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ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. William John Moore, late curate of Windsor, to the Vicarage of Sarratt, Herts, in the Diocese of London, on the presentation of James Adam Gordon, Esq. The Bev. Francis Phillips !me, B:A., to the Perpetual Curacy o! Birch, near Manchester, vacant by the death of the Her. Eowland Blavnev. Patron, John Dickenson, Esq., of Deva,o,i,,-p!a,:-. ' ' The Irv. sented to the Vicara the cession of the If, Nl.A.,has been pre shire, vatatt,bc The Rev. G. Maddistri. F. of Catharine Hall, Cam bridge, has been presen: , .l .0 ae Vicarage of All Saints, Cambride.e, by the Mu'iirr and Fellows of Jesus College. The Wev. C. Tityloi, M.A., a Prebyndary in Hereford, Cathedral, has been prescnied by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, to the Vicarage of Lydney, Gloucestershire, with the Chapelries annexed, vacant by - the resignation of the Rev. Hugh H. Morgan. His Grace the Duke of Bedford has been pleased to ap appoint W. Beal, Esq., L. L.D K.C. L.. of Trinity College, Cambridge, no.. huh u.' one of the 11asterships m the Clas sical and Mathematical School of Plymouth, to be Head Master of the Endowed Grammar School at Tavistock. The Rev. Thii. Underwood, M.A., Vicar of Wellington, near Hereford, has been presented he the Deans and Canons of that Caiiieth•ai to t , e Vicarage of Diddlebury, Salop, void by the decease Or the liev. J. W. Baugh. - The Degree of fill. has been ronferred on the Rev. Joseph Jameson, Precentor of Ripon Cathedral, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, ►n compliance with the unanimous request of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. Fbe Rev. Gilbert Ileur he Vicara n, of St. Peter'i College, Patron, tho Catnin idge . Precentor of eincitesz The Rev. T. S. Gre de la-Zotich S,hoo Uvin, Head Master,:;iip of Asilln- Lire Bishop of St. David's has Wi!liasos, Master o f the earniarii: Rural Dean for the Deanery of Llannil ointe(.l the Itev. I). A. 4rarnmar Seltuol, to be His Grace the ArubbisliiiP of Cashel. has promoted the Rev. Alfred Thomas Artnst,•oug. A.M., to the benefice of Cullen vacant by the death of the Rev. William Parsons, Li other to Lord Bosse. In our last we Mated that the flee. T. G. Simcox had been appointed to tie Pe.pettial Curacy of Trinity Church, Sineth wick. The Church is a new one, and was consecrated in September OBITUA I' In Londhon. in the 79th year of his age, the ltev. Friskney Gunius, ter a 5 Nears Ilector of the valuable living of Leasiu ham, Lincolnshire. At the iwus,, of his rather, at Southampton, after a short illness. the !1e.,. Itooert "leNetinere Pilgrim, M. A., Rector of Shaw, near Newbery, Berks. Ile was in the 3lth )ear his age. The Rev. James Iluwoll, M. A, Vicar Arlington,Berks At Llandiaatai, lierePirishiw, 73. ?Lo West, ii er a boa. iciness li,etor of that parish, Curite (It Fownimpe. 'tear of Brocki:Ain At 1,0 , :k halo Itet Itoiert Frekf, Goo, Thorvertou, De vor he Rev ~teur :1I ead, Sot SC) : itector of that place and of The Rev. Richard Clarke, thirty-seven years Chaplain of St. Michael's, Portarlttigtou, au,i twenty-six yeard :7.z,uveruign of that borough. At A.uclitn', - ;r3 house, near Glastcow, alter five clays' severe illness, the Hew. James Graham Campbell, j uu., of Peterbill anti Aueliinern, a!teil 31 years. The Rev. Th;)mas F Irby, Yor'i .11i2:e, aged 69. 'Vhf Rev. W. L. Glove', Vicar of Si: Paul's. Bedminster. At Weymouth, the Lev. \V. T. Price, of Hinton St. George Somerset. UNIVE•'RSITY INTELLIGENCE Oxrunp, Nov 17.—1 n a cozigregitioil, holden on Thurs day last, the followin•,t degree , . were conferred :—Doctors in Medicine —R. Il.Gooldeu, Quern's; A. J. Sutherland, Stu - dent of Christ Church.—B in Civil Law :—F. Rogers Fellow of thiel, and Venerian Scholar.—Masters of Arts G. E. Bruxuer, Christ Church, grand comp.; Christ Church; Rev. W. -hall; Rev. G. C. Lamette and ' Owen, and Rev. E. L. n•hall; and the Rev. 1. S. Kan, Bev. E. J. Randolph, Student W. i3landford, St. Ed nood' Rev. C. S.-.. Pet, RaiHot ; Rev Davies, Jesos; ii. Coortea, , F. S. GAwthome. Exeter St. 11ary-h:111, comp.: J. D. Nl.er. 1)11: : T. l'arnoil, ; J. B. Ptwips. Oriel. grand. ud J. M. Dix..ll, St. Edmund hall; J. H. 'WOliams, J. ill. . , Glenie, B. L. Watson, mid It. Shepherd, St. Maryshall; C. Crofts, and J. Hayes, Magdalen•hail ; J. L. Fytche, Lin coln; C. E. Thhi-uhill t,u t B. B. Lyons, Christ Church ; F. 'l'. 11, 0 ,1:f! awl C. Boss fie Haviland, Oriel ; W. Edgecotne and J. Alont,igur!. Pembroke ; it. Davy, A. Anstey, J. S. \Visiting, aud G. B. Baines, Worcester * ; Tamer, and .I. M. Sumner, Bailin!; W. Fookes, H. J,alrell, C. B. Wollas ton, and G. A. Booth. Exeter; W. D. Hall, Fellow of 'New; E. M. eivkfort, H. Baxter, and S. M. H. ChamorleYs, Brasenuose; W. Darnell, Plxhibitioner of Corpus Christi; M. Steel, Jesus; J. Wickes, St. John's; and W. Banister, W adh in In a Convocation, hoiden in the afternoon of the same day it was aereed to augment the stipends of the under libraria.us of the Bodlei £l°U per annum each, to be paid out of the Univers V On Sdturdav las!, Urristopher Egerton, 8.A., Probationary Fellow of All awl the Hon. Grlbett. Chetwynri Talbot, B.A Chris! Church, of kindred to the Founder, were ;oink - Ili,: Ili Feiiows "r hit Sot at the same tirne,Tewods Heory Lloyd, 13. A., iii Brasecuos S eholar of All Souls'. Y; and callege, was On Wedne,:iiv the Rev 11. S. Slight, Zi..l , Sclioiars of Co admitted Fellows cf tlt.t t Soviety. Ily, M.A., and the Itev us Christi coW, were On Thursday last, Mr. E. H. liltroo tea hibitioner on the Msshel Foundation at Queen's colle_. Camantnn,:. Nov. the con.4re ; zation on 'Wednes day Lea, the follo.ying degree: were conferred :—Doctor in Divinity by Royal Mandate: 'lrv. C. Wordsworth. Trinity. —Doctor in Divinity: Rev. J. Siarpson, coi:ege. —Master of Arts: It Shutte, Ernrn. coll. Licentiate in Medi cine: E. L. Birke:', Caius.—Rachelor in the Civil Law: E. C. Brewer, •I'rinity: E. H. Clerk, St. John's.—Bachelor of Arts: .J. Burr. '1 On Tourstlav las colt., in this University, IV ai that Society .ctr,l an Ex- NV Otillntnard, .3.A.,'nf Peinhroke ctrl a Foundation Fellow of The office or 11:11sean Lecturer will become vacant at Christmas next, and the trustees have issued a notice re questing, all pers,ins wishin , to twceine candidates for that office to send their naures to the Vice-Chancellor, on of be fore the 10th of December next. THE MURDER AT HORWICH MOOR A DJOUNNED INQUEST On Flidav morning, at ten r)'cinck, the adjourned inquest was held. The jury re-assembled at ten o'clack, and having been sworn, Daniel Crook was called in. Ile said that he was sent for by Mr. Wright. to apprehend the prisoner at the coil nit where he worked, and the constable of Hatherwell took him into custody. Mr. Ainsworth and Mr. Wrig,ht were there. The prisoner said that he would go without hand cuffs. He asked if it was something about the man that was killed upon the moor. Mr. Ainsworth said that the man had no occasion to say anything of hilnselr, unless he thought proper. The prisoner said that they had not had a gun in their house since the Sandal; fortnight before the sth of _No- vember. n;) h 11 I wtTfl him on Friday Nlattilew Lamlien ir) the with i afternoon, but he v afternoon. In ani , er to a question by Mr. Wright, witness said that he had shot. a. bird that day, but witness could not recollect the name of the bird. The prisoner said he was in nocent of this business, and as he was going along the moor Matthew Lambert had said to biro. "Those that killed this man ought to he found oat." Prisoner relined, that it might have happened to Matthew .himself, that somebody might shoot him. James Fletcher re-Pxamin,l —.Said that he was on the road from the stumps to the cabin when he heard the gun tired, and no person, at'ter the tiring of the gun, could have got into the cabin ivibout witness v.eing hiro. When he got to the cabin he found the tramp lying asleep on the floor, who, oti being diet tubed by witness, went towards Belmont. This evideace exonerates the tramp from some suspicions that had arisen. Several witu,s.,el evidence did not . _ . bear strone:y upon the case, until Joseph Haliiwell, in the emplev of William Gerard, cattle dealer, Bolton, was called in. Witness said that on Friday last he Was oeing over Horwich 000 r for the first time in his life, on his way to Skipton, in Yorkshire, to buy cattle. Whilst going over the moor be lost his way, and whilst he was endeavouring to find it he braid the report of a gun, about 460 yards from the place where the man hid been shot. After he had proceeded about 100 yards, he met a man run fling with a gun in his hand. As soon as he heard the report of the gun, he made the best of his was to the place whence the sound proceeded; he was on horseback at the time ; he went there for the purpose of inquiring his way. When he saw the man running be theUght of asking hint his nay, hut the man shunned him, and held the gun down, as if endea vouring to cenceal it. Witness rode towards him until he got within 30 yards of him, and asked hint his way, but he didn't speak to him. The man made across the moor in the direction of from which place witness had come. Witness went straight forward in the direction from which he had seen the man proceed, and arriving at a deep ditch he saw a man lying in it. Witness turned back again, and tried to fityl his way over the moor ; the man seemed to toe dead. Witness went along it because the horse would not go over the ditch. Mr. Ainsworth and several of the jury asked the witness many questions ; in reply to which he asked how it was likely tie should speak to ot dead man. Mr. Ainsworth said that the mar, tnight have been in a fit. Witness said a man looked very much like being in a fit. when he was shot through the head. Witness looked at the deceased, but did net offer to touch him ; he was all in a '• maze." Witness had gone above 100 yards after he heard the gun fire, before he met ti t s man running. The man was proceed ing in front, hut looked a, if he did not like to meet him ; the nearest neint at which he approached the nun, he be lieved was less titan 30 yards. He was positive that the man had a gun in his hand. lle was dressed in a blue surto ut; troasers, and a blue plush waistcoat. The. roan_ was about 5 feet 9or 10 inches, and boa a gun with him. Witness was fetched from his work yesterday (Thursday) by Mr. Perris, the constable of Blackburn, and was taken to . Great Bolton Dungeon, where he identified INhitele as the man he had met on the moor. After he left the body, he met with an old man, anti asked him which was the way to Belmont, who directed him in the right way, and whilst he was getting at the right trade, he passed the five barns a second time, and called for a glass of ale. He dirt not tell them about seeing the man in the ditch. The body of the deceased had then been taken there, hut witness did not know it. It was about two o'clock when he was at the five houses the second time. Wit ness was going to Yerkshit e to purchase cattle ter his master, and had about 0.00 about hint at the time. The reason he did not make any particular alarm was, that he was afraid that people might suspect that he had committed the murder. W hen he heard his master and some persons at Skipton talking about a roan being shot, he stated then that he was chose by when the man shot. - We have nut time to give the evidence at length, as the inquest teas nut over until half-past five o'clock. The evidence of the last witnesa was very clear. In a short time the jury returned a verdict of " Wi!ful Murder," against Ja - mes Whittle. The coroner c(;inplimented the magistrates and other pzentiemen of the tpti!rliboarbood for the attention they had paid in investirzating this dreadful transaction. A contemporary says that ‘• :he mlchinery orthe Great Western wilt lust fin; ever;" and adds, that '`afterwards it can be sold for old iron." Digby Caley, Esq.', has declined to take upon himself the duties of a Town Councillor of the Borough of Ripon, to which he was elected on the Ist instant. It said that if he had accepted office he would have been elected Alavor, though all the Corporation but himself and another are Tories. This would have been a very different specimen of "liberality” from that exhibited by the Whig Radicals, who arrogate to themselves the title of " Liberals" at Lee:ls. Leeds bitelli gencer. - PiiTVATE LETTER FROM LORD D11:11AM.--We have been favoured by a kind friend with an extract from a letter, which he has received from his lordship, (Kited Quebec. 