The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY TO THE CHURC PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL MEETING I deviated from the rules of the society ; and that the com mittee, under the guidance of God, had acted right : and he had no doubt but that the committee would still act rightly according to the Spirit of Him who ruled in all things for the better. There was another point to which The usual annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary he Would allude. He felt deeply painedio r find - tliat6J,: to the Church Pastoral Aid Society was held on Monday senior secretary (C. Lawrence) was about to retire from at the Collegiatz Institution. The Lecture-room of the his office. He felt that much—indeed, the whole— institution, in which the meeting was held, was filled in of their success depended on the exertions of their every part, pit and galleries, with a highly respectable and secretary ; and, therefore, it was with the most attentive auditory. Amongst the clergymen present we heartfelt satisfaction that he tendered the thanks of Observed the following :—Revds. G. S. Bull, A. P. Irwine, the society to their senior secretary. (Great applause.) deputation ; Dr. M'Neile, F. Barker, J. Stewart, West He contended that great need existed for such a Society Derby, W. G. Ward, T. C. Cowan, D. D. Stewart, as the Pastoral Aid Society, not only in Liverpool, but in B. A. Marshall, S. Minton, W. Maynard, D. James, every large town in England. Any person who doubted W. M. Falloon, C. A. Graham, W. Hughes, W.firewsterl the necessity which existed for this society should go on W. Pollock, W. H. Wright, J. Crump, J. Butler, a Saturday' night, or a Sunday night, to any of the C. W. Lawience, H. Marlen, H. Hampton, J. Connor, thoroughfares of the town, where they would see masses V. Ryan, Dr. Carpenter, D. T. Barry, T. Whaley, H. of human beings moving along, not in search of the gos- M. Mosse, T. W Moeran, J. Cordeaux, Govett, pel, but in search of dissipated and demoralising amuse - Moore, A. A. Nunn, R. W. Wolesley. Adam ments. During the past year, about the time when the Hodgson, C. Bushell, R. A. Payne, J. R. Rounthwaite, late plague of cholera was raging, he had visited the H. J. Webster. E. Jones, Sherlock, A. Stains, J. towns of Hull and South Shields, and he knew from ex- Grantham, Esqrs., &c., &c. Shortly after half-past six, perience that not one resident clergyman deserted his (the hour of the meeting,) post ;—(hear, hear,)—and it became necessary for the The Rev. Chancellor RAIKES was called upon to society—which in time of need always proved a friend be president. indeed—to send succour to the spiritual relief of the poor The meeting having been opened with suitable devo- of each district. The effect of this was striking; for it tional exercise, was evident that the poor peole were more eager than ever The Worshipful and Reverend CHAIRMAN rose to they had been to receive spiritual comfort from the great address the meeting. He said that his fir truths of the Gospel. (Hear, hear.) The ministers of the Gospel acted amongst these poor people as very angels of mercy ; and the works which they achieved were great indeed. So great was the effort that in almost every part of the district these poor men, who were formerly living in a state of depravity, were now brought to hear the Word of God, and their final conversion was probable. He knew that whatever might be said of the mining and other districts was applicable to the rural districts also. He knew that in many of the hamlets the people were as superstitious as were their Romanist ancestors. They pray for their dead, and follow out other superstitious rites as well. Many of them are dark as regards the light of the Gospel. Were it not for the Church Pastoral Aid Society nothing would be done for the souls of these igno rant people. The reverend speaker here entered into some details relative to the state of some of the manufac turing districts of Manchester, and laid before the meet ing the efforts which the society had made in their behalf. The rev. gentleman then made an ardent appeal on behalf of the society, and concluded by seconding the resolution, most pleasi duty, and the to call upon the em to prayer. ,veci Diocesan, who meeting to beg God's favour by inviting tti His next duty was due to their had desired him (the Chairman) to ex, that he was prevented from taking the t occasion. He (the Chairman) had left a few minutes before, and he had then regret that he was pledged to preside to be held that evening in Chester. stances it was his privilege to have occupying the post which he then and he did not hesitate to say that he did so with great pleasure. He trusted that every success would attend the efforts of the society, and that all around them would sympathise in the objects for which that society had been formed, as well as. he might add, the manner in which the society had carried those objects into effect. (Hear, hear.) Ths Church Pastoral Aid Society sprang into ex istence in consequence of one of the many plans which emanated from the mind of their late Bishop, and at its deep regret hair on the present his Lordship only .t another meeting the opportunity of sear, hear), i was put from the chair and carried Mr. CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL was next called up to address the meeting prior to Mr, Bull. He said he had not been in the habit of addressing the meetings of that society ; but from what he had then heard, he felt as a merchant of Liverpool much regret that he had not done so, and that so few parties who walked the Exchange were to be found there that night. He highly compli mented Mr. Hodgson for his energy in the cause, and the personal responsibility which he acknowledged, and by which he was actuated. Each of them might say, as he (Mr. H.) remarked, " What can T do ? what good can T do ?" But all could do something, and all would be highly offended if told they had no self-interest in what they daily did in the common affairs of life and trade. It was selfishness which they exhibited of a questionable kind that kept them away from such meetings. All individuals were responsible; they each formed .portions . of the general mass of the community, as each grain of sand contributed to form the banks of our channels and our shores. They assembled in large numbers to supply themselves and others with water. They were about to spend a vast sum for this purpose e • but they neglected, at a much less cost, to bring in the Water of Life from Calvary to the necessitous and thirsting poor. For the former they were about to expend a million, yet for the latter object they could afford only about £9OO a year ! He recommended a personal canvas by the friends of the society, beginning afresh amongst his brother merchants and others, and he doubted not but the subscriptions would be greatly increased, for he thought if the object were explained few would refuse. Ile moved .11 resolution in behalf of the society, and setting forth its numerous advantages in propagating the Gospel and supporting the church. The Rev. GEORGE BULL, of Birmingham, next spoke. He highly complimented the last speaker for the manner in which he had advocated, as a layman, the interests of the society, and heartily wished that the number of such friends of the church was increased. He spoke at some length on the clauses of the resolution. It set forth, and properly, that under the blessing of God, the society was the happy means of disseminating the truths of the gos pel, and inspiring new vigour into the church. Happy it was that the light thus sent forth was not undefinable and uncertain; but the real and pure blaze emanating from God himself. The society had done much good amongst the poor in densely populated towns and districts. It wasalso set forth that it would continue to be, if supported, a prop to the Church of England ; and he rejoiced that it was so, for some of the churches of the establishment truly stood in need of propping, and due repair. Ile highly approved of Scripture readers, and instanced a case that fell within his own experience at Birmingham. Het ' enaulnyer" __.... Las _, l noyed a layman in humble life, of whom he had heard much, and he had not misplaced his confidence in him. He proved to be a virtuous and zealous man as a visitor and teacher, and had served him for eleven years, going about redres sing wrongs, clearing up and settling quarrels,—doing, in fact, more good for the peace of the town than all the magistrates put together. His name was Nathan Robert son, and on the day he (the speaker) preached a sc emon on his death, the church would not contain halt the num ber of those who came for admission, including the rich as well as the poor, in such respect was his memory held. (Hear, and cheers.) He urged the further employment of more laymen. He noticed a legacy left by a Miss Franks of £3OOO to the funds, which would be of good service to them next year. They had many applications for addi tional curates, readers, and visiters. He rejoiced that he had come to Liverpool to witness so energetic a meeting, end bear his testimony to the excellence of its object. The resolution was put and carried. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. Dr. M`Neile and other speakers, after which the thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman and the Meet- ing separated COLLECTIONS ON SUNDAY, St. Andrew's All Saints' St. Ann's, Aigburth St. Barnabas' St. Bartholomew's £4l 0 0 11 9 6 14 10 0 15 0 0 St. Bride's Christ Church Christ Church, Everton St. James'* 44 3 0 VO 0 0 12 17 0 43 5 0 1 - .2 7 9 15 10 0 50 3 7/ 21 2 6 34 12 0 11 11 0 3 7 7/ 11 4 6 St. John's St. Luke's St. Mark's St. Mary's, Bootle St. Mary's, Edgehill St. Mary's, Kirkdale St. Matthew's, Toxteth-park Mariners' Church St. Paul's St. Paul's, Prince's-/ St. Paul's, Seacombe St. Silas' * Win a sum colle 5 12 0 82 0 0 9 0 0 8 10 0 present iidered, and reflected upon the mii) , comprehensive plans for the furtherance of the gospel which that great and good divine originated for the spiritual improvement of the district committed to his charge, they would feel that this society was brought into existence under the especial Providence of God, to be instrumental in emancipating the poor man from the bondage of Satan. (Applause.) He might refer them to many other plans for the benefit of the poor ; for the benefit of the Church ; which ema nated not only from the same divine, but from other benevolent persons ; (hear) but at the same time he must tell them that all these schemes would have proved inefficacious had it not been for the establishment of the society whose claims were then before them. He :ed upon it t dence of God , and he believed that if the ch h was to be maint ought to ought to be —a blessing to the communi assistance of the Pastoral Aid Society that these things were to be accomplished. (Hear, bear.) He confessed that if the Society proceeded in its course of beneficent usefulness, posterity would owe it a deep debt of grati tude—a debt which never could be :repaid by them. He said so, taking into consideration the nature of what had been done, and he had no hesitation in saying that although much had been done which it would be necessary to follow up, it ought to be remembered that they had laid the foundation, and worked to a successful issue, much sub stantial good, winch never could be fully appreciated. The funds otsociety were devoted to the purposes of providing Uml4terial aid for the over populated dis tricts of the kingdom. Many pastors were no doubt pro vided for, in an humble way, from the funds of the society ; but whilst such might he the case, the popula tion of the country was still increasing, and every year added some 20,000 or 25,000 souls to the population of their diocese, all whose spiritual and eternal interests were to be provided for.—(Cheers.) To do so would be impossible, were it not for the encouragement which the efforts of that society received from the public. He would therefore beg of them to remember, by all they had already done, that they stood pledged to go on in the good work--meeting the call of increased and increasing population by increasing efforts on their parts to pro v id e the funds requisite to enable the friends of the poor man in the 1 to provide him Christian ministratio,. . of his need. —(Applause.) But independently of all there was one other thing which they should do—which they should espe cially do. It was inherent in the very nature of institutions of this kind that there should be no casual jealousies or preju dices to distract the harmony which otherwise should reign amongst them. It did sometimes happen, that in the work ing of such an institution, casual and unavoidable offences would be taken when perhaps none were meant. He would not say, " Woe unto them by whom offence came ;" but he would say, that while they took into consideration the pecu liarity of the circumstances to which he alluded, they should be guarded by great watchfulness; and that the jealous efforts of their friends should prevent the springing up of any jea lousies whatever. On this occasion he was thankful to re flect that the jealousies to which he alluded had occurred in other places than Liverpool.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He would implore the friends of the society to remember that the church confided in them —to remember that their every proceeding should be guarded and careful; that their obsery Lions should all be made in a kind and conciliatory spirit that there should be, at all ti . , determination'on their part so that their society should to explain ever stand unimpea I and u it had hitherto don, In that case there to receive from tt vas no doubt but that they would continue public that support which was necessary to their future welfar lade these observation; to stir up the minds of the Liverpool people to the benefits which the soziety conferred upon the Christian community, and without any further observations he would cqll upon the Rev Mr. Pollock, one of their secretaries The Rev. WM. PoLLocK then r( letter from our respected Bisho and read the following " Chester, 23d Jannary, 1850, MY DEAR STR,—It could have given me great pleasure to attend the proposed meeting of the Pastoral Aid Association at Liverpool, on the evening of the 11th of February, but I have already promised to attend that same evening (if well, and not called away by other duty) the meeting of the Jewish Society, at Chester. " I beg you will assure the friends of the Pastoral Aid Asso- Gladly have I taken every opportunity to expreis my sense of the benefits which the Parent Society has conferred on the Diocese of Chester. " Believe me, with true respect, my dear Sir, " Your faithful servant, " J. CHESTER. " Rev. W. Pollock." lhe rev. gentleman continued to observe that before he sat down he could not help expressing to the meeting, that they had great cause for thankfulness for the increase which their exertions in Live. Tool during the past year presented. The number of sermons preached. and the funds accruing to the society, had increased considerably, he was glad to inform them. _ _ . . The Rev. C. W. LAWRENCE, senior and r then read the report : .etiting secretary, That document stated that the receipts he Liverpool Auxiliary, for the 3 The sum received 1 during the pr . evi , town and neigh! supplied to incumbents and cures now rt '1.330. The report, while acknowledging and appreciating the At Worship-street (London) Police-court, on Wednes aid, shews that the recipients in many instances are donors to day, a g entleman, whose name did not t ra nspire, b u t w ho the funds yet it points out the desirableness of th e di str i c t providing from its own means the demands made upon it, and described himself as a surgeon, residing at Ixworth, in even of furnishing aid to other districts still more destitute of Suffolk, applied to Mr. Hanani for his advice and assist pastoral care than theirs ; the committee express a wish th a t ance un d er th e f o ll ow i ng remar k a bl e c i rcums t ances : • • 11 1_ al ROMANTIC AND MYSTERIOUS INCIDENTS. the time i sermons of any for ciety, clerical and lay, that t quarterly papers issued by the direction of the secretaries, The committee express their ciety, which they honour, because by first obtained into the immorality anti and suffering of living masses of immortal coal-pits and the factory, th crowded town ; schools, clothi 'he number of .y exceeds that The applicant stated, - th passenger in one of the trains at about a month since he was from Bury, upon the East- perusal and circulation of the gent of the society, under the )uld have a very useful effect. ern Counties Railway, accompanied by Captain Lloyd, a friend of his, when, upon reaching Mark's Tay, the next station beyond Colchester, an elegantly dressed woman, who had an infant with her, entered the carriage with a tottering step, and apparently in a state of extreme illness and debility, and explained to them that she had been previously travelling in a first-class carriage, where she was quite alone, but that, feeling greatly indisposed, she bad been induced to change her place for one in another carriage where there were other passengers. He (the ap plicant) introduced himself to her as a surgeon, and ten dered his professional services, if she required them, but the lady declined the offer on the ground that her illness was solely attributable to her being unaccustomed to the fatigue of travelling, and she appeared to have rallied con siderably by the time the train reached the Shoreditch station, where he again offered his services, but she told him that they were quite unnecessary, as her carriage and servant ought to be waiting for her outside, and requested him to take charge of the child for a few minutes while she ascertained whether they had arrived. The lady then hastily descended the steps of the platform, leaving with him and the captain her child and a small trunk, which he at the time supposed contained her luggage; but after wait for more than an hour, the lady did not again make her appearance, and from that time to the present he had neither seen nor herrd anything of her. After making numerous enquiries in the hope of gaining some trace of her, but unavailingly, he conveyed the infant, which was a female, two months old, to the house of a private friend of his in town, and on taking off its clothes they dis covered attached to the inside of its dress a letter con taining two £lO notes, and conveying a brief intimation that the infant was the offspring of persons of the high est respectability, who would continue to contribute all that was requisite to insure its comfort and proper main tenance upon being addressed by adveri isement in the public papers to that effect, and that the little charge would be ultimately reclaimed by its parents. The infant had ever since remained under the care of the friends with whom he had at first placed it ; but