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prorertings In Varliaunt. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY The adjourned debate on the Navigation-laws was re sumed by Mr. GLADSTONE, who strongly supported the bill. Mr. Robinson, Mr. Clay, Mr. Hornby, Mr. Wawn, Mr. C. Bruce, Mr. Hildyard, Admiral Bowles, and Mr. Drummond, opposed the measure; and Mr. Muntz spoke against it, but announced his intention of voting for it. Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Willcox, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Labou ctere, and Mr. Scholefield supported the bill. The house then divided, and the amendment of Mr. nerries was negatived by a majority of 266 to 210. This division was hailed with vehement and protracted cheering from the Protectionist benches. The bill was then read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -TUESDAY Mr. TRELAWNEY mo ve d th e f o ll ow i ng resolution : " That it is the opinion of this house that effectual mea sures should be immediately taken for the abolition of church rates." Mr. P. WOOD moved as an amendment, that the words " abolition of church rates" be omitted, and the follow ing words inserted after the word " for"—" discharging persons dissenting f rom th e Ch urch as by law established from contributing to church rates, and taking any part in levying, assessing, or administering the same." After a long discussion the house divided, and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 183 to 20. mi.. ue House again divided on the original motion, which was also negatived by a majority of 119 to 84. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -WEDNESDAY PUSEY moved the second reading of the Landlord and Tenant Bill, which was founded strictly upon the re port of the committee of last session. Colonel SIBTHORP deprecated such interference between landlord and tenant, and moved, as ar. amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Sir H. VURNER seconded the amendment, contending that the tenant-farmers had the remedy in their own bands, by insisting on having leases, which it would be the interest of the landlords to grant. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Packe, Mr. Henley, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Newde gate, the Attorney-General, and other hon. members took part, after which - The house divided, and the amendment was negatived by a majority of 147 to 11. The bill was then read a second time. On the motion for the second reading of the Clergy Relief Bill, the object of which was to relieve persons in holy orders seceding from the Church of England from certain penalties and dis.hilif;.. .4,- _ • the bill ; The ai some discussion ueeare on Mr. Disraeli's motion with respect to - local taxation, was resumed by The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who said it now became his duty to state the course which the Government meant to pursue with respect both to the motion of Mr. Disraeli, and the amendment of Mr. Hume. The latter hon. gentleman had proposed to reduce the duties on malt and hops, and also on other articles, to the extent in the aggregate of £9,500,000. This he based on a reduc tion of expenditure to the extent of £10,000,000, which was no less than ten-elevenths of the whole expense of the naval and military establishments of the country. This proposition had been already decided upon by the house upon the motion of Mr. Cobden, and he should ask the house to re-affirm that decision and vote against the amendment. With respect to the speech of the hon. member for Buckinghamshire, he would say that he en tirely agreed with a great deal which had fallen from him. He agreed that local taxation was a taxation pressing spe cially on the land, and that it amounted in round num bers to about £12,000,000. Further than this, he feared he could not agree with him ; for in point of fact the burden of local taxation fell, not, as the hon. gentleman had stated, upon one-fourth, but upon two-fifths of the whole rateable property of the kingdom. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to contend that the proposition of Mr. Disraeli would in no way whatever benefit the oc cupiers of land, and the owners of real property had no right to receive such a boon at the expense of other inte rests. The owners of real property did not at present pay the same proportion of poor rates as heretofore. In 1833 real property paid 69 per cent, of those rates, whereas now they only paid 40 per cent. He could not consi just that the roads should be maintained by turists, for they were the parties They did not, however, pay the whole expense, for a por tion was paid by tolls, from which manure was exempt. In the same way church rates were not a burden falling exclusively on land, for they were paid by all the house holciers of the parish. He could not see, in considering the question, how they could leave out of view the special exemptions of the land, such as the legacy and probate duties, although he admitted it was unjust to suppose that the land did not bear a considerable proportion of the for mer. The right hon. gentleman then enumerated the amount of taxes taken off real property since 1815, which was no less than £989,000. Besides this, the reduction of the stamp duty on the insurance of agricultural pro duce was a saving of a large sum to the agriculturists. In 1837 the amount insured was £3,747,807. In 1847 it amounted to £4,753,192, and the stamp duty on this would have been no less than £87,208. The malt tax he could not consent to repeal without an equivalent to the revenue, nor did he think that malt would be used in feeding cattle to such an extent as to justify him in at tempting to touch it. The hon. gentleman proposed, to supply the deficiency which his plan would create in the Consolidated Fund, that an addition should be made to the property tax, which tax, doubled as it would be, would then fall so heavily on real property that it would be like taking money out of one pocket to put it in the other; while it would put upon the occupying tenant a charge of no less than £405,000. Independent of the plan of Mr. Mr. Disraeli, he had no hesitation in saving that any large proposition for changing local into general taxation would be fraught with danger, and he also thought that it would be of the greatest advantage to retain the principle of local self-government. The right hon. gentleman con cluded by expressing his intention to vote against the re solutions of the hon. member for Buckinghamshire. Mr. CHRISTOPHER thought the right hon. gentleman had not dealt fairly with the arguments of Mr. Disraeli, whose proposition he had sought to mystify ; but it was impossible to get rid of the broad fact that the land was taxed, as the right hon. gentleman admitted, £12,000,000 beyond the amount paid by the other interests of the community. The true way of restoring prosperity was by imposing a tax on foreign agricultural product, but as they would not do that they should place a portion of the agricultural burdens on the funds, and he should there fore support the motion of the hon. member for Bucking hamshire. Not only did the landlords pay £12,000,000 more than the other interests of the community, but they were not permitted to cultivate it in their own way. They were not allowed to grow tobacco, although its cul ture would be most advantageous to the landed interest. With respect to the malt tax, it was unjust, and he denied the assertion that it was chiefly paid by the consumer; but, coupled as its proposed repeal was with an imprudent reduction of expenditure, he could not vote in its favour. He preferred the motion of Mr. Disraeli. though it would have pleased him better had a proposition been made to restore protection to the agriculturist. In the course which the Government was pursuing they would bring all the interests in the country to such a condition that it would be impossible for any Government whatever to go on with our existing institutions. The debate was again adjourned. er it un agrieul- most interested in them HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Earl of WicKLow moved for various returns re lating to the income remitted to England from Ireland, and which was in consequence subjected to the income tax in England. The motion was agreed t o . _ _ The Marquis Of LONDONDERRY, Lord MONTEAGLE, and Lord STANLEY, presented several petitions against the rate in aid. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.- THI'R RD Ax. Mr. