The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

fellow -townsmen ; the admitted high talent of that member who continues to reside amongst us ;—all point to him as the pprty on - whoie shoulders the highest honour in its power to convey should be conferred by the Corporation of. Liverpool ; and we trust that we shall have to congratulate himself and the burgesses of the town upon an appointment alike honourable to both. We give this day, in our advertising columns, a cir cular addressed by Mr. Robinson, of Great George's Ward, to his constituents ; and a strange affair it is— hodge,podge of incongruous professions, such as, we beg to assure its talented and discreet writer, will scarcely impose upon one burgess of the ward pos sessed of more intellect than William Earle's walking-, Stick. It will not do, Mr. Robinson. We must have in the Council, now-a-days, men who determine their conduct on important questions upon some intelligible principles. Our advice, given in kindness and cha rity, is this :—Retire at once, and do not, pray do not, expose yourself to the indignity of being kicked out as One proved unworthy of the confidence of the consti tuency which you have mis-represented! We congratulate the burgesses of this ward upon the determination to which they have come, to return to the Council, instead of this shifty personage, a gen tleman of known good principle, possessed of firm ness sufficient to withstand the insidious coaxing or the blustering of the Radical and Popish faction. In Mr. Thomas Royden, the candidate fixed upon to op pose Mr. Robinson, should that gentleman be ambi tious of defeat, we are confident that they have found such a one. In addition to his other excellent proper ties, Mr. Royden is, from the nature of his business,, well informed upon the shipping and shipbuilding trade, of the port; and we esteem the circumstance of his being himself a builder as a valuable qualification, and one which will render him an acquisition to the Council, as the representative there of one of our most . important interests. A correspondent asks us whether any change is to he made in the representation of West Derby Ward; whether Mr. John Smith will still continue to occupy a seat which he must know he is only permitted to do from a fear on the part of Conservatives lest a contest in that ward should operate injuriously upon their Prospects in other wards. We cannot answer the question, for we know not the amount of Mr. John Smith's sense of decency. We ourselves, were we in the position of Mr. Smith, would not condescend to O ccupy a seat in the Council. Some men, however, are less nice in their notions of things ; and Mr. John Smith, we fancy, is amongst the number. He will Cling to the elevated position which he holds, and which only serves to render his extreme silliness more c onspicuous, until the kind burgesses of the ward re lieve him of his cares. We say to them, Do it at ° nee! Take example from the burgesses of West Derby ; and though the total obscuration of the Council be the result, send John Smith to keep com pany with his brother luminary—Castor with Pollux— into the retirement of private life. In the other wards of the town, we are happy to see that our friends are upon the alert. Mr. Ambrose Lace, we learn, has consented to become a candidate for South Toxt9th ; Mr. John Sheppard starts for North Tox teth ; and in both wards with almost a certainty of success. Mr. S. Holme is at present unopposed, and it is hiB own chimney to Mr. Councillor Bright's yard stick that he continues so. The canvas in Castle-street and Exchange Wards goes on favourably. St. Paul's, it will be seen from the report in our columns, met last night. O n t h e w h o l e, matters wear an encouraging l o ok;- and we trust that, with exertion and activity, the contest will not be fought in vain. . LOCAL NEWS. W kdale e understand tha the ishop has lcensed St. C ch hur, Kir, for t the celeb ß i ration of marriages. Mary's Sir LIVERPOOL RACES.—The Hon. E. Ll. Mostyn succeeds R. Williams Bulkeley, as one of the stewards of these rac es. There will be no more autumn meetings. PATRIC K DoRA N.—This individual, committed on a charge of arson, has been liberated on bail. His three sureties of f lO O each, were Mr. Bannon, spirit dealer, Cooper's-row ; I r • Peter M'Ardle, lic e nsed victualler, Duke's-place, Wap -- Cheing ;hire and Mr. Graham, marine-store dealer, l3irkenhead, THE STEAM-SHIP HINDOSTAN.—Letters from Gibraltar, by the Montrose steamer, announce the arrival of the Hin- dostan at that port on the 29th ult., having run the distance fr om the N ee dl es to Gib ra l tar ( a b out 1 ,2 00 m il es ) i n 121 hours, being'at the rate of ten knots an hour. TH E LO RD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.—His Excellency t he Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and suite, accompanied by Lord and Lady Cowper, arrived at Radley's Adelphi Hotel, In this town. on Saturday, and on Sunday they embarked for Il slre iallor and, i n a steamer specially appointed for the reception of dship. LADIES' CHARITY.—We understand that the lying-in Wards of this extensive and useful charity, which are situated : i t No. 20, Par r - s t ree t, are now o p en f or th e rec eption of all Ingerou s or difficult cases among the married poor provided With a recommendation. Notes of recommendation may be obtained from the Ladies' Charity, either at 115, Duke-street, °r at 20 Parr -street ; at the residences of the medical officers ; and also from the district midwives. A• PROLIFIC HEN.—A small hen, the property of Miss 4ulek "use, Toxteth-park, brought out, on Sunday last, eleven chickens, being her third brood during the present Year A • In July she hatched fifteen, and the same number in th Pril, havi ng eac h ti me f orme d her own n es t among th e i v y, ue Parties i n th e h ouse k now ing nothing of h er pr ocee di ngs Until she appeared with her progeny at her feet. ( aw ing PASS.—W e have had submitted to us a li t A ing (about to be published in the first style of tinted h ° g r aPtiY) of the attack made upon her Majesty's 9th lirnent, under the command of General Pollock, on their 1 7 3e rtnPment on the plain at the mouth of the Kyber Pass, ng the first attack of the Kyherees after the great mac- Mete of the British. It was taken on the spot, by one of artist who was, sometime since, established as an t„in this town. Of course peculiar interest is attached t he subject ; an d, we b e lie ve the sketch gives a faithful p r esentation of the scene in question, together with the mod e of attack and the line of defence adopted. e x t WATERLOO-ROA 13.—0 n Tuesday evening some meitement was created throughout the town from a report at the fire in Crompton-street had again broken forth and th a rapidly extending. The alarm was instantly spread en r °,ngli thc town, and Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, with i t b,nes. water-carts &c., hastened in the direction indicated. p re a s discovered that the fire . was in Waterloo-road, in the e i"naes of Messrs. Goldsmith and Co., oil dealers and frotourinen. It appears that some oil in a boiler had over of Le i d into the fire and set the roof in flames. The officers th e nee had pretty well subdued the fire before the arrival of engines, and in a short time it was quenched entirely. e. te vi n %SIC FORPEOPLE.—Froni the success that has eed th e introduction of the Wilhem system in this ar t ery, we anticipated further improvements would . be ropted, and probably realised, in the art of teaching sing te,iiln Classes. Mr. Pelzer, a gentleman favourably f o rtwn pi„‘ e musical profession by his elementary works the a jno and guitar, has written a little work for facilitating the t rirement of singing me at sight, by means of class teaching ; passing through this town, from Dublin, where his h e 'ad has been adopted by several first-rate professors, memberave a lesson on his system, on Monday evening, to the s of the Total Abstinence Society, assembled in the a,sonic-ball. The method of Pelzer is remarkable for its It r"eitY, and , for the rapidity with which elementary in broetion is conveyed by it. Instead of spending the time of scZ e ral lessons in mere dumb show, which the practical mu hr, -40 1 knows to be of no value, Mr. P.. in a lesson of one 1 ,47, carried the class from the first rudiments of singing to shade an air from the written music with the light and th e ge correctly preserved. Mr. P. wes assisted in giving 4\l o „" t cal tones by Mr. tienahles, of the Music Academy, as . - 1, 1 ,-Pleasant, who is about to form classes on the system , papers be seen by an advertisement in another part of this p r ' , 1 1, 5 : 15 NEW TARIFF.—On Tuesday the first sales of foreign to s , - " s ions under the new scale of duties took place in this te a ,l The quantity offered was considerable, and the at aal;a,nee appears to have been extremely good, many per lib,' 'laving come from distant parts of the country. Per tetr on this account the prices obtained offer a less fair cri tic'," of the rates likely to be permanently realised for ar th, : of the same description. The pork seems to have been favourite article, but being put up in lots too large for eaii . r•CY dealers, many were doubtless prevented purchasing Afti„,..3would afterwards take small supplies from the retailers. the all. it appears that the prices did not quite come up to avithcfPeetation of the importers, some of whom consequently ?f thjew their parcels. We have been favoured with 'ports bat we from several of the respectable brokers concerned, 'oll s ubstance of the whole will be found embodied in the a.ee ° , - I , l ng, which has Co enbe carefully prepared by Messrs. Harrison and : for t i l ue 10th of October was the day fixed by the new Tariff ' 4 41, e r , Payment of the reduced Duties on Salted Provisions, Were': consequence, Public Sales to a considerable extent a rranged to take place this day. These Sales comprised 1,522 Barrels American Beef 2,199 Ditto Ditto Pork 311 Ditto Ditto Hams 691 Ditto Canadian Pork told 35 Ditto Ditto Beef a nee et cr it ed•eonsiderable interest and curiosity. The attend et,ad `nwn and country Dealers at the Sales was nume lreland ; the latterous, vi o t er e , were some Gentlemen from r, no ` 0 iar;,,,Cniefly to watch the progress of a Trade threatening f or an - il er e with that which they have enjoyed exclusively U nited trust be observed, that the greater portion of the 4 b mates' Meats were imorted some months ago, and, I t t eba,,,, e en cured before it was , known that there . would be ' 48 4 n r in the British Duties , were not so well suited to the hereafter on_sumers here, as doubtless. they will be rendered th en ( „n f a b. The Pork was generally very well fed, though ra f4ltr ; t han the usual run of Irish. Of the Beef, on the ""4 ar ""t was observed, that it was not sufficiently well retteilTetiognUoltion whether the Sales have resulted . to the With the Importers generally ; the Buyers evidently tae United wariness from being new to the trade. w ith United States' Provisions a large portion was ( Int ra wn• Th d 3 try • e Hams sold fetche Os. 6d. to 31s. per cwt., t v el y aide.sa Prime Beef 3Ss. to 395. per barrel, duty paid; a barr d4 d ty r re i el went even lower.. Pork 41s. to 465. per bar el, d ut •. The Canadian Pork realised 435 : to 465. per Itch re l Paid. Of Canadian Beef there was little offer . ed, eas 'sect for prime 465. to 4Ss., and one lot of prime se - v , per barrel duty paid. ~,lds ; 1 ; 3 1 111 . 1 , Pa , reels Of American Cheese were offered,. and °94 to 465. rid. per cwt., duty paid, for interior to siaa. Der is e r t a „ i ti y u , ty w r h a il id st . few lots of ' good' brought 50s. to ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—Yesterday morning, a man named Drury, foreman to Mr. Bowers, contractor for the works now going on at the Salthouse Dock, was accidentally killed whilst in the pursuance of his duties. -The inquest will be held this day. PROPERTY ON SALE IN LIVERPOOL.