The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

FOREIGN 4 COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA The Britannia, Captain Harrison, arrived on the even ing of Thursday, after an excellent passage. We have inserted elsewhere the handsome compliment paid to this distinguished navigator by the passengers whom he took on his outward trip, handed over by Sir Donald Camp bell, the Lieutenant Governor of one of our North Ame rican possessions. The following summary of the news embraces all the points of interest. The latest accounts from New Ycrk are to the 15th of December. Since our last paper was issued the Congress of the - United States has assembled, and we have the Message of the President with the accompanying reports of the different executive departments presenting the annual compte rendu of the affairs of the nation. With the exception of the war with Mexico, the situa tion of the country in its various interests and pursuits, as there set forth, is in the highest degree flourishing and satisfactory. And even the war with Mexico, if only some possible outlet to it could be found, so as to render peace po sible and prompt, would soon be only remem bered as presenting a field whereon American valour and high military skill and science had an opportunity of dis playing the ce lorious suc- 'ere in 57 barre 2,021 barre Europe.) he Trea- selves with unsurpa ng peace for the prospect of s out no hope of any such con -.illation at boldly at a further and yet more active prosecution of the war ; to holding all that our arms conquer and to the immediate and irrevocable annexation of New Mexico and the Cali fornias, by establ' similar to those United Statue 3 not I The messa gut looks steadily ar shing therein territorial sting in the recognised ter] t to their becomin The war, moreover, it is now determined, shall he made to derive its support from the Mexican people, their in ternal duties and revenues are to be seized—forced con tributions are to be levied in money and initind, and the whole country is to be overrun To effect these purpc the message asks .for some id men immediateld, and contingently for thirty thous twenty thousan .nd of money some eigrlteeiimit ndcontingently for s , me twenty mil- lions more The impending calls upon the youth of the country, and upon its wealth, do not, however, seem to produce an) . . misgiving, nor to affect sensibly the ordinary course of business, nor the value of the public securities. U. S. Treasury Notes bearing 6 per cent. interest, and convertible at the option of the holder, into a six per cent. stock, with twenty years to run, are at par 991; and the paying stocks of the States maintain themselves well. The recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury that a duty of 25 per cent. ad valorem be imposed upon tea and coffee does not seem to us at all likely to meet with favour. We presume there will be no change of any sort attempted in the existing Tariff. of which a very glowing account is found in the treasury report, together with a glorification of " free trade," in the course of which Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Cobden—though neither of them is named—come in for elaborate compliments. The business community stands yet uns at stringent pressure ti money tome, occa- I by the distrust of forei gn exchange, and the con- sequent exportation of specie. The latest advices from Europe were_ per Britannia to the there, by indicating a revival, gradual and still encouraging, of confidence in London The increasing probability moreo for next ye a continua- son thus far has been open, and though, owing to a few days of sharp frost towards the end of November, the canal was obstructed with ice, and many boat 'quence withdrawn from navigation for the s great' artery of circulation still keeps open we are daily receiving from it much smaller than in the of flour, corn, and wheat. ghtof the trade, to our stock a much more considerable extent, to I many weeks past. ' We hear of some corn purchased for si hipments to Great Britain were week the s Flour against, for the preceding Flour (From the New York Courier and Enquirer The recommendation of the Sc sury, that a duty of 25 per cent. ad valoren - upon tea and coffee, does not seem to us al meet with favour. We presume there will be no chaN of any sort attempted in the existine tariff, of which :very glowing account is found in the Treasury Report, together with a glorification of " free trade," in the of which Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Cobden— ither of them is named—come in for elaborate though r Our business community stand failures on the other side of the somewhat stringent pressure for money at I sinned by the distrust of foreign exchange, a yet uns Atlantic Lken by the and by the sequeut exports , .tion of sRe6" Foreign exchange rules a and bai6is are very fastidious about names. Good b 10, but the current rate for favourite sign days bills on London is 101. On Paris the quotation may be put at from 45.23 to .65.261. _ _ _ _ _ Is may b had at The Britannia will take out, - it is estimated, .from 50 to £60,000 sterling in gold, though sovereigns of the requi site weight are now only to be obtained with difficulty. ),000 are sent from ( Of this amount, Shortly after our report for the steamer of Ist instant, prices advanced nearly half a cent per lb. in this market, but they have since receded one quarter of a cent, and are now firm at one quarter of a cent above the rates of 30th ult. The prevalent estimate of the crop ap_ 2,300,000 bales, and there seems little reason to doubt that it will exceed 2.200,000. ors to I ONE O'CLOCK, P.M.—The sales at the Stock Exchang its day were to a limited extent only Treasury 6's closed 99}. There was a little better feeling in the fanc stocks, but the advance was unimportant. Exchat., England closed at 110 to 1104. The market has been - well supplied with bills, and the demand has been mode rate. Continental exchanges close at our quotations. Cotton.—The sales to-day have been liniited to about 500 bales. At yesterday's quotations the market is firm, and the amount offering is small. _ _ _ _ Flour.—The weather: continues unfavourable for out door operations, and the market is exceedingly quiet. Common Western ranges from 416 to £6.12; ; Genesee, 4'6.25 to £6.311; prime Genesee is not pressed on the market at these prices. Common Southern flour is dull .at 86.50. Rye flour, 44371 to 54.50. Corn meal, 43.22 to , 8`3.50. Wheat and corn are held at yesterday's prices. - - - - - - - - Ashes, steady and in fair demand at 55.50 for pots, and a 7 for pearl. Freights are still dull. Engagements have been the last week of corn 6d. to 7d. per bushel, and of flour ls. 6d. to 2s. to Liverpool, to a moderate extent. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGI The third annual message of Mr. Polk, the President of the United States, is, as usual, a very voluminous docu- As might have been expected, the affairs of Mexico are referred to at great length. More than one-half of the entire message relates to the past and present position of the differences between the two republics. Thereis nothing in the tone of the President which would lead to the an ticipation of a speedy cessation of hostilities. After allu ding to the prosperity of the country, and stating that from their abundance they have been enabled to perform the pleasing duty of furnishing food for the starving mil lions of less favoured countries, the message refers to the " serious causes of complaint" against Mexico—reiterates that. the United States is the aggrieved nation—that in self-defence they were compelled to repel the invader — and " to vindicate national honour and interests" they .are called on to prosecute the war—although at every -stage a willingness has been manifested to terminate it by a "just peace." The President adds, that the war has been waged not only to redress grievances, but to obtain indemnity for the future : that Mexico has no indemnity to give but territory. And until she makes a cession of territory sufficient to cancel past accounts, and provide for the future, he recommends that no treaty of peace be acceptc.i. The boundary of the Rio Grande, and the ces sion to the United States of New Mexico and Upper California, arenamed as the terms upon which negotiations for a treaty must be founded. The plea for such a require ment is, that