The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

Prorabings in Varliamtnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY Lord BROUGHAM. in moving for returns of thesalaries of the judges and clerks in County Courts, attacked with much warmth the present system of charging fees and levying taxes upon sui tors in courts of justice.—Upon the motion of the Earl of CAR MULE, the Church Building Amendment Bill was, after a short discussion, read a second time.—Lord VONTEAOLE presented, tied supported at some length, a petition on behalf of the land cfsners of Terry, praying for the sanction of Parliatrwrit to the principle of levying rates by means of local assessment , for the construction of railways in the south of Ireland. Earl REDES DALE warned the house against giving too ready an assent to a principle of this importance. Earl GRANVILLE and Earl GREY maintained its justice, when applied , as in the present sage, to works.of great public utility. After some remarks by Lord BEAUMONT, Lord STANLEY, the Earl of WINCHESTER, and many other noble lords, in support of its prayer, the peti tion was ordered to lie on the table.—Lord STANLEY presented &petition, signed by 5000 of the inhabitants of British Guiana, praying for the introduction into that colony or a more perfect system of representative government. The noble lord pointed cut the various defects of the present constitution, and urged the propriety of conferring upon the colonies that free, full, and direct system of representation which hdd always been conferred as soon as possible on other British colonies. Earl GREY denied t isbes and opi nions of the majority of the respectable colonists, and con tended at considerable length that the condition cf the great body of the people was not such as to render it safe or expedient to give them at present so large a share of political power. lie intimated, however, that he would recommend to the govern ment of the .colony the gradual extension of the franchise. After some conversation between Lord STANLEY anti Earl Gitsy, upon various ms petition was ordered to t of Earl GRANT minutes to eig etnptingpe but after si notion Wa Lord J. Rt be would mo I with t ble.—Upon t colony, the motion LLE, their lordships then adjc , till Thursday, the Ist of I%la .ned, at twenty 'fission. in which th but of Thursday (Wale JeN proceed with tt the committee c day he would m Assumption Bi add resi F raciously please instructions to p as to the best tr country engagetr Conan ec thing es •ernor we appeared chat I the commission which quiries on the spot wa cial results than that Government s wasting wor hurried tow JANaICA.- - TbS cholera has nearly disappeared from the island. The committee on Ways and Means have published their report. The entire expenditure of the colony amounts to 269,0001., including 10,6501. as a sink ing fund for the liquidation of a debt of 700,0001. Of the first mentioned sum, 205,0001. may be considered as per manent expenditure, which no economy, however severe, can reduce. This exceeds the total revenue of the island, which is estimated at 189,0001. The deficiency of 79,0001. the House of Assembly will be called upon to provide, if an end is to be put to the present system of annually run ning deeper into debt. The proposition is to meet it by additional taxation. DENMARIC—The wars of the duchies have led to the formation of a direct route of communication between Copenhagen and London. So far out of evil has come good. By a trip recently made, it has been proved that, even in the present state of the roads, and with the exist ing defective arrangements for land carriage, the traveller who leaves London on Saturday may arrive in Copenha gen early on Tuesday afternoon, while there is every prospect of shortening the journey very considerably. The Northern Steam-packet Company have now com met ced running first-class steamers every Saturday from Lowestoft to Hjerthing, or Ballum, in Jutland ; and, on the Ist. of May, a diligence will start from the former port for Copenhagen. These vessels will convey post-office letter bags. _ _ PORTUGA L—A second civil war has broken out in P'rtugal against Count de Thomar. The Daily News tells us that the Duke of Saldanha has about 5,000 men. The Government troops were in pursuit of him by the Queen's request. The Cortes have been prorogued to the 2nd of June. The troops are now embarking at the dock-yard to proceed, some to St. Übe's, and others up the Tagus. The King Consort is to go at their head against the insurgents. Unless the Queen dismisses Count Thomar, a bloody civil war is inevitable. It is said, however, that she is bent upon keeping him in power, and that lie is equally determined to keep in himself. A telegranliic despatch, dated Lisbon, the 14th instant, and Madrid, the 16th instant, was received yesterday by the French Government, and announces that the insurrection in Portugal has made no progress; that Lisbon was tran quil; and that the. King had reached Santarem before Marshal Saldanba. The arrival of the Overland Mail announces the de struction by fire, of the ship Buckinghamshire, Captain Macgregor, in the river Hoogliley, March 3d, on its pas sage from Calcutta to England. Two passengers, invalids, perished. The Buckinghamshire, was formerly the pro perty of the East India Company, and was built at. Bom bay, about 36 years since, under the superintendence of its first commander, Capt. Frederick Adams, H.E.J.CS. The Daily News says " the splendid old Bombay ship the Buckinghamshire has fallen a victim to incendiarism in the Hooghlev : she was destroyed by fire on the night govermnent the h i _ of the 3d, a little below Diamond Harbour. She was and for London with invalids of her majesty's service, and a number of cabin passengers, besides a cargo valued at upwards of £BO,OOO, both it and the vessel was fully insured. Two invalids, and two of the crew were drowned. She had thirty Bombay Lascars as part of her crew, who have no doubt been her destroyers. Everything on board was totally destroyed, and the passengers left with nothing but the clothes on their backs." The ship was insured to the I for £lB,OOO, and the cargo for £70,000 in London in suran THE CAFFRE WAR.—The General Screw Steam Ship la Company's steam ship Propontis, Captain Glover, . . . arrived at Plymouth on Thursday morning. She left the Cape on the 7th of March, Sierra Leone the 24th of March, and Cape de Verde on the 31st. Although she brings intelligence of a successful attack made by Major general Somerset, at the head of 1,200 troops, and of the capture of a large number of Caffres, yet the general tenor of the information derived from her passengers is averse to any expectation of a speedy termination of the war ; and the skill and caution of the Caffres, coupled with their natural cunning, appear in many recent instances to have baffl .d t he efforts of the regular forces. Sir Harry Smith was at King William's Town, and has, in all, about 2,000 troops under his immediate command. There are only seven artillerymen at Cape Town. Major Somerset's attack was at Fort Armstrong, on the Kat River settle- enemy was ejected with great slaughter. The colonists at Cape Town call the war a government and not a colo nial war, and not. one meeting of the inhabitants has as yet taken place, neither has anyother public demonitration been made in approval of the movements of Sir Harry Smith. . CALIFORNIA —A tragic illustration of Lynch law is reported from Nevada city. A man in the beat of passion shot his wife. He was taken, and was about to be tried summarily, when before a word could be spoken, another party brought in the body of the wife, just as she fell, dark blood oozing from her breast She was gently laid on a large table near her husband. This sight roused the people into frenzy. No one thought of sin the trial. The prisoner was seized and rds a little eminence overlooking the village, where a noose of a lariat swung significantly from a tree. Just at this moment a man of great influence with ere people in that vicinity attempted to postpone their design until a coroner's inquest should be held upon the body, and a summary trial, but still a trial, had, given their ver dict. With much difficulty he succeeded. While the trial was proceeding, the crowd outside, stung with the delay, rushed in, secured the murderer, and marched him to the gallows, bearing the body of his wife close behind him. A small box, marked " For the Orphans." was nailed to the tree, and many an ounce was poured into it from the purses of tho.e who followed the father to his death. The body of the murdered woman was lowered into a wide pit, and, even while the wretched man gazed upon it, and upon an empty but significant box by his side, the cord suddenly tightened about his neck and he swayed in the air. The mob sat on the hill-side and sternly watched him. At the end of half an hour he was cut down and laid in the arave by the side of his wife. The coroner arrived in the evening and held au inquest on the body : the verdicts were in the case of the woman, " Murdered by Divine, her husband," and in the case of the man, " Died according to the will of God and jus tice to men."