in the nature and direction of the iron fence of the Senate-house yard, and to report their opinion before the end of this term. That the Professor of Chemistry have the use of the large lecture room, in the Botanic Garden, formerly appropriated to the Jacksouian and botanical professors, at such times as it may not we wanted by either of the said professors. That the Regius Professor of Physic have the use of the new anato mical lecture room at such times as it may not be wanted by the Pro fes,;or of Anatomy. That the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Graham, Professor Musgrave, Mr. Blick, and Mr. Hodgson, of St. Peter's College, be a syndicate to consider and determine what allowance shall be made to the tenants of Burwell and Barton from their last year's rents, in consequence of the low price of corn. His Grace the Archbishop of York has been pleased to present the Rev. Charles Musgrave, 8.D., vicar of Halifax and late Fellow of Tri nity College, to the prebend of Givendale, in York Cathedral. PAEFEIthIgNTS.—The Bishop of Carlisle has collated the Rev. Edward Salkeld, M.A., of Trinity College, to the vicarage of Crosby on Eden, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Lowry, D.D. The Bishop of Carlisle has also presented the Rev. William Jackson, D.D., rector of Lowther and incumbent of St. James's, Whitehaven, to the vicarage of Penrith, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. Fenton. Dr. Jackson resins St. James's. The Rev. John Dawson Wrigglesworth has been instituted to the vicarage of Loddon, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Bishop of Ely. The Rev. Henry Miles, 8.A., has been instituted to the rectory of Foulsham, Norfolk, on the presentation of Sir Jacob Astlev. The Rev. William Gordon Plees has been instituted to the vicarage of Ashhocking, Suffolk, on the 'presentation of the King. The Rev. Ralph Berners, M.A., has been instituted to the rectory of Harkstead, Suffolk, on his own petition. The Rev. Stephen Doune, M.A., of St. John's College, has been appointed to the head mastership of the free grammar school in Oswestry, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. James Doune, D.D. ; Patron, the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. OXFORD. (Prom Saokson's Oxford Journal.) BRA SENNOS E COLLEGE.A fellowship is vacant, open to graduates of Oxford born within the ;brats of the old dioceses of Lincoln and Lichfield and Coventry, i.e: of the present dioceses of Lincoln, Peter borough, Oxford, LiCfifield and Coventry, and of that portion of the diocess of Chester which is south of the ltibble, provided they have not exceeded eight yeari from the day of their matriculation. Candidates are reluired to deliver to the Principal, certificates of their birth and baptism, together with testimonials from their respec tive colleges, on or Wore Wednesday, March 6. MAGDALEN-lIA LL.---There will be an election to a scholarship on the foundation of the late Mr. Henry Lusby, on Friday, March 22nd. All members of the Cnivers:ty of not less than four or inure than eir , ht term's standing arc eligible. fhe scholarship is tenable for three years. The annual pay'ment will be 1:100. The scholar will be bound to reside eight weeks in the Michaelmas and Lent terms respectively, and not less than eight weeks in the Easter and Act Terms. Candidates are required to signify their intentions to the Vice-Prin cipal, and to present testimonials of their standing and good conduct, signed by the head of their house or their tutor, on or before Thurs day, March 14, or their tutor on or before Wednesday, March 13. In a convocation holden on Thursday last it was unanimously re solved to contribute the sum of 4:200 from the University chest, in aid of the distressed clergymen of the established church in Ireland. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. -The Rev. Walter Alfred. 