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her rights or her privileges, but as a religious benefactress, scattering the seeds of divine truth over the habitations of the globe, and sending forth her Christian ministers to preach among the heathen the unsearchable riches of Christ. (Cheers.) It had been said by an eloquent advocate of mis siuns, though not in connection with the missionary subject, that the more we multiplied and diffused ourselves for great objects of benevolence, the more we guarded against the ex cuses and palliations which usually were in our power. Per haps nothing was more true, and he believed that the more we extended and multiplied ourselves for sacred objects the more we guarded against the acrimonies that embittered and met us in the course of life. He knew, indeed, of noti field of exertion more sacred than that which was the object of this society ; and if it were true (and no man could doubt it) of those who remain ignorant of that truth, if the silence of na ture had not been broken, that there is joy in heaven over one sinner, what enjoyment could be more important, or more eloquent or safe, than the undertaking in which they were that morning engaged ? (Cheers.) The result of efforts of this kind would flow on concurrent with ourselves through all eternity ; but our connection with both exertions and re vuit, • -•• - mild be short, and our opportunities of coming fors lie most uncertain. Mr. in tin ra rd to concluded by mov ion, to the effect Ler the direct adopted and circu v, and that the com- wittee be re ppointed F. OWE e Rev parent ,e deputation from the )n, and said he had not the way of a witness to f the heathen world. It u so much to mat, give some testittiony.t had been his tot of it, and to r , to visit a portion rty again, with the Is, if it were of but condition of the on of the heathen The population of heathe world which i Southe ru Atriea in the whole of uemg, perhaps .tr a million of people. Among the Caffre were about 70,01 h, there sent as a missionar and after the might have an opport into the interior of Sou colony of the ( tered popula tic the reach of Euror over an if so many the population of Southern thin, sl tot so lence as 01 much gre Dressed . ness of the why we should there, who wer when we considered to r was owing, and the country wholly w•i lie had travelled from d meeting a single soul. out it'll crime that thi that the coup aable to support the population, be cause in some parts it was very fertile ; but it was crime which had emptied the country of its inhabitants. And what was the crime owing to? It was owing to the circumstance that the heathens of that country were not acquainted with the grounds of moral responsibility—because they were unac quainted with the first principles of religion ; because they were ignorant of the being of a God, and did not acknow ledge the doctrine of a Providence, or the superintendence of an invisible Being over the affairs of men, nor believe in a future state of rewards and punishments. (Hear, hear.) This being the case, we could easily comprehend how there could be no restraint to crime—how the passions of men, being uncontrolled by religion, must break forth and produce the most disastrous effects ; and the consequence of this had been, that nation had risen up against nation, tribe against tribe. They had, by their weakness and their injustice, pro voked Europeans to attack them ; and the effect had been, that society could not in that country hold together, the very bonds of society were dissolved, and society itself melted away. This was the reason why there were in that country so few inhabitants ; and it appeared to him that this was the reason why we should more abundantly commiserate these wretched persons. (Hear, hear.) He believed the object of the committee, in requesting him to attend this anniver sary, was, that he should give some account of what he bad seen with his eyes, and some of the details of the mission, the unprosperous mission, to the Zooloos. He would remind the meeting that, although he had retired from the mission ary work, it was not because he himself had turned his back upon it, but because he was not supported in his sphere of labour by the society which had sent him out, and which could no longer support him because they were not helped by the funds of the Christian public. (Hear, hear.) After the abandonment of the Zooloo mission, and having encoun tered great difficulties and perils for a year or two, he could have returned to the quiet labours of his own country, but he went to another part of Southern Africa, to the north of the Cape of Good Hope, where he would have laboured to this day had the Church Missionary Society been able to support him there. It was the Zooloo mission, however, which was more properly the mission of the Church Mis a in the Bettuanah sionary Society country. He went thither upon his own suggestion; but when the society received the tidings of hi s d epar t ure t o that country, they felt they were not able to carryon a mission in that remote region, although there were circumstances which rendered it peculiarly favourable to missionary enterprise, hind it would have opened a way into the very interior of ,Africa; for beyond that particular place were innumerable tribes which had not been explored, and who would, from all accounts, be , willing to receive missionaries among them. . _ Brit as he had said before, it was the Zooloo mission which was the mission of the Church Missionary Society, and with which the attention of the meeting must be principally en gaged. He sailed to that country about five years ago, along with his friend Capt. Gardner; and having travelled through the tribes of Caffre land, and a large extent of uninhabited country beyond, he arrived at the south-east coast of Africa, from whence he went upon a visit to the Chief. The Chief might be considered, if the place had no idol, as the great idol of the nation. He was the object of their worship : they felt accountable to none but to him ; and the posture in which they approached him was the posture of worship. They ns towards him applicable to no human being ; th ey _ s nor end the immortality t to eat to tt .ay of exclamation, to send c Am. When he e people who live in meat was cut up and e accustomed, in their in these terms— ." Many other applying to him. le iu a hut which .ou that art t him ( ic built tar hint in his (mu .he town, iu view also at 1: Noot, to be executed for it hi prai ,od, about a mile from .emained for tour 1: criminals were crimes. On this wr from time to criminals dragged thither being knocked nd so instantly 'or him to carry on the mis miss on account of the t-howed to the word of , uld hot endure to hear of : it seemed as if he could be instructed that there - e to serve and regard ill) spoke to him and his irtd they had no conception Being, to whom he glory, for tions to him (Mr. thereto, he sheaved that he con leceased chief of the white two- tnuruerrd their hea, 11.. was not p.o.,thi, sicuary v.urk wi hostility which this tyrant God. it t•een:ed indeed v. another being greater that: not en much suet: was another being whom t above Ilia) people of Gu r of the spiritual ess.lr ever. (Hear.) Altlot4 Owen), and ni:.; own ansv . . sidereaLe wa. ple, According to ills o rating and worAipping t particularly the spirits. of neestors, and )rn they offer propitiata ppose to exist after death. IN hen, theretote, Le stoke to them concerning a spiritual being, the creator and ;:overnor of all the world, the chief supposed he was tllking to him of some deceased king of England; and when he ene:.era , cd to him the list of kings and queens of Eng' nd, from William the Conqueror, he asked which of them tl t r our God;. - le!u-.) Where the mind; there fore, was without religion, and it iici eat know the grounds upon which moral responsibility rested, there was no knowing to what extent their evil passions might carry them. This was the case with the king in whc,,e dominions he lived; he was a tyrant ; he acted aceordine to his own will and fancy ; Ire was not restrained by any in:A.A. or religious considerations from putting any of his Stity.:e:S f io death whom he suspected, or whose cattle he desired to obtain, upon the slightest pre tence, either by public ,t - osecutieti, or otherwise by secret assassination. He WEI 6 the only being to whom his subjects looked up to with any reverence. They had, indeed, no no tion of any being superior to him, and thus they were desti tute of all the spirit of liberty. He might have another op portunity of giving a detailed account of the actions and manners of this cruel heathen king, which might not only interest, but chew what a miserable and unhappy creature man is without religion, when he is left to his own evil passions. He felt, however, that he could not at that time, addressing them at the early part of the meeting, when so many of his rev. brethren were waiting to speak. He should at the follow ing meeting bring before them, on the part of the Church Mis sionary Society, the general state of the heathen, and give a further account of his mission to the Zoloos ; but at present he should sit down by seconding the resolution. The resolution was then carried unanimously. DISCHARGED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation The Rev. THOMAS NOLAN said that, by the arrangements for the meeting, lie found himself privileged to introduce the next resolution : " That the success which it has pleased God to vouchsafe to the labours of our missionaries during thepast year,rpfe cially in Western Africa, India, a n d New Zealand devout thankfulness and renewed prayer that th e Lordcalls o; the Harvest would continue to own this in gathering souls from among the heathen." To every true Christian the terms of the resolution affirmed only what he acknowledged at once to be an obvious duty, and felt, in the discharge of it, to be an exceeding treat and happy privilege—to offer prayer and to render thanks. It was a good and pleasant thing to give thanks. The heart that is constrained, by an abiding sense of mercies past, to praise and bless the Lord for his goodness and the wonders that he doeth for the children of men, is the most likely to engage again with cheerfulness and vigour—the best elements of success—in fresh efforts of practical . benevolence . and . active love. So that the frame of mind, implied in . the spirit of this resolution, while it is the only becoming one for the Christian, is unquestionably heseeks the best also for the interests of the cause whichto advance. A spring of latent energy is detected, a fountain of exhaustless . hope is opened, an ardour is awakened in the mind, duly thankful for the past, and humbly trustful as e regards‘ the future, that will neither be deterred by difficulty, chilled by delay, nor even defeated by disappointment, in y a ' s h m e u a ch as the cause to which they are devoted must needs good one, and the zeal th us tempered must certainly be according to knowledge. When the uncertain future 'is co ntemplated throu g h th e prayer of faith , the b uoyancy , excessive of hope is that might . arise from a remePmebbrannPese tempered, of former is highpoured out success; and, as the tide of pious thankfulnessan 11 d as well for that success, new energies are enlisted , n hee tGod, it,of as holy resolves are formed, the harbinge'rs as welloo renewed and increased triumphs again. This, was the great principle of missionary enterprise, ' the great se cret of missionary success. Believino• it to be sound and scriptural , he give it an humbl e but most cordial support. The Church Missionary Society went forth in obedience to the command o f the Lord Jesus, " Go ye unto all n a ti on s and make Christ ians of them," nor would it cease from its labour of love so long as that command was uncan celled ; and certainly they could not for a moment doubt of eventual success, so long as the accompanying promise was unrecalled, " Lo, I am with you always even to the end o f the world." Without further tr es p assing on the time and in dulgence of the meeting, he begged leave to propose the re solution. Mr. Jon eGurse of his obsery HowAtln seconded the resolution, and in the , ations, he stated that some years ago, a gentleman, a friend of his from Yor k, named Graham, on hearing that Liverpool only then contributed £BOO per annum to the Church Missionary Society, said he was as tonished at it, especially as the little town of York, with a pcpulation not exceeding 30,000, remitte d £lOOO, whilst Liverpool, with 200,000 inhabitants, sent only £BOO. Mr. Graham threw out the hint, and it was not without its use, for the contribution eventually reached £2OOO. This cir cumstance showed that Liverpool only wan ted to be stirre d up in order to do more ; an d t h e b es t argument to address to her on the subject was the word of God, expressed in the command of our Saviour, " Go ye into all the %odd, and preach the gospel to every creature. for there is joy in Leaven over every sinner that repenteth." (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then unanimously carried. The Rev, A. R. C. DALLAS proposed the next resolu- Wind at Holyhead, E.S.E. moderate in the morning ; South, a t noon, and S.W. light breeze in the evening, tOtT Point Lyons, outward bound, at 5 p.m. No. 1468, Black Cat, schooner. y have a way of vene- I Off the port, at 7 15 P.m s,chooners . „ • 2 ships, 2 barques, 3 brigs, and 3 LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT—Mar 21 In-patients cured Relieved and at own request II Made Out-patients . ...