The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN 4- COLONIAL INTELLIGENC AMERICA. The British and North American Royal mail steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Lott, arrived at Liverpool at three o'clock on Thursday morning. She sailed from Boston on tilt Ist, and Halifax, where she stopped several hours, on the 3d instant, and made her voyage across the Atlantic in the short space of ten days. She has brought thirty one passengers. In Pennsylvania the Rev. Sidney Smith's letter had stirred up no small commotion. The recent election in Mississippi, where the question of paying the bonds was canvassed before the people, has, we regret to say, resulted in the choice of a large majority of those adverse to payment, and, thereforr, postpones more and more the hope of ultimate redemption. Upon the subjecrof repeal the New York Herald says : —" The movements of the repealers in this country are singular enough. In Philadelphia there are two associa tions, who are quite at loggerheads. In Boston, one por tion has gone over to the abolitionists, in obedience to the mandate of his Holiness the Pope and Dan O'Connell. In other parts of the country the same divisions and dif ferences have occurred." During the fortnight which bad elapsed between the sailing of the steamer s the stock-market presented little novelty ; and, though slight variations occurred from time to time in the respective stocks, they had on the whole been very steady, and undergone considerable improve ment. The transactions had been rather heavy, and spe culation to a considerable extent carried on. A steady improvement was taking place throughout the country, and increased confidence in trading transactions was manifesting itself, and everything indicated a return of prosperous times. Money continued as abundant as ever, and the amount of unemployed capital was considerable. This being the last steamer by which remittances can with safety be made so as to arrive in England before the close of the year, a good bnsiness was done in exchanges, and the best bills in the market were sold at 108 to 1081 per cent. The rate on Paris was, City Bills, 5.321 to 5.321; Amsterdam, 391; Hamburgh, 35 to 351; Bremen, 774- to 77i. The trade in dry goods was rather dull ; indeed, the fall trade may be considered to have passed, and but little more business will be done in it this year. The cotton market had not undergone much change since the depar ture of the Roseins ; prices remained steady. Some spe culation had taken place, but not sufficient to affect prices. The new crop was still estimated at 1,800,000 bales. The receipts of ashes were large, and they exceeded, up to the time of the steamer's sailing, as compared with the same date last year, 15,000 barrels. Potashes were at 41, Pearls sk—the market closing with a fair demand for both descriptions. The New York canals, of Which the business for the year may be considered closed, had produced a revenue of 2,100,000 dollars, and brought to tide-water more than 2,150,000 barrels of flour. The Executive Council of Canada resigned in a body (with the exception of Mr. Daly, the Provincial Secretary) on the 25th ult., and their resignations were accepted by the Governor-General. This was not known in Kingston till the following day; but it being Sunday, the public curiosity as to the cause• would not be gratified till the House met on Monday. The latest letters from Kings ton, which are of Sunday evening, and are from a gentle man likely to be well informed, state, as the understood reason of this unexpected change, the desire of the late Council to be con,ulted upon all appointments to office, a claim which, it would appear, Sir C. Metcalfe is not in clined to submit to. The names of the retiring members of the Council are—the Hon. Messrs. Sullivan, Lafon taine, Baldwin, Hincks, Dunn, Small, Morin, Aylwin, and Killaly. APPALLING MASSACRE IN NEW ZEALAND. The morning papers of Friday, are filled with extracts from the New Zealand journals, received on Wednesday last, descriptive of a most dreadful disaster which has just taken place at Cloudy Bay. The following summary embraces all the leading facts of the case ;—A certain number of settlers in Nelson district were to be provided with sections of land. Parties were sent to survey these allotments. Those engaged in the survey were interrupted by the native chiefs, who denied that the New Zealand Company had any right to claim these districts as their property. Among other acts of hostility, the hut of Mr. Cotterell, one of the surveyors, was burned. When in formation of these troubles was brought to Nelson, the brig Victoria was despatched, with sundry officers and men on board, including Mr. Thompson, a police magis trate, who—of all things in the world—carried with him a warrant for the apprehension of the two principal chiefs, Rauparah and Rangiaita! After this party. amounting in all to upwards of forty men, who were supplied with arms on the voyage, came within view of the natives, who were posted on the other side of a creek, Mr. Thompson, with Captain Wakefield and Mr. Cotterell, crossed over to hold communication with the chiefs. After walking about with them, it is stated, in a friendly manner, Mr. Thompson showed his warrant, and after explaining its purport and his own office, asked Rauparab, to accompany him on board the Queen's brig. The latter, who had never dreamed of such a curiosity, naturally refused. Mr. Thompson, who seems to have had no sense either of the tragic or the ludicrous, became angry, called on his countrymen to fix bayonets and advance. Only a few of them had step ped on the canoe, when—from what side does not appear —a shot was fired. An irregular firing on both sides enaucu, 4.4 in nnsn-ponntahle disorder. and 19 of them were slain. Such is a summary of the affair, as recorded in the papers of the colony. There is much unexplained, and perhaps incapable of a satisfactory explanation. This is a misfortune which must affect, not only the fortunes of the survivors, but also the credit of the English nation. The New Zealand Colonist, of the 30th of June, gives the following as the complete list of the persons who have fallen I—Capts. Wakefield and England ; Messrs. Thomp son, Richardson, Patchett, Howard, Cotterell, John Brooke (interpreter), William Clanzay, Thos. Ratcliffe, William Northam, Thomas Pay, Coster, Jas. M'Gregor, William Gardner. Ely Cropper, Henry Burnforth, Thos. Tyrrell, and Isaac Smith. The missing were,—Malin (chief constable), Edward Stokes, Thomas Hannam, and John Burton. This catastrophe , will no doubt cause the immediate attention of government to be directed to the subject. INFERNAL MACHINERY AT THE SIEGE OF BARCELONA. MADRID, DEC, 6. The Esnectador of this morning publishes a remarkable letter from an officer stationed at Barcelona, respecting the scientific mode in which the jamanica of that capital carried on the war lately. This journal has, throughout the struggle, sympathised with the besieged, and now publishes the letter with evident reluctance, apologising for the abusive terms with which it abounds, It appears that General Sanz is well aware of the "gunpowder plots," in which some foreigners were said to be engaged there, and, to make sure, has ordered them all to leave the city. The principal is said to have been a Belgian engineer officer, who conducted the defence during the siege. " Barcelona, Nov. 26. " My dear friend,--Providence has preserved the army ! A horrid plot has been discovered to blow up our troops, as well as the cathedral, if we should have attempted to take the city by assault. We learned from one of the jamanica who has entered our ranks lately, that they had buried a number of barrels of powder outside the walls in the roads and paths by which the assaults were ex pected, with wires inserted to discharge them by means of electricity, according to the new infernal plan employed in France and England to blow up the hills which stand in the way of the railroads they are constructing. " The general, knowing that I understand something about these matters, sent me at night with an escort in search of the powder, and after plenty of perspiration, cold and hot, from fear and hard work, we succeeded in turn ing up 13 barrels of it, buried in as many approaches, under heaps of stones ; each disposed