The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-25 00:00:00

THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL- WAY FESTIVAL. The Committee which was appointed at a public meet at Southampton on the 26th of May, haying made all the neocasary arraegemcnts, it was resolved that the cele bration of the opening of the whole line of railroad from London to Seuthampton should take place on Saturday last, and accordingly on that day a splendid festival was bold in the Royal Victoria Archery Orounds at Southampton. For the conveyance of the numerous visitors from London, who bad received invitations from the Committee to be pre sent, a special train was in readiness at the Vauxhall station at 10 o'clock in the morning, and it was arranged . that after partaking of the festivities at Southampton , which were to commence at 2 o'clock, those who wished to return to Lon don should be reconveyed thither by a spec:al train to leave Southampton at 5 o'clock. At 10 o'clock a ver y nu merous company of ladi es and gentlemen, upwards of 180, were assembled at the Vauxhall station, - including his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Dushess of Inverness, his Excellency M. Guizot, the French Ambassador, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Easthope, M.P., Mr. Holmes, M. P., Mr. Sergeant Adams, &c. The train left the Vauxhall station at half-past 10 o'clock, and reached Southampton at baltpast one, without any accident en the road. The terminus at Southampton presented a most animated appearance; a dense crowd of persons of all classes were assembled to do honour to the Royal Duke and to the French Ambassador, and to congratulate them on their visit. A guard of honour from the 61st regiment, which is quartered in the town, with their officers and military band, was in attendance, the Royal standard was unfurled, and the repeated discharges of artillery an nounced their arrival. On alighting from the carriage in which he had been conveyed, the Duke of Sussex was met by the Mayor of the town and the Town Council, who accompanied him into one of the large rooms of the ter minus, and presented him with an address voted at a meet ing on Tuesday last. The Lodge of Freemasons also presented his Royal Highness with a congratulatory address, to which and to the address of the corporation he returned au appropriate answer. Immediately after the presentation of these addresses, the carriage procession, consisting of many elegant private carriages, and many ones hired for the occasion, began to form, and an immense party were conveyed through the principal streets of the town to the Archery Ground. No thing could be more pleasing than the appearance of the whole spectacle at this time. Almost every bouce in the town was decorated with laurels, &c., and the windows and balconies were crowded with ladies. The procession passed by the platform in front of the terminus, round the eastern quay, and entered the High-street through a tri umphal arch erected at the southern entrance of the town, preceded by a guard of honour with band, colours, &c. It passed through the Barga.e and Portland -street, and was cheered as it moved along by the voices of thousands of spectators. Across the streets were displayed stand ards, flags, &c., and the place ang with the dis charge of guns and pieces of ordnance. On arrival at the Archery Grounds, at which place the most excellent ar rangements had been made by the committee to prevent confusion, the company were admitted by tickets to the grounds. There, on a beautiful esplanade of turf, and close to the edge of the Southampton Water, was erected one of the largest marquees which the manufactory of Mr. B. E igington, of Duke street, Borough, could supply, and, on the erection of which, to prevent accidents, his own workmen had been for sometime employed. Beneath this enormous apartment of canvass, tables were laid for upwards of 600 persons. Notwithstanding th e grea t number of guests, everybody was accommodated, and a more elegant dejeune was perhaps, never provided for so many gue is in so satisfactory a manner. The chair at the cross table was taken shortly before 3 o'clock by Mr. Breton, the Mayor of Southampton. On his right hand were the Duke of Sussex, the French Ambassador, and on his left Lend Palmerston, Lord F. Gordon, and the Duchess of Inverness. There were also at this table Lord Duncan, Sir E. Codrington, Mr. Easthope, and many distinguished persons connected with the tows and coal. ty. . . Up - wards of 600 ladies and gentlemen ranged themselves at the different tables, and we had then an opportunity of observing, that among t the most distinguislrd of them, in dependent of those we have already named, were Lord Duncan, the Lady Augusta Gordon, Colonel Wild man, Sir Thomas B 'ring,. Colonel Forbes, H. C. Comp ton Esq., M. P., and Mrs. Compton ; hl. Kembie, Esq , M P.; William Holmes, Esq., M. P. ; Thomas Knox Holmes, Esq. ; .John M.utin, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Mar tin ; Sir Hcsketh Fleetwood, M.P. ; James Morrison, Esq. M. P.. and Mrs. Morrison ; John Maher, Esq., M. P. ; Jo seph Hume, Esq., M. P., and two of the Misses Hume ; Thomas Young, Esq. ; G. T. Nicholson, E. 1., of Wa verly-park ; George Bainbridge, El.. of Winchfield house; John Spicer, E.q , of Esher-place, and Mrs. Spicer; D. Barclay, El. ;J. Wilson, Esq. ; Nottage, Esq.; Mr. Sergeant /Owns and Mrs. Adams; Robert Martin, Esq., and Mrs. Martin ; C E. Stanford, Esq. ;A. II urriphry, Esq ,and Mrs. Homph-ys; W. Humphrys, Esq ; J Wrigh', ; Vincent Et re, Esq , and . family ; John Lewis Eyre, Esq., aid family ; J. Hibbert, E4q ; J. W. Dies, Esq. ; .I)hn King, Esq. ; Edward Jerniog ham, Esq. ; Chaplin, Esq. ; Joseph Lcck, the Engineer; and William Esq , the Secretary to the Landon and Sriuth-Western Railway Company ; Wil liam Tito, E.q ; T. F Birchein, Esq ; James Duncan, Esq.; John Black, I.l=q. ; Liggirs, Esq , Chairman of the Daelt Comp:any; George Burnand, Esq., and Mrs. B.,itri,nd, awl Thomas Brassy, Esq. Grecc hazing been said, the repast commenced. The g,ucits 1134 not tong been seated at the table before Tho 'CHAIRMAN rose to — a.k their attention. lie rewci ted that th , ir distinguished visitor. the French Ambassad, r, to whose eforts in the French Cabinet in support of the project for a railway bet 'men Paris and Rosen, the town of South:impten owed so much, was compelled by a p. cvious erigagerneat n'turn almost ininnAistely to London. He was sure the company mould fed with bite, that even though the usual course of proceeding were broken in upon, It Gu!z of could not be permitted to !cave them without receiving at their hands those marks of respect to wkich he hal established so high a claim.—(Cheer;, ) Therefore, though the se2son for toast-giving had not yet ;Aropeily arrived, he b..gged to propose " The health of M. Guz it, the Ambassador of his Mrjesty the King of the French " The toast waa received and drunk with the utmost en thusiasm. M. Gtozor, on rising to return thinks, was greeted with a burst of cheers, which continued for several m`- notes. Witco silence W 43 restored, he said—l thank you, I fear, in very bad E , glish, but with a most sincere heart for your kinduess towards me, and still mare for year kind ness towards my country and my ccontry's King, whcse ii,rue I read with &el, pluai.ure on the little flag bilore me..—(Cocers.) Both our countries are now united in the bonds of an intima.e friendship; but the more they rppreash each other, the more they know each other, the more inti. - caw will be their union, and more fruitful of goad to both.—( Loud cheers.) I hope that this will be the result of the great works which are nsw und.irtaken in the two countries ; and I have been happy to contribute the utmost in my power to the underti.i.king of the gre t b..tween Paris and Rouen, and which shall czr tainly be c•ntinued to 11-tvre.—( Great cheering.) Thus thew too countries which have each 'much to give and much to receive, wilt be mutually -united, not merely by intitrivo itiendstip, but by a common interest— ( 0 - leers.) I ;ha-k you again fur your kindness towards Fianct-, towards the King of the French, and towards ni v i ve lf.._...( Loud cheering.) At the conclusion of the repvt, The tuataNtaN i.arnedittely rose and said, that though they' had assembled to celebrate the opening of the Loudon and South- Wesaern I:.alway, they must not forget that it was a day that would never cease to be famous in the an ri.,la.of histo y. It wai :he third aenivt rsary of the ac cession f her Nlajus'y to the threr.e.--( Ccheers.) After 11. e la. e t:easnoeb.e a:tempt upon her life, the opportunity of driiiting her health affwied as additional la -ippiness ; a ol Rat satiAied that all who heard him would join in a fer ve,it praytr tinit her Mijesty's life might be long and glo ri u,, and productive of peace, picsrrity, and happiness to her peaplc.—( Loud cheers.) The health •1' •• her NI-ksty the Queen" was then drunk with the utmost enthu iastn. It e-as followed by " God save the Queen," played by the military hand. The health of " Ptince " was the next toast, and that of the " Queen Dowager " followed. They were received with great aoplanse. The Ctlaitc.iaN then said—The toast I am about to propose will be received not merely with satisfaction, but with enthusiasm, it is—" The health of our Illustrious Guest, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. "—( En thasiastie cheering ) It would ill become me t o say muc h upon such a t oas t in the presence of his Royal Highness; but this I may venture to observe, that as the patron of literature, the friend of science, the promo•er of public works, there is not an individual in the United Kingdom who has st?od more prominently forward than the Duke of Suasex.—(Reiterat e d ch-ors.) The health of his Royal Highness was drunk with the moat raptareus applause. 