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Impala Variffinunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Beer Act in part Repeal hill went through committee, Ltd the report thereof was ordered to be received on Tues day- Lord LYNDHURST presented petitions from cotton-spin ners of Glasgow, complaining of an evasion of the Factory Act ; and especially of the representations in the report of Mr. Stuart, one of the factory commissioners. Lord STansoironn adverted to the notice given by Mr. O'Connell for a bill to enable Roman Catholics to hold offices in the spiritual courts, and to occupy the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The notice having been received by a cheer front supporters of the government, he wished to know whether the measure was introduced with the sanction of government. Lord MELBOURNE answered that it was not introduced with the sanction of her Majesty's government. Some curious conversation followed, in consequence of the Marquis of Londonderry's denunciation of the language at tributed to Mr. O'Connell and Mr. H. Grattan, regarding the insecurity of the Queen's life under certain circum stances. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented papers regarding Canada, the conduct of Colonel Prince, and the Mauritius. His lordship remarked that the order in council regarding slaves had been promulgated in the Mauritius. Lord BROUGHAM observed on the melancholy fact, that the slavery had been continued six months longer in the Mauritius than in any other colony. The Bishop of EXETER presented several petitions from the clergy of his diocese, &c., against the Church Discipline Bill. _ The Archbishop of CANTERBURY then moved that the bill should be referred to a " select" committee, which was agreed to, and the committee appointed, and ordered to meet on Wednesday. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Dr. LUSHINGTON inquired whether the government had received any notification of the abolition of negro apprentice ship in the Mauritius. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the government had no knowledge of the fact from official despatches ; but he had no doubt that the order in council had been received by the governor of the Mauritius, and had been acted upon, and that negro apprenticeship had in consequence ceased since the 31st of March, because he had seen a Mauritius newspaper in which a statement to that effect appeared. STOCKDALE V. HANSARD. Lord HowicK brought up a special report from the com mittee of privileges to which had been referred the considera tion of the proceedings in the case of " Stockdale v. Han sard," which was read at the table by the clerk. The report stated that the attorney-general had reported to the commit tee that notice had been that day given to the defendant of a writ of inquiry having issued to assess the damages sustained by the plaintiff in the action ; and that it appeared to the committee, that, while it was expedient to enquire into the circumstances under which the judgment was given, it was not expedient that on the assessment of damages the defend ant should appear by counsel. THE BELGIAN QUESTION. Viscount PALMERSTON laid on the table the treaties by which was concluded the final settlement of the Belgian ques tion.—(Hear, hear.) The ratifications were only exchanged on Saturday last, and he now laid the papers before the house. He also laid on the table a post-office convention between Great Britain and France, for the purpose of facili tating the transmission of letters between the two countries. CANADA. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that with regard to the motion of which the noble lord the member for North Lancashite had given notice, it might be convenient to the house that he should state that the course which he took upon the Canada question depended upon the course which would be taken by the noble lord ; and when that was explained, it would be for the government to determine whether they thought it necessary to press the question to a division. If the noble lord could not agree to the principle of union between the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, then he should press the first resolution ; but if, on the other hand, the noble lord did not think it advisable that the house should pledge itself to a measure before it saw the details, then he would withdraw the resolution, move for leave to bring in a bill, and lay the bill on the table of the house. Lord STANLEY had no objection to repeat the precise terms of his motions, which were these :—that on Thursday next he would take the sense of the house as to the expedi ency of pledging the house, by an abstract resolution, to the principle of union between Upper and Lower Canada. — (Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEiti, said, that it seemed to him it would be advi sable to come to a distinct understanding upon the subject of the motion given by his noble friend the member for North Lancashire, and he could not but think it inconvenient that the course to be pursued by her majesty's i overnment was to depend on the speech of the noble lord.— Hear, hear, and a laugh.) If the noble lord intended to wit draw his reso lution, and to bring in a bill for the purpose of effecting a union, he apprehended there -.‘ ould be no opposition to such a course. _ _ _ Lord J. Russzm, thought that there would be great evil in taking a division upon chi , cpiestion, which might be in terpreted in Canada as a division upon the principle of an union, whereas it would only he a division upon the expe diency of proceeding by resolution or by bill. He should be ready, therefore, to withdraw his resolution, and to bring in a bill. (Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL wished to know whether there had been any change in the noble lord's intentions of legislating upon this subject during the present session, or whether the bill would be merely laid on the table of the house. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that, after the very strong protest against a union by the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, the government would certainly not feel justified in pressing forward legislation upon the subject during this session. (Ironical cries of " Hear, hear," and laughter.) JAMAICA. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole house on the Jamaica bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair. On the question that the first clause do stand part of the bill, Sir E. Su ODEN contended that it would be difficult to show that any case had arisen to call for the exercise of the power of the imperial parliament, which should only be exercised on a pressing emergency. It was a mese farce to say, that. this bill afforded a means of allowing the House of Assembly to pursue its former course of legislation. A very slight alteration in the terms of the first clause would be sufficient to carry out the proposed object; and he should therefore only press on the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Labouchere) that some words should be introduced to meet the intentions of all parties. He trusted that the house would give the legislature of Jamaica an opportunity of doing that which hon. gentlemen opposite said they were so anxious for, viz., legislating for the emancipated population of that colony. Entertaining these feelings, he should move that the first enacting clause, which proved that the governor and council of Jamaica be empowered to make laws, ordinances, &c., be omitted. Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that the government had withdrawn the former bill, not in consequence of any change of opinion with respect to it, but because the opinion of the house sppeared to be nearly divided as to whether it was ex pedient or not that the house of assembly of Jamaica should have a locus penitentice, and that if that body did not enact such laws as the exigency of the case required, these after proceedings should be taken. The present bill went on the principle of offering a locus prtmilenlice to the house of assem bly ; but in the event of any manifestation of bad faith and contumacy on the part of the colonial legislature, the govern ment would take care that the great bulk of the community of Jamaica should suffer as little as possible. The question then was, whether in the three clauses which the bill con tained, they were going too far, or only fulfilling the pledges they had given to their constituents, that they would continue to protect the recently emancipated negro population of the colonies with paternal solicitude. The right hon. gentleman referred to the course pursued by Sir E. Sugden when the emancipation bill was before parliament, which was quite in consistent with that he was now pursuing. Several amend ments were adopted on the recommendation of the right hon. and learned gentleman, and among others the prison clause, with the view of meeting the feelings of alarm excited as to the conduct that would be pursued towards the negro popu lation. These clauses the right hon. and learned gentleman had successfully pressed on her majesty's government, and they were adopted ; and if they were then absolutely neces sary, did he say that he would not protect the emancipated negro population as well as the apprentices ? The right hon. gentleman contended, that the vagrancy laws, and the law of contract, and the laws relating to unauthorised occupation of land, all demanded alteration. The government had no wish to interfere unnecessarily with the house of assembly of Jamaica : hut they were compelled by an imperative sense of duty to come forward on the present occasion ; and if the house refused to sanction so moderate and limited an interfe rence as that now proposed, the people of this country would come to the opinion that parliament had abandoned the ground which it took last year. Mr. Gt. A rosToNE contended that the house of assembly had not had a fair opportunity for legislating on these subjects. Enactments to answer the purposes required could not have become law by January next; and it would be far better, if the necessity were to arise, to summon a parliament earlier than usual, rather than take a course by which constitutional principles of great importance were violated. At least there were between two and three hundred thousand emancipated negroea in Barbadoes and the other islands, for whom none of these provisions were proposed to be made, and yet with re spect to whom the necessity for such protection must have been just as great as for those of Jamaica. If, therefore, the government could make out a case of serious grievance for the population of Jamaica, they would convict themselves of gross neglect and injustice to the negro population of the other colonies, inasmuch as they did not propose similar re gulations for them. But because they did not propose any such enactment for the other colonies, he (Mr. Gladstone) thought the inference irresistible, that there was no real case of grievance in Jamaica. Sir GEORGE GREY Cohtel:fled, that every principle of honour, justice, and humanity, required that the emancipa tion act should be carried out, and that the government should receive power to remove the grievances arising from bad laws, and the want of proper legislation. Mr. GOCLIIt:RN contended that this bill would be more obnoxious to the colony of Jamaica than the former one. Mr. SIIEIL exposed what he termed the inconsistency of Sir Edwd. Sugden. The house divided. The numbers were found to be—For the clause, 228 ; against it, 191 ; majority, 34.—The remain ing clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.--TUESDAY. The Duke of BEAUFORT adverted to the circular lately addressed to the lords lieutenant of counties, on the subject of armed associations. The Salford Radical Association, and an association at Bath, had applied for arms, but his own opinion was, that the circular was greatly misunderstood, and that armed associations, without proper military control, were calculated to do much harm. Lord MELBOURNE concurred in opinion with the noble duke, and stated that the circular went no further than to offer arms in cases of emergency, under the discretion of the lords lieutenant of counties. The Duke of \‘' ELLINGTON thought that a copy of the circular should he laid on the table, that they might see what class of persons the government intended to arm. After some further remarks from different peers, the con ♦ersation dropped. The report of the Sale of Beer act in part repeal bill was presented and agreed to. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he should move the second reading of his bill on education on Friday neat. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. In the Commons, the proceedings on two " Divorce" bills occupied a good deal of time. Mr. HARVEY asked whether they were to decide on what they heard ? because he had been unable to hear one word of the evidence---a fact he mentioned only to show how this species of business was transacted. A message from the House of Lords requested the attend ance of Sir J. Somerville, to give evidence ou the " state of Ireland." Leave was given. Mr. THORNELY deferred his motion regarding Haytian coffee at the request of Mr. P. Thomson, who said that there was a negotiation proceeding on the subject. Mr. WARD and Mr. hAEVEY, in compliance with re quests; deferred motions, of which they had given notice for the 18th instant, to make way fur Mr. Grote's motion on Mr. WILLIAMS, for Mr. Hume, deferred that hon. mem ber's motion on the subject of the bankaffairs, for threeweeks. Mr. VILLIERS postponed his motion on the timber duties, from June 20 till July 7. Mr. O'CONNELL deferred, for a fortnight, his motion for a bill to enable Roman Catholics to hold the office of lord chancellor, &c., in Ireland. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to Sir J. Graham's inquiry, said the printing of Bibles in Scotland, as the patent of QUEEN'S printer is not to be renewed, would be under the regulation of a corporation of five persons in Edinburgh, con sisting of the moderator, two divines of the church of Scot land, and two laymen, also of that church ; and that according to the opinions of the lord advocate and the attorney-general, no statute was required to carry the regulations into effect; the royal prerogative was sufficient; but he should submit the details, in a printed form, to the house in a few days. Mr. WAKLEY, in answer to Lord Ashley, said he should not press his motion regarding inquiry into the truth of the allegations made in the petition of McNish. &c., and into the operation of the Factory Act in Scotland, understanding that it would be opposed by the government. Mr. MACKINNON obtained leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the laws regarding turnpike trusts, and to allow of unions of the same. Mr. FsEsHFIELD rose to move for returns regarding the number of days that the Court of Exchequer had sat as a court of equity, for 10 years, ending 1838 ; but the thinness of the house suggested that it should be counted, and it was " counted out" shortly before eight o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY. The house did not meet this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock, to afford an opportunity for presenting petitions. Immense numbers were presented against the government scheme of national education, in favour of uniform postage, &c. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would move the dropped order for the report on the Jamaica Enactments bill till next evening, and propose, if practicable, the third reading on Friday. Mr. PRYME moved the third reading of the rating of tene ments bill. Mr. JERVIS opposed it, and moved that it be read the third time that day six months. After some discussion the house divided on the bill; the numbers were—ayes, 70 ; noes, 94—majority against the bill, 24. The custody of infants' bill was considered in committee ; as was the borough watch rates bill. The report of the copyholds enfranchisement bill was taken into further consideration, and agreed to. The sewers bill was ordered to be referred to a select com mittee. The electors' removal bill was afterwards considered in committee, and called forth much desultory conversation. Report ordered to be received on Monday. The prisons (Scotland) bill was deferred till next day. • . The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, in committee of ways and means, moved a resolution, continuing the existing sugar duties. Mr. EWART expressed regret that no alteration was pro posed. Resolution agreed to. Mr. C. BULLER, having obtained leave, brought in a bill, which was read the first time, " to establish a court of appeal from the decision of the revising barristers. The house then adjourned. THE SHREWSBURY LOYAL DECLARATION. [We have great pleasure in transferring into our columns the following admirable reply of the Duke of Wellington to the Shrewsbury Loyal Declaration, which we find in the Sa lop ian Journal.] LONDON, JUNE 5, 1839. I am much flattered and gratified by the opinion of the gentlemen of Shrewsbury and the neighbourhood, that my right honourable friend Sir Robert Peel and I have not con ducted ourselves towards our Sovereign with disloyal inso lence. My first impression on the calumnies which you have noticed were, as those of the gentlemen of Shrewsbury, those of contempt as well for the calumnies themselves as for the persons of those with whom they originated, and of those who circulated them. The Ministers of the Sovereign thought proper to resign their offices, very much to my astonishment. I was called upon, and then my right honourable friend Sir Robert Peel, to undertake the direction of the affairs of our Sovereign's Government. He undertook the charge, and I was willing to serve in any way that might be wished, in or out of office, in any office, or without emolument or patronage. I had no proposition to submit to the Sovereign, and sub mitted none. But I concurred in those submitted by my right honourable friend Sir Robert Peel. I thought that they were founded on the principle on which all preceding administrations had been formed ; on that alone on which the affairs of the state can be conducted with honour to those concerned in conducting them,—with satisfaction, and even with security to the Sovereign. We have heard much at different times of the exercise and power of secret influence in the palace, probably more• than was consistent with truth on the occasions on which such in fluence was complained of. But it never was pretended at any period that such influence was not prejudicial to the con duct of public affairs. I had upon a former occasion felt the inconvenience of an anomalous influence of this description, and I was the more anxious to avoid now to expose myself and the public service to the risk of suffering from the real or even supposed exercise of such an influence. The consequence of the propositions of my right honorable friend, made with my concurrence, was that the arrangement of an administration as suggested could not be made ; and the ministers who had resigned resumed their several offices. The affair would there have terminated, if it had not been deemed expedient to charge my right honorable friend and myself with insolence—disloyal insolence—to our Sovereign, and to raise a cry against us on that ground. However I may regret that these transactions should be come the subject of discussion, I cannot be surprised that gentlemen of honor and character, such as those resident in and in the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury who haxe signed this declaration, should be anxious to declare that they do not concur in the address voted in that town, that they con sider to be calumnious the imputation of disloyal insolence against public men whose only faults were their readiness to serve their Sovereign when their services were called for, notwithstanding the difficulties of the times, and that they submitted to the Sovereign propositions founded on the known principlpc of the ennßtitution. . In proportion as the gentlemen who have signed this declaration feel contempt for the calumnies which the address contains, and for those who have thus recognised, recorded, and propagated them, must they feel anxious to record by their declaration their dissept from them. It is very satisfactory to me to receive this declaration from a gentleman who is the representative in the House of Com mons of the town of Shrewsbury, for whom on account of former recollections and services, as well as on account of the station he fills, his acquirements, and reputation, I must ever feel the highest respect. WELLINGTON. MISCELLANEOUS. Sir John Conroy, it is said, and we hope truly, has resigned the office he held in the Duchess of Kent's household, and purposes to retire into Wales. REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.—II iS understood that Mr. Hodges, the whig member for this part of the county, does not intend to offer himself again. The conser vatives, no doubt, are ready with a man. Vast quantities of mackerel have been taken at the back of the Wight this month, affording a rich harvest to the fisherman, and a plentiful cheap supply to the islanders and visitors. The canonisation of live saints took place at Rome, on the 26th ult., with great pomp. The Kings of Naples and Bavaria, the Dowager Queen of Sardinia, and the Duchess de Berri were present. The government normal school was to have been the me tropolitan pauper school at Norwood, established by the poor law commissioners, and placed by them under the manage ment of Dr. Kay, who is also secretary to the educational committee of the privy council. We learn from the Yorkshireman, that Mr. Baines, of the Museum, in the city of York, has been successful in raising from seed one of the wonders of the vegetable kingdom, the Desmodium (more commonly called Hedyearum) Gyrans, whose leaves exhibit one of the most curious instances of spontaneous motion in a plant. It is now in a stove at the Museum, and its extraordinary movements go on constantly and vigorously. TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM.—We rejoice to hear that a tribute of respect and esteem is about to be presented to the Rev. Edward Wilson, minister of St. Thomas's, Odd Rode, and Master of the Free Grammar School, Congleton. It con sists of a Salver, with a Silver Pocket Communion Service, Inkstand, a Purse of Gold, (100 guineas) and his Portrait. — Chester Courant. The Rev. J. Campbell, M.A., has been appointed, under the sanction of the bishop, a missionary chaplain amongst the navigators employed on the Bristol and Exeter railway. The directors of the Railway Company and the Pastoral Aid Society have contributed most lioerally to his support. The men have received the chaplain in the most cordial manner. The proceeds of the benefit, at Drury-lane Theatre, for the benefit of the widow and family of the late Mr. Haynes Bayly, the dramatist, the house having been filled to its full complement, realised about £4OO. The Duchess of Beaufort, the Marchioness of Tavistock, Lady Nugent, and the Hon. Mrs. Norton, were the leading ladies of rank who interested themselves on behalf of Mr. Bayly. " LIBERAL" BILLINGSGATE.—The republican and infidel faction are very wrathful with the Wesleyan methodists, in consequence of the latter having opposed themselves the no religion scheme of the Whigs. In one of the liberal journals of Sunday last, the Wesleyans are declared to be " miserable howling p uritanical curs ," "crabbed-faced ignorant wretches," "long-visaged vagabonds," Sze. As two countrymen, who had come to Nottingham to see the opening of the railway, on Tuesday fortnight, were taking a view of Nottingham market place, the attention of one of them was directed to a tradesman's board, where Royal Lace Depot was over his door, which led him to remark to his companion, that " it was funny to see carriages go without horses, but laced tea pots was past beating." DEATH IN TINE POT.—We understand that a family in this city, last week, immediately after eating dinner, found them selves dreadfully poisoned. They were restored by the efforts of a skilful physician, but not till they had vomited them selves nearly to death. Upon an investigation of the cause of the poison, it was found that a copy of the Louisville Ad vertiser was in the pot in which the dinner had been boiled. —Louisville Journal. It is rumoured, and from what we can learn upon good grounds, that Lord William Bentinck is about to resign the representation of Glasgow. It is added, also we believe with truth, that Mr. James Oswald is to be proposed as his suc cessor. lf, however, the London report, that a dissolution of parliament is immediately impending, should prove cor rect, the fact of Lord William Bentinck's resignation is com paratively unimportant.