• Irregular . . Dead . In-patients Out-patients Casuals during the last week 2 2 Reinaininthe house lB9 Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. IL Davies. House Visiters, Jas. Bold and C. W. Heade, Esqrs. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon . Mr. Brandreth. E. W. JACKSON. Treasurer NORTHERN HOSPITAL, MAY 21. ADMITTED. DISCHARGED II } Cured Attending as Out Patients 16 Irregular Died Remainingin th Le Hospital... ;0 House Visiters, Daniel Neilson and Walter 0. Heywortli, Esqrs Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. E. Idaginnis.—House Surgeon, Mr. Parker. The Toulonnais of the 17th instant states, that it As re ported in Algiers, that General Bedean had defeated the army of the Emperor of Morocco, with the loss of 300 killed and a great number of prisoners. Some further failures have taken place at Oporto, and let ters from that city charge a large proportion of these disas ters on the Oporto Bank, who, at a crisis of great embarrass ment, had contracted their credits in a very extraordinary degree. The Moniteur publishes a decision of Marshal Soult to in stitute a committee, charged with preparing a grammar and a dictionary of the Kabyle or Berbere language. The Duke de Montebello, Ambassador of France, in Naples, landed at Marseilles on the 15th, on his way to Paris. Ti-iE PRUSSIAN MINISTRY.—The Augsburg Gazette of the 17th instant states, that M. de Rochow would continue to direct the Ministry of the Interior at Berlin until the Ist of July, when Count Arnim would succeed him. M. de Sa vigil), is to preside at the Council of State, in place of Gene ral Muffling, who is about to resign. It is said that the King had offered the Senate of Hamburgh a million of crowns for three years, without interest. THE ALLEGED FATAL DUEL AT PALERMO.—A letter has been received from Mr. Johnson, of the 88th Regiment, dated at Malta, the 27th of April, at which period that gen tleman was in good health. He had not been absent from his regiment at all, and, of course, could not have been at Palermo ; the story of his having fallen in a duel there is, therefore, completely disproved, and there remains no doubt that it was the heartless invention of some mischievous per son. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. — An accident, attended with a fatal termination, occurred at the Glasgow terminus of the Glasgow, Ayrshire, and Greenock Railway, on Satur day last. One of the men employed in the coke-house, it appears, was coming out of that place when a waggon was being run into it, and, the entrance being narrow, he placed himself in a perpendicular position close to the wall, to avoid its coming in contact with his person; but, owing to an in clination of the waggon towards that side of the entrance, some part of it caught hold of him by the face and breast, and he was so severely lacerated that he survived only an hour after the occurrence of the accident. The deceased was a young man, named Fitzgerald.—Glasgow paper. MURDER.—On Thursday last, as a respectable farmer, named Foley, residing in the parish of Comragh, in this county, was returning home from the fair of Kilmacthomas, which was held on the 12th instant, he was attacked at half past 10 p.m. by a party of persons, one of whom struck him a violent blow of a stone on the head, which caused a dread ful fracture. The poor fellow lingered for a few hours, when death terminated his sufferings. Owing to the praise worthy exertions of that very efficient officer, head-constable Johnson, together with the activity of his party, two persons have been made amenable to justice—namely, Martin Slice and Thomas Power who are now lodged in the Waterford gaol, fo r th e homicide, by virtue of the coroner's warrant. Sufficient praise cannot be given to the police on the occa sion. No cause h as been assigned for this outrage.— Water ford Mail. SHRIMPS. —The office of shrimps seems to it be anala gous to s ome of the insects on laud, whose task is to clear away the rema i ns of dead animal matter after the birds and beasts of p rey h ave been satiated. If a dead small bird or frog be placed where ants can have access to it, those insects , will speedily redu ce the body to a closely-cleaned skeleton. The shrimp famil y, acting in hosts as speedily remove a ll traces of fish or flesh from th e bones of any dead animal ex posed to their ravages. They are, in short, the principal scavengers of the ocean ; and notwithstandins their office, they are deservedly and highly prized as nutritious and deli cious food. luntry of tion, The meeting had just heard read a resolution which expressed thankfulness and gratitude to God Almighty, for the success he had been pleased to vouchsafe to the la bours of the society .during the past year. He trusted they felt thankfulness and gratitude when the resolution was put, that they perceived how much cause there was for gratitude, and how much their hearts ought to rise up and sing the praises of God. He was afraid, however, that be should be found to have risen, to alter the key in which this music was set,—rather to take their harps of praise, and hang them upon the willows. The resolution he had to move, as the meeting might have gathered, was therefore of a different character to the last. It was as follows :—" That feeling deep regret that at a time when God is so manifestly blessing the labours of the Church Missionary Society among the heathen, the Parent Committee should be com pelled by financial difficulties to adopt measures for contract ing the sphere of missionary labours abroad, this meeting would earnestly press on the friends of the society the ne cessity of renewed activity in behalf of an institution which has proved an instrument of blessing in many lands." This resolution spoke a painful truth. It referred to the financial difficulties, to the contracted sphere of theoperations of the Church Missionary Society, and it told the necessity for renewed exertions. To bring this appeal before them would require much of the power of the Spirit of God, to do it effectually. Oh, that his Holy Spirit might be with those who had to speak upon it, and enable them to put plainly, boldly, truly, and honestly before the meeting the real state of the case ! In the motion that was made, and in the report generally of the state of the society, there was too much of the habitual supposition that things would go right; too much of general statement without going into particulars; too much of the kind of feeling of the difficulties of a commercial position when men were begining to feel they were going a little wrong ; and that they might possibly find something very differentiin the balancefrom what they ex pected. He feared this was too much the case with regard to the Church Missionary Society ; but it was precisely a state of things which required a close investigation. On this occasion it was nothing more nor less than a duty,—they must look the matter manfully in the face. He did not scruple to say that the society was in a very serious con dition. It had arrived at a crisis which the active members of the society had been endeavouring, should he say to stave off? That would be the expression they might apply to the case, but he would rather say, bear off, to ward off putting their faith in the Christian liberality of the public. But it had come at last. The society was in debt ; and the debt had been a growing debt, inasmuch as the funds which had been laid by to meet the emergencies of the society had been gradually swallowed up one after another. A very earnest endeavour bad been made from time to time to bear up against the falling off, and calls were made upon the whole of England npon this great subject. Those efforts had been responded to to a certain degree ; funds had been raised ; and although they had been raised during the year before last and last year, the society now found itself £13,000 in debt. (Hear.) Now this was a fearful condition; and in such a place as this, where strict honesty in all commercial pursuits was the very life of society, it was a bounden duty to slew how such a state of things came to exist. It must be taken into consideration, then, that there were continually fresh openings for missionary exertions ; and the society was con tinually falling back upon that large and inexhaustible fund of Christian love which they had hitherto been able to draw upon continually, and upon which, with the blessing of God, they would still continue to draw. It only remained to shew that there were peculiar circumstances of necessity for drawing much more largely upon the great fund of Chris tian love. The committee calculated upon the fund of Chris tian love in proportion as particular cases opened for sending forth the power and the blessing of the gospel. There had been such openings, and oh, how very abundantly ! Who had not read of the great opening at Tinnevally ? Who had not read the religious history of New Zealand, of the Western Coast of Africa, of Sierra Leone ? Let the meeting glance over them in their minds, and consider what, under such circumstances, would have been the duty of the committee; would it have been their duty to go forth and enlighten these people, or would it have been their duty to stop and enquire whether they ought to go on ? They had been drawn on, and they could not have done otherwise; they could not re sist the opportunities ; and when they looked back to see whether they had the means to go on, they looked back not to the balance sheet, but to England, to the Church of England, to the glorious spirit of Christ shed abroad so largely in the length and breadth of the land. (Ap plause.) They knew this was the spirit which distinguished England ; they therefore went on and said, " the money will come, the means will be brought, we will trust in God ;" and they had gone on. (Hear, hear, hear.) It had pleased God, however, to give them a very serious check ; but if there were any person present, who, in the strictness of commercial honesty said, they ought not to have done this, they ought to have seen that the means were supplied beforehand," let them just put this case :—Suppose there was a house here which stopped payment—a house of the highest honour and probity, and when enquiry was made it was found that their agents in America had withheld the supplies which they expected—would they blame the house ? They would at once say it was a lamentable case, but none would be found to say it was dishonourable. Letters of credit had been given but not answered, in the one case, in the other it was not written down, but it was founded on the impulse of the heart, and did not want writing. It was felt. When the public gave their money to support this cause, they gave a warrant for supposing it to c.. e - from Christian love ; and that was the letter of credit . the committee of the Church Missionary Society had 0,: :(Hear.) if it came to this, that the Society had stopp 7, payment, but work, and the public said it was dishon they must look to themselves. He said, "stopped ti , .ilyment, but work." Did they not weep when they heard the report of the Church Missionary Society in London, to the effect that they must give up three missions and stop all the others from go ing on any further ? How lamentable was it that when young men, qualified for the work of missions, presented themselves at the institution in Islington, to be sent to on that labour, they found the door locked and barred ! And who made those bars and locks ? Those who refused to grant the letters of credit. (Hear.) They had no means of admitting ano ther missionary ; and the answer to all at present was—" you must wait." Having enlarged on this state of things, the rev. gentleman made an earnest call upon the public to in crease their subscriptions and to present liberal clonationi to the society. The Ho . n. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL seconded the resolu tion in an able speech, in which after some prefatory observa tions, he said he should speak of the finanical part of the question at the meeting to-morrow (this day). At present he would simply saythat he believo thecommittee had never for a moment shrunk from the full examination of the finan cial condition of the society, had never shrunk from the re sponsibility of meeting their engagements, neither had they failed to , provide for the importaidemergencies before them . : The present emergency had arisen from a matter, the investi gation of which would, he doubted not, fully justify them to every considerate mind. The rev. gentleman then took a rapid review of the state of the African missions of the society, and from which he showed the necessity of sup- porting the society in all its extended operations. The resolution was then carried. On the motion of Mr. RIGBY, seconded by Mr. BotiT FLOWER, the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Rec tor Campbell for his conduct in the chair. Mr. CAMPBELL having returned thanks, a Doxology was sung and the meeting separated. The adjourned meeting will be held this evening in the Amphitheatre. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MAY 23 , turn t he journeyed thrc los, contained about 56,000 , f this mission (of which h some account,) he went to the northw:a'rcl o there was ascat :nt of country, within t more than 100,000, disposed to say that being so exceedingly upon our benevo i population was so n, and I was irn- ce of the thin- ca, was a reason mtnisserate the heathens ss. (Hear.) Especially !nness of the population e were immense tracts of , through which, indeed, id week to week, without s the reason of this inhabitants. ? It was It was not THE PIANOFORTE. rnongst the extraordinary improvements of the present ge, we may notice, that in the manufacture of the piano forte the greatest strides have been taken. Our attention has been casually drawn to an article on this subject which appears in the supplement to the Penny Magazine for this present month. We therefore take from it the following extracts : " It has been said, in a recent article of the Westminster Review—` With a little allowable flattery of the truth, the bookcase, in an inventory of the goods belonging to any well ordered English' house, might be designated as one of its necessary articles of furniture—not as one of its luxuries : the place of popularity among the latter being claimed by the pianoforte. Whether we rank it as an article of furni ture or as a luxury, it is certain that the pianoforte has be come diffused in an extraordinary degree in this country. Those who can carry their recollection back over a period of thirty or forty years, will remember the pianoforte as an in strument for the noble and the wealthy, sparingly seen in the houses of the middle classes : they will remember the gradual steps by which it has reached the domestic firesides of the bulk of the class just alluded to; and they will be prepared to expect that such an extension in the use must have brought along with it extensive plans of improvement, and equally extensive manufacturing arrangements : yet there are probably few, even of those who are familiar with the use of the pianoforte, who are aware of the complex me chanism of the modern instruments, or of the gigantic scale on which the manufacture is conducted." Speaking of Messrs. Broadwood & Sons, the writer says : —" This firm, which has existed in the metropolis for`more than a century, is one of those by whom the pianoforte has been brought to its present state of perfections Like most other products of ingenuity, this instrument is indebted to many minds for its advancement. One improvement we owe to a Broadwood, another to an Erard, others to Cle mend, Stodart, Tomkison, Collard, &c., and all have pro fited by the labours of each." To form some idea of the extent of the manufactory of these great makers, the following description of their premi ses will prove acceptable : " In the Horseferry-road are two double gates, opening into courts or quadrangles; and in Holywell-street, 300 feet southward of it, are two other gates, also opening immediately on the same quadrangles ; and the whole of the intermediate space, spreading to a wide extent east and west, is occupied by the factory. On entering one of the gates we find before us a long open court, occupied principally by piles and tiers and logs of wood, and bounded on either side by ranges of workshops extending three hundred feet in length. Advanc ing half-way along the court, we find, on either side, an archway, leading beneath the buildings to other courts or open quadrangles, one to the east and one to the west of that by which we enter : these quadrangles, like the first, are bounded on both sides by long and uniform ranges of work shops. We are then enabled to see the extent and form of the factory. It consists of four parallel ranges of buildings, every ranee lighted by windows on both sides, and having in general three tiers or stories of workshops in height. The four ranges separated by the three court-yards, and at the ends are four dwelling-houses inhabited by the superinten dents and foremen of the establishment. Each range is wide enough to have in most parts two workshops in width ; and as most of the ranges are three stories in height, there is an aggregate length of workshop truly enormous, in fact it con siderably exceeds half-a-mile—an extent to which there are probably very few parallel instances in the metropolis. " In these four ranges of buildings three or four hundred men are engaged in the four component parts of the piano fortes, from the first sawing of the rough timber, to the po lishing and regulating of the finished instruments. Besides these there are many others engaged in the smaller branches of the manufacture, who do not work on the premises. The wood of which the pianoforte is manufactured is a subject of no little interest to Liverpool, considering how great the import of mahogany is into this port. "It is ge nerally known that Honduras mahogany is not so highly valued for cabinet-work as Spanish mahogany; it is there fore in the pianoforte manufacture used for some of the parts which are afterwards veneered with Spanish mahogany, rose wood, or some other kind of fancy wood, But in the pre sent case a tree of Honduras mahogany, imported about six teen years ago, has far exceeded what Spanish wood cpuld exhibit. Spanish mahogany is decidedly the most beautiful ; but occasionally, though not very often, the Honduras wood is of singular brilliancy ; and it is then eagerly sought for, to be employed in the most extensive cabinet work. Some time ago Messrs. Broadwood, who have been long distin guished as makers of pianofortes, gave the enormous sum of three thousand pounds for three logs of mahogany. These logs, the produce of one tree, were each about fifteen feet long and thirty-eight inches wide." It is stated that the strings of an improved grand piano forte require nearly one thousand iron pins or pegs, each one inserted in a hole made with great exactness to its dimen sions; but the following statement is still more surprising:— " We find that in one of Messrs. Broadwood's most im proved six-and-a-half octave pianofortes (for which, we believe, a patent has been taken out) the mechanism con nected with the action' consists of about three thousand eight hundred separate pieces of ivory, ebony, cedar, syca more, lime-tree, mahogany, beef-wood, oak, pine, steel, iron, brass, lead, cloth, felt, leather, and vellum. Every one of these has to be fashioned with the most scrupulous exactness, and as scrupulously adjusted to its place. Many of the pieces are not more than a quarter of an inch square, some even less " Of the workmen in this large establishmant, and the good feeling existing amongst them, we may take the following as an example :—_ _ . . " The pianoforte manufacture is one in which nothing but highly-skilled and manual dexterity can make and adjust the numerous pieces of mechanism involved in it ; and those workmen who possess this skill are not likely to be supplan ted by any automatic machinery. Hence it happens that the same workmen are seen year after year, occupying their old benches, using their old toolss coming to work and leaving work at the old hours, and seeming as if the old shop be longed to them and they to the shop. Vie noticed, not only that many of the workmen in the factory are elderly men who have occupied their present situations twenty, thirty, or forty years, but that a kindly feeling prevailed among all, illustrative of mutual confidence between the employers and the employed. The patriarch of the establishment is a vene rable ci-devant foreman, not far from ninety years of age, who has seen out two or three generations of workmen, and whose connection with the establishment dates back through a period of nearly sixty years. That such a man is respected by the firm, and deemed almost part and parcel of it, need hardly be said." ORANGEISM, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, " Make thyself the friend of all pious and peaceable men, avoiding strife, and seeking benevolence, slow to take offence and offering none, thereby, so far as in thee lieth, turning the injustice of our adversaries into their own reproof and confusion. Slll,—The above quotation forms part of a very beautiful initiatory address, given upon the introduction of a new member into the Loyal Orange Institution. A writer in the Journal, of last Saturday, who has (although shortsighted) adopted the title of " Argus," charges the orangemen of Li verpool with a desire to create turmoil, because a neighbour has told him that the 12th of July will be kept up by a public procession. Now, sir, I observe in reply,—First, I believe that the Loyal Orange Benevolent S oc i et i es w ill wa lk on t h e i r an niversary in honour of one of England's kings; and I hope " Argus" will not consider it treason so to do. Secondly,—l do not believe that there is the slightest in tention of wounding either the feelings or prejudices of the Irish Roman Catholics, or to offer the smallest disrespect to the religion which they in their consciences believe to be true. Thirdly,—That no tumult can arise, unless by the most wanton and determined attempts on the part of the factious to create a noise ; for, I believe, it is not intended to approach any of the neighbourhoods in which the Irish Roman Catho lics reside, and thus, if a collision should take place, it would be the seeking of our opponents. Fourthly,—The banners will be all truly loyal, and unlike some which are carried on St. Patrick's Day, which hear the figures of the Irish rebel Sarsfield, with the motto of " Sars field the brave," and of an Irish agitator, with the motto, " Repeal of the union." Fifthly,—The loyal orangemen are determined that there shall be no tumult ; for they will leave their cause with the proper authorities, and will call upon the guardians of the peace to be ready to repress