The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

proreenv in parliamtnt. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. - - Yr. Cockburn asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he was aware of the practice of the authorities of the town of Charleston to seize Bntish subjects, being men of colour on board British vessels in the port of Charleston, and to imprison them during the time such vessels remain in that port? and whether Her Majesty's Government had made Any efforts with the Government of the United States to pre vent British subjects from being thus outraged? Lord PALMERSTON regretted to say that the subject was one which was for some years known to the Government, and in 1847 representations with respect to it were made to the Government of the United States. In reply to these remon stances, Mr. Buchanan had verbally replied that the practice was in accordance with a law of the State of Carolina, with which the Federal Government could not interfere, and that such law was applicable to citizens of the United States as well as to foreigners. However this state of things might be re gretted, it was sufficiently well known, and those only who Were prepared to submit to it should go to Charleston. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the law relating to savings banks, and in doing so gave a history of savings banks from their first commencement, some 40 years back, as private speculations, until they swelled into such magnitude as to call for legislation. At present the Trustees of savings banks received no emolu ment. He proposed that this should be remedied, and that the Commissioners of the National Debt should have the power of appointing the Treasurer, who would probably be a banker in the locality of the savings bank, and who would send his clerk on certain days in order to pay and likewise to receive the monies, which should be immediately transmitted with an account thereof to the Commissioners. He proposed to repeal the Act of 1844, and thus to restore liability of the Trustees, and he also proposed to give power to the Commis sioners to send down an Inspector, should they perceive any necessity for doing so," to audit the accounts and compare the pass-books with the accounts transmitted. He proposed also to limit the amount of deposit to £lOO, at which sum in terest would cease to be paid, but power would be given to enable them to invest that sum in the Funds free of expense. The limitation would not apply, however, to existing depositors. He further proposed to reduce the interest to be paid to savings banks from £3 ss. to , and to reduce the amount to be paid to depositors to £2 15s. With respect to Friendly Societies, he proposed that no further money should be in vested by them with the Commissioners of the National Debt, except what might be paid prior to the passing of the present Bill, for in reference to the money already paid the parties had entered into agreements to assure at a rate of interest consis tent with that paid by the saving's banks. It was proposed to limit the power of trustee accounts to cases of infancy, lunacy, or mental incapacity. He also proposed to extend the power of granting annuities, and in order to accomplish this at the lowest premiums he should propose that there should be no return of the money to the relations in cases of death; but at the same time he wind(' also propose that means should be given to provide for the payment of a sum of money at death. After the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman had un dergone the usual amount of criticism, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Sir G. GREY then moved the second reading of the Ecclesi astical Commission Bill, the provisions of which he explained to the house, the principal feature of which was the disunion Of the ecclesiastical and lay departments by the appointment of a tribunal to be designated the Church Estates Committee, which was to be invested with the management of lands, tithes, and other hereditaments of the Church, and to report to the Commission thereupon. This Estates Committee was to con sist of three persons, two to be appointed by the Crown, and the third by the Archbishop of Canterbury, one of the former and the latter to be paid commissioners. Two others might be added, one of whom must be a layman. The decision of the Committee would be practically conclusive from the weight which would attach to it. There was an important clause in the bill by which fixed, instead of fluctuating incomes, would be given to the bishops and archbishops, and a clause was also to be introduced to prevent deans from holding benefices be yond a certain distance from their cathedrals. A debate ensued, in the course of which the following gentle. men addressed the House, viz., Messrs. Ilorsinan, Goulburn, E. Denison, Lord J. Russell, Mr. B. Osborne, Sir R. Inglis, Sir B. Hall, (who moved the adjournment of the debate), Mr, S. Herbert, Mr. P. Wood, and Mr. Cockburn. Eventually the motion for adjournment was withdrawn, an, the bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TIIESDAY. Sir B. HALL inquired whether it were true that the Arch bishop of Canterbury had appointed a relation of his own to the sinecure office of Registrar in the Prerogative Court of his Own diocese, worth between £ll,OOO and .7612,000 a year, an office the late most excellent and venerated Archbishop had informed the Government that, in the conscientious discharge of his duties, he could not fill up. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that a son of Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, a young man in the Temple, and a nephew of the Primate, had been named to the reversion of the offiee in question, but that all ecclesiastical appointments were at pre sent under consideration by a committee, and that probably either the office alluded to would be abolished, or its income greatly reduced. [lt turns out that it is a son of the Archbishop who has received the appointment.] Mr. HENLEY then moved that an address should be presented to her Majesty, to request that she would be graciously pleased to direct that a careful revision be made of the salaries and wages paid in every department of the public service, with a view to a just and adequate reduction thereof, due regard being had to the efficient performance of the several duties. A long and interesting debate ensued. The speakers in support of the motion were, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Hume, Mr. Drummond, and Mr. Disraeli and opposed:by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Roe- buck, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Cobden, Mr. W. P. Wood, and Lord J. Russell. On a division it was negatived by a majority of 269 to 173 HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, seconded by Sir R. INoms, an address of congratulation to her Majesty on the birth of another prince was unanimously agreed to. The Landlord and Tenant Bill was read a second time. Mr. RICARDO moved the second reading of the Railway Traffic Bill, which was negatived without a division. The Benefices in Plurality Bill then went through committee, Mr. S. Herbert having carried by a majority of 162 to 16 a proviso, that in case of two contiguous benefices held by one person, the yearly value of one should be less than .t3lOO. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE proposed a congratulatory address to her Majesty upon the birth of a prince. which the Duke of RICHMOND seconded, and it was unanimously agreed to. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a great number of peti tions, upwards of one hundred, from many different parts of the country, complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for a return to protection. The noble duke made a strong speech upon the subject, and declared that free trade was sweeping away the British farmers. He should continue to use every effort to get rid of free trade. Earl GREY vindicated the free trade principle, and denied that there was any unusual depression among the farming inte rests, but he admitted that the income tax, with regard to farmers, was in an unsatisfactory state. The Duke of Argyle, Lord Feversham, the Earl of St. Ger mains, the Earl of Stradbrook. and Lord Virran, each made a few observations upon the subject. After which the petitions were laid on the table. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY. Mr. Hutchings, the member for Lymington, took the oaths and his seat. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved the resumption of the adjourned debate upon his motion in February last, for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the annual duty on attornies' and so!icitors' certificates. Sir F. THESIGER supported the motion, and contended that the abolition of the tax was only a matter of justice. He re minded the house that attornies were, in addition to the annual certificates duty, liable to heavy stamp duty upon their articles and admission. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as many taxes had already been taken off as the state of the revenue would permit, and he should, therefore, oppose the introdac tion of the bill. Many licenses to trades knight be found fault with, and if some were abolished, the whole must follow. The tax• produced £1,000,000 annually, and he could not afford to give up that amount. Lora R. GROSVENOR replied, and, after a few words from Mr. O'GORMAN MA HON, the house divided. The numbers were —For the motion, 155 ; against it, 136. Majority, 19. The G'orernment was consequently defeated. Leave was given to bring in the bill. , On the motion for going into committee on the County Court Extension Bill, Mr. KEOGH moved it he an instruction to the committee to extend the bill to Ireland, but, it being opposed by Sir G. GREY, he withdrew the motion, and the house went into committee upon the bill. - Sir G. GREY announced, on the part of the Government, that he had no intention of offering further opposition to the feeling of the house in favour of extending jurisdiction of county courts to ; several clauses were agreed to. Considerable discussion ensued upon an amendment of the Attorney-General, by which several clauses were struck out of the bill, and others substituted, enacting a lower scale of fees upon claims above x'2o; providing for the payment, by sala ries, of the judges and other offic ers ; declaring that the deputy judges should not practise, and the clerk should reside, within the limits of their - respective districts ; and in some other ways facilitating and cheapening the pursuit of justice by the suitors. After some discussion it was agreed that the Attorney- General's proposition should be adopted. After a most desultory and extended discussion, Lord ASHLEY postponed the second reading of the Factory Bill till Wednesday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition from a board of guardians in Ireland, complaining of arbitrary con duct on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners, who had com pelled the hoard against its will to increase the salary of the Roman Catholic chaplain to their workhouse. He moved that the correspondence between this board of guardians and the Poor-law Commissioners should be laid on the table, and after wards printed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had no objection to the pro duction of the correspondence. On the motion of Earl GREY. the Pirates Head Money Bill MS read a third time and passed, and On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, the Indemnity Bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Lord ASHLEY, referring to a report that her Majesty's go vernment had some intention of proposing a scheme of their own respecting the factory question, inquired of Sir G. Grey whether there was such intention, and, if so, whether he had any objection to give, in general terms, an outline of the scheme. Sir G. Gaily replied that, after the acknowledgment made by Lord Ashley that he had expe r i enced unexpected difficulties which had obliged him to abandon th e intention heoriginally entertained, and to propose a new sche me , h e (Sir George) had thought it to be his duty to lay before the h ouse a plan- on the part of the government, prepared after full consideration, which he thought consistent with the spirit of the existing act, and which would carry out the object of Lord Ashley, and be satis. factory to the great body of operatives. He proposed, instead of the existing restrictions, that the hours of labour s h ould be between six in the morning and six in the evening on five days in the week, or ten hours and a half a . day (deducting an h our and a half for meals,) and from six in the morning until two in the afternoon on Saturdays. This would give 52i hours, instead of 50 for five days, and on Saturday half an hour less than at present. The house then proceeded to the consideration of the Dis tressed Unions Advances and Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Bill, as amended in committee. ll:further amendment, moved by Mr. CLEMENTS, of a pro viso to be added to the third clause (which provided that the liabilities of districts shall be charged on the town lands by vray of anuity for forty years,) that the annuity shall not exceed 6d. in the pound of the then net annual value of the rateable property, unless the debt would not thereby be paid off in forty years, led to some discussion. Upan a division, the amend ment was negatived. The house next proceeded to the consideration of the Irish Franchise Bill, as amended in committee. Other amendments (some of which had been moved and rejected in the committee) were moved by Mr. Anstey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Colonel Chatterton, and rejected, The house then resolved itself into committeeupon the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill, the details of which occupied the rest Of the evening. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, PARIS, THURSDAY.—M. Sue was proclaimed successful candidate to-day at the Hotel de Ville. The proceedings passed off with perfect order. The official return gave him 127,812. M. Leclerc had 119,726. The Pope has publicly blessed the French army, and the French army has helped to return Eugene Sue, who belongs to a party who would willingly fling the Pope into the Tiber to-morrow. Dr. Smetana, who recently seceded from the Roman Catholic Church, has been excommunicated. He has applied for a passport, as he intends quitting the country. There can be little doubt that the old Hussite spirit is spreading amain in Bohemia, and in that Crownland the first effect of the new ecclesiastical laws will probably be felt. ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OF LAGUAYRA.—We copied from the New York papers received last week a statement that this important city in Venezuela had been destroyed. It turns out that it is the city of Laguna, in Mexico, known for its exports of logwood and mahogany, a place of very much less consequence than the capital of Vene zuela. Jackson, the "American deer," has been running a race against two horses, at Bingamon, in the United States. The horses were to trot ten miles against the man's five miles and a half : the horses performed their distance in 29 minutes 4 seconds; Jackson his in 29 mi nutes 51 seconds, the man thus losing by 47 seconds. The stakes were a thousand dollars. The Sentinelle de Toulon . announces a severe collision between the crew of the Friedland, at Naples, and lazza roni. Three shots were fired on the ship's pinnance, and one of the seamen was stabbed with a stiletto. The French sailors threw into the sea four Neapolitan soldiers who took part with the lazzaroni. The French admiral caused an inquiry to be instituted into the affair. MORE FUNNY THAN ROYAL.—The ordinary advises from Madrid are of the 21st of April, which are exceed ingly barren ; but a telegraphic dispatch is said to have been received in Paris of the 23d inst., announcing a serious rupture between the King and the Cabinet. It appears that his majesty having come to the determina tion of not being present at the aecouchernent of the Queen, and of quitting the capital for a time, communi cated this unexpected intimation to General Narvaez and his colleagues, who, astonished at such a resolution, endeavoured to persuade the King to abandon it, but all to no purpose. In this critical dilemma a Cabinet Coun cil was held, which decided that the King should not leave Madrid, and that his majesty must consider him self under arrest. Soldiers were therefore placed to guard his apartments, in order to prevent escape, if attempted ; but, after a few hours' imprisonment, the King changed his mind, renounced his previous designs, and was allowed his liberty once again. I 4 the evening he accompanied her majesty in a carriage airing, as if nothing had occur red to disturb the peace of the royal pair. SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATICS.—(From the New York Tribune.)—The following letter was received a few days ago by Mrs. Nancy Cartwright, a respectable co loured woman, for several years a resident in this city, who has purchased her own freedom, and redeemed a part of her children from slavery, by her own industry, aided by the liberality of her friends : , Jan. 22, . "My dear Mothe r ,—l t a k e this opportunity of writin lBso g you a few lines, to i n fo rm y ou that I am i n Bruin's Gaol, and annt Sally and all her children, and aunt Hagar and all her children, and grandmother is almost crazy. My dear mother, will you please to come as soon as you can, as I expect to go away very shortly. Oh ! mother, my dear mother, come now and see your distressed and heart-broken daughter once more. Mother! my dear mother, do not folsake me, for I feel deso late. Please to come now. Your daughter, EMILY RUSSELL." At the suggestion of several friends, and by the request of the mother, a letter was written and posted to Alexan dria as follows : "ew "Mr. Joseph Bruin : Sir,—Mrs. Nancy CaCartwright 50. has learned that you have come into the possession of her daughter Emily, as well as her two sisters, Sally and Hagar, with their children. Emily supposes that you design to send them to a southern market, but from what I know of you, I have no idea that you prefer to do so (other things being equal) against the wishes of such a mother as Nancy is. Will you tell me, by return of :nail, at what price you will sell Emily Russell to her mother, and how long you will give her to make up the amount ? I shall confidently expect a reply from you immediately, and in the meantime—that you will not dispose of them, " Wm. HARNED, 91, John Street." To which Mr. Harned received the following answer : "Dear Sir,—When I received your letter, I had not bought the negroes you spoke of, but since that time I have bought them. All I have to say about the matter is, that we paid very high for the negroes, and cannot afford to sell the girl Emily for less than eighteen hundred dollars. This may seem a high price to you, but cotton being very high, consequently slaves are high. We have two or three offers for Emily from gentle men from the south. It is said that she is the finest-looking woman in this country. As for Hagar and her seven children, we will take for them 2,800 dollars. You may seem a little sur prised at the difference in prices, but the difference in the negroes makes the difference in price. We expect to start south with the negroes on the Sth of February, and if you in tend to do anything, you had better do it soon.