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2 1' II MA '3l I T lUili ryr u L .................--....... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. the tforraer's tailor and. of the latter's !alien, with a UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. * glowing description of the excellence of -thesgarmentsl) —.4,-- FRANCE. Chapter '2O. The husband having obtained-proof of his DIOCESE OF CHESTER. After the resignation of the newly constructed French wifis!egailt, rushes upon-her with pistols and poison, that PREFERMENTS.—The Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, ministry, as announced in our last, M. Leon Faucher she may choose which death she will die. g (Names of Rector of Warrington, to the office of. Rural Dean.—The was entrusted with the difficult task cf forming a govern. gun-smith and druggist to come in here.) ,Chapter 21. Rev. W. P. Hutton, Rector of St. Bridget's, Chester, to ment. At first he appeared likely to succeed, when all at She dies, and is to be buried. (Name of andertaker.) the Evening Lectureship of St. Mary's. Church, in that -once it .vas declared that he was unable to do so. In the 22. Turns out to be. only in a trance, and is brought to city, upon the resignation of the Rev. :F. Ford.—The sitting of the assembly, on Thursday, Leon Faucher, life byDr.—, —street:" :In short, -there-was not a Rev. B. Swift to the Curacy of North Meols, on the no -laving entered during the debate, was surrounded by singlechapter nor single-incident, which our ingenious mination of the Rev. C. Hesketh, the Rector.—The Rev. munerceas members, anxiously inquiring after the forma- author did not propose to make the vehicle of a puff. Charles O'Neill Pratt, of Macclesfield, to be a Surrogate Sion of the Cabinet. He informed them .that he had Opinions may perhaps differ as to the literary value of this of the Worshipful Henry Raikes, • Chancellor of the Dio -failed, and the President had again sent forld. Odillon line of -novel writing ; but at least all will agree in admit- cese of Chester. Barrot. The perfect accuracy of that gentleman's decla- ting that it is a bold and daring advance in the noble art ORDlNATlON.—Candidates for ordination by the Bishop ration, that he had not been offered the formation of a of advertising.—Parie Corirespondeni of the; Literary. of Chester on the 16th March next, are to send their pa- Cabinet by the President of the Republic, -is calledin pers to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., his Lordship's &ere question by the Pattie, which asserts that the offerwas - tary, on or before the Ist February. The examination made to him, but that he stipulated, as ,conditions, the IRELAND. will commence on Thursday, 13th March, at ten o'clock, dismissal of M. Carlier, the Prefect of Police, and of Gen. --P— at the Episcopal Palace. It is stated that the brothers Gray, of theDukiin Free- Dublin d'Hilliers, the new Commander - in - Chief of the WIGAN.—The Bishop has licensed the newly erected man, have deserted the Protestant fold, and intend to read army of Paris. National School at Ince, in the Parish of :Wigan, for the at d ti i her recantaon i n a f ew l ags T uam. Since then Louis Napoleon has cut the Gordian knot. tperformance of Divine service. A few days ago a young lady, possessed of considerable Finding it impossible to compose a Ministry ont of the fortune, eloped, and got m arr i e d to a policeman- stationed Parliamentary elements at his disposal , he has had re - CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 25.—BACHELORS' COMMENCE -course to the formation of a Ministry from public eat Drogheda. where she resided. ine- MENT.—Examination for Honours.—Moderators: Arthur The .Rev. D r. S pro tt , of D u bli n,. has received £lOO tionaries who are not representatives. This fact was com-Cayley, M.A., Trinity College ; ThornasiGaskin M.A., from "one who does not intend to visit the World's Fair municated to the Assembly by a message, which was read Jesus College. Examiners : Lewis Henley. M.A.:Trinity " by M in Hyde-park, for seven of the local charities. Dupin at four o'clock on Friday afternoon. It , - College; John Sykes, M.A., Pembroke College. The says, with some appearance of truth, fnat Wranglers.- 1 Ferrers, Caius; 2 Evans, Joh.; 3 Yodl, Trim ; ill as folkiwas— Public opinion, confiding in the prudence -of the Assembly Lord-Clarendon tendered his resignation oil hearing that 4 Calendar, Joh.; 5 Jackson, Crum ; 6 Easthurn, Joh. ; 7 Du and the Government, has not been alarmed by the late inch government intended to include Ireland in the bill which sautoy, Joh. ; 8 Smith, J. N.. Joh. ; 9 Porter, Pet. ; 10 Searle; dents; nevertheless, France begins to suffer by divisionswhich they intend to bring forward to stop the Papal aggression. Pemb. ;11 Clarke, Joh.; 12 Holme, Co: p. ;la Coltman, Trin.; 14 Gorham, Trin. ; 15 Lees, Joh. ; 16 Clialker,Ernm. ; 17 Rus she deplores. My duty is to do what in me lies to prevent the Mr. A. L.;Guinness, the;Lord Mayor of. Dublin, gave a sell, Joh. ;18 Matthew, Enini. ;19 Yates,..Joh.; 20 Rennie, ill results of them. The union of the two powers is indispen- grand inauguration dinner in the great room of the: Dub- Sid.,. 21 Bedwell, Joh.; 22 Wilson, J.A., Trin.; 23 Williams, sable to the repose of the country, but as the constitution has lin Mansion-house, built originally for the purpose of the R,, - '1 rm. ; 24 Claydon, Joh., Lyde, Queen's . ; 26 Cowie, Trin. ; rendered them independent of each other, the only-condition of civic dinner given to George:lV. The Lord-Lieutenant Hem this union is reciprocal confidence. Penetrated with thissen- 27 Williams, W. 0., Queen's; 28 6immonds,Jesus ; 29 Hem lament, I shall-always respect the rights of the Assembly while in his speech well described the:character of the enter- mans, Pet. ; 30 Kirkman, Queen's, Lightfoot, Trin..; 32 West, maintaining intact the prerogatives of that power which I hold tainment when he said that it was a " princely entertain- Emm. ;33 Rendel, Trin. ; 34 Shears, Joh.; 35 Whitfield, Trin. from the people. In order not to prolong a painful discussion, ment—a scene of munificent hospitality, such as he. had H. ;36 Butler, Ti in. ;37 Blore. Trin. 1 have accepted, after the recent vote of the Assembly, the seldom seen equalled and never surpassed." Senior Optimes.-1 Gemmel], Jesus • 2 Adolphus, Corpus ; 3 resignation of a Ministry which had given to the country and Young, Trin. ; 4 Mousley, Sid., Stewart , Caius 4Everard,Joh.; The death of -Lord Robert Tallow took place at. the 7 Jackson, Sidney; 8 Leicester, Jon. ; 9 Standen, Trin. ; 10 to the cause of order-signal pledges of its devotion. Wishing, however. to reconstruct a Cabinet, with chances of duration, -I Barracks , Fermoy , on Sunday week , in consequence of MounseY, Christ's ; 11 Goodwin, Cath. ;12 Dowiand,.Joh. ;13 could not choose its-elements in a minority produced by excep- the breaking of a blood-vessel on-the lungs. It appears Norton, Joh.; 14 Locock, Caius •15 Downes, E. Trin. Jo 16 Burn Trin. ; 17 Amos, Clare ; 18 geed Joh. ; 19 Hudson, Joh.; banal circumstances. and have found myself with regret unable that his lordship was walking in the town of Fermoy, to form a combination from among the members of the mi- when he saw a man beating a dog. On remonstrating 20Smith, J. N., Trin. ; Magd. ; 23 Stone, Jesup' 24 Williams, J. D., Trin.; 25 Harris, nority, notwithstanding-its importance. with him the man struck Lord Robert A blow, which he Cl are; 26 Rowe, Joh. •27 Harcourt, Trin., Wilson, A. Trin. ; In this conjuncture, after vain attempts, I have reeolved on instantlyTrin. ; el forining a Ministry of transition of special men, belonging to returned, and then said, " 3.am choking with 29 Heywood, 3O Ward, Caius; 31 Eaton, Trio. • 32 Wal lace, Jesus • ; 33 King, Christ's ; 34 Hardman, Magd; 35 ' William = fraction of the Assembly, and determined to devote them- blood." After lingering some days, he died without pain selves to affairs, without -regard to party feeling; and the ho- or suffering. Lord Robert was the second son of the , son, Caius. Junior Optimee.-1 Slater, Joh. ; 2 Hubbard, Joh. ; 3 Phil nom-able men who accept this patriotic task will have titles to Marquis of Headfort. iipps, Emm.: 4 Lee, Emm. ; 5 Borrow, Joh. ; 6 Davis, Joh., the gratitude of the country, The Administration will, there- Th e C or k Constitution says,—" At a late entertain- Hardwick, fore, cont:nue as before; prejudices will be Cissipated bef o re Joh.' 8 Lyon, Trin. ; 9 Cheese, Joh.; 10 Collins, ment at Dublin Castle, Lord Clarendon called on Dr. Joh.; 11 Currie, Trin.; 12 White, Caius; 13 Paley,Pet.; 14 Strat a remembrance of the solemn declaration of the message of Nov. 12. The real majority will be reconstituted. Harmony Murray to conduct his Countess to the .dining-room. ton, Trin. ;15 Creswick, Trin., Foster, Trin. ;17 Holmes, F. G., Joh., Payne, Trin. ; 19 Kingdon, Caius ; 20 Newnham, Christ's; will he re-established without the two powers having sacrificed Arrived there, he then called on " his Lordship" to say 21 Blcett, Einm., Norwood, Queen's; 23 Tatham, Joh. ;24 aught of the dignity which constitutes their strength. France, grace. The company, nearly all Protestants, were asto before all things, desires repose, and expects from those whom nished ; but their ears had not deceived them—there was Taylor, Pet. ; 25 Wemyss, Jesus; 26 Langton, Joh.; 27 Bate she his invested with her confidence conciliation without weak- man, Joh., Kennion, Trin. ; 29 Holmes, C. F., Joh. ; 30 Bignold, ness—calm and unaltered firmness in the right. Accept, 31.1 e no mistake. Dr. Whateley, however, interposed. " Your Trin.; 31 Torre, Joh. ; 32 Redmayne, Trin., Wrey, Joh.; 34 , Excellency," said he, "I am Archbishop of DOblin : with Seymour, Jesus; 35 Hubbard, Caius ; 36 Young, Christ's ;37 G o s o r d d f , red, h r, r E 4s m v m s ;. 