—WE beg to draw the attention of capitalists to Mr. Williams' list of property on sale. There are some opportunities offered by him for investment seldom to be met with. In the matter of offices to let, it will be seen that Mr. Williams has those beautiful 'buildings in Chapel-street, commenced by the late Mr. J. A. Kaye. Several fine houses and tenements he has also to let, of a most desirable nature. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The late Joseph Ridgway, Esq., of Ridgmont, has left the sum of £2OO to this institution, free from legacy duty. This is the first lega cy to this noble institution, and it may, perhaps, be the means of inducing many of our wealthy townsmen to include the Collegiate Institution among the others to which they may purpose making legacies. ENORMOUS SQUARES OF GLASS.—A:tiew shop has just been opened at the bottom of Ranelagh-street by Mr. Stott, the windows of which attract unusual attention, being each eleven feet two inches, by six feet wide ; the largest hitherto seen in Liverpool. They are the manufacture of the Raven head Plate Glass Company, and excite much admiration. FEMALE ATTRACTION.—The greatest of all female attrac tions is " a white and delicate skin." No other attribute of beauty wins so much upon the eye, and excites general admi• ration. We know of no invention that so truly possesses the power of bestowing, the fascination of a beautiful skin like RowLAND's KALYDOR. The Kalydor, which is odorifer ously pleasant to the olfactory nerves, imparts to the hands, face, or neck, a cooling and refreshing feeling, while it suc cessfully opposes with its bland and soothing influence, the scoaching rays of the summer sun. We understand that mothers, in nursing, find the Kalydor a most welcome auxiliary.—See advt. DINNER AT THE TOWN HALL.—On Wednesday evening last the Mayor entertained a numerous and distinguished party to dinner at the Town Hall. Among the company present were Lord Abinger, the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Creswell, Sir Fre derick Pollock, Attorney-General, the Hon. Mr. Stewart Wortley, the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, Thomas Robert Wilson Ffrance, Esq., Hgh Sheriff of the County, Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart.. Sir Thomas Brancker, Knt., Sir Thomas Whitehead, Knt., Thomas Green, Esq., M.P., foreman, and the' twenty-one other gentlemen of the Grand Jury, Edward Rushton, Esq., Sti pendiary Magistrate, William Earle, Esq., &c., &c. The company sat down at half-past seven o'clock, and separated about eleven. DOCK COMMITTEE, YESTERDAY.—Present, Messrs. Sands, Horsfall, Holmes, Mellor, Molyneux, Holt, Bold, Middleton, Smith, Tobin, Moon, Evans, and Shand.—The Sub-committee of Works recommended that the shed at the Clarence Basin , should be boarded up at the west side and north end.—The committee of the Marine Departmentwished the offer of Messrs. Grantham and Co. for building a dupli cate bell beacon to he accepted. The committee also stated, that out of the great number of stages which had been in use at the different docks not one had received any damage.—ln consequence of the statement made by Mr. Bold, at the last meeting, that the London insurance companies would not in sure property in the new warehouses about to be built round the docks, and that they had objected to insure the property in the St. Katherine's Docks, a letter had been written on the subject by Mr. Aikin to Sir John Hall, who had returned an answer. Some conversation having ensued as to the propriety of publishing Sir John Hall's reply, and also the letter of Mr. Aikin ,it was ultimately decided that the matter should stand over until the next meeting of the committee.—Mr. Molyneux gave notice of his intention to move that the hour of meeting for the committee be in future one o'clock instead of twelve, as being more convenient.—The committee then adjourned. WARRINGTON REGATTA.-011 Thursday, the Gth instant, a general meeting was held at the George Hotel, for receiving the annual report of receipts and expenditure of the past season, and the appointment of officers for the ensuing year. The chairman intimated that the secretary be now requested to read his balance sheet, from which it appeared, that after the settlement of all expenses, a handsome surplus towards the fundss of next year remained in the hands of the banker. The committee express their warmest acknowledge ments to the distinguished patrons, and also to the numerous subscribers, in thus placing them in a position so advanfage ous to the interest of a future regatta. It having come to the knowledge of the Regatta Committee that some portion of the subscribers imagined the late " rural sports" were sanctioned by them, they deem it just to announce, that in no wise were they recognised. Mr. Shaw Thewlis was re appointed secretary; but the treasurer, Mr. Heath, respect fully declined accepting the office another year. Mr. Peter Davies, jun., was elected in his stead. Before we close the labours of the committee, we would suggest to the members —as there are numerous aspirants to aquatic fame of estab lished clubs—the propriety of increasing their numbers, and also the formation of new clubs ; so that first-rate crews and boats might he at any time selected to vie for thgt distinction which fires the soul of every genuine oarsman. We allude more especially to this, as the committee have awarded, for two successive seasons, a good prize, " the open stake," which have easily been rowed away by boats crews coming from other towns. The annual ball in aid of the funds will be held next January. CORRESPONDENCE. THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE AND THE CHRONICLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Silt,—To elicit an eulogy from an enemy is to gain a si g nal triumph. Such, I perceive, has been the Rev. Hugh M'Neile's success. Your contemporary, the Chronicle, of Saturday last, in the outset of a long leader of abuse heaped upon the rev. gentleman, has recorded. unwittingly, the fol lowing tribute of well-earned praise : " In fact, he is the very centre of the system of intole rance and bigotry which finds its principal support in this district of the country." It is well known that by " the system of intolerance and bigotry," the rhronicle means sound Church of England Protestantism, equally remote from the laxity of dissent on the one side and the narrowness of superstition on the other. Now substituting this synonyme, we read in the Chronicle a good and true account of the position which Mr. M`Neile occnpies. He is, indeed, the centre and life of sound Church of England Protestantism, which finds its principal support in this district of the country. Here the Chronicle has unwittingly told another truth : sound Church of England Protestantism finds its chief sup port in this district of the country. This is most true. The Chronicle says so. Mr. O'Connell said so. Yet still it is true. And why is it so? But because Mr. M'Aleile is here. I do hope, Air. Editor, that you will not be deterred by the sneers of your radical contemporary from doing justice to the brilliant talents, the unwearied perseverance, and the consequent unexempled influence of the rev. gentleman.' I am, Sir, a constant reader of your valuable journal, and an attentive observer for many years of the state of the country and the church. Aigburth, Oct. 10, 1842. SENEX. SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION. TO. THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stit,--An advertisement having appeared, and handbills circulated, directing the attention of shipmasters to " the humble petition of S. M., sailing from the port of Liver pool, I feel called upon to notice the preamble of the adver tisement. . Permit me to say that the officers and committee of the Shipmaster's Association have but one object in view, namely, to further the interests and carry out the wishes of the shipmasters. The association, in conjunction with-other public bodies, memorialised government to appoint boards of examination for masters and mates in the merchant ser vice, and this they did in consequence of the unanimous vote of the members assembled at an extra general meeting on the 25th June last, called for the purpose of taking the sub ject into consideration. But they hold themselves at liberty to make such objections to the different clauses as the mem bers may deem expedient ; or to oppose any bill which may not be in accordance with the interests and wishes of the shipmasters. In order to arrive at the opinion of the ship masters, the committee, in April, issued circulars to all the masters in the port, urging them to call at the Association Rooms to peruse the draft of a bill which had been received, and to give their opinion thereon. So soon as the bill pro posed by Captain Fitzroy was published, I obtained a copy, and made it my particular business to call the attention of the members individually to its provisions; and I also posted an abstract of the clauses in the rooms, in order more espe cially to direct their attention to it. Several gentlemen have favoured me with their written opinions, and it was my in tention to forward them to Captain Fitzroy for hisconsidera tion. A public meeting was held in these rooms on the 3rd instant, and again, by adjournment, on the 11th; and the report which will appear in your publication of tomorrow will show that the association have afforded every opportu nity for the full and free discussion of the subject. The Shipmaster's Association was established for the express purpose of benefitting shipmasters, and giving them not only the means of expressing their opinions on all public ques tions, but of opposing any measure which may be deemed inimical to their wishes. Let, therefore, the shipmasters attend the adjourned meeting of the association on Tuesday evening, and they will be satisfied that every facility will be afforded them for expressing their opinions and assistance rendered in the furtherance of their views. I am Sir, &c., SAMUEL MOSS, Master of the Rooms. Shipowner's Association, Oldhall-street, 13th October, 1842. The Prerogative Court has been applied to not to grant letters of administration to Mrs. Byrne on the ground of her irregular habits. She was lately tried for the murder of her husband. In consequence of the reduced price of corn, a reduction of fifteen per cent. has taken place in the price of poultr y in London. Fine geese are selling at from 4s. to ss. 6d. ; ducks and fowls equally cheap. It is said, on good authority, that Daniel O'Connell, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and leader of the repealing rebels of Ireland, has sent a note of caution to Joseph Sturge, the leader of the English Chartists. • It is said that the Chartists of Sutton-in-Ashfield are so disappointed at the result of the late strike, and disquieted with their disinterested leaders, that they have had a tea drinking and mock funeral procession to bury the Charter. SIGNS OF A HARD WINTER.