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ItuKEIGN AND COLONIAL. OVERLAND MAIL. The lates dates are—Calcutta, October 22 ; Ceylon, 19 ; China—Macao, August 24 ; Chusan, August 12 ; and Hong Kong, Sept. I.—Delhi, October 23 ; Lahore, Oct. 14; Madras, Oct. 24 •, Manilla, August 10.—Scinde— Kurrachee, Sept. 7, and Hydrabad, August 7 ; Sincapore, September 26. The London mail of the 7th of September reached Bom bay, per Cleopatra, on the 12th, Mad ras an d A gra on th e 19th, Calcutta and Delhi on the 20th, and Ceylon on the 17th of October. The news is not very important. The troubles in the Southern Mabratta country have greatly abated in the course of the month. The Fort Samulghar ` , a3 taken by storm by the force under General Delamotte on the 13th ultimo. Our troops met with little opposition, the enemy having fled at their approach. Nearly 600 of the Mah- Mahrattas fell in the course of the operations against them, and about as many more prisoners were taken by us. Our own casualties were insignificant ; two English officers were killed, and one died of cholera in the course of the siege ; betwixt 20 and 30 men were killed or wound ed. The army since then has marched to Kolapose, the capital of the disturbed district. Tranquility reigns throughout British India. The commercial intelligence from Bombay is extremely unfa vourable. Trade has not for many years been known to be so dull as at present. The low rate of exchange effec tually prevents merchants accepting the terms offered by buyers. The importations of British manufactures have been very excessive, while op the other hand there have in the past month been no exports, but the stock lies dead in the hands of the merchants. Fever prevailing at Hong Kong. The ship Ceylon, D. Ferguson, master, from London to Bombay, was lost on the Ist of October, on the north ernmost reef of the Laccadives, which even on the best charts are marked 18 miles too much to the eastward. The captain and crew arrived safe in Bombay. No blame is attributable to them. The ship Brilliant, from Cal cutta to Bombay, was lost on the 16th of October on the point of Saugur Sands the crew were saved. From Bombay the chief points are the conviction of the infamous Aloo Paroo, for being implicated in burning the merchant ship Belvedere in Singapore harbour. This scoundrel appears to have made a practice of burning ships which he had insured, and of which five or six were de stroyed within four years. Another subject of interest in Bombay arose from the commitment for trial at the December criminal sessions of Thomas Braithwaite, the master of the ship Neptune, from Liverpool. He, it appears, treated the steward with great cruelty, and actually gave upwards of 200 lashes to a French lad on board for some supposed offence. The case of this boy was brought forward by a French mer chant, named Boussac, who received every assistance from the magistrates. The French Consular Agent is a mere nonentity, having been born and educated at Aleppo. The trial of Braithwaite, for his cruelty, was loudly demanded by the public of that Presidency. EXCHANGE.—Money is abundant, but the rates of ex change are very unsatisfactory. The principal transac tions on London by the present mail have been made at ls. 9id. to ls. 101. at six months, and Is. 9id at 30 days' sight. FREIGHTS.—The current rates are noted in our quota tions, but owing to the low state of the export market freights are not easily obtained. To China nothing is doing : to London, £3; to Liverpool, 3; to Clyde, no ship ; to China, no quotation ; to Ditto, opium, per clip per, 3 to 4 dollars. EXCHANGES.—London, 6 months' sight, Is. 9id. to ls. 10d.; Ditto, 30 days' sight, Is. 9id. ; Calcutta, 60 days' sight, Rs. 991: Canton, 60 days' sight, Rs 217 a 220 per 100 Spanish dollars. UNITED STATES.—The packet-ship Montezuma, Cap. Lowlier, arrived at this port, on Saturday evening, from New York, with advices one day later than those by the steamer, which, however, contain no intelligence, except ing an extract from a Vera Cruz letter, dated October 28th, which states, that an angry correspondence was taking place between the American Minister and the Mexican Government relative to Texas, and another similar correspondence between Santa Anna and the Chamber. The Montezuma made the run in twenty and a-half days. SPAlN.—Latest advices from Madrid represent that city as perfectly tranquil, and from the official bulletins published by the Government, it would appear that the insurrection in Navarre and Arrazon had been completely suppressed. The Three per Cents, closed at 30 for cash, and 30i, at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 211 at 60 days. Letters from Bayonne, of the 2d inst., state, that General Iturbe, who had been arrested in Guipuzcoa and conveyed to Vittoria, had been sent off thence to Logrono, to be tried by the Military Commission. General Iturbe had led a most retired life in his native village since the downfall of Espartero, and taken no part in political af fairs. The eldest son of General Zurbano had also been moved to Logrono. THE BONES OF STODDART AND CONOLLY.--The Delhi Gazelle says that Dr. Wolff succeeded in discover ing the bones of these unfortunate men, and that he is re turning with them to England. TOLERATION IN . FRANCE.—Several booksellers and printers in Paris have been rigorously prosecuted for selling religious Protestant tracts. The jury, however, would not consider the contents offensive, and acquitted the vendors. The possibility of connecting the Danube with the Black Sea, by a means of a canal along the Turkish terri tory, has been finally announced by the well-known engineer Birago. The cost is estimated at 1,500,000 florins. AWFUL FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN LISBON..—OR the 21st ult., a little before dawn, a fire broke out in a large house in the Rua da Magdalena, in Lisbon, by which thirteen persons lost their lives. The lower part of the stairs being in flames escape in that way was impossible, and the distracted inmates of the several floors rushed to the windows and cried loudly for assistance. The neigh bourhood was soon roused, and the parish bell was rung, but by mistake 16 strokes' were tolled instead of 14, so that the engines went to the wrong district, and an hour was lost, during which the flames gained ground. The most heartrending cries came from the windows. Three persons escaped from the first floor by means of sheets tied together, and others of the family passed from the balconies to the next house. Others let themselves down by a rope. Some on the upper floor jumped out of the windows and were killed on the spot. On the second floor was a wealthy shopkeeper, named Palhares, his wife, four children, and three servants. He himself was killed in leaping out, and all the others of his family perished in the flames. On the third floor lived Pedras, another shopkeeper, with his sister, a clerk, and a man servant. No ladders sufficiently long could be procured. A Frenchman, named Manette, went up a short ladder, and saved a young girl who leaped into his arms. A Portuguese, Ramires, imitated the example, but not suc cessfully. Miss Pedras, in attempting to leap down into his arms, missed her aim, and falling into the street was killed. A portion of her petticoat which he had caught as she fell remained in his hand. At this time the second floor bad given way, and the whole of the Pelhares family had perished. A shoemaker, who lived in the garret, escaped by the roof with his family, but returning for something he perished in the flames. The number of known victims is thirteen ;—ten burnt alive, and three killed in leaping from the windows. IRELAND. Mr. J. L. Arabin has been unanimously elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year. Mr. Dowden has been chosen Mayor of Cork. CAMELEON.—One of these singular creatures, caught on Mount Calvary, by Mr. E. Tennant, M.P., and for warded by him, to the Natural History Society, has ar rived in Belfast alive, and may be seen at the Museum. The editor of the Tablet (a Roman Catholic) regards the adhesio❑ of Archbishop Murray, and other prelates, to the Catholic Bequests' Act, as fatal to the catholic church. He says "There is no longer a church in Ire land; there is nothing but a collection of bishoprics." In the last number of the Cork Examiner subscriptions to the Matthew Fund to the amount of X 1,195 are acknow ledged. At the head of the list stands a donation of £3OO from a member of the Society of Friends, near York. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE.—We understond from competent authority that the system of favour to enemies—. desertion of friends—is to be carried out on an extensive scale in all future appointments in Ireland ; and that the elevation of Mr. Erle, a fierce political opponent of the present government, to the English bench, is to be but the Precursor to a similar honour intended for Mr. David Pigot, the founder of that society, the name of which we have printed in italics.—Dublin Mail. HORRID MURDER.—On Tuesday evening last, as Mr. Samuel M'Keirin, was sitting in his parlour reading, near the road leading from Branchfield to Sligo, he was shot by some base assassin, through his window, and so near was the murderer to his victim, that the shot carried away a portion of his head, and stretched him lifeless on the instant. Mr. M'Keirin was a protestant, a most in offensive, respectable, industrious farmer, had not taken land, or in any way disobliged his neighbours, and pro bably at the moment was unconscious that he had an enemy in the world. No clue to this foul transaction has been discovered.—Dublin Mail. FRIGHTFUL MURDER.—Two brothers, named Shep pard, have been barbarously murdered. They had taken a farm from the Rev. Richard Coote, near Ballyboy, in the King's County, from which some tenants had been ejected ; the Sheppards were served with several threaten ing notices, but having made the roof of the house fire proof with clay, and having bored gun-holes through dif ferent parts of the wall, they fancied themselves secure. Three brothers were living together, but one of them left the house on Tuesday morning, and on his return found the bodies of both his brothers, with their brains nearly beat out—one in the house, and the other outside. _ _ ANOTHER MURDE R NEARLY EFFECTED.-011 Tues day night last, or Wednesday morning before day, un armed party attacked the house of Patrick Curren, a small farmer on the lands of Gurteen, near Tubber, in the King's County, and forcing their way into the house, dis charged several shots at the helpless inmates, one of which nearly shot Curren's arm off, the ball lodging in the upper part, near the shoulder , w hen , after som e denuncia tions and threatenings, and thinking be w as d y i ng, they decamped. Land was the cause of the visit, he having been paid another visit, on a former occasion, relative to the farm he is now in for the last four years, there being some grudge against his taking it. lie lies dangerously ill, and it is supposed will comply with the mandates of the midnight legislators, if he recovers, by leaving his farm. What a state of things, and what times we live in I—Dublin Mail. AFTER DINNER TRUTHS.—Mr. Moriarty, a Popish priest from Pennsylvania, stated at an after-dinner repeal meeting in Dublin, on Wednesday, that there were 50,000 Irishmen in America solemnly pledged, on the shedding of the first repealer's blood, to rush into Canada, and rescue it from British rule ! THE GOVERNMENT AND THE IRISH CHERCH.—Any communication between this country and England, which has taken place outside the strictly official circle, has been either with Mr. Wyse of Waterford, or the National Board in Marlborough-street, or with some of the Popish Prelates concerned for Maynooth. If any are apprised of the secret, it is they. The Bishops and Clergy of the Established Church, and the heads of all our Protestant institutions for learning and education, are kept in the dark. Is this proper treatment for friends—nay, is it proper treatment for an enemy—anywhere but in the field ?—Dublin Mail. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—Mr. J. P. Somers. M.P., presided at the weekly meeting of this body on Monday. Mr. O'Connell was present from the commencement, and almost monopolized the speaking. He first urged atten tion to the registries, and moved resolutions on the sub ject, which were carried. He next spoke on railways, strongly approving of them. In his principal speech of the day he stated that the repeal agitation was now recom menced, never to terminate but with an Irish parliament in College-green ; complained of having been greatly dis appointed and betrayed by the Federalists, still, however, offering them an opportunity to take the leadership. He went over the propositions included in his last week's speech, and concluded by proposing that they should be referred to a committee to prepare an address upon them to the people of England. This was carried unanimously. The repeal rent for the week was announced to be £493 ss. 6d. POPISH PLANS,—The Dublin Nation thus offers to the Protestant proprietors of Ireland a gentle glimpse of part of what the papacy expects to see soon accomplished. " There remain two other plans, and between them lies the real choice of Ireland. The choice, between plans both so reasonable, will decide the conduct of the minis ter. The first is, that at Maynooth, or still better in Cork, shall be established a great Catholic University, and in Belfast a Presbyterian University—students of all sects to be admitted to either, as in Trinity; but the govern ment and the• Divinity School of Cork to be Catholic, and those of Belfast Presbyterian, leaving Trinity College, Dublin, as it is. Aided by a great system of county and professional schools, this would be an adequate plan ; but the first grant to Cork in such a case should be £60,000, and to Belfast £40,000. The last system, and that which Mr. Wyse seems most to relish, is to have colleges for men of all creeds established in the great cities—in Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Galway, Enniskillen (or Derry,) and Waterford for example; that the governing bodies of these should form one corporation, in conjunction with Trinity, as the University of Ireland ; and that (as we understand) divinity schools for the clergy of each creed should be attached to one or more of these colleges. In theory this plan is more perfect—practically it would find more support from the country, because of bringing a col lege into each great town, and it would render the need of county schools less pressing." UNIVERSITY 4• CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD.—The following degrees were conferred last week.—Master of Arts.—Robert Jackson Butler, Scho lar of Brasenose.—Bachelors of .Arts, —George Montagu Warren Percocks, New Inn Hall; Thomas Norton Har per, St. Mary's Fall; Henry Herbert Wyatt, Queen' s College ; Thomas Frederic Smith, Queen's College ; Theodore Joseph Prichard, Demy of Magdalen ; Matthew Arnold, Scholar of Brasenose ; Philip Swanwich, Scholar of Ballo) ; William Wheeler Thornton, Trinity. Mr. H. Boothby Barry, Michel Scholar of Queen's, was this day elected a fellow on the same foundation. Mr. Barry gained the Chancellor's Prize, in 1913; for the best Eng lish Essay on the advantages and disadvantages of the feudal system. OXFORD, Nov. 39.—Last night the following gentle. men were elected Scholars of Balliol College :—Messrs. H. J. S. Smith, from Rugby, and A. Grant, from Har row, schools on the old and open foundation. At the same time Messrs. F. Newman Rogers, from Eton school, and Charles T. Hoskins, commoner, of Balliol College, were elected to Somersetshire exhibitions in the said col lege. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. A. Ram say, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Tintinhull, Somer set; Rev. S. Goodav, M.A., to the curacy of Christ Church, Chelsea ; Rev. A. G. Hildyard, M.A., to the curacy of King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire; v. E. D, Green, master of the grammar school, Langport, and as sistant curate of Petney, to the chaplaincy of Lanport union workhouse, Somerset; Rev. S. Cragg, curate o: Ilarborough Magna, to the newly formed district of Si. Thomas's, Coventry ; Rev. J. Y. Hughes, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Trinity church, Greenwich, Kent ; Rev. J. Bywater. 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of St. Simon and St. Jude, Manchester; Rev. W. H. Barber, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Belper, Derbyshira ; Rev. J. N. Dalton, M.A., to the vicarage of Greetham, Rutlandshire ; Rev. R. W. K. Wood, to the cu racy of Husband's Bosworth, Leicestershire ; Rev. S. Charles, 8.A., to the curacy of Denham near Newmarket, vacant by the preferment of the Rev. E. Bosanquet to the vicarage of Harston ; Rev. E. H. Hunter, 8.A., to the 1 assistant curacy of St. Ann, Limehouse : Rev. Sir H. Thompson, Bart., to the living of Trent, near Tunbridge We!ls ; Rev. T. H. Lloyd, to the rectory of Hamerton, Hants ; Rev. E. Kitson, M.A., to be chaplain of Pem broke Dockyard, vice Bloxham, retired ; Rev. T. J. Or merod M.A., to the new church of St. Mark, Lakenham, Norwich ; Rev. E. W. 