The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS PARIS, DEC. 2.—The Daily - News correspondent says, General La Hitte is said to have received a telegraphic despatch from Berlin announcing• - the settle. inentof a pacific arrangement between theTrussian anc Posit Austrian mini beaded " A PI Followir ce between Austria and - Prussit rH.—A telegraphic despatch- w questions i faction at the cone Schwartzenburg. ry and affable ir says the Austrian -Bavarian troc will quit El oops wi settled in t may therefor conclud 3 be ae the lx Lary discussion in the pr The last accounts from Berlin mention a report of M 1 order to avoid parliamen- t state of t points agreed to at Olmutz was, that the - Prussian and Austrian armaments should be reduced one-third. A profound impression has `been produced at Berlin by the sudden prorogation of parliament. 'Fears were en tertained for the tranquility of the capital. The- C tutionelle Zeitunq has been seized The news from the centre of operations is much less pacific than the intelligence from Olmutz. The-Bavarian )art of t 4th inst. Austrian troops were expected at Fulda. Frankfort it was reported on the 4th that a general a tack on the Prussian positions was The mobilization of the Wurten decreed army bad been MERCANTILE ENTERPRISE IN ARIERICA.—The New York correspondent of the - Times says—" The trade with California, and the restrictions removed by modifying the navigation laws in England, have combined to effect a revolution in the naval architecture of this country that has neretofore been unparalleled. Never before has such a competition existed among shipbuilders as to who should model the fleetest vessels; and their efforts have certainly been seconded by the greatest disregard o on the Part of the enterpr'ising:tnerchants in whose ser vice they have laboured. A recent instance illustrative of this was the order of a well-known house in the Canton trade, whose instructions to their builder were to furnish them with a ship of 2000 tons burthen with as little delay as poisible, while the only properties stipulated for were the most perfect combination of beauty and speed consis tent with strength, but without any limit as to expense. Nor is this by any means a singular instance of a growing disposition to possess the fastest and finest shi k . be set afloat. ; _and well have their owners been repaid thus ps that can far, not only by the preference they have everywhere met with, but also by the extravagant , rates of freight they have nlitainad and Ch.,rant C4112;t111 , 4471%. ,_; h7nl ;lAA their voyages have been performed. ;General orders have been received from California to give such ships the pre ference at any difference of freight; in consequence of which they now obtain one dollar per cubic foot for ordi o, and double that price for fine goods; while fashioned and more slowly sailing competitors ht at a half or five eighths of :dollar. The lately left here for the Pacific o Canton, there take in a cargo for.this port or London, nd clear the whole cost to her owners •by the time she is ,ne year old. The last overland India mail brings intel igence that another of this class, called the Oriental, had obtained in Canton a ft.( when the g ng rate was £3 of the same London of £6 per ton reabout. The capacity nnage which are y Are expected to clear themselves in a year or ie Sea Witch has twice gone round the world Canton, performir. ig each voyage ►in a twelvemonth, in►•lusive of both pot structinn of this description of ships, and to encourage every improvement that can add to their sailing proper ., t of pictorial universal chro IRELAND deal Profiler officer whilst patrolling near Waterford .en corn mitte !reggs, county he had n of Dublin met on Monday for the ,gt dignity and decors LAW INTELLIGENCE. A royalmernmiasion is aboutcto be issued to inquire into the law of divorce. In the Queen's -Bench,.-on Saturday, an action was brought by the Duke of Brunswick against the Sun news paper for libel. A verdict was returned for the defendant, the judge observing that the plaintiff had put a construc tion on the words which they would not bear. It is the intention of the government to offer a peerage to Mr. Baron Parke . (formerly :Fellow of Trinity College), Cambridge,) for his long and able services, and he is to sit in the House of Lords for the hearing of appeals after the opening of parliament. On Friday, in theCommors Pleas, an action was brought by a bill-discounter against. Lieut. Baldwin, son of the M.P. for Totness, on three bills of exchange. A verdict was returned for the defendant, on the ground that the bills were given for gambling debts, and that the plaintiff knew of that fact when he took them. A WILL CAU6E.—In the. Court of Queen's Bench, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury, the ca'e of Dryden v. Fryer, commenced.on Monday. The action was brought to try the validity of a will made by the late Sir Gregory Page Turner, a gentleman possessed of large landed property in 'Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, and Kent. The testator, who was always a man of eccentric habits, became of age and entered Avon the possession i❑ 1806. Shortly after he mixed in society much below his rank and station, and of dissolute,eharacter, who sought his company with a view to their own interest : he became y evincec lunacy was obtained against him in. 1814, which, however, was suspended in the followinglrear, his mind having in the interim undergone a change for the better. A few years afterwards, his insanity relapsing,, a second commis sion of lunacy was sued out against him in 1821, which was also superseded, but not until a considerable interval had elapsed. _ Between the removal of the second comis- Mn and his death,in 1843, he made and executed a will, to make v ar wnicn was in question, and his competency ch was affirmed on the part of the plaintiff, iy the defendant. The trial, which occupied ay, terminated in the viscount d'Arbncourt, has been mulcted in Costs for a libel on the Prince de Casino, of the Roman Republic the ex-President CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A few days since, as sportsmen were bunting wild boars in the Forest of' gusien, near Langres, the servant of one of the par at a boar, which fell, and the man, thinking he we ran to tall which, th enough to r 1 have ken ou tier of were very fors but still a Governor-Gener y to the scene might deem nec d should feeling out for vari houge has f cost of about gas, the light fast as it is po t was ( s of the states time been ligi mrth that previously charged for ( possess►on of h►s pr►ze, when the anima gh mortally wounded, had still strengi se up, attacked his assailant, and striking hi y for it )le, to turn The celebrated Asto d with water gas, at trial of the Abbe Goth in, near Angouleme, and o 'a of a p 1 - MURDER IN FRANCE land. cure of St. Gerr cornmencec He express( eian of the same pla which nppearf before the Cot of Asiz, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes jury finding a verdict for the plaintiff COURT AND FASHION. ady Hardinge were on a visit to the Queen )rted that Lord Howard le Queen, be offered to his religion." The Earl of Roden and Viscount Jocelyn have been in Dublin some days. Lord Jocelyn sailed for Holyhead on Friday, on his way to visit Lord Stanley, at Knowsley. The Earl and Countess of Sefton returned last week to Scotland Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P, aly, and ar not ex- ected to return he meeting of 4+l t c reliant Mr. :and' Miss Vandenhoff have just completed a provin cial tour previously to entering upon their engagements in London for the season. They have starred success fully at Exeter, Teignmouth, Wolverhampton, and New castle—upon-Tyne. It is said that the Duke of Wellington has at length convinced the government of the absolute necessity of balloting the militia, and that we shall have a new Militia Act, and also a bill fo r en li s ti ng seamen , i n t ro d uce d next session On Thursday week the Duchess of Lancaster, a splen did barque,'39s tons-new measurement, and 450 tons old measurement, apparently promising extraordinary sailing qualities, was launched at Workington. She was built for Messrs. Lamport and Holt, of this port, and will be employed in the China trade. ECONOMY IN -THE AMERICAN LINERS.