Mexico is too feeble a power to govern these provinces ; and that if the United States relinquished their occupation of it, and their claim to it as an indem nity, an effort would be made by some foreign power to possess it by conquest or by purchase, which the United States would be bound to resist, as well as any attempt of European nations to found a monarchy in Mexico. He -combats the opinion that the American army should be withdrawn now, or indeed before an honourable peace is concluded. There is danger, he thinks, in such a step. " There can (he says) be no doubt that the peaceable and well-disposed inhabitants of Mexico are convinced that it is the true interest of their country to conclude an honourable peace with the United States, but the ap prehension of becoming the victims of some military faction or usurper may have prevented them from mani festing their feelings by any public act. The removal of any such apprehension would probably cause them to speak their sentiments freely, and to adopt the measures necessary for the restoration of peace. With a people distracted and divined by contending factions, and a government subject to constant changes, by successive revolutions, the continued successes of our arms may .fail to secure a satisfactory peace. In such event, it may become proper for our generals in the field to give encou ragement and assurances of protection to the friends of _peace in Mexico, in the establishment and maintenance of -a free republic government of their own choice, able and willing to conclude a peace which would be just to them, and secure to us the indemnity we demand. This may become the only mode of obtaining such a peace. Should such be the result, the wnr which Mexico has forced upon us would thus be converted into an enduring blessing to herself. After finding her torn and distracted by factions, and ruled by military usurpers, we should then leave her with a republican government, in the enjoyment of real independenc e , and domestic peace and security, perform ing all her ative duties in the great family of nations, and promoting her own happiness by wise laws and their faithful execution." The President states that about half a million of dol lars has been raised by the Customs duties imposed by the United States forces, on vessels and goods entering the ports in their possession, and intimates that measures have been taken to divert for the future the internal re venues of Mexico into the coffers of the United States. On this point he says : " The policy of levying upon the enemy contributions in every form, consistently with the laws of nations, which it may be practicable for our military commanders to adopt, should, in my judgment be rigidly enforced, arid orders to this effect have accordingly been given. By such a policy, at the same time that our treasury will be relieved from a heavy drain, the Mexican people will be made to feel the burdens of war, and, consulting their own interests. may be induced the more readily to require their rulers to accede to a just peace." He adds, emphatically, "I am persuaded that the best means of vindicating the national honour and interest, and of bringing the war to an honourable close will be to prosecute it with increased energy and power in the vital parts of the enemy's country." In the future prosecution of the war, the enemy " must be made to feel its pressure more than they have hitherto done." With the view of continuing the war, he asks authority from Congress for raising an addition to the regular army and to the volun teer regiments. He also asks for a loan to meet the or dinary expenses of the government, of $18,500,000, and should the war with Mexico be continued till June, 1849, he calculates that a further loan of £20,5110,000 will be required. The amount of the public debt is now £'45,659,659, being an increase of $27,870,859 since the 4th of March, 1845. These loans will raise the debt to $92,030,498 dollars, which is paying dearly for military Air. Polk speaks favourably of the effects of free trade as regulated by the laws of the states. He urges the im position of moderate duties on tea and coffee, and suggests several modifications in the laws affecting com- merce. He urges the need of more war steamers for the navy, and concludes his message by a reference to the postages charged by the British Government upon letters brought here by the American steamers, in respect to which he states that a fair and just receprocity is all that is required WEST INDIES The papers by the Trent, which arrived at Southamp ton on Monday, give evidence that the recent measures of the imperial parliament for the gradual removal of the protective duty in favour of British colonial produce were still the all-absorbing topic at Jamaica and in the islands. The papers contain numerous petitions to be presented to the two houses of parliament. The following passage from the petition adopted by the legislature of Barbadoes documents contain e reluctantly compelled to appear before your house, for the purpose of respectfully repre senting to your lordships the injtuy and injustice which will result to the West India colonies from the recent measures of •the imperial parliament for the gradual re moval of the protective duty in favour of British colonial produce, unless those measures be speedily followed by others calculated to enable him to compete with some chance of success with the foreign slave-owner in the Bri tish markets. They (the petitioners) had ventured to _ _ lordshir of the emancipation, that in order to give that measure a fair trial, and to freedom a chance of achieving a triumph over slavery throughout the world, a long time would in those protective duties which had been imposed of British colonies, and which, even during the time of slavery, it was thought but an act of justice to in favor your petitioners and their fellow-colonists find themselves deprived of protection iust at a period when they stand in a need of it, and when circumstances giie them aim to assistance and support trom be tin- tish nation " Your petitioners would respectfully claim for these colonies that their exports should be admitted into the home markets on terms not less favourable than those which have been conceded to the corn and timber of Ca nada. They are not aware of any superior claim which one colony has over another to the favour and considera tion of the mother country, and they are at a loss to con- ceive upon what grounds that policy is to be defended, which, while it invests Great Britain with the character, and places her in the attitude of a kind and indulgent pa rent towards some of her dependencies, would exhibit her in the light of a harsh and unfeeling stepmother towards others. It is true, indeed, that the extent and import- and conciliating policy towaids ut your pe legislature or her majesty's government tue injustice to suppose that the comparative weakness and helplessness of the West India colonies are considered to impair their claim to consideration, or to justify unjust and ungenerous treatment." OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. On Tuesday, at three, p.m., the French Chambers were in norerrn_ Tn that Hart of the Rnval Speech which relates to Internal Affair;, the Nation is congratulated on the improved condition of the country as to subsistence, and several measures of improvement in the Administration of Affairs are suggested. The follow ing are the only passages which relate to Foreign Politics : `• My relations with all the foreign Powers give me the confidence that the peace of the world is secured. I hope that the progress of general civilization willbe everywhere accomplished by a good understanding between govern ments and people, without impairing internal order and the good relations between states. " - Civil war has disturbed the happiness of Switzerland. My Government had come to an understanding with the Governments of r ngland, Austria, Prussia. and Russia, in order to offer that neighbouring and friendly people an amicable mediation. Switzerland will, I hope, acknow ledge that respect for the rights of all, and the maintenance of the Helvetic Confederation, which can alone insure to her those enduring conditions of happiness and security that Europe wished to guarantee to her by treaties. " My Government, in accordance with that of the Queen _ It Britain, has just now adopted measures which ust