—Birds that change coun tries at certain seasons, if they come early, show the temper of the weather, according to the country whence they come, as in the autumn, woodcocks, fleldfares, snipes, &c., if they come early, show a cold winter. Woodcocks have been shot this year as early as the 9th ult. If the oak bear much mast, it prognosticates a long and hard winter. The same has been observed of hips and haws, which were never known in more abundance. The late Marquis Wellesley was a Knight of the Turkish Order of the Crescent, and of the Persian Order of the Lion and Sun. The Marquis enjoyed a pension of £2,693 as Re. membrancer of the Exchequer in Ireland. The present Marchioness Wellesley, who had no family by the Marquis, is a lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Dowager. NEW ROUTE FOR THE OVERLAND MAIL. —We under stand that, in consequence of the vexatious impediments thrown in the way of the transmission of the mail from India through France, arrangements are now makin g c , for bringing it by the route of the Adriatic Sea and the Anstrian ter ritories. We learn that Mr. Waghorn, who is employed by the East l t idi a C om p an y t o ma k e these arrangements , and who is now in Germany for that purpose, is quite confident of being able to save fully five days by the adoption of the new route ; and we understand that he has engaged (if no thing should occur to delay the arrival of the mail in Egypt) to deliver in L on d on, on the Ist of December next, letters despatched from Bombay on the Ist of November. We have not learned what is the precise route proposed to be adopted, whether the mail is to be landed at Venice or Trieste ; but we presume that the object will be to adopt the nearest and best route to the Lower Rhine, with the view of taking advantage of th e B e l g i an li nes o f ra il way . We under stand that the Austri an government en t ers very w armly into the proposed plan, and that Mr. Waghorn receives all the assistance , which that government can ren d er him • If Mr. Waghorn 's views should be realised, and the mail should regularly reach London on the Ist of the month, a very great point will be gained, inasmuch as letters received by it can be answered by the outgoing mail s which is not usually the case at present. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY. The adjourned annual meeting of the members and friends of the Liverpool Church of England School Society was held yesterday, in the lecture room' of the Royal Institution, Col quitt-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee on the proceedings of last year, and the transac tions of tale usual business appertaining to the annual meeting. Amongst those present we observed the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. Augustus Campbell, the Rev. J. H. Stewart, the Rev. H. M`Neile, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. F. Barker, the Rev. J. Jones, the Rev. J. North, the Rev. W. Dover, the Rev. J. L. Figgins ; Mr. Adam Hodgson, Mr. E. Molyneux, Mr. H. Banner, Mr. J. A. Tinne, Mr. Jones, Mr. R. L. Carr, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Inman, Mr. Batty, Mr. Dover, Mr. Payne, &c. &c. . The Rev. Jonathan Brooks took the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after explaining whitl;e . time of holding the meeting had been changed from an early period in the summer to October, called upon the secretary to read the report. The Rev. F. BARKER then read the report, of which the following is a copy : In presenting the sixth report of the proceedings of the Liverpool Church of England School Society, the commit tee are thankful to God that they may continue to congratu late its friends upon the steady and continued increase, through its means of religious education, in the principles of the Established Church. Since the last report the Naylor street School has been opened, and got into active operation, in connexion with the church recently erected there, by which and the exertions of its active and laborious clergy man the blessings of pure and undefiled religion are widely diffused in a densely peopled neighbourhood where before the sound.of the gospel had, perhaps, seldom been beard. The school, at St. - Clements, Windsor, to which the com mittee felt justified in contributing to meet the very liberal offers of the local committee, has been opened, and is pro ceeding very successfully, in connexion with the church re cently erected there, and under the superintendence of its .faithful and laborious clergyman. A master has been obtained from the training college at Chester, for the South School in Cornwallis-street, and thus far he has given great satisfaction to the local com mittee by his orderly habits and systeM of discipline. It will be observed, perhaps, that the number of boys in this school is somewhat diminished from that of previous years. But this may be accounted for id the first place, by the pro bability that the numbers previously were to a certain extent nominal from the irregular attendance; and in the second place, the diminution is to be justified upon the principle that it has been the object of the committee not to crowd the school with a set of disorderly boys, but to endeavour to make those that attended understand what they learn ; to give them usefnl knowledge no doubt, but to give them knowledge that will be useful for eternity as well as time, and make them wise unto salvation ; and, in addition to such knowledge, to bring them up in orderly habits of Godly church discipline, and teach them to reverence the Sabbath and obey them that rule over them. Such a system is not, perhaps, so attractive as the more popular ones now adopted in the present day, and therefore, perhaps, schools conducted on this church system will not be so numerously attended. but the children that do attendwill be better educated, and theendsof education more fully accomplished. In compliance with the wish ex pressed in the last report, and sanctioned by the general meeting, the Rev. H. H. Higgins has been appointed in spector, at a salary of not less then £l5O a year ; the local committees of the different schools to be inspected agreeing to pay in the following proportion :—For the inspection of three schools—boys, girls, and infants—Xs a year ; for the inspection of two schools, £4 a year ; for the inspection of one, £3 a year. The remainder of the inspector's salary .to be made up by the society. He has commenced his labours thus far with considerable advantage, his reports and suggestions are highly instructive, and the committee have no doubt of the vast permanent benefit of his appointment in promoting uniform improvement in the schools inspected ; but then this appointment, with other causes of expenditure, compels the committee to make a very urgent and very serious appeal to the clergy and the friends of religious edu cation in the principles of tne Established Church, for their zealous co-operation in augmenting the funds of the society. From various circumstances, the subscriptions are diminished ten per cent. on a comparison with the previous year. Some early friends of the society have been removed from this world of trouble by the hand of Providence; others rendered unable to subscribe ; and some lukewarm friends have as signed, as a reason for discontinuing their subscriptions, the fact that the Bible is now read by all the children in the corporation schools, and that, consequently, the new Church of England schools are not so much needed—a reason seem ingly so litttle reasonable, that the committee scarcely know how to answer it. The schools are built ; the streets and lanes of the crowded town swarm with children enough to Jill a dozen additional ones, and yet the present ones are not to be supported because the Bible is read by all the children in thr CorporatiOn Schools ! The committee thank God that the Bible is read in those schools, but still the members of the church may find hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children for whose benefit they might and ought to support other schools. The disciples of a crucified Redeemer who sacrificed every thing, even life, for their sakes, may feel assured that they never can do too much for him, and that they cannot more entirely do his will than by suffering little children to be brought to him through the means of a Chris tian education that they may be such as are of the kingdom of God. ' • To the clergy the committee would respectfully observe that the church collections have fallen off from £221 to £144, and earnestly represent the absolpte necessity of supporting this society in a state of efficiency. With every allowance for the calls which they may feel obliged to make upon their congregations, still when the committee look to the origin of this society, and the vast importance of that religious principle which it was found to maintain and preserve, they cannot, conceive that there is one single cause which, under present circumstances, it is more im portant to advocate than that of this society, and they re spectfully urge and entreat that no year should be allowed to elapse without a congregational collection in its behalf. They hope and trust that this society will not be allowed to sink into feebleness and inefficiency for want of funds. Hoping that the importunity of this appeal will not give offence, the committee resign their trust, in humble con fidence that the divine blessing will continue to rest upon the labours of this society in promoting the success of a scrip tural education in the principles of that pure and reformed faith of Christ's Holy Catholic Church which is established in this realm. Boys. Girls. Infants. South North Naylor-street 209 210 180 Windsor 831 660 846 Total in all schools . 2,337. Appended to this document was a report from the Sub-Com mittee on the suggestions made by the inspector. Mr. R. L. CARR, the treasurer, read his accounts, from which it appeared that after defraying all expenses there re mained a balance in hand of -.t305 15s. sd. He had observed a paragraph in the newspapers stating that the society was in debt ; upon the state of the balance it would appear that such was not the fact. The report only came down to the 13th of July ; and since then lie had paid the teachers their quarter's salary, which reduced the balance to £l5O. There were also other charges to be paid—a certain portion of the stipend of the inspector and the commission still clue to the architect for the erection of the school at Windsor ; there fore, although the society was not now in debt, he was afraid, that unless great exertions were made during this year, it would be by this time next year. The Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL said, that, in rising to move the adoption of the report, he should wish to direct the attention of his hearers to that part of it which related to the objects and ends of education, respecting which, if the wise and good were agreed, there could be very little room for difference of opinion. among the wise and good as to its efficacy in improving the moral condition of the great mass of mankind. Regarding the condition of the labouring classes, they must all be of opinion that a great portion of the distress under which they laboured was owing to their mismanagement. and their mismanagement was owing to improvidence. But he would ask was this their fault? In reply, he would say, he very much questioned whether it was. What was it that made the great difference between the wealthier classes and the poor? Why was it that the wealthier classes, generally speaking, were more orderly and temperate in their habits than the poor? There was no dif ference in their moral qualities he should say : in those all men were equal. In his humble judgment, it was because they were better educated : they were better trained in moral and temperate and orderly habits, and their conduct was proportionately more temperate and orderly than that of the poorer classes. To this it was that he would ascribe their superiority, and, therefore, one of the remedies he would apply to the evils they all complained of among the labouring classes was a superior system of education. But if the labouring classes were intemperate and disorderly, if they were prone to turbulence under real or fancied inju