The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

Emperiat IJarliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. The :Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition in favour of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill. Lord BROUGHAM deprecated such a petition in the face of a conflict between both houses of parliament, and a conference with their lordships on the subject of the bill. The noble and learned lord complained of an at tempt on the part of the company to invade his private property, and expressed a hope that their lordships would not allow him to be trampled upon by the company, be cause they were many and he was but one. After a few remarks from Lord CAMPBELL and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, the petition was laid on the table, and the reasons for the House of Commons dissent ing from their lordships' amendments were ordered to be printed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. The third reading of the Sheffield. Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Bill, and the Ashton, Staly bridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway Bill, were post poned for a fortnight. Sir R. TEEL said, after mature deliberation, he saw no reason why he should deviate from the original plan he proposed relating to the renewal of the Bank Charter. (Hear, hear.) He should, therefore, adhere to his plan, as stated to the house on the 6th of May. He could not agree to any additional issue of paper than that proposed by the Bank of England, unless by the consent of the executive government, and by an order of her Majesty in council. He thought it necessary that there should be, at least, one-third of the amount of bullion in the Bank, in proportion to the issue of notes. He did not consider bullion related entirely to gold. Silver might, and was, appropriately denominated bullion. He could not con sider that gold was the only legal standard, but he thought paper ought to be exchanged for gold. He did not intend to make any alteration in this respect. He felt called upon to abide by his original resolutions. The Premier's plan having met with general approba tion throughout the house, the resolutions were passed without opposition. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. Lord BROUGHAM laid upon the table a bill for the im provement of the law relating to imprisonment for debt... Lord BEAUMONT moved for papers respecting the ID terference of the French consul with the punishment of a criminal at Tunis, which The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had no objection to grant, but he thought the subject one which was not a fit sutject for discussion in that house. It was a matter en tirely for the executive. and the attention of the govern ment had been already directed to it. The motion was agreed to, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. On the motion of Mr. WYSE, returns were ordered of copies of all affidavits in the case of the Queen v. O'Con nell and others (the Irish state trials.) In answer to a question by Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the late Custom-house frauds should be laid before the House as soon as it was received by the government. He had no idea how the Times or any other paper obtained a copy of that report. Mr. P. Bowrnwrcic moved for the appointment of a select committee, to inquire into the operation of the Anatomy Act, and into the allegations contained in the petition of Mr. Roberts, printed on the 25th day of March. The hon. member at considerable length ad dressed the house in support of the motion. In the course of his speech, members on both sides left their seats, during which the house was counted, and only 31 members being present, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY called the attention of the Howe of Commons last night to a petition praying for inquiry respecting free schools in the diocese of Bangor and St. Asaph, and moved for a select committee. Sir J. GRAHAM stated the wish of the government that the large funds appropriated by private benevolence to charity should be made duly available, regard being had always to the intention of the founder, and to the main tenance of judicial control. A bill for effecting these ob jects would be introduced into the other house by the Lord Cnancellor soon after Whitsuntide; and he hoped, therefore, that Mr. Stanley would not press his motion to a division. Several other members concurred in this recommenda tion, and the motion was withdrawn. Mr. HuME moved an address to the Crown for dis pensing with fees upon grants of honors for eminent pub lic services. This had been long since recommended by a committee. The fees on the honours granted to the King of Prussia had been charged to the public, which he grievously complained of. He wished to see all the fees of the Herald's-college, the Patent-office, and other pub lic departments connected with this subject, commuted for salaries. _ _ . Mr. GOULBURN said, that the fees in many cases were positively vested by common law in the holders of these offices. The fees upon appointments bad formerly been borne by the Crown. Afterwards, when the civil list was reduced , and put upon anew arrangement, parliamentunder took to relieve the Crown from this burden ; and hereby, at the present day, parliament, when called on in each particular instance to defray a charge of this descrip'ion, had an opportunity to pronounce its opinion upon the fitness of the advice given by ministers in the particular promotion. Thus a useful check was maintained, and the value of the Crown's favour enhanced by the approval of the House of Commons. He was afraid no general change could be introduced which would not create more inconvenience than it would remove. He believed there was a feeling in this country favourable to the outlay oc casioned by visits of crowned heads in honour of her Ma jesty. Mr. WILLIAMS wished the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to cite some legal authority for the right of officers to take fees. Fees on honours granted to indi viduals should not be borne by the public. He saw no reason why a few of those titles on which heavy fees were payable, such as dukedoms, should not be put up for sale. (Marks of disapprobation.) Well, there was nothing dis honest in raising money by voluntary means. As to the Attorney-General, who was one of the parties entitled to fees upon patents, he should like to have that officer paid by a salary, and obliged to attend, not only to the government business, but to the framing of the bills which passed through parliament. Mr. Hum E then withdrew his motion`• after which Mr. CHRISTIE rose to move an address to the Crown respecting the Universities, their statutes, revenues, and general condition, with reference to education ; but as he was beginning his speech, notice was taken that 40 mem bers were not present and the house was counted out. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDA.Y. Sir JAMES Ga.AHAnt gave notice that on Thursday next be would move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the state of union workhouses in Ireland. In answer to a question from Mr. LABOUCHERE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the government had granted permission for the establishment of bonded warehouses in Manchester merely as an expe riment; but they did not mean at present to extend that permission to other Owns. Sir R. PEEL gave notice that on Friday next he would take the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill—on Monday, the 3d of June, the Sugar Duties Bill—on the 6th, the Dissen ters' Chapels Bill—and un the 7th, the Scotch Parochial Assessments Bill. Mr. VlLLitas postponed his motion on the subject of the corn laws from the llth to the 18th of June. On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, a select com mittee was appointed to inquire into the management of Gilbert unions, and the other orders of the day having been disposed of the house then adjourned. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. WEST INDIES. The Royal West India mail packet, the Clyde, arrived at Southampton, on Wednesday. The Clyde left St. Thomas's the 30th April, and Fayal May 13. She had sixty-three passengers, among whom is Sir Richard Doherty, Governor of St. Vincent. The Jamaica Dispatch of the 23d April contains the following summary of news relative to that island :—" The only event of any importance which has occurred in this city. since the sailing of the steamer with the last packet mail, is the landing upon our shores of about 800 Haytien refugees, driven out of Aux Cayes by the black natives, who have taken up arms against the new general, Herard, and his adherents. It seems that the insurrection has spread from Aux Cayes to Jeremie, and that Jactriel is likewise threatened. But the accounts brought are so vague and conflicting there is no judging what to believe. Something should be done to enable these poor refugees to recover their lost property, and to settle in some place of safety where they may Lind means of earning their bread. For- as to the grand vaunt about trade with Hayti in the present distracted state of that republic, it is likely the people will soon be without either money or goods. The planters of this island are looking anxiously forward to the May season for the hope of securing their crops." The accounts from Hayti, published in the Jamaica papers, furnish, we are happy to say, reason to believe that no massacre at all has taken place at Aux Cayes, though several more fugitives from that place had arrived at Jamaica. We have been politely favoured with the following extract from a letter received per packet, by a mercantile house in this town :-. PORT-Ar•PRINCE, APRIL 23—We are glad to say that our apprehensions respecting the fate of the city Aux Cayes have not been confirmed. No disorder has been commit ted_there, nor have the other towns been entered by the insurgents, as far as %ve have learned. Jeremie was taken possession of on the 12 lost. and it appears the insurgents have not advanced further, as there is said to be great de sertion from their ranks produced by th e i r followers having been disappointed in the expectation of plun de:ing the cities. A considerable force is collecting a t Acquit, which , we ho p e ma y p rov e su ffi cient to restore tranquillity to this part of the country. Here everything is quiet, and the great naval force assembled w ill b e suffici ent to protect foreigners and foreign property in the event of and commotion taking place here. We have in port the French frigate, Meride, with Admiral Demages on board, the French war - steamer Styx, the brigs Seine and Papillon, and the British frigate Spar tan. The Sylla is at Gonaives, and the Griffin, both British, at Aux Cayes. The news from the north is, ur fortunately, not so favourable. General Pierrot, who had advanced upon St. Jago, was defeated by the Spani ards, and has been obliged to retreat to Cape Haytien, wllere he is DOW endeavouring to collect new forces, in order to renew his march. The President is still at Azna, where he is likely to remain until the Division of the North has marched again upon St. Jago. The several vessels despatched from here with provisions had all reached Azua, so that the army is sufficiently supplied for some time to come. The William Rushton and the Mos lem, both from Liverpool, have arrived here." On the Bth instant, twelve persons were killed at Sara gossa, by the explosion of a powder-mill near one of the gates of the town. SUICIDE IN A CHURCH.—The church of St. Gervais, in Paris, was on Saturday last the scene of a frightful event. A young man, rather elegantly dressed, had en tered a few minutes before, and was seen to kneel and re main in pious contemplation before the picture of St. Ju lietta. Soon afterwards he proceeded to the confession box, and appeared to be most fervently praying, when all of a sudden a loud explosion was heard, and the unhappy young man fell on the flags, which were soon covered with blood. He had blown out his brains with a pistol, which he still held in his hand, and when the bystanders ran to take him up he had ceased to exist. ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.—The deaths of the Count and Countess de Noailles, which we have already an nounced, were preceded by extraordinary and i-.tiresting circumstances. They were cousins, and both previous to their marriage bore the same name. Being brought up together, they became attached to each other from their infancy, but as the constitution of each was so feeble as to indicate premature death, their parents long opposed their union. At last, however, from their own earnest entreaties, their marriage was consented to and solem nised. Their, maladies rapidly increased. The countess could not bear the least degree of cold, and her physi cians ordered that her apartment should always be kept at a certain height of temperature. The count, on the contrary, required to be in a fresh and cool atmosphere. They consequently seemed to be doomed to an eternal separation even in this life. That, however, they might at least see each other, they were placed in rooms adjoin ing, the partition between which was plate-glass, through which they were able to communicate, but by looks and signs alone. Not more than one year elapsed between their wedding and their funerals.—Galianani. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. — The Flanders pa pers contain an account of a lamentable accident which happened 10 the railway train leaving Brussels for Antwerp, at four o'clock on Friday. As the convoy was approach ing the station of Vieux Dieu, the axletree of one of the luggage cars broke, the immediate effect of which was that the whole of the carriages were deraille'in entering the sta tion, and precipitated one upon another. In the horrible shock, a waggon of passengers were litearlly crushed, and three chars a boncis or second-class vehicles, were broken, and the rest of the convoy more or less damaged. The victims of this calamity were numerous. A female be longing to Antwerp was taken out dead from under the debris. The poor woman had her skull fractured. A lady, named Bellierre also of Antwerp, had her ribs bro ken, and expired within an hour of the accident. A sister of this lady was sent home severely injured. M. Dela croix d'Arras, who bad received some extremely dange rous wounds, was conveyed to the civil hospital accompa nied by his son, who was highly contused. Six persons, five men, and one woman, sustained bad dislocations, the former of whom were also sent to the hospital. One of them, an officer, died the following night, and the condi tion of the remainder was very critical. IRELAND. STATE PROSECUTIONS. On Wednesday, the first day of term, the judges did not take their seats on the bench until afternoon, soon after which it transpired that judgment would be given in these trials on Friday. On Friday when the case was called on, none of the traversers were present, except Messrs. Steele and Gray. Mr. Justice Perrin, in accordance with the custom which gives to the junior puisne judge precedence in the expression of his opinion when the bench is not unani mous, proceeded to deliver his judgment. As to the ob jections of the traversers—that there had been no evi dence of the venue laid—that there was no John Jason Rigby on the panel—that the trial had been unduly ex tended beyond the term—that the jury had separated— that there was fraud in the jury lists—that the broad sheet circulated at Mullaghmast was inadmissable—that the Chief Justice had misdirected the jury—his lordship discussed them at great length but met them all with de cided negatives. He then opened the grounds on which he thought a new trial should be granted to Messrs. O'Connell and Tierney. In the Lord Chief Justice's charge, he had put it to the jury, as if proper evidence, that air. O'Connell had attended and made speeches at the meeting of Tara and Mallow, there being no evidence that such was the fact beyond the statements to that effect in the Freeman and Pilot newspapers. Now, newspaper reports were no proofs or fact; and the court, in admitting them as such in ibis instance, and strongly commenting on these facts, had improperly directed the jury ; and had moreover, been guilty of neglect in not having pointed out to them the law, that, although these publications might be evidence against their registered proprietors, when a conspiracy had been proved, yet they could not affect Mr. O'Connell as statements of his acts, nor in any other way further than that they were the acts of his co conspirators, Barrett and Gray. To the allegations that the court had not put in sufficient prominence the traversers' defence, especially by passing over copies of certain speeches made thirty or forty years ago, he replied that these speeches were no evidence at all as to the charge at issue, for no one doubted the sincerity of the traversers in the objects for obtaining which they had conspired. With respect to the Rev. Mr. Tierney, he thought the verdict should be set aside and a new trial granted, on the ground of great vagueness and generality in the judge's charge. The jury should have been directed to inquire whether that reverend gentleman, when he joined the association, on the 3d of October, and made a very unbecoming and reprehensible speech, was cognisant of the acts and designs of the conspirators ; and that issue not having been left to them, and there being no evidence in support of the affirmative, he held there had been mis direction. He would, therefore, direct a new trial for the Rev. Mr. Tierney also. Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON followed. He was not satis fied with the verdict as to Mr. Tierney. He would not say there had been misdirection, but he thought and hoped that the jury would have acquitted him. His speech was criminal and seditious, but he might have made it with. out knowing of any conspiracy. if a nolle prosequi were entered as to him, he would refuse the motion for a new trial, but, if that was not done, he would, regardless of consequences to the public, do justice to the individual and grant a new trial to him, though it should have the effect of awarding a new trial to all. But the newspapers containing Mr. O'Connell's speeches were, Judge Cramp ton thought, as much evidence against him as if he had written every word of them. They had been read with out objection ; they had been read on behalf of the other traversers, though not of Mr. O'Connell ; the Solicitor-General had been suffered on them, and the Chief-Justice had done so without objection. In the course of his observations, which occupied nearly four hours in the delivery, the learned judge made some very forcible remarks on the nature of the Repeal Associ ation. It appeared, from the evidence, to be a most anomalous, he had almost said, dangerous body. It af fected to be a voluntary body representing the public mind of Ireland; it had its treasury, its revenues, and its foreign supplies it had, it was said, millions in its ser vice ; it had its leader, and his staff of officials ' it carried on its proceedings in a parliamentary form ; it had its de bates, perhaps without much difference of opinion ; it sat in judgment on the Crown Government, and individuals, public and private ; it received addresses, granted sup plies, had its members, associates, wardens, and paciti cators ; and thus, in the people's eye, wearing all the ap pearance of sovereignty, it was impossible not to see in it the elements of a body well disposed to relieve the Go vernment from any trouble in governing Ireland, should there be any sudden emergency for it. They professed loyalty, but that principle was not alone attachment to the person, but to the throne and office of the onarch. Mr. Justice Burton was of opinion that the motion should be refused on every point to all the traversers. He took the same view respecting the majority of the ob jections as had been held by the judges preceding him, but could not agree with them as to the propriety of con ceding a new trial to Mr. Tierney, although he had, he said, anxiously endeavoured to make his wishes on this point coincide with his mature judgment. That rev. gentleman had been found guilty of the count of creating dissension between her Majesty's subjects, and he did not see any grounds to doubt the validity of that verdict. He was of opinion that the venire de nova should be refused, and that the present verdict should stand. The Lord Chief-Justice shortly before six o'clock pro ceeded to deliver his judgment. It had, he presumed, been observed, that he had abstained from all interference with the course of the proceedings, nor made any obser vation or comment upon them, preferring, from motives of delicacy, and on grounds personal to himself, to leave to his brethren on the bench the consideration or cor rection of any error, real or imputed, committed by him in his charge, as organ and head of the court. l-ie had, except as a listener, taken no part in the case ; and those concerned in it must do him the justice to confess, that, from him at least, they had received no interruption. That was all he intended to say on many parts of that motion ; no one would be more happy than himself to have any error he might have committed rectified, and justice done to all. He agreed altogether in the views taken by brother Burton, and in the judgment delivered by him. His lordship then proceeded to consider all the points of objection, which had no references to the charges of misdirection against himself, and answered them with the arguments already relied on by his brother Perrin, In alluding to the unfortunate passage in his charge wherein he called traversers' counsel " the gentl to an e d - men on the other side," he displayed some goo d tas good humour, assuring those gen tlemen, a.midhaot cnsider had - able merriment, in which he was fa in to oin, the j never intended to use the words. After some elaborate expositions of the reasons on which he refused the motion generally, be came to those whereon be differed from two of his brother judges as regarded the Rev. Mr. Tierney. He considered that it was impossible for the jury to think that Mr. Tierney was not cognisant of the notorious pro ceedings at Mullaghmast, which had occurred two days previously to his junction with the Repeal Association. His speech on that occasion and contribution of money were proofs enough of community of object , and quite warranted the verdict, and he would, therefore, refuse him a new trial epually with the other traverstre. The Attorney-General called on the court to fix Satur day for tins! judgment; and, in answer to Mr. Justice Crampton, stated that the Crown would not call up Mr. Tierney for judgment, though he could not state whether they would enter a nolle pro,equi against him. Mr. klatchell, Q.C., rose to give notice, that there had been notice served tor a motion to amend the postea, pre paratory to making a motion in arrest of judgment. Mr. Justice Crampton declared that the court would not listen to the same topics over and over again. The Attorney-General gave the traversers notice, that be would call upon them to proceedin support of their motion in arrest of judgment without delay, although he much doubted their right to move it, and, at eight o'clock, the court adjourned to Saturday. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SATURDAY. On Saturday Mr. Whiteside applied to have certain amendments made in the postea, by inserting therein that the jury had been allowed to separate froncday to day, and by such alterations in the ‘..ords as would make it strictly in accordance with the finding of the jury. After some discussion, the court declared that they would not hear any motion grounded upon points already decided on. Sir C. O'Loughlin said that he had fresh points to go upon. He intended, first, to take a technical objection to the caption uI t;::: indictment, and next he would object to the first ft vc r oats, as bad for duplicity. He would also object that all the counts were too general and vague. He prayed the court to allow him until Monday. The Attorney-General protested against being a party to any further postponement of the arguments upon an indictment found so far back as November last. If the traversers' counsel did not proceed until Monday, it would be difficult for his learned friend, the Solicitor-General, in the hurry of sending for books of reference to the library, to see the accuracy of the authorities which they might qUote. Sir C. O'Loughlin having undertaken to furnish that evening a hit of the authorities by which he meant to support his views, the court consented to postpone the hearing until Monday, (yesterday.) The total of repeal rent received during last week, in cluding £376 from America, was stated to be £6OO. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident took place in Lisburn, on Wednesday last, in a brewery there. A man servant and maid, by some mischance fell into a boiling keeve ; medical aid was immediately on the spot. The girl expired soon after. The boy still remains in a dangerous state.—Belfast Chronicle. CONVICTIONS IN Ilicn LlFE.—Lady Galmoy and her venerable mother were fined ss. each on Sunday morn ing by Mr. Magee, for having been found drunk in Tho mas-street the night before, and in default of payment re ceived tickets of admission to Grangegorman-lane Peni tentiary for 24 hours.—Dublin Freeman. EXECUTIONS.