'The Duke of Susss.x, on returning thanks said--I beg to return sou my warmest thanks for the manner in which you have received the toast just proposed to you by the Mayor; and allow me to take this opportunity of expressing the high delight which I have d erive d f rom seeing so numerous a meeting, mid at the same time such a cordial and kindly feeling marked in the countenance _of every i n di v id ua l o f which it is composed. —( Cheers. ) Of late years my health has not pcimitted me to mix in society so much as formerly ; bat ups* extraordinary occasions I always use say best endeavonrs to associate myself with my f e ll ow . coautrymen to witness what is going on in the world, and to acquaint myself with the gradual improvement of so. ciety.—( Cheers.) It certainly affords me great pleasure to observe the immense improvements which have taken place in this town since the last time I had the happiness of being among you, which I believe was about one and twenty years ago. lam told that in that space of time tite,population of the town has doubled, which I take to tic a convincing and conclusive proof of its increasing prosperity. I have no doubt that the completion of the railroad which we have this day met to celebrate will prove an additional and great benefit to Southamp ton, inasmuch as that it will facilitate, by so agreeable a route, the communication betwixt this coun try and the contine n t an d ot h er parts o f t h e wor ld . (Cheers.) As was very ably and very properly observed by the French Ambassador when be addressed you, the importance of bringing England and France ncarer to each other, thus enabling them to know each other bet ter, and to form an unio: of peace, not based merely upon friendship, but upon mutual and common interests, cannot be over estimated.--((hers.) I will not detain you longer than simply to return you my thanks for the persor a' compliment you have paid me, and to drink all your got d hearths. (His Royal Highness sat down anti Ist the most era tbusiastic cheering). and Army." - ned thanks for the com ertakings like that, tl e ‘t to celet rite, tending .ie interests of commerce, benefit the navy—for the ' , land were so intimately united with each other that no advantage could be con ferred en the one that would not be shared by the other. Colonel FokßEs returned thanks for the army. The health of " The Duke of Wellington, the Lord- Lieu enant of the county," was drunk with the warmest en • thusiasm The next toast was " The Chairman and Directors of the London and South-Western Railway." The toast was drunk with the loudest applause. Mr. EASTHOPE, on rising to return thanks, was warn.ly cheered. He said, on behalf of my colleagues, and in my own name, I beg most gratefully to acknowledge the compliment you have paid us, and to return our heartfelt thanks to this elegant, this numerous, this almost unexampled assembly, for the kind manner in which the toast has been received.—( Cheers.) Rightly has it been said that we have had difficulties to encounter ; but it must be borne in mind that great advantages have seldom been obtained without the interposition of great difficulty in the progress of their acquirement.—(Cheers.) If, in the construction of this railway, we have had oppo nents, we have also had friends—(Cheers) —if we have had obstructions, we have also had hopes , and. at last, what ever impediments may havo lain in our path,--whatever vexation we may have endured—we are amply repaid by the triumph of our success—( Loud cheers)—and are grate fully proud of the marks of kindness and distinction with which you have greeted us.—( Renewed cheering.) We have heard, with a pride which I cannot express, the de. claration of the distinguished individual who has left us, of the pleasure with which he witnesses this junction with his country, and to-day we hail the probability of Paris at no distant time being brought almost as near to Havre as London already is to Southampton.—(Cheers.) This lessening of distance between the capitals of the world is of the utmost importance, upon higher considerations than those marked by mere pounds, shillings, and pence. From the intimate connection now about to be established between England and France, we may hope for the for mation of such associations and the interchange of each kindnesses, as shall not only keep from us the evils of hostility and strife, but open to both countrys new sources of prosperity, and give birth to the elements of a truer greatness.—( Cheers.) I congratulate the Noble Lord whom I have the pleasure to recognise amongst us to•day upon the advantages which may result to the department over which be so ably presides—( Cheers)—from the com pletion of this undertaking. Who is there—for political party is entirely out of the question—(Great cheers) — who is there who does not not reflect with pleasure that we may be the means of bringing nearer together the two greatest ceuntries in the world ?—(Cheers.) Who is there who does not hail with delight everything that may contribute to the advancement of so great a national and social advantage ?—(Cheers.) I should trespass beyond the bounds of endurance were Ito attempt an expression of all my feelings upon this subject. I feel that I have al ready transgressed—already exceeded the limits allowed to those who speak upon occasions like the present. I will, therefore, say no more than that my colleagues and myself, moved by all the honest feelings of exultation and pride, of gratitude and hope, mast sincerely thank you for the kindness with which you have received us, and for the hospitality of which we have been the happy partakers. The CHAIRMAN observed that there was another subject. closely connected with the railroad, namely, the docks— ( Cheers)—the completion of which, he was happy to say, was rapidly approaching. He begged leave, there fore, to propose the "health of the Chairman and Di rectors of the Southampton Dock Company." Tae toast was drunk with much applause. Mr. LTGGINS (the Chairman of the Dock Company) re turned thanks. The next toast was, " The Chairman and Directors of the Royal Steam Packet Companey."—(Drunk with ap. plause.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the healths of " The Members for the County." It was received with cheers. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of the Members for the town." The toast was drunk witk ap plause. Lord DrNnAN returned thanks. He regarded that as a proud day for Southampton. Three years ago when he first came amongst the inhabitants of the town he had ventured to predict the arrival of such a day. Ho rejoiced that his prediction had been falfilled.—( Cheers.) He thought that great credit was duo to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, to whose unwearied exertions, and un tiring energy the triumphant completion of the work was mainly to be attributed ; and it had afforded him the highast satisfaction to hear the enthusiastic and well-merited cheers w;th which that gentleman had been received. —(Cheers.) The presence of the illustrious Duke and of his Excellency M. Guizot, the Ambassac'or of the neighbouring kingdom, affgded a convincing proof of the great importance attri buted to this undertaking, not only in England, but in France.—( Applause.) He hoped soon to be present at the opening of the docks, and that at no distant day the inhabitants of the town, in addition to the beautiful woods hick hung upon the margin of their lake- like river, might be gratified by the prospect of a forest of masts.—( Cheers.) In times gor.c by, it was the custom in Venice, once a year, to marry the Doge with the sea : they were assem bled that day to celebrate the marriage of Southampton to London.—(Llughter and cheers.) He doubted nut that the nuptials would be blessed with m large increase, and an enduring prosperity.—( Cheers.) . The - 15uke of eUSSEX next rose and said—The hour is approaching for our return to town ; but I cannot leave this company without expressing my thanks to the Mayor and Corporation for the kind manner in which they have re ceived me. With your leave I will drink to their health. —( Cheers.) I propose to you " The health of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, and prosperity to the town of Southampton."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, in the name of the Corporation, re turned thanks for the honour conferred upon them. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of Lord Vi , count Palmerston," and in doing so adverted to the assistance which his Lordship had rendered to the Dock and R ilk ay, and a!! otter B:Ils connected with the in terests of Southampton. The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. Lord PALMERSTON, on risieg, was loudly cheered. He slid, I Leg to return my most sincere and grateful thanks for the kind and flattering, manner in which you have con— ferred unnn rne the unexpected honour I leave just received at ‘our hands. I can assure yeti that the Mnyor does me no Irle then justice in believing that no man earl feel a deeyer interest than I do in tie weltare and prosperity of a tow n to which I have the happiness et being so near a neigh bour—( Cheers) —a town associated with all my earliest re collections, and one to which, upon every account, I must feel the sincerest attachment. I feel proud of the occasion upon which we are here to-day assemble I, end I am grate ful for your having done me the honour to invite the to be present amongst the illustrious and ❑oble personages whom you have gathered around you.—( Cheers.) I feel the deepest interest in the success of the great under taking, which you have now accomplished, as a landlord and a preprietor, resident in the immediate neighbour hood of the town, and, therefore, individually interested in all that contributes to the prosperity of the surrounding district.—(Cheers.) I feel proud of the success of this unlertaking, as an Englishman interested in everything that tends to the improvement of the country in which I have the happiness of being born; but I am still more gratified at the success of the undertaking as a lover of peace.—( Cheers.) Because, althoue hit is impossible to add anything to those topics which have been so ably dwelt tri.on by the illustrious Duke who sits at your table, and by the distinguished visitor who was obliged to leave early in the course of the day, yet I must say that I feel deeply that nothing can more contribu'e to the meinte naece of those peaceful relations to which, upon every account, social, moral, and political, we all attach the utmost Leportence—l feel that nothing C2II so greatly contribute to the maintenance of those peaceful relations as the accomplishment of works such us the completion of which we are met to-day to celebrate.