4 ; 1 38 m JAe r k s. e o l m l, , J T o e h i . n ; . 3 ; 9 4 0 2 penshaw,J President, the assurance of a high esteem. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. your permission, I will do so." His Excellency made no Richardson, ol ' .C " at 11 0 . I i ; a 4 r 3 - The message was listened to throughout without inter- objection ; but he did not seem to relish the unexpected Andrews, Cams ;44 Girling. Ca ius. ruption, the attitude of the assembly being cool and calm. interposition. The new ministry is as followss — Gen. Randon, War; PLAYING WITH FIRE - ARMS. — At Cahirciveen , on Sa- The Rev. T. Sale, incumbent of Southgate, near Lon- Waisse, Interior; Germiny, Finance; Magne, Public turday week, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Twiss, don, has been appointed vicar of Sheffield. Works; Brennier, Foreign Affairs; Royer, Justice; and some other gentlemen, were dining at an hotel, when The Rev. Robert Eden, M.A., rector of Leigh, Essex, Valiant, Marine ; Giraud, Public Instruction ; Sehnei- some discussion arose after dinner between Mr. Missend has been elected successor of the Rev. Bishop Law in the der, Agriculture and Commerce. None of these are re- another of the party. The person with whom Mr. Twiss diocese of Ross and Moray. presentatives. Germiny was Receiver-General at Rome ; had the discussion left the room. When he had gone the The Society of Friends have agreed for the future to pay Giraud, the Inspector-General of Universities ; Schneider, latter observed that he had never seen a duel, whereupon tithes to lay impropriators; while to such imposts, when the Manager of Iron-works at Creuzot. Mr. O'Connell said he would shew him the way, and got demanded by clergymen, they will offer the same opposi- Three new arrests have taken place connected with the a pair of pistols that had been for seven months in Dublin. tion they have hitherto done. 1160 y-discovered conspiracy, waking in all 73. The per- They took one each, presented at each other, and pulled Lord Ashley has publicly contradicted the assertion of sons are merely the chiefs of sections ; the members were the triggers, when unfortunately the pistol which Mr. the London Union, in church matters, that he is working suffered to disperse. The quantity of ammunition seized O'Connell had, happened to be loaded, the ball passed for the appointment of a royal commission, to modify the is about 12,000 cartridges; but a considerable quantity through the right shoulder of Mr. Twiss, and lodged in formularies of the English church. has been consigned to the Seine and the canal, A great the other, inflicting a very serious, though happily not The Bishop of Worcester, in a letter replying to a com many papers were burnt the moment the news of the cap- very dangerous wound. munication from the churchwardens of the parish church ture was known in the quarter where the chiefs of sec- LORD CLARENDON AND THE " DUBLIN SATIRIST." of Leamington, says—" I have no hesitation in not sim tions held their sittings. —An action was lately brought by the proprietor of this ply sanctioning the resumption of the gown and cassock, The assembly has rejected M. Raspail's motion author- journal (The World), for work performed and seryices as a preaching dress, on the part of the vicar of Learning izing the civil marriage of persons in holy orders. rendered to our accomplished Viceroy. The declaration ton, but also in expressing my distinct approbation of was actually filed last term against Lord Clarendon in the such a change." SWITZERLAND.—Advices from Berne of the 21st inst., , Court of Exchequer, and that the cause of action was QUEENS COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—We learn that the state that an insurrection has broken out at Interlachen. either for publishing Lord Clarendon's own written corn- Rev. Dr. S. Wilson Warneford has inti mated to the trustees A band of insurgents attacked the Government-house on positions in this newspaper, or for printing what was of his former benefactions, the Rev. Chancellor Law, the the 20th instant. They were opposed by the troops, and written by his Excellency, or under his direction, there can Rev. Vaughan Thomas and William Sands Cox, Esq. his an engagement ensued, in which the rioters were repulsed. be no doubt. The exposure of a trial would have been intention to place in their hands the sum of £l4OO, in The Btattbolder. Dr. Muller, was seriously wounded. fatal to Lord Clarendon's character, not merely as a states- addition to the munificent sum of £2OOO already paid ove r Interlachen, and the neighbouring pass's , have been man, but as a gentleman, and so the matter was hushed by him, as an endowment of a Chair of Pastoral Theology. occupied by the Berneee troops. up thus t—a sum of money—as we have heard a large sum The professor to be a clergyman of the Church of England WEST INDIES.—Tae mail : t 'timer Trent, which arrived —(£3,400 it is said) was paid to the exulting plaintiff, and in priest's orders, and agraduate of Oxford and Cambridge. at snurhampton on Wednesday afternoon, has brought by consent between the parties, i.e. Burch and Clarendon, The Incorporated Society for promoting the enlarge -6819,843 in specie and bullion, and advices from Jamaica the declaration was taken off the file, that no record might ment, &c., of churches and chapels, held its usual monthly to the 29th ult., Havannah to the 25 th, and St. Thomas's remain of so discreditable a transaction. But the pleadings meeting on Monday, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair. to the 4th instant; but the intelligence is almost entirely and consent were seen by many, and thus does it appear Since the last meeting the society has received the sum of anticipated by the advices received via New York. The that a connection existed between Lord Clarendon and £2,000, being part of the legacy bequeathed to it by the cholera was abating in Jamaica, but had not altogether this notorious journal.—. Dublin University. late T. C. Harrold, Esq. A legacy of £5OO has been an ceased. Some damage had been done by the heavy rains nounced from the late John Hasler, Esq., of Regent in St. Dominica and St. Lucia. square, and one of £lOO from Mrs. Kendett, of Bromp- AIISTRIA.—The Duke of Bordeaux is detained by illness COURT AND FASHION. ton. Donations of £lOO each have been received from -at Venice: his physician had ordered the application of —Si.— Sir R. Fitzwygram, Bart., and the Bishop of London, — leeches. The Austrian Ultramontane party is preparing Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children the last-mentioned donation being part of the tithe of a considerable difficulties for Prince Schwarzenbere, by its continue at Windsor, in the enjoyment of excellent health. professional income intrusted for distribution to his zeal for an object which the Christian Worldnofrg, of Western Her Majesty, during the week, has taken her usual air- lordship ; and a donation of £lO5 has been contributed Europe has for centuries abandoned—the recovery of ings,—on Thursday, on horseback, accompanied by Prince by the Bishop of Durham. Albert. Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre from the hands of the THE NEW VICAR OF SHEFFIELD.—The Rev. Thomas Mahometans. The purpose of the Crusades is to be re- Her Majesty received amongst her guests at Windsor, Sale, A.M., perpetual curate of Edmonton, Middlesex rived ; but it is to be pursued by the way of diplomacy, on Friday, his Excellency the Minister of Russia and the has been nominated by the Rev. Matthew M. Preston to , not by war. It is stated that the "Catholic" powers, Baroness Brunow. the vicarage of Sheffield. Report had not, previous to - with the connivance, of Austria, intend to obtain posses- Earl Grosvenor, who is makin g a tour in Asia, is ex- the nomination, even alluded to the reverend gentleman. sion of all the sacred spots of the Holy Land, which will petted to return to this country shortly after Easter. Mr. Sale arrived in Sheffield on Friday week, and at noon then be made over to the " Catholic" Church. The The Earl and Countess of Jersey Have just received the on that day his induction took place. On Sunday morn- Order of the Holy Sepulchre will be raised to the import- gratifying intelligence of the safe accouehement of the ing he read himself in, and in the evening preached a once once possessed by the Knights Tempters. The Pope Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, who was confined of a son sermon in the parish church of St. Peter. The most in at Vienna on the 16th instant. is to be the Grand Master, and one Prince of every . tense interest has been manifested by members of the Catholic state of Europe is to be created Grand Prior. ROYAL THEATRICALS.