The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

The fol The wo QUite a a h moor With t Thit to be ci It is too Mody Ice( Nobod y I ints, or r to the t THE DARKES' Tevent THE bOltit b in hi.to Stuarts, Wrl attachment to Pope tative of ti the present tim sion upon their Fla English exposed to the soften AN AFRICAN DELICACY s than the whol a negro brought un balanced ur tale ciuu root in ins hand, the thick upper part hanging over his back. Amongst all tile valuable research in gas tronomy said to belong to the alderfranic body, it does not appear by any of their observations, or by their prac f; +l,nr . • • graced the civic feast ;and. for tt sake of the poor bird, was the delicious cha- )ped it never will racter of this part of would - le creature known, its numbers thinned to gratify palates already turated, with turtle soup, and other le limb of the ostrich such wel hang for a time, then dress it in rather thin steaks, serve it up very hot, properly accompanied by Hervey's sauce, and there will be a dish which neither the beefsteak of England nor the turtle steaks of India can rival. The latter is out of the question ; and as venison is to mutton so is ostrich to beef ; the flavour and tenderness surpass anything of the kind, and ve- It should appear upon the son is not easier of digestion. anion of the next civic feast. !sus, anything can be pro >even YearB' Service on the in London for, by somi duced there in these days Slave Coast NEGRO WEDDING AT SIERRA LEO NE .—Th e beha . • the applicants for the I ads of Hymen is, for the iornetimes compelled to the friends who attend allowance for their not read them a lecture, as well them. I t e, however, every was. us.aLy as tu trgutate aua Kcep In order the ill— behaved, and very often disreputable character, who noisily and irreverently crowd into the church on such occasions, and would, if not restrained by severe .nrl cisive interference, bring their indecencies and ribaldry up to the railings of the altar. I have often been obliged to send for a policeman to preserve decorum ; and then the miserable beings will run out of the church with laughter and grins and every other expression of igno rance and contempt. The dress of tli bride and bride groom at the bridal merits a better pen than mine to describe it. The uglier the parties, the more pains they seem to take to show it off to the utmost. by the most conspicuous contrast of colour and finery. Fancy a short, dumpy, addling bit of a body, black as jet, covered with k or satin ! Flounces four deep, white satin white silt shoes, white gloves, artificial wreath, or a fillet of nai;;;;11 flowers encircling her curly pate. There is no exaggera tion in this. Then the massive earrings of virgin gold depending from two monstrous lapping ears, the almost imperceptible nose, the pouting Hp, and white pearly teeth. So much for the bride. Now for the bridegroom. Scarcely able to turn either one way or the other, so tightly is he case 3 in a blue swallow-tailed coat, with gilt figured buttons, white folding waistcoat, and everything, else to correspond. The wedding-ring must not be over looked, as it is frequently a curiosity of itself and not always of gold, or plain, but sometiaies silver. brass, tin, broad and twisted. The glove of the bashful lady has generally to be violently taken off to admit the putting on the finger the precious emblem of fidelity and perpetuity of love ; and I have never wanted volunteers to officiate for me in helping the most interested of the party to get the ring honestly and fairly in its appointed place. The most painful part of my duty was to get them to repeat the words of the service after me. The wretched stupidity they would show in trying to do this exceeds all belief : and the unseasonable ridicule it would ,provoke in their people was distressingly trying. In short, their utter ignorance in numerous cases of the nature of the respon sibilities they were undertaking could not fail of causing rcret that they marry at all.--Rev. Dr. Poole's Life in Sierra Leone. POLITIUAL lIIIS'C'ELLANY. Mr. Dickson, the Whig, has been returned for Lime. County by a small majority over Mr. Goold. Mr. e tenant-league candidate, was a the bottom of the poll At the Council on Friday, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from this day, the 17th of December, until the 4th of February, and a proclamation was ordered summoning Parliament to meet on the 4th of February for the dispatch of business. Lord Brackley, M.P. for North Staffordshire, in a letter dated Torquay, states that he has no reason to ex pect that he shall be able to attend Parliament in the early part of next session, on account of ill health, and that ha will resign if called upon. SPLIT IN THE CABINET. — This is one of the rumours of the day,---a common thing of the approach of a session. But how can we reconcile sach ministers in the same councils as Lord Grey, who hopes to see " Roman Catho lic Bishops in the House of Peers," and Lord John Rus sell, who is threatenin g to annihilate the very name of them ! Yet, rather than lose office, wo shall find them level in opinion on the treasury bench, at the opening of the session : the proud earl will stoop, and the dwarf brevet lord will stand on his toes. THE NAVIGATION LAWS,-114 portion o f th e pu bli c who, with Adam S m ith, are of opinion that national se curity is even of greater importance than national opu. lence, and who believe with hhn that an extensive mer cantile marine is th e on ly so lid foundation of naval strength, will be somewhat startled by the following reve lation, founded on parliamentary returns, and especially on the last monthly return of the Board of Trade. In he year 1810 the total amount of tonnage entered inwards hi the foreign trade of the United Kingdom was 4,105,207 tons, of which 2,8(1,367 were British, and 1,297,840 foreign. In 1845 the British tonnage had advanced to 3,669,853, and the foreign to 1,353.735, making an aggre gate of 5,023,588 tons. In 1849 the British entries were 4,390,375, the foreign 1,680,891, together 6,071,20 tons. Thus, in ten years, with a growing commerce, but under Protection, British tonnage had progressively increased 1 ,583,008 tons, or 561 per cent, and foreign 383,054 tons, or 291 per cent. At this point protection was withdrawn. Free navigation has now been ten months in operation, and the follo w i ng i s t h e result :—The aggregate inward entries during the ten months ended the sth of Novem. ber, 1849, were 5 ,081,592 tons, of which 3,651,589 were British, and 1,430,003 foreign. During the correspond ing ten months ending the sth of November of the pre sent year the aggregate entries are 5,114,064 tons, the British being 3,363,033, and the foreign 1,749,031. Thus, comparing the first ten months after the repeal of the Navigation-laws with the corresponding tau months of the preceding year, when those laws were in operation, we find that British tonnage has increased within this brief period no less than 286,556 tons, or 8 1-10 m ossnt. while foreign tonnage has increased to the enormousextent of 319,028 tons, or 22 3-10 per cent. the whole entrie3 have advanced only 32,472 tons, thus sh .wing that our mari- ime commerce has not been augmented in nny appre. !bible degree by the alteration, but that it has simply .hanged hands. The foreigner has taken what we have ❑adly surrendered. e U aiw , There are 193 horses entered for th A.n explosion rook pl ac e, on Friday ow, by which iontm nt to t Several entire rted into Lon, he Derby of 1851 Leech to the memor o be a bronze statu lon - from s to Peru and the P, On Monday last ately been im- young. man named Thos. Ware hooting himself througl roe strength of the British army is 123,768 men of all ns, beside 55.000 odd of pensioners, yeomanry, &c. land engrosses an army of 25,100 men. the Prince Consort was a successful competitor at the ~,h field Cattle Show on Monday, carrying off three ml two for his pigs. Mrs. Jermy. the lady whose husband was shot by James Bloorefi ld Rush, was married at Dover, on the tenth inst., to Mr. Beevor, eldest son of Sir T. B. Beevor, of Hargham-hall, Norfolk. The coal trade is said to be brisk in South Durham. During the month of November above one thousan. l waggons of coal's a day were conveyed down the Stockto and Darlington R On Saturday aged 82, re n old woman named Elizabeth Draper, t Donington, Lincolnshire, who was an bitual opium eater, poiscned herself with an accidental Ashborne Church, Derbyshire, took fire during divine service on Sunday week, from an overheating of the flues. Fortunately a plentiful supply of water was at hand, and the danger was speedily overcome. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng land had decreased from £16,009,871. to £15,942,193, being a difference of £67,673. The wiper in actual circu lation had increased from £19,782,856 to £19,960,708, being a difference of £87,852. The keeper of the tavern which was Haynau's refuge from the mob of London has been ruined by the throng of visiters to the marshal's haunt. Good customers were driven away, whilst the new-comers drank little or no- The Postmaster General. bar seen fit to hand over in a lump the appointment of the letter carriers in Rugby and its vicinity to a convert to the Rornish faith, named Captain Hibbert, who selects the letter carriers from among the recent proselytes to Romanism. The New York Herald pompously informs its readers that " there is hardly a counting-house in Great Britain the business of which is not regulated by a Yankee clock"! — 1 that " American pails, clothes-pins, and other nic )ronounced a nerfeet hlpg.inr, L The Daily News says that a German manufacturer, represented by an agent in the city, is constructing a musical bed for the exhibition of 1851. Directly the occupant of this bed presses it, soothing airs will be emit ted, and, thus lulled, he may sink luxuriously into the arms of sleep. A IVlonm - outhshire paper relates that a man called Will the Thatcher," who was smoking his pipe when e was last seen, was found burned to death .by the road ie, on '" •sday week. It is supposed that he had pla ed pipe in his pocket, and that his clothes be was asleep under the hedge. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the major -general corn landing the south-western military district, has issued -commissioned officer on duty shall tpproach a drunken soldier, lest the latter in his into., ion should strike him, and thus add the offence of mutiny o that of drunkenness. At Dover police - • )urr last week a Neapolitan sailor was f n'Q---"t `nom he in. Ivo u' Li ,- 73patiisti girl, w._ uced to elope with him from :Gibraltar. During the oyage a heavy storm arose, and the girl was ordered by [mei( ringlets, as a pro pitiation to the Virgin Mary to appease the tempest!" The Rev. F. Close had a narrow escape from fire on Monday evening. He was alone in his study, ati•l spark from a candle fell among the papers on his w desk, which were speee•• n'ately, t y enveloped in flames. Fortu: s extinguished before it communicated th the furnitu of the room acuity all the papers on the desk were destroyed or mutilated. M. Soyer, so celebrated for his magic cookery, has taken Gore House, formerly the residence of the late Lady Blessington, for the six months of the Great. ,s runt, ui LVUU 'or tnat time. it is to be fitted up as an hotel, and the beautiful grounds are to be laid out for `-rtainments in the style of those afforded to the public Cremorne While two gentlemen named Bloxsidge and Done, were driving in a fly from Hallows to Worcester, on Wednes day, the horse sudd en ly t oo k f r i g h t • , - .tsun,. , guy, near tienw7ek, gal loped towards the bridge, and then turned towards the river. Fortunately, posts and a chain stopped the fly, but the horse broke the traces, d..sheu into the river, and was drowne.i. JENNY Limn.—The Sweeish Nightingale will be in London in the month of June, not under the auspices of Mr. Barnum, but for the purpose of giving two grand concerts ; after which she will make a tour in the pro vinces, not under the auspices of anybody but herself. Her success in America has surpassed all expectation.— Musical World. Lately, a miser, named Shelford, who had lived by con tributions from bis neighbours, died in Kentish Town, London, and left behind a fortune of £15,000. The room he occupicd had not been cleaned for twenty years. He was so penurious in his habits as to deny himself a coat, and seldom wore a hat, and would pick up bread out of FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT, trquharson's hounds, on Mor -known luxurie troublesorr e leg of an ostrich, which ,on his shoulder. holding tittsrature. POETRY, CARDINAL tracts no more, k that lies, man ; ISE/UAN, ing to Golden-square, to salute the no amp , od nron 1 THE TIMES qv rate, m all that they sought c it of us t t their tools ! sz,ressionals, with idolat ry,--:. grey, or black, eanly their feet I i't tolerate us all eholerate, out what it means, ,s but rational MARTIN - E TUPPER, ho froubl VA RI —Having to pay the Win. November, when the tre- 'ORIUS of the :y taxed !—Punch. -Shakspeare and Hum. this index. Shortl will appeal Newton 1, Watt, Vaccination 'en Victoria, and tiu ;I( AUTHORITY OF THE POPE 1, April 1, 1851.—Punch. ENCE.—It is a remarkable chapter of Sardinia, descended from the lied from this country for their , and ( !ceeded them, should both, a yed in resisting Papal mrsres. enerations, even when air and influence of the Italian .eretary very kindl nd full, r size, man; it hull, an! rin they show, an I pruce, who figure and strut, - The throw-off of Mr. iay . last, was unhappily anmtrat rayne, a gent. resident at Weymouth, just as the fox broke cover on Higher Barton Farm, fell from his horse in a fit of apop lexy, and died in akw minutes. The unfortunate gentle man was between seventy and eighty years of age.—Dor set Chronicle. A sum of upwards of £lOO was stolen, on Wednesday week, from the counting-house of the superintendent of the works at St. Margaret's, on the line of the North British Railway. The money had been deposited in the office, in order that it might be in readiness for the pay ment of the workmen on the following day ; and the manner in which an entrance was effected into the room, showed that the thieves must have been well acquainted ith the premises Feargus O'Connor has appealed to the people of Eng land, to subscribe for him, as he is " ruined with ex penses" in the case of O'Connor v. Bradshaw. He de clares that he advanced 1,000 guineas to defend Frost and his associates ; that when the profits of the Northern Star averaged more than £13,000 a year, he freely gave all to the cause of liberty, and quotes the precedents of O'Connell's begging-box, and Mr. Cobden's £BO,OOO tribute. While four labourers were employed in repairing a well at Booth's distillery, London. on Monday, the wooden support on which they stood suddenly gave way. One of the workmen clung to a piece of the framework, and thus escaped unhurt; but the other three were precipitated down a depth of about sixty feet to the bottom of the well, sustaining such severe injuries that one of them died shortly afterwards. and the other two are lying in a dan gerous state at the hospital. A youth of the name of George Ramsbaw, son of Mr. Ramshaw of the county prisons, Durham, was on Sunday morning week, riding on a horse belonging to Mr. Hen derson, of that city, when the animal became restive, and started off at a turious rate near to Ackley Heads. The rider succeeded in keeping his seat, but in making the turn at the foot of Silver-street, the horse got upon the flags and came down, the boy was thrown, and he received a kick on the head, which caused concussion of the brain, from which he died on Tuesday morning. Last week a summons was granted, at Guildhall, against Mr. George Sloane, a special pleader, residing in the Temple, for alleged cruelty to his servant, Jane Willbred. appeared from the evidence, that the unfortunate girl was dreadfully reduced by starvation, and that she had been kept for the past two years in a pitiable state of filth, want, and wretchedness. Dr. Marsden, of the Royal Free Hospital, stated, that her condition was such that her life was despaired of. She had not been suffering from any organic disease, but solely from insufficient diet. He has been committed for trial. THREE LIVES LOST IN THE BRISTOL RIVER.—On Wednesday last, a boat, containing 13 labourers employed in Messrs. Howell's timber yard, was crossing from the slip at the Plume of Feathers' tavern to the yard, con veying the men from their dinner to resume their work, when in consequence of one of the men rising, the boat filled and upset ; three of them were drowned. Their names are John Probert, married, with one child, and his wife about to give birth to another ; William Roberts, married, but no children; and Robert Mills, who has left a wife and four children. William Southway was secured when in a state of extreme exhaustion, and great fears are entertained that his recovery is impossible. SALE OF A WIFE.