13th October. This communication is highly interesting :—" All civil government is now impiacticable here. I return home to follow out the objects of My 111ISSinit in the House of Lords, where, in truth, the gort.rninitnt of the Canadas is now conducted. The post of diffioulty-0 action—is now in that house, and these [ must reoair. Trust me, my good ft lend, 1 abandon not one iota of 'the objects of my mission —on the contrary, I hold to them at strongly as ever—and I believe that, contrary to their intentions, my enemies have unconsciously given me better meitns to carry them into effect. I hope to he.in Er i i;land by Vle yni , l4l4e ur end of De oemb'er."---DumfrEei Tithes. GREAT ORANGE MEETING, (From the Dublin Protestant Guardian.) A General Meeting of Orangemen was held on Wednes day the 14th instant, at the Great Rooms of the Conservative Society, Dawson-street, under the sanction of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland; Cnidley Conte, Esq., , Deputy Grand Master, in the chair; at which representatives from eery county and district in Ireland attended. The Imige having. been duly opened with prayer, the fol lowing resolution of the committee was read : Resolved—'That this committee do recommend the Grand Lodge of Ireland to sanction a general meeting of orange men, to be held during the November meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, with a view of more publicly and specifi cally making known the increasing grievances of the Pro testants of Ireland, and the dangers which threaten their dearest rights and interests." A repo - it of the committee Of the Grand Lodge was then read, from which we make the following extracts:— S " Your committee, in bringing up their half-yearly report, feel it thcii duty to enter into a more than usual detail—a de tail which, however sup ei fl uous f or the members of the in stitution, is yet rendered iimispensible, from the circum stances of the times demanding an authoritative exposition of the objects, and a demonstration of the necessity of the Orange Institution. " The objects of the Orange Institution are few and simple, being reducible indeed tonne head—the exercise- of the in defeasible right of self-defence in its widest and most rational signification—the defence not only of the person lint of its appertaining rights—constitutional freedom, both civil and religious. In this consists the very essence of the Orange Institution, and there is nothing in its constitution or practice that seeks to extend further. It contains niehing of aggres sion. It ;vas the inevitable offspring of necessity; and when that necessity ceases, its dissolution must as inevitably le suit but so long its it continues, the Orange Institution•is forced into a permanent existence. * " The oppressions of time Protestants of Ireland, the inse curity of their property end persons are facts so notm ions, that your committee would content themselves with referring to them as historical truths, were it not that the contrary has been so often asserted, that while many only affect to believe the assertion, there are not a few who seem atonally per suaded of its truth; and the existence of tranquillity. in Ire land, a misstatement as gross as was ever contradicted by facts, is daily nuptial to as incontrovertible. This is doubt less, in some degree attributable to that currency which bold and hardy assertion too often obtains for untruth, but is per haps mainly owing to the friends of truth shrinking from a controversy with falsehood. The Protestants of Ireland have so long been silent under their grievances, that these griev ances-are treated as non-existent—the policy of quiescence enforced on - them by their leaders. and pushed to. the extent of a compromise with evil, inculcates it as a dutx to suffer without resistance : and the absence of reaction is adduced by our enemies as an eVlifence hf the absence of oppression. We were told that stir 16trig sufforing and endurance would earn for us extraneous sympathy; but our very patience has been made a proof that sympathy is uncalled for. The ex periment of quiescence and concession has been puehed to the uttermost, and its inefficiency for geed is au established result. If ever a system has been allowed to fully de velope its effects, the system of concession has been allowed to do so by the Protestants of Ireland. In compliance with this system the Orangemen of Ireland consented to abolish their - beloved Institution: in com pliance with it also every tranifestatinn of Protestant strength and feeling was avowedly discountenanced by even the conservative leaders. It may be well that these things have been. The impolicy of concession—the ittefficacy of opposing inertness to active and vigorous aggression—is now an historical fact, and mistaken friends as well as insidious enemies are at length deprived of the least semblance of a pretext for counselling the Protestants of Ireland to sacrifice both safety mid principle by persevering in their present downward course of compromise, inertness, and concession. The time has indeed collie when the question must be fairly met, and stated on its right grounds. The Protestant insti tutions—the Protestant people of this country—are in pro cess of extirpation, under the double influence of violent ag gression and timid shrinking from defence. There is no civil or religieus right whose enjoyment is left undisturbed— no constitutional privilege which can be exercised with int . punity—no duty whose fulfilment does not incur pains anti penalties—the rights of property, whether of landlord or te nant, are too often but nominal—the exercise of our religion is anathematised, the performance of its rights disturbed, and its professor followed even to the grave with the bitter persecution of Runtish intolerance. The prosecutors anti witnesses in our criminal courts become the objects of out rage or assassination ; and intimidation, extending. its influ ence to the jury box, nakes the law itself the best shield for even the avowed assassin—the exercise, of the elective fran chise is contiolled by the brutal violence of a sanguinary mob, who visit opposition to their will with the penalty of death— in the legislature, bold and unblushing notnish perjury breaks through the feeble protection destined to shield our 'Protestant instinviens; and the executive, groaning under the despotism of a ferocious priesthood, have discarded the reptession and punishment of crime from the number of their duties. Such is the influence produced on our enemies by our quiescence and concessions. What effect has it had upon ourselves? The quiescent endurance of persecution has be come intolerable, and as already produced the alarming evil of a stationary if non diminishing Pro'estant population. The tide of Protestant emigration bids fair to reduce our yeo manry to a truly despicable minority, while the wealthier amongst us find in absenteeism that sa:"ety which Bnnis') vio lence and Conservative timidity-deny them at home. The Ptotestant representatives keep aloof from the people, and the people find no fixed point round which to tally, The re presentations of the fewness of Protestants iu Ireland may well gain belief, for they come not in masses before the public eye. The fiction ef Protestantism in Ireland being upheld fur the benefit of a few aristocrats may well be credited, when, from the want iif union, engendered by the policy of conces sion the Protestant democracy remains unseen. All tends to render us powerless. Every appeal must now he made to England, for the want of confederation forces those amongst us who have still the boldness to speak of Protestantism to seek in England that sphere of. action whic'r the impolicy of concession has deprived them of at home. And thus again is - strengthened the delusion that the Protestants of Ireland are 'but tie remnant of an expiring faction. . ' Your committee then appeal to experience as testifying that some defeusive confederation is called for by the condi tion of Ireland; the experiment has been doubly tried, and the results severally strengthen each other. While a de fensive confederation existed, we enjoyed comparative com fort and security, and retained something of our just influence in the commonwealth; when that confederation was dissolved it was almost affected nut to recognise our existence—not only was the fact of our intolerable oppressions denied, but it ItijS attempted to legislate with exclusive reference to our antagonists, and the executive acted as though they were exclusively the people of Ireland. On our antagonists them selves the dissolution of the Orange Institution produced nothing of a reciprocating spirit; our concession elicited no similar concession from them, they were too well aware of the strength derived from asseciatien, to divest thentselyes of au iustrument so efficacious in the furtherance of their views—uninfluenced by our concession they unscrupulously persevered in using for aggressien the engine which we had so weakly abazdoned as a defence. Notwithstanding the perfect organization placed at their disposal by the combined efforts of their priesthood, their Ribbon associations, and their popish members of the legislature, and a government jealously furthering their views, they could not afford to di trense with the additional element of public and popular con federation. From the commencement of popish agitation down to the formation of the Precursor Society iu the pre sent year, they had en uninterrupted series of associations in vigorous operation, which have been too successful in attain ing, many of the objects they professed to have in view. Others of these objects are now avowedly conceded to them in perspective. Every day, as it were, paying fresh homage, adding new triumphs to the principle of popular confedera tion. Has this lesson been react to us in vain? Is the ex perience- of our strength while united, our feebleness when scattered, to be treated as nothing?. Are we to persevere in neglecting a means which was once a sufficient defence, and i s new used against us with such fearful effect? It must he admitted that some defensive confederation, having for its main object the pi evention and repulsion of aggression is imperatively called for, the executive having discharged themselves of their most momentous function, and even re primanded the magistracy and police for exercising the chief duty that falls within their province, the prevention of out rage and crime. The active exertion of self-defence, then, of being a simple right becomes a positive (fury, and the only queston that can arise is as to. the shape and form under hich that right and duty should be exercised " During the reading of the report the secretary was fre quently interrupted by loud and continued cheering. The report having been received and adopted, Sir Amyrald Dancer, Bart., moved, and James Harvey, Esq., Deputy Grand Master of Wexford, seconded the first resolution. STATE OF TRADE Leans.—We have scarcely any alteration to note in the staple trade of this district since our last. The demand For bulk goods in the halls continues brisk, and most of the ma nufactories are running full time. The workmen, generally, are well employed, and, if we may judge from Inc present rise in the price of corn, they are likely to be pretty well employed during the winter, for it is a fact proved by loug experience, that work is always most plentiful when the price of provisions is high. BnAnFono.—Ti i e market here on Thursday was pretty nearly slie same as that of last we'ek. The sales of manu factured goods were considered by no means extensive; there.was, however, a good demand for yarn, at improving limes. In the wool market sales of almost all description, of that commodity were readily effected, prices continuing very firm. HUDDET2SFIELD.-sWe hvl another good market here on• Tuesday, with an improved demand for both broad and nar row cloths of good qualities, there was a full average business Clone in Tweeds and fancy BuckskinS. The deinaml in the Piece Hall was equalled by the sales in'tfiewarehofise•s; hence there was 'a degree of confidence andspirif man ifested by the manufacturers which iirodueed'in augmentatibh - in. the prices of wool asked by-she staplers. In some cases the increased prices were reluctantly given,- but in others they checked or prevented sales. IlEckmoNowtkE. The Blanket-hall, for • the last two market-days, (Monday and Thursday), has been better at tended than latterly by the merchants, yet the quantity of goods manufactured is greater than the demand, and prices' remain stationary. WA KEFIELn Wool. Ithux ET, Nov. 1 6.—There has been a full average of business done in wool of all kinds this week, and although there is not a quotable advance, yet upon some sorts a trifle more has been obtained. TILE IRON TnADE.