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OVERLAND MAIL PROM INDIA. (Prom the Bombay Times) BOMBAY, MARCH 9.—The following abstract of a native letter, just received in Bombay, has been supplied us : " By accounts received from Candahar in 37 days, it is stated that Kaniran has arranged every thing with the British government, and given up Htrat to their entire management, receiving, in return, a large monthly pen : ion. It is said that fiur Englishmen, one of whom is l'ottinger Sahib, have taken charge of every thing. A vakeel had been sent to Hyderabad by Dost Mahomed to the Am zers, .accusing them of cowar dice for having basely delivered up their country, and. direct ing them to tell the British to come for ward as fast as possible, as he was ready to meet and light then. "It is rumoured that Dost Mai:oratd's trco brother, had approached near to hers t, ally in Kamra.n ; on hearing that it Lad English he retumeci to Caad, been in the same quuter U 7 tO tLe had also fer,tan. t. "News has been received f;ona health had greatly improved, and tha had distributed much money to thi- MARCH 13.—We have rm." .d, western joulfials of the 271:t. general scent from Deli:l on tt,. '5, it is stated, by a com:opor.detit of man, that the cpinion now prevllc British force to army will advarir minister, we pe There are man•; tion of the Aft:. to have declar,d now willing to Bukkur it is ace; to have retired t their being una . the su,iden apr, their intended f' to see, still IT, injezt's :lee, he , inee cur la:;t,'o.7c Borth lor- and Lent cr mtrencni izseif at ei from i'e-.;hawrir upo a Is. iA tly : cire success; they 1%1: j:1, is iropos . siblf: t0:21 . .1_1 , the rupee." -liiS~o~l ; the chic , ' of lieiat is repulted D2.VOUf,_ those of CafAlat:ar are 2 bah S ioc;ar la a t'..1.1t it was the intention of the Ameeri, with their trea..;urers in ,he event of us Ci.:C Ol tIL country, Lot that lanuing 6,* our troops weventec, ;. The Bectql army is, we are happy provh,i3ni. The natives find, , an easy explanation of oar military "perhaps with no little truth. `' it which issues gram at 18 seers Since cur last hove 1-3eeiveci the north western journals of the 2nd inst. • 13 , are cr.:Tent in the Bengal army, beyond the Indus, Li rtl..tNfahorned had evacuated Cabooi and fled to the 11 , 2uwams; that our troops will pass the summer at Cddzini, and no opposition will be offered to their advance untii they shall lame entered the territory of Cabool Proper. These appear, I,n xever, merely vague reprts, and cannot, of course, Lt_.. We have just seen a f:oia Lent. Pottinger, dated Herat, Jan. 17. All doM - It we Lappy to say, reinova, relative to the friendly inter;•,: i,ic t of prentit exists be tween :,.`rince Kamrar, P , o. le.t..o.tleer. The Herattees have retakcn Furrab ; tee t.,..,.t , :'„itafees cave retreated from that place._ MARCH 23.—Our inst. It was then 50 in banks of a river, which, supposetl, occasion consi.. still with the Bombay fon Scinde army to the 24 of Larkahua, upon the oats to ercz;s, NCill, it is Sir John la.:ne was (From the B.:1r. March 6. Since our laTt we have north western journals of' the 20th and 23d ult. -•. s:aro o.oe gratifying features r in' 'ligence from the •.. • , ....z.re of the Indus. Lieut. we are asi:11:••1, ai;ustud his personal mis un.—r...t,..iing with '.sritish influence is once more in the aseenda;it kt..!..at; while, at the same time, the Russian envoy has fo - or.d is empedient to retire from Can debar. We regret to that the bride of boats across the Indus had partially given way anal several camels had been carried off. The namber of these animals accompany ing the army is inn:lel - lie ; 1,5,0C',0 bearing the commissariat :;ores, had assembled to cress the bridge, and another thou sand purchased at Nr.sserahad, had set out, through the desert, to ovt:--.-take tte force. Ey a letter in the Delhi Ga zette, dated two :larches &ern Bukkur, on the way to Hyder abad, we are infJrineti that there is not a town or village in that district in which an able-bodied male adult remains. This appears to us confimatory of the fact recorded in our last, on the authority of a private letter, that, in various parts of Scicde, there are numerous bodies of men assem bled. Shah Soojah has, we perceive, already struck a blow, though it cannot be called a very glorious one. Finding that Larkanee, a town about 50 miles south-west from Shikarpore, was unprotected, owing to the absence of its male inhabi tants, he sacked cod plundered it, obtaining, we believe, a considerable booty. The surrender of Bukkur was, it seems, a much snore serious affair than we had reckoned upon ; it will be seen that all the preparations had been made for an actual assault, and that it was only at the moment fixed upon for its execution that the fortress was abandoned to us by its occupants. The govemor-general, we perceive, intended to have left Delhi upon the 21st ult., for Simla, proceeding via Kurnaul. We transfer to our columns the - interesting details relative to the last illness and death of General Allard. We have received the Calcutta journals of the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd ult. The Englishman announces that, besides the six steamers announced for the Indus, of which we were enabled to inform our readers some weeks since, three are, likewise, to be sent out for the Euphrates navigation. The most important news supplied by the Bengal journals is that relative to the outbreak of a revolutionary movement in Burmah. The insurgents, at whose head is the nephew of Tharawaddie, are said to he favourably disposed to the British alliance. The usurper, we are told, is determined to destroy every thing before him in his retreat, should a Bri tish army advance beyond Rangoon. The advice is probably suggested by the " derni-tiiplomatist from Russia," who, we are informed, is still at this court. The Madras Journals of the 22d, 23d, 25th, and 26th ul timo, have reached us. It will be seen by our extracts that military stores are being busily despatched to Burmah. Cer tain suspicious strangers haVe been arrested by the authori ties in Madras, - and are supposed, by our contemporaries, to be spies. We have just seen a letter from Lieutenant Pottinger, dated Herat, January 17, 183 g. All doubt is, we are happy to say, removed, relative to tie friendly intercourse which at present exists between Prince Kamran and the gallant officer. The Heratees have retaken Farrah; the Khan;.ialiarees inwe retreated from that place. • - Our letters from the army are dated. Luelcee,. the 214, 1 4u1tim0, timo, all well, but complaining terribly of the•s , ..ypli.. Ills Excellency Sir John ?Keane will not, it is . said,.pp.s4 tiveczn Shikarpore as was at first intended : be v:tli oa,by ,Lar khana to overtake the Beng:'l force, Shikarpore to his right and cutting ofd a The following is an extract of ' 'ill and " A kind cf icaclhas b2en made to the river, and the clva' morrow to Schwan, wh y anti w•e shaii preparations 1 r crossing to to Candahar. It is a horcible c; healthy one. It is not oitea ti.at quarters." We have received 'Jotters f:•ori the Guy, 15th ultimo. " Tnis place contirmes very healthy, no all rem, , The town is in cliar:re a cuief from 8 about 80 followers. _~.e of Persia has peen amusing himself by puffin :7; lots to 2.e. t:i ; 23 cominii-a3aries were skinned alive, and there have r2.ecuti NI'S since the time of Mahal:lA Shah the Eur.v. , 79 c INc ii, like those now carrying on. • Re port imp the King i.= on to Ll:ahan which is M an un setlel state, the tl , hAk At Islam or high priest there Lot being on goo. - 1 terms with the King, or with the governor, but his great power anfi admit of his defying both. In Carrack not a drop o:ri;,.e or spirits is allowed to be sold ; the consequence is it is a healthy temperance island, and many old drunk the Europeans are getting stout, strong, and healti. so or'.: for doctors. . " FEB. Is.—Tiat: - .3, in consequence of Kourched Pacha's having zonveret.ll . : . ezd, and demanded that the Bah reinees shoclu :texi:owlle:l4e sway . of Mehemet Ali, Pacha of Egypt, are talking of 5,000 men and 800 regular troops to take posseesio ci But they have neither men ncr means o! at: , tiveyance ; no chance of their coming to blows with Its. Oa the approach of the Nao. - kco; or Vernal equinox, tht: t::: ..-.ve a fleece royal from ail the clhefs of the countr , , Iv . 0 come down handsomely or compound for tLeir itoc o,:hz so by loss of head, eyes, • ears, or something Ei.F2. Ceylon papers to the good deal of - dissatisfacz:. which prevailed, and was au Order in Council had re.t: directin. that no future srl , made. r!: less than £1 have bnu received. A ,e en cared by a report to be well founded, t'at zee- i.:;vernor from home, ..5.... - dent land should've .:as supposed to have --- - - - ri • been resolved upon to fey( ee: aorta Ausfrahan coloniza t' ri scheme, where tl.e c: !reel had been raised from per acre. By rte so much higher still a, ees)._ - .., a sort of - .v. 3 field out to speculators or emigrants : favour of So.:...;The cause pre tended for this arbitrary :1:11 , :nce cannot, it is contended, apply to Ceylon, wile:o speculators art not likely to be tempted to engross large quantities of land by its cheapness in the first instance, because to render is productive in almost the only way in which it can become so, by the cultivation of ciffee, large additional outlays of capital are yearly required ~.eyond the first cost, w12.-reas in South Australia the lands are good for little e!v than pasturing sheep, and conse quently after Lae, test purchae of stock no further outlay is calculated upon or has to be provided for. The high rate fixed of 4:1 per acre would, therefore, have the tendency in Ceylon of checking cultivation and discouraging settlers with capital ; and even if pure:lasers could be found at the price, they would naturally be much more difficult about the selec tion of the land, and take none that was not adapted by its fertility to the purposes of planting, instead of, as at present, caring little in a purche.se, or calculating upon one-fifth being waste or wood land, which, however, could be made useful for drying-grounds, stores, and other purposes. Thus, in course of time, the government lands would come to be merely the refuse of the whole, upon which speculators would not venture. not only on account of the first high price, but the larger amondt of capital and labour still which would be requiGire for bringing into it,cultivation beyond what would be necessary upon better soils. And these lands thus lying waste would obstruct the general improvement of the property around and about, by intersecting and making difficult the communications with roads and markets. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. On Tuesday despatches, of which the following are extracts, were received from Colonel Gawler, the Governor and Resi dent Commissioner of South Astralia : " The population, trade, commerce, and sales of land, are much beyond, what was anticipated in 'England ; and the work for public servants is increased in the same proportion. I am assured that the population of Adelaide and its neigh bourhood is between 4000 and 5000. In the course of the last three months nearly 10,000 acres have been sold in the colony. Cattle stations are extended to a distance of 35 miles eastward from Adelaide, and the coasting trade with the eastern Australian colonies is very active. " The colony itself is meat promising. I have great confi dence that a proportionably Large revenue may be raised from it, and that in many things public expenditure may ho re duced. Care and exertion shall not be spared, on my part, to accomplish these objects. * " The capabilities and advantages of the colony come up to my expectations. Most extensive districts of the richest soil extend to the northward, eastward, and in large valleys to the southward of Adelaie. Port Adelaide is a secure and commodious harbour for sl.:ps of 400 tons, and these are large enough for every commercial pureoso. Naval men agree that, to render it unobjectionable fc, - • eis of that burden, nothing is required but a steam-tl.: " The climate and country arc iiaautifai, re sembling an English park. The trees beel , tif : - rouped, very large, and free from brushwood. \. ral and judicious management, the colony must, bless ing, prosper as none other hal ever prospei%.Tl it. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c., (Signed) "GEORGE G r "Governor & Resident Commissioner of South _.1:.-." A SCENE ON Vesuvius.—A chasm ct which emitted fire and lava in a state of :ring t ft/ - mer eruption, is slal open, and sends up .111 of smoke. One of our guides pointed it out zu. se lected by a - Frenchman, SO IC .3 years ago, who w:th an appearance of Bang.froid, probably unexalr.pi.::" in one who was meditating suicide. He stood, as the man said, nearly an hour on :h - e , t3uin!ait ofthe mountain, looki4 down with apparent del. ht on tne lovely prcs2o.e.t around; then began hastily to tiescend,ald jumped into the chasm, before the guise had the in 0 ,,•,; r• note suspicion of his intention. He verilied the Nea r oli !an proverb, VeciiNappli e. poi niori, for the last object he 10. - . Led on was its beautiful coast. — Lady .1. - li&aington's Liler in Italy. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER—TUESDAY EVENING. THE LATE DERBY.—Much interest continues to be excited relative to the decision on this event. At the opening of the sporting proceeding s of to-day, there appeared to be a strong opinion in favour Bloomsbury obtaining the stakes ;10 to 1 was offered, but there were no takers ; 9 to 1 was afterwards taken in one or two instances. Shortly after the hour of arrival of the London mail in this town, much surprise was created by an offer of 12 to 1 that Bloomsbury obtained the stakes ; once, twice, thrice was this taken, when " hold enough" was cried by the party offering the odds. Much time did not elapse before Bloomsbury made a retrogade movement, and appeared to settle down at his former figure of 9to 3 . The witnesses in support of Bloomsbury proceeded Lo Epsom this morning for the purpose of deciding the question. MANCIILSTER. TiinbESNEEieS CUP—Gasparoni maintained his former figure, and it was soon evident that, if any thing, he had advanced in favour; an offer of 5 to 5, made on the condition of a run, met with a cold shoulder ; sto 4, without the condition, was met, in one or two instances, with favour, and 5 to 1 was offered that he would run; eventually he set tled down at 6to 5, which was pretty freely taken. A little was dare on Modesty, at 7 to :1 ; and onthe Maid of Mouton 6 to i was offered, 9 to 1 taken pretty freely; Chit Chat's ~ .•ash ro 1 taken, and 160 to 10 was accepted in more ;Ll,:t Red Rover appeared to be nowhere, in endeavours of his friends to bring him for ward ; 12 to 1 was offered against him, 15 to 1 taken. Some body recommended that an additional stone be added to his weight, to steady him ; and some offers were made that, if he ran he would be last. 100 on Chit Chat against Red Rover was taken freely; and 10 to 5 against Gasparoni winning the Manchester Cup, and Bloomsbury taking the Derby Stakes, met with the same favour. 6tol on the field, barring one, was taken in several instances, which afterwards advanced to 3to 1. In the afternoon, Red Rovers friends rallied, and plieed him at 12 to 1, at which considerable business was done. The others remained at about our previous figures until the evening, when Bellona was placed at 7 to 1 offered, Bto 1 taken. Little or no business done on others. It is expected that seven or eight will star t, though a slight rumour prevailed at the early part of the evening that Gasparoni would walk over for it. At a late hour this evening, the following were the, closing figures : , 14 to 1 agst Red Rover (off) 100 to 15 „ Bellona (tk) 100 to 2 „ The Irish lot (off.) LIVERPOOL CUP. 9 to 1 agst The Irish lot (tk) 100 to 3 „ Lanercost. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 against John Scott's lot. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The crowded state of the premises proved that the Blooms bury question has lost none of its interest. It was discussed in mush the same strain as on Sunday ; the parties, as then, sFeaking to their " books." Nothing whatever has transpired from authority ; but we ascertained, on inquiry, that the whole of the witnes.;es on the part of Mr. Ridsdale are now ia town, ready to be examined at a moment's notice; but that Mr. Fuiwar Craven, who stands in the position of plain tiff, has not yet made any communication to the stewards which will enable them to proceed with the inquiry. In all probability, therefore, it will not be decided in time for the settling this day ; the consequence of which will be, that many of the parties will refuse to pay or receive until they can do so satisfactorily. The 'vetting was so trifling as to require —othing more than the price.; against the few horses mentioned : ASCOT STAKES.-TUESDAY NEXT. 5 to 4 on the field against Joannina, Epirus, Industry, and Skilleygolee.—Offers to back Joannina against any thing, but no odds offered outright. ASCOT CUP.-TIIURSDAY NEXT. 6 to 4 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus (tk) 2to 1 „ Mr. Thomhill's St. Francis (take 3.) DERBY. 1840. 8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot 13 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt (tk.) STEWARDS FOR CHESTER RACES, 1840.—At present there is only one steward appointed for next year, J. Smith Barry, Esq. It is likely that either Ormsby Gore, Esq. or Lord Eglinton will be appointed for the other. The following is a copy of the Stewards' decision in refer ence to the pedigree of Bloomsbury : ` 1 Epsom, May 21, 1839. " TO MESSRS. WEA.THERBY. " We, the stewards of Epsom races, considering that al though by rule 58, when the qualification of any horse is ob jected to after the race, the onus of proof lies upon the party objecting, yet that we are not thereby precluded from receiv ing proof of such qualification from the owner of the horse objected to if he shall see fit to tender it, have this day, at the request of Mr. Ridsdale, examined the evidence tendered by him in support of the qualification of his horse Blooms bury, and are of opinion that the entry in the calenlar is correct, that Bloomsbury was qualified to startfor the Derby, and that his owner is entitled to the stakes. (Signed) "GILBERT HEATHCOTE. "DE TESSIER." HERTFORD ELECTION.-TUESDAY. The polling commenced this morning at eight o'clock. The following are the numbers : . NINE O'CLOCK. Sir pinto Farquhar Hon. Mr. Cowper . TEN O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar Hon. Mr. Cowper . ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar 136 Hon. Mr. Cowper TWELVE O'CLOCK.. Sir Minto Farquhar Hon. Mr. Cowper HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar 173 Hon. Mr. Cowper ONE O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar Hon. Mr. Cowper TWO O'CLOCK. Eon. Mr. Cowper . Sir Minto Farquhar At three o'clock no publication of the numbers was made, and from that hour to the final close of the poll, at four the utmost activity and bustle predominated. When -;o11 closed, the statements were various, the conserva ive cronnaittee giving Mr. - Cowper a majority of 18, while his friends chimed one of 19. Pr.:,;.:ely at four o'clock the poll closed, and The mayor announced that at five o'clock he would offici ally declare the numbers for each candidate, and make the return. The interval of the time was filled up with the usual fun and humour which attend an election contest, and at the hour stated the returning officer, followed by the two candidates and their respective friends, appeared On the hustings, when _ _ _ The mayor announced the final state of the poll to be — Hon. Mr. Cowper 297 Sir Minto I?....rquhar 278 Majority and declared tLe Hon. William Francis Cowper to be duly elected a burgess, to serve in parliament for the borough of Hertford. It will be seen that Mr. Cowper has succeeded but by a majority of 19. At the preceding election his majority, we believe, was 78. Now, when it is recollected that it was not until Saturday that Sir M. Farquhar commenced his canvass, and when we take into consideration the effect which the government lies about Sir R. Peel's negotiations with the queen, and the government outlay from the secret service niOncy, must necessarily have had upon the result of the erection, it will be clear that the whig-radical slanderers have little reason to con , :ratulate themselves upon their triumph. ladeed, no re.ipectable man in Hertford doubts that if bri bery had not been resorted to, Mr. M. Farquhar would have been the successful canfidate, notwithstanding his late ap pearance in the field ; and the reduction of Mr. Cowper's majority from 78 to 19 fully demonstrates that that gentle man will not he returned at another election, except by means as corrupt as those by which, late in the day, his par tizans insured him success at this. DEFEAT OF THE RADICALS AT WARRINGTON. WARRINGTGN, TUESDAY EVENING.—The inhabitants of this loyal borough have this day proved themselves to be strictly wnservative in principle, and that they are not to be led aside by the weak inventions of the people's enemies. On Fridry last an attempt was made to get up a demonstra tion in faviur of the present mini;—ry, and a requisition, signed by some forty (an ominous number) of the most re spectable of the radical and whig party in the town, was pre sented to the constables, praying them to call "a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Warrington and its neighbour hood, to be held at some convenient time and place, to vote an address to her majesty the queen, thanking her for her late spirited conduct in so promptly and decidedly rejecting the arbitrary and unconstitutional proposition of Sir Robert Peel." The constables, thinking perhaps that they should be giving their best support to the constitution by adopting the completely opposite course, much to their credit respect fully begged leave to decline calling a public meeting for any such purpose. But the forty requisitionists were not to be debarred from having " a demonstration" and on Saturday the walls of the town were covered with large posting bills, headed by the royal arms, announcing that a meeting of the inhabitants would be held at Ryland s Cloth Hall, for the purpose named in the requisition to the constables, at half past six this evening. Half-past six o'clock arrived, and found some score radicals, or more properly speaking, those belonging to the party called "reformers" whether whig, radical, or chartist, as sembled in the yard in front of the Cloth-hall, The requisi tionists and the gentlemen who had prepared themselves to move the address had previously mustered in an adjoining house. Gradually the numbers increased. At first here and there was seen the smiling face of a conservative, and then another and another, until, what with politicians of one sort and another, the yard was tolerably well filled. One thing was, however, admitted on all bands, that the conservatives (to use a parliamentary term) "had a majority of three to one in the house." A council of war was then called ; the chances discussed, and as " discretion is at all times the better part of colour, " the reformers resolved u p on an i mme di a t e retreat. Mr. Crosfield, a quaker, one of the requisitionists, was, at a quarter to seven o'clock, put forward to announce that the party whom he represented had thought it prudent, owing to the little interest the matter had created in the town, to postpone the meeting. It was accordingly, without even so much as a chairman being appointed, adjourned sine die. In the evening a band of music paraded the town, and the event has been looked upon as a bitter defeat by the party who at the last election but one sent a reformer to par liament as the representative of the good old town of War rington. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—Owing to thestoppage of the canals, and the holiday time, as well as to the general depression of busi ness, there was very little demand either for yarns or goods yesterday ; and the business done was extremely limited, but in most cases without alteration in prices. Two or three failures have occurred in the town during the last few days. It is understood, that one of these failures (that of a house in the print trade) has been brought about by other causes than mere, pecuniary embarrassment, and that no loss will lie experienced by the creditors. The others are of small importance.—Manchester Guardian. iIuDDERSFIELD MARKET, May 21.—Although there were many buyers in the market, little business was done, except in low fancy woollens. Broads and plains were heavy of sale. Prices, however, remain firm both in the raw ma t e rial and manufactured article. Business in the warehouses remains much the same as for some weeks past.7—lbid. ROCUDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, May 20. There has been a pretty fair attendance of buyers in the market to-day, and someting like an average quantity of flannels sold ; but prices have been ruinously low. There seems to be an impression in the market, that merchants are purchasing on the s p eou i e ti on o f a r i se i n the price of wool, as the flannel market is generally the dullest at this season of the year. The wool market is steady at the old prices.—Bid. BLACKBURN.—There is still a downward tendency in trade generally ; but it may, ere long, be better for both spinner and manufacturer if the short time working is discriminately adhered t 9. The cotton market would then be placed and kept too for soy - 4e_ time in its legitimate position on the scale of business : and cleared of what is unhealthy and injurious. —Blackburn Standard. MISCELLANEOUS. It is most gratifying to us to say that the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells (who is still at Weymouth) •is now so convalescent as to permit his lordship's enjoying his customary equestrian exercise before breakfast. —Felix Farley. It is said that Madame Vestris will be the lessee of Covent garden Theatre for the forthcoming season. A sporting butcher, who manages the business of Mrs. Wells, in St. Alban's-place, St. James's, has won £25400 by the Derby.—Evening Paper. The Queen has granted to Birmingham a separate court of quarter sessions for the borough. The Duke of- Sutherland, it is expected, will be the new Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, in the stead of the late Earl of Powis. We regret to hear the Countess Cadogan has been con fined to her room from indisposition since her return from the continent. Highford Burr, Esq. M.P. for this city, has been confined by an attack of ophthalmia, which has prevented him from using his eyes.—Hereford Journal. Charles Dixon„ Esq. has given the munificent sum of £l,OOO. towards enlarging the. Chichester infirmary, and otherwise promoting its utility.--Brighton Gazette. The Irish methodists have, within a few months, lost by death three ornaments to their ministry, in the persons 01 Mr. Mayne, Mr. Howe, and Mr. Ouseley. LONGEVITY—Peter Martyn, sexton of Helston, Cornwall, and his wife number between them 193 years ? each enjoys good health. It is stated that Counsellor Sheil is to canvas Kilkenny under the impression that Hume, being denounced by O'Connell will not try his hand again in Ireland. SINGULAR ADOPTION.—Mr. Gregory, of High street, Cheltenham, has now in his possession a cat, a kitten, and three young rabbits, all living together. There is a story very current of a lady of high rank throw ing herself at the feet of a great personage, and suing in for ma pauperis not to be removed. We learn the the brother of a noble lord of great celebrity in the sporting circles, will lead the fair daughter of a distin guished vocalist to the hymeneal altar on Tuesday next. — Herald. The Chinese are said to have conceived a horror and anti pathy for the steam boat which nothing can conquer ; they contend that it is a most " indecent and disgusting " inven tion. A new dramatic piece, by the princess Amelia of Saxony, entitled l ove and Duty, was performed for the first time at Dresdeu on the 4th instant, and has met with great success. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Pierce Mahony, jun. Esq. to be accountant-general of the Irish Court of Exchequer, in the room of his uncle, David Mahony, Esq. who retires. Lord Melbourne's new cabinet cannot stand. Let him arrange his materials as he may, he cannot conceal the fact that those materials are rotten. The first collision with the real business of the country will shatter the whole con cern. Lord Melbourne's butcher and baker are in despair; their expectation that his lordship would at length be compelled to eat his UWA loaves and mutton having, as they complain, been cruelly frustrated. One of the anomalies and nave lies of the present state of af7airs is, that two persons should be named as tue proable prime ministers, each of whom is himself at this moment liable to in.,)eachment. It is stated that one of the O'Connells was a suitor to suc ceed Mr. Shiel as a commissioner of Greenwich ; but that Lord Melbourne had the unpardonable presumption to pre fer his own nephew and private secretary to the son of his master. Thirteen bankers and one hundred and thirty of the leading merchants of London have signed a requisition to the Lord Mayor to grant the use of the Egyptian Hall for a meet ing to petition parliament for the uniform penny postage. The Earl Bathurst has kindly thrown open a field adjoin ing the Tetbury-road as a play-ground for the children of Cirencester. This kindness is the more valuable at the pre sent time, as the weekly cattle market is about to be removed to Cirencester.—Cheltenham Gazette. The Derby and Birmingham Railway will be opened to the public at the end of June, or early in July ; and by the spring of next year the railroad to York, by this and the North Midland line, will be opened, giving an entire line from Lon don to that city.—Derby Mercury. The Frankfort Journal contradicts a rumour which has been prevalent in Hungary, of the plague having broken out i the Turkish dominions, near Silistria ; but does no t sa y anything about Varna, where that malady had appeared, as we learnt by some recent advices from Constantinople. During the last few days Lord Liverpool has had several interviews with Sir Robert Peel ; and the impression was that that nobleman was making efforts to renew the negocia which had been interrupted by an intrigue as mean as it was mischievous. We understand that the Earl of Ilchester, finding it incon venient to fulfil the duties of Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset shire, from the circumstance of his not residing in the county, has expressed his desire to resign that office ; and we hear that Lord Portman is to be his successor.—Observer. It would appear that the whigs will be disappointed in their expectation of receiving the support of the most sweet voices of the chartists at the next eleetion—the National Convention having passed a resolution unanimously that " the secretary of state for the home department has all through his admin istration acted the part more of a maniac than of a statesman." It is a consolation of no slight kind, that the whigs have no longer the power to inflict direct injury upon the country. Mischief they may, undoubtedly, cause, by leaving the busi ness of the nation undone ;—but they can no longer excite a mischievous enthusiasm throughout the kingdom in favour of whiggery, or of "liberalism" in any of its forms. Sir James Clark has at length been dismissed the court. He asked leave to travel for a short time, and permission was granted. The truth is, his rude attack upon the honour of Lady Flora Hastings caused him to be cut in almost every circle ; and for his own peace of mind it was necessary for him to retire. • He was exceedingly indiscreet, and he will suffer from it. It is pretty generally understood, in the best informed circles, that had Sir Robert Peel been permitted to form a government, his first measure would have been a general penny postage bill, a bill to expunge or alter the bastardy and other objectionable clauses in the poor-law amendment act, and a bill to abolish the payment of the registration shilling in the reform act. Will the whigs do this ? LINENDRAPERS' " ASSISTANTS."—In the course of a trial at the Old Bailey, on Friday, Mr. Justice Patteson re marked upon the evidence of a linendraper's " assistant," which was given in a very inaudible voice, that linendrapers' men made the worst witnesses, for that being constantly in the habit of talking soft things to ladies about silks and velvets, they acquired a way of speaking so gentle and lisp ing, that in a court of justice they were with difficulty heard; there was no getting them to " speak up." A FACT.—A worthy individual residing not fifty miles from Bunker's Hill, Bradford, lately erected a domicile for his ass. All went on well, and the building was completed— covered in and all that. Rejoicing over his work, a passer by asked, " How d'ye get into it ?" He then discovered to his amusement there was no door way.—Halifax Guardian. We are enabled to state, that on Monday, the 27th instant, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn will certainly be proposed for the office of speaker, vacant by Mr Abercromby's resig nation of the chair, and that the house will proceed to the election at half-past three o'clock exactly.—Standard. The chartists hold their weekly meetings regularly at Dow lais : from their speeches it i s ev id en t that nothing less is aimed at than a state of anarchy ' • and from the same fo u l mouths that cried reforrn ! ref o r ai ! a few years ago, we hear nothing in substance but equality ! equality ! now. —Merthyr Guardian. ANOTHER MURPHY.—Dr. Segesser, of Lucern, fancies himself, by the aid of his meteorological invention, able to predict the state of the temperature and the variations of the atmosphere. He foretold that the month of May would be warm and pleasant, but that we must expect to see some flakes of snow from the 9th to the 15tH. We are strongly tempted to put faith in the new prophet, and so will others if the skies are as inclement elsewhere as here, at the moment we are writing.—Paris paper. The Bristol chartists, it is said, have threatened to begin the revolution by making a bonfire of the shipping at that port ; and that they may not lack courage, the Bristol " " were to have assembled yesterday, under the pretence of addressing the Queen, but, in reality, with the view of kindling the flames of discord among the most in fir:minatory population in her Majesty's dominions. We understand that the beautiful estate of Ent: ruing, on the I:ver Ayr, which has been for some time in the I.,arket, has been sold by William Allason Cunninghame, Esq., of Logan, to John Bell, Esq. of Woodstock, Jamaica. The extent is upwards of 2000 acres, and the price between £60,000 and £70,000; and the property being susceptible of great improvement, is considered an excellent investment. The new proprietor enters to the house at Whitsunday, and to to the lands at Martinmas.