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SECOND EDITION. flce, Two o'clock I.POO THIS DAY 'DI • •..r% I: . i I: T...), I• • I 1..12,E., I I L I I i I 6,1. pi I Etteraturr. (For the Z with eas DON'T YO •easure t bu3hel chi I ; I time theyclearly the mode of action mood and Kample, when you cork, th Sow, plant, are active s title 11 timates, ise participates, ernatelV set dosei I to vent Inite them, when we nEr,lambs bright!, frequently in I y rtzpostrto N. _ to this cl, 9cl lack! the nc th wonder and s tions do one's thought our sentences cor- ul, but, if, or, and, of this description 3ER ?" hey flutter, our Youth : ealthily rambled, and Truth, erns breathing lipp'd face ; th in the breast ls the glory watt_ ered around u 'st bound us ing back, c:aini i part of pealing of every I PROTESTANT MISSIONARY EFFORTS CHINA AND APATHY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. M. Martin's China ; Political, Commer I (From H It is painful to note ho tention of the I;rnnioniNli the subject in 1807, but their mission great, but not toolnu laboured alon )r. IZo. quarter's of th )t the Port of Dr. Mo lany of the ob3tael enterprise, are now, h and an is faithlu,l labo a i to M removed re works that would facilitate others in the acqui sition, of the language ; this Dr. Mor r iso n no bly per- formed, He then commenced holding religious services with his domestics, and others who chose to attend. At this man Catholic missionaries, which cirelmstanceincreased the caution of the East India Company's servants. not without some success; his first - convert, Tsai-Ako, who was baptized in 1814, proved faithful until his death. All the English missionaries for China subsequent to 'this period, arrived either at Penang, Malacca, Batavia, or Singapore. _ The - number of Chinese emigrants at these settlements, is at all times very great ; and as they very generally re turn to China, many opportunities occurred of distributing could not go them Schools were est severa preaching of the Gospel regularly sustained. A blessing must always attend such efforts, when performed with sincerity and truth; many have been convinced of the of fieart, and Were receivec Several Baptist missionaries, located in India, have directed their attention to the acquisition of the Chinese language, in the hope of extending the Gospel to China. Among these, the Rev. J. Marshman's services are well known. With the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Lassar, an Armenian Christian, born at Macao, and speaking and writing the Chinese language with fluency, he translated the whole of the Scriptures into Chinese in the year 1822. The American missions have been eminently successful in the East, and their ministers, medical and clerical, are the deadliest enemies to the corruptions of the Romish priest hood. The Americans have set us an example, of which we should feel ashamed. They have been:the principal promoters and supporters of the medical mission, and they have sent the first Protestant bishop to China. T.pt us awake from our criminal apathy. It is our sol - to send the Gospel to all nations ; the no access of it in some places does not relea: sibility Faililre should ME ly lead to renewed exertio eat means to be employ, to a reconsideration of the There appear to he two errors with regard to the eau. and effect of missions. Some think that throwing the 'd in uncultivated ground will produce fruit ; whilst , rs think that orientals are stereotyped. and will still worship t History informs us, that all change of opinion midry, century, when Christian mission m ? China, that was formerly call arly Brito: of further chang to the Christian ;e. There are greater prom a missionary in China, tli country in the East. First, the g pie are instructed in principles 01 iheir mod the oldest or Cc ;mined thrones of ( stantine and Chosrea except Christianity in a state of istiaeity exists, in E ible impr ment in " ►e ( condition ian and I 3 servant." [Gen. ix. 27.] Look at the.wonderful position of Etikhi - ialit' the E in the territories of Sheen. Can fore us. that ereat power has 1 bestowed on a nation for nobler ptirpose than r is could ,uch a rem: ing, and tl rkable aspi ie earth be joyful, and tl Our Gov inging, at appe eti•eh to form e Ch: Tench and America] tamed. We do not were far more solicitous abou- Kong, than of Even t circular to our c Her Majest; English Inis THE PRESS IN NGLA CONTINENT, ason of the low payn to of its havir Italy, f re quarterlies, Frost .kable f produce )fished, v symptom of succes they a, who , ver the I ?5 4 .1 1 itJ. ....- I 4041 g I i 9 " who read in spite o tion of ti In England, the r rteljahrschrfft wa payments. T 1 r-and-twenty-! at doubted of price I ar to have given o ;round; thanks well we did not : we yen a Pro suis in China, from t in England, Was ho'stile to onsular por D, AND ON THI Sad only on Blackwood, Tait But if t is to miters some pride, that it was ver to us, " two dollars wa. an im " Oh! aries at 114 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IN I UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. i LAW INTELLIGENCE. itehard sey, John S -Daniel latthew Le amin Joseph Drur 'larch 13.---In a I William Jepi f Art: ally, under the mitted ad same time, the follow- I in; d of Arrs—Donn provisions of mple, Fellow of borrowed frc r. Evan ri W. C. Jow lacLach lin Maridaler unty Thos. I money is advan( COURTS I, and yeoman, 5: PRIVATE BILLS.—TI appears by a list published on Tuesday of the private bills introduced into the House of The inauguration of Prince Albert as Chancellor of the INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COU RT .