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iftuptrtal Varitaintnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THIIRSDAY. The Earl of CRARLEVILITE drew the attention of the house to a paragraph in the Pilot Dublin newspaper, which repeated the statement, that the assassin of Lord Norbury wore a "neat made shoe ;" and asked Lord Normanby, whether he had re ceived any official or other information in the least degree tending to confirm the statement so positively given in Mr. O'Connell's journal. Lord NORMANBY, in reply, said, that neither from police inspector, n • stipendiary magistrate, both of whom had been employed oincially to investigate on the spot the circum stances of that atrocious crime, had government ever received one tittle of intelligence to the effect which, after being so often insinuated, had been read by Lord Charleville from the Pilot newspaper. Lord LYNDHURST, after quoting the words used by Lord Ebrington, in the other house of parliament, said he wished to ask the noble viscount whether, when he recommended the noble lord to this important office, he was aware of the ob servations to which he (Lord Lyndhurst) had alluded to? Viscount MELBOURNE.—He certainly was not aware of every observation and every expression that might have been made use of by his noble friend, to whom the noble lord had alluded. The government was anxious to strengthen the Protestant church in Ireland, and he was perfectly aware that his noble friend was favourable to the measures which mi nisters had endeavoured to carry to effect their object. Lord WRARNCLIFFE said he confessed that, for the noble lord's sake, he was sorry he was going to Ireland—that he was going with that speech affixed to him, because the infer ence deducible from those expressions was of a most danger ous character. With respect to the government by whom the noble lord was appointed, their conduct must be taken as a clear proof that they did not contemplate the measures which they introduced with reference to the Protestant church in Ireland as final measures.—(Hear.) Lord LANSDOWNE defended the appointment ; and a conversation of some length ensued ; after which The Bishop of LONDON gave notice, that on Monday next he should move for an inquiry into certain proceedings that had lately taken place with reference to the new Marriage Act. The Poor Law Amendment Act for Ireland was then read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, some papers re lating to India were ordered.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY. A great many petitions were presented against any altera tion of the corn laws. On the motion of Mr. P. THOMSON, a series of resolu tions relative to the transaction of private business was agreed to, after some opposition. After some discussion respecting the appointment of a committee on Mr. Wynn's case, Mr. O'CONNELL brought on his motion for leave to in troduce a bill which should assimilate the elective franchise in England and in Ireland. He dilated on the necessity of a complete identification of the two countries, in order to make the union endurable to the latter. In Great Britain, he ,said, the proportion of voters to population was enor mously larger than in Ireland—a state of things which he illustrated by a long array of figures. Besides, he contended, the franchise in Ireland was fixed higher than in England ; whereas it ought to be lower, inasmuch as Ireland is the poorer country. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Lord MORPETH opposed the motion ; at the same time repudiated the doctrine of finality ; but the government, who were carrying out the principle of equality and identification, in other Irish matters, thought something was due to the settlement of the relief bill and of the reform bill on this particular subject of the franchise. Yet, for his own part, he hoped a day would come when he might make the con cession which he was now obliged to withhold. After some discussion the house divided, when there ap peared for the motion, 92 ; against it, 155 ; majority, 63. Mr. O'CONNELL obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of libel. _ On the motion of Captain PECHELL, a return was ordered of all fees payable on denizenship, and the number of per sons included in one patent. Sir F. PoLLocx obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to double and treble costs, and to pleading the general issue only in certain cases. Lord SANDON postponed for a fortnight his motion re specting the blockade of Mexico. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved, " That it is the opinion of this house that during Lent no greater restrictions should be placed upon theatrical entertainments in the city of West minster than are placed upon the like amusements at the same period in every other part of the metropolis." The motion was carried by a majority of 20, the numbers being 92 and 72. The house adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Marquis Of NORMANBY (in reference to an inquiry made on a former evening) said that the papers regarding the condition of the church in Canada had been received, and that they should be laid before the house. The borough courts bill was read the third time and passed. Lord MELBOURNE stated that he was ready to present the papers respecting India to their lordships. The Earl of ABERDEEN remarked that this country was now involved in was in India, the justification of which would require ample evidence. Lord MELBOURNE added that he was prapared to produce all papers that could be fairly called for. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Mr. JERVIS brought up the report of the committee upon the case of Mr. Wynn. The committee had come to a reso lution to the effect, that the Steward of the Lordship of Den high was an office of profit under the Crown, and that the right hon. gentleman had been appointed by her Majesty; but that Mr. W. Wynn had not accepted the said office since his election. The election is, therefore, valid. Mr. Jervis moved that the evidence be printed, and said, he should then call the attention of the house to the laxity which prevailed to this appointment, particularly in the warrant of appoint ment being antedated. The house having resolved itself into a committee on Irish railways, Lord NIORPETH stated the particular provisions which he proposed to introduce into the measure which he should submit to them. They did not propose in the first instance, that the Government should undertake more than one of the great lines recommended by the Railway Commis sioners, though he himself should have rather liked to grasp more, because the efficacy of the measure would have been thereby increased. The line which they proposed to execute is that from Dublin to Cork, which branches to Limerick and Clonmel, which would comprehend an extent of line 213 miles in length ; and this, by the calculations of the Commissioners, would involve an expense of £2,556,000. The grounds of preference were, the large area of country which would be benefited, the communication with greater districts and towns than could be obtained in any other line which it would open, namely, with the' large and important counties of Tipperary, Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Clare, and Waterford. The line would connect Dublin and all the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and its neighbourhood, and indeed, the metropolis of England itself with Cork, the port most in use in the south of Ireland, and more resorted to than any other in the traffic between Ireland and America. The noble lord having dwelt on the advantages of which such a measure would be productive, proceeded to describe the main provi sions of the bill. The calculation of the Commissioners was, that there would be a profit of about four per cent.; but to guard the public money against the Ipossiblity of risk, they proposed to enact, that in the event of the revenue proving inadequate to the maintenance and working of the lines, and payment of the interest at the aforesaid rate, the deficiency shall be made good by assessment on the counties through which the line passes ; one-third on the baronies intersected by or adjoining the lines ; the remainder on the country at large, including those baronies. Sir R PEEL strongly resisted the plan. An extended debate arose on the subject, Lord J. RUSSELL strongly urged that a bill on the subject might be allowed to be brought in. The house eventually divided. The resolution was carried —ayes, 144 ; noes, 100 ;—majority in its favor, 44. The report was ordered to be read on Monday. Lord MORPETH moved the second reading of the Munici pal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, which called forth much dis cussion and some divisions. The remaining business was deferred to different days. The Times, of Saturday morning, contains a corres• Rondence between the Honourable Henry Fitzroy, M.P. Mr .4oebuck, Mr. Edward Trelawney, and Lord Powerscourt, and, an account of a duel between Lord Powerscourt and Mr. Roebuck, at Coombe Wood, on Thursday evening. The dispute originated in the following expressions in the report of Mr. Roebuck's speech, at Bath, on the 15th of Feb. : " I am told that Lord Powerscourt, about thirteen months ago, (and I am glad that he is now in England to hear what I shall have to say concerning him,) at some drunken exhibi tion, dared to use my name in a way that no gentleman would have done. I took no notiee of it at the time, but I did reserve to myself the right of applying a scourge to that person's back, which should make him feel smartly, if he has any sense of honour or shame." Being asked by Lord Powerscourt to state whether his words were correctly reported, Mr. Roebuck furnished a fuller account of that part of his speech alluded to, but which did not materially differ from the above extract. Mr. Henry Fitzroy, on behalf of Lord Powerseourt, wrote to Mr. Roe buck, requesting that, as he did not " retract or explain" the offensive expressions, he would name " a friend." Mr. Roe buck called upon Mr. Fitzroy to state distinctly what words he wished to be explained, as it was not Mr. Roebuck's ob ject to make the charges in offensive language. Mr. Fitzroy declined a correspondence on the subject. A third letter from Roebuck referred Mr. Fitzroy to Mr. Trelawney, and con tained Mr. Roebuck's statement of what he conceived to be the exact position of the parties : the responsibility lying, as he conceived, on those who demanded a duel and would not state the precise cause of offence. This was the account of the duel : " Putney-hill, Feb. 28, 1839. On the evening of the 29th Lord Powerscourt M.P., and djilr..:Roebuck met by appointment at Coombe Wood, seven .s igpiles from town ; the former accompanied by the Honourable Fitzroy, M.P., and the latter by E. Trelawney, On th e ground efforts were renewed to avert the necessity of proceed ing to extremities ; Lord Powerscourt's friend insisting on Mr. Roebuck's retracting or apologizing for the words com plained of in the correspondence, and the oppostte party de clining to do so. " The ground was then measured, and the principals placed at twelve paces. On Mr. Roebuck's receiving his adver sary's fire, he discharged his pistol in the air, and, advancing to Lord Powerscourt, said, Now, my lord, lam ready to make any apology your lordship may suggest ; for, certainly, in my speech at Bath, I did not mean to apply anything per sonally offensive.' All parties, being entirely satisfied by . this frank procedure of Mr. Roebuck, returned to town. " EDWARD TRELAWNEY. trlinteo " HENRY FITZROY," 11,` ELECTIONEERING DUEL. 1 : By the late act of parliament, all executors, widows, or next of kin, are liable to a penalty of 1:100, if they neglect to prove , wills or take administrations within six months after the death of the testator. THE APPOINTMENT OF LORD EBRINGTON.