—The Stockport Mercury tells a strange tale of a sale which is alleged to have recently taken place at the New Inn, Norwich End, in the county of Derby, between George C., agent to a gentleman in the neighbourhood, and Elisha G., cattle dealer, by the said G. offering to sell the other his wife, for the sum of £5 ls., which was the more readily agreed to in conse quence of the purchaser being a widower, and very desi rous to obtain so fair a partner tor so trifling a sum. After some consultation it was arranged between them that the purchaser should go to claim his purchase on the following Monday, which he did accor di ng l y , an d on en tering the house he m a d e k nown to M rs. G. the purport of his visit. The u n f ortunate wife gave vent to a flood of tears at being thus ehamefully disposed of. A RURAL LENDING LIBRARY.-111 aviilagenearUshaw there exists a library,. ov er w hi c h the worthy incumbent exercisesa superintendence. During the rev. gentleman's absence from the sphere of his duties for a few weeks, the committee met to order books, and have a catalogue before them, determined to order such as had an already established reputation. Among others a Don Quixote, in four vols., 4to. with plates, captivated their fancies. The price, too, was inviting—only Ils . . ; why th e p l ates alone were wo r th th e money. Accordingly the work was ordered, when, lo and behold ! on its arrival it was found to be in the Spanish tongue. For some time after the return of their clergymrn they were in doubt whether or not to tell him, but feeling a want of the money they at length determined to a s k hi m t o t a k e it off their hands. His reply, so goes the story, was, that he could not think of doing as they wished him, for they had now an incen tive to study Spanish of which he could not think of depriving them. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FAILURES IN GLASGOW.—GIasgow letters announce the failure of Aitken, Mathie, and Co.. ironfounders, with liabilities of about £30,000, and assets estimated at :ClO,OOO to £13,000 ; the alleged cause being speculative purchases of pig iron. Another firm, Rankin, Smith, and Co., engaged in the New York trade, had also sus rended, with liabilities to the amount of £30,000 or £40,000, believed to have arisen in a great measure from THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. looses on breadstuff One or two other firms are named, but their dekts were trifling. COURT-MARTIAL—A court-martial has been held, to try Lieutenant Harris, of the 4th Regiment, for having suffered a placard to be exhibited in his room denouncing Captain Hort, of that regiment, as a liar and a coward, and for having stated to a corporal of the same regiment that Captain Hort was a scoundrel and bully, and would not fight. The result is not known. It is said that, when the regiment was at Drake's Island, Lieut. Harris was made the butt of the mess, with the sanction of Captain Hort, and was subjected to a most disagreeable system of practical joking, wine, &c., having been poured over him. His father took up the quarrel, and sent. Captain Hort a challenge. The captnin refused to meet him, upon which Mr. Harris, the father, posted him as " a liar and coward," in the manner above alluded to. • A HIGHLAND HERCULES.—There lives on the hank of the Dee side, immediately opposite Balmoral Castle, her majesty's Highland home, a farmer, well known by the name of Street of Monaltrie. Our informant tells us that he has witnessed him raising on his shoulders the heaviest horse (equal in size and weight to our own farm horses) in that locality, and elevating him nearly two feet from the ground. Such a feat is, in the present day, no mean imitation of the wonderful exploits of Hercules himself. It was under this same individual's roof that her majesty the queen, on her last visit, partook so cheerfully of his hospitable fare, cakes and milk, and pree'd Ilia bottle of " Royal Loch-na-gar," after enjoying his facetious re " that she would ha'e nae better than that at '—Scottish Guardian_ THE FOG AT LEEDS.—During the last fortnight, almost vithout an hour's intermission, the borough of Leeds has been enveloped in a dense fog; and on Monday evening it hung, like a funeral pall over the whole town, becoming at last so dense that carriages and other vehicles were preceded by men with torches, and even foot passengers were continually losing their way. In the no ghbourhood of the river and canals no less than five persons are known to have lost their lives by drowning during the fog—three on Monday night, and two on Friday night last. On Monday evening two men and a woman who were passing along 'a street which lies by the side of the river Aire, mistook their way when arriving at a turning, and walked into the river, and were drowned.—The fog was also very dense at Glasgow (where two lives were lost), and several other places. mark, ' hame." FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.—Captain Forsyth, R.N., has addressed the following letter to the Gutta Percha Com pany, Wharf-road, City-road, London :—"l4, Stratford place, Camden-square, Camden-town, November 18th, 1850. Gentlemen,—lt gives me much satisfaction in being able to bear testimony to the value of Gutta Percha in constructing boats. The Gutta Percha boat presented to Lady Franklin by Messrs. Searle and Co., for the use of the expedition under my comnian l to the Arctic regions, proved an invaluable acquisition to the expedition. Whilst the other boats, constructed of wood, suffered much by the cutting of the young ice, the gutta parcha boat was not in the least damaged, and returned to England in almost as good condition as when she left, although she underwent all the rough work of the voyage.—l remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, LaiAs. C. FORSYTH Commander, R.N." , MIL. MACHEADY AS KING JOHN.—King John has always been esteemed one of Mr. Macready's finest parts. He played it on Monday night at the Haymarket Theatre, in his most effective manner, exhibiting the meannesses, vacillations, and infirmities of mind which go to make up this ably-drawn historical portrait with his usual dis criminative variety. The great incident of the evening was the celebrated interview with the legate from the Pope. The frequency. with which the memorable defiance of the papal mandate has been quoted of late, and the concurrent spirit of Protestant repudiation in which the public receive it, promised an excitement of no common kind, The moment the red hat of the cardinal was re ceived, a howl of execration ran through the house, but . BFCCUU in Nothing, however, could exceed the ice with which the fiery rejoinder of the King was echoed by the audience, though unfortunately the great point of the passage was drowned in the hurricane tolerable quiet vehen of acclamations which the irritability of the audience would no longer suffer them to withhold. It is needless to say that the antipathy of the spectators was not con- ceased whenever the legate showed his face. JURORS REBUTTED.—On Friday, at York, in a case of sheep-stealing. heard before Mr.Juftice Pattesou, wherein the identity of the p r is onerwas mos t complete, thelearped - dge, in summing up, made the following remarks : Gentlemen, this is is a race wherein you haye no evidence who speaks to seeing the offence committed. In 99 cases out of 100 this is so ; because people do not commit rob beries in the face of the people belonging the property. It is utterly absurd to think that such evidence should be produced. I make these remarks because I understand that there are some people who think it not right to con vict any man unless some witness is produced who saw the crime committed. And I understand that there is a gentleman summoned on the grand jury (I don't say it is any one of you now in the box) who said yesterday he would not convict any man unless some witness were produced who saw the robbery committed. Why, gentle men, this is most absurd ; it amounts almost to insanity ; because, as I said before, in 99 cases out of 100 no such evidence can be produced. But when stolen property is found upon a party it is natural to suppose that be had stolen it. I remember being present once on a trial near London, (where folks are generally sharper,) in which a man was charged with stealing a leg of mutton. The prisoner went into the man's shop and stole the leg. The butcher, turning round, saw the Titan running off with the leg, and he ran after him, shouting " Stop thief." The man was stopped by the people who ran after him, and the leg of mutton was found in his hand. The jury, however, acquitted the prisoner. On being asked why they had done so, they said, " because nobody saw him take it." FATAL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident from the autious use of fire-arms occurred at Hull on Sunday night, at the March of Intellect Tavern, Waterworks street. Two or three friends had taken tea with Mrs. Allen (wife of the landlord of the house), and they were all seated afterwards round the fire in the drawing-room, when Mrs. Allen, who bad left the room for a few