--A passenger who lately //timed to New York in the American liner Ocean Queen, writes as follows :—" The vessel I came out in, the Ocean `Queen, 1200 tons, Captain Griswold, was admirably worked by 22 able seamen. All their heavy work is performed by means of small mechanical contrivances. An English merchant vessel of the same size would require at least 50 men." 'The Oriental, one of a new class of sharp, clipper built-, American vesselsitas arrived in the British Channel ..... in 93 days from Canton. - She was to have had £6 lOs freight per ton, had she arrived in 90 days. as 130 or 140 nays is considered a fair voyage. The freight for British vessels was £3 lOs to £4. She left New York on the 18th May, 1850, bound to Canton, remained there 21 days, came down the China sea against the south-west mon- soon, and arrived in the West India Dock on the morning of the 3rd December,—a period of only six months and fifteen days. Two CHILDREN KILLED WITH GODFREY'S CORDIAL. —On Saturday week an inquest was held at Camberwell, to inquire into the deaths of two infants. A few days since, the children being very restless, the mother sent for a pennyworth of Godfrey's Cordial, and administered about a third of a teavoonful to each. They soon fell into a deep sleep, and remained so until the mother be came alarmed, but notwithstanding every effort the chil dren expired. The jury returned a verdict, " That the children died from the effects of Godfrey's Cordial, ad ministered by the mother inadvertently." ESCAPE OF THREE CONVICTS.—Between six and seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, shortly after they had taken breakfast, three convicts managed to let themselves down over the sidu of the Warrior convict-ship, at Woolwich Dockyard, and, proceeding along the mud on the bank of 'ntry or ar nee from the ship, belonging to a Spurling, and, crossing the river in it, pe through the marshes of North Wool. bsence was disco' take fr prevailed, s unanimously elected The trial of Mr. John Emanuel Hughes, on a charge of emb,.zzling the funds of the Cuffe-street Savings Bank, - " wn9 t►- treasurer, took place on 's Bench, and terminated y, in the Court of QueE Letterkenny, on Saturday night week ales Court, three months ago Jenny Lind was 30 years of age on the 6th of October. On Friday Prince Albert presented the workmen at the Crystal Palace with a brewer's dray-load of ale. W. H. Gore Langton, Esq., has given £lOO towards the erection of the public fountains in Bath. Iceland is about to be united to Leith by a line of Johnson was attacked on the I steamers. heath, had his leg Randle Wilbraham, Esq., of Rode- order for one thousand quarters ( A vessel arrived from Cadiz h brought several cases LI/ERPOOL Si ii-N-11.111). the euards boat, at son effected their e, CURIOUS _ atMr Gilbert's marine lamp manuf making some tin sold T (which is done by m tiler in an iron kett ACT.—While one of the workmen employed e, and which, toi: greater 111adle and poured , . actory, Falmouth, was I king tin and Line facility in use, is dipped out with a as in the act of pouring another, when to find that the first had produced a most extraordinary medallion profile of " the Iron Duke." General Wood and several other competent judges have seen it, and have expressed themselves surprised at the likeness. he was surpr A SAVAGE.—We mentioned, last week, that a police man had been murdered in Essex, by a poacher whom he had in custody. It appears that the offence was accom panied by circumstances of gross brutalit'-. We quote the evidence of a eirl at the innnect T his arms, and drew . him a little way. He knocked llim j down, and pulled him towards the pond by his legs. He then threw him into the pond. I saw him lift un his Krteraturr. POETRY. INVITATION TO A 'CHRISTIAN JUBILEE When from Egypt's bondage sore God led forth his chosen seed, Rites they knew not of before By his servant were decreed; And as one memorial dear Of their glorious liberty, Each recurring fiftieth year Was a year of Jubilee. Then throughout all Judah's land Loud the trump of freedom snake Great and small on every band Felt the cords of bondage break Slaves and debtors were releaser Each regained his birthright free; Spring and harvest labour ceased In that year of Jubilee. Now our Gospel bath revealed Nobler freedom for the wise ; , een seal By th e Saviou'r's sacrific Holy joy for sin o'erthroW'n Makes the Christian Jubilee But though now no law ordains When the soul sh,ll feast or fast ; Nought but Sabbath-day remains, God's high claim from first to last May not Christian prayers combin In the Church's Ilitor; Here and there w irighter line Eighteen hundred years have r un Since our era took its date; Nine and forty more are done; Seize the fiftieth ere too late Make the Gospel trumpet sound With redoubling energy, Calling those whom sin bath bound To partake our Jubilee. Why should men be foes to God, Servants of degrading sin ? When he smites, they fear his rod Why not strive his love to win? And through Christ his love is With reviviug punit Pence •n earth, Is not this a Jubilee ? weil - hope of heav't Lord, in thy divine reso;ve Grant Satan's t many a soul revolves Till the ransomed earth enjoy Universal Jubilee! THE POPS allibility yet fromiitonewj'as en atheist France revrveditislop'E I by her arms set up the Pope. Ard now propp'd on his tottering throne He claims Old England as his own ; O'er this fair land he hopes to rule, And Wiseman sends to play the fool. Where Westminster's famed Abbey stam He lays his sacriligeous hands, And o'er our Queen to rule does hope, 0 how mistaken is the Pope. Against him we will take our stand. We'll rally round our Queen and throne, And no usurper will we own. Our pure religion we'll defend. And on Almighty nowt r denend Dec. 10, 1850. 1 DR. WISEMAN AND DR. CUMMING, TO GEORGE BOWYER, ESQ. SIR,—T have just read your letter in The T imes, ad' dressed to me, and heartily concur in the sentiment ex pressed in its opening paragraph, that " in controvers with Roman Catholics the rules of courtesy and a dherence to truth ought to be scrupulously observed ;" and, ba cili c : always tried to comply with this duty, I proceed to nel your objections to my account of my visit to the resides ca of Cardinal Wiseman, as invited through his secretary' ap ` a 'alr ei o la u s h a a n r d e l r e e t c te e r n s t , l y w c i h ti a i r h g a ed vi C ng ar t d a i k n e a n l W an ' You tell me, in your letter, I promise to persecute heretics, your purpose evidently everylw isoeamthancOnintaina.riniil to excite the indignation of yo o our hearers. and to nno , ,, __ one of them look upon himself as an object of prie stl y Pe' cutiot -- I never confessed to any priest nor stated to an y person on earth that such was "purpose." Cardinal Wi cardinal Dahlia man lately arrives in zngianu al.. .ii...