any violence which may be at tempted whilst they enjoy their privileges as British subjects, in acting peaceably, loyally, and determinedly, in honouring the memory of a British king and hero. It will be seen, should circumstances require, that the loyal orangeman is as patient under taunt and provocation as he is brave, when called upon by the magistrate or his Queen to put down re bellion. Lastly,—Let us hear no more of justice to Ireland, or re ligious liberty, from the lips or pens of pseudo liberals ; the sons of Erin walk in our town, enjoying their own principles and pleasures, and secure in the protection of our rulers, and justice to England demands that Englishmen should, on their own soil, enjoy, at least, equal advantages; and it is most insulting to hint, for a moment, that any one claims a right to deprive us of our undoubted rights as Englishmen and lovers of our Queen and supporters of our constitution. I trust that our fellow-subjects, among the poor Irish Ro man Catholics, will exercise a sound discretion by minding their avocations, and not minding such writers as " Argus,' and I can promise them that they will never know that a pro cession has taken place, much less imagine that any insult was intended. Let it be borne in mind, that formerly Irish Roman Catholic loyalists, and even dignitaries of their church, walked in honour of the king who freed us from ty ranny and gave us the bill of rights ; and so they might again if bigots, who have more bile than charity, did not knowingly pervert the truth, and affirm the oft-exploded falsehood, that we have vows against men, or any animosity except against bad principles. We surely may be allowed to honour our own principles, without being charged with intended insult to others. If indiscreet and foolish men forget their obligations, and at times deserve reprehension, we are sorry, and deplore the circumstance, but such cases are the exception, and not the rule. What large body of men will not contain exceptions ? I will not notice the other confused and unfounded statements of "Angus," as my object is to comment only on that part which bears upon the procession ; I do not think that orange ism can suffer much from the pen of " Argus," when it has stood the test of two parliamentary inquiries, and came out of the inquiry refined and more resplendent by passing through this ordeal.—With the best of good will to " Argus" and all mankind, I am, sir, yours, &c., . , AN ORANGEMAN 'PURPLE MARKSMAN, Liverpool, 23d May, 1812. A great fire is announced to have befallen the Austrian town of Steijer, not far from Lintz, where 400 houses were consumed and three-fourths of the inhabitants, who were celebrated for their iron manufactures, were left without shelter. A LOCOMOTIVE IN DISTRESS..—A somewhat ludicrous circumstance occurred on Sunday to a party who had made a trip with an engine and tender, on the Manchester and Bir mingham Railway, from Stockport as f ar as C rewe. They started early in the morning taking dinner at Crewe;and having enjoyed the creature comforts of th e world, they pre pared to return in the evening. They came at a C Convenient speed to Sandbach ; but at Holmes Chapel, Billy b ecame somewhat uneasy ; at Chelford he began to lag ; at Alderley he grunted ; and near Wilmslow he groaned and made a dead halt ! Not a peg would he stir—stupi , d as a mule. Th e party, in their extremity held a " council ; ' an investigation into Billy's grievances and complaints was duly entered into ' • and lo ! and behold ! it was discovere d that all the water was consumed, and that the vital principle of locomotive " rail " was extinct. To get up steam without water was a problem too diffieult for even a modern reformer to solve—and they consider themselves no bird's meat. Here then was a regular " fix," as Jonathan would affirm. They could get no water in that particular vicinity ; and being far from help of this essential supply, they might as well have up to the neck in the deserts of Arabia. Well, what must be done—they could not release themselves ; and, therefore, like a stranded, ship, they awaited the possible arrival of another engine. Such was their wise resolve ; and towards midnight an engine and tender were dispatched hence in the utmost alarm in quest of the distressed Crewe-sera, whistling all the way at the top of the steam, lest the engine might run foul, at he same time expecting the usual response from th e ob j ect of th9r anxiety and solicitude ; but it was as vain to expect a whistle with out steam as to produce steam without water. havingwater .fihe b y een were, however, luckily relieved from th eir dilemma somewhere near Wilmslow without any accident ; n at tached to the other engine, were towed into harbour at the Stockport station, the vessel being all right, and the crewe in high spirits at their safe return, —Stockport Advertiser. ELEVENTH LECTURE ON THE CREED OF POPE PIUS. The eleventh in the series of lectures on the several arti cles in the creed of Pope Pius the Fourth, was delivered by the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, D.D., on the evening of Friday last, in the Music-hall, Bold-street. There was a most respectable auditory present. On the motion of Mr. HOWARD, seconded by Mr. SHEP HERD, the chair was taken by Mr. MIDDLETON ; after which, _the Rev. F. PARRY supplicated a blessing upon the proceedings The Rev. Dr. O'SULLIVAN, who was received with great cheering, commenced by reading the clause upon which he was about to lecture, namely : " I likewise undoubtedly receive and profess all other thing's delivered, defined, and declared by the sacred canons and general councils, and particularly by the holy council of Trent; and I condemn, reject, and anathematise all things contrary thereto, and all heresies which the church has con demned, rejected, and anathematised." From the various objections which might be urged against this clause, he should content himself with selecting four. The first was, that the promise was too vague and extensive, and that it imposed obligations to an extent of which he who made it must be altogether unconscious; the second objec tion was, that it enforces contradictory obligations, contain ing a promise to receive, as truth, propositions of which the acceptance of one would necessarily imply the rejection of the other ; in the third place, it contained a promise to re ceive as holy and true, and as essential to Christian faith, doctrines and principles which he who swears to the Church of Rome to receive them, has, in many instances, sworn to the state in which he is a subject to reject as anti-Christian and abominable; and the fourth objection was, that the article is in itself a direct violation of the principles which it enjoins to receive, pronounces an anathema upon all whom every council has anathematised, and, iu the very act of so expressing its adherence to councils, committing the offence upon which an anathema has been, by anticipation, de nounced. He should proceed to consider these objections, and the validity of the replies which Romanists made to them. The Ist objection arose from the extent of the obligation— " I promise that I will receive, without any doubt, all things defined, delivered, and declared in the sacred canons and general councils." Now this was a very extensive under taking, an undertaking of which the comprehensiveness could be understood only by these who understood what was the extent of that mass of doctrine, discipline, and wor ship, which they have pledged themselves thus without mo dification to receive and revere. To what extent did the works containing the sacred canons extend? He thought he might very confidently assert that there were not within the Church of Rome in this country ten men who had made themselves acquainted with it ; and he remembered distinctly that Dr. Doyle, a Roman Catholic bishop, without the least hesitation, affirmed to committees of the parliament, that there were but few canonists in this country. The code of canon law (many of which he enumerated) comprehended a vast body of divinity, if divinity it could be called, which in some editions extended to a hundred folio volumes. It was perfectly enormous; and it must be remembered that he who promised to receive them, did not merely pled ge hi s pro mise as a p ro f ess i ona l person in this country would pledge himself to respect our laws. He would pledge himself to respect the laws because they were the laws, not binding himself to an asseveration that those laws were necessary and important to the church, but simply binding himself to receive as law whatever is enacted under that denomination. But here there was a promise —a promise implying that not only were these documents received without any qualification, but they are received as essential to salvation. The rev. gentleman proceeded to point out the manifold distinctions which are made in the councils by the Italian and French schools of Romanism, some being accepted by one and reject ed by the other, by which the infallible religion was involved in the most palpable contradictions. This difficulty, however, was got over by the Pope of Rome propounding his claim to be,received as the interpreter of the councils. In the next place, Dr. O'Sullivan enlarged upon the third objection to this article, namely, because it contained a promise to re ceive, without any doubt, and as of necessity to salvation, principles ,which many of those who swore to Romanism to receive them swore to the state to reject, and to " reject, detest, and abominate as anti-Christian." In the same style of commanding eloquence he urged the fourth objection, namely, that in this clause the men who make this promise provoke upon themselves the anathema which they express themselves willing to fulminate against others. We regret that our space is too limited to report the arguments of Dr. O'Sullivan at a length proportionate to their force and truth. Having gone through these objections he noticed the an swers given to them by Romanists, and concluded nearly as follows I have now gone through the arguments, briefly, by which Romanists would reply to such objections as I have urged; but there is one consideration without which I should leave my subject imperfect—l mean more imperfect than lam willing, upon this occasion, to leave it. If you were to con sider the promise respecting canons and councils which I have repeated, in itself alone, you would not understand its efficacy and its influence. You must compare it with the promise which is made respecting Scripture and the promise which is made respecting tradition, in order to understand the full amount of injury contained in this engagement which Romanists take to receive without a doubt what has been de livered in sacred canons and general councils. What engage ment does Romanism require of her victims respecting tradi tion? It is that they will embrace steadfastly what is called " apostolical and ecclesiastical traditions." What promises respecting God's Holy Scripture ? "I admit also the sacred Scriptures in'that sense in which the church delivers it, shows itself the judge of Scripture, and I will never take or interpret it unless according to the unanimous consent of the fathers." The man takes to his heart traditions . —"I embra ce s t ea df astly apostolic and ecclesiastic traditions ," but what of Scripture? " I admit it." (Hear, hear, hear.) I admit, it ! B ut h ow admit it? (Hear.) sit admitted in its own inherent ex cellence, admitted for its own prevailing claims upon all men's accptance ? No ; but because that in so far as the church condescends to interpret it, thy receive it from that interpre ter, andithat is their admission of Scripture ! (Hear.) And what is the further engagement ? " I will not take and in terpret it unless I can do so according to the unanimous con sent of the fathers," that is to say, " I embrace steadfastly ecclesiastical tradition; I reject without qualification all Scripture to which the unanimous voice of the fathers has not borne a new and a human testimony ; and while 1 thus put aside Scripture with a species of contemptuous toleration, I propose to receive without any doubt, whatever has