—Her Majesty gave a dramatic church in She ffi eld, as to whether the new vicar would repres:ntation at Windsor on Friday,—the performance The city of Sydney, New South Wales, already contains confirm the appointment of the Rev. Canon Trevor as 4,204 houses, which are let at rents of X2O per annum and taking place in the temporary theatre, which was fitted one of the chaplains of the parish church. On Saturday up the same as on former occasions. About eight o'clock last, the rev. canon sent a note to Mr. Sale requesting an upwards. On the 3rd instant, a severe shock of earthquake was her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, i nterv i ew, t o w hi c h a rep l y was g i ven, appo i nt i ng M on d ay Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and felt in Maine, U.S.;almost simultaneously, we may morning last for the canon to wait upon ,the vicar, at the remark, with the shocks recorded, from Malta, Italy, &c. the Princess Helena, accompanied by the royal dinner vicarage. On being introduced to each other, a desire During the year 1850, the whole number of clearances guests, entered the temporary theatre. A select party was intimated to Mr. Trevor that the churchwardens, who in the United States for California were vessels, of who bad been honoured with invitations were also pre- were at the vicarage either through design or accident, which 170 were from Boston, and 181 from N e w York. sent, The play was a comedy by Douglas Jerrold, Esq., should be present, to which, though at first not agreeable entitled " The Pr is oner of War ," and the after piece a 'Memorials have been presented to the United States'to it, the canon ultimately consented. In the presence, vaudeville by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled " The Loan Congress praying for a grant of £60,000 sterling, towards then, of those gentlemen, and of the late vicar's curate, the construction of a line of electric telegraph over the hfaL.pyrer.'' and Mrs. Keele y, l i c i n e e rf le orm;l e s ss w rs ere Ar.andAlrs. C. the vicar told the rev. chaplain that he should decline his Rocky Mountains from the Mississippi to San Francisco. Kean,.. 1 " - • Webster, Meadows, Dining, &c. The Queen's y' private band attended during .se rvice in the parish church ;refusing at the same time to Madlle. Alboni has created a furore in Madrid, in the v listen to explanations, ;which Mr. Trevor was most "'Favorite " and " Sonnambula." The latter opera the evening. anxious to have entered into. It appears, therefore, that pleased so much that it was played five times in susses- -- in the pulpit of the parish his valuable services are not to hen (contrary to the general rule), and the Queen has LAW INTELLIGENCE. be made available to the town. The announcement of been a constant visitor. --. the decision of the vicar, especially when Canon Trevor According to accounts from Bolivia, General Ballivian COURT OF CHANCERY.—THIIRSDAY.— informed his friends of the manner in which that decision is in uncontrolled possession of the province of Tarija in IMPORTANT CASE. was given, has excited in the minds of the great majority South Bolivia, in the Potosi district, and supported by se- METAIRIE V. CARDINAL WISEMAN AND OTHERS. of the congregation of the parish church a feeling of the veral leading chiefs. if this be the case, he is no longer In this case a bill has been filled against Cardinal Wiseman greatest disgust, and several highly respectable members Within the Argentine border, and cannot have been coun- and others, at the suit of the plaintiff, for the purpose of set- of that church have thrown up their pews ; among others, termanded by the orders of Rosas. ting aside a deed executed by aM. Carie, an aged Frenchman, Wilson Overend, Esq., a magistrate and chairman of the The first trial by jury took pace at Vienna on the 15th upwards of 80 years old, assigning a sum of .e 7,000 stock in the quarter sessions, in Sheffield. Since the above was made instant. The Minister of Justice, M. von Schmerling, funds to Ca a rdi o ut Wiseman and others, d as trustees, for l stoh(ei known, a meeting of Canon Trevor's friends has been and a crowded audience, attended this ceremony. The n be go t f o k f in C . h t The c d s e c er i o n s cluestion, pr i e t j i u s a l ?leged, wasamebtyained held, at which it was unanimously resolved to take pro culprit—a girl accused of incendiarism and other offences from the deceased by Mr. Cooke, a Catholic priest, at Somers- ceedings at law against the church burgesses for payment of —was found guilty, and sentenced to three years' hard town, who had attended the deceased in his character of priest Mr. Trevor's salary, two quarterly instalments of which • labour. and confessor, and under whose influence it is alleged that the they have paid ; they will therefore have to "show cause" BLASPHEMY. —A cause is pending before the Prussian deceased was induced to execute the deed, but prior to his why they refuse to continue such payment. A call of 20 tribunals, in which a party is charged with blasphemy, on death it did not appear that he had received absolution. . per cent on the money subscribed by the canon's friends The case came on for argument on a motion for an injunc account of irreverent language uttered against the person(the large sum of eleven hundred pounds having been lion to restrain the trustees from dealing with the fund st a n d--43f Christ. The first court convicted him ; the Court of ing in their names. promised for the purpose) was made, and proceedings at Appeal reversed the sentence, on the ground that Christ Mr. Roll, who appeared on the part of the defendants, briefly law against the burgesses will issue. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, an d G o d were not identical, and the offence, therefore, referred to the serious and important nature of the allegations it is understood, is to be retained for Mr. Trevor. Such not against God, but only against the society of Christians, contained in the affidavits in support of the application, and is the feeling in his favour, that if double the amount be time d f or ie t o answ e r them . This decision has also been appealed f ro m, on t he ground appineeded, it would doubtless be raised instanter. The Rev. Mr. Bethel, on the part of the plaintiff, admitted that the that Christ is one with God. The tribunals before which application was perfectly reasonable in h case which involved Canon Trevor preached on Sunday last to overflowing the question is pending, are the usual tribunals of civil so serious a question of character. congregations at St. Thomas's, Crookes. The esteemed and criminal jurisprudence. Lord Cranworth said that the motion had better stand over incumbent, the Rev. Francis Owen, having in the most THE CURRENCY IN FRANCE. — The report of the COM. until the next seal. noble manner come forward at a lecture delivered by Mr. mission appointed by the French Chamber to consider the The Court was crowded to excess, and the case excited great Trevor, and announced his firm conviction that the asper interest. question of the gold currency, recommending no altera - sions which had been thrown upon that rev. gentleman tion to be made in the standard, has been generally ap- M were false, and entirely without foundation. This generous to r Sydney S. Bell, of the Chancery Bar , is appointed proved of by those persons here who must be considered the . vacancy on the bench of the Suypreme Court at the acknowledgment met with a hearty response on Sunday the most competent judges on such a question . I t is Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Bell will be the second judge, last, a large sum having been collected for St. Thomas s Consequently expected that the conclusion come to by the Sunday Schools.—Leeds Intellivencer. commission will be acted upon by the assembly , which Mr. Musgrove, the present second judge, succeeding to Mr..Me h zi . es as First puisne . Judge of the Court. —enss.,ssis.. uses eeneiderable influence in allavine the labour. BLASPHEMY. —A cause is pending before the Prussian tribunals, in which a party is charged with blasphemy, on account of irreverent language uttered against the person of Christ. The first court convicted him ; the Court of Appeal reversed the sentence, on the ground that Christ and God were not identical. and the offence, therefore, not against God, but only against the society of Christians. This decision has also been appealed from, on the ground that Christ is one with God. The tribunals before which the question is pending, are the usual tribunals of civil and criminal jurisprudence. THE CURRENCY IN FRANCE. — The report of the com mission appointed by the French Chamber to consider the question of the gold currency, recommending no altera tion to be made in the standard, has been generally ap proved of by those persons here who must be considered the most competent judges on such a question. It is consequently expected that the conclusion come to by the commission will be acted upon by the assembly, which will doubtless have considerable influence in allaying the apprehensions which have arisen out of the course pur sued by the governments of Holland and Belgium. DISASTERS ON THE AMERICAN LAKES.