The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. It is stated that the Chinese have concluded a com mercial treaty with the Americans upon the same terms as that with England. Dr. Lardner was stated, by the last accounts, to be at Saratoga, a fast ionable American watering place, writing letters for the New York Herald. NAPLES.—An approaching eruption of Mount Vesu vius is feared, from the crater being full of burning lava, and the surrounding springs quite dry. THE OLDEST MINISTER IN THE WORLD.—The Rev. Mr. Harvey, a baptist clergyman, 109 years of age, is still living at Frankfurt, New York, and is engaged every Sabbath in his profession ! AN UNFORTUNATE PURCHASE.—An Antwerp jour rtal states, that the British Queen will again be put up for sale, and that if there should not be a bidding to the amount of the estimate fixed by the Government survey ors, she will he broken up, and her materials be employed in the construction of gun-boats. YEAR CLOCKS.—A New York paper states that Mr. Crane, of Newark, has invented a clock which goes for a whole year, without being wound up more than once. The improvements of the inventor consist in the novelty, yet simplicity of the movements. There are but four principal wheels. WoLFF.—A letter received from Constantinople, dated September 19 :—says, " I have this instant received a letter from Persia, saving. Wolff writes from Bnkhara, dated July 24 The Ameer has returned from Kohhan, and presented me with a dress of honour, a horse and one hundrAl tomauus, and I hope to set out in a few days for Persia.' " It appears by a letter from Vienna, of the 20th ult., that the Emperor of Austria has positively ordered the suppression of lotteries in his states from the Ist of Ja• nuary next. The persons who keep the lottery-offices, and whose appointments were all for life, are to receive a small pension and a sum of money out of the profits of the lotteries for the present year. DEATH OF AN INDIAN CHlEF.—Jocosot, the Sank chief, who was presented to Queen Victoria, and her Royal Court, a few weeks since, died of consumption, on the 3rd inst., in Cleveland, Ohio, far from home and relatives, but kindly provided for by a benevolent family residing in Cleveland. He was 35 years of age. There is every reason to believe he died of consumption, brought on by the dissipations of civilised life.—New York Sun. MURDER OF AN ENGLISHMAN AT CALAIS.—On Sun week a medical gentleman, named Thorne, was assas- It i .at Calais, by M. Sullier, who is at the head of e passport department. The two had been drinking together, and they were seen through the window of Sullier's office as if at play, when Dr. Thorne was observed to fall, and was soon afterwards discovered mortally wounded. He died in a few seconds. Sullier has been anew ed. THE BIBLE IN SARDINIA.—An officer in the Royal Navy, in a letter to the Record, states that in making a tour of the great Alps round Mont Blanc, with his family, they were " stopped by the Custom-house officers at St. Bemis (the first town you meet with on entering the dominions of the King of Sardinia), where our Bible and Book of Family Prayer were taken from us, telling us at the same time, they were all Christians there, and that no book was allowed admission into the dominions of the King of Sardinia that was against Christianity. We told them it was the word of God. They replied, it was writ ten by the Protestants. We rejoined that it was a correct translation of the Word of God from the Hebrew and the (reek. They replied that the Bible was altogether a prohibited book, especially the Protestant Bible. We demanded of them to show their authority for seizing our English Bible, which, we said, was for the use of our family ; they then showed us the copy of a circular to the effect, dated the 18th of August last, written in Italian. It was that day month (the 18th of September) they seized our Bible. Seeing that it was in vain to make any further resistance, we demanded of them a receipt for our books, which they handed to us. We left them our address at Geneva, in case the stir made about the in justice and ecclesiastical tyranny of the transaction night "b induce the authorities to return our hooks, which 1 am harpy to say they did, as we found our Bible, &c., again at G: nova in about ten days after. I have since met with an English family who have had their Bibles taken from them, but as they made no resistance, and have demanded no receipt, they have no hope of recovering them again ; I find also the practice is continued of seizing every 111 Bible they can lay their hands on." THE FRENCH AND TAHITIANS.—Long since Rome saw with dislike the Protestant cause spreading in Tahiti ; ad even in 1825 some fears were entertained there of me interference by the Jesuits, for in that year Queen rnare wrote to George the Fourth "soliciting the Bri tish protection, and asking his Majesty to regard them with kindness for ever." Mr. Canning, in reply, declined to comply with the request, but promised to afford " to yourself and to your dominions all such protection as his Majesty can grant to a friendly power at so remote a dis tance from his own kingdoms." The dethronement of Charles X., and the expulsion of the elder Bourbons, for a time dashed all the ambitious projects of the Jesuits, and for a time Tahiti enjoyed peace and quiet. But this was not long to continue, and in 1837, a letter was received by Lord Palmerston, informing him that in direct contra vention of the laws of Tahiti, there were several French men .. deg er mincd tr, land ...a .--.;.: .. 4A. z.,a......2 ... .ri. man Catholic missionaries." The law was quoted in this communication, viz., " That no master or commander of a vessel shall land any passenger without the special per mission of the government." Lord Palmerston ought immediately to have taken means to prevent collision im pending, in consequence of the refusal to admit the priests in 1836. Instead of this, he wrote a dry official letter to Mr, Consul Pritchard. 19th July, 1837, in which he says : Of course every government has a right to refuse to any foreigners permission to reside within its dominions, if the presence of such foreigners is considered hurtful to the State; but if no such reason exists for requiring foreigners to depart, it is contrary to the usual rules of international hospitality to force them to leave a country in which they may wish to take up their abode, provided they do not infringe the laws of the lands." Accordingly the plot thickened,' and on the 30th August, 1838, a French frigate, commanded by M. Dupetit Thouars, together with two other corvettes arrived, and demanded, in the name of Louis Philippe, 2000 dollars as reparation " due to a great Power and a VALIANT nation, gravely insulted, and without provocation." It was after this attack that Queen Pomare and her chiefs once more appealed to Great Britain in a very touching letter. Lord Palmerston, how ever declined to its request, and the next step was to send popish missionaries and pick a quarrel with the natives. Their next step was, after waiting to observe how Lord Palmerston would act, to send a buccaneering squadron 'and plunder the Queen. The third act in the drama was to declare that Tahiti was to be under a protectorate. The next act was to declare that Pomare had " ceased to reign," and the final act was to expel Mr. Pritchard, and in so doing deprive the English missionaries of all official pro tection, and leave Tahiti in the hands of the Jesuits and the unprincipled invaders. Such was the state to which Tahiti had been reduced, when the natives goaded to mad. ness took up arms on behalf of their outraged rights and liberties. The Queen sought and found protection on board an English vessel of war. But the French have paid dearly for their cruelty. Every account that arrives, serves to augment, rather than diminish the number of the slain. The natives fought most gallantly, and defended their intrenchrnents with no little skill. The French state that they were assisted or instructed by Englishmen, which is not improbable, but it would also appear that but for a recreant Englishman the French would have been still more roughly handled. Their suctet,s has been very dubious, and had not the individual in question dis covered to them an unguarded pass, their defeat would have been inevitable.