The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-06 00:00:00

S THE LIVERPOO ...._ FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ' When returne s dto IN wife, he complained to her of all Popish processions, and putting down those made by Pro those who had persuaded him to break his chain. Mrs. testants. The Rev. Dr. Drew, of Belfast, went further, FRANCE. Heald is in the greatest anger; her eyes dart fire; and if and said, "As regarded the visit of the Queen to this Cants IN FRANCE.—It will, no doubt, take most of our ever she meets with those who wanted to separate her country, he understood, on authority, that in Cork the readers by surprise, when they learn that Louis Napoleon husband from her, Ido not know what may not happen. Queen was not cheered by the populace, and that for the Bonaparte has taken the bold course of unceremoniously It is said that she is about to publish a statement of her reception she got there she was indebted to the Orange dismissing his ministers. It is not without reason, too, late adventures." men of the south. The priests of Cork did not come for that he has done so. In a message to the assembly, an- ward. Then in Dublin, where she got a grand reception, flouncing the fact, he explains, "that without rancour RAILWAY AFFAIRS. let it be remembered that there were seven thousand against any individual or party, he had allowed men of the .— Orangemen ; but if Smith O'Brien were brought round most opposite opinions to arrive at power," but without A challenge to test the superiority in economy and Dublin on a three-legged stool, he would get as many obtaining the happy result which he expected from that power of their respective engines has been addressed by cheers as the Queen. (Cheers.) In Belfast, though she arrangement. "In place," says the President, "of Mr. J. W. Hackworth to Mr. Robert Stevenson. got a warm reception, as regarded the insult recently effecting a fusion of different shades of opinion, he only The portion of the North-Western Railway from Lan- offered to Lady Jocelyn, the Orangemen of Belfast would arrived at a neutralization of force." Ancient parties caster to Wennington, twelve miles, was opened on Wed- show her, when she came amongst them, how they des had only elevated " their colours, revived their rivalries, nesday. pised the authors and concoctors of that affront." and alarmed the country by arousing disquietude." This There were 137 applications for the office of managing UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. is bold language, certainly, and sufficiently justifies the director of the York and North Midland, at £3OO a year. President in the extraordinary course he has taken. It Under the late direction the salary was £l2OO. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. would appear that Napoleon Buena arts is, after all, not The receipts of the London and North-Western Rail likely to remain a nassive instrument in the hands of way for the past week ha ve excee d e d th ose o f the comes-The Bishop of Chester has licensed the Crompton-road French factionists. He seems resolved to assert a will of po n din g pe r iod of l as t y ear t o th e ex t ent o f £ l 6 Ol. school room, Macclesfield, in the county of Chester, being the school under the pastoral superi n te n dence of the Rev. his own, and to suffer no contending parties to come be- It is stated that a line of railway from Broughton-in- Charles O'Neill Pratt, minister of Christ Church, Mac tween him and his presidential p r erogatives. What may Furness to Conistone has been surveyed. The distance clesfield, for Divine Service. be the result of this bold movement it is, of course, im- is e i g ht miles ; th e es ti ma t e d cos t £40 , 000 . T he o b ject BARDSEA, ULVERSTON. possible to predict. sought is to give facilities for the transit of the mineral The yard surrounding the new church at Bardsea, has Thepresidentof the Frenchrepublic reviewed thenational ores of the district. , been licensed for interments, until the same can be guard ofSt. Germain on Sunday week. He was accompanied YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—On Wee- consecrated. corn- by the minister of war, his aide-de-camp, and a numerous nesday, a spe c i a l mee ti ng o f th e s h are h o ld ers o f t hi s co- CONSECRATION. Suite. During the review, the president was greeted with pany was held at York, to receive the third report of the ' The Bishop consecrated the new church at Golborne, enthusiastic shouts of " Vive le President," " Vive Napo- committee of investigation. The primary questions in- in the county of Lancaster, on Wednesday, the 31st ult. leon." There were a few cries of " Vive l'Empereur," voived in this report were certain charges against the pre- The church, which cont-ins accommodation for upwards and even of " Vive le Roi." A very few cries of " Vive sent directory, but principally as to the desirableness of of 500 persons, has been built by private subscription, la Republique." One man shouted " A bas la Repub- retaining Mr. Meek as chairman of the company. After aided by grants from the Church Building Societies, lique ; ' " Vive le President ;" but he was arrested by a stormy discussion, the report was received by a majority nearly one half of the sittings—namely, 250—being en some bystanders. Two or three ill-looking men cried of 654 votes. tirely free and unappropriated. Under the provisions of Vive la Republique Democratique et Socials." The ssesseseseme, president then visited the racecourse. IREL AND. the act for the division of the parish of Winwick, the Go The following is the definitive list of the new ministry, e , township of church become a lborne has, by the consecration of this separate parish and rectory Patron for as published in the Moniteur on Friday :—General de The Limerick Chronicle brings an account of ano th er Hautpol, Minister of War; Achille Fould, Finance; mur d er i n Cl are, t h e t hi r d or f ourth wh i ch has disgraced the first turn, the rector of Winwick. . Rouher, Justice; Ferdinand Barret, Home Department; the annals of that county during the present month. The Rev. H. H. Milman is appointed Dean of St. De Raynival, the Minister at Naples for Foreign Affairs ; REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The fourth and most wretched Paul's. Dames, Commerce and Agriculture •De Parrieu, Public meeti ng o f th e ser i es , was h e ld on M on d ay. Th e rent f or Th e R ev . R. B. H one , v i car o f H a l esowen , i s appo i n t e d Instruction and Worship; Admiral R em ain Desfosses, the week was £29 Ss. ld., wherever that sum came from. to succeed Mr. Onslow as Archdeacon of Worcester. Marine and Colo n ies ; B ureau , Pnblic Works. General In consequence of rumours that demonstrations would Lady Erskine has just presented to Conway Church a Hautpol is temporarily charged in the absence of Rayni- be made in Ulster on the sth of November, reinforcements very valuable set of silver communion plate. val, with the po r tf o li o o f f ore i gn a ff a i rs . All th e above of troops have been sent from Dublin into the county of The Rev. W. Cureton, of the British Museum, has belong to the majority of the Legislative Assembly. The Down. been nominated to the vacant canonry of Westminster. Post correspondent states that the list as published in the Lord Roden has written strongly to the Orangemen, The Bishop of Chester arrived at Windsor Castle on non-official columns of the Monileur, is neither counter- dissuading them from their intended demonstration on Saturday last, and joined the Royal dinner circle in the signed by the President, nor his late ministers, and that the sth of November; and in consequence it will most evening. Paris is in a state of great excitement. likely be abandoned. The Archbishop of' Canterbury had an interview with' The Chronicle correspondent wr ites that the excitement Mr. Sergeant Murphy arrived in Cork on Sunday night. Lord John Russell, on Thursday, on the subject of a day caused by the sudden c h a n ge o f m i n i s t r y, h as by no means He withdraws from the contest. Colonel Chatterton is of thanksgiving. diminished. On Wednesday night, crowds assembled in pretty sure of his election. He has the support of Mr. 1 The Rev. C. T. Whitley, M.A., Vice-Master of Univer the Boulevard, eager to see the President's letter, but no E. B. Roche, M.P., who has turned Protectionist. sity College, Durham, has been appointed an Honorary popular demonstration took place, nor was there any ap- Two members of a petit jury locked up for the night at Canon in that Cathedral. pearance of disturbance at the Opera passage. The Fiors the Tralee sessions just concluded, came into the town Dr. 011ivant will be the new Bishop of Llandaff. He went down at Ito 861, b e i ng a f a ll o f more th an a franc during the night, and conveyed refreshments back to their was formerly vice-president of Lampeter College, Wales, and a half; after