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June 4, 1844. J ,4 1 1 alita. ALADY, who has resided some years in a Gentleman's Family as GOVERNESS, wishes for a RE-EN GAGEMENT, in July or August next. For reference apply to E. WYLAM, Esq., No. 7, North 13 aileY 9 Durham ; or Mr. GEORGE SMITH, 27, Bold street, Liverpool. WANTED, an experienced ASSISTANT to a CHE MIST and DRUGGIST, to undertake the Ma nagement of a Shop. No one need apply whose character Rill not bear the strictest investigation. Address, C. WEATHERILT, 269, Scotland-road. WANTED, FURNISHED, a COTTAGE, for two or three months, containing about foUi Bed-rooms ,-, an d two Sitti ng - rooms , s it ua t e w ithi n five miles of the zachange. APPIy, with all particulars, to Box H 32, Postoffice. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. TAE TRUSTEES of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS Sare ready to receive TENDERS for a LOAN of ONEY. at the rate of THREE POUNDS TEN H ILLINGS (3i) per Cent um per Annum Interest, for a period of not less than Seven Years. All letters, stating the amount parties are willing to lend, to be ad dressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esq., Dock-office, Liver pool, not later than MONDAY, the 17th day of June, 18-14. The Interest will be paid half-yearly, either in Liver- Pool or in London, or remitted to the parties, at the Option of the Lender. By order, Dock- DANIEL MASON, Secretary. office, Liverpool, Thursday, 23d May, 1844. £5 REWARD. y osT, 011 SATURDAY, about Twelve o'clock, between - 1 -1 the Bank of Liverpool, A. Heywood and Co.'s, and the Branch Bank of England, THIRTY POUUDS in BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES. The Numbers and Dates are known, and the payment of them is stopped. Whoever has found the same, and will bring them to Mr. EVANS, Dock-office, shall receive the above Reward. 3d June, 1844. BY THE ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. PHOTOGRAPHIA. MOUNT GARDENS. (WITHIN TEN MINUTES' WALK OF THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.) THE Public are respectfully informed, that, owing to 1 the many improvements that have been recently effected in Photography, Portraits are now obtained in such absolute perfection as to leave nothing further to be desired. The whole art, including manipulation, appa ratus, and the disposition of the building, having under gone so complete a change, most of which are peculiar to this Establishment, as to render the process entirely in dependent of direct sun light, the best pictures being taken in the shade, rain making no difference. Every A rt i c l e connecte d w i t h Ph o t ogra phy su pplied for _x portation. Open from Nine in the Morning. AT a MEETING with reference to the DISSENTERS CHAPELS BILL, held in the Charitable Institu tion House, Slater -street, Liverpool, on THURSDAY, May 30, 1844, EDWA.RD CROPPER, Esq., in the Chair. , 1. Moved by the Rev. Dr. TATTERSTIALL, seconded by THOMAS BLACKBURN, Esq., a nd supported by the Rev. A. E. FARRAR, That this Meeting has learned with extreme regret and alar m , that a Bill has been sent down from the Lords to the Commons House of Parliament, intituled " An Act for the Regulation of Suits relating to Meeting Houses and other Property, held for religious purposes, by persons dtss enting from the Church of England ;"—because rileat ure, if passed into a law, will perpetuate an extensive diversion of Chapel Property and other Charitable Insti tutions from the purposes for which, by founders holding Trinitarian sentiments, they were originally endowed, for the use of the present Unitarian occupants, whose tenets are completely at variance with those for the preservation a nd propagation of which those benefactions were intended made ; and because the manifest tendency and design 9 th at measure is to intercept the course of justice, and to set aside the precedents of the Courts of Law, as these citly affirmed in the judgment of the highest legal In the sv realm That the intention of tt e founders, uere it can be ascertained by means consistent with the r ules of legal interpr t tion, shall govern and regulate the administration of : t:I table trusts." Carried unl rcylily• the 2. M oved by 1 . liev. F. PARRY, 8.D., seconded by Rev. C. M. ; ;;BE LL, and supported by the Rev. Dr. R AFFLES, 1. That, as t. t • amount of Property intended for the us e of Dissenters in Great Britain and Ireland . be injurio y affected by this unprecedented measure, his Ateeting 'c l' a - nnot withhold its deliberate and solemn prof against it, or any similar enactment by which the :z t a th e law on this subject may be violently disturbed, tariarn ° gard the 13111 perversion of Trinitarian funds to Uni - PurPoses legalized :—This Meeting cannot but re -13111 in question as furnishing a most dangerous Precedent by the recognition, in its fundamental principle, Of the mere fact of possession for a limited term of years, as a valid title to perpetual malversation ;—a procedure by shielding the breach of trust from every legal inquiry, endangers the provisions of all trust deeds which now exist, or which may be hereafter provided. Carried unanimously. • 3. Moved by the Rev. JOH N KELLY, seconded by JOHN CROPPER, Esq., jun., and supported by the Rev. Mr. HARGREAVES, That this Meeting, in conformity with the foregoing resolutions, adopts the following Petition, to be signed by the Chairman on behalf of the Meeting : To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED The Petition of a Geroral Meeting of Ministers of various Evangelical denominations of Christians and other In habitants of Liverpool and its vicinity, held on Thurs day, May the 30th, 1814. SHOIVETH, That your Petitioners have examined the provisions of Bill Sent down to your Honourable House, intituled " _oAn Act fo r th e R egulat i on of Suits relating to Meeting uses and other Property, held for religious purposes, by Persons dissenting from the Church of England." Your Petitioners beg to represent to your Honourable iHnostiuse..that certa i n Pl aces o f W orsh i p an d Ch ar i ta bl e Institutions, with which large sums of money are con nected, and which were founded or endowed by English abajhi!li Dissenters holding Trinitarian sentiments, have, Y various means, passed into the hands of Unitarians, 7 h° h ave deviated from the religious principles of the vv ° }l n i n e d ,e.r,a, aod for the maintenance and propagation of it cannot be doubted these benefactions were pro vided. Your Petitioners cannot but regard the aforesaid mea sure with the utmost disanprobation and alarm, as a dan igueartoire ;_since,interference if with the established course of law and placed upon the Statute Book, it will render the mere fact of possession for a term of years, irrespective of the legitimate appropriation of such pro- Perty, a valid title to its retention, and afford a precedent whichalread will place i n j eo p ar dy th e prov i s i ons o f t rust d ee d s in existence, or which may be hereafter consti tuted. -- Your Petitioners enter their decided and solemn protest against such a measure, because it sets aside the equitable principle heretofore held sacred by the Courts of Law, and confirmed by the highest judicial authority in the realm :—" That the intention of the founders, where it can be ascertained by means consistent with the rules of legal interpretatio n , shall go v ern an d regulate the admi nistration of charitable trusts :"—and because it legalizes a perpetual injustice by prohibiting all inquiry into the manifest breaches of trust by which Unitarians employ the funds established by Trinitarians for the propagation of doctrines of which their ow are utterly subversive. Your Petitioners, therefore, earnestly pray your Ho nourable House to reject the said Bill, or any other mea sure calculated to unsettle the existing law with reference to the Constitution of Charitable Trusts in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. Carried unanimously. 