The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-02-22 00:00:00

C on after two feet S, at, har the it is no' ctent ru" we men , g to rola- yes- The I at t of that utive s de be. ►at $ eon' bore arri xr at best Ha' urn ither pre- she ) the the the I Of has woo g• 'ter- ea lls !nco rra th e the the the itu• :rice ~I t s oro lea 434 lac° of e 505 on e a u e eeu ore t r tation ; Henry Styles, indicted forhigh treason ; Ephraim kp convicted of t reason an d b an i s hed—allowed to re " r icRIT.--We have received intelligence from Lima to the 30th of November. LIMA, 30th Nov. —The whole of the Chilian forces have retired to the northern provinces, and consequently the com !'llnication with all parts of the interior is again open, and business here has resumed its usual course, and we hope that the seat of war i s remove d f rom our i mme di ate neigh felt her e 9000 d. The effect o f th e con ti nuance o f t h e war will be but slightly. rtteThe commanders of the foreign vessels of war have refused aci nowledge an y blockade which the Chili an f orc e ma y ro )t to enforce ; we hope that the Chili= government m naY be ind uce d to accept the very favourable terms of peace I°, l lich h ave b een offered them, through the mediation of the British consul here, although they have been refused by their minister, who accompanied the army in its retreat. hmAicA.—We have received files of the Jamaica l Voi Ga ze tt e, D espatch, and Gazette, to the 18th u l i t ti t°. The contents of these papers are interesting and il liPortant. The reports from the northern side of the island ar e g l oomy i n the extreme. The par i shes of Mancheste r, St. Elizabeth, St. Mary, St. Ann, and s t. I leums in the East are said to be the scenes of the greatest anxiety an d con f us i on. S carce l y any o f t h e \ e g r °es, in some of these districts, have yei gone to , wo rk, most of them, especially the Baptists, demand ing 2s. 6d. per diem, which, at the present price of . Sugar, no estate can afford. The Negroes b elong i ng to the Wesleyan persuasion are generally well behaved and industrious. Only two properties were at work in the„ parish of Port Royal. A correspondent of , the Despatch accounts for this by stating that no stipendi ' Illagistrate was ever allowed to intrude upon these properties, t o i nterfere with the internal management. These functionaries seem to have been mainly instru- Ine ntal in superinducing the troubles which now affect t he island. The Jamaica Gazette of the 19th ultimo animadverts the„ t.,. rY forcibl e t erms u p on th e di s t rac t e d condition of island. The inaniaor passive - resistance, and an organised combi na ti on n ot to work, seems to be spread most throughout the country. There is scarcely any gar of this year's crop yet manufactured in the is land. Half the canes are rotten—half the cotton has falle n off the trees—and on many of the estates the n i g r ues will neither work .nor pay rent. The most i l mi nY apprehensions are entertained with reference to the future prospects of the island. Empty ships and Protested bills will ere lorr.; prove the reality of the eftplaints made by the planters. lib lie Royal Gazette, (a paper which inclines towards cr alism in its politics,) observes that a fearful state of thi ngs is about to take place in Jamaica. The sugar P r oprieto r can never afford to meet the demands of the e g r ues- The inevitable consequence must be, either t hat other labourers must be imported, to carry on the cultivation at such a rate as to allow the proprietor a rea sonable return for his outlay and capital ; or the cu 'tivation of sugar must be abandoned—an alterna tive, which must necessarily involve the utter and irre mevahle ruin of the planter. The r ea l cause o f t h e present me l anc h o ly con diti on of J amaica is readily ascertained. It is not owing to a -/I Y i ndisposition on the part of the planters to make Concessions to their labourers. It is not owing to any acts of oppre ss ion exercised towards the latter. It d It not a r i se f rom f ee li ngs o f re t a liation on their part. Lt b is bad policy which is hurrying the country to ruin; ad policy on the part of the imbeciles of the present gov ernment at home, and worse policy on the part of Sir Lionel Smith and his place-loving satellites in Ja lilaica• The Whig ministers have combined with. their ? c itAls and mischief-making representatives in the Isl and, to persecute the defenceless planters,—to reject Wi th contumely their petitions and remonstrances, —to ref use to remedy, or even to inquire into their griev ances,----to deprive them of their rights,—and to foment the turbulent disaffection of Negroes. T he Jamaica Standard of the 12th ult. contains an am p l e corroboration of the preceding statements, and a nd describes the agricultural prospects of the colony as gloomy and unfavourable in the extreme. The present state of Jamaica, in common with that of several others of our West Indian Colonies, ought t 0 be b rought fort h w i t h b e f ore t h e not i ce o f P ar li ame nt. ,v e sincerely hope that some patriotic member of the House of Commons will shortly insist upon having Justice done to the maligned and persecuted planters. bEmERARA.—We refer, with great pleasure, to the . " 1 7 interesting address of Governor Light, which ap pears in another column, and from which we collect that, i n the important colony of British Guiana, the Ne groes, have not evinced that spirit of insubordination Which has produced such disastrous results in Jamaica. "Overnor Light seems to have conciliated all parties by his firmness and prudence. S T. CHRISTOPHER.—The St. Christopher Gazette of the 4th ult., with which we have been politely fa l'oured, contains a long and interesting memorial and rem onstrance, transmitted to Lord Glenelg from the tioll se of Assembly of that island. This document, whi ch is very ably drawn up, details the various griev arle „ es und er w hi c h the planters have been suffering. ' Cc have only room for the following extracts : p o We Claim to be a deliberative assembly—to possess the riling outg the principles of our measures, and of car pin their detail free from all dictation—and we corn of thef her Majesty's representative sending to either branch legislature a model for its guidance or imitation, as a adictation inconsistent with, and subversive of, our rights as q t e iloerative assembly. We complain of such conduct as an on empt to introduce and exercise an undue, improper, and ti o e h lan stitutional influence by the executive over our delibera- Ni B ' We complain, that in the several instances we have ti L e e d, chartered rights have been invaded, and constitu o°Cg,Principles encroached on. We declare that we will v „, 8 `° 0 1) to act s a subaltern part in legislating for those who WP Po„ ufided their interest to our keeping. We declare that feet'v free 4ssume the responsibility, without the most per ton eedom of legislation. We declare that we will never of sent to be mere automatons without violation or judgment maintenance °"vn• We declare that we will not raise taxes for the of institutions over which we are to exercise no offi cer °i—that we will not raise salaries for irresponsible W e bu r Complain that our labourers are taught to think that ir o ,.est and most effectual efforts for their good, are partial, a h rfect, and inefficient, conceived in a spirit of insincerity, °I IY intended to deceive. Tl ogreat subjects at present engross the attention of Par l i ament—subjects intimately connected with the ~ te itbo reB ts of thi s na ti on — v i z ., the system of education aa v , ut to b e i ntro d uce d i nto E ng l an d, and the 'cor n 8 ' As the former appears to have taken prece dency in the H ouse o f Commons, to it we shall at Present direct our attention. It is admitted by a ll parties that the education of, 3 ; 1 °1 : t ` t i 8 of paramount importance ; but all parties do h st- a gree as to the nature of the education that should otb a dopted. Whil e some persons a pp rove o f thi s , an d th ' e , r s of that, s y s t em , th ere are m any who say, let ti;ielnren have an y e d uca tion rather than none ; we, on tk , ° , , t her hand, un h es itatingly say, let children, have rr , :" c ation at all, rather than an education in which po°r falseh oo d is taught. It is far better to let a nd have no fo o d, sa y we , than food in which there is °ll . But, as this is mere matter of opinion, and we (1 ° not profess to be infallible, either in religion, c es, or ethics, while we at the same time are firmly o.h d e -l ' i ; need that all who differ from us are in error, we th lre at present to take higher ground, (though not n i.9hest we could take,) and rest our cause on the t3econstitution of this land. Is the said constitution es ei:tiallY Prote s t an t, or i s it no t ? If it be, then we a i i llll-- then we i ns i st on a nat i ona l e d uca ti on , essenti -42t: Pro testant ; and, ere ministers dare introduce a p: °ll4 system that is not Protestant, they must first fo 13 a bill for th e re p ea l o f a ll ac t s , statutes, and or a ' in which the British constitution is denominated, • re presented, t o b e P rotestant; an d t hi s we re eat the ,Meatof ~ do p y , or they will b e gu ilty ( we mean w h a t we say) tieZ9l4 treason. In or d er , th ere f ore , t o l e t ou r readers b e i rl Y understand th e na t ure o f th e s y s t em a b ou t t o k m ntr oduced, as well as to grapple with the sophistry e oe ,.. disi ngenuousne ss o f th e no bl e l or d w h o h as con with the assistance, no doubt, of Mr. O'CoN trier'L, et hoc omne genus, this new device, we will corn -14011: e with its introduction into the House of Com °ll the 12th instant. PLord JOHN' RUSSELL brought up, by command of er ms a i e4 y, papers r e l a ti ve to e d ucat i on. Th ese pa le , tter i w hieh w e published on T ues d a y, cons i s t o f a th e m r °ro his lordship, by her Majesty's command, to e oun a i r clilis of L ans d owne, as Lor d Pres id ent of t h e th at th l . l, and the M arqu i s ' rep l y t h ereto. O n mov i ng rep ort ; se Papers d o li e on t h e ta bl e, t h e no bl e l or d i s I t . et l e ° to ha ve sa i d, that as much discussion had ta to a ce on the subject of education, he was anxious tn e a general out li ne of the views of the govern -1 Granti ng to the noble lord full credit for his , _ . en i Mention4l4t giving o n l y an out li ne, we are muc h m i s - f Iv • e have not detected in these very outlines the very essence and deepest root of the whole scheme. So that if the friends of true religion, the friends of the unadulterated gospel of God, the friends of our con stitution, had any thing to disapprove of in, or to ap prehend from, the Irish National School system, we hesitate not in declaring that they have much more to apprehend from this new project, and therefore we thus early raise our warning voice. After some preliminary remarks the noble lord ob served, " that great success had attended the experi ment of the system of national education in Ireland." For what purpose was this statement made ? Un questionably to recommend to the favourable conside ration of the house that plan which he was about in troducing. • Therefore the noble lord lets out, thus early, though unintentionally, the important fact, that , this " normal " system is to have, essentially, the same foundation that the Irish National School system has : thus the great cause of objection, among- the friends of truth, to that system, is to be retained in the new plan. The noble lord mentioned the success of the Irish system as a ground for recommending this ; but this ground of rejoicing he was not long allowed to enjoy, for Mr. Sergeant Jackson, who rose immediately after the noble lord had sat down, denied it peremptorily, and stated that " the national systam of education in Ireland had proved an entire and total failure. Honourable members would be convinced of the fact if they only looked at the reports which had been laid before both houses on the subject. Let him only ask how many .Protestant children were educated with Roman Catholic children in the whole province of Munster? Why, not more than 146. How many in Leinster, the province which was presumed to be the most favourable to the system ? 598. How many in Connaught ? 277. In short, in three out of the four provinces in Ireland the total number of Protestant children receiving education at the same schools with Roman Catholic children did not amount to 900. In Munster some schools were exclusively Protestant, and some exclusively Roman Catholic. The same was the case in other parts of Ireland. In Drogheda, for in stance, there was a school under the direction of some nuns, and on the opposite side of the street was a school over which a Presbyterian minister presided." As every statement, therefore, built upon an erroneous foundation, necessarily ends in an absurd conclusion, so with respect to the noble lord's conclusion on this subject. Our attention is next arrested by the sophistry in the following portion of the noble lord's speech on this occasion :—" From that time, (the establishment of the house of Hanover on the Throne of these realms) he conceived :the general recognised doctrine of the state to be, that education was free to all persons, whether members of the church or of any other religi ous denomination. The admission of Protestants, Dissenters, and of Roman Catholics to civil and poli tical rights was carried still further by the acts of 1828 and 1829 ; and he, consequently, thought that it could no longer be said, with respect either to education or to the general distribution of political power in the country, that the principle of exclusion (the Church of England being alone favoured) was any longer the principle of the state. On the contrary, the principle was, that there should be general admission of all per sons, without distinction of religion, to an equal parti cipation of civil privileges. In applying this principle to the subject of education, he thought they must con sider whether it was a subject entirely confined to a question of religion ; because, if it were so, undoubt edly, as there existed an established church, any assist ance given by the state ought to be applied by that establishment. But this was by no means the case, Religious instruction was, certainly, a main part of sound education; but there were other parts also, and looking on the whole put together, they. ought to con sider whether they could not impart the benefits of education as far as possible to the whole of the people, not excluding a very great portion of those who dis sented from the doctrines of the established church. He must, therefore, conclude that this principle of ex clusiveness which had been set up, this assumption that the state ought not to recognize or encourage any educa tion but that which was carried on by the clergy, was an assumption of a principle at variance with the general spirit of our laws, and with the existing feeling of society." We cannot but protest solemnly against the insinua-si tion conveyed in, and the inference the noble lord de signedly intended to be deduced from; this portion of his speech ; which was nothing more nor less, than that a certain portion of her Majesty's subjects, mean ing thereby the uncompromising friends of our Pro testant constitution, held the principle that "education was not to be free to all persons !" We have for some time perceived the dishonest attempt made by the Whigs and radicals, to lead the mass of the community to believe, that conservatives are enemies to religious liberty, and advocates of religious persecution. We repudiate with scorn both the one and the other. We proclaim ourselves friends to religious liberty, and uncompromising enemies to religious persecu tion. Nevertheless, there is a vast difference between allowing men to do as they please, and teaching and encouraging men to do what we believe to be erroneous. Lord John Russell and his coadjutors know, or they do not know, the difference between the two. If they do know, then their leading the unthinking part of the community to confound both together, is not only dis gracefully unprincipled, but dishonest; and if they do not know the difference, then they are much greater simpletons than we ever considered them to be. They well know the difference; but their policy is to make the public at large think as unfavourably as possible of the only true friends of the constitution. Having now glanced at Lord John Russell's-speech, and having seen, through his "outlines" the bottom of his project, we shall now examine the papers alluded to. From them we learn, Ist, that this new system of education, which he has denominated "normal," is to be under the direction of a board, consisting of five of Her Majesty's servants : 2dly, that this board is to be intrusted with the application of all sums which may be granted by Parliament for the purposes of education ; and 3dly, that the youth of the kingdom are to be re ligiously brought up, and the right of conscience res pected. These are the outlines ! As to the board, let the reader observe, that from it all persons who are bound, by their position in society, (we allude to the clergy of the Established Church,) to maintain and de fend the truths taught in the articles of that church, are to be totally and carefully excluded ! It being proposed, that the said board shall consist of the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Master of the Mint ! Hence, ere long, if things progress as they, have done during the last few years, not only may the majority, but also, every member of that board, be Roman Catholics or Socinians. What, in that case, we ask, will be the principles inculcated through this land ? This one step, therefore, renders the whole system not only pregnant with the most direful consequences ; but many, many, degrees more objectionable than the National Irish School system. The third principle is, that in re ligious instruction, all religious denominations are to be on an equality, and the right of conscience res pected. This brings us to the proof of the declaration we made in the early part of these remarks, viz., that if our Constitution be essentially protestant, this measure cannot be recommended to Her Majesty without com mitting high treason. In order to prove that our Con stitution is essentially protestant, we appeal to that in which is embodied an essential part of the Constitution, viz, the coronation oath. In that oath Her Majesty swore that she would, to the utmost of her power, maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established by law : and would preserve to the bishops and clergy of this realm, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them or any of them." In this oath three things are distinctly set forth, Ist, that our Constitution is essentially protestant ; 2ndly, that Her Majesty is bound to maintain to the utmost of her power that Constitution ; and 3rdly, that she is to maintain the laws of God, and the gospel as taught in the said Establised Church. Now behold ! ere eight months have elapsed since the Monarch of these realms, in the presence of her people, and in the presence of her Creator, took the above solemn oath, Lord John Russell has induced her Majesty to recommend fo Parliament a system of instruction which is in direct