—Yours, &c., "BRUIN and HILL " Wm. Harned, Esq., New York." CALIFORNIA By the kindness of friends we are enabled to give our readers some interesting particulars recently received from this country. The following is an extract from a letter written by a gentleman nearly related to a highly-respect able family in Liverpool. His letter to his friends in Liver pool is dated San Francisco, January 10, 1850. He says, " All is true respecting this golden country ; the gold being so diffusely spread in minute portions will require years and years, with a vast population, to collect it. Doubtless it has been preserved by Providence as a gift to the industrious portion of the world's creation—not to capitalists alone—certainly not to capitalists as heretofore understood. An immigration of real working people there is immense scope for. Ido not extenuate the staple of the country. I enclose a sample. Ladies, and females generally, may go to the East In dies; lint what say you to a Christmas day —a churchful of gentlemen with one female only, acd she the handsome wife of an artillery officer." The second letter from which we quote is also addressed by a young man, who formerly resided in Liverpool, to his friends here. It is dated San Francisco, 21st Feb. The writer states that he arrived at that port on the 27th January, after a tedious passage of 198 days. The priva tions he had endured for a space of seven months will, in his opinion, entitle him to any success that might be in store for him. He then proceeds to give an out line of the state of affairs in San Francisco. The place waS full of strangers from all parts of the globe, at racted thither by the very favourable accounts of the inexhaustible supply of the " root of all evil," which the country contained. Before the writer left San Fran cisco the place had become comparatively empty thou sands had "marched" for the diggings. The most serious employment appeared to be gaming, and the places in which this demoralising pleasure is carried on, are described as "splendid." These descriptions reminds us of the vivid picture sketched by `• Sir Walter Scott," of a similar scene in the palace of the merry monarch on a Sunday evening. The tables in the Californian " hells," like the " banks" in the former instance, present immense heaps of gold and silver. Nor does the simile cease here, the all-absorbing vice is pursued as well on the Sabbath as the week days— from Monday morning to Monday morning is one round of operations in these places, to which all classes and ages resort ; young boys casting down large sums with a sang froid that proclaims them to be experienced gamesters. The object of the writer of the letter was to have obtained a commercial situation in San Francisco, but in this re spect he was doomed to disappointment : he found employ ment of every description at a great discount ; the markets were glutted by the Americans and others, and trade was in consequence completely paralysed : the chances of con signees getting any return for their shipments seemed to be remote. The necessaries of life, it will be seen, continue unnaturally dear :—For lodging in a garret 28 shillings a week was demanded ; dinner was charged one dollar; breakfast three shillings ; a glass of ale cost sixpence ; a pound of cheese two shillings and sixpence; a bottle of porter two shillings, and other articles of consumption were equally high. Anything like sanatory regulations appears to be totally disregarded. Rain had fallen inces santly from October to January, the streets were in conse quence " one common mud-hold," preventing not only the traffic of pedestrians, but also of carriages of any kind : teams ;of oxen and mules were continually, as it were, imbedded in the stagnant mire. The state of trade being so unfavourable, and the cost of living being so serious a consideration, the writer soon equipped himself for the " diggings." He provided a pick, spades, a gold-washing cradle, and a tent, and in this trim departed fora locality one thousand feet above the level of the sea. His first stage was Stockton, 150 miles from San Francisco, whither he proceeded in a small schooner; the remainder of the journey was inland, and would be performed on foot, or by waggon. The weather had been cold, but was expected soon to become more genial ; notwithstanding the cold, however, the writer, and three other gentlemen, for a month slept under a tent on the sand, two of these p ersons , singularly enough, were known to him when in this coun try, both had been in good circumstances when in England, but impelled, either by their misfortunes, or their indis- THE OVER!: AND MAIL. The papers and letters from India and China, in anti cipation of the overland mail, have been received. Dates are—Bombay, April 3; Calcutta, March 25 ; and China, March 7. The Marquis of Dalhousie's health had won derfully improved by his late voyage. He was about to quit Calcutta for Simla, whither the marchioness had preceded him some days. Sir Charles Napier was at La hore on the 22nd of March, watching every movement, and listening to every complaint. Our Peshawur frontier was in a very disturbed state, and the communication be tween Peshawur and Kobat was entirely closed. Captain Coke had a skirmish with some of the disaffected in the hills, and lost ten of his men. The Affreedies have again proved troublesome, and succeeded in cutting off the supplies of water to the tower of Cohat, which placed the garrison in a helpless condition, and the troops were con sequently obliged to withdraw from that fortress. Ano ther expedition to the hills was contemplated. The Bri tish seamen and marines on board her Majesty's steamer Medea, Commander Lockyer, have had a gallant and vic torious action with the Chinese pirates. They succeeded in capturing and destroying 13 junks, by which the sea plunderers lost 220 men killed, and 20 made prisoners, two of whom have since died of their wounds. Not a single man belonging to the English party sustained the slightest injury. The commercial advices from Calcutta and Bombay represent trade to be in a very dull state, without any prospect of improvement. Import market at Bombay extremely dull, and somewhat lower for the little business doing. Exports also dull. Freight also depressed. Rates to Liverpool £3 first class, £2 15s. se cond class, and to London £3. At Calcutta imports were quiet, and in some cases lower. In exports the activity had subsided, waiting further advices. Freights lower, and little doing. The Bank of Bengal has raised rates for loans and discount 1 per cent. Tlid LIVERPOOL SUNDA IL cretions, they were. like him, on their way to the mines, with the purpose of retrieving. by a last grand effort, much time misspent. Some of the scenes enacted on the passage out are curious. The " shaving business," on crossing the line, is thus described :—" You stand on a stool, with only your trousers on, before which is a large sail filled with water, two sailors, one representing Neptune, and the other his wife, ask your name ; as you tremulously open your mouth to articulate the answer, a brush which has been dipped in a compound of rosin, tar, and pigs' manure is thrust into it; after this the stool is knocked from under your feet, and then they overwhelm you with salt water." IRELAND. NEWRY.—Patrick M'Mahon has been committed for trial, charged with the manslaughter of a " navvie" named Robt. M'Loughlin, into whose side he plunged a knife, causing instant death. A conditional order for a mandamus requiring the Town Council of Dublin to proceed to the election of a Lord Mayor in the place of Mr. John Reynolds, whose name has been struck off the burgess roll, has been granted by the Court of Queen's Bench at Dublin. The free trade Limerick Examiner informs us that, " The stream of emigration continues, and has reduced the competition for land, ro that there is not the fighting about it that used to be the case. in the county Clare Sir Lucius O'Brien has 5,000 acres of land thrown on his hands which he cannot let, and is not able either to stock or cultivate it ; and Lord Gort has 13,000 acres of land without a hoof on it, except some wild deer'." PUTTING THINGS TO THE TEST.—A government writer very coolly says, " The three great sales now ap proaching—of the Irish estates of the Earls of Mount casbell, Kingston, and Portarlington—will apply the true test to the land sales in the Incumbered Commission Court." When it is considered that the amount of pro perty devoted to the hammer under those three denomi nations scarcely falls short of £lOO,OOO a year, the reader will conclude that it is rather a costly " test." The me dical rule—fiat experimentum in corpore vili"—appears to have little weight in such philosophy. Another and if possible more degrading scene took place on Wednesday at the meeting of the " reformed" corpo ration of the city of Dublin. The chief actors were, as usual, the Lord Mayor and Mr. Walker (conservative), the latter in a measure aided by Mr. Martin, one of the extreme liberal party. So hot and furious was the war that at one time the police were introduced at the instance of Mr. John Reynolds, and, but for the intervention of one or two members opposed to this scandalous breach of propriety, Mr. Walker would have been an innate of the station at Chancery-lane. At the same time it would be difficult to say which faction is most to blame for the outrage, both seeming to have lost all sense of the usages of civilised society. BARRING OUT OF A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN.-- The Armagh Guardian contains the following singular statement :—" On Sunday week an attempt had been made to exclude the Rev. James Hardy, incumbent of Kildarton, from an entrance to his church by the putting of nails, such as worn in s h oes , i n t h e l oc k of the door. Yesterday again the church was completely barricaded. Ihe cause, we understand, and which has been assigned to the rev. gentleman, is his not having registered when invited by the Registration Society of Armagh, and after wards having registered his votes for the county and city independently of that association, as well as having, a considerable time since, placed his schools under the Commissioners of National Education." The Bishop of Exeter has written a letter in reply to the Churchmen of Nottingham. It is the first since the Primate's curt answer to the 118 clergymen in the diocese of Lincoln. In his letter he says,—" The time is coming —rather, is already come—when every one must declare himself, if he is faithful. individual confession of the true faith is now necessary, for we have ceased to have security for the assertion of that faith by the laws of the State—and the very possibility of asserting it by synod is denied to us." SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.— On Monday a public meeting was held at Willis's-rooms to consider the claims of this society. Lord Littleton presided. The report stated that the number of clergy in connexion with the society in the North American colonies was 278. In each of the North American colo nies a college for the education and training of clergymen existed, and to every one of them the society granted exhi bitions for the support of candidates for holy orders. In the West Indies the society maintained 38 missionaries, who were stationed at Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbadoes, and the Leeward Islands, Antigua, Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo. A large number of clergymen were main tained by the society in the four Indian dioceses—Cal cutta, Madras, Bombay, and Colombo. To' the Australi an dioceses and Tas mania, between 60 and 70 clergymen had been sent out since 1837. The total number of mis sionaries maintained in whole or in part by the society was 355 ; the number of divinity students, catechists, and schoolmasters maintained was above 300. SOCIETY FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS.—On Friday, the 42nd annual meeting of this society was held at Exeter.hall, when its friends and supporters mustered in great force. Lord Ashley occupied the chair, and was supported by Sir R. H. Inglis, M.P., and a number of gentlemen who are interested in the conversion of that ancient people. The noble chairman briefly addressed the meeting, congratulating them on the success which had attended the operations of the society, and impress ing on them the necessity for increased and persevering exertions, especially at the present juncture, when such heresies prevailed in the church as, be feared, would result in the disruption of that establishment. The secretary then read the annual report. The receipts of the year for special and general purposes had attained to £28,283, being an increase over last year of £939 ss. 6d. Copies of the scriptures had been issued to the number of 10,455, and there were at present 10,000 copies of the Old and New Testament in the press. The report further stated, thot in the Hebrew school the New Testament was read with avidity. It was calculated that the metropolis con tained about 25,000 Jews, which showed the field that the society had to labour in. The foreign missions of the • society had been eminently successful ; and during the past year 20 foreign Jews, resident in the metropolis, bad been conversed. The report gave very general satis faction. STATE OF THE CHURCH.—We rejoice to observe, says the Church and State Gazette, the calm and dignified attitude of the great body of the clergy at the present crisis. By abstaining from a counter-movement, unless it should become absolutely necessary, they increase the respect of the greet body of the laity towards them, and may rely on vigorous support should any attempt be made to alter the present constitution of the Court of Appeal, and thereby impair the tolerant and comprehensive cha racter of our church. With the exception of some dozen clergymen of Ventnor who have addressed the Archbishop, and a declaration of approval of the decision of the judi cial committee addressed to the Bishop of Durham, all is perfectly quiet, giving evidence of the peaceful tendency of the late settlement. Mr. Gorham, of Trinity College, son of the Rev. G. C. Gorham, has :indignantly repudiated the libelous gossip copied from a Hull newspaper, respect ing him, and calls it, as well he may, an "unfounded and preposterous rumour." The fact of the Scotch bishops, two of whom at least seceded from the English church to the Scotch episcopal communion, having addressed the Bishop of London, may suggest an apprehension lest the Bishop of Melipotamus and his vicars-apostolic may not follow. We have much satisfaction in adding that the report, that all the bishops were conferring as to a mani festo, is erroneous. No resolutions have been come to, or will be, us to any steps to be taken by the collective bench. This is as it should be. THE BISHOPS AND THE CHURCH.—We are quite aware of the recent meetings of the episcopal bench ; nor is there the least occasion for any mystery about them. The matter which brought their lordships together was simply the discussion of the proposed Clergy Discipline Bill. That measure has been, we believe, harmoniously agreed to. But it is a measure which can never be discussed in Parliament until the session of 1851, if even then. It is therefore too soon to feel much interest or anxiety about it. But has this been all ? and, if so, whence the unusual agitation of the Tractarian journals ? We believe that we can explain this also. For it has reached our earsand the journals above alluded to are also clearly in possession of the fact—that, after the business which had called their lordships together had been despatched, and just as they were about to separate, a junior and rather active member of the bench ventured to suggest, that the present meet ing furnished a happy opportunity for taking a step which might promote the restoration of peace in the Church, by agreeing to and promoting a declaration, setting forth the Church's doctrine on the point of infant baptism. Their lordships were rather startled, we understand, by this sudden and unexpected proposal ; and it was agreed, that each being provided with a copy of the proposed declare tion,--another meeting should be held next week, for the purpose of considering and coming to some decision upon it.—Herald. THE BIBLE V. THE PAPACY.—At the annual meeting of the Bible Society last week, Captain rakenhom, whilst speaking of the circulation of the scriptures at Florence said, that the edition which he superintended the printing of was the Martini Bible. That person had been an Arch bishop of Florence; but although his translation did not come up to the English one it was such that the British and Fo reign Bible Society consented to the distribution of it. It had also received the sanction of a former Pope. But one infallible Pope had thought proper to condemn that work of which another infallible Pope approved. Hear.) Well, the edition was seized, and the books were now in the highest story of a certain edifice in Florence, the bottom story of which was the common prison. The Bibles had been seized by a sort of policeman, who ap peared quite inflated with his own importance, and having questioned one of his men whether there were any more of those bad books, the man had answered that he did not know, but asked if the book was so bad a one as was described, why the man in anthority did not seize the author and imprison him ? (Hear, hear.) He would just give one instance of the influence of the diffusion of the scriptures. The printers whom he had engaged in pre paring the publication had come to him and made it a par ticular request that he would give each of them a copy of that excellent book of whose merits they had become fully aware in the progress of their work. (Hear, hear.) After the seizure of the books he had been subjected to what was called an interrogatory, which there meant a mode of making people accuse themselves. He had at once accepted the entire responsibility of the publication, and professed his readiness to have the matter tried in any court in Tuscany. The government, however, deter mined that he should be used as a witness against the poor printers, but that they did not succeed in effecting. The speaker here went into some details of the proceed ings which subsequently took place in some of the Tuscan courts of law. In the course of those proceedings his counsel had contended that neither the decree of the Council of Trent nor the prohibitory letters of the Pope had any force within the Tuscan territory. The case had gone against them, and he was sentenced to pay a fine of 50 dollars. His costs had been only is. 6d. (Hear, hear.) From that decision he had appealed, and the su perior court reversed the decree of the inferior one. STATISTICS OF THE SEE OF CHESTER.