a ti m e a n i m p rov e men t took place, and fellow-jurors. In the morning the matter came to the where so many of the Welsh clergy are educated, and his rose to 87-40, and left off at 87-5. Odillon Barrett was ears of the barrister, who ruled heavy fines against the appointment will give great satisfaction in the principality. not informed of the President's intentions to change the jury, which were subsequently reduced to £5. It is said that the new Bishop of Norwich can take his ministry till two on Wednesday afternoon. The Debats On Friday, the 19th, the Lord Bishop of Team held a seat in the House of Lords as Abbott of Holme. His is more astonished th an a l arme d, an d s a ys, on the an- confirmation at Selerna Missionary Station, when thirty episcopal dignity will not give him that elevation until nouncernent of the change, the Conservatives were greatly converts, who a few short months ago belon g ed t o the another vacancy occurs among the bishoprics. agitated, while M on t agnar dy were comparativ e ly calm. Church of Rome, came forward boldly in spite of much From a report just issued by the trustees of the Colo- The A ational condemns and ridicules the new ministry, opposition, and from a distance of fourteen miles th roug h nial Bishopric Fund, it appears that the sum subscribed, by adding that they are clerks not ministers. Paris is wet and cold, to profess openly their belief in the fi n i s h e d £133,600, has been exhausted in the endowment of nine tranquil. work of Jesus, the only Saviour and Mediator. colonial bishoprics. An appeal is made for further assist- THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S LETTER.—OPINIONS OF The landed proprietary of the county of Limerick, mice.. THE LONDON PAPERS.—The Times considers it imprudent marshalled by Lord Monteagle, of Brandon, have t a k en On Wednesday, Mr. Orde, a student of Caius College, but spirited. - The Chronicle considers that a more in- the initiative towards the preparation of a " case" to b e Cambridge, was thrown from his gig through pulling up furious communication has seldom been laid before a laid before Lord Clarendon, setting forth their in a bility his horse too sharply. He fell upon his head and died legislative assembly of a free country. The Daily News any longer to cope with the difficulties which beset them next day. He was the son of Mr. and Lady Orde, of approves the President's goo d i n t en ti on , b u t s e es greater on every side, the monster grievances being, the poor law Ryde Castle, Isle of Wight. cause than ever to mistrust his wisdom, and to foresee his and free trade—the latter as it affects Irish agriculture. TRACTARIAN INTRIGUES AT OXFORD.—We (Church fall. The Herald expresses no opinion on the subject, It is rumoured in some fashionable society that a cer- and State Gazette) are informed that intrigues are deeply but approves of a change of ministry. The Post does tarn young lady, who lately vowed eternal constancy to laid, at several colleges at Oxford, for securing the head not allude to the matter. one of the transported Confederate pa`riots, and whose ships of those Societies on the next vacancies to leaders In the French National Assembly, on Wednesday, the affectionate parting in the gaol melted the turnkeys to of the Tractarian party among its fellows. Magdalen, proposition of M. Cretin to per m it th e re t urn o f th e exiled tears, is about to transfer her plighted vows to the scion Trinity, Queen's, Oriel, and other colleges have been Bourbons to France was debated. The proposer asked of an ancient family, and to change her faith with her especially named to us. only that the exiles should be allowed to reside in France affections—this having been insisted on by the new THE EDUCATION QUESTION.—We regret to observe —they might he under such surveillance as the Govern- lover.—Limerick Chronicle. that a number of the clergy, assembled at Wells during went deemed fit-; no members of the exiled families could RECLAMATION OF LAND FROM RIVERS.—The Lords the last week, the Bishop in the chair, came to a resolu sit in the Assembly for six years, nor be competent to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have served notices, tion to support the Rev. George Denison, of Tractarian Presidency of the Republic for eight years. On a division, claiming the land taken in from the river by the Cork, celebrity, in his agitation to prevent any arrangement the motion was rejected by a majority of 484 to 183. Blackrock, and Passage Railway Company, and they have taking place on the plan recently suggested between the Paris journals announce that M. de Falloux has defini- written to say that a valuator is instructed to come over Committee of the National Society on education and the tively resigned ; the Ordre attributes the step to his bad and value the property for their lordships. The Corpora- Committee of Privy Council. health. tion of Liverpool, within a few days, completed a corn- The Bishop of Hereford (Dr. Hampden) has just or- FRANCE AND Moßocco. —Accounts from Gibraltar promise with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, dained five Dissenting ministers for the ministry of the mention that, on the 22d instant, a Spanish steamer un- by consenting to pay to the credit of their lordships a Church of England ; the Bishop of Chester has ordained expectedly arrived there from Tangiers, bringing all the sum of £160,600, for land they took in from the river.— two, who came over with their congregations, deeply im- French residents in Morocco, in consequenceof the French Cork Constitution. pressed with reading The Primitive Church in its Epis charg4 d'affaires having broken off negotiations with thO ENGLISHMEN AND IRISHMEN.—Mr. Bright, in his copacy. The Bishop of Lichfield has received nearly Moorish government. The French consul-general and recen t h arangue on t h e state of Ireland, has so expressed s i xty app li ca ti ons f rom di ssent i ng preac h ers to b e or d a i ne d the vice-consul had embarked on board the Pernone frigate, himself as to encourage the inveterate tendency of Irish- ministers of the Church. and hostilities would probably commence by the bombard- men to look to everything and everybody, excepting only DURHAM UNIVERSITY.—On Tuesday, H. Carr, of ment of Tangiers and Mogadore, as soon as the French themselves, for the causes of their misery. Had English- University College, was admitted to the Lindsay Scholar squadron should arrive. The steam-frigate, Dauphine, men i n d u l ge d muc h i n t h e sent i menta l speculations which s hi p , open t o a ll the students entering the University from was sent from Tangiers to Toulon, on th e night of the form the staple of Mr. Bright's Irish sympathy, they Durham Grammar School ; and C. B. Haslewood, scholar 20th, with instructions to the French Mediterranean fleet would never have emerged from pristine barbarism, of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, to the Newby Scholarship, to sail for Tangiers. The reason of this unexpected ter- wretchedness, and dirt. It is not one Englishman in open' to all the members of the University, without re mination of the negotiations wa s su pp ose d t o b e on ac - t wenty who has a chance of getting, we do not say a free- striction, who have not passed the examination for the count of the emperor having decapitated a courier, for- hold, but a holding of any sort that a man can live upon. second year. merly in the service of M. Roche, the French charge Not one in twenty has a pecuniary interest in the Esta- THE OFFERTORY AT LEIGH.—The Bishop's injunction d'affaires, and whom the French government had de- blished Church, or any reason besides his religious con- respecting this matter, and also the demurrer which the mended to be given up. On other points, the emperor victions for remaining a member of it. In fact . , there is vicar thought it necessary to send to his lordship, have had ordered satisfaction to be given to the French, and not an Irish grievance but we could show the like. Yet already been noticed. A gentleman, who was requested the flag of that nation was to have been saluted on the we are comparatively, though only comparatively, pros- by the vicar to be at the church on Sunday week, has fur- ' 21st instant, by the batteries of Tangiers ; but the French perous, happy, and peaceable. The reason is obvious. Dished a contemporary with some particulars of what took consul rejected this partial ratification, and ordered all Englishmen are in the habit of considering that every place on that day. After the service, the vicar took to the French subjects to leave the territory of Morocco. Tan- man must take care of himself, and has himself to thank vestry, as usual, " the alms and oblations offered by the gicrs was perfectly tranquil on the 21st instant. The if he does not maintain, and even improve, his position congregation," amounting to 15s. 6d. He was followed pasha was expecting instructions from the emperor to in society. by the three churchwardens, who wished to ke e p p osses _ place the fortifications in a state of defence. THE NENAGH CHAPEL.