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THE Etbtrpool #tanbarb. TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1855. DISTRICT CHURCHES : THEIR ANOMALIES AND ABUSES. WE have had our attention called to a very glaring anomaly, and consequent grievance, in our parochial arrangements, by the report of a Church-rate meeting in Ormskirk, held on the 7th inst. The meeting, which was convened to be held in the Parish Church, was adjourned to the Town-hall, where the Church wardens' accounts for the previous year were read, ,and passed. They chewed a balance of £9. 14s. 41d. against the parishioners ; while one of the Church wardens stated that the amount of rate required, to meet the expenses of the ensuing year, would be L 165. 18s. 10d. Upon this, Mr. PART, of Wigan, stated, in behalf of CHARLES SCARISBRICK, Esq., for whom he appeared, that he was not opposed to the Church-rate being laid, but to the present mode of laying the rate ; inasmuch as the townships of Skel mersdale and Scarisbriek were paying-, respectively, one-third and one-fifth more than the other townships in the parish. It was accordingly moved and seconded " That a uniform rate of one penny in the pound be laid upon all and every the Parishioners of the Parish of Orms kirk, for and towards the necessary repairs of the Parish Church and its appurtenances; for defraying the expenses of cleaning the church and lighting it with gas ; and also for paying the ringers', singers', organist's, beadles', and clerk's salaries, and all other expenses necessary for the due and decent performance of Divine Worship." This was met by an amendment, moved by the Rev. E. L. BLENKINSOPP, who said that : "He did not agree that the rates should be equal in all the Townships. He did not say that he wished to keep up the old arrangement, because Mr. Part had most clearly shewn -the injustice of it: but he (Mr. Blenkinsopp) would also skew that there was another, perhaps a greater, injustice, which - this proposal would not touch. It was this : that some Town ships had to support two Churches, while others only supported one. He wished to see some remedy for this. He would state clearly what he meant. This year, three out of the six Churches in this Parish had put up apparatus for heating, viz., the Parish-Church, and the Churches of St. Paul, Skelmers dale, and St. James, Lathom. The expense of that in the -Parish-Church was defrayed out of the rate ; in the other two by voluntary subscription.: but the same persons, who sub scribed money for the apparatus at Lathom and Skelmersdale, also paid rates for that erected in the Parish-Church. The consequence of this was, that Skelmersdale and Lathom Churches had been heated in a-very inefficient manner, solely -through a want of funds to do it effectually. And so, also, the current expenses of five out of the six Churches were defrayed by voluntary subscriptions, gathered from persons who were paying rates to the Parish-Church. To go no futher than his own Church : it was consecrated in 1851; a large number of things were required in order to the proper celebration of divine worship, as matting, has socks, and, of course, in a new building, a quantity of coal for fires to dry -the Church ; a considerable item, too, was the draining of the Church-yard —a thing absolutely necessary before interments could take place. The money for these things he had advanced ; and he could assure the meeting 'that not a half had been repaid him. The Church was in debt to him then upwards of £2l, yet he had to pay rates himself to -the- Parish Church ! - Now, he asked, was there not a crying injustice in all this ?—an injustice to him, and an injustice to :the people of his district ? But this was not all ; the injustice ended not there. They were aware that there was a burial :ground attached to Lathom Church, in which he was bound 'to perform the burial-service over those that were brought to be buried there. They knew, also, that certain fees were paid to the officers of the Church for the performance of this duty— a just arrangement, as the labourer was worthy of his hire. However, he was informed by the Vicar that this was not law. He came down upon him, and claimed the fees. He said, you must perform all this service, and be put to all this inconvenience • but I must have the money. Wh en h e (M r . 13.) pointed out the monstrous injustice of this claim, he said, you may have justice upon your side, but I have right—[Q. law ? Sutnnzum jus, summa injuria.—ED. L. S.j—and so the money I will have. Was there not room in all this for investigation?—for inquiry? The Church-rate was originally intended to provide for the celebration of Divine worship in a Parish : then there was only one Church ; now there were six. Why then should not all six equally participate in the rate? 'Would any one say that Divine-worship was celebrated pro perly only in the Parish 'Church 2—that the district Churches -were unworthy of support? Would any one gay, that it was a just and right thing that the people in the districts should have the burden of supporting two Churches ? There could be but one answer. He asked, therefore, for investigation, for ,a report, in order to some better arrangement. He begged leave,,therefore, to move the following amendment 1—" That a committee be formed, consisting of the Vicar and Church- wardens of the Parish of Orraskirk, the Incumbents and Churchwardens of the Churches of - - ha= St._,Tames. .Lathom ; St. Paul, Skelmersdale ; Holy Trinity, .131.cker staffe; St. Mark, Scarisbrick ; with power to add to their number, to inquire into, and report upon, the present mode of !levying and applying the Church Rafe of the Parish of Orms. order - fa - effect a more equitable atljustmeot of the -Game." While the elistente of'the ells, so ably brought forward by the reverend gentleman, was readily ad- witted, it was shown that the meeting had no power to remedy them, their business being to allow or reject ;the rate, which was eventually carried by a show of }ends. All honour, say we, to the inhabitants of the Parish of Ormskirk, who, though acknowledging the exist ence of injustice, under which many of them actually smarted, would not avail'-themselves of the power which they possessed to 'refuse the rate Not more than three or four hands, we are informed, in a very full meeting, were held up against it. We are glad, also, to be able to say, that, upon the motion for adjournment from the vestry to some larger place, the determination, by a large majority, was against holding the meeting, In the church, and in favour of the Town-hall. But the portion of the business which principally claims our attention is the speech of the Rev. Mr. BLENKINSOPP (which we have given above in extenso), Incumbent of 'Otte of the district churches in the parish, who certainly made out a case of grievance of no light character ; both as regards his own position as incumbent, and that of the people of his district as ratepayers. We have now a very much clearer per ception of the considerations which may induce the refusal ofa Church-rate, than we had before: we can quite understand how some very faithful Churchmen may 'have felt the present law of Church-rates a grievance, and have absolutely voted against Church-rates alto gether; rather than submit to the grievance. The state of things described by the reverend gentleman as existing in his own district, is, without doubt, that of hundreds more. These district churches have all the duties and responsibilities of old parishes, but have not the privileges : in fact, the district church, in many instances, is a burden rather than a privilege. Then, again, these district churches. were the origin of pew letting ; a thing unknown in parish churches, until imported from - these anomalous excrescences. We need not stop now to prove the disastrous conse quences of thus introducing mammon as an element into religion , : it is sufficient to say, that the evil we have mentioned has been stereotyped, and made part and parcel of the regular order of things, by successive acts of parliament ; each succeeding act confirming the wrong, instead of attempt ing to remedy it. By the system of appropriated seats, the man who is too poor to pay for one for himself and his family, is excluded from the benefit • of the district Church; while he is still called upon to pay Church-rates to the Parish Church, which.. is, perhaps, at too great a distance to enable him to attend it and besides this, with a refinement of cruelty, the Parish Church itself is so taken up with close pews, that there also he is shut out. If of set purpose means had been taken to