11,A., of St. Edmunds-hall in this Univer sity, to the mastership of the endowed grammar school at ISlartoek, Somersetshire. The Rev. William Lister Isaac, 8.A., domestic chaplain to the Earl of Coventry, has been instituted to the rectory of Pirton, with Croome D'Abitot annexed, in the county of Worcester ; and the Rev. John Henry Turbitt, M.A., to the vicarage of Powick, in the same county, both on the presentation of the Earl of Coventry. The Rev. J. James, Prebendary of Peterborough Cathedral, to the vicarage of St. John Baptist , Peterborough, vacant by the resi,gnatiou of the Rev. J. S. Pratt. The Rev. Newman John Stubbin, M.A., to the rectory of Somcr sham, Suffolk, on the presentation of his father, the Rev. Newman J. Stubbin, of Iligham. The Rev. Robert Biscoe, has been presented to the rectory of Whithourne, Herefordshire ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford. A FLEET TAKEN BY A CHARGE OF HORSE.—At the time of Pichegru's irruption into Holland (1795,) the frost was unpre cedentedly severe, and the 'rexel so completely ice -bound, that he ordered some squadrons of cavalry to charge across the frozen element, and capture the Dutch fleet locked up in it. They accordingly clapped spurs to their horses' sides, surrounded the ships, and made a caption of them at the first summons, though their whole means of offence against a broadside were a few hundred sables and hone-pistols! We believe that the occur rence stands Irithout a parallel in ancient or modern story.— THE FACTORY SYSTEM. The name of Mr. Richard ()utter may be unknown to many of our readers, but it is well known in Leeds, in Yorkshire, and the manufacturing districts of England. Although a person in the middle ranks of life, lie has dis tinguished, and even rendered himself popular by the fearless honesty of his principles, the boldness with which he evows his sentiments, and, above all, for the open war he has declared against the abominable slavery of the steam factories. He is an able and undaunted sup porter Of Mr. Sadler, in whose cause, or, rather, in the cause of starved and murdered infants, he has exposed himself to considerable persecution from the mill tyrants. But the honesty of his character, and the invincible cou rage based upon that honesty, have enabled him to sur mount all the obstacles thrown in his way, and despise the slanders invented for the purpose of injuring him. This individual has recently published a couple of pamphlets containing his political views, which are pecu liarly addressed to the working classes, and are admira rably calculated to infuse sound opinions into the minds (alas ! too long allowed to be perverted) of his compa triots. In one of these publications he calls attention to the factory system in the following spirited manner : "On the 29th of Sept., 1830, I first heard that pool little English babes, even at seven years old, were obliged to work in the factories of Bradford and its neighbourhood, from 6 o'clock in the morning to 7 o'clock in the evening, with only 30 mi nutes' interval, in all that time, for meals, and play, and rest, and improvement ! I then knew little more of the hateful and abominable horrors of that hellish system. I did indeed know that very many individuals, who made much noise in the religious world, who loudly declaimed against Negro Slavery,' were 'mak ing to themselves riches' by such unholy, and unchristian, and in human means. But I had then never dreamt, that, in the worsted mills of Bradford and its neighbourhood, this excessive labour was frequently protracted to 16, and even 18 hours a day, with still the same short intervals of time for rest, &c.; nay, that in one instance, at least 16 hours of labour was re quired by a • liberal' master, and not one moment of rest was ever allowed. I knew not at that time that human nature could endure such excessive toil. I had then heard of the straps, but not of the billy-rollers, and pieces of wood and iron—of fists, • and feet with heavy clogs on, which were used as instruments of wanton torture, or for the purpose of