—We take the following from the introduction prefixed to the second part of the second volume of Bishop Gastrell's " Notitia Cestriensis," edited by the 'Rev. Canon Raines, who acknowledges that he is indebted for these statistical facts to the Venerable Archdeacon Rushton :—" When the see of Chester was founded in 1541, there were in the diocese, exclusive of the portion lately assigned to Ripon, 327 churches ; and from that time to 1828, 186 additional churches were built. Bishop Sumner consecrated 233 churches, averaging one new church in each month during his episcopate, and was the first individual who established diocesan church building societies. In the diocese of Chester this great and good prelate occasioned and wit nessed the expenditure of £1,284,229, raised from local subscriptions and grants of public societies, exclusive of a very considerable amount expended by private indivi duals who sought no foreign aid. The clergy have in creased provortionably with the churches. In 1831 there were 672 clergymen in the diocese ; at the close of 1847, there were 1033, all resident, and 49 non-resident. Nor has school accommodation lagged behind. During the same episcopate, 671 new schools were built in 428 different localities, at a cost, raised from public and local resomc,es, of £191,274, exclusive of many school-houses built, and in some cases endowed, by benevolent individuals,-which swells the amount to little short of a quarter of a million. These statements refer to the diocese of Chester as bounded since the Yorkshire portion (containing 120 benefices) was annexed to the new diocese of Ripon, and before the entire diocese of Manchester was carved out of it, and a third curtailment effected by the addition of cer tain extremities of the counties of Lancaster, Cumber.. land, and Westmoreland, to the see of Carlisle. In 1847, the diocese of Chester contained 2,435,644 inhabitants. Of these, 1.390,287 are now assigned to the see of Man chester, 117,022 are hereafter to be added to the see of Carlisle, and 921,335 remain to that of Chester, Of the 777 benefices which the latter see then contained, 320 are now in the diocese of Manchester, 121 will be annexed 'to Carlisle, and Chester will retain 336. The total church accommodation is 535,166 sittings, more than half of which is free. The following summary may appropriately close this account of diocesan increase during Bishop Sumner's eminently-useful and laborious episcopate of twenty years, viz. :-233 new churches and ecclesiastical districts, 194,745 additional sittings in churches, 361 additional clergy, 671 new schools, 768,584 additional inhabitants." STRANGE QUESTIONS.—The Rev. W. Maskell, late chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter, and who has expressed his wish to leave the Church of England, has addressed a letter to the Primate, in which he says :—" So that it seems to be as I had supposed: and I have no faith and no doctrines to teach on any subject—except, perhaps, regarding the ever-blessed Trinity—as certainly the doc trines and the faith of the Church in which I am a minis ter. In other words, if there is anyth;ng which I ought to teach, it is this—that the Church of England has no distinct doctrine, except on a . single subject. F or , my lord,—and I write it with pap and sorrow,—l may te ll my people to believe, according to thei r own v i ew of Scripture, either that all children are regenerated in holy baptism, or that they are not : that confi rmat i on i s a spiritual gift, conveyed by laying on of hands, in a sacra mental manner, or, that it is not :—and so of the other doctrines which I have named, and many besides those. And all this, speaking with authority, as an ordained and commissioned teacher, sent and appointed by the Church herself." He then asks bis Grace whether he can preach, as the doctrine of the Clara of England, dogmatically, his views of baptism, confirmation, sposto lical succession, &c. The Archbishop's reply is dignified and courteous, reminding Mr. Maskell that he is entirely authorised and empowered by the Church, to declare all that Scripture sets forth ; and that neither he (the Archbishop) nor any one else can empower him to de clare, dogmatically, in the name of the Church, anything not found in God's Word; and concluding as follows : " I can scarcely hope that this superficial reply to ques tions which it would require a volume to discuss, will appear to you either sufficient or satisfactory. But such as it is, it may serve to suggest thoughts which deserve your serious consideration, before you take the dangerous step which you have been lately meditating. Especially it may lead you to inquire whether, in the exercise of your ministry, you have not been in the habit of paying too much attention and attributing too much authority to something else, rather than to that on which we can alone depend, and which is the deposit committed to our charge —the Word of God." Mr. Maskell, however, is still intent on obtaining a specific reply to his " five points," and brings them again before his Grace, who replies in the following Christian and truly apostolic style : Lambeth, Ail 27. Reverend Sir,—l can only answer your second inquiry by another. You ask of me, " whether you are to conclude that you ought not to teach, and have not the authority of the Church to teach, any of the doctrines spoken of in your five former questions, in the dogmatical terms there stated?" To which I reply, are they contained in the Word of God? St. Paul says, ' Preach the Word." The Church, at your ordination, gave you " authority to preach the Word of God," and took an engagement from you that you would " be diligent in reading the Holy Scriptures," were persuaded th a t t h ey " contained sufficiently all doctrine required of necessity to eternal salvation," and " out of the said Scriptures would in struct the people committed to your charge." Whatever is not there found, and nothing which cannot be proved thereby, is to be taught as an article of belief, or thought requisite or necessary to salvation.—Art. VI. Now whether the doctrines concerning which you inquire are contained in the Word of God, and can be proved thereby, you have the same means of discovering as myself, and I have no special authority to declare. _ I remain, Rev. Sir, your faithful servant, Rev. W. Maskell. J. B. CANTUAR. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The Lymington election has resulted in the return of Mr. Elliott, the numbers being at the close of the poll— For Mr. Elliott, 121 ; for Mr. Stuart, 103. A Protectionist meeting, at which delegates from all parts of the kingdom will attend, is to be held this day (Tuesday) at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, London. The Duke of Richmond will occupy the chair. A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Harrowby, Sir James Duke, M. P., Sir Thomas Birch, M.P., Mr. Wm. Gore Ousely, Mr. Lafone, Mr. Boutcher, Mr. Hackblock, Mr. Ede, and Mr. N. Griffiths, had an interview on Friday, with Mr. Labouchere, at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Falkland Islands. Amongst the "rocks ahead," which the ministry have to encounter, is a motion for a di f ferential duty on sugar, which is to be brought forward by Sir E. Buxton on the Bth of May ; and which is certain to lead to one of the most important debates of the session. The Protectionist that absents himself ought to be called upon to resign. PROPHETICAL.—The statesman who is yet to succeed in the highest solemn task of sustaining the name of Eng land through all her trials, may see every kingdom the centre of a revolution ; the solitary Jacobinism of France forgotten and eclipsed by a universal hostility to Throne and Temple ; popular passion inflamed with boundless frenzy; and the earth involved in one reckless and mea sureless confusion of war, conspiracy, and infidelity.— Blackwood's Magazine for January 1835. WOOL versus CorroN.—A draper in a neighbouring town, who is fully alive t o th e a d vancement of his busi ness, has a placard in his window to the following effect : " Woollen and Linen Goods, warranted free from Cot ton." Mr. Ferrand's wool-league has no doubt suggested this idea, as we are well informed that on the Yorkshire Wolds his proposal to exclude the use of cotton goods is being extensively adopted, not only in the households of the farmers, but also of their labourers. —Yorkshire Gazette. PROTECTION. — DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. —On Thursday an almost unprecedented application was made to her Majesty's Government. A nobleman of the highest rank (the Duke of Richmond), attended by several other peers, eight county members, and a large body of gentle men, waited upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the purpose of placing in his hands no fewer than two hundred and sixty-seven addresses to the Throne, expressive of the distrust felt by hundreds of thousands of her Majesty's subjects with reference to the present House of Commons, and their earnest prayer that her Majesty would be pleased to dismiss that assembly, and so afford to her subjects the opportunity of mani festing their real feelings on the controverted points of tree trade and protection. These addresses will, no doubt, be rejected by the Ministers and scoffed at by the Ministerial journals. Yet it is quite certain, that they present a far larger and juster proof of the popularity of a cause than anything that the League, in its palmiest hour, could ever have shown. LANDLORD AND TENANT IN GERMANY.