alienate men from the Church, and make them disgusted with it, hardly any more effectual could have been devised. Nothing ..can demonstrate more clearly how utterly unfit Par liament is to deal with the affairs of the Church ; how incompetent to understand her position and her _interests. No doubt, it intended all these arrangements for the good of the Church, and the advancement - of her interests : nay, we remember that Sir R. PEEL, on occasion of his resigning office, mentioned some of -these measures, as a proof of how he had studied to do her good, and to legislate for her benefit : and he really thought so. No further proof is needed to shew how incapable a mere statesman is to compre hend the wants of the Church. As clearly must all see that only the Church's legislatura can understand these things ; it is only the Clergy who so feel them as to be able to suggest the remedy. Had Convoca tion been in full force, no such anomalies as these could have been introduced. Its members would not only have had the real good of the people at heart too deeply to allow such grievances as these to be perpe tuated, but, being themselves daily in view of them, they would have both seen the evil, and supplied the remedy. , • FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. TILE war debate, with its multiform array of resolutions and amendments, its singular revelations of unexpected policy, and its odd display of party statesmanship, has already been all but forgotten in the welcome narrative of success which has attended the altered tactics of our fleets and armies. The news of one signal success has trod so rapidly on the heels of another, that the busied and delighted people of these islands have had no time to waste in canvassing the merits of a fruit less debate, and not much more to listen to one, the chief and only merits of which were that success or failure in its osten sible object would be of equal unimportance; that object being the active prosecution of a war which the energies of our soldiers and sailors put it out of the power of a ministry to thwart or accelerate. The progress of the war in the Crimea continues as signally successful as its first burst was unex pected. The success has been so marked and tangible, that those who a few brief weeks ago despaired of the reduction of Sebastopol, now speculate freely upon the measure, to be ulti mately adopted, when the Crimea has been wrested from the grasp of Russia. Such has ever been the instability of -popular opinion. Fickle as the eneiles of Fortune, it is always- in extremes : and those s'ho yesterday were sunk in the depths of despair, to-morrow will be revelling in anticipated triumph. Apart from the mere breath of popular opinion on such matters, those whose views have been stedfastly fixed on the objects, for the accomplishment of which the struggle was originated, still see those objects in , the dim distance—illu mined, no doubt, by rays of brighter promise, but still too far remote to be easily clutched. It millet be presumptuous, however, in those whose hope was never's& far downcast by evanescent, though sharp adversity, as to.despair —and who have not been so elated by brilliant, though; it maybe; geeing success, as to deem the task of curbing Maslen. aggression) an easy one, to look with studious eye upon the ultimate resurt.. If the game is not altered by the introduction of some - Liner- 1 pected element, the fate of the Crimea, as a Russian territory', will speedily be in the bands of the Western lkwers: With. ample supplies of men and military stores, and such. an im proved position in the Allied affairs as have all f ten brought about within the last few weeks, the Russian feeee• in. that peninsula must soon be expelled or subjugated. When this shall have been achieved, then comes the puzzling ettestions,• what is to be done with the Crimea 2—who is- to set' bounds to Russian domination hr the Euxine ? Already the reduction of the Crimea is well advanced. Aetetrie;• our costly and faithful ally-to-a-certain extent, having kleellY reduced its army and fallen back upon its old neuerrifity, enables the AUTOCRAT to advance every available regimenthe• possesses against us ; but are we not mastereof her chief means' of transporting and feeding them, by the Sea of Azoff ? N we are not as yet in full command of Perelev a few revolving:: suns will see us in that proud position, and, with 200,000', troops in the Crimea and the sea open to theme-Russia will be unable to keep up or feed a force sufficient tort the Allies. True, it is understood that the Russians muster about 100,000 men in the field, besides those shut up in Selizstopol ; and further it is said, in all likelihood with truth; the-tithe army in the field is advantageously placed, and , stronglec defended by well-constructed fieldworks. The superiority of Ise Allies in the field has been too surely demonstrated, to. admit of doubt as to the result of a conflict with (veal numberee- The last successes of the besiegers places under their commend the eastern slope of the town, and enables them withaussiatvgans discharged from Russian works which theyhavecaptured tz-vweep the line of communication between the town and the north eitore of the bay, by which they have hithertereceived their suppinres-of men and provisions, as well as shot, and other munitions-of war. The Allies have now extended and secured their EBBS far in advance of their former position as assailants aids- Russians in the field. They occupy an important post beyondi the Tchernaya, which, menacing Inkerman and Bakshi Serves, compels the Russians to keep the fieldto preyent the completer investment of Sebastopol. On the extreme east,. we have note only secured the Sea of Azoff, but have gained so-good a foot ing in Kerteh and Arabat, as to afford every means ©f'' threatening Simpheropol, and menacing or even, capturing- I Kaffa, the ancient Theodosia. These are ire themselves. advantages as great as the destruction of' magaeiness and the 1, cutting off of supplies, by which their achieveneent was accom panied, and present so many opportunities of molesting and harassing the Russians at different points, without allosinges, moment's respite to the garrison of Sebastopol, aseto Iced to the ennieetnre that the final strueele fnr nns.c.pArinn n f the fortress is an event of no distant occurrence.. /ndeedeit its said the time of the great blow has already been fixed, and; that the positions of the various columns of assault, and thee-ergs com posing them, are named. Everything betokens rising energy on the part of the assailants ; and; judging by the progress which has been made within the last few days, it, is not by any means improbable that the present week may witness the Allied flags waving in triumphs over the dilapidates :and con quered ramparts of Sesbatopol. With such justifiable ground.s.for-antieipating success in this arduous enterprise, the forerunner of the captureofthe Crimea, if not the immediate harbinger of peace, thevestion of—What is to be done with the Crimea.?—presents itself for consideration with accelerating urgency, and vastly-increasect importance. Discarding the new cant of doing nothing to-humiliate our foes, sensible men believe that,in humiliating Ressia,and diminish ing her power, is to be found• the only safeguard against the spirit of reckless aggression by which her conduct to her neighbours has been aetaated. Such parties, iu,thus lopping off a portion from the territory of Russia, see nothing, in wresting the Crimea from, her grasp, beyond stripping her of the fruits of yesterev's rapine, In doing this, and in ex cluding her from a harbour in the Black Sea, they recognise no other principle than compelling restitution from the robber, and securing a " material guarantee" against his future ag gressions. Those who view the matter and who counsel thus, say,—Let the Crimea be taken, and retrained. Allow the French possession of Sebastopol, while. we secure the peninsula of Kertch, together with the harbour and bay of Kaffa ; and reinstate the old Tartar princes in their- capital of Bakshi- Serai. By doing this, say they, the beet guarantee will be ob tained against Russian aggression upon Turkey. Such a course of policy would find no countenance in the support of GLADSTONE and GRAHA.3L, of HEIIItERT, GIBSON, BRIGHT, and CORDER, and the other SIIHHiSSIONIST leaders, who. insist,. with such perverse assiduity, that no humiliation shall be offered to Russia, and that nothing shall be , done which could brand her conduct as fraudulent,—here negotiations as deceitful. Indeed, it is already rumoured, that intrigues for bringing about such a terminatitoa ,o the war as would have this effect have been set on fOot in Germany. Apprehensions of French success in the Fog, as tending to a renewal of the first:N.l.polatox's designs agailast German independence, are sedulously cultivated atßerlin,and it is said receive affectionate culture in Belgium, mit. that shoots of this unnatural plant are carefully nurtured in,•,some of the petty courts. The extraordinary sentiments uttered in Parliament by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Messrs. 