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parliainentarp Vrourbin 115. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from members of the Association of the Established Church for promoting a reform in the ecclesiastical provision for the parish of Manchester. The petitioners complained of the spiritual destitution of Manchester, and stated that the Collegiate Church was in the possession of very large revenues ori ginally assigned for parochial purposes, but of late years devoted entirely to the service of the Collegiate clergy, who had lately declared that it was - not incu'nbent upon them to perform any parochial duty whatever. The peti tion prayed an inquiry, and a division of the ancient parish for ecclesiastical purposes. The noble lord added, that as it was his intention to bring this matter before the house, lie would . next day move that the petition be printed with the votes. Sir G. GREY moved the third reading of the Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Bill.—Mr. J. O'CONNELL moved that it be read a third time that day six months.—On a divi sion, the numbers were—for the amendment, 14 ; against it. 173 ; majority, 159.—The bill was then read a third time and passed. The report of the Railways Bill was then received ; and the bill was ordered to be read a third time next day. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a bill to suspend for - five years certain portions of the act of 1846 relating to the government of New Zealand ; to provide for the restoration during that time of the old legislative councillors of 1840, giving Governor Grey power to add to their number ; and also to give Governor Grey power to appoint legislative assemblies for the two provinces, either by naming the members for them di rectly himself, or by authorising their election by the municipal districts.—After a discussion leave was given to bring in the bill, which was read a first time. HOUSE OF COMMONS rtTESDAY Mr. WAKLEY moved for a select committee to inquire into the charges made by 150 petitioners, electors of Gloucestershire, of the interference of Earl Fitzhardinge at the election, but the Attorney-General opposed the motion until the case had been referred to the law courts, and after several members had spoken, Sir G. Grey moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. HORSMAN then brought forward his Motion on the Reports of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and entered into a statement to show that the revenues of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and ot-the - Bisht, of Durham, Winchester, Ely, Bangor, Lichfield, Exeter, and Bath and Wells, had been more iciroductive than the returns originally sent in by ti properly administered, the revel leave a large surplus for the relief ofsthe destitution of the hard-working and ill-paid parochial clergy. He moved the three following Resolutions :—" 1. That the Act 6 and 7 William IV., c. 77, contained among others the following enactments :—" That, in order to provide for the augmentation of the incomes of ' the smaller bishoprics, such fixed annual sums be paid to the Com missioners out of the revenues of the larger sees respect ively as shall, upon due inquiry and consideration, be determined on, so as to leave as an average annual income to the Archbishop of Canterbury £15,000, to the Archbishop of York £lO,OOO, to the Bishop of London £lO,OOO, to the Bishop of Durham £B,OOO to the Bishop of Winchester £7,000, to the Bishop of Ely £5,500, to the Bishop of Worcester and Bath and Wells respectively £5,000 ; and that out of the fund thus accruing fixed annual payments be made by the Commissioners, in such instances and to such amount as shall be in like manner determined on, so that the average annual incomes of the other bishoprics respectively be not less than £4,000, nor more than £5,000 ; and that at the expiration of every seven years, reckoning from the Ist day of January, 1847, a new return of the revenues of all bishoprics be made to the Commissioners ; and that thereupon the scale of Episcopal payments and receipts be revised, so as to pre serve, as nearly as may be, to each bishop an amount of income equivalent to that which shall have been deter mined in the first instance to be suitable to the circum stances of his bishopric ; and that such revised scale take effect, as to each see respectively, upon the then next avoidance thereof." 2 That on the Ist day of January, 1845, a new return of the revenues of all the bishoprics as ordered, from the first day of January, 1837, to the 31st day of December, 1843, was presented to Parliament, and subsequently on the 6th day of February, 1846, and the 16th day of June, 1846, respectively, were presented the first and second general reports of the Ecclesiastical Com missioners, showing how the provisions of the above named Act had been carried out. 3. That, from these Reports, furnished by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners themselves, it appears to this House that the provisions of the Act 6 and 7 William IV., c. 77, so far as relates to the Episcopal incomes have not been carried out accord ing to the intentions of Parliament." _ _ preiare PLUMPTEE seconded the motion. He would say at the outset, that he believed those who shut their eyes to the abuses that existed in the working of the . Estab lishment were perhaps the worst enemies of the Church. (Cheers.) What the hon. member for Cockermouth had brought forward on this question was, in his estimation, of very great importance, and he was willing to go along with him in the resolutions which he had proposed. Whether the hon. member intended to follow up his motion with any subsequent proceedings he did not know. He believed, however, that such was his intention, and he agreed with him that some further proceedings were necessary, as the working of the Ecclesiastical Commis.. sion could not be satisfactory to those who considered it in all its bearings. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the hon. gentleman meant to make an attack on the prelates. it was the system womea as it nan ueen Lust he spokeof, and which led him to take the active, able, and intelligent view which he had done of the whole sub ject. He would repeat that the greatest enemies of the clergy were those who winked at abuses, and shut their eyes to cases of this kind. He would not lose sight of the fact, that the Act of 7th of William IV. had respect to some great ulterior end; that its object was to put bishoprics on a proper footing, and ultimately to promote the comforts of the working clergy. If the object of that Act was that any funds which might be found to exist should be applied to that object, unquestionably they ought to be so directed. On these grounds, there fore, he would give his support to the resolutions. . Lord J. RUSSELL said that Mr. Horsman could hardly hope that the house would affirm a resolution to the effect that the ecclesiastical commissioners had not fulfilled the trust reposed in them, and he, therefore, hoped he would withdraw his motion. He was not at present prepared to make any alteration in the mode of administering the church revenues, because he did not see his way clearly, and was unwilling to legislate until he did. The house divided, and the motion, which was some what modified at the instance of Mr. HEYWOOD, was negatived by a majority of 130 to 65. Mr. PACKE obtained leave to bring in a bill to alter the time for holding the Epiphany Quarter Sessions. The object of the bill was to postpone these sessions from the week after the 28th December, when they are now held, to the week after December 31st. By that means the judges, the witnesses, and the bar would have an oppor tunity, which they now did not possess, of enjoying their Christmas holidays. Sir G. GREY thought that some objection to the bill might arise hereafter on the ground of its interference with term. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY The nomination of the committee to inquire into the causes of the late commercial panic was proceeded with this day. A notice stood on the paper in the name of Lord G. Bentinck, that on the appointment of the com mittee, he should move the following substitutions : _ _ Mr. ifastie for Mr. Labouchere, Mr. W. Brown for Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Henley for Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Pattison for Sir W. Clay, and Mr. Muntz for Mr. J. Wilson. The twenty-six names proposed by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer were therefore put seriatim to the house, and on coming to each of those for which Lord G. Bentinck pro posed to substitute others, divisions took place on each, but the hon. members named by the government were carried by considerable majorities. Mr. BROTHERTON brought forward his motion to pre vent the house as much as possible sitting after twelve o'clock at night; but, after a short discussion, it was negatived by a majority of 57 to 33. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY A great many petitions were presented among them one by Sir R. Inglis, from Oxford University against the ad mission of Jews to Parliament, and some in favour of their admission. Lord doing RUSSELL said that he was in correspondence with the Duke of Wellington on the subject of the de fences of the country, but that he was ignorant of the let ter purporting to be written by his Grace on the same subject, until he saw it in print. In reply to a question Lord Joni.; RUSSELL said 'that he did not intend to bring forward any measure to relieve Dissenters from church rates. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that the house resolve itself into committee on the removal of the civil and poli tical disabilities affecting her Majesty's Jewish subjects. lie based his motion on the simple but solid ground that every Englishman born was entitled to every honour and advantage which the British constitution held out, and that religious opinions ought not to be any obstacle to the enjoyment of those honours and those advantages. Unless, then, something could be proved to disqualify the Jews, natives of this realm, for civil and political office, they were entitled to all the privileges which British sub jects claimed as their birthright. Our present restrictions did not attain the end which they were intended to accom plish ; for whilst they excluded those who felt the religious obligation of an oath, they did not exclude those who denied religious obligation altogether. Complaints had been made that the Jews held up Christ as an impostor, and were constant revilers of Christianity. Now, was there ever any man who sneered more at Christianity than Mr. Gibbon, and yet he had t a k en h i s seat in that house, had held off ice on the true faith of a Christian, and had Sat on the treasury benches with a government which had upheld the very highest church doctrines. Mr. Hume had never sat in that house, but he had held the office of English Charge d'Affaires at Paris ; Sir It. Inglis could not name a single Jew who had undermined Christianity so much ; and yet Mr. Hume would have taken the de claration now required to be made at the table, with a smile perhaps at what he would have deemed the folly of requiring it. He appealed to the house in the name of the constitution of England, which was a friend to free dom, liberty, and justice, and an enemy of every kind of lification, to take away this last remnant of religious He appealed to it also in the name of our on, which was a religion of love and charity, gion dictated to us to do unto others as we Ley should do unto us. The noble lord then dat loud cheers from all sides of the house. IS asked the house whether they would have on on the motion before the house ? If un happily it should be the pleasure of the house to go into a e of the whole house, and the Speaker should chair, he had no intention that night to give the aahlc j the prtnNit fltne Qf the prQ- /194§e any furtim ceedings ; but he could tell his noble friend that there was a fixed determination on the part of many hon. gentlemen, if unhappily this motion should be carried, to give to the measure, in its future stages, all the constitutional opposi tion which they could offer. He would call upon the house to recollect that this motion appeared with the sanction of the first Minister of the Crown ; yet he did not vent ure t o introduce this measure as one which her Majesty, with the advice of her council, had been recommended to submit to Parliament. Unless public rumour was miStaken, he thought the noble lord was-not prepared to state that the measure was one of a united cabinet. He humbly hoped that it was not anything but.an open question even-in that house. It was not his intention to enter at present into the personal merits of the persons professing the-Hebrew persuasion. He wished the house not to confine them selves to the mere consideration of whether the Baron de Rothscli ild should sit in that house, but whether they were to sweep away. as a consequence of such a proceeding, the present mode of representation. He was not one who de sired to introduce any subject which might be considered too sacred for discussion : he did not wish to enter into any crusade against the Jews or to attack them ; nor did he wish to remind the house of the fact that they regarded Him who was considered by Christians their Saviour God, as a crucified impostor. His noble friend seemed to deny so much of the Christian character of the constitution as he (Sir R. Inglis) had been in the habit of claiming for it, saying that the Christian character of the constitution had only existed since the year 1829. He knew the attachment of his noble friend to the constitution, and that he would not allow of two. England had a constitution,. and a Christian constitution ; and he defied his noble friend, or the future historian (Mr. Macaulay) to produce a single instance in the history of England, from the days of King Alfred to" those of Praise-God Barebones, from those of Praise-God Barebenes to those of the Revolution, or from those of the Revolution to this time, in which any oath was ever taken except on some Christian symbol. The Jew was excluded by the constitution of England because it did not contemplate the entrusting of power to any one who would not profess his obligation to discharge his duty " upon the true faith of a ChriStian." The noble lord might have mentioned an instance—that of Sir Francis Dashwood. But because some few men, in the course of the last century, had found seats in Parliament, was that a sufficient ground for blotting from the statutes of the realm the solemn declaration which every one was hound to make on entering the house—namely, , " to discharge his duty on the true faith of a Christian ? ' It might he expedient in rstov.--z......t,t. me admit persons witnout taking any oath. The case was far different in this country where the remo- imit the by omitting le most solemn we ly performance of prayer lining to judge any one of his brethren, iniself to ridicule if he expressed his belief that a Jew could, without awful blasphemy on the one hand, or deliberate mockery on the other, repeat these prayers, " Christ have mercy upon us—the Lord have Fla. }wive ought to have some very mercy upon us great AIN n view to justify, first, the removal of those words which had been hitherto considered so important, as showing the obligation on which they at least professed to act ; and, secondly, the destruction of that uniformity of address to the Almighty which had been so long sanctioned. His noble friend had referred to the small numberof the Jews in Eogland, and their inability to enforce the demands which they professed to make. Now, the number of Jews had nothing to do with his (Sir R. Inglis's) refusal to make the concession now required. The question was whether in a matter of pure expediency it was worth while to make concessions to 30,000 or 40,000 persons, with the certainty of exciting the displeasure of many millions ? Two years ago lie ventured to describe a bill as " A Bill to enable David Solomons, Esq., to become an Alderman of the City of Lo n d o n." Th e ill now in tended to be introduced might very appropriately be termed " A Bill to enable Baron Lionel de Rothschild to sit in Parliament." The number who would be gratified by passing the measure would be small, whilst the num ber disgusted with it would be very great. He admitted' that this would not be a direct dethronement of Chris tianity ; but the question was, how much of the Chris tianity of England parliament was prepared to abolish? His noble friend had said that every Englishman was en titled to every honour which his country afforded. Now he denied the position, and asserted that constitutionally no Englishman was entitled unless he possessed certain qualifications. His noble friend had alluded very briefly to the Jews being a separate nation. A learned Rabbi at Cambridge, in the course of a dialogue which he published some time ago, used these expressions :—" Brother, you are mistaken greatly. You are no Englishman, though born in England. You are no more than a foreigner. You have no home in this land, or any other country. Are you not a Jew ?" He would also refer his noble friend to no less an authority than the speech of John Duke of Bedford, delivered in parliament in the year 1753. Speaking of the Jews, his grace said, " Their latest pos terity, while they continue Jews, will continue to be, and will consider themselves as a people quite distinct and se parate from the ancient people of this island." Were the Jews hereditary inhabitants of this land ? Were they contemporary with the Saxon race, or with the Norman or Scotch races ? Were they contemporary with any body who at any time came into England ? They came in drop by drop, not by any invitation. They came in for their own purpose, and ought not to require the laws of England to be changed for their accommodation. Did they not possess every means of acquiring wealth and riches ? Were not many of them living in the highest state of luxurious splendour ? Did any one i n te r f ere w ith .thena Whv Ova_ for their sale.. allexlll,l constitution or this country be overturned ! If, there fore, they valued the public peace and the good will of their fellow-subjects, they would not, for such an object, risk so much. If they regarded the dishonour which, in the judgment of many, would be inflicted on our Chris tian faith by removing from the statute book those words which constituted the badge of our professing Christianity, he called on them on every consideration of duty and in terest to pause before they undertook so great a charge. He called upon them before they hazarded, he would not say the security, but the confidence which the public had in the security of our Christian constitution—he called upon them, in the name of their common Christian faith, here to pause and make no such change as that proposed. After speeches in favour of the measure from Mr. J. Fox (Unitarian minister), Mr. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Rornilly, and Mr. D'lsraeli ; and against it, from Lord Ashley, Mr. Banks, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Plumptre, and Sir J. Ackland, the debate was adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The Earl of AUCKLAND, in answer to Lord COLVILLE, stated that the number of medals to naval officers who had distinguished themselves in the war would far exceed those comprehended by the order in council of June last, in consequence of a recommendation from flag officers to that effect, to which the government had acceded. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in answer to the Marquis of Londonderry, expressed his belief that the corres pondence which had been published between certain bishops and Lord John Russell, with reference to the case of Dr. Hampden, was authentic, and that a cong‘ d'Oire had been forwarded to the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, to proceed to the election, but there were certain forms to be gone through with which he was unacquainted, and therefore could not state the time at which the appoint ment would be completed. The Bishop of ROCHESTER condemned the course taken by the government with respect to Dr. Hampden's nomi nation, pointed out the legal means whereby his confir mation might be opposed, and concluded by stating, that, as it had been held by lawyers that bishops were not com pelled to take part in the sacred ceremony of the confir mation of other bishops against their consciences, he should abstain from assisting at that of Dr. Hampden. The Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was read a third time; and on the question that it do pass their lordships divided, the numbers being 5 in favour of the motion, and 4 against. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY A new writ was ordered for the borough of Rye, in the room of Mr. Curteis, deceased. _ . Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Mr. Gladstone, said he could not fix the period at which he should bring forward the bill for the alteration and amendment of the naviga- tion laws Sir G. GREY, in answer to Mr. J. S. Wortley, observed that the subject of the appointment of a public prosecutor in criminal cases was under the consideration of the go vernment. Mr. WALPOLE moved the consideration of the petition of Sir W. Jones, member for Cheltenham, alleging that the recognisances entered into by the petitioners against his return were not in the form prescribed by law, and praying that no further proceedings might be had thereon. After some discussion, and on a division, the petition was referred to the consideration of a select committee by a majority of 11, the numbers being 135 to 124. On the motion of Sir G. GREY the petition complain ing of undue influence on the part of the Earl Fitzhard inge at the late election for West Gloucestershire was re ferred to a committee of privileges, to be named on Mon day, consisting of a few of the principal members of the house, all the knights of the shire, gentlemen of the long robe, and such merchants as desired to attend. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply to Mr. H. Grattan, said he had seen the letter of the Bishop of Exeter to Lord John Russell, on the subject of Dr. Hampden's ap pointment, but had been prevented by the press of pro fessional business from reading it ; when, however, it was brought before him, professionally or officially, he, together with the Solicitor-General, would give it their best attention. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. Bankes, stated that he had received copies of two decrees issued at Madrid on the 16th of November. The first related to an alteration in the levying of the duty on woollen goods, the tendency of which was in some degree to increase the duty ; the second increased the duty upon goods composed partly of cotton in all cases in which one-third of the aggregate of the material was composed of cotton, and in all cases the duty was to be levied according to the material which predominated in the texture. An appli cation had been made for the postponement of these de crees, so that time might be given to those whose interests were concerned to make their arrangements accordingly, but as yet no reply had been received to that communica tion. The adjourned debate on the removal of Jewish dis abilities was resumed by Mr. Law, followed by Mr. Hope, , Lord Drumhonrig, and Mr. H. Drum mMr. on d N a e g w at eKate st the motion, the speakers in favour of the same being Lord Arundel and Surrey, Lord Morpeth, George Bentinck, and O'Gorman Mahon. Lord Verney, Lord . Lord J. RUSSELL having replied, the house divided, the numbers being 253 to 186 ; majority, 67. The house then went into committee, when the reso lution on which to found the bill was age e d t o . Sir ROBERT INGLIs's motion for a committee on the the sitting. keting 2f ptirliameut occupied reinitinder Qf FORRIGN 4- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE AMERICA, The Royal Mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Shannon, arrived in the Mersey, on Thursday night. She did not leave Halifax till the sth, and has therefore had a short though very boisterous passage. She brings 400,000 dol lars in gold • the Roscius packet-ship, now on her passage, brings 100,000 dollars ; and a packet for France takes from 40,000 to 60,000 dollars. The return of specie, it appears, is only limited by the difficulty of getting heavy sovereigns, and of obtaining insurance. The political news is of little importance. All was quiet at Mexico ; and at the meeting of Congress at Queretaro, it was ex pected the question of peace or war would be decided. The road was opened from Vera Cruz to the capital. In the United States all is anxiety as to the contents of the President's message, which was expected to be delivered on the Bth instant. The price of cotton, which declined on_the arrival of the Acadia, has rallied a little again. Exchange on Europe was quoted as high as 104. As regards the growing crop of cotton, for it was a growing crop in a double sense until the 20th inst., the accounts of the continued picking was such that it is diffi cult to believe it can be limited to 2,200,000 bales, except by planters holding over a part until next season. In bread stuffs we have nothing to add to former advices. The weather within the last 48 hours had become very cold, and if it continued for 48 hours longer, the canals would be closed, and the main artery of our supply of flour be shut off. The arrivals for many days past have averaged from 15,000 to 18,000 bbls. a day. The letters from America state that the export of gold continued _on an extensive scale. Two or three failures had been announced —the principal were a large iron house, at Boston, whose liabilities are computed at 1,000,000 dollars (assets, so report says, sufficient to pay 20s. in the pound)—and a German commission-house at New York. Notwithstand ing the increasing demand for money wanted for shipment to England, the best of the State securities were in favour, and fetching advanced prices. _ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. INDIA By Extraordinary Express Bombay papers and corre spondence to the 13th ult., brought by the Moozuffer steamer, dispatched to Suez to convey the new Governor- - General (Lord Dalhousie) to Calcutta, have been received. The news from India is not remarkable. Peace prevails in the British territories. Lord Hardinge is proceeding A .. ...sue to attack Lucknow by a neighbouring rajah, and a fight took place near Secunderapore, in which the plunder-loving rajah was defeated, Oude may be looked upon as far from being in a prosperous state. The Nizam's country is still disturbed. The Nizam himself has occupied tents outside the walls of Hydrabad ; his minister joined him, but soon afterwards left the camp, which was deluged by the rains. There appears to be an expectation prevalent in that country of the approaching interference of the British power to effect proper arrangements in its dis turbed, ill-governed, and oppressed districts. From Scinde or Lahore there is no intelligence of importance. There has been some heavy rain in Bombay, which has cooled the atmosphere, and the cold season has set in. A letter from Alexandria, dated 29th November, contains the following gratifying and importitnt intelligence : " By the Mo - oz'affer;a mail has been brought containing commercial news of the first importance, from which it would appear that, up to the date of sailing (the 12th inst.), every house in Bombay had withstood the effects of the disastrous news the previous mail had brought from Eng land, and there is every confidence that all would main tain their ground. Large remittances are going home to support the tottering houses in England." CALAMITOUS FIRE IN FRANCE.