--The land is almost universally demis e d t o mere serfs, who pay their rents " in kind," viz., one-half of the grain produced on each man's farm. This is the whole of the landlord's subsistence, and in order to live, he must sell this, com monly to an exporter, for whatever he can get ; as he has no capital embarked, he loses nothing but income by low prices; and this loss of income he repairs by taking into cultivation more of the abundant land under his domain, of course eventually lowering prices still more, though deriving a present relief. In this way the Prussian and Polish landowner must soon come to contend with the Tenessee farmer, who raises the best wheat at 10s. the quarter. The stupid Germans do not see that in this way they have been cutting their own throats. While our sliding scale prevailed they had occasionally high prices in fact, and always a chance of high prices, that supported their market. Thanks to Sir Robert Peel they have now lost the advantage due to their proximity to our market, and have to contend against the supplies of America, which are constantly poured in at steadily dimi nishing prices. PUBLIC SERVICE SALARIES. —The pretended financial reformers, who have been so long and so loud in their professions of a determination to effect a sweeping reduc tion in the public expenditure, were again found wanting on Tuesday, in the House of Commons, where alone they can be of any avail in carrying out their desires. On that day Mr. Henley brought forward a motion for an address to her Majesty, praying her to direct that a careful revi sion be made of the salaries and wages paid in every de partment of the public service. The protectionists were as usual almost the only true reformers and economists. In the majority of 269 against the motion were Lord Ashley, Sir T. B. Birch, J. Bright, J. Brotherton, W. Brown, Sir R. Bulkeley, Sir E. N. Buxton, E. Cardwell, Sir G. Clerk, R. Cobden, C. Cowan, Sir P. Egerton. W. Ewart, T. M. Gibson, G. C. (Glynn. T. Greene, Lord R, Grosvenor, A. Henry, J. Heywood, L. Heyworth, J. W. Patten, Sir R. Peel, J. Sandars, R. A. Thicknesse, Col. Thompson, T. Thornely, and G. Thompson. In the mi nority of 173 were J. Bailey. G. Bankes, J. Best, Sir P. Egerton. B. Disraeli, H. Drummond, 0. Duncombe, J. Farrer, Marquis Granby, J. Hornby, J. Hudson, G. C. Legh, J. Hume, Lord Mandeville, Lord J. Manners, C. Newdegate, Lord Ossulaton, J. P. Plumptre, J. A. Roe buck, G. Sanders, Col. Sibthorp, Hon. E. Stanley, Ald. Thompson, J. Tollemache, T. Wakley, Sir J. Walmsley, and Sir W. W. Wynn. PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE. WHO CAN SETTLE WHICH Is RIGHT I—We feel that we cannot rival our opponents in eloquence, that we cannot equal them in statesmanship, and that we are wanting in that peculiar sagacity which has always distinguished them (laughter). But whatever be our failing we have not the weakness of allowing our campaign to be chalked out for us by our opponents (cheers). Though we do not intend to bring forward the question as we have been challenged to do here, by a noble lord in another place—though we do not intend to do this, yet I will candidly tell the noble lord that I think this is not a question to be settled in the House of Commons. I do think that whatever may be your decision respecting it, that decision cannot be satisfac tory to the country. lam afraid that it is incidental to human nature, that wisdom only can be acquired by ad versity, and when I think the country is greatly suffering, and such a lesson I think is in store,—but when that happens, I have no doubt the country will settle the question, and that too without troubling the noble lord or myself on the subject. lam sure that no settlement but that will be satisfactory. The effect of a vote of this house upon such a question as the reconsideration of our commercial system would not satisfy the people ont of doors, whether that vote of the House of Commons was for protection or against it. Whatever were the opinions of the house we have found ourselves on both sides dis appointed in our expectations. The people say we elected a parliament to support the corn law, and it repealed: the law we sent them to support. As to those who oppose or those who approve of what the House of Commons then did, a contrary decision by it now would not satisfy the country nor content either party. It is a question only to be settled out of doors. —Mr. D'Arae/i on Wednesday. Wuo STIMULATED RAILWAYS.--If our present com mercial and agricultural depression be occasioned by the railroads, who, I ask, is responsible for the railroads ? Why, the great men who ought to be the guides of this house, our tutors, and our political instructors—(laugh ter)—our guardians of public conduct. (Laughter.) Did you not stimulate railroads in this house ? (Hear.) Did you not make the attendance of members upon railway committees compulsory? and did you not do this in order that no time might be lost with the advancement of com peting lines ? (Laughter ?) Were not your young men warned, in solemn tones, not to lose their time in making speeches, but in devoting that time to the better purpose of attending railway committees ? (Cheers and laughter.) Wes not this the advice of your great statesmen ? (Cheers and laughter.) And what was the conduct of the great middle classes, as the guardians of the country ? We know they described their own conduct. They told us that the time had gone by when England would be go verned as it had been—that the time had come when it should be ruled by a few great towns. Shares, then, were at a great premium ! (Cheers and laughter.) They then said that there was no use in a House of Lords ; that the two branches of the realm who sat in the other house should he done away with—that the country might have its affairs administered by that house alone—then shares were at 150 premium. (Laughter and cheers.) All the consequences then that were now deplored were thus attributed to the superior enterprise, to the wise sugges tions of the great middle class, and that mainly to be found in the towns in the north of England. (Hear.) And yet, what do they now tell us ? That half the capital then embarked has been lost, that more than X 100,000,000 has gone in consequence of what has been done—that not only has ail been lost to them, but that (and this is their own story) lost because they did not keep accounts. (Laughter.) And this is said by the men who, all over England, have been busy in decrying and denouncing the farmers of England because they cultivated land without keeping accounts. (Cheers andlaughter.)—Mr. Disraeli's Speech, on Wednesday. -- si ...................................- oily t 1 a w , , 10 A CO O OI QUAKERS' CONSCIENCES. — ... _ ___.,A, j ...._ 1 quirestiDeou, nu k nse House ignoohtffto, Lords, hohierecdhfr report ers o soa n ari d ntd do. — i f n thewbi t salaries r bringing o g r err a l n e c e ig a t 1 :1 1 ‘.71 ° :,tios i r w : b i tt 1 0 e p 0 0 e .0 v : , spieita the committee proposed that all fees t _ ro t , I, r_ lid by the editors of newspapers, and gs_l t he , 14 4 4., bf N ei pany, should henceforward cease; smilis i 5 , : Ifai t h tites this would be more apparent whellaid the ' ,i itirpoo lordships that the body of Quakers P__.,,, .00 a 1 an annual fee of £5 for no other T ow , nth th e imagine than this—that they took o_ ,fe i o . 'ma umen at t h h ne e di rQsieuorarykeasenhrtsispthemselves House eumsefuistedtoeef to or ° / 4.0 7: 50 d , 51b0 0: t ',I , 11,, t i2.le___oe n roe ni , receive any fees, but should be proPe i 16 who h rltki, Ya fixed salaries. E t raors, s , AklttZ 4 , l lB.l THE FARMERS OF NORTHERN we ts k e a , vp Th - .. ... t. FARMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. s i nio. 'Cliff7Y g extract from a letter addressed to Mr. , the . 40 , E. st reet, _ ber for Wakefield, by Mr. Schilloo, (11 est- el , / of ,, S vni chi y ll , on wh a e n n d i C n Co., moefrSttiemtteisn we: - bear!. of se , 04 ' ,` 1 ',..„ .., 01 4. 1, /i iii i: ciency of two to three millions of quar!ez' tw orr . 1, 4 74, Nv i vanced at once to 428. to 458. per (1.,.„,"07)0 4iL 731,1 ~,,a.yib, 0 you have had an actual supply of ape 32.8. or-. ' c:2l e n d, yet our prices have not been much bo_ & or 4 I lay any great weight upon present stOC/05;eic .., . , It l i i enough last year to kn 3W what sepal!" '.. it et" to l o lt r i 44 :7l, t afford to send you ; the main question t d AP , rt •cp .. the farmer abroad afford to sell wheat, il: f the, , , ill'ii, d 4;: him at home? lam not able to kidge; o viii • . ii .tithlt,di much is certain that, you cannot r l d i be d • . t b '' tile 0 , 31 Y England as we can on the continent; ee re tooti , ~ •%I been of opinion that pus ought to har,e..„, f eko,,i 111 te.,_ - sui duty of perhaps ss. per qr. till such 187, 0 0,.,- ...%; tid nu e land, rent, taxes, labour, 4c., comer ?I t bat ~,,, P " - 711'ti sti. ir 8 ,, with other countries, and I have no d° l ', with `lO 4 %a ' lb,. In large would have been quite as satisfied is . re to - ^ , 1% 44 .e . 0f tk duty. I say this, notwithstanding I a d "„ c iad, 4 , ' 141 4 11 11417, of free trade as much as any sensible we'l.„ ifeili, at . 