—On Tuesday, Mr. Commons this session, th a t th e y amoun t t o no t l e ss th a n niversity of Cambridge, will taka place on Thursday. Philli ps sat i n the Sessions-house for the purpose of 461, the great majority o f w hi c h h ave b een rea d a secon d digs OXFORD, MARCEL 18.—In a congregation held this day, h ear i ng th e cases. . Th e f ollow i n is a list of the adju- time. Of this mass o f p r i va t e l eg i s l a ti on , th e la rge pro -13 following degrees we r e conf erre d :—Masters of Arts— .dicatio ns : —B. C arney , to be charged on giving up portion of 333 bills are f or th e f orma ti on o f ra il wa y s ; b u t 4. r. ---.' - ' re,v. Paul Bush, .St. Mary Hail ; Rev - -1 r" 1v for t ^l,ifiation possession of a house: - W - .l:y - o - n - s - ,71i - s:th;r - ge b d:'(m --- ' tiTe of .... ~ most are mere., _,e extension and Elev._ same condition. W. Irlam, adjourned to next circuit. of existing lines, very few new lines of railway having A. Fleming, discharged. J. George, discharged. been projected. TMPORTANT TO BUILDING SOCIETIES.—Doubts having The port of Loudon presents a picture at present, the "-- ‘ , .isen as to whether building societies can equal of which has not been seen for many years. Not a acts advance or grant moneys upon vessel is to be found for love o r mone y o f sufficient ton , nage to undertake a foreign voyage. Many cases occur - -., ...,.. exibLing emu 111 ,;ne pLmem- r ere the freight given fo r a single trip is'considerably mot the borrower, Mr. Tidd Pratt has given, as follows, w —" It appears to me, in strictness, under the more than the value of the vesse l. W e un d ers t an d th a t ' : `the Benefit Building Societies Act, the money there is a strong probability th a t some o f th e f ore i gn coa l the society should be to erect or purchase depots will be run short o f su ppli es i n consequence o f th e consequently, that a member cannot as- difficulty of procuring vessels fo r an y pl ace f or w hi c h th ere ~ property which ne already possesses. If are no direct return cargoes. ed not according to the rules and provi- THE GENERAL FAST.—To-morrow, the 24th instant, being the day appointed for a genera l f as t, b y an or d er in —ons of the ac t, I am o f o pi n i on th a t th e mem b er , or any Council, all the Government offices, the Excise, Customs, ~,' person cl a i m i ng un d er hi m , m i g ht se t th e t ran saction aside, and in equity, would be entitled to a return of his Stamp office, and Treasury, &c., th e B an k o f E ng l an d, k.. Minor d ee d s on payment o f pr i nc i pa l an d lega l i nterest. " Stock Exchange, East India and S ou th S ea H ouses , th e ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES IN T H E NEW COUNTY St. Katherine, London, West and E as t I n di a D oc k s , w ill The judges of the superior courts have_ fixed be closed to business. The Post-offi ce w ill o p en as usua l, except the Money-order offices. Bills and orders be 'Courts—gentlemen, me r c h an t s , b an k ers , an d professional the Scale of allowance to witnesses in the New County coming due on that day will be payable o n th e T ues d a y The theatres, British Museum, National G a lle r y, &-,c men, is. lid. a d a y ; tradesmen, auctioneers, accountants, '.s- ; journeymen, labourers, and the will remain closed. - C —7 ROOD DISTURBANCES.—VV l' —Charles W. C Joseph Eaton, Canon of Chester, to the Vicarage of Eastham, Cheshire. —The Rev. James Metcalfe, M.A., to the Incumbency - " , nd Chapel, Fewstone, near Harrogate, York- Rev. John V. Lloyd, 8.A., Curate of Gres -hire, to the Perpetual Curacy of Llandeilo P annrshire. I of West , - ' -, E. SSATION OF r t.- ...BAN, ICK, GTH The Rev. N. Atkinson, 13. A. of University 0 -, like, ss . Travelling expenses per mile one way, 6d. By MARCH.—It gives us the sincerest pleasure in having to Durham, has been presented to the perpetual curacy of the 86th section of the New County Courts Act (9 and 10 state that shipment of grain has been prosecuted liere Horton, Northumberland, by the Vicar of Woodhorn. Vic. C. 95) it is provided that every person on whom any this week without the slighest interruption, and that The Rev. J. L. Low, B.A. of University College, Dur- summons to attend as a witness shall have been served, there is not the least appearance of any further exhibition ham, curate of St. Margaret's, has been appointed by the either personally or in such other manner as shall be of popular feeling aoainstits exportation. Of the wounded rector of Middleton in Teesdale, on the recommendation di rec t e d b y t h e genera l rules or pract i ce of the courts, parties, the girl has e almost recovered, but the man has of the Lord Bishop of Durham, to the curacy of Forest and to whom at any time payment or a tender of payment been, and still is, a great sufferer. All is quiet at Thurso with Harwood,in the above parish.' of his expenses shall have been made on such scale of once more. On Wednesday, a boat's cargo of meal was Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has, with her accus- allowance as shall be from time to time settled by the sent off to the Highlands , but no feeling of opposition toured munificence in aid of every good work, been e ra- general rules or general practice of the court, and who was manifested.—Caledonian Mercury. ciously pleased to convey through her almoner, a sub- shall refuse or neglect, without sufficient cause, to appear At an extraordinary meeting of the Oxford Union So produce any books, papers, or writings required by ciety, held on Saturday week, it was proposed to suspend i such summons to be produced, and . also every person for the occasion one of the rules, which provided against I present in court who shall refuse to give evidence, shall I . -..