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I July 9, 1844. Oburation. HALLWOOD HOUSE ACADEMY, T R ik HE t PUPI LS NRAIt of this SCHOOL UM:011N will CHEStill REASSEMBLE on the 22 d, 23d different Cl asses will and 24th days of Jul s y n n Al ex ,: , th an e d 2 l a l t t h e July. be formed on , r, nun _ aTslriee greatest 7,t0 success has attended thisSelr e o ry l s s l i l n n e r e tly it , ~ rivalPt4e bidsgiingalnBtfco,odattnlonwentfair, h that flourished here T i t 111,Ye •Years under the superintendence of the late Mr. Te:-2 1 :w c ansis4 of rift Pupils,. under a aClassical French prl'usgro, who is a Dublin University ...r ... r , _ who teaches French, Italian, and Drawing ; -...4 4 J Uclo r A ~ . Pstetruent. Assistant , who takes the Elementary De v W. 4 . l 4 "e , in g and Military E .. es are taught by if 31" ee ‘ tt, ut ,Opnenson, Wr) aer a c i l Music, by ...„r. delleearNt°n ; the :11 ' o a l m e being under the supreariwnten -4 Medi r i . L ia lleY, the Principal. a w eek. ea' M an attends the School three or four times Ever b cati on ;Y.. ranch forenin to the Afentar llsuglit, and great attention is paid, not only _, g part of a Polite and Usefnl Edu the 1) , ~ at also to the Moral and Physical Tra? " ble in tthiles hkioo3L4o,llB,m. in'theutseitpunartions ' one of the most eligi Clleshi,7 "lag been Boardingorpiog'nelosllfatillaerge t"Ior o tt . . Pt residence of f Sir School, John the P L ille --aY Gr ound 'a ilextensive, and affords , _ -It4 sut i n i t ; the advantages of a spacious Cricket GroLnd, pt q'ring with the games of the juniors. nu s,c,TpeCtllseliernlarsi,,,, ~25 and . £3O per . an p ra m: ) . r be obtained lictiCoaotidlp and ligther information ou.te, .junAl irlio?' J. !c.ini,tll.NA;PhE T R , FRUITS. nnl Hotels, GRoinsiection, lii,)._—.ol no w prep are. T s n u r Rthe l owes t at 2g . 64. . Titerers, Scc. t fi Jothouse inte-Bet s ie W rt il itti s s l l e P r Price. _ New Ta.fit?...s I t and Turkey Il ?., and FRUITS w in general at 01gesr:11.51armaittdesusi,Alaldnds, Eleml Per botti:w, Essenrte 'of anchovies , Preserved oliiirgess,a, iro tti the ~, p‘ticuovies, at is.. French 3 1 0 ;_a and Spanish and S c s a . n 6 i s d l . l itPiekie: Wingravyst, e stablishments in London, as ,J. M ' and S a 4'. , & C. Also, a general assortment 4 4 L.' gestef a' 4 ' 4 (1 for Utt the distin nished preference his Shop ;rillrtn hi s p :mre than forty g years, begs respectfully to r ki s Itie ,ireryriesilds and the Public his Fruits this "Crmteer tteo,to sell i_aPerior i n Plitte-Allie‘Z,,er than an g y u a n i t it h y er a h n o d us w e h in ich tn h e e tr is ,de e ._ . y lito n :es Of bis"tA.--This inestimable Oil. patronised by inti f 4 t e i !icl e in 'oleetifon, and acknowledged to t3._e i n an d Fsreusperva upewtesrlt4ollit, in addittit Etoni t tlli m sh any htigbiy cornintOr thi: the proprietor can prove the use for -respects before ,itilttoiln,,Li: Years, during which time the Hair e h ars and ga: 04 T'se,though bald and gray for many Y FRUIT w , as applied. Sold in pot boxes, 25., 35., "titPi r Pilird"'OUSE, 8. PARKER-STRF,ET, ' 94° P 'from Church-slrecl. MUSIC AND StNGING. PIANO -FORTE ON THE LOGERIAN SYSTEM. MISTO RESPECTFULL Y S inf A or T m H s Eh er P N Pupils and Friends that s h e h as REMOVED her ACADEM Y from Han over -street to DUKE-STREET, corner of York-street. INSTRUCTION on the PIAN tain SINGING on the most approved principle 15 th The ACADENIY REO Son MONDAY next, the instant. .duly Bt h, 1844. P IANO-FORTES and MUSIC on SALE. Mas• LLOYD b egs t o i n f orm h er F r i en d s a n d the Ist A Publi c t h at her SCHOOL will REOPEN on the occst. THr PARADE, Castleloten, Isle of Man. MESS". WRENSHALL and SON'S MUSIC on MO CAD EM on Lgier's System, will REOPEN , the 29th ins o tant. ACADEMY T R—M° y and Thursda y , from Nine Twel ve to wo o'clock u , and eduesday and Saturday, from to ive. ' TER MS .—Thre e G u i neas per Q uar t er . P u pil s attend ing twice a week only, Two Guineas per Quarter: INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC, PIANO-FORTE _ PLAYING AND SINGING. --0 Friends 1‘1 11 " m OLINEUX , most respectfully informs his and the Public, that the ACADEMIES, N • 1,- Har dman -street, Liverpool, and No. 10, Bridge !treet, Birkenhead, will 11.,..OMMENCE on the 22d iristant. hr ~.."` Z; 11 --( Thrumrs, at Two, a CLASS of LADIES will be ived f or v. thod, so v OCAL , MUSIC READINGS, on the Wllhem modified as to preserve the more distinct __English n omenclature for the sounds ; to avoid the de prarZernent which its indiscriminate application tends to on uce on the voices of Ladies and Young Persons, and .real Tenor Voices; and to introduce the means to ac sqUrre scientific knowledge of Musical Harmony. CLASSIC AL, COMMERCIAL, AND MATHEMA -111Uomb„„ TICAL EDUCATION. .1. p re — "' HOUSE ACADEMY, WHISTON,. near f OUNr t, will be REOP ED for the Instruction o EDU G ENTLE in the above branches of , ATIoN , , on , HURSDAY, the 25th July instant. , -terms and List of References may be had at the Stan dard-office ;at Mr. CANNEEL'S , Castle-street ;or by 1 r e-ter, a ddressed to Mr. Ka Ys, Principal of the Esta blisbment. • _ - CLASSICAL EDUCATION, BARS HOUSE, CFIESTER. Air It E LWELL receives a limited number of YOUNG I. GENTLEMEN as BOARDERS, at the above Residence, formerly occupied by the late Rev. F. Cusson. _ The Course of Instruction includes the Latin and Greek Languages, Arithmetic, and all the usual branches of a complete English Education. Mr. ELWELL devotes his exclusive - attention to the in tellectual, moral, and religiousimprovement of his Pupils, While the arrangements fol. their domestic comfort are under the careful superibtendence of Mrs. Elwell. References are kindly permitted to the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, the Rev. C. B. Tayler, G. B. Granville, Esq., T. D ixon Esq., Chester ; Rev. F. Parry, Liverpool; D. O'Briene, Esq., Hastings House, Hastings ; and J. M. u 'Vacke, Gay-street, Bath, &c. ev or terms, which include French and Drawing, appli cation may be made to Mr. ELWELL, or to Messrs. ro ' w " . c cmheestaend PRICHARD, Booksellers, Biidge-street- The s r. 2 9th July.onl mer Vacation will terminate on MONDAY, the House, Cheater, 19th June, 1814 ,LASSICA., LIS. L en — MMERCIAL, AND MATHEMA 2, CORN WALL ACADEMY, STREET, CORNER OF DUKE AISTREET, LIVERPOOL. R. RICHARD HOUGHTON, M.A. (Successor to Mr .John Sod. 3,) resp:ctfully intimates that he will REOPEN the SCHOOL on TRURSDAY, the 25th July instant, and hopes, by continuin_kdiligently and faithfully e arrY on the same plans so a‘ccessfully pursued by Mr. beent° secure the continuande of the support which has so and liberally extended to the Establishment. r. ". will - his Family limited number of Boarders, recetvanto with 8 , to whose best interests he will apply himself __,,, _unremitting attention. The domestic arrangements Will be superintended by Mrs. and Miss Houghton. The Wi th s e e iS in an open and healthy situation, and is replete fort ofvearY convenience which can contribute to the cora tensiv a l'ar ailY; and in the Play-ground, which is ex hee e ad strictlexcellent Gymnasium has n erected y private, an Pr os , • the A c P ,, e d e Lases and Printed Testimonials may be had at followi,;: e ,7; and Reference is kindly permitted to the folly .1 -6 , `-iergYlnen :—The Rev. T. Tattershall, D.D. ; T. D : Jones, M.A.. • Rev• P. Ould, M.A.; Rev. C. G. D to riffield, m . 1- A v• .fp t • Rev T. Raffles, . ,LL TN , mar o. resco , • ..-•• ; Rev. Joseph R. Welsh, A.M. TOPARENT• ---------------- S, GUARDIANS, AND PRINCIPALS OF SCHOOLS. IVIONSIEUR HUGUENIN begs to announce stat. streeti,tiNCININASIUM, in Cook-street, during th e v open every THURSDAY and SATURDAY, of half__ acation, to LADIES ONLY, from Eleven to of il l Pam. Twelve in the Forenoon, and on the' other 'days and we ek to Gentlemen, as usual. Principals of Schools tre ss the 'I ha:c it?g the care of children are invited to wit : priva, ,_s_e exrcise tendedght by Mons. H. Schools and te Families Leann at ,_- • n's the nee essi o r t too strongly impress on the minds of pare . false or f .