-- - __. t t i ttt o ‘; he governs, T a ? t , ILIVi) , I cxton,!.in.unedtaonigaozveedr,nintheoernacnoinsuuonn. with nine -tenths of the Tenpin of En and, at su a ouncemen mon country vaded to inform its people what would be the nature and the means of this new " government" by quoting froo authentic documents accepted by Dr. Wiseman tho se pro mises and oaths which the new governor of these counties has made to his master at Rome. As I make it a rule in nr to nuote cond hand, I took my extracts from authorised and in..; putable works ; and, if the result be that every baptise: object of priestly pe r s ecu ti on ," you must blame th e You Y ou next were informed instruct b e — y man in thes e coun ti es comes t o " look upon hims elf as a_ of your adopti on , no t th e h um bl e individual who merely lets her be seen a nd h ear d. c hurc i l; no see oath had been taken, an d you were civilly invited togod"' the inspect the oath that a c t ua lly was taken. You accepted ' invitation, but you cavilled at what you saw, returned itrereei; dulo'ts, and . publicly intimated that an • ' ' Invi made to deceive you. Thi s i ns i nua tion was uncharitam.. . • com p e t en t authority that ttempt leas t of it, sa y the t ay , nd the eatse r ary. it WAS Unplu but, if it was untr s as stated to you by the Cardinal's s( from The " competent authority" was, first, Dr. P ° Y le 'd ell , the pulpit of St. George's Cathedral, the admirer r od aims !aims 1 • t ' ogis , in the same sermon, of De Castro, ""roclable, heretics" to be " known. invio . a o f wise n," and "the ancient opin loll hr °u gh econdly, Cardinal Wiseman , th is ...4....t.._ an 09 t The f of us 1 nal em his secretary, Mr. Sel taken by bishops " tc elatige IS in: combat he cancel sed oath in any authorised document whatever, ""- pon f the _ tifical kept at the episcopal residence, Golden-sc, uiation of enteno,is nerally us( in a previous part of the sanra_le quoted by the rev lunders6tndinz ana arentushops who are subject to th I did accept the invitation. The submitted Dr. Wiseman's Po examined _ Times, with scarcely a word of comment, mend on the flyleaf, written with a pen—the c l a Tops, question left out ; ne x t, th e oa th a d m i n i s tered to DT; been with the said clause legible enough, a pen ha va .r a tion; merely drawn over it, with no initials or author ta ken and on turning to page 88, I found the oath to ve ta i n iair by the archbishop before receiving the pallium o n any nerased and untouched in t he tho was, " I presume that Pntifical to IT d I found, a inspecti~~•l,h~ I stated insrra- ,'. na 9 !ry carefully Cardina n archbishop he received they I to before receiving w hi c h h e repeated a solemn ,;„ff found in the Pontificate Rom an u " 0 _ .1 argil 7a. tened to ( between the Ilforni of your readers as tnke an interest in E ' The Mussulman insurgents have sac Christian quarters at Aleppo, fox 'ton the new P sent as sot lees for life and be€ All the ins In, they ea) aged women consul's dragom, to that the Leban as condition The court then proceeded wits 311nwing communication appeared it icle of Thursday last :—" I have insl zht the Sultan tr eaten. Bem, we hear, is to I to the uttermost farthin r, will do, but he cannot r the most beautiful made for her.' The and that . the Porte and with one ano- and all the plunder r All this the store to the outr The wife of our writer p and comparatively prosp Emirs arE. Cher." -We find the cure in the Union 25, employed in the aced in charging a hole in order to blast it, when, Y ACCIDENT AND CURF followir Medical construe made in a rock with n Pxtraord I of a railw supposing that the powder had become mixed with sand, he stirred it up with a long iron rod. An explosion in stantly took place, and the bar was driven completely through the head of the man, and fell at a short distance frnm } The iron rod wei d with hlnnd and ft part of hiQ hrain. led about 61b., was 34 inches in length, and about an in. —le left angle m . lower jaw, and came out at the top of the head behind the bone of the forehead. The wounded man was knocked down by the blow, hut immediately rose again, spoke to the persons round him, got up into a cart, in which he kept standing while it was being driven for more than a mile to an inn, where he alighted and ascended a long staircase, and went to bed in the possession of his mental faculties. A surgeon arrived in half an hour after the ac cident. The upper part of the head was extensively frac tured, and the wound at the side of the jaw was large enough to admit the finger. The small pieces of the skull were removed. the larger bones adjusted, and the wounds dressed. We shall not enter into the details of this inte resting case, but merely say that the patient promptly re covered with the loss only of the sight of the left eye." MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON IN EGYPT.—On the 9th ult., Mr. Robert Stephenson, the celebrated engineer, arrived at Alexandria from Italy. He left Alexandria for Upper Egypt, and after his return it is said he purposes visiting the Isthmus of Suez, in order to examine per sonally into the practicability of forming the long talked-of Canal between Pelusium and the Red Sea. The Alexandrian correspondent of the Morning Herald says :—" He (Mr. Stephenson) seems impressed with the advantages Egypt and the trade with our Indian and Eastern possessions would derive from the establishment of railway communication between the two great trading cities of Alexandria and Cairo. - The cumbrous naviga tion of the Nile, at the best seasons, and impracticability at others, for laden boats, render the advantage of such highway so palpable, that men of less discernment have been recently agitating the question. and urging it on the Viceroy's attention. Produce of the value of 150 millions of piastres is annually brought down the river in native craft. subject to the delays of navigation, the danger and neglect of those charged with it, and the uncertainty of arrival to meet the engagements or the wants of the trader. It is to be hoped that this subject will derive an impulse from the recommendation of so competent an authority." t entered t AN ADROIT THIEF.—A man named Drapier, a com rnissionnaire, was the day before yesterday condemned by the I', ibunal of Correctional Police to 13 months' im prisonment, for making free with some bottles of wine belonging to a person in whose cellar he had been em ployed. Drapier had been engaged some months before in stowing away a quantity of wine, but at the time he was only able, in rons:quence of the presence of his em ployer, to abstract one bottle. The flavour of it, how ever, was so pleasant to his palate that he never forgot it, and he was delighted when a few days since his services were again called in requisition to saw some wood in the same cellar. To his great annoyance on entering the place he found that the cellar had been divided by a par tition, before which a large quantity of wood had been piled up. His thirst, however, enabled him to overcome all difficulties; the wood was soon removed, and a part of the partition loosened, so as to give him access to the wine. When there, he soon despatched six of the bot tles, and had just commenced the seventh, when he heard the footsteps of his employer approaching. Quick as lightning, he returned to the other part of the cellar where the pile of wood had been thrown down, and fall ing on his face began moaning piteously. The owner of the wine kindly assisted him, and Drapier said that when busily employed in sawing, the pile of wood had fallen on and seriously injured him, at the same time showing his bleeding hands, which he had torn in removing the parti tion, in proof of it. Every attention was given him , snd on his recover, he was paid for his work, although not completed, and he was sent home. The truth, however, did not long remain concealed, and Drapier was arrested and nunished for the theft.—Galignani's Messenger. A FAMILY CAST AWAY ON LAKE SUPERIOR.