been delivered, declared, and defined, in sacred canons and general councils." (Cheers.) Now, if a Roman Catholic would permit any of you, my dear friends, to ask him a question, will you ask him whether he would, in his conscience and his heart, object to see these two clauses change places —to see the Scriptures spoken of in the language in which councils and tradition is honoured, and to see the authority alone which Romanists ascribe to the Scriptures given to their canons and councils? In other words, to say this—" I receive, without any doubt, all things declared in God's Holy Scrip tures, and I will consent to receive tradition or canons or councils provided they contain nothing which is not in perfect conformity with God's Holy Scriptures." (Loud cheers.) This would be Catholic doctrine : the doctrine of Pius IV. is Romish doctrine. (Renewed cheers.) And brethren, I spoke of putting the question to Romanists : does not such an examination as that, through which we have been steering, teach, us that we should be very gentle in our judgment, and very earnest in our prayer, for the conversion of a people la bouring under such difficulties as they ? .Can any reasonable man feel surprised that a Roman Catholic priest, whose con science and judgment have been warped into an acquiescence in the dogmas of his church, shall offer stedfast opposition to the Bible ? Remember what it is he has promised to receive, what.it is he is compelled to promise he will reject. Oh, if a man has once been brought so low in heart and mind, as to think that, although God is the author of all Scripture, Scripture contains snares by which God can bring man to destruction,—that although God is the author of all Scrip ture, there are parts of Scripture which it would bring the curse of everlasting ruin for a man to contemplate. If a man's mind and heart are brought into such a state as that, while they believe God to have raised up a true church, and to have com missioned a faithful ministry, and to have given a holy word, who could, at the same time, believe that this church and this ministry, may exclude God's word, or interdict it to the people, and set up as a sufficient standard, as a necessary substitute, a word which they have framed themselves ? if men's mindsand hearts have been brought to an acquiescence to dogmas such as these, then, how can we be surprised to find that their acts are consistent with these mournful pro positions, or how can we feel anything but a sort of mingled wonder and veneration and thankfulness, to feel and to know that the Scriptures, thus interdicted, have yet been preserved, that they are with us still, that the creed against which Romanism has so despitefully raged, still remains and re tains its authority among us ? (Cheers.) There are men whose delight it is, in their indifference to the truth, and in their professed love of peace, to discourage all exertions to make the truth known. (Hear.) They say that the word from above is peaceable ; they should remember that the first attribute of it is, that it is pure. (Hear.) There are men who tell you that efforts to disseminate truth have little result ; but are productive of ill feeling and contention, and dis honourable and unchristian discord. Far be it from any of us to say that even the truth itself may not sometimes be advocated in a spirit which generates strife ; but if the truth sets free from acrimonious passions those who teach it, the heart that is struck out in the controversy in its promulga tion, the objections to it and those who maintain the vindi cation of it, will not be productive of evil. (Hear.) They tell us that there is evil ; let it be for those who delight to shew what is evil in God's dealing, and obnoxious to God's love, labour in the vocation to which they assign themselves. Let them desport thernselvesiin discanting upon the strifes and schisms which have disfigured and rent the church of Christ ; let them delight themselves, if they please, in saying that when persecution wearied of its rage against God's church, left the church to repose, there were internal convulsions which would not permit it to enjoy it—that strifes and envyings, jealousies, schism, and heresies rose against it, andinflicted evil upon it from within more than from without. Let them say so, gut let them not deprive us of the privilege of meeting, and from exulting with joy in feeling that although Pius may have taken their church from God's church,truth wass never taken from it. (Cheers.) Let us rejoice, that although it did not enjoy its repose, it was compelled and coerced to retain the truth. " When they persecute you in one city, flee ye into another," was a precept which the apostles illustrated in their lives and conduct ; an d it i s prec i se l y t h e same precept which has been illustrated in the history of the church. In one place there may have been persecutions, corruptions, and tyranny so fierce and fell that they silenced the voice of those who could speak the truth ; but in another place,—it may be a the same moment,—the church in the wilderness, in the uninhabit e d parts, was introduced in the pl ace w hi c h i n the sea t of Peter ; it speaking the saving truth. (2heers.) Th e corrupt principle of the church mightbe God's church occupied ; i t might sit might parade its corruptions in the assemblies of crowded resort ; it might have asserted decrees of power an d autho rity not given to it ; but, a t the same time, it never had the power either to kill or to conquer truth. It cou ld su b due the truth ; it could reduce it into abject place s , i nto an ob scure state, but it could not retain its seat of power without having the truth besides it. It was wi th it, sir, sometimes as the slave sat with the Roman general in his car of triumph, reminding him that his triumph was transitory. Like the two witnesses in the R e velations,. I am not i n t erpret i ng, I am only reverentially borrowing an image ; like the two wit nesses of the Revelations, there were witnesses throughout the whole fold of the Christ ian church ; these were the wit nesses of God's truth which he sent down f rom heaven ; these were witnesses by whi ch earth lent its acknowledgment to God's word, the creed, the creed, that venerable tradition, the ancient creed. These witnesses testified, it m ay f a i r l y b e said, a ga i ns t the delinquencies and the delinquency of the whole visible church. There was heresy in it, schism in it, contests in it, strife in it; b ut the bible and the creed were in it t oo . (L ou d c heers.) The bible then —i t m i ght be si lent and sealed, but the bibl e w as by none ad u l terated. The creed was certainly a creed which uttered its voice amid many corruptions of a false religion ; but the voice which it uttered was true. (Hear.) Although there were id o l s i n the tern. Ales wherei n it was spoken., although there were corruptions in the services in which it was read, although there were falsehoods in the hearts often of those who spoke it, there was truth i n th e ut t er ance of thep creed. (Che ers .) I t was a creed w hi c h inspired ins hearts a l ove of truth a men knowledge of sav i ng truth, and which su s t a i ned many a h e art throughout the martyr's fire in triumph ; and after many a century of struggling, under circumstances of ignominy and has, it may be said already shame, can we feel other than a . most deep and thank ful sense to God, that he Where is . given this creed the victory?the spot? but do y not appose I speak of the creed because it is the composition of man —no, but because it is a bright enumeration of that great truth which is the central truth of God's blessed word —this has the victory—is there a spot, I ask, now upon the civilised earth, in which the British tongue is a9t heard ? and is there not more than an ordinary consolation in feel ing that in every spot where England has set her foot, it is there the pure and good water of life will gush forth, and it is her desire to be foremost in erecting pillars of testimony ! And not alone where the British tongue is spoken, and pure religion established, as in these realms, is it acknowledged; but even where papal despotism is heaviest, and where spi ritual destitution is dreariest. Under all disadvantages, the witnesses, the ancient venerable tradition, the creed, and the book of God's word, are st ill known, remembered, and dreaded. Popery has waged a long war with them, but she has been condemned to feel that she could not sustain it. She has endeavoured to entomb them in a living grave; she has endeavoured to put aside the Bible, and put in its place a body of the subtle and unchristian glosses and commenta ries of unsanctified men (hear); she has endeavoured to cast upon the creed, the ancient witness, that mighty mass, that huge and fluctuating mass of canons and councils; but al though she has erected a grave, or a tomb, as it were, upon them (the Bible and the creed)—memorials and mementoes of her own canons and councils, this creed, this formulary of Pius the Fourth—even beneath this haughty structure, there is mysterious life, and sometimes it is felt to move. Yes ; beneath, entombed and under the mass, the hideous mass, superimposed upon them, th e w it nesses of G od ' s truth live still, and sometimes they are felt to live; and whenever they move the mysterious mass around, all Romanism trem bles—trembles lest the buried witnesses shall come forth, and, as they ascend from the tomb, the light go up with them which her enchantments can no longer bind—a light which shall shew forth the workings of iniquity in their darkest recesses—a light which shalt spread its sound, spi ritual, well -sustained effulgence round, until the temple in which Romanism reigns shall shrink into its natural dimen sions, and expose to light the foul charnel-house,—until the idols in which multitudes had trusted shall fall prostrate before the cross,—and until those attractions which hal brought into Romanism hearts unsustained by the faith, shall be reft of the illusions that gave them power, and shall be revealed by the light, as they are pronounced in the words of Scripture, " dead men's bones, and all manner of un cleanness." (Loud cheers, during which the eloquent and rev. gentleman resumed his seat.) On the motion of the Rev. F. P ARRY , secon d e d b y the Rev. W. PALLooN, the thanks of the meeting were voted to Dr. O'Sullivan for his magnificent lecture. A doxology was then sung, and the meeting separated. The closing lecture on the Creed of Pins IV., by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, was announced for Friday evening, June 10. MR. NOTTINGHAM'S SECOND LECTURE ON MESMERISM. On Friday evening, Mr. Nottingham, surgeon, of this town, who, it will be remembered, during the stay of M. Lafontaine in Liverpool, devoted considerable time to the task of investigating and watching his experiments, delivered his second lecture upon the subject of animal magnetism, at the Literary Institution, St. Anne-street, before :highly respect able although not very numerous auditory. Having briefly introduced the subject, The LECTURER proceeded to insist on the necessity of studying the phenomena of magnetic somnambulism, or cata leysy, in co nnect i on with diseases, such as hysteria, epilepsy, and catalepsy, occurring spontaneously,—the analogy being shown to be more remarkable than we should at first have anticipated. The greater number of the more surprising features of the magnetised state were said to remember closely the symptoms of the diseases we have just named, affording fancied illustra trations of the power of art, in producing conditions of the economy, closely allied to such as occur spontaneously, or are the result of such accidents and causes as account for the or dinary appearances of disease; for not only the magnetic sleep but also the complaints alluded to, and compared with it, were shown to be frequently produced by mental emotion . ; the unnatural workings of a disturbed imagination being em ployed as the key which often seemed to unlock the great difficulties of the subject, and to remove the veil from the sanctum sanctorum of its wonders. The lecturer noticed some curious facts