—An American paper publishes a detailed statement showing the loss of life and property on the Lakes during the past year. The vessels which n.et with disasters were 31 steamers, 9 propellers, 2 barques, 34 brigs, 88 schooners, and 6 scows —in all, 170. The loss of property was—on steam-boats 265,710 dols. ; on propellers 30,444 dols. ; on sail vessels 262,782 dols. ; total, 558,936 dols. Ten steam-boats, 21 sailing vessels, and probably 1 propeller, were entirely lost ; the remainder were only partially damaged. The loss of life was 395, of which 375 were on board steamers, and 20 on sailing vessels. ASSASSINATION AND FEARFUL RETRIBUTION.—A short time since a young gentleman of York left this =country for California, and on the 30th October last he was cruelly murdered at a place named Humboldt, having fallen pierced with fourteen wounds by the Indians. His companion, Mr. Sproxton (son of the incumbent of Trin ion, Durham), with his own hands dug a grave and buried him. He then headed a party in pursuit of the assassins, and poor Fryers' murder was avenged by the death of eighteen of his murderers. Mr. J. J. Fryer was the eldest son of the late Mr. Fryer, of this city, proctor. York Herald. GERMAN MARRIAGES.—A young sailor, owner of freehold farm in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, had a sweetheart, promised to marry her, and left her when she proved to be enceinte by him. He took to sea again, after having made arrangements for the sale of his farm, the proceeds of which he wished to be forwarded to New 'York, where he finally intended to settle. Upon this the unfortunate girl made an application to the Amtmann of th e district, with a view of stopping the sale of the pro perty on which she thought to have a lien on behalf of her unborn infant. That functionary advised her to pet iti o n the Consistory for a (Walla, or mandamus, to summon faithless Jack to return forthwith and fulfil his promise of marriage. She not only obtained the manda mus, but much more—indeed, more than she could rationally expect. inasmuch as the Consistory did what Jack bad neglected to do —they made her a wife. That high ecclesiastical tribunal, with more than a due considera tion of the circumstances of the case, issued a decree by which Jack and his sweetheart were proclaimed a married couple, and the child, which was still unborn, declared legitimate and heir to the farm of its absent father. PUFFING IN FRANCE.—A curious specimen of what mar be called the nueurs littiraires of this country was • exPosed, a few days ago, before a court of justice, in the course of some squabble between two tradesmen. Leon Gozlan, well known to the public as a dramatist, lately received a commission for the feuillefon of one of the daily newspapers. He immediately drew up a detailed account of the plot he intended to employ, with descrip tions of the principal scenes and incidents. He then charged an advertisement agent to carry this document round to the principal tradesmen, and in his name to pro pose to them (of course for a consideration) to introduce their names and addresses, with puffs on their wares, in particular places. •klis arospectus ran somewhat in this way :—" Chapter 1. Marriage of the hero and heroine. (Here the othclr can intrgfinc& the name and address of Mr. Sydney S. Bell, of the Chancery Bar, is appointed to the vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court at the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Bell will be the second judge, Mr. 'Musgrove, the present second judge, succeeding to Mr. Menzies as First Puisne Judge of the Court. The Judges have at length come to the important de termination, in all cases wherein applications are made to them to admit to bail persons committed for trial on cri minal charges, to order the depositions taken by the com mitting magistrate to be pr ced before them by the ma gistrate's clerk, so that t may be read as part of the proceedings. In the Tewkesbury County Court, on Monday, an action was brought by a man, named Hale, to recover from Mr. Feargus O'Connor, as chairman of the National Land Company, a sum of money paid for two shares in the company, from which he had not derived any benefit. The Judge decided that the plaintiff had only bought a share in a lottery, and it was very unreasonable that he should expect his money back because he was not lucky enough to win a prize. Judgment was given for the de fendant, the Judge observing that both parties had broken , the law. THE " CONDOR" FOR AUSTRALIA. No one could have been present at the sailing of the Condor on Thursday, and have felt indifferent to the pas sing scene. The obler affections are as easily moved by the contemplation of happiness, as are the impulses naturally excited by depicted poverty ; and hence, when this mighty ship moved slowly from the dock, her decks crowded with well-dressed English labourers raising their voices in a deep " hurrah," it was evident that feelings of joy and hope had gained the ascendancy ; and though they were leaving the land of their nativity, so greatly has the sys tem of Australian emigration improved in character, they seemed to deem the ship a temporary but comfortable home. All on board was life and bustle : pleasure was expressed in every countenance. The cabins are excellently arranged. The main cabin, which is beneath a lofty poop, is very roomy. The after part forms a saloon, lighted from the quarter-deck, and by stern ports. Down each side there are rows of excel lent state-rooms. The forward part is appropriated to a ladies' cabin, captain's room, steward's pantry, gunroom, and dispensary. With an extreme beam of 35 feet, all these are of course comparatively large apartments, ex cellently furnished with every requisite. Amidship, for ward of the main hatch. is an extensive deck-house, ap propriated to galleys and other purposes required ; for in these ships passengers are provided with all provisions, properly cooked, which to those unaccustomed to sea is no small desideratum. The Condor is a full-rigged ship, tauntly sparred and beautifully modelled. Indeed, she completed her last outward passage in 98 days to Port Philip—a fact that demonstrates her rapid sailing qualities. Her bur then is about 1500 tons ; her length, 162 feet. With the exception of a store-room aft, the whole of her lower deck is appropriated to second-cabin and steerage emi grants. Excellent state-rooms, containing for the most part single berths, are erected. Some few rooms have, however, been constructed for families, all of whom were apparently most happy. It may be truly said that laws are not made for the honest. While the Emigration Act compels the allowance of 14 superficial feet for each pas senger, the firm to which this ship belongs have most liberally given an average of 27 feet each, and this exclu sive of the space appropriated for water-closets, 84a. The Condor is a choice British-American ship, con structed exclusively for the Australian trade, and she is now on her second voyage. Her timbering is immensely heavy ; her fastenings through and through are asnume rous as necessary, if not more so ; and every attention has been paid to ventilation in both ship and passengers. No recent improvement, that could add to the comfort of the voyagers by any of the line of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s vessels, appears to be neglected ; and they merit no small degree of credit' for a liberality and spirit that will tend materially to increase the trade to our greatest colo nial possession. She is commanded by Captain Daly, a gentleman whose character is duly pictured in the testi monial with which he was presented, and Whichlwe inserted last week. We wish her ,every success : " May God speed the ship " SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Priestess, bought at Doncaster for 1000 sovs., was sold at Tattersall's, on Monday week, for 80 guineas. Captain Holder Alleyne, who from heavy losses on the race and bad debts was unable to meet his engagements on the late Derby, attended on Monday at Tattersall's, and not only honourably discharged all claims on him in full, but voluntarily ten - tiered interest on them at the rate of 5 per cent. The latter, to the credit of the parties, was in every instance declined. RACING ANECDOTE. - At the Doncaster meeting, an anecdote connected with racing cups was narrated by the venerable Baronet Sir Tatton Sykes, which may interest our readers. His old friend, Mr. Garforth, the owner of the celebrated Grey Marcia, and other first-rate horses, with whom he used to race in the last and present cen turies, had a large collection of these trophies. In those days, when men raced for honour, and pitted their studs of thorough-breds on the turf, or their hunters across the country, in the pure and glorious spirit of manly emu lation—when such terms as " nobbling," making safe," and " potting" were unknown—in those days at Doncaster, York, and other meetings of the north, it was the custom to hand the cup round the assembly rooms, when the gentlemen and ladies present dropped their tributes in bank notes, or in gold, " to the tune of a hundred or so," as inclination might dictate, after which the prize was han ded to the fortunate victor. On the demise of Mr. Gar forth that gentleman's executors took possession of those memorials of his racing career, when no less strange than true, each and every one of them were found with sums of money within—a large amount in the aggregate—not one having tiad the lid removed, nor one draught taken by the deceased to impair the quality of the heir-loom ! Such times as those have passed away for ever. THE CHASE Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds will meet to-day at Iscoyd, on Friday at Llan-y-pwll, and on Saturday at Boreatton park, at half-past ten. The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-morrow at Win cham, on Thursday at Pewter, on Saturday at Crewewood had, and on Monday at Taoon-park, at half-pant ten, TIE 11/ - EMI'OOL STANDARD. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Lord John Russell has bestowed a clerkship in the Treasury on the second son of Mr. Douglas Jerrold. Mr. Roebuck, it is stated, is writing a History of the Reform Bill. The Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne will be moved in the House of Commons by the Marquis of Kildare, and seconded by Mr. Peto, M.P. for Norwich. Mr. Peto, M.P., Mr. W. Owen Manley, and Mr. W. Jackson, bad an interview with Lord Seymour, on Wed nesday, at the office of Woods and Forests. Mr. W. H. Roberts, an aspiring barrister of tile Mid land Circuit, has announced his intention to offer himself for Cambridge borough on the first vacancy. Aggregate meetings of the soap trade in London, will be held on Friday, and great exertions are being used to force the question of duty on Sir Charles Wood before the meeting of parliament on the 4th proximo. Lord WharnCliffe has withdrawn from a contest with Lord Redesdale for the chairmanship of committees in the House of Lords. Lord Redesdale's election is now certain. Colonel Gilpin, of. Hockliffe Grange, has offered him self a candidate for the representation of the county of Bedford in the room of the late Lord Alford. The colo nel is a strong Protectionist, and having been for some time president of the Leighton Buzzard Agricultural Society, he has become well known and very popular. The reduction of rent by landloids to their agricultural tenants is becoming almost universal. Not a provincial paper has passed through our hands during the last month which does not record several in stances of a return of rent, varying from 10 to 20 per cent. Even this reduction, however, will not enable the farmer to hold on long in the face of the present ruinous prices caused by foreign competition. PROTECTION SoclETlEs.—:The annual meeting of the Romford Agricultural Protection Society was held on Wednesday, when admirable speeches were delivered by Sir W. Bowyer Smyth, and Mr. G. F. Young. Similar meetings have also been held by the Dorchester and the Devon and Exetor Protection Societies ; at all of which the same reports were made of the disastrous effects of (so called) free trade, and the ruin falling upon the agri cultural interest. NEW LOAN.—On Thursday, the tenders for a loan to British Guiana, four per cent. guaranteed, were opened at the treasury. The tenders varied from £95 per £lOO up to £lOO ; and after the whole had been opened it was an nounced that the Rock Life Corn pang would have appor tioned them £65,000 at the prica ofi £lO5, and a private individual £5OOO, at the price of £lO6. Both these offers, as well as a tender made by Mr. Ricardo and Mr. Burnand, were understood to be above the minimum fixed by the government. Low FREIGHTS.—The continued depression in ship- ping freights is producing a strong desire on the part of certain► ship-owners to obtain from authority of her Majesty in Council, agreeably to a clause inserted in the new Navigation Act, power to man their ships with the crews of foreign seamen, or in other words, in procuring men, to avail themselves of the cheapest market for labour. That such a feeling should exist, is a matter deeply to be de plored, but perhaps, it is not surprising, considering the unremunerative ratesof freights ; the temptation to employ the seamen of Northern Europe at 20s. per month, in preference to paying from 40s. to 50s. per month, is one that must have its weight in times like the present. THE LEADERSHIPP - IN THE HOUSES.-Sir R. Peel's untimely decease left the Commons without a chief. Lord G. Bentinck's as untimely death left the country party without a leader. Mr. D'lsraeli assumed it for a time, and not without brilliancy, though generally with more brilliancy than effect. It is now said that his tem porary authority is to be wrested from him ; and, that with the sanction of Lord Stanley, the leadership is to be given to Mr. Gladstone ! If so, we may look upon the Protectionist party as divided • and, if divided, ita cause perilled, if not lost ! Lord Wharncliffe, sya perceive, has withdrawn from a contest with Lord Redesdale for the chairmanship of committees in the House of Lords. This does not bode promisingly for the Whigs in the Upper House.—Church and State Gazette. ROMAN CATHOLIC PEERS AND MEMBERS OF PAR LIAMENT.—In the Peerage of Great Britain, we hare the following Roman Catholics :—The Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Shrewsbury (Earl of Waterford in Ireland), Lord Camoys, Lord Beaumont, Lord Stourton, Lord Vaux, Lord Petre, Lord Arundel, Lord Dormer, Lord Stafford, Lord Clifford, Lord Fingall (Earl of Fingall in Ireland), Lord Lovat, and Lord Kenmare (Earl Kenmare in Ireland). Of these, three have been called out of abeyance since the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, viz., Barons Camoys, Beaumont, and Vaux, and three have since been created, viz., Barons Fingall, Lovat, and Kenmare. In the Irish Peerage, besides the three peers already referied to (Earls of aterford, Fingall, and Kenmare), we have Viscount Gormanston, Viscount Netterville, Viscount Taaffe (a Count of Bohemia, and resident there), Viscount Southwell, Lord Trimleston, Lord Ffrench, and the recently created Lord Bellew. In the Scotsh Peerage there are only two—the Earl of Tar 'pair and the Earl of Newburgh—the latter of whom has now no connection with Scotland except the title, his property and residence being in England. These make in all twenty-three; but, as may be seen from the enu meration, only fourteen of them are British legislators. To the above list we may not very improperly add Vis count Fielding. the eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh, and Viscount Campden, eldest son of the Earl of Gains borough. The Roman Catholic members in the llouse of Commons, for English constituencies, have been stated at five. In Ireland there are not fewer than twenty-six or twenty-seven. In Scotland no Roman Catholic has yet found favour at elections. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—THE DIVIDEND.— Preparatory to the annual meeting, which is to take place on Friday next, the directors have issued their half-yearly report to the shareholders, from which it appears that the general revenue account shows a nett profit of £26,145, after payment of all fixed charges for the past half-year ; and the directors propose that a dividend, after the rate of £2 per cent. per annum, should be declared on the ordinary share capital of the company, and the balance of £3,875 carried to the reserved fund, in order to pro vide for any future contingencies affecting traffic. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY ALLOTTEES.—The decision of Vice-Chancellor Lord Cranworth on the question of al lottees is looked upon as a great relief by many thousands of persons who stood in that position, the broad result of the decision being to leave only the members of the pro visional committee in unincorporated or unformed com panies liable to pay off outstanding liabilities, and these to be recovered by an action at common law against those who originally gave tha orders for work and labour to be done. The decision will go far to render a great many of the orders for winding-up this class of companies either nugatory or unnecessary. " A. FEW WORDS TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. BY ONE OF THEMSELVES."—This is a small pamphlet, put for ward, as it appears to us, for the purpose of inducing the shareholders to put an end to friendly relations with the London and North Western Company, in order to establish relations with rival companies. For this pur pose the writer addresses the shareholders to cancel the existing agreement, to oppose the bill to complete that agreement, and to take steps to construct the branch to Marple, so as to give the North Staffordshire line the means of getting to Manchester independent of the route they at present command through the compact with the London and North Western Company. THE GREAT WESTERN, THE SHREWSBURY AND BIR MINGHAM, AND SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAIL WAYS.