- . - • - - parsonage house, to be attached to the incumbency of t George's, Chorley. _ _ Various rumours, more or entic, of p forfeit ar church extension, entertained by the ecclesiastical corn- and the whOle j or any part of such fine, in the discretion mission, have lately been the subject of conversation in of the judge, after deducting the costs, shall be applicable circles understood to be well informed on such subjects. towards indemnifying the party injured by such refusal or The last rumour we have heard is that of a bill actually neglect, and the remainder thereof shall form part of the for a new and very extensive interference with church general fund of the court in which the fine was imposed. property.—Morninr Post. • PIISEYISM AT FALMOITTIT hung with black cloth, the laritable purpose, and to vote £2OO to the - relief of the distressed Irish and Scotch. After more than two hours' discussion on the justice and legality of the measure, an amendment was carried to the effect that a private sub scription be opened amongst the members of the society, but that no money be given out of the public funds. - The numbers that voted on the question were 238. DECISION OF THE WESLEYANS AGAINST THE GOVERN MENT SCHEME.—We have the greatest pleasure in being e the first to communicate, which we do on the best .—The church of this place is candlesticks on the "altar," COURT AND FASHION. [I. are usually cover with bi k lace, are covered Isle of Wight, hitherto called Osborne House, is hence forth to be called Osborne ; and Barton Manor Farm is in future to be termed Barton House. authority, the gratifying intelligence that, after long deliberation and full discussion, the United Wesleyan Committees of Education and of Privileges have resolved upon a decided opposition to the government scheme. Resolutions to that effect will be published as soon as they have received the requisite sanction. This deter hes in black. These are the outward and visible igns of humiliation in Lent.—Devonport Telegraph. The valuable and important rectory of Houghton-le- now preac We can state, upon nearly the higheit possible autho - on from the most exalted Quarter has that inti mat lin noble and titled brides, who thought proper to consent to clandestine unions, that their attendance at her Majesty's Drawing-rooms will not, for the present, be expected.—Court Journal. Lord De Tabley, after a brief visit to his estate in Che shire, left Mivart's Hotel, on Thursday, for Heidelberg, to accompany Lady De Tabley and family home. Seen conveyec on the Hon. and Rev. John Grey, Rector of - Wolsingham. Mr. Grey, we hear, is likely to be succeeded at Wolsing ham by the Rev. John Alexander Btackett, M. A., Vicar of lleddon-on-the-Wall. The Vicarage of Heddon-on the-Wall, vacant in such case, is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, which, it is expeeted, will be conferred on the Hon. and Rev. Geo. Denman, son of Lord Denman, and now resident at Bishop Auckland. The Rev. W. Clarke, 8.D., Incumbent of St. John's the Less, has, been appointed, by the Lord Bishop of the Dio cese, Sunday Evening Lecturer of 'St. Peter's Church, Chester, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Robert Yarker, M.A.,, on his accepting the vicarage of Neston. By the appointment of Mr. Yarker, _the parishes of . _ _ sistency, and decides the balance of public o - pin - ion against the measure.—Patriot, of Thursday. EXECUTION OF THE Two NORTHUMBERLAND MUR DERERS.—James Welch and George Matthews (both Irishmen) on Wednesday morning underwent the sentence of the law at the county goal at lilorpeth. The conduct of Welch after sentence was that of the most hardened and impertinent culprit. Matthews, on the contrary, ap peared duly impressed with the atrocity of his crime, and was very attentive to the exhortations of the Catholic clergymen, the Rev. G. A. Lowe. Welch, when on the scaffold, appeared more affected than his previous behavi our had led people to anticipate, and died imploring the Michael and St. Olave become united, the Rector being the Rev. J. Eaton, M.A., F.R.S., Precentor of the Ca thedral. The number of Minor Canons by Mr. Yarker's age. His fellow criminal, Matthews, wasiinliis26thTear. " PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE, FROM THE PRINCE TO THE PEASANT." — This is the title of a new work, which regulating Cathedrals, so that no successor to t genthrnan is needed in that office. our readers will observe advertised in another Column. It is calculated to afford much instruction to the young on the subject of their native country. The work can be neither called history or biography, and yet it partakes of both. It aims at that which has not been done before, viz. to represent by coloured plates the various classes that form the great political body of Great Britain and Ireland, with a description of their various duties and uses FATAL EFFECTS OF ETHER A case of considerable importance, as affecting the practice lately introduced into the medical world of sub- jetting p. 3f ether, by causing them to inhale its vapour in order to render them insensible to pain, has just occurred at Spit- Llegate, in the parish of Grantham,_ in the county of to each other. The part now published contains the re. presentation of her Majesty in her parliamentary robes with other plates of her officers of state, &c., coloured, We