4. Moved by the Rev. THOMAS NOLAN. , and seconded by the Rev. Mr. WELSH, That the Petition be presented to the House of Com- Mons by tile Right Honourable Lord Sandon, and that Sir Howard Douglas be requested to support its prayer. Carried unanimously. 5. Moved by the Rev. Dr. CRICHTON, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. WoLsENttonuE, That a Committee be formed, consisting of the Revs. P. Parry, W. Bevan, C. M. Birrell, George Pridie, with the cil h it ai to r r 7 s an, William Crosfield, and John Cropper, Res(Treasurer to the Committee,) to advertise the and Ai of this Meeting in the Liverpool Standard Vi 7 at c h m er cu„rY, and the London Record, Patriot, and n — an Newspapers, and to watch the future proceed -2 " in Pa rliament with regard to the Bill in question. 6. Diu EDWARD CROPPER, Chairman. 0 -•oved by the Rev W. BEVAN, and seconded by RIIEROD nEYWORTII . Esq•, chTatt thane. Thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Carried unanimously. F. PARRY, 8.D., t Secretaries.W. BEVAN, IPATRICK DORAN, at present and for two months 3 Past residing at number 4, Blundell-street, in Liver- Pool, n the county of Lancaster, in lodgings, out of busi ,s, and for ten months previously thereto residing at "umber 42, Great Howard-street, in Liverpool aforesaid, I ut toend f business, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that k in to present a Petition to the Commissioners of the L iverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, praying to r h ex amined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and e be protected from all process upon s naking a full dis losure and surrender of such estate and effects for pay ment my just and lawful debts • AND I HEREBY FURTHER GIVE NOTICE, that the time when the Matte r of the said Petition shall be heard is to be adver tised in the London Gazelle and in the Liverpool Stan !lard newspaper, one month at the least after the date hereof. As witness m y band this first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and I.OIIY-four. PATRICK DORAN. Signed in the presence of JOSIAS THOM AS ANSDELL, SOliCitOr, 22, Slater -street, Liverpool. Contrarts. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON. PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for supplying the LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON with " BUTCHERS' MEAT, and with BREAD, MEAL, and PEAS, from the Ist of July next, to the 31st day of December next, both inclusive, are requested to send Tenders, under cover, to the Deputy Town-clerk, at the Town-hall, on or before the 20th day of June instant. The several Articles above specified must be delivered, from time to time, in such quantities and manner as the Governor of the irison may direct, and subject to his ap proval of the quality, &c. Information as to the probable consumption of the re spective Articles, and further particulars, may be obtained from the Governor, at the Prison. Each Tender must specify the names of two Sureties for the due performance of the Contract. Town-hall, June 3d, 1844. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SHANNON COMMISSION. THE COMMISSIONERS are ready to receive TENDERS for the EXECUTION of the undermentioned WORKS, at the JAMESTOWN CANAL, LOUGH NANOGUE. DIIUMSNA, MOUNT CAMBELL, and CEI ARLESTO WN, and at JAMESTOWN, Counties of Leitrim and Roscommon. EXCAVATING and Forming about 11 miles statute measure of CANAL on the site of the present Jamestown Canal. CONSTRUCTING a LOCK 112 feet long and 30 feet wide, with its GATES and MACHINERY complete ; and BUILDING TWO STONE BRIDGES 45 feet span each. DEEPENING the BED of the RIVER at Lough Nanogue, Drumsna, Mount Campbell, and Charlestown, and at Jamestown. UNDERPINNING the BRIDGES of Drumsna and Jamestown, and CONSTRUCTING A WEIR 750 feet in length, and a QUAY WALL 360 feet in length, at the latter place. The Plans may be seen at the .Commissioners' Office, and printed forms of Tender and Specification obtained, on application to the Secretary, on and after the Gth of June instant. Each Tender is to be accompanied with a schedule of prices, according to a printed form which will be furnished by the Commissioners ; the prices in each to be written in, words ; and no Tender will be received unless this condi tion be complied with. Two securities in the amount of £l2OO each, for thc due performance of the contract will be required. Sealed Tenders addressed to the Secretary, marked " Tender for Works in the Jamestown District," to be delivered on or before the 29th June instant, at Twelve o'clock Noon, after which day and hour none will be received. The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. Separate Tenders may be sent in for the Canal Works, and for the River Works including the Building of the Weir. By order, E. HORNSBY, Secretary. Shannon Commission Office, Custom-house, Dublin, Ist June, 1844. elu 3ubitratiao. This day is published, price ls., Bvo, THE GREAT MOTT QUESTION; or, The Wa tery Unravelled, in a Letter from _ _ _ W. 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PEEL. /'ANY parties having been disappointed in their wishes .I.l'l. to support William Entwisle, Esq., M.P., the suc cessful candidate against "The League," in Consequence of their having neglected to register, Mr. Caistor will sit daily, at the Committee-rooms, 61, Spring-gardens, Man chester, for the next seven days, between the hours of three and five o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of filling up Claims to be placed on the New Register. Notices of Claims will also be provided and properly filled up for applicants at the offices of Messrs. Caistor and Farnworth, Manchester • Mr. Earle, Ashton-under- Lyne; Mr. Summerscales. Oldham ; Mr. Mylnes, Roch dale •, Mr. Whitehead; Bury ; Messrs. Woodhouse and Holden, Bolton ; Messrs. Lord and Ackerley, Wigan ; Mr. Armstrong, Orrnskirk ; Mr. FAIRCLOUGH, Com merce court, Lord -street, Liverpool; and Messrs. Wag staff, Son, and Marsh, Warrington. Apply immediately.—Lose no time. May 30, 1844. TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. GENTLEMEN, I HAVE the honour to return you my most sincere acknowledgements for the reception that I have met with amongst you on the occasion of the recent Election : and I beg most respectfully to add that no exertions shall be wanting on my part to perform the duties of that posi tion in which I have been placed by so large and important a constituency. I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, WILLIAM ENTWISLE. London, June 1, ]844. TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. GENTLEMEN, A T the termination of the arduous contest which has resulted in the return of my opponent to Parliament, I beg to tender my best thanks to those Electors who have recorded their votes in favour of freedom of trade in the person of one of its most humble, but sincere and earn est advocates. In contrasting the returns on each side in the present contest with those of the election i❑ 1537, we cannot fail to be struck with the change of opinion in favour of more liberal views, such as to encourage us to persevere with renewed energy in advocating those principles and mea sures which are, in my opinion, fraught with the greatest advantage to the productive classes, and through them to all ranks of the community. _ It is a matter