14,111 it upon the conviction that our farmers T l , bom , o t ,Yie.Cail at prices equal to 295. to 30s. pfr qr. free ,il l Bko - %1 the belief that it will be found similar in sl, it! ~ to b .,^4lb 1 1 :114 say, that under common circumstances 57 0 . VX; „ Ad afford to supply you considerably cheap er i V tZ._81 4 , 11 4 . l'ette u This is the opinion of a free trader, oi n ', too ali darn in consequence of the appearance:no - Zile the 14th uit., of a document signed bi: o tj IC- . 'll l sons calling themselves corn merchaeowbe 40 4 Zia l i te which document it was sought to be " 47, 114 6. illb prices of wheat in the north of Eurolr ;,, tefi b iN ii ikk low as Mr. Sanders had represents e' i kt,.. 1 4, 1 4it Commons. We may observe, by the 11 4 4 , 1t4 p 0, ument did not affect the position assn., ,SlO4l / 4 4 ~1 member for Wakefield, inasmuch SS 9 . 111 ' 1 4 s `• red to March of this year, whereas to° o 4 '' goo, e ,_ ' of prices "in the course of the past leip t c e R o kes4 EFFECTS OF OUR PRESENT CußgEt 4 „ pi, bli ~.! period in the annals of our history wh ic ", l o.l l , , ,Tilo‘1 41 1)4 by such repeated and wide-spread sou e , - , , ritio A llit t4 , years which have elapsed since the cbeer o f, 1 41,."4114 Lb begun by the contraction of the curreefjPA l ook - utli o ,. t ett ness the three dreadful monetary erie eB lol.,it y " ' t lo t impl o Z„.o 1847, and the repeated recurrence of 6 0 le: / Sit % et k ., - '/ it Look at the effects of this system. I ,''':so/ ' ‘ l l, a„N`"; i deeply furrowed and for ever marked ', fi ll n oel, ItS i ll.o l B It has produced consequences which ~.,,,,ww ton ' 4 46., 0f" 4 4 t s , ; ten, and to which the historians of fe lul- et o iteti q :kad - "u fl la as the turning-point of British story, B° , o laer '41,011 , mit 1.1 to future ages. It has produced the R c i a - o ed 1: 1 / 4 1 ) ,71,m / t i a lkr.g i disfranchished our whole Colonies; d is P,roeit, Zot...sthe a ll te went of property, talent, and intellig e n - d ' , Ni c zott,. , os e island, and installed that of buyie,f_, s "oo l , ii 1 111 ,04,„'.tY-f stead. It has severed the public p0w 4 ,,,,t. li 'thiltile'rils tion of the Land and Native Industry , t'''' A ' tkt y ilk ow ..,j , i,. and only sure patrimony of the nation , or , Ne% aha libg iiwt i nn n hatd s roru t o e steu a otxgr d idlili o eeuo n cirsul t aro h rcineo e itt s thith h zheee i re f nm t ic i rs n s: g lo q n u i i ecs k ,satnh d a s t oitf is 0::;00ropi,, letti_74e/314,i/a;:ill ity. It has destroyed the West Indies n e ol d ," 1144% ply tepbovaigelrieryettnyhtsio!srvft:eatrreietp,dhaeoummrptpaehrntei.oiannld,tvGheaanrnsetdadotrfsipßvarereapnitroadfirtnorsc,dmiaspeo:::efrtorbt: ki::: : 4, t oi lle: th, .:: ; i l ie l they are only waiting for some serion e d . %, ..r u ottkui I native elfvoers i the n la d land. d iPae . sntd i et t hnreht °its I : r ef e4l' rer4 ` '1;4eL : 11" 14::: :Is t°t1Y 1 tsw r hi a she t t e eesnne i ce n emd bsteooaotdshfuo ruin ue i b s di l l n a eb n wyi d nh s ai ott t su o i trt ever re r u wsct n aaa p snn r tbd e i ela r c ef eil sre, en s.tchit p h r 4 : 4 41 4444144 4 : the Fopsol ott a ft e oti d g e re fe a n ' t c h el o e f ss f o a r s ei t g h n ey sh w ip e p re ing in a t s he co d m ay a s er io ed j. , :or d l .l o9: ati l,k 44 l; : oole ivo:/ ple e h d a, carrying oprtuhfasturesehnsl justice trade. It has rend ") , ./t p d ttete °ll litl tarchy ; and made one of our first 8 06 1 0 0 ; 11 4 F104% 14 : 1 declared harbours,Nl eaen a sc I p dpa i eur e re r bed , ldi t c l ohl l ayauainrisdkawmf said dee e l acmtu n w h rusa h esto e dt w hen eho r t nuea n drri e es-cii : w in. srpg i aa n ni etao t nae e wal winter frosts from resource sfa u t.i. t se:lo : :: f i n i rro) 1;;Ii;/41:4: 0 1 , . 44ittitIt. : i l ti l tt:t.,;lt t4 l44.4 b, :rod:bee,dfro t it f ... ! o_ of the successors of the sea-kings of tt". n b J `qatib 1, security eh h uca e rtti rta the`ri to g y e tpo a s t greatest leader bi l l-t broker ee in t th d rs or b l i d m ," se :" ;:gt ilor i. ori gi I, ll , : t t h, t o it ::: ,, t ,, ll 4 e 4o l,: nn i th t hhaees sinking lit public j o an t i ka a d il l 1 n a df go b , and the fi . is na t n he ce . s P , rice l o b f e t le ti f i g : #l S ti l iC t i : 11 : ii t i itB e a l; imposing rode bo o tin g PN, /II top 4 ii t i 1 1 for ever, as a burden, hopeless of rot sencuenorsguutoirffcneesteoihanefiinvptidy.yets,ominfowdoeaurrar,tirao:nds,lFottiooo4s,l4cl) 40 . 1 4 ,4 t -, 04 b f3 lit t k b, P ip i , d i li ttoi ; c l l : l, t O th..,/ 1 e 1 t li , ~, country.—Blackwood. . SPORTING INTELLIG On Monday last, a match took Pl Crosby, b e t ween M r. T. Ford's bsv horse 01",1 and Mr. J o h nson ' s brown mareFennY' The betting at starting was two to one f r was a spirited contest, —a mile and a hal itorir Ford's Dancing Master winning by ab n t - t e 0 5,1 HOYE ABE R ACES, W EDN ESDAY.- - w - O"? Hoylake Sp r i ng C up, R ichard the Firs t et o third. La Voleuse won the Dee Stakes' e i d ~ tst l i Pizarro won the Sh or t s Handicap SY/6'e' second, Stand ar db earer t hi rd. Anchoret'; etprtio Plate, Wolverhampton second, Meacham bt concerned ethneerde withoutw sa rdispute,running n but a it s Pizari o won the Birkenhead Hurdle Ra ee 'llooo 0 1 ] second. Primrose won the Liverpoo l l ose, p Pizarro second. La Voleuse w on the i ket/ ° Atli Stakes, Lapwing second. Garrendon %It o P o e Hunters' Plate. Primrose won the Be a nidA ti Grey second. Colleen Rhue won the efi al ' - Lapwing second. ewcoasndsetitratiVogil WOFIRST ISSU E OF NEWSPAPERS.-- evilliefj#6l James the Fi rs t was d rawing to a ol°seiieog 6F son was poet l aurea t e, an d the personal 0.0101 pere were lamenting his recent des IL was trading as a brewer at Hunting"L'at,„v e rr, was a youth of sixteen, just trying his hoPrfl' and Hampden a quiet country - gentlema n tr eni b t di shire ; London was first solicited to P,. 8 (1 10 ,1i1 newspaper. There is now no reason to 615 orf, puny ancestors of the myriads of br ° , a ,o l4 l, time was published in the metropolis ' l3 , the most prominent of the ingenious "So 110 offered the novelty to the world was " e s r t ° ,7l A INN te yi r tne . o.la H ssh i e s ßff c oa o ur m rdn, p e a n n a i Tr o th n ho s oml i o n ams t e h t e rnc w ho o ew r r k ,n:i e s, P ,a, P e tti l ia ? o, 4 All these different names appear in t he A 11, early numbers of the first newspoPeL hesrl'o s What appears to be the earliest sheet he of May. 1622, and has the names of P": 0 111 1 r, F on the title : but as we proceed in the,e l "oo o 'o subject, we find that Butter becomes t° B tbe.j e ous of the set. He seems to have bee n bly sP the writer, whilst the others were P r°l7a sreli tj lecri ers; and, with varying title, and ara ce, 1 „ 1 0 ;r0 indifferent success, his name is fours h e newspapers as late as the year 1640.—• 0 /" l f d " Col 1 6 4 :01i; TAXES: HOW TO LESSEN TH.- - ,,,,a -2: ,r r, STRONG ARGUMENTS AND STARTL l '' ff iero. - r d iff r CANNOT BE CONTRADICTED.—The n a— W e i ' O O O 4 mulated profits which real consumers 4 ,,, 0 0 / various articles, afford a good opportn a Vith, the position of some houses compare," wr it , 011 it is our purpose to elucidate how anm Ibt 0 ;40 that we shall be enabled to throws strong "; te fr ols'O to l f neglected subject, and prove the enormous 00 ja 0 / on domestic expenditure. In order to h ° o slllo6i t y public investigation, we shall endeavour i the V ise f li t, i, place, simply the number and extent 0. 0 0 af, 1 classes are really burthened with : -Ist , P r o; 2 0 %ilve nufacturers buying articles in the raw stiL sa ufw, r isk• from merchants purchasing from the %s h! l 'ff,;,o profit arises from London or wholesale ho i L l ` re tail merchants; 4th, profit arises from a ma o fit lel '. purchase from wholesale houses; sth, P r nsi nlie' s t , 0 tradesmen's exorbitant charges to the c o „,it tO,,i a just calculation, these five profits ilTa i `i ni s W o es' cent., or ten shillings in every ficeil l Y 'that i lottefir/ ciple so extravagant to the pockets n de ,, o 0 0/ to one establishment where the be enquired into to be thoroughly a vo w e t I there is no rule without an exceptio a, n can e it i s, io national tailor and clothier, attisS einr 111:02! , ins at first cost, and where the PrnP ri a alli l oPeVetl/0 diate profits to pay; need we say that I r eet, iv ,A 14 High„stree, s l o l, 4 'fl •,sf1)00 63; Lort ro a oc he , is roo manufactures extensively for ow n „„ e rblY Icc°l4 4 from the raw material to the ostaur then , a erso o , "one cost" and at " one pr L" This' piss r VII .1 /0 vast success and the extraotdinary lOyg is dell, 0 , , / afford to sell his clothing; in fact, n• descriPtifoo.4 4,,, public that he sells the most superior _ ina lle! in ipto, lower, infinitel lower,than any other der $ s ec irr A v i , Argyll-street d i charge for inferior. N ,we ask thej:s, g bil h eril i t i —Does it not sound t reason the ri_; han 0.,., 0 .o. supplying the million °per cent. loWei a ne s-- . -roirti, i f, he has ! and this hO unquestionably c ote Of lo r i la n ryr pockets of all, more than any persor: ~ ,e , of .• i i el o l 6, ? blishments in the nited Kingdom , vit r a_str e l t ;Po p , church-street; verpool, 63 and 6 5, ', T " o r.str 00, v ip „ i t e t ti e ; the x n ete n r u , t l iz 9 e 3, of the mys .`" r ing 80 c 1OV HYAM having ltee *e of the largest ta!i0 ... 