The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

FuREIGN AIND COLONIAL. THE UNITED STATES. The British and North American royal mail-steam-ship Acadia, Captain Harrison, arrived in the river shortly after six o'clock on Thursday morning. She left Boston on the usual day, the Ist inst., spoke the Hibernia in the Bay of Fundy on the 2d; and from some cause sailed from Ilalitax Avithout the mails on the 3d. The run from Boston, including the detention at Halifax, occupied about twelve days and a half. • The Great Western, which sailed hence on the 12th ult., arrived out at New York on the 26th, , making the run in 14 days 131 hours. She would leave.again on the oth inst., artil rill be due here about the 23d. The pas sengers, on the trip out, on reaching port, presented Cap tain Mathews with a handsome. complimentary letter, ex pressing satisfaction with the voyage, and withithe excel lent accommodation of the ship. Our advices by this arrival are—New York,.3lst ult..; Washington,,2tth ; Montreal, 28th ; Toronto,.2sth ; and Boston and Halifax, Ist and 3d instant. There are no remarkable points in the intelligence. The Netelar.k Herald. which has maintained that the results of thee elections out of New York will be eqnally balanced •between the contending parties, and that New York will give tthe casting vote, says, " we are gradually forming the deliberate opinion that the whig party is on the eve of utter and final dissolution ; and, strangeenough, that at the same time the election of Mr. Clay is far more probable than it has been presented to our mental 'vision for many months past." It argues, to support tlis con clusion, that the whig party in that quarter have given way to, and became incorporated with the " native Ame ricans," whaseinfluence will be given in favourof 'Clay. If this'be true, and if the weight of the New York voters influencing the:whole be also true, this is a matter of con siderable importance. But we have our doubts on this head. The final result, will, however, very soon arrive. A communication from Quebec of the 23d of October :says— We learn from Ceptain Powell, of the schooner Refief, arrived 'this morning from,Pliebucto, that the ship Catherine, from .Que hec to Liverpool, was,driven ashore at Portneuf, on Tuesday night, the 15th inst. It appears from the account which Captain Pagut trot from the survivors, that shortly after the ship struck, the cap tain called the.men aft, and almost immediately after she was struck by a heavy sea, whiclucarried away the poop and all the upper part ad the stem, taking with it the captain, mate, nine of the crew, and a,passenger of the. natty: of Hughes and his son, all of whom wore drowned. The remainder of the crew, nine in number, were at Torment." A fine ship named the Mary Kingsland, and loaded at New Orleans .for ,Liverpool, had been almost totally de stroyed by fire,.togetber with 1,700 bales of cotton, about 700 of which are said to be insured on open policies in this town. The ship Atlantic,lence for New Orleans, is reported to hEwe gone on shore on Carysford-reef, though it was expected that she would be got off. The New Fork Amei ican, in its article for the steamer, say s We are on the very threshold of the Presidential election, which will be determined next week, although the result will not at once be ascertained; and in the presence, as it were, of that great event, there is.a pause in alrnostall.ordinary occupations. " The accounts by the Great Western have rather stiffened the market here for cotton. " The spirit of speculation iu stocks is still active, and the abun dance of money encourages it. " In Ohio .the fact that both louses of the legislature are now Whig, raised the value of the stock of that State, from the confident belief that a free banking law,. sjniiilar to that of this State, will be passed, and then some 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 of the 18,000,000 of the stock of the State will be absorbed as the basis for the circula tion of such new banks. _ " In Pennsylvania, the county.trc.asurers do not make their re turns till December; but it seems highly probable, from what is known of the success of the collectiens under the tax law, that sufficient means will be forthcoming to meet the interest that will fall due on the Ist of February. " We annex the usual list of quotaticias:— Offered. Asked. " United States 6 per Cents., 1862, United States Coupons, 1862 United States 5 per Cents., 1853 United States Coupons, 1853 . Exchanges, owing to the scarcity of good bills, had all advanced, and the quotation on London is 110 to 1101. T. J. 'tewart's cotton circular says— " Of the new crop the receipts at this port,have been small, and buyers as yet prefer making their selections from the old crop, which seems to have the advantage in strength staple. The season has been favourable for picking, and without an early frost, or excessive rains, it is probable that the yield will exceed that of any former one. Freights for Liverpool are firm at quotations. For Havre they are unusually dull." Advieea from Canada state, that the elections were pro gressing in good feeling, although there had been some outbreaks in Canada East. The Montreal Herald of the 28th gives a list of members returned. The relative pro portions, 17 to 23, being a majority in favour of the Com servatives of 6, with 2 doubtful. The Rev. Egerton Ryerton, D.D., had received the ap pointment to the superintendency of the Board of Edu cation for Canada West. He came to Liverpool in the Acadia. There are rumours of further serious disturbances on the Beauharnois Canal. 1151 116 106 107 Four men have lately been Lynched in Fannin county by the most sanguinary process. Their names were An drew Jones, Harvey White, L. Wray, and Mitchell, all lately from Missouri, and all notorious for their rascality before they left. The cause was for barbarously murder ing and robbing three friendly Indians. Upwards of 200 persons attended the trial and execution. Three others, named Benjamin Jones, Jewland, and Harris, were ar rested, and convicted of theft, and were made to hang the others, and ordered to leave this country in ten days. BUENOS AYRES. The following extract of a letter, dated Buenos Ayres, the 29th of August, gives some interesting facts relative to the present state of affairs in that quarter of the world:— " I wrote about ten days ago by the packet. We are still safe from mortal harm in this land of strife and blood. In truth, we go on so quietly, that we almost forgot we were in any danger till we read M speech in the French Chamber, which I sup pose has led you all to believe that we do (what it almost convinces us we ought to do) go in fear of our lives. But since the atrocities of April, 18-12, there have been no open causes for immediate alarm, except an occasional assault or murder unauthorized by authority, which is punished or not, according to the humour of the supreme and single authority, or the condition and circumstances of the offender. Generally speaking, the appearance of order and tran quillity is maintained in the city, and offensive cries and personal insults become less and less frequent. But these are no true indi cations of the existence of a better feeling towards foreigners ; for nothing is more certain than that the party now dominant would delight to employ any means that would be effectual in removing every foreigner from the Argentine provinces ; and the war now raging is in fact as much a war between the natives and the foreign ers as between Federals and Unitarians, the latter being friends of the foreigners, at least in their present professions. Of the progress of hostilities, if any progress is made, we are kept in a complete state of -uncertainty, because we cannot depend on the statements made on either side, the press here and in Monte Video snaking it a point to represent all occurrences in favour of its own party. in venting, suppressing, or denying, ad libitum. No one would dare to publish a word, either true or false, unfavourable to the Govern ment. On this side the river there is the greatest possible unity of counsel and action, for Itosas literally does all himself, using mi nisters and otficials only to do his bidding, and plenty he must have to do. lie never appears abroad, and many persons have been, like myself, some time in the country without having had the honour of seeing him. If he be disabled by illness (as he has been on two or three occasions of late), all public business is at a stand. We have heard a good deal of late of an interference on the part of Brazil in favour of Monte Video ; but such an intention is as loudly denied on one side GS it is proclaimed on the other, and we are waiting for an elucidation of the doubt. It is certain that the prin cipal Monte Videan General (Paz) has been to Rio de Janeiro, but whether he is to be there detained, or to receive assistance in pass ing on to Corrientes for the purpose of carrying on the war with more effect, remains to be