opposition to, and in violation of the said oath! We do not believe that Her Majesty would, we do not be lieve the Queen of Great Britain could, have sanctioned Lord John 'Russell's statement, had Tier Majesty's ministers, honestly, and without mental reservation, fully explained what was the object of this measure. There fore, that which they have omitted to do, let her Ma jesty's people do. It is a gross libel on her Majesty to suppose for a moment the possibility that she under stood what her advisers were desiring her to do. What. That Her Majeily, after having sworn to maintain (that is to defend, to preserve) to the utmost of her power the gospel as taught in the Articles of the Established Church, is to recommend to her parliament to adopt a system, in which is to be taught doctrines and prin ciples as directly opposed to those of the Established Church, as truth is to falsehood, as light is to dark ness ! Could she dd both ? Common sense, and the Divine Author of Christianity, declare the thing im possible ! "No man can serve two masters ; ye can not serve God and mammon." (Matt. vi. 24.) In the same oath Her Majesty swore that she would maintain to the clergy of the Established Church, all rights and privileges, &c. Now we assert that .one of those rights and privileges is the education of youth; and yet from this very board of education, clergymen are ex cluded ! Need we ask why? Every real Christian, with one atom of intellect, must perceive, that the object of this fundamental part of the system, is to guard against any of the truths of Protestantism having a preference to the dangerous errors of Po / pery, or to the blasphe mous doctrines of Unitarianism ! We would therefore earnestly entreat all those Who regard the glorious truths of the everlasting gospel, and who really value the interests of our protestant constitution, to lose not a moment in embracing this opportunity, which it appears Providence has given, for opening her Majesty's eyes to the lamentable position in which her advisers are about placing her, and the real principles of th6se men. Thus this country, and our constitution, may be rescued from the evil ma chinations of designing and unprincipled men. Let the friencl#r of ,truth throughout thP land, fnrthwith hold meetings—let them draw up explanatory but concise petitions to Her Majesty, to the following effect, "That they have learned with deep regret that Her Majesty has been advised to recommend a system of education, which is in direct violation of her coronation oath— that although Her Majesty had sworn to maintain, to the utmost of her- power, the protestant religion, yet that by recommbnding or sanctioning this system, Her Majesty would be, not only virtually uprooting that Church, which she swore to maintain, but encouraging principles and doctrines no less in opposition to the Established Church, than to the word of the Living God." Let delegates be appointed, and let them insist that they themselves be permitted to read the petitions to Her Majesty; and let us see will Lord John Russell venture to prevent the access of the British people to the feet of their Sovereign. CORN LAWS.—The present ministers appear deter mined to.avoid, as long . as they possibly can, every question that could at all endanger their existence. But that question will soon come, in spite of all their manoeuvres. Lord John Russell asserted in the House of Commons, on the 7th instant, that " the corn laws was an open question with ministers ever since the formation of the Grey administration." The Earl of Ripon, who had been a member of that ad ministration, denied, on the following day, in the House of Lords, the correctness of that statement ; more over that he had never heard before that it was an open question in the present government ! We here subjoin the noble lord's own words :—" He felt bound' to declare, that he never, during the whole time that he was connected with that government, entertained the smallest notion that there existed any such under standing. It was utterly impossible for him to sup pose that Lord Grey's government was founded on such a principle, because, in 1833, when his noble friend opposite (Earl Fitzwilliam) brought the corn question forward, he was requested by Lord Grey to oppose that motion, and to state the grounds upon which the government were opposed to it." It is evi dent from this, as well as from what we published in our last, relative to Viscount Melbourne having pe remptorily refused to let the House of Lords know what course government intended to pursue on this subject, that the sole object of ministers is, to go with the strongest party; and thus save themselves from the awkward position of so early turning to " the right about" However, the campaign commenced in the House of Lords on Monday last, by a motion from Lord Brougham that evidence be heard at the bar of their lordships' house on this subject. This motion was accompanied by an elaborate speech, which, like the generality of lawyer's speeches, was more remarkable for sophistry, and a multiplicity of words, than for ar gument, or cony - non sense. ,All lawyers know well the advantage, when they have a bad case, of spinning out their subject to such a length, that they may be able, before they conclude, to bewilder the understandings of their hearers : then they can almost make them 'believe, that black is white, and that two and two, if properly placed, would make five. The levity of his manner on this occasion, the jokes which he cracked, and the puns which he made, creating roars of laughter, would lead any one to imagine that he was rather pleading the cause of a client in a case of "breach of promise," than speaking on one of the most important subjects which now agitates this country, and with which, the interests of the community are so deeply in volved. So totally indifferent did he appear to the real importance of the subject, that on one occasion he en tirely forgot what he was speaking about, and thought it was the Poor Laws ! And when reminded of his mistake by Earl Stanhope, he pleaded, as an apology to their lordships, that " when he cast his eye to the part of the house where a noble earl sat, his figure, not unnaturally, reminded him of the subject of the poor laws ! (Great laughter.)" This reminds us of the case of an eminent barrister, who was en gaged for a defendant in an action at law ; but, so totally indifferent was he to the real interest of his client, that he made a long speech in favour of the plaintiff, and was about concluding, when the solicitor, whispering, reminded him, that he was engaged for the defendant. Upon which he turned off the matter by observing, that what he had stated was precisely what he would have said had he been for the plaintiff-- in fact, that . was the plaintiff's case ; but that now he would lay before the court that of the defendant ! The noble lord was replied to by the Duke of Buck ingham, Earl Stanhope, Duke of Richmond, Viscount Melbourne, and the Duke of Wellington. Upon the Lord Chancellor putting the question,. the " contents" were very few ; Lord Brougham's motion was accordingly negatived. In the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, Mr. 'Villiers, after laying on the table several petitions praying that evidence might be heard at the bar in sup ' port of the allegations contained in the petitions pre sented against the corn laws, brought forward his mo tion of which he had given notice, viz., that evidence may be heard at the bar of the house on the subject of the said laws. Mr. Strutt seconded the motion. Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. M. Phillips, Lord Howick, Mr. Pryme, Mr. Ward, Mr. Thornely, Lord Worsley, Messrs. Horsman, J. Heathcote, Warburton, Cayley, P. Thompson, Hindley, Sir F. Fleetwood, Lord Stan ley, Mr. Brotherton, Lord John Russell, and Sir Ro bert Peel, engaged in the debate; the substance of whOse speeches will be found in another part of our paper. The house divided on the motion, when the numbers appeared : For the motion 172 Against it 361 Majority against Mr. Villiers' motion, 189. We shall, in the course of a few days, fully investi gate the merits and demerits of this important subject ; and endeavour to place before our readers, in as On cise a manner as possible, all that can be said for, and all that can be said against, the Corn Laws. ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS UNIVERSAL SUF FRAGE.