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that on a future day he should move that the house resolve itself into a Commit tee to consider the expeaiency of altering the policy that had of late been pursued in Ireland, and the introduction of a better system, with the view of rectifying the evils of which the people of that country complained. Mr. COBDEN gave notice that on that day fortnight he should propose that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs be empowered to enter in all treaties with foreign uttymiedv‘c - riakum,Aßßviding that all disputes should be Sir R. PEEL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he proposed to bring on the second reading of the Rate in Aid Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had in tended to move the second reading of the bill next day ; it had, however, been found necessary to postpone it, but he should bring it on shortly before Easter. Mr. FIERRIES asked whether her Majesty's ministers were prepared to proceed with the Bill for the repeal of the Navigation Laws ; and, if so, when ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if the right hon. gentleman thought the government entertained the slightest doubt about this bill he was mistaken. The time of bringing it on must depend on the private busi ness. Mr. EWART moved a resolution, of which he had given notice, viz., for a S e l ec t C omm i t t ee on existing public libraries in Great Britain and Ireland, and on the best means of extending the establishment of libraries freely open to the public, especially in large towns. Sir GEORGE GREY said that the general object of tho motion was good, and he should have no objection to a select committee if those words were struck out of the motion which had reference to the public libraries now in existence. Mr. EWART acceded to Sir G. Grey's suggestion, and the select committee was ordered. Viscount DRUMLANRIG moved for a return of the ex pense the country has incurred f rom pr i nting and pub lishing and collecting returns moved for by the hon. mem ber for Montrose, from February, 1848, to February, 1849 ; but after a short debate, the noble Viscount with drew his motion. On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON. a select committee was appointed to inquire into the constitution and manage ment of the Government School of Design, and to r e p or t their opinion thereupon. On the question for resuming the adjourned debate on Agricultural Distress, Mr. M. GIBSON strongly opposed Mr. Disraeli's motion, and expressed a hope that the amendment of Mr. Hume would be carried. Mr. CORNWALL LEWIS also opposed the motion, on the ground that if it should be carried, the agricultural interest would be rather burthened than relieved. The motion was supported by Mr. Seymer, Sir R. Lopez, Sir M. Cholmondeley, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Miles, and the Marquis of Granby • and opposed by Lord Nor- AND COLONIAL WEST INDIA MAILS. t 'Avon arrived at Southampton on es from Jamaica represent the island as Lue exception of some sickness amongst the shipping at Kingston. The crops were expected to be larger than those of 1848, but much less than the yield of 1847. The labourers generally were working better, and at rates of wages somewhat reduced since last season ; but the wages paid were still too high to admit of cultivation being carried on profitably, except on a very few of the largest estates. In consequence of the rise in the price of sugar in England, that article had advanced in Jamaica, and had caused a reaction, upon a small scale, in the ge neral business both of Jamaica and the other islands. The Jamaica House of Assembly resumed its sitting 'ter V -- The .ristmas recess on the 23d of January. principal subject of legislation was the measures of re trenchment in the public expenditure. In Barbadoes, the agricultural prospects were still fa vourable, and we now have an estimate of the crops • ^ to 35,009 hogsheads. amountir Two of the murderers of General Brea and Captain Mangin were executed at Paris on Saturday. The bishops and clergy of Spain have abandoned one tenth of their incomes for the benefit of the Pope. The Times believes that Louis Napoleon is decidedly opposed to the intervention in Italy. Marrast has been re-elected President of the Assembly. The young Emperor of Austria habitually smokes a cigar or two after dinner, and is the first member of the imperial family who was ever known to smoke, as the rigid etiquette of the Austrian court formerly condemned smoking. DENAIAR} The Danish papers contain an official proclamation, dechring that all the ports and river mouths of Schleswig and Holstein are to blockaded on and from the Tith instant. The islands of Alsen and Ariiie, and other places, which are occupied by the King of Denmark's troops, are excepted; and the blockading of each place will cease the moment it is taken possession of by Danish troops. RiissiA.—The Concordia of Turin has a letter from St. Petersburg, of the 23rd ult., asserting that the Russo- Austrian alliance is based on the following stipulations : A marriage between the Emperor of .Austria and the Grand Princess Anne ; an offensive and defensive alliance ; the reception of Turkey into this alliance; the maintenance of the treaties of 1815 ; and a guarantee of the claims of Denmark on the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. MELTING THE BELLS.—The Roman Government, in want of cannon, has issued a decree confiscating all the bells, except those of parish churches, and such as possess an artistic value which may render it desirable for them to remain in their present condition. Upon such terms the Moniteur Roman remarks that all the convent bells must go—an observation in which we entirely concur, seeing that the melting mood is best suited for metal so attractive. THE BRAZILS. — BATTLE AT PERNAMBUCO.—The ar rival of the Columbus, Captain Green, places us in pos session of important accounts from the Brazils. Early on the morning of the 2nd ult. the city was: attacked on different points by a number of men from the country : severe fighting was maintained all the afternoon, when the government received timely aid from a body of troops under the command of General Coelho ; the besiegers were then forced to retire, leaving many dead and wounded in the street. The returns of the casualties were not cor rectly ascertained on either side, but it is said they amount to some hundreds; and four hundred rebels were taken prisoners. When the Columbus sailed the city was in full and quiet possession of the government, by whom between two hundred and three hundred of the most in fluential of the citizens were arrested. PROBABILITY OF WAR BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND PIEDMONT.—In the Piedmontese Chamber, on the 9th instant, the Minister of the Interior, in alluding to the critical state of the country in connexion with its ex pected war with Austria, called for extraordinary powers. Before triumphing over foreign enemies, said the minister, they must suppress all internal factions, and with that view he submitted a project of law, which proposed to give to the government the power o f ma ki ng domiciliary visits, of imprisoning suspected persons, of banishing others, of preventing or dissolving all meetings, of pro hibiting all newspapers, and of forbidding any person speaking or writing in public, under certain penalties. The Chamber agreed to adopt this project of law by 113 to 10 ; and it afterwards granted the minister 2,000,000 livres to meet the expenses attending the arming of the National Guard. THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY.—The Pope has published an Encyclic, dated Feb ruary 2nd, addressed to all Patriarchs, Primates, Arch- Ba VISIANAMPJA SPfaTMVS,them that he has n= amining the propriety of adopting as an article of faith the doctrine, so long controverted in the Romish Church, of the immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, by de claring that " she was conceived entirely free from all stain of original sin." The Encyclic orders prayers for the Commission in all the dioceses, and invites the opinions of the prelates on the subject. It also authorises the ad option in all the dioceses of a certain service in honour of the Virgin, embodying this doctrine, which has been in use for some time at Rome. The following passage is remarkable for its blasphemous substitution of the Virgin in the place of Christ :—"You know perfectly well, Vene rable Brother, that the fo un d at i on of our confidence is in the most Holy Virgin, forasmuch as God has caused the fulness of all that is good to be in Her; so that, if there be in us any hope, any grace, any salvation, we may know that it is from Her that we receive the same; for such is the will of him who has ordered that we should have all things through Mary." ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO AMERICA. —The projectors of this work, in the United States, propose to construct it between the coast of Newfoundland and th e nearest cape of Ireland. They state that there is every reason to be lieve that a submarine bank extends from Newfoundland to the British Isles, to which they propose to anchor the wires, supported in cork tubes, at intervals of ten miles, and have appealed to Congress to aid them in the enter prise, by appropriating a public vessel for their use, to ascertain the truth concerning the nature of the bottom. Should they not find soundings, they state they could still manage to anchor the buoys by means of buckets, &c. Mr. Lake's project for the same purpose differs from this in not requiring buoys, except at each extremity, to avoid friction ; but he considers that the impinging upon Ame rica so far north as Newfoundland, would expose it to the danger of being carried away on the breaking up of the ice in the spring; he, therefore, proposes to carry it fur ther south, and estimates the expense of laying one wire from England to the neighbourhood of Philadelphia at £s6,soo—copper wire being employed. The petitioners close their address to Congress with an exhortation—" Not to allow the British Government to anticipate the United States in this sublime project." They need, however, scarcely fear competition, when the expense of a few hun dted pounds prevents the laying of the wire between this country and France. reys, Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Mr. Goulburn, and Lord John Russell. . Mr. DISRAELI having replied, the house divided—For Mr. liume's amendment, 70. Against it, 394. Majority against, 328.—F0r Mr. Disraeli's resolutions, 189. Against them, 280. Majority against, 91. HOUSE OF COMMONS —FRIDAY. On the motion for the house resolving itself into a corn. mittee of supply, _ la W• Mr. Hui E moved as an amendment, " That in the present state cf the finances of the country her Majesty's ministers, before calling on this house to vote the esti mates for the public service, should submit a general financial statement of the whole or expected revenue, and the total expenditure for the ensuing financial year." The hon. gentleman contended that the experience of last year, when they had had no less than three or four bud gets, fully justified the house in calling for a financial statement before voting away one shilling of the public money. As the success of his motion would have the ef fect of postponing the estimates, he would not object to give a vote on account, in order that no inconvenience should accrue to the public service. Sir H. WILLouGHBY seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion. The house then divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 97 to 48. The house then went into committee, and Mr. WARD drew the attention of the house to the nal estimates for the year. He treated as impracticable M Cobden's propose( reduction of the naval establishments to the maximum of 1835, and then stated what was pro posed to be done in the way of reduction in the present navy estimates. The number of men was to be diminishet by 3000, and the pecuniary saving, as compared with the estimates of last year, would be £730,856, a sum quite sufficient to enable the department to claim credit for having more than redeemed the pledge of retrenchment made last year. The hon. gentleman concluded by mov ing that 40,000 men, including marines, be voted for the ensuing year. Mr. HUME strongly condemned the system which had been pursued ever since 1815, of building ships at an enormous expense, while leaving others to rot without be ing sent to sea for years. In the seven years subsequent to 1815, when we had upwards of 500 vessels of war, be ing more than all the navies of the rest of the world united, we yet spent the enormous sum of £23,000,000 in build ing ships of war. The hon. gentleman, in order to en force economy of expenditure, moved as an amendment, " That the number of men to be voted for the sea-service be 35,000, including marines and boys." Sir F. BARING said the reduction proposed by Mr. Hume, when taken in connexion with the large reductions made by the Government (nominally 3000_ hnt IRELAND. 1 St. Patricks day passed off quietly in Dublin. There was no demonstration of any kind. The infant son of smith O'Brien was christened last week in Richmond prison. Messrs. Meagher and M`Manus were present at the ceremony. The cholera is spreading with fearful rapidity in the city of Limerick. On Monday there were 41 cases-14 deaths reported within 31 hours. On Tuesday there were 31 new cases-13 deaths—at Barrington's Hospital alone. Iftan PROSPECTS.—The deputation from Ulster on the subject of the rate in aid, informed Lord John Russell that if the law were enacted it would require 60,000 sol diers to keep the peace in Ireland. Lord John said he was bound to go on ! Mr. Trueil, a young officer of the 28th Foot, was un fortunately killed whilst out hunting in the county of Wicklow, on Saturday last. This much lamented young man had just been gazetted, and was to have joined his re giment on the 30th. What adds to the melancholy tale is, that all his family are absent at Madeira, ana his fa vourite brother was on his way home to enjoy his society for a few days before he left finally for the army. THE BANSHA MURDER--This case was tried at Clon mel, on Wednesday, when the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against W. Quinlan (Cud); Not Guilty against Hugh Kennedy. Judge Jackson, in a low voice, directed the prisoners to be removed, and said that as the trial had been heard in a crowded court, he would not 'at that hour pass sentence. Kennedy was greatly agitated, but Quin lan not apparently so ; he was smiling during the day, and his manner was strange. DREADFUL MURDER IN TIPPERARY.—At two o'clock on Saturday, as the judge was commencing to try the criminals at Clonmel, a dreadful murder was being per• petrated close at hand. A poor old woman, 70 years of age, named Margaret Ryan, was the victim, and the ob ject, it appears, was a bag of meal in her possession. Her body was mangled in a shocking manner, almost cut to pieces. A broken s c yth e , covere d with blood, was found in a ditch near the place where the dreadful deed was committed. At the county of Carlow meeting a check has been given to the anti-rate in aid agitation. An amendment was moved to a string of resolutions against the rate, to the effect that "a rate in aid was the most feasible remedy that could be devised for the relief of the west and south of Ireland. It was the only means whereby the lives of the poor could be preserved from the horrible death of starvation." The amendment is said to have been carried by an overwhelming majority. There seems nnw to be a very general feeling in the north of Ireland, in favour of the Misses M`Veagh, whose courage was so unhandsomely denied for party purposes They have recently been presented with a very handsorr silver teapot, given to them by some of their I __..,g11.5t.. _ - 6000 men), would b e so great as to justify apprehension 1 mirers' - There is on the tea-pot a short and suitable in for the efficiency of the service. scription, and on the lid is a chased representation of a After some discussion, in which Lord John Russell, Sir gun and a bayonet meeting at a point. It is a very re- W. Molesworth, Captain Berkely, and Mr. S. Herbert markable fact that since the resistance given by th e took part, Misses M`Veagh, the re h as b een a cessat i on o f i ncen di ary Mr. COBDEN complained of the waste of keeping shins fires. in ordinary in time of peace for fear a war should break MURDER BY A QUACK.—On Saturday a young woman out. The way to keep up the efficiency of the navy was named Alice Murphy, daughter of a farmer residing at to pay the men and officers better than they were now Ballymagill, died in consequence of a plaster composed of paid. In the American service they were paid 40 per some poisonous ingredients, having been some days pre cent. more than in the British. He would also take care viously applied to her neck for the purpose of curing a not to keep a single ship afloat mare than was called for sore throat, by a notorious quack doctor, named Thomas by the immediate service of the country, and the ships Day. tgainst whom a verdict of homicide has been re thus employed should be most efficiently manned and turned. The fellow bad been for some time in the neigh found. By giving high wages they would be certain, bourhood driving a profitable trade upon the credulity of whenever they required seamen, to get them, for the set-- the poor people, amongst whom his noxious drugs have vice wot no long( to take —Kilkenny Moderator. APPALLING DESTITUTION IN IRELAND.—The distress that prevails in the county of Nenagh is extreme and • ' spread. The labouring poor are all in a state of destitution, from want of food and the common ne cessaries of life. M be popular; and as the press-gang wotk r be tolerated in this country, it was indispensable - o steps to make the naval service popular. After some observations from Captain Harris, Colonel v` )thorp, Colonel Thompson, Captain Boldero, Admiral gr ( inana 112 - _ done mt :h injury use divided, and tie amendment was negati ]44 to 59. by a majority of ly farmers have labourers employed at a penny a day and their diet. The Nenagh Guardian say that " famine strides through the country, and every day carries off its victims, whilst the gentry and farmers FOREIGN „ . are becoming insolvent, in conse q ue nce of the victimising pressure of poor rates, and the low price for the produce of the land.” The same paper records the miserable death, on Friday week, of a poor woman. 