he bad since received several letters upon the subject, one of which was from another private friend of his, who was most anxious to adopt the child, and, in proof of his being actuated by anything but a mercenary feeling, he was desirous that the mor.ey which had been left on its account should be deposited in some savings' bank for its future benefit. This benevolent proposal, however, he was restrained from acceding to, in consequence of a second communi cation having reached bim from some gentleman in Devon shire, who made a peremptory claim of the child and the property attached to it, alleging that he was empowered to do so by its own mother, although he produced nothing satisfactory in authentication of his assumed authority, and threatened him, in the event of his refusal to accede to the demand, to adopt legal proceedings against him for 'ts ham- to reo- 4 ion. thpce circumstance— als, of the and the g and benefit clubs have risen ith the Society, each conducing under which the poor labour. Not the least merit claimed by the society is that of having awakened the energies of the time-honoured church of this countt y into existence in to alleviate the Attention is drawn to the number of churches erected of late years, and to their character, viz., that of places for the poor to worship in. The Iteport, in conclusion, an nmineea a chance in the nior sec T. Lawrince, The Rev. W. It, will be the Brewster, minister junior secretary. cretary. __ St. Matthew's, Toxteth-1 as senior se ADAM HODGSON, Esq., in moving the first resolution, said that the question had often presented itself to his mind, "V hat need was there for holding anniversary meetings at a ll ?'' Some people might explain iie nel by the desire which committees fe stewardship, and others might as in the desire which the people felt t account of their necessity existed :la they had undergone own part he felt as aeetings existed in the ppeared to him that if cured that the n inertness of the _ they were not bro time of the misery an beings suffered, that] were all striving for He regretted in a► gre nition which they had venerable Chairman, beca ther custom and pri anent, not only from h AIM He felt that the ado ch their fe Teat end which they hed. (Hear, hear.) language of admo- a degree to hea n to words of encourage heir beloved late Diocesan ..hich they had just heard conveyed a kind of censure upon them ; and he regretted that it should be so, inasmuch sa he-(Mr. Hodgson) was not aware that such censure was merited by them. In conclusion, he begged leave to move the first resolution, which was to the effect that the Report be adopted, and that the officers for the , fi suing year, named in the Report, be appointed. lbe itev. CHAIRMAN explained that the purport of the few words which had been taken as admonitory. were only intended to stimulate them to greater and renewed exertions. The Rev. A. In of the deputation, to the society, and one ►e adoption of the reso lution just prof speeches of the Very R the rzsolution. He he with the report, would He felt considerably er yoeate the merits of t [e commenced by eulogising the r. Chairman and the proposer of ed that these speeches, together e given fully in the newspapers. )arrassed in coming there to ad- Church Pastoral Aid Society, certain things inasmuch as there we,. o plain in their goodness that they became an axiom, and, therefore, needed only enunciation, not advocacy. This society had answered the end for which it was established, in so far God had blemspa - Lucir enorts to tne 11E11109L uegree. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to assure the meeting that the committee was most anxious to be guided in all its affairs by the pure Spirit of God in all .their pro ceedings. The meeting might not be aware that the committee of the society had recently had the misfor tune to differ from a prelate of the nei g hbouring diocese The committee were unwilling to bring thi s matter for ward; they were slow in appeal ing to the public, because they were desirous that nothing should be said till the whole of the correspondence was in a position to be placed before the public, when the people would have an opportunity of seeing that the_ committee had in no way .estoraL., nuer these circumstances he was totally at a loss how to act, as his only object was to relieve himself of the res p ons ibilit y so s i ngu l ar l y imposed upon him in a manner which would be jointly conducive to his own safety and the interests of the infant; and he was, therefore, induced to come to this court to obtain the opinion of the magistrate as to the most advisable course to be pursued. The applicant described the contents of the box, which accompanied the infant, as exclusively con sisting of wearing apparel of a tasty and expensive de scription, and adapted for a female child, and having ex pressed his conviction that the infant's mother was a married woman, from the circumstance of noticing a TUE LIVERPOOL STANDAIth. wedding ring upon her finger, and that a portion of the clothing, though still in excellent condition, was slightly worn in several places, added that he had been subject to great expense, trouble, and annoyance from the unplea sant position in which he had been placed, and had been compelled to come up expressly to town, leaving his patients in the country wholly unattended to, that he might be put in the way of adopting some measure by which this, to him, harassing affair, might be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Mr. Hammitt said it was certainly a very singular and unusual application, and he regretted exceedingly that he could not render the gentleman any effectual assistance, but he would suggest that the best course for the appli cant to pursue would be to place the infant in the hands of the officers of the parish in whose district it had been abandoned, and they, he had no doubt, would take such steps as would release him from all further responsibility, and very probably lead to the discovery of the person who had abandoned the child to the care of strangers in such an unnatural manner. The applicant thanked the magistrate for his advice, and retired. THE ARTICLES AND LITURGY OF THE CHURCH A remarkable and very important document has just been brought to light, which, had it sooner appeared, must have had some influence on the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the case of Mr. Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter. And we feel the less difficulty in alluding to it now, inasmuch as it tends to confirm, and not to shake, that which is believed to have been already decided. The document to which we allude is a hitherto unpub lished letter written by Peter Martyr, Regius Divinity Professor at Oxford, to Bullinger, the Reformer, at Zurich, and bearing date " June 14, 1552." By some fresh researches in the Zurich collection it has been dis covered, and is now given to the public under the editor ship of the Rev. W. Goode, rector of Allhallows, London. The question on which this fetter bears, and on which its testimony is invaluable, is this—whether the Liturgy of the Church of England is to be interpreted by the Articles, or the Articles by the Liturgy ? The position taken by the advocates of the Bishop of Exeter, in the late pleadings, was, that the statements of the Thirty-nine Articles were to be modified and interpreted by the expressions on kindred subjects found in the Prayer Book. Now the testimony of Peter Martyr, as an eye-witness to the construction of both the Liturgy and the Articles, is of the highest value. He was placed by Archbishop Crammer in the elevated position of Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, and thus enjoyed the best opportunity of observing the real state of parties in the church at that critical period. _ Now, the letter before us was written just after the publication of the Second Prayer Book of Edward VI., which passed through parliament in April, 1552, while this letter bears date June 14. And accordingly it states, " that the Book or Order of Ecclesiastical Rites and the Administration of the Sacraments is reformed, for all things are removed from it which could nourish super stition." But the Articles were not yet settled or made public. Delays were interposed, disputes about this very matter of baptism were rife, and it was not till May, 1553, nearly one year after the letter now before us was written, that the Articles came forth. The Prayer Book, then, was first published' and afterwards the Articles. The first publication, then, could not be meant as an interpreter of the second, which had not yet any existence. So far we have already reached. But Peter Martyr, in the letter before us, shows us more than this. He shows us that a controversy was then raging in the bosom of the Church, exactly similar to that which rages now. And he shows us, too, by the plainest inferences, what was the judgment of those with whom he acted, and whose confidence he enjoyed—the Cranmers and Ridleys—who constructed both our Articles and our Prayer Book. His letter gives us the following details. He had first told us that the Prayer Book had been set tled, " all things being removed from it which could nourish superstition." Such was the hope and belief of its authors, or rather editors. But questions still arose.. For we are told : " That the subject of the Sacraments stood in the way ; not truly as far as regards transubstantiation, or the real presence (so to speak) either in the bread or in the