}: Of YlPnnastief*Sercises. Those who, from the phyaiasillonable ideas, - neglect to give their children q the " ca r . adva"ftgerwhieh result from this education half the 1,,,dr,eal pseers are answerable for more than And if tf, e -i 'Y ills 'Which' befal their offspring in after life. p!ainly depeYrnlecolleet that th e energies of the mind are nIY p e r th e " on health of the body, they may proba °f"ninasue 1 'l4le a l as well the physical advantages William /17:Ons-jameBJohnsoans , M.D. to his late Majesty th e 211°r6id Sensibilities of the Stomach. A GENTLEMAPVCATION. . 4 3- and travel, is Wn ° has been accustomed to study_ .x YOUNG GENTL his ln addition Co—theNl t Son A esi ts r°4B of receiving Four or Si Pupils will receivge:lit r o ti e c r E t a i oIDannUCATE with his own en Course of Education, partnaents of Learni n and English following De d Literature, tahe Latin and French Langoureas th ine Arts, Poetry, t liilrde Music. Lectures Will iyieireed to the Pupils se time s evetY Week, in th ollowing Branches so _ es traPh'Thai to Youth :—Histor 'Biography, Astronomy, tie°: NPsiesr, the Use of the Gl Y4 obes, Elocution, the I)ti c o o r n a o l m an y d , al ManagementAf the Person, eahh of Nations. - The Pupils will or en • I h ' a ol v i e tic th a e l E ad . advantage n JOYing exercise free from street inconvenience, vreat George -square, No. meet with 1 . 1 , n w fr h ? ere all applications Rill .mme-iate attenti B o Mr. RANSOME. ~ Mr. R. gives Private Lectures in u :F c a ati m c i , l n ie , s that may de or be will act "‘e So advantageous a mode of Ed as Private Tutor. d' ith Mr. Ransome at any h our o f the Gen day tie ,rneancan eaw all the above r Departments of Literature. Evening Lectures given to Gentlemen who wish to im prove their leisure hours, at No. 8, Great George-square, nn calling on Mr. R., or y‘ addressing e a note to the Post. Esq. ; J. Hosken, Esq. ; Re ferences—Hugh rr , . aat. Snell, R. N.; Sir W. Martin. b The following Families have been under the care of Mr. ilaplorne :—Tlie Hon. Mr. Cruikshank's, the Hon. Capt. -4 `" wi ll'is, Count Shotten's, Judge INlTauley's. Mantal. WANTED, a SITUATION by a DRAUGHTS MAN, in an Architect's Office. Most satisfactory references and Testimonials can be_given. A moderate salary would suffice, permanent occupation being his prin cipal object. Address 22, Gerarreet, Liverpool. IV - ANTED. TWO active YOUNG MEN, as SUB SURVEYORS of DISTRICTS, under the direc tion of the Tow❑ Council of Liverpool. Salary, £2 per We-lc. The Applicants must be well acquainted with Buildings, and have some knowledge of,-Streveyilig and Levelling ; must write a good handrand be acquainted with the common rules of aritliSetic. The strongest-testimonials, as to character and qualifi cations, will be required, and must be delivered at the Clerk of Committees' Office, in the Town-hall, Liverpool, on or before the 13th instant. Town-hall, Liverpool, 51h July, 1844. INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CLERGYMEN; AND FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF OTHER YOUNG PERSONS, AS SCII OOLMISTRESSES. WANTED, a SUPERINTENDENT _or CHIEF GOVERNESS, whose office,ill - be—To exercise authority over the whole Establishment; and to direct the secular tuition and domestic discipline of the Insti tution. Next to an unquestionable character for consistency in a religious profession; the following qualifications will be required :-Ist, Some experience in tuition according to the usual routine of a gentlewoman's education. 2ndly, Some practical acquaintance with the domestic arrange ments of a large household. 3rdly, Good health, evenness of spirits and temper, with active habits. Applications for further information to be made to Hon. and Rev. HORACE POWYS, Rectory, Warrington ; to whom Testimonials may be addressed until August 15th, 1844. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. THE TRUSTEES of the JAVERPOOL DOCKS are ready to receive TENDERS for a LOAN of MONEY, at the rate,tsl THREE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS (3 3 ) perrCentum per Annum Interest, for a period of not less than Seven Years. All letters, stating the amount parties are willing to lend, to be addressed to GEORGA W ITHkIRB. Efich, Dock-office, Liverpool. The interest will be paid half-yearly, either in Liver pool or in London, or remitted to the parties, at the option of the lenders. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. .Dock-office, Liverpool, Thursday, 201 h June, 1811. TO EXCAVATORS. PERSONS willing to EXCAVATE a l arge Q uan tity of LAND, on the HERCULANEUM DOCK ESTATE, adjoining the Egerton Dock, in Sefton-street, and remove the whole of the ,Soil — and Rock, may see the Specifications and Sectionson application at the Office of Messrs. LACE, MYERSAnd Co., Castle-street, between the hours of Nine and - Five o'clock. Sealed Tenders, (under cover,) addressed to Messrs. LACE, MYERS, and Co., will be received until MONDAY, the 22d instant. TO BUILDERS. PERSON'S willing to CONTRACT for the EREC cf SCHOOL BUILDINGS in connexion with ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH, may see the Plans and Specifications on application to the Secretary, Mr. William Wagstaff, 25, Great George'Place. Sealed Ten ders to be sent in to the Secjedry, on or before the Ist day of August next, addresied to the Chairman, the Rev. Thomas Nolan. The Committee do/not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender, and further reserve to themselves the right of rejecting all Tenders which are not deemed satisfactory. gclu Vubitrations. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT COMPLETE. In One Volume octavo, price, bound in cloth, 21s. ; half bound, morocco, £1 4s. 6d. ; whole bound, morocco gilt, £1 65. 6d. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. By CHAR ES DICKENS. With Forty Illustrations by Paz-:" PERIODICALS IN COJYIE OF PUBLICATION. This day art the Fifth of --- THE BARONI. HALLS, PICTURESQUE EDIFICES, and CIENT CHURCHES OF ENG LAND ; from Drawings made expressly for the Work, by J. D. Harding, G. Cattermole, S. Prout, F. Muller, and other eminent Artists. With descriptive Letter-press and numerous Engravings on Wood. Edited by S. C. HALL, F.S.A. CONTENTS OF PART V. Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire. Great Chamber, Montacute, Somersetshire. Ingestrie Hall, Staffordshire. PART I. Cobham Hall, Kent. Cobham Church, Interior. West-stow Hall, Suffolk. PART H. Penshurst, from the Park. Peashursti Court Yard. Blickling, Norfolk. PART 111. Helmingham Hall, 1 Suffolk. Hengrave Hall, Naworth, Cumborland. PART IV. Naworth, Cumberland. Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire. Hinchinbrook House, Hunts. ' Price, Prints, ss. • Proofs, 7s. 6d. ; large Proofs, India Paper, 125.--To be completed in Twenty-four Parts. Part the Third, containing One Hundred full octavo pages of Letter-press, with Forty-one Woodcuts, Price Eighteenpence, THE LIBRARY OF TRAVEL ; being a Popular Description of Foreign Countries, with Notices of Sce nery, National Characteristics, Incidents of Wayfaring and Sojourn, Personal and Historical Sketches, Anec dotes, &c. &c. Abundantly Illustrated with Wood En gravings. Edited by WALTER K. KELLY. Syria and the Holy Land will form the First Volume. THE ONLY ENGLISH EDITION AUTHORISED BY M. EUGENE SUE. Part One, price 2s. 6d., or in Weekly Numbers, each containing Sixteen Pages, imperial octavo,price Sixpence, A New and Splendid Edition of THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS. adapted to the English Reader, Illustrated with upwards of Seven Hundred Engravings on Wood of all the Characters, Scenes, Costumes, and Localities, described in this extraordinary Work. executed expressly for this Edition by the First Artists in Paris, under the superintendence of Mr. Charier Heltth. London : CHAPMAN and HALL, 186, Strand. Orders received by all Booksellers. aSTeMasXp differingrTodUfurßcoemEd AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROY AL TABLE. APTA yI is N d ffnPe admixturelr e D n I p N l a G n a o S t f i 0 4 11 n O ° s 7 W e re a rl a T A ck: o ti n as T m E a A n the rest, and possessing a flavour, a fragrance; or strength, peculiar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro portions, they comprise all that is deiirable in Tea. This discovery was not the effect of chance, but of many great advantages united in one inOidual, and the result of numerous experiments andfthe most minute analysis. For another to produce the Same result, he must possess equal skill, the same discriminating taste, equal power of procuring the forty various Teas required, and know the exact proportions of , each kind used—and though he may never once have visited China, he must have had equal opportunities of securing to himself, its productions : with one who, like Captain Pidding, has spent years there in acquiring these advantages, and to whom alone How l-Inn—yr.