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Eittrature. NOTICES. BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY. History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources. By Alphonse de Lamartine. Vol. 11. The History of the Popes, their Church and State, and especially of their Conflicts with Protestantism in the 16th and 17 th Centuries, By Leopold Ranke. Trans _ _ lated by E. Foster. In 3 vols. Vol. I. The Philosophy of Life and Philosophy of Language. By Schlegel. Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Mor- Our opinion of the intrinsic value of the works which Mr. Bohn is publishing, in order to form his " Standard Library," has been so often expressed, that it is unne cessary to repeat it here. They are all works of a deser vedly established character, and are sold at such a price that we cannot conceive how the publisher is to be remu nerated. As the terms of publication render these pro ductions of learning and genius accessible to all, we hope that their circulation will be so extended as to induce Mr. Bohn fully to carry out his enterprising design. The vo lumes continue to be produced with as much accuracy and elegance as is possibly attainable. . BOHN'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY. Northern Antiquities. Translated .from the French of M. Mallet, by Bishop Percy. New Edition, revised throughout, and considerably enlarged. By J. A. Blackwell, Esq. To which is added an Abstract of the Eyrbyggja Sap, by Sir Walter Scott. William of Malmesbury's Ch-onicle of the Kings of England. From the Earliest Period to the Reign of King Stephen. With Notes and Illustrations. By J. A. Giles, D.C.L. Ecclesiastical History and Anglo-Saxon chronicle. By the Venerable Bede. _ _ This series of works is published by Mr. Bohn in a size uniform with his " Standard Library," and has an equally handsome appearance, whilst it is also extraordi narily cheap. Mr. Blackwell and Dr. Giles have proved themselves profoundly acquainted with their subjects, and have adapted the works which they have edited to the improved scholarship of the day, and no one can fail being struck with their great industry and research. Mr. Blackwell has also made such large additions to the work of the learned Bishop of Dromore, that it is one of the most complete works on northern antiquities hitherto published. He has also added many critical and expla natory notes. The worth of the Venerable Bede's Eccle siastical History has been long acknowledged. The en ergy and rapidity with which Mr. Bohn produces these volumes—albeit with the most scrupulous care and fide lity—almost surpass one's belief. No volume makes its appearance without being enriched by the researches of the ablest men of the day. A BOOK FOR FIRESIDE PARTIES. * We have received a neat little volume, which offers a diverting and instructing exercise for the amusement and ingenuity of the public during the evenings of the ap proaching winter season. The following extract from the preface sufficiently explains the nature of the game sug gested.—" It happened some short time since, that, being one of a small party assembled at the house of a friend, we agreed to play at bouts rime's. But the due number of syllables would not come pleasantly—the poems, when complete, were uninteresting—and altogether our game at bouts rime's did not turn out well. Upon this I proposed that we should try a new exercise for our wits. This was to consist of various definitions of some word fixed upon by general consent. Each of the company was to be pro vided with a slip of paper and a pencil. Three words for definition being chosen, they were to be written down by every person on his, or her, slip of paper, and—the defi nition of each word having afterwards been written under it—all the papers were to be handed to some one gentle man, who was to act as Reader. This gentleman was then to read out aloud the contents of the papers ; giving all the definitions of one word before he proceeded to the next. As the anonymous was to be strictly preserved, here was a capital opportunity for the expression of opinion —for jokes —or for anything, indeed, which the temptation of being able to write, without chance of being convicted as the author of the matter written, could inspire. The first round of definitions went off so satis factorily, that we took three more words to define—than three more—then three more. In short, our new game of Definitions' on this, and on following, occasions, was declared to be no bad method of passing the time. We had made away with many slips of paper, when it occurred to us that other people might like to play, as well as our selves. To instigate them to do so, and to offer; at the same time, a prospectus and a specimen, three friends and myself engaged to meet on successive evenings, and to define one hundred words. We now present the result of our meetings. One of the party nicknamed us ' The Council of Four.' We have accepted the designation, and made it the title of our little volume." CANDLE.—A mild domestic sun, which rises and sets to order. A martyr to the darkness existing around him. A quiet friend in the evening. One whose fate is to die of consumption, but who constantly makes light of his misfortune. NAPOLEON.—A human comet, whose tail was extin guished before his head disappeared. The European gravedigger. A naughty boy, who was put in fr corner because he wanted the world to play with. A heartless gambler, who ruined himself and all his friends, and died in the King's Bench prison. NEWSPAPER.—Times' pupil, and times' teacher. The fulcrum which Archimedes longed for. A general who marshals events as they arrive, to fight the battles of in telligence. A winding sheet in which parliamentary speeches are interred. REVENGE.—Bitter sweets plucked from the Devil's garden. The recoil of a poisoned arrow. A child of hate who never survives its pareut. The only debt which it is wrong to pay. PRIDE.—SeIf viewed through a microscope. A mental pedestal, raised by self, for the exaltation of her own image. A house of shelter for ignorance and for know ledge. Something deducted from your estimate of others to add to your estimate of yourself. L x.w.—A reputed daughter of justice, sometimes mis taken for her mother. An instrument made by man, which measures his social progress. A fool-trap, baited with promises of profit or revenge. Justice in fetters. PARLIAMENT.—Wise men who meet in solemn con clave to represent themselves. An ill-constructed grate, which gives out smoke enough to fill a nation, but not heat enough to warm two rooms. The only shop where bad " Imperial measures" are legal. A number of men assembled to prevent each other from doing anything. IGNORANCE.—The leaden sword with which the mass of mankind are compelled to fight the social battle. The barren country of which all are natives, and from which all are emigrants. A serpent which many foster, because they suppose it to be harmless. A dark place, where poor people are allowed to grope about till they hurt them selves or somebody else. POLITICS.—The quarrels of the workmen whilst they lay the foundation of sociology. The alchemy of the mo derns which can effect the transmutation of principles in the place of metals. Imagination and passion attempting the work of reason. A national humming top, which spins the least when it hums the most. _ _ METAPHYSICS.—Words to stay the appetite till facts are ready. The art of stirring a fire so as to increase its smoke and diminish its brightness. Mists thrown up by ignorance under the heat of curiosity. Feeling for a science in the dark. * The Council of Four : A Game of Definitions. Edited by Arthur Wallbridge, author of Torrington Hall, &c. London : J. 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall, and Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers, Hall Court, Ludgate Hill. VARIETIES. THE GOSPEL ELM.—This old tree, under which it is reported Charles 11. passed in company with Miss Leigh, after the Battle of Worcester, is about to be cut down. The old veteran is supposed to have lived 300 years, and measures 27 feet round at the base. DISINGENUOUSNESS.—When the majestic form of truth approaches, it is easier for a disingenuous mind to start aside into a thicket till she is past, and then re appearing say, " It was not truth," than to meet her, and bow; and obey.—J. Foster. THANKFULNESS.—A minister, expressing his thank fulness to a brother clergyman for a merciful deliverance, said, " As I was riding here to-day, my horse stumbled, and came very near throwing me from a bridge, where the fall would have killed me on the spot ; but I escaped unhurt." " I can tell you something more than that," said the other; " as I rode here to-day my horse did not stumble at all." We are too apt to forget common mer cies. THE BlBLE.—There is no other volume in the world which grows in interest by repeated reading. We may study Bacon, Butler. or Boyle, but as soon as the argu ment is appreciated and the truth appropriated, the mind labours through another reading. But every passage in the New Testament is fruitful of veiled suggestions, and the more spiritual the mind of the reader, the more fruit ful of good is the passage read. Because one passage suggests others, and thus, like links of a chain, attains some new or some impressive views of God's character and human duty. CURE FOR ILL-TEMPER.