wine, since, thanks' be to God, concerning these things there seems to be now no controversy as it regards those who profess the Gospel ;• but whether grace is conferred by virtue of the Sacraments is a point about which many are in doubt. And there have been some who have altogether held' the affirmative, and were desi rous that this doctrine should be established by public autho rity. But when others clearly saw how many superst;tions such a determination would bringwith it they made it a pri mary point to endeavour in all ways to show that nothing more is to be granted to the Sacraments than to the external word of God ; for by both these kinds of word is signified and shown to us the salvation obtained for us through Christ, which as many are made partakers of as believe these words and .signs, not, mdeed, by the virtue of the words or of the Sacra men t s , but by the efficacy of faith. Moreover, it was added that it was impossible that the Sacraments should beworthily received, unless those who receive them have beforehand that which is signified by them ; for unless faith' is present they are always received unworthily ; but if they who come to the Sacraments are endued with faith they . have already received through faith the grace which is proclaimed' to us in the Sacraments, and then the reception and use of the Sacraments is the seal and obsignation of the promise already apprehended. And as the external words of God avail to the quickening and exciting our faith which is often torpid, and'in a manner laid asleep in us, this same thing also the Sacraments can effect by the power of the Holy Spirit, and their use is of no little benefit to confirm our minds, otherwise weak, concerning the promises and the grace of God. But in the case of children, when they are baptised, since, on account of their age, they cannot have that assent to the Divine promises which is faith, in them the Sacra ment effects this, that pardon of original sin, reconciliation with God, and the grace of the Holy Spirit, bestowedon them through Christ, is sEALEmin them, and that those belonging already to the Church are-also visibly implanted in it." We thus find the very same controversy existing in the Church in 1550, which exists equally in 1850: But we find also, that the Oxford Regius Professor, possessing the full confidence of the heads of the Church, declares against that ultra view which was then, and is now, endea voured to be foisted into the Church,—of the ear opere operato grace of the Sacraments. And now let us remem ber. for it is the important part of the case—that all this while the Articles were under discussion. The strife of this controversy naturally delayed them. But in the year following the writing of this letter, those Articles, the doctrinal standard of our faith, appeared, and it is impos sible not to see, that, under these circumstances, we have in the Articles the Church's determination of the baptis mal question. They were framed after the Prayer Book had appeared, and after a question had been raised—as it is now raised—concerning the meaning of some expres sions in that Prayer Book. It is inevitable, therefore, that in them we must find the Church's final decision; both because they were last framed and promulgated, and because they were drawn up expressly as a standard and dogmatic declaration of the Church's faith. I lance to be carried forward to assist the June half-year will not exceed £45,000. The balance hitherto carried forward to the June account has been about £70,000. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum would leave a balance of £89,000 for the June six months.' The ba lance carried forward by the London and North-Western Company from the. December half-year has never been less than £70,000. If, therefore, a dividend at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum should be asked for by the shareholders—for we believe the directors are likely to recommend a 5 per cent. dividend—the probability is that the next June dividend would beat the rate of 4} per cent. per annum, unless the large increase of traffic which has come upon the railway since the commencement of the year should be maintained through the current six months. [The report of the committee has since been published, and it appears that the dividend will be 51 per cent.] A TALE OF MYSTERY, It may be remembered that we gave a week or two since a report from the Berkshire Chronicle of the open ing of a grave wherein a young female had been recently buried, and the charge brought against a young man, who had been engaged to the deceased, of being concerned in, the violation of the tomb. Doubtless the following case, which was brought before the sitting Alderman at the London Mansion House last week, has reference to these singular proceedings. A young man of respectable ap pearance, who gave his name and address to Alderman Carden, applied to him for advice. He had, he said, written to the Secretary of State for advice in what manner to proceed in a case which had in the part of the country in which it occurred excited a great deal of surmise and conversation. A lady to whom he was to have been suited in marriage suddenly died about the middle of January. He had been for some time paying his addresses to her, and the marriage was to have taken place in a few days, but her mother and stepfather, who were opposed to the match, had placed her under violent constraint, and the rapid approach of death, together with a variety of circumstances connected with that event, led to the suspicion that the patient had been prematurely hurried out of the world. The belief that the unfortunate young lady had not died a natural death gained ground from the fact, that one of the domestics who had whis pered that she had been cruelly beaten by her mother, and that her father-in-law had sworn that he would hang her rather than that the marriage should take place, was dis missed from the service. Shocked and afflicted' by such intelligence, the applicant represented the various matters which had come to his- knowledge to the coroner, who was disinclined to hold an inquest on the body unless for tified by the opinion of the medical attendant of the de ceased ; but the physician s upon being waited upon, de clined giving a certificate as to the necessity of such a proceeding. Several of the residents of the neighbour hood joined in a requisition to the coroner upon the sub ject, on the ground of public/justice; but whether an im proper influence had been exercised for the purpose of stopping inquiry, or means of prevention had been adopted in any other way, certain it was that the coroner perse vered in his determination not to summon a jury to in quire into the remarkable circumstances of the case. Alderman Carden : What was the opinion of the med cal man who attended the deceased ? The Applicant: He said that she died of a disease of the brain. I had not seen her for six weeks before she was taken ill, and she died three clays after her first attack. Alderman Carden : Had she any property ? The Applicant : She was to have come in for some pro perty in a very short time, and - she was about twenty-seven years of age. The property she was to have inherited from her father. Sir George Grey, upon reading my statement of the facts which Vhave represented, advised me to apply to the magistrates;: but I apprehend that an application to them would not be so effective as an appli cation to the Lord Mayor or his-representative, and I, therefore,. determined to come here. It is necessary that I should state one fact of a singular nature. The vault in which the deceased was buried was opened in the night, and next day I was charged as one of the violators of the sepulchre. Alderman Carden : It is quite impossible that the Lord Mayor could interfere in a matter of such a nature wholly out of his- jurisdiction. I would have you apply to the magistrates of the district in which the lady died, if you are not satisfied with the result of your appeal to the co roner and' the medical man, and; nave no doubt that due attention will be paid to you in such a case by every gen tleman in the commission of the•peace.. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. A respectably dressed man — was killed at the St. Helen's Junction on Friday night by a train coming up unper ceived by him. The officers of the East Lancashire Railway have pre. sented Mr. Hacking, the late manager, with an elegant silver claret jug, in testimony of their opinion of his ser vices. On Friday afternoon a plat 3 layer on the Preston and Wyre railway, named Hayes, was killed by the express train coming up as he was endeavouring to escape from a luggage train on the other rails The I [Jondon and Northwestern are now paying at the rate of only 31 per cent. for money borrowed for the renewal of debentures. This must, of course, operate beneficially on future dividends. The Sheffield proprietors in the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company have formed a committee, with a view of communicating with other proprietors, and obtaining an investigation into the affairs of the company and a modification of the present board of directors. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—At the meeting on Thursday a dividend for the half year ending 31st Decem ber, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, was declared, leav:ng a balance of £39,703. The directors' report was adopted without any dissentients. The London mailt rain on the Caledonian Railway came into collision with the goods train at Abington, 40 miles south of Glasgow, on Thursday morning. Seven of the passengers by the train were more or less injured, and one passenger had his thigh-bone broken. The train was delayed for several hours. At the half-yearly meeting of the Northwestern Com pany, held at Skipton, on Wednesday, a proposition of the directors for laying a second line of rails from Skipton to Clapham, the estimated cost of which is £50,000, was, after some opposition, adopted ; and the directors autho rised to borrow any sum not exceeding £lOO,OOO, the preferential stock of the company not having been fully taken up by the proprietors. The receipts of the line from working have amounted to £7,363 15s. 3d., and the expenditure to £4,678 12s. 4d., leaving a balance of £2,685 2s. lid. to the credit of the company. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY.—The adjourned special meeting, for the purpose of electing a new board of directors, was held on Tuesday ; Mr. Hope Johnstone presided. Captain Plunkett, in a lengthened speech, pro posed the following gentlemen as directors :—The Hon. Edward Plunkett ; John Coplin, jun., Hackney ; James Baird, Glasgow ; Thomas Faucett ; Thomas M`Micking, Edinbe-gh ; Douglas Campbell, Edinburgh ; Richard Potter, London; William Thompson, Glasgow; John Duncan, Aberdeen. After a long and warm discussion, principally upon the merits of the individuals proposed, the Chairman announced the result to be, that the list proposed by the London central committee had been carried. TEE GREAT TUBULAR BRIDGE OVER THE MENAI.— Wednesday last, the second tube was lowered to its per manent seat on the Carnarvonshite side, in the presence of its distinguished founder, Robert Stephenson, M.P. So successfully was every part brought to bear on lower ing the tube on the rock tower, that an extension of three sixteenths of on inch took place, denoting great rigidity. The gale of Wednesday, and again on Saturday, when the wind was west and by south, or at right angles with the bridge, did not affect the structure in the least, though a pressure of seventeen and a half pounds to the square foot was ascertained. The only unfinished operations con nected with this bridge are the filling up of the gap on the near side, and the grand junction nith the Carnarvonshire tower, for which a period of three weeks will suffice—two other weeks will suffice for laing the rails—from which it will be seen that the line will be in readiness for open ing within a period of five weeks from this date. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. THE DIVIDEND.—The statement of accountsfor the six months ending 31st December last was completed on Wednesday. After deducting £167,000 charged against revenue for in terest, there remains a net profit of £533,000 on the traffic of the half-year. A dividend, after the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, would amount to £534,000, or £l,OOO more than the entire net profit for the half-year. II a dividend at the rate of 5/ per cent. per annum be declared, the ba- enteral itifsrtllanv. The East Tndia Company has, subscribed £5OO for the great exhibition in 1851. - On Saturday week, at Atherton Colliery, an explosion took place by which five men were killed. GAS.—The Doncaster Gas Company has consented to reduce the price of gas from 4s-74. to 4s. 2d. Several horses, imported from Sydney, have been sold in London, the best for 60, and the worst for £37. Ths Scotch papers announce that a hearse has recently been introduced into the Orkneys for the first time. While the average price of wheat in London is about 40s. per quarter, the average in Scotland is little above 30s. An annuity, equal to what he received while in connec tion with the conference, has been presented to the Rev. James Everett.. A few weeks ago a clergyman in Bath bought at a pre tended sale of " confiscated goods" articles to the amount of £l2.lwhich did not cost .£301" SPOTS ON THE SUN.—A large group of spots can be discerned with the naked eye upon the sun's disc, a little after sunrise, and a little before sunset. A brother of Ireland's Duke is about to be married to the widow of a person, whose father, from being a pedlar, placed four of his boys in Parliament. A screw steamer, intended for the trade between Ham burgh and New York, was launched at Hull on Thursday. Her length over all is 245 feet. She will carry 48,000 cubic feet of goods. The inhabitants of Leeds have press nted Dr. Wesley with a very excellent portrait of himself, on his leaving the town, on being appointed organist at Winchester Cathe dral. At Shrewsbury, during the late gales, large pieces of stone were blown off the column erected to the late Lord Hill, at that part of the column on which the statue eau 's. The Common Council of London have adjourned a long discussion, on a motion of one of the members,.that the court should subscribe £lOOO towards the great exhibition in 1851.. The taxes on the Times amount to rather more than £16,000 a year for the paper, £60,000 a year for the stamps, and £19,000 &year for the advertisements.;: total, £95,000 a year. VALENTINE'S DAT.—Thursday was a very busy day at the London Post-office, upwards of 22,000 letters above the ordinary daily average, making a total of upwards of 108,000 having bees delivered. Lord Cole, eldest son of the Earl of Enniskillen, who with his parents lately went to London to have a surgical cperation performed for removal of polypus in the nose, is not expected to survive. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Ste phenson, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Commissioners for the promotion of the Works of Industry of all Na tions to be held in the year 1851. The day after the recent storm the body of an elderly lady named Brabrook was found in the canal at Hackney, and there seems no doubt that she was forced into the water by the violence of the wind. SIGNS or THE TIMES.—In the Shrewsbury Journal of Wednesday last, there is a great number of sales and re tirements of large stock fermers announced ; and also of "farms to Let." The Town Council of Edinburgh have petitioned Per liament for the abolition of stamp receipts on all sums under £lOO, and, failing this, the adoption of a system of penny receipt stamps for all sums above £5, and under £lOO. A Nottingham paper notes the case of a man " born to misfortune." Thrice his legs were broken, twice his feet were crushed, and ultimately one foot was amputated ex cept the heel. Friends subsequently purchased for him a patent foot; but recently he again fell and broke his leg. A public meeting was held at Oxford on Friday for the establishment of public baths and washhouses. Most of the heads of colleges were present ; the Vice-Chancellor and the Mayor presided. Mr. P. B. Duncan, of Bath, has subscribed £5OO, and it is estimated that the erections will cost £3,000. The Gardener's Chronicle states, that in a place in fested with rats, one of the fraternity was recently caught, clothed in scarlet, and then set free. The little red-coat bolted into the midst of his friends, and inspired them with terror ; and ultimately the rest took to irrevocable flight._ _ - Ori Tuesday afternoon a bunted stag entered Camden town and mare for the metropolis, followed by Mr. Benn's stag hounds, the huntsman, and one jaded horseman. He passed through several streets, and darted into Messrs. Prices' grate manufactory, thence into the house, where he was secured. THE REVENUE.—The most shrewd and cautious cal culators expect that, on the sth April, the balance in favour of the public will amount to little short of £3,000,000 sterling. The public deposits in the Bank of England to the credit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer have increased during the last week by more than half a million. A MAD BRUTE.—The Inverness Aervertiser records the barbarity of a sailor, who threw his wife naked into the street,. dragged his eldest daughter by the legs from a bed, wherein eight days before she had been confined, threw her into the street in a state of nudity, and subsequently marched about the village with firearms in his hands. THE NORTH-WEST EXPEDITION.—The government have selected for service in the Arctic expedition of Cap tain Austin, C. 8., the two screw steam vessels Free Trade and Eider. They are good, strong, wholesome vessels, with good stowage, and of excellent machinery, each of 60-horse power. The Free Trade is daily expected from the Mediterranean. THE LEAD TRADE.—in our last number we announced the rise that was anticipated in this trade; at the same time we mentioned that merchants would not export under an advance of 20s. per ton. This has been acceded to by the buyers ; and, during the present week, in the north of of England, the prices obtained have been £lB per fodder for common lead, and £l9 for the refined. The Times, of Thursday last, contains a copy of a cir cular memorandum, relative to the reduction of the army, which is to take place from the 31st of. March next. The circular is dated " Horse Guards, Feb. 6th," and is signed by "John Macdonald, Adjutant General." The intended reduction, we learn from this circular, will amount to 3,680, rank and file. A young Frenchwoman, who came from Boulogne on Wednesday week, and who appeared to be in a very in teresting situation, was safely delivered by two female searchers of the customs of no less than four gallons of brandy, which was stowed in sixteen bladders, and fully disposed in her petticoat, which was auspenUcl to her shoulders by braces. A WEASEL'S LARDER.