seen." NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney papers to the 14th of July have arrived, which give a return of the revenue of New South Wales, exclu sive of Port Philip, for the quarter ending the 30th June. From this it appears that the gross receipts were £71,832 against £82,129 in 1813, showing a decline of £10,297. Prices for all articles of consumption continued low, and the markets are not reported to be in a better condition. Great hopes are, however, expressed of a revival of busi ness when the export trade should set in; and from the estimates given in the papers, there is every reason to ex wet that tallow will before long become an almost equal staple with wool. The decline in the import trade had raised serious apprehensions respecting the sufficiency of freightage for the produce in course of shipment to Eng land ; for, what with a good clip of wool, an increased ma nufacture of tallow and hides, and the ores received from the mines opened in South Australia and New Zealand, it was supposed that the homeward tonnage before the close of the season would be found to a considerable ex tent inadequate for the purpose of the export trade. The returns of the several banks had been published, and these showed a healthy state of business. The late arrival of emigrants, being for the mcst part the description of per sons employed in agriculture, had been speedily cleared, and the majority found good employment. Portland Bay is spoken of as a very rising place, and the government were about to encourage emigration thither, it having of late contributed largely to the Crown Land revenue. There are accounts in these papers from New Zealand, but the news is not of prominent interest. The tribes were quiet and peaceable but the conduct of the agents of the Land Company is said to be anything but calculated to secure harmony between them and the natives. The opening of the railway between St. Nicholas and Antwerp took place on the 9th inst. According to the statistics of Paris, that city contains only one baker for every 1664 inhabitants, b u t one w i ne dealer for every 83. If this be correct, Father Mathew would be a very useful person amongst us.—Quotidienne. The Countess de Sonnaz, consort of the Grand Cham berlain of his Majesty the King of Sardinia, died recently at Turin. The noble Countess's death was occasioned by a most shocking and lamentable occurrence. The Countess, while engaged in searching for some article in a cabinet in her boudoir, by an unfortunate accident shook the piece of furniture, which overbalanced, fell on the Countess, and crushed her to death on the spot. D- i r ot, fol lowingß 1 FF.—This gentleman has addressed the lett er "to all the Philanthropists of Europe. The blood of the gallant_ officers Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, Englishmen Naselli, by birth, and that of Todderwise, a German, of an l h t e a tiian nobleman, and of a Greek gentl.9 - nan, had been shed Bokhara by order of its ruler; and I do not know whether I shall not also fall. A n d what is more 200 ,000 Persiansthsts o sigh in slavery in the land of Bokhara. Phila nthropists to activity. free the Persian slave s fromiEurope, be roused ibert captivity. Bok bara is a beautiful country. Give the slaves, a Baden, and nt A u and religion and civizilation to its inhabitants. great w s o trirs, Noble Bavarians, Prussians, people join with England and Russia to effect that redemption from slavery, and plant the Cross of work of in the streets of Bokhara." To this Captain Grovel appends the following note :—" The above letter Was le ceived open by Colonel Shell at Tehran, and only reached me last Wednesday. That letter was written by Dr. Wolff when he considered himself in great danger : had its import been known to the Ameer the good doctor would have been undoubtedly sacrificed. Dr. Wolff could not have practised a deceit to save his own life, but C' C4\ would willingly have offered himself a sacrifice for others. The circumstance of his sending the above remarkable letter open, by averting suspicion, probably saved him." FATAL STEAM.EOAT EXPLOSION.—By the last ad vices from America we learn that the boilers of the Lucy :Walker steamer burst on her way from Louisville, for New Orleans. All the upper part of the vessel was blown into a thousand pieces. One man was blown up fifty yards, and fell with such force as to go entirely through the deck of the boat. Another was cut entirely in two by a piece of the boiler. Immediately after the ex :plosion the ladies' cabin took fire, and before it had been consumed she sunk in twelve or fifteen feet water. From sixty to eighty persons were killed and wounded—Mr. Wren, of Zazoo, Mississippi, was thrown from the boiler deck, and fell near the bow of the boat in estate of insen sibility. When he reoovered his senses, he saw his little son, six or seven years old, in the rear of the boat, the :flames raging round the boy, the father, unable to rise, watched the movements of his son with the greatest anx iety. Soon he saw the boy leap overboard. The river was full of mattresses, and he floated on one of them until saved by a rope from the Gopher. The 'other saw his rescue with feelines we need not attempt to describe. A wan. his wife, and four, daughters were saved without in jury, though in different ways and places. Their meeting must have been most joyous. A man was on the hurri cane deck with his wife and a little daughter,.at the time of the explosion ;. he-dropped the former aft into the yawl, and she was saved, but with a sprained ancle; he threw the latter into the stream., and then plunged in and saved it'hy swimming. POPISH TYRANNY. [We 7 take the following extraordinary statement from a leading article in the Times of Friday, a paper not likely to exaggerate what is likely to militate against the inte rests of the Papacy. •It •is another proof of the un changeable perfidy and tyranny of that awful system] : The post of Dutch Minister at the Court of Turin had been reputably filled for some years by a Protestant gen tleman of the name of Heldivier, who resided with hi, •family in that city, until, in consequence of some new diplomatic arrangements on-the part of the Dutch Go. vernment,le received in the month of May last hie let ters of•recoll. Some domestic anxiety had been. occa sioned to.this _family . by one of the daughters, a young lady of ardent and independent temperament, who .was supposed :to have formed an attachment for a young lawyer of the tawn, whose character and position did not make him a suitable match for her. The departure wne, therefore, hasteced ; but after M. Heldivier had pre sented his letters of recall to the,king of Sardinia, he was accidentally detained, by the illness of another of his children, for a few days at an hotel at Turin. On the Bth of June a disp-ay of fireworks took place in honour of the birth of an •heir to the Duke of Savoy. The ex-Mi nister and his wife were induced to attend this fete, and very reluctantly to leave their daughter, who excused her self an some slight pretext, at home. They were absent but a short time ; yet in the interval the vague apprehen sions they seem to have entertained were fatally verified. Their daughter had disappeared,—and for ever. At that hour of the night she had quitted the hotel, alone and without even a change of dress. The police were imme diately sent in search of the fugitive. The young advocate, who was at first suspected to have a hand in the elopement, was examined, but he proved himself to be totally ignorant of the occurrence ; not a vestige of her was to be discovered within ±he jurisdiction of the autho rities of the city ; but this absence of all evidence raised a strong presumption that she would only be found in the precincts of some convent, more inaccessible than a prison or a tomb. Application was made to the Archbishop of Turin, as the supreme ecclesiastical power of the kingdom, for leave to pursue these inquiries, or for information, if he possessed it, on the subject : for meanwhile the anxiety of this unfortunate family had been raised to a pitch ; which we shall not attempt to describe : and even the public, startled by the actual disappearance of a young lady, still a minor, the daughter of a gentleman who came amongst them as the representative of a foreign Sove reign, took the liveliest part in their extreme distress. The Archbishop thought fit to reply to this application, that he had reason to believe that Mademoiselle Heldi vier had indeed sought refuge in a cenvent, but that he was unable to state where she was at present. A few days more, however, brought the whole transaction to light, When the Archbishop of Turin asserted that he was unable to state where this young lady was, he might have stated, and he did afterwards acknowledge, that no per son living had so great a hand in the affair as himself. For two years he had been carrying on a system of secret communication with Mademoiselle Heldivier. Thwarted by her parents in her attachment for the young advocate, she had sought