so as to have blown up a battalion at a time. We were in some danger, 1 as sure you, for the wires were still in the powder, and stretched away to the city walls, as we judged from the direction of each, buried as they were two or three inches under the ground all the way into the town, to prevent them being stumbled on by passengers. This is certainly the invention of some of those cursed French republicans whon they had in the city, fomenting the rebellion, for such an idea would never have entered into the heads of the brutal jamancieros" (i. e. the mob of the Plaza San Jamie). " In each barrel we found two copper wires, tied with thread at each side of a thick cork, to keep them at a proper distance until they entered the powder, where the electric spark was to pass from one to the other, and inflame the powder lying between. The ends of the wires were bent over the bottom of the cork, so as to approach within about the fifth part of an inch, and the wires ended in a little ball of solder, without doubt to produce a stronger spark. But this was not all. Lest the spark should pass harmlessly betweeen two coarse grains of their cannon powder, these villains had introduced each cork with its wires into a little wide-mouthed bottle, full of fine priming powder, that could not have escaped ignition with the slightest spark. I am sure that they were French toilet bottles, for one of them still bore a label with the word ' creme.' One of the wires, covered with pitch, led off to the city under the surface, as I said before ; and the other, a short end, hung out of the barrel into the damp earth to complete the electric circuit. " When the 13th barrel was raised I broke off the wire to make all safe, and followed its course to the nearest wall, tearing it up, little by little, till 1 found it passed through a loophole into an adjoining garden, and at last into a cellar (altogether about 500 yards of copper wire.) There we found the infernal electrical machine itself, hidden in a corner, and covered with a heap of straw. The machine was nothing, after all, but a common black wine bottle, mounted in an old cigar box. A crooked stick in the bottle's mouth served for a handle to make it revolve on its position. On one side they had nailed a dirty doeskin glove, with some amalgam of solder in the palm ; and, on the other, an old snuff-canister which served for the prime conductor, and the bottle spun about between both. " Never did I see such a ridiculous-looking apparatus, or one contrived to do mischief so quietly ! I assure you that it had more the appearance of a child's toy than an electrical battery ; but, on turning the bottle by the aid of the Hale crooked stick, to try if it was in action, I re ceived a spark on my knuckles sufficient to inflame a barrel of powder a mile off, and blow a regiment to pieces. " This is, without doubt, the great secret with which those savages boasted that they would astonish the world, if we drove them to extremity. " That which most surprised me was to find this in fernal machine in such good working order, in spite of the dampness of the vault in which it lay ; but, on over hauling the old cigar-box, I found in the bottom, instead of cigars, damp lumps of something like salt, which I afterwards showed to an apothecary, and which he said was a preparation used by chemists for drying the air in their apparatus, as it absorbs all the humidity of the place in which they enclose it. This composition, he says, is formed by dissolving lime in muriatic acid, and afterwards driving off the liquid by a red heat in a crucible. " From what the jamancia, to whom we owe this dis covery, said, we conclude that the author of this infernal project is some democrat disciple of Fieschi and Co. who is now strolling amongst the pueblos of the Ampurdam, instructing the mountaineers in these and other means of destruction for the troops! But we confide in the care of Providence, that watches over the safety of our valiant army. _ _ ••Such is the fate of our unhappy country !" exclaims the patriotic Espectador. " Foreigners are always engaged in combining the elements of destruction for its ruin! It is not improbable that tea will be extensively culti vated in the Deyrah Doon by an English joint-stock company. THE JESUITS IN SWITZERLAND.—The great council of Lucerne have decided, by a majority of six, that the Jesuits shall henceforth take no part in the management of the seminaries of education in that town. SUICIDES.—PARIS, DEC. 9.—M. Jannin, the director of the Italian Opera, or at least he who had the license of that fashionable theatre—and his wife committed sui cide the night before last. The cause of this rash oc currence is supposed to be the discovery of serious defal cations. THE BISHOP OF VAN DIE➢IAN'S LAND.-Dr. Nixon, the Bishop of Van Diernan's Land, arrived at Hobart Town on the 20th of July, and took up his temporary residence at the Government-house. He preached at the Cathedral Church of St. David on the following day. A creditable anecdote is told of the French King. Being informed that the mother of Alibaud, who was exe cuted for an attempt at assassinating him, had fallen into deep distress, he sent to the Mayor of Marseilles a sum of money for the use of the unfortunate woman, with the promise of further assistance. A NATURALIST TURNED KING.—The last accounts from Abyssinia state that Dr. Schimper, the well-known traveller, has obtained possession of a tract of land in the above country, over which he exercises sovereign sway. He, however, only intends to remain so long as will be necessary to complete his collections and observations on that important portion of Africa. CHANGE OF FORTUNE.—A Mr. Dominic Von Malden, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, received information last week that he had become entitled to a fortune of £17,000 per annum by a deceased relative in Europe. When the news reached him he was employed in shovelling a heap of coals into his cellar. Mr. Von Malden had resided in that city for many years, and earned a livelihood as a journeyman printer.—American paper. The Morning Post announces that a young Scotehman travelling in t. .e Shand country, adjoining the Birman empire, has met with a plant, used by the natives for dye ing, which is likely to supersede the use of indigo, as it is only a tenth of the price. He has submitted it to the Agri horticultural Society of Calcutta, and it has been pronounced to be a very valuable production—a genuine black vegetable dye. SLAVE INSURRECTION IN CUBA.—We find the fol lowing paragraph in a commercial letter in the New York Journal of Commerce, under date of the Bth inst., from Havannah :—" Yesterday, at 4 o'clock a.m., an express arrived at Matanzas which brought the news of the rising of the slaves on several of the plantations. They were, however, immediately put down, and 50 of them killed and 67 taken prisoners, whilst others hanged themselves rather than be taken by the authorities. I did not learn the number of whites that were killed, if any." SHIPWRECK.—On Saturday letters were received in town mentioning the loss of the Oxford East India ship. She sailed on the 16th of July from Calcutta, laden with sugar, indigo, bales of silk, &c., and struck on a ridge of rocks off the Island of Rodriguez early in the morning of the Ist of September. The passengers and crew were all saved:by means of another vessel, which was fortunately not far off. The Oxford soon became a total wreck. The value of the cargo is supposed to be about £20,000. The ship is said to be insured to the extent of £17,000. ANOTHER ROYAL TRIP.—VIENNA, Dec. s.—lt is con fidently affirmed, that it is the intention of Queen Vic toria to visit the banks of the Rhine next spring, and that she will remain some time in that neighbourhood. Ac cording to some accounts, her Majesty will take up her residence in the parish of Bruhl, whilst others state that the Palace of Stollzenfels will be prepared for her recep tion. Persons who have the opportunity of knowing the fact state that a numerous assemblage of crowned heads will meet on the banks of the Rhine, probably at Co blentz.—Silesian Journal. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22.