-Ara hofore hie death—impartcel at Cant...Jai, the secret of compounding his Mixture. Yet there are upwards of 500 retailers pretending to sell tea, they call " flowqua's Mixture"—each mixture dif fering. from all the others. Now as there can be but ONE REAL " Howqua's Mixture," it follows that, as 500 dif ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. The 499 counterfeits are so many evidences of the superiority of the ONE GENUINE. And it would be absurd to suppose that Captain Pidding, with advantages, the result of Eight Voyages made to China, and five years spent in that country, would be so silly—even were it possible—as to yield them up to 500 others, or impart to them so valuable a secret. The very great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having tempted many unprincipled persons to give similar, or nearly similar titles to their own spurious mixtures, to guard against such imposition, purchasers should observe that " THE SIGNATURE THUS," Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING, Honourable Company's Service, is on every genuine Package. To those who drink Green Tea, " Captain Pidding's Howqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder," grown only on one estate, is recommended for its strength and economy, and as being the purest and most wholesome Green Tea im ported from China. Captain Pidding has appointed the under Agents for this District : • GEORGE CARLYLE, Repository, 38, BOLD-STREET, Agent for Liverpool. Accrington W. Hutchinson, Stationer. Blackburn J. Parkinson, Chemist, Church-street. Bolton G. J. French, Silk Mercer. Burnley Everton J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street. Knutsford Lancaster Manchester Prescot W. Turner Kydd, Tea Dealer and Grocer. Preston Ditto J. Highano, Draper. Ditto J. Knight, Waterloo House. Ditto T. Wren, Auctioneer. Rochdale , J. Booth, Chemist. Southport S, Whitely, Wine Merchant. For Agencies, Address, Captain Pidding, 22, College hill, London. NORTHERN CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, FOR THE SONS of CLERGYMEN & OTHER GENTLEMEN. AT a GENERAL MEETING, h e ld a t th e B u ll I nn , Preston, on WEDNESDAY, th e 12th J une , th e Ri g h t Rei. the Lord BISHOP of CHESTER in the Chair, the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : Proposed by the Worshipful and Rer:CEancellor RAixEs, seconded by LAWRENCReIiAWSTORNE, of Penwortbarn Priory, That in the opinion of4his Meeting it is highly desirable that a School for the Sons of Clergymen and others, on similar principles to that at Marlborough, should be esta blished in the Noith of England, with the more especial object of providing the advantage of a Public School for the Clergy arid Gentry of the Rural Districts. Froposed by the Venerable Archdeacon RUSHTON, se conded by CHARLES SWAINSON, Esq., - Thit the undertaking already commenced at Rossall Hall, under the name of the " Northern Church of Eng land School," and towards which upwards of £5OOO are subscribed, is eminently calculated to fulfil this object, and deserves the strenuous support of this Meeting and the Public at large. Proposed by the Rev. J. OWEN PARR, Vicar of Preston, seconded by DANIEL ELLETSON, Esq., of Parrox Hall,/ That whereas, with very little alteration, Rossall Hall, in the House alone, independently of the Outbuildings, &c., appears capable of receiving nearly 100 Pupils, and that many Parents are desirous of immediate admission for their Sons, this Meeting considers it expedient that such alterations be made immediately, in order that the School may be Opened after the Midsummer Vacation; and that such alterations as may be necessary for the re ception of the full complement of Scholars be made as soon after as required, andounder the personal superin tendence of the Principal of the School. Proposed by the VICAR of PRESTON, seconded by CLE MENT ROYDS, Esq., of Mount Falinge, Rochdale, That the thanks of this Meeting be givengto the Lord Bishop of Chester for the kindness with which he has taken the Chair on the present occasion, as well as for the support which be has given to this Institution throughout. ST. VINCENT BEECH EY, Hon. Sec pro tern. All applications for Nominations, &c. for the above School must be made to the Rev. Sr. VINCENT BEECHEY, Thornton Parsonage, near Preston. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—At a time like the present, when with a singular concurrence of opinion, every class of the community,: every interest in this great empire, and each of the great , ostensible parties in the - political arena express in no doubtful, though with varied, tones their general dissatis faction at the existing state of things ; while, with a sin gular unanimity, they appear to advocate, only differing in degree, the same general line of policy, it is somewhat, I fear, audacious and self-opinionated to separate oneself from the legitimate organs of public opinion, from the appointed rulers of the interests of the nation, and calmly to ask the cool reflection of thinking men to condemn the practice and principles of the leading men of both parties, ratified and supported as they are by a parliament repre senting so large a constituency under the extended fran chise of the Reform Bill. It must be perfectly obvious, however, to every think ing man that this general dissatisfaction cannot exist with out reason; that there is no smoke without a fire; that there must be a cause for an effect. That the effect is produced either by the action or inaction of the legisla ture no one will dispute ; and in either case the mode and principles of legislation under the augmented representa tion must be the primary object of inquiry. I was one of those, I freely admit, who conscientiously opposed the Reform Bill during its whole progress, oppo sing it under the impression that the momentary passions, originating from temporary causes, whether excitement, delusion, or distress, would sway and influence the legis lature for the period of their duration, with an irresistible force, to the imminent danger of the state, and at the risk of general convulsion. Such was undoubtedly the views of the honest opponents of that measure : how widely diffetent has been the conduct of that reformed legisla ture; how totally opposite are the principles of action which must be condemned, if the nation is to be saved from revolution, if the free principles of a limited mo narchy and free parliament are to bb sust•iined. The principle of action which I condemn as unconstitu tional and dangerous is the undue assumption of authori ty by the executive government in the deliberations of the legislature, a principle of action adopted by both parties since the first excitement of the Reform Bill, a principle submitted to and recognized by both parties in the vari ous subsequent parliaments, buten principle clearly utterly subversive of the very essence of a representative delibe rative assembly, and :he primaeval cause of that party reck lessness which is now stultifying public opinion, and making the legislature the instrument of the minister of the day. There is no one principle more essential to the support of a monarchy than the right of selecting the executive government—the responsible servants of the cto% n ; nor is there any question that the public interests and general progress of legislation are promoted by the developement of those views which they