—The rebellion of the parish- sion of the money, to he disposed of in the usual way. ioners, or rather a portion of them, in Nenagh, continues The vicar said that they should act on the decision of the INDIAN MAIL. to rage as fiercely as ever. All the doors of the chapel late bishop, four years ago, and as he himself had given The delayed India mail reached London on Thursday were completely walled up on Wednesday. Crowds of ss. to the poor during the week, he took that sum from morning. The delay had been caused by the extraordinary persons filled the yard, while the process of barricading the money, The churchwardens allowed him to do so, force of the monsoon, which is said to have been the most was in progress. A sum of £162 has been already raised but said they did so without prejudice to their claim to violent for many years. The amoun t o f ra i n f a ll en i s with which to present the Re v . M r . P ower . It i s sa id have the custody of the whole, as the Bishop had di r e c ted. almost beyond precedent, and the floods throughout India that the subject will he referred to the Pope. The Clon- They stated that they had given nothing to the poor dur have been most destructive. In one instance the rain and mel Chronicle of Thursday, says, " Another meeting ing the week, and claimed in making this reply the same the flood have, by their united operations, produced a called by the bellman was held yesterday, ' for the pur- reservation as before. The vicar then proposed in writing most unexpected effect—the reno wne d f or t o f M oo lt an , pose of hunting Father Kenny,' who has been o r d ere d t o that the remaining 103. 6d. should go to the support of with all its bomb-proof depende nc i es , w hi c h h a d so l ong go to Roscrea. The prevailing sentiment s were —' Up the choir, the schools, and the assistant curate. The held out against all kinds of assailants, has melted away with the Barricades,' erect the wall at once," Down wardens again claimed the custody of the whole of the before the joint att ac k s o f th e monsoon t orren t an d th e with Fathers Kenny and Bo w les,' No surrender'! money. The vicar said he did not think the bishop had flood of the Chenaub. On the 18th of August, the rain ' We'll not pay them, nor hear their masses !" We'll the power so to order it, though he might direct how it began, building after buildin g f e ll i n ra pid success i on , an d have our own Power Parish Priest, and no mist a k e .' I m - was to be disposed of. They might take the money if on the 23d the river had covered the w h o l e coun t r y. Th e mediately after a large number of masons and l a bo urers they liked, but if they did, it would be at their peril. On floods gradually ascended the course of th e r i vers a t th e collected to build up the doors of the chapel with m a ssi v e this they declined to take it, and the vicar ordered it to be rate, it is said, of about seventy miles a d a y, an d h a d masonry. The work of stone barricading oc c upied locked up in the iron chest, and returned amongst it the everywhere done much temporary damage. The news several hours. Some very respectable men present were ss. he had taken. The wardens then left. Soon after from the Punjaub is almost entirely a me re d e t a il o f th e so anxious to have the work speedily finished that th e y they served a paper on the vicar, requiring him to give u p movements of the troops who form the army of occupa- supplied the workmen with mortar. The ' wall of sepa- the money to them, in obedience to an order signed by the tion. In several of the stations much si c k n e s s h a d p re - ration' being erected, the crowd quietly reti r ed, w ith loud Lord Bishop of Manchester, dated 23d ultimo, adding that they would divide it as might be advised. The result is vailed. shouts of ''Tis done," Down with Kenny the sneak,' &c. Verily, verily the ' obnoxious priests' are well con- not yet known. fused now f They will get no pay. and even should they 1 iTHE BISHOP OF RUPERT'S LAND.—A letter from the WEST INDIES.—The West India mail, conveyed by the • bishop to a friend in England, dated "York Factory, desire to pray, where is the chapel ! ! !"., Clyde, Captain Moss, has arrived. Jamaica was without Rupert 's Land, August 22, 1849," announces his THE PURLOINED LETTER.—Circumstances connected a revenue bill, or the ordinary bill for supporting the po- ship's safe arrival, in excellent health, at that place, after with the now notorious letter of Mr. Christopher lord liceFitz- force. The island was, therefore, without any police force ; but the men composing it had, under the difficult a journey of seven weeks, from Orkney. All Dr. Ander circumstances of the case, been sworn in special constables, simon, son-in-law of Daniel O'Connell, and, by the son's friends will rejoice to hear of his auspi c ious a rr i va l grace of the whigs, clerk of the H ana p er , were l a id f u lly at ' signed by him his interesting see. His lordship, before leaving the Imports were gloomy. Trade dull. A riot had broke n before us so long ago as the day of her Majesty's arrival out at Trinidad, on Ist October, arising from th e p eop l e in Dublin. We had then no evidence of Lord Claren- ship, presented Captain Herd with a l e tt er , demanding an abrogation of the law that pe rsons sen t t o don's having taken any step upon this most audacious self and all the passengers, expressing their grateful thanks prison for small debts should be treated as cr i m i na l s . Th e suggestion ; such evidence has, however, since been sup- for his kindness to them, and their high sense of his en- Attorney-General made his appearance, a nd d ec l are d th a t plied by his official organ, the Evening Post, in the fol- wearied attention to his arduous duties during the voyage. the obnoxious clause had been annulled. Notwitstanding one o lowing semi-official sentences :—" After the 12th of On landing at York Fort, his lo r d s hip was ver y ki n dly this notification, the Governor-Gen era l, i n pass i ng th roug h July,f the most disgraceful modes talked of for received by Mr. Hargreaves, the Governor, who had made the crowd in his carriage, was assailed with s t ones . Th e annoying the sovereign was to offer some affront to Lady every arrangement for his comfort ; and he was much gratified at finding letters of cordial welcome from his riot act was read, but as the mob refused to disperse, the Jocelyn, on account of her relationship to Lord Roden, that she would clergy, at the Red River Settlement, &c., awaiting his military were ordered to fire, when several of the people as it was published in the newspapers Tel, and also one from Sir George Simpson, informing ar were killed and others wounded. Later accounts state accompany her Majesty. This fact (already known to him that arrangements had been made for one of the go that various estates were set on fire, and property to a the government) was communicated by the gentlemen v i m that houses at the Lower Fort, Fort Garry, Red considerable amount destroyed. There is nothing from whom the Newry newspaper so grossly libels, and than River, to be prepared for his present residence. The whom a more honourable man or loyal subject exists not the other islands deserving particular notice. the Bishop was about leaving York F or t f or th e Red River in Queen's dominions." Contrast, we beseech you, The accounts from the West Indies by the Clyde d Lord Cl of L honest reader, the free translation orarenon with steamer generally concur in representing the weather as favourable for the crops, the drought experienced in onearrive about the 25th of September. L arg e a nd corn the plain text . of Christopher Fitzsimon. The followin g modious boats had been prepared to take himself and is the letter itself : or two localities having at length disappeared. With re- I July 21,1819. family down. During the passage out, his lordship had spect to the state of business, little is communicated ~ My DEAR CONNELLAN,—I trust I shall be pardoned for made some progress in the acquirement of the Cree which can be regarded as encouraging, and the excite- mentioning a suggestion—l make it from my sincere anxiety language which is mostly spoken by the Indians • and went reigning in Trinidad owing to the late outbreak had th a t no c h ance acc id en t s h ou ld i n any way d amp the enthu- during his stay at York Fort, he had had several op' per i that island. naturally checked for the time the appearance of activity siasm with which the people are ready to recei ve th e Q ueen . tunities of conversing with some of them, and he was glad " Lord Rodenis looked on as the cause of th e l a t e l amen t e d I n affair in the North. His daughter in-law, so i mme di a t e ly a ft er to find that he could make himself pa r tly un derstood by AMERICA.