4psypNß and S. HERBERT, are said to be wonderfully in harmony with those which form the current flow in the Courts of Berlin and Brussels, the great object of the policy of which, is,to bring the war to a close so soon as the capture of Sebastopol, shall have been effected, in order, it is said, to break. up.the Anglo- French Alliance, which is viewed with much suspicion by the courts referred to, and all whom they can, influence. It is further rumoured that these potentates haze been intriguing to set Lord JOHN RUSSELL in the van as I,"remier of the Eng-. lish Cabinet, and look forward, at no distant day, to see la lordship treat Lord PALMERSTON to such. another touch, of his quality as he recentl; exhibited towards, Lord . ABER_VEHH.. _ . _ The rumour has assumed various forms, and is thus alluded to in the Morning Herald :—" We believe that the differences to which we have alluded do exist between Lord Ps,,lxEßoslos and Lord JOIIN ; and we believe with, a morning contempo rary, that a party does exist in the Cabinet which would pre fer an Austrian and Prussian, if not a Russian alliance to that which now happily exists with our present gallant coadjutors in the East." Connected with this rumour, and the probability of the re sult it contemplates, great stress has been laid on the remarks made by Prince ALBERT at the Trinity House banquet, where he proposed the toast of " HER MAJESTY'S Ministers." In dis charging this somewhat unwonted duty, the PRINCE CONSORT, departing from the prescribed line which has generally pre vented hini from interfering with any matter, or entering upon the discussion of any subject which could be supposed to reveal any political bias, His Royal Highness expatiated at considerable length upon the claims to forbearance, sympathy, and good-will of their fellow -countrymen, presented by HER MAJESTY'S Ministers, at the present crisis of affairs. Some parties, indeed, have indulged in ill-natured criticism on the distinction, and the manner of drawing it, which the royal orator displayed in pointing out the difference existing in despotic Russia and our own free country. The former, he said, was at once able to seize upon the improvements in mechanical and chemical scienco, which have " sprung up under the generating influence of our liberty and our civiliza tion," and to bring them into use with " all that force which unity of purpose and action, impenetrable secrecy, and uncon trolled despotic power have given her." This advantage of secrecy and decisive action he contrasted, in the following terms, with our own political arrangements, which some affect to say appear marked by indications of regret, if not of positive disapprohltion, " The QUEEN," said he, " has no power to levy troops, nor has she any at her command, but such as offer their voluntary services. Her Government can take no measure for the prosecution of the war which it has not beforehand to explain in Par liament. Her armies and fleet can make no movements, nor even prepare for any, without their being publicly announced in the papers. No mistake, however trifling, can occur, no want or weakness exist, which is not at once denounced, and even sometimes exaggerated with a kind of morbid satisfaction. The QUEEN'S ambassador can enter into no negotiations without the Government having to defend him, by entering into all the arguments which that negotiator, in order to be success ful, ought to be able to shut up in the innermost recesses of his heart. Nay, at the most critical position, when war and diplomatic relations may be at their height, an adverse vote in Parliament may at a moment deprive the QUEEN of the whole of her confidential servants." The picture here minutely painted is by many denied to be a true one, particularly as regards the ambassadorial functions and defence. Negotiations are not interfered with in Parliament till they have been brought to a close ; and if within the last few weeks a con trary coarse of operations has been witnessed, the fault lay not with Parliament, but with Ministers, who declared the negotiations finished, although it afterwards suited their con venience to aver that they were not concluded. In point of fact, the criticism to which their diplomacy was subjected, and the condemnation which it underwent, arose out of the suspicion engendered by the fast and loose style of their own declarations, and their own notorious disagree ments. As regards HER MAJESTY'S inability to levy troops, except through their own voluntary act, there are not wanting . statesmen of authority, who believe, and their belief is sym pathised in by the public, that the devoted loyalty, unswerving fidelity, and chivalrous daring of those volunteers, is not faarpassed by the bravery and attachment of any horde of organised serfs which have ever been &Wen to , battle beneath the Rnisian banner ;. nor will their acheivements , in the brunt of battle pale - before•the deeds of any Germau levies who ever took the•field,.whether - in accordance with their own will, or in obedience - to . that of another. The rematilreof Royal Highness 'mere at least unusual, and no small riamber of sedate and thinking. men promunee them unfortunak in' so. far ark they have a tendency to commit their author as approving CA' disapproving of constititational peculiarities with! which Englishmen are• naturally jealous• of any interference;• and which a sounderpolicy would havoinduced him to aloid: His observations did more . than even= this, however, they had• the• efihot of throwing the might of the•orown into that baihneein whiCh the Ministry - had been weighed and found wa:tting.• That Prince ALREE:I , ever intesali3d l to do any of Obese' thhvgtl.er to express an.opinion favontable to the continental despotlim, and adverse' to British' ftcedona, * exceedingly unlikely; , but that it has-been liable to , suth misconstructicn;• and been , commented on accordingly, isPaisttong presumption of its inettediency. The public leatures of thefpast'weeklseeteen in no smal dgree connected with the recent movement - Tort - he agitation or Administrative Reform. Mee first meeting:4)f the Associ ation; which hes just been formed to effect that purpose, was held , on Weckeesday- evening, in , Drutsalane Tfie etre. The stage, - on the occasion, was occupied by a large' gathering of the chief prometera - of the movement, conspiorens among whom , were two , earls and thirty members el parliament, Jeelading-the • unhesitating Mr. LAYARD; and a considerable sprinkling of military and naval of tiers; some medico gentle men,. and a - squadron , of grievance-mangers ' from , the' Irish cohort of malcontents-which musters nightly in the-Ifintee of Commons:- Boxes, pit, • and galleries were 'filled by , ' motley g,roues of the - admirers, of anything which .promises , excite menti. and :these, - as each. suceessive pointrwas made •by thefew. speaker who addressed the assembly, qv:lauded till echo rang. again. The chief speakier of the evening-wee Mr: Lomitay who, with, his usual are..ena d assertion, eontriVed consider-' ably to overgolour the pictures which he Ciliew: • At- an ear/y. period of his colloquy, he zverred that, if he !night be permeated to divide the nation .into•tato t parts as connected L with ete• movement; ." he should seeplaced on one sire all the arseraoft' common senseirespectabillty,.