The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-24 00:00:00

Scarcely. Our readers will readily divine that we refer to that full and searching inquir refer ? vhich h _ . now become absolutely imperative, and the propriety of which is acknowledged by the entire thinking por tion of the people of this country —an inquiry into the origin, progress, and design of the recent war with tjj%jhanistan, as well as into the course by which that war was sought to justified, on a former occasion, by certain officials of hf Majesty's late whig govern- ment. Such an inquiry, we sub !to to tt _ . honour and the safety of the country. I to the living and the dead. It is due Bove all, to a consideration for the prostrat the en- feehled resources, and the financial decay of our vast Indian empire. We are told that the days of impeachment are gone by; that a minister of tl longer re- sponsible to the judgment of Parliament for his errors or his crimes ; but may stand up in his place in either house, unabashed and unassailed by the hand of jus tice, though the ruin of an empire and the blood of thousands of his fellow -countrymen be upon his guilty, but imperturbable, front. It may be so. With our excellent contemporary, the Morning Herald, we regret the fact, if it be so. It may appear wise, in this re formed and liberal age, that for the crime which de luges . an empire with blood, unnecessarily slain, the punishment should be merely loss of office, or the temporary displeasure of capricious constituencies; whilst to the man who merely robs a hen -roost, or kills and cart ies off a sheep from our fields, the law meets out the punishment of transportation beyond the seas. The officer who loses a compan advised or unskilful movement in the field, i to the judgment of a court-martial. The naval com- by an ill- s subjected mander who lowers his flag before an enemy, or even loses his ship in a tempest, must submit to a similar ordeal; and unless able to prove that all has been done, which prudence and seamanship conl avert the calamity, he must submit to cen do, to if not to degradation from his rank. But the GOVERNOR. GENERAL, who orders an army into defil It a dis- tance of hundreds of miles from its supplies, in which it is savagely and helplessly butchered,—the MINISTER who thus perils the honor of his country and the lives of his fellow -countrymen, are, in this excessively " li beral" age, to escape not only punishment, but even trial; for IMPEACHMENT HAS BECOME OBSOLETE"! Doubtless there may be wisdom in this; doubtless there is liberality in it We can disce latter, though we cannot the former. Our fath ers, we sus- pect, were wiser, in their generation, than we are in ours—more jealous of their liberties—more jealous of the humblest British subject who trailed a musket in the cause of his country, than we of the fety of an entire army, of its noblest and most distinguished officers. Our fathers, we suspect, would not have con ceded what we have already conceded, even to a popu larly-elected House of Commons. They would not have permitted the privilege of such a body to over• ride alike the sacred immunity of private character and the law of the land. They would have considered such a demand, on the part of any branch of the Legis lature, as TYRANNY, of the worst species and most outrageous form; whilst such an attempt as is now being made, under the plea of the obsoletism of impeach ment, would have created a storm of unappeasible in dignation from John O'Groat's to the Land's End. We shall have no impeachment, then. The manli ness and fearlessness of the British senator, which would, in days of old, have rushed upon such a course —the spirit of fine and lofty chivalry which hovered around the walls of St. Stephen's Chapel in the days of Pitt, and Burke, and Chatham—is no more ! The spirit which animated the bosom of a Hastings, and which urged him to welcome, rather than shun, the fiery torrent of eloquent denunciation, with which he was assailed within those walls, exists not in the hearts of the Palmerstons, the Aucklands, or the Hobhouses of modern days. Clubism, Liberalism, Utilitarianism, and the new-fangled conventional resources of modern society have, indeed, rendered the old-fashioned and severe virtues and practices of our ancestors obsolete, if not troublesome things. What was a vice in their eyes is a peccadillo in ours. What was in their eyes unworthy of a man or a statesman, is but blameable in ours, in a Pickwickian sense. In fact —for we disdain to palter with our feelings and convictions upon this subject—the lofty, sterling, civalrous, trutful, and honorabl e c h aracter of England and of Eng h lishmen, whether displayed in her legislative assemblies, in her marts of trade, or in the intercourse of private life, is no more that character which the world looked up to in days gone by, than the Brummagem counterfeit is the sterling gold which it is designed to reresent. Strange, by th e b ye, that we know so well the p differ ence between the counterfeit and the real, in every affair of life ; and yet only decisively prefer the latter to the former, when the object in which the quality is displayed is a paltry coin ! But though we may have no impeachment, surely we may have a searching inquiry ; and surely some inde pendent member in the British Parliament will take steps to bring it about. =--_.._ LOCAL. ATMS PUBLICAN'S FINES. —The amount of penalties inflicted upon publicans on Friday amounted to £53 10s., and that on other parties to £2. 9s. Gd. The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (Wednesday), at Tatton Park ; on Friday, at Beeston ; and on Saturday, at Tabley Park ;—each day at half-past tea. LIVERPOOL SAVINGS BAN lC — During the three first bank days in the present year, the sum of £8,079 was received from 208 depositors, being a larger number of deposits and yearsb an p. THE JESSIE LOGAN.— i was uon Friday at t h e Exchange News Room. The crew osted of the Jessie Logan, Captain Major, from Calcutta to Liverpool, were taken into Cork on Wednesday, the 18th instant, by the Lynn. ANOTHER STEAMER LOST.—Letters have within the last day or two been received in London reporting the logs of the Dolphin steamer; she is sa id to have been driven ashore during the tempest at Portinllean, and was every hour ex pected to fall to pieces. She belongs to Liverpool. THE WRECK OF THE MONK STEAMER.—At the inquest on Monday week on the bodies of the sufferers by this melancholy occurrence, the fury found the following verdict, " Accidentally drowned," expressing their opinion that the steamer was not sufficiently seaworthy, and ought not to have been placed upon the station, and that greht blame was at tached to those having charge of her inleaving Porthdynllaen on the day in question. THE PILOT -BOATS.—These admirable sea-boats, b y the exertions of the hands on board, were enabled to keep their respective st a ti ons on the night of the terrific storm. Nos. lil, 4, and 5 were on the western stations, and No. 12 on the ght-ship station succeeded the following morning in board ing the Hottinguer, Monongahela, and several other vessels, in a most tremendous sea ; and, in all probability, but for the courage and presence of mind displayed by the pilots, these vessels would have shared the fate of the unfortunate , packet-ships which suffered in the gale of January 1839. COMMITMENTS.—At the Police -court, yesterday, three girls, named Sarah White, Sarah Thomas, and Jane Brown, :were committed for trial at the sessions, on a charge of hav ing gone into the shop of Mr. Ingham, draper, Scotland road, to purchase some small articles, and thence purloining 16 yards of common print. The cloth was found wrapped round one of their bodies before they left the shop, where they had recently been frequently seen together.—Edward Hum phries w as a l so committed for trial, for stealing seven pairs of braces from the shop-door of Mr. Album, Whitechapel. DEAvit FROM A FALL. —An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of James Sudlow. The deceased, who wa s 61 years of age, on Thursday evening last, f e ll down the steps of a cellar in Collingwood-street, I.iy whi c h h e was so severely injured that he was picked up ins ensible. He was bled by a surgeon immediately after, and recovered for a time. He was afterwards attended at his own house, but gradually got worse, and died on Satur day. Mr. Clark, surgeon, who attended him, stated the cause of death to be concussion of the spine. Verdict— " Pou n d i njured in a cellar, and died from injury to the s pine ; but h ow t h e i n j ury was caused there was no evidence to show." DEATH FROM SCALDlNG. — Yesterday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, borough coroner, on view of the body of Jane Thompson, a child of two years and a half old. On the 11th instant, the mother of the deceased and another female were at home washing in Orrell-street. There was an iron pot on the floor about half full of hot water. The mother went to cut a piece of bread for deceased, who fol lowed her, and in doing so she stumbled against the pot, and overturned it, and the hot water went over her. She was severely burnt over the right shoulder and under the arm. She was taken to the dispensary and dressed, and afterwards attended by a surgeon, but she never recovered, and died on Sunday morning last. Verdict—" Accidental death from the burning." OF AN ILLICIT STlLL.—Yesterday Mr. Super. visor Gibson, and several other officers of excise, appeared before Mr. Rushton, at the Police Court, and preferred a complaint against Patrick Oonelly, John Rayner, and three other persons, two females and a man, for having worked an Illicit still. It appeared that having received certain informa tion, the officers went to No. 2, Gore-street North, on Satur day last. On looking through an aperture in the door they how and heard the prisoners Donnelly and Rayner conversing ;Ilion the flavour of some whiskey which they were tasti ng . Whey then we n t i n , an d in the cellar they found a still in full operation. A great deal of disturbance followed, in the course of which Donnelly threw two quart bottles full of whiskey into the fire, whereby the house, for some time, was in danger of being in flames. These two men were, however, secured, and the other prisoners, being found up stairs, they also were placed in custody. All the materials for manufac turing whiskey, and forty gallons of " wash,"were found and seized. All the prisoners protested their innocence. Don nelly and Rayner were convicted in the penalty of £3O e a c and, in default of payment, they were committed to the rough Gaol for three months. The other prisoners we discharged. FUNERAL 01' MR. INSPECTOR Clioucu.—The funerai Of Mr. Crouch, inspector of police, who died last week after a protracted illness, took place yesterday afternoon, and was attended by the whole of the disposable police-officers of the northern divisio❑ of the town, the superintendants, the chief constable, and a number of private friends. The procession, which consisted of several hundreds, followed the remains from the deceased's residence in Richmond-row, along V t he principal line of streets, leading southward, in the higher part of the town, to St. James's—the Mount Cemetery. The whole presented throughout a most impressive and mournful appearance. The picturesque burying-ground was much crowded as the last rites were performed. The de ceased, who had been in the force for 10 or 12 years, was a highly meritorious and active officer. He was about 36 years of age. THE FUNDS: SATURDAY EVEN NG.