—Lord Morpeth, moved on Tuesday, in con formity with the Royal speech, for leave to bring in a bill, relative to the Irish Municipal bill. The chief dif ference between the two bills consists in a proposition to give the municipal franchise to householders who have paid the poor rates for three years. This is vir tually handing over the municipal corporations into the hands of the Roman Catholics of Ireland ; and this is done, no doubt, to please Mr. O'Connell. What ex cuse can be made for such a proceeding, when minis ters reflect on the numerous circumstances which have lately occurred, tending, in the most unequivocal man ner to demonstrate, that the spirit of Popery is now, as it ever has been, persecuting and overbearing ? Do ministers forget the recent petition. from Nova Scotia to her Majesty ? or have they put it under the table ? for we have not as yet heard it even mentioned in either House of Parliament. This petition, it will be recol lected, was signed by all the most respectable and wealthy Protestant inhabitants of that part of her Ma jesty's dominions, setting forth, in th e strongest terms possible, the awful state of things in that province ever since the granting (we believe in 1832) of universal suffrage to the inhabitants thereof; in consequence of which concession, the Roman Catholics have adopted such unconstitutional proceedings, and.such tyrannical conduct towards their Protestant fellow subjects, that public business was almost entirely suspended, the co lony brought to the verge of ruin, and the Protestant inhabitants driven to despair. They further expressed the utter impossibility of remaining there, unless the Imperial Parliament should adopt some measure to control the course pursued by the Papists. Do mi nisters forget, or are: their eyes permanently closed - to every evil which threatens the interests of Protes tants ? Have they not heard of the recent event which took place at Limerick, at the election for the guardians of the poor. On that occasion the PRECURSORS met, - under the presidency of the PRIEST, in the Roman Catholic Chapel, in the poorest part of that city, and there and then, did prep are a list, which proved the successful one at the election, from which list every re spectable Protestant was excluded ! Mr. Barron, speaking on this subject, said, "it was very natural that Romanists, having been excluded from the old corporations, should now retaliate, by ex cluding Protestants from the new ones." Very true, Mr. Barron ; but why were they then excluded, and what has since occurred to show they ought not still to be excluded ? If their exclusion was then justifiable, we say it is so still, unless it be proved that the spirit of Popery be altered, at which we would heartily re joice. In one of our Irish contemporary papers we find the following very pertinent remarks on this subject : " Roman catholics were, indeed, excluded from the old corporations, as likely to disturb those bodies by their insatiable sectarian ambition ; but we do not expect them to acknowledge the justice of that exchision. They were; however, as Mr. Barron said, excluded. They resent the exclusion, and will retaliate by exclud ing Protestants when they shall have the opportunity : all very natural ; bui is it, therefore, very conducive to peace, or very safe ? Mr. Barron's is the best speech that we have ever read against all the new projects . of Irish municipal reform." In conclusion,' we again and again warn ministers against any further enlargement 'of the elective fran chise. We . have elsewhere witnessed the lamentable, the baneful, the ruinous effects of putting the elective franchise into the hands of men who are incapable of judging. We cannot better sum up these remarks (for space will not allow us at present to enlarge on this vitally important subject) than in the words of an emi tent modern democratic writer, who has himself wit nessed the same consequences from universal suffrage: —" When a nation modifies the elective qualification, it may easily be foreseen that sooner or later that qua lification will be entirely abolished. There is no more invariable rule in the history of society, than that the ftirther electoral rights are extended, the more is felt the need of extending them; for after each concession the strength of the people increases, and its demands increase with its strength. The. ambition of those who are below the appointed rate, is irritated in exact pro portion to the great number of thbse . who are above it. The exception at last becomes the rule, concession fol lows concession, and no stop can be made short of that MOST UNWISE and RUINOUS MEASURE, universal suffrage." LORD DURHAM'S REMEDIES FOR THE PACIFI CATION OF CANADA.—We perceive, from a perusal of Lord Durham's papers, that one of the plans he re commends the Parliament to adopt, in order to settle the Canadian disturbances, is to establish there a LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, constructed after the mo del of the United States ! It is a common, though no less a true saying, that " a straw will show which way the wind blows ;" and this recommendation con firms our belief, if even we required it to be confirmed, that there are certain individuals in this country, who, being totally ignorant, so far as personal experience is concerned, of the direful consequences of republican ism, would gladly to-morrow engulf this people in that unnatural order of society. Had Lord Durham ta ken the trouble, ere he re-crossed the Atlantic, and which he ought to have done, before he ventured to recommend the adoption of a plan which he had never seen in operation—had he, we say, paid the United States a visit, and not only quietly looked on, for a few months, at the working of the system, but confi dentially consulted some of the men most eminent, in that country, for talent, knowledge, and integrity, we are convinced he would have come home an altered man. We are happy to find that, as ministers have re fused to lay before Parliament the whole of the pa pers relative to Canada, Sir Francis Head has deter mined to publish all his despatches. The public may rely that although the truth may have been told by. Lord Durham, yet the whole truth has not. MR. O'CONNELL AND THE MINISTRY.—We stated in our last we would prove, by circumstantial evidence, that there exists a private alliance between the great agitator of Ireland and the present ministry. Now for the proof. It is no doubt known to most of our readers that there is in Dublin a certain paper the Pilot; and that this paper, if not actually the pro perty of Mr. O'Connell, was, at all events, avowedly established under his auspices as his especial organ. It is well known that the royal speech, up to the period of its delivery, is strictly a ministerial secret—at least a true copy of it is not suffered to transpire, or go beyond the bounds of the ministerial circle, until, be ing read in the house, it has become public property. Therefore it necessarily follows, that any one who be comes possessed of that speech before its delivery, must be in intimate alliance, friendship, and confidence with ministers. _ The Mail, the name of a conservative paper in Dublin, established at an enormous expense an express between that city and London ; and, by means of this express, was enabled to have, in the incredible short space of twenty-one hours, the royal speech, ready for publication, throughout town and country. Mr. O'Connell's paper, the Pilot, which does not even pre tend to have any express between the two cities, and the Mail, are published on the same day. On the same evening, and at the same hour, that the Royal speech was published in the Mail, which received it by its own private express, did the same speech appear in thP which had no possible means of receiving it on that day. The conclusion is manifest, viz, that Mr. O'Connell must have received it from ministers before it was deli vered from the throne. Therefore, the proof of Mr. O'Connell's friendship and alliance with the present cabinet is fully made out, and may be thus syllogisti cally established : No one receives the Royal speech from ministers be fore it is delivered from the throne, except the con fidential coadjutors of ministers. Mr. O'Connell received the. Royal speech from mi nisters before it was delivered from the throne. Therefore Mr. O'Connell must be a confidential friend and coadjutor of ministers. The data, from which we have drawn the above in ference, are copied from the Dublin Evening Mail. UNITARIAN CONTROVERSY. -We request our readers to peruse attentively the statements made by the Unitarian minister, published in another part of our paper of this day. We took particular pains to take them down as they were uttered by the reverend gentleman. We have since read them for a most ta lented Unitarian who was also present on the occasion, and who admits that the substance, and almost in all instances, the very words used, are faithfully recorded. We liave done all this in order . that the public may clearly understand the real sentiments of Unitarians : for we confess, that so adroitly do they generally con ceal their views, so respectfully do they speak of the Lord Jesus Christ, and so frequently do they use scrip tam' phrases, respecting the atonement and salvation, &c., one can hardly credit that they believe Jesus to be a mere man, and the doctrine of the atonement an im position. (See Mr. Thom's lecture.) This controversy has, at all events, done one good already, and if it did no more, we deem that one to be of great importance ; which is, that it has made them, in the heat of argu ment, throw off their wonted caution, and fully de velope their awful deetdnee.