—Another instance of Lynch law occurred in New York. A Dr. Lennox, from Scotland, was shot while sitting in his office. Next morning a man who had often menaced his life was seized on suspicion, and ex amined before the proper authorities. During the ex amination several circumstances were discovered, which left scarcely a doubt of his guilt. Just before the end of the examination, a party of men, with blackened faces, rushed in the room, and their leader, with a dexterous whirl of the riata, lassoed the criminal across the room, and in a moment dragged him outside. After an obstinate fight the prisoner was retaken and put under a strong guard. No one offered to arrest the lynchers. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY ceeded with the adjourned debate upon the enry Edwards, in custoth for breach of privi- F kept a witness back from the column tee s.tting 's election, be disch.rged without payment of ehate, it was agreed, after a division, that be postponed till next day.—The house nto a committee on the Assessed Taxes The house 1 .. question, that H lege, in havin, on, the St. Alba.. fees. After a long the decision shrank *ben resolved itse Act. On the question being put, that the window tax be abo lished and a house tax substituted. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY moved that gardens be exempted. The CHABCI.LLOR OF THE Ex- CHEQUER expressed his willingness to introduce words into the bill for exempting market gardens only. Mr. HUME warmly objected to the imposition of a house tax merely to pay cif the national debt. After a goad deal of d scussion, the ge- trine to he in favoui of the tharew his amend• house a Sir H. Wino 'section of words for ex COURT AND FASHION. The Queen visited tie Exhibition Building on Tuesday. On 'Wednesday her Majesty and Prince Albert left town for Windsor Castle. Jenny Jones, the nurse to the royal infant Prince Ar thur, has just returned to her husband and family at Aberele. Jenny, it seeing, is herself a descendant of the royal house of Tudor. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The office of Vice-Chancellor of the county Palatine of Lancaster, vacant by the promotion of Mr. Page Wood, will be conferred on Mr. Headlam, of the Chancery bar. The claim of the Earl of Balcarras to the Dukedom of Montrose was again before the House of Lords last week. The Duke of Montrose is to prepare a case in answer to the noble claimant. The Lord High Chancellor has received the congratu lations of the London attorneys. The mesasge has been something long in the making, but ithas come at last. The attorneys are naturally prowl of a man who has sprung from among themselves. In the Court of Common Pleas, ou Wednesday, a rule for a new trial was granted in the case of Rosetto and Others e. Gurney, which was tried at the late Liverpool assizes, when a verdict was given for the plaintiffs. The action was brought to recover frown the Alliance Marine Insurance Company the amount of a policy of insurance on the barque Hebe and its cargo, of which it was alleged the rehad been a total loss. CAPERS NOT PICKLES.—In the Court of Exchequer, I on Wednesday, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial in the case of a superintendent of police against the Norwich Meresgry. The statement for which the action was brought last assizes was, that the plaintiff had stolen from a shop some pickles, cigars, a hair brush, and other goods. The jury found that the plaintiff stule the capers only. The learned judge directed the verdict to be entered for defendants. Sergeant Byles now moved for judgment. non obstante eeredicto, or for a new trial, on the ground that the plea did not show a justification of the charge published, inasmuch as capers were not pickles, and that stealing a cigar was not stealing cigars, nor was a tooth brush a hair brush. BIRKENHEAD LAND SPECULATORS.—In the Vice- Chancellors Court, on Wednesday, before Lord Cran worth, the case of Myers v. Watson came on for hearing. This was a bill for specific performance of two contracts for purchase of lands at Birkenhead from a person who had bought them on a building speculation, and caused a map to be prepared, with streets and a church, and the question was whether, in the absence of the performance of those works specified in the plan on the vendor's part, his " assignees" (by whom the bill was filed) were entit led to a decree for specific performance. Lord Cranworth said, that when the case was argued, it was urged that the vendor was bound to carry out all the map; but the rule of the court was only that a representation, upon the faith of which a man purchased, failing to be performed, the vendor was not entitled to a specific performance ; and as it appeared, in the present case, that the defen dants had purchased on the faith of a church being built, and larger streets made, and that not having been done, the plaintiffs were not entitled to relief, and their bill must be discharged with costs. .SALE OF a LIVERPOOL. CHURCH LIVING.—In the sheriffs' court, Red Lion-square, London, on Thursday, the case of Powell v. Phelps came on for hearing. The cir cumstances of this case were of a peculiar character. The plaintiff, John G. Powell, is a clergyman of the Established Church, and sought to recover of the defendant, William Freeman Harford Phelps, an attorney, the sum of £2O, as a " clerical agent," for commission on the sale of the next presentation to an advowson. The pleas were three —denying the agency, alleging that it was an illegal tran. saction to sell a church preferment, and fraud. The living was the perpetual curacy of Trinity Church, Liverpool, and a Miss Caroline Brown was the patron, and had the right of presentation on the retirement of the Rev. Mr. Davis, who then held the living. The defendant after wards treated with Mr. C or b e tt, another clerical agent, and with Miss Brown, and the result had been the put., chase of tine next presentation for £1,3;10. It was for the negotiation by the plaintiff and for the introduction, which led to the purcha se . of the li v i ng . th at it was soug ht to re cover damages . the shape of comm i ss i on . The jury found for the plaint iff—dansages 420. jieral opinion of tt minis! proposa 111r.11OFFA on the Timber a for an eqt reign cuff necessity of taldi jury resillti adulterationof coffees SUER believed that the ted, and the planters n the protective duties Messrs. HUME, SMoL =en took part was expressed motion Sir DE LACY EVANS I' great unne , esspry new House of Con to a disct little put lie tee of S - voted. Wit.LtAnm s were tt tion Bill was read of the day were th one o'clock. After some ie princii The 11( Coffee Duties' Act zed duty of 3d. per poun After a tom; into con ..=................__. of which much aisapprObation permitting the adulteration of; of the hot then"went into Commit- 1, in whiCh Nlr:tlumF s. Expenses of Prosecu the House a( HOUSE OF COMMONS d readifyr of the Income-tax B r, he would move the secon and on . the same night he would, if possible, navy estimates. On Friday he would move the income-tax, and on the following Mon e the committee on the Ecclesiasitcal Titles —Mr. ADDEkLEY moved " that an humble SELL sta P the sect Ist of M Bth of Anril ill. Or , jest y, prayoi e or more col oceed to South Africa, to inquire and report ode of adjusting the relations between this Clare tribes; and also of determining the red into by h r ltlaPstv's H igh Commissioner had been no such The Go- to art on his own responsibility, a id it ,cy pursued towards the natives had al .. he proposed to be sent out to make in- I more ly to be attended with benefi. rhich the noble lord at the head of the ely, the appointment ofa.com: mittee of that house. He looVed upon the war which had broken out in consequence of the improper cour,A, of proceed ing adopted by Sir H. Smith towards the natives as one of a very serious and alarming character, for although with a force *C5,009 men, he was a prisoner in William Town. He was the f infor with the colony nd it WAS therefore the me leceisary that a cemmission should be appointed instead of a committee.— Lord J. ItussELL defended the conduct of sir Harry Smith. and, sketching the history of the colony, showed that he (Sir Barry) was only following up a policy which had been previ ous v entertaned and acted upon by former Governors. The war which had recently broken out was similar in character to former wars, and c:_ald not, therefore, be attributed to any Changes of policy on the part of Sir Harry Smith, who was charged by some parties with having acted tyrannically to wards the natives, while by others' , ing too ie as blamed for Rh they required to have an in mrsued .in t ituiry was as to the which could be best therefore moved, derley, that a seiec the relations betivec tribes on our Soot erred debate, the h .ndment to the motion of Si tee be appointed to inquir rican frontier. the Caffre and other —After a rather length• ed, and the numbers were—For the original motion, 59; against it, 129; majority, 70. The Douse again divided on the amendment of Lord John Russell, which now became the original motion, and the numbers were —For the motion, 128; against it, 60; majority, 68.