—A Mr. Griswold, wife, and small child, with a boy about seven een, the son of a Mr. Haverstraw, set out a few weeks since in a skiff from Eagle Harbour to reach Eagle River, some ten miles distant up the coast. Mr. Witherell was engaged building a government lighthouse on the point projecting out into the harbour from tae main land, and saw the company as they rounded the point on their peri kus voyage. It was blowing quite strongly off land, and fears were entertained that a shift of the wind would beach them on a bold and had shore. Determined to have plenty of leeway, the little craft was observed to put out some distance into the lake, and was soon lost sight of. It never reached its destination. Days and weeks passed, nothing was heard from the adventurers. The coast between the two points was daily traversed, and pieces of the wreck supposed to be found, but no tidings of the sufferers. At length all hope was given up, and their friends mourned them as dead. But the sequel proved otherwise. After three weeks' absence this little crew were all found safe at the Saut. They had been picked up two weeks before by a coasting schooner on the Canada shore, whither they had been seven days drifting. The distance across the lake at that point must be from 250 to 300 miles. It appears that the boat got too far from shore, and the wind increasing drove them into the lake. Night came on, and the wind not abating the boat was put in charge of the lad, who was a half-breed and well acquainted with the lake. He got up a sort of sail and put before the wind for the Canada shore. Seven days and nights they spent on this lonely sea without see ing a vessel. without shelter, and without food, The wind changed several times and kept them for days out of sight of land. When found, they had entirely surren. dered themselves to their fate. How they lived so long under such exposure AA witbov-t i f -Wd; is a most gnp.a rolJeled mystery. put up, and Mr. Johnson refused OF DARRYNANE ABBEY.—At a Sheriff's sale at the whole of the splendid Id goods, belon ng to the goods were left there pending some contemplated ar rangements, hut they were again recently brought to the hammer by the sheriff. The purchase of the furniture by the National Bank has been impeached as fraudulent, and on applicaiion to the Court an issue was granted last , eek to try the fact by a jury. All the rest of the pro ty will be sold as a matter of course. The prices at ch thi gined "the 6s. 6( ght the furniture the entire furniture, &c state bed, &c., sold fo may be itor's r I UNIVERSITI ND CLERICAL NEWS, On Thursday, the Rev. Edward Coleridge, was elected Lower Master of Eton School The Bishop of Durham has presented £lOOO towards the erection of a new church at Blyth, Northumberland, provided that £4OOO more are subscribed for the purpose. The Queen has presented to Queen's College, Birming ham, a copy of Winterhalter's magnificent full-length portrait of her Majesty A ours containing 230 sovereigns, has been presented to the Rev. R. Stainforth, v i car o f P on t e f ract, b y his On Wednegtlav_ thirt qtnapntq nt St_ Pa..' . Whitehaven, presented a silver tea-kettle to the Rev. Mr Middleton, the senior lecturer; and a silver cream jug, sugar basin, and teapot, to the Rev. Mr. Woodhouse, the junior lecturer. There are upwards of one hundred stu dents at this college. The Rev. R. J. Butler, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, was received into the Roman Catholic Church at Rome, on the 23rd of November last. This gentleman was formerly warden of the House of Charity in Rose-street. Soho. The Rev. W. Sewell, 8.D., has editorially sanctioned a curious suggestion touching university reform, or rather the extension of the university, in a pamphlet just pub lished. The suggestion is that professorships and lecture ships be established in all our great towns; and that pupils attending them, after being examined and approved by officers sent from the universities, should receive university degrees. The Times ridicules the idea. ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—The Bishop of Oxford arrived at the palace, Fulham, on Saturday, on a visit to the Bishop of London, with the intention of preaching at Lambeth Old Church on Sunday morning, on behalf of the Southwark fund for building churches (in that deanery.) The bishop was suffering from a cough and violent irritation of the windpipe on Saturday ; but it was hoped by nursing and a night's rest his lord ship would have been relieved ; but on Sunday morning he was much worse, and quite incapable of exertion. The sermon at Lambeth Church was preached by the senior curate. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Mr. Bromley, M.P., for South Nottinghamshire, is about to retire from ill health. Lord Newark and Mr. Barrow, of Southwell, are talked of as candidates. The Court Circular chronicles, among the interviews with Sir George Grey, at the Horne-office, the names of Lord Ashley and the Rev. W. Goode. M. Guizot has contradicted a report, according to which he had, in an interview with Louis Napoleon, declared himself favourable to a prolongation of his powers. At the same time, he does not hesitate to say that this course may become absolutely necessary for the salvation of the country. THE FARMERS AND THE CURRENCY.--At a meeting held last week of the Market Bosworth Farmers' Club, the subject for discussion was the effect of the present monetary system upon the producing classes, and the grievances which bear heavily on the English farmer. R. Smith. Esq., occupied the chair. Several speeches were delivered on the occasion by Messrs. Harrison, Chapman, Grimson, Chamberlain, and Mayne; and the following resolutions were agreed to :-Ist. "That the circulating medium of this country is not at this time sufficiently ample and expansive to meet the commercial wants of a highly taxed and increasing population."-2nd. "That a Government issue of paper, representing in value 20s. and upwards, guaranteed by the national taxes: and, also an issue of paper by local banks, representing in value 235. and upwards, guaranteed oy securities deposited with the Government, and increase legitimately the prosperity of the productive industry of the country." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE CHASE.—The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-mor row, (Wednesday,) the 11th instant, at Wrenbury ; Thursday, the 12th, at Cholmondeley ; Saturday, the 14th, at Ravensmoor Windmill ; Monday the 16th, at Tarpor ley ; Wednesday, the 18th, at High Legh ; Thursday, the 19th, at Tabley ; Saturday, the 21st, nt Belmont. Each day at half-past ten o'clock, except Thursday, the 19th, and Saturday, the 21st instant, when they will meet at eleven.—Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds will meet to-mor row, (Wednesday,) the 11th instant, at Aston ; Friday, the 13th, at Carden ; Saturday. the 14th, at Penley Hall. Each day at half-past ten o'clock.—The Ridford Hounds will meet this day, (Tuesday,) the 10th instant, at Wales by Village; Thursday, the 12th, at Norwood Park ; Sa turday, the 14th, at Clown. At half-past ten o'clock. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING.—This meeting took place on Thursday and Friday last :—Sefton Cup : won by Mr. Cruso's Columbus; Mr. Swan's Senator ran up— Molyneux Plate : won by Mr. Matthew's Mott ; Mr. Robinson's I-rather-think ran up—Croxteth Purse : won by Mr. Holmes's Memory ; Sanspareil ran up—West Derby Stakes : Mr. Barnett's Blackwood beat Mr. Webb's Well-I-never ; Mr. Botts's Brutus beat Mr. Knowles's Flycatcher—Lancashire St a k es : M r . H o l mes ' s M arplot and Mr. Barnett's Be -true divided—Mr. Worrall's Wee wee and Mr. Preston's Czarina divided. A HIGH PRICE FOR A HORSE.