—The large manufac tory of M, Cumenge, of Salvages (Tarn), was burnt to the ground on the night of the 6th instant. The premises contained extensive paper works, a woollen thread factory, and machinery for cork cutting, all of which were de stroyed. The loss is calculated at about 750,000 f. For tunately, the property was insured. The Morning Post contains a marvellous paragraph about Spanish wealth, in which it was stated that the Duke of Albuquerque died so wealthy that the weighing of his gold a silver occupied two hours each day for six weeks. Amongst other things, there were 1.400 dozen of plates, 500 great dishes, 700 little ones, and everything else in proportion. There were also 76 silver ladders to set things on the cupboard, which which were ascended by little steps, like the altars in a great hall. A few nights ago, between twelve and one o'clock, the conductor of an omnibus, on his way home, found a little boy, about seven years old, leaning against a post, and crying bitterly that he had lost his mother. The conduc tor took the child with him to his own lodgings, and put him to bed, promising to go with him in the morning in search of his mother. At daybreak the conductor got up with the purpose of carrying his benevolent intentions into execution, but the boy had disappeared, taking with him a watch and a sum of money which his kind host had de posited in a drawer on going to bed. The conductor went to the commissary of police, and related his story, and was then informed that within a month three robberies by children under very nearly the same circumstances had been committed.—Paris paper. STEAM BOAT DISASTER.—The Philadelphia Daily News, in a telegraphic despatch from Pittsburg, says : " News has just reached here, by way of the Lakes, of a sad catastrophe which happened on Lake Michigan, by which nearly 200 human beings have been hurried into an untimely grave. On Sunday morning last, the propeller Phoenix, bound unto the Lakes, was discovered to be on fire, when within 10 miles of Sheboygan. The fire broke • 111. ZpreaU with fearful rapidity. There were over two hundred pas sengers on board, and the scene was heartrending. Some in desperation plunged into the lake—others in their wild delirium rushed headlong into the flames. It was a har rowing spectacle, and humanity shudders at the recital of it. Some thirty of the passengers succeeded in escaping in the boats, and the rest either perished in the flames, or were drowned. One hundred and fifty of the passengers were German immigrants." The steamer Talisman, from Cincinnati, bound to St. Louis, and the steamer Tempest, bound down, came in contact, about daylight on the 19th of November, at Devil's Island, by which the Talisman was sunk, drowning over one hundred deck passengers. No cabin passengers lost. The passengers and crew (those saved) were taken off by the Tempest and landed at St Louis. IRELAND. The Limerick Reporter of Friday brings an account of the murder of Thomas Murphy, a respectable farmer. He was shot dead in his own parlour,and then robbed of £3O. The Poor-law Commissioners of Ireland have about nine Unions thrown upon their hands, the Guardians de clining to act. The .murder of the Rev. Mr. Lloyd is stated to have arisen from a deep-laid conspiracy among his own tenants. The actual murderers and five of the conspirators are said to be in custody. The Dublin' Mail states, that the young Marquis of Drogheda, who lately married the daughter of Lord Wharncliffe, is on the list of proscribed victims. Her ladyship found fault with the lazy manner of the work people in the house,—others were procured,—and this change has given mortal offence. [This has since been denied.] At the repeal meeting, on Monday, there was a thin at tendance. Mr. Nicholas Maher was in the chair, and de clared that the repeal motion could not have been in worse hands than Feargus O'Connor's. Henry Gratton and Dillon Browne were abused in good style. Poor Ireland was declared bankrupt and betrayed. The week's rent was £22 ss. CLERICAL LIFE NOT INSURABLE.—A very remarkable _ petition—a singular and signal proof of the insecuri t y of life in Ireland—was presented to the Houseof n Member for on the evening of Monday, by the English Finsbury. f g I d to which assassination had rendered li e re an o m et p it an io y n , f iri z ma t t h i.n t io ch t it h i e rm d a e n gree of th an lt Insurance was a C o p inse cure to be made the subject of commercial speculation; and the determination enforced upon the Insurance Com panies, by the murder of the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, to exclude Irish clergymen from this mode of securing a provision for their families after their death, unless the government should guarantee against the intolerant malice of a fana tical conspiracy, and give the insurers an indemnity from loss, by subjecting the county in which the murder had been committed to the full extent of the risk. DENlnwiterzorr iHm IVIATKIVERED - IVIARM - MAHON. —Father M'Dermott, an Irish Catholic priest, in a letter published in one of the local newspapers, says :—" T have to assure the public, by the most solemn asseverations a clergyman can utter, that the late Major Mahon was never denounced, nor even his name mentioned, from any cha pel altar in Strokestown, or within 20 miles, of Strokes town, on any Sunday before his death." In elucidation of this positive assertion of Father M'Dermott, " an Irish pee,' in a letter to the London Times says :—" The rev. priest is quite right as to the word 'Sunday ;'—the late Major, Mahon was denoanced from the altar on the 'Mon day' previous to his assassination ; that 'Monday' was a saint's day, on which the Roman Catholic population attend mass as regularly, and in as great numbers, as on the Sabbath. This fact is known in Dublin Castle." As a specimen of quibbling, the priest's assertion is worth) , of the cause which he has taken up to defend by special pleading. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. -ft- The railway calls for January amount to the enormous sum of £4,000,000. The electric telegraph company are making prepara tions for having a direct communication between London and Liverpool. It is confidently expected all the wires will be laid down against the Ist of January. The new room will be opened on the Ist of February. The report and accounts previously presented were " not approved of" at the Birmingham and Oxford meeting. In the present state of the law proceedings, the meeting was again adjourned till the 28th instant. The Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway have contracted to supply Manchester with pure water at the rate of 3s. per 1000 gallons, for which the company is to receive £2500 per annum. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Friday, the temporary bridge of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway over the Severn, near Preston Boats, gave way, by which two unfortunate men were . drowned, one named Edward Thomas, of Meole Brace, the other Wm. O'Neil, a native of Ireland ; there was also one horse drowned. _ COLLISION ON THE YORK RAILWAY.—A serious acci dent occurred on the York and North Midland Railway, on Tuesday. As the luggage train from Hull to Wake fiela was passing at a slow speed, near the Burton Salmon station, the mall train from York for London came up, and raninto the luggage train, and destroyed two vans. There were in one of these carriages three cattle jobbers ; two of them were killed on the spot, and the third is in a precarious state. The engineer and stoker pf tile engine on the tnall train escaped-unhurt, LAW INTELLIGENCE, VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FRIDAY ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GARDNER. - SAME V. SAME These informations relate to a dispute between parties interested in a' fund which 'had been raised by subScrip tion in 1838, for the purpose of erecting a chapel and school at Birkenhead, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland. The first information prayed a de claration that certain land, which had been purchased with the money, and the buildings which bad been erected thereon, might be 'conveyed and dealt with according to the intention of the parties, expressed in certain deeds executed in 1839 and 1844. The defendants impeached these deeds under the Statutes of Mortmain, and denied that there was any charitable trust to be administered by the CoUrt..The arguments are not concluded. Mr.,Moore is to be the new Judge of the Irish Queen's Bench, and Mr. Monahan succeeds him as Attorney-Gen. Mr. Hatchell will he Solicitor-General. In the House of Lords on Monday, Lord Campbell oh servea_that it had_been determined, .over and over again, that a minister of. the Established Church of England, or a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, was, if he said_anything from the pulpit detrimental to the cha racter of an individual, or anything that led to a breach of the public peace, civilly and criminally liable for what he said, just . as much as if he spoke it from the market-cross, or from a public platform. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. CLERICAL CRITICISM.-At a meeting of clergymen in the south, convened to obstruct Dr. Hampden's progress to the bench of bishops, resolutions were proposed founded on hfs "Bampton Lectures." A clergyman calmly asked, " Have we all read them?" No answer. " Then I beg to propose that we do read them." The meeting broke up. The Bishop of Exeter says, in his letter, that if the bishops had remonstrated against Dr. Hampden's appoint ment as bishop, there would have been a very extensive defection from the church. The Church and State Get= zette asks, " Will the remonstrance prevent it ? I trow not—it cannot—it ought not—and bishops' relatives and chaplains will be among the number." _ THE FREE CHURCH 01 , SCOTLAND AND LORD WARD. —ln reply to the Rev. Mr. Shaw, Lord Ward says :—" As long as the law of the land upholds the established church of Seottand I shall countenance no other; nor will I do anything fora body whom I hold to be dissenters, stirrers up of strife, and most unchristian in spirit. Do not sup pose that this is an ' opinion hastily formed. You reside iri this glen by seerance on my part. If there was a cler gyn3an of the established church here to take care of my people I should .not permit you to stay here to thwart his labours. There is none at present, and I prefer your teaching to the knowledge that there is no pastor in the glen." POLITICAL MISCELLANY. • - Mr. C. Buller has been re-elected , unopposed,forLiskeard . Lo - rd John Russell was last night to move an adjourn ment of the House of Commons until the 3rd Feb: Lord Sandon is to be a member of the Ecclesiastical Commission in the room of Lord Stanley. On Saturday, Captain Townshend, R.N., was elected member for Tamworth, without opposition. Lord Alfred Paget vacates Lichfield in favour of Mr. Macaulay. Lord Shelburne, eldest son of the Marquis of Lans downe, is to be the new Lord of the Admiralty. _ _ Mr. Cowan was re-elected for Edinburgh on Thursday, without opposition. The Hon. F. Villiers has been elected member for Weymouth. . The election for Newcastle-under-Lyre took place on Thursday, when Mr. Christy was re-elected. Thg num bers were for Mr. Christy 546, for Mr. Ross 367. The Daily News of Monday states, that " communica tions have taken place during the last few weeks between the government and persons engaged in the manufacture of gas, relative to a proposed duty of Is. per 1000 cubic feet of that article, which would produce more than two mil lions sterling annually to her Majesty's government. NEW POOR-LAW.—Lord Ebrington is to be appointed to the office of Parliamentary Secretary to the new Poor law Commission, and. Mr. Nicholls, the senior Commis sioner of the Commission now about to be superseded, is to be the permanent Secretary. The present Commission will expire on the day after the Commission appointing Mr. C. Buller the President, is published in the Gazette. , STOCKPORT ELECTION.—The nomination took place on Wednesday, when the conservative party brought for ward Mr. Marsland, and the liberals, Mr. Kershaw. The election took place on Thursday, and Mr. Marsland took the lead, and maintained it until half-past twelve, when his adversary gained ten in advance, and continued gra dually to improve his advantage until the close, when he won the day by a majority of o n ly 27 ou t e large constituency. The numbers polled were, Kershaw, 545, and for Marsland, 518. - The Rev. Mr. Newman left Rome on the 10th instant for England. He is bearer of the greatest papal docu ment which has reached our island since that read by Cardinal Pole in the House of Lords under Queen Mary, by which the Pope reconciled England to his see, took off the ban, and authorised the secularisation of the church lands. This bull, of which Mr. Newman is in charge, sweeps away for ever the power of " Vicars Apostolic," and substitutes twelve bishoprics with an archbishop in England. FREE TRADE.—It is all very fine for the unthinking hrEion the-comm -100-Loa-onvo 7 pleasing phantom free trade ; but when we look at the ' following statement, proved from close calculation, we would ask the most shallow reasoner how the system can be carried out with benefit to this country ? Out of every pound sterling raised for taxes, twelve shillings go for the interest on the national debt, being one-third more than is expended on the army, navy, and civil list, includ ing the Queen, ministers, judges, &c. Can it be possible then, with such a weight on the nation, to compete with the comparatively untaxed foreigner ? Lord Minto, it turns out, has gone to- Rome for his own pleasure, not as an ambassador in disguise to the Pope. Sir .Robert Inglis questioned Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons, on Friday, whether it was.true that the Lord Privy Seal had signed a convention on the part of the British Government with the Papal authorities, for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states ; and the answer of the noble lord was explicit be yond cavil. He stated that the reports on the subject of Lord Minto's visit to Rome, were " entirely destitute of all foundation whatever." His lordship added, that doubts existed as to the legality of diplomatic intercourse with Rome—" chiefly upon the construction of the word communion,', the law being that the crown is not allowed to hold any communion with the court of Rome." It was a question whether the word should be taken to mean religious communion or diplomatic communion ; but so long as the doubt exists, Lord Palmerston assures us the government will make it a reason against any official re cognition .of Rome. AIR ROBERT THE PLIABLE AND SIR CHARLES THE OBSTINATE.—Mr. Pattison paid a deserved and charac teristic compliment to Sir R. Peel on Wednesday, in the debate upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer's commer cial distress committee. " .If," said he, " I live to see the right hon. gentleman, the member for Tamworth, again at the head of the administration of affairs, I have no doubt shall see him the first to propose an alteration in the Act of 1844. (Cheers and laughter.) I say so with the profoundest respect for the right hon. gentleman. I am grateful for what he has already done, and trust t in this matter he will add to the other servle o s u llesahyas that al ready conferred upon the country." We I :o h qb: e ualsont h w: o i n aetc . lruyie itydn_; n,memberfor r a hs maintaining. ri r iinctahih L nnaege e o n a n thb d eioo o s r: n hefior is stomi a tpbhi p unte r thie o oEe f tn o xops u ce,th n dhhe d eeecice i' htuxeidc-rtpogosnreffevkom,incfwiotehriorut,nhs which he habitually entertains that none other can be worth maintaining. "He (Mr. Pattison) had been asked during the recent crisis to go to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and represent the real state of matters to him ; but he said he would do no such thing—others might go if they chose, but he knew him better. He knew that his mind was made up, and that they might as well at tempt to kick down the Nelson column or the Duke of York's pillar, as to move the resolution of the right hon. gentleman." How finely contrasted are the two charac ters—both weathercocks—but the one in full play, veer ing with every puff of wind—the other fixed by the rust of conceit and only right by chance. With respect to Sir Charles Wood, indeed, nothing can exceed the superla tive complacency with which he bows to his own superior judgment. He is at all times ready to say—and always looks as if he were going to say—" Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar—but never doubt that I am right."—John Bull. [We have prophecied the same course, as that to be taken by Sir Robert three months ago.—E. L. S.] JULLIEN'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL. This renowned conductor and composer, in the course of his annual tour ' musicale purposes visiting Liverpool early in January. He will be accompanied by the strength of his band. Amongst those announced are Richardson, Bowman, Cioffi, Sig. Piatti, Herr Koenig, Prospere, Collinet, Barret, Angolis, &c., &c. A new descriptive qu a d r ill e , i n t o which is i n t ro duced several Swiss national airs, collected by M. Jullien during his late visit to Switzerland, will be produced here. In London it has taken immensely, and is most highly spoken of by musical critics. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. FRENCH EQUESTRIAN COMPANY.