recommend it to all who desire to know iich death has resui )ver, 1 their Qt chelor of Mus PROMO :11A of Chri the Ist ME hours ch., Aru this by treatment It appears that a respectable woman of the of Ann Parkinson, aged 21 years, the wife of a Spittlegate, who had been married eighteen months, and had a child nine months old, had been af flicted with a tumour on the under part of her left thigh for about twelve months, which had gradually increased in size, until from its situation it becaiiae a perpetual tor ment to her, as she was unable either to sit down or lie in bed with any degree of comfort. Under these cir cnmstances, having read of the many successful cases of operations performed without pain under the influence of the vapour of ether, she expressed a wish to her medical attendant, Mr. Robbs, of Grantham, to have ether ap plied and the tumour removed. To this, after consulting her medical men, he consented ; and on Tuesday, tl h inst., at 1 o'clock, she was subjected to the i and the operation was performed by Mr ce of three other medical men. Un r, the poor woman never rallied, but of complete prostration until 5 o'clock when she died without the slight taken place subsequent to the opera- An inquest was held upon the body, and from the !e adduced, it• appeared that the operation was per.: in a proper and scientific manner. She was a very woman ; and the ether appeared to have produced excitement upon her. The verdict was—" That the Ann Parkinson, died from the effects of the Robbs in the preser fortunately, howeve g pain during the removal of a tumour from her left .h, and not from the effect of the operation, or from FOOD ON THE CONTINENT. translate the following from the a French commercial journal. It presents the result of investigations made throughout Europe for that paper re specting the last harvest : RUSSlA—Southern provinces : grain moderate in quan- Potatoes diseased in only a tew district Grain tolerable in quantity and c POLAND' Luality. Po- DINAVIA—Bad harvest in general. —ln all the provinces there has been an ave. •ge harvest. Grain and potatoes tolerable in quality. SAXE- HOLSTEIN —Grain tolerable Potatoes attacked —Grails. tolerable. Potatoes failed almost HANOVEI , verywhe WIRTI RG AND BAVARIA - Grain moderate in quantity, excellent in quality. Potatoes have completely failed in some provinces, and have been abundant and AUSTRI A- Grain abundant, but not very good. Pota liseased in some provinces, but deficient in others. ITALY—Maize g - oodi rice not very good ; grain scorched in many districts. No return as to potatoes, they not be ing much cultivated in Italy. SWITZERLAND. —Grain moderate in quantity, good in quality FRANCE Grain only tolerable ar-fifths of the kingdom. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM—Grain tolerable. Potatoes Potatoes failed in ENGLAND—Grain good. Potatoes failed in many dis- SCOTLAND.—Grain tolerable. Potatoesfailed extensively. IRELAND.—A bad harvest in some kinds of grain. Po tatoes failed almost entirely.—Freeman. THE GREAT FARCE; OR, PRAYING TIIE POPE'S SOUL OUT OF PURGATORY. I was exceedingly glad to see it announced in the news papers, that a grand mass had been performed in the Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields, to pray Pope Gre gory's soul out of purgatory. Ala;! I thought, is he _ _ showing up the ( of an enlightened it part of t Tice to oUr county if we can get fol Vhat is At of fi God d ke if ; r hurch of Roinc nd there is ti Who was the Pope ?—The Head of the Romish Church and the Head of the Church is in purgotory. What w mo the peculiar title of the ye eintral ,allsrtilanD. The new House of Lords will be ready for the Peers to assemble in after the Easter recess. The salmon fisheries in the Tweed and Tay are repre sented to be very unproductive. •••• . All keeping the " Adam and Eve " Tavern, in Norwich. In 1846, among 4,568 prisoners confined in the prison at Edinburgh. 2,400 were confirmed drunkards. A London paper says it has good authority for stating that Government has prepared a bill to prohibit interment in churchyards of large towns and populous districts. It is expected that in the spring of 1849, a helmet simi lar to the one in use in the Prussian service, with the addition of a horse-hair plume, will be taken in wear by the British infantry. Jenny Lind has finally arranged to come to London and sing at her Majesty's Theatre, Mr. Lumley giving her an indemnity against all actions for breach of con tract with Mr. Bunn. tion of Frederick, Robert, and 'William G 1 late of Leeds, woollen-manufacturers, whose forgeries are said to exceed £50,000. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—A bill has been pre pared and brought in by Mr. Gibson and Mr. Parker to make provision for the collection of agricultural statistics I convi in England and Wales. It is said that a Chinese junk, which lately sailed from Hong-Kong for London, has on board a complete com pany ;of Chinese actors, who intend to perform plays in London. EXPORT OF BULLION.—We understand that the from England to the United State 2,000,000 Morning Ch A copy of ti itten by Henry VIII. in answer longed to the celebrated Arch- bishop Cranmer, and contained his autograph, was on Wednesday, for the sum of £36 10s. G. H. ROBINS.—The valuation c in 1 THE LATE Al a and country MRS. BUTLI a-year for hex there N party ref( )ers vot 1 and Su: personal property of the great valuer of estates, the late lamented Mr. George Henry Robins, has been taken at £140,000, exclusive of landed property. John Platt, aged twenty, accused_ of .having- murdered Collies, at Chesterfield, in December. 