to avenge herself on them by transferring her confidence from her father to this priest--taken from her natural protectors to the jealous arm of the Church of Rome. The Archbishop, unwilling to commit himself by a written order, had furnished his convert with one half of a sheet of paper cut in a particular manner; the other half was given to the Abbess of the Convent of Santa Croce in Turin, with orders to receive the bearer of the corresponding fragment at any hour of day or night. Provided with these credentials, the fugitive found shelter in the convent walls ; but, by the advice of the Arch bishop, her flight was deferred until her father, by the de livery of his letters of recall, had, as these clerical con spirators contend, surrendered those diplomatic rights and privileges which would have been fatal to their scheme. The fact being thus ascertained, a strong effort was made to bring the authors of this plot to account for their action, and to yield up the young person whom they had gotten into their possession. Setting aside the odious secret acts by which th s alleged conversion had been ef. fected, and the irreparable injury done to an honourable family, the case was one which demanded the strongest remonstrances as an unparalleled invasion of the law of nations and of the rights of diplomatic persons. A Dutch subject, a minor, the child of a Dutch minister, is encou raged to quit her father's abode, received into a convent, and there detained, not only by moral, but by actual force, since every attempt even to search these convents was successfully resisted by the clergy. The King was personally appealed to by the distracted father ; his Ma jesty granted him an audience, but in answer- to the prayers and the demands of M. Heldivier that his daugh ter might be restored to him, the only reply which that absolute Monarch dared to make was, that whatever might be his own opinion on the subject, if he presumed to interfere with the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the con vents, he should be excommunicated! Such an answer on such an occasion might have been expected from a Philip 11. of Spain ; and such powers as are thus recog nized and established fall little short of those of the In- quisition. The principle contended for on behalf of the Church of Rome is this—that any child having completed the age of 12 years may, for any cause, motive, or pretext, throw off the parental authority, and fling itself under the protection of the Church. If the child be a Protestant, so much the better, since, while it abjures its filial duties, it abandons its religious faith ; but whether Catholic or Protestant, the protection of the Church thus sought and thus given is absolute and inviolable. There are few countries now in Europe or the world where such a doctrine as this would not be demolished by the ordinary notions of civil rights and of justice. But the dominions of the King of Sardinia are one of those countries. In vain did Mr. Abercromby, our own intel ligent minister at the court of Turin, and Baron Mortier, the Tep!esentative of France, protest against so moderate a principle, especially when applied to the children of foreigners accidentatly or officially residing in Piedmont. In vain did they represent, that M, Heldivier, as a diplo matic person, hadlan incontestible right to quit the coun try in peace, taking with him all his family. The inex orable grasp of the infallible church prevail, d. The King of Holland appears to have taken this outrage upon the family of his minister with a most unbecoming indifference and pusillanimity ; and Mademoiselle Heldivier remains in the convent of Santa Croce, where she has formerly abjured the Protestant heresies, and will probably take the veil on the completion of her noviciate. We have no wish to draw any excessive or unjust infer ences from this strange occurrence, which seems to be long not only to another country but to another age ; but it exhibits an awful picture of what the uncontrolled power of the Romish clergy may still dare to effect, and a humiliating example of a government which has allowed the ties of private right and public law to be broken asun der, because it is itself a victim to the worst form of bi gotry, and the most servile subjection to spiritual op pression. N.N\ t~ } + ~.~':. journals haveopened their columns.to the contending bel ligerents at either side; the Freeman being the organ ,its the MU-laleites or opponents of the new act, while Its supporters, who, to do them justice have far the best of the battte, pour forth their broadsides through the Monitor. 'The letters of the ,Rev. Gregory Lynch have , created nothing short of a panic in the synods, and the report has it,that the writer will shortly have to account before the Vatican itself for the wound he has inflicted oa the" unity" of the church. A third letter from the . pen of the rev. gentleman appears in the Monitor of last night, demolishing a weak reply of the Rev. Dr. Miley to a pungent epistle from " A Priest of the Archdiocese , ff Dublin," who, amongst other unwholesome truths, laid bare all the facts connected with that imposture,'! day of humiliation and prayer?' which the " priest most satisfactorily proved to have been neither more nor less than a " forgery, a fraud, and a political intrigue." The same,number of the Monitor publishes a brief coml.- munication from another priest, the Rev. P. Smithwtek, announcing the withdrawal of his name from the " solemn protest" •of the Catholic hierarchy and inferior clergy. ›e SOS4: 4 4:k TIM LIVERPOOL STANDMID. IRELAND. The relatives of the late A. Gloster, Esq., of Limerick, have offered a reward of £BOO for the conviction of the murderers of that gentleman. Upwards of 500 tons of bay have been completely de stroyed between Banagher and Meelick, by the rising of the waters of the Shannon. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—Father Tom Maguire's dogs won six matches , at the Leitram Club coursing meet ing on Wednesday, at Drumkeerin, MASSES FOR THE DEAD.—III the Rolls Court, Dublin, on Thursday, it was decided that a bequest to a priest of a sum of money for masses to be said atter a man's death " for his soul's health" was a valid bequest. The " Agitator" seems to have incurred the resentment of his French radical friends. The R6forme states, that a distinguished statuary and caricaturist is about to make a cast, representing O'Connell holding a torch in his right hand, and in his left a pail of cold water. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—This body held their weekly meeting as usual. A long letter was read from Daniel, in which he says he will make his reappearance at their meetings on the 25th, and in the meantime the " Repeal cause is to be forwarded as if this interlude (Federalism) had not occurred." The rent for the week, including X5OO from New York, was upwards of .£BOO. After all the soft coquetting and coy blandishment, the whole of the grand new combination movement is found at length to be " no go." THE ARBITRATION COURTS.—Mr. O'Connell has dis covered another expedient for augmenting the " Rent ;" he has written a letter to the proprietor of the Dublin Freeman's Journal, in which he strongly recommends the revival of the Arbitration Courts. These tribunals are, he says, to be entirely unconnected with the Repeal Asso ciation ; and he declares that he has made up his mind, " no matter at what risk, to assist the Irish people in the establishment of a universal system of arbitration ;" but they are to " keep within the strictest letter of the law." Oh, Daniel, Daniel, how prolific of promises you are, when your wallet is getting low ! THE CATHOLIC BEQUESTS BILL.—In the absence of any more excitable topic, or in the want of some more suitable field for the display of their ministerial avocations, the Roman Catholic clergy of Dublin are at present en gaged in a mos t unseemly, if not disreputable, controversy respecting the me r it s o f t h e C atholic BequesL.Bill. Two ~ ~~~~ :~, LAW INTELLJGENC.E. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—THURSDAY. .EX.YARTE BLUNDELL. Mr. Cowling moved, in this case, to quash a coroner's inquisition founded on the following facts:—Two labourers ascending from a coal-mine, near Wigan, met their death by the breaking of a tope. An inquest was held on the bodies, and the coroner's jury, returned that the deceased had come to their deaths by the breaking of the rope, and they assessed separate, deodands, of £25 in each case, on the rope, the basket attached to the rope, and the engine employed to draw up the rope. The two sums of £25 were levied on Mr. Blundell, .the owner of the colliery, and he sought to set the inquisition aside, upon the ground, amongst others, that the rope in question was known to be defective; that he had given strict orders that it should not be used in the mine; and that the deceased used it in direct contravention of those orders. The learned counsel also submitted that, as the engine was not moving to the death of the persons upon whom , the inquest was held, no deodand could be levied on it, and .that, in any event, as there was but one accident, though two lives were lost, there should be but one deodand, as the deodand was, in fact, the value of the article causing the death. The court granted a rule to show cause. WEDNESDAY.