The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-18 00:00:00

The Cheshire fox bounds will meet on Monday next at Mar bury ; Wednesday, at Norton Priory ; Thursday, at Crewood Hall ; and Saturday week at Highleigh. THE INCOME TAX.-Our readers will perceive with great pleasure in the report of the proceedings in the House of Commons, the magnificent offer which our Sovereign has made through her. Prime Minister, of subjecting her own in come to the same burden which it is proposed to lay on that of her subjects. THE NEW MARRIAGE BILL.-- - It will be perceived from from our parliamentary report, that Lord Francis Egerton's bill for altering the marriage law, has been rejected by a ma jority of 23. PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES. - At her Majesty's levee on Wednesday, Mr. John Shaw Leigh, mayor, and Messrs. J. Holmes and Thomas Sands, councillors, (presented by Viscount Sandon, M.P.,) accompanied by Sir H. Douglas, 14. P., presented addresses from the corporation and inha bitants of Liierpool ; Lord Sandon presented an address from the Welsh inhabitants of Liverpool ; and the Earl of Radnor presented an address from the banker, merchants and other inhabitants of Liverpool, in public t bled, congratulating her Majesty on the birth sty to call to her councils of Wales, expressing want of confide' ministers, and praying her l‘lajz; men who will effect a total and immed restricting the importation Of food ng agsem he Prince in her Majesty's ROBBERY IN TH —A woman peal of the laws tamed Mary -court, with Brown, was yesterday charged at the Poll having robbed a man named Alexander Hunter, an engineer. The prisoner it appeared took hold of the complainant in Tithebarn-street, saying he had got a drop too much ; and be immediately afterwards missed his purse with seven sove reigns and some silver. Two other females were near the prisoner at the time. She was taken into custody directly. Nothing was found upon her. She was committed for trial. THEFT FROM A WomisHor.—At the polic terday, an ill•clad, meagre man, named - was charged with stealing a tailor's goost the service of Mr. Storr, tailor, Bold-street, said his ma,ter's -court ler Scott A shop-boy, in workshop was at the back of the pre street. On Wednesday night—in tailors' irons (alias " geese") being and saw the prisoner come out of the cc irons. Witnes called " stop thief," followed him drop the iron in the street. He bad m ever, before he was stopped by son -" who handed him over to a p. -0- committed for trial at t 1 LI Wood as set to watch with one of the Storr's men, The prisoner was VEDNESDAY Evr.: though less steady —Tde Englisl. s towards THE FU DS— funds were buoyant quotations hereafter noted was caused by tha close of business. Consols for mon( to 89k. closed 89i to ;; ; and Consols for the account, alter adVancing to 90 trs.7-k. closed .97-E buyers. Exchequer bills were last quoted '29s. to 31s. premium; and New 31 per Cents., 99} lt.the foreign securities there was also a slight depression compared with the highest prices of the day, but on the whole the aspect of the market was even better than yesterday. Mexican left off 42 to i; Colombian, 26i to 74 ; Chilian, 75 to 80 ; Brazilian, 68 to 70 ; Belgian, 103 to 101; Spanish Actives, 23 to i t ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 524 to s ; and Danish, 81 to ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL IN TOXTETH-PARK.—Last night there was a " soiree and concert " in the Templars' Hall, Great George-street, for the purpose of obtaining funds in aid of the school attached to St. Patrick's popish chapel, in . Tosteth-park. The lower part of the room was but indif ferently filled, but the gallery was crowded. The proceedings consisted of a curious conglomeration of speechifying ing, and ventriloquism ; 11: Bolton, Rathbone, Rosson, and Parker perfornm.,, the Signors Valentini in the two others sing lessrs. Sheil, in the first department, and _ _ Mr. Bolton, under whose influential patronage this interesting affair was got up, was put into the chair, and he commenced his part by show ing that he did not know what he had to do until Mr. Wm. Rathbone kindly helped him out by telling him that after he had said a few words the concert was to begin. Mr. Bolton thereupon began, in his usual elegant diction, to tell the meeting that the school of St. Patrick's was in great need of money, and that the present affair was a specuation to ob tain additional wages and means. He then complained of the corporation schools being in wrong liana, and consoled himself and his audience by assuring them that there were signs of repenteuce already which led him to expect that eventually they would be placed upon their former liberal footing. The Signors Valentini then went through the first part of their performances with admirable skill we must say. Mr. Parker followed in a speech which showed him to be an orator of profound dullness, the chief burden of which was that many " liberal" [professed] Protestants had liberally subscribed for the erection and maintenance of the school, and he called upon them to do so still. Mr. Rathbone was the next speaker. He declared that he was ashamed of being a Protestant, if that name was to prevent him being a christian, by doing good offices to his Roman Catholic brethren, and he declared his conviction that there was snore genuine christianity among the children in St. Patrick's school than in all the so called evangelical clergy of Liver pool. This town would never be at peace till all the Irish parsons were out of it; and he really should be very glad to freight a vessel with this bigotted car, to their own country. if lie could be assured oi plagued with them again. He concluded by calling on the meeting to excuse the nonsense he hid - uttered, Mr. Sheil also spoke, and although he was somewhat passion ate, he was by no means so intemperate in his oh^ --- as Mr. Rathbone. The rest of the " unworthy of notice. Mr. Alderman Evans was in " the Temple." but although he suffered some little temptation, he could not be prevailed upon to take any part in the proceed- go, and pay their passage ,vei. bei very properly .vations spirits THE METROPOLITAN " EARTHQUAKE. "— This terrible event was to have " come off" this day ; but we have reason to believe has been " postponed, by particular desire," of the wiseacres who apprehended the fulfilment of Dr. Dee's pro phecy, until the 28:h instant—(the 16th by the old style) —or, as is more probable, sine die. We did certainly watch with " trembling ' anxiety all yesterday for some symptom of the terrestrial throes, with which the metropolis w as t o b e es pecially honoured and " mortaliz_ ht a visitation occurred—swallowing up " ye Cobbett was wont to call. it, — its iniquities—all its "lions" asses its institutions and public structures,—s,, serve _ from the conservative_ parliament its ed," especially as had such " -,- mreat wen," all its virtues and and all its " "—all ming to con- devour- lug the newspaper establisliMe Times into the gulph of time, _ past, leaving not a wreck behind ; espec so watch, AS, in such it case; we could have'Lierived - no infor mation from the spot, and might-have announced the cala mity to our readers this morning, and set ourselves for twelve months, to write obituaries and memoirs of " the mighty dead." But, alas ! we could not perceive the slightest vibra tion of old mother earth, the prophet's prediction of an earth quake being no more regarded than was the command of Glendower when he " called spirits from the vasty deep. We strongly suspect that the " quake" to which Dr. Dee (metaphorically) alluded, was merely the " pocket-quake" which Sir It. Peel's property and income tax has just brought abort amongst the overgrown and griping manufacturers and capitalists, who will now be compelled to contribute their quota of support to the exigencies of the state. As to the lauded interests, there can be no earthquake amongst them after the admirable systein.of corn laws which that distin guished statesman has propounded, in opposition to the non sense of the " total repealers." Towards the end of the last month a marriage was cele brated at Saria in Old Castille. Three days afterwards the guests invited to the feast offered an entertainment to the new-married couple and their families at a village called Taudage, the birth-place of the bride, lying at some little distance. To shorten the way, the bridal party determined to cross the Duero, but the river, having been much flooded, carried the boat down the stream, drove it against a rock, and upset it, whereby all who were in it, amounting to six teen persons, were drowned. A CURIOUS MISTAKE.—On Wednesday last a man was brought before the Brighton bench, charged with begging. The policeman having proved the offence, Mr. Bassevi, the sitting magistrate, addressed the prisoner on the increase of vagrancy in Brighton, and said, as he was an old offender, he was determined to send him to the House of Commons for one month. This announcement caused a roar of laughter, in which the bench could not refrain from joining. The worthy magistrate, however, immediately corrected himself, and said he meant the House of Correction, and committed the prisoner accordingly. FRENCH WAR STEAMER.—The two war steamers, Gomer and Asmodee, each of 450 horse-power, which have been built at liochefort, are, says a letter in the Globe from that port, rapidly fitting out. The first has the same rigging as a frigate of 50 guns, and the Asmodee, which is larger than a 120 pin ship, carries 20 guns, of whom four are 80 pounders. The engines, says the Globe, are made by Fawcett, of Liver pool, and are so good and so beautifully finished as to excite the admiration of all persons acquainted with the art.— Galignani's Messenger. tg down the it final to the re- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—F. Lakeman, a man in the em ploy of Mr. Huxman, butcher, Ivybridge, Devonshire, was brought before the magistrates at Modbury petty sessions, on the 7th instant, under a charge of great inhumanity, by the agent of the Plymouth Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It appeared that the defendant was ob served driving three sheep to Ivybridge, which were bleeding severely at the feet, and, upon examination, it was proved that he had wantonly cut off the toes of each of them, to prevent, as he said, their walking faster than he wished. The parts which had been cut were produced in court, and a cut of nearly an inch into the sensitive part of each foot was visible. The only defence made for this wanton barbarity was, that it was done by his master's order, and was frequently practised, being called " tithing the feet." The magistrates decided that had this society, who so kindly interested them selves on this subject, pressed for three separate convictions they could have fined the defendant £6, but as only one charge had been brought he was fined 40s. and costs, with a severe reprimand for his cruelty.—Plymouth Herald. LONDON IMPROVEMENTS. — It is in contemplation to re move the row of fish-baskets from Clare-market, and to cut 'ad opening through the vegetable stands on the south side, by driving off the man who offers onions at so much a rope on the kerb-stone of this much-frequented locality. It is calculated that a fine prospect on the north side of Leices ter-square may be gained by doing away with the whole line of men with " This ere almanack" for sixpence, and causing a slight diversion to the right-about in that unsightly facade of dirty faces with Congreve lights and trouser straps. Something has been said of removing the dead cats from the enclosure, but it is expected that this bold measure must be reserved for a more matured period .of civilization and enlightenment.—Punch. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. GEORGE CLARK, TILE SCULP TOR.