1845, and 3 his body and secreted it in a cesspool, George I of havit was tried at Derby on Friday, found guilty, and sentenced In 1800, a year of great Hon. G. \V Viscou CHARGE ON FEI NY AGAINST A SOLICITOR.-MT siderable reput relieved, 125,774 " Ja be z Tablet .—The Lady's Newspaper ba r .,, abroad as to the reason why Mrs. Butler, after a lapse of eighteen years, should resume her former profession. W e are ena bl ed, through the medium of a party moving in the upper cir cles of society, to state, that, in consequence of a differ ence between Mrs. Butler and her husband, a separation ensued, the latter making an allowance of 2,000 dollars We may briefly state that S RET - URN TO THE STAGI Much speculation o fault whatev on the part of the est degree estimable entirely exo- any one in Philadelphia who did Mrs. Butler from all blame, as well as fully ate her lot." FACTORY B In the ty IL A. The followin P. Ainsworth, Earl of Lord G. - Bentinck, J. Bro'therton, S. Crawford, Sir H. Douglas, T. Duncombe, W. Entwisle, J. Fielding, Sir P. H. Fleetwood, T. Grims ditch, Lord R. Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, C. Hindley, J- Hornby, Hon.. E. M..L. Mostyn, „D.-O'Connell, jun., J. O'Connell,liiscount Samlon, Right Hon. R. L. Sheil, Sir G. Strickland, J. Tollemache, R. Walker. The fol lowing members voted in the minority of 66 against the clause :—W. Aldam, J. Bowes, Dr. Bowring, John Brigl ity, an act was I W. Brown, G. Duncan, W. T. ED !limn, J. Hume, G. C. Legh, Colonel Lir a, Sir P. Egerton son, Sir G. Grey J. W. Patten, T y, Sir C. Wood HERVEY LEACT The mortal ear( this remarkable individual, who earned -Fo-r-hi'm-s;11-Consi. his country and a of the monkey race, under the assumed name of Signor Hervio Navo, terminated, after a short illness, on Tuesday evening, at his residence, George-street, Shoreditch. A short time ago he was exhibited at the Egyptian-hall, -nised P' d at the Cape, disgu._ as an extraordinary animal captures " supposed to be the link between the hum, the ourang outang;" and called " What is it ?" n race and The last pertormec In December where, notwithstanding the deception having been discovered and made public, he continued to represent " What is it ?" He was about to start for Lis bon when Olen ill.. He was a native of A mer i ca, an d in his 46th year. The last request of the deceased was, that his body should be presented to Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon.— Globe. POPULATION AND POOR'S RATES.—A return showing the population, annual value o f p roperty rate d to t h e poor s rate, expenditure for the relief of the poor, &c., has been printed by order of the House of Commons - on England with a population (in 1841) of 15,006,741 souls, the annual value of the property rated to the poor rates amounts to .t02,04U,U30, the annual expenditure rur relief and maintenance of the poor, £5,030,703, the rate of the expenditure for the relief of the poor, ls. 7,1 d. in the pound ; the total number of paupers relieved (including casual poor), to 1,470,970, the proportion to the popula tion 9.2 per cent. In Scotland, with a population of 2,623,184, the annual value of the property rated to the poor rates is £9,320,784 • in Ireland, with a population of 9,175,124, tne annual value of the property rated to the poor rates is £13,204,234 ; the expenditure for the relief and maintenance of the poor, £298,818 (in 1844-45) ; the rate in the pound, nd. : the total number of paupers A QUAKER TURNED ROMAN CATHOLIC day, the 4th instant, solemn baptism, an Roman ritual, was conferred by the R.. Brown, V.A. of Wal Thu . lg to tlic of Friends. On the following morning he was admitted to the holy communion. Mr. Gibson has spent 'erable time in eastern travel, and brought with the Jordan the water which was used in his of a Two years since he eriend, near Rome, his Present holiness, then ..,al Archbishop; Bishop of Imola, and discussed with topics of religion during a considerable time. The nsors at Mr. Gibson's baptism were Philip Jones, Esq., Miss Jones, of Llanarth Court. Correspondent of the [There is not much novelty in the eircutnstance )f a Quaker turning Roman Catholic. The Editor of the Tablet, Mr. Lucas?was himself a quaker, as is well known to many of his former schoolfellows now resident in Liver pool. He has well earned by his violent change of opinions his soubriquet of Punch.] ITH GUN COTTON March 23, 184/. I PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERAL FAST I • - (From the London. Gazette, March 12.) VICTORIA R.---We, taking into our mos t ser i ous con• sideration the heavy judgments with which Almighty God is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a grie vous .. - God, th articles of sustenance and id, trusting in the mercy of Almighty , notwithstanding the sore punishment which Lath laid upon us, and: upon our people, He will, if we turn to him - in due contrition and penitence of heart, withdraw his afflicting hand; have, therefore, resolved, Tired throughout those parts A England and Ireland, on 11 March instant, that so boll; v ilmighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and may, in the most devout and so lemn manner, send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy judg ments which our manifold sins and provocations have most justly deserved, and under which we at this present time labour ; and we do strictly charge and command, that the said public fast be reverently and devoutly ob served by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid His wrath and