ries, it was because, generally speaking, they had not been taught better; and therefore he should conceive it a solemn duty to give them better instruction ; and, at any rate, they were not to be blamed by those who had never made the least attempt to teach them their duties either to God or man. (Hear, hear.) The way to do this was by a Christian edu cation—(hear, hear)—not by that species of education which some seemed to recommend, which was the mere cultivation of the intellectual faculties, without moral or religious train ing ; not by teaching them merely their rights, without teaching them their duties as well as their rights ; teaching them to fear God—to live in peace and kindness with their fellow-creatures. (Hear.) Until we did this, he thought we had no reason to complain (hear) ; and this, he believed, was the system which ought to be adopted. Instead of that, the system adopted among us had been too much a system of mere intellectual cultivation, and schools had been called good because they had been crowded with boys and girls who could quote Scripture, repeat the catechism by rote, and tell the motions of the heavenly bodies, and talk about che mistry and natural history. People wondered when they turned out knaves and profligates, how they could be so wicked, after so good an education; and many good and pious persons had been led to doubt whether education did any good. He believed that such an education as this did very little good ; but to doubt whether moral and religious education, whether bringing up children in the fear and love of God, and bringing them to Jesus Christ, as the report said, through the means of a Christian education, and teach ing them to imitate his blessed example, and in imitation of his example to have respect and esteem for every thing that was pure and lovely and true and honest and of good report —to doubt, he said, the efficacy of such a system of educa tion as this was to doubt whether the cultivation of the soil was promoted by the warmth of the sun. As the ground would produce nothing but thistles and thorns without it was cultivated by the hand of man, so we found that the cor rupt and fallen mind of man would produce nothing but evil ; that as the child was early trained up in the way it should go when it became old it would riot depart from it. We must not, therefore, complain of the state of society in this country, unless we had done something to give the blessings of christian education. (Hear.) We had recently seen fearful outbreaks in the manufacturing districts ; and he was sure we had all great reason to thank Almighty God that those outbreaks had done so little mischief,_for cer tainly, in anticipation we could expect nothing but the most fearful consequences. But with reference to the apparent and political causes which produced this outbreak, though we knew what the condition of the labouring classes in the manufacturing districts was, lie could not, in spite of seeing the calm which was now restored, help fearing what the con sequences must be of the attempts made to corrupt and de stroy moral principle among them. (hear.) It was not what w e saw or rea d o f in the public prints, but what was going on i n ' s ecret among them, the infamous publications which were sedulously disseminated among them , the know ledge th a t we h a d o f 'those itinerant venders of small books having in the same portfolio with the Pictorial Bible and books tending to good works, books of the most opposite descrip tion, leading to everything corrupt and evil; that if the Bible was not to the taste of the persons to whom they offer it, they will have another to offer, calculated to excite and stimulate the worst passions, and to lead to every 7 spe cies of abomination and c orru pti on . (Hear.) •-‘, hen we knew that this was going on we must not be disputing about the efficacy of education. (Hear.) We must to the very u most of our power spread a n d diffuse the blessings of a christian education, not a mere cultivation of the intellect, but such an education as would teach the labouring classes to fear God and honour the Queen. (Applause.) This, sir, continued the rev. gentleman, is the education that we as members and ministers of the Church of England are most anxious to promote ; and I do hope that the public will assist us to the utmost of their power, and they cannot assist us better than by diffusing the knowledge contained in that re port of which I have now the honour to move the adoption. (Cheers.) Mr. ADAM HODGSON, in seconding the motion, said that everybody must feel the impossibility of overstating the im portance of the subject brought before the meeting. When they compared the objects they had in view with the efforts they made, they must all feel that however great they might seem under some aspects, those efforts were very small in deed in comparison with the magnitude of the object and the extent of their responsibility. (Hear.) Mr. Campbell had alluded to time effect of education morally and spiritually considered. This had a very close and strong connection with the sanitory condition of the labouring classes. A book had recently been published by the poor-law commissioners, exhibiting the state of the poor in various parts of this country, and of Scotland ; in reading which, it was impos sible not to feel how very much of the physical degradation of large, classes of the poor arose from the want•of education. I n many places twenty individuals, of both sexes, and of all ages, were living together in one room ; this occurred in various parts of the country Where it was riot suspected,- and a good deal of it in Liverpool. (Hear, hear, bear.) It was impossible not to feel that their indifference to the physical circumstances in which they placed themselvep, and the moral degradation that necessarily followed from those circumstances, could not exist if the minds of the people were opener by education. (Hear, hear.) This, however, he quite agreed with Mr. Campbell, was secondary in importance to the other objects to which he had referred. The effectof education in changing the habits of the people, we should find to be far greater than even the most sanguine advocates of religious education might suppose. It appeared, from the little volume to which he had referred, that, as to cases of distress, wherever there had been visitation neces sary to ascertain the condition of the people, severe distress was by no means coincident with the smallness of the wages received—that, in point of fact, the greatest distress in every part of the country had been found to exist where the wages were highest (hear, hear)—that the larger portion of deep distress had been found in the families of workmen who worked only for a few days a week, and acquired large wages, but who spent the greatest part of those wages in the indul gence of intemperate habits. Very strong cases of that kind had been seen in this town, as well as in various parts of the country. With regard to the effect of education in repress ing the recent outbreaks, much of the restraining influence was owing to the efforts made within the last ten or twelve years in the erection of churches and the diffusion of reli gious education throughout the manufacturing districts. (Hear, hear.) In speaking of Scriptural education, he was speaking of an object • which this society bad specifically in view. Originally instituted, as a sort of protest he would not say, but in order to supply a great deficiency in the sys tem of education that was about to be established here, the same motives which led them to look with a very earnest and anxious eye upon the measures of the constituted authorities of the town, should lead them to regard with an anxious eye also the measures that might be adopted as a system of na tional education before the society met together in that room again. From what had taken place already, every one roust be aware that the subject of national education would engage the serious attention of the legislature next session. It was of the utmost importance that, in. any system of national education, no principle should be compromised (hear, hear) ; and it was to this point that he desired to call earnest and Special attention. (Hear.) The resolution was then carried. The Rev. HUGH M`NEILE moved the next resolution, which was to the effect that the treasurer's accounts be passed and printed with the report ; and that it was highly desirable that strenuous efforts should be made to procure funds to aid the society. The rev. gentleman said—This re solution appears a suitable sequence to the arguments we have just heard. Those arguments must, I think, satisfy every one of the importance of the object, and then comes an appeal for additional support. It strikes me that no one sound and searching reason existed six years ago for the for mation of these schools which does not nova exist in undimi nished force for their support, and I might add, for the es tablishment of others like them. It is true, as has been remarked in the report, that at the time alluded to a tem porary stimulus was given to the exercise of Christian duty by the change of system introduced into the corporation schools. But independent of any sueh change, and sup posing the corporation schools to have retained their original Scriptural and Church of England character, the demand for religious education in the town was great, and the duty to provide it was urgent. To what extent that demand . . ought have increased - without leading to any vigorous dis charge of the duty—or whether the duty would ever have been so vigorously discharged without the adventitious sti mulus of controversy, involves a different question; and cer tainly the most effective method of proving that we were actuated by the best motives is to persevere now when the more questionable motives are removed, and the Christian duty with all its urgency of demand remains the same. This is the case to as great a degree, I believe I might say to a greater degree, than when our schools were built. I sup pose the population to have increased during the last six years far beyond the utmost numbers that our schools can accommodate ; so that, notwithstanding the noble effort then made, our streets and lanes and courts are now as densely mid distressingly thronged with idle, ignorant children as they were then. Yes, sir, it is our painful experience to wit ness thousands, I speak literally, thousands of immortal beings of both sexes growing in all that they have in common with the lower animals, in bodily strength, in bodily passions, in capacity for bodily mischief; growing rapidly iu the know. ledge of vice, without growing, without having the means of growing, in any knowledge of God; hastening through their little of time, without any preparation for eternity; sur rounded by dangers and ignorant of the only way of escape ; filled with a virulent disease, and ignorant of the only effec tual physician. These are objects of genuine Christian coca passion. To turn away from these, and go to the costly and self-complacent enjoyment of our comforts and our homes, is to betray a fatal opposition between the mind that is in us, and the mind that was in Him, who left his heavenly home, and exposed himself to fatigue and scorn and contumely, that He might seek and save that which was lost. To seek our own things, and be content with the prosperity and peace and ease of our own business and our own family and friends, without cultivating any brotherly consideration of the things of others—even of enemies—is not the mind of Christ. But an inspired Apostle, speaking of the true members of Christ's true church, says, we have the mind of Christ. The mind of Christ was an unselfish mind, an expansive, beneficent, self sacrificing mind, seeking