- THE UNITARIAN CONTROVERSY. BOTH SIDES. The substance of the arguments of the Rev. F. Ould and the Rev. Mr. Thom, as taken down at the time of their delivery. THE REV. MR. OULD, THE REV. Ma. THom, Against Unitarianism. In di fence of Unitarianism. TEXT, 1 Cor. 22, 23, 24. TEXT, COI. i. 27, 28. The Rev. Gentleman cons- The great question is, menced by justifying the con- " What it is to be a Chris duct of himself and of his flan?" There are two sources brethren in getting up this from which an answer to this controversy, and proved, not question may be obtained : only from Scripture, but also the one, Christ himself ; the from his ordination pledge, other, those at the present that they were bound not only day who follow Christ. A to attend to the instruction, correct idea of duty may be &c., of their congregations, obtained from the character but "to banish" (using the of Christ, which is the best very words of the ordination criterion. Those cannot be pledge) " all false doctrine far from Christianity who from the land ;" and surely drink into his spirit. Christ none more dangerous, none embodied his own teaching. more false, than the Unita- To set him up as the great Han, as he would immediately moral head cannot be to prove. He protested against preach another Gospel (1) — the name Unitarian being as- cannot be a fatal error. The sumed by the body of people true definition of a Christian who now are so called. They is one who trusts to that God, had no particular right to that and conforms to the will of name ; but they use it in or- Him who is the image of that der to make it appear that we God (2). worship more Gods than one! There is another way of Unitarians complain because bringing into comparison the Trinitarians cannot recognize spirit of Christianity with them as Christians ; but how this spirit. If the system could they consistently recog- does not come up to the ex nize those to be Christians pectation of Christ, it is not who deny the foundation of all Christianity ; and as Trinita- Christianity, viz. the atone- rianism has been that which molt. Do they not consider destroyed those hopes and Trinitariang idolaters. ? and expectations of Christ, it is if they do not reject Trinita- a demonstration that it is not rians as Christians on account Christianity. of their idolatry, it is not Nothing is so peculiarly charity, but irldifference, and characteristic of Christianity shows the strong tendency of as that of its being a universal Unitarianism to Deism. Dr. church (3). It may be asked, Priestley and others pro- is there, in the actual Church nounce Trinitarians to be as it now is, unity of spirit? guilty of idolatry. Is there unity between the The great question is, are branches and the vine ? the doctrines, which Unita- Trinitarian Christiantity is rians hold, dangerous, and founded on a principle direct do they endanger salvation ? ly opposed to this : it denies They do most unquestionably. there is any union exert the F... the Utittttllctub Cu nut, oon a f e y. creeds (4). It is, and cannot, put any trust in therefore, clear this system Christ, seeing they believe cannot be Christianity. Tri him to be only a creature. nitarianism, as a system, does The whole tenor of Scripture not gather, but scatters-Ldoes points Him (Christ) out as not draw together, but casts the great object and founda- out—making • the essence of tion of all trust. deity (5), three in one, an d If, moreover, the death of punishment by substitution, Christ be the only way of sal- for a transgression by substi vation, as declared in the sa- intim, the bond of union. cred Scriptures, by the Pro- There is no doctrinal union phets, by the Apostles, and in it—a church split and rent, by Christ himself, in fact, the at all times, even in its very very substance of the Gospel, bosom. a denial of it is a denial of the Unitarians hold as essen- Gospel, of the very founda- tial the taking into the heart tion of Christianity, and, con- the moral image of Jess (6). sequently, of Christianity it- Trinitarians hold as essen self ! Therefore Unitarians, tial, not that he may receive upon their own showing, re- Jesus, but that he mayreceive ject that (the atonement) a certain metaphysical creed, which the Bible declares is which neither Milton, New the only way of salvation ; ton, nor Locke could find in and, therefore, it necessarily nature ! follows that their doctrines Trinitarianism,by demand are most dangerous and fatal. ing an intellectual instead of Again, Unitarians deny and a spiritual union, has destroy ridicule regeneration, or a ed the tendency to a union change of heart, and teach in love. only a change of manners. Suppose that a man's eter- Here is another important nal state depends not upon Scriptural truth rejected by his moral character, but upon them ! Unitarians are very trusting to certain creeds, how fond of appealing to nature can a man be sure that he has and common sense to prove got the true creed ? Then it their views. They call their necessarily follows, that the religion rational Christianity! more creeds the pore safety ! Here, again, we are at issue ; He is left in doubt, unless he for the sacred writers unequi- be a Roman Catholic. If vocally declare that the Gos- God requires from men cer pel is opposed to the natural tain doctrinal creeds, how mind of man. St. Paul , de- can a ma n k now w hi c h' is the dared that "it was a stumb- true creed without some in ling block to the Jews, and fallible instructor ? Unitari foolishness to the Greeks," ans do not believe in the ple -1 Cor. i. 23 ;—and that his nary or verbal inspiration of preaching " was not with the the Bible. enticing words ;of man's wis- Having got an inspired Bi dom ;"—" that faith should ble, an inspired interpreter is not stand in the wisdom of wanted (7)• Roman Catho men ;"—and that " the natu- lies would treat men better ral man receiveth not the than those persons. Out of things of the Spirit of God, Popery there is no certain for they are foolishness unto tribunal : one man's truth is him ; neither can he know just as good as another man's them, because they are spiri- truth ! tually discerned." 1 Cor. ii. The second indictment 4,5, 14. s against the Church is, that, Independently of these con- by making creeds the crite siderations, Unitarianism is Hon of Christianity, there is defective on account of its a strong tendency to Popery. practical tendency. And I Salvation cannot be begun shall arrange my subject un- with creeds without Popery der the following four heads:— (8). 1. It tends to diminish the Unitarians tolerate intel authority of the sacred Scrip- lectual differences. They do tures, by denying their plena- not say that those who wor ry inspiration, rejecting great ship Christ, believing him to portions of those books which he one with God, are idola constitute the sacred canon ters : but they do say, that if of Scripture, and so render- those who do not believe him ing doubtful what is, and what to be , :, God were to worship is not, of Divine authority. him, they would commit ido 2. It tends to diminish and latry. lessen, rather than promote, Christianity has an essen love to Christ. tial belief, viz., " that Jesus 3. It tends to foster and is the moral image of God" cherish pride. (9). All doctrines are not 4. It tends to produce' infi- equally pleasing to God ; but delity. we warn you against the In proof of the plenary in- " IMPOSITION that sal spiration of the Scriptures, " vation is by faith, and not the Rev. Gentleman referred "by works" (10). St. Paul to numerous passages in the does not mean that salvation Old and New Testament, and is by belief, but by trust ; concluded with the emphatic and the works he alludes to denunciation declared in Rev. are not moral duties, but xxii. 18, against adding to, or Jewish ceremonies. taking from this sacred book. Trinitarianism is a system Now, the Unitarians, in order which the Scriptures do not to support their views, reject teach, but denounce. There considerable portions of the is nothing in it but priestly Scriptures. Like the plain- spirit. tiff who,% in a well-known suit Salvation consists only in at law, included in:the action a salvation from sin, and all those persons who could from moral fears. appear as witnesses against Unitarians appeal more to him, in order to get rid of the understanding than to their testimony ! the heart. Dr. Priestley, the great Trinitarians scoff at reason, arch-apostle of Unitarianism, and attempt to make others unequivocally denies that the also scoff at it. Scriptures are divinely inspir- Unitarians appeal to rea ed, and says " there is no son, and affirm that this rea proof whatever of their being son is the very salvation of so inspired !" Dr. Channing, the sons of God the first Unitarian divine in Unitarianism alone puts America, says, they are mere forth the truth, that th e mo human records. The books ral character is not only the of several other Unitarian means to salvation, but is preachers were then referred salvation itself! 'inns WE to, in all of which the inspi- QUALIFY OURSELVES FOR ration of the Scriptures was HEAVEN ! (11.) This is not denied ! So that you will per- the salvation so much vaunt ceive (said the lecturer) that ed by Trinitarians, but that unless Unitarians are allowed Christ bore in his own person to adjust the Scriptures to the punishment due to their their own belief, they give sins. Christ becomes the them up ! False religion shows purchaser of heaven for every itself in no one act more s con- one who believes their creed. spicuously than in turning us We say Christ lived to teach away from the Scriptures. us, by his example, the moral The Unitarian Bible (a new character : he died to set us Bible) was published in Lon- an example—he died to teach don, 1819, in the preface to us patience under suffering— which the writer says, " ver- he died to teach us obedience bal criticism is not attended and submission ! (12.) to in this Bible !" "No su- The great use of this Uni perstitious regard to the text !" tarian controversy is to warn That is, in other wads, the men against this doctrine of exact meaning of words is not salvation by substitution— attended to in the translation against this fatal error. (13.) of this Bible! Of the truth We do not mean thatanything of this, the work itself fur- we can do merits heaven, but lushes abundant proof ! In we do mean that a good life the first place, the whole Ist is that which procures it for and 2nd chapters of Matthew us ; and this we hold to be (except the first 16 verses of the sublimest truth—the very the Ist chapter) are entirely essence of the Gospel. (14.) expunged ! Secondly, the Trinitarians do not 'deal so whole Ist and 2nd chapters strictly or so justly with sin of .Luke are also left out ! (15): the mean tendency is And yet, in a note in the same to make men think little of Bible, it is acknowledged that sin. The doctrine which these four chapters are found