—The house adjourned to Monday, the 28th instant. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. A French company has obtained a contract from the Pontifical government for lighting Rome with gas. The Pope has appointed two more cardinals, viz., Car - divas! Fornari, late Apostolic Nuncio at Paris, and Cardinal sonnet. Archbishop of Rheims. The Charieari, alias Paris Punch, has been seized for as H.B.istr, representing M. Faucher shooting an arrow from a child's bow into a plaster head, supposed to repre sent the constitution, This serious affair afforded some amusement to the opposition journals. The Hobart Town papers of December notice the arri val of Lieut. Pate, under sentence of transportation for 'even years for the assault upon her Majesty. It is said be displayed no symptoms of insanity during the passage, Smith O'Brien had arrived at Hobart Town from Port Arthur. He was cheered by his countrymen, and es corted by a deputation to the Freemasons' Hotel. New Norfolk was to be his future residence. The new route from New York to San Francisco, vii Nicaragua, is to be in operation the let day of July. The company's arrangements are now completed. The line, we understand, is made up for the present as follows: Mc Vanderbilt is to run a line of steamers of the first class (among which is the celebrated Prometheus) be tween New York and San Juan de Nicaragua. From the latter place the passengers will go in steam-boats con structed for the purpose, up the river San Juan to the lake, I hence across the lake to Virgin Bay, and thence by a good road, made by the company, to San Juan del Sur, on the Pacific—a distance of 12 miles and SO chains. Thus the entire land transit between New York and Cali fornia will be reduced to the short space of 12 miles. KOSSUTR'S IMPRISONMENT.—The question of the Hungarian and Polish refugees, without leading to any great complications, still causes some embarrassment to the Porte. The Austrian Government insists on a conti nuance of the leaders being still detained at Kutaya. The Porte, moved by a sentlment of humanity as well as by a sense of its dignity and independence, refuses to admit esty dillference being made amongst the refugees, and de clares that it cannot keep the leaders in the interior of the empire whilst the others are allowed.to go free. In addition, the Constantinople journals declare that the Porte only engaged to keep the refugees in the interior of the country during the space of one year; after that pe riod it considers itself at liberty to act as it pleases. Stites DAL ATTEMPT OF TUE MURDERUR LAPOURCADS. —Lafourcade, the man condemned to death, on Wednes day. for the murder of Mad'lle Lebel, and the attempted murderer of Mad'lle Rihault, having, when first arrested, attempted to commit suicide by opening a vein with a piece of glass, a strict watch was kept on him, and imose -diately after his condemnation he was most carefully searched. Nothing was found ; but, before leaving his eell, one of the turnkeys had the idea to thrust his fingers in his hair, which is very thick and long. To his surprise be felt a sharp hard substance, and presently drew forth the small blade of a knife. Lafourcade had, he admitted, kept it secreted in his hair ever since his arrest, and he said that his intention bad been to commit suicide to avoid the ignominy of the scaffold.—La Patrie. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIAN CHINESE.—The over land Singapore Free Press has the following :—" The chief event of a local nature which we have to notice this month is the occurrence of a very extensive movement in the interior of our island against the converts to Christia nity amongst the Chinese pepper and gambier planters. A simultaneous attack was made upon the bangsals or plantations of these persons in all quarters of the island by their heathen compatriots, instigated it is believed by the secret societies, which exert such a baneful influence over our Chinesepopulation. Upwards of 30 bangsals were plun dered, and the unfortunate owners and their Coolies dri ven out. The police in the interior was augmented, and warrants issued against a number of persons, but a very determined resistance was offered, and the police were ob liged several times to fire in self-defence, by which it is believed ten or a dozen of the Chinese were killed. A party of military was sent out to strengthen th e po li ce, but it was afterwards deemed advisable by the authorities to suspend the further execution of the warrants, and to recall part of the military. The Chinese are indisposed to submit, saying they wish to be allowed to fight out their quarrel with their Christian countrymen, and that the po lice have no business to interfere in the matter. The ut most they can be brought to concede is, that it' no further proceedings are taken in executing the warrants, they will not give further annoyance to the Christian converts. They threaten the most determined resistance should any attempt be made by the police to apprehend any of their body. In most of the plantations all work has been sus . pended for some time, and the effects of these lawless pro ceedings are likely to be most disastrous to all concerned, Several of the parties first apprehended were tried at the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, and being convicted were sentenced to transportation to Bombay. This does not seem however to - have made much impression, as the Chi nese appear to rely:on their powers of combined resistance to avert further measures against thorn." -TUESDAY THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IR EL A ND. • • A Mayo paper states that ophthalmia has broken out in the Westport workhouse. There were over 40 cases last week. Mr. Moore, a member of the National Board of Trade for the Promotion of Irish Manufacture, is exporting a large cargo of Irish slates to America. On Saturday last, John Quinlivan, who was convicted at last assizes, of the murder of Bridget Fury, was ex ecuted in front of the county jail, Ennis. Eugene M`Mabon, tried at the Kerry assizes for the murder of Thomas Holland, convicted of manslaughte r and sentenced to transportation for life, has died in prison of a broken heart. AGGREGATE MEETING In DUBLIN.—TO-day is fixed for the aggregate meeting to petition the Queen to dis miss from her Councils "any minister who tray propose to the legislature measures infringing on the religious liberty of her Majesty's subjects." The " demonstra tion comes.off in "Conciliation-hall," under. the fitting presidency of Mr. John Reynolds, M.P. _ • LAMENTABLE STATE OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND. — The motion of Sir W. Barron, that the House of Com mons should resolve itself into a committee on the state of Ireland, was rejected by a majority of only nine. The hon. member stated some most appalling facts, such as the following :—Poor-rates as high as rent—county-cess increased £200,000, in Ireland, since 1845—house pro perty, in Waterford, fallen 60 per cent.—Xs,ooo worth of rateable property in that city unoccupied—the shop keepers all bankrupts—only one labourer employed for five in 1846—two steamers to Liverpool abandoned for want of support. In Clare, there are 600 persons in a gaol built for 180 ; its cost, ten years ago, being £1,500, while it is now £6,000. The poor-houses, in the same county, contain some 4,000, and some 5,000 inmates, all degraded, contaminated, and in ected with peculiar dis eases, generated in these horrid workhouses, in which 20,000 persons are shut np in that one county. In some of those houses, the deaths are seventy per waek ! One landlord contributed 1,000 human beings to this mass of misery. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE The Bishop of Durham attained his eighty-first year on Sunday last. His lordship was in excellent health, and will shortly leave Aucland Castle for London. The Rev. J. Garbett, M.A., Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford, and Rector of Clayton, Sussex, has been appointed to the Archdeaconry of Chichester, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. H. E. Manning. The Rev. F. A. Power, Incumbent of Bevington, Li verpool, has written to the Morning Chronicle, avowing himself the author of the conversation alluded to in the recent letter of the Rev. Cecil Wray, but at the same time adding :—" I know nothing whatever of the designs of Lord Ashley's association by any private or secret com munications. What I did state had reference to my own opinions, and perhaps, wishes."