the good, especially the eternal good, of others. To the genuine followers or imitators of Christ, who not only bear his name, but are all made par takers of his nature, there are no objects of practical com passion more touching than the poor, considered as parents. Their condition is truly distressing, and in proeortien as they themselves, as individuals, become more and more influenced by Christian principle, and alive to Christian obligation, their difficulties as parents appeal more and more powerfully to our Christian compassion. They are commanded in the word of God to bring up their children in the nurture and ad monition of the Lord. They form the direct and primary link of authority between God and their children. They are the natu ral guardians and guides of the bodies and minds of their own offspring. To them, and to them alone, does the Bible ad dress itself directly in the matter of education. There is no mention of schools or schoolmaster for children in the Bible ; no mention of catechising children by the ministers of the Church. No, the exhortation is addressed exclusively to parents. If every father were in circumstances to teach his own children, if he had the necessary information and time and will, the result would be simple, there would be no occasion for schools. Every family would be a school, and every father a schoolmaster. It is superfluous to add, that every Christian father would teach his children to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, assured that all really needful temporal things would then be added unto them. But every father cannot educate his own children. We see this without going down to the poor,—we see it in men of property, who are also men of business. They have not time ; and, if they had, they have not information to teach their children as they desire to have them taught. They have recourse to a deputy properly qualified, to whom they delegate their authority, and whose business it then becomes to do for them what they cannot do for themselves. One deputy supplies the place of several parents, and hence the schoolmaster and the school. This becomes his business and his livelihood, and where the father can himself pay the master the process is simple. But returning to the conside ration of the poor where the father can neither teach nar.pay a teacher, what then is to be done? How numerous is this class, and how abject and inevitable is their poverty ! Their numbers keep them poor, because their numbers compel them to be eager and unscrupulous competitors for work ; so that those who have work to give them to do know that they can secure their labour by paying them barely a subsistence. In a new country, where territory and work are plenty, and the labourers are few, those compara tively few labourers may make advantageous terms with their employers; but in a country like this, where labourers are multiplied a thousand fold, arid manual labour diminished by the inventions of mechanical science, the poor under the pressure of daily hunger, will not, cannot wait for making terms with employers ; they will and must work for food, as they will not receive for their work more than the price of their food, whatever that price may be. Employers, who pretend to be philosophers also, may affect much virtuous indignation against such a statement ; but, nevertheless, it is plain stubborn matter of fact. " The poor shall never cease out of the land." Consider, then, their children. Who is to educate them ? Their parents have been obliged to labour, and have not been able to acquire the necessary in formation, even if they now had time. And they are obliged to labour still, and, therefore, cannot give the necessary time, even if they had the information. One of them, a poor labouring man, who has, while young, becomes a husband and a father, without a thought of the new duties and re sponsibilities arising out of these new relationships; after wards as he advances in life, and his children begin to spring up around him, becomes serious; his mind is instructed, his conscience impressed, his affections engaged by Christian truth. He reads or hears his Bible, and finds himself so lemnly addressed as a father, and commanded to bring up his children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. He is anxious to obey the divine word but how can he do so ? He cannot teach his children, h e must work. He cannot pay for a teacher, his wages will only pay for food. His in firmities are more than he is able to bear. Who is to help him ? If the Christian church deserve the name of mother, here is her place for the exercise of fostering compassion. Here let the arms of her wealthy members be stretched forth, and their hands opened wide. Let these helpless little ones be taken up and instructed in all that is needful for their present callings, and present duties in the state and in the family; above all, let her in struct them, as an enlightened mother, in the will of their heavenly Father, in the language in which they are born ; and not attempt to confine them, like an apostate step mother, to the traditions of men, veiling their Father's will from them in an unknown tongue. When to these highest views of Christian feeling and Christian duty, we add the secondary, but still vastly important, considerations of genuine patriotism ; when we recollect the temptations to insubordination to which the labouring poor are exposed, from the artful suggestions and inflammatory suggestions of selfish demagogues ; when we contemplate the evidence, the evidence of facts, proving that a church and a school are more effective peace-preservers in any district than a posse of constables ; we may venture to say, without any extrava gance or exaggeration, that if the men of property ha Eng land---her nobility, her clergy, her me rc h ant pr i nces, h er master manufacturers, and all her gentry—will not effectually exert themselves (in other words, supply the necessary funds) to secure religious education for the children of the people, they do not deserve, and they cannot reasonably ex pect the continued peace and safety of either their country, their church, their properties, or their persons. Of course I do not mean, and I hope I shall not by any be misunderstood to mean, that any dereliction of duty, however flagrant and suicidal, in one class of the community, can justify violence or insubordination in any other class. lam not now speak ing of the duties of the poor, even when neglected by th e ir superiors in society. On fitting occasions lam forward to do so, endeavouring to throw the sanctifying halo of Christian Patience around the gloom of their inimitable depression. But I am now on a fitting occasion speaking of the duties of the rich, and while my heart is too affectionately engaged in the subject to allow me to feel either reproaches or threaten ings, 1 canno t c l os e m y e yes, nor my lips, upon the imminent —Th e r ev, gentleman then sat down and grow i ng d anger . amidst great applause. The Rev. F. PARRY seconded the resolution in a brief speech, in the course of which, he expressed hi s grati tude to the society for having erected one of their schools in his district. Without the aid of the society such an erection in his district would have been utterly impossible.—The re solution was carried. Mr. JAcicsos moved, and the Rev. I. -. u . S TEWART - seconded, the appointment of the committee for the ensuing year. The Rev. F. B ARKER , after explaining the cir cum stance s tinder which it b a d become necessary, moved an alteration in the rules to the effect that the schools be opened to the inspector on the part of the Committee of Education of the Privy Council. The Rev. J. F. FIGGINS seconded the motion, and it was adopted. A vote of thanks was then presented to the Rev. Rector Brooks for his conduct in the chair. The CHAIRMAN. in reply, spoke warmly in support of the society. It had effected much good, and he trusted that the wealthy inhabitants of Liverpool would not now allow its usefulness to be curtailed for the want of funds. Much as had been accomplished through its instrumentality, there still remained much to be done. It bad erected and supported schools in Mr. Dover s and Mr. Parry's districts, where from their poverty it would have been utterly hopeless to have expected the inhabitants to do anything; and in this way it had been useful in sending abroad the blessings of Christian education among the poor. In another district, Mr. Nolan's, that gentleman had stated that he could not effect the good he wished unless he had a school in connection with his church; and he called upon the society to aid him to accomplish this object. Land, however, was very dear in that neighbourhood, and from £2,500 to £3,000 would be required for the purpose. This was a case which called for further exertion, Inid he trusted that the necessity would be supplied by the public. (Bear, hear.) The meeting then separated. SINGULAR CASE.-INQUEST. On Wednesday, and by adjournment yesterday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., Coroner, and a respect able jury, on view of the body of Samuel Latcbford, a young man, who had died at the Infirmary, on Tuesday last, after receiving injuries in an alleged assault, or series of assaults, in a public-house, so far back as the 15th of July last, and which were the suspected cause of death. In consequence of the declaration made by the prisoner, when he stated that he " supposed" he was dying, three parties, Robert Oats, Richard Ronan, and Catherine Ronan, his wife, were brought in custody into the court, and the case, which it was generally supposed would result in a verdict of manslaughter, if not of murder, excited considerable interest in the public mind. The evidence, which we give in a condensed form, was, however, contradictory in some points, and totally at variance with the declaration of the deceased immediately prior to his death, and the whole of the prisoners were dis charged, after a long and patient investigation. The pro ceedings were, however, sufficiently curious to be placed on record. Ann Wilcock said,—l am a widow, and keep a public-house in Gerard-street. I knew the deceased well. He was about 24 years old. He had lodged in our house for fourteen months previous to July last. On the evening of the 14th of July last there was a supper held at our house by a party of young men, who had formed themselves into a club, called the Free and Easy Club. The deceased was a member, and partook of the supper. Between twelve and one o'clock in the morning of the 15th, after the supper, he became very tipsy, and went to bed. Two men, Richard Ronan and Robert Oates, were also members of the club. The wife of Richard Ronan assisted me in preparing supper. There had been no quarrel pribr to the deceased going to bed. Between six and seven o'clock in the morning of the 15th Mrs. Ronan came to me and asked where the deceased was, and I told her he had gone to bed. The company had retired some time previous. There was a woman of the name of Catharine Oates present at this time, and either she or Mrs. Ronan said all the company had spent a shilling except the deceased. Mrs. Ronan is my sister, and she said to me, " Shall I go up stairs to the deceased, and ask him if he will spend a shilling ?" I told her there would be no great harm in doing it, and she went up stairs accordingly. Mrs. Oates went up stairs. As they remained some time, I told them to come away if he was not willing to spend his shilling. The deceased at this time was standing on the floor. lie had his clothes on. There was no one else in the room but the deceased, Mrs. Ronan, and Mrs. Oates. They both came down stairs with me, and the deceased remained in the room. There had been no scuffle up to this time. About