— Glasgow Herald. THE WEATHER.--Crops of every kind, both in gardens and fields, are thriving well. Potatoes are brairded in many places, but are not generally up. We have had two refresh ing rains during the week, being all that was wanted to a vigorous vegetation ; and this morning (Thursday) the fields show that they have been greatly refreshed by the copious rain of last night. The wheat crop in particular shows the beneficial effects.—Kilmarnock Journal. CONSERVATIVE LOYALTY.—The conservatives of Kid derminster have determined upon commemorating the coro nation of Queen Victoria, on the 28th instant, by meeting on that day and walking in procession to St. George's chapel, where a sermon will be preached. A conservative festival will then take place in the open air. The festival promises to be a splendid display of loyal and constitutional feeling. It is stated that upwards of 800 persons will sit down to dinner. CONFUSION OF IDEAs.a—ln Westminster Abbey there is a monument, on which an old sea dog of a commodore is repre sented as Neptune coming out of the sea, with a full-bot tomed wig on, powdered and puffed. A scotch sculptor once made an angel on a tombstone, with a similar article of full dress on. When his patron remonstrated, " Hoot, mon, did ye ever see an angel with a wig?" the sculptor inquired" did ye ever see an angel without ? ' On the stern of a Boston ship, called the Tarquin, there is a representation of Tarquin, the King of Rome, in a chariot, and an eagle flying over his head, with a tarpaulin hat hanging on his beak.—New York Dispatch. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. We understand that it is in contemplation to lay the foundation stone of the great railway viaduct over the Almond Valley, near Newlis ton, on the 15th instant. It will be laid with all masonic honours. The work when completed will be one of the most magnificent structures in the kingdom. It is to consist of thirty-six arches, some of them ninety feet high. It is the principal work on the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, and will be finished in the course of the year 1841. — Edinburgh Evening Post. ANCIENT ROMAN SILVER COIN.—A denarius of Marcus Aurelius was dug up by one of the excavators of the founda tion of the steps to the front entrance of the proposed Queen's College, near Bath, and presented, last week, on the day of King Charles's Restoration, to the projector. This coin was struck in the beginning of the second century ; and although, therefore, 1700 years old, the beautifully-executed head of the Emperor which it bears is in perfect preservation. On the reverse is a figure standing clad in the toga, holding a branch in one hand, and a clava (or club) in the other.—Bristol Journal. Already there are sure indications of the successful de velopement of the hitherto neglected mineral wealth of Ire land. The copper mines in the counties of Waterford, Wick low, and Cork, equal the best and most productive of the mines of Cornwall. The lead mines in Wicklow, Wexford, and Armagh, are rich in produce, and from the lead ore of Wicklow considerable quantities of silver have been extracted. The first piece, of nearly eighty pounds weight, has been re cently sold by the Mining Company of Ireland to Mr. Law, of Sackville-street, Dublin, at ss. 3d. per ounce—a price above the general standard value.—Limerick Standard. A conference was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office, when the ratifications of the treaty of peace between the King of Holland and the King of the Belgians were exchanged. This final act brings to a happy termination a question of vital importance, beset with many difficulties, which seemed almost insurmountable, and which did, upon more than one occasion, force Europe to the very threshold of a general war. It is, therefore, with hearty pleasure that we now announce this final act of its peaceful settlement —Government Print. MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN WALES.—A correspondent of the Era states, that a young lady was found murdered near the source of the Wye, on the summit of Plinlimmon, in Wales, on the 17th ult. A deep stab had penetrated her breast. The murderer is supposed to have been a gentleman who accompanied her up the mountain, and whom the people of the hamlet where guides are usually procured, took to be either her lover or her husband. They were evidently on a tour, and were both strangers. The perpetrator of the deed has not since been heard of. GEORGE STEPHENSON. ESQ.—That truly great and dis tinguished man, George Stephenson, civil engineer, of this town, stated publicly at the recent opening of the York and North Midland Railway, with the truth and simplicity which mark his character, that he commenced his career in life as a plough-boy, and that he was sent out by his parents to la bour when he was only eight years of age. The village of Killingworth near this town, it is understood, had the honour of giving birth to Mr. Stephenson —now certainly one of the most able as well as the most useful men in the whole world. Newcastle Journal. CAUTION.—Two men, rather respectably dressed, are go ing about the county of Flint with a petition, stating that a manufactory of flannel belonging to them had been burnt, leaving them in great poverty. This petition is signed by many respectable names and a considerable sum put down against them. When they called on a gentleman of this neighbourhood they were drunk, very insolent, and refused a small sum under the name of a friend. They afterwards pro ceeded to a beer-shop, where, after drinking, swearing, and enquiring the names and residences of persons in this part of the country, they altered a name that had been put down for a shilling to a pound ; they then proceeded to Liver pool.—Chester Courant. ANTIQUITIES.—The lords of the admiralty have sent a ship of war to the south-eastern part of Asia Minor, for the purpose of transporting from thence to this country a large collection of most valuable ancient sculptures and bas reliefs, which have been discovered by Mr. Fellows, in Asia Minor, where many towns and cities, and a remarkable and nearly perfect theatre, hitherto quite unknown, have likewise been found. Mr. Hawkins, one of the curatots of the British Museum, has been principally instrumental in securing to that establishment these invaluable remains of Grecian art, many of which are said to be in a state of comparative per fection. PREPARED PEAT.—Thom as Kennedy, Esq. the ex-Mayor, has brought with him from Glasgow specimens of prepared peat, which are in the possession of Mr. Osborne, at Mr. J. Hay's shop, Shiy-quay-street, for inspection. This peat is nearly of the hardness and consistency of oak, and when ig nited, gives out a greater heat than coal. The process of pre paration is very simple : the wet peat is thrown into what is called a pug mill, (the same as is used in preparing clay for brick,) in which it is reduced to a sort of pulp. It is then put into moulds, and in summer put on the ground to dry, but in winter it is dried in stoves. The reason ,why it becomes so firm and solid is, that in the mill the fibres are cut across into the most minute particles, so that the parts are after wards brought into a state of the closest consistency in drying. We understand that the expense of preparing it in this way does not exceed five shillings per ton in summer, and as it is useful, not only for domestic but for several manufacturing purposes, it deserves a trial iu this country.—Derry Sentinel. YAWNING EXTRAORDINARY.—The Scotsman narrates an instance of dislocation of the jaw from yawning. By far the most singular case of this description we ever heard of occurred in Ayr many years ago. A woman between sixty and seventy years of age, named Gillespie, who lived in Townhead, had been so addicted to yawning in church as to call down the reproof of the Rev. Dr. Dalrymple upon her for the habit. At last the habit cured itself, for the poor woman yawned her jaw out of joint. The case was a very obdurate one, as the late Dr. Bone, Dr.' Whitside, and in deed the whole faculty who attended, could not reduce the dislocation. The singularity of the case lies in the sequel. After living mostly on soft food, with her jaw dislocated, for a twelvemonth, the woman again went to church, and yawned her jaw into its place again ! The incident smacks a good deal of the Irishman who ran through a hedge and scratched out his eyes, and ran back and scratched them in again. But the facts of the case we have stated are beyond dispute.— Dumfries Courier. Mns. B. LENNON.—AS this lady must he well known to some of our readers, from her long residence in Liverpool, (perhaps more generally known as Mrs. Cassidy,) we feel pleasure in quoting the following in her favour, from a critique on Mr. Conran's concert, held lately in Dublin :—" Mrs. B. Lennon was enthusiastically encored, in Lee's beautiful bal- I.d " The daughters of sunny Italy." The sung ' Ausere ment,' accompanied by Pigott, on the violoncello, met and deserved the same reception. Mrs Lennon deserves the high character she enjoys, that of being an excellent musician.— Dublin Morning Register. AN UNFORTUNATE SHOULDER OF MUTTON.—A few days ago, a butcher in this neighbourhood, who has always been considered " wide awake," lost a shoulder of mutton ; and having ascertained that it had been stolen by a dog be longing to a certain attorney, he lost no time in repairing to its owner, and accosted him as follows Pray, sir, if a dog comes to my shop, and runs away with a joint of meat, cannot I make the owner pay for it ?" " Certainly," replied the attorney. " Then I will thank you for 3s. 9d., which is the cost price of a shoulder of mutton your pointer has just stolen from me." The lawyer paid the money, and the knight of the cleaver thanking him, and wishing him a good morning, was leaving the office ; but the solicitor said, " Stay, sir, I must trouble you for my fee. You come to consult me, I give you my opinion, and the charge is Cs. Bd." The butcher looked exceedingly sheepish, but instantly paid the amount, and returned home with the loss of his mutton, and an additional 2s. 11d.—Cheltenham Chronicle. A FEROCIOUS PONY.—On Sunday last, as a young woman, with a babe in her arms, was walking in the environs of Chesterfield, she was attacked in a most ferocious manner by a pony, the property of Mr. Burkitt, of that place, malt ster, the animal running at her in a furious manner with its mouth wide open. Luckily a person of the name of Walm sley happened to be passing in the same direction, and was attracted to the spot by the cries of the unfortunate woman. He hastened to her assistance, and succeeded in driving away the vicious quadruped, but not before the woman had been severely bitten on the back by the infuriate beast, besides other serious injuries to her person. The brave defence used by the mother against her assailant preserved the in fant from receiving any harm. This is not the first attack made by this desperate animal.—Doneaster Gazette. THE GLASGOW CHARTISTS.—An extravagant address has just been stuck up throughout the town, announcing the great demonstration in the Green on Monday. The secretary has lost none of his sublimity, as the following morceau will show : —" Brothers in political hondage !—Rally round the standard you reared upon the 21st of May, 1838, and welcome to the far-famed city of Glasgow the champions of the p3ople's rights, the liberators of oppressed and injured Britain. Come in the majesty of your might, strike terror to the tyrant, and' set the captive free. Now or never must the blow be struck that levels to the ground the citadel of corruption (and it must be done by every lawful, legal measure,) throw to the winds sectarian fanaticism, be ye united, and let faction war against faction in all the bitterness of hatred, your cause is the cause of truth; and though at times it may be for a little moment shrouded in obscurity, yet it will burst, and proudly leave its sepulchre, and, in the refulgence of its rays, annihilate both ignorance and error; it shall prev a il th oug h anarchy and revoution shake a nation to its centre, and rends it into atoms—though desolation and death stride from one end of the earth to the other—yet o'er the grave of fac tion, the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds, it shall emblazoned shine, and shine for ever. Xerxes tried to lash the waves into subjection and bind the Hellespont in chains, and tyrants now will dare to bind the mind of man ; but show by your numbers on the Green of Glasgow, on the 10th of June, they are unable for the task."