mo ments, returned with a pistol in her hand, and said, " Now, we'll• have a bit of fun !" At the same instant she presented the weapon at the head of a young woman named Anne Freeman, of very respectable connexions, and pulled the trigger, when the pistol immediately went off, and the contents took effect in the forehead of the unfortunate girl, who sank down in a state of insensibility and expired in the course of a few hours. The unwitting cause of the catastrophe, as soon as she perceived that her friend was wounded. fainted and had a succession of fits, which prevented her attendance at the inquest. Mr. Allen had purchased a brace of pistols a day or two pre vious:y, and his wife and he had amused themselves by snapping percussion caps at each other. On the day before the fatal occurrence, however, Mr. Allen had loaded both the pistols with ball, neglecting to inform his wife, and had locked them up in a drawer, of which she on Sunday happened to have the key. All the circum stances of the case pointed to accident as the cause of the fatality, and the jury took this view of it in their verdict. The melancholy character of the whole affair is height ened by the fact that the poor girl was betrothed to the brother of Mr. Allen, who was in the room at the mo ment of the accident, together with a married sister of the deceased. AWFUL DEATH OF A FORTUNE -TELLER.—An old lady, named Rebecca Swan, the sorceress of Kidderminster, has met with a fearful death. Many years ago she was prosecuted for obtaining money under false pretences from a servant girl, and, in revenge, she said that the magistrate who convicted her would not live till she came out again. This, by one of those coincidences which can not be explained, was the case; and from that time her skill as a " wise woman" has been unquestioned by those who wished to look into the future. She would threaten persons that the earth should open under their feet, and was generally believed to be on intimate terms with Apollyon himself. She had four magic dogs—Liverpool, Pretty, Victoria, and St. John, the latter of which was stolen by some waggish limbs of the law who once paid her a visit. Cats of remarkable size also formed part of her establishment, and were called by names of singular import : a splendid calimanco was the " Queen of Sheba," and the large black one " Queen Caroline." The " Prin cess Charlotte" died a few years ago. These cats would leap upon her shoulder, and purr in her ear, and she then informed her dupes what she chose, pretending to have received it from the cats, who were of course considered as of somewhat questionable character. Among other failings the deceased was very fond of gin, and being well supplied with money by her patrons, would frequently get drunk and pass the night in a chair by the fireside, in conference, as she always afterwards said, with the invisi ble world. On the night of her death this was the case, and in rising from her chair it is supposed she slipped upon the fire, and was unable to put the blaze out, or call for assistance. Her body was shockingly burnt. Her neighbours and clients, however, shake their heads, and consider that she was brewing some potent spell, and ne glecting some usual precaution, was caught at an advan tage by " Auld Clootie ; in proof of this they triumph antly point to the disappearance of the cats, who have not been seen since her death, having probably been scared by the noise and hubbub of the strangers who flocked to the house.—Worcester Chronicle. It behoves us always to be on our guard. When alone, we should watch our thoughts ; when in society, our tongues; and when in our families, our-=-temps. Indeed, upon our properly guarding the' list, depends much of our social happiness and 'domestic comfort, taking care to counteract that, continued irratibility of mind which is th e precursor to ebullitions of passion. But our mental dispose /iofi is so intimately connected with our physical cylliition, that what is frequently considered ill tem or p eev i s h ness , i s, i n real i ty, b ut ri/e er the result of a s pangement of the dige s ti vs or oth er organs of th ody, and requires me di c i na l no t men t a l remedies. o such we recom men d w i t h con fid ence Fratnpto s Pill of Health, as being certain in its effects, and gentle in its operation. THE HIGH ESTIMATION IN WHICH HOLLOWAY'S PILLS ARE HELD FOR THE CURE OF INDIGESTION, &C.— In a letter written by Mr. H. G. Bell, of Geelong, to the agent for the sale of Holloway's Pi Ointment, at Melbourne, Port Philip, he s :—" Gratitude obliges me to publish the great be my wife has received from the use of these un alleled pills. We arrived in Melbourne about ' e years ago, when she was attacked with indigestio d constipation of the bowels. After going to eon • erable expense for other medicine without relief, sh ried Holloway's Pills, and by continuing to take m for a short time she is perfectly cured, and is Itow enjoying the best of health." The Rev. F. A. Power, minister of Bevington District, has forwarded from his congregation a very able and argu mentative address to the Queen. Sir George Grey has acknowledged the receipt of the address to the Queen from the Liverpool Church of Eng land Institution, and adds, " that her Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously." The Presbyterians of this town feeling dissatisfied with the declaration of a section of the Liverpool dissenters, have adopted one more in accordance with the real exi gency of the case. They state that they " regard the bull recently issued by the Pope, as calculated not only insidiously to undermine, but also directly to contravene the authority of the Sovereign, and as a disowning of all the existing religious arrangements of the land, and by the introduction of the canon law manifestly endangering the civil and religious liberty we enjoy in this free country." THE PRESENT CRISIS.—A special meeting of the Irish Society will he held in Exeter-hall, to-day, at which the Duke of Manchester will preside. The Revds. Dr. M`Neile, A. R. Dallas, and J. Gregg will take part in the proceedings. Addresses to her Majesty against Papal aggression con tinue to be forwarded from all parts of the country ; the number already presented amounts to upwards of a thou sand. The Daily News says it is understood that the Bishop of St. David's withholds his signature from the episcopal address to the Queen " because of an expression deemed by him too harsh to be applied to any Christians." A numerously attended public meeting of the inhabit ants of Birmingham was held in the Town-hall of that borough on Monday last. At least 9000 persons were present. The original address to her Majesty, protesting against the recent aggression of the Pope, was moved by James Taylor, Esq., and seconded by Dr. Melson. An amendment in favour of unrestricted civil and religious liberty was then proposed by Mr. Joseph Sturge, and se conded by Mr. George Edmunds. The Rev. J. A. James spoke in favOur of the original address, contending that in so doing he was the best friend of civil and religious liberty, inasmuch as the Church of Rome was not content with liberty, hut sought pre-eminence and political supe riority. Mr. G. Dawson spoke in favour of the amend ment. Mr. Spooner, M.P., followed, but was scarcely audible throughout. He warmly supported the original address. The Rev. Brewin Grant (Dissenter), supported the amendment, contending that the Church of England would be as intolerant eq the Church of Rome, if it only possessed the power. Mr. Gutteridge then sought to ad dress the meeting, but a majority decided that they would not hear him ; upon which Mr. Stokes, as the represen tative of the Roman Catholic party, supported the amend ment, taking the opportunity to vindicate their character for loyalty and allegiance to the rightful sovereign of Eng land. The Rev. A. Vaughan (Dissenter) supported the original address in a speech which was only partially heard. The Mayor then put the amendment, but the show of hands was so nearly balanced that he required the supporters of it to repeat the expression of their senti ments. This having been done, he declared the amend ment was not carried. The announcement was received with tremendous cheers, after which the Mayor called for a show of hands in favour of the original address. The expression of feeling had now grown to the utmost pitch of excitement, and after a contest unequalled for its seve rity and closeness, he declared that the original address was also negatived. This announcement was received with the most extraordinary cheering by the opponents of the address, and with very marked expressions of disap probation by the requisitionists and their friends. The result of the meeting is that the town sends no address at all, and the proceedings of the day amount to a nullity. THE PAPISTS AT MANCHESTER.