—TLe Rev. Dr. Wolff sets out on his mission to Bokhara, by the Trebizond steamer, the day after to-morrow. lie has been provided with two autograph letters from the Sultan, addressed to the Khans of Khiva and Bokhara, one from the Grand Vizier, and three from the Sheik-el-Islam. The tenour of the Sultan's letter is, that the British government, being the friend and ally of the Padischa, its subjects were entitled to the favour and protection of his Majesty, wherever his influence might extend. The chiefs of Bok hara and Khiva are exhorted therefore to release any British officers that might be detained there in captivity, and to receive with kindness and distinction the venerable pastor who should come to claim them. These letters of the Sultan, the descendant of the Caliphs, who is held in great by all the followers of the Sunnee sect, will na turally create a very favourable impression tor Di. won. at Bokhara. All the evidence which he has succeeded in obtaining on the Aubject of his investigation at Constanti nople is of the most encouraging nature, and tends to confirm the belief that Messrs. Stoddart and Conolly are still alive. SANGUINARY BATTLB IN TETE CAUCASUS.—ST. PE TERSBURGH, Nov; 10.—Private accounts give information respecting some sanguinary actions which have lately taken place between our troops and the Avarians, a tribe of the Caucasian mountaineers which is making attacks on the left of our line of operations. Avaria is not far from the west coast of the Caspian Sea, mid forms the northern quarter of Lesghistan. The commissioners, Dittel and Beresin, both belonging to the University of Kasan, and ae present on a mission at the expense of the government which will comprehend a tour through European Turkey, Asia Minor, Persia, Syria, and Egypt, have lately supplie,l us with a chart of Avaria—a Trans-Caucasian district, hitherto entirely unknown. The Avarians and the Les ghis are the most cruel and rapacious races of the moun taineers. During the rainy season they made a violent attack on a large village which maintains the relations of peace with us. Colonel Weselowsky hasteued with his detachment to the protection of the people. He found, however, an immensely superior number of opponents, whom Schomil, the present leaders of the mountaineers, who has distinguished himself by uncommon spirit and courage, personally commanded. The force of the enemy was estimated at from 8000 to 10,000 men. Weselowsky, notwithstanding that he and his small party fought with the heroic valor peculiar only to Russians, found himself obliged to give way to the opposing force. The loss on his side is said to amount to 1000 in killed and prisoners. Among the names mentioned in the latter is that of Lieutenant Abasa, the son of one of our richest spirit merchants. Colonel Weselowsky is supposed to have been either killed or taken prisoner, as no further accounts have yet been received here respecting him. Telegraphic dispatches from Madrid, of the sth, 6th, and 7th inst., were received on Monday by the French government. They announce the publication of the royal decrees appointing the ministry, as follows :—Senor Gon zales Bravo, President of the Council ; General Maserado, Minister of War; Marquis Penaflorida, Minister of the Interior ; Senor Mayans, of Justice ' • Senor Portillo of the Navy ; The Ministry of Finance had been given ad interim to Senor Diaz de Sarralde. It had been offered to Senor Carasco, who declined it. Senors Madoz and Garnica had been appointed Vice Presidents of the Con gress, the former by 70 to 63 votes, the latter by 77 to 73. The debate was still proceeding. Senor Cortina occupied the whole of the sitting of the 6th, and was to resume his speech on the ensuing day. The motion presented by seven Deputies for the prosecution of Olozaga had been taken into consideration, by a majority of 81 votes to 66. Madrid was quiet, and the latest accounts from the pro vinces were favourable. The Espectador publishes a let ter from an officer stationed at Barcelona, from which it would appear that the Captain General Banz, had sub stantial grounds for the decree which expelled from the city all persons not provided with passports. •A. Belgian officer had, it seems, undertaken to blow up the assailing troops, and with that view, barrels of gunpowder had been buried under all the approaches to the city, with wires inserted iu them for the purpose of being discharged by a galvanic battery, on the principle that was employed in the destruction of the wreck of the Royal George. Thirteen barrels of powder, so disposed that they would have destroyed a whole battalion, were dug up. The details given in the letter of the Expectador's correspon dent are curious. The whole affair appears to have been managed most scientifically ; and but for the information from a desertar from the rebels, which led to its detection, the effects of the explosion must have been terrific. Madrid journals of the 7th state, the debate on the Queen's declaration still continued, and it was proposed that there should be a day and night sitting for the pur pose of terminating the affair. HORRIBLE EXECUTION FOR WITCHCRAFT. Our readers will peruse with pain the following ac count of a case of barbarous cruelty which has occurred among the Kafirs of South Africa. We should gladly leave such a revolting case unnoticed, rather than lace rate the feelings of the humane by its shocking details, did we not conceive it to be a duty to make known the dreadful effects of ignorance and superstition. It appears that Macomo's son, Kona, was sick ; the usual course was pursued in such cases, and a witch doc tor was consulted to ascertain the individual from whose evil influence he was suffering ; and, as is also usual under such circumstances, a man of property, and by re putation a man of courage of Macoma's tribe, was se lected and condemned to forfeit his life for his alleged crime —unheard, and without the slightest opportunity being afforded him of asserting, still less proving his in nocence ; it was sufficient that the doctor had said he was guilty—he must die ! Accordingly, to prevent his being made acquainted by his friends of his awful situa tion, a party of men left Macoma's kraal early in the morning to secure the recovery of the sick young chief by murdering one of his father's subjects. The day selected for the immolation appears to have been a sort of gala day with the unconscious victim ; he was in his kraal, had just accomplished the slaughter of one of his cattle, and was merrily contemplating the convivial duties of the & THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD day before him, over which he thought himself about to preside; the arrival, therefore, of a party of men from the " great place" gave him no other concern than what part of the slaughtered animal he should give them—he looked upon them as his guests ; but, alas ! he was too soon undeceived ! The party seized him in his k, aal, whither he had gone of course unarmed ; when he found be was secured, and felt the rein about his neck, he calmly said, " It is my misfortune to be caught unarmed, or it should not be so." He was then ordered to pro duce the matter with which he had bewitched his chief's son ; he replied, " I have no bewitching matter that I know of, other than the body you have seized—l have been twice smelt out before—no bewitching matter has been found, and I am not conscious of having secreted any—my person alone can possess the evil influence, therefore destroy it, but do it quickly, if my chief has al ready consented to death." His executioners expressed their determination to torture him until he produced it ; he replied, " Save yourselves the trouble, for torture me as you will, I can never produce what I do not possess." He was then held to the ground, and several men now pierced his body with K::fir needles two or three inches deep—the victim bore this with extraordinary resolution ; his tormentors tired, complaining of the pain it gave their hands and of the needles or skewers bending. By this time a large fire was kindled, into which large square stones were placed to beat. The sufferer was then or del ed to stand up. He complied. They pointed out the fire, telling him it was for his torture, unless he produced the bewitching matter. He replied, " I told you the truth when I said, Save yourselves the trouble, it is my misfortune, not my crime.' As regards the hot stones, I can bear them, for lam innocent. I