—We are happy to observe that the attractive character of this company's performances is winning more and more the support of the Liverpool public. Notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, which has prevented all but the most hardy and determined from leaving the comfortable winter fireside, the, increasing attendance this week has been so marked that the mana ger has been compelled to enlarge the space at his disposal, to accommodate his audiences, by taking away the parti tion at the back of the house, and throwing the whole of the spacious arena open to the public. He proposes, also, for the accommodation of those families, and others, who object to appear abroad in the evenings, to give a series of morning performances during the Christmas holidays, which will, doubtless, tend to enliven this joyous period to some thousands of the young, who will shortly be re lieved from the routine of school, and restored to the family circle. The performances during the past week have been varied, by the introduction of several novelties, amongst the most attractive of Nhich have been the " Quadrille of" the Four Quarters of the Globe," the performances of Messrs. L'Eclair, Hermaun and grist in a comic scene, and "the Incredible," a comic scene, by M Auriol. Another additional attraction we noticed on Saturday, is the return of M. L. Loisset (the little lv recovered from his 1) to the arena Hiehland evening in an the Sylph," hence. tad was welconic The equestrian feats of ti .ny are ilnd the perform= alsing, DR. HAMPDEN Lord John Russell's answer to the bishops 11 , called forth a long letter from the Bishop of Exete , who examines in detail Lord John's reply to th, Bishops' allegation . The Bishop maintains that Dr Hampden 's appointment would be an act beyond all pre cedent, for never before was any person recommended by the crown to a bishopric against whom there stood a for mal legal judgment affirming the unsoundness of his dm - trine. — He - asks the premier to refer the writings of Dr Hampden to the judgment of the Church in convocation, or, if there are objections to that course, to let then writings be judged by a provincial council of the bishop , assisted by such divines as her Majesty shall be gracion pleased to name. Dr. Phillpott maintains that the ju meat of Oxford University ought to be a ban of exclusim (from the office of a bishop at least) so long as it remain in force, or until it is proved to he unfounded. In an swer to 'Lord . John'S averment, that many of the most prominent among the original majo r ity a ga i ns t Dr. Hamp den have since joined the Church of Rome, the right rev. prelate says, that by " the most protninent ' ought to be understood the Committee, who openly sat for the purpose of devising measures for vindicating the Univer sity fron - t_the evils which might be expected to result from such a selection of the King's Professor of -Theology : " Of these, one, indeed , has fallen, to the consternation and grief of all who knew, or had heard of, his high faculties The others, thank God, still stand rooted and grounde in faith and love." The Bishop further asks It, histew of a decree having been passed against Dr. Hampden fol unsound teaching by the University of Oxford, a judg. ment of the Court of Queen's Bench had been pronounced against him for some flagitious crime, and it this judg thent were urged as a reason why he should not be pro. moted to a bishopric, would this be to transfer the RoyaJ supremacy from the Queen to Lord Denman ? If it would not, why should it be said to follow from Dr. Hampden's being disqualified for a bishopric, so long as he is under the censure of the Oxford decree, that this is to transfer the supremacy of the Crown to the convocation of Ox ford ?" The right rev. - Prelate proceeds--" My Lord, the Crown has no right, can have no right (I trust, too, that it will be found to have no power), to force a bishop on the Church whom the Church has a just right to reject as a 'setter forth of erroneous and strange doctrine, con trary to God's word.' True, my Lord. the Statute 25 Henry VIII., chap. 20 kthe Magna Charts .f tyranny), does give -to 'the Crown a power, which your Lordship ha, pliance with such a riciS,nda6 But no Statute has t Statute has the power to make an honest tious chapter to elect, or an honest and conscientious late to consecrate, to the offic I.have described above. . . . of bishop, such a person My Lord; do not itrinzi that I am one of those who, if it were within their power, would deprive the Crown of any portion of its rightful supremacy, especially of its just, legitimate Christian in fluence, in the appointment of our bishops —an influence which I firmly believe to be necessary to the peace, and therefore to the efficiency of the Church. Let the Crown continue to nominate them, but let it exercise this right, which almost all considerate Churchmen wish it to re tain, with caution, with discretion, with due regard to the feelings and the conscience of all concerned." An address, signed by 485 lay members of the Church of England (including several peers, members of parlia ment, &c.) disapproving of the elevation of Df. Hampden to the see of Hereford, was presented to Lord John Russell on Friday week. His lordship in his reply says he is fully prepared to take all the consequences of the recommenda tion, as he believes " the appointment will tend to strengthen the Protestant character of our church, so se riously threatened of late by many defections to the church of Rome." His Lordship adds—" That the appointment should excite feelings of bitterness is I hope an error, as it would show a sad want of Christian charity on the part of those who would indulge such feelings." The Bishop of Norwich, in a letter which has been published, has declined to sign the memorial of the Bishops ; urging ; as his reason, that by such a proceeding undue authority would be given to a university censure, originated by parties suspected of a leaning to Rome, and with manifestations of bitter party spirit ;—that the cen sure of 1836 was virtually repealed by the statute of 1842, appointing Dr. Hampden examiner in the new Theologi cal Examination ; that Dr. Hampden has been unfairly treated in the criticisms upon his Bampton Lectures ; and that he (the Bishop of Norwich) considers Dr. Hamp den's sentiments, on those particular topics on which he was supposed to be unsound, are in accordance with the formularies of our Church and the Scriptures. Dr. Hampden has addressed a highly important letter to the Premier, on the subject of the charges brought against him. After alluding to the pain which it causes to an honest mind to answer a charge of unfaithfulness to a high trust, and remarking that the present agitation is neither strange nor novel—the apostles themselves having been reviled and evil intreated by their brethren, and Bishop Bull and Archbishop Tillotson having been called upon to answer a charge of Socinianism brought against them—the bishop designate thus proceeds : " Let me then, I would say, my lord, be instructed and encouraged, by these and other like examples, to submit with patience to His will, who, in the mystery of His pro vidence, has appointed for good that I, humble servant of His as I am, should pass through this ordeal of calumny. What is more afflicting in it is, that I am accused of de tracting from His glory, and the infinite merits of His t however, ened with this thought. I that I have not bdleons An e se 4: t ia e nTS e o n g . andced liew kn st ° ren s strengthened I hope, therefore, calmly to address myself to the objec tions which my importunate adversaries, with all the vehemence of an electioneering contest, are recklessly throwing out against me. Let me endeavour to silence that conflict of feelings within my own heart, which so unmerited and so base a charge naturally excites. " First, then, my Lord, I most'solemnly deny the scandalous imputation. As an honest man, I say, I do not, and never did for one moment of my life, in thought or word, hold or maintain any other doctrine respecting our Lord's most holy Person and His blessed work of Redemption, than that which is plainly set forth from Scripture in the Articles and Formularies of our Church. I hold, too, and have ever held most firmly, the full doc trine of the Holy Trinity, as stated on the same authority in the same documents of the Church. " Nay, I go on to say, with the utmost confidence of my sincerity, that I have on every occasion exerted myself to defend those Holy Truths, which I believe not with a mere assent, but really love and delight in. My convic tion has been, that no sermon, no exposition of religious doctrine, or exhortation to religious conduct, could have any unction of spiritual instruction, any living power to teach or to persuade, which did not derive its strength from those holy and lovely truths, which describe to us God the Father , giving His only-begotten Son, His co equal in Majesty and Power, " to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life,"—God the Son giving Himself in love, taking on Him our nature, and born