tearhe. in all extant MSS. ! They hope on the atonement is an leave out these four chapters unnatural alliance, and a upon the authority of two he- heart distributed between retics, Ebion and Marcion ! three Gods cannot be much The former lived in the first, attached to any. and the latter in the second We reject the doctrine of century. They also leave out favouritism. We protest with of this Bible the whole of the abhorrence against that doc epistle to the Hebrews ! trine which teaches that God My second position, said cannot forgive sin without the lecturer, is, that Unitaria- punishing the innocent. (16.) nism tends to diminish and We deny altogether the ina lessen, rather than promote, bility of man to do God's love to Christ. Love to Christ will. (17). We believe man is set forth most emphatically can do all that God com and conspicuously in the Bi- mands. Others may cast ble, and the ground or cause their burdens on God, but of that love, what he, Christ, we will look to ourselves. who is " the way, the truth, The doctrine of corrupt and the life," hath done for nature teaches us to transfer us. The Scripture rule is, our sins to our race, and not "he to whom much is for- to our own will. given loveth much;" and St. We believe the fitness for Paul, alluding to the nature heaven consists in our moral of HIM who did this love- character (18), and that the producing work, says, "whose brightness of heaven will be are the fathers, and of whom, in proportion to our fitness ! as concerning the flesh, Christ We believe in a graduated came." Here, said the Rev. scale of retribution—not eter- Lecturer, Paul might have nal torments. Our objection stopped : but no ; he pro- to this is a natural one. The ceeds to develope who this appalling sentiment of the Christ is, even He " WHO is sinner standing before the OVER ALL, GOD BLESSED Judge to receive his eternal FOR EVER." Rom. ix. 5. doom, has never done good. Now Unitarians believe this We love Christ as we love Christ to be a mere man, and all good and - holy people, for his goodness, or moral cha- the goodness of his character racter, the sole ground of —not for what he has done love to him. They at once for us ! reject the Scriptural rule of It was said Unitarianism love, and they deny the atone- encourages the pride of the ment which he has made. human heart, but we say The third position is, that Trinitarianism is that which Unitarianism tends to foster does this very thing, by iden and cherish pride. The pro- tifying their sense of the phet Isaiah says, " the lofty Scripture with God's sense. looks of man shall be hum- The great importance of bled, and the haughtiness of the Unitarian controversy is men shall be bowed down ; to show, that Trinitarianisni and the Lord alone shall be is the antagonist to all union. exalted in that• day." Uui- This is his heaviest indict tarians deny human depra- ment against Trinitarianism, vity,—the Scriptures fully de- that it destroys the image of dare it. Unitarians say re- Christ, and creates in its place pentance and a good life are strife, wrangling, discord, all that are necessary to ob- heat and controversy, &c. tain happiness hereafter Trinitarianism has long the Bible lays, the work of been the prevailing opinion Christ is that which is neces- of Christendom. It has not sary. The former thus give wrought the works of Christ. every ground for boasting ; — It has added to the glad ti the latter takes away all such dings some other conditions,' ground, and says, " where is which we can lay our finger boasting then?" "IT IS Ex- on. CLUDED !" Rom. iii. 27. The It was said Unitarianism former place the crown of leads to infidelity. Is it be salvation on man's head in cause we keep those driven virtue of his own works ; away from the Church by the latter places it on the metaphysical speculations ? head of Christ, and the re- Is it because we stay the deemed are found in heaven wanderer? Is this the spirit casting their crowns, which of, or a tendency to, in4de they received in virtue of lit Christ's perfect work," at the The new version of the feet of Him who was slain, Bible to which allusion has even the Lamb who is in the been made, let it be known, midst of the throne." is not used in Unitarian wor- Unitarians boast that their ship. No one is answerable religion is a rational religion, for it except its editors—and perfectly consistent with their not even those persons, with reason, and many of their \ us. Ii is based on the trans leading men consider they lation of an Archbishop of possess greater comprehen- the Church of England and sion of mind than the sacred Ireland. writers themselves, or even Lastly, the two great prin than Christ. Accordingly, Dr. ciples of Unitarianism are— Priestly says, " The sacred Ist. Spiritual allegiance to writers spoke so as not to be Christ; 2ndly. Spiritual li fully aware of the meaning of berty from ought besides— their own words ;—even Christ creeds, traditions and priests. used language he did not re flect on ; and if interrogated, would have answered unfa vourably !" Thus it must be manifest that Unitarianism tends to foster arid cherish pride. The fourth and last posi tion is, " that Unitarianism tends to infidelity." In proof of this, Dr. Channing's ser mons were again referred to, in which the Doctor admits that to be the case. More over, the Unitarian College at Hackney was entirely bro ken up owing to the infidelity that spread among the pupils of that establishment. There are several analagous points between infidels and Unita rians, which I shall now de tail in order. 1. Unitarians defend their views by .ppe..ung Li) 1........ - reason. - Infidels do likewise. 2. Unitarians deny the Di vine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures.—lnfidels do like wise. 3. Unitarians admit some parts of the Bible to be true. —lnfidels do likewise. 4. Unitarians object prin cipally to the plan of salva tion therein revealed.—lnfi dels do likewise. 5. Unitarians hold that the belief in any particular plan of salvation is quite unimpor tant towards making men happy.—lnfidels do likewise. 6. Unitarians reject the Gospel because it reveals the wrath of God against sinners, and the only way of escape by the atonement.—lnfidels do likewise. That Unitarianism neces sarily leads to infidelity, and that the arguments of Unita rians, if carried out, would prove infidelity, no reflecting man can doubt : hence almost all the principal infidels of the present day in this country have passed, in their gradual departure from simple Scrip tural truth, through Unitari anism. This is the last de gree immediately preceding Deism. The Rev. Gentleman then concluded, (after first showing how Unitarianism was calculated to rivet both infidels and Jews in their rejection of Christ and of his Gospel,) with an affectionate and powerful appeal to the heads and hearts of his audi ence, on the all-importance of seriously reflecting on the great truths which he had set forth, and on the awful and fatal consequences of belief in the Unitarian creed, which was a virtual rejection of the Gospel, and of the testimony which God hath given of His Son. [We must postpone our analysis of the Rev. Mr. Thom's defence of UNITARIANISM till our next, when we will notice the several statements therein, as we have arranged them, under eighteen heads.—Ed. L. S.] --- --- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND AT TEMPTED SUICIDE. On Tuesday last, Elizabeth Busby, wife of F. Busby, coach-driver, was brought before Mr. Hall, at the Police court, on a charge of having, on Saturday last, snapped a loaded pistol at Mr. William Busby, her husband's brother, with intent to deprive him of life. It further appeared, that the prisoner had also attempted to commit suicide, by previ ously swallowing a large quantity of laudanum. Some evi dence as to the identity of the pistol, however, being defi cient, she was remanded until Wednesday, when she was again placed at the bar, and, being still apparently feeble from the effects of the poison she had taken, was allowed to sit. It appeared that she was married about two years ago ; that her husband was about twenty years of age, and she (according to her own account) about three years older ; that they did not live comfortably together, and had been parted on Saturday last.—Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner. —After hearing the evidence, Mr. Hall remarked, that it was providential that the pistol had flashed in the pan, otherwise the death of Mr. Busby would have been inevita ble ; and he ordered the informations to be taken, adding, that he should send the case to the assizes, when (as it was stated by Mr. Davenport that he was informed the prisoner was occasionally subject to aberration of mind) the facts would be fully investigated. The following is the evidence given by the witnesses : Wm. Busby, the younger, said—l am a coach-proprietor, and have two establishments ; one at the corner of Fox street, and the other in Everton-terrace. My brother, Fre derick James Busby, the husband of the prisoner, Elizabeth Busby, is employed by me as a driver. On Saturday last, between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, I was at the stables in Everton-terrace, when the prisoner came there, and asked me if her husband was there. I said he was not. She asked me if he was at the corner of Fox-street ; and I said he was not. She asked me if I knew where he was, and I said " No." She said, "On your soul don't you know ?" I said I would not say so, but I did not know. I was aware that my brother and the prisoner had had some disputes, but I did not know where he was at that time. I stepped back a pace, and at that time the cloak which the prisoner wore wasiblown aside, and I saw that she had something in her right hand, which I thought was a hammer. I did not speak, but she immediately raised her right hand, and pointed it towards my breast. I heard a click, and saw a flash. I was about a yard from her hand at the time. I made some ex clamation, and Henry Masker, one of our men, immediately sprang forward, and I saw him take the pistol now produced from.the prisoner's hand. He gave it to me. I did not observe whether the hammer of the lock was down. I de tained her, and sent Masker for an officer, who came, and the prisoner was taken to Rose-hill Bridewell. 