-and wealth—al who, .by theh' own toil, perseverance, and , sweat of brow hoped - to- Fake , themselves and do good pablie service--opposalon. the other+ . side, to a small party, who claimed for themselves' a monopoly. , of the government; and whoevegetated and grave , ' fat upon those corruptions and evils which;; please God, this association , determined, irpossible, to 'remove." In the coarse .of his he denllr several heavy-lit:eat various naembersof the st and present administratior.e-with becoming attention to' his own laudaKcire he -referred to , the Sebastopol , ! committee, and alluded witlb stinging -virulence to the amount Of patron age,'.place, and pay monoporrembiby the RussEriose' Gages, and ELLIOT& IleadHlitted thorfact so often pressed upon attention, yet so earnestly . dented2ttliat the LiberalAuarty. , had made a great mitts ke in preSsingAhe reductions in; payment of the public services too far... Aes -he had no reeolisition to . propose, and as hiS-speech would have been incomplete with out a peroration in.which isomer-sting :should be hand, he injected the venomof his eratory - hitcoa diatribe agr.iiist Lord : • PXVISERSTON,, whole declared wes-E'llioe first Prime Minister who had ever jested -at the snaking:A of the countey,r. and solemnly averred that "le had neverseen the nobliisliard in earnest except whendie was vilifeing, the people," Oratory so rank as this, may, indeed, tickle tibrearsetthose whoikvenent theatre galleries, but ib is hardly thiesortsuited to ate. intelli gent audience—it may foster- sekieniekeep alive dhcontent, and be., instrumental, in.placing saeli, farthing candle ltikirian cy before the dazzled eyes of a bewiklercal people—but -...ssuctslly it wilLnever be the •lath to light. thent,on .the avaTto real improvement, indisjelimay or colleetively - Q -. From beginniisg to end: Mr.. LAYARD'S harivingue wa - t , &sande of, practiabinag ment or recommendation ; it was- a vapid tissue of plAitueles; von. et prceterea:niiiii, in which tin egatiam of. Mr. TWIARD. shone with conspicaons .glimmeal gm:the midst of fiethiek darkness by which he amintentionallp.sorronnded it.z. Mr. LIND3AY, the next speaker, .appeareel to considerable-advan tage-, after the frothy- eloquence of theintrepid archeologist lie bad at least otzetepractical, geievance to bring before his audience, and he did, it with .plain but telling breviiiye. He said, .about six weeks ,ago he . was .asked ,by Sir Du Lacy E.Y.1033 if the scarcity of shipping wag still, as great 38 ' it ' had been. His reply was, that skieiping. : raight be hadloany extent. Sir DE LACY,EVA.NS . said Alia •stateinent was most strange,. as more than a month beforeha had been desixnes of sending out, 3,000' horses to his-sdiyieien in the Clinics', .and had been told it was .impessle..to.flud ships to carry them_ out,. As much surpeised at this. store , as the gallant (Ater had been at his, Mr...Lasinsax,- made .iecoairy, and found that a friend of his own, had lately; written to Lord.PAsizeonr., offering in twenty-four hours!. time , to supply a magnificent fleet of the finest; ships ,in ,tha,world, capable of Garryi4g out 2 1 29 . 0 horses, at the low rateof.sixteen or seventeesseshillings. per ton registered tonnage.. To. this, the usual newer, .that the offer would, be.- con4dered, was returned., Some, tima afterwards, another offer was, made to Government to find, a. fleet capable- of taking out 2000 horses ; beh so fares .the speaker understood, the larger portion of thehorses -referred to by Sir Ds Lacy, Evarsai had not been sent,out yet. 3.cow this, if try*. to . the letteri, and not a merefeney sketelalike. some of Mr. 144X".4.1tn!,5, richly-embellished, facts, was wally, something.like a tangible' ground of complaint. Alai Alter,enn partemi*,.however,. a, good maxim, andheving. hearda good deal about the deficiency encountered bit GoverMuent& lin, their attempts to procure horses, as well se not having heetal'ite. nished with any data to point out thkmaneYeNherkso large a "-meant" may be at once procresed, it may, he as well to suspend judgment in the matter faea.mouient... The subject of Administrative Reform.wa,s.lerought before the. House of Commons on Fride,e evening, by I*.a.LAYARD, on which. occasion he introduced, his long.threatened motion. I,n a, long and weary diatribe,.. he recapitulated; the statements he had made on the same subject in divers. places previously, and wound up by an assaalt upon : the Ministry, warning the nation that the partial ssecesses which. have of late crowned the allied arms in the Crimea, were no, certain forerunners ef . ultimate success. Sir E, B, LYTTON moved an amendment on Mr. LA.YARD'S proposal ;, it was to the effect that merit should be the test of success, in,securing public appointments, andalso, that merit shouldbe encouraged by fair promotion mad legiti mate rewards, 1;e. sincerely urged the question on the-conai deration of the house,. as ono of great importance to the best interests of the country,laut he condemned while be. repudiated the language used by Mr. LAYARD and others, out of doors. As not unfrequently happens with those who, endeavour to realise the play of " She Would and She Would Not," Mr. GLADSTONE could not agree with either the motion or the amendment. His panacea for the evil was the . ejectment of Ministers, which could be repeated, he contended, as often as 'departments were filled by incompetent persons; "They make a solitude and call it peace," was a charge brought against the Rothans in their thirst for conquest—the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer would incessantly create vacuums in office, that they might be well filled ~ After a protracted discussion, the debate was adjourned till this evening. On Monday last, Mr. SAM U EL WARREN, Q.C., brought a case, 11Lusar v. BEWICKE, before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. WOOD, in which, as counsel for the plaintiff, a common day labourer and gardener at Louth, the learned gentleman en deavoured to establish the claim of his client to property worth £50,090 a year. The case, in some of its particulars at least, bears resemblance to that which he has supposed in his splendid work of fiction, " Ten Thousand a Year." MANBY seeks to establish his claim as heir-at-law'tO one DOROTHY WINDSOR, who was the lawful- possessor of,pro perty in Newcastle-on-Tyne and in the county of Northum berland, which is now worth the princely revenue referred to. This DOROTHY, a widow, formerly DOROTHY STOTE, daughter of Sir RICHARD STOTE, Kilt., died without issue in 1766, and THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. the plaintiff claims, in virtue of his grandfather STOTE MANDY, then nearest of kin and heir to the childless DOROTHY WINDSOR. STOTE MANBY was a labourer, and had his brain injured by the kick of a horse, which impaired his intellect ; and on his succession to the property, it is alleged that Sir ROBERT BEWICKE and Jourr CRASTER, both of whom were tenants upon the property, retained permanent possession of it, taking advantage of his imbecility. The case was a very complicated one, and was first brought under no tice of the Courts by Mr. WARREN, who, at the Newcastle spring assizes, raised an action of ejectment against CRASTER and BEWICIE, present possessors. It was heard by Baron PARKE, who stated that the only course open was to proceed in a court of equity. The statement of the case was very voluminous, and on that occasion occupied the learned counsel three hours in tracing its various intricacies. In giving his opinion as to the incompetency of the tribunal before which it was brought to deal with such a case, Baron PARKE com plimented Mr. WARREN in high terms for the ability and industry as well as the forensic acumen he had displayed, in laying so intricate and interesting a case before the Court. On Monday last, after being again heard at great length, leave was granted to Mr. WARREN to amend his bill, which had been demurred against. Whether he will be able to place his client, the Louth gardener, in possession of the noble property, after it has been a century in the possession of others, it is no easy matter to say ; but, judging by the erudition and eloquence with which he has discussed an imaginary case, bearing con siderable analogy in its main featureS to the one• he has now in hand in reality, and building so far on the success which has hitherto attended his efforts, there seems considerable ground for expectation in the matter, and a certainty that all honourable means will be adopted to ensure a favourable result. From the usually dry courts of law, to those over which MELPODIDNE and TaiLla preside, is a transition generally of a gratifying - order. To make the change in a case when' original five-act English play has been produced, is more than ordinarily welcome. A new play,. from the pen of Mr. Jos SAUNDERS, lately editor of the People', Journal, has bees produced at that Haymarket with markei success. It had been sometime previotisly before the - public in a printed form, and has at last been brought wow the boards with Miss 142Lza. FAUCIT as he heroine. The piece io called " Love's Martyrdom," and besides- displayiag many admirable and telling dramatic situatrnons - ,. it is cast in , favourable and well =eructed language. The story, thaagly tinged , considerably with , the romantic, is wctl , brought out. The characters are cleverly and clearly drawly and-they express- themselves and .girelnevance to their emotions in language - full. of passion and- replbto with - poetic beauties: -The chief characters in "Love', Martyrdom" were ably sustained' by Miss- lIKIEN FAUCITI,. Mkt SWANDOROUGIi Me. °BARRY - SVDDIVAif f Mr. WADIER i and Mr. LANEIIAM, and-the play was charmingly performed. At its conclusion, azv ovation was• accorded- to 'author and aeon, Miss Faucri being in all especial deglve lionottred, sheinwing been twice recalled. "STONY AND IPE,R.TURY:!'' 