'Foley, to the vicarage of Great Malvern, Worcestershire ; Rev. S. \Valker, 8.D.. rector 01 St. Columb Major, Cornwall, to be private chaplain of Lord Viscount Valentia; Rev. H. Blake, 8.A., to the rectory of Hesset, Suffolk ; Rev. R. Merry, ALA., to the rectory of Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire ; Rev. R. Spofforth, to the vicarage of Weighton Market, York shire ; Rev. G. Wright, to the vicarage of Conisborough, Yorkshire ; Rev. R. Bingham, to the perpetual curacy of Harwood, Bolton, Lancashire ; Rev. J. H. Cartwright, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Winterborne Dantsey, Wilts ; Rev. H. P. Naughton, to the rectory of Markfield, Leicestershire; Rev. J. E. Surridge, to be chaplain to the Royal Hospital Greenwich. The Rev. Dr. Mcon, of Spalding, has been appointed Archdeacon of Lincoln. The Rev. G. Fisk has resigned the vicarage of Walsall, on account of ill health and the ruinous deficiency of the income to meet the incessant calls of charity. The Archbishop of Canterbury's reply to the Exeter memorialists, as to the present critical state of the church, consists of a simple acknowledgment of the memorial. MR. OAKLEY.—Dean Chandler has withdrawn from Mr. Oakley the district over which he was recently pastor, in the dean's parish of All Souls, Marylebone.—Record. It is stated that at the Bishop of Ely's recent ordina tion, a young disciple of Mr. Newman was at once dis missed by his lordship, on his admitting that he interpreted the articles in the sense of No. 90. CONSECRATION.—On Sunday morning last, the cere mony of consecration was performed at Christ Church, Bolton, (a building which formerly belonged to the Me thodistical Connection,.) to which a new front has been added in the German style of architecture, by the Lord Bishop of Chester. His Lordship afterwards preached. In the afternoon, the Rev. Canon Parkinson, of Manches ter, preached ; and the Rev. the Chancellor of Chester also preached in the evening. The collections amounted to £69. REV. MR. WARD.—This gentleman, who, as we stated last week, has been summoned before the Vice-Chancel lor of Oxford, and asked whether he would avow himself the author of the notorious work, "The ideal of a Chris tian Church," has stated that acting under legal advice, he must decline answering any questions vihatevcr, until he should know more definitely the course which it was in tended to adopt against him. A committee of the H ebdo madel Board is now sitting, with a view to further pro ceedings. The ex-churchwarden of East Farleigh (Kent) Las for warded a complaint to his Grace the Archbishop of Can terbury, respecting the Rev. H. W. Wilberforce, vicar of that parish. Mr. Kennard's complaints of the innova tions introduced by the rev. gentleman induced his Grace to appoint two dignitaries of the church, the Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Provost of Oriel, and the Archdeacon of Maid stone, to inquire into the matter, whose report was in Mr. Wilberforce's favour. One of the charges against the vicar is, that he introduces the word " blessed" before the name of the Virgin Mary, in the Creed. Concerning this his Grace says :—" The introduction of any word not found in the creed is wrong; otherwise the application of the term blessed to the Virgin Mary is justified by the rubric of the Common Prayer, as well as by the authority of Scripture. (St. Luke, chap. i.)" TIIE OFFERTORY.—On Friday, a large meeting of the inhabitants of Hurst took place, to consider the reply of the Rev. Mr. Cameron as to the course he intended to pursue relative to the recent changes introduced by him into the church service. The reverend gentleman ex pressed his determination to read a portion of the offer tory service every Sunday. Resolutions were then passed, " that Mr. Cameron's introduction of the novelties was not marked by that previous caution which his diocesan (Oxford) thought so proper," and "that the Bishop be appealed to to redress the grievances of which the pa rishioners complained, and thereby allay the increasing discontent in the large and populous parish." The meet ing was attended by nearly every male parishioner in the place. Mr. Nash, a very old farmer, who stated that he had lived in the parish of Hurst nearly 90 years, here stood forward, and said that he had attended the parish church for above 80 years, and that he had known five clergymen before the present one (Mr. Cameron.) They had never had a word of difference with the churchwar dens or inhabitants, and they had always finished the service in the pulpit. THE RUBRIC.—The clergy of the Rural Deanery of Exeter met onMonday last, on the summons of the Dean Rural. The Bishop's letter was read, but it was not thought desirable to come to any immediate decision on any of the points embraced in it. The meeting was therefore adjourned. A Ruri-decanal meeting of the Clergy of the Deanery of Aylesbery, was held on Mon day last, at the parish church of Ottery St. Mary, after Divine Service, and was numerously attended. The Bishops letter was read, and met with unanimous and cor dial approval. It was resolved, by a majority of those present, that the Bishop in his letter, bad ruled tbree points :-1. The use of the Prayer for the Church ili tant.-2. The use of the Surplice at all times.-3. The use of the Bidding Prayer or a Collect, before the after noon sermon. The only discussion on these points was as to the time they should be carried into effect, all agree ing that these three points are ruled. It was, however, resolved by a majority, that they should be carried into effect on or before the first Sunday in January, 1843. It was determined also to arrange a future meeting. THIS LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TRACTARIANISM IN BETHNAL GREEN.—During a discussion upon an unsuccessful attempt in the London Common Council to obtain £2OO in aid of the free church in the St. Giles's district, Mr. Deputy Corney mentioned that the adoption of the Tractarian observances in the Bethnal Green churches had stripped them of half their congregations. FAULKNER V. TITCHFIELD.—This is an appeal from the decision of the Consistorial Court of Ely, founded upon circumstances which may be briefly stated. A. faculty wag issued to repair the Church of the Holy Sepul chre of Cambridge. Certain innovations were made, such as introducing a fixed communion table of two tons weight of stone, &c. The Vicar of the church disapproved of the erections, as being contrary to the Rubric and Canons of the Church of England. The Court below held the Faculty to be good, from which an appeal to Sir H. J. Fust, in the Arches Court, was promoted. After hearing the arguments, the judge postponed his decision. THE RUBRIC. —The Bishop of Exeter has just issued a pastoral address, in which he declares that of the law appealed to, "one main and leading object, since the Re formation, has ever been to establish ' uniformity of pub lic prayers, and administration of sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies." The true remedy for existing evils is only to be found, he thinks, " in returning to a faithful observance of th e ac t o f Uniformity " and " peace ful obedience to the laws of the church, especially in all that relates to the public worship of Almighty God, as enjoined in the rubric of the Book of Common Prayer." The Bishop, however recommends caution. " While I urge you," he says, " to return to a full observance of the rubric—falling short of your prescribed part in no thing—beware of exceeding it. The peculiar dan gers of the times, as well as the prevailing tone of public opinion, call upon you most powerfully, as you would avoid being in the number of 'them through whom offences come,' to forbear all unnecessary innovation, es pecially, as I have recently had occasion to urge, that worst kind of innovation, the revival of obsolete usages not required by law, which are associated in the minds of many with the superstitions andcorruptionsofßome." His Lordship is positive in requiring that " the surplice he always used in the sermon," and also " at all other times, whenever a sermon is part of the ministration of the paro chial clergy." With respect to the offertory, he says— " Now, in every church in which the congregation in general is prepared to regard the collection as the exer cise of a high Christian privilege—the privilege of offering to God—of giving to him of his own—there 1 advise that a collection be always made. But wherever the pervading tone and feeling is not yet of the high order, be patient ; strive, but strive gently, and with prayer to God, to rare your people to a better mind ; and till they have attained to it, shock not their prejudices, irritate not their selfish ness, it may he their worldly-mindedness. Only let them ' not deceive themselves ; let them see and feel that you 1 ' seek not theirs, but them.' Tell them the truth in love, 11 and leave the rest to God." 3 THE CHURCII.