—The American steamship Herrman, which coining in attendance on her Majesty, would be of ' Mauvais them, though he chiefly spoke to them through an in. left New York on the 20th ult., three days later than the augure.' I know the people of Dublin would feel it so. terpreter : they were particularly attentive and serious, no t t o L e a n d t y it f e T e r t ge s t ie r l e h a . v a e ch, c;r o t ii ie so t i i ne e oth n e:i great l attended Divine service on the Sabbath, and daily prayers Canada (which reached Liverpool on Sunday week), arrived n C l o a l t a l l at the Fort. Four Indians expressed themselves desirous at Southampton on Sunday last. The steamer Niagara some malady, tier less dangerous name to appearin the Queen's —a suite"; to be baptized, and being found, on examination, to reached New York on the 19th ult. We shall no doubt " Ever, dear Connellan, most sincerely yours publish in our outer form later intelligence received by the "C. FITZSIMON. understand the nature of the sacred ordinance, his lord- Caledonia. "C. Connellan, Esq.," &c., &c. ship administered the Christian rite ; their wives, who The amount of gold received in the United States from —Dublin Herald. were also desirous to be baptized, were, however, not California, amounts to $3,500,000, or £BOO,OOO, which EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY WITH LORD RODEN.— found sufficiently advanced in their knowledge of Christian appears small. During the next six months, eight mil- Two large meetings were held last week, in D u blin an d truth to be so : he also pe r f orme d severa l marr i ages . lions of dollars were expected. Belfast, to express sympathy with the di sm i sse d O range So m e of Sir John Ri c h ar d son ' s men re t urn i ng f rom th e i r We have received a paper from California, in which it is magistrates. The meeting in Dublin was held at the ineffectual search after Sir John Franklin, who had not stated that " the real diggings have only just been dis- Leitrim Hotel on Wednesd a y, Viscount Lorton in the seen or heard a clergyman for two years, attended the covered." chair. The principal s p ea k ers were th e E ar l s o f E nn i s- d a il y serv i ce , an d expresse d t h emse l ves very grate f ul for killen and Mayo, Lords Downes, Castlemaine, and Dun- the opportunity. His lordship arrived on the 16th of The Church of San Marcos, in Madrid, sudde n ly f e ll sany, and Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P., Colonel Bruen, August. During the short period of his stay, his lordship into one mass of ruins on the night of the 24th ult. M.P., Mr. Bunbury, M.P., Mr. J. Napier, M.P., &c. solemnised five marriages and nine baptisms. On the day The Governor-General of India will shortly b e own _ Letters were read at the meeting, cordially approving of of his departure he married Mr. E, A. Pelly, a nephew of pelled to return to Europe, his health suffering more than the object of it, from the Earl of Clancarty, Lord Bernard, Sir J. H. Pelly, the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Corn was anticipated from the climate of that country. the Earl of Glengall, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl pany, to the daughter of Edward Clouston, Esq., of Professor Kollenati, of Berlin, has propounded a theory of Charleville, Lord O'Neill, Lord Crofton, the Hon. So- Stromness. that men shed their skins as animals do their coats, and merset Maxwell, Sir A. Brooke, M.P., Colonel Taylor. _ _ ____ _ The Church of San Marcos, in Madiid, suddenly fell into one mass of ruins on the night of the 24th ult. The Governor-General of India will shortly be com pelled to return to Europe, his health suffering more than was anticipated from the climate of that country. Professor Kollenati, of Berlin, has propounded a theory that men shed their skins as animals do their coats, and that, like them, they assume a thicker or a thinner cover ing according to the climate in which they reside. The death of the Queen of Madagascar, whose ferocious conduct towards the Christian missionaries and their con verts is so generally known, is now announced. Her son, who succeeds to the throne, is a professing Christian. CAPTURE OF A SLAVER—SIX HUNDRED NEGROES DROWNED.—Letters have been received from her Ma jesty's corvette Tweed, 18, Commander Lord Francis Russell, dated Monte Video, August 2, where she had arrived on the previous day from Pernambuco. On her voyage she had taken a slave vessel of 100 tons burden, with a cargo of 600 negroes on board, all of whom and the crew, with the exception of five, horribly perished, the captain of her having run her ashore on being chased by the corvette. The Tweed was to sail on the 14th for Buenos Ayres. EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY WITH LORD RODEN.— Two large meetings were held last week, in Dublin and Belfast, to express sympathy with the dismissed Orange magistrates. The meeting in Dublin was held at the Leitrim Hotel on Wednesday, Viscount Lorton in the chair. The principal speakers were the Earls of Ennis killen and Mayo, Lords Downes, Castlemaine, and Dun sany, and Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P., Colonel Bruen M.P., Mr. Bunbury, M.P., Mr. J. Napi er , M.P., &c.' Letters were read at the meeting, cordially approving of the object of it, from the Earl of Clancarty, Lord Bernard, the Earl of Glengall, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Charleville, Lord O'Neill, Lord Crofton, the Hon. So merset Maxwell, Sir A. Brooke, M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Sir W. Verner, M.P., Mr. Bateson, M.P., C ap t . Archdale, M.P., Sir E. Hayes, M.P., Mr. A. Boyd, Mr. Humphreys, &c. The resolutions passed expressed re gard and respect for Lord Roden, and condemnation of government. It was also resolved to send an address to Lord Roden, and to prepare a petition to parliament, ask ing for inquiry into the cause of his dismissal, for both of which purposes a committee was appointed. The Belfast meeting was held on Tuesday last, and was a meeting of the Ulster Protestant Association, the Marquis of Down shire taking the chair, and a great number of the magis tracy and gentry of the neighbourhood being present. The principal speakers were Mr. Blackwood Price, Colo nel Ward, and the Dean of Ardagh, on whose motion resolutions in vindication of the Earl of Roden and Messrs. Beers were adopted. The Dean of Ardagh, in the course of an eloquent speech, condemnatory of the government, took occasion to say that the Popish system of education had been established in Ireland, and an inquisition more hideous than that at Rome set up. (" Shame, shame !") He had proof that no clergyman in Ireland can receive promotion from government unless he denounced . the Protestant character of his religion. (Renewed cries of " Shame !") In former years, when he was chaplain to the lord-lieutenant, his recommendations for preferments in his own neighbourhood used to be attended to ; but he had lately recommended a clergyman for a preferment little better than a curacy, and on the rev. gentleman at tending at the Castle, one of the servants of the head in quisitor came out with his (the clergyman's) papers, and asked him was he friendly to the National Board of Edu cation ? On his replying in the negative, he was told there was nothing for him at the Castle. (" Shame !") All the speakers condemned the executive for favouring POLITICAL MISCELLANY. -.------ LOLA MONTES AGAIN.—The Assemblee Nationale gives another letter from its correspondent at Barcelona respecting Lola Montes. It is dated the 20th, and i 3 as follows :—" My previsions are realized ; the husband of Lola Montes. forty-eight hours after his departure, wrote to her from Mataro, imploring pardon. He besought her to allow him to return to her feet. He terminated his epistle thus If you have ever to complain of me show me this letter, and it Rill be your talisman.' Mrs. Heald set out next day by the railway, and some hours after brought back Mr. Heald. According to what he states, be declares that others persuaded him to depart, but scarcely had he been separated from his wife when he desired to return ; three times he attempted to escape on the road, but too good a watch was kept over him. At last, when he arrived at Mataro, he refused to go any further, and then wrote her the letter alluded to above. How THE TIMES GETS ITS INFORMATION.