keeping drowsy nature i h n e u a rs th OVi y nc s e ta ss te an o t i l l a u b i o e n k r. activity, a during rot ihe then I;l ,e e e s l n t o ol n d g g a r t o tLac i te l d tish factories little children were seizecl by the hair or by their limbs, and dashed with violence by an angry overlooker upon the fizctory floor; or that cruelty had invented and executed the horrid plan of suspending these little suffirers from poles fixed in the fac tory walls by ropes tied round their bodies. I. knew nothing then of the heavy fines which were 'kept back by fraud,' by the mas ters from these infant labourers. 1 did not then know of the hun dreds of hapless children of British parents, who were annually offered up to Moloch, on the shrine of Christian cruelty and avarice. I was not then aware of the thousands of my - fellow creatures who were ruined iu health and limb, and, when they were worked till they could work no more, were kicAed out of the mill, and left to do as they could between an unfeeling over seer and starvation. 1 had not then heard of the sullen mutter ings of the unemployed parent, maddened with rage at his own and his children's undeserved wrongs—of the sorrowing hearts and weeping eyes of many,a mourning mother—nor of the un heeded sighs of the poor factory child. But I had heard enough —my blood rushed to my cheeks—l blushed for Eng land and for my native county, and resolved on that day, and hitherto I have kept my vow, (may I never live to break it !) that, sink or swim, I would never teasingly endeavour to stop this horrid crime." So much fur honest Richard Oastler's indignant ab horrence of infant slavery. It does honour to his heart— it is an inimitable and splendid burst of natural eloquence, ten times more natural and more beautiful, because more simply expressed, than all the hollow sentimentality, and the turgid oratory of Lushington, Macaulay, Buxton, and others, on the subject of slavery in the West Indies. The pamphlet before us, in addition to Mr. Oastler's introductory remarks, from which the above extract is taken, contains also a report of a speech delivered by him at a meeting of the electors of the East Riding of York shire, in which he allildes to the same subject. He says, "There is another part of the factory system which deserves exposure and reprobation. Will you believe it, that so deter mined are the factory masters to hold the children of the poor in slavery, that almost every witness that we have had up be fore the Select Committee (and mind you, they have gone by the positive orders of the House of Commons, for a summons was sent down to command their attendance, and in many instances they got leave of their masters to go before the sum mons reached them-)s I say that in most of those cases the per sons hare been persecuted by being discharged from their work. (Shame.) We have had to support some of those individuals who lost their work simply because duty gave evidence before the Rouse of Commons. e could not find money for all; we have done our best. If they had not gone up, a tipstaff of the House of Commons would have taken them to Newgate, and because they did go, they are to be sent to the poorhouse. I sa y it i s hateful, it is a disgrace to any one of them ; but they are `liberal respectable gentlemen,' at least Baines says' so! (A laugh.)" These extracts are rather long, but they justify us in making room for them, even at the expense of other mat ter, for they afford an admirable exposure of the boasted system of "enlightenment," under the factory system. We cannot resist, however, giving place to a few lines more on a very important subject. It is rather facetiously treated, we confess, but still the genuine good sound sense of the author is conspicuous : " I stated distinctly that a property tax should be instituted to pay all the expenses of the nation. I think so still. (Cheers.) I merely mentioned propert3, but I ought to have said, property and machinery-1 mean that kind of