--A meeting of Papists of Manchester and its vicinity was held on Wednesday last, presided over by the " Rev. Mr. M'Donough, from Rome," for the purpose of " promoting the spiritual in terests of the expatriated Irish in Scotland." The chair man observed that "the mistress of the world—holy Rome. was now amongst all nations a matter of ridicule, but in Ireland she was not so. Ireland would die for her faith, and so would the Irish Catholics of Manchester and the whole of England." Another speaker " wished to know who John Bull was, that he must cry out that he was an noyed and insulted by that for which the King of Prussia had felt himself so much honoured that he himself wrote a letter to the Pope, thanking him for the cardinals sent into his kingdom." The same speaker intimated that in Manchester and Salford alone, without going to the small towns around, the " Catholics" numbered more than 100,000; and declared, that "so long as he had the law on his aide, no Lord John Russell,—no Rev. Hugh Stowell,—nay, he said it with all respect, not even the Queen, should take from him one of these liberties." He further gave it as his opinion that " the reading of the Bible had done more to demoralise the inhabitants of this country, and especially the youthful inhabitants, than any thing else," The Archbishop of C a nt er b ur y h as a dd resse d th e f o l - CANTERBURY TO THE tAirti The Archbishop of Canterbury has been appealed Ed ttji lowing reply to the address of the inhabitants of 'Ware- ! a body of laymen who are interested in the Dresant moi,e home and Kenardington on the subject of the Papal i ment as to their duty with reference to the Papal aggres aggression : „ Ad .. n i l lion. The application to the Archbishop stated, that as lay members of his Grace's province, they were deeply DEAR SIR—I have much pleasure in ac in k i no g w to l n e( , lg n in ec g . s t . l : e ' interested in the question w hi c h h a d recent l y occas i oned address which you have s en t me from Warehorne and Kenard- . ington. lam not surprised to find that unanimity exists ' such painful controversy, and that they were anxious to They continued— amongst your parishioners on the subject of Rome and Romish have some practical suggestions for their future guidance. doctrines, and I think that a spirit has been displayed in Eng. " Vast numbers of the laity, we need scarcely inform your land which sufficiently shows that Cardinal Wiseman's triumph - here will be only nominal.—l remain, dear sir, faithfully Grace, are deeply anxious to take their part in the pending yours, "J. B. CANTUAR. i . . i S.l"l.lrNe. nnri to fnllnte• 1.,. ~/------ _t_ ..• _•6. Ma flay Tnln.. 71.. ri ...- ,9 IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS BY Tilt ARCIIIs;SHOF OF ...., -- .e wt.'', Lee clergy in their earnest protests against the introduction into this country of those superstitious The following letter has been written by his Grace the errors from which England happily freed herself at the Re- Duke of Norfolk to Lord Beaumont. Its importance at formation. While the clergy are enabled from their peculiar Position and their theological learning to meet the questio n a t the present moment can h ar dly be exaegerated, as indi- eating the opinions of th e P rem i er P eer o f E ng l an d an d o f issue by argum en t s d erive d f rom the most learned writers who have flourished in different ages of the Church, the laity must the Roman Catholic aristocracy of this country : i take somewhat lower grounds, and be content with adopting • " Arundel Castle, November 28. i practical measures for securing the important end which all "My Dear Lord.—l so entirely coincide with the opinions Itrue-hearted members of the Church have alike in view. in your letter to Lord Zetland that I must write to you to ex- I "Itis in reference more immediately to such practical mea press my agreement with you. I should think that many must sures that we now presume to ask your Grace's opinion and feel as we do, that ultramontane opinions are totally incompa- guidance. tilde with allegiance to our Sovereign and with our constitu- I "The first point on which we would seek your Grace's advice tion.—l remain, my dear Lord, faithfully yours. is with regard to th e p reva l ence of objectionable practices in "To the Lord Beaumont. " NORFOLK." some of our metropolitan and suburban parish churches. It is, doubtless, the duty of every parishioner to attend as fre- The'Duke is not speaking—when he alludes to " ultra atly as his oprortunities will allow the servis of his parish montane opinions"—of something foreign to the subject. o ne rch ; but it is impossible for any man tog ive his whole He is dealing with Pio Nono's apostolical letter and Dr. mind to devotion when his attention is drrwn off by obser- Wiseman's pastoral. It is these that he stigmatizes as vances which are not authorized, and which are not necessary " totally incompatible with a ll eg i ance t o our S overe i gn. " f or the effective propagation of the Gospel. In cases where Lord Winchelsea has add resse d a l e tt er t o t h e e di tor o f this difficulty arises, w e are anx i ous to know whether it is the the Times upon the Papal aggr essi on , i n w hi c h h e sa duty of the parishione r s to l eave t h e i r church, and to attend ys he the services in a neighbouring parish, or whether they should has " lived to see the fulfilment of all his predictions as to continue to worship in a church to the ceremonies of which the consequences and results of the measure of 1829"—the they have so decided an objection. Even if it should be the Catholic Relief Bill—and adds, " had 1 been minister duty of parishioners to l t ea d vlt c h t r church, under the circum when the Popish recent bull arrived, not one day would mote ece mentioned, d s istrictsinnfl r in ea g another! difficulty would btco' experienced in This is point on which great difficulties exist, and on which your have elapsed ere a right trusty messenger had left. Eng land's shores with this shart and derisive communication : Grace's opinion would be of particular value at the present `Victoria, by the Grace of God. Que en o f G rea t B r i ta i n and crisis. Ireland. Defender of the Faith, " We venture to ask you whether, in your opinion, it is the ' To the Pope, greeting. duty of those who have votes for boroughs or counties to with 'lf the bell recently issued by your Holiness, claiming do- hold their suffrages from s uc h can did ates as decline to give a minion within my realms, an d pl ac i ng myse l f and my Pro. pledge that they will, if elected, endeavour to do all in their testant subjects out of the pale of Christianity, is not, within power to obtain a re-imposition of such- portion of the Catholic one hour after this letter is delivered to you, withdrawn, and Disabilities Act as may check any future aggression on the an ample apology made for the insult which you have offered Established Church of this country by the See of Rome, and as to me and to my people, in the name of Protestant England I far as possible nullify the present proceeding." declare war against you, and there shall b e no peace w i th The last question put to his Grace had reference to a pro- Rome till I have received' due satisfaction at your hands.' - posed alteration in the Prayer-book, so as to meet the divisions " Would any one doubt, if such a course had been pur- which at present exist in the Church. sued, that England would have risen as one man in favour His Grace retnrned the following reply : of it ?" "Addington, Dec. 11. As regards the Tract ar i an p ar t y, th e N o bl e E arl says : "Sir,—You will excuse m e if, i n a ti me of such engagement, " When I was at Ro me i n 1843 , th ese were the sentiments I I answer your questions more briefly than perhaps you ex p ec t ; frequently heard expressed to war d s th em b y members of her but I will, in few words, gi ve it as my op i n i on:— church— We wish for no better s o ns an d d aug h ters than the 'I. That only great unfaithfulness, and very obj ec ti ona bl e Tractarians.' The Pope, eve n th en , h a d a regular account ` practices in his parish church, should i n d uce a l ayman to leave it for another; but that w h en sa l vat i on i s concerned, order is transmitted of every family, wi,h the individu a l s b e l ong i ng to a secondary consideratio n . it, who professed thei r o pi n i ons. " The Earl of Winch e lse a h as a l so a dd resse d t h e f ollowing "2.1 do not think th a t th e occas i on i s such as to justify the letter to The Times, on th e su bj ec t o f t h e amount of easure. demand