—The Essex Herald states that overtures have bee n ma d e to M r. H a l ford for the purchase of Prime Minister, his Derby crack, and that only last week the large sum of £9,000 was offered for him, with Mr. Merryman and Harriot thrown in. RAILIVAY AFFAIRS, It is said that Ladv Harriet Clive will cut the first sod of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway to-day. A collision took place at Birmingham on Tuesday. The South Staffordshire train from Walsall, due at 4 30 in Birmingham, approached Vauxhall at. its appointed time, but owing to a coke train "shunting" over the main line a collision took place. The fireman jumped from the en gine, but came in contact with the next carriage and was )00 1n tpntly. §eyeral persons were slightly injured. me prop ives were lost by the boiler explo- sion at Halifax Her Majesty has sent £5O to the fund now raising for Mrs. Holiest. It has been decided that the monument of Lord Jeffrey should be a work of sculpture. an inn at Walsall Bet Ween Cork and London steamers are conveying butter at one penny per firkin, and eggs at three pence per box ! The fine estate of Brooksby has been bought by Mr. Jones Lloyd, the wealthy banker. The purchase money is said to be £75,000. It is reported that a disagreement has taken place be tween the Rev. W. Griffith, " one of the expelled," and the Wesleyan Reform Committee. ; Mr. Robert Gilfillan, of Leith, the well-known author of several beautiful songs in the Scottish dialect, died of a fit of apoplexy, in his office, on Wednesday. Mrs. Margaret Shepherd, a widow, of Ousby, whilst labouring under an attack of delirium, arising from typhus fever, threw herself into a well, and was drowned. The solicitors of Sheffield, in addition to closing their offices at seven o'clock every evening, have passed a reso lution that the law offices of the town shall be closed on Saturdays at two o'clock. The Secretary of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, Mr. Saunders, was drowned on Sunday night week, by falling accidentally into the sea from the steamer at Holyhead. On Friday evening, as the Bishop of Rochester was posting from London to Danbury Palace, a leathern portmanteau, which was strapped on the top of the car riaee. wag cut away ...A.PArried off. An unfortunate collision took place, on Friday week, in the harbour of Kingstown, between a trawler and a small herring boat; the trawler instantly sunk, by which two of her crew were drowned. The Marquis of Westminster, at his recent audit, gene rously remitted 25 per cent. to his tenants on the Fonthill estates; and the Earl of Pembroke and Earl Nelson have each returned 15 per cent. to their tenants. In the Court of Queen's Bench, London, on Thursday, a female was committed to Middlesex HoUse of Correc- tion for twelve calendar months, for perjury in a county court suit in which she was plaintiff. A special meeting of the Hull Guardian Society was held on Tuesday, to consider the propriety of co-operating with the Hull Chamber of Commerce, in obtaining a re duction of the port charges in Hull. London was enveloped in a dense fog on Friday. Steam-boats on the river were stopped, railway travelling was impeded, and the general business of the metropolis was conducted by artificial light. Cockermouth Church was insured for £2OOO. A com mercial traveller wa§ lying dangerously ill, when he heard of the fire, and on his recovery presented £5O for the re building of the Church, as a thank offering to Almighty God. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng land has decreased from £16,220,443 to £16,002,871. be ing a difference of £210,572. The paper in actual cir culation has decreased from £19,877,074 to £19,782,856, being a difference of £4,218. The Glasgow papers state that certain seceders from the independent church under the pastoral care of Dr. Ward law, are erecting a chapel in the cathedral style, which will hold but 700 persons, yet will cost the immense sum of £lO,OOO. Three valuable milch cows were lately stolen from Pol msdie Park, near Glasgow, by a constable of the Gorbals police force, named Rennie, who has since been appre hended, and who has admitted stealing the cows, which he sold at Hamilton. The United States mail steamer Washington, Captain Floyd, arrived off Cowes at eight o'clock on Thursday evening, and sent her mails for England and France to Southampton. Her news has been anticipated by the Africa. A NEW LIGHT.—The Mining Journal says, that im provements in lighting, of an extraordinary character, are in course of being practically tested, and_ which pro mise to realise results of a most remarkable nature, both with respect to economy and great facility of production. THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN HYDE-PARK.--The Times states that there is now no room for doubt that this struc ture will be completed before the close of the year. On Thursday, the Royal Commission held its first sitting within the Crystal Palace, and was presided over by Prince Albert, who minutely examined the works, and expressed himself greatly pleased with the progress made. Two men, named Baker and Ellis, quarrelled in an ale house at Drayton, Norfolk, on Monday we e k, an d agree d to fight for a stake of £1 a side. In the fight Ellis was so severely beaten that he died the same night ; and at the inquest on his body, a verdict of manslaughter was returned against Baker and the four seconds, who have not yet been apprehended. - No fewer than three additional chapels in connexion with the Roman Catholic Church are in progress of erec tion in Glasgow. In addition to these erections the Roman Catholic body in Glasgow have, by the purchase of Dal keith House, possessed themselves of an edifice which in the beginning of 1851 is to be opened as a college for the education of young men intended for the priesthood. The Rev. John Fenwick, proctor of the University of Cambridge, was on Tuesday last fined £l, and two of his assistants 10s. each, for an assault upon Miss Emma Thomr son, daughter of a respectable cowkeeper at Cam bridge. The apprehension of " lewd women " is one of the duties of the proctors of the university, and in this case a mistake was made. INTENDED LITERARY RETREAT.—The Athetzceurn states that Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer proposes to write a play to be acted by the company of amateurs:who usually play under the managerial direction of Mr, Dickens, the proceeds to form the germ of a fund for a certain number of houses to be further endowed for literary men and artists, and for whose erection Sir Edward will himself give in fee ground on his estate in Hertfordshire. At Eden - Hall, Cumberland, on MOUcial;eek, two boys, named Graham and Peacock, the former thirteen and the latter eleven years old, obtained possession of a loaded gun, which was used for shooting rats, and had been left in a yard. They went to a field for the purpose of shooting birds, and Graham was preparing to fire at some pigeons, when the gun went off and shot Peacock dead on the spot. On Sunday night week, as Mr. W. Bleaymire, solicitor, was riding to Penrith in a gib, a loud crack of thunder so alarmed the horse that it ran off at a tremendous pace, and the gig came in contact with a bridge over the river Eden, and Mr. B. was pitched into the river, and fell a depth of GO feet. He was carried down the river a long way, but ultimately escaped. The horse was standing at the toll-gate, but the gig was much injured, the shafts being torn off. A " BLACK DIAMOND" FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION. —An extraordinary piece of thick coal, weighing from five to six tons, has been cut and dressed by Joseph Cockney, the butty, at Mr. Round's Trividale Colliery, Tipton. The coal is of circular shape, six feet high, six feet diame ter, and eighteen feet in circumference ; the surface is remarkably smooth, and as bright as a looking glass. It is intended to forward it for the exhibition, on the trolley, or waggon, as it now stands, with the tackle used iu rais ing it, picks, &c., complete. head, open his mouth, and put mud into it ; he then dipped his head under the water, holding his mouth open. He then got him and trod him down ; after that be got off him and ran away up the lane opposite." The jury delivered a verdict of wilful murder against Wm. Wood, who is in custody in Chelmsford gaol on the charge of spent the I poaching. up stairs to his wife, who was standing by the fireside; he made some trifling remarks about a cap which she had on, and then attempted to cut her throat, Mrs. Waters had the presence of mind to keep her chin upon her breast, and received the cuts across it. In the struggle they both fell, when he repeated the attempt, and would have succeeded had not her outcries alarmed her father and brother, who ran to her assistance. Besides the cuts on her chin, her hands had been f r i g htf u ll y mu til a t e d , and one of her fingers had been cut off. The unhappy man was conveyed to an asylum at Northwood, where h died two or three days after, having re - from the time he entered. At the "used to . take food _ ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A MANIAC.