30 years of age, who perished from hunger and cold in an empty house, and was found dead, and her three child ren , respectively The steam-pact Tuesday. Ad aged 12, 8, and 5, sitting upon her body. The deceased had not tasted food for some days before her death. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Died from starva tion." Three men were taken to the workhouse, in a frightful state of emaciation from want, and though well attended to, all died. Another man died at Borrisokane from the same cause. The family had had nothing but a few turnips to live upon for many days. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COURSING.—The Ridgway Coursing Meeting came off on J.liursuay and Friday, over the grounds of Thomas Clifton, Esq., at Lytham. The attendance was numerous and the sport good. A good entertainment was provided for the company at the Clifton Arms. The following was the result of the contests :—The Clifton Cup, for all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Slater's Sybil, beating Lune, Green wich Time, and Dreadnought. The Ridgway Cup, for puppies, was won by Mr. Graham's Denunciation. The Talbot Stakes was won by Mr. Graham's Dupe. The Lytham Cup, for all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Andrew's Cicely ; and the Ribble Stakes, for all-aged dogs, by Mr. James's Catch-Pass-and-Win. COURT AND FASHION. On Thursday, General Sir Charles Napier arrived at Osborne on a brief visit to her Majesty, previously to his departure for India. The Prince of Orange and suite leave town early next week to honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit at Bel voir Castle, where the Royal Prince will remain until after the Croxton Park Races. We understand the prince has determined to make a much longer sojourn in this country than he originally contemplated. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, The Bishop of Ereter has publicly denied that he ever ordained the Rev. J. A. Froude. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon in aid of the Church Pastoral Aid Society in Regent-square Chapel, London, on Sunday last. The Bishop of Sodor and Man consecrated the new cha pel of St. John the Baptist, near the Tynwald hill, in the parish of German, on the Bth inst. The Lieutenant Governor, council, deemsters. keys, clergy, and a nume rous congregation were present on the occasion. The Clergy Relief Bill was read a second time on Wed nesday. This was to be expected ; but it is no triumph for the friends of Messrs. Noel and Shore. The real de bate, the real struggle, and the eventful issue, will be decided in committee. Mr. FROUDE AND HIS BOOK.—The appointment, by Government, of Mr. Froude, whose book has attained such an unenviable notoriety, to the headship of a College in Hobart Town, is said to be cancelled. The preliminary proceedings said to have been taken to deprive him of his Fellowship in Exeter College, have been anticipated by his resignation, thus becoming a "fugitive from discip line." The Literary Gazette thus speaks of the light in which the public should regard such men as Froude, and all his school of schismatics :—" if Christianity of any kind be worth a pin's point, this book is the boldest infidel attack upon it, with the bitterest irony and most con tinuous scorn that has ever come before the world in which we live, to shake its foundations, and destroy every high principle in the mind of man. * * The immor tality of the soul is laughed at (p. 16) ; the doctrine of rewards and punishments, of course, pooh poohed ; the Protestant Reformation noticed as accursed : the pomp and worldly character of the Church of England reviled ; and then the author lapses into Puseyism, becomes con vert to Romanism, falls in love with and destroys the happiness of a friend's wife, and dies a visionary death of misery, after writing a visionary work, destructive to every principle of human happiness—unsettling everything, and establishing nothing. We must, however, leave a pro duction of this class to the organs of opinion, whose vocation it is to deal with matters of the kind.; only re marking that the major portion of the volume, which is occupied with sneering at the Bible representations of the Almighty, is but a long paraphrase of a note which will be found in Hume's Essays (the second volume, we think), and in which the Chevalier Ramsay is quoted for the sub stance and essence of Mr. Froude's blasphemous diatribe. The author, we believe, is the brother of the Froude, of whom so much was heard in the Newman controversy and ' apostacy." MORE ABOUT MR. ALLIES' BOOK.—We are greatly obliged to the Rev. T. W. Allies, Rector of Launton, Oxon. Ills book, called " Journal in France, in 1845 Mdteg m teitti T ifs t a rs ot i niUt a llie h i - AtZt;ii"ldro l iOS Church and the Papal Church in England. If Mr. Allies is allowed to remain as a teacher and a beneficed clergy man in our Church, our Church is to all intents and pur poses a Papist church. We will quote an expression or two from this extraordinary book, merely premising that Mr. Allies was for some years examining chaplain to the Bishop of London, from whom he received the living of Launton, and that his tendencies to Popery have been for some time so notorious and strong, that his intention of joining the Romish communion was very confidently stated. It would appear that he has altered his plan, and that he means rather, if he can, to bring the English Church over to Popery, then to leave the Church himself and go to Rome. Mr. Allies appears to have taken every opportunity during his travels of assisting at the idola trous ceremony of the mass ! The following is one entry in his journal :—" Tuesday, July I.—l assisted at M. Lebbe's mass, in the lady chapel of the Cathedral."— (Rouen.) The cure of the same cathedral asked whether there was not an inclination in England to imitate Popish ceremonies ? And what was the answer of this Protest ant clergyman ? " I told him I hoped the inclination was something more than that." Mr. Allies believes in the ridiculous and disgusting fraud known by the name of the miracle of the " Addolorata." He thinks that to pray by a " gigantic figure of Christ" is a " great help to devotion." But, above all, Mr. Allies is not only a believer in transubstantiation, but he thinks that the maintenance of this outrageous heresy is "the centre and life of the whole Roman Church." He has, at all events, spoken out. These are his words "I said" (at Bishop Luscombe's table) " that there were really only two ideas on the doctrine of the Holy Eucharist. The one was a real, true, objective presence of our Lord's body and blood ; the other, no presence at all, but an impression produced by faith on the individual—a commemoration, or what not! If we agreed, as ire did with the Church of Rome in the former view, it was better not to fight about the mode in which she had stated it! her real in tent being to force a shuffling and evasive party to accept or reject the truth distinctly." Mr. Allies, therefore, believes in transubstantiation ; and, moreover, this gentle man, for some years an examining chaplain to a Pro testant Bishop of London, has the effrontery to state that the English Church agrees with the Papal on the subject. — Morning Herald, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. * The Ormskirk railway will be opened to the public on the 26th inst. GREAT NORTHERN.—A further extension of this com pany's line through Lincolnshire, from Lincoln to Gains borough, 16 miles, is ready for opening. Mr Thompson is the •successful contractor for the branch line and station to Tithebarn-street, for the Li verpool and Bury Railway Company, which is about to be finished with all possible despatch. Capt. Moorson, R.N., the deputy-chairman of the Chester and Holyhead line, succeeds Mr. W. R. Collett in the Presidency of that company. There was much anxiety expressed to prevail on upon Mr. Glyn to accept the vacant seat. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-Mr. Waddington, M.P., was appointed by the board, at their meeting on Thursday last, chairman of the company, in the room of Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Samuel Anderson the deputy chairman, in lieu of Mr. Waddington. The traffic on the Chester and Holyhead Railway for the week ended 11th March, 1849, was as follows : Coaching traffic, £723 7s. Bd. ; parcels, £2l Bs. Id. ; goods and cattle, £245 17 s . 6d. ; stea m-bo ats, £94 15s. sd. Total, £lOB5 Bs. Bd. THE LATE BARRICADES ON THE RAILS.