-UURON V. 'DENMAN. Sir Thomas Wilde was heard on the part of the Hon. Capt.Denman, defendant in an action brought by Buron, a Spanish merchant, whose warehouse on the coast of Africa Captain Denman had destroyed, besides libe rating a number of slaves, the property of Buron. Sir Thomas Wilde contended that Captain Denman had acted in accordance both with the laws of Spain and Eng -land for the suppression of the slave trade, and bad merely obeyed instructions for which not he but his government was responsible. If wrong bad hem done the govern ment of Spain should claim compensation from that of England. Some laughter was created by Baron Alder son's asking if it was contended by the plaintiff that the Amesrs of Sinde might bring an action against Lord Ellenborough for false imprisonment ? Mr. Kelly saw no reason why they should not. Baron Alderson : Perhaps Sir Charles Napier and Lord Ellenborough might be jointly sued." The Court declared its intention of taking time to consider its judgment. ;LOLL'S COURT.—THIIRSDAY. CROSSKILL V. GROUNSELL. In this case, which was tried at the last Liverpool Assizes, an injunction was granted to restrain the defen dant from making or selling the machine mentioned in the plaintiff's bill, for crushing clods of earth for agricultural purposes, or any imitation of the machine. The senior Queen's Counsel in years' standing at the bar is Sir C. Wetherell; the junior Queen's Counsel, in point of time at the bar, is Mr. Roebuck. WINTER CIRCUIT.—Mr. Justice Coleridge will pro ceed to York, and City, Nov. 28—Durham, Dec. IS. Mr. Baron Gurney wiil hold a Session at Chester, and City, Dec.. 2—Liverpool, Dec. 14. DEATH OF MR. SERGEANT ANDREWS.—This unfor tunate gentleman, who inflicted a wound in his throat on Thursday last, expired on Wednesday morning, at his re sidence at Hampstead. The Learned Sergeant, who was in his seventy-third year, was the senior sergeant-at-law, and held his appointment by virtue of a patent granted in the reign of George the Third. LAW OF MARRIAGE.—The Rev. J. Daniel, incumbent of East Ardsley, has sent to the Wakefield Journal the following important decision of the Registrar General, conveyed to him recently in answer to a reference which he felt it his duty to make :—" A clergyman is not legally bound to marry parties under the authority of a Superin tendent Registrar's Certificate, unless one of them be resident within his parish. UNIVERSITY c l - CLERICAL NEWS. OXFORD, Nov. 14.—1 n a congregation held this day the following degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts.—Archer Robert Tawney, Merton College ; Rev. Alfrsd Thomas Wilmhurst, Magdalen Hall; Rev. John Towlson, Magdalen Hall. Bachelors of Arts. — Charles Kipling, Lincoln, Grand Compounder ; George Mapletoft Paterson, Lincoln ; Denham William Jephson Norreys, New Inn Hall; Charles Lyford, New Inn Hall ; John Grove, New Inn Hall; Edward Henry Hoare, St. Mary Hall ; Henry Hughes, St. Mary Hall ; Arthur Dyott Thomson, Baliol ; John Joshua Proby, Baliol ; Thomas Dundas Harford Battersby, Baliol ; Raymond Samuel Daniell, Magdalen Hall ; Horace Philips White, Magdalen Hall; Robert Emans Crawley, Magdalen Hall ; Francis Thomas M'Dougall, Magdalen Hall; James Frith, Christ Church ; George Cressner Tufnell, Wadham ; Frederick Godfrey; Wadham; James Lewis Walker Venables, Wadham; Charles Harris, Wadham ; Thomas Morgan Davies, Scholar of Jesus ; Edward Jones, Jesus ; Martin Edgar Beeson, St. John's; Thomas Bowdon Banner, Scholar of Brasenose; John Ducker, Scholar of Brasenose ; Hon. Llewellyn Charles R. Irby, Brasenose ; Arthur Evans, Brasenose ; Edward Pickering, Brasenose ; Tho mas Pulvertoft Thirkill, Brassenose ; David Barttelot Barttelot, Scholar of Corpus; Edward Hooper Kiltoe, Exeter; Thomas Sanctuary, Exeter; John Acton, Exeter ; Francis Raikes, Exeter; Heathcote Allen Wake, University; John Turner Fisher, University; Egerton Douglas Hammond, Merton ; John Beauvoir Dalison, Merton ; Walter Eaton, Merton ; William Henry Rich ardson, Oriel; Jefferys Wilkins Murray, Oriel; Henry Nowell Barton, Scholar of Pembroke; William Bell, Trinity ; Thomas Horace Cookes, Scholar of Worcester : John William Russell, Worcester; John James Colman, Worcester; Harvey Alexander, Worcester ; Matthew Fletcher, St. Edmund Hall (incorporated from Trinity College, Dublin.) CAMBRIDGE.—On Wednesday, the following degrees were conferred L—Doctor in Physic.—Wiljiam Francis Price, Emmanuel College (grand compounder). Master of Arts.—George Nicholas Vansittart, Trinity College (grand compounder). IncorporatedM.A.from Dublin.— Clotworthy Gillmor, St. John's College. Bachelors of Arts.—Augustus Barker Hemsworth, Trinity College ; Edward Sendall, Trinity College; John Warren Trot man, Trinity College ; Alexander Anderdon Weston, Trinity College; William Barker, St. John's College. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. H. Stock en, incumbent of A shendale within Knaresborough, to the perpetual curacy of Wilton within Kirk Leathem, near Redcar ; Rev. E. D. Tinling, M.A., to the rectory of West Worlington, Devonshire, void by the cession of the Rev. J. R. Whye; Rev. C. H. Archer, 8.A., to the vicarage of Lewannick, Cornwall, void by the cession of the Rev. A. 11. Gore ; Rev. W. H. Graham, to the per petual curacy of Egton, Yorkshire; Rev. S. J. Wilson, M.A., master of Acton Grammar School, to the rectory of Weston, near Nantwich ; Rev. G. Dineley, 8.8., to the rectory of Peopleton, Worcestershire ; Rev. R. P. Blackeney, 8.A., to the incumbency of Ison Green, Nott ingham ; Rev. W. Mathias, M.A., to the incumbency of Bartle, Edington, Somerset; Rev. T. H. Sotheby, to the vicarage of Milverton•cum-Llangford Budville, Somerset; Ven. S, Wilberforce, Archdeacon of Surrey, and chaplain to Prince Albert, has been appointed by the Archbishop of York to the office of sub-almoner, in the room of the late Dean of Carlisle ; Rev. G. W. Newnham, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Monckton Combe, Somerset; Rev. R. G. Swayne, to the curacy of Slimbridge, Glou cestershire ; Rev. E. East, 8.A., to the curacy of Long Ashton, Somerset ; Rev. G. G. Casham, 8.A., to the curacy of St. Mark, Lyncombe and Widcombe, Somer set; Rev. F. F. Hole, M.A., to the curacy of Shepton Mallet; Rev. W. Marriott, to the curacy of Bedminster; Rev. A. C. Richings. 8.A., to the assistant curacy of the Abbey, Bath ; Rev. R. Collyer, M.A., to the rectory of Warham St. Mary Magdalene and Warham St. Mary the Virgin, with the rectory of Waterden, annexed, Norfolk ; Rev. C. J. Sympaon, 8.A., to a living in the neighbour hood of Scarborough, Yorkshire; Rev. C. P. Wilbraham, to the vicarage of Audley, Staffordshire; Rev. S. Ashby, M.A., to the vicarage of Corpusty, Norfolk; Rev. T. Coldwell, vicar of Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, and do mestic chaplain to the late Duke of Grafton, to be chap lain to the present duke; Rev. H. Goodwin, 8.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, to the vicarage of Twyning, Gloucester. The decision of the Vice-Chancellor in the Ottery St. Mary case, allows the governors to cut down old trees in the churchyard, when such trees threaten the safety of the church. The Rectory of St. George's Hanover-square, London, is to be divided into at least two parishes, by the express desire of the Bishop of London. The Bishop's son-in law, the Rev. H. Brown, will be appointed to one. The Globe has published a paragraph, which is undiluted false hood about this matter. THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE CHURCHWARDENS OF WARE.--HIS lordship having justified the vicar of Ware, Mr. Coddington, for his suspension of the rubrics during the harvest month, and urged the churchwardens to be more respectful and conciliatory towards their spiritual pastor, the wardens have replied by a somewhat stringent letter, implying partiality in the bishop, and ex pressive of their resolving that " as the rigid observance of the rubrics has been made the pretence for the intro duction of all the changes which have proved injurious to the interests of the Church, they are determined to per mit no deviation from them by the minister of the parish (be it Mr. Coddington or his curate), without his being warned of his inconsistency."