machinery w hi c h is worked by the individual who does nut belong to it. 1 would not have a single machine taxed which belongs to the labourer, and which assists hint in working at home. Some persons have taunted me, and said—'Oh, if you tax machinery, you must tax the knife and the fork, the spade and the plough.' I have said to them—" If that be necessary, do it ; put a tax of a farthing upon the knife, a halfpenny upon the spade, and a penny upon the plough, when used by other persons than the owner; and if you tax the steam engiiie and the machinery in the factory in the same ratio, you will raise a famous sum an nually, and thus protect in the same proportion the industrious artisan, though 1 fancy you will find the trifle of a farthing and a halfpenny on the knife and the spade, scarcely pay for col lecting—but if you will not tax the steam engine without the spade and the plough, so be it, say I.' But I think that if the machine belongs to the man who works at or with it, as, for in stance, the loom of a weaver in his own cottage, that is part of his own labour, and ought, in my opinion, to be exempt from any tax, because, if it were taxed, it would be equivalent to a tax upon labour. If, however, he is dragged from his cottage to work at machinery in factories, which capitalists have bought—then ought machinery to be taxed, because that becomes distinctly a monopoly qt . property vested in machinery. The tax upon it is neither more nor less than a property tax." Farewell, Mr. Richard thistle'. •If there were an hundred men such as you in the House of Commons, the country would not long continue in its present wretched condition.—Guardian and Public Ledger. O'CONNELL'S THREAT ANSWERED. In case ministers adopt coercive measures towards Ire land, in order to suppress what Lord Grey calls the "dis turbances" of that part of the yet United Kingdom, but which we take leave to call the murders, outrages, and other crimes of Ireland, Mr. O'Connell threatens them with a run for gold upon the banks of Dublin. For these things called "runs" we certainly have no great reverence, but this we cannot help saying, that if O'Connell should carry his threat into execution, and the government be compelled to suspend cash payments in Ireland, a more fortunate thing could not happen for that country. It is 'only necessary to make the notes of the Bank of Ireland and the National Bank, a legal ten tier, and there would be an end to the " run," and at the same time a beneficial enlargement of the circulating me dium. Of all countries Ireland wants this most. An In crease of capital would not only make the land more pro ductive, but it would increase the demand for Manual la bour, employ the idle and the destitute, raise wages, and make industry profitable; and this we think can only be done by means of an increased quantity of paper 10 Look at Scotland. She owes every thing to her ball system, and her cheap, and at the same time safe F money. By means of this alone has she been enabl , compete with England in manufactures. By this alai' she perfected her agricultural system, and converte, barren heath and the unproductiv e moss i n t o f er tile where corn grows luxuriantly where formerly only vi the brown heather. Give to Ireland the same advasi and there would speedily be an end to poverty, vie/ priestcraft, which prevail most where ignorance abounds. A " run" then by all means, but a su.spo at the same time and all would be Well.