—The funds have experienced further improvement to-day, a large purchase of Consols, to the extent, it is said, of £120,000, having been concluded for delivery on Tuesday next, by one of the leading brokers, who is known to have a great share of the business of the west end bankers. A general supposition prevails that the operation proceeds from one of these establishments being dosirous of laying out their unemployed capital at interest. For one portion of the stock so bought 94i was paid, and for the remainder the rather higher quotation of 95. In other respects the English securities were firm, and altogether a fair a nount of business was transacted. The last price of Consols for money and the account was 94; to 95 ; Bank Stock, 171 to 173 ; Exchequer-bills, G3s. to 655. premium ; India Stock, 262 to 263 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 951 to Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 102 ; New 'force and-a- Half per Cents., 101 to *; Long Annuities, 1n; and India Bonds, 60 premium. In the foreign market no pro minent feature occurred beyond the continuance of much steadiness in prices. Spanish Actives left off l 8 to -1; ditto New, 23-;',, to ; Portuguese converted, 354 to 64; Mexican, 324- to s ; ditto Deferred, 9k to s ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 to -; Dutch Five per Cents., 1024- to b ; Danish, 85 to 86 ; Brazilian, 73 to 741 ; and Belgian, 1024 to 4. - • THE INFANT SAFI:IIO'S FAREWELL CONCERT.—The Infant Sappho gave her farewell concert last evening in the Music-hall, which was tilled by a highly respectable auditory. The intentive talent of this remarkable child has surprised every one, and none more so than the most experienced mu sical professors : in Manchester as well as Liverpool the unanimous verdict of all who have heard her Las been that for her age she is a musical prodigy. She sang' her usual pieces last night, but with the additon of a Magnificat, which she gave with much taste, delicacy, and expression, for which she was warmly applauded. Her performances, indeed, elicited universal admiration. Besides the efforts of Mr. Vining. father of the Infant Sappho, Mr. Richard An drews and Master Andrews, of Manchester, greatly interested the auditory by performing several duets on the piano -forte and the concertina. At the 'close Mr. Vining returned thanks for the support and encouragement his daughter had met with in Liverpool : he should never forget the remem brance of it, not so much from any pecuniary benefit, but from its showing that the extraordinary talent of his daughter was appreciated in' this town. We understand that the Infant Sappho is about to visit Dublin, and we strongly re commend her to the notice of our contemporaries in that city. THEATRE-ROYAL.--The tragedy of " Othello" was re presented on Friday last, when a Mr. Hoskins made his debut before a Liverpool audience. We understood that it was Mr. Richard Hoskins that was about to essay this cha racter, and therefore attended with some curiosity ; how ever, it was not " Mister Richard" that appeared, but had it been - his veritable self it could not have been done with more humour. Whence this Mr. Hoskins comes, or whi ther he goeth, " deponent sayeth not " ; but if he be an amateur, we can commend his attempt as rather creditable— if a professional, as unworthy of notice. The Roderigo of a Mr. Perkins was really quite ludicrous. Mr. Stuart's lago was very clever : we never saw him act so well. Mts. Sey mour's Desdemona was a charming and talented impersona tion of a wonderful creation of the poet's fancv.—The Pan tomime goes off capitally. The new clown, Mr. Wood, is decidedly the best actor of this line of business we have seen since Joe Grimaldi. His restless activity and his humour 'keep the scene alive. But where are the huge pockets, that Joey used to wear, in which everything moveable, from a pig down to a pin, used to find its way ?=-Arnongst the novelties we see the " Tempest" is underlined for Monday next. The new opera of " Marinette" is in preparation, and will shortly be produced. ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LATCHFORD, WARRINGTON.— Some of our radical contemporaries, and especially the Man. chester Guardian and Liverpool Journal, have recently made a great stir about the refusal of the Rev. Jas. Wright, Incumbent of Latchford Church, Warrington, to bury a child who had not been baptized. It is perfectly true that Mr. Wright did refuse to read the burial service over the child in question, though not before be ascertained that the child had not been baptized at all ; but it is equally true that the rubric in the prayer-book, which is the law of the laud, left him, under the circumstances of the case, no option. It is, however, contrary to the fact, that Mr. Wright had pre viously buried several of the children of the same parent, as he has read the service over one only, and that because he was not aware that the child had not been baptized ; and it can not possibly be true that Mr. Wright has buried unbaptized persons to any great extent, as there have been but twenty five funerals at the church within a period of eight years, and two of these were Mr. Wright's own children. We under stand that the bishop of the diocese and the father of the child have both expressed their approval of Mr. Wright's behaviour. With all due deference to our contemporaries, the case of this child could not give rise to the question whether " a person dying and not having attained the age at which baptism is administered by a particular class of dissenters, is entitled to burial according to the law of the established church." That question is settled by law, and unless dissenters can without scruple expect the clergy of the established church to violate their consciences and the law of the land, they should forbear a little on this point. As to any displeasure on the part of Mr. Wrights congrega tion at the occurrence, we believe no such feeling has been m o e a i g ni ft hh e o s o ed; rhooar that we are therei n f h o a r s m t e l by e d v , er h parties eeo th e slightest resident i i no inter ference ference on the part of the congregation with the discharge of Mr. W r i g ht s m i n i sterial duties the affairs of th e c h urch go on quite and as no well doubt w t h h e o y o can readily b e li eve that many a dissentin g clergymantf i it o t Nt l i a de t give all he is worth to be allowed to perform his ministerial functions with equal freedom. DEATH AT THE RAILWAY STATION, WAPPING.—Yes touching the death of an ti ei n a r si y tiati Pinington, lhweadye eeas a m Station,e da omd a , sa n o n a l g e eodt other terday, an in ques t was held before the borough coroner, m ye e a o rs. we O re n e F o r v ii l la o y ye e d ve was employed Wapping, in loadin g a waggon w i t h b alks of timber. A crane in hoisting them, and lowering them on the waggon. After the third balk (weighing upwards of three tons) was hoisted up, the deceased, who had charge of the lowering, took hold of the rope to lower, but the apparatus being insufficient, (there being no regular break to the crane,) the balk went down by the run, and could not be properly placed on the waggon. One of the men on going round the crane im mediately afterwards, found the deceased lying on the ground, just under the break, which consisted of three turns of the rope round the shaft or barrel of the crane. The blood was flowing from his ears, and there was a large wound on the left ear. The deceased was taken to the Southern Hospital. The iron wrench handle of the crane was found broken. In the opinion of the other men who were working the crane, is was not sufficient to lower such a weight with safety.—A police-officer, who found the broken handle, (which had no doubt struck the deceased,) expressed the same opinion.— W. W. Cochrane, manager of the porters, said that a rope twisted round the shaft of the crane had been used for some time as a break for the crane, which had been in use for about ten years. He did not consider the break sufficient to lower the balk on it when the deceased was killed ; but it was at the option of the parties using the crane, to use the break or not at their option. The break (by the rope round the shaft,) would be of some assistance, if two men were at the handles, but not of itself. The men were aware of the state it was in, arid that it would not support such a balk.—Mr. Chaloner, surgeon of the Southern Hospital, said the de ceased was brought to the hospital ill a state of insensibility, and died before one on the following morning. The cause of death was fracture of the skull, causing compression of the brain.—The jury, after being briefly addressed by the coro ner, consulted for a short time, but not entirely agreeing, they were about to be placed under the custody of the beadle to consider their verdict, when those few who had stood out gave way to the majority, and they returned a verdict of " Accidental death," with an addendum, levying a deodand on the crane (which belongs to the Liverpool and Manches ter Railway Company) of X2O. LAW RELATING TO FIRES.—On Saturday last, Mr. As pinall, the barrister, appeared before Mr. Rushton, for the purpose of substantiating an accusation preferred by Mr. Whitehouse, agent for the West of England Insurance Com pany, against James Rigby, who was charged with having carelessly set fire to the premises of Messrs. Platt and Co., in Greenland-street, on the 22d December last. The infor mation was laid under the 84th clause of the Act 14 George 111., cap. 78, which enacts, in substance, " that, if any servant shall be lawfully convicted of firing, or causing to be fired, any dwelling-house or outhouse or houses, or other buildings, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds to the churchwardens or overseers of the poor, or, in default of payment, be committed to prison for eighteen months." Mr. Aspinall said, the fire-office had been induced to take this proceeding in consequence of the numerous instances which had occurred of buildings having been set on fire by the carelessness of servants. It was pro per to show such individuals that, if lives and property were endangered by their negligence, they were liable to punish ment. The defendant was distilling turpentine. He must have known the danger of carrying a light near the pans while that process was going on, for he had been in Messrs. Platt's service many years, and knew that all the pans were provided with gas and with safety lamps, which would ena ble any person to look into them. Nevertheless, he took a lighted stick for the purpose of looking into one of the pans, and the result was, that the vapour ignited immediately, and the whole building was presently in flames. None of the partners of the firm were present at the time ; and he was the more particular in making this observation, as a contrary statement had gone abroad. He would be able to prove that the defendant had done as he stated, and that he knew it to be a practice fraught with danger.—Benjamin Platt, jun., a Partner in the firm, stated that the defendant had been in their service twenty years. Their works consisted of a dis tillery, yard, an office, and a house, in one room of which a person resided. General instructions were given that lights were not allowed to be carried about. There was a gas-light to each pan, which gave sufficient light for all purposes. It would depend on the state of the pan whether there would be any danger in using a light. If the pan were hot, it would send up an inflammable vapour, and it would be dan gerous to use a light. From the experience of the defendant, he must have known that it was dangerous to take a light to look into the pan at that time.