—The death of Mr. Clark, who was eminent in his profession, took place at Birmingham, in a very sudden man ner, on Saturday morning last. At the inquest held before Dr. Birt Davies, on the Monday following, James Newbold, the first witness examined, stated that about half-past nine o'clock on the morning in question, while in the shop of Mr. Burdett, who is a surgeon in New Hall-street, the deceased staggered down the steps of the surgery, and appeared very ill. He sank into an arm chair, his head reclining on one side, and his face ghastly. Witness called for a surgeon's who proceeded t o bl ee d hi m , b u t life ass i s t a nce opposite, was extinct. Mr. Burdett, surgeon, spoke to having seen him on the preceding Thursday, when he laboured ender dyspepsia, and complained of pain in the region of the sto mach. He considered death to have been occasioned by the rupture bf one of the large blood-vessels of the heart. Thejury returned a verdict, assigning this as the cause of death, as also that the deceased " Died by the visitation of God." Mr. Clark resided in Tower-street, Birmingham, and was in his 47th year. He has, we regret to say, left behind a family of nine children, who are now unprovided for. At the time of his death he was engaged in casting the leaves that were to form the foliage of the capital for the Nelson monument in Trafalgar-square, and had finished the two first. lie is best known by his statue of Major Cartwright in Burton-crescent. DEATH OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF MECKLENBURG SCHWERlN.—hrtelligence was received ou Sunday morning of the death of His Serene Highness. His Serene Highness the Grand Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg Schwerin, who was son of the Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Louis, was born 15th September, 1800, and married 25th May, 13'22, Princess Alexandrine, daughter of the late sister of the King of Prussia and Em press of Russia, by whom his serene highness leaves issue the Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis, born 28th February, 1823, who succeeds his father ; the Duchess Louisa Maria Helene, born 17th May, 1824 ; and the Duke Frederick William Nicholas, born s th Mar ch, 1827. His serene highness was only brother 9f the Duchess M e deatha of Saxd Altenburg and the Duchess of Orleans. By th of his serene highness the courts of Berlin► St. Petersburg , the Hague. &c., will, for a time, be placed in mourning. — Morning Herald. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. JUNCTION LINES IN . MANCHESTER Oa Tuesday, at one o'clock, a special general meeting of the proprietors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was held in the Cotton Sales' Room, for the purpose of consider ing the course to be pursued with respect to the several pro posed lines of communication with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, and others in Manchester. The chairman of the directors, CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq., presided. Mr. CLAY, law clerk to the company, read the notice con vening the meeting. It set forth that the objects of the meet ing were to take into consideration and decide upon the course to be pursued with respect to the several proposed lines of communication with the Manchester and Leeds Rail way, and other railways and places of traffic in Manchester and Salford, namely, the line from Hunt's Bank and St. George's-road, in Manchester, and the south, a new line from Ordsall-lane by Castle-field and Store-street to the Man chester and Leeds Railway ; that in the Oldham-road, in Manchester, and on either special affairs. The CHAIRMAN then said, that since they last had the pleasure of meeting the proprietors in that place, he begged to assure them that the directors had not been idle upon this question. They had taken every measure, and they had ex erted themselves to the utmost in obtaining the greatest pos sible information upon this important subject, in order to lay it before the proprietors. (Hear, hear.) On the 28th ult. they addressed a letter to the proprietors upon it, and they now begged leave to read a further report, in addition to what they then circulated. (Hear, hear.) He would not detain the proprietors longer ; but, before sitting down, lie begged to assure them that the directors, in all their proceedings, had but one object, and that was to promote the interests of this undertaking. They bad no personal feeling in the mat ter which had led to the proprietors being called together ; and although there appeared to have been great animosity and differences between them and the directors of the Leeds and Manchester line, he was prepared, on behalf of the board over which be bad the honour to preside, to deny that they had any feeling of that kind. (Applause.) They were quite willing to meet the Leeds board, and they regretted that cir cumstances should_ have occurred to have prevented a meeting between them recently. (Hear, hear.) At the same time, he assured the proprietors, that whatever their decision was on the subject, the directors would feel it their duty to carry out their instructions according to the best of their ability, and to negotiate with the Leeds, or any other line, in order views of the proprietors. (Applause.) The to carry out secretary vim, report. Mr. Boinu, secretary to the company, then read the re port, which will be found in our advertising columns. The CHAIRMAN said, that before he proceeded to hear any observations or remarks from the proprietors upon this re port, he would take leave to state that the directors had pre pared certain resolutions in conformity with the report, which resolutions they proposed to submit for the approbation of the meeting. They (the directors) had requested him to cause these resolutions to be read, in the first instance, us being their resolutions; and they thought it was more cor rect for them to undertake the responsibility of proposing these resolutions, than to commit them to individual proprie tors, who had not bad an opportunity of considering the question so fully as the directors. (Hear, hear.) In conclu sion, he begged to assure the proprietors that both the reso lutions and the report were the unanimous production of the directors. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CLAY then read the resolutions, which will also be Id now read ti found in the advenisement. The CHAIRMAN then said, it was his intention, on behalf of the directors, to propose that these resolutions be adopted, when he had had the honour of hearing the remarks of the .. . _ proprietors; and, in the meantine, the directors would be happy to answer any questions that might be put to them. Hear, hear.) M r. BOOTH BY said it was with great pleasure that he rose to propose the adoption of the resolutions which had been just read. He had come to the meeting, he must confess, with a very contrary intention, and he was bound to state that he hadforined that intention from the communication which the directors had issued to the proprietors about a week ago, in which, if he recollected rightly, there was a re commendation that the junction by Hunt's Bank should be abandoned. He was happy to see now, by the resolutions which had just been read, that no such ultimate decision had been come to by the directors. (Hear, hear.) Approving as he did of all that was said in the report and in the resolu- tions ; as far as be w•as able to judge, in an engineering point of view, and with reference to general communication in the town of Manchester, the connexion by the south line was preferable to that of the north. But, unfortunately, the question was not to be decided upon merits of that kind ; for this company, perhaps hastily, but with the best intentions, had applied for _and obtained the sanction of parliament to- make ti :junction by Hunt's-bank, and it might be question able how far they could get rid of that obligation and obtain the sanction of parliament to the otheiline; - There were also other questions involved in it of vital importance to the pros perity of this undertaking, one of which was whether, by making the south junction with the Leeds railway, they could obtain the co-operation of the other companies and of the town of Manchester itself. Unfortunately a spirit had been generated between the two companies, not of cordial co-operation, but of mutual jealousy and recrimination. The Leeds and Manchester Railway Company objected to this company's line by the south, lest by a connection with the Sheffield line they might open a communication that would be prejudicial to the interests of the Leeds company. therefore he was not surprised at the great unwillingness of that company to adopt the recommendation which was now proposed. They, no doubt, entertained a feeling of jealousy that this company .night promote a rival line to Leeds to their injury, and this company might also think that they would apply their capital for a rival line to Liverpool, there fore the question was one of mutual jealousy rather than wil;ch was the best engineering line, and he was afraid that these considerations had more influence upon the minds of some parties than the real merits of the case. It was difficult tor those merits to be fully discussed in a pub lic meeting like the present, and therefore, he should not presume to enter upon them. If the question was one of expense, he could only say that be had perfect confidence in the ability and experience of Mr. Locke, and that he would rest his faith upon the estimates of that gentleman ; and if the amount of traffic were the ques tion in dispute, he felt bound to place greater confidence in the investigations of his own directors (the Liverpool arid Manchester) than in those of the opposing party.. Be had very little doubt that the estimates of Leeds Company had been overstated. Of course he did not mean to impute to them having done so wilfully, because they had given the best proof of the sincerity of their opinions by the bold offer they had made of placing themselves in the position of the shareholders in the LiVerpool and Manchester Company, taking all the risk upon themselves, and guaranteeing to the shareholders 10 per cent. The meeting, therefore, could not doubt their sincerity. (Hear, bear, hear.) There might have been injudicious observations made out of doors in order to excite suspicions and doubts on both sides ; but he (Mr. Boothby) believed that in the body of directors of both com panies there existed only a desire to do that which was fair and honourable towards all parties, if it could be done upon a plan of mutual security. (Hear, hear.) He was glad, therefore, that the directors of this company had not recom mended the proprietors to come to a definite resolution that under no circumstances would they adopt the Hunt's Bank Line, but had most judiciously recommended that this im portant question should be submitted to the judgment of men of unimpeachable character, of high honour, and perfectly disinterested—such as were named in one of the resolutions, the members for the county (north division), the chancellor of the duchy, or the board of trade. (Hear, hear.) To that recommendation he really thought that no person could offer any reasonable objection. He had come down here very much contrary to his wishes, and not with any desire to in terfere with the deliberations of the meeting, but, he might say, at the request of a few parties, friends of his, who were interested in both sides of the question. He had no interest himself in the Leeds and Manchester, in the Manchester and Birmingham, or in the Manchester and Sheffield lines ; his interest was confined exclusively to this line, therefore in what he said he was not open to the remark of being influ enced by a pecuniary interest in other lines. At the same time he had friends who were connected with, and interested in, other lines, in whose character lie had the greatest confi dence, and whom he believed to be perfectly sincere in their desire to promote a measure that should unite these two companies in the promotion of their mutual interest. It was highly desirable that some scheme should be devised to re concile the conflicting opinions, and to remove the jealousies, which now existed; and he should conclude what he had to say by strongly recommending the resolutions to the adop tion of the meeting, adding, however, another resolution to them, to the effect that the chairman of this company be re quested to meet, or to ask for a meeting, with the chairman of the Leeds and Manchester Company, with the view of en tering into a discussion of the various points now atissueand not excluding from their consideration that most important one of the leasing of this line. He was perfectly sensible of the difficulties that existed in the way of leasing the line—so much so, that it was only the other day he wrote to his friend Mr. Houldsworth his deliberate