10 THE EDITOR•OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. clients;l4evers. Mair and Ern, feel much aggrieved at ax.article which appeared in your journal of the 2r3fh - You :reuse 'them of acting as agents. between two parties- auxiouito do a little profitable simony. SOu add furtherc.that if 3lai-e and .Son had 'done their work, however dirty - and , illegal, they were entitled to their hire-; and there is, alio, - a very offensive allusion to 'honour amongthieves." The rhole tenor of year article, as far as-my clients are , concernet3is that they ase'engaged in an illegal traffic. This is not the fact'; they have, after ntany years' to 1,1. , established' a very eaten** business for tle'sale of Church , Property—they number antonpt their client 'peers of the , realm, and gentlemen of all ranks—their business , is to intro duce a person , wishing to par3base a living to another wishing to sell one ; when they have , done this, their share 'in the ratter is at an end—the lawyers .for vendor and purchaser settling the etsweyance. _ Are Messrs. Mair to suppose—that clergymen,, who 'must take a solemn. oath before ther-are inducted into. a living that they have not committed; simosty, will do so.? Is -it probable that, for the sake oe cr.ferr , pounds' profit on. each transaction, they be would insanok-emmgh to run their beads agairet the heavyvenalties for simony?' The ordinary sale of alivisg is not sinonnand is a perfectly legal, recogniSed„ and well-known tratosetion. That my client!! share in the transactixt alluded to -By you urn' perfectly legaiiiis. proved by - the doeisbn of the arkituator, :Mi.. Atherton,. who gave therm a :verdict for the full mount claimed, and the ousts.- Whether the taansaction between, the Revs. Messrs. Mite ford, arid Slight way -legal, is a matter in which I 1111 jUdg-m , -Trusting-tu, your fairnese-to , insert this, I nia, Sir, . yours:obediently, H. S. MITCH - KU , - 5A4-tuldhall. Chambers, Basinghalk.street, Londom Jane 14, 1855-5 DWl:am reference-Act • the above i ;.we- would ask : lit Messrs.. 31.4. in.: and Sr.N know\ that the sale o& a. with immediate possessien,:is legally simony,. or .did' they net:F.- If not,..they are unfit for their;- business :. if the did, no language. ean be too strong. in condemning-them for consonting.to act as agents; in such a transaction. The,Lidge spoke strongly. with regard taAbe two priEeipalsi :he even hinted. at committing: , them to prison, as. guilty, by thtif own, showing,„ of a great t.rimett and it is hardly likely that he regarded the agents as guiltless. We . are perfectly aware that the-ordinary sale of a living. l is-not legal ly, simony, but we are-equally sure that: it is- so canonically ; ands that- such traffic is eon-- dernned by the consentientvoices-of ninety-nine-out: 1 of every hundred throe out the country: and,. therefort,.wn-regard the business of those whs. are .1 agents, for- conducting it; not: as illegal, bat,. as, immoral„ irreligious, anct disreputable.—ED. CRVECIE OF ENG;i7AMD ED UCA 711:0X SO CLE•T;-Y. TO , THE EDITOR OF TILE. LIVERPOOL STANDARD.. Smr.--Ilairing, in your papers-of-the sth and 12th instant, advanced grave charges against the. Church of England Edu cation Society we feel sumo- that: your sense of jw,tice will induce ymt to publish the-enclosed letter of its Chairman of Committee, J. C. Colquhoun, Esq ! , in which the principles-of the•Sociaty, are authoritatively expounded and vindicated. By order of the Committee,. WM. tuonly WRIGHT, sEcit=muEs. JOHN EDEN, Liverpool, 13th June, 1855. To TILE ASSOCrATION SECRETARY OP THE, CHURCH OP EZFOLUTPDPITCA.TION SOCIETY. 11, Adam-street, Adelphi, July, 1854. REVEREND Siltl 7 -AS you are about to eater on your chaos as agent for the. Society, it is right that you, should have before you theobjects. which the Committee wish you to,lteep in view, and,tbe iu which they horaeyou,will act. This.. is the more-necessary, as they find their, objects,and progeed-. ings still misunderstood in many quarters:. an evidence. of which apvars-in the- enclosed letter, addressed by Ole , Seere-- tary of the National Society to one °felts travelling agents.. I. Letmie observe,. that the objects.of our Society and the. views of its. Committee must alwari-be taken from documents. issueci by the authority- of the Committee and authenticated by the.siguature of their Chairman, and Secretary.. You will understand,, and state, that these. alone expresstbelnind of the• Society. You, will find that these , documents have. been. drawn up in a spirit of conciliation, every unnecessary allusion to the Xational Society being carefully avoided, So, far from dis- Raraging the work of that Society, you wilt find in the papers published by us a tribute paid to the utaty and impartiality of its building grants. I am aware, indeed, that the formation of a new Society has been represented as in itself the strongest evidence of our hostility and antagonism. You will state, on all occasions, that the Committee are ready to defend and justify this step. They have never bad a moment's doubt of its necessity ; and I had they shrunk from it they would, in their judgment, have abandoned: an imperative duty. When you have been made acquainted with the grounds of their decision, you I think, be prepared to approve and to defend it. 111. It were, indeed, much to be desired that one Society should have represented the feelings of the Church. On the question of education, the importance of this cannot be over . rated. To secure -this end, individual sacrifices should have been made, and mutual concessions. But if the National Society is to act as 'the representative of the Church of England, it must have two characteristics. It Must include in the range of its operations the whole field of educational want ; it must combine in its management the two great sections by which that Church is represented. (1.) • On the first point, the range of operations of the National Society was incomplete. The • two great wants of the day in education ares-money to build school-houses, and means to maintain schools. The first is primary in time, but secondary in importance; the second is less felt at first, and becomes most-urgent afterwards. The first want may be met by occa sional and temporary efforts ; the second needs a constant and regular supply.; and the more one want is met, the greater become the demands of the other. The National Society was instituted to supply the first want; the other want remained. kis this whieh• the Church of England Education Society seeks to grapple with and remove, and thus to supply the defects of the National Society. There is ample room for the answer, most importantTh e National n op operations of both. If you are asked, Which Society was most r ys e oo q ue u e mt y e a d . y I half Nfv yi to a hu c confidence :ads- yekagode,Which hi % t v o s iustl the he work to which the Church of England Society chiefly devotes itself. (2.) With regard to the assistance given to Training Schools —this is a work common to both Societies. Many friends of the National Society have regretted that it was ever induced to enter upon this new department. Undoubtedly the con nexion of that Society with its Training Schools has involved it in grave embarrassments. Before it entered upon this, while at least it confined itself to its limited operations in Westminster, it had the countenance of influential laymen of various parties. Lord Shaftesbury, whose services to educa tion and benevolence it would be presmilptuous to praise, was then a member of the Committee ; and it was under his name that the appeal was made for funds, which enabled it to erect the Training College of St. Mark's. It is as needless as it is painful to dwell upon the change which has since taken place. ( 3.) The second characteristic of a National Society of Edu cation is, that it shall combine in its management the two leading sections of the Church of England. We cannot recog nise Tractarians as a constitutional Church party. But in a truly national Church Society, which requires public support, and appeals to public confidence, the Evangelical