half-past seven o'clock the deceased came down stairs and went out of the house. In about five minutes after he retired into the house, and Mrs. Ronan, who lived with me at this time, was standing in the lobby. The deceased then said to Ronan, " Come, and you shall have it out of me, or I'll have it out of you." They both then went into the street. Ronan returned again into the house in about three minutes. The deceased, in about ten minutes, was brought into the house by a Mr. Barry, who occupied the seller under my house, and another man whom Ido not know. He was not able to walk, and was obliged to be carried. Ile was sensible, and was carried to bed. He did not complain of any thing that day; he complained of being ill, and asked me what it was that made him so ill. He never said that he had been ill-used by any one, or that he had' a fall. As he appeared to be ill, I sent for a surgeon, who came (Dr. Weathered) and attended him for a fortnight, but be gradually got worse, and was taken to the infirmary. The prisoner, Oates, is my brother, and lodges with me. He never had any scuffle with the deceased. Jane Oates corroberated the last witness. Samuel Barrow heard that the deceased had fallen, and went and assisted to lift him into the house. Richard Ro nan was also down. He did not see him or any other person kick or strike the deceased. Deceased was frequently drunk, and when so was very abusive. Other witnesses were then called, who stated that a quarrel or scuffle had taken place between Ronan and the deceased, and that whilst Ronan was endeavouring to extricate him self, the deceased fell, and Ronan went into the house. Mr. Brandreth, surgeon of the Infirmary, said the de ceased was brought there on the 28th of July. He was in a very emaciated state, and had a complete paralysis of the lower part of the body, and had no power to move his limbs. He gradually declined until yesterday (Wednesday) when he died. Witness was of opinion that the cause o. death was a softening of the spinal marrow, with considerable congestion of the vessels,, and of serious effusion within the sheath of the spinal marrow—all of which were produced by inflam mation. This might arise either from natural causes or from external violence, and it was only from hearing the history of the case that he was induced to think it was the result of the latter. The first declaration of the deceased was to the effect, that the prisoner Mrs. Ronan and Oates, on the night of the 14th of July, came into his room, dragged him out of bed, and told him he must spend a shilling,. that Mrs. Wilcock came up and entreated them to desist, but that they dragged him down stairs, and afterwards gave him more drink ; that he sat with them till daylight ; that he went up stairs again ; that Mrs. Ronan followed him, and kicked him, and after wards brought her husband, who kicked him with his shoes on, in the spine ; that he then ran down stairs and got out — Mrs. Wilcock still taking his part; that a scuffle afterward; took place between him and Mrs, lionan's husband, who knocked him senseless ; that he was carried in ; that Robert Oates afterwards came up stairs, swore he would have his tile, got hold of him by the shirt, and dashed him on the floor on his back, and would have jumped upon him but for Mrs. Wilcock dragging him away. The second declaration was to the effect that the prisoners were present at the assault before referred to, and that lie was not quite sober at the time. The inquest was then adjourned until yesterday, when it was resumed : Samuel Barrow recalled.—Said that not a word in anger passed between the prisoner Oates and the deceased on that night. ' Dr. Weatherall being sent for, said he was caller's to the deceased on the night in question, and attended him up to the 28th of July. He was in a state of paralysis, nearly all over his body, and general insensibility, though not tqtal in some parts. There was no external mark of violence. except a few scratches in the face. The witness explained the several causes by which paralysis might be produced, and which might arise from many causes not involving a recent blow or violence, such as predisposition, acted upon by excitement, intoxication, &c. The three prisoners, Richard Oates, Richard Ronan, and Mary Ronan, being cautioned as to what they might think fit to say, severally said, " I have not anything to say." The Coroner then addressed the jury at considerable length and with great care, pointing out the respective degrees of homicide, from murder with malice prepense to the killing of a man by misadventure. He dwelt upon the principal portions of the evidence, which were at variance with the dying declaration of the deceased ; but such declarations were to be taken with extreme caution, and in this instance, from the absence of all appearance of external injury on the person of the deceased, as sworn to by two respectable medical gentlemen, as well as from other circumstances spoken to, he appeared to think that the deceased laboured under delusion or insensibility at the time be made it—the effect of physical weakness and decay when he made the declaration ; while at the same time he saw no reason to doubt the evidence of Mrs. Barrow and others, given in a straight-forward manner. He also noticed the evidence in an able manner in a medical point of view—tending to the same conclusion. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict to the effect that the prisoner Oates and the female Ronan were altogether exculpated, and the deceased had come to his death by a fall in the scuffle with Ronan, who had done thg homicide by misadventure in his own defence, in throwine the deceased off. This amounted to an acquittal of all the prisoners, who, after an admonition from the coroner, were accordingly discharged. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY, WHEREBY ONE ACRE SHALL PRODUCE 121 BARRELS OF POTATOES. (From the Roscommon Journal.) This wonderful produce is ascertained by an experiment made in the drill system, and according to the following process :—The parent stock is to consist of one whole potato of a moderate size, but not less than a hen egg. The pota toes, with the crown uppermost, (for this is indispensable,) are to be laid horizontally within the drills at parallel dis tances, and within such a compass of surface as to allow nearly two square feet to each parent stock. The preparatory course is as follows :—The land to be either subsoiled or trenched, and in drills, to be left exposed to a winter fallow. If the soil be wet, some of the trenches can be left open, so as to admit a sufficient fall for the water during winter. But it is better to follow this rule generally in a small or large degree, as may be required ; with such management, a moderate share of manure will suffice, either of stable or yard dung, or of good compost. The latter in the drill system is preferable after March. Thus the land becomes perfectly pulverised before spring, and with a depth of•surface• con siderably increased, will admit of four landings, which are the least that can be used on this occasion. The first landing should be made as the shoot reaches towards the summit of the drill, and just before it appears ; the second after its appearance, and when it rises a few inches above the surface; afterwards the third and fourth, at intervals of a fortnight each ; and finally, a fifth in July would render this cultivation perfect. The drill in which this cultivation was made consisted of thirty-five stalks, and the sample now exhibited is one of them—being of the tolon species ;it weighs 20 lbs. The average or main proportion of each stalk is 18 lbs., and the produce at the latter rate would be 121 barrels per acre. The ground where this trial was made is too much sheltered and confined, which caused the stalk to be too luxuriant, and served rather to lessen the produce ; besides, the ground was not sufficiently trenched, and it follows that in an open field, with proper trenching, &c., the produce would prove still more abundant. This mode of cultivating the potato, so simple in its operation and so beneficial in its effects, has an additional recommendation—that it is equally accessible to all classes of agriculturists—it can be used on a small or large scale with equal facility. The poor man, with his solitary acre and without a plough, by trenching, which is the most essential part of the entire process, can derive the full benefit of it, and can thus be rendered quite independent of conacre. The produce of one stalk, after being exhibited in the Agri cultural Society's yard, were left at this office, they weigh 20 lbs., and were cultivated by Thomas Cox, who resides near Durham. This poor man also exhibited three large turnips. The government has determined to establish a school of design at Nottingham. SAM SLICK IN ENGLAND.—Mr. Sperry, who keeps a clock and looking-glass warehouse in Fulton-street, sailed on the Ist inst. for England, on an adventure entirely new. He has taken with him 600 Yankee wooden clocks, with which to astonish the natives, and if well introduced will doubtless pay him a handsome profit. The duty on this article is only 25 per cent., which is the highest duty on any manufactured ar ticle.—American paper. WINDOW DUTY.—The following is a return made to an order of the House of Commons in the last session for a " Return of the duty on windows, assessed for the twelve towns in England which contribute the largest amount ; 1840, ending sth April, 1841 :"—Liverpool (amount of duty), £30,226; Bath, £22,408 ; Manchester, 419,343; Bristol, £15,377; Brighton, £14,753; Plymouth, £12,848; Bir mingham, £ 10,952; Clifton, £ 7,818 ; Leeds, £7,518; Chel tenham, £6,972 ; Norwich, £6,892 ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, £s,63o—Total amount of duty paid by the twelve towns, £160,739. WARD MEETINGS. ST. PAUL'S WARD. A numerous meeting of the conservative burgesses of St. Paul's Ward was held last evening, at the house of Miss Stythp, in Hightield-street, for the purpose of nominating a fit and proper person to represent the word in the town council, in the place of Mr. Barton, who has declined to come forward again. The room was crowded, and the pro ceedings throughout were, characterised by the greatest en thusiasm and unanimity. Mr. John Briscoe was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, reminded his conservative friends that they were about to embark in the seventh contest for their principles. They had.already fought six battles, in five of which success had crowned their efforts ; and he had no doubt that, if the burgesses did their duty on the present occasion, as they bad formerly, success would again be theirs. Mr. MICHAEL BousFIELD proposed that Mr. John Caton Thompson was a fit and proper - person to represent the ward in the town-council. Mr. OWEN WILLIAMS seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. 'WATSON proposed a resolution to the efrect, that the meeting pledged itself individually end collectively to 'rise every legal means to secure Mr. Thompson's election. Mr. BATTEN seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. GERARD, seconded by Mr. MORGAN, moved the appo ntment of a committee to conduct the election. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. Thompson . being prevented from attending by the ill ness of his lady, Mr. WALKER returned thanks for him ; and after a few words from Mr. PARKER in support of con servatism and Protestant principles, the meeting separated ABERCROMBY WARD MEETING. • Yesterday evening, the sixth annual meeting of the Abercromby Ward Conservative Association, was held in the large room of the Phoenix Hotel, Mount Pleasant, for the purpose of transacting the general annual business of the ward. The room was crowded' to excess, and amongst the highly respectable company present, were the members of the ward,—Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. Bushell, Mr. Procter, Mr. Griffiths. the Alderman for that municipal district and we also noticed Mr. J. W. Barlow, Mr. C. Boutflower, and many others. Mr. Boutfiower was elected chairman, and ably sustained his duties. The officers of the association for the ensuing year were consecutively proposed and seconded and the several mo tions to that effect were carried bv, we may say, acclamation —several of the officers who had previously held " com mission" being re-elected, and others " promoted," if we may so term it, to higher stations in an ordinary point of view—their zeal and industry in the cause being beyond all praise. Amongst the appointments, Mr. J. W. Barlow was created vice-president of the association ; and Mr. Muncas ter was amongst the promotions. Both gentlemen returned thanks in feeling and energetic terms. A committee, strong in name as well as in number, was also appointed to manage the no fewer than 26 districts into which the ward is to be subdivided for the operations of the ensuing election. Mr. R. W. Waddington and Mr. Smith were appointed secreta ries. The latter gentleman had been attached to the asso ciation since: its commencement. Mr. Griffiths nominated Mr. Christopher Bushell, after a warm eulogium on his character, for re-election as one of the representatives of the ward, and the proposition was imme diately seconded and carried by acclarnation.—Mr. Bushell made a very eloquent address on the occasion,, at the conclu sion of which he congratulated the meeting on the gratifying fact that the ward would probably furnish the town with an able and efficient mayor for the ensuing year—a man whose talent, integrity, and high position in society, entitled him to their warmest wishes and support.—This announcement was responded to by the loudest cheers. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting se parated. We may add, that the feeling in the ward is such that no opposition to the re-election of Mr. Bushell is an ticipated, and that should an adverse candidate be proposed he will assuredly be defeated. THE £2,000 ROBBERY AT PRESTON GUILD.- COMMITTAL OF ELIZA BAILEY. The circumstances attending this most extraordinary rob bery are now likely to be fully developed, and probably the offenders brought to justice ; and this mainly owing to the activity and vigilance of Mr. Palmer, the special high con stable of the hundred of Wirrall, Cheshire. Our readers will recollect that two persons were several times examined before Mr. Trail, the stipendiary magistrate at Union Hall Police-office, in London, the result of which, however, was, that there did not appear sufficient evidence to warrant the learned Magistrate in committing the parties, and they were consequently discharged ; but one of them, whose name is Eliza Bailey, was brought, in the custody of one of the me tropolitan police, to Birkenhead, where she has undergone several examinations before John Deane Case, Esq., which ended on Tuesday evening last in the committal for trial of the prisoner at the neat general quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Chester. The prisoner, who appeared very fashionably attired, was defended by Mr. Owen, solicitor, of this town. The following brief outline of the evidence will be suffi cient to show to our readers the circumstances attending this most extraordinary robbery : Mr. John Marquis, of Accrington, gentleman, stated, that on the 17th of August last he received from the bank of Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co., at Blackburn, the sum of £5,931 Gs. 2d., all of which consisted of Bank of Eng land notes, except the odd £4 Gs. 2d., which was in gold and silver. On the 24th August the witness paid £l,OOO to his account in the same bank. On the 30th he paid another £4OOO of the,notes to a branch of the same bank at Man chester. Between the 24th and 30th of August he paid an other £l,OOO into the bank of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, & Co. He kept the rest of the notes in his pocket-book. Between the 30th of August and the 4th of October, he paid away some other of the notes, but he did not remember the exact amount. On Sunday morning, the 4th Sept., he counted his money, which consisted of two £5OO notes, and nine £lOO notes, and placed them in his pocket-book, putting the pocket-book in the left-hand breast-pocket of his coat. When he went to bed, he placed his coat on a chair near his bed. When he got up the next morning, he examined his pocket-book, and the notes appeared to be all safe. On that morning (Sept. sth) he weft to Preston, for the purpose of lodging the money in the Old Bank there, but, o n calling there, he could not agree respecting the interest, and there fore did not leave it. Ile left the bank about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the pocket-book was then sate in his pocket. Ile then walked about Preston until seven o'clock in the evening, when he went to the White Horse Inn, and had tea alone in a private room. He left the house a little before eight o'clock, and walked up the main street. On arriving opposite the church in Church-street, a man and woman came up to him from behind—the man on his left side and the woman on the other. They took hold of his arms, and the man asked if he was taking a walk. He re plied, " No, I am not going any further," and disengaged himself from their hold. On drawing back, the two persons ran across the street where some people were standing, and he lost sight of them. On examining his pocket, he found the pocket-book was missing, and he immediately gave in formation of it to the police. Witness said he thought the prisoner was the female who came up to him, but he could not positively swear it. Ellen Lodge, barmaid at Mr. 'Watson's, the Railway Inn, at Birkenhead, and another servant at the same inn, deposed to the prisoner coining to the inn on the 6th September last, about one o'clock, in company with a man. They partook of some refreshment, after which the female went through the kitchen into the yard to a water-closet. Afterwards they left the house, and went towards the Chester Railway. No other person was in the water-closet until Mr. Watson went there a little after four o'clock. Mr. Watson deposedtO finding a £lOO and a £lO Bank of England note in the water-closet, which were produced and identified by the prosecutor as part of the money that bad been taken from him. Thomas Stowell, the individual at whose instance the par ties were apprehended, gave similar testimony to that de posed to in London, and which has already appeared in our columns. The witness was subjected to a very severe cross esamination by Mr. Owen. Elizabeth Simpson, of Bow-lane, in Preston, was next called. She stated that the female prisoner, in the company of a man, came to her house about ten minutes after six o'clock, and took lodgings for a week. They partook of tea, and then went out a little before eight o'clock. In about three-quarters of an hour they returned, in company with another man. The female then appeared to he ►n great dis tress, and said she had just received information that her mother was very ill, and she must leave immediately. After changing their dresses, the male and female left, telling wit ness that the other man would call in a few days for their luggage, and pay fur the lodgings. The witness said she was certain the female was the person, and she gave a description of the dress she wore, which answered one given by the pro secutor. The manager of Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, & Co.'s bank, and Mr. Buck, solicitor, of Burnley, each gave evidence as to the sum of money paid to Mr. Marquis on the lith of August; and the former identified the notes found in the water-closet as part of the money, by the numbers of the notes and the private mark of the bank. This closed the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Owen addressed the bench at considerable length on behalf of the prisoner, contending that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a committal independently of the testimony of Stowell, and his character was of such a description that no reliance could be placed on what be said. Mr. Case said be had very carefully considered the evi dence, and, after the best attention he could pay to it, he was bound to say that he bad arrived at a different conclu sion, and he felt that he should not be properly discharging his duty to the country if he did not commit the prisoner for trial. She therefore stood committed to the next general quarter sessions. The prisoner, who did not appear at all affected by the position in which she stood, w a s th en removed. THE BRITISH TARIFF. The duties on all articles not enumerated below took effect 'rom the passing of the act, namely Beef, salted, not being corned beef, paid 12s. per cwt. pre vious to the 10th of October, and is now charged Bs. per cwt. Beef, fresh, or slightly salted, which was prohibited, is ad mitted paying Bs. per cwt. from foreign countries, but those articles from British colonies pay only 2s. per cwt. Pork, salted, (not hams,) paid 12s. per cwt. previous to the 10th of October, and is now charged Bs. per cwt. from foreign countries. Pork, fresh, which was prohibited, is now admitted at Ss. per cwt. from foreign countries, and both only 2s. per cwt. from British colonies. Hams, which paid 28s. per cwt., are now admitted at 14s. per cwt. Nutmegs now pay from 2s. Gd. to 3s. 6d. per lb., and after sth July, 1813, will pay 3s. 6d. per lb. from foreign coun tries, and 2s. Gd. from British colonies. Onion-seed now pays ls. Gd. per lb., end after the sth July, 1843, will pay 20s. per cwt. from foreign countries, and 10s. from British colonies. Timber or Wood—the new duty of 30s. per load of 50 cubic feet came into operation on the 10th instant, and after the 10th October, 1843, the duty will be 255. from foreign countries, and Is. from British colonies. Deals, Battens, Brands, or other Timber, sawn, to p ay 3 8s. per load of 50 cubic feet after 10th October, 1842, and 325. after 10th October, 1813, from foreign countries, an d 2s. from British colonies. . _ Wood, planed, or oiherWise dressed for use, 9d. per foot of cubic contents, and further for every £lOO value £lO, from and after 10th October, 1842, and 71d. per foot after 10th October, 1843, from foreign countries, and from Bri tish possessions only £5 for every £lOO value. Oil, Train, and Blubber, the produce of foreign fishing, now pays £26 12s. per tun duty, and after the sth July, 1843, will pay only £6 per tun from foreign countries ; from British possessions, Is. per tun. Oil, Spermaceti, pays £26 12s. per tun, and after the sth July, 1843, will pay £l5 10s. per tun, and be free from British possessions. Cork now pays Bs. per t on , an d after the sth Jvly, 643 , it will pay ls. per ton. Corks, ready made, pay 7s. per lb., and after the sth July , 1843, will pay Bd. per lb. Whale fins, of foreign fishery, pay £95 per ton from sth W ill be ad- July, 1842, and aft er th e sth J u l y , 1843, they mitted on paying £2O per cent. on value. • _ „ I" Mary Housemaid, what is the best thing to make master's easy chair run more smoothly over the carpet ?" Why a lit tle caster oil to be sure. STAFFORD SPECIAL COMMISSION. The notorious chartist and socialist leader, William Ellis, with fourteen other prisoners, were on Monday night con victed of arson at the house of the Rev. R. E. Aitken, Hanley. SENTENCE OF THE PRISONERS CONVICTED OF THE BURN ING OF THE REV. DR. VALE'S HOUSE. On Tuesday morning the three Judges entered the Nisi Priue Court at half-past eight o'clock, when all the pri soners convicted of the