—John Edwards was called, but he did not answer.—Mr. Aspinall begged for time, but Mr. Rushton said, as this was a highly penal clause, and the defendant stood then on his defence, he could not grant it.— George Findlater, Messrs. Platt's foreman, was called, but he was unable to prove anything material.—Mr. Rushton read the clause in the act, as given above, and said that some o h e t h e eor complete.questions thearisen, defendanteven mustifth e h evidence acquitted.had SINGULAr. MISTAKE. —When Dr. Keate was the Head Master of Eton College, and sitting one afternoon enthroned in his awful chair in the upper school, a person was seen ad vancing from the lower end, clad in scarlet, the livery of royalty. Nothing doubting his regal origin, and supposing him to be the bearer of a message from his Sovereign, the doctor received him with marked courtesy and his best smile ; when, what was his astonishment at bearing bins ask per mission to perform feats of legerdemain in the lower school —in truth, it was no other than Mr. Moon, the conjuror! We leave our readers to imagine the amusement this afforded to the boys, and need hardly say that this request was re fused instanter. Poor LORD MORPETII has been writing a riamby-paroby school-boy epistle to some " dear Mrs. Chapman" in Ame rikv, and published in the Liberty Bell, for circulatio n at a " Slavery Fair," held at Boston in December last. As a spe cimen of style and research—origival and quotation —we sub mit the followi ng; -- " I am consc i ous ( my d ear Mrs. Chapman,) that I may seem to y ou to magnify any possible eff ect t h at might proceed from some probably very pointless scrap of composition ; but in all these matters it should be more a question of principle than of degree. I have seen before now that the susceptibi lity of nations can stoop very low, as well as soar very high. If a foreign chime should be detected in the peal of the Li. berty Bell, I know not what startling echoes it might not awaken in the deepest recesses of Accomac. There is a line which we happen to have often heard quoted among ourselve s , 1 -------- Know ye not Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow 1" LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY The annual general meeting of the subscribers to the Eye and Ear Infirmary was held on Saturday last, in the Claren- .00ms, South John-street, for e purpose of receiving the report of the commit:cc on the proceed past year, the election of officers, and the trans- action of other business appertaining to the annual meeting GEORGE GRANT, Esq., president of the institution, took the chair The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by observing that the object of the meeting. was to receive the report of the pro ceedings of the Eye and Ear Infirmary during the past year. It was not for him, perhaps, to enter into any statement of details, as the report would be read which had been drawn up by those who had witnessed the usefulness of the charity, and who bad taken all due pains to promote and support it. He re gretted to state that au institution so eminently useful as this, which had done such a vast extent of service to the suffering poor, and others, should be so feebly supported in this large and important place. He could only hope that they whom he had the honour to address would be so kind as to use their influence with their friends, and in that way contribute, as much as possible, to the success of the institution, by means of increased subscriptions, without which the institu tion, he feared, although he trusted it might not, must be abandoned. He was sorry to hear that the charity was now in debt, but he did not despair that through the exertions of its supporters, a town so celebrated as this for every thing charitable and good,. would step forward and maintain an institution so eminently valuable and useful. He had no more to say at present ; and he would conclude by calling upon the Treasurer and Secretary to read their reports. Mr. J OHN CROSSFIELD, treasurer to the institution, said, that before reading his accounts he would state, that the committee had practised every economy consistent with the efficiency of the charity. The annual expenditure was con siderably short of £3OO, yet with that small means 9,000 cases had been relieved, a circumstance which afforded the best proof of its utility. He was sorry to say that the insti tution had a debt of about £7O to commence the year with. Ile hoped the announcement of this fact would induce in creased support, for it was to be much lamented if one of the most useful institutions ip Liverpool should be neglected. Mr. Crossfield then read the accounts. The receipts appeared to be £2BB. Os. lad. ; and after defraying every expense there was ;1 balance remaining due to the treasurer of £23. 16s. 10d., which, with £5O of bills yet to come in, would make the debt upwards of £7O. Air. T. C. DUNLEVIE, the honorary secretary, then read the report of the committee. The report stated that in the Eye Department of the in stitution, from its establishment in 1820, 35,864 patients had received relief, and in the Ear Department, from 1839, the period of its commencement, 6,285 persons had been bene litted—thus shewing that in two of the most sensitive and useful organs, the eye and the ear, 42,149 individuals have been restored to comparative happiness. This vast good had been effected at the trifling annual outlay of £290, and out of which, independently of out-door relief, the committee have been enabled to maintain and relieve, during last year, 5U in-door patients,—sorne from Lancashire and other places in England; others from Ireland and Scotland, and some from even North America. Patients suffering from contusions, wounds, burns, and particles of steel, &c., to the number of 145 of our best operative mechanics have, during last year, been afforded relief, and by such relief were enabled to resume their re spective occupations. The committee have received during the year a donation of £25 from John Ripley, Esq., and donations from George Grant, Esq., and three other gentlemen to the amount of £23 45., yet this excellent charity is in debt, and the com mittee appeal strongly to the liberality of the public for increased support. After reading this report Mr. NEILL, the philanthropic and efficient medical officer of the institution, read a number of interesting cases, showing in their results the valuable benefits conferred by the society through the skill and at tention of himself and the other medical officer of the establishment. We extract two or three as well worth the perusal of our readers : " John Fyvie, aged 20, from Rathfriland, County of Down, Ireland, came to your hospital on the 11th of April, quite blind : in infancy an injury had destroyed one eye—the other became blind from cataract. He left the institution on the lith of June, with his sight restored by operation. This young man's sight was wonderfully acute. I have received a letter from the Rev. Mr. Forde, his patron, saying, that ob jects so distant as to other eyes to require a telescope, to his eyes are quite apparent. This circumstance I have heard others who have been operated on for cataract also remark." " Jane Todd, aged 20—a fine hale young woman—was a dairy maid at Scarisbrick. In infancy she was pricked in the eye by a needle, and her sight in that eye was lost; but with one eye she managed to get on very well, and was a happy girl in possessing a good one. However, in her daily duties one day she was unluckily struck in this good eye by the horn of a cow, and the eye was knocked to atoms. She was now quite blind, and a more broken-hearted creature I never saw. She came to our institution. For the now in jured eye I could do nothing ; but for that, of the sight of which she had been deprived in her infancy, I told her I hoped she might have her sight—waiting until the inflam matory effects of her present accident had passed by. I then operated upon the eye which had been long dark, and the Almighty willed that the operation should avail, and her sight was restored, and she is now again ranching her cows and pursuing her duties as a merry, tidy dairy-maid. " Robert fyer, aged 57, was a' farrner, ' well to do,' in Rainford. He consulted me, about three years ago, as a private patient. He had cataract in both eyes. He dis liked my operating fee, and chose to have the operation done in the country, and one eye was lost ! Ashamed now to come to me, he visited Manchester, where a similar ope ration was followed by a similar unfortunate result, and lie was now supposed hopelessly blind. His farm was not at tended to—all went wrong—he was no longer "well to do"— and three years blindness made him a very poor man. Lord Derby recommended him to your institution, and he became my patient—and the result of the operations on this man was completely successful. The pupils of his eyes had been clostd from the injuries inflicted in the former operations. I was enabled to make false pupils, through which the light entered ; and lie now visits Liverpool market every Satur day morning, driving his own market cart. His sight is now quite restored, and he will soon again be ' well to do.' " These were the cases in the eye department which he had thought it well to mention. In the ear hospital there was a novelty : he believed there was only one institution in the world where the same means were made use of for overcom ing deafness, therefore, as the matter w as s p ec i a l, an d as three years had passed by since a similar report had been made, it was advisable that a report of these new means should be laid before the public, and the present seemed the best opportunity of doing so. Mr. Neill then read the fol lowing : " Four years having nearly elapsed since the formation of the Ear department of this institution, and as it originated in some mechanical improvements which gave facilities for investigating the causes of disease in some of the remotest and hitherto inaccessible parts of the organ of hearing, it may be naturally expected that the results of experience ob tained would have placed the surgeon in a position to declare whether his expectations have been realised, and that hu manity had been benefitted by the introduction of the new means. It is a great and a common folly when a new matter is discovered to laud its powers beyond its capabilities ; and it would have been a great f o ll y h a d I ma d e prom i se that the air-press and its accompanying vapour apparatus could have done more than act as, first, a means to ascertain (as by a stethescope) the state of the inner passages of the ear, and afterwards convey such stimulants as were required to restore the diseased structures to health ; arid I did not do more than this; whilst I showed that, through this instrument, a power was given to the surgeon, which he did not before possess, to gain a knowledge of diseases in a part hitherto unapproach able ; and, when made aware of the nature of the disease, to treat it medically or surgically, as was required. Now, I neither deceived myself nor you. The means were all they promised and I promised, and they have fully carried out all my expectations. In catarrhal deafness, the common disease of the climate, I am bound to declare the extreme usefulness of the air-press in detailing to me the exact state of the parts, and affordinir me a fair chance of treating the disease with a likelihood of benefit to the patient. lam the more inclined to thus publicly identify