at length succeed in restoring our commercial rela tions on the banks of La Plata." The frost has set in at Hamburgh, and the trade with the Baltic is closed ; there can be no more importations of grain thence till March. The office of justice of the peace has lately been con ferred upon a black gentleman residing at Boston, who is said to be the first coloured magistrate that has ever been appointed in the United States. A patent has been taken out in America for dispensing with sewing in the manufacture of shirts, collars, and linen articles. The pieces are fastened together by indis soluble glue. The Queen of the Belgians has sent a package of dresses and millinery to the Queen of Portugal, and as Donna Maria was recently obliged to compound with her private creditors, it will doubtless prove an acceptable present. The Jenny Lind mania runs so high at Stockholm that tickets for her performances are disposed of by public sale, on the stage of the theatre, and have been sold at from £2 up to £9 each. The total receipts on one night amounted to £2,219. In conformity with the copyright treaty lately con cluded between Prussia and England, two editions of the German translation of Bulwer's " Lucretia" have been seized at Berlin, and the publishers prosecuted. There is an appeal before the court of Berlin. The Crane packet arrived at Falmouth on Monday from the Brazils. The news of commercial depression in Eng land, which had been taken out by the Crane, put quite a stop to business, for the moment, at Rio de Janeiro ; confidence had, however, returned, and the course of exchange maintained its former position. The coffee market, which had been brisk, had, nevertheless, come to a stand-still, though it was hoped a revival would speedily take place. Freights had ruled 755. to SOs., but it was thought next charters would be obtained at 60s. The South Australian Register, of the 11th of August, states with reference to the point raised on the subject of royalty in connection with the working of mines, that " the royalties impositions appear to be virtually aban doned, as the Advocate-General has not taken any pro ceedings at law, as threatened, against the companies for the recovery of Crown dues, and the time for so doing in order to try the question during the ensuing term has expired." In the same paper is advertised the " third dividend "of the South Australian Mining Company. It is £5 per share, which is equal to 100 per cent. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY (From tie " Landonand Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") The warm and comfortable douilette has re-appeared this winter, in Paris, in an improved form, ornamented by quilting. In patterns for evening social parties they are made in pink and niais satin, trimmed with ermine, and small mantelet to match. The style of trimming redingotes is no longer confined to the tablier form ; many have trimmings encircling the skirt, particularly in quilting. Cloth dresses are worn, dark blue and claret being the favourite colours ; they are embroidered in soutache, intermixed with embroidery en relief, the tight back of the corsage being equally ornamented with the front; they are also accompanied by mantelets embroi dered and festonne ; some have merely a single wide galon velonte, or four very narrow ones divided by but tons. The gimp trimmings continue an indispensable accessoire of most toilettes, and not only for robes and manteaux, but also bonnets and caps are frequently orna mented by them ; fringes, oudes and crepe are much used on ball dresses. Walking and carriage dresses are made tight and high, with long sleeves, closing at the wrists ; for evening wear the corsages are low, tight and pointed, many having dra perie on the top ; pretty little mantelets are made for evening use, of lace, or plain tulle trimmed with several rows of lace ; the rich lace scarf is, however, more ele gant. Flowers are very much used on ball dresses, either in bunches or wreaths forming moutants, or cordons so small as to form the headings of flounces ; those of foliage are particularly pretty. The velvet bonnets are mostly of dark colours, black, royal blue, vanilla, but they are lined with a contrasting colour, and ornamented with much taste inside ; plumes of small feathers are fashionable, the last falling low, but the most elegant ones have a single ostrich feather noue, with marabouts, or a bird of paradise ; gimp is also used on velvet bonnets,. in a kind of resille covering the crown. Velours epingle is very fashionable this season, in all shades of grey, fauvette and deep blue. The pardessus were never prettier than they are this winter ; the forms are various, whether in velvet, satin de chine, casimir, or draP cachemire ; those for young ladies, of satin a la reine, are with sleeves, and made close to the waist. Manteanx de visite reach very low, and have several rows of trimming. Very pretty little caps are made of narrow blonds, and narrow velvet, with lappets of blond ; ve lours epingle, and stamped velvet, form numerous coif fures, mixed with black lace, and the half squares of lace are much in favour, confined by a bouquet of flow va or velvet noeudE. IRELAND. On Wednesday night last, between eight and nine, a small farmer, named Thomas Brown, was shot dead on the high-road, within a few yards of his own house, near Cashel. CONCILIATION-HALL BRAWLS.—Mr. Henry Grattan, M:P., has directed his solicitor to apply for a criminal in formation against Mr. John Reynolds, M.P., for the words attributed to the latter in a speech delivered in Conciliation- Hall at the sitting of that grave deliberative assembly. According to the Tipperary Free Press, the presidents and vice-presidents of the Queen's three colleges building in Ireland, have already each received -a year's salary— £Boo and £soo—while the main walls of the intended edifice are not yet raised. DEATHS BY FEVER.—It is to-day our melancholy duty to record the deaths of four of our medical friends, who, within a few days, have been sacrificed to fever :—On the 23d inst., Dr. George Seymour, surgeon to the Kilconnel Dispensary ; on the 24th inst., Dr. Charles Donnollon, of Winterfield, medical attendant to the Annadown Dis pensary ; on the 25th inst., Mr. Francis Bodkin, for many years apothecary to the Clifden poorhouse ; and on the 26th inst., Dr. Edward Lambert, of Oranmore, a gentleman much beloved, leaving a widow, with a young and interesting family, to deplore his loss. Independent of the above, we are sorry to add that serious apprehen sions are entertained for the recovery of Dr. Mulvillo, of Gort, and Dr. Hynes, of Kinvarra.—Galway Vindicator. The state of Ireland has not improved much since the proclamation, which has fared scurvily enough at the hands of the peaceful in Tipperary. The " boys" have torn it down in several places, and as if in defiance taken to the old work of plundering arms. The King's County Chronicle states that robberies of that nature abounded last week. In the county the threatening notice has been on the wing. The lady of Colonel Westenra, in the ab sence of her husband, received one, threatening her with death if money was not given to some person or persons. A Mr. Tyre, a benevolent Englishman, residing near Tullamore, received a similar notification. His crime as a landlord was a suggestion that a rate of seven shillings in the pound be levied on the district. He, of course, prepares to emigrate until better times. SCRIPTURAL INSTRUCTION IN IRE LAND.—That valua ble institution, the Sunday School Society for Ireland, has recently published a paper containing some interest ing facts connected with the spread of Sunday school in struction, and shewing the extensive demands upon the society for asBistance to the schools. It appears that 818 schools, containing 68,267 scholars, have received assist ance in books during the last six months ; and that 36,796 Bibles, Testaments, and portions of scripture, besides 28,914 Scripture reading books, and spelling books con taining reading lessons selected from the sacred Scripture, have been granted to the schools during the same period. It is also a striking fact that the number of Bibles granted during the last six months exceeds by 9954 the number disseminated during the corresponding period of the year 1846. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—MONDAY.