—On Saturday, James Hickley, convict ed of the murder of Hanly, at Green Hall, and John Cooke for the murder of Nowlan, at Roscrea, underwent the last sentence of the law at the front of our county goal. Hicklcy was a stout man, apparently about 36 years of age, was married, and had no children. Cooke was but a young lad, whose education had been altogether wglected for he could neither read nor write, and was scarcely more than twenty. At five minutes past one, the unfortunate men appeared on the drop, when Hickly de clared his innocence of Hanly's murder; that he had neither hand nor act in it ; that he was never concerned in a robbery nor in the taking of fire-arms ; that he forgave his unjust prosecutors ; and concluded by saying. " God be with my company at Newport. Boys pray for us. May the Lord have mercy on my soul." The unforiu nate man ceased to exist without even a struggle. Cooke, the younger of the two by many years, appeared less firm than his companion, declared his guilt, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence, and said that there was no one else concerned in the murder of Nowlan but himself and Maylor, And after the drop fell he appeared to suffer much his body being frequently agitated with convulsive throes for seven or eight minutes.—Nenagh Guardian. CLERICAL NEWS. THE WELSH METROPOLITAN CHURCH.—The Bishop of St. David's preached in the Welsh Metropolitan Church, Ely-place, Holborn, on Sunday evening week, in the Welsh language, to a very crowded congregation ; the prayers were read by the Rev. J. R. Williams. His lordship took for his text—" The wages of sin is death ;" and preached in the ancient British language an eloquent and impressive discourse of an hour's duration, to the astonishment and delight of all. A breathless silence pervaded the church, all naturally wondering at the cor rectness and fluency with which his lordship spoke a lan guage whose pronunciation is supposed to be so difficult to an Englishman ; but his lordship appeared to be quite at home in it, particularly when he became warmed with his subject, and appears to be as enamoured with the pe culiar and expressive beauties of the language, as he is reputed to be with the romantic scenery of the country, to which he cannot fail to be a great benefactor. CHURCH EXTENSION.—On Tuesday last the annual general court of the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Building and Enlargement of Churches and Chapels was held in London. The report stated that the number of applications received in the course of the year ending March 31, 1844, was 201, that being a greater number by 43 than the applications of the preceding sear. The num ber of grants made was 119, exceeding by 23 those of the last year. Of the grants made, there had been 49 for building additional churches and chapels, 47 for enlarging and increasing the accommodation in existing churches and chapels, and 23 for rebuilding with enlargement. The number of additional churches towards which grants have been made exceeded by one that of the preceding year. The sum voted in grants last year, amounted to £22,020, being an increase of between £5,000 and £6,000 upon the expenditure of the year preceding ; and additional accom modation had been afforded to 38,020 persons, of whom 32,896 would be provided with free - sittings. The report then having stated that in the dioceses of Chester. Ripon, and St. Dayid's, and in a populous parish in London, which was not named, new churches were about to be built, proceeded to observe on the limited means at the disposal of the society to carry out its great object, and that a further claim would be made upon its funds by a recent act of parliament. A great increase of applications on the funds of the society would also result from the efforts now making by the National Society towards esta blishing schools in the manufacturing and mining dis tricts. The report urged the co-operation of the society in the efforts making by the incorporated National So ciety, for promoting the education of the poor in the prin ciples of the established church. The financial statement showed that the collections made under the authority of the royal letter issued at the close of the year 1842, pro duced from 3,840 returns £30,818 up to the 31st March last. Remittances have been forwarded from various dio cesan district societies and committees, amounting to £1,722. The amount of grants unpaid up to the 31st of March are £55,015, and the sum in the society's hands to meet that demand was £62,931 Ils. 3d., leaving a disposable balance of £7,916 Ils. 9d., but of this £7,065 has been pledged in grants voted at the meetings of the committees in the last and present months. The report next observed, that during the last ten years 50 new churches had been built, but that great efforts must still be made, as there was a great want of church accommo dation, there being in Lancashire and Cheshire alone a deficiency of church room for an aggregate of upwards of 227,000 persons. Mr. N. Connop, the treasurer, at the conclusion of the reading of the report, laid before the court a letter he hud received from the Rev. W. Pidcock, rector of Chertsey, which be read, and in which it was stated that a Mr. E. D. Somers had bequeathed £5,000, to be paid within six months after his death, which took place on the 20th of April, for the benefit of the society, and that a lady had left £l,OOO to be appropriated to the Exeter Diocesan Church Building Society. Is aTioNar, SCHOOL SOCIETY. — The annual meeting of the Incorporated National Society for Educating the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, was held on Wednesday at the Sanctuary, Westminster, the Arch bishop of Canterbury in the chair. After the children had been examined in classics and music, the secretary, the Rev. J. Vi'. Kennedy, read the report, that in popu lous localities where the inhabitants had not yet enjoyed the opportunity of learning to appreciate education, the committee were prepared to vote temporary grants towards the efficient maintenance of newly established schools, towards opening on the week days buildings hitherto used only upon Sundays. To mention a few examples of the sums expended, the committee have voted in grants for the building (and partly for the temporary support) of schools in and about Manchester, £1185; Ashton-under- Lyne, £463 ; Oldham, 1263 ; Rochdale, £5lO ; Whalley, £1134; Blackburn, £972; Wigan, £400; Stockport, £745; Macclesfield, £1090; Mottram, £475 ;—to schools in and about Liverpool, £500; St. Helen's, £350; Warrington, £520 ; Preston, £2so;—to schools in and about Bradford, £1692 ; Keighley, £315 ; Leeds, £628 ; Birstall, £3BO ; Halifax, £920; Huddersfield, £240; Almondbury, £505; Sheffield, £7lo;—to schools in and about Birmingham, £1506; Darlaston, £350; Sedgley, £1265; Wolverhamp ton, £425; Ilrierley Hill, £350; Stroud, £350; Trow bridge, £4OO ; Newtown (Montgomery), £250 ;—for a teacher's residence to Llangyfelach, £35 ; for repairs to Stanwix, £3O ; towards freeing from debt, to Whitehaven, £80; Clitheroe, £5O; for enlarging schools at St. John's, Sheffield, £100; for adding class-rooms to Mosley (near Wednesbury), £2O ; towards walling-in school premises to Wibsey, Low Moor, £2O. The flourishing condition of the society's Model Factory School, at Bradford, en couraged the committee to lay out upon it the additional sum of £300; and by this expenditure, increased accom modation has been provided for 250 scholars. The num bers olfactory children alone in the Model School were, on the 22d March last, 429 ; while the parish church school contained 316 children of the same class. The money voted out of the special fund amounted, at Christ mas last, to £13,677. By this sum accommodation has been obtained for 18,516 scholars, 55 schools have received aid, and 22 Sunday scliools have been opened for daily instruction. Since- Christmas very much has been done ; and the sum total expended out of this fund now amounts to £32,834. The entire amount of the special fund on the 16th day of this month was £150,435, of which the sum £91,134 has been already paid to the treasurer. The Rev. E. Wyatt Edgell, rector of North Cray, Kent, has placed the munificent sum of £lOOO in their hands. Church. The amount destined to Church building, already contributed, was 230,000; for the Sustenation Fund, 70,000; nearly 500,000 had been raised for schools; and the large sum of 32,000 for missionary objects. If they added to these sums the amount expedient for indi vidual congregations for building churches for themselves, and for supplementing the stipends of their own ministers, the total would be little less than half a million. The 470 ministers who had left the Church of Scotland had laid down at least 100,000 a-year, and as the adherents of the Church of Scotland were at least :100,000, a very small contribution from each, only a Id. a-week would raise up as much as 470 had laid down. THE SCOTCH CHURCH. THE FREE Crtioncir.