—The price of iron remains firm. Orders are abundant; and very few manufacturers are anxious to increase the order on their books at present. This we-believe is true of the works in other parts 1.1 the kingdom, as well as those in our imm e di a t e neighbourhood—Glair.oryan Gazelle. CONSISTORY COURT, CHESTER. THultsoey, Nov. 15. Johnsori and Donald, promoters, against the Rev. Mr. Masters, Vicar of Runcorn. The Chancellor of the Diocese this day gave judgment in this piotracted suit, at great length. He first recapitulated the proceedings, stating that the articles exhibited charged incontinence on the vicar, and that the female with whom it was alleged he had illicit intercourse, had given birth to a child, &e., and the promoters prayed that he might be cano nically corrected and punished. The allegations in reply went in total denial of the charge, and alleging that the principal witness had had intercourse with several young men. The Rev. Judgvecapitulated the evidence, weighing the adverse parts with meat nicety. He said the case rested on the direct testimonyvf only one witness, Mary Hindle, herself particeps and that the corroborativeevidence was so weak, that he could not allow it to weigh in support of so grave, so criminal a charee,_in.a case which-, if derided adversely, would blast the vicar's prospects. He stated in conclusion that under ali the circumstances he dared not give sentence against time vicar, nor pronounce him actually guilty of the offence charged against him. He felt that he should act at cam iance with the highest authorities in the land, if he admitted the charge was preyed. At the same time the conduct of the promoters was entitled to the respect and acknowledgment 'of the court; and the same feeling ought to be entertained by the vicar. They bad been actuated by the purest of motives, the vindication of the church from what was injurious to it; and in doing this, they had shown every consideration for the feelings of the vicar, and had acted on no other principle than a deep sense of public duty. Therefore, in dismissing the defendant from further attend ance on. the court in- respect - to this aiuit,_ he should do so without making any order as tb casts. THE WESLEYAN CENTENARY MEETING IN ➢IANC HESTER. (From the Manchester Guardian.) In the Guardian of Saturday last, we briefly noticed the holding of a meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Society. preachers and laymen, in ibis town, during the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, in l as t w ee k , and the fact that nearly £30,000 had been pledged as donations, liv parties present, to the great fund for celebrating next year the centenary of methodism by founding institutions, and in other ways contri buting to the extension of that "form of Christianity promul gatedby John Wesley and his followers in the ministry. We also stated a few of the donors' names- and the amounts given, being all that could be th e n ascertained for publication. As the circumstances under which such large amounts were given may excite some curiosity. especially as this meeting .was to be knower] up by others - held in Liverpool, (this week). in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Dublin, we subjoin a few particulars relating to it, which we derive from the published resolutions of the Manchester meetings, and from other sources. The meeting was in Oldham-stre e t Ch a p e l, - commencing, on Wednesday, the 7th inst.: the Rev. Thomas Jackson, president of conference, in the chair; the Rev. Robert New ton officiating as secretary of the conference. There were present no fewer than seven ex-presidents of conference, viz., the Revs. Richard Rece, Joseph Entwistle, G. Morley, G. Marsden, Dr. Bunting, Joseph Taylor, and Edmund (.;rim drod •' and about 230 other minist ers an d gen tl emen con nected with the societies and congregations in London, Man chester, and Salford, and all the neighbouring towns, Liver pool. Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Sneffield, Newcastle on-'Tyne, 11 uI 1, York, Dublin, &c. &c. The resolutions of a previous committee of ministers and gentlemen held in Bristol in July last, on the subject of a proposed celebration ni 1839 of the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism, and also, the subsequemt resolutions on the subject of the conference recently held in Bristol, having been read and considered, the meeting, after some discussion, chiefly as to the several modes of application of the fund, passed a series of twentv - six resolutions, of which we now proceed to give "an ab stract:— The Ist expresses cordial approval of "the proposed cele bration, in 1839, of the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Society in the year 1739, under the providential instrumenta lity of the ever-to-be-revered- and venerated John Wesley; and deeply feels that the primary object of such celebration should be the religious and devotional improvement of the centenary, by solemn public services in all our chapels, both at home and the various missionary stations abroad." The 21, on the motion of Mr. James Wood, - expresseS the opinion " that it is eminently right and expedient, that there sham Id also be a general pecuniary contributien, by means both of individual and family donations, and of public collec tions, through all our societies and congregations at home and abroad," as "a practical thank-affering to Almighty God, for the personal, Gomestic, and public benefits derived, by his blessing, from the labours of Mr. Wesley, and of his coadju tors and successors, during the last hundred years, and from the direct and indirect influences of the various ministrations and agencies of Wesleyan methodism, not merely on Our own religious community, but also on the Christian church at large, and on the spiritual interests of the world. " The 3tl concurs in the judgment of the Bristol committee, unanimously sanc tioned' by conference, that the connectionail.fund, to he raised on occasion of the centenary, should be applied; 1. to the erection and preparation of premises_for the accommodation • of students in the Wesleyan theologicaiin4itution ; •2: to the provision of commodious premises in London for the use of the Wesleyan missionary society. [These objects are stated to be recommended by their monumental and connectional character.] The 4th, on the motion of the Rev. Dr. Bunting, declares, that, while concurring in the pre-eminent claims of these two objects, the meeting is "satisfied.of the duty and disposition of the members and friends to raise, on this special and extraordinary occasion (which to them can never again occur,) a much larger sutn than that which these objects alone will require; and pledges itself, individually and collectively, to the most zealous exertions fur that purpose." The 5th, on the motion of Mr. G. R. Chappell, of this toWn, gives the tot lowing "conclusions:"—" 1. That the sum of £BO,OOO is considered as the very, lowe,t which meat be raised, by the universal effort now contemplated, for the centenary mud. 2. That, after a liberal reserve tor the purposes of the theo logical institution and for the new mission house, the remain der of the £80,003 should be employed as follows: (1. ) In Providing a Wesleyan missionary ship, for the purpose of forwarding missionaries and missionary stores from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, to our mission sta tions in New Zealand, in the Friendly Islands, and in other Polynesian groupes. (2.) In finally liquidating a building debt of about £5OOO, yet remaining, on the premises of our two connectional schools at Kingswood amid Woodhouse Grove ; thus liberating, for the use of the Methodist Preachers' Annuity Society, a considerable sum now an nually payable for interest on that debt, and for its gradual reduction, and restoring such sum at once to its origi nal and proper use, as part of the incistne applicable to the support of preachers compelled through age or infirmity to retire from their regular labours in the ministry, and of the widows of our deceased ministers and pastors. (3.) In placing at the disposal of the chapel loan funds committee (which committee, we understand, in conjunction with cha pel trustees, have been the-means of liquidatingsl:lso,ooo . of debt upon various chapels] .a considerable stun, sufficient to enable it to continue, without material interruption, its most beneficial and important operations (which must be otherwise for a while wholly suspended, owing to the entire exhaustion of its present resources), and thus to relieve many cases of distressed trustees and over-burdened chapels from the pies sure of debt and difficulty, and also to enable that committee to accelerate, by judicious arrangements, the period at which the interest, and eventually the, principal, of the loans al ready so usefully expended, will be fully discharged; so that. the annual incotve of the regular chapel fund may become more 'speedily available." [ln a note, it is stated that the five appropriations above enumerated will require thatat least the minimum of £BO,OOO should be provided.] The 6th reso lution expresses the hope that that minimum tnay be very considerably exceeded, and declares, that whatever surplus. shall he actually realized, shall be devoted to some one or more of the objects named above (under rime ditectiun of a committee, to be appointed from among the principal sub- scrittera), iu such - proportions as the claims ad(rnecessities of each particuler objectstrall - seeM tri require. The 7th, that the subscriptions be now commenced, and that James Wood, Esq.., of MancheSter, be a pp o i n t e d th e genera l t reas u r er of the Wesleyan centenary fund. 8:h. That, to meet the wishes and convenience of some classes of subset liters, the donations of those who desire it shall become due by three annual in stalments; namely, in the week iininediately preceding the conferences of July 1839. 1840, and 1841. 9th, That a gene ral centenary sub-committee be appointed, to meet from time to time in Manchester, to promote the contribution, and take measures to engage the co-operation of all the preachers, trustees, class-leaders, and peopie, in every circuit of Geeat Britain and Ireland, The 10111 gives the names of the com mittee, including the treasurers, a number of ministers, and gentlemen of Manchester, Liverpool, and Stockport, with power to add to their number. The 11th names five secreta lies to this sub-eommittee, one minister anti four gentlemen, all of thiS town. The 12th recommends the appoint me n t of local sub-committ ees an d su b-t reas u r ers in every c ircuit rn the united kingdom. The 13th recommends that. one or more public meetings of friends be' held in every circuit, as early in 18.32 as convenient, fur the purpose of obtaining donations in each locality. 14th. That the valuable help of the ladies be solicited, by the formation, in each circuit, of a ladle,' committee; 1. to promote the private and • faintly donations to the g eneral fund; 2. to carry into effect the recommenda 7 non of the Bristol comniiitee, that local arrangements should be made for enabling the children of the tainlay and day schools and the poor members of the society to, participate and enjoy the pleasure and benefit of the intended eele bration, on one of the days set apart, -but so as not to in terfere with the public religious services of the occasion. 15. That the missionary committee and secretaries be re quested to adopt early means fur obtaining the concurrence of societies and congregations at the foreign stations, in the religious celebration of the centenary, and in the accompany ing contribution. The 16th recommends that the volume which the president of conference is preparing on the occa sion of the c en t e n ar y ( on the rise Ad progress of Methodism) be published as speedily as practicable; and that a eheap edition, as little abridged as possible, he printed for sale or distribution 'among the poorer members, and in the Sunday and day schools. The 17th a poroves of the resolutions of con ference as to the time of cele l brating the centenary, viz.:— That the o ff icial discourse to be delivered before - the con ference at Liverpool, in 1839, IN the Rev. Thomas Jackson, -hall be considered as the centenary sermon; that one day be set apart during the session of that conference, for religi ous services; that, in all other place's, the month of October, - 18.39, is deemed the - most suitabte period fur the centenary services; and in consideration of the.univereal congregational collections then to be made fur the i;entepary fund, nO col lection for ordinary local pitypPies Rate made in hat month; and the school collections tisnally Made in October, be next . year made in September. The !sleeting recommends that conference should direct, that, on Friday, t he 25th October, 1839, meetings be held in every chapel, early in the morning, and also in the evening, for united prayer and thanksgiving; and that, where 'cotrienient, the same day be elected for public discourses and worship in the congregations; and, where local circumstances prevent a this, the. 25th .to be uni formly adopted 'for the early morning and evening services. rhe 18th approves of the appointment of special deputations from conference, to visit teu large towns at the time of the centenary, in order to assist the preachers stationed there, in the religious services of the occasion; and recommends.that Dublin and Edinburgh be added to the list. The 19th re commends an arrangement at the next conference by an ade quate increase of the auxiliary preachers' fund, forthe regu lar and permanent provision for the better support of minis ters on the supernumary list, and of the widows of deceased • i l o ' r h a e e r 2 0 1 1 .11 at. ca p ri o y i n j s u t a t s i t , t e b - .o 7 6 t e n c in t i o t t r e t e h e t o lti sit h i n re rs ! l o a h l l- - chesler, in m inisters. . mil. The 21st requests three ministers and six gentleman (several of the Litter ship-btiilders) to meet the treasurers and ionary Society in tp c*is,o;:tig.siriliee,n.nt::.raftlattiles of i in ~olisttict the t he ri t i s s ian g ' e ethod of l,r,ividiusg. n e rt . s ) d ~ , ri e t a b l s :' . of,ths arne.etinetet thb falinWine • " . ' t p i L e see a s d . , 4 . 