--A letter from Mr. Dillon Browne to Mr. Dunne, who had severely censured the conduct of the hon. member for Mayo for the vote he gave on the " coercion act" was read, and with some reso . lutions founded thereon, referred to a committee. Mr. John Reynolds addressed the meeting at considerable length on various topics. He censured the conduct of Messrs. Grattan and Browne for their vote on the bill for the prevention of crime in Ireland, stating that the former ought to be the last man who would vote against his country, and that many a pound and many a sleepless night he had cost him (Mr. R.), and that but for the citi- zens of Meath id not now represent the_countyof He next proceeded to censure the conduct of the examiner of recognizances on election petitions, and con- ible him to defend the petition- - -that he would do his duty they might depend and he hoped they would do theirs. The rent was £27 18s. 51d. FURTHER CONTEMPT OF THE LAW, AND ASSASSINA TIONS IN TRELAND.—We learn from the Cork Constitu tion that there is a priest named Kenyon, in Tipperary, who has braved the law as correctly laid down by the ma gistrates in his locality, and being thwarted, has from the altar so denounced its administrators t hat they are in hourly danger of losing their lives ! The case is briefly this. Kenyon built a wall near his house at Templemore, which encroached upon the public road. On the morn ing on which he commenced it he was warned of the en croachment in a friendly way by Mr. Crawford, the county He, however, persevered, and being sum "he magistrates was fined £l, and the wall aw required. He commenced the ,ummoned. After surveyor iblic rights had been proved, the chairman of the magistrates, who had presided on the former occasion, recapitulated the case, showing that Kenyon had said that "A man may be got to commit a murder for money, bat no one could be got to throw down that wall;" that an assault was made upon those sent to throw it down by 5 to 600 ruffians, many of them armed ; that government military had to be em ployed ; and that Kenyon after this rebuilt the wall ; and (added the speaker) he had since so spoken of him from two altars that he was on the list for assassination. On this statement, which caused great sensation in court, no fewer than three other gentlemen on the bench, exclaimed almost simultaneously, that " they had received similar information." The chairman said he had stated the real facts of the case, and the bench came to the unanimous conclusion that the wall should be again levelled.—" These facts," says the Cork paper, " show the pacific disposition of his reverence, and the degree of credit that is due to the veracious Titulars who have appeared as sponsors for the priests." le encroac A SPORTING PRIEST, The following advertisement of the sale of the effects of the late Rev. Thomas Maguire,.who lately died of "gout in the stomach," as the Freeman's Journal says, caught in his attendance upon the poor, proves that a priest could -ake himself comfortable, even in the I 'qtr' probably the most miserable county of the miserable province of Connaught, nctwithstanding all the sufferings of 1846-47. We give the advertisement, exactly copied from the Fer managh Reporter, except tbrt we are under the necessity of omitting a handsome wood-cut of a coursing match with two of the rev. deceased's greyhounds, whether young Lady Hark-away, Dash, Smiler, Doctor, or Wait ing Maid, the artist does not furnish any means of guess- mg:- "To the Sporting World. " Interesting and Important Sale by Auction. "Edward Nolan, Auctioneer, of Enniskillen, " Has received instructions from the trustees of the Rev. T. Maguire, of Ballinamore, county of Leitrim, to bring to com petition that rev. gentleman's universally valued and justly prized kennel of pure bred greyhounds. "To be Sold by Auction, "On Wednesday, the sth of January next, "At Ardrum, near Ballinamore, His entire household furniture, valuable library, phaeton, tax car, hagyard, farming implements, and black cattle. Amongst his horses is a truly-admired thorough-bred bright bay filly, rising four years old, combining unusual muscular formation and perfect points, got by Mr. Ferguson's celebrated Hark away out of the distinguished Maid of the Mill, by Roller. " Greyhounds "No I.—Young Lady Hark-kway, out of the Old Lady, who beat Dr. Douglas's Heather Jock for 300 guineas, by the dis tinguished Dog Tyrant, from Old Lady Hark-a-Way, and the celebrated dog Old Tyrant, by Bounce. "No. 2.—Dash, by True Blue, the son of Lady Hark-a-Way, off the celebrated bitch Leech, by Dr. Browne's Sport, as noted in Bell's Life.' "No. 3.—Blackbird, full sister of Dash-away. "No. 4.—Smiler, full brother to Dash-away and Blackbird. "No. s. —Doctor, by Molly Maguire and Tyrant. " No. 6.—Waiting-maid, full sister to Doctor. " Sale to commence at eleven o'clock. "A catalogue of the library can be had of Mr. Connolly printer, Ballinamore; or MR. NOLAN, Auctioneer, Enniskillen. " Dated 21et of December, 1847." _ _ _ Not a year ago a Roman Catholic priest denounced in a letter to a member of Parliament the hard-hearted selfish ness of a gentleman of large fortune, giving as proof of the charge, that the gentleman in question persisted in keeping up his hunting stud and kennel of hounds amid surrounding famine. The charge turned out to be a lie, as such charges, preferred by such parties, commonly are, the accused party having long before dis missed his stud and destroyed his hounds ; but were it true, the case is not so strong as that of Father Thomas Maguire, vouched as we have it by the rev. person's trustees. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE BENEFICES.-It appears from an official document that in the several dioceses of England and Wales there are 11,386 benefices, and 7,785 glebe-houses. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE BISHOP OF EXETER:— It may not be generally known that the bishop owed the Premier a grudge, In or about 1830 Dr. Phillpotts was under a promise, from Sir Robert Peel's Administration, of the see of Exeter, and he expected to continue to hold the rectory of Stanhope, in Durham, the tithes of which are worth about £5,000 a year. A change of Ministry, however, took place, and Lord John and his coadjutors frankly declared that they would be no parties to such an arrangement as to unite a rectory in Durham with the see of Exeter, 500 miles apart. The Bishop of Exeter was, therefore, obliged to relinquish the rectory, although he was allowed to hold his prebendal stall in Durham Cathe dral with the see. THE PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—Great improvements have been made, and are still going on in many of the populous parishes and districts of the country, through the instrumentality of that excellent institution, the Church Pastoral Aid Society. A few statistical facts will show what has been accomplished so far in places which a short time ago were destitute of religious instruction : In one parish, before any grant, there was but one Church, and about 30 people of 4000 who attended Church, while none of them contributed a farthing for any good purpose. As it is now there are two churches, well attended, six schools, two parsonages, six hospitals for decayed females, a branch Missionary Society, a branch Pastoral Aid Society, (con tributing £25 per annum ; the schools are maintained by voluntary subscription of £l9O per annum ;) there is a library of 200 vols. ; a clothing club ; and a singing-class, who receive a sum annually from the congregation for themselves, and for clothing the children. Another parish was in 1837 extremely destitute—the average con gregation (to one clergyman only) 200, with only 24 com municants—no national school, Sunday school, or scrip tural reader. In 1847 there were three clergymen, 2500 of a congregation, 500 communicants, three national schools, four Sunday schools, a scripture reader, three cottage lecturers weekly, and one adult school. The com mittee give authentic details of similar gratifying instances —showing that the blessing of God has fallen upon the various departments of the Society's labours. THE CHASE. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet at Half-past Ten o'clock To-morrow, (Wednesday), at Stamford Bridge; Friday, Tilstone. SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS meet at Half-past Ten o'clock, To-morrow, (Wednesday,) at Worthembury : Thursday, at St. Martin's; Saturday, at Penley Hall. COURT AND FASHION. The Court remains at Windsor, but within the last day or two the Queen and the Royal family have been pre vented from taking their habitual out-door exercises by the inclemency of the weather. On Thursday, Prince Albert went to London, for the purpose of witnessing the Westminster plays. HER MAJESTY'S ACEOUCREMENT.—The services of Mrs. Lilley, as her Majesty's monthly nurse, have been again retained. The interesting event, it is expected, will not take place before the latter end of March or beginning of April. Her Majesty will be confined at Buckingham Palace. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, on Friday, from his seat, Hickleton Hall, Doncaster. DEATH OF THE EARL OF HARROWDY. — We regret to learn the sudden death of the Earl of Harrowby, which took place on Sunday morning week, about four, a.m., at Sandon-hall, Staffordshire. The venerable nobleman had, up to Friday week, appeared in his usual health, and had passed over his birth-day on Wednesday. the 22d instant, in cheerful spirits. On Friday morning he was assailed by alarming symptoms, and by noon that day his illness assumed the most dangerous aspect. He continued to decline rapidly up to the hour of his dissolution, without any favourable change. Viscount and Lady Frances Sandon, the Honourable G. Dudley and Lady Georgina Ryder, and several other members of his family, were at the time staying at Sandon-hall. The late Dudley Ryder, Earl of Harrowby, county Lincoln ; Viscount Sandon of Sandon, county Stafford ; and Baron Harrowby, of county Lincoln, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was eldest son of Nathaniel, first Lord Harrowby, and Eliza beth, co-heir of the Right Rev. Richard Terrick, Lord Bishop of London. He was born on the 22nd of Decem ber, 1762, and had, therefore, completed his 85th year on Wednesday week. In July, 1795, he married Lady Susan Leveson Gower, sixth daughter of Granville, first Mar quess of Stafford, and aunt of the Duke of Sutherland. By that estimable lady, who died in 1838, he had a large family, four sons and five daughters—namely, the late Viscountess Ebrington, Viscount Sandon (now Earl of Harrowby), the Hon. Granville and Dudley Ryder, Lady Mary Saurin, Lady Wharncliffe, the lion. Frederick Dud ley Ryder, the Hon. Edward (died in infancy), Lady Har riet Hervey, and Lady Louisa Fortescue. In politics the late earl was a Tory of the old school. The deceased earl entered on public life soon after attaining his ma jority. He represented for several years prior to his elevation to the peerage by the death of his father, in 1803, the borough of Tiverton, in the House of Com mons. In 1800, he was appointed Treasurer to the Navy by Pitt. He held that appointment up to Viscount Sidmouth's advent to power, and after Pitt's return to take the helm of the government, in 1804. be was ap pointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, but pre sided over that department little more than twelve months. On the Earl of Liverpool's accession to office, in 1812, the noble lord (who had been created Viscount and Earl in 1809) was appointed Lord President of the Council, which he held up to the formation of the Can ning administration, in 1827—a case unparalleled on record. In February, 1820, the noble earl, then residing in Mansfield-street, gave a cabinet dinner, and it was at that particular meeting that the Cato-street conspirators thought pf carrying out their bloody scheme. The dis covery of the plot, and the eventual execution of the ringleaders, our readers are familiar with. Of late years, the deceased earl had avoided all interference in political matters. He was nominated to the privy council as far back as 1790 ; was a Governor of the Charter House, a Doctor of Civil Law, a Trustee of the British Museum, a Commissioner for Building Churches, a Fellow of the Society of Arts, and High Steward of Tiverton. The late earl is succeeded in the title and family estates by Dudley Viscount Sandon, who was born the 23d of May, 1798, and married the 15th of September, 1823, Lady Frances Stuart, fourth daughter of John, first Marquis of Bute, by whom he has a numerous family. LAW INTELLIGENCE. DISTRICT COURT 'OF BANKRUPTCY IN RE BARTON, IRLAM, AND HIGGINSON The adjourned hearing for the second examination of these bankrupts took place on Wednesday, before Mr. Commissioner Sergeant Ludlow, at the District Court of Bankruptcy. _ _ Mr. Mye j rs, solicitor, of the firm of Messrs. Lace, Myers, Rigge, and Roscoe, appeared to prove a debt of a bill for £3OO, on the part of Messrs. Nelson and Adam. Mr. Myers then made a similar application on the part of Nelson and Adam for a bill of £lOOO, drawn on Hig ginson, Dean, and Stott, by Sir Samuel Gibb, and which having become due on the 14th Dec. last, was then dis honoured by the bankrupts. The right to claim was allowed in both cases. The court then proceeded with the examination of Mr. Dean, a partner in the - house, who resided for the most part in Barbadoes. He was examined at considerable length by Mr. Lowndes. At the close of the examina tion, the latter gentleman said that the assignees had found his accounts in a most satisfactory state. It ap peared that Mr. Dean had been prevented from making out his balance sheet in full, owing to some of the books being away •, and a question arose, on which some dis cussion took place, whether he should pass his examina tion now, or whether it should be adjourned until his return from Barbadoes. It was arranged that tho further examination of Mr. Vein ilficitird - bd /5o t - ported till — t - Tre inn or-amp, 11348 and the next examination of Mr. Iligginson should take place on the 11th of January next, at twelve o'clock. The court then rose. IN RE DOYDELL AND WILLIAMS Tuesday last being the day appointed for the adjourned meeting under the fiat issued against Messrs. Boydell and Williams, Mr. Dodge, solicitor to the fiat, stated to Mr. Commissioner Sergeant Ludlow, that at the former hear ing of the bankrupts he had prayed an adjournment in consequence of discovering that several leaves were miss ing from the bankrupts' ledger, a circumstance which at the time gave cause for suspicion. He had since gone carefully over their books, and in justice to the bankrupts he was now bound to say that, haying investigated the whole matter with respect to the missing leaves, his own impression was, that everything relative to the books was quite correct. It appeared that the bankrupts had em ployed a young man as clerk, who had not previously been in the habit of keeping a ledger, and that he had torn out some leaves in consequence of blunders committed by himself. The learned Commissioner said it was very proper for Mr. Dodge to state what he had stated, and it was also very proper that the matter should have been sifted as it had been, as without it there might have been a kind of floating impression abroad that something was wrong. Mr. Dodge said that his observations only applied to the books so far as he had investigated them. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow.—" Just so ; and as far as your investi gation goes, it is favourable to the bankrupts." Mr. Dodge.—" Yes sir ; I have no further opposition to offer, and I do not think the bankrupts have anything to fear from any further opposition on the part of other creditors." In the Secondaries' Court on Friday, a verdict for £2OO was taken by consent in an action brought against the South-Eastern Company, for injuries sustained on the line by a Mrs. Mary Thiselton, which occasioned her death. The accident occurred through a cart knocking away some of the timbers of an arch which is being formed over in Bermondsey. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The Company pay all ex penses, even to the letters of administration. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. Last week's Gazette contains notices of the dissolution of some twenty railway companies. This we look upon as one of the most favourable signs of the week, and one that will lead to substantial results. CHRISTMAS TRAFFIC.