—TaIk of catching a weasel asleep, one was napped in a hole in a field near New market, on Tuesday. When drawn out, his larder was found to contain twenty-five larks, four fieldfares, two redwings, one partridge, and four mice. FALL OF THE CLIFF NEAR DOVER.—On Wednesday week, owing to the sudden thaw, a tremendous fall of the cliff occurred between St. Margaret's and Kingsdown. It is supposed that some thousand tons of chalk have fallen; the road is entirely blocked up, being buried for a considerable distance from 20 to 30 feet, and the chalk extending from the base of the cliff to many feet below high water mark. BRUTAL OUTRAGE.—Four men at Bradford have been committed for trial, charged with the manslaughter of a drunken Irishwoman. The men met her in a public house a few evenings since, and after she got tipsy they tumbled her up and down the room, and then carried her out and took her through some fields, and were guilty of the most revolting conduct, and then left her senseless and helpless, Next morning she was found lying dead in a field. SINGULAR CAUSE or FIRE.—A family residing at Driffield, in Yorkshire, on Sunday evening week, on re turning from chapel, was alarmed to find a fire in the chambers, and that the bed hangings and several articles of wearing apparel had been consumed. A spark had been carried up the chimney and alighted upon some straw with which the chamber chimney was closed. The straw had ignited and fallen on the floor, and then set the bed and other things on fire. On Saturday, at the Mansion-house,. London, before Alderman Gibbs, a mercantile case of some importance was decided. A portion of the ship's crew deserted on the Pacific coast; and the commanding officer offered higher wages to induce. the remaining men to navigate the. ship. On arrival home, the owners repudiated the contract, pleading the duty of the sailors tonavigate the ship without higher wages. Alderman Gibbs decided in favour of the seamen's extra claims. At the Surrey sessions, a police constable, named Wild, one of the most active detective men in the M. division, who had been the means of transporting 20, and summa rily convicting 100 persons for robbing their employers, was himself convicted of stealing twenty-seven rabbit skins, from a warehouse he was engaged to watch, and sentenced to six months' hard labour. He had thrown the skins-from the premises into a burial ground,. from which he afterwards removed them. An instructive table of dividends paid by the leading London mercantile firms that failed in 1847-48 has just been issued: as an appendix to the Commercial Crisis, and brings down the gross amount distributed among creditors to the end of December last. The results pre sent a most lamentable history :—Five of the houses have paid 20s. in the pound ; others only 10s. or 125.; while in some cases-dividends of 3d. and ed. in the pound have alone been realised. HONESTY RhWARDED.—It appears the number of arti. des returned by , the 67 cabs employed at the Euston square station for the past year, is 331, consisting chicfik4 of carpet-bags, wrappers, coats, umbrellas, and money.. Of the articles 115 were claimed by the owners; the remainder has been deposited at the excise office, accord ing to law. The finance committee of.the London and North-Western Company have given, "as a mark of the directors' approval of their conduct," a gratuity to twelve of the men who returned money paid to them in mistake. EXTRAORDINARY- RUN OF EAMPERN43.—An immense number of these delicious fish have recently been taken in the Severn. One of the largest runs which heve been known for many years past occurred last week, when a vast quantity were taken in various parts of the river. To give an idea of the number captured, itcan be vouched for that at least 50,000 were caught, in the course of two nights, at Holt Weir, principally by some of the Wor cester fishermen. One of them caught 20,000 in his own putcheons. They are now selling at 2s. 6d. per hundred. A brilliant meteor, presenting the appearance of a body of flame, passing towards the northwest, was seen by se veral persons in the neighbourhood of London on Mon day night last, shortly after eleven o'clock. It gave a great light and burst like a rocket, a peal of thunder en •suing. The sky was cloudless at the time. The meteor was seen at Upholland, Nottingham, Leicester, Stamford, Birmingham, &c. At some places no noise was heard, whilst at others, when, the meteor burst, a low, rumbling saund was heard, and the houses and furniture were per ceptibly shaken. hYDROPHOBIA.—About six weeks ago, a married wo man named Cooper, in Aberdeenshire, when walking along the road was bitten by a dog. It is stated that the same dog bit another woman near Pennan. and, exhibit ing symptoms of madness, was shot. On Wednesday, Mrs. Cooper was taken ill , the fearful malady soon pre sented itself, she continued in great agony, and perfectly conscious of her dreadful state till Saturday,. when death terminated her sufferings. Medical aid alleviated the paroxysms, but could not remove the complaint. The other woman has been taken ill of the same dreadful malady. SHAMEFUL DESECRATION.—The judges and serjeants who .ordinarily dine at Serjeant's Inn, London, once a week in term time, dine in what was the consecrated chapel of the institution,—they use the old commu nion-table as a part of their sideboard,—the old cup and other pieces of plate belonging to the communion service, are banded about with rose-water and as a bread basket, &c., &c., for their ordinary meals ; and all this not because these learned personages are driven to any emergency for want of a-dining-room, inasmuch .as they have another capital roam which they use on state occa sions.—Record. The Ship Caroline, from London, arrived at Adelaide in September. Amongst the passengers was a person whose proper name is Thomas Powell, but wha shipped himself in the name of Thomas Richards. It seems that having been one of the principal witnesses against the English Chartists, the English Government have secretly provided him with the necessary funds for removing him self and his family to this colony. Another passenger, named John Morley, from Ashford, Kent, jumped over board on the 22nd of May. It was said that he had parted from his friends in anger, and having been subject to bitter compunctions,his remorse became insupportable. HORRIBLE DEATH.—Great consternation was created at the county gaol at Taunton last Thursday evening, owing to a most frightful case of suicide, committed by a lad 16 years of age, named William Hounsell; who it appears had been committed for two months' imprison ment for absconding from the Chard Union. On the day above mentioned, he threw himself headlong under the wheel of the treadmill, which was then being worked by eighteen men. On being extricated life was quite extinct. The deceased frequently expressed his determined resolu tion not to again return to the union, preferring rather to terminate his existence in prison.—Sherboros Journal. MUNIFICENT FOUNDATION OF A RAGGED.SCHOOL.— Some short time back the friends of a ragged• school, who had fitted up one the arches of the South Western Rail way, near Lambeth-walk, London, as a place of instruc tion for poor ragged children, applied to Mr. Beaufoy, the eminent distiller, of South Lambeth, to subscribe towards a fund to erect a suitable edifice. Mr. Beaufoy so far complied with their request that, at his sole ex pense, he has erected, in Doughty-street, Lambeth, at a cost of upwards of £3OOO, a magnificent building, cover ing an area of 1230 square yards, calculated to afford ample room for the instruction of 1000 children. REGULATION. OF PUBLIC-HOUSES.—The proprietor of the Saloon, Piccadilly, was summoned a few days ago, for knowingly permitting a certain class of females to " meet and remain" in his house. It was admitted that there was no drunkenness, disorder, or gaming going forwards. Mr. Bingham took time to consider his judgment, which he gave on Monday, against the defendant. He considered that a clause in stat. 2 and 3 Vic. c. 37, s. 44, was intended to prevent abandoned women from assembling and re maining in public-houses, for purposes of refreshment, and inflicted a fine of £3 on the proprietor, in order to enable him to appeal to a higher tribunal. A MAX ROASTED.—The Sherborne Journal says :—A small farmer named Edward Allen was drinking in the house of his tenant, a man named Paul Hill. Hill had purchased a quantity of cider of Allen, who had given them a bucket full or two over, and a party of seven or eight persons were merry making over the apple juice. Some of the party proposed to send for tobacco, and asked Allen for money, which he refused. In order to compel him to. pay his portion, they blocked up the chimney corner in which he was sitting, and heaped fresh fuel on the fire, keeping him there for about two hours, and literally roast ing him. When the poor fellow essayed to get off his small clothes, the skin of his legs came off with his gar meats, and he now lies in a very dangerous state. WHOLESALE SACRILEGE NEAR RlPON.