indignation, and upon pain of such punishment as may be justly inflicted on all suck as con temn and neglect the, performance of so religious and ne cessary a duty. And, for the better and more orderly solemnizing of the same, we have given dire c ti ons t o th e Most Reverend the Archbishops and the Right Reverend the Bishops of England and Ireland to compose a Form of Prayer, suitable to this occasion, to be used in- all churches, chapels, and places of public worship, and to take care the same be timely dispersed through their re - - spective dioceses. Given at our Court, at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight,. this 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1847, and in the 10th year of our of our reign. st and huziAliation b ted Kingdom he 24th day lour people may hum: ble ourselvc GOD SAVE THE QUEEN [A similar proclamation is issued for Scotland.] The following are the prayers appointed to be used in all churches and chapels in England and Ireland on tho fast day : Instead of the First Collect at Morning Prayer, these two which follow be used. Almighty God and Heavenly Father, who art terrible in thy judgments upon impenitent sinners, and abundant in mercy to all who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto Thee ; we, Thy afflicted people, desire to humble ourselves before Thee in behalf of ourselve s an d o f our . brethren, who inn _ c. ba CPI mis uted Kingom are suffering extreme fami n e United and sickness. We confes d s, with shame and contrition, that, in the pride and baldness of our heart, we have shown ourselves unthankful for Thy mercies, and have followed our own imaginations instead of Thy holy laws. And we humbly desire Thy fatherly goodness to grant us such a measure of Thy grace, that, worthily lamenting our sins,' and wretchedness, we may obtain Comfort from de liverance from this grievous calamity. Awaken in us, we beseech Thee, a deep sense of our many transgressions, and a godly sorrow for our sins, so sincere and lasting as may move Thee to withdraw Thy disnleasere_ that not utterly consumed by the means of Thy heavy hand ; and that we may bring forth the fruits of repentance through the whole course of our lives. And give• us that right apprehension of our duty in all things, that if it be Thy will we should suffer, we may submit ourselves with entire resignation and patience; and that if it be Thy good pleasure to spare us, we may show mercy, so far as we may be able, to all men, and more especially to those - brought down to the ground by 1- .ut. auner at, sickness, and who have none to help them. Gran g t this, for the sake of Thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. J Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need ; we beseech Thee, look down front heaven on the distress of Thy people; behold, visit, and relieve them. Vouchsafe, 0 Lord, to bind up their wounds, to restore them to the blessings of plenty, and dispose them to moderation and thankfulness in the use of Thy gifts ' • neither tempting Thy Di v i ne Majesty by neglect of the hat means which Thou s .:p p, nor distrusting Thy goodness toward s those who look ointea to Thee for succour. Be merciful, 0 Lord, be merciful unto Thy people ; be Thou our refuge, until this calamity be over— past; and so guide and govern our hearts by the inspira tion of Thy Holy Spirit, that being sanctified in body and soul, we may put our whole trust in Thy mercy ; and that humbly walking before Thee in faith, in hope, and in, charity, we may finally obtain everlasting life, through. Jesus Christ our Lord.- Amen. lmighty God,. , instead of the Col- After the Prayer for the Queen ose Kingdom is everlasting," o „,_ t for the Day, shall this which followeth O God, at whose bidding the earth, which sustaineth the life of man, bath withholden in parts of these islands the wonted provision of food, and turned abundance into scarcity ; withdraw, we beseech • Thee; the judgment 'th which Thou hest visited us, that the poor perish not 'amine. We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that by our Ind divisions, our misuse of Thy gifts, and for -4 Thy manifold mercies, we hai-e justly We have sinned, we have griev ously against Thee; yet, knowing that thou art full of compassion, we beseech Thee to p a rd on th e of fences of Thy people, to relieve the poor and the needy in their present necessities, and to give and preserve in our us?, the fruits of the earth in their "won.. jitzt, whatsoever may be Thrptetitniterottnieereilltg' fls,—give grace to receive Thy dispensations, whether of judgment or mercy, with entire submission to Thy will, endeavou 'ate Thy displeasure by repentance, and sho in r ; • sense of Thy goodness, by faithfully keewping mandinents. Of ourselves we are unable either nopAntable in Thy sight. d punishmen+ finned ich man to burdens one of another, we mayobtain of Thy favour the supply of our wants, and, with hearts knit together in merc I bearing the we, may par in peace and through Jestis Christ our Lord. DAY APPOINTED FOR NATIONAL lIUMILIA TION. A RESPECTFUL ADDRESS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE DUE OBSERVANCE 01 THE LORD'S DAY, TO THE RIGHT REVEREND THE AND CLERGY OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND It having pleased Almighty God, in His inscrutable wisdom, to afflict with grievous famine certain parts of these Islands ; with God's revealed Word in our hands, which teaches us that such National Visitations are sent upon us in consequence of National Sins, it surely be comes us to inquire into the causes which have thus