—Lord Ebrington is to be the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; and . to render him tit for his O'Connell vassalage he has been called to the House of Peers by writ of summons, under the ~, -title of Baron Fortescue ; but as his aged father, Earl For d fescue, cannot, in the course of nature, live many years longer, the addition to the peerage is only temporary. The Whigs, indeed, have created more than their share of peers. It is now little better than eight years since they got posses ? sion of place; and in that short period their creations amounted to SEVENTY-ONE ; 1. e., Dukes 2, Marquisses 4, Earls 14, Barons 51—total7l. These are the men who cried out so continuously against the Tories, though the creations •;• .• Li of the latter were chiefly for eminent services rendered to f . the country in a time of war ; whereas in the brief space of eight years the abstinent Whigs have added one-fourth to a lc peerage of eight centuries' growth. Ministers must have been in a sore strait to appoint Lord Ebrington to so impor r tant an office ; the dullest man, of his opportunities, in the three kingdoms. His qualifications are, that he will wear the O'Connell chain without murmuring, and that he has 1 , declared in his place in the Commons that he desires to play - hi into the hands of the Papists by putting down the Protestant Church Established in Ireland. What has come over the ;1 , D u ke of Sussex ? The situation was intended for him. Per '. baps the Dictator would not give his consent. Nothing is =L more probable. We hitig shown in another part of our taper how completely the luini s tptry are at his beck.—Leeds ntelligencen EXTRACTS FROM THE NARRATIVE OF SIR FRANCIS B. HEAD. THE HISTORY OP MY APPOINTMENT TO THE GOVERN- MENT OF UPPER CANADA, IN NOVEMBER, 1835. (Concluded from the Liverpool Standard of Friday.) There would be no end to this chapter were I to describe the sitnplicity of mind, ill-naturedly called ignorance, with which; I approached the city of Toronto, With Mr. WlCenzie's heavy book of lamentations in my portmanteau, and with my remedial instructions in my wri ting-case, I considered myself as a politicial physician, who, whether regularly educated or not, was about to effect a sur prising cure ; for, as I never doubted for a moment either the existence of the 553 pages of grievances, nor that I would mercilessly destroy them root and branch, I felt perfectly confident that I should very soon be able proudly to report that the grievances of Upper Canada' were defunct—in fact, that I had veni-ed, vidi-ed, and vici-ed them. As, however, I was no more connected with human poli tics than the horses that were drawing me—as I had never joined any political party, had never attended a political discussion, and had never even voted at an election, or taken any part in one—it was with no little surprise that, as I drove into Toronto, I observed the walls placarded in large letters which designated me as— " SIR FRANCIS HEAD, A TRIED REFORMER." _ _ _ I could soon see that the loyalists looked upon me in this light, and, accordingly, on the very first appointment, that of surveyor-general, which they themselves forced me to make, they almost one and all joined in a very improper petition to the King, which I am sure they have all since deeply regretted. Exposed as I knew I must be to the political storm, it was to me a matter of the most perfect indifference from which quarter of the compass it proceeded. " I have the grievances of Upper Canada," I said to myself, " and I have their remedies ;" and, whether the tories liked the medicine or whether they did not, I cared not a single straw. Among those who in Private audience presented themselves to me was Mr. Bidwell, the speaker of the House of Assem bly. To this gentleman, who was the leader of the repub licans, I expressed the same language which I had addressed to the leaders of the opposite party. I told him plainly that I was an inexperienced man, but that I would deal honestly towards the country ; and, being resolutely determined to correct the grievances of the province, I at once took up the hook which contained them, and invited Mr. Bidwell to converse with me freely on the subject. To my utter astonishment, he told me that there were grievances not at all detailed in the book, which " the peo ple" had long endured, and were still enduring, with great patience ; that there was no desire to rebel, but that a morbid feeling of disatisfaction was daily increasing ; that increase it would, and that, in fact, if it had been distinctly stated that I was the bearer of new instructions, those with whom he was associated had come to the determination never to meet in provincial parliament again. " What do you mean, sir," said I, " that this book of grievances, which I have been especially sent to correct, does it contain the complaints of the 'province?" Mr. Bidwell repeated his former answer, and, from that day to the hour of his leaving the country, never could I get him to look at the book of grievances ; but whenever I referred to it he invariably tried to decoy me to some other will-o'-the-wisp complaint, which in like manner, would have flown away before me had I attempted to ap proach it. When Mr. M`Kenzie, bringing with him a letter of intro duction from Mr. Hume called upon me, I thought that of course he would be too happy to discuss with me the con tents of his own book, but his mind seemed to nauseate its subjects even more than Mr. Bidwell's. Afraid to look me in the face, he sat with his feet not reaching the ground, and. with his countenance averted from me, at an angle of about 70 degrees, while, with the eccentricity, the volubility, and indeed the appearance of a madman, the tiny creature raved in all directions about grievances here, and grievances there, which the committee, he said, had not ventured to enumerate. " Sir," I exclaimed, " let us cure what we have got here first !" But pointing to the book before me, no, nothing that I could say would induce this pedlar to face his own report ; and I soon found that the book had the same effect upon all the republican members, and that, like the repellant end of a magnet, I had only to present it to the radicals to drive them from the object which his Majesty's government ex pected would have possessed attraction. Although I had arrived in total darkness, the light of truth at once now bursting upon my mind, I perceived most clearly that the republicans had overrreached themselves • or, in still plainer terms, that they had killed the goose which had been laying them golden eggs. Having endeavoured to explain the position in which I found myself, after my fortnight's experience in provincial government, I will now lay before my readers a despatch which was written within a week of my arrival at Toronto. Government House, Feb. 5, 1836. My Lord,—ln my despatch, No. 2, I informed your lord ship that I arrived at Toronto on the 23d uit. I had pre viously engaged apartments, for myself and three gentlemen who accompanied me, at the principal hotel in this city, but on my arrival a letter from Sir John Colborne was immedi ately delivered to me, by his aide-de-camp, informing me that rooms were prepared for me at the government house. Requiring rest and quietness, I at first declined the invita tion ; but, finding that party differences were running very high, and being desirous to show that I had at least arrived with unbiassed feelings, I thought it better to accept than to decline the attention that was offered to me, and accord ingly went to government house on Saturday. _ . On Monday - I was sworn in as Lieutenant-governor of this province, and the following morning Sir John Colborne and his family left Toronto for Montreal, accompanied, for a few miles, by a vast concourse of people, who, I was happy to see, vied with each other in testifying the sense they enter tained of his amiable character and high moral worth. On Sir John Colborne's departure I endeavoured to make myself acquainted with the outline of public feeling in the province, by conversing calmly with the men of most ability of all parties. I had several interviews with the chief justice and the officers of the crown, two long conversations with Mr. M'Kenzie, member for York, two interviews with Mr. Bidwell, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and with others. As far as I was capable of judging, it appeared to me that, in general terms, a good feeling pervaded a majority of the people of this province, who, intently occupied in their various locations, are naturally desirous to be tranquil, and equally disposed to be loyal. That party feeling, and struggle for office which haye existed so strongly in the mother country, have produced similar excitements in this province ; added to which, strong republican principles have leaked into the country from the United States. The various elements have long been con flicting together in the House of Assembly, which, I firmly believe, misrepresents the general feeling and interests of the inhabitants, who, as I have before said, ardently desire peace, tranquillity, and a continuance of exemption from taxation. But, from the peculiar state of this infant society, all that is . good and estimable remains at the bottom, while the surface is agitated by factious discussions. In England this evil would soon be corrected by the ebul lition of a free press ; but the greatest difficulty which seems to present itself is, that the press is here conducted by edi tors who, on all sides, not only misrepresent, but shamelessly falsify, all public events. In Toronto this unprincipled mode of warfare is so well understood that it produces but little evil ; but the dissemination of falsehood throughout the re mote districts of the province, as well as in Lower Canada, creates a moral contagion which it is almost impossible to arrest. As far as I have been able to judge, I should say that the republican party are implacable ; that no concession whatever would satisfy them, their self-interested object being to pos sess themselves of the government of this province, for the sake of lucre and emolument. Under these circumstances, I. considered that the great danger I had to avoid was the slightest attempt to conciliate any party, that the only course for me to adopt was to act fearlessly, undisguisedly, and straightforwardly for the in terests of the country, to throw myself on the good sense and good feeling of the people, and abide a result which, I firmly believe, will eventually be triumphant. Having resolved on this course, I verballsr explained it to Mr. Bidwell, the speaker of the House of Assembly, a gentle man of unimpeachable moral character, but of strong repub lican principles ; to Mr. M`lienzie, one of the members for York ; to the various heads of parties ; and to the members of the executive government ; and on the 27th ult. I deli vered to the two houses of the legislature a speech. The following are the paragraphs omitted in publication by Lord Glenelg of Sir Francis Head's celebrated despach of the 19th December, 1837, describing the attack on the city of Toronto. It will be remembered that the despatch excited great astonishment at the time, because Sir Francis Head avowed in it that he had made no preparation whatever to resist the rebels, " and waited with folded arms until M'Ken zie collected hiA forces, and actually commenced the attack." * " These are historical facts which it is impossible to deny ; and the plain inference is, that the inhabitants of Up per Canada, as I have often publicly declared, detest demo cracy, and revere the noble monarchical institutions of the British empire. "My lord, what a serious lesson have the inhabitants of Upper Canada offered to their mother country ! Our evi dence, humble as it is, will surely bring conviction to the minds of those mis-named reformers who, ignorant of the blessings they enjoy, desire to adulterate the purity of our revered institutions. Situated as we are here, surely we are better able to judge between monarchical and republican government than the people in England, who are acquainted only with the former. The faithful attachment which this province has evinced to British justice, to British juries, and to the British Sovereign, is the noblest instance of inde pendence I