of much personal gratification to me, that in Liverpool, where I have so long resided and am best known, a majority of Freeholders have recorded their votes in my favour. _ I beg those who have so strenuously fought this battle to accept my sincere thanks, not only for exertions such as have been rarely witnessed, but for the good feeling and admirable temper which have characterized their proceed ings throughout the struggle; and I assure the Electors who favoured me with their support, that I feel greatly honoured by the various marks of personal kindness which I have received during the contest : nor can I conclude without expressing my sense of the uniform courtesy of those who have differed from me in opinion. I have the honour to be, Your faithful servant, WM. BROWN. Richmond-hill, 29th May, 1844. MR. COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS. PATRONISED BY THE Duke of Grafton, Duke of Manchester, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Argyll, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Marl borough, Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Ailesbury, Marquis of Winchester, Marquis of Aber corn, Esti of Eldon, Earl of Harrowby, Earl Minto, Earl of Carnarvon, Farl of Kin noul, Ea.l of Errol, Earl of Mountcashel, Earl of Darlington, Earl of Guildford, Earl of Scarborough, Earl of Oxford, Earl of Thanet, Earl of Athlone, Earl of Ros common, Earl Cowper. Earl Amherst, Earl of Leicester, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Visccunt Howick, Viscount Fordwich, Viscount Tmrington, Viscount Acheson, Viscount Alford. Lord Arundel, Lord Hill, Lord Plunkett, Lord Murray, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Bentinck, Lord Fitzroy, Lord Middleton, Lord Frederick Gordon, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord Hay, Lord Barham, Lord Redesdale, Lord Seymour. Lord Hartland, Lord Western, Lord Sydenham, Lord Archbishop of Armagh. Bishop of Durham, Bishop of Chester, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of Norwich, Bishop of Salisbury, Bishop of Peterborough, Bishop of Ely, Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of Hereford, Bishop of St. Asaph, Bishop of Bangor, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Calcutta, Right Hon. J. A. Murray, Lord Advocate of Scotland, Right Hon. R. C. Ferguson, M.P., Judge Advocate General, Hon .Sir Edw. Cast, K.C.H.. Hon. Col. Anson, M.P., Hon. Fox Matile, M.P.. Admiral Sir D. Gould, G.C.8., Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Sir J. Mac donald K.O 8., Adjutant-General, Sir Thomas Dyer, Bart., Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., M.P., Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., M.P , Sir Robert Grant, Bart., Sir Henry Blake, Bart., Sir Sand. F.uziyer, Bart., S r Robert Buxton, Bart., Sir John Forbes, Bart , Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., Sir Philip B. V. Broke. K.O 8., Sir John Tyrell, Bart., M.P., Sir Henry Smyth, Bart., M.P., Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., M.P. Sir John de Beauvoir , Bart., Sir Th omas B. Mash, Sir Thos. Wilde, M.P., Solicitor-General, Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P., J. Wildman, Esq., Chilham Castle, Col. Tynte, M.P., Col. Sibthorp, M.P., Col. Delap, Stoke-park, Surrey, Col. Bence, Thorington.hall, Col. Cowell, Capt. Pechell, M.P., Matthias Atwood, Esq., M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.P., Charles Walker, Esq., M.P., Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Ludlow, Ven. Archdeacon of Colchester, Yen. Arch deacon c f St. Alban's, Rev. Dr. French, Cambridge, Rev. Dr. Benson, Rev. Dr. Birch, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Robt. Renwick. Esq., M.D., C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P. for Dublin, John Hatchet!, Esq., Dublin. OBSERVATIONS. " Si quid novisti rectins istis, " Candidus imperti ; si non, his utere mecum."—Hon. " If you are in possession of better means, " Candid7y inform me ; if not, make use of these " It is now more than a quarter of a century since Cockle's Anti-bilious Pills were first introduced to public notice. The idea of testing their virtues on so ex►ensive a scale was suggested by the local reputation they acquired in the medical practice of the Proprietor, as a mild and efficacious family aperient. _ _ One of the earlie s st and strongest claims of these pills to public patronage consisted in their perfect freedom from every dangerously active ingredient, so that in all cases where their use was indicated they might be resorted to with advantage under any system of diet, change of climate, cr atmospheric alternations, &c. ; while the great and increasing patronage they have since acquired is an additional argument in their favour, and a conclusive proof of their value as a family medicine. They will be found particularly valuable in almost every form of indi gestion, with torpid bowels, and inactive liver ; also in gout, billions attacks, sick headache, and nervous irrita bility from a deranged state of the stomach and bowels. Prepared by James Cockle, Surgeon to her Serene Highness the late Langravine of Hesse Homberg. 18, NEW ORMOND-STREET, LONDON. Oa Tuesday last, the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster was ce lebrated, at Chester, with great rejoicings. ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.—On Satur day considerable surprise was occasioned by a statement in the Times, that before its pages would probably have been read by the public, the Emperor of Russia would have set foot on the shores of England. The announce ment has turned out to be correct, his Majesty having arrived at Woolwich on Saturday evening, at ten o'clock. The arrival of the Emperor has, up to the present period, for some unexplained reason, been kept a profound secret. The Emperor travels incog., and was conveyed, along with his suite, in three Dutch steamers. Immediately on landing, his Majesty and suite entered the carriages in waiting to convey them to Ashburnham House, the resi dence of Baron Brunow, which they reached at half-past eleven the same evening, and, after partaking of coffee, his Majesty repaired to the rooms prepared for him. On Sunday morning his Majesty was waited on, soon after nine, by Prince Albert. Their meeting was of the most affectionate and cordial character. The Emperor threw his arms round the neck of the Prince Consort, and em braced him fervently, Prince Albert returning the salute with great apparent feeling. They remained in conversa tion a considerable time, when the Prince left, promising to return at half-past one to conduct the Emperor to e t i m m b e a t s o s y a . t te , ncl t t d h i e v i t n i e m s e e r s S t ' a ic t e ed at th ti e le P r chapel nce a or arrived, vtehde, iin o Russian m Buckingham Pal ace , hi s M a j esty i ntending in the mean pany with Sir Robert Peel, whom his Majesty received very cordially. They then proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and his Majesty was presented to the Queen, after which the Emperor was d conveye on a round of visits—to the King of Saxony, in his apartments at Buck ingham Palace; to Marlborough House, to pay a visit to the Queen Dowager; to the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Wellington, whom his Majesty appeared delighted to meet. Within the borough of Whitby at present resides a fa mily of whom it is stated, that when the eldest child was a year old, the united ages of father, m o th er, and child, amounted only to thirty years. MODE OF TESTING THE. QUALIT Y OF GUANO. Good guano is the excrement of sea fowl, accumulating in countries where there is no rain. It