—Glasgow Herald. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—At a meeting of thefriends of the Society for Promoting the Better Observance of the Sabbath, held last week in the Corn Exchange, Manchester, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, who presided, alluded .to the Duke of Wellington in the following terms :—" Under the blessing of God, tills country owed more to the duke than to any man living • and though his laurels won at Waterloo had been somewhat withered or stained by the unhappy surrender of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill in St. Stephen's, still it was but a little speck in a bright sky, and they must not let it make them forget what they owed to the hero of Waterloo and the liberator of Europe. His (the chairman's) intention in mentioning him now was to relate an anecdote which he had had from a clergyman at Cheltenham. When his grace, some time since, visited Cheltenham for his health, the very first thing he asked for was the nearest church to the hotel ; and twice every Sabbath day was he seen, reverent and de vout, in his place in the house of God, nor was he seen wasting the rest of the hallowed day driving about, either through ostentation or for amusement. Though he spoke on no other authority than frequent rumour, there was good reason to believe that the Duke of Wellington was searching his bible daily. We owed a deep debt of gratitude to that illustrious nobleman, and the best way in which we could re pay it was by asking of God daily, in our prayers, that one who had been so glorious in time should not be lost in eter nity, but that he should have everlasting life." THE IMPERIAL BANK.—Fearful of giving offence or doing any injury to the manager, directors or proprietors of this bank, has heretofore deterred us from entering at all, in de tail, upon the merits of its position. We beg now, however, most respectfully, and with the best wishes towards all parties concerned, to submit the following information :—The Im perial Bank from the commencement never ranked high as a bank of credit ; and an unfortunate selection of a part of their directory tended to increase that feeling. Besides this, there appears to have prevailed, on the part of more extensive and apparently more prosperous establishment of the like des criptions, a species of hostility and disposition to run foul upon their paper and transactions. How far this :has ex tended and led to their present situation, it is not for us to discuss. According to the deed of incorporation of the share holders of the bank, a further call of £5 per share, and other matters leading to their resumption of payment, co u ld n ot be legally effected without two previous special extraordinary general meetings, a fortnight from each other. The first of these meetings took place on Monday last, the other is adver tised for the 13th instant. A more creditable feeling has been and is manifested on the part of several wealthy shareholders to come forward with their names, in addition to the £5 fur ther call upon their shares, in order that the bank may more speedily resume business, which is confidently expected to take place early in July, under the changed title of " The Chester and Staffordshire Banking Company." We beg, in addition, to caution all holders of notes or other liabilities of the bank, against listening to or believing any reports that may have been attempted, or are attempted, to be spread by any disappointed debtors, shareholders who are in arrears with their previous calls, or discarded inferior officers of the establishment. The most reputable disposition prevails at the head office; and, no doubt, a little further patience will set all claims and rumours at rest.—Manchester Advertiser. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. (Trom the Cork Constitution.) SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (From the Colonial Time.! of January 1, 1839, published in Hobart Town.) We have received South Australian papers to the Bth of December, and subjoin such local intelligence as may be interesting_i— NEW WESLEYAN CHAPEL. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of this building took place on Tuesday last, and at the appointed hour hundreds of individuals had gathered together to witness a scene gratifying to the feelings of every colonist, and of peculiar interest to those whose anxious desire is that, as . we advance in temporal things, so should our colony continue to maintain and extend its oppor tunities for religious instruction. After singing a suitable hymn, the Rev. W. Longbottom engaged in prayer, and in a most impressive manner entreated the Divine blessing to rest upon the services of the day, twd upon the temple about to be erected. His Excellency the Governor then proceeded to lay the stone, inserted within it a scroll of lead engraved with the following inscription : " The Foundation Stone of this Building was laid by his Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler, Governor of South Australia, XXVII. November, ,MDCCCXXXVIII. The Rev. Wm. Longbottom, Resident Missionary. Trustees: Jacob Abbott, John Boots, Robert S. Breeze, Wm. Collins, Samuel East, William Lillecrap, William Mincham, Archi bald Macdougall, William Pearse, John B. Shepherdson, Thomas P. Heep, Edward Stephens. Architect: G. S. Kingston. Builders: Messrs. East and Breeze." His Excellency then delivered a short and appropriate ad dress, complimenting the zeal and usefulness of the Wes leyan body •, calling upon the Christian ministers of the colony to cultivate feelings of brotherly love, and to emu late each other in good works ; and entreating all present especially to remember their sable and degraded brethren, the aborigines. . _ After the doxology, the Rev. T. S. Stow, the Independent minister, concluded the meeting by a most powerful prayer, and the numerous and respectable assembly separated evidently much interested in the ceremony that they had witnessed. The children of the Wesleyan Sunday School amounting to upwards of 80, were assembled upon the ground, and they had a very pleasing appearance. The trustees and several friends took tea together in the evening, and followed up the appeal of his Excellency on behalf of the native population by commencing a subscrip tion for the maintenance of a pastor for them, and fifteen guineas were immediately subscribed. We trust the subject will not now be allowed to drop. ARRIVAL OF THE RAJASTHAN.—The Rajasthan arrived from London yesterday afternoon with 230 emigrants, having sailed the 26th July. PRICE OF BREAD.—The recent high price of this impor tant article of consumption demands the attention of the public and of the colonial government. We are satisfied, from the information we have received, that the price at pre sent charged is at least one-third more than it ought to be, with reference to the price of flour. Some sort of check should be placed upon the charges of the baker: probably the most effectual and wholesome would be a determination on the part of the public to patronise any baker who would make good bread and sell it at a fair and reasonable profit. It would well answer the purpose of any respectable baker to open an establishment upon such terms. EXPORTS.—The gratifying sight of dray loads of wool pass ing through the town has gladdened our eyes during the week. A good deal of wool goes in the Mumford and Lady Emma to Launceston to be shipped for London. We understand that the company's clip this year is valued at £7OO. The samples of our colonial wool which we have seen appear very excellent, and we doubt not South Australian wool will fetch a good price in the home market. We trust great pains will be taken with it, that we may not be behind our neighbours in weight, cleanliness, and quality. ARRIVAL OF MR. HAWDON.—This enterprising gentle man arrived in the Mary Pelham on Thursday last from Sydney. He sent off from the interior of New South Wales, overland from our colony, before his departure, a fine herd of 400 head of fat cattle and cows. VALUE OF TOWN LAND.-Our friends in England will be somewhat astonished when they hear that the twentieth part of an acre in this city sold the other day at a public auction for the sum of £7O. cash. The sale was effected by Mr. Neale Bentham, on Saturday the 4th instant, and the situa tion of the land is an acre in Rundle-street. We have been much gratified by a visit to the ship Prince George just arrived from Hamburg, with a large number of German emigrants. This vessel is in the highest order, and the emigrants have come out happy and contented, and ex press themselves fully satisfied with their kind treatment. Great praise is due to the captain and to Mr. Hexman, the supercargo, for their unremitting attendance to the passengers on the voyage. WooL.—We are pleased to learn that the clip has this year more than realized the expectations of the flock owners. We hope shortly to be able to give the average clip of the prin cipal flocks in the colony. His Excellency has appointed a board, consisting of the following gentlemen :—O. Giles, T. Gilbert, C. C. Dutton, and J. W. Bull, Esquires, to require into, and report upon, the necessity or advisability of allowing brick-making and stone-quarrying on the Park land. NEW SOUTH WALES. Letters and newspapers to the 21st of January have been received from Sydney via Van Diemen's Land, from which it appears that although the agricultural, commercial, and fi nancial prosperity of the Australian colonies was greatly in creasing, their progress was yet retarded by the want of a speedier and more certain communication between the dif ferent and remote parts of their extended coast-line--a defi ciency alone - to be supplied by steam navigation. In the present state of those colonies it was felt that go vernment alone could adequately effect this great object, which, by facilitating the communications from port to port by means of powerful and efficient vessels, for the transit of passengers, goods, live stock, grain, and other products, would give an increased value to the Crown lands, and open many districts for colonization at present almost inaccessible. This is the course pursued by the Russian government in its colonies. • PORT PHILIP.—The Thomas Laurie, the first vessel that had ever sailed from Port Philip to London direct, was to depart in a few days. She had taken on board 400 bales of wool, valued at £6,500. The intelligence conveyed by this vessel of the wealthy resources and flourishing commerce of this district will no sooner be spread than the advantages to be reaped by interchange of trade will be eagerly seized by the LICI chants of the metropolis of the world. It has been stated by a merchant that sufficient wool has arrived at Mel bourne this season to have freighted seven ships of the same tonnage, if they could have been procured. SYDNEY.—The weather had been exceedingly hot for some days, the thermometer ranging at 90 in the shade. At this period a cargo of ice had arrived from America, and excited no inconsiderable sensation. Captain Collins, late of the 13th Light Dragoons, had re ceived authority, from the Madras government to ship annu ally from New South Wales a number.of horses sufficient to remount the Madras Cavalry. CAPTAIN STUART.—This gentleman, celebrated for his ex plorations, has been appointed Surveyor-Peneral for South Australia. BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—The Directors of the Bank of Australia have ordered a dividend of eight per cent. for the half-year, to be paid to the holders of their Bank Stock on all capital paid up. DEFENCES OF THE PORT OF SYDNEY.