pro voked the displeasure of Him who doth not willingly afflict the children of men, with a view to national humi liation, repentance, and reformation. ommittee of the Lord's-day Society, acting in tneir associated capacity, and in consequence Of the in-for formation they have obtained in carrying out the objects of the Society, have no hesitation in declaring it to be lIWIL tanivietion, that the wide-spread desecration of the Lord's-day now existing in our land, is one cause, amongst many others, why God is thus visiting us as a Nation ; and that cause and consequence are as closely connected in the present day, as in the days of old, when God said,. "My Sabbaths they greatly polluted : then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them." (Ezek. xx. 13.) The fact of the existence of this wide-spread desecra tion of the Lord's-day is palpable and undeniable. Our "qst-office system, by the transmission and deliveitof that day, gives a National cha- letters and newspopeis racter and an official sancti on t o this'sin . , and is the source and origin of much of that public violation of the holy day we have now to lament and deplore. Our Railway 1 has fearfully contributed to extend this evil, by the yment of men, in many instances, in the formation of railway ; and it now perpetuates it by senger trains, pleasure trams, and Public-houses being open th of p that day le Lord's-day, is another abut] eseeration ; also Sunday Tradi 'ater part of oyineni of steam- .rkets, the s, and other evil t is not necessary to majority of ou public ordinanc and also the fact that the vast Day, spending _ its sacred hours " i n doiiig their own ways, finding theit own pleasure, and speaking their own words," (Isaiah lviii. 13), constitute in the opinion of the Committee, a national sin deserving of national judgment ; because — Firstly, They are public and general violations of that "Remember - the Sabbath and in reference to which our I of God which so.) cep it holy ; ilicitor, of London, has been remanded on a charge of having fraudulently disposed of trust and F. B! Hoare, of Mr. James Bohn, boOkseller, of Si. J the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr._Ausell, and M i 7 street, Scarisbrick 14Iaclenoiselle Jenny Lind, befoi:e finally deterwining to accept the engagement of Mr. Lumley, offered, through her solicitors, for the purpose of preventing litigation, to pay to Mr. Bunn the sum of £2OOO, on condition of his returning to her the contract signed by her last year. Mr. Herman Poznanski, a Polish nobleman, shot him self on Sunday in Epping Forest. There were found upon him two duplicates, a halfpenny, a pair of gloves, and a letter addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart, thanking the noble lord for the part he had taken in trying to ob tain the regeneration of Poland, which he (the writer) des- paired of seeing ever carried into effect. MR. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK " TANCRED," is at length published, and, as was naturally to be expected, is exciting extraordinary interest. Sidonia, Lord Eskdale, and some others of the leading personages in " Coningsby," racters, including a right reverend prelate, and a nob: v election. At Canter have occurrec Li may deserve me bury, the death of Mr. Bradshaw, a Con ervative, has caused a vacancy, which has been supplied by Lord A. Conyngham, a Whig. At Lewes, Sir H. Elphinstone is succeeded by a Mr. Perfect, both being There is also a vacancy for East SOmerset, and I of a contest THE LATE Mn. WILLIAM CLOWES.—The stock in trade and personal property of this very celebrated printer has been valued at £90,000. With the exception of a few bequests, viz., to his executors, and to his friend and old assistant, Mr. D. Phipps, and to his servants, he dis poses of a portion of his property to his eight children in certain proportions, and the residue equally amongst them A. sporting gentleman of xger that he EXTRAORDINARY WAGI this town, of some celebrity, has math will perform the extraordinary feat of riding one I one hundred miles in twelve successive hours ! stakes will be £4O. We understand the wager will con off at the Bath races on the Ist of May, but th opinion is that. the chances arc Gazette. Taunton second voy 3 Hull, 4 nstant, "..;s. per quarter wheat was given to the ,t of England, including London; and 14s. per imber, or 15s. oak, to Newcastle. : 7 AST DAY.—The public should be aware that by able on Wednesday next, being a sc due and payable on the Tuesday p lay, beca and in c made a Cobbet t ;s, whiel ad6d by labou w mor 1, " Why, y de do without ust go lve millions of f acres of unculti ained and brought grow wheat, oats, than twenty years. 1 will see to what ,eing one of the mr 'ove true." Dr otato occurs in 1826 are for a Journal, a playful ext lngland ; but ) equal not lo ) h-ad yen years t 3 Gad worked .blv never to be thenc ow it occu things in the world which we besides my old grandmother's We each have our own individual Tifist he mended ;" let us look to them, must be me - nde Lg my grandmother's example as y disposed to do, let us begin to mend the have decided what must be mended.—People's , d to wear this, blasphemy - ; but now Holiness Wherein di in purgatory. le excel all othea 1?—In his infalli now the inl lily. He could not make a mistake : ht lible Pope is in a little hell—and there he must remain until poor fallible creatures have got him out. What a What were his powers ?