—At a public breakfast in Glasgow, Mr. Tweedie gave the following details of the sustenta tion fund of the free church. " The fund had prospered so well that the stipend for the year ending at Whitsunday would afford to each of the 470 ministers who left the Establishment at the disruption of £lOO, including the £4O received at Glasgow in October last. The 113 ministers ordained since the disruption would also receive at the rate of £lOO per anum. The church had, therefore, 583 ordained ministers, all paid at the same average rate. In addition to this, the fund enabled them to pay the Widows' Fund contribution for all the ministers entitled to that fund, which range d f rom £4 to seven guineas and a half; and as only ministers who had been previously beneficed, had an i n t erest i n t h at S oc i ety , t h e o th er minis ters, in order to keep up the equality, would each receive £5 for this year, to insure their lives. On the whole, Mr. Tweedie said that nearly £500,000 had been collected during the year for the different departments of the Free .pcOC~COc7OC~OMeDC~e~ON I '-4 •oenrst--cot.op.-ioocx)r..es I in ri, , r-I ri ••••1 r.. 1 ,-.I r-I 1 0 "" , i i,.,-4,.0cz0i-foocpooo (X) it , CX) rMN tUN .NO IN 10. CI c 0 +n et , ee; N . ..... E:: 4 '2 * . =.2.2 t i o =t lsAg6s EE b°o-k Et G •••• E rn tl) e 3 OtnOZO:IoOWWM4...IO:I4 • " Thus," he concludes," the public are charged at an as erage rate of scarcely 4d. per ton per mile by railway carrying companies ; %hilst they are charged upwards of 6d. per ton per mile by the so-called railway and canal carriers, or equal to 34 per cent. extra, which neither benefits the railway proprietors nor the public, but finds its way into the pockets of these intervening parties. How TO USE GVANO.—Having prepared the accom panying directions for using guano, for the information of Sir Charles Lemon's tenantry, it occurs toad me that it might be made serviceable to others by publicon. I.— It should never be applied in contact with seeds, as it kills them immediately they begin to vegetate. 2.—lt should be mixed as equally as possible, with about four times its bulk of finely pulverized earth, burnt clay, turf, or peat ashes, after they have become cold. If sand is used, about twice its bulk will be sufficient. 3.—The quantity per acre may vary from two to four cwt., according to the nature and quality of the land. Recent experiments have shown that a quantity which' proved highly beneficial in poor soil, became deleterious 'upon land previously rich and well manured. 4.—The best time for applying it is shortly after vegetation has commenced, and immediately before rain, or during damp warm weather. s.—Thebest mode of application is to divide the quantity per acre into two or three equal portions, and sow them broadeast at Intervals of about ten days, or a fortnight. 6. — allotments it may be more convenient to use it in a liquid state ; in which case, mix four lbs. of guano with tw e gallons of water, and let it stand for twenty-four hours before being used. The same guano will do for mixing again with the same quantity of water, after the first is drawn off. —Correspondent o f the Agricultural Gazette. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The adjourned meeting of the Church Missionary So ciety was held on Tuesday morning last, in the Collegi•ite Institution. . _ _ Dr. TATTERSH ALL was called to the chair; and the pro ceedings were opened by prayer. The Rev. J. H. STEWART moved the first resolution, which expressed the desire of the meeting to give all the glory to God for the success which had attended the oper ations of the society. One instance of the success which had attended the society's labours was to be found in the sound religious principles instilled into the free labourers from Sierra Leone, who had been working in the island of Jamaica. and whose excellent conduct had attracted the praise of the governor, Lord Elgin. With reference to them, his lordship's chaplain declared that their supe rior conduct arose from the religious principles carefully implanted in their hearts, and diligently cultivated, by the assiduous labours of the Church Missionary Society. The Rev. J. J. WEITBRECHT seconded the resolution in a long and able speech, which he commenced by ob serving that, without the aid of God's holy spirit nothing effectual could be done among the Hindoos. It was much easier to civilize and convert savage nations, such as the New Zealanders and the Hottentots, than to bring to the saving knowledge of Christ a nation which had had a re ligion imposed upon them by a proud and crafty priest hood like the Brahmins. It was almost incredible what large sums were actually spent by the Hindoos in the sup port of their idolatrous worship. Some years ago he vi sited a young Rajah in the neighbourhood of Burdwan, whose income was reputed to be more than £300,000 per annum. In the palace he observed bags of money tied up, some containing 1,000 rupees, and others more. " What," he demanded from the Rajah, " is all this money for ?" " Oh," he replied, " it is for my God ; I am sending one part to Benares, in order that there I may be prayed for so that I may go to heaven ; and another part is going to Juggernaut that I may be proved for likewise." This was only one specimen of the absurdity of idolatry; and yet upon it this individual spent not less than £20,000 per annum. And this sum bore no comparison to the entire amount ; but if so much were spent in supporting an abo minable and idolatrous worship, what should we Chris tians do who really derive benefit and blessings from our holy religion, who enjoyed peace with God and who ex perienced the delightful privilege of approaching the throne of mercy with confidence? The Hindoos, however, not merely went to great expenses in the support of their idolatrous worship, but many put themselves to the suffer ing of great pains and anguish. They allowed themselves to be tortured, and torn, and maimed; and when asked the reason of it they would invariably say, " it is because I wish to go to heaven" On this point the rev. gentleman described several instances. In one of them a man was seen by the late Mr. Reynolds, a missionary, with an iron fastened through his cheeks, to which was appended a chain, at the end of which there was a box in which the man collected alms. This torture was undergone by the direction of the priest for some crime which the unhappy man was thought to have committed in a former state of existence ; and by it he thought to obtain salvation. All these things, the rev. gentleman remarked, showed that the Hindoo had a longing after salvation ; that he was de sirous of enjoying peace of conscience ; but it was a la mentable fact, that three thousand of them were daily going into eternity without being acquainted with the way, and the truth, and the life. Was it not then a duty most incumbent upon us to give them the bread of life? Should we not try, at least, to convert the multitudes of Hindostan, which the Almighty bad evidently placed at the feet of Great Britain for the purpose? Well, there were a small band of missionaries there, proclaiming the blessings of the gospel; and many instances might be given of genuine conversion through their means. Some of these Mr. Weitbreclit narrated with much simplicity and effect. There were thousands of native young men who spoke English, and who had received an excellent English education, but who had never seen a bible. The natural consequence of this was, that when they became acquaint ed with literature, they learned to despise the religion of their fathers ; but at the same time they learned nothing better, because the bible was not admitted into the school established by government. It was, however, most satis factory to know that many of those young men, who once had been infidels, having once become acquainted with the bible, studied it for themselves, and eventually became converted to the truth. And he believed that within the next fifteen or twenty years, a great and glorious work would be done in this manner to India, especially if more missionaries were sent into that country. A most earnest principle of love was necessary to penetrate our souls with respect to this cause; and we must support ft not only with our purses and our prayers, but we must send forth young men ready to devote themselves to this blessed work. Whilst urging this topic, the reverend gentleman related an anecdote of a missionary who was about to pro ceed to Sierra Leone. Before going there he wished to be united to a young lady, but her mother refused her con sent, on the ground that, if her daughter went to that country, the climate would speedily prove fatal to her. At length, however, she considered that if her daughter were instrumental in effecting the conversion of one poor African, her reward would be great, and she co.isented. The union took place; the missionary and his wife pro• ceeded to Sierra Leone; and in seven months she died. She left a memorial behind her, however, for her instruc tions had effected the conversion of