have ever witnessed, and it induces me to tell your lordship plainly and unequivocally, that neither the legislature nor the people of Upper Canada will any longer submit to the base conciliations which have long disgraced the Colonial office. " My lord, it has long been notorious to every British sub ject in the Canadas, that your lordship's under-secretary, the author of our colonial despatches, is a rank republican. His sentiments, his conduct, and his political character, are here alike detested, and I enclose to your lordship Mr. M`Kenzie's last newspaper, which, traitorous as it is, con tains nothing more conducive to treason than the extracts which, as its text, A exultingly quotes from the published opinions of her Majesty's under-secretary of state for the colonies ! • _ " These sentiments have already been very clearly ex pressed by me to your lordship, especially in my despatch dated 10th September, 1837 ; and I am perfectly confident that the triumph which this noble province has gained, will never be complete until the government shall remove from office a man who, by discouraging the loyal and e n couraging the disaffected, has; at last succeeded in involving the Canadas in civil war. It now only remains for me to inform your lordship that Mr. M`Kenzie, who is escaped to Buffalo, in the United States, has, by falsehood and misrepresentations, almost succeeded in exciting a large body of labourers, out of work, to invade upper Canada, for the purpose of plun dering the banks, and of gaining possession of the crown lands (which your lordship is aware I have been desired to surrender to the provincial legislature). This (new feature in reform') is (one which) at this moment (is) causing throughout the province considerable excitement, and I must say that, for the sake of humanity, I earnestly trust and hope the attempt will not be made. " I entertain the utmost reliance that the government of the United States will nobly prevent any such invasion. I am persuaded that all Americans of intelligence and property will feel that the character of their country requires them to discountenance a lawless and unprincipled aggression (which would bring upon them the execration of the civilised world; for where would they stand in the estimation of mankind, if they were to be seen ungratefully repaying the high-minded and successful exertions which Great Britain lately made to save them from war, by steeping her colonies in blood and misery ?) " Should, however, any of the inhabitants of Buffalo, or other frontier towns, regardless of these sentiments, (pre sume,) for the sake of plunder, to invade the free and inde pendent people of Upper Canada, I feel confident that every man in the province, Indians and black population included, will assemble together in one band to exterminate the inva ders or to perish in the attempt.—l have, &c " The Lord Glenelg," &c. " F. B. HEAD. * For want of this moral, or explanation, my policy in quelling the mutiny has been severely condemned. We are glad to learn that a Conservative Association IQ s been formed at Batley, , and that the Earl of Wilton, who is the largest landowner in the township, has consented to be come the patron thereof,—Leeds Intelligencer. It was stated the other day at the Court-house, that Messrs. Taylor, Wordsworth and Co., machine makers of Holbeck, near Leeds, employ 125 persons, of whop only 65 are appren tices !—Leedsintelligeneer, UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald.) Thursday last the following Degrees were conferred BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW, BY COMMUTATION. Howard Elphinstone, M.A., Merton College. MASTERS OF ARTS. 'George Charles Pearson, Christ Church. John Woolley, Scholar of University College. Rev. Philip Lewis, University College. Rev. Samuel Dendy, Trinity College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. • Thomas Lymi FellOWe - , "Christ Church Edward Wright, Christ Church. George John - Stime, Oriel College. In a Convocation yesterday, the Rev. G. Fuller Thomas, M.A., of Worcester College, the Rev. E. A. Dayman, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, and the Rev. Henry George Lid dell, M.A., Student of Christ Church, were appointed as Examiners for the Hertford Scholarship for the promotion of Latin Literature. The examination will commence on the 15th instant. Candidates to call on the Rev. G. Thomas, Worcester College, on Wednesday, the 13th instant, between twelve and two o'clock. All Undergraduate Members of the University who have not exceeded two years from their matriculation may become candidates. The Professor of Political Economy will commence a Course of Lectures on Colonization on Tuesday, the sth instant, at two o'clock, in the Clarendon. The Rev. John Ashworth Ashworth, 8.A., of Christ Church, has been elected a Fellow of Brasenose College. Mr. Drummond Rawnsley, of Brasenose College, has been appointed an Exhibitioner on Mr. Hulme's Foundation. The Rev. George Dempster Miller, M.A., of Wadham College, has been presented, by the Earl of Cardigan, to the Perpetual Curacy of Morley, in the West Riding of York shire. The Hon. and Rev. William Henry Spencer, M.A., of Christ Church, son of Lord Churchill, has been presented, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, to the Vicarage of Urchfont with Stirt, Wiltshire, The Rev. William Arundell Bouverie, 8.D., late Fellow of Merton College, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, has been presented, by the Archbishop of Canter bury, to the Rectory of Denton, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Chester, M.A., late Fellow of Merton College. To this Living the Archbishop collates a Fellow, or one who has been a Fellow, of the above Society. The Rev. Wm. Falconer, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, and son of the Rev. Dr. Falconer, of Bath, whose death was announced in our last, has been presented to the Rectory of Bushey, Herts, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. the Rector of Exeter; patrons, the Rector and Fellows of that Society. The Rev. George Henry Eland, 8.A., of Magdalen Hall, has been appointed to the Vicarage of St. Paul's, Bedminster, near Bristol, vacant by the death of the Rev: W. L. Glover ; patron, the Vicar of Bedminster, On Tuesday last Was married, at St. George's, Hanover square, London, the Rev. Abraham Farley Wynter, 8.A., of St. John's College, to Laura Marie Anne, youngest daughter of the Rev. Valentine Ellis, Rector of Walton, Bucks, and Barnardistow, Suffolk. Our readers cannot have forgotten that Mr. Laing, M.A. of Trinity College, for many years one of the police magis trates of Hatton Garden, and as honourable and efficient a magistrate as any on the bench, was removed from his situa tion by Lord John Russell, because a Dr. Payne (as he called himself) brought an action against Mr. Laing, for an assault and false imprisonment. W thought at the time that Dr. Payne's was a very lame story, but knowing that Mr. Laing was a conservative, we could easily understand the cause of Lord John Russell's spite against him—however, Mr. Laing was dismissed, and there the matter seemed to have ended. Well, last week Dr. Payne was brought to Union Hall, charged with STEALING seven silver and two German silver spoons, from an inn on Snow-hill! If the reports in the newspapers be correct, the Doctor did not deny that he had taken the spoons, but be that is it may, he was fully com mitted. We put it to every honourable man, whether after this exposure it would be more than an act of common decency in Lord John Russell to reinstate Mr. Laing in the office he was deprived of on the testimony of such a person ? What Lord John Russell will do we will wait to see—but he shall be reminded of the debt he owes to Mr. Laing again and again, if he fails to perform, what we would fain hope he must be desirous to do, namely, justice to an injured public functionary. SHERBORNE. — The young gentlemen of our King's School, in the house of the head master, who often make a collection among themselves at the commencement of the half year, in behalf of some charity, have now, most appropriately, as alumni of a foundation which we owe to the Prince of the Reformation, Edward VI., collected the sum of £8 4.5. as their contribution towards the proposed memorial at Oxford to the martyrs of the Reformation.—Dorset Chronicle. PROMOTIONS. Rev. E. Illingworth to be Chaplain to the Middlesex House of Correction. _ _ _ Rev. Thomas Case, Curate of Cranborne, to the Vickarage of Horton, Dorset, vacant by the resignation of the Rev Charles Thomson ; patron, the Earl of Shaftesbury. Rev. Charles P. Eyre, Curate of Caine, to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Wilts. Rev. John Wakefield, to be Chaplain to the new Work house at Derby, with a salary of £6O per annum. Rev. Charles J. Dashwood, to the Curacy of All Saints' Parish, Derby. Rev. N. Hubbersty, M. A. of St. John's College, Cam bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Dethick, Derbyshire. Rev. H. T.lDowler, B.A. of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to the Vickarage of Aldeburgh-cum-Hazlewood, Suffolk, void by the cession of the Rev. R. W. Scurr. Rev. Cecil Greene, M.A. to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Cornwall. _ _ Rev. Christophilus Garstin, to the Living of Cahir, Tip perary, Ireland. Rev. J. J. Wood, to the Ministry of the New Grey Friars' Church, Edinburgh. Rev. W. H. Beeche, to the Living of Kilgiffin, Ireland, vacant by the resignation of Archdeacon Cary. Rev. Charles Hardwick, to the Rectory of St. Michael's, Gloucester, void by the death of the Rev. J. Kempthorne. Rev. Wm. Rawlins, Vicar of Fritwell, in this county, has lately been appointed by the Board of Guardians, Chaplain to the Bicester Union, and Licensed by the Bishop of the _Diocese. Rev. H. J. Mott, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Bodham, Norfolk, patron, J. T. Mott, Esq. Agreeably to the intention announced, the Trustees of St. John's Hospital, on Monday last, re-elected the Rev. Charles Worthy, and elected the Rev. fohn Medley, to preach the Bodleian Lecture for' the next year. St. Paul's and the church of the Holy Trinity being fixed on for this purpose, these gentlemen being to take the duty in each church alter nately.—Exeter Paper. ' FUNERAL OF THE DUCHESS-COUNTESS OF SUTHERLAND The interment of the deeply-lamented Duchess-Countess of Sutherland took place at Dornoch, on the 21st ult., her mortal remains having been previously removed from her residence in London. The handsome coffin containing her grace's body lay in state in the time-hallowed mansion of her grace's ancestors, the venerable Castle of Dunrobin, for three days, during which time it was visited by succeeding groups of men, wo men, and young people. The gentlemen who had been requested to attend the in terment met in the Castle at 10 o'clock a.m., when a suitable portion of scripture was read and a solemn prayer was said by the Rev. Angus Kennedy, Minister of Donroch. The cof fin was immediately thereafter raised and placed in the hearse outside the Castle-gate, when the funeral moved off for Dor noch, a distance of twelve miles. Two of her grace's grand children (in absence of her two surviving sons, the Duke of Sutherland, who is in Italy, and Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., whose state of health rendered a journey to the north at present impracticable,) officiated as chief mourners, viz., Lord Edward Howard, second son of the Earl of Surrey, and the Hon. Francis Egerton, son of Lord Francis Egerton. The pall bearers were, on the right, James Loch, Esq., Patrick Sellar, Esq., of Westfield, and George Gunn, Esq., Rhives, ; and on the left, the Hon. William Howard, M.P., William Mackensie, Esq., of Muirton, and William Young, Esq., of Burghead. The procession then proceeded from Dunrobin in the fol lowing order : George Gunn, Esq., Factor for the Estate of Sutherland, Robert Horsbnrgh and Alexander Stewart, Esquires, Factors for the Tongue and Scourie districts, abreast, William Lewis, Esq., Agent for the Duke of Sutherland in Staffordshire, all on horseback. Heads of departmenuA riding two abreast, viz., Messrs. James Aitchison, Overseer, Dunrobin, and William Ogilvie, Overseer, Tongue, Messrs. Thomas Barclay, Overseer, Skelbo, and James Matheson, Wood Ranger, Dunrobin. THE BODY, In a Hearse drawn by Six Horses. The Duchess-Countess's Carriage, drawn by Six Horses with Servants on the Dicky. Carriages with Chief Mourners and Pall-Bearers. Carriage with Part of her Grace's Household. Carriages with Clergymen of Parishes in which the Sutherland Estates are situated. Other Carriages. Gigs. Gentlemen on horseback, two abreast. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds. Intelligencer.) LEEDS.—The demand for goods in the cloth-halls still con tinues rather dull, and though there have been some London buyers in the market, their purchases have not been by any means extensive, as they profess to expect a reduction of prices ere long. What ground there may be for this expec tation we know not, as the holders of the staple commodity still hold out for former prices. The mills, generally, are running full time, and we hear few complaints of want of work. BRADFORD MARKET.—We had an improved demand for piece goods at this market, on Thursday, and more goods were sold than last week, but in some cases previous prices were not realised, There were rather more transactions in yarn at prices a shade lower. In the wool market there was a better demand for the middle and lower qualities, and prices were consequently rather firmer ; but the best quali ties did not realise so much money as of late. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET.—We had a better market here on Tuesday than for some weeks past. ' There was a brisk demand for light spring goods, especially for fancy waist coatings of modern patterns ; and there was a fair share of business done in plain and broad cloths, and cassimeres. The sales of wool are yet large, and, of course, recent prices are fully maintained. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, March I.—We are not en abled to report any material alteration in the trade either for long or short wool. There has, however, towards the conclu sion of the week, been more enquiry and a little more dispo sition to purchase at last week's prices. HECKMONDWIKE.—But little business has been transacted in the Blanket Hall for the last few weeks, and although on last Thursday's market day there was a fair attendance of buyers, yet the demand for blankets is not such as to obtain prices proportionate to the present value of wool. BARNESLEY LINEN TRADE.—No material alteration has taken place, touching the linen trade of this town, during the past week. Drabbits continue to be in good demand. FLAx.—ln trade we have almost no alterations to note, prices of linens, flax, and yarns being much the same as last week, though we think the demand for all these articles is rather languid ; and we are sorry to learn the late advance in linens and yarn here has caused some French orders to be countermanded. The anticipated arrivals of flax from the lower ports make the spinners backward in purchasing to any extent, though prices abroad still keep out of proportion high to those in this country. The Irish flax prices have gone down £3 per ton.—Dundee Courier. INDIGO.—The holders of East India generally refuse to submit to any reduction in prices, but the demand has be come limited for home use, as well as for exportation. The deliveries, however, continue large, principally for the latter purpose. For Spanish there are not many buyers, and 60 serons Guatemala at auction sold heavily, ordinary and mid dling descriptions 2d. lower; Sobres went at 6s. 6d. to 75., and Cortes 4s. 3d. to 6s. 3d. per pound.—Price Current. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Wolff, Missionary to the Jews in Palestine and Persia, has been appointed Perpetual Curate at Linthwaite-, near Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon. MEETING OF THE SYNOD OF THE PRESBYTE RIAN CHURCH AT MANCHESTER. (From the Manchester Chronicle and Salford Standard.) On Wednesday a meeting of the recently established " Synod of the Presbyterian Church in England in connexion with the Church of Scotland," took place at the Presbyterian Church in St. Peter's Square, Manchester, at eleven o'clock. After divine service, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Ralph, of Liverpool, moderator, pro. tem., the proceedings were opened in the usual form. The Rev. Mr. MUNRO officiated as clerk, and read the minutes of a previous conference held in London, in Decem ber last, oomposed of deputations from different presbyte ries in England, to consider the propriety of forming a ge neral synod in Ertgland in connexion with the Church of Scotland. In accordance with the recommendation of a committee, appointed to hold conference and correspondence with pres byteries applying for union with the Synod, the clerk pro ceeded formally to call upon two of these presbyteries to present themselves. The Rev. Mr. Buns, of the London Presbytery, rose and said he begged to state that it was their unanimous wish to be united with this Synod, and to co-operate with them in prosecuting that great object for which the Synod had been established. With this view he begged to request that the names of his London brethren might be added to the roll of the Synod, and that they be allowed to take part in the proceedings. A resolution to this effect was then moved by the Rev. Mr. RENISON, seconded by another member of the Synod, and carried unanimously. A similar application from the Presbytery of Newcastle upon-Tyne was made by the Rev. Mr. THOMSON, a member of that presbytery. In support of his application he read a paper showing the, long existence of that presbytery, which it appears was established nearly 200 years back, and has existed in its present form nearly 90 years. The Rev. JoiLN PARK, of Liverpool, said he thought the Synod would agree with him that the document just read was in every respect most satisfactory; and he therefore moved " that their prayer be heard, and that they be received into the Synod." The Rev. Mr. NPLEAN seconded the resolution, and after some satisfactory answers from Mr. Thomson, relating to the constitution of the churches composing the 'Newcastle Presbytery, the resolution was supported by ROBERT BAR. Bova, Esq., and carried. The MODERATOR said it gave him great pleasure to receive the presbyteries which had just been presented into the Sy nod, and he congratulated the Synod upon this fresh acces sion of Strength as the omen of future prosperity to the great object they had in view. The CLERK read a letter from the Rev. Mr. Murtlo, of Berivick-upon-Tweed, announcing the attention of that presbytery to pray for admission into the Synod, but said that the application would necessarily have to be delayed till a subsequent meeting. The Rev. Dr. BBOWN said he believed that, according to the strict order of proceeding usually adopted, it now be came their duty to appoint a successor to the chair, and in conformity to this rule he would therefore beg to move "that Dr. Thompson, of North Shields, be Moderator of this Synod for the ensuing year." In addition to his peculiar fitness for this office, the services which he had rendered to their church, and especially in the case of Lady Hewly's charity, entitled him to their consideration. The motion was agreed to, and Mr. Thompson having retired to robe, presently took the chair as Moderator of the Synod. The Synod then resolved itself, on the motion of Dr. BROWN, into a committee of overtures, and, after a prayer by the Moderator, it was overtured that a pastoral letter be issued by the Synod, and read to all the churches under its charge.—Th6 overture was then agreed to. Overtures were then put forward to the following effect and received :—" That this Synod takes into consideration the attendance of Presbyterian soldiers at places of worship in England." 2. " That a committee be appointed to correspond with the government respecting various points contained in the marriage act lately passed, as affecting our members." 3. "That a petition be sent to both Houses of Parliament in reference to National Education." 4. " That the Synod consider the propriety of furthering, by means of the press, the cause of orthodox Presbyterianism in England, and of vital religion in general." 5. That the clerks of the differ ent presbyteries in this Synod be required to furnish statistical tables of the number of members in their churches, of the number of people connected with their congregations, of baptisms and marriages solemnized in them, &c., with a view to enabling the Synod to form a correct estimate of the churches under their care." The court then resumed, and after a lengthened and ma • ture deliberation, agreed that the designation of the Synod should be " The Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Eng land, in connexion with the Church of Scotland,"—the lat ter clause being understood just shortly to point out the Synod's religious principles and communion. The next business that came before the court was the claims of the churches here to a closer union with the church of Scotland. Dr. BROWN thought that this question at once resolved itself into two considerations : whether a movement should be made at all for that purpose, for obtaining a more intimate union with the church of Scotland ; and, secondly, if so, what ought to be the nature of that movement. He must state that some surprise had been expressed by their friends in Scotland that no appearance had been made for them at the last assembly, and it was thought that this omission would prove detrimental to their cause. He moved " that a com mittee or deputation be appointed to attend at the next gene ral assembly praying that they would give to this Synod a constitution.' The CURE objected to this proposition, inasmuch as the assembly had already, by declaring it to be a branch, signified their approbation of the objects of the Synod, and in doing so, had acknowledged the constitution it already possessed. After some further discussion, the question was feferred to a committee to report to-morrow (Thursday.) The second overture, " to take into consideration the right of Presbyterian soldiers to attend at Presbyterian churches in England, &c.," was next brought forward, when — Dr. BROWNS said, that having many years officiated as Chaplain to her Majesty's Forces, stationed at Bel wick-upon- Tweed, he wished to draw attention to several facts. The court might be aware that there were, by the r.gulations of the War-office, not less than 14 or 15 regiments wno had the right of attending a Scotch place of worship. For many years he had himself officiated at Berwick, without fee or reward, without being aware of this fact ; but at length the major of the 85th had insisted upon an appeal being made for the usual remuneration. An application was accordingly made, and after some postponements and rebuffs, they, succeeded in car rying their point, which established the principle, that a mi nister of the Church of Scotland, in England, is entitled to remuneration when Scotch troops attended his place of wor ship. Dr. Brown proceeded to obServe, that, without refer ence to fee or reward, he conceived it behoved the Synod, in the exercise of its parental regard for the spiritural interes4 of soldiers in England, members of the Presbyterian Church ! to look after the right of her ministers in reference to these matters. The doctor was proceeding, when — The CLERK intimated that the hour of adjournment had arrived. The Synod accordingly adjourned till to-morrow (Thdik• day.) . ) 71 ,„ 1 ADJOURNED MEETING.