of a pledge from a memb er o f P ar li ament to any par toleration afforded to Protestants at R ome : Heider m" 3. Men's minds are at present in so excited a state that " SI R,—In consequence of Mr. Mancle's letter, which ap- any alteration of the Prayer-book or Act of Uniformity is fur peared in The Times, I beg leave to bear my testimony to the tiler removed than ever. Those who object to any part of the accuracy of Mr. Walter's statement—namely, that the English Liturgy should be remind e d th at i t treats of subjects on which Protestants are not allowed to hav e a c h ape l w i t hi n the walls of there always has been a diff erence o f opinion among members Rome.' At all events, when I was th ere i n 1843, this was the of the Church. case, and I understood it had been so for many years, notw i th- "The principal duty o f th e l a i ty, at present, is to promote standing the strong and often exp resse d f ee li ng of the teaching and preaching of th e P ro t estant faith wherever an the,English , Protestant residents in the city. I n th e spr i ng o f 1843, before opening for it appears. I quitted Rome, bein g assure d b y my late esteemed friend, "I have the honour to be your ob e di en t servant, "J. B. CANTUAR . " General Ramsay, who had lived th ere f or many years, that lie had reason to believe that the late Pope had relented in our favour, I left with him and the officiating clergyman £25 to wards the erection of a chapel. As I have never heard of its erection, I conclude that the consent of the Pope was• never given. If so, as we have little reason to cxpect more toleration from the present Pope, I shall request, through the medium of your paper, that my subscription may be returned to me. The present place of worship for Protestants at Rome is an old granary over the pig market, the noise and stench of which render it the most disgusting place of the kind 1 ever entered." THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE PAPAL AG GRESSION.—The Bishop of Manchester has forwarded a reply, dated Dec. sth, to the address of the clergy of the parish of Blackburn recently presented to his lordship. In his reply the right rev. prelate observes, " With the sentiments and prtiyer contained in your petition to her most gracious Majesty I heartily and entirely concur. No one condemns more strongly than I do, tl:e folly, in solence, and unchristian character of the late attempt on the part of the Bishop of Rome to palm the teaching of his church as with authority upon us, to invade the royal supremacy, and to set up a foreign hierarchy in this land, dividing avowedly the body of Christ, claiming spiritual allegiance and territo r i a l j ur i s di c ti on. " His lordship, however, distinctly states that he would not be a party to withdrawing any of the legislative concessions already made to Roman Catholics, nor would he cease to acknow ledge the personal ecclesiastical rank of the Irish Catholic prelates. His lordship then bestows a censure upon the Puseyite practices within the church, which, in his opi nion, have encouraged the Pope's advances. " The au thority of the church (says his lordship) usurped by indi viduals, sacraments withheld, religious ministration denied by evasion and technicalities not understood by or legally binding on the parties to whose prejudice they were made use of, auricular confession enjoined and practised, priestly power in absolution magnified, I might add much more, were all encouraging symptoms to Rome. Nor was the prospect less hopeful to her emissaries if going (as I myself did a short time since into a district church built in this diocese a few years since) they found, as I did, the three sedilia, on the south side of the chancel, for priest, deacon, and subdeacon, whereas our rubric places the minister on the north,—the piscine to wash the minister's hands, while saying the " lavabo" of the Romish service —the shells for the cruets of wine and water for the priest alone in the eucharist—the altar tomb ready, as a sepul. chre, for the crucifix at Easter—the almoric for the con tributions of such as come to pray for the souls of the departed, the Virgin Mary crowned in the stained glass above, the date of the erection of the church, ingeniously disposed in a large M. (for its first period. 1000), the Virgin's ." sacred emblem," with A and 0, and 1.11 S. amid the emblem of Christ's passion, the cross, nails, scourge, dice, coat, all copied duly from Roman artists, on the pavement beneath." This is the 26th reply to addresses which his lordship has penned within the last few weeks A TESTIMONY AGAINST POPEIELY BY A PAPIST Our readers will doubtless remember the story of the last will of a wealthy and aged Popish gentleman named Taylor, by which he virtually disinherited his natural heirs, and made over his entire estate to the Popish Vicar-Apostolic of London for the time being. The matter has, of course, been denied by Popish priests and scribes ; but the infamy of the whole proceeding is thus made to stick to them by no less a person than the son of Mr. Taylor himself. This ill-used but high-minded gen tleman says i❑ a letter addressed to the editor of the Morning Herald:— "The substance of the will is correctly stated in your article. The bulk of my father's property is left to his children for their lives only, and upon their decease, the inheritance is given to the use of the late Dr. Griffiths, if living; and, if not, to the then vicar apostolic of the London district for the time being. 't his will contains no power enabling me to make any provision whatever in favour of a wife or children as to the property so devised ; but, on the contrary, my life estate is coupled with very stringent provisions against any attempt at incumbrance or al►enation, Such a will appears to create, not a supposed, but a real and effectual disinheritance, and such I have always felt it to be. I should add that the will was ex ecuted by a most kind and affectionate parent, after he had attained the age of eighty and urswarda, and when his mind was affected by severe illness, and in immediate contemplation of that great change, the approach of which renders the strongest and best-prepared wholly unable to resist any in fluences which may be brought to assume the sanction of re ligion. I should further add chat, about four years before, my father had executed a will in which his whole property had been left for the benefit of Ms children. " As the heir-at-law and the person most affected by this well-intentioned but most unjust and mistaken act, I was ad vised to contest the will,, and obtain, through the Court of Chancery, a full disclosure of the circumstances under which it was made; bu, I forbore from doing so because I was un- willing to expose my family to the vexations and difficulties of a Chancery suit; and I felt that no earthly consideration could induce me to expose those I had loved and cherished from my earliest infancy, and who had been induced to acquiesce in the will, to the ordeal of Chancery and legal interrogato►ies in order to compel painful and unwilling disclo sures relative to matters which they would consider to .be sacred as the wishes of a dying parent. " I believe that by the laws of most Catholic countries such a will would be ipso facto void. Whether it is so by the law of England, independent of any special disclosures or secret trnsts, is a question which I reserve to myself the full liberty of considering, if necessary, at any future time. lam bound iin candour to state this, or otherwise the effect of the cor respondence published in your paper would be to produce the impression of complete acquiescence upon my part in an act, though originating in the best of motives on the part of the testator, I must always feel to.be a great injustice, and calcu lated to throw a shade of sorrow over my path through life. "I am, Sir, your obedient bum ole servant, • "J. MoLywcux TAYLOR. "11, Furnival's-inn, Holborn, Dec. 2, 1850." Will the law not preserve this deeply-wronged family from the insatiate harpies who seek to devour the sub stance of widows and orphans ? ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN ON THE. PAPAL . AGGRESSION On Tuesday, according to appointment, the addresses of the London Corporation, and the Universities of Cam bridge and Oxford, were presented to her Majesty at Windsor. The event was looked for with great interest. Windsor was thronged with people, eager to witness the proceedings and testify their loyalty. The deputations were very large. The London Corporation contains 230 members, and full 200 were present. The procession was very imposing. —From the city three addresses were pre sented. We give the most important part of the answers to each. To the Court of Aldermen, her Majesty said : "That faith and those principles are so justly dear to the people of this country, that I confidently rely on their cordial support for upholding and maintaining them against any danger with which they may be threatened, from whatever quarter it may proceed." To the Common Council : "You may be assured of my earnest desire and firm deter mination, under God's blessing, to maintain unimpaired reli• gious liberty, which is justly prized by the people of this country; and to uphold, as its surest safeguard, the pure and spiritual worship of the Protestant faith, which has long been happily established in these lands." To the Court of Lieutenancy : "It will continue to be, as it has ever been, my earnest endeavour, in the exercise of the power and authority entrusted to me, as the supreme governor of this realm, to maintain the independence and uphold the constitutional liberties of my people against all aggression and encroachment." To the University of Oxford : " I have been much surprised at the attempted usurpation of the Bishop of Rome. I am determined to uphold the supremacy of the pure reformed faith in this country, of which I am, by God's grace, and by the law, the supreme head." --- The impressions of the press the next morning on the several replies are as various as the papers that print them. The Morning Chronicle thinks them " most satisfactory," for— "However irritating may have been some of the expressions in which the ultra-protestant zeal of some portion of the community has found the vent, the Roman Catholielbody will be reassured by the determination of the sovereign to maintain the principles of civil and religious liberty, in the defence of which,' it is appositely remarked, 'the city of London has ever been conspicuous.' " Her Majesty, at the same time, declaring her attachment to the Protestant establishment. The Chronicle, how ever, makes one exception : "The only passage into which the premier has succeeded in introducing objectionable phraseology is that portion of her Majesty's answer to the Oxford address, in which she has been advised to refer to our 'reformed church' the supreme govern ment of which, under God, is by law confided to rue'—a position which is erroneous, so far as the legal supremacy of the Crown, in all causes, concerning all subjects of the realm, is confused with a spiritual control over the English Church." The Morning Herald says, with too much truth " It is with the deepest regret that we find ourselves com pelled to be the vehicle this morning of conveying to the loyal subjects of her Majesty tidings which, while the Queens own name and her own words are apparently involved in them, will render every Protestant heart in her dominions sorrowful for the present, and full of apprehension for the future. The Queen has received the Corporation of London —has replied to the loyal address of both courts, and had done so in terms which render it but too plain that the administration, up to the present point, at least. has been unable to come to a resolution to do anything! The replies contain `nothing—absolutely nothing!' The pallium is an article of dress of which the Pope makes a present to archbishops. THE POPISH INVASION.— Our metropolitan contem porary the St. James's Chronicle is making extraordinary efforts in the present crisis of the Church. Besides its own masterly exposures of the daring devices of the Papacy, its ample pages afford a complete record of every thing said or done by prelates, priests, and laymen, in every quarter of the country. Charges, pastorals, and speeches, calculated to throw light on the one-engrossing subject are reported at great length. And all this in addition to a copious digest of the general news of the day. The St. James's Chronicle, published three times a week, is one of the oldest of the metropolitan journals, having numbered some ninety summers. It was noted in times gone by as the newspaper to which Dr. Johnson, George Stevens, Colman, Garrick, and other choice spirits of the eighteenth century regularly contributed, and in which Goldsmith wrote his "Citizen of the World" In later years it has well maintained its rank both for talent and energy, and has earned a well-merited reputa tion as the active champion of the constitution in Church and State; and as par excellence, the clergyman's and country gentleman's especial organ. The rigid exclusion of everything of a questionable tendency, both in the ad vertisement mid the news departments, and the varied and attractive character of its miscellaneous intelligence, renders, the St. James's Chronicle a greet favourite ea a newataper for the foxily circle, Da. 17, 100. THE REV. MR. BENNETT AND THE BISHOP OF LONDON. (Prom the Morning Herald.) Mr. Bennett, it appears, is actually dismissed fteniAllitt his churches,—St. P au l' s and St. Barnabas; ee t h e se weighty task of providing fit ministers for bat e places,—now, o f c o urse , no l onger to be held ant ir has devolved upon the Bishop of London. ~I.egliol l His lordship has at least the advantage and 834.'', f o p no one can blame him for the past. of reflecting, that, except in the point of lenity on",„,,ga Not ;i t , bearance, the friends of the late incumbent's, if possessed e; the smallest portion of common sense, can complain of the slightest harshness or injustice in the bishop's e 0" but His lordship carried his endurance somewhat too far;, bits at last his p a ti ence h as h a d t hi s rewar d,—that it e lill e od Mr. Bennett i n the light of one who could n ot be bound by the limits and laws of the Church to which be - sworn allegiance. . laba ri" We have seldo m seen an i ns t ance o f a mar e 5 l „ the so hard and so successfully,. to put himself who' l l ' 4 s-1/of wrong, as Mr. Bennett appeals to have done. 111 704 a wrong-doer called to account by his lawful superior offering to that superior such terms as these :---- 05 01 ~ I would take the following rules as my guide in the P difficulties : rrchar (l4 "1. 1 have ascertained from Mr. Dodsworth, Mr..o o.hich and Mr. Murray, all the points of ritual and ceremonY 0,, , i , to have been in use i n th e i r c h urc h es f or m a n y years, TIE and sanctioned by your lordship. 10 01 2 1 . t is y n e i tt y r intentionlordsh iyour w t o o iwt a ln d rep h er e to any all r all' of a stladeosne reiitnualte ceremonial observances. and ceremony in your m re e s m en b c e e r a a t l that the consecration 0 • It I is Barba e, t my intention to adhere to any or all of that ritua l and ceremony. ....Toot th e 3. 1 have collected together, from various catheu.-„ tio d ift Church of England, the forms of ritual observance P rg them. ocb `lt is my intention to adhere to or adopt SOY ° I points as I may find authorised therein. n ° she " Whatsoever is not f oun d or auth orised by eitb era iti" above rules, and whatsoever is not found, o r cannot be th e mately deduced, from th e B oo k o f C om mon Prayer 0 yote canons of our Church, it i s my intention, in obedie nce t lordship's episcopal requisition, to abandon." „i e g of It will be o b serve d, h ere , t h at t h e w hi ms and ts a `",, a nd " Dr. Dodsworth, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Mita* meth those of Mr. Bennett himself, are placed first, s n , a .„„rell in additi on , " w h atsoever may be found, or l e gIti": 1 " the' deduced, from th e Book of Common Prayer 81 ;;',. to' Canons," comes i n t o fill up t h e comp l emen t! " s ibs reverse the order,—Mr. Bennett would consent to usddiair forms cont a in e d i n th e B oo k o f C ommon P ra yer, a a nd to it whatever he might deduce from the aim° . „„iglit further adding whatever phantasy or frippery N e st ' - re e - t; find in Margaret-street; or St. Andrew's, " e 1 1- or Christ Church, Pancras • or in any cathedral throtts,%p out the United Kingdom! ! Of course, if the b "h e could have conceded such a rule of ceremonial as t his i3nt would have made himself a perfect laughing-stoc k • his lordship rmptly replied— rif° "I cannot fora moment admit that any one of the n it which you propose is binding upon me." "Your P a ; $ 101, seems, is to pick out from various-churches ever -tithing ,t and o ,A, vvn to di combine ",With tn oc oh elsc i t i h tun e dt mieo tion, t n , h t l a nßo c i ws o h m os e na t l e i, yd s system :Lm acceptance o f your o,v 0 idf l c vio ur th renewed offer to resign the incumbency of St. Paul's, an it the chapel otSt. Barnabas." ate& This first stage of a practical reform, then, is r ea the The most anxious i n t eres t, h owever , attaches tooat bishop's nomination of a successor to Mr. Bennett• wor k successor must be a wholly different' man, or the t lo x will be all to be done aga i n . Th e pu blic does a ° tn i , amuslol moderate, n t e h r e as r tte. t . h jbeaunew James's, n : cpumr Piccadilly,o b tesia i n s t t o be Calvi ni sti c or ilr be a nian, Liberal or Conservative; but whether he sha l l par-. square, and in Dr. M'Caul's norn S i t n - a n t G io see n ovre t g o res YC .ns i llt :, : P anc , ; : is h b aS : the name of which we do not remember,—the be shown an excellent judgment. Never, however. nor greater occasion to seek for Di v i ne gu id ance in tbisl; for tant part of his duty tha n now , i n se l ec ti n g a Pa'""" this most im On Wednpeortan aistrict of the me;ropolis. of [sday, t a general meeting of the mainli e blot this society, of w hi c h D r . P usey, t h e R ev . Mr. deter Lord John Manners, and other tractarians are the l ea when was held at thei r rooms, Lancaster-place, Strand, 11700 the following resol u ti on was a d opte d :—" Th a t thial St. desires to assure th e R ev . W . J . E . B en nett 0.. 