—Record. ROUTE TO INDIA. A little pamphlet, emanating from Mr. Waghorn, has recently been published, which contains, in a concise form, much information necessary for travellers to India by the overland route. Three routes are indicated, namely, that by the steamers of the Peninsula and Orien tal Company ; that through France by steamers from Marseilles direct to Alexandria, or stopping at Civita Vecchia ; and that by Ostend, up the Rhine on to Trieste, and thence to Alexandria. Every step to be taken in each case is circumstantially pointed out, with the corres ponding expenses exactly calculated • and tables are added, which will be found of great utility in showing the arrival and departures of French steam-packets in the different ports of the Mediterranean, with the distances, fares, and rates of postage, &c. set forth in a very com plete manner. Similar information is given as regards Lloyd's packets trom Trieste, and all the latest regula tions respecting the Bombay Government steamers. Ap pended to the " Guide" portion of the little work are some practical observations on the state of the arrange ments-for forwarding the overland mail, and suggestions for its acceleration, which, coming from one who has so large an experience on the subject, and has done so much towards the establishment of the present system, are entitled to attention. The proposal made by Mr. Wag born for the acceleration of the mail is, that on the Calcutta line the East India Company should set aside one of the steamers to run between Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon, Aden, and Suez, in those months when the Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamers do not, until a third steamer is put upon the line by that company, ac cording to their agreement. On the Bombay line it is suggested that the departures should take place on the 26th and 11th of every month, and the eight steamers of the East India Company, which are named as being avail able, should be devoted to the service, and divide between Bombay and Aden, those at Aden to be in readiness to take the mail on immediately to Suez to prevent stoppage for coal. It is further proposed that the mails be for warded at once in .he quickest way, without reference to passengers,to Alexandria. whence Her Majesty's steamers, warned 12 hours in advance of thd' arrival of the mail by the Pasha's telegraph, should convey them straight to Marseilles, the stoppage at Malta being dispensed with, except in cases of adverse weather. The transmission of letters and passengers by th e P en i nsula an d O r i enta l C o mpany via Southampton, would continue as before, touching at Malta and Gibraltar. By such means it is calculated nearly 10 days would be gained, and 11 times out of 12 the letters would arrive in England in time to be answered by the ensuing mail. With regard to the China line, the writer of the pam phlet recommends the adoption of the plan propo se d by Air. Wise, a gentleman wh o has dev oted much ti me to the subject. A table is the course to b e given laying t a ken by steamers, starting from Hong Kong and touching at Pulo Laboan, Singapore, Malacca , Penang, Ceylon, and thence to Aden and Suez, pursuing the usualroute of the overland mail. The route thus laid do wn, it i s calculated, may be performed, all stoppages included, in 59 days, and this interval of time will neser be affected by the mon soons, as they do not at any period become. advei se winds. y A new overland route is also pointed out vin Trieste, by which the mails may be transported in case of any in terruption of the transit through France, and that in a shorter period of time, Mr. Waghorn's calculation being that the journey from London to Egypt may be thus per formed in 9 days 8 of an hours. The concluding observations of the pamphlet are de voted to the railway from Suez to Cairo, which it warmly upholds, and strongly deprecates the interruption whi:111 it has met with from political motives, as the benefits it would confer, not only on the native populations in short ening the time and expense of their pilgrimages, but on ourselves by saving a day in each transit, are paramount. It is stated that 33 miles of rails are now in Egypt, hav ing been imported from England by the late Galloway Bey, to whom the execution of the project was intrusted, but who died, unfortunately, in the midst of his labours. The reason assigned for the stoppage of this railway is somewhat startling. We give it in Mr. Waghorn's own words, and purposely refrain from comment : . . " The question is, why should the Pasha be stopped going on with this railway? Because France is jealous of it, and England will not permit him, although he has repeatedly applied, throujh officials, to do this beneficial work to his own countrymen (pil grims), who now take three days, on camels, to cross that desert, on their way to and from Mecca, when they might easily go in four hours on a railway." IRELAND. The Irish repeal rent for the twenty weeks ending with the 7th instant, amounted to £28,303, being an average of £1,415 per week. The highest week was that ending June 17, when it amounted to £3,380. The Limerick Board of Guardians have resigned their offices en masse, in consequence of the 41st article of the Poor Law commissioners depriving the guardians of any control over the clerk. THE SHINBONE INVESTIGATION. — This investigation bas at length been brought to a close. Brophy, one of the policemen implicated, has been suspended. No de cision has as yet been come to with respect to the other parties; but, we understand Mr. Parker has been or dered not to leave town.—Dublin Mail. A BANKRUPT CORPORATION. — The Cork Constitution of Saturday states, that the councillors of that body (a radical clique) have the " liberal" sum of Eleven Pence Halfpenny in hand, (would'nt some charitable individual drop them four of the new half-farthings to make up the shilling ?) their debts amounting to Ten Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Two Pence ! DEATH OF THE LADY HEYTESBURY.-011 Sunday evening week the death-bells of St Audoen's, Dublin, announced the melancholy intelligence of the demise of her Excellency the Baroness Heytesbury, an event for wlych the public must have been prepared. Her excel lency breathed her last at 25 minutes before four o'clock on Sunday. The late baroness was second daughter of the late Hon. William Henry Bouverie, and grand daughter to the Earl of Radnor : she was born in 1783. BALLINASLOE FAlR.—This most important fair—the largest in the kingdom—was held last week, and appears to have gone off well. "On the whole," says a report, " the prices of wedder sheep, although a little lower, were remunerative and demand good ; yet the expectations of holders have been in many instances disappointed, but considering the scarcity of winterage, decidedly remunera tive prices were obtained; but contrasting money paid for stores in May last, the return did not meet the antici pations. Breeding eyes went off freely at an advance of trona 4s. to ss. over last year's prices. Scarcely any good sheep remain unsold ; there were 6.000 more exhibited than in 1843. Good beef went off briskly. DREADFUL MURDER.—The Sabbath evening has again been chosen by the assassin to commit his deed of blood in the county of Tipperary, and the victim who has fallen a sacrifice on this occasion gave no offence beyond the fact that he had some connexion with land. It appears that on Sunday night week, David Maxwell, under agent to Mr. David La Touche, was in his own house in Iker rin, which is only a mile from Roscrea ; the room he had been sitting i❑ was on the ground floor, and he was in the act of undressing himself in order to go to bed, when he was fired at, and a ball passed through his back, and lodged in the left breast. The poor man was promptly attended to, but after lingering a short time in great agony he died yesterday. No clue has yet been obtained to lead to the detection of the murderer.—Dublin Paper. ELOPEMENT.—On Saturday night week, a young and interesting female, Miss Catherine Cleary, eloped from the residence of her father, a wealthy farmer at Coolrush, Tipperary, with a young farmer named Sherlock. They drove off in a car to a relative at Miitown, near Banagher. On the Monday following, at a very early hour, two armed horsemen (relations of the lady) dashed up to the locus in quo of the lovers, and the house being soon afterwards surrounded by a large party of " Tipperary boys," armed with sticks, pitchforks, &c., the garrison, after some re sistance, was compelled to surrender, and the lady was taken away vi et armis. Her sobs and tears were una vailing, and as she was led forth she cast a last fond lock at her " gallant Lothario." BARBAROUS MURDER.