7 . r u ir ri t t r a rst e k 4 i t nss, known .and explaining `the plan t s u l a l a fi n ed d i p t , l )r V n ere a l i l 4 C reference f t 0 1 ceeenn:eennaarryy. fund :— Liverpool, l itt r i p n o i o n i g: w general aneto s i n a l y i- . November 21, ISIS:. for the Liverpool, Macclesfield, N ort h Wales, and Isle uf Man districts.— London, Friday, Decem ber 7; for the . Southern and South- eas te rn di str i c t s.e-Bristol, Monday, December 10: for the West of England anal South Wales. —Birmingham, Wednesday, December 12; for the Contiguous midland districts.— Sheffield, -Friday, December 14; fur the Sheffield and the Nottingham and Derby dis tricts.— Leeds, Monday, December 17; for all the West Riding districts.— Hull , Wednesday, December 19; for the H uI I, Lincolnshire, York, and Whitby disti icts.—Newcastle on-Tyne, Friday, December 21 ; for all the northern districts February 27, 1839 ; fur and cirniits.—Dublin,' Wednesday, all Ireland. The president and secretary of conference, Bunting, Mr. James Wood, a number of other gentlemen named, and as many other members of time committee, both ministers anti laymen, as conveniently can, are requested to attend these !peelings. Further adjournments to be fixed, if necessary, at any future :meeting in the course of the year ; and the final adjournment for business, to lie fixed for Liver pool, in connexion with the ensuingco i n u fe n : i e g n h a t te y on such c fi l r d t a h y e as the president may appoint. The 23d resolution is expres sive of most devout thanksgivings to extraordinary tokens of his presence and blessing;" and of a firm persuasion " that the approaching centenary will obtain a permament memorial from Ileaven.—the memorial of a great and extensive revival of pure and primitive Christi anity." The 24th is one of thanks from the members from distant places, to the friends. in Manchester and its neigh bourhood, for their great hospitality and Christian kindness, and for their exemplary zeal in promoting the important ob ject which had brought the meeting together. The 25th re cords the sense of the lay members of the committee, of the valuable services rendered to the centenary cause by the Rev. Robert Newton, secretary of conference, and the other respected ministers in attendance.—The Rev Thomas Jackson, president of conference. having vacated the chair, thanks were voted to him, "fors the distinguished ability, affection, and piety, with which he has conducted the various trusiness -at-ibis most happy and interesting week; and for his very edifying and acceptable communications, connected with the history of Mr. Wesley and of methedism."—The "three days" of this great meeting terminated on the Friday evening, at a late hour. At and since this meeting we understand that eleven indi viduals or families have subscribed ZINO, or one thousand rguineas each, and among them, we are informed, thera are hree ladie s ; about fourteen have subscribed five hundred guineas each, and a great number one hundred guineas each. The total amount of subscriptions, up to yesterday, was £36,01445., averaging about £lOOO per day since the termi nation of the meeting yesterday week: -- The first of the adjourned meetings eo,romeneedat -Liver pool on Wednesday last ; b. t hitherto have not heard any thing of its proceedings. • - A CRUSTACEOUS TOUR. BY THE IRISH OYSTER-EATER. (From Blackwood's Magazine for November ) I arrived at Belfast, which boasts no indigenous bivalve, but adopts for her own the gigantic oysters of Carrickfergus, which, as I ant informed, is the name of a city, not of an oyster-bed. Procuiing a guide, I requested him to precede my steps to those Cimmerian regions "where oysters most ilia congregate," and presently arrived. guided more by the nose than by the other senses, at one of the retired emporia of shell-fish in the Athens of reland. The place was a study ;—s o ft unres i s tin g mu d f orm ed th e primitive Boor; a• board, unplaned and rough, elevated upon a pile of bricks, simulated a divan, while the table was suppiied by two of the divan boards tacked together, and extended from end to end of the " salon." A rushtight flickered in an old iron . candlestick, and• most ancient and fish-like smell" pervaded the apartment. Forthwith appeared a hideous crone, whose breath, redolent of whisky and tobacco, was expended in the business-like enquiry, " Wud ye be fur oysters, my man ?" . . . This interrogatory was replied to by an order fur half a hundred of her very pritnest Carrickfergus natives—to be g in ",Half a hunner 7 -a hail half-hunn er —Oh! o h! oh! the man's a baveril—a hail half-hunuer o' Carricks—save us!" With this ejaculation my hostess, having clutched the ruslilight in her palm, decamped, leaving me in a state of tri bulation that may be imagined, as the saying is, but beggars all description. In a few minutes, however, Alecto returned with the rush light stuck iu a trencher of the largest size, upon which were half a dozen of the most magnanimous oysters I had ever seen. They were natives to be sure, but natives of Patagonia;—the least rivalled in circumference the largest saucer I ever saw, while the biggest-equalled the periphery of a soup-plate. What a vision for the immortal Dando! Wbat would nut Louis des Huitres have given for the dish ? For my poor part, I never relished making two bites of a cherry, or of an oyster either. Like humble friends, oysters do not take kindly to cutting. Every fish ought to he no more than a mouthful. but it ought to be no less. I leave to more enterprising gour mands than myself the task of a critical analysis of the Pati gonian bivalves of Carrickfergus. I ought to obsetve, in justice to Belfast, that at the excellent tavern of 11PAllister, iu Graham's Entry, where the best supper in supper-eating Ireland may be had, there is to be found occasionally a sup ply of the teal Carlingford oyster. This joyful event.how ever, is rare and I lament t o o b serve th at t h e me t ropo lis o f the north of Ireland is so debased by a too prosperous trade, so abs Orbed in the grovelling concerns of her thriving manu factures, that the breeding of oysters is shamefully-neglected, and no pains are taken to awaken a patriotic enthusiasm on behalf of native Irish oysters in general, while the "Poldoody Association," lately established for the constitutional redress of ostrac.erial grievances, is here regarded by the veryoysters themselves with silent contempt! XVith a sigh I ascended the " Fair Trader" day drag, at five o'clock in the morning, en route to the next town of crustaceous interest, passing along the great Dublin road, through a country of amazing fertility and beauty, inhabited by a sober, industrious, and religious peopie, watered by bubbling gravelly streams, shel tered from the cold north wind by hills,, whose acclivities were seen white with the bleaching linen. sometimes con founded by the stranger traveller with virgin snow upon the ground; sometimes caught through circling groves like lakes gleaming in the sunshine. To an indiffe rent person a sight like this might be worth the remembrance; but to me it was a 'desert. My impatient soul bounded onwards to Newry, where I knew the " real Carlingfords" were to be had. My no less impatient stomach, clogged with its material tunics, and sadly embarrassed with its serous, mucous, and muscular coats, gave vent to its ill-humour in awful rumbling noises, such as vex the intestinal canals of Vesuvius or Stromboli. But, lo ! at the brow of the bill we pause—in the valley before us lies Newry—beyond, in the far distance, are seen the blue outlines of the Carlingford mountains—beyond the mountains lies the bay—at the bottom of the bay lie the oysters. " Coachman leaves here, sir." We are in Newry —and before us, on the breakfast-table, in a huge wooden bowl, behold the gelatinous objects of our affections—the real, the undoubted, unsophisticated Carlingfords, and no mistake! Newry is dear twiny remembrances—l have heard it called an odious hole, and so forth—to me it was everything that was delightful, for then oysters were in season. The waiter at Black's (tor your own sake go to Black's, the Sbakspeare, and order your oysters in Edmund Kean's favourite room) talked about patty squabbles and religious squabbles. I saw nor heard nothing of either, foi the oysters were of the primed. The disaffected grumbled, it is true, about the decline of trade, and taxation, and such stuff; crops, they said, were never so bad—when, may I ask, were oysters better ? Thus is it ever with perverse human nature the vice to neglect the blessings we possess, and hanker after the blessings which we possess not, to conaplain or the unavoidable contingencies of sublunary things, and forget, in ever-wrought anticipations of unattainable felicity, that irruch whereof the happiness of life is made tip is still within our grasp, and that whatever ills oppress us, and whatever cares corrode, still there remains for us the consolation that we have oysters of the best, and that owr oysters are in season I have always 'oven prone to a belielf in supernaturals, and a circumstance occurred while lowas opening an acquaintance with the natives of Carlingford, at Newry, that by no means diminishes the Rosicrucianity of my notions of the spiritual. It was near the midnight hour—the candles down almost to the socket—l had supped sparingly on some three quarters of an hundred, more or less, of my favorite fish, scalloped, stewed, and au nature!, kept down by half-a-dozen stiff tum blers of hot brandy and water, less or more—a sort of sopori ferousness laid hold of me —the full length of the immortal Kean, presented by himself to his friend mine Host of the Shakspeare, reeled in its gorgeous gilded frame—the cham ber was locomotive—if I had exceeded in any way I might have supposed myself a little " how came you so?" Be that as it may, however, a rustling noise was heard outside the dour, as if a barrel of oysters had been tumbled on the spot, which I verily believe to have been the case, for on a sudden the doer opened wide, in Caine a sea of oysters, rolling heels over head, in waves of confusion to my very feet. It was, in fact, a deputation from Carlingford, sent by the natives there to:invite rueto a public ilinner. Think of that, Master Brook ! By one of those legerdemain tricks that occur so frequently at public meetings, the entire deputation get, somehow or . other, upon the table, wher e , h av i n g wr i gg l e d th e mselves into' something like order, a venerable•hivalve, grey with barnacles -and age, advanced to the front, and having opened his shell, delivered himself nearly as follows;—`Sir,—The natives (if' Carlingford having heard, to their cost; of your at rival in this neighbourhood, and being well aware of, the deadly interest you take ie their affairs, :bas'ie resolved to sacrifice a number of their choicest iahabitants to your judicious palate—(` hear, hear!' from a little fat oyster;)—and accordingly, for the honneand reputation of the natives of Carlingford—(' hear !' from the fat one )—a sufficient number of volunteers have ge nerously come forward—(bravo !)