entertain from the official in formation incidental to their departments; it is unques tionably for the public interest that, with such official in formation, they should, at every assembly of the legisla ture, detail their opinions of the exigencies and necessi ties of the empire ; their administrative capacities renders this at once wise and constitutional ; but the propounding of those views is the limit of their duty ; the necessity of their adoption, and the mode of their application, is for the deliberation of the varied interests and selected repre sentatives of the nation in one house, and the mature and calm reflection of the other. The executive minister is the servant of the crown, not the ruler of the legislature ; bound to the service of the crown so long as he retairis the confidence of the crown, and of the two branches of the legislature undoubtedly; but this confidence is in its executive capacity, not in the details of its legislative propositions; if the latter be the constitutional principle, what becomes of the representa tive and deliberative principle? That the practice is of comparative modern origin, of a gradually increasing usurpation no one can deny; that in these few later parliaments it has increased to an abso lute tyranny, every one is aware; that it supersedes the interests of the country for the ascendancy of a party must now be evident to even the most bigotted partizan. Had thenomination this openly boroughs, played sys how tem loud would f dom ini o n h happened aveb ebeen under the t v i i i rat a u e ou se s l o r- u e t i c ee ry te o 4 f f t r h ie e nd se s l the ascendancy of their party , whose v oices are mute or f w -e h lec ns t e ed pa fr tr ie in n t d is s in o f consistshe people; in declamatory according to their proximity to the genial climate of Downing-street and office. The fault, however, is neither in the construction wu o d f hi t icc h eh e constituencies nor even in the representatives alone, b u t i n the whole mcanaleseasirilysiettiesennrdottot moreot h b e e i a fn l r cleergveuiaaestneetdo of rp elections a r r e t m y o p v r ; d j by an is in the hands of th e ex i st i ng const i tuency, comprising, i n dr de both et hd f franchise , comprising, as it does, the wealth, sound sense, and re flecting mind of the coun t ry , as well as every interest and every class. Tile excitement of the reform mania has ceased ; the dread of revolution has passed away ; the desire for change is universally superseded by an earnest eraiing for peace and confidence. But this wholesome feeling must be cherished and con firmed, not by a reckless presumption on the peaceful tendency of an industrious and loyal people, but by a real and honest confidence in the governing power; bya posi tive and visible assurance that the representative principle, controlled and modified by the other branches of the le gislature, is the active agent for the public exigencies. The bane and antidote of the public welfare are in the hands and power of that public ; the one assuredly, the continuance of the domination of the executive and party ascendancy, will bring this free constitution to a speedy and violent dissolution; the other, the free and honest and judicious control of the legislature, will, as far as human instruments can avail, assure to us a government which will not only carry with it the elements of perma nency, but of peace, concord, and confidence among all classes and interests of a united and happy people. I have the honour to be, Sir, . Your humble servant, CATO. Liscard, July 8, 1844. TO THE CHURCHWARDENS AND OVER SEERS OF THE PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN,—Three or four times during the last week I have called at the Parish-office to pay my rates, but without, success, in consequence of the counter being wholly occupied by half-a-dozen men who are employed in copying your rate books; upon enquiry, I find that they belong to the two great political associations which agitate this town, and, although myself a tory, I feel, in the present instance, almost compelled like Mercutio, to cry a plague upon both your houses." The radicals, I understand, first began this game, and the conservatives have, in self defence, followed it up. Now, I blame you for allowing either party to copy your books ; the act, I am certain, when it said " that the rate-payers should have access to the books," never intended that they should be copied for political purposes. And I think it is a poor cause indeed which is obliged to♦esort to such a system for recruiting its ranks. As we draw near to the 20th of July, the parish-office will be more and more crowded with rate-payers, and these copying clerks will then become a perfect nuisance, and may be the cause of many persons being left off the register, merely through inability to approach the counter, If I was in authority I would directly clear the office of both parties, and make sufficient space for the rate-payers. Trusting that you will adopt some such measure, I remain yours, A RATE-PAYER Liverpool, 81h July, 1844. FRENCH BARRAGE DRESSES.—A large quantity of these beautiful summer dresses are advertised in our Paper to-day, by Mr. Tuton, of Lord-street, at prices extremely low. They are part of an immense lot recently seized in London, which were sold to pay the custom's duty, and purchased by a firm in that city, from whom they were re-purchased by Mr. Tuton on very advantageous terms. Amongst them are many novel and beautiful patterns. INTERESTING TO LADlES.—Persons of delicate Co go _ plexion are susceptible of the influence of the atmosphere at this peculiar season ; and Ladies, whether frequenting the crowded saloon, the close assembly, the rural ride or the summer promenade, or the aquatic excursi on , dre should iv invariably have recourse to that:invaluable disco very, - ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, which is found to be the most gentle and efficacious preparation that science has discovered for the preservation of female beauty and grace. Throughout season, time, and climate, this faithful aux iliary arrays the neck and arms in radient brill ancy, and perpetuates the vivid bloom of juvenile attraction. —See advertitement. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL NEWS. MECHANICS' EXHIBITION.—The total amount re ceived at the Mechanics' Institution, up to Wednesday night, was £1396 2s. 4d. Up to the same evening. 519 persons had descended in the diving-bell. THE BANKRUPTCY COURTS.—The usual summer va cation has commenced at the Bankruptcy Courts, Mr. Commissioner Phillips having left, on Friday last, for a period of ten weeks. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow has just re turned from the Gloucester Quarter Sessions, of which he is chairman ; and, at the expiration of Mr. Phillips's va cation, the learned sergeant will take a tour for a period of ten weeks also. ROBBERY OF PLATE.—About half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday, a respectable house, in Minshull-street, Edge-hill, was robbed of a large silver cup, on one side of which was a ship, and on the other the following in scription :—" Given by the Underwriters, London, to Captain George Lyon, of the ship Favourite, for saving the ship and cargo in the river Delaware." A quantity of silver spoons and other plate was likewise stolen. SCHOLASTIC HONOURS.—The Rev. J. G. Sheppard, son of J. Sheppard, Esq., member for the North Toxteth Ward, and formerly a pupil of the Royal Institution School, was yesterday week elected Fellow of Wadhani College, Oxford.—Mr. W. Rushton, cf this town, whose name appeared on Saturday week as having gained the first prize in the Senior Latin class, and the third certificate in the Senior Greek class in the London University, was also a pupil of the same school. CLIMAX AND BATHOS.—The following conversation, between—we should think—a newly married couple, oc curred within our hearing at the exhibition at the Me chanics' Institution, as is relatectby Punch in Liverpool : —" I think I will go down in the diving bell," said the husband to his loving wife. " Oh, do not, dear, do not ; it must be dangerous." Nonsense, nonsense." "If you have any regard for my feelings ; if you love me, I'm sure you will not go." " Tnere is no danger." " I en treat you not to go ; but if you are determined to peril my happiness, put your old coat on first." - • • - - ZlNC.