-THURSDAY. Mr. THomsoN took the chair as Moderator to-day soon after eleven o'clock, and opened the proceedings by prayer; and the Rev. Mr. Mumto,..the clerk, having read the minutes of yesterday's proceedings, the Synod resumed the discussion commenced by Dr. Brown relative to Presbyterian soldiers. Dr. Brown was not present to-day, and in his absence, The MODERATOR, at the request of a member of the Synod, proceeded to detail such facts as he was acquainted with relative to the rights of Presbyterian soldiers. On this subject, he was sorry to say, his own information, the cor rectness of which, he observed, however, that he could not vouch for, did not bear out the flattering representat oa of Dr. Brown, as to the rights of Scottish Presbyterian sol diers. His own opinion was, that in this respect the Scottish Church was far from being in the position to which she was entitled. He had been informed, in fact, that only three Scottish regiments were entitled to demand as a right that they should be allowed to attend a Presbyterian church ; and this right only existed while they remained in Scotland, for directly they crossed the border they could no longer claim it. He went into the subject at some length, and ad duced a great number of circumstances which had come within his own experience, tending to confirm this view of the matter, and said his own view of it was, that wherever in this country Presbyterian soldiers were allowed to attend a Presbyterian place of worship, or have the services of a Pres byterian chaplain, it was purely a matter of courtesy on the part of the commandants. It had been a matter of bitter complaint by the soldiers where this act of grace was refused, . and it was an astonishing circumstance, that members of this church, in the army—a church which was a part and parcel of, the constitution itself, and as essentially so as the Lords and Commons, or any other estate of the realm—should,' by any regulation of a Protestant government, be deprived of the means of receiving the ministrations of the gospel ac cording to the forms in which they were brought up, and to which they were naturally attached : while the members of a church (the Catholic) not recognised by the constitution, and branded by the formularies of the ch urc h es o f b o th England and Scotland as idolators, should have the right of demand ing to attend churches of their own persuasion, and that one soldier of that church in a regiment could enfore such right, even though a Protestant serjeant might have to march him up to the door of his chapel. He (the Moderator) thought it most desirable that this grievance should be removed ; at the same time, before any steps were taken in the matter, he thought they should take mensures to ascertain the exact provisitins of the laws, and of the regulations in the army, bearing upon this cue. The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL, ALEX. GILLESPIE, Esq., and the CLERIC, took part in the discussion on this subject, and expressed their concurrence in the Moderator's views. Ulti mately a committee was moved to communicate with other Synods, especially the Synod of Ulster, on this subject, to obtain Information, and to make such application to govern ment upon it as might be thought necessary. The motion was carried. The attention of the Synod was next occupied with the overture relative to the marriage bill, and several grievances under which the members of the Presbyterian Church labour, were mentioned, particularly the one which provided that a registrar should necessarily be present at all marriages solem nized by them. After a discussion on the subect, a-com mitcee was appointed to watch the progress of the marriages amendment bill now before the legislature, with a view to the insertion of clauses in it which might remove these grievances. After, a discussion relative to the necessity of obtaining statistical information on the number of members in the churches, &c., it was agreed that the Clerk take measures previous to the next meeting of the Synod for procuring such statistics, with a view to their being submitted to a com mittee. The next overture entertained was that on national educa tion, when ALEXANDER GILLESPIE, Esq., rose and observed• that this was a most important question, inasmuch as it was, he believed, owing to the importance which his own country (Scotland) had ever attached to education that her sons had attained to the rank, and wealth, and character, which inva riably distinguished them in all parts of - the world where they might be found. The question of national education was one of the most important questions now agitated. By national education he did not mean the systems which were now-a days too much in vogue, proposing to disconnect religious instruction with education, It was too much the practice among a certain class to say, " Give the people a good educa tion and they will become religious of themselves." That infidels should form such opinions as these he could readily conceive, and he thought nothing'could come so well at the present juncture from this Synod as an expression of their sentiments on this question, so that their opinions might go before the legislature) and the country, as the opinions of the Presbyterian Church in contradistinction to the opinions of the body of Socinians, who had falsely arrogated to them selves the name of Presbyterians. Mr. Gillespie then read the draft of a petition, praying for national education based upon the principles of Christianity, and deprecating the esta blishment of any system having for its aim the mutilation of the Scriptures, or which did not provide that the entire Bible should be daily taught in the schools. He moved the adop tion of the petition. Dr. RALPH seconded the motion, and it was adopted unanimously. _ _ _ It was then moved that the petition to the Commons be presented by Mr. Pringle, and that to the Lords, by the Earl of Aberdeen.—Agreed to. The Rev. Mr. M`MouLAND addressed the Synod at considerable length on the overture "that a magazine be established," &c, ; after a discussion which occupied great attention, it was thought inexpedient to adopt 'the proposition; and a resolution was passed instead, that an historical tract, stating the origin of this Synod, and the motives which have led to its establishment be prepared by the Moderater, and printed for circulation under the superintendence of the Lon don Presbytery. The report of the finance committee relative to the payment of travelling expenses of attending the Synod, was presented and received. The report of the committee appointed to consider the overture relating to .a closer union with the Church of Scot land was then presented, and the Moderator, the Clerk, Dr. Ralph, Dr. Brown, and Mr. Hamilton, were appointed a de putation to carry into effect a recommendation in it that a memorial be drawn up, and presented to the next general assembly, praying for representation in the assembly, and that all other proper means be used to secure this object. The CLERK said the only other business before the Synod was to fix the time and place of next meeting ; and it was then unanimously resolved, that such meeting take place at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the third Wednesday in April, 1840. The MODERATOR briefly congratulated the Synod on the unanimity and Christian spirit which had characterized their proceedings ; and after imploring - Divine blessing on their labours, the meeting separated, having sat for the greater part of two days. RECEPTION OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW DELEGATES. (From the Manchester Courier.) A meeting of the petitioners for the repeal of the corn and provision laws was summoned to be held on Thursday even ing, at seven o'clock, in the Corn Exchange ; and shortly after that hour the room was crowded. A spacious platform had been erected close to the doors leading to the ante-room, which was filled by the delegates and their friends, who pro bably little anticipated the warm reception they met with. On the motion of Mr. R. Cobden, Mr. Thomas Harbottle was placed in the chair. The' Chairman having read the advertisement, said he had no doubt the account which the delegates had to present would be one of a stirring nature. The subject was all im portant, it was one of vital interest, and literally a subject of life and death. Though exceedingly unwilling to occupy the ground over which they would have to travel, he could not help observing that there was now no community of feel ing between the aristocracy and the commercial classes—that the petitions of starving millions were not to be noticed, they were not even allowed to state their case at the bar—probably because it was too pungent for the delicate ears of the aristo cracy. They might petition again and again without effect, and many had determined not to petition again, so long as the House of Commons was constituted as it was. (Great applause.) They had made a very modest request, not that the corn laws should be repealed, but simply that evidence should be received at the bar. They had the feelings of Bri tons, and he recollected nothing in the course of his life more calculated to rouse those feelings than the refusal of the House of Commons to hear the evidence. He had never known greater distress at this time of year than at present. Usually, the distress which prevailed in the harvest and the early winter months passed away with the new year. This was not now the case. He, himself, had literally been com pelled to close his mill, by which hundreds had been de prived of food, because he could not obtain prime cost for his goods. Amidst all this distress, they were insulted, and told they should not be heard by the house. What could be more calculated to rouse the feelings of Britons ? He then would now call on the Secretary to read the report. Mr. G. WILSON then read the report. Dr. Johns came forward to move the first resolution. He hoped he should never flinch from a good cause : he had been called on accidentally, and his observations would be few. He was satisfied all present would be of one mind, that they ought to have the blessings of providence in the most abundant and least. expensive manner. It was frequently said this country could not produce sufficient corn for the people. What then should they do but cultivate a good understand ing unit other countries, who would send their corn to Eng land, and take manufactures in return. They had observed the zeal and determination of the delegates ; and he was per suaded the thanks of the meeting would be voted to them by loud acclamation. He knew no men who could have advo cated their cause with greater zeal and ability. Though the the House of Commons had rejected the evidence, the truth was mighty, and would prevail ; they should have evidence whether they would have it or not ; and if the people only persevered in their determination, the corn-laws must be re pealed. He hoped they would pledge themselves to co operate with those gentlemen. (Hisses, and great uproar, which continued several minutes.) The doctor attempted to make a few more remarks, but the uproar was so great that it was a hopeless task, and contented himself by reading the following resolution :—" That this meeting offers its cordial thanks to the gentlemen of the delegation, for their exertions in London, and highly approves of their resolution not to rit- .main there after both houses of parliament had refused to hear evidence of the injurious effects of the corn laws • and this meeting welcomes them back, with the assurance oitheir determination to renew with increased zeal their labours for the total destruction of the monopoly of the landowners." Mr. Howie came forward to second the resolution. He attempted to calm the tumult by talking about universal suffrage, and the ballot ; but this tub to the whale had not the slightest effect. He then waxed boisterous, clenched his fist, and vociferated something about " not a man among you"—" fight the battles of his country"—" yourselves and families." (Great uproar.) After gracefully waving his hand up and down, to intimate that he had done, he sat down. E. Curran, a working-man, with his apron wrapped round him, was next put forward ; but it would not do ; the device was too transparent. He said he was a working-man, and he hoped they would hear him. He had laboured hard to understand the corn law'question ; and he had come to the very remarkable conclusion, that he did not stand in his own shoes, but those. of 7000 other persons. The refusal of the House of Commons to hear evidence, ought to learn them to elect only men who would listen to their requests. He then talked about Peterloo, which quelled the tumult momenta rily. Some one having called out that he was a whig, be po litely said it was a lie, and the truth was not in the speaker : he was an honest thorough-going radical. He thought the voice of the people was the voice of God, and it ought to be heard in the legislature. He would. advise them to take Sir Robert Peel's advice, and take their affairs into their own hands : but how to do it was the question. (Applause.) Lord J. Russell would have no organic changes ; but he would tell him, through the gentlemen on the platform, that they should have them. He supposed the disturbance was in consequence of a vote of thanks being proposed to the de legates. He thought they were entitled to thanks. What they had left unaccomplished, let the meeting do themselves. (Great disapprobation and uproar.) Richard Moore, a weaver, next rose, but the patience, of the company was quite exhausted, and they amused thetik selve's with another 'fit of uproar. In the midst of this Mr: Edward.Nightiogale pushed forward through the crowd, to the table in front of the platform. The gentlemen in pos session 'at first refused to make room for him ; but after a while he' El 1.14 c eede d in establishing a footing. Silence being obtained, he said he was not surprised at the cautious con &let of the jhairtnan, when he looked at the men by whom he .was "surrounded. He had possession of the chair previous to the traitor Qurran.