—Any reasonable sized armed vessel—even a pirate—might lay this town under contribution. The banks and treasury might be pillaged at any moment. THE MAURITIUS. Commercial advices have been received 'from the Mau ritius, to the 16th of March, confirming our previous state ments that the governor was about to issue a proclamation announcing the final termination of the negro apprenticeship in that colony. It appears, as we have previously anticipated, that the go vernor issued his proclamation on the 11th of March, which decreed that the apprenticeship system should terminate on the last day of that month. The publication of this important proclamation was also attended by that of an order in council, dated Windsor, on the sth of November, 1838, which provides for the regulation of the contracts made between the landholders and the free labourers they, may require on their properties, which appears to be extended to the domestic connections or relations which prevailed between all classes of employers and servants. Sugar was rather more iu demand, at even an advance. — The exports from the commencement of the year, to the 12th of March amounted to 55,967,2261b5, Exchange on England for government bills was 24 to 3 per cent., and freights 41. per ton.—Herald. NOVA SCOTIA Halifax papers to the Bth of liitti;tve been received to day. The only important information which they coatain is respecting the British fisheries of Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotian Recorder mentions that the eastern shore of that por tion of our North American settlements was again infested by a fleet of fishing vessels from the United States. As many as seven of them were said to be anchored in Taylor's Bay, and the same number in the vicinity of St. Mary's. Similar in stances of encroachment are believed to have been displayed along almost every league of the coast from the Gut of Canso to Beaver Harbour, if not higher up. Quere—What has be come of the efficiency of long-contracted treaties and the su premacy of the British flag ?—Herald. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. Prince Edward's Island papers to the Bth of May have been received. On the preceding Thursday his excellency Sir Charles A. Fitzroy went in the usual state to the Legislative Council Chamber, and was pleased to command the attendance of the House of Assembly. The speaker and a number of the mem bers' having accordingly attended, his excellency, in the Queen's name, gave his assent to a number of bills, after which his excellency closed the session with the following speech :-- • • "The labours of the session having terminated, I have much pleasure in enabling you to return to your homes, after so long and close an attendance upon your legislative duties. " The readiness and liberality with which you have voted the supplies for enabling me to carry on the public service for the current year deserve my warmest thanks. " Amongst the important matters which have engaged your attention fhave to regret that yon have not been able to agree upon some measure for the regulation of the fishery pre serves, so as to have given diva to the liberal concession proposed by her Majesty's secretary of state for the colonies, for opening th ose r i vers w hi c h remained at the disposal of the crown, to all her Majesty's subjects engaged in the fisheries. I however, hope that, during the approaching recess, the means will suggest themselves of bringing to a satisfactory conclusion this important question!' AWFUL ACCOUNTABILITY.—An inveterate drinker in Bos ton lays the whole blame of his degradation upon his mother, who, he says, weaned him on salt fish.—N. Y. Sun. OFFICIAL MODESTY AND DIGNITY.—It is stated that at a recent town meeting, held in Concord, N. H., Governor Hill took his stand in the moderator's desk, and was so boisterous and overbearing that he was thrust out of the box ! —New Haven Herald. A CONSOLATION.—" You have had a bad house to-night," said some one to S—, who was for many years the box book keeper at Drury-l ane th ea t re . " S orr y t o sa y, s i r , very b a d, sir," was that most civil functionary's reply. And, with up lifted eyes, a pious look, and hand upon his heart, he added. " But Providence is very kind to us, notwithstanding, sir; thank God, it is a deal worse at the Garden, sir." ECONOMICAL BREAD.—Remove the coarse flake bran from the flour, of this take five pounds, and boil in rather more thanfour gallons of water, so that when perfectly smooth you may have th ree ga ll ons an d three quarts of bran water clear. With this knead fifty-six pounds of the flour, adding salt and yeast in the same way and in the same proportion as for other bread. When ready to bake divide into loaves, and bake them two hours and a half. Thus made, flour will imbibe three quarters more of bran water than of plain ; so that it not only produces a more nutritious substantial food, but makes an increase of one-fifth of the usual quantity of bread, which is a saving of one day's consumption out of six. And if this was adopted throughout the kingdom, it would make a saving of ten millions sterling a year, when wheat was at the price it stood in the scarcity, reckoning the consump tion to be two hundred thousand bushels a day. The same quantity of flour, which, when kneaded with water, produces sixty-nine pounds eight ounces of bread, will in the above way, make eighty-three pounds eight ounces, and gain four teen pounds. At the ordinary price of flour four millions would be saved. When ten days old if put into the oven for twenty minutes this bread will appear quite new. • SAILING OF THE "LIVERPOOL" STEAM-SHIP. Yesterday, the steam-ship " Liverpool" proceeded from our port on her fourth voyage across the Atlantic, with her full number of passengers, and a considerable quantity of valuable light goods. The interest excited to witness her departure was great, and, independent of the excitement amongst the friends of the passengers, it was honourable to the inhabitants of the town, as indicative of their good wishes for " their" transatlantic steam-ship. Owing to some mistake of the en gineer, a slight delay took place at the appointed hour of de parture. In a few minutes, however, her paddle-wheels ac knowledged the potency of steam ; she went down the river in gallant style, and was soon lost to sight, before she reached the rock, in the hazy atmosphere that prevailed. Her quar ter deck was completely crowded with passengers, who reci procated the cheers given on parting by the gentlemen in the several river steam-boats, that had taken leave of their friends on board, when she was about to start from her anchorage ground. The whole length of the quays was crowded as she passed down, and hearty cheers given for her success. She fired several guns, by way of salute, and these were returned by the complimentary discharge of a gun from the " Royal William," then lying in the river,—a fine vessel, which, it may be said (though now on another station) was the first steamer that crossed the Western Ocean from this port, and showed " The Liverpool"-the way. The Liverpool passed George's Pier at about 20 minutes past twelve o'clock. The following is a list of the passengers : " Mrs. Watson, Miss Watson, Mrs. Gildemeister, Mrs. Boyce, Miss Hazard, Miss L. Hazard, Mr. Bunker, Mr. James Elam, Mr. James S. Petrie, Mr. C. G. Taylor, Mr. A. Paterson, Mr. Prieux, and servant ; Mr. Snarling, Mr. Ward, Rev. Potts, Mr. Barton; Mr. G. T. Wormah, Mr. Gunther. Hon. Samuel Curiaid, Mr. Hursts, Mr. Lacroire, Mr. Gildemeister, Mr. Rose, Mr. Booth, Rev. John Cham bers, Mr. H. A. Rose, Mr. English, Mr. W. G. Ward, Miss Chambers, Mr. A. Goover, Mr. A. Laroye, Mr. Green, Mr. T. It. Hazard, Mrs. Hazard, Mr. T. C. Tennant, Rev. E. Philips, Mr. Henry Owen, Mr. James Hamilton, Mrs. Hamil. ton, Mr. Joseph Mitchell, Lieutenant Hawkes, Mr. J. Pettit, Colonel Charles Wetherell, the Right Rev. the Bishop of Vermont, Mr. James Murray, Mr. Lord, Mr. Inglis, Mr. Gustavus Loewig, Mr. Walsh, Mrs. Walsh, and son ; Mr. Haydon, Mrs. Haydon, and daughter; Mr. W. A. Bolermine, Mr. Felix Arragoni, Mr. James W. Taylor, Mr. R. S. Butterfield, Mr. A. Wood, Mr. Edward Motte, Mr. Erskine, Mr. B. M. Norman, Mr. Thomas S. Spence, Mr. John Crockcroft, Mr. B. Innes; Mr. U, H. Levey, Mr. W. H. Scott, Mr. John Goodband, Mr. Newman Steinberger." HISTORY OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE BIBLE. Other translations of Scripture into the English language having been previously written, soon after the accession of Queen Elizabeth a new translation of the Bible was under taken by royal command, and under the direction of Arch bishop Parker. Distinct portions of the whole sacred volume, fifteen at least, were allotted to as many persons eminent for their learning and abilities. They all performed the work assigned to them, and the whole was afterwards revised with great care by other critics. This translation was published in 1568, with a preface written by the archbishop, and it is generally called the Bishops' Bible," because eight of the persons originally concerned in it were bishops. Since the protestants had now made translations of the Bible into the languages of several countries, that the people might read the Holy Scriptures. Roman catholic ecclesias tics also, finding it impossible to keep the Bible out of the hands of the common people, made new translations into most of the languages of Europe, to oppose those of the heretics (as they termed them) ; and to keep " the faithful" (as they called those of their own communion) from reading translations made by protestants. But there is this differ edce of principle in translations made by papists and those made by protestants : the papists have translated from the 1.40. tin Vulgate, as deeming it better, not only than all other Latin translations, but than the Greek of the New Testa ment itself, in those places where they disagree • whereas the protestants, in their translations of the Holy Bible, have always had recourse to the original Greek and Hebrew. Thus, when the popish authorities could not altogether sup press the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, whereby their errors are discovered, they thought it the next best way for their purpose, by their partial translations, as much as they could, to obscure them, and, by their unscriptural annota tions, to pervert them. Hence, in the year 1582, came forth the Rhenish translation of the New Testament into English, in which were retained many eastern, Greek, and. Latin words, and so many difficult expressions introduced, that the book was rendered not intelligible to the common people. A translation of the Old Testament was afterwards pub lished by them at Douay, in two volumes, the former in 1609, the latter in 1610. In the conference held at Hampton Court, in 1603, before King James 1., between the episcopalians and protestant dissenters, the speaker of the dissenters (Dr. Reynolds) re quested his Majesty that a new translation of the Bible might he made; alleging that those which had been allowed informer reigns were not correct. Accordingly his Majesty formed the resolution of causing a new and more faithful translation to be made ; and com missioned for that purpose 54 of the most learned men in the universities and other places. At the same time he re quired the bishops to inform themselves of all learned men within their several dioceses, who had acquired especial skill in the Hebrew and Greek tongues, and had taken pains in their private studies of the Scriptures for the clearing up of obscurities either in the Hebrew or the Greek, or for the correction of any aces in the former English transla tions, and to charge them to communicate their observations to the persons emplo7ed ; that so the intended translation might, have the help and furtherance of all the principal learned men in the kingdom. Before the work was begun, some of the persons nominated for it died ; and some from illness, or other causes, were obliged to decline the labour. The remaining number (47). were arranged under six divi sions, and the several successive parcels of the Bible were as signed to them. Every one of the company was to translate the whole parcel : then they were each individual to compare their translations together; and when any company had finished their part, they were to communicate it to the other companies, that so nothing might pass without the general consent. If any company, upon review of the book so sent, doubted or differed upon any place, they were to note the place and send back the reasons of their disagreement. If they happened to differ about the amendment, the difference was to be referred to a general committee, consisting