—Apropos of the Times I just mentioned : the elaborate pains taken by this journal to represent trade as improving in Paris is intended as a flattery to President Bonaparte and his government. It is for the same reason that the honest thunderer represents every matter in the Bona partist and governmental point de vue, and calumniates every man and every party that is opposed thereto. It is a mistake, however, to suppose, as is done in England, that direct pecuniary means are employed by the French government to secure the support or forbearance of the Times; the Times takes it out in early information. " Let me know what is passing before any other journal, and I'm for you !" is what the Times always says. It said so to Guizot, then to Lamartine, then to Cavaignac, then to Louis Bonaparte. No doubt it has said the same thing at Vienna and at Naples; and it was by the same means that it got its information from the French at Rome. This is advantageous to the Times, but it does not benefit the public.—Paris Correspondent of the Britannia. THE FAMILY MEDICINE CHEST.—A good family me dicine chest, with a prudent use, has saved many a life ; and yet we think the idea might be improved upon and reduced to a more simple form. Take some good com pound, such as Cockle's Antibilious Pills, and we find that the desired end may be obtained without scales and weights or little mysterious compartments and enchanted bottles with chrystal stoppers. Others might be used ; but COCKLE'S PILLS, as tested by many thousands of persons, and found to answer their purpose so well, may be set down as the best."—Observer. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE sigrituiturat anb I?ortiruiturai COLUMN. At this season of the year, it is usual with amateurs to dig up the flower borders and apply a dressing of manure, and we are very frequently asked the question, " What can I do to make flowers grow in my garden ?" The complaint is, that notwithstanding plenty of manure has been applied, nothing seems to thrive. The reason is, that flower gardens generally want draining tiles more than manure. Strange to say, this most important ope ration is rarely thought of in connection with the flower garden, where a cold heavy clayey soil is often thought good enough for plants of the most delicate character ; and yet surprise is manifested if any of them die under such treatment. Now the only chance of doing any good with plants from a warmer climate than our own, is to insure as small an amount of coldness in the soil as possible. This is effected by good drainage, which most certainly raises the terrestrial temperature very considerably, and at the same time gets rid of unnecessary moisture. Dry soil is not so good a conductor of heat as that which is wet ; the water in which is a rapid conductor, by means of which terres trial heat is given off, and, of course, this happens most at the season of the year when warmth about the roots cannot be well spared. We would therefore advise that all flower gardens should be thoroughly drained, either by regular drains or by a quantity of broken stone or building rubbish being placed at some depth below the surface. The former plan is not within the means of a great number of flo rists; but the latter is easy of accomplishment, and is generally sufficiently effectual. This kind of drainage should be at least eighteen inches thick, and three feet from the surface. Having secured good drainage, the next point is to improve the quality of the soil; for flowering plants we before said strong manure is not required ; but well decomposed leafmould is very bene ficial, which is not a rich manure, as some persons erro neously imagine. But as this cannot be obtained, the exhaustion of the soil must be made up by manure which is thoroughly decomposed. PAPERS ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. NO. VI In our last, we considered the nature and qualities of humus ; but we forgot to mention a very important function which that substance performs. It is this : humus has a great affinity for oxygen, which it con stantly attracts in large quantities, until it is quite decom posed, and the result is solid humic acid and large volumes of carbonic acid, which are evolved during the process of decomposition : this, in its turn, furnishes the vital air of the plants, amongst which it is formed, and the roots of the plant, like its leaves, draw in large quantities of carbonic acid gas, the carbon of which is assimilated by the organs of the plant, and the oxygen emitted, probably by the stomates of the leaves. As this process of decomposition of vegetable matter and formation of humic acid is chiefly below the surface, the utility of stirring the soil around the roots of growing plants will be readily seen, because the operation can only proceed when atmospheric air is freely admitted. If manure could be so buried in the soil that the air could not act upon it, no decomposition and none of the chemical changes we have indicated would take place, and no benefit would be derived; but once admit that uni versal destroyer and revivifier to have access, and the inert manure would be rapidly decomposed, and taken up by myriads of rootlets, whose little spongioles, or absorbent extremities, act like sponges, sucking up nutri ment for the sustenance of vegetation. This opinion is at variance with that of Chevandier, Mulder, and others, whose authority we hold in high esteem ; but it is supported by Liebeg, Buchner, Lukas, and other eminent chemists. One experiment which, we think, confirms it, has often been tried, and that is the cultivation of small plants in powdered charcoal, which had been previously submitted to a red heat. Of course, no humus was present in this or in the distilled water used to keep it moist ; nevertheless, the plants grew and throve, the charcoal rather gained than lost in weight, and no other means of nourishment could have existed than the carbonic acid gas, which charcoal has a remarkable facility for extracting from the atmosphere. We said that the result was rather a gain than a loss of the charcoal, for, upon examination of some charcoal in which plants had long been growing, Buchner found a brown substance similar to humus. This we consider to have been generated by the dying away of portions of the roots, and their gradual conversion to humic acid, which, we believe, would have been abundantly formed had the experiment been longer carried out—thus showing a wonderful system of agents and re-agents in the labora tory of nature. Charcoal is often upheld as a valuable manure, but this is a mistake, as shown by the above mentioned experiments ; for, if it were such, it would be assimilated in some form or other. The truth is, char coal has a remarkable property of absorbing water and carbonic acid gas, both of which are essential to vegetable life, and, combined, are capable of sustaining most of the vegetable functions. REVIEWS The Midland Florist, and Suburban Horticulturist, London : Simpkin and Marshall ; Nottingham ; R Sutton. As a record of all that is new in plants or fruit, this is a most useful little work, and is, from its cheapness, within the range of every person. Some of the new hybrid perpetual roses are well described, and the proper ties of show pinks laid down. This little book is a nzul tum in parvo of horticultural news. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK Stove, Conservatory, ..S-c.—One of the best preparations for winter is is a thorough cleansing and fumigation, espe cially in the greenhouse department, where insects are easily destroyed before fireheat is used, but after it is once applied they generate with extraordinary rapidity, and are not easy to get rid of. In this department, too, mildew, unless carefully guarded against, will be sure to make its appearance, and in a few days will effectually ruin the best grown plants. Flower Garden.—Tulips should be got in immediately. The London florists always used to make the 9th of No vember their planting day ; not that the 9th was better than the Bth or 10th, but because it is always best to act systematically, especially with florists' flowers. Many persons plant ranunculuses this month, but they are far better planted at the commencement of February, by which all the risks of winter are avoided. Kitchen Garden.—During the dull, damp weather of this month much attention will be required amongst the plants under frames and hand glasses. They must be as carefully guarded from damp as from frost; indeed the former is the worse of the two, and the more difficult to conquer. Let the frames have all the air possible ;at the same time they must be protected from rain completely. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A correspondent wishes to know where he can see Huber's Leaf Hive. If any of our apiarian friends can inform us, we shall feel obliged. " T. S. Nevitt."—The following are six good hyacinths ; —Sans Souci (double red), Alfred the Great (double blue), Bouquet d'Orange (double yellow), Ne plus Ultra (double white), Madame Zoutman (double pink), and L'Ami du Coeur (single red). " D. Nasmyth."