—The heads of agreement between the above rail way companies, as far as such articles have yet been set tled, are simply these :—That the Great Western Com pany is, through its connections in London, to procure for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, goods going northwards; and those companies are to give to the Great Western Com pany all their parcels and goods traffic, which will be put on the Grand Junction Canal at Wolverhampton, and carried to Banbury, and transmitted thence to London by the Great Western Railway. A joint traffic committee has been formed for carrying out this arrangement. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Ches ter Companies have each upon it two of their directors to represent their interests, while the Great Western Com pany are represented by four of their own board. There Is not the slightest foundation for the rumour that the Great Western authorities have any intention of offering to guarantee the above lines. BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—The daily papers have for a considerable time detailed circumstances con nected with :the management of the present Telegraph Company, which tend to show that the system of business adopted by that company is, to say the least of it, open to grave objections. Indeed, it is quite obvious that the electric telegraph has not been judiciously confided to the hands of a single company. Various endeavours have been made to break down the monopoly but in vain. Mr. Ilighton, however, at present represents most of the latest improvements in the electric telegraph, and it is with much satisfaction that we remark, in connection with his name, the appearance before the public of the British Electric Telegraph Company, with a share capital of 4000 shares of £25 each. Amongst the directors and gentle men connected therewith, we perceive names of the highest respectability. It will be seen that the present company propose to throw open the advantages of the telegraph to the public on the most economical terms, by which means alone can improvement flourish, or a fair remuneration be obtained for this beautiful invention. We sincerely trust that the public will enter with spirit into the under taking. A new company is absolutely necessary to break down the oppressive charges which at present are a burden upon the public ; and which the old company, in conse quence of their enormous expenses, are unable to reduce : and we know of no gentleman better qualified than Mr. llighton to carry out the mission which he has under taken. Credit is due, moreover, to the manner in xhich the promoters have acted, in not appearing at all before the public until after they have obtained their act of par , liament, which appears to contain the fullest powers, and which will enable the directors at once to proceed vigo rously with the undertaking. Looking at the vari ous ends, at present undeveloped, to which tele graphic communication may yet be made applicable • and to the imperfect manner in which those ends at present attemnted have been carried out, there is every i reason to think that this Company will prove as remune rative to the proprietors as it will be beneficial to the public. In America there are upwards of 20 telegraphic companies, all of which are excellent investments ; and if this result can be arrived at in a country only half- L populated, and where the cost of laying. down the wire is as nearly as possible the same as in this country, and where a message of 20 words is sent 1,700 miles for half a-guinea, surely in busy England, with its daily increasing commerce and resourees, there can be no doubt as to the remunerative character of a company properly managed.— ' Railway Record. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. The High Sheriff of Catpbridgeshire has summoned a county meeting, on Saturday next, at Cambridge. Mr. James. of the local bar, has written a pamphlet to prove that Cardinal Wiseman has been guilty of high treason. The English Cabinet are making inquiries in Switzer land as to the laws which regulate the existence of the Popish Church among them. The Daily News says.—The Queen is said to have been highly dissatisfied with the paragraph of the speech, as drawn up by ministers, relative to the Papal aggression ; her Majesty considered it lukewarm, and framed in such ambiguous terms as might be employed to shuffle through a difficulty instead of expressing the honest feelings of a sovereign and a government insulted in dignity and authority." The Duke of Sutherland has written to say "that he feels regret and indignation at the extraordinary and most ill-advised measure of " Papal aggression," which has proceeded from Rome, and heartily concurs in our deter mination to m intain our civil and religious liberties, ob. tained by the Reformation and confirmed since the Revo lution, and to repel the attempts of any Pope, Cardinal, orDoctor, native orforeign, to assume power in the realm. And he must consider it to be the duty of all good and loyal subjects to do so to the utmost of their power." The Irish ecclesiastical dignitaries in the diocese of Tuam have, it is said, refused to affix their signatures to an address to the Queen from the clergy in that c uarter. Their names are, the Dean of Tuam, the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Plunket, Dean Collins, of Killala, and the Very Rev. Lord Mountmorris, the recently-appointed Dean of Achonry. According to the Limerick Reporter the Bishop of Limerick (Dr. Higgin) was not present at the ?reefing of the clergy of his diocese, held on Thursday, to protest against the usurpations of the Court of Rome. Sir W. Verner and Dr. O'Sullivan met a large body of Orangemen at Bradford, on Wednesday, when addresses were presented to those noble-hearted Protestants. Dr. Burnet expatiated on the valiant deeds of Colonel Verner on the battlefield,in defence of our liberties and how in the Senate-house he had always been found at his post, as in the field, to do his duty. He then referred to the bold stand made by Dr. O'Sullivan in defence of Protestantism and the Irish church. The proceedings throughout were marked with extraordinary enthusiasm. Many clergymen were present. _ A meeting of the county of Montgomery, to resist the Papal aggression, was held on Tuesday. The High She riff presided ; and among the speakers were Earl Powis, Lord Sudeley, Sir W. W. Wynn, &c. The Earl of Powis moved a resolution to the effect hat the act of Dr. Wise man and the Bishop of Rome was an insult to our church and Queen. Lord Sudeley moved, as a rider to the above, that the Tractarians were to blame. Lord Powis opposed this ; and asserted that Lord John Russell would let the session pass without doing anything at all ! Lord Sude ley's amendment was ultimately lost. THE IRISH CHURCH.—An address to the Archbishop of Canterbury has been signed by every prelate of the Irish church—by Dr. Whaely, the Whig Archbishop of Dublin,—by four bishops appointed to their sees by the present government since their last return to office—two of whom were last session their constant, and we some times could not help thinking their not very scrupulous supporters in the House of Lords—and by three other prelates of Whig nomination. Of the twelve prelates of which the Irish episcopate now consists, one archbishop and seven bishops have been nominated by cabinets of which Lord John Russell has been a member. One paragraph of the address is as follows :—" We are deeply impressed with the conviction, that if the excitement now existing in England were to lead to the adoption of any measure calculated to impair the integrity of the united church, or the completeness of the union between the two portions of it, such a proceeding would involve snore real injury to the whole church and to the country, than any acts of the Bishop of Rome or any encroachments from without could possibly effect.' Many of the Roman Catholic clergymen about Bever ley have issued an address in which they state that the restoration of their hierarchy will be prejudicial to their interests unless guarded by limitation. A wooden shed is now being temporarily fitted up in Gateshead, for the celebration of mass and other services of the Romish Church ; the building will be opened in the course of a few days by that very modest functionary the Rev. F. Betham, who recently, by Papal order, styled himself " Parish Priest Elect of Gateshead." A soiree was given at Manchester on Thursday night, at the Albion Hotel, to Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P.,and Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P. It was a substi tute or the usual annual meeting in the Free Trade Hall, which is this year engaged for several weeks to come or until after the meeting of parliament. All three mem bers declared themselves adverse to the agitation respect ing Papal aggression. It appears that in nearly all the new churches which have been built in Westminster within the last 20 years, as well as by some of the parish curates, " the Roma nism, which has brought the Pope's archbishop here, is taught. The doctrines of the Reformation are repudiated ; and the sentiments embodied in the protest from which we derive our common name of Protestants are not only disavowed, but condemned, and that in the most positive manner."