—We are happy to state that there has been no resumption of the hostile proceedings batween the Lancashire and Yorkshire and the East Lancashire Railway Companies, to which we referred in our last, arising out of disputes as to the right of the former company to collect the tickets from the passengers of the latter, at the Clifton Junction, and also as to the use of the hoist in the goods yard, in Irwell street, Salford. Arrangements have been entered into by which the East Lancashire Company secure to the Lan cashire and Yorkshire full particulars reference to the traffic, from all parts of their line, passing along the 41 miles of railway belonging to the latter company, and that in the form desired by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company. CORRESPONDENCE. THE DUKE OF ARGYLL AND BISHOP TROWER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I have just seen your paper of Tuesday last, in which occurs the following statement with regard to the so-called excommunication of the Duke of Argyll. " It appears that, in consequence of the tone taken by the noble duke, in his recently-published essay on the subject of the apostolical succession to the ministry, tne minister of the chapel at which the noble duke had presented himself for the Holy Communion on the preceding Christmas, consulted Bishop Trower, &c." Peimit me, as the minister above referred to, to say, that this is untrue. At the time that I consulted the bishop, I knew nothing about the duke's book, and even to this hour have never read a line of it. My sole reason for consulting the bishop was, that Cle duke is a Presby terian ; and methinks, if this fact were kept in mind, the great majority of the public must needs give their verdict in favour of the bishop. This I know, that all the Pres byterians here whom I have spoken to on the subject do so. Those who are inclined to decide against him will perhaps answer a simple question . . What would they think of any member of the Church of England, who, in Liverpool or elsewhere, should endeavour to intrude him self among any dissenting religious body at the Commu nion, contrary to the rules of that body ? And surely, as we are subjected to all the disadvantages of dissenters here in Scotland, it is but fair that we should enjoy the privileges of such. In conclusion, permit me to deny that the duke has been excommunicated at all. He never was a member of the church, and therefore never could be cast out of it. I am sir, &c., K. MACKENZIE PUGHE, Incumbent of Trinity (Episcopal) Church, Paisley. Paisley, March 13th, 1849. [Our readers have now had the statements of both par ties before them, and we have not the smallest objection to leave them to draw their own conclusion.] .a. IHE REV. BAPTIST NOEL'S " ESSAY ON THE UNION OF THE CHURCH AND STATE." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,---I read the other day, with great satisfaction, the strictures that appeared in the Record newspaper on the Rev. B. Noel's " Essay on the Union of the Church and State," and consider thew both able and just. Nearly all the arguments brought forward in that work have been before the public for the last twenty or thirty years. Many of the most eminent Dissenters have not only stated the same objections, but stated them with more ability, and a greater shew of reason. These arguments have been refuted again and again, and, in my opinion, most satisfactorily. It is not, therefore, his line of argu ment I protest against, but the spirit of uncharitableness which pervades the whole work. I grieve to see Mr. Noel's intention to inflict a wound, however powerless his shaft may be. That abuses exist in the Established Church, as well as in Dissent, I do not deny ; and I believe every Christian man laments over them, and desires th e i r remova l . But are w., on the one hand, to uproot the whole fabric of the Establishment, because certain abuses have crept into it ; or destroy the whole system of Dissent, because it comes not up to our standard of perfection ? It is not my design in this letter to combat the argu ments which Mr. Noel brings forward against the con nection between the Church and State—a connection not only approved, but defended, by the late Dr. Chalmers, of the Free Church of Scotland, compared with whom Mr. Noel is but a dwarf in theology, and by the great fathers of Dissent, Dr. Owen, Howe, Henry, and others. This I consider has been already done by others ably_ -- _c I'll • • . ana in tne spirit of Christian love. But I desireio point out two cardinal defects in Mr. Noel's work, which may be included under the two following heads : I. A want of common candour ; and 11. A want of strict and faithful adherence to truth. These are grave charges to be brought against a minis ter of the Gospel, but these I am prepared to substan tiate, premising only, that if a merchant, or a member of any community, had acted the same part in the commer cial world that M r . N oe l h as acted in the religious, his standing in society, in point of integrity, would be con sidered very questionable. Mr. Noel has been a minister of the Church of England for upwards of twenty-two years, during which time he has preached with no ordinary effect, administered the sacraments of the Church, and observed her rites and ceremonies. How long he has been a convert to the views published in his Essay does not appear, but it can be proved that be has held them for some time past, perhaps in a more modified degree for the last fifteen or eighteen years. Now I ask a simple question :—Has Mr. Noel, during this time, evinced the same anxiety, and laboured with the same diligence, to reform and purify the Church of which he was a minister, as he has done in this Essay to abuse and betray her ? Where is the proof that he has ? Mr. Noel condemns the Articles of the Church as sanctioning " errors." How could he in conscience subscribe to them at first, on his admission into holy orders, or connive at them afterwards ? Mr. Noel con demns the Prayer Book as containing " unscriptural doctrines." Where was his common honesty, when he used the formularies of that book up to the time of his secession ?Mr. Noel finds fault with the baptismal ser vice as embodying " false doctrine," and yet he used that very service in his public ministrations. Mr. Noel alleges that the minister is obliged by law to administer to an ungodly man the ordinance of the Lord's Supper. How has Mr. Noel sulm.itted to this law for so many years ? Was the tenderness of his conscience in abeyance all this time ? Further, Mr. Noel objects to the Burial Service, and infers from it that the Church of England makes no distinction after death between the righteous and the wicked. How could Mr. Noel use this service, with his previous knowledge of its unscriptural character ? Did Mr. Noel exercise such spiritual discernment as to bury only believers in the Lord, and entirely exclude the interring of others, of whose salvation he entertained doubts and misgivings ? Now let these few remarks be duly weighed and pon dered, and I appeal to any honest man whether Mr. Noel has not been guilty of great disingenuousness, amounting, as I verily believe, to dishonesty of action ? He has been eating the bread of the Church, as a familiar friend ; and at the same time, in heart and in purpose, lifting up his heel against her. I would ask, whether a.man of the world in the pursuit of business, or a member of any corporate body, acting with such d u pli c it y , wou ld not b e considered a marked 'Character, and whether he would not be black-balled out of every well-organized society ? It is not enough to say in reply, that Mr. N. remained in the Church as long as be possibly could. The question is, did he not remain much longer than he ought in con science to have done ? And was it not his intention to have remained till next summer as a minister in the Church, had not the Bishop of London interposod his authority ? There'is also in Mr. Noel's statements a want of strict and faithful adherence to truth. In p. 542 of the second edition of his Essay, I read these words : -- • " Of its 16,000 ministers, about 1568 do nothing, about 6681 limit their thoughts and labours to small parishes which con tain from 150 to 300 souls, while others in cities and towns profess to take charge of 8000 or 9000 souls. And of the 12,923 working pastors of churches, I fear, from much inquiry and from various symptoms, that about 10,000 are unconverted men, who neither preach nor know the Gospel." I defy Mr. Noel to prove this. Such a general asser tion, on so solemn a subject, will not, ought not to satisfy the public mind. I challenge him to the proof, and until he can prove it I shall consider him as the accuser of the brethren, and the charge itself as an unparalleled outrage on the principles, I say not of charity only, but of truth itself. T would offer Mr. Noel every facility to ascertain what is the real state of the case; and for this end I propose that he and I appoint two Christian men to accompany us for the purpose of investigation, and that we travel through England and Wales, and make a thorough in quiry into the conduct and doctrine of ministers and take notes of what w e see an d hear. I say not this by way of bravado ; the subject is too serious. I say it in perfect sincerity ; and until this proposal be accepted, or any other of like nature, I shall consider that Mr. Noel has, in the plenitude of his heart, brought