—A sensible woman of the Doctor's acquaintance (the mother of a young family) entered so far into his views upon this subject, that she taught her children from their earliest childhood to con sider ill-humour as a disorder which was to be cured by physic. Accordingly she had always small doses ready, and the little patients whenever it was thought needful took rhubarb for the crossness. No punishment was re quired. Peevishness or ill-temper and rhubarb were assoc iated in their minds always as cause and effect.— The Doctor. THE STORY OF MOSES.—This is one of the most pic turesque of our Scripture narratives. What a horrid system must have obtained in Egypt when every Hebrew male child, if detected by any of the people, behoved to be destroyed by them. How cruel to the Hebrews. how barbarizing to the Egyptians. No romance could have been more skilfully framed for this purpose of setting all the affections in play than this simple and beautiful story. The placing of the babe by the river; the watching of him by his sister ; the approach of Pharaoh's daughter to the spot ; the crying of the child, and its influence on the sensibilities of a woman's heart ; the offer of the sister to call a nurse, and thus the restoration of the babe to its own mother again. In the Epistle to the Hebrews, this act of Moses' parents is said to have been by faith ; and we cannot doubt that all was overruled by the providence of God, even to the very suggestion which prompted the measure they took with their child. Whether they had in any degree the light of a revelation for what they did, they must at least, have felt a certain confidence in the protection of Him who is invisible, else they would not have been remarked by the Apostle among the Old Testa ment worthies who through faith obtained a good report. Chalmers' Daily Scripture Readings. Till LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ornrral ITtlatHam). No appointment has yet been made of a President to the Poor Law Commission. _ _ No fewer than 1,195 sheep were brought to London, on Friday, by the steamer from Harlingen, in Holland. The new 2s. piece will be issued from the mint in the course of a few days. Netley House, situated at Shere, about six miles from Guildford, the residence of the late E. Lomax, Esq., was on Wednesday totally destroyed by fire. We are sorry •to see the name of James Sheridan Knowles, the dramatic author, in the list of Scottish bankrupts. Four men and three women have been committed to take their trials, charged with the murder of William Morrison, of Whitmore-lane, Cardiff, on the Ist inst. At the late Middlesex sessions there were complaints as usual of counsel taking fees and " refreshers," and yet being absent when the cases came on. On Sunday week a violent storm burst over Benscliffe wood in Leicestershire, and the trees on nearly two acres of land were completely stripped of their bark by light ning, which also killed two cows. The boy Allnutt has confessed himself to be the mur derer of Mr. Nelme, whose mysterious death has excited a great sensation in the parish of Hackney for some weeks past. He administered arsenic to his grandfather. IMPORTANT CHANGE.—There is no longer any doubt that a new system of management is about to take place on the extensive properties of the Duke of Sutherland. His grace is about to cut up his immense sheep-grazing farms into small arable lots of £lOO annual rent. THE " CRICKET " EXPLOSION.—At the Central Cri minal Court, on Friday, Haisman, the engineer of the Cricket at the time of its explosion, was found guilty of causing the death of one of the passengers by his negli gence, and was sentenced to two months imprisonment. On Thursday night an old woman, named Anne Panton, was found dead on the floor of her lodging, in Clerken well, for which she paid sixpence a week ! She could not be prevailed on to enter a workhouse, and preferred death to doing so. For Westmoreland the Sheriffalty is hereditary in the family of the Earl of Thanet, consequently, there is no necessity for any appointment. It is upon record that the Countess of Pembroke once served the office herself, and sat by the side of the Judge upon the bench! On Monday last, Thomas Shapter, Esq. ' M.D., was elected mayor of Exeter, in the room of Thomas Snow, Esq., who decline to serve. The council, by a majority of fourteen to eleven, refused to inflict the fine of £5O on the recusant member. The Rev. Isaac Benson, incumbent of West Acklam, and surrogate for the diocese of York, refused to grant a marriage license to a party the other day on the ground of drunkenness, a check which may possibly deter others from applying in a like condition. A person named Stirk, a baker at St. Albans, has been sentenced to pay a fine of £3OO, and to be imprisoned until it be paid, for publishing a libel reflecting seriously upon the conduct of the late mayor of St. Albans and the county magistrates. A few ddys since, a lad named Prestyge, who was af fected with a large wen in the throat, quarrelled and fought with another boy at Birminghatn ; and his muscular ef forts and excitement produced such an effect on his wen that it closed his windpipe and suffocated him in a few minutes. A ship's boat was run down by a keel in the river Tyne, a few days ago, and two of the men in the boat were drowned. An inquest has been held on the deceased, and a verdict of "Manslaughter against Anthony Thompson, the skipper of the keel, and the two men under him," was returned. The second graving dock at Southampton, says the Builaer, is almost completed. This piece of brickwork must have required some little skill in " naval archi tecture," for it is " turned to the shape of a ship's hull." It is relieved with masonry, and the cost is not more than a third of what it Would have been if built of stone. On Saturday morning week, on the arrival of a train at Lancaster from Carlisle, a child was found labelled, "to be left till called for." In the evening, the child, which had been taken to the workhouse, was claimed by the father, a poor fellow on tramp, who has forwarded it from Kendal, and walked himself. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, a prisoner about to be arraigned as Ann Davis, a prostitute, for street robbery, was discovered to be John Scavers, a hair dresser, who had committed many such robberies as a female. The scoundrel was arraigned in his proper cha racter, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. ANTIQUITIES AT CAERLEON.-Sir Dy Mackworth, Bart., has liberally granted the old Town Hall as a Museum for the preservation of the numerous memorials of ancient Roman splendour, constantly discovered in the vicinity of the town. The Lord Bishop of the diocese has headed a local antiquarian association.—Carmarthen Journal. George Al`Coy, one of the parties in custody on acharge of murdering and robbing a gentleman named Bellcham bers, in London, a week or two ago, has made a confes sion, implicating himself and two others. M'Coy robbed the unfortunate deceased of his watch, and ran off; the other ruffians struck him on the forehead with a bolt, which caused his death. It has been discovered that a young woman named Turpin, who was lately sentenced, in London, to six months' imprisonment on a charge of stealing a watch and chain, is wholly innocent of the crime of which she has been convicted, as the articles were stolen by their owner's grandson, who has since confessed the theft, and whose uncle has admitted that before the young woman's trial he knew the boy had committed it. ATTEMPTING TO FoisoN.—A person named Small wood has been committed to Chester on the charge of ad ministering poison with intent to murder. It appeared from the evidence, that the poison used was Cantharides or French flies, and that having procured some ale at a village public-house he mixed it with this poison, and then distributed it amongst those present. No cause can be assigned for this proceeding. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners have given notice that they will despatch a vessel, with 200 emigrants, from Deptford to Sydney, New South Wales, on the 20th of December; and a like number from Deptford, on the 28th of December, to Port Adelaide, South Australia. On Monday 200 settlers, for Otago and Wellington, New Zealand, left the Thames. At the Central Criminal Court, Tuesday, a youth of 17, named Ward, was convicted of stealing a watch, and im pudently told the Court that his grandfather pretended to to be a phrenologist, and had foretold that he would be a thief, and he only committed the offence to make out what he said to be true. He had been previously instru mental in having an innocent person convicted of•the same robbery. He was sentenced to seven years' trans portation. Messrs. Trueman and Cook have discontinued their sales, and Mr. Mason, for many years in the house, has commenced business on his own account—separate and apart from Mr. J. Trueman, and Mr. H. T. Windsor—as his circular notifies. The Bank of England, who are large creditors, in order to investigate thoraughly the estate, have called in an accountant of their own to con duct the inquiry. The result of that gentleman's labours will be known in the course of next week. A CONTRAST. — The contrast between England and Ireland never appeared in a more striking point of view than in the instance of the robbery of Dr. Bowling. Had the doctor been plundered in the latter country, his assailants would have been concealed, instead of the in habitants turning out to a man for their capture. These, ruffians evidently forgot one little fact,—they thought they were in their own country, instead of being among the honest Welshmen. GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN ENGLISH AND IRISH LA - BOURERS.