of the chief persons from each company. The translators were selectOd entirely on account of their pre-eminent learning and qiialifications, not on account of rank in the church. We do not believe that in the whole, number there was one bishop, although several bishops of that day were men of considerable learning. No consideration but that of the most eminent qualifications for the peculiar office, decided the selection amongst the distinguished lights of our church. The first name on the list was that of the truly great and admirable Dr. Launcelot Andrews, whose piety and pre-eminent character afterwards raised him to the see of Winchester. The work was begun in 1607, and prosecuted with all due care and deliberation. About three years elapsed before it was finished. After long expectation and great desire of the nation, this translation came forth in 1611. .This is the trans lation of the Holy Scriptures now in common use amongst us.. The excellency of it is such as might have been expected from the judicious care with which it vas connected, and the joint labours of the many distinguished men employed upon it. "It is" (says one di' the best-informed writers on the Bible) " a most wonderful and incomparable work, equally remarkable for the general fidelity of its construction, and the magnificent simplicity of its language." And as eminent commentators have said, " with what reverence, joy, and gladness, ought we to receive this blessing." The distinguished translators used the following words in their letter to the King, on the completion of their work : " And now, at last, by the mercy of God and the continu ance of our labours, it being brought to such a conclusion, as that we have great hopes that the church of England will reap good fruit thereby, we hold it to be a duty, to offer it to your Majesty, not only as to our King and Sovereign, but also as the principal mover and author of the work; so that if on the one side we shall be traduced by popish persons, at home or abroad, who may malign us because we are poor in struments to make God's holy truth more and more known to the people, whom they desire still to keep in ignorance and darkness ; or if on the other side we shall be maligned by self-conceited brethren, who run their own way, liking nothing but what is frained by themselves, and hammered on their own anvil, we may rest secure, supported within by the truth and innocency of a good conscience, having walked the ways of simplicity and integrity as before the Lord ; and sustained without by the powerful protection of your Majesty's grace and favour." Now compare with this the following passage from the pre face of the popish translators of the New Testament, who, by the way, give their version, corrupt as it is, rendered a hun dredfold worse by enveloping it in a dark cloud of annota tions, in order to persuade " the faithful" that popery was contained in the Bible ! By popery we mean the peculiar tenets of the church of Rome. From the preface to the Rhemish version of the New Tes tament : " Which translation we do not publish upon erroneous opinion of necessity that the Holy Scriptures should always be in our mother tongue ; or that they ought or were or dained by God to be read indifferently by all, or could be easily understood of every one that readeth or heareth them in a known language ; or that they were not often, through men's malice or infirmity, pernicious and much hurtful to many ; or that we generally and absolutely deemed it more convenient in itself, or more agreeable to God's word and honour, or edification of the faith, to have them turned into vulgar tongues, than to be kept and studied only in the eccle. siastical learned tongues. Not for these, nor any such like causes, do we translate this sacred book ; but upon special consideration of the present time, state, and condition of our country, unto which divers things are either necessary or profitable, and medicinal now, that otherwisc, in the peace of the church, were * neither much requisite, nor, perchance, wholly tolerable. " Now, though the text thus truly translated might suffi ciently, in the sight of learned and ail indifferent men, both control the adversaries' corruptions, and prove that the Holy Scriptures, of which they had made such great vaunts, make nothing for their new opinions, but wholly for the catholic (meaning the popish) church's belief and doctrine, in all the points of difference between us ; yet, knowing that the good and simple might easily be seduced by some few obstinate persons of perdition, whom we see given over to a reprobate sense, to whom the Gospel, which is initself the odour of life unto salvation, is made the odour of death to damnation; over whose eyes, for sin and disobedience, God suffereth a veil or cover to lie (2 Cor. iii.) while they read the New Tes tament ; even as the apostle saith the Jews have to this day in reading the Old ; that as the one sort cannot find Christ in the Scriptures, read they never so much, so the other can not find the catholic (the popish) church nor her doctrine there neither. And finding the saying of St. Augustine the most true, that if the prejudice of any erroneous persuasion preoccupy the mind, whatsoever the Scripture bath to the contrary, men take it for figurative speech. For these causes, and somewhat to help the faithful reader in the diffi culties of divers places, we have also set forth large annota tions, thereby to show to the curious reader, in most places relating to the controversies of these times, both the heretical corruptions and false deductions, and also the apostolic tra dition, the expositions of the holy fathers, the decrees of the catholic church, and most ancient councils : which means, whosoever trusteth not for the sense of Holy Scriptures, but rather follows his private judgment, or the ar rogan t sp i r it o f these sectaries, he shall worthily, through his own wilfulness, be deceived." -- What those guardian annotations are, the public have, to a great extent, already seen with just horror. Heaven pre serve this land from the dreadful influence of the persecuting, shocking influence of the tenets there set forth. In a word, those annotations contain a development of the decrees of Itomish councils, put forth as the doctrines of the Holy Scriptures of God !—decrees, whose baneful influence has, in former times, covered England with darkness, and stained our land with the blood of martyrs. THE LumPEns.—On Monday, the Lumpers, (or labourers employed at the Docks' in discharging or loading vessels) struck work for an advance of wages of Gd: per day. They had been in receipt of three shillings a day. On Monday, little or no work was, in consequence, done at the quays.— On Wednesday, however, they resumed their vocation, their demand having been acceeded to. ANEW CRANE.--A handsome new iron crane was on Wed nesday fixed on the quay, west side of Canning Dock, on a principle combining considerable novelty. The rollers or wheels by which the rotatory motion of the beam round the upright post is greatly facilitated, is peCuliarly well con trived. This useful piece of workmanship, which combines neatness with great mechanical power in the raising of heavy weights, is from the establishment of the Dock Committee. —Liverpool Shipping Gazette. • Claims on the Reform Association, 27th May, 1839. _ s. d. Robert Brydon, Pitt-street Ward William Hardy, Law Expenses, West Derby Executors of the late W. S. Fitzhugh, for printing the Defence of the Corporation Schools, Rodney street Ward 26 10 0 Samuel Knipe, Registrar for Borough and County 88 0 0 £169 0 6 Although the Finance Committee consider Mr. Knipe fairly entitled to the demand, yet, having withdrawn hithself from the Association, it is deemed sufficient grounds to re ject the claim in the face of the testimonials. BREEDIFG GOOD STOOK.—On Friday last were put on board the Mostyne packet for Liverpool, a beautiful cow and bull calf, and two yearling heifers, of the improved short horns. The cow and calf are for Australia, and the yearlings for the United States. They were bred by Mr. Dawson, of Gronant, and were sold at one hundred guineas a pair.—Che4- ter Courant. , POLICE INTELLIGENCE _TL' AY. STABBING. iarr y• aw scl _ the John Allison, a watchmaker's apprentice, having violently assaulted Thompson, on Fric l3 l., of May. Allison, it appeared, had inflicted snug o t wounds on Thompson, but the latter, with a view o _! .. . i d ting the defendant to more inconvenience than he 7 s ials had preferred a summary punishment b y a megl' ' prosecution at the sessions. Thompson stated, that on Friday he was going home, when, as he passed Mrs. Ath,C.,' a dog flew at him and bit him. He kicked it. c..d i lal came out, and called him many evil names for ° I or u lling dog.Soonafter this the son came out, and P is Off. woo _. knife, said he would stick him. After some a scuffle together, when Allison put his threat istea t 0 1 and did stick him. His brother v. - as al, - o uP° 3 1111" tr 0 week, about ncine,s di likewise had his knife out and stabbed him. 604 Mr. Rushton questioned the complainant to°T,,i4ooh:q to the manner of the transaction. He said t1?t,..:,j 3 0 14 , 4 ' his knife from his pocket, opened it, and saia,NA' h ,,e , :, like that police-officer that was stuck, he sh° w , ",,,plsin . ,„,.' much steel into him. They got scuffling, and he ke: 9 i t or, was thrown down, when the defendant stabbed hilbgl. places. He was wounded very badly in his side, and slightly in his breast. The coiriplai o3l a surgeon's (Mr. Shaws) certificate to prove the ea' injuries. (lee Mr. Radcliffe , a solicitor, who appeared for the forbore to ask the complainant any questions. n,14 Elizabeth Jones, a decently dressed young w ° , 133 , 3 f the Ar led. She stated that she saw all the latter P0r",, ; — , 0 3 ru" action. She saw John Allison and Richard Au'ioliii• bac ,010,7 Thompson, and bear him to the ground. She sel cke i4, son stab Thompson several times with a shll) t o pit r i She shrieked and ran forward to pull him (rb,e i r st sbr ei c away. He was bleeding, ;and Allison sircs sti,t r ibilo,,l'e him, and cut her finger with his knife as she P w rilie ' v. By Mr. Radcliffe. It was last Friday w e p' _ 4 May. It was a very sharp knife ~: it thP Mr. Radcliffe. Was it John or . Richard A 10" bed him. , Witness. It was John. Mr. Witness Rad(pointing cliffe. W to he the defendant He re is he? jg, there' tra etP Mr Rushton (to the complainant) ) Had when he p ulled out his knife. t e tir ee 'd Complainant. I had nottouched him at tha bs lf b Mr. Radcliffe called Sarah WinstanleY dor ° defendant. She stated that she heard anmse i°_,oo o ,l door to see what was the matter. Thompson o',doorif with improper language. Mrs. Allison shut i1e 1 4 0 0 , 9 " which Thompson said, as he could not have resl i fi s oo":4l he would have revenge upon her son. J ohn Oilie r - 1 ;0i musing himself at a short distance with senie.berrY men. Thompion went over t o hi n t and the mo,oltitio She heard the mother scream. She saw Tb °l4 h s ide of Allison's dog and beat John Allison at eae tbettO head with it. She then saw him set his dog P°l.operg Mary Rimmer stated, that when Mrs. bet) door, she saw the complainant attempt Saido ; F.: : e b03 . , 0 :: : shut the door again, and then Thompson ~„iieo4 o his revenge on the son. The latter came all,", i 'ottcy j the matter, upon which Thompson said, I ?" c i and kicked' at him. He them took up his Mrs. Allison. Then he took Allison's dog,ta legs, and beat John Allison with it. John AP .— Ile out his knife, and he said he would kill the da' wards threw the knife away. s es tY 4 O Mrs. Allison stated, that the prosecutor Ackotioliv! of May passing her house i n a state a ititt be'" he kicked her dog very roughly. She told bbil; a id il A ie her that way because she had no husband. P e ' t ar not be revenged upon her, but he would be r e : 0 (110 her son. He went towards where her son we i s a her 0 1 lowed. He turned round upon her and kO r t — ,,od and kicked her in the side. Her son came up' Air ensued. OP/ Mr. Radcliffe said there was no proof that th t e ica , le o any such stabbing as alleged. The cornPlai nal !