—Mr. Wray implied that. from a conversation which he had bad with a Liverpool incumbent, Lord Ashley's association contemplated an alteration in the Prayer Book. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.—The Rev. G. A. Denison has given notice of his intention to move the following resolution at the ensuing annual meeting of the National Society :—" That this meeting deeply regret that her Majesty's Government continue to disallow the equitabl! claim of members of the Church of England, as set forth in the resolution of the annual meeting of this society, June 6, 1849 ; that those founders of Church Schools who see fit 'to place - the management of their schools solely in the clergyman of the parish and the bishop of the diocese' should not, on that account, be excluded from State assistance towards the building of their_schools.'?- TRACTARIAN DEFERENCE TO EPISCOPACY. - The Bishop of Ripon, in a letter just published with reference to the recent secessions at St. Saviour's, Leeds, says,— " That innovations in matters of ritual do oftentimes go hand in hand with errors in doctrine, has been abundantly proved in the recent instance of St. Saviour's. After the difficulties with which I have had to contend in my constant endeavours to counteract their evil inilnence, and the unceasing opposition I have had to encounter in these efforts, some of you are already informed ; an4l you will have ample opportunity of judging of their nature when when I shall have given the whole church (as I am on the point of doing) an insight into the history of St. Saviour's from its first commencement down to the recent proceedings connected with it. The publication of this document has been delayed only by reason of the pend kg appeal to the Metropolitan.'' THE BISHOP OF EXETER'S PASTORAL.—IIis lordship has taken the field again. In lieu of an oral charge at h s triennial visitation, he has put forward a " pastoral letter" to the clergy of his diocese, " on the present state of the church." In this polemical epistle, the bishop justiff-s his having formerly declared that he could no longer hold communion with his metropolitan, by explicitly charging the most reverend prelate with having become a " Minor of heretical tenets." Not content with denouncing and challenging the archbishop, lie proceeds to produce in stances, private as well as public, of what he (the Bishop of Exeter) deems glaring instances of unsound doctrine among others of the episcopal bench ; and he then lays down, literally ex-cathedra, the Anglican doctrine on the mediation of saints, the Eucharistic sacrifice, and the doctrine of absolution, together with authorities for the practice of what is called auricular confession, as distinct from compulsory confession. He warns his clergy of the necessity, now more than ever inc mbent on them, .• of teaching high Catholic truth ;" disavowing the adequacy of the phrase " Protestant faith ;" and urging, that it is by no means the first duty of the clergy to preach against Romish or any other errors, but to bring up their flocks in positive truth, especially in those articles of the Creed which are now popularly assaulted under the name of the " Sacramental System," upon the practical value of which the pastoral enlarges with much emphasis. The bishop then takes up the recent address of the archbishops and bishops, and explains, at great length, his reasons for not concurring with the great majority of the bench in its statements, the truth of which it impugns. But the most important matter treated of in this pastoral is the convo cation of a diocesan synod, upon which the bishop has determined, with a view to obtain the support of his clergy in his protest against the archbishop's instituting " a presbyter condemned by the authorities of the church." " It is," says the bishop, " my purpose—the execution of which Las been delayed by me till the present occasion —to invite you, immediately after the close of my visita tion, to meet me in a diocesan synod at the cathedral city, and there to call on you to express or refuse your concur rence with me in a declaration that we adhere, and, by the blessing of God, will continue to adhere, faithfully and at every hazard, to the article of the creed, ' I ac knowledge one baptism for the remission of sin,' which article we consider to have been virtually denied when her Majesty decided, as she did, on the report and recommen dation of the judicial committee of the privy council. Let me, in the outset, have the satisfaction of informing you that, as we should not attempt (nor, indeed, wish) to make canons binding even on ourselves, there will be no doubt of the entire lawfulness of such a synod. I have sought and obtained the highest legal authority to assure us on this point, and, in seeking that authority, I espe cially drew attention to the necessity of the synod being composed mainly of representatives, elected by the clergy of the different deaneries. This, I rejoice to be told, will not make the legality of our meeting at all doubtful." The Church and State Gazette, in an article on this miiancholy exhibition of episcopal rancour, says :—" Of the literary merits of the " Pastoral" itself we can hardly speak too highly ; but able as it is, and well-meant as it may be, it is a perfect firebrand, red hot with malevolence, and full of an incendiary spirit of rebellion against archie piscopal interferenc with individual bishops. Good it cannot do ; but it. may act in an opposite direction with regard to the Church, and may also bring unforeseen consequences upon the writer of it. The prolected Dio cesan Synod, of the legality of which the bishop pro. fesses to be convinced, will probably accelerate the crisis which has been so long threatening." POLITICAL MISCELLANY. -*- Mr. Moncrieff, the new Lord Advocate, was returned on Monday, for Leith burghs. Mr. Cowen is the new Solicitor-General for Scotland. Alderman D. W. Wire, on the Liberal interest, and J. Freshfield, Esq., on the Conservative, are candidates for the representation of Boston. Mr. Serjcant Murphy is in the field for Cork, as a mo dified Protectionist, joining heart and hand with the Irish brigade on the Papal aggression question. The electors of . Plymouth ha;e fixed on Mr. Collier, the barrister, to succeed Mr. Roundhead Palmer at the next election. Mr. Palmer's vote on the Papal bill having greatly offended them. Sir Culling Eardley is canvassing protestants for an organised opposition to the Maynooth grant, and has received favourable answers from most of the dissenting bodies. BOSTON ELECTION.—Mr. Wire, the Radical candidate and Free-trader, has retired from the contest, leaving Mr. Freshfield, a Conservative and Protectionist, alone in the field. Mr. More O'Ferrall has been returned without opposi tion for Longford County. The " mistake" about Ser jeant Shee's being a candidate, the Times states to have arisen from the learned gentleman's forgetfulness to post £1,400 for the roofing of Bishop Higgins's chapel ! Ano ther candidate offered to pay £lOO down, and the rest as soon as he succeeded in getting a berth. THE JEw BlLL.—There is an evident wish on the part of the government to smuggle, as far as possible, the Jew Bill through parliament. The first division was pur posely snatched from a small House of Commons ; and the second reading is now set down for May Ist, being about a couple of days before the renewal o the " Popish. aggression" fight. It stands also the third or fourth question for the night, so that no one can tell whether it may be expected to come on or not. Thus every circum stance is so ordered as to favour a surprise—and we con fess our belief that a surprise is intended.—Herald. " HE TIMES" AND THE FARMERS.—A short time since, as our readers will remember, the Times more than hinted to the farmers that, if they were not satisfied, they bad either better leave the country, or if they had four. pence left, buy a rope and hang themselves. A change, however, appears • to have come over the spirit of the dreams of the Goliath of Free-trade. It has seen, and has rightly interpreted, the handwriting upon the wall ; and so the " Oracle" thus gives forth its latest utterance : —" There is no doubt that a large proportion of our far mers are at this moment losing money, and that if their payments and their receipts continue long at the present rate they must be utterly ruined. What the legislature, what the public wants, is the case of these farmers simply and intelligibly stated." A FREE T RADE M ILLER C ALLING O UT FOR PROTE• tion.