a poor African boy, who blessed her for the change she had been the means of effecting in his heart. This was the reward which mis sionaries had in view, and it was with this spirit of earnest devotion and faithfulness which he wished to see cultivated among our educated young men. The resolution was c rried. The Rev. Houtz M'NEILE moved the second resolu tion, which was to the effect, that while the meeting re cognised with gratitude the progress of the society in past years, it earnestly pressed upon the recollection of all the fact that vast masses of our fellow-men were yet without the Gospel, and the consequent necessity for increased exertions to meet more widely the operations of the Church Missionary Society. Some years ago, said the reverend gentleman, it was usual to estimate the popula tion of the world, in gross numbers, at eight hundred mil lions. This was very far, he should think, from the pre sent population, but call it eight hundred mil Fons, the proportion of those who professed Christianity was no more than two hundred millions out of eight hundred mil lions. And the proportion of those who enjoyed Chris tianity in its saving power, it would be a very liberal allowance indeed to rstim ite at a fourth of the professors. Was there any country in Christendom where one-fourth of the population were vital Christians? Was there any such city, or town, or village? Was one in every four in the population of Liverpool a really really converted person ? He feared it would be a stretch of charity at the expense of truth to answer in the affirmative. Yet, with regard to Christendom, although one-fourth was a very large proportion to allow, if we estimated the really Christian population of the earth at fifty millions, then the masses of our fellow-men who are without Christian ity was seven hundred and fifty millions ! And this in every passing generation. Here was a motive to increased and increasing exertion to which the resolution invited the auditory. One branch of their exertions was by sending forth suitable men—men qualified by sound learning—to meet the subtleties of learned Brah mins by holding forth, in all simplicity, the sacred pleadings of the divine pro mise. (Cheers.) It was to this that he would exhort them—to more heart-stirring earnestness in prayer to God for the communication of his grace to those who are al ready qualified in his providence by the cultivation of their natural gifts—that those gifts might be brought as trophies to the foot of the cross, and consecrated to this holy cause. Then they might hope that the work would indeed progress. But without suitable men, money could not accomplish the work. Nay, an increase of their in come would but add to their embarrassments, and involve them in considerable risks and dangers. They would feel very uncomfortable in allowing large sums of money to remain unemployed. Arid how were they to employ them ? In sending forth questionable men. Here would be a ground of painful embarrassment. They might be send ing out men who would injure instead of forwarding their cause—who might bring a scandal upon it in the eyes of an evil world. While, therefore, they urged their friends to add largely to their treasury, they urged them more and more to pray that the Lord of the harvest would send forth suitable labourers into the harvest. The teaching of the schools and universities, valuable as it was, could never give the right preparation for the work. It could prepare men to grapple with all that is reasonable in Chris tianity—it could prepare men to argue all that is evidential in Christianity, to state soundly the nature of miracles, to state truly the fact of the performance of miracles, to rea son correctly on the proof thereby given of divine interpo sition—all this the natural understanding of man could accomplish; but what said the master to such a man? " Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'' So they said to their scholars. They did not depreciate the value of their acquirements. Far other wise. They greatly valued them. qualifying, as they did, those who possessed them to put to shame the preposter ous miracles put forward both in Christendom and in hea then lands. But after all that schools and universities could do—after all their examination of evidence, and the most critical acquaintance with languages, and the most accurate information in church history—still they were not labourer's for that society's work unless they knew this, that it was by the foolishness of preaching—by the un proved statements of God—unproved after the manner of e t a r n e s d s h o o rmut man—how t ho o on r we w f h aon y rd i t is that one person man's wisdom, after the philosophy of the schools—un scp sufferings o nff v eb e r be both b i g n o s t L o h f e G l o o a d n s th w e h s y in i s t ofis thatman many— unless they knew that it was by su c h foolishness that the e work of salvation among men was to be carried on. He exhorted them to pray for such men, that the work might prosper. And when they had such men, then, of course, they would want means to supply them, to send them forth, and to sustain them when they were gone. He had received, since he entered the building, a letter from a member of his congregation, whose name he was not at liberty to mention. He had heard of the anecdote of a poor lame black, who had come forward, and put down money for himself, his wife, and his child, and lie had gone home and written this letter, enclosing £2 for himself, £3 for his wife, (being, as is said, hi s " better half,") £1 for his first son, now with Jesus, for his other son and three daughters 15s. each, and for his servant 10s. ; and lie prayed to God that others might show more zeal. He (Mr. M'Neile) understood that the collection would be made after he sat down, and he would leave this example before them, reminding them o f a re mark in his friend's letter, that " talking was not doing." H e would add, that clapping their hands and approving of what he talked was not doing, and now came the time for making another and a better use of their hinds. (Cheers and laughter.) The CHAIRMAN then gave out a hymn, during the singing of which the collection was made. The Hon. and Hey. BAPTIST NOEL seconded the reso lution. It called upon them, he said, for earnest endea • yours to save some out of the vast mass of their heathen fellow-creatures. He would endeavour to point out the influence which one missionary station might exercise, and that not one of the principal or most successful, but a May 28, 1841. small and feeble one. If they were to descend from the sparkling and foaming springs of that mighty river, the Ganges, among its pyramids of granite and its domes of everlasting snow, descending till it ceases to wear the cha racter of a sparkling torrent, and becomes the settled, still, and magnificent river, and, receiving new tributaries from the Himalayas, still rolled on a mighty river to the ocean a distance of seven or eight hundred miles, they would come to a city built on its banks about seven hun dred miles above the metropolis of British India. That city was Benares, containing a population of not less than 500,000 souls • 70,000 were Mahometans and the others Hindoos. There were no fewer than 30,000 Brahmins, the great numbers of whom maintained by the people might be understood from the statement of Mr. Weit brecht, who had told them that So many of the priests were maintained by the Rajah of Burdwan. Benares was the most sacred city of the Hindoos—more sacred than Rome to the Roman Catholics, Mecca to the Mahometan, or Jerusalem to the Jews. It was the place in which his religion told him if he died he would be carried to heaven. Till lately we had nothing for the evangelising of its inha bitants. Yet they were our fellow subjects : they were deeply depraved; they were Hincloos, a compendium of all that was vile in the race of man. Persons in this coun try knew very little of Brahminism. Brahminism was that which made men think that if they tortured their bo dies in the way his reverend friend had described—if they fixed a hook in their naked backs and swung in agony—it would please the deity they adore. It was that which taught them they could wash their sins away in the waters of the Ganges. It was that which taught them to pour mud in the eyes, and ears, and nostrils of their sick, and to leave them to be suffocated by the rising of the river. It was that which justified the Thugs, one-fourth of whose plun der is consecrated to their gods. It was that which sanc tioned infanticide, and taught the young widow to allow herself to be burnt on the funeral pile of her husband. It was that which had crushed under the intolerable load of caste the