into the world, living and dying for us men, and for our salvation,—God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, the Third Person in the Blessed Trinity, sent down with holy comfort from the Saviour to instruct and guide the Church through all ages. "These great revealed verities, no mere opinions collected be what it is—l have, then ever taught and b enforced n Scripturei t indisputable w o b both to ht e ari b e e s l:ev th ed at . have been at temptedthb y a cshpitenc specula ti ve loaf:iovte mreasoning, Scripture, ytea w c g o b o . u t w t w h thh ate iech v m er may the sacramentspreventing and ins t l e t u s assisting i n b g y Grace,our Lord,the efficacy are n ost doctrines of Scripture or any other of its great fundamen taltruths, such as Original Sin, Justification by Faith, t g h e m t o w r two than theories formed by the human mind on ot t oh h fi e n text of Scripture. It is a very great mistake to suppose that I have ever meant this, in what I have said of the force of Theory, in my Bampton Lectures or elsewhere. It is one thing, to endeavour to unfold the theories on which a particular phraseology employed in the systematic state ment of divine truths has been framed and adapted to its purpose' and quite another thing, to state that the truths themselves which that phraseology expresses are mere theories, or mere opinions, or probable conclusions, hav ing no positive certainty in them. This latter miscon struction belongs to those who have taken it up. It is not mine. It has no warrant in anything that I have said in theological discussion. My Bampton Lectures, indeed, were not written for popular reading, but for such as should come to the study of the subject, with some previous knowledge both of theological questions and of Ancient Philosophy. It is no wonder, then, that they should be open to this misrepresentation to ordinary readers. I should be much concerned if, from any un skilfulness in the use of words, I should have given rise to misapprehension. I would not assert, however, that I have always succeeded in conveying my thoughts exactly. But I am not, at any rate, to be blamed for some mis takes, or rather perversions of my meaning. For this I know, that arguments which I have advanced in support of the truth, have, in many instances, by an artful selec tion of detached words, been represented as upholding the very errors which they refuted ! " But whatever has been done, by hostile and uncandid expositors, in the way of perverting or obscuring my meaning, I have the satisfaction of knowing that many honest and intelligent minds have apprehended my true intent, and appreciated my labours. Thus, for instance, this or that person would not, or could not see, that it is a strong argument for the truth of the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity, that even heretics (as I have urged) have in some sense professed it, however imperfectly and in juriously, thus acknowledging the truth amidst their vain attempts to corrupt and destroy it, unconsciously bearing testimony to its existence in disputing.it ; and the truth itself showing its vital strength in surviving their attacks. " Many such instances of cruel misrepresentation I could allege. But I will not weary your lordship's patience. Let me, however, be suffered to say, what I would fain have remembered only in thanksgiving to Him whose grace enables us to think or do anything good, that I have reason to bless God, that in one instance at least 1 have not laboured in vain ; but that a person, now a pious and distinguished minister of Christ, was confirmed end fixed, by what 1 have advanced on the subject of the Trinitarian controversies, in the true faith of that Holy Mystery. And does not this one fact more than outweigh the assertions of a thousand anonymous writers in newspapers, copying one another, and repeating the original false statement of the first mistaken or misrepresenting com mentators ?" The doctor then goes on solemnly to declare that he has i h t4h e uo C cue h tr u ivo r i c ilu h i "insisted constantly on the supremacy of Scripture as our rule of Faith," and that he has " ever taught that a deferential respect to the authority of the Church, as it is laid down and explained in the formularies of our Church s ve n i ;t u s r i ,e m iil p si simply Qc t te h ii l e w do i witness e cy s h s tuh a re n cmh d was most incumbent on Christians." In the view of his keeper of Holy Writ,' but the authoritative interpreter of Scripture,to opponents,pe a speak Dec, 21, 1547. ehority will be found, says the doctor, "to be the root the objections of this class of theologians to the teach -14 of all who require that all doctrines should be drawn f yin Scripture. With them the reference to Scripture is ' heretical principle,' because it-holds up the a uthority_ Scripture over that of the Church in all questions of )ctrine." Those who are urging the point, says Dr. lanipden, .‘ were the most active instruments in carry' !.tr he statute of the University, passed in 1840. That ratute has been virtually repealed, first, by the New 'heological Statue of 1842, which placed me, as Regl 'rofessor, at the h ea d o f a new l y -const i tute d B oa rd 'heological Examiners ; an d th en , i n th e same year, u° ul he just act of the chief Authorities of the University , :th whom . rests the initiative of every measure, th e itaird of Heads of Houses and Proctors, who unani- Aously proposed a form of statute for rescinding it. S° then, as the chief responsible body of the Universal concerned, I am relieved of the burthen of that statue; hough the Tractarian party succeeded, with a very re .uctli majority, however, in throwing out the measure i,ouvocation. . g Dr. Hampden then alleges that that statute is perfectly understood, and asks, " How any one can put it forward flow. when by such act they are implicating themselves with the theology and the spirit of its chief promoters, the editors of the ' Tracts,' a pamphlet, full of gross mis representations of my writings, the production of Mr* -ewman, was circulated through the country?" an d this, with the great polemic a l exc it emen t o f th e ti me s, con curred in obtaining a majority aga i ns t hi m ;, no t, how ever, even then, until after a rep u l se , on th e first assault , by the firm and spirit e d i n t erven ti on o f th e proctors. How, then, can any w i s h t o sympa thi ze or id en tify them selves with the chief acto rs o f th a t d ay ? Where is Mr' Newman now, let me ask, th e principal mover then? What are the rest doing—his old assoc i a t es w hom he 1 -ft—but training otheiS to imbibe the spirit of ilTeir great leader. reluctant as they may be to follow him through' uut ?" The reverend writer then says, "I am not under the censure of the University ;' for the statute referred to no opinions or doctrines whatever, but only to the manner of treating theological subjects. When, indeed, a censure of the University is passed, certain propositions are selected from the author's writings, and the decree of Convocation condemns those particular propositions. This was dons r i e .ie g a ii i ly ot in the th u e h ca riz , t e lat o , f c M hur r. c W h., ard x , o t t h h e ing auth f or the of ki t ti h d e was done in my case : nothing specific was even alleged against me." s Gazette cont er Majesty's order to the , to elect Dr. Hampden as iQiinp of that S The Morning Post of Friday professes to " understand that, yesterday, the first formal step was taken, in the proper court, at Doctors' Commons, to bring to a legal test the orthodoxy or otherwise of Dr. Hampden." Dv , clergy of Liverpool have addressed a letter to Lord John Russell, in which they say "We have witnessed with the deepest concern the opposition, which your lord ship has encountered from a quarter whence it never ought to have arisen. to the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the episcopate. We believe that your lordship will not be unwilling to receive the assurance that the elevation of thst distinguished individual has afforded us the greatest satisfaction, as showing that the First Minister of the Crown is well aware of the present exigencies of our be loved Church, and nobly determined to meet them. At the same time we disclaim, on our own behalf, the asser tion which has been made that the promotion of Dr• Hampden is regarded with alarm by the clergy and laity of our Church, believing as we do, that, on the contrary ' the measure is hailed wiih the warmes t appro b at i on by au the real friends of our National Ecclesiastical Establish ment„" Dr. Merewether, the Dean of Hereford, has forwarifej, a memorial to the Q ueen , i n w hi c h , after alluding to ' 1 ,2 having received th e R oya l li cense to elect a EisheP,— Hereford, and the Royal re commen d at i on to elect g`• Hampden, he refers to the vote of censure passed on D r ' Hampden by the University o f O x f or d , an d plea d s for that. right and liberty of conscience which he says will D' " trampled to the very dust" by a compulsion to elect $ person still under that censure. On this ground he prays