opinion, that those difficul ties were not to be overcome. He had since had the plea sure of seeing that gentleman, and, after a good deal of dis cussion with him upon the subject, he found that, although great difficulties did and would occur, there were means whereby all those difficulties might be effectually removed. He was himself of opinion, that, if there was a desire for it upon the part of this company, all the difficulties in the way of leasing the line might be overcome, if the sanction of par liament could be obtained. Upon that question he could not give an opinion • but he might observe, that there was already one example of parliament having sanctioned the leasing of a line—namely, the Leeds and Selby line—to an other company, upon conditions similar to those proposed in the present case. With that example it ought not to be presumed that parliament would refuse its sanction to the scheme, especially because public grounds might be assigned in favour of it. The union in the working of the two lines would conduce to the public convenience, and the expendi ture of such a large sum of money as that which was proposed being contingent upon that union would be found to promote public convenience, whilst the great outlay of this company would be secured from an inadequate return. Now, if the Leeds company were willing to take upon themselves the risk, and guarantee to this company a dividend of 10 per cent., they had, he considered, a strong claim upon parlia ment to enable them to lease this line. He would further observe, with regard to leasing the line, that the engage ments which this company had contracted with other com panies—the Grand Junction, and other tributary streams which added to their revenue—had strongly pressed them selves upon his (Mr. Boothby's) mind • but, from the con versations be had had with Mr. Houldsworth, he thought that those difficulties were not insuperable. They might be overcome, by those engagements forming a portion of the conditions of the lease. He did not wish to go now into details ; he merely desired to state his wish that the chair men of the two companies might meet and discuss between themselves this very important question, and see if the diffi culties in the way of an adjustment could not be overcome. He was quite sure, from .what he knew of him, that the chairman of the Leeds Company, who was so anxious to have the two companies united upon the principle he had mentioned, would be satisfied with such a decision as this, and that he would endeavour to come to some understand ing, either to go to Store-street or otherwise. In recom mending the chairmen to meet, he did it upon this ground— that questions of such great delicacy and importance as this were much better discussed by two individuals than by more numerous committees. It would avoid, too, the danger to which they had been hitherto exposed, of misunderstanding and recrimination. He had perfect confidence, as they all had, in the integrity, discretion, and gentlemanly bearing of their chairman, Mr. Lawrence ; he believed that confidence would be unanimously placed in that gentleman ; and he must also be allowed to say, from long intimacy with, and a personal knowledge of, Mr. Houldsworth, that he did not believe Manchester possessed a more independent mind, a more honourable spirit, or a more upright man, than that gentleman. (Hear, hear.) He felt the strongest confidence that if these two 'gentlemen met in friendly discussion all differences between the two com panies would be amicably arranged. He did not mean to say that the deputation should be limited to these two gentlemen. If the chairman of either company felt that the responsibility would be too great, and he sought to add another member of Lie board, he (Mr. Boothby) did not object, but after what he hid said he did not think it became him to say any more. In proposing the adoption of the resolutions he also begged to move, not as an amendment, but as an addition, that negoci tions be opened between the chairmen, of the two companies, in the full hope and expectation of their leading to an ami cable and friendly understanding. (Hear, bear, hear.) ° t, appeared ßm l l be begged to most to extraordinary ra or allowed dina r t; x i a n lc ic e t o a his mind that this company should be found fault with for having struck upon the south line, and that it should be . called a new idea. He begged to recall to the recollection of the chairman that there Was a proposition for a line on the south side of Manchester before this company had come to any other plan at all. He (Mr. Formby) had taken a few of the shares in the Crewe line at the recommendation of the chairman of the Grand Junction Company, and he thought it a hard thing that the directors of this company should adopt the line to Hunt's Bank, and give up another which they had under protection. He therefore suggested the pro priety of their stopping before it was adopted, and it was only adopted upon the condition that it should not cost more than £2OO ; and the bill was agreed to by the proprietors on the condition alone that after it had been obtained not anoher step should be taken in the matter till their sanction had been given to it. . . . . The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Formby was quite right ; the hands of the directors were tied from the moment they got the bill, for it was decided that not another step should be taken till the directors had the approbation of the proprie tors. It was upon that account, and also upon account of not seeing their way through it that the directors had never brought the matter before the proprietors. With regard to the recommendation of Mr. Boothby, he would see that the third resolution authorised the directors to open ne gociations, so that was virtually the very recommendation which Mr. Boothby had made. The directors would of course open the negociations in such a manner as they might think most likely to be successful, either by appointing the chairman or deputy chairman, or a deputation, to carry out their views. Mr. BOOTHBY said be had been induced to make the re commendation from the entire confidence he bad in the two chairmen, and because he thought that such negociations were conducted better by a limited than by a large deputation. He wished the opinion of the proprietors to be takenOn the question whether they would not be satisfied to have the matter calmly discussed by the chairmen of the two companies—of both of whom all must entertain the highest opinion. Did they not think that a mutual good understanding was most likely to be promoted between the two companies by such a nieeting in the first instance ? He did not mean to say that they were to leave the matter in the hands of the chairmen afterwards ; he merely wished to ascertain if the feeling of the proprietors was in favour of such a meeting ? When it was recollected that the Manchester and Leeds proprietors were to meet on Thursday [yesterday], when this subject must come under discussion, it would tend to promote a good understanding if the proprietors of this company expressed themselves in favourof such a measure. He thought that such an expression of their opinion would have a much more beneficial effect than any general recommendation ; and we knew that very often the meetings of deputations, consisting of numbers, were less effectual than interviews between the chairmen only. With these views, he still wished to press his recommendation. The CHAIRMAN thought this matter bad better be left as suggested in the resolution. M r. BOOTHBY was Aorry litrcotald not think so. Mr. DAVID HODGSON, in answer to what Mr. Boothby had said, and lest there slMuld be a wrong impression upon the minds of the meeting, begged to say that there was not the slightest indisposition upon the part of the directors, either separately or collectively, to meet the Leeds and Man chester directors. They had been ready at all times, and they were ready now, to do so ; but, at the same time, he rather thought the directors of this company had already made advances towards the Leeds directors which they un derstood perfectly Well, and perhaps Mr. Boothby would therefore see the propriety of leaving the matter in the hands of the directors. The directors of this company were as anxious as men could be that every thing should be conducted amicably ; no individual at the board had any other feeling connected with the subject but that of a desire to have every thing done in the very best possible manner, with regard to the real interests of the proprietors. (Cheers.) He thought it should be impressed upon the proprietors now present that there was not the slightest impediment in the way of Mr. Lawrence meeting Mr. Houldswprth, separately, as gentle men delega'ed for the purpose, or proceeding in any other way that might be thought best ; but as communications must now necessarily take place between the two boards, per haps Mr. Boothby would see the propriety of leaving the matter as it stood. Mr. BOOTH here made a communication, in an under tone, to Mr. Boothby ; after which, _ _ _ Mr. I3ooTnny said a suggestion had just been made to him, by Mr. Booth, which would have the effect of meeting his views. Mr. JOHN Moss thought it was much better to leave the matter in the hands of the board ; and, if that were the course determined upon, be was sure Mr. Lawrence would have great pleasure in meeting Mr. Houldsworth. Mr. BOOTHBY said he was satisfied. Mr. GILL, as a director of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way, begged to thank the meeting for the good feeling which had been expressed towards that company. They had always been willing to respond to it; but he thought himself bound to state that the time had now come, as it was a crisis with them, for the Manchester and Leeds Company to ask this company whether they intended to proceed with their line or not. And if the correspondence which had taken place last week, and the resolution forwarded by the Leeds board to the directors of this company, were read, he thought they would clearly shew the meeting that they were called upon to decide the question now. The Leeds board were anxious to meet the Liverpool board, and he begged to say that they would meet them cordially in the spirit of friendship, in order to arrange the existing differences ; but, at the same time, a great many things had been said here to-day which ought not to have been said. He would, however, pass that by. The Manchester and Birmingham Company had acted for them selves ; they had lodged plans unasked for by the Leeds com pany, and of their own act. Now it was a most extraordi nary thing—but he had better deal in facts. (Hear, hear.) The map [of Manchester] in his hand was official, was it? The CHAIRMAN.