—(Hisses and uproar.) `The Chairrilan interfered, and said he had no objection to hear Mr: Nightingale, though he was not here regularly as a I:ltitioner,agaii4 the corn laws. Mr. Nightingale. - - I 'am not ? Who told you so ? He wit4,sonsed for the bullying of the whip, that it was perfectly indifferent to him whether he was heard at eight o'clock or nine—but heard lie would be. He knew not even, from the treatment ,he had received, whether common courtesy de manded that he should respect him who was seated in the chair. (Great uproar and hissing.) The chairman had questioned the propriety of his addressing them ; he (Mr. N.) might with equal propriety ask him by what authority he occupied the chair. (Cheers and uproar, and " That 's very grand to begin with, to be sure.") He was present at the commencement of the proceedings, and he pledged his honour to those who were not, that Mr. Harbottle had not been called to the chair by a show of hands. Mr. Cobden here thrust himself to the front of the plat form, and exclaimed—" I call for a show of hands for the chairman." This being complied with, Mr. Nightingale calle on his followers to show their bands against it, and claimed a large majority. " There now," said he, " Mr. Al-der-man Cobden, you shall not have every thing your own way." lie then said—" In my pro gress from that end of the room to this, the only individual I observed, to know him personally, was an honest Irish lad, a notorious lad, I think they call him Pat Murphy. (Great laughter.) If Pat Murphy be in the room, will he be kind enough to say ' Aye' ?" Cries of "Aye," were now raised in all parts of the room ; but Mr. Nightingale declared he was not to be foiled in that way. The real Murphy being discovered, he was raised, and passed over the shoulders of the mob to the front of the plat form. Mr. NIGHTINGALE. - Will you take the chair, Murphy ? If you will, I will propose you. I beg to move, that honest Pat Murphy takes the chair.—(Great laughter and uproar.) A show of hands was then taken in his favour, and with great difficulty, he was thrust upon the platform, accompanied by a few of the "finest pisantry." Mr. Nightingale insisted on his protoge being admitted to the chair ; but Mr. Har bottle and his friends took the interruption very coolly at first, and seemed to regard it with an air of sovereign contempt. Nightingale then called for three cheers for Stephens, which were given ; as were three groans for Mr. A. Prentice, who had taken a very active part in opposing the admittance of the Chartists to the platform ; and three cheers for Oastler. After the newly-elected chairman and his supporters bad been exhibited to the meeting some time on the front of the platform, and no one offering to give up their seats, an attempt was made to hand up a chair. This was determinedly, resisted by the persons on one side of the plat form, and a scuffle took place, in the course of which two or three chairs were flying about, and several of the gas lamps were broken. The crowd, irritated at the failure of this attempt to instal their chairman, made a general rush towards the platform ; a scene of indescribable confusion ensued ; most of the seats were thrown down and broken to pieces ; and about a score of the more resolute rushed across the re porters' table, and stepped upon the platform, armed with fragments of broken chairs and forms, determined to carry their point by storm, The delegates and their friends now began to reflect that discretion is the better part of val our, end they made a precipitate retreat from the platform, by the doors which opened so conveniently immediately be hind it. A few blows were exchanged, but as far as we could learn, no serious injury was inflicted on either side. The repealer& were suffered to depart 'by the road which leads through Mr. Snape's inn. The Chartists, now finding themselves in undisputed pos- session of the post of honour, proceeded, in the first instance, to instal Pat Murphy in the chair vacated by Mr. Harbottle. Mr. Nightingale then entertained them with a long harangue ; and we understand the proceedings terminated by passing a vote of thanks to the members of the national convention, in lieu of the proposed thanks to the anti-corn law delegates. The farce was kept up for about an hour, and they then qui etly dispersed, at the recommendation of the police, several of whom had gone down, in plain clothes, on hearing of the disturbance. The damage done, we understand, amounts to betweeh £4O and £5O. NAVAL ESTIMATES.—The Naval Estimates for the ensu ing year are before the public. A very small additional de mand is to be made for the wages of seamen, the increase amounting to only £9OOO, imploying no increase of men. The ministers do not mean therefore to augment the navy, considering the number of seamen already provided sufficient for the prospects of the country. A sum of £49,000 is re quired more for provisions than by the last estimates. The increased sum required for stores is £350,000, a confession on the part of the Admiralty that the dock-yards are not, or were not, so well provided as they ought to have been. • The total increase for the active service above the istimates for last year is is £504,000. Against which there is a small set off on account of the decreased expense of the naval dead weight. _ _ GRATIFYING TESMIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO A CLERGY MAN.—The parishioners of Hodnet have lately presented their late curate, the Rev. Lawrence. Panting,. (upon whom the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield Cathedral have likewise so deservedly conferred the vicarage of Chebsey, Stafford shire,) with the following gratifying mark of their approba tion and esteem, namely a handsome silver inkstand, a large bible and prayer book in purple morocco, with gilt clasps, and the works of the apostolic fathers in two folio volumes bound in Russia. The inkstand bears the following inscrip tion To the Rev. Lawrence Panting—a Memorial of Esteem and Affection from the parish of Hodnet, 1838.'' Among the persons present on this interesting occasion, were the Rector of Hodnet, the Rev. S. H. Macauley, who pre sented the articles on behalf of the parish, Mrs. Cholmonde ley, Miss Slater, and the greater part of the principal inha bitants, by all of whom Mr Panting s retiring and unobstrusive piety, his faithful and indefatigable labours, his unbounded liberality to the poor, and his unremitting attention to the general interests of the parish, ►will long be remembered with feelings of the warmest affection,—Chester Chronicle, WARRINGTON.-NOVEL POOR-RATE CASE. Mr. Joseph Wagstaff, of the firm of Messrs. Fitchett and Wagstaff, solicitors, Warrington, appeared before the magis trates at the petty sessions, on Monday, to show cause why he refused to pay £6 35., the amount of poor-rate due to the overseers of Warrington, for a house in his occupation in Bewsey-street. The case occupied the time of the court two hours. The facts may be briefly stated' as follows :—Mr. Wagstaff occupied a house in Bewsey-street, Warrington, as tenant from year to year, for which he was assessed to the poor and other rates for the township, on an assessment of £63 per annum, by a rate made on the 11th of August, 1838, for the service of the year commencing 25th March, 1838, and ending 25th March, 1839, which was allowed by the magistrates on the 11th Au g ust, 1838. On the 23rd of May, Mr. Wagstaff removed to rappenhall, in the county of Ches ter, The year of his tenancy for the house in Bewsey-street, expired at Christmas last, but he ceased to occupy it in May : and on the 11th September paid to Mr. Tinsley, the landlord, the amount of rent due up to the end of his term, gave up the keys, and ceased to have any control over the property, leav ing it to the landlord to let the house to whom and whenever he pleased. The house continued unoccupied. From the evidence of Mr. Booth, the collector, it appeared a custom existed in the township that where premises became vacant from bankruptcy, death, or other cause, in the middle of any unexpired term of a year, for the overseers to make an abate ment from the year's assessment, for the fractional part of the year during which the premises are unlet or become va cant ; but the overseers demanding the whole amount of the rate from him, after he had paid the rent, he wrote a letter to Mr. Booth, informing him that on the 11th of September he had no longer any interest in, and that he was not liable for any rent for the premises in Bewsey-street, which he oc cupied as tenant to the 23rd of May, since which time he had ceased to have any beneficial occupancy of them, and from which time he claimed to be exempt from the !payment of rates. Under these circumstances it was contended by Mr. Wigstaff, that in point of law he could not be rated in respect of the rent paid, but, that an occupation, as well as the pay ment of rent, was necessary. Upon reference to the first act connected with the poor-laws—that passed in the reign of Elizabeth—he found that rates were to be made "by taxation of every inhabitant, parson, vicar, and other, and of every occupier of lands, houses, tithes impropriate, propriations of tithes, coal-mines, or saleable underwood, in the said par ish." The words "inhabitant, parson, vicar, and other," include all those who possess property not coming within the several species of it described in the next following part of the same clause of the act. The term "inhabitant,' in the statute, was held to be an inhabitant resident, and the words " and other " do not carry it further ; therefore, where the owners of the stock in trade resided out of the parish within which it was, it was decided that they were not rateable for it. This showed that a resident occupancy was essentially neces sary. On reference to the case "Cane v. Stephens," the bench would find it laid down as a principle that the farmer or occupier shall pay this tax and not the landlord, who is never to be taxed for his rent, for then the landlord would pay twice. The reason why the occupier in general is to be charged is, that the poor-rate is not a charge upon the land, but upon the occupier in respect of the land. In the case " the King v. Eyre, " the lessee of the tolls of the Key Bridge, Tewkesbury, Lord Ellenborough said, " that as the court had so recently decided that tolls per se were not rate able, and that as the appellant was rated merely as lessee of the tolls, and