—The Cork Constitution of Thursday gives the report of an inhuman barbarity. which, in the mitigated vocabulary of agrarian crime, is called an " atrocious outrage," but which, in the common language of indignant human nature, would, anywhere but in Ireland, lie termed a series of barbarous murders. Out or a ramuy or six—a rawer, motner, one son, ana three daughters—upon whom the general onslaught was perpetrated by a gang of armed miscreants, the son has died of his wounds, and but little hopes of life remain for the motber and one of the daughters; the father's skull was fractured ; and he and the two daughters who are likely to survive, were left by the murderers to all ap pearance dead. And this forsooth is—an agrarian out ' rage.—Dublin REPEAL ASSOCIATION. — The Conciliation Hall, at the usual weekly repeal meeting yesterday week, was almost deserted ; nevertheless the rent took a rise, and amounted to £630. The principal speaker was Maurice O'Connell, who, in tha course of his address, whilst speaking of the magic effects produced by love of country, related an il lustrative anecdote. " Father O'Shaughnessy," said be, " was tcavelli g in France, and happened to be called upon to read prayers over a man that was possessed by a devil. Well, he did so, and the devil was expelled, but on leaving the man he just said—' Why, then, Father O'Shaughnessy, would it not be better for you to stay at home in Ireland with your own flock than to be turning me out of my home here ? " Well,' says Father O'Shaughnessy, when I heard the fellow speaking of old Ireland, I could not help loving him—bad luck to him !' " The hon. M.P. promised a long letter from his father at the next meeting. UNIVERSITY 4 - CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD, OCT. 10.—In congregation holden this day, being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor in Civil Law—Rev. J, Marsh, Fellow of New College. Masters of Arts.— Rev, J. De Lasaux Simmonds, St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. A. Peache, Wadham College. Bachelors of Arts.—B. E. Watkins, Wadharn ; C. Cutcliffe. Magdalen flail ; A. F. Stopford, Balliol ; F. B. Pryor, Fellow of New Col lege ; F. Phillott, St. John's. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 10.—Trinity Fellowships.—The fol lowing are the successful candidates announced this day : —Fenn, Clark. Bowring, Hadley. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 11.—At a congregation to-day the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor of Divinity. —Charles Paglar, St. John's College. Masters of Arts. John Tagg, Pembroke College; Martin Stephen Cole, Christ's College. Bachelors of Arts.—Charles Auber, Trinity College; James Bell, Catherine Hull; Robert Warner Wheeler, Jesus College. OXFORD VICE-CHANCELLORSHIP.—The election of Vice-Chancellor for the ensuing year took place on Tues day, and the unprecedented influx of members of Convo cation fully justified the anticipations which had been formed of its importance. On no occasion, since the memorable defeat of Sir. R. Peel, in 1829, has such ex citement prevailed among the electoral body of Alma Mater. The proceedings commenced about half. past one o'clock, when the usual forms were gone through, and the Chancellor's letter, nominating Dr. Symons as Vice chancellor, was read. Upon the" assent" of the masters being demanded to the nomination, the cry of " placet " was answered by that of " non-placet," and a scrutiny was demanded. The voting, owing to the immense num bers present, occupied a considerable time, and, at the end, it appeared that the numbers stood thus—placets, 882; non-placets, 183. The Vice-Chancellor and his successor then addressed the Convocation. This weighty condemnation of Tractarianism, will, we hope, prevent for some time to come that body so unnecessarily and wantonly disturbing the peace of the university. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. F. Wood ward. 8.A.. to the curacy of St. Woollos.—Rev. W. H. Twyning, B A., to the curacy of Roatb.—Rev. W. S. Chapman, B.A, to the vicarage of Kemble, Wilts, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Goddard.—Rev. W.Clement son, A. 8., to the curacy of St. Paul's, Nottingham.— Rev. W. Adamson, late curate of Slinfold, to the incum bency of St. Augustin's church.—Rev. W. P. Babington, 8.A., to the assistant curacy of Great Yarmouth.—Rev. W. J. Clayton, 8.D., to the vicarage of Ickleton, Cam bridgeshire.—Rev. G. R. Harding, L.L.8., to the curacy of Rodney Stoke, Somerset.—Rev. T. Hare, B A., to be assistant curate of Yeovil, Somerset. —Rev. S. Pagan, B.A. to the new district of Leverbridge. Bolton-le-Moors. —Rev. W. B. Flower, 8.A., curate of Knutsford , Cheshire , to be chaplain to the workhouse, Nether, Knutsford.— Rev. H. Faulkner, 8.A., to the curacy of Stroud, Glon cestershire.—Rev. H. F. Atherley. M.A., to the curacy of Upper Beeding. Sussex.—Rev. A. F. Halt, M.A., to the vicarage of Arundel, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. J. Parsons.—Rev. F. F. Hole, 8.A., to the curacy of She pton, Mallet.—Rev. H. T. Lee, B.A. to the curacy of Wenvoe, Glamorganshire.—Rev. W. G. Tucker, 8.A., to be chaplain to H.M. ship Albion. The munificent sum of one thousand pounds has been bequeathed by the Rev. H. T. Barnwell, of Bury St. Ed. mund's, lately decea-ed, to the institution for the indi gent blind at Norwich. CALCUTTA CATHEDRAL. — The Bishop of Calcutta, in a letter to the secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, dated May 3d. 1844, states that the tower of the new Cathedral at Calcutta " is now raised to the first tiers of stones above the lancet win dows about ninety feet from the plane of site, and pre sents a most commanding object. The internal scaffold ing of the lantern is being removed with the centering, to allow of the stones being elevated with greater ease mon t months, than th e y cou ld from the outs i de. The b u ildi ng h as not settled ,s 1 more o that , r telet h o a r n tn h ornamental wallsu n a t a r i t o quarter being r f of an inch in the last six e choir n g safean and fromt r ep tswill soon disturb ance. Up to April Ist, we had expended 209,028 C. ru pees, 13 anal, 5 pice, about 1;21,000—not more than we expec.ed." The Rev. C. J. Plainer, vicar of Norton, has presented the sum of five hundred pounds to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. NEW CHURCHES.—On 30th ult. the Bishop of Salisbury consecrated a new church at Westbury, Wilts; on the Ist instant, Horningsham Church ; on the 2d, !he Church of Codford St. Mary ; and on the 3d, the parish church of Newton Tony,--all in the same county. It is stated that the Rev. Mr. Ward, of Baliol College, has been removed from the office of chaplain, which he held in Baliol College, retaining the emoluments of his fellowship. We are informed that the rev. gentleman has also been prohibited officiating in the diocese of Lon don.—Oxforri Chronicle. A CONVERT TO THE CHURCII.—The Rev. J. Kelly who has been for a number of years a dissenting preacher at an Independent meeting-house, Wakefield, where he has always had a large congregation, has just been or dained by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, and licensed to the Curacy of Wakefield. HARROW SCHOOL.—Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon the Rev. Dr. "Wordsworth, head master of this institution, the prebenJal stall in Westminster vacant by the death of the Venerable Archdeacon Bayley. An annual residence of three months being required, Dr. Wordsworth resigns his present post, which therefore be comes vacant at the end of the present year. The present head-master has held this important station since Easter, 1836, his predecessor, Dr. Longley, having been then elevated to the episcopal bench, and being now Bishop of Ripon. That right rev. preate had held the office of head-master of Harrow for seven years, having succeeded the present Very Rev. the Dean of Peterborough, Dr. Butler who had occupied the same position twenty-four years. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Carus Wilson, the well known solicitor, has been imprisoned by the Royal Court of Jersey, for contempt of Court. In a libel case tried before them he appears to have protested against some of the Judges on the ground of personal animosity. He was sentenced to pay a fine of £lO and to beg pardon of the Court. Having declined compliance he was in consequence incarcerated. RECKLESS PROFLIGACY.—At the final examination, in the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday se'nnight, of Henry Jecks Dixon and John Dixon, Kidderminster, carpet manufacturers, it appeared that the latter had in four years lost no less than £2413 lOs by betting at races, and £213 Gs on opera admissions. Other instances of extravagance and profligacy were proved, and the further hearing of the bankrupt's case was adjourned till the 2nd of December. Henry Dixon, upon whom no imputation was made, was discharged. ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS.—An important judgment was recently pronounced by the Vice- Chancellor of England in the case of "Bush and Co., v. Shipman and Co. The plaintiffs are hop-merchants in the borough, and bad had dealings with John Shippam, a grocer of Mansfiad, of whose estate and effects the de fendants were assignees under a deed of assignment. Some time before the assignment the insolvent bought a quantity of hops from the plaintiffs,, but which were in the possession cf the plaintiffs at the time the assignment was made. Three months ft om the date of the assign ment was the time limited for creditors to come in and take the benefit of it; but some time after the expiration of the three months, the plaintiffs sold the hops in their possession, passed the proceeds to the credit of Shippam's account, and then sought the benefit of the assignment for the difference. but on the assignees refusing to allow their claim, they filed their bi 1. After hearing the case the vice-chancellor said that both on the substance and merits of the case the plaintiffs could not recover as they were clearly not entitled to their security, and at the same time take she benefit of their deed. That point had been decided in " Cullingworth v. Lloyd," (2 Beavan 385) and was to govern this case. The plaintiffs were, therefore, condemned in costs. IMPORTANT TO SCOTCH AND IRISH CREDITORS OF ENGLISH BANKRUPTS.—Tuesday, in the Bankruptcy Court, in the case of 1). of Chambers-street, City, merchant, a point of some importance to the credi tors of English and Scotch bankrupts was decided on the proof of the Clydesdale Banking Company. who were creditors of the bankrupts to the amount of £l,lOO. The solicitors to the fiat objet ed to the proof On the ground that the affidavit was sworn before a Master Extraordinary in Chancery, whereas the act required that where persons reside out of England, it should be sworn before a mazis trate, and attested by a notary public. The learned Com missioner Evans held this to be the legal mode of proceed ing, and the proof was rejected. An assignee was then chosen, but before the close of the meeting, the solicitor to the bank said, that in searching fur cases, he found that by the 6th and 7th Vict., c. 42, the power of Masters in Chancery to take affidavits was extended to Scotland and Ireland. The learned Commissioner said, it was quite a new thing to appoint Masters of the Court of Chancery of England in those places, and he certainly never heard of their power to take these affidavits. On perusing the act, however, he found such was the case. The proof was ad mitted, and a power of attorney was put in to vote for the choice of assig: ees, but the power bad not got the seal of the company, and was held to be incomplete. THE CO orq.eim—E SVO RLD. LOUIS PHILIPPE IN ENGLAND. Yesterday week, at half-past six o'clock, p.m., his Ma jesty the King of the French embarked at Treport, on his long expected visit to her Majesty Queen Victoria. His Majesty was accompanied by his son, the Duke de Mont pensier, and a host of distinguished persons attached to the French court. The Queen was deeply affected at his Majesty's departure, being her first separation from the King since their marriage. All the population of the place turned out to see the King's departure, and every house was illuminated ; nor was it only the houses that were lighted up, but a very curious effect was produced by the illumination of the whole line of the pier. along which were placed flambeaux arid lamps. In this work the fishermen's wives took a prominent part. for on them was conferred the honour of lighting his Majesty as he walked from his carriage along the stand t 9 the small barge which was manned to convey him aboard the Gower. It may easily be conceived that about 50 of these women marshalled in a line as regular as soldiers, and each antra with a large and flaming flambeau, must, combined with their peculiar costume, have given a very striking appearance to the scene. About day break on Tuesday the squadron approached the English coast, arid the inhabitants of Portsmouth were early on the look-out for it. It was contrived that a sort of fleet, as it were, formed of the squadron of experimen tal gun-brigs and one or two ships-ot the line, and some otter vessels, should, by stretching out for some miles off the harbour in the direction of the French coast, at once act as heralds of the approach of the french vessels, and as a sort of escort to his Majesty up the harbour. Oppo site the Victoria Pier his Majesty stopped the steamer, arid retired to the saloon, where the Mayor and Corpora tion of Portsm uth presented his Majesty with an address to which his Majesty replied, and in the course of conver sation afterwards with them, his Majesty feelingly alluded to his former visit to Portsmouth many years ago. He remembered the various objects ofattracton , and recollected the dock -1 and well, though it was then called the Naval Col lege. The King to on after returned on deck, and was vociferously cheered by the populace assembled on every available piece of ground. At Cold Harbour,whichthesquad ron reached at halt-past trine, they awaited the arrival of Prince Atbsrt, but nearly an hour elapsed after the king's steamer took up her moorings before his Royal Highness arrived. At twenty mutates past ten the Prince ent-red the yard and stepped into his barge, loudly cheered by the spectators, who thronged in the boats that covered the harbour. Immediately behind the Prince was the Duke of %‘ ellington, and, as he descended the steps, a cry was raised of " a cheer for the Duke," to which a deafening response was given. Thi Duke wore his Field Marshal's uniform : but the Prince was dressed in plain clothes (black), with a white hat end crape band. When the Prince stepped on the deck of the Gower his Majesty hastened with cage - roes; to greet him, and not only shook him heartily by the fund in a manner which denoted a most friendly feeling, but saluted him on both cheeks, after the French fashion. The Prince returned the King's welcome with equal warmth, though his demonstrations of amity were confined exclusively to the English style. The greetings of the King and Prince had scarcely con cluded when the Duke of Wellington came on board the Gower. His Majesty Louis Philippe instantly recognized him, and seizing both his hands in his, shook them cor dially, addressing the Duke at the same time in terms of the most friendly impel. The French King, Prince Al bert, and the Duke of Wellington, remained uncovered during their mutual salutations. The royal party then landed amidst every demonstra tion of applause, and the King and Prince Albert walked up the yard, followed by the Duke, M. Guizot, &c., &c., to the carriages in waiting, which they entered, and drove off at a rapid rate to the railway station. They here set off in a special train to Farnborough Station, where car riages were in waiting, in which they immediately set off towards Windsor. Here every preparation was made for the reception of the Kingly visitor, her Majesty, in her anxiety, having descended into the grand vestibule at which the cortege was to enter, some minutes before the carriages drove up. At a quarter-past two the escort swept rapidly round the quadrangle and formed in front, whilst the first carriage, containing the King, Prince Al bert, the Duke de Montpenaier, and M. Guizot, drove under the portico. At this moment Queen Victoria ad vanced to the threshhold, and in the most cordial maser extended her arms, whilst Louis Philippe end the Prince descended from the carriage. Their Majesties embraced most affectionately at the moment of meeting, and the three principal personages advanced at once into the ves tibule, the French monarch bestowing his cordial smiles and greetings upon Sir R. Peel, the Earl of Liverpool, the Hon. George Anson, and others of the Royal bonerhold with whom he was familiarly acquainted. The Duke de Montpensier and Admiral de Meeker] escorted the Duch ess of Kent, arid the Royal ear y, followed by the Minis ters and suites of both the Monarchs, proceeded at once up the grand staircase, where, turning to the left, the Queen conducted her guest to the apartments which were occupied by his I mper:al ajesty during lisvisit. Toe whole ceremonial was so entirely of a domestic arid social nature as almost to disarm description, and to reduce