—Yes, it is official. Mr. GILL had asked the question because the map which was put into the hands of the proprietors at the last meeting was not official. With that map in his band, he could very soon shew all the merits of the case. Here were five rail ways coming into Manchester, the Manchester and Liver pool, the Manchester and Leeds, the Manchester and Bir mingham, the Manchester and Sheffield, and the Manchester and Bolton. Four of these companies had decided upon coming to Hunt's Bank—the Liverpool and Manchester com pany was the only exception. He thought that was a really important fact, with which the meeting, he trusted, would know how to deal. He assured the meeting that they had, as their chairman (Mr. Houldsworth) had stated in his ad dress, waited month after month, and year after year, with the view of getting something done by this company ; but nothing-had been done till the twelfth hour. , Here they were in this position ; the compulsory powers of the [Liverpool and Manchester] act expired in June next, and was it too much to ask, upon the part of the Manchester and Leeds Company, that if the thing was intended to be done at all it should be done now? It had not been done, and the meet ing must allow him to ask the directors why it had not been done? The Leeds and Manchester board had pursued the matter as far as they had been able, and why, he asked, had it not been done? They [the Leeds board] had not been so fortunate as to have in their act of parliament the happy words—" if the directors of the said company shall think fit," but they were bound to go to Hunt's Bitrik. The Leeds company met on Thursday next [yesterday], and he had the report in his pocket, in which report it was stated that it was not on the decision of the directors, but on the decision of the proprietors, that they were bound to go to Hunt's Bank. The question was left in the proprietors' hands, with out any recommendation upon the part of the direc tors, and, as he had before said, the proprietors decided that they should go to Hunt's Bank. The directors were now in the hands of the proprietors, and he could assure the meeting there was a strong feeling among them upon the subject. He regretted the differences that had arisen, because they seemed to have raised the town of Manchester against the town of Liverpool—towns whose interests were closely connected, and should be inseparably blended together ; and on that account he really thought that the shareholders assembled in the.present meeting had much better deal with the thing as it was, than to causc further• pro crastination. It was necessary to come to some decision. He should be most willing to hear whether anything could be done—but at the same time he must state on the part of the Manchester and Leeds Company, that it was their de cided intention, because they were compelled, to go to Hunt's Bank, first by their act of parliament, and secondly by a decision of the proprietors. Mr. WILLIAM EARLE said it was most extraordinary, after there had been so much cordiality upon this subject expressed by the meeting, and after the gentleman who had last spoken had himself expressed a wish for a cordiality of feeling, that he should have thought it becoming to have made observations which were calculated to produce anything but what he professed to desire. He had said it was a fixed determination upon the part of his company, that such and such things should be done Mr. GILL.—The determination of the proprietors. Mr. EARLE.— Well ; then if the determination were agreed upon, it was much better that no further discussion should take place here lest any angry expressions should get abroad which might prevent a disposition for arrangement to the satisfaction of all parties. All diplomacy and all refer ences seemed now to be entirely useless. Mr. Gm, said he was accused of using improper language. He was not conscious of having said anything improper. He appealed to the chairman if he had said any improper word. The CHAIRMAN.—It is not alleged that you have. Mr. GILL.—I merely do not wish this highly-respectable meeting to be deceived ; it is proper they should know we are determined to go to Hunt's Bank. Mr. ALSTON said the remarks of Mr. Gill had screwed his courage to the sticking-place, and he should second the motion for the adoption of the resolutions proposed by Mr. Boothby. He entered that room with a good deal of doubt upon his mind, on the subject of the meet ing ; but the directors having proposed to refer the matter in dispute to the highest authority, the most unexcep• tionable authority they could get, he would with ,pleasure second the motion. He rejoiced that all differences, all jealousies, and all that had been said about Manchester being opposed to Liverpool, and Liverpool to Manchester, were to be laid aside, and the question at issue finally settled upon rational principles. (Hear, hear, hear.) It was upon this ground that he seconded the proposition. But he must say, that, although they bad had two meetings upon this sub ject, there had been no reason given by the directors of this company why they were so unwilling to go to Hunt's Bank, after having at one time supported that line. It had not been stated in the reports, and he thought that for the satis faction of the proprietors it should be explained ; if the mat ter was to be referred, it was important to know the reason which the directors had for not going to Hunt's Bank. With regard to the guarantee of ten per cent. it ought to be thrown aside. The Liverpool and Manchester company put their case into the hands of the referee—whether the mem bers for the county, the chancellor of the duchy, or the board of trade—and they ought to wait for the decision before they gave an opinion upon such a subject. Under these circum stances, he had only to say that he hoped the question would now be settled by being referred to persons of high standing and authority, as suggested. The CHAIRMAN said it was imperative that there should have been a meeting of the proprietors before the question went to a reference. With regard to the remark, that the directors bad given no reason why they had not gone to Hunt's Bank, he had stated it before. it was evident that they could not see the way to make the line answer. The expenditure would be such that they did not feel it necessary to call upon the proprietors to go to Hunt's Bank. Mr. CREWDSON said he rose to support Mr. Boothby's motion. If the two chairman met together all differences might be avoided ; and if they felt it necessary, they might call in such assistance as would enable them to come to au amicable adjusnient of all the questions between the two corn palsies. Mr. THEODORE RATHBONE hoped that Mr. Gill's wish, to have the correspondence with the Leeds board read, would be complied with • for it would vindicate the directors of this company from the charge of being indisposed to meet the Leeds board. Several proprietors here said that there was no necessity for reading the correspondence. The CHAIRMAN mentioned that it would only occupy two or three minutes. Mr. RATHBONE again urged the reading of the corespon dence. It would settle the point as to the alleged unwilling ness of the Liverpool board to meet the Leeds board. In point of fact there had been repeated meetings between them, and he sincerely wished that they might be carried on so long as there was any hope or prospect of their coming to an amicable arrangement. The Liverpool board had met re peatedly with Mr. Houldsworth ; but it was always required that before they entered into discussion that they (the Liver pool board) should abandon every thing, and come to terms to which they could not agree. That, indeed, was the real substance of the last proposition. With regard to the im perative nature of the Leeds act Mr. Gill could not he unaware that there was nothing in that ; and that, if they could divest themselves of their apprehensions with regard to the Sheffield i company, they would see that it was quite as: important for t hem to take the southern line as the other. In conclusion, he believed it was impossible to do better for the mutual interests of the two boards than to submit the entire case to Mr. ALSTON thought they had better avoid reading the correspondence. It had iiothit,g to do with the substantial merits of the question, whilst it might tend to raise feelings of irritation on ►vie side or the other. This meeting wanted the two boards to act kindly towards each other. (Cries of " Yes, yes.") Mr. RATitooNE repeated that the reading of the corres pondence would occupy but a very short time. Mr. ALSTON was convinced that it would excite un pleasant feelings and angry discussion. Mr. RAT►►BONE thought it would have no such result. Mr. Boo•rniv said that ❑nless Mr. Gill had received in structions Irmo his board since yesterday, lie (Mr. Boothby) was eoribled, from direct communication with Mr. Hou wort h` to say that ►he board had not decided that under all circumstances they would go to Hunt's Bank. If the Liver pool board would entertain the proposal of leasing the line, that would remove all the grounds for jealousy and anger that might be presumed to have arisen from the southern junction, and this COW pally might then entertain the subject of t-1 nut's Bank Junction. if it should result in leasing the line, it would be a fair thing to let the Leeds company do this ; and though they might give a preference on engineering grounds to the southern line, he should be sorry if the proprietors recommended the directors on no account to go to Hunts bank. Ile thought, therefore, that it was injudicious upon the part of Mr. Gill, to state that his board would not enter tain the subject of the southern line. They had not yet decided upon the question of a reference, and if they agreed to it it was possible that the refereee might recommend Hunt's Bank; but did Mr. Gill mean to say that his board had predetermined that they would not entertain the proposal for a reference? If so, there was an end to discussion. Now if the two chairmen were to meet, they would agree upon ulterior measures, and he felt confident that this would lead to a proper understanding. In the mean time the proprietors had better avoid the discussion of all sub jects which were calculated to irritate the feelings of either one side or the other. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GILL said he had no idea of being interrogated in such a manner as Mr. Boothby had interrogated him. Mr. Boothby had no right whatever so to interrogate him. Mr. BooT►inr said he merely wished to know whether Mr. Gill had any communication from his board later than yesterday at noon, because he (Mr. Boothby) had then seen Mr. iouldsworti►? Mr. GILL repeated that be would not submit to be inter rogated by Mr. Boothby in any such manner. He had been with his board till nine o'clock last night, but he was not to be questioned about what had been dune. Mr. BOOTHBY.—I merely ask you whether there is a decision on the part of your board, and a determination that under no cireuntstances will-they go the southward line. Mr. GILL.—I never said so. Mr. BOOTHRY.—Then I beg your pardon. I certainly understood you to say so. Mr. GILL.—I said that the directors themselves had not made such a decision, but that it was the proprietors who had done so. It is the act of parliament that says so; but I am not to be interrogated in this way. Mr. HARDMAN EARLE.—Did you not say that you had a report in your pocket which was to be read at some meeting? That would tell us perhaps. Mr. GILL—I have a report, but lam not going to reedit, Mr. Hardman Earle ; no, no. The CnainmAN.•--Iloweyer, we are not going into that question now. Mr. GlLL—When I came down here, I did not intend to speak at this meeting ; but being the only organ of our board here, I am bound not to allow this meeting to be deceived. (I tear, hear.) lam not here to have my report dragged out of my pocket by Mr. Hardman Earle, or any body else ; no, no. (Laughter.) Mr. HARDMAN EARLE.—I am sure I have not the least wish to drag anything out of your pocket. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. GlLL—Very well; then don't ask me for it. The CHAIRMAN said the directors of this company were in this position—that they could recommend a better junction line in Manchester than that which they had the power to make now. They were willing to submit their case to refer ence ; if they found the southern line, which they recom mended, was wrong, and that the Hunt's Bank junction was the right one, their opinions must fall to the ground ; but until that had been ascertained they ought to endeavour to see the gentlemen of the Leeds board, and endeavour to bring them to see that what the Liverpool board recom mended was right. (Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. BooTHBY.—And you are convinced that the south line would be the best for them ? The CHAlRMA N.—Certainly. Mr. Joni BARKER. said the resolutions which the direc tors had prepared pledged the meeting to say that the south line was the best. Now, it would render an adjustment with the Leeds company much easier if the question were left open. The CHAIRMAN.