-Mr. Thomas the tr: Waters, of Wrington, Somersetshire, who had been for W° some time labouring under great mental excitement, words attempted to assassinate his wife under the following cir- title, cumstances :—Having procured a cheese knife, which he Punch sharpened on a stone, he locked the house do or , an d wen t the di ... that death had resulted not from refusal to take food, but from excitement and utter prostration of the system. Mrs. Waters is doing well. ANOTHER BURGLARY IN SURREY_ . burglary, accompanied with violence, took day evening at the house of a Mr. Marshall, residing on Frenchaw-common, near Farnham. About eight o'clock Mr. Marshall, who lives with his sister alone. wasarnoapil —Another daring Ace on Satur- by a long itabint /16103 nom thfibt. on oFiiini - iff; - aa; he found a group of seven men standing round it, and as soon as he presented himself one of their number inquired the road to Guilford. Mr. 11farshall was in the act of stepping out to direct them when he was suddenly knocked down, as is supposed, by a life-preserver. The men immediately entered the house, when they were at once encountered by Miss Marshall, who, with great presence of mind, rushed upstairs to procure a gun which her brother always kept loaded, callingoutat thesame time, " I'llfireat them." The villains caught her upon the staircase, and presenting pistols at her, dragged her to the front door, where they pointed out her brother lying in an insensible state on the ground, and cautioned her to be quiet. They then ran sacked the house of every thi ng o f a va l ua b le character it contained, taking off, amongst other property, a number of old guineas. Before leaving they abused MISS Marshall in good set terms for not having more property in the house. Mr. Marshall remained in an insensible state for nearly two hours. A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. —A short time since, while Mr. J. Bruce, agent to the Sunderland Water Com pany, was collecting the water rents from the poor inhabi tants at the east end of the town, he accidentally fell in with a poor old widow, between sixty and seventy years of age, who has followed the profession of a midwife, amongst the poorer part of the population, for several years. The old lady spoke in a strong Scottish dialect, and, entering into conversation with her, he found her to belong to a part of Scotland with which he was well ac quainted, and that she was a member of a highly respect able family in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, which she had left about ferty years ago. He then informed her, to her great surprise, that a rich relation had left her the sum of £5OO about twenty years ago, and that her family. for a long time, believing her to be dead, had often tried to obtain her share of the cash, but without success. The old lady was perfectly astonished on hearing the good news, and she immediately offered to Mr. Bruce £lOO if he could get her the rest of the cash, but the offer was honourably refused by that gentleman, who said he would do all in his power to assist the old lady, and only charge the expenses. He accordingly wrote to the Procurator Fiscal of Glasgow, and received an answer that the £5OO was still lying unclaimed. Mr. Bruce, accompanied by the old lady, proceeded to Glasgow, and having proved her claim before the proper authorities, she received a portion of the money. As soon as the legal formalities are gone through, the fortunate old l a dy ( w h o h as aga i n re turned to Sunderland) will receive the whole of the £5OO. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—George Hacket, a noto rious burglar, has just escaped from Pentonville prison, under very extraordinary circumstances. By some un explained means he managed to obtain possession of part of the blade of a knife, and with this and other appliances he, a few weeks ago, contrived to cut through three mas sive iron bars which secured the window' of his cell, and it is presumed that he was on the eve of preparing to escape when his position was detected. He was at once removed to another part of the gaol, which proving to him impregnable, he proceeded to devise other means of accomplishing his object. At length he selected the chapel as the most favourable place to carry out his de sign, and no doubt he had of late, during divine service, been experimentalising as to his chance of success. The chapel is situated on the top or central portion of the prison, and the interior is so constructed that the convicts cannot see each other. The seats are on raised galleries, and partitions divide them, the clergyman and the prison officers being the only persons who have the full view of them. On Sunday evening week Hacket attended ser vice in the chapel, commencing at half-past six and con cluding at eight. Service being concluded, the usual mustering of the convicts took place, when it was found that Hacket was missing. Search was made, and on examining the walls of the prison it was ascertained that he had escaped, and got clear off. At first it was a mat ter of great surprise how he could have got out of the chapel unobserved, having been distinctly seen to his seat, and it was only by finding the sheets of his bed, a rope, and his clothing on the parapet wall, that his mode of escape was detected. It appears that by some means he managed to wrench off the spring of the door of his cell to form a crowbar. He concealed about him a weight, and the sheets and rope of his bed, which he must have wrapped round his body under his clothes. As soon as he was conducted to his seat, he must have slipped down off his seat on to the flooring, and by the jemmy and weight forced out the boarding. Having got under the gallery, he met a serious obstacle in the shape of a zinc ventilator, but this, armed with his crowbar, soon gave way, thus enabling him to d e s cen d t o a sma ll closet be neath. A window with trifling protection afforded him access to the parapet wall some few feet below. Gaining it, he proceeded along to one of the main walls, fifty or sixty feet long, communicating with the governor's house, on the north side of the prison: Reaching the end, he by some stratagem got on to the roof of the house, a height of more than six feet from the wall. Having ob tained this point, all obstacles were epparently at an end to him. He divested himself of the prison clothing, save his trousers and blue shirt, and left them, with the crow. bar, rope, sheets, &c., on the roof, and by sliding down one of the gable end walls, got clear out of the prison. The following letter was received the day after the escape by the governor of the prison :—" Monday, Dec. 2, 1850. George Hacket presents his compliments to the governor of the Model Prison, Pentonville, and begs to apprise him of his happy escape from gaol. He was in excellent spirits, and could assure the governor that it would be useless for his men to pursue him ; that he was quite safe, and in a few days intended to proceed to the continent to recruit his health." •n• • 11/ V• ticpcliU Whilst thus we fix our earliest hope We cannot, will not, have the Pope. VARII F.TIES —One trains the mind, and ti e other minds )ADS AND THINGS.--" And where's the harm in the Cardinal of Westrhinster ? What danger in mere without authority ?" asks Miss Pussykitten of Mr. ; and Mr. Punch replies, " All the harm, and all iger, Madam. Words, especially words from the atiean, are t AN APPLE Lod of preser y them in a entlemen-I AT ANY SE apples is to until they sliers to t A SON. —T peel, cut, lings."