—Guardian Public Ledger. IRISH CHURCH " REFORM." Our Able contemporary of the Standard, in his of the King's speech, happily observed that thefirl rallel against the Chu rc h o f 'lreland was completed. was true ; for last night the last parallel was tini! and the battery opened in due form by Lord Althol brother of a gentleman who is a R oman C a th o li c r The Protestant church, in that part of the empil doomed. We may now speak of it as a thing OF gone—past—irretrievably condemned, without the of pardon or respite. Of the twenty-two Irish 13i ten are to be cut down as trees are in a needy g man's park, in order to be converted into money. revenues of some of the other prelates are to be p to the extent of four or five thousand pounds. All rates, cess, vestry rates, first fruits, &c., are t o be , fished, and the tithes and other grievances are es swept away at the first convenient opportunity. These are the prominent features o f th e bill i n t r og i last night ; the minor details, some of which are note gether objectionable, are hardly worth notice, on ground, that no improvement, as regards the conditi the inferior clergy, can justify or excuse a scheme ef, lic robbery: The propos spoliation has re c eive(' hearty approbation of Mr. O'Connell, who, -we roar" for granted, glories and gloats over the mortal aimed at the Protestant establishment of the sister' Parliament, it will be contended, is omnipotent; this reform, perhaps, will be popular with the Roman tholics, and all those who cherish a deadly enmity e 9 i church ; but in the face of this populatity, and O'Connell's approbation, we assert that a more dal! ous principle, a more unpardonable innovation, a sweeping confiscation, never was advanced, or awe' by a minister of the crown in this country, since the of .lames 11. The Parliament may be o±nnipotenti,, all-powerful as it is, and regardless of establisl.ed as Lord Althorp conceives it to be, it has no more to abolish the sees, or reduce the number o f Prote. Prelates in Ireland, than it has to deprive A, B, o e i of their next quarter's dividends. To say that it !O t power to confiscate chur c h p ro p er ty a t th e d em i se o' t tarn dignitaries, is to say that he has the right to st°l payment of the inte res t o f th e na ti ona l d e b t at the uij of the present hold ~rs of national stock. There WO no greater injustice in the one case than in the The revenues belonging to these sees were set apn the maintenance of the P ro t es t an t re li g i on i n Irelall . , They belong to the chur c h—th e y are as muc h the r perty_ of the church as Woburn Abbey is the propel; the Duke'of Bedford, and Pa r li am e n t wou ld b e justified in robbing that noble . duke of his fair land:lt ° is in depriving the church of property appropriated Le i uses, which the King is bound by an oath to respect , his ministers equally bound to uphold and—maints'e l , violate. What effect this measure will produce in Irelarld are not in a temper at the present moment to A few days will probably put us in possession of the timents of the Protestants on the subject ; but, iti e mean time, we are apprehe ns iv e th a t it w ill tend 0 . , the dismemberment o f the empi r e th an any naea suroj mooted by the imbeciles who rule in Downing-stre 7 Guardian and Public Ledger. The work of sacrilege is begun. Lord Althorp night opened his plan of church plunder. We have one preliminary and paramount objectl the flagitious project. It is a violation of private Pe i an invasion of property, and, if carried into effect, A s ercise of mere power. The church of Englatid is a body as independent e f state of England, as the state is of the church. It because the religion of our church inculcates l o yalty primary duty, or becau s e th e c h urc h h as selecte'ili King of Englanci for her head, in order to render L A duty of easier discharge, that the church has col mised her Christian liberty. Whil e th e P ar li ame nt sisted of members of the church, and of none other; was not unnatural that the H o us e o f C ommons shoel ai . taken, (as being the most import an t an d august hoj lay churchmen in the country,) to represent the lay of the church ; but this confusion of religious repro` tion with political representation was purely accidl The accident from which it was derived has ceased' we protest against the right of any body consistive Papists, infidels, and Socinians, as well as other senters from the church, to interfere either with tht ciptine or the property of the Christian commul'l'l which we belong. Papists would not permit such trusion without remonstrance, neither would Soci° l neither would any class of dissenters; and we clai o , ! our Christian congregation that right which she 1 ° 0 ; 1 lowed to all others. Th e H ouse o f C ommons has nO.O right over the property of th e c h urc h th an it bit Mr. Fox's chapel in Moorfields—no title but the, which justifies every crime, the title of robbers--J i to that we must yield, but -we will no t y i e ld, mat t, ' protesting against . a principle which mus t shak e foundation of all property.