—It is left open. (Hear. hear.) Mr. BARKER begged pardon if he had misunderstood the resolutions, but he had not so apprehended them. He had lived a long time in Manchester, and he knew the two lines ' distinctly ; and though it would be presumptuous in him to say the least in opposition to the engineers, yet he was fully convinced that the amount to be laid out upon the south line would be very much beyond what they had laid down in the estimate contained in the report. No doubt if the Leeds company were to send their engineers along the line they would prove that the junction by Hunt's B an k wou ld cost £lOO,OOO less than the south junction. However, as far as expenditure went, it might be impartially presumed that there would be little difference: between the two ; but passing, as as the south junction would, over eight or t en o f t h e l argest streets in Manchester, he could not suppose it would be agreed to by the commissioners and other public bodies. Therefore, if the meeting were to decide that that should be the line, they would be, in some degree. prej u d g i ng a quest i on which was to be settled in amicable discussion. He could not support the proposition made to this meeting that it would be best to support the south line ; but if any general resolution could be come to by which the meeting would not prejudge the question, but leaving it open for settlement by impartial and disinterested individuals, it would be the more desirable course. It had occurred that angry feelings had arisen by injudicious remarks being made upon the Hunt's Bank junction not having been accomplished. The CHAIRMAN repeated that the directors had no other reason to assign for not going to Hunt's B an k than the Opinion which every one Of them had, that the south line was the best. It was upon that account they Proposed a reference, and, as he bad said before, if they Were wrong those in authority would correct them; but that must be taken as their reason for not going on with the Hunt's Bank junction. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BARKER.—I consider it particularly unfortunate that several years should have been permitted to elapse without bringing the matter to a settlement under the present act. Mr. ALSTON.—Do not let us, at the same time we refer this matter, declare that we think it ought to be decided in a particular way. Mr. EARLE said this was extraordinary doctrine. If any two gentlemen disagreed upon any point, and they agreed to let it go to a reference, did they not each of them endeavou r to make the be s t o f their case? What were the directors of this company doing but that? They had taken a great many opinions in order to arrive at the best line, and they declared their belief that the south line was the best. They were certainly competent to give an opinion ; they had formed one, and if the other party could not agree with them, the di rectors would leave the question to reference. Mr. CREWDSON said the meeting might be competent to for m an opinion ; and it was in consequence of what had been said from the chair that he wished it to be understood that the resolutions were those of the directors and not of the meeting. The CH ARM AN said the resolutions were submitted by the directors for the approval of the proprietors. Mr. CLIEWDSON did not think it was good policy to make a declaration in favour of the south line when the case had .o he referred. Mr. RATHBONE argued that it must not be assumed that this question was going to a reference. The directors were willing to go to a reference, but there was another party to be consulted, and they were, at that moment, told that that party would not go to a reference. So Mr. Gill had said; he (Mr. Rathbone) hoped it might not be so, but suppose the Liverpool directors should not get a reference were that meeting to break up without expressing an opinion upon a subject on which the directors had taken so much pains, and about which they had themselves a decided and an una nimous opinion ? The meeting must therefore consider the position the directors would be in if the Leeds directors refused the reference. Mr. BOOTH BY said the question being left open there was not the slightest objection to the resolutions, as being the opinion of the directors; because, although they were the opinion of the directors after mature investigation, that opinion might be changed. The resolutions did not bind them to the southern line, but left them at liberty to go to Hunt's Bank if they should think proper. He under stood that the resolutions did not bind the board to commit themselves to the southern junction if upon further discussion the Hunt's Bank junction should he preferred. e had also to state that he was enabled to propose these reso lutions, because they did not confine the proprietors to that which the circular from the directors issued a few days ago did, in which they recommended the Hunt's Bank line to be abandoned. In fine he thought the resolutions were nothing more than the opinion of the directors upon the subject of the reference, and not at all binding upon which line they should take. Mr. BOOTH (the secretary) begged as a proprietor to say one or two words. In, all cases of reference, what was the occasion of the reference but that the two parties had different opinions? A reference could not be commenced without that condition ; and who were the parties in this case ? They (the Liverpool Company), were the parties on one side, the Leeds Company were the parties on the other Mr. GILL.—But there are three other parties. Mr. Boornt.—Very well ; still the principle was the same, and it was essential that this company should confirm the views of the directors before They could go to a reference at all. The proprietors Must confirm the views of the direc tors before the directors could be competent to go to a reference. (Hear, hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN observed that if the directors had power to make the line which they recommended, that would be another case. Mr. BOOTH, in continuation, said it did not follow that, because it was recommended, the best line should be made. for various reasons of policy.. The town of Manchester might not approve of it, and various grounds might exist why the best line should not be made ; it was upon that account the question had been left open. Mr. CLAY, at the request of the chairman, then read the resolutions again. Mr. BOOTHEY said, that in their report the directors had stated their willingness to contribute to compensate the Manchester and Leeds company for any expense they might have laid out in their approach to Hunt's Bank. Mr. GILL—It is not necessary to take up time by the dis cussion of that point. one CHA IRMAN said the directors did not see how it was competent for that meeting to entertain the subje c t. Mr. BOOTHBY alluded to it merely to ask whether there ought not to be a resolution upon it. It was a ma n question, because he thought this company were to be blamed for their delay in bringing the question to a decision, and because by that delay the other company had been led int o expense . He did not mean to go into the merits of the case now, but be put it to the chair whether it was not a proper subject for a resolution ? Mr. SANDBACH, S •/ en said the Leeds directors had in curred the expense, whatever it was, by virtue of the authority of their proprietors. The CHAIRMAN said, that if the Leeds directors had bought land at a disadvantage, it ought to go into the general ex penses of the concern. He would now put the resolutions. Mr. JOHN BARKER—I object to the first resolution, be cause it pledges the meeting to a particular line. (No, no.) Mr. GILL—And I cannot concur in it, because it calls the South line the best. The question was then put. Mr. John Barker and Mr. Gill held up their hands against the first of the resolutions, and all the rest were carried unanimously. The usual thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated at half-past two o'clock, the proceed ings having occupied one hour and a half. There is a storekeeper in New York who makes such pre cious high charges that you have to get on the counter to receive the change. Mr. Nasmyth, C.E., has discovered that the rails on rail roads never rust when traversed by waggons going always in the same direction ; but when they serve for waggons g oin g in two directions, as in the ca of a single line of rails, they become rusted very soon.—Mining Journal. LECTURES ON THE CREED OF POPE PIUS. On Friday last the second of this course of lectures was delivered at the Music-hall, Bold street, by the Rev. Dr. Tattershall. The subject of the lecture was the second ❑ovelty in the creed of Pope Pius IV., and was thus an nounced in the syllabus of the course : " I also admit the Holy Scripture, according to that sense which our Holy Mother, the Church, has held and does hold, to which it belongs to judge of the true sense and in terpretation of the Scriptures : neither will I ever take and , - - interpret them otherwise than according to the unanimous cAlsent of the Fathers." Considerable information was expected to be imparted, as the subject is a cry impoi taut one, and was likely to be han dled with consummate ability by such an able divine. The attendance was not very numerous, and we regret that we cannot give the whole of the address. The lecturer, after some remarks as to the novelty of the essential features of popery and their oppositio❑ to Christi anity, proceeded to argue at some length in defence of the principle, that an agreement with previously established truth has a legitimate application in putting to the test the truth of divine revelation itself, and in verifying and strength- ening the force of other evidence in behlf of its claims to be received as such. Much more, argued the learned doctor, does this principle seem applicable to all cases in which the truth of any doctrine or opinion held by men is the question to be determined. He then proceeded nearly as follows : If the principle of conformity to, or agreement with, an ori- • • , ginal standard be in evidence a test of truth when applied to all subsequent communications professing to come from the great author of revelation himself, how much more needful fs it that any statement of doctrine coming from the lips of man, and claiming to be received as true, should be found in the strictest agreement with the great standard of revelation itself. Whatever is not so conformed is no part of divine truth, anti has no claim upon the credence or submission of any man, and the same principle is applicable, although it is true that our means for applying it are exceedingly imperfect, to ascertain the correctness of any doctrine supposed to be set forth in the writings of inspiration. It is beyond all question a sound canon of interpretation, that inasmuch as the words employed in any discourse, whether oral or writ ten, were intended to be signs to the hearer or reader of what passed in the mind of the author, that author must be be- lieved to have used such words, and in such sense as they would be understood to bear, by the persons to whom they were addressed ; and therefore, the true meaning of an author must be that in which he was understood by his pri- mitive hearers and readers. Of course it is not intended to be admitted here, that the meaning of an author is that which is imagined to be such by each individual hearer; this would be either to suppose those hearers individually incapable of mistake, or to assign to the author a variety of meanings, each admitted to be equally true, of the same words. But speaking generally, and making allowance for the occurrence of individual failures, that may safely be taken for the meaning of an author, which was understood to be such by those of his own time, those in particular for whom he wrote; and more especially so, if it were the interest of those parties to understand him correctly. This sense, therefore, if it can be ascertained, may fairly be considered to be that of the writer himself. And the same remark may be allowed perhaps to hold true, according to a kind of graduated scale, with respect to those who lived in the next, or in shortly succeeding generations or ages of the world. They were in a better position than others of ages following after a long interval, for ascertaining the precise import of the produc tions of any author ; and in proportion as we have reason to think that they possessed the opportunity to take advantage of that position, to believe them diligent in so doing, and also to regard them as having been under the influence of no intellectual dulness or obliquity which would render them liable to misunderstand or misapply the statements of their author, as well as under the influence of no moral bias which would dispose them to pervert or misrepresent such mean ing, we may venture to admit that such interpretations, ge nerally speaking, may be understood fairly to represent the meaning of the - autho'r in question. If, moreover, interpretations of this kind be found in con siderable numbers, and if there appear among them a general consent as to the representation which they give of the mean ing of their author, such representation not only