—Various as are the purposes to which this metal has been applied, the general improvements in its quality for working and durability causes, we may say, a daily increasing demand for articles manufactured from it. We were exceedingly gratified a few days since by a cur sory glance at the stock of Mr. Hamilton, James'-street, who has succeeded to the business of Mr. Laird. It is replete with almost every article, and comprises some ex cellent and beautiful specimens of window blinds, a variety of perforated patterns, baths, culinary utensils, &c., &c., all beautifully made, and of a quality that needs only to be seen to be valued. COMMITMENT.—A young man named Wm. Myers, was, yesterday, charged before Mr. Rushton, with break ing into and robbing the cabin of the Bangor 'steam packet of the captain's coat, and several other articles of dress belonging to some of the crew. It appeared that on Sunday night, when the vessel was left in the Water loo dock, with no one on board, but all made fast, he had gone and broken open the skylight, and also a cupboard, and carried off the articles, but was stopped, when making off, by a police-officer. The clothes, some of which were found upon him, were identified, and stated to be worth .£1 ss. He was committed for trial. INQUEST.—SUPPOSED DEATH FROM POISON.—On Friday, and by adjournment, yesterday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of Evan Richards. The deceased, aged only 19, was one of the crew of a Welsh trading smack, and boarded in the same house with the captain, in Edmund-street. On Wednesday, after dinner, he became suddenly very unwell, with pains in his stomach and bowels. Brandy, and afterwards some medicine, were given to him, but without affording any relief. He was then conveyed to the Northern Hospital, but did not rally, and died on Thursday morning. The surgeon, on the post mortem examination, observed some strange appearances, and suggested the necessity of analysing the contents of the stomach. This was agreed to by the court, and Mr. Brett, surgeon and chemist, was employed for that pur pose. That skilful gentleman yesterday stated in evi dence, that he had found.some distant appearance of me talic poison, but to the least possible determinate extent. He found perforation, and inflammation, of the coats of the stomach, which bad ended in death; but could not take upon himself to pronounce whether these might or might not have been produced by natural causes. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with this testimony, necessarily leaving the case in some degree of doubt. — [The general opinion was, that it was impossible to arrive at the cause of death ; but the absence of all motive for the administration of poison either by the deceased him self, or by others, left no ground for the supposition of foul play.—ED. L. S.] CORPOREAL EDUCATION.—In all the systems of edu cation which have of late been canvassed, the most im portant defect which is observable is the almost total neglect of any provision for that developement and regu lation of the corporeal powers, so essential for the pre servation of health in the youthful frame, and so materially conducive to the promotion of clear and vigorous mental energies. A strong and active intellect is rarely, if ever, found in a feeble and infirm body; and whilst in whatever educational course we adopt for youth, we task the inte!- lest, often severely and occasionally ruinously, we ought to allow the training of the body and the eliciting of its dormant capabilities to go on pari passe with the mental exercise which we impose. By such a course we not only counteract the effect of sedentary habits during study, and their seriously injurious effect upon the after life of the student, but we refresh and invigorate the mind itself, and render it more capable of pursuing energetically its arduous tasks. We purpose, on a future occasion, entering fully into a consideration of this important subject, not only as it bears upon the training of youth, but as well with re spect to the advantage of judiciously-directed corporeal training in more mature years. Our object in introducing it now is to direct the attention of our readers, and espe cially of parents, to the advertisement of Monsieur Huguenin, the able proprietor of the Gymnasium. in Cook-street. We hare had many opportunities of visiting the establishment of this gentleman, and of witnessing the beneficial effects of his system ; and are able, therefo re , to speak confidently as to his abiity and fitness in every respect for the proper direction of that important branch of education to which he bas for a long series of years past devoted himself. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—The weekly meeting took place on Thursday ; present, Mr. J. Holmes, (in the chair,) Messrs. Whitby, Fletcher, Tinne, liornby, Hope, J. Lawrence, Kaye, Guyton, Leyland, Cooper, Wood, and Gladstone. The Chairman noticed the alterations being made in the front of the shop in Bold-street, lately occupied by Mr. M'Connell, by which it would project 12 inches .into the street. The flags, which bad been taken up without permission of the board, would thus be made narrower. Mr. Cooper said it would be better to leave such matters to the commissioners of the district. The shop did not project beyond what the act allowed, and the next shop projected an inch more. Ir was ultimately, resolved that Mr. Bateman, who was doing the work, should be summoned before the board, and in the meantime that the premises be surveyed. Mr. Elliot, of Waterloo-road, having built two cellar openings which projected three feet into the street, the builder was called, and said he had acted in ignorance of the law. It was resolved, that Mr. Elliot should contract the entrance to two feet. and pay the expenses of the law-clerk writing to him. It appears that parties infringing the law in this respect are liable to a penalty of £so.—Mr. Davies re ported that Mount-pleasant, from Upper Newington to. Rodney -street, required repaving, the cost of which would be £166. The matter was referred to the district com missioner. A conversation took place relative to a com plaint that the pAce neglected to open the eyes of the sewers, but it appeared that many of them were so imbed ded in sand, &c. that they could not be opened. The Surveyor was ordered to look after the eyes.—A rather discordant conversation then arose relative to the com missioners not adopting the passage called the Jew's Entry, leading from Pitt-street to Frederick-street, so that it could not be flagged. It was finally settled that the passage was not public property.—Upon the motion of Mr. Gladstone it was resolved, that the surveyor be instructed to take care that whenever the streets are taken up by either the gas or water companies, or other indivi duals, the same be laid down with the same surface to the street, and not left one or two inches higher. In reply to the objection that the ground would sink, it was stated that this could be remedied by ramming from the bot tom.