—to die gloriously for their compatriots. (` Hear, hear!' a n d (lave' ing of s h e ll s on a li sides.) We, the deputation in this matter appointed, do therefore tespectfully solicit you to Haute a day—(' hear, hear!' from the corpulent bivalve)—when we may expect the pleasure of your company at the oyster-beds, for which pur pose the Mayor and Aldermen of Carlingford have gener ously placed-Lin oyster boat and diving-bell at your disposal." (Great and enthusiastic clattering.) What answer I might have made to this hospitable prop osa l 1 k now not ; for, hav ing taken umbrage at the eternal hear, hear!"' of the - little bloated native (there always is in deputations, if You observe, one greasy little aboMintition making his lungs a's prominent as his belly,) I watched my opp ortun i ty, and, catching him between the jaws with my oyster-knife, while in the act of ejaculating a "hear, hear !" I opened him in a twinkling, to the evident consternation of the surviving erustacea, who see ing me bolt their obese colleague, retreated in the same die older in which they had arrived ! I might have treated the whole affair as the natural result of a scanty supper and limited supply of grog, had I not discovered a paper which the deputation left behind in their precipitate retreat, and which is so well considered and temperately expressed, that I d o no t think it unworthy a Place in the records of my pereL : grinations. " To the Most Honourable the Marquis of Anglesey, K.- G. K. Sr. P., G. C. 8.. a General i n t h e Army, Colonel of the 7th Light Dragoon Guards, Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey shire, &c., &c., &v. " The Petition of the Natives of Catlingford humbly and 're spectfully showeth, That petitioners and their ancestors have been, from time immemotial, submarine inhabitant s o f t h e oysterledsin the bay of Carlingford, whereof your Lordship is Lord of the soil. "'That they have enjoyed for centuries a reputation for fat ness and flavor second to none, superior to 'oust, equal to any. "'That they bring . higher prices, and are more in demand than any other description of oyiter in Dublin and elsewhere. ""That they regret to state that, of late years,owing to:the poverty of the fishermen,'or the system of too frequent died; Ring, or from indiscriminate - and rapaeiimiliNfr a cti(4„r t h e • interior fish, they have suffered iu character, are less in de mand, and sold at a lower price per hundred than formerly. "'That whereas in personal appearence your petitioners were formerly invariably as ‘ round as a ball, while as a out,- and full as a tick, they latterly have become little better than so many bits of slate, owing to the' operation of some or other of the causes above stated. . • ..• " In tender consideration Whereof your petitioners; .regar ding the Poldoody Association' lately establish e d, in corn- . mon with other inhabitants of the North of lielarid, with sovereign contempt, turn to your Lordship, as their landlord and natural protector, in the hope that, without injury to the interests of the fishermen of Carlingford, some legislative enactment may be adopted, to preserve from further deteriora tMo the Carlingford oyster-beds. " And y o u r p et i t i oners , as in duty hound, will ever p ray . " Signed, on behalf of the petitioners, "MoTtititt-oy-PEARt.s." I take.no credit to myself for the announcement of the fact. which I state from undoubted authority, that owing to toy ex ertions in this matter - a Commission has been appointed to, enquire into, and report upon, the state and prospects of the oyster-beds, generally, while six and thirty Assistant-Com missisoners, with a - Sufficient supply of biscuits, oyster-knives, and bottled stow,. have already been appointed,,and have actually set out to prosecute their.enquiries on the :spot, ii supposed-that .in - tWentyyears' time thete will be sufficient data accumnlatedcto frame• the first report, and that not more ihan thirty thousand pounds will he required annually for this Commission. Indeed it is generally supposed that our pater nal government, actingon the principle embodied it) the Rail. way Report, will discourage oyster eating generally, except under GoVernment auspices. It has already been calculated that no oyster-cellar under extra-Ministerial management will pay inure than three and a-half per cent. on the sunken capital, and it is predetermined to recommend a "Central Metropolitan Oyster Emporium," to he established in the Castle of Dublin, of which the celebrated Mr. Dando, the oyster-eater, is intended to be resident Stipendiary Com missioner! Leaving Newry and the North, we cross the Carlingford mountains into Louth, passing. on our way many towns and villages remaikable for beggars and dirt, and one sweet little spot (Castlehellingham), notorious for cleanliness and hum ming ale—good ale, rare beverage in this alcoholic clime! Oysters ate not cultivated between Carlingford Bay and the Hill of Howl' ; the country may therefore be as well oblitera ted from the maps in future; On the 29th of June a scion of the house of Timour was hanger. at Dolhi, for having brutally murdered his wife be cause she refused to give up half her jewels to his paramour. The poor woman was young and beautiful, and eight months gone with child. The wounds made by the ruffian's sword cut her up, and the child fell at his feet. ON THE WICKEDNESS OF WOMAN.—The wickedness of women is a subject upon which the stronger sex among the Arabs, with an affected feeling of superior virtue, often dwell in common conversation. That women are deficient in judg ment or good sense, is held as a fact not to be disputed even among themselves, as it rests upon the assertion of the Pro phet ; but that they possess a superior degree of cunning is pronounced equally certain and notorious. Their general dwravit‘ is pronounced to be much greater than that of men. stood," said the Prophet, " at the gate of Paradise: and 10, most of its inmates wire the_poor ; and I stood at the gate of hell; and 10, most of its inmates were women." In allu sion to women, the Khaleefeh 'Omar said, " Consult them and do the contrary of what they advise." But this is not to be done merely for the sake of opposing them; nor when other advice can be had. "It is desirable for them," says a learned liatin, "before he enters upon any.important under taking, to consult ten intelligent persons among his particu lar friends; or, it he have not more than five such friends, let him consult each of them twice; or he have not mOre than one friend, he shmild consult him ten times at ten dif firent visits; if he have not one to consult, let hi m re tu r n to his wife, an d consult her; and whatever she advises him to do, let 'him clothe contrary; so shall he proceed rightly in his affair, and attain his object." A truly virtuous wife is, of, course, excepted in this rule: such a person is .as much respected by Muslims as she is (at least. aceording to their own account) rarely met with by th - ero.-Nat,ds to Lands Arabian Nights. MISCELLANEOUS. A NOVEMBER FUG.—During the whole of Thursday morn ing the metropolis was visited with 61hick fog, which rendered it necessary fur all persons employed in offices, shops, manu factories, &c., to hurn gas, oil, or candles, in order to pursue their several avocations. Instructious have been sent from the Lord Chamberlain's office to prepare the 'loyal Pavilion at Brighton, for the ar rival of her Majesty and the court ou Thursday the 30th insta Morning Herald. EXTRAORDINABY WEIGHT OF THIRTY PIGS.-Mr. S. of Streford, - recently purchased from Mr. James Taylor 30 pigs, which, when killed, averaged 21 score each, and 19Ibs. over. SINGULAR ADVERTISEMENT.—The following- appears in the advertising columns of the Wakefield Journal:—" A finger left.—The shoemaker who left the top-point of his fore finger on the ridge of a row of celery. in a garden near East Moore. on Monday night last; may have the seine on appli cation at the Joutnal office, on condition that be produces the remainder of the finger.—Wakefield, Tuesday, October 30." TESTIMONIAL TO MR. J. S. THOMAS, DEPUTY-CONSTA BLE. —On Wednesday last, was preesuted to Mr. J. S. Thomas, deputy-constable, from the hankers of Manches ter, a superb box, lined with gold,.and- suitably inscribed, as a mark of their esteem. for the zeal, activity, and integrity evinced by Mr. Thomas, in the bringing to justice that Levia than of commercial fraud, " John Kinnear," who was con victed last spring assizes at Liverpool.— Manchester Guardian, ANOTHER GRAND RADICAL DEMONSTRATION.— On Tues day last, what was to have been a grand radical demonstra tion was held in Leigh, which, however, proved to be a com plete failure. The meeting was to have commenced at half past ten o'clock ; but, from want of numbers, the greater part of the morning was spent in heating-up for recruits in the neighbouring townships, and. between eleven and twelve, about 7000 persons had thus been collected together in the Market-place. At no stage of the proceedings did the num bers exceed 2000, three-tourths at least being women and children. The meciing was attended by Stephens, and another rev. gentleman, named Jackson, of Leigh. The proceedings are described to have been of an inflammatory and abusive character. HoGG AND TOK LONDON HORSES.—TO a "provincial" who has an eye - to the sublime in horse-flesh, the London waggon steeds rivit his attention at the very outset. This was decidedly the case with James Hogg; and the young gentle man who acted as cierone to him during his visit to. the me• tropolis informed us, that though he often called his attention to scenes of interest, articles of vertu, or to an equipage adorned by a galaxy of London fair ones, •the Bard of Yar row, having his eye on a glorious team, inure than once re plied, '' Odd, man, never mind the trifles; but did ever mor tal see sic splendid brutes ?"—Dumfries Courier. - - MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—In addition to the bequests of the late Miss Byrom of £lOOO to the Intimary, and £5OO to the Lying-in Hospital, which we announced last week, we understand that this benevolent lady left £5OO to the Ladies' Jubilee Charity School, £5llO to the !louse of Recovery, £5BO for the repairs of St. John's Church (built by her father.) £3OO to the Eye Institution, • and £3llO to the Warrington Charity for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Clergy.—Surely it may be said of her, that she died not only full of years, but of good works. In her a name, which has been long connected with the history of Manchester, has passed away • but "The memory of the ju s t is bl e S se d."— ManchesterVourier. BIRMINGHAM BURGESS 1101,11,-If we are correctly in formed, in the parish of Birmingham alone, out of about 3500 names on the list, not fewer than 1200 unqualified persons are returned as burgesses. The manner in which the bur gess list for Deritend and Brodesley is made out, is still more disgraceful- than even that for the parish of Birmingham. We are informed, upon an authority in which we can place implicit eonfidence, that out of about 1500 names placed on, the list, 900 have, in reality, no right of voting, while many of the most respectable householders, who have been rated to the poor for a number of years—as it appears to us— simply because they are respectable and not radicals, have been carefully omitted front the burgess roll.—Birminyham Advertiser. THE AitcHatsHoP OF : YORK.—On Sunday last the vener e able Archbishop of York preach his farewell sermon at •th cathedral in that city. There were present the' Earl de Grey, Viscount Milton, the officers and the men of the Yorkshire Hussars, and almost all the niemb , !rs of the Vernon families. His grace said he had now reached his eighty-fourth year, and that he felt he must refrain. from preaching at his advanced age. The congregation might not again bear his service ; but be entreated them to live according to and be guided by the precepts of Christian faith; as it inust render them happier, wiser, and bettet members of society, and in sure them immortal glory.— York Herald. M RTEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At a meeting of this society on Wednesday last, a communication seas read from Mr. Charles Green, the aeronaut, on the variety of curtents in the atmosphere in England. He expressed his opinion that in England, at a great elevation, the north-west current generally prevailed throughout the year without reference to the direction of the wind near the earth, which constant cur rent is at an elevation of from 3,000 to 14,000 feet. This per current carries his balloon at the rate of about six utiles an hour, whilst the lower current will carry hint at a rate of thirty miles per hour. He states that in one of his ascents from Liverpool he entered the constant current at an elevation 0f14,(X/0 feel, and descended into a lower south-east current at the height of 12,000 feet, the former carrying his ballooti at the rate of five miles, and the latter at a rate of 801 miles per hour. The greatest speed he ever travelled was 97 miles in tifty-eight minutes, and his speed has often been from 61) to 80 miles an hour. The next paper read was from Mr. Manerly, of the .Royal Academy of Gosport, on the aurora borealis, from observations made for a period of twenty five years. After advancing a theory upon the subject, he stated, front a long series of observations, that rain and wind invariably come on in twenty-four hours after the disap pearance of the aurora. VALUE OF GIBUILTER To GREAT.BRITAIN.