—Edinburgh Evening Post. The lady to whom the Duke of St. Alban's has offered his hand and heart, Miss Gubbins, is sister to Mrs. Sloane Stan ley, lady of William Sloane Stanley, Esq., nephew to the Earl of Carlisle, and cousin to Mrs. Bouchier Hartopp, of Dalby House, near Melton Mowbray, where is grace is at present on a visit. A large addition will be made to the town establishment, and the duchess's pin money is said to be considerable. His grace is in his 36th year, and, under the will of his late consort, the Duchess of St. Alban's is entitled to an annuity of £lO,OOO per annum, and the villa at Highgate, called Holly Grove.—Herald. The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the candidate for the speakership, had a pension of £2,000 per annum granted to him for his official services, having filled various public ap pointments for 20 years except one quarter of a year, inclu ding the high office of chancellor of the exchequer. The date of the grant of the pension is May 7, 1835, when the right hon. gentleman was chief secretary for Ireland. We understand that the unhappy differences between two illustrious personages have, within the last few days, assumed a new and a more serious aspect; and that the separation of the mother and daughter is more than probable. This would, under existing circumstances, be indeed a serious misfortune to the court and the country.—. Dublin Evening Mail. THE BALLOT.—An American correspondent of a London journal says " I cannot conclude, however, though pressed for time, without begging you to present my compliments to Mr. Grote, and tell him the legislature of this state are urged by the people' to pass a registry act to defend them from the abominations of the ballot-box. The practice of the pa triots in this city is to colonise,' that is, to go from ward to ward, and swear at the polls they belong to each ward." The extraordinary roof of the Flower-hall, at Stafford house, Chiswick, was commenced last week, and its con structio,n is both singular and simple—it has neither rafters nor bearers, but is an arch of twenty-four feet span, formed with three rows of common plain tile, and excites great curi osity. The arch rises seven feet and a half, and will be one hundred and fifty feet long. The price of cattle and farm stock generally is maintained at an unusual height in spite of the dearness of keep. At a sale at Doddington last week, one cow, (Red Duchess,) three years old, brought the high price of £126 ; another roan, (Josephine,) £B4 ; a red heifer, £7O ; a roan heifer, £7B. 15s. The sheep brought also good prices. The amount of the sale was within a trifle of £7,000. The marriage of the Earl of Clarendon and Lady Catherine Barham will be solemnized on the 4th of the ensuing month. The ceremony is to take place at Gorhambury, Herts, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Verulam, who intend giving a sumptuous d6eune on the occasion to a numerous family circle.—Morni;zy Herald. Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte has sent a letter to the newspapers, denying that he is in any way responsible for the insurrection in Paris. The prince says :—" The intelligence of the bloody scenes which took place has caused me as much surprise as grief. If I were the soul of a plot, I would, also, be the chief actor in it in the day of danger ; nor would I shrink back after a defeat." We hive been fuinished with the following queries by a highly intelligent and very cautious correspondent :—" Is it true that the Marquis of Normanby was at Buckingham Palace on May the ith, from ten o'clock a.m. till six o'clock p.m., without seeing the Queen? Is it true that during the first interview Sir Robert Peel had with her Majesty Lord Melbourne was in an apartment immediately adjoining ?" Standard. The Bishop of Salisbury, the youngest on the bench, is about to be married to Miss Seymour, daughter of Sir M. Seymour. REMEDY FOR THE TOOTHACHE:—The Boston Times re commends pork and beans as an excellent remedy for tooth ache, especially if the ache be produced by hunger. _ - A WEAPON OF WAR.—A large dirk-knife was exhibited to the magistrates, at the Court House, Wakefield. on Mon day lust, for the purpose of showing them a specimen of the private weapons with which the Chartists are said to have armed themselves. It is stated, that they are sold in large numbers, by itinerant dealers in cutlery ware.— Haliftui Guardian. LETTING THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG. One day last week, h girl went into a respectable druggist's shop, in the Hillgate, and asked for a pound of Cocculus Indicus, a very pernicious drug, to a considerable extent poisonous, which is introduced by some unprincipled persons into the brewing of ale, in which state it acts as a strong narcotic. The worthy shopkeeper being rather astounded at the quantity required, though without asking for what purpose it was wanted, suggested to the girl, that she was mistaken, and that an ounce was the quantity she was desired to procure ; to which, however, she replie&—" Nay, mon ! I'm reel, father's going to brew his own."—Stockport paper. CURIOUS REASON FOR SUICIDE.—Mrs. Eliza Jones, of Lugwardine, committed suicide by taking a large quantity of oxymuriate of mercury. On being asked, before her death, which took place on Monday morning, what could have in duced her to commit such an act, she replied, " that her brother having put up the bans of marriage with a woman she did not like had induced her to quit this world."—Here ford Journal. INcENDIARisme—It is with extreme regret that we an nounce that a most destructive fire, which there is every rea son to believe is the act of an incendiary, took place last night at Steeple Ashton. It happened about eleven o'clock, on the premises of Mr. Miles, near the church. Five wheat ricks, three barns, in which were 100 sacks of wheat, three waggon sheds, a stable, and several cottages, were totally de stroyed. Mr. Miles lately discharged all his labourers for having attended a chartist meeting.—Wilts Herald. One of the great attractions for her Majesty possessed by the Marchioness Normanby, is the point and wit with which her ladyship exercises her mimetic powers in giving imita tions of the aping of style and affectation of manners of the " vulgar Irish," who attended the drawing-rooms at Dublin Castle. These scenes, which, we understand, are acted to tine life, have for some time formed a' prominent feature in the evenings' entertainments at the Royal Palaces.—Dublin Evening Mail. MINISTERIAL AGITATION. — The walls of the City of Glasgow have, for two days, been disgraced by enormous placar s plentifully distributed in the most prominent situa tions, and put up through the night. The bills are of Lon don manufacture. They arc intended to mix up the Queen with the late contemptible palace intrigue, and are full of abuse of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington. We are delighted, however, to observe, that they are exciting lit tle attention; and the shrewd working-people who stop to read them, generally remark, that—" this is all humbug."— Glas.Vow Constitutional. SANGUINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.--In the shop window of a silversmith, within a hundred yards of Marylebone police office, is exhibited a pair of pistols, with a label, of which the following is a copy attached :—" To duellists. This splendid pair of highly-finished first-rate duelling pistols, with hair-triggers, platina bands and touch-holes, in fine condition. Tile apparatus is quite complete and fit for im mediate vie. Spanish mahogany case. Price 15 guineas, cost 30 guineas." Prince George of Cambridge arrived at Malta on the Ist instant, as we learn by a letter of the 4th, on board the Acheron steamer. His royal highness was saluted by the fleet and the forts, and was received on his landing by the governor and his staff. The prince was to stop only a few days, and would then proceed to Constantinople, unless he should determine to wait till the 15th, on which day Admiral Sir R. Stopford was to sail with the fleet for the Levant. The Duke of Wellington is a member of about thirty dif ferent orders of knighthood of the 'highest class, and the insignia of many of them have been presented to him in precious stones ; and yet, however great and important the occasion, the only decorations worn by the duke are the British order of the garter and a simple Waterloo medal — differing in nothing from that worn by private soldiers. LIVING AT SYDNEY.—We have just been favoured with the perusal of a letter from Dr. D. M'Clean, late of Tober mory, who, for the sake of his family, emigrated under the auspices of government, as surgeon of the St. George, in autumn last. " I have taken lodgings," he says, "at ten guineas a-week. I mean to look out for a cottage of three rooms or so, the rental of which will be £lOO to £l2O, un furnished ! Such," adds the doctor, "is Sydney !"—Glas pow Constitutional. CAUTION TO SERVANTS.--At the Ludlow petty sessions on Monday, a gentleman of that town was summoned by Martha Richards, his late nursemaid, and his late cook, for their wages for the last three months. The complainants had, during the absence of their master and mistress, gone out of the house to a dance, leaving three children under five years of age in the place alone du'ring the whole night, they not returning before six in the morning. The magistrates, under these circumstances, dismissurthe summonses against the gentleman, and ordered the applicants to pay the costs. —Hereford Journal. THE CHARTISTS.—We are able to state, on the very best authority, that at a recent meeting of the esleyan preachers of the Bath district, consisting of between 30 and 40 indivi duals, it was unanimously resolved that any member of the methodist connection, who should join himself with the chartists, should be excluded from their body. This decision we cannot but regard as honourable to the parties, and in accordance with the sacred volume, and one which should be made known in every part of the kingdom.—Bath Post. OPERAS IN THE COUNTRY.—Laporte is making arrange ments for performing Italian operas at Birmingham, Man chester, and Liverpool, taking two out of the three towns on each trip, which may be easily accomplished between Tues days and Saturdays, which are the regular opera nights in London, particularly if the rate of railroad travelling is to be increased, so that the distance from London to Liverpool or Manchester will be performed in nine hours, and to or fro m Birmingham in five !—Musical World. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.--In the Wye, at Buiith, on Saturday the 4th instant, Mr. Stephen Prichard, fishing tackle maker, in company with Mr. Hooke, of London, caught, in the short space of two hours and a half, no less than 302 salmon-pink ; and the latter gentleman, though perfectly unacquainted with angling, caught in the same time 120. It is considered that salmon, trout, grayling, and sal mon-pink, are in greater abundance this year in the rivers Wye, Irvon, and Edward, than in any former year in the recollection of the oldest fishermen of the town.—Hereford Times. LADY DURHAM.