—A very singular correspondence has just appeared in the Bankers' Circular. A large corn-miller, named Jackson, residing at Oulton, and who, accor.ling to his owa account, has always been a very ardent supporter, as he still prof( we to be a warm admirer, of Mr. Cobden, finding that free trade is not exactly suited to the mil- Hug business, has modestly appealed to the hon. gentle. man just mentioned to modify his views of free trade so tar as to endeavour to procure "something like a prohibi tive duty on all foreign manufactured flour !" New. we dare say that this very corn-milli r when cheering t he no mination of Mr. Cobden, at Wakefield, a few years ago, thought the owners and occupiers of land a set ot ex tremely rapacious monopolists when they desired only a moderate duty on foreign corn ; and even now he does not ' think free trade in corn is bad,' yet because he has two thirds of £lO,OOO sunk in corn-mills,' and ' the French can beat the British millers entirely out of all their markets,' he is quite clear that ' a prohibitive duty on foreign manu factured flour' is indispensable to the welfare of the country ! Such is tile stuff that free traders are made of. They all like it extremely well until it touches their own pockets ; the only difference between the great body of them and this Mr. Jackson. is that they have the s ense , which he does not appear to possess, to conceal their selfish ness. The answer of Mr. Cobden to the recreant Mr. Jackson is at once cool and characteristic—and, we are bound to say, consistent. He very naively tells his strange correspondent that he could noc defend the principle of free trade in corn for a moment if he conceded protection to the miller.' Perhaps this will show Mr. Jackson what he himself really is in ' principle,' arid that his only alter native now is between protective duties, systematically carried out, and the ' direful consequences' which lie him self so graphically depicts. Stay ; we had forgotten Mr. Cobden's remedy. Mr. Jackson can ' seek for the means of succesful competition with the foreigner, in improved machinery and economy of production !' A HINT FOR THE FUNDHOLDER.—But we may be told there is another alternative—that the country can go on as formerly without the existence of the agriculturists. This is not a new view. It has been openly stated and expatiated upon both by Cobden and by Hume, and the fundholder is certainly entitled to give it every consider ation. It presupposes th a t we are t o b e f e d en tirely from abroad, and that the land generally is to go out of cultiva tion, except such favoured spots as are situated in the vicinity of the larger towns. Now, let us see what that would lead to. That vast share of our national taxation which is now directly and indirectly borne by the asricul turista, would necessarily be transferred to the towns •, and the instant that a commercial crisis arose, such a yell would be raised against the pressure of the taxes as no Ministry could possibly resist. Every one knows, and every one has seen how easily agitation of the most formi dable nature may be excited in the towns during a period even of temporary depression. Where masses of misery are brought together, the danger is really enermous. It is this circumstance which has always made congregated suffering more loudly heard, and more attentively reme died, than distress when scattered over a larger space. Lancashire has ten times the power of Wiltshire or of Suffolk, owing to the denseness of its population and the multitude of its manufacturing towns. Should it come to this, that the Government and the fundholder must rely for by far the greater share of the public revenue, and the interest of the national debt, upon the contribu tions of the urban population. their security would be virtually annihilated. We have seen with great sorrow the attempts which have been made, for some years past, to destroy the equipoise which formerly existed between town arid country, and to give the former a vast prepon derance over the latter. This is the favourite scheme of the democrats, whose great ulterior object is the destruc tion of the public credit; and they have been cordially joined by the Whigs; who are ready at any time to sacri fice the general interest of the country for the sake of securing a little temporary popularity. Would the fund holder esteem himself in a better position than now if lie had to look for the payment of his dividends solely to the urban masses? We suspect not : and yet what other security can he have if the land is put out of cultivation ? illachwood's Magazine. LORD STANLEY.—We do not doubt nor underrate the confidence of the country in Lord Stanley's courage and capacity, or the strength of the great party that he leads —much the strongest of all the parties in the state. But we confess our satisfaction that they did not. on the recent crisis. incur the premature responsibility of finding a solue tion for difficulties which had not yet fully developed themselves—which they had no share in creating—and , which, from a variety of collateral causes, must have been still more embarrassing to them than to their predecessors. Was it for Lord Stanley to guide the agitation excited by Lord John Russell's letter, or to allay the dissoisfaction created by his bill, Loki Stanley doubly disapproving of both—of the one as too strong, arid of the latter as too weak ? Was it for him to undertake to balance Mr. Locke King's proposed measure of Parliamentary reform with Lord John Russell's promised one, of which all that Lord Stanley could know was, that it would probably unite the minority that had adhered to Lord John with the ma jority that had turned him out ? Was it for him to take in hand a budget, with which the best he could do would be to throw it into the fire, and thereby additionally dis satisfy many large classes which, odious as the budget generally was, had esp ec i a l an d s p ecu l a ti ve i n t eres t s i n several of its items ? These (to say nothing of minor matters) are questions of which, in fairness to them selves and in justice to the public weal, those who have raised them should be allowed—nay, obliged —to work out at least a Parliamentary solution, and on which the several parties of the House of Conlincns must take their respective lines and exhibit their respective forces before any permanent scheme for a new administration can bo formed. We, and we believe every thinking man can an ticipate the result ; but that is not enough : the inability of the existing machine and its managers to do their work must be practically and patently exhibited. It was to Lord J. Russell and his friends that the Duke of Wel lington originally addressed the provident arid pithy ques tion, How the Quectes government is to be carried on : and to them the undivided responsibility of solving that enigma should be left as long as they have any hope or chance of being able to accomplish it. When they shall have tried their experiment through all its possibilities, and arrived, as nobody doubts they must arrive, at a caput mortuum,. it will then become—not the voluntary, nor the desirable nor desired, but the enforced and obli gatory duty of other parties to endeavour to find a govern ment for the country.— Quarterly Review. THE GREAT EXHIBITION It is proposed that, on the first of May, on the occasion of the opening of the Exhibition, a general 11013 day shall be celebrated throughout the country. In the Times of Good Friday there is but one leading article, and the object of that is to suggest and enforce the fitness of opening the Great Exhibition with some apt religious service. In a house near the Exhibition, taken by a foreigner, a beautiful drawing-room has been divided into stalls, like a stable, with a bed in each; and the rich and beautiful furniture has been thrown on one side to make room for the inmates. A MODEL MEMBER.—We understand from a Wells correspondent, that " their worthy member," the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, has signified to his constituents that he will entertain, at his residence , in London, any of them that choose to visit the Great Exhibition. The right hon. gentleman must have a good many spare beds and a plentiful larder, to make an offer of such profuse libe rality.—Bristol 7 imes. MODEL FRIGATE.—The Prince of Wales yacht, belong ing to the breenwich Hospital schools, is now fitting at Woolwich, when she will be removed to the Serpentine water, in Hyde Park, there to remain during the Great Exhibition for the inspection of visitors. This vessel is about 25 tons register, ship rigged, and fitted in all re spects as a man of war. Her crew will consist of twenty boys from the schools at Greenwich, and at times she will go through various evolutions in naval tactics. THE LAUNDRY.—A registered mangle has been placed in the Exposition which is very much less than the smallest piano -forte. It is composed of three cylinders, worked by a multiplying wheel. By this arrangement the clothes to be acted upon are turned out with a smooth ness equal to the boards used by glazers of paper, &c. It is well known that the smoother the linen the whiter it appears and the longer it will keep clean, it presentir.g little or no fibre or &cuta to catch the dust. Besides insuring this much coveted glossiness, the mangle may be rendered available as a wringing machine,and a variety of other purposes where flattening or folding is required. The depositors are Messrs. Tindall, of Scarborough, who likewise put in a claim upon the score of its economy in price. _ _ A BEAUTIFUL BOOKCASE.