vast multitudes of that nation. It was that which, having first taught that woman is incapable of virtue or intelligence, denies her the common privileges of a social being. It was that which had done all that a perverse and corrupt imagination could do to degrade the worshippers of its false gods, and to place them as abject slaves under the feet of those thousands of Brahmins who from age to age exercise a lordly superiority over them, not the conse quence of any advantages of talents, or education, or mo rals, but often in defiance of the grossest deficiency in these respects. This religion their missionaries had en deavoured to attack, and it was not without opposition that they had made the few steps they had already taken. For some time, when discussions took place between the Brahmins and the missionaries, the people generally ap plauded the Brahmins and hooted the missionaries. Now all this was reversed; and if ever a Brahmin attempted such sophistry as they had just heard of, the multitude uniformly sided with the Christian missionary, applauded his arguments, and delighted in seeing the Brahmin si lenced. (Hear.) He had not much to say of conversions. But if that great change in public opinion had taken place among 500,000 persons, or a considerable portion of them, then their missionaries had not laboured in vain. And let him now tell them what those good men had done. On one side of that vast city they would see the suburb where the English residents were gathered. A neat chapel had been raised by British residents, and here the missiona ries were in the habit of preaching to the English. About forty families were residing there. Those forty families; professing to be ( hristians, would have had no worship, no public recognition of God ; and the poor idolaters living around them could have pointed to English resi dents living among them, and said, "Is this religion? Where is your adoration of your God—your honour of your deity ? That religion which never honours God in any way cannot be true •, and therefore our idolatry, bad as it may be, is preferable to your atheism." (Hear.) But seeing the British residents meet Sabbath after Sab bath for worship, they learnt that Europeans have a reli gion, and might learn how superior it was to their own. Hear, hear.) On the other side of the city was a small low building, one portion of which formed a chapel, and the other the missionaries' dwelling-house ; and connected with this was an orphan school, containing 120 boys and 50 girls. The whole range of building had been raised by the friends of the Church Missionary Society resident in Benares. In that suburb there were 120 native converts who from Sabbath to Sabbath met together as Christian brethren. The word of God was preached to them in their native language. The fact of the gathering of the orphans had contributed greatly to that change in public feeling to which he had alluded. The sweeping destruction caused by famines in that country, rendered the interposition of such an institution oftentimes of most seasonable service. There was nothing more important in India. Their mis sionaries had four day schools, crowded with native child ren ; but through the night they learn from their parents all the heathenism that in the day they weretaught to disbe. lieve. But in the orphan schools the children were wholly under the missionaries' care. Six young persons were here training for the labour among their own countrymen. He had mentioned that fifty girls were in this school. This was a still more important and delightful feature in mis sionary work. Till Mrs. Wilson went to Calcutta, out of the fifty millions of females in India, not one was taught reading or writing, or the use of the needle. It was so stated, among other authorities, by Bishop Heber, in his journal. When these children should become Christian women, they would see the important influence it would exert upon the natives at large. Instead of a Hindoo fa mily being. as it was now, a picture of misery, it would then be a scene of peace, comfort, and industry. But the missionaries had other work. They had an English school conta ping 190 boys, which had been founded by one of the natives, though an idolator. All these boys, though nearly all Brahmins, were being taught the Christian re ligion. There were likewise four chapels in the heart of the city, two for the Mahometans and two for the Hin dons ; and here every day those devoted men, Mr. Lypole and Mr. Smith, were engaged in preaching Christ. Mr. Noel here gave an int 'resting account of the conversion of one of the fakirs, the most hopeless class of heathens, and of a Hindoo woman. When they had these feuits to point to, was it not, he asked, a good work to strengthen their hands and to set them forth? He called upon them to sustain them in their work by their contributions, in the security that as Christian liberality enlarged, so Christian men of just the character that had been described would be found, as they ever had been found, in proportion to the liberality of the Christian community at home, to carry the doctrines of the Gospel to those benighted peo ple. lie would say a word to those who had it in their power to go themselves to accomplish this work—a work that did so charm the imagination—that did so engage the best feelings of the heart, that it made one sometimes envy those who had the honour and happiness to be employed in it. If there were any young men who had it in their power—who wanted nothing but the will to go—then he asked them to remember the sacrifice made by that young Christian worn to who went to Sierra Leone, and that Christian mother who consented; and when they remem bered that though her career was so short, yet that in be ing instrumental in the salvation of one negro boy she had not lived in vain, perhaps they might ask themselves could they do better than brave a little peril, and endure a little sacrifice—for this work of missions was not so ar duous after all—for the sake of him who loved them and gave himself for them, and for the sake of the many mil lions who knew nothing of him. Or if they wished ano ther example, let them think of their dear brother mis sionary, who, when 1 e told them of that woman, forgot or failed to tell them that it was his own sister, and that while she willingly laid down her life for Christ, with no less zeal did he consent to the sacrifice, and rejoice that his sister, though dear to him, had preceded him in road to glory, and was waiting to welcome another fel; in labourer to the realms of bliss. At least let them g in that spirit, if circumstances forbade their partski3 O was that work. Let them devote themselves to him vv so worthy of the whole energies of their whole beinVuty and living that they should at least be in the path of the way to bliss. (Applause.) 1 • and it was The CHAIRMAN then put the resolutions carried unanimously. After which a doxology was stingy and the meeting dispersed. at which there were present Another n aTdruurxyd evening, meetin was held in the Amphi. platform a large body of the clergy and influential ot g h e nAe n ta t nh r t y e of the town, and in the body of the house a very numerous and respectable audience. We are precluded from inserting our report of the interesting proceedings on account of the crowded state of our columns with election proceedings, &c. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CHAMBERLAIN V. THE CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY.-H is Honour, on Wednesday men tioned this case, and intimated to the counsel engaged in it, that unless the parties desired to have the question of the right of the company to open the proposed railroad to Monk's Ferry alone tried at law, that their legal position might be immediately ascertained, and the defendants, for that purpose. would consent to admit that they had opened the railroad complained of, the only course the court could take would be to make no order on the mo tion, but to reserve the costs, and finally dispose of the question at the hearing. Mr. Rolt, for the defendants, said they would consider his honour's suggestion. GII.AND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—An adjourned meeting of th i s company was held i n the Cotton Sales-room, in this town, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of creating new shares. The chair was occupied by John Moss, Esq., and the meeting was most numerously attended. The chairman stated that, in consequence of the opposi tion offered by Lord Brougham, the bill, in respect of which the shares were to be created, had not yet received the royal assent ; but it was expected that in the course of a short time the assent would be given, and matters finally arranged. A general adjournment was then ordered to take place. Mr. Elardman Earle, one of the directors, entered into a long statement of the disagreements be tween the Grand Junction and the London and Birming ham Companies, the main ground of difference being, that, after a pledge from the chairman of the London and Birmingham Company that they were not taking shares in the railway from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton, they either advertised, or allowed others to advertise for them, a guarantee to the subscribers in the railway between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton of 4 per cent, for their money. He contended, that this latter would, to all in tents and purposes, be a competing line with the Grand Junction, as it would be carried from Wolverhampton to Birmingham in the south, and from Shrewsbury to Ches ter in the opposite direction ; and, as the Chester and Birkenhead Line belonged to the London and Birming ham Company already, it would give a line of railway to Liverpool independent of the Grand Junction. After a long discussion on the subject, a resolution was passed to the effect that the directors of the London and Bir mingham Company should be requested to withdraw from the projected line; and that, if necessary, the directors of the Grand Junction Company should publish the corre spondence which bad taken place between the two com panies. Another resolution was also adopted, empower ing the directors of the Grand Junction Company, in case the London and Birmingham directors did not withdraw, to take such steps as they might deem expedient for the protection of the interests of the proprietors generally. The discussion was animated, principally as to whether the correspondence should be publisked. The chairman expressed himself anxious for its publication. CARRIAGE OF GOODS ON RAILWAYS. " Twenty Short Reasons for Railway Companies being themselves the Carriers of Goods, without any in tervening Parties existing between them and the Public; on the same Principle as they are Carriers of Passengers." We have received a little pamphlet, interesting to rail way companies and the public, bearing the above title, and written by our respected townsman, Mr. Braithwaite Poole, whose authority on the subject is entitled, from his long experience, to the highest consideration. He commences by the position that it would conduce to the public welfare if all railway companies were compelled, by legislative enactment, to become the carriers of goods as well as of passengers, without the intervention, and consequent annoyance and expense, of a third party ; who must also necessarily derive a profit, either directly or indirectly, fiom the public, over and above that which the companies are willing to accept ;" and this he ably sustains by a series of reasons. He clearly shows that the expense attendant on a railway company having private carriers is much greater than if companies were carriers of goods themselves ; that cheaper and quicker methods of transit would be available; that legitimate modes of doing business, making payments, &c., would be intro duced; that the charges by railway companies would be equal, and not, as by private carriers, excessive ; that the impositions and deceptions now practised by the latter would be done away with, as well as the immorality of Sunday work at the carriers' wharfs; that the inconve nience of having only one agent for two establishments would also be removed ; that the temporary competition originated by the railway and canal carriers, and their meetings at which they clandestinely conspire against the public to keep up the rates, would no longer be known; nor would the injurious delays, through their sending goods by circuitous routes, either by canal or railway, to suit their own purposes. He slso urges that private car riers make arbitrary, unequal, and excessive charges with impunity ; whereas railway companies are at all times liable to the interference and control of parliament. We quote the following passage, or Reason XIX. : " A decided proof of the mutual advantages afforded to the public and to railway companies is recently shown, in the instance of the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail way Company, since they have become carriers of goods themselves. The public have had the benefit of conside rably reduced rates for carriage of their goods, and the company have had the benefit of increased receipts to a threefold extent ; instead of those middle men, who ap propriated the profits justly belonging to the railway company. Or, instance the Grand Junction Railway Company, who have 'educed the rates to the public full fifty per cent., whilst the quantity of goods carried by them has increased in the same ratio, and their revenue is proportionally augmented. And in proof of the cheap ne,s, regularity, and despatch afforded by this company to the public in the carriage of PARCELS, I may just ob serve as another instance, that they have succeeded in reducing the rates between the metropolis of England and that of Ireland from lls. 4d. to 4s. 2d. each ! And although parcels and packages of all sorts are delivered here daily by the steam-packet companies, from all parts of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, yet the system of trans mission is so perfect, that, during the last three years, not even one solitary complaint of delay, loss, damage, or deficiency of any nature or kind whatsoever, has been made by any person ! " - - Finally, Mr. Poole supplies tabular lists, proving that where railway companies are carriers of goods, the rates charged to the public are invariably lower than upon those lines where intervening parties are admitted. We supply the " Recapitulation" : ,300'1 , -DOCVOO eit,2 • C•I CC t+ . ? N N C) CO it-. CO THE COURT. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their illustrious children, left Buckingham Palace, on Thuri. day, for Claremont, where the court, according to present arrangements, will remain until Wednesday next. ROYAL VlSlTS. —Circumstances of a domestic nature will prevent her Majesty from having the pleasure of re ceiving the visits of their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Hanover, at a period when it would be practicable for their Majesties to leave their respective dominions. We regret, therefore, to announce that nei ther of these sovereigns will visit this country during the present season.—Morning Post.—The King of the French has postponed for the present his visit to this country. It is, however, his intention, should no unforeseen obsta cles intervene, to arrive here in September next. He will visit her gracious Majesty at her marine residence. Louis; Philippe will be attended by two responsible advisers of the crown—M. Guizot, minister of foreign affairs ; ana' if circumstances will allow of it, the President of Council , Marshal Soult, will be one of the official personages se lected. The Queen Dowager will leave London for Ger many on the 2d of June.— Times. ROYAL RETRENCHMENTS. —lt has been customary ref many years for the whole of the domestics at Windsor . Castle, to receive on the anniversary of the birthday o f the sovereign, a gratuity each in the shape of meat, breed , beer, and also flour, plums, &c. On Wednesday last till; usual orders from the clerk of the kitchen's office, 1. Buckingham Palace for the supply of the aforesaid float eggs, sugar, currants, &c., to the servants of the castle , were received by the butchers, grocers, and bakers .t Windsor, who made the necessary preparations , ac eertv inzly, for the due execution of the orders and the tran_s mission of the 'creature comforts' to the royal re sideow` by an early hour yesterday morning. To the great dill; pointment, however, of the expectant rec i pien ts o fo , royal bounty, a special messe n g e r ar ri v ed at Windsor "Zre. Mr. Norton, the present clerk controller of her Majes t y „, kitchen, at a late hour on Wednesday evening, to cottell e mand the previous orders which had been sent rout3a respective tradesmen, and the goods packed 11Pa:their very on Friday morning had to be re-emptied brea d left several canisters and drawers, and the mea t and Upona o li f f t ° b r ; on the hands of the butchers and bakers. mer occasions of the anniversary of the birth-dayhave en a Sovereign, the labourers of the royal gardens __ da be y , s p r esented with a gratuity of ss. in addition to It 3 s‘,ll.cOarlsoy liberally pr ; ar I le l ls o ye w ng e ti y: e r nb th uats e y ht eh sA re ' e e i r o e deprived hfaoirfe_ yd a o y f t w e i e r u a c n c .a u e s r tsot s : • •g o -0..5 0 t 4 El F:2 . 1 II t: '.)' -Bit r - 4 7 .2 go 0 cd F. 0 v 5 )-4c24041-4 g a ;‘;* tr;