-On Sunday se'nnight a body of English miners set upon a body of Irish as they were leaving the Romish Chapel, Crookhall, Northumberland, pelting them with stones. The latter retreated, but only to arm themselves with pistols, knives and bludgeons. A desperate conflict then ensued, about 4000 men being engaged, but it does not appear that any lives were lost although serious wounds were inflicted. Houses were also damaged, and the contest was kept up for some days. Several of the offenders are in custody. It appears that these conflicts have continued for some time. SERIOUS CHARGE OF STABBING.—On Friday the Magistrates at Weston-super-Mare were engaged in hear ing a charge preferred against a man named Thomas Cann, for stabbing. Police Superintendent Hill, of that town. It appeared in evidence that on Saturday last Hill was called into a public-house to turn out an unruly com pany, among whom was the prisoner. Cann refused to go home, and once or twice subsequently met Hill, who advised him to be quiet ; at length, however, Cann stabbed Hill with a knife twice, and caused such injuries as to place Hill in a serious position. The prisoner was committed for trial. MENDELSSOHN.—At the Birmingham festival, last year, the principal vocalists who took part in the oratorio of Elijah requested Mendelssohn to write his name in their books, which he readily did, adding a few bars of the most prominent part in the music which eqch had sung, with his acknowledgment. A gentleman connected with the London press asked him to favour him with his autograph. He quickly ruled five lines in his book, and wrote a few bars of music, signed his name in full, and then said,— " There is a canon for you ; make the best report you can with it." Mendelssohn has left a young widow and seve ral children. Madame Mendelssohn accompanied him in one of his visits to England, and was justly admired for her qualities of mind and graces of person. When he was seized with his last sickness, he was on the eve of setting out for Vienna to direct the performance of his Elijah by a band and chorus of a thousand performers. Next year he was again to have visited England, for various purposes —one of which was to direct the performance of one of his own works at the Norwich festival. WHEELS OF FORTUNE.—At the Leeds Court-house last week, eight men, proprietors of booths and stalls in the Free Market, during the recent fair, at each of which a " wheel of fortune" was kept, were arraigned before the presiding magistrates, all of whom, except one, were committed to gaol for seven days. A policeman gave the following sketch of the plan ofioperations. The prisoners invited parties to try their luck in the wheel of fortune. He had seen several persons put in a shilling each, and draw out articles not worth above 2d. or 3d. He had examined the tickets in the box, and he found that it con tained about 200. Out of the whole of these there were only three prizes worth from ls. to 4s. each, and a clock that might be of the value of 12s. The rest of the 200 tickets were for articles varying from ld. to 3d. or 4d. The value of the whole of the articles which these tickets represented would not exceed £3, if they would amount to so much ; so that, reckoning the 200 tickets at ls. each, the prisoner would clear £7 by the contents of each wheel, without risking a shilling. But this was not all ; parties after drawing one ticket with which they were dis satisfied, put in another 6d. and drew again, and thus they went on until they had spent perhaps ss. or 10s., or emptied their pockets, without getting an article worth the sum they had at first adventured. FAILURES EXTRAORDINARY.—It is rumoured that the Duke of Roxburgh, the Earl of Eglintoun, and Mr. Campbell, of Islay, are bankrupts. If so, the liabilities of the two former must be very heavy ; the liabilities of the latter are said to be £670,000; the assets are valued at £BOO,OOO, but it is calculated that this sum could not be realized in the present state of the money-market.— Edinburgh Chronicle.—[Lord Eglintoun, it is said, gives up all his property, and his creditors allow him £5OO a year. Viscount Kenmure, of Galloway, has appeared in the Scotch Gazette.] THE CORN TRADE.—During the month ended the sth November instant, the quantity of corn and grain im ported into the United Kingdom from foreign countries was 600,364 qrs., and the quantity from British posses• sions was 10,078 qrs. The quantity of meal and flour from foreign countries was 276,571 cwt., and from British possessions 124,839. The importations are very large considering that we have scarcely touched the product of the late harvest, the quantities mentioned being doubtless the sweepings of the harvest of 1846, which is even not yet nearly consumed. THE SABBATH IN THE GENERAL POSTOFFICE.—A pre liminary meeting was held on Monday, at Freemasons'- hall, to take into consideration the rumoured increase of duty at the General Postoffice. Among the persons pre sent were Lord Ashley, who took the chair ; Earl Wal degrave, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, the Hon. and Rev. L. Noel, T. Hankey, Esq., J. Deane Paul, Esq., Joseph Wilson, Esq., Major-General M'lnnes, Henry Pownall, Esq., E. W. Sidebottom, Esq., G. R. Clarke, Esq., the Rev. Daniel Wilson, the Rev. John Harding, the Rev. R. Burgess, the Rev. E. Pizey, the Rev. T. B. Hill, the Rev. G. Smith, the Rev. M. Preston, and many other clergy and gentry, &c. A memorial to Lord John Rus sell, against Sunday delivery, was unanimously agreed to. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Friday, as the two o'clock train from Kilmarnock was proceeding at full speed for its destination at Glasgow, and when about two miles east from Paisley, a woman, who had been waiting its approach, was seen by the parties in charge to walk deliberately into the middle of the up line of rails, and await her fate, by the overwhelming concussion of the train. As a matter of course she was killed on the in stant, and, on the train being stopped, her head was found literally cut in two. She was a woman of irregular habits, and her husband had not seen her for four weeks. What is still more singular and melancholy is. that she was the wife of the stoker of the engine which ran her down. RECOVERY OF £2O, LOST THREE YEA RS AGO.—In November, 1844, a gentleman connected with the South Wales Railroad, of the name of Russell, lost, as he sup posed, between Narbeth and Egremont, two ten-pounds Bank of England notes ; the case was then advertised, and bills widely circulated through the neighbourhood, offering a reward of £5 for the restoration of the property. Nothing, however, was heard of the matter until Sunday morning last, when Messrs Griffiths and Nicholas, drug gists, and Mr. Phillips, of the De Rutzen Arms, Narberth, received each a letter from the Haverfordwest post-office, unpaid ; the letters to the two former gentlemen contained each ten pounds, with a request written on a strip of paper that the same should be paid to Mr. Phillips, to the credit of the surveyor who lost the same. How they came into possession of the sender is not stated,—Hereford Journal. FISHES TAMED BY A CHILD.—In a quarter of a town of Hingham, known as Rockynook, there is a pond where a little girl, not six years old, who resides near the bank, has tamed the fishes to a remarkable degree. She began by throwing crumbs in the water. Gradually the fishes learned to distinguish her footsteps, and darted to the edge whenever she approached ; and now they will actually feed out of her hand, and allow her to touch their scaly sides. A venerable turtle is among her regular pensioners. The control of Van Amburg over his wild beasts is not more surprising than that which this little girl has obtained over her finny playmates. Visitors have been attracted from a distance of several miles to the spectacle she exhibits. — The fishes will not have anything to do with any one but their friend. They will trust no one else, let them come with provender ever so tempting. Even fishes are not so cold-blooded but they will recognise the law of kindness, and yield to its all-embracing power.