feel no more apprehension than I should at sitting comfortably in my house —(here he described a particular position Kafirs are fond of sitting in.) I would beseech you to strangle me at once, but that you will say that 1 shrink at what you are about to do to me. If, however, your object is merely that of extortng confession from me, save yourselves the trouble and kill me outright, for your hot stones do not scare me." Here his wife, who had also been seized, was stipped perfectly naked, and most cruelly beaten and otherwise ill-treated. The victim was then led to the fire, where he was laid on his back, with his feet and arms tied to pegs driven into the grOund for the purpose ; the stones being by this time as hot as they could be made, were taken out of the fire, and placed' upon his groin, stomach, and chest ; these were supported by others on each side of him, also heated, and pressed against his body. It is impossible to describe the awful effect of this process • we must leave the scorching and broiling of the body—the fumes of smoke and occasional flashings of flame arising therefrom, to the imagination of our readers: the very stones, as if refusing to be made further instruments of such cruelty, slid off the body in consequence of the unctuous matter they had drawn from it, and were kept on by being pressed down with sticks by the fiendish executioners. With all this the sufferer still remained sensible. He was asked whether he wished to he released to discover his hidden charm, he replied, "Release me." They did so, fully expecting they had vanquished his resolution. To the amazement of all he stood up; but what a sight !—a human being broiled alive, his flesh hanging in large pieces from his body, like the seared hide of an ox. He composedlyi asked his', tormentors, " What!, de, you wish me to do now ?" They repeated their original demand. He resolutely adhered to his declaration of innocence, and begged of them, now that they appeared tired of their labour, to shorten it and put him out of his misery. The noose of the rein round his neck, which had been hitherto secured from slipping by a knot, was released ; and while the heroic sufferer was still standing, it was violently jerked by several men, until he fell, when he was dragged about the ground until they were satisfied, and finally placing their feet on the back of his neck, they drew the noose so tight as to complete the strangulation —then, as if not yet satisfied that so brave a man had ceased to be, he was taken into his own house, tied to one of the supporting poles of it, the house set on fire, and the body burnt to ashes ! Thus died a man whose extraordinary fortitude and endurance deserved a better fate. His sufferings commenced about ten a.m., and terminated with his existence a little before sunset. This account is truly horrible, hut it is an ordinary page in the history of human nature. Cruelty and su perstition have gone hand in hand from the commence ment of the world, and will do so for ever. IRELAND. There are more prisoners at present in the gaol of Nenagh than have been there on'the eve of any assizes since the gaol was built. DUBLIN ARBITRATION COURT.—Their worships of the arbitration court had nothing to do on Friday ; no complaints were brought before them. The public are beginning to find that this tribunal is not of the "right sort," and will not trouble the arbitrators with their complaints. Coon. IMPUDENCE.—The O'Connell justices, known by the appropriate term of arbi-traitors, have applied to the High Sheriff of the county Limerick, requesting the use of the court-houses in their several localities, for the purpose of holding judicial sittings. Is it necessary to add that the application was indignantly refused ? DESTRUCTION OF GLENNANE SPINNING MILL, BY FIRE.—We are informed that, on Sunday last, a fire broke out in the extensive spinning mill at Glennane, near Marketbill, which, we regret to add, was entirely consumed. The premises were latterly in the occupation of a Mr. Gray, of Dublin.—Newry Telegraph. RUMOURED ARREST OF ONE OF THE FINNOE MUR DERERS.—SHINRONE.—There is a report here this even ing (Thursday) of the apprehension of a man named Hogan for the Finnoe massacre. This Hogan's brother was transported some time ago for burning a haystack, the property of Mr. Thomas Waller.—Leinster Express. The pleasant predicament in which O'Connell and his indicted companions feel themselves may be estimated by the fact that the indictments and all the papers connected with the defence have been submitted to Mr. Adolphus, of Old Bailey notoriety, for the advantage of his opinion, and, of course, of such hints as his long experience in de licate matters may suggest. NUNNERIES.-It has been ascertained that the nunne ries in Ireland have acquired over two millions of money, half of which has been lent out on mortgages and bonds, and nearly the other half vested in government security. Latterly they have been vesting a portion of their funded property in the purchase of fee-simple estates in several counties. THE EIGHTEENTH DECEMBER.—We understand that preparations are about to be made by the apprentice boys of Derry, for observing the approaching anniversary with every demonstration which the laws of the land permit, and thereby to testify their respect for a day dear to the heart of every true lover of civil and religious liberty.— Derry Sentinel. CONVICTION OF AN IRISH MAGISTRATE.—We find, by a report of the Skibbereen petty sessions in the Cork Examiner, that Mr. Sandy O'Driscoil, a magistrate of the county of Cork, who has taken a leading part in political meetings in that county, has been convicted of a violent assault upon a poor boy, whom he flogged unmer: cifully. The magistrate, being found guilty, was sentenced to pay a fine of £2. CITY OF LIMERICK FAlR.—This fair, which was held on Monday, was considered the worst within recollection. It continued to pour down rain without ceasing during the day from an early hour, and at one o'clock the green was completely abandoned. Buying was carried on very dull, and for the very limited transactions which took place the following rates may be stated ;—Milch cows, from £lO to £l4; fat ditto, £lO to £10; strippers, £6 to £7. Sheep, from 20s. to 275. ; hoggets, 17s. to 18s. Horses, £l2 to £l6; ponies, £3 10s. to £4 10s. Fat pies 255. to 265, per cwt. ; slips, Ils, to 13s. each, and from 20s. to 255. a pair—purchasing in this article being the briskest which occurred during the fair.—Limerick Re porter. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting of this Association, held on Monday, in the Conciliation Hall, was thinly attended ; Mr. John Reynolds was in the chair. The first speaker was Mr. John O'Connell, who, in al luding to the death of Mr. Tyrell, styled him " a martyr to the cause of his country," and proposed that the aged father of the deceased should be provided for, and that a monument should be erected to record his virtues and patriotism. " The best vengeance (observed the speaker) that the people could take, for the loss of Mr. Tyrell, would b..t to force from England, despite her armed array, by the strength of public opinion, the full and ample measure of her rights to Old Ireland." The proposals were seconded by Mr. Steele, and unanimously agreed to. The meeting was also addressed by Dr. Gray, Mr. O'Neil Daunt, and Mr. Conway. A long letter was read from Mr. Joseph Sturge, urging obections against a repeal, and showing that a connection could not be maintained between the two countries, through one Sovereign, with two independent sets of advisers ; this communication was referred to Mr. O'Connell, for a reply. The week's rent was estimated at £5OO. SHIPWRECK IN CONNEMARA.