4,00 t , p 0 2i, Market stre ; Birmingham , 2 3, '' r • 102 So / 1 ' oi i street ; Dublin 30, Dame-street ; 131. '-, gate l e s Nig° Bristol, 6, Uni n-street ; Leeds, 42, / 30 4 T nalc a riP, a 4 1 1 oico l ket-place—and all in active operatioll,_l;ery d,e ir eft„,'"d s o , while to manufacture his own goods or c .on fact o a. .) combining in himself the true title of In' intro't of o p o r i wholesale and retail vendor for his °vi rl er 10,11 Ano-) tie • ~,p , 1 spreading' temples of commerce- r i g an „ d el # we next take up : a tradesman in a iiram D era,,,t ~ like IIYAM, even not possessing th! ls bnplce - i 5 0 1 .10 can even then sell cheaper than sm'" one ° to a',- incidental a nd n nt ',- have a shop, shopmen, gas. rent, , 0 30 ur nS n orte incidental to business, which nearic se r et e op otp pi larger shopkeeper (such as Hyam), P ; ' LOX at t o h de d4 ol o4l o l/ a hundred times as much. Aga." , n abo o OS - 0 11 Y A rience, the sound judgment, and the t ,fa Ab lisii•--,0) ic s o ool prietor of twelve such mammoth in making up goods, to a small trail co o , , e. d e i make a handful at once • why, it " " a t " , T c lol l P,Ore, to a mountain. Whilst' purchasers4 o olV,„ifig spelt " des o3an ' peep ° / Dave " small" choice to select from, of o ntitif e pre, . e suited, and a much " smaller" one , 00 P $ 0,1,110;0", Let all, therefore, who would oniq' a ; a one/011c,00 0 HYAM'S. Those who wish to thr i s t he r .o d oi . VOW should go to small tradesmen ; but i t br the P r o, tb` e go o gr 0 patronise an establishment raised in r etil mo e 1 4 ,0 0 11 tants of this populous district, 1 111 % n d inirn ti 'd Ca' cl o pledges himself to work his talents __ use. s r . n a their benefit, and never forsake the c. „ o w * ' have proclaimed him the " national great Britain." ; 1 0141; P il 0 4 4 1° All ti as m e 111:1 1 ,11. 41 1 th 2 big il t4t te 4 1 %1 *e z -"41. ae t 441 Ott ) 1 41,, t o atttin ,,„ Qt o )4*4 th e Pc t , lit„„ ell t t tt L - 4 ll N lNfr ei t If t itZ IQ° 0 1 4 9 - e xv k °at %4 45 % :' tr ki l, 01 t0 44 , :t4 0 : 4 1 .- h%": : tt id e lls .. ll4t ° llr ; 11 1 1 c su g ar 114kst• t kxv i tp,tl, 41th he 91 'lia al d ad t , 1 R 4, 4 P tif 4oti i l d t ti t ^tst i oa to ti ti t.: 4 > th tl 4 it t N i4 t 46 hi ' N 44,44444 LAW INTELLIGENCE. 4 VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—THIIRSDAY. (Before Sir J. Wigram.) SHARP V. TAYLOR. His Honour gave judgment upon exceptions which had been taken in this case to the Master's report, as to the value of a ship in which the parties were interested. He directed the case to stand over until the result of an action of trover, which was directed to be tried upon admissions. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, THURSDAY. GORHAM V. BISHOP OF EXETER. Sir Fitzroy Kelly applied for a rule to prohibit the Dean of the Court of Arches and the Archbishop of Canterbury from calling upon the Bishop of Exeter to institute Mr. Gorham to the living of Bamford-Speke. After briefly alluding to the proceedings relative to the cause in the Queen's Bench, and to the refusal of the rule by that court, the learned counsel proceeded to state the grounds of his present application, which were materially the same as those recently urged in the Queen's Bench. He con cluded his argument by calling on the court, if it enter tained any doubt that sufficient opportunities had been afforded for arguing the point, whether appeal should not be made to the upper house of convocation, to grant the rule. The Lord Chief Justice said that, as the Court of Queen's Bench had already given a decision on the point, the court was bound, out of respect, to consult the judg ment before they expressed any opinion. They would, therefore, take time to consider. The Bishop of Exeter and a number of clergymen were present during the proceedings. A rule has been obtained to shew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr. Chapman, the printer and publisher of the Morning Herald newspaper, for a libel published in that paper against the Rev. A. Magee, D.D., Roman Catholic priest, who was-charged with a wholesale ejection of his tenantry. UNIVERSITY AND_CLERICAL NEWS. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENTS. The Rev. William Paull, M.A., to the rectory of Hand ley, Cheshire, void by the death of the Rev. Joseph Eaton. Patrons : Dean and Chapter of Chester. Value : £253, with residence. The Rev. W. H. Massie, Rector of St. Mary's, Ches ter, to a minor canonry in Chester Cathedral. The Rev. R. W. Gleadowe has been appointed, by the Dean and Chapter, sacristan, in the room of the Rev. J. Eaton, deceased. The Rev. William Oliver has been licensed to the sti pendiary curacy of Wilmslow, Cheshire, upon the nomi nation of the Rev. William Brownlow, the rector. VACANCIES A minor canonry in Chester Cathedral. The precentorship in Chester Cathedral, by the death of the Rev. Joseph Eaton. It is probable the Bishop of Manchester will hold his forthcoming ordination in the parish church of Rochdale. The Rev. Gilbert Elliott has been appointed Dean of Bristol. The Rev. Mr. Rawsthorne, grandson of the late T. E. Buckley, Esq., has accepted the Vicarage of Ormskirk, by the presentation of the Earl of Derby. There is no truth in the report that the reading of the Athanasian Creed has been discontinued in the Queen's private chapel, or in that which related to the education of the Prince of Wales. The Synod of Scotch Bishops have pronounced ajudge ment unfavourable to Mr. Wagstaff, Incumbent of St. Andrew's, Aberdeen, who had resisted the interference of his bishop in certain arrangements for the performance of Divine service. The Earl of Harrowby presided at the annual meeting of the Bible Society, on Wednesday. Among the speakers were the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Bishop of Norwich, Mr. Lawrence, the American minister, &c. Prince Albert has constituted himself a life governor of the society by a donation of £5O. The society, during the year, has issued above a million bibles. In the correspondence between Mr. Maskell and the Bishop of Exeter, the latter, in reply to questions from the former, says that he thinks he (Mr. Maskell) ought not to resign his charge, although he (the Bishop, of Exeter) like Mr. Maskell, understands that the Church of England, at the present time, implicitly condemns as heresy the denial of the unconditional efficacy of baptism in the case of all infants duly baptised. THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—The Chester and Man chester Church Union have forwarded an address to the Bishop of Exeter, thanking his lordship for what he has done in the Gorham case. We cannot but think there is a little irony in the wish expressed in the conclusion of the address, that it may please God " to crown his re maining days with peace," as the ri g ht reveren d pre l ate seems to have determi ne d long since that he will not be at peace with anybody. The Bishop of London has rushed into print, and Mr. Hope has published his lordship's letter upon the condi tion of things generally, with reference to the present crisis. The letter might have hewn written in support of the opposite side to that which it professes to espouse for anything that is in it that we can discern. As to render ing intelligible what the bishop really thinks, it is as clear as if it were read at night by those candles which his lordship said might be put up, but must not be lighted.— Church and State Gazette. DECLARATION OF OXFORD TUTORS.—A declaration, signed by forty-five tutors in the University of Oxford, being about three-fifths of the entire tutorial body, has just been issued, setting forth their intention, " by the help of God, to continue to teach and maintain the re mission of sins to all infants, in and by the grace of Holy Baptism, and also the regeneration of the same univer sally by that blessed Sacrament, not only as a tolerated opinion, but as an essential doctrine of the Church of England, in common with the Universal Church of Christ." About twenty tutors signified their approbation, but, for various reasons, declined to sign ; ten or a dozen refused to sign, as dissenting from the declaration. The income of the Church Missionary Society last year was, from associations, benefactions, and legacies, £92,259 2s. 2d., and from other funds £2,141 Bs. 9d., giving a total for the United Kingdom of £94,400 Ios. 11d. ; £9,872 15s. I Id. had been rai se d i n I n di a, giving a total income of £104,273 6s. 10d. Although a falling off had occurred in several sources of income, there had been an increase in others, and, after the payment of all ex penses, there remains a balance in favour of the society - of £BlB 4s. 9d. The missions now occupied 87 English clergymen (of whom 21 were graduates in English or Irish universities,) 42 natives of the continent in English orders, 5 in Lutheran orders, and 13 native clergymen and 27 European laymen, cateclpts, secretaries, &c. GORHAM v. EXETER.—Anoffier step has been taken in this rexata questio. Notice has been given in the Court of Arches, on the part of the Rev. Mr. Gorham, by his proctor, in these words :—" Mr. Bowdler,—l now give notice that I shall at once take the necessary proceedings for compelling the Bishop of Exeter to answer the moni tion." Upon which the representative of the Bishop thus addressed the Court :—" Dr. Addams,—l can assure you, sir, that there is not the slightest intention on the part of the Bishop of Exeter to resist this matter; but he has particular reasons at present why he has not answered the monition. I mean, there is no idea on the part of the Bishop to resist the monition ; but there are very urgent reasons why he does not comply at present." And there the matter rata for awhile. byre .