—Church and Slate Gaz. INTERDICT AGAINST THE SOCIETY FOR PROPA GATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. — The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, at an extraordinary general meeting held on the 22d of Decem ber, 1840, came to a resolution, by a vote of 61 to 28, whereby it considered, " That the society is at liberty to select its teachers in any capacity'? (with special qualifi cations specified in the patents), " for the purpose of instructing the people in the Reformed Prote;.tunt reli gion, if members of any of the Reformed Protestaut churches, although.not in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland.' At a meeting of the directors of the society held.on the' 6th of June, 1844, a resolution was passed to the effect of making a temporary appointment at Bruan, county of Caithness, where a vacancy had occurred, of a missionary not in connexion with the church of Scotland. _Against this resolution a dissent and protest were taken. A general meeting of the society, held the same day, approved of the resolution of the di rectors. The directors, at a meeting on the 11th of June, some of them dissenting, however, did not think "it their duty to recall the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Macbeth, although a licentiate of the Free Church." A note of suspension and interdict was thereupon pre sented to the Court of Session, praying their lordships " to suspend the proceedings referred to, and to.prohibit the society from taking any steps towards the appoint ment; as also from appointing or settling, as teacher, un der the superintendence and in the employment of the said society, any individual who is not a member of the established church of Scotland," &c. The case having been argued, the lord ordinary granted the prohibition and declared the interdict perpetual, and gave the suspenders their expenses. RUBRICAL OBSERVANCES.—SeveraI charges have .re cently been preferred by Mr. Hill, the churchwarden of Helstone, in Cornwall, against the Rev. Walter Blunt, Curate of that parish, and which have lately been under the consideration of the Bishop of Exeter. The first was that of having sworn the surplice in the pulpit. In the course cf ,his very elaborate judgment, the Lord Bishop says—" On this particular, I have no , difficulty in saying, that Mr. Blunt has been right, since ne has preached in his surplice. The sermon is part of the Communion Service, and whatever be the proper garb of the Minister in the one part of that service, the same ought•to be worn by him throughout. The Rubric and Canons recognize no difference what ever." The following is ,an epitome of his Lordship's judgment on the other charges :—The undesirableness of preaching extempore. That if any prayer be introduced previous to the sermon, the bidding prayer is alone the proper one. That circumstances may admit of an in structive lecture being delivered after the second lesson at evening service, the usual sermon being subsequently omitted ; but that this should not be done when the wishes of the congregation are against it. That per sons should be encouraged, but that they cannot be compelled, to remain in church, on sacrament Sundays, during the actual celebration of the holy communion. That a minister is authorised in refusing to administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to a schismatic. That the burial offices of the Church of England may be denied to adults, who have been born, who have continued, and who have died in schism. That a minister cannot refuse to marry unbaptised persons after the publication by him of banns for their marriage. That at the churching of women, it is right that the latter kneel at the rails of the communion-table. That the formation of voluntary choirs, in place of paid singers, should be encouraged. THE WEEKLY OFFERTORY.—A correspondence has taken place lately between Mr. Walter, of Bearwood, Berkshire; the Rev. Mr. Cameron, perpetual curate of the parish of Hurst; and the Lord Bishop of Oxford; respecting an announcement made by the Rev. Mr. Ca meron, some months ago. that it was his intention every' Sunday to read the offertory, when collections would be made for the benefit of various charitable institutions—a list of which was printed on a card, and a copy left in each pew. Mr. Walter, feeling aggrieved at this proposed arrangement, and thinking that it would disturb the har mony hitherto existing between the rev. gentleman and his parishioners, applied to the learned civilian, Dr. Ad dams, for his opinion upon the case set forth. The learned doctor replied, that " he could not undertake to say that this weekly offertory was illegal ; at the same time it had fallen into disuse, and its present introduction might be considered a perfect innovation, and in the high est degree injurious." This opinion was communicated to the Rev. Mr. Cameron, who, notwithstanding, conti nued to maintain the legality of his former determina tions. Mr. Walter then made an appeal to the Lord Bishop of Oxford, but the right rev. prelate, after going through the circumstances of the dispute, observed : " I am myself very adverse to the introduction of mere forms, however unobjectionable in themselves, or sanctioned by usage in earlier days of the Church, if indifferent and liable to misconstruc tion by the parishioners, and thereby likely to give offence; but I cannot look upon the introduction of the offertory in this light, although I should not wish to have it enforced generally; nor should I advise its adoption in any case without previously prepar ing a congregation by explanation of its meaning and uses, and by communication with the churchwardens and other regular attend• ants in the church, tefore its adoption. In the present instance, Mr Cameron appears to have used all the previous caution which I think so proper before a step of the kind is taken, and that he has not acted hastily and rashly, as has been too much the case with many young clergymen of late in several instances ; nor do I think, from his explanation, and the temperate tone of his letter, that he would introduce any practice, however desirable he might think it (unless a bounden duty,) against the remonstrances and declared wishes of a large majority of his parishioners. As there appears to me to be nothing in Mr. Cameron's course or mode of introducing the offertory which is deserving my censure, I do not feel there is anything which calls for my remonstrance." THE COURT t 5 ,. FASHIONABLE WORLD. THE ROYAL VISIT TO BURGHLEY. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Court, and escorted by a detachment of the 17th regt. of Lancers, left Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning, shortly before nine o'clock, in three of the royal carriages and four, for the station of the London and Birmingham Railroad, en route for Burghley House. The royal cor tege arrived in Euston-square at a quarter past 9 o'clock. The crowd was not great, but those present gave her Ma jesty and her illustrious Consort a loyal and most hearty welcome. On her Majesty and Prince Albert's arrival at the terminus, they were met by the Chairman, Directors, and principal officers of the Railway Company, who con ducted the royal party into an elegant room, constructed for the accommodation of her Majesty and the Court. There is also a second room erected for the exclusive use of the Sovereign. These apartments are furnished in a splendid style ; the sofas, chairs, &c., are of light blue silk ; the curtains of the same colour, and made in the French style. From these rooms the passage leading to the line of road was covered with scarlet cloth, and every accommodation ingenuity could devise was prepared for the royal pair. The Queen and Prince Albert remained in the room which had been fitted up for them about a quarter of an hour, whilst the special train which was to convey her Majesty from the metropolis was preparing. All being ready, at 25 minutes to ten o'clock the royal party proceeded on their journey. Her Majesty, who was attired in a dark cloak and black silk bonnet, appeared in excellent health and spirits. Prince Albert wore a mi litary blue cloak with red collar, and looked quite well. At Tring, when the royal train stopped for the tender to take in water, the children of the national schools of the town were marshalled along the line, and greeted her Ma jesty with a youthful welcome. At Weedon an immense concourse of persons had assembled, by whom her Ma jesty was most enthu,iastically greeted. The Marquis of Exeter was in attendance at the station to receive his royal guests. A guard of honour was also in attendance ; they consisted of 100 men of the 47th Regt. of Foot, and the whole of the 47th Regiment of Foot formed in line from the gates of the station to the adjoining village, through which her Majesty passed. As her Majesty and royal party left the station, they were vehemently applauded, a military band in attendance playing the National Anthem. Nothing worthy of particular observation occurred on the route from Weedon to Northampton. Before enter ing the town the preparations which had been made by the inhabitants to do honour to the visit of their Sovereign were visible. At the entrance there was constructed a grand triumphal arch, covered with evergreens, and sur mounted with flags and other ornaments. At this arch the royal cortege was met by the mayor, Mr. Barwell, and the other civic authorities, in full costume, who, (walking, accompanied by their municipal