for nothing else, which might have given him a corporeal quality and locality within the parish such as a sluice or the like : and then it did not appear that he was an inhabitant of the parish, or made any profit of the tolls ; there was nothing stated in the case to raise any question ; and though it should turn out to be the fact (which was sug gested by the bar) that there was a toll attached to the bridge where the applicant dwelt, yet as the sending the case back to the sessions to be restated would probably only lead to their insisting as a fact what they stated as a matter of belief, that the lessee derived no profit to himself from the tolls, it was better for all parties to quash the rate, and if at any future time the parish thought they could make out a better case against the lessee they might rate him again." Mr. Wagstaff also cited the case of " the King v. Bedworth," in which a party was assessed for a colliery, as of the annual value of £2OO, at £5, and he appealed against the rate. In the argu ment, the case of " Rex v. Parrott" was referred to, in which though the lessees of the coal-mine worked it at a loss to themselves, after paying the rent, they were still liable to be rated. Lord Ellenborough, in giving judgment, said, "In that case the subject matter itself was profitable, and pro duced value to the owner, though the immediate occupiers derived no profit from it. But here the mine itself is ex hausted—the subject matter of profit is gone, although the rent, which was no doubt calculated upon the probable ave rage produce of the whole term, be still payable ; but with respect to the parish, he is only rateable for the concurrent annual value during the period for which the rate is made, and when the thing which he occupies no longer affords any such concurrent value, the subject matter of rating is gone." He (Mr. Wagstaff,) contended that his case was precisely that de scribed in " the King v. Bedworth,"—when the profitable occupation ceased, the liability ceased also. He cited other cases in support of this position, and dwelt with much force upon a case tried at Knutsford sessions, in which Mr. Pick ' ering, the former occupier of the mansion at present occupied by Mr. Nicholson, at Thelwall, had successfully appealed against a rate, and 'under similar circumstances. - - - Mr. W. Wagstaff having been called and examined to prove the facts already stated with respect to the termination of Mr. Wagstaff 's tenancy. Mr. Nicholson, who appeared on the part of the parish, was heard in reply. He contended that Mr. Tinsley (the landlord of Mr. Wagstaff 's house) ought to have been brought forward, as without his evidence there was nothing to show that Mr. Wagstaff was not liable to be rated for the premises in question, even up to the present moment. A tenancy could only be put an end to by a proper notice on either side; and what were the facts proved ? Mr. Wag staff, either for the benefit of his health, recreation, or some other cause, had gone to reside in Cheshire, and taken upon himself the designation of a " Cheshire-man ;" but he could not be relieved from his liabilities for the house in Bewsey street sooner than he was entitled to by law. Mr. Tinsley would no doubt say, " Bring me another tenant as respect able as yourself, and I will release you ;" but hitherto that tenant has not been found—and he admitted and had proved the payment of rent up to Christmas. He would not go into the " old and musty" statutes referred to by Mr. Wagstaff. He would put a case. Lord Francis Egerton was rated for property in Appleton. His lordship did not reside there, but had residences at Wol sky, London, Bath, and perhaps Scotland. W..; his lordship not therefore liable ? In this ease there was a house—it had not fallen down—it was to Mr. Wagstaff a profitable occupancy ; but had Mr. Wagstaff wished to show it was otherwise, he ought to have appealed against the rate at the proper time, and not have suffered the time for doing so expire before the instituting of the present inquiry. With respect to the case of the overseers of Thel wall, Mr. Wagstaff had omitted to state the final result. They had been indicted in the Court of King's Bench, and the case was dismissed on the payment of costs, owing to their having assessed the wrong party to the rate. In-con clusion, he contended that Mr. Wagstaff was liable to the payment of the rates up to the 23d of December, the day up to which he had paid rent for the premises. Mr. Stubs said that his attention was called to this case a week ago, and then finding that his opinion differed so widely from that of the gentleman whom the bench had been in the habit of consulting on legal points, he had put himself in a condition to prove the correctness of his own views, by obtaining the opinion of a barrister who was looked up to by the whole of the laws—he meant Mr. Thelwall, the author of the book upon Poor Laws, and having that document now in his possession, it should be read for the information of the other magistrates on the bench. Mr, Wagstaff read the case as stated above, with Mr. Theobald's opinion thereon. The latter ran thus—" It is perfectly clear that the mere payment of rent for a house which the tenant has ceased to occupy does not make him rateable. As Mr. Wagstaff ceased to occupy the house in May, and it has keen empty or unoccupied ever since, I am of opinion that he find a good ground of exemption when he ceased to occupy, and the only question is, whether it was necessary for him to appeal against the rate in order to ob tain the benefit of the exemption. If the rate had been made in March, or at the time when Mr. Wagstaff occupied the house in question, I should be of opinion that his only re medy was by appeal, and that he should be without remedy now, because the time for appealing is gone by ' • but Mr. Wagstaff had ceased to be an occupier in May, and the rate was not made until August, and I am of opinion that in August the overseers bad no power to rate him. The assess ment, therefore, is a nullity ' • and the justices, as well as overseers and constables, will be trespassers, if they issue and act upon a warrant." Mr. Stubs said he would put the case of two rival manu facturers, one occupying his own factory, the other renting a factory upon lease. Suppose trade to be in such a condition as to render it necessary to suspend operations for one or two years, and they shut up their factories, would the one be ex empt from poor-rate and the other not ? In his opinion the payment of rent was not the criterion to go by, although it could be taken as the standard measure of the value to be affixed upon property. Mr. Hall considered that in the case of a tenant or occu pier of a factory, if he found himself a loser, and went and agreed with his landlord to pay a certain sum to relieve him from his obligations, the moment that sum was paid, that moment the tenant's liability to poor-rate ceased also. Several other cases were quoted by the bench, and the chairman (Thomas Lyon, Esq.) said they were agreed on Mr. Wagstaff 's liability to pay the rates up to the 23d of May, but not longer. Mr. Nicholson wished to know whether the magistrates declined granting a warrant of distress for the whole amount? If so, he should advise his clients, the overseers, to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench to compel them to do so. The Chairman said; in fact, that was the decision the bench had come to. Mr. Nicholson again reiterated his intention.to apply for a mandamus, and the case was dismissed. It is said that a large quantity of counterfeit silver is in course of circulation. We have also heard of a number of " flash" £lO Bank of England notes, exceedingly well execu ted, having been put forth. The public will, therefore, do well to be on their guard. DISADVANTAGES OF BEING TALL.—Gottsched, who flourished as one of the most eminent of the German literati in the last century, was obliged to quit Prussia, where his stature exposed him to the risk of being forced to enter the ranks of the King of Prussia's grenadiers. A letter from Louvain states, that the old established banking-house of Mosselman, which carried on extensive dealings in the corn-trade, has stopped payment. A remis sion of six months has been granted to the house of Peer mann Brothers, of the same place, which was announced to be in a similar predicament a few days ago. ANTI-SLAVERY OUTRAGE.—An anabaptist preacher in Connecticut, who had given great offence by a sermon advo cating the abolition of of slavery, having announced another discourse on the same subject, some unknown person placed a barrel of gunpowder the day before under the pulpit, and, setting it on fire, blew up the church ! FIRE AT KILCOOLY ABBEY.—A fire broke out on Sunday night at Kilcooly Abbey, the beautiful seat of W. P. Barker, Esq., near Johnstown, which reduced the centre part of the building to a heap of ruins. The fire was accidental. The premises were insured for £13,000. A good deal of valuable property was destroyed, but no life was lost. ' A matrimonial affiance is announced in the fashionable circles of the metropolis as about to take place between Lord Fitzallan and the accomplished and youngest daughter of Sir Edmund Lyons, our minister to King Otho at Athens. Lord Fitzallan is returned to London from the Continent, to attend his parliamentary duties.—Brighton Guardian. We regret to learn, by the latest intelligence from Frank fort and Mayence, that Sir William Ingilby, Bart, is said to be lying dangerously ill at the Baths at Nassau. STEAM LIFE-BOATS FOR PRESERVING LIVES AND PRO PERTY.—We regret to learn that, notwithstanding the hopes raised by what:Mr. Leathom said on this subject, so popular in the town, in the Common Council, it has proved a total disappointment. Sir John Ross, as chairman of the Salvage Company's Directors, came here on Thursday, with a view of closing the arrangement with our Dock Committee, when he found them as cold as ice on the subject, declaring, one and all, they had no power to apply the funds in that way. It was a pity they had not, in their wisdom, discovered their want of power sooner, and not have raised expectations, to be followed by disappointment, in the town, nor put Sir John to the expense and trouble of coming here on a needless er rand. There seems too much trifling in this. For the sa tisfaction of the public, they ought to show, from undoubted authority, the want of power. or it is probable few will be sa tisfied of its truth. The company's proposal was to form the establishment, and of the real extent suggested by the Dock Committee, on their paying half the expense of it, reserving to the steamer the benefit of the legal salvage on saving mer chandize, s4c. —Correspondent of the Albion. FASHIONS FOR MARCH. BALL DRESS.—Robe of tulle over white satin, the border is trimmed with a broad bouillonnee intermixed with red roses. Tulle tunic opening en tablier, and bordered with roses. Cor sage a trois pieces ; the upper part draped in a profusion °f full horizontal folds, the bottom deeply pointed. Short sleoe terminated by a bouillon and a blond manchette, and orna mented with roses; the hair, dressed in bands on the forehead, and ringlets at the sides, is decorated with roses and pearls' OPERA DLESS.—Emerald green satin robe, corsage ell coeur high at the back and sides, but descending on the bosom , and trimmed en pelerine with satin folds and black lace ; the upper part of the sleeve is arranged in a triple bouillon, which is terminated by a lace ruffle, from the elbow to th e wrist it is full. White lace cuff. The front of the skirt 2 6 trimmed with black lace disposed in spiral folds, this trin2- ming terminates near the bottom, round which the lace turn s into a volan. Hat of pink Terry velvet, the brie f moderate depth, and perfectly round •, the crown placed v backward; the trimming consists of shaded ostrich feathi and Pink satin ribbon. EVENING DRESS.