a railing accu sation against his brethren. As to the charge that " 6681 clergymen limit their thoughts and labours to small parishes, which contain from 150 to 300 souls," I should have considered it too puerile to notice, had it not been gravely stated in the Essay. Mr. Noel must have matter of accusation against the Church, whether he seeks it in the depth or in the height above. Let Mr. N. himself inform us how he ARP,III 42PurciacSanertinparigioT41;Will-he-Ca've them to leave their parishes, and go to others more thickly populated ? I hardly believe this, for Mr. N. must know that the souls of the people of these parishes, though fewer in number, are not the less precious. I deem it an excellency, and not a blemish, in the Church of England, that she extends her fostering care and soli citude to every parish in the kingdom, however small that parish may be. I reside in a parish, in which there are 16 cleymen, who sustain the character of converted men, and evan gelical preachers. .Of the 15 c l ergymen i n the adjoining parish, I venture to affirm the same thing. and the same also of the clergy of the two next parishes. I have tra velled through a great part of England and Wales, and have made inquiries into this subject, and the result of my observation is totally different to Mr. Noel's. It is true I have seen many unworthy ministers in the Church, as well as amongst the body of Dissenters, neither cor rect in morals nor orthodox in doctrine. But are we to ascribe the existence of such evils to the union of the Church with the State, and not rather to the negligence of those whose province it is to see such abuses corrected. If so, to what cause must we attribute the corruptions of Dissent : not to the State, because with it and Dissent no connction exists. Let Mr. Noel solve this problem. I hesitate not to say, that while in my travels, I saw much to make the heart sorrowful, I found far, far more to cheer and gladden it. And were a comparison to be instituted between the unworthy ministers of Christ's Gospel, and the pious and zealous preachers thereof; it would be much nearer the truth to say that, of the 12,923 working pastors of churches, 10,000 were converted men, preach ing the Gospel of Christ, with greater or less success. I admit that many of these 10,000 ministers do not belong to the Bible Society, the Church Missionary Society, nor to the Evangelical Alliance ; what then ! is it to be inferred that a union with these Societies is a neces sary test of conversion ? Such men, exercising liberty of conscience in non-essentials, for the most part support and advocate other religious societies, more in accordance with their views and feelings : and will Mr. Noel venture to anathematize these and brand them as unconverted • men ? There is also throughout Mr. Noel's Essay a studied suppression of truth. He magnifies the errors of the Church, and passes by, with great carefulness, all its ex- LAW INTELLIGENCE. The Recordership of Wokingham, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. J. Jermey, has been conferred on Mr. George Clive, barrister-at-law, of Lincoln's-inn, and Judge of the Southwark County Court. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The story goes that Sir Robert Peel furnished Sir Chas. Wood with the statistical materials foi his able speech of Wednesday. Whether that be the fact or not, it is clear that Sir R. Peel has his own policy, and will carry nut his own course of action. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. — RE-ACTlON. —Division in the House of Commons in 1848 : For the repeal.. 294 Against Members present • 471—Majority 117 Division in the House of Commons in 1849: For the repeal... . 266 210 Against, Members present 476—Majority 56 ! Difference in favour of the present session, 61 ! ! ! LOCAL TAXATION.—In the majority of 208 against Mr. Disraeli's motion for a committee to inquire into the sub ject of the unequal burdens on land, were E. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, W. Brown, A. Henry, J. Bright, J. Brotherton, R. Cobden, W. Ewart, W. E. Gladstone, Earl Grosvenor, J. Heywood, L. Hevworth, W. Jackson, G. C. Legh. Earl of Lincoln, Sir R. Peel, T. Thornely, and Sir J. Walmesley. In the minority of 189 were G. F. Muntz. J. Tollemache, It. Spooner, W. Lockhart, Alder man Thompson, Sir L. O'Brien, Sir W. Wynne, E Stanley, Hon. G. J. Noel, J. Napier, and Lord C. S. Manners. The John Bull strongly protests against the appoint ment of Mr. Gilbert A'Beckett as one of the police ma gistrates of the metropolis, with a salary of £l5OO a year. " We know not," says our contemporary, " whether the known favour of certain Whig lords has been called into requisition, or whether the fact of Mr. A'Beckett's father having formerly been a parliamentary agent for a Whig borough, has been considered a sufficient claim for the advancement of his son. To the legal world Mr. A'Beck ett is positively unknown at all ;" and our contemporary adds that " he is only known as the proprietor and editor of the defunct Figaro in London, a writer of jokes in Punch, the author of the Comic History of England, and certain burlesques for some of the minor theatres," The Principality, a Welsh paper, says Pryse Pryse, Esq., the newly-elected member for the Cardigan boroughs when yet an aspirant for senatorial honours, spoke in this wise—" If you want to send a man to Parliament to work for your interest, send me, and I will work like a brick.' " Dissenters believed ; Radicals trusted ; and he was re turned as the man of the people, the representative of the principles of progress. Sunday-school teachers of the gentler sex waved their kerchiefs from the windows as he passed. Oh, how glorious ! ministers of religion fol lowed in his train, because he was such a " brick ;" but Pryse Pryse, Esq., no sooner enters the House of Com mons, under the arm of Lord Marcus Hill, whipper-in to her Majesty's ministers, than he votes, in violation of his promises direct and implied, against Mr. Cobden's motion for a decrease in the national expenditure. THE PERIL OF FREE TRADE.—Mr. Cobden exclaimed, in the Free Trade Hall, "we are in power on the Corn Laws !" A clever assertion, only it happens not to be perfectly true. Free Trade is, at this moment, in great peril ; and it will be in peril for at least a twelvemonth to come. The continual fall in the price of corn is naturally alarming the farmers ; and Mr. Cobden, on Thursday night, was honest enough to tell the Protectionists not to expect high prices any more. Consequently, if farmers are not to expect high prices again, a considerable num ber will be ruined; and if the Protectionists were to ven ture on a bold experiment, and compel a change of ministry, and a dissolution of parliament, we might see a great increase in the number of those who would be ready to lay a fixed duty on the importation of foreign corn. —Manchester Spectator (liberal journal). In consequence of the small ministerial majority on the second reading of the bill for the repeal of the navigation, laws, in the House of Commons, being considered vir tually a throwing out of the measure, the masters of the British ships in the docks and port of London hoisted their flags, giving the river a cheerful and gay appearance. It is stated that one large new German vessel is waiting the result, the captain hoping to be able to get a tender for carrying out troops to the East Indies should the bill be passed. This fine vessel, 700 tons, beautifully built, cost, fit out for sea under £5,000 ; it would have cost three times that sum built and equipped in the Thames. Lord John Russell said, in the course of his speech on the church rate discussion, " I cannot think that there is any injustice in the demand made for the church-rate. (Hear, hear.) But neither can I agree, that the esta blished church is a benefit solely to those who belong to it. (Hear, hear.) I have always considered, omitting the point of the particular form in which church-rates are levied, which is open to great objection, that the general ground upon which church-rates can be justified is, that an established church, and the established church of this country in particular, is not a benefit solely to those who belong to it, but is a great tribute and a great homage on the part of the legislature—(much cheering, in which the next few words of the noble lord were inaudible), and that the country would not be benefited, would not be improved, but would be degraded by its abolition. (Re newed cheers.)" CHURCH RATES.