—Boston Transnipt. On Sunday, the minister who officiated in the forenoon in Greenhead quoad sacra church, Glasgow, was, imme— diately after the termination of the service, apprehended as a deserter. The preacher, who is a private in the 71st regiment, absented himself from the barracks only on Monday week. He took up his quarters with a lady in Charlotte-street under the assumed name of fist Rev. Mr. Bercum. How he got an introduction to the estab lished presbytery, so as to get admission into Grecnhead Church, we are unable to state. His father, we are in formed, is a minister of the gospel in the neighbourhood of London. Our hero was educated for the ministry ; but previous to his being licensed, he enlisted into a regi-. ment bound for the West Indies, the name of which we have not ascertained. He was, however, afterwards trans ferred to the 71st regiment, from which he deserted when in Barbadoes, but was aftewards recaptured. He was absent from his regiment then as many months as he has been days now. BARTHQUARE IN THE PRINCIPALITY.—The concurrent' testimony of accounts from different Localities leaves no doubt of the fact of smart shocks of anarthquake having been felt in South Wales, about three o'clock in the after noon of Tuesday se'nnight, the 16th instant. At Llandaff two shocks followed in rapid succession, accompanied by a noise similar to distant thunder, the discharge of heavy artillery, or the blasting of rocks in a pit, mine, or tunnel. Many persons were alarmed, and one who lives near the Cathedral, exclaimed that the Jasper Tower was falling. So unusually strange was the noise, that a mechanic work ing in Radyr Church scampered out under the impression that it must have been what the Welsh call TOLATH,' (moaning). The alarm extended to the villages in the neighbourhood.—At Cardiff, the frames and cases in the printing-office of the Advertiser were shaken violently— the desk vibrated for a moment and then all was still. — About half-past three o'clock, a very extraordinary noise was heard by the inhabitants residing- on the Canal Bank, Pontypool, at the same time a number of persons felt as if the houses were shaken to the foundation. One little girl who was sitting at dinner with her aunt, in George street, who was thrown off her chair, and many felt as if they were falling on their faces. The persons residing in the neighbourhood were dreadfully alarmed, and were seen running from house to house, inquiring of each other if a similar shock had been felt, and on receiving answers in the affirmative, their terrors were increased.—ln the neighbourhood of Risca, and other parts of the mining country, so violently was the shock experienced in some pits, that colliers, in many instances, ran from the work in the headings, under an apprehension that an explosion of fire damp had taken place.—At Newport, Monmouth shire, the rumbling noise and shaking of premises sent many persons to their windows, to ascertain some palpable cause for the visitation. SHAKSPEARE MEMORIAL NIGHT. — On Wednesday the performances at the theatre were for the fund now raising for the purchase of Shakspeare's house. The pieces selected for representation were " Hamlet," and Katharine and Petruchio." The character of Hamlet was undertaken by Mr. George Jones, chairman of " The People's Central Committee of the Shakspeare Memorial Fund," who has generously offered his gratuitous histrionic talents at every " memorial night" throughout the king dom ; the Ghost of Hamlet's father was represented by Mr. Pritchard. The pit and gallery were crowded; and the boxes pretty well filled ; and upon the appearance of Mr. Jones upon the stage, the house rung with loud and reiterated applause. Eight years ago, Mr. Jones, after attaining the summit of his profession, and winning en during laurels both in the British metropolis and the United States, retired from the stage ; and he only . now obje ere-enterstof doingit o for purposethhoenor toh t of aiding e genius of Shakspeare. Hamlet was an arduous character for a ining birth-place the and national _ d ly gentleman reaing of t s i o ie lo aa n t g h o o ff , d th is e pl s a t y a e g d e ;inbutthtehetaent delineationd correctotho part, showed that Mr. Jones had not over -rated his powers. There was an entire absence of mannerism or unpleasing straining after effect, and an ease and dignity throughout ' the entire pourtrayal of this arduous character which, while it delighted all, showed also that the actor had ajust conception of his author. Many of the scenes were ex quisitely played, and there was considerable originality in the enunciation of speeches set down in some. The ghost scene, for example. Altogether, we do not remember to have seen the character of Hamlet—the scholar, courtier, the " glass of fashion and the mould of form"—more finely rendered than on this occasion.—Leeds Times. [Mr. Jones, we understand, is very desirous of getting up a " memorial night" in Liverpool ; and, we have no doubt, the lessee of the Theatre Royal will second his efforts.l MATRICIDE.—LAMENTABLE CONSEQUENCES OF IN TEMPERANCE.—On Friday the coroner's jury reassembled in London, to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Sheridan, the widow of an officer in the army. At the close of the inquiry the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against William Stewart Sheridan, son of the deceased. The presence of arsenic was disco vered in the stomach of the deceased. In the course of his address to the jury, Mr. Baker,ithe coroner, proceeded to refer to that portion of the evidence affecting the character of the accused party, remarking that he thought they could have little difficulty in coming to the con clusion that he was a young man of dissipated habits, and very much addicted to intemprance. The learned co roner here read from Ray's Medical Jurisprudence several extracts, showing the effect of excessive indulgence in spi rituous liquors on certain minds. Among the illustrations quoted was that of the celebrated Sheridan, who, accord ing to the author, " never spoke in the House of Com mons without the inspiration of half-a-pint of brandy." It was a singular coincidence, continued Mr. Baker, that that once great man should have been the very beacon held out in the book from which he had quoted to warn others of the vice of intemperance, and ;t was still a remarkable and painful fact that he was no other than the grandsire of that unfortunate young man who was now confined within the walls of a prison on the dreadful crime of matricide. The Coroner here read an extract from the biography of Sheridan, which stated that—" his death took place amidst a complica tion of difficulties, fears, and sorrows, brought on by his own imprudent and intemperate habits. After which he remarked, bitter indeed must have been his reflections could he but have been conscious of the legacy_ he thus bequeathed to his posterity, viz., the hereditary inheritance of a broken constitution, a debili tated body, an emaciated and attenuated frame. What did the jury now see before them ? A whole family im mersed in the lowest sink of intemperance—their minds debased—their morals impure. The mother had died a victim of filth and disease ; one of her daughters unable to bear the last closing scene, had wandered forth on the evening of her death, not knowing whither she was going, and only returning when driven back by the prostration of her physical energies ; while the son, instead of dutifully rendering the last sad offices to his widowed parent, there was too much reason to fear, first placed the " poisoned chalice to her lips," and then hurried to the office in which her life had been insured,:securing, on the very day of his mother's death, the small pittance of £96, on his policy of £5OO, to feed his depraved appetite for future revels of intoxication. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 23. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE BIR. MINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION COMPANY. The Vice-Chancellor (Sir L. Shadwell) delivered judg ment on the demurrer preferred by the defendants agains. the plaintiffs' bill for enforcing the completion of the agreement for the sale of the Birmingham and Oxford line to the Great Western Company. He did not think it right to prevent the whole question from being heard on a formal objection, and therefore overruled the de murrer. Notice of appeal to the Lord Chancellor was given im mediately. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, WEDNESDAY. THE QUEEN V. GUTTERIDGE.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. In this case the Attorney-General liad obtained a rule calling on the defendant, a surgeon, residing in Birming ham, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for the publication of a series of alleged libels, reflecting on the moral character of the Rev. J. Prince Lee, the newly-elected Bishop of Man chester. The defendant (in person) showed cause against the rule. He contended that the affidavits on which it was granted were not sufficiently clear and distinct to author ise the Court in making the rule absolute. Mr. Gutter idge commenced his address at the opening of the Court, and spoke for some hours. At the conclusion of the de fendant's speech, . . The Attorney-General rose to address the Court in support of the rule, when Lord Denman said it was unnecessary. They were unanimously of opinion that the rule ought to be made absolute. The defendant, in his address of some hours' duration, had only indulged in inuendos. There were no satisfactory affidavits in support of the charges that he had made against Mr. Lee, whose.