-011 Tuesday night, the sth instant, about two o'clock p.m.,. during a most terrific gale from the west northwest, the barque Marguirette, seven hundred and two tons burthen, from St. John's, bound for Liverpool, was observed off Ballyconneely Bay. Having lost both her anchors and cables, and surrounded by breakers, it was momentarily expected that she would be dashed to pieces, having no pilot on board. At this crisis, Coleman Broughton, Esq., of Innislacken, with a crew of his gallant tenants, Bartholomew Conneely, Mark Conneely, Anthony Connor, P. Ball, Thomas Hall, and Nicholas Simmons, put to sea in a small boat to the res cue of the sufferers on board. Every one on shore gave this devoted crew up for lost, as the oldest inhabitant never recollected such a tremendous sea. After two hours indefatigable exertion, and cheered on by their dauntless commander, Mr. Coleman Broughton, they sue (weeded in reachin g the chip, which they ware u❑able to board in consequence of the surf and ebb tide. Mr. Broughton, however, by his signals, pointed out the deep water in Roundstone Bay, where the Marguirette is now fortunately moored, greatly to the delight of the crew, who had given up all hope of saving this fine new barque. —Galway Vindicator. A BIT OF BOMBAST.—A popish paper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in an article urging the duty of prayers for the Irish papists, thus winds up—" Sacred Heaven ! only think of eight millions of thinking, intel ligent, rational men—eight millions of God's creatures made to the Divine image —eight millions of a moral, temperate, brave, noble, generous, and christian people, treated like so many wolves or tigers in their native land ! The arguments addressed to their reason are bullets and bayonets—parks of artillery are to make im pression upon their souls—the cannon's burning match is to Rash conviction on their benighted intellects, and all their knotty scruples about English justice are to be un ravalled by the point of the sword ! But, great, glorious magnanimous England ! " Envy" of the Affghanistans and " Admiration" of the Chinese! there is a God in Heaven, the strength of the weak, the refuge of the afflicted, the scourge of the oppressor. There is a " God of armies" there, before whom your artillery, horse, foot, and dragoons are of no avail. There is a God of mercy whose compassionate ear is ever open to the sighs and groans of his suffering creatures. Before his throne millions of tearful and agonizing supplications are now ascending not only from Ireland herself, but from every part of the habitable globe. Yes, England ! there is a God in Heaven, and that God is just." Well, what then ? A CLOSE SEARCII.—On Saturday night last Joseph Larkin, of Ballydaly, near Tullamore, was afrested by Acting-constable Price," for embezzling a large sum of money from Tyrrellspass Loan Fund. The circumstance of this man's arrest is worth recording, as it may serve tO show other policemen the necessity of a sharp look out in the discharge of their duty. On the police enter ing the house, they made what they deemed a diligent search ; but Price being dissatisfied, he went into a room of the kitchen, where there was a bed fixed so close to the fire, that he suspected that there must be some reason for placing it there. After examination he had it removed, and then found at its rear a large press, fixed in the wall, with shelves complete. Perceiving a cross joint, about two feet from the ground, he displaced the board, and dis covered it to be the entrance to a subterranean apartment, ceiled with boards, in which a regular floor was made to correspond with that of the house. In this snug retreat the delinquent was captured. Larkin was a carrier, em ployed by the people to take their weekly instalments to Tyrrelspass, which he omitted to do. When he had a large sum collected he disappeared, and his friends circu lated a report to the effect that be had absconded to America. £2OO is the sum said to be misappropriated by him. Much credit is due to Acting-constable Price for his activity and cleverness on this and many other occa sions.—Leinsier Express. INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Thursday evening a straw stack in a field on the Brooke-road, near Oakham, be longing to Mr. Crowson of the George Tun there, was discovered to be on fire. There was abundance of water, but before the flames were got under, the stack, a clover stack, a hay-cob, and a horse-hovel were entirely con sumed.• •No doubt exists of the stock being wilfully ignited, and this makes the fourth incendiary fire in the neighbourhood of Stamford and Oakham since the winter set in—all of them on the premises of the princip.il inn keepers of these towns—all of whom are highly respected by their neighbours, rich ar.d poor. FIRE IN KEN'r.—About midnight on Tuesday last, an express reached the Southwark-bridge-road station, with intelligence that an extensive fire had broken out at St. Mary's Cray, in Kent. An engine of the London Fire establishment was dispatched, and reached the spot (dis tant about 15 miles) in little more than an hour and a half. The fire had broken out in a barn belonging to Mr, Smelling, a miller in the village, and before it could be arrested communicated with a long range of stabling, and the carthouses and cow-sheds. Three hours elapsed before the flames were subdued, and the premises, to gether with 40 quarters of wheat were by that time de stroyed. The property was insured. The origin of the fire was not discovered. MORE INCENDIARY FIRES IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE. — We last week gave the particulars of several incendiary fire which had taken place in Cambridgeshire, and we have this week to notice three more in the same county. On Friday morning week the farm-yard of Mr. Rogers, of Thorley-hill, near Bishops Startford, was discovered to be on fire, but through great exertion the destruction was confined to a large shed, filled with agricultural im plements, a haulm stack, and other small buildings. On Sunday week flames burst out at Manudin Parsonage Farm, near the same town. The property destroyed con sisted of three large barns full of corn (principally of barley and wheat), the whole of the stabling, cow-house, piggeries, and other out-buildings. leaving nothing stand ing but the house and one small barn. We are happy to state that the whole of the valuable stock, except a goat, some pigs, and the fowls, were saved. The whole of the property is, fortunately, insured.—On Tuesday evening another fire occurred at the town of Soham, by which a large barn, stables, lodges, stacks of wheat, oats, barley, pease, and hay, were consumed. The premises were occupied by Mrs. Danby.l UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. ORDINATION. The following persons were admitted to holy orders, by the Bishop of this Diocese, at Chester, on Sunday week ; DEACONS. Thomas Green, B.A. .. ofßrasennose, Oxf. William Leay, 8.A.... . .. Edward Roberts, B.A St. Mary's Hall, ditto Robert White, B.A Brasennose Coll; ditto Edward Augustus Pitcairn Camp be11, 8.A.. .. Francis Bui ton Danby, 8.A.... Catherine Hall, ditto William Balmbro Flower, 8.A.. Magdalene Coll. ditto Henry William Kemp, 8.A.... Corpus Christi Coll. ditto Joseph Moss Rowley, B.A Ditto, ditto William John Monk. B.A St. John's Coll. ditto Frederic Martyn Harke, B.A Trinity Coll. Dublin James Robert Dunne, B.A Ditto, ditto John Scott, B.A Ditto, ditto Francis Busteed Ashley, 0f.... Saint Bees College Henry George Brasnell Ditto William Grant Ditto George Benjamin Hill Ditto _ . William Have5...... William Malone Jukes.. Job Lea Ditto Samuel Gower Poole, jun Ditto _ _ _ . _ ___ Moses Reid. Ditto John Rimmer. Ditto Frederic William Wicks Ditto PRIESTS. Arthur Howard Ashworth, 8.A.. Oriel Coll. Oxford. John Prosser, B.A St. Edmund Hall, do. Joseph Henry Stephenson, B.A Queen's Coll. ditto Charles Cuthbert Southey, B.A Ditto, ditto Walter Al!nut, 8.A..... James Stewart Cranmer James Slade, B.A. John Twisaday, 8.A...... Robert Nicholson Featherston.B.A.Jesus Coll. ditto James William Mark well, B.A Christ's Coll. ditto William Mulleneux, B.A Emanuel Coll. ditto Daniel Waller, B James Booth, D.C.L ............ Trinity Coll. Dublin Thomas Cowan, B.A John Richardson, B.A Ditto, ditto Arthur Leopold Parker Snow, B.A.Ditto, ditto John Charles Wood, 8.A.... James Hornby Butcher George Dowty Ditto Goodwin Purcell.. James Matthias Woodmason . Richard White TROPHIES TAKEN FROM THE CHINESE. A most extraordinary and curious collection of Chinese guns and swords, which were captured from the enemy during the late war in China by Commander W. H. Hall, at that time captain of the Nemesis iron steamer, and now the commander of the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, arrived at Windsor yesterday week, from the East India Company's warehouses in the City, accompanied by the gallant commander, from. whom her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept these singular and interesting trophies, a portion of which may be thus briefly de scribed : 1. An immense brass gun, 12-pounder, upwards of 11 feet in length, and most beautifully cast. This excellent specimen of Chinese workmanship was captured from the war-junk of the Chinese Admiral, at the mouth of the Canton river, in 1841. The touch-bole is peculiarly con structed, and of an extraordinary size. 2. A brass four-pounder, nearly six feet in length, beautifully carved with dolphins' heads. This gun, was taken from the junk of the Chinese Commodore, and presented to Commander Hall by the officers of the ship's company of the Nemesis. 