—The following members voted in the majority of 119 against the abolition of church-rates, on Tuesday :—T. C. Anstey, R. B. Armstrong. R. M. Bel lew, B. Disraeli, John Duncuft, Lord Ebrington, F. French, W. E. Gladstone, Henry Goulburn, G. Greenall, Sir G. Grey, B. Hawes, Sir John Hobhouse, W. N. Hodgson, Sir John Jervis, W. S. Lascelles, George C. Lewis, Sir Lucius O'Brien, J. W. Patten, Sir Robert Peel, David Pugh, Lord John Russell, George Sanders, Colonel Sibthorp, R. A. Slaney, Edward Stanley, John Tollemache. The following voted in the minority of 84: H. Aglionby, J. Brocklehurst, J. Brotherton, W. Bus feild, Richard Cobden, William Ewart. W. J. Fox, T. M. Gibson, George Carr Glvn, T. E. Headlam, Alexander Henry, James Heywood, Lawrence Heyworth, C. Hind ley, Joseph Hume, William Jackson, James Kershaw, J. O'Connell, James Pilkin g t on , Willi am S c h o l e fi e ld , Ralph Thicknesse, T. Thornley, Charles Villiers, Sir J. Walmsley, J. S. Trelawny, John Bright. REASONS FOR THE FINANCIAL REFORM AGITATION.— Mr. Cayley stated in the House of Commons, on Thurs day, that " it had been stated that there was a great de sire on the part of the agricultural population to join in an attempt to reduce the expenditure of the country—to rable, considering the price of produce. There was rea son in the agriculturists making those complaints; but his surprise was that the manufacturers made complaints of that nature. They might be assured that both the mercantile and agricultural bodies never made those com plaints unless the hoe pinched. Was it the shoe of free trade that pinched ? (Protectionist cheers.) It was the distress in the manufacturing districts in 1837 that led to the agitation for the repeal of the corn laws. Let them depend on it, it was some feeling of distress in the manu facturing body which led to the agitation at the present time for financial reform. (Cheers from the Protection ists.) It had been well said by an American writer, very knowing in the motives and interests of mankind, that when a state was eminently flourishing, its subjects over looked general defects in times of prosperity, but that there were no more fastidious commentators on public affairs than the merchants of a falling trade. (Cheers.) He strongly believed that a falling trade was at the bot tom of the present agitation!' DIVISION ON THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—In the majo rity in favour of the second reading we find E. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, W. Brown, A. Henry, J. Bright, J. Bro therton, R. Cobden, W. Ewart, T. M. Gibson, W. E. Gladstone, H. Goulbourn, Sir J. Graham, L. Heyworth, C. Hindley, W. Jackson, Sir R. Peel, G. Sandars, R. A. Thicknesse, T. Thornely, and Sir J. Walmsley. In the minority against the second reading were Sir P. Egerton, W. T. Egerton, J. Tollemache, J. Bailey, Jun., M. T. Baines, B. Disraeli, H. Drummond, G. C. Legh, J. Na pier, J. Sandars, Lord Seaham, Col. Sibthorp, Ald. Sid ney, R. Spooner, A. Stafford, E. Stanley, R. Stephenson, and Sir W. Verner. Of the ayes in 1848-59 were Peel ites or old protectionists, 235 Liberals. In 1849, 39 were Peelites, 227 Liberals. So that there were only eight fewer Liberals votod for this time than last, and 20 fewer of the old protectionist party. Of the noes in 1848-161 were Protectionists, 16 Liberals. In 1849-191 Protec tionists, 19 Liberals. Fourteen of the majority o f l ast year voted with the minority of this; 18 of the Peelites and 25 of the Liberals, who voted for the abolition last year, were absent from the late division. Of those who voted last year and were absent this, 13 were Irish mem bers ; and of the 14 who changed sides five were Irish members. Fifty-two voted for this time who did not vote last, and 49 voted against this time who did vote last, Part tastes err ~ otl] 44111 .taate s 4 tO 2 0 lil -\.„„.._ : ---..---------j----iareh , s to , i.e, --- -- -- --------L -)1 . cellencies: while on the other hand, he el 9: Ste as the perfect model of pure and undefd eu r baci.•! Discipline. The bondage of Hagar, th e , ; , - ,eor.' 14 rift awful in his eyes • and the liberty of 1 ",, - ; t';' T n „. la woman, is everything he can desire. Ca n 7 er Th Ilifi pt Mr. N. is so really blind to the excellencies 9 ' t i e N Litt Piai 'rth ' 1 mer, and so ignorant of the defects of e + , 4 ttitl e LOtt t nE eminent Dissenters have borne honorakte,li4 , it a is r °s elo c k"' :rri only to the value of the Church, as turn s ,7o 4 l 'eM a !° , l the , he hr a e l a r gm e ar a , d da y tro s i t g a tih t d e e d DD , i b siss u se t enn a t l et s irn o :cca to sny t ds h ti e edml s y cri , t p ;o.s: ;: ::0 ,1; : i i e ti t e li i raot.n , s - ; Liturgy, to wit, Calvin, Robert Hall, and 0 of . ic i 4 s2er izep 'er Por 2? tn ad r% arri , a h n e e s e ta a tes el t o h a a k t some th '• ei D r e o a w co n ns ty m ra a n k n e y k , in cines* 4 o ris. °Pe:* a wi nt wind round the fetters they are prePari : g r ' .‘;r iO c.% 1.a41.41 ''" 1 : 3'1144 ' °tf° of the pastor:" again the "deacon is th e P f l 1 / 4 „Ztirat ar , 4 that living, the bible of the minister, and tb e • ie k' teulegress. p fl . oc flock, Mr. 153,aNne Noel e n ul d r c i a v hl i i d em u g a ee l sm w tb h he o ar t, , s t m h G r au u ni thrusting n . g a e r gbill u s e n e A i re 0 :: i 4 : of government, attempts to lord it over l l ' t„ ll, br i F il is In e .41,; -.1 4 6 ' .1 congregations the sermons of others; this ' 3 ,10 j,, t I rear hose ; a certain extent. What then, Mr. Noel °U S ' li S te. i nßtir l str* , „ e l is , let Mr. James's Church Member's Guide. I, ° e ;nt ‘ , A ,to 1!; .' from that the sermons of many of the DisseliVe V A /ti '' foreio. are "poverty itself, or a mere repetition of ` O ,. k,th: to ex t re an fre timents in the same words." p. 243. 1 0 4 i ti tii4rn, tune, the], heard Dissenting ministers preach the discotii;o, ~,,Q?,c , o n f e, re and I believe the practice common among o f IZ 4 all' o lliall ( t e ' s r C cer, of Liverpool, an Independent minister , %Ott Ac LßPut e! 1 ,: preached Charnock's Sermons : those sernt °n ' Votir, t less th a ' - , only preached in the pulpit by that gentleteittc Iti, 4l tpZ,";rap , • Tr , ~iii,,- DI. , i 'lict: since been published as his by the Religiou s , ''%ialciai e ;:,.''' Mr. Noel speaks of the evils of Churo)'„ l7 ,:',4o tii: l ,iii t ," (l fri M . l conceals all the evils of the Patronage of for ?it Ni whi m ,' h e o% ; he must have known something of them. io' ti k i pit7,,a gOve r r i n of Birmingham. a good authority in such 1113 d. 4 11: I tti:11' ; '"eet it: that the "mischief' caused by the electio,;.;, N,ouhd e pd it , is "incalculable," that there are "cabals, .01 NAN b 'li tl it " disgusting tyranny," &c. And if all di' I lh i r le dij io tlleil says be true on this and other subjects, th e . e a t id• lelt e° u(iii rn et a o c t l must admit that however great the abuses iu by:, , tine L as I bel lished Church may be, those of the Dissentil' 4' l itit e e p ",nsur c far greater. But Mr. Noel observes a Prudes. L'Ptive hay 13 ° 1. a_ ha • this point. a e : N4 r -.11 - -racter . ue ir v::::;:ofhp.:inn. T I may here bring forward what came " no tl3 observation, when I was I ncum b en t or a"„f When a good m an , th e B apt i st m i n ister" 1 ' died, Mr. -, who came on t r i a l after hi 10 0 secure his own ele c ti on , excommunicated - 10 ) 4 members, with ou t ass i g ning any cause: r b pi an impression th a t th ey wou ld vote again - roeili Passing by th e many contradictory S till ' beel Noel's book, some of which have alrcadlo out in the Churchman's Penny Magazine; 4 1 , so extraordinary a c h arac t er t h at I can not PO to it : viz., that 3,000 faithful clergyme n l , o the Union, would be sufficient to evangei l tr o, country. Surely no Irish repealer in the e,_ l t l his zeal ever anticipated deriving one-tenth a temporal point of view, from the RePea l pel, between Ireland and Great Britain, as Mr . elf in a spiritual one from the severance of the i o the State. Up on thi s na il , the Union, ° a weight of abuses, sufficient to crush a world Mr. Noel states that there are 7,900 tt1 i13 ;;t,,, 9 Churches ; now, out o f thi s num b er, it is " to suppose th a t one h a lf are converted ni el ' . ) 01 I ask, th a t th ese unschackled ministers 118'. plished great and blessed a work. Mr. Noel, in a letter written to the late log bourne three or four years ago, asked 2,tt clergymen and £8,000,000 of money tbr i l wants of the inh a bit an t s o f England. 'WWI clergy for a chu rc h w hi c h h e cons id ers s ob° :1 0 ' £8,000,000 to a State church so awfu9 , and 0-- " k4),,,,, 0 1.,, iti. iii n r . 4 ' ~,,,... . . 0 ' h e 1 ,1., ,,, ;', i left erv e 0 - /1 y r lv i :: 4.i,t r eiil y e vri s r s s i l ii i,tn 4l ,ient a l a si),4; ; o ee, atuj Illa ii , 1 4I:t 0;t. t p o ro e v n l f d o 4if i ,exPe ii 4e Ove 14 .4 ~t taki. ,..ore s ., i v r o lle No r co the 14 1 e 'tra , any tit".::),, yore E v e itr N. ' e ra ii ' a e t , th; 4 ,liaran t i LitiZo . i t0 4",(2.1r a . t ,,,,,,, P , 4?4 ,1, itiiii I F k 4 : ll4 :Zf fri I rec d e,t d ult hav a 14 14i ,er it ke ::1 -ta e i l i n t i)° ; e ll l. "l ( (( t bden ~e • kbp'' Co ' P P Qui %,,tv „st Califor”. t;" w a iLei of cannot r NiThat, '* Vkj e dlity c l t° n __.....u. bo . to Pti e 0 fron i74 L th weei a 30 an ,_.,u to a State church so awl ° oll ii ; V ° k bk.4q "'S neeeS e l l• I N .° l 4, shm _.. ne considers so d . 