demolition of the Rev. Benjamin Vale's house, on the 15th of August, were placed at the bar. The Lord Chief Justice then addressed the prisoners in a most feeling manner. He said that they. had, after a most patient investigation by the Jury, been convicted of a most serious ofllice--that of riotously assembling together and destroying by fire the house of the Rev. Dr. Vale. It was their (the Judges) duty to award to them the just measure of pUnishment which the laws of the country inflicted for such crimes. It was a fearful offence. Be day and by night they spread terror and dismay through the industrious classes. iio one could be safe from the fury and caprice which di rected their acts—acts that threatened destruction to the lives and properties of the families of the industrious classes. It was their duty to teach them by the punishment that those who followed their example by joining the discontented would be equally guilty with all those who were transgress. ing the laws. It was, however, pleasing to them that they had not to pass the extreme sentence of the law. And as some doubt existed as to their authority of passing the sen tence of transportation for life, they would refrain from so doing, and would award the punishment that each case de served, looking as carefully as possible to the circumstances of each particular case. In so doing they Would distinguish between those who fired the house, those who fed the flames, and those who were engaged in different acts connected with the fire. His Lordship then proceeded to pass the sub joined sentences.:— John Harris, Charles Wright, Wm. Caitleclge, John Wil liams, Joseph Whistons, Thomas Cotton, and George Col dough, were sentenced to transportation for 21 years. Jervase Phillips, Thomas Wagstaff, Joseph Saunders, Sampson Whitehouse, Josiah Gilbert, Thomas Banks, and T. Smith, were sentenced to ten years' transportation. John Owens, John Powell, James Toft, Joseph Hurst, and Henry Dimmock, were sentenced to imprisonment for twelve months, and hard labour. James Millington, Samuel Eaton, and Richard Edge, were sentenced to six months', and hard labour. James Hurst, in consequence of his extreme youth, was merely sentenced to two months' confinement, and hard labour. THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S VISITATION. The Lord Bishop of London commenced the triennial visi tation of his diocese, at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on Monday last. The morning service having been chaunted, the Rev. Thomas, Dale, M.A., vicar of St. Bride's, delivered the sermon. The rev. gentleman selected for his text the Ist and 2nd verses of the 4th chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, and directed attention to the two following points :—First, the judgment of the church concerning the ministers of Christ collectively. Second, the judgment of God concerning the stewards of His mysteries individually. Mr. Dale contended that it was the duty of every clergyman to administer the Word of God " entirely, exclusively, and discreetly," —not to allow Athanasius, Basil, and Ambrose to usurp the place of James, Peter, and Paul—to point not to the church of the fathers but the Church of Christ. He feared that those who were so anxious for the exaltation of the church were in some respects depreciating the Gospel. The church had been designated " the bride," " the Lamb's spouse," but it must not be considered that the King has divested himself of his crown, and placed it upon her brow. At the conclusion of the sermon the bishop proceeded to his seat within the rails of the communion -table, instead of to the Chapter House as heretofore. The clergy having, answered to their names, the bishop commenced his charge. The Right Reverend Prelate alluded to the present state of the church, and to the evils that were likely to result from the controversies which have for the last few years engaged the attention of the people. He spoke of the warrant of their ministry, but informed them that he would not detain them by any lengthened observations on that point, as he had in a series of sermons recently delivered, and which had just been issued from the press, fully discussed that im portant matter. He would caution them against assuming to themselves the character of mediators between God and man, at the same time that he would exhort them to be careful in impressing on the people the dignity of their clerical office. It was their duty to initiate the people into the mysteries of the Gospel, to administer to them the com forts of religion, to turn them frcm evil to the knowledge of God. His lordship then directed attention to the Articles of the church, and observed that some of them might be made to bear a sense which some divines have recently attempted to fix on them, but that sense was not consonant with the design of the framers, or with the spirit of the church, for whose use they were compiled. It is commonly said that they were framed in a manner that would allow differences of opinion on some points; this he (the bishop) admitted to be to a certain extent true, but every interpretation should be ac cording to their plain, literal, and grammatical sense. A. strict adherence to them on the part of the clergy was indis pensible, in order to check the waywardness of individuals, as well as to prevent the innovations of some of its injudicious friends. The unity of the church was much to be desired ; but if it must be purchased by embracing the errors of the church of Rome, he would rather sacrifice it at once. At the door of that church stands Dr. Wiseman, graciously ieviting us to enter, but not one concession will he allow in our favour—not one error will he consent to abandon. Against these errors we must continue earnestly to protest. One article asserts that " Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation; so that what is not written therein, or may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man that it should be believed as an article of faith." To this 'unerring test, then, must we go, and we shall be secure. The creeds are valuable, inasmuch as they are given us by the church, and agree in all points with Scripture. The homilies are entitled to attention but if these bad never been written, the great doctrines of Christianity would have been ascer tained from the Bible. Tradition is important, inasmuch as it affords information on matters of history ; but as an inter preter of Scripture it is valueless. The bishop alluded to the doctrine of regeneration by baptism, which, he contended, was the doctrine of the Anglican church. He could not conceive how any clergy man could justify himself in altering parts of the baptismal service, or in omitting them entirely, without the slightest authority. He regretted that the practice prevailed exten sively in his diocese, and, indeed, amongst the clergy generally. The manner of performing Divine service was then spoken of by the bishop. What the articles and homilies are with respect to doctrine (said the bishop), the rubric and canons are with respect to discipline. Great laxity had of late years crept into the church, and to those pious and learned divines who had contributed to its removal he believed the church was deeply indebted. They had called attention to practices which bad been allowed to become obsolete, and were to be commended, although they had in some cases gone beyond the line by attaching undue importance to things in them selves non-essential. We ought not to overlook the good, and fix our gaze exclusively on that which is evil. The bishop strongly recommended a stricter adherence to the rubrical directions of the book of Common Prayer. This was no new opinion of his. In his charge to the clergy of Chester, a few years since, he explicitly stated that he be lieved no clergyman was warranted in departing from those directions. If he finds that he cannot conscientiously con form to them, the most honest plan would be to withdraw himself from the ministry. He had been asked whether he sanctioned the observance of saints' days. He wished it to be distinctly understood that he recommended that those days which the church had appointed to be kept holy should be observed. He alluded more especially to the Epiphany, the Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, and others that were commemorative of the leading events of the Saviour's life. But to this it bad been commonly objected that persons were generally found to be indisposed to attend the services of the church on those days, and that it was discouraging to the clergy. He (the bishop) believed that the unwillingness of the people arose in the first instance from the negligence of the clergy ; and that it would, in all probability, be some time before these days were ob served in a becoming manner. He did not doubt, however, that the attempt, if persevered in, w ould prove eminently s uccessful. He had als o b een aske d w h e ther he recom mended a daily service. He would content himself by re ferring to the rubric for an answer. It is there stated that the curate of a parish church or chapel, being at home, and not being otherwise reasonably hi n dered, shall cause the bell to be tolled daily, in order that the people may assemble to join him in prayer to Almighty God. His lordship recommended a more frequent celebration of the holy communion. In many churches it is administered only twice in the year ; at the least it should be administered six times, and in the churches of large towns once every month. The dress of the clergy having been the subject of much discussion, the right rev. prelate took occasiou to make a few remarks on the subject. He would wish that the difference between the dress of the clergy and that of the laity should be as simple as possible, and by no means one that should expose them to the ridicule of those from whom they should • command respect. A question had arisen wi th re g ard to the propriety of preaching in the surplice. He thought th a t when the communion service was performed it would be more advisable for the clergy to preach in their surplices than to retire for the purpose of c h an ging. In the evening s h e would recommend them to preach in their academical gowns. The bishop expressed his disapproval of a practice adopted by some of the clergy, that of turning their back s on the people while reading the prayers. He a pproved of the reading desks which bad been in troduced, enabling the clergyman to turn to the south when read i ng the prayers and to the west during the reading o f the lesson s. To candle s on the communion table h e did not object, if th ey were not allowed to burn except when the church or chapel might be lighted up. Of prayers for the dead and au r i cu l ar confession, his lordship spoke in y terms of strong condemnation. The right reverend prelate took o ccas i on to thank the clergy present for thei r exert ions in favour of church exten sion, and concluded after a few brief o b servations on educa tion and ministerial obligations. PATENT COMPOSING MACHINE. (From the Liverpool Albion.) Ny e gave, some time ago, an account of a composing ma chine which sets up and justifies the type used in pflatit Up to the invention of this machine, it was deerneci b ill t trade impossible that type-setting could be done e-cljed as ma chinery, and the hand of the workman was considered never likely to be superseded. The invention band can be com posing machine has, however, proved that the f type - setting. superseded even in the nice and delicate art o . printed from 'We have now before us the first book ever printed It is of the type set up and justified by the composing heArt of Procuring entitled, "The Anatomy of Sleep ; er24 , ,, b y Dr. Binns. 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