—We shall resume our sketches of gardens as soon as the spring commences, perhaps occa sionally during the winter ; but you are aware that there is little to notice at this season. MISCELLANEA. Mr. Watson, of Kendal, remarks that observation has convinced him that, in some instances, good lime will continue to operate for fifteen or twenty years, where there is an excess of inert vegetable matter in the soil. A good dressing of lime, applied on the top sward of a plot which grew little except heath, has more than doubled its value. This was done about fifteen years ago, and has completely eradicated the heath : the lime continues in full action. The deep green hue and luxuriant appearance of the land, in spring and autumn, form a striking con trast with the adjoining unimproved land. The texture of the herbage, which is rich and sweet, has been entirely changed. The soil is a thin, moorish loam, in a high cli mate, resting on the grauwacke formation. Some patches of impoverished land, (of unreclaimed heath,) from which nearly the whole of the vegetable turf had been cut and carried away, had a small quantity of lime, in addition to the sprinkling of ashes from paring and burning. The consequence was, that these very inferior patches pro duced double the quantity of grain and straw to any other portion of the field when in crop ; and in after years, the herbage was of finer texture and more luxuriant. Mr. Watson states his belief that " bad 150 or 200 bushels of lime per acre been applied, the cost of which, inclu ding cartage, would not have exceeded as many groats, an adequate return, at least, would have been the result in the first crop."—Journal of Royal Ag, icultural Society. The action of charcoal consists primarily in its pre serving the parts of the plants with which it is in contact —whether they be roots, branches, leaves, or pieces of leaves—unchanged in their vital power for a long space of time, so that the plant obtains time to develop the organs which are necessary for its further support and propaga tion. There can scarcely be a doubt, also, that the char coal undergoes decomposition, for after being used five or six years it becomes a coaly earth, and if this is the case, it must yield carbon, or carbonic oxide, abundantly to the plants growing in it, and thus afford the principal sub stance necessary for the nutrition of vegetables. In what other manner, indeed, could we explain the deep green colour, and great luxuriance of the leaves, and every part of the plants, which can be obtained in no other kind of soil, according to the opinion of men well qualified to judge ? It exercises, likewise, a favourable influence, by decomposing and absorbing the matters excreted by the roots, so as to keep the soil free from the putrifying sub stances which are often the cause of the death of the spongiolie. Its porosity, as well as the power which it possesses of absorbing water with rapidity, and, after the saturation, of allowing all other water to sink through it, are also causes of its favourable effects. These experi ments show what a close affinity the component parts of charcoal have to all plants, for every experiment was crowned with success, although plants belonging to a great many different families were subjected to trial.—lrish Farmers' Gazette. Farm-yard manure is, doubtless, a most excellent sub stance as a food for plants. We know of no material that possesses so many good qualities and real intrinsic merits, whether of natural or artificial production. for one espe cial reason, viz.: It contains almost all the substances that are necessary for the food of the different crops raised by farmers ; but still it has a fault, that is, a want of strength in two of its most important ingredients—in phosphate and in ammonia; if it contained more of these two substances, then nothing could be compared to it. In order, therefore, to improve farm-yard manure in this particular, we would recommend that it should be mixed with such materials as will yield the above substances to it. The most common are night-soil, bones, guano, and the refuse of the sewers. Why should not the farmers assist the efforts now making to collect the sewage matter of cities ?—Agricultural Gazette. THE GREAT STEPPES OF TARTARY. —As the torrid zone is characterised on the whole by a disposition in all vegetation to become arborescent, so some of the Asiatic steppes in.the temperate zone are characterised by the great height attained by flowering herbaceous plants, Saussureas and other Synantherze, and Papilionacete, especially a host of species of Astragalus. In traversing pathless portions of these steppes, the traveller, seated in the low Tartar carriages, sees the thickly crowded plants bend beneath the wheels, but without rising up cannot look around him to see the direction in which he is mov ing. Some of the Asiatic steppes are grassy plains ; others are covered wtth succulent, evergreen, articulated soda plants : many glisten from a distance with flakes of exuded salt which cover the clayey soil, not unlike in appearance to fresh fallen snow.—Humboldt's Aspects of Nature. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS The eventful contest is now over, and nents of the Pike Scheme and the ad Rating have not succeeded in every ii have returned no doubt a sufficient friends to defeat one scheme and carry The following table exhibits the stat_ hour (as far as we could procure it) in tl at the election just closed. The advoca printed in italics : though the oppo vocates of Dock astance, yet they number of their he other of the poll each ,e contested wards ses of the Pike are 3. 11 Pike Pike 4. Maj. Min. 11.1 12 59 70, 87 74 124;158, 135 301 166 110 59 51 125; 1371 12 49' 681 76 28 381 36 75 83 92 52 58 72 128'172212 G 8 136j197 69 100 1 109 1 141 74 103 120164 80 104,130 151' 220,293,335 370 991 130'169 57 65' 80 50 62 70 50.031117 15095:207 285' 304 ,241 265 161184 199,227 188 214 84 85 74 761 1 138 139 229 90' tited as follows. The names ire again printed in italics :- 9. GREAT GEORGE WARD. Yrs to serve Alderman .1. Cooper 4 H. G. Harbord 1 • T. Wagstaff 2 J. Rogers 3 10. RODNEY-STREET WARD Alderman J. N. Wood._ 4 J. A. Tobin 1 G. Booker 2 A. F. Jones 11. ABERCROMBY WARD. Alderman J. Proctor 1 R. C. Gardner 1 Hugh Neill Bernard Hall _ _ _ 12. LIME-STREET WARD. Alderman J. B. Moore 4 J. B. Lloyd 1 J. Johnson 2 J. A. Picton 3 13. ST. ANNE'S WARD. Alderman E. Molyneux 4 J. Parker W. Freme 2 W. Bennett 14. WEST DERBY WARD. Alderman J. Bent J. Booker 1 R. M. Beckwith 2 A. Henderson 15. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD Alderman J. H. Turner R. L. Jones E. C. Hindley. TV. .1. Horsfall 3 16. NORTH TOXTETH WARD , Mclennan T Chilton 4 W. Mann TT. Fisher 2 T. Lloyd in the Council Aldermen .... Councillors -Aldermen .... 5 Councillors .... 35 40 13- 24 ice, and in favour of 1 16 SCOTLAND. .1. Holme ..... . 43 J. Bigham VAUXHALL. J. Atkinson 3O W. Rathbone .. • • 19 ST. PAUL'S. J. Games T. Godfrey .... 38 CASTLE-ST. T. Avison .. • 106 1 T. Aikin .. 42 ST. PETER'S T. Clarke J. Fernihou g h .... 391 RODNEY-ST. Holme A. F. Jones l2B' WEST DERBY. A. Henderson 62 D. Mather 45 G. H. Lawrence SOUTH TOXTETH R. Harbord....... 36 TV. J. .Horsfall.. . 113 The Council is now constit of the advocates of the Pike a 1. EVERTON WARD. Yrs to serve Alderman D. Hodgson.... 1 NV. \Val thew. ... 1 Ed. Langsdale.. 2 T. Chalmer .... 3 2. SCOTLAND WARD. Alderman A. Sisainson. . 1 J. Woodruff 1 J. Thomson 2 J. Bigham 3 3. VAUXHALL WARD. Alderman 7'. B. Horsfall 1 W. Preston T. L. Hodson J. Atkinson 4. ST. PAUL'S WARD. Alderman J. Holmes 4 R. B. Hill 1 J. Briscoe T. Godfrey 3 5. EXCHANGE WARD. Alderman J. Lawrence 1 G. 11. Horsfall 1 7'. Litiledale. J. Tyrer 3 6. CASTLE-STREET WARD. Alderman R. S. Henderson I G. Holt 1 Hugh Hornby 2 T. Avison 7. ST. PETER'S WARD. Alderman TV. Nicol 4 B. Bell J. Ferguson 2 J. C. Fernihough 3 8. PITT -STREET WARD. Alderman T. Sands 1 T. Rimnzer .. . T. Robinson 2 T. Toulmin There are, therefore, now Advocates of the Pike—. Opponents of the Pike. Majority against the Pi rating the Docks The following gentlemen were returned unopposed : Thomas Chalmer, jun., for Everton ; James Tyrer, for Exchange; Thomas Toulmin, for Pitt-street; J. Rogers, for Great George ; Bernard Hall, for Abercromby ; J. A. Picton, for Lime-street ; W. Bennett, for St. Ann's ; and T. Lloyd, for North Toxteth. Though the result in Rodney-street and South Toxteth Wards was partly looked for, yet the majorities are very much larger than even the friends of the successful candi d.t.. antlclpatea. There can be no question that Mr. Richard Harbord owes his defeat in a great measure—if not altogether —to the interference of the Confederation in his behalf. Had the leaders of that meddling body not attempted to dic tate to the electors, Mr. Horsfall (as he stated in his ad dress) would not have come forward ' • but so disgusted have the constituencies beco me w ith the officious dicta tion of such people, that wherever they appear their friends are sure to lose. SCOTLAND WARD. • - A protest has been entered against Mr. Bigham's re turn, for want of qualification. THE LIVERPOOL PENITENTIARY At the beginning of the present year, the charitable in stitutions