—Mr. Kaye said the water-carts were that morning discharging in Great George-street while it was raining. • c A ar d ts is o c u re t t a i t six discretion should rest in the morning. em somewhere as T to he se b n o i a l i n . : CHARGE OF LIBEL. — At the Police-court, on Friday, Mr. James, barrister, applied for a warrant to issue against John Lowe. a shoemaker, in order that he might be made to enter into sureties to appear at the ensuing assizes, and answer an indictment to be preferred against then proceeded todiscuss_ma t t ore of finance. the him, for a false and malicious libel upon Mr. W. K. Tyrer, solicitor, of North John-street. The ground of the application was, that Mr. Lowe had caused to be issued a placard reflecting upon Mr. Tyrer in his profes sional capacity, alleging that he had been guilty of" fraud, forgery, and crimes deeper than tho s e." It appeared that Mr. Tyrer, in September, 1842, advanced money to a person of the name of Watson, to build property in Grey street. Watson died some time afterwards, when the accounts were vouched by Mr. Tyrer, approved by the executors, and the property was sold to Lowe. Mr. Tyrer advanced £l,OOO upon it by way of mortgage. Mr. Lowe being afterwards engaged in law proceedings, sought a further advance, and negotiations passed be tween the parties ; Mr. Tyrer refused to lend more money, but said if Lowe approved the arrangement, he would purchase the property for £l5OO, and give him an oppor tunity of re-purchasing it at that sum, with an additional £5O. Lowe consented, the purchase was completed, and Mr. Tyrer gave Lowe a letter acknowledging the -terms stated. Mr. Tyrer, for Mr. Simpson, entered into pos session of the property. Afterwards Mr. Lowe insisted on the rent receipts being handed over to him, and some dispute arising, a letter was sent by Lowe to Mr. Tyrer, threatening that he would publish the whole circumstance in a placard, and afterwards Mr. Tyrer received a letter enclosing the hand-bill, which contained the libel com plained of. The warrant was granted, and Lowe placed in custody.—On the following day Mr. James called upon Mr. Tyrer to be sworn to substantiate the charge. Mr. Tyrer stated that he was acquainted with John Lowe, and had had business transactions with him in the way of lending money : be bad lent him the amount of £ll5O. On Wednesday he received a letter enclosing the hand bill shown. He (Mr. Tyrer) believed that the placard was intended to relate to him, with a view to injure him in public and private estimation. The placards were posted in various parts of the town. (The letter was read.) Lowe : " That letter is subscribed by sue." Mr. Rathbone : " You are aware, Mr. Lowe, that if you arc prepared with bail to meet this charge, von will be libe rated from custody, and have the opportunity of explain ing when it is brought on for trial." Mr. Lowe : The charge has no reference to Mr. Tyrer in the remot.st degree; I do not intend to impute anything to Mr. Ty rer." Mr. Powell (a friend of Lowe s): " I want to know the charge. I appear to gi ve b a il, an d I want t o know the charge." Mr. James : " The charge is, that Mr. Lowe has grossly libelled the character of Mr.Tyrer; and my application is, that he find sureties to answer a prosecution for such libel at the Assizes, and that until such sureties be found, he be committed to custody." Mr. Lowe: " You will, gentlemen, see and consider whether this handbill will support a charge of libel." Mr. Rathbone : " Well, but you admit the handbill being yours ?" Mr. Lowe) " Yes; but I sa y it h as no refe rence whatever to Mr. Tyrer. I can, if you like, say who it refers to." Mr. James : "It is for a jury to decide that question." The magistrates then bound the defen dant, himself in £lOO and two sureties in £5O each, to appear to answer the charge to be preferred against him. Mr. James said the only object of Mr. Tyrer was to vin dicate his character from the stigma which Lowe had at tempted, by publishing the placard, to cast upon it, and to set himself right with the public. If a jury should say the placard did not refer to Mr. Tyrer, there was art end of the matter. It could not, however, be read by any reasonable person without conveying the idea that it was intended to couple Mr. Tyrer's name with the odious charges referred to.—Yesterday Mr. Lowe made an application to the magistrates for a warrant, en the ground of perjury in sustaining the charge. The magis trates refused ultimately to grant the warrant. GERMAN SONG. The following spirited German song has been handed us by a German friend, with the translation annexed. The original was written during the time of the French tyranny, when so many ardent Germans, of whom the author was not amongst the least ardent, entertained the hope of uniting the whole confederation under one standard. DES DEUTSCHEN VATERLAND. 1. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland ? Ist's Preusseniand,—ist's Schwabenland ? Ist's wo am Rhein die Rebe bliiht, Ist's wo am Belt die Move zieht ? 0 nein, o nein! Sein Vaterland muss grOsser se:n. 2. Was Ist des Deutschen Vaterland ? Ist's Baierland? ist's - Steierland? Gewiss es Ist das Oesterreich, An Ehren und an Siegen reich, 0 nein, o nein! Sain Vaterland muss grOaser sein. 3. Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland? So nenne endlich mir das Land! So weit die deutsche Zunge klingt Und Gott im Himmel Lieder singt, Das soil es sein, Das, wackrer Deutscher, nenne dein ! 4. Das ganze Deutschland soli es sein ! 0 Gott nom Himmel sieh' darein, Und gib uns kehten deutschen Muth, Dass wir es lieben treu und gut ! Das soil es sein ! Das ganze Deutschland soil es sein. ARNDT. THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND. What is the German's fatherland? Is it the Prussian land,—is it the Suabian land ? Is it where by the belt the sea-gull dwells ? Is it where, on the Rhine, the grapes flourish ? 0 no, 0 no! His fatherland must be greater. 2. What is the German's fatherland? Is it the Bavarian land,—ls it the Styrian land ? Surely it is the Austrian land, Rich in honour and in victories, 0 no, 0 no ! His fatherland must be greater. 3. What is the German's fatherland ? Then name at least to me the land! As far as sounds the German tongue, And to the Lord in Heaven sings praise, That shall it be ! That, valiant German, call thine own. 4. The whole of Germany shall it be ! 0, Lord of Heaven, look upon it, And give us true German courage, That we may love it truly and well ! That shall it be ! The whole of Germany shall it be. MISCELLANEOUS. THE LIBRARY OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—On Friday the sale of Bibles, formerly the property of the Dune of Sussex, was resumed at Messrs. Evans 's auction rooms, Pall-mall. The number of lots disposed of during the five day's sale is 986, and the amount realised exceeds £2OOO. Very numerous applications have been made to the Home Office for a remission of the sentence on Barber, who is now on board a convict ship about to sail for New South Wales, but we can state that they have all been unsuccessful, and we believe there is no intention what ever to remit any part of the sentence of transportation for life.—Standard. ACCIDENT.—On Friday part of the iron and slated roof of the new retort-house for the City and Suburban Gas Works, at Dalmarnock, started at one of the ends and came down with a crash. Most providentially, although there were upwards of fifty persons employed under it at the time, only five or six were hurt, the others having had time to escape to the coal-sheds situated on each side of that *hid' bad given way.—Glasgow paper. SHOCKING DEATII.—An inquest was held on Friday, at Herts, on view of the body of a child named Dyce. The father, a chimney sweeper, had been employed to cleanse the kitchen flues at Go'dings, the seat of Lord Reay, and sent the deceased up one of them ; but he got into a shaft, not intended for a flue, having no outlet, and became jammed, so that he could not get down; and though the brickwork was removed to extricate him, four hours elapsed before ha was reached, and he was then quite dead.—Verdict, "Accidental." Lord Heytesbury, G.C.8., the successor of Earl de Grey in the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, is in his 65th year, and has been ambassador at the Court of St. Peters burgh, Naples, Madrid, and Lisbon. He was appointed Governor-General of India on the accession of Sir R. Peel to office in 1834, but on the return of the whigs in 1835, the appointment was cancelled. The noble lord married the daughter of the late Hon. W. H. Bouverie, grand-daughter of the first Earl of Radnor. In two of the Calcutta newspapers, schedules of the unclaimed dividends of persons and firms who have failed upwards of six years ago are pnblished for general infor mation. According to the Indian practice, which is widely different from our own, these accumulated divi dends will be paid among any of the claimants whose claims have been established, and the balance unclaimed will be distributed among the creditors, the estate being thus brought to a final close. IRON STEAM-SHIP BUILDING.