may, I think, but must, as a matter of moral certainly, be allowed to have a just claim to be regarded as the author's true meaning, and anything substantially different must be re- jected. One thing is, however, to be carefully borne in mind, as a truth collateral with the above admission, and essentially interwoven with the principle upon which it rests. The above canon of interpretation is based upon the supposition that the author in question employed in his writings such words as he knew or believed would be understood correctly by his readers; that is, he must have used his words in the senses which they ordinarily bore in the language in which they were written ; he must have combined them together also according to the methods or rules which were adopted ordinarily by other writers or speakers in that language; in other words, he must have w ritten according to the ordinary grammatical construction of the language in question. Such meanings of words have descended to our own day, and such grammatical construction has come down to us also, and is known to us by means of so large a number of authors, that any collusive representation of a word, or a phrase, or a construction, would be an impossibility. Bence, there fore, among the most important of all the interpretations of any ancient author, is the lexicon and the grammar of the language itself in which he wrote. The literal and gramma tical construction, therefore, of any passage must contain (whatever be the case with any other interpretation) the real meaning of the writer, and no interpretation of any author whatever can be entitled to the smallest credit which is not in perfect harmony with this. And if it were replied to this, that the sense of an author may in all probability be gathered better from ancient inter preters than from the writings of the author himself,—in consequence of our great distance from the period in which he flourished, and from the fact, which must be admitted to be true, that our knowledge of neither the meaning of the words nor the construction of the language in which he wrote is per fect, and that many peculiarities belonging to both the one and the other have been lost in the lapse of ages,—l must beg to answer that the remark is of little or very trifling force. So far as our distance of time is concerned we are almost as dis tant from the interpreters whom it would be important to notice in the controversy with which we are concerned as from the authors themselves. And as to the languages in which they wrote, if our knowledge of them do not enable us to understand the Greek originals of the Apostles, so neither would it enable us to understand the Greek interpreters, and of however superior a character the interpretation would be which they might furnish, it is one from which we are, from the very nature of the case, altogether shut out. It is one which, from the circumstances in which we are placed, we are totally unable to attain. It would appear, therefore, with reference to the sacred Scriptures, as well as to any other ancient writings—though I must be permitted here to pause, and to enter the most solemn protest against any statement which would represent the Scriptures, especially of the New Testament, as works obscure or difficult to be understood : I rr ust declare my solemn conviction that they are as plain and easy to be un derstood, and present as few anomalies of construction or stumbling blocks likely to occasion mistakes to the honest and diligent inquirer as any other ancient writings whatever; and that in this respect they are abundantly easier and supe rior to the writings of their interpreters, abundantly easier to be understood than the fathers themselves ;—yet it would appear that the sense in which the Scriptures were understood by the earliest Christian writers, those, at least, concerning whom no reason appears to make us suspect that they were under the influence of any motive or prejudice which would have a tendency to warp their judgment, or to blind their understanding, was, in all probability, the true sense, and that for the purpose of studying the sense of difficult pas sages, the safest mode of proceeding would be to consult these ancient writers as well as crit►cally to examine the authors themselves, ar►d it may fairly be presumed that when the two are not at variance with each other, the sense so arrived at may be received as the true one. But this aid of interpretation, which is highly valuable when applied in the manner now explained, when employed to assist, and not to supersede, the exercise of individual judgment, when used as a means of inquiry and conviction, not of suppressing inquiry, and therefore rendering convic tion impossible, the Church of Rome has, with the usual craft, sought to pervert from its proper use, and to turn to her own account ; and she has endeavoured to effect this ob ject by first associating it with a fiction which she represents as a reality, and erects into an infallible standard of truth ; and thus by converting the whole, strange to say, into an article of faith. It has first assumed the existence of a per fect unanimity of opinion among the early Christian writers, or, at all events, among those who would be admitted to have been Catholic or orthodox. It has then assumed that this unanimity of consent must infallibly unbody the true sense of sacred Scripture, from which it will not allow either ques tion or appeal ; and it has thus presented it to maintain the cause of truth and promote the glory of our Redeemer. The learned Dr. then quoted the terms of an article in the creed of Pope Pius the IV. asserting the principle that it is " the province of the church to judge of the true sense of the scriptures." Though this principle were admitted, it would not follow that the prerogative would belong to the Church of Rome. To the Church Universal it might belong, but to the Church of Rome as governed by her Pontiffs it does not, it never did belong. The Church of Rome is not, and never was catholic, nor could it be said with truth that the catholic church has ever sat in council since the fourth century. The only meaning of such an admission. if in tended to have any practical application, would be, that it belongs to every branch of Christ's catholic church, which has a separate and scriptural jurisdiction of its own, to pro nounce an authoritative opinion concerning the meaning of scripture. The lecturer then proceeded to slim that in one sense this principle must be true—that asserted in our own articles, that " the church has power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith." He then at considerable length noticed the necessity for this principle, and in conclusion confuted in the most masterly manner the figment of the Church of Rome, that her votaries are never to receive the scriptures except according to the unanimous consent of the fathers, whilst the same church acknowledges, that with reference to the communion in both kinds there are various interpretations ' of the holy fathers and doctors. The fathers were then ap pealed to, and the lecturer demonstrated that on no one point are they unanimous. This unanimous consent, then, said the doctor, is a nonentity ; it has no existence—the Church of Rome herself acknowledges it to he so, and that in one of her solemn authoritative decrees ; and in professing to frame her creed and the faith of her people, according to it she is guilty of a solemn imposture, and of a heartless, cruel, and wanton trifling with the souls of men, whom she teaches thus to lean on a broken reed. The learned doctor then appropriately concluded. The next lecture will be delivered this evening, by the Rev. J. Lyons, of Bolton. 'We understand that the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, will honour the Lord Primate with a visit, at Lambeth Palace, on Saturday next. The p rime minister has now four garters at his disposal, caused by the deaths of the Earl of Westmorland, the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Hertford, and the Duke of Norfolk. So many vacancies at the same time are scarcely upon record. HER MAJESTY'S SLIPPERS.—The Queen wore at the levee a splendid diamond bracelet, containing a portrait of the King of Prussia. The diamonds in her Majesty's head, stomacher, and train were also unusually brilliant. Her Majesty wore a very beautiful pair of satin slippers, embroid ered by the Duchess of Kent, and made open at the heels in the eastern style. The Queen's feet are so remarkably small that no lady has yet been found who could wear the mignon slippers of Queen Victoria. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.—On Tuesday morning, at about a quarter past twelve o'clock in the forenoon, an extraordinary accident occurred on the Great 'Western Railroad, about four miles from the terminus at Cirencester. While the down train from London, which started thence at eight o'clock in the morning, was proceed ing at a rapid pace towards its destination, the engine, fol lowed by the tender and two of the luggage trucks, suddenly whirled out of the direct line, and were instantly precipitated down a steep of from 90 to 100 feet in depth. Happily for the passengers, the chain which connected other trucks to those which followed the engine and tender, snapped, and left them, together with the carriages attached, in safety on the bank. The engine , with its (as it turne d out) fortunate conductor) was hurled down the declivit y , and , when near the bottom, became clogged in the soil. The tender followed with its occupant , who most sin g ula rly escaped without n. scratch. Higher up on the slope the two trucks became fixed, so that they could not foll ow the power which broke away from them- All this, as may be imagined, was the work of a few seconds, and the passengers were shortly con veyed unhurt to the terminus by another engine. THE INCOME TAX. " 7o the' Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament Assembled. The Humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of Liverpool and its Neighbourhood, " SIIEWETII " That your Petitioners, being informed that it is the in tention of the persons entrusted with the administration of the affairs of this country, to propose in your Honourable House a Tax on Income arising from Trades and Profes sions, earnestly request that your Honourable House will not allow any such proposition to be proceeded with, but will instantly reject it as dangerous in the highest degree to the safety of the State, subversive of the liberty of the peo ple, destructive to those principles of integrity, independence, and self-esteem, which ought to be cherished by all men, and especially by British Merchants,—moreover derogatory to the dignity of the British Crown, and therefore prejudicial to the good repute of your Honourable House in the esteem of the British people." The above is a copy of a petition to the House of Commons against the tax on income from trades and professions, which was transmitted last night to Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., IMP., for immediate presentation, no petitions against the proposed tax being receivable by the House of Commons after this day. The petition lay on the table of the Exchange Newsroom yesterday for more than five hours, was generally read, and apparently carefully considered, but had only one signature appended to it. GUANO-THE NEW MANURE, GUANO, FROM THE CHINCHA ISLANDS. — It is from thes well known islands in the Pacific Ocean the Peruvians have for centuries past supplied, and do, at the present time, almost entirely supply themselves with this invaluable manure. Some sixty vessels are now constantly employed in carrying Guano from thence to the main land, which, by its fertilising qualities, produces the most abundant crops of wheat, maize, and all other vegetable productions, whilst, without it, little or nothing would be obtained from the soil. Guano, from Chincha, has lately been introduced into this country by Messrs. W. J. Myers and Co., of Liverpool ; and in offering it to the British agriculturist, it is deemed right, in consequence of theintroduction of one or two car goes from the coast of Bolivia, to say that they, with Messrs. Alexander Macdonald and Co., St. Mildred's-eourt, London, and their accredited age n t s i n the country, are the only par ties in England from whom the Guano, from Chincha, can be