—During the night of Wednesday, the 30th ult., the parish church at Kirkby Malzeard was forcibly entered by thieves, who broke open a large iron safe in the vestry, and carried away seven or eight bottles of wine. The Methodist New Connexion Chapel, at the same place, was also entered by one of the windows, but the depredators, after ransacking the building, decamped without booty. On the same night, the church at Grewelthorpe, about two miles from Kirkby Malzeard, was broken into, but nothing taken away. Similar visits were paid to the Wesleyan Metho dist chapel and the new school-house in the same village, where the thieves were more successful. At the former place, they abstracted about 40s. in silver. THE " AGAPEMONE."—The sudden advance in this town, from the Rowbarton road on Thursday last, of an unusually dashing travelling equipage, attracted much at tention. A handsome carriage and four, with postillions preceded by a horseman and f o ll owe d by two other ser vants on horseback in white linen riding coats, accom panied by a couple of bloodhounds, arrested the earnest attention of wayfarers. In the carriage were seated an elderly gentleman and a middle aged female, and'on the seat behind were a male and female attendant. It soon transpired that this ostentatiously vulgar exhibition be longed to the meretricious Agapemone or Princite estab lishment, at Charlinch ; the principal of which (Prince) had come into Taunton, to claim possession of some papers, belonging to a wealthy farmer at Othery, who, having deserted his wife end children, had lately become an inmate of the "Abode of Love !! ! The papers were properly refused, oy the silly dupe's professional adviser. —Taunton Courier. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—ACCOFCIiOZ to the Builder, nothing has been done to a very large portion of the building for the last four years. " There it stands in carcass, just — as it did four years ago ! The first contract, commenced ten years since, and which was to have been completed in three years. is positively not yet wound up. In the Commons' lobby the scaffolding is standing exactly as it was 18 months ago, and there are no orders yet given for building it. In the Commons' li brary there had not been a man at work for the last two or three years until last week, when three or four joiners were sent in to take down some pedestal presses which had been put up. Our readers who understand these things will laugh when we tell them that the whole num ber of joiners now employed on the building is 30, The House, of Commons has been standing still for six months. The Commons' refreshment-room, again, is exactly, what it was one year and a half ago, and as it win be one year and a half hence, unless the Commons Ulewelves permit it to proceed." _reh,, 19. 1 reb, 19, 'ls ,ty arrapied the rj the ing 6 b it , o °s : s h ?t ato e h i t ° oti n t roeeed t ar t a ieni,h e of a BANK OF ENGLAND.-In the Issue d e P m plOSC'lt P c `:" most 1n4 2.!, Activet N be e t es Bank iu c c i r r e c, a cu s tl e ial d ti ; o X , n 2 b o ep , i s an 7 yg s a , ba a l ue n g d mo t ne h n e tde a ed m m o sb u ny n d t £204,065, or to £19,421,375. The Bullion n 1 . ~ 10'4 ial i 1 ° prey partments made up a total of £16,850,2 55, hV_ n rri,olAy reL eted ; and, _. crease of X39,0%.-On the Debtor page of tfi b e itc Deftt en t'zitg th e se s v i Account the Red increased £85,009; the r u 2•69; Nth t he Puni s h sits were £6,272,030, an augmentation of 544, _ O O 4 1 ortly i n C n 1 the Other Deposits were £10,060,268, a dee; le§ Ito nd ary po re £431,433. The Sevenday and Other amountfoottrip ° ell' in s a r b £70,718. The Creditor side gives the o tte A i l t ee ha,' bee ment ment Securities the same as previously t but ~,',. ko g. Ca ti On. of ° fe n Securities were £9,712,705, a decrease of .£116. 1 -)'..4sh. h ,„,,t n 3 P"..., - mkn l c e test o f SINGULAR OUTRAGE.-A young coup. , sc.„rtillrea-,ase; Whilst - on Saturday week, at Sevenhana pton, near i''' se of tii has'tittY. and the usual festivities took place at the hen vieo , b een F ete e ,_ cE bride's father. At night, a number of young bed itloi4tiettlentlecte longing to B:ockhampton, who were des,cr bou t t . 4 , orb ee _ t, 11 ' " moving in a higher sphere of life," assembler( nti at ! ,Lo . p ro _ 4 dri house, yelled and shouted, threw heavy stones if d ti t 7, or t ,,il7_ ll g h windows, and even mounted the roof and thr.el d r e Aa tic ,: t atj en 2, ls old t Ktn be • stones down the chimneys. The father of the bract of °th e , e ,,, as gi went to inquire the reason for such gross con _.,, t yl e , s , tra oB „-I,' sE knocked down and rolled in the dirt. II apn'otit e , ‘ V to the "Tatio was no motive for this outrage. One of the Jars ;,, , ~,Alelile avet s r itair has been committed for trial, and bail for his ewar late •Ile gleans the A,... elty of e` till the sessions refused. r,„ 3 1_,,ia,' 711 I, ~_ Patti n : SINGULAR CAPTURE OF A HARE.-- , '.. th el 5r '.lth he ~ a y h a -s January, whilst Mr. John Hughes and his fain' . 40 Ai i i % as b een , ve breakfast, they were - net a little astonished at tlie j e afif,lea leti e t e . afir, ea :oalt of a remarkably large hare, at railroad speed, v ll ;, fl ' Olizit.ta j a i tatil ov lit • jumping over the table, and playing tee-t oo 7b e inatl i , a o4 oe e hit the crockery, took refuge beneath the grate, wh el e r e o f"t 4 litei; an c t l I made a prize of by Hughes, condemned, an, Ae af l ,l ll ei c i a ° th e ('` a death. The most comical and strange part 0 1 7 1 ; 0 ft ,1 44, t ,,tii in p 'reep waa, that the screams of the children and the cra - or eMthieh ` i ) dift ea r i e t venti pottery, together with the wild appearance of th!,beortvetil: tac lt I' to a , alarmed a terrier dog, that was lying dozing on tu'o X t c r ,T.t.i t4t. %k il l stone,. that he bolted out of the house, tit t,,, lf l tit itt t D eet t , 'W e tween his legs, howling most dismally, and niu 0 ,1 v ? tlli, : 11 1t a„ s al until he was far beyond the sounds of the brats arp, t rrt .t ,,,mt a iy lass a i ' tlae,roall gambols of poor puss.-Cambrian. . a " ,;' 04 1 , 1 tha t ON LOSSOF A WEST INDIAsIAIv, WITH ALL ...- 9 e IF - 4 0 1- IE, Nel l a late gale,. or rather succession of gales, was se c ' f i ' e ro,,, l i. t r t l 4stp e ari on the Seaboard, near London. On Tuesday a , be, 9 ' ti 4 40 ; tiap et tl the Sarah,. Bridges master, from Jamaica, ‘'1, 3 1 itr, o n 4 k t towed by risteamer through the Prince's Cha ell ,l'lLi ;', fa n 4 4;:tit; P i!' the towing. hawser parted, and the steamer 'I - , tl' 0 Ad; uij 4 ' the again get hold of her, and was obliged to run ~, t/ 4 . 1 3„ - r, e, t ti llo4 4 d r e ; e llile safety. The Sarah was then lost sight of, ana r l e a,lt'' h e sseo t , t ,? lets a tempestuous•weather that prevailed during the i ° of o',', q itt er Mtit e ' e ti hal 24 . hours, and the fact that nothing has been see e n t , 4 , ft , !e ~,ti__the ~,I since, although she was right in the track or v an' I t eth- 48 'erlz 4 . trading to and' the river, coupled with the c bee 'Art 1 Nit 441 1 1 1 e bil s ,I;J ttr itt ; Ist ed t o d • stance that a quantity of West India produce 0. , a , we ek. I picked up in the vicinity of where she went adrift; ~,,..,4, 4 .f . 1 4, 43th e , an, pieces of wreck apparently of the same class °' 1, 3 10 ehi t ,k of parent there is little doubt that she perished with 8 "413 01 "IN,' 411 , War The number of the crew has not yet been a_ i sc e ' , Zitlitoo t a i t id tl nor whether there were any passengers on boar 'one _,, v tli: t ite,,;, l this 'C' RI DEPRECIATION , OF HOTEL PROPERTY.-"cryp - tilt, 'e Ma Of fi - Y an documents sent up to the Board of Health and .-„, i 5 I I - !t o,,„_lare (i e ao by that body to Cheltenham for public inspectl e '' Ii ,gyp •` , lis t . (t he fa estimate of Mr. Griffiths of the depreciation 'nor/ No tkie sessi on property with which he is connected, through the ‘ ,19 ~,, t tz tit. duction of railways. The document is asfollorisu c! 4, 1 e 0 11 :,,,ed t°'.ll,' or 2 following enormous loss bas been occasioned w''''' e f 7 '1 44 t,'"al4, l "ad be last eight years, entirely through the introduction. „ tY, ~till i, '`QPt, etsollar Great Western and North Western Lines, divertinittie tipi ke t i . ' Yea rs , very great traffic from Oxford and Cheltenham' lit les e t, k lia r i Hotel, Oxford, cost Mr. Griffiths X 22,500111 Jne"1 1 , 11 " 410eed f ''„ aged now valued at £5,000, shewing a clear loss,- th/Otig i y k t , 'ut t ii;otei tr , above cause, of .£17,500. Star Hotel, Oxford , e t : cl i e e , t ess i , c ommit Griffiths £15,500, now valued at £6,000, showing, - ilor, t . !tr i ,;:lY , t ines ! loss of £9,503. A quarter share of the Queen'', wor: riae "eets","abt Cheltenham, cost Mr. Griffiths £lO,OOO, now no t iced I '4; 6 ' st k i °' their more than £2,500, loss, £7,500. Losses on th,,,.e t t :l 0 fk,"ed p ra Pe f rfecte, furniture, &c., in the three houses, £16,000. .I°.''h , . It ith -ess ion ' I r £50,000." t eve' ttlilin r ,ilich th DESTRUCTION OF BISHOP'S Rock L TTPO S- .' Pr o t letit ~ Preis IGH jl O~ , Scni.y.--Amongst the disasters which OCCUrIe f V ''or eo the gr o terrific gal©, lately, was the total destruction s t i e d, i 1 k , t 44 c 1 Zing ; ar Bishop's Hock Lighthouse, off Scilly, the_ . ,er ec , o 6 . ' t i,e,ve 4 7 14 g of ' which was rapidly approaching completion. 