—The advance which the use of iron is making, in preference to timber, for steam-vessels, is sufficient, in a short time, to set the question at rest. The admiralty are now constructing many iron steam-vessels of war, of the largest class, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company, determined to ob tain the best information on this subject, have just issued a circular, to a sufficient number of competent engineers, to obtain the best opinion and most accurate iron steam-ship, 100 d and on the most improved principles. They offer . completestatements appointmentin detail , a first -class with the ahocl. building l t d h i n i fig day, a a y n a w nd hi d c e h ta s i h le a d ll be 50 • as for the second bzst ; and 30 suggestions; guineas guineas for the third best. H l‘ e i n .A ry . gu o i e n xo e Fn a os s iti f iDe o r r ,e f a e Lslc s . p o6 e nzv i e l y e ni aj ag io ct o ho , ei d inv r 3o a oc w sat i t n ai g oc drawings, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem. In a congregation holden at the same time the following degreesob r e i Trinityn g t . were est conferred College,d e of r ed Act :_ T; f r m a t , e thers of ll e A v r . . 1 I Joy, ev. Hugh Courtenay, Merton College; Rev. David Dale Stewart, Exeter College; Rev. Edward Holland, Mag dalen Hall; Rev. Theodo re C. B . S tretch, Worcester College ; Rev. Abraham Mason, Brasenose College (in corporated from Trinity College, Dublin.)—Bachelors of Arls.—Rev. James Peers Tweed, Fellow of Exeter Col lege; Richard Hopkins, Braecnose College, CAMBRIDGE, JULY 6.—At the Congrekation held on Monday and Tuesday the various prize poems, odes, epigrams, &c., were recited by the successful candidates already announced.—At a Congregation held on Thurs day, the following degrees were conferred :—Masters of Arts.—Thomas Sanders Evans, St. John's College ; John Atcherley Ashley, Jesus College; Benjamin John Arm strong, Camas College; Charles Wade Green, St. Peter's College; John Barham Johnson, Corpus Christi College. - • - - DEATH BY CHARCOAL.—On Wednesday last, a young man, aged 20, in the employment of Mr. Derock, 'manu facturer, London, being missed from his work, search was made after him on the premises; and on the parties eventually going to the water-closet, the door was found to be fastened inside. It was immediately forced open, when the young man was found quite dead, lying on the floor. From an examination of the place, it appears that so determined was he to effect his object, that he had taken the precaution to paste paper round the doorway, and over every crevice by which the slightest air could be admitted, and then ignited a pan of charcoal, over which it is supdosed he stood inhaling its suffocating vapours until deprived of life. The cause of his committing the rash act is said to be an attachment to a young woman, by whom his affection was not returned. ANTIQUE BRACELET.—Aout three weeks ago, as some men were excavating about four miles from Ely, one of them discovered, at a de p th of about ei g ht feet, an antique solid gold bracelet or armlet. It is of a s p iral form, and has two very pec uliar terminations, which seem as though intended for a c las p , and p resent the appear ance of a piece of, r ope, being twisted in the same way. Were it uncurled, it wou ld measure four feet in len g t h ; r e e l ,fruiterer, and its weight is 51 ounc es. It is su pp osed to be o f about the time of Julius Caesar , and its v alue is of course great in proportion to its antiq uit y . A similar one was found some time since in Ch eshire ; and the one t o which we of this town, who boug ht it of the lu cky finder for a cum, aplalruadteivieslynouwiflin the ingsum po . sse l s t s s io v n al o u f M e . ,a r s . d gold, is a uout £2l.—Cambridge Independent. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE PM OFFICE.—In the Bait Court, last week, the Great Western Railway Company sought to recover from the Earl of Lonsdale, as Postmaster-General, the sum of £48,308 for the conveyance of the mails since 1841. The action was founded on an award in the Company's favour, made ac cording to the Act. but a difficulty bad arisen on some technical point. Ultimately it was arranged that a fresh arbitration should be instituted. The Wesleyan Methodists of the Bingham circuit, have erected a moveable wooden meeting-house upon wheels, capable of seating about one hundred and twenty persons, at a cost of about £6O, for the accommodation of severa villages where no site could be obtained. The above pia e of worship was opened on Monday last, by Mr. Jo Shelton, of Nottingham, who preached two sermons up the occasion; at the conclusion collections were made, which together, amounted to upwards of £5O. TRIAL OF THE RIOTERS AT LEEDS. —This extraor dinary trial, according to the reports in the Leeds papers, terminated on Tuesday last, having occupied four days of the borough sessions, and twice as long as the other 36 cases put together. The speeches of the learned counsel alone occupied about twelve hours, five being taken up by Mr. Ingham, five by Mr. Overend, and two by Mr. Pashley. The recorder, in summing up, occupied nearly half of the time of the whole of the speeches of the learned counsel ; to wh'ch, if we add the three hours taken up in the consideration of the verdict of the jury, the business of two of the four days of the trial is amply accounted for. Twice the court sat until between ten and eleven o'clock st night. Of the military, four were found guilty, and eight not guilty; of the civilians, four were found guilty, and three not guilty. The sentences on the former were different periods of imprisonment; of the latter, one was fined £4, the others were sentenced to short period of imprisonment. Du. 111`11aen.—A letter from Dr. Mg-Tale to Sir R. Peel, animadverting in strong terms upon the bill intro duced into parliament by the government, " to provide for the more effectual application of charitable donations and bequests in Leland, and to enable grants and devises to be made in trust for Roman Catholic ministers in Ire land," has been published. One of the principal griev ances complained of in the bill is denominating the Roman Catholic priests " ministers !" This term, it appears, ruffles the equanimity and excites the very indignation of the Titular Archbishop of Tuam. " Roman Catholic ministers! (says this divine" in his letter to the Premier,) pray appropriate that designation to the officers of the Kirk or the parsons of the Establishment, the one being the elected ministers of the state, the other of their congregations; but do not call the Catholic bishops or ' priests of Ireland by a name under which their faithful flocks could never know them, being imported with that alien establishment, with which they have been taught to associate the worst evils of Ireland." He concludes by designating the bill " a foul measure, which would be as unworthy of the boasted freedom of the age as it would be insulting and injurious to the people of Ireland." ACCIDENT AT THE EDINBURGH RAILWAY. —Oa Saturday morning, shortly before six o'clock, an accident occurred at the Glasgow station of the most alarming kind, but most providentially, no lives have been lost.. About half-past five in the morning, a great number of trucks, loaded with large stones and bricks, were prepared at Cowlairs to be brought down the incline by three breaks. By some great misfortune, either seven or nine of the trucks were shoved forward and on to the incline. They immediately began to move downward, of course, and although, as we understand it, one poor fellow leapt on a break, which was forwarded to try to stop their onward course, all his efforts were unavailing, and the carriages came rushing down the incline with an appalling speed which no one can describe, the rails, as they neared, being actually on fire. There was no human power now to stop them, and down they came, three of the foremost running right through the centre of the large station-house, through both walls, and out at the front, into the door of the bar of the North British Hotel, on the opposite side of the passage. There was no person in the station-house, and no one hurt. The breaks man leaped off, we believe, and was injured, but how he escaped with the life in such circumstances, is more than we can understand. There were in all nine or ten waggons, we learn, came down the incline, six of which were smashed to atoms.