—London City Mission. ROMANIST DIVISIONS.—We hear something from time to time about a malcontent party among the Romanists themselves. The seat of disaffection is in the northern counties, particularly in the Beverley district, where a number of clergy are said to have met last week to insist upon their " ancient rights," and remonstrate against the infringement of the prerogative of the Crown. Their wants and wishes are developed by an anonymous writer (said to be a Romanist clergyman of influence) in the Daily News. They are these,--Diocesan Synods, Dio cesan Courts, leave to elect their own Bishops, the right of having their temporal matters decided by Municipal Courts of Law, emancipation from the control of Propa ganda, and a new Statute of Provisors against the inter ference of the Pope. in short, they want a reformation of their whole ecclesiastical system by Act of Parliament. STRATHAVEN AND CARDINAL WISEMAN.—Our readers may perhaps be astonished to learn that this celebrated Cardinal, according to current report, is a regular descend ant of the Wisemans, cheese-dealers, &c., in the town of Strathaven. It is generally reported in the Middle Ward of Lanarkshire—with what proof we know not — that one of the Wisemans adventured as far as Cork about the middle of last century, to try his fortune in Ireland ; that the said Mr. Wiseman took up a cheese and provision-store in Cork; that, by a subsequent mar riage, he became entangled with a Roman Catholic wife; and that the mother, thinking that she was ruling the fate of the boy, sent him to Spain, whencewe have received Car dinal Wiseman. There can be no doubt that Wiseman is nearly a local name, and that it is peculiar to Strathaven. Many of the name are yet cheese-dealers.—Falkirk Herald. _ _ _ POPERY IN ENGLAND.—The Hon. and Rev. G Spen cer, alias " Father Ignatius of St. Paul, Passionist," who has made the " conversion of England" his special voca tion, is on a begging errand in Dublin, in reference to which he has, in an appeal to the Irish Catholics," let out some curious facts. His errand is to beg money for an establishment of the order of Pusionists near London : —" We have a community already settled in the place in an hired house, which we have but for a short time, and which is altogether inadequate in point of size, and almost untenable from its bad condition ; and it is of great im portance that near London we should have an establish ment in which we may be able to carry out the objects of our institute becomingly. We have secured a piece of ground, and the payment for this, together with the ex pense of the necessary buildings on it, will amount at a moderate estimate to £5,000 or £6OOO, which I have to raise through the world." And then, as an excuse for coming to beg of the Irish for an estabishment in England, he states that " the Catholics in England consist, in a proportion vastly preponderating, of Irish people, and these not the wealthiest of Ireland," and that " the body of Catholics in London principally formed of about 200,000 Irish settlers—are, of all great bodies of Catholics in the world, the most destitute of means of religious in struction and care." ROMISH BISHOPS IN IRELAND. — In the leading arti cle of the Globe of the 9th inst. the following passage occurs:—" In Ireland the Catholic hierarchy has main tained its unbroken succession from the days of St. Patrick." The Roman Catholic hierarchy is, of course, what is here meant, and it must be well known to all even moderately acquainted with history, how utterly un founded is this statement. It may, however, be well per haps to repeat that the only hierarchy in Ireland that maintains an unbroken succession from the days of St. Patrick, are the prelates of the established church. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth every bishop in Ireland, with the exception of two, Leverons of Kildare, and Walsh of Meath, conformed to the established religion. Leverons and Walsh were deprived for refusing to take the oath of supremacy. It is remarkable that these two t o h m ei a r n or C d a e t r h s o f li r c om hie a rar fo ch re y ig a n ndclergy bishops were themselves intruders, their predecessors having been deprived because they were married men. t ve ß . source—the in Church of Spain. In order to preserve an episcopate, the Pope sent over McGauran, from Spain to Armagh, in 1598, and " in the see of Dublin there was no Catholic T lr i rlan p d re d s e e r n i bishop from 1559, when Curwen abandoned his faith, until 1600, when Matthew, of Oviedo. a Spanish Francis can, was appointed." From these Spanish ecclesiastics the present Romish bishops derive their orders. O'Sul livan, " Hist. Cath. Iberniae," states that in 1621 there were but two Romish bishops in Ireland, and two others, who resided in Spain. THE ANTI-PAPAL MOVEMENT NOT ONE OF PERSECU TION.—TO our Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen we desire to address a few words, in no unkind spirit. We have no dispute with the Irish peasantry. They are no more responsible for the doings of the Synod of Thurles, than for the proceedings of the Council of Trent. We declare it to be the incumbent duty of all Protestants to labour incessantly for the temporal welfare of our pea santry, and that utterly irrespective of their religion. We agree, for once, with the Tablet, that to dismiss our Roman Catholic domestics on account of the ravings of that incorrigible fanatic, Father Ignatius, would be an act of injustice. Everything which Christianity enjoins we are bound to do for the welfare of our fellow-countrymen. To the Roman Catholic gentry we would put this ques tion—Are you aware of the tyranny which would be ex ercised over you if Drs. Cullen and Mac Hale should succeed in introducing uncontrolled into Ireland the system now existing in . Rome ? Look at Rome—her people rebellious —abhorring the rule of the priest, and laying on the priest's head the ruin of their country. Look at Rome again--she tolerates not one free institu tion at home. Look at Rome abroad—in Italy, wherever there is liberty, as in Piedmont, Itome hates that liberty and curses it ; and wherever, as in Naples, there is ty ranny unchecked, and superstition revolting, Rome loves and blesses both. We claim for you, our fellow-country men, as against the domination of Rome, all the liberty we claim for ourselves. We desire that your thoughts, i your actions, and your studies may be as unsllackled as Jan. 28, 1851. our own. We shall rejoice in your wealth and prosperity. We would not deprive you of any privilege you possess; but we have a right to require, according to the compact entered into when your emancipation was granted, that you will use all your privileges to enjof the blessings and honours of our free constitution—not to subvert it. We desire to stand between you and the Papal system which would crush you first, next ourselves ; and assuredly then, as in Rome, all liberty, all knowledge, and all happiness. Do not, then, misunderstand us as recommending your persecution, or that of any human creature. We contend for your liberty, in contending for our own, and for the maintenance of a constitution which, while preserved irt strength and independence, will save you from a domina tion, of the severity of which you can have but a faint conception. Follow the example of the Premier Duke of England, and we shall be content. The conduct of many Roman Catholic merchants, in the late municipal elec tions for our city, fills us with hope. We cannot believe that our brethren of that faith will prostrate theirreason, their right of judgment, and their liberty of thought and action, at the feet of Dr. Cullen and the Synod of Thurles. If they do, they, not we, are responsible for the evils which will be entailed on Ireland—to be repressed only by the final triumph of Protestantism throughout the country and the empire. —Dublin University Magazine. PROTESTANT MARTYRS, The following are extracts from an old church history:— About the same time and yeare, or not much before, when John Lambert suffered at London, there was one Puttedew also condemned to the fire, about the parts of Suffolke, who comming into the church, and merrily telling the priest that after he haci drunke up all the wine alone, hee afterwards blessed the hungrie people with the emptie chalice, was for the same immediately appre hended, and shortly after burned, leaving to us an experi ment, quam parum sit tutum ludere cum sanclis, as the old saying was then ; but rather, as wee may see now, quam mall tutum sit ludere cum impiis. The other, William Leiton, was a monke of Aye, in the countie of Suffolke, and was burned at Norwich, for speak ing against a certaine idoll which was accustomed to be carried about the processions at Aye ; and also for holding that the sacramentall supper ought to be administered in both kindes, about the