—A petition has been prepared for pre sentation to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It has al ready obtained a large number of signatures, amongst which are those of the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Gainsborough. Viscount Sandon, M.P., Viscount Morpeth, M.P., Lords Calthorpe, Ray. leigh, Teianmouth, Bloomfield, Francis Egerton, M.P., Henry Cholmondeley, Ashley, M.P., Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Howard, M.P., &c., &c. It has been set on foot for increasing the efficiency of the church, without intro ducing any organic change. The following extract shows the wishes of the memorialists :—" First, the clergy must be increased in number; and, secondly, provision must be made for a more systematic employment of laymen, in the exercise of functions which do not belong exclusively to the clergy. For the attainment of these objects, we would respectfully request your Grace, and the other mem bers of the Episcopal Bench, to take into your considera tion—first, the expediency of increasing largely the num ber of the third class of our Clergy, the Deacons. And we venture to suggest that this may be effected by admitting, on such condition as will maintain the order and discipline of our church, persons who have not the means or opportu nity of proceeding to an University degree, but who are found completely trained for the service of the sanctuary ; their advancement to the higher order of the ministry being made contingent upon a faithful discharge during a lengthened period of the office of a deacon, or upon such other circumstances as your Grace and the other members of the Episcopal Bench may think fit. 2d.—The pro priety of sanctioning and encouraging the employment of a class of layme n , w h o , w ith ou t a l toget h er abandoning their worldly callings, might be set apart, under Episco pal authority, to act as visitors of the sick, Scripture read ers, catechists, and the like, in parishes where their in troduction should be approved of by the parochial clergy. The system of district visiting, and the appointment of lay Scripture readers, under clerical superintendence, have already been adopted, we believe, with much success, in many populous parishes, but the present state of society requires that both these means of usefulness should be greatly extended, and brought into more immediate con nection with our ecclesiastical arrangements. To provide the necessary funds (which should be administered by a board, made up by a well-considered union of the clergy and laity,) contributions may we have little doubt, be extensively called forth, in offerings and collections made for this specific object." LA TV INTELLIGENCE. CHESHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Baron Gurney.) TRIAL OF MR. WINTERBOTTOM. John Kenyon Wintcrbottom, late a most respectable solicitor at Stockport, was on Thursday indicted for forging the PndorcPmentn to fi bill of nxchringe for £5OOO, whereby he defrauded the Pelican Life Insurance Com pany of that amount. There were four indictments against the prisoner for the same offence, which were merely variations in the name of the party defrauded. The prosecution was conducted by the Attorney-General (of the Palatine), Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Yardley ; and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Jervis and Mr.Welshy, both of whom were specially retained. The circumstances of this case, as appeared from the evidence, were as follow :—The prisoner had been for many years the confidential attorney of a gentleman named Isherwood, who resided at Marple Hall, near Stockport. In 1813 this gentleman effected an insurance upon his life for £5OOO with the Pelican office, the annual premium upon which was £l6l ss. The policy continued in Mr. Isherwood's hands till his death, in May, 1839; and at his death the prisoner (who was well known as Mr. Isherwood's legal adviser) went to Mr. Tate, the company's agent in Manchester, with the policy. Mr. Tate had previously received instructions from the office in London to pay the £5OOO. The prisoner asked him for the money. On the ith December, 1839, Mr. Tate told him lie would give him a bill of exchange, at seven days' sight, for it; but that the names of the executrixes (the wife and daughter of the late Mr. Isherwood) must be endorsed, in their own hands, and not by procuration. When the bill was first drawn the words " or order" were omitted. The prisoner called Mr. Tate's attention to the omission, and at his suggestion those words were inter lined. The bill being thus in the prisoner's hands, he paid it into the Bank of Stockport on his own account : the Bank of Stockport sent it to their bankers in London, Messrs. Jones, Lloyd. and Co., by whom it was pr.. ed to Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., (the bankers of the Pelican office,) and by them paid at the clearance. It was not till the month of July that the fraud was disco vered; but in the meantime the executrixes, or some of them, had applied to the prisoner concerning it, and he alleged various excuses as the cause of delay, one of which was, that the office had not given a receipt for the last payment of the annual premium, and that in consequence of some difficulty in obtaining a prerogative or Canterbury probate, the office would not pay the sum insured, but would pay the interest on it. The prisoner, it appeared. had been made a bankrupt, but previously he had ab sconded, and was not met with till September last, when he was accidentally seen in Liverpool by a person who formerly knew him, and by whom h e was g i ven i n t o cus tody. The prosecution was carried on by Messrs. Bush and Mullen, solicitors to the London Association of Bankers, on the part of Messrs. Roberts and 'o. For the defence no witnesses were called, but a very powerful speech was made by Mr. Jervis, with the view of reducing the offence to a breach of trust. Some objections to the indictment, arising from a vari ation between the designation of the insurance-office, as stated in the bill, and that in the policy, and also as to the intent being laid to defraud the trustees, wild t their designation was not set forth as required by the Joint Stock Act, were reserved by the Judge for the considera tion of the court above. The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty. Sen tence, however, was not passed, nor will it be till the opinion of the superior court is known upon the objec tions. Mr. Jervis, as the prisoner bad been convicted on one indictment only, applied for his discharge from tht , other three, but the Judge refused the application. CONVICTION roll. MURDER.—Mary Gallop, a young woman having the appearance of a servant, aged 20, was on Friday placed at the bar, and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging her with the wilful murder of her own father, Richard Gallop, at Monks Coppenhall, on the 2d of November last, by the administration of a quantity of white arsenic. After a long examination, the jury found a verdict of guilty, and his lordship, in an impres sive address, passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, who appeared to be very little affected at her situation. It is rumoured that Sir W. Follett is to be judge of the Privy Council. The Court of Queen's Bench was occupied on Monday with a case, Hope v. Harman apd others, which is an ac tion brought, by direction of the Court of Ciiancery, to ascertain the equitable right of different parties to a share in the jewels left by the will of the late Mr. P. H. Hope, valued at the enormous sum of £210,000. The principal question in the cause is, whether the will of the testator revoked a deed made in his life time, respecting the dis position of his jewels. It was stated that one of the dia monds cost the deceased £14,600! LIABILITY OF SHAREIIOLDERS.—In the Court of Chancery, Dublin, on Tuesday last, the Lord Chancellor, in the case of Taylor v. Hughes (one of the public officers of the Agricultural Bank), decided that the registry of the plaintiff's name in 1843 (it having been omitted for more than seven years from the registry lodged at the stamp office, pursuant to the statute), was for the frau dulent purpose of exposing him to the liabilities of the establishment ; that be was bound, therefore, to grant the relief prayed for in the bill, and that therefore, looking to all the circumstances of the transaction, he was of opinion that the decree should be with costs. The result of this decision will relieve 2400 shareholders, whose names were placed on the registry since 1843 ; therefore, the liabilities of the parties remaining on the registry are greatly increased. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.—A deputation from this company, consisting of Capt. Salmond, chair man; E. V. P. Burnell, Esq., vice-chairman; Montague David Scott, Esq., The Elms, Kingston, a director; Mr. Gibbs, engineer; Mr. Sanderson, surveyor; Mr. Dennis. ten, secretary ; Mr. Benn and Mr. Norton, joint solici tors; and Mr. Ellicombe, parliamentary agent; had an interview with Lord Dalhousie at the Board of Trade, on Tuesday, which we are confidently informed was satisfac tory. THE RAILWAYS TO DEREIIANI.—The two projects for a railway to Dereham are now amalgamated; and it is stated that all material opposition on the part of owners of pro perty is at an end. The fire at the New Cross railway station, which oc curred when Louis Philippe was present, has been traced to the spontaneous combustion of some vegetable black in the paint room. The verdict of the coroner's jury on Mr. Varnalls, another of the victims by the collision on the Midland Counties Railway, was delivered on Wednesday. It was " accidental death," with a deodand of £l,OOO upon the engine. The competition between the Forth and• Clyde Canal Company and the Edinburgh Railway is so strong, that the canal company are carrying passengers from Glasgow to Edinburgh with a profit at less than a farthing a mile ! The increase of the traffic has made up for the reduction in the amount of charge. A meeting of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury railway company was held at Manchester, on Friday, James Brancker, Esq., in the chair, at which it was re solved to unite and consolidate into one concern that company with the Manchester and Leeds and Hull atd Selby. Great dissatisfaction was expressed by many shareholders at the proposed junction, and a committee was formed to oppose it. SOUTH EASTERN (LONDON AND DOVER) RAILWAY. —We learn that Sir John Kirkland, Mr. W. H. Thomas (deputy chairman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway), and Mr. Robert Browne, of Liverpool, have been elected directors of the London and Dover Railway, in the place of General Hodgson, Mr. Cardwell, M.P., and Mr. L. Cubitt, mho have resigned ; and that Mr. Francis Mills has been elected deputy chairman of the board of direc tors, in the place of Mr. W. P. Richards, who has also retired from the direction.—Standard. At a meeting of the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway company, on Tuesday, it was resolved to raise in addition to the present capital the sum of 1:281,250, by creating 22,500 new shares of £l2 10s. each, to be paid at five calls of £2 10s. each, in 1815 and 1846 ; the new shares to be apportioned amongst the present shareholders. The chairman 'stated in the course of his remarks that the di rectors intend to proceed with the Stirling branch. A short line to Campsie would also be formed. There was likewise a proposal for a junction with the Ayrshire line. The new shares are to be distributed in the proportion of one for every £5O of capital stock held in the company. SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—At a special meeting of this company, on :_•aturday, it was resolvedAo proceed with the following branches :—From Nine Elms terminus to the vicinity of the Hungerford and Waterloo Bridges and the Thames, and from Wimbledon to Epsom. From Weybridge to Staines and Windsor. From Woking common, by Guildford, Godalming, and Chichester, to Portsmouth and Fareham, including the purchase of the Guildford Junction Railway. From Hook-pit Farm, on the main line of railway to Mottisfont on the Salisbury branch, and from Salisbury to Sherborne and Yeovil, and to Dorchester and Weymouth. From Basingstoke to the Great Western Railway at Didcot and Swindon. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday, as two la bourers employed on the South-Eastern Railway were on their return from work to Dover, and had entered Abbott's Cliff Tunnel, the up train passed them, and the noise of the engine preventing their hearing the down train, which entered the tunnel a few minutes afterwards, they being on the rail, were knocked down and killed.—On Tues day, at King's-bank, Hoghton• bcttoms, on the new line of railway now constructing between Blackburn and Preston, a large portion of the upper part of the hill, it is calculated to the extent of nine or ten tons, gave way, burying the men beneath. One of them must have been crushed to death against the waggon instantaneously. The ' second :was injured to a very dangerous extent. The third was much less hurt. NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS.— Among other defaulters the Barnsley and Goole Railway did not deposit their plans with the Clerk of the Peace, at Wakefield, on the 30th ultimo, and have consequently not complied with the standing orders of parliament. The Lincolnshire and Sheffield Junction, from Lincoln to Sheffield, with a branch to Gainsborough, have also failed to deposit their plans in accordance with the stand " ing orders. The latter project was under the guarantee of the Sheffield and Manchester and Midland Companies. This change in the position of affairs is of very great im portance to the London and York Railway, as it is now the only line which forms a direct communication north and south from Londo❑ to York, placing all the towns between the two cities on a main line, at the same time that it effects the same important object for the whole tract of country, east and west, from Liverpool to Boston, which it does, in a continuous and unbroken chain, by its junction with Cle Sheffield and Manchester, Manchester and Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole. and Newark and Sheffield liailways. In fact, it most fully occupies a vast space yet unoccupied by any railway; and places Sheffield on a main line between Liverpool and Boston, and between Liverpool and London 11 miles shorter than the existing route. The plans and books of reference of the London and York line, notwithstanding its extent of 320 miles, were nearly everywhere the fir.c and, so far as their appearance goes, are highly creditable to the parties engaged upon them.—Standard. WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAYS.-03 Wednes day last a very numerous and influential meeting of the Leeds and West Riding Junction liailway Company, was held at the Royal Hotel, Brighouse, near Halifax. Henry Houldsworth, Eq., chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, was called to the chair, and addressed the meeting at great length, explanatory of the objects in view. They had been called together to receive a report of the proceedings of the managing committee appointed at the last meeting held at Bradford, for the purpose of maturing the plans of the committee and tak ing those preliminary steps necessary to enable them to apply to Parliament ext session. As some misrepresen tations had gone abroad, he entered into a brief history of the origin of the company, and their desire to adopt the Van which would be approved by the district as the best. With this view a negociation was opened with the Manchester and Leeds company, and it was determined that the most extensive surveys should be made, in order to lay down such a system of ways as would be commen surate with the wants of the district, in which the traffic was more peculiar than in the district comprised between Leeds, Bradford, (Halifax, Huddersfield, and Dusbury. Great advantage would arise by laving down lines which while they would shorten the distance between Leeds and Manchester on one hand, and Halifax and Leeds on the other, would at the same time provide adequately for the local traffic. The leading object for providing for the in ternal traffic, had been kept in view, and after some months of extensive surveying, the engineer of the Man chester and Leeds Railway company had laid down a line which was thought to be most likely to effect the object. Those lines after having been duly considered by the gentle men connected with the district, bad been by them ap proved as the best calculated to provide for the wants of the district. The next arrangement that they had to de termine upon was, as to the connexion that should exist between the Manchester and Leeds Railway company and the West Riding Junction company ; and it was seen at once that the greatest public advantage would result from the West Riding Junction Lines being worked by the Manchester and Leeds company ; experience having