owes its virtue to a manure, first as the presence of ammonical salts, and, secondly to that of phosphate of lime or bone earth, derived from the bones of fish. To test the ammonia, take a spoonful of guano, and a spoonful of powdered qu i c k lime, put them in a m ortar, and rub them with a pe s tl e f or a few seconds ; if the guano be genuine, the smell will resemble that of a bottle of salts, and will make the eyes water in the same manner. In this way it may be proved whether the sample be guano or not, and also the strength of dif ferent samples may be estimated by the comparative strength of effluvia of the ammonia disengaged. To test for the phosphate of lime, place a small quantity, ( say 100 grains ) in an iron ladle or earthen pipkin, or in any similar vessel, in which heat it red hot over a clear fire for twenty minutes. lithe guano be genuine it will be reduced to a white ash, weighing about 35 grains ; if the 100 grains when burnt, weigh much more than 35 grains, the guano is ' not genuine, or contains an undue proportion of sand or similar 'Tatter. The ashes of g entl i ne guano will be found to be phosphate of lime nearly pure, if it be requisite to prove this a small bottle of acetic acid, or white vinegar, will dissolve the phosphate and hold in solution, leaving the selica and alumina, (probably amounting to three or four grains) undissolved. The ashes should be left in the acetic acid for two days, and the bottle occasionally shaken. It is assumed that the guano to be tested be dry.—Farmer's Journal. ATROCIOUS PERSECUTION IN MADEIRA. Of late years popery has had its apologists even amongst those who profess not themselves to belong to the Church of Rome—" liberals" of views so large and tolerant on all points of religion, that they equally sympathise with Churchman, Dissenter, Papist, Mahommedan, Jew, or Infidel. Some of these deny that popery ever persecuted in this country ; gloze over the tyranny and cruelties of the Inquisition in Europe in its palmiest days, by im puting gross exaggeration to most authentic records of its doings ; and if they admit of some by-gone persecutions, ascribe them to the darkness and ignorance of the olden times in which they occurred, winding up with the com forting assumption, that the light of intelligence and humanity has now so far illuminated the understandings. and improved the hearts of men, that such atrocities can never gain be enacted. If such reasoning be really sincere, we lament their credulity, for they are assuredly misled by others, or delude themselves. True, the horrors of the Inquisition have to , a great degree been reduced, or in some countries repressed for a time, by the contact with Protestant light, and the political checks imposed by Protestant governments and communities. But popery sanctions them still; and popery is insusceptible of change or of amelioration in its principles. As is well stated by a contemporary, " if it change in spirit, it must cease to be popery, and come mit/ of the cage of unclean birds. The cloak drawn by cunning and policy over the cloven foot, can, as occasion offers, he withdrawn, and ex hibit it in its original deformity." A letter from Dr. Kalby, a Protestant English gentleman, at Madeira, date the 4th ult., sufficiently proves the fact. It will be re membered that he himself has but recently been released from the persecuting grasp of Rome, not by her progress to enlightened and tolerant principles, but by the peremp tory, the irresistible interference of the British govern ment. He states that on the previous Sabbath, two per sons when going from his house were t..ken prisoners, and committed to gaol, where they they then lay, for not kneeling to the host as it passed. He adds :—" On Wed nesday several were mauled with sticks, and some taken by hands and feet as in procession, and carried into the church and made to kneel before the images." But we have a far more revolting instance of the horrid spirit of popery where its votaries think they can act upon with safety, and that too in the same island, which is only a few days' sail from England, and in which there is, moreover, British jurisdiction to a certain extent. This was communicated to the meeting of the Free Assembly of the Church of Scotland, on Thursday, the 23d instant, by the Vice-Convenor of its Colonial Committee, and is also detailed in several of the newspapers on undoubted authority.—The Rev. Mr. Sym, in submitting the report, said, that the' most deeply affecting and, at the same time, most revolting portion of it was a communication from the Rev.Jas. Julius Wood, dated Funchal, May 4, relative to a female being condemned to death at Madeira for having renounced the errors of popery, and, that, too, by a ma gistrate in the pay of the British government. Mr. Wood says, " she has been found guilty only of saying that images should not be venerated or adored, and that the bread in the Sacrament is only bread. On the latter point it is alleged that the proof was defective. For such a crime the judge has sentenced tier to suffer death, when it was competent for him to have punished her with a fine of ten dollars, or under. And this judge is also British Judge Conservator (appointed and paid by the British go vernment), to whom we have to look for justice in the event of any of our rights as British subjects being vio lated." The following is the sentence:— " In view of the answer of the jury, and discussion of the cause, &c., it is proved that the accused, Maria Joaquina, perhaps forgetful of the principles of the holy religion which she received in her first years, and to which she still belongs, has maintained conversations and arguments condemned by the church,—maintaining that veneration should not be given to images ; denying the real existence of Jesus Christ in the sacria hostia; blaspheming against the most Holy Virgin, Mother of God ; advancing other expressions against the doctrines received and followed by the Catholic Apostolic Roman Church ; expounding these condemned doctrines to different persons ; thus committing the crimes of heresy and blasphemy punished by the law of the kingdom ; and, though it be affirmed that nobody can be prosecuted for motives of religion (as a principle truly constitutional), it is necessary that the religion of the state be respected, and public morals be not perverted by words or acts that are condemned, as is expressly established in the fundamental law of the state, vol. cxlv. par 4, which the aecusedin troth did not do. On the contrary, blaspheming against God and his saints, she gave over respecting the religion of the state to which she belongs , seeking to associate to her party those who nourished different from her's. This accusa tion cannot be eluded by the defence to which she has re course, because it consists only in sustaining the illegality of the action, and the incompetency of the court to con demn in the penalties decreed by the ordinances, book ix. tit. 1, It appears that it belongs only to the Tribunal ad quern to decide a question on all accounts delicate. At tending, then, to the fact that the crimes of which the prisoner is accused are found proven in the form decreed by the law of December 19, 1774, and ordinances of book v. tit 2, par. 1, which says thus,—` And if he ben peasant, let him receive thirty strokes at the foot of the pillory with a cord, and proclamation, and let him pay two dol lars.' Observing, moreover, that the aforesaid law of the 19th December imposes on those guilty of the crimes of heresy the penalty of death, with infamy ; observing, likewise, that now is abolished the said penalty of infamy and strokes, and that the greater punishment always in cludes the lesser; I condemn the accused, Maria Joa quina, to suffer death, as declared in the said law, and in the costs of the process which she shall pay with her goods.