1 went with them and carried the pistol, which I gave to Kissack, the keeper of the Bridewell. I saw some powder shaken from the barrel of the pistol into the pan. The prisoner did not appear to be drunk. Henry Masker said—l am in the employ of Mr. Busby. On Saturday night, while I was at the stables, I saw the prisoner come into the yard, and heard her ask Mr. William Busby if her husband was there. He told her he was not. She then asked for Mr. Daniel Busby, and was told he was not there. She then said, "Do you know where Frederick is ?" Mr. William said he did not. She said, "On your soul ?" He said he would not put his soul to it. She said she had Frederick's trowsers and waistcoat there. I saw something under her cloak, but thought it was the clothes. She then drew a pistol from under her cloak, and snapped it at Mr. Wm. Busby. I heard the snap, and saw fire. The pistol was pointed towards his breast, and was nbt more than about a yard from him when she snapped it. I rushed for ward and took the pistol from her, and gave it to Mr. Busby. He told me to go for a policeman, and I fetched Daniel Her bert. She had no trowsers or waistcoat upon her. Daniel Herbert said—l am a policeman. On Saturday night, from information I had received, I went to Mr. Bus by s stables, in Everton-terrace, where I found the prisoner detained. I took her into custody, and to the Bridewell in Rose-hill. On the road to Bridewell she said, without any a uactiops havin g herd put to hcr, that she had h0,5 g 1,4 tha pistol for 4s. 61., to shoot her husband, and that she had taken fourteen-pence worth of laudanum. She said she had taken the poison in a garden near Mr. Busby's stables, and had left a bottle and glass there. After putting her into Bridewell, I went to the garden she described, and near the gate I found a broken wine-glass, and a phial with a label marked " Laudanum." The prisoner appeared rather stu pitied. She also said that she was sorry she had offended Mr. Busby, as. she did not intend it for him, but for her husband. Thomas Kissack, keeper of the Bridewell at Rose-hill, said—The prisoner was brought to Bridewell on Saturday night, by Herbert. Mr. Busby was with him, and delivered to me the pistol now produced. I did not examine it at the time, but shortly afterwards I did so. I shook some powder out of the barrel into the pan. I then put the ramrod into the barrel, and found that it contained a large charge. I did not draw the charge, but placed the pistol in a drawer in the office, and locked it up. In consequence of what Herbert said about the prisoner's taking poison, I sent for Mr. Cooper, the surgeon of the police force. He applied the stomach-pump to her, and ultimately restored her, though not until the next morning. —The pistol, it appeared, was afterwards taken away from the office at Rose-hill, but wit ness subsequently saw it, and identified it in court. He also received the shot and powder it contained, which were pro duced. Mr. Whitty was in the office on Saturday night, and shook some powder out of the pistol in witness s pre sence. Jane Kissack (wife of the last witness), Archibaldßalfour, Lydia Manor, and Superintendent M`Donald, identified the pistol as being the same. M`Donald said—" I saw Mr. Cooper draw the charge, which consisted of shot and pow der. There was a very little powder. There was a very large touch-hole to the pistol. There was about three-quar ters of an ounce of shot, and some paper as wadding. I wrapped them up. They are the same now produced. I have another pistol in my house, but it is quite different." The prisoner, on her voluntary examination, said—" I shall say nothing but the truth. My husband's family never liked me. They have said, if he would come home they would do everything they could to get rid of me. We had only been two days married when they brought a policeman for the purpose of parting us. Ido not know what I was doing. I bought the pistol, and thought we would both die together." The witnesses were then bound over, each in the sum of £lOO, to appear and give evidence at the assizes. The pri soner, whose looks were somewhat wild, appeared to be much alarmed when she learnt that she was ta be sent for trial. ILLEGAL PAWNlNG. — Yesterday, a joiner, named Henry Atkinson, was charged by Mr. Hill, by whom he had been employed as foreman, by taking away and pawning a mould ing-plane, the property of the latter. It appeared that the prisoner was taken into custody yesterday, for being disor derly, and the ticket for the plane being found upon him, led to the present oharge being brought against him. He said in his defence that he had pledged theardele on hitillelelr' account, to pay some small debts, and an allowevill * NW* ter. This, however, Hill denied. - The value of aallialp was stated to be about 6s ; and the prisoner wag palleisei to pay thafainount, together with a penalty of 201, cot, de fault of payment, to be committed for three weeks to the Borough Gaol. CAUTION TO STAY-MAKERS, DRAPERS, AND OTHSRI. Yesterday, alittle boy was committed by Mr. Hall, for seven days, to the Housa of Correction, for purloining a pair of stays, from a shop in Byrom-street. Mr. Hall, on hearing that the article was hung out at the door, strongly animad verted on the impropriety of shopkeepers thus exposing goods in a manner calculated to tempt depredators to carry them off. A DESERTER. - Yesterday, a youth named Christopizer Duffy, was brought before Mr. Hall, rat the Police Court, charged by John Shannon, a stupid-looking fellow, who said he was a pensioner, with being a deserter from the 86th regiment of foot, now lying at Todmorden, in Yorkshire. The accused. did not deny that he had belonged to that regi ment, from which be said he had deserted about two months ago. The evidence was accordingly taken against him, and he was committed, to be delivered over to the military autho rities. The pensioner will, we understand, receive a reward of a sovereign. A DISTRESSING CASE.—On Wednesday. last, a woman named Burgoyne, in the last stage of destitution, with four little children, was placed at the bar of the Police-court. Mr. Whitty, superintendent of police, stated that he had seen her and her children begging in Fenwick-street, and that they seemed to be starving of cold and hunger. He had brought them up with a view to something being done for their relief. The woman said her husband was a shoemaker, but had got lamed and was unable to work. Mr. Parkinson, the keeper of the bridewell, said the family had been visited in the court where they lived, and that they were in great misery. The woman said she had pawned every thing of which she was possessed for food for her family —even to the blanket from the bed. She wished she could get back some of her little things, which were pledged for but a trifle. Mr. Hall said he would speak to Mr. Evans the overseer, and also see what could be done to redeem her children's clothing. The poor woman expressed her gratitude for this humane consideration of her case. INFORMATION AGAINST A RETAIL BREWER.—On Wed nesday last, a keeper of a retail beer-house in Brook's street, named Charles Lowe, was charged before Mr. Hall with having five men and a woman, with some ale before them in his house on Sunday last, at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Hall inquired of the two police offi cers whether they expected a reward from the Police Com mittee. They replied that they did expect a reward, whether conviction occurred or not. They had laid no informations, how.vpr. that were not followed by convictions Mr_ Super intendant Tyrrell explained to the bench that all these cases first went before the committee of Police Commissioners, and were instigated with a view to ascertain whether tW• were fit cases to he brought before that court. The paretEs accused were advised of such investigation, and might attend the hearing before the committee if they thought proper: Some did attend and others did not. Mr. Hall, after hear ing the evidence, said it was a great pity that beer-house keepers were not more cautious ; but a bill had been brought into the Lords, and another, it was understood, would be laid before the Commons, which, if passed, would do away with future complaints, as the object was to prevent the sale of ale in such houses, to be drunk on the premises. He also noticed that the moment a retail-brewer was convicted under the present law, his license was forfeited, and if he continued to sell, he might at any moment be proceeded against by the excise. The present case being proved, the penalty (which he had no power to mitigate) was 40s and costs. MALAM V. THE DOUGLAS GAS COMPANY.