—During the Christmas week the Great Western Company carried 23,000 persons. The receipts for passengers at the Paddington station, on Fri day, December 24, amounted to £1,950. The London and North-Western Railway Company have undertaken to build a mechanic's halt at Wolverton, for their workpeople, at a cost of .f. 3,000, to include a lec ture-room, a tea-room, a library and reading-room, and a ladies' room. A resolution to abide by the reference proposed for set tling the differences between the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton and the Edinburgh and Northern was adopted at aspecial meeting of the former company. The sum of £340,000 is to be applied to the works of the Granton proprietors. The proportion of goods traffic on the Eastern Counties railway is larger even than on the London and North- Western. It is chiefly of an agricultural nature, and is very encouraging to other lines of a similar character ; those, for instance, which traverse the rich district of Lincolnshire—as the East Lincolnshire, and the various branches of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire. DEPRECIATION OF RAILWAY PROPERTY.—Letters from Hamburgh mention an extraordinary case of depre ciation of railway property. The railway from Schwerin to Wismar and Rostock, a distance of about 50 English miles, and finished within about 10 English miles, will be offered for sale by public competition, as, notwith standing 80 per cent. of the capital has been paid, the shares find no purchasers at present at 40 per cent. and less. RAILWAY TRAFFIC FOR 1847.—1 t appears that the traffic on railways in the United Kingdom during the year 1847 amounts to about £8,950,000, being an increase over that of the preceding year of £1,285,000, or nearly 17 per cent. The aggregate length of railway over which the traffic was conveyed in the first month of 1847 was about 2,710 miles, and in the last month of that year about 3,420 miles. Taking the average length of railway for the year.at 3,100 miles, it would give £2,887 as the average traffic per mile per annum. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY..—. The first half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, on Saturday. Mr. W. Blundell, of Ince, presided. The Secretary read the re port, which stated that the act received the royal assent on the 2d of July last ; that the total expenses of obtaining the act amount to £8,187 7s. Id., exclusive of a sum of £4,000 paid to the West Lancashire Company under the award of Messrs. Bidder and Stephenson ; that the balance now in the bank to the credit of the company was £9,326; and that the engagements entered into for the purchase of land will render it necessary to make a call of £2 per share, payable on the Ist of June next. No further call will be required within the present year. In consequence of the general depression in trade, and the high rate of interest, the directors have not thought it desirable to adopt any measures for the immediate construction of the whole line; but with regard to that portion of it which lies between Waterloo and Southport, as a consi derable part of this land is given free, and the cost of con struction will be very light, it appeared to the directors, if the owners of the remainder of the land would allow time for payment, that it Alight be Advantageous to proceed with the construction of that part of the line, which would involve a comparatively small amount of outlay. They therefore thought it proper to instruct the engineer to make the necessary survey, and his opinion was favourable to proceeding with the line from Waterloo to Crosby. A somewhat lengthy discussion took place, Mr. Crosthwaite contending that in the present state of the money market it was not desirable to proceed with the works ; but ulti mately the report, including the recommendation to the directors to proceed with the works, was carried. DIOCESE OF HEREFORD.-ELECTION OF DR. HAMPDEN. Tuesday being the day appointed for the election of a Bishop of Hereford, vacant by the promotion of the Right Rev. Thomas Musgrave, D.D.. to the Archbishopric of York, the interest, which had been increasing for some weeks past, arrived at its highest pitch, and several hun dred persons flocked into Hereford at an early hour, be ing anxious to witness the proceedings. The Very Rev. John Merewether, D.D., Dean of Hereford, entered the Ladye Chapel of the Cathedral shortly after eleven o'clock, being accompanied by the Canons Residentiary, the Prebendaries, and the officials of the Cathedral. There were present—The Rev. H. H. Morgan, 8.D., the Rev. H. Huntingford, D.C.L., the Hon. Lord Saye and Sele, D.C.L., the Rev. W. P. Musgrave, M.A., Canons Residentiary of the Cathedral Church of Hereford ; the Rev. Thomas Huntingford, M.A., Precenter ; the Rev. E. Howell, Succentor ; Mr. Chancellor Morgan, the Rev. J. Garbett, M.A., treasurer ; the Venerable Arch deacon Wetherall, 8.D., the Venerable Archdeacon Vickers, M.A., and the following Prebendaries :—The Rev. C. Swainson, M.A., the Rev. C. Garbett, M.A., the Rev. C. S. Luxmore, M.A., the Hon. and Rev. Orlando Forrester, M.A., the Hon. and Rev. J. Somers Cocks, M.A., the Rev. J. Johnson, M.A., the Hon. H. Rodney, M.A., the Rev. J. Clutton, M.A., the Rev. H. Lee, 8.D., the Rev. J. Hopton, M.A, the Rev. R. Briscoe, M.A., the Rev. C. Taylor, M.A., the Rev. W. E. Evans, M.A., the Rev. W. J. Thornton, M.A., the Rev. John Venn, M.A., the Rev. G. F. Lewis, and the Rev. P. Budd, M.A., and others. Some other formalities having been gone through, the names of the Canons were called, and their assent or dissent from the appointment of Dr. Hampden was taken. Two or three of the junior Canons voted successively for Dr. Hampden. On the name of Canon Huntingford being called, that gentleman rose and said :—With the utmost respect for the Royal prerogative, and with the full conviction that it is for the peace and safety of the Church, that the Crown alone should nominate to vacant sees, yet on this particular occasion I feel bound to defer complying with the recommendation which has been sent down to us until a competent tribunal shall have pro nounced to be well founded or not the sentiments ex pressed by so many bishops of our Church, and by so many members of our Universities. One or two other persons having tendered their assents, it became the duty of the Dean of Hereford (Dr. Mere wether) to record his vote. The Dean rose amidst breathless silence, and said :—I am standing in the sanctuary of the Most High God, and, together with my brethren, the ordained ministers of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, am called upon, in the name of the Sovereign of this land, to choose and elect such a person as may be meet to be the bishop and pastor of this diocese. I solemnly declare in the Divine pre sence, that it is my earnest and hearty desire to be faith ful and bear true allegiance, to pay all humble duty and submissive obedience to her Most Excellent Majesty the the Queen of these realms, who, I feel assured, on her part, " Knowing whose minister she is, will, above all things, seek His honour and glory who is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords ;" to whom, above all, I owe my first allegiance . [ The Dean then referred to the re commendation of the Crown to elect Dr. Hampden, and the steps taken by himself and the 13 bishops to prevent such election.] He then proceeded :—On taking these cir cumstances into my most serious consideration, I did most humbly and most imploringly supplicate that her Majesty might even yet be pleased to re-consider this earnest and dis interested prayer, to correct and amend the errors and misfortunes which have arisen, and still more seriously threaten us with the ill-considered advice of a misinformed minister, as on other occasions her Majesty's royal pre decessors have done, and so avert the injury which must otherwise be inflicted on the church, and pacify the out raged feelings of her members. And here in the sight of God, in the midst of His temple, and in the performence of the priestly office, I solemnly protest that it is no defici ency in the smallest degree, of loyalty and humble devo tion to our sovereign, it is is the dictate of my conscience, the conviction of my mind, which constrains me so to act in arresting the progress of infidelity, mockery of reli gion, and profaneness. Upon these grounds I cannot vote for the election of Dr. Hampden as bishop of the va cant see of Hereford, and pastor of the cathedral church of which I am dean ; and I do hereby protest against this proceeding to-day, inasmuch as many persons have voted who are merely honorary prebendaries, and have not com plied with the statutes of this church, which I have de clared I will observe, and I