—The gra titude of every person witnessing the effects of the acci dent, was that no lives were lost.— Gla?gozo Paper. INVENTION OF PAPER FOR PRINTING.—The invention of paper, about a century and a half before Richard de Bury wrote (namely, 1194), and its general employment instead of vellum for manuscripts in ordinary use, was a great step towards the multiplication of books. Tran scribers necessarily became more numerous; but for a long period they wholly belonged to the monastic orders, and the books w ere essentially for the use of the clergy. Richard de Bury says, w ith the most supreme contempt for all others, whatever be their rank, " Laymen, to whom it matters not whether they look at a book turned wrong side upwards or spread before them in its natural order, are altogether unworthy of any communion with books." But even to the privileged classes he is not sparing of his reproach as to the misuse of books. He reprobates the unwashed hands, the dirty nails, the greasy elbows leaning upon the volume, the munching of fruit and cheese over the open leaves, which were the marks of careless and idle readers. With a solemn reverence for a book at which we may smile, but with a smile of respect he says, " Let there be a due decorum in opening and closing of volumes, that they may neither be unclasped with precipitous haste, nor tltrown-aside after inspection without being duly closed."—Biography of William Caxton. NOT AT Homz.--Mrs. Charles Kemble, giving orders to a newly-installed footman—a clod whom she had picked up in the country, and who was quite ignorant and unpractised in the finesse of polite life, told him that : she " should not be ' at home' the whole of that day; but which intimation the man undoubtedly understood that she intended going out, but hearing a knock at the street door a moment after he had received his order, the man unhesitatingly admitted a party of ladies to the presence of his surprised mistress, who had seated herself at her writing table in all security of her precaution. Mrs. Kemble received her unwelcome visitors with some embar rassment, looking daggers at the booby, who coloured up to the very roots of his hair, as he withdrew, leaving the in:mxlbrances he had forced upon the time of his vexed mistress. Before Mrs. Kemble had presence of mind to recover from her centre-ferns, another carriage drew up to the door, and Mrs. Kemble turning her head to the window, perceived that it was that of Mrs. Siddons, and glad that her order for general exclusion had not deprived of the pleasure of such a visit, she became reconciled to the recent blunder of the stupid footman, and waited with great complacency—her eyes directed to the door of the room—for the dignified entrance of the tragic muse, but, to her great chagrin, the carriage drove away, and Clod not appearing with any message, Mrs. Kemble rang the bell somewhat impatiently, and inquired the reason why Mrs. Siddons did not come in. To this inquiry the now sulky boor replied with an expressive waive of his hand towards the visitors—" Why, ma'am, you looked so black at me for showing in these, that I thought I had better send rother away, so I told her you wouldn't see her to day."—Anecdotes of Actors. DAMASCUS, THE MOST. ANCIENT ClTY.—DamaSCus is, perhaps, the most ancient city in the world, and the only one that has enjoyed a continued, though not undis turbed, course of prosperity through so vast a succession of ages. It existed in the days of Abraham, and before them we know not bow long. Founded before almost all those that afterwards rivalled or eclipsed it, it has seen them perish one by one, and sometimes so utterly as to leave no memorial to mark the place on which they stood. And yet Damascus has had its full share of the buffettings of war and civil violence. It became the capi tal of the kingdom of Syria, founded by Rehsin, was taken and sacked by Jeroboam, king of Israel, but soon (Timur the Lame, recovered from the blow, for it was once more the metro polis of Syria long before the Seleucidre had transferred the seat of their empire to Antioch. Under the Saracens, in the brilliant period of Arabian history. Damascus be came, Caliphs.enees beleaguered i A r f te i t a r e my e:p u c w t r e with fire and sword, but a t : T r u is f dw ri u I a calamity as towards the of bcaclyn never its r n i h e el 0: dff l i tdrkholeiezeteßi fourteenth fourteenth ioe, e acrseof r enr e i this, sieges and disasters were no rare t i h o t e c w c a u s r hen or Tamerlane.) Fur several days the bl ac k fl ag floated in vain on the Tartar's tent ; and never had that signal of desolation been hoisted for three days on the same spot without the fulfilment of its fatal presage. At length the city was taken by storm, and the streets were deluged with blood. They still show, near the gate called Babel Kabi, the spot on which stood a pyramid of heads, the horrible monument of the victor's ferocity. Timur Lenk carried off with him the ablest artisans, after butchering the rest, desiring to enrich his capital, Samarcand, with all tl.e arts of which he robbed Damascus.—Library of Travel. TilE EMPEROR NICIIOLAS.—The plainest dressed, but the most magnificent figure upon all public occasions in Russia is, unquestionably the emperor. As the empress hangs on the arm of her noble husband, arrayed in a blaze of jewels, and, with short steps drags a heavy train of velvet behind her, th e emperor accommodates his steps to her movements; but his commanding figure and lofty brow tower above all, and, whilst the soul-stirring national hymn is played, " Boje Zarachrani," the Russians gaze on their emperor as though he was a god. On festivals statue his ue like. own or ceremonies o f a religious character, the emperor thunderbolts, Yet tthisis no c t ou t l o d b n e o t attributed p o s i bly b either in variably stands with h ead uncovered, and remains wholly motionless. Jo ve f rozen by eternal cold, or riven by one o emore ts want of heart or of emotion. But he knows that every movement is watched, differently interpreted, and made to mean more than it was intended to evince. He knows that they say and think of him that he is "Je plus bei homme qu'on puisse s'imaginer ;" and as he hears this everywhere, and sees the same thought written in every smile and bow of the Russian beauties of his court, he cannot be indiffetent to his person, or treat with contempt their adulation. Sometimes he may be seen dashing along with his white feathers streaming, muffled in ;it 6 military cloak, in his solitary sledge drawn with One horse ; and, at another time, striding with powerful steps, wholly unattended, in the dusk of the early evening, the whole length of the Nevski. Whenever and wherever he appears there is a soft of imposing character about his movements which rivets all eyes, and fixes the attention of every one. When his towering plume approaches, the crowd falls back, and, entrained in a vacant space, appears a figure to which there is no second in Russia, even if there be in the world. The Russians declare that it is " a figure of the grandest beauty, expression, demeanour, and carri age , un i ting all the majesties and graces of all the heathen gods." When they say and write this, they Inean.every word of it to the letter. The person of the emperor is that of a colossal,man, in the full prime of fife and of health. Forty-eight years of age, about six feet two inches in height, with a bust and person well filled out, without any approach to corpulency. His head is magnificently carved, he has a splendid breadth of shoulder and chest, great length and symmetry of halls, with finely formed hands and feet.—Fraser's Maya:bee. a)