—This Cause came on for hearing before Lord Abinger on Monday. The plaintiff has reeently erected the gas works in the town of Douglas, and the directors have resisted his claim, (the sub ject of the present action) in consequence of the piping, &c. not having been completed to their satisfaction. The case was opened by Sir F. Pollock, and after the examination of two of plaintiff's witnesses, it was mutually agreed to submit the whole matter to arbitration. Mr. Cresswell appeared for the defendants. The case has excited great interest in the Isle of Man. On St. David's day, the Ist of March, the usual services will take place at the Welsh Church, after which the Rev. Hugh M`Neile will preach a sermon on behalf of the Welt schools. After this service the children will be examined. ELECTION OF PHYSICIAN TO THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.— After a smart canvass for the situation left vacant by the retirement of Dr. Brandreth, the numbers, at the close of the poll on Tuesday, were—Dr. Freckleton, 256 ; Dr. Mac rorie, 190 ; Dr. Scott, 54. THE GREAT STEEPLE CHACE ON TUESDAY NEXT. — The interest which this great event excites in the sporting world is unprecedently great. Mr. Turner, the celebrated animal painter, whose professional talents are so familiar to the public, is engaged, we understand, to paint four splendid pictures, illustrative of the scene. They are intended to be published by subscription ; the engraving and colouring will rank them with the popular efforts of the same artists, as exemplified in the views of the St. Alban's and Aylesllury Steeple 'Chases, and the Quorn Hunt. The list of sub scribers is already numerous, and those who intend to possess a striking memento of this splendid affair, had better seize the opportunity forthwith. Subscribers' names will be. re ceived at the Chronicle-Office, and by Mr. Aylward, Lord street.—See Advertisement. ROBBERY—CAUTION.--On Tuesday, a number of articles were stolen from the house of Miss Robinson, 51, Corn wallis-street, consisting of wearing apparel, belonging in part to Dr. Quail, a lodger, and in part to Miss Robinson. The thief was a Pole, a dark complexioned little man, who had humanely been taken into the house by Dr. Quail, and allowed to sleep in the parlour. He cannot speak English, but is acquainted with the French language. On Wednesday last, a painter employed on hoard of the " Lerwick," in the Brunswick Dock, fell from a ladder at the bows of the vessel into the water, but was immediately rescued by police constable, 427, and taken to the station house. Alter being dried, he was taken home none the worse for the accident. ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last, a young female named 'Agnes Speed, was so severely burnt in Sawney Pope-street,iliy,her clothes catching fire, that she died at the Northern Hosirtal the following day. An inquest was held Qn the body on Wednesday, before Mr. Currie, coroner, and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned by the jury • FIRES.—The fires briefly noticed in our last number,,when on the eve of publication, were happily unattended with.any severe loss. One of them was in a store in, JordaargOet, belonging to Messrs. Johnson and Lawrence, , cheni4tolliSt. James's-street. Several police constables went nuNeditttely to the spot, and having obtained a supply of .water 'pled in keeping down the fire until the engines. arriyeti b i ) gi . hon it was effectually suppressed without much.darnage e t.The ma terials in the store were drugs, &c., of a yery,nonabustible nature. The other fire was merel, the iguiti4P..cif liar chimney in Concert-street. RUN ON THE CORK BANKS. — There has been. a Jun on the, Cork banks : the banks, however, sustained themselves, and the run ceased. The Southern Reporter, of ThUrsday, sayg :—" This folly is at an end. The run declined yester day, and to-day it ceased altogether. A few schemers may have made some pounds by it, which the country lost, and that is the only result." ARCHITECTURE.—The objects which we have in view, it: undertaking an Architectural Magazine, are the same that influenced us in submitting to the world our Encyclopcedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture— viz. to diffuse among general reader , a taste for architectu ral beauties and comforts, and to improve the dwellings ofthe great mass of society in all countries. The Architectural Magazine, however, will embrace a more extensive range of subjects than the Encyclopedia; since in addition to the private dwellings of every class of society residing in the coun try, it will include also dwellings in cities and towns, and public buildiings—in a word, the whole of civilarehitectUre, building, and furnishing. The study of the science of archi tecture recommends itself to the general reader by the-utility of its productions as au art, and by the pleasure affoidect by the contemplation of these productions as subjecti teapte. To young men, engaged in the various professions andiOCCu pations connected with the art of building, this tittl? p`rittents a means of professional improvement, and, ecnide'qneitilf, of advancement in the world ; in it, the landowner wilt find one of the principal means of increasing the value'nf,l.;gico perty : it will give to the retiring citizen an opportanitt of forming his taste before building or choosing a tottael or villa residence ; and to every individual who eithet - )dkiittes a house, or intends to occupy one, it will afford the'Yekabi of ascertaining what is good or bad in construction oCinappelir ance, and of choosing, repairing, altering, fitting tip; and furnishing his habitation. Though all men do •ntl: Ittfild houses, yet all men in a state of civilization live in *rad ; and it must therefore, be of some importance to every individual to have have his judgment in the choice of a house heighten ed by a knowledge of what points in its construction, and arrangement will contribute most to his security, convenience, and comfort. A taste for architecture, like that of any of the fine arts, is at once a source of enjoyment, and a mark of re finement. As buildings are more frequently occurring to the view than either pictures or statues, this enjoyment can be proportionately more frequently obtained; and hence it would appear to be more desirable for the possessor. It may further be stated, that to understand and enjoy architecture, does not depend nearly so much on what is called natural taste as does the enjoyment of pictures, statuary, or music. Archi tecture is more an enjoyment of reason than of imagination ; and there is hardly any great feature of beauty or deformity, in a building, the propriety or absurdity of which could not be made obvious to the mostordinary understanding, even if the possessor of that understanding had paid very little attention previously to the subject. Whatever may be the advantage to the possessor individually of a C.Nt , fir. 21 . 1 UlliteCCU.1., si ornament, and ultimately the benefit, to the whole country, arisin g from such a taste becoming general would .be beyond calculation. What man who had built his own house, and possessed any taste in this art, would be content to live in houses exhibiting such external elevations as-those which at present continually meet the eye, both in town and country ? Let a taste for architecture spread generally, and our, t own s will soon present continuous elev a ti ons o f archi tectural beauty, and our country residences became as cele brated for their architeCture, as they are now for their gardens and landscape scenery. — lntroduction to Loudon's Architectural Magazine. R u sw N NAVY. — While we refuse to adopt the exaggera tion in which some have indulged in this subject, we cannot conceal the fact, that Russia now possesses a navy which ought to make us look searchingly at the state of our own. The magnitude of the danger which menaces us will be most apparent, from an analysis of the united force.above named. The Baltic fleet, for instance, which, two years ago, consisted of only twenty-six ships of the line, now (1838,) Mcluding the two fine ships which were launched last September, k is of 120 1 8410: gu;n composed as follows : ' 1 Three-decker 3 Three-deckers 7 Ships 19 Ships in all, thirty heavy line-of-battle ships (not forty-five, tta-haa been erroneously stated.) To these, however, must be ntiticd 1 Razee of 56 guns. • - 3 Frigates of 52 „ - 18 Ditto besides corvettes and small-craft ; in all composing , a fleet-of the strength. above named, and manned by a force of 33019 mea. _ • • :t The Russian fleet in the Black Sea, which, three years ago, reckoned only 'fifteen ships of , the line, • (not eighteett, as has been frequently stated in. England,) with sinaller-i -sels in proportion, and manned by 19,800 well-trainethaa= men, was considerably weakened by losses in the rsevite gales of the winter of 1837-8 ; but, in consequenoe-of Lions made to it of ships recently at Nicolaelf,T Erti...,? the strength of this fleet at the present moment amounts td.iris teen ships of the line, which, it is said, will be. &Aker strengthened in the course of the ensuing sumrner, , by: the addition of other ships now building. It being -customary in Russia to begin the training of. the crew.of a nekv-sliptlie' • moment her keel is laid, the shins last referred.-td:wilMe ready for sea as soon as they are launched. Nor is the last yet finished. In calculating • theJr.iival strength of Russia, we must not overlook the ships . witiEft she now has on the Caspian, which are the more vatuable - :to. her, that there it no chance of an enemy being able-to reach them. Already there are several vessels orvery considerable. size on this sea ; and more are in rapid progress at thelmilct. : ink yards recently established at very favourable points. , The last item to be added is her steam-boats, which., in . such seas as Russia will have to fight upon, will be of the utmost service to her in case of war. Including those on the • Caspian and the Sea of Azoif, she has now at le as t s i zt p steamers, of one kind or other..—iirtMrifrit R 4,1411.