myself with the introduction and use of this apparatus in Liverpool, and in connection with a great public charity, as it may be a means of setting aside much evil and great drawbacks to the continuance of the modern practice and treatment of diseases of the inner ear. Anonymous writers--but especially one who has written in the London Medical Gazette, and who I will guarantee has never in his life seen the " air-press"—have pronounced the operation dangerous, and likely to do great evil to the patient. I did not reply to " Anonymous," believing that Mr. Filcher, a learned and eminent practitioner of modern aural surgery in London, and writer on the subject; or Mr. Yearsley, a gen tleman connected with a large public hospital, also in London, would, had he been worthy of notice, have done so. But, as the following remarks of this writer have travelled through all the medical publications of the kingdom, I feel myself called on to state, that what he has written has been written in utter personal ignorance of the subject ; and the only two cases of evil which lie has been able to detail, are cases which have not occurred in the hands of an hospital surgeon, or indeed is there proof that the evil did arise from the use of the air-press. One was a man who died in the house of a wonder-working doctor in London. In evidence before the coroner, the doctor or his assistant avowed that the man used the air-press in their absence, he being alone, and he was found choked. The other was a case occurring in the practice of a wandering aurist. This patient was supposed to have died from injury inflicted by the violent use of the instrument. But are two such supposed cases, and occur ring in the practice of such individuals, to warrant remarks that follow? The British and Foreign Medical Ret esi . rv, in noticing the paper of ' Anonymous,' says : " This paper is violently dissuasive of air injections of the eustachian tube. The author seems to think that the injection is not actually effected in a great many cases in which it is pretended by the operator, and imagined by the patient, to be done. Among the disastrous effects which have resulted from attempts to perform the operation, or from its actual performance, he enumerates inflammation of the throat and tube itself, as well as of the tympanum, so severe as sometimes to terminate in suppuration; emphy sema, caused by laceration of the mucous membrane of the eustachion tube, or posterior flares ; rupture of the mem brane of the tympanum ; diliquium, so protracted as to threaten life ; death.' " When the Liverpool Ear Institution was first publicly acknowledged, at the first public meeting, Dr. Formby and Mr. Bickersteth, who had repeatedly seen me operate, and witnessed the results, were the individuals to move and second the formation of a public establishment where the poor might avail themselves of a means to relieve their deaf ness: and were they likely to advise a rash or dangerous practice ? Since that time three years have gone by, and I have operated on thousands ; an d as a contradiction to " Anonymous," I call on you a ll, an d o n a ll my medical brethren, to denounce me if they have ever heard of the most trifling injury occurring during this operation in my hands, or succeeding to it. Whilst in most of the individuals round me I see the relations and friends of a host of patients, who are willing to acknowledge that their restored hearing has re sulted from the application of the air-press, and of the vapour apparatus." The CHAIRMAN said to him, this was a most interesting report. It ou g ht t o b e pu bli s h e d , f or b e was sure that if the would dc give knew how ro l m m o w m e u x c t h ou g sio o v od su tb p e po i r n t. stitution was doing they The Rev. R. L. TOWNSEND rose to move the first resolu tion. He was quite sure that few remarks would be required from him t o i n d uce t h e meet i ng to adopt the resolution which he had the honour to move. After the interesting report read by the Secretary an d th e cases which had been read by their skilful hono rar y surgeon M r. N eill, shewing that upwards of 40,000 persons had received relief since the establishment of the institution, he thought there could be little doubt that this charity had the strongest claims upon the benevolent consideration of the community. He regretted deeply that it should languish for want of funds; but if gentlemen would but be kind enough to make its claims and its utility known, be was sure there would be such a re s p onse as would at once place it in a flourishing position. He thought the mere fact that 40,000, and upwards, of poor had received benefit from this charity, would be enough to stamp its usefulness, without one word more. (Hear, hear.) With these observations he begged to move the first resolution, that the report and trea surer's accounts be passed and printed. Dr. AunuexLE, of Maranham, seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried. The Rev. Dr. Imps., Principal of the Royal Institution School, moved the second resolution, which thanked the officers of the charity for their valuable services during the past year. The rev. gentleman said it was with great con'-; cern he had heard that which he was not aware of before, that this excellent charity was in debt; but, perfectly con curring in the sentiments uttered by the chairman as regarded the benevolent spirit of the town, he felt confident that, on being better known, if is were only from motives of economy, the charity would be better supported than it was. The number of cases they had heard, as had been properly ob served, shoved that the greatest good had been done at the least cost. lle did not believe, if any of those cases had presented themselves at our own doors, but that the impulse of a great many would have been to put them, if there bad been no establishment like this, under the care of a medical gentleman upon whom we could rely, and have become re sponsible fora suitable remuneration to him. Ile (Dr. Iliff) did not scruple to say, that in this respect the town of Li- verpool ought to consider itself - providentially placed, in having medical aid superior to which was not to be found in the kingdom, nor indeed in any part of Europe or the world. (Hear, hear.) We knew hoot valuable the time was of medi cal gentlemen, yet they would not allow any cases to go without relief, although they might be benefitted at the same time they were sacrificing time and abilities; and although these remarks would apple to the other officers, he was sure the name last upon the list would not be the least in the estima tion of the subscribers. (Hear.) Mr. G. CILOSSFIELD seconded the resolution, and hoped it would be cordially adopted. It was the first time he had attended a meetim of this institution, and he was filled with astonishment at the number of cases relieved and the amount of good done at so small a relative cost. He united in the sentiment that, if this charity could fairly be brought before the public, there was a charitable disposition abroad which would not allow it to languish. He did not know what was intended with regard to the interesting cases which th e medical officer had read ; but if they could be published along with the report, and circulated, they would go far towards bringing mote subscriptions. The resolution was unanimously carried. Mr. linitmoon BANNER moved the appointment of the committee and officers of the institution for the ensuing year. Mr. linTcniNsox seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried. On the motion of Mr. H. BANNER, seconded by. Mr. NEILL, the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Grant for his services in the chair, and the proceedings terminated. OPENING OP THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. The Lower School of the Collegiate Institution was opened yesterday morning, with the most promising tokens of suc cess. A larger number of pupils presented themselves (or admission than were expected ; the exact figures we have not been able to obtain. James Cox, Esq., 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, is the head master of this department, a gentleman whose zeal and qualifications eminently fit him for the situation. The Middle School will be opened on Monday next. From the number of pupils already entered, for this department, the Middle School promises to be very large. The Upper School will commence on Monday, the 13th of February. We are exceedingly gratified to observe the spirit with which is noble institution continues to be sunnorted. Thi. i. proved by the manner in which a number . . of its promoters have come forward to increase their donations. For instance, Mr. Gladstone has increased his donation of £750 to £1000; Mr. Edmund Molyneux, (Chairman of the Education Com mittee of the Town Council,) from £lOO to £lOOO ; Mr. Jas. Lawrence from £250 to £lOOO ; Mr. Josias Booker from £750 to £lOOO ; Mr. William Shand from £lOO to £250 ; Mr. Sarni. Holme from £l5O to £250, and many others whose disinterested munificence will be properly appreciated. The total amount of donations is, we understand, in round numbers, 423,000, whilst, to complete the Institution in all its parts, about £12,000 more will be reqaired, making an ag gregate of £35,000. In do - sing this brief notice we may ob serve that presents of books, sculpture, and other works of art, will, doubtless, be very serviceable in forwarding the objects contemplated by the establishthent of this splendid institution. THE BLIND ASYLUM The annual meeting of the Corporation of this excellent institution was held, on Friday, at the Asylum, in London road. On the motion of Mr. E. G. Deane, Robert Benn, Esq., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he was requested by Mrs. Dumaresq to present the sum of 4300 to the charity, as an acknowledg ment for the favours her family bad received from the insti tution. (Cheers.) He was happy to add, that this was not the first occasion on which a donation had been received from the same family. (Applause.) THE ACCOUNTS The accounts for the past year were then read by the Trea surer, Mr. R. Houghton, and passed, and the several resolu tions adopted, for which see the advertisement in another column. We are, however, sorry to observe that they exhi bited a considerable falling off in the receipts, as compared with former years; but, we hope, the returning commercial prosperity will bring increase to the funds of a charity which deserves so well of the public. On the items of salaries being read, Mr. J. 11. TURNER said, in his opinion, it was much better to do away with gratuities, and give the masters and mistresses salaries commensurate with the duties they had to perform. A conversation ensued, the majority differing from the view which Mr. Turner took of the subject of gratuities. Ulti mately, that gentleman withdrew a resolution he had moved respecting them ; the chairman observing, that it might, per haps, be advisable to let well alone. CHAPEL ACCOUNTS Mr. BARON then read over the accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the chapel fund. Mr. WARNER asked what was the amount of falling off in the pew-rents between the first and second half-year which had j ust passed. _ _ Mr. BARON said it was very trifling ; but the falling off in the collection at the doors amounted to £lOO. The Rev. E. HULL then rose, and spoke to the following effect :—Sir, I rise to propose a re so l u ti on, w i t h t h e nature o f which, I believe, all here present are acquainted ; and as I have put forth in the public papers a statement of the facts on which