insignia) preceded the royal carriages from one end of the town to the other. As her Majesty passed along, she was greeted with unceasing acclamations, in which all parties without distinction most cordially joined. In front of the George Hotel, the Mayor, supported on the right by his chaplain, the Rev. W. Wales, and on his left by the Town-clerk, Mr. Hensam, presented an address to the Queen. at her carriage-door. When the royal cortege reached the Kettering road, the municipal authorities defiled off, remaining uncovered, while her Majesty proceeded towards Kettering, which was reached by the royal party about a quarter past two o'clock. The same loyal feeling was manifested as at Northampton. The Marquis of Exeter reached the place ten minutes sooner on horseback. At Burleigh, the Mar quis of Exeter, who had gone on before, and the Mar chioness of Exeter, Lord Thomas Cecil, and some of the chief guests, were ready to receive her Majesty at the en trance-hall. Her Majesty, on alighting, was welcomed by her noble host and hostess, as was also Prince Albert. The royal visitors immediately proceeded to their apartments. Altogether the reception of the Queen in Northampton shire has been as gratifying as any her Majesty has re ceived in her different progresses. Nothing could exceed the loyalty of the people all along the line. On Tuesday, there was a magnificent entertainment, but her Majesty retired as early as seven o'clock. Her Majesty rose, as usual, at an early hour next day, and at nine o'clock attended prayers in the chapel. The day being most unfavourable, the royal visitors found amusement in inspecting the mansion, picture gallery, &c. Burghley House, with its far-extending parks and lawns, is indeed one of those mansions never to be found but among the rich glades and plains of merry England. A stately and venerable fabric it is, sometimes appearing, and again hidden to the view, among clumps of venerable trees, grey and moss-grown, or forests of young saplings and underwood, dispersed in luxuriant confusion over knoll and hollow—here forming a noble vista of green wood, there tangling'with bosky growths of young forest; and all this luxuriance of vegetation•extending far away, rising and falling in green slopes and hollows, while the eye luxuriates in its richness of colouring, and its exqui site variety of tone and tint. And amid this profusion of brake and glade rise the stately towers of Bugbley House, in all their quaint Eliza bethan dignity—the peaked turrets and arched windows, in all their variety of outline, recalling the days of the stately cavaliers and dames of the court of Queen Bess, and realising most perfectly the idea of those fine old English residences so beautifully sung by Mrs. He mans : _ _ " The stately homes of England ! How beautiful they stand, Amid their tall ancestral trees, Through all the pleasant land. The deer across the green sward bound, 'Mid shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them to the sound Of some rejoicing stream." The christening of the infant daughter of the Marquis took place on Wednesday evening. The Bishop of Peter borough officiated. The chapel was crowded with the company assemb!ed at Burghley. All the members of the Marquis's establishment were also present. Her Ma jesty wore a white satin dress, and all the company appeared in full costume. The child was named Vic toria. After the ceremony, which only lasted a short time, her Majesty approached, anti affectionately kissed her infant namesake. Prince Albert presented a gor geous gold cup to his noble godchild, with the inscrip tion—" To Lady Victoria Cecil, from her godfather, Albert." Immediately after the christening, the display of fireworks took place on the lawn facing the south front of the castle, in which are situated her Majesty's apart ments. _ _ _ On Thursday morning, immediately after breakfast, the Prince accompanied by the Marquis of Salisbury, Sir R. Peel, Lord Stanley, the Marquis of Granby, and Mr. Anson, went out shooting in the preserves behind the hall, called the Rutlands. ' The game was in great abundance, having been strictly preserved by the noble owner for the accommodation of his distinguished visitors, and the party had excellent sport for some hours. In the evening another splendid banquet was given, at which the Mayor of Stamford had the honour of being present. After this a grand ball took place, and 500 per sons attended by invitation. The town of Stamford was brilliantly illuminated. On Friday morning, immediately after breakfast, her Majesty and the Prince, after taking an affectionate leave of the Marchioness of Exeter, left Burghley for Weedon station, on their return to Windsor. The royal party proceeded on the Birmingham railway to the Euston station, and then by the Great Western line to Windsor, reaching the Castle a few minutes before seven. THE CRISTENING AT BURGHLEY.—An amusing mis take occurred at this ceremony. The Bishop of Peter borough, who performed the ceremony, had commenced it and was going on, when it was discovered that the in fant who was to be christened was not in the room. The young lady was immediately brought in, however, and the ceremony re-co mmenced. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Two young fishermen last their lives at Margate last week by the upsetting of their boat in a squall. The Times states, that it receives on an average 130 letters a-day, , The River Weaver Trustees have declined to comply with the request of the Anderton Carrying Company, to allow traffic on the river on Sundays. FOREIGN CATTLE.—The week's arrival have been seventy-nine head of oxen and cows, and fourteen sheep, from Hamburg and Rotterdam.—Hull Packet. Three carriage dogs of great beauty, presents from Queen Victoria to the King of Prussia, are at preseht in Hull, for shipment to Berlin. The young surgeon about to marry Miss Burdett Coutts is a Mr. Brown, of the ho use of Tapper and Brown, Bur lington-street. He is to take the name of Coutts. Two brothers quarrelled, at Road, in Somersetshire, on Tuesday, and went into a field to fight, whe❑ one of them received a blow which caused instant death. ECLIPSE OP THE MOON.—There will be a total and visible eclipse of the moon late on the night of Sunday the 24th, and early in the morning of Monday the lath instant. It appears, that, fifty years ago, the celebrated Lord Stanhope used a screw as a means of propelling a vessel. The celebrated Brindley ab solutely used a paddle-wheel on the Duke's Canal about the same time. CAMRAIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY.-At a General Meet ing on Thursday last, it was announced in the Report that the Society would no longer be responsible for the Eecle biologist . Considerable importation's of onions are taking place from the continent to Hull. The Emerald Isle landed on Wednesday 624 (bushel) baskets, and the Helen Mac gregor 75. The other Hamburgh steamers lately arrived have brought parcels of onions and also of potatoes. The Board of Guardians of the Anglesea Union, by a majority of 40 to 3 have negatived a proposition to build a new Union Workhouse, though strongly urged by Col. Wade, the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, who at tended the Board. A report has been in circulation for some time that Mr. R. Scott is about to retire from the representation of Walsall. In the event of this retirement, Mr. Forster, the banker, will be the conservative candidate, and Mr. Littleton, eldest son of Lord Hatherton, will represent the liberals. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH SAINTS.—We are requested to state that Mr. Newman is not the editor of the series of Lives of the English Saints now in course of publica tion. His responsibility as editor ceased with the two first numbers, as he expressly stated in the advertisement prefixed to them.—English Churchman. DREADFUL CASE OF SlTlClDE.—Yesterday morning an old man, at Dalkeith, nearly 80 years of age, formerly a miller, cut his throat from ear to ear, completely dividing the windpipe. The only reason assigned for the rash act was the intemperate habits of his wife, a woman 70 years of age.—Caledonian Mercury. HARBOUR OF REFUGE IN THE FRITH OF FORTFI.— The proposal of a Harbour of Refuge for the shipping on the east coast of Scotland, to be situated in the vicinity of Granton, has been for some time under the consideration of many influential parties in that quarter. The project has been received in the most favourable manner. DREADFUL. SUICIDE.—A wretched individual, of the name of James Smith, who carried on apparently an ex tensive business as a flesher and ham curer, at Paisley, succeeded in putting a period to his existence on Tuesday last, by shooting himself through the head, in a shooting saloon in that town. THEFT BY A LADY.—Mrs. Jane Tyrwhit, the wife of a gentleman of extensive estates, residing at No.l, Charles street, Berkeley-square, fondon, was on Saturday last held to bail at Marlborough-street Police-office, on a charge of having stolen a microscope, value 2s. 6d., from the stand of Miss Lewis, at the Soho Bazaar. In another part of the Bazaar, she had paid £9 for a grey parrot. ANOTHER STRIKE AT STOCKPORT.