p'ocured. On application to any of them the article may be had genuine, and warranted the same quality as is used by the Peruvians, who esteem this Guano so highly that with the utmost difficulty was the Government of that country in duced to allow its exportation to Europe, for fear of doing an injury to their own agricultural interest, which could not be remedied shou:d the Guano be all exported. Guano has been applied, in this country, with the greatest success to the growth of wheat, barley, hops, turnips, grass lands, potatoes, and indeed every description of vegetable production, in the whole of which the increase of crop was most apparent and highly satisfactory, and it only requires to •be known to secure it general use by agriculturists. CORRESPONDENCE. THE PATENT QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Six,—l perceive by the papers that a theatrical war is about to be commenced upon the old bone of contention. patent or no patent. Allow me to make a few otoservations on the subject. There appears to be a very general impres sion in the town that the privileges of the patent of the Theatre-Royal extent-no the compelling all other establish ments to close. This is not the case. According to the, aw it is not pertnissable in any person to open a theatre in the provinces unless sanctioned by a patent ; and all persons offending against the law by acting or taking part in perform ances for hire, gain, or reward, are liable to penalties, and committal to prison as rogues and vagabonds. It appears to me that if this law is a good law it should be supported, and its provisions carried out, if it be not so, then the sooner it is repealed the better. We are told by legislators that theatres are a necessary evil, if so, let us have them of that class that if any improvement or good is to be got from them, let us, by all means, have a chance of receiving it. Let us receive instruction through the pure channels of Shakspeare's wit and fancy rather than from the muddy streams of our modern farce writers, who appear to revel in sickly sentiment and miserable balderdash. If I understand the matter aright, the case o! Messrs. Hammond and Anderson is one that de serves sympathy and support from the public. They are or will be engaged in a warfare of maintaining the law, and as such every good conservative should incline to them. It may be urged that they are asserting a principle that they have elsewhere contended against ; that they are now uphold ing vested rights against illegitimacy. I will grant it. Is a man never to see his error? Is he always to be a wrong doer ? And are not the lessees paying for their wisdom, and ought they not to gain it, and show their possession of it I say nothing of monopoly, or the right of opening a theatre. I say those who break the law are doing wrong, and they who fly in its face will repent. I grant that the lessees of the Theatre-Royal may have contended against patent rights, is that a reason why they should not be supported? They argued against that which they thought to be wrong; they now know what right is by experience, and show a wish to maintain it. Let me put a question to Mr. Webster, the lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, a man who has upheld the interests of the drama in London, and evinced both spirit and talent in all he has done for the stage. Let me ask Mr. Webster ifsome enterprising and bold man were to build a play house in Windmill-street or Prince's-street, or torn some of the shops opposite the Haymarket Theatre into a playhouse, procure a good company, and, without leave or license, play Mr. Webster's dramas, would he not be the first to assest his patent rights? and although it took only some thirty pounds nightly from his doors, would he not quickly adopt measures to get that house shut up ? Should such a concern be commenced, could Mr. Webster complain ? No ! If we are to judge of the present by the past, Mr. Webster, by coining forward to support Mr. Raymond, and throwing himself into the fray, has established a precedent that will not be forgotten should occasion serve. The question is this, have the proprietors of the Theatre oyal a privilege to open their property ? If they have, they ought to compel the crown or the law to protect them, and keep faith in its bargain ; and it they have no right, then they are imposing upon their lessees, and charging them an exorbitant rent for a supposititious privilege. The gauntlet has been thrown down by the lessee of the Liver, and the lessees or proprietors of the Theatre-Royal have taken it up. Let us see what will be the issue. In fine, how comes it that Mr. Raymond should, while inveighing against a patent right and a monopoly, seek to perpetuate and extend it by seeking for a patent for himself? If Mr. Raymond does not consider he is breaking the law, and that he may with impunity play, licensed or unlicensed, dramas, why does he still seek for one ? What use will it be to him since he can ride rough shod over the patent of the Theatre-Royal? Will not every penny manager who conducts his establishment with deco ruin, gallop as gaily through his ? Liverpool. THESPIAN THE LECTURES AT THE MUSIC-HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As the fastidious editor of the Liverpool Times is so sadly annoyed that the ears polite of England's female Protestants should be shocked by the remarks of the Rev. T. Nolan in his lecture on the First Novelty in the creed of Pope Pius, I do trust that when this course of twelve lectures are delivered, the parties engaged in getting them up will arrange one lecture snore, on the CONFESSIONAL, to be de livered to an audience of MEN ONLY, as such beastly, filthy, and revolting questions would then be brought to light as no untutored female ear could listen to. . This squeamish editor or scribbler in the Times would then, perhaps, kindly give us his candid opinion respecting the answers extracted font the wives and daughters of our Popish population by a set of batchelor priests. I trust this hint will not be unheeded ; for the more the horrors and infamy of the confessional are exposed the better, both for the cause of religion, morality, and decency. But supposing this notable writer should not be a Papist, trying by this shifty device (in which the fraternity are so well skilled) to shoulder the charge of grossness and indecency from the Popish to the Protestant church ; and should he be a dissenter, or, possibly, a dissenting minister, then he cannot but feel regret and shame that he could take offence at the quotation which he makes from the Rev. T. Nolan's lecture. Plain speaking is necessary when the damnable apostacy of Rome is spoken of; yet would I nut require Popery with all her deformities described in stronger language that she is described in the Word of God. I like the man who calls a rake a rake. The remark with which the editor appears most offended is merely an adapta tion of a quotation from Shakspeare's Othello.—Yours, &c., A BRITON. THE POPISH PROCESSION TO JAMES ASPINALL, ESQ., DEPUTY MAYOR. Sin—l very respectfully beg leave to call your attention to the very marked, peaceable, and Christian conduct of the Protestant operatives yesterday, during the procession of their Romish brethren, though every thing connected with it was such as could not but wound their feelings as Christians and patriots. For instance, the first flag carried represented on one side St. Patrick ; on the other, no less a personage than Daniel O'Connell, in his mayor's robes, holding an un folded scroll, whereon was inscribed in two places, " Repeal of the union." lie was also represented on another with the same motto, which was carried by a body denominating themselves the " Sons of freedom ;" then there was General Sarstield, and idolatrous banners of all sorts and sizes, and yet the inherent loyalty and respect for constituted authorities, which is the offspring of genuine Christianity, prevented any outward manifestation of indignant Protestant feeling. Let not, I beseech you, Sir, such generous behaviour be passed unnoticed and unrewarded, but let it be borne in mind when ever an opportunity offers in the distribution of municipal patronage. Hoping that our Romish brethren will be induced here after to follow the Christian example yesterday set them, and that you will excuse the liberty 1 have taken in address ing you, I have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, PHILO JUSTITIA. The Notizie del Giorno of Rome, of the 4th instant, con tains accounts of several fatal accidents from snow-storms during the winter. Five young men who were seeking pas ture for their cattle, near Villa-Montalto, were destroyed by an avalanche; at Vicariati 57 persons perished ; and in the environs of Civitella, 27 persons on horseback were over whelmed in the snow, and perished with their horses. SwiNneiNG.—From a case heard at the Mansion-house, London, on Tuesday, it appears that a very extraordinary species of swindling is becoming very general. Sir Peter Laurie stated that it had been represented to him by two of the parties who happened to be executors to the will of an old lady deceased, that a person had gone to Doctors' Commons, examined the will, took down the names and addresses of the executors, drew a bill, and forged the name of the deceased to it, and sued the executors for the amount. The executors, knowing that the old lady at the very time the bill was alleged to be drawn was bedridden and paralytic, and wholly unable to sign any document, of course resisted the payment, and a case which appeared in the newspapers, in which a similar attempt to impose was made, completely opened their eyes, and confirmed them in their determination not to be victims to the miscreants who planned such a nefarious scheme of robbery. These gentlemen mentioned several other cases of a similar description. The case was postponed, in order that the bill might be produced. " I'll not be forced into the measure," as the kitten said when they were crowding her into a pint pot. If the tottering, roofless walls in the Tower could speak. what historical names would they utter. Do you give it up? —Mat Tyler Will Rufus. Why does the present year resemble the year before last? C'est la meme chose.—Because the year before last was 1840, and this is eighteen hundred and forty too. Porisrt OUTRAGE.—Among the "black sheep" of Mr. O'Connell was a Mr. Nolan. On the 27th, three women, employed by him in spreading turf, were visited at their not wor to k by a stranger, who warned them, on pa in of death, work for a black sheep. Two of them promised obedience_ but the third (the widow Doyle) refused, saying that Nolan's money was as good as any other man's. In the middle of that night she was awakened by flakes of burning thatch falling on her bed. The O'Connellites had set fire to the house, and she bad scarcely time to burry out of it with her children before the roof fell i n !—Reign qf Terror in Ireland MISCELLANEOUS. THE QUEEN v. ACLAND.—This indictment, which was against Mr. Acland, the anti-corn-law lecturer, for a libel on William Robinson, Esq., the late Mayor of Lancaster, has been arranged : the defendant making an apology in court, and expressing his regret, a nominal punishment of Is. fine was inflicted. A GALLANT WITNESS.—At a trial the other day in Clon mel, a police constable, who was examined as a witness , after giving his te s ti mon y that the prosecutrix in the case was worthy of credit on her oath, added :—" I know nothing of her but what 1 heard the neighbours say ; and, in my opinion, what wom en sa y o f one another is not worthy of belief." THE LATE THEODOVIOOK.—The complete destitution of the fa m ily o f thi s po far writer may be judged from the fact that his personal property has been sworn under the value. of £lOO. The will and codicils are very short, the whole being on a single sheet of letter-paper, and dated as far back as 1828.—Brilannia. CORONER'S INQUEST.—FRIGHTFUL GAS EXPLOSION. —On Saturday afternoon a lengthened inquiry took place before Mr. Wakley, M.P. and a respectable jury, at the University College Hospital, on the body of Jane Allwood, aged 22, whose death was occasioned by the bursting and explosion of one of the main pipes belonging to the Imperial Gas Company, on Tuesday evening last.