I ground its excellency, it will not be necessary for me to say much on the present occasion. However we may differ in our sentiments as to the best mode of accomplishing it, I have no doubt that we all have the same object in view—the welfare of this institution. I have been connected with it more intimately than any other gentleman here for a period of nearly a quarter of a century, and, in all probability, I shall continue to be connected with it till the day of my death ; and it is only natural that I should feel a particular interest in its welfare. When I speak of the welfare of the institu tion, I must, of course, be understood as meaning the benefit of the indigent blind intrusted to our care. A large number of these afflicted persons are sent to us from all parts of the kingdom, for the express purpose of being instructed in some manual exercise or trade, in order that on their return to their friends they may be enabled to obtain a livelihood, and I am happy to say that many of them succeed in this object. Independently of the trade, however, a considerable number of them are engaged in learning an art which, however de lightful in its exercise, has unfortunately proved to be of little benefit to the pupils, I mean the art of music. No less a number than forty-two of the pupils are now occupied nearly one-half of their time in learning music, twenty-four of whom are taught to play on the organ. This is done at a very great cost to the charity. In the year 1822 the cost of teaching music, together with the salaries given to the pupils, amounted to £2lO ; and it has gone on gradually increasing until its amount has now reached £350, whilst the cost of teaching all the trades amounts to only £2BO. Now, sir, what benefit has accrued to the pupils from this great ex penditure of time and money? Why, sir, during the period of twenty-two years the committee have been able to obtain situations as organists for only twenty-two pupils, just one per annum ; and during the last eleven years they have not been able to accomplish even this, nor the half of it. They have been able to procure only five organists' situations; and, surely, no reflecting person can call this an adequate return for the time and funds expended. But, sir, we shall be told that other great advantages arise to the institution ; that the con certs given in the music -room attract crowds of persons to the school, and that th e sa l e o f your go ods are th us great l y facilitated. 'Eve n grant i ng this to b e t h e case , I s h ou ld con sider it a very poor a rgument for carry i ng the c u lti vat i on o f music to its pres en t extent. The great o bj ec t i n sen di ng pupils to this in s tit u ti on is, that they may learn something which may be o f b enefit to them in afterlife; and I am sure it cannot be right to employ so large a num b er i n acqu i r i ng an art which h as b een proved to be of li tt l e or no b ene fi t to them in after lif e , merely for the purpose of attracting per sons to the school, and facilitating the sale of your manu factures. B u t, s i r, l am not willing to gran t th a t th e sale of your good s i s much promoted by these concerts. The persons who att en d th em pass throug h t h e building int o th e music-room, and, as soon as the concert is over, pass through it again in a stream into the street without going into the shop at all ; and I have little doubt that, if they were accurately observed, it would turn out, that the same per sons being fond of music attend the rooms, day after day, without purchasing any of your goods. This is not my opinion only, but, if you will ask Mr. Lucy, your superin tendent, he will tell you that it is his opinion also. That the funds of your chapel are greatly augmented through the instru mentality of the choir I am quite ready to admit, and I should be sorry to see its efficiency injured. But I feel that an ef ficient choir may be kept up at a much less expense. It can not be nece ssary t h at twenty-four pupils s h ou ld b e taught to play upon th e ! organ in order to keep up t h e c h o i r of our small chapel. I n Ki ng ' s College in Cam b r id ge, one of the most magnifice n t b u il dings in Europe, the choir consists of only twenty-two, that o f T r i n i ty, o f on ly sixteen, and th a t of St. John's, of only fourteen. That your funds are not in a condition to admit of any unneces sary expenditure i s evident from th e statement which I have already published, from which it appears that your subscriptions during the last twenty years have decreased from £867 to 379, the donations in poor boxes from £l2O to £37, and the gross receipts of the chapel from £lBOO to £1430. So that, whilst the cost of the music has gradually increased from £2lO to £350, your ordinary souree so f rev e n ue have gradually de creased from £2788 t o £1836, a decrease o f £95 2. For these reasons, sir, feeling a lively interest in the charity, I have thought it my duty to propose to you the resolution, which I shall now proceed to read. I have not requested any gentleman to second it, nor have I asked a single person to attend this meeting. But, Sir, I cannot for a moment suppose that a resoluti on, on the adopt i on or re j ect i on of which, in my opinion, the future welfare of this institution so much depends, will be suffered to fall to the ground from want of a gentleman to second it. There is one gentleman, however, whose absence on this occasion I exceedingly regret. He has been a member of the committees of this institution for a period, I believe, of more than thirty ;years, and has always manifested great interest in its prosperity. Had he not been prevented from being present, owing to his being engaged in the performance of an important public duty else where, I know that he would have great pleasure in seconding this resolution. K now i ng the respect whi c h would most likely be paid t o h is op i n i on , w h en I f oun d th at lie could not be present, I addressed a note to him, asking him if he would permit me to state to the meeting that his sentiments on this subject coincided with my own. In reply to my note I received the following answer : DEAR H viz,—l regret that I cannot attend your annual meeting. You are at perfect liberty to state, should you think it worth while, that I should have supported your reso lution, could I have been with you. Indeed, you know that I have advocated it in the musical department whenever the question has been before the committee. "Yours, very truly, "JONATHAN BROOKS." Mr. Hull then read the following resolution, and laid it upon the table, stating that he left it to the meeting to deal with it as they might think fit : " Whereas it appears, from experience, that beneficial re sults, commensurate with the great expenditure of time and money in teaching music in the school, have never accrued to the pupils; and this meeting is of opinion, that a decrease of the number of music pupils, and a considerable diminution of expense in the musical department, may be effected, to the great benefit of the charity ; Resolved, that the committee be directed to give their earnest attention to this subject,with a view to effecting the greatest economy in all matters rela tingthe number of music pu pils as may be consistent with the choir of the chapel. he had great pleasure in seconding to the musical department , a nd as great a diminu ti on of The Rev. T. BOLD said the motion. propriety of the resolution ; the only could exist as to the . it could be carried out, and whe question was, as to how to secure an efficient chir. ther it could be adopted so a Mr. DEANE did not think that any difference of opinion Ito, one tenor, and two bass one treble singer, one central fortune, was to become voices ; and what, in the name of of the choir, if there was to be a reduction in the number? Although the choir consistedsa_of forty-two, they_ had only annum He thought that the music -master wa s most outrageously paid. His salary of" per num ought to be reduced. TURNERMr. thought thatMr.Hull had made out a ver y clear case. But could they have an efficient choir without to be the point. having a very large numberhoefinpuaipnilps point, Mr. Mr. S. TURNER.- - My That appeared to him The Rev. E. HULL.—The ow n opinion s, and when it i s f oun d is, that it will b e ne cessary to try a large number of p that they do not p os sess an ear_ for music, it would be use less for them to go on. Out of the present large choir, th ere were only, as Mr. Deane had stated, th ree or four efficient voices. But it was desirablei that the pupils who showed musical talent should be taught. Mr. J. B. YATES said there could only be one opinion as to the propriety of exercising the strictest economy ; but he never would consent that the preamble of that resolution should be passed in the . way which it h a d b een proposed and seconded, because impliedit an improper expendi ture of time and money had be that en sanctioned by the com mittee for many years. The Rev. E. HULL.- - No , no ; the beneficial results have not been commensurate with the expenditure of the money. Mr. YATES proceeded to argue against the preamble. The Rev. E. HULL said he cared nothing about the words, provided the saving was effected, and lie might leave out the preamble altogether if he liked. After some further discussion, the resolution, as altered, was adopted ; and, thanks having been voted to the chair man, the meeting separated. THE LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY Last evening the Liverpool Philharmonic Society gave an undress concert in the theatre of the Collegiate Institution. The body of the room, and the lower gallery, although tolerably well filled, did not present that gay appearance that it doubtless will on the occasions of dress concerts being given, but there were at least 800 persons present. This fine hall, if we may so term it, is admirably adapted to musical entertainments ; in every part of it the slightest sound may be heard—not a note is lost. In the upper gallery the effect is very fine, and had we not the fact before our eyes of the number of performers, we should have put down the strength of the orchestra at double the number than it actually was. The notes appeared to come pealing up in one combined sound, producing a magical and grand effect; this was parti cularly noticeable in the portions of the music where the efforts of the vocal and instrumental performers were com bined. Mr. William Sudlow conducted most ably. Mr. Henry Aldridge, as a leader, we have bad frequently oppor tunities of praising; his steady hand, his precision, and ex cellent knowledge of music, conduce to render him a most efficient and valuable member of this excellent society. The first part of the concert opened with Kalliwoode's Overture. This was followed by selections from Haydn's masterly composition " The Creation ;" the best portion of which was sung by Miss Hammond,—" The marvellous work behold amazed ;" the chorus of this (as indeed were all the chorusses) was admirably done, reflecting great credit upon the members of the society. Misses Swain sang very pleasingly the sweet duet, " 0, 'lovely peace." The second part commenced with Auber's overture to Cheval de Bronze; it was excellently played, and elicited loud cheers at the close. Haydn's quartett for two violins, tenor, and violoncello, was charmingly executed ; in this Mr. Aldridge distinguished himself—the bass was also well played. The effect in the upper gallery was very fine, the sound appeared to amalgamate and proceed from one instru ment. Bishop's delightful glee, " The Chough and Crow," was encored ; it was excellently sang. The solo parts by Miss Hammond, Miss Aldridge, and Mr. Wearing. The chorus was splendidly executed. The rest of the programme consisted of— Glee.