-character shone forth with brighter lustre in consequence of the charges. Rule for a criminal information made absolute. The Court of Exchequer have decided that a chemist can deal in sweet spirits of nitre without a license, as that article is not affected by the excise laws. IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS.—At the last sitting of the Leicester County Court, his Honour decided that parties advertising in provincial papers, be their residence where it may, could be summoned for the amount of their debts in the town in which such paper is published. By the new Town Police clauses Act, any person stand ing on the sills of a window, in the upper stories of a house, for the purpose of cleaning them, is liable to a penalty of 40s. A person flying a kite or sliding in the street, is liable to a similar penalty. Marcus. William Turner, a barrister-at-law, was sen tenced by the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, to pay a fine of £2OO to the Queen, and to be imprisoned in the Queen's prison for three months, and until the fine was paid, for having published certain libels on a relation named John Hornblower Turner. A VALID PLEA.—A felon, sentenced at York to seven years' transportation, appealed to the courts of law at Westminster, on the ground that the statute prescribed ten years' transportation, at the least, as the penalty of his crime. The judges decided that he was in the right, and discharged him from custody. A severe sentence has been passed by the Queen's Bench on Archibald Douglas, Esq., an officer in the East India Company's service, and formerly resident' at the court of one of the native protected princes. He was convicted of receiving presents while in that capacity, au offence rendered 'highly penal by the 33rd George 111., c. 52. The sentence was that Captain Douglas should pay a fine, upon each of the counts of the indictment, of £lOOO ; that he be imprisoned in the Queen's prison for twelve calendar months ; and forfeit the sum of £3,545, being the full value of the presents received by bim. COUNTY COURT, NORTHWICH.—(Before J. W. Harden, Esq., Judge.)—Anderson v. Moore.—More than usual interest was excited by the proceedings of this Court on Wednesday week, in consequence of the appearance of several eminent Liverpool merchants, to be presentat, and, if necessary, to give evidence, in the trial of an action which had been commenced by a discharged gamekeeper against the Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Estate, as one of the lessees of the manors of Sir Charles Shaker ley; Bart. The action was in trover for three pointers, valued at 18 guineas, and which were claimed by the keeper as his own, though they were admitted to have been suckled by a bitch belonging to Mr. Van Zeller, the plaintiff swearing that she was only a foster mother. Some curious disclosures as to the alleged practice of keepers with reference to the exchange of puppies trans pired in the course of the trial, but for the honour of the fraternity, it is to be hoped that no such practice exists. The most remarkable coincidence disclosed by the 'gain tiff however was, that though his employer's puppies were always spurious, he had therefore some to exchange ; yet by some lucky chance he was always furnished with thorough-bred puppies just when they were wanted to replace the little mongrels, and that be either did not know, or was in honour bound not to tell where they came from ! The case had a very patient hearing, but the learned Judge was of opinion that the plaintiff had made Out no case at all, for even if the plaintiff was to be be lieved, there had, by his own shewing, been an uncondi tional surrender of the dogs in 1846, when the plaintiff was convicted and dismissed for poaching. SUGGESTED CAUSE OF THE WRECK OF THE STEPHEN WHITNEY. A correspondent of the London Times attributes the wreck of this noble vessel, and the sacrifice of life result ing, to the defective and vicious management of the Ballast Board of Dublin, a body which has the administration of £55,000 a-year of the public funds for the especial main tenance of proper lights on the coast of Ireland. It will be remembered that the letter of the mate, published in our last, stated that " at eight precisely we made the land off Crookhaven, which we judged by the light to be the Old Head of Kinsale, (which lies about fifty miles to the eastward.) We immediately made all possible sail, and hauled off shore. At nine, kept away channel course, judging we were clear of danger; but at ten made the land within pistol shot. In the act of staying, owing to the tremendous sea, the ship went ashore stern first, nearly broadside on. The island proved to be the Western Calf, inside Cape Clear." For the last half hour of her course, and at the time she struck, the ill-fated vessel was within two miles of the island of Cape Clear ; and could she have seen the light on that island, she would at this moment have been safely in port. Instead, however, of its being placed on the low land at its southern end, or at a mode rate height, where it would have been clearly seen, as the light of Crookhaven was seen, by the vessel, at a greater distance, it has pleased the wisdom of the board . in Dublin to place the Cape Clear light at an elevation of 453 feet above the leverof the sea ; and hence, in fogs and thick weather, when its guidance is most required lay the navigator, it is commonly obscured and useless. The Times correspondent, who seems to be well inform ed on the subject, remarks of the board, to whose inca pacity he refers, thus : " Time would fail me and the patience of your readers would be exhausted, were I to adduce the multiplied proofs which crowd on me as to the incompetency of the board in question for the important duties they have un dertaken. To prove that this is no random assertion, I may mention a few instances taken from the parliamentary papers now lying before me. These point out int er alta the neglected state of the east coast of Ireland, from Dublin to the Tuskar, where there is no light to mark the dangerous Blackwater Bank off Wexford, and a want of at least eleven additional buoys or beacons to mark the shoals that line that shore. They speak, too of the in efficiency of the Saltees light vessel, significantly described by the master of a steamer between Bristol and Water ford by saying We often cannot see her until we are a-top of her.' From the Hook of Waterford, to the Old Head of Kinsale a distance of 70 miles, there is no coast light, and this is in a track frequented by the whole trade from Liverpool and the Bristol' Channel, to Cork—and the scene of the wreck of the Sirius last year. From Cape Clear to the Skelligs, 46 miles, and again from the Skelligs to Loop Head, at the entrance of the Shannon, 56 miles are without a light, on a coast which is the com mon landfall for vessels coming from America. On the north-west coast of Ireland, between Eagle and Tory islands, a distance of 86 miles, there is no light except within the Bay of Donegal, where are good local lights, but useless to general navigation. On the north coast a light is wanted on Rathlin island, to break the distance of 51 miles between Innistrahul and the Mull of Kintyre. But your readers will be tired ; I return then for a few moments to the more immediate subject of this letter. Cape Clear light is a revolving light, placed in 1817, and stands on a lofty promontory at 455 feet above the sea, and about a mile and a half from the extreme end of the island. Four miles to the south-west of Cape Clear lies the Fastnet Rock, the outermost danger, and this on many accounts is the proper position for the light. The uselessnesg of Cape Clear light, owing to its being fre quently obscured by fog, is notorious among sailors, but the attention of the Ballast Board of Dublin was more especially directed to its ill chosen site by the London Trinity Brethren in their official visit in 1844. Since that time Captains Frazer and Wolfe, R.N., have also both reported against it in the years 1845 and 1846 ; and the latter officer says, ' I have passed Cape Clear and the Old Head of Kinsale, seeing the break of the sea on the shore without the light being visible.' Why, then, I would ask, is this light allowed to remain and lure ships to their de struction ? But it is not this light alone that is defective ; the whole of the south-west coast requires to be properly lighted. First, there should be a light on the Foze Rock, the most western point of Ireland, which forms a salient angle ex tending eight miles beyond the direct line between Loop Head and the Skelligs. Secondly, there should be a light on the Bull Rock, another outlying danger off Dursey Island, (even, if necessary, at the sacrifice of the Skelligs light, which, however, does not appear requisite.) Third ly, Cape Clear light should be removed to the Fastnet Hock. And, lastly, a light should be placed on the Galley Head, half way between Fastnet and the Old Head of Kinsale. The lights, too, should be of the best quality, with every modern improvement. Why should not the brilliant beam of light recently exhibited by Mr. Gordon, civil engineer, be applied in this important situation, or some other mode to be devised for producing a powerful light in case of emergency ? As far back as the year 1826 Sir David Brewster suggested the necessity of providing every lighthouse with the means of exhibiting a more powerful light in case of need ; and Sir John Robison , showed how this might be done in an economical man ner by introducing a light into the focus of the lens. Our neighbours across the Channel can produce brilliant lights ; why not we also ?" Such a state of things as this, involving as it does the lives of thousands, ought really to be brought at once before the notice of the Government ; and we know of no body who could mere effectually move in the matter than the Dock Committee of Liverpool. INVITATION TO 'UNITED PRAYER, FOR TRH OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, On Saturday, let of January. 