shown in all cases that where the lines of independent companies were united with each other, great expense was incurred by both companies, and great inconvenience was entailed upon the public. It was impossible where the management was divided to secure that harmony of action in working the lines upon which the public convenience depended ) whilst unity of arrangement would secure the most advantageous passage from one point to another. Acting upon these considerations the West Riding com pany had agreed that the Manchester and Leeds company should work their lines. H e then entered into some ex planations of the traffic, and the low charges made for goods and also passengers, the result of the last being that they were now carrying about a million of passengers in the half-year, at the rate of 11 a mile. Accommoda tion had been made for third-class passengers, and the directors had decided, in order to increase it, to add seats and covers to such carriages. They were also engaged in revising their rates and renewing their arrangements with a view to the bringing out on the Ist of January next what might be called a new tariff, which he hoped would add to the convenience of the public,g as he trusted it would not be ineffectual in promoting the interests of the com pany. An officer had also been appointed to superintend the passenger traffic and obviate all complaints. After alluding to the fact that a large proportion of the share holders of this railway were Lancashire gentlemen, he expressed his opinion that the connexion of the Manches ter and Leeds company with the West Riding Junction company had secured an advantage to the district which could not be achieved by the success of those other par ties who were candidates for supplying the district with railways. Mr. Ilawkshaw, engineer of the Manchester and Leeds Railway company then explained in detail the several proposed lines, the places through which they would pass, &c. The chairman then said that the ar rangement come to was that there was to be independent company, which had been designated the Leeds and West Riding Junction company ; that they were to raise, in conjunction with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, a capital of £1,400,000; and that one half of that capital (as some proof of the interest which the Manchester and Leeds company had in the undertaking, and the confi dence they felt in its success,) should be raised by them, and that the other half of that capital should be raised by shares in the district through which the proposed railways were to pass. Upon that basis they had issued a pros pectus, and had allotted shares to the full amount, except a small portion which had been retained for proprietors immediately connected with the district. The conditions attached to this arrangement were these—that the Man chester and Leeds Railway company, should, in the event of the Act of Parliament passing, take a lease of the lines when made—that they should guarantee, when any portion of these lines was made so as to be workable, interest upon the capital which might be expended by the ; Leeds and West Riding company, at 4 per cent, per an num for the first five years, and afterwards 4} per cent. Some salisfactory conversation and explanations then took I place, and the chairman read a correspondence between I the promoters of the Leeds and West Riding company, expressive of a desire on the part of the former to amal- I gamate the two schemes into one, and the public advan tage of such a union. WORK FOR PARLIAMENT. The following is a list of intended applications to par liament next session, the plans and specifications for which have been deposited with the Clerk of the Peace, at Preston :- I.—St. Helens Railway and Sankey Canal. 2.—Blackburn and Preston Railway, proposed alterations and extensions. 3.—Blackburn Waterworks. 4.—Salford Waterworks. s.—Liverpool and Preston Railway. 6.—Preston and Wyre Railway, Lytham Branch. 7.—Preston and Wyre Railway, Blackpool Branch. B.—Manchester South Junction to Altrincham Railway. 9.—Heaton Norris and Ashton Branch of Manchester and Birmingham Railway. 10.—Macclesfield Extension of same. 11.—Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. 12.—Huyton Branch Grand Junction. • 13.—Extensions of Stations Liverpool and Manchester Rail way. 14.—North Tunnelling of same. 15.—Parkside Branch of same. 16 —Patlicroft and Clifton Branch of same. 17.—Rainford and Liverpool Branch of same. 18.—Newton and Ardwick Branch, .Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction. Ig.—Guide Bridge Junction of same. 20.—Oldham Branch Extension, Manchester and Leeds Rail way. 2i.—Heywood Branch Extension to Bury of same. 22.—Southport and Euxton Railway. 23.—Ribble Branch Railway, North Union and Ribble Navi gation. 24.—Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway at Kirkheaton, called Cooper Bridge. 23.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. 26.—Mosley and Stalybridge Waterworks. 27.—801t0n, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway, Leeds and Brad ford Extension. 28.—Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester Railway. 29.—Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Extension. 30.—Heywood Branch, Manchester, Bury, and Rochdale Railway. 31.—Branch from the St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway, in Sutton to Rufford. 32.—Heywood Waterworks. 33.—Heywood Waterworks (Spotland). 34.—Whitehaven and Furness Railway. Below we give a copy of the titles of the several plans deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the West-Riding of Yorkshire :- 1.-Barnsley Junction Railway. 2.-Brayton to Goole-York and North Midland, Branch of. 3.-Church Fenton to Harrogate-York and North Midland, Branch of. 4.-Dit.bot Northam Railway_ 5.-Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield and Manchester Junction. 6.-Goole and Snaith. 7.-Harrogate and Ripon Junction. 8.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Branch. 9.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction and Branch. 10.-Huddersfield Waterworks. 11.-Leeds and Bradford Railway Extension. 12.-Leeds and Thirsk. 14.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Junction. 15.-Leeds and West-Riding Junction. 16.-Lincoln, York, and Leeds, Direct and Independent. 17.-London and York. 18.-Manchester and Leeds Burnley Branch. lg.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction. 20.-Midland Railwa, Branches and Station Enlargement. 21.-Darfield to Worsborough. 22.-Darfield to Elsecar. 23.-Chevet to Horbury. 24.-Oakenshaw to Wakefield. 25.-Ambergate to Crich. 26.-Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gainsborough Junction. 27.-Sheti eld and Rotherham Junction Branch, and Station Enlargement. 28. Sheffield Waterworks. 29.-Shipley-lane-head and Barnsley Turnpike-road. 30.-South Milford to Doncaster, York and Noah Midland Branch. 31.-Swindon and Lincoln. 32.-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole. 33.-West Yorkshire. 34.-Manchester, Barnsley, and Goole.-Received Dec. 1. 55.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction.-Received Dec. 3. THE COURT cy FASHIONABLE WORLD. It is uncertain whether her Majesty will visit " the Duke " at Stratfieldsaye before or after Christmas. The royal family have taken their accustomed prome nades and drives at Windsor during the past week. On Saturday, her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and the rest of the royal circle left the castle fur Claremont, where they will re main untill after the funeral of the Princess Sophia, which is to take place this night. Her Majesty has signified her intention of honouring by an early visit his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, at his princely mansion of Stowe, in Buckinghamshire. The Duke of Wellington does not intend to leave A psley House for Strathfieldsaye until a few days before the noble and gallant duke is honoured with the company of her Majesty and her Royal Consort. The Marquis of Salisbury has been entertaining, this week, at Hatfield House, the Marquis of Douro, the Earl of Ellenborough, Viscount Ossulston, Viscount and Vis countess Malcolm, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, the Hon. Capt. Percy, and a distinguished party. - - BENEVOLENCE OF HER MAJESTY.—One hundred and eighty pairs of excellent blankets,,,the gift of the Queen, will be distributed amongst that Amber of poor families of Windsor at Christmas. A liberal supply of meat, beead, and plum pudding will also be given away to the poor of the town, at the time. PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZE o:C.