—Messrs. Holland and Son, of, London, will exhibit at the exhibition a bookcase made to form one end of a room. The material is walnut, richly and minutely carved. In the centre is a cavity for a fireplace, which is of red Mona marble, with a green dragon fitted in it. Over the fire-place are three niches, with green and red marble foliage panels. At each side of these niches is a space for books, with brass doors, lined with crimson velvet. Beside each of these doors is a pedestal for statuary. Behind these are pilastres ex quisitely carved, representing the vine stem and grapes, and boys with baskets gathering the grapes. At the base are snakes, and lizards, and dragons, with some of which boys are having contests ; and on the stem are birds, but terflies, moths, and lizards. Under these pedestals are panels inlaid with green and red marble, and bosses of red marble. The whole is surmoun t e d w i t h a pe di men t, which is also minutely carved. The extreme length of 618 magnificent piece of furniture is 20 f ee t 8 i nc he s ; heitht, 13 feet 10 inches. Its construction has employed 25 men since September last, and its cost has not been less than £l6OO. PROGRESS OF THE OPERATIONS.--The continuous exertions of ten thousand individuals who have been employed daily during the past week to carry forward the various departments of labour in the building have pro duced a striking change in the aspect of the interior. The enormous scaffoldings which were erected for the purpose of facilitating the painting of the roof have been cleared away. and the visitor can cow scan the decorations of the building, without interruption, from one end to the other. The floor of the building is now finished in every part ; the pipes for the supply of water and gas are laid down ; the arrangements for securing a control over the ventilation are nearly completed ; and the canvass covering has been stretched over some acres of the roof. In the course of Wednesday the whole of the boardings which hitherto separated the different classes in the foreign side of the Exhibition were taken down and removed from the build ing, and the work of unpacking the various articles was carried on with considerable activity. With regard to the goods on the British side, the portion which is in the state of the greatest forwardness is that devoted to the agricultural implements. A large number of these were a few days since selected for trial at Pusey, and have now been returned to the building, and notices are issued to the effect that the whole of the painting and garnishing of the machines and implements must be immediately completed. LODGINGS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES, DIIS ING THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.—We have seen a prospectus of a lodging establishment for the working classes, near Vauxhall Bridge, which, if it be fulfilled, seems well deservitg attention. It states that—" Accommodation is provided for 200 men at one time. The sleeping apart ments are fitted up in the same style as emigrant ships. Each man has a berth to himself, a flock bed, pillow, one blanket, two sheets, coverlet—all clean. The apartments are large, dry, clean, well ventilated, and lighted by gas. A night watchman is engaged to assist the men, and to prevent disputes. Accommodation for washing, with towels, and other conveniences ; and the use of plates, knives, and forks, together with attendance, will be supplied. Charge for the above will be ls. per head per night. Breakfast, including meat, will be supplied in a separate room, at the charge of 9d. per head ; and refreshments may be obtained at any time on a simi lar scale, for those who desire it. But as many may bring up cheese, biscuits, coffee, &c.:; a , stOre tOorrt ie also found, in which these mty be:ke,.t. No smoking will be allowed in the building or on the wharf, but upon a ship now lying alongside the wharf. The decks of this vessel afford a good promenade, and . from them a beautiful view is obtained of the river and its traffic.. [This seems an odd arrangement.: surely smoking on a stone wharf is less dangerous than on board' ship.] The position is at the foot of Vauxhall Bridge, on the Middlesex side; the sewerage is good, and situation healthy, commanding conveyances by river or land to any part of London. The Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, are within three minutes' walk ; and the Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, are within twenty minutes' ride by the steamboat. It is within twenty, minutes' walk of the exhibition. Omnibuses run from the foot of Vauxhall Bridge to Hyde Park and to Charing Cross, from whence others start for every part of London and its neighbourhood. Steamboats running up and down the river call every five minutes at Vauxhall Bridge pier, from whence to the city and Chelsea the charge is 2d. ; and from which places steamboats continue to run down the river to Gravesend for 9d., and up the river to Richmond, Kew, and Hampton Court, for 4d. 80(1 6d. The V;.uxhall station of the South-Western is within three minutes' walk." OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION BY THE QUE HOURS OF ADMISSION. Her Majesty's Commissioners have taken into their cons drrat ion the question as to the hours during which the Exhibition should remain open, and have determined to aoopt the following re c ulations on the subject :--- 11er Majesty having been pleased tl signify her inten tion of visiting the Exhibition on the occasion of its open ing, on the Ist of May, the doors of the building will not he open to the public on that day till one o'clock, at which hour the holders of season tickets will be admitted; and on that day the doors will not be closed until seven o'clock in the evening. On the two following days, Friday and Saturday, the doors will be opened at ten o'clock, and closed at six On Monday, the sth of May, and each subsequent day, until turtlitr notice, the doors will be opened at ten o'clock. and closed at six o'clock, excepting on Saturdays, on which day the doors will not be opened until twelve o'clock. . At six o'clock in th 9 evening, when the doors are shut, the stalls will be covered up, and the police wiil imme diately proceed to close the barriers in the avenue, and to clear the building. In ease the commissioners should find by experience that. it is necessary to tnod , fy these regulations, either by the further limitation of the hours of admission, or by giving the public a longer time for visiting the exhibition, notice of such modification will be given. The RATES OF ADMISSION have been fixed by her Ma jesty's Commissioners, as follows : -- Season tickets, £3 3s. for gentlear.an's ticket, and £2 2s. for lady's ticket; such tickets not being transferable, but entitling the owner to admission on all occasions on which the Exhibi tion is open to the public. That on the first day of the Exhibition, season tickets only should be available. That on the second and third days, the prices of admission should be .£1 each. That on the fourth day the Exhibition should open at ss. ; and that the charge should be reduced to ls. on the twenty-second day of opening. That from the twenty-second day, the prices of admission should be ai follow :—On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, ls. ; on Friday, 2s. ad. ; and on Saturdays (after one o'clock, till which hour the public should be excluded), ss. .The Observer states that her Majesty's consent to inau gurate the opening by her presence will not have the effect of excluding the ho:ders of season tickets, and pro bably not of exhibitors, during the magnificent ceremony. It was thought at first that such was the intention of the royal commissioners. DEATH OF LORD LANGDALE Scarcely a month has elapsed since the late Master of th.. Rolls took his final leave of the court and the bar over which he had so long presided, and already we are called upon to record the melancholy close of a life which had been exhausted in the severest labours of the judicial ser vice. Lord Langdale expired on Good Friday, at Tun bridge-wells, whither he had repaired about a fortnight ago for the benefit of his health. The over-exertion of his prolonged attendance in the Court of Chancery bad produced a degree of exhaustion from which he was una ble to rally. His faculties, which had remained unim paired to the last moment of his judicial duty, collapsed under that repose which came too late. A paralytic stroke followed, and though hopes had at one time been enter tained that change of scene and complete rest would re vive his lordship's vital powers, " the silver chord was already loosened and