yeare and time aforesayd. About the same time also a certain priest was burned at Salisburie, who leaving his papistrie had maried a wife, and became a player in enterludes with one Ramsey and Hewet, which three were all condemned and burned against whom, and specially against Spenser, was laid matter concerning the sacrament of the altar. He suffered at Salisbury. Although this inquisition above-mentioned was meant properly and especially concerning the six articles, yet so it fell out that in short space doubts began to rise, and to be moored by the quest, whether they might enquire as well of all other opinions, articles, and causes of Lollardie, or for speaking against the holy bread, holy water, or for favouring the cause of Barnes, of Frier - Ward, Sir Thomas Rose, &c. Whereupon great purtur bation followed in all parishes almost through London, in the year aforesaid, which was 1541. About the same time John Lougland, bishop of Lin coln, burned two upon one day, the one named Thom. Bernard, and the other James Morton : the one for teach ing the Lord's prayer in English, and the other for keeping the epistle of Saint James translated into English. Bistrirt getus. The Borough Court at Bolton was not opened on Sa turday, week, for want of either prisoners or summonses— a circumstance unparalleled in the municipality. The floors of the warehouse of Messrs. Ormrod and Hardcastle, Pall-mall, Manchester, fell in yesterday week, Fortunately the accident was not attended with serious results On Monday, the tenantry of George C. Legh, Esq., M.P., High Legh, Cheshire, presented Mr. Jas. Hamp son, the agent to Mr. Legh, with a beautiful silver tea service, on his return from a wedding tour. _ Three sailors were drowned at - Lytham, on Sunday week, by the upsetting of a boat which put off from the schooner Hope, for the purpose of making a rope fast to the shore. The assizes will open at Chester on March 29th ; at Mold, March 26th ; at Ruthin, March 22; at Beaumaris, March 19th ; at Carnarvon, March 15th ; and at Bala, March 13. Government have offered a reward of £l5O for the dis— covery of the person or persons who so brutally murdered Mrs. Mary Kinder, on the evening of the 16th instant, at Roads Fold, Chester. The Mayor of Liverpool was entertained at dinner by the Mayor of Manchester on Friday. There were also present the Bishop of Manchester, T. M. Gibson, M.P., A. Henry, M.P., R. Cobden, M.P.. J. Brotherton, M.P., and the Mayors of most of the towns in Lancashire. A MARTIAL RABBI.—One Dr. Schiller Szinessy has just been installed as Rabbi of one of the Synagogues at Man chester. The Doctor comes recommended as a great Canonist having taken an active part in the Hungarian rebellion, and received some severe wounds while fighting on the " popular" side. BLACKBURN.—Mr. Rogerson, the surgeon, who had been charged with disfiguring one of a confederacy of boys who annoyed him by ringing at his door-bell and running away, by branding his forehead with caustic, has been fined £5, and ordered to find sureties. The penalty paid, t and re e: g g n i i v s e a nnce. notice c e e n entered int o. i e n 0 0d . r BONDING IN MANCHEST ER .—Th e C or poration of M o w f a a s t n h i c e m he m T s e t r e d e r a i have a s t u e r l y y determined that at the end of three months the Corporation will throw off a liability to maintain the Customs establishment in Manchester. Doing that gives the Lords of the Treasury power to deprive that town of the privilege of bonding, and both the Mayor and Sir Elkanah Armitago expressed their opinion that that would be the result. The Town-clerk, however, was more san- guine. RATHER TOO Soon.—On Tuesday, at Warrington, s tradesman's wife (not a paragon of mildness or good tem per), who had been ill for a short time, was thought to have breathed her last, and her husband ordered her to be laid out and washed, and the shutters of the shop to be put up ; when, lo ! and behold, on touching her with the water (which was perhaps too warm for a corpse) the wo men were surprised by her sitting rp, and asking them what they were doing—" Did they r can to scald her The women were ordered away, the shutters were taken down, and the old lady still lives.—Blackburn Standard. EDUCATION AT MANCHESTER.—On Wednesday at the National Public School Association. recently founded on the basis of the late Lancashire Public School Assoc:- ation, held its annual meeting, and there was a very large attendance. Mr. Alexander Henry, M.P., the president took the chair. Mr. Cobden in a long speech, moved the following resolution :—" That the present aspect of the educational question gives high testimony to the value of the efforts of this association, and promises a complete and speedy triumph." Mr. Milner Gibson seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Several other speakers also followed. ORANGE DEMONSTRATION IN WIGAN.—On Monday a meeting, called by order of the Grand Committee of Loyal Orangemen in Great Britain, was held in Wigan. The avowed object was to expound the principles of the association, and to take measures for establishing a new lodge in connexion with that body. This step was taken in following up the movement which has lately been car ried on with unprecedented success for diffusing staunch Protestant opinions, and concentrating the scattered sone of the National Church of this country in one compact body, for the purpose of resisting and defeating the last and any future measure of Papal aggression. The spa cious apartment was well filled long before the proceed ings were opened, and shortly after the chair was taken it was densely crowded. Large numbers were una ble to gain admittance. James W. Sylvester, Esq., of the Grange, Westhoughton, was unanimously elected to preside. A deputation of the Grand Committee of the institution was present, consisting of the Rev. S. Fenton, of Wavertree, near Liverpool ; Mr. Thomas Gibson, the Grand Secretary ; Mr. Slater, Presiding Officer of the Stockport District ; Mr. Martin, ditto, of Liverpool Dis trict ; Mr. Rigby, ditto of Chowbent District ; Mr. Reis trick, of Birkenhead ; Mr. Zechariah Jameson, of Ash ton, &c. The Rev. S. Doris, of Wigan, and a number of gentlemen and tradesmen, were accommodated at the head of the room. Many admirable speeches were made. MANCHESTER COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION.-011 MOD.' day, this association held their annual meeting. The meeting was attended bylabout 50 or 60 members of the association. Mr. A. Turner, president, occupied the chair, and in his opening remarks made some important observations upon the operations which private enter prise is at present carrying out in India, along the coast from Tuticorin to Trinchindoor, stating, from informa tion received from Mr. David Lees, a member of that body, who was at present engaged in personally superin tending the growth of cotton from the New Orleans or Mexican seed, that it can be produced at 2V. per lb., and, after deducting all charges in its transit to Liverpool from Trichindoor, will only cost 4d. per lb. Samples of this cotton were recently exhibited in Manchester, and declared to be worth Id. per lb. After making other re marks, he called upon Mr. Fleming, the secretary, to read the report, from which it appeared that the directors during the past year had been engaged in the following subjects :—Trade of Siam, tea duties, Birkenhead Docks, Ten hours Bill, Mr. Bowker on the West Indies, Lord John Russell on his visit to Manchester, Danish ports on the west coast of Africa, Manchester Custom-house, bankruptcy law in reference to the remuneration of official ass i gn ees, Australian mails, Port Natal, Gibraltar trade, cotton cultivation of India, &c. The meeting having been addressed by Messrs. Clegg, W. Gibb, Lees, and M- Ross, in moving the election of the several officers for the ensuing year, with the usual vote of thanks, the proceed ings terminated. We are informed by a gentleman of Ruabon, that snow is lying there two feet thick. The hills at Burnie,' aro also covered with snow. SHORT-HAND WRITERS IN CHURCH.—On Wednesdal two assault cases were brought before the Magistrates of Devonport, by two reporters of the Plymouth Journal, who had attended at St. Stephen's district Church to take notes of a sermon, contrary to the wishes of the preacher, and were interfered with by a member of the congregation. After a five hours' hearing, the magis trates dismissed the first, and adjourned the second case• Two HORSES KILLED BY FEEDING ON WHEAT. On the night of Wednesday week, owing to the negli gence of his servant man, four horses belonging to Mr. Joseph Dines, who resides at Odell, but whose farm is at Risely, got into the barn and fed on the wheat, which was 15ing on the floor. The man never informed his master of the circumstance till Thursday evening week, when the horses were taken ill. The most powerful remedies were applied ; but, unfortunately, it was too late to he of any avail i❑ the case of two of them, as they died the next (lay. The other two, after suffering great agony, are recovering. The two which died were valuable animals, one being as excellent brood mare.—Bradford