—London paper. AN ODD MISTAKIL—At tke King's County Assizes, Denis Keenan, a national schoolmaster, was found guilty and sentenced to seven years' transportation, for obtaining money under false pretences. Much amusement was created in the court, from the circumstance of his lordship, Baron Penne father, inadvertently proceeding to pass sentence before the jury had given in their verdict.—Waterford Mail. MELANCHOLY OCCUERENCE.—A melancholy accident occurred this week to a part of the crew of the revenue cut ter Mermaid. The Mermaid was at anchor, on Tuesday last, at noon, off North Queensferry, in Fife, and not ex ceeding half a mile distant from the shore. A party of sea men, seven in number, who were sent on shore for coals, were in the act of returning in the boat to the cutter, when she shipped a sea a short distance from the shore, and in stantly swamped. The accident was seen from the shore, and prompt assistance rendered, by which three out of the seven were rescued, but the others perished.—Edinburgh paper. SHOCKING CASE.-At the Glamorgan assizes, Catherine Thomas, aged 30, was charged with the wilful murder of her stepdaughter. The deceased lived with her father aud step mother, the latter of whom had two children of her own. It appeared from the evidence that the poor girl was deaf, and not altogether of sound mind, and that in her father's absence she was treated in the most cruel manner by her mother-in-law. In winter she was put to bed at 5, and not allowed to get up till 10 neat morning. She had been seen the du n ghill, an d ate food WM'. was given her by th e neighbours, The Ha. c e i a o t u in s g ly P :h ta e t r it was ceased's head was cut, as if by blows, in several places, and there were lice in the wounds. There was some deficiency in the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of " Man slaughter." Loss OF THE INDIA EMIGRANT SHlP.—Direct accounts from Port Philip give further particulars of the loss of the India emigrant ship, while on her voyage from Greenock to that colony. The India had 198 persons on board, and left Greenock on the 4th of June last. On the 20th of July fol lowing, when in south latitude 15, and west longitude 33, she caught fire, in consequence of the ignition of some spirits by a lighted candle, while being incautiously drawn off by a boy. In a very brief space of time the flames had enveloped the whole ship, but fortunately a French whaler was in sight, and came near to render assistance. Upon the first boat being lowered there was, as usual, a tremendous rush, by which it became immediately swamped, about eighteen persons, all passengers except one, being drowned. By the admirable conduct of the mate all the remaining parties were saved, but some were almost in a state of nudity, and others were in jured by the fire. The whole were conveyed to Rio de Janeiro, where the British merchants presented the com mander of the French whaler with a gold chronometer, and the shipmaster with an elegant gold snuff-box. The sum of £lOOO was also raised for the emigrants, who had lost every thing by the fire, the officers and the crew of the American ship Potomac having generously subscribed 550 dollars. The Grindley, which was to convey the emigrants to Port Philip, had not arrived up to the 19th of October last. Here the necessity is shown of providing a sufficient number of boats. —Standard. DESTRUCTION OF THE OXFORD POST-OFFICE BY FIRE. —About seven o'clock on Sunday morning, an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Parsons, man-mercer, adjoining the Post-office, in the High-street, Oxford. The flames immediately communicated to the Post-office on the east side, and the house of Mr. Charles Foster, jun., draper and habertlat.her, on the west. It was a considerable time before a sufficient supply of water could be obtained to work the engines, so that the flames got the complete mastery, and those three houses were very soon entirely destroyed. The flames caught the roof of Mr. Marshall's house, which has been considerably injured. Property to the amount of at least £7,000 must have been lost or destroyed. The fire is supposed to have originated in a flue which communicated with a beam, and thus remained in a smouldering state all night. The houses are insured in the County Fire-office. One day lately. when Mr. Shirreff, sheriff-substitute of Orkney, was returning in his drosky to Kirkwall from Ren dall, where he had been on business, accompanied by his son, who rode a small Shetland pony. Mr. Shireff was alarmed by the cries of his sou. Upon looking back he saw a large dog attack and take hold of his son, a young boy, about nine years of age, by the collar of his coat, and pull him off the pony's back, when little Trip (the Shetland pony) instantly seized hold of the dog by the neck with his mouth, kicked, bit, and shook him so severely that he ran away howling. Mr. S., it was said, would not part with Trip for any considera tion, he is so docile and attached to his young family, end they to him.--John's O'Groal's Journal. • THE LATE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD'S WILL.—The will of the late Marquis of Hertford is said to be one of the most remarkable documents ever bequeathed to posterity. The :nt marquis, we believe, succeds to £lOO,OOO per annum. Strachan, Marchioness di Salsa, has a large jointure. La Comtesse Itichi has th sum of 4:200,000, the house in the Regent's-park, and a prospective law-suit respecting some casket at Messrs. Coutts'; at least so runs the tale. The lady's maid to the Lady Strachan is left a property the esti mated value of which varies from £150,000 to £200,000. Lord Henry Seymour, nil. .The wines, said to _he worth £lO,OOO, are left to a comparative stranger, and legacies to a considerable amount to foreigners of high and low degree. It is our melancholy duty to record the death of the Ve nerable Dr. Singleton, Archdeacon of Northumberland, and Canon of Worcester Cathedral. His decease was awfully sudden, and took place on Sunday, March 13th, at Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Puke of Northumberland, whose chaplain he was, and where he had been fur some time on a v i s it. Though he had been suffering much from indisposi tion during winter, vet no serious apprehensions of danger were entertained ; indeed his health was supposed to be im proving; when, having retired to his own chamber, precious to reading the evening prayers, on Sunday last, be was found lifeless on the floor by the servant who entered a short time afterwards. The cause of his death is supposed to have been water on the chest,. and his age, as nearly as we can ascertain it, must have been about 58 years. ARSON AT CARLISLE.—On Saturday morning, about two o'clock, the Angel Inn, English-street, Carlisle, was disco vered to be on fire, but, by the prompt arrival of the engines, the flames were subdued in about an hour. On examination of the premises, however, by Mr. Graham, superintendent of police, ample proof appeared that they had been wilfully set fire to, and he immediately took into custody Mrs. Christo pherson, the landlady, her servant, and daughter. At 11 o'clock on the same day they were examined before the ma gistrates, when Mary Blaylock, the servant, confessed to having prepared peat, wood, shavings, and other materials by her mistress's order, to burn the house, for the purpose of recovering the insurance upon the premises, which was £5O upon her stock, and £350 on her furniture, under a promise to convey her to America to her husband. Mrs. Christopherson recriminated by laying the blame of the pro posal to the girl. The prisoners were then removed, and ordered to be kept in separate confinement.—Carlisle Journal. TIM TRAGEDY IN ALDERMANBIIRY.—O❑ Monday a coroner's inquest sat on view of the bodies of the father and his children, whose melancholy end we detailed in our last. 'Maurice Nathan, one of the witnesses testimony, was very affecting. He stated his place of residence to be in Ilam burgh, but that being in London on business, he had taken lodgings on Friday evening at the house of the deceased. The witness entered into a long detail of the conduct of the deceased on Saturday evening, tending to show a manifest aberration of mind. Amongst other things. he had very in quisitively, although a perfect stranger, inquired into his affairs. and pressed him that he should give him some hope that he should want a warehouse in London, and that he would take him into his service. The deceased's importuni ties lasted probably as long as an hour and a half. Yesterday, whilst he was in bed, he heard a noise up stairs, and a groan. He afterwards listened, and in about three minutes he heard one of the children cry out, " Oh, wicked father!" and then a sort of scuttle ensued, which was presently succeeded by a sound resembling the splashing of water on the floor. Im mediately after this all was quiet. He next heard the girl run down with great rapidity and cry out. Ile soon after heard Mrs. Lucas exclaim that her husband had murdered her children. The witness then described the spectacle he had witnesses on entering the two rooms in which the bodies of the father and his children had been stretched in death. The jury returned a verdict of temporary derangement. A subscription has been set on foot by the Lord Mayor for the widow. THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The num ber of persons (says the Glasgow Argus) who passed alon g this line on Sunday last, going and coming , was SO. In the morning train from Glasgow there were nine carriages, three of each class, carrying 259 passengers, the greater portion of whom were for Bishopbridge, Kirkintilloch, and the stations in the west. The morning train from Edinburgh on its ar rival in Glasgow had 197 passengers. The evening train from Glasgow had 1-I3 passengers, and the even i ng train from Edinburgh 279. In the morning train from Glasgow there were— First class passengers Second do. d o . Third do. do. Evening train from Glasgow— First class passengers Second do. do. Third do. do. In the morning train from Edinburgh there were — First class passengers.. .... Second do. do. Third do. do. Evening train from Edinburgh— First class passengers. Second do. do, Third do. do THE MURDER OF MR. Pow ELL. -- A t on Monday last, Francis Hughes w atglePman. He was found the murder of this much lamented genin passing sentence, ad guilty, and Mr. Justice Cramptorprapeis Hughes, have been u t t h e u p 't o r n m h a i g s h t a rra i l z f e ( s ) 1 . • dressed the prisoner thus : — Y";, o ,,ii, and a jury of your indicted for the murder of Air. '- that m urder ; and I am country has has found you guilty t i n the court, who heard the d I - the justice of that verdict. s t ruiaall,e d t there hat i notis i„ not ull one y c it now becomes my duty to . u pon you. You did not com law pass the sentence of the You have been convicted in passion, In pursuance of that verdict, mit the crime of whichlt but coolly, and with forethought. You the 2d of January, and proceeded to he was refreshing himself after the o nv pers on nc.e o - on ;entered the house, you dragged him andot i r ie the l), couu h sr e e a lo t ) ,fi o r3t f . yo h um l r o c o v; d isc:3; - u f his child, and then murdered hint ; al in that murder ; you thought to evade you suborned witnesses to perjure themselves, but f l y a roo b um o labours ee o f a:epr the ev i d na a cr 3 in • p justice; t h e courage o f a high-minded girl, and th e v i g il ance o f t h e po li ce , rendered nugatory your attempt to escape the arm of the law. Of what crime had thi s mur d ere d man been guilty ? lie was fulfilling the orders of his employer, had he broken some secret law of some secret society with which you were associated? The severest sentence of the law must therefore b e passed upon you for this heinous crime. I can hold out no prospect of a reprieve to you; I am a weak, frail fellow mortal like yourself, I can only sentence the body, I have no command over the soul; thanks be to God there is a refuge for you, even if your crime was ever so much more heinous than it is. " Come unto tue, and I will in no wise turn you away," is the entreaty of the Gospel. I conjure you to take advantage of thi s bl essed invitation, and purge yourself of all your sins ; divest yourself of all hope, for it is useless for you to expect any. The sentence of the law is, that you be taken, on Wednesday, the 20th day of April, to the place of hanging, and do there hang till you be dead.