—" Fair Flora decks," Messrs. Case, H. &dim , / and Wearing. .Danby , Tho' he be now a Grey Friar," Misses Swain and Aldridge. Messrs. Lewis, Hetherington, and Palmer. Bishop. Chorus.—" Happy, Happy." Ads and Galatea. Trio.—" The Flocks shall leave the Mountains," Misses Swain and Mr. Atkinson Ads and Galatea. Chorus.—" Galatea, dry thy tears" Acis and Galatea: This concert appeared to give unmixed delight to all present; those who were absent really lost a great treat. THE STORMING OF RIKA-BASHEE FORT. (From Liety.Eyre's Narrative oithe Afghan Disasters.) The who!e issued from cantonments, a storming party con sisting of two companies from each regiment, taking the lea., preceded by Captain Belley, who hurried forward to blow open the gate. Missing tke gate, howwever, he blew open a wicket of such small dimensions, as to render it im possible for more than two or three men to enter abreast, and these in a stooping posture. This, it will be seen, was one cause of discomfiture, in the first instance • for the hearts of men failed them , when they saw their foremost comrades struck down, endeavouring to force an entrance under such disadvantageous circumstances, without being able to help them. The signal, however, was given for the storming party, headed by Col. Mackerell. On nearing the wicket, the detachment encountered an excessively sharp lire from the walls, and the small passage through which they endea-- voured to rush in, merely served to expose the bravest to al most certain death, from the hot fire of the defenders. Col. Mackerell, however, and Lieut. Bird, of Shah's 13th Infan try, accompanied by a handful of Europeans and a few Sepoys, forced their way in ; Captain Westmacott, of the 37th, being shot down outside, and Captain M`Ctae sabred in the entrance. The garrison, supposing that these few gallant men were backed by the whole attacking party, fled in consternation out of the gate, which was on the opposite side of the fort, and which ought to have been the point assailed. Unfortunately, at this instant, a number of the Affghan cavalry charged round the corner of the fort next the wicket : the cry of " Cavalry" was raised — a cry which, ten often, during our operations, paralyzed the arms of those, whose muskets and bayonets we have been accustomed to consider as more than a match for de sultory charge of irregular horsemen ; the Europeans gave way simultaneously with the Sepoys—a bugler, of the Gth infantry, through mistake, sounded the retreat—and it be came, for the lime, a scene of sauce qui peut. In vain did the officers, especially Major Scott, of 44th' knowing the fearful predicament of his commanding officer, exhort and beseech their men to charge forward— not a saul would follow them, sove a private of thethe 44th named Stewart, who was afterwards promoted for his solitary gallantry. Let me here Brigadier Shelton justice; his acknowledged courage redeemed the day ; for, exposing his own person to a hot tire, he stood firm amidst the crowd of fugitives, and by his exhortation and example at last rallied them ; advancing again to the attack, again our men faltered, notwithstanding that the fire of the great guns from the cantonments, and that of Capt. Mackenzie's juzaillchees from the N.E. angle of the Mission Compound, together with a demonstration on the part of our cavalry. had greatly abated the ardour of the Affghan horse. A third time did the Baigadier bring on his men to the as sault, which now proved successful. We became masters of the fort. But what, in the mean time, had been passing inside the fort, where, it will be remembered sevevral of our brave brethren had been shut up, as it were, in the lions' den. On the first retreat of our men, Lieutenant Bird, with Colonel Mackerell and several Europeans, had hastily shut the gate by which the garrison had for the most part evacu ated the placr, securing the chain with a bayonet. The re pulse outside, however, encouraged the enemy to return in great numbers, and, it being impossible to remain near the gate on account of the hot fire poured in through the crevices, our few heroes speedily had the mortification to see their foes not only re-entering the wicket, but, having drawn the bayonet, rush in with loud shouts through the now re-opened gate. Poor Mackerell, having fallen, was literally hacked to pieces, although still alive at the termination of the contest. Lieutenant Bird, with two Sepoys, retreated into a stable, the door of which they closed; all the rest of the men, en deavouring to escape through the wicket, were met and slaughtered. Bird's place of conceaiment at first, in the confusion, escaped the observation of the temporarily triumphant Affgbans ; but, at last, it was discovered, and a desperate attack commenced at the door. This being barricaded with logs of wood and whatever else the tenants of the stable could find, resisted their efforts, while Bird and his now solitary companion, a Sepoy of the 37th N. I. (the other having been struck down), maintained as hot a fire as they could, each shot taking deadly effect from the proximity of the party engaged. The fall of their com panions deterred the mass of the assailants from a simulta neous rush, which must have succeeded ; and thus that truly chivalrous, high-minded, and amiable young gentleman, whose subsequent fate must be ranked among the mysterious dispensations of Providence which we cannot for the present fathom, stood at bay with his equally brave comrade for up wards f an hour, when, having only five cartridges left, in spite of having rifled the pouch of the dead man, they were rescued as related above. Our troops literally found the pair "grim and lonely there,' upwards of thirty of the enemy having fallen by their unassisted prowess. Our loss on this occasion was not less than 200 killed and wounded. THE FORCE OF FRIENDSHIP.—Some time ago a very re spectable gentleman died in the parish of Largo. Many were uninvited to his funeral, and among others a worthy cronie of the old school, who took the matter all the more deeply to heart, because, as he forcibly observed, " I'm sure if he had been alive I wud hae been bidden."—Fife Journal. LIBERAL LAWLESSNESS. — American institutions were established, no doubt, upon the principle that those who had so large a share in making the laws, would certain.y respect them. But experience has proved this hope to be fallacious; for no men know better than the Judges of America, that on the occasion of any great popular excitement the law is power less, and cannot, for the time, assert its own independence.— Boz. ENCOURAGING YOUNG MECHANICS—Here is a young mechanic just opened—give him a job. He will remember his first patron as long as he lives. We have never forgotton our grateful feelings to the men who gave us the first job we received :n printing. To be sure it was small, and besides it was never paid for. but he intended to benefit us, and we have always held him in grateful remembrance. Encourage the young man and he will never fsrget you. MRS. SIDDONS IN OBSCURITY.—A near relative of the writer, a great many yegrs ago, saw the afterwards cele brated and wealthy Mrs. Siddons walking up and down both sides of the street in a provincial town, dressed in a red woollen cloak, such as was formerly worn by menial ser vants, and knocking at each door to deliver the playbill of her benefit. Roger Kemble, th e f a th er , was manager of a strolling company, in which Mr. and Mrs. Siddons per formed. The company consisted principally of the Keinble family.—Bentley's Miscellany. WITCHCRAFT.—Judge Blackstone never found himself more embarrassed than in treating upon the subject of witch. craft in his Commentaries. Dr. Grey, in his notes on Hudi bras, mentions that Hopkins, the noted witch-finder, hanged GO suspected witches in one year ; and then cites Hutchinson on Witchcraft, for the dreadful number of 20,000 that were burnt within 150 years. The humane Judge Barrington like wise relates many horrid particulars, with excellent remarks, in his Observations on the Statutes. Howell, in one of his letters, dated 1647, says, that in two years there were in dicted, in Suffolk and Essex only, between 200 and 300 witches, of whom more than one-half were executed. It was not, indeed, until towards the conclusion of the seventeenth century that this infamous superstition began at all to abate. SUFFICIENCY OF THE SCRIPTURES.—I Will not scruple to assert," says Bishop Horsley, " that the most illiterate Christian, if he can but read his English Bible, and will take the pains to read it in this manner" (the bishop had been re commending a diligent comparison of parallel pas.s.ages), " will not only attain all that practical knowledge which is necessary to his salvation, but, by God's blessing, he will become learned in everything relating to his religion, in such a degree, that he will not be liable to be misled either by the refined arguments, or by the false assertions, of those who endeavour to engraft their own opinions upon the oracles of God. He may safely be ignorant of all philosophy, except what is to be learned from the sacred books, which indeed contain the highest philosophy adapted to the lowest appre hensions. He may safely remain ignorant of all history. except so much of the history of the first ages of the Jewish and Christian Church as is to be gathered from the canonical books of the Old and New Testament. Let him study these in the manner I recommend, and let him never cease to pray for the illumination of that Spirit by which these books were dictated ; and the whole compass of abstruse philosophy and e recondite history shall fur n i s h no a r gument withwbte h the perverse will of man s h a ll b e a ble to shake this l i e n a d r e r e te d, d Christian's f a ith. Th e Bibl e thu s studied will, an d prove to be, what we Protestants esteem it, a cer t ain sufficient helmet of salvation, rule of faith and practice, a which alone may quench the fiery darts o( wicked."