—It cannot escape observation, how scrupulously the whip scribes keep the case of Lady Durham out of sight upon the present occasion. The moment her husband, though not a minister, was excluded from the court, she had too much spirit and sense of propriety to retain her own situation there. Not so the camarill a , w h o h ave no id ea of following an 3xample which would deprive them at once of salary, influence, and means of intrigue. And what must be thought of husbands, brothers, and fathers, who can ex pose their female relatives even to the chance of such impu tations ?—Herald. RAILWAY BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.— Upwards of twenty miles of this line are already contracted for, and eight miles more are advertised. These twenty eight miles comprehend all the heaviest, and consequently all the most tedious works ; thus putting in in the power of the directors to regulate the letting of the remaining con tracts, so as to secure the completion of the whole line about the same time. The contractors are bound to finish their work in 1841, and from the well known energy and skill of several of them, there is little doubt of the line being opened about the time expected , —Newcastle Journal. A COCKFIGHTING REPRESENTATIVE.—We congratulate our dear, delightful, gentlemanly Wycombe on the fact of its worthy representative, Mr. G. H. Dashwood, being sum moned (with 15 others) before the bench of magistrates at Uxbridge, for cockfighting ! Monday next is the day for hearing the cases. On his election banner Mr. Dashwood has, " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World ;" of course, as his " humanity" goes hand-in-hand with his " li berty," he should have a flag to match, inscribed " Cockfight ing all over the Universe." How Chipping Wvcombe must rejoice in a member of such delicate and intellectual pursuits ! —Bucks Herald NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The open cutting through the town of Belper is expected to be completed in about four months. The bridges over the several streets and lanes are commenced, as are also the retaining walls, for which a great quantity of stone is prepared. is The bridge for the new turn pike road, north of Belper completed, and will be soon ready for use. The passage under the bed of the Cromford Canal, at Buil Bridge, has been open some time, and the works are proceeding there with great activity. The last of the foundations of the large bridge over the Derwent, near Amber Gate, were put in this week; considerable difficulty has been experienced here, as the workmen have been many months, night and day, at work, assisted by a powerful steam engine. A journeyman locksmith of Warsaw, as we are told by a letter from that city, has received intelligence of the death of a cousin in New York, leaving him a fortune of 12,500,000 fr, the fruits of speculations in railroads and steam-boats. Michel Gannentsky, the fortunate artisan, received the news with perfect philosophy ; declared he should remain with his master till his engagement with him expires, and which will not be till July twelvemonth, because he had been in his place 20 years, and had uniformly been treated with kindness, and yet be gained no more than between four and five francs a-day. He also renewed a promise of marriage he bad previously made to his master's cook. Gannentsky is stated to be now about 33 years of age. DISCOVERY OF VALUABLE MARBLE.—We understand that a large field of fossil ►narble has lately been discovered on the common belonging to the-manor of great Asby, in this county, the property of John Hill, Esq. of Bankfoot, some of the most beautiful which England has hitherto pro duced. Two specimens of this splendid marble have aptly been named by the owner Tortoise-shell and Chintz Marbles. The first has a French-white ground, interspersed with blood red spots, and bears so close a rese. - nblanee to tortoise-shell, that at a short distance it is difficult to discriminite between the two. The second presents a light brown ground marked with a curious representation of gold filligre work, mixed with a dusky green, bright purple, and red, and has the exact ap pearance of the rich chintz gowns worn a century ago. There are numerous other patterns in this limestone range, extend ing over more than 3000 acres, both curious and handsome. The great valve of this marble consists not in variety of colours alone, but also in the fineness of its grain, which is equal to the Italian marble, and also in its great soundness ; the shaken condition of variegated English marbles having in general rendered them of comparative little value. We hear that blocks of large dimensions are easily won, and when manufactured, take the most brilliant polish imaginable. We have no doubt this valuable marble, unique in its kind, will soon become a general favourite with the public, and be an important acquisition to the marble works of this country. We hear also, with much pleasure, that a few specimens will shortly be presented to the museum at Kendal.—Westmor land Gazette. LAUGHABLE OCCURRENCE.—A most extraordinary oc currence recently took place at Tewkesbury, which has been the source of no small amusement in the neighbourhood. Some of the sporting friends of W. Barnard, Esq. the respected owner of the Whitefield harriers, issued circulars and pub lished advertisements announcing their having invited that gentleman to a dinner at the King's Head Inn, Tewkesbury, on Friday, the 3d inst. Accordingly, at four o'clock, the time fixed for the banquet, between twenty and thirty gentlemen assembled, who proceeded to select a chairman and vice chairman for the occaasion, and the list of toasts and other arrangements were made in due form. After waiting a full hour in eager expectation of their guest, the company reluc tantly set down to dinner without him, and afterwards dis patched a note to Mr. Barnard, stating the anxiety the company felt at his absence, and hoping that neither his old enemy the gout, nor any accident or sudden domestic calam ity, had prevented his attendance. The messenger soon re turned, with the astounding intelligence that " Mr. Barnard had received no invitation ! " and on investigation, it turned out that such indeed was the fact ! The committee for arranging the feast had performed their duty generally in the most satisfactory manner—the dinner was excellent, the des sert was splendid, and the wines were brilliant ; but alas ! they forgot to invite their intended guest ! The company, however, under the able presidency of Mr. J. Moore, and Mr. J. Creese, " ate, drank, and were merry," and many of them did not quit the festive board untilpast midnight.---Fe lix Farley's Bristol Journal. AN " INGENIOUS DEVICE."—A " gentleman" called at a public-house in King-street, North Shields, a few days ago, and requested to be supplied with a bottle of the best whisky. The landlady promptly attended to the wishes of her whole sale customer, and in a twinkling the bottle was deposited in his pocket. "The money," he coolly said, "he would call and pay—to-morrow." The good dame replied, that it was not her custom to trust strangers ; whereupon, with an air of offended dignity, he dreW a bottle fiom his pocket, and returned it in a huff. The landlady, shortly after the depar ture of her insulted visiter, examined the bottle, and found that it was filled with—water ! THE HUME-AN HUMBUG.—O'Connell has intimated to Joseph Hume that he must retire from Kilkenny, in conse quence of his vote against ministers. [Pooh, pooh, the great Greek financier comes " too far north" not to have learned from the example of one of the "most incomprehensible of all imaginable vagabonds" how to conciliate the wholesale Irish boroughmonger. " A thousand pounds"—" say, a thousand pounds." Eh, Dan? Eh, Joe ?]—Salisbury Herald. GROWTH OF THE PENNY POSTAGE QUESTION.—Before Rowland Hill's plan was published in 1837, it is believed there was not a single petition for the reduction of postage. In the session of 1837 five petitions were presented. In that of 1838, 320, and in the present session, up to the 15th May, 880 petitions for the penny postage have been presented to the House of Commons alone. PATRONAGE OF THE WHIG GOVERNMENT.—SOMO of the channels of this patronage we may briefly state, with the sums annually absorbed in them :—Poor law commissioners, £54,000 ; slave commissioners, £14,700 ; Irish railway com missioners, £12,700 ; superintendents of factories, £9,000 ; record commissioners, £4,000; criminal law commissioners, £5,000 ; inspectors of pris• ns, £6,000 ; Scotch Church com missioners, £4,000; ecclesiastical commissioners, £2,500; hand-loom weavers' commission, £4,000; Irish boundary survey, £7,000 ; with perhaps as many more absorbing an equal amount. And these are offices created by the govern ment which pledged itself to act with rigid economy, and rule withput patronage.—Berwick Warder. There is a rumour that the whig carriage having been over turned and seriously damaged, has not been well put together again, and that there are, in fact, so many screws loose, that it is extremely doubtful whether, though it has resumed, it can pursue its journey. To drop the metaphor, it is said that Lord John Russell having, by his " finality" speech and pamphlet, offended the radicals past forgiveness, there is no chance of their giving in their adhesion to any government of which he is a member. Lord Melbourne, on the other hand, declares his inability to carry on the government deprived of his House of Commons leader. Spring Rice, too, has brought his department into a state which neither he himself can manage, nor is any other whig, however anxious for place, equal to unravel. Besides this, Lords Durham and Normanby, rivals for power, are anxious to shoulder out the premier, who, after all, may fall himself a prey to the very petticoat influence to which he owes his temporary reinstate ment.—Herald. DREADFUL FIRE IN LONDON, AND Loss OF FOUR LIVES.—On Monday morning, about half-past two o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower part of the premises of Mr. Un win, a lithographic printer, No. 32, Bucklersbury, Cheapside, London. A police constable instantly alarmed the inmates, and in a few seconds the dense volumes of smoke that issued from the lower floors completely prevented the unfortunate persons from making any escape by the street door. Infor mation was forwarded to the various fire stations, and only a few minutes elapsed before the Watling-street, Farringdon street, West of England, and about a dozen other engines and their firemen reached Bucklersbury, and threw torrents of water on the flames, and at intervals the unfortunate inmates were seen at the different windows imploring assistance. Ladders were obtained, and placed against the walls ; but only two individuals were able to effect their escape, namely, Mr. and Mrs. Unwin, the latter of whom, in throwing her self from a window on the second floor into a large sheet held by three men, came with a dreadful crash to the ground. The engines continued to be worked without intermission for a considerable time; but, notwithstanding every exertion on the part of the firemen, the entire stock, building, and furniture were completely destroyed by half past three o'clock, at which time the West of England and other firemen were enabled to enter on the ruins, and after some time they found the bodies of three out of four of the unfortunate sufferers, burned in a most frightful manner. The servant girl was the first found, with an iron bedstead lying across her, and within a few yards distance two of Mr, linwin's children, one nine and the other ten years of age. The body of the apprentice still remains in the ruins. The property destroyed amounts to