either that Her Majesty will recommend some other per son, or that she will graciously relieve the Chapter from the necessity of proceeding to the election, till she hag been pleased to submit Dr. Hampden's publications " to the judgment, either of the two houses of convoca tion of clergy of the province of Canterbury, which is now sitting, or of the provincial council of bishops of the same province, assisted by such divines as Her Majesty, or the provincial council shall be pleased to call, or of some other competent tribunal which Her Majesty shall be graciously pleased to appoint. In order whereunto we have op' pointed for the day of election the 28th d ay o f Decem ber instant, being the eleventh day from the receipt of your Majesty's conge d'e'lire, and the last which we can law fully appoint. And we are the more emboldened to lay this our humble supplication at the feet of your Majesty by your known cordial attachment to our holy and apos tolic church, and by your faithful and uniform observance of the oath made by your Majesty at your coronation,- - : ' That you will maintain and preserve to the utmost of your power the doctrine, discipline, and government thereof." The following letter from a highly intelligent clerical correspondent with special reference to the Bishop of Exeter's interference in the matter appears to place the subject in a very clear point of view. " I was in hopes that it would have occurred either to yourself, or to some earlier and abler_ remind your ren - dors how the Dishop of Exeter, whose purpose it now suits to defer so implicitly to the solemnity of an University censure, acted some time ago, when Dr. Pusey lay under the ban of a much more aggravated con demnation for a distinct and established heresy, whom though interdicted at the time from the pulpits of the University, he allowed to preach, within his diocese, at Ilfracombe. " Upon this man, be it remembered, the church disci pline act, as origina lly introduced by the Bishop of Lon don, would have conferred summary and almost irrespon sible power in matters affecting either the doctrine, or the discipline of the church. Now, I would ask, what con fidence could be placed in the decisions of such a Rhada manthine Court, especially were a case to arise, as be tween Dr. Pusey and Dr. Hampden .? " Dr. Pusey's aim and endeavour is to unprotestan tixe the Church of England, to which, as she is, he has ~sol emnly pledged, what ought t o b e , an unfeigned as sent and consent. Dr. Hampde n 's conv i c ti ons , running part"— with his engagements, keep him still true to the obligations he has honestly undertaken—(see his letter to Lord Jobs Russell, of the 9th instant, which all the Tractarian press' with more cunning than candour, have carefully sup pressed)—only he will not consent to un-church that large body of his fellow-Christians, who, differing on points of comparatively minor importance, nevertheless hold to the same Lord, the same faith, the same baptism, the sans' God and Father of all, into whose name he bath beeo baptized himself. 'Tis but a fresh illustration of the old adage— _ _ " ' Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas.' " Yours, &c., " Dec. 20, 1847." " ANOTHER PRESBYTER COURT AND FASHION. Osborne is still the abiding, place of the Queen and the Court. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby are still on a visit to her Majesty ; and on Wednesday, pr o _ fessor Sedgwick also became a guest at the Royal board. It is her Majesty's intention to proceed to Windsor from Osborne to-day. Lord John Russell and his lady attended the meeting at Exeter-hall on Sunday week to hear Dr. Cumming preach. MYSTERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS.—We have every rea son to believe that her Majesty is again in the most is teresting condition in which a married lady can be placed the time expected is about the end of March.—Globe. PRESENT OF A YORKSHIRE PIG TO PRINCE ALBERT. —The committee of the Leeds Association for the Im provement of Pigs and Poultry have sent to the Royal Farm at Windsor, a choice specimen of a superior large breed ac d ee of p p t i e g d. _ pigs, which his Royal Highness Prince Albert has PRINCE ALBERT A MINER.-It is highly gratifying that we are in a position to state, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has, with a view to advance the mining in terests of the county of Cornwall, determined on working the South Towan, United Hills, and Wheal Charles Mines, being parallel lodes. We state this on authority, and are well pleased to find that the attention of the Prince is thus directed to our national and natural resources of wealth.—Mining Journal, • PRESENT TO THE ROYAL CHILDREN.—On Tuesday as elegant miniature carriage was exhibited at the makerfs, in Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. It is a step-piece barouche, being nearly a fac simile of a ba rouche now used by her majesty and Prince Albert, but on the scale of six inches to one foot. This equipage /1 designed to carry four children, and has been built by or der of the Queen Dowager, for presentation to the Prinee of Wales and his royal sisters and brother. A melancholy accident happened on Sunday evening, at the Earl of Harrowby's seat, in Staffordshire to one of , the noble earl's grand-daughters, a y oung l ady age d seven teen years, daughter of the Hon. Granville Ryder, and niece to Lord Sandon. She was standi ng b e f ore th e fire, warming herself, when her dress, which was compose d of ' light materials, was drawn towards the b ars b y the adios of the draught, and in an instant s h e was enveloped i s flames. The unfortunate young lady rush e d i n t o t h e ro om in an agony of terror and pain into the hall, where the flames were extinguished, but not u n til s h e h a d b ee n so dreadfully burnt as to leave n o h ope of recovery . She died after much suffering in th e course of Mon d ay night. Lord Sandon received several severe burns in his efforts to extinguish the flames. RTING INTELLIGENCE SOUTH LANCASHIRE COURSING CLUB. SOUTHPORT MEETING, DEC. 15 AND 16. The Sc A nismucx CUP was won by Mr. King's Jack-- Mr. Bake's Assault ran up. The FLEETWOOD PUPPY CUP was won by Mr. Robin son's Baronet—Mr. King's Walton ran up. The CHURCHTOWN STAKES were won by Mr. Deakin'S Duchess, beating Mr. Bake's Prince Albert. The CROSSENS STAKES were won by Mr. Barnes' Be? tard—Mr. Kink's Phoebe ran up. The SOUTHPORT STAKES were won by Mr. Hunt's Rick—Mr. Barnes' Tyrant ran up. The CHAMPAGNE STAKES were divided between Mr. Peacock's Selina and Mr. King's Baron, both dogs being from the same kennel. THE CHASE, - THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS meet at Half- _past Ten o'clock on Tuesday (this day), at Appl e t on ; Wednesday (to morrow), at Darnhall ; Friday, at Duddon Heath. SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS meet at Half-past Ter: o'clock on Tuesday (this day), at Otelev Park ; ThursdaY: at Dutllutga CLapcl; Friday, at Circsigrd. Dee. 10.... SOUTH 1' ho trim 'murder of !ecognizan Is in a hop, Jama Bootle-cur Jump. H labour for Robert 1 tree, stole' Prisoner w and hard h TAoma.9 Chester, ass fence robb( Portation f James killed and Victed. Th been much the court b have been siderably a Palliating court was, hard labou Maddoci Stabbing at to imprisor latter to in Henry I burned Ar Thomas ton, togetl assaulted .1 Stealing fro The jury, s the prisons Sustody.__ Johii M tuilty of pairs of tr each sentei Harriet Worth and receipt for John Hebc tutor, Clemency o tate woma once resj znit the fc His Lords] that he was lest he mi offence to made capit Thomas Stabbed J. grievous IN &Basalt, an John Jo Chester, be he having, natural life bient ; and be found n Arthur found guill Thomas R They were lonment, , John W Ilictment, tdously ma then alive. imErisonm thomas charging hi Ship, after Pearance it to twelve Thorna. Pearance, ttiously kil Spring-cart returned a discharged John Lo With havin, and uttere tent to defi Prisoners ! gorged, an( Inwrisonm John Sn On the 13t1 tent to mu of stabbing able provo toned for John M Were convi ~___u /v g, of R wartsp o rtic John B 1 entered u with the been prel years' Irai The Gil for the ma Lewis under-Lyi William Witiian of Willia twelve mo Ann B Liverpool, went. Michael felt shillir Prisoners Offenoe to ten yeE imprisons: Ann W in this boi Anent. Joseph remanded murdered Manchest4 this grave It appe Lord-stre( children, 1 the unhap sequence Period the neighbour sundry art July the p -21 - dock, &t the hot butter, Sicc to nine o'i Wards the rushed ou and ran a( Was found to fetch a —looked I some won and left tl Station at doing a ra and was c was so al house, bu children, disturbed, The uni cut in an Stained wi The jur verdict of His Lo: pressive prisoner, Robert Murder 'Bolton. bruised I dily ham in a flany, On being one of 7 brosecub ring uP younger, evidence. Mr. Ci charged ing worm merly ago, and farm in half a mil son's hoi assistant nerally g ner was he was si imprison to that d place in in the co went to seen by l his pipe, so. He asked to quently house hi Dean, ix remain, Servant ICQUiII ill