—Funchal Oriental, in Public Court, May 2, 1844. (Signed) "JOSE BOREIRA LEILE PILLA OBLIGUERA NEGRAO" Dr. CANDLISH immediately on the report being read, expressed his opinion that this painful subject should take precedence of all other matters before the court. It is one of the most stirring announcements, he continued, which can possibly be made in an Assembly of Christian ministers, met together as a court of the Church of Christ; and it is one of the most ominous signs of the times to which our attention can possibly be directed, as indicating the unchanged spirit of that system which is already " drunk with the blood of the saints." It can not but have made every cheek in this Assembly to blush, to think that a Judge in British pay, and appointed by British authority, should have been the first in our time to revive the punishment of death for heresy. He con eluded an affecting address by proposing that the convener of the committee, who was about to proceed to London, should carry with him the authority and instructions of the Assembly, first of all to take counsel with the bre thren and elders of the Church in London, able to advise him aright,—and then, with their counsel and concur rence, to take such steps as may seem most expedient for bringing the matter speedily under the notice of her Majesty's Government. Dr. HENDERSON, of Glasgow, in the course of some remarks, on seconding the motion, stated, that the un fortunate female alluded to had already suffered imprison ment for twelve months. The motion was then agreed to. The poor victim in this case, Maria Joaquina, wife of Manuel Alves, is the mother of seven children, of whom the youngest was an infant at the breast when she was cast into prison. What the British government will do in the case remains to be seen. One thing, at least, is certain ; Maria Joaquina will not perish by the hands of the executioner, unless Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen give the executioner leave. Popery, true to its old character, has passed on her the flagrantly unjust and cruel sentence of condemnation, which horrifies the Chris tianity of the world ; but, just as the British Minister drops the signal, will there be an execution or none in the else. Providence has placed the fatal napkin in the hands of Sir Robert Peel and the Earl ; and without their con sent this persecuted female cannot be murdered. INTERNATIONAL COFTRIGHT ACT.—This act, passed on the 10th of last month, first repeals the previous Inter national Copyright Act, which did not give power to her Majesty to confer any exclusive, right upon authors, en gravers, &c., who had first published in foreign countries, and vests her Majesty with powers in this respect. The following are the heads of the principal clauses :—Authors of works first published in foreign countries shall have copyright therein within her Majesty's dominions, by order in council. If the order applies to books, the copy right law as to books first published in this country shall apply to the books to which the order relates ; and there is a similar clause with respect to prints and sculptures. Dramatic and musical compositions first publicly repre sented abroad may, by order, have similar rights in the British dominions. Authors are to register and deliver copies of books, music, &c. In anonymous works, the name of the publisher to be sufficient. The works to be entered in the register book of the Company of Stationers as before. Copies of books, and having copyright under this act, printed in foreign countries other than those wherein it was first published, to be prohibited. A copy of each book or print to be deposited in the library of the British Museum, but not second editions unless they contain additions or alterations. The orders in council may specify different periods for different foreign coun tries and for different classes of works. No order to have effect unless it states that reciprocal protection is secured by the foreign power named. Authors of works first pub lished in foreign countries are not entitled to copyright except under this act. The act concludes with an inter pretation clause. THE PROPERTY Tax.—A return of the net amount of duty collected for the year ended the sth of April, 18-13 ; also of the number of claims of exemption received at the Tax-office up to the 20th day of May, 1844, &c., has just been issued on the motion of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. It appears from this paper, that the gross total amount of the collection for the year in question was—iu England, £4,989,801 ; and, in Scotland, £394,324 ; making a grand total for the whole of Great Britain amounting to the sum of £5,384,125. Of the former amount (£4,989,801,1 the sum of £2,150,412 was col lected under schedule A; the sum of £298,763 under schedule B ; the sum of £812,892 under schedule C ; the sum of £1,466,985 under schedule D ; and the sum of £260,657 under schedule E. This account is made up on the amount of duty collected to the sth of April, 1814, i n respect of the year 1842, ended April 1843. The amount collected in Scotland cannot at present, it ap pears, be distinguished in schedules. The second branch of the return informs us that the total number of claims o f ex emption under the Property Tax A c t rece i ve d at t h e Tax-office up to the 20th May, 1844, amounts to 8 9 ,851 (of which about 6,000 have been found defective, and re turned to the surveyors for correction or amendment;) that the total number of claims in which the duty has been repaid amounts to £75,500 ; that the amount of the duty repaid is £69,101 ; that the total number of claims in which orders have been issued by the Board of Taxes for discharging the property of the claimants from assess ment amounts to 49,370_; and the total number of claims remaining in the office for examination and inquiry to 1,345, which were to have been disposed of during the j past week. ) SUSPECTED DESTRUCTION OF AN INFANT 1 CHILD BY ITS MOTHER. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon before Mr. Curry, the borough Coroner, touching the death of an infant child—the rumoured circumstances g reg ardin which had excited a painful interest th roug h out a great part of the town. The following are the heads of the evidence. The mother was brought up in custody. Alice Stevenson, an interesting looking girl of 17 years of age, said she was the daughter of Elizabeth Stevenson ' and had for the last two years resided with h er i n G arner ' s Court, Rescoe-street—sleeping with her in the same bed. Her mother acted occasionally as a sick nurse. About two months ago she saw reason to challenge her mother with being in the family way, and asked her who was the father; but she denied being pregnant, and witness did not afterwards refer to the subject. On Friday last, her mother being employed out as a sick nurse, witness in turn ing down the bed in which she and prisoner slept found a bundle in dark cloth, and being alarmed ran for a female neighbour, who came, opened it, and found it to contain the body of a child. Witness was so frightened that she did not notice the sex. On Friday weekher mother was very poorly ; and remained so during Saturday, but came down stairs that day. Witness afterwards saw that night some ap pearances in the room thatfirst led her to'suspect thatsome thing improper had taken place but did not name her suspi cions.asshethoughtitmighthavearisenfrom natural causes. On