of Liverpool were in a condition most affecting to every humane mind. Loaded with debt, crippled in all their resources, and their efficiency grievously dimi nished, the very possibility of the continued existence of some of them became questionable. How this melan choly state of things arose is sufficiently evident. Hard times and falling fortunes had compelled many of the or dinary supporters of charitable funds to diminish or with hold their usual contributions, nor did the different com mittees well know where or in what way to apply for re newed support. It was in this emergency that our worthy mayor made his fellow-townsmen so largely debtor to him for the tact with which he sounded the resources of the town, and the spirit with which he developed them. By his suggestion and energetic direction of the Fancy Fair, the Infirmary and the Southern and Northern Hos pitals not only obtained sufficient to pay off the whole of their debts, but have each had a large sum invested per manently for a future provision. Again, by the simulta neous and appropriate collections made in the churches, on the fast day appointed in reference to the cholera, a most welcome sum of about £690 was received on behalf of the Dispensaries. These noble results are not more encouraging on account of the immediate relief conferred on valuable and necessary institutions, than for the unan swerable demonstration they afford of the power and the readiness of the inhabitants of Liverpool to supply the needful wants of charity, whenever rightly solicited. These remarks have been called forth by the interest with which we have read the following letter, addressed to us by the Rev. J. R. Conor, incumbent of St. Simon's, referring to the depressed condition of the funds of the Liverpool Female Penitentiary. This excellent institu tion has, for nearly forty years, been exercising a benefi cent influence upon those who, by their sex, their mis fortunes, and their miseries, have claims, unsurpassed by any, upon the Chri s ti an an d the philanthropist. While individuals naturally shrink from the personal exercise of the duties of humanity and religion towards this most un happy and often most repentant class, and while society pronounces against them an almost irreversible doom of exclusion, this and similar institutions alone endeavour to reverse the sentence, and to announce, in its stead, the invitation of the Saviour, " Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest ;" and through their agency many have exchanged despair for hope, have quitted a loathsome and hated life for one of honest industry and virtue, regained comfort for them selves, and restored happiness to their sorrowing parents and relations ; and in many instances, we are well a.urod, have cheerfully yielded up the last moments of a sad and weary existence, with bright and well-grounded anticipa tions of another and a better, with grateful thanks for the incalculable benefits they had received in those asylums, and earnest prayers with their last breath for their pros. perity. - How much, then, must we regret that such institutions should languish for want of the moderate funds necessary for their support. The Liverpool Female Penitentiary has suffered in this respect in common with the other cha rities of the town, and while numerous applicants seek earnestly for admittance, the committee, with aching hearts, are forced to multiply rejections. For two years the number of inmates has been reduced to little more than one half of what the house could hold, and were it not that the institution is partly self-supporting, and that the labour and industry of the pe n it en t s h ave e k e d out i ts scanty means it must in all probability have been entirely closed. This state of things cannot, must not continue in the midst of a community where the need of the insti tution is so great, yet not greater than ought to be the means of its support. We recommend our readers to pe ruse the pathetic appeal of the Rev. J. R. Conor, and then to follow up the promptings of their charitable feelings in such way as they may think best. TO THE EDITOR 01? THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MR. EDITOR?—WiII Nou allow me, through the columns of your paper, to inquire how it is that one of the most useful and most necessary institutions of the town, the Penitentiary, is almost in a state of bankruptcy ? The streets and lanes teem with arguments—living arguments—to prove the neces sity of such an institution. The faithful and affectionate labours of the. committee of management may be, in some measure, estimated from the reports which have, year after year, been issued, and which also prove the utility of the insti tion, and the blessing which has been vouchsafed. The energies of the institution are now much crippled, and the committee lave been forced to limit the number of inmates to 45. The condition of it must be a most melancholy contempla tion to all who love the souls of their perishingfellow-creatures. As minister of St. Simon's parish, I feel it keenly. In 1847, when the last census of my parish was taken, there were found 89 houses of ill-fame, inhabited by about 446 females. In times past I had these houses regularly visited, and we have had the pleasure of bringing many a poor girl to the right path. All such visitation is now at an end, becalm of the crippled ever. NOV. 6, 1641._ beleet Ries of the Penitentiary. Poor girls have come to TOL . 1,0 1 ,: mg me, with tears, to rescue them from their lost s!'.: ea. I have been obliged to answer them coldly, crippled energies of the Penitentiary. Recently the cholera has been among them : trembled as they saw their companions cut offin then o ota, What an opportunity for me t o say , B e h o ld the ope n f eet a the Penitentiary. You may go th ere , an d sit at %e:7_4 Jesus" ; but I could not, because of its crippled eye I hear of w i ll ing being unhappy in their polluted 8. ?:0 1, their being to come out ; bat I could institaw qui ry, or make no movement, for the above reason. % stsz t y I have wrten tse few hasty in hope tha t meet the eye of some of those whom lines the Lord has bi to ol). means, and I pray that He ma y p ut it i n t o their hell o ite' scribe to the Penitentiary —to work for it—to pra y Respectfully yours, JOHN R. CONO I - 4 '‘ Par, Incumbent of St. Simon' B in Liverpool. St. Simon's, Oct. 22, 1849. COURT AND FASHION. The court remains at Windsor, and we are rejoicesfte say that her Majesty i s so p er f ec tl y conva lescent _ boo . attack of chicken-pox, under which she has been mein' Of ing, as to rejoin P r in ce 411bert and the junior rneln' the royal family in their airings in the park. the Lord Augustus C. Lennox Fitzroy, Capi n l ord , Coldstream Guards, an d secon d son o f the Duke o f ton, is to be Equerry to the Queen. °I The Earl of Strathmo r e ex pi re d at Holyrood Psince week, in his 77th year. Amongst the passengers by the Canada is lqrs. F a e te tt i son, who was mar r i e d i n 1810 t o J erom e BuonsE e o but whom, by a de cree o f N a p o l eon , h e wa s comPelter divorce. Jerome is i n P ar i s . M rs . P a tterson is S e si in-law to the Ma rc hi oness o f W e ll es l e y an d the Do'" of Leeds. THE BERMONDSEY MURDER Since the conviction of th e M ann i ngs several oO e stances of very considerable importance have °legit light, which, if any do u bt cou ld poss ibl y ex ist as t° sub , guilt, would appear to be a l mos t conc l us i ve on the bs e ject. It will be re mem b ere d th a t, a ft er th e verdiet„ j og been pronounced against the prisoners, the woman %of a violent speech, in which she asserted her innocence: she appeared to make it a strong point in her favour that his' loved the deceased, an d cou ld h ave b een marr ied tD if she had pleased. It has, however, since bee:l_ l o e tamed that fo r some time before the m urder 0- , ° o ol had been payi n g hi s a dd resses to a young woman' 0 it • they were on th e p o i n t o f b e i ng married ;Is kno a it that Mann;pg and his wife were aware of the fact, 8 : 00 , is probable that, feeling the marriage would in all.P he. bility have the effect of breaking off all con nexion su re tween them, they dete rm i ne d upon th e d espera te mes s of getting possession of his property by murder. tr ig, Another curious fact has also come to light. Tb e . ss le. as our readers are aware, lasted two days, and the Pt l .