—Punch. 'he American me in quarters, and , hard. The fruit arequite oecomes nt ror use by having boiling water poured over it. The water it has soaked in is an excellent substitute for fresh juice. THE FEROCITY OF ALLIGATORS.—Of their ravenous and ferocious disposition there can be little doubt, and stories illustrative of it are not uncommon. lates, .that a man who had co n d uc t e d a hors, • - Bontius re to drink was fiercely attackec by an enormous one, and if the latter i,. not, suouenty sprung away, both man and horse would have been in danger of their lives. Acosta records the bravery of an Indian father, whose little son had been seized by an alligator that plunged with his prey into the depths of the river. The father, a strong and skilful swimmer, armed with a short sword, leaped in after the reptile, dived under it, and by a succession of vigorous stabs in the belly compelled the monster to make for the bank, where it deposited the child half_dr.d Mr W._ rerton is nor rue only rider who has bestridden one of these river Bucephali. Re mounted an alligator. Adan son witnessed and shared in an engaffempnt with • • lULI UAW crocodile. The negroes, it appears, in the neighbourhood of the river Senegal boldly attack these monsters ; and on one occasion a negro discovered a crocodile seven feet long asleep, among some bushes at the foot of a tree near the banks of the river. The negro stealthily crept up, and inflicted a deep wound on the side of the reptile's neck. The crocodile with one sweep of his tail knocked the negro off his legs ; but he ro se i ns t an tl y , an d s li pped a rope over the crocodie's muzzle, while one of his com panions secured the formidable tail. Then Adanson leaped on the crocodile's back, and kept it down while the negro drew out the knife which he had left sticking in the wound, and cut off his antagonist's head. Another author mentions one of the garrison of Fort St. Louis who used frequently to amuse himself with these duels, and always with success; till at last he was so terribly wounded in one of those combats, that he must have been killed outright if some of his comrades had not come to the rescue.—Fraser. A CROCODILE STORY.—We had some talk the other day with one of the very few survivors of the expedition under Sir Ralph Abercromby, who has lived to obtain the Egyptian medal fifty years after it was earned. What a mockery to wait until there were not, perhaps, ten alive in the country. and then award them medals ! However, to our story. When the brigade under Sir David Baird was marching up the eastern bank of the Nile, towards Cairo, a number of stragglers fell behind, unable from fatigue to keep up with the main bogy. A rear-guard was consequently detached to protect the stragglers and keep them together. One of them, a Highlander, however, became so exhausted that his comrades were obliged to leave him to his fate. He had not been alone long when he saw a large crocodile waddling towards him, with a very portentous aspect. Poor Donald eyed the monster as it approached him with feelings of _intense alarm ; and although almost unable to walk, he mustered up his little remaining strength and awaited the onslaught of the enemy. As the unwieldy brute was slewing himself round to seize him Donald dexterously got astride on its back, and kept his seat. He at once drew his bayonet (for he had parted with his musket), and every time the animal turned round its head to bite him he pricked it severely behind its fore leg, or wherever he could make the steel penetrate. How long the contest lasted Donald could not well tell, but he thought it an age. When the rearguard reached head-quarters the general, on being informed that Donald had been left behind, immediately despatched a corporal's guard to bring him in. On coming up to Donald, there he was still astride of his Bucephalus, which was by this time nearly exhausted with the wounds inflicted by the bayonet. The musket soon accomplished what the bayonet .had begun, and Donald was brought into camp little the worse for his ex traordinary encounter, and was ever after known in the regiment as the Crocodile Dragoon.—North British RISE AND FALL OF HORTICULTURAL ENTHUSIASM.— Mrs. Dingley, on her part, consoled herself, and indulged her pride of housekeeping, by raising —thanks to Tisdal, and several large treatises on gardening—excellent tender vegetables, and asparagus unequalled in size and flavour; that was her triumph. While S.vift was at Moor Park, with Sir William Temple, he had learned from William TII to cut them in the Dutch fashion, and had communi cated the royal receipt to Mrs. Dingley. Tisdal had no prejudices in the matter of horticulture, and cut the asparagus like a Dutchman. Moreover, Swift had told Mrs. Dingley that the King ate the white part of the asparagus as well as the head : and from that time forth, Mrs. Dingley never saw asparagus at table without re peating the anecdote, and urging her guests to follow the august example. Tisdal had an excellent set of teeth, and accordingly ate the whites of the asparagus. But Swift, in his partiality for Stella, would not allow that the vegetable department was better conducted thin the poultry-yard ; he took delight in tormenting Dinglibus, and denying all her successes. The asparagus, he said, was stringy ; the green peas too old ; the French beans tasted like tares; the artichokes were overgrown thistles; in short, nothing escaped his censure. Mrs. Dingley was used to Swift's sarcasms, and a few jokes more or less would not have discouraged her, had she been really fond of gardening ; but the fact was, that she was bored by all things, and in all places. She had been pleased by the notion of living in the country only because she was tired of the town. She eagerly seized the first pretext for disgust; and as even the least ingenious persons are never at a loss how to gloss over their faults, she one fine morning found out the wa ll s round her garden, and de clared that such a place did not deserve to be called the country. From that moment the good doctor's servitude was at an end. The garden was left to a hired labourer for two days in the month, and to Providence for the other 28 ; and the flowers got no more water, except what fell from heaven. Great indeed was the change in Ding ley's kingdom. The strawberries ran over the gravel walks like mad ; the humble parsley shot up to the height of a couple of feet, and gave itself the airs of a shrub ; the very asparagus—the royal asparagus—filled with guilty emulation, pointed towards the sky with their scarlet tops. Encouraged by the disorder, thistles, net tles, in short a whole host of parasites, took up their quarters in the beds. The rakes and spades were covered with rust—all was anarchy. The evil example of the poultry-yard had spread to the kitchen-garden ; the vegetables grew old and tough, and, like the fowls, were left to die a natural death. Luckily, Trim was a market town, and the cook well knew how to console herself.— Lady Duff Gordon's Stella and Venessa. on receiving the gallium, I found the oath Jus t to 13e nribed it, in inelyie te eyes read. I did not " cav il," f or merely Ir lij Aed th e the discovery to my t wo f r i en d s ; an d n ext 8- 1 , Cit e : Seeretsiry in riffantl..". . Un blveetci.,vrtliel 10 700yt Times. I ••• uclauts "UV LV IILOK aL 1G; out. uuc or , ' rated the remark, "I am no t a pr i es t,—l am not ay d been I did not ``publicly intim a te th a t an attempt all; and therefore your infe rence o f it s b e i ng made to deceive me ;" nor did I " insinuate" at _ ta ble, ical " untrue," and " un p ar d ona bl e, " is simplY You next tell me,— znu ort yuu were oouna TO ascent... •-- 2 . 