--Standard. A MORE THAN SPARTAN BREVITY OF SPEECH.-It thing to write a good speech, and another to speak one. 0 fact was illustrated, some years since, in a neighbouring e ° iu which a regiment o f y eomanry cava l ry h ad resolved e 1 L „ v i o senting their colonel with a splendid silver p or t er j ug , t", the hands of the adjutant. The day of review came ae, the present was to be made. The colonel had g,ot a hiof'; had prepared a splendid oration to return thanks. The e tant's presentation speech was to be unsurpassable; the t were drawn out iu a line, all e y es were turne d towards trli h, jutant, as he advanced b e f ore th e so ldi ers, h o ldi ng the =•,l ing gift in his hand, and the colonel waiting to hear the 3 , ri of the giver. All ears wer e i n t en t t o hear the speech ana,: e Alas ! memory in both indi v id ua l s h a d prove d a trea o, guardian of her treasures. Th e a dj u t ant approache d , est e , his hand, presented the d ona ti on , b ut a l l hi s speec h ‘` . . s , "Colonel, there's the jug ; " an d w h a t was t h e equally o bll officer's reply,—" Aye, is that the jug !"—Scot.iaii. I THE BAMBOO is a native of the hottest regions of Asia. (I , likewise to be found in America, but not in that abne with which it flourishes in the old world. It is never br` id into this country in sufficient supply fur any useful juil ip being rather an object of cur i os it y t h an o f utility. 1i0r,4! countries of its production it i s one o f t h e most un i vers al! ful plants. "'There are about fifty varieties," says Mr' don, in his Botanical Dictionary, "of the Arundo bantbo'' t of the most rapid growth, rising from fifty t o eighty fe. first year, and the second perfecting its timbe r i n h ar ilne 4 elasticity. It grows in stools which are cut every two The quantity of timber fu rn i s h e d b y an acre of b am b oo s l f , mense. Its uses are almost without end. In building it almost entire houses fo r th e l ower or d ers, and enters both the construction and furniture of (hose of the higher. o ll Bridges, boats, masts, rigging, agricultural and ottler.; e i ments and machinery; carts, baskets, ropes, nets, s 3 1 0) cups, pitchers, troughs, pipes for conveying water, I . 'd fences for gardens and fields, &c, are made of it. 31 '`, 1 11, in water it forms : paper • the leaves are, generally put rou e , tea sent to Europe : the thick .iusldssated doice is a f 3 c o l medicine. It is said to he indestructible by fire, to resis t and, by fusion with alkali, to form a transparent pert glass." *pipping Enteiligm TRADE OF LIVERPOOL. The re „ essiL , s ely in the wo!ld, to which Dr i sin nie hat a ready conYesa . nce is not afforded ai, ta „g. Port : and the following information may be which"`, r ealers. We begin with the United State follo w ,OtKets of the most splendid description a , N Ew Pea r °IIK—On the Ist, Sth, 16th, and 24th of tad 1 , 'toerro---There is a regular mail from New kmip:::Nr‘l.aanrdeadrraafntegrettn:irt arrival t hNew respective York. g Cea , l inland postage is not demanded, as form( 13 0 _ On the h and 20th, 5t On the Bth and 20th of each montl usually. PAnTs OF THE UNITED STATES—The f but merchants usually send their letters I Oil ISL AND T DIPS, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AND BRITI li o ,-- There are usually monthly conveyances. Vard e ,i t! " , Alt—On the sth of each month. Observe- R I , also, by way of New York. o T s' ip _bE JAN vano—lOn the Ist and 16th of each men (hmonß PARTS OF SOUTHAmcatcA—Not regular b 14 813 4 A ND LEGIIORN—On the Ist and 16th of eacl Op " N " -- On the Ist and 16th of each month, i, ( 1 ,1 . t1 : 0 --Every 3 weeks. AND SICILY—Every 3 weeks. 