3. A small brass " silk " gun, so denominated from its being most curiously and elaborately bound round and ornamented with silk, over which, still further to preserve it, is also bound, with great taste, various folds of catgut. This gun, which was taken at Tzykee in 1842, is about two feet in length, and will carry a ball of 3lbs. This de scription of ordnance is considered to be a very great curiosity, and very rarely to be found on board the war junks of the Chinese. Only nine of these guns were cap tured during the whole of the Chinese war. The piece is not mounted upon a carriage, but on either side are two carved handles, to be held by four men when it is dis charged. . 4. - Two gingals, or long muskets, with sights, and of recent manufacture. These muskets, which are about eight feet in length, proved the most destructive weapons and did the greatest execution during the war. When discharged, they were invariably loaded with three, and sometimes four and five small bullets, which they will carry an immense distance. They were taken in the north of China in 1842. 5. Three excellently-manufactured Chinese matchlocks, or muskets, with inscriptions in Chinese characters on the locks. These were also captured in the north of China during the last year. 6. A remarkably curious matchlock, with a rest ; the barrel singularly bound round with rings, apparently to give it increased strength. 7. A double-handed sword (or rather pair of swords, fitted into one scabbard), the blades being about two feet six inches in length. This is the tremendous weapo❑ which was to cut up " the English devils " into mince meat, and annihilate the " barbarians." A Bombay marine artilleryman, about 30 years of age, who was actively engaged during the whole of the Chinese war, performing wonders in several engagements, accom panied Commander Hall with the presents to her Majesty. This man, Cook, had his arm taken off by a round shot, on board the Nemesis, fired, during an action with a number of war-junks at Worsung, from the batteries. It was afterwards amputated at the socket. The poor fellow is now in the receipt of a small pension, and it is expected that something further will be done for him. THE COURT. Viscount Melbourne left his residence, in South-street, on Friday, on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. It is stated on good authority, that her Majesty and Prince Albert will visit Warwick Castle in about six weeks, and that the Queen has determined to take advan tage of the opportunity of visiting Birmingham. Should this joyful event take place, we are convinced that the de monstration of loyalty and attachment to the people of this borough towards our beloved sovereign will be of the most gratifying and enthusiastic description.—Birmingham Advertiser. HER MAJESTY AT BELVOIR CASTLE.—Previous to the departure of her Majesty from this splendid seat, the Queen presented Lady Adeliza Manncra with a gut Keuum bracelet, set in pearls and diamonds, as a mark of her Majesty's esteem and friendship; and to Miss Victoria Wortley (her Majesty's goddaughter, the lovely child of Lady Emmeline Wortley), a splendid ruby brooch. — Standard. Her Majesty has a decided objection to the practice of those gentlemen who spend the evening over their wine and dessert. The Queen allows half-an-hour, after the ladies have left, for the gentlemen to arrive, and during this period she does not take a seat, but enters into con versation with the ladies in the drawing-room. Occa sions have, it is said, occurred, when d summons to the Royal presence has followed a deviation from this accus tomed and now generally understood rule. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. It is stated in the Kendal Mercury, that the subscrip tions for a railway from Lancaster to Carlisle proceed most favourably. The London and Birmingham Company brought up on the Bth and 9th instant, 263 waggons, containing 1,085 oxen, 1,420 sheep, and 93 pigs, for the Smithfield great market on Monday last ! BULL FIGHT.—Last evening three of the bulls in the cattle-show-yard broke from their head fastenings, and, knocking down the hurdles enclosing their shed, rushed into the field and commenced a terrible combat, charging one another with the greatest fury. It was not without great difficulty, and some danger, that the belligerents were secured.—Maidstone Journal. It is computed by qualified authorities, that the annual loss of life from filth and bad ventilation is greater than the loss from death or wounds in any modern wars in which this country has been engaged. The Poor Law Commissioners state that " of the-13,000 cases of widow hood, and the 112,000 cases of destitute orphanage, re lieved from the poor's rates of England and Wales alone, it appears that the greatest propot tion of deaths of the beads of families occurred from disease propagated by removeable causes." PROMOTIONS. Allfree, the Rev. W. G., M.A., to the rectory of Southease, Sussex. Patron, William Allfree, Esq. Anderson, the Rev. Henry, M.A., formerly Trinity College, Cambridge. has been elected master of the diocesan school, at Newport. Ashington, the Rev. Henry, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Quarrington, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. S. Forster. Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. Caswell, the Rev. Henry, M.A., late of the American Church, to the curacy of Figheldean, near Amesbury, Wilts. Cowpland, the Rev. Robert, M.A., Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Staffordshire, to the incumbencies of Hints and Weeford, Staffordshire. Patrons, the Lord Chancellor and the Archdeacon of Stafford. • Easther, Alfred, Esq., 8.A.„ of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, has been appointed Vice-principal of the collegiate school, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Hutchinson, Rev. 'John, to the perpetual curacy of Blurton, Staffordshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Blunt. Patron, the Duke of Sutherland. CAMBRIDGE.—At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred : Doctor in Divinity.—William Whewell, Master of Trinity College. Masters of Arts.—Henry Lloyd, Trinity College ; William De Winton Herbert, St. John's College. Bachelor of Arts.—Thomas Halls, Gonville and Caius College. Bachelor in Medicine.—Edmund Thornton Henery, Gonville and Caius College. REV. HENRY MELVILLE.—It is stated in the Globe, that this laborious and deservedly popular minister has received the appointment of Principal of the East India Company's College at Haileybury. TRACTARIANISM.—Our readers are aware that on the recnt occasion of the visit of his Royal Highness Prince Albert to Birmingham, an address was presented to him. It appears that on Mr. Oldknow receiving from the rural dean a circular, apprising him of the address, he signed it ; but, on learning shortly after that it contained the word Protestant, he had it returned and erased his signature.