—This extraordinary ox, which was purchased for his royal highness in Scotland, in the autumn of last year, is now of the estimated weight of upwards of 200 stone, and finely proportioned withal. Its girth is ten feet six inches, and it stands upwards of seventeen hands high. It has been fed on grass, oil-cake, and clover, and is now in excellent health. .SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, ThURSDAY. The Derby betting, without 'being at all heavy, was at least as lively as it usually is at this period ; the chief out lay was on Idas, who was backed for about £3OO ; about half that sum was put on Young Eclipse, and a smaller amount on Pam—the odds in each 22 to 1. Anti-Re pealer was backed at 25 to 1, for £6O or £7O, the taker willing to go on; Connaught Ranger for £6O, at 40 to 1 ; Miss Wh!p colt at £2,000 to £45; and two other outsi ders for small sums. The odds against Alarm and the Cobweb colt are nominal. LATEST PRICES. CHESTER CUP (name or not.) 400 to 10 was laid agst Foig-a-ballagh. [BOO 15 agst The Dean. 500 10 agst each of the following in ole bet :—Ratan, Alice Hawthorn, Foig-a-Ballagh, Exrem pore, Croton Oil, Pastoral, Agriculturfst, c. by Gladiator, dam by Capticum, Morpetb, and Portobello. DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot. 11 1 Mr. Greville's Alarm. 17 1 Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt. 18 to 1 Colonel Anson's Kedger (taken.) 22 to 1 Lord Stradbroke's Idas (taken freely) 22 to 1 Lord Chesterfield's Pam (taken) 23 to 1 Mr. Jacque's Anti-Repealer (take 25 to 1.) 30 to 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt. 40 to 1 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken.) 45 to 1 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt (taken.) 50 to 1 Mr. Forth's Lady Berner's colt (taken) 66 to 1 Mr. St. Paul's c. out of Calypso's dam (t.) 1000 even between Anti-Repealer and Idas. 1000 even between Young Eclipse and Idas. 1000 to 10 agst Cobweb colt winning the 2,000 Guinea Stakes and Derby, and Lancashire Witch the Oaks. THE LATE MR. CROCKFORD'S ACCOUNT. We are desired to state that the guarantee required by the Jockey Club will be forthcoming on Monday next, and that the gentleman giving it will be prepared on the fol towing Monday to settle the account. MANCHESTER—LATEST BETTING. A moderate room, with a desire to lay " extraordinary odds agst any outsider for the Derby," a feature in the sayings. THE CHESTER CUP. 100 to 1 was offered agst The Dean, Red Deer, and one or two others. THE DERBY. A bet of 10 score to 1 agst Idas and Young Eclipse is all we saw booked ; 20 to 1 in ponies agst each of six bar the crack (offered). Average prices :- 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot (offered, 6 wanted) 7 1 Day's lot (offered) 16 1 Forth's lot (offered, 20 wanted) 10 1 Alarm (offered, 11 wanted) 17 1 Kedger (20 to 1 wanted) 17 1 Cobweb (20 to 1 wanted) 17 1 Young Eclipse (20 to 1 wanted) 20 1 Idas 22 1 Pam (offered) 22 1 Anti-Repealer (nominal) 25 1 Newsmonger (nominal) 28 1 Rebecca (nominal) 30 Old England (offered) 40 1 Winchester (nominal) 40 1 Ranger (offered, 50 wanted) 40 1 Lord Miltown (offered) it 50 1 Lycurgus (offered) 50 1 Cabin Boy (nominal) 1000-15 Twig (offered) 500 —l2 Calypso's dam and Yellow Boy (offered) 20 1 Ranger Several other — offers, as s andwe e guess, u e o s r s, Miltown made at (offered)kiu.t im e.,, THE OAKS. 5 1 Kent's lot (wanted) 7 1 Lancashire Witch (taken) THE CHASE. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS Meet on Wednesday, the 11th instant, at Tarporley • , on Thursday, the 12th, at Stamford-bridge ; and on Satur day, the 14th, at Warmingham ; each day at h a lf_ past ten o'clock. THE ALDRIGHTON HOUNDS Meet on Thursday, the 12th, at Seighford ; and on Satur day, the 14th, at Gatacre ; at 12?lf-past ten O'clock. SIR W. W. WYNN S HOUNDS Meet on Wednesday, the 11th, at Plas Teg ; on Friday, the 13th, at Farndon ; and o n Saturday, the 14th, at Brynypys, at half-past ten o'clock. A fire broke out at the Newcastle Grand Stand at an early hour on Tuesday morning last. The roof and upper staircase were in flames, but the fire was speedily subdued, with but trifling damage. STEEPLE CHASE.—A match for Xloo was run across the country on Tuesday week, between Mr. Charlton's mare and a horse belonging to Mr. C. Christian, of Swin stead. The ground selected for th e purpose was a beau tiful line of country. between Grimsthorpe and Han thorpe, about two-and-half miles out and back again. Scott took the lead, was never headed, and won easily. Dec. 10, 1844. LOCAL NEWS. PRESENTATION OF MR. INSPECTOR lIEMER.--1 Inspector Hemer, formerly of the Liverpool force, an now of the county constabulary, has recently been Ps, sented with a massive silver snuff box by the serjeantsaa: men of the Bury division, on his removal from that tin trict to that of Amounderness. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A SHIP'S CREn• Friday, Captain Johnston, master of the Grampian , a P peered before Mr. Rushton, to answer a summons?: refusing to pay Michael Robinson, one of his crew, a a,t lance of £1 125., alleged to be due as wages. The eliP; cant stated that he had come in the vessel from St.Joitn! N. 8., and that they had been engaged by the run. ( : ;Ti Johnston proved that almost all the hands, the plaull' A included, had knocked off on the 4th November , s t n t refused to work. They came aft in a body, and slat!: having shipped in a body they would do nothing Dr . than haul round the yards, and steer and pump the 1 He told them if they refused they should have no fo , ; One of them said they had bread in the forecastlee; which they could live for some days, and they then forward, and 14 of them ceased from duty for some ht, They had pistols, which they loaded and discharged n:/". 0 timidate the captain, who was obliged to load his ,°,„" a pistols in case of more violent proceedings. Mr. Ituou'„ ordered the summons to be dismissed, and said thea ° "6 duct of the whole fourteen had been disgraceful f r l ig dangerous that not one of them shouldrecover a fart of their wages if they applied. Mr. Owen, who was gaged for the whole, abandoned the case. CO.if IP MEETING OF THE PAVING AND SEWERAGE v SIONERS. — THURSDAY.—Mr. Arthur-Henderson m a de,j., evening at some works going on in Islington complaint respecting the want of lights on Wednesl, in the In l i ; die of the road. He had, in consequence, incurred cos' siderable danger by running with his horse andgieag ai !A a heap of stones ; th e re i ns , h owever, b ro k e an d stol 3 l the horse, or probably th e consequences m i g ht Dave 0 7.". serious. On the sa me even i ng , accor di ng to a statenn read by the chairman, an ac c id en t occurre d f ro m a alb lar cause in Scotland- roa d, by w hi c h t h e O rms kirk ees rsoll was upset at the corner of Dryden-street; o ne P e t be was thrown out and had his collar bone broken, but rea rest escaped without any mate r i a l i n j ury ; it aPPe a n f s also that a week or two ag o, Th omas Hill, t h e driver fl. car, was thrown from the bo x , ow i ng to hi s ve hicle, ing into a sewer in New Bi r d- s t ree t, an d rendered ."irb; pable of following his employment for several days.: t be surveyors were called in, and a notice read to the " ti ing effect that none o f th e workmen empl oye d in Wol" ° till &c., in the streets should be allowed to leave tber — , o ot. the lights are placed and th e wa t c h men are on the " Orders were also given to have a number of tresselst barriers, to be placed at each end of the excavation , ' otl D ie o r c w ic ork c . COMMITTEE. — THURSDAY.—Present_BeeS, SII' Moore (in the chair) Nicol, Houghton, Chilton, o.° `7,' Smith, Shand, Horsfall, Evans, Kendall, Sadbac".' Henderson, Mann, Molyneux, Tobin, Middletl Aikin, and Royden.—The tender of Boulcotte 811 0 Co., of London, for the supply of 3,000 gallons of sle!,,a oil, was accepted.—ln reply to the letter of Henry W"":,, and Co., noticed last week, it was stated by the sub-e°' mittee that no new chains were at present wanted. to sub-committee reported that M r . H eys , o f R unco rn, their opinion, was not entitled to be reimbursed the ag: penses consequent upon the sinking of the flat Dido.; The Chairman reported that it was very desirable seal: i arrangement should be made for the better working the transit sheds. He h a d b een d own t h at d ay, and C" . ~of sels were wanting much to di sc h arge ; b ut the S er ve', of Customs would not all ow th em to d o so, although the,76 were two of the sheds with on l y a sma ll port i on of t" cargo of other vessels in them. After some conversati on, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Aikin, that tbe chairman and d e p u ty- c h a i rman s h ou ld wait upon to lnspector general and co ll ec t or an d comptro l ler o f tm; Customs on the subject.