'aNA ND CONsTANTINOPLE—EverT 3 weeks. A ku „ P RIDAY, 15th February.—Noon, Wind N.l ,ta a - „,;"„ —George, Wright, from Maranham—Gan 11 (11 a " -- -George the Fourth, Parry, from Messii thi i .,':',l from Girgenti ; on 12th Jan. off Sardinia, li k r"rora this port for Trieste. On '23rd, off Cape 1 z es. from Bahia for Trieste. L 3 e b tlan „ 4 ,, Chevne from La Guavra, at anta Marth t 1( ti :*" 'ale, Pirie; from Santa' Martha Sand Huntil Tl Barhades, at Carthagena. [ ers,y, Houston ; and Ann, Penrice, from this i tr i g ° , 'a, Lucy, from this port at St Andrew's, N B lio,r, --- hence at Lisbon. L: r tel °, ,l l, Freer, from Bahia, at Cowes, (sailed 251 s lat. i&ightbody, hence for New Orleans, was Sp( Cli.; o , long. 58 59. °ft th, ) t, --- from Bahia for this port, was ape g W estern ,„, Islands. , kmaLLRDAY, 16th February.—Noon, Wind N. eli kr j„,:tk—Skeen, Boyd, from St Petersburg and t Clit , ,,,'te, White ; and Europe, Wooley, hence at 1 /14,',": 1, Evans, hence at Jamaica. N It a 'sade, T ozer, h ence a t St J o h n 's,B 14 Tha ar, Fenwick, hence at Madeira, 254 Jan., an J aniTi e , l4, Cook, hence at Madeira, 25th Jan., and Il e ti„ bv„ , °°tia, Bokins, from this port off Heligoland. 8f ,al , Stewart, from Rio Janeiro, at Cowes. F. 44t) ,"'in, Curran from Baltimore, for this Dublint 1 , ; 41 . Mantho ' rp' , hence for Leediorn, at . 4 41 1 ; e aTgo of the Brothers, (which vessel was lost o en saved. yp.„ S UNDAY, 17th February.—Noon, Wind S.- W h '.), Lee, from this port, at Jamaica. J 6 e .14st' ll aven, Sim, from this port, at Madeira 2i th viet.lia Ist Feb. lii3 °l ls. Evans ; Adventure, Cuthbertson ; and Tag L,rt. at Lisbon. fit. Alexander, Morris, hence for Messina, put in Jan with loss of main boom. lee pi -- ,`"th, Fullarton, from this port. was totally w , r, I ttfa. s ,t. i rt. ' , : s,,t l,, l f isi ' s, Leo sce d . ,. h ou en t 2 ce l d fo a r y N s. ew York, put into Cork : Xee :'" New Zealand, on 13th - July ; cargo totally A, T?t, the boatswain, saved. t p l uille. ~, r h , n'eatherby, from Odessa for this port, was i Itl, , "'euth, a little above the Catwater, during a trem FcAllustant. h l tteh t e r) „ -- Vigilant, Thorp, for Havana—Clemence, taTt„Zrrederica, Kirkhove, for Ostend--Comba . tar N l-‘ri m il-d o N rie W ai t. ye ' - `"°--11Iont 'ornery, Sise, for New 1 ork—Hibe O r o& 6 - ' , all o , , i. e 4. l , N ._e DA o l . ",l r B o t o h k F , e ß br r u is a t r o y w .— e, N fr o o o n, n, 'ssto " 30 th, in lat. 35, long. 58 spoke the I alcon, frc IN b r i. she Stoves her foreinast, main topmast, and ia el i i i) "s in, having been run foul of by tl 4 144 -fl Yt, from New Orleans—St. John, Cunsu, Iron e t r ilm f e r( rs mi ton B , tl 'ota s4irnred:—Bee Chalmers, from Galway—Der 'ienth - ' lO.-- ---Auroia, Morgan ; Apollo, Davidson Steer, of Surry, C "A.ll• a - ' Stapleton • Swan, Cal Bey ; Three Sisters, 1 1 ' ------- from' Waterford—Leeds, (steamer) 414, :v a....rittliz N a ' f 2- ra breo d tm l h e , y oN : oe a lwd n s d riny ll it e hv 6 : a is n ane c o e du , na 1- "-Esther, Sparks, from Workington—Clyde, (: Lt ; li „Ste4,rY. I-fin 4 ri. Gooddd:hence at LaguavPorcia,na B . urnett, hence at Ve re,,,." Terilf Smith; and Princess, Holmes, henceat New i tlre a an, Heath, from this port and Salonica, at Cons Thompson, hence at Le g i n p org l theßa . ra W) es i ; ie an , h d en i ;caeltaic,VTehuo t " ° 'en. Holt from Gothenburg, for this port, at VYlhifted -41 ar k acket, ) from Mexico, at Palmeuth. In lat. e ,. ^APrzenced a hurricane which laid the ship out I L~ j e Tne t time. Ni i t s Smart, from Bahia, for this port, put into Mil a nchor, and part of a chain cable. h 4 1 ,7! Hamilton. - hence for New Orleans, was oil Ca all well st ----, 'hence for Monte Video, sailed fron l ert,"t•--Wind N. E N. Pe, Grayson hence for Berbice, was spoken 23r i fi:: 1 1 :;. 