observed by Messrs. Ferrus and Rostan, and reported by the latter, whose veracity could not be doubted respecting the condition of clairvoyance, which appear at first sight to present insurmountable obstacles to the progress of physiological inquiry. On one occasion a gentleman took three young girls to the house of Mr. Roston ; they were in a state of somnambulism at the time, and knew nothing of the residence of M. Rostan before, not having been informed respecting the place to which they were about to be taken. When in M. Rostan's room the question was put—Do you know where you are ? They all answered—What a question ! we are at M. Rostan's ; and next described the darkened chamber in which they were at the time. in this instance, if there were any fallacy, its source was not detected. The following notice of an occurrence, in some points of view analogous, deserves perhaps to be placed side by side with it. In the year 1838 a member of the Institute of France offered a prize of 3000 francs to any one who should produce a case of somnambulism, in which the patient might be able to see, to describe objects, and to read without the use of the eyes. A M: Pigeaire, or Pignaine, of Montpelier, accepted the challenge in favour of his daughter, 13 years of age, and tra velled to Paris for the purpose of the exhibition. A number of seientific men were appointed to superintend the performance ; the young lady's eyes were tightly ban daged, and a book placed before her, on the page of which she read with correctness and apparent facility, following the lines, however, with the point of the index finger of the right hand. To do away with any suspicion of the reading being done by the employment of the sense of touch, a pane of glass was put over the page of the book, and the girl read as before. To make the experiment more conclusive by adding to the difficulties, a sheet of paper was now laid over the glass, which, to the surprise of the by-standers, immediately put a stop to the reading. At the next experiment a gentleman present proposed to M. Pignaire that he should be allowed to bandage the eyes with a handkerchief which he had brought for the purpose ; but the proposal was not acceded to. The bandage employed by Mademoiselle Pignaire was now carefully examined by a member of the commission of inquiry, and it was found to contain innumerable small and not easily perceptible aper tures made with a needle, or some such instrument ; - and the gentleman who examined it having tied it beforehis own eyes, found that through it he could distinguish the different kinds of playing cards which were thrown onthe table before him. Here, then, the nature of the deception was tolerably obvi ous, and despite the great number of cases of somnambulism with all the wonderful performances which had been previ ously obseived in connection with it—France could not sup ply, in the year 1838, a single case of seeing without eyes, although tempted by the glittering and attractive bait of 3000 francs. M. Rost an h as reporte d some very i nteresting cases of << clairvoyance," where magnetised patients described some of the internal parts of their own body : one in particular, where the position, size, and form of the heart were the sub ject of description ; the patient also telling the number of blood-vessels connected with the central ,organ of the circu lation—naming the colour of the fluid ••,: : they contained, and the rate of circulation—as quicker ower—in different neighbouring tubes. While M. C: , a recent writer on this subject, and long on the alert ' such phenomena, has never seen any case where anato cal descriptions given by such people were couched in better language, or distinguished by greater accuracy, than would have accompanied an attempt in their normal condition and waking hours. In all the instances observed by M. Calmeil where the heart, liver, or any other internal organ was described by a magnetic somnambulist, the approach to correctness was in variably such as could be at once associated with that degree of anatomical knowledge (frequently not amounting to an acquaintance with the commonest outline of things) which the patient, as well as others in the same social position, might be easily supposed to possess. When the magnetize/described remedies, or suggested their employment, a like degree of intelligence and a correspond ing accuracy prevailed ; if an ignorant person were converted into a sleeping seer, the ptisans, teas, and syrups came recom mended by the oracle—not in any new or classic dress, but with such names as they bear amongst the most experienced female practitioners, or on the pages of the village Pharma cophEea ; in short, the new, or the fancied new, intelligence on such occasions never went beyond the accuracy or the science of those written medical documents which are pre served by the midwives of every hamlet, and now and then, by accident, rescued from oblivion by some one raising the broken lid of a disused teapot in the chimney corner, or turningupside down the precious things which an antiquated cupboard contains. • M. Rostan details one case where his patient told him— and this at several different times without any mistake— whether he (the doctor) had his stomach full or empty. M. R. does not inform us respecting the possibility of the som nambulist knowing his dinner hour ; or attending to the state of his circulation, or the temperature of his hand while he was engaged (as might happen) in feeling the pulse. No doubt he would guard against any possible source of fallacy of this kind, and would not allow the fair sybil to discover his condition of plenitude by his breathing the vapours of wine. Truth, indeed, is strange !—stranger than fiction! Even if we were to believe in the existence of the magnetic fluid, which Mesmer said he demonstrated,—to suppose it capable of the movements he described, and fancy it yielding to the influence of his will, we should not have in all this a phe nomenon half as surprising as many of those which, from their every day occurrence, and from the manner in which they constantly minister to our enjoyments, are lost sight of because always present, and not appreciated until we are deprived of them. For who will compare the flight of Mesnaer's fluid with that of the invisible source of visibility —with the light which outstrips the lightning? or allow its asserted wonders in any way to equal the returning emana tions of the sun ? Yet all this has been done! — Wier; would not be anything wonderful in all the practices of Mesmer, supposing every fact to be real, every influence he assumed to be really possessed, if compared with the power of the human eye, or the endowments of its central aperture known to every one. For that, on one hand, we should take in the aspect of the distant celestial orbs, measure their mighty mass, or estimate their periodic revolutions—while, on the other, with the aid of the microscope, we aspire to cal culate the myriad of animalcules which a single drop of water contains—and that not only all this, but even the wide pic ture of nature, and the faithful representation of all created things, should, in travelling to the mind, have to find their way through an organic aperture, the pupil of the eye, (at mid-day scarcely larger than the head of a pin,) and that, be yond this, they should drop on a living canvas, of barely an inch in diameter, which receives with equal ease, and trans mits with equal truth, the fascinating tints of a Titian, or the startling gloom of a Itembrandt—i s cer t a i n ly t o b e l oo k e d upon with more surprise, as a well-known work of God, than are any of those productiobs of the hypertrophy of fancy which are now-a-days so common amongst men. The lecturer concluded by re mar ki ng , t h a t any investiga tion which, directly or indirectly, might tend to throw light on the hitherto halt' studied functions of the nervous system, ought to be regarded as valuable and praiseworthy, and that no inquiry or experiment connected . with this subject, how ever fallacious it might at first sight appear, should he con demned as unfair, or slighted as contemptible, until it could be associated with that dishonest intention which, in some instances, has been mistaken for philosophical zeal. Indeed, it deserves to be remembered, that the bold empiricism of Panacelsus, and the reveries of Van Helmont and the alchy mists, did their share in paving the way to that development of modern chemistry, which has adorned the civilized world with its productions, and astonished man with his own power. At the conclusion of the lecture, which was received throughout with the marked applause of the audience, a vote of thanks to M r . N o tti ng h am f or hi s ki n d exp l anat ions of this mysterious subject, was passed by acclamation. A young man, respectably attired, shot his brains out on Saturday morning, on Croydon Common. On the blank leaf of a book found in his pocket was written, " Because of not knowing how to make better use of my brain, I have come here to shatter it." RIGHT OF PROPERTY IN WlND.—Water - mills were at one time, particularly on the continent, included among the re galia or rights of the crown; and, on the introduction of wind mills. this assumed right was extended over air as well as water. A whimsical instance of the attempted exercise of this privilege is on record. It seems that the Augustine monks belonging to the monastery at Weindsheim, in the province of Overyssel, were desirous of erecting a wind -mill in the neighbourhood; but the lord of the soil opposed their project, on the extraordinary p re sumption__ that th e w i nd in that district belonged to him. Upon this the monks applied g rt e e r but s. a h t i e m n p to the Bishop of Utrec ht, who decid ed , in a towerin g p ass i on , that no one had power over the wind in hisant granted fe e : t s o elf t h ; e andgoo good thereupon he uu immediatelymonks. — Guide io rI 130ttrp. THE SINGLE MAN. BY MRS. ABDY. He meets the smile of young and old, he wins the praise of all, He is feasted at the banquet, and distinguished at the ball ; When town grows dull and sultry, he may fly to green retreats, A welcome visitor in turn at twenty country seats ; He need not seek society, for do whate'er he can, Invitations and attentions will pursue the Single Man. Fathers and brothers anxiously attempt his taste to suit ; O'er manors without number 'tis his pri v il ege t o s h oot ; Political opponents to his principles concede; He quatTs the finest Burgundy, lie rides the fleetest steed ; And never yet were families, since first the world began, United, blest, and fond as those who court the Single Man, The price of bread, the price of funds on him inflict no ills, He fears no winter avalanche of tradesmen's lengthy bills ; " Academies" and " Colleges" he passes calmly by; Nor casts on " ruination shops" a sad and timid eye; The rates of " Life Insurances" be never cares to scan, " Trustees" and " jointures" boast no powers to rack the Single Man. But years steal on, and he begins with careful folks to class, And shuns the pic-nic scramble, and the dinner on the grass, And dreads the cold spare chamber, and the crowded hall of . __ _....