— London Paper. On Saturday December 9th, a most beautiful carpet, of Berlin worsted work, was presented by several ladies of the county and city of Gloucester, to the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, and his lady, as an offering of their grateful sense of the Bishop's and Mrs. Monk's uniform hospi tality and obliging attentions to all the families of the extensive circle of their acquaintance. This splendid and unique present consisted of seventy-seven large squares of puce and white ground alternately, on which was worked some device of flowers, fruits, or birds, except the centre-piece, which contained the armorial bearings, each contributed by a different lady, according to tier own taste; and although the several squares were worked at home, without reference to one another, they afterwards formed, when put together, a tout ensemble, about 24 feet in length, and 16 in breadth, of the most harmonious colours and designs. THE CHURCH SERVICE AT GREAT ILFORD. On Thursday afternoon a very large meeting of the in habitants of Great Ilford took place in the sessions-room of the Angel Inn, for the purpose of taking into consider ation the recent changes which have been made in the performance of divine service in the parish church of St. Mary's, as also to read the correspondence of'the Bishop of London. vicar, and the parishioners thereon. It will be remembered that about two months since a committee was formed, in order to obtain the discontinuance of the obnoxious forms lately adopted by a large body of the Church of England ministers. The deputation waited upon the Rev. Mr. Bourne, the vicar, 'and finding not the least concession, memorialised the Bishop of London on. the subject. At three o'clock Mr. Churchwarden Thomp son was called to the chair, who, having briefly opened the proceedings of the meeting, ordered the very volumi minous correspondence which had taken place to be read. We have no space to publish this at length. The following, however, will be found to contain a summary of the facts :—For the last twelve months the parishioners have noticed, with deep pain, the alterations that hive been made in the performance of divine service in the parish church. Their attention has been more particularly attracted to the renewal or revival of thelif fertory, the elements of consecration being exposed on the altar, and the minister turning his back to the con gregation whilst the litany was being read, and the curate crossing himself. These customs, they alleged, strongly savouring of popish doctrines, the committee held a con ference with the vicar, in the hope that these forms would be discontinued ; but as nothing satisfactory transpired, they presented a memorial to the bishop on the evil, who returned a most voluminous answer. The right rev. pre late giving it as his opinion that the curate, in crossing and blessing himself, was guilty of a revival of a popish practice. With respect to the offertory, he gives no de cided opinion ; he, however, says that be does not think the clergy are bound to restore it to the prejudice of the parishioners. It concludes with a hope that divine sec vice will, in future, be so enacted in their church, as to be once more agreeable to them. Numerous letters from the Bishop of London to the vicar were read, which shewed that some of the congregation had left the church during the service when the minister had arrived at that part where the alleged popish ceremonies were made use of. The vicar, it appears, had then forwarded to those individuals an epistle, somewh t warmly worded, in which he observed, that if they had really a grievance to complain of, they ought to redress it elsewhere, and not thus cast contempt on the house of God. This letter was replied to as warmly by the parishioners. Mr. Paulin said, that the parishioners had exercised their utmost influence in softening down the excitement which the recent scenes in their church had occasioned. He was extremely happy to see the vicar present, and he (Mr. Paulin) trusted that he would there and then hold out a hope to his flock that the weekly offertory, and other changes recently acted upon, would for the future be discontinued. By pursuing such a line of conduct be would be the means of restoring the congregation of their church. To give an opportunity to the worthy vicar to act upon his recommendation, he begged to move the following resolution :—" That this meeting, acquiescing in the objections that have been raised to the introduction of the weekly offertory, and the other changes in the manner of performing divine service in this parish do request the churchwardens to represent to the vicar our sentiments on the subject, and our earnest desire that he will meet the wishes of his parishioners by discontinuing the weekly offertory, and returning to our former simple mode of worship." Captain Gillmore, in a speech of much force, seconded it. The Rev. Mr. Bourne, the vicar, then rose, and ad dressed the meeting at some length. He observed, with respect to the curate blessing himself, that gentleman de clared, if he had done so, he had done it unintentially. With respect to his conduct, he was still not prepared to give up the offertory ; but, if the bishop recommended it, he would do so immediately. He could not give it up conscientiously, because he had a strong sense of its justness. After some further discussion, the resolution was car ried • and after the thanks of the meeting had been voted to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE SCOTCH CHURCH. LIBERAL COLLECTION.-At the Rev. Dr. Heugh's Church, in Glasgow, on Sunday week, the amount col lected in aid of the contributions to the Synod fund for liquidating the debts of small congregations of the United Secession, was the munificent sum of £275 ss. sid. Two wolves escaped from a travelling menagerie at Ashton last week. One followed a lad with some bread and butter in bis band along the street and into a house in which he took refuge. Here a child happened to be . n its cradle, which the mother seized in great alarm, and 'run out for assistance. This being obtained the wolf was attacked and destroyed. The other wolf was shot by the gardener of some nursery grounds, into which it had taken refuge. Dec. 19,__24 LAIV lA . TEL LIGENC.B. I- ---- ERY, JA n i 6. 1 COURT OF CHANC-' WALSH V. GLADSTONE• s d The late Mr. Blundell bequeathed two sn i r s . or pro,L4 in trust to Mr. Robinson, of Dale-street , -y. l o ij o co l l apply them for the benefit of the Roman Cl„ l ' o . t reti of Ampleforth, in Yorkshire, and Old Iri s be teitry Hertfordshire. Mr. Robinson died before l t oot; and on a petition being presented for the Pvi c tP o l legacies to the presidents of these colleges rvehwti'anot cellor made an order in their favour, but 11 0 °7" re , taken by the Attorney-General that th e a ffi onoo,, satisfactory, inasmuch as they did not statetDrititsoo, sidents were permanent officers, in whose hot t i'o would be secure for a pplication to the instittinvtioofll tion. The Lord Chancellor heard the ohieeA of 6 during Michaelmas term, and the matter , have the affidavits amended. to sty Mr. Tinney now produced new affidavits, tios the presidents of these colleges held their 1 111 1010 11. ! , same tenure as the heads of other colleges O r d ter , kingdom; and that they were men of probity d , ability. Mr. Twiss appeared for the Attorney-urenjs sented to the payment of the money. xngif' The Lord Chancellor made an order ac cord 01. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT BANKRU .-C ANOTHER FRACAS. - s O 11' r 1 , 0 4 We gave in our last the particulars ( Sl k 4l'i fracas between one of the learned commissioner,' and Mr. Green, the attorney, arising out of in i e e r,; l the court to receive the petition and sche du , led solvent, named Mary Jones, unless anc°r e 'o n rO T io general balance-sheet. On Tuesday,ure 10 1 ' ,/ • tt ll 3 t',l to the subject, and concluded by stating his hand the opinion of a most eminent ge n e eol bar, that his honour was bound under the fite l mandamus to grant this order. 05 SP Mr. Evans, the solicitor, being in court, h . t er t tp to by the learned commissioner, and stated , t' ee " aPo agreed with Mr. Green's law, be did not ag r ee/ A i manner in which he laid it down.—Mr. B ar B etir4 expressed dissent from Mr. Green's behaviour'', Pit, that he had expressed himself " interoperatelY:,rtoriod colloquy then took place, conducted on th e n r Wuj Green with much warmth of manner, betvn eo ed ? and the bench, in the course of which the ' - ti oge missioner frequently complained of the 1 84 , 0 0 was applied to him. It terminated as follovis . " - ; Mr. Green.—l have one word to say to yrre sblP that unless you immediately decide this, too late. • A o The Commissioner.—Now, pray, sir, s. Mr. Green.—l The Commissioner.—Be good enough to Sit (I°o. Mr. Green.-1— let The Commissioner.