at least £5,000, but insured in the Phoenix fire office. SEVEN SHIPS LOST IN THE GULPH OF RIGA. -We are sincerely sorry to state, that on Thursday evening we re ceived information of the disastrous loss of seven ships in the Gulph of Riga, on the 25th ult. Two of these vessels are fine new brigs, belonging to the port of Aberdeen, viz., the Duke of Richmond and the Orlando. The others are the Regina, of Perth (also a new brig), the Wave, and the Pacific, of Montrose, the Deptford, of Sunderland, and two Dutch brigs. Having been favoured with a perusal of the letter which communicates this disastrous event, we are able to state the facts. Capt. Horn, of the Duke of Richmond, gives very full particulars in his letter from Windau. He states that he had a favourable passage out to Domesness, fell in with the ice there on the 21st ult., and lay there for two days, until the wind came from the westward, cleared the ice from the land, and thus enabled about seventy sail to proceed. When this fleet were within about thirty-five miles of Riga, the wind shifted to the south-east, and set the ice down upon all the ships. Capt. Horn says, "We could not get back ; and upon the 25th, about half-past nine o'clock, the ice took our ship, and in less than twenty mi nutes she went down, along with six more, close to us." The seven vessels were lost within half a mile of each. Capt. Horn adds—We travelled over the ice to the land, a distance here of about six miles, and stayed there two days before we proceeded—and such travelling I never encountered. We had a kind of cart for our clothes, and sometimes we got a ride ourselves. The distance we came was about seventy miles, but shall get a better conveyance from here to Liebau, from which place they will send us to Ensinore, or where we shall soonest got home. Mr. Robertson, myself, and the three other British masters, are living in one house; and the mates, with the rest of the people, are distributed through the towa. Thank God, there were no lives lost, but we have all lost a good many of our clothes. Of all the scenes I ever beheld, the losing of the ships beat all; for in less than two hours all the ships had disappeared, and not a vestige of them to be seen, no more than if they had never been." These letters came to Hull by the steamer to Altona. —Aberdeen Constitutional. ARTIFICIAL GRANITE Roans.--r Since Wednesday week, a number of workmen have been employed inlaying down a new pathway in that part of Bird Cage W a lk, just at Storey's Gate, London, and fronting the late residence of the Hon. Mrs. Norton. The material composing the pathway is a new invention. styled "Artificial granite," and a "mineral, animal, and vegetable combination." The process adopted in the laying it down is similar to that of the asphalte, the composition being poured out boiling hot upon the loose gravel, with which it amalgamates. A few minutes suffice to make the composition quite cold, and as hard as the hard est stone. The appearance of that part of the pathway already finished is that of a finely polished and black block of marble. It is said to be impervious to wet, will not be affected by the sun, like the asphalte • and its durability is even greater than marble itself, which has been proved from the fact, that a rough piece of marble or granite can be rubbed perfectly smooth on a block of this composition, without apparently wearing the latter. Its hardness may be judged from the following test :-A block, about five feet by thi ee, and two inches in thickness, was struck for several minutes with heavy sledge hammers by the workmen, and it failed to break ; whereas marble, granite, or any other stone, would have flown to pieces. This composition is the invention of M. d'Harcourt, a French gentleman, who is laying down the above-mentioned pathway by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, who intend, should the experiment suc ceed, to have the whole length of Bird Cage Walk done in a similar manner, as also the parade in front of the new palace. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET, SATURDAY. -The supply during the week was very abundant, and prices were very moderate. The spring trade has opened under every pros pect of a favourable continuance. Forced fruits continue plentiful, and the prices now fall every week. Hot-house grapes average from ss. to 12s. per lb. ; peaches 40s. per dozen ; cherries from 18s. to 255. per lb.: strawberries, 9d. to Is. 6d. per ounce. The supply of this last article is very considerable, and is so extensively cultivated by forcing that one grower in the immediate neighbourhood of London has no less than 20,003 pots in his hot-house, the average pro duction of each of which is one ounce. Green gooseberries from Bs. to 10s per half sieve ; green apricots, per pint, 25., and pines, which were plentiful, retained their price of ss. to 12s. per lb. ; asparagus was plentiful, and reduced in price, being 45., 65., and Bs. per bundle ; and cucumbers fell to ls. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per brace ; French beans were higher, at from 3s. to 4s. per 100 ; and peas, from Portugal, impaired by keeping after importation, sold at 10s. to 12s. per half sieve ; new potatoes were plentiful, at 6d., Is., and 2s. per lb., and Cornish kidneys at 2s. per dozen; white brocoli realised the high price of from 245. to 635. per dozen, the latter being the price at the beginning of the week, and the brown variety at 15s. per dozen ; apples were scarce, the principal part of the supply being foreign, but there were some Kentish which sold at 9s. per bushel ; cabbages, per dozen, were 6d. to ls. ; cabbage plants, 9d. to Is. 6d. per dozen ; carrots, 2s. per bushel ; celery, 6s. per dozen ; spring onions, 2s. per dozen bunches ; horse radish, 3s. to 7s. per dozen • sage, 7s. per dozen bunches ; spin a ch, 9d. p er j un k ; rhubarb, 4s. to 6s. per dozen ; small salads were abundant and cheap, and flowers were in high perfection. AURORA BOREALIS.-Since the display of aurora borealis on She evening of Sunday the sth instant, which we noticed a fortnight ago, there have been several other occurrences of this phenomenon, one of which, on Friday night last, was of a very unusual character, and attended by circumstances that we do not remember to have seen previously described. When first seen by the writer of this paragraph, which was about half-past twelve o'clock, the aurora presented the appearance of six large and somewhat irregular columns of light, appa rently ra:cliating from a point on the magnetic meridian, but a little helow the horizon. One of these columns extended across the sky near the western, and another near the eastern horizon, whilst the other four divided the intermediate space into nearly equal portions ; • and the whole extended con siderably to the southward of this town. There was no ap pearance of an arch in any part of the sky ; but a few faint steamers shot up vertically from the column which was near the western horizon. Interspersed with the columns of light, and apparently springing from the same radiating point be neath the northern horizon, were several similarly shaped columns of dark cloud, which preserved a remarkable con formity with the columns of light, amongst which they were interpersed. After the phenomenon had continued in this form for about ten minutes, the columns of light rapidly faded away ; and immediately afterwards the columns of cloud (which had a palpable motion from the radiating point) rolled into irregular masses, and gradually dispersed, leaving the northern half of the sky almost entirely free from clouds. Whilst this was going on, a large and extremely vivid pillar of light shot up suddenly from the north, extending quite to the zenith, and then, as suddenly died away, not having lasted altogether more than a minute. As soon as it had disap peared, a mass of dark cloud showed itself on the northern horizon, at the point from whence all the other appearances had proceeded, and then, separating into five or six irregular columns like those which had previously dissolved, radiated with great rapidity over the sky, still preserving a general conformity with the previous columns of light. After ap pearing in the shape of distinct rays for several minutes, the clouds rapidly extended in breadth until they joined each other, and completely covered the northern sky in one uniform mass. During the continuance of the phenomenon, the wind was blowing gently from the westward, and the night was cold and inclining to frost. Of course, the most remarkable part of . this very unusual display of aurora was the manifest correspondence between the columns of light, and the clouds which accompanied and followed them. On one or two former occasions, the writer has had occasion to suspect a connection between an aurora and some of the clouds which appeared in the sky at the same time ; but, on this occasion, the conformity was so striking, that it was quite impossible to resist the conclusion that they had a common origin, or were in some way connected with the same general cause. It ought to be remarked, in order to remove a suspicion which might arise in the minds of per sons familiar with the appearance presented by aurora bore alis, that the dark columns which appeared in the sky when the phenomenon was first seen, were not mere spaces un illuminated by the auroral light, and looking dark by con trast with it. They were composed of palpable thick cloud, which o sscured the stars, and remained perfectly distinct after the light had entirely faded away. There were, besides, large spaces in the sky which were free from either clouds or light, and presented an appearance perfectly distinct from either.-Manchester Guardian. Adherence to the old style in Russia has in practice a curious effect : at St. Petersburg a man may receive a letter on the 19th, dated at Berlin the 21st of the same month. BOIMOGNE, MAY 13.—A fine steam-boat from Havre has just put into our port, being compelled to do so by the bad weather which had prevailed for some days. It has on board between 400 and 500 monkeys and parrots, 60 Russian tra vellers, and other foreigners.—Gazette de lranee. If it is a fact that a magistrate of Montgomeryshire has offered himself as bail for Powell, who is committed upon clear evidence on a charge of seditious practices, it is a cir cumstance that should be subjected to the notice and opinion of the highest legal functionary in the kingdom.—Salopian Journal. Strange to say, some of the whig ministers, and all the whig journals, are now praising, and most justly, the valua ble services of the different corps of yeomanry cavalry called in to assist in quelling the late revolutionary disturbances — that very yeomanry which they have done all in their power to render inefficient.