—(Cheers.) Governments may make treaties between different countries, but if those treaties do not rest upon community of interest—upon sympathy of feel ing—upon the spread of knowledge occasioned by in creased facilities of communication amongst the people, the first political blast will blow them to atoms, and no slid foundation will be found upon which to base the relations of friendship and peace.—( Cheers.) It is an old remark that the highest gratification that a man can enjoy, is the successful conquest of difficulties which at the outset appeared to be insurmount able. In completing this railway, the Directors have vanquished obstacles which were said to be beyond their reach, and are only yet beginning to reap the reward ( which ultimately must be a rich one) of their perseverance and en terprise. When the docks which are now in progress, and which must be locked upon as the legitimate and natural off.pring of the railway, are completed—when the great work which is about to be undertaken on the opposite side of the Channel—l mean the railway communication between Paris and Havre—is also completed, it is difficult for the mind of man to conceive the height of prosperity to which this town and neighbourhood ma► arrive within the lives of most of those whom I have the honour to address.— (Cheers. ) Again I thank you for the honour you have con ferred upon me, and I beg at the seme time to assure you, that if ever it be in rny power, in Parliament or out of it, to render any service to the town and neighbourhood of Southampton, the greatest satisfaction I can receive, and the proudest employment [can make of the humble means at my cammand, will be so to exert them as to contribute to your welfare and happiness.—(Loud and continued cheering.) Some other routine toasts were given, and the company then rose, and returned to the Railway terminus in pro cession. It now wanted but twenty minutes to six o'clock. At one minute past eight his Royal Highness was in his own carriage at Nine Elms, and on his way to Kensington Palace—the whole distance between Southampton and London, including a stoppage of nine minutes and fifteen seconds, having been accomplished in two hours, twenty minuteg, and fifteen sccondse There was not an accident, even of the most trifling nature, to mar the enjoyment of the day. --- The CHURCH.—A Correspondent informs us that in the richly endowed parish of Bishopsgate (the:Rector, a Prebendary) there is a district church, situated among the poor, which contains sitting s for 500 persons, and he is grieved to say there is seldom more than 40 present, some drone reads a ser mon like a schoolboy, and the inhabitants can be as well amused elsewhere. „ which th TIT ES .E.XTRAORDINA n y Ap„ appetites to an highlanders (of Socotra) floss of the mountain air,w .—The keen extraordinary degree. I enjoy, sharpens their no Y i a t s t h i the abstemious people pile of rice which Indians will astonish the European b they will consume ; and Arabs are observed them usually supposed; but both sink to guides would entrails, fa in with what this people will accomplish. Ighnaivficance compared make four meals of animal food in the twern _ e f yet partake of rice between whiles. Our three hours, and finish the whole of a sheep, including the hea m d e a a n g t this time ; and our, comparatively speaking, cited the utmost surprise.— Wellsteds City of the Caliphs, ex- SPRING-HANDLED CRICKET BATS, _A spring handled bat has been invented by a cutler at Sali s b ury. It differs nothing in appearance from the common bat, but . owing to a bar of steel being let into the middle of the handle, it drives the ball to a great distance, with very slight exertion on th e pa r t of the striker, while at the same time it is entirely free from the unpleasant jar to the hand to which even the best poised bats are at times subject.—Bath Chronicle. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Juarz 24. The SPEAKER took the chair this afternoon at Four o'Clock, but there being only thirty•five Members present the House adjourned till To morrow. THE NEW FAITH. We copy the following fearful account of the progress of Popery in the English Church, from the Somerset County Gazette. We have long been of the same opinion as the writer of the article, but were not aware certainly that there existed such a deep-laid and wide- I spreading scheme for destroying the Protestant faith. It has been carefully studied by the editor of that journal. He has evidently watched its progress in the different districts, and his testimony therefore must have proportionate weight : Two years have rolled over us since we first in vited the attention of the western public to the rise and progress, in the bosom of the Church, of a sect, eminent for talent, distinguished by zeal, having its head-quarters in the very nursery of our clergy, and holding doctrines identical with those of Rome, from whom they dif fered only in name. At that time the Oxford Papists were little known beyond the immediate scene of their exertions : few persons were aware even of the existence of such a sect, much less of its din• gerous character. This Journal Wnfil the first of the newspaper press to meet the subject, and waken its readers to the danger that threatened them from the quarter where they had least suspected its presence. We set forth, week after week, the true principles of this awful heresy of the Church, quoting from autho rities that none could question. Other newspapers followed our example, and the whole periodical press was, in a very short time, engaged in the controversy on the one side or the other. We then ventured to predict that the New Faith, as we named it, though in truth it is only the revival of the old one of the dark ages, would grow in the Church, become the most powerful, and finally take possession of our national al tars. We founded this prediction on the fact of its alli ance with Toryism, from congeniality of principle be tween a system of spiritual despotism and a system of political despotism, and we exhorted Protestants of all classes, both within the Church and out of it, to unite at once for the purpose of expelling the monster that was growing in the bosom of our land, before it became strong enough, with the political aid of Tory ism, to crush them. Our predictions have been already amply verified. The Popery of Oxford has spread over the coun try ; already it is in undisturbed possession of the majority of our churches. It is cordially sup ported by the great and powerful Tory party, who are striving to place within its withering grasp the education of the people, and to add to its power by a gift of eight trillions of money, under the plausible name of Church Extension. We have seen that in Leeds, out of, we believe, 18 churches, 17 are devoted to the propagation of this hateful heresy. The " Quarterly Review," the leading organ of the Tories, has embraced it cordially, and appears now as its unflinching champion. The Tory newspapers are for the most part lending it their aid. Mr. Gladstone, the most eloquent of the Tory party, has published a volume in support of its prin ciples, which has been widely read. Mr. Acland, the Member for NA , est Somerset, is one of its warmest vo taries. It is already powerful in the Legislature. -The Bishop of Exeter has embraced it, and omits no oppor tunity of promulgating its detestable doctrines. Other Bishops are said to have become converts to it. In short, it needs but a like progress for two or three years more, especially if aided, as it would certainly be. by a Tory Government, to establish a real Popery in Great Britain, and to prostrate Protestantism in the dust ; and, with it, the civil and religious liberties of the land. The cause of this rapid advance of the Oxford heresy is not difficult to be found. It is the fault of the Protestants themselves : they have been slumbering at their posts ; they have not united themselves to re s i s t it ; th ey h ave not protested against its admission to the national altars ; they have not reflected upon the consequences of its alliance with political Toryism ; they have not boldly met the enemy, but have slunk away in fear and trembling. We charge the Protestant Churchmen with permitting this perversion of their Protestant Church to proceed, with out lifting up their voices, as of old, and solerimly pro testing against it : we charge the Methodists with as sisting it to the ascendancy it has nearly obtained, by the aid they have given to Toryism, especially on the question of National Education, which was really whether it should or should not ho entrusted to the Oxford Papists. We charge the Dissenters generally with supineness, which is tacit encouragement, and a folding of the arms to sleep when Protestantism is in imminent peril. • We own that excuses may be found for all these classes. They have been systematically misled by a clever stratagem of the enemy. A great outcry has been raised against Roman Catholicism. The "No Popery" howl has been the loudest lifted by the Oxford Papists and their _party. Why so ? Plainly, to put the Protestants off their guard. Is it. the old trick of the thief bawling " Stop thierloudest. While hound ing on the timid against the Roman Catholics, they have been enabled to spread their own Popery on every side, without hindrance. But the peril all the while was proceeding from quite another quarter. It is from Oxford, not from Rome, that Protestantism is menaced. We hate not to fear the Roman Catholics, but the Oxford Papists. If Protestantism is doomed to fail, the Church of England, in the grasp of the Oxford Papists, will plant the dagger in her bosom ; if Pro testants are to be persecuted, the flames will be re-lighted by Oxford bigots, and the laws securing religious liberty be repealed by their allies the Tories. The writer thus proceeds to show the dangerous protensions of the new sect. We begin with proof of the identity of the New Faith with Popery, as it was in the dark ages—in its very worst