1 was, which you could h ave d one ( as I h ave done it) or Ho use to the evidence taken before a committee of thetiallY ex- Lordsin _1825, where the whole matter is circurnstan plained." Let nle This is the most important p ar t o f your letter • h long; fairly examine it. I must quote your words, tho n g ' Are there more oaths than one, or more " Upon that occasion the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle is n ,, s t , gnu' one?'—` Only one oath ; and that oath, as found in desire or deal. has 111pn nindi fi ors eXP reS :—.lrPSSi °l en. in Pei; s On the CatholicbishoP;i;rreland; for there w•a in it which seemed to give offence to persons prof exP" r ;sing 8 , se • ,A_ gion different from ours guar et imnuauabo.' T it was this conrii 4 NI. hero.-w r i t ooa, was tin„c,,,ioti9o ue wuru - perserw ''d an oo"bi the by persons differina* from us, as if it i mpost sen se 0 fo i„ upon us by an oath to p ersecu t e i n th e ordinal . % on ly to o f . word. The meaning which we attributed to it a tit ', by P r ii ° o ic low up by argument, and to convince. if we it was st. However, Loath was an ambiguous expression, ffbere.' S ., o f eut of the ." Is any other oath taken 7 " „ r aessq s " an other oath taken by a bishop except the ordinary r verV ni , faith, which any Christian may take as wellas i p, froT e o f it,' oath taken by archbishops on receiving then so stall',. no t an 'but I am not acquainted with the form all,' Is ther%tchbi oath taken by an archbishop7'—` There a i' Szc., p. 227. Archbishop Murray is slot' , • an I have " I shoP shop yourself, have you taken that oath?' . ; the Boni, „ ken the' same oath a second time; the same oath wo"7 1 - 4 / 1//iin't.• P. 657. Did this oath undergo an alteration a takes at consecration he also takes glv Prejudices 0 1791 V--' It underwent an alteration to suit the 1 ,. those who mistook the meaning of the oath.' P . es that your " This evidence, taken 25 years ago, clearly Pli°stered to Irish accusation was groundless, for the oath admin and to English bishops is the same." infra All this and much more than this I was well acqua of with by means of Phelan's and O' Sullivan's Dig, es bo m the Evidence taken before Select Committees of steel of of Parliament appointed to Inquire into the 5 ' 4 1 of Ireland in 1824-25. But how will yon be surpriseuf my zealous opponent, when I inform you that the at evidence you have quoted has no more to do sub' ject Roman Catholic Church in England, which is the slit': ject before us, than with the Roman Catholic Church IL ' he Italy or Austria ; Pmight argue with far greater force the persecuting clause is taken by a Romish bishop in En land because it is taken by a Romish bishop in Italy the you you do when you say it is not taken in Ireland, ther that ut the Y e p it is not taken in England. Let me just shew You the " I have done as you say you have done," by presenting you with a document handed into the Lords' Cona g it t , by the Roman Catholic Archbishop Curtis. It is Com m 1 f lows : 1791, the archbishops of the kingdom of Ireland bo o an d. At an audience of his Holiness held on the 9th daY °f . j. .. u e n % e : plained to our most holy Lord that, through the ignar n wo rds dishonesty (not very courteous) of some persons, certaul,ornan found in the form of oath which, according to the i ' ve rted ritual, is to be taken by bishops and archbishops, are l cu itieS• into a strange sense, and that, in addition to those di R. which must occur every day In a kingdom where the A l ; C Catholic religion has not the dominion, they are o u m oblY count thrown into new perplexities ; whence theY„ " ess he would, in his apostolic wisdom, provide some beg that, as far as may seem expedient to his Hon ° of'de livering them. Accordingly, his Holiness Navin:'. has stance of the undersigned, maturely considered all things and graciously given indulgence that the Irish archhishl ion of bishops may use the form of oath which, by the permi! c ,„ire th his said Holiness, the Archbishop of Mohilew, in e of Russia, has taken." tiflealt You will find that this oath, and that in the Pot f p. r a se are word for word the Fame, with the exception of tence at the end, and the omission of the clause 10 - _ mean in' pute. This omission is permitted in "a kingdom w here thl Catholic religion has not the dominion," and of courssetl; is not permitted where it has the dominion. and cease_..t. Bossav a l be permitted as soon as it attains dominion• quoted by Delahogue, whose class•book is in use ae Maynooth, says, " The Church commands that, as far itt possible, the canons be observed. She indulges,sbe cases of necessity, th a t th ey b e occas i ona lly re!axed' u ch , tolerates whats oever s h e cannot pun i s h without 01 inconvenience." You have applied to the English Roman car am tep C ere r ti lo u syer r oc c u h uf 0: what rifnuwgr thhi ceh i r s , It e l yc hl a c ot l p u De s exclusive] Wiseman s a ie p l Im p o l a i b e nt e ad b i o l n e e as t bn o soo t ti the, od l n r i i i l io nt d hoe l sorE q peuncooegkptleeit English oricri w nnoe h Aßomx a rfotc t Isohieb y bieesi o sisipen u il r:Bphe Bishops made e q s u sl o ie t na e cv d eari rnetcamghhs out,an authority 1 fo r e , the s i t , that part ltgh o t f t t o b e h C al a , r e d r i neamPesmpbreirnetdedthPaotn there h ifi e e r r e d h w fi l s ii which beenrelates d t° :•o b s : e b e i mß sl b i e o feo n rrim i n a ga l .t l i n o a n i . n° Eng h t portion of the book has, therefore, never been used at au- / gallium i i, ih n nn ot b f y ro a m n I stated merely the fact in my letter to the Tir ges t . r ue, It is a de "no English Roman Catholic Archbishop has been %on in England since the Reformation," and, " that r un t schweeah,i, `Y o•iii:sonounlnul inbdadytaeiscr enlighteningoto,B k r c ve l 3 , pro o t o u u o s r e en e enlighten posse the oath contained the' of the book has, therefore, never been used at a:llen.rne'd:lisli you will be gratified to find that "that portion A rc h, book" is ready for use, and that the next Remish s er bishop will enjoy the luxury of swearing " heretic° gli at h hr ot ke ew : n r t j oh t u h wa s e t t n . i , : mindsyou your of remark— others olaht °t a persequar et imvugnabo." • o vea' Any private exemptions or special indulgen ces eel discuss by Dr. Wiseman on the subject of oaths I canno t diseduti No doubt the Cardinal will, bye and by, feel it bi g ve lr to publish these, as such publication is now imperat, ro required. Liguori, whose life is written, and w b°se "I ci alt theology is applauded and commended by the Cardiwbe enunciates one doctrine, which I should suppose 08 /o, found very convenient where " the Roman h Catholtic s be ligion is not dominant," viz., " However, let oa ever so vßlid, they can be relaxed by the church." , A be a y s:l oi add, if intoif d t the clause England ar:ibthiefighigood,tobpe bad,w e h es w b ol e r, y g ,i fi L,', o s i i ta s! onemx excused a a u m l n s l e t a i dy m thetakingj just s i i bishops ho p a of Italy, Austria, Spain, &C., ta..-- e i fa i indulgence to leave out the clause, - I engage to sho I have in part done in reply to Dr. Wiseman 's rn:l flle e st i% advertised in this day's Times, that, were the claus.,, e . question left out, the worst part of the oath still rema in I thank you for your valuable advice,— w ar ill " Combat the Roman Catholics if you will, b ut wag e wisp a spirit of moderation, candour, and truth,—like a " j ver s ioll 2 that we ',2 and a gentleman. It is not by coarse invecti ves, by per_ _so of history, and incorrect representations o f facts, either of us confute oar opponents or do c redit to ourselli And merely add my conviction that you will be nnle _,,d tified by being informed that I have long ago anticipao'vegro, 5 . it.—l am, your faithful servant, 0. London, Dec. 3. JOHN CUligni pmt i Mr. Bo werhas written a reply to a t h e a bove, bu t, is merely critical and contains only a dvice to Dr. CTr,. M in g about courtesy and mild language, we do not itservl.