—The v r alue of Gibraltar to Great Britain - has been questioned by a recent writer on Sp a i n, w h o d ou b ts w h ether it be worth preserv i ng. "The command of the Mediterranean," he observes, be longs to the strongest fleet." This --albeit a debateable pro p+>sition-I will not stop to dispute, since what Gibraltar claims is simply the command of the entrance to the Medi terranean, and that clearly belongs to the power which can most readily keep a force nrar at hand to prevent all ingress and egress. - Now, Gibraltar is so situated as to enable Great Britain to do this with very small naval means; whereas it would require a fleet of any other nation to watch the straits, because that power would have also to blockade the port of Gibraltar. This any one at all acquainted witti the locali• ties', the I r vailing winds, &c. will readily admit to he at times an impossibility; and on every occasion that the blockading squadron might be .driven flout its cruiziug ground, the coin inand of the straits would again be possessed by Gibraltar, should its batteries shelter but a few gun boats. The itn porta nee of Gibraltar will increase tenfold in the event of a steam war, as every thing will then depend upon the vicinity of the contending parties to their coal depots.— Scott's Ronda and Granada. NOVEL SPURTING —A great, uncouth. savage•looking named John Whittaker, was brought before the ma gistrates, at the New Bailey, on Tuesday, charged with hav ing attempted to shoot his sister, with a pistol, ou the evening before. She stated that, without any provocation whatsoever on her part, her brother,entered her shop on last Monday evening, and, presenting a pistol at her, threatened to blow her brains out.—Being desired by the magistrates to say why he conducted himself in so extraordinary a manner to her,' she repealed that she knew no cause for it, except drink. tie was inebriated at the (jute, and it was not once alone he so inenaced her during the evening —he returned to her shop, and acted in a similar mannei• four or five times. She was afraid of her life, and wished to have him bound over.---The prisoner stated, that he had been shooting sparrows with his pistol, and being . somewhat in drink, he raised the pistol to his sister, for a joke—but ha had no intention of doing her any harm. The pistol was not loaded.—To prevent a repes titian of such dangerous jokes at the end of a day's drunken sparrow shooting, he was ordered to find two sureties in £lO each, and himself in £2O. to keep the peace forthree months. —Manchester Courier. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning 1;10, a rather serious accident happened on the 'Bolton and Leigh line of railway . ; but it was fortunately not attended with loss of life. Our teaders are probably aware that on this line there is only one pair of rails, and, therefore, whatever has either to pass along-or return must do so on the same rails. Ott the 'twining in question, we understand the train con veying passengers front Bolton to the' Kenyon Junction, started at a quarter past seven, the usual time, and arrived at Ilag Lane,- 'When it reached there, it was found that a train of goads, which ,should have arrived, hid not, and ther'e. fore it was thought the train had not set off. Such anticipa tions, however, proved erroneous; for the passenger train had not proceeded far down the incline, before it came in contact with the luggage train, which was being drawn up by the stationary engine; and such was the violence of the c oo= cussion, that most of the carriages were shivered all to pieces. There were seven passengers in the carriage next to the en gine, all of whom are more or less injured, and the two engi neers dangerously. One, named Collier, had his leg fractured to such an extent as to render amputation necessary. We understand the accident arose in consequence of the dense ' fog which has prevailed these last few days, and which pre vented the trains being seen, until too near each other to prevent mischief. The cause of the luggage train not being at Bag Lane, as was expected, arose from the slippery state of the rails, which impeded its progress.-I%an Gazelle. — ACCIDENT ON Tiii< NORTH UNION RAILWAY. Parkside, Friday —The London mail which left Manchester at three o'clock, was detained at this place, between two and three hours, waiting for the arrival of the northern mails, which should have arrived by the North Union Railway train, leaving Preston at 2 A.M. Ultimately the Manchester train proceeded on without the bags, under the charge of a .guard, from - the Manchester post office to Birmingham. The cause of the detention, was an accident tlait occurred to the north . union train, which we regret to stateoves-eaused by the'Svil 'ld and malicious act of - some person, at present - unknown •to the directors of the North Union Company. The train left Preston at the usual hour, and had proceeded over the narrow embankment, within a mile and a half of the Boar's Head station, about three miles on the Preston side of Wigan. Here the engine came in contact with a large block of stone placed on the rail. The concussion was felt all . along the train. At a bound the engine cleared the stone, and fell over the embankment, some six or seven yards below the level of the railway. In the descent the engine was turned completely over. The concussion and sudden check fortunately broke the link of the chain which attached the engine to the tender, or the concequences of the accident would have been of a much inure serious nature. Charles Elnsworth, the engineer, a married man with a young. family, was on the engine at the time it went over the em bankment, and great fears were entertained for his safety. He was found shortly after the accident. with one of his arms broken in two places, and his hand frightfully shat'ered. The fireman was on the tender, and received no serious injury. 'llte engi neer was London; s h e All the carriages were thrown off the line. There was o nly es capedo one ltasesneinegjeurr,eiaj,laasdyd,idoanlsohet the e jo g u u r a n r e d y t . conveyed to the Boar's Head public house, wh ere every at tention was paid him that his situation required. A post chaise was procured from Wigan, and in that the mail bags were conveyed to Newton in time to proceed on to London by the second class train, which left Manchester at half-past six. It is with much pleasure we state, that the lady who ' was in the mail at the time of the accident, had sufficiently recovered from the effects of the fright, as to be enabled to pursue her journey at noon. The trains from Manchester. Liverpool, and Birmingham, were taken on by th e " F ury, " 'l e ther railwaygeisntebelglnCgto the directors. o f th e Li verpool and Muanompany.—Manchester Chronicle. Stn.pnunEous AND SALINE FOUNTAIN AT MAWDESLEY. —This fountain, which has been so long springing almost, unknown and unnoticed, is, we have the pleasure to announce, about to be brought into repute. • Numbers are daily flocking unto it to carry away or drink of the waters; and a gentle man from Liverpool has taken a lease of the field wherein the spring is situated, for the purpose of there erecting, hot and cold baths. Had this spring been more generally known, it would have been more generally frequented ; for its water, in every respect, is equal to that of Harrogate. Mr. Haugh ton, a medical gentleman of Ormskirk, to whom the greatest credit is due for his endeavours to introduce the fountain into note, informs us that the water in no wiry differs from the Harrogate, eith er i n i ts propert i es or i ngredients. He has lately analys e d i t, and finds its component part s t o h e sul phuretted hyd rogen; carbonic acid, lime, and common salt. Mr. Corless, surgeon, of Preston, t o w h om a b o t t l e o f t h e water has been submitted fur examination, likewise pro nounces it analogous in its leading chemical characteristics to the sulphureous waters of Harrogate, Moffat, and Chapelle. Its medicinal properties he describes as di4pho retie and diureti c . an d save it may b e beneficially adrninis teretl in some f orms o f dyspepsia, hype c handria s i s , &c., and is likely to beparti cu l ar l y useful either when given interna i lY or wad ape /D . oly as in Certain chroQie cutiVidas • affections. —Preston CAroiruls. - • " CORRESPONDENCE. " SIR GEORGE ARTHUR AND HIS BUTCHERIES IN UPPER CANADA." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIFERPOOL STANDARD, Ste,—The liberal, or Whig-radi ca l p a p ers o f E ng l an d h ave been lavishing their venomous attacks upon the brave and loyal defenders of the constitution and allegiance to their youthful Sovereign, of the provinces of the Canadas, and copying the execrable sentiments of one of the most diabo lical fiends in human shape, William Lyon .111`Kenzie, have dared to stigmatize the deserved and most proper execution of 'Loma, and Mathews, two notorious rebels, as the "But chery of Sir Geroge Arthur"! It is our misfortune that even at this day the Canadas and the people are so little known and understood in England, and so trifling a degree of credit gi;:en by our friends at home to men who, braving the perils and rigours of this northern clime, in the depth of winter, with only the clothes they stood in, rushed in thou sands to expel the rebel crew, and defend their altars and their firesides from as wicked and crafty an enemy as the world ever produced. Yet we ale told, from very high autho rity, that plunder only was the object of these misguided and mistaken men ! The crime being of small amount, the punishment must be in ratio! Admirable reasoning, for sooth! The good folks at home, beguiled by that most cor rupt and lying, press of the frontier of the United States, re echoed by the venal radical writers at home, and trumpeted forth by that most immaculate Grecian, Joseph Hume, in his place in the House of Commons, are• leo to believe the thrice-told tale, that these men are martyrs to the cause if liberty and conscience—the men who risked their lives to protect their country, stigmatized Os blood-thirsty tyrants— and the gallant but too humane Lieutenant-Governor held up to public observation as a delighter in the shedding of blood, even against the remonstrance of his council!! Jus tice to Sir George Arthur demands that the most unqualified contradiction be given to these mendacious assertions: .the , minutes of the council obtained from Lord Glenelg and Mr. Hume, and transmitted by him to M`Kenzie, sufficiently refute the latter charge; and the relation of the following facts, as an eye-witness connected with the proceedings of the last insurrectionary movement, will be a satisfactory reply to these slanderous and indecorous charges. against this high minded officer. I was present when three. Indian chiefs, who were bringing up a body of 300 Indians to hem the rebels in, by a simultaneous movement of the troops from Toronto, were introduced to his Excellency, at the Clifton House, Niagara Falls, in June last. After some conversation as to the line of march, &c., the Lieut.-Governor, addressing them in warm and energetic language en the duty of humanity to prisoners, desired most imperatively that "no lives should be taken, no bluod shed, if it was possible to avoid it ! 'Take them prisoners, but spare their lives, my friends,"—which they solemnly promised to observe. Instead of to del ing the immediate execution of every scoundrel taken in arms, by a drum-head court martial, ( w hi c h oug h t to h ave been done.) a commission, after some delay, was sent over—trial by jury aliowed—every delay asked fur granted —and the prosecuti , n carried on in so humane a Manner by the Solicitor-General (Mr. Draper), - as to call forth the unanimous applause of the counsel for the prisoners. Only one; as yet, has been executed! Sir George Arthur as little deserves these oppro-. brious epithets as the gallant hero of many battles, Sir John Colborne, whiose memory will be handed down to posterity by thousands and tens of thousands of grateful hearts, as the preserver of his country from the fangs of as blood-thirsty a set of cowardly assassins as ever handled a pike; while the recollection of Lords G os f or d an d Glenelg, " Noodle and Doodle," will be transmitted it) execration and ineffable con tempt.' The truth is, all this - false leniency and puling sen timentality is most injurious to the best interests of the pro vinces: the honest and the good are disgusted to find them selves treated with coldness and indifference, while the guilty and disaffected are openly encouraged and rewarded here and at home; ex. gr., the notorious Chapman. the well-known mover of the rebellion in Lower Canada, author of the in llammatery letters from London to the Correspondent and Advocate, the hired assistant of Roebuck in all his treason able efforts to produce bloodshed and murder in the pro vinces, is rewarded by the " little Lord .I,hn" with a place and a salary, as an encouragement to others of the same stamp to follow so good an example!