finding the body she called in Mr. Inspector Thomp son, who after seeing the child had the prisoner appre hended. Her mother kept a mangle, by which, and as a nurse, she made a living. Witness said her father had died 4 years ago. Margaret• Christian, whom the last witness had called in on finding the bundle, corroborated the finding of the child in a piece of black stuff cloth with calico within. Ann Foulks had thought the prisoner in the family way, . and remarked a diffaence in her appearance during the ' last week. Inspector Thompson went to the house when called, and found deceased to be a male child. Mr. M'Lelland, surgeon of the Dispensary—to which the child was carried—said he had examined the body, and his opinion was that it bad died from general debility arising from natural causes. Neglect at the birth might have debilitated it, but he would not say it woulci have lived bad it been attended to, as the pains of labour might have produced the effects he saw on the liody. There was not the least external injury of any kind. He had spoken with the prisoner on two occasions about it. At the first interview she admitted the child was hers; and on ask ing her if it had been born alive she said "it bad never struggled mucb." On the second occasion (Sunday) she said that after it was born she had lain two hours unable to assist it; that she then tied the cord, went down stairs, got a pair of scissors and divided it. She also said at first, that she had been confined eight days before, and had delivered herself. The Coroner, after recaptulating the surgeon's evidence, said that the only verdict which the jnry could return was that the child had died from general debility, brought on by natural causes. Had there been any evidence that the deceased had been smothered they must have given a verdict of wilful murder against the mother. So far the case was disposed of as regarded that count ; but the cir cumstances were such that he felt it his duty not to release the prisoner, but to send her before Mr. Rushton, who might, if he deemed it proper, commit the prisoner for trial on the charge of concealment of pregnancy,—or might discharge her. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with this direction. The prisoner was then taken in custody to the police court (followed by the witnesses) but as the court had risen before they arrived, she was detained for examination until this day. COALS. fIEORGE LOXTON, COAL MERCHANT, having dis kJl continued receiving orders in Dale-street, begs to inform his Friends that he has taken an OFFICE in DERBY-BUILDINGS, FENWICK-STREET, oppo site the North and South Wales Bank, where the Coal and Carrying Business will for the future be carried on. Best King Coals for House Use, and Rushy-park Coals, in the River, for Steam-boats and Shipping. LOCAL NEWS. LAUNCH AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Saturday last, the new and splendid barque, the Great Unknown, was launched from the ship-building yard of Messrs. W. and A. Adamson, Canning-street, Birkenhead. She Was christened by the lady of onr townsman, Daniel M`NicOl, Esq., and presented a beautiful spectacle as she elided majestically onward to her future element. THE ARMY.—A squadron of the Bth Hussars arrived at Liverpool, from York, on Saturday, and immediately after embarked for Dundalk. Another squadron of the same regiment is expected to arrive here to-morrow, en route for the same destination. The sth Dragoon Guards are also expected to arrive here to-morrow, from Dun dalk, and are quartered at Manchester. SINGULAR.—The Mail states that, on the 7th ult., about four, a.m., in lat. 44 N., lon., 32 25. all the watches on board the schooner, Henry Curwen Vickers, master, stopped, as did the chronometer, and the compasses pointed in different directions, and were for the time useless. This continued about two hours, when the watches and chronometers commenced going and the compasses acted as before. BRITISH WINES.—The great perfec ion that is now at tained in the manufacture of British wines, coupled with the great reduction that has taken place in the value, has rendered these cordials articles of general consumption. By referring to the advertisement of Messrs. Rose and . Co., it will be found that the finest qualities, and we know them excellent, do not exceed 7s. 6d. per gallon. Their ales and porters, too, are now in prime condition. ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning, a man, named Wilson, employed as ship-keeper on hoard the Avon, in Brunswick Dock, slipped whilst walking on deck, and fell bead foremost upon a quantity of stone ballast, at the bottom of the hold. He was taken to the Southern Hos pital, and, on examination, to the surprise of all, not a bone was broken ; but he was found to be dreadfully bruised, although it was hoped not dangerously. WHITEMAN'S BRUNSWICK HOTEL.-It C:ill be seen, on reference to an advertisement in another page, that the civil and enterprising proprietor of this hotel has discon tinued for the future racing sweeps, in order, we learn, to devote more minute attention to the commercial and ge neral departments of his establishment—an establishment replete with every convenience, which must, under this able management, prove a boon to travellers, and, we trust, a lucrative investment to himself. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—We understand that the Rev. Professor Hill, of the University of Glasgow, will preach in St. Andrew's Church, Rodney-street, on Sunday next, when the friends of the Scottish Establishment resi dent in this town will have an opportunity of hearing one of the most able, learned, and constitutional advocates of that branch of our national establishment. We further understand that the Rev. John Cumming, of London, another distinguished minister of the Church of. Scotland, will officiate in the same place of worship, on Friday the 14th instant, on the interesting occasion of the induction of the Rev. Johu Tod Brown, the newly.appointed in cumbent. CURIOUS COFFIN.—A. coffin is being exhibited at No. 3, Lawton-street, the whole of which is of scagliola com position made to imitate marbles and other stones. In the present case it imitates fine Scotch granite, beautifully polished. The breast-plate or shield is an equally good imitation of b'ack and yellow marble. The designer, George Carson, is sixty-eight years of age, and is in indi gent circumstances. tie is unwilling to become charge able to the parish ; and is exhibiting his workmanship with a view to avert such a result of adverse circumstances over which he had no controul. The smallest contribu tions will be acceptable from visitors. ECLIPSE OF THE Moorr.—The skywas delightfully clear and serene on Friday night, and the progress of the eclipse was witnessed to great advantage. The moon rose in the southeast, about a quarter past eight, and at nine the earth's shadow appeared first creeping over it. Soon after, the moon was entirely immersed. The great est obscuration was at about three quarters after ten o'clock, and the eclipse ended at twenty-two minutes after twelve. Soon afterwards the moon was shining in un clouded lustre. The eclipse was not seen to advantage in the south, as the atmosphere was obscured by clouds. There will be another total eclipse of the moon on the2-Ith of November. INTERESTING THOUGH AFFLICTING CIRCUMSTANCE. —On Sunday last the Rev. J. W. Gouring preached a most beautiful and scriptural sermon at St. Matthew's Church, Key-street, in this town. It may not be known that the reverend gentleman was about two years since afflicted with blindness, and is still destitute of the great blessing of sight. He however possesses great fluency of speech, and through the aid of an intelligent mind and a retentive memory, was enabled to deliver a very excellent I discourse, interspersed with numerous quotations from the sacred oracles. Mr. Gouring was a few years since the officiating minister at St. Matthew's, and is now stationed at a church in the metropolis, where he regularly performs the stated services. Tun CouNcm.