days. The first great doctrine of the Oxford Papists is the withholding of the bible from the people. Its mysteries, they say, can only be understood by those who have re ceived the divine spirit through apostolical succession. The ordained priests only are enabled and empowered to explain it, and their explanatioa is to be unhesitating ly received Bible societies are, therefore, warmly de nounced, and, to use the language of No. 80 of the Tracts for the Times, " the popular modes of extending Christianity,--that of bringing churches near to the llamas of every body, cheap publications and national schools" arc considered very objectionable and not to be encouraged. But to justify this closing of the Bible to the people, and setting up the authority of the Church as superior to that of the Word of God, the Oxford Papists assert that the Catholic Church is specially endowed with truth, and that truth can come to man only through her. This truth consists not of Scripture truth alone, but of traditions handed down from the fathers, and which traditions only can be admitted as interpreters of Scripture. if the C'iureli possess this divine gift—if it be en joyed by the clergy alone, it is a miraculous gift, be stowed upon them at the time of ordination, and the days of miracles have not passed, and the clergy, con sequently, arc superior beings —a species of prophets (for these are necessary conclusions from the original premises). And such, in truth, arc the blasphemous pretensions of these Oxford divines. Hear them:-- " If Christ is with his Ministers according to his pro mise, even to the end of the world, so that be that de spiseth them despiseth Him, then, though they da no miracles, they are in office as great as Eiisha. And if baptism be the cleansing and quickening of the dead soul, ' to say nothing of the Lord's supper, they do work miracles." —Tract 85, p. 95._ Dr. Posey, in his Letter to the Bishop of Oxford, says— " To receive the Holy Ghost (in the Ordination Service) had been a manifest impiety, unless the act of ordination were to those worthily receiving it, accompanied with the gift of the 11-ily Spirit." And how do they justify their claim of an exclusive right and power to interpret God's holy word ? Upon what pretences do they close the Bible to all the world but themselves ? Mark, Protestants of every sect, and tremble! They contend that the Scriptures are in themselves contradictory and unsatisfactory—that there is not a text which is not. to be answered by two other texts—that without the help of tradition it is impossible satisfactorily to construe the Bible—that tradition is preserved only by the Church—and that, therefore, the Church alone is able t teach the truth. Thus is the authority of the Scripture impugned in Tract 85, page 13. " The more arguments, it is said, there are for a doc trine in Scripture, the more objections will be found against it ; so that on the whole, I think, even the Scrip ture evidence for the Divinity of Christ will be found, in fact, as little to satisfy the captious mind, when fairly en gaged to discuss it, as that for infant baptism, great as is the difference between the evidence for the two." But we must not trespass too much on our limited space or the patience of our readers. Here we pause, leaving them to digest as they ma y th is first instalment of evidence of the startling and alarming fact th at Pro testantism is in imminent danger ; n o t, as we have been told, from the Roman Catholics , b ut fro m the Estab lished Church of England, the larger s ecti on of whose if Clergy they are ha e startled lapsed b into y what real, we be downrightay here setPopery, forth, rt But b, they will be shocked by the far more terrible things that re main to be told of the Oxford Papists. One of the most numerous and influential meet ings ever held in Dublin upon any occasion, assembled on Sa turday in the Royal Exchange, for the pu.pose of presenting an address of congratulation to her Majesty and Prince Albert, upon their late providential escape from assassination. Lot ti Cloncurry was, amidst loud acclamation, called upon to preside. On Wednesday morning, the goods-train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, took tire between Middles brough and the former place, by which five waggon loads of goods, part of which had been just landed from the Loadon steam-packet, were destroyed or greatly damaged. The waggons, we are informed, were private prope r ty, an d being unprotected with the regular tarpailing always used by the com pany, it i s su pp ose d th e ti re was cause d b y a spar k f rom th e engine f a lli ng upon some flax which formed part of the g oods destroyed. The loss is estimated at between two and three I thousand pounds.—Durham Chronicle. SUCCESSFUL MINING OPERA- TION. MR. FITZGERALD'S COLLIERY, NEAR MANCHESTER. To Mr. Fitzgerald, the owner of a large property at or near Pendletiin, and within two miles of the Man chester Exchange, belongs the extraordinary merit, in having solely and at an immense outlay, had the reso lution to explore the bowels of the earth, to a depth hitherto unprecedented in this or indeed any other part of Great Britain, with the exception of a mine at Monks wearmouth, which is .535 yards deep. Mr. Fitzgerald's object was to ascertain how many beds of coal lay en tombed within his extensive estates, and this has been done almost regardless of the cost of the undertaking. Few, indeed, it may be said, would have had the courage to have commenced, much less to have per severed in, similar efforts, especially when many of the mining sages of this locality were prognosticating the certain failure of the project. Happily, however, for the enterprising gentleman, these dark prophecies have not only not been fulfilled, but, on the contrary, suc cess the most signal has rewarded his unwearied and untiring labours. Mr.Fitzscrald commenced the sinking of two pits or shafts, each nine feet diameter, in 1838 ; and in the course of the years 1839 and 1840, after sinking 464 yards, had the satisfaction of extracting at that depth a small portion of coal, which proves to be a seam of no lessthan seven feet in thickness. There are some facts connected with the sinking of the two pits in question, which cannot be other than interesting to our readers, and to the geological and mining part of them especially so. To the great suprise of most, even of such as possess great mining experience, but little or no water was found in this operation ; not more, in fact, than could be drawn by means of what is known as a sinking bucket. This fact alone stamps a value on the mine (or rather mines, for there are three others that lie within 47 yards of the seven feet, all of which are work able, say three feet three inches, three feet seven inches, and one foot four inches), which none but experienced parties are at all capable of duly appreciating ; for the quantity of water now drawn from the mine does not ex ceed sixteen buckets in twenty-four hours! a quan tity so small that it will not be surprising, should the statement, by many, be allowed as totally unworthy of credit. The statement, however, may be fully relied upon as literally true. Nor is the circumstance of the non-finding of what colliers and other miners term faults, a trifling consideration : on the contrary, it is most im portant, and, in the working of the mines, will no doubt, be found a great pecuniary saving to the spirited proprietor ; and besides this, it also establishes uner ring data for all future mining operations, on which Mr F. and the owners of contiguous mines may with confi dence rely, and thus be enabled to prosecute their still distant objects with unerring certainty, and at a previous well-defined cost—a most important thing in all mining projects. Another extraordinary feature in this bold and successful undertaking is the fact, that no foul air, or fire-damp, as it is called, occasioned the least inter ruption to the workmen in the sinking, no, not for a moment; and there is also pleasure in stating, that the worthy proprietor does not now anticipate the least im pediment from this generally present, and often uncon trollable and destructive, agent. The two pits have been what is termed bricked or walled the entire depth ; and for some 40 or 50 yards, in addition to this security, there has been a succession of cast-iron cylinders introduced, or which are better known in the north as tubbing. The weight of these cylinders exceeds 300 tons, and they have been suc cessfully used for the purpose of keeping or backing out the water. The small quantity of water in these pits affords a strong contrast indeed to the quantity in two other pits now working, and belonging to the same gentleman, and which are only 261 yards distant. To clear the water from this mine, which is only 120 yards deep and four feet thick, it requires an engine of 95 horse power, and which works day and night without intermission. The dip or angle of the seven-feet mine is one yard in three, and the other three workable mines are be lieved to lie at the same angle. Mr. Fitzgerald has sunk twelve yards below the seven feet mine, for the purpose of forming a reservoir for the little water that accumulates during the week, rather than for any other object ; thus making the entire depth sunk 482 yards ; and below this he has bored 27 yards, at which depth, say 509 3ards from the surface, he had the ad ditional pleasure to find another bed f coal four feet in thickness. There arc no fewer than 32 beds of coal, varying from four inches to seven feet between the surface and the seven feet mine, only four of which, however, as before stated ; can be worked to advantage ; but even these give rather over fifteen feet solid coal ; an im mense addition to the previous workable mines of this district. The depth to the seven-feet mine below that which has been working for the last fifteen years, and under which many supposed coal would not be found, is 342 yards. ' At 172 yards from the surface, a bed of ironstone, but not a very rich one, was found, of thirty inches thickness ; and at 418 yards deep, a muscle-shell bed of 18 inches! What astounding facts for the contem plation of the geologist ! The seven-feet