—He could regene He could change plain bread and wine into t and blood of Christ. He could qualify his c . . gy to giv over. II pardon, for the greatest of- In fact, he could do anything emer could do, and vet, with all his all over the worla )d the Rede alas ! when up his eyes in flames. What a ri cause t Om of • the ma : but Le now ? HE 2 does the st Pope's soul give us of Popery. There he will ever get out of the fire—at lei. ncholy id It sums of money are needed for me necessary in the priesthood,. !nt what power May never I t out, and - hi: What a gloomy religion is Pope We cannot wonder that Sir Culling _ ordered out of the Pope's dominions for cu.. book ; certainly not ! It was quite in characte circulation of the Bible, and a firm belief of thi. would soon remove thii burning heresy from the the earth. The Bible knows nothing of purgatory. There is not much difference after all between the f Popery men of Rome, and the half Popery men of E • land. Fatal error is fatal, whether in the Italian guage or in English. Multitudes are perishing all ar( UHOST IN LONDON.—The fun._ us for lack of the knowledge of the doctrines of the cr.— , crockery, &c., in the house of a Mr. William Let goodly men take courage, and employ__ all their in ...ioscow-road, London, have recently taken to dancin, energies to spread the pure Gospel everywhere. e fate of and Jumping ab ou t i n a mos t m y s t er i ous manner , an d th, the poor old Pope is a good lesson to us. Up, then, ye more fragile articles have, by these saltatary movements, friends of Christ, and be dding ! Light will make the suffered extensive demolition. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, darkness visible, Truth will expose the delusion. 0 let an aged couple, attribute the nimble evolutions of their us carry the life-giving word into the abodes of death, household moveables to supernatural agency, but some of and God Rill bless us as his instruments, for quickening their friends believe that the whole mystery could be ex those who are dead in trespasses and sins. Amen. I plained by a little Spanish girl, eleven years old, who is OMR WHO LOVES TIIR TRUTH. wider their care.. icxeu ne 'on his Eardle) a member of th e, will r .der of Orato of non-payment, may be noted and protested on preceding day, and it is not necessary to dishonour thereof until the day aft " t extend to Sc mon, •employ does not mtin nam at Windsor Ca day morning fo inctow, at a heig ht of nearly thirty feet Fust has declared the Cour year, I at Ronle, on the subject of his ordmation A Mrscut pictu Any of ith gur powder chain of Yorkshire hil and otl were pr incd quartz, afflarding the at a wc un cotton, and subse9!iently ads of six in various ln a subsequent exp, Eon in. a drill hole, in the tunnel.w 11 and 12, were con s of the gun d the 1 Ib u (" I o ' " ; relative mer z: of gun cotton first, that the cotton may b our times as strong as powder ; PA frnm smoke - : third, that no risk is incu ntific gentlemen pre msidered at md, that cotton at hand on the works, and its men, there is not so much risk from exp from waste, as with powder ; fifth, that it ignites more speedily and with more certainty than gunpowder ; and, sixth, that from the decreased size of the charge, the depths of the drill hole may be , diminished, and the power more concentrated. There appear to be many other ad vantages, which are, that the cotton may be kept under water instead of in a magazine, (Schoenbein kept it in water for six weeks without at all diminishing its StrengtfQ ; that it never misses fire, never fouls the gun; that it is more instantaneous in its discharges than gunpowder, and that there is no danger of its exploding, as it does not heat. being handle with six cotton Church t 3ndly, As excludingexcludingfrom th e pub: t numVers of individual les us to pray " that God would incline our means of grace, ployed in ordi- fs who a're' . - day , .., .educing an igno rance labour nceof on thethe, Lord'sospcnd want o f t h at " f a i t h w h ic h Gospel, and cometh by hearing," (Rom. x. 17); preventing the infu sion of religious principles into the mind where they du not exist, and tending to destroy them where they do. is oppressive to men's consciences : because s it may be said an Irreligious Test is applied who seek for certain employments, and compli required with an immoral condition as a qualifica r such situations ; namely, that of breaking the to tho As being ly health of the Sixthly, As sanctioning the i a, that travelling or m ind newspapers on the Lord's Day, for or , convenience, are considerations of alpurrance man the welfare of immortal souls . : labours thus incurred come under the denomina. zh thereby the highest con- tion of works of mercy, th tional and individual de land, the Committ ee cc ms in reference to the na tion of the Lord's-day in this mclude that this is one amongst which are now pro- rest National Si ng divine judgments; they would therefore most re but earnestly, entreat of the Clergy, that they would specially call attention to this sin from their pulpits on the day appointed by her Majesty for national humilia tion ; and that they would urge upon their congregations to confess and mourn before God the prevalence of a sin so dishonouring to His great name, and involving in its commission such dreadful consequences to man, being in jurious to the body, oppressive to the conscience, and ruinous to the soul, leading men to forgetfulness and dis regard of God's creating power, His redeeming love, of the outpouring of His Holy Spirit, and of the promised eternalirest ; in a word, in the neglect of the means, of. grace, to an abandonment of the hopes of glory._ 1.2 1 Exeter. 14 - all, Strand, March, 1847. knd