— Bishop Horsley. CORRESPONDENCE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARP. Sia,—ln support of my statement in your paper of Friday last, as to the rapacity of the Romish priesthood in Ireland, would you kindly give insertion to the annexed extract, which I copy from the London Evening Mail of January 18. Yours, &c., A. M. " The Mayo Constitution thus records another instance in which the peasantry have risen to masse against a Roman Catholic priest :---• In a parish within a few miles from this, the parish priest announced that the amount usually paid, 'we believe, for marriages, baptising, &c., would be increased in future. This so enraged the peasantry, that they bloke open and took possession of the chapel, and when his reve rence arrived there on Sunday from another part of the parish, he was fiercely assailed, and obliged to take refuge in the house of a neighbouring magistrate. We know not whether peace has been since restored between the parties." THE CHRONICLE AND MR. GLADSTONE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, stone. It is Monsieur Tonson over ovum uranon of Lue lawny or inner is everlastingly occupy ing public attention." Such is the exclamation of the Chronicle of Saturday, at the head of an article of a column and a half. The tone in which this is uttered is an indignant one. That such a person as Mr. Gladstone, who thinks dif ferently from him, should occupy so much precious time and space in the public journals, appears to him surprising, if not absolutely ridiculous. In this outburst of feeling, moreover, he intends his readers to perceive, that in treating them to the long article that follows on this identical consumer of the public attention, he is not influenced by any other motive than that of believing it to be his duty to his country, to lay before them the valuable opinion he has formed on the sub ject of Mr. Gladstone's late letter to one of his tenants in Scotland. After having by these sentences in some measure softened the rancour of his soul, he proceeds to give a short sketch of Mr. G's career in life, how from a good old Radical he be came an uncompromising tory, and how from nothing, by his talents and industry, he made himself what he is. lie then alludes to the fact of Mr. Gladstone's return to his native land, and buying an estate on it, after having won the well-merited reward of'his untiring exertions, a princely for tune. With this allusion is coupled a taunt, which, I pre sume, is intended for the benefit of all Scotchmen who may chance to peruse his pages, that no Scotchmen, after having sought and made his fortune in a foreign land, has ever re turned, or wished to return, to the land of his birth. I was not aware that the spirit of patriotism, which has so long burned in purity and strength in the breast of every Scot, was extinguished and gone ; nor was I aware that it was the part of any journalist, either for amusement, or for the pur pose of enhancing the subject he is discussing, to cast such unfounded sneers upon a sister country. _ _ An extract from Mr. Gladstone's letter is next presented to us, in which he expresses his belief " that no alteration is contemplated, or will be made, in the existing corn-laws." The Chronicle thinks that more itnportance than it deserves has been attached to the foregoing extract in some quarters; and stating the argument used by those he refers to, says, that he doubts the premises, and therefore altogether rejects the conclusion built upon them. Now, I think the learned editor has not duly considered the said argument, or he would never have expressed his doubts so boldly. As given by him in his paper, it is resolved into the syllogistic form thus—" Whatever proceeds from the father of the Vice- President of the Board of Trade may be looked upon as truly shadowing forth the ministerial intentions, touching the corn laws in the ensuing session of parliament"—" Mr. Gladstone is the father of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade,"— " therefore whatever proceeds from Mr. Gladstone may be looked upon, &c." The Chronicle may reasonably doubt the major premises, but he must be a sceptic indeed if he disbelieves the minor. I merely bring this forward as a proof of the imperfect manner in which the article is written. The erroneous view he has taken of the sentiments of those he is condemning on the importance to be attached to Mr. G's expression of "belief" is also sufficiently clear. He gravely tells us, that though Mr. G. may know the opinions of his son, it does not follow, as a matter of course, that he knows that of another person. No one, I am sure, ever made such an illogical assertion. The Chronicle is confusing probability with certainty ; and because it has been said as the opinion of some that Mr. G. was probably aware of the intentions of government on the subject of the corn-laws, he construes this into the expression of a firm belief that he (Mr. G.) must be aware of these intentions. He utterly re pudiates the notion of Mr, G's being the ministerial oracle on this occasion, wisely guesses that he is the oracle of no body, and supposing that he may be the oracle of somebody, asks what his communications amount to, viz., that " no alteration is contemplated, or will be made, in the existing corn-laws." From this point commences a violent attack upon the tories, adorned with all the bitter sentiments of extreme party spirit, in which reason and all the finer feelings of hu man nature seem to be forgotten and unknown. '• When," he asks, " did the tories contemplate doing good to the country ;" and a little further on he says " their contempla tions matter not a straw." " they may all be assumed to be levelled against the people and their happiness." He does not say when did the tories do any good to the country, but when did they contemplate doing any good ? When did such an idea ever cross their minds? Never, he replies. What a state has faction brought our country to, when such senti ments as these are openly avowed in a public newspaper! Where, in the case of those whom lie is attacking, does he imagine has that honour gone which ought to be to all men dear? Where has that noble patriotism fled, which despising everything but the country's good, adorned the British senators of old? Does he think that the pulse of pure devotion has ceased to beat in our parliament and our cabinet now, because the political sentiments of the latter are differ ent from his own? That while they are proposing measures which they publicly declare they consider most conducive to the public good, a cloak is thrown over their secret thoughts, and that in reality they care not a straw for the people's happiness. There may have been in times past, and may be in time to come, men who can be classed under this denomi nation, but to maintain that all are liable to the same impu tation is to say that human nature is altered. If such opinions are to be held of all who are appointed to the government of our land, where is confidence to be placed ? Is it to be in the bot-headed demagogue, who would willingly subvert our institutions from the very foun dation ? Such, apparently, would be the wish of the Chron icle. If, indeed, from the sweeping sentence of utter worth lessness passed upon the tories, he could have Christian feel ing enough to put faith in any one. It is time that some change took place in the rancorous party feeling now abroad in the country, and a more generous spirit on both sides introduced and acted on. Fair and ho nourable discussion gives an impulse of interest to the society at large, and serves to preserve its rights and privileges pure; but when it is brought to such a degraded point as exhibited in the Chronicle, it is dangerous and hurtful in the extreme. I trust the time is not far distant when the differ ent political parties will show more forbearance to each other, a new life would then be thrown upon the political world, confidence between man and man would be restored, and the best interests of the nation be flourishing and pros perous. Yours, &c., F, MR. HAMMOND AND THE MINOR THEATRES , TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—My attention having been drawn to an article in serted by Mr. W. J. Hammond in your paper of Tuesday last, and which also appears in the Liverpool Journal of this day, I feel myself, as one of the parties concerned, and in the absence of Mr. Raymond, called upon to request the favour of your allowing me a short space in your paper of Tuesday next fora few remarks thereon. Whether Mr. W. J. Hammond's object was, or was not, to pre-judge the question at issue between the Theatre-Royal and the Royal Liver Theatre, and which has to be decided at Kirkdale on Wednesday next, I cannot say, altho ug h i t ap pears to me, by the tenor of the article, that such was his intention. But I hope on that day the whole matter will he discussed, and that the magistrate s will decide according to the best of their judgment witho u t being either influenced or prejudiced by articles in the newspapers. I cannot for a moment think of violating either profes sional or friendly confidence, much less foll ow th e example of Mr. W. J. Hammond in publishing private and confi dential letters—letters which, between partners , and on subjects connected with their legal liabilities, as well as with their joint pecuniary interests, have always, until this most unparalleled breach of faith, been held as sacred as the anxious whispers of husband and wife. If Mr. W. J. Hammond be not devoid of all the feelings of a man of honour, I do not envy his reflections on this breach of faith towards a gentleman every way his equal, and in many respects his superior —a gentleman in whom Mr. W. J. Hammond for many year s repose d ( or pretended to repose) the most implicit confidence. It is not my intention to allude to any of my private con versations with Mr. W. J. Hammond, nor publish any of his letters to me ; but I shall content myself with stating, that the suggestion respecting the warrant of attorney men tioned in his article was made for the sole benefit and ad vantage of himself and partner, and ought not to have been published by him in the manner he has so injudiciously chosen. And as respects the opini on g i ven on the merits of their case then, it is an equally gross breach of faith in him to publish it now, when on the eve of a trial of a similar nature, in which Mr. W. J. Hammond is so nearly con cerned, and who well knows that at the time he alludes to (nearly ten years ago) the law on th e su b ject was very im perfectly known ; a n d it was not until after that opinion was given the parliamentary report upon the enquiry into theatrical matters was published, and that when it became necessary to look more particularly into the case, for the benefit of Mr. W. J. Hammond as well as his partner, it was found that too much had been taken on hearsay, and too little had been examined into respecting the real powers granted by the royal patent to the then opponents of Mr. W. J. Hammond and his partner. Independently of this, the opinion published by him was given in the course of a casual conversation, and was not the result of any deliberate enquiry into its merits, which every one of your readers must see was a friendly and confidential proceeding towards Mr. W. J. Hammond and his partner Mr. Raymond, and one which ought not to have been published by him. If any person can be found to assert that private and pro fessional intercourse is a fair subject for publication in the newspapers, he will acquit Mr. W. J. Hammond in this transaction : all other persons must pronounce him guilty of a breach of faith, such as would be scorned by, your's respectfully, Saturday Evening. P. S.—As Mr. W. J. Hammond has laid his correspond.. ence open to the inspection of the public, you are at liberty to show this to any person desirous of seeing it, together with my signature and address, which I also send you. SIR CHARLES BAGOT.—We are earn that gratified to private letters, received by the family connections, give a more favourable account of h i s excellency' s health ; indeed, l e x u t e d h o u m b o t r b e u s t o t t h h a a t n s w i r anticipated. leswili re T tu l r ie n re t o is t this st countryth e s slight est s asChar soon as possible ; and his medical attendants are of opinion that, lay the change o f c li mate, hi s health will be thoroughly re - established. —London paper. MISSIONARIES TO CHINA.