0ft10414 wit The I so overburdened already with , th .. , t ict 4, or .e .hi co o. ,s in e,, ,, p ri ot t v e i inconsistency ! what absurdity ! The vrilu bee' of his demand, on the one hand, can onlY as a premonitary symptom of an equal/Y W u p d gance on the other. It is the sudden re P tor 11'041.4111s re unsettled mind from the land of Zebulan, e el ' Of tmesti port of the Gentiles, without an intermediate re st _ nia t the sole of the foot. err Of "k lOO 01 I think it will appear from the foregoing r fl' 4 :: e A,.. ether, there I have substantiated my two pr positioosroi 1 . r t 'ean li there is in Mr. Noel's book—l. Zwant o f frol 4 'N -13 " ) a the dour, and—ll. A want of strict and faith u , ti r f k A, . Calif° truth. to 4 'rii , ',i" the 30 0 ' kPtei e , 4 ' M. Ste L 6, '''' at Cha I consider the essay a crude, inaccurate, an d sd production, breathing throughout a spirit, tir ell, , , and containing many charges against the Cu. re' ik t rit ? 4" 'n the r] as they are unauthenticated. The public: ll l, : v v ealor a, — do more harm to Dissent than to the Chu rc al r kl.k''aPe. from as its whole tendency is to cherish and inerer-e !k„ raj * , , The .e * 1 4; ~,, urouol i f spirit of Dissenters against the Establislon e scv ,t h e Eti antbi '? ~ . In ~ stray that spirit of Christian love whic h ar t° te'll "-. - together all Christian people. That it alr ea , e b ~ il,,be„R,_,ald fever i &ea ving va all produce this unhappy result, there is too 03 , 1 (1 iN. r'ea, and w' fear, I understand that in London. Livetri unts places, the essray is made the text book ° e lf° ' t 1f.(., 3 wer e .P a ministers, and that they lecture upon it at tl'i;l° 1,,, o st ore.s r te meetings. A Baptist minister reads thew °r ffhe se , (Pt. g 1 the 4teoLfj gregation one evening in the week :on one °f to t 4l ac e° - - clergyman of my acquaintance walked °P ii' ' l * "lea and asked the person at the door " V"`rel o ' 1 ' 11 11 ) 4 kt a. Yune ' t -ys ~.....i here ?" the reply was,minister il f ell I.7tr" 8 401 i 4 ~ por n th e at t Noel's book to the congregation ;" a dding 1 ki. by Uni kittikeatiAlentere) cantly, " That's the Bible here now!' colf e l '•P;, Y Yua n t .i! One word more : if Mr. Noel was eTe r , tt . 1 C l aleu s -57 w " spirit to preach the Gospel of Christ, 1 5 : - ocei N aye already fit hi r Goverk know how he can reconcile with his c onscl e tt;Pect wo tinuance of the office of a Christian minif t , e P e „l . ;11,r of et t ; in c ° l stand that he neither preaches innot an ' ps , '' 4,4 , NI, .. - trants How unlike to this was the holy O d a' ' ,;o sl. at ii'""g• nn ournage he said, " Necessity is laid upon me t y' me if I preach not the Gospel. o f • tt e. on arr I consider Mr. Noel's usefulness, like OW gee thorp'a, not only impaired but coruparative l l , 6 - r° ' he en ng /r - N ° lle with like a star thrown out of its orbit, wander' i d; ~ K ; t ith h object among the planets of the religious W °r i ve 4 ei - 7 1 $ h et,. other causing a momentary excitement in the th e , q t4 tlt Q c 7/ 1 1 in tht Christian public, without promoting either t he' t,,,ittpor Zrnor M, or religion, or the cause of vital godliness i n t jil! 15 % ,t 0 co i asoll s t believe Mr. Noel to have fallen into tert , f kkqesti t .:* !to-d snare :—what his future intentions may `f,os ~,,e! , ite, . you province to inquire. That he c an h a ve P:. to feelings and associations with Dissenters less questionable. And if he expect to find le s i o D i in Dissent than in the Church, I fear he, w chti i t l disappointed. However this may be, all oft' should hope and p ra y th a t th e Chi e f Pastor hio', will not leave him to himself, but guideuo truth.—l am, sir, &c., JOSE.PO '4 r l , x °B(o l T L tr tr atti h° r had a r9 ' 4 w "a agera; " 4 , 4 4 , 11 during t Q~ a .4t4 t• Par less - ' Meltham Parsonage, Yorkshire, March 15th, 1849. The rev. writer of this letter was, s° ° ' . , es , curate to Dr. M'Neil e , at S t. Jude's Ch in c. , 4?j ;') f 4 ; ) a li t °wi ng oa,ll jai da is kinanaasetli 44 11Ted their 4iB ed to r n tr 0 e ,., e. ophue Li t z, Dot ip• ' --- fi• POLICE 11VTELLIGES- C PUBLIC PROCESSIONS.—A young Thant 1190. who represented himself as a c l er k, halid ej o l,t e, addressed to Mr. Rushton, relative to tor e l procession of ship carpenters. Mr. Rualo processions are foolish affairs, and we dg t to stop them. Refe r hi m t o t h e ma yor. e igh t THE LODGING- HOU SE S .—On Wednesch , t o sons were summoned before th e mag istr! boo' described crowding their ir mostlod g unhealthying-hou s e and fib s . Some h o y p f the ; people taken in as lodgers were herded toge r t', e r ner which would on l y result in producing le. kind of disea se . The houses were many of fl ie r and contracted streets and the total numbs amounted to 318, giving an average of nblio each dwelling. The off e nd ers wer e fined amounts, with costs. F ri AN IDEA OF M ANLINESS . —On by fellow, named John Astle, was charged 0 Napier, with an assault, by having violentlYo Mr. Rushton, to the prisoner : " What hav e —Prisoner " I have to say that she sv t l e i tongue, and I jumped up and st ruc k her, l i fe have been living together as man and bad one."—Mr. Rushton ; " Then yo u th 4 a man is to strike a wo man ? Y ou m ust P d default, be imprisoned two months; You find bail, yourself in £2O, and two surefie s : , or he further imprisoned for four mont bs bo' " Thank you. She may get a bag for he!, murder her."—Mr. Rushton : " B r i n g in you have threatened to take away her life' I be imprisoned for six months, and further, $, articles of peace to be exhibited against y ou' be imprisoned for twelve months." THEFT AND INGRATITUDE.—JOSeph I r 00• • charged on Saturd a y, by Ahr a h,,,,,, Bar„ , Israelite, one of the itinerant glaziers w ho P, verpool, with haying stolen from him £l. 95 1 b a gold ring, an um b re l la, and a variety. of °.ss Barrow, it app eare d , h ad shown great kindnebi/ soner, who affected great distress, affording days' lodgings in his house. On rising 0,- , tJ week, to his p ra y ers , th e prosecutor disen'oo pnilactery was gone, and on a searc h the a were found to be missing. The prisoner P V A traveller soon aft erwar d s t o ld B arrow that the thief residing in Back Chester-stree t 's, On receipt of this intelligence the proseen t 4 i gular pertinacity, l a y i n wa it d ur i ng not efri, days for the prisoner, and captured him on et arrested he had the stolen ring upon his fi n ° committed for trial. 01•11.110M11.11..11.... mi..ua is ni Ntt4e r ole of of th the t 4, llo 4 ,atte: r b., t ," of the , 1,, at f e - k;sna c i a , , % -?; f °11, 3 ". :' 4 ( Itt ' . °4 froi tlatid start tt,Otilq eI Y the C o t 1!?), I h af ter yen li th v 'lqv eci a psoclise t o and m, ot the the ."oio eve ue hneF. l ll t , ; : : : 4 y re aci a ea ch Ntei'pd th l e e t i st ate s i s . 1 1 ,ph t he of he;,,. , 14 Sr 2 11:11), %, 4 4 %014 1 1 4 by the and k t kl t C i r n ! tc4 • tr oubl e est ruer ° f 1 I p k t 1 el,°llsutried kilk7t,p servantpft.lvy.,serv__ an ' i tt ;lLi t iell owes J. TN:rap e ' barr e d z' 4 - % uao,4 c. A . tß tl t rY Sci ' LiA, ;e ple , 4 tit! l 'otte El 'J Mot. 11, 13! c; to t i il ord i A of i ,‘, Ir. ,wf e , a litlSZket I s, tr e f : 1 1 ' no, p~tj 18e T: .0 % • 4 1 Zt t 4sb t ", 4 , 11 , 44 4701,. ti e ., 0111 W l e t l 'ee e °l 3 4t7: U tn e: t tj k l ` tte4attl 1 l Ill e t s er(1; .ew ia. or MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER, NEAR t bec/ York assizes, on the 15th i nstant, John kg was charged with th e w ilf u l murder of JoliV Aldbrough, on the 25th January, by shoo t t l i.o9) gun loaded with powder and shot. We ° c ell particulars of the case shortly after the,P r li great number of witnesses were examined ' C' tg, 011 tion, the counsel for which detailed the fa c ,, o o, not to be fully confident that the evidence ;0+,4, the charge. The deceased, he said, was Vo the Earl of Ripon. He went out with a °l ,0A( his hand, on the night of the 25th j a nuarY ri tj direction of a plantation, where he was / 111 , 1 4 1174 ing dead, from the effects of a gunshot 7 4 0 was an alarm gun in a tree near the spot, to t# that it had not gone off. There appeared r e#oti of a scuffle on the ground ; but there w e e , e tli.fo'd near having a resemblance, though imper`',oo,ts the boots worn by the prisoner. Two r„cl7,/ shot fired in the direction that night, 3- 0 4 . ") person cry, "Oh dear ! Oh dear !" but s . t e nt`i heard nothing more. No one saw the P', l- 0 0 0 / the time. Several witnesses gave him Some shot of a particular sort were foue'r o o'J the deceased ; but no similar shot were ' O Ol prisoner, or in his cottage. The judge,' e dic t. / great deal of evidence, put it to the jury %L. satisfied that the case was made out. T" e ' 3 ' they were not. A verdict of not guiltY returned, and the pris oner was forthwith u 14, t5,444t,,v0 %i'vi,il 2! ti i ht co coutt k 't N DSO I ' t 4 N'tsst' o vv y 641, Ottlt is slncE I; 41 1 Y 'tt ' Ya 4 e q ~tt,:,4 l ;,Pr'4, 8 1 ,' 41 t It ritz ' "es L t , a ( fil t i?or t " 1 ' N t) Ptt I NI St thi N i ; • tZ•i, tc u I^ tt, Yea r bY 5 1 it", ", te .Nl 'At