portion, as it is called, ought to have at least an equal share. The proof of this is easy. The two sections have, in some cases, formed distinct Societies for carrying on the same work, and it is a well-known fact, that the influence and resources of those Societies which represent the Evangelical section of the Church are considerably in advance of any others ; the amount of money contributed by the Protestant and Evangelical party for religions purposes very far exceeding that which is intrusted to any Society which is not exclusively in their hands. Clearly, then, the National Society, if it was to represent the Church of England, ought to have had in its management at least an equal number of the Evangelical party, This, I presume, was the desire of our present venerated Primate when he sought to induce members of the Evangelical section to join the Commiteee of the National Society. It was this consideration which induced me in 1848 to become a member of it. It would be useless and tedious to recapitulate efforts that have been made and hopes which have been disappointed; the case requires no such statement. The facts are before as they are plain and undeniable. In describing the manage- ment of the Society, I speak of the elective Committee alone,- as by the Charter the - `k ice-Presidents are, in a great degree, Axed; they include all the Episcopate, of whom we would on all occasions speak with the reverence which is due to their office. You will find that the sixteen elected members of Committee are (as has been shown in oar original papers) the real representatives and practical managers of the Society. Of these sixteen members, during the five years in which I sat in the Committee, two only could be held in any sense to represent the Evangelical section. One of these two, though sympathising with their sentiments-, could not be altogether identified with their party. Event now,- two only of their Committee can be said to have any sympathy with the Evan gelical section ; two out of sixteen ; two in place of eight. So determined was the Society to keep this one=sided manage ment, and to reject those who had way sympathy with the Evangelical party, that they ejected "as , old member of the Committee ;! when pressed upon them by the. Episcopate, they rejected him again • and when the same authority pro posed to them even Air. Jackson (now Bishop.of Lincoln), HenrySiin Dukiwflild„ Sir Robert Inglis, and Mr. Mackenzie (of St. Martin's), they refused them all. Afternuckevidersces of partiality, no , maw can say that the management of the National! Society really represents the Chursh of England. It cannot be accepted as a National Society—it is- the' repre sentatlie'of one chisonly; and if it loses public' support,- it has its3lf toblame, for' excluding that section whieli.is - proved to have - the 'greatest amount of public confidence. IV. Vim may be asked" whether the acts of the - National- Society's Committee' haecoincided with this one-sided-chaff ratter. They have. Yon' will find evidence of this- in , the . two original papers pubEhhed by our Committee.- AN- few words will recapitulate . the facts. There was an att'srnpt in the National- Society's - COratnittee to effect a separation : be , tween the RiOciety and its-- Tinining-schools : many oV the' Vice-Presidents-saw the advantage of this, and supporrld the' plan. It was: defeated ; and the:Training-schools must' now be held as indissolubly linked with , the Society. Ther'are four. Of the Westminster Training-school I can say but little, having no , materials for forming a correct judgmeuttoft its merits. We- cannot, however,- expert confidence to be ' placed in a train:ng-school Whicts ismnder the management of a'Committee exchtdingi as they do,that portion of the Church' to'which the largest - amount of pub' support is given. Butt the attendance of the masters in- training at the Broadway' Church is certainly calculated to mit egrave suspicions. The , Training-schools of Whitelands;• Battersea, and St. Mark's, are . under the management of distinct Councils I believe that the Councils which manage the two first are fairly com posed, and may be considered to represent the two sections of theelcurch. The Ceuncil of St. Markzeois, however, in the hand S-of an exclusive and extreme party:- On this ground, if there-were no other, it's as no claim oupublic . confidence; but even if it had such claiin; itSnwn line of conduct has cancelled it. mis state of things was brought formally by the deputa tion at Lambeth before-the Archbishop , of Canterbury and thb 'Bisfrop of London and also under - the notice of the National Society's Cominititee,. in the - Memorial presented in ,15352 by 1,800 influential members of the.Churcb. To meet this, as'has been done, by asking that the allegations should hepreved, was to evade the question. The facts•alleged were not denied; it was, impossible to deny them.; they were notoritiuse. A peculiar daily service in tl e-nliapet. practices and Opinions in some of the students -characteristic of that party' in the Church known. ; for their Romish tendencies, and the ehoiCe- of a most objectlinable person tame of the highest pestain'the school, are fat'S patent to all. What was wanted to set - the-College right in the - estimation cf , The public was neklierproof nor inquiry, Nit change and refinvn.- A College so managed, marked with such features, shou:dinot have been allowed Ito continue for a day in connexion 'with. a Society which- profestas to be attached to the Rammed Church of EnglancLi The Bishops of the Church had publicly repre hended thiruse of a choral service -in parochi&j , churohes. For the training, of parochial Schoolmasters that; choral service was, in St: Mark's, deliberately selected and obstinately re tained. The clergy of the: Church require- for their parish schools-humble, assiduous, mid earnest teachers . :. The-Council of St. Maries have selected elaborate music and - classical teach ing, the'natural result of which has been to-provide-the stra w i-bat smattering' #4 , cns td ureacn4cpit ..aufisona irgs'forl-teiclairig. A love etA..vangencat tram,. and devotion to Protestant principle, are tham eharacteristies-of every honest member of - a-Church which prodahns by its existence and its formularies-its protest against . Rome. The- Council, of St. Mark's selected for one of then' most responsible- posts a master who- had distinguished himself, by h4lonotee 2gerinstt P7aotestautisne, and by his sympathies with Rome; and who had so disgusted the great body of- the Brighton-clergy that they refused to enter the National School wiiiin-heremained the master These are facial they need nn: comment ; they admit of none.. They are unchallenged, notorious.. Yon will state theur,,in all love and; charity, whenever the-training schools of - the National Scoiety, and its connaviOn; with St. Mark's, arehiquired into. Theforegoing remarks wilLienable you, ,t 3 .zundersawl and explain ounproceedings.- You will especially bear in mind that personal,contreversy is to be carefully avoided, Society must4only be judged of by its own acts and documents. Your sole object should be to convey to others , a jrst im pression of the magnitude, and urgency et the cause which you advocate.. It is a great and good wort, affecting the wel fare of thatreople, thamcaals of , the young, and the•iuterests of true religion. As snail, it appeals feAgeneral support ; and you will advance it hest by avoiding personal discussions, and appesling. with conillence to the glearess. wad righ teousness. of our cause. Commenling.it to your advocacy and, to the sympathy of others, amd, above all, to the blessing of Him, " with oat whom nothing strong, nothing is holy," ',remain, Rev, .Sir, your very tiithful i servant, J, C. CosQviiouli, Chalr . man of Committee. To the•Rew.Stewart B. Craig, Association Sevetary. [Oun usual; rule- 4, "audi at24ram p,4reera ;" and therefore we print the above. We cannot say much for- either- its taste or style ;:.nor can we spare the spaee_necessary for any lengthened reams upon it. We may,. however, observe,. generally, that the lettered the Secretary of the -National. Society, from which:we, ql.)ted last weeki.containa Isy anticipation a full, and satisfactory reply , to it,. We would ob serve,. particularly, thai, when, Arit. COLQUHOUN asserts toxards the enil.of, hislotter, that his so called, facts are unclulleng_edi, he asserts whit he latew to be incorrect : for, he had seen the National. Society' :s letter, whia, deales or explains them all._ charge against lir. DA.ixorist, that he protest6a9 agaiwt Protestantism,. is.dishagenuons : he ought , tolue