—One of the largest meetings, eerhaps, which was ever held in Exeter-hall, was held on Tuesday evening at that building, convened by the London Missionary Society, to consider the means of extending and promoting in China the objects of the society. The doors were opened at five o'clock, and by six o'clock the ball was so full that policemen were stationed at the various entrances to prevent others from entering. Mr. W. T. Blair, of Bath, presided, and on the platform were the Hon. and Rev. B. Noel, the Rev. Dr. Leifchild, the Rev. Dr. Alder. Mr. W. A. Haukey, Mr. J. Fouiger, the Rev. A. F. Lacroix, the Rev. J. Clayton, the Rev. T. Archer. the Rev. R. Moffatt, &c. The chairman having briefly addressed the meeting, Dr. Liefchild moved the first resolution, expressive of thanksgiving to God for the termination of the war between China and Great Britain, and for the greatly enlarged facilities secured by the treaty of peace for the introduction of Christianity into that empire. This resolution was se conded by the Rev. Dr. Alder, and was carried unanimously. Several other resolutions were likewise passed, one of which, moved by the Hon. and Rev. B. Noel, stated the Anglo- Chinese College was to be removed from Malacca to Hong- Kong, and that the missionary labours were to be specially directed to that island. The meeting did not separate till a late hour, and collections were made 14 the doors.—Globe. UNIVERSITY .4.11/4713 CLERICAL lATELLIGENCE. OXFORD. There will be nn election in Corpus Christi College on Friday the 3d of March to two scholarships, open to natives of the dioceses of Bath and Wells and Exeter respectivelr Candidates must be under 19 years of age, and must pre• themselves to the president at 11 O'clock on Sau l , 9 3th of February next, with certificiiL.. _ - their parents and their own baptism, competent evint the day and place of their birth, testinion: college br school, together with Latin epistles to the elector The Queen has presented the Rev. Charles Dod- Christ Church, to the rectory of Croft, Yorkshire. The Rev. W. K. Hamilton, of Merton College, has been appointed to the office of precentor of Salisbury Cathedral. The following members of the university have been ad mitted into holy orders by the Lord Bishop of Ripon : .Deacons. —L. P. Mercier, of University Collee.- Robbins, WadhamCollege. Priests. —The Rev. W. Baldwin, of St. Edmund Hall Rev. J. D. E. Jenkins, Jesus College ; Rev. R. J. Maple ton, St. John's College; Rev. R. M. Martin, St. Edmund Hall. Rev John C' . _ • ,e marr s Iron ; liv ,arvey, Christi College, Cam bridge, h as been promoted to the Corpus Vicarage of Hough -on-the- Hill, with the Curacy of Brandon, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. G. Andrews ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. William Ward, of Horncastle, to the Perpetual Cu racy of Asgarby. Lincolnshire ; patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. Rev. Mr. M'lcan, to be Chaplain of the Bridewell, at Marlborough, Wilts. Rev. Walter John Clarke M.A., late Mi n i ster of Rode Chapel, Ch es hi re, to the Vicarage of Swinderby, Lincoln shire. Rev. Robert Shirley Bunbury, to the perpetual Curacy of Ecclestwne, Lancashire. Rev. Sharp Mossop, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. 13rid,_ Beckermec, Cumberland. Rev. Lewis Roberts, to the Perpetual Curacy of Whiten ell, Lancashire. Rev. Harry Trail Simpson, M.A., of Trinity Colk bridge, to the Rectory of Marnhull, Dorset, on his own pert tion, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. J. Place. Rev. Edward Neville Valentile Boydell, to the Perpetual Curacy of Wingate Grange, Durham. Rev. John Pickwood, to be Chaplain to the Bishop of An tigua. Rev. William Alfred Dawson, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Flit wick, Bedfordshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. G. Cardale ; patron, the Duke of Bedford. Rev. William John Kirkness, formerly of Queen's College, Cambridge, to the Rectories of Minster and Porraburry, Cornwall. vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard Winslow ; patron, W. Kirkness, Esq. Rev. James Neyille Heard, Curate of Hitcbin, to be Do mestic Chaplain to the Earl of Winterton. , ge, Cam Divinity. —One o f th e cand i dates, CA MBRIDGE. Regius Professorship of the Rev. Dr. Graham, master of Christ's, having been ob jected to on the ground of being himself an elector, has , retired, and the candid ates are reduced to three —namely, the Rev. Dr. 011ivant, T r i n i ty College ; the Rev. Dr. Mill Trinity College; the Rev. Dr. Chris. Wordsworth, Trinity College. On Tuesday the e l ectors met in the schools, when the examination of the candidates took place. Tuesday. the 31st of the present month, was fixed for the delivery of the prEelections, and Wednesday, th e Ist of February for the election. ' fli o r commencer issi a n P r o F f e e b s so yru r a rof Divinity's L ec t ures for the 9, at one o ' clock, to be con tiLentued every Tuesday, Thursday, a n d S aturday of the term, The teAr at the same hour. Camden Society.—The Bishop of St. David's is to be elected a member of this society, besides other distinguished persons, at the next meeting. New Exhibition.—The examination of the St. John Poor Latin Exhibition, just founded in this college for the best classic of the freshman year, will take place in Novem ber ; the same to take place annually in the early part of Michaelmas term. The exhibitioners on the foundation of the late very rev. master of St. John's, for the present year, are as follow :—Adams, Goodeve, Bashforth, Hemming, T. Dixon, Hiley, Parkinson, Hays, and Cox. James Taylor, 8.A.. has been appointed bead master of the Free Grammar School at Kimbolton. The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. Charles Tower, M.A., of St. John's College, to the rectory of Chilmark, Wilts—value, £426. The Rev. Henry Cottingham. of Magdalen Collegi vicarage of Weston-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The Rev. James Hutchinson, 8.A., of St. John's Collegi to the perpetual curacy of Pleshey, Essex. • of Trinity The Rev, Samuel Smith, M.A., College, to the perpetual curacy of Barrowford, Lancaster. The Rev. James Gavin Yo ung , 8.A., of Trinity Colh to the curacy of Boxwell, Gloucestershire CAMBRIDGE UNIV.ERSITI e, to the LIST OF HONOURS AT THE BACHELOR Of ARTS' COMMENCEMENT, JAN. 20, 1843. MODEV Matthew O'Brien, M.A., Benjamin Morgan Cowie, FtATORS , Caius College. , M.A., St. John's College INE RS .A., Corpus Christi College gory, M.A., Trinity College GLERS Ds. Christopher, Jones, W., Williams, Postplethwaite Chance, H arris:R. D Cobbold, Atkinson, Drew, Hardeastle, Trm Joh. Trip. soh. Pet. Corpus Jes. Queen' Sid. Joh. Trin. Kemp, Corpus Brown, T. K., Christ. Hackman, Trin. llrtz . -Herbert Chris _ - Male, Perram, J `Eq. Clare Trio. Christ Ds. Goode, Trin. Boteler, Joh. Southwood, Ernat. Burges, Trio. Brown, D. Trin. Burbury, }../Eq. Joh. Naylor, Cole, J. Joh. Orris, Valrent, Pet. BuAndrews, Cox,ny an , jE • Pemb. pC CT e o o r m ir r np p b. Trin. s Al 1 lEq . Joh. ston Babington,C. 1 Joh. Hue, Pemb. Coppin, Trin. Blackburn, R. Trin. Cobbold, Pet. Farr, Z Pemb. Raynbird, Christ. Ritchie, Trin. Druce, Pet. Peacock, Trin. OPTIMES. Ds. Darnbrough, Pet. Hoare, G. T.}2Eq. Joh. Johnson, Trin. Bullock, Caius. Carpenter, q' Jolt. Mills, W., Joh. Becher, Jes. Margetts, Clare. Wingfield, Joh. Beck, Crook, - Pemb. A , Corpus rnott . Bentinck, q. Trio. Emin Hutchinson, Corpus Cooke, W., Trin.H Girling, Joh. Pitma n , Pidcock Christ., Corpus Molesworth ,P.W. Joh. Slater, E. 8., Joh. Nedham Tulk, ALLOWED. Johnstone, Newman W. T., Pickering, Rawson, Tower, Trin.H EXAM James George Mould, M, Duncan Farquharson Gre Adams Bashforth, Gray, WRA Joh. Joh. Trin. Joh. Trio. Joh. Pet. Trin. Campbell, Sargent, C rugger, HovWs, Twining Goodeve. Brown, W., Goodwin, Rohrs, Deighton, Spencer, Gifford, Coombe, T., Lewis, W. S., Ansted, SENIOR Cockle, Joh. Bulmer, Joh. Hallett, Emm. Barnicoat, Job. Elton, Sid. Yarranton, Sid. Frere, C., Corpus . Brodie, Trin. Cartonll, Pemb. Macleod, Trin. Jowett, Job. Gelt, Trin. De Gex, Pemb. Tanqueray, Pemb. Crawahay, Trin. Lang, Magd. Watherston, Joh. Elliott, Trin. James, J. C., Joh. Symons, Job. Smyth, Cath. Money, Trin. Knight, Joh. Smith, R. M., Queen's Wood, T. L., Trin. Farthing, Cath. Ds. Hodgkinson, Blackburn, J., Glover, Kershaw, Dodgson, Cook, E. D'Oyly, Holcombe, Crossland, Piggott, Taylor, .1.. Gibson, W. L., Charlesworth, Garland, Young, Grignon, R. S., Bicknell, Lewes, Martell, Dickinson, Blomefield, Armitage, Babb, Trin Trin Joh. Trin DEGREES Babington,.W. P., Petnb. Battersby, Joh. Foot, Sid. Garton, Hardisty, Haviland, J., Cath Job. Joh. Establishedplacesviz.:— c, ans, 6; dissenters, 16. 46 ; Roman Cath o li c, 28; Presbyteri- BURNING OF BIBLES. —The account of the burning of a the town mber of oProtestant Bibles by Roman Catholic priests in Champlain, Clinton count Nework, , i now appears, quit e correct, and furnishes us with most is dis t graceful evidence of the existence at this day, of a degree of bigotry, perfectly appaling. That act was indeed most dis graceful—disgraceful to all immediately concerned in it — and was calculated to disgrace the whole communion to which the fanatics belong. Nothing but the most stupid ignorance could hav e l e d these blinded bigots to burn these Bibles, merely because th ey contained that version which was made of the Script ures by the learned and excellent man who emtran slated the sacred volume in the time of King James.— York paper. oc curred e thought, a t to late be A CONSCIENTIOUS DISSENTER.—An amusing scene oc and took hold the book , of the a witness was called into the box, sworn. But when a case from SunderlandSessions for the County of Durham. In objections, when the following colloquy —You must k , he demurred, on the ground of "conscie ntious" Testament with becoming gravity, as it told, usu al, occurred d : Ctlo, :—Clerk— Are s the ? With book,eWitness—No: Sir. N Are k is e s r o :Wliatomesas—DTishseisntheoro. kCtleeirik, me I am to swear not at all. Clerk—You must kiss the book or you will not be allowed your expenses. These words acted like magic on the " conscientious " dissenter • his scruples immediately vanished, and be has til y raised the book to his lips, amidst roars of laughter from the whole court. A SHAM CONFESSOR.—On Christmas-eve the son of the sacristan of Reignac, in the arrondissemen B tof arbezieux, having learned that several young girls were about to eo to confession, put on a surplice, and placed himself in one of the confessionals of the church. Three or four young girls came successively to acknowledge their peccadilloes to the pretended minister of the gospel, and the trick might have passed over undiscovered, if on an elderly man having come forward to confess the lad had not desired him to be gone, for that he only confessed pretty girls. The man on hearing this cried out, and the whole matter was made public. it The curb immediately lo d g ed a complaint against him, and only when placed in prison that the delinquent learned that to assume sacred functions was an act punishable by law.— Galignani's Messenger. CONVERSION.—Some sensation has been created amongst the Dissenting sects of Rochdale by the me/at conversion of Mr. Phelp, the minister of the Unitarian chapel, Blackwater street, to the church of England. It would seem that Mr. Phelp was engaged up on a work in opposition to the doctrine of the Trinity, and that, in the course of his researches, in stead of meeting with evidence to support the Unitarian be lief, his convictions were opened to the truths of the Trinity. At length, finding that he could doubt no longer, he sought the spiritual advice and assistance of the worthy • vicar, and has ended by renouncing his former errors, and pu bl ic ly avowing himself a convert to the doctrines of We understand that Mr. Phelp purposes the church. Pre offering himself as a candidate for holy or ders oaring and d uly It is also said that another gentleman inR in the church. manner about to embrace the doctrines of Rochdale is in ~e pre gnant signs. of the times. —m the church. ' The selik e aneherier Courier. :Y9 he it 9 ith ffd I I.l° be 1 sqe