protest against the majority which will be claimed, inasmuch as it is necessary for giv ing validity to a vote, that the majority should include the Dean and three canons residentiary. This protest I shall forward to the Crown, the bishop elect (Dr. Hampden), and the Archbishop of Canterbury. A warm discussion here took place respecting the right of the Honorary Canons to vote, in the course of which it was alleeed that the , npan to without opposition, the votes of those rev. gentlemen against whom he now protested. Archdeacon Musgra;re then remarked that, as a repcirt of the proceedings of that day would in all probability go that, in the observations which had been made by the Very Rev. the Dean, that gentleman had stated that the primate of England had joined the thirteen bishops in op position to the appointment of Dr. Hampden. It did not appear to him (the Archdeacon) that there was suffici ent authority for that statement, as the name of the Arch bishop of Canterbury was not to be found in the list of remonstrant bish9ps, as published to the world. The Dean would not have stated so solemnly and so positively that the Archbishop had protested against the appointment of Dr. Hampden had he not known that such was the case. Previous to the protest which was signed by so many of the right rev. prelates, the Arch bishop wrote to Lord John Russell, pointing out the dan gers which would result to the church if the appointment were persisted in. Other bishops, too, had adopted the same course, although their names did not appear on the list. have not seen :any notice Archdeacon Musgrave taken of that circumstance The Dean of Hereford.—Well, I take notice of it, and I make the statement on my own responsibility. After a smart discussion on that point, The Dean said.—l will now proceed to state toyou the number of votes polled. For Dr. Hampden.—Three Canons Residentiary. Five Prebendaries of the old order. Six junior Prebendaries. Agst.Dr. Hampden.—The Dean. One Canon Residentiary The Canons residentiary who voted in faTOur of Dr Hampden were Lord Saye and Sele, the Rev. H. H Morgan, 8.D., and the Venerable A rc hd eac on Musgrave The Canon Residentiary who voted against Dr. Hamp den was Dr. Huntingford. Canon Morgan moved that the election of Dr. Hamp den should be declared according to the usual formalities. Lord Saye and Sele seconded the motion. _ . The Dean remarked that having stated that there were for Dr. Hampden 14 votes, against him 2, it remained for the Chapter to say whether that was an election of Dr. Hampden or not. The statute required that there should be a unanimous assent and consent. After some discus sion on this point, the motion proposed by Canon Mor gan, and seconded by Lord Saye and Sele, was agreed to. The secular business of the day was brought to a close, and the Dean and Chapter returned to the Choir, and proceeded with the usual services of the church. With reference to the question of the validity of the election, the Times remarks :—The Dean of Hereford has adopted or acquiesced in a course of proceeding which, to a popular apprehension, will assume the appearance of a compromise, but the true character of which we leave to the lawyers to decide. In order to the validity of the election, it was necessary that it should be unanimous, as we believe to be generally the case in ecclesiastical elec tions The Dean and Mr. Canon Huntingford, when it came to their turn, voted against Dr. Hainpden. Thus far the Dean fulfilled the pledge in his letter of the 22nd instant. On a comparison of the suffrages, however, and on it appearing that all the members of the chapter who were present, whatever their rank or right, had voted in the affirmative, and on its being furth er p ro p ose d an d carried that the customary documents should be issued, and declaration read, the Dean contented himself with contributing the agency of his office to the prescriptive forms of an unanimous election." The Bishop of Oxford has addressed a letter to Dr. Hampden, in which his Lordship states that in compliance with an address from the clergy he had taken proceed ings against him (Dr. Hampden) as rector of Ewelme,:ip , the diocese of Oxford, under the Clergy Discipline Bill, but that subsequent explanations had induced his Lord ship not to sanction the proceedings being carried further. The Bishop says, in the course of his letter : " Regarding the Observations on Dissent as virtually withdrawn, I applied myself to a thorough and impartial examination of the Bampton Lectures. I have now care fully studied them throughout, with the aid of those ex planations of their meaning which you have furnished, both publicly since their first publication, and now in your private communications. The result of this examination, I am bound plainly to declare, is my own conviction that they do not justly warrant those suspicions of unsound ness to which they have given rise, and which, so long as I trusted to selected extracts, I myself shared. For these suspicions of your meaning, and for the consequent dis trust of the University, I must with equal frankness say that I discern the cause (whilst your works remained thus unexplained, and the minds of men unassured by your full profession of the faith) in what appears to me a not unfre quent overstatement of favourite views, and much obscu rity of diction, resulting often from the arbitrary use of such words as facts.' doctrines,' proved," deduced,' &c. ; and hence I believe it happened that men of such various parties in the church concurred not unnaturally in the expression of a painful distrust of your meaning. But allowing for these as the blemishes of what was, I believe, a necessarily hasty composition, and taking into account, as I now can, your various explanations and assurances, I find in the lectures little which will not admit of a favour i able construction." The Bishop concludes by expressing his intention to withdraw the letters of request, and his opinion that Dr. Hampden had given such explanations as may well suffice to quiet all just alarm at his consecration to the office of a bishop, An address has been forwarded to Dr. Hampden:b / fifteen heads of houses at Oxford, who express their con fidence in the soundness of his doctrines, and their regret at the opposition offered to his appointment to the see of Hereford. The University of Oxford has but twenty-four heads of houses; and of these, fifteen have signed the address, one is so advanced in years as to take no share in public business, another is Dr. Hampden himself, and` four others are believed to be favourable to the addressc though they have declined sign ng it; so that only three sympathise with the movement against Dr. Hampden. The Rev. T. B. Johnstone, rector of Clutton, near Bristol, who signed a protest against Dr. Hampden's elevation to the episcopal bench, has published a letter, in which he says :—" Dr. Hampden's letter to Lord John• Russell has completely removed from my mind the delu sion under which I signed a protest from this deanery against his appointment to the see of Hereford. I beg thus publicly to retract that signature, and express my hope and trust that the Bishop-elect may prove a bulwark against the Tractarian heresy. As on old Cambridge M.A., I was led to doubt the orthodoxy of an Oxford man ; but the truly Christian letter, to which I have alluded, has completely removed all doubt from my mind;. and I shall heartily rejoice to see Dr. Hampden where he ought to be." A letter of explanation has also appeared from the Bishop of Salisbury, in which the right rev. prelate endeavours to reconcile his vote for Dr. Hampden in 1836, when the' Doctor's offence, whatever it had been, was completed, with his protest against the rev. divine in 1847. " Presbyter" of the Times, who has battled so bitterly against Dr. Hampden, is said to be the incumbent of Bearwood, Berkshire, and brother-in-law of Mr. New man. It is said that three at least of the remonstrant bishops have expressed their satisfaction at Dr. Hampden's letter to Lord John Russell, and are about to withdraw their remonstrance, if they have not done so already. A SECRET WORTH KNOWING. —After all the hubbub of addresses, remonstrances, &c. &c. to the Queen, against the Bishop of Hereford, the Secretary of State for the Home Department has received not more than twenty —some places sending two and even three—many of them with one to four signatures. Indeed, the average of the whole will not give twenty signatures to each address. ANOTHER QUOTATION FROM DR. HAMPDEN'S WORKS. —" If I believed there were anything in this work ( the Bampton Lectures') to shake the faith of the humblest disciple—to obscure or lower the great truth of Christ crucified—to lead any one to deny the Lord that bought him, or to confess his Saviour in any other sense than as the ' Lord his Righteousness,' his ' LORD AND HIS GOD,' in sincerity and truth—or to apostatize in any degree from the pure scriptural faith of the Catholic Church of Christ -I would be the first to erase such a passage from my work and utterly to disown it. Introduction to the 2nd Edition of B. L., p. Ixxxix-xe. THE DEAN OF HEREFORD'S MEMORIAL TO TAD QUEEN.