mine, there is little doubt, none in fact, is now working at Worsley, about five miles dis tant, on the estate of the late Duke of Bridgewater, at 70 yards only from the surface. From this it is evi dent, that what miners call faults must exist to a greet extent between Worslcy and Pendleton ; for, suppos ing this bed of coal at Worsley to lie at the same angle as does that of Pendleton, the additional depth to the coal at Pendleton would have been just one-third of the distance from the two places. This mine breaks out in Clifton, near Kearsley Hall, at a place called the Giant's Seat. Every part of this undertaking, but especially the machinery to work the mines in the most cff...ctual manner, is surprising. The winding engine is what is called high pressure, the cylinder of which is of very large and unusual dimensions for such a purpose, viz., 381 inches diameter, but at present working only 52 horses' power ; though capable, with another boi:er (now erecting), of working up to 90 horses—an amount of power ; for merely winding, perhaps never before ap plied. The magnitude of the engine will not, however, cause much a stonishment with practical mechanics, when it is further stated that the ropes, flat ones, and which weigh 3 tons, 15 cwt. each, are coiled upon a barrel 14 feet in diameter ; and that it is intended to draw a ton of c oals- at• once, in the short space of a m;nute and a half. The engine is without beam ; the medium between the crank on the fly-wheel shaft and the piston-rod being simply a connecting rod. The coal thus most opportunely discovered is well suited for steam-engines, dye works, &c., &c, but not for 11 ,, uselio!d use. Its contiguity to Manchester, and especially to sonic parts of . Salfo r d, w ill b e f oun d hi g hly convenient to many proprietors of large works, and it is to be hoped, highly ben. ficial to the worthy owner. The Ant toast was the " Navy a Sir referfficiPsaiwToN retun plime .id ...g. -14ae.it Uncle complalio • ; a i - o . 1r 4 . re mei in /.11,1ii "' ". 4 ' ' e the 9 MI s ac . • .i si t I V :,-.. t . ~ .4 . '. e ., gg i f : o n g h i e s : 4 ,7E 4 ' ni k is. , ..":•' - --- f , f , ," . <:. ; % isi a s EVENING Eok I'HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, J UNE 25. if 444). RAILWAYS IN FRANCE. The Itlilways in France, which latterly have occupied so much the attention of the Legislature, have caused a great deal of discussion in the French journals. The proposal of M. Emile Pereire, who was examined by the commissioners on the line from Paris to Rouen, of using the line for other roads, has met With many ob jections. It is thought that the uniting in one point a great number of lines, and thus bringing them all under one power, would be creating a monop o ly. As M. Pereire supported his views by a reference to the Eng lish roads, and especially the one from Liverpool to Manchester, which is connected with six important branches, he is asked why, when resting so much on English authority, he did not extend his researches further, but overlooked the Parliamentary inquiry into the possibility of connecting a number of railroads in great cities, when he would have found that practi cal men were not only opposed to new junctions, but also insisted on the advantages of separatin g roads al ready united ? The report of the English commis sioners on the subject is considered so important, that the journals promise an analysis for the instruction of the committee, who seem favourable to the views of M. Pereire. Another point of discussion is the manner in which a Government (assuming that it ought to assist the rail roads) would most efficaciously afford its aid. The first method is that of loan, the advantage of which is that the Government tuns no risk, as it can always require security superior to the sum advanced ; but it is thought that there are a multiplicity of cases for which assistance of this sort would be insuffi cient. The next is when the state takes shares ; but the dependence that would naturally result from such a combination is regarded as embarrass ing to the shareholders. To avoid such a difficulty, it is proposed that Government should give the other shareholders a preference in receiving their interest, and a large proportion of the dividends. This, how ever, is considered as too disadvantageous to the state, which would have to endure all the evil of non-success if th e project failed, and at the sa m e time receive but a moderate share of the profits in the event of success, to say nothing of the circum stance that such an arrangement would not ensure the completion of the works, as these might stop after the State had paid up its capital. A third method would be for the State to guarantee to the Shareholders a moderate interest on their shares, on condition that the work s should he completed. This would have the ad. vantage for the State, that its expenses would be spread over a peat number of years, and thus be calculated to meet the receipts of the revenue. The interest guaran teed must be sufficiently high to induce the Sharehold er to be contented with a risk as far as concerned his fur ther profits, and at the seine time not so high as to counteract his exertions for more. The two plans of loan and guarantee are those which the Commissioners have preferred, and the adoption of which they recom mend —the first for the road from Roanne to Andre- giaux, the second for the road from Paris to Orleans.— Times. The accounts from pits of the courtry exhi bit a cheering prospect of an abundant harvest. STOPPING-UP OF FOOTPATHS. A case of some importa nee, arising on the construc tion of the Wilful Tresrrass Act, was during the last term decided in the Cott-t of Queen's Bench. It ap pears that, in the early part of the year 1839, a foot path leading across the .land of a Mr. Vaudrey, in the township of Bredbury, -near Stockport, which had been used from time immemorial, was arbitrarily closed ; and, as it was a road ot great public convenience, a number of persons isssembled, and publicly, in the pre sence of Mr. Vaudrey, broke down the fences which he had erected, and re-opened the road. In consequence of this proceeding, llr. Vaudrey took out a summons under the Trespass Act, against a person named Axon, one of the parties engaged in breaking down the fence ; and he appeared before R. Simpson, Esq., James Newton, Esq., and the Rev. E. T. Leigh. It was perfectly clear that the alleged trepass had been committed bona fide, in the assertion of alleged right, in which case the Magistrates have no jurisdiction un der the Trespass Act ; but when a man is brought be fore Cheshire squires and clergymen, on a charge pre ferred by a landowner, he must not expect that the law will be at all times very carefully attended to. The Justices showed their contempt for the Trespass Act by convicting the defendant, who appealed against the conviction ; and the appeal came on for trial at the Knutsford Sessions, on the Ist of July, 1839. Mr. Brandt, who was Counsel for the defendant, relied upon the proviso in the 24th section of the Act, exempting from its operation all proceedings taken in the assertion of an alleged right ; but the Learned Gentleman's ar guments were addressed to another Cheshire squire, Mr. Trafford Trafford, from whom, perhaps, it would have been unreasonable to expect any treat deference for the law in such a case. Mr. Trafford decided at once against the objection, and the Court affirmed the conviction. The defendant was consequently com pelled to remove the case by certiorari to the Court of Queen's Bench, where it came on on the 10th inst., we were going to say for argument, but that would be a mistake ; for argument the case needed none. When Mr. Wightman was about to address the Court upon it, the Judges intimated that the case was so exceed ingly clear that he need not trouble himself, and they quashed the conviction at once. We wonder what the very ingenious gentlemen who made and affirmed this conviction will now say for themselves. The proviso in the Trespass Act is so plain and clear, that a man who mistakes it must have a most extraordinary head piece, and is certainly unfit for the commission of the peace. —Manchester Guardian. GOOD EFFECTS OF CHEAP POSTAGE. The following is an extract of a letter from a gentle man in Ross-shire : " I have a very respectable man who has wrought in my garden for two years at 9s. a week, and thought himself amply paid. The rate of wages was rather above the average here, which is Is. 6d. in the long and Is. or Is. 2d. for the short days. I had also two of his sons hired servants by the half-year on my farm, and a daughter engaged by the day in spring and autumn. One of the family went last year to the south of Scot land in search of employment at a railway. I believe since the reduction of postage this lad has been cor responding with his father, and the result has been that the latter told me the other day that he had re solved to go south with his family, being assured that they could all earn double what they were doing here. For their sakes I was glad to hear it ; and I am sure they will do well wherever they go, as they are ex tremely well-conducted people. " My other fact relates to a poor widow in this town. She was the mother of two sons and a daughter. The latter died some years ago of consumption, after becom ing a full grown and very interesting woman. One of the sons went to London—got into a mercantile establishment, and was promoted till he had 3001. a year—then married—went into business for himself, and was ruined. The remaining son lived with his mother, and they were both helped by the elder brother as long as he could ; but ,when this help failed them, the younger brother, who was a cabinet maker, I be lieve, also went south, and the widow was left alone, and being destitute, for years she has been getting re lief from the poor's funds. Mrs. --- sees her occa sionally ; and soon after the reform in the Post-office, the widow came to her to say how inexpressibly over joyed she was by receiving a letter from her younger son, from whom she had not heard for years, and who, she thought, was dead. The postage, too, and all (as she said) was paid! It turned out that he had several times written to her, and never having any reply, had discontinued addressing her, but thought of doing so once again under the penny post. The letters, no doubt, would have come, and gone back to the dead letter office, and in due time been burned. The widow says that two fr three years ago she heard there was a letter for her in the post office, the postage of which was Is. 3d., which she never for a moment could dream of paying. The letter which she did receive she said, with tears in her eyes, gave her more joy than a present of a peck of gold." CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (WEDNESDkY.) SENTENCES UPON THE PRISONERS, AND SESSIONAL RESULTS. Sentenced to Death—Francois B,rijamin Courvoisier, for the wigul murder of Lord Wm. Ruasell. Transported for Life—Richard Gould, otherwise Arthur Nicholson, for a burglary in the dwelling-house of the late Mr. John Templeman, Islington. For Fifteen Years—Robert Ryan. For Fourteen Years—John Smith and Alexander Lounds, alias Roy. For Ten Years—Mary Woolley, Charles Drake, Wm. Hughes, W. Hemming, Abraham Barrett, J. Finch, Wm. Smith, Wm. Jacobs, John Smith, Wm. Thomas, Robert Lewis, Elizabeth Thompson, John Cox, John Williams, Charles Watson John Mitchel, John Wilson, W. Hughes. J. Wilson, Ni.,than Nathan. For Seven Years.