the bowl was broken at the foun tain." - Henry Bickersteth, Lord Langdale, was born on the 18th of June, 1783, in the county of Westmoreland, where his father belonged to the clans of the small landed gentry of the north of England. He had consequently not yet completed his 68th year. Originally destined for the medical profession, in which he had already com pleted his studies with success, he visited the continent with the family of the late Earl of Orford ; and it was by the advice of those discerning friends that he was induced to embark on the more ambitious career in which his remarkable talents already promised him no ordinary success. He entered Caius College, Cambridge, where he took his degree as Senior Wrangler in 1808. Three years afterwards he was called to the bar by the Society of the Inner Temple, and he engaged at once in the arduous duties of his profession. Thioughout the whole course of his life Lord Langdale was ardently devoted to the cause of liberal opinions, and although he figured but little at any time in the arena of party politics, no man pursued with greater enthusiasm the work of reform, or brought a more subtle intellect to bear upon the great problems of social and legal improve ment. Assiduous in his devotion to his professional duties, Mr. Bickersteth rose to great eminence in the Equity Courts, to which he confined his practice ; and perhaps at the period of his career to which we are now adverting a higher estimate ‘1 as formed of his powers than his judicial performances subsequently warranted. Indeed, it may be said that his personal reputation stood even higher than his forensic weight and celebrity amongst the party which had at that time been recently summoned to the councils of the empire. Probably it was with a view to the services Mr. Bickersteth was expected to render in the cause of law reform, and possibly in part to supply the loss which had recently been sustained b; the rupture of the Whig Cabinet with Lord Brougham, that the equity counsel was suddenly appointed on the 19th of January, 1836, to succeed Lord Cottenham as Master of the Rolls, and was at the same time called to the House of Peers. By an unusual exception to the course of high legal preferment in this country, his lordship had thus risen to one of the most honourable and important posts in his profession without having mingled in active poli tical life, and without having either sat in the House of Commons, or held the office of a legal adviser to the Crown. But a few months had elapsed after his accession to the Mastership of the Rolls when Lord Langdale de livered his remarkable speech on the administration of justice in the Court of Chancery, and on the appellate jurisdiction of their lordships' House. To the opinions expressed in that speech, and in favour of the division of the duties of the Great Seal, Lord Langdale constantly adhered ; but when the occasion arrived at which it might have been possible for him with more robust health and greater energy to carry these plans into execution, his time of action was already verging to its close. Upon the resignation of Lord Cottenham last year, the Great Seal was more than once tendered to Lord Langdale by the head of the present Administration ; but though he consented to act as First Commissioner, and actually sat for a short time in the Lord Chancellor's Court and in the House of Lords in that capacity, the intense applica tion to which the state of the Court of Chancery had condemned him forbade any further stretch of his powers, and he longed only for that repose which the expiration of 15 years' uninterrupted judicial service entitled him to claim, though not to enjoy. As a judge, the reputation of Lord Langdale has at times fallen somewhat below what was expected of him in the earlier years of his professional life. He wanted that boldness of judgment and self-guiding energy which has enabled our greatest lawyers to apply and even to frame the results of scientific analysis with instinctive felicity and precision. But he was unsur passed in the lucid and methodical exposition of the facts with which he had to deal. His elaborate and cautious dissection of every case before him led him by a safe though slow process to the discovery of truth ; and the subtlety of his logical powers enabled him to unravel with indefatigable accuracy, the most intricate chain of reasoning. His labours as a reformer of the Court of Chancery fell infinitely short of his intentions and his desires, though even these powerfully and systemati cally contributed to the new rules for the removal of delays, the reduction of costs, and the abolition of need. less formalities. But the philosophical lawyer was baffled by the duties and obligations of the active judge. No man ever sat in that court who was more anxious to reform its abuses, and the last disappointment of his life was the production by Lord John Russell of the miserable Chancery Bill of the present session. Lord Langdale brought to his office a personal dignity not inferior to that which it conferred upon himself, for he was a man earnestly devoted to truth and justice—his whole life was unsullied by the suspicion of a job or of subservience to any but the loftiest motives of action. He preserved the simplicity of his manners and his love , of literature in the residence on the confines of Richmond park, where of late years he exclusively resided, and in the gardens or library he had himself formed. Younger and more active men have already succeeded to the func tions he so recently discharged, but amongst the lawyers who have filled the chief offices of their profession, and who might have filled the highest of all, none leaves purer fame than the late Master of the Rolls. His lordship married late in life the Lady Jane Harley, oldest daughter of the late Lord Orford, by whom he leaves one daughter ; his peerage, therefore, becomes extinct. , The deceased was brother of the late lamented Rev. Edward Bickersteth and of Robert Bickerstetl, Esq., the eminent surgeon of this town, who was with his lordship at the time of his death. April 22, ISSI. MR. MAYER'S JEWELLERY FOR THE GREET EXHIBITION. • If Liverpool has no treat manuf ac t ure s to boast o f no contributionssilks, no cottons,the o chry st a woollens, „is by no palace; r h h d e w tifac" undistinguished in many of those branches of wan ture which require peculiarly the greatest manual an artistic skill, combined with taste. Her patent - watches are celebrated throughout the world. Her cbrS' nometers vie in excellence with those of the best look er ! agi in the metropolis.' Heinautical instrument makers s rsinit hlr her opticians are excelled by none ; and her silve ar and jewellers, whether in the excellence of their'workt their taste in design, and the extensiveness and splendor of their stocks, may fairly be classed as high cb London, or any other city in the world. Tn this bran are, to swell I I :: of art and trade the merchant princes of Liverpool ba te certainly no need to go out of their own town for orbs' bilss merits of the person or the table, however costly, w fa they have in it such establishments as Hausburg Mayer's, Wordley'i, Dismore's, and others of like ex. cellence. Amongst the specimens of the goldsmiths' and jewellers_ art, which will adorn the great exhibition, we venture ! a ° predict that none will exceed, if indeed any will equal , 1. beauty, exquisite workmanship, and value, some sPe c ;:f as those °I mens which are about to be forwarded by Mr. MaYer'L Lord-street. Th ese cons i s t o f a d ozen suits o f j e wel comprising cros ses , arm l e t s , b rooc h es, &c. Any o ne these specimens are worthy of royalty itself ; and !a could pity, for his pocket's sake, if it is not a very "1 one, the yielding and ind u l gent f at h er, whose Wife (3' „ 'daughters get a good glance f t them. To ourselves, m i d " learned in the value of pre c i o u s s t ones an d di amon d s , a n the cost of elaborate setting, it is difficult to give a per' h ference to any one, or two, ove r th e rest . If we we re w_ exercise our untutored Last. we might probably select dor least costly ; and if we were to b e di rec t e d b y gr eed t might possbly make the same m i s t a k e: M r . 31 8 Ye himself, however, to whose kindness we have been i°:- debted for a private vi ew o f th e co ll ect i on, rests hi s boil" of bringing down to Liverpool the prize in this depar t ment upon a necklace with a cross, dependent, formed Qf rubies and diamonds, and a bracelet of sp l endid carbunc les and diamonds. The former is a mcst chaste and beatlti" ful ornament. The latter is gorgeous in style, and els' borate in workmanship beyond description. Mr. Mage r is also a competitor for the prize to be given by the Gold' smith's Company for silver articles; and has nearly coon pleted several fine specimens of workmanship and taste of design. Air ongst these is a large circular salver, wi t ! allegorical fiaures, representi ng h er M a j esty the 'Q u ee' attended by Concord and public security, presenting laurel wreath to . the genius of industrial Arts, whos e varied productions are laid at her feet. Around the group' in raised Egyptian characters, is an inscription—" Beg; land consecrates to i mmor t a lit y th e ill ustr i ous name s et Victoria and Albert, and the memorable year 1851." 