—On Monday week the factory workers at Stockport struck for wages, and not less than sixteen large mill s w ere a t a s t an d. Th e men having submitted to a reduction of wages during the re cent period of manufacturing distress, think they ought to partake of the profits of this season of prosperity. The spinners ask for 10 per cent., and the self-acting piecers for 20 per cent. advance on their wages. The masters have offered 5 per cent. CHILD KILLED BY A FERRET.—A child about three years old, named Charles Flitton, was killed by a ferret at Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, last Sunday night. The mother occupied a room in the old workhouse, and left the child asleep in bed about seven o'clock in the evening, at which time a ferret was in the room in a box, through the lattice of which he could pass. On her return about a quarter past nine o'clock the mother found her child so wounded by the ferret that lie died a little before three in the morning. RURAL SIMPLICITY.—Last week a farmer's wife called her servant girl, 13 years of age, and gave her a watch, bidding her take it and boil an egg four minutes by it : she shortly returned with the watch (which had been pur chas 11 only a few days before tor £8) on a plate, well boiled, instead of the egg, stating she had boiled it exactly four minutes by the clock. Another servant stood by and saw her place the watch in the pan, and said it was wrong, she was sure, but allowed her to proceed. All the parties reside in Bewdon.—Blackburn Standard. LOCAL LEGISLATION.—The Gazette of Tuesday night extends to the extraordinary length of seven sheets, and is almost entirely occupied with " notices " for Railway Bills ; among which some others of greater interest are not likely to escape observation. The New Zealand Company are to apply for enlargement and amendment of the powers conferred by their charter and for the granting to them of " further and other powers, rights, and privileges; " and also " for regulation of the convey ing of lands in- the colony to and by the Company." THE HOP DUTY.—The return of the hop duty on this year's growth was issued on Saturday. The total is £265,240. 15s. nd., of which the old duty amounts to £140,322. 17s. 21d., the new duty to £103,716. 17s. 11d., and the additional duty of five per cent., per Act 3d Victoria, c. 17, to £12,201. Os. Old. The chief districts are fixed as follows :—Canterbury, £38,637. 15s. 6d. ; Hants, £11,083. Bs. 111(1. ; Hereford, £25,1,12.35. 111 d ; Isle of Wight, £7,296. 17s. Sd. ; Rochester, £113,960. 18s. Od. ; Sussex, £49,857. ss. 21d. ; and Worcester, £5,265. 17s. 11d. HAND-LOOM WEAVE RE.—The following statetxient may give some idea of the excessive toil and low wages of which the hand-loom weavers complain :—Some of the manu facturers of Wigan have been in the habit of making check cuts, 67 yards long, 44 nicks in the inch, for'which they paid the weaver ss. 6d. Out of this he had to pay lOid. for winding. Thus he had to throw his shuttles 106,128 times, at the rate of 1105 times an hour, for six days to the week of 16 hours to the day, for the small remunera tion M 4s. 71(1. Deduct Is. for rent, 6d. for fire, and 6d. for tallow and candles, and then you have his net weekly income for the support of his family.—Halifax Guardian. VILLAGE MISERY.---A case was brought forward at the Bicester Petty Session this week which displayed the wretchedness of agricultural dwellings. A young woman, of the name of Biggs, was charged with having left the charge.service of From r o f l i r, m t ehre, youngwh o attendd w id om n s o n t ,sstat e statement, it appeared support that the wife of the complainant had us ed her in a fair proper manner. The Rev. A. H. Matthews, one of the magistrates, advised the young woman to go back, and to stay if possible, as he knew how d is tressed they were at home. It appeared that two families of eleven persons, male and female, slept in one and the same room ! SIIA xEsrEARE.—A curious and interesting discovery has recently been made, which will probably throw con siderable light on the text of one of the most popular plays of our great dramatist. A contemporary manu script of Henry IV. has been found in the archives . of a family of title in the east of England, a ti n 3au3 d nNpthee i mw t ogmr h au.a a mtr s Fkeoae b frtw e ti e ih—ae n es. t m h o e st pu r liberally pose placedof publication.in th eh a n ii d s e oufndhe.lrrs.toHodalltiwhaetll this unique relic, which contains numerous important varia tions from the play as we now have it, will be shortly printed by Mr. Halliwell, under the auspices of the Shakespeare Society. EXTRAORDINARY Sroii.F.—On Tuesday week, in a small cover called the " Links," near Newmarket, his Grace the Duke of Rutland, Colonel Anson, Mr. Stanley, and Mr Farlie, with only four hour's shooting,rabb rabbits, 80 pheasants, ' &c. ' the extraordinary i shooting, nGgr Grace e e considerablet u i number b wD e o r u k o oe f f o i t flh portion uheadpt parties lar tn of o f : a ( h wno hares, douurt and (wounded the o b p a l f ne , ga previous day t n tnsd, attending upwards a ) ; w meetingoe rf partridg es, e s p o i h e a k r e a e d were ane — ab n s a en m t el a y n , tnd'loainusi Newmarket, — namely, rheihelbyoue,utvrhee'disns to the tenantry, tradespeople, &c.—Leicester Journal. Nov. 19, 1814. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATIL—The Rev. Rowland Hill, who has been residing at Bowness, Windermere, for the last three months, was suddenly taken ill in the shop of Mrs. R. Barrow, draper and grocer of that placer about half-past twelve on Thursday, when with, great dif ficulty he was carried into an adjoining room, and he was attended immediately by two medical men, but exp ired In about half a n ho u r. WRECK AND FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Monday nighl during the tr emen dous gale, the smack, " Jane and Lenny," in ballast, belonging to Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, was wrecked at Bispham, near Poulton le Fy lde. She had on board twelve persons, the majority of whom were passengers from Ardglass, Ireland, to the Isle of Man. It wa s a b ou t hi g h wa ter when the vessel came on, and she ground e d w ithi n a bo u t ten yards from the sh ore, when four pa s s engers , three women and one man , anxious to get from th e wrec k' forthwith got into a small boat, and in consequence of the heavy surf she was instantlf swamped, and the four ill-fated individuals were drowned; the remainder who staid on board were all saved. The bodies were subsequently found on the beach, and were interred at Bispham, on Wednesday last. RECOVERY OF TREASURE.—America is no longer a safe place of refuge for swindlers and robbers on a large scale. Burgess, a clerk to the Bank of England, and Joseph Elder, who assisted hi m , not long since, in the fraudulent transfer of £B,OOO stock and obtaining gold to that amount from the Bank of England, were captured, last month, in Boston. It appears, that, having pa cked their ill-gotten gold in a portmanteau, they came to Liver pool by railway, and went immediately on board the Bri taunia steamer, which set sal, in a few hours, for Halifax.. Forrester, the officer, was soon on their track. He set ( 1 1 by the next steamer, (the Caledonia,) and traced the fugi tives to Boston, New York, Buffalo, Canada, Niagara, and back to Boston, where he found that one of them lived in a house which he bad purchased, and the other at an inn. Elder was immediately taken into custody. and Med ' on n the lich part was of lodgedtheßank of in a bank England. to E their cre l d d i e t r , clai was taken before one of the tribunals for examination , an d was remanded. In the course of the night, however, be hanged himself with his pocket handkerchief. Burg ess contrived to escape by running out at the back door of the inn without hat or coat. He got into a boat, and manag e x to get away. Upon Elder were f o u n d 400 sovereigns, an amongst the papers of Burgess were found 200 more. THE LATE FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.—Since the particulars of the recent forgery of notes belonging to the Stockton and Durham County Bank appeared four per' sons, whose names are Henry Russell, formerly a school master ; Matthew and James Watson, (father and son) brewers and cornfactors ; a n d D av id B ug l ass, sp i r i t d ea ler: have been, after an examination whi c h l as t e d severa l days, committed to Durham gaol for trial a t th e ensu i ng Winter Assizes. On the last day of the examination Russell made a full confession, and gave a statement of their operations . He said they commenced forging in May, he being the sole originator of the proceedings. The two Watsong assisted him, and the plate from which the notes were printed was engraved by the electro-magnetic process , with the exception of the managing director's name, the name of the person entering the dates, and the numbers, which te d w earte Watson ft a e t r a w e n a a d s house, s e u u p s p e i e u d u b p y a p t e h r e w p h e i ne heh Thy hade pwereur. chased for the purpose, by a small press like a linen pro" —4O had been printed, but they had only - succeeded in issuing 20. Buglass was in company with the Wean ° when one of the notes was passed. Only eight of the notes have yet been found, and they were all passed in the neighbourhood on the two days preceding their appre hension. THe BANK OF ENGLAND.