—W. Thompson, Robert Durham, J. Smith, J. Carey, Thomas Hatton, W. Tuck, C. Ful ler, C. Campbell, J. Greenwood, J Coone, Ann Speller, George Smitb, George Baker, J. Hawkins, Ann Sanders, James Smith, C. Waterford, G. orge Adams, W. Pil. luttee, J. Hillyard,. J. W. Germaine, Lewis Staley, W. Barnett, W. Adams, George Regan. Jane Pinder, Caro line %Han, Jane Jenkins, .James Smith. Imprisoned for Eighteen Months.—J. Moss, R. Palmer. For One Year.—H. Smith, F. Guyon, Thomas Head ing, R. Evendett, Wm. Barnett, J. Hopkinson, W. Cole man, liabella Stevens, Ellen Connell, James Hopkins, J. Anderson, MiChael Doherty. A great number of prisoners were adjudged to impri sonment and bard labour, for periods varying .from one week to six months. Tvrenty-five were discharged by proclamation, twenty were acquitted, and the judgment of several vas respited until the July Sessions. The Court at its rising adjourned to Monday, the 6th of July, and the presiding Judges will be those who go on the ersuing Norfolk circuit. AN OLD MAN (A FACT).-Buried on Sun day May 30th, at Lawford, near Mantsingtree, a mariner, of the name of White, whose age, according to the figures on his coffin, wt s 407 years. His great age called forth the wonder and amazement of several old folks—one saving, " I didn't think he was half so old ;" another, " I did'nt think he was so old as I;" another, " a wonderful great ag' : he is certainly the oldest man that ever was buried in Law ford." But some of his neighbours began to think that the undertaker who supplied the furniture for the coffin had made a little mistake, and so it turned out, for a son of Crispin, who was present, very quickly discovered it, and in calling the undertaker to account, he was met with the follow ing sapient reply:—" Surely 4 and an 0 stand for forty, there fore 40 and 7 must be forty-seven," this being the age of the deceased." Do you think, Mr. Editor, that the schoolmaster over resided at Lawford ? Ipswich Express. " The place of intetinent of the remains of Paga nini," says a letter from Nice, " is not yet fixed on, other towns as well as Genoa being talked of. 'fhe will of the de ceased was made at Genoa, in 1837. The testator, after re commending his soul to God, desires a great number of masses may be said for it by the Capuchin friars. He leaves a legacy o f 60,000 f. to one of his sisters, and 75,000 f. to the other. To his mother, and to the mother of his son (said to be a Jewess of Milan), he bequeathes life annuities of 1,200 f. each. The residue of his fortune, said to amount, after pAymeat of several other small legacies, to between 3 000,000 f. and 4,000,000 f., is bequeathed to his son, on condition of his form ing the domain of Gajona, near Genoa, recently purchased by Paganini for 1,500,000 f. into a majorat. The Marquis Fab. lota is appointed guardian to the young Paganini."— Galignani. ABSTRACTION OF BONAPARTE'S HEART.-- The narration of the following extraordinary occurrence, as told is Alexander's Description of the Colonies of Western Africa, cannot fail to prove interesting at the present time, when the intention of the French Government to remove the late Emperor's remains from St. Helena attracts se much public notice. The above-mentioned gentleman says, that a military gentleman, who was at St. Helena when Napoleon died, told him a few years ago that he and others believed that the Em peror's heart was concealed and removed by some of the suite in the following manner The young officer on guard in the room where lay the embalmed body, and the heart in a sepa rate case, in readiness to be placed in the coffin with the corpse, was pressed by the French attendants to go into the dining room and partake of a collation. He imprudently did so, and when he returned to his post the coffin was found screwed down. He remonstrated, and said that he ought to have been present when the body and heart were placed in the coffin. " Don't be under any uneasiness," was the reply ; " we did not like to disturb you at your meal, and have arranged everything properly." It may be a subject of curiosity for what purpose this abstraction of Napoleon's heart could have been made, and whither it was conveyed. In other respects it can matter little whether the heart of Napoleon remains at St. Helena or in the safe keeping of those who are said to have appropriated it. A THIEVES' SOOTHSAYER IN MANCHESTER. —The public are not, perhaps, aware how much it is the cus tom in Manchester for young delinquents, before committing any offence, to consult some dealer in fhe black art" as to the chances of their escape, or detection and punishment. A striking ins.ance of this practice recently occurred in the case of a youth who, being apprehended in the act of com mitting a felony, declared that it was not his fault, or from any want of dexterity on his part, that he had been appre hended, but that it was his " fate ;" for that Alexander, the astrologer, had predicted that he (the delinquent) would suc ceed in three thefts, and be taken in the fourth attempt, and that so it bad turned out. Alexander, being immediately ap prehended by the police, was found with all the symbols of the " occult science" upon him ; but he denied any knowledge of these, and, from some defect in the evidence against him, he was acquitted. This man, who is held in great reverence and fear from the young thieves in Manchester) is about sixty years of ante, and has been for many years one of the greatest pests in the town.—Neale's Juvenile Delinquencies in Man chester, COURVOISIER. CONFESSION OF COURVOISIER TO SHERIFF EVANS. The following is a verbatim copy of the confession made by Courvoisier to Sheriff Evans, as it was taken down on piper by the Sheriff:— Aker I had warmed his Lordship's bed I went down stairs and waited about an hour, during which time I placed the different articles as they were found by the police. I afterwards went to the dining-room and took one of the knives from tho sideboard. I then entered his bedroom and found him asleep; I went to the side of the bed, and drew the knife across his throat. He appeared to die instantly. " FRANCOIS BRNJAMIN COURVOISIRR. " Prison of Newgate, Jane 23, 1840." "This doclara• ion was made before me this 23d of June, 1840. " WILLIAM EVANS, Sheriff." In the conversation which Sheriff Evans had on the day this declaration was made, and which lasted for an hour, the murderer assured the Sheriff that there was no truth in the statement that Lord William Russell had gone down stairs, and after charging him with dishonesty threat ened to discharge him nest day without a character. No thing at all of the kind had occurred. His Lordship never went down stairs at night at all, and never threatened any thing of the sort. His Lordship had certainly spoken to him in a cross tone, and told him to be more attentive to his business, but that was all. There was no further pro vocation. The Sheriff having expressed some surprise at the vari ance between the two accounts, the murderer said that his uncle had entreated him most solemnly to; tell the facts exactly as they occurred, and he determined to state no thing but what was accurately correct. He therefore ac knowledged not only that he had committed the murder under the circumstances just described, but that be had contemplated the murder and robbery for a week pre viously. The Sheriff questioned him a good deal upon the ac knowledgment that he had so long contemplated the murder as well as the robbery, and be persisted in stating that the murder was premeditated, and n►t, as he had pre viously stated, the suggestion of despair at losing his cha racter. He declared, and he wished the Sherif to let it be known to the world, that the idea was first suggested to him by reaarig and seeing the performance of Jack Shep pard. The book containing the history of Jack Sheppard had been lent to him by one of the servants of the Duke of Bedford, and be lamented that be had ever seen it. Upon being asked by the Sheriff whether he had com mitted any other atrocities, he replied that he had merely stolen two books belonging to Mr. Fector, when in that gentleman's service. " I am most anxious," said the Sheriff, ",to know whether there is any foundation in the report wlsich has got abroad that you had something to do with the death of Eliza Grimwood, who was murdered in the Waterloo road. Have you an 3 thing to say upon that subject?" Courvoisier assured the Sheriff that he knew nothing in the world about that or any other murder, except the mur der of Lord William Russell. He knew, he said, that he must die, and if he had committed any other dreadful offence he would not hesitate to mention the fact to the Sheriff. He expressed much regret that any imputation should for a moment have been cast upon either of the roor unoffending female servants who had been so unfor• tur.ate as to have been in the house with him. The Sheriff then asked him how Lord William Rus sell's finger happened to be cut ? The murderer replied that when he drew the knife across the throat, his Lord- ship had started up as if by a convulsion, and must, at the moment, have come in contact with the knife, and imme diately fell back again, for death was instantaneous. His Lordship never waked. " How," said the Sheriff, " did you get rid of the blood, for your hand must have been bloody ?" Cour voisier replied that his hand was bloody, but he wiped it on the towel which he immediately afterwards, placed on his Lordships face. He then, he said, went up to bed, but did not sleep. These were the strongest features of the conversation between the Sheriff and Courvoitier. The murderer fre quently in the course of it stated that Lord William Rus sell never walked down stairs, as seemed to be the general opinion, but was taken off exactly as he (Courvoisier) described to the Sheriff, and he frequently, too, declared that be was indebted for the idea of committing the atro cious crime to Jack Sheppard. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian ) There was a slight increase in the demand yesterday, consequent upon the re-opening of the canals, and the re• establishment of the communication with London, and a tolerable business was done in some descriptions of cloth for the borne trade ; but, in other respects, the m• rket was fl t, and prices continue to droop. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JUNE 22. There is no improvement in the demand for flannels to day, and the quantity of goods sold is about the same as that of last Monday. In the prices there is no change. The wool market has been dull, and the sales limited. The price of fine wools is rather giving way. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JUNE 23.—Our report of this market last week was gloomy, and there is little change for the better. However, it is satisfactory to state, that prices are firm, and buyers are disappointed who expected to purchase at a lower rate. The fact great caution.is exercised in production, and prices have been so low for a long period, that the manufacturer will stop his csorks rather than submit to greater sacrifices. Even if wools fall, prices are not likely to recede; and, should a favour able turn take place, a rapid rise is anticipated. Salos in the Hall are not extensive. To judge of the state of trade, we must look to the warehouses and the shops, where a pretty extensive and almost prufitless business is doing. Wools are heavy of sale at last week's prices. THE Mowts,—We have received intelligence from several parts of the grousing localities in this country, and all concur that, in consequence of the mildness of the weather during the progress of incubation, the young birds are both plentiful and very forward, and that the approaching sea son Kill be the best known for a number of years past. The rain which fell in April was net at all injurious to the birds ; in fact, it had a tendency to cause them to hatch their young with more certainty and less danger. The reports from Scothnd are, that broods are large and numerous, and th e bi r d s particu larly strong.—Leeds intelligencer. We understand that the Mayors of Liverpool and Manchester have had the honour of knighthood offered to them by the Queen, and that their Worships will accept the honour thus graciously tendered.—Mitneheiter Guardian. RESURRECTION-MEN AND THE AFFRIGHTED LOVERS.—Last week, as two young persons were returning home from a neighbouring feast, at a late hour, by the foot path leading through the very lonely burial ground of Watton Abbey, near Driffield, the young man supped upon the corner of chat he thought a low horizontal tombstone, when, to his utter dismay, it tilted up, and he found himself engulphed and stretched upon a coffin. His fair companion, confused and alarmed at his mysterious disappearance, escaped with all speed she was capable of to the nearest village, and roused the inhabitants, almost breathless, crying out " Re surrection men,° resurrection men, in the church-yard, and they have barked my companion." By the time she had some of the instates roused and got admittance, her still more af frighted sw a i n ma d e hi s appearance , sans hat, sans shoes, &c., and they were mutually consoled on ascertaining the real cause of their sad disaster. It appears that an inquest had been held upon the body of one Francis Southwick, at an advanced hour of the day, and the interment was appointed to take place at eight o'clock in the evening . , but, owing to some disappoint ment or misfortune, the resident incumbent had met with at Hull, he did not return till some hours later, and though mes sengers were sent to ether neighbouring clergymen, no one could be met with at home, and such was the rapid state of de composition going on in the body, that it was thought most de sirable to convey the corpse to its appointed place, where it was deposited that night, and covered loosely over with a deal door, anti the funeral service was performed at the grave side next morning. Southwick's accident was caused by himself re moving the blinder off a horse while yoked in a cart, in order to procure the halter wherewith to tie down some bricklayer's boards he was fetching. The horse took fright and ran away, the loaded cart passing over the poor man's body, and he sur vived only a few hours. A memorial has been signed, headed by the Coroner, and forwarded to the Archbishop, in reference to the exposed and unprotected state of the body during the night. On the afternoon of Sunday last, Captain John Stranack, of the General Steam Navigation Company's ship Britannia, from Havre, coming up the river, saw several per sons between Erith and Barking Creek swimming for their lives. He, with the most praiseworthy alacrity, lowered one of his boots, jumped into it, and made all haste to save the parties in distress. He picked up two youths, who had swam for about fifteen minutes towards and had then nearly reached the shore. They proved to be the eldest sons of M r . P age , of No. 8, Jeffrey's-square, and Mr. Duncan, of No. 5, Leaver East Smithfield. They had been seeing off to Siotland the second son of Mr. Page, who sailed in the Sovereign, of Dundee, on Sunday mornirg. On leaving that vessel about noon, to return to town in the pilot's boat, conducted by the pilot himself, a man about sixty years old, and his son, a boy of about fifteen, the only other persons on board, there was a stiffish breeze. The pilot hoisted sail, and ordered his boy to fasten the sheet, which was done by giving it a few turns round the seat, when a sudden gust of wind filled the sail, which could not be freed in time, and upset the boat. Fortunately the pilot's son, who could not swim, got on the edge of, boat, a few inches of which remained above water. The others being good swimmers, made for the shore, when the two yoath were saved by Captain Stranack, and the pilot and his son by another boat. Much praise is clue to the Captain for his promp titude in stopping his ship and lowering his boat, and for his kindness and judicious attentions to the youths afterwards. Had the parties not been expert swimmers they must have perished, and all owing to the want of judgment in a man who has probably spent his life on the river, and who ought to have known better than to fasten the sheet of his only sail so as not to slip when necessary. A curious table has been printed by Mr. M. L. Merac, arranged from Mr. Tooke's works, exhibiting at a glance the average price of wheat from the register kept in the books of Eton College at Lady-day and Michaelmas-day in each year, from 1646 to 1826. Ho enumerates 45 half-yearly periods in which the average was 265. Oid. per Winchester quarter; 104 in which it was 345. 7;d.; 76 in which it was 455. lid. ; 58 in which it was 555. 34d. ; 22 in which it was 645. Id. ; 16 in which it was 725. 10d. ; 18 in which it was 82s. I Id. ; 6 in which it was 935. sid. ; 16 in which it was 119 s. BAd. ; the average of all these periods being 495. 9d. These are the averages of wheat consumed at Eton College, and are higher than the monthly averages likewise printed in the same sheet, from 1793 to 1837, by Mr. Merac. These give 17 monthly periods in which the average was 38s. Id. ; 52 in which it was 465. sd. ; 116 in which it was 545. sd. ; 113 in which it was 655. 7d. ; 76 in which it, was 745. 6d. ; 49 in which it was 84s. 7d. ; 27 in which it was 935. 3d. ; 31 in which it was 103 s. Bd.; 13 in which it was 114 s. 7d. ; 11 in which it was 1225. 3d. ; 8 in which it was 1345. 2d. ; 2 in which it was 1455. Id., and three in which it was 1525. 9d. These tables are printed not for sale, but for distribution among the Members of both Houses of Parliament. A HORRID AFFAI R.-Two persons, one named R. L. Winn and the other Joseph D. Brown, quarrelled in a stage between Peru and Chicago, Illinois, on the 17th inst. Beth drew pistols, fired, and killed each other. One was shot in the head, and his opponent in the heart. They were the only passens, and had over a thousa n d d o ll ars w ith th em .-New York Paper A 600 D BATCH.—The widow of a baker at Rouen died a few days since, aged 85. She had twenty-five children, and left seventy-nine children, grand-children, and great-grand-children. ETENING 141D1TION. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN , For the Week ended Jane ::::, 1640, made up from the Returns , I the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... 675. 4d. ( Oats ... ...... CSe. 4d. I Beans 45;. OJ. 1.3,r1ey "3" 4 10d. I Rye '6; Sd. Pease 43i. Id. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX 'YESES PREe.YDING. Wheat 67s 9d. Oats :as 7d. :leans 44%. 10d. Barley, Ws. 3d. I nye 17s f 5:1. Pease 42s lUd. DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. "Wheat......... lis. Bd. Oats Barley 7s. 10d. I Rye THE MARE ETC COAL A 8111, a arrived s.nce . s. d & d. Adair's Bell, Robson J, Co. Hartley 18 0 Walls End H e aton 2l 9 Buddies West Hartley 2O 0 Walls End lied:L - 1' H lyweil Ma h l9 6 Walls End Lambh.'n Leaze's Main Smith's Panto', IS 6 Walls E d Whitwell.- 2O 9 :South Hartley West Hartley 2l 0 Wails End Barrett ...p. 2) 0 Willington 2O 1 Walls End Farrington Teed /2 Wylant Walls End Bell and Brown 90 0W Us End Gordon .... ...... 