—gaol that most noble "'Lord Gooses," who found a colony in peace and left it in flames, by his . own folly and imbecility, is honoured with the Order of the Bath ! What insult to loyalty is this! The same conduct is pursued here. Men who have pushed the affair on, or kept in the rear while the battle was raging. in front, wilfully withholding their services and their means when required, have fattened on the plunder of simple John Bull, and gorged themselves in the spoil. Sutherland, the Yankee robber, whose exploits are written in letters abided, in the western district, is pardoned, unconditionally!—his wicked associate in crime, Theller, whose life is doubly for. Teited, is reprieved !—the gu il ty authors of the rebellion in Lower Canada shipped off to enjoy the agreeable recreation of spending a few moons in that delightful retreat, the Ber mudas, supplied with every delicacy and luxury the stores of Quebec could afford, to make their short sojourn pleasant and agreeable; this is the "(dim cum dignitate" of male factors with a vengeance! It is due to the loyal people of Canada, that the real characters of certain individuals con nected with the late transactions should be correctly under stood in England. William Lyon Al•Kenzie is a liar of the first water, a cheat, a. swindler, a bad husband and a must wicked father, a rebel to his Queen, an infidel, an tirsoner, mail robber, and a murderer!—to crown all, the right-hand man of Hume and Roebuck ! Hear this, ye credulous dupes of Whig-radical principles! Lount, a Yankee, was an illite rate ruffian, a bad husband, a wicked father, a Sabbath breaker,- a rebel, a manufacturer of pikes; he was a black smith; and elected to serve as a member of the House of Assambly in the radical parliament ! but for Gibson, the murderer in cold blood of all the prisoners captured in Yonge-street, Of Mathew s I know little, but firmly believe he richly deserved his fate; they both pleaded guilty, and acknowledged the justice of the sentence. How far the mis creant Theller and Isis gang deserved the clemency of the home government, I leave to the brave and.injured men of the western district, headed by that prince of .good fellows, Cot.' Prince, to relate. A bare recital of all their sufferings, trials and vexations—harassing marches in the intense cold of winter, night and day, in the pitiless storm or freezing blast—their want of food and clothing,—the exposure of their wives and daughters to time merciless attacks of these despe radoes, to avoid which they were compelled to flee to the woods fur protection and shelter, and one most excellent lady. the wife of a distinguished gentleman, lost her life in consequence! Their subsequent ill treatment by the Com missary -General will create a feeling of astonishment in the breasts of the honest people of Old England, to learn that their brethren in Canada have been subjected to such un merited indignities, abuse, and neglect. On the frontier, in the late insurrectionary movement, the gallant militia of the district of Niagara, leaving their harvest to waste. exposed to the noonday sun and the dews of night, rushed at once to the scene of danger, making a forced march of forty miles— some with arms, many without,—and, without the assistance of a single soldier, captured the whole gang! The object of the attack on the Lancers was the murder of Cornet Heath --the plunder of the arms and horses of the men—the rob bery of Mr. Overtroll's house of 1,0(X) dollars in the dead of night—with the intended murder of Mr. Davis, postmaster, who escaped by a miracle. If these midnight assassins are to be pardoned or reprieved from death, their just doom, how are the peaceable and well-disposed to be protected ? M'Cleod was pardoned by the late Lieut.-Governor at To ronto, and yet we find him one of the most.desperate of the gang! If mercy is thus bestowed upon the guilty, where is justice to the honest and innocent? The consequence must be, that Lynch law in future will usurp the place of the good old law of the land 7 and as our sympathising neighbours are preparing tor another campaign, on the closure of the Davi gation,'we shall then probably be enabled to chew which is the best preventative of crime—false and injudicious mercy, or just and immediate punishment. I remain, Sir, yours most obediently, J Stamford, ne ar th e F a ll s of N O HN MEWBURN. ar a iag, Upper Canada. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I hope you trill pardon the liberty I so frequently take of addressing you, but 1 canne't sufTe'r my property to be at tacked publicly by men who are either ignorantly or malici ously led with impunity. To notice every diabolical and ma lignant slander throw n at the Great Western Railway and its Managers would be an endless task, so numerous are the inventions of the enemy, and so ready is a part of the press, (called hireling,) to insert them. The vile calumnies which the Railwas, Times (ranch better . - knowe br Ike familiar ap pellation.of the "London Story Teller") bas from time to time vomited forth to serve interested purposes, by codes vouriag to excite hatred towards the directors and Mr. Brunel, has led many to believe!, that that journal receives its principal support from Liverpool or Bristol. Indeed, so ninny of the charges made against the Great Western Rail way in the leading articles of that journal, and so many also under the pretended signatt.re ors° and so, bear such a strict analogy to the general conversation and calumnies heard on 'change, that no doubt can be entertained of the surmise being correct, and that they emanate from a certain set of speculators in this town, who, although respectable as regards wealth, yet condescend to publish that which they know to be false, for the purpose of amassing it. A railway journal was long found to h e a necessary desideratum by the scientific railway sharks, (called speculators,) for the pur pose of satisfying their rapacity, by preying upon the fears of the weak and timid by fictitious reports of exaggerated dis asters, or fancied prospects of success. Expediency has caused this journal to be published in London, and that its ramifications might be complete, a letter-box has been opened in Liverpool, for the purpose of transmitting (free of postage) all railway communications- from this ueighbourhood. 'should be -sorry to denounce any railway publication if I could but see that its object was to disseminate truth in lieu of error; and to endeavour bylaudable means to protect the_ innocent holriernf shares firm getti-nK into the jaws of fhe Railway Shark; but I am compelled to say of the above journal that it does not participate in the character of being one of the best public instructors upon railway matters. If the editor of the Railway Timex be (as be professes to be) really a disinterested adviser, why is he so anxious to heap abuse and misrepresentation continually upon the Great Western alone? If he be the pure and disinterested advo cate for elucidating all that is good and bad in railways for the advantage of the public, why not favour the public occa sionally with his editorial opinions upon the cost, manage ment, income, &e, of some of the other great lines formed and in a state of formation? There are many that have and will cost more than the Great Western, but of these we never hear a word, which clearly shows that he has little to do with principles of honour, but those of profit; and that he is not an inquirer after truth, but seeks how to confound it. Re cently the editor informed the . public that "h e was some thing more than a proprietor" in the Great Western : if so, he certainly could furnish something like an authority for nut basely attemp t to bl acken the G reat his assertions, and Western Railway with such silly sarcasms as " Brunel's Whistle," " Whimsey," " Prodigy," & c. If t h e G reat Western is to be assailed, let it be with facts anti real argu ment, not with unsupported asse r ti on and sophistry. I am clearly of opinion, that if half the charges made by the Rail way Timex against the Great Western were capable of proof,. they would be named with date and place to prove their authority; and so long as this proof be wanting, the only conclusion every honest. sensible, and unbiassed man can come to is, that the Railway Times contains more falsehood than truth, and that Mr. Brunel, with the dir ec t ors , h ave shewn their good sense by nut taking the Slightest notice of the vile attacks upon them. There is no necessity for our local opinioni being expressed in London papers it is, therefore, pleasing to observe, that your valuable paper is approximating in utility to a respectable Liverpool Railway Times, from the valuable information it contains, and the liberal manner in which its columns are thrown open for free discussion. It is rather extraordinary that Liverpool, long ere this, has never had a j o u rna l d evo t e d entirely to railway statistics. Lancashire holds considerably more ail way shares than any two comities in England, and why not, have one ? It might be edited and conducted upon princi ples of honour and integrity; and if a few gentlemen ac quainted with the arts and sciences could be prevailed upon to become its active supporters and correspondent!, its pages no doubt would become the organ of communication and discussion upon railway matters in general, anti more parti cularly such as are intere s ti ng tee th e goo d o ld t own o f Liver pool. Besides, seeing one's name in print occasionally would have the effect of creating a national emulation, and the Lz• verpool Railway Tht ould very soon become a depository for thoughts of solid information and instruct iou upon railways. Liverpool and M anc h ester h ave a di rect i nterest in the pre servation, advancement, and improvement of railways; and lean just fancy a publication in which the intelligent holders of shares for heveximent take upon iheinselvest that part of the Liverpool Railway Timex illustrative of fair . dealing, and shassintt t -lie advantages to be derived from steady honesty; then the holders . of scrip hold upon speculation, Ueda,. or time Isargaiui iiap}pen thernsel'yes - the parto . f developing railway trickery 'add •VtiVti'aieti is all its parts, n ext the is s and out's of a sharebroker's office (dealers on their own ea count) might probably be made familiar, by some expelled clerk, one or two who have failed in the trade. It such' work could be established here, the cause of truth and justice would have many advantages in combatting misrepresen ts ' tion and calumny; and a stay would also be put upon Liver: pot opinions being throe n into a London Railway Tim"; it would also familiarize and m a k e us a ll so tutimatety se; quahrted with every, - thing connected with railways, that v: h should hear of few b e i ng fl eece d, an d f ewer b ecom ing upon no capital. A trading man is an hononr to, and suppert of society, but I am no advocate for trading upon chicauerY; but ,unshaken integrity between man and man, grouodeu upon real capital. If were to consult my own inclinatioo,r, I should probably feel di s p ose d t o enter i nto an ex pose tt railway trickery; but being more charitably disposed (I" present) from a conscieutious opinion, that the pun;' eir cuts of the malignant vilifier s of th e G rea t W estern wi ll tweet front the public that odium which the deliberate slauderet " d jusilv.ments. I refrain from doing this. I regret to fin that Hr. Hoyes has no better regard f o r hi mse lf than t o cos' tinue his reckless and futile attempts (through the Rsi/a4 Times) upon the character of Mr. Brunel, and my 1"1Y fur hint is magnified, from his being accounted tube an able a n d intelligent man, whose ~ ply vexation appears to he, the 'I" - fulfilment of an insatiable priale, in the expulsion of an ho ' nuurable and talented man. It is c ommoti l y repo rted tha t t the party of wh o m M r . H o y es i s th e l ea d er, inten d , by a inn -„ miserable act, (it is said th e y are su bdi v idi ng their sluic es `,,1 increase their votes,) to attempt the expulsion of Mr. Brunt on the 20th of next month. Mr. Hoyes, cer t a i