—A l e tt er f rom M r. John Slit( Leigh, as to a drain, was re f erre d to t h e su b -comm itteev Works.—A letter wa s rea d f rom M r . P eter C ato, acce,P , ~ tton ing the terms of the le ase offered by the committee on Z ; 23rd ultimo. He expre sse d a h ope t h at t h e co ' * would place him on the sa me f oo ti ng as M r . Wil son , W ttb regard to compensatio n i n case o f remova l . Th e corn mittee resolved to adh ere s t r i ct l y to t h e or i g i na l c on" tions. THE ANCIENT SCOTTISH GAME Or CURLING•" 4II3 frost which set in on Wednesday last, and continued 01 the three following d a y s espec i a ll y, ena bl ed some of °T, townsmen from Scotl an d t o resume t h e i r pract i ce in cor`; ing to this neighbourhood. A number o f th em met °- Friday (which, by the way, was bitterly cold), and PO; ceeded to a large pond nea r W aver t ree , an d on t he road thence to Wootton, where they enjoyed the pastime ,e 1; mele'e for some hours, by way of getting their hands l a ' They were all members of " The Lowhill and Evertoo Curling Club," and the result was an arrangement for a ' more regular contention on the f o ll ow i ng d ay . Accord_ ingly, on Saturday, a b ou t t wen t y o f t h ese sta l war t soar of Scotia met at the same pla ce , an d rang i ng ten on eac h side, headed by the two ba c h e l or " skips"' (or g enerals) played with great vigour an d an i mat i on ( t h e i c e being uncommonly fine), from eleven until f our o ' c l oc k, withou t much advantage: to either. Thi s l e d t o th e b ac helors. 0 , the party declaring " friendly" w ar aga i ns t the marrie d men present—and the match was fixed to come o ft ori Thursday neat, at the same scene of ac ti on , the sport to , commence at half past twelve o'clock,—the losers to pr, vide for the whole, the an c i e nt na ti ona l di n ner of be b e ; and greens. The pl a i n b u t su b s t an ti a l re p a st ivl ll served up at Mr. Kirkup's, the Wavertree Coffee 1 - 1 0115 '' I where the " stones" are deposited. Fi ne s port s ex pected. The club is in expectation of the frost lastit4 out the week, and of having the long-talked-of matc h between the Liverpool and Manchester players on tll O same ground—the latter having this year to follow the uliallcuse on the ira_ MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.--• On Friday evening the monthly meeting took place, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead. John H. Greene, Esq. in the chair.—Mr. Bentham complained of the filthy and an- wholesome state of the courts in Back Chester-street , when it was stated the commissioners had power to iPre vent the erection of such places in future, a nd that l owner of the property alluded to would be called upon to make such improvements as would remove the nuisance.-- The Market Committee recommended that £196 be vr pended in the purchase of fountains for the new market: The receipts of the Wo o d s id e F erry , f or th e p a st month s were stated to be £1354, bein g a n i ncrease on the receipt s of the same month last y ear o f £4lB. A con versation took place as to the time when th e M on k s ' Ferry woul d be regularly opened to the p u bli c , w h en it ap p ea red that the committee had not the pow er t o open it un til the titl e deeds were completed. It was also stated that more boat; could not be employed until the l an di ng p l aces on this stile were improved. The Chai rman sa id, he believed tl 4 corporation were doing their u t mos t t o o bt a i n plans.-- ,1 ; improvement rate was fi xe d a t 7d., an d t h e watc hi n g rat e at lld.. in the pound.—A letter to the commission er ' from Mr. John Laird was read, to the effect that Messr s ' W. Jackson, W. Potter, M acgregor L a i r d , an d the Witte' had decided on building a n d en d ow i ng a c h urc h, re. s placed at the west end of Conway-street, where it iel t o Corporation-road, the New-road, and Wallasey. . order to improve the site, they applied for a slight devil; tion of the Corporation-road. Th e l e t ter was re f e rred the Improvement Committee.—lt was agreed Oat a spa, cial meeting should be held th a t n i g ht wee k f or the pose of considering the propriety of postponing the sale of the land in the Park, from the 18th of the present mer it to the end of April next.—The board then adjourned. PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF ST. JAMES'S CIID11 1 ; —On Thursday evening a publi c mee ti ng was h e ld in School-room belonging to St. James's Church "to b into consideration the best mode of increasing the chure s , accommodation (especially for the poor) in the popult district, by the enlargement of the church, at which t,uo pew-owners, and grave-owners are invited t o attenta. About 150 persons were present. The Rev. H. Haag ton was proposed as chairman, but an amendment NI proposed by Mr. Barnes, seco n d e d b y M r. Dawson, tha Dr. M'Kee should preside. This was declared to be Or' rigid amidst some confu s i on , th e or i g i nal motion not beilk put. Mr. M'Kee wished to decline taking the chair 01 , 4° Mr, Hampton was present. M r; Barnes thought N r i Hampton ought not to preside, as he was an intereste, party. The rev. gentleman explained that as a right ought to occupy th e c h a i r , an d was b es id es t h e be s c i enabled to explain th e o bj ec t i n v i ew, w hi c h h e assur e s them would not violate th e f ee li ngs o f any o f t h e relati.''' of those who were inte r r e d near th e c h urc h . Af ter se' conversation the amendment and th e mo ti on we re s uc k cessively put and there appeared 36 for Mr. M'Kee, ° be 38 for Mr. Hampton. The latte r accor di ng l y t o ok f li a chair, and read a list of the p ar ti es w h ose graves we be affected. He said he had given every publicity to tb object in view, and had no sinister or mercenary objee i t. / ,, view. He stated that there were 19,300 people in his i. trict, whereas the church accommod a ti on was on ly se cient for 1000, and that the endowment amounted to on!, £7O a-year, The alterations would give 800 a dditiou; sittings, 300 of which it was p ro p ose d s h ou ld go towil e the endowment of the chur c h, an d 500 b e set apar t re the poor for ever. It ought, a l so , t o b e reco ll ecte d t hat owners of pews would soon b e ca ll e d upon to expend xeoi, upon a new roof, and thi s was i nc l u d e d i n the a l ter att o proposed to be made. H e t h en exp l a i ne d t h at thew tino for the enlargem en t o f t h e c h urc h , wou ld b e built uP:st arches, placed bet ween th e graves, so as not i n the le„"lat to disturb the coffins now in them, and that access W e , e t be left to eac h grave —i n some cases t h ere woul d b e 6 'F„, 6 inches head- room , an d, i n th e l owest part, 4 f ee t 6 Im o , ches for parties to work at the graves . M r . M on tgolo,%q said that though his grave wou ld no t b e a ff ec t e d he against the principle of disturbing the ashes of the de be If parties did not think the church large enoughL ar , thought they ought to build another. M r . H. G. " s ea bord proposed a resolution to the effect that the poll be alterations should be made, seeing th a t no grav e wont , 00 , disturbed. Mr. Fisher, after so me f ur th er confus!„g seconded the motion. Mr. M'R a e sa id th e alterat li ;l were unjustifiable without the con s e n t o f a ll parties, a n d it would be cruelty to disturb the graves. (Uproar c. ,9 cries of " it would," " iniquitous," " that's true, I C A be Mr. Welsh, the architect, stated that no g rave WOO 'O, disturbed. Mr. Barnes said he should propose an 8 01 !,, o rt ment, and proceeded to state that the church would.s'er, be empty—attributing neglect of duty to the rninig'„ e j This created great uproar, and Mr. Harbord rernello. that such an attack on a clergyman was very disgrae'; to , The chairman left the chair, which was, after some rY ther confusion, taken at his request by Mr. Montgonle!jd Mr. Barnes attempted to speak but was prevented bil e ~,o marks of disapprobation, the chairman remarking tar, unless he apologised he ought not to be heard. M r • s o bord said he branded Mr. Barnes as the author of anonymous letter reflecting on Mr. Hampton's character', duct Other weremade, expressions with f cries disapproval of ‘, t o u f r n M h r i . m ß a o r u n t e!, I l ,_: 0 1p upon which he at first refused to apologise, but final said if what he said were taken as an insult, he wi s h t n o r_ . 4 the expression. Order not being likely to be re Mr. Harbord withdrew his motion, and the chairma n VI flounced the meeting to be dissolved. r