'ill e 01' .r,,;') , o f ;EnPriso r situated about eight or temmiles westward eta ve;',.;ta r ; Nike End. As to the immediate cause which pro'':, 64,: 41 8 N ., °- ` q the disaster, of course no definite information can as;: l if i '' ',,,:', 4 a0try , 0 , obtained. All that is known is, that on the Tuoe s n ' 4 . ,V;'„'i e ti, aie l4 °I I hi the lighthouse was standing. On the following °v i r t u'', til,f,"ki,,'„ g not a trace of its existence was visible upon th e n '' . ; IN uefo r Z kr. ii mass of waters on whose surface it had before riee st , 4 ll 7 dithaY, ~ h hir n, as warning beacon. The lighthouse was formed of ° I, Y , clit tY t o at clened columns, braced and stayed with wrought iron re.. 5 , 00 sto we d tell how columns were sunk into the rock ; and the surmis:Lre; wig i th e i t t ,° ofte n , in penetrating the rock for this purpose, some P ,,' be ' ts' ll e'lle f iZereSt , c, which the engineer might tint have been aware, u s : A', ' , D,,; dOpt; by their rendered a source of that iasecurity, of which vi bof ~.;'9411 , ,,,,," wheth e record the result; and that the rock, with the lig ht , d ell' A IV It prat arndil upon it, has been swept away by the fury of the o' he "' i[ s , v t krque t e e. 4 the I , es 8 RADICAL PROFANENESS---Whell, during t "' o f ',l tio,l -,, e t -ay excesses of the revolution at Paris, in 1848, soin e ; o o 4 QM wit lente n - e , Socialist rioters introduced the name of the 58C ;t51; VI hitZadrnir mankind among the toasts at their political bang ° ll - e or .4 ~- c0„ , ,,- If ah, had, mingled with the horror excited by such hlesP I n,71 ` 4 t t ' ll ot ' et tun,h, proceedings, a secret feeling of thankfulness tin' v . , its ape li e otly t Po, such desecration at least our country secur e ' "y 4 kai ' t hat was o' ~N,,, n g A . we h little suspected at the time that we should , •o 9 : `, 4 ilett c ,: ir eclio within two , leers, profaneness scarcely less she ,,l p ivo t h. of u n i . boldly obtruded upon the public eye here. A ~,i , I l i ll t ky' 'I ; the In lust of notoriety we shall ne t $ 5; , k, til e i; 'gnor a by naming it-has adopted the head of the Saviou r 5 1 1 6 r o Ne t cl -re moisten seal on the envelopes in which it circulates it s f• ttol m i V'ein in e t ' tionary trash. The bare statement of this fact is t A ~,1,1/11 1, ,,e 4e, .' convinced,. sufficient to ensure the all but unit 0 1 7 4 ,. Ilso:..(l,i' r aitt t e t a li t i demnation of such an outrage upon every sense, e el) ' ll lO, l or " n ertna n gious decency and propriety, and we shall, r ° 1 4 i, t tal'aY f'"g%ed l abstaining from all further comment, rest come i cOt it i , . t th„ "1 ; ° , ll ,,ilight having called attention to it, in the hope that th ~, N t . ape a '`' all ' N alte t b , nuance of such profanity may yet be checked V ,i 1 4 y 4 er a , fr reprobation.-John Bull. f11 4 1 5 t4 re atn ' t 00 AV , k t k tntih., of Two HUNDRED POUNDS IN PRIZES TO THE it , 11,i eff -ILp • CLASSES.-The Toronto Colonist of the 11th u-4 „, abbe „t s , poi be L L . ough t tains an offer of prizes to the extent of XlOO to _ for .1 t 'q Ak)l ti,` 4 th of peted for by,the working men of the Bsitish Isle' jorj titt'ql,,ie Parentl best essays on the following questions :-Wheth e r t „ 0;f ' l ett, l NVl, N 11 1 0; policy of centralizing the manufacturing arts '7.,10vr. kt , o4lCes lo in - Britain,. or one of diffusing them through the , c , s - of iy, !tt 5 ,,, 41 ,t0 1 , crim e ""! offer the greater advantages to the working peoM fe # 'lleb, - ' l fln' f e used: British Isles ? and is such diffusion more like,,'„' 00 e ) tat; l 4 l , ,.` t 'ward s , attained bv a system of colonial protection, or," A N ts, 1,, , and , n ,' free trade ?" ' The essays are to be given in to P e ,tl4 Mani c : 4 ,,'"ake t • -v e by the lat oflanuary, 1851, and the donor, g g e- ' '4 l '4 4 sake h - .„ ~ in, ~ th . (I chef of ri connected with one of the best known famwe'lliO• mthglpi,o " West of Scotland, has requested' his- Grace the i s 1 4 it,ie,11 1 ; sti Argyle, Mr: Adderley, M.P and Mr. Isaac 13° J 13 eh me t a ‘,, v ,aUxj a e a l j i r late M.P. for Toronto, to act' as- jadges. Mr. - 0 t ' e rey N .I I -4 `' N4h -• 4 , a te! , ..os f has authorised us to state that,. impelled by his ' f ,10 5 ' P 11 1 1)k °Pcl4 llll locl a a Canadian proprietor, as well as by higher En ° %•es? s 'lte l ql ti, -. God will add £lOO to the donation, so that the In ; N t lde ab 'e s 1„',. ; be for £200,-probably eight inuumber, viz., f•:,,, / r: I ot, t ieli,,,'lltu• s ° o F £3O, £2O, £lO, £5. £5, £5.-Greenock "Myer" - Pt ' r ' lB o '' cert 1 ...,„ t il € tO 43 alld ain A PROFITABLE DOG AND CAT.74 , large ^- -C 0 1 ' eOlll cross between a Newfoundland bitch and one. o olf, Ossulston's stag hounds at Chillingham Castle, _ 15 ,0 # the possession of Mr. Ker, of Bluntln's Mill, ' 7 O O t y tholm, Northumberland, and frequently supplie s for 01 ter's table with salmo n trou t. H e was notieq:atlf first time, some few m on th s ago , l oo ki ng in'',.`l o f. certain p.lrt of the river Bowmont, w hi c h runs re the mill, when he sudd en ly ma d e a spr i ng i n to " t be of the stream and brought out a large sa lmon, 0 115 5 i l surprise of the stande rs by ; an d s i nce t h en he„l, sil" been, frequently seen on the banks of the river sr' e e a i fish in his mouth. But what is still more etrang t , eV less true, the cat belonging to the mill is als° jib'cq poacher in the Bowmont, and has been often se e t / ing trout. Unlike most of her tribe and genn s 'i l etni p , generally afraid of wetting their feet, she dives :. OA) most into the middle of the mill-dam and eateh e ly 05' not with her mouth b u t w ith h er c l aws, and ° te l l S r i!" her prey. The cat and th e d og are f requen tlY see i dle f el ing together on the banks of the stream ; h u m O° ,' the cat taught the do g , or th e d og t h e ca t, .""' , e lf been ascertained. 45 119): 4 AN ARTFUL TRICIC.-A few days ago, a su cc frtc m il fr j was put into operation in Bath, by a g ang of ex r - s a 1 " V; A respectably dressed man meets a countrYnl, ia l l f in street, salutes him, and as k s if h e i s no t g°tPf reeedi country in the course o f th e next f ew h our s, al= tbo be p 0:) . , j a reply in the affirm a ti ve , th e inquirer, wh° is t 9 r''' tr,,, a well-trained gan g , t e ll s hi m t h at h e h a s lost dePc'A dog, and requests, as a f avour o f t h e i n tended disflo f he will take a few handbills home with him f roottiWi Lion; adding that they are a t a cer t a i n i n n, o% off E st`: latter will be kind eno ug h t o accompany l " - i o V" , l'' thither, he will treat him with something to J 1 i ittle. t i, , r` service so kindly granted. Th e countrYtuar'''rolol petting what is in store f or hi m , acce pts the P t hen 3 l4 and while lie and his new friend are enjoying i s (D e r i over their glasses, two or three other individivoe°At, •ing to the gang) join them, and eventuallY,,,, a wbiS: party produces a " puzzle-box," which becou" beti o f j of speculation among the rest of the comPn,l' o l' l 4 #l? made that no one can open it. The "Ir' n d re' r 4 countryman, however, discovers the secret , a oleng e f ? to the latter, who, upon being frequently ' l a i n' . li one of the gang, and backed up by the per. 09 " friend," lays a wager that he can open it u ; „ tholo# money is staked on tne table, or, probabb" r°‘i en ti, of one of the party ; all immediately gath er ,,„ of d , .4 countryman to witness his endeavours ,`..; 0 4 - 0' " puzzle-box ;" but lo ! when he has won tn ne cl, °r hi stakeholder (if one was appointed) has decalr es ! t ,t , ',o of the company have absconded with the st s e tur deS a ii, RESULTS OF TRACTARIANISM.- , On S he ru cfr o i!4 Thames Police-court, a case, which excited t , f r ,l o f ' 1 interest in a crowded court, was heard before ';',:i3l l ,, e tf',, The Rev. Bryan King, rector of the large P s ' VAP A, George-in-the-East, summoned Mr. Thom e 001 3 e e io i builder, the senior churchwarden, for him t ° bc t eci r ? why he refused payment of £5O clsime , ' t givore,o complainant for two quarters' salary, du e °d ofd` t il and Christmas last, under the local act, the j a g, OA 11., cap. 30, for making the hamlet of Wal o nc 3 l inr, a distinct parish, and providing a main "„„se or'V e , minister of the new church there. This `;, fetooli t y out of the unhappy dissensions which 1 1 11 , ist is dc q d his r sr , t' Pp, years existed between the rector an ~,, re ,„ c if owing to the innovations introduced by b",0 3 0 1 ' 1 , 5 0i, man in the services of the church. t ril e 016c, e ,bi t ,4 parochial functionaries, the vestry-clerk , t. a l n' e 6Jl church, and a large number of the prinni,P_ A is tl3_ del were present, and appeared deeply interest hips toopy Mr. Ingham said the simple question for o • I • yr o c i 5 1 ' li i was, whether the rector was entitled t r ,: i bau , ..,„", salary or not, and whether the churchwarden ril o i li e r dt l ii sufficient cause why he should not pay L .,, 036°00 Hilt must decide that the rev. complainant vr" for peY O O 5 O I sum claimed. Mr. Barrett said the order.,: f. t•Y . 1 , 0 0 better be made and served upon him. „S oa al."4#l l l Chief Clerk z Then u will give me eau tt ; ° l li l i r l e , drawing up a formal order ? Mr. Barrett bet bas ko t question between me and the rector, but ?,;,, .1 1 l' A t' Yr' hul'ot the inhabitants. The rector, by his Puse ,_, c .. ~ the congregation of our magnificent pf!r.!:l dla v 1,500 to about 45, and I wish to show. ma' _.. roes wit till I was compelled to do so. e l l ol ti li t t, P , ex er f o 4 r h ti a . 9 N 4 Of h . e reit ttr;' 4 3erd e e l l . l ka` l '° o o. 1: 4 i t ,'? th t4 a 4 Y L te th e 1 ! rail w , .14 the 4 bit of thN, r 4 eti t t ipidit y h' e I ' l7 ao~el9oee an . te other eP h kll:,,tht Inven k n , .e kt pro d , Wady ti theal.c;11114111 tl O 4{ 1, • t Uri t r l( 4 4l °P ert il'il 4 e t 1 . kula Y of l ati 4 et tt t ,tl 4 tia "ux t444m.ea pbhk -,;,, et eh e . 1 1 811 4 t kt k ktt ( h e l !Iv Of , Dri Th e th 44Q1 C. 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