19 P Walls B d hewiese and Co. 90 0 Walls End South Durham... 91 39 Walls Fnd Heaton Walls End Killingworth .... 19 ti Walls End West Tees l9 fig Walls End Percy Benshana 19 6 Hartley IA 0" Walls End Westgate... l6 3 Howard's Netherton Main lB 0 %Valls:End Belmont . 9O 0 Stavely Main l9 0 W. E. Braddyll's Hatton ... 21 ( Killingworth Trader l9 3 IA RKET. last z ar:' et-day, 7G. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. i Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter lUston Braintree S. to %. S. to Y. 58 63 33 38 64 72 33 40 67 74 33 45 65 35 65 72( 38 44 67 73 i 35 42 08 '7O 28 35 53 '7O 35 39 68 '72 26 32 (34 ( 3 0 32 44 (32 70 36 32 63 70 43 6'i 70 32 31 09 76 36 39 66 761 :35 43 63 74 I 24 36 5S 76 34 42 56 '77 134 43 65 69 35 38 54 72 36 42 t'4 75 32 40 62 70 33 35 iVERPOOL CORN ish, White, Per 7011). Red :h, Welch, and Manx , White a. to s. 19 '26 26 27 i 2 I. to S. 35 40 36 40 42 46 s r -39 43 ' 42. 43 45 41 41 l; 42 '0" igh ton Cambridge. Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsbs. Hail ham Hitchin Ipswich Lewes Lynn Maidstone Norwich Pet worth Rom ford Sandwich Thetford Wisbech Witham Yarmouth L WHEAT, Engi 28 29 29 34 20 30 22 26 122 29 I 24 ' ! 24 28 22 28 25 99 '26 32 28 80 30 22 ;it! 27 34 24 28 30 29 33 28 32 MA fili.F7 43 44 36 42 - 49 42 44 --* '77, 25 3 0 38 40 34 40 42 46 40 50 42 44 43 50 36 44 33 45 39 48 44 45 36 40 38 40 - 3 8 42 - -; 42 46 42 4 * 36 40 39 40 40 44 -.- rig 42 40 44 Score Irish, - Foreil OATS, English, - Irish Red ign 1, Welsh, and Scotch, per - Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ...... ... 33 0 35 0 - Scotch and Irish, per 60Ibs. ----- Feeding 3 6 3 01; BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 52 - Irish, &c....... 4l 0 4i 9 - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 45 Areign Elmo, English, per 280111. - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per ‘24olbs 34 0 35 6 INDIAN CORN, per 4801 h. .... 43 0 45 0 RYE, per Imperial quarter . 3l 0 36 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET Wheat, White (per Quarter) tSs 66s 70s. Red 46s. 56,. f 3i. Foreign sos. 60s. t 3s. Barley, Malting 928. 345. 355. Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans . Pease, Grey... .. . 345. 365. 37g . Blue and White s. --s„ .--s.. ..:, Linseed Flour (per sack) q 48s. 565, Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) -1. '271. 281. CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d.l Per lb. Wheat ',Carley Oats 4 6 5 0 Veal Beane ?ease 6O 66 Lamb flay - 3/.los. to 4/. 10s. Od. per ton. CANTERBURI MARKET. , Wheat, white......-,..... 725. to 755. ...... 01d,.......... -s. to --if - red,.....,......... 6f , s. to 7 0s. ............ 01d....-...... 635. to ..... 5 Barley, Ma1ting,....... 375. to 425. ......... Grnding...--s. CO --s- Oats _. .._ . 9s. to 345..,.,.... 01d„........- -s. to -...5. Beans ---. :?.9:, to 425. -. 01d......„...... 435. to --s- Pease ovvwew , 1211. to -5..... Grey....... 40s. to 4t.)1 CHELMSFORD 111, , .RK ET. Wheat, White 7l to 76 Oat s 0 foa l 38 Red Barley Chevalier 99 41 Beans, Tick 4O a Grinding d. to d. 6 7 6 6 7 7 13 IRISH MARKETS. OUBLIN MARKET NOTE for he WEEK ending JUNZ From To Aversr 918 Wheat,per barrel •.:. 5t00e.......1 24 C 38 0 35 1 0 0 Bere .. _. . l6 z! - - .e.... c 0 —' 0 0 Barley 1,1f2 Oats '4 stcne...... 16 6 i 9 6 g• 0 Flour, per cwt. - 0 ,--, i 813 Oatineal 8 stone lB a ;t1 0 " - Sold to Bakers only. °a 0 • 6,281 Cwt. Ptour..... ..... ~.. Average price J 1 V 1 heat and lour 85- 4d per sack Receipts of Flour , to ess Sales of Do. 18,002 , 0 i t .3 1 1 .:conr n s le . .. .... f fr r e or n i. l 1:a1 . ,. o o tt . to n. rd Trim's ........... from 10. 0 to Its Cd PRICE (0 DREAD. Quarter!' Loaf .....9, 2 d, hall Qt.o: tern . „,430. • CORK MARKETS,-June 20. NI to 7 • t ii. Wheat (per `20..t.',17, dd. t.. 32.. 0 quatt ,per list. . 15 .. Cd .), 0 Barley J.,..er last jI3 0 13 0 IFTro- (per cwt) -" ,6 ''"' , Oatmeal (per cwt.).. ...-... Cd. to :fis I'd peel, 4d. to 7d.— M uttc.., ,d 1,0.1 —Veal, 4.1 to Cd York, 4jd. to 5.1.• -I' te , h Buttes led. to lid per lb. PRICE OF 11;;TraIt. To the Merchants. To the Countri• - First Quality... .......... ....... l+o , ....:................. Ws. Second Third Fourth Filth ........... ....... ..... ........ in ...._ . 60 Sixth 6J ......,•••• ........;, •,N..5 0 CLONMELL M A 11 KETS...-June 20. Per (wt. d s. d. ad. s. d A' 0 New Butter Oatinca , .-. l2 0 It 3 Bacon') 45........... :36 1 " 0.- RellderCU lard 0 52 / deeds ........,..... 28 ler Bat,. 8 SO 1 lour, Second C 44 'I 1 toirt„"V.,,rds..... --- - a —Household...— P 42 ol -- t Jun 0...... 22 e ' Barr 0 3apeseetl . 2e, 0 Fer 0 I Bar l / 4 e'. 14 7 13 ',; -- 0 Bere 8 4 10 1C Qs ........ .......... --' 0 ' HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. Wheat, Marks ---- Magdeburg .... ‘33i8;64 t t o o 4 1 50 50 B_arley_, i‘ltecgkdelebnubrugrhg.h.. 1 1 9 , 5 2 t t ; 7 201 , Atilialt, white 40 , to 4'o —,--- Holstein ........ 1; 5 t' Ig o ----- red .., 216 to 414 --- Summer 1614 to , --- Brunswick TE4 to 45' , Oats, Eider ....... ....... DO t . o . I ra "' -- Mecklenburg.. 9th; to 450 Mecklenburg ... IV ' -- Polish 'N) to 4 M I imn to ISO Holstein 2 to P it -- Holstein l t .o to 4351-- E , st Erie,land... 1 53 3 to 9 61 Rye, Mecklenburg .... 2:11 to 27,SiPease, gs9 Mecklenburg oo to ta at, -- Dantzic ....... ..... 210 to 210 Beans - Elbing and Ko- Buck Wheat ,,,,, to 4. ' nigsburg Upland Riga 192 to 1:30 'Pares COTTON. 7,4 to g Carolina and Tennessee 7t.ito l)% Maranham 4% " K Georgia, Ist sort 7 7 1 4 Madras 4 ' Qd 6 14 tli Surats 6% 6 361 and 4th .... 534 6 Domingo COF FEE. 4 44 to . g l i Mocha 13 to 1;1% Domingo Batavia Sumatra Porto Rico 54 04 Rio 4% 5 1 ,4 Havannah 4% Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit tlavannah, White 6 to 9 - Brown 5 04 R. 19, White Brown 5% 'Man i I la. Brow is 5% Discount.) Bahia, White ...............5% 074 Brown ...............5 , 7 Pernambuco, White ... 5 3% 5 * firown ...a n, 5 to (3% • - THE NEW PORTABLE ALARU size of a small Snuff Bet, can be placed on the Dressing-ta IL) and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price Thre7 Guineas. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, &c., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors fowl . . Gracechurch-street), London. N.B. A Pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the Prioef,l Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be 1101 grated or will be forwarded, post free, in answer to a POI" application -FA SILVER PLATE of LONDON MANI) , d , T URE. —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Workin& . 6 , ' d , s:niths, 14, Cornhill, London, zpposite the Bank of bvi,' a j a g u e The bst wrought SILVER SPOONS anti FORKS, ri" r Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce; the Kiug's Pattern, 7s. 4d* r h e t , ounce. The following are tne weights recommended, but Q. outl7arteles may be had lighter or hcav'er at the same price per 141. I. ii. ". E Z 1. 15 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 10 at 7 2... i'" • 7 ° it ditto Dessert ilit.o, 20 7 2... .. , 5 1: JAI., 'table Forts 3 . 7 2... I. • • 7 3 2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... ~ ii 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... ~ 3 11 I ditto Soup Ladle. lll 7 2... , 6 • 4 ditto Sauce ditto.. 4 ditto Salt Spoons(;;:i. t strong) ................• ' Jo 2 1 ditto Fish Slice . 14 ditto Tea Spoo-0 lll 7 IL 112 0 1 n pair ditto Sugar Tog 12 King's Patter 1 Silver Table Sp,,onss (strong) .. , 4O at 7 4... 14 13 . o II . 12 ditto Dessert ilia.; "6 7 4... -13 4. It ditto Tab c Forks . 4O 7 4..._ 1 . ;‘, 12 ditto Dessert diltd 2O I 4.. ' 2 7 0 2 ditto Gravy Spoons l2 I 4... ' i . 1 ditto Soup Ladle 12 7 .. 1 4 ditto Sauce ditt0....12 7 2 2 4 ditto Salt Spoons (strong g ilt) 5 . 1 ditto Fish Slice 4 i t .4 i llt ' i 12 ditto Tea Spoons - 14 712 5 - • ' 1 s° i 1 pair ditto Sugar T0ng5....... N.B. A Price Current, Stami. ti ; as a N ews p a p e r, con taa ff ing drawings, and every informat...: - . relative to the purahoe„".,:, u. silver or Sheffield plate, .0 . , '..)e had en application, sr wi r sent into the country, postage free, in answer i• *paid lets 14Z T HS. .A of On the 11th of May, at St. George's, Bermuda, the laid R.C. Mac Donald, Esq., of Tioram, Paymaster of her Mstil t % 30th Regiment, and Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia, g County, Prince Edward bland, of a son and heir. On the 9th inst. , at Torquay, the lady of P. Lovell PhilliP 6 Esq., M.D., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Appleby, the lady of J. Bowstead, Esq• Bombay Medical Establishment, of a son. On the 20th inst., at Hyde-park-gate, Kensington-gore, the lady of Major-General Durant, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Wicken, Northamptonshire, the 11°° ' Mrs. Douglas, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, Mrs' Robert Thurburn, of a daughter. On the 21d inst., at Halstead, Mrs. Feake Martin, of daughter. On the 221 inst., at Hillingdon, Mrs. C. Mills, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Euston-place, Mrs. G. Horne, of s= ItikARRIED On the 6th inst., at Lee Church, George Augustus Play Esq., to Jennette, daughter of William Morris, Esq., of 11 " 11- park, Lee, Kenf. 334 On the 6th inst., at Gibraltar, John Williamson, Esq. - Regiment, of Castle View, Cork, to Louisi, Amelia mina, daughter of the late William Devaynes, Esq., of Updow n ' Kent. On the 23d inst., at St. Mary Abb o tt' s , K ens i n gton, Samuel Browne, second son of William H arper , E sq ., o f Kensington crescent, to Catherine, elde r d aug h ter o f t h e l a t e Stanley Stokes, Esq., of Bedford-place, R usse ll- square . Wilhel- lED. On the 21st inst., at Gre at Malvern, the Dowager Counte# of Haddington, aged 81. On the 12th inst., Thomas Maisey, Esq., of Beaumont-. street, Portland-place. ------- - Linden : Printed and Published by INIURDO YOUNG No. IN, Strand, at. Th.e thin Office, No. 112 Strand the county of Middleses.—Thursday, June Ib, ifd4o —June 22 • JB. B.i to 10;.4d. • 9 6 919 •78 8 0 69 7 4 5 9 8 3 It 3 37 4 3 11 4 0 ti Ti Ac ec tirade 24. • alisi Amp breti !Peet la g t Slav b ti Pout y tl Cre i It it