1848, - being the First Day of the New Year. Dearly Beloved in the Lord,—Again the kind provi dence of God affords mf. the opportunity of inviting you to unite on the First Day of the New Year in a general concert for prayer for the outpouring'of the Holy Spirit. The Ist of January, 1848, falls on a Saturday, affording to those who are willing to embrace it, the opportunity of a special blessing; the devout spirit granted, as we may trust, on that day, being still further strengthened and increased by the privileges enjoyed on the Sabbath of God. May the Lord, for the sake of his dear - Son, vouchsafe the abundance of grace and peace; making the first day of the year the forerunner of a Sabbath when there shall " come down showers of blessing." Already for ten successive years have these general concerts for prayer on the first day of the new year been held; and, through the goodness of the Lord, with in creasing success. In addition to the various calls for this devotional union to which reference has been made in former Invi tations, the peculiarly interesting circumstances in which the new year approaches, press upon us with command ing force. They seem to say to those who look to God both as the Great Ruler of the Universe and the Hearer of Prayer, " Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to thee." _ _ To mention only a few of these circumstances. First. The present very remarkable dispensations of Providence towards our country. This year commenced, as it is well known, with a grievous scarcity, amounting, in some parts of the United Kingdom, to almost actual famine. This judgment, whilst it was felt by all classes fell more especially upon the poor—thousands of whom either perished by hunger, or by maladies produced by destitution. When, however, we publicly humbled our selves before God as a nation, seeking his aid by a day of national prayer and fasting, that God, " who is slow to anger and of tender mercy," was pleased to remove this severe calamity ; yea, far more than remove it—for not only did the Lord favour us with a most abundant har vest, but, that this blessing might not be lessened by demands from other nations, throughout almost every part of Europe " His paths dropped fatness," and the year " has been crowned with His goodness." To teach, however, how entirely dependent we are upon Almighty God, and that it is not one day of fasting that will suffice to turn away His just anger, if that day is not followed by departing from our evil ways, the Lord is now visiting the nation by another mark of his displea sure, shewing to those in higher stations that.his provi dence can enter their chambers, and visit them as well as the humbler classes—can convince them that " covetous ness is idolatry ;" that " the love of money is the root of all evil ;" that " a man's life consisteth not in the abun dance of the things which he possesseth ;" and that " riches take to themselves wings, and.ily away." For into what straits and difficulties have they fallen, of whom it might be said, as of ancient Tyre, " Her merchants are princes, and her traffickers are the honourable of the earth." For a season credit was almost at a stand—a general panic prevailed—and the enquiry seemed to be, not Who has fallen ? but Who can weather the storm ? Looking at these dispensations of the Most High, must we not feel how urgent a call this is for prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit, that as a nation we may benefit by this wonderful mixture of mercy and judgment ?—that the goodness of God may lead to repentance, His judg ments to that holy fear of offending against his Divine Majesty, that may bring us as humble suitors to his throne of grace, put an end' to the open profanation of the Sabbath, to making gold our trust," to depending " upon an arm of flesh," or otherwise provoking Him who is a jealous God, and will not give his glory to another." Let us then, my Christian brethren, as with one heart and soul, approach the mercy-seat, entreating that He with whom ' is the residue of the Spirit," will pour out of his Holy Spirit for these important purposes. A second striking circumstance which is presented to us at the opening of the new year, is the assembling of the new parliament. Her Majesty has indeed summoned the great council of the nation to meet before this Invi tation will have reached you ; but this, it is considered, is only for a mere special purpose. The great subjects which concern the general welfare of the British Empire will remain for legislation when the new year arrives. At such a crisis, what language can express the impor tance of her Majesty's counsellors, and of all the assem bled members of parliament, being under the special guidance and direction of the Lord—of his granting to them that wisdom which comes from above, prospering all their consultations " for the advancement of his glory, the good of his church, the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and her dominions." This is more especially called for from the peculiar activity of the Church of Rome, and from the favour she has obtained in some quarters. Surely we who rejoice in our deliverance from her yoke, and count it among our highest privileges to possess the faith of our Protestant forefathers,—surely we are called to earnest prayer for our rulers, that God would raise up a body of faithful men from among them, and grant to them, by the gift of his Holy Spirit, that firm faith in his written word, that holy boldness in maintaining our Pro testant principles, and that power of argument in the senate, that none shall be able to gainsay or resist ; making them, by his blessing, the honoured instruments of handing down to our posterity the unsullied faith of our forefathers, without exposing us to those judgments which God has denounced " upon Babylon," and upon those who have her mark.* _ _ _ A third remarkable circumstance which is presented to us at the approach of the new year, is the disturbed state of Christendom,—the present movements in Spain, Por tugal, Italy, and the Roman Catholic Cantons of Swit zerland. Upon this subject, however, I can only glance ; brevity allowing me no more space than to mention how urgently these commotions call for prayer, that " the Lord who sits upon the flood " would overrule them to hasten on that glorious season " when the kingdoms of this world shall be the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ." The last circumstance which I notice as demanding earnest prayer for the outpouring of the Spirit, is the paramount importance in the present day of cultivating a high and holy standard of personal religion. Without entering into any detail respecting " the signs of the times," all who have attended to the instruc tion given by many of the Lord's faithful ministers for some years past, will have heard the cry, " Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him ; " that is, they have been warned that " the coming of the Lord draws nigh." It is at such a season that those who " have slumbered and slept " are said to " awake, and to trim their lamps." This " the wise virgins " did so effectually that the foolish said to them, " Give us of your oil." For although their own lamps were gone out, having no oil in them, they saw the bright shining of the lamps of their companions, and were attracted by it. Does not this convey to us this important instruction, that as the coming of the Lord draws nigh, the religion of his true followers will be of so attractive a nature, that others will desire to possess the same ? it is clear also that this attractiveness proceeds from their having the active power of the Holy Spirit granted to them. For the request is, " Give of your oil."