stated, wh4the4hy. Protestantism, he meant the doctrines contaimd iu. the standards of the. Church; or that vagye and, indefinite thing which , . commonly goes lndor the name. One more obser vation, and we, have done for the present : if tho Evangelical party could. only elect two out of Axle= members, either-they must have failed to subscribe to the society's: funds, or else neglected to) attend its meetings ; .: -]gip.. L, S.] PRINCE: A.:LBRIa on PUBLIC AZFAIRS. d a y G e w n e , 4, l e t k . m „ his. Royal He A a r th th o e f an He u r ua ma l. dinner iesty,s of mi t n h is e te T rs ri , ni , i t n y C th lrpo: llow a toast High nuelisschPrlinhcaeveAnolbewrt. to, propose ioinagontermSastu:_r he is that of Her Majesty's Ministers. If there was ever a time at which, Her Majesty's Government,_ by whomsoever con ducted,. required the support—aye, not the support alone, but to '' T yo h n the.confidence, goodwill, and sympathy of their fellow -country men—it is surely the present. It is. not the way to success in war to. support it, however ardently and enthusiastically, and,, at the same time, to tie down and weaken the hands of those , who have to conduct it. We are engaged with a mightry enemy, who is using against us all those wonderful powers which have sprung up under the generating influence of our liberty and our civilization. You find him with all that force which unity of purpose and action, impenetrable secrecy, and uncontrolled despotic power have given, while we have to meet him under a state of things intended for peace, and for the . promotion of that very civilization, the offspring of public dis cussion, of the friction of parties, mad of the popular control on the government and the State. The Queen has no power to levy troops, nor has she any at her command but such as offer their voluntary services.. Her Government can take no measures for the prosecution of the war which it has not before hand to explain in parliament. Her armies and fleet can make no movements, nor even prepare for' any, without their being publicly announced in the papers. No mistake, however tri fling, can occur, no want of weakness exist, which is not at once denounced, and even sometimes exaggerated, with a kind of morbid satisfaction. The Queen's Ambassador can enter into no negotiations without the government having to defend him by entering into all the arguments which that negotiator, .in order to be successful, ought to be eto shut up in the in nermost recesses of his heart, Nay, at the most critical posi t their her , ht tion, when war and diplomatic relations Imo be a , adverse vote in parliament may at a ment deprive the an Queen of the whole of her confidential is a heavyand our constitutional government undergoingtrial, we shall net g et successfully through it unless the country twill gra nt its confidence —patriotic, intelligent, nod self-denying. confidence —to Her Majesty's Government.—Gentlemen, I I propose to you to drink " The Health of Viscount I ) 4llpqrgn I and Her Majesty's Ministers." [JUNE 19, 1855. AMERICA• w o e have intelligence -..r-- ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. iii, By the British and North American !loyal Mail steanks., America, Captain Lang, which arrived on Sunday tot!.ai th The Am • erica brought 220 passengers, and ;;1---" specie. ..,1 At 10 The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, hence, arrived - fax on the sth. from New York to the sth, Boston 9 11 ' Tha t at‘,Ssloll ing Th to e n majority. At Norwich, where this party had a 4. l .en 'tbefo:?, three hundred last year the Democrats had he"- n „ a lorr i ' over two hundred votes. At New Haven th e -"" / ii , majority was three hundred. ~gera 0 , f for , * fr,7 m ha u d ui r c e i spuallteedlecintifoanvsouwreorfethperoxceneodivi% 41 g, 0 . :terh 00ii en a ig , 1.360gn e b mai y io % l )4:lt- glib The Washington correspondence of the .I%' elf' , ie tteri , says :—"The National Intelligencer learn, Z'J „i s b 0,,, 5 z, Paris, that Mr. Perry has obtained from the '-' l '.li-praqbe ment an entirely satisfactory settlement of the t.,.. 50 j e ,. , ad , as well as that of our Vice Consul at Sagua la O b r :#01;:t Lieut-Governor, who arrested Mr. Thompson, is t e w ill fciis' Such instructions have been issued to cruiser's as,,, : io' a recurrence of any difficulty. N. de Cueta, the Dr fr o ister, returns home at his own request." The ship Leopold 1., which had arrived at N eW 4 , ti sl " Ti Oial Antwerp with 320 passengers, had been detained a_looor,loo to see if there were any paupers on board. Th e . se d at ' physician was assured that the passengers Pos se ' ; g ee $6 0 ,0 0 0. %tit a The Kane Arctic expedition bud departed, awl Cot ilj . t i: general excitement and interest. „, a .t. 00 „la At Baltimore a marriage ; party from Waeu7,: r d in '46' Maryland, had been poisoned by' eating ell'iw - w eren",d arsenic had been placed. Some twenty-five of there ner pet , petted to live, the bride among the number. theme ' of this diabolical act had not been dissovered• ~,,,,• •ng, 0 0 . 0. 1 Copious rains had fallen, and the rivers irer e :;,, of u e we' At Columbus, Ohio, on the 30th ult., sPrc' ees , -- o treet -s '. e''' turPrs,- while peaceably passing throng/ 1 t",, e ,,;, 040 attacked' by a mob of rowdies, and sevelial 0 1 .- 30 to , L 0 e ba Li a rn : c - eaan st aolaititdeuidet•is;ba.onaudnu: edcarried beaten.ad admiration ya l; ti t o i h e ne assailants a tn i h b ee i r n : t: ar e s ; OP V corresponding. dislike of a banner fabricated. h , $ pwue A rree t h ar P es ci o ne r t I purchasing v e,lin2du, boa3r., tore -e n s s :LI i ., odtTwhhiaetdhog militaryroa n r e s iayr ; ,ii..fse if; Neil Dow, the Mayor of the city, having be e ! ,Zed to jrTo::: .eta i rivo:, ' 0 : refusedD g o cu w ho r. r re d oovt e oe r mro e e d b ,maey th ea : vg.ss-launy:::sta saying that the ( o tr co fi ßh r ei m e fl , pew circumstances nhuca,lridsordsoeor . fteifirri ot .ag e rioo6ftsv i: proached, when,- the mob' having burst °Pen ti tm ~ elf by or der o, sseerr er fired. One person was. killed, and six or s ,„ es a beq„otr wounded. A public' meeting of the citizens "''',gor and a committee appointed-to investigate the re e " ~,,, lel ~, culars of the riot. ras'''.o.t." 01 1 ° e f By the arrival of the Prometheus at New , u lt. It t ,tt•-• have been received fj9m- California to the 1 60 ' A llfc e re gambling saloons in Sun Francisco had been C 1 , 0 ,6 Opts' affairs were improving; slowly. In the gre vn a i n ci e f -o ff pets were good of an abundant yield. The B— tioo , Page, Bacon, and Co., had -undergone no alters without any signs of improrement. ....—........ b pr e. el COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENer'ot,S3,t to ,• 11 d f c .po e ar M n r t it :. g rdtm ral , e , B 4l7 362 ;• Bremen, 791. pe'• of g' A r c• d , h ie Corrom..—A further improvement' in price -- ,-.,, i rc ) oi on foreign accouut are restricted this day week makes a total advance , since th e -1 , the r ' iti l lo 6 , per lb. The demand continues atiabatedraltbolti ~,..laeio o o f ;te:as:llllTadLe—cg ate T op.i l s i t e a.Tli m sl7e; a a r Asc k fim e or t esseit t: le o ,y r oae m9 r n e e d y . coln,hteilenue:( e a I s is; . ' ifol o vi r Jos6 ll. t: , cases far beyond the authorised limits: A fair tiedl),,pecals transactions necessarily consists of re-sales 11•0 10 ,otea 0 , jag that aunantity equal to abouVhalf of the f' 3 ,'' 0 11 ,0'4 the port is sold every week. The sales since se r i to 2, 0 : 0 , 1 1 ,, 5 , called 24,008-bales. The sales yesteritiy , amo tude iddl iag c;le ie" at very full prices, especially for even running t u tbe 0,0, sc have brought in many instances ic• fullY a,,,f 11 l ° f .1 0 ,iff Fbeight to. Liverpool, .11'1 per bale; Sterling - lit''' or, °,' 01", r ic. Messrs: Talcott, Bramwell, and Ta!Cottla- cr . / It goo', 02 1 ',', 1 r mays: — With an active speculative demand ai"" tfi si, P e ot 1; 0 ( from spinners„ prices have advancsu •since eor -- c the'. l os1:4 1 i :filth , ultinio, ic.. to lc. We estimate the' stile3.l?o,, tlo,', frelli, dayt at 21;000"bales, of which 8,000 were•in tra.o oo „„ a rd, , tol,t 11-°. to 11 ic. for middling Charleston, "free 01 1 ,ri e g ut 1 0 "; Gr i "0 5-If.rdiotd 2 ti.;. I.ltc. for barely ,freight r ed,lt i an/1411 ie. for middling Mobiles, freight :Ad. • . I ";;cofoP,,'"oe,',.o l Britaini'which. an the Ist of March, waS i" ex es,, es i ',l;el le. o l the - corresponding period last year, 2.25,0 00 - -- Ats 'ia t 1,',0 1 balsa-less than at saute date last season ;liir s 'l, - 0 0 b 1 . 1e',0 ' 0 ; In regard to-the growing crop, the United States are 274,000 bales hi 1 . 