—Robe of azure blue spotted with silver , a low corsage tight to the shape, and trimmed with a pelerine mantilla of silver blond lace. Bouffant sleeve, and silver blond ruffle ; it is looped at the bend of the arm by a flower ; the skirt is a train, trimmed with a double flounce of silver bion e • which is raised on each side of the front in the drapery style , by a flower and foliage. Head-dress of hair decorated with fancy jewellery. DINNER DRESS.—PaIe rose-coloured satined robe, Corsage, h la Montespan draped all round in a profusion of folds, an d demi Nenetian sleeve ornamented with ribbon and clusters o i l red grapes and gold foliage ; the front of the skirt is triulrne,, u with two rows of bouillons arranged in columns, and CS C ' bouillon formed by a bunch of red grapes with gold foliage. The hair, dressed low behind, and in masses of curls at th e sides, is decorated with flowers.—Ladies' Cabinet. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. The first day's sport of this splendid event came off on Thursday over Altcar. The following is a return of the running : , WATERLOO CUP, value £640. Mr. Redish's Eyedrop beat Mr. Harriott's Bugle-eye Mr. Kershaw's Kouli Khan „ Mr. J. Calvert's Martha Mr. Blundell's Brenda „ Mr. P. Houghton's Erico Marquis of Douglas's Driver„ Mr.A. Graham's Stewartfiel d Mr. J. King's Tippoo „ Mr. Jebb's Snowball Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hidalgo „ Mr. Perkins's Fly Mr. J. Ball's Bugle ~ Mr. Stanton's Blue Bonnet Mr, J. A. Kaye's Hamlet „ Mr. Moore's Sam Slick Mr. Segar's- Speculator „ SirH.H.Campbell'sCarnarin e Mr. Chaloner's Empress „ Mr. Smith's Collingwood Mr. Hobson's Rachael „ Earl Stradbroke's Madmen Marquis Douglas's Draffin „ Mr. Eden's Enterprise Mr. Easterby's Emerald „ Mr. Swan's Solomon Lord Talbot's Tara „ Mr. H. Hornby's Lynch Mr. W. Lamb's Laurel Leaf „ Mr. R.Harper's Hippodrotee Mr. James Birch's Spruce „ Mr. Graham's East Kilbride SECOND TIES. Kouli Khan beat Eyedrop Empress beat Speculator Brenda „ Driver Draffin „ Rachael Tippoo Fly Emerald „ Tara Bugle Hamlet Laurel Leaf Spruce WATERLOO PURSE, value £149. Marquis of Douglas's Clyde beat Mr. J. S. Calvert's Birallne Mr. Smith's Mundig „ Mr. Unsworth's U n deniable Lord Talbot's Thomasina „ Mr. H. Hornby's Hole Earl of Stradbroke's Minx „ Mr. G. Harriott's Horasee Mr. A. Graham's My Lord „ Mr. J. Robinson's Skimmer Sir H. H. Campbell's Grace „ Mr. Swan's Sergeant Mr. P. Chaloner's Earwig „ Mr.Kershaw'sKuightErral lk ' Mr. J. Ball's Bugle Horn A. Graham's Lily „ SECOND DAY—FRIDAY. THIRD TIES FOR THE CUP. Brenda beat Kouli Khan Emerald beat Laurel Leaf Bugle beat Tippoo Brenda beat Bugle Empress beat Draffin Empress beat Emerald DECIDING COURSE—Empress beat Brenda and won. ALTCAR STAKES. Martha beat Bugle-eye Camarine beat Collingwood Erico beat Stewartfield Enterprise beat Madman Fly beat Snowball Lynch beat Solomon Sam Slick beat Blue Bonnet E-Itilbridebeat Hippodroro6 Erico beat Martha i;amarine beat Enterprise I Sam Slick beat Fly Lynch beat East Kilbride Erico beat Sam Slick I Camarine beat Lynch Camarine beat Erico and won. WATERLOO PURSE. Grace beat My Lord Earwig beat Bugle Horn Earwig beat Grace vig and won. Clyde beat Mundig Minx beat Thomasina Minx beat Clyde I Minx beat Ea TATTERSALL'S--THRRSDAY. THE DERBY. 17 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton LTA . ja , 17 to 1 „ Duke of Rutland's Flambeau le , 17 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh (tk) . ", 5 25 to 1 ~ Colonel Anson' s Zimmerman (tk) ,„ 25 to 1 ~ Lord Albemarle's Tros (tk) 25 to 1 „ Duke of Cle ve l an d' s K rem li n (tk) ' :0 61 25 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ilderim (tk) i 26 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers (tk) .. 4 30 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Accelerator (tk) : • 1000 to 15 „ Mr. Mostyn's Hugh Lupus 25 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor (tk) ~,. 30 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's - Bulwark (off) , $ 1000 to 10 „ Mr. Clark's Dragsman (tk) ,el' • lOOO to 15 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt (tk) ;I'' 50 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Oronooko (tk) •.•,1 LATEST BETTING IN MANCHESTER. l a FRIDAY EVENING.—The attention of the sporting wct e has been decidedly towards the great Steeple Chase and t" Waterloo Coursing events. We shall therefore confine 001 ' selves to the simple figures upon the CHESTER TRADES' CUP, P.P. 9 to 1 agst King Cole 16 to 1 agst Cowboy 94 to 1 Harkaway 16 to 1 Chit-Chat 15 to 1 lon 20 to 1 The Drone 15 to 1 Cardinal 20 to 1 Percy 16 to 1 Slashing Harry 20 to 1 Vertumnus 16 to 1 Eaglet 20 to 1 Any other 16 to 1 Van Buren (t) THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE OF 1840. We learn, that upwards of fifty gentlemen have alreadf, subscribed to another steeple c h ase next year ; that furtit o , subscriptions are fully expected; and that it is anticip< that the chase will be one o f th e mos t s pl en did ever nessed, whether as regards the patronage it will receive w the number of horses that will be entered.—Journal. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ANNUAL PLOUGHING MATCH. On Tuesday a ploughing match for the premiums offer by the members of th e Li ver p oo l Agricultural Society wolf • place at Aston, ne ar P res t on B roo k, i n th e coun ty o f Cheste r ; The weather pro ve d hi g hly f avou rable, and a strong mu st of agriculturists took place at the Red Lion Inn Prest o s Brook, at an e ar ly h our i n the m or n in g . Here lots w e I , drawn for the different plots of ground, and about nine ocler the ploughmen p r o c eeded to the place appointed for the COia il : petition, a large grass field, on the estate of A. W. H. As t° ,,, t Esq., of Aston Hall, in the occupation of Mr. T. Stret eP The following are the names of the owners of the differ°. ploughs :—The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, Knowsle y ' Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., Norton Priory ; I. Blac. burne, Esq., M.P., Hale; Wm. Hayes, Esq., Frodshio a r i Mr. Thomas Stretch, Aston, (two ploughs) ; Mr. Ito be e , Halton, Kickwick ,_•Mr. J. Worrall, and Mr. R. Fryer, IL ton-on-the-Hill ; Mr. R. Amory, Bartington ; Mr. J ° r - „ Whitlow,Lower Whitley ; Mr. Matthew Knowles, APP ton ; Mr. Samuel Scotson, Toxteth-park; William Webste r . jun., Esq., Upton ; Mr. Wm. Tinsley, Culcheth ; Robinson, Bold ; Mr. J. E. Pemberton, Sankey ; Z. SWD,i, M.D., Rc.inford ; Mr. Thomas Okell, Sutton ; and Mr . ,e Litton, Bank Quay, Warrington. There could n ot be T he than two thousand five hundred spectators in the field. h , excellence of the teams and the manner in which the liit' il • g r men acquitted themselves were the theme of general *ido' e tion. Amongst the crack horses were those belonging t ot e , Earl of Derby, Dr. Sillar, Mr. Litton, J. I. Blackbu ro Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Whitlow. The ploughing commenced at half-past nine o'clock exer t and the quantity ploughed, which consisted of about 41 6 t 1 ; 0 tute perches for each plough, was done on an average in „ s e hours and nineteen minutes; the shortest time being „," hours and twenty-six minute s , an d th e l onges t t wo hours '"1 fifty-two minutes. The judges were Mr. William BoYni , Speke ; Mr. William Lon g t on , o f R a i n hill ; and Mr. "'- Baxter, of Sutton. They gave their award as follows Ist Premium Earl of Derby.. J. Macready, plough°' 2d ditto Mr. J. Worrall—Thomas Worrall, ditto' 3d ditto Dr. Sillar Jas. Agnew, ditto. to, 4th ditto W. H a y es , E sq . Peter Walton, jun., a" sth ditto Mr.J. Whitlow,J. Whitlow, jun., ditto. 6th ditto Mr. S Scotson... William Tipping, ditto , 0 , Small premiums were also awarded to the ploughmen, in P portion to the degree of merit displayed. THE DINNER. Pin At three o'clock a select party sat down to a guoul„ge dinner, at the Red Lion Inn, which was served up in a "'the ner reflecting the highest credit upon Mr. Turner , landlord. In the absence of Robert Statter, Esq. of Knowsley , 'a bi usually presides on similar occasions, the chair was take: c / o R. Ledger, Esq., of Hale. James Green, Esq., of pr e the treasurer of the society, acted as vice-president. the On the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gap e 3 111 health of " The Queen," who, he was hapy to say, was r e r 0 1 a patron of agriculture. Her Majesty being a subscribeol five guineas a-year to the Royal Buckingham Agrieu.„ lr Association. Due honour having been done to the Bibs it was followed by that of " The Queen Dowager, r an d ' , ' rest of the Royal Family," and the " Army and .INaci;oei The distribution of the different premiums then took P and The CHAIRMAN gave " The Successful Candidates. r e, The next toast was " The unsuccessful Candidates" il l t rfeei posing which the Chairman said, the Society could t ) r oil otherwise than deeply indebted to them for coming fo Wit on the present occasion, as doubtless, after the succes a dr had hitherto attended the Scoth ploughmen in former Pl ° ,,er e ing matches got up by the society in Lancashire, theY ec o s somewhat daunted. He was much pleased by the suo j ia that had attended the Cheshire men that day, an d one, e V he felt morally certain,—if the winner of the second) came forward at the society's next match, he would, Lot ° away the first premium. (Cheers.) He then gave Derby, the Patron of the Society." 4, fire t The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the next toast- - A tlO perity to the Liverpool Agricultural Society"—obser ve ",o o ' the society, although not established more than eig htl ott l f now distributed nearly £4OO per annum in premiums' f encouragement and improvement of farming oper 3 oi o : paying great attention to the all-important subject 01,,,tj0i; ing, for unless the ground was well drained, every decd or of manure was useless. Its operations were extendert.,, circle of forty miles round Liverpool, and this year, tner' premiums highly encouraging to the Cheshire farrae,."occ!;t; offered by the society. The first was to the tenant j o tia pying not less than 150 acres, who shall keep and lou d tf the best general live stock, in proportion to the size a mss, ture of the farm ; and the second was to the tena nt pe t pying not less than 80 acres, who shall keep the best ge th e live stock under similar circumstances. 'eh he The health of " The Lord of the Manor on vrt" 0 , competition took place," " The Duke of Buckine lo,, farmer's friend," " The Judges," " Lord StanleYi , next given and drank with enthusiasm. Mr. WHITE, in proposing the healths of " the C and the Officers of the Society," congratulated th e " ta, upon the fact of thirteen of the ploughs engag ed ,ro l" r e rs 4 , match belonging to Cheshire farmers, and on the sons whom he had, with pleasure, seen join in the c_ rie ti!,, He considered that a good deal of improvement rea."f„ee,, be effected in agricultural matters, and that some uf a r t ,:lie' l , ments might be practically introduced in ploughing u' . . i oe ; c 1 About the 30th of January, a ploughin; match tool= _l' 010 1 P ti l the East Riding of Yorkshire, on a plan which erP O like to see put in operation by the officers of th society. There were more than one hundred ea uci who were divided into three classes, the first, farelq 01,0 1 , the second, farmers' servants and labourers, and of tietro of servants under eighteen years of age. He didr44o it fair to set up old men against boys, and he hoped oe 0 1 see The separate classes estab roved lished. ,1 CHAIRMAN app Of Mr. White's sums also intimated that in future ploughing snatches tores/, endeavour to make such an arrangement as would r o allino greater portion, if not the whole premium, to P o ` f .la be r instead of the owner of the _plough. The health, nn d t o Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P, for Warrington , ;T e el at toasts were afterwards given. The company separated early hour. TUE: O ne thi s low, alld L e "diti nu ! t a k i „ ... • th at l i a °ffine The he rl str eet ht r S ir, t i7"il)t - tat hi s tha n Pri tw o 0 , ,,1 Se t, i l t ; Nnt " Sir th e re Sept of N J , sata '" His ;41a Pers on: "Parau To tr, ne ote‘ " si his re r Li r , : to Prop ( • Ittervi( for jilt( Ishich