—At the usual monthly meeting of the Council, to be held on Wednesday next, the proceedings of the finance Committee will comprise a recommenda tion to sell the reversion of a piece of land on the south side of Myrtle-street, and the west side of Sugnall-street, upon which a Presbyterian Chapel is intended to be erected The Dock Bill, as amended and proposed to be amended, will be taken into consideration ; and the Coroner's accounts, amounting to £lOl, will be submitted, The Mayor's communications will comprise an application from the burgesses of St. Anne's Ward, upon an alleged vacancy in its representation in the person of Mr. Hobert Jones, and the bye-laws for the better regulation of the slips and stages, to prevent accidents on landing and boating, and to extend the time for landing and boating passengers and goods at the piers on the steam vessels going beyond the port. CHARGE OF STEALING THIRTY POUNDS.--TwO youn g men, John Holme, and Swinnerton,, were yesterday placed before Mr. Richard Houghton, (who was sitting io the absence of Mr. Rushton,) at the Police-court, on a charge—the former of carrying off from his employer, and the latter of receiving a sum of £3O. It appeared that the prisoner Holme was a shopman to Mts. Hodson, in Paradise-street, and that on Thursday last she had given him a parcel containing the amount stated; in gold and silver, to take to the railway to be sent to Manchester, but that in place of doing so he had absconded with it. Notices were publ , shed, and he was found in Handley, in Staffordshire, by the police, in company with the other prisoner, Swinnerton, who he said had the money, so that both were apprehended and sent to this town. Swinner ton said be had no knowledge of the money being impro perly come by; that Holum had represented to him that he had received it from relations of his own name in this town ; that he proposed their joining together in a s ma ll business, and also having a trip to the Isle of Man to gether, and that he had given every assistance towards the recovery of what remained of it. A gentleman in court said that Swinnerton was respectable and well-con nected, and he believed was not criminally to blame. The magistrate accordingly discharged him, ordering his evidence to be taken. The prisoner Holme on being asked what he had to say, said he was sorry for what hid happened, and was committed for trial at the sessions. FORGERY.—lntelligence has been received at the Police-office, that Mr. John Parker, a mill?r and core merchant, had absconded from H ull, charged with forgery- It appears that he is about forty•five years of age, that he was dressed in dark coloured clothes, and that his exterior is that of a respectable tradesman. He had in h;s pos session a £lOO Bank of England note and two £5O notes of the same bank. It is supposed that his intention was to go abroad. A reward of .C. 5 has been offered for his apprehension. The Directors of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway have determined to issue Day Tickets, giving parties at: opportunity of visiting the ancient city of Chester at a small charge, the fare being 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. from Bir kenhead to Chester and back. A reference to the adver— tisement will show that the time as wr-ll as the pockets of parties on pleasure has been studied. A grand treat is anticipated in the city to-morrow (Wednesday),, whea the regatta will take place, also the review of the Cheshire Cavalry on the Rcodee. THE Brsnop OF NEWFOUNDLAND.—On Sunday morning last the newly appointed Bishop of Newfound land preached in Christ Church, in this town, and in the evening in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Woodside. After the latter sermon a collection was made in aid of fire society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, when about twenty pounds were collected. 'We under stand that his lordship will meet this morning a consider able number of the clergy to breakfast, at the Rev. Mr.. Wray's; after which the Holy Communion will be ad ministered at St. Martin's Church, when the bishop, after participating in this closing religious service, prior to leaving his native land, will be accompanied by the as sembled clergy to the Acadia steam-ship, in which he will take his departure for the performance of the important duties in the diocese of Newfoundland. LAUNCH OF THE IRON SHIP " QUEEN."—Yesterday, a fine iron vessel, built by Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co., North-shore, was launched from their building yard, amidst a large concourse of spectators. She is for James Hartley, Esq., London, and is intended for the London and Exeter line, for which she appears to be admirably adapted. She is 140 feet in length, 22 feet in breadth (or beam,) 13i feet in depth of hold, and admeasures about 330 tons. Her model was much admired by the nautical gentlemen present. We have seen no iron vessel, of whatever size,' more strongly built—her thinnest plates being half-inch thick ; and, though very sharp at the. ex tremities, such are her bearings that she is suited for a light draft of water. We need scarcely add, that in fi delity cf workmanship she is excelled by no iron vessel yet turned out. A handsome figure-head of her Majesty ornaments the bow, with carved work on each side, and on the stern to correspond, representing sea-nymphs , tritons, marine trophies, six., boldly throw n ou t i n re li e f A number of ladies and gentlemen were accommodated on a scaffold at the bow. At about a quarter to one o'clock, all being in readiness, the word was given; the " daggers" were knocked down, and she almost imme diately glided sublimely and steadily into her destined element, amidst the enthusiastic cheers and good-wishes of the multitude on each side. The ceremony of chris tening was gracefully performed by Miss Wilson Green. She floated very lightly, and presented a very rakish ap pearance, She will, we learn, be fitted with engines of 140 horse-power, on the most approved principle, and we have no doubt will turn out a remarkably swift vessel. We may add, that " The Duke of Lancaster," the splen did wooden ship, (to which we alluded last week) also built by Mr. Wilson, will be launched next spring tides. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—On seeing the first an nouncement of Professor Greenbank's lectures, we must confess our minds misgave us as to the manner in which any man, however talented, could frame his sketches, so as neither to offend friends by his fulsomeness, or disgust its enemies by his partizanship; we therefore must admit that we have been most agreeably disappointed in our ess timate of the powerful resources which the Professor has at his command, for we never remember attending a course of lectures which have given us more satisfaction, or from which we have received greater delight—his de lineation of character, however opposite to political life, is truly beautiful—his just and honest tribute to genius, from whatever source, and possessed by whomsoever it may, is creditable to his feelings as a man, and honours able to the institution in making so judicious a selection. ; We feel. indeed, that we are at an intellectual banquet, to which all and every aspirant to intellectual fame is in vited. We here recognise no religious or political line of demarcation, but all, however extreme may be their shade of opinion, or the various absorbing topics of the present day, are equally welcome guests ; at one time we, quaff the nectar from the exuberant fountain of a Peel; at another we drink from the overflowing and lucid stream of a Shell; each commands our admiration—each carries us captive by his intrinsic beauties of language, clothed in all the decorations of taste, eloquence', and sterling oratory. This evening, we perceive from the syllabus. that Viscount Melbourne, Lord Howick, and Lord Pal-. merston wilt pass under review ; and on Friday, the learned Professor wilt exemplify the styles of such distin guished men as Robert Hall, Dr. Cooke, Rowland Hill. Henry Melville, and Baptist Neel. The Professor ter minates his engagement on Tuesday next, when a selec tion of admired readings and recitations will be given, among which we understand will be " The song of the shirt." The lecture season of the half-year will likewise be closed on the same evening. THE EUPHONICON.—We were last week favoured stt Mr. Smith's music warehouse with an inspection of this unique instrument. The first novelty that at tracts attention is, that the bass strings rise over the instrument in a perpendicular frame, precisely repre senting the upper part of a harp. The treble strings, on the right, are within the body. The whole is truly classical and rich in architecture, the material chiefly of rosewood, richly empanelled, and decorated with foliated and scroll ornaments in satinwood and gilt- The panels at the back (which in this piano is, properly, the front) are perforated in a beautiful manner, and as these reach at the bottom to within six or eight inches from the floor the tone is strong and distinct. The frame work and all of that within is of iron—which is found not only to give additional power, but to maintain more per fect tune than wood in any climate. We also saw, at Mr. !Smith's, the Chryrogymnast, or hand gymnasium, which is considered by celebrated teachers of the piano, organ, and other instruments, to be one of the most im portant inventions that ever came before the musical world. The object is the increase of the muscular power of the hands, and to facilitate fingering in every point. By means of a little practice upon it, the fingers of the pupil are made with facility to expand, and to obtain a much greater flexibility and power than might otherwise be ac complished in years : the several exercises, nine in num ber, strengthen the muscles of the hands, both in a hori zontal and up-and-down direction so that the naturally weaker fingers soon become equal in power to the stronger, and thus give the player a command over any instrument which might never otherwise be attained, however fine the taste or the ear of the party. We strongly recommend an inspection of this ingenious, and, at the same time, amusing instrument, which may be practised in a bed chamber without disturbing those who are asleep. The practice of the Chryrogymnast is equally advantageous in facilitating skill upon all descriptions of instruments — is quite independent of the instrument, and so portable as to be readily packed up in a pertmanteau, so that per sons travelling may keep up the flexibility and command of finger so essential, without even touching their musi cal instrument. Mr. Smith has also, in two large rooms, a most extensive stock of the first pianos, from the " grand" to the " seven-cottage," with all the latest improvements, by all the most eminent makers. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IV was held FOREIGN yesterday P Au Ts— A evening, meeti i g n o t f h t e h N e a friends na l s of c h t h o is society olSchool-room, m Birkenhead, and was most respectably attended. The Rev. Andrew Krux took the chair, ably opened the business, and stated that the Rev. Secretary of the Parent Society, who had come down from London with the Right Rev. the Bishop of Newfoundland, (who is to embark for the scene of his labours this day) would furnish the meeting with some details of the proceedings and prospects of the society. The Rev. Mr. Hawkers, (the secretary) addressed the meeting at great length, giving an interest ing sketch of the society from its commencement, upwards of a century ago, the difficulties which it had to encoun ter, and its excellent effects in every quarter to which its missionaries have been sent. It was a society, the efforts of which were more confined to countries to which our emigrating country men resorted, and its main object was to propagate the gospel in our Canadian. West Indian, and Eastern possessions, amongst those of our country men who were left without sufficient pastoral aid in the principles of the Church of England, whilst at the time it did not neglect the heathen when they fell within the sphere of its operations. He strongly urged that while so many thousands were yearly forced by adverse circum stances, to emigrate with their families to the wilds of our colonies, the fact of their being our countrymen, and the circumstance of our deriving great wealth and power from those colonies, establish strong claims upon us to lead to lead them to the utmost of our means into the way of salvation. Many of the emigrants left this country in al/ but a state of entire destitution, and as they might be destined hereafter to become the fathers of mighty nations speaking the same language, the exertions of the society became the more necessary. He paid, in conclusion, a high and merited compliment to the Bishop of Newfoundland, and stated that not fewer than 250 clergymen in British America were to a great extent sup ported by the funds of the society, which was greatly re duced by the calls upon them.—The Rev. Mr. Baylee suc ceeded bim in a feeling address, in the course of which be y ss a a ll ge prO f V r i o llg ta a qu le o t t r e e d r b f iy -o o m ur a om r , e n p r o e r s t pe o e f ted th d e io s c o e c s i a e n ty , h a ig p h a l of its objects. lie made a strong and affectionate appeal in its behalf to the members of his own congregation and to all present.—The Chairman added a few cogent argu ments to those of the gentlemen who had preceeded He stated that the society had in their service 327 mission aries, but could usefully employ many times that number- He blamed the government for withdrawing a portion of the grant they had formerly given, but urged that this was no teal cause of discouragement, as its merits were suit that when it was fully known to the Christian community, it could not fail to be supported. A collection was then made while a hymn was being sung. and after a brier prayer the meeting separated. Two young ladies were accosted by a gipsy women, who told them that for a shilling each, she would show ttiew. their husband's faces in a pail of water ; which helot brought, they exclaimed, " Why we only sic oar oTra faces I" " Well," said the old woman, " those Will be your husbands' faces when you are married." DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE IN 1644.—1 n the Perfeei Occurrence.? of Sept. 11, 1644, it is stated, tbat" one-hail of the money collected in the city of London, and i tt Westminster, and within the lir,es of communication, to be sent for the relief of Lancashire, wherein some partset the people had nothing left t.► clothe them, or bread for their children to cat, in consequence of the unheard-t; spoil, rapine, and cruelties, lately committed by the eat.- my [the royalists]." 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