—This document, on examination at the Home office, was found to have been originally intended for the dean and chapter of that see. In every instance after the words, " We, the Dean, there occurs an erasure and a red ink line. Surely, as the dean was disappointed of carrying the chapter with him (although he had reckoned so sure that he had the memorial " cut and dried" previous to the meeting), it would have been far more decorous to have sent a fresh copy in the singular number for himself than to have presented to the Queen such a document! At the decease of the late king, the Dean of Hereford was deputy-clerk of the closet, and in this capacity at tended him on his death-bed. The dying monarch, at the solicitation of Queen Adelaide, whose good opinion. the dean had been so fortunate as to gain, is said to have recommended him to Lord Melbourne for a bishopric. For reasons, the cogency of which will now be appre ciated, that minister did not think fit to comply with the. suggestion ; but at once took steps for dismissing Dr. Merewether from his office of deputy-clerk of the closet. The worthy dignitary flew to his royal patroness ; and the' influence of the Queen Dowager, has hitherto preserved him from this humiliation. Presuming, prob a bl y , on t he request of the late king,—which, however it might have escaped the memory of her majesty's advisers, he himself had not forgotten,—Dr. Merewether memorialized the queen for the vacant see of Hereford, and was refused. That such an application was made by him now appears to be unquestionable. A letter has been addressed to Lord John Russell by thirty clergymen of the county of Bedford, approving strongly of Dr. Hampden's appointment to the see of Hereford. Among the signatures we perceive that of the Rev. T. Grimshawe, the venerable Vicar of Biddenham. In his Lordship's reply he alludes to the two objections raised against the appointment, viz., the vote of the Ox ford Convocation ; and secondly, suspected unsoundness in the faith. His lordship acknowledges to have received privately from the Archbishop of Canterbury an intima tion that Dr. Hampden's elevation would be disapproved of by the majority of the clergy, and concludes his letter as follows :—" Let us not mistake our position. The Church is not in that easy security of the last century which gave birth to so much negligence, to so much abuse of her wealth, to such a perilous apathy. The church of Rome on the one side, with abundant know ledge, with imposing authoritp, seduces many to her com munion. The right of private judgment is by mail avoided as a dangerous snare ; the duty of private judg ment is thrown off by many more as too heavy a burden. On the other side, the Protestant Dissenter assails the church establishment as an engine for fettering the, con sciencv .tid - taxieg - the property of the subject. zirtoVeltics have their charm? the high churchman and the ind,ependent speak alike with co mplacency ofseparating church and state. I know no better security against such a danger than an able and learned episcopal bench,—a zealous and God-fearing parochial clergy. Thus may the Refor mation be defended, thus may the establishment be maintained ; otherwise, neither Parliament nor prcemu fire can beat off the assailants of our church constitution. But it is said I have disturbed the peace of the chur c h. There is no use in crying Peace, when there is no peace.' The appointment of Dr. Tillotson to the primacy pro voked a party whose unrelenting fury pursued him to the day of his death. They denounced him a s a S oc i n i an an d an Atheist ; yet our Great Deliverer ne ver made a w i se r or more judicious appointment. In ou r own d ay we hav e Bill he gave expression to t t an charity. You have i . to s i e nl i e ev n t hnteiht loftiest Roman at Oxford,f learnedfeelings li n Dg Catholic r sp . rsofßu Lloyd,eecldihe once Regius Profess or of Divinity Christian si h bitter invective, when spoken with praise of the sermons o f D r . H amp d en, and your testimony is in this respect peculiarly valuable. You consider his appointment as 'a circumstance favour able to the health of the church.' It is with that view that/ unconnected with and personally unknown to Dr. Hamp den, I have recommended him to the favour of my Sove reign. I earnestly and devoutly hope that your anticipa tions and mine may, by the blessing of God, be amply' fulfilled." STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, ON THE IST JANUARY, 1848, (From Co!burn's United Service Magazine.) [Where two places are mentioned, the last-lamedis that at which the dep6t of the regiment is stationed.] Ist Life Guards—Regent's Prk l 36th—(lst batt.) Corfu. 2d Ditto—Hyde Park (2d batt.) Cephalonia Royal H. Guards—Windsor 37th—Ceylon, Chatham Ist Drag.Guards—Birmingham 38th—Jamaica, Boyle 2d—Newbridge 39th—Gosport. 3d—Piershill 40th—Galway 4th—Nottingham 41st—Clare Castle sth—York 42d—Bermuda, Isle of Wight ; 6 th—Dundalk Reserve batt., BermudV 7th—C. Good Hope, Maidstone 43d—Newport Ist Dragoons—Cahir 44th—Armagh • • 2d—Athlone 3d—Bengal, Maidstone 4th—Dublin 45th—Cape 6. Hope, I.of Res. batt., Cape G. HO7 46th—Halifax, Guernsey sth 47th—Clonmei 6th—Newbridge 4Sth—Enniskillen 7th Hussars—Dublin 49th—Dublin Bth—Baliincollig 50th—Bengal, Ch a th am 9th Lancers—Bengal, Maidstn. 51st—Madras, Chatham 10th Hussars —Bombay, Maid- 52d—Portsmouth 53d—Bengal, Chatham 54th—Malta, Exeter n rt s 55th—Tem pl em ore 56th—(Ist batt.) Gib ra l tar — (2 d i b b r t a . l l t a G r o , al e (2d batt.) Isle Wi g ht 57th—Hull 58th—N. S. Wales, Chathani 59th—Templemo re 60th—(lst bt) Bombay, Chat° spo 61st—Bengal, Chatham 62d—Winchester 63d—Chatham 64th—Limerick 05th—N. S. wales, Chatharli 66th —Gibraltar, 67th—Cork 68th—Mullingar 69th—Malta 70th—Cork 71st—Glasgovr Reserve batt., Canada 72d—Gibraltar, Paisley 73 d—Cape G. Hope, Birr 74th—Dublin 75th—Dublin 76th—Portsmouth 77th—Canada—Nenagh 78th—Bombay, Chatham 79th—Gibraltar, Mullingar 80th—Bengal, Chatham 81st—Devonport 82d—Halifax, N. S., BrecoS 83d—Kilkenny 84th—Madras, Chatham 85th—Dublin 86th—Bombay, Chatham 87th—Weedon 8 8 th — Barbadoes—Tralee 89th—Ashton-under-Lyne 90th—Cape G. Hope, Sheera" 91st—Cape of Good Hope, G°' „ port Reserve batt., o f Cape Hope 92d—Limerick 93d—Canada, Aberdeen 94th—Madras, Chatham 95th—China, Naas 96th—N. S.Wales, Chathar, 97th—Malta, Isle of Wight Reserve batt, Malta. 98th—Bengal, Chatham 99th—N. S. Wales, Chathao Rifle Brigade— (lst batt.) Cape of G. the Bristol of (2d batt.) Canad a , I s l e Wight Reserve batt., Quebec. stone 11th Hussars —Coventry 12th Lancers—Hounslow 13th Lt. Dragoons—Longford 14th—Bengal, Maidstone 15th Hussars—Madras, Maid -1 stone 16th Lancers—Brighton 17th—Dublin Grenadier Guards— (lst batt.) Windsor (2d batt.) St. George's Bar. (3d batt.) Portman-st. Bar. Coldstream Guards— (] st batt.) Chichester S co (2 ch Fusd batt.) ileer Wel Gua lington rds— Bar. (Ist batt.) The Tower ( 21d i t-2 d l dFs A b tob a tboha t ta t tl_t . to ) t. n.) ) S_ e_ t AJenowthir bait.) —Newry u ' s a Wood a isle y 3d—Belfast 1658740 am j ; ihhh h hh t :BW M ß aoaea a ipnrmun d begrc r baaGih a tadl ous, Chatham Il escor, hp a ae t t h a. Dublin 11th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 12 th — Mauritius, Isle of Wight; Reserve batt., Mauritius 1 31k—Birr 14th—Plymouth 15th—Ceylon, Chester 16th—Corfu, Youghal 17th—Dover 18th—Bengal, Chatham 19th—St. Vincent, Castlebar 20th—Canada, Isle of Wight; Reserve Batt. Canada 21st—Madras, Chatham 22d—Bombay, Chatham 23d—Halifax, Isle of Wilht Reserve Batt. Canada 24th—Bengal, Chatham 25th—Madras, Chatham 26th—Buttevant 27th—Cape G. 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