-ttst e 'J dieted in so many points that he hoped the ° ° roe ',; : os ° dismiss the case. He wished to call the esle searched the defendant immediately after the tr prove that there was no knife found upon P" A Mr. Rushton said, it had been proved by own witness that the knife was thrown mv 3 ) . '„ tiler:ls It appeared that the officer who went Up 7 - t herie proceeding, took the parties into custody, 1911 ",,l a iase" charged on the understanding that the o°l for s I get a summons against them, and proee e " , 00 ,4 4 punishment. Mr. Rushton called for the clothes of tbegr ""eibst thrtstr be produced. They furnished abundant nr°°' i ea ° man had been severely stabbed, a s they ha t ' with blood. haa Mr. Rushton told the defendant that he be Pej, mercifully dealt with, for if the case had cois e a t iteV ) any other form, he should undoubtedly hav e .rAerail.he'il jury. Taking all the circumstances into coot it jury. those most favourable, there was one fea tu rrh ' 1° 0 1 "4 which deserved the severest reprehension. "'„ h e Of, or knife (Defendant. It was in defence onlY) --- , l e aree;A knife was not to be allowed in this country in (1 0 - f b should soon become little better than a mai ° - t - gel% No doubt the defendant was of an interaPe r3 ,,liict and easily provoked. Any of the wounds at° P"' v ital P O r , $i have killed him, had they been in more , he 013 body. Taking all circumstances adduced en..3at.; into consideration, he should fine the .cleted-- t foe''rh, costs. In default of pay m e n t, t o b e conolit ,,, ti i `',,. To his latest day the d e f en d an t s h o uld reeou— fulness the leniency of the complainant. a . ,h i j il ' Mr. Rushton called up Thompson, 311:- ,to l d although he had behaved w ith conaniendable 51, case, his conduct in striking Mrs. All ll 0 pi' graceful. Mr. Thompson. That is entirely false sir' a hand to her. as" ASSAULT AT SEAT—NOVEL EXCUSE FOB ect4lo . • fl 6 1 1 William Farrell, a seaman,MAN late of the s l, l„eni e r peared to prefer a complaint a ga i n st Isaac v 7 f o r I' of the above vessel. Mr. Da v e n port anPeare' dal? plainant. 0 9 ' arei William Farrell, who is a Dutchman, state d the A ° in the Irish channel on W e d nes d a y last, , 10. 5v iaell him to coil up a rope. He did so . The ma t ie o%a to fied with it, so be told him to do it again._ e tt s ir having finished it, said, " There mate, will war' set The mate made no reply, b u t, stepping back , .° " and beat him most brutally. toe P a t e David Ewart, a seaman, corroborated the sT;e.,(alatj complainant. The mate said he would knock . A al hilo.„4 ant's) d—d head off, and immediately the #, The mate, Isaac Diaper, stated that he toldce" 1 .1 0 ) up the rope, which he did, but it was not ( I °. t. ', aiti l ;ii e; ;;" told him to do it again. The man looked at 1 1' be but set to work and did it. Having finished a smile, will that do ? He thought this was and as the man was a fo re i gner , h e s truck Min' t ea ! 'scro, A cabin passenger, called on behalf of the told , 1 ' the man had coiled the r o p e a secon d tiroc; he had done it, and asked him if that would d o el this the mate immediately s t ruc k him. The captain of the Hect ress sa id the Ina te t bB s l6 : 0 " . , voyages with him, and, he never k n ew him 0 d before. a q. 06 ot Mr. Rushton said those in command o n l)° ,l l. isciP - dr, he taught some other mode of enforcing a prNll 4 striking. It was no doubt, difficult to main n - , s tr - o. ordination on board ships, but he did-not thin'deo° the best method. The defendant was fined 5 5 1, 11 0 , Ot t ', complainant was reprimanded for smiling a t „ t „,.. FELONY--ROBBERY BY A SEE, "seve., Jane Bradley was charged with having stele 1111rS• of apparel, and some sil ver f rom th e house 0'; tic"V Smith. Att 0 0 1. ,4 The latter stated that she resided in LY di d a a Itee t:to where she keeps a lod g i ng h ouse . On Sate„hes' o tl°,4' return home after a short ab s e nc e, she foam' ` o .o o , : jr open, and on entering found that her serv ant pal' 00 house. She missed four shillings which sh e for the Provident Society. .tf./ •tO Jane Phillips, who resides with Mrs. 5, 191 4 nt , h on hearing that the prisoner had gone,.sr' e %, 8 .11 -0 her boxes. She found them open, and that.; oor e ao", robbed to a considerable extent. She wen t k li i r cl, prisoner, and found her just about to en 33 , 1%- a ° o ss j s one of the steam-packets. She had one o m t . over her shoulder, and the remainder found in her possession. She was given Ad lice officer, and sent t o b r id ewe ll. a nd' The prisoner said nothing in her defence' mitted for trial. WEDNESDAY. „ It ,l i / g cl THE GREAT JEWELLERY ROE.'" . I .,:era - ‘ o,,i A man named Moss, who keeps a tavern 11 i ,gtel,:)0? Margaret Moss, his wife, rnd Jane Holligan' e vn t ," 1 1 1 11 ter, were placed before Mr. Rushton, eh° . g - ta ( been concerned in stealing a portmanteau con i s a, yF tity of jewellery, from the lobby of the Saddd e e% teo t street. , so ' Many readers will be aware that Mla po r ;',l ° wholesale jeweller, of London, recently le l 7 - he containing goods to the value of £l5O O , 'g i he g et l e a Saddle Inn, and that the p or t man teau and a" hao,t4 the r ; d: t taken away. Mr. Crewe, solicitor, attended on behalf 0' v tl, i irti Mr. Gay stated that he was a jeweller. I le bey'litt,l) regular customers about the country, vil itsn ao. l 4a,,, o " stated periods, when they had brought out an: o f P f orlV He arrived in ' Liverpool on Saturday, the fir s :hair, t ,tv°' o ll a quantity of jewellery, which was packed 1 n,"„ earl 4 6f' a leathern portmanteau ; the latter contained ref tides of gold, jewellery, pins, ear-rings , 6 =, e ',4; ono "lig the Saddle Inn. He had, about twelve n'c' e l i ita t„ e s., tr the 3d June, directed the boots to accompany s cr' - ' 4 10 5 , Wordley's shop. The boots took the two P,„ ( 1 0 0 1.$) transacted his business at Messrs. WordleY'':„' turn, sent the boots with a note, according 1 , torn,' for the packages. They were broug li 'ved he i t A / by the boots in the passage. They wer e P az, "1 iP i- tbr passage, which could net be seen from the st d si t ran in a direction towards Dale-street, anl,',nrer stable-yard. As he was about to ret his ,u t. l - 1 ~"° 1 1" had to attend to some other business,l' in ,v o ' o e .f i t ' t e e r o ci• quire his packages, he told the boots he 011, ,, t , 00 o ' o lo o them where they were. He had occasion to '' t ill st.tiafi friend off by the railroad, and did not return ° the i r ai s r,, but lie never dreamed that his goods wer e isse" ro' perfectly safe. The moment he returned he 19 e ' p roP e re manteau. Information and description of t i ? c l e s ‘ ce 1. 5 immediately given to the police. All the arti .4ty ticketed or marked. The value of the Pr o p' 0 16 considerable, about £l5OO. tea sta . t he - Thomas Parkinson, boots at the Saddle In t 'a at s e. t ° knew Mr. Gay from having seen him stoaPl%fJactsaj once or twice. He saw him there on the 1 5 ', ban ) irt o (witness) took the portmanteau and trunk itt,,,dal'lo. Messrs. Wordley's on the third of JUTIe, 1 0 '0 4 fif twelve o'clock. He afterwards took a note (from Messrs.Wordley's, and got the trunk and Pn r the 4 5 .0 # 4,, He placed them in the lobby leading into is oa which opens into Dale-street. He afterwnru.ea. open the portmanteau, which was on the wa s v erY rele der about one o'clock. In the afternoon w .l 8 1 : e v. 1 10 1: 0 4 , , about four o'clock, cleaning knives. e ver' o "ri r he missed the portmanteau ; he did noshnisice remark, as he thought the gentleman might merlin t with it in one of the parlours, as they did so d irt M I 10 1 ,0 thought lie might have taken his fellow-ser;c„. it. 00 0 About six o'clock he heard Mr. Gay cs k for A O told him that he had missed it since abom )0 36. 0° the afternoon. via o' Thomas Ainsworth, constable, stated that we re vi a oic e• the loss immediately after the circurnstancesose Wi es t t ocs or i e y 'c tre et. cated to the police. In consequence which he had received, he and inspector ", cot tirs ther to the house of the prisoner Moss, in !t e a) was a public-house. It was on the niaganhrdti:Kiir;l3:4,:if:elsrets,vost?;! instant, that they went. They placed back of the premises, and Morley went to the front door and knocked. " cor ps $0 ,1 9 : 00 1 officer, was placed at the front door, a 8 a vist iolv .be r eo; Mrs. Moss put her head out of the garret g g, t a who was there. They said they were oa l „T e , heito: e laf t ja also see by their uniform that they were. J-P lll ;raite! tt Vo i d confusion in the house, and three or fou r ere let in vat before the front door was opened. IVY ch°,loos vat wife, Margaret Moss. Up stairs in a ha e of that. - t heoar foun the male prisoner, and near the doorc,leterimo,'" TheY r ose oh; i ite , ch al his step-daughter, Jane Hilligan. down stairs, and then placed them uncle!, _ . .,, ea tk ear.e They also went, in consequence of what tar'f,, , 0 1 0 , )10 4 0' was stationed at the back door, had told a le " he llt y the back premises. Gristenthwaite directen_i." 0 fr o and O'Brien to go to the next yard but one,,,,welni,. ety - , `' t j aav° O'Brien find a paper containing a t tha t floor of a privy. There was no door I;*teed a r ri Z ' di to 1 I l and cil '.ll''e tGra e al) eeet: t Ili b r'vrre ar ed t : l e ' ° b :P1 1 1 ird: r fe i e epti v i.dlehin: e leita I lel isssr o %:li the °. weeisl I 1 Ihrdaov l t°c: t e' 'el.r. terhfl saw ' a S : n e brok„ 1 papery w h o 11 : :, ,„,. 1 , : , ... 00 i• 3 - • Th e bar. 6lice- °flic i er e with a :Iv so me . sort s of ji !a33ll.lination by thine joleave the Ile ar th e °f the 013, 4 „ Privy, t - r i -.11 wild Ai, P l' f ° lee-offi e ota d oor •er 1 Wallill e li 111 fight, ) ei ne a t rge ana r a' a d n c t i I I t ' s i b o rha u ees a c t r t i det d o . ido a t i t ~t i a was ver , A e ntry f e a de ) ": ii r e t l, ,Ther e d a l , dirtc' e tV it II ; - ri- Ih e se he r °lc e-ottice r a 3 1 . Sb e `: v meated a i e ' c alled 1 1 1 , 1 „, t he dra w )(Ir. 6 gave it t, ear. rin . ay identb ; v ate ~n s a L ild dro ; .14ell -we t .. 1 , ,„:, ..ery, lie ( i Ze Perfect , he h iT:trilatteatt b 'tit by h . y prisonerstl w - iotli silriT:beenpfio.rhe,‘eira, e.neti d T n er l tl , de' a t e l litil ° : s r e d f : o t er i r e s b ead e t l i I,n Wort ( rnit,4 4l , l llb, n of t t he p sr ' for safet itlie e " discredit I lilt . ul t' ' -:: e l rt:it :: iale,iin;V:ll I.l. la 4rieT i tY l l'ie e e lf? i l e : Ye s , 1 - " Il lilli a Y , ear C j w, ,sii wit 4 thi rtee 'lack, '`Ptr • ' n g from t °ill Kiaandker it "' thp r istn wa - 4 _ - g i rl ter' c h. k (3 4 th going• (me ria. afo e night I ) , Li stio 4 h re, that 111.4,1 e hen about file tiy. . 4 , ran o ff . t t i i . ",: l P h r° l ) i ii er r,, t. 1 %; e ii h' r l.eo bean in 1 u. Klrl , "q pre v i * itli 8 stock a l! t ile th e silk stock. S'B to b e : 4 behi s arid I t ror. 4° Sty g clear' th e 4 saw °ger to i ihs . reo She N thrwo.,.. lIICHWA.`. ard A,rinstron iii4lrted with having, 4satilted one NI . ed that the sais t e n ded at Thee I3ridg. h e ed a airat Mid, ti arlie to this town NI .11111, then a 4:: am 2 ah in gold. h e , eievel o'clock & to j,,lased at the f Dal Il utiu by the stew 1t4,1 •Etreet, the prisc 11 1„_ 4 said that , Y then drove t 4,, e,,,‘k, treat them t t' 4 , „f firs saf e on I tiro," they stoppe 41.144 a,hout five pe qtikihrli,i. hint. lie (14. "ht ulin on the si 4thtiliobbery •!" 'V ard rjulrse it Nv . as ItrtNte, purse striks ray threl' 'tiril.sPocket..o 15Att°,,wkatdia ithe"dobck! !isteert of him befol 4i4,_ 4114 in eapturin hi; i 414 cbarged hi] Hide,kre Plainly denis Ni de lir William Tr w ith my mot: k t i h, ao,d about of t1t,i,,,1 a cry of 41 th ''' l. 9 and saw th t 444te'rt-lett and hol 4,4,11,41 a, was getting 1 silt ) "" towards the d p , and . ,4e alight him i 'clop Ouer until Ch ,104,,,niut0 custody ',lit. ~- qeswortii sa } iiti,:jttlahr eleven o'; 10, iit'it;,,i' rince's dock ( t t l / 41, ,, ,:? ; 10 irarsoti jenbeedr;toatal, rl ht, 't Arigorler wh ' s lkl Y. 1 saW the pr ,11,4„Peul his person 4`4l,;i'lisoner when c i.il °„tiiirib" about it at 'llO ensuing sea ~14,.. b st `,tee„vtszAtt.t s sail L4,4li;':dilY one from '1114,,-",'Y. It was w 'itti,,-,,ritsideS, that 1 itiokit tif °tit more espe, Nt tr,"*ltt and it was 'thl'atliSh others '11,e, -. :t it Was the Zwil hable to the -en lose?,f, Charles II ,Pch 4;;4, ~t b., 4, -. . t 1 11 ,1' the 7 , o j u t t lii,a;l;stead waass ca n ned . t f 4 'l , iql l s • 14 Itne Iht(iTea' ktl4olca Qin, i A Y to IT '! aunt oath A , similar ( ,t . 