„ to ers each day retired from the court for a short time take refreshment. Of course when the prisoners Z e d, first received at Newgate they were narrowly seare." ar p and every instrument with which they might inflict inl iewe either upon themselves or others, taken away frown t , of Upon the second day of the trial, in consequen'T se e something that came to the knowledge of the Pr . :,o officials, it was considered prudent to search the fe l l e rs prisoner, and in her pocket there was found a larg e toed of broken glass, a most dangerous missile, well cal° w ho to have inflicted very deadly injury upon any pers ° , ll : .teli might have been s t ruc k w ith i t. I t was irnmetT ow er taken from her, and th us no d ou b t , f rom t h e subsequently exhibited by the prisoner, some dese',: s i mischief was p reven t e d. H ow s h e o b ta i ne d possessid° the glass remains a mystery. The counsel for Mrs. M ann i ng h ave reso l ve d to show pfr don their applicatio n f or a wr it o f error. The P°lshe. D. however, whether she stands in the position of an fla k will still be submitted to the Criminal Court of AR :f The next sitting of the Court will be on the 100,41 November, and if th e ques ti on s h ou ld b e sent b e fore" tribunal it will, of course, be disposed of on that claY:.,e, Manning has made some extraordinary disclostro relative to the mur d er an d hi s f ormer connex i o n ^ t he O'Connor, which will not be made public until after Jed execution. He persists i n th e s t a t emen t w hi c h wa s hal l b ig to his learned counsel, Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—" That o f wife shot O'Conn or , an d a ft erwar d s t h reatene d to s° him unless he helped her to bury the body." Heine, more composed on Monday, after his interview wit' e i chaplain, and sever a l ti mes w i s h e d to see hi s b ro ther a os his solicitor, Mr. Bi nns , t o w h om h e w i s h es to rnake‘gs°oo, communication. His brother called at the gaol on o'• day, and delivered a letter from his sister in the co""ths The letter was shortly afterwards delivered to him bY ee o governor, and the contents seemed to affect him in a g degree, as he wept several times on reading it. bif brother did not se e hi m . P r i or to t h e tr i al, and whi le of unhappy wife was con fi ne d i n t h e gaol where s he remains, she wrote severa l i n d ecent letters to herb o '', band, couched in the mos t o b scene l anguage an d writ be in broken En g li s h. I n none o f them, ho w ever, does 5 44 allude to the m ur d er , b u t s h e d e fi es hi m to get her C , i t ., watches. Copies of th ese l e tt ers were s h own to t o Ballantine and Mr. Parry during the trial, likewise to Attorney-General, but no attention was paid to them; big The contemplated i n t erv i ew b etween M ann i ng an the solicitor, Mr. Binns, took place on Wednesday, whe n 00 former gave some important information relative to so i ., shares which belon ge d t o O'C onnor, an d w hi c h w ere 0 ; stroyed by Mrs. Manning on the evening after the ° e l le der was committed. The shares were of consideraAs value, and their wo r th w ill no d ou b t b e restore d by !,, P g railway company th a t i ssue d t h em. Mrs. 31annieo burned them in tkv, bgtelr Htplipn. *Ad l a n. and some rags. hue conversing with Mr. Binns, „;tg fling appeared quite resigned to the awful fate that awr ier him. By the advice of Mr. Binns, he wrote to his wi r appealing to her feeli ngs , an d ca lli ng upon her to Conte , everything connected with th e d rea df u l cr i me. Thei 4e r be ter was handed to her by the female turnkey, not some time she refus e d t o rea d it . Sh e, however , at perused it, and requ es t e d t o b e f urn i she d with wri"--- materials for the purpose of answering it. t° The disclosures which day by day come to light ten, e be remove all doubt as to the guilt of the Mannings. t o male prisoner has ac k now l e d ge d t h at the pisto l s use of commit the deed were those found in the possessiono Mr. Adams, the pawnbroker of Bermondsey-street ; l o r a that tradesman could no t swear as to the party, the pledged them, alth oug h h e was i n atten d ance Southwark police-court. Manning asserts that his ith loaded both the pistols, and having shot O'Connor blO one presented the other a t hi m , th reaten i ng to serve t ine the same unless lie assisted her. Th e s t a t emen t rely 0 , to the pistols cor ro b ora t es M r. Lockwood's oPi,°,l,liet That gentleman, it will b e reco ll ecte d , extracte d a "" ef from the murdered man's head, which he fitted to onfL o the pistols, and found it to correspond. Manning has stated that the clothes taken from the murdered e were all burnt in th e b ac k kit c h en, w i th h i s private Tics moranda and some rags. It was supposed by the P ° o3 (l that the clothes we re wrappe d up w i th the crowhard 00 thrown into the Tha mes ; suc h was not the case, all„ag doubt the crowbar will be found, as some informati ° ,;oo to its hiding-place h as b een g i ven. Manning dew, s o that the grave in the b ac k kit c h en was d ug as earl y May last, and the murder had been contemplated ';tet then, but somehow or o th er hi s w if e cou ld ne t r" iO% courage enough to com m it th e mur d er unt il the el`i,-scX of the 9th of August. A shutter belonging to the n et; kitchen was placed over th e h o l e, covered w i t h a car big and O'Connor must h ave severa l ti mes wa lk e d over e jeo grave, on going to th e s i n k t o was h hi s h an d s, a s was custom prior to partaking of di nner a t M ann i n g'S " sod On Friday, during an interview between Manning 1 0•0 his brother, the latter said, " Surely, Frederick, t e al' not guilty of this horrible charge ?" Manning Frederick,, ately replied, " No, lam innocent. I have told 3 1 r; gr. everything. I have confessed all to him ; have I no t ' of; Roe ? (Mr. Roe nodded assent.) Edmund, sh e „," ' dered him. I did not know she was going to do 5 .";; 0 0' had no hand in the murder. Mr. Roe knows I ar° l l 4 big cent." The unfortunate man continued to assert s pi innocence with much vehemence and excitemen'' s eed then added, in consequence of his brother having :00 him if he had not written to his wife to cleanse her r l ed' by a full confession, " Y es ; an d I h ave authorixe",er td Mr. Roe, have I not, over and over again, to 'et t hat see me, because I could put such questions to her bsd she could not evade ?" Mr. Roe replied, that PP; P done as he said, but th a t s h e h a d d ec li ne d to see, ha Manning then h a nd e d t o hi s b ro th er t h e l e tter oe ' of written to his wife, be g i nn i ng , " I a dd ress you ce wife," and couched in the most endearing terms, .t fess, so that the wo r ld m i g ht k now t h e grea t dl e plf between their guilt, how innocent he was, and how 6, fOr guilty was the part sh e h a d pl aye d i n th e aw f u l dra r° ,elit,. upon the truth of her s t a t emen t d epen d e d the isole-t, P or death to him ; an d as s h e k new h e was innoee hw por e implored p g l o r : e n d t to i r m asn vi e av i e n theirmfrwo. The 1 , 1 1 thr ee to an ignominious e letter tr the scaffold. The lette r conc l u d e d b y imploring " me tre pages of lett ninger-paper. oof d e. Mrs. Man, soon after the rece i p t o f theAetw called for pen, ink and paper, and indited a long per' to her husband, which covered four sides of letter - e: 3 rod closely written. She began by saying, " I addrofaiot! as my husband." and more than once used the exP7,,eoDt "my dear." She s a id, i n e ff ec t , t h at s h e was i°,.„efellY of the diabolical charge of which she had been sue` convicted, and that he alone could save her. 1145 bet braiding him with the course he had pursued toews_nt from the period of his arrest up to the trial, sh to say that he alone could save her, and that gh e e i bed not think of granti ng hi m an i n t erv i ew unti cni pf, stated in writing that s h e was i nnocen t of 0 'f.; murder. Then followed thi s remar k a bl e stater" Jose/ " You know that th e p ar t y w h o went w ith you t° , committed the murder, and that I was from bol o VI it was committed" ; a ddi ng , th at if h e wo uld !l et , od statement in writing, she w ou ld gran t his reil ° see him. lett e e; Manning's brother, after he had perused the„ t,, exclaimed, " Frederick, she exculpates herself f_ru e l - 0 0 . ., charge, and accuses a third party : who does she a ,T oge tht He replied, " My dear fellow, the statement is '` w , s l ' o , false. No one accompanied me to Jersey. I krw ..„, ial ( 1 1 round, you will believe me when I assert that I al:: s p ~1 cent, for you have always been my best Incino,istern should never have married that woman if I bad to your advice." After a lon g p a use, the br othe r o bv his unhappy relative to make his peace with:3o°dd; would receive his soul if he was, as he said, i n. n, the awful crime. He immediately exclaimed a lp i erf e plf dear Edmund, lam innocent, as Mr. Roe know to well. I hope God Almighty will commit my s ° o ip flames if lam guilty of this murder. Mr. Itc, e to ld gi session of the whole of my statement. I have t 0 all. I declare most solemnly that I shall die of Mr. O'Connor's murder. I never hurt a h a _ ir d he" head." He asserted his innocence, and declare ale perfectly prepared to meet his Maker. execution iff ia Monday has been the usual day for metropolis dthsey nnei geehstsi i rye b oc u ef dtainnyg. preparations Tuesday being m inad made r o d : o; Nov,