—. mirth, And loves the spreading easy-chair, and blazing quiet hearth ; And votes warm rooms, and early hours, the best and wisest plan ; And home affords few comforts to the ailing Single Man. Ile lacks a true and kindred heart his joy and grief to share. He lacks the winning tenderness of woman's gentle care ; No children gather round him, a beloved and loving train, Eager to win a father's smile, and sooth their father's pain ; He rates his poor dependants as a mercenary clan. Attachments come not ready made to cheer the Single Man. He stirs the fire, undraws the blind, and counts the clock's dull chime, Acquaintance sometimes sit with him five minutes at a time, Longer they cannot really stay, so nervous he is grown, It seems a c h ari t y t o go, and leave him quite alone! No earnest eyes to his are raised, his changeful looks to scan, The bland phy s i c i an ' s queries must suffice the Single Man. Ye " eligibles " ponder, to my warning lay attend, Flirtations, waltzes, and duets, one day must have an end ; 0 ! wait not then till prosiness and peevishness shall come, Choose in the summer time of life a bride to bless your home ; Let chaperons for others weave the sly and subtle plan, And only look with pity on the flattered Single Man. LITERARY NOTICE. The Case and Claims of the holders of Spanish Treasury Bonds. By Joseph Tasker, Esq. London : James Ridg way, Piccadilly. The pamphlet before us contains the case of the duped holders of these Spanish Securities (!) plainly stated in letters addressed to the Minister of Finance, Senor Surra y Rull, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Spanish Ambassador, Gene ral Sancho, &c. ; and presents to public reprobation an in stance of the most barefaced political swindling which ever disgraced the annals of any nation. In the olden time " Punic faith" was but another term for treachery; and it would really seem that, along with the Moorish blood which runs in the veins of a great portion of the Spanish people, the present race, or their government at least, have inherited the treacherous and unprincipled nature of their Punic an cestry. In financial matters, at all events, the most un stable kind of security must, in all time to come, be ac- counted to be that which is dependent upon—Spanish Faith ! We have little ympathy, we must confess with the Stock Exchange gamblers whose "greed"—how expressive is - the word used by our Scottish fellow-countrymen, who, by the way are well acquainted with the feeling itself, and, of course, able to describe it !—has led to many simple, and we doubt not, honest individuals, to invest their hard earned savings in the rascally and irredeemable rags called Spanish Bonds. We abhor all these tricky and unprincipled speculations ; and most assuredly do not pity the thimbleriggers when they chance themselves to make such a bargain as appears to be this Spanish one in question. For all this, however, that government and that nation is worthy only of execration which violates, as Spain has done, its most solemn engage ments ; and the punishment which we would advise for such national rascality would be the outlawry of the nation itself from all financial or trading intercourse with civilised and honest states. Let Spain shew a disposition, even, to pay her engagements, and we would readily pardon her present inability ; but if foreign governments are permitted, as Spain has been, to proclaim their insolvency, in almost the same breath which came whining to our shores for money, and no such punishment is inflicted, we must, as our last resource, shut the purse of the English capitalist to every similar ap- peal from whatever foreign quarter. We are told, by-the-bye, that the United States govern ment is coming to us for a loan of a million or so. Would it not be well that that government should first guarantee the payment of its various State•loaus, which have just now a rather Spanish appearance? WHITE SLAVERY IN ENGLAND (From the Hal ila oip wlnwincr Guardian.) , _rom the report of the Children's Employment Commission, have roused the sym pathies of a crowded auditory, if it bad been told on an Anti- Slavery platform ? " One of the most disgusting sights I [J. C. Symons, Esq.] have ever seen, was that of young females, dressed like boys in trowsers, crawling on all fours, with belts round their w aists and chains passing between their legs, at day pits. * * In one, near New Mills, the 'chain passing high up between the legs of two of these girls, had worn large holes in their trowsers; and any sight more disgustingly indecent or revolting can scarcely be imagined than these girls at work—no brothel can beat it." And how would the white handkerchiefs of our fair coun trywomen have been bedewed, had the following narration been given as the words of a married iiegress :—" I have a belt round my waist, and a chaih passing between my legs ; and Igoon my hands and feet. The pit is very wet where I work, the water comes over our clog tops always, and I have seen it up to my thighs. My clothes are wet through almost all day long. The belt and chain is worse when we are in the family way." Or this :—" I have worked in a pit since I was six years old. I have had four children; two of them were born while I worked in the pits. I had a child born in the pits, and I brought it up the pit shaft in my skirt." Or this :—" I have wrought in the bowels of the earth 33 years. Have had nine children ; had two dead born ; thinks they were so from the oppressive work ; a vast of women have dead children and false births. I have always been obliged to work below till forced to go home to bear the bairn, and so have all the other women." And yet true charity will be as active for these poor Eng lish and Scotch women as it was for the African population of our West Indian colonies. What ! have we paid twenty millions for the abolition of West Indian slavery, and shall we hesitate for a moment to put a legislative stop to this worse than West Indian slavery, this harder than Egyptian bondage ? Is the philanthropy of England so perverted, that like the love of Desdemona it moves only towards a black visage? Or has our English charity such a telescopic eye that it can only see and magnify distant objects? Surely not. The " Report" shows (as we may next week prove) that these barbarities are not required or necessary (the tyrant's plea) for the purpose of coal getting. The em ployment of girls has been forbidden by the Low Moor and other great companies ; and the use of infant labour can also be similarly dispensed with. Surely, then, the " philanthro pists" (egotistically so-called) will join us in this work of mercy—this labour of love. The ten hour bill then must also join us; for there is not a single argtiment against infant factory labour, that comes not with accumulated force on the employment of children in coal mines. Was factory labour commenced at too early an age ?—in fants are sent to coal pits at five, four, and even three. Was factory labour prolonged to a wearisome length ?—the hours of labour in coal pits are 11, 12, and .13, in Yorkshire and Cumberland ; in Derbyshire, Durham, and Northumber land, from that to 16 hours ; and in the east of Scotland, from 15 to 18—" from two in the morning till six at night." Was it the practice in factories to have night work in addi tion ?—iu some mines in Northumberland and North Dur ham " boys and young men work in the pits what is termed double and treble shifts, i. e., for twenty-four or thirty six consecutive hours ; and some instances are stated of their having worked quadruple shifts, that is, for 48 con secutive hours ;" and John Dixon, 14 years old, says in his evidence, " Last fortnight I was down the pit three days and three nights without coining up at all." Is it the tendency of infant factory labour to cripple the " human form divine,' and to bring on premature old age ?—we have undeniable evidence that infant colliery labour produces "a crippled gait, often connected with positive deformity"—that in York shire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, and Staf fordshire, " there are no old colliers"—that in South Dur ham " they are generally short lived"—that in Scotland* " most of the men drop off before they get the length of 40' years"—that in Derbyshire one race of. them is old at 28 or 30—and that in East Lothian " the men die off like rotten sheep." Was it proved that the air of factories was perni cious ?—and is it not ecivally certain that the atmosphere of coal mines is more so, and therefo re l ess fit for a child to whom pure air is more necessary than food itself ? Is factory labour liable to many accidents ?—and are not coal mines equally full of danger, though equally open to be made innocuous if the legislature decree that they shall be so made? NATIONAL EDUCATION. (From the Ulster Fimes.) The subject of national education has long been a matter of contention in Ireland. It has given rise to a controversy, in one sense, not yet settled, though all men, who prefer principle to expediency—who are willing to forego mere temporal advantages for the sake of adherence to Scriptural instruction and Christian truth—regard it as set at rest for ever. Men may flatter themselves into a pleasing belief that it cannot be far wrong to give up some of their own con scientious scruples, if they can thereby secure what they may regard as substantial benefits. But it is dangerous, indeed, to adopt such a grievously erroneous idea —an idea that, if once carried out to its legitimate consequence, might lead to the rejection of the most important doctrines of Christianity itself. Besides, we ought to be fully aware of the danger of countenancing a system which abounds with acknowledged evils, such as the present Board of Education for Ireland, — not to speak of the criminal and and ominous silence as to witnessing against those evils, necessarily, it should seem, imposed on all who have consented to receive a portion of its funds. These remarks have been drawn from us by reading the subjoined letter, from the pen of an able minister of the Church of England, in reference to the subject of education, which we shall present to our readers without further preface, as it sufficiently speaks for itself:— " TO TILE REV. HENRY MOORE. " DEAR SlR,—The address to Sir Robert Peel, which you have been requested to forward to the clergy for signature, and which, as you report, above eight hundred of them have already subscribed, I cannot sign, even after its recent alter ation. I think that it still states the principle of scriptural education most vaguely, and our chief objection to the wi scriptural system of na ti ona l e d ucat i on insufficiently; that it is further capable of bei ng p rac ti ca ll y i n t er p r eted in a sense which the great majority of the subscribers have wh r olVil y , claimed, and is con sequen t*, on the whole, for mo re I "`` to do harm than good. " I am, dear sir, yOurs faithfully, 44 J . B. MARTIN " Rectory House, Killyshandra, May 17,1842. Did you ever see two women pass each other in the street, without each turning round to nee what the other had on ? STATE OF TRADE. MANCRESTER.—This being a holiday week, business may be said to be at a stand, as the mills, printworks, and dye- works are nearly all stopped, and the proprietors 'areglacrof the opportunity of curtailing their production, and many talk even now of stopping until the trade is better. On Tuesday, in our opinion, the market was extremely flat, and little or no business transacted : we were, therefore, surprised to learn that an opposite idea had been formed by others and a better feeling reported. Sincerely do we hope that we are wrung, for we are but too glad to perceive even the glimpse of an improvement, and have had to blame ourselves more than once f or being too ready to give currency to our wishes. W e are glad to find that our fears for the insurance offices in Hamburg,' are not correct, as they will be able to meet their engagements. Prices remain steady, and 66's 27-inch power oom printer s may b e quoted at 4s. 3d. to 4s. 1 7 - 1(1.; 7 2 's. 4s. to 55., some houses refusing to take less than ss. 3d. —Manchester Advertiser, of Saturday. BOLTON. —The trade here is still without improvement, and hope begins to sink almost into despair. Counterpanes have still a very limited,emand, and fine muslins, quiltings, &c., appear to be suffering almost a more severe depression than ever. The demand for cotton yarns is miserably trifling. The machinery in the greater part of the mills is working very short time ; in one instance, it is working only so long as will enable the hands to pay their masters the rents of the houses they live in. Every class of mechanics, through short time, and being without employment altogether, are in a most awful condition. Notwithstanding this, the spinners have had several meetings during the last week, in' order to come to resolutions for the further reduction of wages. Some have proposed a reduction of 27 per cent., artil it is said one of those who have attended the meetings has proposed a less reduction than 15 per cent. They have, however, hitherto been divided, and the consequence has been a general re duction has not yet taken place.