n ly, is "",. unsupported in his o bj ec t, f or take the writer of a let,t e i signed G.C., in la s t w ee k' s R a il way Ti mes, to b e a pupi l his; the latter having ventured to intrude himself upo n the notice of the public as a calculating boy, under the minO'!" - sion of rendering a most valuable piece of information "the future prospects and return of the Great Western K aty way." Without the slightest desire of putting my labouis,'" competition with G. C., o r an y o th er ca l cu l ator upon th e return of the Great Western, or any o th er ra il way, s till I ° ,l consider myself justi fi ed, from th e ar i t h met i c I sin posaesseh of, and being a shareholder, to correct, if possible, that whici, appears to nee to be the emanation of a vitiated mind, d e , e ,, out for the purpose of assistin g th e consp i racy f or b r ingt into disgrace a body of men (and an undertaking) nl u n labours and integrity may b e r di e d upon w i t h saki'', % whose characters will bear comparison w ith any b o dy in t, "- kingdom. Notwithstanding the Great Western directors are some of the first commercial a nd b est e d ucate d men t" found, yet G. C. labours disingenuously to show that they "r e as a railway board the most childish and most devoid of oa d " mon sense (1 may here remark, that it only requires a g ue , mathematical education, joined with good common se n :j and a little experience, to be an engineer; and to be a P, director. nothing more is ' required th an rea l h onesty in dec . ding upon matters submitted by the engkeer for considera tion) of any other railw a y board in ..., I .'nglatid, either great ('. small. Such are G. C.'s opinions of the Great Western di rectors; let us review the context of his letter. Ficstr, b . t : considers " wh a t re t urn are t h e propr i etors likely to tr oll under the present management. Sec o ndly, t h at the acie a amount of revenue fur 4 :tomtits to Maidenhead from passes' yens has been about £29,700; and that the nett reven u e (after deducting expenses) o f th e w h o l e line, admitting t h e income for the 22 mats as a dat a fo r calculation, bd ill l i front passengers £l9OO per mil e . Thi r dl y, t h at t h e f revenue of the • Great Western will yield a dividend of £4 4s. 6d. per cent, upon pa s s engers . Fourthly, that the road will cost £45,000 per mile, a nd th e incidental' exPeeseir will be 50 per cent, upon the gr oss inc ome; and that otah e 4 companies are able to borrow m o n e y nn b on d a t 3/ per cent. ' whilst the Great West e r n i s p ay i ng 5 per cen t. d that the Grand Junction, or any other line exec ute with economy, with s u c h a revenue , wou ld y i e ld a dividen d of 10 p e r cent."—Wh en men ta k e upon t h emse l ves t o Oli' it, lish errors, th e y sh o uld a t l east how a disposition to och lb the whole truth, with out w hi c h a man becomes guilty of f r e t , varication, and the crime of injuring his neighbour wiLu e 7 grounds may be laid to hi s c h arge . S o i t i s w i t h t h e pi int. - a part of the foregoing remarks of G. C. Sonic are takes' fro a ° time directors' own report, some (essential parts) are take,n 0 from his own i mag i nat i on, and, taking them as a who l e , are intuitively led to pronounce them as intended to P r ': duce a false impression upon the minds of the p r oprieluri t against the meeting to take place on the 20th of ne % month. It is an erro r f ur G . C . to say that the Grea t Western will cost £45,000 per mile. The directors s"y. it will cost less than £40,000 per mil e .' I t i s au err"' for him to say that o th er ra il way companies can b u rr og money at 3;.. t i and 4 per cent. If so, why did be not naive them? There is an absolute Want of" camdtrur throug t " ont G. C.'s letter, and the words from passengers upon gm are placed so ambiguously, that a superficial reade r ! " apt to pass the real meaning. G. C. never once alludes the expected revenue from merchandize, cattle, coal, &C. , a s proved be6o-e parliament, which admits of both his c alcu.a Lions anti his pulicy.being impugned. It is sufficient, there ` fore, for my present purpose to show that no one who anxious to calumniate the Great Western, could possibl y come to the same con c l us i ons as G. C., 1. e., that it will nev er make au ample r e tu rn f or th e ca pital laid out. To do th is will only require one of G. C.' s o wn admissions to show tba t lt the Great Western railway has little to fear from such pure assailants, and also that he knows very little of com parative estimated, and much les s o f t ru th. The next time G. C. tacks the Great Western, whether by himself or in co njui ..., c tion with others, let m e ad v i se hi m to use diffetent weapon' „, instead of slander and falsehood, demonstrate with truth,c.in tice, and judgment. If the actual income from the dire ,.. t . , e own report fur fi ,ur months, upon the fractional pait t t_ i " to line to Maidenhead (22 miles) be £29,7oo—that is equ a l £B9.loo—per annum for the 22 miles—now If 22 miles get 1:89.100, what will 117 miles ..... —.£473,85° Add revenue, as proved before parliament, arising Zrol , heal cattle, merchandize, &c. Deduct for every incidental charge 40 per cent. upon the gross income (though it is believed it will be 304,45 6 less) Amount disposable fur dividends £456, W Suppose the capital to consist of £3,250,000, of shares paid up, on which a dividend of eleven per cent. is paid Suppose the capital to consist of £1,500,000 of bonds 75 000 bearing interest at 5 per cent. Suppose for additional expenditure or carried to re- 24,191! serve fund • 69 4 £45 6, If The 'abOve result differs from G. C.'s very materially' it be wrong, I shall be glad to acknowledge it ; if it b e I hope G. C. will mak e r es tit u ti on. The above can "' o ld . a criterion, for I see n o reason w h y t h e G reat W es ton- wbe e nut look for the same prospective decrease as other lines, 5 1,35 completed. Th e t ra f fi c i n passengers upon t h e 22 int' e d yet exceeded that of any other railway in the kingdom, ` V es t Of out offitrty-six coaches miming out of L o udon to the „;ter o. England, only ten r u n as ye t upon t h e Great !deeolble G. C.'s calculations appe a r to h ave cost hi m cons' oe labour though t o me th ey appear to b e of li ttle or n° a s st the public, e x ce pt t o m i s l ea d, yet he th i nks he h as been t . liberal in all o wing the wh o l e li ne ( as h e states ) th e ',V e i re is sults as the fr ac ti ona l part of twenty-t wo m iles. Great not one generous th o u g ht i n G . C . ' s valuat i on- o f . the G r eat Western, and I think he may rest assured that the ,i,Ol - 5 Western proprietors are generally men of ton Blue. -' ac t ions nation and discernment than to be led astray by cal" „ n the and conclusions grounded as G. C.'s appear to be uP — a pon very worst of motives. It would be an invidious occuP bu t to draw comparisons of income with other great li ° , es ' v oirt the Great Western with its future property, or eet.'!,,, h ott, will bear comparison with either the London and Birm , "! r ioft Liverpool and Manchester, or the Grand Junction, ba s ore in mind that the latter line can scarcely be said to b_e ci osi than one-half m a d e , a nd th a t a t some future period i , e r nt Otte almost double their pres e nt ca pi ta l b y au i n depenu into Liverpool. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant , pg e. WM. WATCH, Sus itiow L Liverpool, Nov. 17, 1838. INFIDELITY versus SOCIALISM• TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST-0 1)1111 ,1„, of Sitt,—l have observed a notice placarded on the ei:i d " on this town, announcing a PUBLIC Disc usstoN, to be b i,i l ese t ! Tuesday evening next, between a person calling " The Pet . . R. Curiae," and a'` Mr, Lloyd Jones;" ° lt ; pc!' occasion the former gentlemen undertakes to prove 0 0 ' 4 e ee of Robert Owen's-principles of SOCIALISM, W hiCh e'e r /oil knows are founded in infidelity. Hence some Pe,"" : 1 be induced to suppose th a t this " R ev . R. Carlile ' Is is a t t he vocate of Bible Christianity, and even a minister essery Gospel in some christian society, whom it may be Dec ; se ar! to undeceive. He is the same individual wh" sflt . l ,l;lilY ago exhibited himself as the avowed champion of in",(„beri -and who, in - conjunction with the equally Reverend opt- Taylor," traversed the kingdom for the purpose of ing their diabolical principles of atheistical bl3,lPine to According to Mr. Carlile's Own testimony, recentlY v e ,, von' print, in M.S. correspondence, and in vei bat con ver ,j a l i e n o I know that his principles of in fi delity hare w iden - v 7 e n' change; and that he is now the paid agent of a sad ' 1 ;, gaged in their promulgation. Mr. Carlile has lall' h r e ; ( lees flounced himself as a "Trinitarian Christian," but other" not believe in the existence of a God, or of anY" in the universe, except that of man, which lie asse t - I ,fler the intellectual o ff spring of a material wo rld, whic h ly ," tv object constitutes "the FATHER" in Mr. C.'s ,Trip ' t) . l tl d whom, however, he explicitly denies the posses'th e faculties tatnl of intelligence, atheistical system of falsehood and deception, the ho m er Wi r conception, or design. In „ 0 se is " the SoN," and its isighest , principles or qualities he les' dom abd affectinn, "the. HOLY GHOST!" Sucb j5 , t he01a,,, 1 tore of the flimsy mask which this'arch-livpocrite ' e gtrsr haS thrown overhis immutable atheism, as a ler e. One ary aouls,in the meshes of his tissue of atheistic inv.r. n Your insertion of thi s cau tion in your excellent pal u v oit y in therefore, confer a ben e fit o n the Christian co on this town, and oblige Liverpool, 19th Nov., 1838. A BIBLE CIIRISTIAS, TO THOMAS HARVEY, ESQ. I fron d Stu —On my reaching home this evening. P t . or special plea of justificati o n of blowing hot aud " tame you deem y o u r s e lf one o f th e m embers, as eols , „. the ward, and, theref o r e cons id er us your coustintud ott, in g a right to an explanati on o f y o ur conduct , c i t eu l3ll. t . A account for your honou r i ng me w ith one of yoor, node of In sending out circulars. N . have adopted a Ile' )I .„atise councilman explaining hi s con d u dt, which g t ' es I o .ith your future activity in our service. • . 1 10 rc • As you conclude your pl ea (rather (log in set t,fat ,tie these words—"To my mind these claims are I beg " 4 fed you will, of course, form your own judgment." you my judgment, which is, that y o ur defence, e ‘ r ogg ras as it was,) is not made out, and that you " It ' (die your conduct than justify it. ing „ Pu 6 In your straightforward proceeding, ; i n resign situation. and refusing "t o c o nsult the own -i elec" . o; hoped better things of you. and have often said , th " ust oily you would make a good .councillor' but I !", a nd c l t t be otherwise, when I find your conduct as cau (11 "" „ e , ft° b y: cillor, is so much at variance ; and I begin to o t l . l , dest7 the Solicitorship to the Dock Estate, was not 5 " e . t ; 5. 8° that the work was laborious the clients edgew` ' e ne t remuneration inadequate. should take c fd p,l 4 e Your special plea sar i s " ' every man o n 51 01° ` 1 e to concede a principle!' 1 say also every !" s httu.lt eare not to violate a principle—awl, therefottc,a,rthe been much better satisfied if yon had taken i t t + t l er di s r o t i , !, preparing a plea which could have justifiet.a7:for „or yo of ail principle, in submitting to he it candid:o „,11 , _ nt t , after yoo had sat in judgment upon the b0! , , , e to c on- , n a told us in your address ;bat you were t eqUeSkw; be nominated, en far back as toy' 105 ,! , o ffi c e a r W I had every opportunity of resigning 11) ... octo ber.. ,, „,tien assessor, before the revision took place to .oor resle`' wou ld you acted the indelicate part of deloYint - t o ) ors lf. l l t irten ds until after the revision, is best known to Y your persona ur at have been more satisfactory to some or .ou be id ror . and supporters, as well as to myself, had ) . _ ovos rd 1 0101 in the council (which you petsonally ardently) under less sus as your resignation twfore the day of revisi on .fitre, h' A. I no mom for remarks of an unpleasant i", l ( pc c ount- c i se will not be g e..3ced so long as you r emain t e o veer picious circuitatice:(,),:ifts•leflee,ifrt fancy you deemed it more suitable to ,t ,,,i ' l eorpo rtt riu. '" eot , the lists yourself: and as the act saYsT sa. lon g , may resign his office at any time. On l'") in -if,' s afe 6 % o f the e l u d e d yttur seat, if returned. would be cl",' 6o , g ardl*: ll ,. e d e a you fulfilled the-letter of the law, though e . to , c " Every man should take 'care o ss principle." ~ - • . .61)NRERVATIV I - t1) 47A13D. . . • ROVNEY-STKL e Saturday ei!Oriing - • r