—The Bank of England IS about to charge a commission on the sums remitted to various parts of the country by means of its branches. First, with respect to remittances.—All sums advised for the credit of a person leaving a drawing account at the' Bank, or a branch, are to be subject to the charge of 6d. per cent., the minimum charge to be Is., and every frac tion of £lOO to be considered as an entire £lOO. Thus £2OO will pay ls., and £3OO will pay is. 6d., £4OO will pay 25., and so on. Secondly, with respect to payments. —Where neither party lodging the money nor the party receiving has an account, the charge will be per cent. on sums not exceeding £5OO, the mi n i m u m c h a rge being 2s. 6d. On sums exceeding £5OO b u t no t exceeding £3OOO, the charge will be per ce n t. o n th e first £5 OO, and k per cent. on the remai n d er . Wh en th e s ums ex -- teed £3OOO, there will be the above charge for £3OOO, and Is. 6d. on the excess. If, on the other hand, the party 4- lodging the money have an account, the commission on sums under £lOO will be 2s. 6d. per cent., the minimum charge being Is. On sums of £4OO, and under £3OO, th i n charge will be 4s. 6d. per cent. ; on sums of £3CO3 an d cot exceeding £3OOO, it will be ls. 6d. per cent. ; and On sums exceeding £3OOO, it will be Is. per cent. The mea sure will, it is understood, come into operation irnrue— diately. FOREIGN FRUIT.—An experiment of considerable im portance is about to be tried in the fruit trade. The Eleanor, Captain Wickham, from Fayal, has, it seems, made the passage to Southampton in eleven days with t! cargo of oranges. Arrangements have been conclude d with the dock and railway companies, in virtue of which the said cargo will be landed there, despatched at once to' London, and deposited in the warehouse of the brc,ker charged with the disposal of the consignment. In beM 7 ' or otherwise adverse weather, it is no uncommon occur rence for vessels to be many days beating round to the port of London, which, with cargoes of a perishable na ture, is a matter of serious moment. By the discharge" at Southampton nearly the whole of this time would be saved, and vessels employed in the trade may be dismissed without an hour's delay for fresh supplies. Three voyages will, on the new system, be effected, where hitherto only two have been practicable, a change which secures a sav ing not in point of time alone, hat in port and dock dues,. lights, and insurance also. The tleanor made her ap pearance on Saturday at Southampton, between twelve and one o'clock, and by the hour of six in the afternoon, her cargo, consisting of 960 boxes, had been landed, and despatched to town ; so that, but for the intervention of Sunday, the brokers might have been proceeding with the sale of it in London twenty-four hours after it was landed at the out-port.—London paper. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—An inquest was held cm Friday in the Borough, London, on view of the body of John Thomas, lying in Kent-street. The room in which it lay was one of the most horrible dens that ever met the human eye—almost denuded of furniture, and full of filth vermin, and cobwebs. The body presented a dreadfully emaciated appearance. Ann Nash stated that she had lived with the deceased, (as his wife, but not married) he was a shoemaker, for 12 years ; and that he always pleaded extreme poverty, although she knew him to be in receie.c of 15s a week from his friends, who were respectable, by lived somewhere near Newmarket. He was of fil lu Y habits, and would never allow her to wash his clothes, a which he always slept. She had had a child by him, "°°/ ten years old. She and the boy over that long period frequently tasted no food for two days together. Wh, ee , he took ill, (from she re wan t) s h e ca ll e d a surgeon who paid him every attention, but on returning from purehe s : ing some articles ordered, (for which he reluctantly ge l : her 6d.) she found him quite dead. Four shillings ear," then found on the table, and four half-crowns and a sh": ling in the bed—his last weekly payment. There was r' doubt but that the final disease of deceased, (hernia , O n which inflammation and mortification ensued) h a d been caused by want, through his penury and habits. Thejuri found a verdict accordingly. The Coroner and jury ex pressed their surprise that any woman could submit for so long a period to-such privations and wretchedness. Sh e stated' that he would never permit her to apply to th e parish, or to call in a doctor when he was ill. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A NEWLY-MAP. RIED MAN.—On Wednesday week, Joseph Ames, who has been for some years a bookkeeper at the Bull, Ala gate, was joined in wedlock in Whitechapel Church, by e young woman, several years his junior. On leaving the church, Ames, addres.ing his bride, said, " You want to i go to the west-end of the town, don't you? But rain' and be back in an hour, and then perhaps we may g o out together." The bride promised to comply with his re quest, and was about to part with him for an hour, 'sh e° her husband, as if recollecting himself, said, " Here, take care of this, you may want it, and it may be of some ser vice to you ;" and at the came time handed her a bag' containing 120 sovereigns, and also the marriage certifi cate, observing that the latter might be of use to her also; Mrs. Ames proceeded to the west-end of the town, an returned within the specified time to a public-house which her husband had taken, and in which they were to coro: mence business on the following day ; when, to her grem surprise, she discovered that her husband had not beep there. She remained for some time in the greatest possi ble anxiety for his arrival, when a messenger brough t her a note, written evidently in much haste by her 1 10 ,,s" band, informing her that there was £l3O in the ba n " which she could have, together with some more nionq in his trunks, and stating that she might have all, as wen as his clothes ; and that , in all probability, she wo ul d' never see him more. It seems that he has kept his vier; for up to yesterday no trace of him had been discovere d —Times of Thursday. DREADFUL STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION.—NINE SONS KILLED.—A frightful accident occurred on Toes" 81 evening last, off Blackwall, on board the new iron stea o 3: boat named the Gip s y Q ueen b u ilt by th e fi rm of SairinN . and Co. (the senior of which , is the chief victim), for Waterford Navigation Company. I t appears that, a partial trial in Bow-creek, the vessel came out Of tb creek about half-past three o'clock on Tuesday after-10'; under the command of Capt. Price, and, with Mr. Ja c °, Samuda, the constructor of both the boat and the engi` i , - ; and a friend or two, made her first trial trip down 1 1 1 - river, as far as Woolwich. She returned at five o'eln c l and was moored to the buoy off Blackwall, the result this trial having been satisfactory to the parties on boar As soon as the vessel had arrived at Blackwall, it cv_ 3 ( s l determined to try the boilers at a pressure of 251 b., 31 , 1 , 0 it is said the safety-valve was set accordingly, not t". least danger being apprehended, as they had been 0 1 / 1 3 : structed to bear a pressure of 401 b. on the square in c „ Mr. Samuda, with the engineer, the foreman of his fa y' tory, and a number of fitters and others, were present,l„ the engine-room to see the operation, when, about minutes after. five o'clock, the unfortunate catastroPn'e took place. The vessel having been boarded , fi ve w ent found on the deck dreadfully scalded , and their statene,fle was that th,y had escaped up the ladder at the time of t : e explosion, and had left several of their companions itl„.l'e, engine-room, amongst them Mr. Samuda , sen. u.,s that place was sufficiently free from steam for the perso",, on deck to descend into it , it disclosed the bodi es of seed': men in the most glia , tly condition. They were quite dea l,' and lay in various positions. On examinatio n, it woo l appear that the accident was caused by the bursting ! 3 the steam from the main pipe , at a joint. The steam, ~, its course, it is evident, must have found vent here ; alt without any warning, must, in its bursting out , nave de a .. the disastrous consequences which the floor of the eng in,e, r oom presented. The injured persons were take n to London Flosidtal, where two of them died bhortly after wards, making nine 'Tic inis in all. 'z't