1 1 appropriate border is alle gor i ca l o f th e f our quar t er s the globe, and the representatives of the various comm cial nations bringing their productions to the World Fair. The whole contribution we believe has cost Mr. Mil er £5,000. FATAL MISTAKE (Abridged from the Carlisle Journal.) We have to record one of the most lamentable occur" rences that have ever fallen within cur observation in 0 19 neighbourhood, resulting in the loss of a valuable life. the prime of manhood, by the hands of a clergyman ' 9 , the Church of England. The scene of this catastrophe i= Walton, a village about three miles north of Brampf-na' the victim one of the most respectable and respected Ye& men of the district, and the unfo r t una t e cause o f t h e death the clergyman of the parish. The occurrence took place at a late hour on Wednesd a y night, end a visit to the scene on Thu rs d a y h as enable us to collect the following particulars : The deceased was Mr. William Armstrong, of Sorbg Trees, in Beweastle, a large farmer and considerable len owner, about 38 years of age, m arr i e d, an d h av i n g t7 O children. He was a man highly respected in his neig ns hourhood, openhearted, generous, and hospitable. ' - ' 0 ( Wednesday he visited B ramp t on , f or t h e purpo se 4 making arrangements f or th e comp l et i on o f t h e pure for, of some property which he had recently bargained d o It was market day ; and, meeting with a number of friego from different parts of the country, had drunk some, in. freely, and when he l e ft B ram pt on ( a b out e i ght o ' e lac^ t i e the evening), was apparently the worse f or li quo r. ' - o f was on horseback, and proceeded h omewar d s by 14. Cambeck-bridge and Walton. At the inn at Can 3 u e ' e u bridge he had stopped and had m ore d r i n k a b o ut elev in o'clock at night, stopping about a quarter of an hol r i e . company with two friends. All three left the Puu ror . house together, and Mr. Armstrong soon cantered . 00 ward, leaving his friends behind, and wa s no t again alive. se We now remove the scene to the parsonage-house k , Walton, about a mile from the public-house at Carnbe c h bridge. At Walton, a little beyond the parish chat . : the road diverges in three different di rec ti on s, leading °' the extreme left to Walton-mill, in the ce ntre to Be ll ' castle (the homeward road of the d ecease d ), and on the right to the parsonage-house, occupied by the Rev Joseph Smith (the incumbent) and his family. ° distance between the Bewcastl e - roa d an d t h e parsonegii road is about 40 yards. It was now about half-past of o'clock, and a fine moonlight ni g ht. F r om the W a d road to a gate leading to the shrubbery I . (' at the en trance the parsonage grounds is a distance of 86 yards, and this gate to the front door of the parsonage is 45 Yer d9 lo Mr. Sm'All had not gone to bed, but a ll the rest of t r j family had retired. About half-p a st 11 o ' c l oc k lie aft a knocking at the study window ; this was soon repeated. Mr. Smith proceeded to the study, did s ,°``.: thing to the window-shutter for the purpose of mal" n l e d revolving tbt n ns t o ou i i d s s n oise., and naanondvd pistol,nptirhnoegei wet proceeded d m e Hh e te d ho et ti h ihke i ee m np himself stepped tiol loader] tdp w ee i dio t with a aats makingds i e x . drawerbfi ed get pistol three or four times, and went back into the 1 1 ° 13 „ at closing the door after hi m . N o thi ng more wa s seen heard till about 7 o'clock in the morn i ng , w h en the " of Mr. Armstrong was discovered just inside the g:44 quite dead. On the outside of the gate there were Viple to show that a horse had b( en fastened up there, anclocle it had stood a considerable time there. Shortly aftefrbout Mr. Armstrong's pony was found at Walton Riggt a mile from Walton, on its way home. ft° The remainder of the facts we t a ke as w e ga ther , a sr the evidence adduced at the inquest, which was P e ". e lct the village inn, at 3 o'clock, before Mr. William Ca rri coroner. itu The first witness was Thomas Richardson, of Soli who merely stated that lie had met with the decees sc i ° o his way home ; that they went together in companY t or Mr. Elliot to a public-house kept by James Hethering rot at Cambeck-bridge-end, where they remained a equ al s ea of an hour ; that they all left together, but the de ee ';rho cantered forward, leaving Elliot and him behind' deceased was rather tipsiat the time. tea , The next witness was Ann Glendinnin who sta h g ' • h • t ar substance, that she was the servant of Mr, Smith' 41 - she went to bed a little before 11 o'clock, leaving Mr . lclo Mrs. Smith sitting up in the dining-room on the sout h t b d of the house, the front door being on the north. She ; t it known the deceased about 20 years, having lived as serf with his father, and afterwards with himself, about 9 Y e b. ago. She saw deceased in Walton a fortnight ago, when,. o % walked up the village with her to the end of the lane leto d „,, to Mr. Smith's house. Witness slept in an upstairs ro 0 71; and was awoke out of her sleep by a noise, like two shb knocks, and heard a door shut immediately after n,j, noise. She did not rem em b er if t h e d oor was bolt She heard nothing more till after seven o'clock morning, when she was told that a man had been " 97 4 lying at the gat e . Sh e went and saw the d ece ased 1 9 1 across the road. The Rev Joseph S m ith was nex t sworn ..61 examined. He said , he was the perpetual curate Walton. His youngest child had become restlectje• the evening between nine and ten o'clock, ae, 11 10 ranged the usual time of family prayers, and ha', itS! thus prevented him and his wife from retiriltoor their usual hour. The rev. gent. then went on to d e ic ill; that for some time he heard a knocking at the stud y ~ dow, and going there in a state of great trepidat le d tr e nerves being weak at all times), he saw the hl r cri en window was not fastened, and in going to put it " there; made a great noise, so as to intimidate any persOn al" Ile then took out a pistol from a dra wer , an d w ith „_e pelt lantern went to the front door, d rew a b o l t, shot _, lle gea', l loudly, and opened the doo r . Th e rev erend tleman mentioned this as a proof how utterly bo o tl; he was of self-possession, as h e th us ex pnee d iaa o e himself and the house to d anger . li e then l' a eYj as follows :—" I was speechles s , an d cou ld not sa' i o sfi g thing. From the noise I h a d ma d e a t th e vria d° f door the person had withdr awn f rom th e v icinity ° t o r , window. My sight is so def ec ti ve th a t I o ft e n bid day' to a stranger, thinking him to be a parishion el i; 6 11; this time the moon was in the south, casting d er , dow on the north-west angle. These circutnstan e *e y ,,, the shade of the shrubbery and the glare of th e ' 5 ,0 111 " combined to prevent my seeing any one. lat etio% et a s charged the pistol two or three times without al.'" tb any object, more i n th e h ope o f creating alez. r ;0 111 4/ # anything else. I am not accustomed to and have always had a dislike to fishing an. 'l9l ing. The reason I provided myself with the P''Friff i all painful anxiety of mind, occasioned by the `eft murder and other cases ; and not being p055e 5 ,7 0 4, bodily strength, and being alone in the house vcitP l i 0 1 0 0$ , and children—the house being accessible 0 1,1 3 019, 1 1 f, without passing through the village—l fired reek & to ov,e at the door, and then went in and shut the donr.titetiV4, There were only three or four barrels loaded• oo ci° 4 l l maining in the house a short time r e c overed e f 0/,0 ness so as to see the rash exposure I had made ' l O O o at and of my family, and also of wounding anV P er go er, of doors. At this moment it struck me I 51 100 0cl:el; again, at all hazards, to see if there was any on e l i f I any trace of any one having sustained any iniall"„ b ee f 1 the lantern in my hand, and looked all around bn‘ •1 could see ahy one Laving sustaincal any 00" nothing." 01 " At this stage of the proceedings the inque st journed to Tuesday. he re re The body was laid out in an adjoining roe, i ( e . ,fO . l awful instance of the u ncer t a i n ty of human ur s was the body of an athl e ti c man , b u t a few l'°, / iOf f in the full vigour of health and strength, la t. " oi l ; 1 powerless in a moment. eti t h tth e r, From a post marten, examination, it appeor - „, o oe„ 4 bullets had entered the body of the deceased , 7 ; passing from the right side to the left, througv, fry stomach, &c. ; the ether from the back t the left shoulder,