—Now, don't begin 141 1 c oo entreat of you; do let me prevail upon 50 0 . ' l o 6 * yourself. I thought that, from your sittingtroge? little reflection had had a salutary effect on s t s b i o lc, i temperance of spirit,—a spirit that must, e tb ° "l any man for the calm discharge of his duty , I was not making a remark too severe whe, ll shall inform you—you understand nie, best TO' the opinions of those gentlemen 1 know be quite satisfactory ? Mr. Evans.—Yes, sir. Mr. Green.—Allow me— t wh at' The Commissioner.—No, I cannot. . 11 another matter ? Mr. Green.—No Ih'" le. , sir. The Commissioner.—l will hear you ne re rn c i . yOO 14 1 beard quite enough. I might have steePe. jpeosi:6, enough before I did. I have shown great I ` l° 0 consideration to you, and you have shown th e • of an ungovernable temper. tegie ° The Court then proceeded with the regu lar b the day. of )111 ' RENEWAL OF THE ERA CAS.—COMMITT GREEN, THE ATTORNEY. On Thursday morning Mr. Green again Pr ese 'de in self before the learned Commissioner, with WI t petition in his hand whichhasbeen the sn ir jr. f iol!, much discussion, which the Commissioner olise co anw o desired Mr. Green to withdraw. Mr. Green 11° rog , ing, the command was repeated, when Mr. Greif be I t o address the Commissioner, who warned him , ;Jost, commit ' c oed sisted, he should immediately 'a f Green persevering in this objectionable line o .iter no the Commissioner remarked that he had no be,i left, with due regard to his dignity as a Judge' if not commit him. The messenger was, theref°e' 10° to take Mr. Green into custody fo r thwith• oli° Mr. Wright, Mr. Tyrer, and Mr. Evans , 81' Snf yfim severally interposed, to extenuate the of fence v oee , Mr. Green was the subject. Mr. Green ws h s , I ,b o exceedingly impetuous, that he exclaimed , wi t ' e- ,g 3 " I have no apology to make." 0.: 0 Upon these gentlemen again exercising their g ° ,,, rece l o j on his behalf, his Honour replied that he conw.irtigit neither explanation or apology Lt this sta r , ,, e ; w ;,C° committal must be made out, and forwarded r° 41°, 1 ' of Queen's Bench ; and, until that d o cumen t : c f .:W el istence, Mr. Green was not in a situation at tb os ° ' purge himself of the contempt. va te f The Commissioner here withdrew to his Pr: Birolf, and requested Mr. Wright to follow him. a ed re tur o io , having remained with him a few minutes, court, and conversed privately with Mr. Gr ee Tlic l ed strongly upon him the necessity of making a 1 ?„ p elit e , re 4l logy. Mr. Gaskill, the messenger, at this Pe i co r "gt the court, with the view of taking Mr- crop,'t.' DO' to La the moment the warrant of his committal Castle should have been made out. Shortly s e h, Commissioner having resumed his seat on the b en ilos rli o Mr. Green rose and said, 1 beg to assure Yourojerl, that I had not the slightest intention of treating p ei bres,, ° e; or the court with any contempt in what I h 3v " ,y vancing, and that I beg respectfully to expres s n o l' that your Honour bas considered for a momen t t " treating you with contempt. A s tt His Honour.—The Court is always pla ce - painful position when it is obliged to have receo r , t ` o itE s t i greatest power under its command—that is , i n r , rt).- o rt, re il an individual to the custody of an officer of the mm,jef,e3, removed by that officer, on my judgment, to h er "erir t el gaol, wherever the offence may hate been °„.l, res e ll Such being the case, if in an ordinary matter to an individual who is not an officer, it become! e irni r ;tp , 11 0 Painful for the Court to exercise its high antrr°,er?icbc# tt re much more painful when the Court h a s to ex art, o regard to a person who is an officer of be C r° , orr ci „ c r bounden duty it is to act in a becoming Mooll e ;ber rt , set an example of propriety to his client and °b set sons. You have certainly misconducted 5i0n,,•;4143 tremely. You have, not upon one, but upon alto i~ occasions, insulted the dignity of the Court; you have done so, it is my duty to administerfr, be it mercy, and not to do an act that can in any degre"bot:4 strued as doing any injury, for I can assure Yo u ' '1 3 0516' I am now going to say, and what I have done , ,, i it",;l done with sorrow. I take this apology, uP° 9 drawing your language, and upon your cxer e ,i' t bor: t f contrition. I cannot but congratulate trY se ',eati, had persons so competent to advise on the Pr'', o o. o oo; sion, both from their rank and character as b t - pia," and their knowledge as lawyers. I cannot hu t d ; , iierd bf you were particular fortunate in having suct i- I Sr' have reported this matter to another court, 7,3 t e post to-night, withdraw that report, and consriil ete°: s s ter as at an end ; and I assure you, that I sha l t fort ion° when you appear before me as a solicitor, Ir e : nothing of this kind had occurred. I may as ~n " e a l'iss „ to you, that I received a letter from Mr. o ,,'",tbe P a e o Daniels, of Birmingham, in• which he state. , t"'ith e. receives the proceedings in bankruptcy eager general balance sheet. Mr. Evans.-1 think him wrong. Ade ?j t il His Honour.—That may be, but who shal l u r n - r aory The ordinary business of the Court was the ° r with. FRAUD ON THE REVENUE.—III the Court,, n r iO c i e Bench, on Friday, Mr. Blake, formerly a lanto r NicS 0 51 was found guilty, under a criminal info.rmationZo" •b‘e? cused him of conspiring, with Mr. Tye, a C 65- a - ode agent. to defraud the customs' revenue. The P o cr i e s( imported in the ship city, of Boulogne, in 18 40, Lon u pt 4 of Messrs. Vidill and Co. Tye was abroad , ilenr e jurisdiction of the court, and did riot appea r ' was not pronounced. The unprecedented number of sixty-eight writs : °f ° (' tiorari were issued on Wednesday from the C r° dt l These writs are all from Wales, in cases aris ill ,f, Cre r of the late disturbances, and they are issued by t rots te d on the presumption that, in the present exelteu,, a re local feeling and strong prejudice, impartial triaront tic to be bad in the principality. We understano. wihoo fore serving the wrirs of certiorari, a few cast of o f tried in Wales, in order to test the irnpartish"eits juries, and if these cases prove satisfactory, the certiorari will not be carried out. s sO c hr COSTS OF INVESTIGATING A TITLE, P BORROWER AND MORTGAGEE.—At the Cour. t G vol r quer, on Wednesday last, (before Lord Abing er n a hall) a case was heard—Hollingsworth v. MeY ne l, -- cle le g o ing this question. It appeared that in 1840 , ti' e f ant, Capt. Meynell, wished to borrow a sum ° and l e by mortgage on some estates near Newmarket, .ges.,;. the plaintiff proposed, through his attorniesi the Stokes, to make the advance. The a ttorneYs t , t he C;or pective parties met, (Mr. Valiance a ppearing N'refere,rl( tain) and entered into a long correspondenc e ,i n . te dn"d to the title to the property. The negociation I °' 0 pr o set t a year, when Capt. Meynell's solicitor declined t be t e with it, stating that he could procure the 1 °, 612 „ lot b r/ i terms from a relative. Messrs. Stoke's ehansi. and , t si" tigating the title on behalf of plaintiff was ''.: . .,„„rds ' d or defendant refused to pay. The plaintiff afte r " - pre' or the sum to Messrs. Stokes, and brough t tb t e torr rel or action, charging the money so paid to his Or t o lie d e pi; so much paid for the use of defendant, on b' 9 ,:of quest. The question turned upon the existeo.- ionir tom that the borrower should pay any exPen s ,, e !ity., by the lender in investigating his proposed sec"' 0 0 0 It Valiance said he was ignorant of such a ens ° t ;les the payment of the expenses of investigating ti 0 0 :0 tween mortgagor and mortgagee was usually 2 contract between the parties. On the other ban ;II s° o o , Hollingsworth, Foreman, Barley, and s tate tors connected with firms in extensive busin ess/ result of their experience to be that the eus ta „:0116 11 „; ! A gating a title were payable by the borrower , a" section admitted on cross-examination that in trans a e - otij r , much importance, or where considerable eltP tioil r2P ) likely to be incurred, the costs of the investigl usually made the subject of a special contrartorc Abinger thought that as the investigation had be•eteareoort off, the plaintiff was bound to prove the e f l ter s such a custom in clear evidence. The jury a t 1 ,, es, ( jic' deliberation, stated that they did not think $ was established, and they, therefore, returner.' for the defendant. Dee L ORD A THE