11- • 51r DO ' less,.w , ipug ~, t ,t 1 Orleans 'we find that the receipts are •,veekly 'a „,,,.. fre.' re se,,,o season'a•faets, all pointing to very moderattfeXPo'`i,,, relb,coio to as improving, owing to the refreshing taiga; on th e .7 . .... Oa' unchanged ; sales2 4 ,ooo. bales. New Orleans , i ll " /fel; market is unchanged ; sales to-day 750 bales: s 0 C!' toc li j, STVlSEstistmoK'netßElrrs, EXPORTS, itS4)' 2lr.Ce , g rtS 1 .1° 19 Exports to TotalExLi.„. 0,..dt Receipts. Gt. Britain. to-trer,- 49),Yr 1855 - 24446,967 1,264,150 • • 1854 2;672,146 1,270,989 ••- ... ,e' , tDc to increase .. .. • •• Decrease 205,17). ''. inee li ro n f I t tll 'e ! ourb Ya'cltherritcec'eel:sn4s:gilwaleidjeljur:er:-°:l:sosl.'":l:t'll'.',:rcei'''. 6,839 Bar...bana'enlre&—The flour market has bee" . lj e clio-, h es-df , - stilt of she fluctuation& daring the week being a la et t o 25c. per barrel inthelo•wer and medium gr , l lies 'et°,i lj ic e - is a slight increase in the supplies, but not tom t 1 „" s ii ,) e re, prices. The quotations for Indian corn shaw .a " r ice'pac." r a to s in in Eaci g itil o vo o en dre e q he u e e e.e. st l. ,_a ,,e n soi, d tpo c ;! ,, c . , ...,,: 5t ' 1 1 v ,: 1 i , 0 31 1 i , i :4 00 ,i to 4c. perbushet. .pf s l 4o l ' f Paovlsiows.--Illiere was a fair inquiry for b.- I . o i la. i tL l:l e . d .. , . 0 . t It • rrPreCir rather e : rates quoted were .to Liverpoo : Cotton,"tu• to .5 4 01,0 1 s o w is e r s i l t it e s E a l i l d s t I a y " . to Is.; heavy gods,. poi? ton. 10s. to 155. ;Igrain, P: c i, 'l'.' fors ter beef, per tierce, is..3d. to is. 6d. ; pork, 15,.t0 la•,: 9 13 ' i be ef it0 1 / 1 Rosin at d. turpentine,. per 2801b5., Is. 6cl: _to,,L'o.i.• , Co' skins, per: ton,. 255..; heavy goods, 145. to t O -. 11 0/r' ' ,t, tierce, 25... to• 28. 6d..; ail cake, per ton, te- , ''' - or. C. vci xtet 3) :, o clo s o ( .; LATEST,. (BY ELECTRIC I,,•goba l lttea re , r NEW Voltz:l4llmi. s s . 6 rati.—Money ","66o.10:„,11',1: `icarLt Cotton qwiet. Flour, If4e. easier; salea:7 sled ' sales 4,599 • bushels- Corn heavy. '' - 9 . .326,50 to•t37:. Lead dull. _.......0! society imthis city are no w o ,:•ceirs•_,„4tbreel) na S m o e: l4 I-R E w e L mp A lom ff ed :r° " a., ' , eV Atit Cl' ,te ls :Pang: goitlemen h (wed i ll rt r 5 at ti ' 11; -_-_____. ----- ~,,, p .- he i i , and taverns in Australia,..._LimoYi k _ A eaf t y le .r: l e lv p s r h e e p r a jaa ring :a to ll a a t t th: e. 0 t i. brewer, on Thursday morning ART diall:CalftuewNaE9*(kbys ago,af D agubeldine,ritghchetheauretgie..tae. aibit;:.o::::ile establishnient known in the four quarter6°i' lit,_,4rtio' /Via. JORNI BLIMIIRY, the great D gu ' -- kfT• v) ea' rt had drained the last d AWFMLLEREECTS OF INTOX CAT: Si"' il Ali W o j c i el e ohas il ek h i, docks Ixereatherelae was handed. by au , a,,e 4111 ,; :- 0 ,0ar e ,,,A l'iloo ll ,; of the limpavon, beard, a pint-and-a - h aw I- ais.,„'' rxt IP_r. e v : f l t sn hae s ,, . ev e vif arried enie glad td h we o oa m tly e i , oup t nu o ..t all xei ll por aP ila P rei e t ' ol, , ita. t t oo !, a l o ' i iii ;ret r l e loet t l .:,: ao l f . t ,::, proof strong.; . he neTcasr he eorpi f .et rn itei l bt e nah r aer a , l iar:e o teco ! ,nands t ft li jua e :or : t. l l l ,otri t vilso: i.. o : o4, : i c a : e : oo.ls:: : 6o o l„t:i f :ri til it : iavit e : of te a samoinfortun nd misguide% htak&l,; lc. , Wl° /O r w c a l'e . 0 3 0 whole-bed head to foot, was- 3 * L ' .. /I.og - • 1 et' l o".4" death,..as-if Ur were boiled in a pot of inh- t - „Os, s cj •sa e .tY 4 _ TEE YLIO+II7I FROM IRELAND.--iL a ! -- O l f Ir r' ' , ll)ll° by priest, or press, to check the pircg=7,' -slat„riogri.rfuot!: semeto be w.holly abortive. From the f+9,l°`'tiot - I ,.‘" e3 t oo' aPreare in. a Cork paper, it will be_see? boas " o f o r , t a hosouthern counties is this year1i".311.101034 f„aiveZ romper corrding period :—"-Lareldol ° :.:i c alig,,' e - po r g i . continue to embark by the steatexTa b , r „,„ -56,13 for 01-04r2. en , ratite. to the Australian and Ano___,„4-iP"'" uaY ''' le 4l' Ont Wednesday the Gannet left Be, ' fin al, the f °l ; l° at s ' rot i ti r f with ,noarly. 70 passengers on beara!;.::,, wa ete.g ra sio , e zr e FreassiseherAdler left for Londoni . tu ee of tlleree'rre,. were-followed on Saturday by th.wdePt: The a ce i - as ' e r/ ~ e t Livezpool with 200 passengers•eub°4; Falglisb. P° o o.' , e Kap. number of emigrants per steanler;ustralia, is ° A SV': ' O l ta ; th einfor e:Ull4 ma ed tiolt summer. The companf r ai CORR FOR AN AMERICA'S I? , ' .-C c that our I k ' s , t 1,4 William at being able to anaet w- %d e a with , (3- 1 , tY" . p o f, the board being extremeky, ail William Barry, has been email a Edon Tel e g r r bt ° o: . V 0 the New York Newfoundland An .., -- .„,itha view 0% ° , ( 1 11- al!,t by one of the Board of Diree ol. " ",; . , - .. - i. 0 , por.;(lcVv. STaTtoS---. vel eye. resP stung Cori` lli the -- S4 I A • s jous to get %v ia ..,,, .4, of Call," by the splenctia.C4,,uleallillsra'plhillicersiincel vvsll3,o,:'ei,:•:'o:;?, completed, from the Ater feu Viand , and the objget sought to b i e ~‘_ by.tud,.01,.. ~., intelligence direct from, that point to Cort , „„ e 0 1 ,.1, aii;ile' The matter is so feasiblathat we have e ver): IT, , ' tu f f season to see this port, made a transatlanetilic,eife-va, fitness for which we hes.esofre t a elm—continent te atta i,e4 . I : 4 ' t er e a t : uently 1-6°°ll' I ' ll s FOR _Erg OT INT_ELL _ 6o er or i, ej ofi l es c oe f , Azißßca..—The United States new ~,,g l f7c , tl l e , 0 .1 6 0 , arrived at Southampton on Thursday, haili- - ,eie area s .er ~,o the 2nd instant, Amongst her cargo is 4 , , VP' At 0 , 1 6 1 } V five hundred thousand dollars, of which en: pro ll o ia `,41 thousand dollars are for England. She 11P 5 1 .3 ,tur co ve_, o o`.l, hundred auditwenty passengers. The 10 . Tlie . ,, r aT oo ilf, i , will be DellWeratiC by a large maiFritcil- It 0 ;1,4 Kansas will,• it is thought, be disnaSse.,, was eo ileclt;., , .. that the Z.Ticaraguan colonisation schew', ~,,l i a - `,, e Cil l ' ) f6 The house. of Page, Bacon, & C 0.,, bacLZ7 ,t o t io .0 .0 l e Fransisco„ A disturbance had taken P7 - ef eale n A c l-1 '1! Lake. Robberies and executions. were P iivo eed set'y ~ The cotton market was excited and hud i a aec iiite d • e,,ofp a tent per pound. The price of *.ur lA' .....-iclaisetts• a L . ,...t ~ i. had taken place at Worcester, A.1",; - „ Fail f , c l, e 1 9', sagadron has been reinforced,. The -r- 4 ' ll- star 0 ' ",:ecl ° iv had lost $20,000 by a fire. The. steamship ~ (las t, t i l e ~, sena tor , e 11 , t01. , ' arrivedfrom California with *113,7-01 in FT roo d ou 6, later intelligence. The Legislature .May, without electing a IJuited States se ihor ia 0 0p0f,41 , TITE PENINSULA.—Ry the steainshiP.:ho„ atlr,thg r o ,t 1 from Gibraltar to June 4ith, ;. Cadiz sth; la the Douro, and great fears were enteurt_ uftbes).;.ltt,rt,:,,.' become general throughout Portugal d r_0 1 0 1„ 1 „ig4.'_„cle r „0 1 , Lisbon the Deputies.hadvotednearly all the '-', ifoll',`,4 '_. i e;, , , The transports Samuel Laing, Alhatr:P_s ~t ei r ~ ',',"ili,u ' Cormorant had arrived out at Gibraltat.o", ,v4.11)`,011' Vigo 11th. Cholera existed at several plia.cesBaotuiatt„e,r,.::, Black Sea. Her Majesty's steamship - 3 -L' i rieft , ' 1 „ . ti' boats Grinder, Cracker, and Jasper in to otz j A, the East on the 2nd instant says : —Yesterday the Cortes rejected a Pful a ; c otie' ; 'for!if censure the Ministry. The Minister of Vit r o to tivs s .o l SrAizi..—A despatch from Madrid, d'l t ...,, ecl s i t t b io el 'Ag tei e l, 3l to the Cortes that he would only have reco i h le ft t. je , - tl , as a last resource. The French mail 'c li c i te lOt' t p4 oth, and the mail which left Madrid on t .. .Ds „, Lev I" 0' - burnt by some insurgents in Castile. re - tire ,1 0 . i Russta.—An Imperial manifesto, dated _be (40 0 4 2nd of June, ordains that in case of the dec,',' We, co., Emperor, the Grand Duke Constantine shall. cy iS l' o ide' , the minority of the Crown Prince. The Be t i e th e . Ai during the minority of the second son, sho w of . 4r . The Empress is to be guardian. lt sout 10 , ,,,it1• BRAZILS.—The Great Western arrived l at h et te rlA, ~. Friday, with intelligence from Rio W the.r ii ad . oerh dispute between Paraguay, and 13r 3 z 116 ,, t ec1i 0 ,, JO amicably. A chan ,, e of ministry was exPe_' s oro a 've . :ll l o Rio the coilee market was firm. Tonnage' s : l l,g 10 t o r, 271 to 27,i - at sixty days. In shares not,i,,, r idea _ o f Her Majesty's ships the indefati-;able au'l - ' e yale r The Great Western brough - seeds tO I" t.crling, and 175 passergers, lieesclukanl, ~_