—Morning Herald. Some of the whig journals are quite in ecstacy in stating and repeating the fact that troops can be spared from Ireland for the purpose of quelling disturbances in England. But, surely, this is anything but a matter to boast of, and amounts to a political species of " robbing Peter to pay Paul." For what does it unfortunately prove, but that England has been brought by these same whigs to the same state of commotion and insecurity to which they have reduced the - sister island ? THE MURDER AT CHELSEA. —The coroner's jury, OR Monday returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Wm. John Marchant." The witnesses were bound over to appear at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. The Marquis of Wellesley continues at Kingston House, Knightsbridge, in an infirm state of health. His lordship has nearly completed his 80th year, and has wholly retired from public life. A Mr. Sidney Smith, one of the paid itinerants of the whigs, attempted the other day to gull the people of Hun tingdon with the humbug of an anti-corn-law lecture, but they refused to hear him, and he was obliged to vanish without having effected his purpose. Cardinal Fesch, the maternal uncle of Napoleon, died at Rome on the 13th instant, in the 76th year of his age. The cardinal, who is believed to have died immensely rich, was the senior priest cardinal of the Sacred College. He was born the 3d of January, 1763, and was raised to the dignity of cardinal on the 17th of January, 1803. By his death the archbishopric of Lyons becomes vacant. Mr. Lefevre, the candidate for the speakership, has just published an essay on " The application of the sub-soil plough," which some persons consider bears a striking analogy to the mole-like propensities of the whigs. Cu MOUS FACT.—On Monday last, a farmer in the neigh bourhood of Marchwiel had occasion to take a cart, which had not been used for some weeks, to Rhos iron works, a distance of several miles, and upon their return home the waggoner was astonished to see a robin sitting ou its nest in the front of the cart, where it had remained affectionately at taches to the embryo objects of her maternal solicitude, undisturbed by the noise or jolting of the cart along an uneven road.—Salopian Journal. Among other rumours is one that Lord John Russell has yielded to the radicals, and heis to " go the whole hog " with them for the future. This implies that the little lord is pre pared to eat his own words, by making a meal of his last letter to the electors of Stroud. Charitable persons no doubt will be found to make for the noble lord the same apology as the Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet makes for himself. Quarter day is, of all days in the year, that not to be despised. On Tuesday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, a detach ment of the royal horse artillery, with two guns, marched from Woolwich, it is understood for Birmingham. On pas sing through Greenwich the men were loudly cheered by the anti-chartists. Woolwich has, within the last few days, as sumed a very warlike appearance, from the continual aug mentation of stores, and preparations of troops for marching orders. Another detachment of artillery is expected to leave Woolwich on Wednesday. The London Sun of Friday, in a leading article, urges the horrible suggestion that had Sir Robert Peel's stipulation for the removal of the whig women from the court been acceded to, her majesty's life might be endangered from their suc cessors, who, it is assumed, might conclude they were doing an acceptable public service, and fulfilling a religious duty, by hastening Prince Ernest's accession to the throne of Eng land. To what an extent of depravity has the factious dispo ition of the editor led him. We hope the paper will be seen no more in any newsroom, having a character for respecta bility, nor in any private family where regard is had to honor and integrity. PEDESTRIANISM.—Mr. Stevens, of the 61st regiment, who wagered that he would walk 75 miles in 12 successive hours, commenced the feat on the Anglesey-road, Newport, yester day morning. An immense number of spectators, and some hundreds of them from this city, lined the road at each side. When he had walked 45 miles, which he did in 6 hours and 45 minutes, he ventured to wager £5OO. that he would ac complish the whole within the given time. Before he started again, however, he took a tumbler of brandy and water, which, heated as he was, completely overcame him and ren dered him incapable of proceeding further. The wager was therefore lost.—Limerick Standard. ORIGIN OF CHARTISM.—It is very strongly suspected that the whig ministers were the actual founders of this chartist agitation, and that many of the individuals now form ing the National Convention were originally employed by them, and paid out of the public purse (secret service, of course) to agitate for the charter. Wise and wary politicians, who know something of the party, even the people's friend, Mr. Oastler, is of this opinion. They knew very well that the respectable portion of the community would be with them against granting any such preposterous claims ; but it was an excellent trick to divert the people's attention from unani mously demanding a repeal of the new poor law bill, which they would have done, but for this precious specimen of whig cunning.— Times. A 'company is being formed at Morpeth for the establish ment of a woollen manufactory. There can be no doubt that in the description of article fabricated at Hawick, Galashiels, and other places in the south of Scotland, Morpeth will pos sess decided advantages over those places, not the least of which will arise from the fact of its being the great mart for the sale of the raw material, and in close proximity with the nourishing town and port of Newcastle.—Newcastle Journal. Lord Clarendon is about to receive with the hand of Lady Catherine Barham a fortune of between £3OOO and £4OOO per annum. Her ladyship, who is now in her twenty-ninth year, was united about five years' since, to John Barham, Esq., M. P. for Kendal, nephew to the Earl of Thanet, who died three years afterwards, leaving her with an infant child, who inherits the extensive family estates in Pembrokeshire. The noble earl is in his thirty-ninth year, and inherits the entailed estates of his uncle, the late Earl of Clarendon. MEXICO.—Her Majesty's packet, Skylark, has brought advices from Mexico to the 24th, and from Vera Cruz to the 28th of March. It appears from these accounts that the treaty between the French government and the Mexican re public had been ratified by the latter. Internal dissensions prevailed to such an extent that commercial affairs were ren dered completely stagnant. On the one hand it is stated that Bustamente was about to attack Tampico, and on the other, that nearly 600 of the federalists had sailed from Tampico with the view of plundering Vera Cruz and seizing the moneys received for custom dues. The exchange on England as 44, with few bills offering. THE DERBY.—The Jockey Club would do well to establish some stringent rule which might prevent for the future the raising such questions after the race as are now raised in the case of the winning horse Bloomsbury. One feature in that rule should be, that all cbjections to the age or pedigree of a horse should be made a month before the race, so as to give all parties time to make and answer them ; but the race being run and over, no such objections should be allowed, on any pretence, to be made ; at any rate as regards bets, as there are always shabby people enough to be found glad to seize, or invent, any pretence for keeping their money in their pockets.—Herald. GIGANTIC EGG.—A domestic hen, belonging to an indi vidual in Maxwelltown, laid an egg, last Sunday morning, of most gigantic proportions. It was not quite so regularly formed as eggs are in general, having a small ridge round the middle, and when examined by the light of a candle, it ap peared to contain two yolks. We measured and weighed it, as also one of the usual size, for the sake of contrast ; the respective dimensions of which were as follows, viz : COMMON EGG. GIGANTIC EGG. Length 2+ inches 3 inches. Girth round the middle.. 54 do. 6l do. Girth round the ends.... 6+ do. 8 do. Weight 2 ounces 34 ounces. —Dumfries Courier. HEALTH OF LONDON.—Although London stands low in point of salubrity, in comparison with the provinces of Eng land, it stands very high when compared with most of the continental cities, and even states. With all the bo as t e d ad vantages of the climate on the Mediterranean shores, the set tled salubrious seasons of France, the glowing atmosphere and serene blue sky of Italy, we find England, and even its gigantic, crowded, and almost boundless metropolis, enjoying a greater share of health, and consequently possessing a high er value of life, than the inhabitants of almost any foreign city or state in Europe, or perhaps in the world. It stands with respect to Paris in the scale of health as 40 to 32 ; to Leghorn as 40 to 35 ; to Naples as 40 to 281 ! to Rome as 40 to 24 ; and to Vienna as 40 to 224. The morality in the latter city being as high as 1 to 224 ; in other words, five per cent. of the whole population die annually.—London as it is. SORREL.—SorreI is found wild in grassy pastures through.. out Europe, from the Alps of Lapland to Greece. It is now scarcely known as a potherb in this country except at fashion able tables, and the small demand having now nearly banished it from the metropolitan markets, it fetches the price of dainty forest plants. This is owing principally to the caprice of fashion, which extends even to our vegetable food, variety being more frequently coveted than excellence. The use of sorrel is of great antiquity, as are its medicinal properties, which from its nature are acid and cooling. It is grateful to the stomach, quenches thirst, allays the heat of the choler, and is an excellent anti-scorbutic. A handful of the leaves boiled in a pint of whey is an excellent medicine in April; in short it is one of the most effectual remedies against the scurvy, if the leaves are eaten green, or their juice drunk at the time above mentioned.—The Vegetable Cultivator, by by John Rogers. JAMES THE FIRST AND THE CITIZENS OF LONDON.—A good story is related of James I. and one of the lord mayors, ' in reference to the prosperity of the twin cities, and which, for its happy, quiet laudation of the Thames, it would be unpardonable to omit. James being in want of £20,000, applied to the corporation of London for a loan of that sum. The corporation refused ; upon which the King, in high dudgeon, sent for the lord mayor and some of the aldermen, and, rating them in severe terms for their disloyalty, insisted upon their raising the money for him. " Please your Ma jesty," said the lord mayor, " we cannot lend you what we have not got." " You must get it," replied the King. "We cannot," sa id t h e l ord mayor. " compel you, rejoined the King. " But you cannot compel us," retorted the lord mayor. "No !" exclaimed the King •, " then I'll ruin your city for ever. I'll make a desert of Westminster; I'll remove my courts of law, my parliament, and my court. to York or Oxford ; and then what will become of you ?" " Please your Majesty," rejoined the lord mayor, meekly, " you may remove yourself and your courts wherever you please, but there will always be this consolation for the poor merchants of London—you cannot take the Thames along with you."—Bentley's Miscellany. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—Arraigned as Sir Robert Peel has been before the tribunal of public opinion, and outrageously maligned by the misrepresentations of a factious press, his noble triumph over the difficulties of his late trying position, equally with his satisfactory explanations of the reasons of his conduct, must vastly enhance his reputation. A result so contrary to that which his political opponents have laboured to secure, is most cheering and important in the present crisis of the monarchy, when its fate is so dependent on the charac ter of its principal defenders. We defy the most lynx-eyed opponent of the noble baronet to detect in his conduct one step deviating, through selfish considerations, from the straightforward path of public duty. It was to be presumed, that his well-known public principle would prove an ample pavilion of security from the strife of vu'gar tongues. The real temptations to transgress, however slightly, the rules prescribed by a lofty and devotional loyalty, lay in the pro vocation to baffle suspected intrigues behind the throne, and in the, delicate but arduous task of grappling with the misconceptions of his sovereign mistress. He has come out of the sharp and fiery trial, however, unscathed either as to his public principles or loyal feelings, and occupies at this moment a position in public favour higher than ever, and is consequently more fitted by the late adverse and untoward event to become the future saviour of his country. The Duke of Wellington's speech in the House of Peers, is a triumphant vindication of the course pursued by his right honourable friend--Watchman--Wesleyan Methodist paper. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL• The Public is respectfully informed, that an arrangeni el V; been made, for a limited number of Nights, for the ITS formances of HERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S VSI" BLE TROOP of MONKEYS AND DOGS, Theatre' which have created so great a sensation at the B e r- Royal, St. James's, London, and in Paris, Vienna , hose lin, Hamburgh, and all parts of the Continent; and wwith exertions are nightly received, in this Theatre, the most unbounded applause. Fourth appearance of MR. HOOPER, .., St. Lessee and principal Comedian of the Theatre - R o y al, James's, London, who is engaged for a Fortnight. And Fifth Night of MISS SMITH AND MISS JULIA SMITIL,a, the Popular Singers, who are engaged for a limited Pe" THIS present FRIDAY, the 24th instant, wil l be P" formed the favourite Comic Drama of RAISING THE WIND. Jeremy Diddler Mr. Hooper. ell. Plainway.. Mr. Vivash. Peggy Mrs. E. Be all obi End of the Drama—DUET, " Ye Banks and Braes, Miss Smith and Miss Julia Smith. After which, the petite Comedy of th e TWO GREGORYS. fie. Horn Mr. Gregory M r . G. Hocas-, o pt, Gregory Mr. Slaiter. Fanchette ...... Miss The popular DUET of the " Keel Row," by Miss Smith and Miss Julia Smith. After which, the Performances of ,BLF. HERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S vEniT TROOP (45 IN NUMBER) OF MON KEYS AND DOGS. o f Comprising the Supper of Lord Gogo—The SPiee ers eo de Berne—The Waltz of the Cantons. The Grand Prempagi -Madame Batavia in her Carriage—an Upset --- e Tight Comical Scene—A Military Scene—Exercises on tb t e l Rope—The Riding Academy—The Deserter—GT° Tbe tary Spectacle—Taking of the Fort of Kokoraorium._oriii, highly-trained Dog, Cresar, will exhibit his most e stra nary Performances ! To conclude with the Musical Farce of NO SONG NO SUPPER. ..... Mr. Barker. Crop Mr. P. Cr° Margarctta . Dorothy Miss Julia Sinith. The Box-office will be opened daily, when Tickets 10' unto had, and Places taken, of Mr. PARKER, from Teo Three. Frederick. CLASSICAL CHAMBER CONCERTS, TEMPLARS' HALL. the Under the distinguished Patronage of the TrorshiPigb• MAYOR, and the Gentlemen of the Liverpool Glee . . __ s EYTON respectfully infornis the Subscribetes Lill Public that the LAST CONCERT of the Se r ;, t take place on MONDAY EVENING next the 27th instants' ros' Non-subscribers' Tickets, 4s. each, to be had, s'''" l ,; e Ol. pectuses, at the Music Shops, and at Mr. ErTGN'S ' ACA 3G, Crown-street. Chi Zitnrpoot &tanbarb• FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1539• Wave after wave the tide of political excitement Its on so rapidly during the session of Parliament an g jes continuance of keen opposition, and active s tru e g oo r for party ascendancy, that we have neither the „ e space for the deeper and more serious questions o _ , r re , 0 litical science. By common c onsen t, the neces sar r suit of general convenience, these consideration' usually reserved for the recess ; and when tha t P o st of comparative leisure shall arrive, we shall ee de va iss to carry out some investigations of the leading lig e which now agitate men's minds, and divide int a of rent sects and parties all the reflecting portion °4 community ; and of these we will venture to ass e ed i o o cardinal point is the great and all-important e t a pd of National Education. Involving the bight' 0 1 most abstract questions of political philosoP b) ' o cti• descending into the very minutest channels of P r;l jo i cal detail, this question is forced upon the pub lic o lio with increased interest and importance by the P condition of the British people, and the critical re ° ,a3 lure of our ecclesiastical affairs. For all the se r e3 ,s3 it requires to be discu s s e d w ith p a ti en t, accur al i p d calm attention, without alloy of party aeriina ll ' with the most unmixed desire to promote th e % *, welfare. But the p rec ipit ancy , th e f o lly, and' 11 e s add, the wickedness of our m i sgu id e d r ulers, l i ' de le, whether we will or no, t o t urn as id e f r om our rate purpose, and in this transient pause of Pa rt ' c e, fare, calls our attention to a danger which hall o ' upon our heads; and, before we shall have 113 eac j , , more opportunities of appearing before our % i d the blow will assuredly be struck. We hopee, 3 o3 o( l, firmly believe, that conservative, religious 11413 gi iitt will not be caught sleeping, and that the blow coil upon the profligate assailant. , ea ill , Whenever the whigs are unusually hard P r r r s o fiat politics, they always endeavour to get off by tl ` va ilet' their pursuers into a false sc en t. Lik e a craftq ue ti , they go off on an immaterial issue. Like a 0 0 115 ; bandit-captain, they are great at f e i n t s , and di ve sa' and stratagems. In this spirit, when Jalllaicat'o tUe Canada, and Ireland are, like the Symplega des , ancient mariner, shifting rocks that threaten 111- 0 , for wily to crush their frail and crazy bark, they S e , $ ( 10' temporary shelter in the false haven of Nationa l "; cation. Amid the bustle which attended the t a e , up of Parliament last week for the Whitsuntide oa al e Lord John Russell gave a hurried notice th at tor ,1 ,1 31st instant he will move a grant of £3 o o ° o °6l insidious purpose. Now, as this is one of th ic io o plausible, and, at the same time, most Pe r te schemes that hav e emanate d f rom t h ese proflig a l ticians, we propose t o exam i ne i t i n so me d et3 :o o ' il this " brief breathi ng -ti me " we canno t hope t ° 0, up as it deserves, b u t s h a ll return to it i° 11g searching manner on th e fi rst su i ta bl e o ccasi° l3 o o l ; say it is the most pl aus ibl e , b ecause we not alb a / 1 but, as zealous churchmen, are the foremos t ° di' anxious to assert, that the diffusion of real l'e ° ol . e se c ' . in a sound and serv i cea bl e way, i s one of o veil r highest duties which can attach to the civ il r ii iog s; ment. We also affirm that it is the most r el %liea l° because, being founded upon principles entic el Y i jg, the British constitution, distasteful to the nat i°l : o o ° ' ratter and dispositions, and repugnant to c ba tif sense, it is calculated to convey not knowle d g . , e ' e sil f°r norance and error, an d so t o i ncrease the ve ry , „ 0 which it professes to provide a remedy. cation .4 We say that the proposed scheme of e d n a t repugnant to common sense, because we then intended to convey religious knowledge to tje a d 3 r( i but that no definite standard is to be se t ' °T „ hered to. Thi s i s act i ng upon the a d v i c e Brougham's last and celebrated letter of " f o t a system of national education upon the sal s ol; tion of religion and morals, but according t° e wor' j principles o f c i v il an d re li g i ous liberty." • id so reo, so sensible and intelli g ibl e as a p l a i n man - t be r them, contai n , w h en i n t erprete d accor ding t° ba s be e • b . 41 of liberal phraseology, th a t arc h f a ll a cy wil le so often and so triumphantly exposed by 11.1" t, ere statesmen and our best divine s ,—and no w at ora tl° o completely and more succe ss f u lly than in th hc riP tlo ~, of our reverend tow nsman , an d that s n " ha te y ' which 1r amongst the people of this l o y a l town, t the come matter of history, and are registered at It form Club as a debt o f ever l ast i ng hatred t° l• Rev. H. rNeile and the good town of Li ver : ooo es e 1 t 'l/1 0 is not therefore necessary f or us t o e nter at P r t i o e. , t o this most important bra nc h o f thi s vital (In es ° , tlo'is shall content o urse l ves w i t h mere l y o bservi ll e' e tell l ' o f i'lr to en d we will teach, but not after any Pecn -1 ' te e ea p simply to stultify , ourselves—to let 0 It , Oe t h e lat . „ , e , our commonwealth forget the beginning* 13 o , l Ue any thing at all, we must do it after a fixed P stir de heard a great d ea l sa id, a f ew mon ths ag°' - a ir O re ) guages of railways, and there was a mighty t h e C el about what system should be adopted 011. t ri oceay Western Railw a y. B u t we never h ea rd that 1 tea" t se Ye even to the very lib era l gent l eman w ho eeP r e e „ t4 • Liverpool interest on th a t occas i on to sege g ; f eat ° t o us indeed mak e a ra il way; f or th a t will be 3 - e t t ag ° e vantage to the public; but since we cann ° reti e e o n 011 the distance between the rails, let us, in c tp,Ve ha .„- the freedom of opinion, lay down no rule w se ; •• a did t eo t this head." If he had suggested so sP• e- s he would ceriainlY have been voted w( i ) . r i t ,e l y * , pat;js waistcoat. And yet the cases are Pre -- 11e re e with this single exception,—the proof , 0 , 0 0f 91 , ° ,/ physical, in the other it is moral. Physical pa beas"!l),, themselves upon the conviction of man a e tto 0 0 01 0 ( there are minds for which moral proof leas -Vicar the ife' " I have given y ou my reason ," says to g ou r Wakefield—" an un d ers t an di ng te e hit is not ien o clam A te By a curious inc ons i s t enc y, the mien %eV D ig for a state educati on are th e self-same n t eternally clamouring a g ai n st a state virlur ch. ,0 0 0 3 , Mon t env incongruity cannot be set straight. is l l' „V make men pay for a church which they To ts h ie) to like,—that is, to make them pay the julr , to '‘ s vbjec' bore' their fathers have paid before them, g they received their property, and therefore portion having been the churchs' .d far d ot, or P3' never been included in their purchase . 5 it, st the time' tile their money, continues the church's stil l " --1 o 0 a tyranny in the state, while it protects 11'0 0 a ea st Al , I t nine-tenths which are their own, to e Aeu the one-tenth which never was their ow n • tialerific , trranny to im pos . them that wi tnaintenance of icious The Ni . nig over the ri s i 'fliq iodes,the cons, ons of Lords l 't3) by far the g r l'gland ,--t o pay f 'bile purse is to 1 ket s;"--00\V wha 'non, butforcing 711 a Tnore aggravated i'f)re, or ever was a aati -ch t pou wh; C hurch l''';"'-, raise his har i C . I°4 ittlpost O u t, say they, tl . • 1 In religious 1,1, ,) become an I'•-•-is secular 'r,.. e . , .. , and religiot N.,„ . . :tiand for on e c', oo of it--that 1 ..Itcii t,,...„:1,41 •,,,,:,,,,_,,.eililtlinfrlnr°4ottaltnio(. lninf6etdhoc'ouf. s i' ,ith ;,. _ . . 141.111. revealed. 0. NL ct Apollo,: but a i - E, ?: who shall 1 '''' shall follow ~ ou '''erable .6 1 , rain] ca k r , p`'ta tell 118 of i",aPid pro9ressioz 'll th e t; „.. z,,,4 , time 0, ou itk,u)? Who shz ti the deflections f 1, ~t° tilne be read whe'llve? \‘' Y rimy pee4d,th..eY iought to orlN7 tile tnateria with w,",'"andering i tb, filch the laby ullad `h al iiti, \V tho 5, a I 2144 science the t' ' he'l4; and there rut l %.i.ilii rooe for p ro t Libu, kalte one pay le te(tattz, or force a \\',,a)_t L3' of Galileon thi:rd John R 1 ~_ ' that tlie trier N'e at for t h. Nkeac ing '. 4 (1 de .. 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