—the frequent emblem used in the Scriptures to express the Holy Spirit. At a season, then, Beloved in the Lord, when the judgments of God are in the earth, how desirable it is for us to be seeking after this " attractlveness" — this carrying out into ordinary life those graces which_ are " the _fruit_of the Spirit.' Howimportant, not for our own glory, but for the glory of God, and the promotion of the eternal blessedness of our fellow-men, that these graces should, in a measure at least, be seen in us ;—divine confidence, holy boldness ; truth, wisdom, knowledge, godliness ; faith, hope, joy, peace, love ; goodness, meekness, humi lity; temperance, patience, forbearance, brotherly kind ness. These are all the gifts of the Spirit, and can only be expected if earnest prayer is made for a large measure of His sanctifying grace. Let us then, my beloved friends, " forgetting the things which are behind and reaching forth to those that are before," commence the new year by uniting in this general concert for prayer ; that, though our bodies may be distant from each other, our spirits may be in perfect union, our desires one ; that God may be glorified, his Son our Lord Jesus Christ universally honoured, and that happy season soon arrive when the new song of the redeemed shall be sung, and the courts of Heaven resound with unceasing hallelujahs " to God and to the Lamb." Bearing in mind, then, the reasons for a general concert for prayer, mentioned in former Invitations, let me re quest you to ponder upon the circumstances adverted to in this address, and, with the affection of a brother, earnestly desiring your present peace and everlasting felicity, invite all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sin cerity, to commence the new year, Saturday, January Ist, 1848, by uniting in the general concert for prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The following suggestions are respectfully offered, to assist those who are desirous of this union : Ist. Let Christians follow the example of our blessed Lord, (Mark i. 23,) who rose up a great while before day for secret prayer. Let them thus secure the blessing of Him who says, " Pray to thy Father which seeth in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." 2nd. Let them call upon the Lord in their families, for his Spirit to be poured upon themselves and their households, their neighbours, their country, including Great Britain and Ireland, and our colonies, the ministers of the Lord, the churches of Christ, the remnant of scat tered Judah and outcast Israel, and upon the Gentile world. 3rd. Where circumstances will admit of a morning ser vice, let the congregation be assembled, and, in addition to the appointed prayers and a suitable sermon, let all who are devoutly disposed partake together of the Supper of the Lord —or, as may be more convenient, let the whole congregation meet in the evening for public wor ship, and let an appropriate discourse be preached. 4th. Let the ministers of the Lord meet on the follow ing Monday, with their brethren of their own commu nion, in earnest prayer for themselves, their flocks, the whole body of Christ, and the world at large, and then especially consult together upon the most effectual means for hastening the coming of the Lord's kingdom, and particularly for the continuance of such a general concert for prayer, that the year may proceed according to this devout commencement. May the Lord accompany these means of grace, or such others as may be adopted, with His abundant bless ing ! Oh ! may it indeed be a season of special refresh ment from the presence of the Lord ! Let this be the prayer of all who read this paper ; and as the new year is now approaching, it would be a great kindness if those who approve the object, and have influ ence over the press, would republish and circulate this Invitation ; which any one into whose hands it may fall has full permission to do. Peace be with all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity ! Thus prays theiraffectionatebrother, and servant in the Lord, JAMES HALDANE STEWART, Limpsfield Rectory, Godstone, Surrey, November 2nd, 1847. See Rene stiens xiv. xviii. six. Nov. 30,1541. TRADE IN LIVERPOOL, AND STATE OF COMMERCE. (From Lord George Bentinces speech) - - Within my own knowledge, during the last six weeks, some of the merchants and importers of Liverpool have sold 22,000 bales of cotton at a loss of £BB,OOO ; and in the year before last, their loss upon the same commodity Amounted to £lOO,OOO, thus affording a premium, a bonus, and a bounty to the foreign manufactuier to come here and beat Englishmen in their own market. (Hear, hear.) For eight years past the stacks of cotton at Liverpool were never so low as they are at the present time. These gentlemen tell us that a short, cotton crop is the great cause of all the distress. But what is the spectacle which England presents ? Why, that she is at present the greatest exporting country of raw cotton, the material of our staple manufacture. Then it is a want of cotton that has produced this distress ? No; is it a want of credit ? It is your restrictive monetary laws, your cruel Bank Charter Act; your system, the true object of which we were let know by the Elbing letter, of endeavouringbv anti cipation to correct any toogreat cornmercialspeculation ;it is your act of parliament, passed with the view of making things in England artificially cheap, scr that when, by your free imports, you have allowed all the gold to pass from the country, because foreign countries would not take your manufactures in return, you might then bring back the gold again —this it is that has produced the distress. (Hear, hear.) You have cotton selling at £4 the bag below the cost price, sugar at 6s. and Bs. the cwt. below the price it was purchased at in Cuba or Brazil ; tea sold by the pound retail at a price less than what it cost the merchant by the chest in Canton. These are the works of your free-traders, who must bolster up their new-fangled schemes by means of this Bank Charter Act. lam assured—l speak in the presence of mill-owners and cotton-spinners, who may contradict me if they can—that for the first time in the history of cotton manufactures, calicoes and yarns have been sold at the price the cotton cost. (Hear, her.r.) Do you think that it is a profitable trade for England ? (Hear, hear.) It will bring back the gold perhaps—it will bring back the golden image fortherighthon. baronet the men-Ibl for Tamworth to worship—but w ill it b ene fit th e coun t r y • (From Lord John Russell's Speech.) I find, on looking to the returns, that, in the nine months ending October 10, 1845, the amount of articles of British and Irish manufactures exported from the king dom was £41,732,000; that for the same period in 1846 , it was £40,800,000, and for the same period in 1847 to £39,975,000. This does, to be sure, exhibit a difference, as compared with the two preceding years,. but it is no such falling off as should inspire any one with despond ency, or that, coming after those prosperous years, it is such a falling off as should dispirit any one looking to the future for the permanent prosperity of the country. (Hear.) I find that the exports from Liverpool of British manufactured goods to the United States for the three quarters ending October, 1846 ) were to the amount of £4,529,586, and that for the three quarters ending Octo ber, 1846, they amounted to £6,791,000, making a differ ence in favour of exports this year from Liverpool to the United States of £2,261,414. (Hear, hear.) This fact shows us, that according to the wholesome process of trade and exchanges the food we imported into this coun try in greater quantity than usual had been the cause of greater export of our manufactures." MISS WHITNALL'S ANNUAL CONCERT. This accustomed annual treat was given on Wednesday evening week, at the Theatre-Royal, Williamson-square ; and we were glad to observe, from the fashionable and numerous attendance, that the fair beneficiare continues to hold a high position in the estimation of her friends. In addition to the attraction of Miss Whitnall herself, the artistes engaged comprised the distinguished vocalist, Mrs. Wood, Miss Moriatt O'Connor, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Ryalls, Mr. T. Bishop, and a debutante, Mr. C. Romer, of this town. The instrumentalists were Mr. Distils and his fonr talented sons, whose performances on the Sax horns are unequalled in Europe. The conductors were Mr. Joseph Robinson and Mr. Willy, jun. We have seldom heard Miss Whitnall herself in better voice. In the duet with Mrs. W o od, " M ee t again,' she acquitted herself most satisfactorily ; and a new bal lad, composed for her by Mr. J. Robinson, was very prettily sung. Her execution of Donizetti's " Dream of Joy" was the best of her performances. It was given with a spirit and feeling which proved the full apprecia tion of its beauties. To say of Mrs. Wood that every thing committed to her was sung faultlessly, would be poor commendation. Her fine voice was certainly never heard to greater Per" R r fection, or directed with more consummate taste. e wish,. however; that the selections made for her had been different. We cannot believe that she herself would have selected Haynes Bayley's mawkish song, " We met. Her " Jock o' Hazeldean ' was fine as ever we heard it from her, and was encored ; as was " Oh, no, w e never mention her "—a song too much passe t o be tolerated from other lips. Mr. Weiss 's song, " From rocky beds," was finely sung, and encored, another being substituted instead of the repeat. His performance of " The light of other days" was most successful. Mr. Ryalls and Mr. T. Bishop had less to do than could have been wished, in the absence of other attrac tions. Both were received with hearty applause ; and the latter, in ` John Apderson„' was encored. A Tyrolean vocal glee of great beauty was finely sung by Miss Moriatt O'Connor and Messrs. H., W., and T. Distin, and encored. A song by this young lady was not so successful. Mr. C. Romer made his first bow to an audience in his native town in the fine song by Proche, " From the MO resound the horn ;" and although an evident timidity somewhat marred the effect of his performance, we can congratulate him with confidence upon the certainty of success in the profession which he has chosen. He pos sesses a fine powerful tenor voice, which only wants study and cultivation to make it perfect. It is singular that three of this family now hold a high rank as vocalists, viz., Miss Romer, Mr. Travers (an assumed name), and Miss Anne Romer ; and Mr. C. Romer is apparently destined to shine equally. His song on Wednesday was encored ; and, being given with greater confidence, com pleted the satisfactory effect produced upon the audience Messrs. Distin's instrumental performances were ini mitable as usual ; and we must notice the " God save the Queen" by all the company. It was a rare musical treat. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE EPISCOPATE. A scheme has been matured for materially increasing the hierarchy of the church, and will be submitted for the consideration of the legislature in the course of the pre sent session. The plan provides for the establishment of new bishoprics, and the manner in which endowments may be obtained. It is proposed to leave the dioceses of Bangor, St. Asaph, and Llandaff as they are at present; but to divide the diocese of St. David's, forming a new see at Brecon, to include the archdeaconries of Brecon and Cardigan. From the diocese of Bath and Wells would be detached the archdeaconry of Bath, and uniting it to the archdeaconry of Bristol, the see of Bristol and Bath would be restored. The archiepiscopal diocese of Canterbury would be reduced to half its present size, placing the remainder of Kent under the see of Rochester, as in former times. The diocese of Chichester, which now includes the whole of Sussex, and no more, would be left, untouched. The diocese of Ely would give tne archdea; conries of Bedford and Huntingdon to one new see at Bedford, and that at Sudbury to another at Bury St. Edmund's. The diocese of Exeter would have one new bishop for Cornwall at Bodmin, and one for the archdea conries of Barnstaple and Totness seated at Plymouth. From the dioceses of Hereford and of Lichfield would be detached the whole of the county of Salop, which would be placed under a new bishop at Shrewsbury. In the dio cese of Lichfield a new see would be erected for the county of Derby, at Derby. In the diocese of Lincoln the pre sent episcopal see would retain nearly one-half of the Archdeaconry of Lincoln. The sourthern part would have a new see at Stamford or Boston, and the Archdea conry of Stow and the northern part of the Archdeaconry of Lincoln would have a new see at Gainsborough. The Archdeaconry of Nottingham would have a new see at Southwell. In the diocese of London a new see would be founded at Westminster, to take charge of part of West minster, Southwark, and Surrey. In the diocese of Nor wich two additional sees would be founded in Norfolk, at Yarmouth; and Walsingham, and one in Suffolk, at Ipswich. From the diocese of Oxford, Berkshire would be detached, and form the new diocese of Windsor; Buckinghamshire also would be a new diocese. In the diocese of Peterborough, the Archdeaconry of Leices ter would be a distinct diocese and see. In the present diocese of Rochester, there would be Bishops of Colches ter, Chelmsford, and St. Alban's, the see of Rochester being restored to its ancient jurisdiction in Kent. The diocese of Salisbury would be divided, and the county of Dorset constitute a distinct bishopric, the see to be placed at Sherborne. In the diocese of Winchester, the Channel Islands would be provided with a Bishop of Jersey, be sides the separation of Surrey, as already mentioned. In the diocese of Worcester a new bishopric would be formed at Birmingham and Coventry for Warwickshire. The see of Carlisle would remain unaltered. The see of Chester would be divided into those of Chester, Manchester (now formed), Liverpool, and Lancaster. The county of North umberland would be detached from Durham, and become a distinct diocese under the see of Newcastle and Hex barn. The Archdeaconry of Craven in the diocese of Ripon would become a new diocese, with a see at Halifax and Leeds. The Archdeaconry of the East Riding and that of Clev e l an d wou ld b e new di oceses un d er t he Bishops of Beverley and Whitby. Thus it will be seen that the proposed addition amounts to 31 new sees, which would raise the whole number of episcopal sees in England and Wales to 56, besides the bishoprics of Jersey and Sodor and Man. Then, as to the means by which funds can be provided for the support of these bishops. The bishopric of the Channel Islands would be competently endowed by annexing it to the deanery of Jersey, so that 56 sees remain to be provided for. Setting aside the sees of Canterbury, York, London, Durham, and Winchester, for which a higher scale than the rest would be fixed, there would be 51 sees to be considered. Of these, 21 (those having parliamen tary seats) would have incomes of £3,500, and the remaining 30 would have incomes of £3,000. This would require the sum of £163,600. To the Pri macy £lO,OOO per annum would be given, to the Arch bishop of York and the Bishop of London £B,OOO respec tively, and to the Bishops of Durham and Winchester £5,000, making a total of £36,000 per annum, or, on the whole, an income amounting to £199,500 for the support of the hierarchy of England. The episcopal income et -present is £170,000, and it is proposed that the remaining £29,500 shall be raised by making parochial benefices (which would be attached to the new dioceses) assist in the endowment of episcopal sees, which arrangement would have the advantage of providing residences as well as incomes. NOT. TUESI ARRIVED: from St. H( sailed 2nd C Mary Jane, Jersey —Laic lands, Berry, Fanny, Brod , does—Emery Mediterranei tine, Morire, from Constl Eugene, Hel sane, White, The Mercu 3rd Oct. Th Mort, and the Martha and J days. On tli Sparks, for B John Cock stanchions ai thrown on he Palos, henc The Fanny capsized duri Lucas Wit back. John Dugd 13th Septemb Elizabeth B Pandora, 0 Marmion, 1 Mary Spar Emma, Hartl 319Dowall, 241 Confucius, 28th August. Phcemcian • Hindley, he Blair, from don on the 131 Dyson, Croy Promise, he Marmion, I St. Helens, hence at Rio J Salacia, Ma Selina, Han leak y. Richard Co 22nd Septemb Thomas Fiel 'Princess He Earl of Han 4th October. John Matti nuts Brockleh Tartar, Russel Walton, Litt jer 10th Sept. Emma, hem Camillus, fr, 23rd Septembe Bangalore, I Bth September Eleanor Ras Edward Boa Harriet Hut Thesmerano Flora, Shad( Alfred, Salte Cork Packet 13th Nov. • Industry, HI 9 th Nov. Clio Bundle Gezina Petrc at lielvoet. Gezina, Wyk lienren Ant INTEDNESI ARAN ED nom; Kong; s _lst Sept.—Dui M`Donald, fro] Magistrate, Cr Malcolm, Mali Garrick, Hunt. Constantinople Paragon, Gai Sept. Yesterd with loss o Caroline, Bac Eliza, Sande] Oriental, Ch: November. Norfolk Her Tinula Mort el s, Copea ; rride, Scott, ar Sam Georgic Costa, hence at , Sarah, Fudge head, 29th Oct. Dort. Jenne Alberi IGth November j 1 l ea, e ,ma v i e el Ann and Mai Hoim cots of sails. Good Intent, for split, Ii St Ives with Eliza Thom Sail s, water cas Hannah Bost i nstant for Let ' 44 Gr OrA_ a arr RotiZS Ne; September`;`"'" Jane and 8„ yesterday, i lea , saved. Georgians; I Afediterranel Punch Grier }lope. , Canopus, Tit Esk hence ; from C ardiff, a Covs, Noir. the wind came ;Ale from the for St. John's, and' topsail ya Put in. PWLLHELI, Pooie for Rum drove on shore THURS ARRIN;i. 7I ; berry, from Ikl Moceio—Virgil A. Hope} Alna-L-Meg of 1‘ SAILED.—Su Child, and Her Liverpool, fri Canopus, Tit 23rd September Viscount San 1 11 September. Olivia, Tank( Oswald, Niel Sopara, De G Clydesdale, Douro, of Li% Lybia, Heath Chapmans, PWLHELI, Stirling, (aban shore near Port FRIDA ARRIVED.—; Ivanhoe, Echro B ernard, Ibrai Sierra Leone-1 ::: übrrn---etebEr; n isli aHa a rt D y : arid Charlotte, Emigrant, Hill Dixon C ape Huntley, Oldis Ington Irving, — Circassian, I Calcutta—Regi sie Mitchell, M Majestic, off Pilot. No ve A.mmbeato, r. Cerci crane Packet Wallace, Yot Alounmain—Ui Lefevre, Rio GI Prudence, :11`D topsails and we Pomona, Wai Hero, Grant, Triumphant, this port. Nymph, Nicl Diogaum, fro London; Ros Sarah, Colbei Harriet and Charles, hen( Amity, 'Bray, MA ur.., 14th increasing dail and under rep Occurred from from the 2nd I Were capsized. SATURD. ARRIVED.-1 from Quebec— Trotel, from IL SAILED.—Hi Ming, Sierra I Primrose, Hob luerara, Allen, kende, Love, M'Cutcheon; I ver, Tripe, and Faulk, Philadc Antwerp—Viet Volo, Churchly Corfu—Skew, Ann Powell, TI Mulford, Malap Osborne, Napt Stettin—Surpa tana, Longnauii Patelina, Itu Espoir, Zelle and Unicm, Du Lord Adibur and sixty laid Tiber, Guardian, .:Varda Clew mainmast sprit charge ; bore u Washington, 9th November. Chilian, Ask nierarr, at Peal. Avoca, Harv 4 Pleiades, Syn nsitli 9th Nov., truck by a sea the crew taken 4a). • LONDONDER and fronALiver Foyle. stet` ai