4eciar d that tl),. rliae e o kiiirter, „aud half -pa] th.o;itlsltitti iQU'env:ighn in a t,' %o h ° l t ; saY Whgorlins; ,Z4ltee.'lltself: he hz, m e i i ', l _ ll in the wind. L'asn,yelt nein g in c tillt go4t., Gilhatn had s. t re. 'a and out of ] I :th e ittiplt and it wa 1.1,111i0e is window. ;,!,ckse !ftlaliUt a stop littll'Zit‘r't7ti tt kited 'kviillll , ; . . tir44ll l, ll : ll : it4l : 4 (li t s llft)i 11°''''' :, , 1, I :tl:ll:l'llie cooh ersithtl rn i)e 4 l7t°ll: t , l e: wstirrt : 'l' , 'lt °l i, 4 tt P: -l..ll.,,ll°esL'illit!irtcr tiltiPehettc(itl:l)l.,(lllll(irtetf'ae44°:lsei,ittl:rn.rirrrili.':evalflit°geciawd''tstte:ce:l4oohttllae(.t)hfiSBri'te'ne:ersl4endae°(inn°°.lllatda._-_taaliSlelliSead°Bo'l)iBtdaafTY('el'tietili'll,' t il'34tiP't Sh ot/ of the i i:'Zl : l l l ll;tlllt ! t ii . l :l 4 ,.l4.ll. ; ll tr ti! t il : t i D l th° : 4lll:4B : l 4 ° t ll: i i i i. : t : : ::;: o eiii p n t rell : a gr ' g t P : Y hi ' eee r d tP ;tl,t ilho'ir so oten to .s./ja 1,40‘1,, '' LIN K ' N'th;t: IBherNvood w, t:'.ll atid havinv a , t • tki °asiderable' t`ti s tO4 8 qu' A„ mui aturday tn, ' t ' ki Prornise tc Itated to half -a. Ah, , h t ,_ t ....--,..!.f±.. ki,i,ltt', ~"I'..VI•toN7 tt,Nter t -' , O ~,-„fie attroinis 0 40t hslngi.atist. tllo;4:jrqineitsiel(OnasPti!nc A.!..tttiletilvhetlier ther, 41E4 beYaltlioui is as sl 4,., kl i , t , Whose sts co';:tt ,/et.1140,41,:% your 1414111 Y." "?' ri,„ N ltij • .• ` r''aps ,:40,tt'lothed ,sbun, 'ho ''te me 1 ' 't '‘. Your rh 1114' the kip tt -.arta wE N itiz, IvOttle bliti IZIV•4 NIL I ' I of Vieksbn tt.sh'ol.-7re• kcArdh t,.. ts6.l.4.Papers, wh ,!tle j)44„_,side of the 111 k- 6a wi thout khtlß, hqt I‘3l4thot ell( tltl, at t tl wing satisfi( I. , fro li e first fire, ] pi'hore ,4,.f0r tehe tvi lt ri , ll (It iotin le. t,llt, l'ast eifrilE,Y,c J 4, Of a, s N o ci o th, Or five ~. earthqual s.,„.l:torth,' Years 4,, th,",glhle.}l;all of Aa„( ill lt ti at th r e !-0 those NA Nl,,,liiey et tittle we '4'lllll)4W' tat subject , , 444'!ed by ' iAl4ii It a rOthb t.ktlylltik. r c-a . Its rani, co, i:Jtt,yl,etl,44Ba__the Nil h4k4ry, itihtlt 40r4ditailloantt nine,',01,.v,1,0%*.e Understz 1 a ;i t to 11" a nurabl 1141 ediiq 4e been c ' of fel t . Ileilibondil q ° ilver,aild, th 0,,,, q' Ilt4,•'Wkre of '''''' II 414 IIY th 104,1 44 1 ktiep,t k b Y gatrill._ L ed c art eke bee tt - .e. eta 4tior,'ticgti,re alor a e ee° „4 ra of the gitehekter (.. FLORAL EXHIBITION AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS. The first exhibition of plants, flowers, fruits, and vegeta bles, for this season, was held on Wednesday, at the Botanic Gardens. The weather was extremely fine and propitious, and, in consequence, a very numerous and highly respectable company assembled to see the exhibition. We understand that there were upwards of 1500 persons present at various periods of the afternoon. We perceive that the committee have adhered to their resolution to admit non-subscribers at one shilling each, instead of on payment of three and six pence, as formerly. This we conceive to be judicious policy, as the former high charge for admission precluded many respectable individuals from availing themselves of the op portunity of being, present at these very attractive exhibitions. The reduction ittthe price of tickets does not appear to have detracted in the least from the respectability of the exhibi tion. The company present on Wednesday appeared to us to be as select as it used to be on former occasions. We are quite confident that a much larger sum will be realised under the reduced prices than under the former high charges. The committee deserve every praise for the increased facili ties which they have afforded to the Liverpool public for visiting these delightful gardens. The appearance of the gardens is decidedly improved since last year. The shrubs have now attained a considerable height, and the number of flowers in bloom is much greater than when we last visited the gardens. We may add that the beautiful order in which they are kept reflects the highest credit on the attention of the present curator. The show of flowers on Wednesday was one of the finest which we recollect to have seen. The cactus speciosissimus, exhibited by Mrs. Cropper, was a truly splendid specimen of this magnificent flower. There were several other cacti which struck us as exceedingly beautiful. The display of cakeolarice were very abundant, and some of them were very fine. There were several very fine baskets of vegetables, including potatoes, pease, asparagus, rhubarb, onions, bro cob, lettuces, &c. &c. The grapes, and other fruits, looked very tempting. Some baskets of fine mush-rooms, especially one exhibited by Mr. Lynn, attracted particular notice. During the day Mr. Stubbs's Royal Harmonic Band con tinued to enliven the company by playing a selection of beautiful airs, waltzes, &c., in a style which elicited general praise. - We subjoin a list of the PRIZES AWARDED AT THE EXHIBITION. Ist prize, for the best four-stove or greenhouse—Cactus Speriosissimus, Cactus Jenkinsonii, Cactus Ackermonia major, Fuchsia Globosa—Mrs. Cropper. 2d prize, for the best ditto--Stanlmpea Grandiflora, Zygo petalum Mazillare, Hepeaindrum Macrochlum, Bifronaria Aurantia—The Earl of Derby. 3d prize, for the best ditto—Pionelia Diosintefolia, Hely chrysum Humilis, Erica Pinifolia (ear manus,) Borronia Senulata—Mrs. Dyson. 4th prize, for the best ditto—Verbena Roses. Odorata, Ditto Temcroides, Pelargonium Tricolor, Fuchsia Cottiug hamii—Mr. Skirving. Ist prize, for the best two-stove or greenhouse—Pelargo nium Dennis Perfection, Calceolaria Tricolor—Mrs. Cropper. 2d prize, for the best ditto—Pimelia Decussata, Polygala Latifolia—Mrs. Cropper. 3d prize, for the best ditto—Kennedia Nigricans, Epiden drum fragansy—The Earl of Derby. 4th prize, for the best ditto—Helychrysam Humilii, Alstro meria Pulchella—Mrs. Cropper. 1 Best stove single—Calccolaria Falknerii— E. D. Falkner, Esq. Spomia Harsfallii—C. S. Parker, Esq. Ist Orchidaceous prize—Calanthe Veratrifolia—C. Hors fall, Esq. 2d Ditto, ditto—Oncidium Bouerii—C. S. Parker, Esq. 3d Ditto, ditto—Oncidium Pap lio—C. Horsfall, Esq. 4th Ditto, ditto—Oncidium Flexuosum—C. Horsfall; Esq. Ist Basket of Plants—Mrs. Cropper. 2d Ditto—C. S. Parker, Esq. 3d Ditto—J. Hadwen, Esq. Ist Cut Flowers—W. Shand, Esq. 2d Ditto—W. Smith, Esq., of Pulwood. 3d Ditto—Earl of Derby. Ist Heartsease—H. Moss, Esq. 2d Ditto—H. Jones, Esq. Best Basket of Fruit—Eeal of Derby. 2d Ditto—Hugh Jones, Esq. Best Grapes—Hugh Jones, Esq. Best Melon—D. Waterhouse, Esq. Best Basket of Vegetables—Earl of Derby. 2d Ditto—Mrs. Cropper. 3d Ditto—C S. Parker, Esq. 4th Ditto—Win. Smith, Esq. EXTRA PRIZES. A collection of Calceolarias—Mr. Skirving. A collection of Pelargoniums—Ditto. Basket of Plants—Earl of Derby. Pelargoniums—W. Shand, Esq. Rhodochitam Violitia—Ditto. Spircea Japonica—Mr. Skirving. Cactus Speciosissimus—Mr. Tipton. A collection of Tulips—Mr. New. Cucumbers—W. Smith, Esq. Mushrooms—Mr. Lynn. Growing Grapes upon the Vine—Earl of Derby. Basket of Plants—Mr. Skirving. MEETING OF REFORMERS. At a Meeting of the General Committee of the Tradesmen's Reform Association, held at the office in Clayton-square, on the 27th of May, 1839. JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Esq., in the chair, The report was read by the honorary secretary, Mr. H. T. Atkinson : It is deemed advisable thus early to furnish you with an epitome of the treasurer's half-yearly accounts, ending the 26th instant, from which it appears the members' subscrip tions amount to £932 10s. Gd. on the crenit side ' • the ex penses, including gratuities, amount to £929 Bs. ' leaving a balance in the hands the treasurer of £3 2s. Gd . The num ber of members last year was 1443, at present they are only 932. This statement, when contrasted with the annual re port of November last, will, it is hoped, stimulate to bolder and more extended exertion. The resources of this powerful body have been drawn out by Colonel Williams' suggestions (as the mouthpiece of the Melbourne administration) in get ting up three petitions to the commons together with one on the corn laws, in sending delegates to London, although de prived of a hearing by the shuffling of ministers, yet, upon the whole, it has been an advantage, by keeping alive agitation in the country, and the question must come before the house with greater weight early next season. The political department will, for the future, be conducted by Mr. Atkinson and assistant, in an office in India-buildings. By this regulation the correspondence will be kept secret', the testimonials scrutinized, fitness considered, and the patron age distributed, not only in the church, but in the excise, customs, docks and corporation, among our immediate friends. The board, as now. constituted, consists of Robert Ellison Harvey, Esq., William Rathbone, Esq., and Joshua Walrus ley, Esq. The address to the Queen, expressing satisfaction and ad miration of the firm and spirited manner in which she has re sisted an attempt to deprive her of her free choice of her fe male domestics, friends and attendants in her household, has been seized upon as a rallying point. Had . the tories suc ceeded, this association could not have existed twelve months. The success of Mr. Ewart's election may be mainly attri- buted to this association, who were induced to send tried can vassers to join and assist the committee and canvassers of Wigan, for which a small sum was voted by the Finance Com mittee to defray expenses. The collectors are instructed to use due diligence, by calling upon those who are lukewarm the cause, and to press upon them the necessity of doubling their subscriptions, as the fund is nearly exhausted. The Reform Association have agreed to support by sub scription Lord Nugent, who is considered a fit and proper person to oppose Mr. Cresswell at the next election. As many of the members will be seen in the course of getting up the requisition, it will be well to direct their views to the con solidation of the association. This association declare they own no temple but the sanc tuary of the laws, no god but liberty, no gospel but the con stitution, and to give to the people a degree of consequence they never possessed amidst the boasted freedom of Greece and Rome, by reducing labour to the lowest rate, by con tracting the circulation, by rescinding the corn lam, by pro viding no means to pay the national interest, by trammelling the state machine, by loading the pension list with favourites, and by increasing throughout the country agitation. All this must be done to keep the Melbourne or Roman catholiC ad ministration a little longer. The Tradesmen's Reform Association in Account current with the Treasurer, from the 27th November, 1838, to the 27th May, 1839. 1839. DEBTOR. X s. d. April 4. To Cash paid H. T. Atkinson, Political Secretary To Cash paid George Ashburner, Clerk 5O 0 0 May 27. To Cash paid J. Townsend, two months' Salary as Secretary, at £2OO per annum 33 6 8 To Cash paid J. Geddes, Clerk To Cash paid T. Bond, Registrar To Cash paid R. Davies, do. To Cash paid C. Ranson, do. To Cash paid J. Hartley, do. To Cash paid J. Hartley. Objector 2O 0 0 To Cash paid J. S. Phillips, Messenger 25 0 0 To Cash paid Delegates to London on the Corn question lOO 0 0 To Cash paid Canvassers on the Wigan Election To Cash paid Chairman of the Chartists and Non-Electors To Cash paid Expenses on Universal Suf frage Petition .... To Cash paid Expenses on Memorial Edu cation Petition 32 8 6 To Cash paid Expensei on Vote by Ballot Petition l9 15 6 To Cash paid Expenses on Petition to the Queen to retain the Ministers To Cash paid John May, Law Expenses 7 10 0 To Cash paid for Rent and Gas To Cash paid J. G. Snowball, Solicitor 5O 0 0 To Cash paid for Books and Stationery, Advertising, Printing, &c. &c. . 208 16 0 To Balance £932 10 6 1838. CREDITOR. £ s. d. Nov. 27. By Balance on hand 1839. May 27. By Cash received from a Subscribing Mem ber 5O 0 0 By Cash received from 8 Subscribing Members, at £25 200 0 0 By Cash received from 401 Subscribing Members, at 2s. 6d. By Cash received from 286 Subscribing Members, at ss. By Cash received from 32 Subscribing Members, at £lO 320 0 0 By Cash received from 21 Subscribing Members, at £5 105 0 0 By Cash received from 31 Subscribing Members, at £1 3l 0 0 By Cash received from 152 Subscribing Members, at 1os. £932 10 6 By Balance Treasurer's Office, 27th May. 1839 •.. 3 2 6