its narra tion to a mere statemer:t of the facts. But there was ne vertheless such a heartiness both in the welcome and tee appreciation of it on the part of the Royal guest as to ren der an attempt to convey a true idt a of the scene at least p4rdonlble. Having installed the King in his apartments her Majesty and the Prince Consort' withdrew until the hour of luncheon. At eight o'clock the Royal visitors were summoned to dinner, which was served in her Ma jesty's private dining-room, covert being laid for the prin cipal persons only of their !Majesties' suites. Her Ma je3ty occupied the centre of the table, the King being seated on her left. The Earl of Liverpool officiated at the north end of the table. The gorgeous wine -cooler, con structed for George IV., stood on a pedestal in front of their Majesties. Whilst the repast was proceeding, the private band of her Majesty performed in an apartment immediately connected with. but not visible from, the di ning-room, several of the compositions of the most distin guished masters. - On Wednesday morning the Duke de Montpensier quitted the Castle, for London, in a carriage and four; and in the afternoon the King of the French promenaded on the south terrace of the Castle, accompanied by her Majesty and Prince Albert, and afterwards the royal party visited St. George's Chapel, Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel, the Royal Aviary, and afterwards drove to Frogmore Lodge, the residence of the Duchess of Kent. After their return to the Castle, the royal party inspected some of the principal domestic offices of the Castle on the ground, passing through the confectionery room, the kitchen, and the gilt room. At seven o'clock a grand dinner was given in St. George's Hall, in honour of the royal visitor. The magnificent service of gold plate was used on the occasion. The Queen was seated at the north side of the table, be tween his Majesty and the Duke de Montpensier. Op posite was seated Prince Albert between the Countess St. Aulaire and Lady Charlotte Dundas. Amongst the com pany, sixty-five in number, were the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, M. Guizot, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, the Duke of Buccleugb, Mar quis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, Lord and Lady Wharn cliffe, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir James and Lady Graham, Sir George Murray, &c. The quietness of the castle is in no degree disturbed by the presence of King Louis Philippe, who, it appears, is best complimented by being suff red to remain entirely at his ease. After breakfast, on Thursday, the new char- a -bane, presented by his Majesty to the Queen, was brought into the grand , quadrangle, and the royal party set out for a driv e , v i a Sunbury, to Twickenham, and thence through Bushy Park to Hampton Court. After wards they repaired to Claremont, where luncheon was provided. In the evening a banquet, on the same scale of magnificence as that of the previous evening was given, the additions to the guests being the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg, and the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. In the middle of the table opposite to the royal circle was the " St. George candelabrum," exhibiting the com bat of St. George and the Dragon, forming a most con spicuous and magnificent central ornament, being far su perior in size to the other candelabra and epergnes. With this exception, and also two of the " Hesperides" candelabra, which were placed near each end of the table, the entire plateau was formed of epergnes supporting flowers. On both sides of the plateau were a row of can delabra filled with waxlights, lighting the royal banquet in the most brilliant manner. The table was also orna mented with the splendid service of gold plate, including vases, wine-coolers, and large dishes, all of them of the most elegant forms, and richly chased and sculptured. In front of the west sideboard was placed the head and front paws of the royal tiger couchant, which formerly supported the canopy of the throne of the Sultan of My sore, and was taken at the storming of Seringapatam. The eyes, tusks, and claws of the figure are of rock crys tal, the rest of the bead and paws are covered with plates of pure gold. The state standards of Tippoo Sultan, also captured at the storming of Seringapatam, were placed over the tiger's head, and on each side were can. delabra filled with wax lights, ornamented with Oriental figures and emblems. The east sideboard contained a number of large and handsome shields, salvers, urns, vases, statuettes, tankards, and vases of gold, brilliantly illuminated with candelabra and sconces. _ _ _ On Friday morning the royal party took a drive after an address had been presented to his Majesty by the Mayor and Corporation of V‘ incisor. After their return to the Castle a chapter of the most noble order of the Garter was held, at which his Majesty was duly created a knight of the order with every solemnity. In the after noon the royal party rode out to the grounds of Virginia Water. The lake was studded with pleasure- boats and barges, and the Victoria and Royal Adelaide frigate, both of which were gaily bedecked with flags and ensigns, floated proudly in the midst. Having v sited the water fall, the or namental ruins, the Belvedere, and the other attractions of this delightful spot, the royal party re turned to the Castle at a quarter to six o'clock. let the evening a banquet upon a scale of unusual magnificence took place in St. George's Hall. Covers were laid for 160 guests, and nearly all the treasures of the Castle in plate and plateaux, candelabra. goblets, vases, &c. were displayed on the table and buffets at either end of the hall. Previously to entering the hall, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were presented to the King of the French in the drawing-room by the Duchess of Kent. It is said that the infant Prince gazed with some astonishment at one of the beef -eaters, who was on duty in his state livery at the entrance of the apartment, and called out " Who is that great man there ?" in a tone that almost upset the gravity of the distinguished circle. On Saturday a deputation from the Corporation of London proceeded from the Guildhall to "Windsor to pre trnt an address to his Majesty Louis Philippe. The members of the deputation and attendants occupied 13 carriages. His Majesty received the deputation at two o'clock, and replied very graciously to the address. A short time after the deputation left, the royal party paid a visit to Eton College, where the boys, to the amount of 700, were assembled in the quadrangle, and who greeted his Majesty with deafening applause. The Queen and her guests were then conducted through the building. in the library there is a book villere distin guished visitors are accustomed to write their names. Prince Albeit's name was already in the book, and her Majesty was requested to write hers. She wrote " Victoria R., October 12, 1844." The Duke of Wellington wrote his name under the Queen's, and the King of the French, who had of course been requested to write his, filled the opposite page. His Majesty had expressed his delight at the enthusiastic reception given him by the boys, and, with their shouts ringing in his ears, he wrote, "Louis Philippe, encore emu de l'accueil que lui ont fait les ileves de cette honorable college." On their return to the castle, a dinner was served in the evening in the usual style of splendour. On Sunday the King and his son, attended by their suite, went to the Roman Catholic Chapel at Clewer. Mass was said by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, the officiating priest of the chapel. The Duke de Monteensier sat on the right of the King. The text chosen by the reverend gentleman was, " Render an account of thy stewardship, tor thou nnayest be no longer steward." In the sermon there was no direct or indirect allusion to the presence of the King, except that the rev. gentleman began with, "May it please your Majesty." The King paid marked attention throughout the service, which lasted altogether nearly two hours. When his Majesty left the chapel to enter his carriage, a considerable number of people had assembled outside, by whom he was saluted as he drove off. He bowed from the carriage window in return. On his Majesty's first entrance into his pew, the impulse of curiosity was co strong that all in the chapel stood up and stretched forward to obtain a -ight of him, but they soon after sat down and afterwards paid great attention to the service. His Majesty wore