38 e p , aelli eel e, , from New York, was off Port Lynas this d Emporto. tp, - ..ictid UNITED STATES. ~_ 5,',,. Cook, fm New Orleans, with 409 treenail ' 4 .1/,:aten, Roskell, Ogden and co--1128 do, order tl:tit.imisa*..llCaldwell, ''--1 "'Lung fm Orleans, 771 bales cotton, J go _, , New limpi r . 'T. order—G Dk Ni l `....inaker, fin New Orleans, with 1070 bales eott( kito;Z" eo--129 do Peck and Phelps-182 do. W Ox 'top , -„Qcott, Thompson fm New Orleans. with 630 1 , s a...„gden and co--550 do, Peek and Phelps-29 e ~,7 if i Ldo, S Bdelston and co-100 do, Croppsr, Ben: ': 1 . W 7 . 61 Ogden and co--50 hds tobacco. Evans am 4 Gilliat_32l bales cotton, order—R faiSOpUerTnHamitMeali,RwiiCtb.43.oo bales ammv,.. - -30 do, Heyworth and co-600 do, order—G 11,'I flowerl4 Viner fm Lima, with 2513 bgs saltpetre, 21 51 e seeds, '0 F Dickson-90 serons bark, D Tay kbtll.ls unkn, W Ker, Imrie and co-1 seron bark, ' cot ,2'5.s ,`, ) ,,t Nicar agua woo d, T Naylor an d co--620 ox VN' A ` ll serons bark, Gibbs, Bright and co-1 hl a ie b an ,', l co--1 bx patterns, 0 Heyworth and co-2 pm ' Pait . , O L Plants, T Langton-682 bgs saltpetre, 17 bls i kjZ i cht., 'Zs. Ibx birds, order—G Dk 0 Z i ' d "right, fin Maranham, with 100 bskts arrows ro, ir f " - -1 tnk 1 bx books retd, 312 bales cotton, '', I %'on Brothers--53 do, Foster Brothers -1W do lA, . do, j R us ht on -60 do, Duarte Brothers-11 k o o SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. 'a Itl t, C arrell fm Lisbon with 142 chsts 275 hf el 4 lm ' -., 11, ' ' C t Caufry-20 bndls c, 1, ---0 13 ' 4,- 1 bx. oranges, ap 4 'tiv k ?AI 4% St rachan, fm St Michael's, with 460 bxs orang °' 3 b gs rock moss, 11 blllB goat skins, .1 Holt and i ~, N it zr, MEDITERRANEAN. ', `ll, t he Fo rth p ,fm Messina, Terra Nova an ~1 1 \ i '4 1 Mes u sina; 5 a c rr sks pumice stone, J Bibby and Os h v a) abt 125 t brimstone, J Bibby and co—(fro ito l l , th u ,, rn ac. 621 big oranges, 27 csks arg,ol, abt 2 t pu k01., - .,,c. co -250 bgs shumac, exportation) oranges, 100 1 , ittlthetbssrothers and co—(for lO dos du to , Howes, fm Girgenti, with abt 160 t brims lk, lroi % , NEW SOUTH WALES. th W4l),etts, fm Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, 1 14% 44 r ( ' Brothers-656 salted hides, Moon Brothers it4 6 11', 14 PS cedar 20140 treenails, 1400 bullock horns - 1 '-- wo 1 21 Is'il x B Walkinshaw-5 es hware, m • g o , i a ~ 1,? it ,ti•s, 35 bills kitchen grates, 11 j'ck weights, • (all retd), I bx 63 es natural curioss, 1 '`'"-,--,.,....._ . ::,00 skins, les rabbit skins, order—Q Dk .V ilittt S ' EAST INDIES.SELS ENTERED FOR LOADINC aCrothers & co, 38 W : ES T T arta IN r D , I P E s s, . f!o , 441' & A mity,' CO, or T ' lheo K sia, 43. e _ Holt kepk ,„°' ,IPP(l',l4Tray' Batavia Barbados Kingston, 338 Catherine, G, Demerara 281 Enmore, Q, Demerara 119 Pantaloon, Q. Demerara 265 Claremont, No IG, Jamaica 123 Adelaide, P, Jamaica ~ Ili, UNITED STATES. r.,:.hZ. 0,, °4 and co , 369 Mary & Susan, Q, ITN N ier e : w inl O i.ao r r le k t t r .," e n &Co 414 Robert Morris , K, New Orlcs rig k -4 1 &Co ' Roscoe, P, ' ./ ''''' ' 349 Minerva. Q, Philadelph 4 8 i 1 Tr o „" 243 Hope, P, Baltimore to Nth ' 427 Anacreon, K, , 104. f Am ers & co , 305 Tuscany, Boston t,,,, ( Si 2i.`" o lln & co, 406 Queen Adelaide. K, New Orle: .—+. ',0n5,480 Citizen, P New Orlez A N° 414 'n & Tecum seh , G. Savannah r,s t co, co, 374 . . 380 Virginia, P, Virginia } 1 111.4 et .1. BRITISH AMERICA. k' , ll tk ~4 3 - l or, 96 Cherub S, Nwfound e k T rt tlo„3 3T ior, ,11,;:ehe,c)11:11,... SPAIN 4A14924:73N Caledonia,ej Aa O neD IT I t, e ‘ I l e PORTUGAL., Q,K , sila John, iNewfoundf.Halifax, . Ni, It i b t _ ac on e ° 81 Adelaide. S, Lisbon 1 1 NI, & „ es ' 89 Pearl, S, Lisbon s od. Ilib l , k po . 2 s7E D CH i a T etaln E r s iYn s ai s : FE 'i s e rt ' . IC, 13 LisbonbaBg S 151 Ceres, G, Naples & I