—lbid. BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—WooI Market : Th e transac tions in this ranch of our trade, during the week, are not materially altered from our last report. The spinners ate still seeking a reduction, which the staplers are compelled to resist, seeing no chance to procure it from the grower at prices that admit of the cost of its transit to the consumer.— Yarn Market : The business done in yarns is to a tolerably fair extent : perhaps more might have been done had the spinners given way to the request of the buyers ; but to do this is impossible, except at a great sacrifice; and yarns are now sold for less than was ever remembered, while wool is still higher. An opinion is gaining ground that yarns have seen their lowest point, even though wool should recede fur ther.—Piece Market: This being the Whitsuntide holyday, also an extra session for the trial of prisoners, our town has been very busy with idlers; but in business matters no change of a material character has taken place. Orleant d Meri noes'appear to have been going to a fair extent,' *hope, before the expiration of many wee k s, the step* .otanufac tared goods in the market, whi c h we learn is)i , otluiftWy, will be much reduced.—lbid. BLACKBURN.—The cotton trade here was never in such a deplorable state before. The machinery in several mills is at a complete stand ; in two factories the hands are only partially employed ; and the operatives at other mills have been reduced in their wages, within the last six months, thirty, and in some instances as much as fifty, per cent. Several masters declare that they would rather stop their works than manufacture under present circumstances.-- Hand-loom weaving is in a most deplorable state : one kind of work, twenty yards long, forty inches wide, and fifty picks to the inch, is woven for fivepence : nearly one-half of the hand-loom weavers are entirely without employment. The power-loom weavers can earn from ss. to Bs. 6d. per week ; but they have been taxed With 9d. per loom. In addition to paying high rents to the cotton masters, the tenants are now forced to pay the poor-rates, which their landlords used to pay. About three years ago, there were upwards of 400 masons employed in the town and neighbourhood : at pre sent, there are about 50 in employment. Other trades in the vicinity are much in the same deplorable state.—lbid. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The demand for woollen goods throughout this district still continues inactive, and the transactions at the Cloth Halls present little matter for com ment. In the warehouses there has been a slight improve ment in the demand within the last ten days, bat all parties complain of ruinously low prices. —Leeds Intelligencer, of Saturday. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MAY Ig.—We have had a better demand for goods to-day, and a considerable quan tity have sold without any advance in price. In the wool market there is no change to report. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY.—SO little altera tion has taken place in the state of this market for several weeks past, up to this day, that opinion is scarcely divided as to its fixed character of one continued series of struggles for existence. However, it is satisfactory to state, that it was no worse ; in fact, considerable business was done in light fancies for the home market, and in heavy woollens for shipment ; still, prices are unremunerating generally. Wools are stationary, and in fair demand. Business in the ware houses has slightly improved ; but no great things may be expected until the tariff is settled. Her Majesty the Queen enters on her 24th year this day, the 24th May. HINT TO MUSICAL MEN.—If you would like a tune or two at dinner, tell your wife she is not so handsome as the lady across the way. SUGAR IN THE OLDEN TIME.—In the reign of Henry the 'Fourth of France, sugar was so rare in that country, that it was sold by the ounce by apothecaries, nearly as Peruvian bark is now sold.—Echo du Monde Savant. A BRIGHT YOUTH.—There is a boy in Salem so bright that his mother has to look at him through apiece of smoked glass.—New York Paper. OBJECTION TO IRISH CARDINALS•—There has been a car dinal of every nation except an Irish one ; perhaps lest he should encroach upon the authority of the Pope—in making bulls. EDITORIAL COMPLIMENT.—The editor of the New York Brother Jonathan, speaking of a particular production of his brother editor of the New World, describes it as " a cata ract of red water from the nose of a genuine wooden pump." On Saturday night, between eleven and twelve, a poor man was drowned in the Thames. He was in a boat, which was upset by a steamer coming up the river at the time. PROPERTY TAX.—The motion for the third reading of the property tax bill now stands deferred till Friday next. A subscription is now raising for the purpose of erecting and endowing new churches and chapels in the parish of §t. Pancras, London. The church accommodation is only suf ficient for 18,000 persons, while the total number of inha bitants, according to the late census, is 129,598. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AT YORE.—We are informed that the information we had received respecting the extent of the purchase, and the money collected for the erec tion of a new Catholic church in York, is not correct. The sum available for that purpose amounts to no more than between £2OOO and £3OOO. COPPER MINE.—It is stated, that through the exertions of Mr. W. Fox, of C ar li s l e, a rich vein of copper has been discovered at Haygill, on Caldbeck Fells. In driving for the main vein, a rich string of ore, from seven to eight inches in depth was found ; and a specimen of this ore, said to be the richest ever discovered in those Fells, weighing upwards of three stones, is now t o b e seen i n his shop in Carlisle. ARRIVAL OF TEA FROM CHINA.—On Saturday forenoon the ship Alexander Baring, Captain Hale, arrived in the London docks from Canton, with a large and valuable cargo of tea and other merchandise. In the evening, the ship Themes Sparkes, Captain Sparkes, also from China, arrived at the St. Katharine 's dock, likewise with a valuable and ex tensive cargo of tea, &c. Other ships from China with teas are daily expected to arrive in the Thames. AN ANAGRAM.—The Gazette de France gives the follow.. ing as the fragment of a way-bill picked up at the Versailles station, the rest of the paper having been used by Mr. George to light his pipe before lie went off with the fatal train : ~ A. No. 45. Chemin de Fer de la Rive Gauche. 8 Mai. Depart a une heure A- s." The letters of this, it adds, may be transposed into the following anagram :—" tine machine a 4 roues to fera perdre la vie Dimanche 8, a 5i heures ." The letter D alone remains over. — Galignani's Messenger. A PREVALENT MISTAKE.—A sentiment that it matters not what a man believes, so that he is sincere, is as unscriti tural as it is absurd. Sincerity of belief has no more effectin warding off evil in the spiritual, than in the natural kingdom. If the teachings and persuasions of a reputed chemist should prevail on you " to believe" that arsenic is harmless would it therefore be harmless ? Could you mix it with your bread, and you or your children eat it withbut injury to health and life ? Oh, no ! Neither will the sincerity of your belief save you from the consequence of error in religious faith. Right belief—truth, God's truth, i s t h e on l y foundat i on on w hi c h you can safely rest your hopes. But true belief is not a mere act of the understanding; it involves exercises of the heart ; the emotions are purified, and love pervades the soul. COVENT GARDEN MARKET.—On Saturday there were for the first time this season green peas of home growth at 30s. to 40s. per half-sieve. New potatoes were from 4d. to 9d. per pound, and new Cornish kidneys, 3s. to Gs. per doz. pounds. There was also a good supply of brocoli of very large size from Cornwall, at Gs. to Bs. per dozen bunches, the supply of these articles from this county increasing every year. Young carrots anti turnips have now snpo. Fruit i elrsededthe old crops, and cauliflowers are becoming plentif s becoming more plentiful, but keeps up its price. Cherries are 255. to 30s. per pound ; hothouse grapes, from ss. to 10s. per pound ; strawberries, 4d. to 9d. per ounce; and peaches and nectarines are becoming more plentiful, but still main taindozen ; green meerosedaaietbuearterir; x p l er ls. to 30s. per barge of six weretti e e ry priceobueodf abundant at t to fr 3 o o m s . half-sieves ; green currants, 6s. per half-sieve; and apricots, 6d. per Pottle. Amongst the noveltieLsainnseitiliveeorfflower market were many fine cactuses, combretums, ixias, gerdenias, &e h a a n ni d s s t o ea m d e , which be a utiful carried ro s e s away from the l large Horticultural Society's show at Chiswick. SPAIN.—It is rumoured in the financial circles of Madrid, that the government conte m pl ate d to issue a n hg interest at 3 per cent. to th e amount of eisTan, bear reals. Government proposed rece i ving in ' 00,0°°000 payments of it 1,000,000,000 reels of existing securities (5 100,000,000 in specie, and pro v id es out of pert epernotsceelanfodr the payment of the dividends down to the month of June, e 1844. The government would moreover deposit in the the of San Fernando 160.000,000 reals guaranteed by the revenues derived from tobacco and quicksilver, and bills on the government of Cuba and Porto Rico, in order to se-, cjuorneet,hleB4psa,yminecnlttisoivfot.heDsuobobsetq:,itt dsioviodceenssdsoftothteheoan3Othwaset entertained at the quarters best informed. Ministers wer e unceasing in their deliberations on the best means for im proving the financial condition and credit of the countrYtb uo the difficulties to be surmounted were formidable. a work- CURIOUS DISCOVERY.---On Monday last, as some old men were employed in clearing away the ruins ° Clarke of dwelling-house on the estate of Mr. Orm Dutton Hall, near Welsden, preparatory to the depth a new mansion on the spot, they discovered , nd, a num of nearly ten feet below the surface of the 8 . r° 1 .1 e - e up ber of partly decayed blocks of wood.° ne ar the n centre treadterection of wards in length, and of considerable gln.u wa ay t o a smaller water ; but, and extremity of one end, but sloPe s u at circumference at the other. I f some wooden pipes used first conjectured that the blocks were the remains 0 for the purpose of draining B o f 17 V u e lu in a g l bore or orifice on a closer inspection, no gs_ si-n tb the workmen, in striking could be discovered. Atl!ecg, broke away a portion, and ng remains of a human ske exposed to view the th n e i other blocks, seven n all, were then the bodies i . The remains! remains were discovered, and it forced open, and similar rude receptacles had been used for leton. Several of t was evident that coffins,these a sufficient space having been exca vatedthe purpose of theheci:obputlden s ingularly constructed habitations in several of these dust on being exposed to the !es for the and likewise air. From dead crumble d rnible marks on the lids of in eac the scarcely discs the coffins, con sisting carved crucifixes, croses, &c., • ting of ru- in w hich th sis l i ty from the loca hfor to r ains are those of monk- vered, it is conjec " I shot the hare been a house s, Duttong-hall hav ing formerly or mon astery.-21fontrore Standard. . onour and glory," inistas,._‘‘ Plaise yer lordship's h tured that thereto religious ~ By,aecident," remarked Captain entirely by accident." dent, ' continued the postilli O'Halloran: "By acci dent, the baste ran across on. " I was firing at a bush, rejalied Tim, my aim, " The gamekeeper tells ship. " Och ! don't a differentstory," rep lied his lord- Tim Ryan, ~ when irt faith in what that man says," said any how. He told e niver cares about spaking the truth fit to fill the chair olflae, " tother day, yer lordship was not so claimed Viscount _justice as a jackass !" "Ay, ay," ex say ?" "Plaice Kdskiddery, " indeed, and what did Ton yer lordship, I said yer lordship Was. '— Fraser' s Magazie,