plain black clothes, with the blue riband over his shoulder and a star. After luncheon in the afternoon the carriages were sent round to Datchet Lodge, the intention being that Her Majesty, the King of the French, Prince Albert, and the auests and suite, shoal walk down there and ride home. The terrace was thrown open to the public in the after noon, after three o'clock, in order that they might all have the opportunity of seeing the royal piny. The threatening appearance of the sky, however, put an end to the plan ; but at a few minutes atter four in the after noon the whole party descended the steps leading to the terrace, and walked up and down in view of the many hundred persons assembled. Her Majesty walked with the King of the French, the Prince walking immediately after in company with the Duke of Wellington. The Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, and many other noblemen and gentlemen followed, dressed in the Windsor uniform. Sr R. Peel was in the party, but he did not wear the Windsor uniform. The royal party walked up and down the terrace several times, loudly cheered by the people assembled. until the rain, which began to fall heavily, compelled them to return within doors. __ The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Service in the riTiivate chapel of the castle. Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord Ellenborough, and other distin gui,hed personages were expected to join the royal circle at dinner. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the King of the French, accompanied by her Majesty and the Prince, were to leave the nistle for the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway, where a special train would be in waiting to convey them to Gosport. Her Majesty and the Prince were to accompany his Majesty out of the harbour, lunching on board the Gomer, and bidding his Majesty adieu off Spithead, returning in the royal yacht to the Me of Wight, where her Majesty will make a brief sojourn. The French papers contain various remarks on the King's visit to this country. Sortie of them take it as an insult that the Duke of Wellington was selected to receive his Majesty on his landing. They do not appear to un derstand that his Grace was there solely in his official capacity of Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire. The King, before leaving France. granted an amnesty to fifty-nine prisoners who were suffering for political offences. The Moniteur contains their names. They are for the most part obscure persons. implicated in the insurrection of the 12th and 13th of May, 1839, in Paris; in the Repub lican plot of Marseilles ; the expedition of Louis Napoleon to Boulogne; and the attempt of Quenisset against the lives of the Dukes of Orleans and Aumale. A ROYAL ALBUM.—The album which King Louis Philippe proposed to offer to Queen Victoria in comme moration of her visit to the Chateau d'Eu, is finished : and his Majesty carries it over with him to he presented at Windsor. It is of unusually large size, being 32 inches by 24. and proportionally thick. It contains 32 drawings of the first French artists, reptesenting the different apartments of the Chateau d'Eu, and scenes and events connected with her Britannic majesty's visit. To prevent friction, the drawings are let in, and, as it were, framed by thick sheets of B, istol paper. It is splendidly bound in scarlet Morocco, by Ginain, bearing the arms of Eng land, within a rich border of most delicate tooling. The case or box in which it is enclosed, is covered with rich purp!e velvet, on which is also impressed the queen's arms.— Galignani's Messenger. IVEYntm. FAIR, HAMPSHIRE.—This fair, which is the most important in the south of England, was held on Wednesday in an extensive range of fields three miles from Andover. The fair continues for six successive days for the s.le of sheep, horned cattle, and horses, the supply of which this year was very large, and exceeding that of the preceding years. The sheep-pens covered many acres and the trade was rather bli.k ; the best ewes making from 28s. to 335.. and good Fouthdown wethers obtaining good prices. The supply of horned cattle was large and the trade dull, the prices being 12 per rent. lower then the average of last year. Ti e horse field was lame, and prime cart colts made high prim. THE "ROYAL" MERSEY YACHT CLUB. The monthly meeting of this rapidly increasing club was held on Tuesday evening week, at the Club-room, Mersey Hotel. The attendance was more numerous than on any former occasion, and included several yachtmen, far and near, of long experience and skill, who bad become mem bers. _ The secretary, Mr. H. Melling, after reading the gratifying minutes of the previous meeting, read a letter from Sir Robert Peel, who had been applied to to become an honorary member, in which the right honourable gen tleman expressed his pride to become a member, and his every wish for the success of the Club. Another letter was read from the Most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey, a nobleman alike distinguished for his prowess in the field, and his encouragement of daring and skilful feats on the ocean. The Noble Marquis is owner, and frequently sailer, of a fine yacht called " Th% Pearl," and wrote, amongst other complimentary expressions, that he was " proud of the honour." Lord Saidon, M.P. ; Sir Howard Douglas, M.P. ; John Gray, Esq., owner of a new cutter of 50 tons, building at Cowes, William Jackson, Esq., Birkenhead, and a number of our most respectable merchants, ship owners, and tradesmen—in all thirty-one—and who had previously been proposed, were then unanimously elected members. The nomination of new members to be ballotted for at the next meeting (according to a rule of the Club, which makes no distinction of persons in this respect,) was then proceeded with • and amongst them were the following : —The Earl of Wilton, who has a seat at Heaton Park, in this county. is owner of a splendid schooner called the " Xarifa," of 173 tons, and who wrote that he should be " most happy to become a member" ; the Honourable Colonel Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle, North Wales, owner of a beautiful little yacht called " The Diamond," which we expect in the Mersey in the spring ; Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Baron Hill, Beaumaris, also owner of a fine yacht ; Joseph Weld, Esq., of Lulworth Castle, Dorset- Iltire, the oldest yachtman in England, and owner of the largest cutter-yacht in the world, " The Alarm," of 193 tons, a most superb vessel. The Alarm has visited the waters of the Mersey, and was much admired by all who saw her. The venerable gentleman, who, we need scarcely say, is strongly attached to yachting, not only as a perso nal pleasure, but as in its pursuit a means of introducing finer models of vessels, and their more adroit manage ment,—at theclose of his letter writes as follows :—" I only fear that my feeble endeavours, at this great distance, will fall short of my wishes, in giving that support to an amusement which I have been so long engaged in." These communications were received by the Club with great pride and gratification. The whole of the parties nominated—twenty-six in number—will be ballotted for at the next monthly meeting, on the sth proximo. The Secretary next read official communications ad dressed to himself,—one to the effect that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to grant the title of " Royal," to be adopted and used by the Club ; and another from the Secretary to the Admiralty, stating that he was directed by their Lordships to grant their permission to the vessels of the Club to wear the blue ensign of her Majesty's Fleet, with the distinguishing mark of the Club. The applica tion was, we understand, transmitted through Lord San don, and his lordship, with his usual alacrity in every good cause, gave it his immediate and anxious attention. Not only was the permission of their Lordships freely given to the Club, but (and th's we consider an additional honour) they intimated that they would also grant a separate war rant to each yacht. The general warrant, which bears the usual expressive and remarkable seal of the Admiralty, is dated " September 24th, 1844." The following is a " copy " of Sir James Graham's polite communication to the Secretary, announcing her Majesty's gracious reply to the request that the Club might be called " Royal' , : " Whitehall, 23d September, 1844 " SIR, " I have bad the honour to submit to the Queen the request of the Mersey Yacht Club to be called Royal'; and have the sa•isfaction to inform you, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to consent to its being called ` The Royal Mersey Yacht Club.' " I have the honour to be, " Sir, " Your obedient servant, " JAS. GRAHAM. " Henry Melling, Fsq., " 16, Keut-square, " Liverpool." The " picture" of the ensign (with the burgee, &c.,) sent to the Lords of the Admiralty for their approval, was painted by Mr. Melling, the secretary, who is an artist as well as a sailor. It is very chaste and beautiful, the dis tinctive mark, or insignia, being the Crown over the Liver. A singular model of a vessel of a new construction, for sailing, or for steam-propulsion, especially by the screw, the invention of Mr. J. Scott Walker, one of the origina tors of the club, was then submitted and excited much curiosity, and considerable discussion. We shall give a description of it hereafter. The business matters being concluded, the members entered into a conversation on nautical topics, in the course of which many amusing anecdotes of yachting were related, and the members separated at an early hour after spending the evening sociably and delightfully. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. We guarded ourselves when lately express ing our satisfaction with the arrangements of the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, by reserving the full meed of thanks which we should have felt it incumbent upon us to render, until we had ascertained from experience whether the third-class train, accorded to the poor travellers upon that line, was one regulated by a bond fide desire to subserve to public convenience. We do not know why we made this reservation. It could not be from any distrust of the personal honour of the gentlemen who sit upon the board of this railway. We could never have imagined that they would stoop to an evasion of a just demand, and provide an accommodation which, although it looks well upon paper, is in reality a mockery. The bare mention of the terms of this concession will, however, be sufficient to shew—to Liverpool at least—that it is anything but a boon to the poor. The third-class train from this town starts at 20 minutes past 6 p.m.; the third-class train from Manchester starts at 6 a.m. There is, therefore, no cheap train from here to and from Manchester in one day; and a poor tradesman or mechanic going and coming by the third-class train from this town to Manchester must, if he has one day to spend in that town, spend also two nights, whilst by the ar rangement a Manchester traveller can leave at 6 a.m. and spend here a clear ten hours before the return train starts, and be at home at 8 o'clock the same evening. Manchester is favoured ; Liverpool is clearly left out of consideration. But the following portion of the arrangement is, if possible, worse and worse. If the poor traveller consents to go by this three-shilling train, of course the world would suppose that he would present himself at the Lime-street station. But no—he must not have this conveniency. He must trudge up to Edge-hill station, with whatever luggage he may have ! And this is not because no train leaves Lime-street at the appointed time. There is one. But the Directors avail themselves of the opportu nity of a pour passenger having luggage or physical incapacity—of t xing the lame, the halt, and the blind—by charging those who are compelled to start from Lime-street sixpence more! In reality, therefore, this cheap three-shilling train is a three and-sixpenny train, useless to nine out of ten people in Liverpool. CHARGE OF AIANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A FEMALE. On Thursday an inquisition was held before the &t -rough Coroner touching the death of Mary Sooghan, and from the circumstances of the case, an elderly female named Catherine Gillis, and her daughter Margaret Quig gin (a married woman) were brought up in custody, the former on suspicion of having inflicted the injuries that caused the death of the deceased, and the latter of hav ing aided and abetted her in the act. Margaret Greenwood, being sworn, said she was the wife of John Greenwood, and lived at 14, Craven-street. Witness knew the deceased—Mary Soogban—who re sided near witness. Five weeks last Saturday (or there abouts) witness heard deceased and Margaret Quiggin (now present) quarrel several times during the day, but saw nothing like violence used. About six o'clock the same evening, witness saw deceased sitting on the steps of a house fronting the street sewing. fitness got her to fasten her gown for her. In five minutes after, witness heard the mother of Mrs. Quiggin (Catharine Gillis) quarrelling with the deceased, and using very abusive lan guage. Witness went to the door and saw Mrs. Gillis holding the hands of the deceased down on h e r (deceased') knees. She (Mrs. G.) lifted up her head cose to the face of the deceased, and said " If it was not for the law she would tear her (meaning the deceased's) liver and lights out"' and she spat in her face two or three times. Witness heard the deceased ask Mrs. Gillis to go away, as she did not want to say anything at a ll to her. Some other words passed between thew. but the:deceased did not appear to be in a passion. Witness saw Mrs. Gills take hold of the deceased by the hair of her hi-ad whilst she was sitting on the s t eps , and p ul l her down into the channel and drag her . When the y g ot int o the middle of the "wdiggin came out of he r h ouse w i th a flat-iron and went to dece ase d. Sh e took u pon the head, but wh e th er to assist her hoid s of tre e deceased ie , iiec M ahse r e s rd. hand mother to drag her about,,or to loose her hold of de ceased, witness could not say. Witness got them asunder, and a neighbour came and took deceased away also. Witness did not see either Mrs. Gi:lis or Mrs. Quiggin s t r ike or jump upon deceased. She saw t h e d ecease d s e veral times after, and she always complained of ha, ing received some injuries to her right side, which she fre quently said arose trum the usage of that day. She was very large in the family way. From that time deceased appeared to be getting worse daily, and about a fortnight ago a surgeon was called to her. Witness also called to see her on Sunday fortnight and she was then in labour, and continued so until the Wednesday following, when she was delivered of a dead male child. She kept getting worse from that time, and confined to her bed until her death, which t,ouk place yesterday (last Wednesday) morning. . Thorn - as Anderson, a seaman, living in a court in Craven-street, (said he knew deceased. On Sunday evening (5 weeks ago) he was standing at the entry end, when he saw deceased sitting on some steps sewing. Witness corroborated the assault on deceased by Mr. Gillis, as stated by the last witness. He also saw de ceased fall in the street, and Mrs. Quiggin came out with a flat-iron ; whether she took hold of deceased or not, he could not say, but he saw Mrs. Gillis kneeling on the deceased just after. He saw no blows struck by either of them. Mrs. Quiggin struck at her in the face. Mrs• Quiggin's husband was standing at his own door at the time, and called out " Lay into her", (meaning the de ceased). Deceased was taken away into her own house, and witness did not see her again until he saw her dead. Ann Cockshott, a married woman, who lived. in the deceased's house, heard the noise in the street, and went to see what was to do. This witness also spoke to Mrs. Gillis's spitting in deceased's face, upon which deceased lifted her hand to Mrs. G.'s face, but whether she struck her or not witness could not say. Mrs. Gillis cried out, "That is what I wanted." A woman named Tester af terwards brought deceased up the court. She (deceased ) was not able to walk, and witness assisted to place her on the steps, and afterwards in bed. Deceased was seized with a shivering fit, and could scarcely speak. From that time she got worse than before, but did not complain of being hurt in the quarrel. She was taken in labour on, Sunday fortnight, but was not delivered until the follow ing Wednesday. She was attended by a surgeon, but got worse up to her death. Mr. W. T. Callan, surgeon, said he was called to de ceased on the Sunday, the 22d September. He found her flooding, and faint from loss of blood. He attended her up to the time of her death. Sbe was delivered of a dead male child, three days after. Fever afterwards ensued, and she died yesterday (Wednesday) morning. He made a post mortem examination, and found the cause of death to be inflammation of the womb. He was decidedly of opinion that the inflammation alluded to was not set uP either by protracted labour or natural causes, but the result of external violence. He was of opinion that an injury received three weeks before the deceased was deli vered might set up the inflammation. When he was first called, he found considerable flooding, which had been going on for some time, and which would tend to keep down the inflammation. Mrs. Gillis called several witnesses, but their evidence did not materially affect the case. The Coroner summed up with great precision. and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Catherine Gillis, acquitting the daughter Qwiggin of a•dinz and abetting in the act. The prisoner, who at the close of the proceedings became very violent, was committed L° take her trial at the Assizes, an d was conveyed to jtirk dale Gaol. Oct. 15, 1844. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The Income and Charge on the Consolidated Fund in the Quarters ended the 10th of October, 1813 and i 844. Qrs. ende 1843. Oct. 10d], 1841. INCOME. ze 4,276,151 Customs—Consolidated Duties .. Sugar Duty applicable to the Con solidated Fund Total Customs Excise . Stamps. Taxes . ...,. Property Tax Post Office Crown Lands Miscellaneous... Produce of Sycee Silver received from China - Imprest and other Moneys ...... Repayment of Advances 4,276,151 3,982,647 1,650,366 194,100 2,047,904 160,000 20,000 17,744 To Cash brought to this account to be applied to pay off Defi ciency Bills 31,305 230,932 12,614,149 loo,00( 12,714.1491 Qrs. endel 1843. £ 4,518,573 4,518.573 3,977,360 1,665,688 201.439 1,958,711 200,000 10,000 19,953 201,008 28.117 123.692 12,901,541 12,904.511 Oct. 10th, 1841. 4,646,35 6 1,342,559 6,646 442,520 97,572 417,610 1,171,418 184,225 8.308.9 06 4,595,635 12,904,5 41 CHARGE. Permanent Debt Terminable Annuities Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Con solidated Fund Sinking Fund....... . Civil List.. Other charges on the Consolidated Fund... . To pay off Exchequer Bills raised per Act 6 and 7 Victoria, c. 87, for Opium Compensation, &c.. For Advances ... . Total Charge Surplus. 3,395,198 1,328,281 21,0091 97,613 326,014 140,000 5,308,11:. 7,406,034 12,714,119 This return has one distinguishing feature of a most cheering description—au increase in the Customs, com pared with the corresponding period of 1843, on the year of 1,723,1651., and on the quarter of 473,347/. This is the true pivot of our national prosperity, and is the more gratifying when the bold reductions are considered which the Minister was encouraged to make when supported by so grand a reserve as the property tax. Swift's remark, that in the arithmetic of the Customs two and two do not always make four, could not have a more apt and definite application. In this case Sir Robert Peel's subtraction has been turned into addition, and he has proved finance to be his stronghold, whatever errors are to be found in his general system of policy. A trifling decrease in the Excise on the quarter is to be ascribed rather to growing habits of temperance in fi, lower orders than to any dimunition of means. It will bear, in fact, no other construction, for activity reigns in almost all the departments of trade, and the wages of labour in the' manufacturing districts have probably doubled in amount within the past year. It is consolatory also, and another good omen, to find that the Post-office, the great accumulation of pennies, has advanced 82.000/. on the year, and no less than 40.000/. on the quarter. The property-tax, which shows an increase of 106,4131. on the year, and a decrease of 89,1931. on the quarters may be said to have found its level, and to provoke no re mark, except to hope that under circumstances of suet promising augury we may soon get rid of it. In the pre sent account is to be seen, moreover, the effect of the_ judicious application of the surplus revenue in paying en deficiency bills ; only about 2,500,0001. will be wanted to meet the charge on the consolidated fund for the quarter just ended. The total increase of the revenue for the year i 5 1,395,349!., and on the quarter 520,9441. But for the disadvantageous effect of the strange item termed " Lois" cellaneous," which has no proper place id this account , the increase on the year would have been returned at about 2,160,000/. THE CEIOLERA IN PARIS.—A history is hardly corn , ' plete without a plague, or pestilence, or famine, or some such wide-spreading calamity, on which the historian call spend the dark colours of his descriptive eloquence. Con sidering that M. Louis Blanc had but the space of ten years under him, he must have regarded himself as very fortunate in meeting with the cholera, which figures here a iss dead, pa perhaps t e am r a y pkse r edssuparerp,cdat surpassed s b ue l ad e c.oinffi n e pestilence.d, terriblei n often presented owo n t fa o sstt u rheu s eci) ntb n esodt d da, e ine s tts c hrdoiaapftnt:igiolaeonsrss those ftwl f eti t :h l ,o l oel i ff,e ' e h nc e tsc c a a r r bt r ys y , i t n hi g se a l o o ini r e t i Enh:tehgreae a cholera piled up in carts and tumbrils. in aand od ones, offered es t there ec i r s iioari affitnth,ail coffins sddurrirseieozdv;lheeoborfsu COta slightlyu s the tents being poured upon the pavement. But the stiang ° reports which were afloat amongst this credulous and paV sionate population, form the most striking feature in the picture. It was reported in Paris, as our readers will probably remember, that there was, in reality, no ei?°' lera, but that poison had been poured into the fountain! of the metropolis, and had been mingled with the wines i u t • the flour ; and thus it was that the people were dying. to was dangerous to be found with a phial in the baud, or be seen sitting, without any ostensible cause, near one ° the public fountains. A young man was looking into a well; he was massacred. Another met the same fate , "I,LI° was leaning over the door of a dealer in wine and in order to see what o'clock it was. A Jew in the maskeb,; place was thought to have a sinister laugh ; they searc lie ' him, found a packet of white powder—it was camphor - 1. they killed him, and set on the dogs to te a r the body Blackwood's Magazine. SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION.—If parents send their eb i l i c i dren to be educated by the government, they sh °il ia know this, that the education mus t b e scr ipt ura l. The,r e i r lies the government's duty and responsibility ; it is in e ' t duty to God, and to the people. To compel the re t 0 to send his child to your school, that invades the pa n i, c p pare e responsibility and right; but to sanction that parent ' o ; e sends his child to your school, in refusing to a Scriptures to his child, to receive that child on concliti°4 that you act on that refusal, is beyond your own duty."o/ responsibility to God. It is to be a partaker of the ,I° , t , the parent against the child for which you will he sec, n''a able unto God. This is the naked principle of the 13°':80 of Education, and it is one in which no cliurchmano‘ted acquiesce for a moment. The rev. gentleman then 0 . to a passage from the Bth report of the commissioner 's re show that he had correctly stated their principle. Pi e d, gretted to say that when this s . atement was investi'4s re t it conveyed a meaning totally different from th e apra. _ve one. Many were deceived by it, and having re ad it, l_.e, said, the board does not exclude the Scriptur es; the au verse is the fact ; they say so expressly. But when trait'' lated into plain English, it meant this — we do 0 or prohibit the Scriptures in schools when parents c how s_ their children to be instructed therein . The ru l e somewhat more lax than it was at the original consti.tuiPfr of the board ; but still they allow p arents to prohibit. noelii children from being instructed in Scripture, and they;ce th e Why, that I am to acquiesce in the r . g il i n n o t t g h r a a t n t a s o s n a e m f e a d r th a i a n t g h w a r h i e t y n the t r h , aetrpeanr oent. wtlaicar principle?t and authority of my, fellow-man to exercise an au horny', .° l ; u , his child, in my school, supreme to that of God ; noi ', ye a to peril his immortal soul! Is this to keep your: th is to act and not faithful stewardspartakers ? in l o s t h h e e r a r n ne h n o ' n s e s s i t n s s t ? e w a l r ' d N L „, I - l i- a_ o p says, " I acknowledge. that 1 and my children dor:anti; rob my master, but I may connive my fellow7ser. .c in doing so when they please." This is the princip.l I'B the National Board, and that on which they requir ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ to ea. —Speech ° f ii• Rev. R. J. .211'Ghee. 1,, .. ,t ~ ,y