1 ., for Barnabas) of its w armes t sympat h y, an d to thank bite the courageous st a nd h e h as ma d e aga i ns t re cent pet s d, tion ; and while it prays hi m t o persevere unto th e entreats him for the sak e o f the Christian Chu re, poor, not to be induced t o d eser t a pos t to rib ta God's providence, he has been called.] Mr. Wyatt ; the archit ec t, has declined to con thine e " services at Lord Fielding's Romish Chapel at Panta o tiell Lord Campden, who i s s t a t e d t o h ave joi n ed theft Church, is the eldest son of the Earl of Gainsborougton the It is said that the Earl of Surrey may ba added o f t he list of Roman Catholic noblemen who disapprove late Papal bull. C o The Tablet of last week announces t h a t Viscount , to the den and his lady h ave b een rece i ve d , a t P a ris,'" Romish communion. Milan Gazette of the 7th, states, from P e that Lady Sussex Lennox abjured Protestantism, ,1!,,` sole, on the 18th ulti mo , an d em b race d t h e Cathen" suasion. old E. R.. T. Bastard, Esq., of Kelley, of a well•l"Wrnai-of Devonshire family, has been rece i ve d i n t o the Ch ur o of Rome. The Tablet men ti ons by na me o ther Ja 3qn or' rank who have also seceded, but we wait for orb er roboration. •- h let Da. ACHILLI.—The committee o f th e Malta ,r etes ova College has published a l eng th y s t a t emen t for t he ir sue; justification, respectin g D r . A c hilli' s di sm issal•„t of which is that the committee saw reason to be m s l ta lisn with Dr. Achilli's con d uc t at t h e hea d o f the jes ts Mission-house, and with th a t o f some o f t h e Italian P r le its inmates." THE AMBITION OF THE ROMISH P RI ESTHOO D . " he • 180 one of. Southey's leters to his f r i en d Wynn, In i f the thus alludes to the consequences which may ensl ii b e rtY, Roman Catholic priesthood p ossess unres trained • a n d s M re a ce n what the power of an army of priests, having no in whatever but that of their order. writingsf Ort; account in AB ncogrl ar o en f sd t p h o: Wiseman, says—" I have heard, from an eye -w.it n rz lish p c t h i eosnt in e r paper, a r p e es rr,ct the Catholic family die other day, which testified a With it overpowering weight which the Papal bull carried e i v eJ in some quarters. The host and his household re e s ad his eminence at the threshold on their bended kneesw/hich e—nccl'ea‘nrYdtoionufadla: not know what their zest is. res t through the evening honours were paid to him might have been paid to the Pope himself." THE EXPELLED WESLEYANS.—The expelle. , ans have got up an address at Bristol on the PaO 3 leg ri erthe sion, in which they manage to make an attack p ° Conference in manner following Your Pe„t l est y to therefore, humbly pray your most gracious 1 " ot uallY discourage the growth of Popish principles sanction the adoption of such measures as shall effe_ ctioe s in the Established Church, and in the TriesleY. ie ns of Terence, and shall drive from our shores the minio jos of and Pr' c o n. foreign p riest, . who has dared to insult the prerogt lo yal your Majesty, and the religious principles of Yew" and devoted people." ON* ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCM.—The Rev. iur . ,..goer, Vicar of this parish, (a Puseyite,) having refused ; n al/ the ratepayers to assemble in the church (as cut ta the on the subject of Papal aggression, they adjourne reselu chapel of the workhouse, and after passing other ve stry tions, they passed th e f o ll ow i ng That t he having be en i n f orme d t h at the Vicar bad taken r 7,oor keys of the c h urc h a f ter the special request of of ei L i for rate trustees, made th roug h th e upper c hurch war" on ngt the use of the c h urc h f or th e vestry h e ld that I d that deserves the severe censure o f th e par i s hioners , ~8 ca rried the same was th ere by g i ven ." Th e reso l u tion we 7 ; se v oting two immens e c h eer i ng , an d on a po ll the two to one in its favour. OPS ? r c WHAT WILL BE DO NE WITH THE POPE'S- — lsll impa sly The verdict of the publi c h as h ereto f ore b e en une n ra tholl, given, that by some means or other the Roman of r id of bishops, with their territorial titles must cheerfully e et" The means of carrying out this decision it The trusts to's Government in which it has confidencrenroot, decision itself stands not in the power of the Govern is nor probably of the Parliament itself, to arrest (Nes that It is not through the medium of their re presenta a _ ta tileat the people have spoken : it is not by their rep ya wn supposing, for the sake of argument, that those P tatives had the wish,—that they will suffer them s _ e d ive h g ai ln e this matter to be thwarted. The men of Enghal. bode met together, and t a k en thi s ma tt er i n to their uw. vat l to in a firm and moderate spirit, and little wou ld Itll4 they attempt to satisfy the m with an ythi n g less than hav ß e determined to obtain.— Times NE . ro l lj RESIGNATION OF MR. BENIT, OF„ KNIGHTSBRIDGE.--II is at length officially a m 1 3. has that Mr. Benn e tt h as res i gne d S t . B arn abas. Ist o f been in corresp on d ence w i t h hi s di oce san s ince th, e tte r 0 July last. Referring to this correspondence in 8 , In yol r e the Bishop, dated the 4th December, he saYe ,— ;•upoll w n d lordship's letter, of November 27, you sa y•' — ficiter whole, if you are not p r ep are d to comply, WO te tter,,,,. cx animo, with the requisition contained in MY oue on' s the 16th instant, I must call upon you to fulfil th ink lei of retiring from the charge which I deliberately tfatiojarf could not in that case continue to hold without gr a ' b i e ,colr ( to the Church.' My Lord, seeing that l am u n c lause scientiously, to place myself under the former e c a , 0 0. 1 1 ; this sentence, e., to `comply simp/iciter all e g oi es th with your requisition of the 16th instant,' it, ° h a tter Accordingly, I now redeem the pledge given In _ l 4 l toad 1 must submit to the ` call' made upon me lh. lettt • ealll ?f, pe rpe: of October 26, and in answer to your upon me, I hereby send you my resignation olreviiiskeri tual curacy of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge." l eet iog i rt the circumstances of the case, accepted the resignation, and in his replY, rl?, 1 the la i ; four years I have several times cautioned you r o. oc t lia ed h ject of the excessive ritualism which you were I Ogr e of t he practice, as approaching too nearly to tha t o f. r „ a jollo On Thursday, an address to the Bishop or. "'" lord Bl° from Mr. Bennett's • 11 . *ng his says, _ . inn,he to paris ioners,:implori not to deprive them of Mr. Bennett'a mtaltrign'isktil• signature at the school-houses in St. Paul lo e f off l; bridge, and St. Barnabas. The Morning A dver,„p v . b o that the Rev. Sir F. Ouseley, Rev. G. Nuee , 7.-aatine De Gex, and Rev. Mr. Fife all tendered their res a A. the r et e sts" Lord Colchester has denied that Mr. Law,. of London, had anything to do with the cony blishment of St. Barnabas, London. His lordship aug h t e.;; "It is indeed true that one of the late Recorder ' s " r oocS n ' ic immediately Mr. Bennett's decision was announce" order is a member of that society , ; but she only wriTs a f t er a consent from her father shortly before his deity, __ lie d and w hen r . _ . 1 1. 1 ;ro i r o w eid opposition, in the course of which he had in ya r n; 5!",,i 5 5 t t!, Mr. Bennett to second his parental endeavou te,Zaa a h l e l r a f t r to o m m p t t h s e to co o u p r p s o e s s e h h e e w r bps e tow•_,_.- --- availing, he made such provisions in his will ( w daughter from — t attiar ai res p 9 u lu rs ti u p i n ng Would P o Pt1:4 1 1 me an executor) as would . prevent his w ool Cs any of his money upon this or sBy other con mem." 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